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C|t &t?t?tut?. FSfcLISHRD BVJiBY WEDNESDAY MORNING DT . Duma os, ma ? co. INVARIAE ".' IN ADVANCE Tho A DY ERTISER ia publish ory \Vso.xi;si>ATMoHM.xet?*' * , , , Iwr *mmW r ONE DOI* ."?gf? g for-Si* Manias: SF' . A JIRKE DOLLARS ?fAMaiSSS -AB .cud FIFTY CTS. j?S*jr? AU - . ENTY-FIVE CENTS for ?f ?ftO -altcayt in advance. . .ipcrs discontinued ut tho expiration uie for which (hey have boen paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Advertisements wi'^ IKS inserted at the rate of ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS per Square (10 Minion lines or luis.} for the first insertion, and ONE DOLLAR fto-eaeb. subsequent insertion. rZ2r A liberal diso uut will barnado tn ihpso wishing to r.dverti?o by the year. Announcing Candid ites $5,00, in advance. Will the Somhen People Leave the Country ? The immediate object of the Radical party in Congress in reducing the Southern States to Territories, is doubtless to put them out of the next Presidentiii', election ; and thu?, se gure their continued ascendency, by their ma jority in the Northern States. But there is another object lying behind this, which the Abolitionists proper and greedy land specula* tors, seek to accomplish-to driv- out or de ??troy the influence and control of the white population in the South, by substitutin-r Not them emigrants and capitalists in their stead. . The complaint now made is (although with no foundation iu fact, yet believed in '.?cteri sively at the North) that Northern mc->i could not no/el y rettie in the South, under the exist ing State fiovemment?. Of course, emigra tion will never take plate, to countries in which property arid life are r.ot sale. By abolishing the governments of the Staten, and Bijb.itituting the despotism of military author ity throughout Ibu Stuthera States, it i. thought, that with Northern dominion bj Northern bayonet*,, the Northern ciiiigmx-t will be thc master of the ou ni ry, and Can easily c introl and appropriate it. Tuero is a fact in history which those peo ple do not seem to know or confider-thal n people conquered by another njople seldom leave their country. The Sotuits Cuni|iKT-ad the Briton?-the N nnms the Saxons and a portion of France ; but the conquei cd race in neitlier country left the crnntry. fa all the inroads and conquests in Europe by northern hordes-Huns-Turks-Vandal?-the people conquered did not abandon their country. T.icj absorbed their conquerors. The single exception is that of thc Moors in Spain ; but thcu they were driven out by a religious per secution, which left thom no choice but emi gration or death. The impulse to remaiu in the country where we have beeu born a;>d reared, God has implanted in the breast of every man, as his great instrument fur popu lating the world. But-for this impulse the whole human race wuuld abandon the colder and more sterile regions of the earth, and rush into the richer?and milder regions of the temperate zone. Now, with this powerful impulse acting on the white population of the Southern States, there must be some more powerful motive tc counteract it, and to induce their abandon ment of their country. Their population is interested chiefly :'n agricultural pursuits that pursuit of ali others, which makes n:a^ le.isi. migratory. They may be divided inlo classes-the formerly slave holding, aud non s av- holding classes. The slave-holding class, by the census of lSGO, did not amount'to four hundred thousand. Will these leave thc Southern country ? Very few Lave done so since the emancipation of their ulavcs-1st, because they were ruined by emancipation, and have Lad not a sufficiency to support them in a foreign land from the wreck of their property-and 2i, because what property they have is in their lands. These constitute their sole mean3 of support. They will not emigrate. Will the formerly non slaveholdiug population leave '.heir homes and the South ? Why should they leave them ? The placing of the Southern States, under military rule, or the rule of negroes under Northern emigrants, must have one of two eilectH-either order, or disorder will be pro duced. If orde? is produced-then the South ern population will have no motivo to abandou the country. If disorder is produced-then the Northern emigrant will not come into the country ; and, of* course, will not appropriate it. In either alternative, Northern predomi nance will not prevail ; aud the native popu lation of tbe South, will rule the South. That a greac deal of mischief, may be produced by the efforts on the part of the Radicals of the Northern Stutes, to depress and ruin the Southern StateR, in order that tboy may be appropriated by the people of the Ncr.hern Stale?,-we have not a doubt j but we ha ve ern from the Northern States, at some future day. In the meantime, nothing will be gained, beyond the inUdiuu.ation and gratifi cation of our worse passions. Nothing will be settled, which shall be settled by force or ?aud. Every blow the Northern, Slates shall inflict on the South, w,ill recoil on themselves. Tbeir material prosperity will be impaired ; their standard bf inoraU will be lowered, by {fteir habitual practice of oppression and Wrong towards others\-and tbe spirit of lih (?x\j, which is nothing but the spirit of justice and integrity, which maintains rights above the' 1 isis of gain or tiower, will he debased ; and the very despotism, they shall erect over us, will finally ride over them, through the old beaten highways of anarchy and blood. Charleston Mercury. -? Grs. GRANT'S LEVEES.-The upstart great men at Washington seem to bc trying to app all the forms and customs of royalty. Gen. Grant's levees aro described by enthusiastic correspondents, who write, we presume, un der the influence of thu wine paid for by the people's money, as being most magnificent, in all their appointments. The Times correa ponlent says:-"At th?s?* levees two cavalry soldiers in clem bright uniform are in atten dance to open and clo3o the doors of thc car riages, and the names ol the guests are an nounced by a liveried servant as they enter the receiving parlor." This is not a pict ur?' of Jefferson simplicity. That great man would ailow no such freaks of royal nonsense about bim. The Gnittd States soldiers act ing the part of menial is decidedly good also. The Federal uniform for a livery ! Well, the idea of a United Stales soldier has changed somewhat within the past f-w> years. Six Jears ago, such a uso of a Bold ter would have een thought as an insult, but then that was before the Unifd States soldier was put down on a level with niggers ! Perhaps it is all right as it is.--New York Day Book. ? ? ? ANOTHER VICTIM TO FEDERAL INJUSTICE. Dr. James Hunter, of Fairlax Couuty, died on the 9th ?nat., aged sixty-two years. Dr. Hunter waa arrested by th?- Federals on the charge of harboring Cid. Mosby-which was not true-sent to the slave pen in Alexandria, and subsequently to B'ort Warran. It was during this imprisonment that his health was undermined. Mosby once Rtopped at the well of Dr. Hunter, washed his hands, and ba^ a napkin sent out to wipe them. This was the offence that merited an imprisonment which slowly but surely worked death.-Fredericks burg H raid. BCTLE* EATING OYSTERS-A few dsys since a gentlest, went into an oy*;er taloon in Boston, and upon calling for a saddle rock af-w observed a man nesr.eaMng a very.warra stew with his fingers. i: Don't yon furnish your customers with ?poons ?" said the aston ished stranger to the proprietor. " Oh. yes," said be, u but that is Gen. Butler at that table !" ?gr~ Five freedmen, '.onflned in the jail at Newberry, charged with tho murder of Mr. Lem. L?ne. several months ago, made,their escape from that jail by sawing through the ban of their fells, os ?oaday fiifbt, sod are now at lerp, , From the Charleston C'otifUr <.* d?S?S.** The .lilli tri ry Cover??- ,4 Saturday. Pasted t>~ .meat Bill, as We have hitb'* , Congress. omperfe,>' -"o refrained from publishing ar Sae- an(j incorrect version? of Sena D** .tann's Military Bill, for the reason . we thought it best not to mislead aud confuse our readers by any erroneous state ments of its provision*. We are now, how ever, enabled to print a correct und official copy of this most important measure, in the for IP in which it finally passed both Houses of Congress. It will probably, like similar iuiquitous measures which have preceded it, encounter an uuavailiug yeto: AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MORI? EVFICICST GOVERNMENT OF THE KEltEL STATES. Whereas no legal Stale Governments or adequate protection for life or property now exists in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Arkansas : and whereas it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said States until loyal and republican State governments can be legally established ; i ht refore, Rt it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica ia Congress assembled, That said rebel States shall bo divided into military districts and made .subject to the military authority of the United States, as hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the first district ; North Carolina and South Carolina the second district ; Georgia, Ala bama and Florida the third district ; Missis sippi and Arkansas the fourth district; and Louisiana and Texas the fifth district. Ssc. 2. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President to assign to the c-jmmand of each said districts an offi cer of the army, not below the rank of Briga dier-General, and to detail a sufficient militu ry force to enable such officer to perform his duties and enforce his authority withiu the district of which he is assigned. SEC. 2. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned aa aforesaid to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrec tion, disorder and violence, and to puni?h or ciu.-c to bc punished, all disturbers of the public pence and criminals, and to this end ho may allow local civil tribunals to take ju risdiction of :in<? to try <it?e-:i!eM, or, when in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial ot offenders, be shrill have power to or ganize mili'ary commissions or tribunals for ?hat purpose ; and all interference under color of State authority with the exercise of mili Mary authority under this Act ?ball be null and void. Ste. 4. And be il further enacted, That all persons put under military arrest by virtue of this Act shall be tried without unnecessary delay, and no cruel or unusual punishment shall be inflicted ; and no sentence of any military commission or tribunal hereby au thorized, affecting the life or liberty of any person, shall be executed until it is approved by the officer in command of the district;, and the laws aud regulations for the government of the army shall not be affected hy this Act, except in so far as they conflict with its pro visions : Provided, That no sentence of death under the provisions of this Act shall be car ried into effect without the approval of the Pr?sident. SEC. J. And be it further enacted, That when the people of any one of said rebel States shall have formed a Constitution of Government in conformity with the Consti tution of the United States in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State, twenty-one years old aud upward, of whatever race, color, or previous conditiou, who have been resident in said State for one year previous to the day of election, except such as may be disfran chised for participation in the rebellion, or f r felony at common law, and when such Const:tution shall provid . that the elective f. ut chise shall be enjoyed by all such persons a; ':ave the qualifications herein stated for election of delegates, and when such consti ?ution shall be ratified by a majority of the .j?t'ons voting on thc question of ratification, who are qualified as electors for delegates, and wheu .such Constitution shall have been submitted to Congress for examination aud approval, and Congress shall have approved the same, and when said State, by a vote of its legislature under* said Constitution, shall have adopted the amendment to the Consti tution of the United States, proposed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen, and when said article shall have be come a part of the Constitution of the Uni ted States, said State shall be declared enti tled to representation in Congress, and Sena tors and Representatives shall be admitted there'from on their taking the oath prescribed by law, and then and thereafter the preceding sections of this Bill shall be inoperative in said State : Provided x That no person exclu ded from the privilege of holding office by said proposed ameudment to the Constitution of the United States shall bc eligible to elcc ! tion as a member of tho Convention to frame a Constitution for any of said rebel States,, nor shad any such person vote fix? tsesabera of said Convention. SEC. C. And be it further eiyactedy That until the people of said rebel Slates sharl be by law admitted to representatisa in tho Con gress of the United Skates,, any civil govern ments which tnay exist therein shall be deemed provisional only, and in all respect* subject ta tho paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify, c mtrol or supersede thc same; and in all elections to any office under such provisional governments, all persons shall be entu'ed to vote, aud none other, who are em i Med to vote under the p-ovisions of the fifth section of this act ; and no person ?hall be eligible to \ny office under any such provisional govern ments- who would be disqualified from holding office under the provisions of the third article of said constitutional amendment. The Sherman Bill. Thc New York Express is strong in its de nunciations of the infamous provisions of this Bill, and says that it should be colled A Bill of the party in power lo keep ten Slates out of the Union, lill af ter the next Presidential Elections, unless The Whiles of the South consent lo be gov emed by the negro. ' Element 1st. The destruction of State Gov ernments, the State Judiciary, and State Laws of all kinds. 2d. The substitution in lieu thereof, of five Brigadier Generals, men of epaulettes, 'men on horseback.' 3d. The abrogation of every principle of Bri ti di Liberty, as laid down in Blackstone, or won at Runnymede, as extorted by the Barons from King John-as fought for by the Puritans even, under Cromwell-as died for by Hampden, and other British patriota-at ?Maranteed in the Revolution of our British Fathers, that took a Prince from Hulland, and put him on the British Throne, and ai solemnly set forth in our Declaration of In dependence, and iu the Constitution of the United States, vi*. : the principles of magna diarta. of the Right of Petitiou, the Bill of Rights, ?c. 4th. The President of the United States (sec. 5) is clothed with absolute power over the li7ea of 12.000,000 of human beings, with out Judge or Jury-for be creates the five governing Brigadier Generals, and their Mili tary Commissions ! I'heae horrible provisions of law, known in British Jurisprudence only in the Tudor days of Henry the Eighth, and unknown even in the reign of the Stuarts-that species of taws which Cromwell imposed upon Ireland, and which the British peopl ? ate realizing the fruits of to this day-in eternal insurrections, a:id universal hatred-provisions adopted from Austria, Turkey, ?gypt? and unkuown, now, even in France, or V ly-powers more po tent than even the bigfi Hierarchy of the P t* pal Church ever grant even to tho Pope ol Rome, are to be grasped, and to bo held on to, until the South concurs to the following conditions : 1st. That universal suffrage be given to male negroes (all the while excluding women, even white women,) negroes just emerged from slavery, and sembbarbarism, not so much qualified for suffrage, three-fourths of them, as are our small children. . 2d. That the late rebel whites be disfran chised. Until these important conditions are com plied with, it frill sot be possible fox tb? peo-1 plc of ten States to have any voice in the Government of the Union, or in the Govern ment of their own States, against " the men on horseback'' there. And even if all this is done-there is not one man in one hundred thousand from the South, who can honestly tako the Test Oath now required by law of a Member of Congress. THE ADVERTISER JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 18G7. We Look Toward You ! We look toward you, Dr. DUKCAN of the Plan ter'! Ho ;el, Augusta. And if you could fee our eyes you would find there avery kind and obliged expression. That was a good tam you served us on Sundiy last. And truly a kindly deod from you is nu novelty ! Consider us at your command. A New Establishment. Our oi l friend, Mr. ROBERT H. MIUB, has be oome tb<- " head centre" of a neat and well regu lated Grocery Store on Park Row, next door bo low Mr. L. R. TILLMAN'S; and is now a dealer in everything that is eaten by man or beast. This latter assertion will not be doubted when you read his list in another column. His arrange ments ari such as to havo always on hand the best of a I'articles in his line. Give him a call, and you will not regret it. Thanks for Papen?. We ret ira our kindost thanks to our friend C*pt. F. FJ. SMITH, and to PATRICK M. WALSH, Esq., that eourteous gentleman of Augnsta, for many Ut? and very acceptable Northern and Western Papers. ^ar-Wii regret to learn that the dwelling of Mrs. Marr Lamar, lituated some two miles this side of Hamburg, was coniumed by uro on the night of tie 21st. Cause of the fire hag not been incertaine 1. ---. ? ? ?-?-. - The New Orleans Times. M'ith ucusual pleasure, and high anticipation of much good reading in future, wo welcome to our Uble the New Orlesns Weekly Time*. It ir political, practical, literary and artii-tie. Many celebrities "write for it, while the engravers and printers ni I in furnishing a. really superb thing. We shall be highly gratified to receive .it punctu ally. Its iditor is Wv.. H. C. KIJTM Esq. Price, ii per annum If any of ?ur pouple desire n grand paptr from the Crescent City, we recom mend the '?'?me*. The Fashion Books. Th? Fashion Books of the present day are marvell* of beauty and elegance. Tho grand colored plate in Frank Lclie't could not fail to attract and charm the eye of the Yeriejt puritan. Mr. Qcixx if Augusta, tho prinee of News-Deal ers, has sent us Frank Lettie and JIudaine Demo rett fur Match. He has our kindest thanks. These magazines ure utterly magnificent. Such pictures, dresses, tra ns, peplum?, patterns ! And Qui? x has all thu new books which are so popular just now: " St. Elmo," " C?>urt of Fred erick the Gi eat," " Elsie Yenner," Ac, Ac, Ac. His shop is between the Conttitutionalitt Office and tbe Augusta Hotel. Andrew Ramsay vice David Ramsay. At a late meeting, in Charleston, of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter Masons of South Carolina, our esteemed fellow townsman, Axonzw KA UK AT Esq.-" Pas ! Deputy Grand High Priest"-was unanimouslj nominated to fill tho vaoarcy occa sioned by th? death of " Cumpauiou" DAVID RAH KAT, to represent the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland (hi:, native lund) at tho Grand Chapter of South Carolina. A Word to .Methodist?. On Sundaj last, wo heard read, from the pulpit of the Methodist Church in this, place, a letter or circular from the Rev. E. H. MEYKRB, Editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, calling upon the Methodist of Georgia, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina to come ap to the more liberal support of th it thoroughly valuable and useful paper. Dr. Mirena says that although the A<iroc?r? waa furnished to its subscribers during the past year at tho old price, $3, yet the cost of its publication was $4 ; and that its subscription list numbered only between three and four thou sand namos. And this is the old and famous Southern Christian Advocate. Come to ita help, Methodists; aad in helping it, you help yourselvet tenfold. Ycu h?rp your heads and hearts and souls, and the he a/Is and hoarts and souls of your children. AU Southern people are now miserably poor, anJ mou ey throughout the South is lamen tably s*arco : but even under thc present circum stances, there ?tr? hut few families who cannot spare $3.00 foi <ueh a friend, guide, teacher, as as th? Christian Advocate. "The life is more than meat, and the body moro than raiment." Do not be so carthy therefore as to forever pamper the appetite and adorn tbe body, sparing not even $3.00 fur tho aliment of the etherial spirit and the undying foal. " It's Hard to Teach an Old Dog New Trick?.'? But, ueverth'iless, it is often very much to the advantage of thc old dog that ho should acquire new tricks. And tho new trick that we especially commend to th? old dogaof thia part of 'he world is thc adoption of the Cooking Store. Ar< is well known in this cemmunity, our kitchen was burned not long ago. "Jpon tho happening of this warm occurrence, we thought tho opportunity a good one to make a step forward in the> march of pro gress-to discard the gaping ami wood-devouring kitchen lire-pince, with all its expense and dirt and filth, for the cheaper, moro cleanly, and in evcry-respect moro convenient method of the Cooking Stove. So wa went to Augusta, and re paired to the poi ular establishment of Air. D. L. TULLEKTON, where we bought, for $50, a " Char ter Oak Stove;" which Stove, time and practical experience have proved to be an inestimable bless ing-a grund sav[ng of wood, of money, of labor -a delightful doing away with dirt-a profound improvement in cooking. And which .*?0 we ex pect to save in th 9 course of one season, by means of th? wonderfully diminished demand for wood. At the close of the last year there was a great Agricultural, Mechanical and Scientific Fair in New Orleans. At this Fair tho Charter (fak Store bore away the pri te from all competitors. The specimen Stove o?, tx-bibition was, after receiving th? medal, parade 1 through the streets adorned with ribbons and f ag!. Now we remombored all this, for we had rt ad it with much interest at the time of its occurrence ; so when we wont to pur chase a stove, no power could have induced nc to buy any other than thu Charter Oak. And, hap pily, Mr. FULLERTON had but fow aare the Char ter Oak, and recommended them above all others. Ours is " Medium Sise" and can wry easily cooi, at once, a varied ?id olegant -?ical for twenty or twenty-five person!. And now our talo ii well-.nigh done. Wo are so delighted with our new Charter Oak that wa cannot refrain, pro bono pttblico, from publishing our joy abroad. The most useful inventions arc those which apply in over? day life, and which afford the greatest comfort and relief to the mul titude. Foremost among such, we regard the Cooking Stove. And its advantages too b-sar specially upon the asx which most need*-such ad vantages. -? ? i ? The Oro ngcbmrg News. A new weekly pap sr eootes to us from Orange burg. CHA RI.KS M. HALL, Publisher. Samuel DIBBLE Esq., Editor. Derm*, $2 per aonnmin advanco. Tho entim ms ke-up of this new candi date for popular favor x*r in ?ll its essence and surroundings, very highly commendable. We beg the News to set d',wn th? Advertiter at among its heartiest woll-wis icr?. General John A. Wagner, of Charleston, has been appeiutvd C)inn*i*sionor of Emigration, pursuant to tho art ol' the last Legislature, and will enter npon the d ities of bis Bureau at once. Two foreign agents w lL.also bo selected to take charge of th? interestt of tbs Stato which con cern emigration from Ireland and dlermauy. The Stevecs-8herman-BIaine Gol ment. In our Jut hau? wa ondenvored to anticipate tho.final action of Congross on tho Stevens pro gramme. Oar anticipations have proved entirely true, except in regard to the appointment of tho Military Commanders hy Gen. Grant. The latest telegraphic despatches are to the effect that tho Senate had passed the Sherman amendment, with certain amendments tacked thereto, by a voto of 27 to 9. This mw Sherman is a brother of the incendia ry General ; he ls a Senator from Ohio. What the House amondments are, is not even intimated, so far as we can see ; bat wo are morally sure they do not soften tho features or conditions of tho Bill. Wo may safely say at present that the Stevens-Sherman-Blaino embroglio has eventuated3 in the passage by both houses of Congress of a Bill dividing the South into Five Military Dis tricts, of which, as said in a previous article on this subject, North and South Carolina are to form the second District. The President is to appoint tho Military Com manders, subject, ho wovor, to a proviso that allows him little more than the shadow of choice; the Bill stipulating that such Commanders shall be from tho Regular Army and not below tho rank of Brigadier General. The power of appoint ment given to the President is virtually taken away, it will bo perceive J... by confining his choice te a certain class of persons very limited in num ber and soldiers by profession. So far as the military provisions of the Bill are concerned, wo infinitely prefer them to snch 'pro visions SE woro at one time proposed for thc~?s tablishment of a so-called "Loyal Government" in the different Southern States. We will know what to expeot from military rule, and may hope at least for somo protection of life and property, from the simple fact that Bach power is an ap purtenance of all military governments. But the protection of a " Loyal Government" would bo to the South that protection which wolves accord to lambs. ? The sway of an open and undisguised military dominion, directed by np special enmity, and which, from its unquestioned control and unlimited pow er, could afford to be magnanimous, is far prefera ble to a Loyal Government purporting to be formed of thurn, who, though living in our midst during the recent war, stood aloof and sympa thized with Federul Arms, and who entertain to wards us today much mure of venom and rancor than do the officers who led the Northern hosts. Wo fear, however, tnat ultimately we shall not escapa even this bitter cup ; inasmuch as Section .'.th of the Bill iu question provides for the forma tion of just such a Government. That is, upon the happening of certain contingencies, the " loyal" people in the respectif? States are to elect Dele gates to a Convention -wihh a view to the establish ment of a " Loyal Government" so fashioned ns to restore the Stales tu tbe Union. The Delegates to this proposed Convention are to be chosen from among those chues* who neither participated in nor sympathized with the> late " Rebellion," aud are to be voted itt hy those- only who can present a similar recwdL It is easy is. predict, under these circumstance-?, who will compose tueh a Convention, aid still j easier to foresee onr seemingly inevitable political f iOOUi. f It may bc that the President will pooket the Bill for the present, and not veto it at once, so that the whole matter may go over to the next Congress. Such a course however, will be a mere postponement of our servitude, as it is a very well ascertained fact that tho approaching Con gress will bo moreRadical than is the present. And it may be-by a sort of miracle ?-that Congress will net pa*? the Bill over tho President's veto. In tho last extremity tho Supreme Court will pronounco it unconstitutional ; but, in those days tho decisions of the Supremo Court are not treated with much respect by tho powerful and triumphant Radical party. So the ehance of the measure not becoming practically operative ii rather a shadowy one. At any rate, our fate seems sealed. If, as we have said above, the strong arm of military rulej? to be our portion, we may at least hope for qua"1 protection. But from the "Loyal Uovernnrerif1, framed as proposed in the Sth Section aforesaid, wo may await the fate of the vanquished, and exclaim ene wirti*. We are already poor in the extreme. Our lands tho only property left us, have lost tbeir ex. changeable value, and, from present prospects will, in all probability, sooner or later fall ?nie the hands of absentso landlords, whose peculating economy will fleeee us, and whose unconscionnb ? extortion, uncovering our nakedness, will expon to the world, like tho patched robe of Otway'! old w<?man, a very " variety of wretchedness." The Sherman Substitute If, says the Richmond Whin, the people o the Southern States will put their hands npoi their mouths and their mouths in the dus and cry unclean : if they will make favo; for themselves by delivering up for political mar tyrdem and outlawry their loaders in the late wai -both of which things they will, in effect, do ty ratifying the Constitutional Amendment ; if, then they will accept the New England dogma of ne gro equality by inviting Utir late slaves, en nutet, and without exception or condition, to unite witt them in rebuilding their States, and will dograd< the equal sovereignty of thoso States by submit ting their constitutions to Congress for its impe rial approval; if they will do these and a fev other like things, then the Sherman substitut! promises, that at some day, apparently not near certainly after the Presidential election, they maj have the priviloge of sanding to Congress mei whe, by their ability to take the test oath, wil confess that they had no lot nor part with th? South in her day of trial. The States of tbi South will decido the question for themselves should the substitut, become a law, but for thi: State we can say that the present generation o Virginians must pass away, and their sons ant sons' sons, before she will seek any representador in Congress through such means, and especiallj such representation. Miliiary rule may bo ;m posed on her, every devico of State torture maj be applied, these will be the .?hamo of thoso whe employ them, not hers-but she will never confesi a falsehood, nor affix the brand of infamy on hoi own brow. Never ! )on't you prefer to patronise your owt people instead of strangers, when you can dc equally as well if not better.' Why of cours< you would. Then, if such is the case, buy yom Drugs and Medicines from the Old Southern Drui House of GOODRICH, WI.NKMA.X k Co., No. 16; Meeting Stroet, Charleston, S. C., who keep th< best stock of puro and reliable Medicines to b< found South. You will then be buying from youi own poople, and not from strangers. In New Albany, Ind., a woman recently sued a man for entering her house against bet wishes. He proved that be was pursued by twe women, three boys and four dogs when be rushed into the house, and the jory acquitted him. Sy At a wedding in Raleigh, N. C., a few evenings since, the invited guests, after the cere mony, were requested to pay ten dollars each to tho bride, who was in such indigent circumstances that she had not tho means to complete her ward robo. Each person present promptly responded, the sum raised amounting lo about $500. The bride thanked her friends for their generosity, kissed them all, and went home with her husband in the best of spirits. "Mack," the Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, gets off the follow ing : Mr. Morehead, of Pitsburg, closed a eulogy en his late colleague, Phillip Johnson, with the following very touching piece of rhetoric: "How important that we, while using our host energies to reconstruct tho Government for time, should not fail to use proper exertions for reconstruction personally for eternity." I em afraid if Con gressmen don't make better progress with eternal than they haro with temporal reconstruction, they will all go to the devil by default. JB?~ A gamo of chess for $1,000 is to be played over the Atlantic cable bj English and American. Congressional Ne ivs and Wasuiugto Itemn. . WASHINGTON, February 20. The Senate was engaged on tho Dictri bills until the message from the House, a: nouncmg the passage of Sherman's bill wi) amendments. Mr. Williams moved that the Senate coi cur. Several Senators regretted the disfra: chiaing clause inserted.; by the House, bi would vote to concur notwithstanding. Mr. Johnson said iif he had his wish 1 would immediately receive Southern repr .?cntatives, but be would yield to the majorit He would vote for the bill because he saw i it a mode for rescuing thc country from tb perils which now threuton it. The Tenure of Office bill was harried the President last nig ht to prevent a pocki veto. Tho Senate took a recess. HOUSE.-Mr. Sherman's bill came up. Mr. Wilson's amendment was adopted ; ( to GO. It provides that persons exclude from office by the proposed Constitution Amendment be excluded from voting f members or being members of theconventic to form State Constitutions. Mr. Shellabarger oiFered an amendme: declaring that until the rebellious Stati were admitted to representation, any civ government shall be deemed provisional, su ject to the authority OK the United States, be abolished or modified or superseded J any time, and all elections under the cn government to be conducted persons.descri cd in thc fifth section, and no person quali ed to hold office under the provisional go eminent, ineligible under the provisions the Constitutional Amendment pf lastseasio was adopted-yeas. 98 ; nays, 70. The resolution to concur with the amen ment was then passed-125 to4C. Messrs.. Hawkins, of Tennessee, and Hui bell, of Ohio, were the only Republicans v ting nay. The Militia bill was recommitted to tl committee. The Army Appropriation bill was taken i and adopted, including thc ?cetion relati to the General of thc Army, which coutair in addition to points telegraphed last nigl that orders and instructions relating to mi tary operations, issued by the President Secretary of War, shall be issue J throu< the General Of the army. Tie House went Into Committee on Inte nal llevpnue, and then took a recess. Mr. Sherman, urging his bill, said wc w give the negro thc ballot, the! school, and tl protection of law, but the nation will ucv consent to put white men under his domin tion. He designated Stevens and Eliot's pla as horribly defective. On thc"landing of Surr&tt, thc Marsh said, ''Is your name John H. Surratt?" I ( replied, " It is, sir." The Marshal then ser ed thc warrant and fook :...-...session of tl prisoner. Hu holds his hoad erect, with fearless air; is handsomely dressed in a gn Zouave suit, with white leggings and ii f cap- He has a light mous->. he cud a loi goatee. He is band-cull-'i and in the ca and custody entirely of ibe. civil autlioritii Ex-Governor Tho*. H. Ford. <>f Ohio, ai Col. Sol. Hinckle, will defend 5-irratt. It is conceded that the S. . . wi'.l pr? the bill with the House amendments. The increased stringency developed 1 Wilson and Shellabarger s amendments is t tributed to Stevens' strategy. It is generally conceded that ibo Preside will waive the advantages of tillie ami ve the bill in time for Cougress to net. A delegation from the Boston Board Trade had an interview with the Preside to dRy relative to thedepreasion of commerc trade and shipbuilding. It appears from a communication from t President to the Senate, that the gross pr coeds of cotton seized arc S25,300,?0O ; fro the sale of miscellaneous property, $l,h'0i OOO ; from rents of abandoned property, ne: ; lySSOO.OOO ; from ether receipts, S2,30O,0fl totai, $35,000,000; net profit to Unit ' States, $25,000.000 WASHINGTON, February 21. HOUSE.-The Bill authorizing the ee/nstru lion of a bridge ever the Mississippi Rive i at st. Louis, was passed. The Bill to authorize the retiring of Cor t pound Interest Treasury Notes, $M0,?O0.0< of which are due this year, was taken up. An amendment, authorizing the issue $100,000,000 legal tender notes to repla them, was passed by a vote of iii) to 51). ' SENATE.-The Judiciary Committee r ? ported ? Bill providi g that where proper . had been confiscated by tho Confederate a i thorities, the former owner may make pro . to that effect before any Federal Court al , Commissioner, and that the Military Cor mander of the District in which the confise ted land lies shall place thc claimant in po session thereof upon presentation by him the Commissioners' or Jodee's certified de< sion, and shall protect him therein. A Bill was introduced to confirm the sal f made by the Tax Commissioners in Sou , Carolina to persons in thc army, navy or m t riue corps. - WASHI>- .ro.v,- February 22. SENATE.-Yates pr.scnted a petition fro r four thousand citizens (negroes,) of Chark ton, asking for territorial government ' The Bill extendinc agricultural colleges 1 ? Tennessee passed. Thc House amend mei . forbidding Confederate Professors was strickt ? out. i The Bill for mail between Sim Francist : and Honolula was passed. Sumner's resolution, in reference to tl Paris Exposition, appropriating nincty-thrt r thousand dollar?, was passed. The Senate adjourned. ' Thc Bill suspending temporarily dirci ' taxes in West Virginia, was passed. r The House went into Committee on Ta 1 Amendment removing the cotton tax lib I September 1st, LSG?-passed by a vote of C . to 54. s Blaine, of Maine, made the motion. ( Stevens moved that a portion of thc cotto , tux for the present year bo appropriated lc , the relief of the citizens of Chambersburg ft . the burning of that city, which was rejectet ?he House then took a recess. WASHINGTON. February 23. HOUSE-Schofield opposed further anpropr ations for thc Capitol. He hnd no idea th r Capitol was going to remain herc. > Schofield abused the Baltimore and Obi i Railroad. r Thc appropriations include over half a mil lion for improvements hereabouts. Also tl the survey of the Atlantic -.nd Gulf coast i quarter of a million. , Section Sixth directs that 'ho Clerk of th ( House select papers in 4h< uurepresectei States not exceeding one hi each Congre* aional District to publish treaties and law. ' The rate not exceeding om.' Mollar per yquar ! of eight lines, > The discussion developed the fact that th ? object is to f.-ster loyal papera ti riuighont. th ? South, after which the House to k ? r*c s?. Surratt plead not guilty, and rcspbhded I ibo question by whom he would bo tried, r " by my countrymen." Ho wa? * hen recooi . mitted. The proceedings are devoid of rail . itary paraphernalia. 7 .e Court is densely packed. Surratt ha; not been brought in at 1 o'clock, but waa mo mentarily expected. Nebraska has accepted the universal suf . frage on which admission depended. It is stated that Surratt'a lawyers advise against any confessions or satements. Sur ratt and sister had an hour's interview of i sad character. . ---? -?- ? Committee Reports. WASHINGTON, February 22.-The South Carolina Mnrdcr Committco have reported strongly questioning the action of Judge Hall who released tho nlleged murderers. Th? report asserts that O. H. Browning, for one thousand dollars fee, made an argument be fore the President, urging that thc prisoners be brought within the reach of the writ oi habeas corpus in Northern Courts. The Committee makes the following deductions from the evidence of Generals Schofield, Thorn es, Wood and Baird. The punishment of crime upon soldiers. Union men and freed men cannot be relied upon in their depart ments. Neither the magistrates nor jurors are disposed to discharge their duty in this respect. There is no change for tho better, but rather for the woise. Thc Committee j suggests military rule as the only practical J cure for tko alleged ovil?, For tho Advertiser. Lines on the Death of 3Iiss Tillie " Smith. Liku a flower ?ho dwelt among us, Nurtured with our purest love; Her charms, the boart of each beholder, Aye, the coldest heart, could moro. As the sunbeam's sparkling brightness, Gilding e'en thc darkest gloom; (Lore and cheer were her attendants, Now thoy're weopingo'er her tomb. Oft when vexed with wan ing pussions, Or when lonely sad and dro'ir, Did her voice of angel's sweetness, Quell and soothe this spirit-care. Ere the crystal dews of morning, Sparkled 'neath the risen aun, A blast swept o'or this boauteous flower, And dashed its petals to the ground. Ah, we miss this gentle spirit, Ob, how mnch we ne'er can tell, How our heart-throbs stopped in anguish At hor sad and mute farewell. Yes, wo miss her, i-.i'y miss her, Miss her sweet voice in the choir; Br.t 'tis raised in holier anthems, Clearer, sweeter tones, np there. Like a note of far-off music, Wafted on Eolian waren, Is the sad, soft, thrilling fselin?, The mem'ry of this'loved ono leaves. M. N. N. From the Holly Springs Miss., Repnb'icsn. Romance in Real Life. Something like a quarte: of a century ago a marriage took place at Holly Springs, which, at that time, excited no little attention on account of the opposition manifested by the relatives of thc lady. Thu gentleman was a stranger in our midst, and, as his past history and antecedents were unknown, the opposition to the marriage seemed right and proper. Thc lady, however, who waa at the time a widow and of lawful agc, thought dif ferently, and resolved to marry Mr. B. in spite of them all. Sho was married, and, meeting with no friendship from her rela tions, the'huiband determined to-leave Holly Springs ai?1, return to bis home in the North west. A few weeks after their union, they arriv ed at Cincinnati and engaged rooms for tbe'r sojourn fur some time in that city. The baggage was brought up, and the husband hid the-wi fe's baggage put .nt o the room, but ordered his to be left in the public hall. This excited no surprise at the time with thc wife, as nothing of an unkind nature had oc curred between her and her husband, and love seemed still to be running in its even and onward channel. A few moments af terward the husband feigned some excuse to lerive for a few hour?, and ihe lady retired to her room to await his return. Ile never re turned. When morning dawned the lady discover ed that she had been abandoned, a stranger among strangers, without friends and with out, mniifjr. lier agony was so intenso that Lb'1, interest of the bonrdorn of the hotel was earnestly engaged in her behalf, and she found many fi ?ends who not only sympathiz ed with h"r. but seemed willing to.render such aid and a-sistance ns was necessary. Among the number of. boarders at tho hotel was a w'Ksltuy lady and her husband, on their way t Cuita, to see if the delightful climate pi that ceagirt island* would not assist in re storing the wife to health. Tin' lady solicited Mrs. B. to accompany her us companion and aune, which proposi tion was accepted. In a few days the j any reached Havana, and Mrs. B. having some leisure time, from the sick bed, employed b<r sell in making and titting dresses. She soon became an expert at the business, and had more work than she could possibly do. In a few months she purchased a -dock of ladies?' goods, and from this small beginning it was but a few years before she became the pro prietress of one of the fines!', hotels in the city, which she kept in almo t Oriental mag nificence. Her hotel was, and we believe still is. ex tensively patronized by the first class citizens of every nationality. She is now ? millionaire, ? and her charities, particularly to the people i of her own country, arc unbounded. She if? the friend of thc friendless, and her name and charities will long be remembered by all who visit Cuba. She has, however, never forgotten or forgiven ?be cold-hearted wretch : who so cruelly abandoned her at Cincinnati, ! and looks forward eagerly to that day which may give ber the opportunity to be avenged. SENSATION* ix LEXINGTON.-The Lexington ' (Ky.).j Observer and Reporter tells thc fol lowing concerning a propbeteus. , M Our eolured population s-.re very mud i excited by the appearance of a negro prophe . tess.' On Sunday night, in c',iurcb, a negrc girl, named Jennie Bell, We believe, wat struck dead and remained so for several days When life returned ?ho was bliud. Her sight [ has returned, but she-is competely paralized from her neck down. She professes to hav< gone to Heaven and hell and become widelj , acquainted with the denizens of those do mains. She died in hersins, but more fortunate than Dives, ber sins were forgiven and sh? sent back tn earth to preach a reforma'ion ' She can reveal all seewts-can give informa* lion of the. eternal whereabout, of every deac \ person. She hts announced that she wil ' preach upon thc streets. Crowds arejlockin^ to sec her. She lives, we itndevstand, on hil street, near Broadway Tm: MOTTO KOR THE HOCH.-Plant nt ' more cotton that you need to supply persona ? expenses. Cultivate corn and improve youl stock. Ii^y in plenty of provisions. Wein no luxuries, dress in homes pun, patronize I your own people, and live as you did during . thc war-within yourselves. Every dollai . $pent at the North strengthens your enemy Upon dollai-3 depends the solution of oui troubles. Bs satisfied simply to exist, inde poudent of Yankeedom. We haye bien de clared to bc out of the Union, aud let ui [ quietly act accordingly.-South Carolinian. BLACK AS MIUXICHT.-The Macon Tele graph NUS th-t a very distinguished Geor gian, just returned from tho Federal Capital when a,--ked about the political prospects'o; the South, replied: "As dark aj midnight.' The President has ceased to he considered The moderate Radicals would be eonrpelleo by ibe law of self preservation to fall into anj measure sanctioned by the.majority, and thc most, violent complaim d that the spured' pub lie opinion waa pressine them in the rear They woe behind the call, and could not gc fast ?ind tar ouough to satisfy their constitu* encies. A puurer in Washington county was rc <:e>::!ly asked what ho thought of the new mil itary l'A De replied by asking if it would j prevent him from making cotton. When as sored in tue negative, be replied, "d-n Congress and the bill. Let 'em rip. I'm go ing to make cottpn." His policy, if not pie ty, is worthy of commendation. PKEPARIXC TO 00 IX TO A TERRITORY-A gentleuiau residing on a farm near Richmond, a lbw days since, iu view of the passage ol the territorializing bill, addressed the Com missioner ol Agriculture, begging him to send ou about five hundred bushell! of prairie grass and ten buffaloes.-Augusta Press.. COXSKRVATIVB ?riGRAMS.-The National Republican (Johnson's organ) has scattered through its columns hits at Stevens' bill. We collect the following : When thc South is -reconstructed under West Point Brigadiers, the Freedmen's Bu reau will be knocked into ten thousand flin ders. In the North, the theory is that all govern ment rests in the consent of tho governed. In the South, thc government is to restjn the consent of the governors-regular army Brig adiers. All of that estimable class of individuals who have nothing to lose and "everything to gain," and who do not scruple to take chances in any scheme of plunder, are ready to Po iandize the riouth and Mexicanize ibo whole . Public MeetiB? 1-- - -- The Citizen! of the District are requoced to assemble at Meetidg Street (J. S. Smyly's) on Thursday, tho 28th'in8t., t?-take into con?idera tinn the propriety of ?V?ZaWjr." suspending the Spring Term of Court.at Edgefield C. H., S. C. Feb 25,. : ; --HT?T- , ?3f A cross word begets a-word that is :ross; so willa kind one j beget its own likened. If people only knew.the powerthey possess in being kind, bow much good:would they achiove for themselves, how much misery prevent for others. jy IT is a pity that the character doesn't al ways, like the hair, grow white with 8ge. ?SfDr. Carlyon describes a dinner-part;/ as a' '* hospitable attempt npon your life." ??f Rev. Henry Ward Beecher delivered a lectnro ia the Brooklyn Academy of Musje Wed nesday evening, on universal suffrage, in vhicb he strongly advocated the extension of th.- suf frage to women. The lectare was delivered t nder the auspices of the Brooklyn Fraternity ant. wai the first of a course of four announced for tire' season. g?- The Now Orleans Time? says that Xr. A. Gourrier, of Iben-flle Parish, raised, last year, silk; of the best quality. A dozen cf the cocoons have been sent to the Parish Exposition ; also, a num ber of skeins of sewing silk-some pure vhite, others dyed a glossy black. I he silk of nh ich they are made was raised frc m eggs which had been in the Doctor's possession for forty years. ?&r~ The Banner, published at Ocala, Fla., says : We learn from an intelligent freedman rho came with his family to Smyrna, on the Atlantic side of- the peninsula, in the colony rectntly brought ont by General Ely from South Carolina, that large numbers of them are anxious ti > get into the interior where they may get ampi: re ward for their labor, and would come had they any way of getting away. They are repraseoted as being sadly disappointed and discours go I, as they see no means of providing themselves and families with sufficiont food to prevent starvation. Several of our citizens, says the Banner, have gone down, and will doubtless secure a suffirien cy of laberers." 83?* The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette, in speaking of the substitution of the President for General Grant in tho Sher man bill, says : " I have positivo information thal this alteration was made, not in deference ta thc Constitution, not because of any disposition to lenity, but for the reason that it was demanded by General Grant himself, who, whatever may bc his affiliation with the radical party, * at least dis dains to he made the scapegoat of their iniquitous machinations." PAPER MILL BURNT.- The Anderson (S. C.) Intelligencer learns through a private source, th*t the Buena Vista Paoer Mills, in Greenv ale District, operated by Messrs. S. W. Browr & Co., was destroyed by lire on Monday after noon last. Tho loss is not. very heavy, as oui little damage was done thc machinery or ira ter wheel. WHIT STEVENS WANTS.-a Leo," the Wash ington correspondent of the Courier, says thal Mri Stevens han not relinquished his policy which he avowed two years ago, and bas re peatedly urged since, of confiscating all th( lands of thc people of the late Confederate States, for the benefit of the negroes and the Federal Treasury. He and Boutwell, and other leaders, still intend that tho M organizan of the rebellion" shall be brought to execu tion as traitor*. These .'.re the terms of ad justment which the Military Bill and its au thors-look toward. EXCITEMENT IX FAYETTEVILLE.-We lean from persona who came down night bifcri Inst on thc boat, that there bas been a ten i ble excitement created in Fayetteville aboi an attempted commission of rape on a youri, woman named Massey by a negro, who wai killed by an infuriated mob while in the hand; of the Sheriff.-Wilmington Dispatch. ?S" A little girl, niece of Captain Childs, ii reported to have-fallen heir to a fortune of amil lion and a half of dollars. This little heiress n sides in Portsmouth, Va., and is thus sudden!} enriched by tho death cf a relative in .England She is seven or eight yenrs of age. OBITUARY. DKPAKTKn this life, oil the 4th inst, GEORG CONWAY MAYSON. Esq., aged 63 years. The deceased was a consistent lnunber. of th Methodist Episcopal Church for about yean He was energetic, frugal and shrewd in his de pertinent, ever keeping his business manageable ?o when the '"crash came upon ns," which ruiner our country, he was fortified against it. . Nor wa neglectful of the "better part." Hi* intere.-t wa to lay the luundatton right, and then to huib upon it. Hence his Chrisiian integrity, bis unti rinir zeal for the promotion of pistv nnd virtue. Th? community will lung remember his chart table deeds, the " Heralds of the Cross)" his kine hospitalities, and the ni l he afforded to Christi anity. Long will these and other good trait follow his footsteps ; nay not until eternity abai usher in, and ita realities known, will all the. be properly brought to light. His disease was long and protracted, 1 ut hi hore it with Christian patience and fortitude Death had no terrors fjr binu He waited for hi; dissolution with faith in his Almighty Protector and therefrom realized strength even in a dyinj hour, and died exhorting his family and friend to meet him in heaven where purling will bo ni more. Thus passed away the true patriot,.friend, kim father, and the true Christian. He letti? a companion and several children t mourn their irreparable loss. But they moun not as those who have no hope. '* Blessed are tb dead who die in the Lord, henceforth ; they res from their labors, aad their wcrks do follow them. J. P. B.. ^ff^The Southern Christian Advocate wil please copy. COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, Feb. 23. COTTON.-The market was dull and dcclinin, to-day. The transactions were very limited an the market, too unsettled to give quotations. Tb ..ales were 77 bales, as followo :-2 at 27, 7 at 271 rt at 28, 46 at 29, 4 at 291,.? at 30, and 3 bales a 31 i cents. The receipts amounted to 77 bales GOLD.-Brokers are buying at 137 and selling at 140. BACON-Sides, 15@17; Shoulders 13@14 Hams, 15(3.18 c?s. ty lb. BUTTER-(-oshea, 45@50; country, 25(5 30cts. ty lb. CHEESE-21 @25 cts. ty lb. COFFEE-Ri?, 25@28J; Java, 40@45. FLOUR-$14@$IS,50 ty bbl., according ti qui Itv. GRAIN-Corn, white, $l,45@$l,50; yellow $1,50. Oats. $1,05(??)$1,10. Rye, $1,50. CORN MEAL-$1,50 ty bushel. LARD-12@15 ct*. ty lb. SYRUP-^ gallon, 35@$1.60; Molasses, ?( @65tits. ty ?allon. SUGAR-Cuba, 13? 14; Crushed and Pow tiered, 18; A, 17@17. Band C, 16a 17cts. ty lb .. SALT-Liverpool, ty caok, $2.60. RICE-Carolina, ll Tn; 12 cts. EGGS-gt dozen, 18@25.cta. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 23.-Cotton closed quiet: sales 8,000 balos. Middling Uplands 13jjd ; Mid dling Orleans MJd. The stock .of cotton on hand is|570,000 bales, of wkich 235,000 bales arc American. Nsw YOUR, Feb. 23.-Cotton dull at 31$c foi middling upland?. Gild 13."\. Flour 5@10cts, better ; Corn lower and qui. -new $1,20 ; Lard lower. Corn Meal and Grits, At $2,00 JPer Bushel. COUNTRY and CANVASSED HAMS, verj cheap ; SIDES and SHOULDERS; BUTTI.R and LARD; 100 Dozen Fresh EGttS; IRISH POTATOES, tho rerv best ; Fresh supply of SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA ; RICE, CHEESE, MACARONI, Ac, Ac. All of which will he sold -at Augusta Retail Prices, transportation added. CHEATHAM A BRO. Ffib 25 tf. . fl NOTICE. ALL Porsons having any demands whatever against tho Katatc of WASHINGTON WISE, dee'd., are requested to present them forthwith, duly proven, to H. W. Addison, Attor ney of said Estate. IL A. SHAW AND OTHERS. JSx*n. FebiT lt $ ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office, LAW RA5CE, EDGEFIELD, S. C. Feb 27 tf 9 W. J. RKADT. JA?I. T. CULBRBATH. READY & CULB REATH Attorneys at Law ANO . SOLICITORS IN EQUITY? EDGEFIELD, S. C. Feb i.' ti 9 fi: W. CANNON, A?i? of Werf w, _. jD/wcx. ,fla.x.Ajif ft > wai,, .RIDGEFIELD C. H., S. C. gop Bcs^i DEALER Produc e, Family anti Fjaiicy Groceries, CONPECT?ON??IE8, ' ''NUTS, FifrjrTs/Ac.rAc, Ac, J r One door Smth. cf L. E. Tillman. Has Just Received a Large Lot of CORN, "BUCKETS, OATS. BR00M3, FLOUR, . SOAP, . r\ MEAL, STARCH, ' ' X BACON, ' PICKLE^, 5;,- . LARD, SARDINES, BUTTER, "SPICES/**"*' RICE, TABLE SALT, BUCKWHEAT ILOUESAN BRUITS, SUGARS, EDINBURO-ALE, SYRUP. Extra Cider VINEGAR, COFFEE, ' ONIONS, TEA, TOBACCO, . CHEESE, SEGARS, MACCARONI, CONFECTI?3?EKIES, CRACKERS, . NUTS, MACKEREL, ORANGES, CANDLES, LEMONS, Ac, Ac! Also, A Large Stock of Lad es, Mon's, Boys and Chil dren's SHOES, HATS, COMBS, ' - BUTTONS, THREAD, BELTS, And various other articles, all of which will he sold at THE LOWEST PRICES FOR' CASH. Feb 2?, *t ' ? Corn Meal, Grits. GROUND FEED. (Corn and Oats,) Bran, Fine .Feed, -Also, Superfine,' Extra and Family FLOUR, MADE, and for sale at the GRANITE MILLS, in quantities to suit purchasers. BOLTED CORN MEAL, fresh ground dkflj, at $1,50 per bushel, of 10 bushel: or more. GROUND FEED, (beingequal parts Corn and Oat? ground together,) a most excellent Feed for Stock of any kind, at $3,0 0 per lOt pounds. ' FINE FEED, at $2,50 per 100 pounds. These articles can be bad at any time at the Mill, or No. 2-iS 3road ? treat, Augusta, Ga., by ^ GEO. T. JACKSON & CO* Augusta, Feb 18 St 8 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRACT, IN EQUITY.' Winnifred Boyd, ) Thos. B. R?ese, Adm'or., et al.' j * ? *\ , BY Virtue of an Order of the Court in this cauxe, all and ?irgular the Creditors cf JAS. BOYD, dee'd., are required to prosent and prov? their claims before the Commissioner on or before thc first day of April next. Z. W. CARWILE, C. E. E. D. Feb 2?, 1867. 5t 9 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDIN?R Y. rnj BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary oftEdge field District. Where*?, David P. Lagrone has i.pplied to me for Letters of Administration, on all ar.-i;singular the goods and chatte!?, right? attd credits of James McCarty lato of. the District afore said, dee'd. - These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at oar next Ordinttry's Court for the said District, to ba hohlen at Edgefield C. H., on the 7th day of March next, to show cause, if any, vii j the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 20th day of Feb. in the year of our Lerd one thousand tight hnndr?d and Sixty-reven, and in the 91st jear of the .Independence of the United States of America. . W. P. DURISOE; O.E.D. Feb. 27,. . . 2t 9 ..-s-. -? State of South Carolina, .EDGEFIELD' DISTRACT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esqr., Ordinary of Edge fiold District. Whereas, Daniel Ouzta has applied to me for Letters of Administration) on nil and sin gular the goods and chattels, rights anl credits of ? 1 Martha A. Oozta late.of the District"afore a j said, deceased. . e; These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceived, to be and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to" be boldeu at EdgeGeld C. H., on the Hth day of March next, to ?how canse, if any, why the .aid administration should set be granted. Given nuder my hand and sea), this 23d day of Feb. in the year of cur Lord one thousand eight hundred- and sixty-seven and in the ninety-first year of American Independence.. W.J. DURISOE, O.E.D. Feb. 27, 2t 9 Assistant Assessor's Notice. U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE TAX.. NOTICE is horeby given to Tax Payera resi ding in the 9th Regiment, that I will attend .it the time and places mentioned, viz : . At Liberty Hill on Wednesday, the 27th inst, nnd the successive days, 26th inst, and 1st and :'d March. At Red Hill on Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday, the 4th, 5th and 6th March. At John Cheatham's Store on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday, the 7th, 8th and 9th of March. To receive returns required, on. Income Tax for 1:61 and 1865, and for Licenses and Special Tax fi ora May 1st 1865. to May 1st 18C6. All property owners, manufacturers, business aad .professional monaro required by law to make r ?turns under heavy penalties which will be cc tv reed against all delinquents. Blank forms will be furnished and information given on application. ISAAC BOLES, Assistant Assessor. Feb 55 lt 9 I! Law Library for Sal?. ! Y an Order obtained from Wm. F. Durisoe, _J' Esq.^Ordlnary of Edgefield District, I will tell at Edtrefieid Court House, on WEDNESDAY, th i l?th March next, the LAW LIBRARY Of the late G. W. LANDRUM, deceased, consist - inK of about TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY STANDARD LAW BOOKS. And, at the same tin e and place, I will also sell the LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS LIBRARY of said deceased, containing many Select and Vamable Books. Also, a few articles of OFFICE FURNITURE. W. M. LANDRUM, Adj&'or. Feb 25 3c 9 MARVIN'S PATENT Al a ai nnd Dry Plaster, Pin and Burglar Proof SAFES, WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE WORLD ! Never corrode the Iron. Never lose their flre-proof qualities. Are the only Safes filled with Alum and Dry Plaster. Please send or call for an Illustrated Catalogue MARVIN A CO. Principia ? No. 265 Broadway, New York. 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