Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-11-30

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is taller and less strongly built than Hieu-
foung the Emperor. whose deposition he
seems resolved, at all hazards, to affect. He
travels in palanquin enclosed with curtains
of amber. coloured silk, borne OIL the should.
ers Of sixteen officers of distinction; his pre-.
ceptor, or privy counsellor, or adviser, car.
ricd by eight coolies, follows Immediately in
his wake; and then comes Ten,teh's thirty
devoted wives, for all Of whom he is said to
possess the sncerest affection. They are
arrayed in costly apparel, and follow each
other in single file, not, as they might on
the shores OF the placid Serpeutine, in clar.
enccs or broughams, but in commodious
arm.chairs, picked out with vermilIion and
gold. 4 long retinue of servants and a
vast array OF soldiers bring up the rear Of the
procession, which is said, upon the whole
strongly to resemble those gorgeous affairs
occasionally exhibited on the boards OF the
Lyccun, theatre. London.
MosT MELANCHOLY OccURREScE.-Al.
most every body has listened with sadness to
the plaintivc strains and saddening words Of
the old song, "'rhe Misletoes Bough," in
which the story is told Of young bride,
who, in playful humor on her wedding day,
ran to hide from her spouse, and was found,
years afterwards, mou!dered to ashes in a
chest with spring lock. But San Fran.
cisco paper relates sadder tale which oc-
Cured in that city last month, and one
which adds to its own horror by its reality.
GA few days since we called attention TO
an advertisement Of the loss Of a little Span.
ish girl answering to the name Of Ventura,
whose agonised mother was searching
through the city for her. After looking for
her in vain for several days, and coming to
the conclusion that the child was dead, she
went to large trunk in the house, on Thurs.
day, for the purpose of procuring some
mourning apparel, when upon opening it,
what was the mothers horror to see lying
there the decaying remnant Of her once
beautiful little child The trunk had been
left open on the day the child was lost, and
it is supposed that the inquisitive little one,
having seen the dresses inside, had taken
fancy to them, and upon attempting 10 pro.
cure them, had fallen into the trunk. The
lid closed with spring, and the little child
died with suf1ocation. The tales OF romance
fall far short in depicting the agony which
the poor mother felt upon this sud discovery;
and the whole story is one which tends to
prove the oft-repeated saying that truth is
stranger than fiction"
A THOUSAND A DAy.-The annual imni.
grafton Of foreigners to New York is at the
rate of about thousand day. What
country beside this could receive such a
daily accession of such apopuatiop without
its being followed by revolution and dis
order? Yet this is only what is received at
one port.
AMAN without money, and heart full Of
philanthropy, whose coat is little thread.
bare, is Stunned like thief; man with
pocket full Of money, and a heart full of vii.
lany, is courted for his virtues!
TELEGRAPH OpERAToRs.-af Justice
Meredith, in the Superior Court at Quebec,
has decided that the operator Of a telegraph
company cannot be compelled to diyulg ge in
court ofjustice the contents of telegraph
despatch sent or received by him.