Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1875-09-23

and church yards, with everything that
is most endearing in social and domestic
charities; hut with whatever is darkest
in human nature and in human destiny,
with the savage triumph Of fnplacable
enemies, with the Inconsistency, the cow
ardice, the ingratitude of friends, with
all the miseries of fallen greatness and
of blighted fame"
TO one of your correspondents pro-
fession, the Temple is the most interest
ing place not onlyin England, but in the
world.
The Tcmple-the Inns OF Court and
the Inns of Chanccry-truly said to he
"the noblest nurseries of humanity and
liberty in the kingdom" Where indeed
law and liberty were Graded and nursed,
where Bacon, and Somers, and Mans.
field, and their illustrious successors,
framed fashioned and perfected the great
principles Of magma charta, the glorious
writ Of habeas corpus-in fact. the inn
perishable rights Of man-those inesti
mable writs of freedom that have made
old England so great and glorious-re-
vercd at home and feared abroad-mak
ing liberty commensurate with British
soil, opening the dungeon Of the captive,
and striking off tho manacles of the ty
rant.
These indeed are the names, and these
the measures, that are "not born to die"
They stand alone and aloof Oh the facade
Of the temple of liberty, where none can
now stand beside them-before whom
sovereigns and princes and warriors fade
into insignificance-the great, the grand,
the glorious benefactors Of mankind
the boast and glory Of their native land
the pride and honor of the human
race-and the onvy and admiration of
the civilized world
"The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who
still rule
Our spirits from their urns."
Here indeed under the roof of the
solid old Temple, is the glory of the
profession of law-(that now much
abused profession) here the perfection of
equity, the true pride of every. honest
heart the real worth and the real intel
lect of the human head, the great source
and fountain of all the liberties inherited
and enjoyed by the Anglo Saxon race
Within its spacious court and sombre
aisle, beneath its oaken roof and Doric
crypt, darkened by the shade OF trees
planted by Lord Bacon himself, the
lowliest Of that noble profession bows in
humblest reverence.
But reUeno7ls q nos nloWtonS-t!ae Coles
sal Jennings estate, which, for several
years, has taxed the ability of tho Tenn
pie itself; and for the investigation of
certain claims connected Herewith, we
have been sent, as you know, to London
The protracted litigation over this CO.
lossal estate, estimated variously from
go to sO,0OO,0OO has given rise to the pro-
duction and examination of many wills,
administrations, births, deaths, burials
&C., copies of which may be had here,
within the City, but not regarded as re-
liable, owing 10 erasures, subStitutions,
&C., made to suit the claims Of the divers
contestants--So that in order to get at
anything like authenticity, ono is forced
to go to the different towns and hamlets
where the departed Jenningses reposs,
and to inspect the original cpitaphs, wills
&c.
For this purpose we have already been
to ST. Martins, Birmingham, Neither
Whitcacre, Aston, Darleston and Acton,
aud will on to morrow leave for Walsall,
Harbourn, Mednesbury and other places
These visits Of inspection are quite Ia
borious and trying, but, at the same
time, are not devoid Of interest, mas
much as during round of such visits, |
one is enabled 10 see much of the coun-
try, and country life, of England, which (
we will not attempt to describe, butsim.
ply say that the fields, covered with
green enamel, and the hills with verdure
clad, aud the wales with clustering vine,
sss nat bia.n! 5s anest landscapes Of LarEalns 80 to
Of Acton and its castellatcd towers,
moat and grange, park and meadow, we
are vividly Impressed; AMI as we wan.
dcred ovcrits grounds, and looked overits
halls, we wondered if it were within the
range of probability that our clients,
the Jenningses and their connexions,
could establish claim to such seigneu~
rial halls-and if your correspondent,
who has become quasi contingent heir,
would ever own even tho cricket lawn
within its spacious gates. Well, this is
the ago of wonders. Indeed within our
own State, all of tho extravaganza and
fancy of the Arabian tales have been re-
allied. Bootblacks and hodcarriers have
become potent, grave and reverend
seigniors; ebony foot boys, gulla negroes,
mestizoes, quadroons and scullions have
actually become senator's, judges and
lawmakers; the blackcst of the Sd'lS
culotteS have usurped l.igh places; dusky
chambermaids, chop house cooks of the |
feminine gender, and plough girls, have
become Mesdan,es, wives Of Congress
men, and daughters of Justices, rolling |
ir luxury, reclining in. coaches, and |
living in quasi palaces
And why should not we poor Confed-
crate devils have our day too-chaqnc
chie,, a SON tour! We were once up, now
we are sadly down; and why should not
chance, will, or fatality set lis up again?
If it sho uld do so, we will be satisfied
with the oriel window Of the castle. The
South Carolina Jenningses can take the
body, and their connexions from Mis-
sissipp, Texas and elsewhere, can con-
suit their respective tastes al H6itun.
The Doctors, Bill, Joe, Henry, &c., II
believe half the family are NJ. D's.) could
be easily accommodated with hundred
times more than attcches to them, in the |
court yard of the family physician and |
the irrepressible Blackwells might find
great solace in the extended deer parks
and spacious billiard saloons. As for
Capt. Jas. 7. we have made no selection |
for him, as we knew he would approve
none unless chosen by himself, even had |
the selection been made by the DAM
sci Comely, at the gate of the House
Beautiful" told of in the Pilgrini's Prog |
ress. So let him come over and be purged |
of his bile on the high seas, and bullied |
by cabmen, and 1leecod by landlords,
and cut by Joe Bull, and scowled at by |
my Lords dish faced terrier, and whined |