Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-12-20
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crushed to death. He is German, and ri igar-maker
living near IIUNT's Hotel A negro, who saw him in
the woods, REPORTS that n was tUld by him, that he
the ncendiary of the great conlagralion in Co
lumbia and that knumin, that he would be hung, il
decected, he preferred slicde. He was missed The
morning Of the fire. and as there is nndouhted erl:
dence OF incendiarism, tie story is quite plausible
onc
~ WE see it stated hat Mr.. Throckmoron, who
married Miss Nlndge aferlhe alleged outrage upon her
person by DIR. BEALE has made an affidavit that he is
satisfied no such outrage vas committed! This is al
together very curinus cne, and one demanding Ex-
eculive investigation, if not clemency.
~ THE London democrats have had meeting,
ERNEST JONES chairman, and &c rcsnlved'' 10 hiss the
Emperor Of France upon his visit TO that city.
~ IN consequence of the fallin the price Of iron,
the Fredericksburg Herald estimates that The cost of
the Fredericksburg and Gordonsville (Va.) Railroad
will he 100000 less than The original estimate.
az The Rev. Bishop ANDREW, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, was married to Mrs. Gill;
DERs at Snmmcrfeld, Ala, on the 22d ut
81 AT tile Bay State Mills, in Lawrence, Mass,
there annually manufactured four hundred thou
sand shawls, valued al upwards of million and n
half of dollars. The mills consume forty thousand
pounds Of wool in day. orupwards of twelve millions
year. The Rceces Of at least three million shcepare
annually required to supply their demand
asF A party of seventeen runaway slaves from
Missouri were at Chicago Yesterday, and also party
of from St. Lonis who vent there arrest them.
The United States marshall endrnvored 10 summons
posse hut was unsuccessful He then rallied on the
military companies, and but one responded the call.
There was great excitement. The Commissioner was
compelled 10 dismiss the proceedings.
c<5e Judge LUMKIN, ofsihe Superior Court of Ga,
has decided that if hired negro slave dies pending
his lease, The rcr must pay the stipulated price, the
same as if the slave had lived.
CEY Largenurnbers Of emgrants chiefly from Ten.
nessee and Georgia. porring into Dublin, Stoddard,
Butler and other counties IN Southern Missouri.
cy Twenty thousand emigrants, it is said, passed
through Burlington Iowa, during the month of Octo-
Der.
~ HENRY WARD BEEcuER has come out in favor
Of women taking part in elections and d-posng their
votes. He has opposed this measure heretofore.
~ JAMES II. CoNKLIN, formerly of New York,
convicted in August, 1853, of an attempt 10 obtain
money from the Government by fraudulent pension
claims, and who was sentenced 10 The Stale Prison
for the Of two years, has been pardoncd by Pres
dent PIERCE.
as@ The public cautioned, says the Columbia
Times, against gang Of thieves who supposed 10
have arrived in Columbia, from the fact that gentle
mans pocket relieved of his Port Monte, in the
gallery of the House Of Representatives yesterday
noon, during the inauguration.
The Port. Monte contained cash TO the amount of
about 325, together with several Notes amounting to
$500, and other valuable papers.
~ Mayor SMITH, of Boston, has oeen nominated
for reelection 1t will be- remembered, he took an
active part in maintaining The laws in the of
BURNS the fugitive slave, and has heen marked by the
anii-slavcry societies of BusIon for inevitable cxecu
lion. lie will receive the Know Nothing vote.
t SAMUEL d. ScovILL, says the Macon .Ncssen-
ger Of The 18Th ult, who abscOnded from this city on
the 29h of Oc,nbcr with SlO OCO of the funds of the
nah, was bTcught back from St. Louis where he was
arrested under rcqnision from the Governor, and
lodged in our county Jail ON Sunday night. About
SSG00 Of The amount s,uen, has been restored 10 the
Bank.
az Tie Supreme Conrl of Indiana has Just deci-
ded that all Railroads, with their cost Of construction,
seicgae.rhpurir'ur r.vIdc ~hlrh VIII accrue to the
State will BE- from SD 900 to S1C0,0UO.
~ The estimate Of expenditures for the city gov
ernrnent of New York for 1855, amounts 10 nearly six
millions of dollars, or million than ast year.
The Journals of that city call the report sang and
ask, Wha, will become Of us q
7~5e Commercial embarrassment is exhibiting itself
strongly in New Orleans, the suspension Of The follow
iur firms having been announced: Alcssrs. McRAY,
COLEMAN & Co, BULLlTr, HlLLEn d. Co., SMITH,
Johnson g. LOTT, JAMES II. AULFoRD IL Co., ARM.
STRONG, HARRIS co.
ssza JOSEPH W. LEE, mo,ry broker, has been
rested al New Orleans on the dargc ot having irhuLn-
rnlly oyerdrawn his account The Canal Bank 10 the
amount Ol ,53,0JO
IT, Tie N4cngdochcs Chronicle, Of tie 23ih
ut says: The cotton crop Ones in pretty freely,
and is shipped oil daily by onmerclans. Shreveport
and Grand Ecore will divide The shipping house of
this place The crop IS far bLind that Of last year,
and is perhaps the worst yield len years The sta
pl. however is good, and will :Onmund very good
price. Until the late ircsl, lheproSpects oi a SECOND
crop Were very FUR bu the wtes blossoms now give
little evidence Of any further guwlh."
l.oy The annexation party iuhe Sandwich Islands,
in the political vocabulary ot the day, are called
:: Young Polynesia" 1t will Young Feegee next.
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INCREASE OF THE ARMY ND NAvY.-Ihe re-
no ftS nd
the Navy in favor of al incr.isc Of their rcspcc-
live arlls OF The public servie and deIence, seen
to Meet with general accel.ance. indeed Se
have not seen any Manifestations Of opposition
to them from any quarter. We believe that If
the people uf lis country anIuIIy agreed about
any one Thing it is i'll regard lo The absolute
necessity OF increasing The army and nisy.
-iNashinglun Senline!.
A Boy, about six years Il age, the son Ola
MIR. Cole, living OH the farm o. Mr. Z. AleXandf,
OH the Virginia sidl Of the Potomac, on frldT
morning, during the Temporary aOHence OF u
mUlIer cut Oft, with u halchd, Three OF The I'M
gers of his infant brother, Il, ie lay in The cradle
with the right hand Resting IN the side lhtI
mother, happily, returned i'll lime lo prevent ihu
lid from inficlmg Il similar blow upon The otheh
hand Of the infant, and arrcsied his arm Deiore
he consummaled the acl.
PEoTEsTANTlsM AND PoPEEY.-The states OF
Maryland, FIuIida, Louisiana Texas and Cali
IornIa Were originally settled by PapIsIs. al
the present lime there are in Maryland ABOUT
500 Protestant churches and G5 Papal; III florl-
da, only five OF l52 churches are Papal; III
Louisiana, there are 223 Protestant ana %