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^aKBeelKKS,wsK?mmm^m^mmmt^emiv<>*v*'~~?*~' ' "" ' wu i pim i_J--J i n-.nir ?-III mi.mm-II? i i ?.- " " "IS4V. ''. " .' .'"".,.M.IMHMVIMW.WS.'.?...?...-...?.'.'.'.M.".-,..-....^.M*.-"? -. .,.<U?WWU'..I.U?UH.MM>M?.^.I<UMM..,IWW.,.VM.U.M..M?.?.I.MAMMVI.?.?.>. DURisoE, KEE?E & cc. EDGJMELD, S. C.," OCTOBER 16, 1867. _ _ . M. C. BUTLER. LI ROT F. YOUMANS. BUTLER & YOUMANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AND Solicitors in Equity, "WlLL Practice in Edgefield and the adjoin ing Districts, in the United States Courts, and ' in Bankruptcy. Also, in Augusta, Oa. Office: Edgefiel? C. H., S. C. Sept S ti 36 Ut Se Court in Bankruptcy. I WILL, in addition to my business as Attorney at Law, attend to tho preparation of CAUSES IN BANKRUPTCY. Make ont the Petitions, manage the Causes in Cert- and attend to all other proceedings ne cessary to procure final discharges for applicants. I will attend in person before the Register of the 3d District, and give prompt attention to all canses confided to my care. J. L. ADDISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR a EQUITY O?ce : Law Range, Edgefield C. H., S. C. Aug 13 3m 33 JOSEPH ABJTET. H. T. "WRIGHT. ABNEY & WRIGHT,, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solicitors in Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C., Will Practics in the United Sutes Courts, giving their especial attontion to cases in Bankruptcy. Joly 30 _tf_31_ M. L. BONHAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Solicitor in Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C., Wi ILL Practice in the Courts of this State and in Augusta, Ga. Also, in the United States District and Circuit Courts for So. Ca., giving special attention to cases in Bankruptcy. April 2nd,_3m_U_ M. W. GARY. WM. T. GARY. GAE Y & GARY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS IN EQUITY, EDGEFIELD, S. C. June 2i Sn 26 Medical Card. DR. T. J. TEAGUE has mored to the Dwelling recently occupied by Mr. J. R. Carwilo, next door below Episcopal Church. Ho may be found at the Drug Store of Teague A Carwilo during the day, and at his residence during tho Dight, when not out on professional business. Having beon engaged in the practtceof Medi cine, in i?s various branches, for the last ThirteoL Years, he foels that he does not arrogate to him self undue merit when ho solicits a liberal ibart of patronage at thu hands of this community. Jan 1 tf 1 D DENTISTRY. 'ft II. PARKER ^respectfully announce that he is well prepared to execute in the bes: manner and promptly all work in the business, -jn 1 at greatly reduced figures. Having acquainted himself with the late.ines timable improvements in the profession, and se cured a full stock of materials, Ac, he warrant good and satisfactory work to all who may desire his services. Edgefield, S. C., Aug. 1,_tf 31 For Sheriff. The Friends of Capt. A. F. WEST respectful 1 ly announce him as a Candidate for Sherill of Edgefield atthe next election. Nov 7 te* 45 We have been authored by the Friends of Capt. H. B0ULWARE to announce him a Candidato for Sheriff of Edgofield District at the next olection. Apr 12 te* 16 For Tax Collector. The Many Friends of D. A. J. BELL, Esq., respectfully nominate him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. Oct 13 te 43 THS many Friends ot ?apt. JAMES MITCH ELL re?peetfully nominate him as a Candidato for TAX COLLECTOR at thc next election. SALUDA. Dec ? te" 50 We have boen requested by many friends of Mr. JOHN A. BARKER to annouDcehim a Can di late for Tax Collector of Edgefield District at tba enduing eloctioD. Oct. 2. te? * pff We have been authorized by friends of Capt. STUART HARRISON" to announce him ? Candidate for re-election to thc office of Clerk <>i tba Court of Common Pleai for this District, at the next election. April 9 -:e 15 ,Z-?y*,Wo have been authorized by the many friends'of Capt. L. YANCEY DEAN to nn oounce him a Candidate for Clerk of the Court of Common Plias for Edgefield District at the next election. June 20 te 27 CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY EDGEFIELD, S. C. TTE Subscribers respectfully announce thai (hay ar>i now prepared to do all work in thc COACH MAKING and REPAIRING BUSI N K 53 th*t ia iy be entrusted to them, rn a work manlike tamner, ahd with neatnessand dispatch We have on hand .i few CARRIAGES lld su perior BUDGIES,nf ourown ia a?* fact ure, which wo will sell low. All kin ls of REPAIRING done prooptJy snnd warranted to give satisfaction. SIT As we sell ONLY FOR CASH, ourpriees ar unusually reasonable. A ll we ask is it trial. S .WT H & J Oft ES. Mar 7 tf lu Furniture ! NOW rr* JT.AND and for sale at REDUCED RATES, * good assortment of Which in point of ins.iu?frcta-o, finish and prico, ?annot fail to giv<? satisfaction to purchasers. ?Sr-Furnitire bartored for ALL KINDS OF .COD?TRY PRODUCE, and good trades given. J. M. WITT. June 25 tf 2ft Beef Cattle and Sheep Wanted. IWTLL pay the highest St?rket pri?e for good BEEF CATTLE arid "FAT SHEEP or LAMBS. If preferable I will Barter Corn and Bacon for Cattle and Sheep. A. A. GLOVER, Agt. Jlaytt tf ? Leaving the Old House. There's sunshine on thc meadows, And sunshine on tho road, And through the brightness toils my horse Beneath a weary load ; And as I stand beside my gate, with hand before my eyes, I hear the children laugh to see the household gods I prize. There was a time when this old home Was full of mirth and glee, But one by one the household went, And left it all to me ; A quiet house of vacant rooms, each made a sa cred placo By echo of a missing voice, or dream of vanished faeo. Ah, how I use? to pause before Tbe mirror on the stair And shake my long bright ringlets out, And fancy I was fair 1 I took that quaint old mirror down, and packed it up last night, And never stopped to trick my hair-for what is left is white ! In later j -irs I used to sit And watch the long green lane, For one whv came in those old times, But cannot come again. And somehow, still at eventide my chair is turned that way ; I sit and work --here once I watched-I sat so yeoicrday. My new house is a pleasant piuco ; But yet it grieves me how Its small completeness seems to say My world is narrow now. 'Tis far too small for any one with festivals to keep, But for my funeral, large enough, for few will come to weep. Good-by, old house, and long good-by ; My hand is on your gate ; Though tears are gathering in my eyes, I may not longer wait. Good-by, old house, and after all, tho love which m ikes you dear, Awaits me in the heavenly home which I am drawing near. [From Ltieurc Hours. -? -?-j EL PASO DEL IXFIERXO. BY DR. 8. COMPTON" SM?TH. Ou tic toad from Monterey to Pesqueira Grande, and about four leagues from thc for mer place, is the noted Paso dd Infierno, or Pass of the Evil One. it is the northern ter mination of a valley, enclosed by ridges of the Sierra Madre, which ut thia point, appear to Lave been split asunder by some natural convulsion, expressly for the passage of thia road. From th.* cobaltic veins of the mountain, cropping out into the valley, Hows a little transparent, poisonous stream, which, after leaping, play fully from rock to .ro.ck, rea'?hes the path, which it cresses, and recrossed, mocking the thirst o? the traveler, and tempt ing Lim to drink of its deadly waters. To deter him, however, and as a caution not lo permit his road heated animal* to im bibe from this poisonous fountain, there is rudely pictured upon either side of tho cliffs, u gigantic representation of a death's head ind cross-bones; such as the careful apothe cary pastes upon the bottles aod packages contaiuing his deadliest drugs. At the time I pawed the spot, the loose rocks were thickly planted with wooden crosses, those Sranish emblems of murder, telling the traveler that the pass wa? the fre quent scene of assassination and robbery ; that crime and violence here lay in wait for their victims. Near the poisonous streamlet, and almost in the path, was one of these orossex, already embrowntd by exposure, upon oue of the arm3 of which, was nuiled by the wrist, a man's right hand. This toatlnomc object, the skin and tendons of which stiil cluug to the bones, was so contrived as to grasp a naked dagger, with its blade rusted with the blood of some hapless victim of assassination. Concerning this fearful spectacle, Jose Maria, the faithful and intelligent guide, who usually accompanied me in my wanderings, told the following tale: "Don Vecinto Ziminez, who lives in the hacienda we passed just before wo entered the Talley, is a rich man, or rather was ; but the greatest treasure he possessed, wa? his beautiful .daughter, la Senorita Aua. She was the pride of his heart, and many were ?be youths-30u6 of the better class of haci endades* who had knelt to her loveliness, and aspired to 1er baud. Among these was Ped ro Canales, a nephew of ?eperal Canales ; he who six"months ago was tho leader pf the gu?rilleros of New Leon. Aud Don Veciute; you remember was formerly governor of Mon terey. But the favored suitor of the fair Ana, was Jacinto Sanchez, whose father was the nearest neighbor of Don Vecin'e, and whose hacienda commences haifa league from where we now ure, and occupies thc valley we are about to eider, Jacinto and Ana had grown up from childhood fonpiher, being in almost daily intercourse, and instructed by the same tutors ; HO that they had come io regard each other with the affection of brother and sister. But when, alteran absence of four year* in Madrid, whither he bud been to comp etc his studies-the young man returned to his na tive valley, and discovered thc developed beauties of his former playmate, his boyish attachment suddenly assumed the character ot a stronger and more passionate love. Ana, also, was struck with the favoruble change, which a residence among the polished Madri anos had wrought in the handsome youth. " Don Veciute welcomed the return of the young maD warmly ; ami it jrns sting rumored that he was the accepted lover Q?tjj.e (air Aue Ziminez. " All the Senorita's former admirers con gratulated them upon their approaching mar j riage, save Pedro C?nale?, who regarding the i happy Jacinto a's a rival in the att'ectiotis ol ? o/ae, he was vaiu enough to suppose and looked upai; /jim with preference-declared that the wedding fclio.'jld never be consum mated ; and with u dogged manner,- shunned a meeting with hisJormer friend. "At length the lime arrived, when Fathei Eusebio, the former instructor of A".a, and th/) venerable chaplain of the hac:cnd i, wat notiiied tu be in readiness to celebrate tb? nuptials of tin: young people. .. Great preparations wece made to sigual ize tho event with hilarity, A fiusta yr tu de cided upon, to which all the friends of thi parties were invited, as well us all those will whom they were acquainted, together witl the peons and dependents of tbe two estate! of Zimiiuzand Sanchez. " Among the friends, the discarded Peda Canales was not forgotten, and, as if regret ting his long continued discourtesy, the gucr rilla captain intimated his acceptance of th< invitation; and all promised a happy celebra tion of tho wedding festivities. "Even before the sun bad sunk behind tin Sierra, the rancho Ziminez began to fill will j the assembling guests, and .by the time th< . moon flooded the eadley with her early boam? the little plaza had become crowded- witl dancers; springing gaily to the Itvcly'oot?j o {guitars and castanets. " Tho happy Ana never appeared so lovel aa that evening, when nrrayed in white, am her dark tresses adorned with flowers, she im patiently awaited the Armai of ber Jorei Surrounded by her attendants, she wt for his coming through the pass. u He was to make his appearance aft assemblage of the guests; accompanied relatives and the peons of his father's e " Th'? dancers were in the height of ( meat, when a ringiug of* the chapel bel nouncei the coming of the expected < eade of the husband-elect. All hastei join tho escort, at the outskirts of the vi But scircaly J:ad they left the plaza w few scattered horsemen dashed up the instead of the party for which the we peal wtis echoing along the valley, who the heralds of a terrible catastrophe! Jt Sanchez had been murdered in the Pass " Horseman after horseman now rod? the plaza, confirming the fearful inteilig Tho voung man, on his way to the mai altar, had been suddenly struck down i Pass of the Evil-One, by the knife of J saBsiu, and instead of the warm embn hi? waiting bride, the grave was now op his lifeless body I '^When the terrible iutelligenco was municatfcd to the waiting bride, a wild; ] iug cry broke from her, ?nd waa heard i all the sounds of grief that rose upon tl from that agitated crowd, and exclaimi "'Iknoio his murderer/' the bri hearted girl sank insensible into tho an the attending women. " For days and weeks she remained b cing between life and death. During long period not a word was heard to pas bloodless lips. She lay in a state of up without indications of cither pain or ret brance of the terrible event of that nig u But one day, after awakin.' from a gi and prolonged slumber, she opened her which were bright with the light of retu consciousness, and sigued to one of her wi ers to approach her bed, and in a feeble1 asked for her father. " The woman, overjoyed to hear once 1 the voice of her mistress, informed her ber father had not for an hour left her till that morning, when, bis presence bad required at the rancho of h's neigl whither he had gone. " 1 Au, yes ! I remember it all !' oxclui I the iuvalid, with a bitter sigh. ' But, Ju tell mc where is that fatal weapon that di thc life blood of my Jacinto? I dreamt was found upon his body !' 4"Il was, se?ora,' answered the wor { and is in the p. esessiou of padre Eusebi( u ' Bring it to me. I would see it.' " The woman hesit?.*ed. "* Nay, nay, Juana,--rust me. I shal turn il to the good father unstained 1 other blood than that of my Jacinto. B it to me.' * " The girl spoke with a determined t which satisfied the woman of her sound m and leaving the room, soon returned with digger, the bright bh.de of wbich had i. dimmed by the blood of the murdered yo still adhering to it. " The girl received it with a shudder; after examining its silver handle 1er a ment, casi it to tho floor, exclaiming: '.'Yes, I knew it !-'tis //is." "From tliut lime Ana Z minez rapidlj' covered her physical hcaitb. But tue me ry of that awful uigul of the Wedding fie preyed continually upon her "mind. ] withal, she seemed stayed by some inw strength, some steady purpose, which, 0 resolved upon, imparted to her character almost masculine qualify. " Scarcely had three months passed a the murder of her lover, than, laying at the garb of mourning she bad assumed, onc< more received the attentions of her ; mer admirers. But to none did she e.\ti so much apparent cordiality as to ber suitor, Pedro Canales. He was her aim constant attendant ; and scarcely did a i pass, that the enntnore'd guerilla was either riding or walking by her side. " One evening Ana proposed a ride to gloomy Pass. She had been during that < unusually cheerful and her sallies of mi and wit bad emboldened thc young officer declare his love and lay bis henri at the 1 ol the beuuiiful gill. She had received avon al with apparent encouragement ; and he pressed his suit, promised to give him answer at thc ' Pass of the Evil One.' " ' But that is a strange, wild spot tom: love in,' said Canales, while a ghastly pal spread over his face. '','Ikuow il!' replied the girl, laughi loudly. 'It has heretofore witnessed-0 scenes of blood and crime. But I have come a wild, whimsical creature, you kne Pedro, an! so for once let us change l character of thu place, and make thu dt cliff bear witness to your lover Tows !' " So saying, she dashed dowu the valley ward the fatal pass, singing merrily ns i rode, while ber lover followed after her w mingled feelings of admiration and terr for ever since the murder of Jacinto Satich he had not ventured within tho shadows the ghost-haunted place. h Darkness had closed down upon the f valley, and yet the young people h>%d not turned'; and as hour after hour passed aw without their return, the people of the r: clio, fearful that tome evil had befallen the went out in search of them. " Within the narrow gorge were found t horses they had ridden, tethered to the roc Lighted torches were with the parly ; a there by the cross that had been erected up the 6pot, stained by the blood of the murder Jacinto, a fearful sight met. their gaze! was the body of his affianced bride, his m forever, in death ! '' With a s;;iile of triumph now upon li lips, the beautiful Ana%imine? had let r her own life, as was ovident by the emull ti letto grasped in her hand. " liut she had noi died ulone-fur at a 1 tie distance lay the corpse of Pedro Cattai in a puddle of clotted blocd. He bad e dentty met his death at thc bands of the gil and a dcep-pur.cf'tred wound upon the ne : had let out his heart's blood. A knife 1 upon thc ground near the b"dy nf the youi , man, the right hand of which had been d severed; and with the identical dagger foin in thc breast of Jacinto Sanchez confined . its grasp, h?d been nailed firmly to the wood' ! cross, whera it ha.- . *cr since remained. " Such, Senor," snid Jose M^rja, as he aga [ crossed himself. " is one of tli? storlos of ti I Pass of the Evil One. But if those sad mei ? ories of crime cou'd speak, they each, perhaj I could tell us sad a tale." BBBCKi'x?ajp/3E's LAST OFFICIAL ACT. 1 T. P. Ochiltree, of the Houston (Texa I Telegraph, teils the following in a lalo lett from Paris : "John C. Breckinridge, at a dejeuner ye . terday, told us of his last act of authority ; ?Secrctury of War. It waa on the coast i Plorida^rtbi! Genera) was pursued by tl 1 Federal cavalry; they were beating thp noa i try in every direction. A friend jn need can to bis rescue-he was one of Brevnrd's g.i ) lantold regimont,of thc Army of Virgini . He said : 'Gineral, I have an old boat he . that mout carry us to -Kurby ? anyhow we ? try it on.' Soho worked away all that nig . raising tho boat from where he bad sunk to conceal it from prowling Yankees. E 9 worked faithfully and energetically in patel 1 ing it up and bailing it, artificially finishli 3 it up and putting in a few' provision?. Ge i, B. grasped the noble fellow by the hand at >i 'said to bim : 'I will have but few more hou f of authority, hut such services ns- you ha' rendered, your country deserve reward. Yr. y j shall bc a Major; I'jsrill mak? but your COG 1 misaion^now'.' He was exceedingly thankf - but rem di ned scratching his head in a though *. I fill attitude. 'Well, ny friend,' ?aid the Gei era!. 'Well, you soe Gineral, thar's a feller in our regiment what hain't done nothin', and be is a Major and a Quartermaster, and if it is all the same to you, I would just like to rank him for onst.' It isneedleps lo say that the 'going ont' Secretary of War instantly wrote the battle-scared but humble hero a commission as Lientenant-Colonel." ? ? ? The Last War Council of President 'Davis. In the Southern Home Journal, Mr. E. A. .Pollard describes the last council of war held by Hon. Jefferson Davis. This conference was held in South Carolina, while Mr. Davis was in retreat, and only a few days after tho issue of his proclamation of April 5, in which he urged thc South to an unending conflict. This proclamation was issued before the sur render of Lee's army, ""an event," says Mr. Pollard, " which appeared to determine the last hopes of the Southern people, to-convincc them that further prosecution of the war was useless, and even criminal in a fruitless con sumption of human life." Mr. Pollard adds : Not so wrh Mr. Davis. He was remarka ble for a sanguine temperament ; he had that disposition at once imperious and weak, whieb, de sanding that all things must be as it wishes, believes them so ; and wbal the world thought the swollen boas'- of a desperate and falling leader were really the sincere illusions of a proud maa who never, indeed, fully realized the extremity of his cause until " the iron en tered his soul'' in the c^ernatcs of Fortress Monroe. In his slrangely deliberate and leisurely retreat through.tho Carolina?, he had not appeared lor a moment to realize that he was a fugitive, and ho looked with compla cency upon the disordered fragmenta of the army that had gathered on the line of his flight, and that pursued it with a vague and uncertain design. . An officer who was > instantly in his com puiy, in what might oe though* days of an guish and despair to thc fallen chief, if stifles: "Mr. Davis was apparently untouched by any of the demoralization which prevailed he was affable, dignifi-.d and looked the very personification of high and undaunted cour age.*' Ile vet persisted that the cause was not lost, although Loe had surrendered, al though Johnson ead furled bis banners wit''* out a battle, and although all that w;.s visible of the great annies that had stood from llich ui?tid lo Augusta, on the dominant lir.es of war, were less than one tLousasd soldiers, fragments of brigades that assembled around bim at Abbeville, South Caroliua, when ho paused there lor a final council with his Generals. In the little town tf Abbeville Mr. Davis summoned his officers to council ; he was de termined to try their resolution, and anxious to ascertain the spirit of their men. The outy full Generala who yet attended him were Bragg, his " military adviser," and Breokio ridge, lately Secretary of War. There were five brigade commanders present at the con ference. To this small but important audi ence Mr. Davis addressed himself with all the powers of his wonderful aud subtle intelj lout. Thc old. imperious look Was yet in his' worn face; the eye, transfixed with neuralgic pain, with its deep recess of li^'ht, sLouo steady and dt fiant ; the thin visage was illu minated bj' the active mind and shone with animated discourse. Ile spoke in the even, silvery tones of his accustomed eloquence. Ile declared that the country waa only suf fering '.rom violent surprises and an exagge rated alarm ; its .resolution would soon be erect agaiu ; the present condition Wa? that of panic, and patriotism would poon be aroused when it heard the commanding and re-.sauring tones of authority. II'insisted thal the war was not Impele*4 I he armies Could be reassembled, and mere would bo new calls for enlistments and new incentives tu thc country's service. He said that even the few hundred men he yet counted around him were enough to prolong the war until the panic had passtrd away, and they would then be a nucleus for thousands more. He urged his (.ifiicers to accept his views, and animate their ?nen to stand to the good cause, whose honor they had so long maintained, and wh^so last hopes they now carried on their bayonets. His auditors were silent. At length, they spoke, one by one, each brigade commander statin;; the condition am' temper of bis men, and declaring his view of the situation, lt was a plain unanimous judgment; the war could not succeed and.should not bo prolonged; they could not ask their men to struggle against a fate which was inevitable, and for feit, all hopes of restoration to their homes and friends, but they would insist that ihe-ir honor was involved in securing ltic escape ol' Mr. Davis, and for the accomplish mei. t ol th's object they would risk battle, and put off subm'ssiott to thc Hst moment. " No, no !" exclaimed the unhappy chief, in passionate accents. u I will heir of no plan which has for its object only ray safety." j Then speaking slowly and bitterly, with a j deep and fearful chango settling on bis coon I ?e ance, he said ! M AH hope is gone | Alas, I that I should see'the d?y when aji thp friends j of the South are prepared tu consent lo her i degradation." He fullered and sat down in silence ; every one in the room rcspecied him too much to reply. Presently, without even a gesture of cour teous retirement, without any acknowledg ment of the company whatever, he rose to ie ive the room ; and it was observed that he bad lost his erect ourringo and defiant port A weight of years appeared to bare sudden ly fallen on the stricken sufferer. Thc eyes were uneasy in ?he pale, pinched ?ice; and BO uncertain and tottering was bis step that General Breckenridge moved to his side, and I giving him his arm, supported him from the I room. Not a single word was spoken. LAWLESSNESS OF SOLDIERS.-On Saturday night, Mr. Lawrence Wolfe cf this place, was called to the door of his store by R' lapping there, and upon going ont, was assaulted and struck over the head with a sling shpt or bay onet by one ol the soldiers of the garrison sta tioned hero. Several other H.ddiers were pres ent r.nij ircpjipatcd. jn the afTiir*. Captain French wo arc pleased to reo <?d' a?ier dili gent enquiry has discovered and arrested tho guilty parties and they are now in close con finement awaiting their trial. Mr. Wolfe was at first thought to be seri ously injured but he is now up and doing we'). -Crangeburg News. MURDER IN Sv. MATTHEWS PARISH-Si mon Farrow (colored) was murdered on Mon day last, op the plantation of Mnjor Thos. B, Whale}' St. Matthew's, by Moses Livingston (also colored). The cause was. said to be jealousy, and thc murder has been character ize.^ to usas most heinous-tho victim's head having been fractured, vrit}; an jrop har: ^ his throat cut. Jn the absence^ howe?crj ol reliable particulars we forbear saying more al present. Tho murderer was brought inte town on Thursday afternoon by three freed men acting as oonstubleis. and has been Mg cd in Jail hero to wait a Uial.-^Ibidr jSSiTTho negroes, it ls said, have th? nack of forgetting their registered names The World advises the Bureau agents "t( have each negro's name,, printed ou a ticket at Government, expense,.and pinned-lo bit coat tail in proxtaify to thc bink books whict Seuator Wilson declared BO common amon? the negroes of the South." agyA legless beggar in St. Loui? o?n? ? (J jj OOO io real estate in New York. An Ugly Case and n Pleasant Den?ue ><. ment. James B. Hoyt, of Troy, N. Y., a young , man'of respectable s'anding, was indicted for j tbe^seduction of a Miss Law under promise | of marriage, and baring refused the only atonement-marriage-for the injury he had . done lier, has beim on trial since Monday ] u^on the criminal charge. One cf the points ! relied up n by the prisoner lo secure an ac- ' quittai, was a belief in his ability to prove the previous unchaste character of the girl. For this purpose he introduced a witness named Alfred Haight, who testified to criminal acts, buiiwhen, however, he carno to be subjected to cross-examination, he so contradicted bim self, as to satisfy al! present that he waa tel ling a wicked and deliberate falseho od. He left the witness stand, and proceeded to the vestibule of the Court Ehmse, where he heard expressions of belief on all sides that he had peijured himself, and other remarks not very complimentary to Iiis character. Soon after ward ho expressed a desire to make a full and free retraction of al! he had said in regard to ? younjr lady upon the Witness stand. The news of iiaight's confession was received with perfect astonishment by the counsel for Hoyt, who at once determined to withdraw from the case and leave the prisoner to his fate. . They visited him in jail and informed him of the sudden turn affairs had taken, and of . their inability to do anything m ire iii his case. The young man was somewhat dumb founded at first, but soon regained sufficient composure to propose an offer ot marriage. Tho counsel encouraged the suggestion as the only means of escape left to bim from the State prison, and when the Court reasscm bl-?d in the afternoon-after Haight had pub bely withdrawn his evidence-made the offer bj die District Attorney and Mi. Beach. They were nor entirely pleased with the proposi lion, but submitted it tn thc young lady. She consulted willi her friends-they opposed the marriage; two -isiers, very estimable and worthy ladies, who had uobly stood by the unfortunate girl through ali the solemn hours of tue Irin!, beseeched her with tears not to mat ry tLe prisoner nuder circumstances such aa had been developed on ike trial, but the poor, wronged] and irjured girl-with a moth er's tender love for her misery, and a heart not yet dead to the unworthy csttbC of all her misery-?ave such reason lor the step that silenced counsel, friends, relatives, and all in their opp 'sirion to the union, arid con-ented io tho marriage. . Meanwhile, while these whisperings and negotiations, conducted wat h son? and tears wcie going on, the vust audience in the Court room remained silent and interested specta tors o! tiic scene. Scarcely a person in the crowd d assembly al first approved the union mit when ;.t was ?it hst known that the young mri liad consented to rescue the object of her heart's youthful affections lr;un a prison, all suddenly reversed their judgment-1< ve won the victory ever reason-and hearty appin rn greeted tOe appearance ut Rev. Dr. Baldwin .who lind beni soot ior io pet'tbrm ihecerenin [my. The young man, a prisoner but a mo ment buf?le, walked over to his bride, and a few words pissed bel ween them j the Rever ead Duct r look his position ou the right ol ! Jii.i^e R .bv.rlsoti, and the young couple pre isenujfc? themselves tit the altar. The ?udge was th" first to break the stillness of the solemn .-:et:iie. Ile remarked thal the conclu' sion of the trial'could not but be regarded n fol lunate for all parties concerned. It would seem from the evidence in the oise, that th. deieudant had been misled by the falsehood of Certain parties, and had mistrusted the in tt-grity ano lidelity of the young lady. A witness had b?eu producid herc lending lo Caifjrm Mich an impression, but ne has come into court and made a full and free rel rael iou of hi? evidence in recant to the virtue and character of ihp complainant j and the defen dani has become sullied ti.at he has been misled, and desire&'to makeall the reparation in his power by a public performance of the ceremony of marriage, lt is witbiu the prov ince of the law to suspend thc proceedings ol the ?rial by marriage of the parties, and they are now so suspended. Kev. Dr. Baldwin then married the parties. The scene was most impressive. During the whole of the solemn service thc utmost quiet re-gued ; all hearts seemed deeply touched by the spec'a eic, and tears Coursed down manya quivering cheek. Tuen the prison gates were opened tlio parties left the Court coom arm in arm, and the marriage aliar became ::gnin the tri bunal ol' nutaan justice.-Troi Times, 25th. To THE F a EE n M KN'-From tho Raleigh Program we take the fellowing excellent ad vice lo the Freedmen. Notwithstanding the tirades of sr,c?; p ipera as thc New York Tri h u fit we imagine that the negroes will find truer and more practical sympathy from their former roasters and mistresses than from the whole host ol' fanatics who are endeavoring to make trouble and get money ny exciting ill feeling between the employer and the em ployed : "As tho friend of thc freedmen, we advise him to havo a thought for tho rigors of win ter, now fast approaching. To the colored man who has a wife and six children, a d. zen cords of wood, and a few barrels of corn will bo worth a|l th? conventions, loyal leagues, and universal suffrage prayer meetings ever held. We would not have thc spiritual wants of the blacks neglected, bu' we leave them' lo the preachers f->r that ; and we leave them to the radicals herr, as well as at the Not th. for their political rights. It is their physical wants we think ol', and wo would admonish tlu-m t-> be up ard doing before tho freezing time comos. Easy enough to loaf on the i streets and sleep on the common when tho ; therrhomrror i^ at *lfl, but when tho mercury I falls to 20 or below, wa:m blankets, warm j house's, corn dodgers and bacon sides will go j much far!her io make ye Africnn happy than that wild hunt altor equal rights-on paper. '* Think of these things, colored men and colored w< men, aud go to work lo la}' up something fur the. many rainy days that are Coming. To a hungry, shivering person, a bushel'of meal and a load nf wood is worth moro than Hie right of suffrage. Work hard, b? fingal, behave and be content with your condition, or vou will soon seen rc a right that will exterminate your race in this coun'ry the rigjjt lg starre^ The Nation mys : ,: admit, onoe that a Pt tr ident may be impenchod a 'inply because Con grasa dors not like thc .administration, or, in fact, impeached at all, except iu the la>t ex tremity', and you alter thc who!? character of the Gr^emmenti and make impeachment a regular larlv measure whenever tho major ity fa Congress changes during Hie Presiden tial term."' It is certainly a very ditlkiilt thine, to reconcile thc above with tho clamors which the same journal is raising in support of the impeachment movement, which has never been anything but a party measure-a measure intcpdpd lo consolidate Ute power of tue Gi'Tcrnment in the hands of the Radiqal Republican party. --jer - - - flgf* Thc small burgh of Waldo, A'achua C 'unty, Florida, bas produced u volunteer tomato pi.int which covers a bed almost eighteen feet square From June 1st to the latter p..rt of August, lt produced about six bushels of tomatoes. Sy3T Recently the Grand Jury of. Ithaca, N. Y" had under .consideration tho question of .indicting the ladies of two of thc churches of that city " for being engaged in getting up and carrying on lotteries co nectod wi(h uYjra ?eld by them tn the churches.'! A small bu siness on the part of the said Grand Jury. The Late Wm. Gregg. A correspondent of thc Evangelical Luthe ran, says : There was a deep hush all over thc hills, and A greater than Sabbath silence reigned over the village of Grahbeville, S. C., rm tho morning nf Friday, the 13th September, 1867. Every placo seemed to be pervaded by a sense of a lo3S which never could be made up again, and when at 9 o'clock, the village bell was tolled, we knew that on that morn ing so brilliantly beautiful, Wm. Gregg, the Founder, and eminently the Father of the community, was about to be conveyed to the bouse appointed for all tho living. When, tn the most private walks of life, fie husband and ihe father is removed from a sorrowing household, who can withhold their sympathy from the widow and the fatherless ? But,, when a Giant falls, one who, to all the endearing charities of private life, has added that of Public Benefactor, well may that community which . had been favored by bi presence, animated by bis counsel and ex ample, and cheered by the smile, which al ways awaited the deserving-well may the whole neighborhood unite, as they did on that day, to testify before the living, their high appreciation of the dead. Like the sweet perfume of some precious flower, the odor of a good name breathes around, while it scatters its aroma, others mayhap arc led to try and shed such fra granee too. And yet, above all else, when to the other virtues which adorn, is added the crowning one, that tho name of Bedeemer was honored, and the dying testimony given that the grave, that grave of death, can be irradiat ed by the grace of Him who brought life and immortality to light by the Gospel-I say above all should we. even whilst mourning over so great a loss, feel and say, He has not lived in vain. The village of Graniteville-his own crea tion, so to speak-was bu his heart even to the last, lie had been Father, Brother, Friend, to all the deserving, and sent to them from his dying bed, a message full of good wishes for their present aud eternal happiness. And now-that busy life is ended ! Death found him at his post and he rose up even cheerfully to meet our common foe, and in the strength of Him who died for us and rose ajain, he laid down everything, and went to meet his God. Much can and no doubt will bc said of the career of such a mau, but it will he written by abler pens than mine. I only desire, in pausing al his grave, to lay one little flower there, thu .simple offering of one who respected him living, and who honors him dead. But such men never die. Their influence for good remains, and down the long vista of the silent past men will point back ward to his natue, as one who proved by his whole life what ;irttious efforts can effect. Let us not only admire, but emulate. The Snare of Repudiation. In a recent speech in B?ilts count-., Geor gia, lion. Bl H. lilli, t!..e Sou hern Henry | of Navarre, whose white '.durne ll >ats whet- j ever the war against Radicalism rages fier cest, thus ex po.-Cv the :a!lacy of the cry, Con vention und Relief;" "Recee.ily, as I have shown" you, your avarice or dishonesty has been appealed to. Si-er^t circula:.- have boen i-sued Iron) the verv shadow if" headquarters" by toni? there employed, whi pering timi repudiation can be accomplished through a Convention. " Con venl'.on and Relief" is the last climatic note of the 6edueing serpent. I have shown you how deceitfully wicked this pretence is. It. Lithe Constitution of the United States which forbids repudiation. Our State Constitution only confrms lo that. Now eau a State Convention char.gf? the Constitution of the United States? N i ; and the poor creatures that seek to have you deceived kuow it. This is a snare-intended as a snare. They know that a c?ause in the Slate Uousti'ntioh de stroying or " impairing the obligation of con tracts," wonk: be tn violation of to.- plain lan guage of'he Constitution ol'the United Statis, and that chaise would be declared void. I have al-o shown you that tho very Radical Congress whica is to pass on your Constitu tion, has been furnishing more new remedies to facilitate the. collection nf debts through the F? demi Courts-especially thi-.se in favor of Northern creditors-than ever before ex isted. Our people are not only to be alarm ed, threatened and loreen, bat also deceived to their own dishonor. They are to be entic ed into a Convention to gd repudiation,-and. they will get negro gupr^musy aud white de gradation, and uq repudiation ; or, if a clause be inserted to help ratification, it will be with the distinct knowledge that thc particular clause will bc Ret aside as void, ft- is the spider's invitation to I he fly ; the devil's soft offer to tue tempted and tried. Don't trust n"pr"<i8 and their help mates to settle your debts, my friends. They will take* '.he lillie you have, left, and leave your debts unpaid and still open, fettle them yourselves. In view of your misfortunes, let cyr ditors be sat i.-lied with as lillie as p issi hie, and let debtors pay as much as p ?sibio. Let Us bo kind to each other, and neither debtor nor creditor asl; the treat-humus help of a common enemy." A Million Lives and 83,000,000,000. The Sentinc'-on the Border says : Six years ago the Black Republican party steeped the nation in a monstrous civil war, ostensibly io save *' the Uciou," then imperilled by the se cession of eleven States in the South. The battle was fought-a bloody one-and tho victory won ! And where is the Union for which a million lives Wcro sacrificed and Sll.OO?.?UO.U.OU, expended ? Who i's respon sible for it that the Union of the States bas not been secured, and thc work of re.-toration compleled? Who but the party claiming for a while to bj "the Union party!"' but who, having accomplished its mWsrn of disu nion, has dropped that title ! Who but thc Black Republican-..Miscegenation leadersfrom Thad. Slevous and Thief Butler down to Ja cobin township supervisors/are responsible for the continued disruption of the Union of the States ? Had not the people of the South ern Slat- s sign.lied their unanimous willing ness 'o acquiesce iu the results cf the war, and d'd they not apply tor aoiatasion to their Constitutional rights?.. Who denied them their Rights, but the GO called "U-n-i o-n party," wflo havcoverlurned the governments oi'Slates sovcri-igh'y in all rights not delegat ed to Congress in the formation of t he Union ; who have stripped the people of Statehood, remanding ihem to a terriioral condition, never heldbv them at any time: who haya taxed their property, but re used I hem. rep' j reSttiiiation, and who have handed oyer the control of Caucasian destiny to the tender mercy of freed African plantation hands in the South ? j No wonder that tte 'Union" party hq* dropped, its ljir.^' title. It never was a ynion ; party, but always a Disunion one. Tho watchwords of its trusted leaders have been for thirty years: "Let the Union slider" i ,l The Constitution-?a covenant with death j and a leaguo with bell 1" Theae intemperate I and dam ably traitorous expressions of. the : leaders of the so called " Union party," have ! ever been applauded by a great body of the ! rank and file of the Miscegenation Black Re ' publican party. -Its professions of Unionism . were vile d?cuplions to humbug - the -people intoasuppott of a war for its own aggr<m iollowc'rs are m orally 'corrupt In 'hoad &ni heart. What pledge has it kept faith with ? 1 Tfhat promise has it fulfilled ? Where, in fnc?, is that Union for which it murderously sacrificed a million lires and steeped tho peo ple in a hopeless debt? -? ? ? Cotton. The recent rory great decline in cotton wa? unexpected as it is moat clearly without jost cau?e or reason. We had anticipated a slight check-perhaps a slight falling off in price when the glowing accounts of the crop pros pects which were 60 industriously circulated here in Aueust, reached Liverpool and Man chester. Wo were well convinced at that time that our planting friends were overes timating the product of the crop, and giving too much prominence to the, at best, but fair prospects which the month of August seoraed to indicate. These accounts, highly colored aa they were, .have been very greatly exag gyrated in the interest of spinners and spec ulators, and, combined with other causes, have produced such a decline in prices as to leave the price to-day barely remunerative to the planter. Indeed, we do not-believe that, under the present system, tho ruling rates of cotton to day are more than sufficient to pay the cost of production. The expense in the way of taxes, freights, commissions, insu rance, storage, icc, will amount to at least four or five cents per pound. This taken from the present price, say 19 cents for Mid dlings, would leave but 14 or 15 cents net per lb. In gold be but about the old price received before- the war-say ten cents per pound. The present crop has been raised at a rate of expense-much highef than any ever here tofore made. Provisions have been from six ty to one hundred per cent, higher than for merly. Large sums have been expended for .Guanos and other fertilizers, while the cost of labor has been very great, amounting in some instances co one-half of the crop. Ten cents in gold will not moro than pay the cost of production unloss a very largo crop is re alized. We have ceased to hope for even a moderately fair crop. The continued rains of August and September, have caused the hte fruit to shed, and thousands of acres have been destroyed by rust, boll-worm, rot, and tho caterpillar. We doubt very seriously whether the crop will be much larger if any than that of 18G6. Under the present circumstances, there seems to us to be.but one course for the plan ters to purine to force the price up to a re munerating figure. They should- hold their cotton, until at least the later and more cor rect estimates of the growing crop can reach the European markets and produce thu prop er effect there. By holding the crop now they will give additional force to the gloomy accounts which have gone forward within the last two or three weeks. The price cannot go lower unless the planters choose to co-operate with spinners and speculators by rushing their crops rapidly into thc markets. We earnestly implore oar planting friends to ?end no mure cotton to market now than will pny fur the advancements which their fiKilot'H and mercbantshave mad?them. The-e advancements should be paid promptly for two reasons: First, because tho planter's Honor and gi iud laith id involved and pledged tn such early pa? raent. Second-, because if they are not promptly paid it viii be difficult, if not quite impossible, to obtain such nd vtrrOt-s m future if they should be_rtquired^. Honesty, honor and interest alike require that it sufficient amount of the prt.-.ont crop should be sent forward to pay off to thc utmost farth ing all advances which have been made fur its production. Having acquitted themselves of these oil i - i g?tions, duty and intereet require that the balance of the crop should be withheld from the market until a reaction takes place in thc. price. This, if the planters will it, will take place by or before the first of November-in ample time for them to sell at least a quanti tv sufficient to pay eff their laborers before lit? end of the year. We again urge our planting friends to de mand in ever}' ins:ance gold for their crops. - L?t each pla ter make it a rule to carry home, after selling their cotton, nothing but coin. This will not depreciate. There in nu discouiit on gold.' Texas planters have never yet ?old u bale of cotton fur M currency." Gold is the only currency there. We should [ learn 'roui their example. No fluctuations of the market-no European complications- j no Wail-street panics-no robbery of the Treasury vaults can lessen the value of gold. lt is good HOW, will be good next month, and will be belter still next ?wr. In conclusion, then, wa repeat-pay, up by sale of a sufficient quantity of your crop, the ? advances which you have received-devote ? your whole time and energies in picking out and neatly cleaning and preparing for mar ket the crop now in the fields-hold on lo . your crops until an advance in price takes place, and when you sell ptyt y?td in }'o'u: pockets.-ChrQuiwle & Sentinel. Astonishing Absurdity. Ic is really wonderful how l\\o brazen and persistent repetition of an absurdity will final ly affect the to.uvjn and lead men even to stultify their senses, as wei as their common son-c. The lunatic Abolitionist has asserted for yeari that emigrants would not go South beeau.se they had slavery," but if this "slavery" were abolished, ?hen the whole South would be fairly overrun Ly northern and European mechanics and laborers, Peek ing new homes in that section. Aud utrauge, indeed, many southern men, from the sheer repetition of this gross and preposterous non sense, actually express surprise that the South does not fill'up with emigrants, now that Abolition has prepared the way. We actually find. \l difficult to conceive o?' a stu pidity so gross, ar a mental imbecility so ab ject, as a belief in thia Abolition assertion but it exists. A white laboring mechanic, &c, would Dot settle in tho South, because the negro was below him ; but abolish this condition of the negro, and degrade the emi grant to an equality with him, why, then, forsooth, he. would fly at once to oi joy "j-.a partial freedom'' with Sambo. Why, thc stupid au?3 immeasurable fools!-of all things on the face of thc earth, tho northern me chanic and laboring man abhors a " free' nig ger. Tho very fact that for the time being tao negro is "free" at thc South, settles the matter beyond doubt that emigration for the present is settled in that section. If they could get rid of tho " free1' negro, no doubt multitudes of northern mechanics, farmers, &c, would prefer thc genial clime of Virginia aiid the Carolinas ; but with this " fr?.e" negro, this revolting and monstrous SJcinl monstrosity cumbering (he ground, it iaottt ot \\\n onestjunj aud we ave amazed to ijiid inttu like Gov. Orr and others dreaming ! of-such nonsense-N. Y. Day Book. DRAT II OF A BAD MOVARCR.-Mails from the West Coast of Africa announce the death I ixt the warrior chief Mabba, who has for thc last >ix yearB beon a f arful scourge among ' the na ive tribes inhabiting the countries I bordering on the English and French terri I tories in the Senegambia, With -fire and : KW ord he established the religion of Islam, ' killing all those who would not shave their ' heads and swear on tho Koran their adher ' ence to his faith. Tt has been computed that no less 'han 20.000 human beings havo been killed or have died through starvation^ or have bien abducted and sold into &Javery by this monster Mabba nixi^r lha cloak of religion. - . . Z'?ST Advices from lows hecate serious . German defections from the Radicals. Well posted Republicans, however, aro confident of the Sute, but apprehend heavy losses. TALKING .OUT.-The following, irota tue CVorcester Gazeile, an extremo radicar Sheet, s a significant addendum : ; "When,"- says that-paper,-?-we~ask for ihcaper bread, our leaders strive to amuse us vith glowing pictures of negro equality ; ?vhen we ask for a moral, equal and just sys em of taxation, we are handed a treatise get ing fort!', tbe blessings which are to come to nankind through universal suffrage, thrust ipon the cotton pickers of the Carolinas ; vhen wo suggest that our deranged currency s driving us at railroad speed to individual md national bankruptcy, the air is tilled with ifarming rumors, and tho shadow of impeach' nent is made to play tho part of the red )lanket in tho sports of the Spanish mena." B?y If greenbacks ure good enough to pay he farmer for his bushels of wheat, why are greenbacks not good enough to pay tho few bondholders for their bonds ? tSS3* In July? 'G5, General Phil. Sheridan [aid in a speech that thc negroes were not itted for suffrage and also were not fitted to ake part in the legislation of thc country. ZSf A colored man, named Cisco, has been ined $10 by tba recorder of Hudson City, N*. J., for swearing on the Sabbath, and a berman named Sherbert fined $1 for working n his garden on the same day. J, W, BACON & BRO,, WHOLESALE AND BETAIL HANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF Saddles, Harness, Leather, Trunks, RUBBER IND LEATHER BELTING, WOOD HAJJES, WHIPS, . VALISES, CABPET BAGS, SHOE FINDINGS, French and American Calf Skins, And AH Other Kinds of Leather, Ac, Ac-, Ac, 169 Broad Street, Under Augusta Hutcl, ATTG-TTST-A.," GBO. ^-SADDLES and HARNESS REPAIRED ind Made to Order. Augusta, Oct 7 [Zinil COOKING STOVES For the Million! ITHE ECONOMY AND CONVENIENCE of i GOOD COOKING STOVE is admiitod hy avery intelligent person who has used ?hen), and to bc without oue in this age of the world is worse than -,old Fogyisra,"-it is positive injus tice to one's self and family. Since tho close of thc war, hundreds have been made happy'by the usc of the celebrated Stove culled ibo ?? CHARTER OAK," sold'ty D. L. FULLERTON, Augusta, Ga. -We-oould .fiU^lumpi ol' lbc_Ajlvvrt?taLwUh names of happy House-Keepers who daily bless tho "CHARTER OAK." We give the names of a few of thc happy ones, without their consent. Hope there can bc no ob jections. Hon. F. W. PiciCKN3, JAS. T. BACON,. E<TI., ' Dr. A. W. I'yii.NCDL'j'jr, Mr. Ju MIS DAV, Mr. M. LEBUSCHLUZ, Dr. J. A.'DEVORK, Mr. Nswttoust:, Mr. J. T. ALLKN, Lowudi-vdie, f>. C., . Mr. E. EUBASKS, Barnwell, S. C. Don't forget tho placo : D. L. FULLERTON'S, Augusta, Ga., directly opposite Express Odico. Augusta, May G 6in >. 19 DENNIS1 SARSAPARiLLi! niE PUB EST AMD THE BEST ? FOR DISEASES OF TUE LIVER, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, OR PURIFYING THE BLOOD ! . ?Sf?or sale by the Druggists. Auz 2S tf 35 BACON, LARD, CORN, MOLASSES, <fcc. IO IHID3. Clear RIBBED SIDES, 5 Hhds. CLEAR SIDES, 5 Caiks'SUGAR-CVItLD HAM?, 150 Pkgs. LEAF LARD, io barre!*, rubs Rud pail.', 15 Hhds. Prime Muscovado MOLASSES, 10 Hhds. Clayed Cuba MOLASSES, 175 Sacks Prime "White-bread-CORN, 75 Boxes Adamantine CANDLES, 125 Sicks Liverpool SALT. ' With a FULL ASSORTMENT OF EVERY THING IN THE GROCERY LINE. JSP" For sale at the lowest figures by Ai STEVENS. Augusto, Aug 20 tf 34 GEO. H. KERNAGHAN, OF HAMBURG, 8. C., HAS OPENED LIVERY AND SAXES STABL.ES on Ellis Street, in rear of GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA., to which he invites che attention of his numerous friends. Fine Carriages and Buggies and Genfl : Horses, and good'and careful Drivers can at all times he famished. Horses well fed and the best caro taken of them. Give me a. call. Augusta, Oct 7 3m 41 J. SIBLEY & SONS, Warehouse and General COMMISSION MERCHANTS No. 6, Warren Block, WILL give their personal attention.to the SALE AND STORAGE OF COTTON and other MERCHANDISE. Jg?*Consignments solicited. CASH ADVANCED on Cu???? or Merchan dize in Storo. Also, keep on faaad BAGGING, ROPE, SALT Augusta? Sept 2 - tf 36 ? I- - Cheese, Butter, &c. NOW ia Store.. . New SPRING CHEESE, FACTORY TJHEESE ; \ New Young America CnEBSB,'5 to S lbs. each Choleo 60SHBN-BUTTEB}-? Just received and for salo by JAS. G. BAILIE Ac BRO. Augusta, Aug 26 3t 35