Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-07-11
A ROADSIDE CoLLoQUY. ;

A ROADSIDE CoLLoQUY.
and 50, o.. Squire ss you don't take
mo, Major; | get The city papers
ron much better terms, and So I take a
couple Of them. ~ /.
"But Squire the country papers often
prove a great convenience 10 us. The
more we encourage them the better
IAeir editors can,mdke lhem.",
+ "WhysI don't know any convenience
they are to me::',.
~"Thc farm you sold last fall was;ad'
vertised in one oflhem, and thereby you
obtained customer Did. you not ~
every. true, Major: but,I paid three
dollars tor it," 80: -
"And ,made much more than three
dollars ,kyit. Nov ifyoureneig ghbors
had Got,maintaTned that press, and kept
it ready for your use, you would have
been withol. the mans OF advertising
your property, But | think;I saw your
daughters malriage ia>th0se papers did
that cost you any thing 2" =
'No, but----c'
Sand your brothers death was thus
published, with long obituary notice.
And the destruction Of your neighbor
Briggs house,by FIRE. You know these
things were exaggerated, I'LL the aulhen-
tic accounts Of your newspapers set them
right" -.,:y. 80. -
$50, ttne but"
"And when your cousin Splash was
out for The Legislature, you appeared
much gratilied at his newspaper defence
which cost him nothing"
Eyes, yes, but these things are news
to the readers. They cause the people
TO take the papers"
"No. no, Squire Grudge, not If all
were like you. Now I tell you the day
will come when some one wilaWrite a
very long eulogy on.your life and char
acter, and the printer will put itin type
with a heavy black line over il;:and
with allyour fiehes,i will be done for
;, you.asaa@s grave. is..tosas psuper Your
health, li5eraliry, and all such things will
be spoken OF, but the printers boy, as
he spells the words in arranging the type
10 those sayings. will remark Of you,
"poor mean deuil =! he is even sponging
for an obituary!'' Good morning
Squire"
WILD CAT, THE SEMINoLE.-A lei.
ter from Cross Timbers, Arkansas, pub
lished in The Little Rock Banner, oI
the 2Olh ullimo, contains the following
passage: "The indians begin 10 assume
a savage appearance about here; they
all paint and wear scalp locks; we me-
two the other day almost entirely naked
with the exception Of blanket and
small piece Of cloth about their loins:
they we're armed with bows and arrows
rode with saddles and in lieu of a bride
had a piece Of rope about the lower jaw
of the horse; they belonged to the
Wachita tribe. About two miles beyond
Little River we met the celebrated Sem.
mole chief, Wild Cat, with twelve war
riors, all painted and in their war dress
they had plenty of whiskey, which sole
for twenty cents per pint, and were Of
course very drunk. Old Wild Cat is &
fine looking Indian, but he has coun-
tenance that would do honor 10 an imf
of Satan. His neck. wrists, arms, ant
waist were. cncircled with silver plates
given him at Washington, and engraved
with his name. The current report
here is, that he is in league with the
Gamanches, and appearances seem te
favorit. A few weeks ago he was a
Fort Smith with some ofhis people, and
there bought quantity Of gunpowder
and whiskey; with these he returned
and is now on his wayto the Crane
prairies; what his real intentions are
is not known, but think that he intend:
nothing good. One thing is certain, al
all the reports confirm, that the Ca.
mancllcs and other tribes are on The Of
fensive."
The PENNsrLvAlA BENcH.-The Phila
delphia Sun gives the following affeclin;
description oflhe droHsy state ofJus'ice IL
that quarters.
"JUsrlcE NEVER SLEEps.-Oul friend
Col. Clark. of the Huntingdon Journal
who has recently been on visit to Harris
burg. and while there occasionally attend
ed The Supreme Court, says that with al
respect for the admitted legal abilities O
the Court he cannot but entertain the opin
ion, that i. is incapable of truly judsin,
the merits of case. when three Of III
five Judges are asleep!'"
HoT WEATHER AT THE NoRTH.-Th
weather has been excessively warm at tn
North. At Baltimore on Thursday, th'
mercury went up 10 50 in The shade. AM
tho ship, carpenters and other mechanic
engaged in out door work we're compelle
to suspend operations during considera
IL, r,r, or ,ha dou ia ,o,no1napna Of III