Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-03-27
VOL. XYI..-NO. 10.
Gatherings.


GA Protestant young lady, genteel and tidy,
can, if disposed, find a very pleasant and a.
greeablc home with a gouteel colored lady,
lately married, living in very private man.
ner and having no company. Her clothes
will be found, and pocket money occasionally,
with the privilege of learning drcssmaking-
Address e NJ, Tribune Office, or particulars
can be had by calling at ia Nassau.s. (base-
ment)"
ETr1QuErTE.-It seems by the'following
that the lady who sweeps the the sidewalks has
gone to Boston. A fashionable lady recently
made morning call on friend in Mount
Vernon street, Boston, and such was the COIL
dition of the skirt of her fashionable new
plaid silk, ewing to the condition of the pave,
and the length Of her dress, that the servant
showed her into the kichen instead of the
drawing room. There is nothing like spring
mud to disguise good sized ankle.
IT IS estimared that there are no less than
ten thousand daguerreotypists in the United
States at this present time. Tt may be
the ught little singular, yet it is nevertho-
less true. that the best daguerreotypist in
Paris is an American, a Yankee from Boston;
named Thompson. So great has been his
success, that at the very city where the In
vention was first made, the FreHchmen go'to
Mr., T. to perfect themselves in the art. In
London, also, the first daguerreotypist is an
American, and he is ovcrrum with customers.
PROTECTION TO BAGGAGE.-Senator Will
liams has introduced bill into the Senate Of
New York, which provides that every person
travelling in steamboats, (other than ferry
boats) shall be entitled to q check affixed to-
his baggage and duplicate delivered to him;
and when presenting his check to the bag
gage master or any other proper officer, or
demanding his baggage, ifi be not delivered.
to him, he may himself bo witness in any
suit brought by him to prove the contents
-andssalueso sofeaid baegage
D SLAVE TRADE At HAvASA-We'
learn from letter to the New York Tribune.
dated Havana, February Is, that at the close
of the previous week six hundred and ten
newly arrived African slaves were landed east
of Cardenas. They were sold at the rate of
thirty ounces each, realizing an aggregate.
snm of 1890 ounces. or $3ll,l00.
~ An indignant Southcrncr," inspeak-,
ing Of Maine, says that one half of the farms
are so barren, that you NOW them with
razor, and rake them with fine tooth comb,
and yet not get enough to fodder grasshop-
per for a month.
BosToy BooT AND SHOE MARKET.-The'
exports of boots and shoes from Boston last
week to Southern markets have been large,
and the total exports to all places since the
first of January, show IN increase of S,72l
cases over the corresponding period last year.
F SENTENCED TO DEATH.-Henry Car
nal, found guilty Of the murder of Rasseau
few months since in Dey street, New York,
was on Saturday morning sentenced to be
hanged on Friday, the I'd of May next.
eW The Great Tunnel through the
mountain on the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad, near the former city, was CONF
pleted on the 22nd ult.
~ Coal IN IowA-It is stated that coal
of an excellent quality has been found in &c
dar Township, twenty-five miles from Fort
Madison. 1t is some sixty feet below the
surface, and the vein is from four to six feet
thick. A company has been formed to work
it-Detroit Advocate.
s3g" THE Catholics of Ireland and England
have commenced 4 formidable agitation
against the ministerial measure in reference
to their religion. Meetings have been held
in Manchester, Dubling, &c.
~ An APT RepLY.-" Husband, don't
know where that boy gets his bad temper
not from me, Pm sure" "No, my dear, for l
don't perceive that you have lost any,"
A THoRoUGH PRoTEsTANT.-An ell
derly lady of our acquaintance has such
an extreme horor of Popery, that she has
renounced the cardinal virtues.
The man who cheated the Printer, re.
Gently made his escape from the Ohio
Penitentiary, but as soon as he was cut
he went at his meanness again, and was
caught yesterday stealing the clothes off
scare.crow, with which he expected to
make respectable appearance in socie-
ty. Poor fellow, we are sorry for him.
A STORY is told of hypochondriac
gentleman of rank and fortune in Ireland,
who fancies one of his legs is Of one re-
licion, and the other of another. He not
unrrequently puts one Of his unfortunate
legs outside the bed to punish it for its
religious errors.
TEE Pope claims from tho British
Cabinet, for the use of his church, 1000
square miles Of territory in Canada, here.
tofore the estate of the Jesuits.
An OLD LADY who sells eggsin Gin
cinnati has over her door. "New laid
! eggs e'ery morning, BY Betty Eriggf.'9'