Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-29
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must hear what you would not
w He who says all ho likes, will often
hear what he does not like.
w EVIL thoughts, like unwecome guests,
make no part of family, and will depart II
not encouraged to stay.
w-aI really can't express my thanks" rs
the boy said to the schoolmaster when ne gave
him n thrashing.
w"PRAY, don't mention it" as the man
said when he was told by the tax collector that
his rates were due.
sY-A man is under arrest in Trenton charged
with stealing an umbrella. He is expected to
plead in defence" the custom of the country"
w- SOME of the papers in Missouri say
thew will raise more corn this year than for any
FIVE years before. Much Of The wheat land
there averages 40 bushels to an acre.
wA A ToAsT.-The following toast was
given ut Biddleford, on the Fourth Of July
The Clergy. All homo: to the clergyman who
follows his Master instead of his Paymaster.
~ II. S. A. Poole having given up the
Office of Sheriff of Spartanburg District, ]. B.
Tolleson, esq.,, Clerk of the Court OF Common
Pleas and General Sessions, has ordered an eec-
ton on the third Monday the 18th, of Septem-
Der next
In New York, the subscription for the relief
Of the sufferers from yellow fever has reached
the sum of $1,000. Three remittances have
been to Norfolk!and Portsmouth. Several phy-
sicians are TO 60 thither as speedily as possible.
In Baltimore, the subscription has reached the
sum of $4,000. Philadelphia has already remit.
ted $4,000 to Norfolk.
e~ Know NoTHNGIsM AT THE NoRTH.-We
learn from the New York Herald of the 9th
inst, that at mass meeting Of the so-called
American party, which was held at Pittsbuig on
the 18th inst, resolutions denunciatory Of South
ern slavery, the Fugitive Slave Law, the Nebras-
Iii Act, and the platform of the Council at
Philadelphia in relation to slavery, were passed.
One of the resolutions assert that Congress has
tho constitutional right 10 refuse The admission
of any new State which tolerates slayery.-Sa-
rannah Georgian.
..w A SAFE ISvEsTMENT.-A Hartford (Ct)
paper tells story of an American, who deposl-
led SlOO in lhe hands of an Englishman, for
which he was to receive S25 per month until
Sebastopol was taken. This was the lst OF
November last, and the American has received
his S25 per month ever since that time. One
hundred dollars could hardly have been invested
better.
H~ A we'll written paper has been published
inviting all British Christians to unite in "spe-
cia! prayer for The descent of the Divine Spirit.
The reasons assigned for the proposal are, the
disturbed state Of the Continent, the prospect
IF protracted war, the spread Of Tractarianistn
in England, and the religious necessities OF
Australia, China apd India. 1t is intended that
the period for special prayer shall be extended
for at least year, and that prayer in general
shall be offered in secret, rather than in public
assemblies.
So VAcATIoN-In the present season Of
vacation at the schools. the following saying of
Mrs. Parting:on will he recognized BY most
parents as highly appropriate and true. Five
weeks vexation in August" said Mrs. Parting
ton, when she learned that the school was to
have a vacation of FIVE weeks. "Five weeks
vexation. It's trying season for mothers, and
wearing and tearing to their patience and the
Jackets and trowsers of their children Talk
about the relaxation from study. don't be-
lieve its half as bad as the green apples they
get in the country"
o. DEATH OF ONE OF THE RoTHscHlLDs.-
The Paris correspondent of the New York
Commercial Advertiser writes on the Cd instant
that Solomon de Rothschild, the dean of the
bankers of Paris-though himself belonging to
the Vienna Bourse-died in that city that week.
His funeral was very sumptuous and attracted
great attention, rs it is not often that the popu.
iation can witness the Jewish ceremony con-
Quoted on such q scale Of magni6cence. The
tomb of the family is in the Israete cemetery,
n walled off corner Of Pero 10 Choise.
w- A few nights ago, n Mr. Bodkin, who
had been out taking his glass and pipe, on going
home late, borrowed mn umbrella, and when his
wiF.'s tongue was loosened, he sat up in bed
md suddenly spread out porapufie. "What are
YOU going to do with that lhing?s said she
"Why, my dear, expected 4 very heavy storm
tonight, and so came prepared" In less thar
two minutes, Mrs. Bodkin was asleep.
wA A skeptical young man, one day con
versng with the celebrated DR.. Parr, observed
that he would believe nothing which he could
not understand. Dr.. Parr replied, "Then
Young man, your creed will be the shortest o
any mans know"
w GoIsG TO SLEEP.-It is delicious mo
ment, certainly, that Of being well nestled ir
bed, and feeling that you shall fall gently te
sleep. The good is come, not past; the limb!
have just been tired enough to render the re
manning in one posture delightful; the labor o
the day is gone. A gentle failure OF the per
ception rrecps over you; the spirit Of f,consci
business disengages itself more and mere, anc
with slow and hushing degrees, like mothe
detaching her hand from that Of her sleeping
child, the mind seems to have bamy lid clos
inc over it, like the eye-'tis closed. The mys
terious spirit is gone to take its airy rounds.
BANK BRoxEx-We learn that the Miner.
,nd Manufacturers Bank of Tennessee, located
in Knoxville, JOS. L. King, President, H. L
McClunn, Cashier is broke and that it's notes.
oood MANY of which are in circulation, arr
Tor,hless. This institution has been in opera
,ion but short time. It was chartered by th'
last Iepislature-a fact which we doubt two
thirds Of the members of that body VIII b.
surprised to lcarn-Nashvle Banner.
THE INDIANA BLACK LAw.-Our readers ar
aware of the existence of \ law in Indiana pro
,hibiting, under penalty, any negro or mulatt
from entering the State. James Z. Brown,
free colored man, Of Ohio, travelling westward
stopped. at Fort Wayne, when he was arrested
fined ten dollars and costs, and 10 default o
payment sent to Jail.
The Decrease Of the Brandy Trade is stri
k;nply illustrated in the absence Of all American
vessels from the port of La. Rochelle for tn
iast ak months, fact which it Is asaid neve
occurred before. The French papers ascribe i
"a: :the failure of the grape crops and the tenn
ra,anes moyem ments in the United States. TIL
tffn,n,ar ia probably the most effective canse; bu