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(ioius Vp aud Coming Down. Thia is a simple song, 'tis trae My songs aro never over-nice - And yet I'll try and scatter through A little pinch of good advice. Then listen, pompous friend, and learn, ?Never to boast of such renown, For fortune's wheel is on the turn, And some go up and some go down. I know a vast amount of stocks, A vast amount of pride insures; . But faith has picked so many locks, I wouldn't like to warrant tours, Remember then, and never opurn Tho one whose hand is hard and brown ; For he is likely to go up, And you are likely to go down. Another thing, you will agroo The truth may as well bo confessed That " cod fish aristocracy," . Is but a sca'y thing at best; . And though tho fish is large and strong May seek th? little ones to drown, Yet fishes all, both great and small, Aro going up and coming down. Our ?ives aro full of chance and change, And change, you know, is never sure And 'twero a doctrine new and strange That pieces high are most secure. And though the fickle god may smile, And wield the sceptre and the crown, Tis only for a little while That B goes up and A come? down. This world for you and me, my friend, Hath something moro than pounds and pence. Then let mo humbly recommend A little use of common sense. Thus lay all pride of placo aside, And have a care on whom you frown For fear you'll see him going up, When you arc only coming down. A THRILLING ADVENTURE. The following thrilling sketch is fruin an English Magazine: " Father will have done the great chim-. ney to night, won't he mother?" said lit tle Tommie Howard, as he stood waiting for his father's breakfast, which he carried to hi tn at his work every morning. " He said that he hoped all thc scaffold ing would be down to-night," answered the mother 41 ?ind ?hat will bc a fine sight ; for I never like the ending of tliote great chimneys; it is so risky for father to be the'last up." c; 32h, then, but I'll go and seek him, and help 'cm to give a shout afore he conics down," said Tom. " And then," continued the mother, u if all goes on right we are to have a frolic to-morrow; and go in the country, and take our dinners, and spend ail the day in the woods." 411 lurrah !" cried Tom, as he ran off to his f. ther's place of work, with a can of milk in one hand and some bread in thr ottler. His mother stood in the door, watching him as he went merrily whist ling down the street, and she thought of the dear father he was going to, and the dangerous work he was engaged in; an3 then her heart sought its sure refuge, and she prayed to God to protect and bless her treasures. Tom, with i light heart, pursued his way to his father, and leaving him his breakfast, went to his own work, which was at some distance. In the evening, on his way home, he went around to see how his father was getting on. James Howard, the ft.ther, and a num ber of other gentlemen, had been build ing one of those lofty chimneys, which, in our great manufacturing towns, almost supply the place of other architectural beauty. The chimney was one of the highest, and most tapering that had ever been erected, and tis Tom shading his eyes from the slanting rays of the setting sun," looked up tn search of his father, his heart almost sank within him at the ap palling height. The scaffold was almost down ; the men at the bottom were mov ing the last beams and poles. Tom's father stood alone at the top. He then looked around to see that everything was right, and then waving his hat in the air, the men below, answering him with a loud cheer, little Tom shout ing as loud any of them. As their voices died away, however, they heard a different sound, a cry of alarm and horror from above. "The rope, the rope!" The men looked around and coiled upon the ground, lay the rope, which before the scaffolding was removed, should have been fastened to the chimney for Tom's father to come down by ! The scaffold ing had been taken down without remem bering to take the rope up. They all knew it was impossible to throw the rope up high enough, or skillfully enough, to reach the top of the chimney, or if it could, h would hardly bc safe. They stood in silent dismay, unable to give any help or think of any means of safety. And Tom's father. He walked round and round the little circle, and the dizzy height seemed more and more fearful, and ih? solid earth further from him. lu the sudden panic, he lost his presence of mind, and his senses failed him. He shut his (tye? and felt as if the next mo ment he must be dashed to pieces on the ground below. The day passed as industriously as usu al with Tom's mother at home. She was always busily employed for her husband in some way or other, and to-day, she had been at work harder than usual get ting ready for the holiday to-morrow. She had just finished her arrangements, and her thoughts were silently thanking God for ;he happy home, and all these blessings of life, when Tom ran in. His face was as white as ashes, and he could hardly p f his words out : "Moth er ! mother ! he cannot get down." "Who lad? thy father?" asked the mother. "They have forgotten to leave thc rope," answered Tom, still scarcely able to speak. The mother started up, horror struck, and stood for a moment as if par alyzed, then pressing her hands over her face, as if to shut out the terrible picture and breathing a prayer to God for help, she rushed out of the house. When she reached the place where her husband was at work, a crowd gathered around the foot of the chimney, and stood quite helpless, and gazing up with faces full of sorrow. " He says he'll throw himself down." Thee munna do that, lad," cried the wife with clear hopeful voice ; " thee mun na do that. Wait a bit. Take off thy stocking, lad, and unravel ;t, and letdown the thread with a bit of mortar. Dost thou hear me, Jem?" The man made a sign of assent; for it seemed -is if he could not speak-and taking off his stocking, unraveled the worsted yarn, row after row. The peo ple stood around in breathless silence and suspense, wondering what Tom's mother could be thinking of; and why she sent him in such haste for the carpenter's ball of twine. ,c Let down one end of the thread with a stone, and keep fast hold of the '..ther," cried she to her husband. The little thread came waving down thc tall chim ney, blown hither and thitherby the wind, but it reached the outstretched hands that were waiting for it. Tom held the ball c. twine, while his mother tied the end of it ' io fte worsted tond, J< " Now pull it slowly," cried she to her husband, and she gradually unwound the string until in reach of her husband. " Now hold the string fast, and pull it up," cried she, and the string grew heavy and hard to pull, for Tom and his mother had fastened a thick rope to it. They watch ed it gradually and slowly uncoil from the ground, as the string was drawn tighter. There was but one coil left. It had reached the top. "Thank God! thank God !" exclaimed the wife. She hid her face in her hands, in silent prayer, and tremblingly rejoiced. The iron to which it should be fastened was there all right but would her husbaud be able to make use of it / Would not the terror of the past hour so have unnerved him as to prevent him irom taking the necessary measures for his safety ? She did not know the magical influence which her few words had exercised over him. She did not know the strength that the sound of her voice, so cairn and steadfast, had filled him with-as if the little thread that carried him the hope of life once more, and conveyed to him some portion of that faith in God which nothing ever destroyed or shook in her pure heart. She did not know that as she waited there the words came over him, " Why art tho? cast down, O my soul, why art thou disquieted within mel hope thou in God." She lifted her heart lo God for hope and strength but could do nothing more for her husband, and her heart turned to God and rested on Him as on a rock. There was ? great shout, " He's safe, mother, he's safe!" cried little Tom. " Thou hast saved my life, my Mary," said her husband, folding hei in his arms. "But what ails thee? thou seemeth more sorry than glad about iL" But Mary could not speak, and if the strong arm of her husband had not held her up, she would have, fallen to the ground-the sudden joy after such great fear had overcome her. "Tom, let thy mother lean on thy "shoulder," said tie father, "and we will take her home." And in their happy home they poured forth thanks to God for his great goodness, and their happy life together felt dearer and holier for the peri1 it had been in, and the near ness of the danger had brought them unto God. And thc holiday next day-was it not indeed a thanksgiving day. H liv Cannot a K ornau Become a Mason ? At the late anniversary celebration of the Masons of Austin, Nevada, the orator of the day thus discoursed upon this much vexed question : Woman sometimes complains that she is not permitted to enter our lodges and work with the craft in their labors, and learn all there is to be learned in thc in stitution. We will explain the reason. We learn that before thc Almighty had finished His work, He was in some doubt about creating Eve. The creation of every living and creeping thing had been accomplished, and thc Almighty had made Adam (who was the first Mason) and erected for him the first lodge in thc world, and called it Paradise No. 1. He then caused all the beasts of the field and fowls of the field to pass before Adam for him to name them, which was a piece of work he had to do alone, so that no con fusion might hereafter arise from Eve, whom He knew would make trouble if she was allowed to participate in it, if Ile created her beforehand. Adam being very much fatigued with the labors of his first task, fell into a d jcp sleep, and when he awoke he found Eve in the lodge with him. Adam, being Sen:or Warden, placed Eve as the pillar of beauty in the South, and they received their instructions from the Grand Master in the East, which, when finished, she im mediately called the craft from labor to refreshment. Instead of attending to the duties of her office as she ought, she left her station, violated her obligation, and let in an expelled Mason, who had no business there, and went around with him leaving Adam to look after the jewels.' This fellow had been expelled from the Grand Lodge with several others, some time before. But hearing the footsteps of the Grand Master, he suddenly took his leave, telling Eve to go to making aprons, as she and Adam were not in proper regalia. She went and told Adam, and when the Grand Master returned to the Lodge he found his gavel had been stolen. He called for the Senior and Junior Wardens, who had negiected to guard the door, and found them absent. After searching some time, he came to where they were hid, and demanded of Adam what he was doing there, instead of oc cupying his official station. Adam re plied he was waiting for Eve to call the craft fiom refreshment to labor again, and that the craft was not properly clothed, which they were making provisions for. Turning to Eve, he 'asked her what she had to offer in excuse for her unofficial and unmasonic conduct. She replied that a fellow, passing himself off as a Grand Lecturer had been giving her instructions, and she thought it was no harm to learn them.. The Grand Master thereupon asked her what had become of his gavel ; she said she didn't know, unless that fel low had carried it away. Finding that Eve was no longer trust worthy, and that she had -caused Adam to neglect his duty, and Jiad let in one who had been expelled, the Grand Master had closed the lodge, and turning them out, set a faithful Tyler to gif.rd the door with a flaming sword. Adam repenting of his folly, went to work like a man and a good Mason, in order to get reinstated again. Not so with Eve ; she got angry about it and commenced raising Cain. Adam, on account of his reformation, was permitted to establish lodges and work in the lower degrees ; and while Eve was allowed to join him in works of charity outside, she was never again to be ad mitted to assist in the regular work of the craft. Hence the reason why woman cannot become an inside Mason. ECOXOMT IM ROOM.-A stranger, with a fair damsel hanging upon his arm, ac costed one of our townsmen at the post office, thu3 : "Exc?seme, sir, but will you bc kind enough to inform me where I can find a minister? I find lodging rooms are very scarce here just now, and I think if I can find a minister we can make some arrangements to get along with less room than we now occupy." He was sent, to Dr. Tyler. WILSON is a "brick," and pretty good at repartee, but he gets taken down some times. Sitting jit the head of his table, his face wreathed in smiles, he has full view of his guests and their wants. Turn ing to a son of Fenianism on his right, ' and observing his plate quite empty, he asked: "Is there anything else I can do for you, my lord Bismarck?" "Vis, ycr honor," said my lord, "jistgive usa i little more of the bafe, and less of your i-d gab." A traveler rode up to the i Soor, and Wilson left the tobie. i Anoiber Word of Advice to the Negroes. Wc have frequently endeavored to ad vise the well-disposed Negroes in regard to the true policy for them to pursue; md, in this connection, we would espe cially commend to their serious consid eration the subjoined words of wisdom taken from a speech recently delivered at Holly Grove, Miss., by Hon. ALBERT G. BROWN : Most of you want land-. Allow me to say in all sincerity, as your friend, re garding you in your present position, that is the last thing you do want. If you had land, what would you do with it? You would want provisions, plows, hoes, axes, carts, mules, everything necessary for carrying on a farm, and where are these to come from ? Now I will tell you what you want-first of all, you want 2. year's provisions and clothing for yourself and families, or the means of buying them. Next you want horses or mules, then you want farming utensils, and last of all.and most important, some thing to feed the horses or mules on. When you get thus equipped, there will be no trouble about the land. There is land enough for everybody. If any one or fifty of you will come to me next year with the means of carrying on a farm on your own book, I now promise you land on your own terms. But understand me. I do not agree to put up houses and fences, sink wells, and furnish mules, plows, hoes, wagons, fire wood, provisions, clothing, and in short everything to carry on a farm, and then give you everything you make; that would be setting the colter a little too deep. But if you want land and nothing else, come on, I am ready for you. I have another little piece ot" advice for you: When you get land, as you will after a while, pay for it out of your hon est earnings, and then you will feel hap py in the knowledge that you have not by fraud or force appropriated other peo ples goods to your own use. I traveled the other day, with a black man who rode his own horse. He had bought and paid for him, and I admired the honest, pride with which he strode him. If he had stolen him he would have slunk away as a thief. I look to the day when every honest man among you will own land, and set down in full security at your own door, protected by the majesty of the law. But I warn you that you must woo the coming of that day by habits of indust.y, frugality md earnest desire for peace and good will among men. A Burglar Trapped, The New York correspondent of the Troy Times gives the following: I was informed of a case in which a burglar was handsomely trapped a few nights since. The house of a resident of Brooklyn was entered about midnight, and the occupant, Mr.-, awakened. As he arose in bed he saw standing in the room a rough looking man with a blud geon in his hand. " What do you want here ?" was the inquiry of Mr. " I want your money or your life," suddenly replied the thief. " You do, eh ?" exclaimed Mr.-, and he slipped his hand under his pillow and drew forth a splendid revolver. ''You do, eh ?" he repeated, and sprang from the bed, jjresenting the revolver at the I lad offne thief. "Now, sir, I want your money or your life," he continued, still presenting his revolver. The thief "comprehended thc situation at a glance," and fairly " shook in his boots," as he stammered, "I will go out, sir !" "No you won't until you give me your money-then you mr.y go !" The thief drew from his pocket ten dollars and handed the sum over. "Now, I want your coat." This was delivered. " Now, I will take your shirt boots, and pants." The thief hesitated. " If you don't take them off instantly, I will shoot you dead where you stand and throw your body out of the window. The thief complied, and stood naked. " Now you may leave," replied-, " by the same way you came-through that window, down the shed and over the fence. And if I ever see you within fifty yards of this house again, day or night, I'll shoot you dead-so help me God !" The thief took his departure, and when -related his adventure next morning to the family, who were entirely undis turbed by it, he was obliged to exhibit his captured clothing and money to. in duce belief. SHARP PRACTICE OF AK ATLANTA MER CHANT.-A correspondent of the Chata nooga Union tells the following of a shrewd cynical Atlanta merchant : I heard of a good thing perpetrated by one of them, which was related by hi'n to a New York " drummer." The mer chant aforesaid is in the ready-made cloth ing business, and he told the gentleman from New York, that, when a customer comes in, after letting him try on several coats, he would say to him that he had a coat which he had given a gentleman to take home the night before, but he was not satisfied with it and returned it. Per haps it may fit his customer. " Now you know," says he, all men are more or less dishonest; so I put a pocket-book in one of the coat pockets, which only cost me thirty or forty cent3. Now when the man tries the coat, he puts his hand in the pockets and feels the pocket-book, and ho buys the coat at once, for a con siderable advance on the usual price ; and he never comes back to see about it." -? ? ? AN exchange in noticing thc presenta tion of a silver cup to thc editor of an other paper, says : H He needs no cup. Ile can drink from any vessel that con tains liquor, whether the neck of a bottle, the mouth of a demijohn, the spile ot a keg, or the bung of a barrel." A fellow who had never enjoyed the pleasure of being coaxed out of his money by a pair bf bright eyes swimming in tears, and consequently feels angry with those'who Jpn vc, crustily remarks: "As people sprinkle tho floors before they sweep them, so wives sprinkle their hus bands with tears in order to sweep cash out of their pockets." A little Union girl, whose father had just returned from the war with an hon orable discharge, went to visit a relativa in a distant State, accompanied by a lady. Arriving late in tho evening at Uncle B.'s, our little patriotess being much fa tigued proposed to retire, jmd solicited her companion to go with her. "Oh, no," replied she; "I must sit up until Uncle B. has prayers." " Pray !" said our little friend, "does Uncle B. pray? Why, J thought he was a democrat!" What a partisan ! LUCK lies in bed, and wishes thc post man would bring him news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o'clock and, with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of ft competency. A Saratoga Story* A melancholy tale is told here of a young' man who came from New York with a hundred dollars and a new suit of | clothes. He carried himself in a lofty and flamboyant manner, and never felt himself so much like an aristocrat aa when he was being brushed. He would stand for several minutes, turning round and round, apparently in an ecstacy of | felicity, while colored waiters whisked their brushes about his back and should ers. He had obtained twenty-five dol lars' worth of new quarters at the Sub Treasury before leaving, and every time he was brushed he handed one of these forth from his vest pocket. He came upon the Drew, and through the influence of the stamps was much brushed on the voyage. He took breakfast, of course, at the Delevan, and from the moment when he gave thc man a twenty-five cent piece who brushed him on the steps, the waiters rushed wildly after him with their brooms ; at the office where he registered himself; at the counter where he checked his cane; going up stairs to breakfast; coming down again ; at thc counter where he got his cane again ; and all the way out to the pavement. When he stepped from the coach here he had a package of | quarters ready in his pocket ; and there was never another man so brushed at the hotel. He stopped four times from the door to the office enjoying the satis faction of the brush, and distributing quar ters. He was brushed up stairs and down stairs, in the halls and in the parlors, in the piazzas, in the grounds, in the billiard rooms, and in the barber shops. The waiters watched him, laid wait for him, quarrelled with each other for possession of him. And the more he was brushed the more lofty he carried himself. They never brushed him any where but in the small of the back and on the knees of his pantaloons. The re sult was that in three days those portions of his attire were threadbare, and the next day a new hand ai the barber shop, desirous of earning his money, brushed a hole in his coat. The young man looked at his pocket book and found that he had only just money enough to pay his bill and his fare home, to say nothing of a new suit. Nearly all of his new stamps had been spent solely on the luxury of j the brush. He gave notice at the office of his departure, but he was brushed to the last. They brushed him out to the stage, and one stalwart colored man, growing facetious with him now that he was leaving, gave a last stroke and torc the young man's coat straight down the middle of his back, ile put on his duster and was seen no more. But the waiters, counting their earnings, found that tn the aggregate they had received $21.25 for brushing that unfortunate young man. Cor. Evening Gazette. -? ? ? A CUTE PREACHER.-The pastor of a church, not a thousand miles from Bridge port, says the Bridgeport Standard, was once desirous that the Conference should meet at his church. The people being aware that they must board the ministers during their stuy in the city, were quite averse to their coming. At a meeting to consider the subject of giving the invita tion, the pastor stated the proposition and said : "All those in favor of inviting thc brethren here will say yes-all opposed, no." He then proceeded to put the question ; but not a yes was heard. Whereupon he paused, looked around and remarked : " Silence gives consent. The Confer ence will come." 9 At thc concluding meeting, when a col lection was to be taken up for the visiting brethren, thc pastor told his people that it was necessary for all the ministers to behack to their respective flocks; that they had no money to go with, and must stay in their present quarters till the cash was raised. The dilemma was either to board their visitors gratuitously, or pay their fares home. Wc can guess how they solved the problem. Not many days ago a young lady from the country went into thc store of a mer chant not a thousand miles from Colum bia, and asked if he wished to purchase a couple of chickens, at the same time throwing a pair of live ones on the coun ter. "Why, yes," he replied; "but will they lay there," meaning would they re main on thc counter for a few moments. " Lay there !" archly retorted the rustic beauty; "No sir!" they lay nowhere. Them's roosters!" " Sambo, can you tell me in what build ing people are most likely to take cold ?" " Why, no; me stranger in de town, and can't cell dat." " Well,"I will tell you-it is de bank." "How is datr " Because dere aro so many drafts in it." " Dat is good ; but can you tell me, sah, what makes dare be so many drafts in it?" "No." " Because so many go dare to raise de wind ; yah, yah, yah." BRIGGS has a faculty of getting things very cheap. The other, day he had a beautiful set of teeth inserted for nothing. He had kicked a dog. AT the breakfast table in a "boarding house in Varick street, one Sabbath mor ning, the conversation turned on the sub ject of Sabbath desecration in New York by the city railroad companies, when a well-known Wall street operator, of Irish extraction, after delivering a short homily on this glaring sin, declared it as his opin ion, " that there was more desecration of the Sabbath in New York on Sunday than on any other day of thc week." A rascally practical joker in Alleghany City, Pa., recommended to a bald-headed acquaintance a preparation, of which Cro ton oil was the chief ingredient, as an in fallible hair restorer. Baldy applied the stuff to both scalp and chin, and was sur prised at the appearance of a luxuriant crop of-blisters." MICHIGAN railroads must bc very slow concerns, for a paper out that way says " There are very few in the Penitentiary. The authorities send them by the Pontiac railroad, and their time expires before they get there." Furniture ! NOW ON HAND and for salo at REDUCED RATES, a good ntsortrhent of Which in point of manufacture, finish and price, cannot fail lo give satiyfac'ion tn purehasirs. ?f*?~Furnitiire barlcrod for ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, and good tradeit glrou. J. M. WITT. June 2ft_tr_2? Brandy, Whiskey, Wine. DOZEN PURE OLD BRANDY, I860: Oenuir.e Pure RYE WHISKEY; OLD PORT nnd MADEIRA WINES; Superior old SHERRY WINE ; For ?ale low by JAS. C, BAILIE ?V BRO. Aogtut?, Anj 2? t? ? 15 IMPORTANT AND TRUE ! KENNY & GRAY, 238 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA., Address themselves to the public in very emphatic terms. Every Gentleman in South Carolina and Georgia who will take the trouble to call at our FIRST CLASS CLOTHING HOUSE, "Will be willing to endorse our assertion : That our House contains the MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT, and the most elegantly finished Stock of SE?BY~HAB1 CLOTHING FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR, That has ever yet been offered in Augusta. It is, therefore, important that every gentleman who desires to be well dressed, in garments that are THOROUGHLY FINISHED, and, at tho sam* time, at the LEAST POSSIBLE EXPENSE, to call at once at KENNY & GRAY'S. OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT Is supplied with the CHOICEST CLOTHS, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS, including tho most delicate shades of color to be found in thc country ; and its ope rations will be prosecuted with RENEWED CAKE AND ATTENTION on the part of the Proprietors, so that nothing of an inferior character can possibly escape their vigilance. We have made special selections of choice FURNISHING GOODS, which will receive more care than heretofore, and enable our patrons to supply themselves at our House with every article they may require. 'Our Prices are immensely Reduced! KENNY & GRAY, 238 Broad Street, .Augusta. Apr 1 3m 14 5? WORTH OF To be Sold out in the Next Few Weeks to Make Room for More, AT New York Panic Prices FOR CASH. Calicoes at 10 Cents per Yard, Good Fast Colors at 121-2 Cents. The Very Best Styles Made at 15 Cents, BLEACHED COTTONS at 10, 12$, 15, 18, and 20 Cents. LONSDALE COTTON, at 24 Cents. 8-4, 9-4, 10-4, and H-4 BLEACHED and BROWN SHEETINGS, at NEW YORK AUCTION PRICES. STRIPED COTTONADES, at 12$, 15, and 20 Cents. COTTON PLAIDS, nt 18 and 20 Cents. COTTONADE PANTALOON STUFFS, at 20 and 25 Cents. LINENS FOR PANTS AND COATS, from 25 Cents to the Finest. SILK WRAPPINGS, at Half Price. GRENADINE, HERNAN A, MOZAMBIQUE, and other SHAWLS, very much reduced. fl^TO SECURE THE PICK OF THE STOCK COME EARLY. V. RICHARDS * BROS. FREDERICKSBURG STORE, 301 Broad S t., Corner by Planters' Hotel, AUGUSTA, GA. Augusta, May 27 * lm . ?1 NEW GOODS AND GOOD GOODS AT Low Prices ! AND AA, One I*:rie? Only I I. SIMON & BRO., Nos. 176 and 224 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN MEN'S? i OYS' ?ND YOUTHS' f T AT???TC bJbU X> JULIA VU) AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, HAVE on Hand a FULL and SPLENDID Stock of CLOTHING and FUR NISHING GOODS, which they offer to their Friends and the Public at large, at REDUCED RATES AND AT ONE PRICE ONLY. In their Clothing Department you will find Fine Black Cloth DRESS COATS; Fine Black DOESKIN PANTS; Fine Cassi mere DRESS SUITS, extra sizes; All Silk Mixed Cassimere SUITS, extra sizes ; Irish Linen SACK and PANTS; LINEN DUSTERS ; DUCK SUITS, all Linen ; White Linen SUITS; Silk, Linen and Marseilles-VESTS, extra sizes. And a large assortment of BOYS' AND YOUTH'S CLOTHING We offer MEN'S SUITS, made out of good Goods, at from $3 to $40 per suit In their FURNISHING DEPARTMENT you will find Fine Linen SHIRTS, made by the best Manufacturers in the United States. Fine Silk, White Lisle Thread and Gause UNDERVESTS. Irish Linen and Cotton DRAWERS. CRAVATS, Linen and Paper COLLARS, Silk and Cotton Half HOSE, A Jaree nnd fashionable stock of fine and common HATS ; BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES, CARPET BAGS, UMBRELLAS, HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, TOILET SOAPS, And a great many other Goods too numerous to mention. TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS AND FARMERS. We will sell the above Goods at Wholesale or Retail at a Saving* of 25 pel* Cent, on Your Part, and will guarantee to give you new and as good Good3 as are manufactured in thc United States. Call and examine our Goods before purchasing elsewhere, for your own satis faction. Remember that the Ono Price System is established for the satisfaction of j all who purchase their Goods from I. SIMON & BRO., FASHIONABLE CLOTHING EMPORIUM, 176 and 221 Broad Street, Augusta, (?a. Augusta, Juna 17 tf 25 NEW STORE! New Goods! And New Prices for Edgefield ! Subscriber is now opening at tho Corner Store, between Mr. B. C. BRYAN'S Brick Store and Ute Planter's Hotel, a CHOICE ASSORT MENT of Family and Fancy Groceries, Liquors, Wines, Cordials, &c., Which In point of quality and low prices cannot be txcollod, if equalled, in this market I also intend doaling largely in tl o Provision Line, Such an BACON, LARD, FLOUR, CORN, MEAL, <ko., which will be sold at AUGUSTA RETAIL PRICES-transportation added. ?SfTho public are solicited to pay the new Store a visit and examino my Stock and figures. j25?~Tho nighest market price paid for all COUN TRY PRODUCE. A. A. GLOVER, Agent. Edgefield, Feb 12 tf 7 Z THE ? CHRISTIAN MESSENGER," Putlished Weekly, in Augusta, Ga., .A.T SS -A. YEAR. A.T tho initance of gentlemen residing in differ ent parts of thc State, whose judgment and wishes are entitled to consid?ration, we propose to com mence, on or about tho 15th inst, the publication of a BELIGIOUS AND FAMILY PAPER, the object of which will be tho dissemination of intelligence, religious ?nd moral principles among all classes of our peoplo throughout the country. It is the desire and design of the publishers to make the MESSENGER an instructive as well as interesting family visitor-ono that will' be read and appreciated by the intelligent reader, among all classes, and equally rcceptablo to Christians of all denominations. To aid us in carrying on the work we have undertaken, we would respectfully ask all Minis ters of tho Gospel, and our friends generally, to assist us in circulating the MESSENGER. Contributions for its columns are solicited from Ministers and others who may feet disposed to aid us in tho good work wo have undertaken. All communications and remittances must be addressed to GENTRY ? JEFFER30N, Augusta, Ga. A few select advertisements will be inserted at reasonibio rates. . All papers fi ?end ly will please give the above a few insertion. Juno 1 25 For i he Plantation, The Garden, And thc Home Circle. A.T the request of the Publisher, I am now acting SJ Agent for the SOUTHERN CULTI VATOR, an indispensable Agricultural Journal, published at Athens, Ga. Terms, $2 per annum. Every Farmer, Planter and Horticulturist in the South should bo a reader of tho CULTIVA TOR. JgjTSpecimcn numbers may bo seen at tht Advertirer Office. D. R. DURISOE. Sept 17 tf 3 INVENTORS, MANUFACTURES. THE SCIEN1IFIC AMERICAN is the largest and most widely circulated journal of itr clus in this country. Each number contains six teen pages, with numerous illustrations. The numbers for o year make two volumes nf 416 paget each. Il also contains a full account of all th? principal inveb.ions and discoveries of thc day Also, valuable illustrated articles upon Tools and Machinery used in Workshops, Manufactories, Steam and Mechanical Engineering, Woolen, Cot ton, Chemical, Petroleum, and all other Manufac turing interests. Also, Fire-arms, War Imple ments, Ordnance, War Vessels, Railway Machi nery, Electric, Chemical, and Mathematical Ap paratus, Wood and Lumber Machinery, Hydraul ics, Oil and Water Pumps, Water Wheels, Etc.: Household, Horticultural, and Farm Implements -this latter Department being very full and of great value to.Farmers and Gardeners, articles embracing every department of Popular Science, which every body can understand and which every body likes to read. Also, Beports cf Scientific Societies, at home and abroad, Patent Law Decisionsaod Discussions, Practical Recipes, Etc. It also contains an Offi cial List of all the Patent Claims, ?.special feature of great value to Inventors and owners of Patents. Published Weekly, two volumes each year, com mencing January and July, Per annum.$3 00 Six months.,.,. 1 50 Ten copies for One Year,.25 00 Specimen copies sent free. Address MUNN & CO., Publishers, No. 17 Park Row, New York City. Messrs. MUNN <fc CO. have had twenty years experience in procuring Patents for New Inven tors who may have such business to transact cai receive, free, all needful advice how to proceed. State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN COMMON PLEAS. G. W. Murphy & Slocum, 1 vs > For. Attach. J. A. Bats, J THE Plaintiffs in the abovo stated case having this dt.y filed their Declaration ju my office, and tho Defend .nt having neither wife nor Attor ney known to reside within the limits of this State on whom copies of said Declaration with .rules to plead can be served ; On motion of W. W. ADAMS, Esq., Plaintiffs' Attorney, Ordered, that said Defendant appear and plead to said Declaration within a year and a day from the date hereof or final and absolute Judgement will bc given against him. S.HARRISON, C.C.E.D. ' Sept. 29,1S06 lyq 41 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN COMMON PLEAS. H. A. Shaw, bearer, "1 vs [ For. Attach. Welcome Martin. j THE Plaintiff in tho abovo stated case having this day filed his Declaration in my office, and tho Defendant having neither wife nor At tornoy known to resido within the limits of this State on whom copies of said Declaration with rules to plead can be served : On motion of J. L. Addison, Plaintiff's Attorney, Ordered that said Defendant appear and. pipad to said Declaration within a year and m day from tho date hereof, or final and absolute Judgment will b<: given against him. S. HARRISON, c. c. R. D. Mar 21, 1867. qly 13 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN COMMON ?LEAS. Guthridge Cbcatham, bearer,") vu > For. Altachm'nt Q. W. Strom. J THE Plaintiff in tho abovo stated caso having this day filed his Declaration in my office, and the Defendant having neither wile nor Attor ney known -to reside within tho limits of this State on whom copies of said Declaration with rules to plead can be served ; On motion of W. W. Adams, Plaintiff's Attorney, ordered that said Defendant appear and plead to sai I Declaration within a year and a day from thc dato hereof or final and abac lute Judgmcnt will be Riven against him. S. HARRISON, c.c.K.n. Mar 7, 1867. ly ll State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN COMMOM PLEAS. Guthridgo Che?tbam, 1 vi > Foreign Attachment. G. W. Strom. J THE Plaintiff in the abovo stated case having this day filed his Declaration in my office, and thc Defendant having neither wife nor Attor ney known to resido within the limits of this State on whom copias of said Declaration with rules to plead can be served ; On motion of W. W. Adams, Plaintiff's Attorney, ordered that said Defendant appear and pleiid to .?cid Declaration within a year and a day from the date hereof or final and absolute Judgment will be given ap.; inst bim. S. HARRISON, C.C.E.D. Marli, 186'/. ly ll Wheat Wanted! THE Subscriber will pay the highest market price for 5000 BUSHELS IV II EAT. Apply early. i i A. A. GLOVE]!, Agent. JalylO hs 23 , DR. N. A. PRATT, (Snccessors to Pratt & Wilison Bros,) WHOLESALE DRUGGIST, Analytical and Consulting Chemist, NO. 23, HA YNE STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C., DEALER IN AND Druggists5 Sundries. Analysis of Ores, Soils, Fertilizers, Ac, xnfcJe with greatest caro and accuracy. Chemical advice given in all branches of the science, on moderate terms, DE. F. OLIN DANNELLY, so well known throughout the State, is with me,, and would be glad to see old friends, or fill any order for Goods. Charleston, Mar 25 " 3ml3 KEMINGT.ON'S FIRE ARMS. Sold by the Trade Generally. A Liberal Discount to Dealers. 200,000 Furnished to the IT. S, Gov ernment ARMY REVOLVER, 44-100 in. Calibre NAVY REVOLVES, 3G-1A0?D. Calibrt. BELT REVOLVER, Navy Size Calibre. POLICE REVOLVER, Navy Size Calibre. NEW POCKET REVOLVER, 31-100 in. Calibre. POCKET REVOLVER, (R.Jer's pt.) 31-100 in. Cal. REPEATING PISTOL, (Elliot pt.) No. 22 A 32 Car. VEST POCKET PISTOL, NO. */2. 30, 32 and 41 Car. G CN CANE, No. 22. and 32 Cartridge. BREECH LOADING RIFLE, (Beale*) 32 ? 38 Car. REVOLVING RIFLE, 36 and 44-100 in Calibre. Principal Agent's. Moore A Nichols, ?. New York. Wm. Read A Son, Boston. Jos. C. Grubb k Co., Philadelphia. Ponltney and Trimb'.e, . Baltimore, Henry Folsom ? Co., New Orleans. Johnson, Spencer k Co., Chicago. L. M. Rumsey k Co. ' St. Louis. Albert E. Crano, San Francisco. Circulars containing cuts and description of ourArms will be furnished upon application. E. REMINGTON k SONS,"Ilion, N. Y. Mar 12_tf ll BROWN & PERRINS, PUBLISHERS OF SEE E ET MUSIC, And Music Books. WE would respectfully call the attention of Choir-Leaders and Singing School Teach ers to our establishment, where all kinds of Church Music, Glee and Anthem Books can be obtained on the most favorable terms. The long experience of our Mr. PARKINS, in Musical Conventions, Choirs, the Concert Room and Sunday School, enables him to ?ive advice nnd information on all points of mUMcnl interest as to the selection of proper works of instruction, formation of Musical Schools-progress in musi cal stuoies, and items of general interest to com posers, leaders, teacher.- and students. Sheet Music furnished on thc usual terms, with promptness and dispatch. Country orders solici ted-and selocdons made for pupils, teachers, con certs, Ac, Ac, Ac. NOW READY: W??? be True to Me,.T. E. Perkins,.30 cts. The Orphan Wanderer,....T- E. Perkins,.30 cts. Tho Rose Burb,.....T. E. Perkins,.....30 cts. Fairy of the Wildwood,...H. A. Brown,.30 els. Memory, (for Baritone,)..E. A. Brown,.30 cts. Four of any of the above will be forwarded on receipt of one dollar. gSS~Send for a Circular.. BROWN k PERKINS, 420 Broome St., New York City. New York, Jan 1 4nil GARDEN SEEDS BY El, WE INVITE attention to our LARGE and COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of FRESH GARDEN SEEDS, comprising Over 250 Leading Varieties, INCLUDING THE NOVELTIES. Which we furnish, neatly put up in packets, BY MAIL, POSTAGE PAID, To any address, at our Cataloguo rates, enabling parties at a distance to purchase us advantage ously as at our Store. All our Seods are carefully tested before ??end ing out, and aro Warranted to Grow? If properly plantod out and cared fer. OUR NEW DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CAT ALOGUE is mailed to any address on receipt of stump for postage. [EDW'D. J. EVANS ? CO., No. % N. George St., York, Pa. Mar ll 2m ll The Best Tonic Now in Use! MANUFACTURED BY C. P. P A NENIN, CHARLESTON, S. C. Charleston, Jan 15 ly THIS GLOSS STARCH Is used by First-class Hotels, Laundries, Tens of Thousands of Families, and Should be used by all. It givos a beautiful polish, making the iron pass smoothly over the cloth, saving much time and labor. Goods dono up with it keep chan longes, consequently will not wear out so soon. IT MAKES OLD LINEN LOOK LIKE NEW1 Sold by Druggists and Grocers generally. OUR IMPERIAL BLUE IST HEBEST IN THE WORLD! It is soluble in hard as woll as soft water. It is put up in thu safest, neatest, and atostconvoni cnt form of any offered to the public IT IS WARRANTED NOT TO STREAK. THE CLOTHES ! 9o a by Grocers and Druggists generally. Agents wanted everywhere, to whom we offer' extraordinary inducements. Address NEW YORK STARCH GLOSS CO., No. 218 Fulton St., New York Jan 1 6m 1' ?-ROVESTEEIV & CO., 1 499 Broadway, New York. THESE PIANOS received tho nighest Award of Merit at tho H'orW's Fair, over thc beat makers from London, Paris, Germany, thc cities of Now York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Bos ton : also, the Gold Jlledal at the American institute, for FIVE SUCCESSIVE YEARS.'! Our Pianos contain thc French Grand Action, Harp Pedal, Overstrung Boss, Full Iron Frame, and all Modern Improvements. Every Instru ment irarreii'ei' FI \'E YEAHS.' Mado under tho supervision of Mr. J. II. GROVESTEEN, who bas a practical experience of ever thirty-five years, and is thc maker of orer eleven thousand Piano-Fortes. Our facilities for manufacturing enable us to sell t'aese instruments frcm $100 to $200 cheaper tha.t any first class piano forte. ?3~GEO. A. OATES, Augusta, Ga., is the authorized Agent for the sale of theso PIANOS, and will always keep n number on hand for the inspection of thc public Aug 8 lyHAP I 32 Old Papers! FOR Sale at this Office a largo lot of OLD NEWSPAPERS. For sale in parcels to sui ; purchasers. " Ju?4 tf *