Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, February 15, 1872, Image 2

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Legislative *r cdnius. In the Senate, on the (Th. Mr. Arnim introduced avolnminou^bill "tonuthor ize the formation of railroad companies and to regulate tho same." This bill, which consists of fifty-tw . sections, nnfl cove.rs forty pa'rcs of closely written manuscript, provides, in effect, tha- any "twenty or more persons, who may choose ZO do so. may form thom "Ivos into a railroad company, v.-;th -h name they shall select, and with the usual pow ers and privileges. Articles of a?vsocia tion of such compinia a^o to ho fl 1 r*-1 in the office of tho secretary of Rta*e, and n cony of the articles of association, nm1 '."he affidavit endorsed therot ?, or n copy of the record thereof, certified to bon copy by the secretary of State, or hi* deputy, shall >e presumptive evidence of the incorporation of tho eomnn ty. and of the fae s therein statei . It i? provided, however, that the articles o ^association shall not be filed and recorded in the office of the seewfeiry of s;ate until a' least one thousand dollars of stock f?v every mite of railroad to bo mido is sub scribed thereto, and five nor pf****:, ra? - thereon in rood raith, and it e*tsh. t ? 'h directors nnmeil in the a^tiole? of nos M lion; not mitil there tsondorsed there ' or annexed fh"re*o. an affidavit, mad by at least three of the directors named, in tho articles of association, that th amount of stock so subscribed ha? bee subscribed in good faith, and fiv? per cent, paid thereon in cash, as aforesaid and that it is intended, in tr^od fai'h. *. construct, maintain and operate rho ron'1 mentioned in the articles of association. The fourth sectional" the bill provides that when the articles of association and affidavit are filed in the office of the sec retary of State, the directors named* in the articles of association may, in case the whole capital stock is :iot subscribed open books of subscription, to fill np the capital stock of the company, in sue;? places, and after riving such notice a they may deem expedient, and may con tinue to receive subscriptions nntilthe whole of the capital stock is subscribed. At the time of subscrib?as". very sub scriber shall pay to the directors five per cent, on tho amount subsc-ibed by bim. in cash ; and no subscription shall be received or taken without such payanen*? Another section authorizes such compa nies as may be formed under tho acv wit1 the con?u rre-.iee of tv/o-thirds of t1 stock-holders to increase its capital ste"1 to any amount required for constructing maintains ur* or operation its road. This bill was read by its title and sen to the railroad committee, an' probably will never be heard of again. The State Treasurer addressed anote to the ?enate, in which he said : GENTLEMEN-I have the honor! > in form you that the appropriation mi-, dnring the present session of thc General Assembly tor tho pay of the per diem and mileage of members, pay of attache and incidental expenses, for the ~e ;-i >r. of 1S70-'71, and1871-'72, are exhausted, "As far as I can leam, there are yet out standing certificates to tho amount o $110,000, of the session of 1S70-'71. held, by tho various banks and banking insti tutions of this place, which haye been carried for a year. The importance of making an early appropriation f >r the payment of the* above can hardly bc overestimated. In addition to the amount above stated, there are numbers of certificates issued during the present session ye; unpaid, which, together with th ?30 drawn to pa, to the lRth instant, will, in my opiui >ri require a sum of a-, la t ?25 ), lb > t > m Of thesum due for tax?s .ortho presen fiscal year, abuiton.-hah' <>;';ho atnoun has been collected, white the time foi Saynient, without penalty, expired on anuary 15. I would respectfully suggest that som< measures !? ad ?pie ! ! . pr ?vi lo a rove nue sulD'-'fM* ' . above and i Very revneerfu : b'd't servan:. treasurer. j * receive, Vip ?ra*:-. ppropria : aud tin. . e wild " S r inad i ?, Kial the members < ~i -.eo it by the light of his lamps.* and it was voted down. It is probable, therefore, that unless some means an taken to secure the wherewithal to cash the certificates, rh.f an adjournment will not take place as so m a-, was expected. In tho lions??, th" day's session was d? - voted to thc Charleston Mer >>>!itan po lice bil!. S. J. Lee. nf.Hamburg. .-. deavored to show that, while on gener principles the meir ?politau police schein was the best ineasuri ever devised bv legislative wisdom for a benighted and recalcitrant community*, tiiis particule J bill was the worst that was ever trainu i. and only sought to give tiie County' Charleston into the designing hands that arch enemy of Governor S ?tl ?in Ku-Klux Klaus, Mr. (.'. C. Bowen, i fact ho submitted thai the bili should . entitled "A bill to further the future p - litical projects of C. C. Bowen?" and h gave notice that he wo? tl move ;>>r sit? . a change of title. Mr. Lee's rem:;: :; were not of a char:. . twas calcula ted either to instruct, arno- or entertain, and during their delivery the members pf the House disported themselves in va rious playful attitudes, and on the whoh paid such little atten i >n : > him that thc member from Edgcfieid - eral times to call the : >sistanci of the Speaker's gavel in ord ;r t > enforce si lence. The rest of time wa? - ?n tn ? . by Hunter, Hodges, Jones and Kl >tt, wit] arguments pro and con upon the merit of the Bowen bill. On Wednesday, the "th. tho S adopted a concurrent resolution, 5:::: . duced by Corbin, reo letting Congress i establish a new judicial circuit, sist of South Carolina, Georgia an . . ida, and to iippowl a n . v ci.il fn thereto; also, to appoint une? -Judge for t.ie western district oi Soul! Car ?lina. Tiie Sena: . passed the bill tolncbrpo rate the Beauejit .Manu. In-, and Im provementCompany. T.ie. ! : .. ?u tion to provide mr registering' :.;. t... bonds and i tocks of the rotate iva . du wt ted by Leslie, Whittom ?re ana other*, without result. In the House there w.is a long debate Dn Bowen's metropolitan police bill. Jones, Montey, Cain and Jautibou spoke. The malting claude . ... iv J dnai ly st riel; n ouc hy avuie >i sixty-nit;*, to tw eu ty-one. In the Senate, on Thursday, theSt , VVoiiteiu.'ro uitroduceu au auit-ncimen lo me Coi?s?jiiutdbn fixing the iu eh - don on the siuae uay tue 11 uaiuenuui Meetion. TJJO loUowing resolution, introduced by .Mr. Arnim, wa-> ad ?pied: R<*olvcd, That the Railroad C oininitfe e >f tim Senate i*e aun they ai a her? uy reotes.' and instructed tu w.tine ano in re.-'tir.ate mo late dale ol the Spartauunr^ nd U iii- -ii Railroad, and tu* da bli j . )f tue ."slate liiiou^'o i ?.-i. .i.,., ; i tt? ..?, re .ntu ; wi.ii power toociiu . .. ^eixoitsauo iapot's, auu wii.ii io .. L.. .I ;. i?> .vpoic? ?t? U-JU.? O.Ui'.lie lu J . .. : ?li ii? ;.ic iluusu aa?>t\Mu ni a, ?... ti eivi-.i Iront tu? G<^\ .ucl au : UK Bpoi t ol the buiuo Auu.ior upon the sale f lim ispaiuaL -'Uf? auu Lui<-.i iiaiauad. 'ha; -iLi? oi ..u....-.ec ... ..o is ;i. t; iicUon- ... pi .?....> i. . .li, ?ld b : I'thi ..i u. o.ate a. -.('nu, M)t - . ? ne ure?? uuuiiu.1, . n .he tate i'rea?Uaer iur the cosh y>u. u..n ot .lie nrclftuse monev required by the ter tu - E tiie raia, s^ottou. But that the warrant a- sn, with Mm a .-f r'ion tliat it mi ra . itt i?p at auciiv.1., ano thai sc hie \ tisc-n J in Union had offered to advance th OOO for the State if they were paid ' for tho loan ; brit that he had re.'usi modest demand, and that the Ro? subsequently knocked down to Worthington for $450,000, who p: 325.000 in checks op?n Banksin Cob. Upon rhereadinst of this message warm debate was hold In theTTous ive to -what action the State shoul i-< thc matter, but no final step was The real purchaser of the road is nf which Colonel J.J.Patterson hoad. It lias been purchased for : lat.ion.and is now held for bids frc Smith Carotina Railroad, and Iron Scott of the Central and Pennsyl Whoever nmke the liighest adva .?ie bargain will obtain possession. State's interest, amount.ngtoabiul "00, is a secondary consideration or The bill to authorize the formate and incorporation of the Sparta and Aiken Railroad, passed to a reading, and ordered to be sent 1 ^cnate. Mr. Tolbert introduced a Bill in ion to peddlers, prohibiting the [Hu? ,). ? ?ods through the State, c . i cover ol' a licehse, 'to be issu . . < ...'.mtv Commissioners in cons ii o:' thc sum of $50 per annum ur pain of fine and imprisonmen ' irfeiture of goods. In the Senato, on Friday tho bill :ii >rizo the formation of and to inc a'o the Spartanburg and Aiken oad. was passed to a second roadin T:r> bill to charter in this State raleigh and Augusta "Air Line Rai " >mpany and to declare "*s powen rdered for consideration on Mondi In the House, the morning bus ..wis suspended to take up the unfin uisiness; beinsz a joint resolution t Vir. C. Warner $2,000 in settiemer he Palmetto Monument when the 'iment should have been repaired .ompleted according to the origini sign. A motion to postpone the resoluti fanuary 1,1*~3, brought the gnostic '.?re thc Hou s, which was debated. Messrs. Smart, Yocum, Hayne, 1 il url ey and others spoke in favor o plissage of the resolution. Mr. Speaker Moses, having lei c'.:air, and taken his seat on tho floi the House, arose and spoke substant follows: ?i r. Spe aker. I do not often leavi i >st of .?ut}- to address you from the .f the li ?usc. I do ic now only to vent, if possible, the fair fame of j ate from being sullied by an appe . .-sion or prejudice. We should n< ; >w our minds t<> bc clouded by an; ..'renee to race, by any prejudices or fons that may still be rankling in bosoms. It has been objected that o ?d men should not sustain this res iou; but ii any class should sustaii I '..link the men of color belong to jiass. For if the war of Mexico ? he slave State of Texas to the Unie ;ave also the free States of Arizona, : Mexico and California with her min .old ; states without whose approva . mid not have had the adoption of ".th, 14th, and 15th amendments to constitution. For this the colored ?we a special debt of gratitude to the roes of the Mexican war. But putting aside this question of i these incidental and fortuitous eve we should cherish every work of art every record ol' history that does h< to the State. While I abhor as niue my man can certain events of the ri ecent history of the State, still I w< i ?t have eve;: that record wiped out. iie record stand Just as ithas been m or ?tis from them alone that we sin our true lessons of wisdom for itiue. But I would have the r?solu ?opted tor another reason: We do i tai- measure lead any to suppose arc legislating ?br* Republican* Jemdcrats, hui simply for the honor I name of the State, perfectin monument which shall stand when r< g ?ne, tu tell the story of the ] ..Jany nations nave uo history but t; monuments We have seen France 1 ly changed from an empire to a reptil yet her people cherish her monum< US "1>itVfltfll'b* Pom hpy hnnnr jnu'i .oioJZ-?rfioi-e or a1 ter the fall of Xapi ?ii III. And so you must not tear av .me link of tho "history of your St Other uionument-s besides this have b erected in your Suite. They should, be disturbed ; they tell of whatever th is of grandeur and devotion to consci ./tous convictions in those who have sh fd the destinies of our commonweal and this I can say for the people of t - ate, they always fought for the syst >f State government under which* tl ttved. When the tocsin of war sonni ..icy marched to battle as bravely as a nen on the face of the earth. Belonging to the party of justice ti lual rights, we cannot do anything tl . >k. like passion and resentment for 1 rrougs that some of us may have si red. ?ms monument standing in our ca] .1 reflects no dishonor on our prese S, H'm of government ; that palmetto tr .an never take from you .one jot or tit >? glory due to you for the governmc ti broad and just principles you ha lelped to maintain. Keep it and cheri as ;i legacy ol' the past. Not only Ct i) m oe ra ts tight in that Pal m otu Rei nent, but those who ?ire now Repubi ins also I know, at least, of three, fc : los ih<> Judge you yourselves have r , ly elected to the 0th circuit of th itatc. ?t is niy because I feared the fair fan . our State might be tarnished, that .ave risen co speak, for I am determi: ed, >o far si-. 1 am com-erned, that in tl future, as in tm? past, no one of the opp -iiion shall be able to say we have dot them injustice by any act of legislado; ?'hey may slander and revile us to tl xtent of ali the abusive language at the command, lucy cannot say that any lej i-dation has thus far been intended "to r< venge our wrongs or pur.ish them fe luir crimes. We sit here as legislator; t > ?lo our duty to all the people, and I fi ne would not take one iota of honu f m any class of the people of the StaN I would rather advance the honor of sd md make Routh Carolina take a fror timk i.i the Union, a State that it will b u honor to a citizen ot'. Do your duty t y ?ur Slate, cherishing all her works c art, all ? er productions of genius, al .:. m muni eu ts of noble deeds, and you mic- ;. ..?_l?v raftcryou, cherished u mici'iillj as those wc will honor by ou v His ttl day. l'he v . e on thc resolution was then ta en, ayes SG, nays 2. Hu mil road committee of the Housi e ported '.iv >raoly upon tho new Bim KW te Railroad relief bill. . ? ?th h> use a Mourned to Monday. j?Sr Dick Yutes, once Governor of UH tois and Senator in Congress, is fast go .?rx to the bad.* Thc other day he visited a bunking house*in Springfield, Illinois, md demanded $ 0. It was refused him, .. hereupon lie visited a saloon and asked .ra drink of whisky. The bar-tender told him he had none, whereupon he grew so. violent that he was put out by force. Natural result of Radicalism. see lu an important breach of marri ige suil just decided in New York, Mis.-. Fowler got ?4,000 from Mr. Martin for ii er damaged affections? This will, we mme, be the current compensation tor such goods hereafter. Rather over dued wo think, but then if the men will indulge in thc luxury of bogus c mrting, toey know the cost beforehand, ami ?oin with eyes open. . ii luntry is the only one that tax lu debi , and it is tiie only one that cannoi oe matched for taxes. Mrs Laura Fair, the California murderess, is not dead as reported some tine since, bul has been granted anew ii i i. bj the Supreme Court of that State, on tho ground that the court erred in not alli wing counsel lor the defence the clo ing argument, and in permitting evi dence to be taken of her former bad character for chastity. ?5*? six western bound trains on the 10th, at Rawling's station, twenty-two days from Omaha. The passengers lived on crackers and cheese. An indignation meeting was held. Suow clost-d in be hind the passing trains. fSr A contemporary says : " Those Re publicans who oppose civil service re form thereby admit that tho appointment ol competent and honest men to office theil party organization." The point is well taken. j THE ADVERTISER. Edenfield, S.C., Feb. 15 1872. tu due Orr Proposed for Two Hish Offices. A communication^ in the Columbia Union, last week, recommends tlie norn nation of Judge James L. Orr for Vice President of the United States, by the state Republican Convention which is to meet in Columbia on next Monday And subsequently the Phoenix has uttered the hope that the Republican party will put Tudge Orr in nomination for Governor >f South Carolina. The Phoenix is Dem ??eratic, but speaks very thoughtfully and very sensibly on this point. Is there any other man connected with the Republican party whom the white people of South Carolina could see made Governor with any degree of resigna tion ? Is there any other man who could beat Scott? If so, pray let us hear his ?ame and weigh him in the balance. Of | one faa; however we are oertain-that Judge Orr and all the rest of them, up and down, are like tho wiso virgins, with their lamps trimmed and their garments rucked up round them, ready to be call ed into the marriage feast. With this difference-that while Judge Orr might be satisfied to be master of the feast, the others, no matter where they sat, would not only sweep the viands into their stomachs, but the gold and silver vessels into their pouches. So let us urge the more honest Republicans to nominate Judge Orr ; for South Carolina is to-day in the hands of such a gang of scoun drels s it would be difficult to match in any part of Christendom. With thiev ing adventurers and semi-barbarous ex field hands holding all her offices, and military terrorism prevailing over her borders, she is a spectacle to excite the pity of all justice loving men. Rapacity, ignorance and despotism are the masters who sit in judgment upon her, and she is as powerless in their hands as Ireland in the clutches of England or Poland in the embrace of Russia, If Judge Orr is the only man who can brat Scott, we hope he will not hesitate ono second, but step promptly to the front. _ \ Good Word Appr 'priately Said. We are pleased to copy from the Cam den Journal the following very proper and complimentary mention of Judge MeltOC; the presiding Judge on our Cir cuit, and cheerfully transfer the same to the Advertiser columns with a frank en dorsement on our part : HON. SAMUEL W. MELTON.-We hail with pleasure the re-election of this dis tinguished Carolinian as Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of this State. It has.ever been a matter of pride and con gratulation to ourselves and the country, that Judge Melton has so evenly wielded the sceptre of justice between our people, and that his services in that particular have been continued to us. Although a comparatively young man, Judge Melton has not failed to impress the Bar with his legal knowledge, and worn the ermine in such manner as to excite the most pleasant anticipations of success and use fulness in the position to which he has now, for the second time, been elected. W Minority representation is strong ly advocated by certain Democratic pa. pers, now that the Democratic party is in an almost hopeless minority in the State. But were our party possessed of the numerical strength of the Radicals, with a majority of twenty or thirty thou-und voters in our favor, would we for a mo ment think of .giving that heterogeneou. mass ot* damnable putrescence-the thiev ing, slimy Carpet-Baggers, thc roguish, mangy Scalawags, and their ignorant ne gro dupes,-known as the Republican party-the faintest shadow of representa tion ? We think not-yea, wc know not. And wo do not approve of begging mi nority representation as a crumb from the Radical party, (even were wc to de wtr-u^?nrrji'v?ry much,7 when we would not under any circumstances return them a like favor had we the power to grant it* Refuse to fay Negro Debts. Thc validity of negro debts was tested before a jury at Chester last week, before Judge Thomas, in the case of A. S. Wal lace, Trustee, vs. C. D. Melton and N. R. Eaves This was an action on a sealed note dated in 1858, the consideration < f | which was thc purchase money of a ne gro slave. The plea of the defendants was failure of consideration, and thc un soundness of the negro was relied upon to establish the plea. Messrs. Walker & Brice were attorneys for the plaintiff and Messrs. McAlilev & Brawley for the de fendants. Mr. McAlilev made a very interesting argument to the court and jury against the validity of negro debts. He took the ground that slavery was en tirely an institution of force, that it did not find its origin in the common law, that it had no legal or moral sanction, and that, therefore, when thc force which upheld it was overcome by other force and- the institution fell, all contracts which owed their origin to the institu tion fell with it. General Walker replied with force, impressing the jury with tho law as laid down by the Supremo Court, and charging them that it was their duty to bc governed by that law in making up their verdict in 'hecase. Judge Thomas, while expressing himself as agreeing with the principles laid down by Mr. Mc Alilev-, told the jury that he was bound by the law as laid down by thu Supreme Court, and wa-iobliged to charge them that negro debts were as valid as any other debts. The jury retired, and in a few minutes brought in a verdict for tho .defendants i'iie plaintiffs gave notice of a motion for a new trial. That Chester jury deserve commends lion. Although the Judge instructed them that the law regarded negro debts "as valid as any other debts." yet the jury knew that the people could not afibrd to pay negro debts, and further that they did not esteem the demand for payment just and righi, and they there fore very properly refused to give a ver diet for tho plaintiff. The New Divorce Law. For the first time in tho history ol South Carolina we have a Divorce Law. In another column of our paper stands this Divorce Law in full, as passed re cently by the General Assembly. Il should be carefully read and understood. If we must have any Divorce Law at all, this seems like a very good one. The cause for granting divorce must be very serious and very clearly proved. "In compatibility of temper" and the nu merous idle pleas of this sort, upon which divorces are granted in mnnj' oth er States, are not to be considered in th South Carolina Divorce Law. So much the bettor. Wc hope to see extremely little recourse to this law But look sharp, married gentlemen, and stick close t.. home. Hark ! from the To:uiil?*. General Toombs was discussing the merits of the late Governor Joe Brown with a pious fi ion " of tho latter, who re plied that when the great day shall come Joe Brown will lead a longer column than General Toombs. "Yes," replied the General, "and when the Judge sees him he will say, head of the column to the loft." _ ESCAPED ANO RECAPTURED.-On last Saturday John Shinall had a difficulty with a colored man and was arrested on a charge of having committed an assault with intent to murder. In the afternoon he was in the custody of a constable at the police office, but wishing a change of air he took advantage of a time when the constable's back was turned and quietly walked away. Later in the day a police man picked him up, and he was taken be tbre Justice Snead, who committed him tor trial.-Chronicle & Sentinel, 12th. ioalh < a roi i rm Senators in Hot Wa ' ter--Bnt Not H.urt. Last week we spoke of the frequent liscussions and wranglings in Congress >ver the Amnesty bill. Since then ihe neasure has come to a vote in the Senate uni been again defeated. Senator Sum ?er's Palace Car Amendment has clogged t to its death. The Amendment received i majority of one vote, whereupon the Bill itself failed. And among the Southern Senators who /oted against Sumner's amendment are Doth of those from South Carolina, Saw yer and Robertson. We are glad to say ;his of them. But not so with their con stituents in the Legislature. The latter ire in a foaming rage, and on Monday last the House of Representatives, by a rote of 70 to 9, adopted a resolution de manding the resignation of Sawyer and Robertson on account of their recreancy to the negro race. Poor negroes ! Their chosen white friends cannot and will not, it would seem, be true to them. Sawyer and Robertson, Republicans and philan thropists, having proved traitors and Possum-Radicals, suppose they (the ne groes) turn in now and try what virtue there is in a Possum-Democrat. At all events let them keep on searching for truth and virtue among white people. We can assure them there is manna in the wilderness for those who seek it dili gently. And in the meantime will Messrs. Sawyer and Robertson resignas request ed by the bloody 70 ? No ; they wiU not for a moment harbor the thought of such a thing. The negroes put them there. And there they will stay ! And we hope they will continue to remember now and then that they have white skins. Airs. Genl. Lee and the Arlington Estate. Mrs. Robert E. Lee is endeavoring to recover ho value of her property, known as the Arlington estate, from the United States government. It will be remem bored that the property was sold at a pub lic aale for taxes, and that the govern ment was the purchaser. Mrs. Lee ten dered the amount of taxes due, butthis was refused. The claim of the distinguished lady is eminently just, as there are irregulari ties in the manner by which the Govern ment acquired the property. It is claim ed that payment of the taxes was tender ed and refused, in tho first place ; in the second, that the whole property was sold for thc payment of a tax of ?92, whereas the law required that only enough should be sold to pay the tax. Tho Judiciary Committee of Congress will shortly con sider this claim, and will, it is truly to be hoped, report favorably upon it. The amount of compensation p.Bked, 8300,000 is deemed by many as inadequate to cov er Mrs. Lee's loss. Another Governor Hauled Up. Indictments have been found in Texas against Governor Davis, thc Secreti.-y of Stnta, and tho Attorney General, for mal feasance in office. Ono of the chargos brought against the Governor is for issu ing a fraudulent certificate of election, by virtue of which W. T. Clark now oc cupies a seat in Congress as thc Repre sentative of the Third Congressional Dis trict of Texas, although his opponent, Mr. Giddings, who was supported bj' many Republicans as well as the Demo crats, was elected by several thousand majority. Gov. Davis is an unscrupu lous and high handed tool of Grant's who has thc whole State under his heel, and presumes to declare martial law wu'eie and when he pleases. The Legis lature is also Republican, and is now holding over in defiance of the Constitu tion, the time for which its members were elected having expired on the 3rd of D('cember.las^.._T^ei?^-Y?K^fittmY? rain the present arbitrary sway over tho people until after the Presidential elec tion. LIQUOR LICENSES.-At a special term of the Court of General Sessions, held at Kingstree two weeks ago, Judge Green decided that there is no law in this State authorizing the County Commissioners to grant licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors. The County Commissioners were indicted for failing to account for a large amount of money collected for liquor li censes. Their counsel moved to quash the [ indictment, on the ground that, as there was no law authorizing them to collect such monies, they could not be held liable in their official capacity to account for them, and could not therefore bc criminal lv prosecuted for mis-appropriating them. Hie Judge concurring in this view of the law the Solicitor not pros'd the case rath er than let it go to a jury. The law against selling without a li cense stands unrepeated. If the County Commissioners have no authority to grant licenses no such authority exists. This being the ease, if Judge Green's decison is good law, no liquor can be sold in the State, except in the incorporated cities, towns and villages, where the authority to grant licenses is cenferred upon thc muni cipal governments by their charters. JUSTICE.-It is as much a duty to speak in irutli lo the praise, or rather justice, of upright officials ns it is to censure or con demn the unju. J aud dishonest. Amid the generation of corrupt officials it is cheering to one's heart to feel that there are some officials who deserve and have the confidence of the people of all parties and those of no party. We think there is no danger of contradiction from any quarter when we say that integrity rules in the office of the Treasurer for Richland county. Mr. C. H. Baldwin, thc occu pant, Jills but does not befoul tuc office. The taxes are heavy, but in paying it helps one to feel that he is paying taxi's to an honest collector, although the tux itself may have been swelled by the dis honesty of others. Then we have, we believe, honesty in the Columbia post office. Sowell does the chief manager, Mr. Leaphart, and his clerks do the work that Postmaster Wild er feels, we presume, that he can go. The Clerk of Court, Colonel Miller, and some others could also be mentioned, but we forbear, remarking that few persons are apprized of the agency which official action has in the weal or welfare of the State.-Christian Neighbor. Not thc : qual ?.f the Negro. Negroes arc now eligible to the offices of President and vice-President of the United States. It was proposed lately, in the House of Representatives, to amend die Constitution so that Germans, Irish, and other foreigners might enjoy the same rights as the negroes. The amend ment was lost by ninety-one ayes to sev nty-live nays-not two-thirds in its fa vor, which the Constitution of the United States requires. Those in the negative were all Republicans. THE HISTORY OF A NATIONAL REME "V. -Here is th- nistory of tho most cele brated tonic of the age in a nutshell. In i860 it was announced that a certain com bination of vegetable ingredients, wirb a pure diffusive stimulant, was working wonders in the cure of chronic dyspepsia, nervous debility, liver complaint, peri odical fevers, rheumatism and constitu tional weakness. Thc unpretending name given to the specific was PLANTA TION BITTERS. Tho statement attracted the attention of invalids everywhere. The new remedy received a lair trial and the results more than confirmed ali that had been ?aid in its praise. Thence forward it was a grand success. Tho business columns of tho press spread tho glorious news far and wide, and thc in digestion, biliousness, physical prostra tion and premature decay, as if by com mon consent, sought roliof from the now vegetable restorative Tlicy found what they sought. From that time to the pres ent the increase in the demand for Plan tation Bitters has been one of tho most striking events in this age. MC For Coughs, Bronchitis and Con sumption, in its early stages, nothing equals Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis The Flurry About the Washington Treaty. . There has been some excited talk on both sides of the ocean (says the New York Sun) about the "Washington Treaty. It has sprung from the demand made upon the British Government to pay the damages caulked by the Alabama and oth er Confederate cruisers ; and the sugges tion has even been made that Great Brit ain may yet attempt to withdraw from the treaty on account of this demand. But this notion is absurd. Great Britain knows when she has got the right end of a bargain, and she will hold on to it. The treaty will stand, and she will take her chance of managing the remaining nego tiations so that she will have to pay little or nothing after all. In tho midst of all this noisy discus sion, those who have hoped to find some light cast upon what is really the strange and surprising part of the treaty are dis appointed. We refer, of course, to that provision which fixes the 9th of April, 1865, as tho dato when the rebellion in this country was brought to an end. What could possibly have been the rea son why that day was selected and put into the treaty ? It Was the day of Lee's surrender, it is true ; but is that any rea son for saying that the war was ended on that day? The truth isthat it was not ended until May 10,1865, when President Johnson issued his proclamation declar ing the fact. During the intervening pe riod of thirty-one days an enormous amount of property claimed by British subjects was destroyed by our forces in the rebel States. Probably the claims thus accruing wiU foot up as much as two hundred millions of Dollars ; and yet the Washington Treaty establishes the rule that none of those claims are to be con sidered as tainted or invalidated by the existence of the rebellion. The destruc tion of British property on which they were based occurred while civil war was still raging; but the treaty commits our Government to the admission that there was no war and that the property was not destroyed in a period of war, but in an ordinary time of peace. This rendors the Government just as much responsible for it as if it was now committed by Ma jor-Gen. McDowell in this city at the head of a regiment of soldiers, acting un der orders from the War Department. Is there any one in the United States or in England, advocate or opponent of the troaty, who can cast any light upon this mystery? And considering the promi nent part which a notorious and convict ed bribe taker performed in the concoc tion of this treaty, and especially in the manipulation of the American Commis sioners, is thore not reason for strong sus picion fiat there is an unprecedented sort of corruption at the bottom? The Duty of the General Assembly. The third Section of the eighth Arti cle of the State Constitution reads as fol lows: . " It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide from time to time, for the registration of all electors." The eighth Article of the Constitution of this States provides for thc ways and circumstances under which thc right ot suffrage shall be exercised. The third Sec tion lays down a distinct proposition. It makes a certain duty incumbent upon the Legislature. The Section, it will pe seen, is mandatory in its character. It does not say that the General Assembly mau do what is enjoined in the section. It says that the Generaljj Assembly shall that it shall be tho diijty of the General Assembly to provide from time to time for the registration ofc ail electors. We .-nibruit that this duty devolves upon the present Legislature. ?We submit that this Legislature .will fal in an act of plain just ice as well as of constitution il duty, if it shall fail to provSe for a- thorough system of registration-^" This is essential This is'neccssary to'tho integrity of the ballot. We call the attention of* thc Leg islature to section 3 of article VIII of thc State Constitution.-South Carolinian. "OBITUARY. DIKP in Ed gc fi cid County S. C., on the 10th of Jun. 1872., ELIZA ANN, eldest daughter of S. W. GARPNER, Jr. and MOLLIE GARPNER, inthc4th year of her age. Little ELIZA was a child of extra ordinary mental faculties, so much so, that the kind, and skillful physician who attended her in her last sickness, fre quently remarked that she was one of the most sensible children of her age, he had ever seen. No words of real consolation can be given to the heart-stricken parents. Time alone can blunt but never erase the keen anguish now felt for their darling child. But each one of them can emphatically say "Over the river she beckons to me, Loved one who has crossed to the further side ; Tho gleam of her snowy robes I see, But her voice is lost in the dashing tide There is one with ringlets of raven black And eyes thc reflection of heaven's own blue ; She crossed in the twilight, gray and cold, And tho palo mist hid her from mortal view. Wo saw not the angels who met her thore ? The gates of the city we could not see ; Over tho river-over the river My darling stands waiting to welcome mc." A FRIEND. OOMMERGIA1. AUGUSTA, February 13. GOLD-Buying at 100 and selling at 111. COTTON-Was to-dar in thc same state that has prevailed for somo days past, buyers having no desire to operate while prices were nominal. Tho few sales wc report were on thc basis of 21}, though buyers bid } less. Receipts, 420, and sales 3/1 halos. BACON-Stock large and market un changed ; C. Sides, 5>? ; (J. R. Sides, 0} ; Shoulders 7i ; Hams, 18feil5; Dry 6alt Shoulden, 6 ; Dry Bait C. R. Sides, 7 ?j ; D. S. Clear Sides, 8. CORN-Primo whito is selling at $108 by the car load from depot ; retail. ?l 10. WHEAT-We quote choice white, ?1 90; amber, Si 80. FLOUR-City Mills, $8 25@850 ; at re tail, 81 $ barrel higher. Country, $7 50 @9, according io ;:.?dity. CORN MEAL-|l at wholesale; $105. at retail. OATS-70? 75. To my Customers Iam now offering, for Cash, COATS* COTTON at tho unprecedented low figures of 70 cents per dozen,-with a downward tendency. " , J.* H. CHEATHAM. Teh 14_ tf 8 Just Received I CASE BED TICKING, J- 1 Case Sea Island SHIRTINGS, At low figures. m..\ J- H. Gu EATHA M. Feb 14 tf 8 Sharing and Hairdressing Saloon. TiIIE subscriber respectfully begs leave to announce to tho public of Edge field and vicinity that he seeks to estab lish himself in Kdgefield asa BARBER and HAIRDRESSER. At all hours of tho week days, and from 8 until ll A. M. on undays, he will be found at his Shop -tho Brick office next door above Judge Bacon's law office-whore, by earnest en deavors to servo and please, ho hopes to secure a liberal patronage. MAYBLN GRIFFIN. Feb. 14 tf 8 DID THE Undersigned will keep in Store, and forsaloatPine Houaeand Johnston's Stations, the following named Fertili zers, to wit : WANDO, ETrWAN, COTTON FOOD. ... Attention is asked to thc advertise ments of tho several Companies supply ing these Fertilizers, for prices, Ac. Orders solicited. TV Tr rn?WM- BUTLER. Pine House, Jan 29, tf 6 GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. Jackson & Julian, Proprietors. WE beg leave to call the attention of ho travelling public to this well known Hotel, which we have recently pur posed, and placed on a tooling second io none in the South. No excuse will be spared to render it i First Class Hotel in every respect, and 3very attention will be paid to the com fort and convenience ol' guests. Augusta, Feb 14 6m8 AUGUST A HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. THIS popular and well-known Hotel is now fully open for the reception of visitors, having recently been thorough ly renovated, newly painted, and put in the most complete order. Wo are deter mined to make ours a first-class Hotel, not to be surpassed North or South. We respectfully solicit the patronage of our Eagefield friends and the public generally. MURPHY & MAY, Proprietors. Feb 14 _tf 8 To the Citizens of Edgefield and Aiken Counties. THE Subscriber would respectfully inform the general public that he will make to order Cylinder and Frail Wheat THRASHERS, FAN MILLS, COTTON PLANTERS, PLOW 8TOCKS, and otb er Agricultural Implements and Machinery Common FURNITURE of all kinds, and other articles for domestic use. Newel POSTS and BANNISTERS fjr Stairs, Piazzas, ?kc., turned. Flouring and Grist Mill HOOPS and HOPPERS, <fec, ready for use. Elevator PULLIES with Shafts at tached,-BOXES, ?fcc, complete. Solid wood PULLIES, any size or diameter, with eyes, Iron plated. Also, PULLIES buUt with wood Arms and Rims, on Cast Iron Spiders. Hard wood BOXES, any size for Shafting, with or without metal lining. BOLTS ready for uso. COTTON GINS put in thorough good order, if brought to tho Shop Gin Saws Sharpened at Gin House, if preferred, at lowest rates. General Repairs done on any Agricul tural Implements and Machinery. All work done promptly and at reason ble prices. Orders solicited, and correspondence invited. Phop five miles below Pine House, on Edgefield and Aiken Road. Post office address : Pine House, S. C. JNO BROWNE. N. B.-On hand and for sale Cylinder Thrashers. Fan Mills, Cotton Planters, Plow Stocks, Spinning Wheels, Looms, Bed Steads, Tables, etc. Feb 14 3m 8 SOLUBLE GUANO per ton of 2000 lbs., Cash at Factory, $45,00 DISSOLVED PHOSPHATE por ton of 2000 lbs., Cash, at Factory, $25,00 On Time, till 1st Nov. 1872, $5 per ton additional. The attention of Planters is again called to the LOW PRICE of these Su perior Fertilizers. Every person in the District who used them last year have al ready ordered, with two exceptions, and they will buy yet Col. Huiet used one ton Soluble last year. He has already purchased ten tons of it for his next crop. Call on Mr. R. O. Sams, who will represent mc here in my absence, or Dr. J. M. Rushton, at Rushton's Storo, or Cartlidgo <fc Thomas, at Ridge Spring, '.r P. S. Norris, Batesville, and get pam phlets containing Certificates! and give your orders before the Rail Roads are blocked up, or the supply exhausted. S. S. TOMPKINS, AGT. Feb 14, 1872. tf 8 IL MANSION HOUSE, (Over J. W. Turley's) A UQ?STA, GA. .AVING purchased the lease and contenta of the MANSION HOUSE, in thc city of Augusta, I am now prepared to accommodate my Edgefield friends, and LODGING of the "best style." The Mansion House is situated two doors below Tutt's Drug Store, and over J. W Tulley's Dry Goods Store. I shall spare no effort to make the Mansion House a first-class Establish ment of the kind, and herewith .solicit a liberal patronage. JOHN L. PERRY. Augusta, Jan. 10 tf 3 The Greatest Discovery of the Age EAU FRANCAISE, Du DOCTEUR LAURENT, of Paris. An infallible cure for all IRRIT/TIONS OF THE SKIN*, as well as obstinate ERUP TIONS. This preparation is universally used among the higher classes in France and England. A bottle of the EAU FRAN CAISE will lie sent to any address upon receipt of $1 W. E. FLORANCE, Sole Agent for the U. S., Richmond, Va. Feb 14 4t8 The Law Will be En ?brced. ALL persons are cautioned against giving employment to one Bill or William Cheatham, colored, who had contracted to work with ino during this year, and has left my employ without causo. I will go to the extent of the law in prosecuting any ono giving him em ployment. H. WOOD. Fob 13_lt_S_ Sheriff's Sale. W. J. Ready, ) vs. [ Fi Va. S. S. Tompkins. J BY virtue of a Writ of Fi Fa to nie di rected, in thc above stated case, I will procoed to re-sell at the risk of the former purchaser, on the first Monday in March next, at Edgefield C. H., the fol lowing property of the Defendant, to wit: ONE HOUSE AND LOT, in tho Vil lage of Edgefield, containing Two awl one-half Acres, moro or less, adjoining lands of Mrs. Brooks, Estate ol' B. J. Ryan, and Methodist Parsonage. Terms Cash. Titlesand Stamps Extra. j. H. MCDEVITT, S. E. C. Feb. 10 4to 8 Sheriff's Sale. J. H. Lamar and ] Barney Glover, Ad'rs., j-^^ Benjamin Barton. J . BY virtue of a Writ of Execution to me dircc ed, in tho above stated caso, I will p roceed to sell at Edgefield C. H., on the first Monday in March next, tho fol lowing property of thc Defendant, Ben jamin Barton, to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing Thirteen Hundred Acro3, more or loss, adjoining lands of J. S. Wilkinson, Mrs. Wilburn Gregg, John Price and others. par Terms Cash. Titles and Stamps extra. j. H. MCDEVITT, S. E. C. Feb. 10_4te_8 Sheriff's Sale. Adam D. Corley, ") Wm. Rinehart and I Fi Fa Wesley Rinehart. J BY virtue of a Writ of Fi Fa to mc directed, in the above stated case. I will proceed to sell at Edgefield C. H., on the first Monday in March next, the following property of tho Defendant, Wesley Rinehart, to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND containing Two Hundred and Ten Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Whitfield Brooks, Jacob ?luiet, George Long and others. parTerms Cash. Titles and Stamps Extra. . J. H MCDEVITT, B. E. C. Fob. 10_4te_8__ Sheriff's. Sale. Wm, Parkman, Assignee, ) vs. > Execution. Charles Parkman. J BY virtuo of a Writ of Execution, to me directed, in thc above staled caso, I will proceed to sell at thc Defendant's residoneo, o i Friday, the z3o day ol Feb ruary, tho following personal property of tho Defendant, to wit: Household and Kitchen Furn turo, Two Mules, Nino Head of Cattle, Twelve Head of Hogs. Twenty-four Head of Sheep, Ono lot of Corn, Ono lot of Fodder, Ono lot of Peas. One lot of Cotton Seed. Five Hundred Pounds of Bacon, Plantation and Shop Tools, Gin Head and Thrasher. Terms Cash. J. H. MoDEVITT, S. E. C. Feb. 8 8te 8 I Professional Card. Wi E tho undersigned have thl? day formed a partnership for the Practice of Medicine in the'Village of Edgefield and-j1 surrounding community. We wilt ai all times, except when professionally en gaged, bc found at our respective houses, and will give promptatterition to all who will favor us .with their patronage. W. D. JENNINGS, M. D., W. S. SHEPPARD, M. D. P. S.-I take this opportunity to return my thanks to the public for the liberal patronage with, which I have been fa vored in the past, and my constant en deavor shall be 'to merit the same in the future W. D. JENNINGS, M. D. Feb 5 tf . 7.. Head-Quarters foi? Garden Seed. Give Me a Call ! Nc OW in Store a full supply of LAN DRETH & SON'S GENUINE GAR DEN SEED, CORN, ONION SETS, <fec Alas, to arrive, 30 Barrels SEED PO TATOES, all varieties, at low prices. W. A. SANDERS. Feb 7 tf 7 M NOTIGE. -Y friends, and the public generally, arc respectfully informed that I have as sociated with me in business, Mr. JOHN B. HILL. A continuance of patronage is requested for the Firm of SAMS & HILL, That has heretofore been bestowed upon R. O'. SAMS. Feb 7 . tf 7 NEW GOODS ! Goods at Reduced Pri?es, NOW is the time to get Bargains. I will offer for the next Sixty Days, my entire Stock of Fresh and Desirabie Goods at GREATLY REDUCED PRI CES. 0. F. CHEATHAM. Jan 24 tf 5 200 Dozen Coats' Cotton, At 75 Cts. per Dozen, Cash, at 0. F. CHEATHAM'S. Jan 31 tf 6 (jTRANITE VILLE 3-4 and 7-8 SHIRT INGS and 4-4 SHEETINGS at Factory Prices for Cash, at O. F. CHEATHAM'S. Jan 31 tf 6 Black Alpacas. 1 f \ Pieces Black ALPACAS, all J. \J grades, at reduced prices. O.T. CHEATHAM. Jan 24 tf 5 Beautiful Dress Goods. BEAUTIFUL POPLINS and all wool Figured DELAINES at reduced prices. ' O. F. CHEATHAM. Jan 24 tf 5 Flannels. WHITE, Red and Opera FLANNELS at reduced prices, at O. F. CHEATHAM'S. Jan 24 tf 5 BROADCLOTHS and CASSIMERES at prices lower than since the war, at O. F. CHEATHAM'S. Jan 24 tf 5 CORSETS, HOOP-SKIRTS, CHIG NONS, ?.fee, at reduced prices, at 0. F. CHEATHAM'S. _Jan 24_. tf 5 EIBBONS, GLOVES, HOSIERY, at reduced prices. O. F. CHEATHAM. Jan 24 _tf_5_ $9,000 Worth of Shoes, AT Reduced Prices,-lower than the same Goods have been sold inEdge firld since the war. 0. F. CHEATHAM. T- ?? _t?_--g NAILS, Garden Rakes, WeedingHoes, Axes, Spades, Long Handle Shov els, Pitch Forks, Trace Chains, Hames and Hame Strings,and Carpenters' Tools at low down prices. O. F. CHEATHAM. Jan 24 tf 5 THE above Goods arc all Frosh from New York, but I am determined to fioll them in order to make room for my Spring Stock. O. F. CHEATHAM. Jan 24 tf 6 THE AMERICAN Combination .Button-Hole SEWING A MACHINE, IS now admitted to be far superior to all others as a Fainriy Machine. The SIMPLICITY, EASE and CERTAIN TY with which it operates, as well as the uniform excellence of its work, through out the entire rango Of sewing, in Stitching, Hemming, Felling, Tucking, Cording, Braiding, Quilting, Gather ing and Sewing on, Overseaming, Embroidering on" tho Edge, And its Beautiful Button-Hole and Eye let Hole Work, Place it unquestionably far in advance of any other similar invention. It is also admirablv adapted to MANUFACTU RING PURPOSES on Woolen, Cotton and Linen Fabrics. For dress and shirt making and tailor ing, it has no equal. lt i.s also thc CHEAPEST, intrinsical ly, as well as thc BEST, since it is really TWO MACHINES combined in one, (by .i simple and beautiful mechanical ar rangement never before accomplished by uman ingenuity,) making'either thc Lock Stitch or button-Hole Stitch, as occasion may require. ?ir This is the only new family ma chine that embodies any Substantial im provement upon tho many old machines in the market. 0. F. CHEATHAM, Agent for Edgefiold County. Jan 31 . tf G NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. COIT'S MILITARY m HERtiM ACADEMY. Boys prepared for College or Business. Second Session begins February 16, For Catalogues and Information address, CAI'T. W. n. COIT, Marcarme, S. C. HISTORY OF The Great Fires In CHICAGO and tho WEST by Bcv. E. .T. GOOD sreiu), D. D" of Chicago. Only complete history. 7<ioSvo pages; ol engravings. TO.OUO already sold. Price f g ?n. 2UO0 agents made In 20 days. Prodis go tn sufferers. AGENTS WANTED. H. S. GOODSPKED & CO., 37 Park Bow, New York. , GKNTS Wanto il.--A gen ls make more raou L cy at work for ns than at anything else. Busi ness and permanent. Particulars freo. G. Snxaox ?fc Co., Fm? Art PnbUslttrt, Portland, Maine RKD RUST PROOF OATS $2 a Bush el ; Orchard Grass 13.80 a bnsbel. Send 8 cent poslnge slamp and my complete Priced Lists of all kinds of Grus* Seeds, Field Seeds, Garden Seed*, Flower and Troc Seeds. Agricultural Implements, Machinery, Guanos, Chemicals, Lire Stock, .fcc, will bo forwarded you. These Priced Lists contain much vcluahle information as to timo and quantity to plant, *c. MARK W. JOHNSON. Seedsman, P.O.Box 280, Atlanta, Ga._ THE BROWN COTTIN GIN CO., New London, Conn., Manufacturers of thc "Brown Oin," Codon Seed Bullers. Machinery and Castings. Manufacturers of | Harris' Patent llotnry Steam Engine- thc best and cheapest Steam Engnn for plantation purpns<s. Cot ton-gin makcis and repairers furnished wllh all kinds of materls's. Saws, Bibs, rallies, Boxes, cte., of any pail.rn. to order at short notice. Have had long experience in the business, and guarantee sat isfaction In every particular. Orders solicited. Ad drrsi* as above. A dir ;.h > UKI: for this disir.jKilntr complaint is now made known In a Troat'so (of 48 octavo page?) on Foreign ami Native Herbal Preparations, pnb Ishrd by Dr. 0. Pmara BCOWK. Tho proscription was discovered by him in snob a providential man ner that he cannot consclentb nsly refnse to make it known, as ll has cured everybody who has ured it mr Fits, never having fnllnd In a single rare. The in gredients may be obtained from any druggist. A copy sent free to all applicants by mall. Address DR. 0. rnELPS BBOWN, 81 Grand Street, Jersey. City. N. J. Maps of Edgefield County. FOR sale at the Law Office of Thos. J. Adams, Esq., and at the Store of G. L. Penn. Feb 7 tf w THE CELEBRATED FERTILIZERS. WILCOX, GIBBS * CO'S. Guano. Wm SALT Al PLASTI ?OID. -0 Hie above PREPARED at SAVANNAH, GA., and CHARLESTON, S. C f Imported from Phoenix Islands, Southern Pacific 'Ocean.- -1 <:< For sale by WILCOX, GIBBS Sc CO., . Importers and Dealer? in -GnaDoe^-* 148 Bay St., Savannah, Ga., 151 East Bay. GInvleston, S.'O. ? :. For further information apply or address as above for Almanac for 1872/ or to G. H. KERNAGHAN & CO., Agents at Batesville, 8. C.; BEN. A. JONES, Agent at Ninetv-Six ; J. . LIPSCOMB, Agent at Chappell* Dc Jan 29 " 3m Now is to Time I WILL OFFER from this date my ENTIRE STOCK OP DRESS GOODS, At and Below New York Cost ! These consist of French; POPLINS, p?a?n"striped and c All-Wool DELAINES, all colors. Scotch PLAIDS, . Figured DELAINES, Wisnxsm** Ijr* Op?ra FLANNELS, all colors. . --ALSO-r-r,-. (\qd wi id My entire Stock BLANKETS, Gents* FURNISHING GOODS, ' *'. . 1 Ladies' HATS, HOODS, NUBIAS, SHAWLS, . ' * . TALMAS. These Goods are Fresh from New York this Fall,'" and are onVbeing sac rificed to make room for my Spring Stock. I am offering my jEntire pres ent Stock far below its r ^al value. Thes? Goods will be sold at Cost, however, FOR CASH ONLY.' As it is not my policy to keep Goods on "hand from season to season, thus accumulating au old and unwieldly Stock, now is the time for my friends and the publie to call on me and secure BARGAINS. J. H. CHEATHAM. Jan 10 lm 3 PLANTEES, LOOK TO TOUR INTERESTS. WHEELOCK'S VEGETATOR. SIBLEY'S SOLUBLE IXL GUANO. IN AGAIN offering to the Planters of Georgia-and South Carolina these highly esteemed FERTILIZERS of standard, fully equal to those heretofore sold, and at REDUCED PRICES, we would refer to all who have used them for testimonials as to their worth. Opr stock in part will consist of 5O0 TONS WHITELOCK'S VEGETATOR ! .f? CASH PRICE, 960. TIME, do., ?TO. 500 TONS SIBLEY'S SOLUBLE IXL GUANOS Manufactured under our own formula, of our own ingredients, and containing over 4 per cent, of Ammonia. CASH PRICE, $80. TIME, do., $70. 100 TONS WHITELOCK'S DISSOLVED BONES! CONTAINING 30 PER CENT. OF SOLUBLE BONE PHOSPHATE. 100 TONS PURE PERUVIAN GUANO. 100 TONS PURE NOVA SCOTIA LAND PLASTER. 100 TONS PURE FLOUR OF RAW BONE. Further particulars will at all times be cheerfully given by U9, or by Dr. W. A. SANDERS, our Agent at Edgefield, SC. J. SIBLEY & SONS, Cotton Commission Merchants and Dealers fn Guano, 9 . NO. 159 REYNOLDS STREET, AttenstS, ?a. Important to Cotton Planters T COTTON FOOD SECURED BY LETTERS PATENT. L SPECIAL FERTILIZER, prepared by the Maryland For?liring and Manu facturing Company, Baltimore, for the cotton crop, which they claim to be of the ? highest grade of Fertilizers sold in the South. It has oeen used by several hundred planters in North and South Carolina and Georgia for four seasons, with the following results: It increases the orop.from 75 to 200 per cent. ; it. resists drouth in all cases. j The crop is not effected by rust ; it matures the crop from three to four weeks to advance, thus insuring against early frost, or in tlie-event of a backward season enables the planter to put in his crop as late as thc 1st June with a certainty of success. ,? It produces a better quality of cotton ; its affect on the second vear^s crop with out additional manure, ranges from one-third to one-half of tho first year. y j Its mechanical preparation surpasses that of all other Fertilizers, being at all times and in all conditions of weather in perfect order for drilling." PRICE IN AUGUSTA-$60 CASH* 965 TIME. It is sold on the basis in quality of Peruvian Gu >no. poundfor pound Agenta are instructed, when planters uso it side by side with, tb best Peruvian Guano in equal quantities, to refund such amount'as will ma':e it equal if it fails to produce as much cotton as the Peruvian. Numerous testimonials can be had at the offices of the agents. Orders will be filled by GRABAU Sc BUTLER? Agente, AUGUSTA, GA. CERTIFICATES. Gen. M. C. BUTLER, Edgefield. S. C. "I used three tons 'Cotton Food,' manufactured ny the Maryland Fertilizer Com pany, of Baltimore, applying 200 lbs. to the acre. By the side of it I applied 200 lbs. Peruvian Guano to the acre." -. .. " The Cotton manured with the ' Cotton Food' grew off more promptly and vig orously, and whilst I made no comparison of the results, I am sure the preference was in favor of the 'Cotton Food,' and so much am I impressed with this belief I shall use it exclusively this year in preference to all others. The Cotton manured with it was not affected like the others by the drouth, and matured three weeks earlier. I also applied it in a smaU way on Corn with the most satisfactory resulta." J. H. HOLLINGSWORTH, Edgefield, S. C., to GRAHAM ?fe BUTLER, Augusta. "I used 100 lbs. 'Cotton Food' to the acre, in the drill, on Mulatto Land, mixture of saud, it increased the yield one hundred per cent. I used several other kinds the year before and I decidedly prefer the 'Cotton Food.' It gave perfect satisfac tion, so much so that 1 shall use it entirely another year. H. W. ADDISON, to GRAHAM <fc BUTLER, Augusta. Qa. "I used75 lbs. 'Cotton Food' in drills on light red land, which produced 1000 pounds Seed Cotton to the acre. It compares favorably with the best Fertilizers in thc market. My crop was increased abouf, 50 per cent, and gathered by 15th No vember. I am well pleased with it." J. L. ADDISON, Edgefield, S. C., to GRAHAM <fc BUTLER, Augusta, Cfo. " I used about 260 lbs. ' Cotton Food' per aero, one-half in tho drill at tim? of planting aud one-half in the first furrow, second plowing in Jone, on sandy land, clay subsoil, verv poor old field, a portion taken in last year and a portion this, it Eroduced twelve bales on fifteen acres. It has paid better than any Fertilizer J ave ever used. Have been using Commercial Manures ll years. Do not think ! tho land without manure under best circumstances would have produced 5 bales, Most of m'y Cotton was gathered by tho 25th of October, and had no YeUow Cotton. ? I have talked with sevoral of my neighbors, who uuice with me in saying, there is no better manure for the Cotton Plant. Tho ' Cotton Food ' has paid better than . Peruvian Guano previous to the war." Augusta, Jan. 17 2m 4 Groceries! Groceries! GROCERIES! Now in Store full supplies BACON, HAMS, LARD, No. 1 MACKEREL, Best Family FLOUR, Choice New Orleans SYRUP, Superior Florida SYRUP, MOLASSES, b?dt quality, COFFEE, a good article, SUGARS, various grades, RICE, CHEESE, MACCARONI, SOAP, STARCH, CANDLES, Canned FRUITS and VEGETABLES, Sardines, Oysters, Lobsters, Ac Soda, Butter and Sugar CRACKERS. And in short, everything.in the Gro cery trade, all of which I am soiling at only a moderate orofifc \V. F. DURISOE, SB.' Jan. 31, lm 6 Liquors, Wines, Segars, Tobacco ! "YfOW in Store a splendid stock of fine J13I WHISKEY, BRANDY, RUM, GIN WINES, ALE, PORTER, SEGARS, TOBACCO, dre, ?fcc, which wiU befound equal to any elsewhere offered in this market, and'at reduced prices. W. F. DURISOE, SR. Jan. 31, lm 6 ALL STOCK GUARANTIED ! JAMES R. GLOVER WITH TAOS. MURRAH & CO. Sale and Livery Stable. Horses and Mules on Sale. Special attention to transient Horses. Stables bi rear Globe Hotel,- Augusta, Georgia. JaaSl tf 6 Hardware. Hardware. JUST received Forty Kegs NAILS at 6? cts. per pound, or $8.30 per Keg. These are strictly cash prices. Otherwise 7i cts. will be charged. ^ 12 Dozen Scovill No. 2 Hoes, 6 " Mulford & Sprague Hoes, 4 " Collins' Ax??, 4 " Mulford ?fe Spraguo's Axes, 6 " Curry Combs. Shoes ! Shoes ! A full line of Gents', Ladies and Chil dren's Shoes. Domestics. My stock of Domestics, consisting of 60 Pieces PRINTS, from 10 to 12J eta. Bleached and Brown SHIRTINGS. OSNABURGS, JEANS, CHECKS and STRIPES, will bo kept full and complete. From this dato I will sell my entire Stock of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING ! at And below New York Cost. I have a splendid stock of Gentlemen's Hand-Made SHOES that I will sell at prices far below their real value. J. H. CHEATHAM. Jan 31 tf 6 The High School, MALE and FEMALE, at Sundy Side, tho place formerly owned bv Capt, Burt, will be opened on the first Monday in February. Tuition in English brandies, $1,00 per month ; in the Languages, $2 per month. Tuition and Board, $10 per month. Male and Female departments sepa rate. Apply to EDWIN T. WALKER, Rector. Jan 31 tf G ------* LADIES' Trimmed and Untrimmed HATS at New York Cost. O. F. CHEATHAM. - Jan 24 : tf 5 ALARGE and. Beautiful Stock of~ Men'sand Boy's HATS and CAPfitt at reduced prices, at ?. F. CHEATHAM'S. Jan 24 . tf ' " "ti"