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Take My Hand Father! The wayTs dark; my Father ! cloud on cloud Is gathering thickly o'er my head, aud loud The fhuhders roar above me. See, I stand Liko one bewildered ! Father ! take my hand, And through tho gloom Lead safely homo Thy child ! Thc day goes fast, my Father! and tho night Is drawing darkly down. My'faithless sight Secs ghostly vision?. Fears, a spectral band, Kncoinjuss mc. . O Father ! take my hand, And from tho night Lend up to light Thy childi Thc way i?> lung, my Father! and my soul Longs for the rest and quiet of the goal ! Whilo yet I journey through this weary* laud Keep mc from wandering. Father! Uko my hand Quickly and utraight Lead to heaven's gate Thy ohUd! The path is rough, my Father ! Many a thorn Has pierced mc ,* and my weary feet, all torn And bleeding, mark the way. Yet thy cominan Bids mo preis forward. Father ! take my hand Then, safe and best, Load up io rest Thy ohild ! Tho throng is great, my Father ! Many a doul And fear and danger compass me about ; And foes oppress mc sore. I cannot stand Or go alone. 0 Father ! take my hand, And through the throng Lead safo along Thy child ! Tho cross is heavy, Father! I have borno It long and still do bear it Let my worn And fainting spirit rise to that blest land Where crowns are given. Father ! take my ham And, reaching down, Lead tb the crown Thy child ! -? ? ? Not iu Favor of Negro Suffrage. From thc recent, discussion in: th House of Representatives on the admis sion ol the Southern States into the Unior we extract the remarks of Hon. Mi BECK, of Kentucky. They will go t show that negro suffrage is not the prc vailing sentiment of the people of Ker tucky and of the great North-West: Mr. Highby-I wanted to ask the ger tleman what he would do with the negro Mr. Beck-1 will tell the gentlema what I would do with the negro. I woul protect him as a free man, as I woul protect our women and children, or an; other person who had not thc capneit for exercising political rights. I woul hold ihe negro unfit for political right: as wc do the Indian and the Chinamai for a great variety of reasons. His who! race has. shown itself in all time unfit fo self-government. The Caucasian rac alone has developed that power, and tha only under favorable circumstances, b; thc growth of centuries and by educatioi up lo a point which wc think we hav reached. Many.of the races even upoi the continent of Kuropc and Asia arc ye unfit for self-government. And to sa; that the negro, inferior all lime past, shal he taken from the.rice, cotton and suga plantations of thc South, in* absolute ig norance, degraded, as the Republicans al ways claimed, to the level of the muli he drove-lo take him from that) condi tion and place him above his forme master, degrade, debase and disfi anchis, the white man, and put above him a mai who has not an idea what to do except t< follow thc bidding of the demagogue wh< seeks to use him-to do this is au outragi upon the white race to which we belong and one which the people of this countrj never will permit. I would protect the negro in all his rights, but 1 would hold him unfit to ex ercise political rights. 1 will go as far tc protect him in his civil rights as any gen tleman from New England will go. Ano the men of my State, as much as they have been slandered upon that subject, will and do go as far in protecting and defending him as any set of men in America. If gentlcmeu will go there now, they will see the negro as happy and better protected and better cared for than in any oilier State, North or South, in spite of all the efforts of demagogups to make it otherwise. Mr. Ward-Will the gentleman yield .to me for a question ? Mr. Beck-I cannot yield further. When Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas and Ohio refused to give the negroes any po litical rights, how can gentlemen repre senting those States uow seek to fasten that policy upon the people of thc South ? Having^ made the experiment under the most auspicious .circumstances and ".ii-'v tested it in the free States-I mean . .i. States where men were free to act and to decide--and your own people having everywhere discarded your at tempt to establish negro suffrage, with all jthc inducements and temptations you could hold out to them, it does seem to me that as faithful representatives of the people, whose will you know and whose instructions you have received, after a, full and fair submission of the question to them by yourselves, you nave no right to place the white men of the South under the domination of the negro-no right to use the coerced and ignorant ne gro vote in the South to neutralize the free, intelligent vote of the Northern and Western States, for thi3 is really not n vote, but an indirect and efficient mode of stiffling the ballot-boxes of the North, as flagrant, when fairly looked at, as bur ning up all the ballot-boxes in the States of New York, Pennsylvania and indiana would be. These three great States hav ing about the same . electoral votes as the five military districts in the South, would it not be more manly, .equally just, and present your claims more intelligently, if you would allow the ten States 'em braced in those districts to remain, as the distinguished gentleman*From Pennsylva \ nia [Mr. Stevens] says they now are, waste, outlying provinces, conquered ter ritories, till after the November election, and send your bureau agents or other suitable emissaries into the States of New York, Pennsylvania* and Indiana, on the first Tuesday . in November next, and ?i . the presence of all the people thereof, burn up the ballot-boxes and ballots, on thc claim that you have a right'to deprive the Democratic candi date for the Presidency of that number of votes, to set'off the political power of these territorial dependencies, which you claim to own and control by right of con quest. The people would underslatrd . that 'issue and have something "to say about it; yet that is precisely what you are doing now in an indi rf ct way, and ihe people are beginning to open their eves to the truth'of it. 1 know this Congress thinks it is omnipo tent. lt is nearly so. It has acted ns though it was, in spite of th? decision of the highest j idical tribunal in the land ; a tribunal made co-ordinate in'power and authority I with Congress by the-Constitution; a tribu- i nal erected as a barrier against legislative 1 usurpation on Ute "rights of the States * and the people; a tribunal whose esposi- < tion of ihe Constitution has always been ( deemed to be binding and eoBciusive o??J he departments of the. ,f^oyernmenL J Congress, inthese so-called Reconstrffc ion Acts,, in time of profound peace, . ?early two years after the last hostile irm had beon raised, and long "after it, i Dy its own legislation, recognized the ( ivar as ended, subordinated the civil to 1 ihe military power, suspended the habeas ? :orpiis, struck down the trial by jury, declared all civil government at tin end, arid in all things civil and political, ; sub stituted its will and orders, and the will and orders of its agents, for the will ' and the acts of the people themselves. ' It can impeach the Chief Executive Mag istrate, elected by the people, without ! cause, or because he is an obstruction in : its-ou ward march to power. It can with draw tho authority from the Supreme Court to question any act of outrage committed by its servants on any of the people of the South. In short, it is al most omnipotent, or seems to be so. But ' there is one appeal left. Presidents, Courts, States and citizens may be strick en down by those in power, but the ser vant is not above his master.; he has to retire after a term from these halls, and give an account of his stewardship to those who sent him. The majority here will then find before that court of last resort, that all their acts-will be reversed and annulled; that the Constitution is still the supreme law ; that all their do ings here are known and disapproved ; that this is a white man's Government, and because they have sought to subvert it, they have been weighed in the balances and found wanting. The hand-writing is upon the wall, the Men?, men?, tekel up harsin, is seen, and understood ; and the guilty Belshazzar did not tremble more at the recorded verdict of offended Heav en, than do the radical leaders now, when called to lace an indignant and outraged people, whose trusts they have betrayed, whose liberties they have s'ought to sub vert, and whose rights they have tram pled under foot, in violation of their known and expressed will. The people will take the matter into their own hands. They will want to know why ten States of this .Union are kept under a military despotism and pre vented from contributing their share to ward the revenue of the country. -They will wjint to know why millions of white people are disfranchised and millions of dollars are taken out of thc Treasury, tor tile purpose of holding them in armed subjugation to the ignorant negroes. They will do away with your reconstruction laws, your conquered provinces, and your disjointed Union. They will remove the obstructious from these halls. They will insist upon the restoration of the equali ty, liberty and fraternity of a white man's Government, from whose administration the negro and all his advocates shall be excluded. Good Digestion. A foreign reviewer thinks that the ad vantages of good digestion cannot be over-estimated. Efe says j "Men who succeed need not have any subtle mind.-;, or brilliant imaginations, or marvellous powers cf industry. Some industry, some imagination, and some acuteness, ?ye, doubtless, indispensable. But the one indispensable factor is n good digestion. The laborious mon or the in dustrious man is often of an atrabilious temperament, gloomy and austere ; or he is nervous, fidgetty, anxious aud fretful, in neither case is he successful. He may consume gallons of midnight oil on some very clever or very learned book, but after being a three weeks' lion, he will himself be supplanted in the homage of so ciety by his own book, or by some sharp, quick-witted, off-hand spark, who picks his brains, repeats his sayings, appropri ates his facts or his inferences, tfnd.pains all the credit that is really due to the genius and industry of a discontented dyspeptic. Who is the successful man ? The man with a good stomach, ample barrel, broad face, glowing cheeks, and a ruddy smile, which may denote good hu mor, sympathy, or perfect indifference. Who does not know the capital good fel low of society, with his rosy gills, habitual smile, and white teeth, his little inuen does, and his significant looks, indicating that he knows your latest secret and last formed plans ?" AK INTERESTING INCIDENT.-Thc fol lowing, which can be vouched for, occur red recently : "An old colored man, whom we will call Jim, entered a well-known commis sion merchant's store, and inquired if he 'had heard anything from his; old " master" (a former pairon of the. merchant, who. lives- up /the country,) lately ; that' he would like to know how he va?-/' "'Yes,"' responded the merchant, " I am just read-. ?rig a letter from him,. Jim. He is in great trouble, and writes me that his family is suffering greatly." ' The mer chant read certain portions of the letter to Jim, in which his u old marster" had depicted the distress of himself and family, and tears coursed down the old Africans cheeks. He left the store and returned in about an hour. Handing the merchant a roll of rmoney, amounting to forty dollars, he said : " Mars John, send' dis to old marster, and tell him dat it am all his old boy, Jim, can do for him now. but dat he'll help him all in his pq.wer;" and pressing the notes into the merchant's hand, the faithful old African sadly left the store. Jim told the merchant that he had kept away from thc polls at the late so called election, and had influenced many of his companions to do likewise, as he believed "dem men who had cum Souf cum arter no good, and that the cul Iud folks had better give dem a wide berth." He knew " de Southern people, and Knowd dey war de true friend of dc cullud- people." Mobile Tribune. A little darkey was recently found sit ting on the steps of a fashionable house in Schenectady, crying pitifully. What's de matter wid you ? asked a colored wo man. '* De matter's 'nuff--double trouble all oberihe house. Fardet am drunk, mudder am gone home wid de cloze, sis broke de looking-glass wid de broomstick, de bal>y got her eyes full ob cyan poper, and little Pete Wood-put de mustard on he-hair for goose grease. I put sait in my tea fur de white sugar, wat mudder has when professor Hannibal conics to see her, and it made me sea-sjek. De dog licked Pete's face, and got his mnuf full ob mustard, and lies under de bed a howlin. De kitten got her hod in de milk pot, and I cut her hed off to sabe de pitchur, and den I had to break de pitchur to get de hed out, and de way I'll get licked when mudder comes home fur setin de bed afire, will be a sin." 2?gT* H., in the Bural" World says a 1 bundered horse may be cured by throw ug a tablespoonful of pulverized alum I veil back in the mouth of the horse .19 iOon as the founder is discovered. The tnimal should^be kept from water a day i >r thereabouts. This was tried on se ver il occasions, ta? never without success, i L Strange Dream and a Wedding* One of the happiest men that ever ourneyed a hundred miles from Michi gan, took the Toledo Express on Satur day, at Fremont, bound for Toledo and lis home in Michigan. He told a strange story, of which the following is the sub stance : Some weeks since, while at home in Michigan, he retired to rest after a hard iay's work, and falling asleep dreamed a iream. He appeared to have taken a long journey from " home," where he bad been located tor ten years, and had scarcely lost sight of, and where he had lived "a happy old bach," and never thought of matrimony. In that dream a vision appeared unto him. He arrived at a place in Ohio which was called Fremont It appeared that soon after his arrival in that place he formed the acquaintance of a young lady, and that, altera short but happy courtship, he married her and returned to his home m Michigan, where he became wealthy, lived happily, and raised a nu merous family of children, and in time trotted his rxrandchildren upon his knee. He then awoke ; it was broad daylight, an.d his mother was at his door calling him down to breakfast. At the breakfast table he related his dream to the old lady, and she was deep ly impressed with it. He told her it was his intention to at once seek out the beautiful creature of whom he had dream ed, and the old lady, believing there was a special providence in it, and being also a firm believer in dreams, advised him by all means to go and find her; if he couldn't find her to bring back an Ohio girl any way, 11 for you itnow," said she, "the Ohio giris are right smart," So John packed up his little wardrobe and took the first train out for Ohio, and lost no time in reaching Fremont. When he arrived at that place he was* surprised to discover that the sign at the depot, containing the name of the place was an exact duplicate of the one he had seen in his dream, and that the depot building and general appearance of the city corresponded exactly with his vision. He put up at the Kepler House and be gan his search. For two or three days he was unsuccessful, but finally, just be ibre he was on the point of returning home he came face to face with a maiden at the-post office. u Tis she," said he all J.0 himself, and then he walked up man fully and told her his story, his dream, and of his place in Michigan, and frankly asked her to share his last with him. She said something about its being sudden : she would rather wait a few days before giving an answer ; bufhe was determined to have it there und then, and she finally said she was all his own. He accompanied her to her home, and i hat evening he told her fund parents all about it. And they pronounced it good. The day following they were married and at once commenced their journey Michi ganward. The man was a fine looking fellow, and so happy that he could scarcely contain himself. He protested roundly that it was the woman he saw in his dream that he had met and married, and that all; from first to last, had been exactly ns he pictured in his dream. The lady was a pleasing appearing, comely looking lady, a few years younger than the man, and seemed to be brim full of fun and to en joy the novelty of the thing fully as much as her husband. Take them, all in all, they were well matched and were doubt less made for each other. He said only one tiling was lacking to make his happi ness complete, and that was the fulfill ment of the latter part of his dream. Cleveland Leader. Testing Her Innocence. Thc following touching scene recently occurred in a Parisian court of justice: A poor, pale wan seamstress was ar raigned for theft. She appeared at the bar with a boy of eleven or twelve months old in her arms, her child. She went to get some work one day, and stole three gold coins of lOf. each. The money was missed soon after she left her employer, and a servant was sent to her rooms to claim it. The servant found ber about to quit her rooms with the three gold coins in her hand. She said to the ser vant, " I was going to cany them back to you." Nevertheless she was carried to the Commissioner of Police, and he ordered her to be sent before the police for trial. She was Loo poor to engage a lawyer, and when asked by the judge what she had to say for hecself she an swered : "The day J went to.my em ployer's I carried my child with'me. It was in my arms, as it is how. I was not paying attention -to itv ' There were sev-. eral gold coins on the mantlepiece, and unknown to rae, it stretched out its little hand and seized the three pieces, which I did not observe until I got home. ? at once put on my bonnet, and. was going back to my employer to return them, when I was arrested. This is the solemn truth, as I hope for heaven's mercy." The Cotfrt could not believe this story. They upbraided the mother for her impu dence iii endeavoring to palm off such a manifest lie for the truth. They besought her for her own sake to retract sb absurd a tale, for it could have no effect, but oblige the Court to sentence her to a much severer punishment than' they were disposed to inflict upon one so young and evidently steeped so deep in poverty. These appeals had no -effect except to. strengthen the poor mother's pertinacious adherence to her original story. As this firmness was sustained by that look of innocence which the most adroit criminal can never counterfeit, the Court were at some loss to discover what decision jus tice commanded. To relieve their em barrassment one of the judges proposed, to renew the scene described by the mother. Three gold coins were placed on the clerk's table. The mother was requested to assume the position in which she said she stood at her employers house. There was then a breathing pause in the court. The baby soon discovered the bright coin, eyed it for a moment, smiled and then stretched forth its tiny hand and clutched them in its fingers with a miser's eagerness. The mother was acquitted. JOBH BILLINGS-ELEMENTS OF MORAL PIIILOSPHV.-We are apt to hate them who won't take our advice and despise them who do. It is dreadful easy to be n fool-a man can be one and not know it, Elegant kzzurc-^chewing plug tobacco and spitting, in a dorg's eye. ? Real happiness don't consist so much , in what a man don't have, as it duz in what he don't wan't. j Fear is the fust lesson larn't and the ? last one forgotten. i Nobody but. a phool gits bit twice by 1 ihe same dorg. A pet lam always makes a cross ram. Epitaffs are like circus bills-there is nore in .the bills than is ever performed. 1 Tew be healthy*-eat onions and go U ?ked. i ...TALEN? A?D'TACT,--T?1entis-8omethmg )ut tact is ever/thing. Talent is serious, ?ober, grave, and respectable ; tact Ts all ;hat, and more too. It is not ? sixth sense, but it is the life, of all the five. It s the open eye, the quick ear, the judg ng taste, the keen smell, and the lively iouch ; it is the interpreter of all riddles, ,he'surmounter of the difficulties, the r? nover of all obstacles. It i& useful ia ill places and at all times ; it is useful in solitude, for it shows a man his way into the world ; it is useful in society, for it shows him hjs way through the world. Talent is power, tact is skill; talent is weight, tact is momentum ; tal ent knows what to do, tact knows how to do it ; talent makes a man respecta ble, tact will make him respected ; talent is wealth, tact is ready money. For all the practical purpose of life tact carries it against talent ten to one. How TO CATCH RATS.-For catching rats in a cheap and effectual manner, the following is recommended : Cover a common flour barrel with stiff, stout pa per, tying the edges around the barrel ; place a board so that the rats may have easy access to the top ; sprinkle cheese parings or other " feed" for the rats on the p:iper for several days, until they be gin, to think they have a right to their daily rations from this source. Then place in the bottom of the barrel a piece pf rock about .six or seven inches high, fining, with water until only enough.of of it projects above the water for one rat to lodge upon. Now replace the paper, the first rat that comes on the top goes through into the water and climbs upon the rock. The paper comes back to its place, and the second rat follows the first. Then begins a fight for the possession of the dry place on the stone, the noise of which attracts the rest, who share the same fate. CHARMING PHILOSOPIIY.-A tavern keep er, in one of the small towns of Wiscon sin, employed an honest old German blacksmith to do a certain job of work, for which he paid cash at once. After ward, a neighbor got a similar job done on credit for a less price. Upon being asked the reason, the blacksmith replied : "You ze I have zo much sharge on my book, and I sometime lose 'em ; and zo ven I have a good cash customer, I sharge a .good ?price. But ven I put it on my book, I do not like to shcrgc so much; zo if zay are never paid, Ino lose zo much." FURNITURE ! FURNITURE ! OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS PLATT BROTHERS, (FORMERLY C. A. PLATT ? CO.,) 214 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. ? HAVE anti are constantly receiving thc best assortment of FURNITURE that has ever beon in this market. ' ROSEWOOD PARLOR SUITS, MAHOGANY PARLOR SUITS, CHAMBER AND COTTAGE SUITS, BUREAUS, BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS, SOFAS, TETE-A-TETE, CENTRE TABLES, SIDEBOAD8, EXTENSION TABLES, of all lengths. We part^ularly call the attention of purcha ser* to our SOLID WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS for Beauty, Durability and Cheapness. Our Manufacturing Department Is still in operation. Special Orders xviii bo j promptly attended to. REPAIRS DONE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Upholstering Department. HAIR CLOTH, ENAMELLED CLOTH, REPS, TERRY and SPRINGS, and all articles suitable for Manufacturers, which we offer at Low PrioM. r Window Shades. A large Stock of WINDOW SHADES, of eve ry style and pattern, from the Cheapest to the Finest, with all tho New Style Fixtures. Undertaker's Department, Superintended by a competont man. COFFINS, of all Descriptions and Quality. METALIC CASES and CASKETS, of tho raoEt improved styles, furnished at all hours during the Day or Night. UNDERTAKERS can be supplied with TRIM MINGS. Augusta, Oct23 ' 6m 43 A WORD TO HOUSEKEEPERS IN CITY AND COUNTRY. Domestic Economy is the Order of the Day. Tc 00 MUCH PRAISE cannot bo hostowed on any improvement that will lessen the b?rden of] House-Keepers,, and at the same time savo in thc exponse of living. The demand and general ac oeptance'of these Inventions, when well approved, attest their utility, and are readily brought into ase by all persons capable of appreciating an improvement. Take for instance the Cooking Stove, (especial ly the "CHIEF COOK," sold by D.i. FUL LERTON, Augusta, Ga.,) where Is the Man; Wo man or Child, in this enlightened country, that, docs not admit tho Cooking Stovo a thing indis pensable-especially the "CHIEF COOK" where its merits are known. You may talk, and laugh, and swear if yon will. But tho 'Chief Cook Stove' is the 'Chief Cook' still. But our efforts to relieve poordrudging*human ity .do not stop with the Cook Stove. Washing must bo done, and neat people will have clean clothes. Wo say therefore to 'all persons not blind to their own intorost. bay tho BEST CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE EX TANT, viz : The Hydraulic Clothes Wash er, sold by D. L. FULLERTON, Augusta, Ga., opposite Augusta Hotel. Wo will exclude our own further praise of this Machino, and annex tho opinions of some of the citizens of Georgia, who aro using it: GREEN CUT, Burke Go., Mar. 21, 1868. MR. D. L. FtJLLERXOK)-Dear Sir : I have your lotter asking me how I liko the Clothes Washer I purchased from yon. I unhesitatingly roply, that so far as wc havo tried the Hydraulic Clothes Washer, we are well pleased. It ?3 no loss a labor saving machino than a fabric saving one. Wo have washod out in three or four hours what would bavc taken us all the week to do by bund Washing, and I am of opinion that thc Clothes washed by tho Machine will last as long again ?s those washed by the old. wash board. Tho Union Churn, I bought from you, does finely, and is much thought of by the lit'tlo folks, who use it willingly. I can recommend them to any one who think as we do, that Washing and Churning are family drudges. . . Very respectfully, yours, ' . S. J. COX. WARRE?TON, GA., Mar. li, 1868. Mn. FpfeUMOW,-Drnr Sir : I have given*the Hydraulic Clothes Washer several fair and im- | partial trials, and am fully satisfied with the re mits. It is all that it is recommended to be as a Clothes Washer, and I would not be withont it j for several times its cost. I have always looked upon Washing Machin .s as humbugs, never hav ing seen any but that rubbod or wonld grind the [??othes so os to injure them. But thia Joes not, I ind a oouple of half-grown freedmen do our | irnshing in a f&w hoars, . Yours, truly, H. J. WALKER. We also refer to Messrs. J. F. BUNCH and S. E. 1OWF.RU, of Bdgefield District, and others who TB using it Apr 14 d others who ai ie I GRAY & TURLEY, ?Aiigtista* Ga. One Dollar and a Half Will buy a dozen fino. Tapo Bordered Limn Jambric HANDKERCHIEFS, this week, at .GRAY A TURLEY'S. One Dollar and Three Quarters Will buy A dozen Superfino Tape Bordered Linen Cambric HANDKERCHIEFS, this week at GRAY k TURLEY'S. Two Dollars and a Half Will bny a dozen superior quality of Irish Linen Cambrio Tape Bordered HANDKERCHIEFS, this week, at GRAY k TURLEYS. Two. Dollars and Three Quarters Will bay a dozen ino Linon Cambric Hem stitched HANDKERCHIEFS, this week, at GRAY k TURLEY'S. Three Dollars and a Half Will buy a dozen very fine Hemstitched Linen Cambric HANDKERCHIEFS, this week, at GRAY ATURLEY'S. Four Dollars and a Half Will buy a dozon extra super." Hemstitched Lin en Cambric HANDKERCHIEFS, this week, at J_ GRAY A TURLEY'S. Handkerchiefs for the Million, This week, at GRAY A TURLEY'S ; prices ranging from One Dollar and Fifty Cents to the vory finest Auction Jobs, at great sacrifice. 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Double width, fine quality, both white and black. _GRAY- k TURLEY. LIGHT SPRING CASSIMERES. For Men and Boys, in variety. _GRAY k TURLEY. REAL NOTTINGHAM LACES. For Window Curtains. Unheard of Bungin.--. _GRAY k TURLEY. MARSEILLES AND ALHAMBRA QUILTS. In gre.it varioty, and very low. _'_GRAY k TURLEY. TOILET SOAPS. Of celebrated Makers. Now _stock. GRAY k TURLEY. DONAMAKIA AND BAREGE FOR VEILS. Blue, Green, Brown, Purple, Black. New Shades._GRAY k TURLEY. GENTLEMEN'S VESTS AND DBAWERS. All sizee._GRAY k TURLEY. GENTLEMEN'S PAPER COLLARS. Whole sale and Retail. . _GRAY k TURLEY. TABLE DAMASKS. Another full Supply ol Bleached and Brown. _GRAY k TURLEY. NAPKINS AND DOYLIES. 5-8, 3-4. 7-8. From' cheap to very fine. _ GRAY k TURLEY. TOWELS AND TOWELING. Red and Blue Borderod, Fringed and Unfringed. _GRAY_?fc TUALEY PARIS EMBROIDERED ROBES, entirely now styles, exclusively our own, and not to bc had in any other house in the city. _GRAY k TURLEY. BLACK AND WHITE HERMANIE,-extra ' quality of White ?nd Black Hormanie, full two yards wide for Shawls. _._GRAY A TURLEY. FRENCH PRINTED BRILLIANTS, rich and beautiful in design and perfectly fast colors, ju.?t openod. _GRAY k TURLEY. BLEACHED AND BROWN DAMASK-Irish, Gorman, and Bornsby Damask, in great varie ty, at very low prices. ._GRAY k TURLEY. BISHOP AND VICTORIA LAWNS, .ju great varioty to-day. GRAY k TURLEY. Augusta, Mar 24 .V.CONET AND CAMBRIA MUSLINS, very ouoap._GRAY k TURLEY. NAINSOOK AND INDIA MULL, Plain, Striped and Checked. Just received. _GRAY A TURLEY. SWISS AND SWISS MULL, just opened. _._' GRAY k TURLEY. PARASOLS IN GREAT VARIETY-Gold Shower, Silver Shower, Medallion Beaded; Gro Grain Crape, Foulard, kc. _GRAY A TURLEY. SPRING COLORS . KID GLOVES. Fresh stock._ OB*AY k TURLEY. LENOES AND CAMELOTS, a beautiful goods ' in new colors, for ladies' dresses. _GRAY k TURLEY. GRANITE LUSTRES, CHECKED POPLINS, FA NOY CHALLIES, MELANGES, JASPER CLOTHS, all new styles. _GRAY k TURLEY. WHITE AND BLACK CRAPE MARETZ, . two yards wide for Shawls. GRAY k TURLEY. SHIRTINGS, SHEETINGS, LONG CLOTH, PILLOW CASING, COUNTERPANES. _GRAY A TURLEY. BLACK.CHALLIES, of the following classifica tion : Extra, Super, Extra Sliper and Sublime. Jost received._GRAY k TURLEY. Pink, Buff, Blue and Purple CHALLIES, Super, Extra Super and Sublime qualities. "* Just received._GRAY k TURLEY. Plaid and Checked Patent POPLINS, in beaufjf ful.colors. Just received. GRAY <k TURLEY, Plain French LAWNS, in Bluff, Pink, Blue and Green. Just'opened. GRAY k TURLEY. Printod ORGANDIES and MUSLINS, in .great variety._GRAY k TURLEY. CRAPE MARETZ- and'GRENADINES, tb plain colors. Groat variety. . _ GRAY A TURLEY. White ALAPACA and LUSTRE, from cheap to very fine. Just opened. GRAY k TURLEY. GALLOONS, COTTON *RIMMINGS, ALLI ANCE BRAIDS, COTTON FRINGE, PECOT, TRIMMINGS, Pequa and Cotton Ball BUT TONS, in block, white and colors. Great variety._GRAY k TURLEY. TRIMMING RIBBONS, in great variety. Just received. GRAY k TURLEY. Augusta, Mar 24 _ tf 13 Bino, fluff, Pink and Green CHAMBREYS, and French CAMBRICS. Just opened._GRAY k TURLEY. LADIES' GAUZE UNDERVESTS. All sizes GRAY & TURLEY.' Bread! Bread! Bread! Ihave just reoeived DREW'S YEAST or BAK ING POWDERS-the Best ever made. For ?ale very low by THOS. W. CARWICE, At Sign Golden Mortar. April 1 tf 14 Dome all that stiffer with Tooth Ache! ?U8T roceived and for sale Dr HALL'3"ANO DYNE-a sure odre for Tooth Ache? v THOS. W. OARWILE, * At Sign Golden Mortar* Aprill K - K Se Old Customers ! L TAKE THIS METHOD of announcing to jon that I am still at my old stand, where I am :onducting the same old line of business, which ?omprises the usual assortment of SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE & CUTLERY. ALSO, Tin Ware, Which I manufacturo in all its Stylos and Pat terns. WOOD WARE; A large assortment, such as Backets, Tabs and Pails. COOKING AND HEATING Stoves Among which are tho justly famous Cook Stoves "DIXIE," "SUMTER," "GOOD SAMARI TAN," " SOUTHERN STATES" and "FIRE SIDE." These Stores are adapted to Southern Housokeepors, and there should be one in every family in order to facilitate and make Cooking easy. Call and make a close inspection of the Goods and Prices before you go further. I am not paying $2000 a year for rent of Store as many others are. Bear this in mind, as these expenses are not to be added to prices paid by you. TV Itt. HILL, HAH?DRO, S. C. Octjj_tf_41_ CARPETS ! CARPETS ! CARPETS!! G REAT INDTJDCEMENTS OFFERED IN our entiro stock of the following New Goods ENGLISH, BRUSSELS and VELVET CAR PETS ?? ' . ; Heavy 3-ply Ingrain and Venetian CARPETS Flax, Jule, Dutch and Rog CARPETS," RUGS, MATS, CRUMP CLOTHS, DRUG GETS STAIR RODS, STAIR CRASH, HASSOCKS $1 each. Floor Oil Cloths. A beautiful lino of NEW PATTERNS, fren 3 to 18 feet wide, which we will cut in any shap> for Halls, Rooms, le., Ac. Table Oil Cloths. Oil Cloth TABLE COVERS. PIANO COVERS and TABLE COVERS, VULCANIZED RUBBER CLOTH for Infants' Use, A full assortment of the above goods just re ceived. Window Shades? Our SPRING STOCK, just to hand, embra cing many NEW PATTERNS (all sizes made,) with all necessary trimmings. Mattings* Red, Checked and White MATTINGS, 4-4, 5-4 and 0-4, COCOA MATTINGS, plain and striped. Wall Papers and Borders. PAPER SHADES and FIRE SCREENS, Our SPRING STOCK of NEW PAPERS, in the Latest Styles, just oponing. Damask and Lace Curtains. CORNICES, BANDS, TASSELS and LOOPS, /V Boautiful Stock of tho above goods offering at very Low Prices for Cash by JAS. G. BAILIE & BRO., 205 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Feb ll_tf 7 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. L. WilliamBton Bledsoe, Applicant, ' MildrodBledsoo, John W. Powell [ Par?t0D' ??ad wife, and others, Def'ts. J IT appearing to my satisfaction that William Eidson, one of the Defendants, resides without this Stato, It is therefore ordered, that t ' ey do appear and object to the division or sale of tho Real Estate of Levi Bledsoe, deceased, on or be fore the 9th day of July next, or his consent to the same will be entered of record. W. F. DURISOE, O. E. D. Apt 21,1868 12t 17 State of South Carolina,, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ? OE D?NAS Y. ' Pleasant D. King and Sfcrah, ' his wile, et al, Applicant, Petition for vs. ? Partit'n of Real Artemus Holson and wffo et Estate. ! al, Defendants. J IT appearing to my satisfaction that Joseph B. that Joaoph'T?. Talley, Alvin McDaniel and. Permelia h?3 wife, John Bussey, Thomas J. Bus soy, Dempsey Bussoy and Augustus Cofer, De fendants in tho above case, aro absent from and reside beyond tho limits of this Stato, It is or dered that they do appenriu my Ornee and object to tho sale of the Real Estate of Nancy Talley, doe'd., within threo months from the dato hereof, or their consent wilt be entered of record. W. F. DURISOE, 0. E. D. Mar 28, ISfiS 3m 15 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. Y W. F. DURISOE, Esqr.,Ordinary of Edge field District Whereas, Z. W. Carwile, C.E.E.D. hos applied to me for Letters of Administration, de ?oni? non. on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights und credits of William H. Adam:, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the mid deceased, to be and appear before me, at oar aext Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be boldon at E Igefield C. H., on the 18th day of Juna nost, to show cause, if any, why the said administration should net be grao ed. Given under my hand and seal, this 12tb day of May in tho year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight and in the ninety-second year of American Indeperdence. W. F. DURISOE, O.E.D. May 12 it 20 State of South Carolina. E?GEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District. Whereas, Z. W. Carwile, C. E. E. D. bas ap plied to mo for Letters of Administration, on all ind singular the goods and chattels, rights and rrcdita of Harriet Hughes, late of the District iforesaid dee'd. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all md singular, the kindred and creditors of the laid deceased, to be and appear before me, at our ?ext Or 1 'nary's Court for the said District, to be J olden at Edgcfield Court House, on tho 18th day lune next, to show cause, if any, why the laid administration should not be granted. Given urrdcr my hand and seal, thia 12th day of Hay in the year of our Lord on thousand sight hundred and sixty-eight, and in the 92d rear of the Independence- of tho United States if America. W. F. DURISOE, o.?.?. May 12 ?t. Fair Warning. [FOREWARN all Persons fr?ra Selling DR. J. J. MCBRIDE'S KING OP PAIN, unleaa aid porsons are duly authorized by myself, as I jn the Solo Agent for the Sale of said Medicines or the District of Edgcficld. Merohants.supplied ot Wholesale prices. < * . L. .C.JMcNEABY, Agent' Fro? Lewi, NowWy Dist, S. C. tm* . w - j NEW pgg PORE! No. 1, 3?ark How, Edgefield, 3. C. lijEE Subscriber takes pleasure in announcing ? the citizens of Edgofiold that he is now re living and opening a LAE GE and VARIED Stock of DR?fcS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES, < BRUSHES, STATIONEBY^" ?Sc, ?Sic. These Goods were selected in person from the best Houses in the City of New York,- and. arB marked as low as such Goods can be sold in this market. His motto wUl be "QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS," and a firm adherence to th? CASH SYSTEM. SS**"Cash Customers will find it to their inte rcut to trade at the New Drug Store. J3?*Don't ask for credit-not even for a day -as I am determined to sell for CASH-AND FOR CASH ONLY. . . : ^&"An inspection of my Stock is earnestly so licited. T. W. CARWILE. Jan 7 tf 2 DON'T FAIL TO TRY THE CELE BRATED SOUTHERN TONIC, PANK NAN'S HEPATIC BITTERS, an unfailing remedy for all diseases of the Digestire Organs and the Liver. For sale by all Druggists. DON'T FAIL TO TRY THE CELE BRATED SOUTHERN TONIC, PANK NIN'S HEPATIC BITTERS, an unfailing remedy for all Diseases of the Digestive Organs and tho Liver. For sale by ail Druggists. DON'T F AIL TO T?Y .THE CELE BRATED SOUTHERN TONIC, PAN BE NIN'S HEPATIC BITTERS, an unfailing remedy for all Disoases of tho Digestive Organs and tho Liver. For salo by all Druggists. r> r f f iff 4 ' BREAD! BREAD! BREAD ! Bread ike Staff of Life ! GOOD NEWS FOR ALL-OLD AND YOUNG NO MORE BAD BREAD. KO EXCUSE FOR ANYBODY. EVERYBODY can now have Nice, Light, Sweet, Nutritious Bread. Housekeeper? and Heads of Families are informal, that they can now obtain what they have long needed, viz : a YEAST OR BAKING POWDER, that will always give satisfaction and NEVER FAIL. You can get ibis by asking.your Grocer for Drew's Infallible Baking Powder. Not like the ordinary Hop Yeast, which has to be put in the Flour, and takes all nigbt to Raise it, but with DREW'S INFALLIBLE BAKING POWDER, you oun put it right in your Flour, and FIFTEEN MINUTK'S time is all that is required to make delicious Tea, Batter and Buckwheat Cakes, Corn-bread, Biscuit and every description oT Pastry. While this Baking Powder not only is tho cboapest, it is also the BEST and HEAL THIEST preparation of the kind ever made for Culinary purposes, and cannot bo excelled iii quality by any other Manufacturers, in this coun try or elsewhere. The Eating of Hot Bread or Biscuits mad? with this pr?paration, causes no flatulence, ot other injurious effects, and is particularly recom mended to Dyspeptics. It U made from a vege table preparation of perfect purity, and of Snow? Whiteners. More Bread of the finest quality can be mad. from a Barrel of Flour, by using this Baking Powder than by auy other process yet known. Full direction? accompany each Box. For Sale by Grooers everywhere. The Tradi supplied by tho Sole Proprietors and Manufactu rers, the DREW MANUFACTURINGS CO.. 213 Fulton Stroet, New York. Don't forget the Name, but ask for DREW'.* INFALLIBLE BAKING POWDER. t^For salo at Edgefield, S. C., by THOS. W CARWILE. Feb 12 3jn(si.A..M.) 7 Toothache Instantly Oared ! BY USING DB, Billi HW AMIE. THIS GREAT TOOTHACHE CURE has th. endorsement of the London Medical Fucul ty, and wilt NEVER FAIL TO CURE TBT MOST DESPERATE CASE OF TOOTHACHE While it acts instantaneously upon the nerves affected and gives immediate relief, there i> nothing in its composition in tho slighest degrei to injure the finest set of teeth. , Do not throw your money away., and havi your teeth extracted by dentists because the) ache you, hut CURE YOURSELF by using Hall's Anodyne foT'the Caret of Toothache. Foi sale by all first-class Druggists, OP by ^ ' DR. EDWARD HALL, 36 John St-, Now York. MossrS. J. WINCHESTER ?fc CO., 36 John street, New York, Wholesale Agents. ?3^For sale at Edgefield, S. C., by THOS. W. CARWILE. Price 25 C-Ht. Feb 12_6m(M. A. A.)_7_ DENNIS' SARSAPARILLA ! THE PUREST AND THE BEST FOR DISEASES OF THE LIVER, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, OR PURIFYING THE BLOOD ! ?SF'Eov sale by the Druggists. .Aug 23_._tf 35 NOTICE TO S UND AY SCHOOLS ern be supplied with the following Books, AT COST, by applying at th< Store of B. C. BRYAN, Edgefield C. H. fi. 8. Celebration Hymns, New Sunday-Scho?? Primer, * Infant Class Question Book, Little Lessons for Little People,-Part I. ' Little Lessons for .Little People,-Part IL Brief O' techism of Bible Doctrine. Child'?'yuest?on Book on the Four Gospels. Part I. Child's Question Book on the Fonr Gospels. Part II. ' Questions on the Fonr Gospels,-with Harmo ny,-for Bible Classes. Tho Psalmist. The Psalmody. Notos on the Gospels. Malcom'8 Bible Dictionary. Child's Scripture Question Book. Bibles and Testaments. " Kind Words,"-S. S. Paper, monthly, at $1 for 10 Copies. , Any Books needed by Teachers, or religion? Books desired hy any persons, will he procured at short notice, and supplied at Cost by the un dersigned. Testaments and Oateohisms given to those who are not able to buy, when application is made through any S. S. Teacher known to B. C.Bryan, Agent of tho Depository. For any information, address L. R. GWALTNEY, Chair. Ex. Board of Edgefield Association Nov 20_ tf 47 . Fisk's Metallic Burial das es. JUST received a lot of FISK'S CELEBRA TEK) METALLIC BURIAL CASES-of tho latest styles. Also, on hand, of my own manufacture and inish, a beautiful assortment of MAHOGANY, ?VALNUT, POPLAR and PINE COFFINS. AU of which I Rm selling at LOW FIGURES, md STRIOTLY^FOR CASH. ' M. A. MARKE RT, Next door to Advertiser Office, MM tf f ESTABLISHED IN I??O F?E Subscriber would respectfully 'iofor rr th tho citizens of Edgefiold ?sd the .surround jig country, that he keeps a SPECIAL ESTAB LISHMENT for tho REPAIR of WATCHES md JEWELRY. All wot k entrusted to bis car? trill be executed promptly, neatly, and warranted for one year. At his Store will be found one of this largest Stocks of Gold and S?F?r Watches. Of the but European uni Ameritan manufacture in the Southern States, with a select tssort .ment of RICH AND NEW STYLES ETRUS CAN ?OLD JEWELRY, Set with Diamonds, Pearls, Rabies, Oriental Gar net*, Oora!, Ae. Also, Solid Silver Ws?re, Consisting of FULL TEA SETS, WAITERS, ICE AND WATER PITCHERS* CAS *'. TORS, GOBLETS, OUPiS, FORKS, SPOONS, And everything in the Silver Ware line. FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE BARRELED G tl IV s. Colt's, Smith-* Weston's, Cooper's, Bomining . . ton's, Sharp's, Derringers ? t PISTOLS. . ' And many others of the latest invention. PINE CUTLERY, SPECTACLES, WALKING CANES, PEBFUMEBY,.PORTMON.iIES, "AND FANCY GOODS" "wf Of every variety to be fonnd In a first class Jew elry Establishment Ai PR6NTIITT, One Door below Augusta Hotel, 163 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Octl_. 6m 40 NEW SHOP AND ISTew Tools. GEORGIA FOUNDRY AND Machine Works, K.ELLQCK STREBT, . ja.uenstn, Goorgin. VERY KIND OF PLANTATION and Mi ning Machinery, Portable and Stationery Steam Engines, Saw Milla, Grist Milla, Sugar Mills, Horse Power, Agricultural Implements, Shafting, Pullies, Hangers, Couplings, and all kinds of Iron and Wood Working Machinery built to order on short notice. All kinds of E Machinery Promptly repaired, and ?li kinds of BBASS and IRON CASTINGS furnished. . ^GIYB US A TRIAL. - ll USE & NEAL. Augusta, Dec 17 3m 61 DEALERS IX STOVES, GRATES, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, PUMPS, &c, ?kc., ?kc, 265 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. WE invite the attention of the public to onr well selected Stock, embracing several patterns of FIRST CLASS COOKING STOVES, among which will be found The Olive Brauch, Thc Henry Clay, The Comforter, The Hearthstone* The Housekeeper* THE AUGUSTA COOK, a new and beautiful Stove, manufactured expressly for t.s to supply tho wants of oar people. It being lower in price .lian others, brings it within the reach of many ?ho are unable to get more expensive ones. In addition to onr larpe Stock of Cocking Stoves, wo have all sizes of HEATING ST0VE8, ORATES for ooal or wood, PORTABLE RA DIATING GRATES, FURNACES, Ac, Ae. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, of every variety, may always be found in our Stock. Our facilities for ROOFING and GUTTER ING, or MANUFACTURING TIN and SHEET [RON WARE aro unsurpassed. This depart ment is under the personal supervision of our Senior Partner, who is a practical Tinner of 32 years' experience in this City. SCOFI?LD, WILLIAMS ?St CO., 265 Broad Street, Augusta,. Ga. Oct SJ ? 3m 43 IP HQ SAMARITAN AND Wi E HAVE A FULL STOCK of the above named STOVES which we propose rffering at M j low prices as my FIBST CLASS STOVES In* tho market. . These Stoves have, the reputation "of being the BEST STOKES ' , Used, and are especially adapted to this section of country. We feel confident in reeommer.diDg them, when out of nearly FIVE HURDRED SOLD DUBING THB PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE NOT "HEABD OF ONE THAT DID NOT GIVE ENTIBE SATISFACTION. WE WARRANT ALL STOVE;* SOLD BT US) And always furnish a COMPLETE SET OF UTENSILS, with PAINTED DIRECTIONS for ' using them, so that 'one can change from the old way of Cooking in a Fire Place to the UM of the Stove with little dr no inconvenience. We always keep on hand ALL the different Styles of COOKING STOVES, RANGES, ?kc, prepared to please the tastes of any one I who maj examine oar Stock, i We bare a large Stock of HEATING STOVES suitable for Churches, School Booms, Stores, Parlors, ?sc. We manufacture largely of* TIN WARE, which we offer at low prices. Our Stock of PLATED GOODS, PLANISHED and BRITTANIA WABE, WOOD and WILLOW WABE is very full and complete: We wonld be pleased to see our friends irons Edgefield and surrounding country. JONES, SMYTH & CO., 19% Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Oct 15_ 3m_43 BOOT AND SHOE HOUSS! j. WTAPEL, 209 Broad St., Under Planters Hotel* LVQTJSTA, QX, . HAS just received from New York150 Caf eft BOOTS AND SHOES, embracing , . Every Style and Quality. And all of which he has marked down to the VERY LOWEST FIGUBES. This Stock rm bought direct from the most reliable Manufaotu -, and is warranted to be as represented. My old Edgefields friends and customers are urgently-requested to give ate a call, and look through my large and varied Stock. No better Bargains in the Shoe Trade are to be had in the city than are offered at my Ston>. J. W. APEL. Augusts, Nov ll ti 4.6 Pankrnn's Hepatic Bit tors. ASURE and PERMANENT CURE for Dyspcp&U and General Debility. For ?.!. by TH?S. W. CABWILB, At Sign Golden Mortar. Fob 20 ft 9