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-iii feras :-i!?/i'> ?i- .'"JV ...).. IO iii 7d ;r j . ?tr DURI S OE, KEESE & CO* ."l.,H"<l?<l.?llM.?l?'?,'l<,<?"?<"'"'""l|MlV",??,'???pBmimitHII|Ht..l.l.,ll,.t|,ll|.l>1Hll?I.Hl^H?H??lll?U??il?li?UI?U'lillM?M||lfcMt?IMMrf^MM?MHitMi?iM?tl H'M ". EDGEFIELD, S. C., ME 17, 1868. : ^ mi? nm*..*. ESTABLISHED 1828. Ol "Wv BL BARRET, -r^-O R. IL LAND. S.--H. SHEPPARD. BIRKETT, MD & CO. DRlr?S, (? OILS, GLASS AND DRUGGISTS* GLASSWARE, 291 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., OFFER the following at lower figures than the same -lass of Goods can be bought elsewhere :- - . ?h ;J s? CLOVES, GUM OPIUM, SULPH. MORPHINE,. QUININE, Bromide POTASH, Iodide POTASH, ALUM, Gum CAMPHOR, COPPERAS, BLUE STONE, Refined BORAX, S. & C. WOOD MATCHES, MACCABOY SNUFF, BITTERS of all kinds, PEPPER, Sifted, GINGER, SPICE, I &&COLJ?-?)Sz. Augusta, Feb 7 W. B. POTASH, Concentrated LYE, LINSEED OIL,. SPERM OIL, LARD OIL, -. TRAIN OIL, SPINDLE OIL, . MACHINE OIL, CASTOR OIL, SWEET OIL, OLIVE OIL, KEROSENE. OIL, i ASTRAL OIL, WHITE'LEAD, COLORS, &c. ?o ?? om Bargains ! ^Bargains ! AT W. H. BRONSON'S. IN order to raise money to meet my engagements, I will, from this date, ofter my STOCK OF GOODS at a GREAT SACRIFICE ON ALREADY REDUCED PRICES I My Stock is LARGE and COMPLEXE, rendering an enumeration of arti cles un necessary .-ENTIRELY NEW, bought this Fall and Winter at the LOWEST PRICES in New York and Baltimore. I have a Splendid Line of LADIES' DREsS GOODS," SHAWLS, HOODS, NUBIAS, BLANKETS, LADIES TRIMMED HATS, and GENTLEMEN'S READY MADE CLOTHING, at only a fraction above NEW YORK PRIME COST! Owing to the low price of Cotton, and the scarcity of money, I am determined to close out mv Stock at prices that cannot be undersold by any House in the Retail Trade," FOR CASH ONLY. My thanks are hereby tendered to the friends and customers who have so lib erally patronized the late Firm. And I beg to assure them that no effort on my parc will be spared to merit its continuance. Dec 23 W. H. BR?NSON. tf M. O'DOWD, Wholesale Grocer -AND-r-r Commission Mercliant, 283 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., HAS NOW ON HAND a Full and Complete Stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES and PLANTERS SUPPLIES, among which may be found the following : 00 Hhds. BACON, Sides & Shouders 30 Bbls. LARD, 200 " FLOUR, all grades, 20 Hhds. SUGAR, 300 Sics. COFFEE, 300 Boxes SOAP, 200 " CANDLES, 100 " STARCH, 100 " SODA, 2000 Bushels CORN, 1000 " OATS, 500 Sacks SALT, 100 Cases LYE and POTASH, 10 Bbls. COGNAC BRANDY, " 30 Bbls. CORN WHISKEY, 100 " RYE WHISKEY, 10 " APPLE BRANDY, 20 " GIN and RUM, 20 " SHERRY and PORTWINE 200 M. SEGARS, various grades, 150 Boxes TOBACCO, 200 Doz. BUCKETS, 50 Doz. BROOMS, 50 Nests TUBS, ? 50 Hhds. MOLASSES, 100 Bbls. SYRUP. ALL GOODS WILL BE SOLD VERY LCW. GIVE ME A CALL. Jan ll 3m E. E. STVENS. M. C. STEVENS. F. E. STEVENS & CO., Grrocers -AND Commission IVEercliants 259 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga, NEXTDO?R BELOW FREDERICKSBURG STORE LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON SHIPMENTS. Prompt attention given to HANDLING PRODUCE and FILL ING OF COUNTRY ORDERS. Cottorr received for SALE and STORAGE, or for SHIPMENT to Liverpool, New Yorlc, or Philadelphia. Will make LIBERAL ADVANCES to parties desiring to Store or Ship. F. E. STEVENS & CO. Oct. 25 tf 44 CHARLES BAKER. EDW. T. MILLER. LEWIS F. GOODRICH The Planters' Grocery House! BAKER, MILLER & CO., SUCCESSORS TO BAKER, PORTER & CO., 267 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. KEE? af usual a LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED STOCK of Choice Family Groceries and-Provisions, which will be sold on the most reasonable tcrm3. They respectfully solicit from their Carolina friends a continuation of the liberal patronage heretofore extended to the old Firm. In addition to our full stock of FAMILY GROCERIES, we have on hand Choice ORANGES. APPLES, CITRON, CURRANTS, RAISINS, FIGS, CANDIES and CAN FRUIT of all kinds, LIQUORS and SEGARS, &c, &c. Mr. W. S. HOWARD, long and favorably known with Fleming & Rowland and Baker, Porter & Co., will continue with the New Firm. Augusta, Dec 14 Sm 51 Meal and Grits. NOW on hand 100 BUSHEL* MEAL ?nd GRITS. iMuiil $125. Grit? $1 50. 30 SACKS of FLOUR, of the best brand, at low rates. W. A. SANDBRS. F?b. 15 tf 8 Florida Syrup. TuST received SEVEN BARRELS FLORIDA SYRUP. A Fplondid article. For aale cheap. W. F. DURIS0B, Sr. Winter Rain. , '? ?. *. TT i The ruin, the desolate rain ! Ceaseless and solemn and chill ; How it drips on the misty pane ! How it drenches the darkened sill ! Oh, scene of sorrow nnd dearth, I would that the wind, awaking To a fierce and gusty mirth Alight vary this dull refrain .Of tho rain, the desolate rain ; For the heart of heaven seems breakii In tears o'er the fallon earth ; And again, again, again, We l?t to the sombre strain, The long, low mon?tono (Whose soul is a mystic moan,) Of the rain, the rain,'tho rain, The lbw, despairing rain ! The rain, the mournful rain ! Weary, passionless, slow ; 'Tis tho rhythm' of settled sorrow, 'Tis the sobbing of cureless woe; . And all tho tragic of life, The pathos of long ?go,. Comeback on tho sad refrain Of tho rain, the mournful rain, The desolate, dreary rain,' Till the graves in my heart unclose, ! And the dead wbo are buried thoro From a solemn and weird repose Awake ; but with eyeballs drear, And voices that melt in pain, On the tide of the plaintive rain, (The yearning, hopeless rain, With its passionless,' slow refrain,) . Of tho dim, funeral rain, Thel?'ng, low, whispering rain! Pani FI. Hoyne in Appleton'* Jo\tr\ . , Brevities and Levities. j tS?* 1^ a man who makes a deposition is a ipositor, does it necessarily follow that a man i makes an allegation is nn*alligator ? pif- A young lady in Terre Haute, recer swapped her engagement ring for a new bonni ?S" Horace Oreoley's birthday has been c< orated in Ohio. He wasn't lhere, but sent a 1 ter which no one could read. I $S3- An anti kissing society has been fora by tho Galena, Illinois, girls. "Nu kissing fore mnrriage," is their motto. ??3~ A New Yorker was informed just bef his marriage that his bride had fallen heir $300,000,.but ho let tho ceremony go on just, t samp. , . ??9~ " Women are like horse;-the goycr I harness they have on, tho better they fool." 1 got this from an old baoholor who was ea: crossed in love, and afterwards wont into t pawnbroking business with a crossed assistant. ??r- A writer in thc'Ncw Castlo Consliiutiii alist says : "Tho human heart is a curioui wrought instrument, which may be mude to gi forth sounds inhormonious-but when touch by tho gentle band of sympathy will give for music so sweet that even angels will lean up their golden harps in rapturous silence." 3S!r~ Thcro is one thing worse than ignorant and that is conceit. Of all intract bio fools; i over wiso man is the worst. You may eau idiots to philosophize; you may coax donkeys forego th^tles ; but don't think of ever drivii c . ramon sense into the head of a conceited pe S >n. . * ??*- A man named Wilson confered on h death bed, a few days ngo, that he was. ono the murderers of tho Supervisor nf the town Spaulding,in Saginaw county, Michigan, in Fol ruTiry.-lSfH. and that in September of thc san year bc also killed his accomplice in that murd? because he Tefuscd to divido the booty then ol tai ned. "Mick," said a bricklayer to his labore " if you meet Patrick, tell him to maka haste ? weare waiting for him." "Shute an'I will, replied Mick ; but what will I tell him if I don meet him ?" ?Sf Somebody who has got a lot bf lai d I sell in Wisconsin publishes an itt-m that vivid arc in bloom in that State. ty * His goi d fca'urery good >niib', and he tri Middle-State address," ure what George Alfr Townsend admires about Forney. ?Sf-" Well, there's something in that :" as th man said when he tried I? put his boot vu wit a kitten itt it. ?SS" Four little Bultimore girls went to b Angels because they tried to make oranges an cheese mix in their stomachs. Tboso two hover ages are deadly enemies. ?3i~ " Thc Old Man's Drunk Agnin,"-is th titi?) if thu latest temperance song in San Fran ci.co. ?&- Mr. Gray, an ingenious gentleman o Sussex County, Delaware, invented a now, non explosive burning fluid, and invited his friend to como and witness a. test of lin qualities. Il gathcrud a select circle around a barrel of th fluid in a garret, and to prove how non-expiosiv it was he stirred it with a rid hot poker. In si: seconds the invontor and his friends wore seen t< emerge from the roof. ?S~" Very good news for husbands ai.d father comes to us from Washington," says thc Phila delphia Enquirer. " An undoubted feminine au thoruy sends us r.ssuranec that the belle nf Wash ington society has appeared at three grand eve bing parties this season in the samo costume Furthermore, that ladies high in tho social firma mont of the national capital have gone to grcu receptions and select soirees in thc dresses the} wore last Winter. This ss a sensible us well a economical innovation." ?3!~ Marriage is the sunshino of life-bcncatl its genial influence .'pring up the best affection! and the noblest vir ues of man, which in the sto rility of selfish celibacy would have lain dorman and useless. . It ii thc source of virtue and pleas ure in youth, MM! the la'm nnd io!, co of o i ago. ?4B" The height of irreverence has been renell ed by a g'.nfliman of Ohio, who stole tho blacl gown of an Episcopal minister to wear os n mas qucr.ttlc costume. ?SF Mr Henry Bencckc, of Chicago, left t note for tho Coroner, explaining that his suicidi was an act of considerateness for his wifo, whe was " in great want of anothor husband." ?&- A little girl joyfully assured her mothor the other day, that she had found out where they made horsos-she had seoa a man in a sher finishing one of them, for he was nailing OD hit last foot. ??- A story is told of a yung man in Free port, 111 , who wa.? crossed in love and attempted suicide recently by taking a dose of yeast pow ders. He immediately rose above his troubles. ?ST- At a wedding, recently, when the officia ting priest asked the lady, " Wilt thou have this mau to bo thy wedded husband?" sho dropped the prettiest curtsey, and, with a modosty which lent beauty an additional grace, replied, "If you please." ?3S~ Why are there no eggs in San Domingo ? They banished tho whites, and cast off their yoke, Tho author of this is now doad-died ia less than forty minutes cf brain fever. ??r The Carolina Spartan says that Horace Greeley, of the New York Tribune, in company with others, has purchased tho Warm Springs property in Buncombe County, North Carolina, for $80,000. ^"An exchange says, that "onion poultices" I aro recommended for " felons" and suggests the I application of one to Ben Butlor. The Kn Kto Klan. A correspondent of. the Chai Netos- writes as follows of the and aims of this mysterious org tion. The letter is dated Union Februar}- 16 : The':mystery which ? s?rro?ndi movements of the Ku Klux Klai led the superstitious to regard th spirits, of the disembodied, whil educated, beyond the field of oper have believed the whole story to myrth. But of their existence, organized body of living men, we have seen them, entertain no dout their numbers and extent, it is ii 'sible to speak. There must be in a day's march'of Union.' You them, no doubt, in Charleston and certainly can be found throughout I gia, North Carolina. and Tenn? They occasionally leave behind ' letters explanatory of their purr. Those of. them who operate in ?; Carolina, say that they want peace must have justices that the court: guided by Weak judges'; and juries posed of ignorant negroes; that a t convicted with, "much cost of time, i ey and labor to the prosecutor, rem at thepenitentiary scarcely a week, then returns home with a pardon, paired to steal again.. They say when their race have justice, and no longer robbed by ]>ublic thi( their mission will end. There are some erroneous opiu .entertained as to the feelings of ?people of upper South Carolina towi the Ku Klux. They are not a ban cut-throats and desperadoes, as s suppose ;-nor, on the other hand; they universally ap]iroved pf by white people here. They are men firmness and nerve, who strike beer they believe it necessary for the ] tection of their life, property and erty; they striked night, because cumstances render it imperative, very many citizens disapprove and c deinn the acts of violence committed the Klan. Wc feel the oppression the present State Government, but would not have it overturned with i lenee. We might indulge in hard wo against the Kn Klux, but we find t they despise our strictures, and State officials believe all of us to members of thc band, no matter h much we abuse it. Now, sir, before we can successfu oppose and end this evil, we must J prec?ate* the causes. It is bad prac! to administer a remedy before we mr a diagnosis. If wo went back to fi; causes, we would indicate the rec< -ctruotion Arts. the greatest poli ti blunder of tho century, as, the inci of the Ku Klux. In our State, ho ever, the organization would never ha taken root if we had been spared t late iniquitous election laws, the ar ing of negroes with guns and cartvidg (the latter being unnecessary for pi poses of drill,) the gross frauds ol' t election in October, the numerous p? dons issued by the Governor, and t wholesale robbery by Stat- officials money wrung from our people by enc mons taxation. And ?gain, it is w< known that Joseph Crews, prominent connected with thc State Governmei honored hy- the Speaker of thc lions and the traveling companion of o: Governor, iu effect encouraged murdc arson and rapine, last summer, in La lens. What might have been the co sequences of that-advice, it is fearful contemplate. He may he more bucce? ful next summer. In September or-October last, J tu M obi ey, membe*?of the Legislature, ii formed his negro friends that ten win men should be killed for every neui murdered. Little did June then thin that his threat against our race won] so literally be fulfilled against his owi The mumu* ol'the blaeh race, and the advisers towards the white people, ma he also gathered from the murderui plans ol Crews anti others, (then an now State officials,) towards citizens < Union and Laurens, so recently expose through your columns by Kerrigan an his men. It was only a further prof. of what we already felt, that the whit race would be taxed out, driven out c killed out-by negroes and their allie -if possible. Herc were the causes which operate to plant the Ku Klux in South Carolin.' The murder of Mat Stevens gave thei great strength. It was a foul murde -the foulest ever known in this Statt A one-armed, inoffensive white man, c good character, who toiled honestly fo his daily bread, and did harm to n one; he was waylaid and cruelly mur dered because he had a " whit; skin. The murderers were a hoity of negri militia, at least twenty-five and mon probably forty in number ; instigated the white people of Union believe, ant may, in time, be able to prove, by El lick Walker, captain of militia, anc June S. Mobley, a legislator. Bad a this murder was, it was a sign of worsi things, to see the entire negro race o Union in active sympathy with th< murderers, ifadit been left with the ne groes, not one of them would have beer arrested, although they proclaimed theil guilt wherever they went among theil own people. It is within bounds to as sert that 200 negroes in Union County were accessories after the fact to th( murder of Stevens, aud that there arc not two dozen of that class who woulc j have refused to shield the criminals, Ten prisoners have been taken, out o the jail by the Ku Klux and killed nine of whom were murderers of Ste vens ; the tenth was the negro who shot the constable (Smith) on the 1st day ol January. We condemn the act as un lawful and criminal, but for the victims wo have no sympathy, The negroes, on the contrary, regard with indiffer ence the deed m the abstract ; their only feeling is sympathy for the murdered j prisoners. The manifesto left here by the Kn ' Klux sufficiently explains the immedi ' ate cause of the last raid on our jail, j To take these prisoners-two of them ! red to the elbow with the blood of Ste I vens-to Columbia, where the Legisla ture was in session, composed, it was i believed, of men1 in active sym] ?Wrefeifche murderers,- was thought tan&mount to a release. It was u fnifSfe that Judge Thomas did n< j d??fee return . to'thc writ of k coinjms to be made b?fore him at U OT 'ai his home, whickfitis presu 'i?^ttiin the limits of his circuit, le^f'r of the Judge indicates tha would sacrifice the peace of society and furn the prisoners loose, to hir?ffice. The Kn Klux thoughl l?scane of the' prisoners would b ?n? .compared to .which the los .?lV Thomas, to the bench of Sixtn Circuit would be insignilh Such ?sca^ wauld.Jbe, a wrong tb 1 race, aiid one of those wrongs w ccr?lfcfind redress Only from their b ?Thet were-under another nami ! vigilance committee, with this di jeijGe1-^vigilance committees genei ihifl^Hhe tacit approval of their gov Jr?t??fcf th? Ku Klux operate upon cri icorniaitted by a.class of citizens ichJJ^ .protected, Befrieiided and ho] : ed .by our State. '.'The vigilance c mitteeis, however,.an unlawful org, i?&qn--?o is the Ku Klux. The ofrweone find, an exact counterpar thacher; for, so far as known,. 'V?G&?S'O?' the Ku Klux have.been meiirdangerous citizens and well-km murderers. * "Weare T?O apologist for the Ku Kl NBB?iT)g H?re written is an apple jTtf?'leader who so construes this lei jir^s'excuse sufifcient in what we b, jeinnm'erated,simply as causes. ,We c liol excuse these'self-constituted av gers of white men's wrongs. "Cri begets crime, but does not excuse it. kilima murderer is murder. To bc prc ?cj?lgr, judge, jury andsheriiF, is a fe f?nhn-a sin Tegally and morally, a !a}sin in His eyes to whom belong' Ivenjeeance. We may have up justi but Tetter to suffer and to wait. A t government is better .than no gove |m?Bt-''at"ull. Injustice is better th 'anarchy. Negro militia can never si the?vi 1, no matter how strong in nu hers. The Columbia inion advises tl they5 be sent, and- the County taxed pav for them. We advise the Um jt?-'make a calculation of the cost maintaining a thousand soldiers foi year, and compare it with the assess yahie of property in this County. T proposition is ridiculous. Negro mi ?tia are powerless against them. Th may be stopped, but only in one way remove the causes which made thc fancy their organization a necessit; restore good government ; give the Sta upright and able judge's and honest ol ciak: stop thc frightful ' expenditure '?ptjatc'iiicnoy irj^?nliuobia; proseeut indict and bring to trial snell men Neagle, Parker and Crews ; disband t] negro militia ; #ive tho people intel! gent jurors, and" let convicts be punis ed,'and then will the Ku Klux be th'ng of the past. But let tiie Legis! ture and t hc State officials go OM as th< have gone on, and the time will soon 1 when raids into Columbia, and aroui that capitol building, will cause ot highly virtuous and in eiligent Legisl tare to forget Union and Union mu derers. ; One more word. Weare all suspec ed of active .sympathy with the K Klux, because we do not bring them \ trial. Thc thing is impossible. - The ehroud themselves in a mystery whic no one can unravel. Whence they com and whither tlu-y go, no one know Tho ir vuice's are not recognized; timi horses are not known. They are nevt seen in day-light ; only in night. J would seem that negroes would kno' when their masters felt home, and too their horses ont of the stable ; woul sometimes sec their disguises, notic the jaded appearance of man and hors after a night of wakefulness and har riding. But it is not so. No negn knows asfriiile member of the baud ; il s they would tell it, if not here for feat at any rate in Columbia. The whol negro racu dosi ru the suppression of t li - Kn Klux ; but they can make no dis coveries. Is it singular, then, that th whit.- man, who spends his evening a home-whose opportunities for detec tion are so much less-should fail t< find out names? We do not say tha all condemn the Ku Klux. Many sc the immediate good, and think not o the consequent evil. But many, ven many, oppose and abhor these deeds committed without any legal sanction and they express their abhorrence ii unmeasured terms. This letter has been made too long We wrote, however, to show that tin Ku Klux were combating evils as dan gerous to the peace of society as tin counter evils they perpetrate ; anc that these fearful counter evils wert not approved of by all the people o upper South Carolina. BRUTUS. A YOUNG LADY OF SAVANNAH BURNI TO DEATH.-Information was received in Savannah, on Thursday last, of thc death, by fire, at 'Fernandina, Fla., o: Miss Sarah Colo, daughter of Colone! A- H. Cole, of Savannah, who was ir attendance as a pupil at the St. Mary'i Pi "iory, or Episcopal School, at Fernan dina. But few particulars of the- mel ancholy and heart-rending event have been received. Beyond thc fact, com ; municated by telegraph, that she was I reading ?ribed, Wednesday night, when j the clothing, by some accident, took ! fire, and she was so severely burned that she expired yesterday, nothing is known. Miss Cole was the only daugh ter of her parents, about seventeen years of age, and was regarded aa among the most beautiful and interesting young ladies of Savannah. C BOWEN'S CASE IN CONGRESS.-Tho ? Washington correspondent of the Prov j idence ..'oumul says : The narrow escape of Congressman ! Bowen from conviction of bigamy cre j ate* quite a stir in the House, and there is a very strong impression there, as it seems there was on the minds of the jury, that he is not only guilty of biga my, but of bribing a man to perjura himself, so that Bowen might escape punishment. There is talk among some members of the House of an "attempt to expel him from the House, not' on the charge of bigamy, but for things which he admitted "during the trial, but the session is sd short that the ;subject will probably be allowed to pass. Has the Fifteenth Amendment been Legally Ratified. The New York Times* oi Monday, the 13th instant, says : An important case as to the constitu tionality of^ the new election law of ; Congress in*"reference to. interfering witn electors, promises to come before the United States Surpreme Court, and it may also involve the question as to the constitutional ratification of the. Fifteenth Amendment. At the Con gressional election in Newton Town ship, Camden County, New Jersey, in November last, it will be remembered the colored voters were prevented from voting, and a riot was created, the bal lot box was smashed, and the sheriff bf the county was compell?d to quell the . disturbance. The alleged assailants were at once arrested ana indicted, and at the present term of the United states District Court at Trenton one Francis Souders has been found guilty of ." un-, lawfully interfering by force with quali fied, voters (colored) from freely exer cising the right of suffrage," The coun sel for the accused are two prominent legal gentlemen? Messrs.. Browning, of Camden, and ex Chancellor Williamson, of Elizabeth, who, on Thursday next, February 15, will argue the constitu tionality of the Act under which Soud ers was convicted. One point of the argument, it is understood, is that the Fifteenth Amendment to the constitu tion was never legally ratified, and iii case of au adverse decision they will carry the entire matter to the Supreme Court. The Senate of the State of Indiana a few days since declared that the ratifi cation of the amendment by that State was not legally made, and it is claimed that without that State the necessary number of States was not obtained for a legal ratification. The New Jersey Legislature, however, has just ratified the amendment, so that in case the claim of Indiana should be sustained, the required number of States'will still bz on record, but whether a newprocla mation should be needed will be a sub ject for the Court. In the meantime, as ?his is the first conviction under the new Act, the result will be looked for ward to with much interest, as not only establishing the legality of tho Fifteenth Amendment, but also as ?onnally de claring the right, pf the colored man to nil thc" U?gui-pdvile/res and projection tjiven to the white. To FARMERS.--Of all the dreary places, deliver us from the dreary farra houses, which so-many people call home. Bars l'or a front gate ; chickens wallow ing before the door ; pig pens elbowing the house in the rear; scraggy trees never cared for, or no trees at all ; no cheering shrubs ; no neatness ; no trim ness. And yet, a lawn, and tree.?, and a neat walk, and a pleasant fence around it, don't cost a great deal. They can be secured little by little, at odd times and the expense hardly felt. And if the time conies when it is best to sell the farm, fifty dollars so invested, will often' bring' back live hundred. For a man i& a brute, who will not insensibly yield to a higher price for such a farm, when lie t hi ilks of the pleasant surroundings it offers lo his wife and children. Farm ers, beautify and adorn your farms; set out orchards, shrubbery, shade trees ; lay olf lawns : build good fences ; put up good gates, and paint or whitewash your outhouses and fences. Shocking Suicide ii) Brooklyn? A suicide, which is shown by.thc evidence to have been a very shocking case, (.tune to tho knowledge of Coroner Jones on Friday. The Coroner was notified in thc usual way that a young man had committed suicide at his resi dence in Pacific street, and that it would be necessary for him to hold an inquest over his remains. The Coroner visited the house in question and found the body of the U?> fortuna'c victim, Mr. Frederick D. Og den, stretched across the doorway in the basement, and thc floor covered with blood, which had gushed from a ghastly wound in his throp.t, Coroner Jones said ho never- s?\w ?t more shock ing spectacle. The deceased was about twenty-eight years of age and resided with his mother and sister. He was a very intellectual young man, but was at times subject to fits of melancholy. He was the nephew of Judge Edmonds, the great Spiritualist, of New York, and who has been engaged as counsel for him in some real estate transactions. The loss of some property appeared to affect the mind of thc deceased to such an extent that it'became apparent to his relatives and friends that his mimi was deranged. The best phy sicians were summoned, and they ad vised him to travel. He did so for some months, but it did not have a beneficial effect, and he reached home even more melancholy than when he left it. His mother and sister deemed it advisable to keep all sharp instru ments beyond his reach. On Friday bis sister requested him to get some coal from the cellar. On reaching the basement he found his. mother cutting some bread with a large knife, and im mediately made an attempt to take it from her. She clung to it with all the strength she possessed and screamed for assistance. Being unable to get the knife from her he got the blade in such a position that he could draw his throat acros3 it, and did so, despite .her efforts to prevent him. He pressed his throat upon the blade with such strength that it cut his head half off. His sister, hearing the cries of her mother, ran down stairs and raised his head up, when the blood spurted over her mother and herself. He fell upon tho floor and floundered about until he reached thc doorway ; where he stopped, and after lying a few moments he breathed his last. HURRICANE IN BAKER COUNTY.-The Albany Neios contains an account of a terrible hurricane in Baker county last week-the second one in this month. The first one was southwest to north west, and about five hundred yards in width. One of Mr. B. H. Hill's places was stripped of buildings, sheds, fences and timber, and several mules were badly injured. It passed over Col. Fluellyn's place, sweeping ev?ry-thing before it, and killing five mules and in' I juring as many more. The direction of the last was the same, but in the width only about two hundred yards. It literally swept eve rything before it. Hon. Beuben Jones had twenty-five houses, includingsheds, blown down. No lives were lost-the negroes having fled in terror from their houses. . A young man of the name of Joseph recently tickled a young lady in church on North Bars Island in Ohio. The lady squealed, and the preacher bared his arm and sailed into the worshippers "powerful." He said women and men should no more sit together under the ; droppings of his sanctuary. But, even with the possibility of being tickled before their eyes, the ladies refused to be separated, and on the very next j evening ali sat together. The preacher ..vas indignant, and brought the male portion of his congregation before a ?justice of the peace. A jury was de .manded, and no juror should beamem :ber of the church. Three days the trial lasted, but at last the oppressed went free, and now in church they tickle each other as of yore, to keep awake in an amusing manner. WINCHESTER GRAHAM, " Cotton Factor AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, AUGUSTA, (JA. OFFICE at the Warehouse of Messrs. WEE LESS k CO., No. 144. Reynold Street Will devote his strict personal attention to the STO RAGE and SALE OF COTTON and OTHER PRODUCE on CninraisMou only. LIBERAL ADVANCES uir.de on Consign ments. C"nMgument> ?..lieiled. Abo, Agent fur tho salo of tho ATLANTIC .PHOSPHATE, a Fertilizer manufactura ai Charleston, S. C., un.1er thu direction and super intendence of Dr. Sc. Julien Raveuel, and re commended as a first-class article. Call ot send for pau<phl?t containing thoanuly MS of tho Phosphate, price and torms REFERENCES.-J. T. Bothwell, LVq , H.H. Hickman, President Savings Bank. Augusta, Feb 7 2m 7 Notice. "OA IT. WTXTiTA^^TTTl rTSnHTDy-onlj-TTOtW ir.ed Agent in the S.'ac of South Carolina; nnd all receipts or credits >:ivcn hy him on ck'tns in my favor, will bo approved of by mo. Parties in Edguficld indebted to rae for Goods furnished in P?70, or years preceding, are earnest ly requested t > settle up promptly when called upon by Capt. SI*IRKS. Whilst I am profoundly grateful for thc liberal patronage bestowed on mo by tho good people ol Edgcileld, at the same time I respectfully claim that thc timely indulgence I have hitherto ex tended to my p'itrous, should prompt them to liquidate my demands against them at tho earli est possible moment. M. O'DOWD. Augusta, Feb. fi, 1371 lui 7 Sheriff's Sale. J. H. Glover i. dat ney Lamar, Ad'ors."j J. J. Glover. j BY Virtue of sundry Executions to mo direct ed, in the above slated case, I will sell ai E liiefiidd C. H.. on tho 5rst Moud:.y in Murch next, th? following Real Property belonging to the Defendant, to wit : ONE TR ?CT OF LAND, containing Two Hundred and Sixty Acres, more or less, adjoin ing lands of Alfred Holley, Estate of Amanda Il div au-) lands of others. Terms Cash. Titles and Stumps extra. JOriN H. MoDEVITT, S.E.C. Feb ll 4te S Sheriff's Sale. E.R. Whatley, ] Vi [ A. W. Atkinson, Maria Atkinson. J BY virtue of an Execution to mc directed, in tho above Matod case, I will proeceu ?o soil at Edgcfield C. H., on thc first Monday iu March nux'. tho following Real Estate tho property of A. W. Atkinson, tn wt : ONE TRACT CV LAND, containing Five Hundred and Ninety-three Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of T. W- Whatley, S. Sturzenog gor, John Westbrook anti others. tST Terms dish. Titles ?nd Stamps extra. JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S. E. C. Feb ll 4te 8 Sheriff's Sale. Nni:cy E. Andrews, tvs, "j ?. J Fi Fa. Ephraim Andrews, BY virtno of a Writ ol Fi Fa to me directed in the above Mated case, I will proceed to sell al Edgefield C. H., cn the first Monday in March next, the following Ri al E.-tate, levied upon as belonging to the Defendant, to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing Thirteon Hundred Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of E. Devore, Suabron Stnlnnker and others. Terms Cash. Titles and Stamps extra. JOHN II. MCDEVITT, S.E.C. Feb. U 4to 8 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD COUNTY. IN PROBATE COURT. Enoch Wal'on et al, vs !. Pet'n for Par'n. Larkin Rice, Ad'or. et al. J BY virtue of an Order from the Hon. D. L. Turner, in this cause, I will tell at public outcry, to the highest bidder, at Edgefield Court Houso, on the fit st Monday in March next, THE TRACT OF LAND described in the pe tition, containing One Hundred Acres, more or les?, it being the Roal Eslnte ot* WILLIAM WALTON, dee'd., late of said County, aborning lands of Michael Witt, Mrs. Sadler, Marlin Witt nnd others. Terms Cash. Titles and Stamps extra. JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S. E. C. Feb. ll 4to 8 Sheriff's Sale. George M. Thew, Cashier, "j Vi I Fi Fa The Southern Porcelain Manufacturing Company. J BY Virtue of a Writ of Fi Fa to me directed in tho above stated case, I will proceed to sell nt E Igefie'd C. II., on the first Monday in March next, the follotring property, to w|t: ONE TRACT OF LAND, contain'-g Seven Hundred Acres, more or less, adjniMng landa ol the Paper Mill Company, Mrs. Kary ii. Lamar and others. Terms Cash. Titles and Stamp* oxtra. JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S.E.C. Feb ll ' 4 le 8 NEW GOODS FOR 1871 i . ?. H. L. A. BALK, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER DEY GOOES, .3 A SPECIALITY THIS SEASON, I OFFER A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW STYLUS OF IMPORTED DRESS GOODS, AT PRICES AS LOW AS BE FORE THE WAR. n. Li A. BALK, Augusta, Ga. IN PRINTS fi.r Drespe? and Shirts. I Wave opened !t areal variety of choice selecliuns of popular maker. li. L. A; BALK, Angus?,, C>. N CASSIMKRE AND JEANS, FOR Genis and Boys' wear, a. carefully Pelectei Stock i.s offered at popular prices. H. L. A. BALK, Augusta, Ga. ESTKolice is hereby ?/icen thai i ham .added a Department .nf BOOTS and \8WOES? refiere a full assortment viii al-' jeans bc kept at Neio York jnrices. H. lu A. BALK. Augusta. Gu. ? - ?St?* MY STOCK IN BROWN A Ni) BLEACHED SHEETINGS, .SHIRTINGS, PLAID.AND STRIPED HOMESPUNS, AND WOOLENS, IS VERY FULL, AND OFFERFD AT FACTORY PRICES., H. L. A. BALK, Augusta, Ga. GREAT BARGAINS ARE OFFERED IN SHIRTS AND SHIRT FRONTS, QUILTS. TA BLI N fr DAMASKS, TOW ELS, LINENS, TIC'UNCS, SUSPEND ERS, HOSIERY, ?c. H. L. A. BALK, Augusta, Ga. My facilities anal'lo me to buy wi ci o Good.) aro ch- a;?C:.t. August.-.. Git. JO?-I SELL AS LOW* AS TOE SAM ll GOODS CAN BE SOLD ANYWHERE. H. L. A. BALK, Augusta, G*. ?3S:*I Ask Owly One Price I H. L. A. BALK, Augu?a, Gu. ALL GOODS WARRANTED TO BE AS REPRESENTED. H. L. A. BALK, Augusta, Ga. fl^CTAll or.'cr-, tu ir sure a prompt and careful attention, sho lid bo addressed to II. L. A. BALK, Augusta, Ga. Feb 15 5t* S REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS, AND General Commission Merchants, A DC EU'S'"WHARF, Clmi'Ieston, S. C. OSWBLL RERDER. ZlMUrnMAS D wis. 0?t 17 fim ri WM. SHEPHERD & CO., No. 24, llaync St., Charleston, S. f., DEALER IN COOKING 8TOTKS, Ranges, and Heating Stoves. /JSJ-Picturcs of Steves, with Prices and Des cription, will "he sent upon applicaiion. Charleston. June 30 ly 27 OILS. OILS. OILS. MACHINE OIL. LINSEED OIL, LUBRICATING OIL at 80 rt?., for Heavy Machinery, CASTOR OIL, SWEET Ol!., KEROSENE OIL nt ?0 cts. per gallon. By the five gal!fn=, 50 ets. rcr gallon. SEWING MACHINE OIL, very fine. For sula hy G. L. PENN Druggist. Feb 23_if_ Hamilton's Compound Troches cf Bucha. FOR N'-n--. iton:ion or inco? tin<-n.*o of Urine, irrita'-, n. inflammation ?r ulcer : ?ion ot the Ul'-. l-ier ?>r Kidneys, distasen ot" the pros >-:i!o island?, stone in tho bladder, Grave!, Dropsical Swellings, ?uJ ?iii diseuses incidental to females, for weakncs? arising from exi-es.es or indiscre ti rn, and all disensos ot the urir ary organs in either sex. For Tie by G. L. PENN. Drn?ds? Feb 22 _ _ If_ 9 A Chance for a Bargain. WE will .?ell at publ:0 outcry, cn Salos-day in March next, a' Edgeiicld C. H , that VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND on r-bich Wm. T. Mathis now reside., containing about Two Hun dred and Fifty Acres. This Plantation < r Tract of Land is situated in Kdgefi.eld County, about 12 miles N. W. of 0>urt Houso. Portons doming to purchase will consult their int<>re.-t ky exam ining the p ace. Titles guaranteed. Terms undc known on day of salo. WM. T. GABY, II. W. ADDISON. Feb 15 3c S Notice. ALL persons indebted to thc Estate of Mrs. N. M. MORRIS, dcc'iL, will nuke p.vm.nt on or by the ICth day of March, 1871, >o thc under signed ; and all those having t!.rm. n !< against said Estate will present thom, property attested, >n or by tho day above mentioned, or they will be barred by law. ARTE MESA MORRIS. ) ... COBNKLIA CORLEY, j "ors* Feb. 15 . 4f_S__ Lamps and Chimneys. ALARGE Assortmai.k just received, by G. L. PgNN, Druggist. Feb 15 tf 8 Henry's Sewing fi:achine Gil. SOLD by G. L. PENN, Druggist,