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r Y D. Ri DUR?SOE. EDGEFIELD, S. C., SEPTEMBER 14, 1871. VOLUME XXXV,-No. 38. OTTON STATES iLife Insurance Company, Principal Office, Macon, fra. 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 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-Poucy Holders without exception. One-third Loan on Premiums given when desired. Interest charged only upon first loan. Where all Cash is paid, Policies will become eelf-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 I 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 th?reto 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. 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-Pr?sident. GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary. . JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent. C. F. McCAY, Actuary. W. J. MAGILL, Superintendent of Agencies. JAS. MERCER GREEN, Medical Examiner. 8@*The Cotton States Company is a Georgia and South Carolina enter prise, is a good Company, and is now fully identified with the interests of | our people. This State is ably represented in the general management by South Carolina Directors. LAYALL & ABNEY, ! General. Agents for North and South Carolina. Wir. J. LAVALL, Esq,, Office, Columbia, S. C., M. W. ABNEY, M. D., Edgefield, S. C. June 7 } tf 24 Mew Spring Dry leeds I James "WV Turley, BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA,? GA., DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS, fl, [AS 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 VER Y THING NEW AND FASHIONABLE, as well as the more stapl? articles of the Trade. The Cash System will be Strictly Adhered to, and it is much cheaper to pay 25 per cent, for money, ?nd buy your Dry Good? 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 PETER KEENAN Again salutes the Good People of Edgefield, and the many readers of the Advertiser, and invites them, when they are in want of Boots and Shoes, To call at his Reliable House, next door to James A. Gray & Co., where they will find NOTHING BUT THE BEST. WORK ! And all made to order in Baltimore and Philadelphia. Having made a flying trip tri the above cities, ind taking advantage of the dull' times prevailing tnere, I can conscientiously say that I have The Best Goods Ever Brought v, this Market ! And every style of Gentlemen's Hand-Sewed Shoes, at $5 per pair! Low Strap Shoes-Prince Albert's-made of Morocco and Calf, with and without Box-Toes. And Every Other style Known to the Trade! Nothing will be left undone to merit the confidence of my Fellow-Citi zens. I would just as soon force a paper, as beguile the public with any thing other than Facts. PETER KEENAN, 230 Broad Street, Under Central Hotel, AUGTSTA, GA. Aug 8 tf 33 Quick Sales aiad Small Profits. J. M. N EBLETT. W. H. GOODRICH GEORGE WEBER, -Wlwiwale and Retail Dealer in DST BOOBS, Notions, Hats; BOOTS, SHOES. NEW GOODS constantly arriving, which are offered at the lowest prices. >o. 176 Broad Street, opposite Au gusta Hotel. Augnsta, July 2? rf 31 TURNIP SEED ? TURNIP SEED ! J pgr Received a LARGE SUPPLY BUIST'S IMPROVED TURNIP SEED, warranted Fresh and Genuine, embra cing the following varieties: PURPLE TOP YELLOW RUTA BAGA, EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH, EARLY PURPLE TOP FLAT DUTCH, YELLOW ABERDEEN, LARGE WHITE GLOBE, LARGE YELLOW GLOBE, LA^GE WHITE NORFOLK, GEORGIA WINTER. G. L. PENN, Druggist July 19 tf, yo ?Cotton Grin MANUFACTORY. THE Undersigned respectfully an nounce to the people of Edgefield and adjoining Counties, that they are still engaged in the manufacturo of Cotton Sins, 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 we feel confi dent of giviug 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 Machine Works. /2S-Capt. LEWIS JONES, of Edge field, is our authorized Agent, and all or ders received by him will meet with prompt attention. May 2_5m 19 Kinsman Sf Howell\ Factors and Commission Merchants. Liberal Advances made on Cotton and Naval Stores. Charleston, S. C. ?lin 37 BOOTS AND SHOES! MADE TO ORDER OR REPAIRED All work well done at reasonable pri ces out of the best Leather, anti by com petent workmen. Give me a trial, and I will give you g T?Ss Cash. S. H. MANGET. Jan? 7 tf. 24 Sept 5 SALUDA HOUSE. MRS. R. B. BOULWARE respectful ly announces to the Edgefield public that she has opened the SALUDA HOUSE, and will use every exertion to please all who may favor her with their patronage. She solicits the encouragement of her friends. jar Board by the Day, Week or Month atas low figures as can possibly be af forded. Edgefield, May 30 tf 23 Last Words. She said : " Why should we start and shrink? Why fall your tears in showers, Heaven'B land lies nearer than we think Unto this world of ours. So very near that I can hear Its rivers softly flowing, And feel its blessed atmosphere Upon my forehead blowing. " When April danced upon the lea, With violets on her bosom, I said, 'I shall not live to see The May-time violets blossom.' But God's own kind and loving way 'Tis time alone discloses ; I thought ere May to pass away, But here I clasp June's roses. " So gently ebbs my life away, I marvel you can sorrow, The eyes that oped on earth to-day Shall ope in heaven to-morrow. For at the going of the night I heard a spirit warning, 'Look, yonder breaks the rosy light Of your last earthly morning.' " Tour love has given my life its charm, Throughout all my being flowing,. But stronger, tenderer is the arm, To whose kind care I'm going. To bear me over Jordan's tide, God sends his strong evangel." She ceased. Our homo had lost its pride, But Heaven had gained an angel. Irs. Prettiman's Skeleton. " EVERY family has a skeleton in the closet," is a society aphorism which nobody denies ; for, even as we admit it, we hear the skeleton in our own closet faintly rattling its bones in confirmation of the ghastly truth. Thackeray, who devoted himself to the study of the social fabric, and, who knew by heart certain phases of j living, wrote novel after novel illus trating an admitted fact, whose truth is deeper than the satire, whose sad ness is profounder than the synicism. Yet, if any one could escape the suspicion of possessing such an unde sirable addition to one's family men age, surely it had been Mrs. Pretti man. Laughing, rosy-brighi as a June morning, surely this little lady ought to stand acquitted of having any secret trouble to mar her social joys. She was the mistress of a charm ing villa standing on the outskirts of the city, a "thing of beauty" for every beholder. Roses trailed pink and-white clouds of blossoms over Gothic porch and balcony, trim gar dens stretched on either side ; and the passer-by would be very apt to think, here is the very place to spend one's days in peace and quietude. It is wei! to be d hided sometimes -a happier state of affairs in some instances, at all events-but I am one of those who hold that the plain, unvarnished truth is best. I must, therefore, as a veritable chronicler, admit that the Pre!timan household was by no means so near a Paradise within as it promised to be without. And yet these words might apply to many another abode beside the one in question. " Come and stay with us awhile," requests some friend. We go, and for a time . ejaculate, " Charming !" How convenient and graceful are all the surroundings what well-behaved children ; what super-excellentservants. All?t once, in a moment of forgetfulness, some body or another leaves the closet door ajar, and there within is grin ning the unsuspected skeleton. Awe struck, yet with well-bred composme, we affect to be blind- Let us go home again. Does anybody suspect the skeleton in our closet there ? Well, well, we are used to its aspect, at all events, and its familiar grin strikes us with far less horror tuan the one concealed in thc closet of our neighbor ! Without further prelude, however. I will inform you what was the skele ton that dampened the joys, chilled the heart, weighed down the spirits of one little woman, who was by na ture one ,of the brightest, sweetest, most cheery of mortals. Mrs. Pret timan had a-grumbling husband. "Obis that all?" you exclaim; A I w?^3 prepared for something hor rible, such' as you read of in the 1 Mysteries of Udolpko,' or the other Radcliffe romances !" My dear mad am, pass on, you need not stop for my story. I perceive you have that greatest of blessings, a better half, who does not grumble. You, there fore, cannot sympathize with my simple, homemade heroine, whose sorrows, believe me, are yet much sincerer than the Rose Matilda's con cocted to order out of impossible ma terials, spiced with unnatural horrors ! Do not imagine, however, that Mr. Prettiman was that very ordinary and everywhere-to-be-found husband, the man who grumbles sometimes. Not he, indeed ! Grumbling was the very pivot of his existence. By long and persevering cultivation, he had sublimed it to an art. Grumbling with him was the ossentjal oil that greased the whol? machinery of so ciety. Perhaps you will infer from this that Mr. Prettiman was an ex ceedingly unpleasant person, whom every one avoided. By no means ; many people callod bim a " delight ful fellow ;" for, to be honest, Mr. Prettiman did the main part of his grumbling at home. He had plenty of polite phrases for the use of socie ty, and was full of quip and jest there, so that you would never have suspected him of being a grumbling husDand. Nobody knew how Mr. Prettiman had first acquired the habit ; in fact, I doubt if he were aware himself of its possession. It probably origina ted, however, in the conviction, on this gentleman's part, that he was the best-abused man in the . "rid. From his earliest years, everybody and everything had united in a con 3D?racyagain8thim. Seldom, indeed, id any one use him well : he. was a martyr, whose sufferings were inflict ed by himself. And, sooth to say, no one ever yet found a grumbler who was not the victim oi his own wrongs. " The world is all .against us, ' we cry. Nonsense ! Man or woman, be brave; gird up your loins, and do your duty ; and you will be surprised to find what noble rewards are in store for those who try to deserve them. Look out for roses, and you'll find them blooming just beside yon. Insist upon thorns, and jou'll find them pricking you every step ,of the way. I have depicted,Mrs. Prettiman as. a sunshiny little lady, whose dim cheeks showed that nature had m her for smiles rather than tears, as she emerged from bridehood wifehood, from thence glided motherhood, the dimples did show themselves as often, and pretty roses paled and paled on round cheek, until they bid fail leave it altogether. People bega say, " How much Mrs. Prettimari changed since her marriage. I wonder if Mr. Prettiman is euc nice man at home as he seems in ciety." Let us see him at home and out. Mrs. Prettiman comes dowi breakfast with rather a trout brow ; tfye spring campaign is be her. The house and premises gei ally need to be cleaned and put order ; the children and herself n numerous additions to their wr. robes. Mrs. Prettiman sighs. "If one could only do with clothing ; or if things wouldn't w out so, how delightful it would t she soliloquizes. She finds Mr. Prettiman engaj in his newspaper. (Mern. H bands that grumble are usually ne paper'devotees.) " Breakfast is ready, father ; yo better come now while everything nice and hot," remarks Mrs. Pre man, in conciliatory accents. " Better come now. Yes, yes, may suit you ; but I'm busy readinj " You can read afterward-ca you?" " Oh ! needn't read at all. Gm if you had such a family to supp< as I have, you'd find out how neci sary it is to read the newspaper t first thing. Must know what's goi on in the business world." (Mern. The gentleman at this rc ment is deeply engaged in perusii the details of a wedding in high lift Mrs. Prettiman, without furth comment, sits down to the table, ai proceeds to breakfast with only Bess and May, two bright-eyed little da lings, to keep her company. Mr. Prettiman, who always reve in being as late at meals as possibl finally lays down bis paper and tak his place. " Of course, they've eaten ever thing up by this time!" is his fir comment. .The appearance of the ti ble confuting this assertion, he ru graciously adds, " They have le something for a wonder ;" and the proceeds to find fault in every coi c ivable direction. The table is " ha set," because some one article fails t be just at hand. Bessie and May ar the most wasteful of children, bi cause they have failed to dispose of bit of bread-and-butter lying on tlioi plates-and-so on. Mrs. Prettiman observes, as sh drops a lump of sugar in the gentle man's cup. " Oh ! this puts me in mind, deni we're out of sugar." Mr. Prettiman affects to be throwi into a perfect paroxysm of wrath am dismay. " The sugar all gone ! Impossible -there must be a mistake ! It mus have been stolen or given away." IL would be brought to " beggary anc ruin," if things went on at this rate "Of course, he couldn't heathorn) to look after things." If he onl) had " somebody that would go inte the kitchen once and. -'while," This is all very pleasing to a wife'i ears, certainly; especially one whe tries to do her duty, and who is con scientiously careful of everything committed to her charge. Mrs. Prettiman, with troubled brow, suggests, they have had "considerable company lately ;" and that " cake and desserts run ofl with sugar very fast." " Ah ! whose fault isthat ?" retorts the grumbler. " I didn't invite any body. Of course, you will have peo ple here to put me to expense. I never expect to be the gainer by it." "But you wouldn't five a hermit's life ?" returns the little lady, begin ning to show signs of lire ; for she had been brought up to consider hospitality one of the duties of living. " A person had better be out of the world than in it, if they are to do without socieiy. Be sides, Mr. Prettiman, I can't be put off any longer. The house and premi ses must be set in order ; and the children, and myself provided with spring clothing." This is the signal for a grand out burst from paler familas. " Where is the the money to come from for all these expenses ?" Does she expect to get " blood out of a stone ?" " But whati8 she to do ?" questions the little woman, in despair. , "Why, do without, of course;" the same as he does. Regarding this argument as a clincher, !V|r. Prettiman returns to his newspaper, Mrs. Prettiman cries quietly a bit; then, wiping her eyes resolutely, kisses the children, and declares in an undertone, "I will have the decencies of life, $t all events." The consequence is, that Mr. Pret timan's credit being good-he always paying his bills after a terrible grum ble-Mrs. Prettiman obtains the need ed supplies, as is apt tc be the case, at disadvantage ; and until the bills are presented, has the Damocles feel ing of a sword suspended over her head-for she knows the result. Mr. Prettiman, at first sternly and savagely, ignores the remotest inten tion of ever paying the bill ; the ar ticles were " not bought for him," he knew nothing about it," etc., etc. ; at last winds up Dy producing his re ceipt-book, settles with the trades people, and congratulates himself upon being a model husband and father. I have not enumerated a tithe of all the ingenious methods, resorted to by the leading gentleman of my sto ry to harass his wife and family. How he would persist.in believing that everybody was in league against him to surreptitiously dispose of his property ; and in the most ferocious manner would demand where such and such an article had been " hid den away." How he would insist upon hoarding up his pet ' treasures, newspapers, as well as bills that had been duly paid, but foi which' Mr. Prettiman held himself: liable-so great waa the i depravity of trades? men-to be called upon to settle again at any moment. Agaij would take a fancy to certain ar of apparel which had seen tb?jh days, and which his . wife prot against as not fit to be seen. M did this poor lady embroider sli] in dainty needle-work, tb adori pedal extremities of her liege? He insisted in shuffling abouj;|i impromptu foot-gear of his o\jrn out of defunct boots, declaring to be much more comfortable; er mind the looks-there was DO to see him." At which the poo tie woman, opening her eyesjjft referred to the halcyon days o1f?< ship, and ventured to inquirejff had been "nobody." then? Of course, in view of all tu?, will not wbnder at Mrs: Preith paling roses and j ."reqijent dani But then . came a time 4 Sot wiien.?rs. .Prettiman ; grew 'fiterj? determined. Little May's birthday was clos hand. She was a summer child-, had come into the world when^a brightest, in the fair month o?Bi Mrs. Prettiman, whose chief deli wad to- make home lovely to household, always held a little jet honor of the day. Oh, mamma 1 isn't it delicion think my birthday comes next "wee declares little May. Mamma smiles, and sighs, 'STi May must have her fete; butt tl the ordeal to go through withjief then. Mr. Prettiman has little faith birthdays. " Nobody ever toot ? note of his when he was a child." His wife suggests that itisd" pleasant for children. to look /ba and remember these festal occasion " Yes, very pleasant. But;\th the. money it costs to'keep then) i great deal pleasanter.* , f " Oh I but. you know, we ha strawberries of our own-andthiy beauties, too." T " Yes, I ought to know. Yoo js in debt for the vines ; knew notjjr, ibout it until the bill? was DrPp " Oh ! but you know it was 5 ye ?mall amount, and I'm sure yoi ieee to enjoy the strawberries wcnc erfi ly. You told a friend of yours, my presence, that you had nev bought any that tasted as well." . Mr. Prettiman, finding his lui spiked, beat a retreat, with the far ing assertion that he's " not mastrr Iiis own house." Left to her own desires, Mrs. Pre timan does the best she can for Ma; She makes dainty cakes,' and- pj'ar md arranges as only a mother ca who wishes to make . her chibare happy. She has dresses for her little ?ile 0 be sure. Those same whroraw :ed muslins have seen good service jut nicely put up, they'll look" amaii ts weel as new." But May petition for a pair of new boots. " Red-mc "occo, please, mamma, dear; they'! 00k so nice with my white dross." Mamma orders the boots-the coi s slight, surely. Mrs. Prettima hinks there will be no grumbling a hese when she has given up severa :>et 'deas in reference to May's feti vhich could have been carried int jffeet at a small outlay. She orders them seqt to Mr. Pr?t 1 man's store, down town ; he wil Day the bill, and bring them home Little May watches eagerly for papa md as soon as he opens the gate, ran: ;o meet him. "Oh, papa ! you have brough' mme my new morocco boots!" " Not I, indeed ! I sent then jack." Oh! the reproachful look.a child't ace can wear. I pity the heart thal :an disappoint a child's faith, when t asks for that which it is right and .easonable to possess. Mrs. Prettiman was busy in ar .ringing the last details of, the1 little cte, which she had meant should yield ?uch simplepl^asure, when May c&rae veering ?fl aspect that it was hard br a mother's eyes to meet. No tears -not that ; but ?uch a grieved look -more than tears by far. " I must wear my old boots, mam na. Papa sent those you brought jack again." A red flush dyed Mrs. Prettiman's meeks ; the light of quick decision ;ame into Mrs. Prettiman's eyes. She lid not remonstrate with her lius )and-what use ? Would it not be he old story of "the child wanted he boots as much as a coach wants ive wheels ?" while the distant pros sect of " beggary and min" would i>e set before her in consequence of his alarming bit of extravagance. In the pleasures pf- her birthday rcte, May forgot her sorrow almost. Though eyer and anon, when her ;yes fell upon her little bjack shoes, iomewhat worse for wear, the.griev ?dlook came bsck agaiu(. girt if Slay forgot, her mother remembered, fit is always just such brisk, smiling ittle v.'omen as Mrs. Prettiman, that stand most fire and decision when Forbearance ceases to be a virtue. So, ,f any Benedict peruses these words, whose wife seems particularly meek ind patient, and whom he fondly be lieves loves him well enough ip "put dp with anything," let hin take ?raming ; for ^e day of reckoning will surely arrive. The next morning found Mo. Pret tima. .? narkably busy, even Tor her. What-*er her work was, s^e said nothing about it. When Mr. Pretti man came home that night, his wife met him with acountenance t) which his marital experience furnished no counterpart. Usu?lly there lad been a look of conciliation, almost entreaty, in the sweet large eyes, as if bhe had 3aid, "Do not scold me; Ijdo the best I can." But to-night, ?the ex pression was calm and self-fssnred ; the head carried, not proudlj, but as one who means to assert herjelf, who' knows well her resources, j who '"? ready Jor battle, and means io return : " with the shield, or on it." j ! " Mr. Prettiman, I have bien very busy to-day. I wish you to tome and ode the result." The gentleman began his tiual pre-' lude, "Haven't any time nof; never have any. Something, to pdt me to expense, I dare say." j , An expression on his,. wife's face stppped him; and for once he foliow- j 1 j j ed her lead. This was to an unfre-, . quented part of the house. Mrs. j Prettiman entered a small octagonal j room, heretofore unused. It was scrupulously clean, the floor I j nicely sanded. Upon the mantle was j an array of pipes-pipes, -that Mr. ' Prettiman was forever mislaying jn I all parts of the house ; for he was a prodigious smoker,' and was forever accusing his family of "hiding" from i him with mali e prepense. Ou a ta- j ble at hand were newspapers, care- j fully filed; also receipt-books, books, ' bills yellow with age, etc. On hooks i that had been driven into the wall, j Were hung a collection of seedy gar-1 ments, old hats, etc., dear to the heart of the lord and master of the house hold. On the h^firth. reposed old boots, and the identical, so-called, slippers, that he, delighted in. Mr. Prettiman surveyed the sur/-, roundings and was speechless, sim ply because, for once, he had nothing to say. Solemnly, as if she had been the ghost in Hamlet) or some other ap Sarition sent with direful warnings Ire. Prettiman beckoned toward the door. Mr. .Prettiman, turning his eyes thither, read in large letters, the io lowing inscription, MB. PBETTIMAN'S GBTJMBLING ROOM The lady motioned to a chair, the gentleman, in blank amaze, took it and then, as the lady took one, also regarded her fixedly. It struck the gentleman forcibly as he did, what a pretty wife he had The lady was dressed with scrupulous care, and yet, with an easy, pictures que grace-^-such as artists like. The gentleman was not an artist, but he liked it well ; and said within him self, " What a remarkably pretty wo man I've got for a wife." : Mrs. Prettiman, with the same grave, self-assured aspect that had characterized her throughout these proceedings, began to speak as fol lows : " Mr. Prettiman, as you know, am not given to speeches ; throughout our married life I am not aware that I have made one. 1 find, however that you mistake forbearance for weakness, and am now about, to put an end to the delusion. I am going to make a speech for the first, last, and only time. " I have been your wife, sir," alie "rent on, " for eight years I have striven faithfully for the welfare of yourself and your children ; faulty I have been often, but still faithful to the best interests of those committed to my charge. We have been blessed in basket and store. Yon were called a poor man when we married ; the world calls you 'well-to-do' now. Had I been the recklessvoxiravagant spendthrift you so often tax me with being, this had not been the case Now for your record. During these eight years you have blamed 'ine of ten, praised mesoavcely, or if so, witn ;i reproach that annulled the praise. Yen have fouud fault incessantly. Constant dropping, they say, wears away a stone! I arnless than a stone; and constant grumbling is eating, [ike a canker, int . the by?\ vetara of a Lifo, that, but fey- thia, migHt he all iunshihe. The end must come. I have now set apart a room where you may grumble to your heart's ?ont?nt. Since you have made grum bling your profession, as it were, you ire welcome to consider this apart ment your office, and practice your profession within its walls. But un derstand, Mr, Prettiman, that from thenceforth, fault-finding-unn?ees sary, captious fault-finding, such as aas' made by life mis?rable-shall be carried on outside of these four walls." With a slight wave of her hand to ward said inscription, a . slight incli nation cf her pretty, womanly head, the lady passed 'pu>. What refactions passed through Mr. Prettiman's mind in the solitude that ensued, none ever knew. What irisions he saw, or what memories of ignoble words spoken, of'unhusbaud ly deeds done, came to him with re proachful aspect, and upbraided him, is his wife had never done, none knew. But Mr. Prettiman 'emerged from that salutary solitude a deci dedly wiser and better man. I do not say that from thenceforward he leased to grumble ; but it was done ifter a fashion so much more subdu ed, that one hardly recognized the olc^ time-worn habit. Whether he fo.Ho^e.cl his wi.fje's ad rice, and, ?Vsjpps?dj ?f his ' gri?yances n the. four. VfAUs set apart for him, making tnem ,the confidants, of the numerous disasters that were always clogging the wheeld of hi? destiny, lepo neut saith pot., $ufe H can be leposed, tha,t iii,e. roses and dimples ;3m,? back more charming than ever ;o Mrs. Prettiman's cheekB, and she oecamcher own swoet-smiling self mee more. Her oie speoch had corked wonders ; thereafter a mild remonstrance answered the purpose. In conclusion, I would advise moth es, wives, and daughters, toset apart i room for .all masculine grumblers ,vho exceed legitimate bounds. Of ;ourse, it is the, privilege Of every )rie to indulge in a good, . thorough grumble once and awhile; butit'iust De the'exception not the rule. As .or the ladies-oh, well ! you know t is their prerogative of which: no ;rue man would deprive them, to find 'ault. Fair play!s a jewel! You ?ke your rights, gentlemen ; permit is oar privileges. JEvery goooL manly fellow that may read these, words, viii concede the case at on'ce, and jease grumbling thenceforward. Oth erwise, ladies, resort to Mrs., Pretti nan's remedy. A most effectual one ; for if the skeleton that had haunted 1er home did not leave it, it at least stayed within bounds, and was rarely inown to find its way out Of its. own apartment. an of wi m ni; ty ai ra. 1? pc ca pr Ul or pc er sh ra cl. te th hi ? ?co A8 lt; se P< ac eil ! A th1 M ac p< co sa uS Ai h? y< m ac ar to er us mi ae tic su Oi of co th co jjg?" An old negro^voman, near Rich- j at mond, Va., is the veritable " oldest inhabit: th tant." She says she'"cooked for de man hi what dugged de Jeems River." j *? . ! us While some young men were " m . swimming" in the Wabash some mis- jje jbievoua girls stole their clothes. They m, ware detected however and an exciting '. \y :hUo took placo, but the girls got away, t pi "Let as Tall it this Tine. [From the Walhalla Courier.) j The Democratic p?rty.of South [Carolina has been devoted io volunta ry, non-responsible, non-obligatory conferences and conventions since ! 3.866. If any, the least good has | ever resulted from the assembling of ; such bodies we have never been able bo see or ascertain it Such assemblies are usually controlled by a few spirits, who manage to say .or do something, which, is converted by the opposing party into an instrument with which j to defeat us. What conld we effect i ;n State matters? .We do not desire ; ;o lead in national affairs. Let us > ;ail it this time. The memorable plank jut into the platform, of 1868 by South Carolina crushed,the very life >ut of the party.' We will make more >y staying at home' and harvesting >ur little crops, than talking about natters over which we have no con rol. Besides, if a conference be ad rieable in any event, this ?B too early i day; We hav<* always been too apt ind, too ready to expose our hand. iY? play too fair aha should , try a ittle " bluff," But, says the Camden Journal, we are for conference and arly organization, not agitation. Is hat possible? Whatever might be lorie in that conference would be \gitated in twenty-four hours after its ajournent. Not agitate? Imposai ?le. Carolinians possess one of the raits of Frenchmen, and that is im ulse. They are good on a charge, ut tire in a long campaign. This is 1 reason why, if any course is desig- ' ated, it should be dorie at a late 1 ay. If we begin now, we will find 1 nrselves like the bear in the fable, 1 ??ly we will have worn ourselves Out . ghtirig the wind. While we are 1 anting on our, backs at the opening E t the campaign, the enemy, fresh ] nd strong in past victory and the ] poils of office, will sweep everything * efore them. We men of business ' in afford a long and heated cam- 1 aign, but the farmers and laboring 1 ten cannot and will not. At first c ley are warmed up and interested, 1 at their business soon cools their .-dor, and as the thing becomes old ^ ley grow careless. Let ns have no * inference for the present. .". * J Politics and Tetlow Fever Danse and Effect, At the first glance there seems to j little connection between politics F id yellow fever ; bat here in Char- I ston their relation is no more re- g cte than that of cause or effect. _ The present Mayor of Charleston as nominated because of his politi- a 1 standing, and, for the like reason, ? face of a successfully contested r: ectioD, was legislated by the Radical 0 eneral Assembly into his seat. Be- ?( g wholly ignorant of the necessities the city, he was not expected to n ile it wisely or well. It was, how- t< rer, demanded of him that he should atch over the interests of his party f( -that he should exclude alf hut tl adicals from official position, and d ould give his supporters fairoppor- 0: nities pt awaking money. This was A ^,-eed to, and, with one or two ex- ii ptions, Mayor Pillsbury and his p ncillary supporters have kept in a; Sue only tho.se whose qualifications, fe :e to theirown, aregreed and politi- E 1 orthodoxy. Intent on strength- ls ing the backbone of Radicalism, n id on niling the money bags of ai s favorites, Mayor Pillsbury neg 33 jred the commonest sanitary pre- tl utions, and allowed Charleston to si come uncleanly in the extreme, tl oney was spent lavishly, but with B i other result, than the enrichment C inspectors und contractors. And g; hen the heats of August came, as gi ight have been expected, the fever \? ade its appearance. A strictly par- c< municipal government, organized 1} ?d conducted for political purposes, ade of Charleston, by their neg- ? ity A hot-bed of disease. And as v.' Jitics were, in this plain way, the <.( use of the fever, so politics, again. el .evented the carrying out of meas- a! es which might check its progress, lW lead to its extinction. It was pro- b ised that a gentleman, in whose en- d gy and skill all classes confide, Hj ould take entire charge of the ar- r> ngements expected to be made for :lr ?ansing the city from its aee-umula- ' ti d filth. As the Major's kinsman, e< e City Inspector,, waa absent from 1 s po#. and; is one of the guiltiest p the. crew, who brought the pesti- 8( nee uppn us, this proposition was o; ?t unr?asonable. Mayor Pillsbnry tl nsented,' but sh,\v?es out of the fc, ;reement as soon as made, because a< would be ruinous, in a political ^ nae, to allow a " Dem^orat" to ex- ,r( ise, by his works, the extravagance a, id supineness of, the Radical offi ils. |ti A political issue-such as was n iver nad in Charleston before-gave 0! e city Mayor Pillsbury. And t< ayor Pillsbury, by his weakness fl id ignorance, brought the fever tl jon us. The same political idea e: .events Mayor Pillsbury, even now, a: 3m retracing his steps, and from g( ttting Charleston in a wholesome h ndition. It is .plain that, in our 81 d case, the distase which oppresses J? j is the offspring of party rule. e] nd we venture to say that, ten years t'< ?nee, the mention of' the name of t< lllow fever will inevitably call to ]( ind the vacillation, th? fanaticism id the doltish stupidity of the first id last Radical Mayor of Charles- B n.-Char. News. e -, ,?.-?-u_ C( SMART PIGS.-The Chester Report- tl say s : " Mr. Jerome B. Stokes tells n ! of a very strange discovery he ? ade on his plantation a' few days n ?0. For some time past, he had no- u ;ed a very great diminution in the y pply of milk furnished by his cows. w 1 making inquiries into the cause, tl the womari who had charge of the ? we, she accounted for it by stating s( at the milk was sucked the f wa by a litter of pigs that'"stayed C( 1 nignt in the same yardin which! C( ? cows were kept. Thia improba- ? 0] B story fixed , deeper in Harmind d e suspicion that the woma? was c] irig the milk for her own purposes. a] ie persisting, though, in her story, : i went, to his cow lot early in the 1 orning, and there lie found the cows ol kig quietly on their sides, and tho ?, ga tugging ?way-for their breakfast, i \? Afterwards, when the cows were standing up, he saw the pigs running around and under them, jumping up and doing all they could to reach tnt teats. These pigs, that had been forced to learn so early the lesson oi "root hog or die," had lost their m.i ternal progenitor at an early day any county has any smarter pigs than these, trot 'em out." .Answer' io scott. CHARLESTON, September 7.--'iVen ty-sixoi Lue most prominent citizens pf rrpartanbuig county, including ins United States i ommisaioneri, the Uni' ted States Assessor, i he Probate Judg? the Sheriff, the Clerk m Court an> the county representatives in but ii branches ot the Legislature, publiai over their Own signatures the follow ing letter : \' SPARTANBURG, S. C., September 4, I Hon. John Sco.t, ?hainmin Ku Klux CommiUce : '* We, the'undersigned,' eitize e/cl the said Statoand eonnty; having :.>?. n through tue newspapers thai yo? ixM received a statement and ai?d?vit? that outrages upon- various citizens had been committed in this county ?ince the committee of which you are chairman, left the said comity, and that you had thereupon recommend ed a declaration of martini law in this county, feel (.onetrainrd to make the following' BtnfcmeA; : Wo have made diligent inquiry ::nd have bee-, unable to hear of a ?ingle outragt ;ommitted in this county since von: committee left it ; on che contrary the county is in a state ol profound peace and quiet." The Spartan, a county newspaper, in publishing the above, says : " This Statement ought to be sufficient to prove to the mind of Senator Scott ?hat Le has been imposed upon by ?he communications and affidavits ipon which he founds his statements nade to the President and his recom nendation made that martial law be leclared in the county. Further nore, we learn that leading Radicals 1?re admit that no. outrages have oc mrred in the Spartanburg since the ?u Klux Committee were here." Three fever deaths in the last wenty-four hours. The Southern Gentleman, A writer in the New York World, lenning some critical remarks upon iisraeli's celebrated opinion of the iou th em gentleman, as spoken in the utline of the character of Col. Campi n in Lothair, takes occasion to correct lie novelist's errors, though concur ing in the general tendency of the pinion, and gives, at length, the )llowing - interesting view of- thajj latter, speaking, if we judge by the mc of His words, ex cathedra : Whatever may have been the de lets of the peculiar institutions of ie South, one thing admirable they id produce, and that was, specimens F tne finest gentlemen in the world. i.nd if Mr. Disraeli had examined ito the matter with the eye of a hilosopher and with his power of iialyzang character, he would have lund that the best specimens ' of the Inglish noblemen-men born to ^rge agricultural estates, and snr mnded by dependents and parks [id preserves-were in appearance, rtnpathy, manners, and amusements, ie very counterpart of the Southern avebohler. It was this very far" lat carnet! the ruling classes, of ritain along with the struggle bf thf. bnfederacy, and will, in tue Lui nage of the Duke already quoted, ive to Southern gentlemen vi.^iiin?? ??gland such greeting, as was ac >rd?d in the French revolution to ?c emigrant nobility ot France. It. i a singular fae* that the high it civilization on iv perfects itsell ben tlie 'recipient goes? .back to * irtain amount ol wild savage lift [i ruinated in th? cultivation > ? lue;.-' ..res; in.the arrogant iiidepeiul?nc^ ad conscious s periority tufted forth y association with eriiiginj dep?n ?nts, joined with ilie mettlesome lirit and high health born of th< ursuits of the chase, and a manly idnlgence in the excitements of tin ?rf. This sort of. a ra:'?A wonk! not . yen by purchase. iiu'vf rUU'Hptod othair's carriage ; would nor uaw araded in the splendor of liverie i jrvants another man paid for ; and ne glance from a stranger. ft? ? wit? iat was too earii'^ L. ihn Ld mien eyond what indicated ro?p~ tin imiration-to say nothing of love ould have called" forth an instant jsentment, in its action as relentless 3 the thunder-bolt. But Mr. Disraeli goes further as :ay than even this. He absolutely takes his South ern gentleman an fficer in Garibaldi's army of volun ;ers, struggling for the conquest of lome. TEe Southern gentleman has ie sympathy with revolution for lib rty that the English nobleman has, od no more ; both ?re petrified Con ?rvatives. Garibaldi was never a ero in the South ; and when Kos ith, after literally turning the Ibrthern States up side down with athusiasm, reached New Orleans, he lok quarters " at a down-town ho ?," and was thoroughly left to neg ict, unnoticed and unknown. hi f] T] th se he tr: sti ne sn sp co an iii th as er: oh Is] m< Bc an lat rel se< Ca ch. ?io Fa tri riv he wj th( for wa ?d 5?c ort a b< hi, ty hu ir> tf ll Ci bu ter tac die le! ci m nit cen Wc ?til iio: peji aoi :i, io va< vt The inquest on the body of Alice lowlsby nas been concluded. The pidence was so well arranged and jvered every point so conclusively, iat there was no necessity for spin ing it out. The verdict " rendered nds Rosenweig guilty of the g'rl's turder, and that fiend has been com litted to answer. It was shown be ond cavil on the inquest that Rosen eig and Asher were identical ; that ie girl came to his place on Wednes ay, and that Rosenweig assized in mding her remains away in the trunk, hese points appear to be so fully ivered as to leave no doubt of. hi* j Og inviction ; but the police rt- ?till a V oi .the alert for any additional evi j wi ence that moy tend yet more con^ j pl] iusively to saddle him with the guilt nd the punishment. cht tte pol ctr i fas ms get thc thc on ed. cqv thc cen Ft 1 tai sit mi lvi Ac am Co S Tv los Mi hal otl: Kl SSf Whea our Cnn- nui ?v. w? let ;hers Unhk'the dr? v '!. .. " bet ri t a rap' wiih'i tho ru? ':' .<:. I vc-: ?bmplicp?ti' 'call thia charity. [ 1 Law-Makers Should bc Educated. There cannot be a more fatal mis take than to set the ignorant and un educated to the work of making and ldministering the laws of a country, rhe deep mysteries of political science, :an only be understood by compre lensiye.brai na, that have given thought ind study io the subject. There is 10 security for a government admin stered by ignorance ; no order, no mprovement, no civilization. When roen undertake; so grand a ask as to wield the destinies of a mlion, they should bring to the wort i correspond og elevation ot' intel ectual nobility. What science is so rast, so import.'-.nr. as tho science of governments Shall we place the ccptre ot' power in t ?Je hands of the nost ignorant, or give it into thc. irm, steady grasp of tLh deep hinker, the acute reasoner, tue pro mu d statesman ? If the matter iyas net ico serious, jr laugh ter j ii tl;o. waa not so much t ?take, tl?i-rui?nii'.r ic which our iws .ire now blade. ?. .ula be a le iiimalc subject for ri . ipi? Tor tie hist time,' m thc history :i tho rorld, have the mos-* uneducated mong a people boen placed in the .'nts ol' the law-makers, ignorant 'bite, and the more ignorant black ian hold the destinies ol' wiitin Caro na in their hand.. It is a sorry , l?ctai le, ono vvhiclt:dllov?re of their ..u ii try mourn to soc. When the Constitution of the Uni-' id States was made who were called ? the task ? Men of wisdom and of anding; men who had studied the ne principles o? government ; igno tnce did not put its pen to that pa* ir, stupidity did not place its blun ting hand there. Who have we ways sent to represent us in the mncils of the nation? Our best, ir most tried and trusted men. Ambition may thrust itself into gh places and Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." tie field-hand of yesterday may be e legislator of to-day; and the ate once occupied by a Clay, Cal iun and Webster-the immortal io-be disgraced by ignorance and. upidity. J?hus handled, the machi ?ry of government can never work loothly ; blundering ignorance must 011 that which wisdom and skill nstructed. i To understand the laws d the constitution of our country, spirit as well as letter, should be e aim of all our legislators-black well as white.-Darlington South nor. Ah " affair of honor" took place Friday near Williamsburg, Long land, between two Italian gentle ?n, Gen. Fardelli and Col. Canzi. >th ar.e^ld . Garibaldian soldiers, d Ihe'lM&raralsoiobkrpJW ;e war in this "country.' The quar i arose at the Italian banquet sub juent to the parade in New York, nzi, being somewhat elated, by ampagne, gave insulting expr?s n to an idea of his, namely, that rdelli had displayed a lack of ; a oiic feeling in relation to the 1? ? al.' Being requested to apologi; .>, refused to do so, but was perfectly liing to ficht, stipulating only that ? combat shonld not be arranged Sunday, ?us fighting on that day s against his principles. The usu formalities were arranged by the :onds, and the parties, who had ?served the utmost secrecy^ met as jve mentioned. A pair of shining ides -.vere produced, thc surgeons jan preparing their bandages and trinaents, ;ho-' seconds crave the rd. and the weapons crossed like lash ot lighining. For som? min is the combar, was nearly i qua!, t Canzi proved tn? cooler and b'ct . man, and altor ?i ^accession o?'nt :ks and parrying;-, n eec! id in in ning a terrible c-.v F-irdelliV r, arm, which hr---.:.. . %"un ? "to ?. close, HT. v. ive ' . tlue t wa? lwnderl fo?r to'tl tender ircies of the pi;y>?.? >: n's ' ? large >i*rcli donen was rc ijly. prepared' icx' brSpnjg ai :i fashiona Washington hotel, which a playful ten observed, fa! easayod in im'n.i ri No sooner waa she than tho ?ons mus"? took her ..'.'?.? closed over ? unknown to \).c wok. In due time ! dumpling wasLskcJ, and served up the boarders, bul lhere ?ire now more amt chairs al tan:- establishment thou ar was known heft re. i'.r" A gentleman, on getting some i, was retiring from th'4 store, without : usual little ceremony which follows it operation. " Remember," said the ite proprietor, " if you lose your pock book, you didn't pull it out here." g?* Suppose a man owns a skiff; he tens the skiff to the shore with a ropa de of straw ; along comes a cow ; cow a into the boat ; turns around and eats s rope ; the skiff thus let loose, with > cow on board, starts down stream and its passage is upset ; the cow is drown Now, has the iran that owns the v got to pay for the boat, or the man it owns the boat got to pay for the vj_ >r Sale! = For Salo1 1HE Undersigned oilers for sale his . DESIRABLE PLANTATION, con ning Two Hundred and Forty Acre?, uato on Shaw's Creek, one-and-a-half les North of Pine House Depot, and ns cn C. C. <fe A. R. R. About 60 or 70 res are in a fine state of cultivation, 1 wcU watered with lasting streams, mibrtable Cabins on the premises. A ?at bargain can be obtained by an early sh purchaser. JAMES P. COLEMAN. Vug 28. _tf 36 LAND FOR SALE. 1HE Subscriber offers at private sale . his IKENOR PLACE, containing 'o Hundred and Fifty Acres, more or s, adjoining Lauds of J. W. Glanton, .s. Ann Collins and others. About one il' of this Tract is in cultivation.-the 1er half is well timbered with Oak and ckory. The Lands produce well in tton and Cora, and ?.re especially il rca to small Grain, ?ie terms will be liberal. Parties iliiri? sur!) a place will do well to ap 1 early to WYATT L. HOLMES, Cold Springs, Edgclield Co., S, C. Vug 30?_3t ' 3 ju "''HOT Fred Oats. BUSHELS RED OATS, Rust i'roar, on hand and for sala by W. A. SANDERS. , aug 23 lin 36