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60S M*ma > m i i / & 1 ^^.^l..ll^^.'.^.l^".<,?.*U^.unl^..l^??.l.^...^,H^H,??.l.?^..^?.?^?ll.^.....,..,?.',.."..,.?,'*.'",, t.i??i.?S?'..?.?'"'^t*fo?,H^''"''<''llMlM.?n.W^ EDGEFIELD, S. G.MANLTA?Y 25, 1872, VOL! JUE ))XU.-M), 5. FERTILIZERS! ) IAM still Agent for that well known Q?aftft .ZELI/S.. A M M ON IATEp 8UPE?!fid6P*HVrR' n ' Ol ' OT Aso, am Agent for the ATLANTIC GUANO, ?ad AGID PHOSPHATE .for oomb?e?hg. with Canoa Seed, . Price of Acid Phosphate in Charleston, Caah, \ , * '" *X & Q? Time^r^hott^ inbreak. .31.00 ' r . Pqr particulars, address Mr. JA?IES A. DOZIKK, or myself, at Edgefield C H. . cv.... : .. ? p. F. CSBATHAM. : Bxcellensa, ; THE QUEEN OF ARTIFICIAL MA NURES. ?. WOULD respectfully announce io the planfing world of t?dgefield,- that ? ha?ve- aoeefcted the Agency for the sale of the invaluable Excelknza Soluble Phcspu ate Prepared hy Dugdale. <k Co.,-a FertU zer which riow acknowledges' t?o supe-? rior." " . . ... ? If the'farm erstand p ranters of Edge field will cai 1 on me and examine certain strong'&im unquestionable testimonials, in mv possession, Of tho value of the EXCELLENZA, 1 foe! 'assured they will immediately adopt it as their sole contmexeiar Pfcrt?Hs?er; ' *? < Price-Cash, :5G0,?0 ; ?Tim? |?68,-With freight and drayage/rom Augiusta. J.H. CHEATHA.M. Janis . .? "tf 4 Wi E te' General Agents oder for sate? in New Sock?, fresh from the Manufac tory, the. above Fertilizer at Sixty Dollars per Ton? ad ding the eat pea sea of freight Crom Sa-., vannai?. Payable 1st Nov. nexu We'ho nea tly believe, iron, -reports to us from those who used it last year, and our own experience in the ase ot' it. that there is NOTHING SUPERIOR TO PT, in this country as ? good and .reliable Fertilizer for .Crop* of Cotton and.Corn. It can be bad also of John Kennerl y, at Ridge Spring, S. C. J. J. PEA lt CK.. BUTLER & CO?, 1 'Cotton * Factors; " \ AUGUSTA, GA. J Feb 8 '. 2ni 8 Simpson's ProUfle' Ihave about fiftv bushels bf SIMP SON'S PROLIFIC COTTON SEED, which' 1 wiH>sftU at .S^OO'pe^n^hel t .J Also, .?ave about beni bushels.-of the j samo Seed, -sele?tec? wltlfiny ?wr^aqids from the'best stafjts?. which I will dispose of at 8-5,00 per thiihetl. ? , .; I raised eight i?Olbs bales of Cott* from these Seedi .fftev'^sfc^ear, on si acres, W'ith an imp^rfectstand.:' O. R CHIb<THA3?v Feb. 12 . V.;>"/ tf . Ki flf:J Are continually receiving LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCKS --?L New Furniture ! Comprising all the LATEST STYLES AND PATTERN -Of Parlor, Chamber, Dining Room And OFFICE FURNITURE ? FROM THE HIGHEST GRADE TO THE LOWEST. And consists of every article of FURNI TURE required to furnish a House or Offiee complete. Call and examine at our Ware-Rooms. Always on hand, at the lowest prices,. iieantiful Caskets lsd Cases, of our own maattfjfc?uro.: ; * M.?TT B^TO?itK, * ? ( , . . 212 and 214 Broad Street, J ' 4 AUGUSTA, GA. . Joly 2' ' ._l_y_ 28_ Iimmm jam., VmWft ? ? HORSES and'MULES arrive today A palace Stobfe?, for sale cai time, factof ?r ?3ly 'accsr?rtance. '* ? I will take great pleasure in showing iny Stock to Planters and those desiring io purchase.. C. TOLER, Palace Stables, , 150 Ellis Stroet. Jan.tfMTO*** ! tf - ' -4 Fieme 'S'?um.e Sewing Machine. ?N'LY ?25.00. THIST IS a SKTTTLK MAC/IINH. UM tho Uxbj?it Fw, and makeethe "Loci; STITCH" alike on both sides. It ia a standard First Clasn Machine, and the only low priced " Lock Stitch" Machin?hi'tl?? Vnited StntCH. ,f TXsjMcnblt revved Vie Mp lotti a-'at; the F?fr ot the two Carolinas, in the eira of Charlotte. X. C., in 1871. Thc shove Machine ik warrantiedfor five yearn.' A MACHINE FOR NOTHING. Any-person makin? Up a Club for live Machines. wiH be presented the Sixth one a* commission. Ace Mt ? H'au ted--Superior induce ments offered/ Li boral deductions made toMi?fsters?f tb? Gtopef. ,>' ' Send Stamp fcrW?lrcul?r, and samples of dewing. Address Rev. C. H. BERK HEIM, General Agent, Concord, N. C. Dee 4_ ly 50 STONO! . BY orders received frotn Mr. J. D. Ai ken, Agent of the Stonp Phosphate company, I have sent .to him in Charles ton all notes given for Oufeno purchased of nae last season. ?Persons ewniog thc Notes will piense remit to him and save, costs. A creditor con sne*n the ebnnty now where ne lives, ho matter where the debtor mav.reside in the State, ?nd if MA Aiken has to bring snit he will d? sd in Charleston. ?ij ., . ,.. S. S. TOMPKINS, Ag't, Mar.fr . M ?_. ?1 I TO THE LADIES: j PB. HOOPBA'8 FE3?AI.B P?LLsV? posi tive cure for Suppression, or Irregular!?- . .tf, arising from any caiwe wliatevcr - Thov are perfectly harmless. . mt-Every iAultf th'Hdd keep a lox of the Pille tm karpi for use inmate of need. Pri?e, ?1.00 nvr box. gent ??aitelf. sealed to anj address on MVP 0/ prfere^ j>.o. Box?t?s. ', ?pBmalmo Jana iy * I tl I I ? A SECRET. It ia youf sieref and mine, love j *. \ ? Ah me! how the dreary rain, ' , With a slow persistence all day long, p ' "Uuipped on the window p?heT The chamber was weird with shadows, ! And dark with the deepening gloom, j Where yon in your royal wotyaauhoou Lay waiting for the tomb ! They had robed yon all in white,-lo yo, In you c. hair Was a single rose; A marble rose it might well have been, In its cold and still repose! 0, paler than yon carven saint. And calm as the angels are, You seemed se near rn?, my beloved, Yet wore, alas, so far ! I do not-know^ff t.wept?lotte.-; ? r Si But my srful rose un and said : . i My heart shall speak unto her heart, Though here she is lying-dead ! . [1 will gire her a last love-token . * ' That shall be to' her a sign In the dark grave-or beyond it! Of this deathless love of mine." Sp I sought me a Little scroll, love, And thereon in eager haste, Lost another's eye should read them, JSome mystic words I traced. I Then close in your clasped fingers, Close in your waxen hand, rplaced the scroll as to amulet, Sure yon would understand ! The secret is your's and mine,-love ! ' ( ?nly we tw.p ,may kno\v What words shone clear in the darkness Of your grave sn green and low. But if, when we meet hereafter, j '..In the dawn of a fairer day, You whisper those mystical words, love, It is all I would have you say ! 'WHO IS GUILTY? '"The man waits outside," said Mr. Spencer Fentons servant, as he 8tepoed in front of the low office table, piled" with books and law papers. Mr. Fentons servant was a man of . penetration, and knew where, to draw, the cHvidiugMine between the com , monplac? c man"' and the . higher or I -der of being known as the gentle man. " Let him coma in," saicf Mr. Fen ton, quietly, as he ?took a pistol from a drawer, laid it on the table aQd dropped;a newspaper ov?r it. Mr. Fenton was a lawyer, in good , practice ?n a. large city, and was i known as widely ; among the cka? of pnstomers foi ira?m'h? practiced ;as [a celebrated rawy?i1 of Great' Ex 'pectation" and fame. The man was admitted, and proved a sullen looking, brutish personage-, ^in a sui? of slops, which looked as if they had been sodden in the ooze ?nd slime of the rimer ?Jftr, months. He Lbeld in bo'ih hrrnds-^-as if he ' feared Kthat if rt was not held tightly it. ? would elude his grasp and escape I a mangy fur cap without a, frontpiece, tand with one ragged " ear-lap^ han<? ingaby 'a single' strjog. : *. f, Mr. Fenton looked once at this square-jawed, savage face, and gaug ed his man. "You may go, John," he said to his servant. " Take these papers down to Mr. Frisbee, at No.-, old city hall, and wai* for a message. Take an hour or two for yourself, il yon liive."' John went out, and Mr. Fenton arose, turned the key in the lock and put it in his pocket, while the man watched him furtively. The ?awy?r then took a seat at the table opposite his client, looking at him sternly. " Now, my man," he said quietly, " we 'arc together, and I want ro know exactly how this matter stands." "I'm going to* tell you how it. stands, henest Injun, lam." " Yon don't moan to try to. cheat I me, I hope, Seater ; because, if you start with, that Idea, I shall turn you out immediately, apd seek informa tion elsewhere. I can get along with out you-understand that/!" "I'll play fair, Mr. Fenton, l^ord lov? you, the idea or trying to pull wool over your ey ea .never came into ray head." , , K Very well. Now, as to this" .bank robbery. You say that you can ?giva infbrnfetiou-rrfor a consideration*,' of course." . "For five hundred dollars; don't forgit thaV'. , " Silence ! J?das had his price and so shall you." " Then I'll tell yon. The man th?t put up tbe job is. Seth Amity, the r cashier of the bank." Fenton started to his feet, and for a moment, lost his self-possession. " Seth Amity ! Mau, you are either drunk or crazy;.!" ^ . " Be I ? Then you take Trie som'er? and git.me swore-to it. I'll take my affydavy and swears' that he's the one as put up the job. I a'int a go ing to swear a li?." " I believe you'd swear to anything for a dollar,. Sen te 1 ; but that don't matter. Of' cou MO.-if you can prove rt'hat yon say. rh-- mau must be pun ished. But Seth Amity ! knowing the weakness ol human nature as.l do, and having been witness, to all ? sorts of duplicity, I would yet under take to swear . that you are lying.' [.* I ain't, Mr. Fenton; so help me, I ain't. He's the man as doQ<; it; he's 1 the man . as put the others up to the . fastenings, and give them the impression to the safe key and the word'to unlock the safe'by." ' " Yoii know , a great. <leal about this matter "it seems to me.' *Conr?e'I'knW about, it, !? ain't? snaked and crawled there hull nights . for n thin.' See here, they are go ing to make ?;npther haul on the bank, and they are aoiug to meet to arrange, it to-nighV Would yeti dieter, go with me and listen ?" " Can'you lead tiae-'way ?" . u I kin, and you'll see what yer precious S?th Amity amounts to." " What time will you come ?" . , "Nifte w&i'i ! / \-U ; ? "Shall I'OT?ng a policeman ?" * ' " I don't like the oops ; but bring one if you like. He can't hurt me." Very good ; you can leave me now ; but be on hand at the time." He arose and unlocked tne door, and Senter shuffled out in his sullen manner. As fie passed down tbe wide staircase, a young man brushed past him rapidly, and gave him a look of eileut scorn. Senter stop ed on the* stairway dui looked after im. . M That's you Seth, my boy. You are down on me for a traitor and in former, but I'll fix^you veil" The young man tapped at the door of Fentons room ana entered. Th? lawyer looked opat him quickly, and an .expression of doubtful meaning passed over his , ?ace. 44 Good toora ing, ?e-h,1'' he Bkid. " How dc j tTe|rs go. at the bank ?" j " They are in trouble, of ci . for there ia absolutely no clue. ! scoundrels who robbed the safe. Vere oorjhing eja$ugh not to 1 anything excep"frgdld-actually ing a large quantity of notes, y ; they might ha,ve, bael as well %3' " Do you'suspect any "one con . ed with the ban\?" J " I ownO basel my suspioions F ntbn. but I hate no proofs ; ai th? man and I are not good fri it might look like personal emni my part if J fepoifcof ? .j? ? !? "The ' safe was opened" with &ey $nd< Tfrord,',' ? ?? " Yes ; that is the puzzle, for two of -us ' had the word. The is another matter, aud might been taken in a dozen ways. T if the directors did not have the most confidence in me, I might been suspected myself. Are yoi ? ing to the house?" . I "No; but you must give the r, of the maa you suspect ; of cour will* go no further than myself." " Henry Dana,- the assistant c ier," replied kSeth slowly. " know that he has not. been friei with me since he knew that Mary I were engaged, for he hoped to ceed himself." ' ? . . M Umph ! You are going to house to see Mary ?" " Yes ; I thought perhaps you * going down. I can't stop a ment ; so good-bye, and if you : out anything, let Us know at oh He hurried out, and lenton mained with his head upon his hat in deep thought;. He had tn;; Seth Amit/ so far that he had acci ed him as the affianced husband his only da"ughler, whom he lovec few parents leve their children. ' Ho knew thar, his informer wi brute, but a good spy,' ?nd he" ! given him trustworthy informal before, and it looked "bad. for bi If it proved true, he would be one to break the daughter's fae; and c'onsigi? Seth Amiiy to a pr'i? cell for yettrs. But ;he had:been tai?ed by tie bank officials tb ' wi up this most audacious robbery, > he would do his duty. Setli hun down to the cars arid stepped up the Fenton residence/ As he w up the steps the door- opened am young mah stepped out, who cast ;?avage glance ut him and passed without saying a word. " What is Henry Dana doing hen he muttered ; and what a inalich glance he gave mel I must .und stand thisat on >e." I : 1 He touched the bell and sent; his name by the servant who answ< ed the ca 1. Dir?ctly after the girl came b;i with a eau., upon which was wiitt in a delicate fe maje hand : " Not at home, to Mr. Amity, will never see you again. " MARY FENTON." Seth looked wildly at the servai and tuen taring the card in piec he stamped upon them furiously, a: hurried out into the street, bia hen full of doubt and fears. Mary bi reused to see him a?;ain. Who bi poisoned her mind against him, ni iiow'should he unravel the dark w< which fate seemed weaving aiom him ? Senter was on hand at the appoin ed time, and met Feilton at his offic where they were joined by a polic man"inmuft." Feuton had ?rmi himself, and after a stern comtnar to he careful what he did, the info mer took the lead? walking sever spaces in advance of the others, ai; not appearing to belong to I hem. E took a cab at a .corner stand, an they iollowed his example, and afb ordering their driver to keep tl other cab in sight, they drove awi through the city, and half .an hot after alighted in a side street, whei the houses were of the class know as su- picious. The cabmen had the orders and drove away, and "Senti joined the party. li Where is the place, you?" sai the policemau. !' Gentleman' Tom's," replied Sci ter. " You have got the office." " Tom keeps a little game of f-M and a good many rough cust <moi hang^ruund him," said the -polict man. .' . " Of course," said Feuton quietly "You are game," muttered to pc liceman. " This way then." He opened a ga'e in a board fenr; between two houses apd passed ir aad by thetalismauic power of certaii words and knocks they werf soon in side of the houses, in which the gam hiing was in full blast. ' Tho proprietor and Heater exchang ed a few words, and then Senter let the way up stairs to a small roon which was carpeted GO 'thickly tba their footsteps gave no sound. Sen der moved a small panel, sc arcely ar inch across,-and- motioned to Fentor to look in. He applied his eye tp th< opening and saw tnre? men seated al a,-table, almost, within reach, of hif hand, conversing in low tones. All of them were masked closely ; and two of them called the third by name, at different times, and the name was -Seth Amity. . . . Fenton listened and heard the whole plan of the' proposed. robbery, arid hejtnew that the man to whom he had trusted, and to whom he had been about to give hi? daughter in marriage, waar a vijla^n and a" partner with robbers. J , . :. ., Adi compunction, was at; an end, and: the last Words he heard as' the men arose were these : " I. have invested the proceeds of our last haul in Chicago in such a way that it will give me influence enough with that old shark, Fenton, to induce him to hurry up the mar riage "with Lis daughter. There "is over forty-thousand in gold in the bank, and the .specie will flow in heavily to-morrow. This will make U3 rich enough to retire and live the life of honest men." .They passed out of the room and the three fatcjurs looked at each other with.a strange' inferrthess,' arid a shadow passed from tha face of Fenton. . " I can orueh him now without a, gingl? pajDg.t! Seoiter, yon have doo* weil, and injfead 'of ?va hundred i you shall have a thousand. Go j your house, and we will follow i ; leisure." .*' . - i., Twice during the next day ' passed Mr Fenton in tile street, a'wild, excited look \n his hand face,'and the lawyer fe/und it.ha believe the evidence -?jf his owi Seth did not dook* li?e. a orin, i but rather like ope vdiov? soini dieted sorrow had driven to de? At night three rn^n with drawn over their blows, era through the alley? at the bac Moreton s bank and reached a : which was opened by^'key, and ' entered. A man lay sleeping 01 floor, who was quicklywover-pow< bound and gagged, .'.The one appeared to be leader showed I the way to,the place where the 4 watchman wass?ated, nodding di table. Ile was disposed of as e as thc other, and left upon the helpless, and then the leader duced the key to the Srault, and 0 ed it easily enough, ***The floor quickly strewn with small- can bags, each of whick, represente large sum in gold. " ' 1 ' As thev were gloating' over prize, wh ch far exceeded exp( tiona, th_-r.e came a sudden rusl men, a? d the three'robber's wert cured before they ha'd time to tl of dapger. ; " Tairetrin the tmfcj Seth Ami said Fenton, showing himself. ." cannot.hope for mercy at my .hi Take off his hat ; let me see {bi Iain's face."' ... . . .. One of the officers removed cap and held up a lantern, and t saw, not Se;h Amity, but He Daria,- his dark face distorted rage. ' "I am beaten," he said sudden 44 but be sure of this, I did not d so m?ch for the money as to ruin man who has robbed mc of the 0 woman I loved. I have' used ri unte "through all, and doubtless y spy heard it. A thousand curses him for spoiling niy game 1" . " That s what fooled me," grumb Senter. ''I wish it was Amit/ stead,of this 'un." jirj ' > m " Take me to prison.; let me h myself from all the world,", s -pa?a. * So the three robbers went to pris and Seth Amity was cleaned in eyes of all meu, and what he cai for moat, in those of Mary Fent< Dana had told ber that Le had n j bed {he bank, and?that the offici had proof of his villainy, and s was strong enough to cast off t ??man she believed to be a vilLian. 't? .made a- pie atonement for th? moments .of doubt, for she is ni his-wife, and will love him the b tor because she 'signed against h for an hour. The stolen property waa nearlv; recovered and returned to the bar Dana was sent to -ing Sing, wht he was found dead-in his cell t I months alter the prison door clo.? behin4 him! M hetb-r lie flied by 1 own hand, or conflicting i-assio of his own heart, no man knows. Senter was guilty of ?in aiiriaL indiscretion in the way ol' appropi aling the property of another m? without his consent, and Fenton w counsel against him. Thanks knowledge ol' a man's character, th amiable ?py is serving the State Siug Sing loi- a teran of y< ars. I Burglary, Marder and Arsoiii MEMPHIS, March 12.-The Vick burg (Miss.) J?crald, ol the 8th, sa] the steamer R. B. Hurt arrived ye terday, and her officers bring parti ulara of a fire at Rolling Fork an loss of life. The store of Messr Ring & Moore was destroyed by fu during Tuesday night. Wednesda morning the charred remains of Jess Moore and Mrs. Moore, Mr. Good hr and; a child, B.ily Jones, were take from the debris. The skull of M Moore had been broken in across th forehead, evidently with an axe, an the head of Mr. Goo'dhue had bee almost severed from the body, appal ently also with an axe. The bodie of Mrs. Moore and the child showei no evidence of any wounds. Mi Joe Tyhg is missing, and it is feare that be also has been foully* deal with. It was supposed at Rollin Fork that Mr. Ring had gone to Vicki .burg on a steamer a day or two prv vious to the occurrence, but nothinj has been heard of him by his friend; here. Billy Jones, the ohild, we seven or eight years old, and the soi of a well known raftsman, who ha? left Billy with Mr. Moore while hi was engaged in other sections of th' pountiy. Rolling Fork Landing is on Sun flower river, at the mouth of a shor stream which connectsSunflower with Deer Creek. The store, of Ring $ Moore was the only house at the land ing, and was used as a storing depot for all the goods put off there. It is supposed there were a good many in flammable goods there at the time oi the fire, and ar explosion of powder was beard for several miles around. The murdering of four or five persons and the burning of. a hous? to con ceal the crime, is enough, of course, to arouse all sections of'the country adjacent, and intense excitement pre vails. No clue had at last accounts been obtained of the perpetrators of the horrible crime. Two suspicious characters had been seen previous to the occurrence in the neighborhood, and they . have disappeared. Rob bery was doubtless the principal ob^ ject in view, but the fiends being dis covered at this, they probably mur dered the inmates of 'the hpUse and then fired it, hoping to hide all tra ces of their bloody work. The body of Mr. Goodhue was brought to the city on the Hurt, and buried from St. Charles Church yesterday afternoon,. The-building and stock of Ring & Moore were insured in different agen cies in this city .for about $7,000. A Kenosha editor was flick unto death, and soveral of his contemporaries took occasion* to free their minds con-: earning him. He got well and "now they must m?ot bim nt tho muzzle o?a revolver, or,bo will cram their,flying tvpos down theil- false thrda&" ' ' , -_ Tl ??&~ No person should sleep atone In' oold y eather, save'wt?bws. '? The B?&le kath ?ld Oi* Widow's 'mite." Ui For the'Advertised Letter From the JHowUins WALHALLA, &0:J1jw6; '71 MR. EDITOR:- The duties- of station have been so arduras, an . have been so busy with ot^rmat: for some time-past, ?ia?J?^ias been convenient for me/tWRwrite i thing for your excellent jpper. I avail myself of a few* foment leisure ftnw to let yon- i^gw tha have not forgotten the dekr old J vertiaer, and its nuineronsjfeaJers. We are having one of??h? cold ' snaps' here at the presen? time t we have experienced this.yinter. 3 several weeks past .the Jap?ther ] been uuoommonly eever$4hd bit! The wdrrd often blows wren great v lenee for whdie days an? nights succession, and at such, .??ames*it is exaggeration to say thafc^t whist around the corners of'??me of 1 tall wooden houses in Walhalla li a stage-horn of the olderijfimes. } garters areat-Dr, Yarbj|caghe, abc the centre of the towni|?od duri these blnstering days UM "nights, : have, of:en. mistaken the hoarse mu, of the wind-for the Wowing of t engine of the train at W#st Union mile and a half away 1 & . T .am pow writing froi&a stand ink that was-frozen the sher mor ing on the table near, the-, fire. B the Weather is moderating somewh dow, and I hope it will'sot^be ve long before old Boreas vi|i}l cease blow his windy horn dyer.these ot erwise plea?ant. and beat Sful valle; and hills. A Tew more v eeks of co and bluster, of frozen hi ids and r< noses, and the snow wnl begin melt upon the distant mountain toe old Winter will relax hissey grip ar prepare to depart, and Swing, gent and beautiful, with smiling fae balmy breath, and emerald robe will come gently down upon us, an the green grass and p?st?y flowe: will spring up in her path. I imagine that down Jin your 6ei tion the farmers ha*7? ,ji?j|l nigh con pleted their preparation^for plantinj Some have no doubt ?anted cori and are getting ready rot;the cotto as rapidly as they cam |uj have ofte heard of a stirring old.ffirmer dow ? - irif bn the Ridge in Edgefijjjjf],' who wi in the habit of driving the snov birds from his fieldsjm Febrnarj that he might plant corn. That WM before the war, when^^L^darkey ha a master and did not take his ow time to go to work in the morning I do not know whether the old gen tleman to whom I allude is now liv ing. or whether he still keeps up th practice. If he lived np here ii thf.se mountains, he would find dri ving ?he birds rather an up-hill btt.si ness in more ways than one. I am not a farmer, nor am I anx ions, like Horace Greeley, to tel "what I know about farming," but '. have some notions in regard to South ern firming which I believe to bi sound and correct. While it is trm "frhat the South lias been and still i too exclusively an agricultural coun try, or rather has given too much at tention to a few great .staples, tn thc neglect of commerce, manufactures mining, and stock-railing and a di versified husbandry,- by pursuing which policy'no country can ever be come permanently rich-I do nol think we should now go to the othei ( extreme, quit cotton', and our othei great staples, and turn our attention altogether to the growing of the grass es and stock-raising, wherever it ii practicable, and to manufacturing. My notion is that we should plant a less area or acreage ol' land in cot ton and our other'staple products, fertilize it more highly and cultivate .it better, and devote more attention 'to those other pursuits and industries .which will enable us to raise the most of our domestic supplies, and furnj-h the greater part of the manufactured articles that we need, and whit'h we now purchase from abroad. By pur? suing this policy we would retain among us the greater part of the pro ceeds or net profits of our leading agricultural pursuits year by year, and it would distribute itself in ac cumulated wealth and other branehes of industry in our section, and foster and build up ?very other ihterpst of the country. A Cotton, rice,-sugar and tobacco are destined to be the great wealth-pro ducing agricultural staples of the South for years to come in the future, as they have been' fn the past. ' The country is adapted to their growth, and the people will and should plant them ; but that is no reason. why they should be planted to the exclu sion or neglect of other products, which are absolutely essential to ren der the staples most remunerative and profitable. The industries of a country are best shaped and best managed, when they are of such a character 'as to develope and bring out its richest resources in the most advantageous manner. Who is it that makes the most clear money J and consequently contributes mo t tp the wealth of tbe country-the small. farmer, one'that works only a few. hands and runs only three or foar plbWS, and" rais?fl a^ hid d?mes?ic siip .plresY his mules and horses^fiiclnded, and raises a fair ojcop of cotton every j|ear, or the. laxf? {^ner wfcp malus , big crops of. cotton, and.buys his coi bacon, floor, work-animals, and .fact almost everything that he nee with his cotton money ? The exj rience and- observation of every i telligent and sensible farmer in. o country will ar?sw?r this question. I can readily foresee, the time,. and the day is not far distant, in tl future-if we afe only wise and p tient, when this heaven-favored ai .sun-ki8s?? Sotfthem Lind of ours w: be the most' prosperous and riche part of these United States. It h every natural advantage of climat soil and productions.- The dhly-dra-i back and Hindrance to its rapid ni: t?rial development and advancemei at the preeent time is the bad ar unpromising condition of our pobl affairs. But that is only a temporal obstacle that must and will soon I removed.- The present corrupt-an rotten State government of Sout Carolina, and some of the other Soutl ern commonwealths, will inevitabl crombie and1 give way fo more inte! iigence and 'public virtue, and b supplanted by a better state.of thingi Then more capital, enterprise; an skilled labor from the North andfroi Europe wifl flow into Our section, an the rapid development of our mag nificent agricultural, mineral, am manufacturing resources will-begin i earnest! More direct trade with'Eu rope through our principal seaport will be established. Our great Bup plies and many varieties 'of timbe will-be tapped and brought into-mar ket.. Quarries w;ll be 'opened in ou immense masses of granite and bthe building stones, and the treasures o our great coal and Urne beds will bi dragged into light. A more diversi fled system of husbandry will bi adopted. "We will have better farm ing, deeper plowing, heavier- manu ring, better draining, and more im .proved agricultural implements arie hbor-saving machines. More mil roads will be built, a market openec for the teeming products of everj fruitful valley of the interior* anc villages, towus and" cities will spring up in every direction. In short, oui iiighly favored section, shaking of t he'evils of the present and the error) of the past, will be blessed with t ?lay of prosperity and advancemeu.1 such as we have nev?1 before enjoyed Now, our true policj is to labor watch, wait and pray for that auspi cious day. MOLTKE. --.-. Brevities and Levi lies'. jK?r- A Yalpjo (California) young ladj about to go oft* in thc cara stepped ink thu (lark sitting room of tho depot tc kiss her Mend Sarah good-bye. Owing to the darkness', she didn't hit Sarah, bi?! caromed on a Chinaman, and didn't find out the mistake until John began yelling : MVhatce fur you so choked *mef Hi yah ! No saneen so nvach.ee !" One yell, t Hopping of f?minine garments, a.slam med door and that girl was gone. $?3r Two ladies were in conversation .the other day One lady remarked that , sparrows were useful in ridding certain cities of canker worms. The other '.adv -aid sno wpuld rather be tormented by thc latter tlym sparrows. Just then a gentleman approached and was appealed to. "Mr-, which do voa think thc worst, the sparrows or worms?" He blushed a little and said-" I don't know, I never had sparrows." ?ST " What is the use of trying to be ?honest?" asked a young "man the other day of a friend. " Oh, you ought U> try it once and see," was the reply. And tho young man wanted to put a head on his*plain-spoken fricad. ?S)" " Mamma," said a little girl, " what's the meaning of a book lwing? printed in 12mo?" "Wfiy, my dear*' 'replied the. mother, " it means that the book will be published in twelvemonths." Fact. jgs- Thepert misses of a San Francisco grammar school have mutinied against the principal, who, todo them justice, would seem to b<3 an ignoramus, general ly. The girls' grievances are summed up in this frank confession of one of them to a reporter: 14 We hate him ; he don't know anything; he's a fool, and I told him so-he don't smell-good." ;/3r Mrs. Partington awakes from a long slumber to say that she thinks this thing of shaking hi rds across tho bloody sarcasm is all torn-foolery. XS3r'$\\Q cold snap moves the Bloom ington Pantagraph to give this advice: Marry a warm'-hearted girl, whether cold weather affects you or not. Warm-heart ed girls are comfortable even In wann weather, and in cold weather they are ari absolute necessity to a man's comfort. jeir- "Jheplaint of the bachelor will be heard no more in tho bind. An ingeni: ons mechanic has invented buttons that can bo sewed on with a screw driver. jjgr One of the Ohio papers tells about a brave little boy.out thero who found a broken rail on the railroad track, and perceiving tho peril in which the train would be placed if it should come dash ing past without ' Warning, sat out on the fenc?for five hing hours in the bitter winter cold, in order that he might carry tho first news of the accident to his fath er, who }s lo^al editor of a paper publish ed in the neighboring village, $S~ A physioian on presenting his bill to tho estate bf a deceased patient asked, " Do yon wish to have my bill sworn to?" " No," replied tho executor, " the death of the deceasod is su?lcient evidence that you attended him profes sionally." jgr An Tows Falls woman put a oou ple of dozen eggs Into her bed so they ; shouldn't freeze while she* was absent four or fivo days, and on hot return late at night bounced into bed and bounced out again. A druggist recently r?eeived the following prescription, with a request to make lt upi "-For Kr?mps: Tinot. knm firc, won ounce; tinct lodettum. alittle; tinctj ky ann pepper, two pen^ort[h'; klou form, a little, but not much,' as it is a dangerous medicine . Dose, -half tea spoonful when the kr amps ?orne on." , ?, What is SaW ia England.-Our selves as Otliers See Cs. [From the London Spectator Feb. 22.] . ... .Nothing can* be tcbre 'disheartehrir^ t^o Radicals, or indeed to any r?eri who.believe ic self-government, than . the revelations of corruption recently reported from the. pnited States, and , yet we appear to discern among them one gleam of light. A belief in the ?corruptibilityof American politicians has of late years heen very widely spread in Europe, perhaps unduly, spread, but until this month it waa. corrected by -an impression that the Senate, at all events, was pure. That body was not elected by a Democracy,, but by .the elite of the people, the State .legislatures'; it, was- filled -by men of a different, stamp from the representatives, and it had a long .tradition . of honor, rits members might "job'" as British ministers have jobbed, but the. short ten ure of Ameri can office might account for that, and after all .some, one must, recommend for local appointments; but there was a belief !hatrthey would not be-, tray their trust for money. The-revelations. i,u the American Credit Mobilier case and the Pomeroy case show,- .however, .that,.this belief was ill-founded ? that, the position.of senator, the -highest in the 'Uniou next to the President's,' -is sometimes: bought and sold ; that the Legisla tures which elect the Seriate may be ' corrupted ;. and that in f he Senate itself there exist men wh-se votes can be regularly purchased- for a moderate sum1 of moriey. Without going into unproved scandals, there seems to be no doubt whatev?r that certac manag?fsof the<Pacifie Railroad' formed a Ring j that under fhe-title of the Credit Mobilier they sold to them-, selves concessions made by Congress I to the Pacific Railroad j that they resold th^se concessions at enormous prefit-witnesses, talk; of dividep'da of 1500 per cent'; thai they were arraigned in Congress, and that they gave shares-'-that, is, money--in atnornt? of about ?1000 to >enators for protection. Jiow many. senators' are implicated it ia impossible to say. but it is certain that three at least ' are held by opinion to be guilty, ..in cluding. Mr. Schuyler Golfax, the Vice-President, who avers that he can make a full defence, Jxit who has only escaped impeachment by three votes, lt is certain also that " lobbying," i. e., .THE PRACTICE OP CARRYING BILLS BY BRIBERY, has reached the Senate, that several men ha>-e grown rich there without cause, and that one man, ?Mr. Pomc^ roy, of .Kansas, has been convicted of buying his seat, in order, as every' one admits,, to sell its powers! The revelations are of the most 'frank character, and though they do not cover a majority of the c?nate, Qr anything like it, they do cover namvs heretofore generally respected. Anything more disheartening could scarcely . be conceived. If a democ racy itself uucorrupt cannot find or does not care to find repr?sentatives who, alter a double wirmowing arc commonly " law honest,*' will abstain from actual bribes or actual plunder ing of the State till, Democracy"is dead before it has well been born. No State cnn .long survive pecuniary corruption ?ii its rulers. They ta-iy urge, as we believe Americans do urge, that they do. not sell their countrymen : that an anti-national vote c mnot be h -ugbt ; . that they . only receive'gratifications for votes on indifferent matters,. ox that at worst bhey only trama in, concession*, but all that is delusive. The men i who sell concessions will sell contracts, and in our . modern civilization the very life, of a nation m:iy depend upon contracts being honestly per formed, upon snip pivets, andsoidiers, boots, and the quality of powder j and the step from furnishing boots of paper to betraying an expedition is very short indeed-how short we may* discover from any life -:f the first Duke of Marlborough, "When once such a practice becomes general, the work of legislation is sure to fall to men who make a.trade ol' it; who, profiting by their work, attend to ii and-make a monopoly of it : and tin control of a great country may be abandoned, as the control of th" great City of New'York'was aban doned io a regular Ring, whose al most'avowed object is the plunder ol the people. The Ring did not govern New York well, 'but badly, its ulti mate interest being not onlv high prices, but scalped work] and a .Ring, il'jt obtained control ot the Unipu, would not govern well either, but as badly as France was governed, in the later years of Napoleon. We do not hesitate to say that, im, raeAsely powerful as tt?e Union is, and splendid fighters as the Aineri-. cans are, if her resources fell into the hands of men like the New York > Ring, she would m-her uext cam paign be defeated by ea.and land, if only through corruption among her non tractors. The. vice is fatal,, .and if it spreads only a little more, we shall yet see . . . , THE FALL OF* THE MIGHTY AMERICAN REPUBLIC, . , and of the brightest hope? of the r?ce now covering the globe. . There is no-conceivable reason why Austra- . liana srhould swindle less than Ameri cans,, or"-why Englishmen under the . same conditions should be better than either, and all good or far-sighted men would give up the Demqcrati<- ' cause as a hopeless fallacy. ' However, as we said, with the in tellig nee bornes also it gleam'of fight; The real difficulty in studying this ' problem of corruption is tb'under stand why the people hear?t, to de cide whether the electors acquiesce in their Sale by their r rvresehtatives.' If they'do, the struggle-is over ; but, if they do'hot; all .may be redeemed. A nation may fall into Ute hands ot* a corrupt class aa into the hands of a corrupt-king, and yet remain itself uncorrupted. That certainly hap; . pened in England under Charles. II J when king, . .courtier^ and states- | men alike accepted bribes which the ; electpfate tfduld h?V? "rejected wiflf ' contemptuous pcorn . and under Wal pole, when peer's ap?logtf.?d. t for re- ' ? 'jetting bribes -which tailors woi 'have'thrown in the faces of th; who .offered them. Wie seesome fa reason to believe that tly/isxhe.'c; also in America, and ?hat the ul ' niate'cause of-the popular .toierati 'for corruption is popular ignoran .r'e8entairV?s^?ot^iip?'.' ? ?1i? Quollt _ tliat by. any-.acwiiiaufc tbe.eyider comes before the people in a way tn trust, turre ta an.end.oif fjiibe.ukit .lu hie very Pomeroy affair, . ibe.u ment Colonel York had produced-i disputable proofs the content waa an end- T?emembera ?i -thel?Hiu? i houses-dai ed not- face*.heir conatit en ts' indiguat,ic*n,.andwiib Pu-mero) money in many of their poefcri unanimously voted his dismissal, t! election of . his adversary, ?td"h own arrest on a crimimtl ?nformario ;-?ti the United Staten House of C*St mons there has been- "hesitation* ?'inveatijs?ate;' no Tefusal to expel-M 'Ames, for instance, being expelled ex?ept by the 'cumbrous method impeachment, arid -ho Idea that'?an convicted,member' will b? re-elects Th re is much''le tri ty about* bm ?8hmen't,'as there used to"be in En land, and indeed st?l? is'ab?ut buyit] seats'iii th? .H?ii?j: of Cun^moi;s,; Di I it is ?iviciegtlv, felt that the ejectpj ?do not intend votes to be sold,. 411 f that although ,tb >-y m.tf choose toe no'bdtUr thiui th?-e . expelled, the will not: knowingly choose the ageni .of the .'lobbying"- Rings. WhiJ they think them merely extravagaa they wi I i bear with them,, partly bf cause they are too cemforc?bl?, t care-remember the debt is being rt ?ace? by '?25,000.000 . af year-w partly from that- horror of pecuniar "meanness'-' which amoiig ceftai classes iri'America, as among tb (wjbqle lower classes in Eng'ana, ha 'njade ot thrift an artificial vice", bp -jorruption they decidedly dislike. This i? so far satisfactory, but'w cannot deny,that each_of these re've lations, necessary as. they are if then is eyer to reform is A SEVERE BLOW STRUCK A?AlStf 4 DEMOCRACY. . , ^ . Grant 'the,.electorate innocent, am we must still co'.cede tliat it is exc.es sjvely stupid. It looks as if average half-educated working-men, . ?uoh a make np the constituency oi Kau?as while they can he trotted te* fight foi their country; .-und even to see tba . slavery is an evil, cannot be truste? to discern the character of-their rep resentativeet 'They select in ordinary times a ' bad lot." and when selectee do not look after them with anythins like - adequate keenness and inteMi .gene. I?' they remain poor, that ii ?0 credit TO them,- and if they beeorcu rich, that is no cause ol suspicion, foi they may have been speculating i'n stocks, We do not like vie outlook -tor Englishmen and'Americans art essentially the same-any more than we like the deduction we. ara forced to dra'\?-that the reverence for rank acts as-an antiseptic on the reverence for money. . We never feel sure, as we read these stories iu Am. rican papers, and French papera, an i German papers, that the English guarantee against ;: repetition of them in this country K not caste pride, the . Wrongest argo ment for aristocracy in some sense, cu other it would be possible to sagest It is a disheartening thought-'fro ru our point of view, but, we never deny a fact, and there the fact is that anv man who offered ?1200 or ?12.00" ?to any English peer or county mem ber for his vote would be summarily ejtdted from, the room. There" are lobbyers among* us, too, but they "re frain* from'putting temptation, li.tr/ that crude form, and they are pow erless against fhe cafte. V Young Irian Dies With His D ui H ifVs nothing in Hi- Anns. Frank Wafkley, a young man 0: 22 years, was lound dead ?li his lied ?it the residence ot Mr. Martin Gra; mer, on Jefferson strjeet, near Joiiii son,.yesterday n^ioruing. Tue circum stances of, nis death arc* peculiar. Walkley wa? a barbel' by trade, and, about, three months ago was working in this city. "At-th it tune.he eloped with a ?4tighter oj .Vir. fJarapbell, ;i girl of lti. They weut to. ?-ktigor., were married, thence to Tule lo, witera Walkley secured work. Very soon, howe Ver,, .the young wile Richened and died of.diptheii-i, and young Wa&ley brought toe body-here for barial. -H? h is rema ned ?1?re nince, working in? a barber shop on Potier, street, lt* would seem that his wire's death-af feet ed him great y. He was low spirited, and ?cvnk ?'", tina?s t? sttoiig drink. Whenever he- did this his constant ta k w'aB of his wife, and nt numerous times he has* acted'iifsuch a way as ti convince his accjuaintsfh-' ces that his mind was'shattered. About three week's ago, or sooifaf-' ter his wife's burial, he attempted tr. comYnit suicide by cutting his/throat' with ? razor, but was discovered in time to'pi'event the commission of lils purpose. A week or 'two ago he Started from the shop at ll o'clock afc night, went to the cemetery and brough^ back .a quantity of earth from his wife's gravo. .He Was conj Stantly talking ot meeting " my Ro sa," this being his wile's name. 'When he was found dead yesterday, he was iii bed, and in hi? arms were .tightly clasped a dress, a shawl, and'numer ous-other articles ot whawn's apparel, all,of which beloi/gml to his wi t?.-A tiuhk wtiioh has been ners was stand ing open in the bedroom! as *he hart left it when he rook out the clothing, and a'p'nper which ?had contained morphine was .lying ort the Abor.*-'It was plain "enough ahd sad enough. Pressing closely to his breast, the'gar ments' which had"'clothed the dead girl-wife, he nought forgetfulness* in the drug, and so a faithlu heart pass ed On across tne ' river.-SJijinaw {Midi) Enicrprhe. At the age ol sixty-live Mme. Ma-., fie Taglioni, probably the greitesc danseur hat ever l.ve J, ret^r.i.-* to>t London for the p?rpese cf giving dancing lessons. Losing much of ber property by the late French war, and desirous ot giving- her POII, who is a Freh'ch officer, .as'large a Tort iirle as7' she'gav? her dau'hler on marrying, J??d?eafted Mine. T?gliohi uhe?i J??lly^ .' gora to wurk after years of peaceful .seclusion on'the banks ot the Come. ' perfect hejdtii, active as many a i woman of ibrw, with hn exceedingly .pretfiy f#Qt, the ?rea) ex-cla'nseu?e 1 goe3 ihjough modern deuces .with % igcace? unknown to the.<lrawing?ooa?. ?-^Ab! I don't know where ib-e^mai*.'. '^ners'are 'now-a-days,'' ?he 'exclaims, ltwith, a sigh. " Nobody'' knows hw : "to bow' But the .American 4 younga* ladies please mo best,', q[he adds,. ." They have p;rcat ?acilLty ?n tearnLqg* and aie^Tiatm-ally g.acefal,^ - - . iuJJ. i JJ_t n . . M.Jerf* ? 'GHIFfIX a Bl'TLEFi. Undersized Harb, formed a' Co-Partnership in thc .Practice of Law in Eflg'eflcld Countv. ' . . .S. Ii. GRIFFIN, M. C. BUTLER. Feb 10 . - . ?f .... 3 H ZSTew ?J8UW- F-irm. -H t j?oH*-B. Bacbir. '.' THOS. i. ADAM*? Attorneys at Law, ' \ Will- Practice in the Courts of the State, ' and United States CoflftffTor. South Caro lina. '.*? Posner pillee of Carroll & Bacon, aud,' JVcon &. Butler.-? v. t-. , _ JanUi.iaa- ?/._/ ". ? tt .ft?.;. " ATTORNEY AT LAW, . .'Colnrhbta,'S. CT ? !* " (Mice, Law Range; Bauskett's BfcikV ing, up stairs. . , ?'opt4 . tf - 87 1 W. li CHAFFE, . , V Dentist, AYING located at Edirefield offers ' ' his Professional services to the* ch> izcas and surrounding conntry. Office ai ' the late residence of 8.8. Tompkins, Esq. Feb 28- .. * tf. .18 F. A. Brahe & Go 306 Broad Street, , . ? . . Augusta, Ga. H AS jhst opened-a. MAGNJFfCEN'T,, ! STOCK o? GopDS? compos?e] pf e^ery 'thing -to be.found.in a .. ? first Class Jewelry; Si To the inspection?of which Jiney re- . spectftdly invito thf?citiwns oT Byefield. ' WATCHES ?nd JEWELRY repaired *by first class Workmen. * Oct. IS, " 6m ? 43 MOTHES mw ~~~ iimm SYRUP, A Sure Remedy for " DISEASES OP THE LTVE?T^* " DISEASES OP THE BOWELS, - FEVBR AKD'I?FLAJIATIO'SS. NERVOUS DEBILITY, ' 'm FEMALE DISEASES, RHEUMATISM, HEART DISEASE, WORMS, SCOFULA, Dnorsy, &c. HOW Strange that the importance of keeping the blood puro and undo likd is*so much neglfected. Cleanse the blood, purify tho fluids and juices ol'the body, open out all tho passages of tbs body, and let off the corrupt humors. Nature's lawsaresiniple and wise. When our bodies .aro out of order,.our blood impure, sallowness and- pimples, per--*"' haps, affect thc skin; 'distaste for iood, headache, and constipation occur. T>o not wait foi*further troubles to appear, but clean out tho stomach and bowels of slimy, corrupt accumulations; start tito sweat-glands and thewater-pnssnges into operation, said all your bad feelings will disappear, pother Noble's Healing Syrup never fails to shu-: all of nature's machinery, and will cause it to move 'harmoniously in every part. What lady who has a sewing-machine eau continuo working it for years unless she occasion ally deans out UM? dirt and lubricates the machinery? Or what mau would undertake to usc his wagon for months without oiling it lo make it run easy? Just so willi the human Oody.. It must be cleared of impurities, and lubricated with a remedy which possesses the five essential properties foi; which tho discov ory of Mother Noble's'is famous. This valuable Syrup has but recently been introduced ih this vicinity, but Mr. R. \v". Cannon has already tested its merits in his familv and certifies as jol lowif: ' . . .* JOHNSTON'SDEPOT. Nov. 14.1872. I hereby certify thhf my wife has suf fered severely forthe last two years from Indigeadon, and she had tried almost . every, remedy k- own, and J eau oliver- .. fiiUyrecommcnd Mother Noble's Heal m?f Syrup as .siipcrjo'r VJ, any she h.u? ever tried. By the-us? lirtwoor tlirod l).>ttles she has been entirely relieved*. R.WVCANNON. ? Fors?ebv * - . GEO. J. TONET. . " ? .ToFinston'sDepot. Feb 1'.', 1 lm !' .* ROGERS'-^ ": RNITORE STQREV". H7 Broad Street,. AL GUSTA,-GEORGIA. . I HA'VE DOW in Sto?e a very largo and carefully soledted Stock of ??UE??????EE, :., . O?' AH Grades, ' Coinpviaiug aa cle.^aut .-ussortincnt of *v Fine Walnut; and.Mahogany CHA?d> BER SUITES', " . lloftutifnl Parlor ?SUITES, UpholstcrcoT " lu Plush, "Hair ?loth and Reps. ' Library, :iii??ug Room, Office & Bail CUAll^^VRLi?St BUREAUS, BEJH . STEADS, WASH S?AJSJ&S,..^?J *4j .- LOOKING OL ASSES, .?.-.<? '. 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