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[Ffom the .Veridian Gazette?] Th? Carpet Bagger. Air-" Joe Bomera." BY JACK CASS. I am a carpet bagger I've a brother, scalawag Come South to boast and'swagger With an empty carpet bag; To rob the whites of greenbacks, And with thc blacks to " bunk," And chango my empty satchel For a full ?uie leather trunk. I'm i; some" ou "Constitution.-" For a .. late rcbellb us State," Aud I'm " tome" on persecutions Of dislny.il men I hate ; I'm "some" at nigger meetings When whit* folks ain't about, ; And ""soino" ^mong the nigger gals, When their marms don't know they're out. I'm " ?oeoe" ou a Convention, Where I draw an " X" per day, And opposed to all adjournments, If I only draw my pay. I drew it down at Jackson, Where four months I kept my scat, And I laid a heavy tax on All you wear and drink and out. But now my day is over, The Constitution's killed ; Again I am a rover, And my pockets are not CUcJ ; All my money, has hcen sp-^nt on AnViei'tioncbrlng "bum" Farewell to Mississippi O, "I icith I waa ter limn J" A Strtigglc ia the Dark. A Heavy gale was blowing from the southwest; furiously tossing the hroad wa ters of the Pacific, and driving the foam ?ti misty fUkes over the crests of the roar ing waves. Tiie moon occasionally emerging from behind thc clouds rolling in torn niasses ovt'.r the sKy, would for a moment light the vast wilderness of the ocean ; reveal ing the summits of the towering seas and faintly lighting the watery caverns be tween. Our ship-the St. Mark-rolled heavi ly as she boomed upon her way under close reefed topsails and topmast staysail. Fore and aft her timbers groaned like dying-men, vvhiie her three tail masts, jerkingmid straining, seemed on the point of going by th? board. Crouching behind lue windlass to es cape a drenching sea, that suddenly burst pver-liie weather bulwarks, I found my self by the side of Acb.uk-a tall, supple native, with shouklersand breast as broad as those of a lion, and long, llexible arms, the latter of which did me gnod service on the present occasion ; for had not the owuer -thrown them around my body, 1 should certainly have been swVpt- over board. , " A thousand thanks !" I gratefully ex claimed, when the danger was past. " You have saved my life I" " Yes," answered the Malay-for such he was-"me have saved your life, but me quick take him if you no promise to say nothing of the man whose head me break with cooper's hammer!" " What !" I gasped, staring upon him with amazement. " What do you mean ? You are jesting !" The eyes of the native flashed like those of a, serpent. I could see his white teeth gleaming in thc darkness like a dotted chalk Une on a blackboard. ** Yes, mc jest," he exclaimed, laugh ing, but it struck me that the laugh was somewhat forced--" me only make fun ; so rae will say no more about it." He clutched my arm as he spoke, and peering into my face with his black eyes, probably read there the sudden s tspicion which his singular manner had really ex cited in my mind. "Ah!" he almost shrieked, cinching me by the throat. " Promise-promise you no say a word about de murder and me let you go. If not, I serve you de same way, and then throw you over board, too !" " Achok," I calmly answered, pushing his hand from my throat, " you know me too well to hope to get a promise foin mc my means of a threat. I knew noth ing, and now only have your words for it, of your having killed your enemy, the Kanaka, and-" . " An ! how you know who, if you not sec mc do it? How you know it was the Kanaka that mc kill V "I conclude so from yourhaving fought with him yesterday in the forecastle and his having beat-" " He never beat me-s'spose my foot not have slipped!" interrupted Achok, grinding his teeth. " He strike me many times while me down ; and me swear rr,e take his life. Well, now so much having been said, me may as well say all. Me have taken his life. Me struck him down with cooper's hammer and throw his body overboard, just before you come behind tho windlass." " I thought I heard a groan as I came forward," I answered, " but I supposed 1 might have been mistaken. This is horrible, Achok, perfectly horrible ; and M Promise ! Promise, you !" he inter rupted, impatiently. " Me have saved your life, and so you should be willing not to get tye hanged." Before I could" reply, however, he seem ed to have concluded to act according to the adage that "dead men tell no tales," for he again grasped mo by the throat, and, raising his knife, would certainly have plunged it into 'my bosom if 1 had not knocked it from his grasp by a heavy blow upon his wrist. A desperate struggle now ensued be tween us, aud, as he was the stronger party, he soon contrive 1 to hurl me upon my back. Putting both knees upon my breast, he clasped my throat with his skinny hands, and I believed my doom was sealed. The horrible pains of suffo cation were beginning to reach my throat and brain, when a sudden roll" of thc ship caused my tormentor to fill upon his side. With a powerful exertion ? contrived to lousen myself from his clasp, and I then sprang to loy feet. Quick-as lighting his arms were now thrown around me from behind, and, in spite of all resistance "on my part, I was borne to the lee bulwarks. With his wonderful strength he lifted me as 1 might have lifted a-child, and 'to my hor ror I found myself suspended over the bolting, foaming cajjl .iron of water that raged alongside of the careening ship. I shouted for help, but my shipmates, un fortunately, were in the after part of the vessel, and. could not hear my voice above the din'of the storm. " Now, then," yelled the native, " away you go-cursed white mau! "Dead 1 men tell no tales !: " He let me go as bespoke, but I clutch- ' at a rope that hung over the bulwarks, and notwithstanding .his efforts to shake me from it, I clung'to it with a tenancity natural under the circumstances. ( The Ma'ay-fairly screamed with rage, and sudder.iy I saw a cl?sp-knife gleam- j, ing in his hand. He raised it above the i rope, and my heart sank within nae. I j, i could not mistake his fiendish intention IJ of cutting the strands. " I will die like a man !" I muttered : "and may God take care of my wife and r children!" , But, even as I spoke, the ship rolled her bulwarks under! and the Malay who had incautiously leaner over them while holding his knife suspended, fell headloug into the dark, stormy waters, ano,was carried, shrieking, far away from the ship, to leeward. Seizing the mil, I regained the deck, and hastening afr, I related my. story to my shipmates, whose sistonismeht may be imagined, and who united in congratu lating me upon my escape. .. 1 never liked the looks\.of that Ma lay," said an old tar ; " and though I ain't in the habit of speaking disrespectfully of the dead, its my opinion that the. chap has met with his just deserts for murder ing the Kanaka.'' Elopement Extraordinary. " Burleigh," the New York correspon dent of tin*. Boston Journal, tells the fol lowing story : Not far far from where'I write, one of the hiost extraordinary elopements has. takeri phic?. with a most- tragical sequel.' A merchant of standing and^veath had a family eoiTsjsring of his wife and several children*. The-Jadead-great personal beauty, was very accomplished and intel ligent, a capital housekeeper* and earnest Chtistiajfr and* greatly devoted .to 'her family. ..' Not,, ?ar from her residence lived a lady of twenty-three summers, 'tall, coarse featured^ and as unattractive as could bc imagined. Her mother was dead, and she kept house for her father. The visits of tho merchant to ibis house'at tracted considerable attention. It was known, however, that the father "vas gen erally present at the visits "of "the mer ' chant, and the community was generally divided about the matter.- Riding and walking Succeeded, and the scandal be came general. On Monday morning the merchant in formed his \vife that he was going to leave -that ho was going to sail for California, and take thc girl with him. Her father, he said, had given Iiis consent, and agreed to keep the thing secret till after his.de part ure. He told her that no. power could prevent his leaving. Il she kept quiet until after he was gone he would give her the house in which she lived and two thousand dollars in money. If she did not, he would go all the same, but would leave her penniless. He asked her to fix his linen and pack his trunk, and, have it ready by Thursday mornihg,* all of which she agreed to do. fie bought a trunk for the girl, and gave her two hundred dollars for her outfit. sOn Thurs day morning he left his home. While his hand was on the door-latch his wife told him she should remain just where she was and take care' of the children, and if at any time he wished to come back, the door would be open to him. ile went over lo the house where the young woman was in waiting, lie gave her father some money, and he accom panied the parties to the cars. On their way down the father referred to some expenses he had incured in giving his daughter music lessons. The merchant handed Iii in two hundred dollars, which hj pronounced satisfactory. After the train had started, the old man told the story of the elopement. When some one remarked to him that the merchant would desert bis daughter as he had his wife, he said that it was impossible, for he had never seen such love between two persons before. When he was asked why he did not put a stop to a step that could only be fraught with misery to all side.-, he said that his daughter, when she told him of her intended journey, showed him a bottle of poison, and said if he opened his head on the mat:cr matter till afror she was gone she would poison him and herself too. And she would have done it, he said. The sequel to thia adair is more than usually tragical. The parties sailed im mediately for California, and for some reason not explaiued, took th-* return ves sel back to New York. They landed in the city, where the girl was left at a hotel, penniless." She succeeded in reaching thi> place, deserted, aud sent immediately for her father, who visited her at the hotel. She agreed to ?0' home with him in the morning. He called for her at the time agreed upon. Ile found her a corpse. .She had committed suicide during the night, in the meantime*- the merchant had not been heard from after deserting the girl at the hotel. Ten davs a<-o he appeared at the door of his own house. True to her promise, and true to her wo manly love, the wife threw the doors wide open and bade him welcome. Hid den from the eye of his neighbors and friends, he remains in-doors. An old gentleman whose style was Germanized was asked what he thought of signs and omens. " VclJ, I don't dinks mooch of dem dings, undi don't pelieve avery dings; but I dells you somedimes dere is somedings in sooch dioge ash dose dings. Now de oder night I sits, und read minc newspa per, und mine frau she shpeak und say :_ uFritz de dog ish howling!" " Veli, I don't dinks mooch of dem dings, und I goes on und reads minc pa per, und mine frau she say : " Fritz, der ish somedings pad ish hap- : pened-de dog ish howling." " Und den I gets oop mit mineseif und looks out troo de?wines on de porch, und i de moon was shinin, und, mine leetle dog he shooinp right up und down like avery dings, und he park at de moon, dat vas shine so de vinder, de old vornan she says : i " Mind, 'Fritz, I Hells you dere ish some pad ish happen. Be dog ish holding." "Veli, 1 goes to pet und I shleeps, und : all night long ven I vakes up dare vas dat dog howling outside, und ven 1 dream I hear dat howling vorser ash never. Und in de morning I kits oop and kits mine breakfast, dud mine frau she looks at me und say worry solemn: ! " Fritz, dere ish somedings pad ish happen. De dog vas howl all night." '. Und shoost den de newspaper come in, und I opens him-und by shings, vot you dinks 1 tiare vas a man died in PhH. 1 adelphia. A conductor on a Connecticut railroad passed free a poor penniless chap recently. An officer of the road in the same car called him to account. " I pass him," said the man of tickets, "because he's a conductor on the-railroad." " He a conductor ! Why, what, makes him dress so shabbily V 11 Oh, he's trying to live on his salary," was the quick reply. A maiden lady has sailed from New York to Paris with a lapdog, in order to ? consult a physician there touching her : pet's health. The dog is sixteen years : old. The lady desires that he may*g!ive until he is twenty-five. He has bronchitis i and A cough. 11 ? Home Alade and Commercial Ma nurest In the last number of the Cultiv?t? wc expressed our belief in the profitabl ness of saving all the manure possible c the farra, basing that belief upon expe] ence in various parts of the world, ar upon calculations of the cost of far yard manure as contrasted with that other kinds. The problem is a perfect simple one-with ?100 in hand, bo be i vested in manures, shall the farmer e pend it in commercial fertilizers, or the labor and appliances necessary : make barnyard manure'{ The quanti I of whar, is ordinarily termed good m nure, that can b*e made on a farm, is d pendent, of course, upon the number animals and the supply of food for ther To a certain point, then, on each farm, i determined by the above conditions, it profitable to expend nionoy for manu: making-beyond that point it would ni be. If it required just $100 to reat this limit, ou any farm, we should nc for a moment, hesitate to spend it in m king barnyard manure, in preference .buying guano, ?sc. But suppose tl amount of manure made, is inadequate I bring the farmer's lands up to the degn of fertility desired. By devoting a la ger number of acres to forage plants ar pastures, he. might increase his stock an thus increase manure-and- by spreadir the ashes derived from wood grown c another portion of the farm devoted t forest, he might, for a while, on the prii ciple of robbing Peter to pay Paul, kee up and even increase the fertility of tr. cultivated portion. But, as certain el? ments of crops are continually remove from and therefore lost to the farm, b sale of produce and by excrement droppe on roads, &c, ?fee, it is obvious that, m less the soil is inexhaustibly rich, the ai nual loss, alluded to above, will finall exhaust and impoverish the farm-th time varying with the original fertility ( the soil, and the greater or smaller quat tity of land devoted to pasture and fores In other words, supposing all the exen ments of every kind, solid or liquic which possibly, could be saved, and th straw, eec, returned back to the lane still there would be constant deplctio arising from thc elements taken away i the crops sold-greater in the case c some crops than others, in wheat for ii stance, than in cotton. ?\s a genera pioposition, therefore, it is true that farmer cannot, for an indefinite period c time, maintain, much less increase, th original fertility of the soil by hom . made manures, unless, as in the case o the Chinese, there is no export of prc duce to foreign countries, and all the ex er.-menls, from food, furnished to citj populations from the country, is sent bael again to the farm. The waste of fertili zing substances is, at present, aiid proper ly too, attracting much more attentior :han it formerly did. Our readers an probable aware that the disiinguisbec chemist, Liebig, is, at present, engaged ir superintending the saving and prepara lion of manure, from the sewers of L-m don. Until, however, the Chinese system is fully carried out, in this country, and the export of products is stopped, or off set by the import of foreign products con taining an equivalent amount of fertilizing! ingredients, all the home made manure, that we can possibly ma=?e, will not pre vent an annual decrease in the fertility ol mir lands, unless restored, by the pro ducts of the ocean,.in some form orother. One spot may be made and kept rich at the expense of others, as in the neighbor hood, of cities, where the food of man and'beast is drawn from the area of a eircle of ten or more miles in diameter, and the excrement, derived from said food, is applied to the land, in a circle whose area is two or three miles-but what one gains another loses. The fact that con fronts ns, more immediately at preser is that, in the larger portions of our Spinn ern country, the lands are already poor as a general thing, too poor to reward the farmer for the expense of cultivation ; foo poor to raise enough grain and forage to enable the farmer to keep the stock ne cessary to make large quantities of farm yard manure. We admit, fully, that the absence of grasses, clover, ?fee, in our ro tations, has reduced the amount of stock and consequently, the amount of home made manure, below the proper point, but, after making allowance for this, the great truth still remains, that land, which is already poor, cannot be made rich by manuring it with all the excrements of man and beast, fed upon the-products of hat land. To use a homely, but expres sive phrase, the ease is that of thc man who attempt's to lift himself up by his boots-^-he may pull up one foot, but both will not come. So the farmer, when his surface soil is exhausted, may, by deep rooted plants.Jike clover, ?fee, bring up elements from the subsoil and place them near the surface, and thus apparently re store its fertility, but, if this is repeated, the subsoil soon yields up all of its store. Certain elements derived, in the first place, from the atmosphere, may become exhausted sooner than the mineral ingre dients of the soil, and a judicious rotation and turning in of green crops may restore the former and bring the land back to something of its previous fertility, but cannot possibly carry it beyond the orig inal starting point-and in both of the cases supposed, if there is an export of tho products, of the farm, the elements of thc subsoil, in the first, and the mineral substances in the second, are gradually sent off and the land finally consigned to utter sterility. To increase, permanent ly, the fertility of our lands, viewing the country as a ?vhole, we must import fer tilizers from abroad. But, as imports in volve exports, and exports carry abroad the clements of our soils, the discussion turns next upon so managing these, as that our gains shall exceed our losses. This aspect of the question we ^jnay pre sent in a future number. -? ? ? Draining Lauds. EOITORS SOUTHERN* CULTIVATOR :-In \ my opinion, the most productive lands : are as yet uncultivated, and until there is more attention given to drainage, but hilf will be accomplished. I may with* ; safety assert, that tho lowest lands, when J properly drained, are by far the most pro ductive. Yet, through the majority of the \ Southern States, you see the most of the c low lands uncultivated. Occasionally you ? see open drains, which, generally speak- ; ing, are worse than no drains at all, for what little virtue there remains in the f soil, is carried away by heavy rains, and lost as a fertilizer, besides frequently pro- ? ducing gullies and ravines, that are neith- v er useful nor ornamental. Some may 11 say in answer, that it is too expensive to the planter to drain thoroughly. True, f( it is expensive-so Is manuring expen sive-yet do we not see a profitable re turn the, first season ? It is so with drain- - age. Our clay sub-soil needs drainage, to save our soil, from washing. Heavy . rains are 60 frequent, that unless the.sur- ej plus water is carried away by an under- - ?rain, it must necessarily wash the loose fi, upper soil, The u Mole Drain" is by far ' he cheapest, and in my opinion, the best dapted to our sub-soil. It is not so ex ensive as to be beyond the reach of eve y planter. In the North Western States, uch drains, before the war, cost only 12-V ts. per rod. Should any of your cor espondents desire further information, ipon the subject, I shall take pleasure in ;iving them such information as may be lesired. "G. M. TAUOR. Decatur, Ala. The Rutabaga Turnip, Some of our best farmers annually put n an acre or two of Ruta Bagas, and thus ay up for winter a supply of good suc culent food that comes into use when they ire obliged in a great measure to depend ipon dry food only. When the bigas are ihopped up and sprinkled with a little ;orn meal or bran, they are eaten eager y by cows and steers, and are not only ?ttening and milk-producing but extreme y wholesome. They are raised as'easily is a crop of ordinary turnips in drill: rhe ground must be well-prepared and nanurcd deeply, Ihe rows str?ck' about thirty inches apart ancLthe seed drilled in. When up two or three inches the slants should be thinned out removing ;be weakest, to four or five inches "apart, nid thoroughly cleared of weeds. The cultivator should be passed through once )r twice carefully. In three or four weeks nore another thinning out should take "dace allowing the plants to stand from 3 to 10 inches apart. The hoe should be reely used between the plants and the cultivator between the rows. Frequent .tirr'mg of the ground is indispensable in :hc production of a large crop.. They ire not removed from the ground beTore November. We have known eight hun Jred bushels to be raised lo the acre and have heard of twelve hundred. The seed should be put in the ground from the 15th June to the 1st August. A sod broken up the previous autumn is perhaps the best for this crop.-German town Telegraph. A certain editor gives his opinion in the following terms : ,s A talkative woman is one of the most agreeable companions in the world-the soul of society. We like to hear a sprightly woman talk so in cessantly that you can't get a word in edgeways. It?r?es you from embarrass ment, promotes sociability, and sive you iieart to slip in a soft saying or so, when ever such a thing is possible; whereas silence is a bore not to be endured, breed ng awkward embarrassment and re straints. Give us a woman who knows low to talk." r Assignee Notice of Appointment. (n the District Court of the United States for the District of South Curolina,-IN BANKRUPTCY. UH THE MATTER OF JOHN COLQAN, BANKRUPT, i'o Whom it may Concern : rliE Undersigned hereby gives notice Of his appointment as Assignee of the Estate of JOHN COLIJAN, of Edgefield in tho County of Edgefield, in said District; and who was, to wit: >n thc - day of-A. D. 1S6S, adjudged a Bankrupt upon the petition of himself, by Henry Summer, Esq., Register in the Court of Bank ruptcy. Datod at'Edgefield Court House, the 20th lu'.y, A. D. 1808. E. J. YOUNGBLOOD, Assignee. July 21 3t 30 Assignee's Notice of Appointment! fa thc District Court of thc United State? for the District of South Carolina,-lit BANKRUPTCY. CN THE MATTER OF MOSES P. "WALTON, BANKRUPT, Wo Whom it may Concern : rHE Undersigned hereby gives notice of bis appointment as Assignee nf the Estate of HOSES P. WALTON, ol Edgefield District, in aid District, and who has been adjudged aBank upt, upon tho petition of himself, by Henry summer, Esq., Register in tho Court of Bank uptey. Dated at Edgefield Cour'. House, the Sth day of July, IS?S. Z. W. CARWILE, Assignee. July 21 Xi 30 Assignee's Notice of Appointment. r)i thc District Court of the United States, for the District of South Carolina.-Ia BANKRUPTCY. N THE MATTER OF F. E. RINEHALT, BANKRUPT. I'o Whom it May Concern: [IE Undersigned hereby gives otice of his appointment as Assignee of the Estate of ?, E. RINEHART, of Edgefield District, in said district, who has been adjudged-a Bankrupt upon lis own petition, by Henry Summer, Register in ho Court of Bimkruptoy. Dated at Edgofiold ;. H., tho ISth dav of July, 1808. Z. W. CARWILE, Assign?e. July 21 3t 30 Lssignec's Notice of Appointment. 'n thc District Court of the United States, for thc District of South Carolina.-IN BANKRUPTCY. N THE MATTER OF WESLEY RINEHART, BANKRUPT, ["o Whom it May Concern : rHE Undersigned herehy gives notice of-his appointment as As.-ignee of the E?tito of VESLE Y RINEHART, of Edgefield District, in aid District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt pon his own petition, by Henry Summer, Esq., tegister in the Court ot Bankruptcy. Dated at ?dgcficltl C. H., tho 18th dav of July ISfiS. Z. W. CARWILE, Assignee. July 21 3t 30 issigaee's Notice of Appointment. II thc District Court of thc United'States, for the District of South Carolina.-IN BANKRUPTCY. N THE MATTER OF A. J. SMYLY, BANK RUPT. Po Whom it May Concern: rHE Undersigned, hereby gives notice of his appointment as Assignee of tho Estate of A. . SMYLY, of Edgefield District, in said District, .ho has been adjudged 1 Bankrupt upon his own otition, by Honry Summer, Esq , Rogistor in the ourt of Bankruptcy. Dated at Edgefield C. H., ic ISth day of July, 18GS. Z. W: CARWILE, Assignee. July 21 3t 30 assignee's Notice ol Appointment, II thc District Court of the United States, for the District nf South Carolina.-IN BANKRUPTCY. N THE MATTER OF JOHNSON A. BLAND, BANKRUPT, 'o Whom lt may Concern : rHE Undersigned h'oreby gives notice of his appointment as Assignee, of the Estate.of OUNSON A. BLAND, of Edgofield District, in lid District, who has be?n adjudged a Bankrupt pon his own petition,' hy Henry Summer, Esq., .egistor in tho Court cf Bankruptcy. Dated at Idgefiold C. H., the 20th day of July, 1P08. M. C. BUTLER, Assignoe. July 21_3t - 30 'RESERVE THE FRUITS. ^fOW is tho time to Preservo your Fruits, and to aid in this hithorto troublo|pmo business, have just ordorcd and received a fresh supply [ SEAR'S FRUIT PRESERVING SOLU ION-the best and cheapest method in the orld for Preserving. Call and get a Bottle. Attontion is di ectodtothe annexed Certificate .ora Dr. R. 1. Miws : EnoKFiELD, S. C.,'Juno 1,1S08. Mn. T. W. 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Very extensivo assort ment. Wholesale and r?tail. . . GRAY is TURLEY. LADIES' PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS. In great variety. Cheap. _. . . .GRAY & TURLEY. DRESS GOODS-NOVELTIES' Wo are con ? stantly receiving novelties in dress, goods. Vf h have now unusual attractions in this depart jnent._GRAY A TURLEY. RIBBONS, BUTTONS AND, BRAIDS. All new styles, for trimming ladies' dresses. -_GRAY A TURLEY. HERNANI FOR SHAWLS. Double width, fino quality, both white and black. ; - , . GRAY A'TURLEY. LIGHT SPRING CASSIMERES. For Men and Boys, in variety. .'GRAY is TURLEY. REAL NOTTINGHAM LACES. For Window Curtains. Unbeard of Bargains. _GRAY is TURLEY. MARSEILLES AND ALHAMBRA QUILTS. In great variety, and very low. _GRAY is TURLEY. TOILET SOAPS. Of celebrated Makers. New stock._GRAY is TURLEY. DONAMARIA AND BAREGE FOR VEILS. Blue, Green, Brown, Purple, Black. New Shados. GRAY Ss TURLEY. GENTLEMEN'S VESTS AND DRAWERS. All sizes._ GRAY A TURLEY. GENTLEMEN'S PAPER COLLARS. Whole sale and Retail. _GRAY Ss TURLEY. TABLE DAMASKS. Another full Supply of . Bleached and Brown. _GRAY Ss TURLEY. NAPKINS AND DOYLIES. 5-3, 3-4, 7-8. From ? cheap to vory foo. GRAY Ss TURLEY. TOWELS AND TOWELING. Red and Blue Bordored, Fringed and Unfringcd. _ _ GRAY Ss TURLEY._ PARIS EMBROIDERED ROBES, entirely new stylos, exclusively our own, and not to bo had in any other house in the city. _GRAY Ss TURLEY. BLACK AND WHITE HERMANIE,-extra quality of Whito and Black Hermanie, full two yards wide for Shawls. _GRAY A TURLEY. FRENCH PRINTED BRILLIANTS, rich and beautiful in design and perfoctly fast colors, just oponed. ? _GRAY Ss TURLEY. BLEACHED AND BROWN DAMASK-Irish, German, and Barnaby Damask, in great varie ty, at very low prices. _GRAY Ss TURLEY. BISHOP AND VICTORIA LAWNS, in great variety to-day. GRAY Ss TURLEY. Augusta, Mar 2i JACONET AND CAMBRIC MUSLINS, very cheap._GRAY Ss TURLEY. NAINSOOK AND INDIA MULL, Plain, Striped and Checked. Just received. ? -_.GRAY A TURLEY. SWISS AND SWISS MULL, just opened. GRAY is TURLEY. PARASOLS IN GREAT VARIETY-Gold Shower, Silver Shower, Medallion Beaded, Gro Grain Crape, Foulard, Ac. _GRAY Ss TURLEY. LADIES' GAUZE UNDERVESTS. All sizes _GRAY is TURLEY. SPRING COLORS KID GLOVES. "Fresh slock._GRAY k TURLEY. LENOES AND CAMELOTS,, a beautiful goods in now colors, for ladies' drossos. _GRAY Ss TURLEY. GRANITE LUSTRES, CHECKED POPLINS, FANCY CHALLIES, MELANGES, JASPER CLOTHS, all new styles. GRAY Ss TURLEY. WHITE AND BLACK CRAPE MARETZ, two yards-wido for Shawls. . GRAY is TURLEY. SHIRTINGS, SHEETINGS, LONG CLOTH, PILLOW CASING, COUNTERPANES. GRAY Ss TURLEY._ BLACK CHALLIES, of the following classifica tion : Extra, Super, ExtrA Super and Sublime. Justreoeivod. GRAY is TURLEY. Pink, Buff, Blue and Purple-GHALLIES, Super, Extra Super and Sublime qualities. " Just receiv?d. GRAY A TURLEY. Plaid and Chocked Patent POPLINS, in beauti ful colors. Just rocoivod. GRAY k TURLEY. Plain French LAWNS, in Bluff, Pink, Blue and Green. Just opened. ? . >' GRAY k TURLEY. Printed ORGANDIES and MUSLINS, in {Treat variety. ,. GR4Y is TURLEY. CRAPE MARETZ and GBrENADINES/in plain colors. Great variety. .'. GRAY Ss TURLEY. Whito ALAPACA and,LUSTRE, from cheap to very fino. Jt?fet oponed. _GRAY k TURLEY. TRIMMING RIBBONS, in great variety. Just received. GRAY k TURLEY. Augusta, Mar J24_tf 13 Blue', Bluff. Pink and Greou CKAMBR?YS, and French CAMBRICS. Just opened. GRAY ? TURLEY. Important to Housekeepers, NOW in Store a supply of SPEAR'S PATENT PRESERVING SOLUTION, for Preserv ing Fruits/Jellies, Spiced Fruits, Cider, Wine, Milk, Vegetables, Ac. It saves Sugar-it saves the trouble of sealing-it saves the' expense of Sealing or Air-tight Jars or Cans} and it is at least 50 per cont cheaper than any other method. ^$*-Ono Bottle (the price of which is only $1,00) will nreserve 128 Pounds of Fruit For sale by G. L. PENN. July 1 tf 27 Save Your Grain. FRESH and GENUINE RAT POISON, war ranted to - kill. For sale ot tho old stand, under Masonic Hall. T. J. TEAGUE, AgoBt. i ALL NEW GOODS ! Nc OW ON HAND A SPLENDID STOCK of GOODS, consisting of Black and Colorod CLOTHS, Fancy CASSIMEItES. Black Doe Skin CASSIMERES, Black Silk VESTINGS, Col. and White Marseiles VESTINGS,] Which will be manufactured to order in the very latest .styled. SUMMER CLOTHING. A FIRST RATE Stock of SEASONABLE CLOTHING, comprising Black Cloth Frock COATS, Black Cashmere PANTS, Black Silk VESTS, Black Drap d' Eto Frock COATS, Black Drap d' Ete SACKS, Black Drap d' Eto PANTS, Black Alpaca SACKS, Black Alpaca VESTS, BInck Satin VESTS, White Marseilles VESTS, Colored Marseilles VESTS, Brown Linen SUITS, Colored Liuen.SUITS, Colored Cossimero SUITS, White Linen PANTS, Colored Marseilles PANTS, ?ALSO A .FIRST RATE ASSORTMENT OF .Furnishing Goods, Conslstinc of SHIRTS, COLLAR?, TIES, SUS PENDERS, GLOVES, UNDERSHIRTS ' and DRAWERS, Linen and. Silk Pocket HAND KERCHIEFS. Also, COMBS and BRUSHES of tho best quality. AU Goods SOLD AT ONE PRICE, and at the VERY LOWEST PRICES. J. A. VAN WINKLE, 230 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. June 3 tf 23 Te Old Customers ! ? TAKE THIS METHOD of announcing to yon that I am still at my. old stand, whore I am conducting the same old line of business, which comprises the usual assortment of SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE & CUTLERY. ALSO, Tin "Ware, Which I manufacture in nil its Styles and Pat terns. WOOD WARE, A large assortment, such ns Buckets, Tubs and Pails. COOKING AND HEATING Stoves. Among which are tho justly famous Cook Sloven "DIXIE," "SUMTER," "GOOD SAMARI TAN," "SOUTHERN STATES" and "FIRE SIDE." Tbcso Stoves are adaptod to Southern Housekeepers, 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 rheBO expenses arc not to be added to prices paid by you. WM. niLL, HAMBURG, S. C. Oct 0 tf 41 FURNITURE ! FURNITURE ! OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS PLATT BROTHERS, (FORMERLY C. A. PLATT & CO.,) 214 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Wi E HAVE and are constantly receiving the best assortment of FURNITURE that has ever been in this market. ROSEWOOD PARLOR SUITS, MAHOGANY PARLOR SUITS, CHAMBER AND COTTAGE SUITS, BUREAUS, BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS, SOFAS, TETE-A-TETE, CENTRE TABLES, SIDEBOADS, EXTENSION TABLES, of all lengths. We particularly call the attention of?purcha sers to our SOLID WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS for Beauty, Durability and Cheapness. Our Manufacturing Department Is still in operation. Spocial Orders will bo promptly attended to. REPAIRS DONE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Upholstering Department. HAIR CLOTH, ENAMELLED CLOTH, REPS, TERRY and SPRINGS, and all articles suitable for Manu'ucturers, which wo offer at Low Prices. Window Shades. * A large Stock of WINDOW SHADES, of eve ry ot vie and pattern, from the Cheapest to the Finest, with all the New Stylo Fixtures. i* . . Undertaker's Department, Superintended by a competent man. COFFINS, of all Descriptions and Quality. M?TALIC CASES and CASKETS, of the most improved styles, furnished at all hours during the Day or Night UNDERTAKERS can bo supplied with TRIM MINGS.. Augusta, Oct 23 Cm 43 The State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Laura C. Maynand, Adm's. 1 vs. \ Benj. H. Maynard, et. el. j Y Virtue an Order of tho Court in this cause, all.;md singular tho Creditors of Dr. J. W. MAYNARD, dee'd., aro required to present and prove their claims before the Commissioner of this Court, on or before the first day of Septem ber next, or in default thereof, they be barred from all benefit under tbe docreo to-be pronounced heroin. Z. W. CARWILE, O.E.E.D. Ju4y 9, 1868, ?t 29 State of South Cfarolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN EQUITY. J. P. Blackwell, et, ux, ct, al, ) vs. > Bill for act., djc. E. A. Searles, Aam'or. ot. al. J BY virtue of tho Order of the Court .in this caiife, all and singular tho Creditors of | PLEASANT. SEARLES, d?c'd., aro required to present and prove their demands before tho. Com missioner of this Court, on or boforo the first day of October next, or in default, thereof, thus bo barred from all benefit of tho decree to bo pro nounced herein. Z. W. CARWILE, C.E.E.D. July 1, 1868. 12t 29 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN EQUITY. M. E. Simkins, 1 vs. \ Emma Simkins, et. al. J Under the Order of the Court in this cause, all and singular the purchasers of property sold by tho Commissioner in this case, have leave to introduce testimony before him to show the true value and real character of 'said purchases, on or befcro the 20th' August next Z. W. CARWILE, C.E.E.D. July J, IMS. Ct 29 B DON'T FAIL TO TRY" THE CELE BRATED SOUTHERN TONIC, PANK NAN'S HEPATIC BITTERS, an unfailing remedy for all Diseases bf the Digestive Organs and the Liver. For salo by all Druggists. DON'T FAIL TO TRY THE CELE BRATED SOUTHERN TONIC, FANK NIN'S HEPATIC BITTERS, an unfailing remedy for all Diseases of the Digestive Organs and the Liver. For sale by aU Druggists. DON'T FAIL TO TRY THE CELE BRATED SOUTHERN TONIC, PANK NIN'S HEPATIC BITTERS, an unfailing remedy for ail Diseases of tho Digestive Organs and the Liver. For sale by all Druggists. BREAD! BREAD! BREAD! Bread the Staff of Life ! GOOD NEWS FOR ALL-OLD AND YOUNG NO MORE BAD BREAD. NO EXCUSE FOB ANYBODY. EVERYBODY can now have Nloe, Light, Sweet, Nutritions Bread. Housekeepers and Hoads of, Families are informed, 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 this by asking your Grocer for Drew's Infallible Baking Powder. Not Kke the ordinary Hop Yeast, which has tn be put io tho Flour, and takes all night to Raise it, but with DREW'S INFALLIBLE1 BAKING POWDER, you can put it right in your Flour, and FIFTEEH MINUTE'S time is all that is required to make delicious Tea, Batter and Buckwheat Cakes, Corn-bread,' Biscuit and every description of Pastry. While this Baking Powder not only ia.the cheapest;, it is also the BEST and HEAL THIEST preparation of tho kind ever made for Culinary purposes, and cannot be excelled in quality by any other Manufacturers, in this coun try or elsewhere. The Eating of Hot Bread or Biscuits made with this preparation, causes no flatulence, or other injurious effects, and' is particularly reoom mendod to Dyspeptics. It h made from a vege table preparation of -perfect purity, and of Snowy Whiteness. More Bread of thc. finest quality can bo made from a Barrel of Flour, by using this Baking Powder than by'any other process yet known. Full direction* accompany each Box. For Sale by Grocers everywhere. The Trade supplied by the Sole Proprietors and Manufactu rers, the DREW MANUFACTURING CO., 213 Fulton Street, New York. Don't forget the Name, bat ask for DREW'S INFALLIBLE BAKING POWDER. ??*For sale at Edgefield, S. C., by THOS. W. CARWILE. Feb 12 3m(M.A. M.) 7 Toothache Instantly Cured! BY USING 4 DIL BILL'S Min?! THIS GREAT TOOTHACHE CURE bas the endorsement of the London Medical Facul ty, and will NEVER FAIL TO CURE THE .MOST DESPERATE CASE OF TOOTHACHE. While it acts .instantaneously, upon the nerves affected and" gives immediate relief, there is nothing in its composition in tho slighest degree to injure the finest-set of teeth. Do not throw your money away, and have your teeth extracted by dentists because they acho you, but CUBE YOURSELF by using Hall's Anodyne for the Care of Toothache. For sale by all first-class Druggists, or by DR. EDWARD HALL, - 36 John St., New York Messrs. J. WINCHESTER & CO., 33 John street. New York, Wholesale- Agents. ^.For sale at Edgefield, S. C., by THOS. W. CARWILE. Price 25 Cent*. 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 ! . ?S^For sale by the Druggists. Aug 28 tf 35 NOTICE TO Si > UND AY SCHOOLS can be supplied with the following Books, AT COST, by applying at the Store of B. C. BRYAH, Edgefield C. H. S. S. Celebration Hymns, New Sunday-School Primer, Infant Class Question Book, Little Lessons for Little Peoplo,-Pur tl. Little Lessons for Li Ule People,-Part II. Brief Catechism of Bible Doctrine. Child's Question Book on the Four Gospels. Part I. Child's Question Book on the Four Gospels. Part IL Questions on the Four Gospels,-with' Harmo ny,-fur Bible Classos. . , The Psalmist. The Psalmody. Notes on the Gospels. .Malcom's Bible Dictionary. Child's Scripture Question Book. Bibles am' testaments. "KindW Is,"-S. S. Paper, monthly, at $1 for 10 Copi'.j. Any Books needed by Teachers, or religious Books desired by any persons, will be procurad at short notice, apd supplied at Cost by tho un dersigned. Testaments and Catechisms givan to those who -ore not abie to buy, .when application is uiede through any S. S. Teacher known to B. 0. Bryan, Agont of fbo Depository. For any information,.address L. R. GWALTNEY, Chair. Ex. Board of Edgefield Association. Nov 20 tf 47 Fisk's Metallic Burial Cases. JUST received a lot of FISK'S CELEBRA TED METALLIC BU'illAL CASES-of the latest styles. Also, on-hand, of my own manufacture and finish, a beautiful assortment of MAHOGANY, WALNUT, POPLAR and PINE COFFINS. All of which I am selling at LOW FIGURES, and. STRICTLY FOR CASH. M. A. MA RKERT, Next door to Advertiser Office. Jan Irt I State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Z. W. Cdrwile, Ex'or., ") .y* j Wm. B. Moragne. J BY virtuo of au - Order of the Court ie this cause, nil and singular tho Creditors of WILLIAM C. MDRAGNH, dee'd., ere required 1 to present and provo their demands before me on or before tho 2ikli day of August next. Partios who puren wed property-at the .saba of j the Estate of said deceased have leave to Intro duce testimony before ni? to shew the trne value j of thc same at thc timo of the purchase.' A. J. NOItRIS, - / "Special, .Referee. Juno 23, IS&S. ' 9t 2fi Come all that suffer with Tooth Aehe! JUST received and for sale Dr HALL'S ANO DYNE*-a sure cur? for1 Tooth Ache. THOS. W. CAHWILE, At Sign Golden Mortar. April 1 _tf_14 Everybody Speaks in its Favor, DREW'S YEA8T, or BAKING POWDER, fel highly spoken of by all wno have given it j a trial. Just received another Gross. Single box SO Cents. Two or more Boxes 25 eta. each. T...W. CARWILE,, . At-Sign Ooldea Mortar. July 1 tf 27 J Kerosene OiL > HST received Ono Barrel No. 1 Kerosene Oil. O. L. PENN, i Fe* U tf 7 New Brag Stare ! T HE Undersigned takespleasure b informing his friends that he ?as just received an ENTIBE NEW AND FRESH STOCK OF Drugs, i?eiiicinesj Ctaniiea?s, &c, Ac the Old' Stand ender Masonic Hall, where ha will constantly on hand fall Stocks of every thing in the Drag line. Persons wishing to purchase will find it to their advantage to call at fire ?ld'Stand. - ^ST* Terms reasonable. T* j. vmm, m* May 12 tt 28 ESTABLISH!) ST J8&0 THE Subscriber would respectfully inform th tho citizens of Edgefield -and the surround ing country, that he keeps a SPACIAL ESTAB LISHMENT for the REPAIR of WATCHES and JEWELRY. All work entrosted'to his care wiri be executed promptly, nettly, and nm natal for one year. ; At his Store will be found one of the: largest Stocks of J Gold and Silver Watches, Of the bett European and American manufacture in the Southern States, with a select asficit ment of RICH AND NEW STYLES ETRUS CAN GOLD JEWELRY, Set with Diamonds, Pearls, Babies, Oriental Gar net?, Coral, Ac. Also, SoMd Silver Wars, Consisting of . FULL TEA* SETS, WAITERS, ICE AND WATKR PITCHER*, CAS TORS, GOBLETS, JC?PS, FORKS, SPOONS, And everything in the Silver Weira line. FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE BARRELED GUNS. Colt's, Smith & Weston's, Cooper's, Remming ton's, Sharp's, Den-in ge r's " "* ' PISTOLS, And many others of tho latest invention. FINE CUTLERY, SPECTACLES, WALKING CANES, PERFUMERY, PORTMONAIES, AND'FA??CY G0O?S Of ?vary variety to be found iq a.first cla?s Jew elry Establishment. ' A. PRONTACT, One Door below An gu ata Hotel, ICS Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Oct 1 6m 40 IMPORTANT TO jWNEft? OF STWK AND Farmers' and Stock Breeders' IADYERTI9EB. ONLY. SI PER ANNUM HT ADVANCE A' First-class Monthly Journal, devnte'd1 te Farming and Stick Breeding. Each number contains 3<Hargo ddnble-ooraan^ayii, illustrated with numerous engravings, "Specimen Cvpies free, for stamp, with list of splendid* Premiamos to Agents. * m .HORSE AND CATTLE DOCTOR. FREE. The Publishers of tho AMEBICAJ; S :OCK JOUR NAL bave established a veterinary Department in the columns of the Joultaex, which ts peaced nn der the charge of a distinguished' Veterinary Professor, whose doty-it ie to receive questions as tb tho ailment? or injurie? of all kinds .oj" atoe):, andPto answer in print, in connection with the question,.bow they should be treated tor ?cure, these'prescriptions are given oralie, atfd titus every subscriber to the Joe ns ir,'has always at his command a Veterinary Surgeon, /retro/ o?arge. Every Farmer and Stock Breeder stroud sob scribe for it. Sent Free, 3 Mouthe for Nothing. Every new subscriber fox 1SC8, recelvea.by the first of February, will receive the. October, No vember and December numbera of 1?C7. Tree, making over 500 laxge deqbje-colamn pages of reading matter in tho 15'numbers: All for tho low price of $1.00. Address . N. P. BOYER & Co., Publishers. . G UH TRES; Chester Co., Pe. Feb. 26 - 2t 8 llEAL ESTATE AGENCY, IWILL berosfter carry on A EBAL ESTATE AGENCY for the PURCHASING and SELL ING OF HOUSES, LOTS add; FARMS in Edgefield District. Reliable Titks made, and Titles examined promptly end. correctly. Persons webing to Purchase or Seil Real Es tate, will find it to their interest tq confer with me, or address me throngh the Poet Office. - A fee of Ten Dollars will bo required in ad vance, in each case, and if a parchase or sale is effected tho amount will be deducted ont ef my commissions. Parties wishing their Real Estate advertised, eau notify me, enclosing funds to pay for the same. I will continpe to Practice in the Courts of Law and Equity in all the Courts of Record in this State. Office, Law Range. J. L. ADDISON. Edgefield C. H., Feb 10 - 4f - fr TO MILL O VYNERS. FRENCH BURS, ESOPDS & COLOGNE MILL STONES, BOLTING CLOTHS,, ? SMUT MACHINES AND ALL KINDS OF Kill Furnishing Ware FOB SALE AT TBE LOWEST CASE'PJUC?, By WM. BRESKER, .107 Broad Strrocf, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Augusta, Jan 13 6m3 SALUDA HOHKE.' HAVING Rented the above well-known HO TEL, in the Town of Edgefield, I am pre pared, from this date forward, to ENTERTAIN TRAVELERS, PERMANENT BOARDERS" and DAY BOARDERS. The Salada House is situated in a quiet pert of the Town, and its Rooms and Chamber? are airy and commodious. Nothing, either as regards Table, Lodging or Service, shall-be left ur dono op my patt to de serve the patronage and confidence of lee public. A. A. GLOVER. Feb ll tf 7 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DIStSKT, 7?V ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esquire, Ordinary of Edgefield District Whereas, Samuel Thomas has appliod te me for Letters of Administration, on aH end singular tbe goods and chattels, rights andoredlftof' Benjamin Th o ma F! late of the District aforesaid* deceased. These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of tbe said deceased, ta be ?nd appear before pa, at our * Ordinary's Court foe the saul District, to be. hol den at Edgefield Chart Hanse, on lie 30rh day of July inst, bo shaw OMISA if any why Nie said ad ministration should bo granted. Given under my -hand and seal thia 22nd -day of Joly in tbe year of our Lead one thou sand eight hundred end Sixty-eight and in the 02nd year of American Independence. .W. RDURIS??S, O.E.D. July 22 2t* 30 State of Sooth Carolsnit. EDGEFteLD ?f?TR?CT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DUttlSOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District. Whereas, Caroline G. Finley?hasj<(pllod tc me for Letters of Adminis tra?iori,on.all and singular the gooda and chattel?, rights and oredits of W. Washington F"?nley?date orthe! ?istfret afore said, dee'd. These are, therefore, to. ci to ?nd admonish all and singular, the kmdred and creditors of the said deceased,.ter be and appear before me, at our nc.xtOrdi&arjria. Court for. the said DTAJjJct, to be holden at Edgefiejd O. H., on the .fib day ot August next, to snow cause, if any, -wEy the said administration should not bo.grantee1,. Given under my hand and- se?l^tliis 24th dp.y of July in the year ,of onYfL?r&ojtio thousand eight hundred andi ix ty^ght, "'aird-in the 93d year of the Independence of tjf?i "TThited States of America. . . :