Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-04-13
Gatherings.

Gsr- Tho Farmer & Planter for April, has bccn
received. 1t is published by Mr. r. NJ. STOKES,
Columbia, S. C., ut 81 per unnum in advance.
b- The April number Of the American Cotton
Planter d .SoH, is before us well filled with u
variety of the best agricultural reading. 1t is
edited by DR. CLOUD, and published at Montgome-
ry, Ala, for only 81. per annum.
GD- A writer on swearing, says,-"An oath
from woman's lips is unnatural and incredible.
I would rs soon expect bullet from rosebud
- The lowor lerec cotton press in New Orleans
containing ten thousand bales of cotton, together
with about seventy houses Oh the four squares ad-
joining, were burnt on the 9th inst. The loss is
estimated at 81 ,OOO 900, and is mostly insured in
that city.
tit Lord Lyons, tho new English Minister to
the United States, reached Washington on the
7th inst.
Eiy. The Anderson Gazette commenced its
sixteenth volume tho 9th inst, with considcra-
bic improvements in the way of q new head, new
headings, &c. The Gazette is well-managed and
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that it is in prosperiug condition. Our only
objection is that the publishers have placed too
low an estimate on tho value Of their excellent
paper.
lafS" The newspapers in the upper portions OF
(icorgia. and in some portions of Tennessee, state
that thcrecen heavy frosts have materially injured
the prospects Of the peach CROP and apprehensions
urc felt for the wheat crop.
z:fs- The citizens of Abbcvilc are moving in the
muttur of I'M Agricultural Society ut that place
and meeting TO effect such organization is to be
held on the 25th inst
IiY- DR.. DENNIS justly renowned Medicines
are advertised in this issue. Turn to tho advert.
sing columns aud read. DR.. DIS preparations ro-
quiro no commcndation from us. They have been
extensively used in this District, and their valua.
bio medicinal properties arc well established in
this community.
@- Tho Lancaster Ledger reports that ]. W.
Cooke, Esq, a member of tho Lancaster Bar, and
formerly Of tho Winnsboro' Bur, has received MI.
thority and license ns preacher in tho NJ. E.
Church, South and preached his first sermon on
Saturday evening.
Iy. PIccoLoMISl was in Augusta last week
but, judging from the Dipatchs criticism, she did
not crsate much of O sensation in that "fuburban'
City.
NS> yoLGERj the Scgar merchant Of Augusta,
has boon troating the Editors Of that City to some
This choice sogars-bctter than they appear to be
used to, from tho manner in which they puff
We arc some on good segar ourselves and imagine
that ws could do full justice to the "EoIGEH
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;nf~ Good meal and hominy selling in thi'
Village readily ut 81 pur bushcl, cash down, and
no grumbling.
Ip- JrpuE WulryER has ordered an Extra
Court for Greenville District, commencing Monday
the 18th July next.
1zD- SeYenty-fvo divorce cases are pending
before the Supreme Court now in session at Prori-
denco, r. I.
SsB> A whale, forty feet in length md thirty
feet in circumference, was captured noar Beaufort
n. c., on the 4th ins
Es. The Calhoun Miss Independent says that
fourteen persons died recently in the Southwestern
portion of Calhoun county, in one week, Of dis
case resembling black plague