Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-12-13
ny We learn from tho Richmond Sentinel

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!, they are to cultivate the Marmon estate, &c
owned by Fielding Lewis, Esq. Houses aro be
ing erected for thoir accommodation and o fai
trial willbe given:to this new syatem in Virginia
.ms- We learn from tho Charleston Coufie
. that the Managers Of the Northeaseern Railroa
have taken,. measures for the speedy reb1ildin
of the bridge across the Santee River, and tha
woiRmen have already commenced operations
@s- The LolSon correspondent Of tho No'
York Daily News says that instructions have been
or will be, Immediately sent to the British Minis
4 ter ut Washington to ask of cur Government al
! explanation of its conduct in tho matter Of tn
Fenians : and, ho;also says, that the English poo
pie demanded that the United States shall eithe
suppress all public demon strations Of the Brother
hood in thi, country; or accept the alternative
! war. ,
w-"What is colOnizing, ma 2: asked a hope
full miss of seventeen. ."COlonizng, my dear, j:
having home, and raising a family" replied the
mother. "oh! MAJ how wouldlike to colonize,
exclaimed the expectant daughter. -
,gs- The .Legslature. of Alabama, OH he.2sth
ult.,. elected Provisional Governor. Parsons and
Hon. George S. Houston. Senators TO Congress
Mr. Houston, resides in Limestone county,. and
has had great experience as Legislator in Che
lower branch of Congress. Gov. Parsoss is ut
present prominent. in the whole country as one
OF the ablest and most reliable appointees OF
President Johnson unde. his reorganization policy.
sae Gen. RobcrtE E. Lee is running q College;
Gen. Joe. Johnston, the National Express Com
| pany; Gen. Bcnurcgard, an Alabama railroad,
/ and Gen. Mansfield Lowell, law Office; Gen. N:
B. Forrest still preserves his individuality by
drumming q saw mill" All honor to the men
who thus'sct noble examples of industry to their
comrades. - - ~"
Gg Love in mon is like the distemper in.doss.
Neither puppies nor men are :th ANYTHING I'M
tiftheyl have .hadat
ayrA Iatohman recently picked up bound
volumeiof public documents, on the back of which
was Pub. .Docs." To Tyful," ssid he, "what
kinder books viii dcy brint next? As lif, here
is one on pup togs." ,.-. :. ...-.s.
Gg-A Harrisburg paper, tells of a man who
has failed in business four timcsj been upset IN
a stage coneh and, thrown down an embankment
distance Of sixty feet; fell hcadfOromost through
hptchway in. Reading J, has, been married three
times. and is the father Of twenty-one children,
Yet ho still lives, and is in business at Harris
burg. -. 47'..~ ~ 3. ,sss -:
+ = A. ,r inn
with Mormondom lies in the7fact that the Over
land Malrouto thither ccsts us $685., 900 q year.
| whilo tho postal receipts ars S6,20O.- -
G9- Itis-statcd in tho papers that the Count
cas- Guiceioli will soon publish her men,eirs of
Lord p Sron. She was his mistress, and knows a
good deal about him but really the topic is grow
ihg stale, although great many Of the people of
the oldcn time will not be displcased with new
reformation concerning the author Of Don Juan.
&I- AT asoirec tho other evening one gentle
man pointed out n dnndifcd lookin, individual to
! his friend as asculptor. "Wha,~ said hisfrhnd,
/" such looking chapas that sculptor Surely
you must be mistaken" i" lilo may not be-thc
-sindeof one you ,aay mcah," said the informant,
a but know that he.ehizsled q tailor out-of q
suit of clothes la.t week."
,s q How do you like the. character of St.
PAUL. asked !. .parsop Of. his lapdlady: one day
during conversation. about tho old Saints and
3ths Apostles. All! he. was good, clever old
soul, know, for lie once said you krow, that
We must cat. what is get before us, and ask NO
questions for conscience sake. I always thought
| i should like him for boarder.". -. s',-, !.
+, las- HALLS Journal of Health is arguing the
prspric;y of married people not sleeping together,
but in adjoining roums. Nonscnsc
Gs- a robust conntrymsn meeting physician
one day, ran to hide behind wall On being
asked the cause he replied, 1t is so long since
have bcsn sick that 1 am ashamed 10 look ply
sician in the face"
@- Passengers arriveia Charleston in three
days from New York. Arrangements are being
made which will enable the travelling public to
! make the trip in two days and half by rail.
T eSr Tho King of wnrtcmburg is putting on
airs. 1Io recently sent all the persons at the
theatre at Stuttgart oft of tho boxes Which were
vis.a-vis with tho royal box, Ue said he would
have mono but mobiles opposite him. -, - .. Z
ss as- Contributions arc advertised for in Balti.
more to make up the sum CT twenty thousand
dollars to complete tho equestrian statue to Stone
wall Jackson, which is in tho hands'of nm Eng.
lish artist, and Is 10 be set up in Richmond.
ER Governor Brownlow, of iTennessee, in 0
late letter. says the entire State of TENNESSEE
abounds with thieves and robbers Who would
murder man for his watch or o fve dollar bill
He has no faith in the Southern professions o
loyalty, thinks the war ended ct leaft two year,
.oo.soon for the good Of theccuatry, and adjurc
the Republican majority MOTTO admkto Congress
Unfortunately the representatives from th
lately rebelious States. Those States; be main
-tians, will not elect loyal men toFCongress; no
cull.loyal men be elected Govdrnors of them. III
believes that the political leaders ihero have no
abandoned their dea Of nscparato confederacy
and that they are now rcofganizing to- lnaR
another effort at rebellion. ''
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