Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-01-22
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ARREST OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BY TIL

Among the very numerous arrests made
one Of an American gentleman, under th
following circumstances. He WAS i'll tn
crowd on Wednesday. A friend Of his VII
cruelty beaten, but not allowed to be arrest
I'd, as he bravely desired 10 be. The othe
was also needlcss!y and severely struck b,
the policemen who had him fully in thci
power. He was taken to the Concergerie
locked up for the first night in dungeon
and afterwards in room known as th,
Sales des Gronains. This room wa
crowded part of the time with nearly firt
hundred prisonsrs-some well dressed anc
well-mannered, others the lowest of tht
dangerous population of Paris, escaped Of
released from the galleys of prisons. Tht
only bedding was straw, spread on the stone
floor: some were fortunate to have blanket
but by no means all. The food was ordina
ry prisoners fare. The crime for which thi.
gentleman was imprisoned, and his compan
ion beaten, was crying Wire Ia Republique
and being ina crowd. Severe orders against
gathering in the streets were not issued un'
til Thursday morning. Through the active
interference of our truly American Consul
Mr.. Goodrich, their prisoner obtained his
release on Tuesday.
PRAYER Is THE MEASURE OF LoyE.-It is
a striking remark, ascribed to st. Augustine
that prayer is the measure of love. A re.
mark which implies that those who love much
will pray much, and those who pray much
love much. This remark is not more scrip
turally than phlosophicaly true. 1t is the
nature of love 10 lead the person who cxer-
cises this passion, rs it were, out of himself.
His heart is continually attracted towards
the beloved object. He naturally and neces-
sariy exercises, in connection with the OBJ.
ject Of love, the communion of the affections
And This, it will be readily seen-yiz: the
communion of the af1ec:ions-i. the essen
tisl characteristic, and perhaps it may be said,
the essence and sum Of prayer, In accepta-
Bile prayer, the soul goes forth to God in
various acts Of alteration, supplication and
thanksgiving all of which imply feelings of
trust and confidence, and particularly love TO
Him who is the object ofpraycr. According;
ly he who loves much, cannot help praying
much. And, on the other hand, when the
streams of holy communion with God fail in
any considerable degree, it isa sure sign
that there is shallowness and drausht in
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FLORIDA LAND SALEs.-An ex'puErIso-.-~
of lands belonging to the State Of Florida,
is to take place in April and May next. Or
these lands the Tallahassee Sentinel says:
The largest and most important sale of Sc
lccted lands ever proposed in Florida, is ad-
vertised in the Sentinel of to-day. These
l,nds comprise some 100000 of the 100000
acres granted to the State for Internal I'M
provcments, and constitute all which have
been thus far selected and approved under
the provisions of this grant. A large portion
Of them were selected Immediately after the
United States surveys had been completed,
and before the lands werc in market, and the
general character of all is supposed to be far
above average. Ranging from latitude 81 to
81, thcv are susceptible of a great variety Of
production, and offer 3 wide range of choice
to all who may contemplate embarking in
agricultural pursuits in Florida.
YousG Men MIssrsc.-Wc have been re-
oucsted to state that .foHr young men from
East Tennessee, left Sacramento City for
home on the 18th ofSeptcmber, 1850. Johh
Franklin Cowan, physician, James NJ. Cow
an lawyer, and Joseph Cowan and Mr.
Baughman. Any information concerning
these young men would be consolation to
large circle of friends, who feel great anx-
icty for them. Editors are desired to c1-
tend this notice.-N. Y. Observer.
A FEARFUL JoKE.-At Mrs. IIanna's Fc.
malc Seminary in WASHINGTON, Pa, 4 few
nights since, some of the young ladies rugged
out ono of their number with an immense
broom above her head, and covered it with
drapery to represent gigantic apparation.
One of the young ladies' whom they under
took to frighten by the sight Of it, went
raving mad, and, though better at the last
accounts, was not yet restored to reason.
DAVID HUME once said that all the de-
vout persons he had ever met with were ex-
cecdingly melancholy. Whereupon, Bishop
Horne remarked, that this assertion is proba-
bly correct, for in the first place, he seldom
met with pious people, his friends and &C
uuaintanccs being Of another sort; and Sc
condly, the sight of him would make de-
vout man look melancholy at any time.
EVACUATION FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO
CAL1roESIA.-We understand that's consi-
dcrahlc emigration of slave owners with their
slaves is going forward to California from
North Carolina, who arc rersed in the busi-
ness of gold digging. A party of twenty
three North Carliuians srrived here yesterday
in The cars, with twenty nine slaves, who are
about to take passage in the Isabel for Tia
vana, purposing to take the overland route
STEAM CARRIAGES on COMMON ROADS
1-MrJ. K. Fisher, of New York city. has
succeeded it is said, in constructing steam
carriages to run on. common roads; and it is
proposed to get up a company with capital
of 100000 for tho manufacture of sucl
carriages.
A WHITE Owl measuring over four feet
from tip to tip, was shot on the farm O
Thomas Comfy, in New Jersey opposite
Vaudeville, last week. This is the frs
specimen Of the kind ever killed in tha
neighborhood, and had probably been lure'
from his native haunts by curiosity.
R AN HOURS industry will do more t
produce cheerfulncss, suppress evil humor:s
and retrieve your affairs than month
mourning.
w- Mr.. SuEAD, the Cincinnati banker
who gave $1,000 to Kossuth, gave $4,000 OF
Christmas day to the widows and orphans