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EDGrEFIELD, S. C., MMCH 27, 1867.
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tOLUME XXXII.-^o. 13.
tir mnm atlast tlip f>hi<?f dpfpHPO
224r. Broad St., 224
;E Hil
Every Article in Our Stock Largely
Beduced!
I. SIMON & BRO.,
MANUFACTURER'S OF
5?
Offer the remainder of their WINTER CLOTHING and GENTS1
FURNISHING GOODS ht REDUCED PRICES in order to make
room for i^he Spring Trade.
Our well assorted Stock of Cassimeres, Broad Cloths, Doeskins,
Tweeds, Jeans, Hats, and many other Goods, we offer at the same
Reduced Prices.
^Frliuyers will save money by calling and examining for
themselves.
^"Remember we have ONLY ONE PRICE, always giving
our Customers the advantage of a fair Bargain.
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FASHIONABLE CLOTHING EMPORIUM,
221 Broad Strict, Fonr Boors* Eelow l'cii?ral Hotelj Augusta, Ga.
Angosta, Jan 7
tf
C. & A. G. HALL,
Insurance A_ gent s9
No. 221 Broad Street,
Represent the following Insurance Companies :
THE GEORGIA HOME. of
MERCHANTS.of
JEFFERSON. .of
CITY FIRE.of
MERCHANTS' A MECHANICS'.of
STAR FIRE.of
NATIONAL MARINE AND FIRE.of
NEW ENGLAND.of
ASSOCIATED FIREMAN'S.of
NORTH ATALIUVAJ.. of
VIRGINIA..7....7.T.?t
UNION.of
INSURANCE AND SAVING.of
L\ .umbu?, Ga.
Hartford, Colin.
Scottsrille, Va.
Hartford, Coi.n.
Baltimore, Md.
New York.
New Orleans. La.
Hartfo'd. Conn.
Baltimore, Md.
Hartford, Coun.
Baltimore. Md.
Richmond, Va.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE.of Columbi.-, S. C.
SOUTURRN ACCIDENTAL .of Lynchburg, Va.
?S?T-MR. D. R. DURISOE is our authorized Agent fer Edgclitld and vicinity., und partir
wishing to insure Trill find it to their interest to call or. him.
< urn stn. Ocr 22 fim 43
Manure Qepo
PURE PERMIAN G?AP
F n o ii
SHIP ST. LAWRENCE.
-o
Wi' bare now on band, and in trans
200 Toas of Pure Peruvian Guai
This Guano is.selec.ted, among several Carg
from thc Ship .$7. Lawrence, ns containing a
gor proportion of Ammonia than usual. It {
into NO SECOND HANDS, (which would i
der it very liable to adulteration at tho pres
high rate;-,) but is shipped to us direct by tho
PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT AGE!
himself, an . heneo wc nrc enabled to GUAR*1
TEE THE PURITY OF EVERY DAG SOI
A libera! discount will bc made to cash pure
.-".?rs of ten tons or upwards. Orders promj
attended.
-ALSO,
LARGE STOCKS OF
Hoyt's Supcr-Pliospltale Lime,
In L?>ts of j Tons or more, per ton, $03
" Smaller Lot.", " " 6"
Biugh's Raw Bone Super-Phos.,
In Lots of j Tons or illaro, per ton, $07
" Smaller Lots, " " "u
Soluble Pacific Guano,
In L <ts of Tons or moro, per ton, $7.1
" Smtillcr Lot.?, " " 80
,vSf~These Manures have been used in Gc?r;
anti South Carolina, the first (Hoyt's) since 18
-the two hist during the past season, with grn
tying re'ults. Wo have testimonial! from w
known Planters highly favourable.
J. 0. MATHEWSON & CO,
?83 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Augusta, Dec 22 Sm 52
POLLARD, COX 4 C0^
COTTON FACTORS,
Warehouse aa] h a-mmw
MEECH ANTS
Corner Reynolds and Campbell Street,
A CG'-STA, GA.,
Agcn? for Reed's Phosphate.
Augusta. Feb 12 tf 1
$1,000 Reward!
The Great English Remedy !
A CERTAIN A?D'TPEEDY CURI
FOR GONORRUG:A,
SYPuriiis.
INCONTINENCE OF URINE.
WEAK v KS.S OF 'HIE BACK,
PAIN IN Til E RACK,
DISEASE OF BLADDER.
STONE IN RLADDKR.
KIDNEY DISEASE,
DIABETES,
AND GLEET
;f?*r?Th?s propar.ition is ottered to the afflicted
with tho greatest confidence.
Sold ut EJgefield by TEACTK A CAHWII.K.
W. H. TUTT,
General Agent for the Southern Stater.
Augusta, Ga., Jan SO Sm ^
\
3^2 e>^w Store
218 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
beg leavo to inform the citizens ot Edge
field and vicinity that wc Lave removed to Kc
2IS Broad Street, thrco doers above Plumb A
Leitncr'e Drug Store, whore wo will keep con
stantly on hand a LARGE STOCK of
Men's, Youth's and Hoys' CLOTHING
Ladies* and Men's HATS, all kinds;
HOOTS and SHOES, every variety;
DRY GOODS, HOSIERY", GLOVES
Ladies' and Gents? FURNISHING
GOODS ;
HOOP SKIRTS and NOTIONS;
TRUNKS, VALISES, CAR PET BAG S :
Ladies' Travelling SATCHELS ;
Also, a good Assortment of WATCH?
ES and JEWELRY.
All of t!ic above we will sell at a SMALL AD
VANCE FOR CASH. We *hall bc happy to rc
.liv-j a call from you, or Ire favored with yoi:
orders for all goods in cur linc.
?i?i~ C- un try Merchants will do well by giviuj
tu a call bef >re purchasing elsewhere.
LEVY & ASHER.
Aucustn, Oc t 1 6m40
J C. Stilreiner & Sons, I J. C. Sthreiner k Sou;
Macon, Gu. Savannah, Ga.
No. 199 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A CHOICI
SELECTION OP
BOOKS, STATIONERY
AND
PAWCY Cr O <Z> 3D S .
?3S- All Ordern from the. Country Promptly At
tended to.
THE BEST OF ITALIAN VIOLIN
AND GUITAR STRINGS.
AGENTS FOB
STEINWAV A SONS.
SOEBBELER ft SCHMIDT'S
AND OALE A OO.'i
CELEBRATED PIANOS.
Augusta, Nov. b, ?ui 45
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
THIS POPULAR HOTEL has boon renovated
painted, and put in complete order, with t
determination on ibo part of tho proprietor V
?cake it a FIRST CLASS HOUSE.
Mr. S. M. JONES bas chief control, and wil
be recollected by our Southern friends as tho for.
mer proprietor of tho AMERICAN HOTEL, du
ri?e the Wiir, in Richmond, Va., nnA will be glac
to seo his old friend?, promising th<>m a "Wini
NIA WKI.COME." Every effort will be made t(
give entire satisfaction. A call is solicited. Tormi
reasonable.
S. M. JOKES, Proprietor.
Augusts, Jan. 1 ?f I
Loved too Late?
Far off in tie dim and dcsolato Past
That shonless and sorrowful sea
Where wrcc'cs are driven by waves and blast,
Shattered, sanken arid lost at last,
Lies th? heart that was broken for me
Poor heart!
Long ago broken for mo !
My loves w?re Glory and Pride and Arc
Ah, dung irons rivals throe !
Sweet lips night quiver and vrarm tears start:
Should an f.rtist pause fora woman's heart?
Even t'aat which was brokeu for ma?
Poor heart!
Too raro to be broken for mo !
Ob, sho wa j more mild than the summer wind,
More fui - than the lilies bo;
Moro true than tho star with twilight twinned,
Was tho spirit against whose life I sinned
The tuart that was brokon for me !
Poor heart!
Cruell.r brokon for me!
I told her in artist should wed his art
That only bis lovo should be !
No other saould lure mo from mine apart,
I said ; ?md my cold words chilled her heart,
The h jart that was broken for me
Poor heart!
Hopelessly broken for mc!
I spoke of tho beautiful years to come, s
In tho lands boyond tho sea
Those years which must bo so wearisome
To her ; but hor patient, lips were dumb ;
In sibnee it broke for me!
Poer heart!
Bmkc, yet complained not for me !
I pressed her hand, and rebuked her toars
Lightly and carelessly;
I said my triumph* should r?\-icli h?ir ears,
And left lier niouc with dismal years,
And ihc heart tba; was hrenking for me
Poor r.criri.'
Silently breaking for mc!
My days were a dream of lammer '?me,
My lift was a victory ;
Fame wove bright garlands, to crown my primo,
And I half forgot, in (bat radiant c'.iuie,
Thc heart that was breaking tor mo
Poor fcrnrt!
Patiently breaking for ree!
Bunny rhnlo!ifoeecmetlfa* th?'sw ?ft years rolled
Mure bollon and vain to by ;
Fame's bosom ?:t best if bard and cold
Qbf I wi uti* hure elven ail prai?? and gold
For thc heart that was broken for aio
Poor hear: {
Broken, and vainly, for mc!
Sick with longing, iiopc and dre id,
Sbd had wasted as though with grief, they Said
Poor child, poor child !-and was long since dead ;
Ah ! dead fur tho love ol too!
Poor b?arl !
Br; kuri, ii.rid vainly !or mo!
Weighed d??wn by a loa?l too heavy to hold!
She c ie?! unmuruiurincly !
And I. remorseful and unconsoled,
I dream nf thc was?ed days of old,
And thc hear: that wu? broken for me
Poor heart!
Broken so vainly for me !
And mr sou', eric- mu-in bitter pain
For th? lilias that cannot l>c
For thu love thnt cannot C< me again,
For ?ii-: > weet young lifo that waa livod*in vain,
And the bcarl that wa-' broke mc
Pour heart!
Bioko and buried for ute !
The ?Fay to Keep Him
" Out again to night ?*' Faid Mw-7"*ygi
^*-^y?~;??"K?F,lv"??.?l?.i?it mstf iv...? Ui?? tca.fn
oe. and donned his prc.it cnat
..Yes, I have an engagement -rilli Moore
I shall )e in early ; have a ligiit in the libra
ry. Geed nigjit." Awl with a careless nod
William Hoyes left the roon;
uAlways thc way," murmured Lizzie Haves
sinking back upon the sofa. Out every night
1 doux believe he cares one bi', about tue
now, and yet we've been ra irried only two
yeats. No inan can have ;i more orderly
house 1 am sure. I never g.? any wileri*. I sui
not a bit extravagant ; and yet I don't believe
iiC loves ice any if^re. 0. dear, why is it ? I
wa>n't rich ; lie did not many me for my
mODev, and he must have loved me then
why does he treat mc with so much neglect ?"
And with bet mind lilied with such frightful
querier, L'zzi?- fell asleep on thc sofa.
Let me paint her picture as she lay herc
She w is a blonde, with a small graceful figure
und a pretty face. The hair which showed
by its rich waves its natural tendency to cur!,
was brushed smoothly back, and gatherod
into a rich knot at the back-it was such a
bother to curl it. she said-her cheek was
paie, and the whole face wore a discontented
expression. Her dress was a neat chintz ,,
wrapper, but she wore neither collars nor
sleeves. " What's the U?C of dressing up just
for William ?"
Lzzie sh pt soundly for two hours, and
then awoke suddenly. She sat up, glanced
at the clock, and sighed drearily at the pros
pect of the long interval still to bo spent be
fore bedtime.
The library was just over the room in
which she sa', and down the furnace-flue,
th tough the register, a voice came to thc
young wife's cars, lt was her husband's.
'' Well, Moore, what's a man to do? I must
have pleasure somewhere. Who would have
fancied that Lizzie Jarvis, s?: pretty, sprightly,
and loving, could chango t?> lue fretful dowdy
she is now ? Who wants to s;yy at homo to
bear his wile whining all thc evening about
her troublesome servants, and her headach?!
and all sorts of bothers? She's got the knack
of that drawling whine so [?nt, 'pen my life I
don't believe she ca:: speak plvasintly/'
L'zzie sat m il stunned. Wa- thi.i true?
looked in the glass. If r.oi exactly dowdy,
her costume was certainly not suitable for an
evening wiih only William to admire. She
to?", and softly went to her room, with bitter,
?cirrowful thoughts, and a firm resolution, to
um back her husband's h earl,
?Te regained, to keep bira.
The next morning William
breakfast room wi'li his usual
ncr, but a bright, shine came on his lips as he
sa.v Lizzie. A pretty chintz, with neut collar
id sleeves of snow-wnm- muslin, with a
wreath of soft full curls, bud really metamor
phosed her ; while the blus'i her husband's
admiring ?lance called up to her cheek did
not detract, (rom her beauty. At first William
thought lhere must, be a guest, but glancing
around, he found.they were alone.
Come, William, your coiled will soon be
cold." said Lizzie, in a cheerful pleasant voice.
"It must cool till you sweeten my break
fast with a kiss/' ."aid her husband croFsing
the room to her side, and Lizzie's heart bound
ed as she recognized thc old lover's tone and
manner.
Not one fretful speech, not one complaint
fell upon William's ear through the roealt
Tbc newspaper, the usual solace at that hour,
lay untouched, as Lizzie chatted gaily on
every plea-ant topic she could think of, warra
in;.-, by his grateful interest and cordial man
ner. ?
" You will bc at home to dioner ?" sue said,
as ho went out.
;' Can't to day, Lizzie. I've business out of
town but I'll be homo carly to tea. Have
something substantial] for I don't expect to
dine. Good-bye." And tho smiling look,
warm '.iss, and lively whistle were a marked
contrast to his lounging careless gait of the
p' evious evening.
" I am in the right path," said Lizzie in a
low whisper. "Oh, what a fool I have been
for the last two years ! A fretful dowdy."
William, you shall never say that again."
Lizzie loved her husband with a real wifely
devotion, and her lips would quiver as she
thought of the confidence to his friend Moore;
liut like a bravo little woman she stifled back '
thc bitter feeling, and tripped off to perfect
her plans. The grand piano, silent for months,
was opened, and the linen COTS*? taken from '
and then, his
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:amo info thc
Careless man
the furniture, Lizzie saying, " He shan't find
any parlors more pleasant than his own, I'm
determined."
Tea-time, and William came with it. A
little figure in a tasty, bright silk dress, smooth
curls; and oh ! such a lovely blush and smile,
stood ready to welcome William as he came
in-; and tea-time passed as the morning meal
had done. After tea there was no movement
as usual toward the hat-rack. William stood
up beside the table lingering and chatting,
until Lizzie arose. She led him to the light,
warm parlor, in their pretty glow of tasteful
arrangement, and drew him down on the sofa
beside her. He felt as if he were courting
over again, as he watched her fingers, busy
with some fancy needle-work, and listened to
the cheerful voice he had loved so dearly two
years before.
" What are you making, Lizzie ?"
" A pair of slippers. Don't you remember
how much you admired the pair I worked for
you-oh 1 ever so long ago?"
? I remember-black velvet, with flowers
on them. I used to put my feet on the fend
ers, and dream of blue eyes and bright curls,
and wished time would move faster to the
day when I could bring my bonny wife home
to make music in my house."
Lizzie's face saddened for a moment, as she
thought of the last two years, and how little
music she bad made for his loving heart,
gradually weaning it from its allegiance, and
then she said :
" I wonder if you love music as you did
then ?"
" Of course I do. I very often drop into
Mrs. Smith's for nothing else than to hear the
music."
" I can play and sing better than Mrs.
Smith," said Lizzie, pouting.
' But you always say you are out of prac^
tice when I ask you."
"I had the piano tuned this morning.
Now open it and we will see how it sounds."
William obeyed joyfully, and tossing aside
her sewing, Lizzie took the piano stool. She
had a very sweet voice, not powerful, but
most musical, and was a very fair performer
ou the piano."
? Ballad, Lizzie."
"Oh, ye?, I kuow you dislike opera music
in a parlor."
One song after another, with a nocturne or
lively instrumental piece, occasionally, be
tween them, filled up another hour pleasantly.
The little mantel clock struck eleven ? ,
"Eleven! I thought it was about nine. I
ought to apologize, Lizzie, as I used to do for'
staying so lon/r; and I can say truly, as I did
then, that the time bas passed so pleasantly
I can scarcely believo it so late."
The piano was closed, Lizzie's work put up
in the basket, and William was ready to go
up stairs ; but glancing back, be saw his little
wife near the fire place, her hands clasped,
and her head bent, and large tears falling
from her eyes. He was beside her in an in
stant.
" Lizzie, darling, are you iii ? What is tho
matter?"
" Oh, William, I have been such a bad wife,
T heard you tell Mr. Moore last evening how
[ had disappointed you ; but I will try to
make your home pleasant. Indeed I will, if
rou will forgive and love me."
'* Love you ! Oh, Lizze, you can't guess
bow dearly I love you !"
As the little wife lay down that night, she,
I 11.....C.1.. j
" I have won him back again ! Better tlftfj*
?hat, I have learned the way to keep him V*"
A Case of Conscience.
Under thc above heading the Danville Ex
press relates thc following :
Wc have lately heard a capital story con
nected with a prominent lawyer jof our vii?
Inge, who has distinguished himself in de
fence of our criminals, as well as in connec
tion with our trials, having frequently through
bis skill, aided the most hardened criminal))
to escape from justice. Some time ago,
while our friend wns attending court in an
adjoining county, he was applied to by a sin
gular specimen ol humanity, charged with
jrand larceny, to defend him. The lawyer
?ery naturally inquired what he was accused
af. The party accused replied that somebody
had been mean enough to charge him with
stealing ?150 in bank notes, and had got
bim indicted.
" Are you Ruilty 7" asked the lawvcr.
" That's none of your business," replied
Ibo accused. "They say that makes no dif
ference with you, whether a man is guilty or
not, you will contrive to dig him out some
way. So don't talk any more about guilt un
til you hear what the jury says."
" Well, what about the pay?" the lawyer
lays.
" You just hold on till the trial is over ;
give K- (the complainant) h-1 on the
examination, and that other fellow he bas got
to back bim up, aud you'd have no trouble
about thepny."
Thc trial commenced and proved to be a
somewhat protracted and exciting one. The
District Attorney proved that the money in
question was composed of two $50 bills on a
certain bank, an-.l the remainder all iu $10
bills, all of which were wrapped up in a piece
of silk. Thc jury after listening to tue coun
sel in the case, and receiving the charge of
the Judge, retired and soon returned with a
verdict of not guilty. The accused, who was
greatly elated with the result of the trial and
the effort of his counsel, invited the latter
into one of the vacant jury rooms. As soou
as they were alone he slapped his counsel on
th? shoulder and exclaimed :
H Free as water, ain't I ? What's tbe use
of trying a man for stealing when you are
around ? Now I s'pose you want your pay."
" Yi-s ; have you got anything to pay with?"
said the lawyer.
" Lend me vour knife and we'll see about
that."
The lawyer, slightly startled at such a prop
osition, rather reluctantly complied. The ac
cused immediately commenced cutting and
ripping away at the waistband of his panta
loons, and soon produced tho roll of bills for
the stealing of which he had just been tried,
wrapped up in the identical piece of oil silk
described by the witness for the prosecution,
and throwing it down on the table before the
astonished lawyer, exclaimed :
'. There, take your pay out of that; I guess
there is enongh there to pay you tolerably
well."
" Why, you villian I you stole that money
after all," said the lawyer. " Do you expect
I can take any of that money ?
?' Stole that money ? Why, what are yon
talking about ! Didn't tbem twelve men up
stairs there juRt say I didn't ateal it? What's
the use of your trying to raise a question of
conscience, after twelve respectable men have
given their opinion upon the subject 7 Take
?our pay out of that and ask no questions,
(on't bo modest in taking ; I got it easy
enough and you've worked hard enough for
it."
Our informant did not state how much tho
lawyer took, but we presume the chap didn't
have much change left, after our friend had
satisfied bis " conscience" in the premises.
A SAD CASK or DESTITUTION.-In our
rambles along River street yesterday, wo were
informed of a family of wbito persons, per
fectly destitute, who were living in an open
lot, without cover or shelter. On proceeding
to the spot on River street, just west of Fahrn
street, we found an old woman ard three
girls, ranging from sixteen to twenty years
of age, standing around a fire, and covered
with scarce garments enough to satisfy the
requirements of modesty, or to projet their
shivering forms from the piercing winds. Ono j
ol the giri? informad ut that they Tero poo-1
niless and unable to obtain shelter. The
blanched cheek and sunken eye told too plain
ly their hard struggle for . the necessaries of
life. Possessed of nothing save a miserable
mattrass, they sought this spot to await the
charity of passes by-Savannah News &
Herald.
A Picture of a Thousand.
When Sherman's army entered Columbia
there lay upon a bed of sickness, in a hospi
tal, the widowed mother of two little girls,
who, innocently, and in blissful ignorance of
their sad situation, amused them?.dves with
children's sports in the place of privation,
sorrow and pain to which their pror mother
had retreated as the only refuge in her help
lessness. She had come from Georgia to at
tend her.husband, a soldier, who was sick in
the hospital, and who was soon relieved from
misery and the dread scenes to come by death.
His poor wife soon took his place in tho sick
list, and her only children, the two little girls,
remained as guests of this place, where infan
cy was so strangely associated with disease
with all its horrors, and became familiar with
Death, who, attended by famine, maintained
his hideous vigils over the sick, wounded and
dying inmates.
The thunders of the approaching army,
the roar of flames, the ringing of bells, thc
falling of houses, the bursting of shells, and
the general clamor of panic, distress, and
grief, so shocked the feeble sick woman in
the hospital that she died from grief and
fright, bestowing a last glance, in utter de
spair, upon her two little children, whose fate
it was to be left ct such a time amongst
strangers, far from home and perfectly help
less. Who can tell the anguish of that poor
mother at passing away lrom the world and
Jeaving her tender offspriug to the mercies
and chances of that perilous day ! it was in '
deed a mercy that the pang and the agony
?were brief.
Tho mother died, and was buried by order
of General ShermaD, who also ordered that
the two infants should be sent to the asylum.
? general famine followed in the march cfc)j
that general officer, and there being nothing
wherewith to feed the inmates of the asylum,
there was no recourse but to send them away.
Aere was another phase of that extreme hu
man miiCry which chills the blood even to
read of. The feeble, the sick, the lame, and
the halt, and the helpless who lound refuge
in that asylum, were to go forth, as there was
-nothing there to feed them. Where were
they to go ? and what to do ? What became
of them all, none can tell. Death ended the
sorrows of many.
In the midst of this sad community were
the two motherless girls, mere infants, uncon
scious of their lot. People came from all
quarters to see what c.?uld be done for the# |
dispersing household. Among tlpjpse who came*
on this errand was a lady of great worth and
refinement, who was once the mistress of a
mansi?n where all that wealth, and elegance,
and taste could contribute to comfort arid en
j.?yment was gathered together. She had
,ded from the fine estates of her husband in
Beaufort, and the fair and rich domain she
once looked on as hers WUN now parcelled out
nmongst her late slaves, hiving in what may
bc called poverty in Columbia, -he yet needed
some assistance in her housekeeping for her
self and family, and repaired to the asylum
to obtain, if possible, a servant girl. '1 here
*!fer eyes were attracted by thc two little_Eirl->,
-*utui; -?.c m n o,,mcr on the snnny
side of thc h use on a chilly April nay, Lng*
ging each othtrto keep warm. They were
remarkable for their beauty, and very sym
metrical and delicate figures.
The ladv made inquiry, and learned their
history. Her heart yearned towards them ;
but what could she do in her poverty? Con- . j
templating them in their forlorn condition, }
yet so bright aud so unconscious of their
fate, cheerfully endeavoring to borrow from
the sun that warmth which man's inhumanity
had deprived them of, she was oppressed with
the force of the tender sympathy which she
felt she was too poor to gratify. She turned
away abruptly and hurried towards her home.
But those two tender and bright faces-those
two babes with neither borne nor relative,
were before her. She could not shut them
out. Her pity and sympathy grew as she
widened the distance between her and them,
and at last, completely overcome by her solic
itude, she turned back, and in the multitude
of miserables sought the children, and faking
one in each hand, walked off with them in
delight.
Siucc then, until a few days ago, that noble
lady has maintained these children under all
the privations of her own situation. She had
sought in vain for a place of refuge for them.
Some two weeks ago she wrote to Miss Emi
ly Mason now in Baltimore-that indefatiga
ble lady who had done s'> much to relieve thc
unfortuna'e and afflicted of these times-in
quiring if some provision could not be made
for these children. Miss Mason had filled all
the places she succeeded in finding, and had
written a letter saying that nothing could
then bs dene for them-when, aa it were hy
Providential design, a letter came from St.
Louis offering places for twelve Southern
children, the means for thc support and edu
cation of whom had b. on provided by the
liberal citizens of that city. Miss Mason,
with a delight all who know her can we!! im
agine, reopened the letter to ber Columbia
friend and wrote a postscript, i;; which she
waa requested to send on ''Beulah" and
" Lulu"-for theso were the names of tho
motherless little fawns-at once, that they
might go on to the bornes just found for them.
Poor children ! who will not offer up a prayer
that they may now be happy for Hie!
This is, indeed, a picture of a thousand,
and no one can road the facts, we aro sure,
without being impressed more forcibly with
the solemn duty at such a time as this of con
tributing to the aid aud succor of those
brought to dependence and destitution by the
events of thc war.-Richmond Dispatch.
" The colored people of Charlotte have
formed an anfl-cmigration society to prevent,
as far as possible, the emigration of colored
people from that State. They insist that North
Carolina colored citizens should remain at
homo to develop tho resources of their own
State."
This .ii commendable. That the colored
people who have been induced lo leave their j
good old homes nnd go among strangers in
the far distant West, are becoming dissalisfi
ed and returniug in squads, is a sufficient
foundation for societies of this kind, and we
should be highly gratified to hear of similar
organizations in Augusta and other towns in
Georgia, where the colored people are better
informed than those from the rual districts, \ .
and can set before those restless spirits so j(
fond of change that it is to their interest
to remain where they arc.-Chronicle & Sen- (
ti :; el
THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE.-Mrs. Johnson,
wifo of the President, appeared at a Presi- ' '
dential reception lately, for tho first time, and , J
a correspondent says : " I felt a deep anxiety : J
to sec tho woman who had tanght ber bus- j
band to read, and inspired him with that lofty ; j
ambition which lcd to place and power. She , r
stood near the President to bis right; pale, j
thin, stamped with care and sickness, a conn- j .
tenancc of thoughtful sadness, and expr?s- \
sion of deep curiosity. Looking for a mo- j
ment at each person introduced, her eye
would drop immediately in meditative thought- >' t
fulness, as if her mind and heart were filied '
with thoughts and emotions far different from t
the giddy throng passing by. All who know i
har ?peak well of her."
New? anti Miscellaneous un
?OS? A. story i> going the rounds,
ionnblc circles, that a young gentlen
young lady left a fashionable party u
the other evening, got into a cai riage t(
irove to a clergyman's residence, we
ried, and afterward returned tad dau
"German" together. We presume t
:t new figure."
J52?" A rogue who vr.s ha*d up, al
ad to pick the pocket of the ;- local"
Richmond Whig on Friday. He got
ng.
J52?" Connecticut Millerites aro ?
:heir asctnsion robes ready for ?lum
lext, when they expect to " go up."
In view of thc large number of
ces in Vermont a newspaper in that
suggests a tax of ?1000 upon every p
br separation as a sinking fund for tb<
lebt.
A gay festive preaeler in Rici
s now undergoing the slow torment
church trial on a charge of having pn.
.0 marry twelve different women.
BS?* A man has proposed to the mm
lulborities of Paris to remove the trees
low line the streets of tbat city, and ?
iheir places with painted tin trees.
ft?-Negro slavery still exists in Fl
The Indians of the Everglades have i
mined to keep tue negroes as slaves,
leny the jurisdiction of the laws. Ti
s apprehended.
fiy Gen. Grant who ia remarkab
served on every political question, rem
io a gentleman while- standing on thc st?
Dr. Suuderland's cburqh, that he wai
pleased with thc passage of the militai
construction bill, trusfiug that it would
those States into Congn-ss
jj^C" Advices from Hong Kong, rec
February 28th, announce that a tremci
conflagration had occured at Yeddo, J
Thousands of houses, in tho rery ht;
thc business and cmincrcinl part of t ho
nave been laid in ashes. Thc burned di
:overs a space of four miles. The ti t
conflagration at Yokohomo last Buniui
said to have been comparatively iu?ignifi
The Wisconsin Legislature is a
IO disfranchise 20,000 ekiJeus for dc^c:
luring the war.
SST"''Sure." said Patrick, rubbing
aead with delight at the prospect of a prt
rom his employer. u I always mane to di
luty," " I believe you," replied his cmph
'and therefore I make you a present o
you have stolen from me curing the year
' Thank yer honor," replie 1 Pat, " and
ill your friends and acquaintances trate
is liberally."
???"~ A Texas paper in illustrating
ldvantiiges ol'advertising slates that a j
denian advertised fie loss of a $00 note,
found it in bis vest pocket before he rear,
nome.
The pecuniary st ri tige cc)" is so g
in iJiu. county. Nftrtb' Carolina, that the |
plc recently compelled the sheriff to burt
ill his writs and executions returnable
court, refusing to bc ejected from their hon
iud being unable to pay.
fl?y~ " A ?ood 'liri woman, a d>;ar friotlt
mim-," ?Aya J-.-,hn Newton? '? was rucked u
iier death bed if she was comfortable in
mind." " Very far from it.'' she answei
' Then you are not w ?liing to die ?" '. Qi
willing," she Miid. 11 if ny Fainer choose*
put me to bcd i:i the dark, J can trust hit
?TS* A Pike's Peaker,, writing to a M
acsotu journal, says the miners are v<
much dhcotiraged in that region; they h*
io dig through a solid vf io of silver four f
.hick, before they reach tbs gold. Poor ?
OW3.
?KST Both houses of thc Maryland Lc
stature, on Tuesday lasr, adopted a bill i
Dortcd by thu Committee on Finance, app:
..Hating $100,000 for the purchase of ft?
supplies, and such necessaries as may bc wai
ing by the sufferers at the South.
jSi?r* A Dutchman out wes' married a J
>ond wife a week after the loss of wife No
nie Sabbath following the bride asked b
ord to take her riding;, and was " cut ax j
vith the following response :-?*'You link
.ide out mit another w.iuiun so soon after tl
ieatb of mine frau ? No, No I"
?S"* A new bull-ring has been opened o]
oosite Havana. It was inaugurated on Sui
lay fifty yards from a church. The prayci
>f those who worshipped God and the yoi
md profane oaths of the buil-ring frroly ii
crminglerl.
iST" Thc celebrated White Sulphur Spring
)f Virginia will be a-'ain opened for : lie rt
icption of visitors during tho coming seasoi
?.5"* A crazy Second Adventist in [Jerk
ncr county, N. Y , . ha? for ten years bec
ceding a big ox for a feast when Christ shoul
ippcar. Ile s arved h s other stock, an
?pent nearly all bis property in purcbasin,
bod Cir that o:: ; the ?x a few days ig'i diei
>f a surfeir, thc owner having but two day
>eforc re'used $1.01)0 for tue animal.
SS" The Governor of Illinois has signet
he bill milking eight hours a legal day';
vork in the State, in absence ol contract
?o tito contrary. It goes into effect imme
iiately.
TheRov. Wm. Wells, pastor of the Afncar
il. E. Church. North, at Clarksville, Tonnes
iee, hired a horse and buggy rece" fly, drov^
,o a ncighbori-g town.- and sold thc turnout
)n the public square 'or -"gtSS. and absconded
mccessfully. It turned nut afterward that he
carried with him abo it ?S0Q belonging to the
ibove mentioned African church, which was
n hi? hands for safe keeping.
?6^* Thirty thousand dollars' worth ofjj'-w
?Ia aud gold, wrapped in newspapers and en
closed in a cake of bitumen, were recently
bund in an old unclaimed barrel of damaged
Dork, in New Orleans. The lucre is soppos
;d to have been concealed during the war.
Maximilian, like a school boy left in
the lurch in an apple robbery, threatens to
jxpose Napoleon's intrigues against the Urn
ed State.-.
Jf?5*Thirteen poisons have been arrested
n Ireland for'keeping greyhounds, without
c-eing worth ??00 freehold property.
S@F A iv gro named Adam Pago, died in
King Georgo County, Va., on the 4th ins!.,
n tho one hundred and twenty-second year
)f his age.
A marriage in New York was inde
finitely postponed in consequence of the bride
jeiug too drunk to ?ay " yes."
flS?y A suit was recently brought before
fudge Duvall, in the United States Court at
dustin, Texas, to recover lb* value of a note
;ivcn for some negroes in 1864. The defence
dlcged thai the sale, taking place af'cr the
'mancipation proclamation was issued, was il
egal, and that there was no consideration.
The Jury held tba'; tho decease of slavery
mist be dated at the military occupai ion of ;
he State by the Federal troops. Tho case |
viii go to Washington.
fyST " R?w 13 Jt'" sa'd one Kttlfl miss t - '
mother, " that John's never afeard and I am ?" [
' Because he's got a Roman nose and foels 1
lafe. Don't you remember that wc read that
t has always ticer said that a Roman knows
-no danger?" I
AUicresuug^ vongrcssiunm ucuuic
thc Southern Relief Bill.
In the llouse of Representatives, on Wi
?enday lust, the Senate's joint resolution
the relief of the destitute m the Southe
and .South western States-directing the Si
retary of War to issue supplies of food su
cient to prevent starvation and extreme WJ
among tue people cf all classes, and appi
priating one million of dollars for that pt
pose-came up :
Mr. Fernando Wood opposed t!>e bill, I
two reasons: First, because he was oppos
to thc distribution of alms by tue Gover
ment; aud secondly, because he was satisf?t
from recent observation in that region, ti;
there was nd* such destitution there as t
quired this measure. The people there r
quired nothii'g from the North except pr?tc
uon for their civil right*, and Northern car
tal to develop their iudustry.
Mr. Williams, of Indiana, opposed the joil
resolution, because the charity of the Guver
ment could be better applied to the widov
and orphans of the ?forth, mada such" by tl
rebels. If aujt were to suffer from dcslit
tion, let it be, said he, the disloyal, and 1
God Almighty populate that country wil
people loyal to the flig.
Mr. Donnelly advocated the measure as
measure of reconstruction and calculated
allay iil'feeling. Ile believed it would Cxtec
i ti tu regions where no other agency fa vorab
to the Government could reach.
Mr. Kelly also advocated the measure ;
one which would say to the poor people
the South that while the Government wou
restrain those who had done them wron
they themselves should not suffer from wa-,
it the Government could relieve them.
Mr. Banks offered an amendment, settin
aside SoO.OOO of the amount for the distrihi
liou of seeds among tho destitute of the Sout
by the Commissioner of the Freedmen
Bureau.
Mr. Miller moved to amend that am?ne
tuent by making the amount ?75,000, a ti
spoke in support of it.
Mr. Chanier denounced the measure as bi
ing designed, not to aid thc poo~ people of i h
South, but lo keep up the Freedmen's Bu
reau. Ile characterized it as a black woli ii
sheep's clothing, and as purely a pol?tica
measure, conceived in no ;:o'jd spirit.
Mr. Boyer trusted the biii would pas
promptly, ami by a largo vote. He referrei
to the vote by tueBrilUhParliament, twent
years ago, ol' fifij millions' of dollars for th'
relief of the narring people of Ireland, Wail
here it was proj>osed to appropriate only one
lii?eth part of that amount lor the relief o
the .starving people of the Smth. Ifield*
men on his side of the House objected to tin
Freedmen's Bureau as a means of distrlbu
tiou, it should be recollected that that wa
the most available means at hand for tba
purpose. If more money were required, hi
would vote for it. Il this measure wort no
passed, L e cid not wish to hear any more res
oiuiions of sympathy f? . tue-people of Ire
land from the gentleman from Kew Yorl
(Mr. Wood) or anybody else. In reply to J
question fruin Mr. Wood, he declared Ula? tbi
analogy L tween the people ot Ireland and
the people of the South WAS complete. Botl
wt re suffering under political r.utyecotion at
well as under material necessities. He bac
not expected to hear any opposition to th?
bill from his own si le of the Horse. Ho had
thought it was a sort of test question lo sec
whcih? r the nmjuriiy of the House hud not
u:.'tie rr IT o complete ossification of tho heart
Mr. Chauler, replying to .Mr Boyer's criti
cism on his position, remarked that lu (Mr
Boyer) had discoverer] the proper tenn foi
his own disease-ossification, not of the :ie:rt.
hut of ibe brain.
Mr. Boy- r retorted that Mr. Chanler would
never suffer from t!i:itd:soa*e. In his case the
dis. ase would i e, not ossification, but soften
ing of thu brair.
Mr. Chauler remarked, that whatever intel
ii-.cnce he had would not be exercised in
misrepresenting his friends.
Mr. Boyer said that as he had uninKntion
illy misrepresented Mr. Chanier, he asked his
parl?n, end trusted he would always under
stand him bei UT hereafter.
Mr. Bu;?er offered a substitute, whh.'b was
io strike out all after t'ie enacting words, and
insert a provision appropriating one million
biliar?, to be expended under the direction of
ihc Secretary of Wir,' in relieving the widows
md children of Union soldiers starved to
leafli i:i th* rebel prisons of Andersjnvilie,
3ai sbury, Libby, Milien and Belie Ls'n;.
Ho declared that he believed in the princi
ple of being just before being generous, and
that until the Government was able to make
some provisions for thoso to whom his sub
jiitiuc alluded, he was not for putting his
hand into the pocket of the already overtaxed
N:orth in order to be generous to thc untaxed
South. He had supplied, for many months,
io New Orleans, ?oed to the starving wives
md children of rebe! soldiers, but in order to
do so t-c had not drawn a doiiar from the
Government, but lud taxed the rich.bf the
South to teed the poor of che South : and he
ivas still willing to go as f r as the fu.-ihest in
that dire; lion.
In opposing this monsr.ro he referred to the
recent appropriation by the Mississippi Legis
laturo of ?20,000 ?;.r the defence of Jefferson
Davis in ii tri-.vl that would never take place.
Mr. Boyer asked Mr. Butler whether he
thought that a season for denying aid to starv
ing women and children.
Mr. Butli-r replied that the Government
could only deal with poople as communities,
not as individuals.
Mr. Boyer put ihequsstion in another way :
Whether the poor people of Georgi i shouid
be inaib; tn suffer on account of thi political
(tenon of Mississippi.
Mr. Buller replied: By, no means j adding,
thal if Mississippi had been alorio in such
manifestation, be wouid be content to deprive
thal State of any benefits under thc bili. The
ladies ol Texas bad recently sola a large
quantity of Confed?rale uniforms, and what
bad they done with the proceeds 7 Had they
devoted them to relieve the poor in their
midst? No; but they had sent the amount
UH an endowment to thc college ever which
General lt. E. Lee presided. Hr had also
noticed thc present of a pair of same chick
ens to Robert E. Lee, and thought it would
have been better to have boiled them for some
nf thc starving children about whom gentle
men appeared so anxious. [Laughter.] He
wished to* let the. people of the Sjuth know
Lbat as long as they followed men who had
led thom to destruction, dest-uctiou could on
ly be the result ; that they should repudiate
their old leaders, and, by a course of legisla
tion which would divide the land among all
the people, obtain lelief.
Mr. Logan opposed the measure-, regarding
it as nothing more than a side dodge toward
pensioning 'he one-armed and one-legged
rebel soldiers and tue widows of ret)ol soldiers.
If Congress was to bc converted into a chari
table institution to support a cia.'s cf people
who would not support themselves, it might
expect to be called upon to appropriate a
million of dollars every month: and even
that would not be sufficient. If charity was 1
to be dispensed by the Government, let it not j1
be confined to ono portion of the county, i
Let not Congress be urged to put its hands in I
the Treasury for the purpose of fostering ]
treason in thc Southern States-for that was
really all that this measure meant, although
not so intended by the Commissioner of tho ?
Freedmen's Bureau. ]
Mr, Bingham had hoped that tl.is bill would <
not have met any opposition iii the House,
particularly on thc Republican s:de of it. He
trusted that so long as reason held a place in i
bis brain, he should never forget that educa- ]
IUI! 4*11? '.i.?i nj -? -ww
if a nation. It was enough for him to know
hat within the jurisdiction of the common
Government of this country there were nieu
,nd women and clvldren starving, und lifting
ip their skinny lingers and haggard faces
isking for leave to eat of the crumbs l?mt
all ft om the well-supplied tables of the North.
'Till it net in Gath, publish it not in the
trcets of Askalon," that au Arnot ican Con
TCSS will permit sixty th?usand men, women
nd children lo perish for want of bread with
n tho limits of its jurisdiction. If there
ras no constitutional objection to the moai
xc, he should think'that a man living
n the nineteenth century, in thc ssreue Itebt
if Christian civilization, would aot stop to
nqtiire into the propriety of feedirg the poer,
ie would not ?loj to higgle, as to whctLer
Le man famishing at bis door was his friend
r his enemy. . He would not forget that di
in?) teaching of the Master-" if thine eu .-my
tinner, feed him ; if ho thir-ft, give him
rink/' Let no man 6tand on tje forum.of
he people and utter thc horrid blasphemy
hat Congress was not to save fron starvation
he women and children of thc South. Tho
rime of treason was not on their heads.
.'i;at was a true utterance of the Trench ex
[c, Victor Hugo, who, gathering children
round him on the island of Guernsey, said,
Little children at least are sacred, for God
rills it so.*'
Mr. Randall, in rising to advocate the joint
esolution, paid homage to thc speech ot Mr.
Jingham. It was not his purpose to consider
he measure in any political r>r party sense,
mt from a higher aud purer motive.. .Alin
ing toan intimation made by ilr. Butler,
bat members believing in tho principle of
itate rights could not support tbi_ measure,
te said that, for himself, he spurned that ap
cil frein him, and that a-, for those around,
lim, he might say to thc gent'emau from
lassachusetts, el lu JJ rule.
Mr. Covode approved of Mr. Butler's sub
stitute, and mentioned as a reason for his po
rtion that out of a cavalry cnupr-'ij raised in
.is district, and kr.owu as thc Cuvcde com
iany, twenty-four ?"ci Jarved to death at
Uricrsonville, and that out of one hundred
,ud lifty six men of thc same regiment, who
rere captured when Meade fell back at Ceu
reviile, one hundred tv ! forty-two wero
iarved to death at Aneicrsonvilje. A moue
he nu miter was his youngest son, who suffered
he torments of the damned for twenty months
,t Andersrmville ; while Lia oldest hon fell at
hi head of Lb regiment with Sheridan near
ti ch mond.
Mr. Mungen supported thc measure in a
?rief hut pointed speech.
Mr. Donnelly made another appeal to thc
louse to pass the bill.
Oa motion of Mr. "Woodbridge, thc cem
n?tee rose without disposing of thc bill."
-- - ? -...
Suffering in thc South.
The following paragraphs aro from a prf.
ate letter from au officer uf the United Stales
,n_y-a Northern man-now cn duty in
south Carolina, to a relative itt New York,
mb?shed in thc Timex. There is abundant
casou Ipr believing that the picture it gives
if Southern suffering and humiliation, terri
?le as it is, is not overdrawn. It stems iu
?rcdible that men should exist who arc wili
ng, fur political purpose?, to add still further
o wretchedness .so extreme :
-, SOLT/I CAROLINA, March, lSG7.
: * I don't hear much about Mr. Peabody j
jequest, but I do hear him generally spoken
>f io praise and a certain racat.nre of gratitude.
I'he truth is, that these people are so tortured
vith debt and poverty that they hardly mind
L!iything which hus not a din.ct rektltoniti get?
iiig daily bread and necessary raiment. I
io hope to God that we ncvcr-shaU approach
he horrible crime mid cruelty ol' con lineal iou
ir any si.nilar measure, of mere vengeance,
.oolong this desolate-"?, and pauperized Beom
nunity of widows and orphans iu thc face, I
eel like imprecating curses en the bead of
my man who strives to add :o their misery,
[he amendment is right; il} unish-g thc very
nen who ought to be punished ; it is -implo
,nd not unmerciful justice. I approve of
sherman's Military Lill because it enforces
he amendment. But this whispering about
:ontiscation seems to mc like the whispering
.I murderers. A large portion of this people
reclose on tin verge of starvation, and if you
alto away their lane', ot if you reuder their
anded tenuresso ir.secureas to interfere with
?ie planting of crops, there will bc horrible
nisery; the South wili be'a Poland, an In
da, a hell to itself, and a horrible disgrace
o us.
There is a family within a mile of this place
iving in a M brush house," a shanty of fresh
linc branches. It consists of a mother, who
lad a son killed, a daughter of twentj', v.ho
lad a husband killed, another daughter of
lurleen, and a grandchild of three. The ei
lest daughter told me that she had been all
ver the village to get work, lind bad failed.
L few words of pity brought the ters roiling
luwn the eldest girl's sallow cheeks, ff Uh !"
bs said,,: I have been through a pewer in tho
ast tv.-) } ears." She told, me that sh; wasn't
ise-d to going barefoot io winter, and it made
ipr sick, which I consider very probable, _s
re nave had three inches of snow. "
Let us hope that there will bo no confi.-en
ion to complete thc ruin ar.d nii>e?y of th's
aisled and pitiable population. Let their old
political mills clack : they wiil wear out and
top some day.
The million of dollars proposed to be given
ly Congress is urged only to relieve tho tem
lorary wants of the neoplo of the South.
General Conway, of Kew York, who hsa had
rti interview with General Howard on this
.abject, reports that the wants of the South
rn peor arc very great, and that many in
hat section wili starve to death if left unatd?
:d during tho coming three months. He al
o ascertained that Governor Jenkins, of
Georgia, has telegraphed to the Government
hat 00,000 white persunf,, and 30,000 colored
ire in great need in tbr.t Stale alone. An
iffieer of.tLe Treasury Department, who Las
xtived from Alabama, says that bc witucjsed
ho most painful scenes of want tmd woe
.mong the poor whites in that Slate, and
imougsomo of tho blacks also; that some
icrsous whom be saw were cn the border of
tarvation, wcariug clothing of thc poorest
le.scription, and ibat some were altuo::t naked,
iome persons suggest tho wisdom ol' supply
ng, among other things, implements of bus.
landry and gardeu reeds, so that poor peoplo
an.in raauy instances preparo themselves
br self-support by cultivation of the land, as
oon as their presout necessities arc relieved.
THE! STAHS AND STUPES.-Thc Mobile Ad
crliscr veryju:tly says:
Under the new law (Sherman's) the Uni
ed States of Ame.ica is the count.y of the
Southern people, in the same sense that Rus
ia is the ???uiry of tho Poles. Whcu we
ook at the " old flag' f..nd our hearts begin to
hroh at its memories, .ho bounding blood is
ent back in chilling ebb at the thought that
t is no longer " our ftag," but only the cm
ilem of our military subjection. As if to
uniplctely stamp oma ll recollections that it
iver was " our flag," ?md every hope that wo
hould ever have so much interest in it as to
ie allowed to fight for it, the conquerer has
tassed a law to disband the Southern militia.
Some of tho ablest papers in Tonnes
ee arc trying to hoist Brownlow with his'own
letard. The negroes in that State threaten
o vote against the Radicals.
jfS- Prentice saya of an editor who ,: smelt a
at," that if he did, 'anti tho rat tun-H him, tho
loorxat had tho worst nf it.