Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-03-13

lind them out; in short, lie might say with
David, his soul was amongst lions.
IHE FOLLY OF PARENTAL CONTROL IN THE
ARTICLE OF MATRIMoSY.- You must know.
Sir" said the stranger, that have been rs
much dupe to the opinions of the world,
and have taken notions upon trust. rs mucI'
a amy man who ever lived in it: but have
for some time begun 10 suspect that common
notions were not always founded in common
sense. and have lately been set right in SO
material all article, that am now upon tho
plan of canvassing every custom before
give into it; and don't doubt but in n
little time | shall acknowledge no laws for
my actions, but those of God and nv conn.
try. have son, sir; and he, as thought.
played the fool and married, without nv con.
sent, Il girl without Il shilling According TO
the common routine Of life, therefore, I cor
cluded that he was ruined, that he had taken
a step which it never was custom for rich
fathers to forgive, and accordingly, brute that
was, turned him and his wife out of doors.
But by the time that they had suffered more
hardships than can bear to rccollcct, and I
more pain than cared to acknowledge, be-
gan TO doubt whether have not been little
too hasty. BY great good fortnc, just about
this time my poor boy met with singular
adventure, which broug gllt him to the knowl-
edge Of an old fellow colcgian, who in
good hour undertook to plead his cause with
me. This gentleman, with whom am only
acquainted by letter, is find very pariicu-
lar man; and in 4 little time, as soon, that is
to say, rs my pride and obstinacy could be
let gently down, he convinced me that the
opinion of the world in these cases is not
worth Il rush; that my son was happier in .
wife OF his own choosing than he probably
would hare had any chance of being with
one of mine: that WAS besides furnishing
myself for his indiscretion: and, in short he
argued in so very particular manner, that
sent for my boy home, and shall have reason
to lovea particular man as long as live"
THE TEARS OF THE AGED" There is
something in the tears Of an old man Affect
ing beyond expression The distress Of n
young man, however deep, has atlrousandal..
lcvating circumstances; youth. strength,
health, enable linn TO bear up under misfor-
tunes, and with the assistance of good con-
science render him superior TO- adversely, and
give him moreover i moral hope of seeing
better days: but how very widely differentis
the case with man whose misfortunes come.
upon him at time, when even the comforts,
of life lose half their relish; his faculties.
weakened, his friends gone or cstranged, his
hopes ovcrrouded, his reflections embittered
| by the sad retrospect of pleasures passed. of:
joys forfeited by the>bascness of others, or
his own imprudencc, and his views for after
enjoyments cut short by the aatural period'of
all earthly good; then, when III timed misfor-
tunes bear hard upon him and force the tears
from those eyes which he had hoped to close.
in peace, when the ideas of helpless age and
heart can stand the attack? No, there IS not
in nature Il sight SO affecting rs the tears of
an old man.
The LUST OF RICHES, DESTRUCTIVE OF vIR-
TUE.-"Q; my dear Harriet! possibly you
nay not have observed that when once the
idea of money has got possession Of mans
soul, he is from that instant deaf to every call
Of generosity, liberaity, or even humanity;
shut up in himself, he never bestows thought;
on the rest of mankind; I never, says he,
mrddIe with other peoples concerns. Talk.
|. .to such a man of social endearments, senti-,
Is,nntal 2 anioNmenis. and the happiness arising
from Inc inner and more exquisite efeeiines of.
the soul, and your sangaage will be as abso.
lutely unintelligiblc to him, as if you spoke
Arabic. Don't you remember what La Bru.
yere says! Un bon .fnancier ne pleure nj ses
amis, nj sa femme, nj ses enfans. Talk to.
him, again, of the pleasures arising from mu-
sic, painting, poetry, or any of the polite arts,
Of the satisfaction arising from works of oc-
MUS and Imagination, he shakes his head.
and calls it all loss of time, and hinderance of
business. Homer and Virgil We're, in his
opinion, infinitely below Cocker and VIM
gate: and the only valuable thing ever i'm
ported from Ital was the Italian method of
bookkeeping.
fgETENsIoNs TO SAGAcITY.-"I cannot, In
oeeu' say that know any talent which is
I, more S,oNhing to the pride of human nature,
tiah 'hlS V sagacity nor, of course, any
na lnal Is more Extended to. Every body fore
sees every lhlhe the more sanguine and less
will turn OUT" Ii more careful content font
themselves with waiti,r till an event has han.
pened, and then tell Nu g. thew n, ''aI aiw,rs n1
though that would be tho @ :" Which % -.
it is pretty difficult TO contrao.t ib.n , sst,b
fishes the opinion of their sagae,v with % less
risk than the former run, who are Con redm.
ccd to the necessity of acknowledge that
they thought so once, but (by way of :ssay.
ing clause) that they very soon saw to ~
contrary"