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? .?.???????...HlllbMM.H.IIu.,HlM,MtHll?l..m?>^?.l'l.?IU?M?..?%,?,l?..M4?u'l.??lM.?,|l|,l..,(,,ii,iiuii.??tMM?M,w?iMui"i?,??,? BY D. R. DUR?SOE. EDGE?TELD, S. C., AUGUST 24, 1871. VOLUME im.-No. 30. COTTON STATES Life Insurance Company, Principal Office, Macon, 6a. 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 adviser, its patrons to insure on the Stock plan, that plan being very expensive in the long run. It is known that dividends in a good Mutual Company will average about 65 per cent., especially at the South and West, where investments bring good returns. 90 per cent, of profits on the Mutual business divided annually amongst all the-Mutual-Po?ey Holders without exception. One-third Loan on Premiums given when desired. Interest charged only upon first loan. Where;ajl^aah is paid, Bolioies, will Recome self-sustaining; that is, pay out, and have 50 per cent, added to their faces, which is one-third more than the original-sam 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 the people of the State the same financial security as Northern Companies, the accumulating premiums of 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. Lr, benefits derived from .the investments made by these Companies in Northern real estate and securities, our people can never share on equal terms. 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. ?Ti O^^^Xy&J^Super&tendxmrt -?f Agencies. ~ JM M?RCER GREEN,' Medical Examiner. JSS^The Cotton States Company is a Georgia and South Carolina enter prise, is a good Company, ana is now fully identified w;ith the interests of our peopler This State is ably represented in the general management by South Carolina Directors. * LAYALL & ABNEY, I General Agents for North and South Carolina. WiaVJ. LAV ALL, Esq,, Office, Columbia, S. C., j M. W. ABNEY, M. D., Edgefield, S. C. June 7 tf 24 Mew iSpring Brj doods ? J QLmo a W, Turley, BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS, HAS JUST R?T?RK?D FROM ??W 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 Xo supply each department with E VEE Y TEINQ NE W ?ND:'F4SII?0JVA.BIE, as well ? a? the more staple articles of the Trade. The Cash System will be Strictly Adhered to, and it is much cheaper to pay 25 per cent, for money, nnd buy your Dry Goods for Cash, than to buy them on time. The best judges of Dry Gsods. and the closest buyers, are particularly requested to examine my present schedule of prices. JAMES W. TURLEY. Mar 29 . tf 14 FACTS ARE STUBBO! TO? But 9DebiM?*fect ! 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 far your -selves, which is highest proof. June 7 i M * I * *i >t VJ ' tf 24 Uuick Sales and Small Profits. GEORGE WEBER, -Wk?L ettie aid Retail Dealer in SST SO G BS,, Notions, Hats, BOOTfej^SHOES. NEW GOODS constantly arriving, whieh are offered at the lowe st price?. - No. 170 Broad Street, opposite Au gusta Ho?eh '? Augusta, July 2? tf 31 J. M. NEBLETT. W. H. GOODRICH Doors, Sashes, Blinds, &c. if P . P . 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Old Gins RENOVATED or REPAIR ED itt tho best manner. XE Ii LETT & GOODRICH, At Goodrich's Machine Works. ' ?SC-Capt. LEWIS JONES, of Edge held, is our authorized Agent, and all or ders received by him will meet with prompt attention. May 2 __._5m 19 Patent Medicines. TUST Recoived a lafge and fresh as O sortaient of PATENT,MEDICINES of all kinds. ? . ! G. L. PENN, Druggist. May, 21 tf 22 BOOTS AtfD SHOES ! MADE TO ORDER OR REPAIRED All work well done at reasonable pri ces, out of the best Leather, and by com pe .eut workmen. Give me a trial, and I will give vou ;ooa fit. Terms Cash. S. II. HANGET. J une 7 tf 24 Mi SALIDA HOUSE. 25 California Brandy. , GALS. PURE OLD CALIFOR NIA BRANDY,-a superior article, and hiehlv commended for Medicinal purpo ses. MARKERT & CLISBY. Mav 17 t' Jil f?n Repairing. THE Subscriber, with tho benefit of a practical experience for tho last twenty-five vears, offers his services to Planters of Edgefield wishing their GINS REPAIRED, SAWS SHARPEN ED, ?fcc, ?tc, and will attend promptly and faith fully to all orders. Terms reasonable. Letters addressed to him at Edgefield. S C., care of Mr. D. R. Durisoe, %\ill re ceive early attention. C - W. B. MAYS. July 5 1m 28 RS. R. B. BOULWARE respectful ly announces to the Edgefield public that she lias opened tho SALUDA HOUSE, and will usc? every exertion to please all who may favor her with their patronage. She solicits the encouragement of her friends. ?2gr*Bonrd by the Day, Week or Month at as low figures as can possibly be af forded. Edgefield, May 30 ' tf 23 H. A CARI?. A VING given considerable attention to the business of REPAIRING and TUNING PIANOS, I now offer my ser vices to the people ol Edgefield, promis ing prompt and good work to all whe mr y favor me with their patronage. WILLIE CHEATHAM. Aug2_tf_32_ Lemons ! Lemons ! X BOX FRESH LEMONS just re eclved. And Lemons Trill be kept con .ihmtlv on hand at G. h. PENN'S Drug Store. May 17 i. tf - 21 Give me a Loving Heart. Give me a loving heart? 'Tis better far tyan fame ! Which is at best a .fleeting thing, The breathing of a name. For laurels gathered fresh and green, Where flowers in beauty bloom When bound around a mortal brow, Soon wither in the tomb. Give me a loving heart 1 More precious far than gold Or all the wealth that India boasts, Yea, India's wealth twice told; For what are gold or pearls, Or kingly diadems Comparea with one true loving heart, The pure?t of earth'sgems ? Give me a loving heart ! To cheer me on their way, Thro' this dark world of sin and pain, To one of endless day. For naught can calm the troubled breast. Or hoher brain impart, To the life-weary pilgrim here Than one true loving heart! The Bride of the Carnival. -o ! " DOES she really love me ?" said Captain Ernest von Steinberg, aide de-camp to King Louis of Bavaria, as he left the presence of the young and beautiful Baroness Anna von Graf fenburg, the belle of Munich, " or is she really the heartless coquette which common rumor makes her ?" j As he passed down the staircase, he encountered the baroness's pretty chambermaid, Lisette. " Lisette* you are looking^ charm ingly t?:day-do you know it?" " My mirror told me so this morn ing," said the soubrette, looking up boldly into his face. " What lips ! what eyes ! and what a figure !" said the soldier. " But, do you know, I think you would look infinitely prettier in a lavender-col ored silk robe, with cherry-colored ribbons?" " Very possible, monsieur," answer ed the waiting-maid ; " but that costs money-and how is a poor girl like me to dress like a lady ?" "I have thought of that difficulty," said Ernest, " and have provided a remedy. Will you allow me to pres ent'you with a slight token of my gratitude and admiration ?" As he spoke, he drew forth a little net silk purse, through the interstices of which several newly-coined gold pieces showed their pleasant, bril liant countenanc e. Lisette's eyes reflected their brightness. " Monsieur is altogether too gener ous," she said. But the little white fingers clasped the glittering offering, and convey ed it to one of the pockets of the coquettish black silk apron that she wore. "Now, tell me, Lisette, is your mistress going to the masked ball at the place to-morrow night ?" " Ah, but that is a great secret, monsieur, which I promised madame not to reveal," replied the Parisien ne, archly, laying her fingers on her lips. "She is going, then?" said Ernest. " Monsieur says so," answered the soubrette, smiling. " And what elfie did your mistress charge you to keep secret?" asked the officer, smiling in his turn. " That she was going to wear a rose-colored domino, with a bunch of sky-blue ribbons on the right shoul der," replied the waiting-maid, hur riedly, and she ran up-stairs, as if to avoid further catechising, fully satis fied that her indiscretion had been an ample offset to the aide-de-eamp's present. " Very good, Madame Anna," said the young officer to himself. " I have now reconnoitered the ground, and i shall know where to open my trenches. All's fair in love and war. And now to my friend the sculptor's --if his ingenuity aid me, my suc cess will be certain." * * * * * On the night of the masked ball the royal palace of Munich was a blaze of light. Every window glowed as if the interior were ? mass of fire, and the brilliant rays, streaming forth upon the night, fell on the glittering helmets, breastplates and sabres of the mounted cuirassiers, or were re flected from the bayonets of .a- de tachment of the infantry of the line drawn up as a guard Of Jaonor in' the square without Chamberlains stood at the entrance of the palace, and files of lackeys, with wax-tapers flaring in the eve ning air, shed almost the . light of day on the grand staircase. ' Car riage after carriage rolled up in suc cession, with their living freights of beauty and youth, and.as light feet fell like snow-flakes on the carpeted 'marble, as graceful forms vanished within the portals, the ears of the bystanders were lulled by the pleas ant rustling of silks, while the breeze was perfumed by a thousand delicate odors. .* But if such were the external manifestations of the fete, how far more brilliant and bewildering was the interior of the palace of pleas- ' ure ! How those lofty halls glowed wit'' the dazzling effulgence ot thou sands of wax-tapers! How softly beautiful were the marble statues that graced the niches, lined the cor ridors, and looked down from their pedestals on the grand ball-room ! How Oriental in their magnificence were the gorgeous 'draperies of vel vet and satin, with fringes of gold bullion ! but, above all, what music streamed on the enchanted air from an orchestra composed of a hundred of the best instrumentalists in the city ! And the life, the animation of the throngs that filled that brilliant saloon-who shall describe it ? Ernest von Steinberg, who looked but for one person in that brilliant multitude, was so masked and muf fled that his disguise was perfectly impenetrable. Therefore, when he found the rose-colored domino atlast, he hesitated not to address her. "Good-evening, fair mask." " Good-evening, gallant cavalier. But how know you that I am fair?" " Were I to pronounce you the fairest in Munich, none would dis pute your title." " Do you know me ?" " The belle of Munich hides her face in vain," answered Ernest. "That inimitable foot and ha id are her betrayers." "You may be mistaken, after all." . "I4cannot. be, and I claim the hand," said Ernest, " and wi employment for that daint] The music Bounds; let's away dance." " I believe my hand is pr already," answered the fair or take it quick, before some on p?tes the prize with you." The Bext minute they were ing round the vast saloon to that might keep dancers on th< for life. Anna leaned upo shoulder of her partner, *ai breathed i;, her ear words thi could not listen to without a^tb pleasure. At the conclusion of the Ernest led her into ? ^ide rooi which" they found tnemselves alone. " You persist, then,"' said the " in calling me the Baroness Graffenberg." " If I had doubted before, dancing would have convinced The leader of the sylphides is 1 bf her step." " Well, you have guessed And now, in return for my confie may I request you to raise mask?" " I can refuse you nothing," Ernest von Steinberg. He raised his mask as he s and disclosed to the astonished of the baroness the well-known tures of King Louis of Bavria. " But I thought, you assure that the oavalier was Captain E von Steinberg !" exclaims the re Let ns explain. To give addit zeot and pleasure, and complicat mysteries of masquerade, the .< tier;; of Louis XIV. of France invented the following exped They procured fine wax likenesse their friends, of eminent persos, wore them under their masks. V requested to declare their iden they vould raise the outer n and the inner wax one, seen f moment, in. mest cases completely ceived the spectator. It is eas; imagine what an infinite field mystification this contrivance af] ed.- ... Captain Ernest had a frienc sculptor, who had modeled a bus the king ; and from him he had cured a wax mask, beautifully c< ed, and so well'executed as to ceive the eyes of the baroness for moment they rested on it. En satisfied with his success, replac?e! black velvet vizor, and continued interview. " Yes, baroness," whispered disguised .aide-de-camp, ** it is L who stands before you-^not as j king, but as your subject, your s! -the thrall of your beauty." "Ah, sire!" replied the belle Munich, " you are sporting with sensibilities of a weak woman." " No, by heaven !" replied the f king. " I am incapable of that, hold me at your feet, and hear swear eternal allegiance to y charms." " Rise, rise, sire!" said the bai ess, very much irritated. "We r be seen or overheard." " Long have I thought," eontin the false king, " that beauty such yours should grace a throne." " A throne !" echoed the baron " But you ?re right," he com ued, hurriedly; " this is no time place fur confidences like ours. Ila the clock is striking twelve. \] you trust to my honor, and meet at this hour to-morrow night ?" " Where sire?" " In the Chinese pavillion in garden of the palace. The wicke: the postern gate that leads to door of the pavillion shall be left oj for you." The baroness gave him her han " Tormorrow night at twelvi said she, and glided from tho roon "Oh, woman! woman 1 womar said Ernest, when alone -" false fair ! Is it for this we rank you w the angels? But tremble, faithl one-your punishment shall be bitter as the-agony I suffer." And he followed the baroness ii the dancing-saloon. He had sooner left the room than a masl figure stole forth from beneath a m of crimson drapery. " The Chinese pavillion to-morr night at twelve !" said the strang " Bravo ! bravo ! Captain von Ste berg !'.' And he, too, vanished. A few minutes before twelve o'clc on the following night, Captain v Steinberg, wearing his wax mai unlocked and entered the Chine pavillion in the royal garden. T inside shutters of thc windows we closed, so that he ventured to p: duce a match, and light a waxtap< taking care to place a shade over so that the room should be very dil ly lighted. After completing the 1 rangements, he glanced round, ai started on seeing the figure of a m near the table. The stranger w dressed in the uniform of an aie decamp, and wore a mask upon 1 face. " Who are you ?" demanded I nest, advancing to the intruder. " You have anticipated a -simili question," replied the mask. "But I have aright to know,"sa Ernest. " So have I," was the quite a swer. , " Sir," said Ernest, placing h bund on .the hilt of his sabre, " wear a sword," " So do I," replied the mask ; " h I reserve it for the enemieB of n country." "Who are you ? I implore you tell me !" said Ernest. " Ah, now you speak in a diffe ent manner. I, sir, am Captain ve Steinberg, at your service, aide-d camp to his Majesty King Louis Bavaria." " The deuce you are 1" thought E nest. " But, confidence for confidence said the impostor. " Now, you mu tell me who you are, and by whi right I find you in the royal pavillie at this hour." "By the very best right in tl world," replied Ernest, boldly. " sir, am King Louis of Bavaria;" ar be lifted his outward mask, display iiig the features of the king. " Pardon me, sire," said thestrai 'ger, falling on hisJknees; "ba [j making my rounds in the gard? . found the postern gate unlocked i fearing treachery to your royal son, deemed it. my duty to . watch in the* pavillion, of whic] II your majesty is aware, I have a . plicate key. ' " Zounds, man! you haven't lo the postern, have you?" asked pretended king! " No, sire, it remains as* I f it." " Then, my good fejlow? thei no harm done, said Ernest. " ? I'll tell you a secret; I expect a here every instant, who has'acco] me a private interview. The service you can render me-ie leave me to myself." " A hint from your royal lips i command," said the pretended nest. "That your majesty's may prosper is the warmest wist your most devoted subject." The-stranger vanished. Before Ernest had an orjportui to frame any hypothesis with. re| to this mysterious being, | the c opened cautiously and admitted baroness. She threw herself at o at the feet of Ernest. " Rise, lady !" said the pre ten monarch. "I would rather be your feet-rise !" "Not/' said the baroness, " your majesty pledges your royal w to pardon me in advance for wi ever I may confess." / "I freely pledge you that," s Ernest, aiding the lady to rise. " Know, then," said the barom " that. I am an ungrateful. worn Your majesty distinguished me 1 night, and held out hopes 'so brillii that a subject might well be dazz by your promise. I was dazzled, s I heard you with pleasure. But was only a momentary weakness. the delirium of the dance you b me that you loved me-my consi to meet you here seemed a confessi of reciprocal affection ; but, in tm my heart is given to another. I lc -I love with all the fervor of ] being-not a monarch, but a si ject." "A rival!" said the pretend king, sternly. . " His name?" "Promise that you will not ha: him, sire." " I make no promise in such a ci as tlii.'." " Then I shall keep my secrel said the baroness, fi.-mly. " And you will love this man even if I command you to tear 1 . image from your heart?" "I love him, and him.only," sa the baroness. " In good report ai evil report-in sorrow and sickne -in shame and honor. Truly pledged him my hand-my hea went.with it. I am his forever." " And he is thine; MAT .Anna said Ernest, tearing off Ew disgrift " Will you forgive the trial I ha subjected you to ?" " "Will you forgive the weakness a moment that made me listen temptation ?" "Freely and fully," said Erne? folding the baroness in his arm " And now, when shall we be ma ried ?" " To-night !" said a voice besic them. And there stood the king Bavaria, but still in the uniform an aide-de-camp in which he had ei teretl the pavillion that evening an first encountered Ernest He it wi who had overheard the appointmei at the masquerade. "To-night," r repeated, smiling on his astonishe , auditors. " The chapel is lighted u -the priests are in waiting-tl wedding guests are there, and tl wedding feast prepared. Louis i Bavaria awaits to conduct you to tl altar, and to give away the brid And may the pleasures of this carn val be but the precursor of a life < j?y!" The delight of the lovers-the jo of Lisette-the surprise and.pleasui 1 of all their family, must be left t ! the imagination. Jenny Lind. Justin McCarthy thus writes of th i once " Nightingale" : I "assisted," the other night, at ' rather melancholy, entertainment. I . was the performance of Otto Gold ? shmidt's sacred pastoral, " Ruth, the principal soporano part in whicl was taken by his renowned wife .' Jenny Lind. There was a brillian i house resolute to be pleased. Jenn; ? Lind had a grand reception, the cor i diality of which was undoubtedly en ; hanced by-the general desire to marl ' a sense of indignation at.the wantoi . and eruel calumnies which lately as . sailed herself and her husband. Bu ? it was a heavy and mournful bnsi ? ness. " Can that be Jinny Lind ?' ? some of the younger listeners whin I pered. That heavy, homely matroi . -that s riving singer with the won 3 out voice which struggles so dainful - ly with the high notes and is so hoarse 3 with the lows ? Can it be that twen ty years ago .Europe and Americc - were filled with rapturous admiratior over the divine glories of. that voice L" the artistic perfection of that style ' Greater singers than Jenny Lind - there certainly were, but no singei ever bore the same triumphs and the - same renown. What was the Picco lomini mania, the Patti mania, the 3 Nilsson mania when compared with I the madness for Jenny Lind? And now what remains? Nothing, itseeme t to me, except knowledge of music and ? high artistic purpose. No fancies, nc art, could do anything with that wrecked and faded voice. Nothing ever hinted to me of the Jenny Lind '- of fame. The papers here praised Q the performance, of course, which is >- a pity. It is a cruel mistake for a .f singer to appear in public after her time. Hardly any object or pur > pose, I think, excuses such an error, such a sacrilege. There is a touch ing little story soniewhere about a it gray and withered ?ld woman, who it stands in melancholy contemplation n before the exquisite1' favor and glow ing colors of a picture of Venus, and ie ! wonders whether;arry ? one could now I. bebrought to believe that she, even d she eo faded and unlovely, was once r- the living model from which the ar tist drew. Well, this poor old per i- sonage had luckily for herself no t, mend, to persuade her that she still looked just as young and hi as ever, and induce her to herself as a model for the art again. Had she been a ainj would have found plenty o? to tell her that time was not her case,, and she would pj have believed them.. A Black Man's Views Major M. R. Delany, a bia? some education and consit independence, who is now est ed in Charleston as a land has published a letter to Fred lass, containing a review of tl dition of things political in Carolina, which, he thinks, wi justly apply to nearly all, if u the reconstructed States of the I We make some .noteworthy es from the letter : When the war ended the ci people of the South had little k edge of social and political a and had of necessity to accept leaders as presented themselves first of these were in the perso various agencies ; as school tea (mostly women,) the Christian mission, colporteurs and agents ( "Freedmen's Affairs," (not the reau,) who .aided in directing social and domestic relations. When reconstruction comme political leaders were greatly re ed, but few to be brad. Southe (the old masters) studiously opj and refused to countenance r< struction, and the freedmen fearful and would not have tri them if they could have obta their aid. Those who came with or follc the army, with a very 'few nj whites, were the only available r. ical element to be had to carry the measures of reconstruction. These were really accepted by blacks (by this I include the ei colored people) and the fullest a dence reposed in them. Some - or had been officers in the army, s privates, some sutl?rs, others ] oilers and various tradesmen, ot gamblers, and even pickpockets, h; ers on" and " bummers." I am titularly speaking of the whi Among these were men of ref ment, educated gentlemen, and & very good men ; but a large par those most active were of the lo\ grade of Northern society, negro ters at home, whocould not have h elected to any position of honor tnist. Just such men as burnt dc negro orphan asylums and hung ne men to lampposts in the New Y riot of 1S63. * in this review I inti to speak plainly ; call thing.? by tl right names, and look those of wt I "speak " directly-in the face. TJie best and most competent r were chosen to fill the most imj tant positions in State and local g ernments, while the others read obtained such places as required cumbents. Indeed, there was scar ly one so incompetent as not to hf been assigned some position of tri Positioned in places of pow profit and trust, they soon sought that guile and deception known 01 to demagogues, under acceptable ? pellations of Yankee, Republican a Radical, to intrude themselves ii the confidence of the blacks, a place themselves at their head leaders. So insiduously did they this that it was not discovered by t few colored men of intelligence w held places among them till too la to remedy the fatal evil. These demagogues laid the found tion of their career upon a basis the most dangerous political heres Deception, lying, cheating, stealin whatever can De done in politics fair," and to " beat is the duty in political contest, no matter wh means are used to effect it," a among the pernicious precepts of th moral infidelity. Jealous of the few intelligent cc ored men among them, they studiou ly sought to divide the blacks, t sowing the seeds of discord amor them. This was facilliated by pr judicing the ignorant against the ii telligent. These men strove and vie each with the other, regardless < consequences, to place himself in ti lead of a community of blacks i both town and country, which in tim was reduced to little else than a ral ble mob of disorder and confusior Trained in the leagues asserts to thei masters it became d mgerous to oj: pose the teachings of these men c mischief. Because, having been re commended to their confidence a the commencement of reconstructs their experience and knowledge il {mblic men and matters were' to imited to believe anything agains them. A knowledge of this einboldenei these men to a persistence in thei] course of crime and corruption. Henci many otherwise good men, both whit? and black, from age, inexperience OJ weakness were induced to accept th< monstrous teachings and join witt or follow the lead of these wretched impostors. Their sole object beins personal gain, they cared little 01 nothing for public weal, the interest of the State or people, black or white, nor the Republican cause, upon which they had indecently imposed them selves. This ia that which controlled Charleston politics and brought de served defeat to the Republicans in the recent municipal election. It was just retribution to set of unprinci pled miscreants, rioting on the peo ple's rights under the name of " Re publicans." Honest, upright men of all parties, white and black, no long er able to bear it, determined to put down the abominable thing ; leading Republicans, who had been standing aloof, taking an active part. Among other things they taught the simple-minded people that suf frage was inviolably secure, the blacks being in the majority, would always control the affairs of State in the South ; that the fifteenth amend ment had abolished color, and com plexion in the United States, and the people were now all of one race. This barefaced deception ' was so in stilled into them that it became dan ' gerous in many instances to go into the country and speak of. color in any manner whatever, without the angry rejoinder : " We don't want to hear that ; we are all one color now!" These ridiculous absurdities were fostered by the demagogues the bet ter to conceal their own perfidy and keep themselves in the best positions, as " Republicanism knows no race," they taught. . Another imposition was that color ed people did not require intelligent colored leaders ; that the constitution had been, purged of color by a Radi cal Congress, and to be a Republican was all that was required to make a true representative. That mental culture and hualifications were oply required by the proud and arrogant ; that all who requested those accom l?8hments were^'enemies to both lack and white ; tHat race rep-esen tation was making distinctions on ac count of race and color. By this means they opposed the qualified men among the blacks, encouraged the ignorant and less qualified .that they might of necessity take the lead and occupy the best places in the party. These are plain, indisputable truths; which will not be denied by any upright intelligent Republican, . black or white. Before the introduction of these men among them, there never was a better population, rural or town, out sf.which to shape useful political slement. Good-hearted, simple-mind ?d, mostly uneducated, they were ready and willing to recsive any in struction 'supposed for their own apod, which they anxiously awaited md as eagerly sought'. And could they have had the advice of the ma turely intelligent, good and virtuous friends of humanity, such as was re ceived and given by us during more ?han thirty years' toilsome battle for liberty and right, there never could have been the caus . for the complaint against us as a race, now in a measure justifiable. One most fruitful cause of mis chief in the party arose from the ige and want of experience on the part of thr good white men who as sumed to lead in politics-as well as ignorance in the most of them-and the same may be said of their color id colleagues. For the most part young.men, where they possessed the cultivated qualification, they were de ficient in experience and knowledge >n politics. To such an extent are they misled Lhat they regularly trained them selves with fire-arms and marched in companies to political meetings, fre quently led by miserable white men Menacing, threatening, abusing, quar relling, confusion and frequently ri oting, are common- resulta of this most disgraceful state of affairs un der which we live, all in the name of Republicanism. The effect upon the people is won derful. From a polite, pleasant, agree able, kindly common people, ever ready and obliging, there is now to be met with an' ill-mannerly, sullen, disagreeable, unkind, disobliging pop ulace, seemingly filled with hatred and ready for resentment. These changes in.the character of the peo ple must have been noticed by every intelligent observer, in contradistinc tion to their former excellent reputa tion. Formerly they were prover bial for their politeness, latterly they are noticed for the absence of it. These people are despoiled of their natural characteristics, ' and shame fully demoralized by renegade in truders. . . The remainder of the letter is mainly devoted to mention of the grievances under which the black major conceives that his race still la bors, and to the consideration of the most available remedies. Carpet-Bag Zeal in tbe Cause of Education. The Winnsboro' News, in the course of an article on." High School Edu cation the Pressing Need of the State," has the following well considered re marks, which we cordially echo and endorse : . " Nor do we need (for it is alto gether, financially and otherwise, im practicable) . a Common Free School system upon the scale . of those in the Northern' States. The State can not possibly, at present, meet the taxation necessary, and such X sys tem will not work here economically, or to advantage. Our present North ern rulers do not see this, as we na tives, who have studied it, know it to be the case. The really earnest men of their number and the thought less negroes under their lead, sincere ly desire to engraft upon us the Northern system in its details, which would prove cumbrous, extravagant and inefficient here. But the sad dest part of the truth about these ad venturers is, that all their talk of ed ucation is pure hypocrisy. They don't care a fig about the subiect. The ed ucation of South Carolina is never coming from them. 1 Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?' They may spend more money to no purpose, than heretofore, upon edu cation ; but the State, the earnest men of the State, will, in the end, originate and execute a better system, than any that has- floated down to us from societies altogether different in their elements from our own. And, on this subject, we reiterate our con viction, that the most economical, practical, efficient and popular plan of public education no"/, the one that will bring public education Boonest into favor, and render more extensive educational work practical, is to con centrate the main effort, for several years, upon the corporate fawns. Giye them the power of taxing for pur poses of education, and supplement the tax, when laid by them, by ap propriatione from the State Treasury. Establish one or two first class (not simply primary, but secondary,) 'Gra ded Public Schools' in every county town, in good comfortable and con venient buildings, in which regard our State is distressingly deficient. Cease to fritter away the money, or to make; the whole cause of public education inefficient and unpopular, by scattering it, in driblets, upon poor teachers and inferior schools.1 Brevities and Levities. A Hudson milkman was overheard singing to his fellow-craftsmen, " Yes, we'll gather at the river." At a Sunday school in Ripon, a teacher asked a little boy if he knew what the expression "sewing tares" meant. " Courth I does," said he, pulling the seat of his little trowsers round in front, " there's a tear my ma sowed ; I teared it sliding down hill." S3?* Old Dr. A-was a quack, and a very ignorant one. On one occasion he was called by a mistake to attend a coun cil of physicians in a critical case. After considerable discussion the opinion was ex pressed by one that the patient was con valescent. When it came to Dr. A-'s turn to speak. "Convalescent," said he, " why, that's nothing s?rious ; I've cured convalescence in 24 hours." SQ?* Tell not your secrets to your ser vant, for he will then be your master. J53T A man who was driving a cow through the streets of Waupun. Wis., was so much flustered by a sudden bow from a lady that, in return, he made a bow to the cow and threw a stone at the lady. B&F The pastor of the Baptist church in Cambridge baptised two young ladies the other day and then married .one of them right there in the church before she had time to get dry. BS?* A man bought a dog to hunt wolves, a great dog celebrated for his pluck and speed. . He set out one frosty morning with his dog, who soon tracked a wolf and put off for him at a tremendous pace. The owner traveled on fast as he could and coming to a wood-chopper he asked him if he had seen a dog and a wolf pass that way. He said he had. Well, how was it ? asked thc man. It was pret ty much nip and tuck, said the woodchop per, but if anything the dog was a leetle ahead. A rural youth was in the city ?ne day, and dropped casually in at a hard ware store. Lounging through the store, he came to a large buzz-saw suspended against the wall. Giving it a rap with his knuckles, producing a sharp ring, he remarked to the storekeeper, who came up at the moment : " I had an old, dad rip ped to pieces by one of 'era fellows, last week !" '.fetching, wasn't it ? J82F* A bad sign-to sign another man's name *o a note. _ / S3T The happiest age for young women-marriage; at least, so they think. B?~ A man with a mod?late appetite dined at a hotel, . and after eating the whole of a pig, was asked if he would not have some pudding. He said he did not care much about pudding, but if they had another little hog he'd thank them for it. j JCS" A New' Jersey editor has PU nounced the death of his uncle in Aus traba, leaving him a gold mine and $4?U, 000. His village contemporary professes to regard the matter as a plan cunningly devised to obtain credit for a box of pa per collars and a straw hat. A young greenhorn was told that if he pressed a certain young lady she would sing. The next evening he asked her to sing and she excused herself. 'Why, Tharah,' said he, ' don't you think you could thing jf I squeezed you a little ?' SS?* A young lady at Saratoga keeps the records of her conquests in charms on her bracelets, in the same way that an In dian hangs scalps around his belt. A Lynchburg colored womau fell thirty feet out of a third .story, striking the ground head foremost. They are fill ing up the hole. She wasn't hurt any. S&* A Long Branch letter says : The lack of men everywhere here is a prolific source of grief to the complimentary half of the world. Lan>llords are besought for beaux. Each and every feminine arrival is looked upon with increasing disgust. Women sit in continuous rows upon piazzas, and border parlors like so many wall flowers. They were in numbers at last night's hop as seven to one. They danced in pairs, promenaded in couples and bemoaned to each other. A funny limb of the law had an office next-door to a doctor's shop. Om day an elderly gentleman of thc old fogy school blundered into the shop. " Is tho doctor in?" " Don't live here," said the lawyer. "Oh ! I thought this was hi.? office." " Next door." " Pray, sir, has thc Doctor many patients?" "Not liv ing." The old gentleman told the story in the vicinity, and the doctor threatened the lawyer with libel." The South W ill ?et be an Inde pendent Nation* The above caption reads like trea son, rebellion, secession, renewal ol the war, disloyalty to the Govern ment of the United States, blood, smoke, battle a- d murder, but we can assure our readers that it means noth ing of the kind. And yet we have a firm faith in the idea that before the next century dawns upon us the Southern States will be a free, inde pendent and powerful nation. The causes which originated the late war for our independence "have never been fully understood, even by the leaders, on either side, and the same causes are still alive and at work. Slavery seemed to be the prominent and only cause of all our trouble, but it was little more than a feather in the balance. The war has been fought, slavery abolished forever, the most ultra ideas of the anti-slavery party carried out as fully as possible, and yet the two sections are infinite ly farther apart from real union and harmony to-day than they were on the day when Fort Sumter lowered her stars and stripes to the victo rious arms of the gallant young Con federates. What then are the great disturbing causes which prevent a perfect union, and which render a future separation so inevitable ? .Som3 of them are very evident ; others there are, per haps, concealed from the view of the wisest in the land. The North and South are already, to all intents and purposes, two separate and distinct nationalities. Two peoples as un j like, as distinctive and as antagonis tic, cannot long live together in har mony under one and the same Gov ernment. Their minds, their educa tion, their ideas, their habits, their mode of life, even thjeir language, their food, their cooking and their physical conformation are unlike ; and becoming daily more so. But what is. more antagonistic than all these, their material interests ar?? diametrically opposed to one another. It is notoriously untrue that what benefits one section profits the other ; the converse is the truth. One is a" rural, agricultural population; the other, a manufacturing arid commer cial people. One desires free trade and cheap goods; the other cannot live without a high protective tarifi to sustain the price of her manufac tured products. Furthermore, the North contains within herself the ele ments of disruption and disintegra tion. Her people, from the accumu lation of power and wealth, have be come corrupt. She is rapidly becom ing overcrowded with a mixed and revolutionary population. The wild est fanaticism is taking the place, in the minds of a large number of her neople, of sober -ana clear judgment. The most crazy ideas of liberty and government are driving out every thing like aproper conception of right and justice. Love of plunder and wealth, and a sickening greed for gain bas taken the place of a healthy patriotism, love of country and a no ble ambition to become famous by doing good to the State. Already the whole government is corrupt and rotten ; the whole system has been changed, and the fabric is nearly ready to fall to pieces. Thejountry is too large and unwieldy and wealthy, and contains too great a diversity of interests to remain under one govern ment much longer. It will fall to pieces of its awn weight and from its own corruption and rottenness. Our war of secession was but the begin ning, and we think we will yet be a free people without any more blood shed on our. part. All we have to do is to keep quiet, be prudent, maintain our dignity and strive for our rights while still clinging to this rotten, worm-eaten old hulk, and when she falls to pieces, take all the good that is left in it and build us a fine new ship, and sail on over the bright seas under the command of z. captain, and with the assistance of s crew, of our own choosing.-Warrenton (Ga.) Ga zette. St. Mary's Female Academy, Conducted by the SISTERS OF MERCY, AUGUSTA. GA. Terms per Session of Five Months : For Boarctand English Tuition, 8100 Music, $32 f Drawing, ai l Frenen,- 101 Painting, -0 Terms for Day P up irs : Class, $15 I Class, . $12 j Chu*, ? *10 Payable in Advance. Augie lm 34 HIGH SCHOOL, Greenville, 8, C, JOHN B. PATRICK, Principal, In structor in Mathematics and English. GEORGE W. WALKER,,, Instructor in Classics. The next annual Session of this Insti tution will begin on Monday, the 4th September. The Course of Studies is suited to pre pare young men for College, or for ordi narv business pursuits of life. ??$- Tuition from 318 to $28 per term of Twenty Weeks, to be paid in advance. For lurther information, apply for Cir cular to Prof. JOHN Ti. PATRICK, Greenville, 8. C. Aug 16 lt 34 MECHANICS' MILLS, AT GRANITE VILLE, S. C. rr ?. HE Undersigned herewith announco to the public of EdgeAeld that thc/ have established at Graniteville, First-Class Custom and merchant mills. Wc have put into our Mills all the la test and Best Machiner}', that we may bo enabled to give as Fine an Article of Flour, and as much of it, as any other Establishment South of Mason and Dix on's line. Besides GRINDING WHEAT, we de sign putting into our Mills a good RICE CLEANER. AndwefurthermoreThresh and Clean Wheat, and Pack Cotton. So Soon as the Toll Season is over, we shall go into the regular FLOURING BUSINESS FOR MARKET. And we would say to all parties living convenient to Railroad who may send us their Wheat to grind, that we will haul tho same to and from the Depot in Gran iteville free of charge; and for every Five Bushels of sound and clean Wheat, will return One Barrel of as good Flour as the Wheat will possibly make. All our Different Grades of FLOUR, MEAL, GRITS, Ac, will always be as Good as the Best and as Low as the Low est. Trusting to our Thorough Practical Experience in this lino of Business, and promising our best efforts to give univer sal satisfaction, we rospectft?ly solicit for the MECHANICS' MILLS the patronage of the public. BRENNER ? BAKER. July 20 tf 81 J'otiee to Bridge Builders. COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE EDGEFIELD COUNTY, HAMBURG, S. C., July 25th, 1871. THE EDGEFIELD COUNTY COM MISSIONERS will receive Sealed Proposals at their Office, on the 26th dav of August next, for the Building of the following named Bridges, viz: One across Turkey Creek, at Lowe's Ford, 38 feet high. 335 feet long, of good durable heart timber, of sizes commonly used for building such Bridges, and an Embankment at the East end, of Earth and Rock, 30 feet long, and eufficientlv high to ascend the Bridge. One at Rogue Shoal's Ford across Big Stevens' Creek, on the Key Road. One across Dr. Buckhalter'a Spring Branch, on tho Key Road. And one across Horse Creek at Gran iteville, on the Flat Rock Road. Further Specifications and Plans can be had by persons wanting to contract for Building of said Bridges, at this Office JAMES F. BARLING, C. C. C. Aug 2 4t - . 32 _ Notice IS hereby given that application will bo made at the next session of the Leg islature of this State for a charter to build a Railroad from Laurens C. H. via Edge field C.* H. to Augusta, Ga,, or some point on the C. C. <fc A: Railroad South of Pine House Depot. Edgefield, S. C., Aug 7 tm*