Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-11
W. ]. READY, Super'd'L
A tremendous swarm of grn,.hoppors 7

@- A tremendous swarm of grnsshoppers re-
Gently visited San Gorgoaio Pass, California, and
its vicinity, and stripped the fruit trees of their
foliage, dsvoured tho grass and every kind of
herbage, and made sad havoc in the gardens. The
swarm was SO vast as 10 cover the ground, trees
and every bush and leaf. When they left, it is
assorted, their flight sounded like hurricane.
" The Picayune thinks it the duty of the
small minority os white men who arc permitted
to vote in Louisiana to cast their ballots for black
mon of unquestionablo African descent. Under
the circumstances We entirely agroe with that
opinion.
Gs- Information from Savannah states that
James Duncan, Commissary of the Confederate
Wirz at Aaiersonville, escaped from Fort Pulaski
last week. He WAS in confinement there, serving
term of fifteen years imprisonment, to which he
was sentenced by court martial convened at
Savannah Immediately after the close Of the war.
szs- General Grant, it is reported, has asked
to be relieved from attendance ut Cubiro' rneos-
ings, except when military matters ore under dis
cussion His reason is that he believes it improper
for military officer to participate in merely po-
litical discussions.
ag The Bainbridge Georgian of the 3lst says :
We arb still haying heavy raina here every day,
aud the cotton prospects arc gloomy indeed. It
is now universally conceded that throughout this
vast region of country not moro than half crop
Of cotton will be nadc.
szs- There is we'll, about 30 feet deep, near
Sudbury, Vermont, in which the ice formed in the
winter remains throughout the summer. Other
wells which have been dug in close proximity to
thi, ono exhibit no such phenomenon, and the
.svants are unable to explain the mystery.
T cheap funeral is the latest French in
vention. It is hearse which carries priest and
mourners as wol rs tho coffin.
@~ The Tribune jugglcr, after blowing fire at
the President for some time, proceeds to swallow
his owr haad in this manner: "Gen. Grant, 1t is
understood, has recently come 10 the conclusion
that hc had misapprehended his powers under
tho Reconstruction Act and that bis last letter to
to the President with reference to the removal OF
Gen. Sheridan and the relieving of Gen. Han
cock, Was based upon Misunderstanding OF his
functions"
sgr Tho negroes had grand meeting and
torchlight procession at Baton Rouge on Saturday
night. One Of the transparencies bore upon 1t q
painted representation of spoon with tho motto,
i" One that Butler did not take" queer motto
in Radical procession.
nar Speaker Colfax's Washington friends re-
gard his chances for the Presidency as mucn i'm
proved by recent events.
ss- Tho Griffin Star says that at the recent
.ses,ion of Henry County Court, tho jury, COM
posed Of six white mon and six negroes, tried a
negro for petty larceny. The proof was iudlspu-
table, and was backed by a confession OF guilt
from tho accused. Notnithsta, ding oil this, the
ak negroes positively refused TO find averdlct'
and misrial was ordered What chance would
a white man have before such brutes'
m- The st. Louis Democrat suggests, in view
Of affairs in Washington, that tie Governors OF
the loyal States meet together ut nm early day
and consult in regard to the situation. 1t also
sugseuts similar consultations on tho part Of the
managers Of the Grand Army of the Republic.
eg Ben. Hill is writing q series of letters to
General Grant, in reply to Pope, in which he as
asrts that no respectable white man in the South
approves of the military bills as constitutional,
right or just.
s- President johnson is said to bc highly
,,,tsd with the Democratic victory in California,
and predicts similar results a. the elections IN the
Atlantic States Latest returns from there shoT
a Democratic minority in the Legislature,
thus cutting off oil probability of Republican
Senator to succeed Conncss.
nrAt Galveston the fever is somewhat aba
ting. Deaths on Friday last, II. Gen. Grifhn''
onlv child is dead. DR.. Rowo, late Medical Di-
r,otor. is dead. Lieut.. Garretson, District Quar-
tsrmastcr, is taken. There is one staff officer on
duty.
rS The Roanoke Three says it is reported
and holisyed, that man calling himself Cren-
shaw. who has been thero for nearly twelve months
mast, toacning negro school, and tho "head con-
ira" of tho Union League in that county, left for
nnrts unknown on last Tuesday night forgetting
70 leayo behind him about $500 belonging to the
League.
nsy- Tho Washington correspondent of tho
Boston Airertiser says this Government has taken
,p active interest in saving tho ifo of Santa Anna
md has sent dispatches to our acting Minister 10
Mexico, to urge President Juares to deal with
him liberally. In addition 10 this, special en-
vov has been sent to Mexico with instructions to
secure, if possible, lenient treatment of Santa
Anna while lie is in prison.