Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-29

SS- We have been plcased.to learn, fromthe
Columbia PhGnir, that the report ofths murder;
of two young ladies, daughters of Rev. John a..
Porter, of the Methodist Church, near Doko, in
Fairfield District, was without foundation.
Gs- The Washington correspondent aofztbe
Baltimore Sun writes >" General Daniel E. sickles
has been rendered the colonelcy Of the Second
'Colored Infantry, with the rank of brsvst briga-
4 dicr general in the regular army. It:is stated
that he has declined the appointment.e y.
@- Almost all the religious conventions re-
Gently held in the South have adopted measures
for,the education of freedmen. - 4s.ss;s.i
gse The concert at Houston, Texas, for the
benefit of the, family of General IS, johnson,
was complete success. Tho proceeds.wsre fully,
$500. - ~ .a.y, ..i
ty Gentlemen who have been through central
Mississippi, reporttho cotton crop failure, and
the corn Is not worth gathering Rain is much
needed in that section of the country. The worm
has also made its appearance in Louisiana, near,
vicksbufg. - sssSfE<
g Pierce Butlcr, of Philadelphia, is perso-
nally testing the differences; between slaves'uad
freed labor on his rice plantations in Georgia. Of
more than three hundred solored. pefsons, once
his slaves, all buta fen have returned :aid &C.
copied the wages he has offered them.
a a Southern millionaire marrisd:aa Irish
servant cir, Al oharlestOwn, Massachusetts,, on
Saturday, becanse she nursed him faithfully and
successfully through a recent illness alta Boston
hotel. =, = s.,9 -.,-.->.., 8 -.
7-gBrtA cow was.receHtly drowned by mud
hir,le near ogieusburg. She had gonsiin the
Wator to drink, when Che turtle fastenedt to her
noscsandheld it long under. water as to suifo-
cate the cow Se' 49,
.GDs, "A terrific explosion occurred Mt the mouth
OF Dog River, near Mobile, on Friday last which
startled tho denizens of that neighborhood: Upon
investigation it was discovered that's at-boat had
broke loose and drifted,on torpedo, which ex-
ploded and sent theAbargea" higher than kite"
The OLD torpedoes have sustained no damage
from their, long immersion
Sg Governor Marshall, Of Mississippi. has
,calledstteT Legislature ofMississippi 10 meet in
special session on the ]5t,of October TO rsvseihe
legislation Of the lateregular session. - -
= ga.:ons Friday last as,zDr. Mitchell. Of St..
1seph, was standing near Market sqasre, In that
city, he was startled by swarm Of bee, settling
on his hat. He permitted them to ssttls, and
hired them: Ho was offered ten dollats for bis
pets, but declined the offer. -
gs- The President has, officially announced to
Hamilton, that he ia relfeyedof his position'as
Provisional Governor of Texas, the affairs Of that
state baYing been remittad to- the constitutional
authorities, chosen by,thop people thereof. :
Z .cacAsaratosaletter says: There are bpttwo
or thrco beauties. 4onewe had lstealthily admired
from corners and b0hind newspapers, butswhen,
to-day at dinner, sho put both elbows on the table,
and gnawed her corn from-the car, we wept teats
lforthoIbstrayalef ons hoaos, and gave her up.
ty DR.. crayen's hook on@ The Prison Life OF
jeff. Davis" has been republished in London
~ oue.nv victori. manifcs csted her royalindig-
nation ataladyrfar appealing atieours in,a very
low psckea drdss, byordoring her neyert to present
herself again.