Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-05
Railing Cotton,

MY SoA4O-
planters TO cover cotton bales COM
pletelys So 16 to leaye- neither the
sides nor ends partially exposed.
We answer that such legislatioB has
already been adopted ,sand published
in full in our columns. The act of
February 2ss l07li pIesehhes THAT;
no loose hay, loose cotton, or loose
hemp shallbe carried
as freight on any steamer! Carrying
passen GERS; nor shall lbaled' cotton
or hemp be carried in; spchs steamers
unless the bales are confpattfy press
ed, and throughly covered With bag
ging OF. similar, fabric, andy secured
with good rope or iron bands and
every bale Of cotton or hemp that
shall be shipped or carried on any
passenger steamer without conform
ing to the provisions Of this section
shall be subject to penalty Of five
dollars, whieh5bales shah be liableto
seizure and sale to secure the pay
ment Of such penalty. y"
ThislTe think, ought to be a suf-
fcient ipducement to planters to
cover their cotton as well as to pack
it properly. This iact,is now in force
and as the penalty is easily collected,
and half, as We, infer. goes to the IN
former, our Southern friends will do
well to stir upaall their packers on
this subject. Every bale OF cotton
packed thia falE.and winter ought to
be carefully covered in conformity
with the provisions Of this law.
This is theithird time we have refer
red to it, and We hope it will now be
generally dnderstood.-N. Y. journal
of Commerce. -
HoasELoyE.-TheSt. Paul MIMI
Pioneer says: "a strange case OF
equine affection and solicitude was
related to us yesterday. A teamster
near the ;Faiii Grounds has for some
time driven certain span Of horses
about the city. A short time since
he turned them out upon the prairie.
to feed during the night, and next
morning was disappointed at not
finding them, as usual, near his
house. He searched for them in vain
for eleven days. and had about come
to the conclusion that they had been
stolen, whenrhe discovered one OF
the span,. about halfway down. the
precipitous river bank, short dis
tance from his stable. Upon ap-
proachine the spot he found the mate
lying dead away down at the foot OF
tie bank. Examination convinced
the man that the horse had accident
ally fallen over the bank and broken
his neck on the evening Of the disap-
pearance Of the span, and the eremain-
ing horse had descended as far as
it dared to 90 toward It's lost compan-
ion, and had stood guard over the re-
mains M i2r siegga &. Gl3 d.! ssys.
A nurse girl serving in tue family
Of a wealthy squatter in Australia
has suddenly stepped into title and
{. property of 10000 under the
name Of Lady Elizabeth Morton.
The PalzilNaH Gd3ettc says that this
romance in ZEAL life should make peo-
pie more C shsiderate in their conduct
toward their servants. Several mem
bers of the House of Lords have, 1T
is well known, disappeared under a
cloud of Bankruptcy during the past
two years, and nobody knows what,
has become of the iIlustrious paupers.
1t is possible that the drunken. foot
man of today clothed in livery--aad-
threat ened with delirium stremssnass, msssa ",
may hive been the PROUD peers df
yestel lay. Therefore those English
men Who have true respect for !. no,
bic blood should treat their funEeys
kindly. crca..- =
HoaicfbE NEAR HAMBURG-A
homicide wass onmitted near Ham
burg, South Carolina, on last Tues
day, under, what we learn, were the
0lIsg4a sBB5sEs asdR5Es9sSS tp5 ~Slts man named I
William Qparlesotand Henry Nc.
Kinne, a colored man, have ,iorJ some
time past, been living on the same
olase..and haze been working togeth-
er. From some cause or othera there
has been bad blood between them,
and they have lad several qusrrels.
On Tuesday afternoon they met and
quarreled, ,bmPartsatWithod coming
to blows. A little after night. fall.
they met again, and the difficulty was
renewedL01s 9was terminated by
0norles drawing 2 Colts navy revni