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"Gran'ma Al'ns Docs." KY A. ir. POE. I wants to mend my wagon. And has to have some nails; Jus^ twi>. tree will be plenty, We'r ' gi mg to haul our rails. The splendidest cob fences, We're makin1 ever was! I wis' you'd help us dud 'cm, Gran'ma aFas docs, i My hoi- .o's name is Betsey : Sh j jumpe ? and broked her hoad. I put her in tlic stable, And fed her milk and bread. The stable's in the parlor ; We'd dn't makono muss. 1 wis' you'd lot it stay there, Gran'ma al'as does. I's troin' to the cornfield, To ride on < 'harlie's plow : I spect he'd like to have me; 1 wants to go right now. Oh. won't I geo up awful. And whoa like ('harlie whoas? I wis' you wouldn't bozzer; Gran'ma never does. I wants some bread and butter: Pa hungry worstest kind ; But Taddie mustn't have none, Cause she wouldn't mhid. Put plenty sugar on it; I tell you what, I knows It's right tc?pnt on sugar; Gran'ma aras does. SE i s s "Fairen. -0 " My last hope rests in you, May.' "In me, father?" May Warren made answer in I m of surprise, raising her sad, auxiou: eyes :o her father's lace. As if her gaze discomposed him, Mr. Warren turned his head, and his glance wandered restlessly around tiie apartment. He was an old man, with a tall, spare ligure, thin, gray hair, and was sitting in an arm-chair, by a table covered with papers, while his pretty daughter May sat beside him on an ottoman. She. repealed her words : ' " Ia me, father?" "Yes," he replied, starting from a moment's abstraction. " Lo you remember Col. Leighton, my dear ?" " Gol. Leighton? An old man with a heavy beard, partly gray, and pleasant blue eyes. He dined with ns a few weeks ago. Yes I reniembei him lather." " Not so very old May.-not so old, asl am,-and one ol" the finest men iiviug. He is wealthy,-very wealthy too." He met his daughter's questioning gaze fully now, as if he had expected her to read something in his lace. She kept her dark eyes fixed search ingly upon his countenance, the ebb and ?ow of the soft color upon her cheeks betraying the quick pulsation of her heart. " What do you mean, lather ?" she asked, at length. " I saw him last night. Ile offered to help me-save me, if "If what, father?" ,; If I would give you to him." The words came hurriedly from Mr. Warrens lips, as i-f he feared that il he deliberated he should nor. be able to utter them at all. As they fell on his daughter's ear she started to her feet, pushing hci- hair back from her pale lace, in a bewildered sort of a way, as if she were half-stnnned. " Marry me. father ? Cel. Leigh ton ?" she cried in a low voice. Mr. Warren took her hand, ?'ind drew her down to her sea: ? gain. "May, Col. Leighton will be a g.^oii husband to you. I .have known him from boyhood, and understand per fectly1 weil his character and princi ples. He loves you-will be kind TO you, and strive in every way to maire you happy. And more-and more, May, lie will save me from beggary." lie paused, but his child. with her mee bowed upon her hands, made no reply, nor stirred. The mut? distress that her attitude betokened was not unnoticed by him. " I do not force you to this, May, remember ; tue matter is left to your own choice. But you kuow wind my own wish is-what the alterna tive will be if you do not accept the oiler." Sue knew only too well. Fully she * realized now how absolutely necessa ry the luxuries to which her father had become accustomed were to bim. Absolute loss of possession did hot seem the mosl dreadful thing in the world to her, but site knew whai a wreck it would make of him. Ju hei youth and strength the future would still be bright and full of hope to her; but how could he, with his aged frame and burden o? sixty veavs commence life anew? The hopeful thought thai; she could work for him and supply him with his accustomed comforts, afforded her but a moment's comfort. To him with his stubborn, aristocratic ideas, this would be the most severe trial of all-his delicate ly reared petted child laboring for his support. He would never be re conciled to it. That was'no alterna tive she saw at a glance. Then with a desperate effort to think calmly, she recalled the form ol Col. Leigh ton. She remembered his bowed head and silvered beard, his dark, deeply-furrowed face, and fifty years. She could get no further. A younger face, with merry azure eyes, and tossing, sunny hair, sprang up in strong contrast stretching out her hands to her father, as-if for pity, she cried out, 4* I cannot! oh, father. I cannot!" The old man sank back with a groan. " Lost-then I ara lost!" he cried shuddering. There were no reproaches, only those bitter words and that des pairing attitude. White and tearless ?he sat at his feet, the agony of he . heart was written on her face. Th '. wild, desperate thought that her sac rifice was possible, occurred to her. " Father, dear father !" He raised bis head, whitened with the frosts of sixty winters, and look ed at her wi.th a gleam of hope in h:s sunken eyes. She crept into his arms as she had done when a child, and laid her soft cheek against his wrinkled brow. " You .know that I love you, fath er," she said. I can never remember you but as kind, tender, and forbear ing with nie. Your h?arfc has been my home all rn}- life. I will work, beg, sutler for you-I will die for you -oh, how willing, if need be. But that-oh, father, you uo not know what it is that you ask !" He did not speak, but a moan broke uncontrollably from his lips, as he rested upon her shoulder. The strug gle in her heart sent dark shadowy waves across her face. Could she could she ? "Father," she whispered hurriedly, " let me go, now. I will see you again-answer you to-morrow." And she left him. He could not see her lace in the gathering darkness, only ? glimpse of something white, but he felt the quiv ering'of her lips as she bent to kiss him, und reached out his arms to em brace her, bu$ she was gone. ''Heaven pity me!" Thc words carne like a wail Jrom her lips. She was Stone rn:t?e chamber, flung pros trate upon a low couch, with her lace hid in the cushions. The souni thc rustling foliage of the garden, the chirping of the birds, cann through the open window with damp evening breeze, and the light of the rising moon filled room with its soft radiance, but was unconscious of everything misery. The house was so quiet the sound of a footstep crossing hall below fell upon her ear, ai used her to a momentary into: She heard a door open,-the lib: door, and then a voice uttered a words of common-place greeting, remembered it well, and sprang her feet with a desperate, im thought cf flight. But the door ( ed, the house was still again, and wras calmer. She crossed the room listlessly, drew back the curtain of the " dow. The scene without was bea ful. The moonlight lay broadly .the garden, turning to silver the ? of the trees, and making the li lake beyond look like a great w pearl. Gazing earnestly downw sh . saw a tall, shadowy figure sta ing beneath the shade of the elm. With a low cry she spr fr- m thc room, and, a moment af stoo l beside her lover. " Conic, at last, my treasure," ci Mark Winchester, folding her in arms. She remained leaning passi ly against his breast, while he pr ed passionate kisses upon her ft head, cheeks, and lips. "Why have you made me wait long, darling ?" he said softly, a taking both her slender hands in of his pressed them to his lips. "W how cold you are ! How you tri ble !" he continued, as she clung him. '. What is the matter. May ?' "I waited because I dreaded meet von, Mark." " Why ? What do you mean ?" And, brokenly through her te and sobs, she told him all. He < not speak or stir while she was ta ing : and when she had finished th was a long silence. She lacked co age to say more.-he would not a She repeated the last words : " A to-morrow I must give him my i stver." Still he did not speak. She looked up at him. In the tl light she could see his rigid, agon ed face, white lips, and gleami eves. She stole her arms about neck, and drew his forehead down her Hps. '. -Speak to me Mark ; say that y do not blame me." He knew then that she had dec ed, and what the decision was. " And you will leave me, May, a marry that old man?" .'Heaven pity me, Mark, for must. I will become his wife, a will be true and faithful to him, he will be kind to me. You will ht of me thus, and when you do, member my words, Mark, that y have my heart." " I will rem.ember.May. God bli us both, for I shall never forget y< They shall bury .me with this up my heart." And lie drew a tress soft brown hair from his bosom. For a moment more-one Uti precious moment-he held her agaii his heart and then kissed her, p her gently iron; him, and was got F r a moment she stood alone u der the trees, with clasped bands ai fa 1 upraised to the quiet sky, ai then she turned and walked silent toward thc house. A light from tl library window streamed down < her, as she looked up, she ?aw tl shadow of a bowed figure fall aero the curtain. .'Father, you are saved!" she mu mured. A hand was laid suddenly on hi arm. and she started with a low cr; " Good evening, Miss May," sai Colonel Leighton. " I have been seel ing you." She bowed, and stood silently bi fore him, with a calm, downcui face. .:I have been talking with yoi father," he continued, carelessly pul ing a rose from a bush near then " tie toils me that you have promise to think of my proposal, and let i: know what your decision is to-moi row. Is there anything 1 can sa which will influence you t" form tim conclusion in my favor?" .. You cannot say anything whit; will i ii fi uen cc me in the .vast, Co? onel Leighton. As my fainer Jin SJ: 1, you .-hall have my answer U morrow." He glanced at the young face, s sad in its calm dignity, and !ooke< down ar his fingers again, which wer bruised in tearing io pieces tiie bios sum he held, and allowing; che crim son petals to fall at his fee;, as if the} were fragments of the heart he wa breaking. In thc long .'??euee thu followed she glanced up at him onci with the Thought of flinging hersel upon iii.? mercy by giving him he ? mfidence; but the stern expressior of his face repelled her. ''Miss May," he said suddenly " you are averse co this marriage." His. tone aided in rendering hi. words an assertion. She was star tied, but replied quietly, "Do-yoi ; '.ink so ?" .. 1 must bc blind if I could thinl otherwise," ho continued with sud den energy. "May Warren, yoi know that you hate me-that yoi would rather die than bc my wife were it not for your lather's sake." Before she realized what she wai doing, the monosylable " Yes" slipped from her lips. " And in doing this do you realize how you would wi 3ng us Loth ?" She was silent. "It shall never be. I will never make you my wife, knowing that you do noe love me-that your heart is not in my keeping. I will not tell you of my hopes, how I have dream ed that my last days would be my happiest ones-it would not interest yon. Now I have only to say that you are as free as if I had never seen your sweet face." He paused for a reply, but she made none. Bewildered by her po sition, site did not know what to say. " 1 know that I have myself to re proach," he went on. "My motive in offering your father my assistance was purely a selfish one. The con :..nces are only what I deserve. 1 bad no thought of the long years ing which lie had been my true and ?faithful friend, but cruelly took a Ivantage of his position to gain my own ends. Yes, I am properly pun ished." Thone was a bitterness in his tone, a despondency in his attitude, that eatly changed his accustomed, dig 1 composure of manner. Half unconscious of what she did, only sible of the pity she felt for him, the yoting girl'put her-hand upon his arm, and said softly, " Forgive me." ... "Forgive me, rather, my child," he said, gently, taking the little hand i n-one Of hi?, " for the misery I have caused you. I should have; kzjowd that our paths in Hie could never be one. But good-night, I will not tain you." She did not shrink from him a? bent down to kiss her forehead, v his last word. He stepped aside allow her free passage to the hoi but she did not move." " You are thinking of your fath< he said. " Do not be distressed on account. Remember me in your pr ers to night, and sleep sweetly. J all I ask." He did not wait to hear her : neut " God bless you !" or wita her burst of joyful tears, but quic left her. The morning sunshine strean boldly into the apartment of old 3 Warren, where he lay in the he? sleep of physical and mental exha tion. The forenoon was far advani when a servant roused him, infoi ing him that Col. Leighton wai him in the library. Making a ha toilet, the old man left his cham1 and went to join his friend. 1 gentlemen met cordially, and C Leighton immediately requested tl May might be sent for. They wail but a few minutes before the di swung noiselessly open, and, wear: a white morning robe, the young g entered. At a motion from her fa erahe sat down at a low seat at feet and then glanced up with a c< fiding smile at Col. Leighton, w stood leaning against the man piece, with an expression of face ha sad half-admiring. " We are waiting for your answ May," said Mr. Warren quietly. " I will leave the matter entire in Col. Leighton's hands," she replii The old man glanced perplexec from her to his old friend. Coloi Leighton stepped forward. " My old friend, James Warrer he said ?< I mel your daughter h night, and talked with her. I discc ered with what feelings she regard a marriage with me, and cannot aile the sacrifice she would make for yo sake. I will never marry her; s is*free. And now I have to ask yo pardon for the unmanly way in whi [ have taken advantage of your ei barrassment, and have come so ne to destroying the happiness of yo child. Every power of mine . shi be exerted to its utmost to relie you, and all the reward I ask is t knowledge that you and May do n despise me. Nay, nay, no thanl I deserve rather to be scorned for ti part I have acted. But I have 01 favor to ask, old friend. Will y< allow me to choose a husband for yo daughter?" " You have my full and free pe mission," replied Mr. Warren, sn ling through his tears. " But I hope you will be more su cessful in your choice than' I ha1 been." "Never fear," said thc colonel, wii a glance at May. Flinging open door that led to another apartmen he called, " Now, my boy !" and Maj Winchester sprang into the room. " Behold your future son-in-law said Col. Leighton: and ere the ol man could comprehend, the your couple knelt for his blessing. At motjon from his friend he gave willingly ; and never was there a ha] pier party. Through the interposition of h friend, Mr. Warren was saved froi ruin, and his daughter made napp} When May that morning asked for solution of the problem pf Colone Leighton's knowledge of Mark, he re plied, "I did not wait in the garde to no purpose, little one." And sh understood that ke had overhear! lier conversation with her lovei Through his influence park's talen as an artist became known lo th world, and a few years afterward li became a popular painter and ? Wealthy man; and out of gratitudi to his benefactor he christened hi first born sop E/dwin. Leighton Win chester. The Josh Billings Papers? THE FLY. The fly iz not only a domestik, bu a friendly insek, without hranes, lin happily without guile. They make their appearance a munt mankind, a goud deal a/, tim wipe duz, " whare it Iisteth." How they aro exactly born j haven't been able yet tow investigate bul tliey ave KO universal at times tha? I Jjav thought, they didn't wail tew lo LoTOj lmc took the fust gooc chance that offered, and cum just a; they am. They are sed tew be male and femail, but I dont think they kon sider the marriage tie binding, ' foi they look so mutch alike, that it would be a grate waste ov time, find ing out wich waa who, and this would lead tow never ending flies, wich u the rhubarb oy domestik Ufo. They make their aunua?visil about the first ov May, but dont ?Lt tew buzzing good till the center o.v An gust They stay with uz until kohl weather pius in an appearance, and theu leai/c, a good deal az they cum, j ist az they ai&, ' . Men ny ov them ava fcft .opik in the (lower ov their yuth, and useful oes.?, but this dont interfere with their census, for their iz another steps right into their place, and heirs their property. Sum looze their lives bi lighting too near the rim ov a toads noze, and fall in, when the toad gaps, and others git badly struck bi phooling with mollassis. Sum visit the spiders, and are -in duced tew remain, and thousands find a watery grave, bigitting drown ed in milk cans. The fly iz no respekter ov pussons, he lights onto the pouting lips ov a sleeping darkey, j ist az eazy as he duz onto a buzzum ov the queen of buty, and will buzz an alderman, or a hodcarrier, if they git in his way. Flys, moraly kongidered, are like a large share ov the rest of human folks, they wont settle on a good healthy spot in a man, not if they kan find a spot that iz a leetle raw. Their principle food iz every thing, they will pitch into a ded snaik, or a quarter ov beef, with the same anxie ty, and will eat from sun rise till seven o'clock in the evening, without getting more than haff phull. They will eat mors, and hold less, than en ny bug we kno ov. The fly haz a remarkable impov erished memory, yu may drive him out ov yure car ; and he will land on yure forhed, hit him aginly, and he enters yure noze, the oftener you git rid ov him in one spot, the more he gets onto another ; the only way tew inculcate him with yure meaning, iz tew smash him up fine. Flys see a grate deal ov good sosie ty, they are admitted into all circles, and if they remember one haff that they see, and h,ear, what a world ov phunny- sekret?- they c?uld unfold ; but-flys. are perfekly honorable, a?a never betray a konridence. What would some lovers gi'v, if they could only git a fly tew blab, but a fly iz a perfek gentleman, he eat? oph from your plate, enjoys yure conversashun, sees sights, and haz more ph un, and privilege, than a prime minister, or a dressing maid, but when yu cum tew pump him, he iz az dry in the mouth, az a salt cod fish. Thare iz sumthing a fly will blow, but he wont blow a sekret. Flys, i think, must be born whole, for i never saw a barT born fly, they are all ov a size when you fust see them, like a paper ov pins, and never git en ny smaller. I dont kno ov a more happy, whole souled, honest critter, amung the bug dispensation, than a hansum, square bilt fly, taking a free ride in central park, with the Mayor, and his wife, or a free lunch at Delmoni co's, with the minister from England, and then fishing up the bizzness ov the day, by sleeping upside down, on the ceiling ov my ladys bed chamber. But thare iz plenty ov pholks who kant 6ee enny phun, or religion in a fly, whoze whole aim iz tew set mil lasses traps for them, tew chase them out ov the house with a sled stake, and then clear across a ploughed lot onto the next farm, tew git up nights in their stocking feet, tew worry them, with the tongs, tew drive them tew the brink ov despair, and finally ruin them, with death. I thank the Lord i ain't one ov thoze, i don't luv a fly emuff, tew leave mi vittles, and fall down flat on mi stummuk, and worship them, but a fly may cum and sit on mi noze, all day, and chaw biz cud in silence, if he will only sit still. Little by Little. One stop and then another, And the longest walk is ended ; One stitch and then another, And the largest rent is mended ; One brick upon another, And the highest wall is made ; One flake upon another, And tho deepest snow Ls laid. So the little coral-workers, By their slow but constant motion, Have built those pretty islands In the distant, dark blue ocean; And the noblest undertakings Man's wisdom hath conceived, By oft-repeated efforts, Have been patiently achieved. No Bait. A superintendent once asked us to take charge of a Sunday school class. " You'll find 'em rather a bad lot," said he. " They all went fishing last Sunday but little Johnny .Rand. He is really a good boy, and I hope. his example may yet redeem the others. I wish you would talk to 'em a lit tle." . I told him I would. They were rather a hard-looking set. I don't think I ever witnessed a more elegant assortment of black eyes in my life. Little Johnny Rand, Ifche good boy, was in his place, and I smiled on him approvingly. As soon as the lessons were over I said : " Boys, your Superintendent tells me you went fishing last Sunday. All but little Johnny here. You didn't go, did you, Johnny ?" "No, sir." "That was right. Though this boy is the youngest among you," I continued, " you will now learn from his own lips words of good counsel which I hope you will profit by." I lifted him on the seat beside me, and smoothed his auburn ringlets. " Now, Johnny, I want you to tell your teacher and these wicked boys, why you did not go fishing with them last Sunday. Speak up loud, now. It was because it was very wicked, and you had rather come to Sunday school, wasn't it?" "No, sir; it was 'cos I couldn't find no worms for bait j" Somehow or other these boys al ways turn out humbug.?. A Court Iucideut. Qne pf the prominent ornaments of the bar, cplpprated for his genial disposition, found himself, ajjopt the close of tbe war, wachet} ashore, high and dry, ' ?cuniar?v, in the city of Richmond, where 7:u was forced to hang out his shingle and commence practice in the Hustings Court. Ono of his first clients was a youth who ! had been arrested at thc instance ^. , a resj iee (.able negro man of family ' for having 'f rocked/' his house and ' severely injured his daughter with n stone thrown through the window. At the examination old Pompey was put upon the stand, and proved tho charge in such undeniable terms that it would have gone hard with our friend's client, had it not been for the following cross-examination : Lawyer-You say one stono came into the room where you were sitting with your family and struck your daughter ? Pomp-Yes, boss. Lawyer-Where did it strike her ? Pomp-(silent for a while)-I don't like to tell,.boss. Xawyer-r-Biifc you must tell. I de mahd'again,"??'Jj'?1did it strike her? Pomp-Dat a?rto'??Uh?;<?S?, Less, I tell you it hit her. I don't, like io\ tell where' fore dese ladies in court. Lawver-But you must answer. Where did it hit her? Pomp-(slowly)-On the buzzum, boss. " Lawyer^r^e?l; Law severely did it injure her ? Pomp-Oh! quit die foolishness.' I ain't gwine to tell. Lawyer-Again I must insist upon my question being answered. Did it injure frer? Pomp-r(in despair)-No, sahl it did not injure her, but it broke three fingers of a gentleman what was pay ^ ing'tention to her. The case was dismissed immediate ly for want of jurisdiction. COMING TO THE POINT-A gentle man once wrote to a lady whom he had offended by his dilatoriness, and who for a long time, had refused to forgive him. His lej^i?v was earnest in supplications for forgiveness. It .con cluded thus : " One word from your lips will make me happy, ^yhen and where will you speak it ?" Her laconic answer was " Next Wednesday, at the altar." To which he sent the following equally laconic reply : " I will be there." A Reformed gambler was about to die, an4 cent for a minister, when the following conversation occurred : 'Pastor, do you think I am near death ?' 'I regret to say I believe you are.' 'Do you think, since I am convert ed, I will go'to Heaven ?' 'Yes, I believe you will.' N . 'Do you expect to go there too?' . Yes, I believe I will.' _ ,;. 'Well, we'll be angels, won't we, aRd haVe,TSij^.tpAfly wiA ?',,k ; .: 'Yes, I m sure we II be like angela. 'Well, then,' said the dying man, rTll ^-you five/ dollars I will beat you By?u?r " ' J Notice. rpHE undersigned? COTTON FAC A^roBiS, and GcENERAL.COMMIS SION MERCHANTS; of Augusta, Geor gia, t?k?.' pleasur?in??annouBciag to tho public generally, and particularly to the citizens of Edgefield andadjoining Coun ties of South Carolina, that they have associated with their finn, Capt. LEWIS JONES, of Edgefleld County, S. C., who is duly authorized to receive and extend orders, or transact any matter of business connected with our House. We earnestly .-solicift' a liberal share of Eatronage, and guarantee full satisfaction > our customers. 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H., W EDWARD CARWILE, Ridge, or ut our Warohouse in tho Citj of Augusta, Ga. WARREN, WALLACE & CO. Augusta, Feb 22 3m 0 Ayer's Hali* Vigor, For restoring Gray Hair to is natural Vitality and Color. A dressing which is at once ?igrecablcjj healthy, and eileelual for preserving thc bair. Ended' o9groy hair is soon restored to its original color, with the gloss and ? fresliness of youth. Thin ' hair is thick ened, falling hair checked, and bald ness often, r tlfo?g? not always, cured hy its usc. Noding caa restore the hair where the follicles are destroyed, or the glands atrophied and decayed. But suc.li as remain ? can bc saved for usefulness by this application. Instead of fouling the Lai- with a pasty sedi ment, itAvill JfCep it clean and vigorous. Its occasional lise wilt prevent the hair from turning gray or falling off, and consequently prevent baldness. Free from those deleterious substances which make some preparations dangerous, aud injurious to tho hair, tho. Vigor can;i nnly benefit but not banu it. If wanted merely for :i HAIR DRESSING-, nothing else cari jLe jbuiid .so desirable. Containing ncltht^dil/noridye, it dBcs not soil white ?cambric, and yet lasts long on tho hair, giving it a rich, glossy lustre and a grateful pprfump. Prepared by Dr, J. 0, Ayer k Co., PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS, LOWELL, MASS. PHICE SI OO. D^-Forsale by ALL DRUGGISTS. Aug 17* ly 34 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ N MONTHLY MAGAZINE, ' Iflilp pollart per Annuli}. 64 PAGES READING MATTER, 30 PAGE^ADVERTISEMENTS. 3BVA??S & COGSWELL, . < ? . ' D, WYATT AIKEN. ' ? |; ' I? . ? | CH ARI. ES TON, 8. C. IF yvu won? NICEANDY/ Wp from MARK EUT & CLISBY. MarM tf U WILLIAM HILL'S IIA ll l> WAUK STORE, No. 193 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA., THE FRIENDS and ACQUAINTANCES of the late WM. HILL, are respectfully informed that the BUSINESS WILL BB CONDUCTED AS HERETOFORE at the Old Stand No. 193, Broad Street; where tho follow ing Goods may be found at GREATLY RB?WCE1* PRICES : IRON, STEEL, NAILS, AXES, HOES, TRACE CHAINS, PLOW LINES, HAMES, SHOVELS, SPADES, MANURE'FORKS, HORSE AND MULE SHOES, BLACKSMITH TOOLS, CARPENTER'S TOOLS, TABLE AND POCKET KNIVES, &c, &c. -ALSO A Fine Assortment of WOODEN WARE, consisting of BUCKETS, TUBS, CHURNS, PAILS, &c. -ALSO TIN WARE of Every Description, , by the Dozen or Piece. Mending rea sonably and promptly done. Stoves ! Stoves ! 0.ur Stock ..of STOVES is complete. THE COTTON PLANT, a Four Hole Square Top Stove is first class. The Oven is large and com modious, and that part of it under the Fire-Box is un"0,ially high and roomy. Not being complicated in its arrangement, it is ?*y easy to manage, and dues not, like many of the other first class Sto ^, require a course of in struction to know how- to use-it. ' Give the CC ?TON PLANT a trial and satisfy .yourself. Every'Stove Warranted. THE GRAtf JACKET "is a New and Beautiful Step or Pre miumSTOVE, gotten up expressly for the Southern market, and is adapted particularly to plantation use. The GRAY JACKET is an up-draft Stove with' heavy plates, large oven and flues. It never fails to operate well. Every Stove Warranted. Jan 18 3m 4 More New Dry Goods For Spring 1871 ! Goods As Low as Before the War ! ! More Specials Bargains ! ! ! Only O nj3 Price! H. L A/BALK, 172 Broad Street, -Augusta, Ga.^ Has Received 30,000 Yds. NEW PRINTS for Dresses and Shirts, embracing all the best makes, the latest styles, fast colors, at only 12* cts. per yard. 5,000 Yds.. Very Good PRINTS for Quilting, only 6 cts. 2,000 Yds. MOZAMBIQUES, LENOS and other Foreign New Dress Goods, only 20 cts per yard. 2,000 Yds. JAPANESE CLOTHS and other Imported New Styles Dress Goods, at 25 cte., 30 cts., 35 cts. and 40 cts. per yard. 1,000 Yds. Pure MOHAIR for Dresses, a New Speciality, at only 50 cfs. . ,2,000 Yd3. BLACK ALPACLAS, of the very best makes, very low. A New A&?rtnient JEANS and CASSIMERES at convincing low prices. .20,000 Yds.' Factory PLA?D GINGHAMS, new and'very desirable, only 15 cts. 2 Cases BLEACHED HOMESPUN, very fine 4-4 only 12* eta. 500 HONEY COMB QUILTS, 11-4 only $2,00, very cheap. 50 Doz. Ladies' HOOPSKIRTS, 35 Springs only 50 ?.ts. 50 Doz. Glove-Fitting, Hip-Gore CORSETS, onlv $1,00 ! ! ! 50 Doz. Enchantress CORSETS, 75 cts., cheap. 50 Doz. Ladies' LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, at $1,50 per Dozen. G Cases Ladies' GAITERS-10 Cases Ladies' Walking SHOES-8 Cases Men's BOOTS-2 Gises Men's GAITERS?-1 Case JERSEY TIES-10 Cases-Men's BROGANS,-10 Cases Boys' BOOTS-5 Cases Boys' SHOES-3 Cases Misses" GAITERS,-2 Cases Misses BALMORALS,-1 Case Child's SHOES,-10 Cases BOOTS. 60,000 Men's PAPER COLLARS, best quality, only 12* cts per Box. ; 50 Doz. Ladies' White STOCKINGS, only $1,20 per Dozen. -ALSO SHIRTFRONTS, PARASOLS, UMBRELLAS, GLOVES, BELT RIB BONS, SASH RIBBONS, TRIMMINGS, BUTTONS, and many other Goods, all of which are offered at very popular prices. H. L. A. BALK, 172 Broad Sired, Augusta, Ga, ???"Cut out this Advertisement, and bo sure to give me a call. Mar 29 4t 14 ESTABLISHED 1850. Tni5 Subicribcrs would respectfully inform tuc Citizens of Edgcfield and surrounding country, that tiley have just received a Largo Assortment of WATCHES, of tho EeM Manufacture, which they will offer at lower rates than any Houso in the City. In uddition, will be r..und n IHTJTC .Slock of FINE GOLD JEWELItV, ret With Dia monds, Rubies. Carnets, dirai,-BllIDAL SETS OP PE ARL-NU FHA L RINGS-WATCH CHAINS, CHARMS. Io.. A Fine A.-snriiiient SOLID SILVHTI "WARE, embracing FULL TEA SRTS. WAI TliRS, Ie? anil Waler PITCHERS, CASTOBS. Berry and Butter DISHES, (Jard RECEIV ERS, Card anti Cake BASKETS, Cordial STANDS, COB LETS, CUPS, FORKS and SPOONS. :?nd everything in thc Silver W;ire linn. Always 011 hand a HI perl) stock of GUNS AND PISTOLS, consisting of Fine Single .iud Double Barrel GUNS, ami Colt, Smith A Wessen, Remington, Cooper, Sharp and Der ringer 'PISTOLS, and tunny others of thc latest inven linn. Also, FINE CUTLERY, SPECTACLES, WALKING CANES, PORTEMONNIES, and' FANCY GOODS of every variety to be f>und in a Drst.clas? Jewelry Establishment. Wo would also remind the public thnt wc keep a Syceiul Establishment for the REPAIR of fino \VATCHES|and JEWELRY. All work cnlrut cd to our care will bc executed promptly, neatly, and warranted for one year. A, PB0NTA?T & SON, 103 BROAD ST., one Door Lilow Augusia Hotel, AUGUSTA, GA. Augusta, Dec 10 ly . ' 51 JAMES E. COOK, SUCCESSORS TO COOK: Sc BERRY, GRANITE VILLE, S. C., BEGS to inform the Citizens of Edgefield and the adjacent Districts, that he lias just returned from New York and Balti ! more with A CHOICE, WELL SEXJECTED AND COM PL?TE STOCK OF GOODS, embracing every article usually kept in a First Class. Country or Village Store, consist ing in part of mmm mi POODS, Ready-Made Clothing BUNCH YARN, KNITTING COTTON, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, SADDLES, BRIDLES, BUGGY HARNESS,. SOLE AND UPPER LEATHER, NOTIONS, PATENT MEDICINES, &c, I also keep constantly on hand Bagging, Cotton Ties, Iron, Nails, Corn, Corn Meal, Flour, S?aAE, COFFEE, T O B A c ? g, Bacon, 3Eja:rdL, MACKEREL IN KITS, BBLS,, AND HALF |BLS" :. i ??' :r,.,*,,. ? fj . >?rii.. Mun. - Special Notices. CONSUMPTION. IT8 CURE AND IT8 PREVENTIVE. By J. H. BCBXHOr, IL ?. Many a human being bas passed away for whose death there was no other reason than the neglect of Known and Indisputably proven means or dbre. Those near and dear to family and friends are Bleeping the dreamless slumber Into which, had they calmly adopted DB. JOSEPH H. BCHENCK'S SIMPLE WUK T and cvalled themselves of his wonderfully efflca clous medicines, they would not have fallen. Dr. achenck has In his own case proved that wherever sufficient vitality rematns.ihat vitality, by his medicines and his directions for their nae. lu quickened Into healthful vigor. In thia statement there ls nothing presumptuous. To the faith of the Invalid ls made no representation that ls not a thousand times substantiated by living and visible works. The tbeorv of tho cure by Dr. Schencfs medicines is as simple as lt is unfailing. Its philosophy requires no argument It ls self-as suring, self-convincing. The Sea-weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills are the first two weapons with which the citadel of tho malady Is assailed. Two-thirds of the cases of con sumption originate In dyspepsia and a functionally disordered liver. With this condition Uie bronchial tubes "sympathize" with the stomach. They re spondi? the morbiflcactlon of the liver.. Here then comes the culminating result, and the setting In, with all Its distressing symptoms of CONSUMPTION. " The Mandrake Pills uro composed of one of Na Iture's noblest gifts-tho Podophlllum Peltatum. They possess all the blood-searching, alterative properties of calomel, but, unlike calomel, they **!?>: A VE NO STING BEHIND." . The work of cure ls now beginning. The vitiated and mucous deposits In the bowels and In the ali mentary canal are ejected. The liver, like a clock, ls wound up. It arouses from its torpidity. The stomach acts responsively, and the patient begins to fee' that he Is getting, at last, A airPPMr OF GOOD BIiOOD. The Sea-weed Tonic, in conjunction with tho Pills, permeates and assimilates with ?be food. Chylifi catlon is now progressing without its previous tor tures. Digestion becomes painless, and thecare Is seen to be at baud. There is no moro flatulence, no . exacerbation of the stomach. An appetite sets In. Now comes the greatest Blood Purifier ever yet given by an Indulgent father to suffering man. Bebendes Puliuonlc Syrup comes in to perform lu . functions and to hasten and complete tho cure It enters at once upon Its work. Nature can not be cheated. It collects and ripens the Impaired and diseased portions of the lungs. In the form of gatherings, lt prepares them for expectoration, and Io I In a very short time the malady la vanquished the rotten throne that it occupied Is renovated and i made new, and the patient, In all the dignity of re gained vigor, steps forth to enjoy the manhood or womanhood thatwas ! _ GIVEN UP AS EOST. The second thing la, tho patients must stay in"a i warm room untU they get well ; lt la almost lmpos . sible to prevent taking cold when the lungs are dis eased, but it must be prevented or a cure can not tte effected. Fresh air and riding out especially in this section of the country, in the fall and winter aea ; BOD. are all wrong. Physicians who recommend ; that course lose their patients, If their lungs aro > , badly diseased ; and yet, because they are In the I I house they must not sltdown quiet; they must walk ; about the room as much and as fast as the strength : will bear, to get up a good circulation of blood. The patients must keep in good spirits-be determined to get welL This has a great deal to do with the appetite, and Is the great point to gain. ; "To despair of cure after such evidence of Its pos sibility In the worst cases, and moral certainty In all others, ls sinful. Dr. 8chenck's personal state ment to the Faculty of his own cure was In these modest words : ; " Many years ago I was In the last stages of con : sumption ; confined to my bed, and at one time my physicians thoughtthat leonid not liveaweek; then, like a drowning man catching at straws, I heard of and obtained the preparations which I now oner to the public, and they made a perfect cure of me. It seemed to me that I could feel them penetrate my ?hole system. They soon ripened tho matter in my lungs,and I would spit up more thana plntof offen sive yellow matter every morning ror a long time. As soon as that began to subside, my cough fever, pains, and night-sweats all began to leaveme! and my appetite became so great that it waa with difficulty that I could keep from eating too much. II soon gained my strength, and ha ve grown in flesh ever since. ' "I was weigh ed shortly after my recovery," added . the Doctor, " then looking like a mere skeleton ; my weight was only ninety-seven pounds; my present weight ls two hundred and twenty-five (z25j pounds, and for years I have enjoyed uninterrupted health." Dr. Scbenck has discontinued his professional visits to New York and Boston. He or hLs son, Dr. J. H. Schcnck, Jr., still continue to see patients at their Office, No. 15 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, every Saturday from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. Those who wish a thorough examination with the Beaplrc meterwlllbecharged$5. TheResplrometerdeclares the exact condition of the lungs, and patients can readily learn whether they are curable or not The directions for taking the m edicines are adapt ed to the Intelligence even of a child. Follow these directions, and k ind Nature will do the rest, except ing that in some cases the Mandrake Pills are tone taken in Increased doses; the three medicines need no other accompaniments than the ampi? Instruc tions that accompany them: Firs*, croate appetite. Of returning health, hunger ta Um most welcome symptom. When-it comes, aa lt w!U come, let the despairing at onoe be of good cheer. Good blood at once follows, the cough loosens, the night-sweat ls abated. In a short time both of these morbid symp toms aro gone forever. Dr. Schenck's medicines are constantly kept in tens of thousands of families. As a laxative or pur gative, the Mandrake Pills are a standard prepara tion ; while the Pulmonlc Syrup, as a cure of coughs and colds, may be regarded as o prophylactic against consumption In any of its forms. Price of the Pulmonlc Syrup and Sea-weed Tonic, I1J0 a bottle, or 87.60 a half dozen. Mandrake PLUS ts cents a box. For sale by aU druggists and dealers, JOHN F. HENRY, 8 College Place, New York, wholesale Agents PACIFIC GUANO COMPAQ (Capital $1,000,000.) SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, THISGUANOIS NOW SO WELL KNOWN in all tho Sou'horn States for ils remarkable effects as an agency for increasing tho pro ducts of labor, as not to requiro special re commendation from us. Its uso for five yea? past has established its character for reliable excellence Thc largo fixed capital invested hy tho Company in this trade, affords thc surest guarantee of thu continued excellence of its Guano. J. N. ROBSON, Selling Ageut, Charleston, S. C. JNO. S. REESE & CO., General Agent, Balinore, Md. Charleston, Jan 25 3m 5 COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE of LIME, FOR COMPOSTING WITH COTTON SEED. THIS ARTICLE IS MANUFACTURE! hy tho PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY ai Charleston, S. C., under tho Superintendence of Pr. ST. .JULIEN RAVENEL. Whon composted with an equal weight o. Cotton Seed, its results have been found fuU.v ? quill to tho best standard fertilizers. Its -ron.-tr.y must commend it to thc notice of planters generally. For stccific directions for composting and for supplies, apply to J. N. ROBSON, Selling Agent, Charleston, S. C. JNO. S. REESE & CO., General Agents, Ballimore. Jun. 2.J 3m J P. P. TOALE, CHARLESTON, S. C. f Largest and most completo") J Manufactory of Doors, Sashes, I I Blinds, MoHldings, ?c., in the j [Southern States. J Printed Price List Defies Competi tion. SEND FOR ONE. SENT FREE ON APPLICATION. April 27 ly 18 Iv? i I IJe a riot, Sha t?in Pu I i?ys m3' Sept 20 ly 3fr ft00LEXS 0YWER Ia nr,w rwrardl .1 as thc STANDARD HAKIM) i'OTT M'X, andtho lest articlepr?perforons*JMit, wholewmie and. delicious BISCUITS, HOLLS, DREAD, ?RIDULE and other CAKES, &o" &c. - Xtla Inlklllble; and alnajrswsdy for Iminedlmte uw. iTho bent YEACTrWDRB fordson longSEA YOI AUKS to A .NI PART OK TUB M*?^?<??? . It ls convenient and efonomlart.- KO WASTE SF F'-?OD raXPABM WITH IT. JSoW everywhere j GROCERS, SHIP-CHANDLERS "and" DEALERS; ^ DOOLEY & BROTHER, Manufacturers, * ' ? WHOLESALE DEPOT, G3 NEW STREET, NEW-TOKK. Feble' fimeoSw NOTICE ? LL Portons ipdobted to WILLIAM HILL, EL die' Hsed, are horpby notified to mako pay ment to me as his Administrator. And all persons balding claims against him aro notified to prosent the simo for payment within tho timo presentad by law. WALLACE J. DELPH, Adm'or. Mar 30 Ot 12 "JUST RECEIVED, A" LAHG?'lt?t ?f^V-E?Y FINE HAIR BRUSHES and COMBS. ' MARKERI i CLISBt; Mu M tf ll AUGUSTA WOTEfc: ttl'KPH Y & MAT, Proprietors. WE take this opportun it j of returning our thanks to the citizens of Fdgc?cld for their past kindness to na. Oar HOU?C is thoroughly renovated for STIM ME R ACCOMMADATION-Rooms 'large and airy, and Table always supplied with the best the market affords. We will be pleased to welcome our Sdgefield friends and customers,' and will uso trey effort to render their sf j oura with tu pleas* ant and agreeable. Augusta, Mar 29 3ml4 H. PARKER. B. H. TEAGUE. PARKER & TEAGUE, . DENTISTS^ . ' ED GE FI ELD, S. C. OFFICE next to Masonic Hall oh Weat side.' ? Mar 15 ,. ,;..??,,. J; 6m.12 WM. SHEPHERDI CO., No. 24, Kayne St., Charleston, S. C., .. DEALER IN COO KI IV? ?TOTES, Ranges, and H? at! n g Stores, ?SJ'Pictures of ' Stoves) with ' Prices 'and' Description, will be sent upon application. I Charleston, Jone 30 ly 2? " JOHN BATJSEETT, attorney and Counsellor at Law, . COLUMBIA, S; C.,. IWlLL Practice in Edgefield, Lexington, arnwell and Richland. Columbia, Mar 8 . -Vfll ?FRESH GROCERIES ! CHEAPER THAN EVER. ?Now in Store A FULL, SUPPLY OF FAM ILY GROCERIES which I am ?oiling at the very bottom prices. W. F. DUEISOE, Sr. Mar 8 tf ' 10 j Sheriff's Sale. I A. L. Bushnell, ) vs - - f Fi Fa. j Elizabeth Swearingen. J BY virtue of an Execution to me di rected, in the above statod case, I? ?will sell at Edgefield CC H., oh the first [Monday in May next, thefotlowmg prop jerty belonging to the Defendant, to wit: ; ONE TRACT OF LAND, whereon the [Defendant resides, containing, Three Hundred Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of B. W.-Harrison, L. G. Swearin gen, W. W. Adams and others. ?Sr- Terms Cash. Titles and Stamps extra. JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S.E.C. I April8, 4te 16 Sheriff's Sale. W. H,Brunson, Survivor, j :toocntioa Walter Nicholson. j tordebt, ? BY virtue of an Execution to me di rected, in the above statod case, I will sell at Edgefield C. H., on the 1st Monday in May next, the following de scribed property, belonging to tho De fendant, to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing Three Hundred Acres, more or less, ad joining lauds of Felix Lake, S. W. Nich olson, I. N. Blocker arid others. I ?S3- Terms Cash. Titles and Stamps I extra. JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S.E.C. April 8, 4te , , IO Sheriff's. Sale? Wili?ox, Gibbes & O)., VFo^?1?gi?eoi' J. and G.' W. Neal. J Lien on'Crop* IN pursuance of, an Execution to..me directed, in the above stated, case, I will sell upon the premises of'the De fendant, on Tuesday, the 25th April inst?, the following described property, belong ing to the Defendant, J. Neal, ito wit : TWO MULES, TWO COWS, " " ! TEN HEAD OF HOGS. I Terms Cash, on day of Sale. JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S.E.C. April 8,1871, 3te 16 Sheriff's Sale. Derick Holsonbake, ") vs :' \ Execution. Winfield Scott. J BY virtue of an Execution to me direct ed, in the above stated case, I will proceed to sell at Edgefield C. H., on Ihe first Monday in May next, the following property of the Defendant, to wit : ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing Ono Hundred and Five (105) Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of J. A. Lott, Jackson Holmes, and others. Terms Cash. Titles and Stamps extra. JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S.E.C: April 8, 4to . 16 Sheriff's Sale. Johnston, Crews & Co., ) vs ' > Execution. Gomillion &Toney. j BY virtue of a Writ of Execution (o me directed, I will proceed to sell at Edgefield C. H., on tho first Monday in Mav next, the-Defendant Dominion's in terest in the following property to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND, belonging to the Estate of John Gomillion, de ceased, containing Six Hundred and Thirty Acres, moro or less, adjoining lands of Carson Warren, Robert Kenny, Jesse Gomillion and others. Terms Cash. Titles and Stamps extra. JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S.E.D. April 8 4te ' 16 Sheriff's Sale. D. J. Foley, Bro. dc Co., , vs ?- Fi Fa in debt. W. D. Bryan <fe Bro., D. F. Fleming & Co., vs ?> Fi Fa in debt. The Same. R. H. Sullivan, Agent, vs y Fi Fa in debt. The Same. IN pursuance of an Execution to me directed, in tho abovo stated case, T will sell at Edgefield C. H., on the first Monday in May next, the following prop ertv belonging to the Defendant, James P. Bryan, to wit : ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing One Hundred and Eighty-Nine Acres, moro or less, adjoining lands of H. A. Gray, Estate Mrs. Esther Rainsford, dee d., Mrs. HaseltmeTilman and others. j&- Terms Cash. Titl?a and Stamps ~1 "Ti. ..ni?, i extra. JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S.E.C. April 8_ 4te_10_ State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD COUNTY. George W. Green, ) Foreclosure ? vs. > of W. D. Bryan A Bro, J Mortgage, Y Order of tho Court in this case, I will sell at Edgefield C. H., on the first Monday in May next, the Mortgaged premises containing One Hundred and Seventy-two and one-fourth Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of James P. Bry an, Mrs. H. Tillman,, John Kenny and others. TERMS.-Costs and one-half the pur chase money to be paid in Cash. Balance on a credit of twelve months with, interest from day of sale, to be secured by Bond ; the Title Deed to be signed bnt notdeliv ered until payment is ma 'e, and if not paid .when due, the premises to be re sold for Cash. Titles and Stamps to be paid in Cash. j. H. MCDEVITT, S. E. C. Apr 10 . 4to : . 10 Valuable Town Lot For Sale. J Fi ) B HAVING n.ade a chance in my butjnesj, I desire to sell my HOUSE" AND LQT in Edgefield, situated oh ^I?iu Street, in the heart of the town. The house is com fur ta/u ls and in good repair. Terms easy. T. W. C Aft WILE. Mar. 22 tf 1 fl Florida gyrup, JUST received SEVEN BARRELS FLORI DA SYRUP. A splendid article For sale cheap. Vf. F. DURISOE, Sr. Nc Captured at Last. OTA KAT. ROACH or BED - BUG can be found at tire S toro of MARKE RT k CLIS BY. Why? Becaosa they use and sall SURE POP. Map 29 if w - . . .---.'.-...'JJU.-.' : ?o