Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, May 06, 1868, Image 2

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m. Z Tue Impeachment. WASHINGTON. April .10, noon.-No busi ness. Coure resolution censuring Nelson ta bled 35 to 10. Motion for night session was amended so aa to pr .dong the day session. Tabled 22 to 27. Evarts proceeded. Acquit tal clement seem"? more confident this morn ing. WASHINGTON", April 30, p. m-Ta the House, Brooks gave uotice of a resolutien of inquiry regarding the manager?.' connection with Altaveia. In court just before a resolution of censure was tabled as reported at noon, Nelson said, although not a duelist and never having fought a duel, he did mean to convey the in timation that be was responsible in any man ner for what he had said, and would claim no pre-emption of any kind on account of bis age. The Senators voting against tabling the resolution censuring the chivalric old man wet'ev Cameron, Iioward, Morgan, Mon ill, of Vermony Pomeroy, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Wilson and Yates. Evarts spoke during the day ; he concludes to morrow. Evans' endurance is astound ing ; his form indicates frailty, but hour after hour, without water, with scarcely a oote, his speech roll* on-pathos, invective, sarcasm and detail artistically following and relieving each other, without a repetition either in mat ter, manner oi construction. One of his sen tences concludes if you drive the Presideut forth he will be a victim of Congress and a martyr to thc Constitution." WASHINGTON*, May 2, noon.-Stevens in formed the Reconstruction Committee that he was sick and no me eting was held to-day. 'ibu offensive speeches in the House last night have been patiently swallowed. Serious con sequences improbable. Nothing done in the House to-day. In the Court Stanbury pro ceeded with his argument. The Star says that heavy bets were made yesterday, the odds being three to one in favor of conviction. Thc Republican Congressional Committee have advices from Louisiana that the Demo crats have one majori:y in the Senate, which will |-revent the adoption of the 14th article of thc Constitution, thus delaying reconstruc tion. Grant is visiting Philadelphia. Stanbury concluded aa follows: " Now listen for a moment to one who understands Andrew Johnson better than most of you-for his op porlunities have been greater. When nearly two years ago he called me fiom the pursuits of my professional life to take a-seat in his Cabinet, I answered the call under a sense of pjblic duty. I came here almost a stranger to him. to every uuraber of the Cabinet ex cept Mr. Stanton. We had bren friends for many years. Senator-, need I t ll you that all my tendencies are conserva'ive. You, Mr. Chiet Justice, who have known me for a third of a century, can bear me witness that law nut arms is my proies ion. From the moment that I was honored with a seat in the Cabinet ol" Mr. Johnson, not a step has been taken that did not come under my observance ! Not a word was said that escaped my attention. I regarded him closely iu Cabinet and still more so in private aad confidential conversa tion. I saw bim often tempted with bad ad vice. I knew that evil counsellors were more thai once around bim. I observed him with thc most intenso anxiety, but never, in word, ' in dc :d, in thought or in action, did I discov er in that man anything but lot al ty to the Constitutiou and the law--. He stood tirm as ti rock against all temptation tu abuse bia own powers Oi' to exercise those which were not conferred upon bim. Steadfast and self reli am in the midst of all difficulty when dangers' threatened, when temptations were strong, h* looked only to thc Constitution of Li- country aud to the people. Ye*, Senators, 1 have seen that mau tried as few men have been tried. I have seen his confidence abused. 1 have seen him endure day after day privations' sut h as few men have ev T been called upon to meet. No (jan could have met them with more sublime patience. Sootier or later, however, I knew the explosion must come, and when it did COtti : inv octy wonder was liri' il had been -o long delay'"-?. Ye?, Senators, with all hi faults iii* President Las been nure .sinned a.'iiiiist than sinliiuug; fear int, then, tu ae q ?it Lim. Thc Constitution of the cuntryis a- safe in Li ; bands Jr >:n violence as it wis in bauds of Washingto*-. Lut, ?'j Sc i?t >r', you condemn him, if you strip bim ol tho robe. <>f (iftL'e, if von '!'-grade Jiim.to ihtj-utuuwt cir.-r ' f-t.--.r. m ir:c cue ?iropuecy. The strong arms ot tl,u people will be ab'- ut bim. They will find a way ju raise Lim from any depths to which you may consign Lim, and we shall live to see him redeemed, and to bear the majestic voice of the people saying M well doue, faithful servant ; you shall have yo ut reward. But if, Senators, as I cannot believe, bub it has been boldly said, v\ iib almost oliicial sanc tion, your votes have been canvassed and the doom of the Presideut has b.-en s?aled. Then Jt-t not that judgment bc ptoucm.ced in this Senate Chamber-just here where our Carnd hu, in thu hour of cur greatest peril, single handed, met and battled the enemies of the Republic. Not herc where he stood faith ful among the faithless ; not herc where he fjujrLt thc gocd fi<;ht for the Union and the Constitution ; not in ibis Chamber whose v.'iils echoed with that eLriun voice, that, in the days of our greatest danger, carried hope and comfort to macy a desponding heart, s'roiig as an arno' with banners- Ho, not JJI-IV. Seek out rather the darkest ..md ?doom- j ?cst chamber in the subterranean recesses of l?e Capitol, where tho cheerful lijrht of day never enters. There erect thc altar and im moist* the victim. I HOUSE.-After lh'. return, Don nely, of Miiii.eto'a, mode apcrsjoal explanation. Wash burn, ol Illinois, wrote a letter to Dounely's constituents denouncing him. Donncly said the letter contained twenty-four false state-j mcnts. Donne!)' proceed? d an beor and a half in the most bitter invective. The Speak- j tr called Lim toorderhalf a dozen times, but Washburn ?aid let the party go on, and, thc Houie tint objecting, bc went on. Doi.nely hf.d litters read going to ^iow that Wash l.urn had outrageously slandered him. Washburn repHf-d reiterating thc truth cf his letter and caving he could make no an swer to a man wno had been false to his triends, bis party, h?3 country, his religion iuid his God. Pending a motion, to censure Washburn thc House adj ?urned. - - . ? ? Virginia^ Hu ihioNi), May 2. The Davis bail bond was rene ved to-day, the accused io appear such day next term as tte cour may hereafter lix. The .Juc'i/e said Chief Justice Chase Lad told him that he. would be in Richmond to preside at the Da vis trial within two days aller the impeach ment trial had concluded. The new bond given has Horace Greeley, Cornelius Vander bilt tad Gerritt Smith on ii lor twenty-five thousand dollars each, and thu remaining twenty-five thcusand dol?ais is given by citi zens of Richmond. This was done by in structions from pattie; named. Senator Bright, of Indians, wu.s in the court room. (Jeueral Lee and ex Secretary Seddon were ju I be city to attend as witnesses. It is thought ?be trial .viii take place the last of May. Louisiana. NEW Ont,KANS, May 2. The ( Ecial retura ot' thc election u not yet published. The Itepubiicau gives returns from ail parishes, makiug tho majority for c institution 17.S03. They a'?o claim 22 Re publicans in the State Senate against li Dem ocrais, and CO Republican members in the Ilouvc against 41 Democrats. Warmcuth's majority for Governor is slight ly iu excess of the constitutional majority." Tho Republican convention completed its nomina'ioDS this morning. Two Presiden tial electors and several Cbiengo delegates ? e colored. Vf S have published a report of the escape of Colonel Grenfel and others from the Dry Torturas. Another account, which we hope is not true, says : " Colonel St. Legar GreD fel, Adic-r, Orr, and another prisoner, whose name we have not ?learned, escaped from Tortugas not long .?-ince. After gettirig out of the fort, they took a small frail boat and put to sea. The night was daik and stormy, ?od it h tmpposed that the boat swamped, important Order in Reference to Local and Municipal Elections. General DANBY on Tuesday last issued the following order : HEAD'RT'RS SECOND ?F'MTARY DISTBICT, ) CHARLESTON, S. C., April 28,1868. j [General Ordei s, Jfo. 77.J - I. An election will be held in the State of South Carolina, commencing on Tuesday, the second day of June, and ending on Wednes day, the tnird day of June, 1858, at which all registered voter? of said State may vote for suoh county officers as by the Constitu tion, adopted by the Convention and since ratified by the people, are elective ; and are provided for in the said Constitution. At the same election, the duly registered voters may als.? vote for such municipal officers as are by law elective by the people. II. The election hereby ordered will be governed by the same rules, as to revision of legistration, conduct of election, qualiflca tions of electors, and returns pf election, as are prescribed by General Orders No. 40, from these Headquarters, dated March 13, 1808. Provided, That if the Constitution, adopted and ratified as aforesaid, shall hffve become the fundamental law of the State of South Carolina, previous to the commence ment of such election, then, and in such case, the qualifications of electors will be those prescribed by said Constitution. III. The county tflhers to be vo'ed for at this election ure : 1. A Judge of the Probate Court for each county. 2. A Clerk for the Court of Common Pleas. 3. A Sheriff 4. A Coroner. 5. Three County Commissioners. G. One School Commissioner. The municipal officers to be voled for wil be such as are provided for by existing laws of the provisional government of South Caro na, for cities and towns ; and their election will be subject to charges by tho General Assembly. By command of Brevet Major-General ED. R. S. CAXBY. LOUIS Y. CAZIARC, Aide-de-Camp, A. A. A. Gen'l. The Abyssinian War. LONDON, April 27.-Later advices from Abyssinia, dated Z jula, April 18, are receiv ed. The very latest reports from Magdala represent that 14,000 native troops hau laid down their arms to Gen. Napier. Theodo ras bad 500 soldiers killed and 1500 wound ed. The Europeans lately held captives, numbering GO s?mls, were already en route to Zoula for home. The entire force of Theo dorus bad been killed, wounded or captured. The liing is said to have planted five guns in front of Magdala, after refusing to surrender the prisoners. Gen. Napier then moved up the first and second brigades, and the King opened on him with the guns. The English replied from a twelve pound Armstroug gun, aud a sevcn pounder, and with rockets. The King then abandoned his guns and barricad ed the sallyports of the town wall," keeping up a fire of musketry. He showed no signs of surrender. A bombardment of thc town by the British for three hours followed, when Gcueial Napier ordeicd the caen to advance, and the town was carried by assault, after a vigorous resistance GD the part of tho enemy. King Theodorus was found dead, shot through the head. Some say he was killed in the bat tle j others assert that he committed suicide. Bis body was recognized by the English cap tives. His two sons were taken prisoners. All the European prisoner? have been libera ted. The interior of the king's stronghold presented an extraordinary scene of barbaric splendor. The troops plundered the place. Tiiey fouud there four royal crowDS of gold, ?2?_U?G iu silver, valuable plate, rich jewels, &S. Auiorg {.he trophies captured by the ex pedition arc twenty-eight pannpu. five thou sand stand of arms, ten thousand shields, ten thousand spear.?, and a lari?e quantity of oilier material of war. The English loss is set down at fifteen wounded and DO killed EucodoiuV army was disheartened by the se vere losses of the lUm instant. Some of th chiefs surrendered the mo t formidable posi (ious of Shilusse. und many thousand mcu hud dowu their arms. The King retired into Magdala with those win remained faithful. Magdala was takeu under cover of the Arm strung steei gun?, the eight-inch uiortar-s aud -th? ruckefc+artspy-- -????o? to me gates ol the fortress was most formidable. FKO.M ABYSSINIA.-London April 27_ Official Abyssinian dates stati that the Eu ropeans lately captured by Theodorus, num bering sixty souls, iuc'uding men, women and children, were already cn route home, aud that the eutire foi ce of Theodorus1 army had been either killed, wounded or captured. General Napier lakes by bis viet pry the twenty eight laree guns just u-ed against him, 5,000 aland of --niall arms, 10,000 shields, such a* are used in battle in open field by the Abyssinian*, 10,000 spears, aud many other articles of war equipments. The same aa count says: Theodorus committed suicide when he fouud that ihe fortuue of the day was again>t him. Treodorui' two sons were taken prisoners. The interior of the fortress ul M*gdala!pre$entcd a splendid ???ht, the place glowing with barbaric splendor. The British troops plundered ?t at onqe, Tiiey lound four royal crowns of solid gold, $20, 000 iu silver plaie, several lots of rich jewels, and other articles of great value. BEVERLY NASH SNUBBED BY A UNITED STATES OFFICER.-A gentleman of high standing, (says the Charleston Mercury,) stnds us the following facts from Columbia: A few days ago, after Nash had ascertained to his satisfaction that he was elected to the Senate, he called upon Major Andrews, Com K.andaut of the Post, to pay his compliments. Op entering thc room where the Major was seated, he spoke, giving the limo of day, when ihe Major enjoined: "Who are you, and what do you wi>h ?" He replied : " My name is Nash, sir." u Well," says the Major, "what ofthat?" "Oh, sir," say3 he, "I am Beverly Nash. Senator elect to the Slate legislature of South Carlina, a1 d have called np:<n you officially to pay my compli ments as such." The M>:jor abruptly replied : I " Well, sir, / neither ?/?ve tn, nor receive com pliments from negroes." "But," says Nosh, ''lam not a negro, lam colored.'1 The Major brought the whole matter to a speedy and final close by saying : " Kw area negro, sir, and as Uar/: a one as I ever saw. I recog nize but three nc^s, and those ar? whites, Indians and negroes." A NEURO WHO CALLS HIMSELF A NEGRO: " M.. Thomas Chester" a very intelligent ne gro, who was, during the war, a correspon dent of Forney's two paper*, a> d who knock ed down a rebel in Richmond ubo insulted him, so Forney says, writes as followp, (rom Europe : " I feel it my duly to communicate these fads to you, and through you to Mr. Sum ner, who has contributed so mufh towards having for the first time a negro received at fortign courts from the United States. Gen eral Clay, at St. Petersburg, aDd Hon. George Yeaman at Copenhagen, both Southern gen tlemen, *en?, iu my name to their respectivo courts. ,: Yours gratefully, "THOMAS CH ESTE lt." Ile calls himself a " negro" aud the two Ministers "Southern gentlemen.'1 Ile i? right. None but a fool can deny thal thc blacks are negroes. COLOREP CO-OPERATIVE DEMOCRATIC CLUBS. -We are phased to lmirn that arrangements are making to form Club No. 1 among the colored people. This is a piove in the right i direction- Wjthout hesitation do we declare, that the colored men who unite in thi3 move- j ment of political affiliation with the Southern whites, arc securing their genuine interests : and even among their own peop'e, the time is not far distant when they will be held as the trtic friends of their race. This movement deserves and will receive the aid and coun Umance.of all good citizens, and of all men anxious to preservo the peace of society, by avoiding, it possible, the sad antagonism of races with which we seem threatened.-Co lumbia Phoenix. rS3- A party of soldiers being infused admis sion to a negro ball in Jackson, Miss , fired into the building ?nd killed one of tho negroes; l*-e l?t*?r r?l0rned tho fire and wounded three of th* vM\m, THE ADVERTISER. JAMES T. SACON, EDITOB. WEDNESDAY, MAY G, 1868. Our Glob li?tes*. We are now furnishing the 'ADVERTISER to Clubs at the following xnrj low rates: Two Copies one Year, f 5.50. Fire Copies one Year, 12.50. Ten Copies one Yearji 22.50. Twenty Copies ono Year, 40.00. No Clubs receired fer a less period than one year,-and in all cases the Cash will be required in advance. The names of the entire Club mast be sent at one time. Advertiser Agents* The following gentlemen are our authorized Agents, and will receipt for all' monies for Sub scriptions or Advertisements sent through them : B. W. HARD, Griniteville, S. C. M. M. PADGETT, Mine Creek, S. C. CHAS. NICKBRSOK, Big Creek, S. C. Rev. J. P. BODTE, Kirksey's X R'ds, S. C. JACOB HUIET k BRO. Huiet's Store, S. C. Union Sunday School Festival. A Festival of the Sunday Sohools of our town will take place on Friday the 15th of the present month. Wo have been requested by the Commmittee of Arrangements to state this fact; and to say farther, on their part, and on tho part of all concerned, that they cordially in vite their friends living in the vicinity of the town, and in the country round about, tobe pres ent at this Festival, and to join with them heart and hand on this pious and joyous occasion. The word " hand" in the above paragraph is figura tive; ?ta literal moaning is "bringa basket-of nice things." Bat this mach wc say entirely of oar own accord. Perhaps we do wrong to so far presumo. And that such of oar friends, living out of town, and wishing to attond this Festival and bring or send their children, may come hither and return homewards at convenient hoars, it has been decided that the exercises shall take place mainly in the forenoon. The Sunday School Scholars will meet at 10$ or ll o'clock A. M. at the Methodist Church, and march thence to the Baptist Church. After the exercises at the Church, there will be a Pic-Nic Dinner in the grove of the Male Academy. Nearer Approach Towards Us ot th? Columbia and Hamburg Railroad. Wo are delighted to chronicle the rapid progress of this road. Cars are now running from Colom bia to the Edgefield lino. By thc middle of the. pr?sent month the iron will be laid as far as ! Shealy's-27 or 2S miles from this plxce ; and by tho first of July, as furas Ridge Spring Churoh IS miles frtfm this. Regalar trains are already running to within two or three miles of Shelly's. Thoso trains come out from Columbia on Tuesdays and Fridays, returning thither on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Merchants on the Ridge are al ready gct'ing their goods by this road. Thus has tlc pr?voit .'?pring probably seen the last of the old-time basiness of wagoning goods to this place from Augasta and Aileen. By next fall, goods and freight can bo delivered by railroad almost at our very doors. And why not literally and absolutely at our very doors? Ye?, why not? Because we are slow and fogjisb, and because tho range of our idoas seems to be bounded >>y the horizon which we see around EdgofieM. Are wc not to have n bruLch from this place to tho nearest point or de put on this new road ? Only fire miles-or six at utmost ! And that over a route requiring but lit tle labor ! Not to have such a branch would be to writo ourselves down dolts and asses ! There arc mon-moneyed men-who own mach town property ju Edgefield. Wbcre are they? Why do they not move ? Where arv the men, old aud young, who ure doing business; here, and probably expect to do business hero for years to corni '( Why do they not move? Why docs not every inhabitant of the placo mure-every mnn or Wuuwu who hos even tweuty or fifty dollar.- to invest in an enterprise which would infuse such new life iot" tliii jib! riiriisnJirf ? '11 ?rn DC interested; and wc earnestly hope a meeting will be called to inaugurale the building of a b.-anph roud from EJgefield to the nearest available point on thu Columbia mid Hamburg Railroad, and that all will come up to the meet ing, prepared to set on foot thc most active and energetic measures for tho consummation of the object proposed. We urge thc immediate expenditure of capital ji this direction. To niy or think that the neces sary amount of imfiey to bui)>l a railroad from thU place to the pine House, or to Mr. Harmon G ?Hur.n's, is not now in the bandi of thc proper ty holders of Edgefield and its vicinity, would be absurd in tho highest degree. They have in their hands far more than is necessary, nnd that unem ployed. Certainty we need not enter into dc'ail and argument to prove to what vast aa van tage they can now we it. "lie who runs may read !" We believe those interested in this matter feel the weight of advantages to bc derived from prompt and eaorfeJie action, and we trust no means wilt be ncglcotod to give force to these view?. Let us have a railroad now pushed ahead, and lhere can he no telling the prosperity that may ll^w in upon tu. Special Notice to Farmers and Gardeners. Tho most usefuj ?nd popular agricultural work of the day is " Tho Scutuern Farmer nnd Market Gardner." This is a Compilation of Valuable Articles upon the subjects of Agriculture, Garden ing, and the Raising and Treatment of Cattle. These articles aro from the pons of the most pop ular and approved writers. Tkcir range is wide and comprehensive. The compiler of the work is Professor HOLMES of Charleston. We acknowl edge thc receipt of a copy of it from the Holmes Book House in that ci:y. During the ten days we have it in possession, many practical .ind ex perienced farmers and gardeners have looked into it; each and every one is extremely pleased with it, and decluro3 that bc woul I not be without it. Tho Southern Farmer and Market Gardener" is t neatly bound book of some 250 pages. Prke $1.50. It will be m ii lc; to any address OR reciipt of said sum. Address "Holmes Book House," Charleston, S. Meeting of thc South Carolina Legis lature. Thc Columbia Phoenix, of Thursday last, says : " Finul arrangements were eoncludtd yesterday fcftsrnoon for the assembling of the Legislature, in Columbia, on Tuesday, the 12th inst. Janney's Hall has been secured by the Governor, and work men arc already employed in altering and adapt ing it to their purpose. Thc Senate will meet on the first floor, and the House of Representatives in tho second story. Suitable committee rooms have aluo been provided. All the necessary ac commodations for Ibo members havo been arranged I. will doubtless bs a very long session, as an un usual ai ouut of work will bavo to be attend ed lo."" - Collector Mackey iu WashiUKlon. A special Washington dispatch to the New York Times lays : "Hon. A. G. Mackey, Prcsi dent of the South Carolina Reconstruction Con vention, has arrived here, bringing with bim a duly certified copy of the constitution adopted by tho ronvontion, and subsequently ratified by tho people of that State, whit h bc is required by la w to place in the hands of the Presidont, who will transmit lt to Congress. Mr. Mackey will probably seek an interview with President John son for that purpose, in a few d.;ys, although be bas beon advised by several aident impeachers te postpone his visit till after the* impoaohment trial is closed." Ia Georgia one hundred and nine coontieB give Bullock for Governor seven thousand six hundred and eighty-nine majority. The Repub licans also claim the Senate. Aaron Bradley, of Boston, is one of the negroes elected to the Sen ate from Savannah. As he was expelled from the convention for being a oonvtot at Sing Sing, N. Y., lt is believed that be ?Ul not bo alJotrod to Mt) bis ?est in ib? Legislator?, Another Convention of the Democracy of the State. We published in our last issue, a Resolution of the Central Executive Committee of the Demo cratic Party of Edgefield District, offered by Gen. M. W. GARY, suggesting the propriety of calling a general Convention of the Democracy of thc State, to meet on the 2nd Tuesday in Juro next, " to ascertain tba ?ease of the party as to the right of snffrage, and other grave question! touching the interest of the State." . We heartily endorse thia Resolution ; for there remains no doubt that tho recont Denfocratic Convention which mot in Columbia, failed-to give entire satisfaction to the Democrats of tbojstate. Under those circumstances, there is a pressing necessity for another and more general Conven tion. We hopo the Democratic papers of ?be State will see to it that South Cirolina is properly rep resented in the National Convention which is to assemble ia New York on the 4th of July nert, and that her delegates will go thither with a platform not essentally different from th? plat form of the great unitod Democratic party of the countryaat large. And we trust that our fellow-citizens through out the District will boar in mind that the Central Executive Committee have appointed Sales Day in JUDO for a mooting of the Democracy of the District. This meeting should be universally at tended. The Dion. G. D. TILLMAX and other distin guished gentlemen will, on this occasion, address the Democracy upon the great issues of the day. ? . ? Washington Rumors. A special dispatch to the Charleston New, dated Washington, May 1, says: "In out side circles it is the opinion that the President has now a good chance of being acquitted, or at least of escaping with a reprimand ; but the Radicals still keep their heads up and declare that the " traitor Johnson" will be removed in less than ten days. They are not as eaut?ous as they'Were, and have let slip several things which indicate the policy they intend to pursue. " As General Sickles was a martyr to the cause, he will, as soon as Mr. Wade takes possession of the White House, be returned to the command of your district, and, for the same reason, Gen. Sheridan will be sent baok to Louisiana. The Radicals do not intend that, military rule shall soon cease, and say that they will keep military commanders and large detachments of troops in the South for at-loast two years. ' When the Cabinet has been reconstructed, the South will be attended to, and those who know Mr. Wade best, assert positively that he will odfise harsh and vindictive measures hoing taken in those States which have rejected the Radical constitutions, ' There is sotno talk of Bushing through the trial of Mt. Davis in a manner similar to that in whieh impeachment has been conducted, and some of the more moderate Radicals think that Mr. Davis would do well to forfeit his bail and leave thc Unitod States at once. It is also said that the Southern leadors who have made them selves particularly obnoxious to the ruling party, by their persistent opposition to the unconstitu tional action of Congress, will be banished the country. All talk of Stevens' confiscation scheme has died out, and you have nothing to fear on that subject" The Recent Election. Capt L. V. CAZiAnc, A. A. General, has pub lished in the Charleston papers the following of ficial result of thc Ute election in this State : For Agatntt Ditfricts. Conttitui'it ConttitmtioH. Total. 1. Beaufort.4,939 159 5,098 2. Berkley.... j l2,2t2 3,334 15,616 3. Charleston J 4. Choler.1,750 USl 2,731 Colittou.,3,0S3 :-.S2 3,403 6. Darlington,,, ...2.710 4|i' 3,jei 7. Fairfield.!,0M ?99 2,6S5 5. Georgetown.2,473 145 2,618 9. Hurry.406 773 J,179 10. Kershaw.1,406 329 1,735 11. Lexington.1,1*5 &69 1,674 12. Newberry.2,01? 8?2 2,251 13. Oningeburg.2.957 1.167 __4J24 UL. UUUij-t^........J..<J*>l-O.VtV 16. Fumier.",426 482 S Mt 16. Wil i.msburg....l,?44 290 1,934 17. York.I;?33 1.576 3,509 IS. Abbeville.2,S2l 1,100 3,921 19. Barnwell.S,SS7 687 4 044 20. Edgefield. 3,4 72 1,072 4,544 ll.?ndersoa.B,S3l 1,1 M 8.92] 22. Chis?erfielii::::::.. 722 664 1.3S6 23. Clarendon....1,403 243 1,64? 24. Greenville.1,610 ?S8 2.39S 25. Lancaster. 868 7S0 1,618 26. Lauren?.1,901 i.137 3.038 27. Marion.1,586 1,565 3,151 28. Marlboro'.1,154 435 1,693 26. Oconee.487 627 1,114 .10. Bielens,.,.,""."??Hl 825 SI. Sparenburg..'.'...'1 430 1,98* 3,413 32. Union!.1,490 ?71 2,261 Total.70,758 27.28S 98,046 Let Us Eat Peaches nnd Die ! Whi'c the Impeachment trial is raging and abounding in Washington : and thu Radicals are running roughshod over the South ; and the English are triumphing in Abyssinia; and the Fenians are still troubling the rojal Victoria ; and the Ritualists aro hankering after the "scarlet wo man," and the Low-Church party, after Method ism ; and Russia is blotting out the Ust trace of vestige of Puland ; and the beautiful Empress Eogtuie is growing corpulent; ?nd Brazil and Buenos Ayres are about to play the Kilkenny-cat gHtne ; ?nd Dr. Livingstone still roams in life ; and Victor Iiuuiunuel of Italy marries off his eldest son ; and Louis Na. oleon und Buniarck are grin niug at eaph other ??th chainiing sincerity and good feeling; and the Northern Methodists want to ruthlessly gobble up the Southern Methodists; and tho great Pacific Railroad ftretehos further and further East and West, and will soon meet in the middle; and the Loyal Leagues are flourish ing, and developing day by day t^e Presbyterian trait of total depravity; and the Ku Klux Klan, liko every thing else purely Southern, is fait dying out ; and the Rudie ate are making ready for their Presidential pow-wow in Chicago, and the Democrats for thoirs in New York; and money aorvng Southern people ia growing small by de grees and beautifully less ; while all theso wonder ful, stupendous, admirable, lamentable things are going on in tho world, wc havo the pleasure to in form the said world that In Edgefie d there is to be, this season, An Al>n;,dancr af Fruit ! For years we have not witnessed such an inun dation of peaches ; they are horribly young and fazzy, to bc sure, but safely beyond the mulice of Jack Frost, and full of promise. Season after season, ever since we can remember, there bas b?en uuiver.-al grumbling over (be niggardly sup ply of peaches ; and now nature, evidently con fessing the "soft iirij>i*c/<ment," seems anxious,by her present prodigality, to atone fir former ro miss?Us. Alas ! we have been guilty of a sort of pun, and we intuitively look arouud for the fool killer! But back to tho fruit! And not only an inundation of peaches, but of plums, and apples, and berries. Before long, we shall all devour peaches with a most perfect and delightful louseness. Lawyers will listen to their clients with peaches in their hands; tho broker on the street will conclude a bargain with a mouthful; the preacher will rrr unt tho pulpit with a pocketful ; while millions of j peripatetics will cat, as they walk, from morning till night. The atmosphere will be redolent with a peachy fragrasco, while peach stones and rinds will mar and disfigure the face of mother oa. th. And, oh ! what magnificent specimens will, throughout the season, grace the editoi's table j We totter wit? delight as wo think of it ! The only poople discontented with the profusion will be tho growers, who can scarcely give away thpir fruit Lot us offer them our condolence at least, ipasmuch as they suffer fur the public good Wo Southern poop]s are not Uted to favors, Let us be profoundly thankful for the very smallest* And if we eau do no better, (and cor tun ly the pros pect is bad,) let us eat peaches and die ! Chief Justice Chase says that Manager Butler has brought down tho High Court of Im. peachmert to the level of a Police Court. Styles, a negro candidate for the Legisla turo tri Awcricus, bai wittie a litter renouncing j Btdfcal doctrines. j For the Advertiser. At a meeting of tho Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Edgefield District, held on Monday the 4th, the following R solution was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That a Committee of Five bo ap pointed to consider the quostion of Labor-arid ImigraUon, and report tho samo to a rotare meeting of this Committee. . F. W. PICKENS, Chair. B. C. BnvA.v, Sec'ry." For tho* Advertiser. The late Election-Carnet of the Defeat of the Conservative Ticket-Fraud Practiced by the Radical*-Threats vied to make the Freedmen Vote for the Radical*. At the lat? election held by orders from GOD. CAXBV, the Radical Ticket WM elected, by a large majority, ia this District This was owing ta several causes. Most of tho white voters hav ing mada op their mind?, siaoe the close of th? lata war, to abstain from voting tba balance of their lives ; while others did not register, and a portion of those who did, pat off voting until the la:t day, whea they were prevented by high water. There were over 2500 white maa registered ia Edgefield District; more than 200 more could have registered if they had mad? an effort to do so; SOO whit? men voted th? Conservativo Tiekot; near 25 whites votad th? Radical Ticket. One or two whites voted for the Radioals at this place, s ?mo at fi rangeville, and some at Hamborg, aod a few scattering at other Boxes. At least 100 colored men voted the Conservative Ticket. Only one third of the registered whites voted ; the remain ing two-thirds, from indifference and other causo?, remained away from the polls; and th? result was as above stated. It is tra? that the election notice was not pub lished by the Managers, and that many of tha white people did not know at what places th? election would ba held ; and they are somewhat excusable on that ground. Bat the election coald easily have been oarried by the Conservative Party if proper steps had been taken in time. If the white voters bad turned out at the polls, and .very man had voted, and controlled one vota eaoh, (and what man coald sot have controlled one colored voter if ho had' tried ?) much more might have been accomplished. There were seven voters on my place, only four of whom voted the Radical ticket ; and with a little well directed exertion every white man might have been able to say the same thing. Oar people failed to do their duty, as they should have done, and as the interest of the State required at their hands. I know it is too late cow to lament over oar defeat, bot cannot we, by being warned in time, tarn oar experience lo some account in the future ? A like indifference as to who controls the Bal lot Box fn future, will soon cause yon to rae the day yoo vowed never to vote again in South Caro lina. Yoor Taxes will soon have to be levied by these negroes and scalawags in the Legislature, and you will have them to pay, while the Law Makers themselves own no property. It is a well known fact that the negroes will be screened from paying Tax, as but few of them yet own land, and ander the new Constitution imprisonment for Taxes or Debt is abolished. District officers will soon have to bo elected, and it is your doty to make an effort at once in this matter. Take warning from tho past! If you refuse to vote and to use your influence at the Ballot Box, oan yon expect anything better than to be ruled by negroes and mean, unprinci pled white men, who go with the negroes, and are making every effort to sink themselves below tho negroes. Now I desire to call yonr attention to a few of the acts committed by thc negroes, scalawags, and somo of th? managers of the lato election ; which acts were thc cause of their ticket being elected. Word was sent to every Freedman'. quarter in Edgefield District that be must be at ft upociued place on Tuesday the 11th April ; that they were all required and ordered to bo at the polls on that day without fail ; and that if they refuted, a severe punishment would bo inflicted upon each and every one of them. These pcretnp I tory-orders from th. I.nr.i ci. lc J to every negro quirter, and obeyed to the letter. Some of the managers of the election wen* vory busy iu carrying out these orders, and further in structions which they had from the leaders of the Loyal League. Tho Freedmen were told that they would yet receive the promised 40 Acres of land, and two mules; and in addition $500 in money, for having bad to wait so long for their lands. That a surveyor would be sont to survey and parcel out thc land just as soon as the Legis lature met. That if they voted for the white man party they would, without a doubt, be put hick into slavery. And if they voted for tnt Radical?, they would not have to poy any Taxes. Most of the Freedmen believed or pretended to believe, all of these reporte, and said they stood tn great fear of the Loyal League. If there was ever amore low-down,under-handed, unprincipled work done to carry an election, than was done in EdgeGeld District, I never have heard or rend of it. Now is it not fair, and ?J it not proper, and is it not cur duty, to try to use these voters in future ? By fuir means make the effort. It will cost you but little trouble to make this cflurt; ami you may succeed. I believe weean control this District if the white people will du their duty, and if we succeed, we will accomplish much. OLIVER. For the Advertiser. Deleterious Effects of Tobacco. ROCKY CREEK, April I?, 1SG8. MR. EniTOR :-Allow me to pen a few lines for your paper upon the evil effects resulting from the use of the noxious weed oalled, Nicotian* Tabacum. All those whom reason or disgust re strains from plunging into the great vortex of popular habit?, cannot soe without a sigh the ea gerness with which some people, and especially the young, acquire the use of Tobacco. Not only chewing, but smoking i* carried equally to excess, and ever with disregard of the evil results Nothing is moro injurious to the general health than the excessive use of Tobacco, either in the form of snuff or otherwise Tho former, if pos sible, is th? most detestable. In tbe form of snuff, many of the ladies take an occasional "dip" to clean their already pearly white tocth. IJhave seen m my not only "dip" occasionally, but keep their mouths continually strained by the uae of it until the once rosy hue of their cheeks was converted to a deathly hue, accompanied by a broken constitution and ruined health. On th? other band, every ono knows bow uncourteous and indecent it appears to sec a man " squirting" Tobacco juice in every possible direction ! What can be more disgusting, or contradictory to all good deportment or behaviour, in the externa] offices and decorums of soolal ljfe, than to seo a Church with its fl >or and walli perfectly maturated with Tobacco juice, rendering it unfit to be occu pied by ladies or well-bred gentlemen ? Wo im agine tho?? who ose tobacoo, if they have any notion of propriety or decency of conduct, should at least debar themselves of its use, on toms oc casions. It is equally ridiculous and contra bonos mores to soe a lady, with th? shallow excuse cf cleaning her teeth., having lier mouth stained with the offensive juice, from Aurora's dawn to erening twilight, which is sometimes the case. We would advise all, and especially tho ladies, not to stain their lips by such a oseless and filthy habit. It will stain the toeth indelibly. The only authenticated facts that we have any right to believe are those established by physicians, as scmo writers say, more than four hundred years before the Chistian Era, more than twenty two hnndrod years agi. Tobacco is a native of tropical America, where lt was found by the Spaniards qn \ho\r avivai in thjs country; H '? now cultivate)} in almost ad parts of the world, bat particularly in the Stat? of j Virginia. Thousands of pages have been written hy physicians on this subject, ?and not one has erer decided in favor of its nee, (except as a medicine) In any way or form. We consider Tobacco one of the greatest ene mies of the human family, and, ht troth of all life; henoe no animal, save man, will touch it. Dr. Dixon, who in a very eminent physician, properly maintain? tint Qu tot rf Tobacco io any shan* J i? productive of the most fearful physical results. He attributes in fact most of the distressing mal adies we are subjeet to{ as well as the gaunt frame and sallow complexion, of too many Americans, to the Nicotin ot oil.of Tobacco, infused into the System hy tho general habit of smoking, scuffing orcbcwing. "Oil of Tobacco," rc a ar ka tbfe*blo physician, " eras the awful agent chosen hy Bo carme for poisoning his brother-in-law, because it killed and left no sign whereby to convie t him." He-add J that "five drops of the' oil will kill a dog." We may here add that a distinguished college of physicians hare decided and proved that not less than thirty thousand persons die an nually in the United States from the use of this poison, which- is infinitely more injurious to those who use it than the most pernicious al cohol. A Gcrmin physician tells us that half the young men who die from twenty-one to twenty-five jean of age, are destroyed by the use of Tobacco ; and that half the young women who die from eighteen to twenty-five, die from the effects of Tobacco used in the form of snuff. We should be mor; than equally opposed to snuff because it affects tho lungs more or less. Scholars, orators and soldiers hare pursued this habit of snuff- toking till their brains have became serious ly injured and diseased, their strength declined, and they have sunk prematurely hito the grave. A gentleman once isked the celebrated Arberne thy if he thought fae moderat?use of snuff wooli): Injure the brain. "No Sir," was Arbernethy'a prompt reply, " for no man. with a single ounce of braius would ever think of taking snuff." The eminent -Dr. Ruin,! iu his manuscript lectures, says, "I once at tend ?d a gentleman who had been for some time troubled ??th a disease that baffled the most skillful physicians to knew how to prescribe for him ; 'the disease was accompa nied with loss of appetite and considerable ema ciation. Observing thut he frequently practiced the taking of snoff, to which I attributed his complaints, I advised him to suspend the ase of it. This he accordingly did ; he soon began to improve very fast, and in a few weeks was re stored to perfect hoalth." Just by simply leaving off the use of snuff} Tobacco possess :s the properties of a sedative, an emetic, and sialagogue. In largo doses, it acts as a narc?tico acid, poison, producing distressing nausea and retching, faintness, great prostration and vascular rel&xatioii, a feeble fluttering pulse, coldness, convulsions, and death. Tobacco was never intended to be taken into the system in any form except as a medicine. One drop of Nicotin in the state of concentrated solution, is sufficient to destroy a dog ; and small birds will be killed at the approach of a tobo containing Nicotin; as for instance a filthy pipe stem. The experiments of Brodie lead to tho inference that the functions of the heart are affected by Tobacco, through the medium of the nervous sys tem; and this opinion ts sanotioned by nearly all the fraternity. NEMO. -_-? ? ? A MAN COMMITS SUICIDE BECAUSE HIS WIFE KISSED ANOTHER.-A Mr. Sneed, o? Union City, and whe waa well known to the citizens of Memphis., committed suicide by taking laudanum, a lew days ago, under thc following peculiar circumstances riSneed was a man forty years old:, and had recently mar ried a young lady of Union City. Having occasion to visit Mobile on business, on his return he pressed his wife fondly to his bosom, kissed her, and expressed satisfaction in knowing that he wu the only ian that had ever enjoyed that privilege. Upon which his wife replied :11 You are very much mistaken ; I have kissed divers and sundry men in my life." Sneed replied, iu a kind tone, " You told me I was the only one, and I believed yon." To this his wife made answer, " I told you that I loved- ; I have kissed and bugged him often, and felt just as free with him as if we had been married." After this cruel confession, Sneed wandered about town like one deranged. He disappeared on Fri day morning, and was found, a short time afterwards, dead, having committed suicide by taking laudanum. ? ? -? THE REMAINS OF GEN. SEMMES.-The body of General Paul J. Semmes, who felLgaUaut-. tT fl~u?;..a o? IUO .itav>uu?is battle ground of Gettysburg, in 18G3, was rc-iuttrred in our city cemetery yesterday afternoon. A very large procession followed the remains to thc burying ground-his old comrades, the survi vors of the Columbus Guard*, and the mem bers of the old City Light Guard*, forming a prominent part of the funeral procession. A long line of carriages and a great many citi zens on foot accompanied the remains to their final resting place. Of the appearance of General Semmes' corpse when brought to this city, the Sun di' Times says: '' In the afternoon large numbers of ladies and gentlemen visited the church. Fur a few the metallic plate placed over the face of the illustrious dead was removed. Though buried nearly five years, the face could be easily re cognized. The lineaments of the features, the moustache, arad the general outlines, aa well as the expression, were very natural ; there's but little change. The body of the Genera', it is well remembered, was buried in a metallic collin in the grounds surround ing a church in Martinshurg, Va. Dr. Fogle, who went after the remains, found no difficul ty in procuring or transmitting them. At the head of the grave was a simple head-board announcing the name, with rank, and the date of death. The handsome silver plate now on the coffin was procured by the Doctor ju Baltimore. Our dead in Virginia, Mary 'iud and Pennsylvania are all cared for.'' Columbus Enquirer, 2Gth. - Judicious Application of Proper Fer tiiizers. Fur the purpose of throwing further light upon (his all-important subject, we publish the sub joined letter : MCELVEEXSVILL?, Mitchell Co, Ga., November 25tb, 1S67. Messrs. Wilcox, Gill* d- Co. :-Gents-Yours, asking me to give a statement of tho results of the Gbonix Puano purchased of you, hus just reached me. I used on poor sandy lands about '200 lbs. per acre, using on tho same lands cotton -ced to seo tbe results. / am satisfied that the Guano has increased the yield frum 300 tu 400 per cent above the cotton seed. This experiment wai made on Cotton planted in the usual way of the country. The Guano was applied to the furrows by strewing the same way as wo apply eaton seed. I am well pleased with tho results, and think it wilt pay our planters handsomely to use it on all crops. Very respectfully, R. D. MCELVKKM, M. D. -? ? ? QT General Meade has ordered a board of officers to meet in Atlanta on Monday to investi gate the election frauds, and decide upon the re sult of the same. ?35" The children of negro Democrats have been dismissed from the freedmen's school in Macoq. ?S!* Mr. Wea Levy has retirod from tho edi torial chair of the Savannah Advertiser. He gives as a reason that he does not wish to jeopard ize the iutereets-of the proprietors, through the personal hostility of Meade toward himself. ?gr Lancaster District has gone Democratic Colonel B. M. Sims has been elected to the State Senate, and Colonel T. Frank Olyburn and Cap tain Wm. G. Stewart to tb? House. Jg?? A negro barn-burner woe detected by the authorities in Wayne county and arrest I ed, hut was subsequently token .out of jail and banged by the enraged people. - . A New.Jeniey paper, speaking of the in tentions of the Mongrels of that State to nominate the infamous Gen. Kilpatrick for Governor, is of opinion that " such'a silly braggart and unprincipled fool could not ran well." Not run well? Why,ho ran like thnn der almost every tima he got into battle du ring tho war. Wade Hampton once mode him run ao fast that he left both hts breeches and his sweet-heart behind, besides a great number of silk dresses and more delicate ar ticles of ladieu' weitr which he bad heroical ly captured frbm trunks and wardrobes on his march. He was great at marching through a country occupied only by women and chil dren, and had a wonderful knack of keeping on', of thc way of Confederate soldiers. Ha ought to be the nominee of tl 12 Mongrels fat Governor of New Jersey, Ralas* the k-o, temperate and handsome Major P? -'jora bas superior ciainuv-New loti P . Jhok. ?&5 ] . ^. _" _..... m .?? ?i ?'?T?A ?I?M JAMES A. 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