Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-03
1ss- It was SUP, ,scd that the War Dopartmol

MS- It was supp ,sed that the War Department
would not permit tho bodies Of executed State
prisoners to be removed from where they had
boon intorred by official orders. 1t seems, how
ever, from paragraph in. the Richmond Whis,
.Aas tho body OF Capt Wirs has been disinterred,
and passed through that city on Monday. 1t is
to be taken to Selma, Ala, where his family now
reside.
T At Baltic Oreok, Michigan, three chidron
wore poisoned last week by their mother, o apir-
itual medium, who claims that she was ordered
! by the spirits 10 commit the decd.
ms~ Col. Brown, of tho Preedmcn's Bureau in
Virginia, ha, submitted to Gen. Howard propo-
sition suggesting the transfer of freedmen Fl Om
that State to the unocsuPied government lands in
Florida.
ns- Tho small pOI ID raging among the freed
men in the vicinity of Selma, Alabama, to such
an extent that they are not allowed to onter that
city except under the most pressing Circumstances
TT Mr.. Alexander Hamilton, of Iouisyille,
ebopt two weeks ago, while putting acOllar on a
horse whiya i:rd the slandors, accidentally
scratched his finger with tho DOLLAR, which had
some of the viru, from the horse up on it. The
poison waz disseminated through hi, body, from
tho effects Of which he died.
~ The history Of Mexico shows that during
tho last forty years Moxico has had thirty-seyon
dilrrsna fp,as Of government thirty-two OF
which were Rcpublictf ;a1 sevonty-fye Prc'l-
dents. It's revolutions during that time have
amounted to over two hundred.
a5- The system OF issuing army rationd to
destitute people, white and black, in the South,
will be discontinued during this month. Great
suffering is anticipated in consequence, and the
people Of Richmond propose to appoint Com
mt,ce 10 solicit donations in the principal North.
srn cities. Il is said that an order will soon be
PROM gated retaining in service oil the Freed-
mons Bureau officers in .ba State of Virginia.
es> Con. Joe johnson and Gen. sherman met
at Memphis on the goth, the former on visit
connected with tho National Exprosa, and tho
latter in lte discharge Of his ordinary military
duties. Their gastiEg yas cordial and friendly,
Gen. Johnston was rapturousiy yeie9Hsd BY some
Of his old comrades in arms.
eaY- Further proceedings in tho trial Of Briga-
dior General Hugh Mercer hayo bstn suspended
for the present. tits thought tho whole affair
will be quashed and tho GOasral sot ut liberty.
eg- Two negro mon, john Walk0r sad Robert
NcEoy,- convicted of larceny by the Now Hnno-
YER county II. c.) court, hayo bOen sentenced to
bo sold Into seTvitudo for period not exceeding
6yc years. Tho sentence is agreeable to the luwS
Of tho State or North Carolina in relation to
freedmen before the war.
zrs- Tho Columbus Enquirer thinks that one
of tho greatest dangers before the South is the
probability tha. our people will neglect the rai-
ing of provisions and devote too much attention
to the planting Of cotton.
es,- Judge Watts has decided that tho stay
law recently passed by the Mississippi L0gsla-
ture, is unconstitutional. Judge Campbell has
arrived :at tho s.mo conclusion.
;ss- serious disturbance recently took place
at Bladen Springs, Ala, between negrotsoldiers
and citizcna, in which the, latter Wore roughly
handled. Many, families fed to thewoods, sfcnr-
Ing violence at the hands of tho infuriatea blacks
ss- Six mDp, aieltEer, Baird, Allehdsr, Elliot.
Banks, and Rawlings, have been qrie.sd 10 loay'e
La Grange, Tennessee, by the citizens, for selling
arms and amnniiion to negroes. g 'aa' =,
+ s:a, Mrs. T. J. Hubbard, or powsott county,
"a rl,nsas Firth recentIJto four boys, wcjgh-
iag respectively olsveh; s, nine, eight M epa seven
pounds cach,, -. :. =. ......, -
= siY tisekgeeted in Washington that AasiS
milan will ia!roducuAustrihn troops into MoSicO'
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y "A Coon CIrIzrN.-Gen. Grant, on his
route to Washington from his Southern tour;
stopped at JOnesboroughl for supper. He,
was,therc introduced to. the crowd, which is
.thi,s described by The Bristol News: -.
IA genetal;sllaking of''hahds took place
,Nmorg the crowd was one who had fought:
,,Shorl en.,fha ',btbcn siffcc. who wtilc