Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03
News and MisceIlaneous Itcms.

when dried 1t Is Sweet ana nutrlLlVe. W
can't help having our doubts, but hope that
some one will Try it on small scale and re-
port results.
GI 4 man in Northampton Mass, hes
sued his brother for twenty dollars for the
board Of himself and wife during visit
b ch they paid him three years ago, when
first married. l..
Il Sarah Jennings, wife of Marlborough,
wrote the. Duke OF Somerset when be offered
her marriage< "1fI were young end hand
some as l was, instead of old and faded as
am, and you could lay the empire OF the
world at my feet, you should never share the
heart and hand tlia. once belonged to John,
the Duke of Marlborough"
E& The friends CT a celebrated wit ex-
pressed. some surprise that, at his age, aud
with his fondness for the bottle, be should
have thought Unnecessary TO marry. a wife
was necessary" he said "my acquaintances
began to say that drank to- much Tor
single man."
Z g2~ Galveston, Texas, it is estimated by
the authorities of that city, now has popu-
lation Of % 500, an increase since 1850 of
about l3.50O. Of The present population,
1850 are whites, AID 5000 colored.
EA Az UNEXPECTED DAYGEe.-One Of
the spread eagle Radicals, at the meeting on
Monday night, wanted the wings Of bird
that he might fly TO every Village ard ham
let of the State ard carry the clad lidings OF
reconstruction. a boy near the door sung
out: "Dry up, you old fool, you'd get
shot for goose before you flew 6 mile."-
Montgomery Mail
sGsrAy OiryIoN.-An Ohio stumper, while
making speech, paused in the midst of it
ard exclaimed: Now, gentlemen, what Go
You think 2" Instantly man rose in tine
assembly, and, with cne eye partially closed.
modestIy replied: 8 think, sir, do, indeed,
Sir. thirl if You end | were TO stump the
country to:'s:ler, we would tell nore lies
than any other two ,acn in tie country. sir:
aud I'd not say word myself during tie
whole time, sir"
5:zs Rub your b,dy well with vinegar,
aat tue lle:. will cut yoar a,q:ain:anca as
qaicll as bis elastic legs will cary him oif.
gsG.3a Among the Chinese the anticipation
OF death is distressing. Their Imagination
"a, invented no less than zen hells. One
consists of . hell stuck full of knives anoth.
er Of an. iron boiler, filed with boiling water :
a ihird g licll Of ice; in another is pn linz
out tic tongues q those who tell lies ; anoth-
ct is Lcli of poisonous ssrpents; in anofhtr
tie victim is drawn Into pieces. another is 81
he'll of hiacbn s5 aad ;lari;qees ard you may
hear hem praying Ia o;e, .day ra: fall
into the he'll Of swor!s !" aad anoiler this
or that pace Of tcrInent.
RsyH a i'll lookiag 'cllow' was sa,kcd hos
he could account ;or Natures forming him
So ugly. "Ns.nrc was not to blame" said
he, Z" Iu. wien was Two months OF age |
Was con>ilereI tie l,andsarntsi child in the
ncicab.riro;,, hui my ,.urse, ~ rcvca.e hes
srlf upon uty parent, :or some ssncieil injury
81 their hands, one day' strapped nc a'ciy for
?nolacr boy beloaginr 10 Irieni Of hers,
whose ctlll was ratae: plain looking"
50" y cotemporary says: "Charies Snm-
ner {. ona of thns, vain and insoient h"ings
whos. manner constantly says, q thank God
;hat am not like other rnan." And al'de-
cant pe"pie ought continually to say. ." We
iank God that NC are not like Charles
Sumner
Prentice says: "a New York paper
SAYS shat suici3e is becoming a'armingly pre-
raant in that city" We fear that there are
few cities whore it could prevail with greater
advantage TO tic world at large.
TIT For TAr.-An Illinois farmer
recently went 20 Indiana. coni,nenced p:o-
ccadines for Gieo-cc, and. rctarniag home;
lived with his vile SIS usual. In due time he
received copy oi the decree in divorce.
which he pu: in his pcci;ot for tutura use.
But the vile socn heard Of it from arothe.
source. and, leaving him, prncnred. . copT OF
the Indiana record, ana suel her husband for
alimony.
~ Gen. Howard has applied 10 the
War d epsrtment for detail Of lwcn;y otii-
Gers for his Bureau. The application was
noJ :l,2 piled with, rs gscrnment iiHds 1t dii
ficult to muster enough iorregis,ra!ion boa.ds
in the South.
Is A mortgage has just been recorded
in iowa, from tic Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad Company to john y. Stewart
and Vim. II. Osborn, Ct \ W Io:k, COR the
sum Of nire million dollars. The revenue
stamps amounted 10 nine thousand dollars.
Hon. George II. rendleton or the Sit
uation..
Hen. George II. Pend .eton, by tie invita-
ton Of the Democratic Club of Usbana,
Ohio, made a po!itisal address, not lorg since,
in the course of which he said
The old political system passed away in
1861, and another was adopted. Its little
finger is heavier than the whole body Of that
which it superseded. No longer do We ask,
Have we Government lis Argus eyes seek
every-wliere he accumulation oI laoor and
capital, and its Iiyia!an arms a.e ever grasp
ing all those eyes can see. Its vast military
and naval establishments have risen with po--