Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, May 16, 1872, Image 4
TEE B?TIBIBIO??SE.
In the most aristocratic portion of
a large Western city stood a few
years since, an old-fashioned brick
dwelling-house.
Though bounded on all sides by
more pretentious and modern struc
tures, this curious relic of a former
generation presented its venerable
Iront to the pass?ra-by with all the
self-complacency of the good old
times, when its neighbors were few
and humble, and when it waa known
to all the village (the city of-r was
a village once) as the finest house in
the ?own.'
Nor, indeed,' were its chums now
to be despised ; for, though the vil
lage was lost in the town, and the
town in the city, there was many a
flaunting rival whose fri volons charms
should fail before respectability would
depart from the sharply-cut and an
gular features of the substantial old
house.
There w<*re then no moss-grown
indications of ruin, broken spouts or
crumbling walls, but everywhere tba
well-finished dwelling seemed to have
successfully defied the approach of
time, and "the only hint it gave of
age was in the summer-browned robe
which it wore so quaintly, now soiled
with the foot-prints of tinnumbered
generations of climbing honey-suckles
and roses which had clambered about
her ip youth ; but even these vestiges
. of the past it wore with .pleasing
grace, as a mother does her wrinkles
-smiles which time has caught and
deepened upon her face, until ic al
ways smiles.
A curious and suggestive old build
ing it was, with everything about it
so precise and formal. The lawn in
front, patterned with great squares of
pinks and rectangles u-' nlsarns and
asters, looked like some tio\. y dia
gram in Euclid. No circuitous paths
or roundabout Ways of approach were
there to mar the mathematical regu
larity of the plan. The walk? bor
dered" with closely-trimmed box, ran
as straight from the street to the door
as the gardener's line could make it.
Everywhere the care a wile and
mother (had heaven so ordained it)
might have bestowed upon elbow
patches was xiisceriiible ; even the
two great elms that stood as sentinels
at the front gate had been trained
(in default of household twigs) to a
consciousness of the dignity and re
sponsibility of their position, and had
grown up, as was proper, in the most
straightforward and exemplary man
ner, refraining from all knotty freaks
and perverse irregularity of limb,
until they had become so staid and
stiff it was evident they would nev
er depart from the way they.should
go. .
But the most notable feature of
this remarkable old mansion was one
?which the casual observer would nev
er have discovered. Though it was
apparently a ponderous and safe
structure, yet, in the truest sense of
the world, it was a house divided
against itself. No ruinous eathquake
.could have cleft it" more completely
in twain. From cellar to garret ran
a line, thin, true, and invisible to all
save the inmates. To them, however,
it was a great gulf fixed. Nb living
thing had been known to pass this
mysterious line for years. Judea and
Samaria were not more completely
divorced than were the separate sides
of this singular building. The fold
-4flftr4flfflM
a century. The very parrot, wbose
cage hung in the south sitting-room,
had learned to be careful where she
screamed, and would as soon have
thought of flying into the fire as of
venturing into thc north roora op
posite ; while the cat belonging to the
other side of the house kaevf the pre
cise limits of her mistress's domaiu,
aud religiously respected the rights
of the mice beyond the line.
Besides the cat, the raice, and the
parrot, the only inmates of this sin
gular dwelling were the spinster sis
ters Misses Deborahand Patsy Brown,
and two little women who were now
and then to be seen toddling about
the yard in the tidiest ot' white mus
lin caps, and who, from their bus
tling, important manner, might read
ily have been mistaken for the mis
tresses themselves, but who were in
reality only faithful old servants, who
had espoused their mistresses' quar
rel so heartily that they would no i
more think of .speaking to each other
than would their mistresses them
selves.
Miss Patsy Brown, who shall be
mentioned first, not from any pre
eminence of age or beauty, was a
thin, sharp-featured maiden lady
.. from whose cheek thc Mount had
long since laded, and whose hair,
though once vieing in blackness with
the rich mourning silk she always
wore, was not so abundant now, and
was thickly threaded with silver by
the quick shuttle o? time. Her eyfs,
always deep and dark, had glowed
with a brighter fire in the olden days,
but in their flickering light there was
now a strange coraaiingliug of shad
ow, as though every gleam of old
joyousness was instantly shut out by
the returning memories of the past.
Miss Patsy neve? smiled. Some great,
weighing sorrow guarded her eye
and hard-lined mouth with a jealous
envy of every joy.
Miss Debby was like her sister, and
yet unlike her. There was the same
rich black dress, the same hair and
eyes ; but the mouth refused thc re
semblance, and was left with the
pleasing curves of laughing days. It
forgot itself, and sang sometimes, and
then the eyes too wouid look out ?vs
though they reraeuibered something
other than? the ono sadness winch
overshadowed them; but, remember
ing that, would los? their mirth, the
song would cease, and Miss Debby
would look too muoh like.her ?fern,
sad sister.
And these two sisters, so much
alike, and so necessary, to each oth
er Vbapplness, had lived under the
same roof, yet so distinctly apart for
all these years ; apart from each otb
er and apart from the world. In
fact?, the only visitants to this isolated
domain were the neighboring boys
who made very unneighborly assaults,
upon the fruit-tr?es, the closely-spik
ed/ fences-being rather an incentive
to .their depredations, as they laugh
ingly boasted the defenses were not
well " manned."
Nowtoetfectan honorable entrance
into these premises was a thing un
thought. of. True, the gates, were
there, bat probably they were locked,
and even, were the gates gained,
there were the doors, which m sel
dom opened. If one . should ring,
probably there would be no answer;
besides; rio; one had any bu?iness
there, The hopeless seclusion of the
sisters had severed all former friends ; j i
they had no letters, took no papers,
their servants went their round of
?duty w?tK* neatness and diligence,
^nd emphatically minded their own
?business.
The " Hall peo?ieT'|i&d/,l9ng ?
ceased to be a matter-'V gossip,
of all the stories connected with
singular breach in the house, the
lowing came to be believed, and
told to the curious as th? true
Bion. . , .
The house had been built by
father of the present inmates,- ir
cordahce with the taste and wi
of hi? young wife. .
1 ^Tbeyliadlived" h?re' many'"ha
years together, and had reared a
mewus&mily, surrounded by o'
comfort and'many luxuries of lift
They were an intellectual
hospitable couple, who gathered a
them a throng of friends, and n
their home a scene of righteous
plentiful happiness. But* death c
upon the happy household, and
old man livect to bury his loved
one by one, until only these:twin
ters, his first-born, were left to fo
him. .
His daughters had been tai
much that was solid and useful,
every grace* and accomplish^
which their native village affor
and many suitors hoped in vain
the favor of these attractive g
unuil at an advanced age, for,
married ladies, they were yet ni
gained.
Finally, however, they both
came interested in a Mr. Jon*
kind-hearted, indiscriminating
bachelor, who became equally
terested in them ; making nis at
tions yery special, yet dispeu
them in such a manner that t
thought herself tho; -principal obj
the sister a secondary ?ne ; and e
gave to him the whole wealth of 1
which had withstood so many fia
attacks. .
Affairs Vere in this unfortui
condition, when, one day Mr. ?Tc
wrote a letter and directed it to !
Brown. Now we do not pretem
account, ibr the man's being so inc
nite in such an important matter,
particularly in such a peculiar <
as this. It is beyond explanat
We only know that such was the
dress and these the direful coi
quences
Miss Debby was at home and
ceived the letter, and as she rea<
tender impulse prompted her to i
her happiness at once ; but a fatal j
dence induced her to communie
first with her sister.
The day passed away-a ha]
day, as the mirror knew from .
beaming face which sought there
learn the pharm that had brought,
such;[a -destiny
Miss Patsy came." Miss Del
kissed her sister rapturously, unie
ed to her the note, and waited
ger ly her congratulations ; but wi
was Jijk surprise; tfo receiver insto
only r?anle-fori pt*s?n^ig io si
pose the proposal meantfor her. wi
of course her sister only could
called Miss Brown, having an bt
or so priority of birth.
They said many bitter things, sr
as they had never said before, a
such as it were better' sisters ne<
said. . .
The result was, that morning foti
each writing .and. reciting., acci
tance to f proposalrtjich eridea
was meant for out one.
A servant was dispatched with t
notes for poor mystified Mr. Joh
who, for the life of him, could :
see how he was to marry both, a
heartily wished they had settled t
little matter between thems?lve
however, _a_s it was referred to hi
ne tnuugnt ene -sutnecr tnono c
liberation, and possibly he is deli
erating still.
The sisters waited all day long 1
an answer, but waited in vain. Da
came and went, willi hope d?ferre
until two hearts were sick. Mi
Patsy went oft' in one side of tl
house to pout ; au*/ Miss Debby r
liiained in the other. Miss Patsy ri
uiained CHI her side to be alone, ari
M:ss Debby remained on her side I
be alune, und tli^ line ol demare?tic
begun. With never a word o? ai
ger more, the sisters ceased to spea
at all, and the case was as it was.
It was a lonely life lor them t
lead-enough, one would think, t
kill all love and hop*, and yet ther
were times iu these years of ?strang?
ment, whdi one wuuld have give
the World to see the other cross tba
line ol pride-yrt neither advaucec
One dt?y a little boy came that way
His curly head wax peeping througl
che railings, his dnnpled hands wei
snatching dowers, ;mt? his heart ari<
his mouth were singing all along i
great glee. He a tupped before th
great Hail gate. He turned the kno
and the gate swung back. H?j wa
in the garden. Around about liiu
were flowers, many flowers; bird
were in the trees, and the bright sui
wa-* over all, and he danced anionj
the flowers, and he sung with th
birds while the sun lighted his be:iu
tiful head, uutii his face was angeli*
in the halo about it. So happy here
the little fellow was all unconsciou
of the gulf beneath his feet, dividinj
the stone> on the right, from, tin
stones ort the left. Hight or left IK
knew ?IO?, be was such an 'inuocen
little on?. , . ; .' ' ? '
He had no business there, tba
child. It hau been many years sinci
it child had stepped there-man}
more since one hud suug there. Bm
he knew nothing ol\thisf Hs coule
be happy anywhere. Nothing frown
ed upon him. He had come in be
cause of the birds and the flowers
and becau-e the gate looked willing;
and at lat? he'even ventured up th?
straight walk to r-he great double
front doors. He tugged fir?*: itt un?
kiUfb .md then the other, when it
chanced thut Miss Debby's knob be
gan io slide backward at a touch
stronger than his.
It was juxta rltuiice that Miss Deb
by wa* the fiw. to.see the heaven
sent messenger. She had also been
fintf to see the fatal note.
She did not ask the child wau the
wanted upon that-unused threshold*;
she did not even tell him he had left
the gate open, but, taking him to her
longing arms, she kissed him. She
thought of th? dave when her brothers
were just there, and the woman wept
to think of th?se happy days. And
her woman s heart stirred within her
to think of what might have been.
Something of this was mingled in the
tide of feeling which rushed over her
as she looked upon and loved that'
sweet young face. And she thought
of her sister alone like her, and she
wished to share the joy with her, but
remembering the dashing down of
former hopes, she led the child away
to her own rooms.
The boy knew nothing bat love
be expected uni versal love-hut there
ww surprise in his face when this
aice old lady caressed-him so fondly,
played with him,, and watched every
movement. He soon felt as confident
>f her as of his mother-and his
prattle was very" sweet" .to.that lone
jeart..
Bat after awhile the child must go ?
way ; his mamma would want bim,;
vut he "would com?.-again to-morrow
he said.
The next day Miss Debby wen
out, and came home early, with ibun
dies of toys and pictures, ; which, sh
hid where searching mischief coule
find them. ^tn4. the '?aif?e?me ant
came every day until his coming wa
her life; She "only knew his nam'
was Paul. . v"?
. .^mrday ffairl did not cme..pJSa
.went" out to'- lookTForTuin7 iShelel
irereaved, and returned to her roon
only1 to return' to: th?f?oorl '/Sk
alarmed herself .with a thousand jm
agi nings, and finally forced herself t
submit to the privation, passing th
day in arranging for his coming 01
the morrow.
But he did not come on the mor
row, nor the next, nor the next, unti
she was weary and: heart-stclt, wlt?
watching. .Aftej? some- days-stf
thought it a long time, she who wa
waiting-she stood at the door, he
'head pressed heavi ly against the edge
She wished the gate would open. Sh
wished he were hiding ia"the, trees
and she even wished she might se
him in heaven, if to die were th
cost ; and as she looked and yearned
a childish laugh, fell upon her eai
She turned, but Paul was.not there
She returned to her>hopeless longing
when again louder and unniistakabi
rang that one little voice ot music
there was no other pss it.. "P^utews
near. She look'ed li^'airs'and .al
around her, and balled, 4,;Paul, dar
ling, come;" but only the laug]
reached her again. It came from th
other side. 8he would have steppe?
Torward over that line she had no
passed for years, over that gulf whicl
mad widened and deepened for a quai
ter of a century, but she could not
She would not thus undo in a mo
meat the work of. sq. much, timer
throw down her independence an<
advance to her sister. But that voie
again ! Paul was there, just ove
there. She crossed the seam, and he
clothes clung with the dripping o
that imaginary horrible gulf, But sh
went on.
The door was open. Within wa
neat and cheerful and familiar, wit]
many articles which she had one
used in common with her loved sister
but she thought not of this. On th
floor, in the middle of the room, sa
her sister in the midst of heaps o
play-things, while, with his arm
about her neck, was Paul, sometime
smoothing the silvered hair unde:
the fine cap, and. apon kissing vihj
wri Afes.which;:line<? h?r facetar ??x?
deeply. \ \ i | , S j | -J If
"'Aunt 'Patty, tell me," said th?
child, " what made this long, dee]
Wrinkle here? It looks hard, ai
though it kart jpu;." /
AMy djili 4% fas lougfrg f forfoj?
wi? is.rvery'dea?^wha fa yojj ?ejfe*
who will never come to me.'
She looked up as she spoke, And
springing to her feet, stretched fortl
ber arms and cried, M My sister 1"
H?av?n'?.se'4 w/i3 upon his message
-* m ?
The Carpit-SaggeF,
I'm a gav old Carpet baggert
???Ol don'tyou* understand7
'Mong the colored folks I swagger
Down in tho Cotte a land,
NoW?go) rfc education p; , [ j !
Of- bra! as I does not brag, *
But I owns s big plantation
All iumy;carpe^bag.
CHOBDS=Tm a gay ?ld Carpet-bagger !
LH donTt y m understand?
'Mom? the omof?9T6lks J. swagger,
Down in the Cotton land.
In the North I was nobody
0! don't you nuderstand?
Now I drinks mywine and toddy
For I drives the old nievo master
Jin calls me " Scallawag;"
While j)? ?UBHS*, last and laster, ?
I fills my esrpW-'J/iig.
?'m.a gay old Osgjetrbjagger, *e;
I'm thc loyal Carpet bagger
Who culed theCotfon-lniiil ;
I'm n happy Scala wagger;
?>! can { you understand ?
For to Ifcnsress grids wiine morn)ri,
Thin eiiM oki Scalawag,
And I pay * *}!*1 huck for ??nftilo"
My loyal ittrprt hak
I'm 4 g*y ??Jd ?ar^'t-bagger, Ac
But I hear* a storm a cumin'
U, yL'.xrI-?MKle?^taud?
Now we'll all gut kirks far buiuiuiu'
Around this.t'otton-laiid.
For I hears ?lie Xaliou's thunder;
We've lost our game uf bras ;
I'm nd with spoons and plumier,
All in my carput-bng
I'm a garold Carpet logger,.* *
BK ?HEERFI'L.-Lo >k happy, ii you,
do nul feel HO. Presen' a cheerful
exterior, tlwug i your heart and mind
be troubled. Never wwif a luce which,
ns Sidney Smith nay*, ?'.' j* a brsitcli ol
the, pence." D', Johnson used pp
observe- th?t "th? habitof lodking *t
the best side of a thing-was worth
more to a man than a thousand pounds
a year, and Samuel Smiles observes-:
" We possess the power, to a great
extent, of so exercising the will as to
direct the thoughts upon object* cal
culated to yield happiness and im
provement, rather than their opposites.
in this way, the habit of happy t nought
may be mude to spring up like any
other habit. And to bring up men
or women with a ganuine nature of
this sort, a good temper and a happy
frame ol mind is, perhaps, of even
.more imp^rtance in many*cases, than
to perfect them in much knowledge
and roany utmompu^hments."
WAKED ur- 'roo EARLY.-The Spring
field (111.) Journal gives thjs : Not
long since a sleepy member of the
i lower branch of the Legislature re
quested a fellow-member .LQ wake-him
when a certain bill 1h ol vi ng the'i in
terest* of lumber-men came up; This
agreed upon, tba sleet ry me?nb?r wan
soon in. thu land ni dreams. Itao
happened that a certain bili upon theft
and perjury came up, 'and when it
was fairly under way tlrt? i?&ffim?iti:
ber WHS aroused. He, rubbing Im
eyes, arose and -addn*seud the Speaker :
" Hr. Sjieaker, I wish' io!. say ?? few
word?, iipan tht?ttB, fur th? tact is,
the most of the \>f&1k%liMTf??t?
make their living by ;thj??. tf-ade,*' li
is needless to ?dd that ids. remark?
were appreoj<tt*d and IrigkU applaud
ed.
-?? ~* uJmrJ ??-- .
A wretch broke off an 'engagement
fer the following cogeut?rea*on : "You
'.know a case is a fearful nuisance, and
I always carry my cigars lop?e>in my
Vfgt pocket. The necessary amount
of affection toward Mollie was awful
rough on e'm. ?ever came away
Irom that house but ?verf "OnV,of-Vnr '
was smashed. Could'nt expect a
fellow to waste good .tobacco, that
way; conld yo? ?- Exchange.
" Never put onT till to-montow whai?
Jon can do to-day," said a-mother to
er son.' * Well, then, ma, let's eat
the berry-pievin-th? cup4owd.M
(ttr iL flirt* ?rho .leapt ? list of her .
adnlirers in a diary, wittily caliedrit
her him book.
? " rAWma'slarlir^'d?db'tiart
his little cousin purposely^ did he,
dear ? It was an atbident ?"-" Yee,
mamma; and all I want is a chance
to hit him aflain," .* . _
bung by his playfellowsv and death en- !
iuedbrforeh^eouldbe cut dawn, .1
NO. 1, FAKE
j J v/ JL S ?V?. Sil fcj? " ?J?? A?? . W \f W -.' fi. *fe
?Has now in store, and receiving daily, a large and carefully selected stock of
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
Embracing all the latest and mort beautiful designs in
r
Ladies' Dress Groods,
Mf?t?tf? alt t^RES?gfeit variety, '
"EMBROIDERIES, pd LACES,
WHITE GOODS, a varied stool,
jffiH bOODS, of.all grades,
NOVELTIES and NOTIONS,
LAMES' and MISSES' HATS, rimmed and untrimmed,
Large Stock of SHOES,
; :j!$&m-mm?LQXW$fy ?#bd assortment, '* y:
CALF ?nd KIP SKINS,
SADDI*ES:?nd:BRpi^ .
hi? ?t {\ ;!;
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My stock will be kept complete, and will be old at tte lowest market
Pn^*Aa^ex?i?i???feon4f fcoods Ind pricee solicied.
April 3>15tf ^ ^ a
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Newer than
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Established. 1841
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Edgefield, Sk C.,
?HAVE again replenished my stock of Goods in t?> &RVG and' GRO
ERY LINE, which I warrant FRESH and GENUNEi
^ast'twenty/on*
yeats,ataavpkyi?g-strict -attention to selecting nous? irom-which ? 'boy, I
feel competent of judging the Purity of Drugs, and jmpsting v?ih any one
in prices,
AU I ask is, to give me a call, and see for yourseres. It is nr trouble^
but a pleasure to snow my goods. My stock embraoi, impart
Wigwam LEAD,
One Barrel each of LINSEED OIL and YARN!JJ,
50 Gallons Spts. TURPENTINE,
75 Lbs. Spanish BROWN and Venetian RED,
\Q Boxes WINDOW GLASS and 100 LbB, PUTY, "
75 Gaflons MACHINE OIL, '
25 " TRAIN OIL,
9 Voz, C[LASS)LAMP-a.?ll'8tylesr '
35 LAMP CHIMNEYS,
100 Lbs. each SODA, SALTS, SULPHUR, C0P3RAS,
800rLbs. Family and Toilet SOAPS,
?4M! -
tsS
If you want the, Best Kerosene Oil, at 50 ?nts by
gallon, and 46 cents by tha fjye gallons, yon can g^t itt
the. single
G. L. P?^DRUG STORE.
Patent medicines and invaluable Rraedie?.
Hegexhah'8 Elixir CALASAYA BARK,'
Bradfi?ld's FEMALE REGULATOR,
Dr. Simmons' LIVER MEDICINE,
'Ay er's HAIR Vi QOS,
" CHERRY PECTORAL,
?. SARSAPARILLA,
" AGUE CURE,
. " CATHARTIC PILLS,
Allen's LUNG BALSAM,
Cook's WINE OPTAR l'or Coughs, Colds,
A full Stock' of all kind of BITTERS,
Whitcomb's ASTHM REMEDY '
PHILOTOKEN
Rad way's PILLS an?EADY RELIEF,
MUSTANLINIMENT,
. " COD LIV. OIL,
Tarrant's SEi/MPR-PERlENT, ?
Hall's HAIR RESTCER,
Barry's TRICOPEEDUS,
Burnet's COCOAINr tho Hair,
BUR KALLISTONrr.thc Complexion,
CONGRESS WATE: V *'.''
Foi' Cooking Purposes.
EXTRACT LEMON, ROSE, ORANGE, VANILLA, WE APPLE,
A full line of BAKING POWDERS, and SPICES of a kinds.
Toilet Articles tor the ?adi?*
POWDER BOXES, very handsome,
CAMPHOR ICE <fc VINEGAR ROUGES,
TOOTH POWDERS and PASTE,
GENUINE BELL COLOGNE,
PENN'S EXCELSI0 HAIR OIL,
PREMIUM BEARS IL,
HANDKERDHIEF XTHACTS.
HAIR POMADES, ULET POWDERS
LUBIjrS EXTRACTS; -, .{TOILET SO APS, all lav^idbc., *c,;-v
CHOICE GROCERIES.
. HAMS, GISSF-.-R. SIDES, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL,-S?ABS, MOLAS
SES, SYRUPS, TEA?, OQFFEE, CHEESE, MACCARO?; and all'Goods
kept in a first class stock, which will be sold.low for Cash
Tobacco and Cigars.
Always qn hand a supply of Choice TOBACCO and C?ARS/
I ao appreciate the confidence, support and liberal ptronage bestowed
upon me in the past twenty-one years, only asking a Ontinuance of the
same, feeling-confident that I can sell goods as Pure andas Cheap as any
house.' v. . . .. : .
9&~ Prescriptions carefully Compounded day or night
i l?. PEIVI?.
Marc*u3a- .. . tL_. ...U :.
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297 Broad St,.Augusta, Gi,
PREPARING FOB SPJtJMJ ,AN?) SUMMIfl TRADE, !to meet
the wants bf frieods and customers <?L the way of Plantation and
Family Supplies, are daily making heavy aH/ithns to their already
large Stock, to Which/tjiey,invite attention.. 'Oq^Stokcomprises in part:
BACON, LARD, COFF?ES, SUGARS, TEAS,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, RICE, MACKEREL; SiLT, . *
FD%H^lKte^aOB99^?)lO OJ >??O?
BUTTER, ?&??ES; S??P,' ??TA?lC?;
WHISKIES, BRANDIES, W?NES, ALE, P0RT3R,
TOBAOO^BM?RS, Ac., .
And 1 in fact JB VER YTH1NQ usually found in First Class Grocery
Houses.
on
; We haye made atnpla arrangements for the acennmodation of Planters
wishing to boy on Time, and respectfully solicit their patronage. All such
orders, accompanied with City Acceptance, will be promptly filled, and at
Cash rates.
Best Grade of Goods at the Lowest Market Prices.
i Msr ly.jL x. , .
12
Candy!
CANDY of all kinds, ' at- redu
nrlces. Tot sale at, fo? i-j.3 HOI - '"St
PENN'S DRUG STORJS,
Apr24 it 18
W. H SHAFFER,
loes to'tho cit*
^try. Office at
?denc40fS,S. Tompkins, Esq.
tf is
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEADER IN '
MUSIC,
A.ND PEEI?DICALS,
183 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Manufacturers-Agept ?nd Wholesale Dealer in all kinds of Blank Books,
for M?rc?irtile! ase, iialcl?ding Ledgers, Journals, Day Books, Records,.Pass
Books, Memorandum Books, Time Books, Drawing ? and Scrap Books, Auto
graph Books, Copy; Cyphering and Exercise Books, for School use, &e., &c.
The Writing Papers, including Cap, Letter and: Note, American.
English and French,. Ruled and Plain, Stamped and Unstamped:
Thfr'Stoekof'lBHTOlftpeB embraces Letter, Note and Official sizes, of
all cqlors and qualities, besides a full line of General Stationery, including
all the innumerable minor items for use in the Counting Room.
1 Also, many articles that would be appropriately designated as Fancy Sta
tionery. .
In the Book Department, will he found'the Standard Text Books for Sohools
ancl Colleges, Dictionaries, Bibles and Prayer Books, Music, Books, and a
large assortment-.of juvenile and Toy Books, and a well selected stock in
Gen'e^Xiterainro. , , " . . .
In* ?ie Miscellaneous'Stock, in. which we deal, we can offer to buyers as
favoratte-ternis as anyestablishment in the trade. *:
A new Price List will soon be issued, "which will' enable purchasers to
make selections and order by mail, if desired. ' Such ' orders will receive
prompt and careful attention, since the most thorough system marfcs the
mode of doing business in tfais esfablishment:
A?gnit?; April S) 1#72-I5m3
to Buy!
GROCERIES Al PROMl
r"Ts*ATt:'
MILLER^Mfrj^ ;H?fARJD'S
?
J
I
On Hand, and Receiving:
Corn,,
Bacon S??les,'
'f.... Shoulders,-\
Canvassed Hams,
' Country Hams, ..
MM teat;Lardi> mSSift ? mt
Pickle Beef,
Dried Beef, ' ! . " ' . . '
PicfclePork,
Breakfast Strips, ' . _
Excelsior Extra Flour,J
&A ?' -j. Little ^eaty.FJour,.,.
<i J - Golden sheaf Flour., ' 1
Western Flour, v j ; C cG ? . !
Reboiled Molasses,
Cuba Molasses,
. Golden Syrup,
New Orleans Syrup,
Richmond Stripes,. . >
-^' Osnsbnrgs, ' '
Matches, '
?We?axe\?gents for the BTJFFALO-SCM? ? Scalea.of all'siaes^d
styles, and warranted equal to the best. . v . .
Merchants and Planters, should b? sure to look for the plaoe and Sign.
EMPIRE A.\D PALMETTO GROCERY HOUSE.
Mar 6 " ' J ' tf ll
Mckies;.--' ;
Bra^y jt?es,,;
;s :?an^Gqods)' - ; .?. .? -. ' ft
Toba)cco;y'-.' ;.
Snuff,, '. ,'?
Candj^?c; ?bc:,.. :.
\ sc?/n K T -fro o-Ci'-._e iii ?
rit the Fre?ericksborg Store
NOW OPEN
NEW, BEAUTIFUL,
ELEGANT GOODS !
IT WOULD DB A. TREAT for. any
persoi}, w^oj??dr tliejMvlsMed $o cor
chaste or nn?, .'Intake a.B?roll ?hroagf? the
FREDERICKSBURG STORE and view
the elegant goods, embracing everything
that is new and desirable, and represent-;
lng the handicraft of nearly all civilized'
nations throughout the world there dis
played.
Beginning with the Elegant SHAWL,
SUIT and SILK DEI ARTMEXTS,
where all the elegant fabrics of the season
are to be seen in beautiful Plain; Striped,
Checked and Dolly Varden Silks, made
up Sui ts of the newest styles,. Llama
Lace Points, Shawls, ?nd ?thor/Weap-'|
pings ; beautiful Parasols, Suu Umbrel
las, Ac., ?tc. '. -.? . ' .' n ' > ..' '
In the DRESS GOODS DEPART
MENT, everything that Ts novel, hew*
und desirable'can be found-commencing.-,
jvith Dread Goods that wilT mrtk? a hand
some looking dress al'l?e.'per yard np* ui
the finest. ,.' ,
In the WHITE GOODS ' DEPART
MENT are Piques, in p^ain,^ striped,
robes and figured. Percales'froth 20c. to
fine Chintz at 50c, in all the new designs
of figured Robes and Dolly Verdens; all
the new varieties of Muslins, Linen
Lawns, in white and figured, plain col
ors, ?fcc., ftc. A full assortment of White
Goods, of every description. ' '
In tho MOURNING DEPARTMENT
will be found all the new fabrics of the
season-some new and elegant goods, as
?veli as som o verv low priced.
In the LACE DEPARTMENT will be
found all the new stvles of Lace Collars,
und Sleeves, Sots, i?dgings, Diserti'ngs,
Embroideries, Black Silk Laces, Puff
ings, Rufllings, line Eura, ix. r -
In tbe-HOSIERY, GLOVE and-NO
TION DEPARTMENTS will be found
a inost.an.perb.assortme.nl of those goods,
and at tho lowest pr ces.
The CLOTH, CASSIMERE and DO
MESTIC DEPARTMENTS aro jjTfuM
of ?bod and useful "g??ds,' and at the
lowest prices, possible. , |M
Persons who buy for Cash and wish toi
save money, should always buy of a 1
Cash House4-a house that, buy-* fori Cash
ts well as sells fbri Cash,.? un ia/hofcsp of
this kind all-the'adVantages can be given;
a Cash purchaser? nuextin profttfpu't On
because the merchant bought his goods
>n time, and he having paid an extra
price for tho time, which all merchants.
Iiavs to do who buy their goods on time.
These are ideas every Cash buyer should
aot forgeJkg^ A ggpny saved is a JJ
J i J L f? f^fiD^^iht]
upon aXash^asIs, and cHar?f?s no exfia
profit to make up for bid debts. Its
stock IB laid in by a buyer who has been
?electing goods suited to the wants of the
people for near a tmarter o?a century jf
Hls success in ple?s??gSliem is .vM?n?fbl.
by the Fredericksburg Store never hav
ing-gotten behind from the day of. its
start,. inU880, .to the resent time. So
you may *be s?re, -when^otf go to the
Frodericksburg Store to buy goods, you
aro in the right house. The house that
buyB right sells right,..andtrys to.do/the
best it can for its customers* ? i 5 }.
We continue to send samples when re
quested, and pay freight on goods when
ordered from our stock to the amount of
510 and over, for Cash, at retail.
T. RICHARDS & BROS.,
Corner by the Planters* Hotel.
April 3 . . . . tf .. li j
made,.
S. COBEN;
142 Broad Street,
AUQUSTAi GAt,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, &C.
HJLVING at a great outlay, secured
the services of a FIRST-CLASS WATCH
MUSIC jjoxes ana J ewelry of all descrip
tions, with neatness and dispatch, and
araarantees all work.
He-offert/alBO, a'great variety WATCH
ES. CLOCJKS, JEWELRY... SILVER
?Um PISTILS .CARTAGES, Aft
VINEGAR BITTERS
Ota. A('t?>8aaPnnclieo.CtL.Mdl3*ltOom?trca?t.K r.
MUJCJCONS B?ar Tcndmcny to their
Wonderful Curative EOTc-cU.
They oro not a vilo Fancy Brink, Made of Poor
Uura, Whliltry, Proof Spirit? and Befura
i Mqaflnudectored, spiced aittmeicnoa to please tho
tuto, caUe4,,'Tpntta," '.'Appetizers," ''BiMtorera,v 4c,
tliat leadthflilpplcron to drunkenness and rain, ?stare
a true Medicine, inadafroni tho nativo roots nmf herta
or CallfornW; freo from, ail AlcohaUc Stimn
bMrttw They are the GK EAT DMOD IKCCKI
XTEI? un j A LIFE GIV?XG PK FVCITL E,
...?.jicr?ect Renovator and invigorate' of the-'System,
carrylngoff all polsonousmattcr and restoring thc blood
' to a ljoalUiy condition;- Se pers?b' can taio these Blt.
tera according to directions, and remain long, unwell,
'provided'their bouts aro not destroyed by* mineral
poison or other means, and tho vital organs wasted
beyond tho point of repair. . .
They are a Gentle Purgativo aa well aa a
Tonie, rlosscssing also,' tho peculiar morlt of acting
os a powerful agent In relieving Congestion d'Inflam
mation of thc Liver, and all the Visceral Organs.
FOR raiiVlE COMPt AFX TS, whether in
young- or old,' married or single, at tho diwn of woman
hood or nt tho tarn of life, these Tonic Bitters ?uve no
equal. -,
Foi- Inflammatory mid Chronic Kh en-ma
tl rai nnd Goat, Dyspepsia or Iqdln-o?tton,
Billions, Remittent and Intermittent Fe
yer?, Disease? of the Blood, liver, Kid
ney* oudBladder, these Bitters have been most
sacecxsful., JSnch Diseases are caosed by Vitiated
' B loo d, which is generally produced by derangement
of thc Diu est i vc Orena?,
DYSPEPSIA' OR ?fDIG3?HTIOX, Head
ache, Tain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the
Chest, Dizziness, Soar Eructations ot' the Stomach,
Bad Taste lathe Mouthy Billons Attacks,- Palpitation of
tho Heart, Inflammation of the Langs, Pain In tho
region*of;1ho 'Kidneys, and a hundred oder painful
symptoms are tho offsprings of Dyspepsia.
They Invigorate tito Stomach and stimulate tho torpid
Liver, ami Bowels, which render them of^unequaled
efficacy .lt? cleansing thc blood:of all impurities, and Im
part In rainville and vi? or ts that whola system.
FOjJTSKXN DISEASES, Erupt cns. Tetter, Salt
.Rheum, Blotches, Spols, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sora Eyes, Erysipe
las, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Shin, Humors and
Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature are
literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short
time by the use of these Bitters. Oap bottle la JUC O
cases will convince the most Incredulous of thelr'cm?-' |
qeat tja leftAtjl Blood ytt&m^ yon -
P?ritfel>ars&?t?r?jg? the] offals! Fini
ttaVarl Bores; 'cicas? ll v;2eij yoeflnd ft
and sluggish In tbltbvclns; cleanse lt vrhen lt ls fool,
and your feelings wm tell you when. Keep the blood
pure, a nd tl: c health of the system will follow. .
Pin, Tape and other Woraus lurking In tho
system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed
and removed. Says a dlitiognished physiologist,
t hire H scarcely aa individual -?pen the face cr the
eaith, -erhos*. body ls exempt from-tho presenco of
worms. It ts not npon the healthy elementa of rho
body tl lat worms exist, bat upon the diseased humors
and sit ny deposits thu breed these living monsters 0/
disease. No system of Medicine, no vexnrffnges, no
anthsimlntics, will freo the "system from worms Uko
these Bitters,, ' ? ? .
Sold by all Drnsarlsta and iBealere.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD k CO,
Drugflsti and Oent-ral Agents, San lYonclsA), Cali
fornia, nnd'3. and 5* Commerce Street, New Tort,
J un cf '_'-. ly_'?A
T
AUGUSTA ?f O TEL.
AUGUSTA, GA. ,
HIS popular and well-known. Hotel
ls ii?W folly open for the reception of
visitors, .having recently been thorough
ly renovated, newjy 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 Edgqfield friends and the public
generally. .
MURPHY & MAY, Proprietors.
Feb 14_tf> 8
BEDDING AND GREENHOUSE
Plaafcs.
THE New "Edition of our SPRING
CATALOGUE of above,' and which
includes ALL THE NOVELTIES^OF THIS
YEAR, is ready for distribution.
..Copies free, oy addressing
tP. J. BERCKMANS,
Prnl?and Nurseries, ;
,,' Augusta, Ga..
i Apr S . ; Ct .'
/HG toPENN'S Drugstore for FoutsV
VT Cf?cntatea Horse and1 Ostt?ePOW
INSURE YOUR LIFE
. IN THE
Of New York.
Gash Capital and Assets, Over $3,000,000.
.na
1. Because-it is-acknowledged to be perfectly solpent 'by ?ll Insurance
Commissioners. 1 * * , *
2. Because it is the cheapest. ? .' . ..
3. Because it endorses the Burr ender Value on ita Policies, in 'JDoUars
and Cents, for 'ten ^consecutive years. .. "
According, to the statement of the rates of the different Lof? Insurance
Companies, of tirst-claas standing in the TJnited States, made' by "The' .Uni
versal," in. its. advertisement, entitled "'Facts axe Mulhern Things,1' and:
published ?rn the Facefield Advertiser, it appears that the Mutual Bates
of the Brooklyn, are Cheaper- thain those of any named Company.
For instance, according to that statement:
At the age of 20
$150
Will Insure
At the age of SO
Will Insure
In the Brooklyn
"f Equitable.,
BalanceJn favor of the Brooklyn
fm the Brooklyn........
H if Piedmont & Arlington.
1Balance in favor of the Brooklyn.
Tn the Brbokljh.
" New York Life.
Balance in* favor of tba Brooklyn.
In the Brooklyn.
f* ' Carolina/Life..'..
B?jance In fa,vpr of the Brooklyn.
In the Brooklyn.
" " iEtna.
7?.i.
Balance/n favor of th? Brooklyn.
In the Brooklyn.
!?..'.?-; Cqtton.States.
Balance In favor of the Brooklyn.
In the Brcoklyn..,
" " ; SU Louis Mutual.
Balance Iii favor bf the Brooklyn.
In the Brooklyn..i.u.
*t . Southern Lif?.,.v...,.
Balance in favor of the Brooklyn.
Ta ?Jan Brooklyn.
" " Knickerbocker,
$8,875 73
7,541 47
$1,384 26
$8,675 48)
8,455 46
$420 27
$8,675 73
7,541 47
$1,334 26
$8,875 78
8.503 41
$372 32
$8,875 73
8,428 96
$448 77
$8,875 73
8,455 46
$420 27
$8,875 78
8,641 36
$373;
$8,875 73
8,615 73
$260 00
$8.8 75 73
8,6J5 50
$9,250 69
8,816 67
$440 12]
$9,260 69
8,810 57
mo i2
49,250 69
. 8,810 00!
$446 60
' . ff . ' ? ?
$9,26069
8,841 73
$408 90
- $9,250,6?
. W .94
' $45175
$9,250 69
8,8b0 57
$440 1^
$9,280 6?
8,841 73
$408 96
8,877;6a
$373 14
6S,2SQ.6?j
8k639 SO
Balance m favor of the Brooklyn.| $210 23j' ' $611 39|
STOCK EATE8.
A^tbeweof40
W31? Insure . :
$8,3? 27
7,987 28
$402 05.
$8,33027
7,987 22
$402 65
$6,680 27
,7,887 22
$402 05
$8,389 27
4 .7,613 40
$472'87
$8,389-27
. , 8,108 10
$2Sf 17
$8,2
M
? 27
rr 22
$402 06
$8,389 27
7,916 40
1(02 87
$8,386 27
7,936 50
$452 77
- 88,38? 27
7,859 10
$63017
At th? age of 30,
?. $200 will insure
In the Brooklyn. $11,750 00
In the Uni versal.-. Jl,396 Ol
At t?ie age of 40,
$260 will insure
..$10,66180
10,280 90
' Bal. In favor of the Brooklyn at stock rates $353 99 ^ $385 00
The griatly advantageous feature o? tho Brooklyn in endorsing the Sur
render Values upon its Policies, in Dollars and Cents, for ten consecutive
years, has met with unqualified praise from the most celebrated American
Actuaries, as al>*> from the Press, East,-North and South.
The Jlon. Elizur Wright, who is admitted to be the greatest Insurance
Mathematician and Actuary in America, congratulating The Brooklyn
upon this new and distinctive feature, says, among other 'things. " I am
particularly pleased by^your departure in the right direction, from the
ordinary method pf compxding the Surrender Values;' "One of the great
est drawbacks to. the popularity of Life insurance, has been' the disap
pointment and dissatisfaction of retiring Policy 'holders, at ' the smallness
of the surrender vafue paid," ko. "All this would' have been, prevented
by a distinct statement on the Policy, tn advance, of the sum to be paid."
This statement,..it wiH be seen, The Brooklyn makes in doOars and
cents, so. that there.ean be no mistake.
t . Read What Southern Papiers Say of This Feature:
The Sentinel; (Haleigh, North Carolina,) Jan. 27, 1869.-"This great'
feature of cash miren?er values is an improvement that signalizes the era
in Life Insurance."
? Sun, (Columbus, Georgia.)-"There is no better Company in the land ;
a comparison with other corporations of asimilar character, will convince
all of the superior, safety in taking risks with The Brooklyn Jjjfe."- jjj
.. J ispal?h, (St. Louis, Mo.,) Jan. 7, ?869.-A. Pol?ey: in The BrooUyn
Life is thus worth so much in ready money. This is the only Life Com
pany in*the country that has carried this* excellent feature (of endorsing
the cash surrender values in dollars and cents,) into its business." "Pol
icy holders being dbuhly assured, the system cannot fail to become very
popular."
It wil] be seen that we assert nothing in the above adveitirement, but
malte a simule statement of the superior advantages of The Brooklyn, as it
appears from disinterested parties. '
The ..lon. M. JJ. Bonham has bee.n associated with us in the General
Agencv of The Brooklyn for this State,
BONHAM, BACON & BUTLER,
General Agents and Managers.
. Office - over the Citizens' Savings Bank, Columbia, S. C.,
And at Edenfield. S. C. . March 20tf
M. 0'DOWD & CO.,
GROCER AND COMMISSION
Merchant, ..'
248Eroad Street, Augusta, Ga.
HAS on hand and for sale at LOWEST MARKET PRICES for Cash, or
Factor'Acceptances, payable next Pall, a FULL STOCK of Choice
Groceries and Plantation Supplies, among which may be
found the "following :
50
H1IDS. C. Ri Bacon Sides,
10,000 lbs. D. S. Shoulders,
IO casks liam?,
100 packages Lard,
.JIU) hoxes'Cheese,
VM bbls. Flour,all grades,
800 snek? ("?ats, .
' . 46 " Seed Bye,
. .. TOO bbl?. Irish Pptatoep,
500 packages New Mackerel-Nos.
1, 2, and . ? .
100 packages Extra Mess Mackrel
lu bbls. Buckwheat,
100 chests Tea, all grades,
50 bbls. Syrup-different grades
200 casca Oysters, 1 and 2 lb. cans,,
' 200' cases Canned Fruits and Veg
etables.
300 casca Pickles, all sizes,
.50 " Lobsters, 1 ?nd 2 lb. cans.
. '?00 gross Matches,
200 boxes Candles. . .
3ff M Charle* Dickens' Segars,
50 M Georgia Chiefs . do.
50" M Our Choice do.
2?K) M various grades do.
' * 5,000 Bushels Corn,- . -
"HftDS. Demarhra ?ugar, j ;
. 35 hhds. Brown Sugar,
1 10 hhds. Scotch Sugar.
??? boxes Jluvana Sugar,
Augusta, Jan 16
IO
60 bbls. Crushed, Powdered and
Granulated Sugar,
200 bbls. Extra G and A Sugar,
200 bags Rio Coffee,
50 " Laguayra Coffee,
50 pockets Old Government Java
Coffee,
100 boxes No. 1 Soap,
200 " pale "
160 " Starch,
100 " Soda,
10G dozen Buckets,
50 " Brooms,
BARRELS Pure Baker Whisky,
SO bbls. Old Valley Whisky.
200 ? Rye Whisky, allgrades.
50 " Pure Corn Whtskv,
30 " Brandy, Gin and Bum,
10 quarter casks importe*'. Cog
nacBrandy,
8 quarter casks Scotch and Irish
Whisky,
20 quarter casks Sherry, Port
and Madeira Wine,
20 casks Ale and Porter,
10 casks Cooper's Half and Half,
50 cases Champagne,
40 " Claret,
50 " Schnapps,
100 " Bitter?,
200 bo\c? Tobacco, all grades,
100 casei: Smoking do.
tf 4
PLANTATION WAGONS.
-o
Just received another shipmont of those Celebrated
Jackson) iSS?- {Wagons.
All Sizes, with ThimMe Skein and Iron Axels.
wv
. . ? .. ... . .1 . l/tTji ? *''A' . V '
UNSURPASSED FOR DURABILITY, LIGHTNESS OF DRAFT AND?
GK EAT CAPACITY.
mr Upward? of 5000 ITIann^ctnred and Sold An
ni nally.
; Every Wagon sold under Special Guarantee of CAPACITY, MATERIAL
ana.WORKMANSHIP.
The Cheapest Wagon in Any Market -
?KSP'Orders promptly executed by . _
y wM o jjjgg^
. . . .. Agent for Georgia and Sooth Carolina,
.V . A 225 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. '
? FeD!2l'jj? v - ? - Sm 9
toll v ./. . ff ' . ?' .