Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 29, 1871, Image 1

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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*..*. ! COTTON STATES Life Insurance Company. I Principal Office, Macon, Ga. THE business of this STRICTLY SOUTHERN and HOME COMPA NY is confined by-law to legitimate Life Insurance alone, t .-Pol?eierf-issn?d on-?ll the "approved Mutual plans. It also issues Policies at Stock, rates, 25 per cent, onaer the mutual rate'. But it does not advise its patrons to. insure on the Stock plan, that plan behig very expensive in the lone run. . It is known that dividends in .a good Mutual Company will average about. 65 per cent?..especially at the South and "West, where investments bring 90 per cent, of profits on the Mutual business divided annually amongst ali the Mutual-Policy Holders without exception. One-third Loan ob' Premiums'given when desired. Interest charged only upon first loan. I Where all Cash is paid, Policies will become self-sustaining ; that is, pay I out, aiid have 50 per cent added tc* their faces, which is one-third more thai- the orinal, sum insured. Ample provision against'forfeiture of Policies in the expressed terms of th6 contract The Company will always purchase its Policies at their Cash value. Wa offer the people of the State the same financial security as Northern Companies, the,accumulating premiums of the insured, and in addition thereto a Capital commencing.with $500,000 ! f Millions of ?foll?is have annually hitherto been lost to the active circula tion of tte South, in payment of premiums in Northern Companies. In be.nefite-derivecF Troim the investment made by these Companies in Northern rsal estate and securities, our people can never share on equal terms.. Let then sustain our own Life Enterprise, and thus .keep our money and the profits too at'.iioin^ <j Officers at IHacon, Ga : WM. Bi JOHNSTON, President WM. Wi HOLT, vice-President. GEO^S-sPBiJAR,- Secretary. JOF&iW. BURKE, General Agent. C. ?. .M?CAY, Actuary. ? I 8 " W. J> MAGILL, Superintendent of Agencies. JAS. MERCER GREEN, Medical Examiner. JJSrThe Cotton States Company is a Georgia and South Carolina enter prise, is a good Company, and is now fully identified with the interests of our people. T^j^tate is ably Tepresented in the general management by South Carolina Directors. LAYALL & ABNEY, General Agents for North and South Carolina. WM. J. LAVALL, Esq,, Office; Columbia, S. C., 1 M. W. ABNEY, M. D., Edgefield, S. C. / Jane 7 tf 24 So@ds James W. Turley, BROAD STREET, AlfilSTA, GA., DEALER IN F?RST-CL?SS DRY GOODS, [AS JUST RETURNED FROMrNEW YORK, and is now fully pre pared to offei to $ho<public a completely assorted Sfack of SEASONA BLE FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS. Great care has been taken to supply each Department with EVERY THING NEW AND FASHIONABLE, as well as the more staple rticle3 of the" Trade. The Cask System will bc Strictly Adhered to, and t is much cheaper to.pay 25 per cent, for money, and buy your Dry Goods or Cash, than to buy them on time. The best judges of Dry Goods, and the closest buyers, are particularly equested to examine my present schedule of prices. ' JAMES W. TURLEY. Mar 29 tf 14 FACTS ARB STUBBORN THINGS! But such is a fact ! And if you want fine LIQUOR, either by the Gallon or Bottle, go to SANDERS' DRUG STORE, and you will get a PURE ARTICLE at low figures. All LIQUORS warranted. Examine for your selves, which is highest proof. - June 7 tf .24 SPRING AND SUMMER SUPPLIE. M. O'DOWI), Who I ? sale Crocep -AND Commission JVEercJa'nt 283 Broad "Street, Augusta, Ga., [HAS NOW ON HAND a Full and Complete Stock of CHOICE FAMILY [GROCERIES and PLANTERS SUPPLIES, among which may le found [the following : I 100 Hhds. BACON, f 10 Bbls. COGNAC BRANDY, ' ? ! 50 Bbls. L?RD, 30 Bb'.-. CORN WHISKEY, 500 " FLOUR, all crudes, 100 " RYE WHISKEY, 50 Hhds. SUGAR, v.: .10 V APPLE BRANDY, 300 Ski. COFFEE, -20 " GIN and RUM, ?'\ 300 Boxes SOAP, .20 " SHERRY & PORT WINI 200 " CANDLES, 200 M. SUGARS, various grades, 100 " STARCH, 150 Boxes TOBACCO, ' 100 " SODA, 200 Doz. BUCKETS, 5000 Bushels CORN, 50 Do/.. BROOMS, $ 3000 ":' OATS, 50 Nests T?BS, 500 Sacks SALT, J 50 Hhds. MOLASSES, 100 Cases LYE and POTASH, 100 Bbls. SYRUP. AU Goods will bc sold Very tow. Give mc a Call. Mav2TW 7?* ' -T5^ tf !9 = ' . -:-m---. :.. ? ? (-. Br?sil Arrivals OF MILLINERY GOOK MRS. LECKIE WOULD ?especffullv*mform th.-> Ladies of lEdgcfield that ?he. has iu.4 received SECOND LARGE LOT OF SJ/RING AND SUMMER MILLINERY GOOD? consisting in part of Rie?i and Elegant PATTERN BONNETS, Rich and Elegant PATTERN HATS, And another Lot nf-those HANDSOME LEGHORN HATS which are so muc called for, and could only bc fouRiv when the Season opened, ut tins Establishment. .SASH RIBBONS of everv kind, and at verv low prices. GILT and JET JEWELRY. Lace COLLARS, Anda few of tho*?*8tylish ; GILT FANS, so very fashionable at present. . Call and examine thc Goods* to be'found in thia the Largest Store of the kind Soul Of Baltimore. MKS. LECKIE, 171 BROAD STREET, ' UNDER THE AUGUSTA' HOTEL, AUGTJSTA, GA. Apr 26 . 2ml8 . Work and Think. Hammer, tongs and anvils ringing, Waking echoes all day long. In a deep toned voice are singing Thrifty Labor's iron song, From a thousand fly-wheels bounding, ! From' a thousand humming looms, Night and day the notes, are sounding Through the. misty fact'ry rooms. Listen ! workmen, to their-play . There's.adyioa-in every, clink ; . ? Still they're 'singing-still they're say ing " Whilst you labor, learn to think."' Think what powor lies within you, For what triumphs ye are formed, Ifjin aid of bone and sinew, Hearts by emulation ^warmed, Mighty though ye woo. and cherish, What shall hold your spirits down? What shall make your high hopes perish . Why shall ye mind Fortune's frown? Doyou wish for profit, pleasuro? Thirst at Learning's fount to drink ? Crave ye honor, fame or treasure ? ' Ye thc germs have-work and think ! Think ! but not alone of living, ' Like the horse, from day tp day ; Think ; but. not alone of giving . Health for pelf, or soul for pay J Think ! Oh, be machines no longer Think ! 'twill make you fresher, stronger; Link you to tho great and good ! Thought exalts and lightens labor, Thought forbids the soul to sink ! Self respect-and love for neighbor, Mark the men who work-and think ! Think ! and let the thought new nerve you . Think of men who've gone before ; Le?ving 'lustrous names to serve you ; ' Yours the path they've plodded o'er ! Freedom fights and wins her charter With the sword of thought-the pen ! Tyranny can find no quar" )r . In the ranks of thinking men. Think ! for thought's a wand of power Power to make oppression shrink; Grasp ye, then, the precious dower ! Poise rtr-wield it-work and think ! Hold your heads up, toiling brothers ; 'Mongst us be it ne'er forgot, Labor for ourselves and others, Is for man a noble lot. Nobler far, and holier, higher, Than vain luxury can claim. If but zeal and worth inspire, .And true greatness be our aim, Power to' compass this is given Power that forms tho strongest link 'Twixt an upright man and Heaven, His noblest power-the power to think. A Family Pietra?. In a little time, after some contro versy about places, which was arrest ed by the mother's eye, they-were all seated ; John happened^ in the mean time, and taking His father's seat. "Iss-sp ["said William, "sassidges! that's what I love." "HooV' said Isaac, " spare-ribs I that's what I love." "Well, cease your gab, and eat what's set before you, without com ments. Nobody cares what you love, or what you don't love." " Souse !" said Abraham, " I don't lovo souse. I wouldn't eat souse ; 'taint fitten for a deg to eat." " Get up, sir ; get right up from the table, and march out of the house until you learn better manners. I'll be bound if I 6ay you shall eat souse, you'll eat it. Do you hear me, sir ?" Abraham raked himself lazily out of his seat, and moved slowly off, casting a longing look at the many good things on the table, which he evidently thought " fitten for a prince to eat." " Ma," said he as h? retired, " I wish you'd make Bill quit laughing aime." " William, I've as great a mind as I ever had to do anything in my life, to send you from tua table, and not let you eat a mouthful. I despise that abominable disposition you have of rejoicing at. your- brother's misfor tunes. . Remember, sir, what Solomon says : ' He that is glad at calamities, shall.not go unpunished.-' " "Ma," said Abraham, "mayn't I come to my breakfast ?" " Yes, if you think you can now behave yourself with decency." . Abraham returned, and they all broke forth at once : " Ma, mayn't I have some sassidge ?" " Ma, I want some spare rib."-" Ma, I an't got no- coffee."-" Ma, if you please ma'am, let me have some ham gravy, and some fried homn'y and some egg, and-" " And- some of everything on the table, I suppose. Put down your plates-every one of you-George, what will you have?" " Some sassidge and some fried po tater." . " John, help your brother George. WJiat do.?you want, William?" : " I want some q)are-rib and some . hom'ny.." " Nancy, help William. What do yon want, Abraham ?" ' . " I reckon," said John, smiling, " he'U take a little souse." [ " Now, John, behave yourself. He has- suffered the punishment of his fault, and there let it rest." . m " I'll have," said Abraham, " some ham-gravy, and some egg, and some h?m'ny." . " Help him, Chaney. What'll yoi ? have, Isaac?" . . " I'll have some ham-gravy, anc some hbmny, and some 6assidge,- anc some spare-rib, and some-" " Well, you are not going to hav< everything on the table, I assure you What do you want?" " I want some ham-gravy and somi hom'ny." * . " John, help I-" "No! ?don't "want no gravy ; '. want some spare-rib." " John, give him-" "No ! I don't want no spare-rib I want some sassidge." . " Well, if you don't make up you , mind pretty quick, you'll want, you breakfast, I tell you. I'm not goinj j to bo tantalised all day long by you L wants'. Say what you want and hav ) done with it." " I want - some ham-gravy, an some sassidge and some hom'ny." " Help him,. John." Johnnelped him tc about a tefl spoonful from each dish, a " Now, ma, just look at Bud John ', He hain't gi' me jist these three lil tie bits o' bits." "John, ff you can't keep from tar talising the children, tell me so, an I'll not trouble you to help them an more. I confess that I am at a los j to discover what pleasure one of you J nge can take in teasing your youngc h brothers. Rebecca, what do yo ! want?" I want my pig-tail, mama." " Bless mysou?m?. body ! haven you forgot that pig-tail ' yet ? It i burnt up long" ago, I hope. Loo! ? Bob,;and Bee.) and if it isn't, give ----?^-i--? to', her.. I wish in my heart I never.was a pig-t?il upon the fa the, earth." Bob produced the half-okarred tail, and laid it on Miss Bebe plate. ' " There," continued hermother hope now your heart's at ease beautiful dish it is, truly, for mortal''.to take a fancy to." " Ma, I don't want this pig-t " Take it away; I knew you d: want it, you little perverse bral knew you didn'f want it; ac don't'know what got into me t you have it. But, really, I ai tormented out of my life that, . the tinm. I hardly know whether standing oh my head or my heels " Missis," said Chaney, " Aunt '. eas say please make Miss Louisa c out de kitchen. Say if you d make her come out de .fire, herT burnt up d'rekly: Say every t she tell her come out de fire, ' make a moui at her." '"Why, sure enough! where Louisa? Go and tell her to corni her breakfast this instant." " I" did tell, her, ma'am ; and she won't eome till she gits done kin' ber cake." < Mrs. Butler left the rooL-, and s returned with Louisa sobbing ? crying. " Aunt Dorcas jerked me hare ever sh? could jerk, before I did a thing at all to her." . "Hold your tongue I You'n pretty thing to be making mouth! a person old enough to be y Grandmother. If I'd thought wi gave you that lump of doughj t the whole plantation was to be tun upside down about it, I'd have you don? without it." Miss Louisa, after a little sobb and pouting, drew from her apro' small, dirty, ashy, black, wrinkl burnt biscuit, warm from the kitel shovel, which would have been j precisely the accompaniment to M Rebecca's dish-and upon thw, preference to everything on t?h? tal she commenced her repast. " Well, Lou," said the mother w a laugh as she cast her eye upon t unsightly biscuit " you certainly fia a strange taste." Everybody knows that the mothe laugh is always responded .to *wi compound interest by all her childr* So was it in this instance, and go humor prevailed around the table. "I'm sorry," said Abraham," i Louisa's b-i.-s, bis, k-i-t, kit bisket." " Well, really !" said Mrs. B:, " y are a handsome speller. Is that t way you spell biscuit " I can spell it, ma," bawled c Isaac. "Well, spell it." "B-i-s, bis, c-(Well, that's rigl " Ah, well ! that'll do. You need) go any further-you've missed worse than your brother. Spell William." William spelled it correctly. " Ma,'.' said George-what is bisa. derived from?" John.-" From the French-I twice, and cud baked." Butler-" Rather, from two Lat words, which mean the same thing one of which the French have chang' as we have it, while they have pi served the" other unaltered." ,. William-" Why, ma, you dor bake biscuits twice over." Abraham:-" Yes, ma does som times, don't you, ma, when comp ny comes?" Motlier-" NQ-I sometimes war over cold ones, when I haven't tir to make fresh ones-but never ba them twice." Buller-"They were first made carry to sea-and they were thi baked twice over, a*? I believe se biscuit still are." Isaac-" Ma, what's breakfa 'rived from?" Mother-" Spell it, and you wi see." Isaac.-" B-r-e-a-k, break, f-u-s fust, break-fust !" Mother-" Well, Ike, you're anoth grand speller. Break fastis the wor not break-/MS?." Abraham-" I kiiow what it com from." Mother-" What?" Abraham-" You know, when ye call us chillen to breakfast, wo ? break off, and run as fast as we cf split." Mother.-" Well, that is a brillia] derivation,, truly. Do. you suppo 1 there wasn't breakfast befo.-e you chi i dren were born ?" Abraham.-" But,, ma, everyboc" ! has children." Mrs. Butler explained the term. Issaac.-"-"i/Ma, I know what sa 1 sidr/e.comes from." 'Mother:-" What ?" I Isaac.-" Cause it's got sass in it I Mother.-" Well, there, there, thei ? Tve got enough of derivations, unie ?. they are better. You'll learn allthei . things as you grow older." Just here, Miss Sarah, who ht s been breakfasting at a side-table, wi seized with a curiosity to see wb was on the breakfast table. -Ai I pordincly, she undertook to dra herself up to the convenient elev. ? tion by the table-cloth. Her mothi ; arrested her just in time to save . cup, and gashed her aside with a cei r tie admonition. This did not aba r Miss Sarah's, curiosity in the leas n and she recommenced hor exper r ment. Her mother, removed her e little more emphatically ' this tim These little interruptions only fire ? Miss Sarah's zeal, and she was r turning to the charge with redou . led energy, when she ran her chee L. against tue palm of her mather hand, with a rubificent force. Awa I she wont to her grandmother, oryin^ IJ. " Gram'ma, Ma whipped your pre tons, darlin' angel baby." i- "Did she, my darling,? The d Grandma's precious, darling ang< y must be a good child, and moth* is won't whip it any more." ir " Well, I will bo a dood child." ?r " Well, then, mother won't whi ai it any more." And this-c?nference was kept n on both sides, until the grandraoth( t deemed it1 exp?dient to remove Mil 8 j Sarah tonn adjoining room, lest th ^? . mother should insist upon thc imm< it ' diafce fulfilment of her promises, "Ma, just look at Ab? * cried : William : A he paw me g?mV to t a biscuit, .and he. snatched up very one I was going to tape." "Aber said' the mother, "I? wish I could make you.^quit ni naming each other-and X,' wish m .that I had never set you t^eexamj ?ut down.that biscuit, $g and t another'." ... Abraham returned the^tiscuit, ? William took it up vvith^^a sly 1 triumphant giggle at.Abrafram. ' ' Ma, ' ' said. Abraham,^? Bill .s God. durn." . .; >f " Law-what a.. story \? Ma, I clare I never said . no such a -thin Yes you did, and Chaney bet you."- j ?j William s countenace imm?diat showed that his memorw'had j be refreshed ; and he drawled out, ' never none now," with an tone a countenance that plainl?'imjjari guilt to some -extent. Sis motl suspected he was hiiiging'.'npon te< nics, and she put :the probing qu tion, " Well, what did 'you'say P fl said I'd be tWtl/W'.'ui'ri." " And that's just as, ibad. ! A Butler, you positively wilt '.have ' take this boy in hand.. He evinces strong propensity to pro|ane swe? ing, which, if . n?t corrected imn diately will become ungovernable " Whenever you cau'trnanagehh said Butler, as before, "justturn h over to me, and I reckon I can cn him." It is due to Butler here to stal that it was mutually understood h tween him and; -his wife, that h credit was not staked upon these ge eral drafts, and therefore he did >: feel himself bound to honor them but whenever she valued on him ( the merchants say,) for a speci amount, or a special purpose, her bi wero never dishonored. . "When did he say it?" inquin the mother, returning tb-r,Abrahai " You know that time you sent ? us chillen to the new ground to; pii peas?" " Why, that's beei three mont ago, at least, and you've ?just th?ug now of telling it. Oh, you malicio toad, you-where do you learn bear malice so long? j. abhor th trait of character in a child." ( " Ma," said Bill, " Abe hain'^ his prayers for three nights." A*be and Bill just exactly swa; places and countenances]! "Yes," said the mother, "and suppose I should nevera have-.jheai of that, if Abraham haA-uot told your profanity." "I know better," dragged : 01 Abraham, in reply to William, j " Abraham," said the^pther, sc ?mnly, " did you kneeljjpwn whe you said your prayers last night?" " Yes, ma'am," said Abrahai brightening a little. "Yes, ma," continued Bill, "1 kneels down, and 'fore I say 'Now lay me down to sleep,' he jumps 1 every night ?nd hops in bed and sa< he's done said his: prayers, arid) hain't had time to sav half a prayer During this narrative niyaamesal kept cowering under tho steadfa frown of bis mother, until he tran formed himself into the perfect > pe Bonification of idiocy. - . " How many, prayers did you ss last night, Abraham ?" pursued tl mother, in an Awfully porteutoui ton " I said one, and"-(here Abraha paused.) " One, and what ?" . "One, and piece of t'other one." "Why, ma, he couldn't ha' said to save his life, for he hadn't time" " Hush, sir, I don't ask for yoi assistance." " I did," muttered Abraham, " said t'other piece after I got in bed "Abraham/' said his mothek- " declare I do not know what to s?y you. I am so mortified, so shacko at this conduct, that I am complete! at a loss how to express myself ab )i it. Suppose you had died last nigl after trifling with your prayers J you did, who can say what wou have became of you ? Is it possib that you cannot spend a few minufc in prayer to your Heavenly Fathe who feeds you, who clothes you, ar who gives you. every good thing ye haVe 111 the world ! You poor sinf child, I could w?ep over yoii." Poor Abraham evinced siich dee contrition u?der this lecture, (for 1 sobbed as if his heart, would break that his mother deemed ic prudent conclude with suasives, which she d in the happiest manner. Havjng thus restored Abraham equanimity iuameasure, with a gen ly encouraging smile she continu?e . '..And now, Abraham,.tell yoi mother how you came to gay a pa .of the se?ond prayer." "I could'nt go to sleep till I sa . it, ma'am." ' '' r " Well that is a good sign, at leas And what part was it ?" 1 " God bless my father and mother MrV. Butler felt quickly for b handkerchief. It bad fallen jfr? i her lap, and she'was glad'bf ft.' ; ?fr i depressed her head below the ?ab fe in search of it, dismissed the ohildre before she raised it, and then ira r with . a countenance suffused, iwil . smiles and tears. . . r " Poor babies," said' she, " what i compound of good and bad th? ? are/' " J ; I' i The grandmother. returned just 1 , this time and discovering' some, m . easiness * at Mrs. Butler's; .tears,, tl <. latter explained. 'Aa she! conclude .: " The Lord bless the poor'dear boy 1 exclaimed.the venerable matron, rai - in" her apron to her eyes, ''"that sho\ - he s got a good heart. No dangar < k the ciiild that can't sleep tflrfye pira s for his father and mother."'' j ; j A. B. LoNQ8TEEirr. A Kentuckian has kufjefy hipisi at tho early age of 90 bj drinking a pi il of whiskey daily for tho brief period I thirty years, and the temperance pre lj points to bia untimely end as ap illusU tion of how swiftly retribution follow vicious course. ^ A nico young man In Portion Maine, kept looking into 'the Vlndqw P a parried lady until ho Baw her shake r i hankerchlef, when he called at her rooi 18 After being picked up at the bottom e the stairs, and h av i nc his bones sot, -was explained that ?. (e waa only shaki some apple-parings from a napkin* The Narrow Gange Bail .-. ii: -J. '?? . ' HISTORY OP THE INITIAL : GAUGE ROAD ' IN V??JJE? {English Cor. Philadelphia I . FESTiNioq, J??rth Wales, 1 . NO. 3-COST OF CONSTRTJC; . I said in-my last' letter t cost of constructing broad gai ways had in too many cases ri the sp?culations financia]' i ?nd so had discouraged, ho a c rabie extent, the further* 3evel of the ' railway system, but clear, and general apprehensioi fact that narrow g?rige lines equal, to the accommodation of trafile likely .'to come upon thei .be built at about half the coatj of the ordinary gauge, must h effect of mducing,;capitalista t< much more freely.; in the w railway extension.. . It rests with me now to < strate that there will be such a as I have mentioned.. Andauere it will b% well for' defin? what I mean by a narrow line. Do I mean a line of the gauge'fis the Festiniog Rai ertainly not. The Festiniog way, as I have shown, is ?capa doing a vast amount of wof goods trafile upon it almost that upon the "London and ! western Railway, one of our flourishing lines ; but yet it undoubtedly be improv?d by a extra width ; the passenger car especially Svould be much imj thereby ; and, probably, if tb had be?n originally planned for senger railway, it would have set out to. a somewhat wider ? Other, railways, whiqh may claiin the title " narrow gauge," up to a. gauge of three feefsix i or*thr?e feet seven inches* but ful calculation has shown , tha feet niue inches or.three feet i maximum .gauge of'which the bi lit iee can bo made fully aval This is a question.^depending p pally upon the construction c rolling stock, pf -which I shall ht say more afterwards ; at prese will be sufficient to give the rest the calculation without entering the oalculation itself. We will then, two feet nine inches as om row gauge. " Supposing that two peri straight and perfectly levellines constructed'side by side, one < feet-9-inch.es gauge, and one 0 " standard," or 4-feet' 8 1-2-ii ^auge, there would be an unmis ble saving in favor of the na gauge. I am aware that it has argued that there would not. carriages on a narrow, gauge wi] considerably wider in. proportio the gauge than upon a broad g line (as 1 shall have occasion to ] out subsequently), and it has c quently'been said that if the carr are almost as wide on a narrow 1 a broad gauge .there cihi be' '. saying in .constructing ihe for Thc width of the line itself, consequently, the cost of it, wi] nearly .the Kjime in both, cases, first sight this would seem to b< but it must be. evident that, with narrow gauge, shorter sleepers wi required, and with .shorter alee the formation will be narrow?r ;. t the formation (which is the areal drained), being narrower, the wj ways on both sides will be narri too, and the whole width of the will consequently be considerably th >n where the rails have to be : further apart. In the first pl then, the narrow gauge implie caving of about twenty-five per c in the purclffcse of the. right of 1 and a saving to that extent in cost of formation altogether maj calculated upon. ' Next, lighter : and sleepers and less ballasting : be adopted, for the locomotives trucks will be very much lessin we than those on the broad gauge, some cases where' the' narrow gc has been adopted, too light a rain have been laid down, but jt will seen,'I, think, when I come to ei more particularly into the questio rolling stock, that a very great ductioh may safely be made in weight of the rail -below that wi ? is required for the broad gajige li The "saving in permanent way, th (. fore.'may, without doubt, be put d< at 30 per cent. Bridges, culvc stations, warehouses, engine and v , onsheds, and buildings of all desc tion? will be somewhat smaller'* , the saying under this Jiead, tho '. not very largo, will still be appre I ble and worthy of consideration. the rolling stock, top, which may I includedin the. original cost of line, there will be a considerable ? ing. It ia sometimes argued that, the carriages and trucks will be sm . er and- lightery they will carry '. r loads, ana therefore-a greater num . will be required to accommodate 3 samp1 traffic; so that there can be 3 saving under this Jipad. ? ?iope . show, however, when we come toe s sider the comparative cost of Wo a inc traffic on . the two gauges, t this is ah error. The truth is' tl a the carriages arid trucks pn the br< v gauge lines are tqo lame and too ket for tne loads w?ri?ji. they parr? a t rule, and, tue same number of ligh and smaller vehicles would do all 1 '' work. "The trains, therefore, on I narrow.gauge line, instead, of bei '> longer than on the broad gauge, v ! be shorter, each carriage or tn ,B heing shorter than those now in g?i (? ral use, and yet parrying as great ,8 load. Th}* same consecration c poses of the argument sometimes j forwardrto the effect that' on a n row gauge railway longer aidin stations, warehouses, &c, will bp n .5 essary to accommodate the lpnj trains. If the trains themselves, ta . ?e.no lpnge?, %re is an sniuf tl ? .matter. Assuming, however, for t a present, that more vehicles and lc ger sidings, eic., would be required . a narrow, gauge rail way,- there, woi i,. still be a saving of ?bout twenty-ti of per cent., in favor of the narrow 01 i a the broad gauge, if, as I have sa the two lines were constructed side of side, and both perfectly straight a it perfectly leyej, . ag But railways? unfortunately, 1 nether straight nor level; and dire ly we get away from those date comparison in cost of contruction much more in favor of'the na ga,uge, and this .in a constantly creasing ratio as'the character ol country approaches to thnt of m tainous. : . jhis arises from the fact that cu . of much smaller radius may be kc ed on a narrow gauge than ar? p hie on a broad gauge.. It is nea ry that the wheel-base of a carr i ^-that is, the distance from ax should be at least twice the widtl the gauge over which it is run, <5t wise the carriage-gets an awkw unsteady, wriggling motion/'-'hei pleasant -nb.r advantageous. M featly, the wheel-base of carriagei a 2*foot*9-inch gauge can be m shorter than a4-foot-8-l-2-inch ga and the carriage will pass, will any - friction or the flanges of wheels, rouud much sharper cur the drag friction is reduced in a's: lar manner. . Any one examir the wheels of a locomotive or tr on a rail way'of the " standard" ga cannot fail to see that, not only soles but the flanges of the wh are,polished by friction', making plain that the flange friction, even passing round the curves which set, out for their accommodation .very great. On the Festiniog line, the contrary, notwithstanding marvellously sharp and continui recurring curves, the trains el along them with perfect ease, and .flanges . of the wheels are, positiv .rusted. It is easy to see?that this powei adopt curves of small radius gi the engineer of the narrow gai railway an immense advantage, setting-out his line. He may foll the course of a river or the conti of a mountain side with compar?t ease. He may double out of the w of heavy gradients, long viaduc deep cuttings, expensive t??nols,*a wind his way to his -desired termii with a'consequent saving-which some cases is enormous. Jn the ci of the Festiniog Railway a careful si vey has been made, and it has been fo that to construct a 4-feet-8 1-2-incl gaug? line betWeen the same poii would cost just eight tintes as much the present line did,' and five and half times as much as a line of 2-f< 9-incheB gauge would' have cost, haye already remarked upon the fd that though the line runs for all course through rocky and irregul country, there is remarkably titi filling, cutting.and tunneling. As< tion, however, of the country throuj which a line of the" standard".gau must pass (setting out the curves due proportion to the cixisting one shows that these heavy items in t cost of construction would be mul plied to an astonishing extent. It will be admitted, I tliink, th to have constructed a line of " stan -ard," gauge in such a case as tl would have been the extremest foll In any case, be it remembered, it . only a question of degree :. to spei ?10,000 where ?2,000 would furni .all that is required is foolish ; to spei ?4,000 where ?2,000 would suffice oniy a less degree of folly. Promoters of railways and inte ding shareholders will do well to be this in mind. I hope to show th i narrow gauge railways offer other ar yet greater advantages over those i broader gauges, but this alone, tl vast difference in the cost of constru ? tion, is sufficient to. settle the grei ? question whether a railway shall pc i or not. What that difference will 1 1 depends entirely upon the charact p of the country through which tl t railway passes. In a perfectly fl? country the saving, would be about ; fourth ; in an ordinary country fro ? a third to a half; .in an exceptioi i ally rough country very considerabl j more ; but in any case sufficient i r . turn the scales of profit and loss. 1 -The general public, too, will c t well to consider tho same fact. I bi i lieve that in some cases where a na ? row gauge line has been projecte r 'there has been an antagonistic feelii: } on the part-of the people in the di r trict-through which it has been pr f posed that it should pass. Sharir - the unfounded prejudices of -son ? engineers; they haye fancied that,, i i losing the broad gauge^ they woul ,. be losing some , advantage or othe - which they cannot .define, and the i have been indisposed to be contd i, with .what has been offered then - Such would see, I think-if the - . wotild fairly consider this question i i the cost of construction-that it h not always a question of broad gau? ,- or narrow gauge, but a question i u railway or no railway. We need ni e take long to choose between the t\yi e . '" ; ? -????? ? - If Yon Can/t Braise Your Neighbc S Don't Name Him at ail. IS BY FRANCIS S. SMITH. r . ' -- e In our judgment, of ochers, W? moria 0' afop?one To talk of their, faults without hoedlr 0 pur own i l- And thia little rule should be treasure ? ? by *H; r u Jr you can"tpraise your neighbor, ddn *V naine him at all.'" it d Men's1 deeds are compounded'of gjoi and shame, . . J .And surely 'tis sw cet W to praise than I a; blame--i. . >r Perfection has-never been known sim the Fall " If youcan'tpraise your neighbor, don a name him at all.' ' f| Remember, ye cynics, th? moto fyjd tl tf beam- ' :k Pause in your fl^cfluding and ponder tl a. ?ie?'tt-, " Who has the least charity, quickest wi a - fell 8- "If you can't praiseyetarneighbor, don it name him at all." r" If we would hui endeavor our own, feui 8, to mend, tu We'd haye all (he work to which v oould attend. W Then, let' us. be open to Charity's call lu If you can't praise your neighbor, doti 'ofr name him at all." ie . - , ' 1H*" .* n.' $?}~ " What is the annual corn crop ?jQ Kentucky?" asked a foreign tourist j? a Kentuckian, "I. can't exactly say V? roD?ed'tho Kentuckian; ";but I kno ^ it's enough to. mak*c all tho whiskey v j want, besides what is wasted for bread Ul -:_i , ,^| , r by ?&- Mary,, the -only ;daughter ?f. tl n4 Russian Czar, is engaged; td be marrii w the Prince of Orange, heir of the crov ire bf Holland. No'cards- atleastwenavei ct? i received any, . [From Pomeroy's Democrat Free do ID of Speech Deni Mr. Jefferson Pavia han i upon' the great questions of th' and especially upon that vital tion of forcing the Democratic under the bann?rs of the Repu Democratic papers have afr him for his utterances, as if h no right to speak his thoughts free country,, Mr. Davis has. forfeited no ri opinion, and it is as decorous fe to give counsel to his Southern eren as for Mr. Greeley to deli Gal veston an-essay upon the p: duties and past crimes of the ? ern people. Mr. Greeley,-who could not by his presence startle a Ku from its ambush, stood bail foi Davis when he was to be trie high treason, and the spectacle i .ther' a.singular one of Mr. Davii released prisoner, and Mr. .Gr* the releaser, raising their voici the section ove'r which the ic presided during a period of mil revolution, and .which tho latter s willing to serve in the Preside chair during a period of r?volu ized peace. . ' The Democratic "papers, espec of .New York-1-papers fitfully ii ging in hilarious antics of Democ at one time and instantly shuf into the trace of Republicanis 'attack Mr. Davis because ie ml proclaim himself what a Fee .Court failed to designate him, a tor, and because he has with won ful wisdom and characteristic c age, informed the Southern ' pe that nothing of political .right, settled by these bloody mouth pi of force, the cannon of Northern mies. Mr. Davis goes no further on question of State rights than Ma chusetts would go to-day, and gone in days gone-by, or ex-Govi or Seymour threatened when he dared that no citizen of New Y should pass the ?ypit of the State violence to a "Federal draft. He goes no further in ? yindicai the.sovereignty of the, States' t did the Democratic convention wt nominated Governor Seymour for Presidency in opposition to Gem GranL ' . . . .. . He goes no further than' Gent Blair, whose speeches have been p lished as electioneering document; New Hampshire and Connecticut. The favorite neophyte of th Democratic journals, Carl Sehr stands upon the same .ground oe pied by Mr. Davis with reference State rights, and no word other tl of praise is bestowed upon him, : Greeley himself-ultra in all thin even to self political*stultificatiori 1861 and long" before-upheld a m rigid interpretation of State rig than Mr. Davis now ventures to. sert, and every Legislature of \ Northern State.?-and. there was oi One exception-proclaimed their s< ereignty to the verge of civil war their personal li hefty bills, *when they sol?mny' entered their oppositi to ?he enactments of the Federal C< gress. Mr. Davis simply says that t situation to-which this country v conducted by force is not a politii philosophical result but a base, bc catastrophe of superior against weaker physical power. But he advises no resistance force to what he considers the unji interpretation of the results of t war, and urges nothing in behalf the South that is not urged day day by Northern papers for t North. Some of- those papers threi I ened to drive the troops station here at the last election into the -h of New York. Now., the presence those troops, so fatal to liberty time of peace, was a hatuTAr rest of the war, one of.the tainted e crescences- c.f the dead- issues, .ai when its noxious vapors became u pleasant to Democratic nostrils hei they were for making it a cause violent collision with the Gover ment. . . -, But if a Southern statesman, .or free, journal of the - North, spea against allowing other equally noxio dead issues to remain upon the boi politic; they are assailed by ihat sp cies of Billingsgate which sprin from an intimate connection wi things that piuify in .the mark ?place, What Mr. Davis was and what I is, is a matter of history, and no m; can point to a solitary st^in upon 1 personal character, cr- to a word th can be miscoustucted into .treas? against constitutional liberty, howev otfensjiv? it may be to party hac whetting.their appetites for iiubou ded'plunder. Ure*iiies and Levities. fi?~ A Georgia lawyer wanted a w 1 ness to illustrate how an assault-w . committed. After he had lost moat of* his hair', been kicked double, 1 ? clothes torn and his head put on him, . tho't he understood i tx A young gentleman who had ji warrie la little beauty says she wo u ' have been taller; but she is made of sh >. precious materials that, nature cxnilcb alford it. . One who ia, perhaps, a little t b critical say? that a majority of the cou try preachers .could burn quite as well j tho. old religious martyrs-they are a Jg**" An indiscrept youth hi Cairo,' h 1 been fined for vtetently kissing ti bchoolma'am, She was so homely tb . the Judge aa*d there was absolutely ) excuse for him. s 'tgT A darky who witnessed the expl Q sion of a shell for the fi rs t "tim o exclair ed: " See dar ! hell hab laid an egg." ? gar There is a young lady in Camd< studying'Latin. She luis a beau. .1 asked her what sic transit gloria mun )f meant. She translated it, "Come at see me on Monday." ? $3S~ A parson, reading the funeral se tr vices at the grave,, forgot the sex pf tl re deceased, and asked one of thc mournei ??; an Emeralder, "Ia this a brother or sister ?" ' " Nather," replied Pats * only 16 cousin." |d Jt3~ A Kansas City husband gave h Tr wife $400 to .buy Christmas presents f ft herself. She.selected a young- clerk ai wo railroad ticket?. g?r It is'in vain to hope to please all .alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction'he will, he must necessa rily turn his? back on one-half j>f th J world. ^Sr " Here's to internal improve ments!" as Dobbs said when he swal lowed a dose of salts. ??fr A Vick.sburg.uaan Who set a spring gun in his chicken hoiise found himself a widower ? few hours afterward. He says he will tell his second wife when he puts a gun there again.. -.?cv? ? CAPTUREOF A WILD MAN.-Some; time before the 17th of kst monthj the attention of persons living near the line of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and in the neighborhood of Backbone Cut, had been directed to a colored man, who seemed to be dodging abeu? the woods and unwil ling to be seen.. On-Wednesday week he approached too hear the hands of Mr.. Mason, who were at work on the railroad, who, to their astonish ment fou?d'the man to be as naked as wheo he came into the world. He was arrested hy them, bot fail ed to answer .a single question, he being either unable or unwilling. Every motion and gesture, and the. expression of the fellow's eyes, proved conclusively that he was not only an idiot but perfectly .wild.' He was en tirely unable to giva an -account of himself, and did not even know his name. The only eo.und he could make resembled the jabber of mon keys. He was taken in charge, and tho proper authorities will probably sena him to a lunatic asylum:-Rich mond, Va., Dispatch. SALUDA HOUSE. MRS*. R. B. BOULWARE respectful ly announces to the Edgefield public that she has opened the SALUDA HOUSE, and will use every exertion to please all who may favor her with their patronage. She solicits the encouragement of her friends. JKJ-Board by the Day, Week or Month atas low figures as can possibly be af forded. " Edgefield, May?) tf 23 SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S. C. THIS Delightful Watering Place will be open for Visitors, June 1st, 1871. Being situated in the Northern part of the State, in a section, remarkable for de lightful climate, beaury and heathfulness, together with the virtues of its waters, make it one of the most desirable water ing places to be found. The Medicinal qualities of this water are sec excelled, and aro a sovereign remedy for all Female Diseases-all Dis eases of long standing-Diseases of the Liver, Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder, Stomach, Eruptions of the Skin, Scrofu la, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Dropsy, Sy philis, <fcc. Arrangements will bo made to accom modate a large number of visitors. The best Music will be in attendance to enliven tho Ball Room. Fancy Balls during tho Season. Ten Fin Alloy, Billiard Saloon and Cro quet for the amusement of the guests. A Livery wilt be kept at moderate charges. CHARGES. $2,50 per day. $30 to $45 per month, ac cording to room. Cottages to Rent at 825 to $50 for Season. Stages from Jonesville direct to Hotel. W. D. FOWLER, Proprietor. June 7 lm ? 24 J. M. NEBLETT. I W. H. GOODRICH CottonGrin MAM'FACTORY. HP HE Undersigned respectfully an .1 nounce to the people of Edgefield aid adjoining Counties, that they ai a still engaged in the manufacture of Cot? on Sins, Of the well-known and highly approved OGLESBY PATTERN. MR. NEBLETT, who has fourteen years' practical experience in making these GINS, will give his personal atten tion to the business, and Ave feel confi dent of giving entire satisfaction to those favoring us with their orders. EVERY GIN WARRANTED. : Old Gins RENOVATED or REPAIR ED in the best manner. , t NEBLETT & GOODRICH, At Goodrich's Machine Works. < ?5?5-Capt. LEWIS JONES, of Edge field,-is our authorized Agent, and all or Uers received by him' will meet with promut attention. May 2 5m 19 3. PARKER. B. H. TEAGUE. PARKER & TEAGUE, DENTISTA1 . EDGEFIELD, S. C. O'rricK n?xt to Masonic Hall on Westside Mar .15 Om 12 BOOTS~AT?D SHOES! MADE TO ORDER OR REPAIRED. All work well done at reasonable pri ces, out of the best Leather, and by com petent workmen. . Give me a trial/and I wiR give you a good fit Terms Cash. . S*. H. MANGET. ' June 7 J ' ' " tf 24 OIL! ?itX ? BARRELS KEROSENE OIL, very superior in quality, and for sale cheap, by . MARKERT &, CLISBY. June 7 tf ,24 Lost, ON Saturday morning, the- 17th inst, between myresidenco abd Edgefield C. H., a large sized POCKET BOOK, containing $1x1 in- Greenbacks, in five, ten and twe?ty.doljar bills, and A few one1 and two .dollar bills. Also, two receipts in my favor,-?nc given by G. W. Turner and the other by P. G. Horn. I will pay a liberal reward for the re covery of said Packet Book and contents on delivery to myself, Or at the Adverti ser Office. JAS: L. DOW. Jrne.21 2t ( 28 . Stray mule. ON the 29th May I took up at my r lan talion a stray MARE HULE. Said Mule is of a dark eolor. rather groy abo ut .the head, and supposed to be 10 or 12 years old. " The owner.will please come forward, prove prpperty, pay charges and tak? .said Mule away. JOHN MILLS CLARKE. Beech Island, Juno 21 '3t 28 Patent Medicines. JUST Received ? large and 'fresh as sortment of PATENT MEDICINES d' all kinds. . > ? G. L. PENN; Druggist; May24 . . tf 22 . . Cleansing Ffctid. rpHE Best Preparation,in.use for taking' I. out all "kinds of Grease Spots. G. L. PENN'S DRUG STORE. Apr 28 tf I?