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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. James fl w*. Aus. HS ta, Ga. AVING returned home after several weeks in^New York, ie now Exhib itiug his unsurpassed selections in MT CLASS SEASONABLE DRY GOODS, His numerous Patrons in Edgefield may rely with confidence on having special and particular attention'paid to their orders, whether given in per son or by letter. In future as in the pa^st, Coiivincins; Low Prices and First Class CrOOds will rule the transactions of this House. The Fancy Department will contain the LATEST CREATIONS OF FASHION, And careful attention is asked to the perusal of the following paragraphs BLACK SILKS. Warranted Lyons all Silk in Gros Grain and Taffeta, Super to Sublime quality, at popular low cash prices. Now opening. J. W. TURLEY. POLKA SPOTS FOULARDS. The newest thingknown to Fashion, in great variety, Now. opening. J. W. TURLEY. JAPANESE SILKS, In Rich Jacquered Stripes and Brocades. New, elegant goods. Im mensely cheap. . . J: W" TURLEY. LLAMA LACE POINTS, In variatv. * * J W. TURLEY. NEW- SAS ll RIBBONS, Verv fashionable. Very cheap. J. W. TURLEY. PARASOLS. All the novelties of the season, un equaled in variety and low in prices J. W. TURLEY. BLACK FLORENTINE. Very superior qualitv only. J. W. TURLEY. BLACK GRENADINES, Fine .to sublime quality in plain, Satin striped and Lace striped. More ?topnlar tins season than ever before, ?bw on sale. _J. W. TURLEY. MEDI?3I PRICED DRESS GOODS. | TARLETON^, JACONETS, &c In many nfw qualities and coiors, in great variety. ' 1 J. W. TURLEY. BLACK TA M A RT INK. Very useful. Very cheap. _J. W. TURLEY. WRITE GOODS. Stripe^ ancfthecked NAINSOOKS Striped and Checked SWISS, Plain SWISS, Bishop and Victoria LAWNS I LIMA LACE JACKETS, New styles. Now on sale. J. W. TURLEY. LLAMA LACE FICHUS, " The newest production. On sale. J. W" TURL&Y. . "TL?MA LACE CAPES All sizes. Now opening. J. W. TURLEY. Augusta, April 1, HOUSEKEEPING GOODS. Table Cloth DAMASKS, Damask j NAPKINS and DOYLIES, Colored j Damask and Napkins, Diapers, Crash ; es, Towels, .Sheetings, Shirtings, (ic, i in large supply. j -.- J. W. TURLEY. NOVELTl?sT I Standard Trimmings, Hamburg Embroideries, Collarette?, Ruches, Sappetts, and a full assortment of FANCY GOODS just opened at . J. W. TURLEY'S. tf 15 MOUTHE TO THE CH at? r*r*-^ ff E are receiving our the Novelties of the Se; Our Stock is much larger than usual, and never mv.. . buyers will save money by giving it an inspection. Also, full line of FURNISHING GOODS on hand. . WHITMAN & BENSON*, Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., Opposite Masonic Hall. Augusta, Ga., April 2 om 15 s? Tl DHU G-GIST, JOHNSTONS DEPOT, S. C. .HAVING just opened a 5>?'1I?;" S?i>ve at this place, I take this method of informing my friends and tho public generally that I now have in Store a full line of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, GLASS, PUTTY, KEROSENE OIL, * m '?'Tobacco. Segare^ In fact everything usually kept in a Drug Sfcore.-sall new and warranted genuine. My prices are as low as such Goods can be sold in any market in the same quantity. Johnstones Depot, Feb 19 T. J. TEAGUE. Iv 9 MILLER, B1SELL & BUR?M WHOLESALE ?. . .. . . f t -AXD Conomissioii IVTeroli'ts Wi 175 and 177 Broad Street, AiKTiista, Ga. E are now in receipt of our Fall Stock of Ci ROCE Et I ES, consist ing in part of Bacon SIDES, Bacon SHOULDERS, Dry Sall SIDES, SUGARS of all grades. SYliUPS-New Orleans and New York Drips, MOLASSES. Rio. Lnguyra and Java COFFEE, TOBACCO. SALT. PJ3PPKR, SPICE, Crackers, Pickles. Cove Oysters, ("AX NED GOODS consisting of Peaches, Blackberries, Tomatoes, &c. MACKEREL in Barrels, half ami quarter bids, and Kits. Seed WHEAT. S^l RYE. Seed < ?ATS, Seed BARLEY, Case Liquors of BRANDY, WHISKEY, GIX, We are also offering the most eompiete and largest stock of BARRE LIQUORS of any House in the City, and selling at prices that will indue buyers to pnrcha.senearer home tuan in Eastern markets. To the Planters and Merchants of Edgefield we would take this occasion to express our thanks for their past liberal patronage, and respectfully re quest a continuance of the same. t?^Buying our Goods for CASH, we are prepared to sell as low, and oft times lower, than arty other House in the City. Augusta, Oct 9 tf 42 rm j. BOOK vjucsvjB-t.rc? ara KSDascarjajsaraw: i m mi PLANTERS should examine the. above-named old and reliable Gin t before bnving" any other. It com hi ws I tho required qualities of Simplicity, ; Strength, and Ourabilit . It gins fast ; and olean, makes excellent lint (often ! brinsring Wc to l-2c. per lb. above ? market,) and is universally admitted to bo the lightest runuing gin madp Wo have hadthirtv years' experience in the business, and warrant every gin perfect. I Gins constantly in the banda of ouy acento, to which we invite inspection. Circulant, with testimonials and. full particulars, mav be had by addressing, ISRAEL F. BROWN, resident, Brown Colton Cin Co., New Loodou, Conn. . fob 28 4m JO BANK OF CHARLESTON. NATIONAL RANKING ASSOCTN ) C'HAKIdBSTON, S. C., Feb. 20, 1873. j On and lifter the first (lay of March next, this Bank will be prepared to Con solidate thc Stock of the Bank of Charles ton into that of tho present organization. Ono share of the latter, par value (?\00) one hundred dollars, will bo issued for five (5) whole or ten. (10) half of tho former. Future dividends will be paid upon the Consolidated Stock only ; those ac cruing upon tho unconsolidated will be reserved until consolidation of the samo shall bo effected. Tho Books of Transfer will be closed from March 1st to April lat. WM. B. BURDEN, Cashier. Ch ar leaton, Fob. 24, 2m 10 THE LONE SENTRY. The following beautiful lines were in dited by Mr. James R. Randall upon the death?of Gen. T. J. Jackson The cir cumstances which occasioned the poem were these": General Jackson's troops after a long and weary -?narch, were so much fatigued, that when a halt was or dered, almost nearly every man was asleep. The noble old Hero guarded the camp alone that nigfit. 'Twas in the dj'ing of the day, The darkness grew so still, The drowsy pipe of evening birds Was hushed upon the hill. Athwart the shadows of the vale . Slumbered the men of might, As one lone sentry paced his round To guard the camp that night. A grave and solemn man was he, With deep and sombre brow, Whose dreadful eyes seemed hoarding up Some unaccomplished vow. His wistful glance peered o'er the plain Beneath the starry light, As with the murmured name of God He watched the camp that night. Tho future opened unto bfin Its grand and awful scroll, Manassas and the Valley march, Come heaving o'er his soul. ' Richmond and Sharpsburg thundered by, With that tremendous light Which gave him to tho Dingel Ho?ts Who watched the camp, thatTnight. We mourn for him who^lied for us With one resistless mourn, While up the Valley of the Lord, He marches to the throne. He kept the faith of men and saints, Sublime, and pure, and bright, He sleeps, and all is well with him Who watched tho camp that night. Brotliers, the midnight of the cause Is shrouded in our rate, The demon Goths pollute our soil. With lire, and rust, and hate. Be'strong, be valiant, be assured, Strike home for Heaven and right, The soul of J.-ckson stalks abroad And guards our camp to-night. " Little Mme Byes." " Can I sit with you ?" " Certainly, sir," " Nice weather ?" "Splendid, indeed." " Crjps growing finely?" " Yes-couldn't do better." I was sitting in a paasenger-coach, on a Winconsin railroad, one day, years ago, when a good-looking, pleasant spoken man came along, stopped at my seat, and the abov* conversation took place, the latter part of it alter I had given him part of my seat. Now, I am regarded as a social man. I like a joke, a good hit. and I think a sour, morose man, who uses his tongue only when forced to, is bound to die of some terrible disease, and to go to some place of red-hot punishment. On entering a railroad car I always iook about for a talkative man, and thorough knowledge ot h_:. ....[.?. and have been enabled to read evil in H man's face, if he intended me evil. I dill not pride myself on be ing over-keen or sharp, but the knock ing around among strangers ought to have given any one a good experi ence. Well the stranger and I fell into an easy strain of conversation as we rode together, and in ten minutes I began to enjoy his company. He was a well-made fellow, finely dressed, and he wore a fine watch and a simon-pure diamond ring. I never saw a man who could talk so easy and pleasantly. It seemed that he had but to open his mouth and the words fell rieht out. I had traveled in the South, ?o had he. I had heard the loud roar of tbe Pacific, he knew all about it. I had been up in a balloon^down in amine, blown up, smashed up and repaired again and again, my new friend had experienced all these and was wish ing for something of a more startling nature. We agreed on politics, neither had any religion, and I had never met such a railroad companion. Did you ever meet a man, though a stranger to you ten minutes before, who could wrest from-you secrets which you had sworn to yourself not to reveal ? Well, he was such a man. It was not long before he commenced asking me questions. He did not seem trying to quiz me or draw me out, but he asked me questions in .such a sly, roundabout away, that be fore-1 knew it I was giving him my history. ' .' I was at that time on the point of being admitted to the bar at Wiscon sin as a student of Law & Law, of Briefville. The firm were old law yers with a lucrative practice, and it had been talked over that in about a month I should bc the. " Co." of the firm. A year before, a farmer named Preston, down about four miles from Grafton, had died, and his matters had been put in the hands of Law & Law for settlement. Preston had road stock, mortgages, etc., and every thing was .settled un to the satisfac tion of thc relic and the fatherless. About a year before'his death, be ing pinched for money, and not wish ing to sell anything at a sacrifice, Preston had given a mortgage on his farm for three thousand dollars. While the papers read " for one year from date," there was a verbal agree ment it should be lifted any day when Preston desired. A month after, when, having the funds to clear off the paper, the old money-bags, hold ing-it refused to discharge, wishing to secure his interest for a year. I was on my way to ascertain the dale of expiration.- A fire among our office papers had destroyed the memoranda, and I must go down and get the date from old Scrip, who lives south of Grafton, about five miles. The stranger pumped'all this out of me in t?n minutes, and yet I never once suspected that he was re ceiving-arly information. ' , * " I am not positive," I added, " but I am pretty sure that tho time is the thirteenth, which would be Tuesday next." " And then your folks will send down the money and discharge the mortgage, of course," he queried. M Oh v ea, I ahali most likely bring it down." I replied, and it'never oc curred to me how imprudent I was.. He turned the conversation into other channels, and did not once at tempt to pump toe further. ;We go.t to Grafton at 10.50, and to my great surprise he anuounced tha-t he was to stop in the town on business for a few days. I had not asked.his name or vocation, while he knew every thing about me. We went to the hotel, had dinner, and then I secured a liyery team and drove out, getting through with busi ness, so that I was back to take the 3.20 express east My friend was on the porch of .the hotel as I drove up, carrying the same honest, dignified face. " Well, did you find out?" he en quired in his pleasant way. " Yes, it ia on the thirteenth, as I expected," I replied. . Wer had lunch together, and wh"n we shook hands and parted, I had less idea of ever meeting him again, then I have of knowing you. In fact he told me that he should sail for England within a week or ten days, and should not return to Ameri ca. At parting he gave me his card. It was a modest piece of pasteboard, and bore the name of " George Ral eigh," in old English Script. Everything in the office went on as us?al and the thirteenth came at length. Law & Law had arranged for "me to go down with the money, and I looked upon it as a business of no special importance. "We know you are all right," re marked the senior partner, as I was about to .go ; " but I want to giye you a word of warning nevertheless. Don't take any strangers into your confidence until you have passed.out the money, and look out who sits next to.you." It was something new for him to caution me, and I could not but won der at it; but in the bustle of getting aboard the train I forgot what he had said. Ordinary prudence had in duced me. to place the money, which was all in bank bills, and divided into three packages, under my shirt and next to my skin, where the deft hand of the pickpocket could not reach it. Interested in a newspaper, time flew by, as the train flew west,- and at length the hoarse voice of the brakeman warned me that I reached Grafton. I had leaped down, and was making for the livery stable, when I heard a familiar voice, and looked up to see Raleigh. He was seated in a buggy, and had seemingly waited for mo Lo come up. " Don't express your surprise," he began, as I stopped at the wheel. -" I 'io i .--nd to go away, but I changed mind and like this section so well , T-,:n:r,.,,?. in j- 1 ,-J. ?* : far. ...??vi. ' ' ' ''Vi hasi?;?; ' out with him, see the farm, return in his company," and he was greatly pleased. I was also pleased. If any one had told nie, as we got into the bug gy, that Geo. Raleigh meant 'o return with my money in his pocket and my blood ipon his hands, I .should have believed him a lunatic. And yet George Raleigh had planned thar, very thing. It was a lovely day in June, and the cool breeze ( and the sight ol meadows and green groves made ray heart grow larger. My companion waa very talkative, but he didn't even hint at my errand. Xle talked as far. away as he could. "Oh! excuse me I" he exclaimed, after we had passed a mile beyond the village, and were among the farm houses. " I should have offered you this before." He drew from his pocket a small flask of wine and handed it to me. Now I was temperate in regard to drinks. In fact, I detested the sight and smell of anything intoxicating. But I had not the moral courage to tell him so and to hand back the flask undisturbed. I feared to offend him, and so I drank perhaps three good swallows. He called my atten tion to the woods on the left, as he received back the flask, and when I looked around again he was just re moving it from his mouth, as if he had drank hearty. In .about fiye minutes I began to feel queer. The fence along the road seemed to grow higher and the trees to grow larger ; something got into my ears BO that the rattle of the bug gy sounded a long way off. " How strange ! Why, I believe I am goiug to be sick !" I exclaimed, holding on to the Beat wijjji all my might. "You do look strange," he replied, a snaky smile stealing over his face ; " I shouldn't wonder if it was apo plexy." I did not suspect, the game he had played. His words were like an echo, and his face seemed twice as large as it was. My head began to spin and my burin to snap and crack, and I was greatly frightened. " You are bad off," he continued, looking into my face. " I will drive as fast as possible and get a doctor." My tongue was so heavy that I could not reply. I clutched the seat, shut my eyes, and he put his horse at his be3t pace. We met a farmer's team, and I can remember ?that one of the occupants of the wagon called out to know what ailed that man. Raleigh did not reply, but urged the horse forward. About three miles from Grafton was a long stretch of forest, and this we soon reaahed. The pain in my head was not so violent, aftd I was not so.badly affected when opening my eyes. I had settled intn a sort of dumb stupor, with ? brain so benumb ed that I had to say to myself, " This is a tree, that is a stump," etc., before I could make sure I was not wrong. Half a mile down the road after we struck the foreBt, and then Raleigh turned the horse into a blind* road leadi?g-back into $e woods. I could not understand what he intended. I tried to grapple with the question, bot could not solve iL ; "Well, here we are!" exclaimed Raleigh, when we had reached a point forty rods from the main road. He stopped the horse, got-ont and hitched him, and then came round to the wheel. " You don't feel just right, bot I guess you will be better soon,'1 he remarked. "Come, let mtfhelp you down." He reached up his arms/ and J Jet go.the seat and fell into'-fhem. It seamed too'as if I weigned^a ton, but he carried me along without an effort, and laid me down within about a rod of a fence which ran along on one side of an.old pasture The effets of the drug were wearing voff, ^tfj|>?v got a faint suspicion that'something unusual had happened. ' jBpt I was powerless to move a limb.?the sensa tion was like that wheajour foot goes asleep. "Can you speak?" ,ino*urred Ral eigh, bending over me; " because if ypu can it will save me some trouble. I want to know just wheje you haye stowed away that .money*' Nowil began to realize - my situa tion. His face looked natural again, and the load was, off my tongue. I also felt that I could move my fingers ajittle. " George Raleigh ! are you going to rob me ?" I asked, findingjiny voice at last. " Well, some folks might call it 'robbing,'.but we dress*up the term a little by calling :it the'-only correct financial way. of equalizing the float ing currency, so thal? each One is pro vided for, and no one left put.". " You shan't have the money. I will die first!'' I yelled, rising a little. T. " Ah, I see-didn't- take quite enough]" he coolly remajkqd. " well, I have provided for thiey' .' He went to the buggy, procured ropes and a gag, and?n^ '^d down beside me. I had but Rttiu strength left, and he conquered-m? in a mo ment. Lying on my right -side look ing toward the fence, :he*tied my hands behind me and then'forced the gag into my mouth. " There, now ! You; see you are nicely fixed np, and aft-because you ?acted 'like a fool, instead of a sensi ble young lawyer tsoon l? be admitted to the bar." * While he was speaking-indeed while he was tying me, - I had caughf sight of the white face of a little girl looking at us from between the rails of the fence. I could see her great blue eyes and knew " that she was frightened. There were red stains around her mouth and on the little hand resting on the rail, and I knew that she was some farmer's child searching for strawberries. I could not warn her of her. danger' and I ?.(?A t'"-<1 ni** wo,vl ? L* F *.-?.? f*> bearii. V, ..! --lei: i: . f:y; - . j tb? l'A? k:;o*. i win Ipi \l the lift!? j ; i ,. ... ; . y .-..V... ?? s," : i . ; pockets ii-: : on, .. omer, reinuYilig uti tue aiw.ie?, leir. down my boot leg, and then finally jxissed his hand over my bosom and found the money. "Ha! here it is !" he exclaimed, drawing ont the packages. " I don't hardly believe old Grip will sec any of this to day." He sat down near ray head, undid the packages, and was cool enough to go at it to count tlie money. As he commenced the little girl waved her hand to me. My heart went thump ing, for I expected she would utter a word or a snout, bot she sartk down from sight, and I caught a gleam ol her frock as she passed through the grass. " You see, my young friend,." re marked Raleigh, as he drew off one of his boots and deposited some of the bills-in it, " there is nothing like transacting business as it should be transacted. Some men would have shot or stabbed you, but it is only the apprentices who do such work. All the real gentlemen of our calling do business as gentlemen should." He drew off the other boot and placed some fifties and twenties in it, .and then continued. " I have it all planned out how to deal with you as soon as I get this money disposed of around my person. I shall lay you on your back and pour the balance of this wine down your throat. There is enough of it to make you sleep until to-morrow night, and by that rime I shall be hundreds of miles away. As soon as I see that the drug has taken effect, I shall untie your nands and remove the gag. When you come out of, your sleep-if you ever do-you had better crawl out to the road, where you will most likely meet some trav eler soon. I want to use the horse and buggy, otherwise I would leave them for you." How coolly he talked ! He treat ed the matter as if it were a regular transaction in-which I fully . acqui esced. He had made me a fast priso ner, and I felt that he could do just as he pleased. bile ? was think ing, I BAW tho httiu white face, appear between iiie white, rails again, but in a moment it laded awav, and its place was taken by the sunburned phiz of a farmer. 'He looked from me to Ral eigh and back again, and I wink?d at him in a way which he rtodily un derstood. His face disappeared, and I felt that I should be saved. 11 No, old.Grin won't get his tin to day," mused Raleigh, as he stored away Ci 11s in his pockets. " You will go back to Law& Law feeling put out and cut up, but tbey should not blame you ; it is not your fault at all. True, had you minded your business on the car and not been so free with a stranger, this would not have happened. I was on my way to Milwaukee, and had no thought of such pickings here." I saw nothing of the fanner. Ral eigh finished his counting, and I made up my mind that the farmer was afraid to ;nterfere, and had ran away. My heart went down as Raleigh got up, for I Eaw that he was . about : to carry out his*pian of further drug ging me. He turned me on my back, sat down astride of me, and then pulled out the flask. "Bow ia ju** about a minnie we'll be through With, this business," he re marked, trying to put the mouth of the flaakji?bween my lips. . I rolled my bead to one side and he did-Mjt^ucceed? He waa jamming the flarfr against my -teeth, when I caught the sound of a soft step, the crash of a club, and Raleigh rollad off my body. He tried:-to ^eap ap, but three or four fan-mere struck tym down, ?nd one of them rendered him senseless. Before he came to I was free of /op*es and gag, and we had him nicely bound. Over beyond the pasture a farmer and his hands were; raking up hay. " Little Blue Eyes," only eight years old, had wandered off aiter strawber ries, and had fortunately witnessed part of Raleigh's proceedings. She had hurried back to he/ father and to*ld him that " a man .was all tied up out there," and he hiff? returned to the fence. Understanding the-situa tion, he and his men had moved around so as as to secure an advan tage, and Raleigh's capture was the result. When the rascal found his senses, he was terribly taken aback, and cursed enough for a whole Flanders army.- We took him back to Grafton, and when 'I last saw him he was on tis way to the penitentiary to serve a sentence of fifteen years. The mortgage was lifted, after all, and the gift which Law & Law sent little Katie Gray, kept her in chesses for many a year. General Sherman. Telegraphic despatches report that Generals Sherman and Howard.testi fied .before the American and British mixed commission that " Colombia was not fired by order, or by Federal soldiers." ^Whether Columbia was fired by order we know not, but when Gen. Sherman states that it was not destroyed by Federal soldiers, he states^deliberately what he knows to be false. Before reaching South Carolina, he received a letter from Gen. Halleck, expressing a wish that Charleston and Columbia might in some way be burned, to which h? re plied that when he entered either of these cities, his Fifteenth? Corps, would do the v/ork, and that it never failed. That this Corps never failed we can testify. In every sort.ot atrocious villiany, in every form of diabolical incendiarism, in every species of wanton destruction, in every unblushing robbery, in every outrageous insult io helpless women and children, in every act which would >have made even a Vandal , blush, the Fifteenth army Corps ex celled. Ifc seemed that every thief ' and scoundrel outside of his Plutonic 1 Majesty's dominions had been hud died together in one body, bent on ! ?.i.-..i- -i ^efmction A"'1 thev ' inonexi io ueur wi! ness, ?eu. oiieiui.'iu has the effrontery to deny that his. soldiers burned Columbia. We have, all along, known that 1 Gen. Sherman is utterly void of any 5 instinct, of humanity-that he was a : cold hearted "brute-but we did not 1 believe that he would deliberately 1 lie, especially when he would be J found out at lt. But he has done it, and that too, deliberately and on oath. Heretofore Beast Butler ha? .( enjoyed the greatest notoriety of all * barefaced scoundrels. But his lustre ! is fading beside the rising star of 1 General Sherman. With all due de- ? ference to the army of the United " States, we aro constrained to say that its General commanding is the most ! consummate liar of the age.-Fair- 1 field Herald. The Result of (he Usurpation. ; The President, as might have been j expected, will issue all the orders j that Kellogg desires, in order to fix , him strongly in a seat to which he j really has no claim. The fact that . he is a usurper and a public male- , factor, by no means prejudices his . cause with an Administration that is ! as corrupt as he is, and one, too, that | tramples upon oaths and laws with , the same disdain. The President, as j the Louisville Courier-Journal boldly , declares, has wantonly violated th? | law of Congress, under which he pro fessed to act, in ordering troops to support Kellogg in the first instance, .j That he persists in the same course, j is not surprising. There is a class of. , men who sometimes change their ? minds; there is another class who } never do. But the American people j must realize the fact that the great est outrage in American history has just been consummated. The un principled scoffer may sneer .at the . probable results, the fawning time server may commend the deed, but the naked fact is there, that the plain , written letter of the organic law pre- , sents no obstacle in the way of a j brood of conspirators', banded togeth er to rob and murder, when they are , backed by the arm of the Adminis- . tration. No instance will ever arise in which "both the ffiw and the equity ( wiii le more clearly on the side of j the victims ; and no instance ever is likely to arise in which more p?rsone ! will admit the fact. If such an out- , rage can be consummated in the teeth of this?adm?Bsion, then the will of the Administration must soon become 1 the supreme law and not the Consti tution. It is a shame and a disgrace that a stronger, more potent and effective expression, on th? part of the North, has not been called forth. Toe re sult shows that each State may drop by lot, and no other State will mur mur a complaint. It is a just com mentary on human nature-we bear one another's misfortunes with won derful fortitude. "The old Roman maxim that a wrong to a citizen is a stab at the State, obtains no longer. There never ins been a day before when a scuttle-ship crew like that in Louisiana, backed by a coarse and vulgar voluptuary like the present incumbent of the White House, could play such havoc with the rights and | co istitution of a State. There never vas & Jme. before when auch con tempt was shown to pnblin .sentiment and4fc public law. There never was a. time before when the President of the United States, with a company ol' sixty-eight soldiers, could seize upon and hold possession of a State capi tal, overturn the legally-instituted' State*Goverrrment and set np anoth er in its stead. But it has at last come to this, and what JS to follow cannot even be surmised. The Halifax Horror. HALIFAX, N. S., May ?i3.-An ex-, plosion took place to-day in the Drum mond colliery, in T?icton county. Dunn, the manager, hi? assistant, Ma ger, and a party of other men are in the git. The slope is on fire and there is no means of egress from the mine. Great anxiety is felt for the safety of the men% No further par ticulars as yet. HALIFAX, May 14.-From 10'o'clock last nighf until daylight this morning the Ure in the Drummond Colliery raged with intense fierceness. It in creased in violence each moment, and the sky in the vicinity of the calami ty was illuminated by the flambs is suing from the air shaft to a height' of nearly one nflndred feet. All through the night there were explo sions at intervals. These were pre ceded by ru moling noises resembling thunder. The weary watchers who remained aroujd the mouth of the pits and air shafts, and labored inces santly to subdue the flames, were obliged to seek shelter rn the adjoin ing works, as l ho stou.-s and debris emitted from the pit's mouth by such explosions were scattered around in all directions, and. threatened de struction or injury to every one with in reat?h. About two o'clock, p. m., this.afternoon, these explosions were followed by one wliich, for terrific violence and destructive force, dwarf ed ail the vest. The wooden work in and ?-.bout the main shalt was in stantly destroyed, and stones, wood and burning embers we're projected high into the air. Smoke and flame, together with the horrible noises ac companying the explosion,, gave the beholders a vivid idea of a volcanic eruption. Those who witnessed it described it as resembling more than any thin 2 else the mouth of a crater. The earth for miles around was eha lten' with thc violence of the explo sion. The people living in Westville and Snillarton were tnuch frightened,, as they knew not how far the disaster would extend, or how soon another inch explosion would occur. Since 2 o'clock this morning the fire has continued to burn, the flames issuing from all the air shafts,* although not ?0 inteuse'as last evening. Laborers ire now energetically at work filling up the shafts with clay. By this j,u:::is they h'iVe ti i fer. . . dil rhbdiivnr : . ' m-., h ,>;> . ..? ... . precaution ' laving been taken to guard against i t, no?apprehensions are left. The ?cenes in and around the village are saddening. Westville and the village it Drummond colliery are in mourn ng; the shops are closed and no A'urk is dono. Men and women wan ler about in groups, their sad coun :eiiances betokening the bitter grief ;hat has fallen upon them. No pen ;an correctly picture the harrowing - .cenes of yesterday, when the terri jle truth was conveyed to the mourn- - ? ng wives, sisters and friends of those ;o suddenly hurried into eternity. People rushed frantically to the scene >f the disaster. The utmost excite nent prevailed, and for hours it was inpossible to .ascertain who were or ?ere not in the mine. The women, nany of w^oni had husbands, broth es and sons working in the colliery, nade the air dismal with their cry- , ng. After the explosion yesterday, four men volunteered to descend the ??st air shaft, ior the purpose of at ;empting ftrescue. They were blown .ip by the second explosion which im- ' mediately followed. One of them, ' Edward Burne, was driven into the ur one hundred feet, and fell into ne woods near by. His dead body .vas picked up this morning. About forty-five of the men who were lost were married, all*of whom leave fami lies to mourn their sad fate. It was the first;day in the mine for some of the unfortunates. Every body speaks in the highest terms of the bravery displayed by the man ager, the late Mr. Dunn, in descend ing the mine after the first explosion, \nd sacrificing his life to save the lives of others. Much symyathy is sxpressed for his bereaved wife. Nearly every family here has lost ?ome relative or friend. There are many reasons given to account for the disaster, and the direct cause is no loubt attributable to the stoppage of work at the mi,ties on account o? the recent strike, and the rapid accumu lation of gas in the work? as the con sequence. This "colliery is reported to be the worst mine in the coal dis trict .for the accumulation of gas, and with no available means for put ting out fires speedily. Mr.. Dunn, however, always exercised proper dili gence and care in seeing that the mine was effectually ventilated. In all, fifty-nine miners are lost. The fire in the pit occurred at 12 o'clock yesterday, and although the men below worked hard to quench the flames, their efforts were unavail ing. One of the foremen then start ed for the surface and acquainted Mr. Dunn,, who immediately descended. H& had scarcely reached the bottom of the shaft when an explosion took place, and it is supposed that he and the others who descended with him were suffocated. At 4:30, p. m.., to- . day, there was no. change in the con dition of the fire. The flames are still issuing from the shaft, and it'is the opinion here that ."here will be several more heavy eiplosions. An inquest has just commenced at West ville Hall. HT Kate Williams, of Peoria, 111., knocked her lovel flat on the ground be- ! sause he insisted apon kissing her the third time at the garden ,rate on a moon lit r^cenlJ j. Two wa? hw limit Co ito a Factories. Wc are so fn Tl y impressed with the importance as well ae utility of this branch of our ii illumines,-und sogreut is our desire - to see our people take hold t$f it-as A fruitful means of in dependence and prosperity, that we adopt the following well expressed views of the Jacks?n Pilot, and repro duce the artiele entire l'or the thought ful consideration of our readers: ? It is?a fact which has doubtless not escaped the notice of eur agricultu rists and people generally, that at all of the indostrial exposions held m the great cities of the Northwest du ring the pasf. two or three years, Mis sissippi has borue off a minority, if not all, Of the premiums offered for the best staples of cotton. This is quite a gratifying'tribute'to the su perior virtues of our soil in the pro duction of one of the leadinfiartiolee of foreign and domestic traine, and shouldlencoorage our planters to in crease^bbe ' quality rather than the quantity of their cotton, so that we may always hold ^th? front rank arnon" the cotton-producing States nf the Union. But while thus giving careful attention to the production of the fleecy staple, it is equally impor tant that aci ive measures should be taken, ia the different suctions of the. State, favorableHo such enterprises, - for its .extensive manufacture. If Mississippi cotton? in its raw state is.. so universally commended ^Jor its, great excellence, why should "We not turn that cotton into manufactur?t! fabries at our homes that would, be equally potent to attract attention and command good prices in all the markets of the world" with wfibh we have commercial intercourse ?. Of the different cott n factories established ?in. our State since the close of the war, some ha7e" been closed up as a dead loss to the s tock h al d-e rs, -while others maintain but a feeble and - sickly ex istence-from what causes we'are not able, with the meagr? information at hand, to say. But we do know from tte published statistics, that cotton factories have proven, decidedly suc cessful and remunerative in G?orgia, Alabama, and other Southern States; and we can therefore^ conceive of no legitimate cause why they should not prosier and pay wjeiHn.our own State. The fault, in ail probability, will be found to lie in the mismanagement, in the wapt of a proper system, or in . some o-her error connect d with the conduct of these enterprises, and not from the lack of a sufficient patronage to give them a healthy and profitable existence. We are led to believe that if es tab lishe-1 upon an economical and systematic basis, and then proper^ managed while running, cotton facroi ? ries can be made to pay as well in Mississippi as in Alabama, or any < 1 ... "*:.jf<- ;m BS'srgy and rite- 1 ... '/A. '.-e ail that is necessary, j! ? 'sui L'ia? ? peocS* arv nor scrrii - - ..r . lt - important bear- : ot tu. s; rnergg WAHUI ie . >rJciu? SSH I; J.irs in other parte of the boutii. would, could ic be in fused into the spirit of this people, bring about a very gratifying change in our condition and awaken the busy hum of wheels and looms that now stand idle and* rusting. No matter what failures have attended us in the past, let the people of Mississippi rest assured that cotton factories will pay and pay well, and aro al Ways to be regarded as the principal stones .in the superstructure of our substantial and material prosperity. A MODERN SOLOMON.-Ashorttime since a worthy magistrate of New I Orleans had rather a difficult ques tion to de?ide, in thc solution of which he struck out a path hitherto, i unknown in jurisprudence. It seems | that twelve negroes appeared before - him, each one of whom swore posi tively that himself and the other - eleven had done a certain amount of work on a steamboat,' and was enti tled thereby to wages. It was a steady, stieak, each of the dozen swearing precisely the same. .On the other side appeared the mate of the boat and eleven deck hands, who all swore directly and point blank to an opposite st-ite of facts to those testi fied to by the twelve plaintiffs. Here the evidence closed, leavingthe j udge to make up his mind. His honor scratched his head, looked wise, pon* dered a few momenta, and then said : " The law makes it the duty of the court, when in doubt, to weigh the evidence. I shall, proceed to do so in this case. You, turning to one of the suing darkies, take your crowd over to Mr.--, (a grocery store in the vicinity,) and have them weighed, arid bring me a certificate of their weight from the clerk. And you,'' turning to the mate, " do the same with .yourself and witnesses. This court must make up a judgment some how/' The mandate of the court was obeyed ; the contestants appeared with their respective certificates, the mate's party outweighing the other by nine pounds, which was sufficient to turn the scales of justice, for judg ment was given for the boat. A Sweet Temper. No trait of character is more valua ble in a woman than the possession of a sweet temper. Home can never be mad d happy without it. It is like the flowers that spring up in our pathway, reviving and oheering us. Let a man go home at night wearied by the toils of the day, and how soothing is a word dictated by a good disposition! It is sunshine felling on his heart. He is happy, and the : cares of life are forgotten. A sweet temper has a soothing influence over the minds of a whole family. Where it is found .in the wife and mother, you observe kindness and love pre dominating over the natural feeling of a bad heart. ?miles, kind words and looks characterize the children, and peace and love have their dwelb ing uiere. A sweet temper is more valuable than gold; it captivates more than beauty, nnd to the cldse of if e it retains all freshness and power, _-J.- r .ar* A Missouri girl washed all day, ate twelve boiled eggs for supper, and than daoced ?il night I Brevities'auil Uvi(st% ?-tft?te;, j^r "'??et out of my way! What n o you good?lor?" said a crusts old mau ULa bright-eyed little boy that happened Ur stand in hts way. * Well," sala tho lit? tie fellow, as he stepped ong Std?, "I believe they make men oat of *ud?> things as we are," < . * These are in tho refreshing West ern style of personals: Mr. Waggonor lound fault with the beef at ? Memphis j? : hotel, the other morning, aj>d??^^ dro ner ?M?fo $3 on Ijim." 'VPetor Iuk,J^hL old citizen of Knox-county; ohio, waa] . ? blotted outffche other day, aged T5." . y?3f A Washington inventor is hard at. work on a model for a dog that can rna along the top of a fenee. He expects to wreak destruction oh tb? cats and bo oome wealtrrier than the Rothschilds. ' ? ' Z3r Thero have been frequent inmuni ces recorded where a person's hair-has' \ turned gray in the course of a night by \ reason of fear. There is- an instance m ' * this county, -where a gentleman's gray ' y hair and beard turned a beautiful brown ^ in fifteen or twenty minute* from-vanity. ??rA Kansas man got up a privaie earthquake the 'Other day, by praclng several pounds of powder in the stove: to clear the soot out of the pipe. To make $j itali go up tho?pipe, he shut tho' stove door, and placing his feet against it, he roically waited the result. Aa that was the only house within.five miles, tho fu neral over the fragments was held in the open air. - tar A coroner's jury in "Vermont, im- r panelled to ascertain the cause of the : death of a notorious drunkard, brought in ? y rdlct of 41 death by hanging around a rum shop." In California a' coroner's jury,, under similar circum stances, rendered a more coorteocwver dict: " Accidentai death while unpack ing gl^B." , # ' . A commendably neat Massachu setts maw having occasion to ont hie throat last week, considerately went ont . on the back piazza wi th a pail, over which he held his head during thc operation, in order to avoid making a muss. 'K Thackeray tolls us of a woman begging alms from him, who, when she saw him put his hand in his pocket, ried out: "-May the- blessing of God follow you all your life !" but when he only pulled out his snuff box, immediately added, i; and never overtake ye." r4f A Dutchman and an Irishman once met on a lonely highway. As they met each smiled, thinking ,'ae knew the other. Pat on seeing his mistake re marked, " Faith, aa' I thought it WP V you, an* you thc ught it was me, an' ita naytber of us." The Dutchman replied, " Yaw, dat ish dhru ; I am anuder man, and yon is not yourself, we both some other podios." . \ ?-y The San Francisco woman's plea for a di vorce is the latest for a woman to advance. We have known men to de ni are they would never have married their wi"bsd he r been sober, bu? Il ls wv* . v i-" ?ri: ;. ?< tura young woman! oth'^iiUlO Sii .vaut*. A di vor.? ??"..au;*? ?hpr?ya- i?i jxic?tafl > ben ma;-; . ? . vi ,}iodv.o*d nor hus:.-, j I in galfi rsi ..'bat ?ue?ays, .. ??eiu*'-rhat ny woman *-o?::d baie c?t rico u.:.: w r ?lie . her ... senses* ,??B~ A* Weat cru M?E? IL' ' - I ou collecting tobacco statistics among th?? brethren. He found that eight loading mom hors in a certain place paid in one year one hundred and ninety-five dol lars for tobacco and thirty-threo dollars for tho support of their pastor, and were loo poor to take a religious paper. A. Promising young citizen of [Hay county, who was thoughtless enough o throw the boot jack at bin mother-in law, is deeply impressed with the idea <hat there is nothing so sharp and sud len for removing the hair from a man's lead as a potator grater. Hub Rates for the New Year! During the present 'year we will fur-, nish the Advertiser to Cialis at the fol lowing low rates : To Clubs of Five Subscribers,' at "$2,50 each, cash in advance, . $12,50 To Clubs o f Ten Subscribers, at ?2,00 each cash in advance, and one copy extra to head of Club. 20,00 Make up your Clubs at once, and com mence with the first of the year. January 1, 1873. AUGUSTA HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. ITAKE this method of informing my friends' anti customers, that I have Just had this well known Hotel thor oughly renovated- and paint?d, both in side and out. Cleanliness is my motto in every department My tables will l>e supphed with everything the market ?f fords. No pains will be spared to make the Augusta Hotel a pleasant home for the traveler My Edgefield friends ure cordially solicited to give mo a call. P. MAY, Proprietor. Augusta, April 15, tf 17 10,000 GIFTS, $500,000 On TirESD'A V. JULY, Sin, 1178, tho Third Grant Gift Concert, under Hie management of K*-Gover nor Thus. E. Oramlotte, sn?l authorized bf special act of the Legislature, for the beneflt ctf the Public Li i brary of Kentucky, positively ant unequivocally comes off In Public Library Hall, at Louisville, Ky. when 10,000 Gins, all cash, amounting to $300,000, ?III be distributed by lot among the ticket-holder*. The money to pay all these giru In lull it already in bank and tot aside for that purpose, at th? following oeruncato?uowt: Ornes or FABXWU' AS? BaoTX2t' BAUX, I Locus vitus, Ky., April 7, 18 Ti f This it lo certify that thora u in Uso Farinera* und Drover?.' Bank, to the crem of Uta Tb ltd Grand Gift Consert for th? benefit of UM Public li brary or Ky., Five Hundred Thimasvad Dot?. lara, willoh ho been tel apart by the Managers ta par Ute gina In full, tn d wiri beheld by th? Bank and paid ont for this purpow, ind this parp?te only, (Signed.) H. S. VEKCH, cashier. Only a few ticket*remain untold, i.nd taer w?lb? furnished tc tb? flit appUcanlt al ute RtUowUifl prices: Whole tickets $10; hal vee., |5; quarters, tiM : ll wholes for ?100: 66 for $500 ; 118 far ?1,000. and 67ft for 15,000. For ticket? and "oil information, apply to TH08. E. BRA M LKXTK, Lonliivllle, Ky. W. J. YEREEN,. OP SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH Anderson, Starr & Co., Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Clothing FOB THE SOUTHEJBJT TRAD K ^ONIIY ! Ordern, shall be filled carefully abd promptly-*t the lowest market price?.' Nov? . ?m 40 -v* Parasols and Fans. JH. -GHEATHAM has In "Store . Thousand Palmetto FarA, . Also, a splendid line of Parasol*. May 14 * W