Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-22

n They hayea dog case in Aiken.
Somebody shot somebody else's dog {;
whereupon the latter (not the dog, but
his owner brought an action to recover
damages to the amount of SlOO. There
was a mistrial before, and on Monday
last the case was heard q second time be-
fore Trial Justice Hayne, consuming the
best part of a day. The jury this time
agreed, and brought in verdict for the
plaintiff, assessing the damages at S45.
The report of this dog case occupies a
column and half in the Aiken Journal.
ls- A women at Oberlin, Ohio, col
lected money for the soldiers orphans,
and used it to buy bonnet. She sad,
orphans, after they got used to it, could
get along without bread; but women
must have bonnets, or starve,.
:@ A Virginia editor lent a copy OF
Defoe,s "History of the Devil" toa friend,
who borrowed thunder the delusion that
it was q biography Of Ben Butler.
a:s-" You say" said a Judge to wit
ness, 'sthat the plaintiff resorted to an
ingenious use of eircumstantial evidence;
state Just exactly what you mean by
that" "wen," said the. witness, "my
exact meaning is that he.lied."
H Near Darlington, Ill, few days
ago, a.boy named Cousins, thirteen years
Of age, thought that he would gointoapas-.
ture and have little fun with calf that
was. there. rope was tied around the
animals neck, and the boy tied the other
end around his own body, when the calf
started to run, threw the boy down, and
dragged him through brush and d'among
trees and stumps, how long it. is not
known. When found, the calf, complete
ly exhausted, had lain down, and near it
lay the dead body of the boy.
rs At the last session of the Legisla-,
ture, by a piece of Radical chicanery,
tie limits of the Town of Timmonsville
were extended, SO as to bring in more
ngroes, and secure control to the Repub-
hcans. Accordingly there was an cleo
ton, under the new charter, on the 7th
instant, resulting in the election of the
entire Democratic ticket by a large ma
jority. So it would appear that the col
ored people in those parts are beginning
to find out a little more about the true
character of their .would-be Radical lead
ers, and let them severely alone.
mg- The Little Rock (Arkansas) Ga
zeue is evidently not posted on c. G.
Be xen's history. It says he is the color.
ed Congressman from South Carolina,
and that he is the worthy successor OF
Whittemore, the cadet peddling Con-
gressman, who was expelled by the House
two years ago..
rs A Boston lady thinks she is going
to get to heaven on the strength of her
well-known charity to thepoor. She has
frequently been known, withoutany dis
play of ostentation, to boil large num-
Der of eggs, and when the poor people
COME to her door distribute to the hun
gry callers.th soup that was left after
boiling the .eggs. Such acts of charity
are unusual in Boston; but that's little
too thin to get to heaven on without stir
ring in little thickening.
/. PRESIDENTIAL MovEMENrs.-After an
absence of several weeks, (says the Wash
ington .Patriot) the President, accompa-
MED BY part Of his military staff"
honored the Capitol with flying visit
during the last two days His first atten-
tions were humanely rendered to a sick
colt, which the last bulletins of the. court |
journals announce to be convalescent, thus
happily relieving the Executive mind
from a serious cause of anxiety. In tear
ing himself away from the bracing breczes
of Long Branch, and repouncing for for
ty-eight hours the charms Of official inter
course and personal relaxation, with that
eminent statesman, Mr. Thomas Murphy,
who now directs the destiny OF the New
York customs, and equitably distributes
the dividends of the General Order Ring,
the President has exhibited degree of self
denial, which extorts praise from all sides.
This and other sacrifices are not compen-
sated by the fact, that his salary is drawn
with scrupulous regularity while at the
Branch, since his calm meditations at the
seaside have undoubtedly as much value
for the country as his disturbed thoughts
bore in WASHINGTON amidst angry factions |