Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-03-21
Gondens Item 8

eSg WE have received The ATLANTA Repnbh-
can, !" edited and published by JAS. X SMITH. lhe
Republican appears to be very interesting snee''
and we cheerfully place it OH our exchange list.
ny BILL POOLE, tile noted Pugilist Of M"
York died on the 9th, in consequence Of the "ounos
received in the lnte row, which has e1clled SO muc"
attention. tremendous demonstration occurred AT
his funeral in New York, on Sunday. lie was
me mber of the Order Of United Americans. lhere
were over 100 carriages and upwards OF eighty Ious'
and spectators in the procession
NSp GREEN PEAS were enjoyed at the ~ MINIS
House." Charleston on Friday last
s@ TIE Senate of Massachusetts have passed, in
in concurrence with the House, an order directing the
committee on constitutional amendments to report an
amendment prohibiting Catholics from holding office
in that Commonwealth The order was amended ny
inserting Roman before Catholic.
a1sP THE School moneys for tine State OF New
York for the wear 1854 amounted TO 81, ,l09,62l co.
rp THERE are eighty Know Nothing Councils in
New Jersey, averaging about one hundred members
each Each member pays an ininion fee OF ~
ccn,s Of which but 80 cents retained by the Conn.
ellis the balance going TO the Treasury of the Grand
Council.
e9p TuE snow drifts down at Plymouth, says the
Boston Post of the 18th inst, eight or ten feet
deep.
s..s TIE pitlsburg Gazette states that there is
regular organised association of blacks in that city,
bound together by the solemn oatts, and meeting
in secret. whose object is the abduction of colOred
servants travelling with their masters, who are sup
rosed to be slaves.
r!sr TIE Ashvie NcwS entertains no doubt bu
that 81 500 900 can be raised in the counties of Hen.
derson, Buncombe and Madison 10 aid in the con.
strucion of the French Broad Rail Road. 1t pro-
posed TO hold convention at Asheville early in tie
spring to consider the subject.
srsg THE Rev. Mr.. GRAVES, editor Of the Nashville
Baptist, who was upon collecting tour in Missouri,
nearly opposite Hickman, Kentucky, was found few
days ago murdered on the road side
eesep BETWEEN the 25th of December and the 18th
of January thirteen vessels sailed from Rio, with 6l,
$50 bags of coffee for the United States, of which
about 5000 bags were fer Baltimore.
ew A FEW days ago quite curiosity was brought
up from the bottom of the artesian we'll in Iivings
n,
an over 300 feet in the rock egg was found, COM
pleely pelred, and perfect in shape, save where the
augnr had leGacrd it little.
ey" In Russia, Herkimer county, New York, a
short time since, two boys, l2 or II years old, had
quarrel when one went into the house and asked his
mother to hand him pistol from shelf, which she
did, and he shot the other hoy through the head, kill.
ing him instantly.
~" Gov. WINsoN has issued proclamation, set.
ting apart Saturday, the 7th April, as day Of hu-
initiation and prayer, TO be obscr rved by the people of
Alabama. 6
seY THERE VAS heavy snow storm on the Cape
Friday night and the cars from Boston for Barnsable,
Saturday afcrnoon could proceed no further than
Middeboro on account of the deep snow.
sS w. w IIousEAL, Esq, has been elected
Sheriff, and +. P LAKE, Esq Ordinary Of Newberry
District.
e7sy" THE sword OF General JACKSON, used at New
Orleans recently passed through Chattanooga, Ten.
ncssee, en- route for the National archives at Wash
ington. 1t was broken in two pieces.