Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 02, 1867, Image 4

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Revolutionary Legislation. Speaking of the rumored design to super sede the State Government of Maryland, the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel very properly remarks: We cannot prevent this revolutionary l?g islation. We have no voice in the halls uf Congress, to warn the people ot' thc United States against thc rash aud suicidal policy of those who are now in the m:.jority at Wash ington. We have no deeper interest in this question than have all and each o? the States of the Union. If Congress can to-day at a Kingle blow strike out of existence the teu Southern States, it may with equal right and propriety Wot out at some future time the smaller and less powerful of thu E '.stern aud Middie States. ' The pretence set up now to justify this in famous outrage upon the Southern States, that tho Federal Government is bound by the Constitution to insure to each of tue States li-publican forms of government, may bo used with quite as much force at atty time against the Northern Stales which may tail te conform their legislation to the standard M t up for them by thu dominant pow. r at Wash ingtou. This pinn nf " territorializing" tin States of the Union is a twu-t-i'g.tJ swor i, which will certainly i: fl.c-: upon tue hand that Jeld il as uiucu Uartu us upon lbo-C v.. whom it is intend*d now t > ?u.M. Chice yield tuc ngbt io Congress ta use thia . power f r any put poso or reason-wLuteVcr. and it takes no prophetic vi-iuu to fjPe-see' that occa-iuu will not be wanting any tim? the Congressional maj ri!) may wish, to strike f oin thc America:: constellation any of its glit eriug jewels. We the South ?n y g" down first; but so sure as this great wr. n: is put upon us. just so sure docs thc sun oi American liberty .-et forever amid/eLe wailing* and lamen.aijt.s of an oppressed a:.d ou trag' I people. Terrible .1Iussac:c. FwUT LAIIA^I1:. Dtfceuibi r 28. Tao Indians aro very troublesome and troops at hort Phi! Kearney hilve been almost iu > sae ol siege tor ?eeks past. Uti the 22J, u nu ober ot Indians eutue r.ear the Post, nm! Brvvet L>t. Col. \V. J. i-'oteruia >, Captain T. N. Brown nnd Lieut. Gruiiimond, all of tl.e 18 b infantry, gathered hastily o'J mea ef co iipat'y C. 2J cavalry, und 45 men of the 1 Sib infantry, and went alter tho Indi.;;*. Thc Hoops were gradually diawa o:i until, at a point lour miles rom tue Fort, the)' were s mound-d and slaughtered ; not a man es caped to tell the 5'ory of the di?a>tc-r. The b .dies Were stripped ot' every article ol'cloth ing, scalped and mutilated, fbirly bocies Wt-cc found in a spice not larger I han a govd sized room. Nearly all the bod cs were rc c v. rod and buried in ibe Furt. A later dispatch received at headquarter* of the af my (rqin Fort L iramie, confirm tb statement that a terrible massiere occurred on Friday, the 21st inst., near Fort PLi Kearney. WHAT Cox GR ESS WILL PO-The New York Time-'!, (rom which MC have taken occa sion to quote upon several occasions recently, alludes to the tune and temper uf Congi ?ss, and expresses thc opinion that when it meets again, the business of legislation will be car ried on with more reference tu tho interest of the country, it says : On the other question of natio ivtl ?cope that of Southern reconstruct'un-Congres* bas acted more discreetly than wa* anticipa ted. There is no hope ol' the viu!ent scheme* of tb; ultra-radicals-schemes of confisca tion, disfranchisement and degradation. Thc amendment iv-tiil brid out to ibu South; and even if it be final;)' ri j<:cted, we have reason to look tor other plans ibat will ?K al fairly with our Southern fe?ow-citizens as a part ol the American people. Congress wiil have but fight w< eks to work in when it re ussenib?es in Jauni')" next. We shall look fur it pursuing and com pl? ting its great labors nut less creditably than they have been begun. MILITARY COMMISSIONS.-The National Re publican learns that Judge Wayne, of the Supreme Court cf the United Stitts, will, under the recent ?ecisiun of that tribunal against the right cf military commissions to try citizen-i not iu thc militar)* or Laval ser vice, issue a writ by which Dr. Mudd, one ol the assassin conspirators, will bc removed from confinement at the Dry Tortuga s, and brought before a civil tribunal fjr trial. A late despatch, however, says that thc writ will not be granted. The recent decision relative to military commissions dee*, act apply in these cases. EMANCIPATION IN BRAZIL.-A despatch to the New Yor^r- ibnne gays that the Emperor of Brazil bas juit liberated the national slaves, the profits o; whose labor belonged to thc Crown ; and large numbers of tbc freedmen, we ?earn, have c-utered the army, and arc bc ing forwarded in detachments to the seat of war. This looks like the first step towards general emancipation iu Brazil-at least, it is so regarded by the Abolition party of the Empire. This being the case, those intend ing to emigrate might as well remain at home, unless, indeed, they prefer tho Government of Brazil to that now carried on al Washing ton. -- - TnE EMPRESS CARLOTTA_Some of thc papers belonging to the sensation organization, published, a 6hort time ago, what purported to be a cable despatch, announcing the death of the unfortunate Empress Carlotta. Tb - following, from a subsequent New Ycrk date explains the matter: A despatch, professing to have berm trans mitted through thc Atlantic cable, but in re ality coming from an irresponsible and un authorized source in the city, and published exclusively in several journals not belonging to the Associated Press, announces thc death of Princess Carlotta. No such despatch ha-? been received in this city, and the statement therein contained is cruelly false and utterly spurious. It "has thc appearance of having been only concocted merely to create a sen sation, and the papers which printed it are unfortunate in the bad prc-eminence they have acquired by publishing exclusively news of such a character. GEN. SICKLES DIRECTEL TO RESCIND HIS ORDER PROIIIIIITINGCOI[POP.EAL PUNISHMENT. -We find the following in the Washington Chronicle of thc 20th instant : The North Carolina Commissioners had a long interview with President Johnson yrs tcrday, who communicated to them bis decis ?on, both in regard to the order of General Sickles and to ?bo interference ol' the ollic-ers of thc Freedmen's Bureau, i:i annulling arti cles of indenture in numerous cases where colored children had been bound out. On both points thc President decided that the officers were ?? error in interfering. Sec retary Stanton issued instructions to Geueral Sickles directing bim to recind his orders prohibiting the execution of judicial orders inflicting corporeal punishment. These in structions were delivered to Governor Worth, to be handed to Gen. Sickies. General Hownrd also issued and delivered to Governor Worth orders to his subordinate officers to cease any interference with the laws of North Carolina, where they bear equally upon thc whiles and blacks. Jud^e ku flin explained fully to Gen. How ard the cbnracter of the law for binding out children. Jf orphans arc without any prop erty for their support, they are bound out by order of the court, but children Laving par faits jiving carnot be apprenticed except by the parents themselves. With this explana lion, Gen. Howard iii i not hesitate to issue thc orders desired by the North Carolina com missioners, who left last evening fur home. -?-?-?- . THE CONSPIRATORS AT THE DRY TORTUCAS TO HAVE CITII. TRIAL.-Wo leam that Judge Wayne, of the Supreme Court of thc United States, will, under thc recent decision of that tribunal against the right of Military commis sions tr? try citizens not in the military or na val service, is?-ue a writ by wLicb Dr. Mudd, one of tho assassin conspirators, will herc moved from confinement at the Dry Torta gis and brought before a civil tribunal for triab Similar writs may is-ve in the cases bi Spangler, Arnold and McLaughlin, tbo otlier^conspiratcrs cuiifitied lhere.-Washing ion Republican. ^r-ir A Texas Judge has decided the State stay j AW to be racenstitutional. A TERRIBLE WARFARE-BLOWIXG UP or t CONVENT.-NEW Y^RK, December 23.-Mail advices Irom Europe give details of the disas ter to the Turks at tho.Courent of Arcadior. '.'he Convent contained five hundred and foi ty souls, including three hundred and forty three women aud children, leaving one-hun dred and ninety-seven men to defend it against Mustapha Pacha's army 'of twolvi! thousand. The Cretans refused to surrender, and the Turks bombarded the Convent two days and nights? After broaching the walls the Turks poured into the court of the Con vent, but the Chriitians continued to defend themselves from the cell.", and, finally, a memk fired the magazine, hurling Christians ?nd Turks into the air. Two thousand Turks were killed and large numbers wounded, a-id orly thirty-nine men and sixty women and children of the garrison were left alive. Over a thousand wounded Turks have arrived at the hospitals from this explosion. The Turks had burned seven Cretan villages, iu revenge for which the Cretans .have burned twenty seven Turkish villages. THE ADVERTISER. JAKES Ti BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1867. The Obituary notice of tn esteemed citizen will appear next we? k. N->w is the time to Buy. Mr. D'. F. McKwi.v is tilling off his beautiful ? .ck of guods ut ar.d be'ow co?t. Now ls thc timo tu strike. It is a great dcsiJeritum to procure Medi dnos of ? reliable character, for ?hen a physician prescribes certain quantities, and tho effect is not produced, thc patient dies, it is of tho utmost importance, therefore, to purchase genuine and unadulterated articles. Tais you eau do by fret ting yuur sopp'-le* from the'Uld Southern Drug House of Goodrich, Wiueinan it " Co , No. IS? Meetiug-str^t t, Chariestou, S. C. Very Sail Occurrence. On Friday morning last, two little sons of Mrs. RICH ARO BIRTOX, a widow lady living in our vi cinity, went ont shooting ; and before noon, the elder of them, a hoy of thirteen, was found a life rs corpse. In loading his gun, it had gone off, blowing tbs unfortunate child's brains eut. Much sympathy is fell for thc estimable family so sud denly and sadly bereaved. Conference Appointments. We hare the whole Hat, 1?ttt wint of spice to day forbid?'us to say moro than tint Rev. W. A? Cl.Amen g >cs from our circuit to thc Butler Cir cuit, and Rev. P. L. KKRMAX comes fr?m thc Butler Circuit to us. Outbreakingand Abominable Outrage. On Christmas Eve night, about thc rising of the moon, a bani of-'seven or eight men .rorie up to the door of Mr. JAMES MCCARTY, an old mm living on thc Columbia Road about fourteen miles from this place. Three of them dismounted, cn. tcred the house, represented 'hcmselvcs ns "Yan kees," demanded Mr. MCCARTY'S koys, forced them from bim, unlocked a small iron sa'e in which he kept his money and papers, and took from it Ono Thousand and Sixteau Dollars in gold : One Hundred and Thirty odd in silver, Ono Hun dred and Fifty in green back?, and Ten Thousand Dollars worth of Notes and Accounts. They then left tho house and rejoined their comrades at thc gale, taking with them thc said money and papers. They took with them also Mr. MCCAR TV'S shot gun, already loaded. Mr. MCCARTY and his wife fellowed them ir.io the piazza, and, at (hoy made ready to ri.lc ? .ff, denounced them. At ibis, tly: old man's own gun was fired ut him. He received iu ono leg some thirty or forty squirrel .hot. Mrs. M'CARTY was also painfully wounded in thc thigh, one large ball, apparently from a revolver, passing entire!/ through the leg. After this the desperadoes rodo off with their booty. Ridgeway Academy, As will be seen by thc card of the Trastees, in 'his paper, thc exercises of this Academy, situatod _ five miles East *bf our town, will commence on thc 2d Monday in January. Tho Principal will bc Mr. ELIJAH EETESS, ono of tho proprietors of thc Advertiser. Of course wc know bim woll, and are ready to endorse most conscientiously all that is said of him by thc Trustees. Wo hope the community in which he is about tj settle is pre pared to recognizo his high claims upon their patronage and confidence. A Sleigb-ltidc >Vjitl? " The Orphans. Tho snow is lying over Ed,je5e)d thickor and leeper than it ever lay before; that ls, within our remembrance. A glorious snow, still an 1 grand and beautiful ! The *ky is relentlessly hard and leaden, and the prospect is that the snow will linger with u? some days to como. And a sleigh has traverser! our Streets ; a most cleverly improvised sleigh, drawu by two fine black horses. A novolty indeed ! This sleigh was gotten up by " the orphans," four desolato and melancholy gcutlemcn of our'town who never ?mile nor havo any fun. Poor fellows ! how can they, when they have neither local habitations rcr-wives ? Don't imagine however that they aro tcidoiccru. Aud they did us tho honor to call' ;ind tako us to ride. Being of a gay and festive .emperament oupclyei, wc hesitated about enter ing the company of these lugubrious orphan? ; but politeness compelled us, and in wc got. And how we crept over hill and dalo ! And how melan choly thc orphans were! And how destitute of Anything to cbcor the inner ruan ! And that doleful song they aucg, culled " Rabbit-y Hash ."' And how dull the ivholo thing was* Poe's Raven would have been deligh'cd with it. But tee wcro not. And we never will go with tho orphans again. Never, un il some sunny influonce chees their dreary spirits. Nor will we reveal their names ; save to such fair dames and damsels as inquire with a view of casting oil upon tho troubled waters of thoir sad lives. New Year Brings ns Another Sweet Heart, Christmas brought us a sweet heart, and New Year brings us another. Heart Cake* wo mern ; and we arc almost old enough, and vile enough, to say they nro tho best kind of sweet hearts. There aro certain callous married men in the Ad vertiser Offica who boldly avow this base senti insnt. But tho bride and groom who sent us this proscnt, woulil, wo well know, think another kind of sweolheart more delightful. Be that as may, however, Mr;, JK.SNINOS. whose marriage we arc most happy to publish, 1:?? tho abiding thanks rf tho Advertiser corps for the rjcu and beautiful cake so generouslyjiont them. .Tlnsonic. Masons throughout tho State will bo ploasod to learn that B. R. CAMPBELL, Esq , of Laurens, Pust Grand Master, has been appointed Grand Lecturer for tho State of South Carolina, by Most Wor?hipful, J. L. OUR, Grand Master, for th? en suing year. Appointments by the (Governor. The South Carolinian say?: Dr. Bonj. C. Fish born, of Georgetown* S. C-, has boon appointed Surgeon General of thu State, in tho plat-J of Dr. fl. W. Gibbes, deceased. Thomas Whiteside, Esq., of York pislrtct, S. C., has been appointed by thc Governor, Ag<;nt for tho Catawba Iuilians. This trihi numbers some forty male's. Tho Legislature uiado an ap propriation at the late session, of $1200, for sup plying tho wants of these Indians. Thc Central (?corgiuu. Thii excellent weekly journal, published at Sandersville, Ga , by Messet. CAPERS <fc GILMORE, has recentl}' donned a now aud h and som a drew, -a certain indication of its flourishing und pros perous condition. Parti'oi wishing to subscribe to sn interesting f ?mily paper, abd to know what ic going on iu Middle Georgia, would do wull to send on their namew to ibo Saudorsvillo Central Georgian, 'forms, 83,00 por annum. ' Loudon and Liverpool datos are to tho 20th. Consols closed ut 96, and 5-20's at 92*. Cotton ira* quoted steady at l i ?jd. Thc Advertiser Enters its Thirty second Year. With tte prosent number, begius the Thirty second Volume of/tho Advertiser. Or, in other wordy, tboAdrertiser haB just completed its Thir ty-Firs: Yoar. It is full of days ; and, though the inantio of stronjr men has fallen upon week should tr?, wo moy. add, full of honor: And with tho j?re.t;nt number, tho .4 drer* teer appears in ?tatu quo ante bellum ; that is, of tho samo size as before tho war. Within the week psst we havo ineroasod its columns from Twonty Eight to Thirty-Two. A ncwipnpor that has lived and boen loved for thirty-one yearn, muet necessarily have many old and staunch friends. Wo aBsnre all these that it is our intention, more than evor, to spare no effort towards making the Advertiser a useful sad wel come weekly riuitor. Wo hope to B?nd it in tho futuro, KB in the past, to many hundroda of homes and firesides in this State and elsewhere. The Advertiser will collect and place in oom pact form all tho important newB of tho week ; the latest market reports ; the principal looal events which might intoreEt near and distant sub scribers ; ?nd euch inntUr? os wo doem of intor u.t to the fermer ?nd planter. Besides, this, -a .portion of its columns will be devoted to litera ture, orin'iitil end selected : tales, essays, poetry, nod enjoyable pleasantries. As T?tards politics, we nr?d ncarenly say that the Advertiser "rill !*., j ] R-> it Ka* ever bf*> a staunch unholder of the true principles of n-publican government AsregnTds the honor and interest of its native South, the Advertiser will ncitkir slumber nor sleep. In SIEO, in typography, in the qnnllty of it? pa per, and, a<5 fares curability goss, in thtebnractcr of its contents, tho Asfceifteer will bo a journal comparing favorably with any weekly paper in tho country. There !e a strong probability that tba old mail routes throughout our District will soon bc re jpentd. Nuw.-thcrofure, ie tho time for many old and honored fronds to write their uklnes ao*Tr in our books. . Ibero uro, bcsid?8 these, m?n>; psreon? baring Iriends or ralatlres in distant Statu, who would desire, to hive such friends or relatives enjoy weekly communication with old Edgofleld. For thia pupose, tho Advertiser ?ffords an oTCollcnt Diodium. Via congratulate ?ll our friends and reader? on fio return of the prewnt jubilen ; with them hap piness and long lifo; and pray of them active c j-opc.-ation in promoting the continued success aid prosperity of tho Journsl chich has been hmorably identified with TSdgenold, ?nd with Smth Carolina, for Thirty-One Yoars. Upshot of the .Constitntinnal Amend ment in So-nth Carolin?. Last week wo chronicled the fact that the Con st tutional Amendment had been rejected fey our Hiuso of Representatives, one member alone vo ting in its f.ivor. Beforo tho expiration of the session the Senato rejected it without a disacnting voice. Wo aro extremely gratiflod to make this an nouncement. Even if this Amendment wtro put foi th by the Republicans as a finality-which ?B no: tho case-still tho Southern people would be fal'o to every sontiment of honor and right feel ing if they consentrd to adopt it. By adopting lt, they would sink tbomsclvcs far lower than con tempt could reach them ; for they know, or oucht to know by tbis ?imf, that not even this measure of self-abasement would nppenso the vindictive ness of the R.dicflls ; and th nt the next step In die programme, .is is openly procltiiaied. would bc negro suffrage. In short they know .that th? Ra Heals do not intend lo admit tho Sou jcrn S ia es till afier the next Presidential election, if ever, unless thry cm TO construe the Amendment, ifpassed, as to iaip'y negro suffrage, and tb?n by " appropriate legislation" enforce it, so th nt tbrj can control thc elections and retain their pow>r. This b'iing sn evidently the e.ve, South Carolina has dono wisely and well to spurn such vain nud unavailing truckling. Corporeal Pnnishment in North and South Carolina.--Thc Laws Upheld by thc President. By tho criminal codts of theso Stater, men arc liabl; for petit larcony, horse stealing, etc., to the penalty of tbirty-nino stripes laid en tho baro back But during tho reign of Qcn. Sickles, who haB leen for a year er moro jn command of North and .'louth Carolina, it has not been allowed that criminals, either of the white or black race, shouli bo punished according to the laws of these codes. In both Stntcs many cases of aggravated crime have como before the Courts, and upon con viction tho criminals, some white, some black, havo been silenced to receive nine and thirty lashes. In almos: evory instance, when thc ceremony was about to be performed, Qonl. Sickles bas forbidden it in an official order ond stopped it by military interference. In North Curolina lately this in terference became so common and so high-hand ed, thr.t Gov. Worth of that State, and one or two ?ther gentlemen of prominence, wont on to Washington for the purpose of bringing tho mat tor before the President. Their journey has had thia cheering result; That tho President has di rected ;hc tjectetary of War to revoke the order of Gen Sioklcs forbidding corporeal punishment to be inflicted In tho Carolinas for offences against tho criminal laws of those States. Wo are very much pleaeod that tho Prorident has adopted a course so logical and constitutional. Tho question has always seemed to us a very plain one; and it is this : Are the ponai codes or tho Governments of North and South Carolina to bo suspended whenever the military representa tivo of tho U. S. Government within her borders, is able to detect anything in either abhorrent to his personal tastes, qr not, ip his judgment, "adapted to tho ideas pf tho agc?" For;it is upon this latter plea, weboliovo, thatGon. Sieklos forbids corporeal punishment. Are North and South Carolina to bo held amenable to questions of tasto or tho ideas of th? agc ; or arc thero cer tain fixed requisitions of organic law which es tablish their duties and rights ns States of the Union, and outside of which thc ideas of tho age and tho tastes of individuals have no effect upon their political powers and condition? Wo aro no particular advocato of tho penal systems of North and South Carolina, but it is not because wo share ono whit in thc mawkish and ridiculous sentimentalista of a wild, licentious '.' tige" in reforone? to tho special degradation of corporeal punishments over all others. As wo have said before in theso columns, wo do not seo that a thiof is moro dogradod by whip or pillory than by.tho verdict which pronounces bim a thief and puts him as such in thc penitentiary at hard labor. Tho degradation is in tho crime; and the man mean onough to steal can be but little de graded by tho lash. But, be this so or not, the people of North and South Carolina have a right to subject themselves to these penalties for crime, if they prefer them, nnd it is nobody's business excopt their own. To suspend the administra tion of justice in those States upon the pleas .sot up by Oon. Sickles, is mere usurpation, ns ground less in right and law at if ho had declared their statutes should not bo in forco becauso they wcro not printed in gold, upon vellum. If a man docs not liko to bo whipped for stealing, and yot means to stoa', ho should m ovo into a Stato whoro tho laws provide some othor and more gontocl penalty. But observation proves that, in uiony instances, rogues prefer this primitivo kind of justico to the moro modere refinements of tho Penitentiary. -.?*#? ty Yankee traits don't snit d orsey mpn. A Boston pedagogue bas boen nrrcstcd nt Irvington, for mildly whipping a boy in his school, so that b? died'on the 3d instant. Lie is to bc trie : for murder. . gy A writor tn the Rockville (Maryland) Sen tinel suggests Gen. Grant for President uni! (Jon erai Leo for Vico Prcsidont of tho United States, to bc run 3* tn0 National Union candidates. A boiler oxplodeij oj Memphis, blowing tho engineer out of sight. Ho will receive ?16 a day from a lifo insurance company until bo comos down. ?Sf Butler was called on to raako a speech the other day, nt Nashville. He said ho didn't! go thero to mako a speech. "Ho !" yelled a man j a in the crowd, "you camp herb to ?teal spoons;" j'1 The New Year. . Tlit New Yoor is upon us. To-day ws enUr pon 18fl6. Let us consecrate it by new resolves > be wiser and better, moro energetio and more opeful. Otherwise, tim*, which is galloping along ? rapidly with its Gory steeds, will bring us to IQ end of our journey long before wo are pre arcd for tho certain and unavoidable exodus. Ilere wo are, nod hero wo must remain as long s God phases. It is folly then to be always journing over past, end present misfortunes, and B be forever vilifying the world by calling it a vale of tsars" ?nd u place of misery and abomi ation generally. A roan who docs thiB is not by ny means in tho beet condition forbearer. With ll due deference to John Banyan and his immor al Allegory, we protest against looking upon this ifc ?s a painful and burdensome journey, along rhich we aro to hurry, slighting, abusing and nderrating everything about us. tn the first lace it is not respectful to the Ono who placod is here ; and then it is foolish, unreasonable, un ihilosophical. The truly wise ?nd christian man, having Bet led upon sound religious principles, and included n tho plun of hid life a coi.ttd.nt reference to rhot )i?s beyond, will lbr?tw all the forco-of his itiug into the biuiireae, ptaavuros and pursuits of his life. Ile ev ill get out of it all that is possible ; io will u? ?il tts resources a? not abusing them. Iis ulm will bc to rescue the good things Of this vorld from tho devil ; not to mign thom and lout a' cowardly retreat. He knows it ia bolter or his friondSfchis fellow mon and his own- soul, o have death find him engrossed heart and hand n a busy, happy life, than to find him tugging iwny from lifo like a tied anime!. Mon io not ovo lifo and the world too much, but too exclu riTcly. Ar . stness in bund cannot bc performed oo thoroughly ?nd with too much intensity. If t ie folly to slight tho future, it is almost as?jrrcat olly to slight thc pr?sent. The man who enjoy*s !Tt>ry legitimate ple*sur? and enters most thor mghly into all the inlerwts and excitements of hie life, hoe the healthiest und most natural prowth, ?nd, otb?r tkiogs being equal, is best Itted for shatever mey como titer. Tire men of the Sosth must cease lo look bo lind. With stout hearts thoy must face tht future, et tho prospoct bo bright or dark. And tho young men of the South should never rorget that in our rich soil lies our fi??at wealth, md that their etrong arms end industrio? fab or ire necessary to the developoment of that wealth. Every young man who ia not ongagod In a good business, with a certain end satisfactory income, .hould go to tho country at once, and make pre paration, alone or in association with others, to produce corn And cotton. Tho rich soil of the Sooth is the richest gold mino in tho world, and sven before the War, when wo had moro labor than wo have now, and could control it, wc nevci bad force enough, by half, to work it. This im' menso mino of wealth must be worked, for upon its dcvclopcmcnt depends thc increase of- oui wealth in every other dop&rtment. "And Thanks, And Ever Thanks." And jfovora good turn deserved eternal thanks it is tho ono our neighbors did us on Wednesday night lRSt. On that night a fire broko out in tb? kitchen attaohod to thc residence of Mrs. ELIZJ BACOS, and thc oldest inhabitant of Edgefic'.r was upon the point of hoing left without a roo over her head ; that roof which has sheltered om own unworthy hsad ever since wc made our cn tr.* npon thc stage of tb h world. But tho providonci of God and the brave and untiring efforts o friends and neighbors averted tho calamity. Th< said kitchen is a heap of arbes. But the ancien: mansion remains intact, save that its cnttorn sid< is mach blistered, nnd scamed with trk-Minj rosin. And its ancient mistress and til her hou>c huid return their nv-st gr.vcful thanks to tbnsi warm-hearted and strong-armed neighbors. Ant not to whi'o alone', but also, nnd equally, to col orcd. It was a scono wbjch proved" how mucl good there is among thc Freedmen, and how tru< they arc to former associations. Their conduc on the occasion was most noble nnd houcst. Wi shall strive nover to forgot it. Of nil the. tjilpi, turc and articles dragged from the dwelling bouse nothing, however small, was found missingon thi morning after the fire. And, although she will scold ns for doing si thus publicly, wo insist upon expressing our grat itudo to tho over-generous neighbor who wouk not allow us to realize tho loss of thc ovens ant cook-pots. Kenny ?St Gray. KfHRT cfc GnAY, thu famous Clothing Merchant: of Augusta, possessed of one of tho most complet) establishments to bo found in the whole South arc selling off their wintor stock at greatly re duced prices. Bead their now advertisement and run your eye over their tempting list Kr.SST it ?RAY havo hosts of frionds who neci only to bc informed as to what they aro doing, ii order to extond them liberal patronage. Kr.Ksi Si GnAY can fill a bill as completely, as fashiona bly, os ch'aply, as any merchants in Georgia, ti sure to c til on them, on Broad Stroct, a little above tho Central Uotcl. Belle Haven Institute. We call particular attention to thc card of Prof ? Mrs. EscEi.unr.cnT. They fled from Alesan dria, Va., to Columbia during tho war, and mad? for themselves (hero a very hign roputation a '.ioa..hers. Prof. EsGF.i.nnrcnT is u nativo Ger man, a very accomplished man, and a musii teacher of raro skill, taste and experience Mrs EffOEIiBBKCHT is a bigh-tonod Virginia lady. Whereabouts of a Famous Disciplines' nan and Classical Teacher. Thc advertisement in another column bendee " Cle^.r Spring Acadomy," will reveal tho where abouts, for tho yenr now opening, of J AX ES L LESLY, Esq. Bis name and fume require no fur thor montioq. A Generous Offer. Wo havo alroady referred to tho efforts beinj made by M?FS M. A. Baie, (says tho Charlostor Mercury,) to ensaro thc erection and endowmen of an asylum for the education of tho childron o Confcdorato soldiers, ia tho States of North ant South Carolina; and it is with great pleasure tba wo publish tho following letter from Mr. Rich ardfion, thc well-knowa Southern bookseller am publisher pf New York cjty. Mr. Richardson's oiler is a generous one, hat not a matter of sur priso to those who kr> . how much ho has nlrea dy d'- _ practical sympathy with Un pooplc of tuc South : * NEW YOEK, Borcmber, 9th 1SGG. My Dear Madame :-Your esteemed favor o the 29th ultimo, with onclosure, has boon received and rend with vory great interest. Allow me to congratulate you on your succesi in your philanthropic efforts. I will most cheerfully contribnto the " Schoo nooka" for the children, and render you nny as sistance in my power. It will, however, bo out o my power to solicit >ubscriptions, as an ngent, fol my limo is so constantly occupied, that it would be impossible to do the enterprise anything like justice. Wishing yon, Madame, every success in youl noble work, and placing myself at your com mands. I remain Very respectfully, your ob't servant, C. B. RICHARDSON. Min M. A. Hutt, Charlaron, S. C. The Laws of thc U. 3. By official appointment tho South Carolinian will hereafter publish tho Laws of thc United States passed at tho last ss.uion of Congress. Ihuro who desire t:> read these interesting docu ments, as well ns tho recent Enactment? of our 2wn Legislature, should subscribe nt onco to tho South Carolinian. Tonne, por annum: Baily, 5?,00. TrLWeekly, for six months, $2 50. gjgf* The Block of cotton in Liverpool on tho 16th was 484,329 bales, of which 159,8(10 were ImerijtaH. %SS~ It is siid that the Supronio Court hus do ?ded ngninst tho constitutionality of tho test oath >y a vote of 5 to 4. Tho opinion will not be do Iver-tm for spjni days. tW Jauge Kuitecd, of thc United States Dis r;ct Court nt Huntsville, Alabama, has instructed is Grnnd Jury "toflndtruo bills for treason gainst persons who defame tho Congress of tho rafted Bfctefc* sf " . * ' Send in Your Bids. Post-Maitcr General A. W. Randall, advertises thit proposals will be received at tho Contract Office of the P 0. Department until 3 P. M. of February 28,1P67, for.conveying the mails of thia United States from July 1, 1S67, to June.30, 1871;' in the State of South Carolina, on tho routes'and by the schedules of departures and arrivals there in "rpecifie'd, from which wo extract the Rou'ios to be lot in which the pcoplo of our District uro in terested: Roufc 5629. Prom Hamburg, by Poverty .Hill, Ivy.Island, Collier's, ColdSpringand Rehoboth, ' t" Longmire's Store, 37i miles and hack, once a week. Leave Hamburg Friday nt 7 a. m. Arrive at Longmiro's Storo by 7 p. m." Leave Longmire's Store Saturday at 7 a. m. . ,: Arrive St Hamburg by 7 p. mi 5630. From Augusta, (Ga.) by Hamburg, (S. 0.) Edgcfiold C. H.. Elton, Mccting-etrcet and Dom's Mill, to Ninety-Six,. 54A milos and baik, trioo a week. ; Leave" Augusta Monday and Thursday at 6 a. m. Arrivant Nincty-Sixby 10 p. m. "Leave Ninety-Six Tuesday and Friday at G a.m.' Arrive at Augusta by 10 p. m. . ? Proposals for tri-weekly service invited.' 5631. From Augusta, (Gt.) by Beech Island, (S. C.) Silverton, Four "S'ite Branch, Speedwell, Erwinton, King's Creek, Daniolton, Greenfield and Brighton, ti RobenS'ille, Jli miles and back, once a week. Leave Au?rusta?r?onday at I a. m. Arrivo at Robertsville noxt Wednesday by ll a. m. JLcsve Rribcrtsvillo Wednesday at 1 p. m. Arrive at Augusta next Saturday by 5 p. m. 5632. From Augusta (Qa.) by Woodlawn, (S. C.,) Bark's, Tucker's Pond, Cairo, Mapleton, Bor deau and Willingtqp, to Calhoun's Mills, '60 miles a.nd back, once a rrccl:. ... Leave Aug?.* I Monday at 7 a. m. A'rriVo al Cunoun's Mills next day 07 ll a. m. Le?vc Calhoun's Mills Tuesday at p. m. Arrive at'Augusta, next day by 7 p. m. 5633. From Edgcfield C. H.,. by Lott's, Ridge, Lecsviir?and Lexington C. H., to Columbia. 57 milos and back, twice a wock. Leave EdgeCcld C. H., Monday and Thursday at 9 a. m. Arrive at Columbia Ly ll p. m. Lsuve Columbia Tuesday and Friday at 6 a. m. , Arrive nf-l?d-jeficld-C. ll. by S p. in. 5034. Prom Ed/refield C. H., by Fruit Hill. Ricb ardsonville, Big Creek and Coleman's Cross Roads to Chappell's Bridge, 25 miles and back, once a weok. Leave Edgcfild C. H. Friday at 7 a. m. Arrive at Chappell's Bridgo by 4 p. m. Leave Chappell's Bridge Thursday at 7 a. m. Arrive at Edg^efield C. H., by 4 p. m. Bidders aro roquostcd to examino carefully tho forms, and instructions in relation to contracts for carrying tho mails, ?fco.,'a copy of which moy bc seen at Ibis office. Thc Kalmia Mills Company? At a meeting of this Company held at the Charleston Hotel Thursday evening, (says thc Charleston Cuurir.r, of tho 20th,) $50,i'?0 was subscribed towards tho increased capital of thc . Company, leaving $100,000 yet to bo taken up, for which amouut thc books will bc opened on ( tho 1st January, 1SC7. The money thus fur paid out on grounds, build ings, works and machinery is about $360,000. Thc buildings aro nearly finished und it is ex pected that should thc bslaneo of stuck Le taken , up carly, tho mills will bo in full .successful opo ' ration by tho 1st May. 'Thc gentlemen at the ! head of this.rnterprisc are among our most sub L itanti?l citizens, of tho highest character and I efficiency. They havo, under thc superintendence f of their indefatigable President, Col. B. F. Evans . nearly completed their grand undertaking, and ' only require now an available fund to meet the s oxpcns?s and contingencies that may arise in thc f carrying cn of the factory on its opening. > Tho opportunity is now offered to tho" dusirous t of investing in this important w.-rk. Fruin tho ? strong inducements and flattering prospects of ', h.mdsomc remuneration he'd ont to capitalists we .niy expect to see tho wholo subscription soon ' taken up. City of Mexico correspondence, dated De I comber i, lias l'-'en rece ived : Thc return of t!;o . Emperor to the throne was received wit !? pu*.'ie t rejoicing throughout the country, His army, ?11 . dependent of thu French, numbers ''.'i,000 men, and is well, fed and clothed. Thc Imperialists .ay that if they hare no Unite! States troops to contend -gainst they will ultimately succeed. They desire the withdrawal of tho French, and t consider it would bo thc best thing for Mnxi miliun. 1 jSS"" A mysterous murder is exciting tho poo 1 plc of New Orleans. Miss D.ira Ilcnrickr, a y ung lady of unusual beauty, who was boarding in thc family of a Mr. McLinn, and attending school in the city was thc victim. Her room was ! entered curly on Sunday morning, tho 15th iu 5 stunt, and she was struck behind the cur with a ' blunt instrument, from tho effects ot' which she died. Nothing is known of the perpetrator. ' 53^? It's expected that Surrutt will arrivo in . this country thc latter part of next month. 1 C3^? An India Rubber Manufactory ?3 a'vut to . go into operation at Ridloysvillo, near Charleston, - South Carolina. Thc building is already up, and : the neecsSHry machinery which rame from Tron j i ton, Now Jersey, in its place. $32* A case is roon to bo made before thc Sn preme Court of tho United States, which will in . volvo tho question whether Alabama is a State in . tho F?deral Union, or what is her present status . if she is nor. a State. . ?33~ A large fire ni Elmira, New York, on Sat - urday, destroyed property which amounts to : $400,000. Tho insuranco losses -.rill reach $200 . 000, chiefly on Now York Fire Companies. j2?B~ Artomus Ward says, "Let us be happy , and livo within our moans, even if wo have to borry money to do it with." 1 CS-*" An eyo doctor in Chicago bas been sued - for malpractice, whereby thc patient's right is . permanently injured. Damr.ges aro laid at $50, - ooo. pSf A co-respondent, say.- that a full dress of a native lady of Columba is a hairpin and a garter. , ?53* Never meet trouble half way, but let him , havo tho whole walk for his pains. Very likely t he may give up his visit in sight of thc house, f f?S" A Pennsylvania negro has recovered I thrco hundred dollars damages from tho trustees t of Green township for refusing bis vote. J /SB-Tho United States Government hos paid $20,000 in gold, for cabio dispatchos tn Mr. Bige ? low, relative to Mexican affairs. ?S" Advises from Fort- Laramie stalo that , twelvo tribes of Indians havo formel a coalition for tho purposo of making war against the whites. ?gj- In Charleston, St. John's Day tho2" th, ?" was celebrated by colored free masons. A dray. mnn was killed by a falling wnll. Thc Emily B. 1 Souder wont ashoru on Rattlesnake shoals: was f gotten off and hus roturnod to Charleston. Horace ' Greeley, a freedman, tho murderer of Mr. Rhett, f bas beei . . i^'ur'a. . j?-S"''' My Uoar boy," .?cid a young Indy to a , preci?os youth of eighteen, "docs your father design that you should tread tho thorny and in tricate path of a profession, tho straight und nar row way of tho ministry, or revel in the flowery fields of literature ?" ? No, marm : dad says he's gwino to sst mo to work in the tater patch." ?ZS* Gen. Howard estimates in hit official re port that an additional sum of nearly 11.000,000 will bo required for his negro bureau noxt year. Ho also coolly recommend? that thc officers last year dismissed for misconduct should bo restored to bis bureau that they'may vindicate their char acters. How SAD.-I pressed her gentle firm to ine, and whispered in her oar ; if, when T was far away, for ino she'd drop a t?ar ; I paused for some cheering words, my throbbing heart to cool, and with her rosy lips sbo s*id, " Oh, Ike you're sich a fool." FAILURE OK SHERMAN'S MISSION TO MEXTCO. -A dlspntph dated ?few Orleans, December 211th, says: '.'Jiieu tenant General Ellerman j arrived herc thia evening from. Brownsville, his mission having proven a failf.ro because ' ! of the refusal of thu Imperial authorities to ; grint him a pass across their lines lo reach Chihuahua, fie left Minister Campbell at , Browaville, who would proceed immediately to Juarez's headquarters.'' I A Thc y renell Ministers and the ?? President. WASHINGTON, December 2-i.-The Mar quis De'MontLc'lon,' the retiring French Min ister, rm? also the newly accredited Minisier, ML JBertueney, '.S'ere presented to-tho Presi dent by tbe'Secrretary of State at four o'clock this afLern'ion. The leave taking of the Mar quis "De Montholon with, the- answer of the President to hiai were of ?he kindeBt char acter. . . fa .M. Bertbeney made tba folio wi ngspeech to the4 President: Mr. President, I Eave the honor to place in'your hands the letters which accredit nie iu tt e 'quality of Envoy Extraor dinary and Miriister Plenipotentiary ot his Majesty," the Emperor of the- French. In confiding to weJhe mission to represent him Dear you, my sovereign hasjspe?ially"charged me to make known to ye a-'the value ?0 at taches to the relations .of friendship which exist between France'-and the United St?tPs of America, to r intaia th?se i.-elalion?--to draw them more close, if it be possible, in view of tho development of interested com-: mon to the two countries. Such will be the constant aim of my efforts, an? I haye firm hope to .attain it if, as "I am in advance us sured, the government and people of the Uni ted share iu those sentiments of which I bring t:> this plac? the sincere expression.' The President's reply _ was as follows : To M. Bertine?- Sir: Grateful affection toward the French nation, is. among the-earliest, the most profound, and tho most enduring senti ments of-the people and government of ?be United State:?. *Ve constantly try to believe that no interests .of either country eau -ever rcquiro' alienation or' antagonism between them, whiie inticrtte ^mra?rcial' interests tend" to bind theta ogethor. As you haye justly observed they Live ali the same time, a .)mmon a;min the advancement of civilization and humanity through /ut the world. In ex pressing these feelings, I am only repeating what has been uniformly 3aid by the United States since they became sovereign.' We have had much' reason to bi pleased with the conduct of your predecessor, the Marquis De Montholon. Be assured, M. Berthe.ney,. that no consideration or courtesy will be withheld, which shall tend to nia'ke the performance of your duties agreeable and pleasant. The re tiring French Minister and his successor dined with the Secretory of State thitrevening. HYMENEAL; 'MAKIUED, on the 27th Doc, by Rev. A. W. As bill, Mr. W. T. JENNINGS, of Abbeville, and Miss A. H. COGBURN, eldest daughter of Capt. J. M.-.C?GBCR5, of this District' COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, Doc. 20. COTTON-There was a tair demand with an advance of ? cont on yesterday's figures. T'je ofToTing stock was'vory light! Middling at M ; Strict Middling at 31@32 ; Gocd Middling ".2@ 33 cents. . - ' GOLD-Slightly improved. Buying at 132, and Kelling at 135. BACON-Sides, clear, 16J ; Ribbed l"4i@15J ; Shoulders 1V{ cts. CORN-White, $1,60 j Yellow, $1,55. ? CORN MEAL $1,65. OATS $1.10. SALT-S:t,20@$3,2;?. CHARLESTON, Dec 79. Tho in.irkct. was steady to-day, with sales of 400 bales; Middlings, Mil. NEW YORK, Dec 29. Gold 33f. Cotton quiet at 'oA%@U for Mid dling Uplands, with a Bett jr feoli?g. * CLOSING OUT AT IP JR T IVE ?1 COST! THE Subscriber, with a view to mokine a change i:. his business, i-< SELLING OPE AT PRIME COST his mtiro Stock of ? DOMESTIC GOODS, # ";-.'.. DRESS TRIMMINGS AND BUTTONS, FANCY GOOf.S AND..N0TI0NS, CIIOrCE WINES AND CORDIALS, WHISKEY AND BRANDY, CONFECT rONERI ES, PRESERVED FRUITS, . . PICKLES. 4c., Ac, ic. CiH early if you want bargains. I am deter mined t. close out tho Stock forthwith. ffiSS-Partios having Watches, Jewelry, Ac, at my Shop to Repair will do well to call and get the game nt an early day. I roust have morey. D. F. MCEWEN. Jan I tf -1 Medical Card. DU. T. .'. TEAGUE has moved to the Dwelling rocentiv. occupied by Mr. J. R. Carwile, next door below Epi--enpal Church. He may be found af the Drug Storo of Teague A Carwile d<?ring tho da;*, and at his residence ilurincr the night, when not out on professional business. Having been encaged bl thc practice of Medi cine, in its various branches, fer tho last Thirteen Years, he feels that ho docs not arrogate to him self undue merit when ho sdieits a liberal sh-jro of patronage at thc hands of this community. .Ino 1 tf * " 1 Dissolution. THE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore exiling under the immo and stylo of LANIER A LEWIS has this day been dissolved by minna! consent, I'r. .1 E. LKWIS having bought out tho inter?s', nf tho concern. Those indebted will please make payment to him, as he alone is au thorized to use thc nume of tho Firm in closing nut the business. J. C. LANIER. JNO. E. LEWIS. Liberty Hill, S. C., Dec 31, 1866. o-Partnership. TUE Undersigned hare this day formed a Co Partnership under tho TI a ino and style of LEWIS A LANIER for thc PRACTICE of MEDICINE. They have adooU-d thu ',.:?. mid novel mode of tho CASH SYSTEM, and will he governed by thc Bill of Charges published in the EdgefiVld Adrertiser, under the bond (if " Medi cal Notice-Positive," dated Dee 3d. When do sired the services of both may bc had without ad ditional charge .TKO. E. LEWIS, J. C. LANIER. Liberty Hill, Jan 1, 1S67. tr 1 TO RENT! IWILL RENT for tho present year mv large and commodious LIVERY1 STABLES ami LOT. situated in this Village Terms reas mable During my absence, p.-irtie? wishing to Rent will app'y to Mr. D. R. Dnriine, at the Advertiser Office. T. J. WHITAKER. Jan 1 tf 1 Consinissionci's' ftofice. THE OLD and NEW BOARD of the COM MISSIONERS OF TUE POOR for Edge field District will meet at tho Poor House on Tuesday. Sib January,-diiy :-.fter salo day-at 10 o'clock, A. M. A punctual attendance is im portent. G. M. YARBOROUGH, Treas, old Board. Jun 1 lt 1 The Last Notice ! LL Per ?ons owing mo in suras not exceeding ?3L Sion, will obligo me by settling forthwith. If not, I must sao in selfdefcncc. I will not object to reoeiving what little is duo rae ovor tho said amount. I will accept Grconbacks for a short time, but'if I am campellod to 'no I shall expect a little coin, as I bnvo to pay iu that surt of change in cato I have " A*n//o JJona" to pay. T. ROOT. Jan 1 2t 1 Close Accounts. TUE Undersigned would respectfully inform nil who aro indebted to him on Accounts mailo in ISfiO and 18Q1, that the Accounts must be elosod by the 10th February noxt, otherwise they will be put into judgment ta prevent thom fruin going nut of dato. Como and seo mc, and you may save paying cost JAS. B. SULLIVAN. Jan 1 lt 1 'Sheriff's Sa??! ~ Gutheridge Cheatham, ; Writ in For. Attach. George W. Strom. Tho Same, Tho S>m,o. BY Yinue of an Qrder from Judge Mpxnoit, in the n'oovc sUtod c.issa, I will sell on WED NESDAY, tho 16th day of January next, at tho late residence of the Defendant G. W. STROM, a LOT OF COTTON IN THU SEED, supposed to ho about Four Thousand Poundi. Toruu Cash, in Suec'o. WM. SPIRES, S. H. D. Doc 31, 2t 1 K E NN Y & .238 Broad Stree ~4 a- - , -. , . . . . f 1 blt *tHE REMAINDER OF THE S! nd well selected Stock of H Vinter Clothing At Greatly Rt All our Goodacre NEW, of tho LATE di them attach LOW PRICES thaf we te our Stock. t We mention below a few of the Goods c Eine Black Broad Cloth Erock COATS : Fine Black Broad Cloth Sack COATS Fine Black Doe Cassimere Frock COA' Fine Black Doe Cassimere Sack, COATS Very Handsome French Cassimere SUI Excellent Scotch Mixed. SUITS ; jgjg. American Cassimere SUITS in great var Silk VESTS in every style ; Black and Figured Velvet VESTS; Plain, Fancy a id Black Cassimere VE iMain, Black Doeskin PANTS; Ribbed BP"k do. do. Plain and Figured, Colored Casslmere.i Plain ?rid Figured Jeans PANTS; ., Plain and Figured- Cottonade PANTS, i Boys' ? We have a very. large Stock ' of 1 BO} xceedingly low prices. Gents' Furnis Our Stock of GENTS'- FURNISH!!* very thing needful,-and will bt.; sold at vi W? always keep an EXCELLENT V/ DIMERES, and carry on the MeVC ll its branches. We will guarantee satis! o order. gsSfAll are invited to call and examine KB Augusta, Jan 1 School Notice. . v 1/TRS. TEAGUElwill resume tho Exercises of Vj. her School OB Wednesday, Jan. 2c-, 1SC7. - Jan 1., ; . ,-" ?\ tf. . 1 Shady: Hiii Select Sc??ol,;. ^jfRS*. GOODMANwill ro.-npen oh MONDAY,' Jl Deo. ?.lst. t.t .is* essential, for-those who'in , cud entering, to como in-on that day-in order fo ie prepared to' take'their place in Class m Ttfda la'y, th'e iii January. ' Terms tho same 'as heretofore. Dec 24 . St 52 _ ._; H rilli INSTITUTION is in full operation with over Ono Hun Ired Pupils present. The first if January id a good time* to cntor, bir Pupils rc received at any time, and obargod from thu lay of entering. Tuition, Eighteen Dollars, Specie, por Session if fitc month/. Boarding Ten Dollars per month >?ecic. Currency takou at its va'.ue. Send for a Catalogue. J. I. 'BONNER, Pres. Duo West, S. C., Dec 10 2:51 RIDGEWAY ACADEMY. rllE Exercises of this Academy will comnicnc on the 2 ' Monday in January, under '.ho su iervision of Mr. E. KEESE. Mr. KKESK'S reputation ns a Gentleman, fine] juholar, and his success as a Teacher of i one; cx turienco is well and favorably established in ?dgefleld Dial riet. lie possesses that peculiar tact for training and I nstructing his Pnp?s, which so well tits him for its profession. Rates af Tuition, Per Se?sion of Fire Months, lu Gold : )rthogrnr?hy, Reading, Writing, Mental Arith metic and Prim. Geography, $12,00 3ng. Grammar, School Geography, Arith metic, Algebra and Modern History, 16,00 | jatin. (?reek, French, Natural Philosophy, Higher Mathematic:", 4c.-, 20,00 j Thc Scholastic year will bo divided into two Sessions of Fivo Months each. Good Boarding can bo obtained in thc imiaedi tte vicinity at the usual rates of country B >ard-1 Only a limited number of Schulars will bo nd nitted. Pupils will be charged from time of entrance j tatil the end of thc Session. No deductions will ht mado for absenco, unless I n cases of protracted sickness of two weeks or | uure. The Trustees feel confident that Mr. REESE'S mcrgy and qualifications will insure entire s.itis aetiou. J. A. BLAND. L. GOMILLION, M. B. WE VER, CARSON WARREN, Trustee?. Jan 1 lm 1 Iwill open a SCHOOL AT CLEAR SPRING on tho first Monday in February noxt. Tho location is in every respect suitable for a eat of learning, beal thy. in the midst of a moral .ud intelligent community, yet sufficiently seek d d. Young men especially wishing to prcpt.re br Collego will lind here every advantage. Board can bu obtained in the best families at ll I) por month. The Scholastic Year will consist of Forty Veeks. Rates of Tuition. .? Elementary Branches, - .-ttr- ... $2u.n0 English Grammar, Geography, Arithmotic, 30.00 lighor Eng. Branches, Mathematica, An cient Languages, $40.00 To bc paid half yearly in advance, and in gold r its equivalent. J. L. LESLY. Jun. 2. 5t 1 COLUMBIA, S. C., Select Family School for Yoong ladies. ENG LIS n AND FRENCH. -roi", and Mrs. J. C. ENG EL BRECHT, Principals* PHIS SCHOOL is now re-opened in a pleasant ?md healthy location. The Course of Instruc on is thorough and practical, embracing all tho :qaircmcnt* of n finished education. The MUSICAL DEPARTMENT, under the bargo of Prof. ENGELBREC1IT, offers unsur asjcd advantages. THE LANGUAGES, Aucient and Modern, are ioroughly Urifrjht'. MANNERS AND PERSONAL HABITS are ii objects of uncen.sing earn and vigilance, and . is the constant aim of the Princip?is and In ductors to mako this Institution both r> TUO :0UG1I SCHOOL AND A HAPPY HOME, and ie pupils, entrusted to their eire, Ladies in do ortmont and Christians iu character, as well us cholars in 'literary at?lnmcnt*. For Circulars, containing terras, <tc, apply to ho Principals. Columbia, Dec. 31, 3f 1 . ar -JW s. T'S, t, Augusta, Ga. E?SON we wili sell our Extensive . - len and Boy's Ready Made ?duced Prices! Sf and BlEST STYLES, ana we wi? cannot, feil to please all who will exam tnjhand:- ' . iety ; STS; ?" 'WIir fcc, &c. ^ CLOTHING which-we wil? ?ell at hing , Goods* . rr? GOODS is extensive and comprise* sry iow prices. . * . * Tailoring* kRfETT of CLOTHS an&C JcS hant Tailoring: Business fin faction to every one having Clothes made ouvGoods. ? NNY & GRAY. ???2 tn HARNEbS, SADDLERY -AND Carriage Warehouse. . " -i:--0 SADDLES, HARNESS, LIGHT CARRIAGES, Top and No-Tot Baggies, CHILDREN'S CARRIAGE*!, SiDDLE, - .... . . ' IIARNESS.'aml Carriage il? kera' MATERIAL, (LEATHER, CALF SKINS, SHOE FINDINGS, RUBBER and LEATHER MACHINE BELT ING and STEAM PACKING, LACE, PICKER and ROLLER LEATHER AND ROLLER CLOTHS. A full assortment in Storo, and constantly ar riving, at Reduced [Prices I SHERMAN, JESSUP & CO., No. 225, Broad St, Sign of the Golden Saddle, AUGUSTA, GA. Aagu-'tn, Dtc 17 6m51 PLANTERS' HOTEL. AUGUSTA, GA. Newly Furnished and Refitted, Unsurpassed by any Hotel South, Was Roopcned to the Publie Oct 8, 1866. Ti S. NICKERSON, Proprietor.. Jan. 1. tf 1 AUGUSTA HOTEL. THIS POPULAR HOTEL has beon-renovated, painted, and put in complete order, with a dotormlnation on the part of tho proprietor to make it a FIRST CLASS HOUSE. Mr. S. M. JONES has chief coi trel, and will bo recollected by our Southern friend: ?ts the for mer proprietor of tho AMERICAN HOTEL, da ring the Wnr, in Richmond, Va., and will be glad to seo his old friends, promising them a " Vinei KU WKLCOJIK." Every effort will be made to give entire satisfaction. A call is solicited. Terms reasonable. S. M. JONES, Proprietor. Augusta, Jan. 1 tf 1 BROWN & PERKINS, PUBLISHERS Ol? SHEET MUSIC, And Hus ic Books. WE would respectfully call the attention of Choir-Loaders and Sieging School Teach ers to our establishment, where all kinds of Church Music, Glee and Anthem Books can be obtained on tho most favorable terms. Tho long experience of our Mr. PBRKIKS, in Musical Conventions, Choirs, the Concert Room and Sunday School, enables him to give advice and information on all points of musical intorest aj to the selection of proper works of instruction, formation of Musical Schools-progross in musi cal studies, and items of general interest to com posers, leader?, teachers and student?. Sheet Music furnished on the usual torms, with promptness and dispatch. Country orders solici ted-and soUctious mado for pupils, teachers, con certs, ?c., kc., Ac. NOW READY: Will bo True tc Mo,?.T. E. Per?ini,.....80 ct?. The Orphan Wanderer,....T. E. Perkin?,.30 eta. Tho Roso BU??,......T. E. Perk ne,.....30 cts. Fairy of tho Wildwood....H. A. Brovn,..30 cl?. Memory, (for Baritone,)..H. A. Brovn,.30 cts. Four of any ot the* above will bo lor warded on recoipt of ono dollar. ?SST~Send for a Circular.. BROWN k PERKINS, .1?0 Broome St, New York City. New York, Jan 1 4ml THIS GLOSS STARCH Ts used by First-class Hotel*, Laundries, Tens of Thousands of Families, and Should bc used by all. It gives a beautiful polish, making the iron pass smoothly over the cloth, saving much time ?nd labor. Goods done up with it Iceep clean loDg-8, C'tnsetiuently will not wear out to soon. IT MAKES OLD LINEN LOOK LIKE NEW! Sold by Druggists and Grocers goncmlly. OUR IMPERIAL BLEE ISTnEBSSTIN THE WORLD! It is sohlble in hard os well as soft water. It is put up in the safest, noatost, and most conveni ent form of any offered to tho pnblic. IT IS WARRAI TED NOT TO STREAK THE CLOTHES ! Sold by Grocers nmd Druggist* genei-aily. Agents wanted everywhere, to whom: jre offer extraordinary inducements. Address NEW YORK STARCH GLOSS CO., No. 218 Fulton St, New York. Jon 1 Cm 1