Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-03-21

and enlarged its phylaetcrias; that is ti print
ed on farer paper than formerly. Its improve
ment ID perccptiblo at glance.
!. Tue Enterprise is going to do lkehisc in
very shor. tiine not only going to grow faitsr,
butlargor.
We Aopo they will both gain many Few and
valuable friends.
!. Gy Mrs. .Ief. .Dayis, accompanied by Mr..
.Burtoa n. Harrison, who; was private secretary
to Mr.. Davis, Las arrived at New Orleans, from
her homein Georgia, via Mississippi, aud has
takon rooms at the St. James Hotel. 1t is un-
dorstood that che is on hor way to visit her chill
dren.
y The Judge Advocate General, Mr.. Joseph
Holt, has decided that no authority for the trial
Of acivilisn by court-martial can be found in
any of the.articss of war, tho.o articles being
enacted soloy for. the government Of the armies
of the United Ststes,. and being applicable only
,to.persons in .tho military, scryico lie considers
it strictly legal, however, totry by military courts
civilians formerly in the service for crimes COM
mttcd whilst in the service. BY this decision,
the supremacy of thp. civil oourts, in allcascs,
where citizens are concerned, is acknow wlcdgcd,
and it would seem that tho days of military trials
Of civilians have passed by. So Gays the Phila-
dolphia Ledger. = - -.
gss- The,house of General H. &C. Storey, ten
miles below New Orleans, mas entered on Februa-
ry 23,, by gang of negro robbers, who robbed
it, beat and naltreatcd the irmatsf, shooting one
lady. Several Of the black rascal, havo been ap-
pretended. - =
+ gy- The Jacksonsille Times says that 1t has
received information that = boat is soon to bc put
on the route between that placc and Savannah
and Charleston, to bO owned and controlled By
colored mon, and run for tho accommodation of
the co1ored dpopulatien. -;
sSrThe Captain General of cuba, in an Off
cial Communication, donounces as untrue the
statement made by Senator Sum cr that freed
pcr.ons from the South, have boom taken to Cuba
and sold into slavery. -.
es The Indilna Democratic State conven-
tion has adopted resolutions strongly endorsing
/ tho. Administration policy, denying the tight of
socousion, and pled-ins the support oftho Demo
.cracy of the State to,,t tbs President. " -
Na'~ The receipts from customs at the, port of
Charloaton, S. c.; last ,monta amounted to ss,-
'l61,S7l: :. -
as- Gov. Jenkins, Of Goorgia, vetoed tho stay
law, ON tho ground Of uacon:titutionaliiy Tic
Senate afterwards passed it over tho veto ty a
vote of.twenty-seysn.tO seven: 10y ~ |
ggsI Tho Archbishop Of baltimore ina recent
,ormon avow cd his puTp6soto withhold "absolu-
lion and the sacrament" from al who indulge in
tho indelicDtc modern dance called "tho Ger
man.. H.. 80, 49, a.,... ...s..
- eY Ascoutemporary, announcing tho mar-
iase OF an editor, ysshc was always. of the
opinion that elitors,had justas good right to
sta5re some mans daughter as any one else.
eg- Thros young ladies were lately frozen to
death near Chain Lake, Minnesota. ThOy Mt.
tempted to return home from singing school in
n snow storm with an OK team, and although the
distance wasonly ope,aHd half miles, they were
out two nights. and OnO--day.. -Four young men
8fsh.thstn were badly frozen, =. e:.,:.. =.
.,i N., A waiter girl atn hotel in Syracuse, N.
Y broke plate over the+ ffiiAd 0fs6Ho of the
oarder., On Sunday last, for insulting hcs whits
Ise s xs;tIRg seell 9a hss s!s. !4bls w.
Ge- In Nou YOrk. l5tb,5 Gold vas
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