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

aIR SALTPETER IN lENNESsEE.-h company IN
East Tennessee has been formed for the purpose Of
manufacturing sapetre. Large quantities Of the nu-
,rous earth are to be found in that section Of the
State
w KANSAS AIp.-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 Buford's Kansas COM
pany.
ETgo IT is stated that the Central American nego.
,ia,ions, will not be resumeduni after the settlement
of The enlistment difficulty They then to be con
dncted in Washington on the basis Of entirely new
treaty.
v" new post office has been established at Jami-
son, in Orangeburg District and Andrew Inabinet ap-
pointed postmaster.
NJ IT appears that the Governor Of Oregon has
already issued 81 scrip 10 defay The expen.
ses OF calling out volunteer soldiers to fight the In
dlans.
ezp A dspatcl from New.York announces the
death of the Rev. DR.. BoLd an eminent Methodist
divine well known the country as the editor of The
Christian Qdrocafc.
GsJ Corn in Nashville Tenn, on t,le l2ih iIlst.
was quord from fifteen to twenty cents per buslel
HY Snow to The depth Of two inches, was seen in
Clescrville on the l4lh inst.
czY THE line Of railsoadbe,ween Huntsville, Ala.
and Stevenson, is completsd.A 1t ia ssor9d Of the
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
ry TIE Hon. George Evans, formerly promi.
net Senator of the United States has been elected
Attorney General Of the States Of Maine.
aEo DAVID Dickson very severely stabbed John
Majors with knife, at Anderson c. H., on The 10Th
instant.
~ TIE mother of Governor Andrew Johnson, oi
Tennessee, died at Greenre, in that Stale, the
18th Of February last.
GI" Coon SISG.-All the cells and criminal
apartments Of the ai of spartanburg are tenan'less
ssyo The Charleston and Memphis Railroad is now
flushed to Tuscumba, (Ala.,) and between Tuscnm.
ba and Memphis the work is far advanced, the Mem.
phs end having been in active operation for several
months.
we PERHAPS it is not generally known, as il
should be, that salt put in the month will instantly
relieve the convusive movements in fits, either Of
children or animals.
ET"M Ma" said little gill 10 her mother, Z" do
the men want 10 get married as much as the women
do :" "Why, ma, the women who come here are al
ways talking about getting nafried-;hs men donI
do 500
EY A celebrated hangman in England, in showing
the galuws attached to Newgate observed to the by
ISLANDERS that he had hung twenty persons on it al o=
tme Some one suggested that il was too small. Oh
no, bless you twenty-five persons cnuld swing on thai
rcry comfortably"
a<sy Always laugh willie you can-it is cheap
medicine Mrlhfulness is u philosophy not we'll under
stood. 1t is the sunny side Of existence.
~ DECLINE IN FLoUR.-Sir thousand barrels o
-four were sold at Louisville on the eth ul, at si'
dollars per barrel This is heavy decline from The
prices prevailing Of late.
asy A GOVERNOR IND1cTED-Gorrrnor Moore
head of kentucky, has been indicted by the Grand
Jury Of Scott County, orallowing one OF his negroes
10 hire his own lime. The only difficulty in the mat
ter is this, that after they fine the Governor, he will
he able to remit the penalty.
sSse MOUNT yERNoN-On Monday l7th inst, boll
Houses of tile General Assembly of Virginia passed
by acclama,ion The Ladies' bill for the purchase o
Mum, Vernon, by the patriotic c1crlions Of The wo'
men Of the United States.