Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-10-13

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On Saturday last, his honor Judge O'Neal sen:
fenced Padscl to twelve months imprisonment
and a fine, Of thee hundred dollars. s!s4t - =
On Saturday last Judge O'Neal sentenced
George IL. Fans, who had been copyieted5of
Horse Slealing, 10 twelve mouths imlrison::
.nent, aud TO receive. on the first day of next
term, fifty lashes OF his bare back.
HeaUy failures in Europc.-From late foreign
papers. we learn that several failures 10 the
amount of many millions have taken place in
commercial houses in London, Venice. Genoa,
aud Paris. These failures will doubtless
seriously affect many commercial houses, and
we fear that they had some, agency in.producS.
ing a decline in the plice Of cott,n. This de-.
cline however, we hope wi1lirot be permanent
Temperance Meeting.-on Monday night,
hinst, the Mechanics Washingtonian Temper.
unce Society of this place.: assembled in: The.
Court House. considerable number Of. f.per~
SONS, including members and citizens of this
place and of the District,were present. ISeYesal
of the fair sex also honored the occasionwith
their presence. The President of The :Soeiety
made some good remarks, and he was followed
by the Hon. Judge O'Neal. The addressSof
this gentleman was in his usual felicitous man:
ner, and was delivered " ith much animation,
and doubtless produced happy effect. II was I
we'll received by the numerous and;respectable
audience present. His Honor set forth the law
upon the license system. very clearly g distinct
ly., He stated that Commissioners Of Roads and
Town Councils. TO which bodies the. .Lesisla.
lature had entrusted thepower of'granfingsii.
censes for the retailing ofatdent spirits. had the
right of granting or ,citkholding license 10 sell
to or from any person, nomalter what security
he might offer for keeping an orderly house, or
preserving inyioIate the law. These, bodies
Of men could not be compelled to grant ii. :
censes to persons who offered the moneyrequir.
ed by law and the necessary security. This
matter had been tried before the Couris.of the
conntry and was settled. He stated otherpoints
Of law on the subject which we will notno-
tice. The speaker in his discourse, mentioned
several things of considerable interest; and
brought forward powerful arguments 10 sIs;:. .
tain his positions He told someexceIIeDt anec-
dotcs, which were none the worse Tor being
told before 10 a portion of the audience !. For
the benefit Of such Of our readers as were n6t
present we will repeat. though i'm; a ,yerysiru.
perfect manner, two Of his anecdotes. In the;
Hoosier Stale. in the Western country where
lived couple in a little cabin, which was erect.
ed'in portion Of the country where the woods
were dense, and where bear abonnded. Tbis
couple were one day sitting in their cabin. and
their little infant was 10 the cradle before the ;
door. A huge bear came along, and seeing the
child, resolved to make good meal oEit. He
sprang tow ards it, and the fa.her >who'was a.
a poor drunken, timid wretchjuhiped Upon the
joist to save himself. The mother, th-thess
feeling and selEs4crifrins devotion har.
acterize her, sex. phced. herself betWesh the
bear and tie infant. Fortunately an axe as.
al Lhand-.a she struck eaie3 blows upon
the bearaIndFshe 5prostrated him aud 5oyercame
him. Whilst hisbaltle; was going q, ,lhs poor
husband securely perched on the joist,;f sang
out frequently to the noble woman. go Lay
on Betsey lay on, give tito him wife,,p2wi!h
out rendering her any assistance. On the next
day some of the neighbours passing by, the, hus-
band said to ihem, " did you heariofthe great
bear fight, l and Be,sey had yesterday" They
answered'.no." why" said he, I" a bear on
yesterday tried to eat up ourl;ttle one, & I &
Be,sey settled him. We fought him and killed
nim" This was false, as his wife was the sole
conqueror Of the bear. This anecdote wasin-'
tended to show, that drunkards ere yain.glori.
Gus, and assume to themselves The credit OF
many acts VIII ica they are inca pable Of per.
forming.
We will repeat onc more anecdo:e. but we
do not remember in what manner the Judge
brought it in, or what it was intended toll
lustrate. In Virginia, there dwelt,an old wo:
man. wIl o was very kind in waiiing upon the
sick TO whom she did much benefit, One Of
her neigIbors said 10 her on acertain occasion.
"Goody, what makes yon 50 attentive 10; all
the sick" Oh said she, "the peopfe are
very kind to me. and wantto do something
for them" "Well says he. i will give yon q
medicine 20 administer, which will; make your
fortune" He went to pile Of cedar posts
rhat were lying before his door, and Saving
off portion Of them. made them into fine
powder. He wr'pped this in several papers
and gave i. to the old woman. ".When any
body is sick," says he, give him one ofthese
powders, well mixed with moIasses, and il will
cure him." Goody took 1he powders. and ad-
ministered the medicine to her patients. She
was emnently successful. Her fame as skill
Gn ply sician, sp read far and wide, The man
who gave her the powder, went out one night
a fishing and caught fine mess. He returned
and made hearty supper ofthem: One ofthe
bones stuck in his throat. He could get. no re.
lief, and thought that he would die. Send for
Goody," said his wife. "What! TINT old fool,"'