Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-02-21
STATE NEWS.

If Gov. Hampton is not reelected, and
his successor should conceive the idea of.
re-organiz ng the military by the, appoint
ment ofa new set of officers, what fear
full lot Of coionels and majors We will have
in South Carolina couple of years hence
Register.
Three score and ten Of poor deluded ne
groes who have the "Liberian fever" ar
rived per Greenville train last evening, on
their way to Charleston, where they go in
search of the Exodus" shi5, which is to
carry them to the land which flows with
buckwheat cakes and molasses-the former
article being grated upon trees, AID the
saecharine fluid flowing in incxhanstible
lagoons and rivers and running over the
banks of the lakes which are to be found,
in ell that land, which are annually over
flowed by the Nile. The party consisted
of men, women and children, and with
them thev brought their little all-whlch
was precious little God help these poor
people, even if the scamps who have de-
ludsd them into this scheme were sincere
and we honestly believe that they ara
not The fate Of these poor creatures,
should they ever reach the ferer-infestel5
shores of Africa, must necessarily bea
hard and cruel one.-Register.
Laura Williams left this place fer the
Lunatic Asylum last night. She is
little girl FIVE years old, the daughter Of
B. F. Williams, planter in the upper
portion of this county, and is indeed a pit
iful object. She was brought into town
by The Sheriff's deputy after nightfall, and.
placed in the sherif's Office until u con-,
Fveyance could be procured to take the
her, and aa seemed to be<deeply touched
at the sight of the poor forlorn object.
None Of the family, accompanied her, as
far as this place to see her q6. safely,
though she was tenderly cared forby the
sheriff.-Darlingtoa NeacS.
On the 9th instant, w. R Burgess, Sr.,
sheriff OF Clarendon county, committed.
suicide in Manning by blowing ont his
brains with pistol. He had been drink
ing to excess previously. Those who are.
in the habit Of drinking hard should take
warning.
AS the Bill erecting the new county of
Hampton, out of the upper portion CT
Beaufort, only awaits the signature of the
governor to become Law, it may be re-
garded fixed fact. There will hereafter
be thirty-three counties and tbirty-foar
senators.
AT the annual communication of the
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons,
held in Charleston, on the.l2th and 18th
instanls, the following named officers were
elected:
Comp w G Desaussure, M E CIR H
Comp F F Gary, RE Deputy er H
Comp ] Adger smyth, E CIR King.
Comp r Watts, R Z CIR Scribe,
Comp c E Chichester, Rt Rev CIR Chap
lain.
Comp C 7 jackson, EGr Treasurer.
Comp L Burke, e CIR Secretary.
Comp Thos r Robertson, CIR Q Of Host.
Comp & D Bryan, CIR R. Captain
Comp L. T Meyer, CIR Sentinel.
| Ouf NatlVe lounS uoVeilot haS aS-
suned new role and is now the properly
accredited special South Carolina CORES
pondent of the New York SIN and be sue
ceeds as we'll in lying as he did in stealing.
His letters are startling exposure of the
doings of the Radical rings during his
prodIgate reign and a vicious blow is aimed.
at the head Of every Democrat who came
at any time within hailing distance of the
piratical crew. The public will now un-
derstand where the Sun got itstthnnder
against the Hampton government. 1t
| has for months brought the most bitterly
false charges against Hampton and bis
supporters and now at lastlt turns out
that it has a self.confessed perurer and
thief for an ally and that Moses is the au-
thor of all these ISLANDERS. rs.--Abbe0sHe Me-.
diam. ~,