Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-02-11
Scraps, trom,the N. Y Scientific Amesican.

Why:-a handsome lace never has long
nose. :; =. &.sS
The Parish of Nachitoches, La; is said
10 contain 30,S42 acres of cotton, and Is,
IT'S acres Of corn fields, and nearly 7OOC
slaves. ..
1t is estimated by New Orleans paper
that the liquor sales al The bar Of The ST
Charles Hoiel, in that city, amount 10 one
hundred dollars per hoar.
One of, George Westerns sayings is,
that the times we're once so hard in
Michigan, that The llens laid wooden
eggs.
An Tr,nortant Fact.-It is salisfac-
ioriIy asc"rlained by those who have
duly examined the subject, that more
than four :iillhs Of all the inmates ot
tf'. Stale Prisons, Penilcnliaries, Poor.
Houses, and of those who commit su-
icide, or suffer with malignanl or pain
lul diseases, and of those who are i'll,
tempered or 1uarrelsOnp. suffering the
misery Of continual fimiIy jars, are, OF
have been addicted Ia the immodcra'c
use of intoxicaing liquors.
4 Technical Toast.1NThe following
was gwen ai recent Typographical
celebration nj Baltimore:
WOMAN:
Tile sweetest iupeS upon the earth
The pretIiest forms, the lairest faces,
The lovelieSt fOocrs that ecr had BIRTH;
That ever clung to mans em braces"
The Female !.yc john Smiit says
tlla, the temA,e ,yr has Ill' following
variety Of expression: The glare, the
stare, The lecr, the snerr, the invitation,
the dr6ance,. the denial, the consent,
ti,e,look ef..loye, the. A4si, .. ,,uge, lie
sparkling Of lrupe.-lbs languishmeht Of
soflness, the squin, suspicioni the fire
of ipulolsy,, aud lin. Jusire Of approba-
.tionz;md pleasure He forgot 10 mem
lion that peculiar sbashlul glance, de.
nominated !. shtep's eyes. -; .ffs.:s3ss
Riches: tate to- & lbtnisslc I'iiags = =
Gel Mo bfoititIs lsl lMsa9ei 6s ate
zinaFfIeu
oalwo= sisiers4by the name ofsWings,
aud removed TO Illinois. 2.
:. The blessings IF Ghris'ianity.-
y beauiiul wrIler says, iilai Christians
ity enters the hut of he poor man, and
sis down will, him and his children; it
makes Them con,enled in The midst Of
rrivalious, and leaves behind an ever.
lasting blessing 1t walks through The
cities amidst all their pomp and sp!en>
dor, their imaginable pride, and their
unullerable misery, purifying, emo,
bling, rcdeeming angel. It is alike the
beautiful champion ol childhood, and
The comforting assoc iaIc OF old age
II cnnobIes rhe noble. gives wisdom 10
the wise, and new grace 10 The lovely.
The patriot. the minister, poet, and Ell.
oqurnl man. derive sublime power from
its influence.
Prscept rs. Practice.-Dr. Clark,
in his note on MAll. XII, Q. thai An
intolerant and censorious spiIit is one
OF The greatest curses man can well
tall under !" and ,his remark is appro
we'd and quoted by the very many men
who would be more ztalous in destroy
ins OF Furnishing all imaginary hcfolics.
.iIuskcts. III is estimated that there
are a, least one million finished muskeis
in the diGrrcn, armorles and arScnals ol
the Uniun.
Increase of Population.-It has
been estimated by the President of the
United States. that the population dou-
bles every 90 years. A. writer ON the
subject gives reasons for believing that
the increase will be equal 10 doubling
The population as often as once in thirty
years for many ages TO come. AZ this
rate The population would be upwards
Of 2oO,oO0,0oO, in 1916; and IN loco
years it would be equal 10 100000 per-
sons to every square foot OF ground in
the United States, or in other words,
abou, sixty miles deep over the entire
surface.
Congressional Mourning. The Eye
Ter News Letter, in a recent article
shcws up in full colors The ridiculous,
hypocrisy evineed by Members Of Con-
sress, in adjourning for severa! days to'
gelher, on the plea Of mourning for "a
person whom most of them care moth
ing about, while theil salaries OF eight
dollars per day we're still going on, but
the editor concludes that the nation can
bstler afford to pay them for weeping
than for making spec ches, although per-
haps there is w great choice between
,ginI and vater. ta
The word "news,'' literally signifies
intelligence from all quarters. This
definition appears iational when we con,
slider that the word is composedi Of The