Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-04-03
Miscellaneous Items.

~ F. I. Leake, of Mississippi, recently ten
dercd 900 for the Of Mississippi, and 600
to tho Confederate States.
gy- Eyys on NorseGuck" is the name of a
ncw dish as given by a bill Of are.--being poaehcd
eggs mounted ON tough piece Of brcf stcu!:.-
This is fuir sct-1a against tie French perpetra-
ton Of Fommcs de tcrre en role DE- chambrc.'-
meaning nothing more nor less than baked Irish
potatoes with the peaiug on.
e. Ii 3 good act benefits nj one else, it bcnc
fits tho doer.
ESs- There is a Bible in the library of the Uni
vcr.iy Of Guttingen written on five thousand four
hundred and :evcnty.six ralm-laaYcS
Gas- The Charleston Mercury says that upwards
Of $3no 600 Of stock in line of steamers !r"in
that port to Liverpool has been taken.
The entire amount Of subscription called for is
$50, ono The first vesscl will leave Livcrpnol
for Charleston about the middle of July, and
another carly in August.
a:1- q. W. Lane, recently confirmed as United
States Judge for Alabama will it is said enIeaYor
to hold his court at Athens.
~" The receipts into the United States Trcu-
sury last week We're about six hundred thousand
dollars Tile nett bulence Oh hand is upwards Of
million and half.
GS- In Portsmouth, y. H., during snow
storm, on the 10Th Of january Inst, IL Shanghae
hen was buried beneath drift. On the 18th of
February thnw occurred, and the hen stepped
from her prison, apparently as lively as evor, but
much reduced in weight.
GSt- Prince Alfred, the second son Of Queen
Victoria, will visit Canada this summer, nnd travel
by about the same route his brother did. lie will
arrive in June.
Ni,- Books have been opened in Charleston for
Shoe and Leather Manufacturing Company
Capital stock $jOuOO, with power to increase 10
$500, ,nOn Shares $500 each. aud Sl7O to be pnid
ON each share when subscribed The following
gentlemen arc the Commissioners: Willinm N.
Martin, Charles V. Chamberlain. William ". Law :
ton, C. FroneLerger, ind d. f. Fleming.
Els- Tho President Of the Confederate States
has accepted and drafted into the regular army
the Zuuave Regiment of New Orleans, numbering
t3O men, commanded by Col. Coppen. formerly of
the French army. A l@rgc majority of tho regi-
mont have seen service in Eur"pc-al are French.
and tie orders nro to be given in the French Ian
guage,
Gs- The Floyd (Ga Cavalry, numbering forty
men, reps o.cnt taxable property to the amount OF
S736, ,0GO-or M average ofSIS,iOO each. Hon.
John W. H. Underwood, ex-M. c., and Hon. T.
J. Word, Mayor Of Rome, Georgia, are privates
in this company.
ES' Seventeen men are stated to have been Sc
riously poisoned, recently, by drinking ten, in
Wisconsin. 4 lizards body WIS fOuu'l in the ten
kettle.
1ss- Several United States soldiers in Wash
iugton, were on Il spree on Monday, and became
very disorderly, and gave cheer, FOR Jefferson Dn-
vi, in the streets. They carried to the watch
house.
MS- About ten thousand dollars were collected
at Ficksburg, Miss., on Tucslay, amount of du-
ties on goods landed there.
GS- Ladies' will be glad to hear that nn Eng
l,h factory has discovered mode Of making
fast F" the beautiful color known as " Muure."