Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-04-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

from nb Drotner Inc later Huh aIosteu anu i""5SN
in Jail at Greenville and the carrier in Abbeyille.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
tS On the 24h instant, the old woman gathered
good of green psas grown on our centre garden
bed in the open air. and on tho next day it unque'
tionably sleeted OF course We do not mean to insn
uato that the guide wife and her pOas had any thing
to do with the sleet; yet "sich ore the fac"
~ If man has great idea Of himself, you may
be pretty sure that the only great idea no is svo
likely to hive.
ne 1t has been estimated TINT the quantity Of iet
cut this year for market lin the North, is double thai
of any previous season.
Ns- EdgeGeld has now oight candidates out FOL
the Legislature. Plenty of room for three or foul
more.
H Bentham compares the confidence between
criminal and bis advocate to compact Of guilt bo
tween two confederated malefactors
w Some peoples candor,as they choose to call it
may be compared to barley sugar drops in which thu
acid preponderatos over the sweetness.
ms~ The last steamer from England brings news
that the Atlantic telegraph cabo will be all shipped
by the 10th of next month.
Mss- General George P. Morris has becn strongly
recommended for the London consulship. We hop'
he may be complimented with the appointment.
would be a capital selection.
Gy- Tou MARSHALL has again forssworn the bottle
for about the fortieth tme As he has this time no
| cd RI hut
| it is to bo expected that he has biddon John Bar
leycorn final adiou. Stick to it, ToH.
Ey Day aftcr tomorrow is fzod for tho meeting
of the General Conference OF tho Methodist Episcopa
Church South. The body is to convene at Nashville
Tenn.
ms- From the Rome (Ga.) Courier d Statesman
we learn there is n great demand for mechanics in
that city. Now, carpenters, bricklaysrs, de, &c.
there is chance for YOU
~ Col. Vim. Maybin, formor resident of Co.
lumbia and for along fpsopiies9ro Of the Congaroe
Hotel, s;
Thursday last.
% On Friday last, Mr. Peter Conncll, Of Woon.
socket, II. l., while drawing water, fell hcad foremost
into we'll, distance of about sixty feet The ncci-
dent WAS unobserved by any one. Mr.. Connell says
that tho first ho was aware Of, he was struggling in
the water which up to his chin. Soon he began to
work his way out-a slow and difficult taik-rhich
he accomplished without assistance.
e.Y Over what earthly and heavenly things docs a
ruiuy day exercise the snme influence? Tho sun and
your boots for 1t takes the shine out Of them both
ns> The time occupied in Cincinnati in firing up
steam fire engine, lighting her torches, attaching
tho hose, and getting tho machine into the street
does not exceed ono minute and half.
~ Mr.. Mason, of Va, Significantly intimatcd in
the Senate on Wednesday, that Minnesota would not
be allowed to pass into the Union till tho fate of Kan
sas should have boon decided in tho House.
~ Newspapers have an abominablo way OF
paradng before the public what their cotcmporares
say of thcm We respectfully demur to the habit as
being out of taste in every point of view.
- Some COW pens aro wanted, for which FUR
price will be paid. Apply mt this Office
Gs- Will any kind subscriber, who has them to
spare supply with few genuine long-collard seed
And will some other kind subscriber send US small
quantity of tat-horse beans'
@- The celebrated Benjamin West rotated that
his mother once kissed him eagerly when he showed
her likeness ho Ind skctched Of his baby sister
and ho adds, " That kiss made me painter"
B- Tho growing wheat crop throughout tho
mighty west is described >bcing very promising.
largo breadth Of land was sown, and if no dsastor
occurs to it before harvest time, the crop will be in
mense. All of our Tennessee exchanges represent
tho growing wheat crops in thoir respective counties
ms being exceedingly promising.
ms- Yankee, boastng of visit which he had
paid to the Queen, cnched his remarks by declaring
should have been invited to stay to dinner but /.
was washing day"
Msr letter to the New York Commercial Aduer-
tiser says that duel had occurred ut Paris between
Mr.. Calhoun, Secretary of the American Legation,
and Mr. Breevort, of Now York. Shots wore once
exchanged, when owing to informality in arrange
,nents, the seconds interfered.
T Both houses of Congress have, by resolution,
agreed to adjourn on tho 7th Of juno They have
been in session nearly FIVE months, and have disposed
of only small portion of the business requiring their
attention.
~ The Board Of Directors Of the Bank of the
State Of Georgia. have declared adivdcnd of 81 per
sharc from the profits of that institution for the last
six months, payable on and after Monday next.
~ The Chronicle q Sentinel 25th inst, says: We
learn from passengers by the Georgia Railroad yos
tcrday morning, that the Pioneer Paper Mill"
Athens, was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon.
g N. p Willis is lying seriously i'll at Idlewld.
bilious fever, and return Of his old trouble Of
tho lungs, have combined in prostration, against
which his usual active resistance to disease has sue
cumbed for the present.
ty Tho Jamaica (W I.) Journal complains of
the worthessncss Of the Coolio migration, and pro-
poses to obtain froc coorcd persons from tho South
orn States, which thinks would be preferable in ovo
ry respect
u Both houses Of the Virginia Legislature passed
BILL ut the recent session. providing for tho employ
ment at the discretion of the Governor Of FREQ negro
convicts in the POntentiary, the public works. and
to make tho disposition of slaves sentenced to
transportation. This will relieve the States south Of
Virginia from the sale into their limits Of slaves
victsd Of felony.