Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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sw Henry Harvey, who since 1888 has been Mis-
sionary among the Shawnee Indians in Kansas Terri
tory is on hi, way to Washington to induce Cong ress
to authorize the election OF new legislature. He
thinks this will be better plan than TO ndop the
Topeka Constitution, and he thinks II WI be sale lot
the reason, he says, til at majority of The people
there are against slavery.
sSR Charles Sumner has been re. elected to the U.
S. Senate for six years, by the Massachusetts Leglsa
ture. The vote stood 333 against - scattering.
syp The Old Dominion Company, of Richmond,
Va, an extensive nail factory, recently received an
order from Savannah for four thousand kegs OF nails
and within few weeks past, two vessels were Load
ed with Old Dominion nails for Savannah. ii deal
ers will freely encourage southern enterprises 'he
South can compete with any section Of the country.
SYe Gov. Fletcher. of Vermont, ha' sent ihres
Commissioners TO Kansas to ascertain The condition
of the people, with view to the aid voted by the
Legislature
~ A subterranean river has been struck ny the
person engaged in boring artesian we'll at Hender'
son, Ky from which jet fwate ia forced up hr ugh
the bore and thrown to the height Of fifty feet above
the surface Of The ground.
sSP LATE accounts from Liberia state that there
i. great suffering for fuod especially in Simeon coun-
ty The unarorabe seasons, and the laZiness oil the
negroes are tile causes vessel is now loading at
New York, with provsions farming utensils, clohing,
&c. to be transported free of charge for The sufferer
and it is presumed some philanthropic Yankee VIII
make good thing out of the shipment
s@ GIVE Your CHILD PAPER.-A child begin
ming to read becomes deli 5hed with newspaper, be-
cause he reads the of things which are iami'
liar, and will make progress accordingly. news
paper one wear is worth quarters schooling 10 child
Eg Twelve fine rams and ewes, Of the pnrest
Southdown breed, accc npanied by Scotch shepherd
and his family, were landed lately Baltimore. They
are from Liverpool, and were imported by Mr. Charles
Green, Of Prince William county, Virginia.
~ There are thirty.nins candidates, it is said, ir
Michigan for United States Senator in place Of Gen
eral Cass.
E% IT is rarely that public officer in England il
removed especially postmaster yet we hava before
US an order from the Postmaster General Of England
for the removal of postmaster in the county Of Kent
on no other ground than that Of being discourseous
those who had business with bis Office.
hy A petition was received In the U. S. HOUSE
of Representatives on the 10Th ins from 1900 voter
Of Kansas against Whilsld's right TO take his seat
Also one in favor Of Reeder
~ bill has been introduced into the Legislature
of North Carolina " 10 encourage and promote mari
muny."
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eg Queen Vic is in an interesting situation
Another pauper expected.
ey Mrs. Sarah Graham, says the kinsslree Star
at her residence on Pee Dee while sitting at The sup
per table on the evening Of Wednesday, the 3Olh ulli
mo, and appearing in perfect health, fell dead.
~ Mr. Tisdale, in Williamsburg District, kiIle
an eagle a.iew days since, says The Ki gs,ree Star
which measured feet from tip to tip of the wing.
~ Gov. Geary, Of Kansas, has selected the Stat
of Virginia as his future home. He is n larger iro
manufacturer and having discovered rich bed q
ore in London county, Of excellent quality, he has es
tablshed iron works there, and will reside near then
when he leaves ki insas
~" 1t i. stated that the Minister of the Interior q
Austria has made a general prohibition, hitherto ap
picabe only to certain provinces, by which the Jew
are prevented from manufacturing trading in churc
vases, crucifixes and images of saints
only twenty streets in Manchester, England, dimn
,hsd The annual mortality Of the town twenty pc
cent.