Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-01-11
THE CONDUCT or ENGLAND.

the Valais, on the third instant. Ss
THE CONDUCT OF ENGLAND. 8
The following severe, but to all sappear.
ances Just remarks, are from the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin: -
England, we suppose, is now satisfied.
By her folly, if not .treachery, she has rnineiff
the Turkish feet, and cost the Sultan the
lives of thousands of his men, We says
treachery, because it is sonly the intentioay
to betray which constitutes that crime Rar.s
ton folly, criminal ignorance, or reckless
neglect, If; they injure. an ally y-as much as
treason, and in the same way as treason
would have done, deserves similar oppro.
brious language. In the present instance
the British feet, iustead.of lying idle near
Constantinople, ought to have been cruising
in the black sea land Of course ifithad been
doing this the destruction of the Turkish
ships ut s'inope could moi: have occurred.
England pretends to be the ally ofthe SULTAN
Yet, since the war begun, she has done
nothing to advance his cause. Common
ptadence dictated that the command of the
Black Sea should be obtained the moment
that Russia had declined to .eyacnate the.
Principalities, for the command of that sea-
is indispensable to proper military opera.
lions on the part of Turkey. Yet, while
asserting that the Principaliiies ought to be !
evacuated, and while declaring that her Z
fleets were in the Bosphorns because the
Principalities were not evacuated, England !.
took no steps to do the first thing that ought;
to have been done underline circumstances,
and which she could have done long ago. 3;
GIVE speak of England in;the singular,
because, as is well known, she alone is, TO !
Han, d foil aj:-E,Eni,
several weeks, eager to bring affairs to the
arbitrament of the sword, Could Louis
Napoleon have had his way, the Black Sea
would have been secured month ago by
the allied fleet in the Bosphorus; Odessa
would have been seized tn, ship at Sebas.
tapol captured; and Russia disarmed of all
power to harm Turkey during the rest Of the
contest on the sea. It is possible that this
terrible disaster, suffered by the Sultan
through their lukewarmness, may induce
the allies now to this. The indignant voice.
Of civilized Europe may spur their laggard
blood to action at last But even action
will fail to restore to the Sultan his ships.
What renders the loss more shameful is the
fact that the successful enterprise was just
the very blow which Russia might have been
expected to strike, partly because it was
necessary to save Circassia, and partly
because the superiority Of the Russian fleet
in the Black Sea rendered victory sure.
Had not England prolessedly been his ally,
the Sultan never would have exposed his
fleet, or would have been mad if he had.
But he trusted to the profession Of aid that
were made to him; he though, like all the
world, that even thought no land forces
were sent to him, the fleets in the Bosphorus
would act and lie was deceived. Shame
on the English ministry. Is honor utterly
dead!"
REMARKAyLE CASE OF SUPPOSED PE-
rR1rAcr1oS.-I'here arrived, within few
days, at the depot of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, in this city, an oblond box repre-
sented to contain corpse, and it struck US
as somewhat singular, it weighed five hun.
dred and fifty pounds, according to the
freight charges upon it. Curious to know
something more about this mysterious box
than the external marks indicated, we institu.
ted some inquiries, and derived the following
information, which, rs we get it from pretty
good authority, we are INCLINED to consider
correct until we shal! receive better expla.
nation:
The wife Of gentleman living in Nelson
county, in this State, died some four years
ago, and was inferred in the usual manner:
Being native of Woodford county, Ken.
tucky, she had requested, before her death,
to be buried beside her kindred and in the
home of her childhood. From. accident or
delay, her request was not complied with
until quite recently her relations caused her
remains to be disinterred, when they were.
found to be of the extraordinary weight men.
toned above-ouer .fre hundred pounds!
At the time of her death her weight was
about ITO pounds. Only the foot of the
coffin, which was still in a good state Of
preservation, was broken open, when her
feet were found to be in perfect state OF
petri(action, the stone partaking Of the char
acter Of the hardest limestone formations
in the locality of the grave. The inference
is that the whole body is thus completely
petrifed.-Wheeling IntellIgencer.
WHAT RAILROADS. Do.-On Thursday
last, the estate of James Harmer, deceased,
in Chetenham township, Montgomery, Co.,
was sold by Ephraim Fenton, trustee These
farms are situated on the ,North Pennsylya.
mia Railroad, 10 miles north of the city,
The Homestead of 43 acres so perches,
brought 1921 per acre, The property ad,
Joining, of 46 acres and 1913 perchess brought
s237 SO per acre. The other farm .f 81
acres 26 perches, with but tolerable I@.
provements, $3.50 per acre. It Is believed
that four years ago these properties with!
the same improvements, would not have