Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-08-26

ers. One Ol tneSe nau son learning TIT
business. Here is singular case to occu
in this country. A family for four genera
tions following the same branch of me-
cllanical business.
There are published al this moment III
Paris no less than 25 daily newspapers
These Journals !'ave an aggregate circu
lalion of 10000 copies.-Or these. the
four journals having The larges, circulation
arc the Constitutional, the Pressc. the
Steele, and the Journal des Debals. These
four papers have an average circulation ol
over 25, 1000 each.
Correspondence Of fthe Chars. Even. Ne,os.
New YORK, August I3, 1876.
The suicide Of William NJ. Price. Esq
formerly U. S. District Attorney, and con-
uec'ed with the affair Of Swarlwout. will
remind you of that Of the English painter
Haydon. Both were accomplished in tho
same cool and deliberate manner-boih
were produced by The same cause-pecul
mary em5arrassmen,s. Poor HAYDEN had
received duruing letter from an atlor-
ney-Price had all execution ON his furui.
tnre. Hayden had formerly been weH
patronlzed. and was now neg ecled. Poor
PrIce had been rich, ard was liberal, lend
Ing his money to all who asked him, but
when poor he found none 10 return these
iavors. Each wrole letters to their fami
lies, and both shot themselves with a pis.
tol. note these circumstances because
both these men were widely known, aud
the events are of recent occurrence. ~
Probablyno man ever put an end 10 his
life with more GOODNESS an1 self.possession.
Though Mr.. Price must have been cut ut of
REsss,ss .s.s 1ses 1isisl
fred at:lhe target both hitling,the "bull's;'
eye" There is nerve for you-for you
must consider that his death was deler.
aimed upon. aud that be had upon bis
person the letters wril,en 10 his wife and
to The Coroner.
Mr., Price va an. Englishmau by birth
"a rolher of Stephen Price, formerly
Manager of the Park Theatre. He leaves
IA wife and several children. One of them,
clerk IN the Astor House, was sent for as
soon as the body was recognized, and at
the FIRST sigh oihis father he fell senseless
upon The floor. Another son is lawyer,
aud both are esteemed by all who know
them. it is very sad affair.
The Government has chartered three
ships for the California Expedition, which,
it is no" said. will bo accompanied by two
companies Of resulars-to promote disci-
pIine, suppose.
The Vice President has gune 10 the
Virginia Sprlngs-not choosing 10 risk a
public reception in Philadelphia, tina,
city whose character is so much al variance
with its loving name and peaceful ap.
pearance. So our Democratic commit
tees will not take that excursion just fol
! The present.
Congress, forty gears ago.-We some
time since took occasion to animadven or
what we cannot help calling The litilenes'
of Congress in furnishing pen-knves fo
its members. But we did not then know
thai this spirit had acrUated our legislator
10 still greater extent in The oIden time
We have since seen lhe fact recorded tha
in 1907 The New England members wer,
furnished with molasses for the purpose o
making their favorile drink Of switched
and this item was charged in the genera
appropriation bill under The head o! ''sla
tionery." Col. Claiborne, an old mem
ber from Virginia, moved on one occasion
10 insert an item for supplying the South
ern members with something stronger.
was accordingly done, and for sovera
sessions after, mint slings. Guleps had no
then been discovered) and peach and ho
ney drains, were supplied and charge
under the hoad of "fuel." And it is. re
markable thai Congress burned more WOO
then than i. has ever done since.-Ever
NeWS.
Comm utation of Sentence.-The pun
ishmenl of the negro, Dick, alias George
9 sentenced on the 30th July, 10 be hun
for the murder Of Winward,. another ne
gro, was commuted by the Governor. la'
week, to fifty lashes, Two months soitar
confinement, and perpetual banishmeI
from The State. George had been recon
mended 10 the Executive for commut;
ton Of punishment by the Magistrates an
Freeholders who tried him.-Even. Ne,0
, Forbidden hnol0ledge.-The Gree
word Pssuche signifies a moth, which,
seeking 10 approach The lamp becomes col
sumed in its flame; &,he fabulous. .Psych
lost by wishing TO penetrate the myateI
Of her divine loyer. allegorises the fate