Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-12-19

7i;7f Noting every thought dnd action bHh ir
| atai Yet we give it little heed, vsl eyo1g al
IL Sometimes we may hear it ringing -! >.
H. Loud and clear, the passing hour, ;,.., 4''
Sending through the souls deep chamber, ,1'-
's'ii Tones CT deep mysterious power ""i' -.
=. Yet we fold our arms and listen ?sylT
To thousand stranger SQUADS, -, ~,
While the Life Clock, all unheedCd, ~
70 Plods its trclcss, solemn rounds. :;Hi 80.
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...a. o., Miscellaneous Items. i.inq
sayn The Washington Star, mentions an
automaton- horse, invented by William +.
Goodwin, of that city, for exhibition at the
Paris Exposition. Phe contrivanoe is said to
be very Ingenious and is worked BY machi-
merry inside The horse, when %ound up,
will start off at q small trot, for instance;
drawing q considerable load, as a boy ina
small wagon, and will move for thirty min
utcs, putting its feet down with all the vim of
regular 230 trotter. -
p1- a Stark county (ohio) butcher, who
undertook to furnish his customers with
"chcap meat" by stealing cattle, has sus
pended business and is now rusticating.in the
county Jail. s1'-- l.! '.';ss' se
p9 There was a wrestling match at the
Nashville race course, the other day, between
q white man anda negro for $1,000. The
white man was thrown, as he deserved to be,
and the negro took the currency. AZ
So Some en- men n are Ts'iEs1ts ike cats. You may
stroke the fur the right way for years, and
hear nothing but purring.; but accidentally
tread on the tail, and all memory Of former
kindness is obliterated. ' -Nf .''i ~ -
a9e The OHIO Penitentiary has now eight
hundred and eighty-two convicts confined
within its walls being about one hundred and
City more than this time last year. There.
has been a steady increase in the number of
inmates of the institution. since the close OF
the war. .' 'fd .. %! Fs91.efFd ,Eo1A3 III;
EE A man who had won a fat turkey
at q rattle, and whose wife was very inquisi7
tive about the method of obtaining the poul-
try, satisfied her at last by the remark that.
the Shakers. gaveit to him. ~; ~ ...,
ES A large Church in Cambridge, Mas
sachuse;ts, s.eeple and ALL has been moved
three-quartcr1-ot punile;up II street. which it
filled from gutter'to gutter. 80
Is. Tie n Springfield Republican says
. Heenan, Morrisey's old antagonist, is living
in New York in ease, having amassed a for.
tune. He envies Morrisscys career, and is
in training for Congress. Perhaps an educa-
ton in the prize ring will sometime be con
sidercd the principal qualification df q candi- ,
date for Congress" ''''''i go go
e A Smith, who was elected from q
New York and Albany steamboat for selling
bis state-ro9m at premium, has maintained
in law his right to do so, and got a verdict OF
Sl400 for being put off the boat, -.
I@."If it wasn't for hope the heart
would break" as the old woman said when
she buried her seventh husband, and looked
anxiously. among the funeral crowd for an an.
other. -,e;,
S,E Brigham Young buried his twenty i,
fourth on Wednesday and married his forty J
fifth on Friday. They say be. oscillates con.
tinualy between Grape hat-hand and white
gloves. "
EN A mulatto woman, who rides on
horse back splenddly, and plays the piano
marvelously, is among the latest sensations
at Paris.
aSy- we see the following, which may be
set down as case of the sharpest kind OF
practice on the part of flirting fair one, 60
ing the rounds Of the papers:
Said gcntemapn on presenting q lace col
lar to his idolitrada, Do not let any one else
runple it." ,"No, dear Pll take it off, re,
torted the naughty beauty. 49,.
E~ Five negroes havejrs been sentenc-
ed to the New Hampshire penitentiary,
and two to the Massachusetts Legislature.
ga recommendation hos been made
to the Georgia Legislature TO discontinue the
present practice OF teaching convicts mtchan,
ical trades. A good suggcstion There Is as
mueh,reason in making lawyers, doctors and
nreachers of conyicts, rs there is in attempt
inc to make them skilled mechanics. 1t is
the hatred of aro1k that made most Oh them
law. breakers. :. 4 .s;.a. ,.5
;. EF The recent political arrests in various
parts Of Italy are estimated at about ninety
thousand. There are actual returns Of arrests
bv one corps, the Royal Carbineers, OF over
sixty thousand, the numbers varying from
three thousand to seven thousand il all the
principal cities in. the Kingdom. This does
not look well for united italy.
9s-M!So far as you turn other days into
Sunday, so far, aud no farther, have you o
right to turn Sunday into other days"
Ea- News direct from Miramar states
that the health of the Empress Carlotta has
improved, and that her entire recovery is now
probable. D. .5,s..l s'f
Eg- The Legislature of. Vermont has
passed bill making habiLual drunkenness
for period oftwo years a. sufficient cause Tor
divorce. ,...... .e'. 4..;.at.e j.. .-i, 81.
ES In order to secure native teachers
for its schools, the Legislature of Georgia has
provided that every Georgia soldier, under
thirty years of age, manned in the service,
may be educated at the State University, OF
the public expense, for such length Of time
as he will give his obligation to teach after
I leaving the University. This plan, which is
an excellent one, it is announced, will prob
ABLY be adopted by other Southern States. i
TERRIBLE ArrRAY.-OuATTANoocA, Dec
ia terrible affray occurred this afternoon
ii Sweetwater, Tennessee. Capt. Jackson
Eof Marietta, Georgia, while, on business il
Sweetwa ater, was attacked by two men, named
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