Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-06-09
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Benelhl iuteiIiBeuce'
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
ty The law of Tennessee Of the last session, do
clares and enacts, that the hircr of negro SHALL in
all cases, be liable for medical attendance and that
no contract with the owner shall be pleaded in bar to
the Physician. Tho owner, however, may olect the
physician.
~ The Richmond Enquirer states that Willie B.
Minor eight yenrs of ago, Of that city, hos collected
fourteen dollars among his playmates, and sent it to
the Mount Vernon fund.
@s- Tho Augusta Dispatch Of tho 18th inst, says ::
The first regular transaction in new wheat that we
have heard of, wns the purchase Of the crop OF Mr.
Butler, of Edgciold District by Lewis Allen, at
$l,l0, to be delivered this week.
Ee The Charleston Standard will be sold at pub
lie auction Tuesday 22d June, if not previously
disposed Of. Tho isrue of the paper has been sus-
pended.
@-"I declare, mother" said pettcd little girl
in pcttsh little way, " tis too bad mother you al
ways send me to bed when I'm not sleepy, md you
always make mo get up when am sleepy"
nas- An American vessel has been fred into of
Pensacola on the I'd June, and one man killed. The
steamer Fulton has gone in pursuit of the aggressor
eR The Due West Telescope mentions the death
of Mrs. CAN'T in Abbeville District at the extreme age
of 103 years.
He A Bill has passed the late Wisconsin Legisla-
ture to exempt six days earnings Of mechanic or
laborer from attachment of garnishec.
laD~ Ono reason why the world is not reformed is
because every man is bent on reforming others, and
never thinks Of reforming himself
S' The inability of wife to make bread has
been declared sufficient ground for divorce by Coun-
ty Agricultural Society Of Iowa.
tg An Irishnlan, who was engaged at drain,
had his pickaxc raised in the air just as tho clock
struck twelve, when, determined to do no moro work,
he let 90 the pick-axe and left it there.
~ Ono argument in tho British Parliament in
favor of letting marry their deceased wives sis.
ters was, that by doing so would have but one
moher.i law, instead of two.
lD- The laying Of the cornerstone Of the Cul-
houn Monument will take place in Charleston On the
2Sth inst. Hon. L. ". Eett will deliver nm address
on the occasion.
aS- Oscar NJ. Thomas has been convicted of kid.
mapping negro named George Anderson and selling
him into slavery in Virginia, and sentenced to ten
years incarceration in the siuS-Sing Prison, New
York.
Mg- Oregon has been admitted into the Union as n
State and our national banner hus thirty three
5ars emblazoned on it. Truly, the Yankee who said
his country grew fast could not keep correct
map of it, wus. not fur from tho mark.
MD- There is rule in debating society, that we
have heard Of, which is, that any gentleman wish
ing to speak moro than half an hour, shall have Il
room to himself"
~ Gentlemen asking young ladies' to =" share
their lot in life" should be particular in stating the
size of the lot and its valuo per acrc.
Ms- DR.. Smith says" Tho ,alo bearor and the
tale hearer should be hanged up both togcther-:hc
former by the tongue, the latter BY the car
w An exchange has discovered that schottische
is corruption of the words Scotch tch," and thnt
tho famous dance owes its maine to person afflicted
with the Scotch plague aforesaid. Awful!
Gss- Geod morning, Patrick; alippcry this morn
ing?" "slippery? m be jabers, it's nothn elsO yer
honor. Upon me word, slipped down three times
without gittin' up once, yor hoIor."
E@~ new kind of cotton, called the rose cotton,
oxcclng, in frmness of lint and length Of staple
tho kind ordinarily produced, has been sold in Gal
weston, Texas, ut i price above tho market value Of
the Mexican Gulf cotton. Aaa new variety, it prom.
iscs to be very decided improvement.
N- An old settler near Bloomington, Illinois, says
money go much that one man, elected justice Of
the pence, couldn't raise enough to pay m officer for
swearing him in; 50 he stood up before looking glass
and qualified hmaelf.
H'A shoemaker, intending to DO absent few
days, lamphacked shinglc with tho following, with
out date !and nailed it upon his door: "W! be =. !
home in ten days from the time you see this shinge
sg A Quuker's admoniton TO n man who was
pouring forth vollry of i'll language to him. =" Have
care, my friend thou rayest run thy face against
my fist"
Ns- Mr.. Samuel Wright, farmer, who resides in
Washington county, Pa, has eighteen children, one
hundred and eleven grand children md one hundred
and ,evcnty-four great grand children. His wife,
too, is still living.
- Tho greatest misfortune Of life is old age
without the remembrance Of virtue.
ms- wise man will speak we'll Of his ncighbor,
love his wifc and children, take their own District
paper, and pay for il in adranee.
N.- friend informs us, (says tho Atlanta InteRi-
y.neer that be slw fuw days ago, one of the own
Of rich gold vein, Alatuona, in Cass coun
ty, with Of the largest pieces Of gold ever taken
from any mine. The place belongs to Mcssrs: Hum.
mond { Parkinson, and they said to be realizing
from it ut present from $1,000 to $4,000 per dny.
ty The Southern Christian Adrocate of Charles
ton, commenced its twenty-sccond volume with the
last issue. Rev. Z. II. Myers, D. D., has been re.
elected editor by tho General Conference recently in
session ut Nashville, Tenn.
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For tho Advertiser.
At meeting Of tho Students Of tho Edgcfcd Male
Academy, held on Monday evening, 7th inst.,. the
Query, g" VIA, shall TO for 'rotcr," was intro
duced and aftor considerable discussion tho following
Resolutions were submitted and adopted:
Rrsolred, That We cannot do without water and
as means of speedy supply of that mot to be dis
pensod With beverage, that We Immediately take ac
tive and effective steps.
Rrsolrci, That we have our we'll cleansed and such
other repnrations as are absolutely necessary.
Rrso1red, That the Chairman of this meeting nr-
o1ck pt,nn
to employ some efficient workman to complete said
work, and to lquidnte the expenses.