Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-05-16
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~ The ST. Louis Republican of Wednesday week
says:
"We have known for some time that cholera existed
among the new recruits Jefferson Barracks, but it
did not strike Of so alarming character as TO
require special notice. The disease now yields readi-
ly to prompt treatment, and Of the total number Of
persons attacked-about seventy-ony fourteen cases
terminated fatally"
cy An inquring genius has 'diskirered' theinsigna
of the Know Nothings He says it consists of the
American eagle holding in his bill 'furriner, by the
seat Of his breeches.
sEp There sliring within five miles of Louisville,
child that has father aud mother, grand father and
grandmother, great graz dmoller and great grandfa
tle, greargreat grandfather and greu,.great grand
mother, all living in good health.
~ The Treasury Department publishes that it
has no means Of determining between genuine and
counterfeit Continental bills and that it is authorized
10 redeem genuine ones for half a century only.
sp Foity-one first class three story residences,
and hundred smaller classedho houses, in progress
Of erection in Washington City.
~ Mems happiness springs mainly from moder.
ate troubles, which afford the mind healthful s,imu.
lus, and are followed by re.aetion which produces
u cheerful flow of spirits.
NJ" man who lives beyond the usual term Of
lfe is like boy who stays beyond the usual age at
school. He becomes solitary, and the routine is cdi
Gus 10 him.
E A writer of high reputation is often praised
for his faults because, in crilicisins acknowledged
genius, men think it safer TO praise than censure.
cg 1t is stated in one of our exchanges that dur
ing The present year, there will robably be raised
grape crop sufficient 10 make 100000 gallons Of Ca
,awba wine. The demand for the Article far exceeds
the product.
~ The Liverpool Times has article express
ing the hope that, if war between Spain and The
United States arises out Of Cuba, England will not
not take sides with either. 1t says that such is the
universal sentiment Of England-even of the arsto-
cracy-and that its sympalhies, in such contest,
would be with the United States.
sy The London Morning Post says that arrange
ments are in progress in Canada for raising two reg-
ments Of Infantry for the Crmea, and that the duty
Of organizing this force has heen entrusted TO COL j.
d. G. Tulloch, the military superintendent Of pm.
soners in British North America, u most abe and
experienced officer.
sSy The Hon. N. P. Banks, of Massachusetts, has
been put on the track for Speaker of the House Of the
United States Representatives Mr.. B. is Know
Nothing.
N public meeting at Lexington, Mo-, on the
18th Of March, resolved raise 10000 to assist emf
grants to Kansas from the slaveholding States
eg The County Court of Washington county,
Kentucky, has appropriated thousand dollars to
buy corn 10 relieve the needy
a2y At the present session of the Supreme Court
in Springfield, Lucinda C. Nevers of Longmeado~
recovered IS 249 "a of Samuel c. Booth orinjuries
sustained by the bite Of defendants dog.
sy At a meeting of the Board Of the Trustees of
South Carolina College, held last evening, S. J. Me-
ALLEY, esq. was elected to fill vacancy in the Board
caused by The death Of Gov. Juhnson.-Curonian.
sS@ A counsellor al law was fined two dollars and
costs OH Wednesday in police court for smoking a
cigar in the streets Of Boston.
~ Professor Agassiz, Professor Of Natural His
tory in Harvard College, has, it is stated, had the Of
fer of q similar postum in The University of Ednurg,
Scotland, at salary Of $4,000. He declines the
offer, preferring remain at Harvard from his desire
to mould and deveope scientific learning in this
try.
ryp Samuel Rogers, the poet, is greatly improved
in health, and is enabled 10 take carriage airing,
daily. The venerable poet his 93d year in July
next.
c The Scientific American cautions its readers
against the Of painted pals, and says the oxide of
lead, with which pals painted is dangerous pos-
on, and has been known to be productive of evil in
many cases.
GEp James Wiloughby shot himself dead last
week in Louisa county, Va, because young lady
fused to marry him.
a5 detachment Of U. 5. troops has left Baton
Rouge, La, to reinforce Kentucky West.
GS5" One Of the largest dstilleres in Scotland the
Leth distery, where 100000 gallons of whiskey
used annually be manufactured las just been
verted into flour mill.
eg jackson Waffle forged an order for $40 in
Rochester, but it was hard to prove it. The Justice
however, asked him TO write few words, when he
betrayed himself by spelling "have," "halve," ms he
had also done in the forged order. The sent the poor
fellow TO jail Cockney friend observes that per-
sistance in bad courses will probably send him to u
az About three years ago, man named Wells
sentenced, in Washington, to be hung for MURDER
and, after the gallows had been erected, President
Fillmore commuted tile sentence TO imprisonment for
life. few days since, Wells employed counsel TO
bring him up on huteas corpus, and contend for his
liberty, on the ground that the President had no right
to commute the sentence, and was obliged either to
hang or pardon him.
sego haul of herring was made in the Arkendale
landing, on the Potomac, on Monday 23d ul..
~ The Abbevile Bauner, speaking of tie Lo.
Gusts, says This mysterious insect, we learn, has
appeared recently in our District in large numbers
the fences GROUND, and in some places are alive
with them. what does it portend 500
~ The quantity of snow still remaining at The
Norh is given by some authorities as the cause Of the
backwardness Of the season.
GV' Snow fell in Buffalo, NJ Y, on Monday af-
ternoon.~ Weather cold.