Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-05-10
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NO. l6.

I, A GREAT INVENTION Or a graf .HUn-
.sUa.-We find the following in the Bos:
ION Chrono,ype: -: q:
A discovery Of Professor Bronson 10 re-.
regard TO that sublime optical instrument.
The human eye-as simple and practical
as il is phiIosophical-is exciting much al-
ten,ion ip the. city,. By. q very easy and
painless external operation. he Is. enabled
TO relieve those defects which call for
glasses, both The concuve and convex, and
both young people aud old ones find lhem->
selves. able 10. lay aside their spectacles.-
Our fanh in this discovery is 30 full. that.
we recommend to all to whom sight is va
liable aud spectacles an Inconvenience,
to see his card in our columns, and resort
10 Prof. Bronson.
:. c. Anronson, through his attorney, 10 q
card dated Berdentown, IN. J.,) declares
himself the sole owner of the .schr. Pearl.
OIL board ,,of which the runaway slaves
were. raken--repudia,es the conduct Of
Sayres, the. caplain---states that he was
entirely ignorant Of tho, occurrence until he
read an account of il in the. newspaper--
and says he never was an aboiil;onist, and
has no sympathies with their movements.
Mr.. A. has laken ,measlires 10 establish
his righ, Of ownership to The vessel. $
The reformed and expurgated code Of
civil law forms in the courts ofNew York;
has passed the Legislature of that State.
This is a stride fara ahead, and accomplish
es what thousands have written. talked
and hoped for. for years past. The bar.
.barous .tautology. aud multiplication Of
words which have distinguished the Law.
are thus abolished in that region.
TEMPERANCE IN New HAMpsHiRE.--.ss
The question ofliceuse or no license. sub:
mitled to the people Of New Hampshire, I.
has resulted 10 favor Of a law prohibiting
The sales OF Intoxicating liquors, exception
medicinal aud mechanical purposes. The
the vo,ein iwenty-eightto towns which have 5
beensheard from Glands a. 1910 1919. q,
TIE Return Of a Slaus "A fact Of re-.
cent occurrence exhibits the kindness with
iwhichsonr citizens generally treat; stheir
slaves. and the essnperior enjcg gment 5and
.cundition of our cololed population
fsse Sstatss:sss g:
yo1ng be
orther durings gsseyeal lsmoh thss niiE The
body Of a. woman Answering to her de-
scrfptton ffsuad river; and III
was supposed shehad been. drowned !.
Yesterday however, the girl returned toss.
her masiar's house, and slated that ,sho s
had run awayiand resided in Ohio during
her abscence;t but the freedom which she
had enjoyed there, made her desirous 10, 4
return to her old home with different ideas
OF her former condition. Slavery among
our generous and intelligent cirizens, is {
terrible only in ls:name; ,aaHd the actual
condition OF the slaye is Better thanthat
of most white families in The northern
States.-M O, Mersary.
The SLAVE abduction cdse.-A meet ,
ing was held in Boston,. on Tuesday ey.a.
ening, in relation to this case, at WASH.
ing,on, anu it is proposed TO furnish the
bail demanded for the three white per-,
SOUS concerned in III
s. LOOKING AHEAD.-The daughter Of
the Countess D. was about 10 marry
in few days very amiable gentleman.
but whose years unfortunately numbered z
3G, while those of his Intended only react-z.
ed 15. Though. naturally. of cheerful Z
disposition, she had seemed sad for seye..,
raj days. which a, last attracted the ata 4
tenlion Of the mother.
my dear child" said the latter, one
evening, show serious you look-what
are you thinking about so deeply?"
mamma" replied the Miss, with a
deep sigh, ~ am thinking that my future
husband is Just double my age.". ).
"That's true, but no matter; you don't
think him old at 36?" ~,
"No-it is not so bad now-bu, Just
think when l shall be fifty"
Swell, what them" J. -,
"Why then bell be hundred!
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Why are ,le Missouri girls the sweet-"
est in the Union? Because they are,
"Mo, 'iaSSes. Wnat are you laughing
at? u.
"Short visits are the best" as the fly
said when he lit on the stove.
Iudecision keeps the door sjar, bu, de-
cisiou shuts aud bolts il. 4
.---:::..: i.';,ic.
Let not your-e@n, bat the public
wishes, acutuate you. ~
Home MissIO n Society )
YHyHE Fellowship Ladies' Home Mission.
a. Society will hold, its fourth Anniversary
az Fellowship Meeting House, three miles
south of Cambridge, Saturday before the hist,
Lords day in May next. Rev. J. M. Chiles is.