Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-06-18
News and Miscellaneous Items.

contrabands living at that place on the bonr
tv of the Government. "They have no wor
~ want rronr It live in absolute idlenes
at the public 9 ase."
Il. WEAr A HISTORIAN SAYS" Bon'
part had not caused the Col. de Mon,onott
to be entreuched, because general never e.
trenches him. e!f when he is determined I
take the offensive. '--Thiers.
Is Everywhere in the world, oxcsp
where I.incoln's legions rule. lady is rllom
ed to decline the company or acquaintance q
any person she may not like to associate with
But ,here-if she dare to do so-she is 10 b
made subject to all the insult and degrada
| ton Yankee malice can devise.
E=I Judge Joseph II. Lumpkin, Of th'
sipreme Court, has appropriated 81 900 Q
bis present years salary to defray the travel
ling expenses Of INDECENT sick and discharged
soldiers from distant points to their homes il
Georgia.
aG" An Irishman, by way Of illustrating
tue horrors of solitary confinement, stated
that ont Of one hundred persons sentenced tt
endure this punishment for life in an Aneri
can prison, only fifteen survived it.
SIS TIE WHEAT CRor.-It is now pref.
ty generally conceded that the panic about
The wheat crop was unnecessary. From va
risus sources we learn that the rust upon the
blade has not affected the stalk or the grain,
and 3 great improvement has been manifest
in the prospect. A fair average yield is now
1pe,tcd.-Spartanburg Express.
IA A country editor received a remit
tance with the request to "send the paper 50
long as tue money lastcl.r He INDUCED in
a bit Of - spree the next week, got broke,
aad respectfully anLo lnceh that his suhserl-
Ii MAS out.
II A man in getting out Of an omni.
bus, q few days ago, made use Of the tw rows
Of knees as baniSiers to steady himself, at
which the ladies took offence and one Of them
said aloud, "A perfect savase!" True:
sqid wag inside, she belongs to the Paw
nee tribe
- LEARN in childhood, if you can, that
happiness il not outside but inside. good
heart and i. clear conscience Lrin@ happiness; i;
and no riches and no circumstances ever 10.
SS. To ascertain whether woman is
passionate, take muddy dog into the parlnr.
E4 Tie people ofrTroy, New York, are
oute crazel with delight because Mrs. Ale
Lincoln bought her Srrin. bonnet in that
city. So says 81 Northern !'"per.
I&. IElcu pnlcrs rnN NrGHors.--Ne
learn (ssys the Marietta Adeora'e.) that at
Shcrifl's Sale at tlis place on Tuesday last,
tn, following prices were Obtained 4 10y
twenty two y-ars oil: ',.ou-ht Sl,In5. One
twenty.'hrsc hroug:.;; 81 .4G5. A woman twcn-
tv and chill ;lres lar, old Sl,:3j5. One
Woman thirty five ,cis;s Old S;G0S and 4 man
seve -.i'e yesrs cliSl@O These were cash
prices.
5aE Az ExcsLLIyr DRlNK IL CASES or
DARnliua.-Boil quarter OF pound of
rice in three quarts Of wafer, TIL soft as Il
paste, skilnmi,ng it well. Strsin the liquor,
and .weeten it with sugar or honey. Apple.
or lemon peel may be boiled with tie rice. or
lemon peel added.
Fig Publishing papers sn.l rivin. them
away isa glorious husines'-il only czyer-
s:vely followed.
is 1t is said thst drie;l iruit put sway
with :. little sessafras bark, (say large hand.
ful to a bushel) will save it fnr years, un1uo-
l.sted by those troublesome inSecis that 50
of:en destroy hundreds Of bushels in a sea-
son. As there will be heavy fruit crop this
year, il would he we'll for farmers TO relneln.
Der this.
Reg Pray, madam, why 10 you name
your old ben Slacdufrr' " "I'ecau,e, sir,
want her to LAY on;
B@- Cen. Beaurrgard has ISSUED an srder
requiring the burning Of all extra tents off
GERS are allowed only sixteen pounds of bag
gage. he declared that the Confederate ar
my hai assumed the offensive, and that he
did not wish il TO be encountered with nune.
c"ssnry baggage or tents.
H' The Northern press in:uses in sewers
structures on Halleck for allowing BeAurega,d
to escape from Cornth:
Hslleck tvlegraphal the War Department
that the sevacuation of Corinth commence {
on Wednesday and was completed Thrr|ay
night in great haste and confusion, and az
immense amount Of property vas abandoned
and destroyed 1t is manifcs,ly an endeav.
or on his part to pailia,e public sentiment il
the North Which is seilin. against him.
SrAnrlrY or SrRCEnSS.--Thc Richmond
Dispatch says that the sick and wounded sol
(; ders in Richmond since tn. recent battle
require the attention Of large number o
/: surgeons. We learn that those nov ir III
i ,;ty .,nniov,.I q; tne ttsutal and rseyc here