Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-01-13
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C lhirteenmonlhs after her marriage. I'll
a twelfth, a daughter Of physician {
$ Brussels, whose name was Heste, di
!, NOT survive her marriage eight months
I Her father suspeciing that she had bee
e nois"ned, made a post mortem cxamina
n Iion Of III" body, bu the autopsy dis
closed nothing which confirmed his sus
picion Lastly. M. Hausac tonk UNI
himself his thirteenth wife, NJ. Mulard
! Of Tiers. in Brahant, ofwhch place lie
father was governor. This unfortunate
lady, finding herself attacked by a NAL
]; ady similar to thai which carried off the
other wives Of M. ,Hansac, retired TO q
convenI, and at ihetme Madame Pot.l'
man, Of Ghent, wrote. to Count Martig
my, had resid"d there several years upor
The pension allowed by her husband
Mdme. Poelman adds that as NJ. Hansat
nad lratelled a great deal, and had
passed many years III the Leyant. il was
very probable that, he might have los1
many Other wives whose names are e:;-
tireIy unknown.
The Randolph Slaues-We men,
toned sum- months since thai a large
number OF ro!oled people, formerly The
slaves Of JOHN Randolph, had passed
through Cincipaii, on ,ilelr way to Mer
Ger County, OHIO. where land, ptovi
Sinns: and farming utensils had been
prepared for ihem: bn. We did moi men
ton thai OH their arrival on their own
land, ,hr people of Mercer CO., even
,hose who had sold tho lan:l sc raised
Il nab and drove them of, and they
wele constrained TO seek unconditional
srvice among the more friendly white
families 10 different parts Of the state.
The abolition papers arc now confor-
ting themselves by turning the apparent,
| iy adverse circumstances 10 good fortune
on tite ground thar ,Ile negroes are ac-
curing cou! Sc of useful Instruction in
agricultural pursuits Of. which they ~ele
entirely ignorant (having been accus-
toned 10 raising tobacco) and which is,
indispensable lnlheif success in farming
icr themselves SCI. american. 80
I Mafsy young Mathematician would
s s.
I, dn;ini ii sterling money is reckonea at
4 aad Oh ~ New England, and Yir-
enla at 6 IN New J"'sey, Pennsylva-
ii. and MARYLAND al Is and 6i New
York ard No,lh Carolina q: s.. and in
in South Carolina AZ Il. and Sd; bu,
the explanation is this Under the
Colonial Government. .'he States issued
bills of :redi to supply the want Of spc.
Gle and 0 answer medium of trads.-
Blu as these bills wgre not received by
the British merchants sfn#paYmpnt for
goods al their par value, holders of the
bills had +, pay mote. Thus in I9ew
Yak the, had /, pay in lie bills If the
S!a,es at the rate of s.. Tor is. g.. ste',
ling, and 50 in proportion 10 the dcprr-
ci tim of the balls in oth"i States. The
credit OF South Carolina stood higher
than .nr other State, their bills being
racrivrd AT Is, 6I. hol!a,. In this way
was inlrnduce.i difference: bstwe tfr
EHpIise sterling mu""y ard the curren'
cirs Of the c0lnGies, which remains sill
in tho ordinary reckoning Of the people
Remarkable Fact.-The sen birds
the putting, sniIiiano, and razor bill.
cnnno, ny over the land II; all, allloug!
they eau rise from the surface of iiie sea
with perfect facility, mount to all indefi'
ni,. hriahti,. AMI fly with amazing rs
pldity so long as the SEA is under them
! bur no Sooner 10 they ay above ground
han thry drop as if shot, During ;
, strong wind from the sea it not unfrc
I uurn,ly happens that lilcse birds il
' n,"untine higher than the edge of th'
cliff. are suddenly blown over the lan'
I when they immediately fall, ,and can nnl.
, regain their natural ecinentby crawling
t TO the edge OF ,i' nrccipicr, when ney
vigor seems TO INSPIRE them, and they IA
$ oncr sonr away with their usual veloci
. ~"
, Neu SoMsr.-DisSIive zinc in nu
s .auc acid TO sa saluralion, add pulverise
t. sad ammoniac to this solution, and a(le
boiling it for short time, it is ready 70
. use. In using this compound, no c!ear
! ing of be metal is necessary, howevc
t. oxdlzpd, and nil and other materials al
: dispensed with. Ii is only necessar
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