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?-rr. .?.;<?* ?h?^St?.; fe "i *-. 'J J' *J''.>- ".' ' J >!*tV*'i3 feet? ?n-'-*v -,^: >- . .. " 'S ;~\?*; x-'i" - .. . :iv ': .? - ..; <?.".. ?>?? '. . [?ii - ??:??.it..' ?-<-. c. > ?.....* v- . ,'?>',*VI . - 'JJ' ,>r *?;*. *??.;?..;'. . ?>; .. ... ? .* . -. . i. w ? ?l Mu'i.M.t,.'I.. I, I > I, M. Kt,'..i1|'i,M,,i|,ri,,'i,M,,i|li.,,Pi,,i|,H,, '.,M,,'i,, i "..,,',.,,.,/'.,",,.,,,.,,. i,, i,,, i-i.jM.i'.,.I.CX,??" EIL 4, 1872. . - -? - VOLUME XXI Vi?-No. 16. INSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE Brooklyn Life Insurance Co. Of New York. Cash Capital and Assets, Over $2;0G0;000. 1. Because it is acknowledged to be perfectly solvent by all Insurance Commissioners. 2. Because it is the cheapest. 3. Because it endorses the Surrender Value on its Policies, tn Dollars \ and Cents, for ten consecutive years. According to the statement of the rates of the different Life Insurance Companies of iirst-class standing in the United States, made by "The Uni versal," in'its advertisement entitled "Facts are Stubborn Things," aud published, in the Edgefield Advertiser, it appears that the Mutual Rates of the Brooklyn are Cheaper than those of any named Company. For instance, according to that statement : :Ytrtheage ol" 20 $150 Will Insure At the age ol' 30 $200 W?1 Insure In the Brooklyn " " Equitable. Balance in favoY of the Brooklyn In the Brooklyn.A. " 44 Piedmont <fc Arlington. Balance in favor of thc Brooklyn. In the Brooklyn. 44 " New York Life. Balance in favor of tha Brooklyn $8,875 73 7,541 47 $1,334 26 $8,875 4? S,455 46 $9,250 GO 8,810 57 $420 27^ $8,875 73 7,541 47 In the Brooklyn. " " Carolina Lifer.. Balance in favor of the Brooklvn, In the Brooklyn. " " .Etna. $1,334 26 $8,875. 73 8.503 41 Balance in favor of thc Brooklvn. In the Brooklyn 44 44 Cotton SU.CO? Balance in favor of the Brooklyn.. In the Brooklyn. 44 44 St. Louis*Mulua!....... Balance in favor of thc Brooklvn. In the Brooklyn?.. 41 44 Southern Life. $372 32 $8,875 73 8,426 96 ?$448 77 $S,'875 73 S,455 46 $140 12 $9,250 69 8,810 57 $440 12 $9,250 69 S.S10 00 $t-^' 09 $9,250 69 8,841 73 $40S 96 $9,250 69 8,798 94 Balance in favor of the Brooklyn, In the Brooklyn. 44 44 KnickerJiocker Balance in favor of the Brooklvn. $420 27 $S,875 73 ' 8,841 36 $34 X $S,S75 7: 8,615 73 $200 00 $8.875 73 8,U\3 00 $451 $9,2?0 60 8,810 57 $440.12 S?,250 69| 8,841 " $t08 <M $9,250 no 8.S77 55 .S373 14 $9,250 69 8,i?;?) SO 8210 231 $611 39? At the age of 40 $250 . Will Insure $8,389 27 7,987 22 $402 05 $8,389 27 7,987 22 $402 05 $8,3S9 27 7,987 22 $402 05 $8,389 27 7,916 40 $472 87 $6,3S9 27 8,108 10 $2S1 17 $S,3S9 27 7.9S7 22 j " $402 05 $8,389 27 7,916 40 $47, ?8,088 27 7,936 50 $152 $8,389 27 7,859 10 ?530 17 STOCK KATES. In tho Brooklyn. In the Universal At thc age of 30, $??00 will insure $11,750 00 11,3% 01 At the agc of 40, $250 will insure . $10,051 90 10,266 90 Bal. in favorof the Brooklyn at stock rates ' $353 99 8385 u0 The greatly advantageous feature of the Brooklyn in endorsing the Sur render Values upon its Policies, in Dollars and Chits, for ten consecutive years, has met with unqualified praise from the most celebrated American Actuaries, as also from the Press. East. tVprth amliJoluih. _ The Hon. Ehzur Wught, who is naiuiftea~t?~Fe The gfeHre^rihsuianee Mathematician and Actuary in America, congratulating Tbe Brooklyn upon this new and distinctive feature, says, among other things, 141 am particularly pleased by your departure in the right direction from the ordinanj method of computing thc Surrender Values." ''One of the great est drawbacks to the popularity of Life Insurance, has been the disap pointment and dissatisfaction of retiring Policy holders, at the smallness of the surrender value paid," &c. "All this would have been" prevented by a distinct .statement on tKc Policy, vi advance, of thc sum to be paid." This statement, it will be seen, The Brooklyn makes in dollars and cents, so that there can be no mistake. Read What Southern Papers Say of This Feature : Thc Sentinel, (Raleigh, North Carolina,), Jan. 27, 1SG9.-" This great feature of cash'surrender veducs is an improvement that signalizes the era in Life Insurance." Sun, (Colu?7ibus, Georgia.)-"There is no beiter Company in the land ; a comparison with other corporations of a similar character, will convince all of the superior safety in taking risks with Thc Brooklyn Life." Dispatch, (St. Louis, Mo.,) Jan. 7, 18G9.-" A Policy in Thc Brooklyn Life is thus worth so, much, in ready money. This is the only Life Com pany in the country that has carried this excellent feature (of endorsing the cash surrender values in dollars and cents,) into its business." "Pol icy holders being doubly assured, the system cannot .fail to become very popular." It will be seen that we assert nothing in the above advertisement, but make .a simt>le statement of the superior advantages of The Brooklyn, as it appears from disinterested parties. The Hon. M. L. Bonham has been associated with us in the General Agency of The Brooklyn for this State. BOMAM, Um & BITLER, General Agents and Managers. Office over tho Citizens" Savings Bank, Columbia, S. C., And at Edyeiield. S. C. March 20tf PLAN TSRS, LOOK' TO YOUR. I MT Y\lil TE LOCK'S VEGETAT0R. SIBLEY'S . SOLUBLE IXL Xx AGAIN offering to tho Planters of Georgia and South Carolina these highly esteemed EERTILIZ-EBS. ;,f standard, fully equal to those heretofore sold, and at REDUCED PRICKS, wc wo?lil refer to alf who liavo used them for* testimonials as to their worth. Our stock in part will consist ol' -, 5O0 TONS WEITELOCE'S ?7EGETATOR ! CASH PJR1CK, SOO. 1I31E, do., ?70. 500 TONS SIBLEY'S SOLUBLE IXL GUANO, Manufacture! under our own formula, ni ..ar own ingredients, ard containing over 4 per cent, of Ammonia. CASH PBICE, ?GU. TIME, do., $70. 109 TONS WHITELOCK'S DISSOLVED BONES ! . CONTAINING 30 PEB CENT. OI*SOLUBLE BONE PHOSPHATE. lOO TONS PUKE PERUVIAN GUANO. 100 TONS PURE NOVA SCOTIA LAND PLASTER. lOO TONS PURE FLOUR OF RAW BONE. Furthor particulars will at all times' bo choerftdly given by us, or by Br. W. A. SANDERS, our Agen: at Edgefield,' S C. J. SIBLEY & SONS, Colton Co?t??iiissio? Merchaii's and Realm in Guano, ' . NO. 159 REYNOLDS STREET, AugusTta, Ga. Jan.24 tf MAPE8' ..NITRO GENIZED SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME. The Oldest Super-Phosphate Manufactured in this Country. Composed of BONES, POTASH, PHOSPHATIC GUANO, CONCEN TRATED ANIMAL AMMONIACAL MATTER and SULPHURIC ACID. No Salt, Salt Cake, Nitre Cake, Plaster, nor Adulterant or Absorb ent of nnv kind iised. Factory open for inspection at ali.times. . NINETEEN YEARS OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, Introduced in 185^. Patented Dec. 29, 1759. ? Quick Action and'Permanent Improvement lo the Soil. Testimony of Hundreds of Weil-Known Planters in its Favor on Every Variety of Crop and Soil, even During Extreme Adverse Seasons. $45 Ca?k-6?f? T????e, payable 1st IVov. 1st, 187S. KINSMAN & HOWELL, General Agents for Sooth Carolina, NO. ?3S EAST BAY, CHARLESTON,, S, C.. W. IT. BBA7NSON; at Edgefield C. li., and J. A. C. JONES, at Pine Hause Bo ot,. Agents. Jan 24 0 For the Advertiser. To the Memory of Mary Eliza J Winter is gone, andnowin number There comes a whisper of a lo' hour ; The virgin spring-her garlands fl< with dew, Breathing sweet incense over | and bower. Upon her pure fair brow a radiant ci No sheen of emeralds with her : compare, A rainbow spans the aisles she t: upon And chimes of gladness fill the fumed air. ' But where is she, who one 3hortyeai Made home so happy with her jo smile ? Sweet typo of spring upon whose lo brow * Shone every virtue, gave no sig .guilo. Just sweet sixteen, the glad spring-; of lifo, When hearts beat high with hope joy and love ; The beauteous maiden took a sera form,. Plumed her bright wings, and soi tho realms above. Oh ! it was sad to seo the loved one f To droop -and . palo and die and ] away; To sit beside her couch, and mark sign, The hectic flush that whispers of dei To see tho eye grow bright with hid fires, . Which scorch and wither e'en the fo of life; To pray and wrestle with the God\ gave- ' To faint with, anguish in the spir strife. 'Tis sad to see tho loveliest fairest one Of all the throng of youthful maidens To press thc sod above the late bri] form, To leave her lying in tho valley low Dut oh ! so sweet to know how dea loved By mates and teachers was your p cious one ; To mark the tokens when the birth-d came, Offerings from hearts her innoconcoh won. * The " Stepping Heavenward," ?ohh< true it was Her stops were bent to that fair blissl shore ! Not loving kindred, teachers, mates cou keep Their precious dalling for one birth d? more. But tender parents, wipe your wecpii eyes, With sister angels does your'loved 01 dwell ; The beauteous vestal kneels before tl -UU'v/llC, " . And join's the chorus which the arch< swell. S. A. L. e This lovely young creature had jul completed her sixteenth birth-day, an whilst lying on her sick couch, her teacl 3 rs, and schoolmates with whom she wa i great favorite, came, bringing tokens ( love and esteem among which was "Stei ping Heavenward" a iicw and beautift volume. Brevities and Levities. Zg" It has boen said that.there is onl one man who has a correct idea of thc siz of thc United States, and ho is the ma who drove a yoke of oxen in 185.0-51 fror Mahie to California. ?S3- A gentleman of Indianapolis whose wife died eight or ten days agr has since erected at tho head of her grav a pine board with-a cross painted on il and presented a lincpiano to the girl h has his eye on. ?j;- Somebody has invented a bung hole for beer barrels to prevent revenu frauds. There is but one hole that wi] effectually prevent frauds under th Grant Administration, and that was in vented when thc first man was buried jZir* An Irish drummer, who now an< then indulged in a glass or two, was ac costed by the Inspector-General. Wha makes your face so red?" "Piase, you; Honor," told Pat, "I always blush whei I speak to a general olliccr." 25?>" Thc Columbia Union learns that : number of pickpockets have'departed from the Northern cities in a Southon direction, anil expresses thc apprehcrt sion that rome of them may turn up ii Columbia. ilon'tJjc alarmed. No shrewd thiel would ever expect any pickings ir a place that tfie South Carolina Legisla turc had just visited. fSS" A candidate for constable, on th< temperance ticket, in an interior city oi Massaehusetts, ruined his reputation foi sobriety and his chances for political pro motion, by attempting to step on a load of hay, which ho mistook fora street car, A patriotic citizen boasts that M nc people on earth can excel thc American? in thc manly art of sitting on a bench ami watching men play base ball." ^rtfr" Conic herc, my little fellow," said a gentleman to a yoimgster of five years, while sitting in a parlor whore a large company were assembled, "t?o you know mc?" "Yith, thir.".-u Who am I? Let me hear." "You ith'the mun who kithed mamma, .when papa wath in Philadelphia." Moral: Don't ask children too many questions. ?&- A good story is told of an engineer wh runs a locomotive on tho western div.sion of the Erie railway. Tho track rino; through an Indian reservation up in Cattaragus county. One day a squaw, holding a papoose in her arms, was stand ing on the depot steps at Salamanea. As thc engineer was drawing his train up to tho station ho, observing her, called, "Hello! have you got a little Injun there " No, said she, " it's half Injun and half injuneer 1" pf- A correspondent of tho Danville Advertiser, says George Washington " never would have made an edjtor; be cause he couldn't tell a* lie." $St- A paper at Corpus Christi; Texas, says that if it doajm?t rain soon Western Texas will be the greatest bide and bone country on the face-of the earth. f??"A pious but uncultivated judge closesasentonce with the following touoh ing reproach : " Prisoner at the bar, na ture has endowed you with a good edu cation aud respectable family connections, instead of which you go. prowling round tho country stealing ducks.4' j pSfr-A young lady wants to know ! whether.a girl may be sure a man loVeB ? her unutterably when he nits in her j prcsenco for an hour without speaking. J&S* Two men having arranged to fight a duel in Rhode Island, the Governor issued a proclamation forbidding it, whereupon one of the parties sent him a note saying thafrone of them would stand in Connecticut and the other in Massa chusetts, and shoot over his miserable little State. jS^A bereaved widower, while re ceiving with due acknowledgements the condolence of friends-that it was indeed a great loss-a sad bereavement that he had suffered-added: " And just think ! Only a few days ago I brought her a whole box of pills, and she hadn't time to eat half of them before she died 1" . ijSr A woman .was arrested the other day for whipping her husband.in the' streets. And served her right, too. When a woman wants to whip her husband, she should take him by the ear, lead him up at least two pair of stairs, thrust him ir'.o a chamber, and then wollop him ia a pleasant and civilized manner, and not make a public exhibition of the affair. Lire for Something. " Live for something I" Life is the di vinest of Heaven's gifts to man, and something divine should begot out of it. Put upon the model of the divine, and endowed with such God-like capabilities and powers,, how inappreciably grand are life's possibilities in the way of achieve ment for earth and heaven ? In the order of Providence, life's min .ist?y is indeed loftly and sublime. Eve ry man and every woman has his or her particular assignment in the duties and responsibilities of daily life. We aro in tho world to make the world better ; to lift it up to higher summits of happi ness and progress ; to make its hearts and homes brighter aud happier, by de voting to our followers our best thoughts and activities. It is the motto of every true heart, and the genius of every no ble life, that " no man liveth to h imself," Uves chiefly fpr his own selfish good. By a law of our intellectual and moral ho ing, we promote our own happiness m thc exact proportion we contribute to the enjoyment of others. Nothing worthy oi'?he,name of happiness is possible in fie experience of thoso who live only for themselves, all oblivious of the wel fare of their fellows. That only is the truo philosophy which recognizes ami works out the principle in daily action, that -" Life was lent For'noblc ditties, not for selfishness.; Not to be wiled away for aimless dreams, But to improve ourselves, and serve mankind.'' But to live for something, involves thc necessity of an intelligent and definite plan of action. More than splendid dream ing, or even magnificent resolves, is nec essary to success in the objects and am bitions of life. Men come-to the best re sults in every department of effort; only as they thoughtfully pian, and earnestly toil in gi van directions. Those who have ii^rwr^ - havcal\va3-s, in every ago, and among ;ill people, done so by?omploying a well defined purpose in earnest, living action. The reason that thousands fail in their work of lite, is (ho .want of a specific plan in laying out their energies ; they work hard for nothing, because their is no ac tual rcsidt possible to their mode of ac tion. The means are not adjusted to the end ; hence, failure is thc inevitable re sult. Live for something definite and prac tical. Take hold of things with a method and a will and they must yield to you, and becomo the ministers of your own lumpiness and that of others. Nothing within thercalm of the possible can with-, stand thc man or woman who is intelli gently and determinedly bent on suc cess. . A great action is always preceded by a great purpose. History and daily life are full of examples to show us that the measure of human achievement has* always been proportioned to the amount of human daring and doing. If not al ways, yet at least often, . "-Tho attempt Is all tho wedge that splits its.knotly way Betwixt the impossible and possible." , Be practical. Deal with tlie questions and facts of life as they really ape. What can be done, anriete worth doing, do with despatch; what cannot bo done, and "would be'worthlcss if it couldleave lo thc dreamers and idlers along the walks of life. Discard the idea that little things are unimportant, and that great occasi'oixs only arc worthy of your best thoughts and endeavor:-.. It is tho little things ol' life that make up its happiness or misery, its joy or it? sorrow; and surely nothing is*trivial tint bears on questions so vital and personal as these. A kind look is a little thing, but it may fall like a sun beam on a sad heart, and chase away 'its sadness. A pleasant word is a small thing, but it may brighten tho spirits, and revive tho hopes of sonic poor de spondent soul about to give up in despair, before tho conflicts and trials of life. A cup of water given to one athirst is a small thing ; and "Yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give* a shock of pleasure'to the frame More exquisito than when nectarcan juico Renews thelifeof joy in happiest hours." Live for something, then, reader ; make every day count something to the world, because you are in it, with kind feolings, pleasant words, and noble offices. Write your name upon tho hearts and memo ries of your fellow-beings by doing them all the good you can. Life is short, but short as it is, you may do glorious work within its narrow limits. If the sculp tor's chisel can make impressions on marble within a few hours, which dis tant ages shall read arid admire ; if the man of genius can create work in life that shall speak the. triumphs of mme! a thousand years hence, then may the true man, alive to the duties and obligations of existence, do infinitely more. Work ing on human hearts and destinies, it is his perogativo to do imperishable work, to build within life's fleeting hours, mon uments that shall last forever. If such grand possibilities lie within tho reach of our personal action in the world, how important, reader, that we live for some thing every hour pf ..our existence, and for something, too, harmonious with the dignity of our present being, and tho grandeur of our futuro destiny.-Rev. F. S. Cassiday. ^S" A handsome young woman, an alleged widow, is Enoch Ardening New York with success. She. gets aman to engago to "marry her and settle on her in advance so much money; then her first husband rushes in, with a long beard and a revolver, and that is the last Philip Ray ever sees of tho widow and the set tlement, bf pOHHEES. arch.24th, will ch of Hon. Mr. he " Plunder of ublican party." to are Georgia, roliria, Florida, sippi, Virginia, ennessee. The rounian,) con e States, and 'and confronted public affairs, se in behalf of justice, and of citizen, wher >down the propo lant party who ' ?ent outrageous in the eleven at has brought contends. Con the country ell as the sword, all the depart t, including its ;e po wei's-it is are responsible se scheme of re t Mr. Voorhoes up thc results considers in dc Ipstrial condition Sundered States, ?arolina most con - Voorhees' views, in. brought to un e make thc fol me find that the leets the debt of | its bonds, th? lough, even when truth of thc case. , once the proud?] ter, now the most sun shines on in eavens. There is she has not fai fa which she has of humiliation have not drained that disorder has within her bor-' rtial law, worse y of the Dari des and sca'ltcring governments are us results. Ilil li in every age. ipt rulers prceds How has Eolith ? The Republican fed sway there ev ei throw of the re ?iegation in both long to tho party ^pincers and Leg have been of thc SPEECH OF M In the Daily Glob, be found the stirling Voorhees, of Indiana,; eleven States by the The eleven States South Carolina, Non Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana .ai speaker (says the So siders the condition remarks that, surrou by this disastrous s fae rises to address free institutions, im the oppressed and ou ever his home may b Mr. Voorhees first sition tKat it is the i are responsible for i condition of public States referred to. It is a corrupt forth all this evilfroii trolling the legisla controlling the purse influencing more o? ments'of tho Gove: vast patronage and the Republican pi for the fruits of an construction. This forcibly .urges. He next proceeds which have follow tail the financial of several of the el As the case of cerns us, we prese of what the State der Radical misrule lowing extract, case is overstated this State and tfae point made is stro: modified agreeably But to the extract I turn to South land of Marion ar wretched State th its course through no form of ruin to len a prey ; no cu: not been baptized and suffering her to the dregs. I a reigned in some 0 tiers, and we bell thur thc lawless Ages, ravaging h her households fruitful of such'cal tory has taught th The wickedness o, outbreaks among Carolina been gov party has held un erv hour since hellion. Her eu branches of Con now in power. islaturcs, of all works'/ \vh?t ?fispwes ?l propre!? ?THT civilization do they.bring to propitiate thc judgment of the world? Not one good deed adorns thc polluted pages of their record. At the close of thc war tho valid debt of thc State amounted to ?5,000,000. A committee of investigation, in an offi cial Deport made December 26, IS71, Lui few weeks ago, say : " In regard to the State debt, the o in iiiittr-e declare that they connel bclievi other than thc fearful truth which starrs us in the face that the bonds and printed by thc American Ban!; Note Com pany, $22,540,000, represent the liabilities of the State, for which the faith and credit of the State, however unlawfully procuft has been pledged for payment. The <:uii tingenf liability incurred by railroad in dorsements swells the total up to nearly twenty-nine million dollars." Add to this $10.000,000 more that is disputed as fraudulent, and we- have an increase of .^34,000,000 in the debi of th State "since it fell into thc hands of its present destroyers. All the lands in South Carolina are liot worth over ?55,000,000; showing that more than every alternate acre is now absorbed by her crashing and frightful indebtedness. If sfar "-assold at public auction for two-thirds lier appraised value she would scarcely more than meet thc demands that have been created against her within less than seven years. Thc New York Tribune, of December 19th, 1871, announces that over six million'dol lars of her bonds have been, fraudulently issued by her Republican Governor; but no mode"by which the'toiling tax-payer can escape their payment is pointed out to bim. Taxation for the support of a good government often becomes a grievous burden, but when it springs directly and avowedly from fraud and forgery, it is curse intolerable, and not to bc borne. The New York" Tribune also stales that one ignorant and mongrel General Assem bly of South Carolina drew from the treas ury the enormous-amount of $583,651.44, .to defray its own expenses for one session, and incurred a debt of $91.500 besides for furniture for the State Honso which is so foully disgraced. A session of the Legis lature of the great State of Ohio at the same time cost the people of that prosper ous Commonwealth but $90,000. This General Assembly of abject ignorance and irresponsibility in South Carolina levied, over ?4,000,000 of tax? on thc property of the State.. It was ia view of these and kindred facts that tho Cincinnati .Gazette, with all its party fealty, was forced to ex claim: " The common fame cf -the South Caro lina Legislature is, that it is a body 'in which no measure can be carried without/1 briber}', and in which bribery can carry any measure ; in which bribery is as much ?L part of legislation as the payment of wa ges to a field-hand is of raising cottoii.'and is almost as open, and in which thc great er part of the members regard it as the privilege of the office to plunder thc State in every possible way. " Governor Scott gives some items going to countenance this impression. He says that the appropriations for the legislative expenses of the last session were $400, 000, while that of the Ohio Legislatur? were but $90,000 ; that every Senator has his clerk, page and messenger, all at heavy pay, and besides, there is a horde of hang ers-on, all on pay under various pretexto, and that there^are innumerable leaks for the public moiiey. In this we behold the gorgeousness of the African nature when it can be indulged at the expense of others, and tfae avidity of the political adventurer who knows that his haymaking sunshine will be short. This will give a glimpse, of the ele ments that have multiplied the Slate debt with nothing to show for it ; of the con ditions which make tho. property-holders believe that the taxes exacted from' them are robbery ; of a; ride odious' to all the respectable inhabitants of the State, and of conditions which excite both white and black inhabitants tod deadly host ility. These are some of tho features of the Southern situation which have constrain ed us lo remark that Congress should not only provide means for suppressing vio lence in the late rebol . States, but should make a thorough and impartial inquiry in to the situation, in order to find the real cause of these disorders." Where is the man on the opposite side of this Chamber who has lifted up his voice in behalf "of a thorough and im] tial inquiry in order to find the real cai ot' disorder in the South ? The grea organ of your party proclaims Govei Scott himself- a forger of more than millions of bonds. He is said to be im ting large sums at Napoleon, Ohio, wi his home in reality 'is, and where he pects to retire when he is fully gor with plunder. He went to South Car na for pilage and. rapine, ar d will soon turn with his spoils. Your policy ema ting from here made him Governor. ' virtug and talent of th.e Slate were p scribed by your laws..'Alluding to condition "of South Carolina a few w? since, one of her citizens (Senator Sawj in the other branch of Congress used fellowing strong language : " It ia due to the circumstance that t large number .of* men in the South States were shut*out from tho possibil of holding State and Federal offices tl we have had so many abuses in the lo govereraent of those States. It is due that circumstance that in the State wk I have the honor in part to ? represent this floor we have to-day a State Gove: ment which is a disgrace to civflizatii It is due to those disabilities, and to tin disabilities only, that we hacLnot an a pie field from which to select honest, < pable men fpr our local public offices, m who would have .made faithful office and who would have vbcen in compk harmony with the National. 'Administi lion and the great Republican party questions of publio policvr- Instead, that what do wc see 'to-day ? A sped cle alike disgraceful to the Republic party, under whose banner and in whe name gross abuses have been perpetrate and to .the men who have thus stained i honor ; and yet Senators desire us to co tinue a system which has been fruitful such results.". This was spoken by a leader of the R publican party,.and I call upon those wi may regard ray statements as overdrav to carelully consider and weigh his lest mony. He deliberately pronounces ll Republican .State Government of Soul Carolina '.'adisgrace to civilization." The: she stands, the result of .your own hand work, bankrupt in money, ready to plun? into the dismal gulf of repudiation, roil ed in credit, her bonds hawked in the ma: kets for sale in vain at ten cents on tl dollar, her prosperity blighted at hon and abroad ; without peace, happiness; c hope ; and all her liberties ' stolon as wc as her material substances. There si: stands, with her*skeleton frame and wit! ered death's-head, admonishing all th world of the loathsome consequences of government fashioned in hate and faoati cism, and founded upon the ignorant an thc vicious classes.of mankind. Her sin may have been many and deep, and of th color of scarlet, yet they will become a white as wool in comparison with thoa that have been .committed.against her ii tho hour ot- her helplcssncsc and distress - - ? ? m i. The Arcs Scandal in Berlin. Tho Berlin correspondent of the Brea lau Gazette writes that the opponents o Bismarck in German politics aro over joyed hecauso of thc ctlrious debate ii tho Senate of tho United States concern :ng thc"sale of muskets and cartridge by the .American war department t< Prince Bismarck had deemed itpruden not to make any remonstrances at tin (imo when tho transactions in qnesti?r took place, although he might have cans od tho Government of tho United Stab": some trouble if-he had then possessed the information which Senators Sumnei and Si bur/, have now laid before the Sen air al Washington. Bismarck declares now that thc matter wa* really of.no con sequence whatever, and his organs hen have published soothing articles on th< subject. " His Majesty the Emperor, however [ um informed by trustworthy parties docs not look at the matter idtngeflicr Iii tlic samo light as bis chancellor, and lu is reported to have read the stenograph h report of tho proceedings in thcAineri can Senate with mingled feelings of sur* prise and indignation. In our liberal circles opinion is greatly divided on'this subject. There is'of course a very gen eral desire that ' there'should bo no dis turbance of tho. amicable relations pre vailing between tho Gorman Empire and thc United States ; but, on thc other hand, Bismarck's policy of tacit aeqnicscncc in transactions bordering very closely on violations of thc first principles- ol neutrality is not altogether approved, and a majority ol' our prominent liberals seem to bo of opinion that the cabinet ol Washington should be promptly chilled upyii for an explanation of thc amning facts brought forward- by Mr. Carl Schurz.". . S.?nth Carolinn Gama Lair? By recent enactments of ?tho General Assembly of South Carolina, tho old and long obsolete game laws of the State aro revived and drclared a part o'f tho statuto law. As a matter of interest to those of our readers who arc fond of tho chaso, wc givo a summary Of tho provi sions of these laws. Tt is declared un lawful for any ono to kill a doo or fawn from tho first day of January to the last day of July in any year, or to kill a buck from the first of September to the last Friday in October, or from tho first of March to tho last day of April in any year. And the period when, it shall bo unlawful to kill a doo is extended to thc first of September. The penalty fora violation of either of these provisions is ?i fino of ton dollars, while tho same pen alty is attached to fire hunting at any time, with an additional penalty of twen ty-five dollars for every dcor and fifty dollars for every horse or hoad of neat cattle killed while so doing, Another equally important provision attaches a lino of ten dollars to any one who shall hunt on any lands whatsoever at a great er distance from his or her place of resi dence than seven'miles, without.the con sent of the proprietor ; and also dcclar* lng every entry upon the enclosed or un enclosed lands of another, after notice from the owner or tenant prohibiting it, a misdemeanor punishablo with fine or' imprisonment, or both. In caso of a failure, on conviction,-to pay thc fines, one half of which goes to tho informer, the trial justice boforo whdbl the ease is tried is required to commit tho convicted parly to jail for periods not exceeding two or three months, according to tho of fence. i m t HTfc ? m i , A TALKATIVE -GIRL.--Oh I if there is anything in this world that can bje enu merated among the blessings of life, it ia a pretty, smiling, vivacious and loquacious girl. " Not ono that will talk at you, ra gossip, in scandal and in affectation ;'butor o who beams upon you like a new fledged meteor every tipie you spo ik ; whoso ey es, sparkle like ten thousand diamonds in so many gas jets. Whose ruby lips open and shut* as tho geranium when its petals sway before the unchwked wind. Such a one "is to a grief-besieged father an angel. i To a mother an indispensable blessing. Tq her. brothers and aisters a God .giVCR boon ! And to a lover-oh I our non fails lo coin an adjective deep enough, brilliant enough todo her justice.- She transcends the power of pen I A Legal Thumbscrew,; ' The'act to amend 'the ta-x laws, which received the approval of Governor Scott, on March 12th., was.a part of the financial scheme ;by which'the administration ex pect to make valid all their monetary transactions, and to obtain an income suf ficient to pay off their old debts and cur rent expenses. By the" Validating Act, as it is called, tjie bonds issued by the pres ent government are declared to be a bind ing obligation upon the people, and a tax is required to be levied and collected suffi cient to pay the interest on the whole pub lic debt. As some security -that the'cof fers will bc lo.cked fast, now" that they arc completely emptied, a joint resolution Wi.s unanimously adopted fo;: a constitutional amendment prohibiting any increase of the debt, except with the sanction of the peo ple. A tax of six mills'was levied for. general expenses, and of two mills for. school purposes. The License "Law was ?conjured into existence. But these were not-enough, without such changes' in- the~ tax laws aa would allow the State author ities to enforce the pay.inent.of delinquent taxes-amendments made all the more necessary by the-certainty.that a-total tax of two per cent, for the fiscal year would leave thousands of persons in arreara. It was understood that? up to January, 1872, over one million dollars of taxes re mained unpaid. This snug sum would help to "relieve thc treasury, liquidate the debt, and make money easy at the feapi .tal." These are the considerations which led, wo .presume, to the framing of the-tax law of March 12, 1872 ;. a law which will wrench the taxes from thc people/or send . their property to the hammei-witfi a "Stute warranty of title to the pnrchascrs. The full force of this legal thumbscrew does not appear at thc first glance. It requires a plain statement of the changes wade iii the pre-existing laws to enable the tax payers to comprehend the desperate bold ness of the administration. 1. Thouprovision that, when delinquent kind exposed for sale,* except in cities'and villages, cannot be sold for one-fourth qi its assessed value, the-State shall buy suf .ficient at that rate to satisfy the amount pf .the taxe? and penalty, is repealed. 2. After the, expiration of ninety days! deeds may be made for any real estaje sold at delinquent laird sales. Thc act bf' 180S forbade thc inahing of deeds until thc ex piration of two. years. 3. 'Real estate sold for 'taxes may only, be redeemed itv ninety days; instead of. within two ypars ; i. e." it may be redeem ed within thirty days, instead"ot one year, without penalty, and within ninety days, instead of two years, with a penalty oT fiffv per cent. # * ?i. The county auditor is required to 1 warrant the titles to all lands sold for de linquent taxes. . " . ?. AU lands upon vrhich any State or county tax for 18GS, 1869, 1S70 or 1871. remains unpaid shall be sold on' theirst Monday in June, and conveyed in fee sim ple without the rightof redemption. If no person offer as much as the delinquent taxes and charges, the State is declared the purchaser, #id becomes ike owner of the land. The?c provisions, as we before remarked, point-to the conclusion that the State Government are determined, by hook ol by crook, to raise money sufficient- to re- - ? lievo them from all, embarrassment, and to tlu?in! As a part ci ihe programme, au thc land? in the Slate upon which any tax for 1868,1869,1870: or 1871 remains un paid will be. sold outright on.the first Mon day in .hine. To give courageto purchas ers, the State warrants the titles to all land thal may bc sold. To frustrate any combination on the part of the citizens, the Suie becomes tho owner ol' the lands' if thc amount bid*ls not equal to the de linquent taxes'?nd expenses; and it is re quired, besides, that it any'purchaser does not pay forthwith the amount of his bid, the lands shall be wemcdialcly resold; as if nd.previous sale of them'had taken' place.- Charleston Xcws. .... ? Scir-Hndo Bl c n,f--The Secret ol' Success. . . - . . Horace Grech-, in a recent disquisition on " Learning '"Without Teachers, or Self Made Men," advises die "youth larking money, and rimpilRms lor k'?owli.dgo" hot ' to go to college aiid run in debi, to . pay his way k but .to follow, a trade and study . in his.?pare.hours. This docs not suit the raediocre'&'?crat?; who, having -spent, their prime in acquiring- all thc living and*dead. Ianguagesj'find at last .the application' 'bf this education vi-il) not, itt thc "struggle , for life," net them -much more than what ' is reaped by the average laborer, without tho so-called polite education. v . It is a fallacy thal to become, scientifhj the youth must first master all the.,lan guages, dead and Jiving, "in fact, ..sp...far as agriculture is, concerned, the .student may acquire a .practical, knowledge of so muchas relates to this- art without \i. thorough knowledge of thc dead languages at all. ' Ile may acquire' flic technical, terms as he goes along, ind the student in science, wc tum)', in such. ?uidiyut?nis^fo? instance aa the-. Sheffield Scientific School at New Haven-, and perhaps the-Polytccbs* nie School at Troy, may support himself, or nearly so by honorable industry during-. his course. - ' . .-. ???* ? There is a great deal of buncouibn in the laudation of " serf-iiVad'c" vnr?n." As. h rule they have become celebrated 'l?Sn' thoir innate talents, and iu spite ol' .tup; difficulties experienced .rn self education.' The higher the education the betteiv- ip. only that education ls tempered by_prac- \ tital tort and practical, science. . This js; tho.talisilu'n'tosuccess in "these tifneSj"; and hasjdways mad?.sucli^me?'.?s^?iall?o, Newton and Agassiz, iri science, and. thc: hostof thinker;} anil workers in avery de partment of technical- art: T. -^ -/ That greater progress has not-been -matte : in agricultural science is duo to_ the fti'ct tliat it. has l/ee'ii 'treated from th?'old edu cational sfa'nd. But'progress is beingjnadc in th?3 direction:, and we must be tqn'teul to wait The text ten. years -will ?show such advance in this ."direction as- will-as-, tonish the world. Weare yefconry on'th? threshold of agricultural science".-' We arc yet to find that the- ISws underlying the most successful prosecution ''of ttiis-indus try are as simple as ? they are beautiful. We must work and wait.-Western Rural. A New Production Adapted to lue SOL.them States. Our attention has been called Hy Hon. Wm. D. Kelly toan article not now pro duced in the country, but which is especi ally adapted to-the e?matg and soil ol our Southern Staten. The liquorice- root now imported from Spain, Italy, Sicily and Franco is especially adapted to thc soil of Eastern Virginia anj !Norfli Carolina, alifl niany of the "Western States 'contd also . make"' it a profitable article of culture. From ten to twelve million pounds are" imported every year into this 'country, efc ther in the crude or manufactured state. 'It is largely used by tobacco- manufaotur ers and for medical purposes, and scqnefow are engaged in making it.iuto a paste for merly obtained eutirely from Europe. A slight duly now exists op manufactured liquorice, and this should* be maintained : also, let the rough article be sufficiently taxed to cncourage-our^Sotithern farmers' to invest in its cultivation/ . The 'foot ia' grown in England, and yields fivehundretl dollars to the acre.- -Sere, or in the South it would yield three'? or four -times'<htt amourrt. The root .is worth from five to I ten cents per pound, according to:quality* I threo pounds ol: root being used to. -make, ono pound of paste necessary to tbe man; j ufacturo of tobacco.- tras/unci?n. ?e I publican. The Greatest Inducements -OF ^XXES SEASON t MARKERT & fiMS .. Edgeitiejd, S, C-r . - ARE NOW OFFERING 'TEE LARGEST ANT) ??0ST EMPIETE [Ii 1 : . MD "_.,.. That h^s been offered in thiB market eincethe war. - - Our Stock*..throughout.,,-being Entirely"Utewy.ar? ptrrcbased?-from First Class iVIanuiacturi.es, we warrant every urt?le*e-edi -as -Vare and liiadufitcraled? ,.- * - - ' ? Saving just returnedfrom-the Nor where our personal attontionwas given in-selecting otir Goods, and hav^g*pa^Cc.?h for them", w"e were ena bled to buy at Low Figures. ' * "'.^TL We are hcAv offe'rihg the'foll?wing. Gooda at astonishingly. \ow prices* 100 q?, Qiu'aiiie, at $3. per oz.* - . . - * * ? 100 Bo ttl es< Morphine, $1 pel* bottle. -*"?* * " . r -6 lbs. Brom. Potash; 25: cis.^ex oz. ' ?' ' 4 lbs. IocTicie^ '~75'cts pero*. . . . . .. 6.Jbs. Culor?forn?, 35 cts per fozv ; . .? ^, A Fresh Siipply of^r.^ntt-W ... * "?"v -s* . * ' V' * ' - " " .'-.-.4./ r>?. ?e?*-*?^?? "K *? - v- 4 Doz, Dr.Tattrs ExpectoYan? '" ' * ' 4 .t<^,^t;^..tt<* ^S?rsaparni?K, 77 j" J; '^.?V a"'~;,'^ -7Jamaica.Ginger, - / -8- ?-,. e-~.Lwer Pills, .. . ... 4 Doz. ?yer*s Siirsaparilla, - * -4,-cc-- -?r-- Querry Pectoral/ ' ... * "7 7 G. ^7,777PUis,7 ' -. 5? 3 Doz.. Railway's Sarsaparilla;; * * "/ "?* . * '3 * R-eiidjf &??iefr 7 ' '?". . '\.'\ ' 4 ".***' <*{'^'-' '4R*yga)ator, ? .- a* - . :. 2 Doz. ilcLoan't? StreiJgthe?ioBs'eQrd?al, ' ?Z " 2, Doz. Hege m afi"* -Ferriated 'Elixir of Bark,-. ?. -^?. :. ;; ' 1 ?| " -* ? jS?jsaj^ ' Also; iiumeroirs vtrrher vqlu?jri?^Tt^ tedious to "iii?nt?Qii.V - . .A . - fin -? . . ;*>^? . j?-. .>/.. *....-?. . ^ .. ?- . u Prescriptions (impounded ;at an ^oWrfr. witt flie greatest eare, and at ttelowest figures. ' * ?... ...... . Family .Grroceries. * If you wi?h taie best Green or Black TEA you can always get it at MARKERT & CLISBY'S: The Best Java and'Ric,COFFEE ca? be had at 7 - r.. . ?fARKERT & CLISBY'S. The .Best Golden -SYRUP or MOLASSES can be bought at the lowest figures at > . - . / . , MARKE^X &'CLIBBY'S. And bett gr?des-of^Coffee 6?OARScan-there h6ihadat from Hi'oJ^cts. -Superior HAMS at" 16" cts. > .'. ?. ? '1.000 lbs.:RIOE at ll ;cts,,p?x-pouud, - * :" ..Choice Tea and-Soda'CRACKERS', ' u,i SARDINES, ?YSTBSSr - . ' .7 *. ' ' "* PICKLES, TOMATOES, HNE APPLES, &c. !.. ." , ' . ' NoVhrfi.vin? 40? P?nndr Fresh- and Well1-Assorted 0ANB?ES. Those in'search'of'diiia^B.^ifr should gi*m ya a mr* -"i / - - ..- -:; ... - . i'.v ' Fi net) R AXGES** ' .? ? r '^f^'i^mS^^ : ? * 4 Boxes . f * - * j^: ; * ,: *?!* .. -, . .1 t#M. . .a.. . .. .. - ?.-?-...'. . ". ' V?* *. * . We.ha^c pn?hand^'superb as^tyicnt of Toilet and Fancy ? A*B?ICLf5, embracing, in-.Pai^rr-.,. ?..-f .v... ? .? _ ^?. -, ..- . -nt^- . . - TOIbET SETS,.'-Riich^are and Beautiful;'- - - *- . . :. ? VASES,- PUFF BOXES, and -Ex Frh PUFFS, - TOILET-Pf>\VDER:-anrl-Pi:RF?ME3; in'an'endl(^-varfe.Ey,.;; ' ~\ 3 DQZ. Lu^^cuuine ESTRAC??,*7 3'v-'' 7 VV7 ^'lejTP'CUVJJ^R, ,.r M -And. if .?you- wish-iomething Extra in. the- way .of - HAIR?. BRUSflBS, Oooth. and Na&BRUSHi)Sr-aftd-ia&nt Hair BR?i3HESiDresftnff-O?MB&, ^.,--y<?u-?an^fiiid4henr?tu . -- vi*' 1 - ^MARKBRT * CLISBTB.'*' '.'jlfinf?**^ iheirvlibera": patr^nag?,-1^*?*???^^ ?emi?mmw^Mi tiffi? ' 2 : ''l'?"-^** :Marih!20... *..; . . 7*. : . ' '. " ' , . v?. ' - -Hi , \i / i. ; . -. e * i 1 * ' ?J?} WINES AND LIQUORS: ? Oar Stockpot* WINES, WfHSKfES and BRANDIES ia no? to be em?lei* hrthis Market in AGE, PURENESS of QUALITY, and LOW PRfCES.; We havo-in stor?, and to be received*m-a few dava, the following r " r : ' 20 .Bbls. Of assorted WHISK EY, -: - ? . ^ . . -2 Celebrated'HftitteY WHISKEY, at $8.00 per gal. ' - ' ^ ' . "*I -*",r'* K?nt?cky Belle WHISKEY, at $7.00 per gal. '* " . ' 2 tL Baltimore Club WHISKEY' at $5.00 per gal. .' ' - 4 ' Z?igler Old Rye WHISKEY, at $?.30/ 1^ . - --3 *' 01?B0URB0X at fi4.00;- * "'< 1 " ' . . * -.".'4.T?re C. 0;X7O?lKrSt'$2.50,-- ". ." V . 4 '.?*; 'CheapT^e"Wf?TSkEY. ; " '; *" ' * ^ ' ; ; 7 ' "To whic? we .call ttie ?ttent?qn"*of those 'Who w?ih te 'Tbtoy to sell again.. .4 -Cases.Uld l^enheaey BRANDY? tery.j?uaK * . .; . 20 Gals. Ca*liloruia.JjRA;NBY,.. ' . y .. . . :20. . Eollftnd?GIN for. Medicinal nurpose?, . ta20*'. Jamaica And N. E. RUM*". . ...... - . : .'.20' .." Eure.-01d Sherry .^WINE, K , ... . m -^fciff '20 " Madeira WINE, V \ i,:, . 20 M Old^ortWINE, b - OasesOHAM??GNE;^- -...'*^ '"w . ?^CaleaMlKB^WE.*^*"^'' -'-^ ^ ***,^>i * ^[ *r"* the 08 a ca,,: MABKEKT :srcm&t. r Mar. 20 tf . 18