Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-11-10

III, "ItIlIIl tuC 81 lJdCC VI oGSCiitCSh hhShSS
no less than sixty.ive apples They
we're placed upon the stick like kernels
npon a corn cob. Yesterday we saw
cucumber that 'boals ALL lis length
is three feet eleven inches and frac-
lion also, peach tree about two
feet long, which bore sixty-threc peach
es %
Mamma said the daughter of Mrs.
Smith, 'whal do the printers mean when
they say, another mail failure-Cave
Johnson?' why Nancy replied the old
la1y, that fellow JoIluson has been fool
in some poor woman creeiure. Never
put. no dependence in the men, Nancy,
But ma, they say it was on the Rail
road,' Child, child, IFS no odds; they'll
fool you any whar-l've known gals
fooled onthe ray tomeetin.' Alabama
Journal.
The thieves are getting jocose.
A gentleman in Cincinnati had oil his
Champagne stolen the other day by one
Of them, who left this note Dear Mr..
S. I tied your wine.-itwas'm hard
to tdke.'
Pridc.-'My brethren,' said, Swihi,in
a sermon, "there are.thrce sorts Of ofpride
-ofbir.h, of riches, and Of talents. !
shall mol now speak Of the latter, none
of you being liable 10 that abominable
vice."
! An Irish servant girl applied TO a
druggist d few days since, for six cents
worth of the glory ofrhyne.' She had
been sent for chloride Of lime.
4 Decision.-It was recently decided
by the Gibson Circuit Court, Indiana,
an advertisement for the apprehension
of a runaway slave is sufficient authority
for any one to Arrest him in free State,
and take him to bis master. The per-
son who arrests the slave is presumed
to be The agent ee The owner, and The
fIittrr has The right, either in person or
by authorized agents., to seize upon his
slave and take him.
The First Quakcr.-An old Ameri-
can savage, being at an inn atNew York,
met with gentleman who gave him
some liquor, and being rather lively, he
began to boast that he could read and
write English. THE gentleman, willing
to indulge him in displaying his know,
ledge, begged leave 10 propose ques-
lion TO which the old man consented. He
was then asked who was the first cir,
cumciscd. The Indian Immediately
replied, fatlcr Abraham and directly
asked the gentleman who was the f'sI
Quaker. Hcsaid it was very uncertain,
as thatpeople dlferedin their sentiments
exceedingly. The Indian psrceiving
the gentleman unable to resolve the
question, bus his fingers into his mouth
to express his surprise, and told him
Mordecai was the first Quaker, for he
would not pull of his ha, to Haman.
The Massachusetts, Regimcnt.-The
Vera Cruz correspondent of The Plea.
yunc, under date the 18th Oct, fur
nishes the following account of the mu
linous conduct OF a portion Of the Massa
chusetts Regiment
Camp Bajara is in command of Brig
Gen. Gushing. The general is preIt,
hard on the Americans. sometimes
when they dcvitatc from what he con
siders the part Of rectitude. T he olhe
day it became necessary to clolhe th'
Massachusetts regiment anew, their ole
gray Uniform having become seriously
dilapidatcd. Gray clothing could no
of course be procured here, and tht
United blue (hc best soldiers clothing
ia the world) was substituted for it. TIN
regiment accepted the clothing, with th'
exception Of one company, the. member
f of which positively refused, on th'
f ground that it was disgIaceful for then
to wear The national uniform /! They
could not clolhe themselves in any
thing else ). they arc becoming ragged
and wcro on The point Of marching It
the interior, where there is no clothing
at all. Gen. Gushing pursued witt
them the very course that most miitar.
men would have pursued. His orde
E sounds somewhat harsh, but | like th
f Tore of it, Mutinous troops usually be
have badly on the field of battle, ant
the disposition which the general ha
made Of this rowdy company is a yer
judicious one. The army desires nj
such fellowsin its midst.
Yesterday the prisoners were marche
from the camp to The castle, unde
charge Of Capt. Carr's company, lit
! Infantry. On reaching the mole som
fifteen of them cndeavorcd TO be of