Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-03-11
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/ stupnp.sPeakinS Of the county, and exhoft9
atall Methodist revivals. A good hand,
We should say! That fellow Tom: de-
serves to be a member of Congress. or
Governor of Oregon s.
Rrery man TO- Ris tasie.-We have.
|heartof many strange modes Of getting
a living, but the following seems 10 us 10
be the least pleasant nd5agreeable Of all:;;
Among The Turks they allow The punish
ment of the baslinado TO be inflicted on. a.
substitute, instead of the real offender,
and it is said. thai there are Mnssela,en of
the lowest class, who have no other means
Of subsistence than receiving the lashea.
belonging 10 wealthy criminals, for which
they receive four or FIVE dollars a fog
ging. II s =.
Iuo ,Serpsuts in The Chesapeake Boy
Capt Iiawsoh of the schr Empire. Of
Snow Hill, Md, has furnished the New:
Haven Courier with The following account
of the two monsters Of the deep seen By
him a, the mouth of the Chesapeake ,last
week! - "'> 7f:sl7.' 7f;.l.'
Capt. Lawson was a, The time in charge /;
Of the eW heel, when tIis vessel grated upon
something, whichr he supposed 10 be q;
wreck, from the fact thar dark looking
objecetesemblins al first glance q rusty
spar. was tt The same time standing erect,
Immediately by the side and above 5the
railing. Soon however, il was discovered
10 be moving body, with head and
;1touTh; which, WIS plainly marked by a
reddish 'color' along the side or aboutt the
Jaws, ,!and the, captain with much alarm
concluded hewas really and truly, instead !
Of going over a wreck in contact with
,he old fellow himself, lbe real Sea Sci.
pea,." 20 gs;S.. 4. s...ss:sssss ss
y Aitersi sihe schooner had passed over ].
him, il Was observed that there were 31tgo i
in company. The one 6tst.seen raised
hisaself from. The W ali er, :soiie 10 or 205s
fsei, and:eahibiied. a body id lengiiH iiH, as as
near as could be tasce cerlalned, full 60 0fset.
About 10 feet from .the head there com:
nelced swell as largo as barrel, coy;
sTed arstaleds dsdistances with nearly poiintsS
ed projections, and reached III length
about 10 feet, aud ian eliding quite sb
Eraptlg when the again res nmed SO I
flicis Is ;6iiJ1 t5iiss
ilsaas ab60e e
Scfio1nefss j spas
> Tie full length of The serpsnf. 81 ffiats
ever it may yihase absen; wassj1dg ed 10 bes
some hundred :tssg3 its head small 10 ffpf6s:
portion tosits body The wind being
lighr. The itwogeee seen together TO lhe1
fesSard, for fuH half an hour. seemingly.
amusing themselves BY alternately rising
uponlhe top of the wafer. and ifIen sink
Ing again beneali the surfacei;ttleif heads
whenever above ihe water, we're always$
observed poiating to the east. -, s..
4 Complimeat.--Mr: Walsh, the Paris:
correspondent, Of: the National .Inielii.t
gence, in speaking of the criitique il lie
Westminster. Review of; .rhe volumes or
the American Exploring Expedition cites:
the following complimentary language To-.
wards the.periedicai published III our cily..
-Egenihg News. - >
Two articles on the same volume, SSiiI:
The Southern Quarterly Review, pub.
iished in Charleston ale far: superior 10
any exposilioi ufiheir; contents from an
European pen. By The way, tue Review
is an able, instructive production, of more
interest TO any reader abroad than. the
American periodicals are usually fould.>
Its article onthe Oregon question affotus
al! the information desil able. III has passed:
into the hanas of several &c the leading.
politicians. know mol to whom I am
indebted for the mum bers OF July and Oc.2
tober last; some benefit may accrue 10 Dur:
country from future favors Of this kind.i,,;
AnGrdt FGfner.-Martin Smith, ,iof
Whea,land, with twenty acres of land. :
has sustained the last year a family of;
thinrteen children, and had money on.
hand to assist bis neishbors who had two, two,
hundred acres. BY his good managsniert
and perseverance, he was enabled to ,hoftE
OH 10 his crop three years for an impr6yet
market: ?The, committee on farms oftiiiess
Monroe Agricultural Society awarded him
q premium of a diploma, itamedSand,
glazed: The secret Of his success; we,
understand, is his superior method of
cultivation. He should be made a profess
sor. The last Genesee Farmer contains
a letter from him, in which be modes,ly
expressed his thanks TO the committee for
the notice they have taken Of bin.@
Rochester Democrat. 81 - - 8.
Western Staies,-.'rhe Poet told ita,h
whe ne marched the star Of empire WI est