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MESSRS. COLTER 8r SCOOTER, Editors. "Let idle Ambition' her baubles pursue, While Wisdom looks down with disdain, The home of the farmer has charms ever new, - Where health, peace and competence reign." TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS. HOLD on gentlemen! From the nume. rous anxious enquiries that we have had to answer this week, we are unable to attend to your various pressing cases, for want of room, as we are only allowed three columns per week. " JOE DYKEs," " FAuxnI ," " J. H." and many others, shall appear in dae time. Hold on gentlemen, if you please ! PRAYING FOR RAIN. WE believe that rain is a legitimate object of prayer, notwithstanding it requires a little philosophy, (book farming,) or knowledge of geology, minerology and chemistry, to see the necessity of it just at this time when some think they have plenty. Though it may be a new idea to some to pray for a drought, we hope all will understand the propriety of so doing after reading the arti cle on another column from the pen of JAs. HIGGIcS, Esq., State Agricultural Chemist of Maryland. ENCOURAGING. WE have from time to time urgently so licited our brother farmers to write for our "Department," and had well nigh despaired ; but our readers will perceive by the present issue, that necesgity is driving our friends to a performance of their duty. Though many are crowded out, a good number are here, and " still they come." This is as it should * be. We are now confident that our Agri. cultural Society will not only succeed, but that it will yet work wonders in the history of Edgefield. Be not backwood brother farmers, but let us hear from you often. GRAssVILLE, July 16, 1855. Messrs. Coulter 4. Scooter : It is with un feigned regret that we obtrude ourselves upon yonr time and attention to help us, if possi !., by yor judgment and advice, in this a- sad extremity. Since, through neglect, our noztble " Farmers' Club" has failed to have, for two or.three years, its annual meet ings, w~e are forced, from dire necessity, to ,call uponi you for advice under the circum stances, as all our energy and skill have been exhausted. We arc the more reluctant to trouble you, from the fact that wve are com pelled in so doing, to expose ourselves, our overseer, and our cotton-fields, or rather our grass patches, to the unmerciful scrutiny and relentless ridicul's of those of our brother farmers who have been .more fortunate in their 'engagement with the unconquerable *' Gen. Greene." While trying to rescue our corn from the dominion of the grass and weeds, our cotton fields (although they liatve been plowed three times and hoed as often,) are nowv in a deplorable condition. Although the stand was good wvhen we com menced working it, there is nowv not more than a third of it left, and that little is yel low, lowv, and blooming on the top ; while the grass is thick, tall and as green as grass ever gets to be, and it a raining. What shall we do with it f-that is* the question. *Please give us some plan whereby to save it, for wve believe " in the multitude of coun sellors there is safety." By so doing you will much oblige your friend, and perhaps many other subscribers. * .Respectfully, &c. H. Leee.. R EtMtKs :-Our friend " H. L." or rather his cotton, is in an unenviable fix, but he is niot by any means alone. We 'assure him that in addition to whatever relief lhe may get from our judgment and advice under the circumstances, he has our warmest (not ex perimental) sympathy-but as sympathy will not kill grass, we give him the followving pre .scrip~tion :-Take a large sharp shovel-plowv and run it in the middle of the rows, open ing as large a furrow as possible ; then run a large twister, sharp and long, with the bar to the Cotton, and turn all the grass over into the middle furrow, covering it as deep as you can. Follow then and tako all the grass from the cotton with the hoes; then run a small plow to replace the dirt-round the cotton, followed by another twister-fur row on the middles. This we think would kill extraordinary grass. If this treatment fails, either turn out the cotton, or turn in * the cows. - RoCKY CREEK, July 12, 1855. Mr. Editors :-As I see many useful re ceipts in the agricultural department, from time to time, I will be much obliged to you to give some cure for the chicken complaint, I don't know what to call it, but so you know what I mean, it matters not what it is called, 1 have lost many of my chickens, and there are many of them now sick, and! am ob liged to send them off to the Village and sell them to keep from loosing them. I would be wvilling to give a dozen of my best chick ens if 1 could only cure'that disease, * ~ Yours, affectionately, DOLLY. -REXERKs :--What shall we say to our - unfair correspondent-to one who confesses that she sells us sick chickens to keep from loosing them!? As " DoLL" is a woman wve will "let her rock," but for the benefit of others we will stamte that we know an infal lible remedy for the Chicken distemper. It is this :-Slit the skini on the hack of'the head and open it with the knife aroumda the seull, and fill the piocket thus made, with 'half a tea-spoonfull of fine salt. We can CLoUD's CanEK, July, 1855. Messrs. Editors :-As bacon is high-so high that we can't touch it with a ten dollar bill-I am very anxious to try and' make my own supply at least..: But my hogs at pres ent afford me a slim prospect, as they are much troubled with lice. Please inform me what is the best cure for lice, as I have tried several remedies and all have failed. Yours, respectfully, B. B. REMARKs :-What! lice on hogs in July I Really friend " B. B." we don't know any remedy to meet your hogs but a good feed of corn three times a day. ~ We have never known lice to injure or infest a fat, boofing hog. Spirits of turpentine is highly recom mended, but as "an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure," we again re commend the corn. Q7'SEvER&AL other original articles were prepared for this issue, but the manuscripts were unluckily misplaced. [From the Baltimore Sun.] BENEFITS OF DROUGRTS. LABORATORY OF STATE CHEMEST, No. 20 Exchange Building. It may be a consolation to those who have felt the influence of the late long and pro tracted dry weather to know that di-onghts are one of the natural causes to restore the constituents of crops and renovate cultivated soils. The diminution of the mineral matter of cultivated soils takes place from two causes. 1st, The quantity of mineral matter car. ried off in crops and not returned to the soil in manure. 2d. The mineral matter carried off by rain water to the sea by means of fresh wa ter streams. These two causes, always in operation, and counteracted by nothing, would in time render the earth a barren waste, in which no verdure would quicken and no solitary plant take root. A rational system of agriculture would oblivate the first cause of sterility, by always restoring to the soil an equivalent for that which is taken off by the crops; but as this is not done iii all cases, Providence has provideda way of its own to counteract the thriftlessness of man, by instituting droughts at proper periods to bring up from the deep parts of the earth food on which plants might feed when rains should again fall. The man ner in which droughts exercise their benefi cial influences is as follows. During dry weather a continual evaporation of water takes place from the surface of the earth, which is not supplied by any from the clouds. The evaporation from the surface creates a vacum, (so far as the water is concerned) which is at once filled by the water rising up from the subsoil of the land; the water from the sub-soil is replaced from the next below, and in this manner the circulation of water in the earth is the reverse to that which takes place in wet weather. This progress to the surface of the water in the earth mani fests itself strikingly in the drying up of springs, and of rivers and streams which are supported by springs. It is not, however, only the wvatem whbich is brought to the surface of the earth, but also all that which the wa ter holds in solution. These substances are salts of lime, and magnesia of potash and soda, and indeed whatever the subsoil or deep strata of the earth may contain. The water on reaching the surface of the soil is evapo rated and leaves behind the mineral salts, which I will here enumerate, viz: Lime, as air slaked lime ; magnesia, as air-slaked magnesia; phosphate of lime, or bone.earth: sulphate of lime, or plaster of Paris; carbon ate of potash and soda, with silicate of pot. ash and soda, and also chloride of sodium or common salt. All indispensable to the growth and production of plants which are used for food. Pure rain water as it falls would dissolve but a very small proportion of some of these substances, but when it be comes soaked into the earth it there becomes strongly imbued wvith carbonic acid from the decomposition of vegetable matter in the soil and thus acquires the property -of readily dissolving minerals on which it before could have very little influence. I was first led to the consideration of the above subjects by findinig, on the re-exami nation of a soil which I analysed three or four years ago, a larger quantity of a partic ular mineral substance than I at first found, as none had been applied in the meantime. The thing was difficult of explanation until I remembered the late long and protracted drought. I then also remembered that in Zacatecas and several other provinces in South America, soda was obtained from the bottom of ponds, which were dried in the dry, and again filled up in the rainy season. As the above explanation depended on the principles of natural philosophy, I at once instituted several experiments to prove its truth. Into a glass cylinder was placed a small quantity of chloride of barium, in solution ; this wvas then filled with a dry soil, and for a long time exposed to the direct rays of the sun on the surface. The soil on the surface of the cylinder was now treated with sul phuric acid, and gave a copious precipitate of sulphate of baryta. The experiment was-varied by substituting chloride of lime, sulphate of soda, and car bonate of potash, for the chloride of barium, and on the proper re-agents being applied in every instance, the presence of those sub. stance~ were detected in large quantities on the sur ce of the soil in the cylinder. Here then was proof positive and direct, by plain experiments in chemistry and natural philoso phy, of the agency, the ultimate, benefiedal agency, of droughts. We see, therefore, in this that even those things which we look upon asevils, by Prov idence, are blessings in disguise, and that we should not murmur even when dry sea sons afflict us, for they too at e for our good. The early and the later rain may produce at once abundant crops, but dry weather is also a beneficial dispensation of Providence, in bringing to the surface food for future crops, which otherwise would be for ever useless. Seasonable weather is good for the present, but droughts renew the storehouses of plants in the soil, and furnish an abundant supply of nutriment for future crops. Jamss HIGGIivs, State Agricultural Chemist. Tuu Boston Bee contains the followin po lite hint. " Deacon-, is requested not to commenee snoring in church, to morrowv morning until after the commencement of the sermon, as several of the congregation are iaxious to hear the text. THE Worcester [Mass.] Transcrip says: " We noticed a man, about our streets col lecting into a bag old stumps of cigars. - In our large cities, the collecting of old cigars is made a lucrative business, as they are readily ourcbased by tobaconists, and manu - ne. g , esdr FINE lREACING.-The curse of the age is fine preaching; it is morbid and pestilen tial. The want of the age is plain intelli gent preaching-preaching suggestive and illustrative--preaching absorbing all, that eloquence .can offer, but eloquenc.e adopting itself (without which it ceases to be elo quence) to the wants and tates of. the people; availing itself of the lights of history for illustration ; or of science for confirmation ; or of philology for elucidation, and holding all so aloft that they may reflect their rays upbn the genius of Christianity, and devel ope its superior lustre, adaptability and power. To attempt to say fine things in the pulpit is a solemn sin ; and fine sermons (like all other finery) ar's very evanescent in their in. fluence. Let the fine sermon system die out as soon as possible, useless as it is to God I and man. It. devolves upon a few men to show to those not gifted with so mueh moral courage that there is everything to gain, and nothing to lose, by the adoption of a more honest system of instruction. Intelligence will ever hie away to the man able to teach. -Gospel Messenger. BEAUTY OF JEwEssEs.-Chateaubriand gives a fanciful but agreeable reason for the fact that Jewish women are so much hand. somer than the males of theit nation : " Jewesses,". he says, "have escaped the curse which alighted upon their fathers, hus bands and sons. Not a Jewess 'was to be seen among the crowd of priests and rabble who insulted the Son of God, scourged Him, crowned Him with thorns, -and subjected i Him to infamy and the agony of the cross. The women of Judea believed -in the Savior, t and assisted and soothed Him under atliction. A woman of Bethany poured on his head precious ointment, which she kept in a vase of alabaster. . The sinner annointed his feet with perfumed oil, and wiped them with her - hair. Christ, on his part, extended mercy to the Jewesses. * He raised from the dead the son of the widow Nain, and Martha's brother Lazarus. He cureth Simon's mother. in-law, and the woman. who touched the hem of his garment. To the Samaritan woman he was a spring of living water, and a com passionate judge to the woman in adultery. The daughters of Jerusalem wept over him; the holy women accompanied him to Calva. ry, brought him balm and spices; and weep. ] ing, sought him in the sepulchre. "Women, why weepest thou I" His first appearance after the resurrection was to Mary Magde lene. He said to her," Mary." At the sound of his voice, Mary Magdalene's eyes were opened, and she answered " Master." The reflection of some beautiful ray must have rested on the brow of the Jewess." REV. Ds. BRECKENRIDGE.-The celebra ted Presbyterian clergyman of Kentucky, has published an elaborate manifesto, in which he takes strong grounds in favor of the present political-- movement against the Romnan Catholic Church, by what is called the American party. The* distinguished divine rests his position~principally upon the opinion that popery and infidelity are the great dangers to wvhich wve are subject, and that these are mainly propagated by the foreign element in our -population. Ir is wvell -known that in casting bullets,r one side is always heavier than the other, and this defect tends to divert them from a right line. Trhe Lancaster gun attempts to remedy this by the elliptical bore of the gun, and a bullet of the same' form. At the arsenal at Washington, the bullets are cut1 from bars of lead by steam machinery, and are consequently of uniform density through out, whieb is the great desideratum.4 SPRIGGLEB recommends that the members of the Legislature abandon all foreign drinks, and confine themselves to sage tea, an article of domestic production, which may make them wiser. Four men were lately poisoned at a ball in June-au Wisconsion, by drinking bed-bug poison, which they supposed was chacogaign. Look at This! arriages, . arriages, Buggies, Buggies, &c., &o. .. &c., &o. T HiE Subscriber still carries on the Carringe bu siness at the old stand .of A. BusuNsL, and would say to the people of the District that they may at all times find a good assortment of. CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES on hand, of his own manufacture, that will be sold; to good punctual customers on as reasonable terms as they can be bought in any Southern market. I have secured the servioes of Mr. A. BOsuIIELL, fr the present year, and from his long experience; in the Carriage business, I think that purohasers may expect satisfaction in their work. JOHN LEIGU. N. B.-I am also prepared at all times to furnish COFFINS and HEARSE for any portiorn of the District at the shortest notice. Edgefield C. H., May 16, tf 18 Clock Repairing ! T HE Subscriber would respectfully inform the citizens of Edgefield Village and vjainity, that. he has taken the lionse formerly occupied by Mrs. R. Gray, opposite the Planters Hotel, for the pur pose of carrying on the CLOCK RIEPAIRINIG BUSINESS. All work entrusted to his care will be attended tot with neatness and despateh. He will also give his attention to the REPAIRING0F FURNITURE. H e warrants satisfaction to-all, and solicits a liberal patronage. - WM. LEWIS. Jan 10 tf 52 - Linen Goods, W ILLIA M SH EAR, Augusta, would respect fully invite the attention or the public to his assortment of Rich Damask Table Cloths and Damask Napkins; Extra 10-4 Damask and Table Diapers; - Superior Huckabucks, Bird's Eye ad Scotch Di- i aper; Superior 4-4 Irish Linens and -Long Lawns; Extra 12-4 Linen Sheetings ; - Extra..heavy Huckabacks, for Bathing Tcwels; Furniture Dimities, of extra width and quality ; German and Domestio Cotton Fringes, a- large assortment ; With a great variety of other articles suitabie for the present season. Augusta, June4 tf. 21 $100 Reward, L OST on Saturday the 23d ult., my POCKET ~ BOOK, containing three One Hundred Dol- a l'r Bills, and four FIfty Dollar Bills, with my namec written on the back of one of the One Hundred 4 Dollar Bills. A feward of $100 will be given upon delivery of said Pocket Book and contents, or any information concerning it will be thankfully received. Jan. A. PADGET. ta f 51 Notice! A FTSR Sale-day in August next, all persons indebted to me by Note or Account, will please . call on W. W. Adams, Esq., and settle. R. T. MIMS. June27 , 5t . - 24 Fine Tobacco! t JUST received and opened a fine supply of ex V ellent Tobaeoo. Try it. - R. HI. SULLIVAN. June 13 tf . 22 . Cold Soda Water!i A PURE, Sparkling and 'Genuine quality of this ?healthy and Invigorating potation now draw ing fioin renewed Founa, through new Composition Pipes, at the Counter of Dae. A. G. & T. J. TEAUUEl. t ThOEAS G. REY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WILL also prosecute Claims for BOUNTY LAND, under the late act of Congress. He will also buy, at the highest market price, LAND WARRANTS. . Edgefield C. H., Mar 28 tf 11 Bounty Land. JOSEPH ABNEY, ESQ., will attend to T all applications that may be made through him, or ADDITIONAL BOUNTY LAND, by those rho served in the Florida War, or any War since 1790. Marr21. -tf 10 0. N. WRIGHT, DENTIST. DFFICE over Messrs. CAR5ICIEaL & Bsau's Hardware Store, Broad treet, Augusta, Ga. All operations'pertaining to-Dentistry will be at ended to with promptness and to the. entire satis aetion of all who may favor Lim with their patronage. I" Gold Plate and Wire, Clasp Metal, Solder, ko., furnimned to Dentists for Cash. Augusta, May 1 ly 16 Professional Notice! DR. J. C. W;- KENNERLY, having located himself in the neighborhood of Dry )reekChurch, offers his Professional-services in the ?RACTICE QF MEDICINE to the people of the :ommanity, and respietfully solicits their patronage. W He will be fond at all hours during -the lay, except when: Profemsionally engaged, in his )ffice,at DrReady's, and at night at the residence if Mr. Martin McCartey. Lott's P. O.,'April 10, 4m - 13 Professional Card. DR.W. H. TI,MMERMAN, having loca ted himnself at Maj.- W. L COLEMAN'S. offers kin services in the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, IURGERY, OBSTETRICS and DENTISTRY, o the people of the community, and respectfully so ieits their patronage. Lotts P."O., Mareh 7 tf 8 DENTAL SURGERY! DR'. H. PARKER, respectfully informs Dthe citizens of Edgefield District, that he may i found during sale day week at the Planter's He el, Edgefield C. H., and at. his residence on the inderson road, eighteen' miles North-east of the illage, on every Friday and Saturday following. Stpecimens of his work, .put up on the latest and nost improved principles, can be seen at his Office. Iis-address, when in the country, as heretofore, sleepy Creek, P. O. - Dec 27 tf 50 JOSEPfl WHILDEN, DEALER IN Paints, Oils and Glass, Charleston, S. C. [E Keeps constantly for sale, a general assort ment of Paintsand Oils of all kinds, Varnishes, Window Glass and Sashes, Spts. Turpentine, Spirit as, Cotton Foot-Gin Fixtures, Glue and Brushes f various kinds. Charleston, Sept 4 ly 34 Dry Goods in Augusta, Georaia. WARD, BURCHABD & CO., MROAD STT, OPPOSITE GLOBE HOTEL, - DALERS IN Silks and Rich. Dress Goods, PLANTATION AND CHOICE FAMILY GOODS, or EvERY DUsc.airloN. Augusta, Mar 5 . tf 8 rackson Street Hospital -and Surgical INFIRMARY for NEGROES; ., AUGUSTA, GA. rHE Undersigned would respectfully call the' attentiun of Planters and Slave-owners gene. ally, to their very complete and extensive establish nent in Augusta, Ga., for the a'&eommodation of EGROE$ 'requiring SURGICAL OPER A CIONS or Treatment in CHRONIC DISE ASES. The Building is situated corner of Jackson and enwiek Streets, between the Giotgia and the Sa annah Rail-Road-Depotu; ad in ight of both. is thereforo colavenient fur the reception of 'pa ients from a'distine. In its construction, through it the entire plan, was kept in view the special urpose to which ft is applied ;being furnished with everything whieh:can conduee to the comfurt of the ICK. It is supplied with hot and cold baths and hower .haths-and lias water-closets in each story o avoid fatigue and exposure to the patients. It is iso well ventilated and lighted with gas. With he constant attendance of experienced male and emale nurses, the patient will be saved much of the ufi'ering which too often is the result of unavoida ile neglect in the treatment of NEGROES in ordi iry private practice. TERtS-For Board, Loading and Nursing, per nonth, $10. For all aNscassar Medical attendance, surgial Operations, &c., the same as in ordinary ity practice. II. F. CAMPBELL, Surgeon, R. CAMIPBELL, A ttending Phynician. Augusta, nmtf 15 State of' South Carolina, .EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Mary Morgan 'and others, BilfrP ti'n Sam. P. Getzen and others. [T appearing to my satisfaction that the Defen daints Osborne .Jennings and his wife Nancy eside beyond the limits of this State, on motion of air. MoIAONE, Complainant's Sulicitor,. It is ordered hat the said Defendants do plead, answer or demur o the allegations of thie Bill above designated with n three months from the publication of this order, ir judgment pro confesse will ho entered against hem. A. SIMKINS, C. EC. El.. Comm'rs Office, June 12, 3m 22 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLiNA, EDGEFIELD DISTRiCT. . -IN EQUITY. WilliamMobley, - I,. .. Ptto o eif Arhy Jenning and einfrRle. John L Jennings. [T appearing to my satiefaction that the Defendant, Areby Jennings, resides beyond the 'limits of his State,on motion of Mr. iDnaeSolicitor for Peti ioner, it is ordered that the said A rehy Jennings lo appear anid plead, answer or demur to this peti ion within three months from the date of this pub intion, and' in default the'reof that said petitton be aken pro'confesso against him. A. SIMKINS, c. a. a. n. June 12, 1855. - 3m 22 ~ry Goods at very Low Prices. WVILLIAM SHEAR, Augusta, Ga., expeeting to make a change in his business, will sell s present Stock of DRY GOODS At Very Low Prices. ['he assortment of Staple and Fancy Dress Goods, one of the largest in the city. Great inducements vl beoffered to Planters and Country Merchants, who wish to purchase for cash. The public are re petfully invited to call-and examine the Goods. Augusta, Jane 6 tf 21 Lighitning Conductors. P OSE of cur'citizens, who desii-e to protect 1their houses, barns, &o., from lightning, would to well to try OTIS' IMPROV$ID PATENT IGITNlNG CONDUCTORS. By application o the subscriber, Agent at this place, tey can pro. re' these rods and all necessary fxtures, and, dhat Is more, have them well-put up, all at moder te charges. These condudtors have been placed ver the Court House and Jail by the Commission r of Public Buildings; They are the best, decided , yet invented. s .BYE eae A pril 4 . tf 12. . *Paints, Oils, Dye Stufe, PUTTA in Bladders, WINDOW GLASS, any Size eut to order. For sale by A. G. hs T. J. TECAGUE, Druggists. May 23 if: 19 Admnilnstrator's NVotice. LL Persons having demands against the Estate of Win. H. Adams, dee'd., are hereby notified p resent the same, properly attested, for payment, nd those who are Indebted to the Estate, are re oested to'make payment to IE. PENN, Adm'or. SJan 24 tf 2 Administrator's Notice. A LL Persons having any demands against the Cl Etesf~ Slinbon Matthews, dee'd., will please resent them properly attested, and all those in Lebtea to the Estate mhst 'make prompt payment as eo dist'ibutees are' anxious to have thes matter set ied. SIMPSON MA TTH EWS, Adm'r. Great Bargains in Dry Goods ! HAVING decided on closing my business In Hamburg, I wi!l on and after this date, sell at COST FOR'CASH-and ow time to my regular customers at a VERY SMALL ADVANCE from Cost, (bills to be closed by note at~the time of pur chase.) Among this Stock are many New and very Desirable Goods I NOW is the time to use your money and save from 25 to 30 per cent. Come soon and get the best Bargains. 'g Persons who have not closed their accounts for 1854, are requested to do so at an early day. -XI. A. RANSOM, Agent Foa R. M. FULLER. Hamburg, May 7, tf 17 CLARKE & ROYAL, -DEALER IN BOOTS, S H 0 E S, TRUNKS, - CARPET BAGS, VALISES, &e., - IRON FRONT STORE, BROAD STREET, OProSITE TI MASoNIC HALL, AUGsTA, GEORGIA. THE Undersigned having formed a Co-partner TLship, under the F'rm of CLARKE & ROYAL for the general transaction of the . Boot and Shoe Business, Will keep at all times on hand, the FINEST and MOST FASHIONABLE GOODS, both for La dies and Gentlemen, that is now manufactured, to gether with a large assortment for Boys, Misses and Children. Also,- heavy work for Plantation and House Servants. We will also keep Traveling and Packing Trunks, VALISES, CARPET BAGS, ?c. Our Store is In the central part of the City, con venient to all the Hotels, being the well-known stand-qf ALDRICH & ROYAL. From our long experience in the business,. we flatter ourselves that we can give as good, if not better bargains, than you can get elsewhere. Our best endeavors will be to give satisfaction to all who may favor us with a call. HENRY E. CLARKE, WM. S. ROYAL. Augusta, Feb21, ly 6 Hardware and Cutlery, T O ALL our old friends, we would say, we are thankfual for past favors,.and to all others who may wish Goods in our line ;-call and see us also, or send your orders. We will make every effort (and it is notorious of the Goods we keep) to give "general satisfaction." Our prices SHALL be in accordance with the times ; always assuring our customers to sell them at the LOWEST MAR EXT PRICES. " We have now in Store a fine Stock and are re ceiving weekly. Amongst which may be'found, 50 Tons Band and Hoop IRON, 250 " Sweed " assorted; 150 " English " t 200 Smith BELLOWS, all qualities, .500 Kegs " Peru" NAILS, 50 Tons CASTINGS, 100 Dozen Door LOCKS, 100 " Pad " 500 " Till, Chest, Draw and Trunk Locks, 100 " AXES, Collins, Levette's and other makes, 10 " Superior BROAD AXES, 500 " HOES, all qualities. To enumerate is too tedious. We have the Goods and want to sell them. We keep all things necessary for Mills of every style, Corn Shellers, Straw Cutters, Vices, Anvils, Smith Tongs, Circular, Hand, and all other kind of Saws, Screw and Bales, Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Sceissors, .Sheq~rs, Screws, Bolts, Spirit Lcvels,. Guages, Candlesticks, Planes, . Iorse Shoes and Nails, Brushes, - Coffee Mills, Halter, Trace, Stretch, Log, Breast, Continued and Fifth Chains, Rope, Files of all kinds, a beautiful Lot of Guns, of all qualities, Pistols, Percussion Caps, . Curry Combes, Game and Slhot Bags, Powder Flasks, Dram Flasks, Sand and Waffle Irons, Braces and Bitta, Augers, Chisels, Hammers, Drawing Knives, Mortars, Kettles, Stew Pans, &c., &c. ROBINSON & JACKSON. ]]amburg, Dec 4 If 47 Patent M~etalic Burial Cases! T H ESE valuable air-tight and indestructible Ca. ses, for protecting and preserving the Dead for ordinary interment, for vpults, for transportation, 01 fur any other desirable purpose, are offered for sale in this Village, eheap fur Cash, by J. M. WITT'. P. S.-I have on hand an assortment of all sizes. July 27 f 2 8 GUYSOT T'S' YELLOW DOCK & SARSAPARILLA I S now put in the largest sized Bottles, and is ac knowledged to be the BEST SARSAPARILLA made, as is certified by the Wonderful Cures it has performed, the original copies of which are in the possession of the proprietor. Remember, this is the only true and orig-inal article. SCROFULA,~8YPHIILJS, MERCURIAL COM-. PLAINTS, CANCER, GANGREENE, RUIEUME TISM, and a vast variety of oilher diseases are speedily and perfectly cured by the use of this medicine. P.EAD TEE JOLLOWDTG CERTIFICATE. TALa&P05sa Co., Ala., Jan. 2,192. DEAR Sa:-I send you this to certily to you that yoUr Extract of Yellow Dock and Ssrsaparilla hats performed one ot the most wondcrfui cures on me that hia ever been effected on man. I have been afflicted for foi ty years wkht eruptions on my legs and feet ; in 1848 they got so badl that I had to go on crutches, and in 1649 1 bad one Ieg amputated above the knee. in aboutninemonthsafter my other teg broke out in large eating and runnIng sores from my knee to my foot, and discharged a great deal of ofren sivo matter. My groin aiso broke out in large bites, which disharged much offensive matter, and at the sanme time my left hand broke out in large running sores nearly to my ebow. .The misery that I hiaso suffered for the last two ears I cannot describe to you. I was in such agony that never rested day or night In October last my son brought me one of your bottle wrappers; 1 read it, and found record of some wonderful ures performed by your " Extract of Yellow Dock and Saraparila." I sent and got two bottles ot It, and com-. mneued taking it. In two weeks, to my great astonishment, my sores all became easy', and I could sleep alt night, a thin I had not done for two years. When 1 had taken six bttles, my sores got well as if by exchantmnent. I have now used In all eight bottlcs of your "Extract of Yellow Dock and harsaparilla," and 1 consider myself- well. I entreat all of the afflicted to try thIs medicine, fbr I be hoeve it will cure any known disease In the world. Lay aside all prejudlce and jusat try it, and proelaltm its great worth to sumlerlng mxanklnd and entreat them to take It, tot i wiil cure them. My case la well known to a large portIon of South Carolina, Georga and Alabama, and If any should doubt the above cure,'I invite them to call on me, and I wilt showithem the scars. I can be found In Tallapoosa o., Ala., one mile from Sloe's Fel~ AJHHUGHES. gr The Yellow Doek' and Barsapartia Is peculiarly adated for femulesof deleate health, resulting ikom Irrn-o larlt of menstrutai discharges, and other diseases pecufar to thir sex. The proprIetor has In his poseuon. a great number of certlleates ef cures perfonned, of the above de serpton. We assure the aflected, that a botte or two of Dr. Gnyaott's Extract of Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla will at once regulate those difeficuties and renew the natural en aPut p quart bottles.-Prie #1 pr bottle. Sold Whoissae and Retail by SCO0IL& MEAD, I11 Cartres Street, N. 0., General Agents for the tiouthern Staes, to whom all orders must be addressed. Sold also by 0.1L. PENN, Edgeield C.1H.; W. B3. GRIF FIN, Longmlres; WARDLAW& LYON, Abbevifle C. 1.; T. CO'RISLEY, Laurensvilte: J. F. PRATT & Co., New. berry; HIAVILAND, RISLEY & CO., Augusta, Ga., ad HAVILAND, HAR RALL & CO., Charleston. Mar 28, 1855. 1y II Notice! IF any oe should desire to, have. their papers .copied in a neat and legible hand, a person may be found to do it for them, by application at this Ofiee.. Mar 21 tf 10 .L Notice. A LPersons indebted to the Estate of Jacob B. Smith, previous to 14t January last, are re quested to make payment, and all having demands against the same wIll hand them in properly attested. BENJAMIN WALDO,E'os GEO. A. ADDiSON. Exo5 Aug10 tf 30 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGEFIELD.DISTRICT, IN EQUITY. Wesley Philips and his wife Augusta Ann, Edmund Penn. BY Order of the Court of Equity, publication is hereby made notifying all'and singular the creditors of F. M. Young, deo'd., to present and prove their ,demands before me .in my~offiee at Edgefleld C. H., on or before the 29th.day of July, 1855. Otherwise they will be utterly barred and concluded in the settlement of said F. M. Young's estate. -A. SJMKINS, o. E. a. a. A pril 28th, 1855. .3m .16 Good Peach Brandy!I J UST received a large supply of 'PURE OLD PEACH BR ANDY.BO ni r u....,u,,,.Nov 22 if 45 GREAT SOUTHERN REMED? I JACOB'S CORDIAL, FOR ALL: BOWEL DISEASES, CHOLERA, DYSENTERY, DIARRHOEA. CHOLERA MORBUS, BILIOUS GQLIOAOXOLERA INiFA2TUM. Admirably adapted-to - many diseases of Females, most especially painful menstruatio. The iirtues of Jacob's Cordial are too wel.known to requitre encomitums. IT rGaiN TNE woma Oases or DIAEsmA. It cram Ti wsT roaxe or Dsaxtraav. Sd. It Ca CALrosNIA oR MzxtsAx DuAsuma. 4th. IT EZIJ3 TIas SZVErmT COuC. 11th. IT CUa CuoLxaa Monsus. .th. IT CUES CUoLZA INFANTufr. 7th. IT CURES PAUIL h.tuaruAvtoNe. Sib. IT Ezavn PAiun iN BACK AND Lomas. 9th. IT COUNT'RACTS NxavousNrm AND DurNDENct. 10th. It RUTOaEs IaRzoUMtaIs. - 11th. IT DISPELS GLOOMY AND HtsxTzUCA1. FEExs. - 12th. It's AN ADN uArLE Tomo. A FEW BEORT EXTRACTS FRoM TESTIONAX8, LETTERS, e. "I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and have found it a most efficient, and In my judgment, a valuable remedy."-Hon. HizAx WAenxa, Judge of Supreme Court, Georgia. 6It gives me pleasure In being able to recommend Ja cob's Cordial-my own personal experience, and the. xli rience of my neighbors and friends around me, la sufficient guarantee for me to believe It to be all that It purports to be, viz: A SovXaon amxrnt."-Wx. H. UNDEwooD, Former ly Judge of Superior Court, Cherokee Circuit. "I take great pleasure in recommending this Invaluable medicine to all afflicted with bowel diseases, for which I be. lieve It-to be a sovereign remedy-decidedly superior to an thing else ever tried by me.'-A. A. GAULDurO, Deputy . Mi. of the Grand Lodge of Georgia.. "I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and this, with all I hear about It as a remedy by those who have tried it, Induces me to believe that it stands at he head'of every preparation of the kind, and I would recommend Its use in the disease for which It Is Compounded. -Itr G. Dot. nine, Cashier of the Bank of the State of Georgia, Griffn. "If there is any credibility In humai testimony, Jacob's Cordial, must stand pre-eminent above all other proparstios for the cure of"Bowel Diseases. From the mass of testimony inits favor coming In from all quarters, It must bb very lhr in advance, as a curative -agent, of most If not all other patent preparations-A. Firse, Cashier Marine and.Fire Insurance Bank, Griffin. "This effielent remedy Is travelling Into celebrity as faat as Bonaparte pushed his columns Into Russia, and ning commendation whereverused."-Gdorpga Jefbresi. For sale by G. L. PENN, Edgefield C. H., E. H. AnDY, Perry's X Roads, Wellingham & Means, Beech Branch; JAs. P. RioNanasoN, Richardson ville; E. WATsoN Ridge P. 0.; JonN M. CLARK, Cold Springs; T. H. MAanALL & SoN,Graniteville June 6 6m 21 Important to the Citizens ofEdgefteld! -. DR. DENNIS' GEORGIA SARSAPARILLA! A PURE & UNADULTERATED ARTICLE, FOR DISEASES OF THE LIVER, A 20 PU M. E A093. T HIS SARSAPARILLA is made of the Sarsa parilla which grows in the Southern States and nothing-else. It has the natural Sarsaparilla taste. Its effect upon the system in all cases in which Sar saparilla is indicated is wonderful. It is a great safeguard against diseases arising'from a torpid state of- the Liver, or impure state of the.Blood. Generally, it ants upon the Bowels as a mild pur gative or laxative. It not only mildly moves the Bowels, but gives tone to the system by restoring a healthy action in the Liver, and by freeing the blood from its-impurities. For children it is a great preventive -of worms and supercedes the necessity of giving them so much worm medicine; at the same time it improves their general health. A better and more useful medicine cannot be in troduced into Edgefield District, either for profes sional or family use, than the Georgia -Sarsaper Ila. Tis Sarsaparilla ic not to be aold on commaie uton. *Price, per bottle, SI--Six-bottles $5. Yor sale by Druggists generally. 9ET Those ordering this article from Druggits-or Commission -Merehanta, should express in their or ders, Dennis' Georgia Sarsaparilla. Ntay 30, 1855. 5m 12 English Hosiery, W ILLIAMI SHEAR, Augusta, Ga., has just received from New York, a splendid assort ment of Hosiery, comprising. Ladies' Plain White and Black English Hoses ery elatic, of the beat shape and make : Ladies' Plain White-and BI'k English Lisle Thread Hose of the best make, and some at very 16iw prices ; Ladies' Open Work White and Unbreached English Cotton Pose; La.dies' White and Black English Silk Hose; Misses' and Children's White and Faney Cotton do., a complete assortment; Youth's and Children's F'ey, White and Unbieneh ed Cotton Socks, a very large supply ; Gentlemen's Fancy and Unbienehed Cotton Half Hose, of the best make and very elastic; Alexander's Ladies' and Gentlemen's Kid and Silk Gloves; a beautiful assortment ; Gentlemen's, Ladies', Misses', Youth's mud Chil di-en's Lisle Thread Glo'ves ; Ladies' and'- Gentlemen's Fa'wn and -Kid Gauntlet Gloves, a large supply ; Ladies' and Misses' Long and Half Rand Black Lace Mitts, with and without Half Fingers, a beautiful assortment; Ladles' Met-no and Silk' Gauze Vests, a superior .article. The Hosiery is the same style whichens hereto fore given such general satisfaction, is remarkably elastic, and of the best shape aind m'ake. The pub lie are respectfully invited to call and examine th~e assortment. Augusta A pril 30. tf. Valuable Land for Sale, T HE Subscriber offers for sale ONE HUN 2DRED and SEVENTY-FIVE acres of Land. It is all in woods, and theo best timbered of any Lands in this section of country. Said Tract ad joins lands of Col. W. L. Coleman,, Daniel Posey, Malichi Cogburn, the Estate of Lewis Derrick, and the tract on which the Subscriber resides. 'If not previously sold at private sale, it will be disposed of on the first Monday in October neitt, on a credit until the first January next. I will also sell, if the purchaser of the above de sires to buy, the highly valuable plantation on which 1 live, containing FOU"R HUNDRED ACRES. It Is deemed unnecessary to say any thinig more of these truly excellent Tracts of Land. If treated for privately, 'a good bargain can be obtained. g.. For further information call on-thte Subscri ber on the premises. ' DERICK HOLSONBAKE. 'Feb 14 Sm .5 :Ranaway F'ROM the Subscriber's residence on the Ridge, I'during the night of the 5th instant, his negro man JiM. Said negro is of light complection, about fivo feet eight or ten inches high,.rather stout, with a small sear on his-right cheek. lie had on, when he left, light casuimere oast and iants, and a flue pair of boots. - It is probable that Jim is either in the neighbor hood of-Columbia or Aiken, more probably the latter. A suitable reward will be given for liis appre hension and delivery to the jailor at Edgefleld C. H. Any information thankfully received. M. B.-WEVER. Ridge, S. C., Jan 17 tf 1 ID7 Columbia papers please copy tri-weeklynatil frther notice, and forward accounts to M. B. W. Particular Notices To thec Stockholders-of the Edgefield Odd. Fellows' anldasonie Building Associa tion: GENTLEMEN: You will come forward and pay to Jas. B. Sullivan, Treasurer, or A. Ramsey, Agent, the Third instalment of 10 per cent.-on your Stok. And those who have given their-Notes foh the First and Second Instalments, are earnestly re quested to take them up. as weined money to have the work advanced.' Plese respond earty. A. G. TEAGUB, Pris't. June 22 tf 2 To the Ladiese IV RS. E. T. H AMILTON,. takes: Y. this method of lefqrmhing the Ladies of Edgefield Village and-vicinity, that she haa comn menced the ' - Nil~a'ety and Dteso.aking Rtsiness, at the Store formerly occupied by Mrs. BiowNe. .Nov18 -tf '44. A Certain Remedy! TA M appointed Sole .Agent for Jauoh's Celebra .ted Dysettei-y and DIarrhea Ct~laL Mis liediine has a repptation unsurpaased.4 S. E. BOWERS,'Agent IMPORTERS OF- , . " - WRENCH, BRITISU * Oa r 109 & 211 KING,. Cd1 -Mail $ EEP constantly on hand,-and r t'a E K iends and the pule generally- tkhelsgst assortment of .a .-", Foreign and Doiestia-rrG~ dtt In the Southern States. Their Stoe it supplied with a fill ssortment f. Of all the newest varieties of Style and-F alie. In Silks, Tissues,-Bareges, Grsnadines' , Muslins, Bombusines, Alpsis, and M dng Goods of all-kinds - . mbriderles and Lace Goods,.re everyaatite. Evening Dress-Goods of every description..., Gentleme's and B.y We st Cloths, Casimeres, =Veitings, Linen Drills iE Coatings,-of best Frenelt Goods. - Satinets, Tweeds,-Jeans, &a. - . . .FOR F AMILY USE Rosa, Whitney, and Bath BLANKE -' . Red and White Flannels, - English and American Cotton' -knt. -" French, English and Amerians Prinie s ass bries, Linens, of Richardson's celebrated mdas Sheetinge, Shirtizge, Pillow Cases, TaM6 iDbtIb, Doylies, Napkins, Towellings, B. B. -'and utii. back Diapers, Fruit Clotho, -Gluss Cloti Aapas i Linens, &o. . - : , o.w C A R P E.T IN G s. -- -- Ingrain, three Ply, Btneels, Tapes . d d e1e t,, British and American Floor Oil Cl - s -. * Wilton Velvet-and Axmintertua, ' .4 White and Colored Mattings, of all -nidtha , Stair Rods and Stair Carpetings, of all kinds .,-, . @@TAlM IA&TIENAM? Of every variety in SILK. SATIN aa) .Q BiED Curtain Cambrics andMusllag, Embroidered Lace ana Musalin Gilt Cornices, Curtain Gimp; Tassels, Drapery Cords,e Repb; - PLANTATION 609W." Blankets, Plains, KerseysCap',A &. Couon.Osnaburg.,of all thelbetSoitbetiifn g'-All the above, with eery other lias'of GOODS- which eso- be 'demanded,- ar w OWN DIRECT JMPORTAT'ION, -ud offered at the Lowest Market Pieesfor a City acceptance. r0..;. . g- The ONE PRIOE SYSTEM is strietly.ad hered to;' All Goods are'iurafted 'aed .alte. filled with promptness and themnost'aresr tion. BROWN IN L kM -Charlesto,Jan.25, . y J. $15LEY1 GROCERS AND CTT N ERCH A-TI . HAMBURG, ,' ', R ESPECTFULLY beg. sv ts4ea .L their old customers and ts, Plats se that they are still to be found a*tih Old. and are paying the HIGHEST Rac' 1 for Cotton and other Prodnee - ani hire i and are daily eceivig a Mo3YC0MPLET - meant of 20,000 Yds. Qnny in Dpiales BAr #7w . 200 Cols Renp aud'biistise'RIR E, -200 Bags 00PPEE, Rioan'd sra. --200 Bbls. superior and Refined SlYGA U 25 Hhds. Museovado and N. 0. ~d'de 100 Bbls. NOLABB'E8 . 3,000 Sackcs SA LT, -- - 25 BE.DBT EADS, some ofthm Fancy, 25 Bahxesinaperior CBBEEBE, -- A splendid areortnient- of BLANKETS' WI Z*EGE0- CLOThS. --Also- - - . An-ussortment of Saddles and Bridles,-Chairs; Pepper, Spice, Linseed, Lamp and Tarn * nero Oil, Osnaburgs, Stripes, - Shirting and Yarns, and in fact everything usually found in a Grocery Store. -- W E take this means to inform our Customers and the Planters generally, that we ea ties connected-with any other honue, and only have earns Store,- which is the Brick Corner, formerly'otes pied by Josiah Sibley. .1SBLEY & SON. Hamburg, Nov 28'-tf - 46 To fbrmer Friends'and Patrons, E. BOWERS; thankful for pat Ntr'eh eJ age, would beg leave to inform the pube thiat hewi now receiving LARGE Consignment's of' Whiskeys, BranieOs, Win , Codas AND LIQUORS 'OF 'AL, KINDS, Sugarse, BROWN, CLARIFIED, CRUSJ3ED AND LAN SESARS, HAVANA. ArND AMERICAN, And all articles usually kept in the Fanil~yGrooery Business. Being Agent for two large Wholesale Ceufetiounary Ilonses, one in New York and the other jn Augus ta, lhe is prepared to fill all orders for~ IAI!133 W333116L $. At the shortest notice possible. , As he is acting as A gcnt only, 'he wogd 're spsectfully inform all that bis busines imustibd done on the CASH SYSTEM ENTlRELT;;-ib? is doW prices and small comnmissioins wiUl-no.wsrmntps3 tension of time on Goods sol. - He is determined, to sell ELeW1 f@e .q , and hopes to merit #share of tlie trad. Con oni, come all, and exissilne hisStoiik Wosr purchasing, -it is all he asks. gg'The business will he .condueted under. the nanme and style of S. E. Bowasa, Agent. Hamburg, Nov. 1, -tf i STATE OF' SOUTH C-AROLINA. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Joseph B. Talley, Adn'or, de boe i, of Wiiam Biusy, dee'd., Bill forweennt se . r-.n& Reif. E. M. Enssey, and [ ,. Denmcy L. Enussey, En'or. - IT apeaingtomy satisfaction that E.'M.Busse, Ia defendat in this ease, resides behyod-tbo limits of this State, on motion of A dans, COeiaisn ant's Solicitor, It is- ordered thatosaid usy.d. plead, answer or demur to' the Bill ,of opi against' iinmselt and another n'adabun title, within thi-eeinonths from tbwabIeilUof tils no tiee, or said Bill willbe taenapre cenfeaa against him. ..A..SIMINS, c. L... b. Maly 2, 1855. . - if 16 . Notie! I HAVE placed the Notei asid-Accettats-drime., in the hands of R.H.Sufivan. -Any psepod . wishing to pay-will pleaseecall on him. -J..-B. SULLIVAN. Jinef6 '4tV ' 21 'fLACK, Blue, Indelible ad Carminediir sale A- by .A. G.A T. J. TE-AGUEi~eggi i. JustEL.cAlso A few Ks, enatr ndIlfb661=o.-h e@ rel. . -SiBLEY & . llainburg. Jan.t4 . tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLJI - -- . EDGEFIEULD DISTRICTI,.,-' F. C. Wood, 'a. . . Pere(g,4tfsits. Washingtoni Stialcer. - the DdfefdathavingM n known to reside the-wi on whomecoples of said 'tt plead can be -served a tsadmelnW PlaintIff'. -Attorney, nk appear nad plead gi jaagmen widie March 15, 1855. -. Iqty.*