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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

our own; and the next best quality is TO
learn to bear with what we meet in
others. A bad temper will always tire
itself out, if it find no one 10 resent ii:
and this very knowledge is worth a
trihe.-Irascibility is very injurious to
health; and so, in fact, is every morbid
indulgence of our inferior nature-low
spirits, melancholy, difTidence, disnc'l'
nation for ordinary duties, discomfort,
frclfuIness, even down to mental lass>
tude, Incidence, or despair-are all very
jnimical to the enjoyment oflile; and
every possible eforl should be made to
cas-, them all to the winds, and look
unb!nshing in the truth Of the fact. 1t is
astonishing what little reflection will
do--lhe fears are mostly imaginary and
with one dash CT resolution may all be
overcome.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

The friends of Col. R. B. BouKNIoHT,
announce him MS Candidate for seat III
'he House Of Representatives, aEthe ensu-
ing election, -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

I've are aulIoTIzed &c, ailn6dlire W: II.
HARRIS, Esqr., as candidate for scat IN IN
thcHouse Of Representatives, at the next ext. eiec
ton. -
february
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

GTThe friends ofWEsLEY BODIE, Esqr'.
announce him as candidate for the Otilce OF
Sheriff Of this District. at the ensuing election.
January Ia ol
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

The friends of DR.. JOHN LAKE, announce
him as a Candidate fol seat III the House OF
Representatives, at the ensuing election
March Ii
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

The fiiends Of Maj. JoHNToMKlNs an
nounce him as candidate for scat III lhe
House of ofRepresentatives at the ensuing elec'
ton. May 3
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

GFWe are authorised to announce Is.
C. YANCEY, Esqr., as a candidate :or q
seat in the House Of Representatives, a,
the ensuing election.
March 90 te lo
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

VERY Coon. We like The following
extract from rcpoI, read before an
Agricultural Society not only because
it is well spiced with humol, but also
because that humor makes the hog teach
men very useful lesson:
Again. Some folks accuse pigs OF be-
ing filthy in their habits and negligent in
their personal appearance. But whether
food is best eaten of the ground or from
China plates is, it seems TO me, merely
a matter Of taste and convenience, about
which pigs and men may honestly differ
They ought then to be judged cI'arilabIy.
At any rate pigs are not filthy enough 10
chew tobacco, nor to poison their breath
drinking whiskey. And, as to their per.
sonal appearance, you don't catch pig
playing the dandy, nor the females
among lhom picking their way up this
muddy village, after rain, in kid slip
pers.
Notwithstanding their heterodox no.
tions, hogs have some excellent 'ialts OF
character. II one chances to wallow
a little deeper in some mire hole than his
fellows, and so carries off and comes in. I!
nossession of more of this earth than his
brethren. he never assumes an extra
importance on that account; neither are
his brethren stupid enough to worship
him for il. Their only question seems
10 be sis he sill a hog7" II be is, they
treat him as such,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07
4agfai and Blootiy Tradrgy.-The
Ratit.ifS1 aafieT Times, Of Saturday, gives
the par ol
shoe kiil faair VI
d as .st+in4
Name:
A mah named
years Of age, by oc>
penter, with q sharp
scapitated his wife an,

oldest child aboutstwt..- ~.--s,,-
leaving the heads hanging TO the bodies
only By a small portion of the neck, and
then cut Ills. own throat most eflectually
with razor: The father and two sons
were in bed in one room, and the
mother andllwo daughters in the same
situation in sanoller room. The awful
deed was not discovered until sometime
on Friday, when the mother of the man,
having occasion to visit the house, found
The inmates in the horrible situation de.
scribed; not a soul being left to tell the
tale of blood. But the manglcd victims
of a fathers madness, the fatal axe, the
marks of blood upon the floor, The ia
theirs throat and the open razor, dis
closed an awful tale while a paper,
found on the premises, in The joint hand
writing Of the parents, revealed con-
di,ion of mind which shows how fear
fully appalling are the fruits Of ofrellglous
error. The Times says:
1t appears that Mr.. and Mrs Pinck-
ham had been victims ofthe Miller de-
lusion; but the full force Of its crushing
influence upon their spirits seems not to
have been suspected by others. The
paper 10 which we have referred, an
exact copy Of which seen by our 'nior>
mant. contained statement in the hand
wriline Of Mrs. P..,followed bv another
by her husband, setting forth that they
had become tired of lifc-thal there was
nothing in prospect fer them worth 'lv-
ing for, and that they had mutually a
greed upon the destruction of themselves
and chiIdren; requesting that their bo-
dies might be deposited in a stone tomb.
The wife when found was in bed par
tally undressed, the eyes as open as
though awake at the moment OF decapl.
,ation. The children were also in bed
probably sleeping unconcious OF any
danger.
HINTS TO LADIEs.--S!air carpets
should never be put down without nav
ing a slip ofpaper put under thrm'at and
over the edge5ot every stair which is the
par, where they first wear out, in order
TO lessen The friction of the carpets a
gainst the boards beneath. The STRIPS
should be within an inch or two as long
as the carpet is wide and about four OF
five inches in breadth, so as to lie a dis
lance from each stair. This simple plan
so easy of execution, will, we knoW!pre-
serve a stair carpet half as long again as
it would lastsBithout the strips OF paper
Sci. Amer.
IraseibilitysG Tsmper.-The great
est plague inalife is bad temper, 1 IS :
a great Was,eof time to complain o,
other people,s; the best thing is u amend
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

T The friends of PETER QUAIlLh
BUM, Esq.,. announce him as canaIoa'e ~,
the Office Of Clerk of the Court Of eoh'i'"
Pleas, of this District at the ensuing e'ec,1o"
January II ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

1--WE are authorised TO announce DAN
IEL HOLLAND. Esq. as candidate for re
oIec,ion to seal in the House of Delegates.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

rFThe friends of Maj. ABRAtiA AN 'oN f'o
announce him as a candidate Tor re-eiec'lol "
the Legislature.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

Verv Good.-The editor Of the Indiana
Register gives his readers good advice
lie says.:if you want TO buy goods cheap,
20 where they advertise them. Merchants
who are 100 s,ingy TO advertise, are too
tight to give YOU fair bargain
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

NJ The following gentlemen are announces =,
bv their friends as candidates for the Once n'
Tax Collector. at the ensuing election:
Col JOHN QUATTLEBUM,
GEORGE J. SHEPPARD,
EDMUND MORRIS.
SAMPSON B. MAYS,
Mai. S. C.. SCOTT,
LEVI R. WILSON.
JAMES SPANN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07
From the Daily Telegraph.
BAD LUCK.

We often hear individuals complain o
bad luck-lhey can't get along; every
thug, goes wrong; nothing prospers. Says
one: Every business hat / undertake falls
through. and all my plans prove of no a.
yail-and he comes 10 the conclusion that
he was born to misfortune, and gives up Of
tentirfes to despair.
In my opinion, The true secret OF most
mems misfortunes, are Attributable, in nine
cases oul Of ten, bad company, 6ad habits.
or Dad management; and that their bad
luck IS more The result Of their Gwn con-
duct, than Of surrounding circumstances !;
and it is generally the case that. "lhnse
who grumble most at The favors Of dame
Fortune" are those very individuals who
do The least 10 merit her smiles.
Nov can it be asserted lha, those per-
sons who neglect their business. and lol'er
their time in idIeness, spending their shii-
linss at grosshop. and their dollars at
cock pit. gambling table. or hrorheis, eau
ever hope TO be prosperous, or succeed in
any business, or undertaking? So far
from getting ahead in the world, and max.
ing money, they would squauder the for
tune OF Girard
Says practical writer Of much expc.
rience in the world, 81 never knew hard
working early rising, prudent man, careful
of his earnings, ard strictly honest, who
complained Of bad luck. A good C harac-
ter, temperate habits, and non industry,
are impregnable 10 The assaults OF all the
bad luck that fools ever dreamed Of"
But. says one, would you have me delyc
from day 10 day, like swine, without re
taxation or pleasure of any kind Would
you have me nisgard. aud never expend
a cent, save for the necessaries OF life!
BY no means!
Relaxation, and seasons Of leisure, de-
voted to pleasuIable pursuits. are not in
compatible with systematic and uutring
industry hut let them be rational char
acter. not calculated 70 affect injurionsly
health, character or fortune; nor is rea.
sonable or even liberal expenditure Of mo-
ney inconsistent with thrift.
But how much better TO spend ones
money in charity, 10 the amelioralion of
the condition of our fellow men, the ad-.
vancemenl of The cause Of freligion, science,
and the noble enterprises of :he day, than
in minisering to the worst passions of The
human heart, entering to gross, and sensual
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
RY VIM. e. DUR1SOE.
EDITOR & PR o P r E L y H.
HEV TERMS.

Two DOLLARS and Fury CENTS. pernnnun
irpa,d in advancc-S3ifnotpaid within SIX
siifnot paid before the expiration of the
year. All subscriptions will be continued
unless otherwise ordered before the expira-
tion of the year but no paper VIII De u's,
rno,;nue1 nn,il all arrearages are paid, un
less at the option the Publisher:
Any person procuring FIVE responsible eup,
scribers, shall receive the paper Tor one
wear, gratis. ,,
cents per square, ll2 lines, or less ,of tne
Those published monthly or quarterly Will
he charae i 81 per square. Advertisements
no, no having the number of insertions marked
,O ,bem sill be continued uuti ordered ont
and charged accordingly. mn,
COMMUNICATIONS, post paid, will be prompt
" and strictly attended to.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

Marriages.-An eastern paper gives
out the following notice to "ail whom II
may concern
"All notices of marriages, where no
bride cake is sent, will be sci up in small
type. and placed into some ou'landish COR
ner of the page. Where handsome
piece of cake ia sent, it will be placed con.
spicuously in large le''ers-bu' when
gloves or other favors are added, piece OF
illustrative poe'y will be given il addition.
When however, the editor attends the
ceremony in propria persona and kisses
The bride, it will have special notlce-every
type, and the most appropriate poetry iha,
can be begged. borrowed, stolen or coined
from tho brain editorial.
Revolutionary Octogenarian Gone.'-
Judge James Marshall, son of Col. Ihon''
as Marshall, commander Of the Sd Virgin
ia regiment in the war Of independence,
g. eldest surviving brother of Chief Justice
Marshall. died at his residence in Farquicr
county, va, OH tilG SO'h uN'' ooS" w
years. AT II he entered the army, re-
naming 10 it until the close Of the revolu.
,iouary struggle, when he embraced the
legal profession. He was commissioned
by John Adams judge Of the U. S. Cir
cui, Court for the District Of Columbia
lie served bu, brief term on the bench.
FLING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ofthc ma
nv things which have 10 regret, when
review my past life is, that | did not, from
earliest youth, at least as soon as | was
able TO do it. take and preserve-l ho'
licve the technical word is "Gle"-some
70 ID newspaper. How interesting would
!, be now to sexagenarian to look into
the papers which he read when he was
,welye or sixteen, or twenty years old j
How many events would this call TO mind
y hich he has entirely forgotten! How
many interesting associations and feelings
would it revive! What view would i
give of past years! What knowledge
Would i, preserve by assisting the memo
ry! Aud how many valuable purposes o
a literary kind, even might it be render
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

Irascibilityof Tsmper.-The great
est plague in4life is bad temper, IL is
a great waste of time to complain OF
other people's;the best thing is 70 amend
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

A Mr.. Dexter has broached a new
theo, y of astronomy, foundation ofwhich
is tha. The earth is the only visible con-
derab'e matter, and that the sun and all
heavenly bodies are optical delusions.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07
WHY FARMERS SHOULD TAKE
A NEWSPAPER,

First.-From policy, and due re-
gard to their own interest. As the culti-
vators of the soil, it is but right thattlley
should reap the benefit, when from the
numerous causes of 1luctualion in mar
kets, the price Of produce is raised above
its ordinary value. But is This often The
case7 Do those who, by the SWEET Of
their brow, have sowed and reaped and
gathered in the golden harvest, profit
by the increased price Of flour or other
grains? On the contrary, is ii not, in
nine cases out of ten, the fortunate spec.
ulator, who. by watching the foreign.
markets, and by his knowledge of af-
fairs al homo, steps in before the far>
mer, and coolly pockets all the gains7
The latter, at home by his 6residc. des-
tilnte Of the important information which
so small sum az one or two dollars
might procure for him if expended on a
good newspaper, sells his wheat at the
usual price, little dreaming how much To-
sing by the bargain, while the wiser
speculator makes saug little fortune Of
10000 or SIS 900 in day. Year af-
ter year has this been the case, and yet
how few oftte farmers, in our wheat
growinggcouulries have ptof,ed3 bytheir.
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themselves OF theschanSeS- WbiciEso ne
ouen,ly occur. We reiterate;the warn-;
ing and advice, but both are regarded
as the voice Of interest, and a newspa :
per is looked upon as an article of un..s
necessary expense in a farm house, by
those who if they regarded their,oWn pc:
cuniary interest, would subscribe for one
a, on:e, even if obliged to cultail in
some other quarter:
Secondly.-A farmer should take a
newspaper, for the sake Of his children.
II he would have them grow in ignoren
of what's passing around Them at home
and abroad-if he would prepare them
for proper discharge Of their duties as
citizens, he owes ii 10 them 10 give them
the benefit of this weekly instructor,
coming into the family without a hustle
or preiencc, and performing its effect
without failure or delay.
There is vast amount of general in.
tcIlgence condensed in the narrow lin
its Of well conducted paper. Much
of this can be obtained in no other way;
and for the remainder, the student must
wade through pondcrous volume, or
waste his youth over the midnight lamp.
What ever may be thought of it by our
friends in the country, we know that ia
king good newspaper is a cheap way
of dnusing information through family
circle; and know too, that II will, as a
general rule, put ten dullars in the pock>
ct of the farmer for every one it draws
The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-11-28
By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH
REPORTED FOR THE GALAXY.
New York. Nov. q. LIP.

NEW L ORR, NOV. q, Ia l.. M
OFFICIAL VOTE OF OHIo.-Total, Cs~.
l54, 1862, Taylor 1886, Van Buren,, 1886.
-Cass over Taylor, 1896 Total vote in
'4s, 32s.7l4,-in AZ, 3l2.22l. Increased vote
1G,490. The Free Soil vote is 50, 456, being
an increase of 27,4O6, or 10. Gs5 more than the
Wing loss.
MAKYLAND.-Taylcr's majority over Cass,
3,174.
KENTUCKY-The official returns from Of
counties exhibit gain for Taylor, on Mr.
Crittenden's majority, Of S,229. There arc
counties to hear from.
INDIANA.-In IS counties, official and I'M
official, Cass's majority over Taylor is about
$500. There are 90 counties to be heard
from.
ZNoRTH CARoLINA.-The official returns
from all the counties except Yancey. ION ac--
count of some informality in the returns, show
the following result:
Taylor, 43,5l9,-Cass, 3i,sG9 ,-Taylor's
majority, $3.50.
TExAs.-M 3 counties, the vote stands,
Cass, 2,120,- Taylor, 932
At hast accounts from Raleigh, n. c., the SEM
ate had failed 10 complete its organization. At
ter numerous ballOtings, Democrat was chosen
chief Clerk Of the House. with Wing assistant.
In the House 60 Wings and SO Democrats-onc.
having sent in his resignation.
| A large number Of members of Congress are
in town, on their way TO Washington.
MARKETS.
! FLOUR is in moderate demand. Transactions
add up 5000 bbs. S5,37 l2 for strait brands-5
"A for good parcels $50 $50 Ia for pure
For WHEAT. inquiry is less active, and market
heavy. Cork, New Southern, 60 60, Old, 81 a
Is. New round Jersey and Pa, II y. New
Northern, GA a 65, Yellow, 81 6s. Northern
round. old, y l-2 IS. Sales, $4,000 bushels
RYE is down, 6l a 60 l-2.
The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-11-28

may talk OF degeneracy and decay; but
no man who is correctly informed as to
the past will be disposed to take porosc
or Responding view Of the present.
/ should very imperfectly execute the
task which Ishave undertaken, if were
merely TO treat of battles and sieges, OF
the rise and fall of administrations, OF IN
trigues in the palace, and of debates IN
the parliament. y 1t will be my endeaVor
to relate the history Of the government !;
to trace the progress of useful and orna>
mental arts, to describe the rise Of reli>
gious sects and the changes of literary
taste, to portray the manners Of success
i've generations, and not to pass by with
neglect even the revolutions which have
taken place in dress, furniture, repasts,
and public entertainments. shall cheer
fully bear the reproach of having descend
ed below the dignity of history, if | can
succeed in placing before the English of
the ninetee.th century true picture of
the life Of their ancestors. The events
which 1 propose to relate, form only sim
gle act of great and eventful drama ex-
tending through ages, and must be very
imperfectly understood, unless the plot of
the preceding acts be well known.-l
shall therefore introduce my narrative by
a slight sketch of the history of our coun-
try, from the earliest times. shall pass
very rapidly over many centuries, but l
shall dwell at some length on the vicissi>
tudes of that contest which the admins,
traiion Of King James the Second broug hit
to decisive crisis"
The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-11-28

New YoRK-Full returns of the Presil.
til vote in the State Of New Yoik foot ~
follows
Taylor 21s,5Ss, Van Buren, I2O,s7s e..
1I4,5SS. Taylor over Cass, 1OS,s55.-or..
Van Buren, 9s,l62.
PENNsYLv Returns from the e7,;..
state of Pennsylvania give the following rqsrl,,
Taylor 1s5, ISL, Cass 1922, Van Bnror
1l,245. Taylor over Cass, 1854 over al
1879. The whole vote of the State has baon
increased more than $4,000, since October
GEoRG1k.-The Sava nnah Republic,
publishes returns from nearly all the State
showing Wing gain of s,1sl, on the Con,
gressional Election of October last.
81 GES. SCoTT has been recalled 70
Washington, and has assumed his old quarter,
and position. Mutual explanations have been
made between him and the Administration
and the unpleasant feud is now settled.
81 The Brandon Wing, speaking Of tho
late election in Massachusetts, very appropri-
ately says: Palfrey is left in a hopeless mi
nority a fate fitted to so hopeless fanatic"
"a Hon. D. D. BARNARD, of Albany, is
talked of, as U. s. Senator from New York.
---1--~
81 All our exchanges are talking about
SnOr We should like to see little, Just for
the novelty of the thing.
q An invitation was sent to the Hon. Sol
ONION Foot, of Rutland, to be present at our
celebration, on Tuesday evening last. re-
ply from that gentleman was received ON
Thursday, from which We learn that our letter
written on the 18th, did not reach its destina-
ton until Tuesday erening-nOt hariag been
mailed here, for more than three days after it
was put in the Office. Mr. Foot says, in con-
clusion, al should have been most happ, to
have attended your festivities, had the notice
reached me in time"
22D DEcENBER.-Rev. THOMAS S. Hue
BARD, Of Chelsea, is to deliyer an Grafton on
the evening of Forefaihers' Day, in this
village.
@ We learn from the Southern papers
that STEPHEN RozER has heen appointed
First Judge Of The Supreme Court Of Yer
mont. We presume his honor 10 be a resi-
dent OF Terglumes.-BrdndOn Ulsg.
Or possibly !StoningtOn, we would suggest.
AccIDENT.-On Tuesday afternoon last,
Two Irishmen, who were employed in drilling
on the Railroad cut, near our Office, were
blown up by the accidental explosion of
blast. Both the men were severely lh0u.,h
not fatally injured.
THE CANDIDATES AT HOME.-Gen. Cass
carries majority i'll Detroit, his own resi-
dence, in Kinderhook, the residence of Mr.
Van Buren,, and in Baton Rouge, the resi-
dence of Gen. Taylor.-1fOntpetier Patriot
A small mistake, Major. In Undertook,
Gen. Taylor runs ahead of Gen. Cass 12s
votes, and in East Baton Rouge, gains largely
on the Wing vote of Al, leaving bu. major
ity against him. In West Baton Rouge, Tay.
lor has a majority of l47.