The following news item appeared in the Edgefield [S.C.] Advertiser, 9 April 1856, p. 2, c. 2, which had been copied from the [Pickensville, S.C.] Keowee Courier:

KANSAS -- We learn that Messrs. E. N. Symmes and Armstead Burt, both of Pendleton, left that place for Kansas during the present week. Mr. Jos. Steele, of this district, has also started for the same destination. We presume they will join Maj. Buford in Alabama. There are others in the district willing to go, some of whom are only waiting for the necessary outfit. Will not those of our citizens who are able, take this matter in hand? Delays are dangerous. Keowee Courier, March 29."