Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-11-27
From the Tuscaloosa ,Nonitor:.

From the Tuscaloosa Monitor:
The opinion Of lie Supreme Court Of
Alabama in our paper to-day, settles an
important principle in relationStos the va
'lidIy Of The forms without The legal sane
lions of marriage. The question presenl.
ted by The record was whether such q.
conspiracy had been proved as was pun
ishable by law. Several persons combined
10 accomplish wicked purpose.-They
forged marriage license, showed it 10 the
Young lady and her parents. as evidence
Of the good faith Of The suitor; aud one of
his associates falsely represented himself
10 he,a justice ofthe peace, authorized to
perform the rites Of neutrality-suspicious.
upon The consent was yielded, and the
usual ceremony was repeated by the pre-.
tended magistrate. Afterwards, the cheat
was detected, and the parties 10 it were
indicted for conspiracy. The only one
found was Tried and convicted in the cir
cult court of Butler. On points reserved
as novel and difficult, the Supreme Court
has delivered an opinion affirming the
judgment below aud indicating by The nu
merous authorities cited, the marriage, be
ing civil contract, is valid where the
persons united declare their intention TO be
husband aud wife in a formal manner, in
the presence Of witnesses, even though no
marriage license has been Obtained, nor
the usual ceremony administered Try an
authorized person, This will open the
eyes of those who sometimes in fevity un-
dergo mock ceremony Of marriage.
Groaolh Of London.-We are apt 10
imagine here in The United States that the
growth of our towns and cities greatly
surpass in rapldity and extent those ofany
part of the old world. Some facts about
London would seem to onuadict this no.
ton.
1t is stated, for instance, in recent
report to The Government, that sin little
more than twelve years, twelve hundred
new streets have been added TO London
which is a, the rate of 100 streets year"
These 1900 new streets "contaiu $4,000
houses, most of them built on large and
commodious scale, and in a style Of supe-!
rior Comfort" With all this wonderful
increase, it is said, shat the demand for
houses instead of diminishing, continues
to increase" and while in many towns of
the interior, The number Of unocuPied
houses is augmenting. ..scarcely is a new
street in London, finished, before almost
every house in il is FULL"
Ore great reason assigned for the eraPid
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facility, economy aud despatch with which
people are now transported over Railroads
terminating there. Owing 10 This, Iii is
estimated iha, the daily influx Of iudivid-
ualsis five times greater than it was fifteen
wears ago. London is now about fnrly
miles in circumference, and numbers more
than two millions Of inhabilants.-N.Y.
american.
Gunpo,0der; Nulifed.-lt is singular
tact that French officer has discovered
methoi Of taking awaylhe explosive
properties. Of gunpowdeE be restored at
pleasure. Ii is merely toimix the powder
with finely powdered ctlsrcoal or black
lead, filling up the insterslices between ,he
grains; and, If in this state, is set FIRE to
| i merely fuses, but does not fame. Ina
recent experiment, TWO barrels ofthe pow
| der thus mixed, were, placed one upon
each other, aud the lower one lighted. i,
burnt in about twenty, minutes, butthe
caoric developed had SO little force, thai
The upper barrel was but. lightly charred,
aud its contents uninjured. The powder
is at any time rendered seryiceable by
sitting ii. .-s
!. The 4boletion Hote.-The Abohiontyole
of the state Of New York in. the late Pres
idential contest is said to osexceedsl Is, 600.
The heaviesl abolition vote, iniPennsyIi