Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-04-18
LEGISLATIVE Divorces. NULL AND

"tdllH, VI ttS 50 W. bibS w hhA " ioi obd
accurate reporl OF one of,he most impor.
liant decisions ever nude by the Kentucky
Court Of Appeals. II declars divorce grant
ed by acl of the Legislature TO be uncon-
slilulional and void, SD far as the rights Of
properly are concerned, and that wife
so divorced, without her consent. is. upon
The deaIh Of The husband, entitled 10 a
dover 10 his lands and slaves, and 10 a
distrihutable portion Of his personal estate,
as fully IS if no such act Of divorce had
been passed. The Louisville Courier
says:
"As to the effect Of such divorce upon
the relations ofIhe 'paries. aside fruu, lhe
rights Of property, nulhing is decided.-
That question did not arise in The case, and
The opinion does by no means 60 the
length (as scme have supposed, of de-
clarins subsequent marriages of persons
tiynrced to be illegal and void.
'"The case is Gaines vs.. Gaines-ap.
peuI from Geen Circuit Court"
PuNcTlLlous or NAME.-A corporal
in one Of the regiments in Mexico, when
The roll was being called refused TO ans
wer 10 The name of"Ebenezer Mead. !"
The officer repeated the call. No ans
wer. us Ebenrzer Mead OH elre gronndl'
said The indignant official. "Eben Mead
is herc," quoIll the corporal. ":Why
dome you answer, you rascal. Ebrne.
z"r Mead" My name is simple "Eben
Mead" the Ebenrzer" was repeated
again in tone like small Northwestern.
"Captain," quolh the rampant corporal,
"you call me Ebenezsr. Your name
is Peter Read, would you respond if
you were called Petersneezer Read Z"
EJc was taken 10 the guard house, tried
lor conrempr and deprived Of his warrant.
-LopcH Courier.
OLD BAcnELoR.-What is he : A
rusty, musty, iusIy, sort Of an animal,
who is no companion, either for himself
or ANYBODY else. His face looks MS if
i, had been ba,hed in vinegar-when
he speaks it is with the snappislrnrss Of
an angry cur-he lakes no care either
Of his body or his necessary habilimens
he is drug to society; piIled by the
wise, and hooled al by the fooliSh-he
spends his days in uncasiness and his
nights in misery-he lives unbeoved
and dies nnlamenled --he is in short, what
WE have been for nearly 40 years.
Thank God, we ale now we'll married
Western Argus.
Bound TO CONE oFF.-A sable knight
of The Iather and brush was performing
The operation OF shaving a hoosier with
a very dull razor.
"Slop, said the huosier, "tllat won'l
do"
"Whal dc matter boss :"
1.-THE razer pulls"
"Well. no malta for dat, sab. If de
handle oh dc razor don't break, de
boards bound 10 cum of.
An Irish Baronet dispuiing with a
Freuch courticr, as to the aged and stand
ing of their families, when the latter, as
a tinisIer to the ars umrnt, said that his
ancestors were in the ark with Noah.
"That is nolI,ing,'' said the tlbcrnian,
with rich broguc, "for at The dcuge
my for, fathers were cruising about in a
boat for their Own."
Just after the surrender Of Com
wallis, when the prisoners were march
ing oul Of Yorktown, one negro said 10
his companion: Now we shall see Lor
CORVALLIS" "Big fnoI." replied the
other. "lhrre is no Lor Cornwa!is now,
for his cxcellcncy shell all his corn
of, and he is now Lor Cobwalis."
"Friend, it is very wrong 10 swear
as you do-why do you do il 2"
"Becausc," pied the prisoner,
"I've understood that man may swear
out Of Jail in thirty days. and want
10 secif it canl't be done in fifteen. | am
going to Sc, up all night, and do my
worst"
"Sir you passed me this bill. I don't
think i, is good. Are you sure that it
will 90 u
"Yes, my lad, i, will go anywhere
you choose TO send it,
"Thcn | should like TO send it into
your pocket, and get better one it its
place."
An Albany editor speaks of man who
is so fat that his family use bis voice 10
burn instead of lard oil. The Yankee
Blade says there is man in Boston so
fat that people sip down looking at him
-one individual was even lripped up
by standing on his shadow.
Nor TO BE FoUND.-A little gill
walking into a cemetery of Pere la
Chaise, at Paris, and reading one af-
ter another the praises on the tombs OF