Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-11-15

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Ing hrei gne 4otlt. fourteen years DID,
Oftho ttire aers. one is like the last;
another y ef six; and the last, is the |
old dancefs the leader of the troop. |
Al lasiitns fioved and commenced the
dance. s.n.was struck,tbe pipe ut
tered its SOU and the cymbals were in
motion. lancholy chant proceeded
from the ups Che i've dancers--a sacred
poem, one ne incarnation of Vishnu.-
AsFhey dart Ward. by degrees they get
animated, Hlpnpil of the eye rolls about,
their arms thrown aloft. their bodies
bend with yIe8fous suppleness; their hands
meet: not asylp, muscle. a nerve which
is moi in netl4& you would say that their
hodies are ;tiq4ul, and that the wind uplifts
them, so liElW and general is the move
nent; they adsance. retire, pass here and
there and intekmingle their steps; the cLnr-
acier of The lance is neutrality-suspicious.,
amatory, moeaing. and always coquetish;
at one timc EtqHy looked like Chinese fig
ures in I'orceHin, a, another like Fanny
EssIer dancink the achuca; their cymbaIs
go more quicky-rhe playeris in ectacies;
suddenly Mr. Tartvel gave sign to stop
and low salAm concludes the dance -
Amany afterwards alone gave love dance
in which sheAfepre>euted all the move
menis of codftship with wonderful effects.
The little thing also danced comic nc
'on' whichssfas amusing enough.
We copy srpm the N. Y. Star tho fol-
lowing irihatesio the memory of the late
James Hamiitan, Jr. of this city.
TO the Edis0ncf the Erening Star.
Once Citizen of Souh Carolina and
an inhabi:auto Charleston. and indul sing
IN the sympathy which you have express
sed in relatioBNfo the grief which encom-
passed that Afflicted city-a city so dis
Iinguished frSiis generosity, hospiralities
and noble charities; but now doomed to
sustain the cbas,ening hand Of God. trust
these few remhrks will not be unaccepta-
BILE, elicited ashley are by your late feeling
allus0n TO tlfe;denth Of a most interesting
youth, in tbak!i,lace, Of the fatal epidemic
which, durinRlhe past summer, with an
inhospitable fpt, has consigned those who
were esirangeyt 10 its climate, to a sad eler-
nal banishmenf.
The great moral Of the uncertainty OF
life.is bestfaushi by individual rather than
generul piciuFn of mortality. When the
ljayelinsof, thE destroyer is thrown with
ruthless aessjls aim into The hsppy
groSp ii icssk sid aiiiiabis Ion esiic eif. fis
ele, and sisikes n viciim: in the midst Of
| The warm Bffccfinns Of his friends, in the
bloom Of -youfhs and that bloom covered
with the glorious fruits of an assured and
useful manhood, when this victim is one
10 whom this world holds forth not alone
its highest promises, but its most auspi-
/ cious realization when he cannot he taken
hence without uprooling The very 6bres Of
Of the heart; when this picture comes with
all its deepening. shades over the mind.
we must indeed he lost in the inscrutable
mysteries Of Providence, if we did not find
in the consultations Of his word, the hope
that elsewhere and for ever we arc to look
for the solution and the balm Of those des-
pensa,ions which are most difficult to be
explained and hardest 10 be borne.
Allow me in few words to make aii
application of these reflections to a death
to which, rs have before remarked, you
recently and feelingiy alluded: Circum-
stauces OF nn Interesting domestic charac-
ter gave me an opportunity Of knowing
much Of James Hamilton. Jr. (the eldest
sou Of General Hamilton, Of Charleston.
8. C.) whose death by the yellow fever at
that place occurred on the 10Th instant, as
you frave too truly announced.
There perhaps never existed young
man who had more TO live for than this
estimable youth. If the value of life de-
pends on the virtues and temper which we
bring to The discharge Of its duties, For
well might it be said that the equanimity OF
his was never disturbed by the violence ol
single passion. Free from"envy. haired.
malice, and all observation-disclosures" anfiable
cheerful, firm. confding. generous and
brave: The attractive modesty Of his nature
was thrown like n finished drapery over
those delightful qualities which endeare'l
him to the community in which he ran so
bright. yet alas! SO briefa course.
| If God had spared his life, he was sure
ly destined toslead in the strong impulse,
jnst given to the commercial prosperity ol
Charleston and the South. For he was
not alone educated to the business Of n
merchant rs mere matter of trade, but
was instructed in its higher relations as an
enlightened liberal profession. The basis
Of his education rested on those solid and
d ep laid classical attainments to which
the honors he won at the college from
which no graduated, bore testimony. With
such a foundation, he passed three years o
his life in commercial establishments ol
the first respectabilitv, and the most ex.
tended business, 10 the cities of Hamburg
Havre and Liverpool, where his intclii
gence and devotion to his occupations earn.
ed for him tho firm confidence, and subse
Guently the y valuable correspondence e of hi.
patrons. He returned but two years since
master Of the three languages besides his
vernaculsr tongue, which arc mos, in use
in the commercial intercourse of Europe
and thoroughly instructed in all the detail,
Of a finished merchant. Within a hrie
twelvemonth, he commenced his career ir
the city Of his affections and residence
|, | mud s,aa shnoIinp. fnr ward with .La L-;.l