Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-08-25

ney into mine. put his other hand on my
shoulder, God bless you, my son. says
he. amen = cried |. Great country this !;
ine preachers-fne preachers!'
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Defend Yourseyc-The editor of The
ALBANY Knickerbocker,' is sensible
!. man. There's more truth than poetry in
1.-THE following, which we copy from this
spicy paper.
.Bud luck as well as miscaances and
misfortune are all the daughters ofmiscon.
duct, and sometimes the mother of success,
prosperity and advancement. To be
thrown on ones resources, is to be cast into
lhe very lap Of fortune-Had Franklin
entered Philadelphia, with thousand doll
lars in his pocket Instead of one shilling
aud nine pence. as he did, in all probability
he would have gone on Spree instead
Of bunting employment, and died al thirty,
five from drying at tandem teams and
drinking braudy smashes, instead ofliving
to the green old age of eighty. and dying
philosopher whoselamusement was tanning
of thunderbolts and bott!ins up lightning.
Had Napoleon, father been the owner of a
prnceIy estate. his son would never have
been an Emperor. A good kick out of
doors is better for boy than all The rich
uncles iu The world. One never tries TO
swim SO hard as when he has to do it or
drown. To be rich mans son, is the
greatest misfortune that can beiall a young
man. mentally speaking. Who fill our
offices not the chldren Of The rich nor
the sons of the oppulent. A knowledge
of starch aud debauchery is ALA rich
mans sons aspire to. The parlor is the
sceue oflheir oratory. and hair oil the care
of their souls-poor creatures !!
Cutting of the Teiegraphic Wres.-lt
will be remembered thai The telegraphc
communication between Boston and New
York was interrupted soou after the arrival
of :he steamer yesterday. 1t now appears
that the wires were deliberately cut, and
that the offending parties were rogues in
broadcloth, and perhaps speculators in
hreaGstui1s. Yesterday forenoon, party
of laborers upon the Worcester railroad,
were proceeding ina hand car from New
ton 10 Needhan, and had nearly reached
deep cut, mile or so from the Need
ham depot. when they perceived Two or
three men with stick, forced in between
the two telegraphic wires, and which they
were attempting to twist, SO as 10 break
the wire. The aborers Immediately got
off their car, aud eudeavored 10 approach
The wire. breakers without being seen, in
order to arrest chem. Just as they got
within a short distance, however, they
were observed by the guilty parties, who
Immediately plunged into the woods, near
by. They were pursued by the laborers,
who however, lost track oflhem, but found
horse aud chaise lied to Tree. Defer.
mined they should not escape, strict
watch was kept upon the woods for several
hours. At length voices were heard. and
man appeared, senteely dressed, who
was Immediately accosled with the inquiry
as to whether the ehase belonged to him.
He answered M, aud before the laborers
could make up their minds 10 arrest him,
decamped. Late in The afternoon, the
chance of capturing the wire cutters was
given up. The horse aud chaise, however,
were eftiu ihe woods, aud remained there
this morning.-Boston Traveller.
: The Ounce Lstter.-The Philadelphia
Daily Suu publishes, for the benefit of its
subscribers, The following article in relation
m tho ounpn latter.-
1--WE have been at great pains to ascer-
tain how much can be transmitted for hive
cents. An avoirdupois half ounce is 2lS3
grains. Waters l grain. Sealing wax
usual quantity, 5 grains. A sheet of fool.
soap weighs 172 grains; letter papsr l35.
Is aall envelopes. AZ grains-large 81
You can send letter 300 miles for 5 cents,
containing, viz. The sheet of letter paper;
with three bank notes, sealed with wax;
or tho letter with three bank uules.in an
envelope. Hall sheet Of Ieller paper,
with half eagle enclosed under wax. A
sheet with dime and a half enclosed, Sc
cured by waters. A single sheet OF letter
paper, with a quarter eag le enclosed, Sc
cured by wax or wafer. One aud half
sneets Vi letler paper, secureu Wy WAX UT
wafer. These calculations are bused upon
The ordinary letter paper now in use. By
using very thin French paper, a greater
number Of sheets go TO the half ounce, Of
course"
A Change The magnificent villa Of
Joseph BonaparIe at Bordculuwu, where.
in his fallen fortunes, lie had assembled
the bnoks. he pictures and TIC bijou'erie
which, 10 his days OF royalty and power,
he had collected from parts OF Europe, has
been sold and is tobe converted inloa
manu(ac,ory Of glsss.-"To what, vile
uses may we come al last" Alexander'ss
body made 10 stop he bung hole1of a beer
barrel is scarcely worse thanIhis. Where
now is that ''divinity which sdolis hedge
a king 7" Furnaces are 10 be efecled in
the halls,and bottles for S@aims's Panacea
blown in the chambers where the elder
brother of the great Napoleon was wont
to rumiuao upon the strange revolutions
Of that wheel of fortune which raised