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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-21
NJ MARRIAGE,
HAPPINESS AND COMPETENCE.

WHY is TT
That we behold many females in thr mendi,u life
broken in health and sprits with conIcnIion o diseases
aud ailments drlyiuE them of the lor the cnlo!meat
Of life MiIen physical HEALTH huOyansy oi 1lIn
end happy serenity Of mind arising from condI'on oi heai'h
Si.ny OF iii. eauser Of her sueruss ht-rcrham yenrs
before per. during rho"d or the rs years Of parr',st-
trir origin upuocrd aud Of eouss
IN AFTER YEARS,
Nhes TOO late to be beneed b. knowledse Ns look
back aud aud regret the full eon'eq"esess oi our
iEa0raics. ,.r 4,
What would we not oi;cu give possess in eay life the
knowledge oh:Sin IN sil'r years Anu "lh days AUG
nights nf anguish might mot have been spared, u ths
kuOM ledge Was timely p0ssrssrd. u Is
MELANCHOLY AND STARTLING
To .thnd the scknr4, and suffering endured by many ~
E many years, from simple and c"nlr1be. easily
rrlardrd-or better s,l,-not Incurred. ifr'sty
WIFE AND MOTHER
Pa,.c..d ,hr information contained 10 lc Volume. with
in the reach Of ALL which would spare TO heneH
YEARS OF MISERY,
Aud o her husband the toll and snIety Of rain
p.csu,rily ~yolrnr u"n him rum Iick1e.t of the win
without giving him the opportunity Of acquiring ta enu''
peenc- which his eIrrrionI rnrd and the r".e,i'cr
which would the happiness Of himself, wife, AID
children
SECURE THE p1EANs OF HAPPINESS
r, becoming in tuc possessed Of the knowledge the x.ni
of which caused tie sickne~s ai pn,srty Of lousanA
lu view nf such no Miis or nI'r sIea
sable IL .- neglect avail herself Of thki kuon ledge ~
respect rnr which wcnld spare her much suffering be
tr of hsinr', and prosperity to hrr husband aaa
bodies with healthy minds. That kaomlegs is coniaIed in
little work entitled
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-21
Exccutor,s Notice.,

A IL those indebted to the estate Of William
n Garrett, deo'd.. are requested to make pay
ment forthwith, and chose having demands against
said estate will render them in properly a,testtd,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-21

Notice. w -
A IL Persons indebted to the estate OF Ellington
n Clark, Decd, are Hereby notified TO make I'm,
mediate payment and those having demands agalnS
said estate will present them properly attesea;
r,v II 25
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09
A PATHETIC BALLAD.
BIZ MR.. X. X. BLIFKIN

BIZ MR.. X. X. BLIfKINs.
In Manchester maiden dwelt,
Her name was Phoebe Brown,
Her cheeks were red, her hair was black
And she was considered by good judges 10
be by all odds the best looking girl in town.
Her age was nearly seventeen,
Her eyes were sparkling bright,
A very lovely girl shewas;
And for about year and q half there had
been young man paying attention 10 her Dy the
name of Reuben Wright.
Now Reuben was a nice young man
As any in the town,
And Phoebe loved him very dear.
But on account of his being obliged to work
for living. he could never make himself agreea-
bic to old Mrs and Mr.. Brown
Her cruel parents were resolved
Another she should wed, F
rich old miser in the place,
And old Brown frequently declared mat
rather than have his daughter marry Reuben
Wright he'd sooner knock him in the head.
But PhGbe's heart was brave and strong,
She feared not parents frowns,
And as for Reuben Wright, so bold.
I've heard him say more than fifty times
that with the exception of PhGbe) he didn't care
ad-d for the whole race of Browns.
SO Phoebe Brown and Reuben Wright
Determined they would marry;
Three weeks ago last Tuesday night,
They started for old Parson Wheelers, de-
termined to be united in the holy bonds of matr-
mony, tho it was tremendous dark, and rained
like the Old Harry.
But Captain Brown was wide awake,
He loaded up his gun,
And then pursued the loving pair;
He overlook them when they'd got about
half way to the Parsons, and then Reuben and
Phoebe started off upon the run.
Old Brown then took deadly aim
Towards young Reuben's head,
But oh I! it was a bleeding shame
He made mistake and shot his only daugh-
ter, and had the unspeakable anguish ofseeing her
drop right down stone dead
Then anguish filed young Reubcn's heart,
And vengeance craZed his brain;
He drew an awful jack-knife out
And plunged ii into old Brown about
hundred and fifty or sixty times so that it's very
doubtful about his ever coming to life again.
The brny drops from Rcuben's eyes
In torrents poured down,
He yielded up the ghost and died
And in This melancholy and heart rending
manner terminated the history of Reuben and
Phoebe; and likewise old Captain Brown.
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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

the forge and hammer that suddenly reforms
the iron subject. Her work is like the dew
which scatters the pure refreshing deposit, and
fructifies the opening germ and tender blades.
A mother who has failed to affect the earliest
springs of feeling, to modify the first thought,
and to give character to the finest affections, has
most signally failed of her duty, and fearfully
exposed the child to the vampire breed of fouler
passions that infest humanity. 1t is not to be
forgotten, that, not to do the mothers part, is to
leave the nobler work undone: but that is not
all. Weeds grow where there is no cultivation,
and the crab apples of envy, malice, ill-will, in
subordination, anger, pride, &C., grow thrifty
without prattling The mother may soothe her
heart to endure the pangs wrung in her bosom
by an undutful child, by remembrance that
she 'set no bad example, and taught the child
no evil doctrine" but alas, such deception will
i'll amend for a prostituted Immortality, and ru-
ned soul. A mother who should permit her
child to lie in the cradle and perish, for lack of
mothers care, would scarcely be less murder
er than she who strangled it in bed. The one
was murderous neglect, but no less murder
for that. The other was only murder. So the
mother who neglccts her child's spiritual inter-
ests, and exposes him to the moral plague which
is already seated in his constitution, and which
none can modify than herself, is not the less the
destroyer of her child, than she who leads him
to the pest house of moral lcprosy, and yields
him prey to ruin.
We wish to impress this single idea upon
mothers minds--the sinfulness of neglect. A
father can do much, but mother can do more.
If father negects, a mother can in some de-
gree make up his lack, or at least modify the re-
suits, because she dwells nearer the heart than
the father can She has an influence on the Sc
cret sympathies of the child which no father can
command, and in his lack the mother will defend
the main fortress.
This should encourage mothers; for this heav-
en-ordained power you possess over your child
is boon from God-an instrument Of great
power by which, under God your fondest hopes
may be realized, in the elevation and salvation
of your child. A mothers influence is more
precious than rubies. 1t will last when almost
all other impressions of youth are effaced a
mother can impart gift to her child richer than
palaces of gold, and more valuable than mines
Of silver. Who would not confer it upon her
child?
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

SOCIAL INTERcoURsE.-We should make it a
principle to extend the hand of fellowship to ev-
cry man who discharges faithfully his duties,
and maintains good order--who manifests adecp
interest in the welfare of general society, whose
departments upright, and whose mind is intel
ligent, without stopping to ascertain whether he
swings hammer or draws thread. There is
nothing so distinct from all natural claim as the
reluctant the backward sympathy-the forced
smile-the checked conversation--the hesitat-
ing, g,compliance-the well-off are too apt to man
ifest to those little down, with whom, in COM
parison of intellect and principles Of virtue, they
frequently sink into insigni6cance. .... %.
Daniel Webster.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

Mr.. Skyblue, the milkmau, being scolded one
bitter cold morning for tardiness, appeals for
sympathy on the score of hardship--he having
been compelled that morning to cut through ice
two feet thick, with the thermometer ten de-
grees below zero, to replensh his cans! The
plea, of courses is admitted, in extenuation.
Carpet Bag.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-The setting of a great
hope is like the setting sun; the brightness of
our life is gone. Shadows of evening fall around
us; and the world seems but dull reflection
itself broader shade. We look forward in.
to the coming lonely night. The stars arise and
the nights holy. Ha
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

The Irareler reports the death of printer
in Boston, named William Adams Vinal, aged 40
years. The Traveller says: luo o
"The physician could assign no cause of death,
but remarked that "Nature was worn out."-
There are but few printers whose constitutions
are not worn out before they reach the age of
half century. l'al -
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

Professor Johnston, in his late work on Amer
lea, tells us that, The soil of Michigan Is indif>
ferent, and its climate humid, cold, and unfavor-
able to agricultural pursuits" It is scarcely
necessary to add that he never approached near
er to our State than the city of Buffalo,. ao4
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

WASHINGTONHOUS USE, BY HENRY Penney
Err. The proprietor has the past Spring new
ly fitted and partly re-furnished this House,
and feels confident visitors will find the House
to compare favorably with the best in the State.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

chieftain whom | saw at Detroit. He wore a
white blanket and red leggins, and his head was
surmounted by a dragoon's helmet and feath-
ers! 1t was a curious blending Of arma and
toga, and the old savage strutted about with the
air of a peacock, conscious of the magniicence
of his plumage. The group that now fell in
with reminded me of the ancient gipsies. The
same swarthy compilations and raven hair, the
same patched and tattered garments, and the
same apparent wretchedness. The women and
children were all mounted on little shaggy In
dian ponies, guiltless of the currycomb. 1t was
seldom that the poor animal was freghted with
a single burden-two and three and even four
clustered together on the back of the miserable
beast. On one sat a tall, masculine looking
squaw, and behind her were slowed, in order of
primogenture, her "young barbarians," three
in NUMBER who clung together like cluster of
green grapes just forming on the parent stem.
The chieftain of this squalid band walked erect
at their head-he was an aged man, and had
doubtless lived to see his once powerful and
warlike tribe dwindle into the wretched squad
which he now conducted. | saluted him, and
he approached me. The whole cavalcade stood
still while the old warrior spoke. He wished
to learn the distance to the next tavern-but
he had forgotten the word. How many" said
he, counting his fingers, "whiskey, whiskey"
The gesticuation and expression with which
these few words were accompanied, rendered
them quite as ineligible as if he had asked
how many miles to the next tavern?" | rails
ed one finger, the chief did the same to assure
himself of the distance, and on my nodding affir-
matively, he made a loud exclamation of Joy,
and passed on with his sorry followers The
passion Of these people for strong drink, is very
remarkable--if they once taste the intoxicating
draught, it is ever after the first desire of their
souls, and they will after it with the utmost
avidity A sober Indian in these days, and with
in the borders of civilization, is as harmless as
white man-but when his brain becomes fired
with strong liquor, he is madman, a very bed
lamte and ripe for the commission of any
atrocity. The laws of Michigan are very Sc
we're on the subject of selling drink to the Indi-
ans-but those ''strict statutes and most biting
laws" are broken without scruple, as is the case
with many other rigorous enactments of that
ill-goyerned territory. The Indian statute, how
ever, can not long be broken-perhaps another
year will not find solitary tribe on this side
Of the Mississippi. The cruel, but necessary
policy of our government, has already stripped
them of their broad lands, and curtailed their
lberties-nay, it has even bargained for the re-
moval of their persons, and the poor Indian can
not resist, and he must wander away, q hapless
outcast from the home of his fathers!
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

HENRY GRIFFIN, Dealer in Staple and fan
cy Dry Goods, Ready made Clothing, Boots and
Shoes, Groceries, Hardware Crockery and Glass,
Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines, Paints and Oils,
and Provisions. Also, Lumber, Shingles, sc. &c.
Opposite the Washington House, Grand Haven,
Michigan
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

HOPKINS8 ROTHERS, Storage, Forwarding
4 Commission merchants; general dealers i'll all
kinds of Dry Goods Groceries, grain and provis-
ions: manufacturers and dealers wholesale and
retail in all kinds of lumber, at Mill Point, Mich
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

j.. NJ s. SMITH, Dealer in Drugs Medicines
Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs, Dry Goods, Groce-
ries and Provisions, Crockery, Hardware, Books
Stationery, Sc, &c. At the Post Office, corner
of Park and Barber streets Mill Point, Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

Which can smell n rat the quickest, the man
who knows the most, or the, man who has the
most nose!
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

WILLIAM TELL HOTEL BY HARRY EA-
TON. Pleasantly situated with excellent rooms
well furnished, and the table abundantly sup
piled with the Injuries and substantials of life.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

III. ID. G.. TUTTLE, NJ ID. Office, adjoining
VIM. NJ. Ferry's Store, Water street, Grand Ha-
ven Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

STEPHEN MONROE, Physician and Surgeon.
Office over j. T. Davis Tailor Shop Washing
ton Street, Grand Haven.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

JAMES TTERSON, Painter and Glazier
House, Sign, and Ornamental Painting done at
Grand Haven. All orders will be promptly atten-
ded to, by leaving word at this office. Shop at
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

SIMON SIHENOE, Dealer in Groceries and
Provisions. Washington Street, second door
East Of the Ottawa House.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

JAMES BARNS, Carpenter and Joiner. All
kinds of work done on reasonable terms plans
and specifications, if desired, will be given on
application to me, free Of charge. | will also
furnish Glass, Putty, Paint, Nails, together with
all kinds of trimmings for buildings, if ordered
Shop few rods northeast of the Washington
House. Grand Haven, Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

CHARLES W. HATHA WA Y, Blacksmith. All
kinds of work in my line done with neatness and
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

HOYP G.. POST, Clerk of Ottawa County. Of
flee over II. Grifiins store, opposite the Wash
ington House.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

GROSVENOR REED, Prosecuting Attorney
for Ottawa County. Residence at Charleston
Landing Allendale Ottawa County Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

JOHN T. DAVIS, Merchant Tailor. Shop on
Washington Street. first door west of H. Grif-
fms Store. Ht
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

WILLIAM ". ANGEL, Register of Deeds, ant
Notary Public for Ottawa County. Office ove
III. Grfins store Washington street, opposite tht
Washington House, Grand Haven
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

+. B. GILBERT, Dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
ing, Boots and Shoes Hats and Caps Crockery
and Stone Ware Hard Ware, Groceries, Provis-
ions and Ship Stores Grand Haven, Michigan
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

III. G.. SMITH, Blacksmith. All kinds of work
in my line done TO order, and no trust for pay
Shop south of g. B. Abee's Tannery, Grand Ha-
yen Michigan
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

GILBERT 8' CO., Storage, Forwarding and
Commission Merchants, and dealers in Produce,
Lumber, Shingles, Slaves &c, &c. Grand Ha-
ven Michigan
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

NJ. b. HOPKINS Attorney and Counsellor at
Law, Solicitor in Chancery and Circuit Court
Commissioners for Ottawa County. Office third
door west of the Washington House
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-03-09

HENRY PENNOYER, Treasurer of Ottawa
County Office over III. Griffiin's Store opposite
the Washington House.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-06-23

HAY MAkrxo.-The hay making sea
son is on US with all its enioyments, actu-
al and reminiscent! With how many
happy boyish recollections is the meadow
associated! Moral: every man should
have meadow. 1t is the scene Of child
hoods dearest sports, the source Of pleas
ant reminiscence to age; it enhances the
beauty Of erery landscape, adds to the val
ne Of speyy farm, and is the source gilmore
pleasure and profits more useful and
more ornamental than the same amount
Of land devoted to any other purpose
How beautiful in the summer Is the coun-
try set with such emerald gems how i'm
portant, at all seasons. Is the yield Of these
verdant patches! Lastly, meadows are
healthy, and If every pond and marsh was,
.s ]. easily car be. converted into one
miasDsd would not be one Of our chief at
mospheric luxuries.-Raieigk Post.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-06-23

q ELoPEHEST, ExrRkoRDiSARy.--A fow
days ago we hid something of an unusual
occurrence. A man who passes by the
name Of IL Russell, came 70 this place
with,a woman whom be, claimed a. his
wife, obtained boarding and lodging in q
respectable house, and remaining IN CON-
Portable quarters Cor two days, lsft Coz Au.
gusta to return in a short time. On the
day after he ieff, there came another man
IN search, found and claimed her a. his
wife threatened vengeance on her and
Russell, and carried her of on the next
train. Nothing more was heard Of them
until yesterday, when Russell and the
same woman returned to this place by the
Passengers train, they arc here now. IL
Is said that she has been divorced from
the man who claimed her as his wife
with how much truth We know not Pal
setto ,Sentinel,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-06-23
From tie Due West Telescope.
Negroes ON o Rice Plantation.

Many good, honest Yankee, and
Western man too, would be filed with
holy honor, at the pere recital of our
caption: "Negroes on Rice Planta-
aon." They have seen so many carl
catures, and heard so many exaggerated
and false statements, in regard to slavery
IN the South, and particularly in reference
to the condition of things on a rice or
sugar plantation, that at the mention of
the thing, the mind recoils, and the heart
sickens. The agonies of Hades, are scarce
ly more intense, than the torments of n
nee plantation, as pictured in an Abolition
Almanac, or as described in Abolition pa
Pers. That any one should be so base I;
so lost to all sense of horror, and Of truth,
as to publish such caricatures knowing
them to be such is strange indeed. And
that any one should make such statements
in regard to the treatment of negroes in
the South, as We often see made in the
Northern papers, without a knowledge
from observation, of the actual fact in the
the case, is scarcely less strange. "Offences
must come, but woe unto them by whom
they come"
But we rejoice to know that all North
ern men, are not abolitionists, and es-
Pecially do We rejoice to know that oil
Northern Editors are not fools and mad
men, on the subject of slavery, but that
occasionally one is found who has sense
enough to see the truth, and candor enough
to confess it.
DIR. Leyburn, one of the Editors of the
Pres6yferidn, (Pbiladelphia,) in coming
to the meeting Of the General Assembly
in Charleston, came by way of Savannah,
Ga. While there he visited some of the
move interesting localities in the surroun-
ding country. In letter in his paper,
he says: ........
"Returning from Bonaventure with i'm
pressions not soon to pass away. our
friends drove us into the settlement or
Plantation-building, on one side of the
rice plantations. In these the overseers
and negroes reside. In this case, there
was quite village-and q sweet roman
TIC one too. 1t was on an elevated pIa-
teau, overlooking the bright, green rice
fields below, under the deep shade Of n
grove of ive-oaks, with the undergrown
all cleaned out, and the straight tree-trunks
whitewashed for some ten or fifteen feet
from the ground--the neat white Gotta
ges, arranged about forty or fifty feet A.
part, on either side Of wide rural street,
One Of the buildings-a long one with pi-
azzas the whole length on both sides
was hospital for the sick; and another,
something like it. a nursery for the child
rem. Groups of the slaves were stan
ding about some of the doors, and mum
bers Of boys were shooting marbles, and
making the sylvan arches ring with the
sounds Of their joyous sports. This, too,
was not too fair sample of rice-plantation
slave life, and could but wish that the
unwashed, unfed, unwarmed, unclothed,
uncared-for thousands in the cellars, gar
rets, and allies of our great citics were
one tenth part as we'll off,