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.1> . ? ^ii nil" ?TI?i &w/;i ? : ,3?>' iii i~. s ; i,:?k1m,i..Mi,'?HiH????h?i?t ?t.M,Hu'KMl?M1i?l,iil?'.,"?i,'i"t?l'1",|'l1lll(i?,M"<)llll,1i,l'it,l.MM,?l"ll,i1?'.l .;.---^?^^ .rrr*:.H.-.~ EDSEFIELD,; s.; ..: , . : - m -i. Sm ?g.-?---a^^^^^^^^^"^-^ i . ?? -i--~-;-*- _ .? . - .. , .1 -v.. - - ? - _? _ I -? , " /> jt . ~r\ - . t- _1 T-W_. THE CHOICEST NOVELTIES 01 THE SEASON. P?L r-??F7^ A XI J IVE erohant Tailor DEALER MSRmWm. CLOTHING, And Gents' Furnishing Goods, 220 Broad Street, Augusta. Ga., DESIRES to inform his friends, patrons and the public generally that he has received and has now in store the best and most desirable selection of Goods, which will be unequalled for extent, variety and novelty, which will- be made up in the latest and most fashionable styles and best workmanship, and at the most reasonable prices. Also, on hand a'Full Stock Ready-Made Clothing, Gents'Furnishing Goods, &c &c. MAMi aa. ii v .AUGUST DOER, 220 Broad St. Mew Spring Dry Goods I Jam e s W. Tur l e yy BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS, HAS JUST RETURNED FROM NEW .YORK, and is now. .fully prepared to offer to the public a completely assorted Stock of SEASONADXE FIRST CLASS DRY GOODS. Great care has been taken to supply each Department with EVERYTHING NEW AND FASHIONABLE, as well as .the more staple articles of the Trade. . The Cash System will be Strictly Adhered to, and it is much cheaper to pay 25 per cent, for money, and buy your Dry Goods for Cash, than to buy them on time. The best judges of Dry Goods, |and the closest buyers, are particularly re quested to examine my present schedule of prices. t I-, JAMES W. TURLEY. Mar 29 tf 14 Important to Cotton Planters. -o-, THE MA-RYLA-ISTD FERTILISING ?ND MAS?FAGTURIS& COMPANY, Have prepared a Special Fertilizer adapted to the Cotton Plant, under the name of a, COTTON FOOT>, Which they claimto' be of the highest grade of Fertilizer sold in the South, equal in its results to Peruvian Guano, and of more permanent benefit to the soil. It has been used by Several Hundred Planters in North and South Carolina and Georgia for two seasons, with the following results : It increases the crop from 100 to 200 per cent. It resists drought in ail cases. The crop is not affected by rust. It matures the crop three to four weeks in advance, thus insuring the crop against early frosts, or in the event of a backward season for planting, enables the planter to put in his crop, three or four weeks later, even as late as the 1st of June, with a certainty of success. If his crop is only doubled by the use of "COTTON FOOD," it will give him from one to two hundred per cent, profit on his outlay, with Cotton at 121 cents per pound, and it will enable him to plant fewer acres with a correspond ing reduction of labor and expense, with better results. COTTON TAKEfl IN FA YMENT FOR G UANO. Price, $?0 per Ton in Augusta. O. IV. BUTLER, Agent. Mar 29 3t 14 E. E. STVENS. M. C. STEVENS. F. E. STEVENS & CO., -AND Commission Merchants 259 Broad Street, Augusta, 6a,, NEXT DOOR BELOW F RE DE RIC KSB UR? STORE LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON SHIPMENTS. Prompt attention given to HANDLING PRODUCE and FILL ING OF COUNTRY ORDERS. Cotton received for SALE and STORAGE, or for SHIPMENT to. Liverpool, New York, or Philadelphia. Will make LIBERAL ADVANCES to parties desiring to Store or Ship. F. E. STEVENS & 00. Oct: 25 - < tf ' 44 BITTERS AND SCHNAPPS. Having received the Agency of Ru SS' CELEBRATED BITTERS and SCHNAPPS, I am prepared to sell all Goods in this line at New York Cost, with freight added. " . CSTl^L... I. O'DOWD. Augusta* Mar 1- 3ml0 " .M. O'DOWD, ~~ holesai? Grocer -AND Commission Merchant, 283 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., HAS^NOW ON HAND a Full and Complete Stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES and PLANTERS SUPPLIES, among which may be found the following :- , 50 Hhd3. BACON, Sides & Shoudere I 10 Bbls. COGNAC BRANDY, 30 Bbls. LARD, ! 30 Bbls. CORN WHISKEY, 200 " FLOUR, all grades, 20 Hhd?. SUGAR, ' ' 300 Sk?r.COFFEE, 300 Boxes SOAP, 200 " CANDLES, - 100 : " - STARCH*?' 100 " SODA," ' " 2000 Bushels CORN, 1000 " OATS, ' 500 Sacks SALT, lOO.O?ies LTE and POTASH, ALL GOODS WILL BE SOLD VERY LOW. GIVE ME A CALL Jan ll " , - Bm 100 " RYE WHISKEY, 10, APPLE BRANDY, 20 " GIN and RUM, 20 " SHERRY and PORT WINE 200 M. SEGARS, various grades, 150 Boxes -TOBACCO, . 200 Doz. BUCKETS, 50 Doz. BROOMS, 50 Nests TUBS, 50 Hhds. MOLASSES, 100 Bbls. SYRUP. Established --o 1849 A GboieeLotof ?eauine .srf . .y . . ,. . EDQEFIELD, & C., HAS in Store another large and superior Stock of Goods in the DRUG TRADE, which he warrants Fr*esh and Genuine, and which he will sell-as low as*the same Goods can he h?iight'in any other Southern market. ' His Stock embraces m part, 500 Lbs. WHITE LEAD, One farrel each-of LINSEED . OIL and VARNISH, 50 Gallons Spts. TURPENTINE, . 75 Lbs. Spanish BROWN and Venetian RED, 10 Boxes WINDOW GLASS and 100 Lbs. PUTTY, 75 Gallons MACHINE OIL, 25 " TRAIN OIL, . 9 Doz. GLASS LAMPS, all styles, 35 " LAMP CHIMNEYS, 100 Lbs. each SODA, SALTS, SULPHUR, COPPERAS, . 800 Lbs. . Family and' Toilet SOAPS, 4 Bbls. Best KEROSENE OIL, &c, &c. Patent Medicines and Invaluable Remedies. HEGEMAN'S ELIXIR CAL?SAYA. BARK, BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR. DR. SIMMONS' LIVER MEDICINE, AYERS HAIR VIGOR, CHERRY PECTORAL, SARSAPARILLA, AGUE CURE and CATHARTIC PILLSr ALLEN'S LUNG BALSUM, COOK'S WINE OF TAR for Coughs and Colds, A full Stock of all kind of BITTERS. WHITCOMBE ASTHMA REMEDY, PHILOTOKEN OR FEMALE'S FRIEND. RADWAYS PILL'S AND READY RELIEF, MUSTANG LINIMENT, COD LIVER OIL, r TARRENTS SELT2?R APERIENT, HALL'S HAIR RESTORER, . BARRY'S TRIGOPHERUS, BURNETTS COCOAIN for the Hair, BUR KALLESTON fo&the Complexion, CONGRESS WATER, CITRATE MAGNESIA. For Cooking Purposes. EXTRACT LEMON, ROSE. ORANGE, VANILLA, PINE APPLE, A full line of BAKING POWDERS, and SPICES of all kinds. Toilet Articles for the Ladies. POWDER BOXES, very handsome, CAMPHOR ICE and VINEGAR ROUGES, TOOTH POWDERS AND PASTE, GENUINE BELL COLOGNE, LUBIN'S GENUINE EXTRACT, PENN'S EXCELSIOR HAIR OIL, PREMIUM BEARS OIL, HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS, in prreat variety, HAIR POMADES, TOILET POWDERS, in great variety, TOILET SOAPS, all Flavors, dec., <fec. CHOICE GROCERIES. HAMS, Clear R. SIDES, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL, Crushed, Loaf, Pow dered and Brown SUGARS, MOLASSES, SYRUPS, TEAS, COFFEE, CHEESE, MACCARONI, and all Goods kept in a first class stock, which will be sold low for Cash. It will be- a pleasure to wait on my Friends and Customers at all times. JSfPrescriptions Carefully Compounded day or night. Apr 5 tf 15 Grrand Opening OF Spring aad Summer Fashionable Millinery Goods BS. LEK Kl HAVING just returned from New York, takes pleasure in informing her friends and the Ladies generally, that on TUESDAY. APRIL 4th, She will open a SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of PATTERN BONNETS and HATS purchased from some of the LEADING IMPORTERS of New York. Beautiftil SASH RIBBONS, cheap. Ladies' DRESS CAPS, Infant s LACE BONNETS and HATS, The largest stock of FRENCH FLOWERS in the city. The handsomest assortment of Jet and Gilt JEWELRY in the city. The largest stock of Jute and Real HAIR CURLS-and CHIGNONS in the city. All the above goods will BE SOLD AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES. MRS. LECKIE, 171 BROAD STKKET, Augusta, April 1, lt Under the Augusta Hotel. 15 Sellins: O?T! G BEAT BARGAINS - IN - DRY GOODS! A.S I will be compelled to Removo from my present location, I will, from this dato, commenco SELLING OFF MY GOODS AT VERY LOW FIGURES in order to reduce niy Stock Having lately laid in a CHOICE and FULL ASSORTMENT of Spring and Summer Goods, Ladies will find this a raro opportunity to secure Now and Desirable Goods at Bargain prices, My Stock includes a fine assortment of Goods for GBNTS' AND BOYS WEAR. FUaie.call and examine ?ben you visit our City. You will find it to your iutere>t. Orders will bo, as D?na), prompt!," ?nd faith fully attended to. GEORGE WEBER, BEE HIVE STOKE, No. 104 Broad Street, ? AUGUSTA, GA. Mar 29 tf ? -3 J. W. BACON. J. J. BACON. J. W. Bacon & Bro., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Manufacturers aiid Dealers In all kinds of SADDLES, HARNESS, LEATHER, TRUNKS, RUBBER AND. LEATHER BBLTING, WOOD HAMES, WHIPS, VALISES, CARPET BAGS, SHOE FINDINGR, Fronch and American CALF SKINS, AND ALL KINDS OF LEATHER, Ac. SADDLES and HARNESS; Ropaired and Made to Order. Highest Pri?es Paid for Hides, Agents for Pioneer Paper Mills. All kinds of MANILLA WRAPPING PAPER on band. Don't forget the place,-166 Broad Street, under tbc Augusta Hotel, Angosta, tia. Mar 20 Sm 14 Notice. ALL Persons having demands against the ES TATE of Mrs. ESTHER RAINSFORD, are requested to present the same properly attest ed; and all persons' in anywise indebted to said Estate are notified to make payment to R. CANTEL0U, Ex'or. Mar 22 tf 15 AUGUSTA HOTEL. MURPHY & MAY, Proprietors, WE take this opportunity of returning OT thanks to the citizens of Edgeiield for their pst kindness to us. Our House ?" thoroughly renovated for SU& MER ACCOMMADATION-Room? largo ad airy, and Tablo always supplied with tho bet tho market affords. Wo will be pleased to welcome our EdgefieH friends and customers, and will use every cfTot to render their sojourn with us pleasant uni agreeable. Augusta, Mar29 ?mil JOHN BAUSKETT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, COLUMBIA, S. C., WILL Practice in Edgeiield, Lexington, Barnwell and Richland. Colombia, Mar 8 ly ll FRESH GROCERIES ! CHEAPER THAN EVER. IVoW in Store A FULb SUPPLY OF FAMI LY GROCERIES which I am selling at the very bottom prices. W. F. DURIS0E, Sr. Mar 8 tf 10 H. PARKER. B. II TEAGUE. PARKER & TEAGUE, DENTISTS, ED GE FIELO. S. C. OFFICE next to Musonlc Hall on West side. Mar 15 6m 12 REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS, AND General Comniission Merchants, ADGER'S WHARF, Charleston, S. C. OSWELL REHDER. ZIMMKRJIAK Dlvis. Oct 17 6m 43 WM. SHEPHERD & CO., No. 24, nape St., Charleston, S. C., DEALER IN ? O OKI IV? ST OT JS 8, Ranges, and Heating Stoves* * ^S^Pictnres of Stoves, with Prices and Dee cription, will bo sent upon application. Charleston, June SO ly 27 . " O ! whett.fb&h?artis, bleeding, And b?tter't?ar drops fally And all our jof s seem shrouded In sorrow's hc??vy pall j "yVhen friends we love.have left us, Alone to destiny, * p^Wrtotrcansrothaand- bless us r 3 "'Like-words ; of sympathy*^, ., f - Hbpe, with ^ 'whs' of happy dreams : Close folded .to her breast ., Hath died, and tn ojir ikihtlng hearts^ Been sadly Jain jto fest-. ' 'O ! then, whQ(?\tt?dly tossing ' - C^lifeJglidY?rtT?ifbl?d -B?a, How. sweet a^wilrdol kindness^- " . *. A t??r bi sympathy. -. yf?en wfldly1 wear#yearning For-^l?asures ;iiriehjoyed,: - ? .. ' ithy- w?l fill -; i's: tyoiJ And c&oerful wul'we be If softly o'er ouxhearts there falls A ray of sympathy." - T -t -.-?^-*r* ?i?neral Kershaw's Reply to Sena tor Robertson. CAMDEN, jg. C., March. 25,1871., Eon. T. J. Robertson, ?n?ed States Senator: > .rt tyit? y -...?. BEAR SIS-I have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of yoor favor of the 18th instant, and, after giving it that : consideration which its grave importance demands, proceed tb answer it. This I am- compelled to do without that conf?rence with those gentlemen with wtom y?u -have associated me, in the address of your letter, which I would gladly have had, if. it had been practicable. I need not assure you of my earnest 'desire to secure peace and order, and a ~ faithful administration of laws ?I ??in tins ruined and desolated State. The Ksacri?c?s.I have, made of time and la-' hor, sentiment.and feeling, and even of .the regard of valued friends to promote; those ends, ara-well known to you. Nor.need I do more to vindicate. the: earhesir heart yearnings of our good; people for peace and security, than to; point to their unanimous support of a Daity which sought, last year, a balm for?the healing ot the hideous diseases i)f society, in a- concession of legal effi cacy and obligation to the amendments (if the constitution and the so-called reconstruction acts, asking nothing in return but ari honest and just adminis tration of affairs. : These concessions and all overtures for peace were scornfully rejected by ?he colored people and their leaders. Jnder the high-sounding and preten tious title of "National Guards," the negroes were armed and equipped with the deadliest and costliest weapons and munitions of war, at the expense of the people. They were excited, incensed and infuriated by the speeches of false and "unscrupulous demagogues, who played upon their blind passions and prejudices, as a skillful harper upon the passive and obedient ohoras of nie in strument, until they were ready for a carnival ofblood at the bidding of their leaders. The commissioners, managers and boards of election were so selected, and the election laws so cunningly de vised, as to secure the result of the bal lot irrespective of the will of the peo ple. Thus by fraud, by force and by canning artifice, negro domination was secured, and the whites were practical ly disfranchised. The Legislature thus constituted, and many ot the public officials, openly, notoriously and shame lessly Sundered the people of the State, reckle.jiy squandered the public money, appropriating it to their own uses, and selling their votes and their influence for the passage of laws to open the treasury to corrupt speculators.. By these means the expenditures of the State Government have been increased to more than five times the amount re quired before the war, while the means of the people have correspondingly diminished. The taxes for two years, aggregating more than four millions of dollars, are exacted in this year, a pe riod of greater financial distress than this people has encountered since 1865. Swarms of high salaried offices have been created before unknown to us, and, for the most part, filled with in competent negroes or malignant and corrupt white men, who seek to perpet uate their power by fomenting discord between the races. Under these cor rupting influences, the negroes, in many places, have become violent, threaten :ng and dangerous. Murder, arson and pillage have stalked through the land almost unrebuked of justice, while eve *y defensive act of the white victims ?aas been magnified into a national :rime. Ail these are facts known- to rou. That in consequence there should )e a disturbed condition of affairs in ;ome localities, deplorable though it je, is not to be wondered at. Let us .ather be thankful that it has been con ined to the Counties of Laurens, Union, Spartanburg, York and Chester. We ?nil consider these disturbances for a moment. In Laurens and Chester there were collisions between the armed militia, or national guards (negroes,) and the whites, in open daylight, the circumstances of which are well known to you. In the other counties disguised parties have, from time to time, within the last three months, administered Lynch law in certain cas?s. While these occurrences are greatly to be deplored, and some of them' merit and have received almost universal condemnation, the collisions in Laurens and Chester, by far the most 3erious of them all, are regarded by the best men who know the facts, as neces sary and justifiable acts of self-defence on the part of the whites. R is very generally bclieccd that their prompt ac tion prevented the general war of races, which thoughtful men Ivavc regarded] ] imminent for some years past. While these things have occurred in the counties mentioned, which are all now quieted by the disarming of the militia, in other counties, profound peace has r :-wailed. Here, for instance, we have enjoyed an unbroken reign of quiet and order. There was, at the last Court, of Sessions, not one act of vio-11 lenee demanding investigation, a cir- '1 cumstance which elicited the congratu lations of ,the presiding,judge. Here there has been no organized and threatening -demonstratio of the militia, who, though am?d^?&?f not, I am informed, been fu^?eh?4%$ih. ball cartridges.- On the' other %BS?SK&1 am satisfied there has n?ver'been in ?tnis county any organization 'corresponding ?in any way to what is termed:tho-'^ICu.- , Klux Klan,"- or any otheor unlawful' as sociation. I take it that this conditions |p|.jthings exists in by far the larger ?portion of the State. But like causes ]prodweli&e.results, and, therefore, any ?demonstration on the part of the negroes, land especially the armed militia, which ?Moida render ourpmph apprehensive of 'an attack, yfould'very probably induce hdrgarazations for defenswe or preventive l^er?^cm?^mA 'possibly.- lead io similar '{disastrous conflicts as ensued ai Laurens and Chester. S ; . Now you desire my "aid in arousing and concentrating the opinion of all ood citizens in favor of law and or er." You attribute to me, in common with the other gentlemen * whom you have addressed, 4 ' intelligence and good in tentions^" . Let me remark by tne -way, as illustrating one of the"' many ano malies of the day, that, notwithstand ing the confidence . thus expressed, the most liberah amnesty bill yet reported by your committee does not propose to plac? at the disposal of the State, in any official capacity, those qualities "which you suppose me to possess. Nev ertheless, disfranchised and " unpar doned rebels" though we be, I claim, in common with others. similarly situated, to have done more to promote peace and order in South Carolina, tuan all the so-called loyal people "within her borders. I am still for peace-a last-, ing peace-such, as you rightly suppose can only be preserved in any communi ty by a wholesome "public opinion." My co-operation shall not be wanting; in any feasible plan for harmonizing, society here.: But to be perfectly can-; did with you, I must declare my settled, conviction, that while I do not appre hend any further disturbances, ' unless, there be fresh irritations, there can nev er be that security which will ever pre serve thc peace of society, until some of the en-ors of the past be corrected, and some of our grievances be removed. All class legislation be repealed. Taxpay ers ought to be secured a representation in the Legislature, adequate to their protection. Honest, capable and com petent men should be placed in office. Accomplish these things, and this whole people will rise.up and call you bless ed. Less than this would leave the same causes at work which have pro duced the prevailhigTiiscord, and there could not be that security which con stitutes the essential foundation of so ciety. The white people of South Car olina are now enslaved, by their former slaves. " Taxation without represen tation" was the battle guage accepted by our Revolutionary sires-unrepre sented and politically disfranchised, we are taxed for wanton and corrupt pur poses beyond all precedent and without even the poor privilege of protest or appeal. Cannot our rulers understand that, sooner or later, even our endur ance must give way under such a mon strous imposition ? ? I propose to invite a meeting of prom inent and influential men from each county, to consider the condition of things, and to consult for the common weal. If you, or any of your political associates, can propose anything that will tend to satisfy the demands and necessities of the case-to harmonize : and to ameliorate the condition of the 1 people, I doubt not they will consider '? your suggestions most carefully and ? respectfully. I shall be most happy to , be the medium of any such communi cations as you may desire to make to them. I trust this proposed measure may meet your approval, as it accords with your own suggestion. I shall in- ] vite the co-operation of the other gen- j tlemen named. Appreciating the sincere and patrio- ! tic pu i po se which induced your commu nication, and thanking you personally j for your good opinions, I am, very res- 1 pectfully, yours, . , '' J. B. KERSHAW. [ How TO Do IT-A NEW MODE OF ' RECONSTRUCTION.-A bellicose blue i nose resident of New York has been ; lately struck with anew'idea, which he , communicates to the Tribune in the fol- ? lowing letter : A PLAN TO MEET TUE KU-KLUX. j To the Editor of the Tribune : j Sm :-The Ku-Klux canbe suppress- ' sd only as Kansas was preserved from i slavery and border ruffianism. Let 1 enough of our men, carrying rifles with i them, if necessary, go South and settle I in colonies. Innumerable, unwilling i members -of the Ku-Klux will point i Dut and expose the rascals individually. I H. R. F. i New York, March 18,1871. 1 This bloodthirsty. H. R. F. can rely i upon it. He and his friends will re- I ceiye a cordial welcome, provided they ; Dring their rifles or anything else with i them ; and do not resort to rifling the public treasury. i Unfortunately, his predecessors in 1 emigration, rarely brought anything ] but their boots and carpet bags. They < came as the hawk to the chicken roost, i only to ravage and carry away. Besides i this, H. R. F's friends may find their ; rifles useful, judging by the fate of the ; Republicans massacred at Donaldson- i ville, (La.,) and the Republican Judge recently shot down upon his bench at Meridian, Miss., by insurgent negroes. , H. R. F. could not have'- hit upon a ? better idea, and we trust, in all smceri- j ty, it may be carried out.-Charleston , Courier. . i B??* A Syracuse court has assessed the ] value of two young bears, lost on a railway, . it $450 apiece."; of an infant, killed bv a street sar, at $200. j jjjgfThe Japanese, instead of spending j their time in listening to a long sermon, march decorously to the temple wherein their ! priests-are performing service, throw in a 1 printed prayer and a little money, and go 1 ibont their business with a satisfied con- ? icience. ? Robbery acd Boin--Will ibe Pto : .-..v.: - -- - The. people of this State - know that th&i^t??.of the .current year, if coL jl^^ji8^nk'$t?rvation.' and Confisca jfoB^Bufc the people of -Northern .anil ^este^arSteteSi. where-the tax levies aisdu&t-to tens .of millions, must think it mueh-adu-about-nothing when the peoples of South Carolina are driven to desp??^?i?Tr 1 by a tax of about four milliol???llars.' A comparison between the expenses of the State Government, and tbsgpount. of taxes levied upon the peojjpb, at different dates, will show the ma^njiiide of the evil, and explain ithe reason of the discontent and in dignation which fill the breasts of the .talayera of the State. In 1858 the entire cost of. the State Government, including the. police' as sessment, was $683,877. At that, time .the State "was wealthy and the pros pects of the people- were . bright in the extreme. The bulk of the real proper ty was assessed at a-nominal price, and the State Government "was in the hand of a body of cultivated and honorabl gentlemen, who watched with unceas ing vigilance over the liberties, aa well as the pecuniary interest, of the people. In 1868, when the people; had lost their slave property, Governor - Orr, whom the Radicals themselves regard as a-wise, sound and practical states man, estimated that the entire cost ol the State Government, exclusive of the interest on the public debt, would not exceed $375,000. The debt was les? than $5,000,000, bearing an interest oi about?$300,000. Governor Orr's esti mate, therefore, was $673,000. We now turn to the record of the Radical administration which is still in power. For the fiscal year 1868, the Radical tax levy was : State tax..... $1,263,259 00 County tax.. 501,097 00 Poll tax. 70,748 0O Total 1868.$1,885,104 00 It must be noted, moreover, that tht> returns from all the counties were not complete. The total noll tax, for in-; j j stance, was really $150,000. For the fiscal year 1869, the Radical tax levy was. | State tax.# $1,014,901 00 County tax.607,756 00 Total 1869.$1,622,657 00 For the fiscal year 1870, the Radical tax levy is : State tax. $1,647,000 0.0 County tax. 618,047 001 Poll tax... 150,000 00 Total. 1870..,.$2,415,047 00 For the fiscal year 1871, the Radical tax levy is : State tax.,.$1,281,000 00 County tax....... 549,000 00 Poll tax. 150,000 00 Total 1871.$1,980,000 00 It is plain, therefore, that thc Radi cal administration are levying taxes of over $2,000,000 a year to pay for work which was done before the war for $600,000, and could be dene, under any honest government, for, at the most, $750,000. But this is not all. In order that they may obtain means for paying off the huge floating debt of the State in New York, the General Assembly anticipate the time of collect ing taxes, and make the taxes for 1870 ind 1871 payable during the present vear. The taxpayers, therefore, aro re quired to pay this year : Taxes of 1870.,.$2,415.047 Taxes of 1871.1,980,000 Total.$4,395.047 While, then, the taxable property of the State is reduced in amount from ?489,000,000 (according to the United States census) in I860, to $83,000,000 ^'according to the State assessment) in 1870, the taxation of one year is raised from $684,000, in 1858, to $4,495,047 in 1871. Nor must it be forgotten that ill property in the State is now assess ?d at far more than i** market value ; while in I860 it was ' -ed at much less than its real selling value in gold. Worse remains behind. The taxes have been raised from $684,000 to $4, 395,047. and at the same time thc ac knowledged debt of the State is increas ed from $4,934,849 in 1868 to $9,865, 308 in 1870. Besides this, the General Assembly cancelled the first lien which the State had as security for the $4, 300,000 guaranteed for the Blue Ridge Railroad, and for the $2,000,000 guar anteed for the Greenville and Colum bia Railroad. It is also proposed to ;reate a new sterling debt of ?1,200, 300, which would be absolutely at the disposal of the men who have increased the taxes eight-fold and have trebled the State debt. It is safe to say that the debt of South Carolina (without the sterling debt, and including the un secured guarantees) is at least $16. 000,000. How much more it is, no man who is outside of the Radical Ring ;an say. Is it not time that the taxpayers of the State, who are without representa tion in the General Assembly ; who iiave been for three years the foot-stool af a gang of mercenary politicians and ignorant negroes ; should band them selves together to save the State from utter ruin, and themselves from bank ruptcy and the Poorhouse ?-Charles ton News. A little boy named Knight, who re cently entered a mission school in New Lond<;.i, was told by his teachers that lie must be a good boy, and when he lied he would go to Heaven. The lit tle fellow was pleased with the prospect, md promised to be the best kind of a boy. The next Sunday he appeared in his place, looking sorrowful,. and the teacher asked him if he had been a good boy. " Yes," he replied, " I've tried to be good, but it's no use. The boys say I can't go to heaven if I am ever 30 good." " Why do the boys say that?" asked thc teacher. "They 3ay," replied the boy, with the utmost simplicity, " there'll be no night there." naticrm o? me Kuvue IM aim u?m? GC ra is. i The Rhode Island Democrats, at their ' State Convention in- Providence, on' .Thursday, adopted the following plat-r form by a unanimous vote:* ' "~ ' Resolved, That the principles -of the' [D?mocratie party, as enuncfctefcl " by '. Je?efion; 'a?a the N?tion?l Convention7, ofrth? rj?mo???cy,''^?re' as essential t?* th?vyelfai? ?|^the;n?tib? now as at any* time^in ,pur hi'?forjV?u'?.aa applicable'*?<)L the.pfeserit co'n^iftofn bf ?Hp American^ people as juey haye ?vjjr been,; tiat-we-. reaffirm, our.. b?U?f in ,them,,. and, -our confidence.-that. j hey will " again. be* andorse? by the penpjn .hf oma-, once more>. aa they have been in - times past, their gujide and the. support ot their national and political progress. - Resolved, That we hail with admira tion the result of the efforts of our breth ren in New'Hampshire, and'congratu late them on the "glorious victory they2 haye wo'h- by an earnest and" persistent ievotipn' to the^heory and practice of Democratic'doctrin?s. '. Resolved, That Congress, by. its con temptuous, disregard tor the interests of. che people ; by its unjust and unequal . taxation ; its special legislation.: its uni-, form encouragement 01 huge and swin ging monopolies ; its robbing the peo ple df-the public lands and giving it to ?rasping jsp'eculators-i its unjust bur dening of* trade by enormous and pro libitory duties ; its unconcern for the poor man, and its heaping of individual indeeerved advantajges upon the rich, las forfeited the respect cf the country, ind failed in its duty to the citizens. Resolved, Thatthe usurpation of Con gress in placing the ballot-box at tho nercy of the bayonet is in keeping with ts indifference to the rights of thc peo ple, and evidence of the unworthiness )f its spirit and disloyalty to republican nstitutions. Resolved, That every citiz?n, naturali sed or native-born, is entitled to equal Dolitical rights with every other citizen, md that the constitution of the State mghtto beso amended as that the unjust liscrimination now made between natu alized and native-born citizens should >e abolished. Resolved, That, planting ourselves, as ?eretofore, on the Constitution of the Jnited States as the buiwark of our iberties, we will never cease our labors intil it is once more made in fact, as in aw, the supreme law of the land. Brevities and Levities. 5?-A poem in an agricultural paper, call id " Song of the Farmer Boy," very appro )riately commences with " Ho, brothers, ho!" B&" An old negro man named Maypoy Edwards was beaten to death by a colored roman in Clinton, Tenn., a few days since. Ie had promised to marry her, bat was too loor to buy the necessary documente, and he made up her mind to take his broken aith out of his skim 5?* As old Van Chroomps was giving his 'oungest, who was inclined to be lazy, a good owhiding, the boy cried out : "Oh {adder, t makes me smart !" " Dat's shoost vat I rants," said the old man, as he whacked .way with renewed vigor. 4?"Columbus was desperately excited, iaturday, over a .bur mule wagon load of ora in the ear that was brought in to sell ty an Alabama planter. Several persons oked for an ear or two to preserve as curi sities. ti?*. The wind blows with s'ich force in ?olorado that when a man loses his hat he as to telegraph .to the next station to havo onie one to stop it. fl?* The following stanza is said to have een copied fxom the tombstone of a husband nd wile : " Within this grave do lie, Back to back-, my wife and I ; Whenthelast trump the air shall fill, If she gets up, I'll just liy still." ' BS?* Don Piatt nov; says : "The late R? ublican party is the deadest dead thing bove ground, and if the surviving friends 'ish. to retain for it any feelings of respect ley will hasten its funeral." The ladie gives as a reason for mar ring for money, tbat they, now seldom find nything else in a man worth having. fig^Tkereisa man living in the moun lina cf North Carolina, not more than forty tiles from G lenville, S. C., says the Tar oro' Carolina, who has reached the extraor inary age of 143 years. Ar the time of iraddock'a defeat he waa twenty years- old, ad had a wife and three children. A gen eman at Greenville states that this man, 'hp has come down to us from a former gen ration, has always been in moderate cir uuistances; lived "upon a coarse vegetable iet; that he has never drunk any liquid but pring water, and bids fair to five maty ears longer. He enjoys perfect health ; pol isses all of manhood's attributes, and wishes ) many.. He has survived seven wives, and avmg lost his lase one auout sixty years go, he now begins to i'eci quito lonely. fi^fThe great joiner-Tho lawyer. lie in replace a tenant, empannai a jury, box witness, before ihc court, chisel tuVclient, ugcrthe gains/ floor a witness, cut his oard, nail the case, hammer the desk, file is bill, and gurgc the whole community. ISSg* Allen McClean, a young Kentuckian, isidtng in Campbell County, had been uite dissipated, but "got leligion" at a lethodist revival, and regarding himself as etter prepared to die than he ever would be gain, lie went to thc Licking-River, and, tier singing, " I want to bo au Angel," lcap i into the stream and drowned himself. B6?*A disconsolate citizen of New Ol? ?ans put the following question to one of thc apera published there: "Mr. Edytur 'hat I wish to ask you is whether strychnine, rhat the police give to dog?, won't pizen the uman being alter, sasscngc io aa ; been fried, 'lease put in the paper how ii \a, for if fried trychmne is pizen, 1 go ag. in sac-scngers, fours, till pizened." Ina Wyoming tavern, a mountain ough, venomously drunk, was practic tig with his revolver at various objects a the bar-room. An ox teamster en ered, called for a drink, and a ball from he rough's pistol shattered the glass at is lips. Without a word the bull whacker put his hand behind his back, roduced his pistol, leveled it at the uffiau's head, and remarked, as " the lody dropped to tho floor, " That d-d coundrel would have hurt somebody iretty soon." He then filled another ;lass and drank the contents, strode out s deliberately as he had come in, - and nth a " Whoa, haw, there," started his x up the road. - .v