Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-27
News and Miscellaneous Items.


ionnble circles, that o young gentlem' and
young lady left fashionable party up town,
the other evening. got into carriage together,
drove to clergyman's residence, were mar
ried, and afterward returned and danced the
"German" together. We presume this is a
new figure"
IL A rogue who WIS hard up, atte.' pit
ed to pick the pocket of the local" Of the
Richmond Whig on Friday. BE got-nOth-
ing.
Il Connecticut Millerites arc getting
their ascension robes ready for June 18th
next. when they expect to "so up"
ssg In view of the large number Of diyor-
ces in Vermont newspaper in that State
suggests tax of $1,000 upon every petition
for separation as sinking fund for the State
debt.
e A gay festive preacher in Richmond
is now undergoing the slow torment OF
church trial on charge of having promised
to marry twelve different women.
nar A man has proposed to the municipal
authorities of Paris to remove the trees which
now line the streets of that city, and supply
their places with painted tin trees.
n@ Negro slavery still exists in Florida
The Indians OF the Everglades have deter
mined to keep the negroes as slaVes, They
deny the jurisdiction of the laws. Trouble
is apprehended.
E% Gen. Grant who is remarkably re-
served on every political question. remarked
to a gentleman while standing on the steps OF
DR.. Sunderlands church, that he was well
pleased with the passage OF the military re-
construction bill, trusting that it would bring
those States into Congress
E@ Advices from Hong Kong, recei7ed
February 2Slh, announce that tremendous
conflarration had occurred ut Ieddo, Japan.
Thousands of houses, in tue very heart oil
the business and commercial part of the city,
have been laid in ashes. The burned district
covers space of four miles, The terrible
confaeration at Yokohomo last sunuier is
said to have been comparatively insignificant.
E@ The Wisconsin Legislature is about
to disiranchise 20, 600 citizens for descrtion
during the war.
E"" Sure,n said Patrick, rubbing his
head with delight at the prospect OF present
from his employer. 4" always name to do my
duty :" I believe you," replied his employer;
" and therefore make you present OF all
YOU have stolen from me curing the year
a Thank yer honor" repliei Pat, "and may
all your friends and acquaintanceS trate you
as literally"
rs. A Texas paper in illustrating the
advantages of advertising states that q GER
tleman advertised the loss of q 500 note, and
found it in his vest pocket before he reached
home.
80 The pecuniary s;rugency is so great
in PIT county. Nsrtb Carolina, that the peo'
pie recently compelled the sheriff to burn up
all his writs and cXecnLions returnablc at
court, refusing to be cjsc;ed from their ZONES,
aud being unable to pay.
my "A.g good old woman, dear friend OF
ninc," says John Newton, twas asked upon
her death bed if sac was comfortable in her
mind" every far from it." shc ans"ered.
" Then you are not willing to die Z" " Quite
willing" she said. +" if ray Father chooses 10
put me to bed in the dark, can trust him"
sE A Pixies Pcakcr,. writing to Min
nesota journal, says tile Tiners are very
much di: couragcd in that region; they have
to dig through solid vein OF silver four ieet
thick, before they reach the gold Poor lei
lows.
IL Both houses of the Maryland Leg
isl;:ture, on Tuesday last, adop;cd bill re-
ported by the Committee on Finance, aPpro-
priating 100000 for TIE purchase OF f"cd'
supplies, and such necesaaries rs naT be want
ing by the sufferers at the South
~. A Dutchman out west married So
oond wife week after the loss OF wife No. l.
The Sabbath following the bride asked her
lord to take her ridines and was cut up,
with the following response:-" You tink l
ride out nit another w,man so soon after the
death of niue frau? No, Mo-!
@ A new bull-ring has been opened op-
posife Havana. 1t was ipaugurated on oun-
day 6fty yards from church. The prayers
of those who worshipprd God ard the yells
and profaue oaths Of the bull.ring freely lu'
tcrminglcd.
ag- The celebrated White Sulphur Springs
of Virginia will be again opened Tor the re
ception of visitors during TIC coming season.
ns7~ A crazy Second Adventist in tlerki-
mcr county, n. Y, has for ten years been
feeding bic OK for feast when Christ should
appear. lie arvcd his other stock, and
spent yearly all his property in purchasing
food f,r that O.; the TX few days ago a'ec
of surfeiy. the owner having but Two days
before refused $1,000 for tie animal.
- The Governor of Illinois has signed
the bin making eight hours legal days
work in the State, in absence Of contracts
to the contrary. 1t goes into effect imme-
diately.
The Rev. VIM. Wells, pastor ofthe African
II. E. Church. North, at CarksVil'e, TenneS-
see, hired horse and buggy recently, drove
to neighboring town. and sold the turnout
on the public square Tor $S5, and absconded
successfully. 1t turned ont al'crward that nc
carried with him abolt $500 belonging TO the
above mentioned African church, which was
in hi, hands for safe keeping.
s@ Thirty thousand dollars worth ofjew.
els and gold: wrapped in newspapers aud en-
closed in cake of bitulnen, were recently
found in an old unclaimed barrel of damaged
pork. in New Orleans. The lucre is suppos-
ed to have been concealed during the war
IL Macmillan, like school boy left in
the lurch in an apple robbery. threatens to
expose Napoleon's intrigues against the Uni
ted States.
ass~ Thirteen persons have been arrested
in ireland for keeping greyhounda, without
being worth $500 freehold property.
m@ A negro named Adam Page, died in
King George County, Va, on the 4th inst,
in the one hundred and twenty-second year
of his age.
EE A marriage in New York was indie
r 80: ,s,nornd ;- consenuence of the bride