Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-03-06
Miscellaneous Items.

n.ts- Hon. Robert J. Walker, by the decision Of
the California Almaden ease in his favor, is worth
four millions Of dollars. His friends arr rrolusc
in their congratulations.
z:f- We learn from our Montgomery Exchanges
that the Hon. Wm. L. Yancey, in view of his ap-
pointmcnt us Minister to England has resigned
lis seat in the Convention Of Alabama. Col. J.
C. L. Mitchell is suggested us his successor.
ny 4 lnrgo Indignation meeting was held in
Richmond, Ea. on the night of the 2Gth ult in
consequence OF the remarks Of Mr.. Moore, Of
RockbrLsc, inimical to the rights of Eirginia and
the whole South, us well as the people OF Rich
mond. Tie demonstration consisted Of speeches,
.roans, music, and banners but no violence was
offered.
s~ The existing troubles have told severely
On the bonnet business. This is the scuson when
the largest business is done in this department OF
trade, and the number Of employees are two-thirds
lee. than have been rgaged in muny years. 1t is
the opinion uf prominent manufacturers that not
more than one-sixth as many bonncts will be sold
this year as were sold lust year.
tsss The Charleston Nrrc"ry Of the 2Sth ult,
saws that Gen. Dunovant was, the day previous,
summoned by telegraph to the seat of the Pror-
siuual Government, to confer with the Secretary
of War.
art- The New Orleans papers announce the ar
rival in that city Of Mrs. 7. W. Pickcns, the wife
Of lis Exccl!cncy the Governor.
IS- The romantic site of Mount DearboFne On
the Catawba River, near the line between Fairfield
and Chester District. has been named as sulta-
bic location for IL West Point for the Southern
Cunfcderacy.
aa.- Do good unto all men-cspecially the
Printer.
nfr Samuel Rodgers said "ThOsc who so to
heaYen will be very much surprised at The people
they find there, and very much surprised ut those
they do rot find there" Rodgers was probably
right.
s<:3" Tho Charleston Mercury, Of the lst inst
has the following, which it regards MS mot i'm
probaLle:" /" It was currently rulnored upon the
streets that Major Andcrsun and Licutcnants Da-
Wis AID TalLct, of the garrison Of Fort Sumter,
would, OH the ltll Instant resign their commissions
in The United States Army, and retire from the
fort"
eg Letters from Dresden represent the winter
in Germany as one of unusual severity Fer 'er-
eral DAYS in Dresden the thermometer had been
from ten to nineteen degrees below Zero The
ElLe is frozen over, AMI the la'lics have their eurs
covered with frost, while the mems whiskerS freeze
5sS;- Major Andersen has opened short CORES.
uonlcnce with Henry Ward Buechcr. He sug-
sests 10 the reverend gentleman Tie prorriety ol
returning the money collected for The wives ana
children of the suldicrs now imprisoned III Fort
Sumter, AZ tic government has provided fer them.
But Beecher is bent on giving them the money,
whether they need it or not
Esr An unprcccdcnte ted amount OF snow having
fallen in tie Northwcs, this winter serious arrrc-
hcnsiuns arc entertained that at the breaking up
III the Spring, the Missouri and Mississippi rivers
will he swollen far abnve the capacity OF their
banks general inundation of the Mississippi
country is expected.
:?7s- Col. Greggs Rcgimcnt-the ir<t--is COM
posed Of eleven Companies with total of lO29
men.
III The Augusta Eomsti:mionniist presents
strong grounds for making Augusta the Capital Of
the Southern Ccnfrdcrucy.
@s- 4 young man in New Orleans named IhoS.
Uhlhorn. attempted to cowhidc another named
Eugene II. Levy, when the latter drcwa pisiol and
shot his assalant dead. Both were cotton factors
clerks
rzp A contractor on the Mobile and Ohio rail-
road communicates to the Mobile Tribune that lie
<oi on the 18th, his force Of seventy od'l negroes
| (Which lie has had in the contract OF this ready
men, women, and boys, ut an average ol one
thousand three hundred and seventy dullars ard
Grty cents. Mt twelve months crclt, with interest,
for bills on Mobile.
ne. The weekly statement Of the New York
city banks shows decrease in luars of Sis11Ot0: !:
an increase OF S2.IG3,35j in specie; S2.5SS.1@i in
deposits, und decrease Of So .465 i'll circulation
a:i.- Henry Cleveland, Es,:. Of tic Augusta
Constitutionalis, now IL First Lieutenant in the
Army of Gcorgia, has left TIE "sanctum and
gone "sogcrng.' Good luck to you, old fcl-
low. Ii he wiel,ls the sword as well as he does
the pen, lie be II host within himself.
m" Gen. Samuel McGUwan, lately appointed
Drigaler. General, arrived in Charleston WcdneS-
day evening" and is stopping ut the Charleston
Hotel.
Gy> Gen. Twiggs is terribly denounced by the
Northern press and people on account Of his sur
rendering the military property Of the United
States to Texas lie is pleasantly compared to
Benedict Arnold Hanging is the reward which
they propose to bcstow OH Kim US suon as hs gets
within their reach.
nis- The Secretary Of the Treasury of South
Carolina. acknowledges the receipt Of 2,65H, do
nations of several persons 10 the defense OF the
State. Among the donors is 4 gentleman vi New
Yurk WHO contributed $500 of the amount
Ras- An Unlucky ucnins is made by his
poetic parent in the Lime J"nrnnl to remark:
When the nnmes Of Committees
To whicl, belong.
By the press are reported,
Mines always spclt wrong.
A very common complaint except with BE0WS,