Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-08-31
Miscellaneous Items.

] ED~ Tho 6rst bale Of new cotton was received
at Hamburg on the 25th instant. Quality, good
middling; Purchased by Messrs. HAMMOND q
LARK at l3c; raised by JOSEPH GRAFTON of this
District; bale weighed 564 lbs.
&5- Mrs. J. c. B. hoRors our sanctum this weOk
with lovely variety of autumnul flowers. Her
roses are truly magnificent and hor lesser denizens
of tho garden are all in admirable taste How re-
frcshing, to see this love Of the beautiful 80 kind
ly displayed!
@ The last number of "The Field FirssidO'
is capital There Is no mistake as to the genuine
merit and excellence of this publication; and the
Southern people are rapidly finding it out Glad
1 that it has handsome and increasing list In
Edgefeld.
GB- Next week ne will publish tho Premium
List for the next Edgedeld Agricultural Fair.
D Caravansera," as applied to large hotels
by modern letter. writer's, is not new idea
WALTER Scorr used it long ago. SEQ The Abbott
Page 222. VOL 1.
@- "Jacob" ought to put bis handsome hand
| Al
ga poOtical love-lctter."
@- We decline the contribution of Phenia
The name of tho author il net given; and besides
this, the piece is too wrotchsdly written
4 M3-"A Subscriber" must excuse ua for moi
publishing his "Siekles" article; the ground has
been occupied before by E. L. W." Moro thar
this, tho developments of the case arc by nc
means such 4, to warrant any ono in defending
sickes as a Christian martyr. Quite the reverse,
except as to tho one act of forgiveness.
&G- Next wook look out for something spicy
entitled /" Who is She'" We regret that the in.
disposition of tho publisher caused it to bc over.
looked by the printer until just as VIC were ready
to 20 to press. Katy Darling" must excuse US
10 Religious meetings have been the order oi
the past month in Edgedcld; many of thom have
been large and interesting
CYe Tho Candidates for Sheriff, Clerk and Or.
binary of Bdgcheld, are as busy as bees.
zts- Another cool term; Thermometer down
10 $50 on tho morning of the 3Oth.
g- See tho very attractive advertisement OF
Messrs. BUckuAsrEn / DERRY, now firm. Their
establishment is ono Of tho best Of its kind within
reach Of Edge6eld We request tho many
friends OF Mr.. BucwNasrEn to regard his claims
to patronage with that avor he so richly descrvus.
G5- C. E. Stewart has been recognized by the
President, as Consul for Belgium, at the port Of
Charleston, S. c.
ER An outbreak in Southern Kansas is re-
ported, Mont tsomery j, again in the fold; and
renewal Of the old disturbances is feared.
NS- The Galveston Nens, of the S0th ult.,
! says: The Sea Island cotton crop of Texas tho
present season will be two or three times as large
as that Of last year. Tho crop now promises re-
markably well.
ms- Thore is popular movement in Nebraska
for State government, proposing f. convention IN
October, an election in November, ind application
for admission simultaneously with Kansas.
we lot of land in St. Louis, 10 feet front by
10 feet deep, WAS recently sold for S33,OO6, which
is said to be the highest price ever paid for land
in that city.
g The brig EepsJoy, which has been lying
Mt Portland, Me-, suspected of being intended for
| tho alavo trade, has cleared for Faysl.
~ son of the Hon. Kenneth Rayne", Of
North Carolina, was accidentally shot and killed
by his brother while hunting near Raleigh, on the
10th instant