Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 29, 1871, Image 2
Cumulative Voting.
From the Anderson Intelligencer.
Mr.. EDITOR : The Report from the Ex
ecutive Committee, on the subject of cu
mulative voting, was reached in your last
issue. It claims attention from its impor
tance, as well as from the fact that an ef
fort will be made to engraft this plan upon
our election system. The report was well
written, and doubtless well presented by
Col. Thomas.
The report assumes that tho system of
mere majority rul?is defective : that its
abuser are flagrant : that there is a neces
sity tbr its modification, and that some ef
fective organism must lie devised for the
protection of minorities. It further as
sumes that the true office of suffrage is to
cottee! the'Sense ot the whole community,
and illustrates this point. The report
, .^i^y*?MtV& s}'?tem would alleviate
' many evils incident to our present abnor
mal erudition ; that if the dominant.par ty
grants this reform, it will widen the circle
?of pea. e. Finally, that majorities change;
therei'o re, it may be the best policy for
Republicans in the future, as well as the
hi ches!, wisdom for thc present.
When considering any question, we
?hould be sure we know what that ques
tion is. Cumulating means heaping up.
Cumulative voting, then, is heaping votes
upon cae or more candidates, to the ex
clusion of others, when several men are
to be voted for, to fill the same position!
The substance of the arguments advanced
in .-up )ort of this plan, as especially ap
plicaob to South Carolina, has been given,
ust ih?m be brieflv considered.
In logical reasoning, several general pro
nosticas are laid dovrn to Serve as a basis
ior the argument. If these are granted
to bet .rue, it is not difficult to make a clear
ease. ' If these leading propositions do not
hold good under examination, then the
rcasdrn r has failed to prove his point. In
thc- CM.-?, under consideration, it is claimed
. ".that the system of mere majority rule is.
defective. This is true in the abstract,
of? course, .for there is nothing on this
earth ia which human beings nave any
agency, that is not defective. If perfection
be the thing aimed at, the whole idea is a
dream. We look to the naked"despotisms of,
. the East, and to the modified despotisms of
Europe, and then at our own country. We
. . at once see, that so long as the government
is properly and justly, administered, we
aro in?imtely in advance of any of them.
If our law3*are sufficient in themselves, to
secure us justice ?nd protection, wc want
no changes in them. It is principles thal
need correcting. It political morality and
true patriotism are at a low ebb, and bat!
man creep into office to plunder and out
rage the people, we must strike at the root
of thee vu. In South Carolina, for in
stance, Wc must no; corrupt the Legisla
ture, to secure special legislation, andthen
denounce it for doing our own work. Com
mon report says that there are members o:'
the Legislature who have been corrupted,
that ist paid for their votes. But in that
body, even as now constituted, there are
go'o-.i men j and if no outside " influences"
had been brought to bear, it might have
. done better. It is hard to believe any
thing true and manly of men who will
sell themselves ; but at least, it is not too
late for the' corrupt ones to unite with
right-minded members, in measures for the
public good. A mau must be a fool, a3 well
as knave,, who will twice allow himself to
be made a tool first, and then a scapegoat.
By all this I have tried to show that it
is men who are wrong in their principles,
and that it is not our majority system
which is to blame. The ' same facts ?ff-set
the pleas'of its flagrant abuses, and the
necessity for its modification. As to an
?' etfective organism" for the protection of
minorities, it may be answered that the
laws of our country know no difference in
the citizens of our country. They are
intended to throw the broadshield of pro
tection over all par? ?es, all sexes, all colors
and all classes, if there is a man in South
Carolina who is deprived of any political
right, in violation of law. let him appeal
to the Courts. If one tribunal does not
redress his grievance, let him appeal lo the
highest in the State. If that does not
avail, let him appeal to the highest legal
tribunal tn the land-the Supreme Court
of the United States-one ot the three co
ordinate branches of the general govern
ment. If there is such a. man, he must
fail there before he ought to say that our
. system, in itself, ana as an organisrn.
fulls to protect even a minority of one.
I ?emoerot as I am, and expect to be, while
thai party retains its principles. I, for one
do .not want changes made in our political
structure. It is enough if the Democratic
party will show to the people of this Stat
that all they desire is an honest, faithfu
and unselfish discharge of official duties
l>y members of their own party, as well a
by Republicans. If we can counsel togeth
er, and ccU'men into the offices, who will
lay thean iown with clean hands, and clea
eonscicnts?s, when their terms expire, w
will fear? met the demands of thc hon
it we "co to it that the D?mocratie part
bs true ajad honest,-patriotic and unselfish
the d?y is near at hand when no part
i;ifh,misound menin the lead, and un
sound principles at its heart, can stand
.be&ro it : not even in South .Carolin!
thou; :h sho retain her ". mere' majority
system;
It certainly is theofuc? of sum-age to
collect t ??.y sense of the whole community
An ilir.s!;:r.'on given in "the report is
community of two hundred voters, wh
elect four representatives. Under the cu
mulative plan, assuming that the commu
nfty was cnbaUr.-divided politically, .cac'!
narfy w ''-'-ld elect two represc'htativesj 1
? one supposition is m order, another
equally so. Lot us suppose that in
State lhere is a ?difference' of only a few
votes petreen the parties: Under th
proposed system, each party would c-;ec
an equoj) Lumber of representatives. Then
if neitKerTwould yield, there would be
dead lock, and the" public interests would
suffer! . Under our present system, on the
contrary, a preponderance of only one vote
w olid .- 'niewhere give one party a major
i ty, and thus the machinery of governmen
would move along. It is granted tba
neivhe? supposition is worth a great deal
but one is?ertainly as good as the other
Another illustration is the supposition
. tua?, e community has five thousand Dem
o?rats, and nine thousand Republicans
.".n aggregate of fourteen thousand vo
tors. The Democrats could calculate their
strength, and elect one of three represen
datives. Ly cumulating their votes, the;
1 -ould g?v? a nominee 15,000 votes. Ir
I ke manner, the Republicans could give
t.vo nominees 13,500 vote; each. Now,
tho'point iou Tfit to be established is, that
this is the heit wav to collect the sense of
the community. Then must wc say that
a communitv where the Democrats wen
' 4.00C in the minority, under the majority
system, and 12,000 in the minority under
the cumttla.ive System, has gone" Demo
cratic by 1,500 majority ? How shall we
send out ou : voie to the world ? Must we
tell them'that the figures which represent
the relative strength of parties are not rea!
and true at al!, but must be divided by
three or by two, as the case- may. be, to
show ?he rea? vote? Finally, can We our
selves believe that we have fairly express
ed the relative.rttrength of parties, when
'.ne of them, with 5,000 votes, has cast
i5,000 votes for one man ? This way of
counting votes reminds U3 of the way we
used to count Confederate money. If some
old? r?volu: on arv soldier still lingered
among.us, he too would be set to thinking
of thc old%ccr,Line:ital currency ! This all
shows us s%or.?. of the practical workincs
of the propose I?tem. Our present-sys
tem gives risv to ,. >thing of tbekinel. Will
the people ev r raderstand another sys
tem as well ;? - the y understand it?
To conclud - Wi ?h the report-, it asserts
that cumulative voting would alleviate
many evils indent to our "presentab
normal conch! in.'' It would .have, been
well t?mame some of these .evils those,
I meari,' winch belong to our present sys
tem alone, and do not depend upon the
ly.v political morals of 'our present rulers.
It would not have been amiss to he plain,
antVtohnveto-dus how the " circle of peace"
will be widened by adopting this plan. It
is clear that under it. some would get into
om??iJf^.haveT?o chance- as "matters now'
?Stand, ?n^y. would indeed be brought into
' tho ".eis&fr of-peace" but some others who
have to be crowded out of offices they hold,'
ot-nspir?'-teHl'jld? in order to make room
for the new-coming devotees' of^peace,"
would refuse to Le peuceabk\ .Of course, it
woola make' a'disturbance to '^put them:
^o'iit'."- jSfoPto??flte*! " circle"" widened in.
one tb^-tf?n/./it . would; be refracting in
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another. As to tue best policy of the Re
publicans in the future, &c, we have no
concern to tell them what is best and wisest
for them. We had better ask them to give
us honesty and economy in oublie , affairs,
instead of making constitutional changea
of unknown consequences. Lot us . leave
to themselves, as regards v&eir party pol
icy and their party wisdom'".. -.
"The speeches made in the convention,
.for and .against the new system, may throw
somo additioiiSpHght J^^the subject:' If ?
so, it will be netted in*the next letter.
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?V ?jetterfrom General Rf. C. Butler.
Having received a number of letters
from friends in different parts of the coun,
try making inquiries into the details and
objects vf our scheme in aid of immigra
tion into South Carolina, I propose, with
vour permission, as briefly as possible, to
answer them through the medium of your
columns. .
In the first place, experience has shown
that individuals have not succeeded in
.bringing in immigrants^ anv extent. In
the second place, efforts have been hitherto
directe'1 to procuring' mere laborers, and
not tc l?ir?ducingactual settlers to become
owners of the soil. Our purpose is, by
means of an association thoroughly organi
zed and well managed, to obtain Targe
tracts of-land'and establish at least four
colonies in the eastern, western, middle
and northern portions of the State respect
ively. Our effort will be by locating these
colonies, in healthy districts, by selling
small farms to actual settlers at low
prices, and on long credits, and by ?' using
'our personal influence to .have the colo
nists assisted and kindly treated ' byj their
neighbors: to make these settlements' the
nucleus of a prosperous and even , increas
ing immigrant population,' who in; their |
turn will add to the wealth and secure the
prosperity of the State. If we can suc
ceed in this, the problem of increasing the
population of South Carolina, and indeed
of the whole South, to any extent, is
solved. .We have vast areas of land capa
ble, of very high and remunerative culti
vation that are now lying waste, arid are
but so much dead capital. They need to ;
be divided, and diversified industry should
be substituted for the destructive" system
of the last few years. We need a more
intelligent, self-reliant, thrifty laboring
population, who will produce more of the
necessaries of life, and less of the staple
crops. Cotton is the best market crop
that we can ever have, but should only be
made after an ampie supply of provisions
for home consumption. . . '
But.. to return from this digression. To
accomplish our ends as above set forth-, we
must have capital. To make anything
like a beginning from which practical re
sults can be hoped for will require .$200,
000. This amount we hope to realize
from this scheme. It may be asked,
"How?" I will indicate. We propose
to sell 150,000 tickets at So each, making
$750,000. Of this amount we will give
in. prizes $500,000, in manner as set forth
in the list, the prizes being 2405 in num
ber, to be drawn for in the usual way. Of |
the remaining $250,000, after the expenses,
are deducted, we are pledged to give $10,
000 to the State Agricultural and Mechani
cal Society, under whose auspices we ar?
proceeding, and every cent of the balance
to the introduction of immigrants. That
is the whole story. It is proper for me to
add that our Mr. Chadwick has, with great
liberality, place?the J Academy of Music"
at the disposal of the association at what
the building has cost him.
I am perfectly free to admit that the
means adopted to raise the necessary funds
are extraordinary, but so is the occasion.
This is not a lottery, as some appear to i
think, partaking though it does somewhat 1
of its "features ; but a project gotten up
and conducted for a specific purpose-a c
purpose which we regard as of the very (
last consequence to the best interests of j
the State, and there to end. j
If our enterprise is successful, as there
is no longer any reason to. do.ubt that ? it
tv'ill be. Sacked as it is by men of the
iighest social' and business standing, North *
is we?.l as. South, and cordially supported \
jy the people wherever an office has been p
>j>ened, we can introduce into South Caro
ma in the course of twelve or eighteen g
nonths, several large colonies of actual tl
iettlers, place the State on the road to D
>ro3perity and niaterial development, and T<
iltimate?y with her prosperity reap for *
lurselves a handsome reward,"pecuniar}' h
md otherwise, for our time and labor. " ^
We are now having prepared, at great il
rouble and expense, a pamphlet with il
ustrations and maps, setting forth the ad- o
vantages of South Carolina, her agric?ltu- "
al and mineral resources,- her incompara- sj
le water power, her genial climate, valua- ,
ile products, Sx., &c. : in short,' all such )
aformation as will bc required bv the im- a;
ligrant. This book will be distributed
hroughout those portions of the North ir
ad Europe from which we are likely to c]
btain immigrants, and will of itself be ^
.orlh to the State of South Carolina ?
lore than the amount of money which ?
ur people are likely to. invest in our }l
m?me.
This much. Mr. Editor, I have thought y<
ue to ourselves and to those who haye ^
lade inquiries as to our intentions, as io
lese matters could not well be set forth sc
1 an advertisement. If persons should
?sire anything further, we shall be iaost
tppy to give them any information in
ir power. ' tr
Regretting that I have been compelled A
'' trespass so much upon your space, but .
jping that the matter of ibis cprnmuni-. oo
ition will not bc without interest to your (V
adcrs, lai
I remain yours, ven- respectfully, ih
? M. C. BUTLER. f.
New York, June 17th, 1871.
A WHOLE FAMILY KILLED ur RTJNA
AT HORSES.-A Missouri paper gives an on
count of a sad accident which occurred e*c
ar Johnstown, in that Slate, on Sunday Ca
arning last, by which four persons were It
[jed-a father, motlier, son and an infant les
ild. From the meagre report we glean at
e following: Mr. Bottles and family .
.re returning from church in a two-horse
igon. In crossing Deepwater the horses
ame frightened and ran away, dragging an<
3 son, who was driving, a distance of its
irly a quarter of a'mile. In going this ten
tance from the creek it appears that the cd
>ther jumped out, after throwing out mo
: infant child. In the afternoon a trav
r from Germantown discovered the life- T
' body of *he son near the road. Soon
i-r he found the woman with her neck
iken and the child lying near her alive,
; almost dead from. the effect of the G
.t. Further on lie found the wagon CW
ra thc dead body of the father. The poe
ld has since died. .? JJ
r. -TT' the
HE MARSHALSHTP.-The Washington jflV,
(riot, of Monda}', gives the following ?ion
sion of affairs of the Marshalship, at this
i point : * 28th
Inly a week ago, Wallace,' member of Bhe
!grc3sfr.om South Carolina,' who had A b
?lied "satisfactorily" before the "Out- perl
. Committee,'' had his son appointed and
>. Marshal"for Charleston. He rejoic- inte
like Berger- and Settle, whon thev com
ed as swift , witnesses against North
alina, over the value of affidavits, and " .
doubtless comforting himself rith' a
e of the prospective spoils. But the got 1
ed Marshal, Mr. Lotus E'. Johnson,
of Hon. Reverdy Johnson, "did not Br
the dismissal quietly. He presented au ^
?elf at Long Branch, imbibed its bra- abou
atmosphere, and exposed the Tvnng
is removal with sufficient energy to be We"
red. . ST1"811
he is in again, and Wallace is out. wliat
whether Wallace will stay'out, is fiexT
; another affair. \Ve expect- to see a Calif
;ation whisking through here by the atroc
train to the seaside Executive man- mun
bnm/ul of indignant ' " loyalty," and liker
indino; justice-th? last thing thev ^ ci
ld seek So there is no telling who is rhin.
ll be Marshal at Charleston, until
riyal roses shall have composed their ger 7
, the prospect for which is. far from Bu<
iraging at this time. Wallace and bley<
of his colored colleagues demanded ning;
lead-of Johnson, and they got it. men {
colored C ongressmen are in favor at ? 0no o
alace, and if they insist upon a sec-. 0_rta<?
ecapitation, and threaten things ter- J J.
weare inclined to .think^JTis Exr. :?^t
cy" will" order^ another removal. TeUiyi
liter that History may repeajj^itself. 1 ?create
- A Texas paper records a marriage Prai
lob tue lady was fifteen years old
Widow. "... IcHln?
THE ADVERTISER.
Edgefleld, ^ C.,?Bne 29, 1871.
The .Great Georgia Statesman*
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS bas . joined;
the editorial pwfessioo^having piirchas
od an interest in the-Atlanta Stat; Ho
has already assigned ?"irecti?n:,'and
general control.o? the' political -depart
menti of./that paper. -.The Georgia, in
deed the whole Southern press, welcome^
the honored and veteran Statesman int&j
editorial ranks. It is somewhat rare
that an experienced politician, with set
tled and inflexible views like MK STE-'
PHEXS, makes a very successful journal
ist. His active mind, however, is, no
doubt, equal to the task, no mattor how
feeble his physical frame may be.
Always of Interest.
Always Of interest is the status of pub
lic affairs in France. All tho latest tele
grams from Paris are to. the effect that
the fl tree political parties of the country
are e?ch doing their best to win at the
approaching elections. The Republicans -
are watchful, the BourbonB are full of j
hope, and the adherent? of the Bona
partes are by no means in despair. In
the meantime Monsieur Thiers, the Pres
ideut,.is doing well by tho Republic, and
has solemnly declared that he will be
faithful to it.
But after all, willa Republic be any
more faithful .to.France and her people
than monarchy and1 imperialism, haye'
been? Judging from the.past, the demo
cratic experiments, in ' France are likely
to be even more false and selfish than
monarchy or imperialism.
Items of Sute News.
Genl. John A. Wagerer, the-distin
guished German citizen of Charleston,
who bias long labored manrully for the
good of his adopted State, has been an
nounced by his friends as a candidate for
Mayor of that city. We hope .he will be
elected. The election is to take place in
August.
For a week past, grand doings have
been going on in Walhalla. jSxamina
tiou of students, preaching of distinguish-,
ed Divines, Commencement exercises,
imposing ceremonies of laying the Cor
ner Stone of the Lutheran College by the
Masonic fraternity,and a brilliant ball, all
following each other rn rapid succession.
On ono day last week, fifty Odd colored
laborers left Greenville, in a'body, tb
w?rk on the Alabama and Brunswick
Railroad-tempted by the offer of a dol-.
lar and a half a day.
Next week is to be a gala week in Lau
rensville,' on account of tho Commence
ment exercises -of tho popular Female
College of that town.
In Laurens, Judge Moses has decided
that the Jury was illegally drawn, incon
sequence of which no Sessions business
can be attended tc until next February.
More Radical blundering, or chicanery,
ar both. The idea of the wheels of jus
tice being clogged for eight or ten months
.Shadrach Webster, a negro murderer,
is to be hung in Anderson, on Friday
21st July. v?.
Tremendous. Masonic celebration in
Anderson on Saturday last. ' .,
Efforts are being made to establish a
National Bank in Union.
The Union Time* give a hopeful .words
>f the corn and cotton prospects in that
bounty, but says tho Wheat crop has
urned out very poorly, not half a crop
laving been made.
The Catalogues bf the two Due West
Colleges, lately issued from the office ol'
be Associate Reformed Presbyterian, bf
)ue West, are beautiful specimens both
f printing and of tasteful getting-up.
That popular gentlemen, Maj. Chris,
luber, has left Newberry on a summons
a attend the Ku Klux investigating com
?ittee in Washington. Hehas taken his
[u Klux stick with him, and we hope to
ear of his tapping certain members of
tie committee gentry over the head:with
A devil in the Newberry-Herald office, ^
n account of " getting thick with the j
irls," has drawn out the "puckering n
tring" of the* Editor's ccrap-book, thore- gj
y creating great confusion. Those pleas
nt Grenekers ! ir
The June Term of Court is in session oi
i Abbeville, Judge Orr Presiding. The st
riminal docket is said to be an unusuat- oi
r heavy one. Those elevated Radical GS
3ntlcmen, the three Guflins and Al- ol
?rt Hamblin, aro to be tried for grand te
rceny upon the Country Treasury, in
>me forty witnesses for the State and a.
ie defence have been bound over, and a nt
rmidable array of distinguished coun- w;
1 is to appear on either side; . di
A Convention of all the Sabbath Schools HI
" all denominations, in Kershaw. Dis- ca
ict, is to be held at Camden early in 18
ugost. m
The Camden Journal of tho 22nd inst., ar.
ntains the following: Up to to-day' fS
Wednesday,) about one third of the- l*
nds advertised to be sold.for taxes in ^(
is District, have been disposed of, the
ate being the principal purchaser. The t-r<
le is still progressing. . w^
kt the Convention held in Charleston ?.
the 19th inst., to form a Grand 'Divi- ' 11
?n of Sons of Temperance for South
rolina, Edgefield was not represented. ort
ought to have-been ; although there is
s hard habitual drinking m our town ^ 1
present than we have ever known.
ble
The Sumter News p'eels the hide off of ^
>n. Jas. L. Orr in the most thorough naj
? pitiless manner. The NettM begins gQt
onslaught thus :" If Judas, not con- Q6(
t with betraying bis maater^had join
the persecutors and murderers in ncj
oking and reviling him,- ho would- tiv<
:e been a more lit exemplar of James
0rr-" . and
. -' '- Six
Great is the Talk! fr01
reatis.the talk nbw-a-days about thc jj^.
nese, or, as tho profane and slangy c
ts of the day woujd have it, the rY)
eathen Chinee.'' Iii,San Francisco, naj]
doings of the Chinese and of the free- .
} woman, Mrs. Fair, divido the atten: jjas
i of the public mind. And by the by, -^rR?
womai is r?ally to be hung on the gj.a,
i July. Fearful, isn't it? But then, jan?
is only a fr?e-love woman after all. ^
eautiful and erring woman, who has
iaps "loved riot wisely Imf too well," fom;
all that, may often be an dbject of joca
rest and commiseration, but When it "r0T
esto these vulgar free-laye. lad'es,
Mrs. Fair, and Mrs. Woodhull, and
i Claflin, why let them be hung, or jrou
.id of in any other possible or impos- ^va
?way.' St?jj
it we forget the Chinese. Arid after alld
ve have nothing particular to say of t:
tthom. Afortaightago,600ofltthem Frnr
i bumed to death at sea, on the emi- leys
t ship Don Juan. That '.tit a some- sey 1
, interesting fact,, though'a little too e?r's
. And then when white boys in heeS
ornia kill the Chinese, with great man;
ity, they are only found guilty of ceedi
1er in the second degree, and are not titios
y. to receive any severe punishment, with
aineso testimony is not admitted, everj
ssc can't stand ulongaido of the Nig- into1
et! . of tin
\ worst of all, the rich and fashion*- At
jung ladies of New Yord aro begin- seasoi
to fall in love with the Chinese form?
iervant8 employed by their fothers, after,
f these fathers entored hts library Btreai
flly the oilier day and found his in, lol
Lful daughter tethvarnro of anastyy again
<?', Slinky ? Bk'inneyy snoke'-?yed disa?,
no witta " pAghtaU.'' iah,,>ve (?op :-J"?e
rtain I ]y .. ; Iago ?n
y, Messrs.^B?^E?," (^^fs?s. A halla,
,..beware also of We" "Heathen., toit,,
.fr "* . . -V. - ... _j Union
For the Advertiser.
A Trip to Walhalla and the ffloun
tairfs^, j
MR, EniTOK,-As tt?e^de of emigra
tion seems to be. ebbing:from the Low
and ?riddle to .the Up^Cottn^y, it msyr
projet so^new/hat inlf?irtsting. to your*
roamers to: havB'"a detailed ?account of a.
trip.tothe.moUhtains I^id b?We ?jthem,
as-tho writer had all tho.; advantages of a
tour by privat?.eo?vcyanco'.-.'
j Leaving Oakland, on the Saluda side of
our District, Monday the 23d ult., our*
route leads up the river, through that
beautiful and valuable section of country
known as'-flre Ninety-Six" sBtfttfrAr "We"
found crops backward and ( matyU?iy.
damaged by escessivej raitas\?nd jcodl
nights. The general complaint was in
ferior stand^sj>f qojto^ .
and thin Stands of oats.f This was not
confined to^tmy particular locality, hut1
the same along tho entire journey. "Froni
,our observation we cannot estimate the '
small grain crop at more than onefthird
an averag? yield;* Through Greenwood,
an enterprising little town, and Cokes
bury, our " alma mater," our route con
tinued, gradually mounting higher above
the level of the sea. Cokesbury is cer
tainly one of the most attractive places
for Schools in the whole up-rcountry.
Already are the efferifl put forth hythe
good people of Cokesbury to re-open
theirschools, being crowned with success.
With such a corps ot excellent Professors
and teachers as .are at. the head of her
schools, both male and female, she is
soon to r?sume her place in the front
rank.
Directly along the line of the G. & C. H.
R., we proceed from Hodges to Donald's
Depot, of Donaldsville, in the vicinity of
which is Due "West Corner, the site of
Erskine College -and' Due West Female
College-both in a very flourishing con
dition. Certainly Abbeville deserves all
honor for herneble efforts in the cause
of edncatiom- Nb wonder' the roll .of
fame is inscribed with tho name of so
many'of her illustrious sons,'
Diverging;to the left, -toe leave'the
Railroad, and pass over a lovely rich'
country, crossing Edcky River at Emer
son's."B,ridge, thence through the town of
Anderson^ The merchants, of. Anderson
deserve great credit for their business en
terprise. Trade is drawn, to this place
for miles around, extending even to the
Georgia side of the Savannah River.
About 10,000 bales of cotton are shipped
yearly from Anderson^ of which about
8,000 .pales ar? bought by the merchants,
and to their praise, far and hear, we beard
the farmers speak satisfactorily of the
Anderson market, both in the sale of
their cotton and purchasing of supplies.
From Anderson, our road 'crossed the
Blue Ridge Railroad, to the East side,
md after crossing Six-an'il-Twenty Creek, .
md proceeding.some eight or nine miles,
fve arrive at Sloan's Factoid situated on
rhree-and-Twenty Creek. Here making
i halt, we asked the pleasure of being
mown through, which was politely done
jy One of the officers.1 The factory is
low owned by a Northern Company, and
H in a finely improved condition. Only
""orton Yarn'is now being manufactured,
nto which some ono'hundred bales of
lotton are monthly consumed. The Yarn
s very superior in quality, and speaks
./ell for the Company.
Some five miles from Sloan's Factory
s old Pendleton^ onoe the home of the
liustrious Jno. C. Calhoun-the men
Lon of whose name fires. ones soul wi th
ireathings of noble aspirations, thatwere I
ront to swell the ' bosom of every true. 1
atriot in the da3Ts of yore. !
From Pendleton wo catch thc. first
limpse of the Blue Ridge Mountains -<
joining up to view some twenty miles j
istiint in the West,'and,stretching,' with ]
ne grand sweep as far to the North as eye
auld ken. Just beyond the town runs the i
?ighteen Mile Creek, crossing which,
nd up a steep hill, and down a few val
rys, in a cool dell, beside a sparkling c
ivulet, we halt, and unhitching, and
?tting a bag of corn and oats to our s
Bob Lee," we seat ourselves under the r
ense. foliage for refreshment. Wc were %
indly furnished a "pigging3^ of - cool f
tountain water from a neighboring r
n-ing by an old democratic freedman- Jt
id alter a hearty luhch, we participate fc
i a real country chat. Andrew Reese,
ir h?Ht, entertained us in true rural
yle. We soon learned that we wene
i the extensive plantation of George
tierry-wcbelieve the' largest taxpayer 1
' Coonee County'. We were much in- .
rested by Andrew's narrative concern
g'tho Indian settlement, which was on ?
hill adioining us; Through the kind
>ss of Mr. Cherry, tlie Cherokee Nation a
'Ci
os grapteii a settlement on his lands' ,
iring the war, whero they mad? a live
mod by making baskets, <fec, of the
ne from Seneca River. This settlement .
now broken up. It was this tribe, if I .
istako not, that during the revolution- ^
y war the British incited into hostility "
ainst our forefathers ; and ntill the place
located where Ft. George was built, on
?wer River; and here the Indians %
.med the plot of attacking and massa- fcj
?ing our little band at Ninety-Six, ,
dcb w.ould have been, done but for thc ^
ble patriotism and self-sacrifice of One
igle* "Cndian squaw, who, on a night '
?vious to the enacting of the deet?, ^
ipt'stealtluly from camps and traveled _L
? entire distance from Ft George to '
nety-Six to discover the plot to the in- ri"
ded victims,-traversing impenetra
i swamps and crossing numerous ^
earns, from which circumstance the ^
nes of the several Creeks she crossed j?
-their origin,'each situated from Ft. Q^
Drge the same distarico-as their names m1
orally indicated, first One Milo Creek, an
:t Six Mile Creek, and then consecu
;ly Twelve Mile Creek, Eighteen Mile
ek, Three-and-Twenty Creek, Six
l-Twehty Creek, and lastly Ninety- TOr
Creek, which is just ninety-six miles e?
h Ft. George-^henc?. the name of. of
iefy-Six. . 1 j. i
rossing Seneca River at Cherry's. Fer- ?Wi
we are soon at our destination, Wal- sui
a,T-" the Paradise among the moan- tur
s." No village or town of the State Jvh
improved so much since the war as .am
lhaUa. In 1850, of the German Emi- occ
its from Hanover, Germany,,,which rue
led at Charleston, a Society was form- clai
which Society purchased 20,QQ0 acres .
md for. ?-?,pt)0, and in 1851 fiv? or six ^
?lies moved up, and tho village was
ted; and gradually Walhalla has loru
vn to be aplace of considerable note. '
ts some 2,000 inhabitants, twenty-two ^
es, three Churches, a new,.Court/ .
se, one Lutheran. College, arid one q-,^
ale Seminary. The trado of Wal
i extends ' for "a number of. miles in yB|
irections, ?ier? being.1i? other place - $
rade nearer than Greeuv?l?, arid ,J8M
iklin, N. C. A'.riun?lter of rich val- 'gfc
surround, among which 'ar? Jocas- ^ ^
^jfiley, this side the mountain,'Gash- mV
"v*alley in North Carolina, the Choo- t ;
Jeotion, Ralborn County, Ga,', and, >gp
i-other valleys tad-sections, all ex- ; ?ff
ngry productive; Bnormousquan
of corn and other grains, together ^iam
an abondance-of apples, and almost ^
r article of comm*ce, aro brought ? 1-c
Valhalla, which make up tho trado
3 place. - . h00d
Ihetimoof OHr vtsit, tho b?shiess L?jni
a was main ly ?Ver, but we were in- yi
?d'by the citiaiens that in the fall,
ga?i?ring of ortp?, one continual
n of wagons eostfd'be' seen passing ^
ided with produce, and returning 'tQr?
dt?aded with supplies and meichan- gSS
roust not forget Weat Union,; a vih. wor?
osr jnoofporateddtetinct from Wal- - - <#i
thopgh lying almost contiguous P^D-X.
?iidway foaming tho two. West^ -Charj
t certainly owesitabrigin, i?aft vii? IW4*^
lago, to our former fellow-citizon of Ed(
kfieJ^?5gaj>t. JOHN P. MICKLKR, tb
whontn?riev possesses a more enorge
spirit??Such; a spirit knows no such lu
as fail. *Capt. M. purchased the WI
W*te?*fiaiie of Col. GmsnAM in 181
. andjinoved up his family tho same yoi
At" that time there were but six fainili
livlp^lp. the place and no Store; n|
there, are-thirty-nine families and lb
"stores. Allthe settlers are mostly frc
f i Low country. Among the numt
^?vho h?f?y1eft Edgefield and taken
th*&rJu1fode in Walhalla, are Dr. G. :
YAKBOBOUGH and family, who in co
Jutt?HMf*^ M*: W.Xot
JfAJT, Esq.,j>urchased a few. years sin
the most {-alnable plantation ?rou;
Walhalla for $6000; Mr. JAMES M. A
JtEX and,. Mr. A.-.-P. C?UUCAX have J
?ently moved up with their families 1
the purpose of educating their childre
Mr.'?l can justly feel proud of 1
promising son, youngr Jso. R. ABNE
lately a graduate "of Wofford Colley
who won honors atCollego (none greatc
and who wo predict is destined to w
honors of his country. He ik noW a
plying himself closely" to the study
law, and will soon be prepared td be ?
mitted.
Prom Walhalla wo had the pleasure
an excursion to Stump HouBe Mouutai
and while there visited Tunnel Hill, ai
explor?e! the Tunnel for a considerab
distance. The grading and tunneling t
the Blue Ridge,' already completed, li;
cost the State un immense sumo f moue
estimated at some two million of dol?an
and all this stupendous expenditure
money and labor has been Spent to J
profit,, as this line has been totally abai
doned, and a new one surveyed, and .tl
? work of t un n el i ng an d grading is resume
several miles South of the old lin
'If the old line had been complet*
there would have been five tunnels, i
U,377 feet. On the new lino there wi
be but toa tunnels,, about 2400 feet, bi
{the grada much heayier. Some one hui
and fifty hands are at work, and the ai
?rage is. fifty feet of tunneling per .monti
' The,citizens of ^Walhalla are. buoyai
over the prospect of tho Air Lino Rai:
road intersecting tho Blue Ridge Road*
Walhalla. Thia'route, lately suxveyef
is pronounced the cheapest and mos
direct. If ibis road does intersect s
Walhalla, there will be ribthing to prc
vent the town from growing up at a mor
rapid rate, and becoming another Atlant
for tr?ete. And then too the healthfn
location under the Blue Ridge, and w
might'mention' the many natural foll
surrounding, affording ample water pow
er to rmr anumborof factories ; and ?hoi
too th?ro -lias been lately ' disoovercc
a mineral spring in the Inoorporatioi
of Wost. Union, the waters of whicl
are heavily impregnated with iron anc
other medicinal properties,-all combined
may yet. unfold a glorious future to tl?
"Paradiseof the Mountains.*'
: ; puiil i : (J; H.H.
When Thomas Jefferson delivered his
first inaugural address, he laid down
what he conceived to bo tho principles ol
government. These principles the demo
cracy then adopted and still cling to them.
They aro as follows :
"Equal and' exact justice to all men,
of whatever State, or persuasion, religious
or political.
The.support of .the State governments
in all their'rights'as the surest bulwarks
against anti-republican tendencies. .
The preservation of tho general govern
ment iu?ts, whole constitutipnal. vigor, as
the sheet anchor of our peace at home
md safety abroad..
; A jealous care of the right of election
by the people.
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions
)f the majority, tho vital principle ol
republics,' from which tljoro is no appeal
jut to force, the vital principle and rrn
nediate parent of despotism.
The^supremacy of tho civil over thc
nilitary authority.
Economy in public expenses, that labor
nay be lightly burthened.
Encouragement of agriculture, and ol'
ommerce as its hand-maid. ?
The honest payment of our debts, the
acred preservation of the public faith. : '
The diffusion of information, and ar
aiirameut of all abuses at tho bar of
tublic reason,
Freedom of religion; freedom of speech,
reedoin of the press, and freedom ol'
.orson, Under tho protection of tho ha
teas corpus, and trials by jury impar
ially selected.
The immense destruction by fire in
'ariB, during the closing struggle of the
'ommun?, was brought about in threo
istinct ways. Petroleum was invaria
?y used to commencethe conflagrations,
otb of public and private buildings.? In
lie palaces and public offices which the
'ommunists commanded, they disposed,
t regular intervals, eithor bottles or pots
ontaining petroleum. When it was de
ired to feet the building on fire, the first,
f thesepetroloum reeeptatl?s would-be.
verturned, the spreading liquid would
e ignited, and the building would soon,
e in flames. It was thus that the Toil-'
iries, tho Palais Royal, tho. Hotel de
ille, the Palace of the Legion of Honor,
ad other public edifices of note were
tt on fire. Another method was ti cu's-*
largefrom guns into the windows of ?
ie houses tow which had been soaked
i petroleum. It was in this way that j j
)uses in the vicinity of thc barricades J,
ero destroyed, when it became necessa- i
'toevacuate thc barricades. Still .-moth- j j
and even more destructive method j-1
as that which consisted of crowds of ?
en, women and children going about
e streets, supplied with matches and ?J
ittl?s of petroleum, (concealed about s
elr clothing,) with which they tired
e accessible interior of houses. Hun
eds of these incendiaries woret detect- ?,
by'the. Versaillists and the anti-Corn- \]
une populace while thu* employed, A
d were, as a rule, shot instantly, with
t discrimination as to thc sex or age. *
J58* The Savannah Advertiser nays that
some reason the.papers have neglect-'j '
to malee public the recent settlement
the cotton claims of Messrs. T. R and ~
G. Mills by the Court of Claims af
abington. The oourt awarded the
n of ?131,000 to Messrs; Milis ns a re- c
n 'fbt' (lie cotton belonging to them, ?
ich was seized in pommon witifa large I p
ount of the staple during Sherman's- '
upaney pf Savannah. The sum above
utioned'. has been . paid over to thc
?m*' ta. I
Hr?,Tho Emperor of Brasil, has inao
ated measures towards procuring the
tooipation-pf the slaves in his dom in- { .
i. ?A bill bas been introduced into j ^
Chambers by the Government which I
vides.for.the immediate emancipation ! *J
ali slaves- belonging to. tho Crown,. I gr
i existing law provides for a gradual j A.
tncipation of tho slaves ci; private I ?J
t?a,' buttho Imperial piojcet emanci-1
isj fat once several thousand in the
ernment, service in thq_ diamond J "j?
es'and on'tho' public works, There no
oweve^, a vigo'roujj opp*- cition to the j fav
safe from the nobility . .' the cohn-1 al3
iff ?? ? r ? -tho
b L] ? J
SpThey hayo a shoemaker .out inj -
ii?f)us, Mich., . Michael Arnold by
e, who amuses himself during hist,
Lre hours in stabbing his wife mut (SCI
f?vith an'awl. Somo fearless and
.serving Christians in that neighbor
! ought lo tunnel Mike' with a bean ,TP
so thai ,h? might Be enabled toL^ ,
ow1 how it ls fiifnself/' ..Fat't
A sure cure for bugs of all kinds fiftte
plants arid vegetables}, is to make a jj?T
witewash^say a pint" of slack limo 1
pailful of water-and springle* it 3i
ign-a^teriiig"'can over th>. vinos.
lI'^&iput'faiT, k?lVp?t?tobugs', out \ - '
is,or a^iytiing of that kind. v ' . IQ1
f. Jh.eSputh .^{tUnaJ?ailxo^^ij. R. I
^ij issuing, excursion. ti?ketsT from a ^c
j98|on..toi.wip4?uU.la-^ ?otn?n for p^L
-,_u-i.'-^. N vv _ .. iu. ' I . Ju
SARATOGA FIRST CLASS "HELL."
Writing foui Saratoga, a cor^suoiident
Hhus des?? "The Tiger's G?T mr,"
or_ in ^rer words, John MomsilGy's
ma'griificant?gamJbi^^aJace :. V
, Morrissey has'Sofd one-half bis interest
t?:Bced fencer, New^ork dry main,, for
$0p;000.??? ncwJad?ftfcii toTtuo palace
is' Tpprese??|ed as triuV gorgeous. Jp;, .-is
fifty by seyenty-fiviekfeor, and on&sftgry
?igli, making it tfcetf?rgcst ronni of-tho
kind in the worldj lt is lighted byi'iin
mense skylights^bnd side lights as" fyjjll,
the windows reaching from the ceiling 'tn
the floor, twenty-two feet. All thc wood
work in this grand .salon is of solid. blacfc
walnut, beautifully (and suggestively)
.carv?dri? tiger's heads and all kinds "of
,?Ja?iC3,.Q;,nanientation. The fifty yards of
carpet covering the roora is a French
^aoquettej costing $& per yard. The fur
niture ls correspondingly gorgeous, all of
walnut, richly inlaid with gilt, and uphol
stered : rn moquette of crimson and gold.
Tigers! heads, with moulbte wid?open,
displaying rows of , golden teeth, are carv
ed in the hacks of the enairs.and sofas,
and the gaming tables are ornamented in a
similar way. . These latter are of, rose
wood*, most beautifully carved and gilded:*
A solid silver roulette wheel will be placed
""in the room .wifh otner gaming imple
ments. Massive bronzes and other ex
pensive ornaments are scattered around
the saloon in the greatest profusion, and
the'whole appearance of the apartment is
grand in the extreme. .This is the den
proper of the tiger. Other parts of the
building are arranged with equal disregard
to expense.
'One day last Week two farmers liVingl
one mile west of Melrose, Monroe county,
Illinois, while attempting to clean a well,
lost their lives from the effects of foul air.
One,' whose-name we have not learned,
Went down into the well first, and immedi
ately called to the other,' named. Henry
Mc?amee, to "be. hauled out, as *he could
. not withstand the air, .whereupon .McNa
mee and his boy, fourteen, years old, com
menced hauling him. up, but when wi? hin
about seven feetof the ton,.the unfortunate
man toppled ouj of the bucket." Mr. M.
at once descended to, render assistance, but
remaining quiet so long, the son suspet ted
that both were lost, and too soon his fears
were confirmed. He summoned assistance
from a, number of friends, Who dragged the
corpses out of the pit by means ol grap
pling irons.
The Charlotte- Democrat says that
Col. Leavenworth, who has been in! Eng
land for some time past, has secured a
fortune of $150,000 for Mr. John Elwood
and his brother, of that section, which
had been left them in England,
HYMENEAL,
MAIUUED, at, St. Patrick's Church, Au
gusta, Ga., on thc evening of the 21st
inst., by. tho Rev. Father O'Hara, ? B. S.
PELOT, of Savannah,' Ga.; and Miss
AMELIA B. MCDONALD, of Ed'g?field,
S. C. No cards.
OBITUARY.
DIED, in Hamburg,. S. C., on the 3Qth
March last, of Paralysis, THOMAS KER
NAGHAN, m the 72d year bf his age.
Mr. KERKAGHAN was born in Ireland,
emigrated to Charleston when about
twenty years old, where h? remained
one year", then came to Hamburg and
engaged in mercantile business, in which
he continued for half a century. By his
candid expression of opinion, unbending
integrity, and upright dealings, he estab
lished a high-charaoter upon which ho
built up aluerative business, and secured
m'aliy customers, and friends, who stood
by lum through many : vicissitudes of
fortune,-many, of whomstilllive to bear
witness to tho truth oj' these statements.
Mr. KERXAOtiA?? leaves a wife arid ten
children to bemoan tlieir loss. May this
bereavement bc sanctified to their eternal
goodland may they have Grace to enable
them to submit with meekness and hu
mility to this dispensation of an All-wise
God. . H.
GOMMEECIAL.
AUGUSTA, June 27.
GOLD-Buving at Uland sellingat 112.
COTTON-While the offering stock has
been very light the demand has boon
limited, and onlv' at prices below the
views of sellers, hence thc market has
been dull tho entire day, the few sales
effected being on the basis of 181 for full
styled Liverpool middling, and 19 for
New. York middling. Sides, 10 bales.
Receipts, 89 bales.
BACON-Stock large and market un
changed ; C. Sides, 12 ; C. R. SideS, IO ;.
Shoulders,. 8@9,; Hams, i:$(q>20; Dry'
Salt Shoulders, 7; Drv Salt C R. Sides,
Ll : D. S. Clear Sides, 10.
CORN-Prime white is sellingat $1?
L15.by the (Jar load from depot; retail,
il 25.
WHEAT-Wo quote choice white, $105;
imber, $1 80.
FLOUR-City Mills, ?fr 50@ 10 ; at re
ail, $1'j* barrel higher. Country, $7 50
(09, according to quality.
"CORN MEAL-81,25;il wholesale; $1 30
tt rotail.
OATS-S0@90.
Direct Importation
FROM .. '
LOUDON AN? PARIS ?
FlIE Subscriber has recently imported
rom London, a full assortment of
Bufa Baga,
md OTHER TURNIP SEEDS, to thc
mount ol'2,500 Pounds*
These Seed can be tinily called "The
'rizc Turnip Seed," as*they took tho
ighest prize in Loudon, NewY^ork, Aug
usta and Columbia! Some of thc Tur
ips grew as hage as a. common size
rater bucket. Col. A. P. BOILER,, of
Idgefiold, S.C., took tho highest prize
io last season for Ruta Bagas raised
nm Seed purchased of mc.
.Try these Imported Seed, and be con
inc?d that there is no better Seed North,
rath, East or West. A few should be
twn during this fine soasbn.
From Paris.
A choice lot of GER ANEUM and other
?cds scntmo during the late, disturbance
Paris, and even while the Tuilleries,
a., were being consumed.
All orders accompanied with the Cash
ill be promptlv attended to.'
No cliargo tor Postage or Express.
f. PEW BLE,
No. ll, Washington Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
June 29 4t 27
10
PIECES NEW and HANDSOME"
?INTS, just received b'v
' : J. H. CllEATHAM.
Tuno 21 tr 2?
Lemons! Lemons!
1WO Bpxes FRESH.LEMONS just
received, and for sale by
MARKERT cfc CLISBY.
'uno 21 tf 26
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?ge?el? Medical Society.
IHE next Meeting of this Society will
beheld at Edg?iicld C. H., on thc
it Mondav in Augnstoext, at lOo'cloek
M.. . .* . P." H. A-tAMS, Sec'rv.
u?e 21 lt . ' 20
Cheap Whiskey!
3ME people' Want" CHEAP WHIS
KEY. I nave-it-and whilst I have
words .ol', especial commendation in
si- of tliis Wlnskcy, nevertheless it is
?tter article than is ?s?hlly offered for
price."'. W. F. DURISOE, Sr. '
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?OOL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE?
EDGJJFIELD C. H., S. C.,
June 27th, 1871.
HE TRUSTEES appointed for the
several School Districts inthisCoun
villplease give notico,to( this Oftke,
heir earliest convenience, of their
ntinn to serve, in order that I may
.ard to them, at once, all necessary
' ' J. H. MCDEVITT, S. C. E. C. v
ne 29 2t ' 27
ST Saturday last, between the resi
dence of Dr. J. W. Hill arid Mr. D.
>urisoe.-a GOLD BREAST PIN with
d Coral Rose S?t..iTho.^nderirill be
ifcly rewarded bv calling on '
"'-"?' . XJHE?THAM.
ne2ftr. - - ' - tf . 27
w
a larg
Inven
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$3!
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vealln
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CLOTHING !
I WILL, from this dayr;begin to soil
my Entire Stock of RB?I)Y.VMADB
CL^TJLHNGjaV figures fin* below their
teai'value. \,
'L h&vc a large, 'and varied stock of
fr'lothing, andean '.stilt all who will give
mo a cali. '.' ' !
.J;. H. GHEATHAM. .'
At Reduced Prices !
ASPLE^MD'^Lot of SCYTHE
BLADES for $1,10.
A Splendid lot of SPADES at $1.05.
A Splendid -lot of PORKS at 00 ctt?"
Superior GARDEN HOES at 50 cts.
These are strictly cash price?.
J. H. CHEATHAM.
June 28 tf 27
County Auditor's Notice.*
?. COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, c
...,...i , .,iEnoEF?ELb C. H.',,8. C.,
June 28tb, 1871.
THE, Undersigned will .attend at th? ;?J
following places; in Edgefteld County ?
at the times stated herein, to receive :BJ2
TURNS bfproperty holders, and to AS-;
SESS THE PROPERTY^ Real and Per- g
sonal, in said County, in pursuance x>f q
the Laws of this State providing for the ?
Assessment and ' Taxation'of property, a
viz: :. ;D'
Pleasant Lane, July 10th, 1871. '
.Cheathain's Store, Uth, .
Liberty Hill, " 12th and loth
' mite House, " 14th-1871.
Red Hill, . ?f I5.th, ."
? Ward's Depot, " '17tb, 44
lf 'Norris'Store, 44 ISfh, 44
Mt..Willing, 44 ??HK and 20th. :
Coleman's X Roads, . 44 ' 21st, 1871. "
Co?persvill?, 41 22nd,'44" ' 4
Richardsonville, .'" 24th, 44 *
Pine House, 1 44 29th, '..' -
? ,-Grangeville, 44 26th, ".
Hamburg, 44 27th, 44
Beech Island, 44 28tb? 4f 1
Cherokee Ponds, '," 29th,. 44
And at. Edgefield C. ET. from July 31st to :
August. 14th, 1871, at which timja the .
Books will'close. <.'. '" ^
The property holders will be required
to meet the Auditor at the, times and pla- . ~
ces aforesaid, and- to' make their returns
on oath ; and to facilitate' business,'they
are requested to come prepared with a
full statement of all. their property ready .
made out. ; '
Tlie attention'of all' property'holders in
Edgefield County is called -to tho follow
ing Section of the Act entitled, an Act to ;
Amend an Act entitled An Act provi- ? n
ding for the Assessment and Taxation of 1
Property, passed Sept. 15th, 1868,' andan
A et amendatory thereto, approved March
0th, 1871: . ' . ' ; tr/
Sec, 3. That whenever any tax payer
shall fail to make returns to the. Auditor
of hie County within ihe'tiuie prescribed
by law, it shall bb the duty of the CounT 1
ty Auditor to enter in the tax duplicate
against such tax .payer, the property
charged to him in- the, previous ?year
with fifty per cent; penalty added there
to, except m cases ol' sickness,, or absence
from .the County, .when tho'trufi amount
of property bnlV ?ball be charged. 1
ROBERT A. LYNCH,
Auditor Edgefield County.
June 28 . . . . . . 4t . 27 /?
Dissolution
AUGUSTA, June 22d, 1871.
THE INSURANCE FIRM of JEF
FERSON & RANSOM, as Agents of the
Piedmont & Arlington Life' Insurance
Company was dissolved on the I3thi May
last, by the withcbrawal of E; E. JEF
FERSON. .
M. A. RANSOM succeeds to, and con
trols all of the former business of said
Pinn, and will continue the business
with- Office at 227 Broad Street, Augusta,
Georgia.
The General Agency for South Caroli
na of LEAPHART, JEFFERSON A
RANSOM was also dissolved at same
late by the Withdrawal of ?. E. JEF
FERSON.
The business .of tho Agency will be
-oiitinucd as usual at the Company's Of
ico in Columbia by LEAPHART ;&*j
RANSOM.
' E. E. JEFFERSON,
M. A. RANSOM.
Ri
vi
ca;
wi
A Card.
r ^
LN explanation pf the above, it is but
lue to the Company and my late Part
?ers, to say that my withdrawal was not
lecasioned by any loss of confidence in . .
he Company, or in its present manage
nent, or distrust of its' future success,
mt to accept a more advantageous offer.
ly official and personal. relations with
iv late Partners were pleasant and har
lonious to tiriio of dissolution,' and I j I j
ordJally commend.them to my friends. \J\
E. E. JEFFERSON. . .
.?iine2S ?m2fl
MW ADVERTISEMENTS.
II. J. SAYERS.
DEALER IN REAL INSTATE,
FRANKLIN, PA.
?ya and sells improved and uninitmiveil lands any
where in the Uiiited States. '
"III rc FREAK. COMPOSITION STONIE.
. -For house iron ti, dock?, pier?, culvert?, walli,'
tntnins and all building purpose*: harder, more
raiilc. and, 100 per cent, cheaper' than natural
me. For supply of same, or. right of thaniifaclnn-.
? counties < r Stale?; apply t.iCH.VS. W..DAIILIXG,
erriary, K. Y. Freiir Stouc Co'., l,28S Broadway.
.cliofie!-l's Patent'(,'o fl OH Press.
tile simpl?n and best made, lt will ?ult von. Senil
( Circular and Prices lo SCHOFIELD'S Iron Work*,
icon, Gi-orgia. ,
ONE iii D Ell ATE LOCAL STAMPS.
4Four Dollar.' a piece paid for Hie local tlampt
. taturd l>y.llu! Confederate l'i-st-uinsler*. ex
itingthc NfW fir!, ans and Mi mi lib'Vau'lSeilt?
WM. p. BROWN & Ct&.M Kama Street; Nev?
rt t:itv.
ERCHANT'S
OIL
1
J fi II ur
ia GOOD FOR
tm? and Scald*, JlhruinntUm,
illdaiu*, fipHorrhoidi or Piles,
rain*and Brui*;*, Surf XipjJ.'it, ? \
upped Hand*, (Tated Liva ?.tn, < .
t'*h Wounds, Fistula, Mange,
cat Bile*, Snarln*, Sirecnty,
tabal Potion*, Scratriie*. or Grenue,';
nd-'Crack*. Stringlialt, IVindgiril*, 3
'lixnf all Kin d.i, Foundered Feet, 1
diet, Pinglone, Cracketj-Ifeel*,
ll Etti, ' Foot Patin Slteep,' '
',**af Animal*. IiwcU,Poitj) in Poultry,
otliliche, <&c , ?Oe., Lame Burk, die, dc.
rg? Sizo, 1.00 ; Medium, 60c. ; Small,' 25c.
'ho Gargling Oil has been in ns? as a Uhlmeni
thiity-elght ytars. All we a<lc ls,'.a fair trial.
he sure and follow dlreoliojis.
,sk yourneare?.t druggist dr dealer In paient
dlelues, for une of our Almnua?s and Yade
clims, and read wha t [hepeojjle say about iheR
he Gargling Oil is for sale by all respcclabh
lers throughout the United Mate* and othei
ntrie*., .
ur iektimonial* date from 1S33 to the present,
are itn*olictted. Use tho- Gargling Oil^ and
your neighbors what good lt hp done,
fe deni fair anil liberal with and defy con
iictlon. Write for an Almanac of Cook $ook
Manufactured at Lockporti Y.
. -vt- . I. *1 I
MERCHANT'S
LRGL IN fi OIL (.0??PANY,
JOHN HODGE, Becjr.
L WORTHINGTON'S FAMILY MED
ICINE.--Extensively nseU for " Bowel Affec
" for ttesnty years. Endorsed by the most emi
m^llcnl men. ot thc country. Burg Gen. Moore
'rof. Warren ailvlsed its use in thc C. 8. Army
re now Proprietors of this medicine, prepare it
a original, recipe, and offer.it to the paulie In
?ved packages and good styje. AB druggists
?enernl dealersfcecp IL -Send"Tor testimonial*',
rour orders to WADE, BOYKIK ^ CO., Haiti. 1
Agents? Rend This!
E WILL PAY .AQENTS?A SALARY
of 930 vmv wc?k and expenses, or allow
c commission, to tm our new 'avd wonderful
lions. Address M. WAGNEU & ?O., Marshall,
25
A MONTII, TTorse atidCarrlnge'fiirnisaed.
Expenses paid. II. S?JAW, Alfred, Me
MILLION DOLLARS.
swd but quiet men can make a fortuno by rc
g the secret of thc business to no one. .
. GEO. WINSTEAD,
;G88 Broadway, Xcw York,
HIGHER EDUCATION.
LLIBUTE COLLEGE
Boardir^d.TnUbn.i)?r*iiuum,f226.
iMVtm- ?ADI?S* COLLEGE
iratcd bv ?I. E. H. Prince Arthur. Bo?rd ahd
kp^r annum, *286. PB?rorkr: Tho Very;Rev.
math, D. D.-, Dean of Hurou. For Partlclars
oM^.Ernns,lK)hd<to,Cttiiaaa'W'Mir ly89
GOO:
the I
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REMO V I jN" GT
DRY GOODS AT A
McCabe, Costello ? Da]
J AVE much pleasure in announcing to the peo^^ Edgefiel? tjbat
uave Rented the Spacious and Elegant Store, fl o . $3$ Broad Stree!
ween the Globe and" Central Hotels, lately occupied by Mr. John K
Not-.tevfng 'ti.m&t?i^^^ Roving in
omjjelled io mov^?y &e*-?gt of Jj?y-^wJ? tjill j VJ
Offer Extraordinary Inducements to Purchase
i."or/derto- Run Down our Stogk as.; low as pttsjjtf'J in tic^t? m?k<
ec?ssafj improvements before JfLlf) [ jj f\ ft J ?' * ? / j f c
We return many thanks for the liberal support extended to us in om
tand, the incoase pf:^ch ooAj^Je us. ^feaya i*, and Beek increa
pace ; and' we hope from the Advantag?s^??er?d by our New Store,
s to Location and Accommodation,- together with our best exertioi
?etit't?ieir'Confidence and' Patronage;-? > .? ?
MCCABE, COSTELLO | DALY,
238 Bread Street, 3rd Boor Mow Masonic Hs
- : ??Q?BTA, GA.
June 28 .. if .
Still lla?-W?3*
WE COME.
._:!(;.?;../.<;?'.''. . fiir^.ao&rio'i ,h'-r : l j . ... u .7 '
Bargains! Bargara
_n_ j
? w
rixL, Fen A SHORT TIME, OFFER A SFL'EWH
M ?;:tr? ;. : * y,,. .- <: , . .... . . ?J w^jti-j puastBOilb ?hi:. ' '
STOCK OF m im
t a STILL FURTHER DECLINE IN PRIOESf! glso, ?beautiful Iii
.. .< .. ?.'??.??-iii Tdoo .i/iv? ?
Dress O?ads, ..
AT NE W YORK ?!iPJBI^r COST
..> - - i . M'.:. -.IK!/, 'cl. I
...... v -i--o**--.'. . ;. -??g
EADY M ABE CLOTHING, GENTS'. d?U^NJJ3K$j^ GOODS, Pi
GOODS, HOSIERY, ??^t?^
BETTER- BARGAINS
Than will Le.o^re??g?ii( tq?'?eason. ?
If'you wiBh to secure the CHEAPEST arid''BEST ^BARGAINS
a be exhibited this season. I am ?eterminecT to reduce my Stock,
ll do so at a sacrifice. ,,
W. H. BRIOSO
few Goods fef Suf?tffler 187
tXt?? (fifi ^fUv?>l ^iilvl /?I ??Mt'H? '
H. L A
HOLESALE AND RETAIL REALER
VA' '.. . VVlv.i .:? (mi R /? V
172 Broad Strict,
HS AS LOW AS
Augusta, Georgia.
... 0 '. ?5 v;;d oj . .1 .'
-O i . J V; . j .. ; ?. ;
WA
? . . 0 ?iqi. .
' '''TH?! .
ne Price
.ll
r H !
IAVE now received a carefully selected Stock of ' the latest styles
ENCH? ENGLISH and DOMESTIC ORGANDIES,
[usinrCXWNS at I0,T2?,'20,-25 and Sb'cisrp?f'ylT?r;
fhitfe ^IQLlEg at l??2$.$ri?.2fr cte. n_iA A Q J? I C
rhite Swiss Muslin CAMBRICS;. LAWNS, &c., froml?6?s.'ancrupwar
inen DRILLS and DUCKS for Gents' Wear, at 25, 35 and 50 cts.
OTTONADES and CASSIMERES at 20 cte. and upwards,
fhite L. Of H'D'K'-ES at ?P#s?peir'dasen,
adies' White HOSE at-85,'?4 per dbze?. ?
rhite Linen TOWELS at'-^O ct?rpervdt5zen.
ESQUITO LACE and GAUZE very low,
ba-fielebrated A N"o. 1 Braid ?lack AXPAC?, ofjy $ ctei>er yard
RINTS^f all the'best makes at ffom^o ct?'anld ?pw?rd. - *
ad?es' LAC?D and CONGRESS GAITERS at only $1,50 per pair,
ens GAITERS at $1,50 !
en's COATS for Siiuimer at only $1,25.
en's VEST and PANTS to match at only $1,25.
ehVNew; Straw'-HATS at c??y 25? cts. . , , . -,
?w* Styles Of SUNDOWNS and HATS, at on?v oO cts.1 J
en's, WhitetB^ss SHIRTS, ^ 75 cts., ... ?.. g j> : . Q
idies' C'O?SE?S.' of the most popular malc?s', al only 50 cts.
OOP SKIRTS, 85 Springs, only 50 cts.
hite,' Buff, Slate and Drab LINENS for Aprons, Dresses and Sha
only 25 ?ts. i . . .
own and Bleached HOMESPUNS at from 7i cte.
full assortment of FACTORY GOODS at Facbpjy Prices
ould enum?rate many'other Bargains, space permitting, but in con
[ would say that my facilities enable me to tray WEEN and WHi
DS ARE (CHEAPEST, and; in exercising the featest Economy in
)eparkmente, l am en?bled to sell Goods at least as LOW AS *
I ?ave1 adopted and rigidly adhere to the policy of asking A? y
Lowest Pnces. . This is the frank, straight, K)hn? course, and lbs
;t' to Parchaseis, because it enables all to pir?hiaee at the lowest p
I orders sjbould be addressed to
. i H.A. BALK,
- ' ( R1 . , .^A?GUSTAj.-GA.
ie2S . Pr/f !,:. & I 27
- Prices!
t -. * TI??T Received-.nnd marked down'to
NI IN g^O^E/a sfeleci asfebrtment ^ t^f^J^M; ,
OICK GROCERIES, such as* " ? ??rrtla fitk OW?alier WHISKEY.
ION and LARD, ? ? SuperiorVaT?v'WHISKEY
UR. RICE, MEAL, 1 ^ N. C. Corn WHISKEY, good
VRS and COFFEES, 20 Gallons California BRANDY, war
eo Green and Black TEA, 1? " ranted genuine, and very fine,
L TENNESSEE HAMS, 10 Gallons Pure GRAPE WINE,-a
Tior Canvass Ii AMS, gO"?d domestic article,and superi?r
tdsi SYRUP, ? go(xl art?cte, HT. \ ?j U ;j Mwo^Mrd? ofithe Wine j mid as
io cradc of MOLASSES^ Os .l? i i g * |n^>otte<y\Wnek. . /! U I. ? .
??MACKEKEIV' -, flafL^^lm^?MF^i?^^
e S VLT SPICES, SODA, RA W?E,And?ol?anB-GlN, aalnalca
DLES, STARCH, etc., *c. RUM, dc.
>r lees -will compare favorably with If you want Good Lia uora call next
her House in town. . Give mc a door East of Advertiser Office,
will endeavor^to please all. ? " ^W. F. DURISOE, Sr.
j; .Wi F. 'DURISOE, S^ Ju^2|^' ]^_lm 26
^---.---- Sicily Lernen Sugar
>hactO and Segar?. -^AKES a , most,-delightful Summer
ICE Grades Chewing TOBACCO. 1?. Drink. CaHahd get ? package,
nuine Durham Smoking , rt, w* ri DURISOE, Sa.
SEGARS, SNUFF, Ac; j Jttnc21 - ? _lm ^
i in Store and for sale very cheap1 '^..-?-^^is_^" ??
W. F. DURISOE, sr. Cracker^ Sarihnesj &c
21 . -lin . , * LWAYS on hang a full Stock of
_^ x\. So<la, Le: jon, Butter and Gingijr
OT WARE. CRAG?, .; ^*
)OD assortment of TIN WARE '4^.SA^1N^^^^ LOB
pt constantly on hand. ?Wf); w ? nirpTRop c.
W. F. DURISOE, Sr. T 01 W. F. DURISOE, Sr.
aK;,,: ^.:>,X?y '?6 . June21_,-,_lm
ectipner?c?y 3ftits &c. Ale and Porter,
N&Y^etyofjFreeU CANDIES, HHHE VERY BEST, may be found at
JTS, ?feci, aiways in Store.'- X all thnos next door East of Advertl
r n . > w. F. DURISOE, Sr. ser office. . W. F. DURISOE, Sr. 1
a Im 26 June 21 Im. 28