Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 01, 1871, Image 1

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R?URI?T1 . EDGEFIELD, S. C., .OTE I, 1871. _ 1 -.?L-.iL?'j- nn-llf-li-l'"!^-.n,?<ljM,M?M,M?lS.M.I?MM.lM>MUM.IIll?.,>l,,l1,?Ml>l.?n?M1IM?Ml??M?I^ VOLOME XXXV.-W o. 23 New Spring Br j ?oods ! AVtLTQiTAT) ames w. Turley, [li lt 1 /jBROAD S'TBEET, AUGUSTA, OA. DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS MY GOODS, HAS JUST RETURNED FROM NEW YORK, and is now fully pre pared Jo offer to the- public a completely assorted Stock of SEASONA BLE FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS. . Great cf are has been taken to supply each Department with EVERY THING NEW AND FASHIONABLE, as well as the more staple | [articles of the Trade. The Cash System will he 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 (.eq?ested to examine my present schedule of prices. JAMES W. TURLEY. Mar 29 tf . 14 SPRING AND SUMMER SUPPLIE M. O'DOWD, Who le sale Grocer .AND Commission ]VIeroli9iit $83 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., HAS NOW ON HAND a Full > GROCERIES and PLANTERS the following1: 100 Hhds. BACON, 50 Bbls. LARD, 500 " FLOUR, all grades, 50 Hhd>..SUGAR, ; 300 Sks. COFFEE, ' 300 Boxes SOAP, 200 " CANDLES, 100 " STARCH, 100 .? SODA, 5000 Bushels CORN, M$0Opt, .-AMQATS, j 500 Saoks SALT, 1 100 Cases LYE and POTASH, and Complete'Stock-of CHOICE FAMILY SUPPLIES, among which may be found [ 10 Bbls. COGNAC BRANDY, 30 Bbls. CORN WHISKEY, 100 " RYE WHISKEY, 10 " APPLE BRANDY, ?20 " GIN and RUM. . 20 " SHERRY & PORT WINE 200gM. SEGARS, various grades, 150 Boxes TOBACCO, 200 Doz. BUCKETS, 50 Doz. BROOMS, . 50 Nests TUBS, 50 Hhds. MOLASSES, 100 Bbls. SYRUP. All i&??bds trill fee sold Vcrv Low. Give me a Call. May 2' i t?? . tf 19 Fashionable Clothing! A. T. GRAY, 229 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia, Has Received, and is ready to show the public AL G lao ice Stock . OF IN FINE AND MEDIUM GRADES. j- fir? K m J- ? K: ? Also, a very well selected asrortment of EVERY KIND -OF Gents' Furnishing Goods ! In drawing attention to the above, I desire to assure those who have dealt wi'ch me, anil those who have not, that I will sell as low'as any one, and misrepresent nothing. Every one is invited to examine my Goods before purchasing elsewhere. A. T. GRAY, Stay 2 Opposite Masonic Hall, AUGUSTA, .GA.. 19 _U.i_L >efeiliL .Ar ra vals OF SPRING AND MM MILLlNERYrGOODS JhwoHJ Ito . . ^ J? .J Respectfully inform the Ladies of EOgcficld that she has just received a ' :\RGE LOT OF SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY GOODS, : WOULD Rf SECOND LARG consisting in part of ! Rich Ad Elegant -PATTERN BONNETS, Rich and Elegant PATTERN HATS. And another Lot of those HANDSOME LEGHORN HATS which are so much called for, and coti]d onlv be found, when the Season opened, at this Establishment. SASH RIBBONS of overv kind, and at verv low prices. GILT and JET JEWELRY, Lace COLLARS, Anda few of those, stylish GILT FANS, so very fashionable at present. Call and examine the Goods to be found in this thc Largest Store of thc kind South of Baltimore. MRS. LECKIE, 171 BROAD STREET, UNDER THE AUGUSTA HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. Apr 26 -V_2mlS Keep Cool. IF you want a COLD GLASS OF SODA WATER, call at G. L. PENN'S Drug Store. May 9 t? 20 Superior Candies. JUST Received Six Boxes PARA FINE CANDLES-bettcr tliau Sperm, and much cheaps/. MARKERT <fc CLISBY. tf 20 May 9 Shoulders. 1 A A A LBS. .Good SHOULDERS, JL \J\J\s andlor-sale very cheap fo Cash, by May??_ QAJir?*-DRUGSTORE and get Some fine ALE and ICE. AprU 19 tf 17 Lemons i Lemons! 1 LOX FRESH .XBMONS jost re ceived. Abd Lemons will bo kept con atautlv on hand at. G. L. PENN'S Drug Store. Mav 17 . tr " 21 Pull Your own Weeds. If youlve weeds in your garden, my good friend, I pray, Do not stand looking over the fence. To your neighbor's dominions-just over the way Your weeds are the most consequence ; Uproot them, while yet there is daylight to work, ( Tear them up, seed and branch, from the soil; They are sure to do mischief, so pray do not shirk ; You'll be amply repaid for your toil. The advice would apply to the garden of life 'Tis so seldom we see our own weeds For watching our neighbor, or, worse vet, wile, And counting their many misdeeds, We pass our own follies, our faults we disguise In the garments of selfish conceit I We're ever perfection (in our own eyes,) Our neighbors may take a back seat. Let us pull our own weeds, and work with a will,. While yet there is one to be found, Nor point o'er the way in derision until We have carefully tilled our own ground. For watching the faults of others we see Not the ones in our own hearts so rife ; Let us pull for ourselves, let other's weeds be, 'Till we clean our own garden of Ufe. The Mysterious Organist. At a grand cathedral overlooking the Rhine there appeared a distin guished organist. The. great compo ser who had played the organ so much had suddenly died, and every body, from the king to the peasant, was wondering who could be found to fill his place, when one bright Sab bath morning, as the sexton entered the church, he saw a stranger sitting at the crape-shrouded organ. He was a tall, graceful man, with a pale but strikingly handsome face, great black melancholy eyes, and hair like the ravens wing for gloss and color, sweep ing in dark waves over his shoulders. He did not seem to notice the sexton, but went on playing, and such music as he drew from the instrument no words of mine can describe. Theastonisbed listener declared that the organ seem ed to have grown human-that it wailed and sighed and clamored as'if its tortured human heart were throb bing through its pipes. When the music at length ceased, the sexton hastened to the stranger and asked : . . " Pray, who are you, sir." "Do not ask my name," he re plied ; " I have heard that you were in want of an organist, and I have come here on trial." " You'll be sure to get the place," exclaimed the sexton. " Why, you ;surpass him that's dead and gone." " No, no, you overrate me," said the stranger, with a smile ; then, as if disinclined to conversation, he turned from ."old Hans, and began to ? play again, and now the 'music chang- i ed from a sorrowful stream to a grand old paean, and the mysterious old or- i ganist : Looking upward full of grace Playing still from a happy place God's glory smote lum in the face, and his countenance seemed not un like that of St. Michael, as portrayed by Guido. Lost in the melodies which swell ed around him, he sat with his " far- i seeing" eyes fixed on the distant sky, i a glimpse of which he caught through an open window, when there was a stir about the church door, and a 1 royal party came sweeping in. Among them might be seen a bright young girl, with a wealth of golden ?hair, eyes like the violet's hue, and lips like wild cherries. This was the : Princess Elizabeth, and all eyes were : turned towards her as she seated herself in the velvet-cushioned pew : appropriated to the court. The mys terious organist fixed his eye upon her and went to playing. No sooner had the music reached her ears than she started as if a ghost had crossed .her path. The blood faded from her crimson cheek, her lips quivered, and her whole frame grew tremulous. At last her eyes met those of the or ganist in a long, yearning look, and the melody lost its joyous notes, and once more wailed and sighed and clamored. "By faith," whispered the King to his 'daughter, " this organist has a master hand. Hark ye, he shall play at your wedding." The pale lips of the princess part ed, but she could not speak-she was dumb with grief. Like one in a painful dream, she saw the pale man at the organ and heard the melody , which filled the vast edifice; Ay, full well sjie knew who it was and why the instrument seemed breathing out the agony of a tortured heart. When the services were over and the royal party had left the cathe dral, he stole away as mysteriously as he had come. He was not seen again by the sexton till the vesper hour, and then |ie appeared in the organ loft and compaenced bjs ?.ask/. When he played, a veiled figure glided in, and knelt near a shrine, jhere ehe re mained until the worshippers disap peared, when the sexton touched her on th& shoulder and said : "Madama everybody has gone but you and-me, and I wjsji to close the door." " I am not ready to go yet," was the reply ; " leave me-leave me I" The sexton drew back into a shady niche, and watched and listened. Thc mysterious organist still kept his post, and his head was bowed upon the instrument, and he could not see the lone devotee. At length she rose from the aisle, and moving to the or gan loft, paused beside the organist. " Bertram !" she murmured. Quick as thought the organist rais ed nis head. There, with the light of the lamp suspended to the arch above falling full upon her, stood the. Prin cess, .wb.oh.acJ .glaced the roya), pew that 4ay. fbji ftOjUrt .drese pf velvet, with its ermine trimming"; the tiara, the necklace, the bracelets, had Been exchanged for a gray serge robe and a long thick veil, which was now pushed back from the fair, girlish face. "Why are you here, Bertram?" asked the Princess, "Icame to bid you farewell; and as J dared not to yenjure into the palace, I gained access to tjie cathe dral by'bribing-the bfill-ring6r, and having taken the seat of the dead organist, let my music breathe out the adieu I could not trust my lips to utter." A low moan was the only answer, and he continued : " You ar? to be married on the morrow ?" "Yes," sobbed the girl. "Ohl Bertram, what a trial it will be to stand at yonder altar, and take upon me the vows which will doom me to a living death." " Think of me,"rejoinedthe organ ist. " Your royal father has request ed me to play at the wedding, and I hav? promised to be here, if I were your equal I could be the bridegroom instead of the organist ; but a poor musician must give you up," " It is like rending my soul and body asunder to part with you," said the girl. " To-night I may tell you this-tell you how fondly I love you, butin few hours it will be a sin ! Go, go, God bless you." She waved him from her, as if Bh? would banish him while she had the power to do so ; and he-how was it with him ! He arose to leave her, then came back, held her to. his heart in a long embrace, fvith a half smoth ered fare well, left her. The next morning dawned in cloud less splendor. At an early hour the cathedral was thrown open and the sexton began to prepare for the wed ding. Flame-colored flowers "nodded by the wayside-flame-colored leaves came dashing down the trees and lay in heaps upon the ground ; and the ripe wheat waved liked a golden sea, and berries dropped in red aud pur ple clusters over the rocks along the Rhine. At length the palace gates were opened and the royal party appeared, escorting the princess Elizabeth to the cathedral, where the marriage was to be solemnized; It wasabrightpageanfc-far bright er than the entwined foliage and blossoms were the tufts of plumes which floated from stately heads and festal robes that streamed down over the housings of the superb steeds. But the Princess, mounted on a snowy palfrey, and clad io snow-white vel vet, looked pale and sad ; and when, on nearing the church, she heard a gush of organ music, which,- though jubilant in sound, t.. uck on her ear like a funeral knell-she trembled and would have fallen to the earth, had no! a page supported her. A few minutes afterwards she entered the cathedral. Therewith his retinue stood the royal bridegroom, whom she had never before seen. But her glance roved from him to the organ loft, where she had expected that, mysterious organist. He was gone, and she was obliged to return the graceful bow of the King, to whom she had been betrothed from motives of policy. -Mechanically-^he -knelt at his side on the altar stone ; me chanically listened to the service and made the response. Then her husband drew her to him in a convulsive embrace, and wis pered : " Elizabeth, my queen, my wife, look up." Trembling in every limb, she obey- . ed. Why did those eyes thrill her so ? Why did that smile bring a glow on her cheeks ? Ah ! though the King wore the royal purple and many a jeweled or der glittered on his breast, he seemed the humble person who had been em ploy sd to teach organ music, abd had. taught her the lore of love. " Elizabeth,'.' murmured the mon arch, "Bertram Hoffmar, the myste rious organist, and King Oscar (the Royal Free Masoh) are one. Forgive my stratagem. I wished to marry you, but I would not drag to the altar an unwilling bride. Your father was in the secret." While tears of joy rained from her blue eyes, the new-made queen re turned her husband's fond kisses, and for once two hearts were made happy by a royal marriage. -*-??? ?-i- . How a Dog Saved a Nan's Life, A pleasant little story, of which the hero is a well trained setter-dog, comes from Quincy, 111., and the Whig of that city tells it as follows: " The dog usually sleeps at night in a kennel in the rear of the house. On Thursday night last, about 10 o'clock, as his owner went to his room in the second story on the front side ol the buil.ding (the lights below being ex tinguished,) he heard hjs dog come beneath the window and set up a most earnest constant barking, and it seemed to him that there was ari unu sual tone in the animal's voice. Sup posing that there were intruders on the premises, he opened the window and called out to "??ig"to "catch 'em,"-The clog, instead of starting off under the order, continued to bark, jumping* up against the wall of the house beneath the window, evi dently .desiring that his master should come' down.v Jh'e gentleman wen,i down, aucj as soon o? ?ie reached the outer door was met by the dog, who, still barking, ran to the rear of the dwelling. His master following, found his hired man lying on the ground, helpless and unconscious. He had, as hp afterwards stated, stepping out from tjie jkitchen, fallen-rmpn. tjie jce. his head striking 9, stone 'step, ano! cutting a fearlu} gash' in hjs scalp. He had to be carried into the house, and it wag some hours before he re covered his senses, in fact, he is still suffering from the effects of the wounds." There is a part of the world (in Central Asia,) where marriages are made on horseback. A day is set when the. young men who are in want of wives assemble, and the young lady who is to be disposed of, is there with, a gqod horse. She has her pref erences, a? young ladies do in other parts pf the world, and gives a signal to the youth that she wishes to con quer, so that he may know how to ride in order to distance his competi tors. She is better mounted than any of her pursuers, and can generally manage things sp that she can be picked up hy the youth ehe has select ed. Bnb li a fejl.qw that slie considers a flat is likely to oyertajce her, she digs her spurs into the horse, and leaves the entire crowd. The race is then declared "off," and another day is set for the trial of speed. Some times, when her papa wants to get rid of the girl at all hazards, he juts her on a horse that couldn't outrun a tftrtle, and thus makes it certain -.hat somebody will capture her...; Reform or Revolution. We have called for a Constitutiinal Convention in the hope that we may get it, and that even if it shq?l be composed of a majority of .Republi cans, the issues before it . will De so very grave, that they will not dare longer to trifle with the white :ninori- j ty in the State, but will devise a way | of giving to them an effectud voice in shaping its legislation andirolicy. The white minority cannot'longer consent to be the mere gam? of po- ] litical plunderers ; and ever if the ? waste, and extravagance, and pbbing, \ and corruption and bribery, b check- ? ed, this is not enough. Mua essen- t tial legislation is now neglectd, and } the intelligent citizens of te St?te c justly demand that it be attaded to, | and by a Legislature more intlligent, \ and more competent, than.thcpresent \ one. We do not depend aloe how- jj ever, upon persuasion, or plaa inter- c est, to bring about reform. Te effort fl to persuade negroes, (as wesaw last c year) sometimes simply increses their 5 insolence, and vanity, anf olstinacy, S( and stupidity, and distrust ?f white people, and self-irnportan|e, ?nd gen- ^ eral rottenness, ' and utter.iirapacity 0 for dealing reasonably w^thany sub- a ject whatsoever,, at leasfcforthe next ^ half century, and until thej acquire a] some property and edujatia. It is r( rather Upon their fears, ind. he fears g of their leaders and advises, and g. upon their fears alone, that he best l?j hope for the State can be bilt. 1/ g they prefer strife, and lynch-lw, and ?j assassination, and cursing, anchatred ?3 and violence, with the cert?nty of CI finally going under, they canrefuse ^{ to do justice to the -white with ?j whom they must live, and b;whom jj. they must ultimately be gcerned. ?j? If they desire peace,- the eoorr they vj do justice, the better. Tha is the ar simple issue before them. Thwhites A make a reasonable demahd, ai they fa are determined to obtain it They Lj, will not play hypocrite' Tay will wj not profess what they do notelieve. gu They will not degrade theaelves. ? But they must, and they wi"have a gj.( voice in their local governunt, by e(j minority representation, ory some pi other means.-Fairfield Herd. D0 ?Judge Wright.' [Columbia Letter in dncinna^ommer- th cial.] bo Now, I have no prej?ce what- of ever against a negro simp* because Ri he is a negro. They janot help an their color any more ihi we can at help~?Tjrs, orr-Adam ?Sd" help his, th< whatever it was. But do say it is sta impossible for aman to ?ad law two re? or three years, practicevro or three coi years and then be fit fothe position mi of the Supreme Judge.I don't care Pr what his color is or homiart he may inr be. As for Wright, hes not overly \y) smart. If h? were wie and lived bu: in Ohio, he might stansome chance las of being a justice of 3 peace. It fciv is said, but I don't knoh'ow true it bm is, that he has never deered but ons the opinion, and that was itten for him sto by Attorney-General Cmberlain. I tw< ?ive the report as I hed it, though in hope he has deliverei dozen and to written them himself. ha< I confess to feeling v.igue sense figl of something wrong wn I go into his the Supreme Court roc and see this chi young and inexperienc negro pre- to j siding over some of 3 first legal of minds of the SouthJn front of ?"'-i him I see a row ofhite headed veterans, some of who were giants before he was born, en who had occupied high positionn the "bench, and rendered decisiorhonorable to themselves and beaeorghts in juris prudence, look out of ice standing below this young negiand address ing arguments to himrich in many instances it is clear irae nature of things he does not verstand. He lacks age and experie, two essen tial qualifications to osition on thc bench, no matter hox?lliant a man may be by nature, lliaricy is not learning, and keenneis not depth There is no royal roao legal learn ing. There is but c way that it eau be obtained, a that is by plodding, and to p takes time. Take the case home Ohio. What young man is there hat State who was admitted to the in 1865, and who has been mixed in politics to such an extent, since.t he hyp Jjad littie, experience in live practice, who is now fit for'tlosition of Su preme Judge ? I tk an ' attempt to hoist such a man on the bench there would meet "V a'breeze of rebuke not easily g? over. Now, :the lawyers arid prftyrholders of South Carolina are jas ?Bxioyjs. to haye a compfitgi^t Seme Court as they are in QliiQ. y should ' they riot have it? Ts agro put over them to make theml' their degra dation and cause 6 to lose their self-respect ? Bo t not feel it ten times more keen t Ohio would, and would it not U Ohio to' the quick? Is it as unishment for Mje crime of rebel?. Jf so, what sort ' bT pu^isEm^s tjiat whjch degrades-both vi'ctind vanquish ed, and sows the s of perpetual discord and hatr Punishment like this is impolit'?r we see it doing harm everyy without the possibility for a be;. Partial con fiscation'itself w noj; sow the seeds of hatred od?eper ip the hearts of the peopf South Caro-, i 0 rina than the ele vs of a" negro to a position on thepreme Bench ; but confiscation w. confer a b?ne fit on the yictin^c], therefore, would be some W in it. ' But the punishment tleeks to degrade those of our flesh bjeod, with no perceptible adyan as the price of degradation, is fo -A good way tortck, is to* go shop ping eyery day iB week, eat ice cream and cakes f?ner, drink strong tea for supper to slthen the nerves, and fret the balanqthe. time because? you haven't sun^omeans to buy all the laney goods di ed. ?Si- Low nock $8' ?ud .consump tion are on the ino thia year. ms. arr mu I of var fori fly no froi dis< and exe ries a m woi iste The lair the nes val shoi end by Gre the -I The Last o? Rnlloff. The last of Rulloff was his execu tion yesterday, at Binghamton, .New York.' He met his fate "without whining." As he had said he would, he faced his death with the stoicism of an Indian, butwithout th? Indian's faith in a future existence. He had nothing to say on the scaffold ; he had no delay to ask with the rope around his neck; he had declined any assistance in the preparation of his toilet for the hangman; he had re fused any religious advice or consola tion on the brink of the dark valley ; he had lived the life of an outlaw, md he "died as the fool dieth." Yet mis man wanted to live, if only a few veeks longer, professedly to finish lis great work on the origin of lan guages, but really because ever .to lim the life of an outlaw, under the lenience of the gallows, had its at raction8,and deathhad its terrors. ?Vhen informed that his last hope was ?one, and that his last day in this life lad come, he was excited into a vio ent rage, and devoted the day main y to cursing and ?wearing against is counsel and the Governor and all oncerned in his case, not forgetting is victim and his confederates in the rime which had caught him and roughthim at last to his just de srts. This Rulloff was a strange charac ;r. He was a scholar and ambitious f distinction, yet by nature he was villain and devoted to crime. He anted to flourish as a gentleman ad a savan, while pursuing the ca ;er of the burglar and the murderer, y day, he cultivated the arts and races' of. polite society ; while by ight he professionally consorted with lieves and felons, whose only.educa on was that of the State Prison, is vicious nature drew him into imes apparently without an object iyond the excitement of the dangers ley involved and the pleasure which gave him to murder. . It is seldom tat we meet with such a diabolical Hain outside the Paris Commune, id yet he was wholly destitute of e political excuses of the Jacobin natic. We can imagine no incen se to the mysterious murder of his ife and child in tho outset of his dlty career, in 1846. except that of monomania for human blood. The jry is that in the night he murder the mother and her babe, and itting them in a chest, -with their dies bound round with iron wire to event their rising, sunk them-rn the ep water of Cayuga Lake, where eir remains lie to-day. As their dies could not be found, the crime murder could not be fixed- upon llloff in this case ; but he was tried d convicted, and suffered ten years hard labor in the State Prison for ? abduction of his wife, the circum ntial evidence of the murder being yarded as morally, if not legally, iclusive. He was tried for the irder on the expiration of his State ison term, but there was still lack ; the evidence to convict him. Ith frequent narrow escapes for rglaries and other crimes, ne is at t, by some remarkably keen detec es, captured as one of the gang of rglars concerned, last August, in i murder? of young Mirrick, in a re in Binghamton. The bodies of D of the burglars had been found the river, drowned in their efforts escape after the murder. They I been severely wounded in their it in the store with Mirrick and fellow clerk, or hy the third and ef burglar, Rulloff, in the river, ^et them out of the way, and some the articles found upon them fur hed the clue to Rulloff's detection, est, trial and conviction of the rder of Mirrick. .Tow, for these and other crimes Rulloff, with his qualifications, ad itages and opportunities for coni ;abiy supporting himself and fam in honest pursuits, we can' supply motives except those resulting n a naturally vicious nature and Ordered mind improperly trained [ delighting in the dangers and i temen ts ot murders and burgla , and believing that the life of ian is like that of a dog in this .ld, and that there is no future ex nce or responsibility for either. ?re was no escape lp;; Such a vil i from the hangman, considering method which controlled his mad 3; but still there is something of ue to society furnished from his eking career and his miserable ing, in the moral that the-ruffian nature needs some?hjng more than ek and Latin to' save him from State Prison and the executioner, few York Boral, 20th. oj tl P< w. y< lis as gr of ur th ca an pr to hi: se] rm po" or, wi enl of is : it'i be< th an) NO' egro-Killeil South Carolina. 'hat- insufferable nuisance, nay, .e than nuisance, that iro,m?asura inf?rhy, ". nigger government," is idly showing its detestable fruits thc South directly, and in the ?th indirectly.' South Carolina has d five years of nigger, legislation carpet-bag rule, backed up by onet's1. To-day her whites are al t starving beggars; her niggers arly debauched as a whole ; her lurces exhausted; her revenues loverished ; over a milliou of her }s, plantations, farms and home ,ds, 'are in the hands of the sheriff, a once industrious and fruitful ;e sunk into the very depths of tical and financial degradation. North suffers by-the ruin of the th, by the ruin of the least im tant section of the South, just as dtably as a human beips suffers 1 gangrene in fpot.or hand, iri'toe. inger? The industry and'produc pf the South are the business and it of the North. Her rice, tobao nayal stores, and great staple, cot have been the main support of shipping interest, once ranking ind only of all the great nations he globe. A nigger freedom war, geer equality sentiment, a nigger ionise principle, ?nding in nigger resentalipn to a certain extent in State and National councils, in public offices and the courts, have ipled, impoverished, politically and imercially reduced this once great pie, to a fp.urth-rate power, and future is dark and terrible'if we lot take $ie back track in 1873. ;er 1. it is for ypu to say. if we restore the country to the status ma wil ha.= by cai thi me tha coi am im: it, can pre eau eve in i ms J wei mir mei wei wh: W> is cl des dar hea kne me: %i J] feai to 1 ish< fie i os aj out has to ? but unf In be : WO] say you .yea ?>e 1 sw? and and ous edg jus! scic olal PV6 feai aga I um m,u ny Foi COE ma to I of 1860 when the now ruling, corrupt and destructive party came into pow er, all may yet. be well with us in the coming time. If we keep on in the direction we are now moving, no pen can paint, no tongue tell, human im agination can scarcely conceive, of the direful change which the United States of 1880 will show, when com pared with the United States of 1860. The restoration of a " White Man's Government" is our sovereign reme dy. Let this be your battle cry : "The White Man's Government Again, and no Other," and prosperity in all its glorious phases will once more be -ours. Neglect this reform, and we are a ruined nation forever. -New York Lay Book. President Davis5 Rec?ption in Au gusta, Georgia, It appears, from our' Augusta ex manges, that the ex-Confederate chief net with an enthusiastic greeting ipon reaching Georgia soil. He was net at the Augusta depot by a num >er of citizens, together with Mayor. Estes and members of tho City Coun iil.. 'A committee, upon the arrival )f the train, entered the car and ex ended the hospitalities of the city to he distinguished visitor. Conducted 0 a handsome phaeton, drawn by four torses, Mr. Davis was driven to the 5lanters' Hotel, amid the plaudits of he crowd. Here Mr. Davis receiv ed the visits of his friends. That light, after a complimentary supper, ie was serenaded, and, being called pon, appeared on the balcony, ac ompamed by the Hon. H:. W. Hil ara and a committee. Mr. Hilliard relcomed the ex-President in a spir ed address, in which he alluded to ae heroic and dauntless manner in 'hich Mr. Davis had borne himself irough the storm of war, and to the ignity which he had illustrated um er ruin and disaster. " Serene ie midst of the surging billows," he ad aeted up to the motto of W.Tiam ie Silent. Said the speaker : " You ave quietly submitted your oause to istory. History will vindicate you.' Mr. Davis, in response, said : Ty Friends and Fellow-citizens of Georgia : 1 feel that I have a peculiar claim :on the people of Georgia, and that .e people of this State nave, also,' a ?culiar claim upon me. My father as a citizen of Georgia many long iars ago, and to him have I often itened in the days of my boyhood he. told to me traditions of the eat revolution. It was to this city Augusta-this ancient old town ion the banks of the Savannah at my father, then but a mere boy, me to join the revolutionary forces, d enlisted beneath the American g. I am proud of my father, and oud of his State. If it is a 'crime feel proud of this sire-to glory in 3 devotion to the cause of the right to remember with exultation his .vices in defence of liberty, then, T friends, is it also a crime to op se a despotic centralization of pow and uphold the right of a.State to thdraw from a voluntary compact tered into only for the preservation the freedom of them all. If this i crime, then am I a criminal, and s the only offense of which I haye ;n guilty. I repeat, Georgians, it I claim to he ol' 'Georgia descent, 11 glory in my lineage. r HIMSELF, BUT THE CAUSE HON ORED. Although the distinguished gentle n who welcomed me to your city ;h words so kindly and so eloquent . said that you pay a tribute to me your presence here to-night, I mot think that he wa? correct in s remark. It is not a tribute to individually, but because you feel ,t I am one of yourselves that you ae to do me honor. And while I fully aware of this fa?y, do not igine that \ feel ai'all mortified at or that my vanity -is wounded be ise you honor me only as the re sentative of your canso. That .se is dear to me-more precious n tha^n life (applause), and I glory ts remembrance. I WORDS TORTURED AND MISCON ' ?TRUED. "ust here let me say to you that I 1 know how every utterance of ie is seized upon by the organs and nbers ol' a "certain faction. I am 1 aware of the eagerness with ich every word of mine is caught and tho ingenuity with which it listorted and used in furtherance of igns upon my people, and hence I e not speak to you as I desire. My ,rt is full to overflowing, Gp,cl >ws, but I can not speak. Many aiories'bf the past are struggling ny- brain, Vijit I must' be silent. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. though I must not speak, it is no r myself which commands my lips ie closec\. ??o.; i have been pun id for. my crimes, and have expe ?ced the wor3t which could be im ed. In the cant language of the -, punishment with me is "played .'' The worst that can be done, been done, and . I haye no more ear. if \ speak it is not myself, you who would be injured, for, brtunately, additional wrongs can be heaped upon you. Therefore '. claim merit for anything.^ it will fer keeping silent. My simplest .ds may work you harm. If \ " Good night, my friends, go. to r homes," and a Congre^cmal in bigating committee happened to sf $hin fearing, its members would ar that I directed . yqu to go off ; join the Ku-Klux. (Laughter i applause.) Filled with that j eal y which springs from the knowl e of their inferiority, and of the ice of your pretensions, and ?ori lus of broken. covenants and a vi-. :ed Constitution, they mistrust ry movement, and tremble with : when they think that right may in prevail. (Applause.) " WAIT AND. HOPE.u Jut wjrong cannot always be tri phant. I will say nothing and you st do nothing, ' even though tyran oppresses grievously upon you: -bear for a season, and a'day will ie when, ali will yet be well. _ I" y. not, nor may some of you live aee it, but it is surely coining. li no iio ol th< Sh tlu Ge de: s i wh gai mr on la, li to i pn wi! n? can sea clo OS aeq thu ein tho wh anc Er. the s tal cen hui tho tlei } anc mo for, an} tat! bOC du< Tei J att ask plo mil me tba ave on ter ??5 ? A (Applause.) He who reigns above and lives always will see that justice is done.. He will not allow the wick ed to always remain in power, nor the righteous to be oppressed. We can wait until that day comes, .\nd in the meantime be quiet. 'Tie an old and wise saying, that a good bi ting dog never barks much. If we wait patiently a sense of justice will yet return to the people of the United States, or an opportunity will come when'our rights can be gained, and not only our rights-the rights of the South-but the rights of all the peo ple ; the rights which ^ore fought for .md obtained at the point of the sword in the 5rst revolution. (Ap plause.) CONCLUSION. Bat though I cannot and should not speak, I fear that where the mind and the heart are both so full, that I will not be able to restrain my words I cannot think one thing and say an other, and unless the honest emo tions of my soul' can be expressed,! do not care to speak. I thank you, gentlemen, for your kindness, and feel deeply touched at its exhibition. May God foster and preserve you. If ever the day comes, when I can speak freely, I will be among you, and say io you all that is in my heart. Till then, farewell, ?ndmay the Great God be with you always. (Applause.) The Consiiititional?t says : During :he delivery of his brave and cheer ng address, Mr. Davis was greeted vjth the most enthusiastic shouts of ipproval by the audience. At the conclusion of his address, he band paid the tribute of a parting )iece, and Mr. Davis was escorted rom the balcony. It will be gratifying'information to tundreds of our citizens to learn that Jr. Davis has been induced to re gain in the city during to-day, and hat he will receive his friends at the banters' Hotel. The reception will ake place from 12 o'clock, M. to 2, \ M., and will be enjoyed by scores f our citizens anxious to greet one round whom centres all the patrio te pride of our people, in remem rance of the noble common cause .hich he adorned with his firm, pa .iotic endeavor to render successful. The health of Mr. Davis, judging om his appearance, ?is in good pre dation-a fac't in which the people F the whole South will rejoice. Brevities and Levities. *~cF The jail, poor-house and town hall ' Fayetteville, N. C., have been sold for ?bt. 232* A gentleman refused to join the Century Club" because he was not a mdred years old. Z?T Laws, like sausages, cease to in lire respect in proportion as we know )w they are made, jfSr A current maxim in A?abian eraturo says that " Paradiso isas much r him who has rightly used thc pen, as i' him who has fallen by thc sword." ff^" An old Michigander, who has ways lived in wretched poverty, died e other day, and a box he left contained 0,000 in gold and silver. His son is id the old man didn't take it with him. ?Sr- Said a pompous husband, whose Co had stolen up behind him and given in a kiss, " Madame, I consider such an : indecorous!" "Excuse me," said his fe, " I didn't know it was you." JSJ* Thc Radical Ku Klux arc opci'a ig in Picken*? County. A colored niocrat, named Andy Gwin, had his use burned recently, and two other ored Democrats were badly beaten at ; same time. The Radical Deputy ?riff of the County was the leader ot ; Ku Kluxc.. TS- On a single small island' in the nesee River, ^000 fish were found id the other day, killed by the chemi poison contributed by tho paper Us. 63* A Western sophomore says: " It no time to bc writing Latin essays en billiards arc* only t^n ec-nts a na." vET* A jury- m Indiana, a few days ce, awarded a damsel only nineteen its damages for breach of promise, hough she claimed $20,000. 32?* Advertising is the oil which Misc rchants put in tiiei. lamjf*, SJ- The Chicago. Vvien hits thc nail thc heaj3 m sententious, if not very gant phrase, when it speaks of the Ku ix bill as " burning down the house jct lid of a few possible bedbugs." H?- Perhaps it was carrying a good nciple a littlo too" far when a poor man, h a large frr^ily, was fined ?33 in rassaohu setts town tho other day be ise he drove a lame horse six miles in rch of employment, that he might the and feed his children. SJ- A Michigan doctor, who was ar ted becauso his patient died, has been uittcd, on the grounds that he did best he could, gi\ing all the medi es he knew the names of. Ile put in plea that ho never insured a case cn ho took it. ??3" Another instance of thc purchase I sale of a wife has been revealed in gland. The woman, who applied to stipendiary magistrate for a relief, ?cd that her purchaser, who had rc: tly deserted her, bought her of her iband twenty-five years ago, ratifying^ transaction by standing in that gen nan's shoes for a few moments. SS- They haye a now style of temper o society in North Georgia, The mbers may drink anything they pay , but pledge themselves not to invite r one else to drink, nor accept an invi on from any one else to drink. The letyhas regular officers, and is con :ted in many respects like the Good rnplars. &~ " Does the trahi start this evening hirty<nve minutes past six, as usual?" ;ed an elderly lady of a railroad em yee. "No; it leaves at twenty-five autes to seven," was the reply. " Dear ; bow they do. change those trains I" - An Illinois man who had his watch len from his pocket, and advertised t tho thief must return it if he would ?id trouble, received before ll o'clock tho same day three watches, and a lct promteing a fourth if he would send and ask no questions*1 wei nm Esq I?sq 'Bia Jon lani's Sicily Lemon Sugar. SPENDID Preparation for making L Lemonade. Sold at' - G. L. PENN'S DRUG STORE. ' ?lay tf 19 Read! Head The place to find something PURE and GENUINE in the way of CHAMPAGNE WINES and BRANDIES, is at the Drug Store of MARKERT & CLISBY. If you wish PURE COGNAC BRANDY for Medical purposes, go to MARKERT & GLISBT& If you want a PURE ARTICLE of SHERRY or MADEIRA WINE, go to MARKERT & CLISBY'S. If you desire a good articlo of OLD JAMAICA RUM or HOLLAND GIN call at the Drug Store of MARKERT & CLISBY. We will also state that we have a few gallons of that GOOD OLD RYE and CORN still on hand. MARKERT & CLISBY. If you wish a superior article of SHERRY fci Cooking purposes, very ?heap, call at the Drug Store of MARKERT & CLISBY. To gentleman who indulqe in the usury of Chewing and Smoking, we espectfully announce, (and do so oncientiously,) that we haye, and re determined to keep on hand, the JEST brands of Chewing and Smok Qg TOBACCO and SEGARS. MARKERT & CLISBY. Mar 15 tf 12 _i . M. NEBLETT. I W. H. GOODRICH OottoiiGrin MANUFACTORY. CHE Undersigned respectfully an nounce to the people of Edgefleld id adjoining Counties, that they are still igaged in the manufacture of Cotton Gins, f the well-known and highly approved GrLESBY PATTERN. MR. NEBLETT, who has fourteen .ans' practical cxperionco in making ese GINS, will give his personal atten >n to thc business, and we feel coivfi !nt of giving entire satisfaction to thoso voring us with their orders. EVERY GIN WARRANTED. Old Gins RENOVATED or REPAIR D in the best manner. NEBLETT & GOODRICH. At Goodrich's Machine Works. .2-3* Capt. LEWIS JONES, of Edge - ld, is our authorized Agent, and all oi l's received by him will meet with ompt attention. May 2 5m 19 .UGUSTA HOTEL. ?RPI?Y & WAY, Proprietors. V E take this opportunity of returning our mks to thc citizens of EdgeGeld for their lt kindness to ns. )ur House is thoroughly renovated for SUM ?R ACCOMMADATION.*?-Boomi largo 1 airy, and Table always supplied with the t tho market n fjords. Vo will bu pleased to we'eomo our Edgcficld nds and customers, aud will uso crciy rt to render their sojourn with us plcas and agreeable. ingusta, Mar 29 3inl4 PARKER. B. H". TEAGUE. PARKER & TEAGUE, DENTISTS, EDGEFIELD, S. C. FFicE next to Masonic Hall on West side, [ar 15 Cm 12 JOHN BAXJSKETT, toruey avid Counsellor at Law> COLUMBIA, S. C., 7 ILL Practice in Edgoficld, Lexington, nwcll nr.d Richland. olnabia, Mr.r 8 ly ll LIHERY & FMC? GOODS. irani: anti Summer ?i?yle* [HS M. TWEEDY ARES trrcat pleasure in informing the lies of Edgeneld and vicinity that she just returned from New York with Elegant Stock of MILLINERY and NCY GOODtS, embracing all che NOV TIESOFTHE SEASON, to which invites their special attention, ?ditions w?l bc made to the Stock skly of all the Novelties as they ap ' AT 215 EROAD STREET, * . Opposite Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga. pro . Int 15 Medical Gard. LAVING located myself in Granite o, for the purpose of resuming tho dice of my Profession, and feeling L long and practical experience justi me in claiming a share of public pat ago, T now respectfully offer to the Kens of Orangeville anti tho surround eountry my professional services ns hysician. ('alls upon me at all times all hours will meet with tho prompt attention. beg leave to .rifer'to the following 1 known gentlemen: Dr. W. D. Jen <rs, A. A. Glover, Esq., Jas. L. Mathis, i.. Julius Dav, Esq., Andrew Ramsay [., W. F. Durisoe, Sr., Esq., J. ? nd, Esq., Dr. John Lake, Capt. Lewis es, Gen. R. G.* M. Dunovant. G. HORD M. D. prill2 lm . 16 Superior Ter^s. UST Received a frosh supply of vcrv SUPERIOR GREEN and BLAC?C A, for sale at reduced prices. G. L; PENN, Druggist, lay 24 tf 22 Patent Medicines. UST Received a large and fresh as sortment of PATENT MEDICINES ill kinds. G. L. PENN, Druggist, lay 24 tf 22 WAFTED, A YOUNG MAN as a Salesman in L a First Class Clothing and Fnrnish Geods House. Must come well re iimcndcd, and able to influenco a good ie. Good Salary given. Address MERCHANT," Augusta, Ga. lay 23 lm 22 California Brandy," 5 GALS. PURE OLD CALIFOR A BRANDY,-a superior article, and ;hly commended for Medicinal nurrx> MARKERT <fe CLISBY lay 17 tf 21