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S-mth Carolina Affairs. NEW YORK, November 5.-To thc Pub lic-Many false representations and state ments have been made and published against the credit of the State of South Carolina. It is true that $20,204,000 worth of bonds bava- been printed, ol' which amount $9,000,000 have never been signed or issued, nor were they printed with the intention to increase the State debt, but are in possession of the State authorities ; also, $3,5QO,000 sterling bonds have been printed but not issued ; $2,500, 000 of registered stock are now in the hands of the Treasurer of the State, being the balance of $5,040,000 issued. The Legislature, from time so time, passed several acts for the issue of bonds to pay the indebtedness of the State. Subse quently it passed an act for the conversion of its securities. . To provide for this, the above amount in bonds w-.s printed, which bas given, to romy groundless misrepresen tations arie: gro ss fabrications. R. K. SCOTT, Governor of South Carolina. NILES G. PARKER, Treasurer. JNO. B. DENNIS, Chm'n Com. on State Accounts. Thc World statp.s that the entive State government of South Carolina is here. The American Bank Note Company print ed twenty million bonds for Mr. Kempton, Financial Agent of the State. It is said that Governor Scott admits that the bonds were printed, but deniis that all were is sued ; but does not state the amount is sued. Kempton, it is asserted, brings claims against the State for services and commissions amounting to four millions, and the other State officers have not dared to resiat payment thereof, though much ol' j it ia for renewal, which was credited to,the new loans. The commissions, it is said, will more than swallow the original loan The expenses of the last Legislature, eight hundred thousand dollars, have not beer, paid. The World concludes by stating that its information is from a source en ( titling it to the highest credit. The per sons giving it express confident belief that a fraudulent issue, amounting to $20,046, 000 of State bonds, has been negotiated, and the money misapplied, and are con vinced that if it should prove that thc State is involved to that amount, it will be irrevocably insolvent. From Illinois. CHICAGO, November 4.-Gov. Palmer has written a letter to the Attorney Gen eral, directing him to present the facts bi regard to the killing of General Grosver uor to the grand jury ol' Cook county. Palmer argues that the act was the resuli of usurpation on the part of General Sher idan anil others. LATER.-Governor Palmer, after allud ing to the circumstances preceding thr death of Grosverner, concludes: "I think you will perceive it is now the duty of thf Governor and Attorney-General, and all other officers, to sec that the laws are en forced against all parties concerned these illegal and dangerous acts. It not necessary, in determining upon tin line of duty to be adopted, to inquire whether the Mayor of Chicago, Lieuten ant-General Sheridan and Frank T. Sh?r man, and his associates and subordinate* -who were the agents by which the death of Thomas Grosvener was produced, in assuming powers they did not possess, anti which cannot be conferred upon them were influenced by proper or improper motives or purposes. They assumed to susoend the operations of the Constitution and laws of the State, and substitute in their stead laws and militan* force, to bt defined and applied by themselves. They, by their lawless acts, attacked and insult ed the dignity and authority of the State and have, by their dangerous example, weakened public confidence in the Con stitution and laws, and in their : tempt to enforce usurped and lawless authority, they have sacrificed the life of a peacea ble citizen. Animated by the confidence I have thu3 expressed, and confident in the belief that the State of Illinois, acting through the proper departments of it.? government, is capable of protecting its own people, and of enforcing the dignity and authority of its own laws, I have to request that" you, in conjunction with the State's Attorney of tho Seventh Circuit, will bring all the facts before the Grand Jury of Cook county, in order that ali persons concerned in thc unlawful killing of Thomas W. Grosvcrnormay be brought io a speedy trial. . Graut's Despotism in Sonth Caro lina. The Journal of Commerce and "World both dwell in terms of fitting indignation r.pon Grant's South Carolina martial law proclamation and the outrages which are being perpetrated under it. The latter nays : The spectacle is presented of a once proud Commonwealth ruled by rude and ..-.morant barbarians, her former slave*, ..Itedient perforce to their fantastic legisla tion, an 1 tributary perforce to their savage exactions. * * * And yet upon this community it is that Mr. Grunt hurls -.di the engines of oppression at his command. Taxed and misgoverned al most to madness as South Carolina is by her pic-cut .scoundrel State government: ali! jeted, too, by the pestilence which daily sweeps off from throe to a dozen people in her chief eily, she is now called on to endure a merciless dnigooiiade such as a Bourbon King ??ncc organized against the Hugnen ?;.<, who lied two hundred years since from France to America, thinking that herc they and their descendants might live exempt tn socula noculorum from thu hand of arbitrary power. A correspondent of the Union limes writes : Mr.. F.niTOR : Poor John Dawkins, a c-olored man. was arrested herc in Union, bv thc United States Marshals, and car nell uvay to Columbia. John thought he was free, ..nu', without money and without price.;'voted thc Dt-in(>crat?c ticket" and luyanse of that, he is arrested sa Kn Klux ..nd carried to Columbia io Ix- tried. We alums! know, from gond evidences nurronndmg, that John was not a Ku Klux, (?ut thi- makes no difference to you. Johte-thc laws of the United States arc supreme. A poor shoe-maker, draggid from lu- family, who are almost destitute. Jiutl von thc money to pay heavy fees to prove* your inn< cence, you would get free from tim. but, like the balance of thc South, you hav- no money and no repu tation. ' The dead spirits of oppressed Po land and I re?an I in their " rapping*/' can only sympathize with you. GONE TO LI: r.r.i.v.-The Yorkville En quire: .-ays: On Tuesday last a colony of one hun dred and thiriyf?ix negroes left the vicini of Clay Hill, iii thia county, for Liberia, under the auspices ol' the American Colon ization S ciety. They took tho cars at Rock lilli yesterday, wheoee they will go ti- Baltimore, and from that city will" sad dree*, to thc p"int of their destination, in the Golconda, a vessel belonging to the ??.Ionization Society. Among the num ber are the following heads of families : Rev. E. Hill, J une Moore, AndvCatheart, Boldon Hill, Peter Watson, John Moore, Madison Simril and George Simril. The entire number is made up of the most industrious negroes in that section of the county, many of whom, since their eman cipation, have shown themselves to be thriftv and energetic, and not a few of j them had accumulated monev. RAILROAD CONVENTION.-On the tenth of this month, the friends of the Augusta, Laurens and Spartanburg R lilroad scheme will hold a Convention in Columbia, South Carolina, for the purpose of discussing the proposed road and devising ways and means to build it. Augusta has been in vited to send delegates, and on yesterday Mayor Estes appointed the following to represent her in the Convention : James A Grav, S. D. Heard, O. N. Butler, Col. T J Smith, Gen. A. R. Wright, Hon. P. Walsh, G. Radcliff, "Wm. Bryson, J. H. Miller, Col. J L. Stockton.-Chronicle & Sentinel, 7th. House lots in Chicago, which, cov ered, brought ?40,000, a year ago, have boon sold since the fire, without houses, for $50,000. Everything which the cap italist can touch in Chicago to-day must j ?poid tnormou? pro?t. ' Washington News* WASHINGTON, NOV. 3. The proclamation restoring Marion County to civil rights and placing Union County, South Carolina, under martial law, has been promulgated. It releases Marion County, and says : Whereas it has been ascertained that unlawful combina tions and conspiracies of the character and to the extent, and for the purposes de scribed in said proclamation, in the coun ty of Union, S. C., do exist, now, there fore, ?fcc., ?fcc. It is stated that a clerical blunder in writing Marion for Union in the former proclamation necessitates a supple mental proclamation. WASHINGTON, NOV. 4. Parties who left Salt Lake City on Sat urday arrived here to-day, and have com municated to government officials some interesting facts connected with the situa tion there. They state that the prosecu tion of the polygamists is injuring busi ness very much ; that Eastern capitalists thereto invest in mining interests are leaving; and that/the Mormons are leav ing, and that the /Gentiles are curtailing their business operations and sending their wives and children to places of safety. It is added that the government has recently sold to these very Mormons old muskets tor a dollar apiece, and that if war comes the Mormons will present a formidable front, though it is not improbable that they may all emigrate to Mexico. It is estimated that not twenty Gentiles in Utah favor the persecution of the Mor mons, and that even the Federal mili tary authorities are indifferent to it on the surface, and at heart are opposed to it. Thdse representations will have no effect, as it was decided in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday to continue the present policy. WASHINGTON, NOV. 5. The President's instructions to the Fed eral officers were that there ?hould be a firm but judicious enforcement of the laws in Utah, and no compromise with criminals. The latest official reports represent ail danger of a collision as over. The President has no present intention to suspend further the habeas corpus in the South, unless a condition of affairs j similar to that in certain counties in South Carolina occurs elsewhere. Another " Outrage." The Union Times says ; " Information reaches us that a squad of United States soldiers under command of a Deputy United States Marshal, went to the resi dence of J. Banks Lyle, one morning last week to arrest him. Capt. Lyle was not at home, and the soldiers broke down doors and behaved in a very unmanly manner. They rode their horses into thc front yard, took corn from Capt. Lyles' crib and fed their animals there. Capt. L. is principal of a large Male Academy, and when the squad arrived the breakfast for the students was either on the table j or ready to be put there. This the sol diers took forcible possession of and ate it up. If this report is true, we think it the greatest outrage perpetrated upon any one individual m this State, since Sher man's bummers left. Such conduct is allowed in times of war, but cannot be tolerated in times of profound peace. The recent arrests in Spartanburg have been accomplished too peacably and quiet ly for the Radicals in this State. The leaders are disappointed and chagrined at finding that our people are ready and willing to submit peacefully to the " Fede ral authority. They hoped to find resist ance to that authority in South Carolina, and in that way bolster up the infamous lies they have issued against us. They, however, are determined to do something that humanity cannot submit to in order to force a resistance, ever, though it comes from women and children, so that they may howl it into billing ears, as corrobo ration of their devilish lies. A FOREGONE CONCI/TSION.-The Radi cal Governor of South Carolina says there was no necessity for a suspension of ha beas corpus in that State. A Radical judge, in charging a grand jury and ur S'ng them to report every violation of w, said he knew of none" himself, and didn't know any person who did except President Grant. The grand jury,-com posed of six whites and six blacks, all Radicals-reported upon their oaths that iuunicated by persons regardless of the good order and peace of society. This corners " our later Washington," proves that he fabricated a pretext for sub jecting a whole people to the horrors of military law.-Richmond Whig. How is IT ?-If a few rich people be come houseless by misfortune, how chari table some folks get to be ! Yet poor peo ple who lose their all, and others who liad nothing to lose, are piously left by these same to starve or steal ? What an over ado some people are making about Chica go, while in Charleston, for instance, the sufferers from yellow fever are left to bear not only their own individual losses amt bardens, but the bardens of the poor sick and dead strangers ami foreigners, as well ns their own native bom poor. It is not against Chicago sufferers we speak, but against the charity that drowns thc cries ot the poor at our doors by blowing a trumpet of foreign blast so hard as to pro duce perspiration : mistaking, however, drops of sweat tor tears of charity. Christian Neighbor. pfr Thc Mont moll In party who were shot and wounded while asleep last week, on Montmollin plantation, near Savan nah, by a band af South Carolina negro Ku Klux, are now in S ivann h and will recover i'rom their wounds. No a- esta have been made of the negro assassins. ?ST- A distressing tragedy occurred at Zanesville, Ohio, the other day. The wife of a lawyer was lying at tho point ol' death from consumption, when the hus band in a frenzy of grief shot himself dead in her presence. Ten minutes later she als?) expired. ^jSff-The burned Chicago buildings, if placed side by side, would reach one hun dred miles. A narrow-gauge railroad lias been opened to traffic between Toronto and Orangeville, in Ontario, Canada, and is doing a successful business in thc trans-* portation of freight and passengers. Thc gauge, three feet and a half, is found no obstuele to its efficiency for carrying freight, while the accommodations for passengers are described as entirely com fortable and satisfactory. Hinton R. Helper writes from Buenos Ayres, August 29th, that there was a frightful prevalence of small pox. Deaths from yellow fcverduringtheSum mer 20,000 in Buenos Ayres, and 30,000 in the province of Corriatas. -The City Council of Fort Gaines have passed an ordinance prohibiting the negroes from holding religious servicer until a later hour than the whites usually hold, 10 o'clock. ps- The details of the Brazilian eman cipation law are that children born after its proclamation shall be free. Seventeen slaves owned by tho Government have been freed Various provisions are made for the benefit of those still held in slave ry. Religious corporations were eman cipating their slaves. Many private slave ownerB are moving in the same direction, converting them int^ free tenants, or freeing them upon conditiou of four years service. jjBT-It is said that Attorney-General Akorman informed the President that the punishment of corrupt officials in tho South was necessary to the success of the Republican party in that section, and should go hand-in-hand with tho de struction of the Ku Klux, otherwise there would be nothing of tho party left in a very short time. ^ar Well-informed Americans in Paris write that they believe that Napoleon will be restored to power within a year. The people sigh already for a return of the gaudy show and extravagance of roy alty. The tradesmen especially ldng: /or j the old days ol' the empira. j THE ADVERTISER. Edgefield, S. C., Nov. 0, 1871. Edgefield Triumphant at the Angus? ta Eair. . Edgefield industry and enterprise were triumphant at the late Fair inAngnsti Our people took an enormous number of very important premiums. Aa the premium list is not yet published, we jot down some items from memory. Our friend, Lemuel Corley, Esq.,-who must henceforth be considered a wheel horse among agriculturists-took the following First Premiums :-For largest yield of Cotton upon one acre-3 bales, manured with Mathewson's Soluble Pa cine Guano. For largest yield of Corn upon one acre-160 bushels. For best bale.of Pea Vine Hay. For best 2 bush els of Oats. And besides all this, a son of Mr. Corley took the premium (a gold watch) for the best crop of Corn by a boy under 1? years of age. Hurrah for the Corleys-pere e? fila ! Col. Thos. G. Bacon took the following : -For best Southern-raised thorough bred Stallion 4 years old-Mozart. This horse also won the mile race on Wednes day-purse ?400. For best imported Stal lion-Glengary. For best ?outhern-rais ed thoroughbred brood-mare with colt by her side-Lost Cause. For best South ern-raised thoroughbred Filly over 2 years old-Girl of my Heart. Mr. Holloway Claig took the fii^t premium for best Southern raised Jack -?50 in gold. Col. A. P. Butler, of Cherokee Ponds, took the first premium for Largest Tur nips. We looked at these Turnips, and many of them, we are confident, weigh ed 15 lbs. Mr.'W. S. Howard took the first pre mium for best 10 gallons Apple Vinegar, made on his farm hi the Graniteville sec tion. Miller, Hack <fe Howard (the same Howard) Grocers of Augusta, took the first premium for the finest display of Commercial Preserves, Jellies, Pickles and Condiments. Col. Thos. P. Shaw took the first pre mium for the best Southern-raised seed ling Apple ; and then another premium for the finest display of such Apples. Col. Shaw gave us two or threo of these Apples, and our eyes dilate now at the very memory of them. Miss Lavinia Kenney, of the Harmony section, took a handsome gold spoon for her magnificent Hand Bouquets. They were really unapproachably beautiful. Col. Jonathan Miller, J Mills Clark and lady, and other Beach Island people, took many fino premiums, but for the life of us we cannot call them to mind at present. The Tournament and the Ball. Of course we mean the tournament and the ball in Augusta last week. The tour nament was good, but not good enough. The tournament of the Annual Exhibi tion of tho Cotton States Association ought to be a much grander, much hand somer, much more brilliant, much more formal affair. The costumes of the knights on this last occasion were beneath all criticism. In fact the show-tournaments of the present day have lost almost every vestige of similitude to tho tournaments of the days of chivalry. Mr. Twiggs took the first prize. Mr. Hack was the best rider. But the ball was another thing. It was grand and brilliant. When it is not work with Augusta, it is dross and dance! Heavens ! how Augusta can dress and dance! Bah, the Princess Metternich, the Marquise de Gallifet, and other fa mous cocodettea of Paris may bo conceit ed in tho matter, but should they ever como to Augusta and attend a tourna ment or ball, they would find that other women in the world also knew a thing or two ! The ball was in the Masonic Hall. By ten o'clock it was resplendent with fair ,"__. . _>-?irai, -A view ta*?1 hy a small and quiet individual, from an obscure but somewhat elevated nook, presented dazzling vistas of diamonds, and silks and white arms and shoulders, and dress coats and lavendc pants and starr}- shirt bosoms. We will describe three costumes slightly. We have time for no more. The very stylish lad}' in the splendid white satin train and black velvet panier, is Mrs. W. D. Around the panier hangs black Brussels lace of great depth ; and costly laces on the corsage, and costly jewels on neck and anns, make up a costume grand enough for the Duchess of Sutherland. The queenly lady in yellow silk, is Miss A. R. Her train is immensely long, and her dress Ls very expensively trimmed with black veivet, black Brussells or Chantilly lace, and huge pink and yellow roses. It is beautiful, and the lady calls to miiul an other English Duchess-the picture of Her Grace of Richmond in Burnett's old history. Andslill another tall and stalely lady, and still another buff silk. It is Miss E. R., of Edgefield. Her dress is rich and exquisite in taste. It is long and sweeping; the skirt is trimmed down either side in front with pull's of black tulle, and the body has upon it thc rich est lace both black and white. She at tracks much attention. And now the crash of the music-it is a Charleston band wc believe-sets the whole buzzing hive in motion, and then the brilliants upon necks and arms, and the starry shirt fronts, borrowing -even greater brilliancy from the blazing lights overhead, flash and sparkle and inter mingle like the Drummond lights of a thousand locomotives coming into sud den collision on the-Pennsylvania Cen tral. It is bewilderingly beautiful and animated. But the resounding music, the shuffling of feet on the floor, and thc hum of words, make our ear-drum ach o worse than the head of tho big druin in old John Robinson's circus. By-the by, wo weut to old John's circus, and died of delight.. And before our death, such a pleasant, old time Bohemian feeling came over us that we boldly rubbed up against the lion, and stroked the hoads of the Bengal tigers, and almost essayedtoride with "tho lady" on two horses. But back to tho ball. See the electric sparks flashed from the Marquise do Gallifet's diamonds as she whirls corners in the quadrille, and the sudden flare from the starry shirt fronts as they forward and back ! They dazzle and pain our eyes so that we long for apiece of smoked glass ! And in this gay and and joyous dance, the fashionable people of Augusta forgot Bullock and Conley, and the State Road, and all other woes. They locked up their private skeletons closely at home, and their public ones they thrust behind their backs. And wise they were to do so. And the initial hours of the new day found them driving away cares of every nature with the steady tripping of tho light fantastic toe. And now we must hold up, for in a few hours we start to Columbia to see another Faix, anolher Tournament, and another Ball. But at this coming ball, wo shall not occupy a dark nook. We mean to put on our lavenders and our starry front, and kick as high as the highest. And we'll tell you alt about .t next week. ?St* Eugenie declined all public honors while traveling in Spain. She replied to King Amadeus's proffer of civilities by saying that she returned"to Spain as an unfortunate woman, anxious to see once moro the land of her birth, where she had been so happy. The Massachusetts mills hav?sent an Agent to Hong Kong to employ coolies ?br' operatives. A cargo of them is ox POcteda^.Sahm j Tbe Scallop of Old Debts. . Next week our Court of General Ses dons and Common Pleas will be in ses sion, and we understand that the-civil docket will be given unusual attention, and consequently most of the suits pend ing for old war and anti-war debts will haye a hearing. For,the last three years all old debts adjusted, have been settled on the basis of the plan established by the people of Edgefield in Convention assembled on the first Monday in April 1868. This paper was prepared by a Com mittee appointed for that purpose ata preceding meeting, and was composed of the following gentlemen : J. A. Devore, F.W. Pickens, M. Frazier, Julius Banks, Q. M. Yarborough, M. W. Clary, T. B. Reese, Abram Jones, B. C. Bryan, Wm Moss and W. L. Coleman. We herewith submit the report of the Committee composed as above (which Report was at that'time most emphat icallv and unanimously adopted) to the attention of our people, and hope our Jurors at the approaching term of Court will not, under any circumstances, de part from tho wise and just method adopted, and hitherto carried out in full faith, by our people-both debtors and creditors .Twenty-five cents on the dol lar, on old debts, is as much as any of our citizens are able to pay, and isas much as any one expects$o receive. Judge Orr approves of the scaling pf old debts, and so charges the Juries on his Circuit. We are not informed as to Judge Melton's views on this subject, but we feel satisfied that the intelligent Jurors of Edgefield will strive to carry out the will and voice of the citizens of the District, even should they, in so do ing, differ from the teachings and instruc tions of the presiding Judge. COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT OF ? DEBTS. The Special Committee have had under consid ration the matter submitted to them by the general meeting held Sale day in March, at the Masonic Hall, and beg leave to report as follows : According to the Censns, the District of Edgefield had in round numbers 23, 000 slaves. These at a valuation of $500, for which thev'sold before the war, would be eleven millions five hundred thousand dollars ($11,500,000). This was consider ed safe and stable property, as much so. as any thing held in the South, and it was a'll swept off by the results of the war, and tho acts of tho government. The whole population went into the war with enthusiasm, and are equally responsible for it. We have no data upon which to estimate the capital vested m stocks and money to be loaned out, but there is no just reason why those who held notes or bonds for money, should not loose any thing from the face of the notes or bonds, and that the whole amount, interest and all, should be paid up, by forced sales, dollar for dollar, while those who owned land and negroes should be entirely sac rificed by a war, in which all engaged alike, and for the consequences of which, all should suffer equally. Land has been reduced in value to almost nothing when forced to bo sold in ordor to pay money bonds, notes and mortgages. The labor that made them valuable has been abol ished, while most of our taxes aro raised upon land, and noto and bond holders are comparativelv but lightly taxed. Now we think it ?but proper and right that a community thus situated ought, as just and patriotic men, to come to some fair and equitable compromise by which the settlement of debts should be made. As neighbors, as fellow-citizens raised up together in all the walks of life, we owe it to ourselves, to justice, to honor, after our terrible calamities, to make a fair and friendly adjustment of all our debts, and thus set an example to other Districts in our ruined and disheartened State, so they can see that the District that was amongst the first to lead off in the war, as a band of brothers, was the first to show that we are still a band of brothers, and that brave men aro always just and magnanimous. Wo would therefore respectfully ro commend to thc people of Edgefield Dis trict, that all notes, bonds, mortgages or debts now held, involving any consider ation, or based upon any obfigatons in curred during the recent war, from 1st Jan. 1861 to the 1st of May 1S65, shall bc adjusted and settled upon the basis of a gold standard at the date of the contract or obligation, and then placed upon an equal footing leith debts before thc war. We further recommend that all notes, bonds, or m on i ed obligations, of any ?Try^8oY\Vwinterest, shall be reduced to twenty-five cent/tin the dollar, and paid in currency. We earnestly urge the general basis of settlement to be made by all our neigh bors aud fellow citizens,* and whenever it is not agreed to, then we recommend that it be submitted to au arbitration of three or five men as thc pal-ties may agree upon, and the whqjtt matter referred to these for full and final settlement. This would relievo us all from thc heavy ex pense of litigation in our Courts, and be fore mixed juries, composed in part of our former slaves. It is well known that the expense of litigation, under the gen eral distressed condition, will <.. nsumc in most cases two-thrds of the ib?15t re covered, and if land bc forced to j jay it, that the sale of land now will not pay tIn other third We therefore think the compromise we propose to our fellow citizens will be better for both creditor and debtor. As to settlement of debts due by Guar dians to Wards, or by Administrators and Executors to widows and minors, we would respectfully recommend that all such be made* upon the same basis, except that an arbitration be made by thirteen good citizens chosen by the par ties alternately, and.that their settlement be presented to the Court, on petition, praying that the Judge or Chancellor shall confirm the same. We present the above basis of settle ment to our fellow-citizens, and trust that it will be adopted and ratified by this meeting as the sentiment of Edge field District. If generally acted uponand acquiesced in, wc hope it would to some extent, restore confidence and give new stimulus to industry, because most of us would then feel that there was some hope for support to bc secured, by honest labor and worthy enterprise. All of which is respectfully submitted ZW The following paragraph, copied from the Baltimore3un, of Saturday last, tho 4th instant, throws some light on the great depreciation in our State bonds : "While United Stateasoldiersarehunt ing tho- farmers of South Carolina, the Govornor, Comptroller, Treasurer and Attorney General of that State are in New York. The State Bonds have latterly declined seriously in that market, having in little more than a year fallen from eighty to forty. Thc last decline has been generally attributed to the political raid, but the New York World of the 3d inst., hears a startling rumor that there has bc-i an over issue of $16,000,000 State Bonds." Apropos of this subject a correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial writing from Columbia, s- - : "After the Ku-Klux are disposed of thero is one more thing to be done to bring peace to .the State. Thc thieves must be rooted ont of the State Govern ment. There aro men in office here who are sucking the blood of the State, who are swindling the people' out of tens of thousands of dollars every year. , They aro as bad as the Tammany ring, and thc only thing that keep? them from stealing as much is tho fact that thero isnotso much to steal. They take all they can get, however. There are men here in Columbia occupying positions in tho State Government who have grown sud donly rich by steahng. They publish the fact to the world by sporting gay equipages upon the streets and living like princes. This aggravating and or ganized robbery of an impoverished peo ple is one of the main causes of the ex istence of the Ku-Klux-Klan." g&r General Blair ina recent.speech said, with reference to the testimony in Alabama before the Ku Klux Commit tee : "I have listened to all this testimo ny which has been given, and I find, as the net result, that $250,000,000 in bonds have been extorted from the impover ished and down-troddeh "South, by tho o?rpet baggers, who were put in power in the Southern States." Is'not that heavy, and is not Gen. F. P. Blair a Northern man, ?nd a gallant soldier on the Federal side, in the late war ? Is he not square and without reproach ? The Fair in Augusta. In these days one <6f the strongest >oints ol interest to the people of West on South Carolina and Middle Georgia, s the Annual Fair of tho Cotton States Mechanics and Agricultural Association n tne beautiful and interesting city of Augusta. The second Annual Fair is ust over, and was happy and successful. And truly it would be useless to describe it in detail to our people, for it seems to us that all Edgefield was mere. Edge field was powerful in the crowd, power tul in the exhibition, and powerful in taking premiums. We have already, a yearago, described the grounds and buildings prepared for the Exhibitions of the enterprising and dignified Association. They aro largo, commodious, and on a scale of great lib erality. The grounds, however, have been very little improved since the first Fair. We expected this year to see the grounds transformed into a sort of land scape garden? but it is not so. The Exhibition just closed was one of great beauty and usefulness. It is not possible though to give, in an article like this, a description of the attractive fea tures of so fine a Fair. We can only say that the most elegant and perfect in the useful and ornamental was there repre sented, filling the three vast buildings to say nothing of the stables and cattle sheds-with a variety so entertaining and so dazzling to the senses that the mind became fairly intoxicated with the won derful display, and the infinite variety of the handy-works of man, guided by the highest order of human ingenuity. The President, Mr. Berckmans, and all his officers are gentlemen of com plete education, strong practical sense, and most cavalier spirit. In fact they combine the utilitarian, the aesthetic and the courteouselements in a manner which is truly admirable. We need hardly add, that the most fin ished and completo creations of Art, Sci ence and Agriculture, productions sup posed to be the most perfect of their kind, are always sent to these Exhibitions, to be examined by the great world. And to the enquiring mind, to the industrious, intellectual and refined, to those who love the South and are interested in her progress, no more attractive occasions are now available or within reach, than the great Fairs of the Cotton States Me chanics and Agricultural Association of Augusta. ?. ?-? South Cardinia Bonds. Telegrams received in this city yester day from New York (says the Charleston Courier of the 4th,) state that the new bonds of tho State had declined to 28 cents. They had been quoted on the previous pay at 36 cents. The decline, therefore, which has lately been steady, was from 10 to 14 ppr cent, in four days. What may be the immediate cause or causes of this sudden decline we are una ble as yet to state, but it is a significant fact, and worthy the attention of our peo ple. It will be borne in mind that, un der the famous " Insurance.Bill," passed by the Legislature of 1S68?- each insurance company doing business'within the State is compelled to deposit as " security" for the policy-hold?rs ?50,000 in State Bonds. We understand that many companies have, in complying with the law in this respect, deposited bonds of the same new issue, which are now so rapidly declining. If this be the case, the " security" to the policy holders, .with the bonds down to 2S, and still faKing, is not of a very sta ble character-in fact, it can hardly be designited as' security. Thc telegram which announced the decline in bonds, states that Gm-ernor Scott, Treasurer Parker and Amptrollcr Neagle are in New York, bim does not state the object of their pr?sente. Hns Filled Hs Pockets and Seeks An Baie r Latitude. F. L. CarddJ^Wie negro Secretary ol State for Soui^BL^^na. has forwardof' ?fi?. OTUttJ It is saic that ho leaves lillis State for the purpose of accepting 'he position of Profes sor of Latin at thc Howard Universi ty, Washington City, ?. C. He has lilied his pockets whilst ruling over a down trodden and plundered people, and can well alford to seek another and perhaps moro congenial clime. Webster's Un a brid ped Dictionary. Bead the following certificate-refer to advertisement in another column for terms, ?fcc.-and send on for a copy: WASH t XOTON AND LEE UNIVKIISITY, LEXINGTON, VA., May 3d, lS7l'. The fame of Webster's Dictionary is, j of course, so well established as to ron der.commendation unnecessary. Twill simply say that it was my happy fortune to be a mern lier of the family of Dr. C. A. F. Mahn, in Berlin, while'hc was en gaged in preparing the etymological work l*in the revised edition I was a witness of the unwearied care with which he de voted himself to that task, and knowing, as I did, his pre eminent qualifications l'or it, I should have needed no other as surance ol' the.supremo value of his work, which, as presented in the etymology ol Webster's Dictionary, I consider the best lexicographical authority extant, in that department of our language. My inti mate acquaintance with that eminent scholar has made mo feel a kind of per sonal interest in the Dictionary itself. EDWAPiDS. JOY'NES, Professor Of Modern Languages and English Philology. The Publishers of this great Diction ary append the following note to the above certificate: Professor Mahn, of Berlin, Rpent near ly five years in laboring on the etvmo locical department of tho present edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, and the other departments were edited with equal fidelity. p?r- A recent caMc dispatch from Lon don states that at I continuous session of the English Cabinet, held from October 23d to October 27tl, the question of tho proper foreign poley of the government was thc subject of lerious consideration and earnest debat?. It is further an nounced that an t?rnense amount ol'war material is being acumulatcd in the va rious arsenals of ?reat Britain. Thc work of reorganiziitr the English army, it is reported, is actvely going on, and the regiments of tinline are in numbers and efficiency beingbrought up to a war standard. p&~ Among the fnuds just unearthed in New York is fomc the payment of 860,000 for a single cop: of the Bible for the use of the Board ? Aldermen. It seems an order made b; tho Board for a copy was construed, fo tho purpose of making a job for someody, into an or der to have a special (sigle) copy print ed; and it was done icordingly, and was a " fat take," judgig from the price charged. pST A lady residing i thc upper por tion of Columbia (says te Phoenix of the 5th,) had some words Uh her colored cook, yesterday aftornoc, and tho latter becoming impertinents exasperated her employer, that she arried into thc house, secured her huslnd's pistol and tired several times at thecook-one ball striking her in the foot. ?here was con siderable excitement foa short time, but all quieted down finty. _A gentleman froi York, (says the Phoenix of the 7th) ie of its best citizens, gives no very dering account of tho condition of things ere. Grant's military rule bears healy upon tho spirits and business oft people. So in Spartanburg and elsew.ro in tho up country, peaceful comm?ties'feol the . blow that tho Govornmom acting upon baso and malicious inforition, has in flicted upon our people. Vrepeat what ! wo have before said-to borst plunder- 1 ed' by Scott & Co., and the.uniahod by j Grant A Co., is bard to bi? W. M. COLE, Secretary. W. H. WALLACE, Vice President. D. PARKS FACKLER, Actuary. The Brooklyn LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Paid up Cash Capital and Asserts, Two Million Dollars. CHRISTIAN W. BUCK, President. \.CE, Vice President. Office No. Ml, Broadway, New York. JOHN E. BACON and W. P. BUTLER, General Agenta for the State of South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia. As general Agents we lake pleasure in presenting this well known and responsi ble Company to the public and in recommending it as FIRST CLASS in every way. We micht add much more in this regard, but being interested as its Agents, prefer to speak through DISINTERESTED PARTIES. Therefore, read and digest the following notices (among many others) from both Northern and Southern papers as to the virtues of this Company. ?.un-Columbus, Georgia, January 27, 18G9: "There is no'better Company in the land A comparison with other corporations of a similar character will convince all of the superior safety in taking risks with the Brooklyn Life." Insurance Timen-New York, January, 1869: "The Brooklyn has placed itself in the van guard of insurance reform, and is tho first Company that has done full justice to tho insured," ?fcc., Ac. The Sentinel- Raleigh, N. C. : " This great feature of cash surrender value is an important improvement that signalizes the era in insurance." Boston Post-Massachusetts, 1869 : " This plan (guaranteed surrender values) re moves the sole objection existing to making an application for insurance. Each policv becomes a niece of negotiable paper, as easily transferred as a Registered Bond." Dispatch-St. Louis, Mo.. January 7, 1869 : " A policy in the Brooklyn Life is tims worth so much in ready money, Ac. This is the only Life Company that has carried this excellent feature Into business," <fec., ?fee. We call especial attention to this distinctive and advantageous feature of guaran teed surrender value of tho Brooklyn Life, particularly characteristic ; and also to ' the fact that there are no classes in the Brooklyn Life. All fare alike, whether from the North, South, East or West. Above all, we direct the public attention to thc fact, that Polices can be obtained in this Company, owing to its careful management and superior advantages, at LOWER RATES than in any other Company of EQUAL RANK AND SOLVENCY in America. _ BACON & BUTLER, General Agent?. Office, over Dr. FISHER'S DRUG STORE, Columbia, S. C., and at EDGEFIELD CH. Agents wanted in every county and town in this State, and also in the city of Augusta, to whom liberal commissions will be allowed. Nov. 9 tf,. 46 Late A.rri vals. 1 AND PRINTS m? DOMESTIC I am DOW receiving a fresh supply of BEAUTIFUL DRESS GOODS, ' HANDSOME PRINTS, WHITE GOODS in great variety, DOMESTICS,.ail grades and prices, &c, &c SD? ? Also, just received Five Cases Best Quality Ladies, Men's and Boys' DRESS GAITERS and WALKING SHOES," very handsome and very cheap. I am determined to keep my Stock complete in every De partment, and likewise determined to sell at the lowest fig ures, and to use every exertion, to please my customers in every particular * < S??PGive me a call. J. H. CHEATHAM, At Sullivan's Old Stand. Nov 8 lm 46 ??r GUESS WHO IS THE NEATEST HOUSEKEEPER in our town? "We know her. She cleans her knives, china, win dows, paint, oil cloths, tables and floors, and-brightens her tin, brass and copper wares with Enoch Morgan's Sons' Sapo lio. Ask for it. It is a good thing. For sale by MARKERI & CMSBY, 4t45 r~?r MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE IN CHARLESTON.-Charleston is fast becom ing a manufacturing as well a3 a com mercial city. Tho largest manufactory of doors, sashes, blinds, etc., in the South ern States is that of Mr. P. F. TOAI.K, on Ilorlbeck's Wharf in that city, sales rooms at No. -0 Haync street. Mr. TOALE'S advertisement appears' in an other column. COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, November ??. GOLD-Buyingatlll and sellingal 113. COTTON.-Our market opened with a fair demand at 17c. for Middling, ruled ouiet but steady during the day. and closed without change. Sales, .">()u bales ; receipts, 1,008. BACON-Stock large und market un changed ; C. Sides, ?J ; C. K. Sides, !) ; Shoulders, HI; Hums, 16(ctlIS; Drv Salt Shoulders. 7; Dr\' SaltC H. Sides, 81 ; D. S. Clear Sides, 9. CORN-Prime white is selling at UK ets. bv the car load from depot ; retail, t=l UO. WHEAT-We quote choice white, 31 85; amber. 81 75. FLO LT ll-City Mills, $7 oOf?lO?O ; at re tail, Si fi barrel higher. Country, $7 ;10 (uifl, according to quality. CORN ME AL-$95 at wholesale; $1 at retail. OATS-55 @ 05. . Sp ecinl Notions. Bc Guided by whut you Know. There ls un old proverb which snys, M Exp?rience is the na fest guide." To this guide the sick tun? when costing nhout f..r the mcuns of rc lief. They inquire whitlu medicine liss done for others, before tliey adopt lt themselves. Of ?ll the rein? dies and preventives in usc, Hosteitei** Stomach Eiter* meets the te>t mott tr?iimphan?y, und hence Its Immense popularity and vast sales. Tho sufferer from indi gestion ls sure to find some one muong hi? friends who hus beeil cured of thal ailment by thc furo Otu vegetable itoirmchic. The victim of fever nnd ague, liver complaint constipation, nervous prostration, or general debility, has only to make inquiry In the neighborhood where he resides in order to discover what tills slandard restorative has effected incuses similar tn his own. In Mic published testimony lo its merlu he will find a volumo of pro fs of its ?uni tnry properties, which it ls Inpossible for his com mon sense lo resist. He tries it ur d tho effect it pro duces on his syrien adds another to the hi st of wii nesses in lb favor. Thus. Its reputation, founded on facts, not assertions, continually grows and spreads. Chnrlatuiis ?iud impostor?, some of them mere local tricksters, and others who lake a somewhat wider range, attempt In thrust into the hands und down tho throats ol' invalid;, their haphazard concoctions, ss substitutes for the tonie which for s<> many venn has been a medicinal staple throughout Un: United States, Spanish America, Canad?, and the West In die.., but only succeed to a very limited extent, lu this reasoning ugo. the peuple, having ascertained what ls reully deserving > f their confidence, decline .' running nfter strange gods." SIXTY-FIVE FIRST PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED, THE GREAT ano MANUFACTORY. WM. KNABE & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Grand, Square and Upright Piano Fortes, BALTIMORE, Md. These Instrument* havj been before tho Public for nearly Thirty Years, and upon their excellence alone attained and unpurvhated pre-eminence, which pronounces them unequaled, ia TONE, TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP And DURABILITY. X3P~ All our ?juure Piano? have our New Im proved OVKIISTBUNG SCALE and the Agraffe Treble. 0f" We would call special attention to our lalo Patented Improvements in GUANO PIANOS and SQUA RE GRANDS, found In no other Piano, which bring thc Piano nearer Perfection than has yet been attained. Every Piano Fully Warranted for Five Years. Cy We are bv special arrangement enabled lo furnish PARLOR ORGANS and ME LO DEO XS of thc moot celebrated mnkcrs, Wholesale und Re tail tit Imcest Factor;/ Price?, Illustrated Outaloguos and Price Lists promptly furnished on application tu WM. KNABE ?Sc CO., Balti'ore, Md. Or any of our regular established agencies. Nov. 8 . Cm -16 Oil. Oil. ONLY try one Gallon of our SAFETY OIL for burning Lamps, and you ?viii never use any other. We offer $100 _ reward to any person who can set this nn )il ou hre MAKKEJBT <fe CLISBY. qt SeptZJ . tf SO j . Georgia Cotton Lands for Sale. I?ffer for sale my very "VOLCABLE COTTON FARM, sitnare on Tanna hassee Creek, in Webster County, con taining 1300 or 1400 acres-half cleared, and produces well with proper culture. A sufficiency of Houses for Laborers, good Dwelling, Gin House and Crib, Barn etc. This farm is in tho immediate neigh borhood of the Jennings', the Dom's; the Addies', the Wise's, and others, lat? citi zens of South Carolina. t This farm can be comfortably divided into two good farms. I will sell a bargain in this property. The Corn, Fodder, Stock, Wagons, farming tools, ftc., will be sold with the place, if desired. Examine for yourselves, you Who wish to buy. For further information, enquire, or address me at Americus, Ga. .TAMEST. WALKER.. Nov. 8 ' 4t 46 Land for S a) e. If* Q ACRES of 'Fine COTTON O O LAND lying on Horn's Creek, adjoining lands of j. W.Quarles, Samuel Roper and lands of Estate of Wm. E. Hobbs, deceased, being a portion of the Woodfork Tract-two-thirds cleared and in the highest state of cultivation. Two large frame Cabins and Cribs are on the premises. Saul land lies on thc public road lead ing from Edgefiold C. II. to Hamburg. Terms, Six Dollar? per acic,-ono hali' cash ; the balance on a credit of one year, with interest. Apply to J. L. Addison, Esq., who is authorised to sell and make titles to the same. JOHN T. COLEMAN. Dyson's Mills, Nov. 7, 2t 4ti LAND SALE. John W. Payne ] vs I R W. Payne, [ Robt. H. Hill, Ex'ors., etal. J BY Order of thc Judge of Probate in this case, the undersigned will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder, on Thursday, * November :i0tlt, on the premises, tho TRACT OF LAND of Mrs. MARY PAYNE, deceased, containing 700 Acres, more or less, bounded East by lands of Patrick Coleman. South bylands of Dr. John Maxwell, *\\ est by lands of John W. Payne and others'. Nov. 8 3t 46 A SPLENDID INVESTMENT f F OR SALE a very choice Stock, Grain - and Cotton farm, where labor is easily procured, and in a healthy and quiet neighborhood, situated six miles North-west of Blackville Depot, S. C. Railroad. The said Farm contains Six or Seven Hundred Acres,-about Ono Hundred and Fifty Acres cleared. It is bounded on tho North by Edisto River, East and West by two Creoks ; one line of fence is only required to keep the stock in the liam mock, which is capable of support ing several hundred head ten months in twelve without any extra feed. White 3ak, Hickory, Pine, and other timber ire ot* immense growth. The upland is 3asily cultivated. Tho natural advantages of the place ire groat, in many respects. The native rrasH grows from four to six feet high, md if properly cured and baled would ,-ield a large revenue if sold in Charles on or Augusta. The beef Cattle would dso pay largely. The swamp affords try quantity of Muck for fertilizing the lpland. On the place isa fine young Orchard if tho choicest Fruit Trees, a quarter of ! n acre of Wilson's Albany Strawberries, tith a large collection of the best Grape fines-ali of which aro now bearing inely. There is also on this place a Cottage louse, with numerous Duildings for a vrge force, a new Gin House and Shed, ew Gin, and a Screw of great power. The health of the place is excellent ot a death for over ten years. Game of | ll kinds aro abundant, particularly Deer nd wild Turkics. The Creeks and ;iver afford the hnest fish in greatest lenty. Physical disability renders it impossi le for tho present owner to attend to tho lace. This very valuable and desirable Farm in be had for Six Thousand Dollars, (no M,) if applied for soon. Apply to R. S. Miller, Blackville P. O., C., or to Mr. M. on the premises, (who ill take pleasure in showing the place,) to C. Pemble, Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Oct. 28, 8t 45 Found ! k Lady's SHA WL, which the owner n 11. can have by describing property, u d paying for this advertisement. En- r tire at thia Office. tfPTS lt 40 More jN"ew Groods ? , -AT Branson's. ( 1 Case superior Black ALPACAS, and 1 [Case fine Wnite 'LANNELS, just received and for sale low at . BRUNSON'S. . / * . . i Full lines White and Colored All Wool FRENCH MERI NOS, just received at BRUNSON'S. Double-fold SCOTCH PLAIDS now opening at BRUNSON'S. \ . " , - v Two Bales San Domingo and-Pekin JEANS, extra heavy, ust arrived at BRUNSON'S. \ Two Cases Brown and Bleached 4-4 SHEETItfGS,' besi Drands, just opened at BRUNSON'S. Two Cases Bleached and Brown DRILLING, just received it*' BRUNSON'S. Two Cases Bleached and Brown Canton FLANNELS, just received at * ' BRUNSON'S. All -Numbers Coats* Spool COTTON, Colored Spool;SILK, Colored and Plain Alpacca BRAIDS, Lily FRILLINGS, Im perial FRILLINGS, Coventry RUFFLINGS, ftc., jost received and for sale at low figures by W. H. BRUNSON. Nov 1_'_tf ^ y?" , 45 W. A. SANDERS, Wo. 3, Park Row, EDGEFIELD, S. C., -Dealer in F??BE DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH, PUTTY, GLASS, DYE STUFFS. BITTERS, PATENT MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, FAN CY ARTICLES, TOILET AND FANCY SOAPS, CONGRESS AND VERMONT WATER, ALL OF THE LATE AND POPULAR REMEDIES OF THE JD AY, SEGARS AND TOBACCO, IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WINES, LIQUORS OF ALL KINDS, &c, , Begs to announce to the public that his Stock is Full, Complete, Fresh and Genuine, and all articles sold as low as thc same can be bought in any market in the State. ..PRESCRIPTIONS carefully prepared, day and night, and warranted from tested Medicines. NOW IN STORE, A CHOICE SUPPLY of FAMILY GROCERIES,: embracing all- arti cles for family purposes. My Groceries are choice,'and special attention is called to Ihem. I have also received 10 Barrels Pure RYE WHISKEY, from 6 to 10 years old, 10 !' " " " from 4 to 6 years old, 5 " " Old RYE ?' 2 years old, 4 " " Copper Distilled CORN WHISKEY, 2 " " Mountain WHISKEY. Also, Pure FRENCH BRANDY, Holland GIN, Imported Jamaica RUM, WINES of all kinds, &c. My Liquors are pure and unrectified. Persons wishing to purchase will please call, and I know satisfaction will be given. Novl . tf 45 Stoves! Stoves! W. H. GOODRICH & SON, 2G5 Broad St., Augusta, Ga., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN ; COOKING AI HEATING STOVES, GRATIS, Mantles, Tin Waf e< Wcod Ware, &c, &c. ^"Manufacturers of all.Kinds of TIN WARE, ^"Special attention given 'o ROOFING and JOB WORK They keep constantly in Store a full supply of the "HENRY CLAY" Cooking Stove. This Stove has no superior in this or any other market, as hundreds who have used it in Edgefield, Abbeville, and Barnwell Counties can testify. Ask for the "Henry Clay " whenwantibg a first class Cook ing Stove*. Each Stove warranted to give satisfaction in every respect. W. H. GOODRICH & SO?Y, 26*5 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Nov 1 ' 3m 45 THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAND AND IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION, $500,000! TO BE GIVEN AWAY! Secure Your Tickets at Once in thc Drawing on the 8th, JANUARY 1872. A SERIES OF CONCERTS WILL BE GIVEN.' ?" NDER THE AUSPICES OF THE "SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AGRICUL TURAL AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY," will give a SERIES OF CON CERTS, at the Academv of Music, Charleston, S. C., commencing January 8th, 1872. KITLEK, CHADWICK, GARY & CO., Agents, Refers to all the Bankers, Brokers, and .prominent gentlemen of the Country, both North and South. 150,000 Season Tickets of Admission. At $5 Each. If you have not received a Circular, send for one, giving full particulars. AU or ders Strictly Confidential. 2,405 Gifts, Amounting in all to 8500,000. The Drawing of this Great Southern Enterprise will be conducted under the super vision of the following well known gentlemen: Gen A R WRIGHT, of Ga. ' I Col. B. H. RUTLEDGE, of S. C. Gem BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, of Va. | Hon. ROGER A. PRYOR, of N. Y. Monev for Tickets can be sent cither by Express or Postoffice Order, and the Tick ets will bc promptly forwarded. Direct all Let.ers to BUTLER, CHADWICK, GARY & CO. Principal Office, Charleston, S. C. Gen. M. C. BUTLER.JOHN CHADWICK..Gen. M. W. GARY. ?SrTickets can be procured of Mr. M. Lebeschultz, General Agent for Edgefield County, and Messrs. Markert & Clisby and Maj. S. S. Tompkins, Edgefield, S, C. Oct 25 Ht ' 44 Public Sale. ON Thursday, the 16th, IwiU sell at oublie auction, at my reaidence, all U. S. Internal Revenue ASS'T. ASS'R'S OFFICE, 3d DIST. S. C. COLUMBIA, 9th Nov. 1871. ? Terms Cash. Sale to commence ll o'clock. T. W. CARWILE. Nov. 8 2t 40 J? .IHurauiiy, mc *UMI, "~? public auction, at my residence, all my HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FUR- j ^rQTICE is hereby given that on Mon NlTURE.&c. x \A-S day, the 20th day of November 1871, the following described property will be sold in the town of Hamburg, 8. C., tho same having been forfeited to the United States for violation of the Rove* nne Laws, viz : One 84 Gallon Barrel Peach Brandy One4l ? . ? Peach Brandy! One 30 " Peach Brandy. One 43 " ?" Peach Brandy Terms Cash. To Farmers. ALL persons who wish to purchase Farm Rights of STOKER'S MOVA BLE FENCE, can do so by applying at his Office, or to Mr. Charles Fuller at his ^ Price of Farm Rights, $5.0u each. Nov. 8 tf 40 GEO. A. DARLING, Ass't Ans'r and Special Deputy Collector ? i 3d Dist S. C. NovO it 46 Admistrator's Sale. [N Pursuance of an order from thoPro bate Judge, I will sell at Edge?eld C. f., on the ii rat. Monday in December ext, all the Notes, both Sale and Sched le, belonging to the ' Estate of ! Mrs. harlotte Peterson, dee'd. GEO. J. STROTHER, Ad'or. J MARKERT & CLISBY. WW'8 ? 46 WOT,* 3m 45 COTTON WANTED THE undersigned wiU pay the high est Market price for COTTON deUvered ih?rlotte Peterson, dee'd. J at then- Store.