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' -% -;-7 . : -i .--.^-,n,3ijmjKfij+J\rinrif-.?.?'.....'"?.?.??".?"'.iM.nu?..?H<H.Mu>i^o??^o^.???Ni???'?-? EDGEFIELD, S. Cf JTOE 22, BY D, E.D?R1S0E. VOLUME XXXT.-Pfo. 26. Life Insurance Company, Principal Office, Macon, Ga. THE business of this STRICTLY SOUTHERN and HOME COMPA NY is confined: by law to legitimate Life Insurance alone.'. Policies issued on all the approved Mutual plans. It also issues Policies at Stock rates, 25 per cent, under the mutual rate. * But- it does. not advise its patrons to insure on the Stock plan, that plan being very expensive in the long run. . .?' It is known that dividepds in a good Mutual Company will average about 65 per cent., especially at the South and West, where investments bring good returm. . ' ' 90 per eent. of profits on the Mutual business divided annually amongst all the*Mutual:Poncy Holders without'exception. One-third Loan on Premiums given when desired. . Interest charged only upon first loan . ' W ti ." *A Where all Cash is paid; Policies will become self-sustaining ; that is, pay out, and have 50 per cent, added to their faces, which is one-third more than the original sum insured. Ample'provision" against forfeiture of Policies in the . expressed terms of the contract. The Company will always purchase its Policies at their Cash value. We offer tho people of the State the same fin?ncial security as Northern Companies, th 3 accumulating premiums pf* the insured, and in addition thereto a Capital commencing with $500,000 ! Millions of dollars have annually hitherto been lost to the active circula tion of the South, in payment of . premiums in Northern Companies.,. In benefits derived from the investments made by these ..Companies in Northern real estate and securities, our people can never share on equal terms..'(j Let then sustain our own Life Enterprise, and thus ' keep ? our money and the profits too at home. ' ? Officers at. Macon, Ga : WM. B. JOHNSTON, President. WM. S. HOLT, vice-President. GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary. JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent. C. F. McCAY, Actuary. W. J. MAGILL, Superintendent of Agencies. JAS. MERCER GREEN, Medical Examiner. l?F-The Cotton States Company is a Georgia" and South Carolina enter prise, is a good Companyj and is now fully identified with the interests of o1 ir. people. This 3tafce'is ably represented in the general-management by South Carolina Directors. .LAYALL & ABNEY, General Agents for North and South Carolina. t WM. J. LAVALL, Esq,, Offic%,' Columbia, S. C., \ 1 M. W. ABNEY. M. D., Edgefield, S: C. J I June 7 . tf 24 < New Spring Bry Goods 1 James W. Turley, BBOAD STREET, AUGUSTA, OA., DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS 3 flAS JUST RETURNED FROM NEW YORK, and is now fully pre pared to offer to the public a completely assorted Stock of SEASONA BLE FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS. Great care has been taken to supply each Department with .E VEE Y TMING NEW AND FASHIONABLE, as well as the more staple articles of the Trade. The Cash System rtill 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 requested to examine my present schedule of prices. . * JAMES W. TURLEY. Mar 29 . tf 14 . mm ARE HI ilGS! ' But such is a fact ! And if you want fine LIQUOR, either by the Gallon or Bottle, go to SANDERS' DRUG STORE, and you will get a PURE ARTICLE at .low figures. All LIQUORS warranted. Examine for your selves, which is highest proof. June 7 . tf 24 SPRING. ANO SUMMER SUPPLIE. M. O'DOWJ), Wholesale Grocer .. -v-'AND-: - , Commission: Merclx'nt 283 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga,;, HAS NOW ON HAND a Full and Complete Stock bf CHOICE'FAMILV GROCERIES and PLANTERS SUPPLIES, among which may be found' the following : 100 Hhds. BACON, '. f 10 Bbls. COGNAC'BRANDY, 50 Bbls. LARD, 30 Bbls. CORN WHISKEY, 50O " FLOUR, all grades, ' 100 '" RYE WHISKEY, 50 Hhds. SUGAR, 10 " APPLEBRANDY,. 300 Sks. COFFEE, 20 ? GIN and RUM, 300 Boxes SOAP, 20 " . SHERRY ? PORT WINE" 200 " CANDLES, 200 M. SEGARS, various grades, *' 100 " STARCH, 150 Boxes TOBACCO, 100 " SODA, 200 Doz. BUCKETS, 5000 Bushels CORN, 50 Doz. BROOMS, . 3000 " OATS, 50 Nests TUBS, 500 Sacks SALT, . 50 Hhds. MOLASSES, . 100 Ca^es LYE and POTASH, -100 Bbls. SYRUP. AJI Goods bc sold Very I^Ow. Give inc a Call. May 2 tf " 19 I^resli Arrivals OF SPRIG AID SOMBER MILLINERY GOODS WOULD Remectfullv inform the Lam^B of EdgeSe?d that she has just? received a SECOND LARGE LOT ' OF SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY GOODS, consisting in part of- ' Rich apd Elegant PATTERN BONNETS, . . Rich and Elegant PATTERN HATS, And another Lot of those HANDSOME LEGHORN HATS which , are so much called; for, and could only be found, when the Season opened, at this Establishment. . ?ASH RIBBONS o? everv kind, and at verv tow prices. . GILT and JET* JEWELRY! Lace COLLARS, - And.a.few of those stvlish GILT FANS, so very -fashionable at present. Call ?ind'examine, the Goods to be found in tliis the Largest Store of *the-]-.ind South of ?tl tim ore. ' . MRS. LUCKIE, . 171 BriOAl) STREET, : , :. UNDER TUE AUGUSTA HOTEL, '.7 'v .*. : ' AUGUSTA, OA.' : Apr 26 ' -/ ' . When. BY REV. A. J. RYAN. Some day in spring? When earth is bright and glad, When wild birds sing, And fewest hetcrtd are sad? Shall I die then? Ah, mel no matter when ! I know it will be sweet * To leave the home of men, To r?st.beneath the sod- ? . To kneel and kiss Thy feet, In Thy home-oh !. my God I Some summer morn ? When all the winds sing songs,. When roses hide each thorn And smiles the spirit's wrongs ? Shall I die then? Ah, me ! no matter when ! I know I will rejoice . To leave the homes of men . To rest beneath the sod To hear Thy tender voice In Thy home-oh ! ray God !. Some autumn eve? When shadows dim "the sky When all things grieve And fairest things all die ?. Shall I die'then? ' Ah, me ! no matter when ! I know I will be glad To leave tho homes of men ' . To sleep beneath the sod No heart can e'er be sad . . In Thy home-oh, my God ! Some wintry day?. When'ttll the sky is gloom, And beauteous May ' Sleeps in December's tomb? Shall-1 die then ? Ah, me ! no matter when ! ' My heart shall throb with joy To leave the homes of men To rest beneath the sod Ah, jov has no alloy . In Thy.home-oh ! my God ! Ah, me ! I tell . The P.Dsary of my years ; An;d it is well The beads are strung with tears ! Haste, death, and come I pine-I pray for home ! T know it will bo sweet To rest beneath the sod To kneel ?nd kiss Thy feet ' In Thy home-oh-l my God ! Forgetting Business. The art of forgetting business is m accomplishment that all men do lot possess, but that every man ought 0 endeavor to acquire. It is no easy Mng to do, however; the claims of msiness are admitted to be so pre uninent, and it is considered so for unate a thins to have business to hink about, that it is the fewest num >er of ^persons who try to throw- the :ares of it off the mind. But we hink too much about business. It is ?ur souls in season and out, by night ts well as by day, in our hours of Measure, and in . our hours of labor, it home or abroad. It obtrudes itself it our feasts, in our sick rooms, in ?ur triumphs, in our suffering, in our .ecreatiohs, in our prayers', and in .ur worship. There are many men vho lay awake at night, studying .bout their business,-and some of this lass declare tfiat they lay-the~foun latiori of their success in life to these nxious nocturual cogitations. It is in his constant, painful wrestle with the ?roblem of how to make money, that ?rings premature lines into the face f our people, deprives them of a arge share of enjoyment, and turns he homes that ought to be abodes of oy, mirth and comfort into scenes .of Ireary silence and care. As a gene al thing, business ought to be confin d to business hours and business ?laces. It has no right to intrude in daces where gentler powers hold way. We need not he incessantly hinting and talking of wheat, corn, ness pork, boots and shoes, calico, he price of stocks, gold and silver; o do so destroys half the pleasure of ife, and robs us ol' the capacity to .j njoy wealth, even after we have ac [uired it. It is not proper to neglect msiness ; but it may be taught to sit ightly on our shoulders, so that, it nay be thrown off when we leave it ^itimate domain. It is a mistake ;o suppose that those that think most ibout business are the best business nen. The. mind that is under a :oDtinual strain of care,, soon Icses ? ts elasticity and vigor ; but he .who a ;hrows anxiety aside, at the proper t ?me, and gives himself up to the joys i )f home, friendship, society, ?nd \ religion, will go to his office refreshed c md quickened,- and prepared every j lay anew for the conflicts of busi- $ aess. . i a c a c v u r c v n u a n ? c< n a t] u a ? v s V V t q THE DIGNITY OF STUPIDITY.-It is i very respectble thing to be-stupid 3heek goes a longway with some peo ple, but, wheh-the question is one of permanent success, give us that lux urious efflorescence, of social conver sation-dignified stupidity ! Yes, there can be no doubt of it, ^temn stupidity is eminently respec ab?eV There is a solidity about it vhich commands respect because it is. ;o ponde?-'0118- We -haye seen scores of teachers, lawyers, statesmen, j udges md'doctors," managed to work hemselves into* portions of honor and orofitsolely by ^eans of their im penetrable stuDidi'^; . We are not sneaking 'of the! stupi/l,tv of a ?ve meaji th'e stupidity ?. educated, respectable men. The sub/ec^1S verv suggestive, and is a dangero''.18 one :o handle. But it is useless to - d'8" "uss it. The resp.ect?bility of digi?1" ied stupidity is firmly and perma nently established.-Era. . Artemus Ward had an adventure n Boston once, which resulted as iol ows : I returned in the hoss cart part ivay. Apootygirlin spectacles sot lear me, tellin' a young man how much he reminded, her of a young man she knew in Waltham. Pooty soon the young man got put ; and smiling in .a seductive manner,-1 said ;o the girl in specs*. " Don't I remind you of some ono pou used to know?" " Yes," she-said, "you do remind ene of one man ; -but he \ was sent to the penitentiary .for stealing a barrel of mackeral ; he died there, so I con clood you aint him." - I.didn't pursue the conversation. ?-1 ?? '?I ? -' JSf Dr. Green informs the world that when a lady says no and means yes, she has tho amesic aphasia, arising from em bolus -thombu3. Marriage is the only cure for the disease. ' When a woman says no after marriage sh o means it. ??r- .?. Wben Sally's arms her dog im prison, I always wish my neck was hia*n; how often would I stop and turn to get a pat from a hand like her'n; and when she kisses Towser's nose, ob, den'tl wish that I were those?" The Narrow Gauge Railroad. HISTORY OF THE INITIAL HARROW GAUGE ROAD IN WALES. [English Cor. Philadelphia Press.} FESTINIOG, North Wales, May ll NO. 2-RAILWAYS OR NO RAILWAYS. The experiment at Festiniog ha8 made it evident that by adopting a narrow gauge the benefits of a railway may be secured in a district where otherwise it would be impossi ble to provide !for them. To quote the words of a committee .of the Mas-; sachusetts House of Representatives, < " It is a wonder of mechanical science, and a lamp of hope to the railway forsaken everywhere.". The Duke of Sutherland, who accompanied the Russian Commission on their visit to Festiniog last year, exactly hit the mark when he said that the question Df gauge was, in many districts, the question of railways- or no railways. Engineers-have, in too many in stances, overlooked this most impor tant point. Wedded to old ideas, de termined not to see a fact which was in contradiction to their theories,'they ; bave opposed a reduction of gauge, ?ither al together ignorant or altogeth er careless that their advice, if car ried out, must inevitably debar sparse ly-populated or undeveloped districts from ever obtaining the facilities of railway communication, and I am not ?xaggerating when 1 say that, through their absurdly extreme conservatism md their wilful blindness, many dis tricts have been practically shut out rom the world which might now lave been teeming with population ind rich in wealth of every kind. . How comes it . that existing rail vays in England are not much more irofitable than they are? It is.npt hat they have failed to develop ! raffic. The most sanguine- hopes of . heir promoters in this respect have j )?en more than verified ; facilities br, cheap and rapid communication . lave ever}'where been appreciated by he public. Yet, with all this sue- ] ess, numbers of railways continue to . iold a poor return to shareholders, n account of their great cost of con- j truction and their great cost in work- j ng expenses, owing to the broad , ;auge which has been so generally dopted. Many a line is now a finan ial failure which ought to have been ? , remunerative speculation. Many a apitalist now receives no dividend rho ought to have a first rate return j pon his investment, just because the ails have been laid too far apart. Hence railway extension is dis- r ouraged. Railways cannot be built, j rithcut capital, and capitalists are j ot. easily induced to invest their loney m specuTatibns which, atTFesTT re only likely to yield them a very ' ?oderate return, and that after some' ^ onsiderable time occupiad in the onstruction of the line and develop- * len toi' the traffic. Once let it be generally and cle?rly ' pprehended that narrow gauge rail rays-capable of accommodating all he traffic which is likely to come pon them-can be constructed at t bout half the cost and in nearly half E he time which are necessary for rail- j rays on the old.gauge, and the whole t tate of things will be altered, money t rill be freely forthcoming, railways' t rill be pushed forward in all direc- e ions, and the benefits of cheap and \ [nick communication will be carried < uto districts which are now hopeless- j y off the road. The revolution has commenced, and 1 lothing probably will now stop it. 8 Uready the little Festiniog Urie can 1 low count up a numerous family of 1 lescendants, and the tide of opinion 1 s turning strongly in favor of the ' tarrow gauge lines. In India, 5,000 miles of narrow j jauge railway are to be constructed it once, and a considerable portion of he 'broad gauge lines already in ex stence in that country are to be con certed into narrow gauge lines. Three if the four engineers appointed to re- ! lort on the subject ? recommended a ! jauge of 2 feet 9 inches, and the ] ourth recommended the adoption of 13-feet-6-incb.es gauge. The gauge 1 iecided upon is 3.feet 3 inches, the j lld gauge being 5 feet 6 inches. In reference to this important decision, 1 me of our leading engineering pub- 1 ications says : " The inauguration 1 jf the new railway system is ? grand >ra in the history of India, and it kviil be interesting io note how much more rapidly her resources develop, ber local miseries decrease, and her military positions strengthen, as the new and. cheaper lines rapidly run over the districts now standing so much in need of them." In Norway, Sweden, Russia, and France; in Canada, South America and Queensland, narrow gauge lines have been adopted for 6ome time, and are working successfully. Nor have American engineers failed to see the advantages of the system. I am informed that in the mining dis tricts of Pennsylvania, roads have re cently been constructed of two-feet ;i>-inch gauge. Only a week ago a report (to which I have already re- . "erred,) strongly recommending the adoption rf tt three-feet gauge, was presented to Jhe Massachusetts House )f Repr?sentatives, and -will doubt- . tess lead to immea.^te action. And I im glad to learn that out in the Far West you have an important line, sight hundred and fifty miles in length, projected on -the same gauge, anet that a portion "of. if is in rapid progress. The choice is a most wise one, and will, without doubt, rapidiy basten the development of the rich tract of territory through which the line is to pass. Even were there nothing to be saved in the construction of the main line, it is of prime importance that it should be of narrow gauge. Every'' main railway should ne an artery into which numerous vein? or branches should run, thus causing the life-blood of commerce to ciroulate through the whole of the territorial system. Es pecially must this be the case in a mining district, where all the pro duce has to be gathered up and sent to distant' markets, and where sup plies o? the necessaries. of life must be carried! in day by day. These branch lines, if constructed, by pri? vate individuals or miniug. or manu facturing companies, .tom. most cer tainly be of narrow ga?ge, for those who construct railway^ as' part of their "plant," and not.as separate speculations, are wise JnpUgh to see that broad' gauge lines jpe much toe expensive to be indulge^ in. Hence the necessity that the injtjril?ne Should be a narrow gauge T&i\mjk ; the traffic of the branch dines muig pass to and from it without trahfier, without break pf gauge, ortinSwill be lpst and expense inpurrcd, y&?k will mili tate considerably against the utility of the railwav. ,?,. > ,m This question of bra?ch lines is a highly important one, and I am anx ious that it should not w overlooked. If a railway company-jjpll take care to lay down such a mwn road that branches may be run iago it at com paratively small expente, they may safely calculate that .finders will be constructed all along it pu te. Every little watershed of ir iustry, so to speak, will send down i priyulet, and a full flow of traffic ni ill roll, along the main stream. Ifj on the.other hand, the gauge of ff main line be such that connections with it can only be made at a large cosftihe sources.of traffic will necessarily *e confined to the narrow strips wiiph lie along either side of the roadvvd the regio is beyond will neither we benefitted themselves nor-contribfee to the divi dends of the shareholders. As'tb the main line^itseif, I need scarcely point out tha^ 'if a narrow gauge railway can bejconstructed at about half the cost of ia broad gauge line, the same capitalwiH command fcbe traffic of double , the lehgth of country. A thousand^iles of road can be built when otherwise only five hundred could be builff ; and the case will be exactly parallel; with that of a, man. who can keep two ehops going instead of one ; if such'a ?n?ri can't make his fortune the ?aster he has no Dne to blame but himself. In a territory only partially devel Dped the narrow gauge^systern offers an easy solution of - a difficulty which must otherwise; .be. <. Over the water you are enabljiLl by a sort of prophetic gift to ternk?ven your vil lages " cities." You are well assured j that before many yearsinre over they will be cities in reality as well in i ?lame. Meanwhile, d?S??ng the period )f growth, however iriet .: hat may De, are tlfey to be-without railways, Jestitute of the very;, chief cause of Drogress? Or is a^heavy capital ?o be idle for-some yaais 'whilst the .ailway waits lor the marease' of pop ilation and the grow?? of industy ? The narrow gauge sys^m, I say, af oras the answer: a thousand miles, )f such territory may-Support a rail way jwhpn fivn hnn4^^uhj_nqt. In my next letter I propose, with rouv permission, to show how it is" hat one thousand miles of narrow jauge can be constructed at the same lost as five hundred miles bf broad :au"e. Cumulative Voting. The subject of minority represen tation by means of the cumulative ystem of voting has, since the ad ournmentof the tax-payers' conven ,i?n, been thoroughly discussed by be journals of the State, and, with he exception of one or two, they have indorsed the principle and declared .hat in its incorporation into our institution lies the panacea for our political condition. So far as the srinciple is involved, we concurin all hat has been said in favor of the ?ystem. It is nothing more than the minority in a republican government las anight to demand-nothing more. ;ban the majority should be willing ;o concede. In our present'condi tion, though, in this State, we are en tirely unable to see any advantage that could accrue to the minority from its adoption. It could not be brought into play in the, election of aovernor, Secretary of State, Comp troller-General and uther executive officers. Its result, therefore, would be to leave ihe executive depar;ment tn the bands of the parties who" now bold it. It would not avail us any thing in the organization of the Sen ite, for, as there is only one Senator to be elected in each county, his election must be a straight oat contest be tween the two parties. So far, in deed, from helping us in the constitu tion of the Senate, we believe that it would operate'injuriously to the in terests of the taxpaying portion of the community, in the organization of that body, by the direct and pow erful influence it would have in draw ing more sharply the line between the two races in the State. The adoption of the system would be looked upon as a sort of bargain be tween the races that each was enti tled to and was to- take all it could get in the practical working of the scheme. As a result, the Senate would be almost entirely colored. In the House,, Charleston, Georgetown, Beaufort, Richland, Edgefield and other counties would gain some mem bers that would be representatives of the property-holding element. On the other nandf Spaftanburg, Pick ens, Anderson, . Lancaster and Other counties, would have to concede mem bers to tbe party who represent num bers instead of property. So that, even in the election for the HouBe of Representatives, the loss would be. al most as great as the gain, tn the county elections, the system could only be applied to the ejection of County Commissioners. The most that could be effected by this would be to give' one Commissioner to the minority in each county. While he would be a watch upon -the majority of the Board, and would be able io prevent dishonest practices by making exposure of them, he would- still be a minority of the Board, and would be powerless to stop extravagant ex penditures within the limits of its lawful authority. We can then see .no practical benefit that is to result from the adoption of this system. To us, it looks like a very^ email tub thrown to a very-large whale.. Il this is all we ara to get for ignoring the record of the spotless Chamber lain, who takes no ignorance noi rapacity in his Republicanism, and for burying in oblivion the Winches ter rifles arti bait cartridges of Scott we thmk we had betteVm?k? up o?j minds not to accept the bargain. and to fight out the issue on the saine tack that we have been operating oh heretofore.-Chestet Reporter. From the Sumter News. . Ex-President Davis and Ids Tra ducers. We read in that rich treasury of .wisdom, ^Ssop's Fables, that - when the Lion was old and sick unto death. [ among the beasts that - came to offer their condolence and sympathy, the. Ass, who had always been one of the most fole?me flatterers and warmest, .professed admirers of the Lion, made nb appearance ; -.d seeing that the noble king of beasts-was now. utterly helpless, turned about and flung his cowardly heels into' the face of the dying monarch. W e have been forcibly reminded of this fable of JEsop, seeing the manner in which certain editors have-taken, it upon themselves to disparage and condemn ?x-President Davis for the expression' cf his honest and.patriotic I sentiments" in vis late speech at At lanta. That he language and char acter of the nopowerless hero should be misrepresented and villified by the uncharitable, narrow-minded and big oted editors of seotional partisan papers, whether published in New York, Chicago or Charleston, was to be expected'. But that an old and leading South Carolina paper, which was' once among the warmest apd loudest admirers* and supporters of j Jefferson Davis,' should become so demoralized and recreant, as to join in the hue and cry against him, is sad and humiliating to tue lovers of fair ness, consistency and truth, totheyet remaining brave and faithful sons of the South. Such, however, is but the natural consequence of " new depart ures" from principle and duty for the sake of expediency. Trimmers, time servers and political tricksters may approve such recreancy," but those who neither "accept the' situation" voluntarily and cheerfully, nor solicit ] appointments from Radical sources, will look upon it with sorrow and cont?mpt. As to the avowed mongrels, and the pretended Democrats like the New-York World, who unite in flinging personal abuse at the honor ed and-venerable Ex.President of| the Confederacy, we pity and despise them. The one are plainly ?ctaated by malice and petty spite, the other by a mean and cowardly policy, a policy which we are sure will avail them nothing. It will not conciliate bigoted Republicans ; but it will dis gust candid and honorable men both North and South. The truth is this. The " accept the situation"-ists feel conscience smitten and reproved .by' the JSx President's language and sentiments; while the Mongrels fear lest his.in fluence should tend to check the Democratic masses from following their unwise leaders in the " new departure," which we verily be?ieve,. if persisted in, is destined to cause\ thc defeat'of the party in 1872. Tlic Constitulio-n must be restored. RICH WITHOUT MONEY.-Many a mart is rich without money. Thou sands of men with nothing-in their pockets are rich. A man born with a good, sound constitution, a good stomach, a good heart and good limbs, and a pretty good head-piece is rich. Good bonee are better than- gold; tough muscles than silv?r ; and nerves that flash fire and carry energy to every function,, are better than houses and' lands. It is better than a landed estate to have had the right) kind of a father and mother. Good breeds and bad breeds exist among men as really as among herds, horses and other ani mals. Education may do much to check evil, tendencies, or to develop good ones ;" but it is a great thing to inherit the right proportion of facul ties to start with. .. The man is rich who has a good disposition-who' is naturally kind, has a flavor of fun and" wit in his composition. The hardest thing to get along with in this life is a man's own self. A cross, selfish fellow, a desponding and complaining % fellow a timid care burdened man-these are all born deformed on the inside. Their feet may not limp, but thoughts do. PROPERTY QUALIFICATION TO VOTE FOR COUNTY STATE SENATOR.-If I the press and leading men of this State would advocate this measure, in. our opinion it would be made a part o'f the Constitution. Its jostice and fairness and necessity, to pro: , tect the property and tax-payers, of | the State, is so obvious that we be lieve it would not be strenously on posed by the influential men of t?e political majority in South. Carolina. It would wrong no one, and leave every citizen with the full rights of ] suffrage for every other representa tive and officer of the State and the United States* tha.t he now posseses. It j would only secure the great princi-1 pie of taxation and representation united, the principle upon which the republic of the United State was originally founded. Now is a .Favo rable tfme to agitate this measure .before the people. It will test the' sincerity of those who profess a willingness to protect all classes, and who pronounce, themselves opposed to corruption. 'The late tax-payers convention ignored th^ proposition. Cumulative voting seemed to be their only plan, but that will fail to accom plish the end desired, although good may come of it,-Greenville Enter prise. They use guano down in Alabama to coax the crops along, and the man who sells the best guano ge ta the most'trade. There is one kind that is awful soon. A farmer put a sam-, pie of it in his pocket and started for j home. There was a carpet tack in Iiis pocket when he put tne guano in there, and whep he ?ot home, there was a bar of railroad iron sticking out of his pocket which almost weighed his horse down. He said he thought' he felt something heavy in Jiia pocket the last half of the journey, if some Eap.ers told thia storyy no one would elieve it. A Tribune Ren?fter Interviews lion. P -ert Toombs. In a few ir antes Gen. Toombs came in, and soca commenced to talk poli tics. ?I told him that he was under stood to represent the most ultra wing of the Democratic pfisirty in Georgia, and that I was desirous of learning his views .upon-'political questions. " Yes," he said, " I am one of the red-hot kind." * What do. you think of the new departure of the northern Democracy, as expounded by Vallan digha'm and the - Pennsylvania' Con vention ? Shall you support it ?" " NV.er. I woulcL sooner vote for l'Horace Greely than for any Democrat upon such a platform. Greeley ?nd the Republicans first-gol it up ; it's their patient, and I have more respect for them than for such scoundrels as Vallandigham, who wants to steal their ideas." Mr. Toombs-spoke at .some length in this style, declaring, .fiqally, that, the people of the South could never be brought to accept the constitutional amendments as, finali ties, and-that if ?the Democratic par ty. took that ground they would have nothing todo with that party. " What do. y ou look forward t?in the future?" I asked ; " how can you escape the results of the . war ?"- "We will hight you again just' as soon as we can get ready/' he answered; "and I be lieve we can get ready 'much sooner than most people think." '.' You can not seriously believe that the South 'will attempt another war ?" "I cer tainly do, and I believe that I shall live,to see Southern Independence. Many of our people are losing the hope that they will see 'Shilon in their day, but they are training their .children up to- take., up 'the work." <jen. Toombs talked in the most bit ter way against the Republican par ty, which he denounced as composed of thieves, robbers and prison con victs. " There is not an honest man in the Radical party in Georgia," he said. He accused the Northern Re Eublicans of sending down the worst ind of rascals to pl udder and oppress the So.uth. He maintained that this class of men were purposely selected to abuse and impoverish the South ern people. He would not admit that the Republican- party asa na tional organization had any honesty or patriotism, and the hard names he called it, and the sins with which he charged it, would fill a column. I i asked if he thought any considerable ] number of men in Georgia agreed with him in desiring a renewal of the war, and in still htfping for Southern Independence. "Two-thirds of all the white m?n in this State and in all the South are of this way. of think ing," he replied ; " and if you will go into th-3 country among tue planters, 11 you will.find.what I say is true. In [j the large towns tile editors and busi ness men talk differently, but they know nothing of the sentiments of ] the people." I asked if he thought immigration < desirable for the South ? " No," he t replied ; " we don't want northern ( men to come here ; let them 8tay at * home where they belong. This is our ] country, and we want to keep it for < ourselves and our children. If peo- .' pie Who call themselves our conquer- t ers insist on coming here against our c wishes, they need expect no welcome from us. We will"have nothing to do with them." As regards negro suffrage, that he thought an. unmixed evil. A great < .lump cf ignocane and vice had been i made ra rt of the governing claRS. He i said vice because the negroes were all ? thieves. They were like animals, < and would steal anything they saw i that they-wanted as naturally as a ( hog would break into a potato-field or a deg would seize a piece of meat. He did not think an intelligent qual ification for suffrage would remedy the ev?l. Reading and writing did not fit a man for voting. The Paris mob were .intelligent, but they were j i the mest dangerous class in the world to be trusted with any of the powers of government.. A. property qualifi cation was what was necessary for a stable government. Only those who owned the country should govern it, and men 'who. had no property had no right to make laws for property holders. He is a man of striking personal appearance. He is six feet in height, with a powerful frame, a head some what resembling that of Daniel Web ster, in its unusual size and in the great height and breadth of the fore head. He is a rapid and billiant talker, and has a memory "that seems to lose nothing that he has ever seen, heard br read.1 His knowledge, .of history is especially thorough, partic ularly of all the effor.ts and struggles for liberty that the world has' ever known-the mosL glorious of all these struggles being, in his opinion, the Southern rebellion. He is a man that it is easy to see would be a leader wherever he might be placed, and his influence in Georgia is admitted to b? great. The Danbury (Conn.) Nevus sup pl?ments that story about the girl in South Norwalk who caught a husband by writing her.name and address on the lining of a hat she was trimming, with the . following : " This is an oia trick, played by several of our girls/ one of whom in particular had an eventful experience. 'She stitched her name inside the li ming of a hat beneath the statement : [' I am thine ; wilt thou be mine ?' and 'sent it adrift. After various'vicissi tudes it was purchased by a gentle man, and took a position On his head. :One day the lining became loose, and in endeavoring to fasten it his eye repted upon the sentiment and name, and h? itivoluntarily exclaimed, ' D-n fool.' wTien Martha returned to her h?tn? that day, Bhe "was taken to a re tired part of the cottage and warmed up with a strap.. The gentleman who got the hat was her father." -II? I 1^1 tn \ * - A good story is. .told of a' busin??? meet ing arnon g certain Quakers about a proposed canal, Whfin. one of the. most influential men preset opposed tjhe project on the ground of its spec* ulation. This w?sr, of course, nnafii* swerable; but among tho other objec tion's, he wento>"t??rV :.44 When. God creaiad/the wt?ld, 4f. he'hadV wished ct&b he;w?ati'. hav? made t^/i?i.'' i TTpon'thiaa " weighty friend" (one of I their terms) rose up and said slowly 1 in the intoning voice in which they al ways speak in meeting^ "Ano: Ja cob digged a well," and sat down.' The'mn?ential. man immediately re tired into-private life, but he bought some shares in the canal for all that. Sherm au, We see the name1 of Gen. W. T. Sherman suggested, by some of the papers, as suitable-to put in nomina tion as a candidate for the Presidency in 1872. It has even been hinted by some few demented individuals,-to run him as the Democratic candi* date! Put him on the Vallant-lig ham platform and. run him as a Democratic candidate and let the Southern Democracy.accept him and the platform and the situation, and we mil have a farce that will make the world.laugh.. We suppose his speech at New Orleans, in which it is said he gave utterance to sentiments in opposition to the E-u-Klux bill, is the ground upon which these few individuals wish him nominated. Of coarse, no sach thing will ever happen, but we merely mention the fact of such a P thing-having been in the thoughts 6f 1 anybody as a matter of great surprise 5 to us. The fact is, we . do not see what ?laims this man has upon either party ; or what claims he has to - distinction. His name deserves as mucji infamy.? as that of any man living, BeastBut ler not excepted. He isa general without a victory, |f A hero without-a fight. He may have talents, he may. be a military genius For aught we know ; we neither admit Dr deny the fact ; but we do sayt hf bas done nothing to display military ( genius. ] His great march to the - sea, about which the Yankee nation made such i noise, and upon which all his fame rests, was uo great achievement. | ] Any school boy could have led an1 trmy through the most abundant ..ountry in the South, without an en- j. smy to oppose him. It was about as c lifficul? to do as to take the trainan_. lay at present, at Atlanta, go to Macon, and from thence to Savan nah ; the only difference being in the ;ime it would take. But if infamy can make a man C Treat, then this, man Sherman is great, C br upon this great march to the sea, ie certainly loaded, himself with ?uough of it to last through all time. His wanton, cruel, cold-blooded, f< useless destruction of life and-prop- a ?rty is unprecedented in the annals )f history. Starting at Atlanta, he jegun his career. After utterly de lroy ing that city, he marched to | S Savannah, leaving behind him a.track from"forty to sixty miles-widefthrough me most prosperous and productive portion of our State, perfectly devas tate^ and desolate. His march back | li dirough South Carolina, and the de struction of the .beautiful city of c Jolumbia, with all the accompanying a ind heart rending brutalities upon its E Door, defenceless women and cbil- ii Iren, ueeds no word of comment rora us. They will not be forgotten by ;he present generation of Southern ?rs, .:nd he is but a miserable style if man, who does not teach his chil-1 ? Iren to abhor the very name of .the | \ nan. There might have been some shad )w ?of excuse for this cruelty, this lestruction of property, if it had ad vanced his cause in the least, but he'[ ai :ould have accomplished the same inds just as" easily ,'and' just as soon, vithout destroying one dollar's worth )f private property more than suffi- j ? uent'to subsist his troops, without the loath of a single private citizen. .Let ns then never cease to execrate t| ris name, and the name of any man, ? Dr any newspaper, North pr South, ^ ?hat eyer mentions the mau in con lection with any office to which honor night to be attached.-Washington* [Ga.) Gazette. ' OJ Brevities and Levities. jZ?f- " Joys that wo hav? tasted may sometimes return,"- sang an intoxicated wit on thc street the other night while me potations taken in the early part ol tho day were coming unhidden to .the mrface. . -, ??r- A sarcastic young lady' says she never was so much in love wit!, a man ;hat two rainy days together in a country louse would not effectually cure uer. jjST What's tho difference between a milly man and a warm- dog? One wears i great coat and tho other pants. sar Some one wroto in. a boto: visitor's jook bis initiais-, " A. S." ? wag wroto inderneaih, "Two-thirds of the truth. SOT An afflicted husband was retuni ng from tao i'unen? o?- his wife, when a rienrt asked him how he'wax. 1 "Well,' laid ho pathetically, " J think I feel the jetter-for thatlittlo walk!" A man asked another to come and Hue off boiled beef and potatoes', with lim. "That. I will," says the other 'and it's rather odd it should be exactly ho same dinner I had at home for my -elf, barring the beet" . . ?ST- About the year 1685 the Legisla ;ureof Pennsylvania passed a resolution hat " no member thereof should come o the House barefoot, or eat his- bread ind cheese on the steps." zSf A gentleman saw an advertise ment that a recipe for the. cure of dys pepsia might be had by sending, a pos age-stamp to the advertiser. He sent lis stamp, and tho answer waa " Dig in four gardao'and let Whiskey -alone." ??* The Lynchburg Virginian has un burled the spotless banner of the Whijo man's party," and proclaims that such m organization is a necessity of the' ames. Not-any new departure for it. j?T^Qxi Lombardstreet, Philadelphia, near Seventh, the following-appears on a sign hanging in a cellanvay of a saloon: "Bolloney - ?prseg, Pig's feat, Oyster supe, Sheep's tangs.'.' The letters are painted In red and blue, on a white back-: ground, and whfto ' stars interspersed between them. M* A Frenchman, but recently ar rived in America, bought a cow and calf from a neighboring ?irm or, and as they were1 not sent at the time promised, he wrote thus: "Monster, suppose you send mo my she beef and his baby." :?ST: The ladies say 'that all 'tho bustle that is made about tho Grecian bend ia newspaper stuft; . That?? so. ' A MEDICAL JOKE.-An exchange says: The worst joke that was ever perpetrated oil scientific men took place recently at Louisiana, Mo.' A man was sica with rheumatism, or something, and a fellow went around to the doctors and professors and things, and told,them that it was the queerest case on record. He said the man had no feeling. You'could stick pinjin his body all over, and he paid no attention to them at all. He was perfectly numb. So the doctors got together and called on the ?ck man to experiment. All arrived with pins and needles and bodkins. The man was asleep,-and they got around him, and each one stuck his" pin in the pa tient. The sick man rolled over .and looked at the crowd, and thought they had come to dissect him, so he took a chair in one hand and a bed post in the other, and drove, the crowd thence. Tb.ay' are around with. their heads tied] up, looking for the man who said that sick man had no feel ing. SALUDA HOI SE. Mm R, B. BOUEWARE respectful ly announces to the Edgefield public that mo has opened the SALUDA HOUSE, md will use every exertion to please all ivho may favor her with their patronage. She Solicits- the encouragement of her 'riends. iS^Board by the Day, Week br Month it as low figures as can possibly beaf brded. . ' ' '.Edgefield, May 80 . tf 23 Head! Read ! The place to find something PURE md ' GENUINE in . the' way of CHAMPAGNE WINES and 3RANDIES, is at the Drug'Store of MARKERT & CLISBY. If you wish PURE COGNAC BRANDY for Medical purposes, go to MARKERT & CLISBYU If you want a PURE ARTICLE of SHERRY or - MADEIRA WINE, go *. MAPwKERT & CLISBY'S. If you desire a good article of >LD JAMAICA RUMor HOLLAND JIN call at the Drug Storo of MARKERT & CLISBY. We will also state that' we have a JW gallons oftbot GOOD OLD RYE nd CORN still on hand. . MARKERT ? CLISBY. If you wish .a superior article of HERR Y for Cooking purposes, very heap, call at the Drug Store of To gentleman who indulge in the ixury of Chewing and' Smoking, we especCfully ' announce, (and do so oncientiously.) that we have, and re determined to keep, on hand, the IEST brands of Chewing and Smok ?g TOBACCO- and SEGARS. MARKERT & CLISBY. Mar 15 tf ' 1*2 . M. NEHLETT. I W. H. GOQDEICH Cotton Grill MANI i Ai TORY. rHE Undersigned respectfully an nounce to' the people of Edgefield nd adjoining Counties, that they nro still a gaged in tho manufacture of ? Cotton Gins, f the well-known and highly approved GLESBY PATTERN. MR. NEBLETT, who has fourteen cars' practical experience in making vese GINS, will give his personal atten on to the business, and we feel confi ent of giving entire satisfaction to those i vori ng us-with their orders. EVERY GIN WARRANTED. " Old Gins RENOVATED.or REPAIR ED in the best manner. NEB LETT & GOODRICH, At Good nell's Machine Work s. 5^-Capt. LEWIS JONES, .of Edge eld, is'our authorized Agent, and all-or crs .received by him will meet with rompt attention. , May 2 Sm 19 . [. PARKER. B. H. TEAGKK. PARKER & TEAGUE, DENTISTS, EDGEFIELD,*S. C. OFFICE n>xt to Mrtsouic Hall on West tide. Mar 15 6?i 12 BOOTS AIVD SHOES! JADE TO ORDER O X REPAIRED. All work well dono at reasonable pri es, out of tho best Leather, and by com ptent workmen. . Give me a trial, and I will give you a ;oo? fit. Ternis Cash. S. H. MANGET. June 7 . tf 24 oar om [) BARRELS KEROSENE OIL, very uperior in quality, and for sale cheap, ty MARKERT & CLISBY. June 7 _tf ' 24 Peas ! Peas ! 100 BUSHELS PEAS-Speckled, )lino and Red Ripper-now in Store, ?njd br'salo at 9lt40 per bushel. It. 0. SAMS. May 31 . _tf_j_23_ WANTED, A A YOUNG MAN as a Salesman in' CX a First Class Clothing and Furnish - ng Goods House. Must come well re omniended, and able to influence a good rad?. Goou*Salary given.. Address " MEECHAN'T," , An&usta, Ga. 23 1m 22 Patent Medicines. TUST Received ? large and fresh as J sortment of PATENT-MEDICINES if ali kinds. . G. L. PENN, Dreggist. May 24 _ tf ?2 Cleansing Fluid. . FIE Best Preparation in use for toking out all kinds'of Grease Spots, . G. L. PENN'S DRUGSTORE. Apr 26 . . . tf ir; Notice. A LL Persons exe 'hereby cautioned ?X against employing ono Charles'Mon lay (colored) of letting him stay vu their 3remisos, as I have & writtefa??atract ivith bim, and th? said diaries baa* left ny place, without provocation. w&. M. WILLIAMS. June 14 2t