Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-04-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

GD> LARGE and dcstruc. 10 fires are raging in
the neighborhood of Wilminh IN, n. c., which have
destroyed many thousands Of turpentinc trees.
Ma- IT is currently reported in Washington that
Hon. F. W. Pickens, of South Carolina will be ap-
pointed to tho Berlin Mission; and that Mr. Sdell
will receive the appointment of Minister to France.
Ms- GEN. GEORGE P. NORRIS, of the Home Jour-
nal, is now on visit to Charleston.
GS- PRor. TroMEY, the distinguished Naturalist,
died in Alabama, on the 3Oth March last.
rs VIZ learn thnt the Rt Rev. Jchn Barry hns
been appointed Roman ca tholic Bishop Of tho Dio-
eosc of Georgia.
IS5. THE following is no less startling than now.
1t is, presume, from tho pen Of an unwedded
I" Western edtor:"
g I sat me down in thought profound,
This maxim wise I drew:
IT, easier for to like girl,
Than make girl like you"
Young men affected with calico proclirites will
please copy.
5sG> A pleasant, cheerful wife is rainbow set
in the sky when her husbands mind is set with storms
and tcu,pests but dissatisfied and fretful wife, in
tho hour of trouble, is like of those Gends who
appointed to torture lost spirits.
EM- A biography of Robespierrc, published in
late Irish paper, concludes with the following
kabc sentence:
"This extraordinary man left no children behind
him. except his brother who' killed ut the same
time"
4 0on1 hnot anil oon1
things for those who know how justly to appreciate
their value. There are men, however, who judge
both from the beauty Of their covering.
E.S~ II the days of the blue laws Of New England,
shoemaker was condemned to bo hanged; but, on
the day Of execution, they discovered that he was
the only shoemaker in the place, they concluded
to hang weaver in his sead, for they had more
weavers than they wanted.
- Mr.. JOHN DEAN, who recently married Miss
Boxer. daughter of John G. Boxer, has not been in
Philadelphia as reported. 1t is stated that he has
been dispatched to q country school with view to
complete his education, his accomplished wife
time remaining with her fathers family, whittier she
returns.
ND-A drunkards nose is said 10 be "light house.
warning of the little water thatpasses underneath"
Gs-"I give lessons in music and drawing" as
the donkey snid when he began to bray and drag the
cart after him.
GA- TIE Hon. Wm. B. Reed, of Philadelphia, has
accepted the appointment of Minister to China.
tsH' The village of Monroe, in Walton county,
Gu, almost entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday
MIC Tho nd t,rn l,l1
ings only we're saved.
~ THE muskct that kicked the boy ovor has
been arrested and mado to give bail. The plea that
it was Cooked" at the time ruled out Of court
GD-A writer singing himself " Greenwood" in
the Carolina Times, says that Hon. P. S. Brooks, du
ring his last visit homo before his death, in CONVEX
sation with venerable citizen OF Ninety-Six, sail
that if the choice of his successor fell to him, his
selection would be Edward Noble ESQ, of Abberile.
rs" THE election of Senator to fill tho vacancy in
Georgetown District, was held on Monday. The only
name in nomination was that of Hon. ]. Lizard Mid
-
MU- soxE precious poet defines "beautiful extract"
to be helping young lady out Of mud puddle.
This is almsst rs bad as the wit of Hartley Culerdge
who once being asked which Of Wordsworhs pro-
ductiona he considered the prcttcst, very promptly
replied, ellis Daughter Dora"
T.j- a few days ago, Gov. Cobb received letter
upon business connected with the Treasury Depart
ment of the United States, with the following super
scription:
" You night E D Stats Treser."
z.is- The Charleston Couriers cotton statement on
10th instant makes the decrease in cotton at all the
ports, compared will! last year, 3lS,l6l bales.
nSe THE volume of nature, with the name Of the
Divine Author on every pago is open to all; it is
TIM. happily alvertcd I" by Lord Bacon: ut is writ
tcn." says that great man, :" in the only Language
wlcll has gone forth to tho ends Of tho world unaf
irctrd by the confusion Of Babcl.'
zY \ project Is on foot 10 remove the remains of
lIrGH :. LraArE from Boston to Charleston, and to
erect monument over them. Well conceived.
sy NEW definitions InGuence--a cane on the
back Of tile idle fcho"-boy. NrighLour-a bonnie
wee flower cunrn,rd ,n give its last 'lrnp uew. lest
it, partner sloull die Patron-a Shade under which
independence sometimes withers. Speculation-look
in. for needle in a h.nll- of hay Irnsration-a
young gents feeling towards stiG collar.
sIS" THE season was never more backward in these
parts Wheat and oats arc very p"ry advanced and
all the corn that was up has been cut down. Oak
buds have also been nippcl in places aud upon the
wule April looks les like herself lran remember
ever to have seen her look l'riorc.
GSr THE .music-schoul" is found nj last, AMI the
"wlar tell -nowhar enquiry after its locality need
no longer br rcpcne,l 1t is here, i'll "ur town. Mr.
HOWELL presiding with several assistants male and
female with meo,lcuns. accorlennS and an innnnern-
bic family Of Gddcs. We hope the class will give
public Reception before the world is much older
~" Fon u high appreciation Of the Printing
Press ind s Illuminating powers, read the lines that
follow:
"'TwaS truly said that if n star
Where stricken from the dome of night,
A Printing Press il stationed there,
Would fill tho vacuum to n hair,
And she'd broader light"
~ LOVE is nn insolvable enigma aays some
writer. Is it not also an unsquinchonable fire Z"
THE LAST SERMON ON HOOPS.
"wife anl mother" writes to the New-lork Iri-
bune, n more practical sermon about hoops than We
have yet seen. The question may he considered set
tied. She says:
During the cooking controversy which has especial
l., ,oo.j IN Tho Weeky Tribune, hnyc kept silent