Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-03-26
Interesting Items.

e2Sg SALrpETEn IN TENNEssEE.-A Company in
East Tennessee has been formed for the purpose Of
manufacturing sapetre. Large quantities of the nu
trious earth are to be found in that section of the
State.
~ KANSAS AID.-Four thousand two hundred
and seventeen dollars have been subscribed by The
county of Barbour and one beat (Chunnenuggee) in
Macan county, in aid Of Major Bufurd's Kansas COM
pany.
ES| IT is stated That the Central American nego-
,iations will not be resumed.uni after the settlement
of the enstmen, difficulty. They then to be con
dncted in Washington on the basis Of entirely new
treaty.
rSe new post office has been established at Jami-
son. in Orangeburg District, and Andrew Inabinet ap.
pointed postmaster.
EJ IT appears that the Governor Of Oregnn has
already issued 81 100000 scrip defay the exprn.
ses oil calling oul volunteer soldiers 10 fight the In.
dams.
re \ dispatch from New.York announces the
death of the Rev. DR.. Botd, an eminent Methodist
divine, we'll known the country as the editor Of The
Christian 0drocate.
~ Corn in Nashville, Tenn, onl lthe 18th inst,
was quoIsd from fifteen to twenty cents per busIel.
HY Snow to the depth Of two inches, was seen in
Clieslcrville on The l4,l inst. =
cS7 The line of railzoadbstween Huntsville, Ala,
and Stevenson, is completSI.. II s orti'n of the
Memphis und Charleston railroad.
y THE Hon. George Evans, formerly promi-
neu, Senator of the United States has bern elected
Attorney General Of The States Of Maine.
as DAVID Dickson very severely stabbed John
Majors with knife, at Anderson c. H.. OH The 10Th
instant
rS THE mother of Governor Andrew Johnson, OF
Tennessee, died at Grrenve, in that Stale, on The
18th Of February last.
G9r A Coon SING.-All the cells and criminal
apartments of the ni Of spar,anburg are tenanlless.
~ THE Charleston and Memphis Railroad is now
flushed to Tuscumbia, (Ala.,) and between Tuscnm.
ba and Memphis the work is far advanced, the Mem
phis end having been in active operation for several
months.
EY PERHAPS it is not generally known, as it
should be- that salt put in the mouth Will instantly
relieve the convulsive movements in fits, either OF
children or animals
ET" Ma" said little gi'l 10 her mother, edo
the men want 10 get married much as the women
do :" "Wly, ma, the women who come here are al.
ways ,uIking about getting nafricd-;he men don't
do so.''
rV celebrated hangman in England, in showing
The gallows attached Newgate observed to the by
ISLANDERS that he had hung twenty persons on it nj ons
time Some one suggested that ii was too small Oh,
no. bless you, twenty-five persons cnud swing on that
very comfortably"
GET Always laugh willie you can't is q cheap
medicine. Mirthfulnrss is philosophy no. we'll under
stoud 1t is the sunny side Of existence.
E DECLINE IN FLoUR.-Sir thousand barrels Of
-four were sold at Louisville on the eth uit, at six
dollars per barrel. This is heavy decline from tlle
prices prevailing Of late.
~ A GOVERNOR INpIcTED-Govrrnor Moore.
head, of Kentucky, has been indicted by the Grand
Jury Of Scott County, allowing one of his negroes
to hire his time. The only difficulty in the mat.
Ter is this, that after they fine the Governor, he will
he able to remit the penalty.
s.To MOUNT VERNoN.-On Monday l7th inst, butl
Houses Of the General Assembly Of Virginia passed,
by accamaton, the Ladies' bill for the purchase ol
Mount Vernon, by the patriotic e1criuns oi The wo.
men Of the United States.