Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-03-25

a- 4 Yankee proposes to build an establishment
which he may drive sheep into at one end, and have
come out ut the other four quarters OF mutton,
fult hat pair of drawers leather apron and aquar-
to dictionary.
E8- 1t was credibly rumored, in Washington, on
the olst inst, that Brigham Young had burnt the
Government archives md Court records Of Utah, and
that the Territory was in virtual state Of rebellion
Te A total eclipse of the sun will take place on
the 25th nst but in this State, and in most OF the
States it will be only partial eclipse. According to
Grer almanac the eclipse will begin at six o'clock
in the afternoon and the will set partly eclpsed
nj 81. o'clock sixteen minutes, mean time"
zss- Tom B. Walker Of Louisville, made bet that
be could drink sixty glasses of lager beer from
o'clock A. Mtin 10 o'clock P. M and he had finished
sixty-one glasses by o'clock, winning the wager.
living beer barrel.
nsy- Under the head of " Broken English" Par
Is papcr places the Londoners who get smashed up by
railroad collisions are financially busted.
es- There was once man so intensely polite that
a., he passed hen on her nest he said "Dont rise'
mnam."
nss- Intense excitement prevails throughout New
foundland in consequence of adVlces received irom
England 10 the effect that the New Foundland Fishe-
rcs ara to be transferred to France Delegates are to
be sent to England to protest against the transfer
mss- We learn from a passenger on the Carolina
train (says the Chronicle 4 Sentinep that on wed
nesdsy night as the down train from this CITY "ns
~ nF Irn
about stopping at Aiken, man by the name OF pun'
bar, resident of Aiken, said to be insane, was run
over and instantly killed. the body being mutiated IN
shocking manner. How he came to be upon the
track is not known.
THE Constitutionalist says that somcidea may
be formed Of the extent Of business carried on nj the
Augusta Cotton Manufnctory, when it is known that
near sixty thousand yards of cloth are spun weekly
consuming about fifty bales Of cotton, OF four hundred
pounds EACH There about eight thousand spindes
and two hundred and sixty looms in operation, anu
the company find it difficult to ill with promptness
the orders they receive for manufactured goods.
;esS Lucy STONE ectured at Bangor one evening
lately. Her subject was "Border Ruthanism al
home" in which she took the ground that the Kansas
Rufans are not 80 bad as those Rufans who tyranzc
over their wives and fumlies at home. She said we
henr of -pecked husbands but there was not much
snid about rooster.pecked wiues."
a-Two children twelve or thirteen years DID, Of
spartanburg, were out cunning on Monday last when
the younger one, named Thomas Scott living will
Mr.. Garnctt was accidentally shot in the shoulder.
v The spartanburg Express says that on Frda!
weeks now fell in that place to the depth Of one and
hulf inches.
as.- THE Oldest man in America is said to reside
in Murray co., Ga. His maine is John Hames-he wal
a revolutionary veteran, md is 100 years Of age.
as- The Postmaster General reports the probable
number Of dead letters for the past year to be three
millions
Ms- VIZ learn through gentleman from Sumter
Vile (says the Columbia Time') that Revival is pro
crossing in that town under the efficient labors of thu
Rev. Mr.. Tcnsdale, ut the Baptist Church.