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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04
"Of Despair ;
---For hell were soT hell


And they laughed, for they had laughed on
earth at ali there is of good and holy. And they
sang-profane md blasphemous songs sang
they for they had often done so on earth, at
the very hour God claims as his own-the still
and midnight hour And he who walked among
them in mortal frame of flesh and blood, felt
how inexpressibly more horrible such sounds
could be than ever was the widest shrek of
agony!
"These are the pleasures Of hell" again as
sailed his ear, in the same terrific and apparently
interminabe roll Of unearthy sound. He rush.
ed away IA but as he fled, he saw those whom he
knew to have been dead for thousands of years
still employed as they had been on earth, toiling
through their eternity Of sin; their choice on
earth became their doom in hell
He saw Maxwell, the former companion Of
his own boyish profigacy, mounted on steed
heetcr than any of earthly mould, still pursuing
The headlong chace. "Stop, Harry! stop, speak
10 me o rest one moment!' Scarce had the
words been breathed from his faltering lips,
when again his terror stricken ear was stunned
with the same wild yell of agony, re-echoed by
ten thousand thousand voices; THERE Is NO
REST IN HE'LL"
He tried to shut his eyes he found he could
not He threw himself down, but tho pave
ment of hell, as with living and instructive
movement, rejected him from its surface; and, /,
forced upon his feet, he found himself compelled
to gaze with still increasing intensity of horror
at the ever changing, yet ever-steady torrent OF
eternal torments. And this was hell the
scohers jest-the by-word of the pro6igate
All at once he perceived that his unearthly
conductor was once more by his side "Take
me" shrieked Boyle, 4" take me from this place;
by the living God, whose name have so oiien
outraged, adjure thee, take me from tnis
placeW :, .,,
"Canst thou still name his Names" said the
finend, with hdeous sneer; go then; outmm
a year and day, WE meet, TO part no more
BOYLE awoke and he felt rs 1t the last words
of the fiend were traced in letters OF living nre
upon his heart and brain. Unable, from actual
bodily ailment, to leave his bed fer several days.
the horrid vision had full time to take effect
upon his mind and many were the pangs of
tardy remorse and ill-defned terror that beset
his vice.stained soul, as he lay in darkness and
secIusion, to him 80 very unusual.
He resolved, utterly and forever, to forsake
Tho Club" Above ali he determined that
nothing on earth should tempt him to join the
mex. annual Saturnalia.
The companions of his licenliousness soon
1ocked around him and finding that his deep
detection of mind did not disappear with his
bodily ailments, and that it arose from some
cause WHICH disinclned him from seeking or en-
ioying their accustomed orgies, they became
alarmed with the idea of losing the life OF the
Club and they bound themselves ty an oath
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

SUITABLE TO THE T1MEs.-There is a
firm doing business at St. Louis, Mo-, under
the name of "Grinn and Barrett"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

AN Indian got drunk one cold day, lay
downand froze to death. His tribe imita.
ting the whites, held an inquest. After
long paw-vow, they finally agreed that their
verdict should be, he mixed too heap water
in his whiskey, which froze and killed him
dead
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

"CoME here my lad" said an attorney to
boy about nine years old. The boy came
and asked the attorney what case was to be
tried next! The lawyer answered, ga case
between the Pope and the Devil-whch do
you think will be most likely to gain the
action?'
The boy replied, "I guess it will be a
pretty hard squeeze-the Pope has the most
money, but the Devil the most lawyers"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

GLOW do you keep books s"-" BY dou-
BILE entry. make one entry and father
makes another"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

sW' We send copies of this paper to the sd-
dress of several friends who will oblige us by
reading and circulating them, and also by return
ing their own and other names rs subscribers
See terms on next page.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04
TULGARISMS REFINED.

Vulgar.-"Take the rag off the bush"
Refned.--Removing the dilapidated linen
from off the infantile tree.
Vulgar" Money makes the pot boil"
Refned-" The precious metals cause the
cauldron to effervesce.
Tulgar-" Money makes the mare co.
Refined 1.-The circulating medium com.
pcls the female nag to absquatulate.
TMgar-"A A fool and his money are soon
parted"
Refned-The partnership existing be.
tween simple one and his small change is
speedily dissolved.
Vulgar" What is bred in the bone can.
not come out of the fesh.'
Refined That which is matured in the
ossi6ed substance, cannot emanate from the
carneous man.
Fu1gar.-"Tel the truth and shame the
devil"
Refned.-Proclaim what is veracious and
cause Disbolus to blush.
Vulgar" Each dog has his day."
Refncd.- masculine of the canine
species is entitled to the possession of one
diurnal revolution of the earth.
Vulgar" your anxious mother
know you are outw
Refned-[s your solicitossRse maternal
guardian aware that her offspring is abroad :!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

A Big SHIp.-It is said that Commodore Van
derbilt, of New York, is about to lay the keel
of monster ship, which he says will eclipse
anything ahoat-costing some 100000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

He who receives good turn should never
forget it; he who does one should never
remember it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04
683,OOO,OOO

The above is mere extract from the bloody
statistics of glorious War; one chapter in the
annals of the violence, crime and misery that
have followed in the footprints of the GREAT
DESTROYER. The loss of souls is entered where
haman eyes may not read the list. Dr.. Dick es-
Inmates the number of those who have perished
directly and indirectly by war, at fourteen thou
sand millions, or about one.tenth of the human
race. Edmund Burke placed the number ut
Thirty.fve Thousand Millions. Taking the esti-
mate of DR.. Dick, and assuming the average
quantity of blood in a common sized person,
the veins of those fourteen thousand millions
would fill a circular lake of more than seventeen
miles in circumference-ten feet deep; in which
all the navies of the world may float Suppos-
ing these slaughtered millions to average, each,
feet in length, if placed in a row, they would
reach nearly 442 times around the carth, and
four times around the sun. Supposing they ave-
ragged l3O pounds each, then they would form a
globe of human flesh of nearly half mile in
diameter, weighing 9aO,ooo,0OO,oOo lbs-l4
times more than all the human being now living
on the GLOBE"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

General A. C. Garlington,, of South Carolina
has been elected Commencement Orator, 10 oe-
liver the Address before the two Literary socle-,
ties of the University Of, Georsa, in August,
lS55-Souttern Banner. So = ':cy-v
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

RuuoRED DErALcAT1os.-The New Yo,k pa
pers give publicity to the following, as a des-
patch from Washington, dated Saturday. The
Washington papers make no mention of any
such rumor. ait is rpmored here to-day that
Governor PRICE, of New Jersey, who was for
merly purser in the Navy, is ascertained to be
defauter to the Government to the amount
of seventy thousand dollars"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

A gypsy, going through a village on
rainy day in pair of torn boots, was ac.
costed by passcr.by, who suggested that
his boots were much too bad for such wea-
ther "You are mistaken, sir," said the
gypsy, proudly, it is the weather that is too
bad for nv boots"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

An exchange mentions hearing an address
from one of the strong. minded" and says ::
-" She made some good hints, but not
very strong case, and tipped over all her
arguments for women, independence Of the
other sex, by passing mans hat to take up
the collecton."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

A clergyman in certain town, as the
custom is, having published the banns of
matrimony between two persons, was fol.
lowed by the clerk, reading the hymn, be.
ginning with these words: =" Mistaken souls,
,rhn dram of heaven
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

ARTLEss CAspoR.-A gentleman inquired
of carpenters boy:
"My lad, when will this job your master
has now on hand he completed!"
81 can't tell, sir" said the honest boy
artlessly; it's day job, and it will depend
upon how soon the old man has another
order"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

GEORGIA MARBLE.-Two specimens of mar.
ble-onc of beautiful white color, almost trans
lucent, of very fine grain, and susceptible of
very high polish; the other variegated, aud cx-
ceedngy beautiful-havc been discovered in
CassviIle, Georgia
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04
THE LEARNED BLACKSMITH ON THE HORRORS
0E War,

LOOK at this picture, ye who are accustomed
to associate with the idea of war, only gay pa
geants, soul-stirring music, and laureled glory.
We copy it from an old number of the Biblical
Recorder:
"Here Their, Mr.. Editor, are few of the re-
mnscences of War; entirely shorn of poetry
They are bloody witnesses to the truth, and let
them testify. In the periodical butcheries in
the human family, the following hecatombs have
been offered up to that god of battles which
both Christians and pagans have worshipped
with the same devotion:
Loss of Life in the Jewish Wars 25,000,000
By Wars in the time of Scsostris, 100000
By those of Semiramis, Cyrus and
Alexander, sO,oOo,oOo
Grecian Wars, 100000
Wars of the twelve Casars, 3O,OOO,OOO
Roman Wars before Julius Cesar, 60,000,00O
Wars of the Roman Empire, Turks
and Saracsns, l8O,OOO,oOO
Wars of the Reformation, 2O,OOO,000
Wars of the Middle Ages, and nine
crusades, sO,OOO,OOO
Tartar and African Wars, lsO,OOO,OOO
spaniards. 100000
Wars of Napoleon, 100000
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

WoRK.-The lady who did not think it
respectable to bring up her children to work,
has lately heard from her two sons. One
of them is bar.keeper of a Aat,boat, and the
other is steward of brick.yard
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

A man with moderate appetite dined at
hotel, and after eating the whole Of a
young pig, was asked if he would have some
pudding. He said he didn't care much
about pudding, but if they had another little
hog be would be thankful for it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

WHICH HE WOULD TAKE.-A gentleman
was once walking in street, when he met
4 stone cutter whom he thus addressed:
"My good fellow, if the devil was to
come now, which of us would he take2"
Alter little hesitation, the man replied
Me sir"
Annoyed By this reply, the querist asked
him for reason.
because, yer honor, he would be glad
to ketch meself-sure; and he'd have you
at any time"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04

Mrs PARrINeroN, speaking of the pro.
visions of the Constitution, said, "For my
part should be glad to see 'em. Heaven
and all of us knows provisions is scarce
enough and dear enough, and if they can
turn the constitution to so good use I'm
glad of it. Anything that will have ten
dencyoto cheaper the necessities of lile."
Ike came running in at the moment, and
asked her if he shouldn't give her 'tig
whicket."
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09
Jan lift

CELECT CLASSICAL and Mathematical
y ScHooL~-The subscriber has removed his
school to College Hill, where commodious build
ing is being fitted up for its reception.
As the Preparatory Department Of the Colnm-
blan College, it will continue to preserve the char
acter Of strictly select school, designed for lay
ing the foundation of thorough English, CLASH
cal and Mathematical education. The next ses-
sion will commence on the 18th of September, and
close on the last of June.
Terms: $l2 SO per quarter, payable in advance.
All small additional charge, the students will
be permitted to attend the Lectures delivered in
College on Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy,
and also TO receive instruction in French and other
Modern Languages by the Professor in that de-
partment.
Pupils may be boarded at the College, under the
special care and superintendent Of the Principal.
The necessary expenses of full boarding student
will be about $3.50 per academic year, and of a
weekly boarder will not exceed $50.
GEORGE s. BACON, Principal.
Refers TO the Faculty of the Columbian College;
Col. ]. l.. Edwards, Col. Peter Force, VIM. Gum
ton, Esq, L. d. Gale, M. D., of the Patent OfIce;
Joseph Wilson, ESQ.,, Of the Land Office; and Pro
fessor C. G. Jewett, of the Smithsonian Institute.
Sep 2l-tf
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09

ENERAL AGENCY.--The undersigned
yJ most respectfully informs, by this notice, his
friends and the public in general, here and esle-
where, that he has opened an Agency Office fol
the prosecution Of claims Of every description
against the government, before the several depart
ments or Congress; procure pensions, bounty
lands, extra pay, and arrearage pay, and will at
tend the buying and selling OF real estate, the
renting Of houses, and a general collecting bust
ness he will also furnish parties at distance
with such information they may desire from
the seat Of government. Charges will be mode
safe. Office, at present, will be on M near 18th
rtreet.
RxPERRHcRs.
Hon. J. G. Dobbia, Secretary Of tAs Navy.
Hon. J. Davis, Secretary Of War.
N. Callan, esq, President Of ts Board Of Com.
mon Council
Gen. John M. McCalla, attorney at LaN.
James H. Caustin, esq.
w. c. Reddall, State Department.
SAMUEL G.. TAYLOR.
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09
THE MISSISSIPPI AND ATLANTIC
CONNECTEDl

| UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTES!
| ONLY Sc HOURS FROM ST. LOUIS TO NEW
| YORK! AND SO HOURS TO CINCINNTI!!
IIHICAGO & MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD
| ~ Tile oaly Railroad Route from. tAe Loser
liSsissippt to the Atiazaici
TINE FROM ST LoUisTo CHICAGO ONLY 20 HouRsl
~T- = The Steamer WINCHESTER leaves
| the Alton wharf boat at St. Louis,
daily Sundays excepted) at o'clock a. m. ant
| the REINDEER leaves the Alton wharf boat al
| St. Louis daily at $50, p. m.
The steamers connect at Alton (only 20 miles
| from ST. Louis with express trains for
SPRINGFIELD, BLOOMINGTON, LASALLE,
| CHICAGO, AND THE EASTERN CITIES.
Passengers leaving ST. Louis by the steamer
Winchester at 7, a. M. take the cars at Alton al
TO- a. M, and arrive at Chicago the next morning
in time to take the earliest morning trains going
east.
Passengers leaving St. Louis by the Reindeer
al $50, p. m. take the cars at Alton Saturday .x
cepted at P. m, IN time Tor the evening trains
rest.
This line via Chicago and Mississippi, Illinois
Central and Chicago and Rock Island, or Chicago
and Aurora railroads, connects with all the rail-
roads at Chicago, and affords the most speedy
route from ST. Louis 10 points on the Mississippi
river al and above the Upper Rapids, as well as
TO points the Illinois river at and above Pekin-
The trains Of the G. and M. railroad connect al
Carnville, Virdcn Springfield and Bloomington,
with good Stage Lines for Hillsboro, Waverly,
Danville, Terre Hau,e, Pekin, and Piona, and also
with the Great Western Railroad at Springfield,
with the Great Western Railroad for Jacksonville,
and Decatur, and at Bloomington with the Illinois
Central Railroad for Lasale.
MS- THROUGH TICKETS, and Tickets 10
Chicago, can be had al the Offices Of the Michigan
Southern, the Michigan Central, and the New
York and Erie railroads, ST Louis.
Nc TICKETS TO CHICAGO and all the in
termed ate places be had at The wharf boat
and on the railroad packets, and at the offices OF
the Chicago and Mississippi, Illinois Central, and
Chicago and Rock Island railroads.
+ KEATINC Sup't c. M NJ R. R.
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09
GREAT WESTERN MAIL ROUTE.
OIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED TO

CIXTY MILES DISTANCE SAVED TO
- CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS. The Michi.
gan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
Line carrying the Great Western United States
Through Mail have the following staunch first
class steamers running on Lake Erie in connec
ton with the New York and Erie railroad from
Dunkifk, touching at Cleveland, and connecting
with their road al Toledo, and connecting directly
with the Chicago and Rock Island railroads Al
Chicago, in the same depot, thus forming daily
line for passengers and freight from New York to
the Mississippi river. Niagara, Captain Miller
Empire, Captain Mitchell; keystone State, Capt
Richards; Louisiana, Captain Davenport. Also
Daily Line from Buffalo direct 10 Monroe by
those wei-known magnificent Floating Palaces
Empire State, J. Wilson, Commander, leaves
Buffalo Mondays and Thursdays; Southern Michi.
gan A. ID. Perkins, Commander, leaves Buffalo
Tuesdays and Fridays; Northern Indiana, !: L.
Pheatt, Commander, leaves Buffalo Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
One of the above splendid steamers will leave
the Michigan Southern Railroad Line Dock al
o'clock, p. m, every day, Except SundaysD and
run direct through TO Monroe, without landing, IN
Ia hours, where the Lightning Express Train will
be in waiting 10 take passengers direct to Chicago
in hours, and arriving next evening after eav-
ing Buffalo.
Running time from New York to Buffalo, four
teen hours.s4
Running time from Buffalo TO Monroe, fourteen
hours.
Running time from Monroe to Chicago, eight
hours. Total thirty-six hours.
Connecting Al Chicago with fine line of low
pressure steamboats, to all places north of Chicago
to Green Bay; also with Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad 10 La Sale, and there connect with llli-
nois River Line Of Steamboats, or Express Train
of Illinois Central and Chicago and Mississippi
Railroads, or connecting At Rock Island with reg
ular line of steamers for all points above and be-
ow, making the cheapest and most direct route TO
ST. Louis, Rock Island, Minnesota, and the Great
West.
The American Lake Shore Railroads from Buff
falo and Dunkirk connect with this line at Toledo,
forming the only direct and continuous line OF
railroads from the Atlantic Seaboard 10 the Valley
OF the Mississippi. Raining time to Chicago, 90
hours; to ST. Louis, So hours
Four Daily Trains, by railroad, all the way.
Two Daily Lines, by steamers, on Lake Erie.
Thus the traveller and shpper can see at a
glance that no other ae enter the lists as CON-
petitors. - :,
Passengers ticketed through from New York
with privilege Of stopping over At any point on the
route and resumng seats at leisure, either by the
New York and Erie Railroad, via Dunkirk, New
York and Erie and Buffalo and New York City
Railroad via Buffalo; Peoples Line Of Steamboats,,
Hudson River or Harlem and New York Central
Railroads, via Albany and Buffalo.
For any further information, through tickets, or
freight, apply at the Company's Office, No. l95
Broadway corner Of Dcy street, New York, 10
JOHN F. PORTER, General Agent, or
L. p. DUNTON, Ticket Agent
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09

NTEw YORK, May 2, le53.-The under-
IN signed has this day opened an Office, No. AZ
William street, merchants ExchangeJ for the
transaction Of general brokerage business.
Bank, insurance, mining, railroad, government,
State, and city securities bought and sold.
Promissory notes, bills Of exchange, and loans
negotiated.
Sep 21--f EMANUEL y. HART.
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09
rIyHE ART UNION or LONDON. Plan

for the current year. The lisi IS now open
aud every subscriber OF 50 90 Will be en,l,,eo 70
l. An impression Of Plate, by J. T. Wllmore,
A. RA. from the original picture, by J.J. Chalon,
r.. A., !" A Water Partyp
IT, A volume containing thirty Wood Engra-
wings illustrating subjects from Lord Byrons
poem Of" Child Harolde = and
ILL., The chance Of obtaining one of the Prizes
10 be allotted at the general meeting in April,
which will include
oe ,r, from one of the public exhibitions.
stauet,cs in bronze Of Her Majesty on horse
back, by T. Thorneycrofi.
Copies in bronze, from al original Model in re-
liefby r. Jefferson, Of The entry OF 'ne Duke Oh
Wellington into Madrid"
Statuettes in porcelain or paran !,
Proof impressions Of large lithograph' oy = ~
Msguire after the original picture by W. Z. rrtn,
r. A., 9 The Three Bows" from Molieres BOUT
geos Gen,ilhommen
Honorary Secretaries for Washington, Messrs
TAYLOR g. sMAURY, Bookscllers jan "a
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09

IA. fits Building IA street, respectfully informs
his friends and the citizens Of Washington, George
town, and Alexandra, that he keeps always on
hand choice selection of the best and most popu.
lar makes OF Cloths, Csssimeres, and Vestings
mings and will make 10 order Garments in the most
elegant manner, (plaiD or fancyO TO please The
taste. OF all who may favor him with a call.
N. B. Prices moderate, and terms cash
Nov 3-eolm
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09

GLENWOOD CEMETERY.
vrvurc nu>A ITTIEIJI, RUJRlAL PI

TTHIS BEAUTIFUL BURIAL PLACE
OF the Dead having just been dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies for the purpose, is now
omen for the reception of the remains OF deceased
persons ,
The Mausoleum has capacity for a hundred
bodies. in which such friends OF the dead, as may
appy, can place the departed until they select
sites for graves.
The plan Of the incorporators is one of equality
regard to the lots which will not be put up
nuhlielv for sale, (although they usually bring a
premurn,) making the early selections Of lots the
most desirable. -
Until an Office is established in the city of Wash
ing,on, applications will be punctually attended TO
al the present Office in the east wing OF the pulid-
ing on entering the Cemetery.
Visiters are requested not to drive fast through
the Cemetery grounds. y.
NIB. Glenwood is situated short distance
d.a north Of the Capitol Aug 27--3m
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-09

HNDER GARMENTS just receiyed.-I
u have just opened full supply of Gentle
mems Under Shirts and Drawers, silk, merno,
lambswool Scotch do, Shaker, and Canton Flan-
nels, &C., which am nou prepared TO dispose OF
al the most reasonable prices.
LANES
Genilemen's Furnishing Store,
Snn 90 Penn. avenue, near ~ 81.