Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-04-05
VOL. xIx.-.-No. 1s.

SINGULAR AFFAIR.--C Charles Ahre1ts, be-
longing to one ofthe, first familiesin Prussia,
and who took an active part in the Berlin rev. Z
olution, met his death at the Freeman Hah
in Cincinnati, a few evenings ago, under the
following circumstances: 81
Charles Frohlick, formerly military Off 3
cerin Austria, was good bumoredly chalIeng-
ed by the deceased, that he, +, was not
soldier that could smell gunpowder. a wager
was made, and .Abrents took two pistols, load
ed, as he said, with blank cartridge, gave cne
to F., and pulling out his handkerchiefbid F.,
in mock duel, to hold it out in front, SO that
they could not see each others eyes, and
said. you fire first F. pulled the trigger, and I
A. fell, when F. ran intot the bar.r room laugh.
ing exultingly, and cried, A.must pay the
liquor; when all present partly emptied their
glasses. waiting the return Of !Ahrents, who
was supposed to have placed the pistols in
their desk. The melancholy spectacle which
,met their eye when they found the lifeless
body, turned their raillery and sayety into as
tonishment and sorrow. Iii supposed that
Ahrents pdrposely loaded the pistol that +.
might kill him, as he had previously attempt.
ed suicide. {; :
SERVED HIN R1cmT-lt is stated that the
French Ambassador. on seeing The Presidents
communication to Congress, touching the af.
fair of the Black. Warrior and the Cuban aii- s
thorities. at once obtained an interview
the Secretary Of State, demanding am
nation of what he termed all extraordinary
production on the part oi our Government.
He met with just such q reception as might
have been anticipated from that sound think
ing and far.seepg statesman. Gov Marcy
promptly decMed to entertain any conapunf
cation or explanation swiththe Goyernmensof
France, or any other authority save theregre.
sentative of Spain, and demanded to be infor-
med uRder what shadow sof right or usage
the Government Of France could preteBdIto
interrogate him on a subject in which FRANCE
was apparently upnteresteds n
QR1GIS OF THE g asAzTEc'" C CBILDREs-A
correspondent Of the Athenapum, under. the
signature Francois, of AIDE L. has publish,
ed, in the number OIL lth February, an arti-.
Gle ON the Aztec children, Of which the folf6w-.
ing is a translation. slightly abridged [" The
two children exhibited in Europe are neither
LiliPptians. :Aztecs. Sacerdotals, natiyesof
Iximaya, nor belonging to an extraordinary
race. ofmeR neither do they come from the
Of Gnatem Z Here Is tIIeirhistos2
ry; in the department of San Miguel ina
village called La Puerta, near the town, of
Usrutan, there likes married mulatto wor.
man, mother Of these two little children, WHO.
pass among us for phenomena, as weltasa
third infant, belonging TO the saEe wanan,
like the two others, and VINO will certainly
become Lputian Aztec. If any kiduapper
wishes TO make himself lis patron. Don
Raimona Selva, native of Nicaragua, wish.
ing to make speculation Of these two curl
Gus children, obtained then, from the a,other
for some ounces of gold, four or FIVE years
ago; and having thus acquired them, he
started with them for the Urited States, Ia
king at the same time wolf. white stag, and
some monkeys. On his arrival at San Juan
del Nicaragua, these curioshies passed. we
know not how, into the hands Of an Amer.
can. Since then the agent of Senor Selva
has solicited from the government Of the
State of Salvador documents which nrove
that his client is owner of The children and
animals; and the administration has authen.
ticated the testimony presented by the agent,
Scotsman.