Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23


At lcngth the first note of her rscitatve,
"soft rs the shepherds pipe upon the mountains"
reaches the ear of the expectant audience. AL is
still midnight, save whore she,-truy tho observed
of all observers,-continues almost Pian''"m0, to
warblo herself into confidence. Then comes her
taria,' and now we await the dhplay of hor power
with swelling hearts of expectation. She is ne the
climax of her song, and yet We await to be thrilled
by her out-pourng Of the nsxtand crswning passass
We await in yain Tho disappointed lover Of music
draws back upon his scat, halfangered, half-agsan-
ished. "And this" he says within himself "i' ths
celebrated woman Who has queensd it over Paris Snd
made her name famous on earfh! It is evident that
the day of her glory is passed forerer-nnd America
is to be humbugged with the attenuatod remsias OF
her former abilitios."> But what does ULLxAs' tho
manager, for such silent opinons3 1t i8 his to
override them with the fuIsand fury OF procon-
certed applause. His German friends with their
"Bravo's," and bis American employees with their
canes and high-heeled boots, are ready in various
parts of the house with their respective cuos and no
sooner has Frczzolini closing notes of her
elaborate but unmclodous run, than they commence,
'con srepio, their cries and stampinss of appr0ba
tion In five seconds it has spread like wild hre over
the whole audience and even tho true lover OF music
whose heart had shrunk chasrined within itsclt Is IN
duced to consider whether ho may not have oeen
mistaken, and whether FREzzoLISL may not after all
be still the great Ginger she has been. But no! hei
next effort ia weaker than tho frstit cannot bo But
tho applause is even greater than before So the mu-
sician is SILENT and that immense assemblase Of four
thousand people go homo humbugged.-We will not
speak of tho other members ofhs oporatic company,
except to say that is altogether the weakest We have
ever heard And yet Euch are the e1pedicnts OF Now
York trickcry, shall not bs suprizcd to hear that
it has had n season of triumphant success.
But enough of this. Whatif there arc humbugs in
New York; Are they not also e1istant everywhere
Has not every village its hunbugs2 Shakespeare hos
said All the worlds stage,4-may it not he added
"aud a humbug at that 2". In Now York many OF
tho humbugs of tho hour hayehe advantage OF being
pretty humbuss. This is something So we will
quarrel with them no more but turn to other matters
GETTING RICH.
Tho grand aim Of life in tho great Metropolis is to
get rich But while one succeeds in doing so, hun
dred5 fail. Among the mon who sccm to be inprov-
ing steadily and securely, take pleasure in nuny
n family of brothers, whom many Of our readers in
this and the adjoining districts will remember. We
allndo to the LEHsAIERs, JouE, MAURICE, LOUIS Ben
and MARTIN. Tho first two 4e Importers Of Cloths
md arc rcputed to be worth dhslf-mon of dollars
They are not spectators, but have made their money
in the legitimate line of mercantile business and arc
now in situation to ncreasstheir means very rapid
Iy The other brothers havs Lace Establishment
and are also doing well.
This family, many will redall, were ten years ago
engaged in keeping small country stores in this part
of our State principally in Edgefsld. They combine
this at one time with the still smaller business of ped
ding. But thcy persevered- from day to day, and
from yoer year, until now the practice of honesty
diligence and economy, they arc taking their position
among the merchants of New; York Let US add tina,
they look back to their old friends and patrons, about
Mt Willing and elsewhere, with peculiar regard anu
warm gratitude. 1t seemed that they could not be
satisfied until they had drayn from nl tho particu
lars of tho present condition of their Edgcfeld ac
quaintapces. And when wo mentioned tic death Of
Col BAUxNIauT and othors, they evidently received
the intelligence with Their united opinion is
that the South caronians among the noblest peo
pie on EARTH We like to witness such unaffected cor
dialiy of sentiment in foreigners Who come amongst
US; and VIC incline to the o1l9n thut there is moro
Of Il in tho Germans than in any Of the other races
who migrate to our shores. And this leads us to say
word or two OF the
GERMANS IN NEW YORK$
The Germans compose very large portion of tht
population Of New York city and they arc generally
esteemed the most honest industrious and orderly
class Of citizens. They are there as in faderland,
plodding, pcrscvcring, but yet fun-loving people
In all their fun, however. they arc never rowdy-sh
Lager Beer is thor only social drink. 1t enlivcn'
but never intoxcates at least that which properly
made Their Beer Saloons are scattered all over thu
city and very faithfully sustained by their German
votarics We have heard that by long practice soni'
Of them become capactRted TO imhbe fifteen or crrI
twenty glasses Of beer at one sitting As corrective
ii its infeing influences they use Swiss cheese ana
ort of salty bread. Thus provided, true Dutchma'
ran drink On, drink ever, and still SO to bed sober.
is said that there is never row in German Beer
Saloon unlcps raised by outsiders. They laugh, aut
ahber, and sing the songs Of homo, with great gusto
nut seldom if ever 90 beyond this. We attended ont
law the closing scenes of m annual German gather
rg held in spacious park miles above the built
ip part Of the City. It was late in tho afternoon
The lager had been flowing continuously for oil tha
LAY, as we'll us several preceding ones. Mon m
women seemed to bc we'll soaked with the beverage
.nd hundreds were Just then taking their partin.
glasses. The nts were nearly dry, and tho tarster'
I'll wcaricd out with serving. Yet was there not ;
single intoxicated throughout those grounds
in that Inst hour of their festival. Nor had there oc
CURED, among tho twenty thousand pcoptTwho bad
hat day visited the park, even the appearance Of Il
Gght This wc have upon good authority, and do MOI
.loubt it; for We witnessed the breakingup of the
host and nought hut hilarity and joyous satisfaction
was anywhere apparent We conclude, that the Ger.
mans are good humorcd, civil and honest people
yhcrevcr they go and being such they well deserve
20 he welcomed into tho ranks of American citizens
avcn though i. do result in ebowing out few Know
No,hings.
But there is higher class than Germans, or Yum.
KEGS either in this famous town Of Gotham. 1t is the
class Of truc-buo American gentlemen, class which
is every where the same, North South, East, or West
whether with niggers without them, rich or poor
Protestant Catholic, Wing or Democrat, Puritan or
Hugucnot. AS noble exponent Of this class in New
York, we will tnke the liberty Of naming
GENERAL GEO. p. MORRIS.
The "Sopg-writcr of America" is too we'll known
in us literary and editorial character, to require in
those regards m explanatory or comncndatory word