Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-10-11

Tsught BY Cupid since the fall, =
But know little uiasw -
Who could win and feel ysu al. ~
News and agisceilaaeous Items.
EE A New Orleans letter informs US
that Mr. Short, the-orner of The mansion oc,.
cupied by Governor Hahn snd General Bsnks,
10 about to commence proceedings for the
value OF the articles Of. furniture, de., which
be finds missing on the resumption of his
property. - s7
EE Msjor General 3. B. Howard, CON.
missioner of freedmen, has authorised the
establishment of seeurt for the examination
into all difficulties arising between the freeS-
men and their employers. Tho assistan. su-
perintsndent Of the bureau, with two citizens,
one TO- be elected by the white citizeng and
,hssoshsr By the freedmen, are to constitute
this court, the jar:sdiction ofvhich is limited
to the case indicated above. : In furthernnca
of this plan Gen Howard han been making
the tour of Virginia. On the Goth instant
he had 40 ia:sresting intsryieu with the fl
eials Of Portsmouth and Norfolk.
p@ A correspondent ofths Tribune says,
that in fourteen of the Southern counties in
Illinois, and IN q few in Indiana, cotton Is
everywhere to DO seen. Tens of thousands
of refugees find constant employment.
E9 Rev. DR.. Wilmer formerly Pastor
or st. Marks Epacopal Church, in Philadel-
phia, who went South at tho beginning Of the
war, reappeared in Philadelphia, on the I'd, as
sisting in the communion service, creating an
intense sensation, many Of the congregation
leaving the church.
E In cemetery in Sharon, Connect
cut, ia family lot in which are seven graves
arranged in . circle. Six stones commemo-
rate ak deceased wives of one gentleman,
while the seventh aud more stately slab bears
the simple bat affecting inscription, "Ouz.
Husbsnd.n SIS. -s}-.z
s~ A Frcnchman, who had nothing bet.
ter to do, put three thousand flies into room,
with loaf of sugar pounded up and at tho
end of four days he found they Lad eaten it
all bat tablespoonful. He. therefore cal
culates that at thirtoen cents per pound, a
fly in its little life eats the value of twenty
lve cents. - - = ca:s' s@ z.
szs-st-ss 80. . ,tsc-ss-N--s - - :. -
e~ The receipts at the St. Louis Postofiics
during the fscal year ending June Sc, 1861
smounssdto SOL :351 q; while the sspsnses
ueseS ,l43,o2, leaving aclear profit to the
Government Of Sl5sBos,75: The number
of letters mailed during the year from the
office was four million. .els hundred and sew
enty.four; thousand five haadred Sna thirty,
aud the revenue derived from bog rents ell
197.I5.-.s,s.-ss. .-.s.lsg,. so, !. -
A-B-As.-Caarlottsvil is fairly entitled
to be called the literary centre of .tae South.
There, is, first, the University of Yirginia,
with itsisarned professors on all sorts of sub
jecss. Then We have two large female semi.
nariez. where: young ladies learn thirty OF
forty things ending in ology. Then We have
some:hslf docen Grst class acadeniss for boys.
Then several select schools. Then nauber
OF schools for the Engiish br,aches. And
then the whole .colorod population Of al ssxea
and ages is repeating from, morning to night
.:2-b---s-b, e,b-eb, i-b-iitb, c-s-t--cat, dog