Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-11-17
H1scELLANEous ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
T The n. Y. Day Book has not n high opinion
Of the prixo fighters; and regards them in the light
Of rufian,, they That journul speaks as fol-
lows Of these unprinciped brutes:
"Sueh men as MorrissOy and Heenan ought to be
cast out Of aociety moral lcperS. Morri.ey talks
about his being nm "Americsn Citizen" Why the
laws ought to cnnane him to tho chningang for life
No degradation is deep enough to reach the merits OF
his caac."
~ Mr.. 6. E. ELRonp, Proprietor of tho Green
rille Patriot ountaineer offers that paPor for sale.
The proprietor says:
"Ths paper is doing good busines, in advertising,
and its subscription list is increasing, numbering no"
about 1900 subscribers"
Hero is we think, fine chance for any ono wishing
to engage in the newspaper bu,iness.
~ The Laurensvillc Herald of Friday last, in
forms us that snow fol. in TINT village on Tuesday
morning. followed by slsot. The westher is cold, and
indicates more snow.
- Tho Charleston Courier learns that there WAS
slight fall of snow at Branchville on Monday night
Also that ice was seen along the line of the South
Carolina Railroad.
&sr DR.. Harry Hammond, son Of Senator Ham
mond, Of South CarOlinn, has been elected by tho
Board Of Trustees ct the late annual meeting at
Mledgeville Professor of Natural Science in Frank
lin College, in place of Dr. Joseph Jones, resigned
aS- The movement in Mississippi in favor of the
erection of monument to Quitman is succeeding
admirably. The monument is to be erected on the
than ftvAn N -
FIVE nor N ore than fifty thousand dollara.
~ Whose best works are most trnmpled upon
shoemaker because good shoes last longer than
bad ones.
MS- Among the VOWS that man has to make in
Japan when he is married, is one that be will find
plenty Of tea and rico for his wife during her lifo
Ew ~ the town Of Crockett, Texas, It is said
there is not marrisgcble blefsmale.
MSr Insults, says modern philosopher, nre like
counterfeit money-we can't hinder them being Of,
fered, but We are not compelled to tako them.
NS Pitch upon that course of life which is the
most useful and custom will render it the most agree
able.
Ms- The Georgia Governors message Of tho pros
ent year, is ultra nnti-bank, and recommends the
prohibition Of the circulation Of bills undcr ten or
twenty dollars 1t also advises tho adoption Of the Sub
Treasury system.
r"Heros Webster on bridge" said Mrs
Psrtington as she handed to Ike the dictionary
"Study it cont.ntively, and you will gain great dea
of inflammation"
GknI, md Rictn nnI Nou{t
newspapers have become consolidated into one sheet
which is to bc published at Washington, with Mr.
Roger A. Pryor as editor. The platform laid down
s that no person or clique shall be defended but the
Democratic State Rights doctrines to bO sustained
~ new Baptist paper is soon to DO started in
Nashville to bo under tho control Of the frionds 0
tho Rev. r. D. c. Howell,
ar A SoQ1c4NAss CassotArIoN.-A Scotchmnn
who put up at an inn, was asked in the morning how
he slept. "Troth man," replied Donald, "nae worry
wol either, but wns mucko bctor af than the bug,
for doll an ane o them closed an Go tho haenisht.
v"s Shall have your hind7" said an exquisite
to belle, as tho dance was about to commence. "Wtt
all my heart," wus tho soft r&ponse.
sV HEALTH OF CmARLEsToN.-The Courier, o
Thursday, in article cunsratula'ing its readers up
on tho favorable conditioned the weather, and tht
prospects ana pleasures of renewed intercourse will
absen,ees and business friends, ,sys: "n GOOD f.th
and undes full sense OF our responsibilities, We re-
psa, The ASSERTION that one whu huS ever visiec
Charleston, or who would have visilsd Charleston a
this time, had there been no epidemic, need fea
such visi, :"
LIZ The Savannah Republican, Of Thursday morn
ing rays &c As The Board Of Health have sent in nj
return, we presume there wers no ni.rmonts yester
day As the fever has ceared to be epidemic We shal
di'contnue the publication Of q dni list OF inter
ments hereafter, with the sinrere wish that it mtj
never be our duty to resume them."
u CHANCELLOR DAKeAN.-We are grntifed tc
learn that Chancellor Dargan continue, 10 improve
and tha. his paruIytic affection is passing away, Civ
ing hops Of full recovery. The people Vt Sonlf
Carolina w bo grali6ed 10 learn thi, intelligence.
Columbia Guardian, lath inst.
10 pennsylsauis papcr announces that death
has at last divided tho oldest par in the United States
Mrs. Ludwick Snyder died few days since in Burn
side township, Clearfeld county, Pa, at the nge
ono hundred and eight years. Her husband, who i,
one hundred aud twolyc years old, survives her. The,
had bOen married nenr ninety years.
E@ BARSUW AGAH.-Phincas T. Barnum lecturet
in Manchester (Eng) on tho 9th instant, taking 70,
his subject "Thc Shortest and Surest Way Of Making
Fortune" lilo was listened to by fifteen hundred
persons, and the new speculation paid we'll.
Gs- Six suicides week is about the average in
Cincinnati.