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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. JOHNSTONS DEPOT, HAS, alwavs,on Hand a full and well selected.Stock of . li^Wi? ifffjst? .-'V Groceries and Plantation Supplies ?C., &C, &c, All of which I will sell at the lowest prices'. Call on me before purchasing elsewhere, I can please ypujjmd ^l^dq sc?, if ypu .will give mt a share of your patronage. RfflL S^sl^Msf?S^SiaE FERTII?Z?B, ?na Solicit immediate orders from responsible parties. ,3<RaT) tun Jo mmni wi. j. w/b?t?^M; ?' Johnston's Depot, Feb 19 ly 9 Br. T. J. TBA6??E, DRUGGIST, td I.? .6) ,\.- JOBlfST?S'S.DBPOT, 3. C. . . , HAVING jest op'ene3 a' Drug Store at this place. I take this method of informing, my frienda and the public genarally t'tat I now haye in Store a full lilie of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, GLASS, PUTTY, KEROSENE OIL, Tobacco. Segara, In fact everything usually kept in a Drug Store,-all new and warranted genuine; : ....... My prices ara. as low as such Goods can be sold in any market in the same quantity. T. J. TEAGPE. Johnston's Depot, Feb 19 . ly 9 Great attraction IN !S, SHOES A?B HA?S. We Wow Oder to the Wholesale Trade,' ?"SOO Cases "Which we will sell for Cash, or to Prompt Paying Customers, at VERY LOW PRICES. Merchants wanting Goods in our line will save money by giving us a call. Our Retail Department i well supplied with, the Latest Styles and Best Quality of Goods, con bating in part of fidtfQg Ce?ehra?srl IfliTes & Son's Boots, Shoes aind Gaffers'; Zeig 1er Bro?: Congress and Lace Gaiters, A.c., Ac. Remember our Motto is: " QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS." GALLAHER & MULHERIN, 289 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Feb 12 3m 3 MILLER, BISELL ? B?R?M WHOLESALE GROCERS j Commission jVTereh'ts 175 and 177 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. WE are now in receipt of our Fall Stock of GROCERIES, consist ing rn part of Bacp5f3IDE&: poon, SHOULDERS, ^ry.Sait.'S??EjS, j j : ;, SUGA??S of all grades. SYRUPS-New Orleans and New York Drips, MOLASSES. Rio, Laguyra and Java COFFEE, TOBACCO. SALT, PEPPER, SPICE, Crackers, Pickles.'Cove Oysters, CANNED .GOODS coueiiting pf Peaches, Blackberries, Tomatoes, ?tc. MACKEREL in Barrels, half and quarter bbls. and Kits, Seed WHEAT, Seed RYE, Seed O ATS,..Seed BARLEY, Case Liquors of BRANDY, 'WHISKEY, GIN, We are also offering the most comp?ete and largest stock of BARRE LIQUORS of any House in the City, and selling at prices that will indue buyers to purchase nearer home than in Eastern markets. To the Planters and Merchants nf Edgefield we would take this?occasion to express our than ks.for their past liberal patronage, and respectfully re quest a conti nuance oF the same. US-Buying our Good-? for CASH, we are prepared to pell as low, and oft times lower, than any other House in the Ci tv. Augusta, Oct 9 ? i :'.' . tf 42 Does this Interest You ? ! 'J If ii . f iii f il M . ; ; Ti . . ? ','.,.< rn 300 roUWf qlotfi Li^o? Gpiiert,. lis < tu 2s,? with SolH Leather Soles, for $1,50. 300 Pairs Children's Heavy Sole Pebbed Goat Shoes, 7s to 10s, for $1,50 150 Pairs Children'? Feb. Goat, $1.25. . 120 Pairs Ladies Cloth Congress Shoes. 2-3 to Ss, worth $2,50 foi $2,00 I call particular attention to the above lot of Shoes on account of the extremely low price. They are cheap becauisa they are good. Will give another pair in place of the worthless. ?ALFRED C. (WIM E, Sign of the Red Boot, 258 Broad Street, Au gu-ta. Ga. Mar 5 Ctn6 ?._l-l L-LJ'--. ?fegsq Vif'"-' ; ..i^. . ' 4--i^-'-U -J-u^l-i-== Brooklyn Life Insurance Co. OF NEW YORK. Assets.Over Two Millions Dollars. A-Li Persons who wish to insure in a }u.o. 1 Life Insurance Company, pre sening peculiar advantages, can do so by. applying to W. ?. BUTLER, Gen'l Ag nt ^rooklyn Life insurance Co, Respectful reference m ule to Judge Jno. E. Bacon, Messrs. R. C. Shiver, Vfi S.'?onteith. A. C. Moore and John B iusket of Co'umbia. Kx-Gov. M. ,L^BoDnm', Me?w. H. S. Tbnpkrni?; . Henry W. Add-on, Z. W. Carwil", fir.,-J?sA. Duzien and other patrios of the CompT.r. EMOTIVE AND RELIABLE AGENTS, who v-?l.devote themselves tto th? intrest of the Company, wanted in,avery County in the State, with .whom ltWt tencas, wiJl beNraadtk . Ta c : J j fy. BUTLER, Cfen'l. Agent, lljj :> ' Edgeh>U C. Hi, S.-Q. Fek.19 . 3m ' MUSIC IN CAMP. BY JOHN R. THOMPSON. Two armiesMwrered hill and plain . Where Rappahannook's waters Ran dt-eply crimsoned with the stair Of battle's recent slaughters. ?j The summer .clouds lay pitched like t j In meads of. heavenly azure ; ' And each dread gun ot the elements Slept in its hid embrasure. The freeze so softly blew it made No forest leaf to quiver, Abd the:.smoke.of the random cannot Rolled slowly from the river. i And now wherecirclinghillslookod d< With cannon grimly planted, O'er listless camp and silent town The golden sunset^lantcd ; Whenan the fervid*afr there came A strain, now rich, now tender, The music seemed itself aflame With day's departing splendor. A Federal band, which eve and mon . . Played measures brave and nimble Had i ust struck up .willi Ilute and h Ana lively dash ol' cymbal. Down flocked the soldiers to the bank Till margined by its pebbles, One wooded shore was bl ue with 4 Yan) And one was gray with 4 Rebels.' Then Sd/ was still; and then the Ijanici With movement light and tricksy, Made stream and forest, hill and stn Reverberate with 44 Dixie." The conscious stream, with burnisl glow, Went^rQudly, o'er its pebbles, But thrilled throughout its deepest fl With yelling of the Rebels. Again a pause, and then again The trumpet pealed sonorous, And 4: Yankee Doodle" was the straii To which me shore gave chorus. Thc laughing ripple shoreward flow To kiss the shining pebbles Loud shrieked the swarming Boys Blue * Defiance to the Rebels. And y^t once more the bugle sang Above the stormy riot ; No shout upon liie'evening rang Their reigned a holy quiet. The sad, slow streain its noiseless Hoi Poured o'er the glistening pebbles ; All silent now the Yankees stood, All silent stood tho Rebels. No unresponsive soul had heard That plaintive note's appealing, So deeply "Home, Sweet Home" li st ir red The hidden founts of feeling O . blue or gray, the soldier sees, . As by thc wand of fairy, The cottage neath the five oak trees, The cabin by the prairie. Or cold or warm his native skies Bend in their beauty o'er him ; Seeli through the tear mist in his eyes His loved ones stand liciortvhim." As fades the iris after rain in April's tearful weather, The vision vanished a? th/ And daylight.died togo' But memory, waked by Kxpresscd in simples S i bdued thc sternest Y Made light thc Rebel And fair the form of The bright, celestial Who still "mid war's e i - Jiayejthis .one tojuch A Young nerv. " Av, ay,- sir : they're smart scann i enough, no doubt, them Dalmatians, ?tia reason '?oed, t? o, seejn' they man half ;h< Austrian navy; but they ain't got tin seusaniu' of an Englishman, put it hov yer will !" ? am st.in ling on thc upper deck of thi Austrian Lloyd steamer, looking my lasi .upon pyramidal jalla, as ii i>es up in i?-r race after terrace of stem gray madelin a?ain?t the lustrous evening sky, will thc foaiu-tipi.ed breakers at its feet. Be side me, with his elbow on the hamil ail and his short pipe between bis teeth lounges the stalwart chief-engineer, a? thorough an Englishman as if he had noi spent two-thirds .of his life abroad, .anc delighted to get hold of a listener wk (as he phrases it) " has been about a bit." " No ; they ain't got an Englishman's scasonin," lie continues, pursuing bis'crit icism of the Dalmatian seamen; "ann what's more, they ain't got an English man's pluck neither, not when it comes fo a real scrape." " Cun no one hut an Englishman have any pluck, then' 'asked'I, laughing. "Well, I won't just go for to say that : o'course a manas u a man 'oil have pluck in him all the world over. I've seed a Frencher tackle a shark to save his mess mate; and I've seed a Rooshan stand to his gun arter every man in the battery, barrin' himself, had been blowed all to smash. But, if yer come to that, the pluckiest feller as ever / seed warn't a man at all !:' " What ?as Ire, then ?-a woman ?" '.No, nor that neither ; though, mark ye, I don't go for to say as hoy.' women ?m't got pluck enough too, some on 'em at least. J/y' old 'oomau, now, saved my Ufe from a lubber bf a 'Porugee as '.vas just a goin' to stick a knife into me, when she cracked l is nut with a handspike. (You eau hear her tpin tho yarn youra*lf, if you likes tu tay tis a visit when we -et to Constantinople.') Bur. this un :;s I'm a-talkin' on was a little lad hot much big ger'in Tom Thumb, only with a sperrit ol hts own as ud ha' blowed up a man o'war a'most; 'Would ?-er like lo,hear ab ut it TV'i > 3 ' * \ ? "I j 1 L i> j . f I eagerly assent.; And the ?jiarrulor, knocking the ashes out of ins pipe, ;<-ids j his brawny arms upon1 the top ol the rail, and commences as follows : '"Boe.1 three years ago,-afore I got this berth as i'm in now, Twas second engi neer aboard-a Liverpool steamer bound for New fork. There'd been a lui ol extra cargo sent down "l^s.t at the last minute, apd we'd had no end of a job stowin' if? away,] and that ian us ?feto o'startin; so "that, altogether, as you may think, the cap'n warn't altogether in the sweetest temper in thc world, nor the mat?> neither; as for the chief-engineer, he was an easy-goin' sort o'ciiap as uorlh I in' on earth could put out. But on the tt;ornin' of the third day out from Liver pool, he cum down to me. in a precious flurry, iookin' as if somcthin had put him out pretiy considerably. "Tom," says he, "what d'ye think?, Blest it we ain't found a stowaway." (That's thc name, you know, sir, as we gives to chaps as hides thcirselvas aboard outward-bound vessels, and gets carried out unbeknown to everybotiyj " The dickens you have !" says I. "Who )s ?e, and where did ver find him ?" " Well, w.e found^ him stowed away j among the casks forrard; and len tJ one : we'd never ha' twigged him at all, iftjie j skipper's dog hadn't sniffed him out and I begun b?rkm'.' ouch a-little mite hs he j ! is loo Y i ??oki . a-imoet put him in my | j liaocypouch, poer little beggar ! but he j '? looks to. uc a.good plucky un for all that.'' j " I d.idn't wait to hear no more, but up ! : on jj?cliw'like a sky rocket; and there I olid K'/C a sigfet, and lio mistake. Every man- ; Jack o' the.cre\v, and A'hatfew nunphmn ' wc h.".d aboard, was?11' ih' a ring on'the , ib'cVdc, and in the middle stpod the first lnate. lqpkih' as black as thunder. Right in front of him, lookin' a reg'lar' mile among all them big fellers, was a little bit o' a lad not ten year old-ragged as a scarecrow, but with bright curly hair, and a bunnie little face o' his own, if it hadn't been so worn i thin and pale. But, bless . yet soul! to ?e? the wray that little chap ? held his head up, and looked about him, ? yo i'd ha' thought the whole ship belonged i to him. The mate was a great, hulkin' j black bearded feller, . with a look that 'ud j ha' frightened a horse, and a? voijtfe fit to make one jump through a key-hole; but the young un 'warn't a bit afeared-he stood straight up, and looked him full in i the face with them bright,-clear eyes of hisin, for all .the world ?s- if he waa Prince Halfred himself. . Folk did say ar terwards (lowering his voice to a whisper) " as how he corned' o' better blood no what he ought ; and, for my part, I'm ray tb er o' that way o' thinkin' myself; for I never yet seed, a-,common street* Harab (as they calls 'em now) carry it off i like him. You. might ha' heerd a pin ?'drop, as the mate spoke. " Well, you young wberp," says be in ! his grimmest voice/ " what's brought you here ?" " It was my step father as done lt," says the boy in a weak little voice, but ! as steady as could be. " Father's dead, and mother's married again, and my new father says ns how he won't have no brats about ?atin' .up his wage*;- and he stowed me away when nobody warn't lookin,' and guv me some grub to keep me goin' for a day or two till I got to sea. He says I'm to go to Aunt Jane at Halifax ; and here's her address." "And with-tha?t/**hif shps'ms /B?rt? into the breast of his shirt, and out with a scrap o' paper, awful dirty and crumbled up, but with the address on it, right enough. " We all believed everv word on't, even without tHcpapef ^?or Mis Iodk? -and2 his voice, and the way be spoke, was enough to 6how that there warn't a ha'porth o' lyin' in his whole skin. But the mate didn't seem to swaller the yarn at all; he only shrugged his shoulders with a kind o' grin,, asirruich as'tb say : " I'm too ola a bird to be caught with that kind o' chaff;" and then kesays to him: "Look here, my lad, that's all very fine, but it won't do here-some of these men o' mine are in the secret, and I mean to have it out of 'em. Now, you just point dut ?the'arab ae stowed you away and fed you, this very minute; it you don't, it'll" bethe worse for you !" " Tho boy looked up in his bright, fear less way (it did my heart good to look at bim, the brave fettle chttp ')<apd says quite quietly: "I've told you the truth; I ain't got no more to say." " The mate says nothin', but looks at him for a minute as if he'd see clean through him ; and then he fuced round to the mei., lookjn' bbdter than ever. "Reeve a rope to jthe.yard !" he sings out, loud enough'to raise th? dead; "smart now 1" "the men all looked at each other, as much as to suv: ' What on earth's ucouiin' now!' But aboard ship, o'course, when yuu're told to do a tiling, you've got to do it; so the rope was rove in a jiffy. " Now. my lad," says the mate, in a hard, square kind o' voice, that made every word seem like tittin' a sione into a wall, .you see that ere rope? Well, I'll give von ten minutes to conffts", (he took out 11 u ;? lu's hand;) "and * " time's Hie iiuiv .<_ lhere were some umuiig tue strong chaps as .could ba' felled a ox) as shook like leaves in tile wind. As i'm-me, I bethought myself o' my little curly-hair ?d lad at home, and how it 'lui be if any une wa.? to gu for to hang him; and at tin very thought on't 1 tingled all over, and my lingers clinched themselves as i!" they was a-grippin .ymebody's throat. 1 clutch id hold o' a handspike, ::nd huid it behind tay buck, alt ready. " Tom," whispers 'he chief-engineer to rae, "d'ye think h<j really means todo it'.'" " I don't snow, ''says I through my teeth ; 41 but ii' tie lioos, he shall go first, if 1 swings for ii !" " I've been in many an ugly scrape in my time ; but 1 never felt 'art "as bad as I did then. Every inimit? seemed us long ?is a dozen; and the tick o' the mute s watch reg'lu-r pricked my cars like a pin. The men were very quiet, bul there was a precious ugly look on some o' their faces ; und 1 noticed that three or four on'era kep' edgin' for "ard to where the mat6 was standin', in a way thal meant mischief. As for nie, I'd made up my mind that if he did gu for lo hang tlie poor lillie chap, I'd kilt him on the spot, and take my chance. " Eigllt minutes !" says the mate, hjs great deep voice breakin' in upon the si lence like- the toll o\a- funeral bell, "ll you've got anything to confess, my lad, you'd best out willi it, for yer time's near ly UP-" " i've told you the truth;" answers the boy, very palij, liabas linn as ever. " May 1 say my prayers, please?" " The mute nodded ; and down goes the poor little chap on his knees (with thut infernal rope-a bo ut hi? necks ail the. time), a:;d puts up bis poof little nauils^O ufuyj I couldn't muke out what fi? said' {fact, my head was in sitch u whirl thut I'd hardly ha' knowed mv own name), but I'll be bound Clod heard \l, every word. Then be ups on bis l'eut again, aiid) puts his hands behind him, and says tu the mute, quite quietly : "Tm ready!" " And then, sir, the mut;es hard grim face broke up all to o'?ce, like.I've seed the icc- in ibo Bailie. H? snatched lip thiiboy in his arm's, and kissed bini. ?unfl biibL 014t a-cryin' like a child,* and fr think' there warn't one of us us didn't do the same. I KDOW / did, for" one. ' " God bless you, my boy !" says he. smoothin' the child's hair with bis greift hard hand. '. You're a true Englishmah every inch of you-: you' would'nt tell a lie to save your life! Weil, if so be as yer father's cast ye off, Til lie yer father from this day forth.; and if I evy forget you, then may G?d forget mb !". [ ii i[ "And he ken' his word too. When we got to Halifax,1" he found out the little un's aunt, and giv' ber .a lump o' money to muke him comfortable ; and now ho goes to see the youngster every voyage, aareg' lar us can be ; und to see the pair on 'em together-the little chap so fond o' him, and not bcarin' him a bit o' grudge-it's 'bout as pretty a sight as-ever I seed. And now, sir, uxin' yer purding, it's time for me to be goin' below ; so I'll just wish yer good-night." THE MEANEST MAN IN UNION.-The Union Time* hus found out the bleariest man in the county, and .goes for him in this wise: * *Wc have heard of th? laziest man, and the wickedest man in the country, but wc think Union can boast of the meanest map. He used to subscribe for the Time's, out of lire own purse, bul about six months ago a friend of his living out' West sent him three dollars to pay us for the" poper one year. Instead of having the pupcr sent from tins office directed to Hie sub scriber, )' J paid bis! ofn epbscwnrfii?n w?th his friend's money, and now, 'after be bas read tl)0 paper be forwards jt lo hisfrieffc[ by paying One cent postage for each num ber! or'fifty cerits'a your;' thiuVmaking two dollars rind a bslf out of his friend, arid causing us to lose a subscriber. If this is i not meanness whittled down to the sharp- ' est pointy we would like to know what it ' really is. "We don't liko to tell this trick, for fear others may attempt it, bul it is so infernally mean that we cannot help tell ing it. From the1 Kew Y&rk Evening 'Bullcti Cotton Planters and Cotton >pe( ulators. ' Throughput the South there seen to be^ feeling that at New Yor combinations of speculators are usin all their power to depress the valu of the great Southern staple. W draw this inference'from the feet thu meetings of' buyers and planters ar being* held throughout , the cotto States at which resolutions are adopl ed asking that buyers pf " futures w: ll in all cases demand the cottoi on their contracts, and advising pro ducers to keep back their crops am prevent these combinations from hold lng cotton enough to meet their con tracts ; and so thwart their designs. ' The friends of this movement'seen to ignore the fact that, on all thesi contracts there are two sides, th't " bulls ' to advance the price; as wei as the " bears" to depress it-anc that in the long run thepaide whicl has'the most correct View ot the ac tual situation of the cottell.trade mus come out victorious. They'also over look the'consid?ration tllat a single 100 bales will-and wi have seer cases where it did-setue* contracts for over 3,000 bales ; andjndeed then is no limit but time to tfle amount oi contracts it might settle* There ic no doubt that the systen^ of contracte in vogue here is grad the volume of business1 ton. .A comparison of?e number ol bales sold-here, since reducing actual cot before the adoption of tFs systen}, would at once settle that point. The outburst of Southern shippers seems to us with out warrant. Before this ".future." business wo had the some class of operations; there were "bulls" and " bears" as now; and the change re cently adopted in the.-apode- of-con ducting the business places the South ern interest at no niore ?sadvantage than formerly ; indeed^ts the actual holders of the cotton [sold by the " bears" for future d??jffiy, the South has now a verj^mporumt advantaue^i It is evident, there if and has been for some time somethink.keepfng back the good cottons ; for lae actual re ceipts, both here andfht other sea. ports, show that the cbjjton received is tully 25 per cent, lwer in grade than last or former years. It may be that this can be accouiit?d tor by the fact that, with such a arse crop as is generally estimated, ti splinters have not been able to give tithe care that is necessary to producta good crop. But, whatever may ?ye been the cause of this deleriistion in the grade ol the cotton co iing to hand, crop in nearly ai. . producing countries, navy stocks in Europe, t^but not, howler, quite HS large a.s ?asl year at th ist i me, J a very unsatisfactory, iradi: in Manchester, and til-i fact lind the expuse per loom in building new lac tori* m England is largely in fxcesso.f wilt it was live years ago, (since whia time there have beeir very few no- works put up)-all facts seem toidhate plenty ol raw material and a sarcity of looms to spin it. It is true ?Ire have been some few factories pt up .in the South ; but they can illy supply a horne demand, and are ut as a bloom in a 1.000 ac;e (leid ? leir effect on the great cotton nadean hardly be felt beyond their owiueighborhood. Whether the "bul" or ."bears" will prevail remains tc be seen ; .but it does seem that ihe ' horte'' (bears) have much iii their fror. They, ol course, haye agrteed t deliver what they have'not; hud i the "bulls" can control all the coen, they can make tfieir strength ft tit the enif of each, month; but ci they, with the larce crops, hold nougn to. do this? Have they ther-uisite money-' ed strength ? " If th' have, they will certainly tem portly put up the price ; but if not, is it the natural tendency from these .uses towards lowerprie?s ? Time ill tell, if M ?li Governor Moses and e Appointing t Power. We have already referi to the appoint ment of Gen. J. B. Pennas Superintend* I i eut of the Penitentiary/^ Gen. Stol-11 brand, removed. ?3 toe causes which lcJ fo ttiis change, we not informed. We regard it, however, ?per to say that we do not conceive that c Governor has in this matter at all corlted the public ( interests. - We are not. 'are that Gen. Dennis, since his arrival, this State, has exhibited any of tbosqualities ?Inch ., qualify him for the ronsible post to j which he luis boen elcval: That he has / bceiran active and usel instrument of Governor Moses, we baroason to think, -y is very obvious. As tois enterprising ^ nature, however, thia Miold, has been illustrated more in thc rmshing of the ... State House than in anther public ser- ? vice. Whva "great lulsterer" should be a safe and efficient Ptentiarf Super- f( intendent, does not app.' ' Y ' Upon this, however,!!- voung Gov ernor may be congratula : he is gratefpl and rewards KisTriendsnd he has a re- i gard for the iitness of tg.c. since he has', jj at least in one sense of word, pitt Gen. _ Dennis in the Penitenti. . Shakspcare has sugg'd that in "this world's corrupted.curre;" where justice is so often "shoved by, sometimes hap pens that-' *' TVic jury passing on prisoner's Ufa ?j JJavc. a th ic/ or Uro 11 tier than him a\ (hes try:.' ' hi Under present auspi we are having fc( reform with a vengean- Instead of the ti Penitentiary opening ioors for the men |c who have plundered tState and laid jj. her financiirl redit ina dust-instead u of the sworn officers oe law and jus- ?j tice taking measures t^he those par- ??( tibs disgorge,' they pur flieirw*gotten d, riches in the facts of tleople, andwhr-n j] we expect, the Eeuiten}' to take th they take thc PciiUent ! Such as Gov- ?, ernor Moses and Suptcndent Dennis ??, command the situati-?m? Caroli- st Rot'jatioi j 'of* ApdV^fPl- R?j ttic l?t? bf instant.' Si:ydnty:twl|aiea of sjpek I g were represented. 1 election of ?ffl-1 ?l ?ers was held with throwing result: ' ,t 13. F. Crayton, Esq., "dent. Dh-ec-1 "t tots-E. G. Boberts, W. HumphreVs, 0\ W. J. Jj?g?n, J. W. rris and B P. hi Whitney. J?s. A. h secretary and n< treajBUror. . jg t ii. i Meeting ol' Cotton Dealers. A meeting, ?composed of cotton pr< I cere, cotton holders and cotton buj . I was held in Rome, Ga., on the 7th inst is at which the following preamble and k j olations were'introduced and unanimo g ! adopted, and tho Southern press ask'e ie ' give them circulation : .Whereas, in our,opinion there exist the city of New York a combmatior men and capital, whose prime object i e depress and1 hear dpwn the price of col n in the future ; and whereas, in our 0] ion, bas?d on facts which have come ur our observation, P. very large amount1 cotton has been, bought by the citizen; this State for futuro delivery, .an arno i i in excess of the remainder of the c I now unsold ; and whereas, in our opin: ' the cotton buyers have it iii their po by a united and determined effort to vance prices very materially in the n 1. sixty days, therefore ' . ? . -> g , Resolved, That ? we earnestly appeal cotton buyers throughout thc country j hold meetings at once in their respect !.. cities,'towns and "villages, and tak? si * I action in'the premises as will overthi anti thwart" the adorned men in the cit) New York, whose ostensible object . ii I j depress the price of the same. Resolved, That it is the opinion of t meeting thai the hest way io defeat- si combination of capital, is a united a combined effort upon- the part of the c ton buyers throughout the entire count with a fixed and unalterable det?rinii I tioh in every contract of purchase duri j .the present cotton season, to demand 1 I factual delivery of the cotton* on said cc tracts. ? Resolved, That if it is possible to i cure, such unanimity of action as is des ed upon th? part Qt' all the cotton buyi of futures throughout the Untcd Stat and. .absolute and unconstitutional c mand of the cotton bought, itfwill efl't tuallyidefeat said combination and a vance the price of the staple Resolved, That we earnestly appeal cotton buyers of tatures throughout t entire country, to take immediate actii kin the prem ise* and adopt such resolutio as in their judgment will defeat said coi bination, and j/ublisb^. the same for tl benefit of allparties interested. . Resolved, That our city papers, and i newspapers friendly^ to flic udvanceme: of the producing interest of the countr and the protection ol the same from tl corrupt monied monopolies of New Y or ,be requested to copy the proceedings this" meeting. * Beecher Prays 1er Honc'stj'. On Friday evening last, there* was tremendous ?Prayer Meeting at Beecher Church inpuBrouklyu, at which ihat witt old hypocrite drew out ol his pocket little book-which he said was the const tution ol' what was called the Guard c Honor ' Society. The members ol' thi Society pledge themselves not to us vulgar or profano language, not fij pla, cards or billiards in a public saloon, n't to cheat, to be regular in attendance a Church, ?tc, &e., Ali these mines. Mr. Beechersaid, wer i-, ; 'riterf?tad Iv ana pas.-ions un account ol vwtiv.. ... many never ?ce maulle age. Parent: sunnk frum Wartung meir children auoui it; lt was too delicate a subject ?ur ilu church l?o say anything about, a id yoi the clements were lhere. Which .>?.>j.>(.i connected with questions ul life ami death ; yet young men ana maidens iv'ert lelt lo take their chance, and thoUSUUUs and tens of thousands stum ble and per ish ia ibcir ignorance. Ho would speak on the present occasion on tile subject ol lying; he thought the great ba tie in our age was on the sideo. triun-leiling, lidel ity, anil honesty, thu side on which the Whole building" rests, and without which there could be no permanoiit superstruc ture. Truth, simple, trasparon't truth was the prime element ol Christian char acter There were some mell Unit wore true, but they were Ibo exception aim not the rule. He had been afflicted on being told by good men on the corners ot the street iu misiness'cirelcs that they did not think as weil ol' men who were church members as they did of those wno were not; that they "found that they were more likely to bu rioueivcd by mem bers ol the churches than by those who were not. The/act was, men wereprcach ed tu so much nbeut daithin Carst that* Uiey had got to substitute faith in Christ for simple trffth'arid lamest^ .UI was falking," eontfhiicd Jnr. Beecher," with i railroad conductor to-day. I said, 'How tboilt mese new tickets they aro using m inc roads to prevent conductors from .heating ; he said, " lt don't pr?vaut any ;lu ng ; a man that wan ls to cheat, he can .-heat; there is only one way, Mr. Bcoejij .r, ?o prevent cheating; you Have gol,to ?upply honcatmcu for conductors ' 'Very Veli,' said 1, 'but if you supply all the .aiiroads with Upn&sti amiductuis: where viii you lind honest Wen enough! ti go 0 Congress?' {Great fauglitdr.fiiTHore ire not enough honest men in the coun ty : not enough to be trusted in any valk of lifo j not ouough for officers' of MUIKS; not enougli.'lbr tho public oillcus; lor enough fur tho judicial bench. The vant of trust wurthinesshas become one if tho alarming signs ol' tho times." THE APATHY OF THE PEOPLE.-An ac ount of a conversation with the Hon. 'naries Sumner has thu following : " And I'hiit do yod Ihi'nk, Mr. Sumner, of our uuntry-are wc. going to destruction*" No, no," cried Mr. Sumner, empbatical y: "I believe in the .republic." "But kink of all thc lawlessness, the anarchy nd corruption everywhere prevailing. Ve are treading iu the.foot-steps of France. Vbal can save us from falling as she has one ?" " lt is true," he answered, sadly, these terrible disclosures in New York, 1 Washington, in Kansas, in Louisiana, e enough to make us tremble. Thc worst tature Of lt is the apathy of tlie people. Vixen corruption is- discovered, tba jude-, lent of the people should strike like the lunderbohV' After a pause his face again lightened, and he concluded: "But it oes not matter. Our'.people have im lense recuperative power. I believe in pir recuperative energy ; I believe in the ?public?_? A Case of Conscience. A noteworthy case of conscience and ijirm.ty, \vtis noticed a day of two since ? t Concord, N. H.' A man called at the ?rdware store ?f Mr. Moore and told him nit he wished to refund the value of ar des which from time to time he had sto-. n from him ; the thought of his crime ll id weighed so heavily on his conscience ; lat; he had lon^ b?en unable ito eat ,?r. typ, ao'i now'he wished to inakc r?siiCn-1 on; He then handed Mr. Moore$10and 1 ?parted. Ncytt he went to thc store of . [essra, Winvic, Humphrey & Uodgc, and liing Mr. Humphrey aside took from his >cket>- a uunvher of Wight, new chisels, ; .ying that he had stolen them.from the ore He also wished the proprietor to cont money, but'it was.refused, After ari ho wcat lo Mr. .H. Lj ??ernsey'i? , wk' stbre' t?jrd btftfeM' that Tlc had" taken 1 .operty thence aVwntiVig tn' value to $5 ?rO,'which lie thereupon repaid. To all . ese gentlemen he confessed that he had . ruggled haiti' ?g?WtHiife! propensity to !l eal, but had. hitherto. been unable to i rer?ome or confess it, and that his life , id been one of complete misery, although ) one had ever suspe ^bH him of thallon ii Brevities ana Levis ?es? ?du-! . _ ,er!' z?r Ata school examination, wi; . ?words wore " given out" for subject re_3" composition, a " mute, inglorious : usty ton" piodnce'd at sight this s?ntenej d to the word "panegyric" : "A few dr of panegyric, on a large lump of su; s m is often,best for an infant with the sti t 0f ach-ache." s to r-t3 It is refreshing to como aci ;ton such a gem as'the following: pin- M Tho first bird of spring attempted Itler1 sing, of ? But ore he had sounded a note, ' ?0 fell from tho limb-a dead bird \ * ?? j him ; unt I The music had friz in his throat. ?Q?F I . ?sir* A'b?y who. was told ho should ' ways try to cheer the aged, tri*<i " lb tt'?f times thrfle^and a tiger" 011 his gj?ai ad_ mother, thfbtber 'morning, and the < ext ;iady was so startled that she spillen ' ' ?box foll of S huir on him. He looks ur to i thc beauties of nature with his left c to |.n0w- ? . ive ! ysir Luther Lamb, of Winslow, M ich ? lately celebrated his golden weddi ?oW I with his third wile, l?o has raised " Qf ! flock of fifteen lambs. ito his aid md ot rii ja I* ;D8 >n le ir iXi es, le ;c d to he Ml DS li lle ill Qt y? ie ?iir. An Akron, Oliio, cat, relying up its nine lives to save him, allowed I tail to swell, his spino to carve, aud wi the "banner cry ol' boll" cmanati from, bis jaws, waded i 11 to ii buzz saw rapid motion. The cat was never se again, but the boss slwyer, who alwa stood with his mouth open while at wor rerjjarkod to his assistant that he cou " taste.riddle strings a.jd sausage mc in the air that morning." , ?est- Tausy placeo4? in tho nests, of sc ting hens-will banish lice thereffcm double qu ck timo. It ls ?- little late no to give the information, but, as the go? oldChristian lady said who?vas not mu ried until she was eighty, " better la thau never." ?f?h Tho New York Commercial A? vertiser says : " Inturcsfi g rumore a ! in circulation touching the eharmii songstress, Mademoiselle Nilison-Hou zand " Ah, indued! And do they thin it will be a boy or a girl ? ?&r *' Floating down the sea of matr niouy, by the light of the honey moon, is the way a city editor touchingly a ludes to tue marriage of his son. ?3$A. late Massachusetts paper says *. There is an old man named Colt li vin some nine mites from this piace who i ninety-three years of ago, was neve married, and has lived ahme for mor than nair a.Century, lie is known a 4 the Old llerrnft.' " Out this way, Bay the Courier-Journal, such a Colt as tba would,be known as the Old doss. A darkey returning from church was asked to give an account of the sei mon, f Well, sah, dc sermon was QPOI do miracle ob de loabes aifrt fishes. Tin minister seoVhow clere was sever, thou sand loabes and fivo thousand lishe; divided between du Jw ul ye 'po-stlcs.' " Well, what miracle was-;'there' aboir that?" "Why, san, de mirnjgloAva* da1 dey didn't bust. Oats my perception ot do circumstance.'' .253-One C. H. Bassett, of Laneville, Mass., baa been condemned to two and a hal/ years' imprisonment in the House of Correction for failing in an attempt to kill his mother in-law. Served him right. Any man who would fail in such un ?t*?mt?? cv?!*' ' --:-ho',i. ... .-mun.-liv./i; tue liw? trarv it ni tuer appears a.* if we v/or* placed in the Lanas o! ruler.--, u?tui-iy d?ficient in all capacity for band ing great questions in which aro invoiv ed tilt material interests, rio oii'y ol tiiu Southern ?States but of ali the S, ??tes, North as well as South-th we on the Atlantic coast as well a- ihaso upon thu far 01? Pacifie. F r th's great community of commonwealths is in itself, a world in miniature, oc cupied by au active, energetic, and industrious peuple, having tl . custom houses upon their inter-state frontiers, but proving by example the benefi cial results ol commerce when gov erned by the rules ol' Providence-1 a living exemplification ol' the doc trines ul Adata Smith, iu the con crete. For eight long years. Congress, in stead %f letting the conquered rebeis alone, and re-ting opon the policy so we 1 set forjh in the terms ot their surrender to'Grabt and Sherman ; un der the lead ot the miserable politi cians who have unfortunately boen substitiled in it's two Hulls iov th? statesmen, who used to sit there, has devoted all its energies t-- build up t.be Republican party ; instead of giv ing that seqjtn II un opportunity 01 re covering from the Waste u?' the Wai and thus adding to the wealth' and prosper!t\ of all the States, and ol fall tne people of every ?State. Nu effort has been, made to know any thing ol' the ?outh. Her white meii have been rudely thru-t aside almos/ entirely from any participation in the councils ol' Congress, and the places wilier should have welcomed them have be?.n occupied by northern vagabonds who had gone ^ouih sim ply to gat her up the spoils of out* ar mies; along with these ha-ve co:ue negroes, fresh from the barben shop or the plantation, who like their white colleagues, only know how to' draw their pay and vote with the majority It has not been the effort of the government to permit the develop ment of the immense wealth which HRS-dormant iii every Southern field. Even under all their difficulties and discouragements, it is tho great n?rf cultural wealth of that section which has saved us from utter commercial ruin. Cotton is now as it has been for half a century, our great eXDOXt, and is the basis of all oft'r trade with foreign nations, and affords employ ment to tens ol thousands ol hands in tho Northern States. In the year ending on the* 1st day of September 1872, there were- nearly two ?R?H?I n of b iles ol' cottou exported from this j country-iq comparison with this in rjojut of commercial value, the pro duct of i.he precious metals sinks ? into insignificance An eas:ern paper, dilating upon this subject, call* Attention to France! ?md berwond?riul recovery fr tn the results* of her invasion by a f-r-ign Army. The same resul would liave been show i here, hud our devastated States-liko France's rtevaRtated pro vince-6??a left unmolested hy the government, and been suffered lo Work unhindered in the task of building up their down-trodden prospeiirv. It really looks like the very madness of a vindictive spirit-this continuous effort to keep the Southern States be neath the constantly falling hammer if Congressional unfriendly leyisla- ' tion. The very worst men ii {tasted ? \ j ed of ordinary common sense, 1 , j not indulge'their evil passions'!? ucreJ.:detriment of their purses; but ?in rulers really ? seem >o be di-pofe? ! work their own evil will upon tl ! on.!- , ,. 1 ups prostrate loe, even at the expenst jar, : the whole people of the whole coi >m- j try.-Pittsburgh Post. oss ? A N..b!e Trio* I 11 How sleep the brave who sink to ri to , With all their country's wishes blest.; Tfie little town qt' Lexington, Virgil vas ? 3a?s tne Savannah^fc/nififiean, is indi .highly h ?nored ni being the resting pl; 'of three of our modern immortals, wh _ /names the South will not willingly let < ?.^1 Tin? te, si wp, in .that Myn three gr id-[men''of'(ne Boutl?M???erai Stonfew jld j? .Jackson, G?n?ral R. E. Lee and Come i a i dore'M.' F. Maury! In?th?ir mental etti l0n ! acteristics they were very dissimilar, ea from eith?r'df tlif: other two;* hut in tl they resembled each other, that they wt great, good, patriotic and pious men no ; honor to their birthplace, their section a: 11 their age. .. A HfoiT'il Murder. The Warreni'M, Ga., Clipper has t following: A horrible murder was cor mitted tu that portion of Warren Conn known as thc "Neck,'' on Saturday, 15 instant, by a Mr. Ed. Clark upon the bo( of his wile. We have 6een- unable to 8 any one from the locality where the dei was committed, andar?, therefore, unab to give full particulars. Rumor statt however, that he struck he&a blow wit a large iron spoon cn the back of herhea cutting a three inch gash. Hi then pih the chairs and tattles over her lifeless bi^d and setting fire to them', took one of fl children in his anns and made his cscap The fire burned through the floor and i! body of the unfortunate woman fell tot! ground and was pierced through an through by the' (idling ut a parity burne sill-the ragged end of the sill U;arin^' tl hvrr, hean and entrails out oi'^he hiele body. We also 1-aru that the ypuuges? the children, which the* fiend left in th burning building, with :ts mother, wa badly burned. A description of the in human scoundrel will be published as soo; as we can ?btain it, and we ho;ie it ms; lead to arrest, speedy conviction and ex pedit?ous execution. P. A. Bealle & CC Broad Street, Augusta, (3a. Jzi/ASJu-f opened? MAGNIFICENT .STOCK of GOODS, bompos- vl ofcygr} thing ki be found in a First Class Jewelry .Store. To the. insnecii-in of which7 they re spectfully in vite Amcitizens o?' ridgefield. WATCHES and JEWELRY ropairetl by first class workmen. * Od. 15, Cm 43 I Pilate iii Original ;??cU Lift iusnranc Company in in<? Vniw\ .L 1rs. Oillee, ?0 Liberty Street, 5?KW YU UK. Participation in Profits! With Low Cash Premium: New lin iness laired ii ?H71, i 9.175,00! The larea*? absolu tu Inert ase of any Company 'toing business in New York New rt???n? >h of 1S72 *o far, Dowhk ifcai of '.;tsi V ar GKO. H. LAKE. 1? fc ?' BK?? ti h 13 t A Pf T ?-: R S should examine the . above-named pld and reliable till) before buring any other, lt combine iii'.- requin*! i[ii:iiitii-s of Simplicity. ?rrength and Du rabi* It*. It gins fasi md clean, makes excellent Hut (oftwi brimming l-'r. to t-'ic. per Jb. abov< market,) and js universally admitted to he tho lighfesl running' ?_du made Wi have had thirty years' ?xperienee in the business, ?nd warrant every jrin perfect L?HS constantly in tho nanda of our incuts, to which wa invite inspection. Circulars, with 'es ha.?aia s and full particulars, mav be hail bv addressing, . Sii.-vMl, P. ?? it OM i're?idi-nt, ii I (IV. Il (ott li ttlll Cu . New London, Conn Feb itt 4m 10 Livery Stable AT JOHNSTON'S DEPOT, S. C. FUE Subscriber is prepared to lu rn NI parties visiting Johnston's 'Depot vl;h good Vehicles >nd gentle Horse-, it reasonable rates Will also irivo careful attention to Hol - ies left in his caro. M. TURNER. Feb. 12, -:n 8 ?V. 0. Syrup. SUPERIOR article just received. (i. L. TENN & SON. if 12 A Mar 12, FLORENCE 3 * JO LD at corresponding prices with thur First Class MiK-liines. and ?* ebeap r than any other beean** more complete. * W. H? SHAFFER, Airt. Edpjfield, Oct 2 * ly -H Condensed Milli. ^OR sale nt J O. L. PLNN <t SON'S. Mar. 12, t? Drujf Store. 22 villi GH?FFI??*& Bl?TLM. 0,jj. JL^UE Undersigned h av o. formed a Co-Partnership iii ibo Practice of lof in Hdge?eld County. S. B. GRIFFIN, M. C. BUTLER: Feb IT) . tf j| 8 ' .New Law "Firm. I tn ieir ! ol' tm Jon.v E. BACON. TKOS. J. ADAMS. BACOft & AD?MS. Attorneys at Law, WiLBtPracti?e in the Court? of ttue State, and'T/nilediBtatos Courts for South Caro lina. Former Office ol' Carroll & Bacon and Bacon tfc lintier. Jami*, 1S72_tf .f>. Ii?ROY F. ??IJMAWS,M A?TOKNEYJVT LAW, Columbia, S. C. Office, Law Range, Bauskett'S Build ing, un stairs. -cpt4 . tf 37 W. H. SHAFFE, . Dentist, HAVING located at Edirefield offers, hts Professional services to the cit izens and surrounding country. Office at the late residence of S/S. Tompkins, Esq. Feb 28 tf 18 WATSON & CLARKE ! ;i tun uuui umu I WE as General Agents offer for sale in New Sacks, fresh from the Manufac tory, the above Fertilizer at Sixty Dollars p-2r Ton, , idding thc expenses of freight from Sa vannah. Payable'1st Nov. next. We honestly believe iron, reports lo. us from those who used i: last year, aud? >ur own experience in tho use of it, t At . bereis NOTHING SUPERIOR TO TT in this country as a good and reliable FertiRzer for Crops of Cotton and Coin. It can be had also ot' John Kennerly, at Ridge Sin ing, S. C. J? J. f?lK??.'BUTLER ? CO.i Culi?)) Factors, ? : AUGUSTA, GA. ' Feb 8 _?rn 8 S?i?ipsou?sJ?rolif?? COTTOIS ?4E:D>!, I" have about tiflv bushels of SIMP I SON'S PROLIFIC COTTON SEED, 4 which I will sell at ?52,00per buslicl Also, have about ten bushels of the -ame Seed, sci. cicd with my own hands from tbe best stalks, which L'will dispose of at s V t) per bushel. I raised eight JoOdhs halos of Cotton ?'rom these Socqrtne last year, on six acres, with an imperfect stand. Q. F. CHEAT/HAM. Feb. 12 tf 8 Are continually receiving LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCKS V UUitl JU.. . TO TKE LOWEST. And consists ofovery article of FU1?NJ . PURE required :.? furnish a House or ?dice complete. Call and examine al our Wa^i-Rooms. Undertaking ! Always on 'mud, ?:: thc lowest prices. litauiilul Cas&eis and Cases, Of our own manufacture. PLAT I* BROTHERS, 212 and 214 Breul Street, AUGUSTA, GA. July 2 ly J38 Hame Shuttle Sewing SSachine. ONLY 0?.">.o<>. r JL HIS is a SIICTTLU MACIIIXE. ha? iio UXDEII FEUD, and makes tho ''LOCK .irrrcu" alike on both sidos. It isa standard First Class Mac-Inn?. ..nd tue only low priced "Loci; Stitch" \l ujhino in thc United Slates. This Machino received tho Diploma ar ho Fair of thc two Carolinas, in thc city ?f Charlotte, N C., in 1871. Thc shove 1/ iclihic ix warranted for five ycart.' A M ACHINE FOR NOTHING. Any person making up a Club for live ?i .chines, will bo presented tho sixt.h mo as commission. Agents Wanted.-Superior inducc 11 ?MI.ts ottered. Liberal deductions made o Ministers of thc Gospel. Send stamp for Circular, mid sam ol? ; if Sew in? Address Rev. C. IL BERN 1EIM. General Agent, Concord, N. C. Dec 4 ly 50 A LECTURE* To Young Men. Tust Published, in a Scaled Envelope. Price Six Cents. VLECTURE on tho Nature, Treat ment and Radical cure of Spcrma ori li Oda, or Seminal Weakness, Invol Itltary Emissions, Sexual Debility, and inpediments to Marriage generally'; fervousocss, Consumption, Epilepsy nd Fits; Mental and Physical Ineapacf V. resulting from Self-Abuse, etc.-By to BERT J. CULVERWELL. M. D., Lttlhor of tho "Green Book," ?tc. Tho world-renowned author, in this limitable Lecture, clearly proves from is own experience that the awful conse il onces of Self Abusp may bo offectual r removed without medicines, and wirh ut dangerous surgical operations, bru tes, instruments, rings or coi'dials, point ig out a mode of cure at once certain nd effectual by which every sufferer, no latter what his condition maybe may' ure himself cheaply, privately and rud al) v TM IS LECTURE WI LL PROVE DOON TO THOUSANDS AND HOUSANDS. Sent under seal, to any address, in a lain sealed envelope, on the receipt of x cents, or two postago stamps. Also, r. CulyerwoU's "Marriage Guide," rice SO cents. Address thc Publishers. CHAS. J. C, KLINE & CO., 27 Bowcrv, New York, % Post Office Box 4,?Sfi. Sew Crop Florida Syrup! luST received Four Barrels NEW rop FLORIDA SYRUP, which v. ill 3 sold Cheap for Ca>h, either by th arrel or Gallon. _'" . , - W. F. DURISOE, Jr. Dos? t?