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Patel Railroad Accident. COLUMBIA, SepUmber 18. A fatal collision took place on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail road about 20 minutrs past 9 o'clock yes terday morning. Thc scouc of the catas . trophewas about four and a half miles aiove Columbia, whore the down pasaou ger train and thc Dav mas tu-'s train came mto collisiou. Paymaster .William Elliott Orchard, of this city, and a colored road hand, named James Archie, were instantly killed; Roland Williamson, the engineer of the paymaster's train, was severely and, it is feared, fatally injured, having his thigh crushed besides sustaining inter nal injuries ; a little colored boy, named Sawney, was also badly hurt : ana the ei nmessenger, W. ('/Graham, was slight ounded. The lasf named was th? only "person on the passenger train wb<> was injured, the engineer of that train having saved himself by ? jumping from the ?agine a second ' before the collision. Another train- was immediately dispatch ed from thia city which brought in the dead and wounded . and the passenger*. Both engines were a complete wreck, and the express car was badly smashed. The accident is explained in this way : The pay-train was endeavoring to make Stock's Turnout, three miles ahead, upon the presumption that the passenger train -, was twenty mmutes behind time, as it was when last heard from at Ridgeway ; but the latter train had made up fifteen min ntes of the lost time, and hence the colli sion? Both trains ?rere going at the top of their sneed. W. E. Orchard, the pay master, wno was killed, was the son ot W. H. Orchard, of Columbia, and about twen ty-war years old. Hewa3a young man of sterling qualities. Railroad Horrors III Our Midst. It seems that death has not yet enough agents in our land to do its- foul purpose. The cholera, the fever, the consumption do not enough ravages for- the grim mon ster, and the railroad .is added to his list of auxiliaries'; It was only on Thursday last that the fatal accident on the Char lotte, Columbia and Augusta Road was chronicled, and narrated in our town to listeners awed by the horrible mangling of young Orchard. To-day we have to re port two more of the fatal results of rail road accidents happening on the road.-' having a terminus in our quiet city. The way freight train on the Central Railroad, going from Macon to Savannah, ran into a culvert Friday, about half past seven o'clock in the evening,.about a ?ai!, and a half above station*No. 7. The cul vert had been washed ont by the continu ed rain on that day. The wood work and masonry of the culvert had been swept entirely out. The locomotive, going at . its usual speed, with the whole tram'thun dering along in its wake, was precipitated into this deep culvert. Six cars were thrown in upon the engine, causing a wreck of the six cars and the engine. The engineer, William Story, and fireman Scott, were killed, both scalded to death. It is supposed that one of the train hands, who was cn the engine at the time for the pur pose of shifting the ?witch at No. 7, was killed also, as his body was not found.' The wreck was not cleared away, howev er, when last heard from, and he may be, and most likely is, buried beneath it, whether dead or alive is not yet known. Up to 8 o'clock yesterday morning no train had arrived from Savannah or the scene of the wreck. From this circum stance it is supposed that a number of washes have occurred between that point and Savannah and that, in consequence, the road is impassible. The damage to the road will be immediately repaired, md trains are to be run on thc regular sched ule time after this morning. An accident on the South Carolina Rail road was also caused by the rains on Fri day night. The night express train from Charleston for Augusta, met with a most serious and fatal accident near Branchville, about for ty-eight miles from Charleston. The na ture of the accident was almost precisely the same, with change of locality, as thal on the Central Railroad just mentioned. The train, m charge of Conductor W. D. Kennedy, left Charleston a few minute? behind time, and when nearing Branch ville, an important-branching point on that road, it ran into a culvert, in which there was twenty feet bf water. ' The cul? vert was in Poid Swamp. The engine sunk into the deep water, .the top of the smoke-stack only being visible. Mr. Bri ck m au, engineer ; Mr. Door, fire man; Mr. McManus, train hand, and Rm?'l, a colored wood-passer, were killed. There was also a slight accident* on the Port Royal Road, similarly caused. Then was a wash between Ellenton and -Rob bins' station, causing the engine and two freight cars of the freight train to run off the track. The . cars were not seriously damage-j, and no one was hurt or killed. The passenger train from Charleston, due here at two O'CIOCK, p. m., was. delay ed on account of the ac*: "<;nt.-Augusta Constitutionalist, 21st. The Great Financial Crash. NBW YOBK, September 19. The banking house of Jay Cooke & Co. is closed. The suspension of -the ? firm, it is said, will be-but temporary. AU their foreign obligations are provided for, and it is claim ed that tho house holds one mill?n dollars over and above all liabilities on their side. Business men attribute the failure to gsir operations in the north Pacific Road, is feared that the National Life Insu rance Company will go under with Jay Cooke & Co.. ft is said that Jay Oook? lest largely in gold. The members of the' firm say. they are unable to make any fur ther statement, save tba* they expect td resume business in a short time. The scenes in and about Wall and Broad streets yesterday, reminded one forcibly of disastrous " Black Friday," ex cept that the panic to day was of short duration and did not retch the financial proportions of that day. At the opening Stock Exchange an army of brokers poured intotheiotundaevery one wild with excite ment, and the " bears" made a united ami terrible charge on the entire list of stock? which gave way with a fearful crash. Margins became suddenly exhausted and throngs of brokers rushed in to save them selves. Thc scene in the Exchange wat cf tho wildest character and several time? it seemed as if violence would be resorted ro by the " bulls" who are fairly madden ed by their terrific losses. The gold mar ket wal neglected and the whole business centered upon the stock business, which WM enormous ; almost every moment swelling the aggregate of transactions be fore now to an amount equal to the aver ago of many ordinary days. NEW YOBK, Sept. 20. The Presidents of the National Bank? held an informal meeting. They resolved to support each other and disregard re strictions in to-day's dealings. NEW OBLEANS, Sept. 20. T?tere is mucluiuxiety in commercial cir tflej regarding tie failures in New York, bat business among the banks is as quiet as usual * NEW YOBS:, Sept. 20. Wallstreet was crowded at an early boar. There is less solicitude, however. . Resolutions, passed by the banks, asking to sustain each other and the sale of ten Bullion bonds by the treasury, nerves mat ters. Two members of the firm of Jay Cooke & CO., are coining on from Russia, who are expected on Monday, when a re liable statement of the affairs of the house will probably bc presented to the public. N?W YOBK, Sept;. 20. Tho Stock Exchange? has boen closed, subject to the call of the President, to en able the members to settle. A defalcation in the Union Trust Company is reported. Vanderbilt is closeted with th?'Directors. The quotations of stocks are impossible to be gotten. President Champman, of tho Stock Exchange, forbids any outside oper ations by the members, upon the penalty of expirion. WASHINGTON, 8epi. 2b. The failures to-day-are the Union Bank ing Cooiuauv, Philadelphia; Union Trust ,Cpmpanv, New York ; A. B. Whited: Co., Aw Jork ; E. E. Broadmead, New York; Ketch.an? ? Belknap, New York'; Saxe db < Rogers, Xe\v York; the National Bsnk-j "of the Coiamouwealtb, New York ; Quas i?? Fuaer; P. M. Meyers; Miller & Walsh; laurens & Josephs; Fearing k Brown, Wadsworth ? Co, The Bank of North America has 3ur pended. The Freedman's Savings Bank paid out $65,000. The officers declared themselves well fortified. Only the upual Saturday afternoon's crowd about the bank. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. CO. It is rumored that the Un iou Banking House has suspended. NEW YOKE, Sept. 20. - Carlton, the defaulting Secretary of the Union Trust Company, had mide loans to his " friends and relatives on seeuri ties which were regarded as doubtful, onfcloan o? $20.000 to his father, Rev. Dr. Carlton, of Methodist Book Concern no toriety. The security for one loan is good, th? others are of no value. Carlton has had almost entire management of thi* gjvat financial institution. Alluding to the suspension of oivemtions by the"members of the Stock Exchange, the B,veiy.ng Express says : " Too much praise can't be awarded to the men who conceived una. carried oat this master Btroke of policy. Bedlam was running loose and the craze was rapidlv comm tini ly eating itself to the outside. . Nothing re mains but to shut the door and try to bring back, the bulls and bears alike to their senses There is a defalcation in the 'Union Trust Co. to ihe amount of haifa million dolla?. The Bank of North Amer ica is not suspended. The day closed with better feeling among the banks, and with the belief that affairs will mend early next week. -The clo?ing of the Stock Exchange is generally ap plauded, and the opinion is expressed "hat the Governing Committee should, after making some arrangements for settlement among the brokers of the contracts falling due to day and Monday, keep the Ex change closed fora few days. Bank state ment not out. There is much difference in the amounts of tbe defalcation of Carlton, Secretary of the Union Trust Company, the figures given ranging all the way from $250,000 to $500,000. The institution sold ten million bonds to the Government to-day, which places it in fonds for next week ; and it has also over 200,000 call loans, which have been called, and this money will also be available next week. The fact that the checks of some banks have been thrown out of the Clearing House does not ne cessitate their failoie in the present de ranged condition of affairs. The Li.test from the Financial Crash. NEW YORK, September 21.-General Grant arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel at 5 o'clock this p. m. Secretary Rich ardson is expected here to-moirow morn ing. Drexel, of Drexel, Morgan & Co., Henry Clews and George Opyke were among those who called on the President this evening. Senator Morton is in town, and it ie said will be present at the con ference ito morrow. He attended a meet ing of thc Bank President? at the Char ing House, on Friday. The corridors of the Fifth Avenue Hotel were again crowd ed to excess to-night, and* the financial crisis formed the subject of general con jrsation. A slight run on the several East Side Saving's Banks is reported. 8:10, p. m.-President Grant and Sec retary Richardson have been in consulta tion with Vanderbilt and other leading capitalists, bankers and merchants, since noon. No action is reported yet. The following is the result of the con ference at Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day in relation to the best -means of overcoming the difficulties resulting from the recent financial disasters : The President positive ly declines to interfere in the* matter, as any action of his in the matter would be unconstitutional. The committee of ban kers and merchants had come down to a final proposition to the Government to is sue thirty million of legal reserve. Rev erdy Johnson is said to have given his opinion to the effect that to use the legal reserve for this purpose is unconstitu tional, i Secretary Richardson opposes placing any considerable sum in reserve at the disposal of the New York banks. To user Richardson's ' own words, quoted .on the authority of one of the committee, " this, gentlemen, is not my funeral." NEW YOKE, September 22.-It is offi cially announced that Secretary Richard son will continue to buy bonds at Satur ! day's quotations. Secretary Richardson" I said last night he did not see he had the ?power to do more than buy bonds, and ul I five twenties offered will be bought with out delays and red tape. The Govern ment, the Secretary added, " is not a trust company or loan institution, and it is doubtful whether Congress ^uld sanction any such construction of my power." Th? above alludes to using forty million re serves.' rt COMINO RACES.-The Auxuiary ?Ipint Stock Association (says the Colum bia Phoenix,) have gone to work in a liberal spirit, and are doing ali in their power to add to the attractions of the an nual fair, to be held in this .city in No vember next. The track is being put in excellent condition, and from present in dications there will be a great opportu nity for legitimate competition. Among the horses already mentioned in connec tion with the races are Jack Chambers' " Hickory Jack" and " Lady Emma," of Augusta ; Thomas P. Roach's stables, of Mobile; A- Johnson's little horse, " St. Lawrence," and noted mare "Jenny," of Baltimore, besides several .others from that place ; Major Bacon's stables of sev en, from Edgeneld ; -General Cash's horses from Darlington ; P. C. Fludd'a " Girl of My Heart," from the same place. Sev eral from Nashville, Tennessee, are also billeted, as well as from Kentucky. A correspondence is no'fr pendine with the owners of M Judge Fullerton," fur a visit of that horse, with the favorite driver, Dan Mace. Several horses are here now, among them the noted " Swamp -Robin." S3?" Columbus Enquirer: The 0her >keec< Advertiser report? that on the :0th ult, near Howell'** Cros* Roads, in its county, lightning struck a half acre >f cotton, and totally- "wiped it out," and itasks if this not a little uncommon ? Uncommon; it no doubt is, but not un precedented. Two or three years ' ago, in the immediate vicinity of this city, on the Alabama side of the river, light ni-g struck in a cotton field ol' .Mr. J. T. Holland, and blasted the cotton around tor ?i considerable space-perhaps to the extent of a half acre. Abbeville Items. From the Abbeville Medium, of thc 17th, we oull the following items: Messrs. J. M. McKay of this county, and T. P. Southern of Columbia, have purchased the whole of Spring island, near Beaufort, for seventeen thousand dollars. The island Was valued atone hundred thousand dollars before the war. A colored man in the employ of Mr. J. D. Jay, near Midway, had his leg badly broken, hut week, by fulling into s gully: The county has taken charge ot another of out "nation's wards," and floats down the stream* to bankruptcy and death. Our " devil," after a shake or two, has become poetic and says : Tutt'B pills Are good for chills. We suggest that a bouse be built out side of the corporate limits for the ac 1 commodation of the loafers about town. Every man, woman, and child in the city will subscribe something for such an institution. Mkjor W. K. Bradley of Long Cane sent off twelve hundred dollars, Mondav, for a new lot ot German emigrants. He has made the experiment with foreign labor, and is well enough satisfied to risk his money on a colony. A colony of Germans on Long Cane would put a new face on industrial energy and ac tivity in Abbeville county. V* Gen, A. C. Garlington, formerly of South Carolina, is a candidate for the office of Mayor of Atlanta l& The Constitutionalist, of Sunday, says: ''Augusta Factory goods have been reduced ia all round.- We now quote 4 4 sheeting, Hie ; I shirting; 10e.; 2 shirting, Sc; drilling. 12c. No change has yet boon made lu Lapgley. Factory good*/' THE ADVERTISER. Edgefield, S. C.,8e#t. 25^873. The Finaucial Crash., ? During the last three days of the li week there was a-regular money paulo tliroughout Yanke?dorn, occasioned by the suspensi?n, of Jay Cooke <fc Co., who are charged with an unwise speculation in certain railroad ponds. But at last ac counts the financial storm wa* about to subside, and the money market becom ing easy and quiet again. The New York Herald, alluding to .tho panic among the "bulls" and -'bears" of that city, says? So far the banks are not affected, ex cept one or two, which were closely con nected with the operations of tho specu lative brokers... The trust companies, which have failed owe theirvlown-fall to similar causes, and in one case, partially at least, to defalcation. Outside of those there have been no failures. Tho mer cantile interest is.ns safe as in. the best of times. The railroad*, except the wild cat affaire which were made the basis of reckless . speculation, are uninjured. Credit generally is unimpaired. Noth ing more serious has happened than the overthrow of a few houses which were doing a notoriously unsafe business. It was a mere financial thunderstorm, pass ing through Wall street and toppling over some unsafe building?, but leaving the substantial houses in as good condi tion as before. Already the storm is al most past, and the sky will soon be serene and fair and the atmosphere purer and better, if wise counsels prevail. There is no occasion whatever for a general panic. The real business interests of the country cannot suffer while the embar rassment is confined to tho speculators in worthless railroad bonds and the gamblers in valueless stocks. It will be a wholesome lesson to all classes of busi ness men if the storm is confined to those who courted it, and when it is over no one will regret'that they who sowed the wind were compelled to reap the whirl wind. For the Advertiser. Editor of the Advertiser,-The Presi dent of the South Carolina Railroad, in a communication recently published in your columns, advocated the building of feeders to the long lino of' Railroads now in operation. ^ I wish to ask if he is willing to co-op erate in building such a Road from Edge field C. H to Aiken? If he is, could we not get the approval of those most inter ested in submitting to him the following proposition : Let Edgefield C. H. and vicinity, Aiken and the intermediate country, raise Fifty Thousand Dollars, apportioned as fol lows: Edgefield, ?20,000; ^Aiken, $20, 000; other points, $10,000. This sum lo be raised and used for grading the Road, provided th? President of the S. C. Railroad will agree to build thereon the superstructure, either of wood, or with iron rails, as the business of the Road may warrant, and operate the Road. For this cash investment of $50,000, stock or bonds could be issued to the amount of tho investment. ,The people in the country having but little money, and no negotiable securities with which to go into tho money market and borrow, tbey must depend in a great measure upon the large corpora tions haviug theso facilities, for tho de velopment of their trade. And the au thorities of the South Carolina Railroad cannot be blind to tho fact that the pros perity of their Road depends upon the amount of trade contracted in the city of Charleston. SAXON. For the Advertiser. . County Treasurer's Sales of delinquent Lands,-Redemption of Lands Sold for Taxes. Mr. EDITOR,-In an article in your last issue we endeavored to show that the only law in force, in regard to the as sessment and collection of taxes, and the redemption of lands, sold by the County Treasurer as delinquent, is contained in the Revised Statutes made tho Statnto law of the State by Act of Feb. 10,?1S72, Wo lise this date ks that 'by which the Secretary of State declares that this Act became law by virtue of the Constitu tion of the State, without the approval of the Governor, Pamphlet Acts, 1872, p 57. The conclusion irresistibly follows that no sales of alleged delinquent lands by. the County Treasurer, are valid, and no deeds conveying them, carry any title, unless both transactions aro in strict ac cordance with law as above contained. Chief Justice Marshall has said "that no individual or public officer can sell and convey a good title to the land of another, unless authorized to do so, by express law, is one of those self-evident proposi tions to which the mind asssents without hesitation ; and that the person invested with such a power, must pursue with precision, the course prescribed by law, or his act is invalid, is a principle Which has been repeatedly recognized in this court." Thatcher vs Powell, GWhea, 119. Another authority decides that "so strict indeed are tho decisions in refer ence to this class of sales (tax sales) that it has been said that a tax deed is prima facie void." 4 Smedes & M., 628, cited in Blackwell on Tax Titles, p. 35. Another authority decides " that the officer authorized to sell, must act in conformity with the law, from Whence his power is derived, and thc purchaser is bound to inquire, whether he has so acted; It is therefore held io bo a condition pre cedent to the passing of the title at such sales, that all of the proceedings of tho officers who have anything to do with the listing and valuation of the land, the levy and collection of the tax, the adver tisement and sale of the property, dec, must ba in strict compliance with tho .Statute authorizing the sale." Black well, ?.4 and the numerous authorities there collected. ''The validity of a tax sale depends upon the authority of tho officer to sell, id., 33-'4. "The power to impose a tax, on real estate and sell it, where there is failure to pay the tax, is a high prerogative, and should never bo exercised in doubtful cases," i'd 33. " As a matter of public policy tax sales should not be sustained unless the laws are shown bo have been complied with." id., 47. These authorities are sufficient to show the disposition of the Courts in regard to tax sales, and will satisfy any rational man that such sales are nullities, unless every requisition of the law is observed. Now for the tax sales of the County Treasuror for the year 1873 for tho taxes of 1872. Supposing that the asses ment of of real estate bas been made according to the provisions of tho Constitntion, and laws in pursuancetheroof, hjpi the Coun ty Treasurer sold delinquent lands du ring the year 1873 in\ accordance with law, for if he bas not, then all such sales are null and void ? ' ? The only authority under which the County Treasurer could make such sales is that contained in thc Revised Statutes, Tit 3, chap 13. His sales were made un der Sec. 4. of the A. A., Feb. 12, 1872, which m this respect ls a Sp?cial Act, and relates to, and only authorizes sales of land? for taxes due for the years 1808 'fl-'70-'71, and which were required to be sold the first Monday in June, 1872. After such sales, this Act in respect to sales of delinquont land by the County Treasurer was in authority exhausted, and from thenceforth inoperative.. The sales of delinquent lands in. 1873, having been made under the void Act of March 12, 1872, are consequently null and void, and even '.' bona fide" pur chasers cannot take any title under thRrn, It is only necessary to examine the Re vised Statutes? Tit. 3, chap. 13, in regard ? to the collection of taxes, with the ?. A., 12 March, 1872, to recognize the correct ness of this position. From the above remarks, and ci tations, the following conclusions ot law are established ; .li That the only law regulating the assessment aud collection of Ta> to be found in the Revised Stats^f?j chap's. 12 and 13. . . .That the .A. A., March 12, 1X72; % .in force in regard to sales ot' lane taxes duo for thc year 1872. 3.. That no certificate otpiu cliaseg under this Act is legal'; and no deed outed by the County Auditor -coi any title to purchasers'at such sales. REFOR For the Advertiser. MK. EPITOH,-I will, thank you t low rue space ia your 'columns to and comment ou , certain .procoedinj the Edgefield Baptist Association, du their recent session in this place. . ? After the Association was duly or ized cm Friday morning, tho 13th, during the call of the routine of busi by thc Moderator, the call for dole-i ?from Sister Associations, to receive right hand of fellowship, becam order. Whereupon delegates from oral Sister .Associations came' for* and presented themselves to th? Mod tor for their reception by the right I. of fellowship. It : was then annoui by one of the members, that a dplega from tho Storm Branch Association ^ present, and had presented themse for membership. - The delegates f the Storni Branch Association y .oolored, wher?uppn a discussion ons as to whether they , should bo admi or no. At this time the body appei to be much excited, and there were oral motions made in reference to matter; and in debating the qnes one old gray headed gentleman said it certainly meant "Social equali that they would be compelled to I negroes in their housed." There seei to be considerable alarm, but'soon a tion was made to refer the whole ma to a special committee of Ave to re] at 10i o'clock the next morning, wi motion was agreed to, and thon quiet good order was again restored. At appointed time' tho Committee ] sented two reports-a majority an minority report. The majority re] was well written, comprehensive elaborate, and favored tho admis: of the colored brethren; but the min ty report was comprised in a very lines, and opposed the admission of aforesaid delegation. Now, there more excitement and feeling in the n ter than "over. Andas I sat there 1 nessing the proceedings in tho cast was pained to my heart to see the opp tion to me and mine on account of ci and politics. Quite a number arose fi their seats at once, in their croat zeali anxiety to relieve themselves from 1 offensive measure. My colored br? ren, who wero up in the gallery look on, saw that there was so much con sion, and that tho opposition to th taking their seats was so very bitter, nounced in a loud tone of voice that tl would pre'fer having their names wi drawn from before the Associati which relieved the fears and anxietj those who had so strenuously and bitt ly opposed their reception. After t the whole matter was laid on tho tabb The next thing in order, was the rep of the Committee on Education, wh report was adopted, containing tb words, "that under this so-cal!edg< eminent the Free School System ii complete farce and humbug, and t sooner it is entirely abolished the bet lt will be for our people." One of I members in debating the'question, sa "that the Legislature pretended toma ?an appropriation of 300,000 dollars ; Educational purposes, but -it had be taken for a sinking fund." This me: ber surely forgot that over half of t money belonging to this County for ed cational purposes has been paid to t teachers of the Free Schools; and fun er, at least two thirds of the appropr tion for this County is paid todemocra school teachers, for teaching children democratic families. The colored ch dren in this Countyjiut number t white children two to one, notwithstari lng tte white children have the bene of two thirds of tho school money, wh the colored have only one-third. Thc are truths, Mr. Editor, that cannot refuted. Still the Edgefield Baptiste sociafion says the whole "system is complote humbug." But before I close, I desire tosay som ? thing in vindication of my people fro the assertions and stigma attempted be put upon them by this body, win they say we suffered ourselves to severed from them "by malicious ai designing teachers." What were wo do? Wo were advised repeatedly 1 them to form Churches of our own. i long r->we ./ere with them, we were n allowed jtw say any thing in their Chum meetings. Must we lie inactivo all oi days, and do our work by proxy? Ther fore, because wo did not soe fit to stay their Churches, without a voice, wea charged with being led by false and d designing teachers. And notwithstam ing we are growing iji all of our Church by largo accessions and great revival yet they say we aro retrograding and fa approaching barbarism. As to our declining in religion, I wi leave that to an unbiased andan nnpreji diced public to decide ; but this" I wi say, the Storm Branch Association, con posed of colored mon, had courtesy an reliprion enough to invite their whil brethren to seats- with thom, and froi common custom also sont dolegates t tho Edgefield Baptist Association, cou: posed of whim men, but which bod refused to receive the colored delegate; and treated them with disgust and dis dain. Their long and loud prayers fo tho "poor Indian" and Chinaman, wh are in distantlands, and their call for col lections to send the Gospel into heathei lands, wore all right and proper. Bu why are we poor colored people, wh till their lands and make for them th necessities of life, rejected and treatei with contempt? We are told that w< are ignorant and are becoming idolaters We ask them for a fish but they give'u a stone ; we knock at their door, and asl them to-assist us with their superior in t'elligence, but they virtually say, " G< thy way for this timo,-at a more conv'e piont season we will call for thee " Wt learn from the word of God, that Hoi.' no "respecter of porsonR,"-that he ha.?, commissioned his disciples to go a'nrl preach the Gospel to all the world. Nov then.the question I desire to ask;thost Christian people, who were assembled tc transact business for eternity, Can they iay their hands upon their hearts.and say that thoy acted contentiously when they adopted the report which _ says the colored people have not advanced any in religion, and If they have it is not per ceptible by them? And can they say that they did riot' violate tho very spirit of tho Bible when they rejected the dele gation-from a Sister Association, known as the "Storm Branch Association?" It Rooms to mo, Mr. Editor, that there -vas but little Christianity, ia their thus act ing, and that their hearts w.ere incapable of expanding in order'to;take in all of the human family. When we consider the pressing and urgent demands upon .thone of superior.abilities for counte-. . nance and aid, : by those who reside at our very doors, , and they ire-rejected and spurned, and treated as thou ch they are not human beings, I say it^ia indeed a sad commentary upon the religion of those who claim superior, ?ducation and civilization; .an/L.soryes to:conflrm-i|s in the opinion that much of this expressed 8ypipa^hy..Jtor. the poor;he^he4i;4s,,tfie : veriest jjosh.;;,,^.,:........ .. ..... L> . . Be foro 1, close this , communication, .J am desirous of stating ?hat we do not i feel at all aggrieved or - disheartened by not boingallqw^?d^opreaentation in the " Edgefi??i,Baptist 'Association." But we do fefetb?^v??iav? done our duty as Christians- iii sending, our delegates to the A^^at?^ni'^?o' were duly im pressed'with^. sonso ol' their reaponsi bilitiefras. Christiane ;' and in justice to a fetyj-of .the dulugate* " ho were present, I musirsay tlieyfaeM?. nobly, and patri oticVth?y dtfivwhat ?fapy could to dtffnae the right spirit, but signally laded. For that, howave?4[tjigy c're not responsible. I commend tlinn lushly for their Chris lian .eftort anili hope that they will not be discouraged, but continue.to hattie for ..ther right, rv;:': >A ./J i vii- } Oyy/yiro WAS P?ESK?IJ. ^ 3 THE UNDERSIGNED have mutually agreed 'to enter hito copartnership, uhd?r tiie. name and st rle of SMITH, JONES & C?., ihr the pixpbaebf GINNING, aiid I PACKING COTTON-, BULLING COT TON SEED, GBJNDING GRAIN dec. ' And for that "purpose, have, pin-bp a Steam .Engine; ?.md Cotton Press, j with . commodious Buddings, at Edgefield Vil lage, and are now ready to receive- Cot ton,, and hope bj;'hoBest, ,fair.dealing, to "merit a liberalpatronage. Our toirms foi Ginning and Packing will be One-Fift.)enth of the quantity re ceived; and if we'furnish'Bagging and Ties,' our chargo for .them .wiil.'be!?2.60 for 8 yards of best Double Anchor Bag ging,"weighing 5 $ lbs. ta> the yard, 'and ? Ties to the Bale., . -, - We have'put -ip two' of Carver's ' Im proved Gins,-frmous:for picking olean, and fine sample. . It is a settled fact, thut cotton ginned by steam or water power, will turn out li -pounds more lint .to a five hundred pound bale,, than thatr gin' ned by horse power ; and we -hope soon-, to convince tho planters, of this vicinity', that it is cheaper ? to havo us Gin'.their Cotton than .-to Gin it ht home. -. ??? We have not jet put our. Huller and Grain Mill: in^peVafion,1 tut ?xpect todo so as soon as the Ginning - season is over, of which event tho public will be ad vised 4hroUgh the A'dtitrti?cr. F. L-SM ITH, '/LEWIS JONES, : .- ROBERT SCHL?Y. Edgefield, S. C.Sept. 22/4878; tf 40 "5?0O" BAtES"COTTON ! t? want lo purchase.'5000 Balea Cotton, and will pay the Augusta prices, less transportation. CHEAT1IAM, LANDRUM & CO. ; Seilt. 24 2m ' .40 Picture Ff ailles, &c. . Iain prepared with afine stock of Gilt, Rosewood and Mahogany Mouldings to FRAME.PICTURES at.short notice. Also, oh hand Frame Cords, Tassels. <fcc. i M. A MARK EUT. Sept 24 , tf. ' .40. ' "' ? ' ' ' _EL Money Wanted. -A.LL persons indebted tome are ear neatly urged to- make immediate' pay ' ment, as I am iii- great want of money at this time. Those indebted on November paper, will be allowed interest at the rate of 18 per cent, for the time they pay in advance i of the maturity of their paper. , " O. F. CHEATHAM. Sept. 24 ':8t 40 Nbt?c?. '~~~r IWILL dispose of ray entire Stock of Goods at Cost for Cashfroni this date. All.persons indebted will call and settle, as I must have thelnoney to pay my debts. B. C. BRYAN, Ag't,, j Sept. 17, 1873... . .-,4t . , ; 39 I One Mile Below Pine House. EL L. G..SWEARIi\GEi\, .AS now on hand and receiving, n fine Stock of .*' . ' And- everything- usually kept 1n a Country Store, to wliich he solicits an in-: I spection balbrgpurchasiug elsewhere. CAS1? F?? COTTOIV. will pay the highest market price for ail Cotton delivered at my Store. Persons Indebted to me by Note or Afc-j count will please come forward and set tle by the first of November next. After that time I will,be compelled to placea}! inpaid claims in the hands ol' an Attor ney for collection. .r ; Lr. i;..SWEAKtiV?:EN\ Sept. 24, _ *ni_ j? w Dissolution. THE 'Finn-of' MILLER, HACK ?fc, HOWARD waa dissolved on July 1st, lbT3, by mutual consent. The asset* of the finn are lett entirely in thedumd? of EDWARD.T. MILLER, who is alone authorized to sign the firm name in n?pri dation, or in the renewal of theoutstand ing debts of- tho firm. EDWARD T. MILLER, EDWIN W. HACK, ,.. WM S. HOWARD, Jr.. Notice. THE undersigned wilLconducfca Gen eral GROCERY BUSINESS, at 2SMI Broad>Street, md will be pleased lo servo his old patrons.and .the public generally. EDWARD T. MILLER. Augusta, Ga., A\ig7 24,-.1873 lin 40 -___-.__-i-TT--. ??' * ? rj - Rogers' 1 147 \fc ?49 Broad Street, ; AUGUST A, G Ai .>.i . A F?LLT ASSORTMENT OF ? F:iipni titre 'OF ALL GRADES. Undertaking COFFINS, CASKETS and BURIAL CASES of every description alu^-s on hand, ty ?? ' Augusta, Sept 24. Sin 40; T READ THIS ! L O my . friend? aiid acquaintances of Edgefield, I beg to announce, that I am at H. L. A. BALK'S Popular ?iie Price Dry Goods H?use,vl72 Broad St.,'Augus ta, Ga.* v.-hero I will be happy to have a call- .; ?uttf??t ^ ??? -7~r * *< ??fT JOHN.T. HOWARD, Formerly'of Grani'teville, S C., and late ' of Bennett'? Thurmond. Sept24 . . . ; ( i-.-lm' '40 MarkEtheredge IS 'still Wanting td'soil his Place near. Pine House Depot. Al w?. his Ahle'd Placp, near Johnston's,Depot. , " If not sold in two' weeks they will bc Rented to. sott Renton** . hope jinnie wanting to Ruy or Rent will ai ?ply, 1m mediately, i MARK ETHERI?DGE. ' SegL-24, ,. ."",it..,t:.,.. ... 4Q; Staraye J, - - FROM mv^esidofieo, (?n -Mr. du H. . Hollingswbrth's plantation, on the I t?tht inst, a^ii?dium1 ate??:- blaek,' . Horse MULE, about Jive years old, .\\iUi.H?iddle galls on bnck nearly well.' had' o'h' 1>rit ch rea shoes,-and haavnTflrkB jpn both hindi | feet,, just above hoofs, occasioned bv, plow fine. > { ,v A liberal neward. jwill bo 'paid.for tho delivery of said Male t^i nie,, c* any in formation concerning him thankfrtlfy re ceived, Wiiii : ... . .;. ; .. STEPHEN ANDERSON, (col.) . Edgefield? 3.'O^tSept ai, St.*? t?K ?WMIWW co?teptt?ntofcLA'MPSrwiH Lamp CHIMNEYS, of nthe lalcsL and best stylosJ^lfand look atih?ti, "ti? ODDS L NEW GOODS! IT gives rue pleasure^ inform my Friends, Patron? and 'the Public, that I have commenced business again at Edgefield C. H., nnd*with"many thanks for past favors-and kindness shown me, would solicit their patronage in the fiTtnr?.-pornisirig to keep a full r^tock, and ?rt prices that will' give' entire sa ri1-fae ti on. ? . ? I l? WyJ? NOW In Store, Flannels; Tickingi, Sheeting,,/ Bleachedafid"Unbleached Homespun^' ? - 3 ?L$Q? ' ?oi-set Jeans', Drills, .Blankets, Comforts, Shawls, Hosiery, Buttons/Thread; and many bih'er articlesjin-the DrVGooclsKiie. Especial Attention m -,/jt' ,?r?2 "r?'J .^jt'll? ???. .V''.!'' 21TftiK& Is asked to my stock of SHOES. ' Intending to make this branch.of bum ess.^. Speciality, much, pains was taken.Jn,.,.U^e..'porchase of the ^present ness Stock A , ? 3 I ri m A. Magnificent Line of. Boots and Shoes lor G?jnfl?me'n..' " "'- f? " ' V Gaiters and ShoW'for^E?dieS.. ^ , - ? " ". ?? " " Gaiters,-Shoes and BcK)ts, for Girls and BoyB. And Children's ShoesVall kiuds. |. Also-In. Store, ? fine stock of Hats and Caps, foi Men, Youths and:Boys Also In Store, A stock of Hardware, Cullery, Tinware, Crockery'; -not to be sur J passed in the Edgefield market. .'?'?-.. Also In Store, A good line-of READY MADE CL?THING. ' FAMILY GROCERIES. My Stock o^ GROCERIES is complete', and consists, in part, of the fol lowing articles : .-? .'. ' Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Syrup, Molasses,. "." Flour, Meal, Grist," Lard, Baoon. Hams, Cheese, Macaroni, Fish, Cairned Goods all kinds, . Pickles, Sardines, Mustard, Vinegar, Salt, . . . starch, Pepper, Ginger, Spice, Nutmeg, -. : Crackers, Cream J umbles, Lemon and Lunch Biscuits, ' i Tobacco and -Segars, Tubs, Pails, Brooms, ; , , , And all other articles usually kept in a First Class Family Grocery; ?. rj .All the above Goods were bought at low prices, for the Cash,' and I in tend selling them at low prices, to prove to th? public" "thai Edgefield is as, cheap as any other .market. JOST'My terms are CASH, or Special Arrangem?nt at Thirty days. W. A SANDERS. '/> Sept. 24, tf 40 ?Ktn v. V. .lit? OA.1VL A.T August ?e" ", 220 Broad St., Aagnsta, <5a". : I tl "i f ; ' And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Fine Ready Made Clothing, , roten.'? Furnishing Goods, HOSIERY, GLOVES, U^?RW?AR, &C., 5 : And Examine his ? ^0 ?W| IMMENSE VARIETY OF FINE* GO0?S/ E^TREME?Yi LOW j I -Which are now ready for the Present and Coming Season, Unrivalled iii Every Particular! With increased facilities,* anda determination not to ba/undersold,' enables him to guarantee prices as low at all times as can be obtained, in any City North or South. ' * WEDDING SUITS OF HIS OWN MAKE, AND ENTIRE OUT FITS always on hand, and made lo Titler, in . the latest.and most fashiona ble styles. > ... Dont Forget 220 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 24 2m. . 40 73 ' o i WM. E. . w ? ,229 Broad Street, Qpfiosite Masonic Ball, HAVING received his FALL AND WINTER GOODS, and. secured the. services of. a FIRST CLASS CUTTER from New York, he ia fully pre pared to compete with any House i T? the South. . With many thanks 'to the people of Edgefield for their liberal patronage heretofore- extended-to-the old firm of Whitman & Benson, he, as their successor, earnestly solicits a continuance of'the same. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 24 3m - 40 Pure Rje d Cora Whiskies, .WHO L E S A L E A'N'D RETA! L, 3 OA ?;.-f r ? I' -j lt '. >' v-. j /liiMi^iib AN]) REL.. , asa! Broad St., .'Augusta-, Ga, ; J fl ft ll,Iii ' : Sept;24 ? - . - 6m- s p 40 State of Sou ula Carolina, EDGEFIELD COUNTY. In Probate Cowt. M. C. Smvly, P??i;fittff, a?rainst A. J. "Smyly, ?dm'or. ol tlie Estate of James . C. Smyly, dee d., Defendant.-Petition for Accomit and Sett (erneut, cati hi . <OredtUoret Marshal Asset?,, dre. THE Creditors of th?. Estate of James C. Smyly, "doe'd.,. are reoufrecl to 'prove th?rr respective demands before this &)urt, on. or belora thq 25th October next, dr their claim:! viii -bo debarred from payment. ( . .[. ? . D. L. ?URXER, J P. E. Cl . Sept. 22,1?73. ? 4t . 40 .. ?. -j TTi ~* 'ty I' ? - ? '"T7 " ' State or South Ca roi ina, ' " EtlGEFIEL^ C?TJX'n*. 'J . . "' ' ' ??pnoB?fi?cotrii'r IVrOTlC? ie hereby given that ?hartan is A. Clieatbaui will apply totlusJi^djie of'the Pronto Court for Eagetield Coun .ty,on.ithe 81al dujf of. Obtobur.. 187 k fot fi. >ihp.l Discharge as Executor o; tim last will Of Robert O. Branson, dee'd; GARY * ?AUY, , Afty's'. for C A. CheH?h>i?n. ? Sept!. 24,18rik HORSES AM) MILES. HEAD OF' -HORSES AND MULES In my Stables, which I now of fer for Sale at LOW PRICES for first class, sound Stock. Those desiring to purchase first-class sound Stock will find it to their interest, to call at once and make selections from this Stock. C. TOLER, ' Proprietor Palace Stables, 150 Ellis Street, Augusta, Ga. Sept. 24, ^im . . 40 Executor's Sale. {?. T>Y virtueof an order from D? LvTur-. ?J neri .Iudge of Probate, I will sell at , I Igefield C. H., on the hrst Monday iu ! October next, at public outcry, the<?ho 1 ?e? in Action belonging to the Estate of j VV. C. Moragno, dee'd* ? ,i 21*W. CARWILE, Ex'or. if Sept. 18, . . 4te. : ; 40^ flt F ."Strayed,"; .IO ROM roy residence near Horn's Creek -Churchy oh-tbie-12th tase,-'* large, black, HorseJdULE, withright lui-u leg drooTted;-' Am, al?hestn?t fe<)rroVl '< ;t-T, with ?mail star in forehead, ahouti-io months old. ' "liberal 'reward will-* W?pam^.rtho recovery,pf the,paid. Mule a)ia.t;olu..apd ?uy information concerning th?tn ih'ti.t!; fnfty rec^veff;- Add#sie,'.<? ti.'-.t tti&i To ?BriO^e Builders,-For Sale Cheap. ADVERT large, .sfx boree, iron axle tree, WAGON, suitable ft* Bridge Builders. Price, $100 cash. Applv at ftheorhce of.-Bacon <fe Adams,/ EdgeO Sept. 24, . ^-.-in&or- Sate*- * AFRAMED Stable 25 M ^'ft-^with aShfdoiuaacb.^oMaiOTieiKUigh ' to shelter all the stock, corn, fodder, ve hicles and implflhfefrta necessary for a small farm..^pt?y???Ho, lit ViVUkiTl ii it **. **. ?11M?. ??*lHL . St ir 40 1 . W TURLEY, AUGUSTA, GA., D?sires to announce tfftfi? p?op?? of Edg?fi?Tcf that "be l?a returned from New York, and is now in possession, of an un surpassed . fti Bought'during thel?te (ftfi^?d-BiMupf EWH* Advantageous Pri?es. Amon^tmS&^Itjes ini^lpl^S^^lll^partment will be found S CLOTHS, i -\* !it<{ ai Tn all the Latest Styles and Colorings ?br. ifidies'^Eij^ 'S,iA? 4 *W ? ??' . ' '? '.?... <.J ia j if .'>u;i V-? rj<?-?s<f Ottaman Velour SHAWLS and SCARFS aUabrio^efcw prices. And English Walking CLOAKS and* JAC&ET&^B the latest modes. , . . . .": : '" -**? ?;p;^ ***** In FANCY GOODS, I have evei^thingNewaad ^ and in NOTIONS, a Mammoth St^kJojelec? frbt?t^^^A ty Country, Store, Keeners w?l fiiicLmo?e things to do them good, anibal-iwiB-aSe^^aal, tha&can bk, had elsewhere. So don't fail to "examine* - * ' * * ty An Immense Stock of DOMESTICS always on hand at Factory Prices. , _ . Bf Sept. 24 . 3m 40 Hurrah for Po well &: Muller ! PRESTON L. WRIQTO J ? ^ /". f LiiAt) 0?*DGEFIELD, S, C, AT THE ? * G?ROLIN? DRY S00Si S?ilE, 189 ?"/???? /Sfree/, Augusta, Ga. embracing per yd. ia ve" bee n*B?^n gilt at'the Lowest Cash Prices. /Wearefdetermined to control a large Edge field Trade, and to do BO we offer the best Goods at Seduced Prices. ( We tn nowsay .tbat?we? canj. ?neetfihe> wspte&U rf^Qjtf ^' from.G??lin^and'ar? nt??ive;; polite and m$rJ$?M7? customers. * . . . f ' OUR DRESS GPO^cDEPA^T^NTl.^^CQ^ Everything' i^wnn^PferHonaore5, Si^rfeesVrem^Oli Doe Skins, Cashmeres, Jeans and Kerseys, in all grades, SHAWLS, CLOAKS, ,?rj?f&?t?t>$P&Yt NOTIONS, ?fcc. Domestics at Factory Prices. ;. - ; ^W:E^L;&^U"L^p *re Agents for the latest style and* most durable MUFFS ever made. I<* We invite the Oounfty Merchants' toit examination of .our Gooda, and;, guarantee the lowest prices. j.f >h t-all-.who are in need, nf..anything ra ir line, "ca?r and Hee'nur prices, nand/TOey our will not be disappointed. POWELL ^IttWH&Kt, ai ? B Sept^ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. 3m 40 324 Bro^adiSjk.i >Aiigvsta5 Ga.. ---DEALERS JT^rrf Heating Stov??, Woodware, And luraisiiajf fitodi ; Seaexally^K ^ They have in Stock th? justly celebrated ,... 1 " COTTON PLANT*'5WM-VfWtf*" Manufactured bv Abendroth Brothers, New York tiij. It is a fireMaas, square-top four-Hoie.Stove ;i the\? roar ilUarfce\' ?the. ?ua*Jat??BM,J?j4:?tied with groat care and exactness ; the beauty of its finish cannot be surpassed. THEY HAVE THEP BARLEY ?f$ Manufactured by Stuart, Peterson ? ^^ Philadelphia; Pk/ Jhisiis also a fir?t-class, four hole square-top Stovet whh a large Oveui Doors tiffined. Their stock of Prem'um or Step Stov?e'-is ynmple?ei^ Eath 'St?ve gent out is warranted to give perfect sa?sfecti?n.' . ". ^ . ' ' . They manufacture T*inwaTe in all fte VarieTiies. W^ioiesale orderaaolicited. Job Work done with neatness and dispatbn. All Goods, sold at reasonable prices. . '? ;" ;ti? " ' ' 0 i Opposite Planters Hotel, t .ffrtfcj%a S?4 Broad Street, Att^tw^^ Augusta.^ Sept. % 3m . . ^^fflS? ? " ' - ' ,--i- - _-i__J_ I fSf# T ' *p -?if Trunks and Umbrellas, 222 Broad SK O^sMffationf B?? Augusta, Cia. Those Who Suffer wii iU^?AX<J?e.Jel4ev.ed by.calljnir at the J?ius? ?Sto???oC; o cure. G. and purchasing a Box of No.37. Warranted to cure. Ivo curt G. L. PjENiw Ang26