Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-28

upon the fish, Mrs. Partington had dashed
a tumbler of water into5his face to restore
him to consciousness 1t made him catch
his breath for moment, but he didn't sing
any more at the table, though the opera
fever still follows himi elsewhere. She is
very uneasy about him.
SWEARING.
"0i all Inc nauseous, complicated crimes,
Tt.at both infest and StismRtise tho times,
There's none that can withimpious oaths compare,
Where vice and folly have an equal share"
IT is not our purpose to write homiy on this
subject but simply to call attention in few
plain remarks, to widespread and 'pornicious
eviE Swearing, like drinking, is confined to no
one class, or condition of society. The young
and the old, persons of bofh sexcs-the rich and
the POOR the learned and the ignorant, the bond
and the free are more or less guilty of the prac-
tice. Should the eye of aprohne swearer light
upon these lines, We respectfully ask him to
pause moment, and seriously ponder the fol-
lowing consideration.
Prus;:nc swearing ID forbidden Ly Gya.-
Swear not all. This command is positive as
mucl: so as any prccept Of the Drcalosue; and
for the violation Of wlich-you are as responsible
as YOU would be- for theft. For, He Who said,
Thou shalt no; s.Oal," has also said, "Swear
not at all If, therefore, YOU have any regard
for your Maker, desist from the practice Of pro-
f.:;e swearing.
Consider that il is Useless practise. Wchave
henrd men justify the use Of strong drink on the
grounds Of its utty-thcy tells us, it warns
them in winter aid cools them III summer; and
they are firmly persuaded that all this is so!
But who ever heard u just. Or even a sensible
plea for M oath? who will pretend to say that
the Use of pofanc language is profitable in any
way? Tic $wearer hims.;lfknors that it is not.
1t makes him neither wlsvi, nor rirlIar, nor more
respectable. It increases in no degree his infu-
cncc; and it is very far from recommending him
to the favorable notice and regard Of the good
end upright. Besides all t;|is, it is well known
fact, that but little conf,l3co is placed in the
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a hartl oath. His reracity is most commonly
suspected BY men of strict integrity; and if be-
Eevcd at all, it is because whathe states is known
to be trnc, Independently of his testimony. In
short, not one single advantage can be shewn to
result from the practicc-why, then, persist in it,
Consider too, that il is no mark ef a gentle.
man 10 Srcear We do not say, that he who
swears is no gentleman-wc leave others to de.
termine his-5ut we do Sayy, that, profanc swear
ing is no mark of good breeding--of gentleman.
" character. What are the facts of the case
Why "thc most worthless and vile" the refuge
Of mankind, and the drunkari swear as we'll as
the best dressed and educated gentleman. "And
it is well known fact that, common sailors,
who are looked upon as among the most dcgra.
dcd in morals are also among the most finished
in " the art of cursing." Itrequires no partcu-
lar smartness-no special intellectual endow-
mcnts to acquire proficiency in this art . The
bascst and meaucst of mankind swear with as
mach tact and skill. rs the most refined. To
say the least, then, the common swearer can, OH
this account lay no claim to being gentleman
the practice adds nothing to'his respcctability
But the most weighty consideration against
swearing is, that God will not hold YOU gutlcss
One of the ten commandments is specially di
rccted against this practice =" Thou shalt not
take 9hc name Of the Lord, thy God in vain"
No man so frequently, and so wantonly, takes
the name Of God in vain, rs the proEtnc swcarer.
He never uses it, but with pru(nne lips. He new
or l.5es It, but in invoking imprecations either on
his own head or on others. For such wanton,
impious Use of his name-a name before which,
all holy nteigences PROSTATE themseves-God
has socn,nly declared, that he will not hold the
swearer guiltess ;-"I will not hold him guiltless
that taketh my name in rain"
Awful threatening let the swearcr seriously
think of it; and let him abandon practice,
which is not only wholly uAprodtadlc, but which,
if not repented of, must finally expose him to
the malcdiction of his offended Maker. d.
AWAY WITH IIoops.-Nsill the ladies coll
tinue their hoops during the freezing rm?"
-or will the cold, wintry weather, which
has such n contracting effect on things gen.
orally, occasion them to disappear? are the
questions now before q large portion of the
public We hope hoops will be discarded
they are so poky and ungnceful. AS
ventlators in hot weather, and supporters
of thin drapery when lady does not care
to be oppressed with numbcrlcss skirts, they
can be barely tolerated by philosophic
mind. But when cold weather shall render
,th dnsirahln and plenty of under.gAr-