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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-27

TIE following anecdote, illustrative of
railroad facility, is'vcry pointed. A traveller
inquired of negro the distance to certain
point. "Dat 'pends on circumstances" re.
piled the darkey. elf you gwine afoot, it'll
take you about a day; if you gwine in do
stage or de homncybus, you make it in half
day; but you git in one of desc smoke
wagons, YOU be almos' dar now!'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-27
--,b;ckly spread
On corresponding chunks Of bread"

One day the landlady, whose patience had
become exhausted, said to him:
"That butter, Mr.. -, that YOU are eat
ing, and appear to like so much, cost two
shiIlngs and six pence pound"
"Did it, though" asked the gourmand !;
then reaching out lis knife, took up big
lump, and putting it upon little piece Of
bread, he rolled it round in his mouth appre.
ciatingly, saying:
"Well, now, should say that butter was
really worth it,"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-27

FATAL RESULT OF GAMBLINc.-A young
man in Boston, just 2l years of age. for the
last two months has been in the habit of
visiting some one of the many gambling
houses in that city, and becoming infatuated
with the game, lost large sums of money,
and at last, in a moment of desperation, on
the night of the Cd inst, went home, swal-
lowed dose of laudanum, and in few
hourc ync corpsa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-27

cxperience now iiarl < i. '.c; ;r;;;.: -
pathy, how few love US for ourselves, now
few will befriend us in misfortune; then it
is, that we think of mothers we have lost.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-27

TIE first time Young kissed girl, he
says his heart beat like bass drum, while
all his muscles seemed converted into harp
strings. Young must have taken it i'll its
natural way.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-27

AN Irislman being charged with stealing
Il wagon, swore he had had it ever since it
was wheel barrow,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-10-27

A TRUE picture Of despair is a pig reach
ing through a holesin the fence to get a cab
bagc that lies few inches beyond his reach
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04

she went to the door and took cold. The
same day she was exposed to the small pox ,
and again she was brought to the very brink
of the grave. We all took the disease from
her, and were all sick together.
"Another time was away from home. and
dreamed that an invalid sister was sick and
dying. saw her laid out after death, in nv
sleep, and witnessed post mortem examina
ton. The body, before burial, and the grave,
after the funeral, were closely watched, lest
the corpse should be stolen by medical STU
dents. This, and other circumstances too
numerous to mention, saw in my dream
The very next day the news came that nv
sister was dead! And not only so, but
everything transpired as it did in sleep.
"a few days since, we engaged girl to do
our housework. The next night l dreamed
that she was sick and could not come. But
l saw another doing the work, whom we call
ed Lizzy. Next morning told my sisters
that Miss c. would not come to us, that sick
ness would prevent. They did not believe
me, of course, until note came. saving that
she had severe cold and could not come
But we have now another girl and her name
is Lizzy.
"Now, sirs can you tell the reason of all
this? Yea, all this, and much, very much
more of the same character To me it is
wondertul-past my comprehension entirely.
F.. W. 4.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04
The Snake and the Crocodile,

The following thrilling account of an en-.
gagcment between boa constructor and =
crocodile IN Java is given bv an eve witness
1t was one morning that stood beside a
small lake, fed by one of the rils from the
mountains. The waters were clear rs crvs-
tai, and everything could bc seen to the very
bottom. Stretching its limbs close over thi,
pond, was gigantic teak tree. and in its
thick, shining, evergreen leaves, la, a huge
boa, IN an easy COLL taking its morning nap
Above him was powerful ape of the baboon
species, leering race of scamps always bent
Oh mischief.
Now the ape, from his position, saw croc-
odls in the water, rising to the top exactly
beneath the coil of the serpent. Quick as
thought he jumped upon the snake, which fell
with splash into the jaws of the crocodile,
The ape saved himself by clnging to limb
Of the tree, but a battle roval Immediately
commenced in the water The serpent grasp
ed in the middle by the crocodile made the
water boil by his furious contortions. Wind
ing his told round the body of his antagonist
he disabled his two hinder legs, and, bv his
contractions, made the bones of tie monste,
crack.
The water was speedily tinged with the
blood OF both combatants, yet neither was dis.
posed to yield. They rolled over and over
neither being able to obtain a decided adyan.
tage. All this time the cause of mi ,chief was
IN state of the highest ecstasy lie leaned
up and down the branches of the tree, came
several times close to the scene of the FIGHT
shook the limbs of the tree, uttered a veil and
again trisked about. At the end of ten min.
"tes the folds OF the serpen. began to relax
and though they were trembling along the
back, the head hung liieless in the water.
The crocodile also was still, and though
only the sPines of his back were visible, i,
was evident that he too was dead. The mon.
key now perched hmselfon the lower limbs
OF the tree, close to the dead bodies, and a.
mused himself for ten minutes in making all
sorts OF faces at them. This seemed to 5e ad.
ding insult to injury. One of my compan.
ions was standing at short distance. and
taking a stone from the edge of the lake
hurled 1t at the ape. lie was totally unpre-
pared, and as it struck him on the side of the
head, he was instantly tipped over and fell
upon the crocodile. A few bounds, however
brought him ashore, and, taking to the tree,
he speedily disappeared among the thick
branches.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04
Interesting Discovery in Persia.

We have had the pleasure of listening to a
letter written in Persia, to gentleman in
this city, which gives an account of some re-
cent and most interesting discoveries in that
country. The writer is scientific gentleman
OF the highest standing, an American, and
one whose position in Persia is pledge of the
correctness of the detail.
The line between Persia and Turkey has
not been defined with that exactness which
peace and security demand and sol icrs have
by both governments, been placed upon the
disputed territory to defend the riobts Of
Turkey and Persia. And for many wears tho
soldiers have been in the practice of comino
INTO collision. TO avoid this bloodshed. and
settle definitely the boundary line between
the nations, England and Russia have ;nduc-
ed Persia to consent to a mixed commission
which should embrace England, Russia and
Persia. That commission is now cnoaood !,
establishing the line between Persia and Tur
key. Col. Williams, we'll known to many.
Americans, and man of character and talent
is the English Commissioner.
In the prosecution Of this work the Com,
mlssioners have come upon the RENAME
of the ancient palace Shusban, men,
toned in the sacred books of Esther and
Daniel, together with the tomb of Daniel tho
Prophet, The localities answer to the rece;v
ed tradition of its position and the interna,
evidence, arising from its correspondence
with the description of the palace recorded in
the sacred history, amount almost to demon.
stratlon. The reader can turn to Esther
chap. /, V. 6, there he will read of a "pave-
ment of red, white, blue and black marble in
that palace" That pacemem still erists and
as described by Col. Williams. corresponds to
the DESCRIPTION given thus in the sacred his
tory. And in the marble columns, dilapidat-
ed ruins, the soul pture and the REMAINING
marks of greatness and glory that are scatter.
ed around, the Commissioners read the exac,
truth ofthe record made by the sacred pen
man.
Not far from the palace stands tomb,on it
is sculptured the figure of man bound hand
and foot,with huge lion in the act of spring
ing upon him to devour him. No history
could speak more graphically the story of
Daniel in the Lions Den. The Commissions
ers have with them an able corps of engineers
and scientific men, and most interesting dis
coveries may be expected. The Persian ar
row-heads are found upon the palace and the
tomb. Glass bottles. elegant as those placed
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04
Massacre of the Mamelukes.

On the first day of March, 1911, Mahemet
Ali perpetratcd crime which ever after
rendered his name infamous He collected
all the Mamclukc Bc,s in the norlh OF E-vrt
IN the citadel at Cairo. He gave out that he
wished them TO share in the ceremony of IN
vestin. his son Jon>am with the cattan Ii
was remarked on the morning of that lav
that the sun rose the yoIor Of blood, and the
face of the Pacha looked dark and troubled;
but at times he cleared it np with a smile Of
kindness to deceive his victims. The heys
came mounted on their finest Arabian horses
in their magnificent uniforms, forming the
most superb cavalry in the world The Pachx
presented them with coffee, and paid them
all honor. At length they were commanded
to move in procession from the citadel
Meanwhile Mehemet Ali placed himself on A
terrace, seated Oh carpet, AMI calmly sn,ok-
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04

WV ''ohoh' SoI "itiiil tle clearing, | ran,
without stopping until I was safely within the
house. John was sitting up for us. nursing
Donald. He listened with great interest to
our adventure with the bear, and thought
that Brnin was very good to let lis escape
without one aficctionatc hug.
''Perhaps it would have been otherwise had
he known, Moolie, that YOU had not ONLY
killed his good lady, hut were dining sump-
tuonsly off her carcass every dav."
The bear was determined to have some
thing in return for the loss of his w;fs Coy.
eral nights after this. our slumbers were dis
turbcd, about midnight, BY an awful veil, and
old Jenny shook violently at our chamber
door.
"Masther, masther, dear Get up wild Won
this moment, or the bear will desthrov the
cattle intirely"
iia'f asleep, Noodle sprang from his bed,
selzed his gun. and ran out threw NV LARGE
CLOAK round me, struck light. and followed
him to the door. The moment the latter was
unclosed, some calves that we were rearina
rushed INTO the kitchen, closely followed bv
tic larger beasts. who came believing head
long down the hill, pursued by the bear.
1t was a laughabIe scene. rs shown bv that
paltry talow- candle. Noodle. in his nirbt
SHIRT, taking aim at something in the dark
ness surrounded by the terrified animals: old
Jenny, with large knife in her hand. hold
ING on to the white skirts of her masters gar
ment. making ontcrv loud enough to friph;cn
away all the wild beasts in the bush-herself
almost in state of nudity
/ "oeh' malsther. dear, don't timpt the i'll
conditioned crathur wild charging too near
think of the wife and the chiller. Let mo
come at the rampagin. haste. an I'll stick
the knife into the heart of him"
/ Noodle fired. The bear retreated nm tbc
clearing. with low growl. Noodle and Jcn-
ny pursued him some wav but it was too
dark TO discern any object at distance. l.
tor my part, stood at the open door. lauchino
until the tears ran down nv cheeks. at the
glaring eyes of the oxen their ears erect. and
their tails carried gracefully on a level with
their backs. AS they stared at me and the licbt
IN blank astonishment The noise of the uun
had Just reused John E from his slum.
hcrS. He was no less amused than myself
until he saw that fine vcarlinc hcifar was
bleeding. and found, upon examination. tha,
the poor animal, having been in the claws of
the bear, was dangerously. if not mortally
hurt.
Il hope" he cried, that the brute has not
touched nay foal! ~ | pointed to the black
face of the flly pceping over the back of an
elderly cow
"iou see, John, that Brun preferred veal:
there's your 'horscv.' as Dunbar calls her
safe, and laughing at you."
Noodle and Jenny now returned from the
pursuit of the bear. F. fastened all III.
cattle into the back yard. close to the house
By daylight he and Noodle had started in
chase of Bruin, whom they tracked bv his
blood some way into the bush but here he
entirely escaped their search.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04
ALLEGED BURYING ALIVE.

In the midst of exasgeration, there is one
undoubted circumstance which formerly ex-
cited the worst apprehensions The fact that
bodies were often found turned in their cof-
inns and the grave-clothes disarransed But
what was ascribed, with seeming reason, to
the throes of vitality, is now known to be due
to the agency of corruption. A gas is devel-
oped in the decayed body which mimics by its
mechanical force many cf the movements of
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04


yielding little else but snakes, frogs, lizards
and mosquitoes. This land may be made
valuable; but it requires labor. The owner
SAYS he cannot afford to reclaim it. Can he
afford to be deprived of its use? 1t cost him
something ori gnally,on which cost he is pay
ing interest. Then he is taxed for it and
must keep it fenced. Yet it yields him moth
ing but reptiles, insects and masma.
Allow that it will cost fifty dollars per
acre to subdue and make it productive. 1t
will then be good for four hundred dollars
nett profit of four hundred per cent. Can
the merchant boast of more profitable invest
mentS
Furthermore, the farmer has advantage over
the merchant in the certainty of his results.
the former invests lis capital, hoping prof
table return. His operations are all based
on the doctrine of chances lie is as likely
to fail as to succeed, and even more So Not
so with the latter. IIeinvests in stocks as
sure to pay dividend as that seed time and
harvest will continue.
Most farmers are ready at all times to pur-
chase adjoining lands, and run into debt for
it, even when in possession of more than thev
can proftably manage. 1t is good, say they,
for what it costs, and may be worth more :;
therefore it is safe investment The same
reasoning applies with greater force to ex-
penditures on lands already possessed
When the spirit of enlargement, now so
rife among farmers, shall give place to a
more healthy and more rational spirit-a
spirit OF improvement-a new epoch in the
history of American agriculture will COM
mencc.
would by no means recommend needless
expenditures, or that farmers should reckless
lv involve themselves in debt even for valua-
bic Improvements but that rather than suf
fer from short crops and waste lands, as
thousands are now doing,thcy should do what
is done in other departments of business
their credit for the improvement of their for
tunes
If they need more help. obtain it. If i'm
proved implements are necessary to save la
Dor, and do the work better. let them be pro-
cured If an orchard is needed, let the trees
be obtained and planted and let it bc done
thoroughly. even though it be busy season.
Let the best stock be procured, and kept
in good condition. No farmer can afford to
keep poor stock In short let the sar ,er keep
pace with the spirit Of the aye. Progress is
the order of the dav
In no department of industry is improve
ment more impcriouslv demanded than in
agriculture. He who plods along in the old
track, annually slinning his lands wi,hou,
ever making them any adequate return. will
hc starred into the reflection that agriculture
is not paving business While he whose
constant aim is the hetterment of his farm
the Improvement of his stock. and the in.
crease ofhis products; and who. to accom-
pllsh this, .judiciously uses such capital as he
can command, whether his own or that of his
neiehhor,wlll find agriculture a lucrative and
a most pleasant employment.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04
JOB PRINTING.

UAyDBILLS, BLANKS, CARDS, PRO-
CpANMES, CIRCULARS, &c. Printed in
". oes,es, manner at the Caledonian Office.
yR PALMER. is authorized to receive Adver-
.,,m.n., and Subscriptions at his Offices in Bos
,o, New York, and Philadelphia.
s. NJ. PETTENGILL Co. are also anthor'zed
., do ,b.,,m. for IL, in Boston and New York.
- Letter. to the Editor. in order to receive at
..;,,, ,Drs, hc most DIM
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04

upon the toilet tables Of the ladies of our dav
have been discovered, with other indications
of art and refinement which bear ont the
statements of the Bible. Thus, twenty-five
hundred years after the historians of Esther
and Daniel made their records, their histories
are verified by the peaceful movements of the
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04
A Peep at Guano where it is Gathered

Having anchored between the north and
middle islands. at the latter ofwbich wo ws-.
I" load. We will borrow the boat and have a
closer look at the immense muck -hean. Pu,-
ting half round the island to the Iand;n,
place we step ashore on narrow strait Of
sandy beach. which appears to he cleared
from the surrounding rocks for our Sner;al
convenience Oar appearance disturbs
thousands of the wcl-foo,cd natives: these
thousands count with the old LANDS As notbinr
TOR they tell Us that the shipping has driven
all the birds away. Sailing above us /. a
flock of pcliranS. lowering over the clear wa.
fer like hawkS.which they resemble in their
mode of dartimg down or stoopinu ON their
prey One of these every instant .lrop< from
the flock. as though ball had whi>tled thro'
MS BRAIN and after plunge. he is soon seen
rising to the surface. with a fish struggling
In his capacious pouch.
Nearer TO Us. whirlinr round onr heads arc
@unnetS. news. motton-b birds divers. .puIls. OIL
ano birds, and host of Others. whose names
are unknown to the vulgar On the detacb-
ed rocks and the low edge of the island
member of pretty numerous convocation-
stands the penguin. the parson-bird of the
sailor, whose good name is fairly earned bv
his cut away black coat white tie and solemn
demeanor Ills short legs. planted far back,
do not ft him for walk a-Shorc: but he will
sit for hours on little rock. Just washed by
the waves, apparently in such deep absence
OF mind, that passers bv are tempted to ap
proach, in hopes of catching him. Just as
the boat nears him, and iland already out to
grasp his neck, away he soeShead over heels
IN most irrevcrent manner. dives under the
boat, and shows his head again about quar-
ter OF a mile on. at sea, where the sailor NAV
catch him who can, for he is the fastest SWIM
mer and the best diver that ever dipped.
Stepping over the mortal remains of sever
al sea-lions, in few strides We are on the
guano, and at The next step in it up to our
knees. The guano is regularly stratifed; the
lower strata are solidifed by the weight of
the upper, and have acquired dark red col
or, becomes gradually lighter towards the
surface. On the surface it has a winter
brown light crust, containing the eggs, being
completely honey-combed by the birds,wh
scratch deep oblique holes into it to serve as
nests, wherein eggs, seldom more than two to
each nest, are deposited.
The holes often running into each other
form long galleries with several entrances.
and this mining system is so caboratelv car
rled out, you can scarcely put foot on any
part of the islands without sinking to the knee
and being tickled with the sense of a hard
beak digging into your unprotected ankles
The egg shells and the remains and bones of
fish brought up by the old birds for their
Young, must form a considerable part OF the
substance of the guano, which is thus in
great measure deposited beneath the surface,
and then thrown out by the bird.-Djckens's
HouSeLou ii or,Es
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-04
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life. So powerful is this gas IN corpscs that
have long lam IN the wat'f,that NJ. Dcvcrcie,
the physician 10 the Morgne at Paris. and the
author of a text hsak on legal medicine. saws
that unless secured Ia thc table they are of
ten heaved up and thrown TO the ground
Frequently strangers. seeing the motion of
the limbs, run TO the keeper of the Moreuc,
and announce with horror that the person is
alive: All bellies, sooner or later, generate
gas in the grave and it constantly twists A.
bout the corpse. blows out the skin. till il
rends with distension and sometimes burst.
the coffin itself When the gas explodes
with noise. imagination has converted j, in
to an cutlery or groan; the grave has been
reoPened: the position of the bo'fr has con-
flrmed the suspicious and the Taceraricns been
taken for evidence that the wretch had gnaw-
cd his flesh in the frenzy of despair. So ma
ny are the circumstances which will constant
iy occur TO support conclusion that is moro
unsubstantial than the fancies Of drsam.-
Quarterly Rer;ae~.
This probably accounts for MANY of the
appearances which attend supposed cases of
oury'ns alive. 1t may we'll be questioned
whether anybody. whose vital powers had
been temporarily suspended; shut up in close
coffin, with six or eight feet of earth upon
the top of it, could survive even for few
moments, supposing animation has been re-
stored while in that condition. Without air
the body cannot live, and how is air to ss,
access, shut up under such circumstances =
Consciousness could not be retained for NOR.
than moment or two, and suffocation would
follow as speedily as with the fumes of burn
ing charcoal.-L..lger.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-08-28

WAsHtseros, Juk Z, 1e5o-
IN the petition OF Robert Newell, OF New York city,
" praying the extension Of patent granted to him
on the 25th Of September, 1885, FOR an Improvement in
manifold Formulation iecks for years from the
prson OF said patent, which takes place the twenty
dnh day Of September, eighteen hundred and ytwo
Us52)-
IL 10 ordered that the said petition be heard at the
Patent ofce Monday the SIKH (6th) Of September
lss2 at II o'clock, M and all persons notified
pear and show cause, " any they have why .a1 ped
ton ought not TO be granted.
Persons opposing the extension required Ole in
the Patent Once their objections, specially forth in
writing least twenty days before day Of hearing
All testimony fled by either party TO be used the said
hearing must be taken and transmitted in accordance
with the rules Of the oico which will be furnished
application.
Ordered also, that this notice.be published in the Ma
topa Inteiiiseneer, Republic, and Union, Washington
CITY Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa Express New York
city; Albany State Register Ahany, N. vi Providence
Journal, Providence, R. L. Daily bee, Boston, Mass /;
and Milwaukee Daily Journal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
week for three successive weeks previous to the
sixth (6th) Of September nett, the day Of bearing
THOS. EwBhNK,
Commissioner Of Patents.
r. q. Editors Of the above papers will please copy and
send their bills to the Patent ONCE, with paper contain
ing this notice
July s-taw3w