Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-04-30
AsLaScE Ar OUR EXCHANGES.

The Chester Standard says, that The prospect OF a
profitable yield of god from the gold operations In at
District. il, becoming rather dubious. Several OF ihe
miners are already quitting work and dischargIng their
hands-The same paper tells of serious accident
which occurred to Mr. JAMES RATTERREE whilst on
his way to Catholic Church in that district. Hewas
thrown from his buggy, his back was 6rnken' and al
last accounts, he was both speecess and hopeless
No, brother Standard! we have nothing with which
10 cap The climax of" York's leete boy" Mr. HILLS
son must es bear The palm aone.' We merely suggest
that the child be named " Miraculous Escape Hill"
No need Of any more christening however lhat
plunge in the well may be taken nunc pro tunc'
Tn. True Carolinian of Anderson, inimates that
the Blue Ridge Rail Road will be put in running or
der as far as Six and Twenty creek by the first OF
November next Since the ous,ing Of Bangs and Co.,
everything has started upon this line with new i'm
petus-The editor Of this sheet Furthermore tells US oi
battalion muster he attended the other day IN Anuer
son District, at which he saw not single man u'oer
The influence of liquor and heard not syllable about
phting-rhere had been pretty heavy frost IN That
District on the morning Of the 22nd inst, and it was
feared that the fruit crop would again prove failure.
The South Corolinian announces the execution OF
JAMES McCoMBs, convicted some months ago OF The
murder of Marshall CRoss.-The editor OF The Caro-
lnian presents the following melancholy paragraph in
relation to the unlucky boat recently lost upon the
Alabama River
We had The pleasure last evening of welcoming
home John NJ Allen e<q., who had just arrived ny Tile
cars. He was on board the ill-fated Cuba which ran
against snag-an old hull of a seamboat--in the
Alabama river, on Sunday morning last and SOON al
ter SUNK The sad took place at one CLOCK
a. m, when nearly all hands were asleep, and The
ranidty with which the boat filled prevented many
from escaping. Some fifteen passengers are known 10
BE lost and the impression is probably thirty or forty
A woman and five children, deck passenger, ne,
gro woman and three children, and four servants o
passengers, are known to be lost Alter Inc noat Sam
in triy feet of water the upper deck being above the
surface it was cut through III many places anu seFe
ssI ladies' drawn up who were lying in water IN tleir
berlhs. The scene was truly mourniul one
The Fairfield Register had heard directly from the
emrrants who let that District for Kansas some weeks
since They we're ;p fine bsalh and spirits, and going
on their way up the Mississippi River rejocing-A
Columbia correspondent Of the Register gives the fol-
lowing description of Major McCoLLoUeH, the cele'
brated Texan Ranger.
Amongst the notables now at the Congaree, who
when he is known attracts great attenllor is MAJ
mCCullOCk, the C6lSUGulcu 1cAoll LAG i'.o
been here several days. and so quiet and modest is his
demeanor that his presence is scarcely known, and
bur few Of his personal friends have found him out
He is gentlemanly, quiet man of abnut forty years
of age and is souily built for one who has endured
the facues and hardships of frontier life which have
fallen to his share. Tall and commanding in appear
ance with thin light brown hair and whiskers, mild
blue eve prominent forehead. and general cnntnnr
of physognomy remarkably like that OF Gen. McDutte
he would pass for marked man in every ooustry'
With the exception that the MAJOR is by no means
sou,ly built and very tall, this picture is not bad
one, The celebrated hero has been Hojourning fol
some days with Col. F. w. PrcKENs, in this immed
ate vicinity and we may very truthCuy add that he
has most favorably impressed all who have made his
ACQUAINTANCE. He is thorough gentleman as we'll as
finished fighter.
The last number of the Columbia Examiner, like
all its prede abouns in rich variety of inter
e,tipg matter. We cannot let pass an opportunity
recommending this paper to general patronage i. il
family Journal of decided merit and conducted by
one the of cleverest fellows in the State We are glad
to sse among other things, that it is becoming the
medium through which several Of our rising poets nre
giving their compositions to the public In the number
bsfure u.s. there is poem Of considerable length from