Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-10-10
Facts ama 9urtaemts.

pie the proprie,y of eugrafting upon their
Stale CONSTITUTION an inhibition Of slavery.
in order TO create question in Congress,
and keep up the agitation in regard to il.
DR.. Palfrey and John.Van Buren, are spo-
ken Of as the commissioners Of mischief"
An extensive Marble quarry has been
discovered in Calawba county, Norris
Carolina. 1t is situated on The Catawba
River, near Shuiord's Ferry; and The Mar
BILE is said TO be remarkably fine.
General Guyon. an Irish soldier. is The
last leader of the Hungarian forces VINO
5 holds out in the open field. His force is
not large, but he is sworn not to surrender
until free egress is granted 10 the foreign
auxiliaries Of Hungarian cause.
A FLOWER FOR THE HEART.-A wife.
full o. truth. innocence. and love, is the
pretIies, flower uIau can wear next 10
his heart.
THE GENDERs.-A precious youngster
being asked how many genders there were
replied, "Three, sir, the masculine, the
feminine, and the neutral" "Well done,
my son now define Them" 1.-The mas
culine is men. the feminine is women, aud
the neutral is old bachelors"
LANGUAeEs.-There are three thousand
six hundred and sixty.iour known Ian
gunges now used in the world. Of'hese.
nine hundred and thirty-seyen are Asia,ic;
fve hundred and eightyseven European;
two hundred aud seventy. six African and
one thousand six hundred and twenty four
American dialects.
An Irishmau who lives with a Graha.
mite, lells friend that if he wants 10 know
what 'illigant living" is, he must come TO
his house, where the breakfast consists Of
nothing, and the supper Of what was left
al breakfast.
A stump orator who wished to CANNON
some Germans just previous to an election,
in order 10 obtain their votes. observed,
that though be was moi a German him
self. yet he had brother who was remear-
kably fond Of German suasages.
SACRIFICE OF HUMAN LIFE.-The Par
is Press, estimates the number Of conscrpts
for the French army from l76lio 1918, al
4,500000 men; of this number Napoleon
levied 2.476.000. 10 twenty-five years.
the Presse states the total number Of per.
sons slain in war, or in butcheries, at TO-
100000.
A NOBLE SENTIMENT.-"The more
am acquainted with agricsltura! affairs,
tho better am pleased with them; inso.
much that can nowhere 6ud so great
satisfaction as in those innocent and use-
full pursuits. In indulsing those feelings.
am led to reflect how much more delight
ful to an undebuuched mind is the task Of
making Improvements Oh the earth, than
all the vain glory which can be acquired
from ravaging it by The most uninterrupted
career Of couquests." ashington's let
ters to Arthur Young.
WHOLESALE DEsERTIoN.-Upwards Of
fourteen thousand British seamen are said
10 have deserted The Merchant service of
that country the last year, eight thousand
of whom left their vessels on the American
coast.
Four CHILDREN PolsoSED.-A bundle
containing cakes and candies, with other
things, was found by a; poor woman some
days ago near Port Richmond, Staten Is
land. Her four children ate of The cakes
and candles, and were Immediately seized
with symptoms Of cholera. Two died aud
two recovered. The conterts Of the 0,o
machs were anaIyzed, in one Of which was
found a sufficient quantity Of arsenic TO
have killed twelve men.
THE TALK WITH BILLY Bow LEGS
We learn from Tallahassee, Florida, says
the Savannah Georgian. under date Of 9th
September, tha, information had BEEN re-
ceived that the contemplated interview
with Billy Bow-Legs could not be mad by
Gen. Twiggs. as appointed for The 18TH
Billy has postponed The talk for the 18th
Of this month.
GREAT FIRE IN New YoRK.-A grea
fire occurred in New York on the 25ih ulr.
by which number of stables and build-
ings were burned, and two hundred cows,
fifteen horses. and two human beings per-
ished in the flames.
More GoLD.-The Little Rock, Ar.
kansas Democrat says, "that an expert
enced mineralogist sales he has ascertain
ed that in the mineral locality of Mont.
gomery county. Ark. there is abundance
Of gold and silver. He found The surface
of the earth at the odd Works quite rich
in gold, which is easily obtained by wash-
ing"
DEATH OF" "YANKEF HILL."-A letter
from Saratoga, received in New York,
mentions the death, at that place, of Mr..
G. n. Hill, the Comedian. MIR. Hill ar
rived at the Springs on The 20lh of August,
and gave an entertainment. He was at
that time quite unwell. lie died on Fri
day evening.
READINa.-It will be found by obser.
walton that persons who are fond Of read
ing, who have access 10 q small number of
good books, are much more intelligent than
those who read everything and digest no.
thing. The truth is, we all read too many
books. We should know more, if we
confined our reading 10 smaller number.
FREE SuIL 1SsTITUTloNs.-The Star
Lebanon Oll.) says we understand that
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