Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 25, 1872, Image 1

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60S M*ma > m i i / & 1 ^^.^l..ll^^.'.^.l^".<,?.*U^.unl^..l^??.l.^...^,H^H,??.l.?^..^?.?^?ll.^.....,..,?.',.."..,.?,'*.'",, t.i??i.?S?'..?.?'"'^t*fo?,H^''"''<''llMlM.?n.W^ EDGEFIELD, S. G.MANLTA?Y 25, 1872, VOL! JUE ))XU.-M), 5. Edgefield Female Institute. rpHE Exercises of this School will be -L resumed on the first Monday in , February next. Terms, $10, $12 and $16 per Session of Twenty Weeks-one-half in advance, the balance at the commencement of the 2nd qUMW , -? ?r * <T/TT .U-^MISS M. K. DOB EY, Principal. : Jan 16 3t 4 The High School AT Sunny Side, the place formerly owned by Capt. Eugene Burt, will be afetroJTtEe finft Xondav in Feb.: . * EDWARD T.^ WALKER, Rector. t ?fan y ^ ^j y -st . j j4 Ult. Zion School, WlNNSRORO, S. C. THE Spring Session opens ; on Monday, January 29, 1872. ? The course of instruction af fords thorough preparation for an y department of university study, or for business life. The Virginia Military Institute has re cen'Jv conferred upon this School an An nual PRIZE SCHOLARSHIP, covering the entire course in that institution. Address M. M. FARROW, Principal. Jan 17 tf 4 Parents! Guardians! Kote! BOARD, with TUITION in English, French, Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Book-keeping, and Surveying in the Field, for 42 weeks, from 1st March next, can be had for Instruction, analytical, practical, thor ough. Government, parental. Climate, delightful. Scenery, beautiful. Please address, immediately. Rev. D. MCNEIL!.TURNER, D. I). Brevard, N. C. Jan. 10 3m 3 OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, AT PLATT BR01IS, (Formerly C. A. Platt & Co.,) 214 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. 1,000 * Maple and Walnut Bedsteads, $5 to $10 ! WE particularly call the attention of I purchasers to our SOLID WAL NUT CHAMBER SUITS for Beaury DurabiBiy and Cheapness. Our MANUFACTURING DEPART MENT is still in operation. Special or ders will be prom ptlv attended io. Re pairs done in all its branches. UPHOLSTERING DEPARTMENT. Hair Cloth, Enameled Cloth, Reps, Terry and Springs, and all articles suita ble for Manufacturers, we offer at Low Prices. Augusta, May 2 lyl9 ffi^??T?O?? PLAIT Cooking Stove ! SlNCE the death of the late WM. HILL and closing up of his business, I have taken the Agency for thc Sale ol the Persons wanting a good Stove, such as the V Philanthropist," " Chief Cook," or " Cotton Plant/' can be supplied by call ing on D. Li FULLERTON, Stofe Dealer, AUGXTSTA, GA. No. 6 Stoves for $20,00 and 826,00. No. 7-Stoves for $25,00,- ?51,50, $33,00 $35.00, $45,00. NO. S Stoves for $28,00, $37,50, $40,00, $3(T,?0,:$t>5,00. Augusta, Oct 4 6m 41 R A; Brahe & Co,, 206 Broad St., ~\ VoULD respectfully announce to th eir Friends and the Public of Edgefield Dis trict, that they have just received, direct from Eui ope," and now offer, a la'rg? apd magnificent Stock of GOODS, consisting of Fine Gold and Silver WATCHES, of the best makers. Ladiew'and Gents' SoMdGold CHAINS, of the latest stvles. DIAMONDSof first.watcr, inSets, Pins and Rings. Superb SETS for Ladies and Misses. . : Stone, Cameo, Seal and Plain Gold RINGS. Sterling SILVER WARE of tho latest designs. Triple PLATED WARE. American and French CLOCKS, A large lot of Imported FANCY GOODS, <tc - . ~,?35r- WATCHES and JEWELRY wili be repaired with the usual care. _J?cLAX -_?m --.-43 "~ S. ?SN, . 142 Brtorr? Street, Wholesale and Retail Defifer in WATCHES, ^LftC fi S, JEWELRY, ?PJ AVING at a jrreat outiav, secured the service* nf .a FIRST-1 : LASS \V A TCI I MAKER, from Switzerland, r* now- ?re . pared 6> Repair ?Ii kinds of Watches, Slualc Boxesand Jewelry nf nil descrip tions, with neatness and dispatch, and" guarantees all work. . He offers, also, a gr??t variety WATCH ES, CLOCKS. JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, (tc, at New York prices. Look out for the sign of the BIG GUN, 142 Broad Street. Augusta, poe 20 6m52 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD COUNTY, JN THE COURT OF PROBA TE. T>Y D. L. TURNER, Esq., Judge Pro XJ Baie. Court* of Edgoricld County. Whereas, Francos E. Glover hath applied tome for Letters of Ad mi n ?.it ration on the Estate of David M. Glover, late of said County dee'd. These aro therefore to cite and admon ish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at a Court of Probate for tb?! said County, to be holden at Edge field C. H., on the 1st', day of Feb., next, 1872, afc 10 O'clock A. M.*fco show cause if Rny, why the said Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand and the Seal of the Court,, >thi* Irtth day of Jan. A. D. 1S72, and in the 90fh year of American Independence. . -.D' -TURNER, J. P. C. Jan. 10 2t_4_ Phi? House, a C. SOLUBLE Pacifie Gnano. j Price $45 Cash, with the Usual Ad vance for Time. EXPERIENCE IN THS.USE OF this Guano for tho -past six years in-this State, for Cotton ana Corn, has so far es tablished its charactor for excellence as to render comment unnecessary. In accordance/ with the established policy of the" Company to furnish the best Concentrated Fertilizer at the lowest cost to consumers, this Guano is pu t in to market this sea48n at the above reduced rice, which the Company Ls enabled to o by reason of its large facilities and the reduced cost of manufacture. Tho supplies put into market this sea son are, as heretofore, prepared under the personal superintendence of Dr. St. Jnlian Ravcnel, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, S. C., hence, planters may rest assured that its QUALITY and COM POSITION Ls precisely the same as that heretofore sola. At the present low price every acre planted can be fertilized with 200 pounds Guano at a cost not exceed- : lng the present value of 30 pounds ol cotton, while experience has shown that under favorable conditions of season and cultivation the crop is increased bv the application from two to threefold the natural capacity of the soil. Hence, un der no conditions could its application fail to compensate for the outlay. Apply to J. ti. ROBSON, ~ Agent Pacific Guano Company, No. 68 East Bay and Nos. 1 and 2 Atlan tic Wharf, Charleston, X. C. JNO. S. REESE <fc CO., Gen'l Agents. Nov. 29 3m 49 PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'S COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME FOR Com posting with Cotton Seed. Price $25 Cash, with Usual Advance on Time. THIS ARTICLE IS PREPARED UN DER tho superintendence of Dr. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL expressly for com posting with cotton seed. It M as introduced by this Company two years ago, and its use has fully attested its value. 200 to 250 pounds of this arti cle per acre? properly composted witt the same xi eight of cottonseed, furnishes the planter with a FERTILIZER of the highest excellence at the smallest cost. A compost prepared with this article, as by printed directions furnished, contains all the elements of fertility that can enter into a first class FERTILIZER, while its economy must commend its liberal use to planters. For supplies and printed directions for composting apply to J. N. ROBSON, Agent Pacific Guano Company, No. 68 East Bay and Nos. 1 and 2 Atlan tic Wharf, Charleston, S. C. JNO. S. REESE <fc CO., Gen'l Agents. Nov. 29 3m 49 T. J. MILLER, H.BUSSEY. JOEL J. BACON MILLER, BUSSE Y& BACON GROCERS AND Gen1! Commission Merchants, 173 Broad Street, A UG USTA, GEOli GI A, RESPECTFULLY announce to their Edgefield friends that they are constant ly receiving fresh invoices of BACON. LARD, COFFEE, SUGAR, TEA, CHEESE, BAGGING, TIES, CANDLES, BUTTER, SOAP, STARCH, WHISKEY, BRANDY, WINES, TOBACCO, Can FRUITS and VEGETABLES, And in fact everything usually found in first class Grocery Houses. AU of which we offer to the public at the lowest market prices. Mr. J. B. NORRIS is with us, and would be pleased to have his friends to call and see him when they come to town Dec 13 3m 51 KI IV CS MOUNTAIN Military? School, YORKVILLE, S. C. THE First Session of the School year 1872 will begin on tho 1st of Febru ary, and end on the 30th of June. Terms-For SchoolFxpenses-i. e. Tui tion, Board, Washing, Fuel* Lights, Books, Stationery, &c.,-?135, payable in advance. Circulars containing full information may be obtained upon application to Col. A. COWARD, Principal and Proprietor. Dec 13 ._8t_51 SHOTGUN^ Hew York Office, 27 BBETTMATSf ST. May 31 ly 23 SIXTY-FIVE FIRST PRIZE MEOALS AWARDED, THE GREAT S oui beru Pi-no MANUFACTORY WM. KNABE & CO. MA?iprACitnzss or Gran il, Square and fpright Piano Fortes, BALTIMORE, .VA Tb'-M [nalrum* nts hav ? b?<>n before the rubli? for nearly Thiriv Years, and ?\<on thuirexcellence ul'jnu attained and uvpurchaetd pr??minence, which pronounces UK rn unequaled, in TON F., TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP Aod DURABILITY. tW AH our fiqnnre Piano* hare our Kew Im proved OvjtMTKONU ScAUt and the Agrupe Irene. &T We would call *pecla' attention to <<\r late Patented Improvement* in GRAND PIANOS and SOU A RE GRANDS, found in no oiher Piano, which brine th? Piano nearer Perfection thin ba? yet been attained. Every Piano Fully Warranted lor Five Years e&T We are bv fpeelal arrangement enabled to tomhb PARLOR ORGANS and MELODEOKS of the mort celebrated makers, WAotouil* and Re tail at tweet Factory Price*. IlitHtrafd Catalogues and Pries List? promptly furnisl.ed oa applicatif IO W.H. KN A BK * CO., Balti'ore, Md. Or an" of our regular ratabllibcd agencie*. Nov. 6 ?rn ? Steno Fertilizers. WM. JOHNSON, Agent, Dom's Mills, S. C. Pee-j _fcf_50 _ Beaiitiiul Residence for Rent rpHK HOUSE AND LOT containing A. 17 Acres, now occupied by Gert. DuiioVant. If not rented by the 1st Monday in February BCxVit wih" be leased to the highest bidder on that day. JOHN K. BACON. .% .J 4t W o*T 4 HON. G. D. TILLMAN ON THE PASSIVE POLICY. To Defeat Radicalism- ia Sooth Carolina. For the Advertiser. To THE EDITOR.-In October 1S72, South Carolina W?U hold her next gen eral election for Stato officers, and the time is at hand when her true sons, es pecially those who mean still to share her Date, whether thal fate shall be Heaven or Hell, should be taking counsel as to the best means of overthrowing the thieves, robbers and tyrants who are plundering and oppressing the State. There is a plan by which to beat the Radical Devils out of control of tue State Government, and the "plan" is "asure'? one, simply because common sense de clares it so, and it was successfully ap plied by the Democrats of Missouri in 1870, and by those of Tennessee the year before, agair.st far greater odds than ex ists in South Carolina. It is unaccounta ble that the Democratic press of our State, which before the war was generally edited with such marked ability, bas hitherto I entirely overlooked tho triomphant Ten nessee and Missouri plan of campaign against Radicalism, and it is still more remarkable that the successful Demo cratic policy of those States should have been wholly ignored by those who es teem themselves successors to Mr. Cal houn in the Palmetto Stato. The intellect of the Stato seems palsied, and our great mon, if we have any, ap. pear to be either overwhelmed with de spair, or overpowered by disgust, while our glorious old mother, mutilated by vandals, but still grand in her agony, cries aloud, but cries in vain, for help. The mass of our people are as true to themselves, and as faithful to the Stato as they ever were. All that they need to clear the political wilderness of Radical Robbers is a Leader. Witness the zeal, fidelity and unanimity with which they followed that ?gui? fatum called Union Reform in 1870. They voted for the Uni on Reform candidates, when most of them knew that defeat was inevitable, and while they denounced tho platform as a cheat and a lie, which could not de ceive even a negro. It is to be deplored that thc harm caused by the Union Reform movement of South Carolina could not be confined to those who got it up. As it is, the people of the whole Stato must suffer Radical torture at least until after the next election. The Democracy of Louisiana, Florida and other Southern States, at their last elec tions, also adopted the Union Reform ism of their old leaders, and with a like result-ignominiou.' ^ - crease ol' chains ai \ tbeevil end here. '. ? . mi. gation of Vallandigl vi ure" at the North, <n and demoralized the whole United Slates, i ing defeated cveryw: and is split up into fin It Ls an accomplished National Democratic ,-;. any candidates ol' its own in tho field for Pr?sident and Vice -President in 1872, with any hope of success, and that tiie party can only take an effective hand in the election of Grant's successor as a bal ance of power between thc liberal and extreme Republicans. When prominent Democrats in Ohio are reproached in private conversation for having announced the first Now De parture Platform at the North, the inva riable reply is " South Carolina forced it on us. She lcd off.in her Union Re form movement by ratifying the Civil Rights BiU, the 14th' and loth Amend ments to tho Constitution-most of the other Southern States followed suit, and what course was left us but to do like wise? How could we continue to fight for the rights of a people who had them selves abandoned nil further contest l'or thoso rights?" It is to prevent any more such disas trous and snap judgments, as that which tho Union Reform leaders took against the common sense and common welfare of South Carolina, that the writer now moves his pen. As the new platform which he is about to propose to the Democracy of the State is not original with him, and as he seeks no office would accept no office-he ought not to be eharged with vanity or arrogance in attempting to show his tortured country men a path to escape from tho Radical Hell in which they exist. The plan is this: Let the Democracy of the State, atan early day, hold District and State Conventions, to proclaim on the house-tops that tins party will in gocd faith adhere to the following rules of ac tion in the next general election : 1st, That the Democrats will make no regular party nomination of any candi date for any State office whatever, but will of course exercise the right of fill ing all local offices in those election Dis tricts where the Democracy has an un doubted majority. 2nd, That Democrats will vote to fill all State offices, and all local offices in those Districts wher?; the Radicals have a majority, for the Radical candidato, or set of candidates, who shall como nearest in professions of faith to tho principles of the Democratic party. 3rd, That the Democrats in every Dis trict will do their very best to elect hon est members of the Legislature, and, to secure sufficient votes for honest Legis lators, all Democrats will be willing to swap votes for the " Devil or Tom Walk er" for any office of profit. This may bea "New Departure" in policy for South Carolina Democracy, but no "departure" in principie. It docs not ask Democrats to turn Radicals," as tho Union Reform platform does, or did, -for it is to bo hoped, if not believed, that no respectable South Carolinian will ever again advocate Union Reformism. Nor yet does this Balance of Power Policy require Democrats to let tho oloc tion go by default, as was the case in this State at all the early elections under the Reconstruction Acts-for calling a Con vention-adopting a Constitution-choos ing State officers, etc. The bulk of our people acted wisely, and with becoming dignity, in keeping aloof from those elec tion farces, because it was then the unal terable purpose of Congress to set up ar ultra Radical local Government in every Confederate State, and al JO ve all in South Carolina. Let him who doubts call tc mind the treatment of Alabama, Missis sippi, Arkansas-In factidl tho Seceding ' States. So far fioin recommending non-ao tion, the Platform of Policy above pro posed demands that every Domocratrshnl take a most enorgetic part in the election It also demands that the organization o j tbs D?mocratie party shah ho proser ei intact, but only as a balance of power be tween the two contending factions of Radicalism, and not as an antagonistic party with nominees of its' own tn tho field for office against Radicals. It mere ly requires Democrats for once to quit seeking all the offices themselves, and to help the Radicals destroy each oth or in fratricidal strife for tho places. Only a few men do tho thinking for the j masses in politics, as in everything else, ! and hence it is that every political party j consists merely of leaders and followers, j The surest plan to conquer any party is to divide it, and as the leaders of every party govern it, so the safest policy to overthrow any political organization is to set its leaders to quarreling with each other. * The best means to this end is to start them to scrambling for the public offices, in hot competition among them selves, by relieving them from all ne cessity of remaining united as a band of brothers against the candidate of an op posing organization. . Every political leader is necessarily either au office-holder, or an office-seek er. Even a great or good man must get office for himself, or friends to be able to carry out the measures be deems best for the good of tho State, and so must the little, or bad man, seek office to effect his purposes against the country. Therefore, it is self-evident that to retain or obtain office is the practical object of first im portance with every political . leader, whether he be actuated by love of fame, love of country, love of power, love of money, or love of villainy. This explains the unquenchable thirst of most men for office, and aa every man likes to succeed in bis projects, it also explains why, as a rule, candidates are perfectly unscrupulous in the means they employ. So common is it for office seekers to practice duplicity, sacrifice friends, compromise with enemies, and flatter, cajole, or even bribe voters, that it excites no surprise, even in candidates who aro considered good and honorable men in privato life. When a man enters thc field for office, it is supposed that ho enters to win, as much so as that thc horse jockey runs his nag for thc purse. Both the candidate nnd the jockey are expected to put forth all thc skill and power, good or bad, that is in them. Tho voters themselves who are partisans of particular candidates, (and what voter is not more or less a partisan ?) practice a vast deal of rascality to make their favor ite win. Morevcr, as candidates are as often representatives of measures, as they ure of themselves, voters, in work ing for their pet office-seekers, at thc same time work to carry out their own principles, and as much rascality is ex pected in elections as exists in the busi ness of private life. Po universal do the foregoing ethics prevail in elections that grab at the bones of ron tot it ion them selves, by helping one Radical dogngttinst another, in n free fight, along thc w hole line, for every ellice, from Governor down to constable. It may bo said that a successful Radi cal candidate, who should owe iiis tri umph to Democratic support, would still be a Radical, and carry out Radical measures, but not so ; would not a Radi cal thus elected, be hated and persecuted by Radicals as a traitor ? Would he not naturally sustain Democratic! men and measures, because of having to look in, that quarter for office in thc future? Would he be too conscientious to do this ? Who ever heard of a Radical office-seek er in South Carolina having any con science? If such an one can be found he ought to bo sent to Barnum's Museum as n rarer curiosity than either the Mer maid or Woolley horse. Very many Radical leaders at the North are honest men, who act from sincere conviction, being monarchists from prin ciple, monopolists from unconscious self interest, and fanatics from delusion ; but where, it is again asked, is a single Radi cal leader in South Carolina who has any political principle except to steal all he can with the aid of bayonet law, or without regard to the rights of uian, or duty to God? Is it not notorious that the leaders of Radicalism in our State arc thc whito scum of both North and South-blackguards and ignoramuses who are too lazy to work, and too cow ardly to steal, for fear of the peniten tiary, unless they can do it according to the forms of law ? Has not Congress au thorized official stealing in all Ibo State governments ol' the South, upon the sole condition that the thieves and robbers, below Mason ?fc Dixon's line, may plun der with impunity, provided thejr will help their brother bandits at Washington to rob Ute whole United States? Where is tho Radical leader South who will not profess or practice any thing for thc sake of office? Such of these leaders as should desert to thc Democracy during thc canvass, would do so from interest-to get by o?d of Democrats an office, which the Radi cals had failed or refused to give, and having gotten the ollico they would re main faithful to tho Democrats from polity, just as most men are honest only from policy. Every one praises tho bridge that carries him over safely. The Radicals who have been elected to office in Tennessee and Missouri by thc Demo cratic votes, are for thc most part in full fellowship with the Democracy now. Gratz Brown, tho present liberal Repub lican Governor of Missouri, is so good a Democrat that he appoints ultra Demo crats almost exclusively to office. Ho dare not go back to the Radicals through fear of having no party. Were he to go back neither party would trust him. Every deserter is under a heavier bond to himself for remaining faithful to the new party ho espouses than he was to tho one he abandoned. Besides, good associations improve the principles and manners of even bad men, and Radical deserters, when once elected to office by Democrats, would havo to couttnt themselves with a reasonable amount of stealagc, aftor thc good old Democratic plan, tl)rough fear of pun ishment, or being turned out of ollicc. Moreover, a large number of Radical office-holders in South Carolina have stolen enough to afford to bo honest now, as the world goes, if they could here warded for it witli social recognition by gentlemen. Who questions but that oven iL K. Scott v>oulu gladly give half the people's money he bas filched to f?ecure entrance into good society? How much ruoie gladly would be keep the money, and do ibo decent men of tho .State a litton. Still Jurther, ice-holders in South service for their reji how many Radie... Carolina have neve? filled a:s high a place erit deserves, and pportunity to shako ts, if by sq doing, e level of tlicir am 'how many Radical tate have r.ever had d would w ith open alition with Dcmo on? doubt the sincerity irs who should desert r the sake of office, enid* have doubted ion Reform leaders, who professed Radicalism in 1870, to serve themselvesi?rst, and the State after wards ? j- not our principles, succeed in the next gambling phrase, the ed the cards on us," any game they may play, or any count they may make, t' When rogues fi?t out, honest men got their right,'" andfTas even honest men pursue their ownJ?fterest, we must make it to the interest ormany Radical thieves to have a fair gangland a truthful count at the next olection; OT if thirty work must be done at'fffiy polls let Democrats try to reward th^K" friends at Court" to di) it Well." "-- ';; As long as the o|d Whig party fought latter kept steadfast d united ; but when banded, ?tlie Deino e arrogant, selfish, d went to pieces. So emocratic part}', as a as their modest would rejoice at tl hands with Dei they could rise to t bition. Yet agai| office-seekers in" any office at "? arms, welcome: crats, to get pror How cap any .dj of the Radical lc to the Democracj any more than hf the fidelity of thejj We must 8acr but our feelings election. To usel Radicals have and bayonets sust the Democracy, ly honest, patrioi the Whig par cracy speedily corrupt, factio too whenever th' party, shall cease'^to oppose Radicalism, that cohort of?j|ftmderers will quarrel and divide to^ffieir own destruction. Bowen wants Scqt?^H place, and no doubt either of half a dozen other prominent Radicals would j'Spak0 a fierce struggle for it, if he could'jrcly on thc lift}- thou said whito votcr%jof the State to reinforce the friends in lm own party. Manya Ra j kal loader,iBotk white and black? also, I dare say^asts a longing eye on Ransier's berth, ?Tn brief, as every pa; ty ' has twice or thr? as many office-seek ers in its ranks-jf >thcre are offices to be stow, it would lw an easy matter for the Democracy, by ftving no candidates of its own, and acting only as a balcncc of power, to put a Radical candidate in thc field against another Radical candi date, for cverBfeijfflce, from Governor d /wu to the lowest1'place. Those Radi cal candidates ijjhb should rely on thc Democracy for success, would combine a sufficient inflqencc to control at h ast one third of the?Radical voters. To achieve thhiresult, Democrats nm.it industriously pi*'every Radical aspirant for o ?*?,..? '.?"}-r-c^-i*"c i.??.i. -.1 lpt1 I'cr all .State offices, as we ll as fur all 1 >cal offices in those election Districts wheie thc DeHmrracy arc in a hopeless minori ty ; but in consideration of the Demo crats giving lip all offices of pm fi!-thc helovetl places which the Radicals so loudly adore,-it might he that a few un objecti nuable Democrats would bo al lowed to get scats in the Legislature, control of which is altogether desi ni hie, as that is tho mill which grinds thc ?car ful taxes under the new dispensation. Thc balance of power policy herein proposed, is called "passivcism" by the Democrats of Tennessee and Missouri. It is known among Radicals however in those States as the "Possum Policy," n name lirst given toit hythe willy and talented, but debauched editor' of the Missouri Democrat, an influential Radi cal journal, published nt St. Louis. But never mind thc name. The policy has defeated Radicalism in both those great States, *n each of which nearly one hun dred thousand Democrats weroproscribed and prohibited from voting af. thc very time that the handful of voting Demo crats successfully put it Into practice. Why brood in despair and whine Jere miads over "tho hopeless situation of South Carolina" when no one is disfran chised, and where every true white man may cast his ballot as a balance of pow er, and whero Radical rule, bad as it is, yet is Paradise compared with the pandemonium which reigned supreme in Tennessee eight, and in Missouri nine dismal years. The North-western Democracy are almost unanimously in favor of applj-ing this "Possum Policy" in the next Presi dential election, and the Radical Presi dent makers dread it above all things. Mr. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, and other Southern Statesmen, who op pose it, are doing no good and much mis chief. In Tennessee and Missouri the Republican office-seekers who relied on Democratic support, styled themselves Liberal Republicans, and advocated the enfranchisement of proscribed Demo cratic voters, thus making the platform as well as the nominations for all offices. Under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States every Southern man who held an office before thc war, is now prohibited from holding any office whatever in either tho State, or Federal Governments. How light tho task for South Carolina Democrats to in- | duco a sufficient number of influential Radical office seekers to try for every place in the State Government, on a lib eral Platform, favoring rciuovul of this disfranchisement. Tine such Liberalism would really be offlcc-seekingism, but why carp at a politician's professions of faith as long as his works arc right. "Hell is payed with good intentions" if the Devil's word can be taken for it. It seems almost certain, from late indi cations in Congress, that "amnesty," as it is dubbed, will not be granted to for mer office-holders at the present Session of Congress. If it bo not done, then in refusing to do it Radicalism is digging its own grave, if tho Democratic party of tho whole Union shall unite with thc Liberal Republicans in carrying out tho " Possum Policy" in the next Presiden tial election, several thousand promt neut Republicans are sighing for Grant's quarters, or for a Cabinet office, a For eign Mission, orsomoother coveted prize, and would roadily embrace Liberalism, Democracy, or anything else to succeed. An octavo could be written against tho folly of Union Reformism, or Democrats professing Radicalism, aa a remedy for our relief; but as this communication is already too long, for, the present let it suffice to contrast the plan of campaign above proposed with the programme of the Union Reform ollicc-scekcrs at the last election. Every one must admit that thc offices are all that thc Scalawag and Carpet-bag scum desire, and thc "Poa. sum Policy '.' will give every Radical as I pirant for office two chances to obtain what' he craves. If his own party should not nominate him, then he has only to get his Radical friends to secede-nomi nate him, and fall back on thc Democrats for support, to secure a socond, and per haps better chance ol success than the lirst afforded. What politician is insen sible to tho advantage of having two strings to his bow ? And what politician, other than even a Radical on?, would hesitate to pull the string that is most likely to bag his game? The Union Re form policy on the other hand, did not allow the Radical office-seeker oven one chance to gratify his aspirations. Why? Simply because certain patriotic Demo crats wanted office so badly themselves, that thoy professed Radicalism, and then asked the Radicals to give them all the offices as a reward for their treason to themselves, their ancestry, their race, their country and their God. G. D. TILLMAN. Brevities and Levities. SSfWife (complaingly,) "I haven't more than a third of the bed." Husband, (triumphantly,) " Well, that's all the law allows you." SST" You'll grow up ugly if vou make faces," sahl a maiden ladv to lier little niece. " Lid you make faces when you was a girl, aunty f fi&~A Western journal offers this in ducement : " All subscribe i's paying in advance will bc entitled to a lirst class obituary notice in case ol' death." JB^Old Gent.-" Biddy, what is this you have among the stutfinof the turkey ?" Biddy, (delighted)-" Ah, an' sure, mas ter, I'm obliged to you for findin' my shignon; Ive been looking for it all day." 5^r*A druggist in New Hampshire threatened the local paper with a suit for putting an 'i' in thc place of an 'a' in his advertisement of grape pills. &?rA Cincinnati market regulation " No whistling near the sausage stand." fytgT " Look out, there ! what are von kicking my dog fur?" "I'm kicking him 'causerie's full of fleas, and I don't want to get 'em on my clothe*." " Fleas-the deuce! Why, that deg sleeps with me." "Yes, confound you, that's where he guts em." . *J*LT"Vou must have lived here a Ibng time," raid a traveling Englishman io an old Oiegon pioneer. " 5Tes, sir. I have. I)o you see that mountain? W'n'i. when I first came here that mountain was a hole in the ground !" Tho Englishman opened his half shut eyes. .w .- iu> i artier nu he makes a fus. Hui he never gi ts I::s knife." .VIC A young gentleman uf the State of liiinois wa* greatly disconcerted ?ta trick played lipon him by a locomotive; He bad a bright ten emt piece, and was .?? the rtpiuion that the weight of the locomotive would spread i; out lo the dimension* of a ipi .rte:-. .He luid it on the rai! in advance of the train and i wa i ted iherc-jfitlt. Thc locomotive soon CH me thundering ulong, picked up the lime en one cf its wheel*, and llung it nobody kn< wa whither. The boy is firmly convinced that thc Ilbn-.is Central is by odds thc meanest railroad of which he has any knowledge. pig" A Clinton Count;*, Iowa, man, having tho tootli-ncbe, determined to ex tract the unsound tusk by the Indian method. Ile went lo th.- woods, bout over a sapling, tied a string to his tooth, and the other end to the hush, laid ralmlv down en his back all?! iel go. The tooth vanished through th? tree-tops with a sound like the \vhi?tlo ?.!' r. minnie ball, and carried with i: something 'a ss than a poned of gui::-* and "sich." .- - --_ - Tho Cheapest Pi-p< r tn thc World. With the beginning ol' 1>72. the Non York Weekly Sim has bron doubled in size. It now contains eight patres instead of four, making it equal in dimensions to any other weekly secular journal pub lished in this country. At the same time its price has not boca increased. It will be furnished to subscribers at thc uni-, form rate of one dollar a year for each copy. Tho proprietors announce that while Thc Weekly Hun thus furnishes as much roading matter as other papers published at double or treble the price, it will con tain new features which will add greatly to its interest and value as a family news paper. Its independence of opinion and its unqualified hostility to Twccdisni and Grantism, and every torin of public robbery, bribery, and corruption will bo maintained, while in point of political news its readers may rely upon always receiving the most accurate as well as tho freshest intelligence th nt can possibly be obtained. The enlargement enables them also to devote additional space to val ubloagricuituralintelligence, and to print interesting stories and romances more extensively than hitherto. For miscel laneous reading presenting the quaint and humorous aspects of life, and for useful information respecting not only what takes place in this metropolis and and this country, but in nil other parts of thc world, we now have ample room. The N. Y.Daily Sun is published nt 50 eta. per month, or ?0 a year; The Semi- Weekly Sun at ?2 a year, and The Weekly Sun nt ?1 a year. Thc N. Y. Sun is a highly interesting and valuable journal, and wo would not bc willing to dispense with it forthribblo thc small sum required to secure so indispensable a paper, j Subscribo at once to either thc weekly, J the semi weekly, or the daily. Address j V 77ic Sun,1: New York City. psr A German got his dander up the other day upon thc arrival of a second ; pair of twins, and said to his family phy sician: "Oh, you blceso, doctor, it ish petter dat a stchop po boot to deso dings, I Vim pair ol' squins, I dings, is allers i recht, but more ash dat ish plnid owit, ! don't it? Dat vot's do matter mit me. j You know how it ish myself!"' ! ?sif An excellent mother, in writing to one of her sons on the birth of his el dest child, says : " Give him an educa tion, that his lifo may bu usei'ul; teach him religion, that his death may be happy." par General Grant has just touched the highest point of all his greatness. A pa per collar has been named after him. mW ADVERTISE M EIS1 TS. FitEt TO BOOH AGKVTS, We will senda hundsome Prospectus of our Xeic Imttrated Family jfftffe.conuiniiig over 800 fl'.? fcnptnre Illustrations lo any Book Agent, free of charge. Address National J'iMUMna Co., Philn.. l'a., AUanta. Ga., or St. Loul*, MO. ONE PAIR Cable Serew Wire BOOTS AND SHOES Are worth ttyo pair of ordinary pegged or machine sewed. HISTORY OF The Great Fires In CHICAGO and tho WEST by Rev. F. J. Goon 8PEKI>, D. P., of Cliicigo. Oniy complete history. Too Sv >. page?; 6 . engravings. 7o,0of> aireadv M?ld. Pri?e. $28 .. few agent? made In 20 dan Pro?lts (jo lo nlferm <(iKK1S WA AIT Ku. IL S. GOODSPEED i: CO., 87 Park how, New York. ' THE AMMiCA?? F?BMER Pnbllahed at Dalilmore, Md-, by SA??L. SANDS & SOM. January Number I? now out, nnd will be tent to every Planter, Farmer and Gardner who will send Iiis address and a stamp. It is a lire, practice! paper, needed by eviry country family! Subscrip tion *l. Ju a year. In clot?, at fl, with vervllbernl Premiums! BR?GGS & BROTHErVS Catalogue of Flower & Vegetable SEEDS, AND Summer Flowering Bulbs. For 1872 ; Now ready, Consisting of over 180 prges, or rote* tinted paper, with up w urda of 400 separate cuts, and Six Beautiful Colored Pintea! C ver a beautiful driign, in colors. The rieh?* Catalogue ever published. Betid ?0 c -nu? for copy, not om-hnji the value of the colored pbuV? In the jirst order. um.'Uiil tig lo not Ut? than $1, thc price ol Catalogue, 2.0c., will bo r fonded in seed*. Now customer* placed >n Ho- nunn- footing with old Free to old customers. Quality ot seed?, tote nf pucket*, pricu a>id premiums offered, m. ke it to thu advantage ? f all to purchase seed* of us. Soe Catalogne for ex uruoruinary InduermeuU. Von will miss It if you do not see our Catalogue be fore ordering ?etds. Either of our two Chromos for 1672, size 19x24 one a flower pluto of Bulbous Plants, consisting vt Lilies. &c- thc other of Animal, Biennial and Pe renniu! I'lunts guaranteed the MOST KLKGAJ.T FLORAL CH HOMOS ever issued in this conntry. A superb parlor orna ment; mailed post-paid, on receipt of 76c: also free, on conditions specified tn Catalogue. Address BRIGGS & BROTHER, [EttablUked 16-15.] Rochester, Kew York. ?EW ffB0$ AM- PLAITS Sent br Mail or Fxprea*. OUR SEE? t? PUNT CATALOGUES FOR 1872, Numbering 175 pages, and containing TWO COLORED PLATES, Each worth twice tho cost nf Cutalogu- s, malled to all :-ppli-:mts on ri cApl ot 25 cents. Seedsmen* 3C? Cortlandt Street? N. Y. PROFITABLE BUSINESS Will he piren one or two persons, of either sex, in EDOKHI'.I.D mid ioijoinlog towns, by which they nut} re.ilize fro-u $.1 io to MOO" a year, with but little In UrbniBw with ? ?rdinury occnpe.'.inn. In soiling j s* ; ? . PT -.-<-o? ruai merit and VI.UH-.I ' ?? > .. ..?*?. ..<>?. C f -JJ : .m ai .. Bu ! ;.- rma::?>.:. .ea sh ii ?. * : ' . .tr; f'.u:.'!?'. . :'oe .-...!. Ma?i?; ! Aslon'sliln*? curr?-i?j-t?r?. ni>?... -. -.. th- 1*1.il I.O-I?.IIIM Cancer Institute. ?KM Areli St. 1'lii ndrlphl?, Vn. Al Uruiirh Office* hy Dr. Dallon. ?Ms \V. Fourth St. Cincinnati, O.: by Ur. Greene. Cha - lott'. N. t., by i)rs. lindy A Benton, Cor. of Bnwii m.d Alabama Sl?~ Atlanta, Ga.; by Dr. 0 rani ball, i'i N. Court St.. Memphis, Tenn. WONtiKKFCL CA KC KU ANTIDOTKS. .V,?A'n/ v. Xu CuitkHc MeilU-in'*. Ko Bfood. LittU l'uiii. 'For ?-a it ir td arts, coll on or addre** eit/wr ff tho abott. ONE RAI R; BOOTS AND SHOES Are W'oith two pair Without. Southern Crown Fruit Trees For Sale at the * Georgia. "N"ursery. W.V1. EiT^BLSOlV, Cultivator of and Dealer in FRUIT TREES, Graps View. Strawberry Plants, S.e., (Cr. ' Seid for Circular. Augusta, Nov 22 Sm 48 TO SPORTSMEN! rliephprds. Pointers, Fettm, Retriev ers, Newfo'talland- St Bernard, Ftx and Deer-Hounds. Greyhounds, Blood-Hounds, Ratters, Coach-Dogs. Ball-Dogs. Prcminm Chester White Hogs. Thorough-Bred lie: kshirc Hogs. Fancy Poultry and Eggs. Fancy Pigeons. Address C. I. CALVERT, Newark, Del. AU orders left with Mr. JOHN ll. FAin, Edgc?ield, S. C., will receive prompt atteutioti. Nov. 22 ly 4S FALLJRADE. M GUVS. GUNS. GUSS. Douhle and Single Barrel Guns, BreeehloadhigandMuzzleloadingGnns of English, French and German Manufacture, Single (luna at $2,00, $4,00 $G,00, $8,00, $12,00 to $20 each. Double Guns from $7,00 to $200,00 each. PISTOLS. PISTOLS. PISTOLS, Smith it Wesson, Colt's, Allen's, Sharp's and all the popular and approved kindn. AMMUNITION' FOB GUNS, P1WOL.S AND RIFLES. SPOKTSME.VS GOODS OF GK EAT VARIETY. Besl Quality and at Lowest Price Country Merehauts and Sportsmen are invited to call and examine our largo and well selected stock of tho above Gooda, which wo import direct and buy from the manufacturers. We guarantee'quali ty equal to, and prices as low as any res ponsive house in this country. Orders by mail Ulled promptly, and sent by express C. O. D. POI LTiVIX TRIMBLE & CO., 200 W. Baltimore Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Sept 7 toi? 37 Georgia Lime & Fertilizer Co "TV/fANUFACTWRERS of SHELL AJfX. LIME for Agricultural and Mason's purposes Agents, for the sale of tho celebrated "ENGLISH STONEWALL COTTON FERTILIZER" the BEST cotton fertili zer in use-and for the " ENGLISH DIS 'SOT.VEP B02?E" upureSuperphosprji*p ol' lime, for composting with cotton seed COLES, SIZER * CO., No 14, McIntosh St.. Augusta, Ga. . Agents: M. H. MIMS, Johnstons Depot. L. G. SWEARINGEN, Pine HOUM and Granitevillo. Augusta, Ga^ Jan. 2 tf 2 T. W. CAE WILE. W.EJCABWILE. Z. W. CARWILE, . Ja, T. W. CAR WILE ?ti| GROCERS 297 Broad St., Augusta, Ga., RE TECTFULLY announce to their Edgefield' friends -that -they h?ve entered into Co-Partn?rship for the purpose of conducting- a- GENERAL GROCERY and COMMISSIQN BUSINESS, and wiil.devotii all their eneN gi es towards building npv-F-fst Class Grocery; House,- pr?ruisVng to uir.Ue every exertion to give the ra .'St-perfect satisfaction to ail who may' favor* them with their patronage. We are now receiving full lines of BAC OW, LARD, COFFEE*, SUGARS, TEA*. CHEESE SYRUP*. MOLARE?, MACKEREL, RICE, SALT, IMGG1WG, TIEV CAXDLtitf. RUTTER, ?0.*Pv STARCH, 'WHISKIES, BRAXDIE?, 'WISES, ALE, ' P TOBACCO. MEGARA, CAWN ED FRUITS A 3D VEGETABLES, And in fact EVERYTHING usually found in First Class Grocery Houses. We are also Agents for the sale of Wm: Massey & Co's. Celebrated Phila delphia ALES. . Will Le glad at all times to see our Edge.l-ld fri.'nde? find-wilL eell-the Best Grade of Goods at the Lowest Market-Pines. -~~ Sept 20 ~ tf' - - ' V'Z9 _:_ , - . .. . . W. A. Wo. Sfc Park Row, VMV:S, uiL* v.A wv-zn. rr ;?Y M..*^ r~\>."' ' .MV.T.R* r.vr ..; ?EJ>> ~<;r-Bi v'?%rv ; -C?' AtCTl?Lr.?, l'O??m-A.?. r ' : -'? b'O.A CONGRESS AND VERMONT WAT?ifr. ALL OF THE LATE AND POPULAR REV1EDIF3 OF THE DArY, SEGA RS AND TOBACCO, IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WINES, LIQUORS OF ALL KINDS, &c Beg.? to announce to the public that his Stock is -Full, Complete, - Fresh and Genuine, and all articles sold as low as the sam?- can.be bondit in anv market in the '-'tate. PRESCRIPTIONS carefully prepared, day and night, and warranted from tested Medicines. NOW IN STORE, A CHOICE SUPPLY of FAMILY GROCERIES, embracing ali arti cles for family purposes. My Groceries are choice, and special attention is called to them. 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 M 2 years old. ? . 4 " " Copper Distilled CORN WHISKEY, 2 " " Mountain WHISKEY. Abo, Pure FRENCH BRANDY, Holland GIN, Imported Jatra:ca RUM. WINES of all hinds, ?ic. My Liquors : x% pure and unrectified- Persons wishing to purchase will please call, and I know satisfaction will be given. Novl_tf 45 New Cotton and Produce The Planters' Loan & Saving's Bank. -o Subscribed Capital, $1,0C0,0C0,00 ! THE WAREHOUSE OF THIS BANK, corner of Reynolds and Campbell Streets, Augusta, Ga., is now ready to receive COT TON. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES will be made upon Cotton in Ware home, or upon Railroad Receipts. P arties Storing Cotton with the Bank will be furnished with receipts for same that will be available in this city or any other for borrowing money.* The Bank is prepared at all times to make Loam on Produce or Provi sions, on the most reasonable terms. Parties would do well to apply at the Warehouse, or communicate with the Officers. * CH?S. J. JENKINS, President JNO. P. KING, vice-President. T. P. BRANCH, Cannier.. Augusta, Sept 20 ti o9 Shoes I Shoes ! Shoes ! ll 0. SAMS, Wo. 4, Park Row, Has opened a large and complete assortment of SHOES awl, BOO'TS'for. Ladies, Gentlemen, Misses, Boys, And Children. And is daily making accessions to his large and varied, stock. Call and' get suited from the latest styles. Copper-Tipped Boote and Shoes for Children. Kid. Morocco and Calf Skin Shoes ior Ladiesjind Missis, with a full sup ply of Congress and Laced Gaiters, Calf Skin Boots and Shoes for Gentlemen and Boys, with either Single o? Double Uppers and Soles. DRY S00DS AND GROCERIES. A full line of DRY GOODS and GROCERIESkept coarin tl v on h%n? at _.. ' R. CX SAMS. Oct 4 " tf 41