Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-04-16

| W tho 'a'SeoS "HoieSuo 0Iy ROOO houses on
Broadway, and entirely disregarding the invita-.
tlons of the numerous talesn1rn IN inspect tho
latest patterns. slrode into the eountingroon,,
where ths heads of The establishment were Vii.
ting m close conversation. After taking cur.
s"ry glance "f the room. and surveying atien.
lively the faces of the occupants he asked With
an uncit"us Yankee nasal twang:
Say, yeou-got any nails!'
Nails, sir, nails !" repeated tEe tfost dipni6.
ed Dumbry Of The firm. mo, sir, what should
we do with nails r
wal, J dunno-thought may be you moughts
Haint you got no mills, eh !"
~No, "ir,' replied DomBeyheaiu, with % eps.
phasis, noliOning to the door. ,.,.s,
The indyidal in search of nails took his time
ABOUT u, and then left the couningro0m.s In
turn. he asked every clerk the same question.
ana received the Information from utt. ,hsi
"nalls' formed no part Of the stock Of The
establishment 49,
"well' said he, going towards the door,
"dunt keep naiIs here, no how !"
me principal salesman, whose dignity was
nurt oy 'ne 'oea that any one should suppose
That m establishment where he had prominent
place. should keep nails, headed the countryman
on Il" he was proceeding towards the entr,pra,
"Wanl" said the countryman =. cool n.
cucumber, . I want to know if you've 40. stv
nails 2"
Mails, no sir. You have sbeen told aoafs
and againi that we've got no nails--soe you'd
better 60"
A1n't got any mills. eh! Well, then. lust
look here, mlstet,i you aint gotno nails. what
an awful FIX yGd'd be in if you'd happen 10 have
the itch"
LEAP YEAR.-The ltap year originated with
the astronomers of Julius Cassar, 45 b. C.. They
fixed the solur year at 365 days 6 hours, com.
prIsing, US they thought, the period from one
Ve'nal equinox to another; the sin hours were
set a'lde, aud al the end of four years; forming
day' The fourth year was made to consist Of $50
DAYS Ihe day thus added was called inter.
cai"ry. This almost Perfect arrangement, was
aenomnaled the Julian style, and ifeyaied
throughout the Christian world Till the time of.
Pope Gregory Kill, in 1854, when the calendar
was altered to lls present State. -
hc difference between 365 days, S hours, 4S
minutes. 81 seconds aud deciinals, which Inst
10 Inc true length of the true ITesr.
l7001 81 sos moi ta h;9h& - -
The Julian Calendar was defective, and the
Greg0rIan was substituted for il in 1881 Il was
introduced into The Catholic States of Europe
in l7Ol, and adopted in England, by act Of Par
lament, in 1852, when eleven days were left out
OF the calendar-lhe Sd Of September, 1862,
being reckonrd as the 18th.
Ia the year 200 there was no differences of
styles, but there had arisen differences Of eleven
days between the old and new sryIes-the latter
being so much beforehand with the former so
That wiIea person, using the old style, dates
from the first Of May, those who employ the
new reckon the 18TH From this variation in
The computation, we may easily account for the
difference of many dates concerning historical
firs aud biographical notices.
We have drawn the substances of the FORE,
going Paragraphs from 1Pu,nums's Worlds
Progress" mine of facts aud daes, to show to-
our readers who hnd any doubts on the subject
how the leap year is accounted for.
->sN-
BACKING Down IN KAKsis-Gov Robinson
has sent src"nd Message TO the Free State
Legislature Of KANSAS stating that in his previ.
nu- communication he intended 10 recommend
no course Ia be taken in opposition 10 the Gen.
eral Government or Ia the Territorial Govern.
n-nt; while it shall remain with th. sanction Of
Congress, collision with either is to be avoided.
In conformity with these suggestions of the
Free State" Governor, both houses have adop.
led he fnllnwing resolution:
"Resolred. BY the Senate md House of Re-
representatives. OF the State Of Kansas. That the
laws enacted by the presnei Legislature shall
not have effect until an act be passed by the
present or sume future Legislature declaring
them in force"
1t is stated that Judge Lecompte. of Knnsas
has caused the Indictment of the members Of
tn, Free State Legislature. nd that several of
them had been arrested, and others had left tho
Territ,ry.
The INTERIOR BANK AT GRlFFIs.-A state.
mem has been going the rounds of the press,
that the Inferior Bank IL winding up its affairs.
This is not the fact. nor is there any authority
for the rep"rt.-Wi'l our contemporaries du ths
institution justice by correcting the error ?-
Griffin Union.
We have published the statement. which We
found in some Of our exchanges, and hoped il
was true. We regret to hear that II II mi for
we desire to see ihe State rid of ali the Wild
Cat Banks BECAUSE We believe them unworthy
of confidence. We shall continue TO warn the
people against receiving their bills in circulation.
Augusta Chronicle Il Sentinel.
WE cAt'aSI un ioho"iHH HoH harper
Magazine, for April:
"An ex.postmaster Of Georgia, gave Us also
the following sppersrririon Of letter which
h. copied with his own hand, and then sen, l!ts
letter acc.rding 10 the dirertion. Except tbs
names, which are altered, the copy h given rer.
6atim et Heratim ct punctuatim:
.Slait off grogy, jrffison poast oftes, jaxsu1
kounty to Mr.. Jones who lives about seven Of
ate mile from Mr. ard, or did about foar OF Ave
year ago-as doant noe your given naitn the
postmaster at franklin please forrered the saitn
and mediunily it not suner an the poas,t1as,cr
ut jffisou kounry the sumo TO mr Jones a. snps
as The male gits thar
A New MoroH.-W. learn from the Sefns
(Ala.) Reporter that the stream of water from
an nrtesian well in that city hsa been turned
upon large wherf at tho Crntral Wnfehohse,
to draw up the freight ear from the yivet to the
top Of the bluff The power was Sufficient to
draw up the loaded cur, md the Reporter anlici
pates that The pFoWie,ors will find tile expert.
ment entirely suceessful.. 1'hi. enterprise Of
going five or ak hundred feet into amoiher
earth" to tap and bring up one Of her natural
elements whsrewfh to work machinery, 10 I
striking instance VI the power Of human genius.
A SHORT RAcE..-John Graves Know
Nothing. was clested 10 the Mi.sissippi feRisIi.
ture. He got a certificate of nileser, bid 1t
duly signed. and presented tlsths saitos, WIN
offered to credit, t,it on his aasoiAtf sod44Aap.
saud seven hundred; dDlhss,i tkat ~ XiS6ssa2