Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-06-24
GElNllIR OF MAN.

How great the solemnlty and dignity OF tue
individual lfc! Granted, the littlcness OF man,
the breyity of his personal sojourn, the limlta-
tions of both his sphere and knowledge; yet
there is stupendous largeness impressed upon
him. He opens his bosom to the influences
that are coming down from generations past;
and hardly has he received them, ere lie, steps
into the stream, adding his own power, and
floating onward into the boundless future-a'
recipient of what has preceded him-an agent
of what follows-a transition point where ell
lects acquire the properties Of cause Thus
all humanity is linked to the past. and linked
to the future--so linked that no one lives to
himself and no one dies to himself The past
is ours as we shall shape it, and the present.
the great moral eddy where these two ideas
meet, deriving its main significance from what
has been and what will be.
The incumbent of duty the friend Of God
and man, the philanthropist and the Christian.
may regalc his soul with the pleasing thought
of being Sc bound to his species, that in. living
one life he will live thousand. and that his
existence in its benign effect will be deposited
in the bosom Of unborn generations Who
would not be man, especially one rising TO
the envable privilege of making a good and
great impression upon his species? When we
think of them in their true relations they seem
to be tutored angels sent to earth to touch NOR
tai notes, the melody of which will last forever.
To be man, gifted with sphere for vrtuouS
action. allied with the totality of the race,
bearing the stamp Of Immortality, and floating
I'M a stream of eternal consequenccs-thi in
deed is lofty emincnce Of being. Let not
such creature make himself less than heis.
| If he can write to the profit of mankind, LETT
him sound out the word of the Lord: if great
plans are projected for the worlds conversion,
then let him be their earnest patron: let him
| put himself in earnest harmony with God, and
the best interest Of his species, and he will not
have lived in vain. A prolonged effect, devell-
oping for ages, and rising in significance to the
end Of time when its history is minutely traced,
will catalogue him among its honored agents.
Evangelist.
QUITE A M1srAxE.-The Baltimore Republi-
can tells a story OF a young man who fell in love
with a young lady residing in one of the resi-
dcnces in Upper Tendon. The lover, fearing
repulse from tile head of the family, conducted
his courtship in clandestine manner. The up
shot of the matter was, that an cldhement oc-
curIred, and the party were married. Alter
the marriage the bridegroom proposed that they
should return home and procure the fathers
pardon. Judge, then, of his dismay when, with
a trembling voice, she informed him that, al
though she possessed the name of the gentleman
in question, she was not related to him in the
slightest degree, and was employed in bis dwell.
ling in the capacity Of seamstreSs. illus al!
his visions of a secured fortune were scattered
to the winds; and the scene Of recrmlnation
Which ensucd was terribly out of character Tor
q newly married couple. -'.,-'.'...'
CUCUMBER BuGs.-Dr. Heckarman, writes
1 Most gardeners are very much annoyed by these
bugs; which prey alike upon the cucumber,
i melon, pumpkin and squash-the latter being
its ts:.fayorite. Various plans have been devised
for their protection, such as SCOT, &c. Amethod
Which lave practced with nearly entire sue
cess, is to form mixture of equal parts OF fine
'ly ground black pepper. and wheat flour, and
dust the plants while the. dew is upon them with
this mixture, using an ordinary flour or pepper
box. 1t is fact generally known, that black
pepper is SO obnoxious to most insects, that few
will approach or stay III its presence. The OBJ
iect of the -four is to combine with the pepper,
and with the water or dew to form paste,
which will adhere to the leaves for many days
unless washed off by heavy rains; in which
case the application should be renewed
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Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, Of Oriental memory,
has a very interesting and vivid sketch of his
Central American travels in the May number, ot
Blacl :ood, in the course of which he thus de
soribes the "gray-eyed men" Of Nicaragua:
In stature, Gen. Walker is but little over
FIVE feet four. His features are described as
coarse and impossible; his square chin and long
law denote character, but his lips are full and
his mouth is not well formed; his eyes are uni
yersslly spoken of as the most striking feature
in has iace-of singularly light gray, they are
so large and fixed that in q. daguerreotype The
! eyelid is scarcely visible"