Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-01-07

Bedford, ,Sand Messrs. David Sears aud
Abbot. Lawrence Of your city.
Custom House Rcyenue. actual
.receipls s-of'nur-Customs ilouse:Feommen-s.
cling The lst of October, and ending the
3ls OF December 1915, amount 10 $4,000.
-Chas, ourier
CHAnLEsToN. Jan. 9.
Congress.-The la,eness of the hour
al which we received our'letler.. prevents
US from publishing any more than the fol-
lowing extract - -, ,fS.s,
In my last letter think threw out
some prophetic breathings as to the turn
'thingsswOuld take in relation 10 peaces..s-.
This day has afforded me the fullest as
surance that i was right in my c3uTectnre
and that through Mr.. Calhoun, the 49th
parallel will be accepted -aud: thai The
difficulty will be. settled gon ,ihat basis
Noses have been counted, tas he saving
ISL and there is aseerlainef streas,h J
enough 10 make peace certain; no, how
ever, with the good will Of rte 1Wesf SO
far as one jot or title of Oregon should he
yielded. | look upon this. days proceed
ngs in The Senate; as by farthe most In.
Ieresring of the session, and think ifieg
must be so regarded by The whole Ameii
ican peorle."-Patriot. ,s'7i''.h F's' II ti5
Accident on the rail roaa.-Un Tnesdav
The 23d ul., as the cars wete ON their lyS. Way
from Charleston 10 Columbia. few miles
below Branchville, Mr.. E. Doyle, Of this
place. III erdeavoriug 10 pass from one
car 10 another. accidentally fell; wien the
whole train passed over him; crushing
both legs. and inflicting other injuries
The accident occurred about TWO o'clock;
P. NJ, about FIVE, he was discovered and
taken up by freight car. He expired
tleDext morning.-Camden Jour.>s3 ~
The distance frnm New York 10 The
mouth of the Columbia river, by The way
Of Cape Horn, is estimated at $1,000
miles. were ship canal cut through the
isihmus of Darien, it would cut off Que
half 'be dislabce; by land j, is 4njy 300
miles. -;s3:sF:-'
VoIlaire's old residence, the Chateau Of
Ferney has been purchased lor. 100000
10y NJ, Grignolel, a retired Parisian shawl
merchant. ~
The Legislature .ofAlahama has tunani.
moLSly resolved that The seat Of GovefhS
men: shall he removed to no place that
will not Furnish a State House without
expense 10 the Stale.
Our NaUal Heroes.-Of all the naval
commanders who achieved victories during
he last war With Greal Britain, only. FIVE
are now living, and they are in;ihe ,''scre.
and yellow leaf."' Their names are j acob
Jones, who took the Frolic in 1914; Lewis
Warrington who took the Eberrier; Chafls'
Stewart who took the Levan and Cyane
in 1915; D. Turner who commanded. .ihe
scorpion. and Stephen Cassin of The,
Ticonderosa in Macdonough's Victory on
Lake ChampJain.-Chas Neacs. =. '.r;.zss 80.
i Most ErtraordinaTy!-The monster
skeleton, E,nud in Willfamsoa. Co.. Ten :.
nessee, some so or GU feet below the surface
oflhe earth, Ola man al leas, nineteen feet
high, is now on exhibition al Nashville, and
The NashuiHe Whig eertifes to the fact.
The thigh bone of Ibis gian, is 6 feet6
inches. 50 that Gen. Scott. in full Uniform. I.
could have marched between Tie giants
legs, as did The LiIlipuis between Gulli-
ver's. Altogether, This Skeleton, generally
looked upon as humbug. at The am,
nonncenIenIo ofils discovery, is undoubrably
one Of The most extraordinary things of
modern times. II will afford an endless
field of speculation and conjecture; and
can after all, only go back 10 the Bible,
which states. "rhal there were giants ia
those days" -
Isthme.-A wriler in The Newark
Daily pledges himself to cure this dis.
lressins complaint with the following
simple remedy: .s.3eSs,.s :.
Take u or. spermncelli, | or. SUI
phur, on. cream tartar. / or. senna. !
on. annis seed; pulverize and thoroughly
mix the same, and take one tea spoon In
about two 'able spoons full Of molasses'
on going 'n he'd, or at such lime through
The day as may besr sui: lhe patient; The
dose once day may be increased or di-
minished little. as may best suit the
state Of The bowels Of The Individual"
1lanare 'ceH ,clat ycu attempt to ma:
nue.--There is no worse policy q farmer
can adopt than that Of scant manuring.
1t costs as much to plough, plant and lend
an acre OF ground from which you harvest
forty; and then, ii we take into consider.
alton the fact, thai one musl, under. this
system, plough, plant and lend four acres,
in order 10 reap the same amount, which,
uudcr more liberal system of managing :
and manuring, might be realized from
one, the advantage Of the latter policy
over The former. stands forth in o still
stronger light. In Massachusetts there
are farmers who frequently bestow one
hundred dollars worth Of manure to tho
acre. And what's The result? Is is not