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

iu q s"st u.N9/3!$puLCi, duSoluiCiy
ing fire; shel Hholt fourteen years DID,
Ofthe tliree Hers, one is ike the last;
another is LOT six: and the last, is the
old dancer, Hes the leader Of the troop. |
Al last {the moved and commenced the |
dance. 'Eh4#rim,was struCk,the pipe ut |
tered its souri, and the cymbals were in !
motion. .sA&etancholy chant proceeded
from the UPS &4 ,the live dancers--a sacred
poem, one ot4he incarnation of Vishnu.-
They darts1fsSard, by degrees they get
animated, fhASpmpii of the eye rolls about,
their arms arr thrnwn aloft. their bodies
bend with yigqfous suppleness; their hands
meet: not asyqtn, a muscle, q nerve which
is moi in nctipn; you would say that their
hodies are liquid, and that the wind uplifts
them, so ltght and general is the move
ment; they advance. retire, pass here and
there and intefmingle their steps; the char
acier of the dance is varied-grOtesquc,
amatory, knocking. and always coquetisl,;
AT one time they looked like Chinese fig
mres in porcelain, al another like Fanny
Essler dancing the C achuca; their cymbaIs
go more quicMy-rhe playeris in ectacics;
suddenly Mrsf fTardvel gave sign to stop
and low saiam concludes the dance =
Amanv altetwards alone gave love dance
in which shefepre~ented all the move
ments of codrship with wonderful effects.
The little thing also danced comic ac-
''on' whichsMas amusing enough,
We copy fDm the N. Y. Star the fol-
lowing iribute TO the memory of the late
James Hamiit6n, Jr. Of this city.
TO hs Entitorof the Erening Star.
Once citizen nf Souh Carolina and
an inha5i: ant of Charleston. and indul! !ing
in the sympathy which you have express
sed in relaIionEto the grief which encorn-
passed that afflicted city-a city so dis
linguished forsIits generosity, hospir ralties
and noble charities. hut now doomed To
| sustain the christening hand Of God. trust
| these few remarks will not he unaccepta-
bile, elected ashley are by your late feeling
allnsion 10 he;death Of a most interesting
youth. in thatplace, Of the fatal epidemic
which, during9he past summer, with an
inhospitahe fiat, has consigned those who
were csirangeN 10 its climate, to sad eler-
nal punishment.
| The great moral Of the uncertainty OF
life,is best taught by individual rather than
general piciurrs Of mortality. When the
Jayeiin of, thsdestroyer is thrown with
ruthless at;,l Ssaerring aim. into the happy
grodp OF a tanf and amiabfe domestic cir
ele, and siriseS ayiciim. 10 the midst of
the warm affections Of his friends, in the
bloom Of youth; and that bloom covered
with the glorious fruits of an assured and
useful manhUod, when this victim is one
TO 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-
pensations which are most difficult to be
explained and hardest 10 be borne.
Allow me in a few words TO make aii
application of these reflections 10 a death
to which, as | have before remarked, on
recently aud feelineiy alluded: Circum-
stances Of an interesting domestic charac-
ter gave Inc an opportunity of knowing
much Of James Hamilton. Jr. (the eldest
son Of General Hamilton, Of Charleston,
S. CO. whose death by the yellow fever at
that place occurred on the 10Th instant, as
you Irave too truly announced.
There perhaps never existed a young
man who hal more 10 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
we'll might it he said that the equanimity al
his wa, never disturbed by the violence ol
single passion. Free frnm"envy. haired.
malice, and all observation-disclosures" anfiable
cheerful, firm. confiding, generous and
brave: The attractive modrstv Of his nature
was thrown like a 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
" destined to lead in the strong impulse,
Just given to the commercial prosperity OF
Charleston and the South. For he was
not alone educated to the business Of n
merchant as mere matter of trade, bur
was instructed in its higher relations as au
enlightened liberal profession. The basis
of his education rested OH those solid aud
d ep laid classical attainmenrs to which
the honOrs he won at the college from
which he graduated. bore testimony. With
such foundation, he passed three years o
his life in commercial establishments o,
the first respectabiltv. and the most ex.
tended business. in the cities of Hamburg
Havrc and Liverpool, where his intclli
gcnce aud devotion to his occupation.earn
ed for him the firm confidence, and subse
quen,ly the valuable correspondence. of hi.
patrons. He returned but two years since
master Of the three languages besides hi.
vernaculsr tongue. " nigii arc most in use
in the commercial intercourse of Europe
aud thoroughly instructed in all the detail.
of finished merchant. Within a hrie
twelvemon,h, he commenced his career il
the city Of his affections and residence