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From tho Columbia Phoenix. Letter from Gen. M. Gary. PISE BLUFF, ARK., April 17, 1871. Col. E. C. McLure, Chester, S. C. : Fearing that business engagements mav delay me longer than i anticipated, I write, in accordance! with promises made to some of my friends to give my impressions in regard io what should be thc proper ac tion of the convention in May. Since leaving home, 1 have interchanged views with quite a numberof distinguished men of the Democratic party, and with person-, of financial reputations, and 1 rind thai a misapprehension prevails as to the object and intentions of the people of our State touching her present indebted ness. Aa I understand the r?solutions of the Hoard of Trade andChamber of Com merce in Charleston, they refer to any furar? indebtedness of the'State : but the impression is abroad that they look to a repudiation of the entire State indebted ness. f I fully appreciate and endorse the feel ing that has* prompted our tax-payers to give warning to the party now in power, that any additional indebtedness, created by corruption and fraud, will not be paid. According to the best information milich I have been enabled to obtain, the present bonded deb: of the State is about $9.000, 000, and it is claimed r v the part}' in power that about two-thirda of this was in existence anterior to their inauguration. How far this mav be absolutely tine, I am not prepared to say. If the taxes were judiciously levied, and the money arising "therefrom appropriated to its ex tinguishment, instead of going into tho pockets of the thieves who ore robbing as under the forms of law, we could soon pay it ; or, at least, meet the interest due there on, eveu in our impoverished condition. Repudiation, by either States or individu ?is, is a very dangerous alternative, and should bo resorted to only to prevent a more dire calamity-the confiscation of our lands and the expatriation of our bes* people. We have lost all save honor in the late struggle for constitutional liberty, and before we part with that we should suffer and endure until the keeping thc public promises " are more honored in the breach than in the observance." I, therefore, think that the proceedings of the convention should be regulated and controlled with prudence and caution. I think that substantial assurances should be demanded from the leaders of the party in power, that retrenchment, economy and honesty, should govern the future financial policy of the present administra tion ; that, taxation will be reduced to a reasonable standard ; that the present in debtedness should not be increased, and that th" collection of the present taxes be postponed until the people make another crop. With some such assurances we can alford to bear for a time the ill? we have rather "than to flv .to others wc knew not of." I still hope to be able to be present and participate in the counsels for the welfare of the State, to which I have been invited. Very trulv yours, &c. M. W. GARY. The Troubles in Claieiuion. [Correspondence of the Courier.] * MASSING, April 2-x 1S71 On Wedne.-day evening last, April lC'th. Peter J. Lemon (colored), Chairman ot the Board of County Commissi' uers of Clarendon County, was killed by some unknown pc-?von or perseus about six o'clock. The. acts, a3 your centepondr?t can] learn. are as follows ; On tho cay above ! mentioned, Lemon came into town hom his home on Saniee Paver, and after trans acting ?on:-? business ie:t. On Li? return home, and when near Fellowship Church, a'jout three miles from this pk:-?, he was shot by some unknown person with buck shot, twent y-one of whica entered his body, causing instant death. His body was found the next morning lying cr. hw bag gy floor, near the place, by Tome laborers parring. An inquest was held by the Coroner, anda verdict returned in accordance with the factr above stated. The news ci' Lemon's death created the most intense excitement among the colored people, they attribnting his death to the whites, and on Saturday aband of negroes, numbering at least seventy-live, armed with muskets and pistols (said to be the militia company formerly commanded by Lemon) marched to this place with the intention, they said, of avenging his death. When in about a hal: mile of the village they halted, and, after putting out a guard, si n: a few of their number m for the purpose of reconnoitering. These were informed by our Intendant, that no armed band would be permitted to march into town, and precaution was taken to u nder such assistance to our municipal and civil authorities as would boneeessary to maintain the peace. About -J o'clock a portion of the band, about fifty in number, in command of a Lieutenant, unarmed, however, with the exception of a few, rode horseback into the public square of the town, and enquired for a negro man by the name of Edward Nel son, "who they accused of being the mur derer, and stating that they had testimony sufficient to convict him. Upon this the Coroner informed, them that he would examine their witness on Monday. This statement of theirs is thought to bo only a ruse; for while one would acense Nel son, others would charge it to the white?. After an hour's talk they rejoined their .'inned companions without the suburbs and took. we suppose, their march home. Our citizens anticipate some trou ble here on Monday, bul arc fully pre pared for the emergency. There is a jool, calm determination on the part of thc 'd?tes to i'.bide by and obey tue laws commit no over act, bul simply to defend 'hem selves. To .-um up, Peter Lomon, a colored County Commissioner, is killed near this place on Wednesday last, by .orne one un kuown. On Saturday following a band of armed negroes disregarding all law and order, march to lbw place to avenge _ his death upon tho whites, theoifeet, of wide!: lias caused considerable excitement, and a feeling of insecurity among our people, i loss of.several days of beth farmers and horses out of i ?io crops. RYAN. MONDAY NIGHT, April 24th, isTl. As I was unable to get this off by to day's mail. 1 will add' that the Coroner ..vent this morning, aeeompanicd by c gr?a many of our citizens, to the scene of the Late murder. They returned this evening and 1 am ini...hie I that 'ney me: .ii th< place abor.: one hundred negroes, ? lew o? j whom were armed, thc majority h ing nn armed, and o more orderly and rjuiei gang bf negroes vere never seen. The testimo ny of the witnesses furnished vyas taken, but the coroner infonus me that it amount ed to nothing hut hearsay : - - '.'. noone. So the question ras . ip guilty "mo remains as yet cr. ins v ; ... Ali - imct to-night,and ,a strang cou tittle suspect that a u.-.y jr -: luiet lit: le village was tis-seine >r - nu- i excitement. RYAN. STOL: :: MULE RECOVERED.-On thc ichs o.1 the nineteenth of Ls: J inuary c au! v .-.3 stolen from Mr. William E. tod ?*, who li .-es at L-r's Post Oftr , 5? ld county? Soutn Carolina. Sev ra! ve 'Its ago tile Augusta police got win - f th i t (fair, and worked up the cns" so ncceisfiiily that on yesterday they sue ? ie '. in recovering the stolen property. hc muh was in possession of'John homas, alias Crawford, coiored; wi o ves near the Factory, and who purchased ?a mule from the .... ?:'. it is believed at the thief--thong!) out of town-will ?>n be arrested.-"Chronic'e ct Senline-, I THE COUNTY : .. . av. nderan order of Ju . ? . tn i-upoi. e exhibition of additional affidavits, ai ring new circumstances ot guilt, as wed the inadequacy of th^ bond given. Loti: amount and in the solvency i-f ::: ligors, the Cuf?ns baye been re-arreste i, , d, not giving bail were committed ? L Albert II:m ?i w . rreste?, der the same or ?er. .>.;.> apiicity m tin? >be?y, arid required yo rive bond.-Ab- . ?l? Press and Bann r. Mr. Farnsworth, a U?dit?a? member the Hott-c of K-] rc en'ativt? from hoi3, admitted in C-.-ngress, a i'ffw ? i s ago, that ? the iparty to which he 1 riged had pasnec. many laws they t e afraid to bring before thc Supremo t THE ADVERTISER. Edgefield, S. C., May 4, 1871. 'reata of Hon. James M. Mason. The Savannah Republican, of Sunday, says: "Previous tidings had prepared as for the sad announcement contained in IWT columns this morniug-the death of Hon. James Murray Mason, of Virginia. The eveDt occurred at his residence in Alexandria, Friday night, and seems to liave been the result of a general and gradual wasting away of the vital powers. Mr. Mason was one ol' the " men of mark" of his day, and passed the greater portion of his life in the public service^ He was diutinguished in every position^ few of his contemporaries making so much enduring fame for statesmanship and fearless patriotism. Mr. Mason was born in Fairfax coun ty, Virginia, in the year 1708, and was consequently seventy three years of age, his native vigor of constitution enabling him to attain, in good health, a period allotted to but few. His political affilia tion was always with the Democratic par ty, which never failed tohot?or him with its highest gifts. He became a member of Congress in 1837, and served contin uously, we believe, in that branch, until elected to the Senate in 1847. He was a member of the latter body for fourteen years, and was the author of the Fugi tive Slave law, which, though strictly conforming to the Constitution, created an immense excitement among the fana tics ol' the North. Alter the separation, he was thoroughly identified with the fortunes ol' the Southern Confederacy, and it will be recollected, with Mr. John Slidell, was ?ont by President Davis to represent the new government among the nations ol' Europe. The seizure of these ambassadors on board thc British steam er " Trent," while on the high seas, by Captain Wilkes, of the Federal Navy, in November 1861, gave risc to an angry controversy between the United States and England, which resulted in tho sur render of thc prisoners injune, 1862, and their delivery on British soil, for which they were voyaging when lawlessly cap tured by the Federal cruiser. Mr. Ma son remained in England until tho close o? thc war, when he returned to Virginia and retired to private life. "The Ally of Thieves." Tho New York Evening 1'oM, (Repub lican,) after showing how South Caroli na has been fleeced and robbed by an ignorant band of negroes, directed by unscrupulous carpet-baggers, says: " Unfortunately the President, in the South Carolina case, will act on thc side of the "ring" whose handiwork has been exhibited above. Tho Federal Government is to bc used under tho Ku Klux bill, not to redeem South Carolina from its robbers, but to fasten .upon the tax-payers the rule ol' the scamps who are plundering it. Thc Federal power will appear in the Southern States, uu dor this Ku Klux bill, as tho. ally of | thieves, thc protector of swindlers, the guardian ol' their plunder." The Red Rebellion. Thc Paris insurgents (says an ex change) hold theil- own with a wonderful tenacity, and the end is apparently as cistant as ever. Bloody fighting ends in blood, thc Government troops arc no nearer Paris than they wore ti week ago, t nd the bursting bombs from the encir cling forts work destruction but not intimidation. Dwelling-houses are fol 1 jwing the noble Arc de Triomphe under the rain of shells from Mom Valerien, and the deaths among civilians already equal the number inflicted by the long German bombardment. Thc insurgents have mined the houses occupied by the Versailles troops, at Asnieres; they cir culate reports of assassination and robbe ry of the dead by Government agents; riot and disorder reign in thc city; the Nationals are poorly paid, and, in short, Hie picture is one of the most utter and terrible anarchy and madness. Paris has shown what she could do and endure while withstanding a foreign enemy, but those privations and sufferings are as nothing compared with tho horrors brought upon her by her own citizens. The favorable signs arc the expected arrivai of Gen. Ducrot, with twenty thousand of the Imperial Guard, and the anticipated surrender to tho Versailles < tovernmciu of the forts about tho city now held by the Prussians, [.et the end come when it will, Paris will bo but the :>ha;itom ol' lier former self." The Execution bast Friday. Henry Cannon and Taylor Palmer, the two colored men sentenced tu 1"- hung last friday, for the murder ot' G. M. Stevens, n the night of thc 31st day of December last, suffered the penalty of the law as ordered by the Court. They lied without :.iaking any disclosures, except that on the ? ay of the murder it had been arranged by negroes in the village to meei at or near the place where the murder was commit ted and go from there to Jonesville, about 5 miles beyond, to light the Ka Klux, and i;' they could not get a fight there they were to call on a respectable citizen who lives on thc road and " take )r?> head off." The prisoners acknowledged that they were i.i the Towd who murdered Stevens, but ? ersisted in saying they did not commit ? he deed. They pretended to know none who were present, except those who had been taken out of the jail by 1 he disguised partied, and three who arc how at large, fhere is no doubt they had boen led to believe they would be pardoned at the scaffold ; but when they stepped upon the latform ard the sheriff commenced to ad ust the rope around Palmer's neck all hope vanished and he fell to the ground. '1 he prisoners were attended upon by Golden Foster, a colored minister. Be fore the rope was cut the minister appeal ! Vi them not to die with a ?io upon their mouths, but to rev-al all th-y knew ; to ..viiich they replied -you know ali." In a moment after thc drop fell, and the spirits . ;' Henry Cannon and Taylor Palmer were - nt from lime to eternity. In conversation willi thc prisoners, the dty before they were executed, they told that the Sheriff and Jailor had shown them every kindness and attention possi I ie, and up to their "last momenta th* tries of those officers were performed ita Lings of delicate consideration for unhappy situation, ll'any blame ;:i be attached to others beside the un ilunate victims, it must be placed upon te Executive of thc State, and the other leaders of the Radical party whom these deluded men had so blindly followed. The organizing of the negroes as the only law fufly armed force o:' the State, and placing ms with thousands of rounds of cart - .-. ige.-? ar their command, encouraged them io commit outrages against the peace and fetyof the citizens, and thc assurance if their partisan leaders that they would protected by the Governor, in any act hey muy commit against the opponents o; their party emboldened them to do thc very deed for which they suffered upon the scaffold. Cod grant wo mav be spared 'rom more scenes of blood and violence in Cnion.-Cmonville Times, 28th. ZiBr Recently a telegraphic message is received in London on a Thursday .. .deli left India on the Friday following. Tne message was therefore received in London the day before it was sent from Ludia. The time actually occupied by ;:;o message in transmission was fifty minutes. The sun would require four . mrs and twenty-six minutes to do the .amedistance; andas the message was .cut soon after midnight, tho extraordi ?ary effect is produced of its arriving the previous evening. Mrs. Leach, of Monroe,- Iowa, .ecently ran away from her husband xcause he insisted upon hanging about he parlor every time a gentleman came o sec her.- Some hu&bandtt clo act. DOW ?rful?ooliafa. - - .' i. For the Advertiser. Public Meeting. Pursuant to the call in tho Advertiser the tax payers of Edgefield County met in the Court House on sale-day last to appoint Delegates tofc the Tax-Payers' Convention to bo held in Columbia on the 9th inst. On motion of Capt. LEWIS JONES, Maj. Z. W. CARWILE was requested to%act as Chairman of tho meeting, and A. .T. NORRIS, Esq., Secretary. On motion, the Chair appointed the following Committee to nominate Dele gates to the said Convention, viz. Messrs. Lewis Jones, J. A. Devore, J. H. Jen nings, B. Bettis, John Bell, Wilson L. Coleman, LukeCulbreath, William John son, and A. P. Butler. On motion qf Gen. Butler tho Commit tee were instructed to appoint Seven Del egates and Seven Alternates to attend said Convention. The Committee selected the following Delegates, viz : M. C. Butler, M. L. Bon ham, M. W. Gary, Jas. A. Talbert, 0. Sheppard, A. P. Butler, J. H. Giles. Al ternates: Lewis Jones, Z. W. Carwile, Benj. Bettis, Wyatt Holmes, H. B. Wat son, Dr. Hugh Shaw, James Purvis. On motion of Genl. M. C. Butler the meeting then resolved itself into a Rail road meeting. Genl. M. W, Gary offered the follow ing Resolution, which was adopted : Resolved? That a Committee of five be appointed to confer with the Presidents of the South Carolina Railroad Company, the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Rail road Company, the Greenville <fc Colum bia Railroad 'Company, the Blue Ridcc Railroad Company, and with Gov. R. R. Scott in regard to tho construction of a Railroad through Edgefield County, and that they report their action to some fu ture meeting. Thc following Ls tho Committee : M. W. Gary M. C. Butler, M. L. Bonham, F. L. Smith, Lewis Jones. On motion of Capt. Lewis Jones it was Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed to open books for subscription to the Capital Stock of a Road from Pine House to Ninety-Six or New Market via Edcefield C. H. The following Committee was appoint ed by the Chair under thc last Resolution, viz : Lewiss Jones, L. F. Youmans, S. W. Nicholson, .Ino. L. Addison, Ransom Timnicrman. The meeting then adjourned. Z. W. CARWILE, Chair. A. P. NORRIS, Secretary. For thc Advertiser. MB. EDITOR,-Dear >$ir : . Inasmuch as EXAMINER, has personally informed me that he will, through thc same chan nel, modify his communication publish ed in your last issue, I request you will not insert in your paper the reply to his article sent you by myself. If there are any doubtful as to the standing of the 44 Universal," I am al ways ready and willing to furnish suffi cient proofs that alf that has been said in its favor is strictly true. GEO. B. LAKE. May 1st, 1871. For thc Advertiser. Mu. EDITOR,-I have learned that Capt. G. B. LAKE is offended at the remarks which your correspondence 14 EXAMI NER" made in your last week's paper. I did not set out with a view of injuring any one's feelings. I only attempted to meet what I thought to be erroneous in your editorial on Life Insurance. Your correspondent is a strong advo cate for Life Insurance, seeing that twen ty millions of dollars was paid out last year to widows and orphans and other;* and for other reasons. He is alwaj'S willing to discuss the merits of any question upon which he has rellected much. But this correspondent takes this op portunity of saying to the public, and all who may be interested or concerned in Life Insurance, that he has never said or done any thing since ho has become ac quainted with the subject, which would be prejudicial to any one whom he has invited to take an interest in the institu tion, nor intentionally, any one else en gaged in the business of Life Insurance. Yours, truly, 'EXAMINER. A SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION.-The New York Sun says the contest between CC. Bowen and K. C. DeLarge, of South Carolina, for the honor of a seat in thc Forty-second Congress, has" been virtually decided in favor of the former. Thc Com missioner!! of Election of Beaufort county (in DeLarge's district) were arraigned and tried last week in the U. S. Circuit Court at Charleston, upon an indictment setting forth that Williams, Langley, and Cleaves, the aforesaid Commissioners, had, while acting in that capacity at thc last election, stuffed thc ballot-boxes, falsified thc elec tion record, made false returns of the number ol' votes cast, and committed divers other acts in violation of thc Uni ted .States enforcement law. Thc jury found the prisoners guilty, and Judge Bond sentenced them each to two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Tile Court having thus sustained Bow en's charges of fraud in that district-, it is moro than likely that DeLarge will be compelled to retire and give place to his contestant. DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.-A violent storm nf wind and rain passed over the Kastern side of this County on Thursday morning last, a little after sunrise. In the neighborhood of Brcazt ale's Mill thc work of destruction began, and the greatest fury seemed concentrated a mik- or two beyond, in the direction of Belton. Thc residence and ci-buildings ol' .Mr. Robert C. Keys were blown down and thc family barelv escaped with their lives, one or two members ol his huusehoH being sej?m>ly injured. Everything waa torn literally .lo pieces, even to the clothing upon their persons. Other houses in the oath of the tornado were violently hurled to thc ground, and an immense amount of tim ber and fencing was blown down. The track of thc hurricane was only a few hundred yards wide, and it was most de structive in the locality mentioned, which is seven or ei?;ht miles East of this town. lt appears miraculous that no lives were lost, and that so few casualties to persons occurred.-Anderson Intelligencer. RURAL CAROLINIAN FOR MAY.-A'ari cd, fresh, instructive, decidedly ono of thc best Agricultural monthlies on our table. Thc frontispiece, a handsome en graving of General JOHNSON HAOOOD, President of the South Carolina Agricul tural and Mechanical Society, is worthy of the xMagazineand General. General HA OOOD is no Militia < Jeneral, but a Confed erate officer, who won his spurs upon tin field of battle, and in taking the lead in favor of improved agriculture, ho is only following his old habit of being al ways in the front. Dr. E. M. Pendleton of Sparta, Ga., Dr. C. U. Shephard Sr., the celebrated chemist, and B. Mason, of Fla., Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, and a score of other well posted planters, make their contributions to this number. A glance at the names of the various places at which correspondents date their contri butions is convincing proof of the wide circulation and extensive influence of the Rural Carolinian. The only wonder is that such a Magazino cab be supplied at the low rate of ?2 per annum, and yet afford a reasonable profit to the publish ers. Messrs. WALKER, EVANS <fe Coo.s WKLL, Charleston, S. C. The Atlanta Constitution learns that four citizens ol' Talladega, Ala., have been arrested and carried to Montgome ry under tho charge of being Ku Klux. This is the first case, perhaps, under thc new bill. The defendants Were discharg ed by the United States Commissioner, no case having been made out against them. ' : '.:_' : ' > -Mv. R. H. Grenekei's stables, in Newberry, were i1 burnt oh :Wednesday morningiast. .-- ?' -. '. - ?... THE FLOOD IN THE Mississipn.-The Memphis Appeal states that the caving in of all the bluffs on the eastern side of the Mississippi, from Cairo to New Orleans, aaa led to curious : results. Fort. Pillow lias entirely dmppe?red. There .is not vertage of thc earthworks erected by Gen eral Pillow and other* at Randolph. The river has. cut cavernous depths for its strong currents beneath the everlasting hills, and these have slowly crumbled an fallen, a grain of sand at a" time, into tho abysses of the mighty deep. Now and then hill-sides have disappeared in a single night, and, curiously enough, this work of desolation goes on mainly upon the eastern side of the rivor. Here at Mem ?his, as at Vicksburg, Columbus, Fort 'illow and Randolph, the resistless, fath omless river, whose course none I may anticipate and none can resist, pursues its appointed tasks with a force and pertmaci ty which has lessened propertv values between Wolf river and Fort Pickering many millions of dollars. The Mississippi Pilot is informed that the high water in the bottom, along the Yazoo Valley, is now within eighteen inches of being as high as that of-1867. Many fine plantations are entirely sub merged, and serious apprehensions are entertained that if the flood does not sub side quickly the cotton crop of that sec tion will be a failure. The incessant rain in connection with the breaks in the Mis 8?ssippi river levee, is the cause of the overflow. pgr Tho most revolting crime that has probably ever been committed in Arnon ca is now under investigation in the Litchfield (Conn.) courts. A father, who appears to have been tolerably well odu caf ed, lias been making his daughters thc victims of his incestuous desires for fif teen years, and deliberately murdering the unnatural offspring of his lust. ^^"That women was a philosopher who, when she lost her husband, said she had one great consolation-sho knew where he was o' nights. "THE UNIVERSAL AYER." On my journeys over the continent-through Turkey, India, China, Japan, Peru, Chili, Paraguay, Brazil, and Mexico, and the United States-in thom all to some ex tent, and in some to a great extent, I have found thc universal Ayor represented by hi? family medicines, which are often held.in fabulous esteem. Whether they win their marvelous reputation by their cures, I know not, but I know they have it to such a degree that it frequently gave me a distinguished importance to have come from tho same country. [Field's letters from abroad. Delays are Da ngerons. That poor, emaciated Consumptive who is now beyond all hope of recover}', might now bc hale and hearty had he not neglected that slight Cough. Be advised, if you have a Cough or Cold, get at once a bottle of DR. TUTT'S EXPECTO RANT and you will soon be relieved. Do not put it off. Special Notices. Time Tests the Merits of all Things. FOR THIRTY YEARS ! PERRY DAVIS' PAIN KILLER Ha* been tested ?ii every variety of climate, and by almost every nation known to American?. It ls Hie almost constant companion mid inestimable friend or Hie missionary and lae traveler, ?n sea and land, and no ono should travel on our LAKES orRrvxas WITIIO?T IT. It in a ?peedy and Hafc remedy for burns, scaul?, CHU?, bruises, wounds and various oilier injuries, cs well as for dvsentcry, duirrlia-a. and bowel com plaints generally, and is admirably Milted tor every race of men on thc face of (he glube. Ile sure you call for and get Hie genuino Pail. Killer, ?is many worthless now rums are attempted to bo gold on lite great reputation of tins valuable Medi cine. t5T"Direcllon? necompanv each bottle. By Price 2.1 cts., 5U et?, and fcl.CO per bottle. ?SOLD KT ALL MEDICINE DEA LEES. Poisonous Medicines. The theory that the virus of disease can bc safely counteracted by doses of poisou, is false and dange rous. Within the last twenty-live years, not lets than a sore of virulent poisons have been ndded to the repository of the medical profession. They are given in smBll doses, otherwise they would destroy life immediately1; hut even in minute quantities they produce, ultimately, very disastrous effects. It is unwiscand unphilosopliical to employ, as rcmediesi powerful ?nd insidious drugs, which, in subjugating one. disease, sow the seeds of another still more un manageable. None of these terrible medicaments op;rate with as much directness ami certainty upon the causes of disease as D.isU-ltcr'a Stomach Bitters, a tonic and corrective uitkout u ningi? deleterious Ingredient iii itt competition. Arsenic and qulniu aro given for intermittents; bromide td potassium for nervous disorders; strychnine and prussic acid ie general debility; mercury, In various farms, for li?., complaint; preparations of chloroform and opium for sleeplessness: and yet these deadly drugs do i .. compare, as specifics for the disrates above ennuin; I ted, with that wholesome vegetable invigorntit r.n l alterutive, while they are all so pernicious that il i astonishing any physician should take Hie responsi. bil ly of prescribing llietn. Let invalids, for their own sakes, try the Bitters beh-ro Ihey resort to the jioisons. The relief tiny will experience from a course of the harmless rfpeculc, will render a recourse to thc unsafe preparations referred to, quite un necessary. JU arri a se Gaide. Evtnv ONE ms OWN noci?n. 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PATRONIZE A HOME INSTITUTION, AND The recognised Head of all Commercial or Business Schools for the Practical, Useful Education of Young Men, training them for au Active Successful Life. Students are admitted every week day in the Year. For further particulars of thc Course of Study, Terms, icc, address A. It. EASTMAN, Principal. FOR $1 PER LINE, We will insert an advertisement ONE MONTH lu Ten First-class South Carolina Newspapers, Including One Daily. We refer to the publisher of this paper, to whom our responsibility ii well known. IiXST SENT FREE. Address GEO. P. HOWELL ?fe CO., Advertising Agent!, No.4:1 Park Row, New York. USE THE "VEGETABLE 1/56 PULMONARY BALSAM?" The old standard rem edy for Coughs, Colds, Conwimp tlon. " nothing better." CUTLKU BROB. St Co., Boston. FRACrRAWT- ?^JPOLIIVI? Cleans Kid Gloves and all kinds or Cloths and Clolh-. mg ; removes Paint, Orease. Tar, Ac, hi?t<tntly, with out tho least Injury to ihe finest fabric Sold by Drug gists and Fancy Good's Deajers. FIlAGltANTSAPO LINE CO., 83 Barclay St., New York, 46 La Salle St., Chicago. A DAY FOR A KI. willi Stencil Tools. Address A. E. GUII.IM, Springfield, Vt. A MONTH Horse and Carriage furnished. Expenses paid. H. SHAW, Alfred, Me. Agents! Read This! TT7E WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY * . of $30 per Week and expenses, or allow a large commission, tn sell our new and wonderful inventions. AddresiM. WAGNEli ? CO., Marshall, Mich. . $10 $325 And send T went v-QveCcnts for a Tlctet and draw a Watch, Sewing Machin?, .Plano,- or some arllole of value. -No blank?. Six for-One Dollar. Address, PACKARD & CO., Cincinnati, Ohio, 19 par- It is reported that a colored man -a desperate character-residing in Wil amsburg.County, near Coward's Depot, ,-as hungry a party of disguised men, ni&onday night last. AUGUSTA. May 2. GOLTJ^Biiying at 109 and selling at 1 ll. COTTON-To-day's market opened with ,'frfr demand at yesterday's closing ?rices, closing qjoiet ; full styled Liver tool middling,.I3J, and New Xork mai lling,, -Iii. Sales, 608 hales. Iteceipts, 36 bales. BACON-Stock large and market un hanged ; C. Sides, 12 ; G. B; Sides, 1H; moulders, 9@9? ; Hams, 13@20; Dry Salt Shoulders, 8 ; Dry Salt C. Ii. Sides, li ; D. S. Clear Side?; H. \ K A I ' CORN-Prime white is selling at ?1@ . 05 by the car load from depot ; retail, (105. - 1 ~ WHEAT-We quote.ob.oice white, 8185 ; imber, ?1 75. . FLOUR-City Mills, $750@J0;.at_re-, ail, Si $ barrel higher. Country, 87 50, glO, according to quality. , . CORN MEAL- $1.at wholesale; 8110 it retail. OATS-65 @ 80. . i!iJt;. ._ FURNITURE OF : ' ALL DESCBIPTIONS, AT PLATT BM?, (Formerly C. A. Platt & Co.,) 214 Broad Street, Angusta, Ga. 1,000 Maple aha Walnut Bedsteads, 35 to $10! WE particularly call the attention of purchasers to our SOLID WAL NUT CHAMBER SUITS for Beauty, Durability and Cheapness. Our MANUFACTURING DEPART MENT is still in operation. Special or ders will bo promptly? attended td. Re pairs done in all its branches. UPHOLSTERING DEPARTMENT. Hair Cloth, Enameled Cloth, Reps, Tern,- and Springs, and all articles suita ble for Manufacturers, we offer at Low Prices. Augusta. May 2 lyl9 J. M. NEBIIKTT. I W. H. GoonmcH. CottonGrin MANITACTOBY. THE Undersigned respectfully an nounce to the people of Edgefield and'adjoining Counties, that they are still engaged in the manufectfire of Cotton 0?RS, Of the well-known and highly approved OGLESBY PATTERN. MR. NEBLETT, who has fourteen years' practical experience in making these GINS, will give his personal atten tion to the business, and wo feel confi dent of giving entire satisfaction to those favoring us with their orders. EVERY GIN WARRANTED. Old Gins RENOVATED or REPAIR ED in the best manner. NEBLETT & GOODRICH, At Goodrich's.Machinc Works. jjSS-Capt. LEWIS JONES, of Edge fiold, is our authorized Agent, and all or ders received by him will meet with prompt attention. May 2 * 5m lfl CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO. Have Now in Store a Full Line Spring and Summer Goods, Which, they will Sell at the Low est Priced for Cask ! Have Just Received an Extensive Line of | Black Grenadines, From 75 ?ts. to $4,50 per Yard. Also, a Beautiful Assortment of Parasols, All Colors and Latest Styles. Christopher Gray & Co. 242 BROAD STREET. Apr 19_lm 17 TVoticc. THE Law Finn of BUTLER it YOU MANS has been dissolved by mutual consent. M. C. BUTLER, LEROY F. YOU MA NS, March 31, 1871. IA ROY F. YOOIAAS, A T T ? ENE Y A T . L A W, Edgefield, S. C. . Apr5! _4t _ j li Sheriff 's Sale." WOOMBII** * co., j Fomi]osliroof J. and G. W. Neal. j Uen <M ( ,R0P IN pursuance of an Execution to mc directed, ?TI the above stated case, I will sell at Edgefield C. H., on Saturday thc 13th May next, the following describ .d property, belonging to thc Defendant, T. Neal, to wit : TWO MULES, TWO COWS, TEN HEAD OF HOGS. Terms Cash, on day of Sale. JOHN ii. MCDEVITT S.E.C. April 2?I, 1871, 2te 19 IVotice. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of JAMES HATCHER, dee d., will make payment atan early date ; and those having claims against mid l?state will render them in properly attested, without iclav. . ? ELIZA HATCHER, Ad'ix. May 2_3t__ 19 Bankrupt's Sale. AT the residence of the Bankrupt ED WARD P. COLEMAN, in Edgefield County, South Carolina, will be sold on THURSDAY, 25th May, 1871, the IN TEREST of tho Bankrupt in the REAL TY OF THE ESTATE OF HIS FATH ER JOHN COLEMAN, dee'd. Also, ONE HORSE, THREE HE AD CATTLE And ALL OTHER PROPERTY of said Bankrupt, not oxenjmt by law from the operations of the Bankrupt Act. Saie to commence at ll o'clock, A. M., and continuo until all thc property is sold. pa- Terms Cash. WM. T. GARY, Assiirnce. May 3 4t \ \ . ? 19 Electric Fly paper. THE most effective article known. Kills Flies instantly. For snje a? G. L. PENN'S DRUG STORE. May 2 _ tf 19. Gaul's Sicily Lemon Sugar. ASPENDID Preparation for making . Lemonade. Sold at G. L. PENN'S DRUG STORE. May . tf 19 S $50 Reward. T?LEN on tho night 24th inst., one J LARGE SORREL HORSE, 16 hands ligh, 5 years old, bald or white face, h roo white; feet, largo white spot on left lido of his belly, shod in rrbht, Vith one ihoe on right hind foot. .. - .?.?j I will give the above* reward for both, loree and thief, or $25 for, either," deliv ered at Ridge Spring Depot, C, C. &"Al: Et. E., Edgefield County, ?. C, : - ..H. H, PADGET. April 20 2t 18 Spring and Summer Announcement ll r hers. DH GOODS; Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., MULL ARK Y BROTHERS have much pleasure in informing ;heir Patrons, Friends,and Residents of ?Edgefield and .surrounding Country )f the'i?i.rg'e and ?^en*iv^ Arrivals ..which: t?iey-^ave^receiv?d in Ev?ry Department of their Establishment for the Coming Season. These Goods, amounting to many Thousands of Dollars, have been pur ;hased by their RESIDENT BUYER in New York, with every advantage ;hat could be possibly attained. They have been selected with the utmost care and discretion in the First Importing Houses in that City. They have been bought for Prompt Cash down, thus saving them Large and Heavy Discounts, and the Designs and Styles are of ;he Latest and most approved Patterns. Every Department of their Store is replete with Every requisite and they respectfully request a call from visitors to Augusta, feeling assured that ?hey will give Every Satisfaction. ?3gp T? t?e Wholesale Trade, they offer every facility for Cash ; iri'd Gauntry Merchants will: find it tp tneir advantage' to examine their 3{oct?befOTe^rch?8?ng elsey h ere? . g ? MXiLIi?RKY BROTHERS, Dry Goods Merchants^ AUGUSTA, QA. May 2_3m_19 Fashionable Clothing! A. T., GRAY, ,, *TM Uli I 229 Broad Sti'e?t, Augusto, Georgia* Has Received, and is ready to show the public A. Choice Stock OF dii.Oi if AH 11ST FINE AND MEDIUM GRADES. Also, a very well selected asrortment of EVERY KIND -OF Gents' Furnishing Goods ! In drawing attention to the above, I desire to assure those who have dealt with me, and those who have not, that I will sell as low as any/one, and misrepresent nothing. Every one is invited to examine my Goods before purchasing elsewhere. A. T. GRAY, Opposite Masonic Hall, AUGUSTA, GA. May 2 2m 19 SPRING AND SUMM ? RS UP PL ! ES. M. O'DOWD, helesale Crecer Commissi?ii Merchant 283 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., AS NOW ON HAND a Full and Complete Stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES and PLANTERS SUPPLIES, among which may be found the folio wi nc : 100 Hhds. BACON, 50 Bbls. LARD, 500 " FLOUR, all grades, . 50 Hhds. SUGAR, 300 Sics. COFFEE, 300 Boxes SOAP, 200 ? CANDLES, 100 " STARCH, 100 " SODA, 5000 Bushels CORN, 3000 " OATS, 500 Sacks SALT, 100 Cases LYE and POTASH, All Goods will bc sold Very Low. 10 Bbls. COGNAC BRANDY, 30 Bbls. CORN WHISKEY, 1?0- ." : RYE WHISKEY, 'IO'" APPLE BRANDY, 20 " GIN and RUM, 20 " SHERRY & PORT WINE 200 M. SEGARS. various grades, 150 Boxes TOBACCO, 200 Do/.. BUCKETS, 50 Do/.. BROOMS, ,50 Nest? TUBS, 50'rfli?s. MOLASSES, 100 Bbls. SYRUP. Give me Mav 2 tf a Call. 19 Planters' Grocery House. BAKER, MILLER & CO., G-ro cers AND Dealers Iii Produce, 267 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., KEEPING as usual a large and well assorted Stock of Choice Gro ceries and Provisions, solicit a' continuation ?i their Carolina friends' kind patronage. JC?"" During the Summer, those of their Planting Customers requiring time purchases, will be accommodated for Cotton Factor's acceptances, paya ble First November next. May 2 2m 19 MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS. H Medical Card. Spring and.Summer Styles MRS M. TWEEDY AVING vated myself in Orange ville, for t' purpose of resuming the practice, c my-Profession, and feeling that long and practical experience justi ne* mo in claiming a share of public pat ronage, I now respectfullv oller to the citizens of Graniteville and the surround AKES greatploasure in informing the j in^ country my professional services as Ladies of Edgeiield and vicinity that she : a Physician. Calls upon me at all times bas just returned from New York with | and all hours will meet with the prompt ing Elegant Stock ol' MILLINERY and lest attention. FANCY GOODS, embracing fill tho NO V- J ' T beg'l&lvo'tb-refer to the following ELTIES OF THE SEASON, to which ! well known gentlemen: Dr. W. D. Jen she invites thoir special attention. j nings, A. A. Glover, Esq., Jas. L. Mathis, Additions will be made to tho Stock Esq., Julius Day, Esq., Andrew Ramsay, weekly of all the Novelties as they ap- j Esq., W. P. Durisoo, Sr., Esq., J. A. pear, I Uland, Esq., Dr. John Lake, Capt. Lewis AT 215 BROAD STREET. ! Jones, Gen. R. G. M. Dunovant. G. HORD M. D. Opposite Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga. Apr 5 _lm 15 April 12 lm 16 '.Fair N????'l ^ 1 Buchan's Carbolic Disinfecting: . Soap,--'- ' j ALL jjerspns, haying: jda}ms against t.Ytf7?tT7ABLfc;-for. p?h?ng Horsed, tho Estato of WARY1 MOBLEY, ? A Cattle,' Dogs; < and other domestic-uni, lee'd., are notified to rtnder the kahley * *?r gale at., .. . ?itK?tf?J ? duly attested, to the undersigned, by tha^..,,,',, t?ti Lr, PENIS'S D RTJG 1st upe .next, pr .their cairne .will bo . Apr 20 ~ y ' $20A-T*v-in ver*besl bu*i?M-e'"^?-ffc~e*1 baJrauinrMa ?ja. . w JEREMIAH MOBLEY, Ad'or. May 2 2t 19 _ajrents. For particulars address, urah stamp, MOOBJS & Co., Ill 8d St., LOUI?T?W,' IjPer 1 lgryi SPRING AND SUMMER. 1871. AUGUSTA ?tclhiiig Emporium ! W. A. RAMSEY, Wholesale and Retail Dealer -IN GENTS' A.N? BOYS E??PI?i?M CL0TH?HG . -ANL ?,r;v?? ihm ..i .0/. Eiirnishliig Goods. MANUFACTURED expressly for me in New York City, and designed especially for this market, by those celebrated Clothiers, Jas. WUde, Jr., A Co., ? Cnaa R. Peet & Co.. and Brokaw Brothers. My Stock is the largest and most varied I have ever offered in the city of Angosta, embracing all Fashionable Styles of Gents' Ready-Made Clothing and Boys' Suits. Also, HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, TRUNKS, VALISES, SATCHELS, &c. I would call especial attention to the celebrated GUANAC A UMBRELLA, the best ever introduced in America, of which I am the only Agent in thia market Having every facility to procure Goods from first hands, I will at all times keep the best of Goods, at the lowest prices. It will afford me great .pleasure to/show my Stock to visitors. W. A. RAMSAY, Old Insurance Block Building, Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Augusta, May 2 2m 19 OF. CHEATHAM No. 1, Park Row, I AM NOW RECEIVING ONE OF THE LARGEST AI MOST Mil STOCKS OF GOODS EVER BROUGHT TO EDGEFIELD, And I can Boast that they are Much Cheaper than Any Brought to this Market Since thc War! .'.Hl?-??fi>UI tUlkiiUitiit \.nn ^>?i?'>tl>jf? iu?ii:?l My Stock consists in part as follows : Bleached and Brown SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS, 42 Inch Pillow Case COTTONS, 7-8 SHIRTINGS, at only 10 cts. per yard,' 200 Pieces PRINTS, n w and beautiful, Brown Linen DRILLS and DUCKS for Men and Rovs* wear, Beautiful Linen COATINGS, " White Linen DRILLS and DUCKS, CASSIMERES, all prices, JEANS, COTTONADES, Bed TICKINGS, Cotton YARNS, Spool COTTONS, &c. Handsome Dress Goods, All the .Latest Styles,, Such-as: . ; JAPANESE, Plain and Plaid POPLINS, Striped LENOES, BAREGES and GRENADINES at 12} eta per yard, Figured LAWNS at 12} cts per yard, MOURNING GOODS at prices very low, BOMBAZINES, Black and colored ALPACAS, ?cc. . WHITE GOODS. Jaconet MUSLINS at 12} cts per yard, TARLATANS, Plain and Corded SWISS, Plain and Striped NAINSOOKS, Bishop and Victoria LAWNS, Checked and Corded MUSLINS. BRILLIANTS, and Birds Eye Diaper, Gents' and Ladies' L. C. HANDKERCHIEFS, in great variety, very cheap,. . ,;.?., .. ... ?tfM 'A A beautiful line of PIQUES ar.d PIQUE TRIMMINGS, Irish LINENS, all prices, from 25 cts to $1.00 per yard. Gloves ano* Hosiery. A full line GLOVES for Gents,'Ladies,"?fsses 'and Children, and HO SIERY in .endless variety, cheaper than ever,,,. . ,?,.<#? ii 9 Ladies, Misses and Children's Trimmed and Untrimmed HATS, all the most fashionable styles, The latest designs in GYPSIES, JOSEPHINES, Straw TRIMMINGS, &c Gent's and Boys' HATS, a varied assortment, and very cheap. SHOES! SHOES! I make this a speciality in my business and would therefore- advise all who are in want of SHOES to call and examine my Stock before purchasing elsewhere. HARDWARE, CROCKERY, GLASS, TIS, WILLOW ANft WOOD WAftE, An extensive assortment in each Hne, and aJl very cheap. . , . ? ? - -Jf ?v*> 's^ <? I rTr 3\ Cf Ci *! ? ?J Olioioe C3riro?o2ri?s. A "eneral Stock always on hand, and at the lowest figures. Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Segai's, Pipe?, A:c, All grades, and at reduced rates." Toilet Soaps, Pomade, Extracts, the Very Best. a?fi j ? <v? ?\JJL. 'JJ ri \Jt, '. iL. ? 'j i.; ' .. j ! yt J\ .li *4 A [if. T -- ALSO D AH -of the ??jove Goods will bc so Wi at a small ad vance on first cost. * ?',j6^?oIia? one- ?om?-all,> and examinemy.Stock. :.I but ask .that-you 'come* andeee" fdr yourselves.;-. . . ; ur ; ? j 4 .?...... ..ammm^m o. F.?H:EATHAM. ? A$r? i2 4t i&mtm*M