Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-10-12
sWiscelgOs!eoees.

sR1tSCetsO93eOeeS.
Taken Up.-A very gentrel looking
yonne man, apparently ahop' 25 years old,
was taken up IN Wednesday last. aud cum.
miited TO Jail, in this place. under The VA.
grant act. and on suspicion of being fu.
gi'ive from Justice.
lie loifered about town here f,r about
weeks, telling dlfIeren; tales concerning
his own affairs, until nj length his host
pushed him for his hoard, thinking that a
inan who had Ill 900 dollars. and wanted
To purchase negroes" could certainly paw
$40; but sure enough the $1,000 were
missing. md the poor sen,leman's trunk
had 10 be seized; and in ovcrhaulins il,
certain letters were found purpor'in. to be
from his wife, his brother. friend. and so
on; ale, paper showing thai he had been
~ Baltimore, and passed rs Ir. Coleman.
The letters found are directed to J. II. C
Chorry. and Chancey Cherry aud his sig.
nature IS also found to power Of a,ior-
neg. end signed C. Cherry. which is prob
ably his name. One letter from his wife.
advises bin I'd quit Raleigh (from which
place he csnae hcro) Immediately; that if
IL were known he was there. hiss brnihers
;who Il appears acre his hail for $4,000
would hass him arrested. and would sooner
eco him hung than pay The money iaffsc-
siona,e brethersi those.) Another. from
bis hrother-in.Iaw, also advises not TO ven
Inre TO Ca mden, s. c.. (frnm which place
ihe letters are dared) as The opinion pre-
vailed there, ,hn, If taken ho would be
hrns.
The young man is about 6 feet high.
very slim. and very light hair. !, is sup
posed thar reward has been offered for
his apprehension. and measures nre being
taken to ascertain tho facts. We under
stand he was entering largely into The af.
feefions Of certain people. bv virtue of the
Sll,Wo.-FayeiteviHe II. c. Carohnicn.
Seustbing Rich.-We will condense 4
good stnry. we saw Few days since in n
southern paper. This is the gis, Of it,
A gentleman arrived ut New Orleans. wss
promp,ed by curiosity to visit the hattie
ground Of Gcu. Jscksou's fame. Arrived
as the spai, he fell in with au old negro,
vtro bore the marks Of valor on his person
10 many Gear and wound. The gentle.
man cnqnired Of ebony bow long no had
lived in The neighborhood he answered.
90 years. You recollect the battle.
theni" "To be sure does-I was here
myself" "You can tell me the situation
and relative position Of the forces. then!"
-"Yes Grse the child c1n do dat ting
there tpnin'ing) was de COTTON bags; oil
along ou, to do wood; gosh, how did work
dat day" 1.-The day Of the battle. eh?"
"No. massa. the day alnre, in car,ing dem
bags down from the city" '.Do you call
thai work, when compared with the slori-
ous achievement, Of the duy afier, when
you received those scars. which make yonr
old ago 60 honorablc?" "Oh, didn't gil
these Gears on that day. by no means-i
gos 'em when was blowed up on The Mis-.
sissiPpi. about FIVE years ago this blessed
fnli-that was buster, and no mistake
ntou, it," "Where were you, then. on tha,
glorious mornins?" erquired the gentle.
man. who was impatient to get all the in.
formation he could. "Whcn the first gur
announced The commencement of lhe en-.
gagemenl--whore were you then my good
fellowi" "About dat time. ear. wa.
ruaning like de deLbH up to toarn, replied
the old darky.-!Ne,c York Sun.
4forus Nritieaulis.-Thelc leaves OF this
prolific plant. so much superior to those oi
oil other varieties OF the Mulberry as food
for tho silk worm, are il would seem, about
to be turned 10 another good account The
Petersburg (Va.l Intelligencer Of the 22d
ultimo. states that D. p. C. Spencer. o
TIM, place, with the assistance OF Mr. Will.
liam Miller, Manager Of the Matoaca Pa.
per Mill. has succeeded in manufacturing
exeeIieoi paper from the leaves. The
editors Of the In,elligeucer add. that the,
have now in their possession several mum
bers Of their issue ofthe 22d ultimo, PRINTED