Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-10-11
From Me Pittshurg Visittr.

tSf.s - z<9tfsS IVIW Me f>utShuTg ViyiffT.
= AsH!,i!5lit.RlNTEn.-"You are young
sue the opening Of a letter received by
me ,ts s90 years since, written bv one Of the
apless tnosi experienced pillars of the
flnesss5 you are Young, and have chosen
[ g, Pa,tl3k your feet. which, from my knowl
fedge ai2Sour character, knew you would
Sc am sorry for it; for of what pro-
nItsS,l$4 print or he printer-or of what
prom aze ,talents?".2 laughediat the'd query
then, a.,. plA.n sober seriousness do | again
reatt. ttHietfer of nv honored friend. lie
mas passsSa gssa question which, experience an
! swerssA sorrow. and yet there is some
consolaH6n to he gained from the pardona-
ole vansy of regarding the position Of a
PnblifJ fJQurnalist. El,s motives are noble;
MS altmn TO advance the intellectual stnn-
dard any place il high over the heads of his
countrymen. He is the schoolmaster who
dares teexhibit error in its ghasily rotten
ness. 6point out the advantages iha, COM
mnn,tle4 4derive from knowledge. He is one
OF the members Of band Of watchful SEN
tinels, Wno guard the dearest rights Of a peo-
PIE, VINE that people slumher unihinking-
y IN their tents. And is this moihing! Is NOT
tins posl5lon proud one? Foremost in the
ranks OF Heform. the first to discover danger
ana evoEtearleas in combating il, the prin-
ter shrip9s not from the pos, Of peril while
there is9 principle in jeopardy, or an hon
est docirne to suhs,antiate. When treason
winds itsalf snake like about the Liberties of
a nationtthe printer launches his anathc
mas at the dangerous invader, and 1uails
not before the eye Of the despot. whose
frown Is but the announcement of the dun
eeon or the scaH0ld. Is not all this verified
IN the history Of the present century! The
pioneeE IN the march of civilization. the
printer plants himself within the shadow of
harbarisfll, and while the echo of the emf
grants axe startles the hitherto untrodden
Forest that echo is answered by the click of
the tygeAnd the lively roll of the printing
press.
Bptthsc category of my friend remains
yet unanswered. .sWhat profit to print or
to be a pfinter?" Well no matter. The
public joarnalist goes down to his resting
place wisbihe fact 10 cheer his last mo-
menis.tEa AZ be. has done his duty. As to
MS patfd:,sbut will mot go on.
9 iisss svs s. saaa. anandnsa 4.
soie!s als E.s Weems, thai eIo-
gaeutstg1efa aphsr of Washington T. ,ot
only Known that Mr.. Weems wrote b, xs.
hui 'hashe peddled them also. Tn one of
his exc4rslons,of this nature, he accidental
~ TELL IN with pair Of young people who
We're about to get married. Mr.. Weems
having made himself known. was immedi-
ateiy applied TO, to perform the ceremony of
uniting them in wedlock. Alter this i'm.
portant matter had been settled, the idea
very naturally suggested itself to some Of
The company that dance would be vcry pro
per on the occasion Mr.. w. had no ob;cc.
f'on; andshe only difficulty which appeor.
cd to render the proposa! impracricable. was
that they had no .fddler. 1t was whispered
that the difficulty could he overcome # ccr.
tain arrangements could lie made. Accor,i-
Ingly, curtain was suspended from rho
| ceiling. extended from one side of the room
to the other, and presently behind it was
heard the 'humbing and tuning of a violin.
and soon after the merry dance hegan. All
things wen. on gaiI.v and merrily for while.
hut suddenly the curtain was torn loose.
when 10 who should the company behold
hut Rev. L. Weems. fddling away os If
f"r poor dear life ITSELF but really for the
amusement of the dancers. 1t is certainly
a happy faculty to he able TO turn ones
hand to any thing. Mr.. Weems was one
of the most eloquent preachers of his time
one OF the chasiest writers-an honest ned.
| dfer-a first rate fiddler; and above all. y
good man.-BaH. Sun.
Anecdote Of DR.. Black.-Soon after the
appearance Of Mr.. Cavendisfl's paper on
| hydrogen gas, in which he made annror;.
NATION to the specific gravity Of that BODY.
showing that it was at least ten times lipht.
er than the common air, Dr.. Black invitcd
a party Of his friends to supper, informinp
them tina, he had n curiosity to show them
When the company invited, had assembled
! he took them into a room. He had tho nj
lentois oil a calf filled with hydrogen pas
and upon setting it at liberty, It immed;o1o'
| IL ascended apd aLbo~o, A..