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A_ Madeline Lavalei On the 17th of May, 1830, a F officer of infantry-Capt. Au Malsherbes-was found in the s of Toolon, severely wounded. 1 roi of gendarmes, in making early morning rounds, discoverer lying in a pool of blood, tha evidently flowed from an ugly s' thrust \n 'he ribs. " He was. p up by the soldiers and carried 1 Being a person 'so well ki every atteutiou was paid to him every effort made to discover tl sassin. The dangerous state o Captain made it impossible to o the slightest information ?rom The police could discover bul trace of the unknown. Blooc tracked from the scene of cn o to the sallyport at the ?astigt then it ceased. Thc waters ? could tell the story. / No clue was ever found, alth the sharpest detectives Boul could boast were on the alert. Captain Malsherbes recovered ly, and as soon as he could bear tioning, inquiries innumerable asked him. At fir-it he seem? know nothing, except that he sudd.nly attacked: then that assault Vas too sudden and the i too dark for him to recogniz? enemy ; then that he was too bear further questioning, &c. But from the fact that whet covered he had his sword in h that b's wound was in front; more than all this, that a richly broidered handkerchief was alt? . to his sword; that his watch other valuables were untouched, statements were received with belief. The authorities gave up the mi in despair, and it ceased to bo the of wwapt among his corps; and t polite oirolti ia which the. Cat moved, There it was considere au ajfaire d' tonneur, ppneer some fair one ; and many were jests the Captain had to stand a that queer poke in the ribs-an place for a professedly crack swo man-about the moicchoir, and deed, everything concerning whole affair. The Captain bore it in silence, word of his confirmed the slight ueudoes smilingly thrust at hin: clever little lawyers in petticoats. faux pas in convivial hours ever . ni8hed a stray glimpse at this d bit of history. Time passed. The Captain pearea as much as ever in soci< was as social and gallant as of < and won troops of friends. His p tion was a distinguished one. cultivated mind, genial mann? generous nature, his iriendship \ ever cultivated. But, though j. sexsed of a moderate fortune, rat good looking, and decidedly distvng he never married. When banty; on the subject, he answered evasive looked grave, and shuddered, could have made his choice amid 1 pretty girls of Toulon easily, but rather avoided paying any exclusi attention to any one, and never cc versed gaily on the subject of mat mony, as the other men did. Arno the members of his corps, he w looked up to'asa brave, daring offici and, to the ladies of hisacquaintan? he was the favored beau-his escapa with the unknown but unhancing 1 interest in their eyes. Alas ! this ever so. Mother Eve will show h< self in her descendants, and Capta Malsherbes was feted and lionize more than ever when he emerg? from the .seclusion of his sick rooi The trou les just then broke o in Paris. The King, Luui .. Philipp was deposed, and ordered to the ea?. tal. The Captain arrived too late take part in the street fight, that o curred, but Was placed on guard wil his company in the Ailee Longcham Buis de Boulogne.? At midnignt, a feeble cry for he! was heard in this wood. His me rushed forward, and found him badi wounded, and as before. He wt conveyed to the Longchamp Hospita and there his wound was dressed, hi company, during the ti .ne, searohin every nook for the assailant. The were as unsuccessful as the gendarmt at Toulon. Footsteps were traced a far as Port Dauphine-no furthei The disturbed state of Paris prevent ed ad inquiry. The Captain recov ered slowly as before, attended b; skilful surgeons ; and to all the anx ious inquiries of his comrades h answered evasively. That the un known '.vas no aerc^in was very evi dent. The Captain fcjnd'swon in Hand, at the mercy ot 1??3 antago nist, who might have taken his lil had he chosen. Malsherbes returned to his regi ment, after a convalescence of severa weeks, cheered by the consolation and Sympathetic " attentions of thi fair of Toulon. The regiment wa stationed at Lyons, and quartered a the barracks at Fort Brotteaux. One week afterwards the Captaii was found severely wounded, and ly ing in a by-path, the fallowing euri ons billet pinned to his coat: " I have, at last, reached your leg.' It was true ; it was his right leg. A savage thrust had penetrated th. knee, near the patella, or knee-pan and rendered amputation necessary. No clue still to the assailant. The only trace was, that shortly before Captain Malsherbes was lound, a naval officer sprang quickly into a boat waiting at the quay at the Tete d'Or, and pulled rapidly towards a man-ef-war, that sailed a few houri alter for Mauritius. Ku further clue. The brave Captain suffered the ampu tation unflinchingly ; but his trieuds .sorrowed, fur hw burgeons gave no hope. Brave soldiers and fairy lunns thronged the door ol his quarters lur, beloved by his equals and supe riors? and respected by thc men un der,his command, the grief was uni versal that . one .su brave and noble shotild fall a victim t<< au assassin. As a brave man lives, so he meei s his death. - Calmly and courageously Le summoned the attending physician and he heard his doom, and then he toidib the few who surrounded him -1 being one of the number-the following strange but thrilling pas sage of a portion of his youthful life. ".Several years before, when J. had jusfrentered upon life as a military man, I met in the military circles ol' Paris' u beautiful orphan girl, a daugh terof a Captain of artillery who died at ' Quatre Bras. This lady, whose name was Madeline Lavalette, was remaxl?able lor her spirit and dash. Her ?parentage, whicu was very re spectable,'her exceeding beauty, and a little fortune she possessed, gave' her the entree of the best society ; but alas: uer extraordinary freedom of manner and badinage made her envied ? and shunned by her lemai'i acquaintances, and only the prestige of her father's nam2, and her many male friends, sustained her in the position she ocoaj i*L I secretly admired, hufc7-ali<fg(p^:38iste openly spoke of her. While myself yielding to her beauty esprit, I also felt thatj had no trust necessary for a lever to fe fore he places his happiness : chosen one. One evening after ing her, surrounded by a gre young officers on the Bouleva attended a party where she the brightest and gayest there a fit of unaccountable -pique, marked io some gentleman whom I was couver ing: " ' That poor girl is evidently ing for a husband ; but, ala? will never get one.' ".' Why not Y asked a bystand .* We were chatting gaily and ly, as men are too prone to d meant tu be witty-I was cruel. "4 Because, pauvre enfant ! sh a wooden leg.' "At this al! eyes were turn? wards Mdlle. Lavalette. To cc ter discomfiture, she was withii shot, and overheard every wt my malicious joke. A deadly ness overspread her countenanc was horrified ; and having to Paris the next day, knew not thi sorry jest was the joke o? the Nothing was talked of but A Lavalette s wooden leg. , Laval wooden leg was the standiug ji the club, and the ladies-fie forgive them ! I have avoided ever since-said evef)thing, the only foundation for thia, e: my canard, was an almost impe tibie halt in Madeline's step, defect had never before been nul out now it was the theme of a I ! sand fenule tongues* The an that had long been ?j nourished found vent, and nothing was h of but the jambe de bois. " Madahne Lavalette, couraj as she was, could stand it no loi she disappeared from society, nothing could be atcirtaincd of whereabouts. Thi jambe de bo is killed her as effectually as th< she had committed a crime. Rid: is mure potent than hate. " On my return to Paris, I hi with dismay, of all this. I j never ceased io regret my cruelty endeavored in every way to find address ; and my life was- one search for the gay> young, thou less maiden, 'who.-e future I ha marred. I expected a hostile cs from some of. her numerous admii but although my address was 1 known, I received none. . " Time wore on, and my regret came soft .-ned ; when, walking hi ore evening from the theater at 1 lon, on the 17th of May, 1830,1 j suddenly confronted by a stranj j whose striking likeness to Madel Lavalette stamped him at once as ' brother. I. attempted to apoiog but, calling me by name, he* challe ed me on the spot, and, bidding defend myself, fiercely assaulted i " I soon found I had no mean tagonist. He parried my favoi lunge, and but for a nb, his sw< would have pierced my heart. 1 avenger ol asisier'sfame disappear I remember nothing more. "Again I was met in the Bois Bouiogue, and again we fought. ? utikno'Vu would not hear one wc of his aster. Again we met at F< Brotteaux, and here 1 lie. I km nothing of my tormentor, accept tl he is an accomplished swordeuu and has always aimed at my leg ; a I have no doubt it isa bro her Mdlle. Lavalette, who is determin to avenge the foolish fling I made his sister." Thoroughly exhausted with his loi confession, tue Captain fainted, ai his alarmed mend* thought 'that ti end had come. A good constitutio and every care, however, triumph* over the grim moust- r Death, ai slowly but surdiy Captain Malsherb recovered ; then a relapse oectirrt when hope w?? brightest, and tut again ho. slowly recovered his heult, ms soldierly bearing unaltered ; bi ai?8 ! he had a wouden leg. " There is little doubt who has wooden leg now," he said to me wit a loreed smi:e ; " bur allliough I lei fiercely incensed at the Joss of m leg, 1 look upon it as a just reveng -a lesson to me, as to every othe never, even in jest, to wound tb feelings of another. Captain Malsheibe1? soon threw II his commissid? and retired to Toulot and in the erjjbymeut of a mod?r?t competency, almost, lorgot the myste rious fatalities ot his past life. The marriage ol an old comrad drew him again buck to Paris. Th week alter, the Paris journals wer lilied with the uccuunts ul* a sever duel in the Bois de Boulogne betwee a Mons. Malsherbes and Lieuteuan Lavalette. At this time the use c side arms had fallen into disrepute and such affairs were settled with th pistol. The papers stated that th antagonist of Mons. Malsherbes* wa seriously wounded, and I hurried fc tba city to hear the true particulars I was stopping at the St. Cloud thee and soon reached the quartern of rn; friend, who, in an agitated jnannei gave me the following : " A day before the duel I receiver a cartel from the hands of a Captaii in the navy, in which the writer, whi signed himself Lieut. Lavalette, con gratulated me upon my recovery and imagining a desire for revcugi must actuate Capt. Ma:sherbes, offeree a full opportunity to gratify thal revenge, ii Mons. Malsiierbes did no feel himself Unfit on account of hil wooden leg. Tho writer would mee! ?.ila ut any place appointed, the chal lenged part) to choose the weapons It cou cl uded iu this manner: "The spirit, and courage uf M>>ns. Malsher ue.s is Eu-- We 1 ki.uWU to be duubted, but the WM Lei' uSsU-eS Ultu, Whethel he accept-. . r rein es thc offer now m .?lt, ne vvid b?: encountered until "lie ur ihe uther lull.' " (J: course I a. cepted : I could do UaU^hi vise. The pike?: and time Bin-. .[ . Boulogne, ai 5 u cluck in ?.ne mur in?-was appoint'd ; pistols fur our weapon-. '1 made an al usi?.?n to my wooden leg, waiving ult inequali ties un that score ; but. this was re ccivtd with a grim smile by my pulitc friend. 1 am generally a dead shot with my pistol, but, candidly, I felt that 1 hud serious misgivings as tu thc result. I had already three strong reasons for not despising my antagu mst. I selected my second, an old military comrade, aud we repaired to thu Bois de Boulogna, and there 1 wounded-Ceil.' lean "ay no more. Another time I will tell yon the rest." I gazed at him in bewilderment. His rapid utterance, his flushed cheek, hie evident reluctance, all astonished me, and I hastened to our mutual friend, the surpeun, who attended him fo the bostw meeting. He told me these additional particulars. " We met at the appointed hour. Every formality was gone through. Mon*. Malsherbers waa propped against the tree, so that hi? wooden infirmity bora not this disadvantage ; and, to make ali even, Liout. Lava lette, who was in the full unifc the royal navy, was likewise b by a tree. The main conditii the duel were, ?hat at the word party was to deliver fire, and if er was wounded, the seconds tu reload their pieces, and allow to commence dc novo. The ci was restricted to three shots tance, twenty paces. At the fire, Lavaletttt's-csp was carried and -Malsher-bes-Woundeiiin 4hh part of the. left arm.- They rej the offer of relea-se. Each secoi loaded their pistols. Both ev thc greatest cocluess and prec The seconds, bot h veterans, wen fectly charmed. Ali was . sile the grave. It was early dawn swallows twittered through the ] the fresh air of morning hore i cense o? fragii.nt leaves and washed flowers ; the gray sky . them brightened every moment the ascending sun, and looked deringly upon these two mac bent upon sending each other c this beautiful world, . for what 1 in folly and ended in passion. I did this lovely park look lovelier now. Nature, upon all sides, f mote eloquently for peaqe and .will among men than, ever an i did. Nevertheless, the duel m. At the second fire, both pi received a flesh wound ; but, as were mutually agreed upon rene hostilities, again were the pisto loaded. Upon this fire M. Malsh aeceived no: further hurt, but I lette fell, as we thought at first, tally wounded. I hastened, ass by them all, to unfasten the tl jzear and coat of .the .wounded. Tue delicate, fair throat and neel tray ed to our qstonished ' gaze Lavalette's dress was but a ski disguise. We were all too paral fora few moments even to tl Weplaoed the lady in& fiwt, GAcor.d detaining the vehicle ont ment, to assure us, on h.ia honor, the discovery just made was astoi ir,g to him as to us. He had ss for several years with Lieut. JJ lette, who, as an officer of the pi had, of course, been regarded man, and a man, he assured tl generous,skillful, and brave. Mais bes was too bewildered to. exe! aught but 'Madeline.!' and ho* "Paris is ringing with this last manee." I listened,- wonderingly. Knov Malsherbes as well as I did, I uni stood the matter at a glance. ' wilful, high, imperious Mdlle. La lette had thiis sought to avenge "scandal he had placed upon 1 That my friend was just the om like her the more for this spirit, I v knew, and I lingered near to see j d?noue, nent that would follow. I} called, and assisted to extract the I let from Lieut. Lavalette. I foum glorious looking woman, a little p the summer of life, lying insensi on a couch; and near the door caught a glimpse, in adjoining apa ment, of a gentleman, evidently i sorbed in his own thoughts. " Save Her for me, and my life at your service !" He grasped my hand. My bra Captain was-certainly upset. T lady lingered, and recovered b slowly. I happened, accidentally, come across his will about this time He had prepared it on the eve his last duel. One extract ran thu "i leave tu Mdlle. Lavalette, Bois, to whom I have unintentional been the canse cf lasting unhappine? all I possess, and who, I trust, wi receive this residuary legacy as ; earnest'of the atonement of a na who alway? admired her, and, dyir through he vengeance, ackiiowl?dgi it to he ju*t, and, dving, admires- lu still." He now acknowledged what he lin feared, and what was the.fact. .' Tl orphan girl, almost friendless emslie beneath ? load o'* ridicule -she ronl not remove; had devoted her life t punish tho author of it. She ha disguised herself as a man, had ot tafiied a com m i ??sion in the navy-, am became a skilful officer, lifev?r or nu moment'losing sight of h'ere>;iny never taking advantage of him whn unarmed, and, althot ;?h not spekin; his life, ever risking her-own'.. ?Thi hard life she had chosen., the patienc incidental to the profession, the skill the heroism she- had displayedf^wen well calculated to make ty profonnc impression upon a man like Malsher bea. . He hovered around her dwell ing, contributing in every way hi could to her comfort. When hei recovery was pronounced certain, was the bearer of one of those hal tender, half chiva'rous letters thal only such men can write. It was re turned with the forgiveness of Made line Lavalette. My friend and I left Paris and so journed for many months in England but I noticed that MalsHerbes was hardly the same genial companion ai of old, and we returned home. In the following spring we enterec the private drawing-room, by mistake, of a lady, who was stopping at th? same hotel that we were. I approach ed to excuse an intrusion. It wai Madeline Lavalette, more beautiful than ever in her black robes of vel vet falling around her, her short curls circling her fair, open brow. Hu eyes softened as she welcomed me, but she crimsoned. to the temples a<s she caught sight of my" companion. Hastily leaving them, I heard, asl left the roora, Captain Malsherbes' eager, impassioned voice: "Madeline, at last again we meet. Seal your forgiveness with your lovV. I kept guard at th.'t door for some time, and then lef:. lu the autumn of that year I attend ed a wedding iii IIK- fashionable quar ter of Parin, and the bride was ihe lady from whose left Ung I hud ex tracted a bullet, The groom Was Captain Auguste Malsuerb?s The are a n-ble pair. She is one ot' the finest looking women I ever saw. Her eyes glis-en as she L oks up to her husband. . They live happily. Hi calls her Lieutenant ; she calls him Captain. Any such jokes as that ol' swinging hammocks ur splicing the main brace are sn rato cover the beau tiful face of Madame Malsherbes with blushes; while the Captain never looks prouder than when an allusion is made 'o his wooden leg M. mat ure?, in little faces, surround them ; and often does the Captain tel) to his boys the story of a woman's spirit in punishing tfye scandal of -an officer, aqd tells it tQ them as a warn ing against speaking lightly or un generously of one especially depen dent upon, th? love and sympathy Of the sterner and stronger sex.' --f "Hn-r p9: J^n affectionate Detroit njan was sent for the other day, to remonstrate, with bia sister who had been trying to take poison. He knocked her down and dragged her round the*rooni by her hair, and flois|red'by teftdefly e^iijg^?r that " if* she didn't go t? W?fl?'. apjd ;IeV the suicide business alone, he would] break her nock for ber." J IB W (3-OaD W --o SAIS ft HILL . --o-? Spring and Slimmer Dry\ Goods! 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GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Thanking you for past favors, we hope you will continu? to favor us with your orders. ' . . Yours, most respectfully, WHITMAN & BENSON, 920 Broad street, Opposite Masonic Hall, AUGUSTA,-GA. Augusta, Ga., April 17 8m 17 FULLER THAN THE FULLEST ! Newer then the Newest ! Established 1849. GEORGE-T. PENN, Edgefield, S. C., ? HAVE again replenished my stock of Goods in the DRUG and GRO CERY LINE, which I warrant FRESH and GENUINE. Having been connected with the Drug Trade for'the past twenty-one years, and paying strict attention to selecting Houses from which I buy, I feel competent ol judging the Purity of Drugs, and competing with any one in prias. AU I ask is, to give me a call, and see for yourselves. It is no trouble, but a pleasure to show my goods. My stock embraces, in part : 500 Lbs. WHITE LEAD, One Barrel each of LINSEED OIL and VARNISH, 50 Gallons Spts. TURPENTINE, 75 Lbs. Spanish BROWN and Venetian RED, 10'Boxes WINDOW GLASS and 100 Lbs. 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Wines, Tobacco, Snuff, S ega rs, Candy, &c, &c] Scales of all sizes and At the Fredericksburg Store . NOW OPEN NEW, BEAUTIFUL, AND ELEGANT fcOOUS! TT fWOUM) DE A TREAT for uny 1 ponton, whother thoy wWied to pur chase or not. hvtak? a stroll through tito FREDERICKSBTJRG STOKE ?ind view the elegant goods, embracing everything that is new and desirable, and.repro.-ent hig the handicraft of nearly WI civil ized nations throughout the world there dis played. Beginning with the Elegant SHAWL. SUIT and SILK- DEPARTMENTS, where all thc ojeirant fabrics ol' tho season are to bo seen in beautiful Plain, Striped, Checked and Dolly Varden Silks, made up Suits of tho newest styles, Llama Lace Points, Shawls, and other Wrap tungs; beautiful Parasols, Sun Umbrell as, Ac,, ?re. In the DRESS GOODS DEPART MENT, everything that is novel, hew and desirable can be found-commencing with Dress Goods theft will make a hand somelooking dress?t 10e. per yard up to the lin est. . In tho WHITE. GOODS DEPART MENT afc Piques, in plain, striped, robes and figured. .Percales from 20c. to fine Chintz at 50c. ? in all the hew designs of figured Robes and Dolly Vardens ; all the new varieties of Mitslins, . Linen Lawns, hi white and .figured, plain col ors, ?Sc., Ac. A full assortment of White Goods, ol' oven' description. ' In the MOURNING DEPARTMENT will be found all the new fabrics of tho season-some new and elegant goods, ?us well as some verv low priced. . ' In die LACE DEPARTMENT, will be found all the new stvlcs of Lace Collars and Sleeves, Sets. ?dgiugs, Insertiugs, Embroideries, Black Silk Laces, Puff ings, Rufflings, fine Furs, Ac, , In tho HOSIERY, GLOVE lind N0: i TION DEPARTMENTS will bo fourfd J a most superb assortment of these goods, | and at tho lowest pr ces. Tho CLOTH, CASSIMERK and DO- I MESTIC DEPARTMENTS aro all full of good and useful -goods, -aud fit the., lowest pricos possible. Persons who buy for Cash and wish to save money, should always buy of ?> Cash House-a houso that buys for Cash as well as sells for Cash. In a, house nf this kind ail the advantages can be priven a Cash purohaser ; no extra profit pnt on because the merchant bought his goods on time', and he having paid extra Erice for the time, which all (merchants ] avs to do who buy their goods on time. : These are ideas every Cash buyer should : not forget? " A penny saved is ?-penny j made.!'. The FREDERICKSBURG STORE is ! a house that buys its goods for Cash, and pays no oxtra prices- for timo. It sells upon a Cash.basis, and charges no extra prolit to make up for bad -debts; Its I stock is laid In by a buyer who has been j selecting ??foods suited to the wants of the I people for near a-quarter of a ccntnry.1 Iiis success in pleasing them is verified by the Fredcricksburg Store never hav- j ing gotten bohlnd from the day of Its > start, in 1850, to the present time. So | you may-bo sure, when you go .to the Frcdorlcksburg Store to buy goods, yoii are in the right house. Tho house that buys right sells right, and trys to do the best it can for its customers. We continue to send samples when re quested, and pay freight on goods when ordered from our stock to the amount of I 310 and over, for Cash, at retail. V. RICHARDS A UROS.j Corner by the Planters' Hotel. April 3 - tf 15 S. COHEN, " 142 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in WATCHES, CLUCKS, JEWELRY, &C. HAVING at a great outlay, secured tho services of a FIRST-CLASS WATCH MAKER, from Switzerland, is now pro-. Sared to Repair aU kinds of Watches, l?sio-Boxesand Jewelry of all descrip -? tions, with neatness and dispatch, and;( guarantees all work. He offers, alsc, a great variety WATCH - ES, CLOCKS,-JEWELRY,, SILVER WARE, MlOSf^yEL ! INSTRUMENTS, GUNS? PISTOLS, ; CARTRIDGES, f?c. j at New York-prices!; L -i;? '>.,-n >.< Look out for me sfen,a? the'B?G GUN, li2 Broad Street I Augusta, Dee 9 6mS2 1 W???mtmm. J. TViLEIt, Provnrior. R. H. HtWiUVOft, Drti?rtt? and (l*n. At'l?, SID Frsudico. Cal., sod ti kn Cpmmtree St. if. T. 511 X.l.?ONS ' Bear Tc?timuny io. their Wonderful Curative Effect?. Thor aro nota vile "Fancy Drink, Mado of Poor Ram, Whiskey, Proof Spirit* and Refusa Liquor*?doctored, sliced end sweetened to picoso tho tisto, called "Tonics," " Appetizers," '.Restorers," Ste, that load the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a true .Medicino, ir.a Jc from tho native roots and herbs of California, freo from nil Alcoholic Stimu lants. They aro tho G Ii E .VT BLOOD PURI FIER and A LIFE Ol VINO PRINCIPLE, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of tho System, 'carrylngoffall poUcnous matter and restoring thc blood to a healthy condition. Ko person can take these Bit te? recording ta directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones arc not destroyed by mineral poLson or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond thc point of repair. They arc a Gent?o Pnrjrntlvc as well as a Tonie, possessing also, Hie peculiar merit of neting a,s a powerful agent In relieving Congestion or Inflam mation of thc Liver, and all thc Visceral Organ?. FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In young or old, married or single, at the dawn of woman hood or at th? turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheuma tism and Cunt, Dyspepsia or Indication, Bilious, Remittent und Intermittent Fe vers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kid ney? aad Bladder,(tess Bitters'have been most successful. Such Dur use? arc caused by Vitiated Blood, which IsVrncrally produced by derangement of thc DI|i?stIvc,Or?ran?. .'DYSPEPSIA. OR I Vii I GESTION. Head ache, Paln'In Oio',Slioutdcrs, Toughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness," Souf Eructations of tho Stomach, Bad Tasto In thc Mouth, Billons Attacks, Palpitation of tho Hear*, Inflammation of the Langs, Tain In tho regions of tho Kidneys, and n hundred other painful symptoms aro th? offepritjgs of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate thc Stomach and stimulate thc torpid Liver and Bnwtl-, vhich rehder them of .unequaled efficacy in eteahsSng the Mu..: of all impurities, and Im parting new lifo and vigor toJUc whole system. FOR SKIS DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Bheum, Blotches, Spots, PImprcs, Pustules, Boils, Car buncles, Rlng-Wbrms, Scald Head, Coro Eyes, Erysipe las, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin. Humors and Diseases of tho Skin, of whatever name or nature are literally dug np and carried out of thc system In a short Hmo by (ho uso of these Bitters. Ono bottle In such Cases will convince thc most Incredulous of their cura tive effects. ?; . " , Cienoso thc Vitiated Blood whenever yon find Its im purities bursting through tho skin ia Pimples, Erup tions or Sores; cleanse it when you And lt obstructed and sluggish In tho veins; cleanse lt, when It la fouL and your feelings will tell.you when. Keep tho blood pure, and tho health of tho system will follow. Pin, Tapo and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed an'' removed. Says n distinguished physiologist, there is scarcely an individual upon the face of the earth whose body is exempt from the presence of worm*. It ls not upon tho healthy elements of tho body that worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of disenso. No system of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmlntics, will free tho system from worms like theso Bitters. Sold by all Dmoralists and Dealers. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. EL MCDONALD ACO, Druggists and General Agents, San Francisco, Cali fornia, and 32 and St Commcrco Street, New York. Jung jj_t ly_ T, AUGUSTA HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. HIS popular and well-known Hotel is now fnlty open' for the reception of visitors, having recently been thorough ly renovated, nowly painted, ?md put in tho most completo order.* Wo aro deter mined to maka ours a first-class Hotel, not to bc surpassed North or South. We respectfully''soli-.-it tho patronage of our Ea?oileld friends and thc .public generally. UUKPUY'ifcaiAY, Prop ictors. Fob 14 ? ._ tf 8 Ice! Ice! Ice! ACONSTANT supply ot Puro, solid ICE, can bo lound, at the lowest price, at PENN'S Dru? Store. May? tr ?0 Lemons ! Lamons J AT reduced prices, at i PENN'S Drug Store. May 8,_tf . . hrUSTreceived' T?ni:Barrels: Choice;, tl SYRUP and MOLASSES: ; ?. ?. A. CLI8BY. May 28, tf ? Insurance Notice, THE Undersigned have'this day entered into Co-partnership in the Gen eral Agency of the COTTON STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY for South Carolina. Office at Columbia and Edgefield, S. C; M. W. ABNfcY, . J.' W. PARKER. Columbia, S. C., Mar 7,1871* Having established the Office* for th? above Company in Columbia, we invite attention to one or two* of the advantages offered to the.m who may desire to effect insurance on their lives in a safe Home Company: The Board of Managers at a recent meeting passed unanimously the fol lowirg Resolution : " Resolved, That in view of the fact that there are unusually large sums paid for Life Insurance, to the Companies -of the North and East, which sums, being there invested, contribute to tlr enrichment of those sections, whilst our own South is great y in nee i of cash capital to prosecute success fully our Agricultural and Mechanical enterprises ; 'it is ordered, that for tho purpose of retaining these sum3 in our midst, hereafter a certain pro portion of the net cash receipts from premiums, amounting to not m ?re ?han 70 per cent, of the same be invested in such manner as may be in accord ance with the regulations of the Company, in those sections from which the said premiums are attained." (Signed) . WM. B. JOHNSON, Pres't. GEORGE S. O'BEAR, Sec'ry. In accordance with the above Resolution a Board of Advisory Trustees has been regularly organized at .Edgefield C. H., S. C., with the following Officers, viz : . * Maj. W. T. GABY, President." Capt. B.-C. BRYAN; Vic'e Pr?sident. ; . * R. 0. SAMS, Esq.,.Secretary. "\\.m '. This-Board is now prepared-to transact business, and-'invest the funds .of the ( ompany agreeable to the prescribed, regulations. . The Financial strength of tbe Company places it in high rank. Its last Annual Statement'shows tnijt the Company possess, besides its large, Guar antee, $170 for'every'$100 pf Italia bi li.ty. . i .. ABiYEY <fc PARKER. Slate Agents. Mar 13 ? ? . tf . -il Y "INSURE YOUTTT?F?^ _ IN THE' ?. . Brooklyn Life Insurance Co. Of New York. Cash Capital and Assets, Over $?000.000. 1. Because it is acknowledged to be perfectly solvent by all Insurance Commissioners. 2. Because it is the clieapest. 3. Because it endorses the Surrender Value on its Policies, in Dollars .ind Cents, for ten consecutive years.. According -to the statement of the rates of the different Lif : Insurance Companies of first-class, standing in the United States, made by "The Uni versal," in its advertisement entitled " Facts are Stubborn Things," and published in the Edgefield Advertiser, it appears thsl the Mutual Rates of the Brooklyn are Cheaper than those of any named Company. For -instance, according to that statement : In the Brooklyn " 44 Equitable. Balance in favor of the Brooklyn In the Brooklyn...... M ? Piedmont it Arlington., At the agc?H?" SISO Will1 Insure &,875 73| 7,541 47 81,334 20| $8,875 43 8,455 46 At the age oi 30,At the :ige of 10 $200 Will Insure $9,250 69 8,810 57 Balance in favor of the Brooklyn." In the Brooklvn. " " New Yo'rk Life. Balance in favor of tiia Brooklyn. In the Brooklyn. V Carolina Life.... Balance in favor of the Brooklvn, In thc Hreoklyn. ". 44 .Etna. $420 27 88,875.73 7,541 47 $1,334 2G $8,875 73 8.503 41 Balance in favor of the Brooklvn. In the Brooklyn...... 44 " Cotton States. $372 32 $8,875 73 8,426 96 $440 12 * $0,250 69 8,810 57 $440 12 $0,250 69 8,810 00 $440 69 $9,250 09 8,841 73 $2)0 Will Insure $8,380 ?7 7,9i>7 22 $408 96 $9,250 69 8,798 94 Balance in favorof.ihc Brooklvn. In thc Brooklyn. " " St. Louis Mutual. Balance in favor of the Brocklvn. i 148 77 $8,875 7S! .8,455 46 $451 75 $9,250 69? 8,810 57 ?? the ilrooklyn... 44 " Southern Li Balance in favor of the Brooklyn. 'n the Brooklyn. 44 " Knickerbocker $420 27 $8,875 73? 8,811 30 $3-1 37| $$?$73 78 8,rtI5 73: $260 0U; $8.875 T'A 8,005 50 $140 12 $9,250 C9 8,$41 73 $408 96 $9,250 69 a.s" 55 $373 14 j $:>.?">0 69? s,isa 80 Balance in favor pf the Brooklyn.! STOCK ino sm 39; $102 05 $8,3Sn 27 7,9b7 22 $4fci 05 $8,389 27 7,987'22 ~$402 03 $8,389 27 7,916 40 $472 87 $S,389 27 8,10? 10 ?281 17 $8,3S9 27 ?L987 22 C--:U2 05 $8,389 27 7,916 40 $472 87 >>:.w 27 7.?36 50 $4-">2 77 $8.:?89 27 7,859 10 $530 17 RATES. At tho age of SO, 8200 will i us aro In thc Brooklyn. In the Universal $11,750 00 11.3?W 01 fcioS 99 At the agc of 40, $250 will insure . $10,651 80 10,260 90 $385 00 Bal. in,favor of thc Brooklyn at ?tock rates Tire .grratly advantageous'feature of tho Brooklyn iii endorsing the 8itr~ render Values-uyon it.? Policies, in Dolla.-*-.and Cats, for ten consecutive yearn, lins met wr-h unqualified praise from the ino.?! celebrated American Actuaries, ns ,:il>o Jr-m rh.?- Press. E;:st, North and South. Tho Hon. .Eli/ntvWrigui, who is .-idrai't rcd lo be the greatest Insurance .Mathematician and Actuary in America,.congratulating The Brooklyn upor. this, new and distinctive feature, says, among other things, '' I am ? particularly pleaded by your departure in th?; righi direction frou the .ordinary method of computing the Surrender Vaincu.". "One of tho great est drawbacks io the popularity of Life Insurance, has been the disap pointment and dissatisfaction of retiring Folicy holders, at the smallness of thc surrender value paid," &c. "All this would have been prevented 'by a distinct statement on (he Policy, tn advance, if ike sum lo be paid." This statement, it will bs seen.. The- Brooklyn makes in dollars and cents, so that there can be no mistake. Rcarf ?V?iat Souillera Papers Say of j his Feature : The Sentinel, (Raleigh, JSioiih Carolina,) Jan. 27, 1869.-"This great feature of cash sun-ender values is an improvement that signalizes the era ?li Life Insurance." &m, {Columbus^Georgia?)-"There is no better Company in the ?and; i comparison with'other corporations of asimilar character, will convince di of the Slljierior safely in taking risks with Thc Brooklyn Life ' i ?patch, (St. Louis, Mo..) Jan. 7, 1869.-" A Policy iu The B.ookfyn Life is thus worth so much th ready money. TLis is the only Life Com pany iri the- country that has carried this' excellent f aherc (of endorsing the cash surrender values' in dollars and cents,) info its business/' "Pol icy holders being doubly assured, the system cannot fail to become very popular.". . . . It will bc seen that we assert nothing in the above advert?; emc-nt, but make a simple statement of rhe superior advantages of Thc Bracklyn, as il appears from dispntercsitd parties. Tho Hon. M. L. Bonham has been associated with us in the General Agency ul' The Brooklvn for this State.- . mmi mm & BCTLER, General Agents and Managers. 'Office over the Citizens' Savings Bank, Columbia, S. C., Ami at Edgclield S. C. '_'__L M. O'DOWD & CO., GROCER AND CO m MI SSI ? Fi Merchant, 248Bread Street, Augusta, Ga AS on hand and for ?ale at LOWEST M RKET PRICES for or Factors'Acceptances, payable next Fall, a FULL -STOCK ol {jSl?icc Groceries and Plantation Supplies, .among which may be found the following : 50 HHDS. C. R. Bacon Sides, 10,000 lbs. ?. S. Shoulders, 10 casks Hams, 100 packages Lard, 200 boxes Cheese-, 300 bbls. Flour, all grades, 300 sacks Oats, - 40 . 44 Seed Rye, % 100 bbls. Irish Potatoes, 500 packages New Maekorel-Nos. 1, 2, and 3. 100 packages Extra Mess Mackrel 10 obis. Buckwheat, I .~ 100 chests Tea, all grades, ll) 50 bbls. Syrup-different grades 1 * 200 casos Oysters, 1 and 2 lb. cans, 200 cases Canned Fruits and Veg etables. 300 cases Pickles, all sizes, 50 44 Lobsters, laud2lb.cans 200 cross Matches, 200 boxes Candles. 50 M Charles Dickens' Segara, 50 M Georgia Chiefs do. 50 M Our Choice. do. 200 M various grades do. ">,000 Bushels Corn, 2 ? HHDS. Demarara Sugar, ?55 hhds. Brown Sugar, 10 hhds.'Scotch Sugar. ? 25 boxes Havana S ugar, Augusta, Jan 16 !; i, 50 bbl?. Crushed, Powdered and Granulated Sugar, 200 bb!s. Extra C and A Sugar, 200 bags Rio Coffee, 50 " Laguayra Coiree, 50 poeketsOldGovernmcntJava Coll?e, . 100 boxes No. 1 Soap, 200 44 palo " 158 44 Starch, 100 " Soda, . 100 dozen Buckets, 50 44 Brooms, BARRELS Pure Baker Whisky, 50 bbls. Old Valley Whisky, 200 44 Rye Whisky, allgrades. 50 44. Pure Cora Whisky, 30 " Brandy, Gin and Rum, 10 quarter casks imported Cog nac Brandy, 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 44 Claret, 50 44 Schnapps, 100 " Bitters, 20O boxes Tobacco, alljjrades, 100 cases Smoking do. tr 4