Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-04-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

mfy- DR.. Jesse J. Simkins of Norfolk, Va, has
been appointed by tho President, by and With the
consent OF the Senate Collector Of Customs fer the
Norfolk, vice S. T. Sawyer, whose commission had
expired.
Ms> It's currently reported in Washington that
Gen. Sam Houston intends to introduce into tho Sen
ate, early in the ensuing weee, bill to assume pro-
| tectorate ovor Mexico.
as- Accounts from tho coming wheat crop through
out Tennessee are very favorable. The prospect is
truly encouraging. Tho quantity sown is unuaualy
large.
~ A son of Wm. Carey Jones and grandson Of
COL Benton dioi in Washington City, in Saturday
last, few hours afsar bis grandfather
~ It is said that ivy will not cling to poison.
Gus tree or other substance. What o pity that the
tendr. of woman's heart have not the sams whole
somo and Ialutary instinct.
tv Tho Courier states that the gross receipts OF
the Washington lecture Of Edward Rycrots in Char
lesion, amount to one thousand nine hundred and
four dollars.
NO In private We must watch our thouShsj in the
family, our tOmpsrs; in company, our tongues
w We learn by gentleman just arrived from
Kentucky, says tho Augusta Co"Hitutio"ali~, that
government has bought thirteen thousand head OF
oxen in Missouri, at hundred and t~enty-sir dol
lars hoad, for the uso Of the army in Utah. What
price! But Unclo Sam" foots the bill.
r News recently received from Florida, anuoun-
co, the quiet surrender Of Billy Bowlegs and twenty
two Of his party.
p A verdant yankeo-c1pcctant of Office was
advised the other day, to apply for tho Consushp OF
the Lobos Island rice Guaso removed. lie had his
letter written before he discovered tho joke.
E Ono of our Western editors, speaking Of o
large and fat contemporary, rsmarked that ii all
flesh was grass, ho must 10 load of hay. ~ sus-
psct I am," said the fat man, from the way the
the donkoys are nibbling Mt me-"
~ The Missouri RepuJlicaa learns that hurri-
caue on the eth ut demolished noarly every house
in Bcstonvillo, Arkansas, killing twenty-five and
wounding great number Of perssns.
fT Some landlords arc in the habit Of laying an
extra fork the plates of their delinquent board
ers, as much as to say, "fsrk over"
w The annual meeting Of tho stockholders Of
the Savannah Valley railroad, will be held in Ham
burg, to-day, tho slst inst, at II o'clok a. m.
H The Now York Tribune announces that Lord
Napier, British Minister at Washington, i, to DO ro-
called, his SUCCESSOR bOing already appointed.
~ A duol took place near New orloan', on tho
18th inst at IL o'clock. between Messrs. Harry Deas
and w. J. Kennedy, citizens Of Mobile They fought
with dusllIng pistols, carrying ounce balp and at f
teen PAGES. At the first hrc slr. Kennedy received
bad hip wound but hopes are entertained Of hi, rc
corery.
&8- 1t reported ia St Louis, on the 18th, that
messenger passed through that city two weeks ago
with Instructions to Col. Johnston not to commence
offensive operations against the Mormons, who arc in
state of rebellion. before the arrival Of the Peace
Commissioners.
~A gentleman has just reached Washington
from Camp Scott who expresses the opinion that Col
Johnston is perfectly ablo to copo with any Mormon
force which he may meet; and that tho officers and
men are all anxious to commence active operations.
ET The most terrible specimen Of a bear that we
over heard tell Of, is mentioned in the following rer
ses, Which We CLIP from western poem:
" There was 2 jelly voodman
Was standin' by troc,
When ho spied an awful big bear
A coming right at he
The boar was ramparageous,
The foam WAS OH his lip,
And full yard Of prairie
He cleared at every skip"
re- The Boston Post declares that tho editor who
threatened to write two coluns week about Kansas,
unless his delinquent subscribers paid up, says that
every ono has squared up his account and three hun
dred and seventy paid for ono year in advance. We
do not doubt it. To DO inflicted with q two-coumn
article every week that subject is worse that the
Shorif and halc-dozen constables.
When reminded of their want Of progress in agri-