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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

A BIBLE ExPouNDED. Among the hume
rous copies of the Bible in the American
Bible Society's Library is the one used by the
preachers of an African church in this city,
which presents very dilapidated appearance;
it tisliterally worn to shreds by the blows which
those fsryid and sable divines have invested
on its covers, The cause Of this phenomenon
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

AccIDENT.-Mr. Everett Rich, of Charlotte,
fell from a beam in the upper part of his
barn, on Friday of last week, and was so Sc
riously injured that he died on the Saturday
following. Mr.. Rich was aged about 60 years
and leaves family.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

BILE for the present intrusion. If the terri
tory is open for settlement, the facts should
be made known, 50 that people Of all the
States may embrace the opportunity, if they
proper. The door is now only to Southern
ers.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

STRUCK BY LIeHININo.-The barn Of
Joseph Ide, Esq, of St. Johnsbury Centre,
was struck by Lightning the night of June %,
and set on FIRE, but the rain soon extinguish-
ed the flames,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

SEVERE FREsuET The fine rain of Satur-
day evening in this town was flood in some
places near us. The town of Huntington has
suffered greatly. The freshet there was un-
exampled for this vicinity. Tke ac-
counts which reach us, represent the
water as falling literally in sheets
or masses, changing the streams almost
instantly to raging torrents, filling
the valleys, sweeping away buildings,
bridges, fences and live stock, and covering
fine meadows with gravel and sand, Along
the Huntington River, from G. r. Andrews
Sawmill to the Winooski, distance of some
ten miles, but one or two bridges are left,
either on the river or the smaller streams
which empty into it. Four covered bridg-
es, and several smaller ones, were
carried off. At Huntington Centre, the
dam gave way and the factory and gristmill
of Messrs. j. s. & A. Rood, Il large four
story brick building. was undermined and
entirely destroyed, even the stones of its foun-
dation being swept down on the meadows
below Messrs. Rood estimate their loss
at S5OOO johnson saw mill was also much
injured, and we hear that several small mills
farther up the river were carried away.
Huntington river has changed its channel
through the meadows at several points.
A gentleman from Hinesburgh
informs us that the fall of rain and
correspondingly rapid rise of water in that
place was almost unprecedented, and that on
small stream running down between the
hills from Huntington, several hundred dol
lars worth of damage was done, by the sweep
ing away of bridges and fences.
In Duxbury, as we hear, the bridges
we're almost all carried away. In Montpelier
the water rose very rapidly, and was quite
high; but we learn of no damage done there
In Bolton some damage was done to th'
Vermont Central Railroad and slid
at "Slip Hill," this side of Middlesex
has stopped all passage of trains to-day
Of course, the Winooski was very higl
throughout its length, and considerabl
damage has been done to the crops upon tn
meadow lands. The water was up over the in
tervale at this place Sunday, and we learr
that timber from the ruined bridges, barn
a cow, and other marks of the destruction
above, were seen going down stream
Monday, long and clearly defined strear
Of muddy water from the river striped tn
clear blue of the lake and told of har
freshet.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

BROKE JAu"-Two young men in Jail Mt
Manchester cut hole through the wall with
a jack Knife last Monday, but were secured
before they had made their escape.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

is wttily chronicled in the following langu-
age, which is inscribed on the title page :
"This is the Bible from which the pure word
was literally expounded, by our colored bre-
hren in--street. ~. Y. Post.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

Two million two hundred thousand of the
new cents were coined at the Philadelphia
mint in May, and about four hundred thous.
and of the old cents were returned,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

FIsHY. Five persons of Bennington visited
Somerset last week, and caught, in ten hours
tleo thousand and Mirtu-One trout.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

The French Gazette Medicale states that,
by an accident, charcoal has been discovered
to be cure for burns. By laying piece of
cold charcoal upon the burn, the pain sub
sides Immediately. By leaving the charcoal
on one hour the wound is healed, as has Been
demonstrated sn several occasions The rem
edy is cheap and simple, and certainly deserves
a trial
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

was seen to stand up in the boat and rock it
violently, ani then pitch over the side into
the water.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09
REMOVAL OF EX-PRESIDENT
MONROE'S REMAINS.

Middlebury. July Sd, 1858.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27
EDGEF1ELD, S. c., OCTOBER p, 1853

forces" which are found Sin the books" These
convey the idea of blind unintelligent power,
originating no one knows where and exerted no
one knows how. More than this, mere gravity,
of which these are the developments, never
could produce the motions of the heavenly be-
dies. There absolutely must be some directing
wisdom to originate and sustain the kind Of mo-
tion which they exhibit.
But perhaps enough has been written for one
lesson, though the subject is by no means ex
haustcd. We have alluded to the vast distances
to which some of these erratic bodies wander
from the Sun, and still are within the Solar
System. But suppose we have reached and
explored the stellar universe-all the bodies
encircled by the rings Of the Milky way which
belts the stars as with a.girdle of Light,-what
then? Why away in the "Grcat Beyond" lie
telescope nebular which may be equally extern
sive with the visible heavens, but contracted to
their apparent dimensions by the intervening
distance. And yet these must end somewhere.
1t is God alone who fills ilnmensity with His
presence-wlo transcends the bounds of space
and extends to Infnity.
"When consider thy heavens, the work
of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which
Thou has ordained, what is man that Thou art
mindful of him, or the Son Of man that Thou
risltest him"
But greater than David has said, "Even
the very hairs of our heads are numbered"
and that not sparrow falls to the ground
without our Fathers knowledge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27
Stielltr.
Written for the Advertiser.
COMETS.

Mr.. EDITOR There being several Of these
strange visitors sailing about in our armament,
have thought that short article in relation
to them might not be unacceptable to Your
readers.
WHAT'S Comet2
10 give dictionary definition Of the word
would be very easy ito answer the question
with reference to the physical constitution of
the Comet, and the office it is designed to per-
form in the economy Of nature, is something
which science, in its present state of advance
ment, is incapable Of doing.
That these mysterious things are material
substances, it is reasonable to supp ose, and yet
the matter Of them must possess degree OF
variety, to which nothing ON our earth bears
any analogy. Sir Isaac Newton estimated the
tenuity of Comets tail to bc such, that If it
were compressed to. the dimensions Of cubic
inch. it would not then be as dense as the air
we breathe Just imagine an inch of air to lie
so expanded as to occupy thousands of miles in
thickness, and millions in length A very thin
c!oud,-smoke or vapor Of any kind will ob-
scurs the stars, but the light from the stars
shines through the tail of Comet without
even having its rays refracted in their passage.
Indeed it is said that the nuclei of some Of the
Comets present little if any obstruction to the
Transmission Of light.
Again their density is so small hat they do
not appear to affect other bodies, however near
they may approach to them. The Comet of
ITO got entangled among the moons Of Jupiter
but it produced no effect on the planet or bis
satellites. On the contrary, the Comet was
thrown out of its orbit and has not been seen
,,or heard of since. Such is the account which
tho saruus give Of the matter, and if it be true,
there would seem to he no just ground for the
npprehcnsion about Comets coming i'll COLI
tact with the earth,-so far at least rs any dis
..strous consequences would be likely to result
from the shock. How far we might be affected
~ the comminglng Of the Comets elements,
or atmosphere, (if it has any, with that of o'lr
,.wn, actual experiment could alone determine.
The question then, "what isa Comet 2" mnst
j.. answered by science when it has reached q
higher point in its progress, or be left to the
revelations of future uispensation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27
From the Charleston Courier.
Tile LATE SENATORIAL ELECTION In EDGEFlELD
DISTRIGT

Messrs. Editors You are requested to state
that, at the late Senatorial election, in Edgetield
District, there were poled 544 votes more than
were ever before given in the District, ut any
election, and 407 votes more than were given i'll
the District at the excited Senatorial election
in 1854 in which the Hon. Tilman Watson was
elected over the Hon. James p. Carroll.
At the late election, William Gregg, Esq, re-
ceived l4l2 votes-live more than sulticed to
elect Mr.. Watson over Mr.. Carroll in 1854. In
tue recent contest, Mr.. Carroll received ITO
votes-a majority Of 1853 votes over MIR. Gregg.
Old Edgefeld is to he congratulated on her in
crease Of population.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

ALL SWEPT AwAY.-Among the many sad
incidents, says the New Orleans Delta, of the
present epidemic, which have come to our
knowledge, and which we have generally alb
stained from publishing, is the following, per-
haps unsurpassed in affective interest:
"a German, who came to this It" many
wears since, had acquired large properly, and
last spring he sent over to "faderland" and re-
moved to this city all the members Of his i'm
mediate family, in number seven or eight
father and mother, brothers and sisters. Not
long after their arrival, tue pe>tilence entered
lis household, and ceased not its work of death
until every one of the newly arrived relatives
were carried forth 10 their graves in strange
land, which they had come SO far TO ILL.,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

AN IlroRrAxr VERDIcr.-1n the Pliiladel-
plia Court Of Quarter Sessions, on Monday last,
u man named William Nixon was pronounced
guilty of manslaughter for having left his lorse
and cart standing, unattended, i'll public street,
by which negligence child was killed. The
verdict in this case, the Inquirer says, will be a
warning to those, and they are numberless who
are in the habit of leaving horses in the public
streets unmatched and loose, and liable, from
many causes, to start off and do muca mischief.
Such verdict as has been rendered shows that
the public voice censures negligence Of this kind,
and we refer to the case with the hope that the
example may be an impressive one, though the
law probably will not exact heavy penulty un-
der the circumstances.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

TIE BEAUTY FolLED--On the Norfolk circuit,
Barr,ter Lee was retained for the plaintiff in an
action for breach Of promise Of marriage;
when the brief was brought him, he inquired
whether the lady for whose injury he was TO
seek redress was good looking. Every hand
some, indeed, STRIP was the assurance of Helen's
attorney "Then, SIR" replied Lee, 81 beg
you will request her to be in court, and in
place where she can be seem" The attorney
promised compliance and the lady, in accord
ancc with Lees wishes, took her seat in con-
spicuous place. Lee, in addressing the jury,
did not fail to insist with great warmth on the
"abomnabe cruelty" which had been cxer-
cised towards " the lovely and confiding female"
before them, and did not sit down until he had
succeeded in working up their feelings to the
desired point. The counsel on the other side,
however, speedily broke the spell with which
Lee had enchanted the jury, by observing that
his learned friend in describing the graces and
beauty Of the plaintiff had not mentioned one
fact, namely, that the lady had uooden ley!
The court was convulsed with laughter, while
Lee who was ignorant of this circumstance,
looked aghast; and tile jury, ashamed of the
influence that mere eloquence had had upon
them, returned verdict for the defendant
Pnsou's Lalp and Lawyers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27
INTHENIGHT.

All day I list for voices
That do not como to me,
And vainly think I hear them
Along tho evening sea-
They come not in the daytime,
But every night it seems
That can hear t*em speaking low
Around me in my dreams.
All day think Of faces,
And through the open door
I look to see them enter,
AS in the days Of Sore:-
They come not in tkc daytime,
.Iut every night it seems
AS if I saw them smiling down
Upon me, in my dreams.
All day my soul remember.
While fast before my eyes
The forms that / have loved so
In other days arisc:-
'Tis sorrow in the daytime,
But every night it seems
As if their souls were with me still,
And loved me in my dreams.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

Tie latest novelty from Germany is a musical
bed, which receives the weary body and immedi-
ately "laps it into Elysium." 1t is an invention
of mechanic in Bohemia and is so constructed
that by means of hidden mechanism, a pressure
npon the bed causes a soft and gentle air of Au:
Der to be played, which continues TO lull the
most wakelul to sleep. AT tic head is a clock,
the hand OF which being placed at Il e hour the
the sleeper wishes to rise when the time arrives
the bed plays q march of Spontoni, with drums
end cymbals, and, in short With noise enough to
to rouse the seven sleepers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

An Irisllnan fights before hc reasons, o
Scotchman reasons before he fights, an English
man is not particular as to the order Of precc-
dence, but will do either to accommodate his
Customers. A modern general has said, that
the best troops would be rs follows: An Irish
man haIftlrunk, Scotchman half-starved, and
an Engshman with his belly full. s:s.. $,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

TIE PRIEST AND TIE BRlGASDs.-The Opin-
lone of Turin has the following story" The
parish priest of Varostica was called up a few
nights ago to administer the sacrament 10 dy-
ing person, and as be was returning home, ac
companed by two villagers, he perceived, to his
surprise, light ina cottage. Having, with his
companions, entered the house, they were aston
ishcd to perceive the occupier of it. his wife and
daughter, hanging by the neck to beam of the
ceiling. They cut them down and found that
the man and the woman were dead, but that the
girl, though scnseless, was alive, and they sue.
cceded in restoring her to consciousness. She
then stated that number of brigands, healed
by the servant Of the priest himself, had forced
their way into the house, broken open all the
drawers and closets, possessed themselves Of
everything of value and then hanged her parents
and herself. The priest full Of horror, went
home with the two men, and ordered his servant
to 20 into the cellar for wine. The man made
some objection, but the priest having insisted,
down he went, and the priest locked Him in. lie
then rang the tocsin, and nearly all the inhabi
tanti of the village having assembled, he caused
the cellar to b: entered. There were found
there, including the servant, six bandits, with the
booty which they had taken from the peasants
house. AL the six were Immediately secured
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27
.Seletteo 4oetry,
MASONIC BROTHERHOOD.

The Natchcz Courier reprints the following %
'hich first appeared some thirty years since in t
'scritoire, Magazine of Albany, New York:
MASONIC PROCESSION.
saw a band of brothers move,
With slow and solemn tread;
Their hearts were Joined in ties Of love,
In charity were wed;
And types Of lights ilumed the ray,
Shone on the Christening rod,
And in the midst, wide open lay,
The Gospel Of our God.
I asked O man Of four-score years,
Why after them he ran;
lie said-and melted into tears
They feed the poor old man;
IIe said, once was sick and sad,
My limbs were racked with pain;
They came, they comfsrted and clad;
The old man rose again.
asked a weeping widow why
She followed those before;
She said-and wiped her weeping eye
They came unto my door:
They came when all the world beside,
Had turned from me and fled
They came my wants and woes to hide;
They gave my children bread.
asked an orphan boy why ho
His eager footsteps bends;
He said, they smile on all like me,
They were my fathers friends;
Before he died, they clothed and fed,
And NIL our gifts they gave,
And when we wept for father dead,
They threw gifts in his grave.
And such said are Masons NIL,
Friends to the needy poor;
They never view brothers fall,
They never shun his doors
And though tits said they are not Free"
Virtue und love are twins,
And tho blest grace Of Charity,
Hides multitudes Of sins.
Thoy worship in the Lodge Of God,
Secret and solemn there;
They bow beneath his sacred rod,,
And breathe heart felt prayer.
Free Masonry like woman's love,
Is taught by private rules,
So deep, that should it public prove,
It would be sport for fools.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

ES.s Our "Tmp," seems somewhat pleased
with the following little paragraph; which he
says is an " uncontrovertable fact" andwe pub
lish it at his request: 4
Woman has found her true "sphere" at last.
1t is about q feet round, ,Aand is made Of Hoops
and crinoline. -. y;...s ~.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

"You have lost your baby, hear," said one
gentleman to another
Yea, poor little thing It ,was only five
months old We dill all ne GOULD for,it. We
had four doctors, histertd its head and feet,
put mustard polli,Iccs all over it, gave it nine
c,lon,el powders, lsechcd its temples, had it
Llcil, and gave it all kinds of medicines, and
yet, after weeks illness, it died." =a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

A HENERY.-A Mr.. DeSora, of Paris, having
discovered the secret of making hens lay every
day in the year by feeding them with horse
flesh, raw and minced, bethought him of going
into the fresh egg business on a large scale. He
began his experiment with three hundred hens,
and found that they averaged the first year
some twenty five dozen eggs each. Last season,
be had 100000 hens at work, with q fair pro-
portion of male birds, and the proportonate re-
suit was the same. To supply the great con-
sumption Of meat, the numerous disabled and
worn-out horses in and around Paris are depen-
ded on. They are neatly and scientifically
slaughtered ut NJ. DeSora's own abattoir. The
blood is sold for art purposes The tanners buy
the skins. The glue-makers and manufacturers
of Prissian blue get the heads, hoofs, shanks,
&c. The button-makcrs buy the larger bones.
The average consumption Of horses per day is
twenty-five and so well arranged is the system,
that tho proceeds OF the sale of the hides, bones,
&c., make profit on the original cost of the
horses Another item of profit is the manure
from the fowl yards which is eagerly sought
for by the gardeners in the neighborhood.
About one hundred persons, mostly females,
are employed in tie various departments of the
henery The expenses Of the establishment,
including repairs, interest, &C., amount to about
$4,000 per annum. The sales of eggs, last
winter, were 10000 dozen week, at four
francs for six dozen, or $4,000 per week, which
is $3.50, 900 per annum. So that Mr.. DeSora
can both cluck and crow over his hens, that
bring him in a clear revenue of nearly $lI5,OO0
year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

The editor Of the Haverhill Banner tells the
following story Of one Of his hens: sour rose
bushes having been infested with rose-bllgs, we
called I'LL old yellow hen, who was very tame,
and shook the bushes for her benefit. This
was twice repeated, and the other day We saw
her reaching up TO get the bugs which were on
the leaves But finding them out of her reach,
she very deliberately took the bush in her bill,
shook it with all her strength, and then picked
up the rose-bugs that fell in large numbers"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

The origination of the term, the "First Fam
lily of Virginia" is thus explained by All en-
change: In the early settlement Of that State,
it was found impossible TO colonize it unless
women went there. Accordingly ship load
was sent out, but no planter was allowed to
marry one of them until lie had first paid one
hundred pounds Of tobacco for her passage.
When the second ship load came, no one would
pay more than seventy five pounds for the mat
rimonial privilege, except it were q very Supe.
rior article. Consequently, the descendants pf
all those who were suld for one hundred pounds
of tobacco were ranked as tie first families,
whic those who brought but seventy-five pounds
are now ranked as the second families: and the
reason, why DO one can ever find any of the
second families, is because you cant get q Fir-
gnian to admit that his mother only brought
seyentr-iYe pounds of tobacco.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

3Whose pigs are those, my lad 2" ,.aaWhy,
they belong to that there big sew" - But I
mean who is their master?" "Why,. the little
I'm, sir he's grand un to fight" y;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

~ Two pnirs Of shoes wore lateysmnd BY shoe
manufacturer in Lynn to Gil snorter for Southern
plantation. They are intended form slaFe, who is
also negro driver or oycrseeb and asssurs nineteen
and half inches In length. With corresponding
width, -. y. ys.s,s.: = 5Sr.iI;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-27

A FREAK OF NArrEE.-Mr. Eestal yesterday
requested lis to 20 to the Commercial Hotel to
see rare lnsns nature. lie has girl who has
four legs and feet, and two heads, four arms and
the upper parts Of two bodies perfectly formed,
with the exception that the heart of one y
these bodies is in the right side instead Of the
left but though it is doable as to its heads arms
and legs, yet in its spinal and pelvis arrange.
ments it is one. Its two heads are very iutel-
gent and answer and sing together. In an.
swering questions asked by any one, both answer
together and in the same words, or if different
questions are asked, each answers differently.
In walking, the girl uses two or four legs, which
ever happens to be most convenient In eating
she uses both mouths, though it is supposed
that one would answer the purpose as we'll, as
there is but one set of digestive organs. 1t is
the most remarkable creature we have ever seen.
1t is more wonderful than the Samesc Twins
they were two parsons joined together by men,
brance. This girl is two PERSONS with one body
-qatliiy ia unity.-NashriHe Banner.