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* DIRISOE, KEF.SE & CO. ?.,.M...?..H...MH.M^....M?.........u.'................M...M?..M...?......?a..;.?.H....^^...^.?..., EDGEEIELD, S. C.. DECEMBEE 16, 1868. ?^>^?t>^t..MHMH?W?l'.^.^H???.H^??M*?.,.t<H.>.?,*M*W.M.HHH.'MM.I...?<<.<......." VOLUME XXXIII.-No. 51 Cfct Qtotxtim. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING B T DURISOE, KEESE & CO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The ADVERTISER is published regularly ovory WEDXKSDAY MOKKIHO, at THREE DOL LARS per annum; ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS, for Six Months; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for Throo Months,-alway in advance. LS?" All papers discontinued at the expiration of the time foi which they haro been paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Advertisements will bo inserted at tho rate of ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS por Square (10 Minion lines or less,) for the first insertion, and ONE DOLLAR for each snbsequentinsertion. i %3S* A liberal-disco :nt will bo made to these wishing to advertise by the year. j Announcing Candidates $5,00, in advance. ESTABLISHED 1502. CHARLESTON COURIER, DAILY AND TRI-WEEK LY, . BY A. S. WUrLINGTOX & CO. Daily Paper, 88.00;per Annum. Tri-Weekly Paper, 84.00 per Annum. THE COURIER has entored on the sixty sixth year of its publication. During this long period of its existence, despite the mutations of fortune and time, it bas been liberally sup ported, whilst many of its contemporaries have boen compelled to succumb to financial necessities. Wo gratefully record this evidence of the appre spfour own, and tho efforts of our prede cessors, to maT^tr'-rhiit it is, and always bas boan, ONE AMONG>TmfcLEADING COM MERCIAL AND NEWS JOURNALS OF TBK SOUTH, and will renew our exertioniT^o^dd to its acceptability to the public, as well as to plr.ee ?? easily within the reach of all who desire a FIRST CLASS CHEAP PAPER. In furtherance of this purpose we now issue the Daily and Tri-Weekly Courier to our Sub scribers, at the rate of eight and four dollars per annam respectively. Our parp?se is to furnish a first class paper upon the most reasonable living prices. Charleston, Jan 20 tf 4 INSURANCE AGENCY. PARTIES wishing to Insure their DWEL LINGS, GOODS, Ac, ?an do so on tho lowest j terms, and in tho BEST COMPANIES, by call ing on the Undersigned. D. R. DURISOE, Agent for A. G. HALL'S Insurance Agency. Jan 1 jil PLANTERS' HOTEL. AUGUSTA, GA. Newly Furnished and Refitted, UnsUTpasrcoMrjr any Hotel South, Was Reopened to the Public Oct. 8,1SC6. T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor. Jan. I. . if 1 THE Corner Drug Store, AT ?STo. 1, Park How, BY T. W. CAR WILE. 1 HAVE just received a FRESH SUPPLY of] GOODS pertaining to my line of business, con sisting of Tiemac's LAUNDRY BLUE, Karly's WORM CANDY, Essence of JAMAICA GINGER, i Costar's INSECT POWDERS, Hostetter's STOMACH BITTERS, Hall's Sicilian HAIR RENEWER, Spear's FRUIT PRESERVING SOLUTION, Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP;} ? Radway'fj READY RELIEF^. MUSTANG LINIMENT/" VAT..X^-^Z RnWHaHrATtt MAGNESIA, PH?LOTOKEN, or FEMALE'S FRIEND, ' Ayor's CHERRY PECTORAL, Sylvester's BENZINE, or STAIN REMOVER Beckwith'a Anti-Dyspeptic PILLS, A. Q. Simmons' LIVER MEDICINE^ CONGRESS WATER, CONSTITUTION WATER, Genuine Old PORT WINE, SHERRY and MADEIRA WINE, FRENCH BRANDY, Fine Family WHISKEY, Biaiuger'8 Old London Dock GIN, Fresh S2IDLITZ POWDERS, CORN STARCH, COOKING EXTRACTS-Lemon, Orange, Va nilla and Rose, Sulphate QUININE, Sulphate MORPHINE, Durkee's Concentrated POTASH, NATRONA SAPONIFIER for making SOAP Cox's SPARKLING GELATINE, Ac. For the Hair, Mrs. Allen's ZYLABALSAM?M, Barry's TRIC0PHERUS. EUREKA HAIR INVIGORATOR, Antique I1AIR OIL, Bear's OIL and Creole HAIR OIL, Pmlocombe POM VDE. Pure OX MARROW, Ac. For the Handkerchief* L?BIN'S GENUINO EXTRACTS-assorteii, BURNETT'S FLORIMEL, Genuine EE LL COLOGNE, NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS, ie. Fancy Articles. Higkdy Perfumed RICE FLOUR for the Toilet Puro LILY WHITE, Lubin's T' T'- T POWDER, Fancy P' -ES. Bazin's SLAVliTG CREAM, Military Shaving SOAP, TOILET SOAPS nf all kinds, . Tho very bust TOOTH BRUSHES. Fine assortment of HAIR BRUSHES, Hat and Clothes BRUSHES, Dreisiog COMBS, Fine Tooth COMBS, Tooth WASHERS and POWDERS, Ac. --ALSO - Constantly on hand a large assortment of LAMPS. Lamp CHIMNEYS, BURNERS, Ac. PURE KEROSINE OIL, NURSING BOTTLES, improved stylo, PENS, INR, STATIONERY, Faber's LEAD PENCILS, Ac, Ac. ?Stt-All sold for tho most reasonable price, but STRICTLY CASn. T. W. CARWILE, At Sign Golden Mortar. June 23 tf 2G Seed Wheat! WK HAVE SELECTED wilh'rare different! varieties of SEED WHEAT, wLich wc ofter I for salo. BRANCH, SCOTT & CO., AUGUSTA, OA. Sept 28 3t 40 Oct is ROSE OF CASHMERE. ! NATURAL TINT OF THE COMPLEX ION. For sale bv T?IOS. W. CARWILE, ] At Sign Golden Mortar. I tf 42 1 CARPETS. 'AMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER having finished tho improvements to their Store, respectfully invite the attention of their custo mers and the public generally, to their new and large stock of CARPETS, .fee, which they have just received, and are now opening, as follows: English Brussels and Velvet CARPETS Heavy Three Ply and Ingrain CARPETS Venetian, Dutch and Vienna CARPETS List, Felt and Hemp CARPETS RUGS, DOOR MATS, BINDING and THREAD Woolen CRUMB CLOTHS and WIDE DRUG GETS Stair CARPETS, Stair RODS and Stair CRASH COCOA MATTINGS and Red Check and White MATTINGS CARPET PAPER, HASSOCKS, Ac, Ac. Wo aro opening a beautiful stock of Curtain Goods, REPS, SATIN, DELAINES, DAMASKS, LACE CURTAINS Gilt and Wood CORNICES and BANDS PINS, TASSELS, LOOPS an<! GIMPS MOREENA.TURKEY RED and Chintz CALICO PICTURE TASSELS, CORDS and NAILS Piano and Tablo COVERS and Table COVER INGS. Window Shades Of new styles and patterns, and all sizes used, with necessary Trimmings. Our Stock in this department is complete in NEW TATTERNS. In our stock ol Wall Papers and Borders, PAPER SHADES, FIRE PRINTS and SIDE LIGHT PAPERS, may bo found tho latest pat terns and a largo Stock to solcct from, and the prices low enough to please. Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Having purchased largely of these Goods, we aro prepared to offer in all Quantities and widths of FLOOR OfL CLOTHS And in all quantities of TABLE OIL CLOTHS STAIR OIL CLOTHS and OIL CLOTH GOODS. A beautiful stock of these goods at LOW I PRICES. CAVPETS Mode and Laid, WINDOW | SHADES Squared, Trimmed ad put up, and OIL CLOTHS laid promptly. JAMES G. BAILIE A BROTHER, 205 Broa*d Street. AugVsta, Ga., Oct. 26 Cm 44 Onr Motto : is Cheap nsllie Cheupcxt!-As Good as the Best ! JAMES B. GLOVER, WITH KUSEL &. BROTHER Wholesale and Retail Dealers -IN FINE READY-MADE 3> For Men, Boys & Childi en's Wear, FASHIONABLE HATS & CAPS, AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, No. 250 Broad St., Under Globe Hotel, -A. TT G-XT ST J^f Gr 33 O. /?^-Tho very latest styles in SILK HATS always on hand. A call is respectfully solicited before purcha sing elsewhere. * Augusta, Oct 12 3m 42 REMOVAL, ! S HAS REMOVED HER MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS STORE From No. 22G to No. 253 Broad St., TKO Door? ?loee lite old Insurance Dank, Where she has Opened an Elegant and Varied Assortment of HATS Am BONNETS, -OF ALL THE LATEST STYLUS, Which sho will sell atibo LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES, Wholesale and Retail. Augusta, Oct 12 lui 42 PERUVIAN 'GUANO! WE ARE NOW PREPARED to receive Orders for No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, which wo arc expecting direct from tho PERU VIAN AGENTS, and which we can GUARAN TEE TO BE PURE, and of FRESH IMPOR TATION. Parties buying before its arrival, will bo al lowed a LIBERAL DISCOUNT. : We would advice our friends to send in thvir Orders early. BRANCH, SCOTT & CO., .2G8 BROAD STREET, . AUGUSTA, GA. Oct 27 1m 44 JAS. T. GARDINER, MCINTOSH STREET, ATJ-GTCrST-A., GA.., DEALER IN PURE PepiivIaR^iian? AND THE BEST BONE SUPER PHOSPHATES, And for which ATI Orders will Reeeire Prompt Attention, AT TUE L01VEST CASH PRICES. Auguata, Oct 20 Cm 43 Kerosine Oil JUST RECEIVED 1 Bbl. Standard White KEROSINE OIL, warranted -o st And tho test of heat 110 degree?, and is thoroforo .non-cxadosivc. G. L. PENN. Oct 28 tf 44. I Janette's Hair. DY MILKS O'REILLEY. 0 looso tho smooth hat that you wear, Janett Lot me tangle my hand in your hair, my pet For the world to mo had no daintior sight Than your brown hair veiling your shoulder wi As I tangled my hand in your hair, my pet. It was blown, with a golden gloss, Janette, It was fmcr than silk of tho floss, my pet; 'Twas a beautiful mist falling down to your w? 'Twos' a thing to bo braided and jewelled kissed ; 'Twas tho loveliest thing in tho world, my pot My arm was tho arm of a clown, Janette; It was sinewy, bristled and brown, my pct; Lut warmly and softly it loved to caress Your beautiful plenty of hair, my pet. Your eyes had a swimming glory, Janette, Revealing the dear old story, my pet ; - They wore gray, with thatchastoned tingo of sky. When the trout leaps quickest to snap thc fly And they matched with your golden hair, my ] Your lips-but I have not word?, Janctto, They were fresh as tho twitter bf birds, my p< When the spring is young and tho roses are w With dow drops in caoh rad bosom set, As they suited your gold-brown hair, my pet ; Oh, you tanglod my life in your hair, Janotte 'Twas a silken and golden snare, my pet. But so gent?o tho bondage my soul did implon Tho right to continuo thy slave evermore, With my finger enmeshed in your hair, my pe Thus ever I droam vrhat you wore, Janette, With your lips and your eyes, and your ha my pet ; . j, In thc darkness of desolate years I moan, And my tears fall bittorly over tho stono That covers ?'our goldon hair, my pct. Agricultural Clubs. Editors Southern Cultivator : I cannot refrain expressing ray plea ure, that others are giving the sad co: dition of our once prosperous and hapj South; some thought. I allude to Co mopolitan, in the June number of tl Cultivator. My first comnrm??crrri?m 1 you upon this subjecfci?ras to call tl attention of plantt?r?r to it, and arous them to action./'"While I admire tl 'zeal and co?fidence of Cosmopolita upon this subject, I very much fear L prescribes duties which lay beyond th functions of such a society as 1 am ajD ions to aid in organizing. I allude t agricultural clubs exclusively, althong other branches of labor or commerc may be incidentally fostered and prc tected. I have known some planters t lose a crop by attempting to do to much, and many instances could bi cited where they have gotten very niue] in the grass by over-cropping themselves First, I think he has allowed too littl time for a meeting to organize a club this subject should be fully and fairl; discussed before the people, and tin rmblic mind well matured for sd impor tant a change as is proposed by thesi organizations. I regard the organiza tion of these clubs, guided by wise regu lations, as the basis of a revolutior pregnant with more prosperity for tin Sorrtlr, than any steps takeii_by_ its peo ple, since the crushinglboVprinfs of flic despised radicals have been seen upor our soil, or .their destructive language and councils have been listened to ii: our land. It is no gaudy tinseled toy for our momentary admiration, and then to be numbered amongst the follies oJ the past. It is thc embryo of a giant the nucleus of a system that will ramify through our entire country, and identi fy itself with the interest of every planter in the South. I regard an agri cultural club already impotent for good, which attempts to regulate direc tly thc price of cotton or any other produce. Its influence in this matter should be in cidental. The great object should be tc cheapen the productions of the farm, which we can do by a wise organization of agricultural societies, availing our selves of the use of improved labor-sav ing-implements, pure seed, genuine fer tilizers, the benefit of the experience of each other in the use of manures, as well as the best'jUanfor the manage ment of free negro Thabor. And just here, I will give a gratufteti^r^scjip tion for the great malady alluded tPof your correspondent of July, signed B., cf Butler, Ga., as to making free negro labor available. 1st. Free our country of all Negro Bureaus and garrisons ; hire the negroes for money wages, under a just and stringent contract ; hire none but can satisfy you of an honorable dis charge from their former employer, and discharge him for the first violation of his contract: Let thc Legislature not omit to pass a wise and strict system of game laws, whicfi will do much to pre vent the negroes from shooting our stock on our own lands. Organize agricultural clubs through out the South, and enact' laws to meet the above demands, and\ we will place the South upon the high road to inde pendence. At least, let us begin to clear away the rubbish of ruin and des pair, and declare to the world that we will bc free and independentof the loath some, pestilential radical usurpers of the North and ?South. H. M. HUNTER. Eufaula, Alabama. A MODEL OLD MAN.-Jacob Winans, of Milton, Mahoning county, Ohio, was born in 1709, and married at 21. His wife bore him seventeen children, four ; eon of whom are now living, the young est of them having turned fifty. In July last, at the age of ninety-nine years, he walked from Garrettsville to Milton, a distance of thirty-one miles, in less than six consecutive hours, with only one rest, the mercury being 9G degrees. He has not tasted intoxicating liquors for over sixty years ; never paid a dol lar for doctor or lawyer's fees ; has voted at every Presidential election since the adoption of our Constitution, and has served his country in two wars. fig?" Some boys in Millersburgh, Oh ft), on Hallow E'en, took a wooden image from the front of a tobacco store and suspended it at the top of a hickory pole. Some one wrote to a Cleveland paper that a copperhead mob had hung a Mr. "Woodman, and the Radical con cern gulped it down with a relish. But the wooden man was not hurt much. gnf The Emperor of Russia contem plates building a railroad from China across Asia to the capital of Russia, .his purpose being to prevent thc United States, with its railroads and steamers, from monopolizing the whole China trade. Agents of the Russian Emperor arc now in the United States engaged in studying our railway system. Letter from Ex-Go vernor Pickens, LEX- ?TON 0. H., Nov. 25,1868. \nuemen:-The enclosed commu nication was received by us, in response to an invitation to Governor Pickens to be with, and address us at a public meeting, held at this place on the 29th October last. We would be pleased to have you publish it in your paper, anc' oblige, HENRY A. METZE, ) F. S. LENIE, [.Com. R. HAMIAN, J EDGEWOOD, October 17, 1868. Gentlemen':-! return you my thanks for your kind invitation to address the people of Lexington on the 29th instant. Lexington is the place I made my first speech at the Bar, soon afterf-was 9a mitted. But I regret my inabili?y^to do so under the circumstances in which I am situated. 'Vyh?hever I have here tofore addressed^my fellow-citizens, I have been accustomed to utter, "without reserve or disguise, the sentiments of my heart. It would be impolitic thus to speak at present. My heart is too full of the sorrows of a degraded. and ruined country, and my tongue" is too old to be trained to lisp the accents suited to the changed state of ^hingsi amongst us. I, therefore, --prefer to re main quiet, and act .^SrrM;he advice given to us'allbyJ^ Adams in his re cent speechJl??livered at Charleston. His^yords^i?ve, 1; Keep cool, watch your xStrncc, come whence it may.'.' It was always my opinion that the South had Letter keep from taking any lead in-the Presidentini canvass, but to leave to the North the entire responsibility of mak ing the issues and fighting the campaign through. Our liberties and institutions have been overthrown and crushed, and it is for them to decide now whether their's too shall fall ; for it is plain to. any reflecting mind that tho conquest and overthrow of our States, South, must result finally in the overthrow of I their's, North, and in a permanent change of the Government. They unit ed to overthrow ours, and now let them save their own if they can. It is clear we have no power to save ourselves or them cither. Montesquieu has profoundly remark ed that no Republic can afford to con quer and subjugate a people, or hold in subjection any portion of its own peo ple, because this requires the exercise of more arbitrary powers than is com patible with the forms of a Republic; and the exercise of these powers must, from their very nature, cjmnge the Gov ernment. ifsclfL-. Trno ihn >ncfnllnt-nn | of the Democratic party in power might prove a groat step towards the check of arbitrary authority, and perhaps to the final reformation of the Government it self. But this would require the high est statesmanship and greatest nerve. And the country seems to have passed that point. Mr. Adams appears to think that " watersheds" " in the outer slopes of the mountains'' will hereafter " pro duce afiinitics," and the " great interior basins" may produce " antagonisms," that will <lrivc us all together under the wing of Massachusetts for shelter and protection from the pelting storms that may arise in future conte?ts. God save us from sudi protection ! ! If we are to claim protection, lotus rather look for it in those interior basins of the West. where many of our kindred and race have gone, and arc now living. It wns puritanical fanaticism that drenched old England in blood and overthrew the government for a time. Audit is the same puritanical race in New England, with its fanaticism, that has drenched this country in blood and overthrew <r?3^joyej-nmcnt. We can never stand togetrlCT!wkh them under any " water shed" to cla?m^protection, particularly from any storm%wfnat?, may arise from the great interior baa?a?si|fthe great West. ? J?5 ti . We must rather follow our kindred and our race where there is at least some magnanimity and heroic generosi ty to redeem many errors. I fear no such affinities, as are to be found under any " water sheds," will ever restore the great checks and balances of our wonderful constitution as made by our fathers, no matter how the ingenious abstraction may be urged under the weight of a great name inherited. No great system of public lj.berty-has ever been restored when once over-1 thrown, except perhaps amongst th? British people, when William of Orange restored it hy force, and from a foreign nation. But then he was a profoundly wise and virtuous man, and ' the hertft of England was with him. As a gene ral rule, when liberty is once over thrown, public virtue sinks, and the na tion becomes prostituted and demoral ized, so that there is no heroic patriot ism and disinterested devotion to the country left, to build hopes upon, by which you.may be able to reinvigorate and regenerate the great principles of liberty. Perhaps I may be mistalien in this country. 1 hope I may be, and that there may bo enough of sturdy en durance and firm determination in the Anglo-Saxon nature amongst us, to save yet many of the fundamental principles of conservative freedom. Mr. Adams also advises us not to suffer ourselves to be absorbed in cither of the great parties North. lu this, I entirely concur. We ought always to act with and assist, if we can, the party that stands nearest to the Constitution. I further think it probable, if Gen. Grant should be elected, that he may fall into the councils of the old army officers, and if so, they have been far more conscientious than the extreme Radical politicians. We have felt thc most odious measures instigated by the ultra fanaticism of political Radicals. But Gen. Grant will have wisercounseh than such men can give. Pie will need and require a firm and steady Govern ment, it'his policy should bo to diver! the public mind from the contemplation and excitement of our internal divisiom and struggle?, by turning it towards tin acquisition of foreign and rich countries and thus extending the national power and our means for meeting the respon sibilities of our public debt. In such a policy he will require a strong Govern ment, and will be interested in securing peace and contentment at home. To do this, he must organize the produc tive.labor and resources of the country on the firmest basis, for without this he cannot sustain the public credit and finances of the Government. The great i vo.-y^ces of the Southern States cannot be relied on, nor can the finances of the Government be permanently sustained, undjer the absolute negro Governments as now, established in this country. He, from necessity, must place things upon a more Conservative and permanent con dition than now exists, or he cannot consolidate the Government so as to at power abroad. Besides, in his t made'some yearsago on the state JgSouthern country, he gave us conservive views, and expressly re commenced the abolition of the Freed man's Burea%(^or ratber that it should be under the command of the Chief of the Army', and not a separate organiza tion;.' I recollect when Gerfc^Harrison wa^elected President, it was supposed e would follow the counsels of the e Whigs of his party, but his ad ation, in fact, 'fell into thc hands i most conservative portion of his party. . It wasf'the same case when Gen. Tay lor was elected. Imention these cir cumstances to urge Tt?ojivyou, from our experience, to" hep CQoV'^^uajA?yents" ana take advantage of circumstances as they arise. Amongst" a profligate a"UjL| dissolute people, the strong Governments o? one is better and safer than the loose Government of the ignorant many. True, you can no longer appeal to the Abracadabra of the Constitution. Its spirit is gone, and gone forever, I fear ; but on all proper opportunities, appeal to it whenever you can. Be faithful indirue to it ; clo nothing rash or noth rig under the pressure of passion, ag gravated by grievous wrong. True, we ?ave.-seen enough to almost shake our confidence in the superintending of a good.God over the aii'airs of men. But recollect that greater people than we are, and perhaps more' worthy, have been crushed and exterminated under the iron heel of despotism. But still God reigns, und in the end His divine goodness will triumph. His ways are not as our ways, nor are his ends and purposes seen by poor, frail man. Many of our wrongs of late have risen out of the prognitical experiment of ap pointing' Provisional Governors, with an attempt at sovereign power'in the reorganization of these State.?, upon the assumed principle tho,*; they imd never ?Mti$SH&- ffip'r^Bft'fo'pv never could. _YoU. might as well assume that no ImtTTe Mir ever been fought, and that tliere had only been incidental: skirmishes. This fatal error produced others, and further confusion, with violent, bitter party feelings, and we were made the victims of both sides. Then, after this, the Government has boen managed by a total want of nerve. This has thrown all power into the hands of the daring and reckless, and they seized on posi tion to gratify passion, avarice, and am bition, and wo, without power, have been made to suffer at thc hands of the daring and abandoned. I am induced to fear that neither of the croat parties North care much for us or our condition. We think we have suffered so much, that our deeds of he- j roi sm and valor ought to enlist the sympathy of all ju.se and virtuous men everywhere. But in fact, we really en list but little more feeling than do tho heroic and brave men and noble women of Paraguay. What people upon this earth have ever exhibited more devo tion, virtue, and heroic courage and en durance'than they have? Yet who, even amongst us? ever thinks or iee? for that noble and bleeding people? Such is the case to\vardt??867'1rmi we now have, in fact, jjptTmuch to rely upon but ourselves. :,JEfe? us exert ourselves to restore a conservative influence over State Government if possible. La support our families by every st means, no matter how humble, in every nerve and drain every re ce to educate our children, for with out this the country must sink down to permanent degradation. Pursue our industrial and peaceful occupations as best we can. Eschew party contests' and the bitterness/of-' politics. Bear our fi^/r^h^nduring philosophy. Sigh/?ot for riches, for we must be poor: **E?^times are troublesome, and there is 'Uncertainty ahead; Scenes may ari?e where a rich man may feel danger and suffering. Better be a virtuous people, brave and truthful, than to have pow er, wealth, and station, from the plun der ond robbery of the helpless aud wronged. Ii may not become . ie to assume thus to advise you, but you will pardon it from the love I bear my State. I anxiously desire that no por tion of her people shall do any thing wrong, or act from passion or in rash ness. All we have, our wives and chil dren, are at stake. I love my own home and my own country, because it was the home and the country of my forefathers. ' We arc in a painful and critical situ ation. We are in the midst of great events. The Government is probably changing from a Republic into an Em pire. Most other Republics have gone in this way. The growth and progress of all'people appear to be developed, by internal causes, that seem to be of the very nature of national existence, and beyond the control of man. Great events modify and shape Gov ernments. All government is an evil, and we only submit to it because it pre vents the greater evil of anarchy. AU wise statesmanship consists of a choice of evils, always choosing the lesser evil. We are at present prostrated and con quered. " Keep cool," wait events, take advantage of circumstances as they risc. Do your duty faithfully to all around you. And for God and your country. Do nothing that you may have to re gret. Justice and Truth may yet re sume th cir . broken sceptre. Let poster ity know and feel that we at least dc served to befree. In haste, but faithfully and truly yours, F. W. PICKENS. To HENRY A. METZE, F. S. LEWIE, R. HAMIAN, Committee. Don't Believe in Advertising. The m ju who doesn't believe in ad vertising is all the while doing what he deprecates. He hangs coats outside of the door, or puts dry goods in his win dows-that's advertising. He has prin ted cards lying on his counter-that's advertising. He sends out drummers through the country, or puts his name on his wagon-that's advertising. He labels the articles of his manufacture-r that's advertising. If he has l?st his cow he puts a written notice at the post office, or tells his sister-in-law about it and that is advertising too. He has his name put up in gilt letters over his door -what is that but advertising ? He paints his shop green, or red ; or, if a tailor, he wears the latest styles : or if a doctor, he has his boy call him out of church in haste ; if an auctioneer, he bellows to attract the attention of pas sers-by ; if a heavy merchant, he keeps a huge pile of boxes on his sidewalk iii; front of his store-and ail for advertis ing. A man can't do business without ad vertising, and the question is whether to call to his aid thc engine of the world -the printing press with its thousand of messengers working night and day, the steam engine adding to its repeat ing capacity and untold power and mir a^plous speed ; or, rejecting all these, to go&Hd^to the days when newspa pers, telegr?tprr54v?fLja?lroads were un known. \..; " But advertising costsm<mey !" So does everything that's worth having. If advertising cost nothing, all theV third, fourth and second class petty shopsWould stand an equal chance with the most respectable houses. If you want to prove to the world that yours is a first class-establishment, advertise.-[Native Virginian. From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe Con verted. We hear from Florida that Mrs. Beecher Stowe, the authoress of "Uncle Toni's Cabin," who a year or two ago bought a.place or. the St. John's River, near Jacksonville, says she wants to live long enough to write another book-i to correct the mistake of " Uncle Tom," and show that a great blunder was com mitted when slavery was abolished. From original condition of sentimental attachment to the negro, she has lapsed into a state of unconquerable dislike tsm? IL i ciLiuu. - 61r*> Mri-11-itofc-iwvv? th am abel! i her, either in doors or out. She turned them all off her place, and al lows no one with a black skin to ap proach her. Wc are told that an ac quaintance of ours sought to send her a message by a black stewardess on board a steamboat, but she refused to allow the negro to approach her. Her mind, as wc nave been credibly informed, is very much inflamed against the negro ; and this, probably, from comparing their efficiency and aptitude as laborers and servants with that of the Northern whites. Her fancy picture of the Af rican has been spoiled, and her senti mental affection has turned, in conse quence, to violent aversion. LikeSqucers, Tue mille of human sympathy in her bosom bas all turned to curds and whey. A Hundred Vears in Frist A certain house-breaker w?s con demned, iii the latter part pf the last century, in France, aiid^urfoter peculiar circumstances, ioa ^Jmridrcd years in and strange to relate, this m recently made his appearance in his own native province, at the ad vanced age of one hundred and twenty years, he being about twenty years of age when the sentence which condemned him to such a dreadful punishment was passed. It is difficult to conceive what the feeling must have been with which he returned, as soon as emancipated from the shackles which had enthralled him for a century, to breathe once more the cherished air of the scene of his in fancy. Bourg, in the department of Ain, was his. native home, but time had so changed the 'aspect of the whole, that he recognized it only by the Church of Bron, which was the only thing that had undergone no alteration. He had triumphed over laws, bondage, man, time, everything. Not a relation had he left. Not a single being could he hail in acquaintance ; yet he was not without experiencing the homage and the respect the French pay old age. For himself, he had forgotten everything connected with his early youth ; even all recollection of the crime was lost, or, if at all remembered, it was a drea ry vision, confounded with a thousand other dreary visions of days long gone by. His family and connections, for several generations, all dead ; himself ? living proof of the clemency of Heaven and the severity of man ; regretting, perhaps, the very irons which had been very familiar to him, and half-wishing himself again among the wretched and suffering beings with whom his fate had been so long associated. Well might he be called the patriarch of burglars. Excliangc. -? -*- ? BS?* A cockney baronet sat near a gentleman at a civic dinner, who allud ed to the excellence of the knives, ad ding, that " articles manufactured from cast steel were of a very superior qual ity, such as razors, forks, &c." " Ay," replied the cockney baronet, " and soap, too-there's no soap like Castile soap." fi?* During the war, a Georgia sol dier, while in camp near the house oi his sweet-heart, sent her a boqueL- with a card attached, upon which was the following poetic effusion : " Axcept thia bo kay from a feller, Who oft hos hurd the kanona belier, Has listonod to tho life's tooten, And helped to doo a heep OT shootcn ; Has seen the war clouds darkly rise, Like fifty buzzards when they flizo, Who now is bigger than his dad, And wants to marry mighty bad." Shocking Murder! On Wednesday last one of the fearful outrages was perpetrated ir midst. At about ten o'clock, P. M., ruffians, disguised as negroes, ent the dwelling of Mr. Ben. R. Sercy, miles from Griffin, and shot himthn the body, then searched the prei for plunder ; they obtained two watches, and a considerable sui money, in specie. They then took Tvsonintothe peach-orchard,ande ed her to make her tell where o valuables could be found. From ? alarm they turned Miss Tyson loose decamped.. Mr. Sercy, at last accounts, was a but there is no chance for his recov Miss Tyson is his niece. Mr. S. is of our oldest and most respected zens, and Miss Tyson is a young\ 1 above reproach. The object of tl villains was plunder. "They real several hundred dollars-took this man's life-grossly mal-treated J Tyson, and are yet at large. The dent object of these scoundrels was get the money arising from the sale the Tyson property, on Tuesday 1 but Mr. Sercy had not received it, J the assassins only got what he had hand. From what has been lear'nec is evident this band of four rob! were composed of two or three negri led on by one or two white men disgi ed as negroes, and we have no do that there is one or more well organi: clans, with headquarters at Griffin, rectetl by white men whose busines to steal from the citizens' at wholes and retail, and where stealing can be effected, to rob, plunder and murd How long will our citizens submit such outrages ? If our'mnnicipal, Sta and country officials fail to ferret o and bring to justice th?se hellions, ar? in favor of a California Vigil!*! Committee.-Griffin13tar. ? ? ?-- _ DEATH OF GENERAL N.?G. EVANS. Brigadier Gen. N. G. Evans, of tl State, familiarly known among his co panions in arms in the Confederate si vice as General " Shanks" Evans, di very suddenly on . Monday, the 3C Nov., at Midway, Bullock county, A. bama, where he was engaged in teac ing. General Evans was a graduate West Point, and served with credit au officer in thc United States army i to the secession of South Carolina, a .hand-to-hand encounter with Cama che Indians on the Texas frontier, 1 behaved with such distinguished gi lantry that he was presented with sword by the Legislature of South Ca olina. He fought' throughout the late wa frnni_?k_ ho'giajrin? to. the_.end._JB regiment opened the fight at the fii battle of Manassas, and he was honor bly mentioned in General Beauregard official report for his courage and ski on that occasion. He was in command of 'the Confed rate forces at the battle of Leesburg, ( Ball'? Bluff, which proved so disastroi to the. enemy. Later in the war he m nouvred his brigade against the enenr with largely superior numbers, throne a winter's campaign in North Carolin succeeding, with amere handful of me: in baffling every -effort of General Fo ter, the Federal commander, to ent< the interior of the State. His brigac was afterward ordered to Mississipp where they endured the ?nparalele hardships and trials of the Vicksbur campaign, and from that time on 1 and they shared the fortunes of tl Western,army until the^aljur^nde in'North Carolina. Since the war til cumstances compelled him, like man other brave men, to ? leave the. Stat< and he died.an-exile from his home an friends.-Charleston Daily News. ---- ? ? NEGRO SUFFRAGE EVERYWHERE. The Lynchburg Virginian says : " For ourselves, we may say that w have fought this matter on principh never having been able to view it in th light of an expediency ; but if we are t be overborne by the remorseless ma j ority of the North, and they will ap "ply this principie to themselves, we shal nave much les3 right to complain, evei though a larger share of the evil of un limited negro suffrage will fall to u? In that case we shouldaccept it for bot ter or for worse. So, go ahead, Mr Greeley, and let us have 'equality be fore the law,' with the right to choosi representatives in all the States alike As submission, not choice, is the alter native presented to us, we will submit Now, what more can be asked ?" ? ? ? ?' WESTON'S FIVE THOUSAND MIL] WALK.-At four o'clock on Wednesda] afternoon, Edward Weston started oi hip great walk of five thousand mile from the steps of the courthouse in Ban Sor, Maine, to St. Paul. At the outse e was accompanied by Mr. George H Warren, brother to Mrs. General Ton Thumb. Major T, G. Fields, Mr. J. B Kibler, D. Palmar, H. Totten, and L N. Solomon. An immense multitud( assembled to witness the departure ol the pedestrian, and a deal of enthusl asm was manifested. He started off al a rapid gait, followed by the populace until he was well out of town. Wes ton's journey is to St. Paul and bael through St. Louis, Cincinnati, Balti more and Philadelphia is to the City Hall in New York, where it is to termi nate one hundred days hence. Nothing annoys a man more than tc be eagerly questioned when he comes home tired. Give him a neatly served dinner, or a pair of easy shippers and a cup of tea, and let him eat and drinh in peace, and in time he will tell you, of his own proper motion, all you wish to know. But if you begin tue attack too soon, the chances are that you will be rewarded by curtly spoken monosyl . ables. Put down that piece of wisdom in your note-book, girls ; it will serve ' you well some day. > -?- ? B@- A young lady who prided her self on her geography, seeing her can 'dle aslant, remarked thai it reminded her of the " Leaning Tower of Pisa." " Yes," responded a wag, !.! with this difference, that is a tower in Italy, while this is a tower in grease." Short Courtships? A geologist, once travelling in a stage coach in England, happened to sit oppo site to a lady ; glances were exchanged, and mutual admiration seemed to be the result. Eye language was soon ex changed for verbal conversation ; after a few interchanges about fossils and pu [ trifactions, they began to talk about living subjects-from generalities to Rpedalities-^-from the third person plu ral, to the first person singular.. Said the gentleman, " I am still unmarried;" quoth the lady, " So am I ;" said thp former, " I have sometimes thought of marrying;" the latter responded, "So have I." Then a pause ensued. "Sup pose," said the gentleman, " we were to marry one another-I would love cherish." " I," said the fuir one, "would honor and obey." In two days they were married. Few will admire such a precipitous courtship ; it is altogether too short. ' It is often said-suitors never talco no for answer. The following, seems to verify the statement :-An Irish gentle man made overtures to a rich widow, who conceiving a violent antipathy^o ward him, his suit was rejected. But-? with this persistent swain, no-was rio \ answer. To escape his persecutions, the lady was' compelled to fly to England, but her lover soon discovered her at Bath, and became as assiduous as ever. At Cheltenham she was besieged in a like manner, and at length she sought refuge in Brighton. She had been but a few days settled on the Steyne, when she observed her odious tormentor pass her window. He nodded to her with the familiarity of an old acc_ Resolved upon a desperat^f^LWdv, the lady sent her servant^ti^request that he would favor herr?n-an interview. He came : and?^assoon as they were alone, she njheaii'sed the' /various persecutions " ad received from him, and stated that she had sent for him oxjr that occa sion, to put an end to them forever. " Now, sir." said she, taking-np a Bible from the table, and kneeling while she raised it to her lips, with the greatest solemnity, " By virtue of my oath, I will never marry .you !" This ^he deemed conclusive; but - not.so to her lover : with admirable coolness heJcnelt beside her^and, taking the "bo&k':iroin her hand, kissed it also, exclaiming, " By virtue of my oath, madam, I was never certain of you until this moment." The widow's heart was not invincible, it seems, for, as the story goes, she was led captive to the hymeneal altar in less than a calendar month. A GOOD SENTIMENT.-" I nta rich euough," says Pope to Swift, "and can afford, to give away a hundred pounds a year. I would not crawl upon the caith " without, doing good. I will enjoy^the pleasure of what I give .by giving.it alive, and seeing another enjoy it. When I die I should be ashamed t? leave enough for a monument, if a wantin ? friend is above ground." That speech ot Pope is enough to immortalize him, in dependently of his philosophical verses. A WOMAN'S IDEA.-A gehtlerjtan and Iiis wife were playing at tie tables in Baden in the midst of a crowd : "Hold!" said the lady, "an idea!" "What is it?" " I'm going to bet on the number of my age."- "All right," n plied the husband, without turning hi.-1 head, being occupied in ogling a pretty waitress. His wife placed a louis on the number twenty-five : " Thirty-six,', drawled the croupier, in a, nasal tone' " Thirty-six, you nave won," exclaimed ihju^ausbond, with delight. Madame redd?tefldto her eyebrows, watched tho rake as itrtirew away the louis from number twenl^ive, and quitted the room, vowing neverto^Lie again about her age. BS?* A young gentleman, five -years of age, was approached with childish endearments by an infant of eighteen months. " Don't you see," said the mother, " that the baby wants to kiss you?" "Yes," replied young matu rity, " that's because it takes me for his papa." CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY T F. L. SMITH, Eu'ge?fcld, 8. C. _ HE SUBSCRIBER turaounces to bia friend,', patrons, and tho public' generally of Edgeficld and the- adjoining District.-, that having lately bought out tho interest of LEWIS JONES in the old and lung-cs'ab!i'hed Firm of SMITH A JONES, be is now, us heretofore, prepared to do ALL MANNER OF WORK in the COACH MAKING, BUGGY MAKING AND REPAIRING BUSINESS. All work entrusted to him, will be executed in a thoroughly artistic and workmanlike manner, and with groat promptness and dispatch. The Subscriber is in the habit of visiting tho great Northern Cities (.very Full with tho express view of inspecting all improvements in Coach and Buggy Building, and of adopting such as he may approve of. I have on hand a good Stock of SUPERIOR CARRIAGES and BUGGIES of my owu MAN UFACTURE, which I will Soil Low. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING dono prompt ly, and warranted to give-satisfaction. Aa I SELL ONLY FOR CAJH, my Prices are unusually reasonable. Qr* All I ask is a trial. F. L. SMITH. Edgefield, S. C., Dec 1 _ly 49 THE Subscribers announce that they have REMOVED their BAR to the old PLAN TERS' HOTEL, where may be bad the BEST Whiskies, Brandies, Wines, Cordials, SEGARS, Ac, Ac. And that Mr. CHARLU: On AV will bo on hand at aU hours ready to wait on customers in the most acceptable manaor. Call in and test the superior quality of our Liquors. WHISKEY and BRANDY at Wholesale, and very cheap. C. A. C HEATH A M & BRO. Deel tf ,48