Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-10-05


nr.scut But should the puwer Of the Scna!cvntc he
pu, forth with over xcenng jealousy TO Illustrate Tie
pcopls in their honest eiTils at Improvement raIi IT
innovation, if you prefer The wnrd.) The day may mol
he distant when that great conservative principle, to
whicl, we have alluded, shall he made I" ride over
even the rcspcc cd compromise Of looa.
Scotch Lawyers Of the last Century.
How ,lili.rrn, indifferent days the traits Of tie
sam. profession! Even between this passing Year of
1854 and lha good times experienced only ET'? years
since, the contrast is strongly marked One or ''N"
frosty headed lawyers yet on hand To tell OF the
glorious old times when string Of sukirs. each laden
with ils counsellor and his greenhag, safrd oil d.
crrhrr on the Circuit The profession was then like
Il parcel Of brothers who felt no anIlnnsr towards
each other, however great the cmn!alnn '"'"ren
them As we go little further back into IN" past
this rrmeva simplicity Of manners and cor'ia!lt? {"
Ec.nr stanrl on, in still bollcr relief. Waller Scott.
in hs Guy Mannering, has drawn picture, Of legal
f. in Edinburgh about the clnse Of the American
war; wlic! is wurh the price o:one entire rai''"h o'
his works AIannrring is in search ot "C"nnsel
learned in the law 10 manage case ol great inp"r
lance in the country lie is recommended |" one
Plcydc at Edinburgh. rs The person most likely "i
all others in that enlightened metropolis TO compass
his ends. lie searches him out at once But It nap
pens he Saturday at cen before lie succeed" IN
lin,ling the distinguished barris,er. When ionnn'
he is in hall Of rcveIry and mirth, up three pairs OF
stairs, in an ancient tenement, upon an obscure ami
out.of.the way alley, with the entire fraternity OF Ed
nhnrgh around him. and all in their cups, or, as 'lc
- .f 4 It
Manncrimg at first starts back in dsmay, thinking
that lie has Of course been nis-dirertcd bnt his at
tendance at the lopr being made known 10 fIey"e'''
who was at that moment enacIlng ihe part ~ h'ns
Panlns the lst he is urdered in and enters determined
10 crlny tie fun And here let Sir Walter speak ior
himsrlf
The scene which It exhibited. and particularly the
attitude or The counsellor himself The princlPa inquire
therein struck his client with anlaZeinrnt.
MIR. Pleydcll was lively, sharp-lookins gentleman.
with professional srewdnrsss in his Eye and, gen.
orally s:,eaking, professional iornality III ms man
ners But this, like his lhree-ai!cd wig anu black
coat, lie could slip off on Saturday evening, wtel
surrounded by party of jolly conpanl"lls, ana dis
posed for what he called his attitudes. oi' Inc pre-
sent orca.inn the revr had lasted since 'Iir clock
and. at length, under the direction oi 'theranle
compntatnr, who had shared The sports an" isslEly
of three generations, the fruirsomc company 'iad
of Iich links This game was played IN several
different ways. Most frequently the 'ire were throwm
by the company, aud those upon whom Inc iht iei
were obliged TO assume and maintain, for n time,
certain firons character. or to repeat ceria num-
her nr ,scenrine in particular nrder. IL iiey
teparipd from the characters assigned OF IL tl"ir
mrmory prnyed lrcarhrruus in tho repetition. tIry M
currrd fnrfvis which either comP"nnhe" i"r ny
swallowing an additional bumper, or ny paying small
sum towards The reckoning. Al tins Sport Inc J"f'a
company were closely engaged, Wien -halierlns en-
tered the room.
Mr.. Counsellor Peydell, such ms we have described
him. was enihrunpd as monarch, IN MI rln""-clalr
placed on the dining table, his scra'om wig on "hc
side his head crowned with b"tle'Si'ri, Ms eye
.rinp with an expression hewixt iun AMI the ELECTS
r win. while his cnurt around hin resculted with
such cramho scraps of verse us these
JyL.rc 10 C,r,,u,o now! and what's hecome Of him J
Grrunio's drowned because he could mol SWIM, &C.
Sncl. o Thems, we're ancentIy the sports OF thy
Scottish children!
Yes such were The hcrdomadal hnmors anil lrullcs
of the most distinguished and learned Scotch bnrrs
,crs Such their warmth Of social enjoyment =" IN
loco - Such their generous and hgli-tnncd mng!ihg
tog.i ficr the emnnus abnrs Of each week! Sirh
the total absence of low prejudice and ferling from
their ranks Does this noble esprit de corps still eI-
isl! Or is it too gone the way Of many other genial
characteristics Of past age We leave the question
with those who should feel il.
gy TExAs.-The present population of Texas is
estimated at five hundred thousand, and The annual
increase at ono hundred and fifty thousand. There
are ffly.four newspapers in the State.