Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-04-30
miscellaneous Items.

EB- The statement that Mr.. Bell, of Tennessee,
was about retiring from the Senate on account OF
impaired health, is pronounced untrue.
U The wheat crop in Virginia looks particularly
thrifty, and stands we'll upon the ground.
p LET us honor Gods truth by believing his
word; Christs blood by hoping firmly in the d.
vine mercy and oil the divine >perfections, by lov-
ing God with all our hearts, and one another as
Christ loved us.
T Or the eghty-one persons Just elected to the
Legislature of Rhode Island, ifty-one are new men,
bers.
eB The price of license to retail liquor in
Demopolis, Ala, has been raised to ST. 600.
nA fools tSngues lung enough to cut his
throat; taters long enough to cut half the throats
Of whole neighborhood.
e% CoSstt TO HAvANA.-The Mississippian,
published at Jackson, announces that the offce OF
Consul 10 Havana hu. been rendered to Capt. A. X
Blythe, Of Yaobuslla county, Miss.
ew NINE thousand passengers arrived at Chicago
in two days of last week. Chicago must have
large number Of hotels to accommodate such NOV
ing mass Of humanity.
rY A CERTAIN CURE FOR A RATTLEsNAsE BITE
OR SPIDER SrING.-Take the ylk of good egg,
put it in tin cup, and stir in as much salt as will
make it thick enough not to run Oft, and spread
plaster and apply to the wound.
p The great majority of the press in Spain now
advocate, though with some restrictions, the cause
of religious liberty The first Protestant. paper in
Spain is about to be established at Madrid.
rS- JUDGE E. STAREs has been elected Captain
of the Oglehorpe Infantry, at Augusta, formerly
commanded by the late Andrew J. Miller.
II ANOTHER EARTuoUAKE.-The japanese Off
cials report that on the 18th Of December another
earthquake visited Jeddo, destroying houses and
temples, and burying nearly three thousand people
beneath the ruins.
GT Costly nkstand.-The plenipotentiares, in
signing the treaty of peace, in Paris, made use of
silver gilt inkstand specially ordered for the occa-
sion. The inksand is decorated in the style Of the
first empire, and cost not lest than II ,O0Of.
U- Col. ScuLEssINeER, Of the Nicaragua army
is Hungarian. lie was an officer in the Revolu-
tionary Army of Hungary in lS4S; he was after
wards engaged in the Cuban Expedition, and was
taken prisoner and sent to Africa, but finally par
doned.
aT"1 am stranger in strange place" said
clergyman, on entering printing Office =" And
YOU will be stranger to better place" replied
typo you do no, practice closer what you preach
rAs American, Mr.. VIM. G. Stewart, is about
constructing telegraph line from Leon to Nlata-
moras, in Mexico, the government of that country
subscribing s65, ,OOO to the stock.
rB- The General Assembly Of Canada has de-
cded that the permanent seat Of government shall
be at Quebec The cost Of the public buildings is
set down ut el7s3S5.
U- Sixty boas, containing 100000 bushels of
corn, were cleared at La sale Ind, for Chicago on
the 18th inst.
u According to the report Of the New Orleans
Chief of Police, during the last six months, one
tenth Of the entire population were under arrest
Truly lamen,able state Of affairs.
cY- The cost Of the Eastern war to all the powers
engaged is estimated at 100000 men and about
e3OO,OOO,oOO.
cY The Rome -Southerner states that Capt
Charlea A. HamiItop-,h has already sent forward
pany will comprise about one hundred men in ALL
Fifty more will leave about the first Of May, and
they will all concentrate at Atchson.