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ANDERSON will be happy to serve his friends. Very Respectfully, KEAN, LANDRAM & CO. Augusta, Mar 27. ? , - . .' . . \ ti %14 A WORD\ A WORD! -0 Times are Hard, and Goods must be Sold Low to meet the wants of the People! . - GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF DR?GS, &C, -i_i-o- ' J HAVE the pleasure of informing the public and my patrons that my Stock in every Department is full of First Class and Genuine Goods,-and I have this day reduced all articles to the lovrest possible rates.* The Public are cordially invited to visit my Store, and judge for them selves of my Stock of Drug*, Medicines. Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Glass, Fancy Articles, Toilets, Colognes, Extracts, Brushes, Combs, Soaps, ?fcc-And especially to judge of my Prices. A full line of Groceries always on hahd,' such as Coffee, Sugar, Tea, Syrup, Molasses, Sardines, Crackers, Jellies, Canned Fruits, Maccaroni, Cheese, Flour, Meal, Grits, Bacon, And all other articles usually kept in a first-class Grocery House. And now, jis for Brandy, Whisky, ?in, Rinn, Wilie,. Ale,. Porter, I believe I have the inside track, and think that lovers of good liquors will sustain me. Now on hand a choice lot of Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO, and su perb CIGARS of all kinds. Wi A. SANDERS. Bear in mind that io be sick is a costly thing. Therefore, get Pure and Genuine Medicines, at reduced prices, and keep well. When you are sick, send to Sander?' Drug Store for your Medicines. PRESCRIPTIONS and FAMILY RECEIPTS carefully compounded by Dr! Sanders in person, at moderate cost. The Ladies UM invited to call and examine my stock of Hair Brushes, Combs, Pomades, Colognes, Extracts, Soaps, and many other articles of household value. W. A. SANDERS. At Sanders' Drug Store will be found EVERY ARTICLE sold by any other Drug House, and a great many articles not sold by any one else. All at reduced prices. IKlEIROSO?JSriE OIL, Pure, Bright and Beautiful, 50 cents per gallon. Five or more'gallons, 40 cents. * April 3. tf 15 W. A. SANDERS. JAMES W. TURLEY Desires ?o advise the people of Edgefield that he is again fully prepared to exhibit for their inspection a complete assortment of Foreign ?nri Domestic Dry Goods suited to the * Present Spring Season, And to assure them* that Unusual Convincingly Low Prices wilt Prevail! He especially desires to call attention to his SPRING STYLES. DRESS GOODS! A Choice, Baie ana Elegant Assortment ? Will have on exhibition to-day Black Gros Grain Silks, Black Drab de France, Colored Silks in all the new popular shales, Japanese Silks and Im .itat?on Silks, Black Iron, Grenadine and Canvassed Bareges, fine to sublime quality, , Dolly Varden Styles, In many materials Grenadines in variety, Ballbrruvep, Seersuckers, Suit ings, Linens, Lawns.'Black Llama Lace Sauqji?s-'nnd Points, &c.', &c. Also, a very large assortment of Cheap Dress Goods: JAMES W. TURLEY, Augusta, April 3.1S72. Third House above Globe Hotel. Charlotte, Colombia anti Augusta Railroad' SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, } COLUMBIA, S. C., June 8th, 1872. j' ON and -aftei . .' m day, I June 9th, the folio :-g ,_ ?chedulo will bo ran over this road: OOINO SOUTH. Train No. 1. Train No. 2. Leave Charlotte~.6:00 A. M. 8:20 P. M. Leave Columbia..I?54 P. M. 3:40 A.M. Arrive Au gusta...7:45 P. M. 8:20 A. M. OOINO NORTH. Train No. 1. Train No. 2, Leave Augusta... fi:03 A. M. 5:00 P. M. Leave Columbia 12:34 A. M. 11:02 P. M. Arrive Charlotte. 7: t? P. M. C:00 A. M. Standard tun? ten minutes slower than "Washington City time, and nine minutes laster titan Augusta City Time. No. 1 Train dailv. No. 2 Train daily, Sundays excepted. Both trains make close connection to all points North, ?South and West.' Through ticket? sold and baggage -checked to all principal points. yRq ,T pIPY:u HADV E. P. ALEXANDER, (?en. Sup. 251* Broad St ininti < V : JB. BL Itos/iss, Freights Tickt-1 Aj^enL .^pxil IO Broat* Augostt, Oa. , M K Ii CLARK Ol'TERS, at low prices, an unusually large and attractive stock nf BOTEIS, SAIS, Flowers, Laces, COLLARS, BOWS, . Embroideries, Corsets, HAIR GOODS, Ribbons, Fringes, Gimps, Buttons, VEILS, TRIMMINGS, SILKS, <fcc, ?*e. .HRS. N. BRIJ1S. i l.AUU Is Agent for tho salo ol MADAME DEM O KENT'S DRESS PATTERNS. Ladies ?rn now procure the leading Ktvles. Ben Hill's Great Speet From the great speech of I H i I ill, delivered in Atlanta, 14th, we make the following ex Now#the question is, what Vi Democratic party do ? That question I came here to discus you to-night. The Regular R thorough-bred centralizing part since assembled at Philadelphia a platform in direct antagdnisi the platform at Cincinnati, hav< inated their canidates and ask support. The issue is joined be these two parties. They are g ready for the battle. It is tc contest for'liberty. If'istO be test against empire. It is t< contest? against'the suspension glorious writ of habeas corpus. plause.] It is to be a contest a Federal bayonet supervision of elections. It is to be a conte the equality of the Southern I and the Southern peogle. [Gre plause.] Tne wager of batt! been given ; the tocsin of conf?n been sounded, and these gallan -I am courageous enough tc them gallant-these men who their party in thezeninth of its p who surrendered the offices that in their gift, and. organized a party for this great battle, i your co-operation. [Applause.J 'J all. <Now^the Democratic .part to do one of two things. It mu thar nominate at Baltimore at of its own, or it must support Cincinnati movement. I need answer anolher alternative propc ed by Judge Stephens last night said : Suppose the Convention at timore should nominate Gran ' don't suppose any sucha foolish tl [Laughter and applause.] Wh buppose is that the Democratic j will either riominate.a ticket c own, on a platform of its own, c will co-operate with the Cincir. move-one or the other,' and A ever it shall do, it is going to d< a party ;. it is going to do by it! ganization, and it is not going to band and turn you all loose to s anywhere you want to go. No1 admit this is a question upon wi Democrats may honestly differ,.wh er you shall go in favor of an ii pendent nomination, or whether, der the circumstances you will most useful to thc country by co prating with the ( incinnati rac ment. It is a question on which Democrats can honestly differ, ; on which they ought to be allo\ to differ, and on which thi-y do dil The matter is becoming wann, ; I exceedingly deprecate the hel that is being engendered in so quarter^. We are all friends, we desire tLe same end. No enemy is engaged in thia mo I tell rny friend, who spoke last nil so eloquently, no man is engaged this move who is opposed to St; tights. Tiie only difference betwt ns is, what is the most effective pc cy to recover the lost right of t States. [Applause.] Some think ci most effective course would be going with Cincinnati. Weil, if y think so, you ought to g ? the; Some think we can- succeed more fectively by nominating 'a straig ticket at Baltimore. Well, if that be so, thank" God, man is more willing to take th course than the one who' address you. I admit that it is-a questi that ought to be calmly and dispt sionately discussed, and I protc against the spirit which denounces ? who will not go in a certain directi< as traitors. [Applause.] We ali a Democrats in this move, and we ; 'Vant to get back to. the Canaan local State government and coustit tipna1 limitations upon Federal po\ er. [Applause.] The only diffe ence is some of our friends want get to the land of Canaan at oi bound, and some hesitate because tl Red Sea and the wilderness arc to t crossed! . I am willing to. traverse the wi derness, and tread even a windin way, if it only can lead me back I Canaan. But some declare they ne) er intend to leave the bondage < Egypt unless they can reach th promised laud at a bound. Weil, rn, opinion is that they will die and b buried in Egypt. [Laughter and. plau?e.J That is my opinion. Wei), now who is ty settle ?hi question ? Who is IQ determine wheth er 'he Democratic party will go ?wit' .Cinejn?ihti' or go by itself?* Wh jsto determine it?' When friend differ lhere ought to be an umpire We have got no court to appeal to who can determine- it. I say Demo emt? assembled in Baltimore will de termiiue it, and'you and I ought lo gi with them whatever they determine [Great Applause.] # $ * *n I .We have no right to set up oui judgment as the only standard of on action, whether we approve or not Therefore I am perfectly willing tc rrarhor secession, the war and recon struction into one triune bundle 01 infamy and bury them out of sighl forever. But my reason br' igs me to thc conclusion that the Baltimore Convention 'ought and will accom plish most good by co-operating with the Cincinnati movement. [A pplause. If I could have had the construction of 'the platform, I would have made it in some respects different. If 1 could have had the nomination of the candidates, I certainly would have made them different. If the Demo cratic party could muster all its forces, I might be willing to see them make an independent nomination. I wish it could be done, and done success fully, and if- it shall turn out that it can be done, no man will rejoice more earnestly than myself. But I will proceed to give my reasons why I think we had better co operate with Cincinnati. Mr. Greeley has said and done many things which I need not tell you I do not approve-you do ftot approve, but Mr. Greeley has always b?en in favor of One policy which re lieves me-.cf the most vital objection to his support. He never has at any time approved of those odious foa tiues of the reconstruct on policy which disfranchised the vii tue and ia diligence of the Booth and enfran chised the ignorance 1 and vice c South. [Applauoe.] He has up like a man from the begii and protested 'against every o; these odious features of the i f.Lruction policy.. You know.thf main reason-why I never can never will, while God gives me to remember that I am a Sen man and a white man, approve measures, is because they effecl honor, because they ask the Sou people to give that policy valid.it ?heir own consent, asks them to sent to a policy which degradei whitemen of the South by con ing that the masters should b chains,-while their slaves shonl unfettered to rob them. [Appia That is why I never could and r can endorse that policy. As I before, in 1867 and in 1868, whe of you concurred with me, I di and did not propose to resist United States, nor anything might do. I said that all that and tried to prove it, but I said when Congress passed outside di Constitution to oppress the Sout people, when the members of body trampled upon their own c to gratify their feelings of venge against the Southern people and ed the Southern people to give vi ty to that ?ption by their consei said to General Grant, and I sai General Pope, and I thank God I said it, that I would take anytl death, confiscation, exile, martyre but consent to that infamy "ne [Appiause.] Now, Hr. Greejey cc to our'relief upon that point. Thc acting with the Republican pd he, from the beginning, prote against these features of that pol Therefore, I don't, nor do you, vin that principle of honor that we sue ever hold dear, by supporting Greeley. That I put foremost as first reason why I am willing to A for, him. There is ?nother rea why I like Mr. . Greeley.1 He never b*-?n what is called a partis and an independent thinker, I th: has-the greatest hone ty. I pity ? man when I see a man get up bel' an audience and talk about build up a party. You must use party accom_ilish a g >od purpose, ^t must act harmoniously with yi party, but when it comes to thoug be independent. Independence thought and harmony in action the business of all who nssoei.-.te party movements. Now, to the 1: tory of Mr. Greeley : Why, I remember before the w he defied his party,in the very he of it? fanaticism, and boldly declar that if the Southern people desir to secede, they had the right to so. But, paid the gentleman, (Jud Stephens,) after the war began prosecuted the war. That is tn Can you object to that ? Mr. Oreel honestly thought that the Southe States had a right to secede. B when the North waged war anyho and the South waged war also, wi Mr. Greeley joined his own sitl Well, I opposed secession, and a gre many other gentlemen opposed s cession, but when our States seeedt we went with the States through tl war. [Applause.] Now, if you quarrel with Mr. Gre ley for going with his State, ye must proscribe me for the same re: son. I would go with it ag<;in ul der the same circumstances. [A] plause.] I have nothing to take bac nor to apologize for, upon that sui jed. The oniy difference between t is, that he happened to be on thc side and I on this. That is all. Bi Mr. Greeley was against the who! part, upon the subject of pene< There was no day of the war that h was not willing to negotiate upon th subject of peace., on terms honorabl to both parties. Some represent Mi Greeley as a vindictive man ; but i is not true. I call to my mind that at one time when the -Confederate Governmen sent Commissioners around to Cana da, to open negotiations with Westen Democrats. Our Commissioners wer there, and, so far as I know, qr be lieve, or remember, Horace Greek] was the only man in the North, Dem ocrat or Republican, that had tin cournge to go to Canada arid hav< friendly and honorable communie? tionwith our people. [Applause. Even the Democrats-even the Dora ocrats of the North refused to enter tain propositions from us, or to tre?.1 with us. Horace Greeley was thc only man that defied his party and acted upon his conscience as a patriot and went there ready to cii'er ink terms of peace consistent with the honor of both sections on the basis of preserving the Union. [Ap plause.] After the war terminated, and our flag was furled and our noble- chief, than whom no people ever had no bler, was a prisoner, in chains, and the bloodhounds of the North were after his blood, he exhibited the high est moral courage. As I walked through the streets of New York, myself a prisoner, the first" time I ev er saw that city, I saw streaming from all their public buildings, hu miliating pictures ot Jefferson Davis, in women's clothes and in chains. I heard their maniac cries for his blood. The first sound that saluted my ears, when 1 entered the dungeon, was the miserable jailor, saying: "; You ought to feel honored because you occupy a dungeon in which I had prepared to chain Jeff" Davis.!' I replied ,to him : "I do feel honored, and if you had chained him, a criminal would have chaineda patriot." [Applause.] Soon alter Mr. Lincoln's unfortunate assassination, when passions were in flamed, as I never saw them among any people, it Was then that this tuan Horace Greeley defied his party alone and went to Richmond and dared to become the surety of this man, and did do it. [Great Ap plause."1 Because of the manhood, I because of the moral courage it ex j hibits, that is why I admire it. j " Why," says the gentleman, " he de ' serves no more credit than Gen. Grant, who threatened, if Gen. Lee I was molested, he would resign his * commission." Why, my friends, don't you see the vast difference between the two ?. Grant did that as a sol dier. That waa the condition on which Lee surrendered-that h iwjt to be disturbed. ^Grrant W? der asolemn pledge to protect Lee. He would'have;been fal his honor as a soldier .if he hat . done it. But Mr. Greeley had no pledge to Jeff Davis) His ac a vofunta?y act. His act wa done for the purpose of. redeem ^pledge but to illustrate a prin [Applause.] Jg I am not saying^tnese thin? pronounce a eulogy on; Mr. Gre but I like independence and i .ourage. In some matters I li mah that is yieldmg^that defei the opinions of others*, but wh comes'to acts of:;man|iood, then that I like to? see a fen act ai comes a man. That ^Horace G'n has done in his whol^Bistory. T ?B no political princi?tf-?n this, ] mit; but.I ain justc||?ing the son why the Soutfi^'man is inconsistent to vote-mr, Horace ( fey I am;! willing to ??-o^erat? this Cincinnati mo ve rae nt for anc reason, which ia, for tie good tl believe it will accomplish,^ evid ed by the good it baialready aci plished. Now, fellow offizens,! - to call your attenth3n;'Jp the fact, this very move * has already ac< p'ished three important things, the first place, it has?accomplii a large amne-ty. TH? Republ party nad refused to paes the'bili mqvtng the disabllitiefl from Souther!* people at ??l.v It had c up over and over again. They managed to vote it. down. Gre had always advocatedit, When Cincinnati Convention met and pai resolutions demanding^, and Gra party saw that the issae would joined upon that subject they pron ly passedthe bill, and thus oisal ties were removed frouVall bu j; a* of our Southern-people* My distinguished ifriend, (G Tootnbs) said last nigat that he an outlaw, and that it' was an ( rage. And so it is. Horace G'ree says it is an outrage. Horace Gi ley has always said BO* [Applau The nomination has .stricken the , ters from my limbs. The electior Horace Greeley Will ;J|rike thc : ters from yours, (poin??g to Gene Toombs.) [Appltuse.] I The third thing to winch Ialluc as accomplished by thi-?move is tl You remember that attlee list sess: bf Congress a bill was passed autb izing the suspension of ^beas corp and the bill was to be iffforce till t adjournment of the prisent sessii Prior to the adjournment, that part the Republican p Tty, [brought fi wajd a move for the purpose of cc tlTlOtng-ifcrtrrrci-in .jordana it \s a most dangerous blow af "the Iib* ties of thc people. Even the bayonet bill' would* shorn of some of its power by t defeat of the suspension of habe corpus ; but when the President In the right to arrest a voter, right the polls, and imprison him until i ter the election, yon see what tl consequences would be. Well, u friends, when the Republicans brougl forward the bill to prolong this poi er, again the Democrats and Greele men united and -defeated it, and tin to this move it is owing that you an I to-day-to-night-need no longi dread marshal law. Marshal la has been threatened upon this Stal several times, as it bas been actual] enforced in North Carolina and i South Carolina. .Their^itizens hav be?n in chains in timeW peace wit this writ suspended, und marched o to Northern prisons for imprisonmen Thank God this can no longer b< Grant has no more power to tak away the liberties of the people b the suspension of the writ of haben corpus thap you and I have, and tba glorious result is attributable to th combination of the Democrats am the Greeley Republicans. [Applause. Now, these are the three thing:* amnesty, the modification of the bay onet bill and .the restoration of th writ of habeas corpus. These thre things alone are worth the Oincinnat movement, and are enough to inspin the great .and noble with gratitud) for the accomplishment of it, [Ap plause.] Therefore, as this mud goori has already been done, I nrgui from that that much other good ma be done, and will be done, There is another reason why ? an willing to support the Cincinnati movement if the Baltimore Conven tion shall so order it. and that is this that Mr. Greehy h*d no expectation of being elected without the Demo eratic voters, and if Greeley shoulr be elected, that same election will tarry into the House nf Representa tives a majojity of Democrats, and when you have got in that body a majority of pemocrats, the Presi dent is powerless to do harm. [Toombs -That s a strong point.] My lriend justly says it is a strong point. It is one ; and that alone is worth the experiment. .. The distinguished gentleman who addressed you last night, (General Toombs,) said he wasg.ad this test of party fidelity had come. He' was now going to winnow the Greeley chaff from the true Democratic wheat, and he was going to chalk the true Democrats on the back and kick the 'others out I "^ell, I will not quarrel with this true and valiant gentk-man, but I will suggest a bargain for his own case and benefit. If he will postpone the chalking division of his labors,for sixty days, I think he will find in Georgia only three backs to chalk, and they will be so sick as to be utterly . indifferent. [Repeated rounds of laughter and applause.] If he will only forbear to begin the kicking process for over a muoh less period, he will find the undertaking so huge he will reconsider his rash resolve and abandon the job. If he will not so abandon it, he will illus trate the wisdom and courage of a certain wi*e animal, who, seeing the j engine and train coming towards him under full speed, bravely planted 1 himself on the track, threw his tail in the air,'pawed the ground with his two feet, and loudly bellowed out, "If th vt traitorous and cowardly Greeh-y engine run against him he would butt it off the track." [Great laughter.] The last J saw of that anim was baldly chalked. [Renewed J ter.] In the same . breath oar said, " he would, with great plei vote for the Devil or John Bi ghost before he would vote for Greeley or Grant." How har ously men's ideas with their fe unconsciously flow!' On his 1 passion and hate I think. 1?he for President and John Brown's for Vice-President would be the best ticket he could nominate ! cifero.us applause.] On that lin poor deluded South.- has been c* lower, and lower, and still lowei til I now know of no lower save the dominions of our friend vorite candidate. [Sensation an 'plause.l If the gentleman's c date should be elected, I pray he may not fiad place in that ad istration. Kick out, indeed 1 Kick out York, Pennsylvania, Indiana*-al States -but Delaware ! Kick out ; 'dricks, and Pendleton, and Seyn and Hoffman, and Adffcs, anti the great life-long leaders of Democratic party, except three ter-born in Georgia j Judge Stephens, last night, bej you in most excited, pathetic st] to repudiate Mr. Greeley for the. of down trodden South Carolina, v ?outh Carolina herself, with theu imous voice of. her convention, plores yon in tones louder thar telank of her chains to elect Mr. G ley os the only hope for her re [Enthusiastic applause.] Mr. V hees has been alluded to ?s ad vi for a straight Democratic ticket. Mr. Voorhees' State (Indiana) spoken, through her Conventioi the most emphatic manner, for I cinnati indorsement, and Mr. V bees himself will abide the decii at Baltimore, and he is, and ever been, an honest man, a true mau, a patriot. [Applause.] The ti is, the decision for Baltimore has b rendered by the Democratic pet before Baltimore meets," and whet you like it or not, it is your duty co.'icur. * *. * * Still another reason for co-op? tiog with Cincinnati results from one just stated. If the i,emocr; party were to enter the race on platform of 18G8, and under tl own nominees, and were to get an tua! majority ol' the votes, "it is lieved they would still not sec the offices. As against Democn on the platform that the amendme are nuliiti'-s, it is believed the nil: partv would and could hold the G< ernment by fopce and would be s tained by the Northern people, wh as _ag?inst the platform and can date* of the LiWaL Republicans, securing a majority of the votes, tl: would-not dare to make such au tempt. * . * * * Another reason why I ara willi to support i\ljr. Greeley, if the Bal moro ?onventipn shall so decide, because, we, of the Sou;h, by sn support, offer to the North the hie est pos.1 ible evidence of our since desire to end. sectional discord ai have a cordial re-union. It has, her tofore, been difficult for the Northei people to believe we were sincere laying down our arms, and that v agreed cheerfully to thc eraancip tioii of the negro. It has been in possible for the Democratic party'! inspire this needed confidence, b cause that party was charged wit bringing about secession, and with desire to nullify all the results i the win1, and the extreme and though less utterances of a few Souther men have aided the Radicals in the: impeachment of Democratic sincerit on th?*' questi-ms. I have airead explained to yon the origin and mear ing a id purpose of what is called th new departure. That movement ha the wurm approval ol' all tho mos prominent Northern Democrats, am was indorsed by all the Norther State Conventions. It had no pur pde but to prepare the Dem?erac; to make this Presidential race unde their own flag, borne by their owl standard-bearer, and a large numbs of Liberal Republicans were willing to co-operate with the Demooracy 01 this line, if the party could organic on it. There was no concession of ? single principle. There wa-* only thi admission ol' tjhe facts which, rigb or wrong, hud occurred. There wa; no trouble with the Democrats at th< North. But, unfortunately, un un expected bitterness against this move ment was exhibited at the South and it i* painful to add, chiefly ir Georgia. The Ia?t reason' I specify to nighl for being willing to support Mr. Gree ley, if the ^altimore Convention shall so decide, is, that as his election ii more probable than that of a Demo cratic ticket, so the prospect for oui deliverance in our local affairs through that election on the Cincinnati plat form is more hopeful and will be, more speedy. And, affer all, my Sbuth ?rn countrymen, this is the greatest reason of all. We have but little interest in what becomes ol the Fede ra*l Government, if we cannot get and keep control of our own State governments. For seyen years we have suffered under /lisad vantages which no other people ever had to contend with. We nave been insult ed and robbed, in our povsrty and weakness, by strangers, vagabonds and negroes, under the protection of the FecTeral bayonet. Our laws have been deranged, our industry paralyz ed, and society demoralized, and our intellectual and Virtuous men forbid den under the penalties of felony to ! employ their qualifications to bring about order, security and .prosperity. For five years thousands of our best people have slept without ease and waked without, nope. Our lands have continued to decrease ia value, the fruits of our toil have beeo takeo by law-making and .law-ruling robbers. Thousands have been arrested with out warrant, tried without law and condemned without guilt, only to continue in power the strangers and thieves wbo ruled without authority and plundered without compunction. Even now while I speak they are carrying citizens of a neighboring State by the score from their desolate but still sunny homes to Northern prisons ! Oh, my countrymen. Jet us believe the day of our deliver ance is dawning. Let us hope fhe time for us to begin to improve is. near. Weary watchers for returning right to the war-ridden plains of the. South, take.courage! It seems to me I am catching the rays of a new star in the East, guiding you to a new po litical Bethlehem, where is born, not a man, but that Divine conception, a new hope for local State government and constitutional limitations .upon Federal power, which means redemp tion for you, peace for the nation and good-will to mankind ! Inperishable. The pure,' the bright, tho beautiful, That stirred our hearts, in youth, The impulse tc a worldly prayer, The dreams of love fcnd truth ; The longing after something lost, Tho spirit's yearning cry ; The striving alter better hopes These things can never die. The timid hand stretched forth to aid A brother in his need, The kindly words in griefs dark hour That proved a friend Indeed ; The plea for mercy softly breathed, Wnen justice threatens high ; The sorrow of a contrite heart These things shall never die. The memory of a clasping hand, The pressur? of a kiss, And all the trifles sweet and frail That make up tile's first bliss ; If with a firm, unchanging faith, And holy trust and high, Those hands have duapcd, those lips have met, These things shall never die. The cruel and the bitter word That wounded as it fell, The chilling want of sympathy, We feel but never tell : The hard repulse that chills the heart, Whose hopes aro bounding high In an unladed record kept These things shall never die. Let nothing pass, for every hand Must find some work to.do ; Lose not rt chance to waken love, lie firm and just and true. So shall a light that cannot ?ide Heain on theo from on highr And angels voices say to thee, These things shall never die. Brevities and Levities. ??ir- The laziest man is a fisherman that ties his lino to his dog's hind leg, and when a fish bites he kicks tho dog. .SD* A returned Australian found the baby he left at homo, a miss? of five sum mers. Ono day ho offended her, and she fretfully exclaimed, "I wish you had never married into our family !" " No cows no cream," was the way an Indiana compositor set up tho words, "No cross no crown." 533* A New York paper think* "sky bl?o isapretty color for a ceiling, but not so tasty'for country milk at eight cents a quart." t3P If six men eat ten apples, how many pumpkins can four cows eat? Multiply the ten apples by the four cows, and divide the result between the six men and tho pumpkins. The true answer will bo the amount. . JUST" A Lafayette lady played it fine at a circus recently exhibited in that city. She pretended to faint and got nine glasses of lemonade free. ?V A lady in passing another on thc street, should nevor look around to sec what tho other wears, because the other ls engaged in die same business. KS?" A Pekin, Illinois, woman was a-kod by the preacher if her husband feared the Lord. She replied: "Fear him? why bless you, ho is so 'feared of him that he never goes out of the house Sundays without taking his gun along." J&r A Sunday school superintendent, reviewing the lesson, and talking of thc verse, reading " Let j'our loins be girded and your lights burning," asked the question. "-Why are wo commanded to gird oar loins ?" Onellttlo sharp shaver sung out, "To keep our breeches up." Here is a late boy's composition : "The Horse is tho Most Useful Animal in the, world. So is the eow. I once had 13 Ducks and 2 was Drakes and a Skunk killed 1. F knew a boy which had 7 chickens, but His father would not let him rjisu Them so he Got Mad and so he bored a holo in his mother's Wash Tub. I wish I had a hors a hors weighs 1000 pounds," figr* There is more than one way of " talking on thosubjortof religion," and a better way, evidently, than the o?d English lady has found whoso husband lay wasting under a lingering disease! Tho rector expressed tiie hope'that she sometimes spoke to him erf tho future. "I do, indeed, slr. Often and often I wakes him in the night and says, 'John, John, you little thinks of tho torments as is preparing for you." tx? A tendier in Chicago, said to pne of her pupils : " James, what good thiner -what great sacrifice are yon willing to give np during the Lenten season?" Jimmie meditated about ten seconds and responded: "I think T'll give up going to Sunday school." pgr- Teacher-.' What bird did Noah send out of the ark ?" Smallest boy in the class, after a pause-" A dove, sir." Teacher-" Vory well, but I should have thought some of you big boys would have known that." Tall pupil-Please sir, that boy ought to know sir, 'cause his father's a bird ketcher, sir." K$r Rather a hard joke is told on ono of the ink-slingors in attendance at the Press Convention in Atlanta. A certain, edi tor who w.asn,'t celebrated for his clean liness of person, wore a rose-bud in his. button hole at the banquet, and took groat pride in showing it. He approach . ed a young lady and said: " Isn't'thi? rose bud beautiful ?" to which she an swered affirmatively. He then asked her if she could " imagine how it came there?" The lady turned up her nope and said, "I suppose, sir, that it grew there." The editor went home. fm- <<My dear boy," said a kind-hearted country school mistress to a pupil whose quarter was about up ; " does your father design that you should tread the intricate and thorny path of. the professions, the straight and narrow way of the ministry, or revel amid the flowry fields of litera ture?" "No marm," said the juvenile, " dad says he's going to set me to work in tho'tater patch." t -..4^.-?-- * 1 Bewailing the impossibility of electing any other candidate, the Rlchr mond Enquirer gives up. the third ticket project, and says? " It is too late now, however, to recede, The issue is made, and it is Greeley or nothing. We must concentrate .the entire Democratic vote upon him, and elect him. We can do lt, and achieve a Democratdo victory." Negro Social Equality. This heading Las a greater signifi cance as to*the degeneracy of our Re publican government than any other sentence that could be given. The sentence is sc repugnant to Southern taste, refinement and dignitytv. that their disgust is inexpressible, when it is either advocated, .practiced, or sought to be legislated and incorpo rated in the social fabric of this na tion. Sumner, and all his negro-lov ers, may hold this heresy tb their 1 hearts as fondly ses they would cher ish the apple of their eye, but the Southern people will never degrade their manhood, womanhood, pride and chivalry to such a revolting spec tacle. They may legislate, enact and proclaim, but they never, can success fully foist this hydra-headed monster, this baneful " social evil,." Upon the Southern people. There is an innate sentiment in their hearts, which can never be eradicated, to loathe the hand that would offer such a chalice to their lips. If. uegro social equality is ever practiced in the South, it will be by Northern extractions, exotics, those who come among us from a distant clime, where the. African and Can casian are dwelling in taanquil un consciousness, believing it was but a mere " accident of birth " and not a determined purpose of God to create them distinctive races. If God did not want the two races to be separate and distinct, tlien He would not have given to the Caucasian a pure white ?kin, classic mould, straight and glossy hair, and to the negro a deep black akin, brutish visage, curly and crisp hair. This is an indisputable line of demarcation, and they who overleap it violate God's natural law, incur his displeasure, and place them selves in an unenviable position " What ! is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing?" If it is done, it will be by the law "of necessity and not by the option of choice. We had related to us a few days ago, where a Northern Methodist preacher was practically cured of his negro equality proclivities. He was travelling in an upper county of Cher okee, Georgia, and stopped at the end of a day to remain the night with a farmer. He, a stranger, was kindly and hospitably received. A t the sup pei table, this Northern guest very earnestly aud arduously advocated negro equality-said he thought it eminently proper, socially and legally right, for the negro to eat af; a white man's table, sleep on his bed, and be entertained in his parlor. The pro prietor of the house, a man pf South ern principles and birth, who believes in the superiority nf the white race, listened to the man's views in silence, but*vidently. %^\tli heated indigna tion; The supper was over, the hour of retiring arrived, when the propri etor of the house took down his double barrel shot gun, heavilv loaded, went to the back door, called a hired negro man, a big, buck ?ellow, and then ushered him into the bed-room of the Northern man and told him there was his bed-fellow for the night. The Northern man stubbornly refused the Southern man insisted-told them both to turn in for the night or he would kill them. He told the North ern man he had advocated negro so cial equality, nov/ he had to practice it-that the dose he wanted prepared for others, should first be taken by himself to see how it operated. And at the muzzle of the gun they slept together that eight, sweetly no doubt Next morning the Northerner rose and departed a sadder and wiser man. -Marici'ta (Ga.) Journal. Do Your Best. When I was a little boy, ' said a gentleman one e'vening, I paid a visit to my grandfather, a venerable old man, wnose black velvet cap and tas sel, blue breeches and huge silver knee buckles filled me with great awe. When I went to bid him good nigkt he drew me between his knees and placing his he.nd on my head, said ; " My grandchild I have one thing to say to you, will you remem ber it ?" I stared into his face and nodded; for I was afraid to promise aloud. " Well/' said he, " whatever you do, do the best you can." This in fact 'was my .grandfather's legacv to me ; and it nae prowd bet ter than gold I never forgot bis words; and I believe I have'tried to act npnn them, \fter reaching home my.uncle gave Marcus and me some weeding to do in the garden. It was Wednesday afternoon ; and we had laid our plans for something else. Marcus fretted, and ill hnmored at the disappoiutmenti dlci not more than half do his work. And I began pretty much like him, until grandfather's advice came into my mind and I de termined to follow it. In, a word, I did my best And, when my uncle came out, I shall never forget his look of approbation as his ey- s glanc ed over my beds, or the fourpence he slipped into my hands afterward? as he said ray work w.-is well done. Ah ! I w?8 a glad and thankful boy ; while poor Marcus was left to drudge over his beds all the afternoon. " At fifteen I was sent to the acAl emy, where I had partly to earn my own way through the course. The lessons came hard at first, for I was not; fond of study ; my grandfather's advice was my motto, and I tried to do my best. As a consequence of this, though I was sm.aU ol my age, and not very strang, my mother had three offers for me .before . the, year was out ;. and one from the best mer chant ,>f the village, 'a place' in whose store 'was considered very, de sirable, When I joined the ohurch I tried to do the Lord's work as well as I did my own ; and often when I have been tempted to leave the Sab bath school, or let a hindrance keep me from the prayer-meeting, or get discouraged in any good thing, my grandfather's last words : " Do the best you can," have given me fresh courage, and I would again try." ?ere then, waa the key to thia man's character. He is considered one of the best business men,-one of the best citizens, .one of the best offi cers in the-church, one of the best friends of the poor, one of the best neighbors, fathers, husbands, friends ; in a word, he is universally beloved And respected. And what is the se . ? vi--'tk^n?!?^?? ? "J cret of it all? He 'always tried to do tKe best he'could., Let every boy and girl take, this for their motto., Acted upon, it will do wonders for you, It will bring out powers and capabilities which will surprise and delight yourself and friends: " Do your best ;": or as the BibleT-has it S Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with % might;'' or, in other words, " Whatsoever you do, do it heartily as to the .Lord:" ' . From the LaurensvSle Herald. Wheat. ME. EDITOR:-By your permis sion, I vail giv*e you my experience with wheat th! year, on bid pine land, ' that has been recle?red and run in cotton -two years ; and a part being too rough for cotton was put in dorn. This section is hill-side, cov [ered over pretty thick with, white flint rocks; and an undergrowth of sassafras, thick over it, was also cut oft 1 About the middle of October, I hired one of my tenants to-cut off the sprouts, which were waist liigh, plo ag h down the corn ridges, and scatter a g Dod coat of cotton seed over this ground, and sow the grain. ?The land being very rough from the stumps, rocks and bad cultivation, the1 wheat was only tolerably well ploughed in. The weather being warm, the grain sprouted immediate ly and came up, took good root before the cold weather commenced? And how May 28rh, my tenant is cutting this wheat, and I think the 5 acres will make 75 bushels of. wheat. The . wheat stands on the land from waist to neck big' . The cotton land ad joining, was w?ll scattered over with cotton seed, and sown down-in De cember ; the ground being loose, it was closely ploughed in. This whe it did not come up until in February, and then looked very thin and small. Aud now is not heavily headed, nor by one-third as tall as the October sowing; and will yield about one half as much as the early sowing. What is the object of this ? To en courage our farmers to sow their grain j early m the fall. Oats in September - and wheat in October. It is alarm ing to see the number of men in bur country going around with their sacks, hunting a little corn for their horses and bread for their families. When will it lie bitter? .Not tittil the cotton and guano fever, '.ceases from raging to suenan extent amongst us. Brother farmers, qnit mortga ging your cotton crops! Pot in more grain, live at home, be inde pendent of flour shipped. 1,000 miles to us ; and then we will be happy, and will not have the yearly care of hunting up provisions ; nay," evA of halting the plow, an? hitching np the team for Greenville after corn. Let politics alone, run the piowl Let the Columbia ring do the talking, and us the work and pay the expen ses ; "until we can do better. SALUDA. Piedmont aud Arlington Ufe In surance rompa ny vs. Park & ?verson, lu this case the insurance company brought their action in the Superior Court agaip.st Park & Iverson, to re cover a balance of about $2,000 in their hands belonging tQthc company. The plaintiff alleged that the con tract was that; defendants, as agents, were to receive as compensation 20 per cent, on all premiums for the first year, and 7* per cent, on all annual renewals. The def ndants claimed that they were entitled not ouly to the above commissions, but that they were en titled to the 74 per cent, on annual- f renewals of policies as long as the policies existed. The defendants ceased to be agents before the commencement of the ac tion, but contended that they were entitled to an interest in the subse quent animal renewals. The testi mony was conflicting as to whether defendants were to nave commissions on the annual renewals of policies after they ceased to be the agents, The defendants claimed that the oom* pany owed them about $2,500 on that account. The defendants claimed that it was the usage and custom of life insurance companies to allow to agents the cc m naissions as above claim ed, mid proposed to prove such cus tom; which proof was rejected by the court on the ground that both parties relied on a special contract iii reference to commissions, and that they must stand upon tho contract made, .-md no testimony could be re ceived t<> prove a custom. The jury, believing the con i r*ct to* have been as stated by the plaintiff, rejected the claim of defendants for commisaions to accrue after they ceas ed to be agents, and returned a ver dict for the company for $1,986 21, pria< ipal, and $14JL 91 interest-total $2,128 12.* Ingram & Crawford for plaintiff; Moses & Downing and Blandford & .Thornton for defendants. The case occupied most ol the time' of the Sup?rior Court Friday and Saturday, and the. verdict was read ?Sj in open court yesterday morning. Columbus Sun. SPECIMEN DOCUMENT.-The follow ing delectable document shows (says the Charleston Courier) the character of the law-givers we. harve f>ver us. Sad indeed are the times and late* of a people who have to encounter such a compound of imbecility and andaci- . ty. And the instance is not an ex ception. There are many others dis? penang justice (?) under the author ity of Scott; who are not a whit more enlightened. Surely our lives have fallen in unpleasant places: ST. ONDEOWS PORRISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY. Mr. --:I give you 10 day to leve that house, if not leve in 10 day you will be pout out buy low. (Signed) THOS. H. MISHAW, Trial Justice. June 10,1872. --1 i - OT "Adi," Verdi's new opera, .P?>~ doced at Parma, has caused au Immense furore^ Verdi was honored by no lesa than thirty-ii ve recalls, and after the second act was presented .by the muni cipality with the freedom of the city and agoldmedaL -