Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-02-07

ET A concert was given at the Richmond
Theatre last week, fot The boneat of Mrs. Stone
waltJae1.on. Il
10 Tie whereibsutti of Senator wigfAll seems
to boa msstery. 4se,- 81
ty Judge o. A.Lochrsue5o Of Macon, aeorgia,a1
native Irisaman, has written long lottorin Op-E
position toiths Feninn movomant, in which he
urgeshis eopntrynsl of the soaah to hayspotha
ingte doWith it. S5t 5I
G- The Louisville Courier says: owe havest
spent sSOOO 900 to 6ghEthe South into UniOn'
and aow Congress is doing ell it can 10 fight
them out"
Gs The holy sacrament of baptism wac con-
yMajr General B. F. cheatham by
Bishop Quintard at Christ Church, Nashville, on
: Tuesday night, M.
@s- Gen. Joe Johnston employs about 500 Of
his late Confederate soldiers in the repair of the
Orange aud .,Alexandria. Railroad. As they be-
came familiar With tho pick snd spade in the
rebel entertainments, they work with knoWiedgo,
and are sladtO obtain livingin this way.
/ G8r General Grant ordered the mustorins out
of tho troops 10 Virginia lately. The Secretary
of War coun.ermandod the order, Nhereupon the
Prc:iIcnt countsrmandod him, and Orde,ed the
troops out Cut tho troops went. ~ ,
say- Resolutions have been introduced in the
Virginia Legislature asseriing thaAthat stotc
"ncver will voluntarily consont to change the
adjustment Of political power as fixed by the
Constitution Of tho United States" ::
m Il is stated that letters from influential
conservatives in the New England stateS are
pouring into Washington, urging their Senators
| and Representatives. to avoid rupture with the
Executive, and to abide as fsr possible, by the
policy he has seen fit to mark out for the restora.
tion-of the Union.
N3- The Nashville and Chattanooga rail- road
has begun ,uit against its late. President for
! enc million dollars damages, for permitting the
late Confederate Government to use the road and
its machinery during the war. =
&s- Washington letters say, That in mell-in-
formed political circles it is understood that the
President interds,to mako it q sine qua non that
the Southern members who have boon properly
elected ,haH bo admitted to their soats, and that
as speedily as possible. The Tennessee represen-
tativcs will undoubtedly take their seats, as the
argument used is that Tennessee must be repre-
,ented in Congress, or Andrew Johnson is moi
President of tho United States.
I. H It is well understood that the comparatiy,
poverty of Maximilian wasythe principal moving
cause Of his acceptance Of the Mexican crown
This difficulty has now been rem0redj for hi
wifo, as the daughter of the late King Leopold
of Belgium, comes at onco into the possession o
not less than million sterling, (say S. 900 900,
. the Kings entire private fortune being divided
equally between his three children.
T No less than 6ye hundred and eighty po
litical prisoners ore now at the Dry Tortugas
This i, place which requires cleaning out.
Il w The Columbian Marine Insurance Com
pany, New York, have announced the winding u
5 OF their business The liabilities of the Compa
, ny amount to s6,Oo0,0Oo. They state that 81.
? 600, 900 was lost by tho shenandoah. The Direc
tors report sufficient assets to meet the habilitie
T A Chicago clergyman missed his stock
ings on Christmas morning, and after. 3 Ion
search found one on each horn of o new mile
COW which had been presented to him by b
:. parishioners, and orDnrented in this way to ind
cate that it was Christmas gift.