Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-03-11

A charm TO chase away these tears
And make Inc wish on earth to live.
T long to lay this aching heart
Beneath the sod aud be at rest
l long to meet, TO moro 10 part,
The kindred spirits love best!
La Fuyette, Ga. MAGGIE.
Solution Of Chess Problem.
First More.-Advance the Queen obliqueiy
10 the left one sqnsrc, taking up the Pawn by
which she vas ia check.
Second Nore-Retire the Queen obliquely
to the left one square, whicl: brings her in
front of Opponents King and. if lie has re-
moved Lis Bishop f:on. his Kings front, bring
his King in check, which will cause him to
return it to that position.
Third Afore.--Advance the Knight on TIE
left one square in front and two squares TO
the right, and his Kingis mated. TyRo.
Your solution wont hold out, TYno. Yen
forge: the Black Castle that can he brought
to bear upon WLi.e Queen. We nave not
the solution before Us, bnt venture t" offer
the following rs correct:
|. Q to KS D's; 3.
.. ITO Q's B's C.
;. knight to o. 5, Or, if the game requires
it, Q to Q's 6.-En Any.
--ss Cultivated Flowers. 81
the lininulive chain Of habit is scarcely
heavy enough To be ielr till it is too strong to
be broken.
Memary is the c:binct Of Imagination, the
treasury Of reason, the registry Ct conscience.
aul the council. .chanh-r "i tlnrght.
y GREEK maid being asked what fortune
she would bring her husband, replied, |
will bring him what gnll cannot purchase
heart un:pottcd. and virtue without 4 stain:
which is all that descended 10 ne from my
parents
We ere all complaining that orr days are
so few, yet acting as though here would DO
no end to them.
A PERSIAN philosopher being asked by
what method he had acquired SD much knowl-
edge, answered, BY not being prevented by
shame from asking questions when | was Isg-
norant"
ABsrryrycA.-Excpps thou desire to has
ten thy opd, take tlis inr general rule {:
TINT thon never ado any artificial hest to thy
/ body hv wine or spice. until thor ind that
time bath decayed lhy natural heat aid the
sooner thou cost begin TO help Nature, TIE
oner she will forsake thee, and leave thee
to trust altogether to art.-!SH IEther Pa-
leigh.
Coon manners is the art Of making those
happy with whom We converse. Whoever
makes the fewrst persons uneasy is the best
bred man in the company.
/ TnE SoUL.-There is something in us that
cannot be without rs, and will be after us
though it is strange that it hath no history OF
what it was before rs, nor can tel how ii en-
tered us.
SpAns MOMENTS are like the gold dust Of
time: and Young was writing true as we'll
as striking line when he taught that "Sands
make the mountain, and moments make the
year" Of all the portions of our life, spare
moments are the most fruitful III good as evil
They are the gaps through which temptations
find the easiest access 10 the sartcu oi the
soul.
WHEN the veil oil death has been drawn be-
tween us and the objects Of our regard, how
oqicksighed do we become to their merits,
and how bitterly do we then remember words
or even looks of unkinduess which may have
escaped in our intercourse With them How
careful should such thoughts render us in the
rulGlmcnt of those Offices OF affection which
NAV vet be in our lower to perform for wht
can tel! how soon lie moment may arrive
wien repentance cannot be followed by re-
paration?
OMrxs OF PEAcE-A correspondent o
the 9'ioridiaA und Sentinel, writing tron
fredericksburg, gives the following singua
fr,.k of nniure i'm his letter. lie SAYS: