Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-03-14

nsr General Howard has issued r circular let
ter to tho Assistant Commissioners Of the Freed
mons Bureau, giving instructions for dealing
with the question of matrimsny among tho freed
people. They arssto consult the State laws with
regard to the marriage and dixoco of white Per.
sons and ezibsdy thom, for the benefit Of The
fr5uursSs--- DB uOnS uUrrruIar5 and
desiring thom to framo such system Of marriage
rules aa would DO approved by tho State nuthori-
ties, with The formsl approval of the Governor
on tho subject appended.
10 Six tons of Ash were caught at one haul
of the seine, on the North Carolina coast, fow
days ago.
n8> Tho Gainesville (FlOridn) Era, make.
mention Of the fast filing up of that stato with
immigrant. from all parts Of tho world. It bids
them welcome, and assures them of the kind re-
coption they will receive from the people.
SY The Chicago Republican has a telegram
from Cincinnati, stating that private despatch,
which is entirely reliable, from Washington, had
been received there, stating tnat Mr.. Stanton
SSSSPsoN
tho position.
NJ A Connecticut Yankee is in Washington
with patent labor saving constitutional amcnd-
ment machine, for the use of member, of Con-
gress, 1arrantsd to turn out l,SOO amendments
per hour. He will make fortune.
Ns- The Mexican "Times," of the twenty
seventh of January, says thatfrcsh fcsoisn troops
are daily arriving in Mexico.
ms- We learn that Con. W. T. Bennett who
some time ago tendered his resignation to the
War Department, has at bis own request, been
relieved of the command Of the post at Charles
ton. Maj. Gen. 3evons will remain in command
of the Military District and for'thc present as
sumo direct command Of the ro.t.
Gs- Gold in New York OIL the 9Th, was quoted
ut 80.
sv John Ross has had an interview with the
President, with the view, it is said, Of securing
his recognition by the Government as Chief of
the Chcrokces.
IT. The Express states that B. p. Butler hos
paid to Smith Bros, of New Orleans the $4,000
in gold which they alleged he abstractOd from
their vaults, together with ntcrcst, all costs and
sheriff's charges, making In aggregate Of over
$15O,OO0.
ny The writ of habeas corpus has been sus-
pended in ireland, by Royal assent. Many ar
rssts have been made.
@s- Here is tho pithicst sermon ever preached :
I" Our ingress In life is naked and barc; our pre-
gross through lifc is trouble and caro-; our csress
out Of it wo know not where; but doing we'll
here, VIC shall do we'll there; could not tell
more Ivy preaching year."
~ In tho North Carolina Legislature the
bill relative to negroes, mulattoes and persons of
color and mixed blood, known as the Negro bill,
was voted down in the Senate by n vote of twenty
two to eighteen, but the vote was reconsiderod,
md tho bill was passed by vote of twenty-five
to soventeep.
gg- The Texas State Convention numbers
some twenty-five delegates who nrs extreme Radi-
cal, negro suffrage, ultra-proscriptiyo mon, out
heroding Sumner and Stanton.
@s- The Charleston Courier Gays that s125,0O0
have been subscribed in that city for the purpose
Of securing white lsborsrs for South Carolina. A
letter has been received from a.gentleman Of in
huoncein Germany who declares that he can
persuade thousands of the people Of that country
to omigrato.
Ey It is ramorcd in Washington that Mr.
Bancroft is to bo the next Secretary of State.
4 &sr A learned young lady astonishcd COM
pauy by asking for the loan .of "dimunitiyo,
truncated como, convex on it's sum-
NIT, and semipsrforatsd with symmetricsl.
cations" s.ssShe wanted thimble.
Ga5- Tho Commissioner Of Pensions has do
,idcd that persons who served 10 the. rebol army
Orfeitcd all rights to pensions and bounty lands.
EB- George A. Trenholm, late Secretary Of
nc Tre-.ury for tho Confederate States, haEpre-.
entsa to Bishop Davis, of South Carolina, the
property knoHn as the Qrangsbprg
seminary, for ths purposes Of Theological Semi:
laty. ;:The Bore. j. IS Hanckal and P. Tfqpiss:I
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