Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-05-10

1 E.ssErs. ~
Skariae the Beard.-Shaving IS one
jthc evils which civic life has subJecte'
mar,sto; aud we have now become accns
toned 10 il. that we regard The wearing o
q long beard rs u very slrong evidence o
a man's insanity, or at least very. grea
eccenlrici,y. And yet, il Il new edition q
the Bible were 70 cume GOT with eieeal'
enrravings, representing the pa'rlarch'
aud the prophets, aud our Saviour and 'GG
! EyaugeIists without beard. We shoaie
all be much shocked At the seeming sncn'
lege. Every intelligent mind that reiiee';
on tho subject. must soon be cnn''hceo
tbut the true and full dignity Of the mnle
form in The human species. requires The
presence of The full grown beard, and no
phvsinIoeist eau doubt that The hab'tuaI
shaving of tho beard serves in some mea'
sure 10 ahreyia,e the period Of his exist
ence.-!Seisnce Of LIFE.
Confession Of Mason. he Harrisburg
| lypderer.-iic was after work. lie ar
rived o, Philadelphia from Ireland in July
last, and had been wandering abou, the
country ever since When in Harrisburg
he heard ,ha, This old couple had laid up
from their sales Of marketing. quite large
sum of money 10 support them, AID that
thew had it in the house IN specie. lie
was in Il s,ulc OF utter desii'ution. and hav.
inS nothing 10 do, and no prospect Of work
be conceived tie plan Of numbering the
couple alluded TO. in order to obtain their
wealth. Ilc began by lurking about The
PROMISES 10 ascertain when the old people
were alone. On the morning OF Friday
lie watched until he saw the sou leave inr
market. when he sucakeI up cautiously
towards the house. As he looked in tie
door. he saw the aged couple sitting at a
toble. upon which were spread number
Of small pieces of money. The old lady
was sitting at ouc end sewing, with her
spcclacles on her nose. The old senIle-
man was sitting a, the other end. nppar-
emily engaged in examining and counting
the coin. Fired by the exhibition Of This
muney, which brought into vivid distinct
ness the picture of his own bessarry, lie
relrealcd To an adjacent wood pile. ard
selecting from il an nak stick about yard
long, and knolly at the end, returned
s,eallhily TO the house. He first struck
The old lady n tremendous blow nPon the
head from behind, completely mnshing in
her skull and exposing the brain.
The sudden blow paralyzed with fear
and aslonishmenf, her husband, before
recovering from which, be received blow
from Mason--u blow also that gave him
an awful gnsI' upon The forehead. from
ou, of which susheh torrenr Of blood.
This woull seem 10 have finished the
dreadful decd. but the old man was allie
tic, and though blinded by his own gore,
aud aeonised with the pain, he attempted
To srappie with. the ussalan,. Another
and another blow followed. some Of which
struck the table and bn,ke corner of il
Of. The old lady here made an QUERY.
il was her dearh-shrich, onI the murderer
alarmed, aimed another blow at her which
missed her head, bu, dashed the spcctaclcs
from her face, and broke them. when with
n gurgling Sroan, she dropped dead. The
old man now graspel the villain, in mo-
| meut Of returning CONSCIOUSNESS, by the
leg. Another blow frYu The bludSeon
which by this time was covered with
blood and brains, nnL The gray hairs Of The
murdered couple, completed The icudi >,
worh, and all was quiet, Mason now
hastily sualched up the money from the
table, aud proceeded TO rife the drawors
he saw one drawer open with key IN
it-probal,'y The one from which ,iie coin
apon the table h6d he.u taken. From hi:
drawer he took some relief noles and some
silver. 49,,
Just as he wss about to clcse this draw
err, he discovered litt!c box in it. liz
broke j, open. and found it full Of gold
lie seized Que gold piece, hut just nt the
moment the old man. turning over 10 hi,
blood. began 10 groan. The murderer
became alarmed. Al the same instant
he thought he beard approaching footsteps
possibly The son returning home. A
panic seized him-tbere lay the gnld be-
| fore hira--be wanted ii-he could really
cir,cE ;t-but his fugers seemed pafa!yze(
| -utS U}aiu uGhiluciCu-duu s,tfiHS way
to the instructive scuse of safety, he rushed
out of the back door of the house, leavio,
his bloody stick behind him, and made
with all possible speed for The ~oets. liz
next went lothe river, and there washed
the slains Of blood from his clo.hes, Tha
nigh, he slept in q barn. On examining
the money he had taken. he found tha
the whole sum did not exceed lwcuiy dol
lars. The nexl day he was arrested nn'
discharged, os above stated-poceeding =
Readirg-wherc our narrative finds him
| Murder triiiou We notice that WIN
II. Faulkner. who inurderei youns MAJ
nj Louisbusgh, North Carolina some Tvs,
or three years since. was recently apprc
hended in the neiehhorhooj of Danville
where he had married Miss Wharf, ant