Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-07-06

Il meeting of tie National Division of the Sons
Of Tcmpcrance was held at st. Johns, New
Brunswick, at which Hon. ]. B. O'Nci was
present. We extract The following from let
Ter in the Baltimore Clipper:
About seventy members were present. repre-
srntirg almost every State in The Union, Calitor-
mia included, as well us the British North Ameri-
can Provinces.
Immediately after the opening of the National
Diisun Il grand procession W Is formed, n salute
of one hundred guns was fired by the New
Brunswick Volunteers, and IN immense con.
course moved to Jctlry's Hill, where stand had
been erected, handsomely dccked with The
American and British flags.
Here Il vast multitude were assembled, and
were called to order by G. w. i. BurtIs, of
New Brunswick, who presented 10 the Most
Worthy Patriarch. Judge O'Ncl, OF South Caro-
lima, an elegant silver gavel, accompanying the
presentation with short address, which was
appropriately responded to.
Addresses were then delivered by Judge j.
Brlton O'Npll, Hon. Philip S. White, of Pa
and Gen. Samuel +. Carey, of Ohio. The
audience have been .variously estimated ut from
II 20 10000.
FIoyoR's rUrr OF Noisy BREATH.-The
Youngest son of Patrick Henry died not long
ago, poor and alone in public house in Floyd
county, Virginia. Recently the tavern people
applied to the OverScers Of The poor, for special
grant to indemnify him for boarding, funeral en-
pcrises, &r. This WAS refused on The ground
that rclro> prctive appropriations arc authorized.
AID that it would be establishing an improper
precedent i called TO see the old 'man some
months before he died: his given name was
Nathaniel lie said lie was young when his
father died, but he remembered him perfectly
and WAS pleased 10 talk about him. His clothes
were clean, but not whole. There was evidently
Il struggle between his pride of ancestry and
hi, present poverty. He had been teaching
what is here called an old field school, for
amusement, as he in>inuated, but from necessity
as knew. His health failing he removed TO a
hotel in Jacksonville, ard was kept by tile host
Il year or more, WHO presumed that some rea-
lives or friends would defray his expenses He
died with dropsey of the chest, in Il few mo-
mcnts after the operation OF tapping had been
performed BY DR.. Stuart.
The Legislature of Virginia was appropria-
ting thousand on atnarblc statue to The father,
Il. the very time the son WAS begging his bread.
Lay your head upun your hand, We restless
think uf such lessons of the worlds emptiness
New York Observer.
TIE Deserct News" comes to us clothed in
mourning for the death Of Elder Willard Rich
ards, one of The Mormon saints, who leaves some
twenty dusolate wives TO mourn his l"ss. AT
his funeral Elder G. E. Smith made Il prayer, in
which peared the following petition in behalf
the bercaved:
Bless the Widows of thy servant Willard,
who are called to part with Il dear and beloved
companion. lnspire them with the power OF
the Holy Ghost and wisdom to bear with pa
tienre and resignation the trials they are called
to contend FOR, and to live in such a manner rs
to prepare them to eniuy his society iii the pos
session of thrones, princip"lities and powers i'll
the celestial world"
NORTH AND SourH-Nth less population
by half IL million, the ten Southern States, have
above thousand more Churches than the ten
Northern States which boast loudest of their
morality and cnlighment. With IN excess of
ony hafa million in population, the ten free
States have doubled the Dumber of criminals
which are found in ten corresponding slave
States.
IMPROVED REvoLvER.-Our Bostcn cotem-
poraries are euIogi>ing on an improved revolver
called "Ihe Robbins and Lawrence Pistol"
The Improvement consists of revolving ham,
mer, in lieu of Il revolving cylinder, by which n
premature (accdentaD discharge is rendered
impossible The new pistol is simple in con-
s,ruciun, can be loaded and discharged with
greater facility than any other similar weapon,
and is managed with ease and safety. Naval,
military aud sporting gentlemen who have tested
the weapon, agree in pronouncing it the best
revolver yet invented.
He who studies books alone, will know how
things ought to be; and he who studies men,