Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-07
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g" We learn from The Georgetown I" Pee Dee
7Tmrs that another Destructive fire occurred IN that
place week nr two since, Ia, ing waste to the most
lhickly settled part Of the town. We have not an
entire estimate Of the lss sustained brlnre u.s. bnt it
must have been considerable. The whole WAS the
work Of inccndiaries, who have not yet been dis
covered.
tE" TIE Cholera has at length ceased in Barha.
DOES. Eighteen thousand souls however, brcame
victims 10 liz ravagrs.
~" We lcarn through our exchanges ,at in con.
sequence Of difficulty between Ile Postmaster at
New Orleans, and his Clerks, they in u budy, On
Thursday last, left the Office.
95% The drought has been prevailing to very
injurious extent in Portland, Maine. Drinking water
is easily uhlaimrd-am sells readily 1T 81 per
barrel. The elm and shade trees in the City dying
for the want of rain
2Y Az entire mountain in Vermont is on fire, and
has been burning for Weeks. 1t was feared unless u
heavy rain uccurred ha, the fire will descend the
valley aud ca'lsc terrible destruction.
s5 TIE Yellow Fever sill seems 10 be on the in.
crease in Savannah. 1t is hoped, however, that tl's
hateful epidemic will soon disappear frum amongst
the good people Of that City.
c. IT takes eight oxen. it s sad At each meal,
satisfy lle ylu:iIous appres Of the British Fleet in
tl.c Baltic.
~ Is consequence of the recent drought in Lnu.
rrns District, the crop will be materially cut
OF That the farmers will hardly make enough for their
consumption. - The cotion.' says the Herald,
:. locks bad the plant is low, the hollis unusually
small, and, in many sections, shedding"
a.cT Cot. BENTON, though defeated, is not dis.
mays,. lie hts announced his intention of sumping
the State, with 4 view of hcing elected United
States Senator. Mr.. Brnlon's Influence in his own
Stale appears be lost. lie has quarrcled with his
own party and is not strong enough to make party
for himself.
IEy' WE perceive HAT the citizens Of The Village
of NinelySix intend making application al the
Session u the Legislature fur act Of incorporation.
I;Y' BIGLE DURNiyG.-We were inlurned upon
good authority, last evening, that short lime since
number Of Protestant Bibles were sent 10 Cum
mnsyic 10 be distributed! among those families who
are not able to pay for them. The Bibles were gath
cred together and piled up in the road and destroyed
by fire, by parcel of lrshnen. The remains Of some
of the burnt bibles can be at the Bible Socieys
ruonis. Is it possible snch an outrage has been com-
mted in this age Of civilization '-Jour. Com.
G7T The Charleston Courier speaking Of the Ar
tesan Veil, says - The tubing has now been let
down to deprll uf 200 Geet-hc total depth of the
borings exceeding that slightly. The bOrer now rests
III hard sandstone rock, which has already been
penetrated, with g.eat difficulty, the ex'en, of
twenty. y.ihree feet"
sy' GEN ScoTr, ii is said, will be brought forward
again n candidate for the Presidency, with BELL,
Of Tennessee, for the Vice Presidency.
t:Y The Wheat crop Of Wisconsin is reported to
be abundant. The graneres were never known to be
more extensively filed That is certainly cheering
news to nuur consumers.
s:yT Our neghbor, Mrs. Hoiyhcck, thinks it
" Monstrous strange that The rising Of little quick
silver in glass lube should make the weather 50
awful hot"
~ DR. PETER SMITH, Of Alexandria, Va, has
invented rifle which throws conical slurs (,en TO
the pound} distance Of COO yards, and with such
astonishing accuracy that Ten successive shots hi.
target fifteen inches in diameter, and four of them
perforated The centre or bulls eye