Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-04-23
THE SLANDERER.

What an unhappy, miserable, or wicked wretch
ia he who, by the fendish whisper Of ralunny,
makes still more wretched one who, if really
guilty, is sufficiently punished by his conscience
or the laws of man.--and if innocent, creating
| in him an indignant grief, which cannot be des-
cribed. What punishment ought q villfer of
anolher's character receive? When will it be
considered AZ disgraceful to listen to sander as
to retail it? Not until the morbid spirit of curl
osity, and proneness to do little Tit of scam
dal ourselves sometimes, is quenched, crushed,
rooted up and out and replaced by The kindly
spirit of charity and truth. And, alas for human
| nature there are some who seem 10 delight in
tortnrng the victims Of vile tongues, by repeating
to them what they were in blissfuI ignorance OF
till the friend (?) enlightens them And again,
(thauk Heaven for The redeeming few there are
those who, God-like i'll their acts. screen those
whom they love and the stranger alike, from the
knowledge Of that which, If known, would only
| bring mischief and misery, with no redress for,
as it is The bIackest Of crimes, it is the last and
least accounted for by any but the God above
/ US.
Next to the calumniator, stands he who would
needlessly grieve heart which was before un-
conscious of aught but good from its associates.
| When there are no listeners TO scandel, then,
and not till then, will the miserable practice
abate. How much Of what We hear concerning
the demerts of another, is true? Not the one
hundredth part.
One person speaks slightingly of another from
vanity-they wish to be thought better than any
one else. Another from envy; degrading vice,
which brings as much unhappiuess to its posses
sor as 10 those whom it INJURIES And so to the
end we will lind detrac,iun is but Il consequence
Of anger, hate, revenge, and a love OF hearing
oneself lalk, or obtaining the attention ola person
whom we wish TO listen to US, and who will do
so for the sake OF hearing that such and such q
person is to be lowered in their eyes or those of
sucietY. $50 much the better" cries The man
who fatters himself Il Mt he is above suspicon,--
81 will seem the purer by The contrast" "So
much The better" CRIES he who has fallen himself
-" he is now on level with me-" greyc 10
say that mankind, (and oh, shame to what should
be the redeening portion of.crea'ionD y woman.
kind too generally speaking, tou often rejoice
over the fall of another, whether meriled or not
That slander is propagated by bad tongues alone
is proved thus: it u perSop committed ever so
much sin, charitable nature would shield them
prudent tongue spare them, Il good heart en-.
courage them 10 butter future. How can any
sensible person BE- made the dupe Of q tae.
bearer, when it is plain as the day they have
some object in repeating or bringin to light theg
faults or fulIies of another. They do not say il
! for good. II must then be for evil. Scandal
propagated by woman, is most disgusting and
degrading-by man, il shows him 10 be des,i.
tute of honor, self.respect, and munliness,
Blacker than murder, baser than arson, worse
than forgery or coun,erfeting, more contempti
Bile than theft, meaner than petty larceny, is the
| vile crime of detracion. "My dear madam,
said lovely friend of mine, the other day, to ar
acquaintance who had just dropped in to retail
politely termed.) My dear madam, if j! will be
to tell me, Iwoud rather not listen to it." There
was more real sensbiity of soul contained ir
that little sentence than in many of the fine
speeches of our great orators; and rs she spoke
(Heayen bless her sweet face.) there beamed
from her eyes such holy charity that my sou
involuntariy bowed itself 10 do homage to hers
Pity that such exceptions should be 80 rare J but
when found, prove as precious and priceless rs
an oasis in the desert to parched and weary
tavcler,-"a sa"! 10 shipwrerked mariner,-o
a prayer from the pure lips of innocent child
hood IN. o. Delta.
MOUNTAINS OF SlLvER.-A letter in the iNep
York Sun, purporting to give an account of
recent exploraraton in the Masilla Valley, says
We have seen and examined the "Silve
Mountains of Arizona" TN the line of 800
They are but short fifteen miles south of Gray
line for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and as
sure you that for miles together the richest ore
richer and more abundant by far than those o
poto.i--he bpaped nm and nilad hilla unnn hill
as if Nature had there poured out bcr treasure
in one grand, overwhelming mass. have see'
the best mines in Mexico, but nothing that cal
compare with the "Silvsr Mountains"