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THE CHOICEST
NOVELTIES 01 THE SEASON.
P?L r-??F7^ A XI J
IVE erohant Tailor
DEALER MSRmWm. CLOTHING,
And Gents' Furnishing Goods,
220 Broad Street, Augusta. Ga.,
DESIRES to inform his friends, patrons and the public generally that he has
received and has now in store the best and most desirable selection of Goods,
which will be unequalled for extent, variety and novelty, which will- be made
up in the latest and most fashionable styles and best workmanship, and at the
most reasonable prices.
Also, on hand a'Full Stock Ready-Made Clothing, Gents'Furnishing Goods,
&c &c.
MAMi aa. ii v .AUGUST DOER, 220 Broad St.
Mew Spring Dry Goods I
Jam e s W. Tur l e yy
BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.,
DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS,
HAS JUST RETURNED FROM NEW .YORK, and is now. .fully prepared
to offer to the public a completely assorted Stock of SEASONADXE FIRST
CLASS DRY GOODS.
Great care has been taken to supply each Department with EVERYTHING
NEW AND FASHIONABLE, as well as .the more staple articles of the
Trade. .
The Cash System will be Strictly Adhered to, and it is
much cheaper to pay 25 per cent, for money, and buy your Dry Goods for Cash,
than to buy them on time.
The best judges of Dry Goods, |and the closest buyers, are particularly re
quested to examine my present schedule of prices.
t I-, JAMES W. TURLEY.
Mar 29 tf 14
Important to Cotton Planters.
-o-,
THE MA-RYLA-ISTD
FERTILISING ?ND MAS?FAGTURIS& COMPANY,
Have prepared a Special Fertilizer adapted to the Cotton Plant, under the
name of
a, COTTON FOOT>,
Which they claimto' be of the highest grade of Fertilizer sold in the South,
equal in its results to Peruvian Guano, and of more permanent benefit to the
soil.
It has been used by Several Hundred Planters in North and
South Carolina and Georgia for two seasons, with the following results :
It increases the crop from 100 to 200 per cent.
It resists drought in ail cases. The crop is not affected by rust.
It matures the crop three to four weeks in advance, thus insuring the crop
against early frosts, or in the event of a backward season for planting, enables
the planter to put in his crop, three or four weeks later, even as late as the 1st of
June, with a certainty of success.
If his crop is only doubled by the use of "COTTON FOOD," it will give
him from one to two hundred per cent, profit on his outlay, with Cotton at 121
cents per pound, and it will enable him to plant fewer acres with a correspond
ing reduction of labor and expense, with better results.
COTTON TAKEfl IN FA YMENT FOR G UANO.
Price, $?0 per Ton in Augusta.
O. IV. BUTLER, Agent.
Mar 29 3t 14
E. E. STVENS. M. C. STEVENS.
F. E. STEVENS & CO.,
-AND
Commission Merchants
259 Broad Street, Augusta, 6a,,
NEXT DOOR BELOW F RE DE RIC KSB UR? STORE
LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON SHIPMENTS.
Prompt attention given to HANDLING PRODUCE and FILL
ING OF COUNTRY ORDERS.
Cotton received for SALE and STORAGE, or for SHIPMENT
to. Liverpool, New York, or Philadelphia.
Will make LIBERAL ADVANCES to parties desiring to Store
or Ship.
F. E. STEVENS & 00.
Oct: 25 - < tf ' 44
BITTERS AND SCHNAPPS.
Having received the Agency of Ru SS' CELEBRATED BITTERS and
SCHNAPPS, I am prepared to sell all Goods in this line at New York Cost,
with freight added. " . CSTl^L...
I. O'DOWD.
Augusta* Mar 1- 3ml0
" .M. O'DOWD, ~~
holesai? Grocer
-AND
Commission Merchant,
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 :- ,
50 Hhd3. BACON, Sides & Shoudere I 10 Bbls. COGNAC BRANDY,
30 Bbls. LARD, ! 30 Bbls. CORN WHISKEY,
200 " FLOUR, all grades,
20 Hhd?. SUGAR, ' '
300 Sk?r.COFFEE,
300 Boxes SOAP,
200 " CANDLES,
- 100 : " - STARCH*?'
100 " SODA," ' "
2000 Bushels CORN,
1000 " OATS, '
500 Sacks SALT,
lOO.O?ies LTE and POTASH,
ALL GOODS WILL BE SOLD VERY LOW. GIVE ME A CALL
Jan ll " , - Bm
100 " RYE WHISKEY,
10, APPLE BRANDY,
20 " GIN and RUM,
20 " SHERRY and PORT WINE
200 M. SEGARS, various grades,
150 Boxes -TOBACCO, .
200 Doz. BUCKETS,
50 Doz. BROOMS,
50 Nests TUBS,
50 Hhds. MOLASSES,
100 Bbls. SYRUP.
Established
--o
1849
A GboieeLotof ?eauine
.srf . .y
. . ,. . EDQEFIELD, & C.,
HAS in Store another large and superior Stock of Goods in the DRUG
TRADE, which he warrants Fr*esh and Genuine, and which he will sell-as
low as*the same Goods can he h?iight'in any other Southern market. ' His
Stock embraces m part,
500 Lbs. WHITE LEAD,
One farrel each-of LINSEED . OIL and VARNISH,
50 Gallons Spts. TURPENTINE,
. 75 Lbs. Spanish BROWN and Venetian RED,
10 Boxes WINDOW GLASS and 100 Lbs. PUTTY,
75 Gallons MACHINE OIL,
25 " TRAIN OIL,
. 9 Doz. GLASS LAMPS, all styles,
35 " LAMP CHIMNEYS,
100 Lbs. each SODA, SALTS, SULPHUR, COPPERAS, .
800 Lbs. . Family and' Toilet SOAPS,
4 Bbls. Best KEROSENE OIL, &c, &c.
Patent Medicines and Invaluable Remedies.
HEGEMAN'S ELIXIR CAL?SAYA. BARK,
BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR.
DR. SIMMONS' LIVER MEDICINE,
AYERS HAIR VIGOR, CHERRY PECTORAL, SARSAPARILLA, AGUE
CURE and CATHARTIC PILLSr
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSUM,
COOK'S WINE OF TAR for Coughs and Colds,
A full Stock of all kind of BITTERS.
WHITCOMBE ASTHMA REMEDY,
PHILOTOKEN OR FEMALE'S FRIEND.
RADWAYS PILL'S AND READY RELIEF,
MUSTANG LINIMENT,
COD LIVER OIL, r
TARRENTS SELT2?R APERIENT,
HALL'S HAIR RESTORER,
. BARRY'S TRIGOPHERUS,
BURNETTS COCOAIN for the Hair,
BUR KALLESTON fo&the Complexion,
CONGRESS WATER,
CITRATE MAGNESIA.
For Cooking Purposes.
EXTRACT LEMON, ROSE. ORANGE, VANILLA, PINE APPLE,
A full line of BAKING POWDERS, and SPICES of all kinds.
Toilet Articles for the Ladies.
POWDER BOXES, very handsome,
CAMPHOR ICE and VINEGAR ROUGES,
TOOTH POWDERS AND PASTE,
GENUINE BELL COLOGNE,
LUBIN'S GENUINE EXTRACT,
PENN'S EXCELSIOR HAIR OIL,
PREMIUM BEARS OIL,
HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS, in prreat variety,
HAIR POMADES, TOILET POWDERS, in great variety,
TOILET SOAPS, all Flavors, dec., <fec.
CHOICE GROCERIES.
HAMS, Clear R. SIDES, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL, Crushed, Loaf, Pow
dered and Brown SUGARS, MOLASSES, SYRUPS, TEAS, COFFEE,
CHEESE, MACCARONI, and all Goods kept in a first class stock, which
will be sold low for Cash.
It will be- a pleasure to wait on my Friends and Customers at all times.
JSfPrescriptions Carefully Compounded day or night.
Apr 5 tf 15
Grrand Opening
OF
Spring aad Summer
Fashionable Millinery Goods
BS. LEK Kl
HAVING just returned from New York, takes pleasure in informing her friends and
the Ladies generally, that on
TUESDAY. APRIL 4th,
She will open a SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of PATTERN BONNETS and HATS
purchased from some of the LEADING IMPORTERS of New York. Beautiftil SASH
RIBBONS, cheap. Ladies' DRESS CAPS, Infant s LACE BONNETS and HATS,
The largest stock of FRENCH FLOWERS in the city.
The handsomest assortment of Jet and Gilt JEWELRY in the city.
The largest stock of Jute and Real HAIR CURLS-and CHIGNONS in the city.
All the above goods will BE SOLD AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES.
MRS. LECKIE,
171 BROAD STKKET,
Augusta, April 1,
lt
Under the Augusta Hotel.
15
Sellins: O?T!
G BEAT BARGAINS
- IN -
DRY GOODS!
A.S I will be compelled to Removo from my
present location, I will, from this dato, commenco
SELLING OFF MY GOODS AT VERY LOW
FIGURES in order to reduce niy Stock
Having lately laid in a CHOICE and FULL
ASSORTMENT of
Spring and Summer Goods,
Ladies will find this a raro opportunity to secure
Now and Desirable Goods at Bargain prices,
My Stock includes a fine assortment of Goods
for GBNTS' AND BOYS WEAR.
FUaie.call and examine ?ben you visit our
City. You will find it to your iutere>t.
Orders will bo, as D?na), prompt!," ?nd faith
fully attended to.
GEORGE WEBER,
BEE HIVE STOKE,
No. 104 Broad Street,
? AUGUSTA, GA.
Mar 29
tf
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J. W. BACON.
J. J. BACON.
J. W. Bacon & Bro.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Manufacturers aiid Dealers
In all kinds of
SADDLES, HARNESS,
LEATHER, TRUNKS,
RUBBER AND. LEATHER BBLTING,
WOOD HAMES, WHIPS,
VALISES, CARPET BAGS,
SHOE FINDINGR,
Fronch and American CALF SKINS,
AND ALL KINDS OF LEATHER, Ac.
SADDLES and HARNESS; Ropaired and
Made to Order.
Highest Pri?es Paid for Hides,
Agents for Pioneer Paper Mills. All kinds of
MANILLA WRAPPING PAPER on band.
Don't forget the place,-166 Broad Street,
under tbc Augusta Hotel, Angosta, tia.
Mar 20 Sm 14
Notice.
ALL Persons having demands against the ES
TATE of Mrs. ESTHER RAINSFORD,
are requested to present the same properly attest
ed; and all persons' in anywise indebted to said
Estate are notified to make payment to
R. CANTEL0U, Ex'or.
Mar 22 tf 15
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
MURPHY & MAY, Proprietors,
WE take this opportunity of returning OT
thanks to the citizens of Edgeiield for their pst
kindness to us.
Our House ?" thoroughly renovated for SU&
MER ACCOMMADATION-Room? largo ad
airy, and Tablo always supplied with tho bet
tho market affords.
Wo will be pleased to welcome our EdgefieH
friends and customers, and will use every cfTot
to render their sojourn with us pleasant uni
agreeable.
Augusta, Mar29 ?mil
JOHN BAUSKETT,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
WILL Practice in Edgeiield, Lexington,
Barnwell and Richland.
Colombia, Mar 8 ly ll
FRESH GROCERIES !
CHEAPER THAN EVER.
IVoW in Store A FULb SUPPLY OF FAMI
LY GROCERIES which I am selling at the
very bottom prices.
W. F. DURIS0E, Sr.
Mar 8 tf 10
H. PARKER.
B. II TEAGUE.
PARKER & TEAGUE,
DENTISTS,
ED GE FIELO. S. C.
OFFICE next to Musonlc Hall on West side.
Mar 15 6m 12
REEDER & DAVIS,
COTTON FACTORS,
AND
General Comniission Merchants,
ADGER'S WHARF,
Charleston, S. C.
OSWELL REHDER. ZIMMKRJIAK Dlvis.
Oct 17
6m
43
WM. SHEPHERD & CO.,
No. 24, nape St., Charleston, S. C.,
DEALER IN
? O OKI IV? ST OT JS 8,
Ranges, and Heating Stoves* *
^S^Pictnres of Stoves, with Prices and Dee
cription, will bo sent upon application.
Charleston, June SO ly 27
. " O ! whett.fb&h?artis, bleeding,
And b?tter't?ar drops fally
And all our jof s seem shrouded
In sorrow's hc??vy pall
j "yVhen friends we love.have left us,
Alone to destiny, *
p^Wrtotrcansrothaand- bless us r
3 "'Like-words ; of sympathy*^, ., f -
Hbpe, with ^ 'whs' of happy dreams :
Close folded .to her breast .,
Hath died, and tn ojir ikihtlng hearts^
Been sadly Jain jto fest-. '
'O ! then, whQ(?\tt?dly tossing ' -
C^lifeJglidY?rtT?ifbl?d -B?a,
How. sweet a^wilrdol kindness^- " .
*. A t??r bi sympathy. -.
yf?en wfldly1 wear#yearning
For-^l?asures ;iiriehjoyed,: - ? ..
' ithy- w?l fill -; i's:
tyoiJ
And c&oerful wul'we be
If softly o'er ouxhearts there falls
A ray of sympathy." -
T -t -.-?^-*r*
?i?neral Kershaw's Reply to Sena
tor Robertson.
CAMDEN, jg. C., March. 25,1871.,
Eon. T. J. Robertson, ?n?ed States
Senator:
> .rt tyit? y -...?.
BEAR SIS-I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of yoor favor
of the 18th instant, and, after giving
it that : consideration which its grave
importance demands, proceed tb answer
it. This I am- compelled to do without
that conf?rence with those gentlemen
with wtom y?u -have associated me, in
the address of your letter, which I
would gladly have had, if. it had been
practicable.
I need not assure you of my earnest
'desire to secure peace and order, and a
~ faithful administration of laws ?I
??in tins ruined and desolated State. The
Ksacri?c?s.I have, made of time and la-'
hor, sentiment.and feeling, and even of
.the regard of valued friends to promote;
those ends, ara-well known to you.
Nor.need I do more to vindicate. the:
earhesir heart yearnings of our good;
people for peace and security, than to;
point to their unanimous support of a
Daity which sought, last year, a balm
for?the healing ot the hideous diseases
i)f society, in a- concession of legal effi
cacy and obligation to the amendments
(if the constitution and the so-called
reconstruction acts, asking nothing in
return but ari honest and just adminis
tration of affairs.
: These concessions and all overtures
for peace were scornfully rejected by
?he colored people and their leaders.
Jnder the high-sounding and preten
tious title of "National Guards," the
negroes were armed and equipped with
the deadliest and costliest weapons and
munitions of war, at the expense of the
people. They were excited, incensed
and infuriated by the speeches of false
and "unscrupulous demagogues, who
played upon their blind passions and
prejudices, as a skillful harper upon the
passive and obedient ohoras of nie in
strument, until they were ready for a
carnival ofblood at the bidding of their
leaders. The commissioners, managers
and boards of election were so selected,
and the election laws so cunningly de
vised, as to secure the result of the bal
lot irrespective of the will of the peo
ple. Thus by fraud, by force and by
canning artifice, negro domination was
secured, and the whites were practical
ly disfranchised. The Legislature thus
constituted, and many ot the public
officials, openly, notoriously and shame
lessly Sundered the people of the State,
reckle.jiy squandered the public money,
appropriating it to their own uses, and
selling their votes and their influence
for the passage of laws to open the
treasury to corrupt speculators.. By
these means the expenditures of the
State Government have been increased
to more than five times the amount re
quired before the war, while the means
of the people have correspondingly
diminished. The taxes for two years,
aggregating more than four millions of
dollars, are exacted in this year, a pe
riod of greater financial distress than
this people has encountered since 1865.
Swarms of high salaried offices have
been created before unknown to us,
and, for the most part, filled with in
competent negroes or malignant and
corrupt white men, who seek to perpet
uate their power by fomenting discord
between the races. Under these cor
rupting influences, the negroes, in many
places, have become violent, threaten
:ng and dangerous. Murder, arson and
pillage have stalked through the land
almost unrebuked of justice, while eve
*y defensive act of the white victims
?aas been magnified into a national
:rime. Ail these are facts known- to
rou. That in consequence there should
)e a disturbed condition of affairs in
;ome localities, deplorable though it
je, is not to be wondered at. Let us
.ather be thankful that it has been con
ined to the Counties of Laurens, Union,
Spartanburg, York and Chester. We
?nil consider these disturbances for a
moment.
In Laurens and Chester there were
collisions between the armed militia, or
national guards (negroes,) and the whites,
in open daylight, the circumstances of
which are well known to you. In the
other counties disguised parties have,
from time to time, within the last three
months, administered Lynch law in
certain cas?s. While these occurrences
are greatly to be deplored, and some of
them' merit and have received almost
universal condemnation, the collisions
in Laurens and Chester, by far the most
3erious of them all, are regarded by the
best men who know the facts, as neces
sary and justifiable acts of self-defence
on the part of the whites. R is very
generally bclieccd that their prompt ac
tion prevented the general war of races,
which thoughtful men Ivavc regarded] ]
imminent for some years past.
While these things have occurred in
the counties mentioned, which are all
now quieted by the disarming of the
militia, in other counties, profound peace
has r :-wailed. Here, for instance, we
have enjoyed an unbroken reign of
quiet and order. There was, at the last
Court, of Sessions, not one act of vio-11
lenee demanding investigation, a cir- '1
cumstance which elicited the congratu
lations of ,the presiding,judge.
Here there has been no organized
and threatening -demonstratio of the
militia, who, though am?d^?&?f not,
I am informed, been fu^?eh?4%$ih.
ball cartridges.- On the' other %BS?SK&1
am satisfied there has n?ver'been in ?tnis
county any organization 'corresponding
?in any way to what is termed:tho-'^ICu.- ,
Klux Klan,"- or any otheor unlawful' as
sociation. I take it that this conditions
|p|.jthings exists in by far the larger
?portion of the State. But like causes
]prodweli&e.results, and, therefore, any
?demonstration on the part of the negroes,
land especially the armed militia, which
?Moida render ourpmph apprehensive of
'an attack, yfould'very probably induce
hdrgarazations for defenswe or preventive
l^er?^cm?^mA 'possibly.- lead io similar
'{disastrous conflicts as ensued ai Laurens
and Chester. S ;
. Now you desire my "aid in arousing
and concentrating the opinion of all
ood citizens in favor of law and or
er."
You attribute to me, in common with
the other gentlemen * whom you have
addressed, 4 ' intelligence and good in
tentions^" . Let me remark by tne -way,
as illustrating one of the"' many ano
malies of the day, that, notwithstand
ing the confidence . thus expressed, the
most liberah amnesty bill yet reported
by your committee does not propose to
plac? at the disposal of the State, in
any official capacity, those qualities
"which you suppose me to possess. Nev
ertheless, disfranchised and " unpar
doned rebels" though we be, I claim, in
common with others. similarly situated,
to have done more to promote peace
and order in South Carolina, tuan all
the so-called loyal people "within her
borders. I am still for peace-a last-,
ing peace-such, as you rightly suppose
can only be preserved in any communi
ty by a wholesome "public opinion."
My co-operation shall not be wanting;
in any feasible plan for harmonizing,
society here.: But to be perfectly can-;
did with you, I must declare my settled,
conviction, that while I do not appre
hend any further disturbances, ' unless,
there be fresh irritations, there can nev
er be that security which will ever pre
serve thc peace of society, until some of
the en-ors of the past be corrected, and
some of our grievances be removed. All
class legislation be repealed. Taxpay
ers ought to be secured a representation
in the Legislature, adequate to their
protection. Honest, capable and com
petent men should be placed in office.
Accomplish these things, and this whole
people will rise.up and call you bless
ed. Less than this would leave the
same causes at work which have pro
duced the prevailhigTiiscord, and there
could not be that security which con
stitutes the essential foundation of so
ciety. The white people of South Car
olina are now enslaved, by their former
slaves. " Taxation without represen
tation" was the battle guage accepted
by our Revolutionary sires-unrepre
sented and politically disfranchised, we
are taxed for wanton and corrupt pur
poses beyond all precedent and without
even the poor privilege of protest or
appeal. Cannot our rulers understand
that, sooner or later, even our endur
ance must give way under such a mon
strous imposition ? ?
I propose to invite a meeting of prom
inent and influential men from each
county, to consider the condition of
things, and to consult for the common
weal. If you, or any of your political
associates, can propose anything that
will tend to satisfy the demands and
necessities of the case-to harmonize :
and to ameliorate the condition of the 1
people, I doubt not they will consider '?
your suggestions most carefully and ?
respectfully. I shall be most happy to ,
be the medium of any such communi
cations as you may desire to make to
them. I trust this proposed measure
may meet your approval, as it accords
with your own suggestion. I shall in- ]
vite the co-operation of the other gen- j
tlemen named.
Appreciating the sincere and patrio- !
tic pu i po se which induced your commu
nication, and thanking you personally j
for your good opinions, I am, very res- 1
pectfully, yours, . , ''
J. B. KERSHAW. [
How TO Do IT-A NEW MODE OF '
RECONSTRUCTION.-A bellicose blue i
nose resident of New York has been ;
lately struck with anew'idea, which he ,
communicates to the Tribune in the fol- ?
lowing letter :
A PLAN TO MEET TUE KU-KLUX. j
To the Editor of the Tribune : j
Sm :-The Ku-Klux canbe suppress- '
sd only as Kansas was preserved from i
slavery and border ruffianism. Let 1
enough of our men, carrying rifles with i
them, if necessary, go South and settle I
in colonies. Innumerable, unwilling i
members -of the Ku-Klux will point i
Dut and expose the rascals individually. I
H. R. F. i
New York, March 18,1871. 1
This bloodthirsty. H. R. F. can rely i
upon it. He and his friends will re- I
ceiye a cordial welcome, provided they ;
Dring their rifles or anything else with i
them ; and do not resort to rifling the
public treasury. i
Unfortunately, his predecessors in 1
emigration, rarely brought anything ]
but their boots and carpet bags. They <
came as the hawk to the chicken roost, i
only to ravage and carry away. Besides i
this, H. R. F's friends may find their ;
rifles useful, judging by the fate of the ;
Republicans massacred at Donaldson- i
ville, (La.,) and the Republican Judge
recently shot down upon his bench at
Meridian, Miss., by insurgent negroes. ,
H. R. F. could not have'- hit upon a ?
better idea, and we trust, in all smceri- j
ty, it may be carried out.-Charleston ,
Courier. . i
B??* A Syracuse court has assessed the ]
value of two young bears, lost on a railway, .
it $450 apiece."; of an infant, killed bv a street
sar, at $200. j
jjjgfThe Japanese, instead of spending j
their time in listening to a long sermon,
march decorously to the temple wherein their !
priests-are performing service, throw in a 1
printed prayer and a little money, and go 1
ibont their business with a satisfied con- ?
icience. ?
Robbery acd Boin--Will ibe Pto
: .-..v.: - --
- The. people of this State - know that
th&i^t??.of the .current year, if coL
jl^^ji8^nk'$t?rvation.' and Confisca
jfoB^Bufc the people of -Northern .anil
^este^arSteteSi. where-the tax levies
aisdu&t-to tens .of millions, must think
it mueh-adu-about-nothing when the
peoples of South Carolina are driven to
desp??^?i?Tr 1 by a tax of about four
milliol???llars.' A comparison between
the expenses of the State Government,
and tbsgpount. of taxes levied upon
the peojjpb, at different dates, will show
the ma^njiiide of the evil, and explain
ithe reason of the discontent and in
dignation which fill the breasts of the
.talayera of the State.
In 1858 the entire cost of. the State
Government, including the. police' as
sessment, was $683,877. At that, time
.the State "was wealthy and the pros
pects of the people- were . bright in the
extreme. The bulk of the real proper
ty was assessed at a-nominal price, and
the State Government "was in the hand
of a body of cultivated and honorabl
gentlemen, who watched with unceas
ing vigilance over the liberties, aa well
as the pecuniary interest, of the people.
In 1868, when the people; had lost
their slave property, Governor - Orr,
whom the Radicals themselves regard
as a-wise, sound and practical states
man, estimated that the entire cost ol
the State Government, exclusive of the
interest on the public debt, would not
exceed $375,000. The debt was les?
than $5,000,000, bearing an interest oi
about?$300,000. Governor Orr's esti
mate, therefore, was $673,000.
We now turn to the record of the
Radical administration which is still in
power.
For the fiscal year 1868, the Radical
tax levy was :
State tax..... $1,263,259 00
County tax.. 501,097 00
Poll tax. 70,748 0O
Total 1868.$1,885,104 00
It must be noted, moreover, that tht>
returns from all the counties were not
complete. The total noll tax, for in-; j j
stance, was really $150,000.
For the fiscal year 1869, the Radical
tax levy was. |
State tax.# $1,014,901 00
County tax.607,756 00
Total 1869.$1,622,657 00
For the fiscal year 1870, the Radical
tax levy is :
State tax. $1,647,000 0.0
County tax. 618,047 001
Poll tax... 150,000 00
Total. 1870..,.$2,415,047 00
For the fiscal year 1871, the Radical
tax levy is :
State tax.,.$1,281,000 00
County tax....... 549,000 00
Poll tax. 150,000 00
Total 1871.$1,980,000 00
It is plain, therefore, that thc Radi
cal administration are levying taxes of
over $2,000,000 a year to pay for work
which was done before the war for
$600,000, and could be dene, under
any honest government, for, at the
most, $750,000. But this is not all.
In order that they may obtain means
for paying off the huge floating debt of
the State in New York, the General
Assembly anticipate the time of collect
ing taxes, and make the taxes for 1870
ind 1871 payable during the present
vear. The taxpayers, therefore, aro re
quired to pay this year :
Taxes of 1870.,.$2,415.047
Taxes of 1871.1,980,000
Total.$4,395.047
While, then, the taxable property of
the State is reduced in amount from
?489,000,000 (according to the United
States census) in I860, to $83,000,000
^'according to the State assessment) in
1870, the taxation of one year is raised
from $684,000, in 1858, to $4,495,047
in 1871. Nor must it be forgotten that
ill property in the State is now assess
?d at far more than i** market value ;
while in I860 it was ' -ed at much
less than its real selling value in gold.
Worse remains behind. The taxes
have been raised from $684,000 to $4,
395,047. and at the same time thc ac
knowledged debt of the State is increas
ed from $4,934,849 in 1868 to $9,865,
308 in 1870. Besides this, the General
Assembly cancelled the first lien which
the State had as security for the $4,
300,000 guaranteed for the Blue Ridge
Railroad, and for the $2,000,000 guar
anteed for the Greenville and Colum
bia Railroad. It is also proposed to
;reate a new sterling debt of ?1,200,
300, which would be absolutely at the
disposal of the men who have increased
the taxes eight-fold and have trebled
the State debt. It is safe to say that
the debt of South Carolina (without
the sterling debt, and including the un
secured guarantees) is at least $16.
000,000. How much more it is, no
man who is outside of the Radical Ring
;an say.
Is it not time that the taxpayers of
the State, who are without representa
tion in the General Assembly ; who
iiave been for three years the foot-stool
af a gang of mercenary politicians and
ignorant negroes ; should band them
selves together to save the State from
utter ruin, and themselves from bank
ruptcy and the Poorhouse ?-Charles
ton News.
A little boy named Knight, who re
cently entered a mission school in New
Lond<;.i, was told by his teachers that
lie must be a good boy, and when he
lied he would go to Heaven. The lit
tle fellow was pleased with the prospect,
md promised to be the best kind of a
boy. The next Sunday he appeared
in his place, looking sorrowful,. and the
teacher asked him if he had been a good
boy. " Yes," he replied, " I've tried
to be good, but it's no use. The boys
say I can't go to heaven if I am ever
30 good." " Why do the boys say
that?" asked thc teacher. "They
3ay," replied the boy, with the utmost
simplicity, " there'll be no night there."
naticrm o? me Kuvue IM aim u?m?
GC ra is. i
The Rhode Island Democrats, at their '
State Convention in- Providence, on'
.Thursday, adopted the following plat-r
form by a unanimous vote:* ' "~
' Resolved, That the principles -of the'
[D?mocratie party, as enuncfctefcl " by '.
Je?efion; 'a?a the N?tion?l Convention7,
ofrth? rj?mo???cy,''^?re' as essential t?*
th?vyelfai? ?|^the;n?tib? now as at any*
time^in ,pur hi'?forjV?u'?.aa applicable'*?<)L
the.pfeserit co'n^iftofn bf ?Hp American^
people as juey haye ?vjjr been,; tiat-we-.
reaffirm, our.. b?U?f in ,them,,. and, -our
confidence.-that. j hey will " again. be*
andorse? by the penpjn .hf oma-,
once more>. aa they have been in - times
past, their gujide and the. support ot
their national and political progress. -
Resolved, That we hail with admira
tion the result of the efforts of our breth
ren in New'Hampshire, and'congratu
late them on the "glorious victory they2
haye wo'h- by an earnest and" persistent
ievotipn' to the^heory and practice of
Democratic'doctrin?s.
'. Resolved, That Congress, by. its con
temptuous, disregard tor the interests of.
che people ; by its unjust and unequal .
taxation ; its special legislation.: its uni-,
form encouragement 01 huge and swin
ging monopolies ; its robbing the peo
ple df-the public lands and giving it to
?rasping jsp'eculators-i its unjust bur
dening of* trade by enormous and pro
libitory duties ; its unconcern for the
poor man, and its heaping of individual
indeeerved advantajges upon the rich,
las forfeited the respect cf the country,
ind failed in its duty to the citizens.
Resolved, Thatthe usurpation of Con
gress in placing the ballot-box at tho
nercy of the bayonet is in keeping with
ts indifference to the rights of thc peo
ple, and evidence of the unworthiness
)f its spirit and disloyalty to republican
nstitutions.
Resolved, That every citiz?n, naturali
sed or native-born, is entitled to equal
Dolitical rights with every other citizen,
md that the constitution of the State
mghtto beso amended as that the unjust
liscrimination now made between natu
alized and native-born citizens should
>e abolished.
Resolved, That, planting ourselves, as
?eretofore, on the Constitution of the
Jnited States as the buiwark of our
iberties, we will never cease our labors
intil it is once more made in fact, as in
aw, the supreme law of the land.
Brevities and Levities.
5?-A poem in an agricultural paper, call
id " Song of the Farmer Boy," very appro
)riately commences with " Ho, brothers, ho!"
B&" An old negro man named Maypoy
Edwards was beaten to death by a colored
roman in Clinton, Tenn., a few days since.
Ie had promised to marry her, bat was too
loor to buy the necessary documente, and
he made up her mind to take his broken
aith out of his skim
5?* As old Van Chroomps was giving his
'oungest, who was inclined to be lazy, a good
owhiding, the boy cried out : "Oh {adder,
t makes me smart !" " Dat's shoost vat I
rants," said the old man, as he whacked
.way with renewed vigor.
4?"Columbus was desperately excited,
iaturday, over a .bur mule wagon load of
ora in the ear that was brought in to sell
ty an Alabama planter. Several persons
oked for an ear or two to preserve as curi
sities.
ti?*. The wind blows with s'ich force in
?olorado that when a man loses his hat he
as to telegraph .to the next station to havo
onie one to stop it.
fl?* The following stanza is said to have
een copied fxom the tombstone of a husband
nd wile :
" Within this grave do lie,
Back to back-, my wife and I ;
Whenthelast trump the air shall fill,
If she gets up, I'll just liy still."
' BS?* Don Piatt nov; says : "The late R?
ublican party is the deadest dead thing
bove ground, and if the surviving friends
'ish. to retain for it any feelings of respect
ley will hasten its funeral."
The ladie gives as a reason for mar
ring for money, tbat they, now seldom find
nything else in a man worth having.
fig^Tkereisa man living in the moun
lina cf North Carolina, not more than forty
tiles from G lenville, S. C., says the Tar
oro' Carolina, who has reached the extraor
inary age of 143 years. Ar the time of
iraddock'a defeat he waa twenty years- old,
ad had a wife and three children. A gen
eman at Greenville states that this man,
'hp has come down to us from a former gen
ration, has always been in moderate cir
uuistances; lived "upon a coarse vegetable
iet; that he has never drunk any liquid but
pring water, and bids fair to five maty
ears longer. He enjoys perfect health ; pol
isses all of manhood's attributes, and wishes
) many.. He has survived seven wives, and
avmg lost his lase one auout sixty years
go, he now begins to i'eci quito lonely.
fi^fThe great joiner-Tho lawyer. lie
in replace a tenant, empannai a jury, box
witness, before ihc court, chisel tuVclient,
ugcrthe gains/ floor a witness, cut his
oard, nail the case, hammer the desk, file
is bill, and gurgc the whole community.
ISSg* Allen McClean, a young Kentuckian,
isidtng in Campbell County, had been
uite dissipated, but "got leligion" at a
lethodist revival, and regarding himself as
etter prepared to die than he ever would be
gain, lie went to thc Licking-River, and,
tier singing, " I want to bo au Angel," lcap
i into the stream and drowned himself.
B6?*A disconsolate citizen of New Ol?
?ans put the following question to one of thc
apera published there: "Mr. Edytur
'hat I wish to ask you is whether strychnine,
rhat the police give to dog?, won't pizen the
uman being alter, sasscngc io aa ; been fried,
'lease put in the paper how ii \a, for if fried
trychmne is pizen, 1 go ag. in sac-scngers,
fours, till pizened."
Ina Wyoming tavern, a mountain
ough, venomously drunk, was practic
tig with his revolver at various objects
a the bar-room. An ox teamster en
ered, called for a drink, and a ball from
he rough's pistol shattered the glass at
is lips. Without a word the bull
whacker put his hand behind his back,
roduced his pistol, leveled it at the
uffiau's head, and remarked, as " the
lody dropped to tho floor, " That d-d
coundrel would have hurt somebody
iretty soon." He then filled another
;lass and drank the contents, strode out
s deliberately as he had come in, - and
nth a " Whoa, haw, there," started his
x up the road. - .v