Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-11-29
Condensed Ite n s,
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s-cy' Letters have heen received in Norfolk an
nouncng the safety of The u S. sloOp.oi.war Deea-
reur fears for which have been for some time enter
taned
c2:y \ valuable coal mine has been discovered near
Camden, Arkansas. The coal is of similar kind to
camel.
~ There is great scarcity Of salt at Turks Is.
land, and no prospects Of any more being gathered
this season.
c5s9 A man in Detroit has been fined $50 and sent
to aiI for sixty days, having whipped his wife The
second night after marriage.
e.15" Major General Scorr has arrived at Wash
ing,un in good health.
cz~ ROBERT w. JOHNSON, Democrat, has been
elected L. s. Senator from Arkansas
~ Some idea may be formed Of the magnitude ol
the stores Of winter clothing sent out to the British
army from the fact that upwards Of 7C, C,OOO0Co pairs
of worscd socks, 90 eco of wuoen Jerseys $4,000 Of
flannel drawers, and $4,000 OF gloves have recently
been despatched TO iEe Crimea
ezS" Everything depends upon starting well in the
world-wlcthcr in business, malrmony e.dealIng
or what not, Let tie wrong fuot be put forward, and
one has no more chance for success than floIenot
has for the Presidency of the United States.
fy' A stampede in the slave population Of Bourbon
county, Ky, occurred the night OF tile 2lsi uis
About fifteen slaves escaped.
~ Mr. FIHSEr, dentist, late Of Alexandra
Egypt is reported 10 have found stuffed tooth in
mummy, am, several teeth in other nnmmes which
bore marks of fling If true this is certainly one OF
the most remarkable facts which modern perseverance,
has Yet brought to light concerning the arts Of The
ancirn!s
lrsS Az exchange paper under the head of Good
Advice advises young Men wrap themselves up
in their own virtue" Many of them would freeze 10
death this winter, if they had no warmer covering
ss7 I, appears that the report of Major Arthur I.
Lee Of the u. s. Army being killed in New Mexico is
unfouuded a letter has been received from him by n
friend in Snbury, Pa, under date Of October 9h in
which he writes III good health and spirits and had
usl marched with the men under his command 700
miles into tie Indian country Of New Mexico.
esr a very large whale was seen cruising of Cape
Island, ~ j., on Tuesday. He within quarter
of mile of the Shore but being without The neeessa-
ry implements, the people made 10 attempt to capture
him.
cr7" Would You be exempt from uncasiness, do no.
thing you know or suspect TO he wrong; and if you
wish to enjoy the purest pleasure, do everything i'll
your power that you are convinced is right.
a-s Some men are called sngacious merely on ac-
count Of their avarice whereas child can elench its
fist the moment it is burn.
e=-sp younr lalieS WIN ore accustomed 10 rea;l
newspapers, are always observed to possess winning
ways, most amabc dispositions, invariably good wives,
and always select good husbands"
c75Te The richest man in Providence is THOMAS p.
IVES He is put down at sl,s25,7OO, and is taxed
SO 223 &C. lie is said to be worth about three mil.
lions.
s59 AN Irish brickayer was one day brought 10
the Ednburg iufrmary severely injured hyafall from
a house top. The medical in attendance asked
the sufferer at what time the accident occurred
Two O'Clock, yer honor" the reply. On being
asked Eow he come TO fix the lime so accurately lie
answered, because saw The people ct dinner through
n window as was coming down!'
~" Ovcrtcn thousand dollars worth of cotton have
been disposed Of i'll Ncwberry, S. c., during tue pres
ent season.
ceG7 Nearly eleven thousand live hogs were taken
to New York by the Erie Railroad last week.
81 The paying teller of the American Exchange
Bank in New York. has been detected in cmbezzling
5l37j90 by means Of certified checks to irresponsible
parties.
-" PROF. DRAPER, in the course of a disserta-
,ion upon the 'Naurc and relation of Wnier'-its
various changes and observation-disclosures
.Thc tears that you shed in the depths of grief,
to-day, may he sTuiried tomorrow through hose
pipe to clean The streets, whstled away through
the squeak of locomotive, 10 scare SUING dllatory
cow of the track -