Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-06-07

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SilSStllor iyhsyomeHon. One sof those
wonders Of Nature 80 rarely witnessed
fwas yesterday seen By several in this city.
twiiose siation and fespeetability place
l,l.eiriesiimony beyond dispute. One of
The gentlemen who was fortunate enough
itn have seen what we are ahonr 20 rara,e.
lis our informant. The fos which yes,cr-
lJay ovrri,ung The city spread ir dense
volumes over The valley wairh lies be-
tween the tasp and The lieigiiis towards
the narhwest Early ia the afternoon, a
dy7residips 10 ST. Le9is fltesf had her
attention drasn by Quo ofshcr children,
who was siszing fioln siie 3 iifda9. to ,he
resemblance 0f 4 Ship iniheair. The APP
pcarance presented was that Of ninia-
,ure yessel-a bIis--beating 10 winawprd.
with all sails sci. and apparently floating
Ion Tho mist. So distinctly visible, was it
the spectators (for twas seen at the same
time by several oibers} could trace tho
shrouds aud tho smallest Of tie rigging
The mainsail appenrcd 10 be clewed up ii,
three places. What rendered ,he sight
stiil more bcauiiiui was the presence OF u
shadow ofihe vessel. as in the water, tho
outline. mass, &c. being reversed. as
when thrown from vessel actually NOV
ing through The waier. This phenomenon
was again seen towards tue eyening, but
less distinctly visible. Itappcared 10 tho
fog over the valley below Char,esbourg.
-Quebee Mercury. Is
Shameful Treatment Of Sailors.-At
New Orleans. q iew days ego, small
party of seanen marched through The
streets, bearing q Gag intimaiing that they
had turned ont for Sl5 per month, instead
Of Sic, which they now receive. On
posing the guardhouse Of the first muni-'
cipnliIy. Eve Of them were arrested and
imprisoned; notwithstanding their COZ
duct was perfectly correct and orderly.
The Police 3says the Picayune) took their
flag, which was no moro than declara.
ZION cf their principles. broke up their
ranks. emu dispersed them. This, We
:hink, was en- unjust and unwarraaiable
interference on thepart Of the police, and
betrayed gross igeorance Of their duty.
With many, the opinion seems to. prevail
thar sailors have not the common. rights Of
citizenship with other americans. Ia is
an erroneous idea; the hardy tar who
protects The Hng of his country on rho high
aeas, and through whom and his fellows
cur cour,ry has been eleva,cd,o It's pre-
sen, proud maritime position, is as much
entitled. 10 the rights and franchises Of
cilizenship as the mos. self.suficient dem
agogue OF the most subtle politician. lf
sailors ccmmif any infraciinn of tho law
len them be. promptly punished, bu, let no
one dressed up 10 '.little brief authority"
assume tho right to deprive them OF their
personal liberty, or iorcibIy disperse them
when peaceably assembled. New Orleans
is Whis governed ciiy.--N. K-Pltbeiaa.
Drminr.-on The trial of Clifford, ac-
cordinc 10 she Montpelier Watchmsn, a
Mrs. Marvin testified thai after the drown
ing, she dreamed or travelling ain par
ticplar direction 10 search Of the 6hawls
which were upon the bodies or the decea-
ced persons. She camogto afog, and
passed, It; aul al a shos aistaace sbeyond,
discovered both Of the shaMls danbIsd up.
covered somewhnt in the sand, lying a.
ruong bushes and tall grass On the
following morning she told her dream,
aud 10 con- Pany with another witness.
went TO the place indicated by the dream.
and there were tho shawis ir the very
condition she had dreamed them TO be.
Those who have read abe very in,crcs-
ling life of Tenuant, by the late excellent
Elias Roudirc., will remember That be
was saved fromiconviction by gadg OF
couspiraiers. for an awful crime by the
dream Of a maj, aud his vito IN iyirginin.
both of whom travelled on foot 10 N.
Jersey for the purpose Of saving him, and
arrived 10 time, while court was sitting.
I, is also fuct-aud most exiordina-
~ oue-a fact which we have inyes'iga-
,cd--that Mrs. Adams, the wife Of Colts
victim, on The night before her husbands
murder, dreamed that she saw him. Kill
led, Gu, up, and packed 10 box. Sow
vid was the dream, and so deep tho i'm
preston made upon her mind. that she op-
posed his going out on The fatal day. Nor,
when he failed 10 come homo al night,
had she any doubt OF Eis awful faie.-M.
Y. Com. AdD.
Ghosis.--Toms Hood, the prince OF Eng.
lish wits, talks about ghosts in the follow
ing facc.ious aud familiar manner:
Ghosts be haaged. No such thing in
na,are-all laid long ago, before the wood
pavemen,s. What should they come Tor?
The Golfers may rise for higher wages,
and The chnriists u1sy rise for reform, and