Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-04-24
General News Items.

General News Items.
~E1-Prssidsnt Buchanan it i, said express
ea his determination to sustain tho Lincoln gov
ernmeut.
F The Legislature Of New York has pss.sd
a bill appropriating s3,OOo,oeo to equip $4,000
voluntesra in addition to the present State force.
Gov. Morgan has issued his proclamation accer-
dinghy.
l-A nov Volunteer company hs. been form
cd in Wilkes County, Ga, Rev. Mr.. Green, Bap-
tist clergyman Captain. This is tho third comps
NY in that county-tHo of them commanded by
Ministers.
Sr The Louisiana papers report the crops OF
corn and cane were never frrr, and the promised
yield cheering. Fruit Of all kinds in abundance.
@- The Boston Commercial Bulietin's regular
weekly lIt of failures and suspension. for taa
week, gives eleven failures and suspensions in
New York. seven in Boston, five in Philadelpaia,
two in Detroit, and trenty-ono in other PLACES
total of forty-six for the week ending April "a
Still the Northern fanatics Say there is Nobody
hurtw
ezt- "0ne Of Anderisu's forty Founders is said
to havo smashed piano forte in ono Of the houses
on SulliYan's Island. The uxnor, an individual
Of uncommon fortitude, merely remarked that 1t
wa, a clear case Of the JDrtyter in coming into
disgrsceful antagonitm with the sa"riter IN modn.
And about that time the fertilization tell. N"
wonder"
The mercilss, puuster who 'ends the abOvO (snd
who, by the ~sy. signs himself Forfimore,) bus the
audacity to add,
"Aceept this nut from me-
Twill DO to crack J.r ten.
We must be excused for saying that neither
jaw-bune nor digestion is adequate to the tssk.
T Among the Sabbath amui.ments at St.
Louis, on the Ith, was fight at Arsenal Park,
between Brazilian tige. and two bull doga.
GE-The publisher of the Chester Sianard hss
reduced the size ofthat paper and will for while
i,sue it scmi.weekly in order the bOt.er to furnish
his readers with the latest news.
&s- The Day B"ok newspaper Office in the city
Of New York, ia compelled t" have guard OF po-
lice officers iu consequence Of popular demunstra-
tious.
Gs- Our Hamburg friends fred salute on
Thursday evening lust in honor VI the soeessiOI
Of Virginia.
gAn immsnae and enthusiastic meeting war
held ut Louisville, Ky, on the night Of the loE.
Resolutions we're unanimously adopted approving
Gov. Msgotin's refusal to furni.h the quota OF
troops demanded from Kentucky by the Federal
Government, and asserting that IL tue event Of
war, Kentucky will 70 with The South.
ZSA special dispatch to the Cos'iitutio"s'ist,
dated Memphis. l7th April, says: "a tremendous
meeting WAS held here last night, at which it was
resolved that Memphis Was out Of the Union.
There are no Union men here now. Tho City
Council appointed Military Bo,ri, and appro-
priated fifty thoutand dollars for tho defence Of
the city. Citizens are arriving and eqairpins
themselves.
aTs- The Madison Rifles. ono Of the rvisfsr::s
from Mississippi, have the nice little sum Of seven
thousand dollars in their treasury, besides six ne
gro men, all Of which hare bsen presented to them
by tho citizens Of that county since their enlist
ment.
eS-M Mr.. John W. Nixon, 0: Louisiana, has re-
ceiyed the appointment Of Payms.,er in the Con-
federatc States Navy.
@s- young man by tho name OF Samuel Bar
ks,. from Washington, D. c., is raising recruits in
Terre Hxute, Indiana, to join the Southern army.
As- The Memphis (Tenn.) Appenl. of the 18th
inst, says: A "ayiug rulnor" upon the streets
this morning gives the following ss Governor
Rector's last reply to Lincolns call for volunteers:
F." Yours received calling for regiment Of rolun-
teers from Arkanpus. Nary one--sea You d-m-d
first"
es- 1t is said that ten Irish regiments in the
Abolition States have offered their services to
President Davis.
&s- It is gaid that only one hundrel additional
soldiers have been placed in Fort Picksns. Major
Towers succeeds SIommor IN command.
giy- Gov. Brown Of Georgia, has received re
qui,itiou from the War Department mt Mou:sou-
cry calling for 5000 more troops for immediate
service.
n. Presiden. Davis calls fer thirty-t two thou'-
and mon. The impression is general that Presi-
dent Dsviy will take command Of tho army.
nS- Arms and other munitions Of war have
bo.u shipped to Augusta, Georgia. from New York
via Havana, ahL i. is highly probable chat more
will follow suit.
zay- Bets were freely offered yesterday, says
the Charleston Cauricr of the 18th, thut tho Lin
col: Congress would Nv. .ac:. i. :: .sa:nston on
the 4th of July, and that before the lst Of July
President Davis would issue orders from Wash
iugtou City.
es- The steamer Habsns has been purchased
by the Government Of the Confederate States. 1t
will be trsusfor,aed ed into war vessel. She will
carry eight guns and ono pivot gun.
nss- Volunteer Aid Society has been organ
lied in CsluInhin.
H There were slight lros,s in this vicinity on
Thursday Friday und Saturday oftho past ueok-
no material damage done to the growing crops.