Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-03-29

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5 sg Ono of the st. Albans raiders been found
guilty by Court Martial and sentenced to be
hung.
Es-.The late act of Congress imposing o tax
of 25 per cont. in kind On gold and silver has
caused the precious article to tumble in price
from l5 to Is per cent. Good -
t. All letters for soldiers in Gen. JoHssToN's |
army should be addressed as formerly TO- the
"Army of Tennessee"
( III Tho London Times says the fact that
new Minister is accredited to tho United States
will dispe the wild fancy that there was any sort
of understanding between England and France
contemplating the recognition Of the Confederacy
on the fourth of March, by acknowledging Lin
coin President emily in those States which had
taken Part in his election.
&sr Fifteen prisoners were captured near
Gr.niteviile, on the 23l, and carried to Augusta.
Twelve were black, one blue and twq ofs-
neither black nor blue.
@>A correspondent of tho Prairie Farmer,
says: "Two teaspoonsful of finely powdered char
coal, in half tumbler of water, relieves person
| with o sick headache, when it is caused, as it
roften is, by a superabundance Of acid in the
stomach. -.
Iar Louis Napoleon is said to charge, through
his journals, that the false story of tkecesaion Of
the Sonora district to France was q malicious
scheme of the English press to excite the people
of the United states.to hostility against MAXI
milan. .as
~ Mr. Prentice, Of the Louisville Journal,
says that if he "could infer the determination of
o people, from all the highest military and civil
authorites-from President, Vice President, mem
bors of the Cabinet, Senators, Representatives,
Gencrals," etc.-thc rebels hesaw recently, du-
{. ring his visit to Richmond are absolutely bent
upon the achievement of their independence. We
do not suppose took him long to end that out.
| @- By a decision of tho War Department, all
officers and men escaping from Federal prisons
arc to bc allowed ten dollars per day until they
reach our limos. =
g man named Clemens has been turned
ovor to the civil authorities by the military au.
tboritics against whom tho evidence is positive
that he asall his plans arranged for the assasi-
nation of President Lincoln on Inauguration day.
Ho is now in Jail Ihsre.-Ne,o York Void &ayehS.
rs The Legislature of Georgia has appro-
priated ss,OOO,OOO for the benefit Of soldiers
families and So, Oo0, 900 as military funds for
this ycur.
| tY Como, Charley, got up, it's the early bird
that catches the worms" "I know, sis, but I've
had tho worms, and don't want 'op any more,
4 you know."
4 gss Four men recently had fight with axos;
revolrers and guns in Shelby county, Tenn,
whorcin.one mans heal was split open, anOthers
bowels we're blown out, and o third who had fallen
ovcr log, was being hacked to piscos when his
dog came to his rescue, and, dreadfrlly mans Cling
his assalant, saved his masters life.
/ Me Northern papers state that Ten regiments
have been recruited from among the contrsbands
who. Joined Sherman in his recent march, and
further additions ore expected to this force from
! his present campaign.
said to his jug as they 10y on opposite of the
fenco.
ss- Northern journals declare that Andy
Johnson was immured in the asylrm for insanity
near Silver Springa, hy eabal with Preston King
and Blair to manage tie matter. They look on
his accession to the second position in the Execu-
live administration of National affairs as dis
graceful and m insult to the people. A, comps-
ten! board Of medical examiners pronounced him
to be labOyins under temporary alteration of
r,ind-insanity caused by beastly in.oxication,
requiring. his confinement It is skpoctojk the
opposition faction will manage h;a overthrow,
despite the influence sad interference Of HE
friends wiih his patron Seward at The hoai
ass- Tho Empress Eugenie. will, it is said, ap-
near at tho next ball Of tho Tuilleries 10 dress
of new manufacture, patteEa Q. which was sent
by naker q. Lyons, and which has had i'm.
n.nse success. I! is made Of silk and silver,
tho reflections of which are so splendid and tho
shades so soft that the general aspect resembles
the effects Of the moon On the waters Of a lakc.
This stuff hos already received tho. nAins Of
Dssp Dc phcebo."-