Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-08-30

EN The Port Byron IN. Y, Times rt
lates the;i,ol]owing asa "curieus'" matter
I" A man dropped dead in the harvest 6el,
near Worthwhile, in this comfy, the other da
The coroner was called, and, on examinin
the body, found in his pockets one thousan
| dollars in cash, two gold watches and tw
silver ones, besides certiiic6,a q deposit 1c
4 eight hundred dollars moro: The man Cal
rying all this property abent Lis person, We
at work by, the day." =
EA Peter r. Mumford, Of New Yofl
who was reported to have failed last Monday
was on the Hth, arrested on the charge Z
having defrauded Greenleaf, Morris, g. Co
Hwith worthless check OF $2S, ,00oon the No
ehanics Bank OF. that city. giveH in paymen
Hast week for $4,000 in gold, on presenta
tion check. He was committed in default
bail.
Il A. P. SroaE, cellestor of interna
revenue in Ohio, vas, it is ascertained, a de
faulter to the amount Of nearly $1,000. Hi
sureties are bound in the sum Of SfOO COO
are perfectly responsible, and will satisfy tn
Government.
The. storm in Wisconsin laid vast
two hundred farms,
s| Flora Temple has been sold for sl5,
600.
.na A person who shas made the complet
tour of the watering. places and, sum mcr re
sorts ipferms the stay,at: home public tha
there is no danger of having the govt frcn
high living, at any Of them. = :,
Beg A Cincinnati dispatch to the Ghicas
Times says: The Hon. George -Pugh, he
received an intimation that the trial Of Jet
Davis will soon take place in a civil, court
and he has commenced preparations for ths
defense, which promises to eclipse, in criui
nal proceedings, any defense ever known il
this or the old country. Mr. Pugh viii! JOIN
Mr.. o'Conor of New York in Washing tcnl d
a few days. e -
+ IL. The courts in Southwestern Missea
ri are steadily refusing to take the caths o
returned rebels in civil and criminal cases, ii
accordance with the new Constitution. The
rebel sympathizers are in trihulation ,accor
dinghy.
nSEIt was stated, at the temperance con.
tvertion at Saratoga, that the names of thir
teen hundred rich mems daughters, in New
York, are on the list Of applicants for admis
sion to the Asylum for InebriateS at Bing
hampton, in that State.
E% A wholesale dealer in metallic cof
fins in New Orleans recently sent lot to
customer in Baton Rouge, one of which was
found To contain body ina full army cap.
tain's uniform.
Il A Western paper intimates that The
Government is swiDdled at the rate of two
million dollars per week on :shlsky.
a@A fellow known as "0ld Jim Smith,
who-had been leaderin outrages upon Un.
ion men in Tennessee, was recently arrested
near Nashville. The Sheriff stepped aside
to give some curious persons an opportunity
to look at the OUTLAW, and instantly several
bullets went buzziug through Old Jim Smiths
body.
fg Two.young competitors for the love
of the same girl at Fort Edward, N. Y, met
the other evening, when, one proposed tc
drown their enmity in friendly drink. The
invitation was accepted, but there was poison
in the cup: and the poor girl finds one
lover dying and the. other waiting to he
hanged.
R@r Henry B. jenkins, paying teller o.
he Phoenix Bank, New York, has been ar,
rested On 8 charge Of being c dcfaulter to the
amount of $3.50, O,00O.-
ng W. S. W. Tingle, Of Virginia, sentene.
ed by military commission t. tort McHen'
ry for life, on the charge Of being spy, has
had his sentenced RENTED, and been restored
to liberty.
@ We learn, says the opelika Record
of the 17th, that four of Mr.. j. J. Dumas
children were struck by lightning on Mon-
day evening last, ,.aud two Of them instantly
killed; the others it is believed will re.
cover.
nSAA terrible affiray occurred at a bar
becue in Desoto county, Mississippi few
day since. An attack was made on one James
G. brown by ten plea, which resulted in the
death of Brown and Miss Collins, and the
wounding of Browns wife; n men named Nc
Clure, and one OF the attacking party.
| pSP The losses By the la,e storm in five OF
six counties Of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
amount TO at lcsst SG00,oe0.
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l. AN ADvgsrtRous FEM4lE.-An evening
or two since, . wel;-known gentleman and la
dy, in this city, both single, made a wGgcl
of $l60 for the Performance Of aspeciGcd act
| by the lady, to which the gent slakcd> hi
two fifties that she would mo, have the cour
age to fulfil her promise. The wager Was a.
! follows: :
.".That on Friday morning, August 4, be
tween the hours Of 10 and u, the lady woult
go up to strange gentleman, on Fourth, be
tween Main and Ludlow streets, and kis
him, the said gentleman kissed to be per
son who never chewed tobacco" The be
was o curious one. but our heroinstdetermin
ed to make the effort to win, and being near
ly related TO an ex-congressmsn, she felt. tha
her adventurous conduct would not, if dis
! covered and made, public be regarded as i'm
pertinent or indecent. n .,..f...
i On Friday morning she dressed herself il
] her, ,prettiest, and leaving. the fine stone resi-
dence OF her parents she sapntered to tn
7 Fourth street race course, where 800 was t
be lost or won, and a. conquest for boldnes
aud female chivalry verified. Thehour e
ten arrived; and as the blushing naiden;gaz
cd wistsulIy on the lips OF every male passer
by to detect the tobacco. ipice,, its inevtabl
results on the teeth, she discovered 4 that he
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