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VOLUME XXXVHI.-No. i?.
James W. Turley,
Augusta, Ga.,
HAVING returned nonie '??er sev?ra? weeks in New York? is now Exhib
iting his unsurpassed selections in
S
His numerous Patrons in Edgefield may rely with confidence on having j
special and particular attention paid to their orders, whether given in per
son or by letter.
In future as in ?the past, Convincing: Low Prices and First
Class Goods will rule the transactions of this House.
The Fancy Department will contain the
LATEST CREATIONS OF FASHION,
And careful attention is asked to the perusal of the following paragraphs
?LACK SILKS.
Warranted Lyons all Silk ;in Gros
Grain and Taffeta, Super to Sublime
quality, at popular low cash prices.
low opening.
J. W. TURLEY.
POLKA SPOTS FOULARDS.
The newest thing known to Fashion,
in great variety. Now opening.
_J. W. TURLEY.
JAPANESE SILKS,
In Rich Jacau?red* Stripes and
Brocades. New*," elegant goods. Im
mensely cheap.
J. W. TURLEY.
BLACK GRENADINES,
Fine to sublime quality in plain.
Satin 8ixiped and Laq'e striped. More
popular this season than ever before.
Now on sale.
J. m- TURLEY.
MEDIUM* PRICED DRESS GOODS.
In many new qualities and colors,
in great variety.
J. W. TURLEY.
"LLAMA LACE JACKETS,
New styles. Now on sale.
J. W. TURLEY.
LLAMA LACE FICHUS.
The newest production. On sale.
J. W. TURLEY, i
LLAMA LACE POINTS,
lu variety.
.j; W. TURLEY.
NEW SASH RIBBONS,
Very fashionable. Very cheap.
J., W. ?TURLEY.
PARASOLS.
All the novelties of the season, un
equaled in variety and low in prices.
J. W. TURLEY.
BLA?K FLORENTINE.
Very superior- quality only.
. J. W. TURLEY.
BLACK TAMARTINE.
Very.useful. Very cheap.
J. W. TURLEY.
LLAMA LACE CAPES
All sizes. Now opening.
J. W. TURLEY.
Augusta, April 1,
. WUITE GOODS.*
Striped and Checked NAINSOOKS
Striped and Checked SWISS, Plain
SWISS, Bishop and Victoria LAWNS
T'ARLETONS, JACONETS, &c.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.
Table Cloth DAMASKS, Damask
NAPKINS and DOYLIES, Colored
Damask and Napkins, Diapers, Crash
es, Towels, Sheetings:, Shirtings, &c,
in large supply.
J. W. TURLEY.
~ NOVELTIES.
Standard Trimmings, Hamburg
Embroideries, Collarettes, Ruches,
Sappetts, and a full assortment of I
FANCY GOODS just opened at
J. W. TURLEY'S.
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NOTICE
U TO THE CITIZENS OF EDGEFIELD
Wi
Eare receiving our SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, consisting of all
the Novelties of the Season.
Our Stock is much larger than usual, and never mote complete. Close
buyers will save money by giving it an inspection.
Also, full line of FURNISHING GOODS on hand.
WHITMAN & BENSON,
229 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., Opposite Masonic Hall.
Augusta, Ga., April 2 3m 15
DRUGGIST,
JOHNSTON'S DEPOT, 8. C.
__AVING just opened a ?rug Store at this place, I take this method
of informing my friends and the public generally that I now have in Store
a full line of *
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Perfumery,
GLASS, PUTTY, KEROSENE OIL,
Tobacco. Segars,
In fact everything usually kept in a Drug Store,-all new and warranted
genuine.
My prices are a? low as such Goods can be sold in any market in the
same quantity. "
T. J. TEAGUE.
Johnston's Depot, Feb 19 * ly 9
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MILLER, B?SELL ? EURUM
-AND
Commission Meroli'ts
175 aud 177 Broad Street,
Augusta, Ga.
WE arc now in receipt of our Fall Stock of GROCERIES, consist
ing in'part of
Bacon SIDES, Bacon SHOULDERS, Dry Salt SIDES,
' SUGARS of all grades.
SYRUPS-New Orleans and New ?York Drips,
MOLASSES.'Rio, Luguvra and Java COFFEE, .
TOBACCO. SALT, P?PPER, SPICE,
Crackers, Pickles. Cove Oysters,
CANNED GOODS consisting of Peaches, Blackberries, Tomatoes, &c.
MACKEREL in Barrels, half and quarter bois, and Kits,
Seed WHEAT, Seed RYE, Seed DATS, Seed BARLEY,
Case Liquors of BRANDY, WHISKEY, GIN,
We are also offering the most complete and largest stock of BARRE
LIQUORS of any House in the City, and selling at prices that will indue
buyers to purchase nearer home than in Eastern marketa.
To the Planters and Merchants of Edgefield we would take this occasion
to expresa our thanks for their past liberal patronage, and respectfully re
quest a continuance of the same. . 1
ffi?KBuying our Good? for CASH, we are prepared to sell as low, and oft
times lower, than any other House in the City.
Augusta, Oct 9 . tf 42
PILAN TER S should examine the
above-nametl old and reliable Gin
before having any? other, lt combines
the required qualities of Simplicity,
Strength and DuraMUtv. It glu* laut ;
and clean, makes excellent lint (often
' brin jipg l-4e. to l-2c. per lb. above
" market,) and is universally admitted to j
be the lightest running gin made. We
havei had thirty years' experience in the
business, and warrant every gin perfect. I
Gins, constantly In the hands of our
agerits,.to which we invite inspection.
Circulars, with testimonials and full
particulars, m?v'bo hdd'Bv addressing,
- ISRAEL V. HllOWS, WejidcBt,
Brown Colt >u Gin Co.,
: New London, Conn.
?FitbS? 4m JO
BANK OF CHARLESTON.
NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCI'N. \
" CHARLESTON, S. G., Feb. 20,1873. J
On and after the first day of March
next, this Bank will be prepared to Con
solidate the Stock of the'Bank of Charles
ton into that of tho present organization.
One share of the latter, pat value ($100)
one hundred dollars, will bo issued for
five (5) whole or ten (10) half of the
former.
Futuro dividends will bo paid upon
the Consolidated Stock" only; those ac- j
cruing upon the unconsolidated will be :
reserved until consolidation of the Same
shall bo effected.
The Booka of Transfer will be closed
from March 1st to April 1st.
WM. B. B?RDEN, Cashier*
L'harleaton, Fuh.34, 3m IO '
THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS ARE
AWAKING!
They are springing from the valley,
Prom the hillside and the plain,
O'er the lawn, the lane, and garden,
The sweet flowers have come again !
?'Mid the chilly.blast of autumn .
. They drooped their-heads and died ;
All the heaven-tinted leaflets
Were scattered far and wide ;
.Buried 'neath the snows of winter,
j They slumbered in the tomb ;
But spring brings its resurrection,
And again they sweetly bloom I
Welcome ! Welcome ! Fair evangels, .
Ye messongers of love,
Awaking in our bosoms
Sweet thoughts of friends above ; - '
Who withered, drooped and left us
For more congenial bowers,
Where life is naught but spring-time
'Mid ever blooming flowers!
Where no sickness, trials,.anguish,
Ever enter or annoy; ..-.
The future fraught with happiness,
Pleasures without alloy.
Where dear ones shall unite again,
Around the eternal throne,
Earth's blood-washed heirs with Jesus
God's dear annointed one
Who .died to save a world from sin
Atonement not in vain
He burst the bars of death, and rose,
That we might live again 1
Sweetflowers1 once more they come to us
In all '{heir heavenly bloom,
To ohe?r*our hearts with hopes anew,
Ot lifo beyond the tomb !
Bavj Jones, toi or.
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Although they admitted that she
might, possibly, by some people, be
accounted " pleasing," Miss Nancy's
friends always said of her " that she
was certainly not pretty," for, as they
were good enough to .explain, " she
had.?iot a feature in her face." The
observation was not, of course, to be
interpreted literally. It was iudis
putable that M'ss Block was in pos
session of certain lineaments which
answered sufficiently well all the pur
poses which features are presumed to
serve, and are ordinarily applied to,
albeit they might not satisfy the
critical requirements of the friends,
nor accord completely with their
ideas on the subject of abstract beau
ty. But our friends, it may be noted,
are, as a rule, a little exacting in this
and some other matters. They are
disposed to constitute themselves our
critics, and to judge us by rather su
perior standards. They are fond of
holding the scales concerning us,
our mental and bodily endowments,
-and they hold them up a little too
high sometimes. It is ohe of their
privileges to pronounce freely and
frankly upon our defects and short
comings ; and the privilege, so far as .
one can see, is not likely to suffer
abatement from falling into disuse.
Miss Block's friends snoke tlipir
minds in regard tb
candor' that was. ex? . .. . . !
most disagreebly . and
is one of those goo.:
the proverb notwit
have too much.
point of view, she ''
a reflection of ave; ?
person. Insomuch I
labors to persuade
she might be " ti . .
certainly not " pretty," were, upon
the whole, in the nature of that un
profitable toil which we associate
with the fable of Sisyphus and his 1
stone.
Her figure, her friends decided, .
was unformed, and therefore, not
worth considering. (They were,
plainly, people who would disparage :
a rosebud because it was n't a full
blown ros!.) As for her mind, Miss 1
Block's friends glanced upward and
raised their hands : their looks and
gestures signifying hopeless despair. ? '
She had no mind, they affirmed ;
none whatever! For her disposition, :
poor thing ; well, perhaps it was not
so much her fault,-she had been
badly brought up,-thoroughly spoil
ed by her absurdly indulgent old
father.
Mr. Block's daughter, if she instill
living, (and I am not certain whether j
she is or not,) must be now a very old
lady yt though, I will venture to say,
a very nice-looking old lady, "what- '
ever may be asserted to the contrary ;.
remarkable, 'at any r?ite, for that 1
goodness which is the chief beauty of
old age,- and an irresistible attraction
at all times. For it is now more than j
half a century since Miss Block was
in her teens, "pleasing but not pret
ty,"'and when the circumstances oc
curred which I am about.to narrate. :
Mr. Block styled himself " a ship- :
breaker;" that is to*say, he pur
chased the hulls of eld 6hips of all ;
shapes and sizes, and broke them up
in order to'sell again, piecemeal, the
wood and iron of which they were !
constructed. His wharf was on the
south bank of the Thames, in the
parish of St Mary, Rotherhithe. In
those days traders made it a rule to
live where they carried oh their busi- .
ness. Mr. Block lived in a small but '
comfortable house . attached to his 1
wharf-premises', andlookihg cn to the
river. He traded under the name of
" Block '& Co. j" and had lately taken f
into partnership a youngman named !
Godfrey Starkie, who had been of ;
much service to him a's clerk, book
keeper, and general assistant. Mr. '
Block was regarded by his neighbors ?
as a prosperous, " well-to-do" man. He
was about sixty years of age, remark
ble in appoarance for his clean, fami- >
ly complexion, and for the silvery
whiteness o/ his hair. He was amia
ble and ben?volent, and it had been (
said of him that his only enemy was"
himself. He was fond of his ease 1
and of good living ; indeed tq his '
excessive partiality for port wine and 1
punch, the ailing health to which of ,
lato he had been liable was very gen- '?
erally attributed. ? His wife had been '
dead some years. His only child (
was the Miss Nancy Block of whom ;
some mention haa already been made,
and $o whom he was tenderly at
tached. His estatyishment consisted
of one female servant,- who acted as ''
cook and.housemaid, and who, having
originally been Miss Block's nurse
when that young woman was an infant
in armst had of course been many '
years iii the service of the family,
and obtained its entire confidence .
and regard. ; and an apprentice, one
David, or, as he was more often
called, Davy Jones, a workhouse lad,
.deserted-by his parents, * and brought:
up, therefore, 7by that unpleasant'
step-moj&er, the parish. His appel- ,
l?tiro, ii maj ka skated, was due to
v. . ' m ii
the active and somewhat jocose fancy
qf the bead e of St. Mary's, Rotber
hithe, who was pleased to discover in j
the swarthy littra imp. of a child left
naked at the workhouse door;: some
resemblance to that arch, enemy of
mankind,-an old offender with many
an alias,-who has oftentimes an
swered to the sobriquet of Davy Jones
among other nicknames; nicknames
being quite the right word to use un
der all the circumstances of the case.
It was a real misfortune to the boy
that he .was' thus designated. He
was in truth a dog with a bad name ;
and many poople were found to pre
dict for him the customary fate of
dogs so circumstanced. If he neg
lected his duties in any way (and in
times past an apprentice's duties
were very multifarious ; he was of
tentimes an additional domestic ser
vant quite as much as an apprentice,)
if he broke a -plate, or a window, or
neglected to clean the knives, or his
master's boots, the question was in
variably, asked what -else , could be
expected of a boy named Davy Jones ?
Yet it was hardly the boy, s fault that
he waa thus called. Certainly he- did
not choose his own name ; in was
given him at a time when he had no
will of his own in the matter, or any
khowl?clgei at all; of whet >was hap
pening to him. t?owever, he had to
make-the best he could of it; rathfr
, hard work, because everybody else
would persist in making the worst
they* could of it. But he never knew
any other name. His parents never
oame forward to claim nim. If any :
romantic incidents were connected .
with his birth, they were never ?
brought to light. Probably there was
no poetic character* about the affair j
at all ; it was very plain prose, most J
likely. Such an everyday common- ! (
place matter as sin and suffering and ?
destitution. He remained Davy Jones ?
to the end of the chapter. j
He was a small, spare, black-haired, ?
dark-eyed lad, still? very swarthy ; .
and his natural dinginess of hue was
heightened artificially. Grim from the ]
saucepans, from the blacking brushes, j
from the kitchen grate, from up the (
chimney, always seemed to find a \
home and a resting-place on Davy t
Jones's face. His hands were forever t
soiled wit)) the mud of the river, or \
the clay of the wharf, the rust of old j
iron, or the pitch and tar of the j
shipyard. He carried about with
him incessantly, visible signs of his
visits to the coal-cellar. Certainly
he was a dirty boy. And he was ;
said, moreover, to be mischievous and
ill-tempered, sullen, and disposed to j,
evil. But hie r?putation in those re
soeetK might have been born bf his ,,
' lou M ba Jii-iv. V: .*? .
if these boot* . . clean,
I? J ff T.** 7*
thvi toy said,
'" Don't call me ' Miss Nancy.' You
mould say Miss Block. You're al
ways grumbling about the boots
you've got to clean. What a discon
tented boy you must be !"
" No, i'm not a discontented boy,
Miss Nancy,-well, Miss Block, then.
I'd go on cleaning' your shoes till I
iropped,-you know I would ! And
the master's too,-I'm not afraid of
work. But for the Starkie's shoes,
-I should like to chuck them in the
river!" And ina lower voice, he
addtd, "And him after them?"
" You 'don't like Mr. ritarkie ?"
"Say I hate him,-that would be
Dearer the mark."
<; You should n't hate anybody,
Davy, it's very wicked and nn-Chris
tian," and Miss Block shook lier head
gravely and held up a warning fore
finger, after a fashion much favored
in the pulpit. "You should n't hate
anybody.''
" Well, I don't 'hate everybody,"
saioj Davy, as though that signified
much the same sort of thing,' and
was as decent an approximation to
goodness aud Christianity as could
be expected of a boy in his situation
and of his character. V But as for
that Starkie, with his white face, and
his white hands, and his white stock
ings.-"
" You hate him because he's clean
and you're dirty, Davy."
" Perhaps so. But I'm not his
servant. I was bound to the master,
and not to him; yet he treats me
like a dog. He never gives me PO
much as a good word."
" Well, do I ever give you a good
word, as you call it?"
" You're forever giving me good
looks, Miss Nancy; jem see, you
san't help doing that." .
Miss-Nancy smiled.
" Fm not a fine gentleman as he is,
and never shall be; of course I know
that,' the lad continued ; and then
be added, glancing curiously at his
master's daughter aa* he spoke, " and
o? course you'? never let me kiss
your hand, ag you let him. Not if
I lived for a thousand years yon
wouldn't.. It isn't to be expected
you would ; is it now Miss Nancy ?"
"You wjeked boy!" cried Miss
Block, blushing and angry. "How
dare you say such things ?"
" He eftd kiss your hand, because I
3aw him do it," Davy Jones said,
sjnlply ; " I was looking through the
Drack of the door."
" How could I help his kissing my
hand ? He would do it. Ididn't want
him to. I'd much rather he hadn't
done it. It was very rude of him.
And-and it's very mean to look
through the cracks of doors, and to
watch people, anet to play the spy
upon them, Davy." Miss Block was
altogether very much distressed.
" I couldn't help it, Miss Nancy.
I didn't intend to be playing the spy
upon you; but do what I will, my
eyes seem always to J>e following you
about. They're never tired of going
in search of you ; they're never so I jj
happy as when they're resting on you. f
I'm sure I didn't want to see him
kissing your hand. It made my heart ;
ache sorely ; and if you'd but given t
the word, Td' h&tr? hafl him on the, I
floor in a minute,* and given his white' a
neckcloth a twist he w??ldn't have '
! liked. Anything rather tnfcr that
[ such a fellow as that shojpd have
kissed such a hand as' you* ..liss
Nancy." iy *> .
Did Davy Jones com?'of l?&h pro
genitors ? But it avails ?ot tbjfck'the
question, for no.answ?r can h? given
to it. ' Perhaps an Irish nuise had
tended his infancy in the worMouse.
Certainly there was a swfet and
touching and especially IrisKplain
tiveness now and then in .11 voice
and manner when he a4fl?e Ked his
master's daughter.
" There's sixpence for you^?Davy,"
said Miss Block, in a .soften] fl tone,
as she drew the coin from Ber long
purse. . .." Don't you ever till any
one what you saw through tab crack
of the door, there's a good boy. You
won't see me again for somjB; little
time, though you look thrcftgh the
cracks of doors never so mujb. ; nor
I shan't see Mr. Starkie. W^'re go
ing to Margate, father and l|are, to
morrow, by the., hoy. I hope the
change will cure poor father siasthma,
and make him well again.- Mind
and behave properly .whil? we're
away. Don't get quarreliife with
Mr. Starkie. Do you hear.?Davy ?
No good will come of your Quarrel
ing with Mr. Starkie, but onlyj-harm."
" I wbp't quarrel with him* if he
won't quarrel with me," saidf'Davy.
" And If you'd only be a little more
tidy and wash your face, Dafy-"
"Well, what then, Misslfancy
the boy demanded, eagerly. .
, " Why, you'd look ever "lo much
nicer and cleaner. What ?id you
think I was going to say rf And
tripped away from him with ?-laugh.
?David remained speechless and
irfoxionless for some time. Sfcen he
kissed the sixpence, tossed ifc?in the
ur, as though'he weru having?iittle
solitary gambling with it. finally,
liter much trouble, he bored a hole
,n it with a brad-awl, andi tied it
round his neck, under his shirt, with
t bit of string.
On the next day Miss Block and
ter father, accompanied by their fe
nale servant, drove in Affiart to
?reenwich, and th?re embarked in
he hoy for Margate. Mr. Bjock was
laid by his friends to be by no means
he man he had been, but to ?be lbok
ng very ailing and feeble^indeed.'
Ill hoped his trip to the sea might
.estore him to health.
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Adjoining Mr. Block's wharf stood
he well-known, old-established, river
ide tavern, " The Traveller^ Joy,"
:ept by one Mrs. Barford, ii widow
/oman, much respected in th j neigh
iorhood. It was a well . ?quctsd
.9 : ita tap room much frquented
. . ?m?? xa : i ?i?R5 *~A
muy- CTO.! :l r?.^?.!*?n *
lines sam thereabouts that Hrs. Bar?
3rd managed her hostelry os well as S(
ny mun could,-better, if anything. e'
'here had hardly ever been anything H
ike disturbance ur discomfort known 'j
p. the house., i .
Some days had passed since Mr. ['
Hock's departure tor Margate. It ^
/as an autumn night, cold for the f
?me of year. A thick, un wholesome a.
list hung about the river and its
<anks. Mrs. Barford was very busy ?j
a her bar, for her customers made
requent demands upon her for warm a'
nd cordial glasses with which to V
ounteract the unpleasantness of the
/eather. In the tap-room it was unan- ~
mously agreed that it was " an un- H)
ommou nasty night, to be sure." w
.'he parlor-was of opinion " that we n
hould'have Christinas upon us now ni
efore we know where we were." 01
irs. Barford, a stately woman, with ,
glowing, face, tall as a grenadier, .
nd almost as muscular, was equal
o the occasion. In truth, she was cc
qual to most occasions. She stirred ?|
he bar-fire till the kettle sang again,
he replenished glasses, she pounded
ugar, she squeezed lemons, Her
unch had seldom been so hot or so
trong, or so thoroughly admirable ?,
ltogether, as on that .disagreeable
nd unseasonable autumn night.
A man entered hurriedly, and stood A
)r a moment irresolute in the passage 2
f "The Traveler's Joy.". 0
"Why, mercy on me, Mr. Starkie,
ow white you look !" exclaimed Mrs.
larford. " He's white at most times,
ou know," she said to Betsy, her as- jp
istant handmaid in the bar, '< but I Iii
ever saw him look so white as he ai
)oked then." P<
The new-comer was tall and well sa
roportioned. ' He was said generally ?
3 be "a fine figure of a man." His ti
?atures were very regular, handsome, se
nd clean cut, and from his complex- w
>n being so colorless there was a hi
)ok as ot an ivory carving about his 1
ead. As he lifted his broad-brimmed ?
at (the hat was then in a transi- *
ifnal state; having abandoned its w
ld three- cornered form, it was on its w
ray tb the chimney-pot pattern of C
ur own times, but its crown was as P
et low and undeveloped,) his hair Sl
ras seen to be carefully combed and al
rested on his forehead, after the JJ
ishion then prevalent. His dress ec
ras of a sober kind, yet it wast worn n<
rith a certain air of pretence. His coat cc
ras of snuff-colored cloth, double ?*
reasted, high in' the collar, and af
domed with close rows of bright Jj
ewter buttons. His waistcoat was Q.
f a broad striped taffeta. His rib- mJ
ed cotton stockings were spotless SJ
nd w?ite as his cambric neckcloth, cl
Iis shoes were brilliantly polished. P<
t seemed as though he were proud, ?{
s he had some reason to be, of his cj
hapely legs and small feet. A broad ^
reen silk w itch ribbon, with a cius- s?
er of seals and keys attached, de- bi
?ended from his fob.' Altogether he cl
aoked somewhat superior to his real fe
oaition, which was simply that of
tinior partner in the firm of Block & ?j
Jo., Ship-breakers. tl
" Did you not hear the report of S
re-arms?" he inquired anxiously of jc
he landlady of " The Traveler's Joy." ?J
Iis voice trembled somewhat as he j jj
"When? Just now? Two min-'t,
I utes ago ? Well, ?; did hear some
thing. But I was so busy, I'd hardly
time to give it a thought. Yes, I re
. member now, I heard a gun go off.
I thought, it must have been fired
from some police-boat on the river,
in chase of smugglers. But then the
parlor .bell rang-"
, "It was fired at me," said Mr.
Starkie, gravely.
"You never mean it, Mr. Starkie,
that you don't."
" It was fired at me as I sat alone
in Mr. Block's jJarlor facing the river.
The bullet passed close over my head
and lodged in the wall behind, me. It
was well aimed. An inch or two
lower, and I had been a dead man."
Whom did he suspect? He did
not know whom to suspect. He could
not think that the shot had been in
tonded'for him. He had no enemies
that ne knew of. He .was inclined to
think that the shot must have been
intended for Mr. Block.
"But why for Mr. Block?" asked
the landlady.- "Surely Mr. Block
had no enemies either. No one could
dream of attempting the life of good
old Mr: Block."
That was so, certainly. Mr. Star
kie confessed himself wholly at a loss
to understand the matter. But Mr.
Block .was in the habit, it is weil
known, of sitting at .night in the par
lor facing che' river. If .any one "had
fancied himself aggrieved by the firm
-it could be but fancy, yet who could
iccount for fancy ?-he would surely
jeek to avenge himself upon the aeni
jr member of the firm rather than
me junior,-who had until quite re
:ently been simply Mr. Block's clerk
ind servant. It was by the .merest
:hance that he, Mr. Starkie, had been
n the parlor at all. He had been
;aking care of the house and man
tling the business in the absence of
ur? Block at 'Margate. He was quite
done in the house at the time.
" Quite alone?" repeated Mrs. Bar
brd. " Where then was the lad Da
ry Jones?"
"Was he not at "The Traveler's
"oy?"' Mr. Starkie asked in some
urprise. Ho had sent the boy ? out
orne twenty minutes before, to get
wo dozen oysters and some ale, for
lis (Mr. Starkie's) supp'er. He ad
litted that he had some words with
he boy,-who was a very idle, and
ll-behaved boy. Mr. Starkie 'had
reqnently had occasion to reprimand
im for his carelessness and inatteu
ion and neglect of duty ; and Mr.
Slock was constantly complaining of
im.
" A young limb, if eyer there was
ne, it's well known," Mrs. Barford
Dmmented. .
Yet still Mr. Starkie couldn't be
eve that- the boy had any hand in
? upon his life4. Tt wo
. . ' . . . Mr, $*irfc>' t..
?ired to do :n ?e.~-i
II.;. B .;.'.?*.. s bouse.
A ?i.LlC gf?riD USG bv t?'i.? i-i;-:e as- '
;mbled in the passage ot " inc Trav
ler's Joy." There had been a sus
ension in the supply of drinks, and
ie thirsty had emerged from both
ie parlor and the tap-room, to make
ersonal inquiry why their necessi
es were not heeded. But they for
ot the object with which they had
pproached the bar, as they found
?emselvea auditors of the interesting
diverse between Mr. Starkie and
ie landlady. Presently they were
greying that thingslooked very black
ideed as against Davy Jones; and
[rs. Barford's solemn denunciation,
-" Depend upon it, that young limb's
b the bottom of the mischief,"-met
ith general support. It was the
niversal opinion that the boy had
ot been called "Davy Jones" for
3 thing.
Just then tho door opened. . The
oy himself entered, carrying a dish
"oysters. He walked to the bar as
)olly and unconcerned as might be,
id ordered a jug of strong ale for
[r. Starkie.
TO BB CONTINUED.
Thc Noble Chief.
Tho following beautiful and truthful
nos are from the pen of Father Ryan :
Xever hand drew sword from stain as
free,
nd never sword led braver band,,
r braver bled for a brighter land,
r brighter land had a cause so grand,
r a cause a chief like Loe."
Cesar Slapped.
NEW YORK, April 16.-The Eoening
'ost, in its editorial columns to-day, pub
shes a paragraph from one of . Mr. Bry
it's letters relative to the change of the
jstmaster at Charleston, in which he
ys : " In all my intercourse with the
ioplc of the South, although it has not
;en very extensive nor of very, long con
nuance, I have heard only the expressed
use of a desire i?o be on friendly terms
ith us of the Northern States. Especially
is this been the case in Charleston, where
saw more than elsewhere of the people
the place. "I have never, since I cross
l Mason and Dixon's line, heard a single
:pression of bitterness or malignity to
ards those who lived North of it. It
as but the other day that the people cf
harleston sent a formal invitation to the
resident of the JJnited States to visit
>uth Carolina. He declined the civility
id at the same time ho removed the post-J
aster of Charleston, Mr. Trott, who was"
ghly esteemed. In his place he appoint
I a'colored man, who, whether justly or
)t, lies under the odium of being with
irrupt fellows who have for several years
?en pillaging the State. This was like
?swering an invitation to dinner with a
ap'in the face, and was a gross blunder,
i say the least." The Post comments
pon the action of the President in re
eving Mr. Trott, in a similar strain, and
Lys that, while unbending amid popular
amor, Grant frequently yields to the im
munities of the politician, and bends
jfore a Concessional bore. The Post
includes aa follows : "In the present in
ance, probably, he took counsol with
imo one in authority among the profes
onal politicians, and under this influence
?aped contempt upon the people. The
large that the p?rson appointed is unfit
ir the place, puts the President's action
i low in respect to morals as it is in res
set to manfiers. It is a poor return for
ie revival of a love of our common coun
y among the people of the Southern
tates to find that the Administration
lins hands with those through whos? ig
orance and dishonesty -the burdens of a
ad government have been added to the
readful losses of the late war., A? Mr, j ti
.ryant says, President Grant has commit-, if
??a gross blander." . 'y
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Notes o? Travel ou a Recent Trip fu
tw? li
Texas.
BY DR. W. H/ TIMMKKMAN. .
At 0} o'clock nest morning we ?cave
Longview-tajee. Southern Pacific road
for Shreveport, La. Hallvillo and?ilar
shal are places of note on the way; the
former is a n?w town ; the latter a com
paratively old place, tbut still growing.
Here were seen twelve oxen drawing ono
plow-excavating a placo fco build a rail
road machine shop. Weskin i3 tho last
station in Texas on this road.
It may now be asked, what of Texas?
In a general way we would say that wo
are pleased with the State. The sectiou
of the State through which wo passed,
embracing chiefly Central Texas, we
found somewhat different from what we
had imagined as to its general appear
ance. The lands are>generally sandy, with
post oak and black jack growth on up
lands, which present the appearance in
the distance ol being covered with sleet
These post oak ridges and flats are said
to bo good cotton lands, producing from
600 toJL,000 lbs. seed cotton to the acre,
and from 10 to 25 bushels corn per acre.
We saw but little small grain sown in
the State, and in fact anywhere on our
whole rout*}s though 2iorthern Texas is
noted for its. small grain. These uplands
of which we speak are, when improved,
worth from one to five dollars per acre,
and are of easy : cultivation-the soil be
ing light and sandy. On the creeks and
rivers the lauds are moro productive
the forest growth is much larger and
more diversified. Cedar is commonly
found growing to the height of the red
oak and poplar, and is used for rails,
posts, levees, Ac. We saw land on Caney
ureek which produced last vear forty
bushels of corn per acre, with bad sea
sons and poor cultivation. Those creek
.ands rato variously from three to ten
lollars per acre improvc-.i, and on Trinity
md Brazos rivers from five to fifty dol
ars per acre, where they produce ono to
?wp bides cottpn (500 lbs.) to same, and
orty to sixty bushels of corn. There is
"..great deal of prarie laifd in Middle Tcx
and much greater quantities in West
on, with nothing growing on it but grass,
fields from fifty to one thousand acres
n a body, of that quality, can be had all
.ver the couutry, aud you havo nothing
0 do but to leuce it: and break it tip with
, two or four horse plow.'
There is some dilheulty in getting ti in
fer to fence the.su prarie? in many places.
lails eight feet long (that is tho usual
cngth) are worth fi om twelve to twenty
lollars per thousand for tho splitting.
parm hands command from' fifteen to
wenty dollars per month.'- They work
enerally on the share system of one
alf. There is but little attention paid
3 fruit raising. 'We saw only two apple
reliards in tho State, which we remem
ber ; the O!io was near Marshall, tho oth
r in Loon county.
Ti- , ?figi fi >? t?lft?e1 fr <rMi, and !&?e \tl
. / 1 g gS?U
.... *. .:. !?-='.;.? .:">.;. :?%}'?
:.: t. :n..r ba* w- 'nnjs ....va?. "T?Srow i c'
iv i.Ut -;-!-lH^?? C'i'^r;{ .
?. '?' 0-., J" ' ?X?.i?'X
. . . ,. i^~???$& .?? .'?
. .. r ? :.?ff, . .'i
T?iey tire vt?! ???i *r>?-X:'t Cnn '.
ition now.
Water is generally not so good as here.'
'istern water is largely used. Observa
on loada us to believe, that society is
oller than wo have often hearxi repre
mtcd. Texans boast of their State Gov
rnmeiit. They have a Democratic Leg
ilature that makes Gov. Davis walk a
?alk liue.
Texas is evidently on tho road to pr.os
erity ; her extending rail roads, which
ill soon link every important city and
iwn in tho State; her institutions of
(arning, Colleges and Universities; hor
(?nial climato ; her variety and fertility
f soil; the influx of population; her
ast internal resources ; her fast rising
illagosand towns, all bespeak her lu
ire greatness. ..A Tox.-w> paper says: "H
estimated that one hundred^thousand
arsons have mado.thoir homes Jin Texas
ithin tho last year. Over twti hundred
ul twonty-livohousoshave been eructed
1 Slionnan in ninety days." There is
dd to bo a demand for Preachers, pou
ira, and t?chool Teachors in many parts
I tho State. And to young men of in
ustry and* energy, as well as to capital
Is, tho " Lono Star Slate" oilers many
1 vantages and inducements.
But after all wo have said, we still pre
ir old South Carolina in her humiliation
-misruled, debauchod and pillaged as
io is by her publicofficials-toany State
0 liave yet seen. There is for her, too,
futuro. Ignorance andsirporstition will
ot always rulo, nor vice ever sit sn-,
remo ; but must soon sink beneath the
sing power of virtue, intelligence and
lorality. Such has evor been the histo
1 of the past ; such will bo the history
f the future..
But we have left for Shreveport, La.,
hich city wo reached in due time this
lorning. Shreveport is a thriving busi
ess city, situated immediately on Red
iver, "by winch shohas freo and easy
mimunication with Now Orleans, and
:her points below, as wall as .with other
laces above. It is the muddiest city Wo
?wo ever ^ecn, requiring two nudes to
nil an empty dray through some of tho
.reeta. The walks are, howover, com
iratto'ely dry, and we wondered why it
as that tho streets were not uiacadamiz
1, or filled with stones, as the apparout
ealthof thoplacesurelyjiiBtified. .There
a gap of eighty miles in tho Vicksburg
Shreveport Rail Road incomplete, and
(is at present staged. So the choice of
stting to the former from hore lay be
veon tho stago route and that of river.
le chose tho latter, and accordingly this
'ternoon, April 6th, went aboard tho
!enry Tete, and enquired of her clerk
hen she would leave for New Orleans,
ho informed us that she would leave
?-nightor to-morrow morning, andas
ie Texas would go out to-night, said
lat the Tote was so much faster, that we
ould beat her to mouth of river, if Tete
id not go out till morning ; so we regis
ired, paid our fare to mouth of Red riv
:, and took our berth on said boat; but
tour disappointment she did not get
?vay for below till the Mb, at midnight,
aving, in the meantime, goije Up the
ver to Twelve Mile Bayou and gotten
io passengers (about thirty) and part of
irgo of cotton of tho Rapides, .which
ad broken her wheel, and towed her to
ie city. Rapides had on.,1450 bales of
jtton, of which Henry Tete took 1325,
r at least enough to. make np her cargo
) that number. SH?, steamed for the.
rescent City at the time1 above mdica
?d. fifty passengers aboard. Boat par
ir was adorned with..Piano. Besides a
bung lady--^tio8 Morris of T?xW-who I
played and sang beautifully, there was a
German who performed about tho half:
of ev?ry day, who seemed to enjoy his
own music more than any ono else.
These persons, and an old man who had
i his beard platted and tied up as a drover
I would tie th? tail Or* a fancy horse, were:
from the dis?bfod steamer Rapides. The
; next day was Sunday,-boat bridged j
across tho river at ll o'clock AI M ; re
mains there si* hours before getting lc#e; |
had a heavy rain in tho meantime. As
we move down this v?ry meandering
river wo discern in some places new
levees, new cabins, hew lands cleared,
now Kin houses, <fec.,-whilst in .others
the levees are gone, plantations gone to
rack and out of cultivation. Pass Cou
shatta-look out and soe tho sign Abney
<fe Laye over a store, which. reminds us
of Edgefieldfolks: see the Court House
some distance from river,-its observa
tory attracted our; attention ; sapped here
to, hours. Gripp's bluff,"the inost. ele
ya.ted pjoint as yet passed on tho river,
with a pretty dwelling immediately, oh
tho highest bank,-the occupants certain
ly have po children, else they. wouid be;
in continual fear ol' their tum hiing down
that)perpendicular ,'bank into the river
noticed some piney woods,.back of this
bluff, and again at C?mpti. This latter
place was partly 1-mrued down iast_year.
There was alsqa failuro in crops in'tbis
section;.,corn now worth, we were in
formed, ?1.75 per bushel, with a proba-,
jility ol' it commanding ?2.50 per bushel.^
jofore July.
; TO ?BE CONTIJ?U?lJ.
-:- . '.
Brevities and Levities.
. '. .. li' . ?:rT- "! ' w ? .
. t?'An exchange has the. following
?bservation: "We always, get mad.
vhen we walk along a street about V
('clock at night, and passing a shaded
)orch where a young man is bidding his
toloved a good-night,, hear the girl ex
hum, in a,loud whisper-"Oh, stop,"
reorge ; you haven't shaved !"
??)~ "GiovanniBatistaFalci?ra" looks.|
iig on the theatrical bills, and that's
..hy Kichard ?. Jones adopted it. ' As
>icl? Jon es he wouldu't amount to shucks.
p?" A peaceably disposed-citizen of j
'oxas was arrested recently for carrying
oucealod weapons. When searched he
ad two six-shooters, one derringer and
pair ol' brass knuckles in his belt, ahd,|
poker Hush in his coat sleeve. I
;Z2r* A colored finn of Newark, hav
ig Buffered some pecuniary embarrass
lent, recently closed business, and the
sniqr member gavo the,public tho fol
)wmg "notis:" "Dedislution bf co
arships herefore recisting twixt me and
loses Jones in the barber profession,
m hereCoibro. resolved. Pussons who
se must pay de scriber. Dem what do
rm oso must call on Jones, and de firm
i involved."
?Fff-Says the Lake Charles Echo:
Wild turkeys are in season. We sot
l tho table, with a "Smile that was child
ko and bland, yesterday, behind one
rpighing 21? pounds." . .
" Your children may never have
ealtli," observe.! a neighboring cler
yman to his congregation, "butwhen
icy grow up it will bo something for
lem to boast that'their father? wcye h ti
i. -.
on.?u ne-btstr 03 nine year^ c .. ii;
m service in tho ate-jjttiiii 'ilia fy?
V, ,tv>y;i! ld1..:- oe thc- Sand*
ich Islands,. Mark Twain said: "In
fly years the native race will be extinct,
heir color is of a rich dark brown.
!ie\r are not in the least vicious, but
mtlc and harmless. Tho women wear
single loose garment 'that falls straight.
om tho neck to tho heels. In the up-1 Ni
;r country tho men wear-well, usually
ey wear a .smile, or a pair of spectacles,
? something of that kind. They are Tl
)i proud ; do not care to make anv dis- C
ay." ff<
p?i" A negro was put upon the stand
a witness, and the Judge inquired if
? understood th?.nature ol' an oath
For certain IJOSS," said thc citizen, " If
swear to ?lie I must stiele to him!
10 darkey had evidently been? follow
g up the Credit Mobilier investigation
JCS?" A Dutchman, in trying to reach
0 ferryboat, fell. into tho water. His
st exclamation on being hauled out,
is : " Mino Gott, let's have a pridge !'
ait- John Van Dali m, of Fort Wayne
ya tho Clcavclaml leader, was playin
lill a pistol iii lii-s house, the oilier day
lien is-went OJI ami made an cvole
lie in his hip. If ho was named.Jo?e
1 might bo called a Jones fool; if, his
imo was Smith ho might bo called
nitii foul ; but unhappily his is auother
me.
?Si" ? spiteful contemporary', ovident
cdiloil bf a bachelor, uses thc follow
s'olabotato metaphor: "I liavoseen
voca look into each oth?r's oyes
Ith that sublimely silly expression
aracteristic of such unfortunates, some
int like the piteous, appealing'look 0
forlorn calf going home through tho
in." This expression has been pa
ited.
*15T A Yankee in Paris, who was list
ing to the boasts of * lot of English
d French artists about the wonderful
nius of their respective countrymen
last "Itroke out" and said, "Oh
haw! Yeou git cont! Why, there's
11 Devine, of our village, whokin paint
piece of cork so ;zackly like marbi?
at thc minute you throw it into the
xter it will sink to the bottum kuli
.ug, jcs ?ike a stone."
;- "
COTTON- FUTURES DECLARED GA??H
KG.-For two days last past, the United
ates Court, Judge Busteed presiding, has
en engaged in a case of considerable in
rest to dealers in cotton, and especially
emulators in '. futures." The case arose
?tn the application of Lehman Bros. ti
.ve A. Strassburger declared a bankrupt
The petitioners claim that A. Strassbur
t owed them 540,000, as evidenced by
ir notes of $10,000 each-^aid notes
ving been given in part payment of an
en account due them by A. Strassbur
r. lt appeared in evidence that the
?ount due was from losses upon cotton
msactions called " futures." The Judge
arged the jury thatif from the evidence
ere was no intention upon the part of
her of the parties to delivr the acttial
Lton, but that the contract was to be
;tled by either party paying the diff?r
?e between the price as contracted at,
d the market price upon the day of tho
ntract falling due, then the contract was
id, and therefore A. Strassburger had
t committed any act of bankruptcy as
eged. Thc jury retired a short time,
d brought in their verdict, that in their
inion there was no intention of . either
rty at the time of making the contract
deliver the actual cotton, but merely to
;tle the difference in currency. I There
on, the petition of Lehman Bros. to
ye A. Stras?burger adjudged a bank
ptwas dismissed. -Thecase, Iiis un
rstood, will be carried up on appeal, no
e having been given to that effect.
ontgomery Journal, 13th. "
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Florida Water.
LN Elegant and cheap Perfume. For
sale by A. A. CLISBY, Druggist.
Kar 26 . ' 'tf 14
Fresh Lemons!. "
> -Boxes Fresh LEMONS, fer sale by
J A. A. CLISBY, Drnmrist.
Mar 28 ~U? tf 88 14
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GRIFFIN & BUTLER.
THE Undersigned -have formed i
Co-Partnership ip. tho Practice of La\;
in Edgefield County.
S. ?S. GRIPPIN, .
' M. 0. BUTLER,
Feb 10 ? j tf .;,8
. NQW Law I^irm.
JOHN E. BACON. THOS. J. ADAMS.
BACON & ADAMS* .
Attorneys at Law,
Will Practice.inthe Courte of the State,
and United States Courts fox South Cajo
lina.
Former Office of Carroll & Ba?in anti
Bacon & Butler.
Jan 18, 1872._ If_5_
LcROY F. YOUMAIVS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Columbia, S. C.
Office, Law Range, .'Bauakett's Build
ing, up stairs;
Sept 4 j ? . ? ' tf- "ZI
, W. H. SHAFFE,
Dentist,
HATING located at Edgefield offer*
his Professional services to the cit
izens and surrounding eountry. Office at
me late residence of S. S..Tompkins, Esq.
Feb 28 ; , tf " 18 ?
PMTT BR?TBM ;
Aro continually receiving
LARGE AND COMPLETE S*50CK3
-Of
New Furniture !
Comprising all the
LATEST STYLES AND PATTERN
.' '-bf-;/
'arlor, Chamber, Dining Room
And
OFFICE FURNITURE !
FROM THE HIGHEST. GRADE
I TO THE LOWEST.
Lnd'consists of every article of FURNI
TURE required to furnish a House or
Office complete.
Call and examino at our Ware-Ropma.
-o
Undertaking !
Always on hand, at tho lowest prices,
Beautiful Caskets and Cases, .
Of our own manufacture.
PLATT BROTHERS,
* 2?2 and 214 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
July 2 ly 2$.
Universal
LIFE INSU ANCE COMPANY.
. . , ! : : i . : ?\if& ?.Att:
?IHW, ?J Liberty Street,
NEW YORK.
irticipation in Profits !
With Low Cash Premiums
Bw Business Insured
in 187!, $5,275i.090
\e largest absolute Increase of any
lompauy, doing business in New York.
jw Business of 1872, so far,
Uo???e that cf Last Year?
GEO. B. LAKE,
General Agent
Dec 4 tf 50
ome Shuttle Sewing kachina.
ONLY ?25.00.
. HIS is a SHUTTLE MACF :NE. bas
a UNDER FEED, and makes.,tho "LOCK
ITCH" aliko on both sides,
[t is a standard First Clmis Machine,
d thc only low priced " Lock Stitch"
achine in'tho United States,
rbis Machine received the Piplo;::a at
e Fair of thc two Carolinas, ?in thc city
Charlotte, N. C., in 1S71. The s.'iove
achine is warranted for five yean !
< MACHINE FOR NOTHING.
Any person making up a Club for five
^cliines. will bo presented the Sixth
e as commission.
Agents Wanted-Superior induce
cnts offered. LiberaTdeductlonsoiade
Ministers nf-tho Gospel.
3ond .Sunup for Circular, and sample?
Sewing. Address Kev. C. H. BEBN
EIM, General Agont, Concord, N. O.
Doc 4 lj_?J
'OLD at corresponding prices with
ter First Class Machines, and is cheap
than-any other because more complete.
W. H. SHAFFER, Agt
Sdgefield, Oct 2 ly, 41
AUGUSTA HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA.
TAKE, this method of informing my
friends and customers, that I nave
t had this weil known- Hotel thor
?hly renovated and. painted, bothin
e and out Cleanliness is my motto
every department., My tables will be
mlied with everything the market ai
ds. No pains will bo spared to make
) Augusta Hotel a pleasant home for
i traveler. My Edgefield fnendsare
dially solicited to give me s call.
P. MATT, Proprietor.
Ugusta, /iprillS, . tf 17
Hagan's Magnolia Balm
1?R Beautifying the.Compiexion. Fk?
sale at
CLIBBY'S DRUG STOBfi.
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