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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-27

% According to paragraph in na:neighbors
ing journal. fifty seven years have eIapss
since the seat Of governments Of South Cafolina
was removed to Columbia, and one hundfe
and seventy-seren years since tie first white
inhabitants settled in this State. ssssss,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-27

sident. ad interim, has ordered Es that l
should make known 10 your r ellency.
(in order that you might lay IL lore The
Hon. Congress OF the States )hhaIS his
Excellencylis firmly resolved tG.ontinue
military operations against the invaders
and that whatever advantages nj result
from the war, he will use them i The hest
possible manner.
"Thc Supreme Government Effer re-
sis,ing heroicalty in the CapitI fofahe
space Of six days, determined tnalIhlilthe'
enemy had gained such positionsAa at'lhey,
seriously annoyed thousands Of fthIa a5edcef fiji
inhabitants of the city &yicinitS Fith his
projecliles,) 10 remove their residI ice. and;
shortly | will have the honor ofl1torming:
your Excellency on what place:hi have
fixed, mol having done so yet, beg they
were marching with the rest of hssafmy,
and had not, as yel, determined Eifere the
supreme powers of the natiun ;afi feside.
"As soon as lis residence be fke5s i will
inform you Of every occurrence lslif takes
place, aud for the present will llif,it my
self to telling you that the AmefcaIti army
on the day before yesterday, at1aJ break,
charged with all their forces OH CfIapulle-.
pee, where after resistance Of aaIlhours,
the citadel was taken by the edsn who
Immediately marched to lake sloEsession
of the (ort;6cations intervening astween
this and the Sarita Of Belen, Sanp Eomas,
San Cosurc = Cindadela.
The Washington Union ofths1slh inst.
says:-" We understand that1Hls War
Department has determined lorafe TWO
new regiments forthwilh-ones sFoih Ten
.nessce and the other from McHgan.-
There are ten companies in EaH sennes.
see who have offered their serficj,s than
could be accepted under the lat Alequisi-
ton. As these companies are sill anxious
to serve in the field, and were lot willing
to abandon The idea until The obysrnmenr
had finally disposed Of the suGedf, they
will constitute one Of the reginald which
are now called for. Thus theySfiilbei bet
ter prepared TO march to Mexib3and take
The field than, perhaps, any othsf regiment
has could be called out. @
The volunteers of Michigan have
manifested the greatest eagerntsssio serve
their country aud the other regiment isr
to be organized in 3ihat young
and patriotic Sla'e."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-27

Iilselflhroush the system before remedy
IS applied. But il MT. QUAIL, the eel.
ebrated veterinary surgeon, is right, hydro
phobia, taken in time, is not particularly
dangerous. He recommends the following
mode of treatment, 10 he commenced as
soon as possible after the injury has been
received:
Cauterze the wound thoroughly with
lunar caustic. Let this, sharpeued to The
point, be applied thoroughly to every recess
and snuosi,y uf the wound, where The
teeth or saliva of the animal could possibly
have penetrated. This will from an es.
char, hard,,. dry, and insoluble, a COM
pound Of the animal fibre and the causlic,
in which the virus is wrapped up, and from
which it cannot be separated. In short
time this dead matlter sloughs away, and
The virus is carried of with it. Previous
10 applying the caustic, it will often be
necessary to enlarge The wound, that every
part may be fairly got at, and after the
first eschar has sloughed olf, il will be ad-
vsable TO apply The caustic second time
to destroy any part that may not have
received the full influence of The first ope.
ration, or that may possibly have been
inoculaled more by it. This carefully ard
ushtfuIIy done, the patient may feel
perfectly safe. This poison will have been
entirely removed, and no danger eau re-
main. Mr.. Youatt himself has been
repeatedly bitten by rabid dogs. and other
veterinary surgeons also, but after pursuing
The course above recommended, they have
felt entirely secure, confidence justified
by the event. as well as by cxperimets
tried on inferior animals. This advice,
given moi by quacks but by practitioners
Of skill and experience, aud founded, it
will he acknowledged, on reasonable
grounds, is worthy to be noted and remem-
bered.
A Washington letter in the New York
| Herald states that all the eighteen million
loan is paid in except S4,OO0,000, which,
added 10 S2,000,U00 in the treasury, will
give Mr.. Walker S6,OOO0OO for the cut
reut expenses TO December, in adilion TO
current receipts,
Good Aduice.-An Exchange paper, the
editor Of which has had some experience
inih world, says,
/ Never neglect to read The Advertising
Department of newspaper, if you woulIl
! know what il concerns every Oue to know,
where 10 lay oni your money to tho best
advantage. Competition is at lis height,
and those who have any thing worth buy
ing, or good bargains, always advertise.
They know it is the sure way 10 do a
brisk and profitable busness-amd by
selling quickly, they are enabled to sell
cheaply. Keep the run Of tie advertise
ments. Sometimes tho price of whole
years subscription is saved by looking
closely over the advertisements.
Dreadful Accident.-Thc Nashville pa
fpers bring US accounts oil a,icrriblc cx plo-
sion at that place on the 18th inst. The
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-27

The South Carolina RegimenI.--It will be
seen, from accounts which we publish 10 day,
and which we spread before our readers in an
extra during the last week. that the Palmetto
Regiment has sustained heavy loss in killed
and wounded, in the recent actions near the
city Of Mexico. The total number Of killed
amounted to IL, and the total number Of woun.
ded 10 &c. Among these gallant men, will be
found several connected with the best families
in our State. Edgeied Abbeville, Richland,
and other districts, will deeply mourn the loss
ofsome of their nobest and most promising
youh To the fathers, the mothers and near
relations and friends of those who have fallen in
their country's cause what can we say7 Deep
and poisnantmust be your sorrow for the death
of those You have loved, and who will return
to you no more, but You are not without conso.
aton. South Carolina will ever cherish their
memories, with all The londnrss of n mothers
love, and will ever point to Them, as among the
mobiles, and most devoted Of her sons.
p at a public meeting OF the citizens Of this
District, held on the first Monday IN Septem'
ber, a resolution was adoptedt to aid in establish
ing, at Washington, Newspaper, as the organ
orthc Southern States, in repeling the aggres'
sions of The Abolitonists on their rights, and
we are requested to say, that subscription lists
are in the hands of our Senator and Repre-
senlatives in the Legislature, who will receive
the contributions of those who are willing 10
aid in this way in sustaining our own peculiar
interests against the danger which so imme
diately threatens US. The subject will also be
brought before public meeting of our citizens
on next Sale Day. 1t is confidently expected
that every one will come prepared to do bis
duty in this matter.
TO THE PEOPLE OF EDGEFIELD DIS.
TRICT.g
Itis known 10 you, that your own noble and
valued fellow citizen Colt P. Nj BUTLER, who
fell SO gloriously in the battle ofsthe 20th Of
Angus. pefnsssi,y Of Mexico, and who BY
D = q : iiiSd
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-27

Lou Country Of Soalh Carolina.-FeN
regions in the world snioass this par, Of
South Carolina in beatty, fertility. and
natural advantages. Thtsfrs European
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-27

Dreadful Accident.-Tho Nashville pa
'pers bring US accounts OF a'icrriblc cxp plo-
sion at That place on the 18th inst. The
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-27

Fatal Acciden..-We are informed by
a passenger who came do%r on the Geor-
sia Railroad, on Friday evening. that Mr.,
Griffin, Of Columbia county, accidentally
shot himselfon Wednesday night last, about
8 o'clock. at Social Circle. He had a
loaded pistol in his hand, which was dis
charged by accident, the ball penetrating
The thigh, aud iuilictins a wound which
terminated his life on the following day,
The corpse was brought down as far as
Thompson, on Thursday.
We could not ascertain the first name
oil the deceased. hut from The description,
fear that ii is MIR. Richard Gri1in, of Co.
lumbia county. Ifso. The community has
los, Il valuable cilizeu aud most eslimable
man.-Augusta Con.
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TO TIE PEOPLE OF EDGEFIELD DIS.
TRICT.

Its known 10 you, thatyour own noble and
valued fellow citlzen Col. P. NJ. BuTIER, who
fell SO gloriously in the battle ofthe 20th Of
August pefosE,.sisy Of Mexico, and who By
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-27

A Washington letter in the New York
Herald states that all the eighteen million
loan is paid in except S4,OO0,000, which,
added 10 S2,O0O,U00 in the treasury, will
give Mr.. Walker S6,000,000 for the cur
rent expenses TO December, in adition TO
current receipts,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-27

adventures described it with rapture, and
llavished upon it the exlravagent encomi-
lums now bestowed on California, or the
table land of Mexico. It was a region of
flowers, and magnificent forest trees, une-
[squalled intbe colder climate from which
Ilhey came. The live oak here aItains its
nobIesl proportions; the magnolia rises in
columns OF sixty or seventy feel, surmouni-
ed with tops Of large 81 lossy leaves, aud
snow white blossoms; The pitch pine rea-
ches dimensions that fiji it to be the "masl
Of some great admira';" the hickory, gum,
white oak, grow TO majestic size; over
them, the luxuriant native grape spreads
rich mantle Of green, or the long pendant,
gray moss hangs more sombre drapery
from their limbs. II is land of abun-
dance, No part of the world moro easily
supplies TO moderate industry the necessa-
ries or the Iuxuries of life, Oysters are
picked up by The hand on the banks of the
creeks al low tides; crabs >are gathered in
their channels. in similar manner by the
basket full; shrimps are innumerable; scale
fish abound in the rivers; the woods and
fields are stocked with game; the climate
is delightful; the productions OF agriculture
-sea.island cotton, rice, The sweet polatoe
ARE among The most valuable in the
world; the sugar cane grows luxurianlly;
the orange, with little trouble, thrives and
bears abundantIy; the olive can be cult
vailed without difficulty; the fs aud pom
egranile are common in its gardens. No
copnlrv can possess greater facilities for
an easy access to market than this. lis
numerous winding streams give landing
place 10 every plantation for boats or yes:
sells. There the planters, in the midst of
their slaves, quiet, contented, and happy
people, enjoy a life of agreeable occupation
and pleasant Observation-Disclosures, be-
yond most men, if they appreciate their
unequalled advantage, and if, instead of
,indulsing in vague dreams OF better
country, they content, with improving their
own,-Soulhsrn Quarterly for July.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-05-15
Contentment.

Strange it is that people (unless in
the way of ostentation) never value the ,
blessings they possess. But if life has Z
a happiness over which the primeval Q
curse has passed and harmed not, II is Z
the early and long enduring affection .
of blood and habit. The passion which >
concentrates its strength and beauty D
upon one, is rich and terrible stake,
the end whereof is death;lthe living
light Of existence is burnt out in an b
no ar land what remains9 The dust !
and the darkness. But the love which.
is born in childhood-an instinct deep-s
ming into a principle retains to the
end something Of the freshness belong- .
ing to the hour of its birth:-The a. ~
"musement partaken-the trifling quar- 7
rel made up--the sorrow shared to- g
igether--the punishment in which all !
were invoIved-the plans for the fu-si
ture, so fairy-tale like and so false ind
which all indulged: SO true il is that
loves sligh,estiinks are strongest! z Il
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How to die an easy Death.

A great many essays have been
written on the easies, mode Of bring
ing to an end this animal life Of ours.
One is in favor of hanging, another of !
drowning, and third thinks a bullet
through the heart will produce the least
suffering. But we have aneasier road
to death than either. Although the OBJ
ject may not be SO soon accomplished,
still it is as efectual, Tor thousands have
tried it. We will give you the receipt:
Take several strong chords, fasten
them around the waist as tight as you
can bear it, and let them remain, a day
or two. Gradually tighten the cords;
persevere until your body has the ap-
pearance of an hour-glass. Your health
win gradually decline; you will feel
faint and languid, cannot endure work
and will probably have the dyspepsia,
liver complaint, and be exceedingly
troubled with nervousness. No mat
ter the work OF death will be gradual
ly going on, and before many months
consumption will be seated, and you
will die so easy a death, that your par
ting breath will be hardly preceptibls.
If, however, you wish TO commit sui
eide in shorter time, wear thin shoes
and muslin dresses in damp weather.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-05-15
Yankee Boarding.

What do you charge for boarding
asked tall Green Mountain boy, as he
walked up to The bar Of a second rate
hotel, in New York What do you
ask for boarding and lodgings' Five
dollars. Five dollars! that's too much; (;
but | s'pose you'll allow tor the times
| am absent from dinner and supper!
Certainly -thirty-seven and a half fcents
each. Here the conversation ended,
and the Yankee took up his quarters
for two weeks. During this time he
lodged and breakfasted at the hotel, but
did not not take either dinner or sup
per, saying his business detained him
IN another portion OF the town. AT
the expiration Of two weeks, he again
walked up TO the bar, and said. s'pose
we settle that account--I am going in
few minuets. The landlord handed
him his bill--Two weeks board, S.
$40. Here, stranger, said the Yankee
this bill is wrong, you've made a mis-
take; you've made a mistake; you've
not deducted the times was absent
from dinner and supper; Ia days, two
meals per day; % meals at 81 and f.2
cents each; $lo,5o. If you've not
got the fifty cents change that's due me
I'll tax drink and the balance in ci-
gars! Fs52@ 'rS sia FP sisa q
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-05-15

Mr.. Jonas Brown was most respec,
table middle aged gentleman. with a
fine bald and symetrically powdered
head. the least obtrusive Of silvery pig
tails, double eye-glass, pearl mount
ed, neatly fitting gaiter pantaloons, and
unexceptionable white cravat, carefully
plated cambric iliIled shirt, and a su-
perior Saxony blue beftting-for-an-e ell
derly-gentleman cut coat, and Mr.. Jo-
mas Brown was also the bosom and in
tipaie friend of Mr.. James Snake, and
the patron and general lolly pop, six
pence week, and sugar candy depot,
of five small scions Of the before men
toned Mr.. James Snake. Now the
reason for the extreme friendship Of
these worthless, was on the part Of Mr..
Jonas Brown, kindly feeling Of graft
tude for many small, but to him pecu,
liar; pleasant, demonstrations Of affec.
tionate regard, for which he concluded
himself the Snakes debtor; and the
cause Of those manifestations on the
part of the Snakes, was the hope Of uI-
terror benefits, which they doubted not
they should receive from their fattered
guest, upon the accession to consid-
erable property to which he was sup
posed to be the undoubted heir-at-law;
and fully, expected at the termination
of suit then pending. to become the
actual possessor.
Under these circumstances, Mr.. Jo-
mas Brown was made sort Of house
hold god by his disinterested friends
nobody could carve like Mr., Brown.
nobody could speak like Mr. Brown,
nobody, could make punch like Mr.,
Brown, nobody could stir the FIRE like
Mr. Brown, nobody knew any thing
about politics bpt MI. Brown; in Short
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ADJUSTMENTS.

II were unjust and ungraleful TO con-
ceive that the amussmsnts Of life are
atoge ihsr forbidden by its benefcent
author. They serve, on the contrary,
important purposes in the economy Of
life, and are destined to produce impor-
tant effects both upon our happinessand
character. They are "the wells Of the
deserts" the kind resiing.places in which
the weary spirit may recover its tone,
and where the desponding mind may
reassume its strength and its hopes.--
They are, in another view, of come i'm
portsnce to the dignity Of Individual
character. In every thing we call a.
nusement, there is generally some dis
play Of taste and Of Imagination; sons
elevation Of the mind from mere animal
indulgence, or the basensss Of sensual
desire. Even in the. scenes Of relaxa-
ton, therefore, they have tendency,
to preserve the dignity Of the human
character, and to fill up the vacant and,
unguarded hours of life with eccupa-,
tions, innocent a! least. il not yirtuous..
But their principle effect, perhaps, is
upon the social character Of nan.----,
Whenever amusement is sought it is in
the society Of our brethren; and where-i
ever it is found, it is in our sympathy
with tho happiness Of those around u.s.
1t bespeaks the disposition OF benevo-i
ience, and it creates it. When men as
sen Bile, accordingly, for the purpose Of
general happiness and joy, they EXHIBIT
to the thoughtful eye one Of the most
pleasing appearances of their original
character. They leave behind them,-
for time, the faults Of their station and
the asperities Of their temper; they for
oct the secret vie VS. and the selfish pur-,
poses Of their ordinary lite, and ningle
with the crowd around them with no
other view than to receive and comnu-
nicate happiness. 1t is a spectacle
which it is impossible to observe with
out emotion; and while the virtaous
man rejoices at the evidence which it
affords Of the bene VIOLENT Constitution
of his nature, the ,pious man is apt to
bless the benevolence of that God who
thus makes the wilderness and the seli-a
tary place be glad, and whose wisdom
renders even the hours OF amusement
subservient to the cause Of virtue. II Z
is not, therefore, the use OF the inno-
cent amusements Of life which is dan
gerous, but the abuse of them; il is not
when they are occasionally, but when
they are constantly pursued; when the
love Of amusement degenerates into q
passion; and when, from beng an oc-''
casional indulgence,t it becomes habi-
tual desirs.-Aiison. s..,...-.l, -
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J A M EiS, r.. M OsRRlS,
3ta EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. nl
M MS,

TERMS.
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From Dickens London Daily New.

y - From Dickens, London DAILY News.
"w AIT A LITTLE LONGER"
There is good time coming, boys.
Xxx A good time coming;
We may not live to see the day,
But earth shall glisten in the ray
'" Of the good time coming.
Cannon balls may aid the truth,
''' But tbought'sa weapon stronger;
- Well win our battle by its aid:
~ Wait a Httie longer. lt2 .P
~ There 8 q good time coming, boys, -'a
sl A good time coming;
~ The peushall supercede the sword,
~ And right. not might, shall be the lord, !
O 4a: In the good time coming. Hee as9
q Worth, not birth, shall rule mankind,
3 And be acknowledged stronger; t
.l The proper impulse has been given:
y Wait a little longer.
e, There . a good time coming, boys,
,5r A good time coming; ra
War in all mems eyes shall bs
A monster of iniqulty,
In the good time coming.
Nations shall not quarrel, then,
~ To prove which is the stronger;
"' Nor slaughter men for glory's sake:
@ e Wa,t a Httle longer. t5A =
~ There 3 good time coming, boys.
9Gis A good time coming; ' 4t'i
Hateful rivslries of creed ,H9t @.
10 Shall not make their martyrs bleed
og In the good time coming.
Religion shall be shorn of pride;
And flourish all the stronger; ~
go And charity shall trim her lamp:
|s, 50 Wait a httle longer. ,....yf.
There s good time coming, boys,
u A good time coming;
And poor mans family
Shall not be his misery,
In the good time coming.
Every child shall be help,
To make his right arm stronger;
The happier he, the more he has:
Wait a lille longer.
There 8 good time coming, boys,
: ~ A good time coming;
Little children shall not toll 1-lh g.
iI Under or above the soil, Ha.@
s. 's In the good time coming.
But shah play in healthful fields.
.a Till limbs and mind grow stronger;
D And every one shall read and write:
"a = Hat a htfIe longer.
There 3 good time coming, boys,
u A good time coming;
The people shall be temperate,
And shall love instead Of hate,
In the good time coming
They shall use, and not abuse,
And make all virtue stronger;
The reformation has begun:
Wait a little longer.
There s good time coming, boys, "''
A good time coming;
Let us aid II all we can,
8 Every woman, every man.. cfEtt !
10 The good tine coming.
Smallest helps, if rightly given,
Make the impulse stronger;
Twill be strong enough one day:
W'aii a little longer.
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