Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-09-15
A GOOD SWIMMER.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH STEAMER EUROPA
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The British Mail Steamship Europa arrived at
New York this morning, bringing dates from
Liverpool to the 2Sh, and from Paris and IIayre
to the 9th of August-thrcc days later.
Since the sailing of the American steamship
Arctic, Cotton has improved ia inquiry at Liver.
pool, though prices continue unchanged There
is no disposition on the part of holders TO press
sales. Sales Of the three days. up to Friday
night, reached twenty.eight thousand bales, of
which spectators took seven thousand and cy.
porters three thousand bales Imports of The
week, twenty.four thousand bales
HAvRE, Aug. 25.--Sales Of Cotton for the
week footed up nine thousand bales Prices
have advanced 2f, chiefly on the lower quail
tiles. Stock on hand, ssEs.sly thousand bales.
The weather was fine. The Liverpool Curn
market was dull. Prime Flour scarce but firm.
Inferior has declined 10 Gil per bbl. White
Wheat 6s. Cd. a 6s 3d. Yellow Corn a8s. I'D. 8,
29s. White 29s. Cd. a 3os. Provisions dull.
Naval Stores firm.
The town of Wasa, in Finland, has been en-.
tircIy destroyed by fire.
From all parts of England, the manufacturing
and agricultural accounts are highly favorable.
Mr.. Webstcr's letter relative to the Lobos Is
lands, has been severely censurcd by The London
papers.
The President of France contcmpln,es cstab.
fishing strong military reserve. and reducing
the taxation. Petitions continue in favor of the
establishment of an empire.
The report of the Hungarian traitor, Georgy,
having bcen imprisoned, is conradirtcd.
The New York CRYSTAL PALAcE-The
ground for this structure was broken in New
York ON lst instant, and the building will be
erected with all practicable speed. The plan
adopted is Greek cross, with dome over the
intersection. Each diameter of the cross is a65
feet long and l49 feet broad, and the dome is
l30 feet high. There will be in this building
III 900 square feet of space on the ground
floor, and 62, 900 square feet in the galleries.
1t is estimated to cost $4,000. The building
is to be entirely of iron and glass, and is al.
ready advertised to be open on the 2nd day of
May, 1853. The plan was furnished by Messrs.
Christensen e. Gdemeister.
NATIONAL FLae.-T'he following is the oriri-
nal resolution adopting the stars and stripes:
In Congress, June ii, l777-Resolred, That
the flag Of tho thirteen United States br thir.
teen stripes, alternately red and white; that the
Union be thirteen stars, white, in blue fcL
a new constellation.
As new Stars were added to the Union, from
time to time, new stripes were added TO the flag,
till the number had increased to fifteen or TWEEN.
ty. At length, about thirty years ago, the
stripes were reduced by acl Of Congress to the
original number of thirteen.
BuLLIoN-The amount of bullion deposited
at the United States Mint, Philadelphia, during
Tho month of August, has been about S2,65O,-
300. This is less than usual, in consequence of
The delay in the receipts from California, the
arge shipment Of S2,l750OO hy the Ohio not
having arrived. This amount will run on to the
'eeeipts Of September, which will probably be
heavy.
DEATHBED CONFESSIONAL stranger died in
Iheraw on Saturday, the 2lst utimo, who sta
ed before his death that lie had murdered man
II some part of South America. lis said his
,amc was Young, was timer BY trade, and
mid br,y i5,S.. ali,