Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-03-06
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new State IF California into the
on. ard approving Of the course ,r Gen.
,..l Taylor in relation 10 her. They also
solved 10 stand by the American IInion
r. all hazards.
Su1c1pE.-We learn from The Ilcowec
,urier ,ha, on HE evening G the 10.
t. ,hsgsody of Nathaniel Rankin. late
+ Ge6%fa. was found near The dwelling
,use of Col. Juhu Rankin hrce miles
om Pic&ens Court House, with shot
un by hb side, the eon'c"'s d which, i,
:, as very spparen,, had been discharged
trough IrR head. carrying ava. and nm
Hing almos, The ertrie head. Mr.. r.
,as about sixty wears of age, and sub.
,ct to occasional fits nf iasa,av. The
.ouclusion is that the deccacd load-
,l the Gun himself with p"sd and
gyad, run small limb Of busll!rousll
;:,s1S=n.l h..fnrc tho trigger. ri down,
held the muZZie to his right eaTwith the
left hand. and. with the right drew up The
gun with sufficient force 10 puI! own the
hammer.
A ScAMp.-The Montgomery fAla.(
atlas warns The citizens o! New Orleans
gainst certain Rev. DR.. West. vhn has
cen lecturine upon lni'IcIi'y. llsis suid
he a wolf in Sleeps clo'hng.
The same individual imposed upon Inc
,izcns of Savannai, recently. llcpassed
rough FIurida after leaving Savaa.
III, and aIthougha mHn Of talent it was
,neraily believed lie conl'l lecture better
Whiskey Punches thah any o!her
ence.
Observation-Disclosures have heen
PRODUCED in The Senate Of kenlueky for
lie appointment of Delegates TO the Nash-
lille Convention.
CAL,ronyIA CRowp Nearly lhous.
nj passengers have gone to California in
,e three steamers which sailed from
lew York last week--jhe Phiad.'lphi
Empire City and Cherokee. Al the
.mhs are taken for ,he next lr:ps.
PLANK RoADs.-At the lac session Of
10 Alabama Legislature. c:,E't:gN we're
ranted for some twenly thousand miles
Plank Roads. Several hundred miles
fplank roads are nov in course Of con.
lroc,on in tie Stale Of ludiana.
Snc soap in some shape pleascs all,
and, generally speaking. The more ls,c you
put into it the better.
A captain of yeaselloadins coal. went
into a merchants counting room. and re
quested The loan Of a rake. The ;ner-
chant. looking towards his clerks. reIaiel:
IL have nunher Of them, bu, nom, |
believe, wish to be hauled over the Goals"
THE Albany Knickerboch.r says ih;a
boueris sitting M c".,'s per 10. IN ss.t
CITY. The editor saw sulne of it snS'rorg
that il tok cnunrynian and his daugh'
ters TO hold il in he wagon. The buyci
was obliged To lash il on the table.
SOMEBODY tells story OF a precncinu:
young quiz. wh". seeing his father pre-
serve fruit in spirits. said: PA, isrhs,
the reason why you haze liqror ia your
head so oficn-hccause you want TO pre-
serve your wits =
Two WEEKS SLEEP.-Tc witnessed
Yesterday afternoon, al College Hall. The
waking up ri Young lady Of This city
mesmerized by Prof. Rogers, who had
heen in The mesmeric sleep fer two weeks
during which time. We learn, she has
heen, cured Of a painful spinal affection
The uncle Of the young lady. Judge
IL. formerly Mayor of Cincinnati,
corroborated the above statement. When
waken up. the lady was asked how long
she thought she had been asleep, and
replied. "ahout TWO hours" When in
formed it was two weeks. she laughed
and seemed much astnui,hcd aud stated
that she was entirely cured Of her CONS
plant. Times.
PROGRESS Fifty years ago the pop.
luliou Of The United States was five mil
lions; now it cannn' he less than twenty
TWO millions. Then The revenues from
Imports aud tonnage were seven millions,
now they ate over twenty eight.
We shall NOT love our own household
less, because we love others more. IN
the beautiful words Of Fedcnka Bremen:
The human heart is like heaven; The
more angles The more room"
PassISG down Danphin. street vcsrer.
day: we met friend walking yerv fast,
with bandbox. containing fine bonnet,
of the very latest fashion. We hailed
him with hold on B.-Whal the deuce
are you travelling so fast about !-Whv
says he- the fact is, ! have ust bought
my wife new bonnet, and ain on The
run to get home with ii before il gets oul
offashpn.-Nlohile Advertiser.
: FIRES IN DEMONSTRATING the wear
3 $40 there were S3S in aI-5S2 of which
tid liilc or an damage, and The renuinJer
56 were more serious.
This fact speaks well fur the Fire De-
xTlment there, dues it not!
4 MEMPHIS Branch RAIL RoAD.-The
Rome Bulletin says, "lhe profits of this
road for the year ending Jan. Isl, we arc
pleased to learn. are ] | 81 per cent. A
dividend of S per cent has been declared
in favor OF Stockholders
DoSr BELIEVE lr.-Thc people Of
Havana, refuse to believe that newspa-
pers are printed in California. They in
sist that we get them up in New York
and send them oui there. "Spain." say
they. 'held California 300 years aud Mex,
leo 30, aud in all li!al time no saceLa