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THE ADVERTISER. Terms, 93,00 per Annum. - M - - ? Snedden Death of a Well-Know u < Lady. Highly honored and warmly beloved, in her section, was Mrs. lucinda Mays, .the wife of our old and esteemed fellow citizen, Geo. R. Mays, Esq. This esti mable lady died suddenly, of apoplexy, on Friday right last. A Scarred Veteran and a Young Becruit. That veteran in the legal ranks, Thos. P. Magrath, Esq., and Mr. John R. Ab ney have formed a Law co-partnership. See their card in another column. Mr. Abney bears a name highly honored in Edgefield. He is a young gentleman of | fine mind and prepossessing manners. The Episcopal Entertainment. ' This Entertainment will come off, as heretofore advertised, on Thursday even ing the 2Sth inst. As the ladies and gen tlemen engaged have not had time to get out a programme, we give a skeleton of j one here. First, Miss T. will play the beautiful and popular concert piece, " Le Reveil du Lion" (The Awaking of the Lion,) Mr. C. will play a violin Fantasie from " Il Trovatore." Miss. K. W. and Mr. B. will sing and act thc dungeon scene in 44 Il Trovatore." In this scene, Azucena, the queen of the Gipsies, re counts to Manrico, a young soldier, how her mother had been bumed at the stake by a powerful Spanish nobleman, and how she herself is, on the morrow, to suffer the same fate. Then Miss T. will play the dashing and lively, " Les Cou riers" (the Couriers). And Mr. C. will play, on the violin, " Sounds from the Ballroom."- In part2nd, Miss C. W. and Mr. B. will act 44 The Happy Pair." And last, Miss K. W. will sing 44 Comin thro' the Rye" and 44Don't Let the Roses Listen." Sav? your Advertiser, therefore, for a programme. Death of a Good Man. We were stricken with sorrow a few days since on reading tho announcement of the death of Mr. Joseph Walker, of Charleston, who died of consumption in Aiken, on the 19th inst. We had known Mr. Walker personally for the last twenty years-and during all those years, in an^almost unbroken busi ness intercourse, we ever found him the same courteous, kind-hearted, thorougjf ly reliable and honorable gcntleu nn Wc will long revere his memory, for*j truly a good man-a public-spirited Ititi zen who loved his city and Stafej-has fallen. atgj-na; SST CALL IN MONDAY AND SET TLE YOUR ACCOUNT AT THE AD VERTISER OFFICE. Let it be Always Remembered in His Favor. Of tho Edgefield delegation in the House of Representatives, Lawrence Cain alone voted that Scott and Parker should be impeached. This was done like an honest man, and a fearless one, and should certainly be set down to his credit by the people of Edgefield. Barker and Kennedy w?re absent when the vote was token. - Harris, Rivers, Lee and Gardner voted, with eyes wide open, that thieving and corruption should not only go unpun ished, but should continue to grow and flourish. A Wntch-Mnker from Switzerland. In Geneva, Switzerland, the difficult and delicate art of watchmaking -is* car neu to its greatest perfection. And from this city, our friend Cohen, of Augusta, his recently imported a first tjlass artist^ 3 Ir. S. Cohen has long been rominent and popular Dealer in Wat^ elry in Augusta, and ou Iiiiii well. Read his ncw^^Kd, to-day, very carefully, and remeinWr where to ' go when you want anything in his line. par Bowen is now in Washington, looking after his interest in the contest for DeLarge's seat. Acknowledgement. We acknowledge the receipt, from Congressman Elliott, of valuable public documents emanating from thc Agricul tural Bureau in Washington. No Indulgence to be Given. Wc have seen a circular from the State Auditor, in reference to an extension of j the time for thc payment of taxes, where in he says that the law 44 does not allow the exercise of discretionary power to any officer in this matter," and an nounces that the 44penalty shall attach upon all taxes and assessments not paid on or before tho 15th day of January next." Therefore, tax-payers wishing to save thc 21) per cent, penalty, would do well to pay up bj' the time designated. The Scientific American for 1872. This splendid weekly will begin its twenty-seventh year on "the first January, 187:2, greatly enlarged and improved, and is one of the most useful and interesting journals ever published. Every number is beautifully printed on fine paper, and elegantly illustrated with original engra vings, representing new inventions'; nov elties in Mechanic*, Manufactures, Chem istry, Photography, Architecture, Agri culture, Engineering, Science and Art. 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For instructions concerning American and European Patents-Caveats-Re-is sues-Interferences-Rejected Cases Hints on Selling Patents-Rules and Pro ceedings of the Patent Office-the new Patent Laws-Examinations-Exten sions-Infringements, etc., etc., send for Instruction Book, which will be mailed free, on application. All bcsines.s strict ly confidential. Address MUNN & CO., 37 Park Row, New York. jfSr* in the next number of the Beamer af the South and Planters'1 Journal, pub lished at Augusta, Ga., will bo com menced the publication of a Roster of Kershaw'? Brigade, compiled by Gen. E. P. Alexander, Chief of Arti llory of Long street's Corps. Therefore, to South Car uliman.-:, now would be a good time for them to subscribe to this most excellent journal. ? ?pt*~ We learn from the Mountaineer of the 20th inst., that on Saturday morning the I?th inst., the stable attached to the premises of Mr. V. W. D'Oyley w as de ?Iroyed hy lire through an act af i ne en Conference Appointments. The South Carolina Annual Conference closed its eighty-fourth session in Spar tauburg, S. C., on the 18th instant. Tho next session will bo held at Anderson. The following are the appointments for the Cokesbury District : COKESBURY DISTRICT-H. M. MOOD, P.E. Cokesbury Station-L. Wood. Cokesbury Circuit-G. W. Murray. Abbevillo Station-W. T. Capers. Abbeville Circuit-J. E. Penny. Lowndesville- A. J. Cauthen. Greenwood-W. Hutto ; W. A. Law ton, Supernumerary. Dom's Mine-G. M. Boyd. Newberry Station-J. A. Mood, Newborry Circuit-A. P. Avant, H. W. Wittaker. Little Saluda-G. W. M. Creighton. Edegefield-S. Jones. Tumbling Shoals-J. Finger. Cokesbury-G. F. Round. R. B. Allston transferred to Little Rock conference. Rev. J. W. Humbert goes to Upper St. Mathews, and Rev. J. T. Kilgo to Chester. -?-? i<? ??-. gai* Twenty-four hundred ard five ! tickets will draw prizes at the Concerts of the South Carolina Land and Immi gration Association, in Charleston, on the 8th of January next. The gifts range in value from ten dollars to ?250,000; and as the project is in the hands of gentle men of known integrity, and highly en dorsed by tlie best citizens-an average of one person in sixty-two will bo certain to draw something. It may be a fortune. The address of tho Association is at Charleston, S. C. * Nancy Elliott Creates a Panoramic Sensation. The Columbia correspondent of the Chronicle cfc Sentinel, under date of the 23d, says : i Mr. E. W. Warren, Manager of the "Pilgrim" Panorama, was arrested here last night under a warrant issued at the instance of Congressman R. B. Elliott, charging a violation of the civil rights bill, in refusing to allow tho State Con gressman's wile and other colored females to oeeupy seats among the whites. He was h'eld" to bail in ?2,000 for his appear ance at the February term of the Court of General Sessions. Thc sable Congress man declines all compromise, and should the case go to trial, it is thought that there will be some rich developments in regard to the general status of the ag grieved Madam Elliott. The Panorama men evince pluck and determination to fight the issue, and have tho sympathy ol numbers of the citizens. GRAND Lonoic-The following are the officers elected to serve for tho ensuing year: R: S. Bruns. G. M., Charles ton; J. B. Kershaw, B. W. D. G. M., Camden; James A. Hoyt, R. W. G. S. W., Anderson; ll. W. Schroder, R. W. G. T., Charleston; B. Rush Campbell, R. W. G. S., Charleston ; Rev. A. Toomer Porter, R. W. G. C., Charleston. Thelbllowingappointments were made: P. K. Coburn, Grand Marshal Summer ville; H. D. Corbett, Grand Pursuivant, Sumiter; Wm. Elliott, Senior G. D., Beaufort; J. Villineuve, Senior G. D., Camden; W. L. Reid, Junior G. D., Cam den ; W. I. West, Junior G. D. ; B. A. Muckenfuss, Grand Steward, Charleston; J. B. Hacker. Grand Steward, Charles ton; W. A. Wilson, Grand Tiler, Charles ton.- Charleston News. jjSt- Munroe Harmon,^eep?r of the Poor House of Lexington District, was brutally murdered on Tuesday night of last week, near home, while on his way from the village. His body was found the next morning. A negro boy, pruned Simon Black, 18 years old, was arrested in Columbia on the 20th, on suspicion ol committing ' the murder and returned to Lexington, whence, he came the night J previous, riding uAile^tlic car on the , trucks. Robb ry i<^s flie evident object of the murder. Democratic Officers iii Pickens.' all is Prosperity. JHkjkclip.rp' of Judge Jas. L. Orr fl| ^Rr^fcury of ricken*1 County, de li^BPron thc 4th inst., wo make the fol lowing extract : \??, Since November, 1SCS, when you court was hold after the division, t* | have been only twenty-seven bills of in dictment handed to t^^ntnd j solicitor up to th?ftrS?nt te coifrt-three years!* Your population isl not less Ihausen thousand. Have'fewer violations 'ot the* rights of persons or troperty been committed anywhere in tue tauted States, as exhibited by the?! sta tistics, by an equal population* tuan in the County of Pickens? Yours are pre eminently law-abiding and law enforcing people. Pence, order and prosperity per vades as a result in ^Cc? borders. No disquiet, alarm or inten^nice with your usual avocations have ^ertaken you. The contrast here, with the situation pre vailing in several of the counties of the State, is singularly favorable and gratify ing to you. However men may diner in their opinions AS to the wisdom and jus tice of the course pursued by thc Federal Government in suspending the writ ol' hebeas corpus in several of the counties of the State-and it is due to frankness that ? should, as an individual, say it was, in my judgment, a necessity-it is very certain that the counties that frowned down all unlawful combinations-the coun ties that have protected persen and prop erty by law-the counties where peace, quiet and good order have prevailed have been exempted from the stern pro visions of the President's proclamation suspending the habeas corpus. Persist in the good conduct which bas marked your history to . three years past, anil be assured the privileges of habeas corjnts will never he denied .~o the County of Pickens. You have been taxed mort heavily for three years past than over before, and complaints are made in many quarters that larger sums are collected than a ju dicious economy would justify, and charges are preferred that there is not a faithful disbursing or accounting for the collec tions, aini it is reccomnicnded in some quar ters that th" people should refuse to pay the taxes imposed for the fiscal year end ing 1 -~>tir January next. .Such udviccin my opinion is ill-judged und will work out pernicious results. Under our system of government, thc remedy for legislative and executive mal feasance-and the only safe and legitimate remedy-is the ballot-box. lt may be slow and embarrassing, but, sooner or later, evils which may be subjects of just complaint will there be corrected. But the man or community who undertakes to oppose 'he laws of the State under which they Uve, by force or violence, will surely come to grief ; they will most certainly find the arm of even an obnoxious law stronger than their best concerted opposi tion, until repealed by competent au thority. As law-abiding citizens, you will, I am sure, Hesitate long before you resolve to resist the tax laws passed by the Legisla , ture, whether you think them oppressive i or otherwise. If the public officers charged t with collecting and disbursing the public funds have been guilty of fraud or specu lation, let their misdeeds be ferreted out, and the guilty brought to punishment. TAXATIIX IS ABBEVI.LK.-We are in debted to Mr. T. A. Sullivan, the Assist ant Auditor, for the following interesting items with regard to the valuation of real and personal property in Abbeville and the taxes assessed : Number *f acres of land, 610,635 ; value of the same, S4.053, 090.70 ; value of buildings, 5414,614 30; value of real estate in towns, $402,998; val'J of personal property, $2,417,320; total value of real and personal property, $7,338.029 ; poll tax, $5,228 ; State tax, s.01,710.20 ; total State, $56,954.20 ; Coun ty tax, $22,164; total tax for all purposes, $70,117.20; total amount of school tax charged on duplicate for 1S72, $7,039.80. -[Abbeville Press and Pmnner. . *V MAMTKACTCKINO ENTERPRISE IK CIIAHI.KSTON.-Charleston is fast becom ing a manufacturing as well asa com mercial citv. The largest manufactory of doors, gashes, blinds, &c?, in the South ern Stans is that of Mr. P. P. TOALE, on .Horlb'eck's Wharf in that city, sales rooms at No. 20 Hayne street. Mr. TOA i. K'S aUvertisumcni appears in an- J .othar-colman. j Insure in a Home Institution ! Piedmont ? Arlington LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Of Virginia. Assets, pver Annual Income, over $2,000,000 1,500,000 W. C. CARRINGTON, President. J. E EDWARDS, Vice-Pres't. D. J. HARTSOOK, Secretary. Prof. E. B. SMITH, Actuary. J. J. HOPKINS, Assistant Secretary. Directors lor Howse Office: WM. B. ISAACS, GEO. S. PALMER, PARKER CAMPBELL, JOHN ENDERS, JOJIN E. EDWARDS, H. H. ELLYSON, ?D. J. HARTSOOK, C. H. PERROw, J. J. HOPKINS. WM. H. PALMER, JOHN C. WILLIAMS, W. C. CARRINGTON, WM. G. TAYLOR, State Directors for Sonth Carolina J. P. THOMAS, W. B. GULICK, THOMPSON EARLE, DR. H. E. COOK, JOHN MCKENZIE, DR. ISAAC BRANCH, T. C. PERRIN, E. W. GIBBES, JOHN T. SLOAN, JOHN S. PRESTON, Ex-Gov. M. L. BONHAM THE SUCCESS OF THIS COMPANY IS UNPRECEDENTED in the history of Life Insurance, as the following grade of success will show : Policies Issued 28th March, 1867, ONE. Sept. 1, 1869, 8,000 ? Dec. 1,1871, 15,250 Its Pias, of Insurance is Mutual, Bein" the ONLY PLAN to get Insurance at its net cost. It has de clared and paid to its Policy-Holders TflRKE ANNUAL DIVIDENDS, ranging from ?Oj^-i? Per Cent., which will compare favorably with other ?!Ood Com^~ \ It fully provii. ?Wih(i non-forfeiture of its Policies, and has the following feauire: " Sho?ld4uJc policy-holder, hy any uiwhnp or revolution, be sepa rated from the houri office, and thereby be prevented from paying their premiums, they have the right to reinstate their Policies within one year after the intervening cau.^^?te removed, and are entitled to the mme rig)Us us to noyi'fQrfciturcas though thc hindering cause had never existed, at fhcoplionof\ the insured," so that no contingency can take fr"m her policy-holders their just rights. The late war taught many in the South the penalty of being separated from the home oilice I.jy having their payments forfeited.' It issues Policies payable in (ioid or Currency, and offers every advan ta*.^consistent with thu safety of the Company. It has b.en in ACTIVE operation but ?our years, and yet its business and income exceed many Coni^pJIfes much older. Its ratio ol' expense- to income in 1670, as thc following comparison shows, was only S^.fS?S percent., being ?ess than ONE-I1 "^F tho expense cf other Companies of like age and ex perience. Ratio of e*P/rC ^y?income in ISTOof the fol lowing Companies, organized in 1SG7, iiencef^j^Afca"i!e a<je as the PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON: Excelsior, N. Y. (sama age) Metropolitan, N. Y. (same age, Missouri Mutual, do 40.07 Standard, of N. Y. (same age,) 39.37 40.77 Union Central, Ohio, do. 32.43 2S.90 Piedmont &? Arlington, of Va. 1S.S3 We need not stop at Companies of our 'own age, but continue the com parisons with Companies older : Atlas, of St. Louis, Missouri, one year older, is 37.00 Connecticut General, two years older, is 22.01 Continental, Connecticut, three years older, is 23.00 Globe, New York, three years older, is 24.33 Guardian, New York, eight years older, is 20.5S Hahneman, Ohio, two ye-irs older, is 34.71 Hartford Lite and Annuity, ore year older, is 34.59 Mutual, Illinois, two years older, is 23.13 National, New York, four years older, is 34.53 Security, Nev/ York, rive years older, is 24.87 Universal, New York, two years older, is 23.98 Widows and Orphans, New York, three years older, is 20.75 World, New York, one vear older, is 31.07 PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON, OF VIRGINIA, 1S.S3 Its solvency cannot be doubted. As an evidence of its strength, we make the following comparison with other good Companies; Companies thaf| are acknowledged to be good, and recommended to thc public as being sound, safe and reliable, by all Insurance Commissions: $112 00 to each $100 it owes, or surplus of 12 pr cent /Etna, Berkshire, 107 00 Brooklyn, 115 00 Continental (N. Y.) 108 00 Equitable, 111 00 Globe, 105 00 Guardian, v 114 00 Life Association, 111 00 Mutual (N. Y.) 107 00 North America 100 00 North-Western, 107 U<) Seen ri tv, 112 (Kl St, Louis Mutual K'5 00 New Kngland Mutual, 115 00 Piedmont & Arlington, 121 00 do do do do do .lo do .1., ?lo du do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do du do do do do do do do do do do do do du do i 15 S ll 5 14 ll ? 12 5 15 21 do do do do do do do do do do do do do do ITS POLICIES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO EXECUTION. As Section 15 of our Charter provides that Policies issued for the benefit of wives and families, ancestors, descendant,?, creditors, or dependents, shall not bc liable for the debts or contracts of the assured. ITS INVESTMENTS ABE ALWAYS SECURE, As Section IS provides that " all permanent investments of funds shall be on mortgages on Real Estate, unincumiered, worth double the amount loaned." Its investments are made where the money is obtained. Thus it combines all the advantages of a home Company, and the increascd^security of its large business and large assets. BS?*It has passed the rigid inspection of the Insurance Departments of New York, Kentucky, Missouri and California, and has outside vouching of these Insurance adepts which no other Southern Company has. It has now therefore as high vouching as any Northern or Western Company. JggPlt has progress to vouch for its popularity, small expenses for its economy, small losses for its caution, and every vouching any Company has for its sidid solvency. Why should South Carolinians send money to those Northern Companies whose State Jaw positively forbids lending one dollar in the State, when this Company has chartered authority and has invested in their midst *? Active Agents Wanted all over the South for this HOME COMPANY, which aids those who patronize it. J^f Examine its merits before insuring clsewhere.'&l LEAPHAilT .& HAM.?, G?i? Agents, COLUMBIA, S. C. Capt, E. E. JEFFERSON, Capt. B. M. TALBERT and Mr. E. KEESE General Canvassing Agents. JDtcS A? 50 i Steno Fertilizers. THE STON? PHOSPHATE COMPANY of Charleston, S. C., again oiler their Superior Fertilizers at tl?te following low prices per ton. of 2000 pounds, at their Factory, delivered to Railro :d without charge for Draying, or any extra charge whatever, viz : Storno Soluble Guano, Cash, $45 00 On time till 1st IYOY. 1879, SO 00 Stono Dissolved Phosphat?, Cash, <TO On time till 1st NOT. 1873,- 30 00 Storno Pure Ground Phosphate, Cash, 12 00 These Fertilizers have given such universal satisfaction in this communi ty, and have spoken so well for themselves that there is little* or nothing left for me to say, as will be seen by reading the accompanying testimonials from those who have used them. >^ STONO SOLUBLE GUANO is pronounct^oy be As Good as the Best by persons who know of what they speak, and in every instance has given complete satisfaction. As to the results produced hythe STONO DISSOLVED PHOSPHATE, compoeted with Cotton Seed or Stable Manure, I can think of no word to express them better than thsione used by Maj. Cdieman,, in his certificate below appended, viz-: They fsre truly ?jpnd?rful. \, In every instance they produced efftjW equal to the : most popular and costly fertilizers, and they ought to h"r?T done so. Although costing less than one-half as much as the most popular and favorite Manures, they are really better, for they have double, or nearly double, the quantity of Bone Phosphate, norie of it having bee^i displaced to supply Ammonia which the Cotton Seed or Stable Manure supplies abundantly; nor Salts to furnish Potash, an ample supply being liberated frumthe clay by the large quantity of free acid in these Phosphates;-a quantity so large that it will destroy Sacks in a very few days, compelling the Company, at more cost and trouble, to ship entirely in barrels. This is not so of any other Phosphate in the market. At the very outset this Company put their PRICES AT THE LOWEST FIGURES, being at the time and nearly so now, Fifty per Cent JLess than the prices . of other Companies. And these low prices made many persons, last season, reluctant to buy them, fearing that they would get an inferior article, when the fact was that the Company could afford to do it, for their Stock cost them just one hundred cents for the par dollar's worth, whilst the Stock in many of the other Companies co6t the present owners from three hundred to four hundred cents for the par dollar's worth. The Stono Company is satisfied with, and expect only reasonable dividends on, their Stock, and to pay the same dividend these high-priced .Stocks must make from three to four times the profits the Stono makes, and hence must sell the same article higher. The Stono grinds the bone and manufactures their acid upon the spot paying no freights to Baltimore or North and back again, which Companies out of the Slate have to pay, "nd of course charge to the consumer. The Stono Company manuiacture, and. recommend the use of, and pay ment of freight on, nothing but fertilizers of the very highest grade, but if parties wish lower grades they will mix two Tons of their Dissolved Phos phate with one ton of Pure Ground Phosphat?, or equal portions of each, and ship in Backs, to Cash orders, for Thirty Tons or upwards, without extra charge. This will give a Phosphate at $21 or $18.50 per ton, and perhaps of as high grade as many others on the market in Sacks. It is desirable to get the Phosphate in the hands of consumers AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, as the best results are obtained by its remaining in compost a sufficient time, the longer the better; and again, as spring or planting time approaches, the greater the difficulty in getting transportation. That consumers may haul and compost it early, at this leisure time, or ders will be filled, and if paid for in 60 or 90 days, at the Cash prices. Orders on time will be filled at the same price now as next April. This arrangement relieves the Company of the Storage and care of the Fertili zers, and this amounts to the same thing to them as keeping it on hand to supply an anticipated demand. . I am apprehensive that the comparatively VERY LOW PRICES and SUPERIOR QUALITY of these Fertilizers will cause such a demand th?t the Company will not be able to supply those who put off to the last mo ment ordering their supplies. Many persons are delaying to order that they may induce their tenants and croppers to use it. I imagine they would have but little difficulty in inducing them to use this fertilizer, if they would remind them that by its use crops would grow off at ones in the spring, and they would save the work ing always required on un manured crops before they commence to grow ; That the crop would shade the ground and be laid by with one or two other workings le-s in the sumra?-r : That it will opt n two or three weeks earlier, and they could finish picking before veiy cold freezing weather ; That the co t per acre would only be from $1,25 to $2,25 ; That an increased yield of thirty to forty pounds of Seed Cotton per acre would, at p?esem prices, repay'them, and save the two or three workings and early picking ; Tba', in addition, the probablities were (bf seasons were only moderately favorable,) that the increased yield would be from Throe to Six Hundred Pounds Seed Cotton per acre, on ordinary land, which, at present prir would pay from $17 to $34 for every $1,50 to $2,25 invested in these I ti lizers. This Fertilizer will not produce Rust on ei her Cotton or Grain Cn It is highly recommended for Small Grain. Try it. '* s. s. TOMPKINS, Agent. Edgefi-rld, S. C.. Nov 22 Please Read the following Testimonials from Your Fi len? and NeifT-ibors : MEETING STREET P. 0.. 1 . EDGEFTELD CO., S. C., Nov. 20, 71. J 1 used on HIV crups this year Peruvian, Ettiwan mu? Wando Guanos, Cotton Food and Oner's Super-Phosphate of Lime, and nue ton Stono Dissolved Phosphate, com posted with an equal weight of Cotton Seed, using two hundred pounds of each pei acre. The effects of the Stono Dis solved Phosphate was superior to that of any of the o \ >rs. There was no rust on the Cotton under which it was used, whilst all the Cotton on which the others were used was killed long since by it. I am sure that if composted and used as directed, its effects would be as prompt and moro permanent than Peruvian or any other Commercial fertilizer I have ever used or seen used. If it will not prevent rust, which the experience of one of i#y neigh bors, whose cotton I have seen, would in dicate, it will certainly not produce it. I shall use it exclusively on my future crops, (except perhaps a small amount of some new Kind as an experiment) till I find something better ana cheaper. ' . D. C. TOMPKINS. COL? SPRING P. O, \ Edgcfield Co.S. C., Nov. 19,1371 J I used one ton Stono Dissolved Phos phate, composted with an equal weight of Cotton Seed, on sixteen acres Cotton, on thin land. The field will yield ten bales Cotton. Without manure the same field would not have yielded half this amount. Rows left through the field, without ma nure, did not yiejd half as much as those manured and adjoining. 1 applied a little to Corn at the rate of about 100 pounds per acre. Its effect was more marked than a handful of Cotton Seed on each side of hiiis in the rows adjoining. J, W, COLLINS. EDGEFIEIID, S. e., Nov. 20,1871. I used this year on:my Cotton one ton Stono Dissolved Phosphate, and never have I been better pjoas.id with the yield. Es pecially was this tho ca^e when composted with Cotton Seed and Stable Mauure. The beauty of this commercial fertilizer con sists not only in its cheapness, but espe cially in its intrinsic value-and the econ omy it engenders in accumulating such materials for composting as, are easily ob tained on a farm, yet generally thrown away. Our lands are thus moderately im proved by the vegetable mould distribu ted, and stimulated by the Dissolved Phos phate:' R. O. SAMS. BATESVILI.E, NOV. 27th, 1871. I used about 1100 pounds of Stono Dis solved Phosphate, mixed with equal weights cotton Seeland stable-manuA I also used 3 tons favorite and higfler priced Guanos. In two rows side by side across a field 140 yards long, one manured with the Phosphate Compost, the other with higher priced. Compost row yielded 2i pounds more seed cotton than the more costly fertilizer. This would make about 80 pounds per acre in favor of the Com post. Thc higher priced fertilizer used is undoubtedly a good manure, but as the Compost yielded as much as the Guano and enough over to more than pay- the cost, it is hardly necessary for me to say I shall use no other next year. I also used some of the Phosphate Compost under Corn, with the most satisfactory results, standing tho drouth (a severe one) both under Corn and Cotton, better than any manure which I used. CHAS. DUNCAN. . :-? .'. 1 -r BDUBFIBLDJ SVC, Oct, 2/1871.S I used three Lons Sumo Dissolved Phos phate, composted With Cotton Seed on'my Cotton tue present year. It did as wen as a Standard Fertilizer, costing nnich more money, used by me on the ?ame place There was bat little rust where .the Phosphate was used. I shall nae it ?gua B. ?. MAYS. j EDGEFIELD, S. C., NOV. 22, 18 I used one thousand pounds ot" I j Dissolved Phosphate,composted with) 50 bushels Cotton Seed., on five a I half acres Cotton this year, which yi five bales Cotton. Last year I af one ton of a popular and favorite fer! to the same lot, costing me Seventy dc i and made four bales. I received I Phosphate too late to compost and I under the Cotton, consequently ha applv it in tho siding furrow of" the working. M. A. MARKEE EDGEFIELD, S. C., Nov. 17, 18i I used ono ton Stono Soluble Guan my Cotton crop of, the present yeai also used another popular fertilizer, i ing much more money, and I have hei fore used many other favorite comme fertilizers, ami 1 am satisfied that Stono is as good as any I ever used. JAS. P. WELL JOHNSTON'S, C. C. & A. R. R., EDGEFIELD, CO., NOV. 20, 1871. I used one ton Stono Soluble Guam my Cotton this year, (about lOO.'lbs. acre.) Its effects on the crop was as u or better than any I ever used, ano creased the yield at least one hundred cent. I used also one ton Stono Dissol Phosphate, composted with an e<] weight of Cotton Seed, on Corn, on a t sandy old field, about 125 lbs. of the Pli phate to the acre. Its effect was wono pd, and I want nothing better. W. LEE COLEMAN PINE HOUSE, C. C. <fc A. R. R., 1 EDO'/FIEI.D Co., S. C., Nov. 16. 71 J I used two tons Stono Soluble Gua at the rate of about one hundred a twenty-five pounds per acre, on my C ton the pr?sent year, which produced good results as two hundred pounds commercial fertilizers, costing much mt money, did on the same lands last ye ? used also one-half ton of Stono D solved Phosphate, composted willi Cott Seed. The elfeCts of one hundred ponn Phosphate, and from seven to ten bush< Cotton Seed per acre, was so good that shall use it another year till I U6c all n Cotton Seed, and for the balance of n crop I shall use the Stono Guano, the fertilizers being, in my opinion, thc best ever used. B. W. HATCHER. EDGEFIELD, S. C., Oct. 31,1871. I used two tons Stono Soluble Guano c my crops this year. I am satisfied doubled the yield. As an experiment used also one Sack of Stono Dissolve Phosphate, composted with Cotton See< as directed, lt did as well as other fin ?lass fertilizers on same lands, and I sha ?it exclusively hereafter as long as .e Cotton Seed. . ? EDWARD PRESLEY. COLDSPRINOP. 0., Edgefield Co., S. C., 1 November 15,1871. j I used one ton Stono Dissolved Phos phate, cgftrposted with about 75 bushel cotton eced, on fourteen acres Cotton tb present year. Three acres of the Cottoi was on old poor land, which would no have yielded more than one hundrec pounds lint per acre with the very bes seasons, and under the most favorable cir cumstances, without manure. From thes< three acres I have ginned and packed ovei one thousand pounds lint. The balance o: the land is first year's new ground, windi I have not yet near finished picking. Il is quite as "good as the cotton on third year's lam!, and better land near by ma nured with an equal quantity of a stand-i ard fertilizer, costing ?jv?O per ton. Judg ing from rows loft without Phosphate, I am sure th? vield will be over one hundred pei cent ht tier where thc Phosphate was used There waa not a particle of rust On aOTiOf tho. cottonJ wherft tiie, Pnoapha/e wa? whilst that under which the other fertilizer was,: ,was killed by it. I have .ordered . ten tons of the Phosphate for my next crop; and will use no other kind . J. A. LAH 1ER. E?GEFIELD, S. C., Nov. 27,1871. I used two tons Stono Dissolved Phos phate, composted with an equal weight of cotton seed, on my. cotton this year. It certainly doubled the yield, making on or dinary landa 'three hales to every four acres ort' which it was used. In some test rows an equal weight of Phosphate, with two other fertilizers costing nearly double the money,; produced more cotton. There was no rust on the Cotton under which the Phosphate was used, except on a few small j spots of wet, spring}' land, whilst the Cot ton under whick the other more costly fer tilizers were, rusted early and badly. J. W. TOMPKINS. E?GEFIELD, S. C., Nov. 23,187lX I used two tons Stono Soluble Guano oi my cotton this year. One ton was usa by one of my croppers on forty .acre? which yielded twenty-five bales. Twent; acres adjoining these forty, quite ?s-g?oi land, and better cultivated, without ma nure, made only six bales. The other toi was used at the rate of two hundrci pounds per acre, by the side of cotton ma nured with a like quantity of a popula: and favorite fertilizer, costing sixteen dol lars per ton more than the ?tono. Th< cotton under which the Stono was used was decidedly the better. JAS. A. DOZIMR. FRESH GOODS. JUST RECEIVED AT J. H. CHEATHAM'S, 50 Dozen.COATS' COTTON, white, black and brown, at 90 cts per d. z. 25 " Clark's Machine Double Twist SILK, all colors, 3 Pieces Black and Colored VELVET. 2 Pieces TABLET AN, And a beautiful assortment of Cash's FRILLING and MAGIC RUF FLING. I am determined to keep a full and thorough Stock of GOODS. J. H. CHEATHAM. DRESS GOODS at J. H. CHEATHAM'S have been reduced 10 per cent, below the original marks. Beautiful DELAINES, French POPLINS and LUSTRES from 25 to 40 cts. per yard. J II. CHEATHAM. Nov 29 tf 49 TO THE PUBLIC* THE COTTON STATES UFE INSURANCE CTMP1NV. Principal OfB.ce, IS?acon, G eorgi?. W. B. JoHsaoy, President. W. 8. HOLT, Vice-Breaident. GEO. S. OBEAB, Secretary. J. W. BURKE, General Agent. J. MERCER GRENX, M. D., Med. Er'n .W. J: MAGILL, Supt. kf Agencies.?.? 1 C. F. MCCAY, Actuury. EDGEFIELD C. H., AGENCY FOB SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 Nov. 13th, 1871. / ?.Permit me to invite your attention to the claims of this Company to your patronage.' It ia purely a home Company, chartered by the State of Georgia with a large Capital-$500,000? Organized but a little more than two years ago, it has already issued near 3,000 Policies, insuring about $8,000,000, and paid in Losses $100,000 ! Its Reserve is ample, having about $200 of Assets to $100 of Liabilities, and ita business ia economically managed. Desiring to be properly represented throughout the State of South. Caro lina, it would give me pleasure to commission many active gentlemen and ladies as both Local and Traveling Agents for the Company. A reasonable portion of time devoted to its interests, I am satisfied would repay you. To illustrate : Many Premiuma will average about $150 on each Policy. The Commission8 (20 per cent.) will be $30. The Company has now some features particularly d sirable, for .bott Agents and Insurers, and one ol these is its Low Premium Ratex, as follows :. At age 25 years, annual payment on $1000, $15,66 .i .< 30 ?? .? ? .? 17 39 H H 40 ? " " . 24,85 ? .i 50 M tc ? " 37,91 M ? go M " " " 63,17 With rivals in business, our course shall be uniformly cordial with all who seek and practice right things ; and we therefore urge up?n all Agents of this Company to co-operate cordially with all who seek, and prac tice right things; and while so doing, to press the business of this Company, and by the utmost efforts on your parts, to^cuWgood risks. Any gentleman or lady who will take an Agej^, either Local or Travr j eling, will please address j j? 1 M. W. ABNE^ cu: RESPECTFULLY invite the attention of all in want of a. Vehicle of any kind to their Large and Varied Assortment, comprising all the LATEST and MOST DESIRABLE Styles of CARRIAGES, PHAETONS, ROCKAWAYS, Carry-alls, and Open and Top Buggies, Which have been manufactured specially for them by the best makers in the country. We also solicit attention to WYMAN, MAY & CO'S. Wolcott viii? T^agf?ri FOR PLANTATION PURPOSES. These Wagons, made in Walcottville, Ct., of the Best Seasoned Timbei and Best Matci?als throughout, have been used in the South for the last fifteen years, and for Light Draft, Great Capacity and Durability, are un equalled by any Wagon sold in the South. We are also Agent for the Celebrated MILLBURN IRON AXLE WAGON, Manufactured in the West, and especially adapted to the Southern country, and warranted to be the Best and Cheapest Western Wagon sold in any market. A Full Stock of HARNESS, SADDLES, PLANTATION GEAR. TRUNKS, VALISES, French and American CALF SKINS, SHOE FINDINGS. SADDLERY HARDWARE, Carriage and Wagon MATERIAL, Leather and Rubber BELTING, LEATHER of all Kinds, &c, Ac, Constantly on hand and for sale at lowest Cash prices. Orders solicited, and will receive prompt and careful attention. WYMAN, MAY ic CO., 208 Broad Street^ opposite Georgia- B; g.- -Bank, AUGUSTA,,G A. , Aug 23 6m 35 - For JSale, er Lease, rr?HE PLANTATION in Edgefield Du Kinsman Sf Howell-. * ^'{Factors and Commissi** reside.nco of the, late Francis O'Connor. We ronM/lcr .tins Plantation too col*- j scriptlon iji^ an advertisement. We will sell the place for a small por-j* r .? "7 *j> tion of the nurckaso mqney in Cash ; tho LjlOtTCi AwUdfl balance in Cotton, annually, tortenyears.. r ur vanees irk ade ot If we cannot sell, will leasie the'placo for a number of years on reasonable terms. Apply to JAMES A. GRAY & CO. i* Augusta, Ha. Oat If If u Cotton and Naval Stores Charleston, S.C* llepto im SOLUBLE Paeifie (kano. Price, $45 Cash, with the Usual Ad vance for Time. EXPERIENCE IN THE USE OP this Guano for.the past six yeans In this State, for Cotton and Corn, has so far es tablished its character for excellence as to render coro ment unnecessary. In accordance' with the established Kiley of the Company to furnish th? st Concentrated Fertilizer at the lowest cost to consumers, this Onano is pnt into market this season af the above reduced price, which the Company is enabled to do by reason of its large facilities ; .nd the reduced cost of manufacture. The supplies put into market, this sea son are, as heretofore, prepared under the personal superintendence of .Dr. St. Julian Bavenel, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, S. C., hence, planters may rest assured that its QUALITY and COM POSITION is precisely the ?ame us that heretofore sold. At the present low price every acre planted can be fertilized with 200 pounds Guano ata cost not exceed ing the present value of 30 pounds of cotton, while experience has snown that under favorable conditions of season and cultivation Ute .crop is increased by the application from two to threefold the natnral capacity of the soil... Hence, tin der no conditions could its' application fail to compensate jbr the outlay,, Apply to J. M. KOUfrON. Agent Pacific Guano Company, No. 68 East Bay and Nos. f and 1 Atlan tic Wharf, Charleston, S. C. JNO. 8. REESE <fc CO".,1 Gen'l Agents. Nov. 29 3m 49 , "PACIFIC., ??ARO COl?F??Y^~ COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME FOR/ Composting with Cotton Seed. Price $20 Cash, with Ubual Advance on %me. THIS ARTICLE IB PREPARED UN DER tho superintendence of Dr. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL ejtpresaly for comr posting with'cotton seed. " ' It was introduced'by this Company two years ago, and it? uso has fully attested its value. 200 to 250 pounds ol this arti cle per acre, properly* composted with the same weight of cottonseed, furnishes the planter with a FERTILIZER of the highest excellence at . the smallest-cobt. A compost prepared, with this article, as by printed airectlons^urnished, contains all the elements ol' fertility that can enter into a first class EJ?RTILIZER, while its economy must commend its liberal use to planters. For supplies and printed directions for composting apply to M J. V ROBSON Agent Pacific Guano Company, No. 68 East Bay and Nos. 1 and 'Z Atlan tic Wharf, . Charleston, S. C. JNO. S. REESE & CO., Gen'l Agente. ,1*0*29 Sm 49 FARR, uov nil W. J. "The Lamp Ham," Successor to the Late Wm. Hill, 193 Bread Street, Augusta, G --0--V J. FARR, "The 7 . Successor to the ' '193 Broad Street, (oppo? . <$tore,) has secured th. 'long and favorably knr < LEY, and will continu ti u Almost Ever. ski Uacceut Dry *3Agfjfl,) th?;i i;?1 '*are I M ? le t- Rt N ? F ? LLA'i JU I M . ?pi;,- ? : Jhet ru rhl' i f.A . _-junare Piando ? These ItKOuraetls lan I nearly Thirl) .yea?, ando| attained RTI.J \npurcJutnc pronounces tbontuneatialo ? TONE, TOUCHE AM ..... IST* All our Square /V?yu k . proved OvKxsTnusa SCATJC 5u 3T* We would call special^ , Patented Improvement* In GR. SQUAREGRAiTDS,ioxiT.?\m. ii b bring Uio Piano nearer Perfu?luu ---t atini?'.d. \ - Every Piano lally Warranted for vive Years UT We are by ?peciat arrangement ?nnbled to furnUh PARLOR ORGANS and XELtiOEOXS of the ramt celebrated maker*, WJioUvile "id Re tail at lovett Factory Price*. Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lista promptly furnished on application to WM.KNABE 4t CO., Ral ti'ere, Md. Or any of onr regular ratabliehcd agencies Nov. S 6m. 4? LBROY F. YoyMAXs. J. C. SHEPPARD. Attorneys and Counsellors At law. THE Undersigm? have -this day formed a Co-partnership under the firm name of YOUMANS & SHEP PARD, for tho Practice of Law in Edge field County, C. LEROY F. YOUMANS, J. C. SHEPPARD. Nov 14 t? 47 JOHN BAUSKETT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, COL?MB'A S. C.. 'fVlLL Pmer ce l/t Kdgetield, Lexington, Barnwell and Riehl??. O.luml ia. M?r 'S ly ll ?A?Y"F<;AUY, " ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLI TCRS IN EQUITY, Will Practice in tho Courts of tho Stat?, and Augusta, Ga.; and also in the U. S. Courte tor South Carolina. Edgefield, S. C., Oct 4, 3m Law Notice. 'HE undersigned have formed "a Co partnership for the PRACTICE OF LAW in Edgefield County, and the Counties of the Fifth Circuit, under the namo and Style of MAGRATH & ABNEY. They will also Practice in the Courts of Trial Justices for these Comities. THOMAS P. MAGRATH, JOHN R. ABNEY. Edgefield, Doc. 13, tf 51 Ti LAW CARD. HE Undersigned ha . this day formed a Partnership for the PRACTICE of LAW in the Courts of this ?tate, and the Circuit Court of the United States. JOHN E. BACON, J. D. TALBERT. Dec 4,1871. 3m. 50 ~TH0S. J. ADAMS, Attorney and f ouuse?ior at Law, Will Practice in Courts of this County* and state. Will be found in the Law Onice next above T. P. Magrath, "Esq., and opposite Salada'Hotel.: Edg?field, S. C.. Nov. 29, 6m 49 M MELLVILLE & i\0RKIS WITH Christopher Gray & Co., ESPECTFULLY solicits a call from His Edgefield f. lends, at the famous Dry Goods House, No 202 and 204, Broad st, Augusta, Georgia, where he will be. 8leased to show thom anything in the ry goods line, at the most reasonable prices. Augusta, Deo 6, ?0