Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-05-01
General News Items.

TaS~ The rumor that TIE new /. SeNo lth lNe6i-
mcnt had been cut to pieces by the Baltimore
military on Annapolis Heights, is incorrect. The
said Regiment arrived in Washington on tue 25th.
Gsss- Every Federal post in North Carolina has
Leen taken. At Fayetteville Arsenal seventy
thousand stand Of arms were captured, twenty
eight thousand Of which arc Of the most improved
pattern.
Gsy- Colouel Churie May, the dashing dragoon
of the Mexican war, has resigned from the Fed
rral army.
s.sg The Richmond Examiner predicts that
Richmond will be the capitol Of the Confederate
States.
ns;- The authorities of New York have decided
to muster into Immediate service the whole thirty
thousand volunteer force authorized hy the Lcs's-
aurc.
ssas- An excited mob in Washington, recently
threatened to lcmuliSh the printing establishment
of the Si"ics and Union, because Of its proclivl-
ties for the South.
z.F- Dennis Long, Of the Union Foundry,
Louisville, KY, is, says the Courier OF that city,
prcrared to manufacture cannon of all sizes, and
balls to match. lie IS a staanch advocate OF
Southern Rights.
n.y- Col. Thus. q. Lamar, who has been de-
taclcd by Gov. Pckens from his Staff for duty
in North Carolina, (says the Mercury of Thursday
last,) will leave for Raleigh in the morning. Col.
Lamar is u bruvc and efficient officer, and we are
quite satisfied will render timely assistance 10
those who are making ready for whatever the For
tunes of war may bring upon them.
~ In addition to Lncoln's other troubles
the Washington States vouches for the following
"Thcrc are now in this city between sixty anu
seventy men, mostly from the West, who have in
formed Lincoln that he must either give them an
office, or lend them money to get homo with.
ns.some one has done up Secession Cons""'-
mated in the following style:
Yankee Doodle took n saw,
With patriot devotion,
To trim the Tree OF Liberty
According to his =" notion -
Yankee Doodle on limb,
Like any other noodle,
Cut Jetpeem the tree and him,
And dozen came YaHkee Dood!e
Yankee Doodle broke his neck,
Every limb about him..
And then the Tree of Liberty
Did very well without him
We would suggest this dose TO Sic 7ro"''t;-
probably it might cure his old chronic disorder
by 4 sort Of rcvusive shock.
R.S,-It is said that over one thousand runaway
negroes have arrived in Chicago since last full.
Eg The Montgomery Advertiser makes The
Charleston Ncrc"ry announce the following cir
cumstance with the prefix Pensacola:
PEysAcoLA.-Wiliam II. Russell. the ceres
pondent of the London Times, arrived in the ciij
by the Northeastern truin last evening, and Is mon
ut the Mills House.
We suppose the .idrcr'her's typo was noddint
from last nights work, and the proofrcader think
ing Of one thing and doing another At least VT
lid suppose so, until it occurred to us that pens"
coia, construed analogously with "y'ic"i", nigh
not be:altogcthcr wide Of the mark, in the ar
nouncemcnt of such an inveterate cultiva;or o
the pen as Mr.. RUSSELL vf the Times. May be
this was what the .ldr<riiscr meant TO get oil OF
the Crimcan knight Of the quill
E Among the Alabama companies fur Nlr
ginia, one is styled "The Bea"rcyuro1' and an
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