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EDGEFIELD, S. G.MANLTA?Y 25, 1872,
VOL! JUE ))XU.-M), 5.
J. W. CALHOUN,
JOHNSTONES DEfOT,
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HAS always on hand a full and well selected Stock of
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES,
Hardware, Pocket and Table Cutlery,
GROCERIES and PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
&c, &c, &o.,
All;of which I will sell at the lowest prices. Call en me before pur
chasing elsewhere^ I can please, jrou, and will do so,.-if you will give-me a
share of your patronage.
a?* Highest Cash prices paid for COTTON and COUNTRY PRODUCE.
J. W. CALHOUN.
Johnston's Depot, July 9, ' tf 29
J. H. CHEATHAM
-HAS
Reduced the Prices
-OF
Dress Goods, Ready Made Clothing
LADIES' HATS, &C.
I AM now Selling my Entire Stock at Prices to suit the dull times. I
prefer small profits to carrying my Goods to another season.
J. H. CHEATHAM.
July 9 . tf 29
G. L. PENN & SON,
DEALERS IX
TOILET ASS FANCY AETIC?ES,
GROCERIES,
TOBACCO, ?EGARS,
?}AVE now in Store foil stocks of all Goods in the Drug or Gro
cery Kusine??, which are Fresh aid Genuine, and which we will sell
'as cheap as any other House.
(Kr PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED day or night.
MayY, tf 20
DAVID L. TURNER,
Dealer in
Brtp, Medicines, Groceries,
&c., &c, &p.,
?dgefiefd, S. C.,
WoULD respectfully state to his Friends and the Public Generally that
he has purchased of Dr. W. A. SANDERS, his Entire Stock, and will
keep on hand full supplies of
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Vaiiey Goods, Foreign & Domestic Pesiamery,
j -HAIR BRUSHES, ' COMBS, '""TOILET ARTICLES,
Bathing and Surgeon's Sponges,
Brandies, Wines and Whiskies for Medicinal Purposes,
.^AIN?S* <JIL8; VARNISHES, GLASS -^JtTYi,
Paint, Varnish and White Wash Brushes;
FUI L SUPPLY OF ALL K?1YDS GARDE* SLEDS,
-"^J l i ' ? To?r?tne/with a general assortment of
GROCERIES, TOBACCO, LIQUORS, &c,
Such as
BACON SIDES, HAMS, SHOULDERS, LARD,
MACKEREL, FfcOUR, MEAL, SALT,
SUGARS, SYRUPS, MOLASSES, COFFEE, TEAS,
RICE, CHEESE, MACCARONI, CRACKERS,
Soda, Starch, Soaps, Candles,
WINES, BRANDIES, WHISKIES, Ac.
Fine White Wine and Apple VINEGARS,
Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO and SEGARS,
Citron, Currants, Raisins, Pickles, Jellies,
Almonds, Pecan Nuts, Brazil Nuts, Walnuts,
Buckets, Tubs, Brooms, &o.,
All of which will be sold at the lowest rates for Cash. A share of the trade
solicited.
Dr. Sanders will be on hand at all times to COMPOUND PRESCRIP
TIONS at the shortest notice.
D. L. TURNER.
Jan 28 tf 6
Br. T. J. TEAGUE,
.DRUGGIST,
JOHNSTON'S DEPOT, S. C.
JJ A VING just opened a Drug Store at this place, I take this method
of informing.my friends and the public generally that I now have iii Store
o full line of
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Perfumery,
. OJ,ASS,-PUTTY, ^(^B$fE OIL, ' S?M
Tobacco, '??^?i??) > '? '? -I,
In fact everything usually kepiiii? I)ru'g St?re,-all new nnd warranted
genuine.'' "?" ..':> "-: ' :
' MY prices are as low as auch Goods can be sold in any market in the
Ti J . $ TEAGUE,
johnston's Depot, Feb 19 ly " 9
- A Gem from Fannie Forrester.
Give me my old seat, mother,
With my head upon?thy knee ;
I've passed through many a changing
scene
Since thus I sat by thee.
Oh ! let me look into thine eyes
Their meek, soft, loving light
Falls, like a gleam of holiness,
Upon my heart to-night
I've not been long away, mother ;
Few suns have rose and set
Since last a tear-drop on thy cheek
My lips in kisses met.
'Tis but a little time, I know,
But very long it s?env,
Though every night I come to theo,
Dear mother, in my dreams.
The worldjhas kindly dealt, mother,
By the child thou lov'st so well ;
Thy prayers have circled round her path,
And 'twas th err holy spell
Which made tneir path so dearly bright
Which strewed the roses there
Which gave the light and cast the balm
On every breath of air.
I bear a happy heart, mother,
A happier never beat ;
And, even now, new buds o&hope
Are bursting at my feet.
Oh ! mother, life may be a breath,
But if such dreams aro given,
While at the portals thus we stand,'
What are the truths of Heaven ?
I bear a happy heart, mother,
Yet, when fond eyes I see,
And hear soft tones, and winning words,
I ever think of thee.
And then the tear my spirit weeps,
Unbidden fills my eye ;
And like a homeless dove, I long
Unto thy breast to fly.
Then I am very sad, mother,
I'm very sad and lone
Oh ! there's no heart whose inmost fold
Opes to me like thine own ! .
Though sunuy smiles wreathe blooming
While love tones meet my ear,
My mother, one fond glance of thino,
Were a thousand times more dear.
Murmurings From MIuda--ineffi
ci eut Tax Assessor-The Negro
.Uiiitia.. &c.
For the Advertiser.
MR. EDITOR,-Jt is a rare thing
for us to see any thing from our sec
tion, by way of news, in the Adverti
ser. But the reason, we judge, is the
great distance, and poor mail facili
j ties. Although we live in the bauv
woods, a good distance from the chan
nels of busy life, still you will have
to find a more retired place than here
to be fr.-e from Tax Collectors, Asses
sors and negro militia. And as the
acts of the first are so flagrant, and
the others likely to become so, they
shall form the theme of my commu
nication.
When the County Auditor made
his announcement, that his office
.voiild be open between certain dates,
che good people of our section thought
they would promptly attend his call.
But in calling npon that ray cowie,
mis gcntlem<ri>, they were told in a
brief manner, filled with oaths, that
he would send around in this section,
some one who was a better judge of
property than the owners seemed to
be. Ol' course we haye learned to
obey our masters, and lhere is not
even a Tell-with us to protest.
Tu due time the gentleman who
was to be the judge of our property
made his appearance. The following
is an example of the assessment in
the Huiet Township.
A widow lady's house-old and
dilapidated-roof all rotten, panes
out of the sash, c 'Mug rotting from
leaks,-the Assessor endeavored to
assess at one thousand dollars, but
finally put down at six hundred. A
gentleman neighbor, who lives on one
side, in the best and costliest huu.se
in the whole Saluda country, was
assessed on his house three hundred
dollars ; while on the other side of
this lady, a dwelling much better
than hers, was valued at one hundred
and fifty dollars. We know a gentle
man, who was absent from home,'
whose dwelling was put at fifteen
hundred dollars, and his gin house,
an old rotten thing that will barely
stand up on its posts, was put at eight
hundred dollars. No man in his right
mind would say that this gin house
was worth twenty-five dollars.
Such has been the assessment of
the man, who was to be the judge 0/
the value of our property. We
would not complain at a lair assess
ment of onr property, if - it were uni
form ; although our taxes are high
enough, considering its misapplica
tion, to drive any but slaves to rebel
lion.
Now if there was uniformity, even
in the Huiet Township, it would not
be so bad. I am acquainted with the
assessment of the Coleman Township,
and I affirm that on some species of
property the assessment is not more
than one-fourth, and \\\ souie instan
ces not more than one-tenth of the
valuation in the Huiet Township.
The valuation of the property of the
Coleman Township is similar to the
old assessment, and as far as I um
able to judge, there is uniformity in
the valuation of property. I hear it
intimated that they intend to bring
all property up to the highest valua
tion of any man's property in the
Township There will be as much
injustice in this as there is in trying
to make a sorry house worth as much
as a good one. Some men's buildings
are worth more than others, and good
stock are worth more than inferior
stock. What sense of justice is there
in making a man pay as much tax on
a houso 7/07th ?vig ?(uiusand doliarfl
as.ona-iw?Vthiten thousand?
:. We demand that t-Kr a?ge6sment for
the'Huiet Township be made ?niform,'
and the property be assessed lil?e t]i?
property of- tjie oth.er T-otyuships';
and-we- are further 0f the Opinion'
flint the present assessor should re
ceive no pay for his malfeasance, if
we may be allowed the use of tl
word. We believe if he had bei
permitted to have had his.own wa
the value pf property in our Tow
ship would have been estimated
high this year as the whole of Edg
field under the old assessment. M
Editor, can you not suggest son
remedy, and call the attention of tl
powers that be to this- injustice ?
So much for the Assessor, now fe
the Tax-Collector and the delii
quents. W e have been very muc
entertained lately by the stir whic
has b?er* made among our colore
gentry by the Tax Executor. Tb
levy on old blind horses, mules, ol
buggies, and even bee gums, has bee
.quite extensive. We are constantl
amused by this new feature ; but it i
very dear to the unfortunate negroei
We are glad that they are made t
pay their share of the burden, becaus
it is through them that it is put upo
us ; but we do not think that the(
should be made to pay any more tha
what i? just. Running a small ta
of cine and two dollars to ten or fil
teen, looks like down right robbery
We do not believe in robbing a ne
gro any more than robbing ' a whit
man ; it is just as dishonest one wa;
as it is another. We fear that somi
of our own citizens are putting thes
ill-gotten gains in their own packets
For shame ! Let the radicals do al
the. stealing ! yVhut right have wi
to upbraid the negro government fo
stealing from us, and we turn righ
'around and encourage^ stealing fron
negroes? Honesty should prevail ii
the management of all our affairs
public as well as private ; and thii
thing of swindling the negroes, if we
encourage it, although their radica'
friends ?ire doing it, will yet work u?
untold evils. Already the ring al
Edgefield disowus the acts ol theil
agents, and their dirty doings. Ir
that is hidden a trick. They know
the negro has commenced to feel tin:
effects of their dishonest government
and are already devising ways and
means to counteract its bad effects
They want the negro's money as
well a6 the white man's, and are de
termined to get it. They intend tc
organise the negro militia, for thc
purpose, as their speakers tell them,
to keep the white man under then
thumb. This man, whi
these tax executions, c cns !
democrat. If a negro
ring at Edgefield and
this man's not, they tell
has no right to do it.
believe this io bc true, a
white men encouraging this tiing,
we will have to bear the blame ol
all their dishonesty. They, although
responsible for these things, by or
ganizing the militia, and with all
their lying promises and disowning
the work of their tools will still se
cure the negro's favor and another
term at the public crib.
Is there no relief, Mr. Editor, for
these grievances ? The most grinding
thing about all of it, is the imperious
manner of all the officers connected
with this tax business. The Czar's
agents cannot be more arrogant. Thc
people of pur country have always
been accustomed to having their office
filled with gentlemen, and not by
vulgar black guards as at present.
But we must have something to
say about the militia before we close.
They are organizing their companies
with us, with one David Graham, I
believe, as their leader. They say
they haye orders to shoot down any
' *t*4 who is known ever to have been
1 cfn?eqted with the Ku Klux. .But
( to what will this lead? Any white
man who may offend th?m, I suppose,
they cao shoot down, and then justi
fy themselves by saying they thought
he was a Ku Klux. The temper of
the people is such, that the first man
shot down, under any such order, the
retaliation will bp fearful. With such
leaders as the negroes have there can
never be peace between the races in
this country. Every thing is peacea
ble and quiet. The rights of no one
is infringed, and all would, remain
quiet and orderly were it not for
these demons who come or send emis
saries among the negroes to stir up
strife, and all for political effect. We
would remind the authors of these
things, that when the people of this
State are once arcuised in earnest, it
will not be as easily quelled as in
Louisiana. Our people hkve at length
came to the firm resolution that if
the negro population again commence
any of their extreme proceedings,
that we will not bear it in humble
submission as heretofore. The people
feel that death is preferable to any
more of this sh- meless degradation ;
and they seem ready and willing to
rise as a man and sweep the State at
once. We have come to the conclu
sion, Mr. Editor, that if the negroes
permit themselves longer to be con
! trolled by such advice, and they
j attempt again to lord {jj ?yer us hy
hdr*to& o?": ?their numerical' majority
?nd boasted militia, that this State
if too'sinall for both races. The final
! end must come Whether we wish it
1 or not,
|t seems that all we. can dp, after
^ whaj vfe have 'dpn?, 1.? first to send a
solemn protest to our masters at
Washington. Lay before then? our
actual condition, and if then they
fail to redress our grievances, why
our only alternative will be to take
the . matter in our o?:n hands and
boldb- meet the issue, * and let the
consequences be what they may.
. CITIZEN. .
.-^.^T-&
Railroad Speech by Dr. E. J. C.
Wood, of Aiken.
At a ' Railroad- meeting, held at
Aiken, on the 4th, Dr?E. J. C. Wood
spoke aa follows :
The importance ot. the qnestioh
which has brought yon .together to
day can hardly be over estimated.
There is not an individual in this
county, no matter hew humble his
position may be, whose future would
not be affected by the construction
of a direct line of .railroad passing
through this place and connecting
the great commercial Centres of the
West with the seaports of tlie South
Atlantic States. It is not alone those
who may be employee! by. ?he Road,
or those through whose lands the
line may pass who wil? be benefited,
but the entire community.
Let this road be bu$t and properly
managed and a spiritoff enterprise will
spring up-and avendes of business
will be opened-landi and produce
will increase in value, jmd immigrants
from abroad will settle among us.
These ideas may appear wild and
chimerical to those faho have not
studied the subject, or.noted the signs
of the times. What is the meaning
of what is called the^Farmers' Party
of the West? It id va mode of ex
pression of the all pervading feeling
of the necessity of an: outlet for and
cheap transportation!of the surplus
products of the immense fertile val
ley of the Mississippi,'
At first this movement may take a
wrong direction, butifc'will eventuate
in increasing the facilities for moving
cheaply the grain and.meat and the
manufactured wares bf the West to
marts where they wal}, bring better
prices.
It is not an unusual occurrence for
some of the Western"- farmers to use
corn as fuel, as the cost of transpor
tation .about equals the value of the
grain when it reaches a market.
There is not a through line from
the large Western cities to the North
Atlantic ports that has not become a
power in the land by .means of the
immense business which is done. As
illustrating one of -the effects, thc
population ot the city , of .Baltimore
increased 20,000 the year her great
road was finished.
Now, if you will take a map of the
United States and place one foot of a
p?.lr of.di videra ut Louisville, Kv., or
St-. Lom's M , -..ni" - ril a fir cl
ing equal-this: line crossing parallels
of latitude, thereby exchanging the
pr ul nets of different climes, haven
decided advantage.
The demand for tropical product**,
such as coffee, sugar, etc., to supply
tho farming population of the West,
is immense, and had the Western ci
lies d#eel. though connections with
?eaports south of Cape Hatteras, the
railroads on stich lilies would be kepi
well employed.
But you may ask, what has al!
this to do with nur Aiken and Ninety
six or Aiken and Anderson Road? J
reply th?,t this road, if properly lo
caled, will btv one. of tjie links con
necting thc West with the Southern
Seaboard, .and being on the most
direct line, must necessarily be suc
cessful.
Again, taire the map of the U. S.,
and draw a straight line from St.
Louis to Charleston by the way of.
Rabun Gaff, or from Chicago to Tort
; Royal via the French Broad gap, and
you will see that we are on the most
direct route.
The Blue Ri'lge road* on which
several uullions of dallara have boen
expended has recently, by a decree of
the Bankrupt Court, been placed in
the hands of a receiver and must be
sold. Whoever purchases it will do
so with a view to complete it.
The Southern Security Company
will very soon complete the road from
Asheville to Knoxville, and commit
tee of the Asheville and Sparfcanburg
Road, statt! that an additional sub
scription of only ?200,000 is needed
to ensure the building of that road.
A -company is now being formed to
build the Air Line Road Ire m Chica
go to Port Royal. The country is in
a ferment about railroads, and if we
would prosper we must fal i in to
line.
Now we need a road to put us in
connection with those points. But,
you may say, let us wait until those
Mountain Roads aie completed. I
would warn you of the. danger of
such a policy. Delays are dangerous.
"I would point to you the result of
a like policy, when the opportunity
was offered us of having a Railroad
to connect us with Columbia. A
rote was surveyed from that city to
Augusta, passing through Aiken, 1G
miles shorter tuan the present load
but our citizens were negligent of
their interests, and we were left off
the loute. Had we taken hold in
earnest, thc road would have passed
through our town. The connection
between those cities once made, there
is now no probability of another road.
So will it be if we neglect this op
portunity. The citizens of the up
per counties are determined to have
another outlet, sooner or later. They
are now- moving earnestly yi thc
! matter.
It wi.ttld answer their purpose just
? ns Well to have the terminus of their
i road at Augusta, as at Aiken. The
! citizens' of Augusta are alive to the
I importance of securing the ?Q?Qf??
' prize,
j It^s our policy, to co-operate with
the people of Edgefjekl,' and, before
iris too:hite\ take siich action as will
' lead Ehe road this way. We would
urge the advantages can, offer.m
the strongest terms; we should urge
the fact that the route via Aiken ii
not only the most direct, but also.
. thal, the location of .the road would
, I be more favorable- and less costly tc
.? build ; that by following the Ridge
we avoid all -bridgie^ and the heavy
' grading deseencnfigio and ascending
j from Augusta. We should appeal
j tjp.fche State pride tb keep^ the road
within our owa borders, and, most
important otywt, we should be pre
pared-to gi verdaten al aid by a liberal
i subscrir^?pn^' .'
It wilrbe said'our people are too
poor^to aid. Too poor ! with near
$10,000,000 of taxable property in
the"..two counties of ridgefield and
Aiken to raise $200,000 to build a
road flSrich promises such advantages
as this does.
If we show a disposition to help
ourselves, and co-operate with others
whose interests are allied to ours, we
can succeed. On the other-hand, if
we are indifferent and luke-warm the
opportunity will pass away.
It is the poor men who need the
road, who will have to build it, for
we cannot expect a few to work and
give large sums.for the general bene
Allowing^ we coulcf'get capitalists
from abroad to build .the road we
would loose a large portion of the
advantages, for they would manage
the road in their own interests with
out reference to ours. No ; our own
people should have a controlling in
terest in the stock and elect directors
who would develop the resources of
this section.
The building of tbi3 road would
not only place us in connection withs
the Mississippi Valley, but, would
also connect us with the Mountain
section of our own State and* Nor;h
Carolina, and give us a most direct
route to the North by extending the
read to connect with Port Royal Road
near the Runs; it would place us
nearer to Savannah and Florida as j
w.ell as Poit Royal. By affording'
?s a competing line, both East ard
We?t, freights would be materially
reduced. Then let every person
present at thia meeting take an active '
interest in creating a favorable senti
ment for this project. . Let us wafter
this meeting adjourns continue to agi
tate the subject and urge our friends
and neighbors to aid to the full ex
tent of their ability.
In determine the amount a farmer
should subscribe, let it bc borne in
ininti thot thc whole sum wonid not
be required in reidy cash'at one
payment. Installments probably ol
5 per cent, per month would bc called
for; thus extending the time for
nearly two years. Others might
help by subscribing cross, ties, materi
als, labor or land.
Within hw miles ni ,i road fifty
wini it bona-tide subscription on
the part ol' ?he c itizens ol' Edgefield
and Aiken comities of $200,1)00 to
$250,000 the cor;-:: rue; iou of one or
the oilier of several projected tines
.J!' mids can ne secure! by co-opera- J
ling willi others who arc interested
in schemes to connect the northwesl
with the South Atlantic seaboard.
Mr. Wood also explained his yo- j
marks by reference to the map, and
'bowed e;.:;eii.-i\v.;y that Aiken and
Niuety-t?ix wert* in thc direct lino, ii
'thu road is brought through this j
State.
niriy i otlfiU .'t Loss t . Kvvry Ones
One singular feat-urn in this sea
son's trude demands attention of
our cotton produce! -. Ti.o nommai
quotation of the price oj' American
cotton at liverpool is based upon thc
grade middling. Tlia,fc has fallen
slowly lor some months, and is now
Sid. for uplands, 9?d. for Orleans.
Wo may call tho average price ol
middling up lands for the last three
months yd. ft is questionable if the
average cotton spinning of England
would not have been without profit,
or at an actual loss, on the prices ob
tainable for their mill products, if all
gr.ides of American cotton had this
season been priced in their usual re
lation to middling, and that is at 9d.
.But iu the crop, of lST'2-73 was an
immense disproportion ot' low grade
dusty cotton, the greater part o*
wh'ch lound its way to England. In
trinsically worth to a spinner, who
could use it ar tt'l, nearly as much as
middling, except tho loss by greater
waste in use (probably not more tuan
:{d. per pound in average of all that
portiou not very dusty.) it has been
freely selling at Gd. to. 7-]d., while
very dusty bales sohl down to 4d. to
5id.; the'bot ter sort lid. to 3d., and
the very dry 3id. to od. below the
price of middling. At least one-half
(an average lid.) of this annual
dill'erence has been a clear profit to
the spinners, and as clearly a loss to
the planters, except in those cases
whore tho pl inters' loss was divided
with unfortunate exporters. In every
crop there is some loss by bad hand
ling of the cotton, in picking, ginning,
and especially in packing it for mar
ket. . When the portion ol su h cot
ton in a crop is small, it will soil foi
nearly its true relative value. But
when that portion is large, as in thc
crop of 1S72-73, and the crop other
wise below the usual average gracie,
the excessive supply of low cotton,
; however good its staple, is forced
down to'compel it ion with tho poorest
and cheapest cottons in parkes, such
as those oi Madrt^ bengal and Bom
bay. Th*, depreciation in England
j forces a'corresponding depreciation of
I lbw and dirty cotbn elsewhere-at
j homo, on the Continent, or wherever
j it linds use. It is not extravagant to
i estimate a loss ol' lfd. por pound on
! 1,000,000 bales of the crop of 1872
j by thia gVti/.e misfortune or fault o?
j ihe planters, and that amounts to
I over $11,000,000 in gold. Thc entire
: lofts by the depreciation consequent
\ Upon the average low grade ol' the
crop, an,'} upon bad handling and
packing, i-he greater part of which
Wight have boen prevented without
material reduction in quantity, hat
more likely been equal to 12,000,OOC
or more to the producers and 8,000,'
I i OOO to exporters or others to when:
> j the cotton was first ?old, while thc
i j amount of 'reclamations for mixed
! and dust packed bales, and the trou
trouble to factors and dealers caused
?thereby,' are" altogether something
. ' frightful to the contemplation of the
' latter class of marchants.-Financial
Chronicle, 2d.
_ *
Thc ?franges iu iowa,
Correspondent X. Y. Woi'ld.
DAVENPOK&IA., July 24.-The
following tacts' and statistics, as rn
i the working of the grangers and the
results which they are accomplishing
by co-operation will be of interest,
and are derived from official sources:
The State headquarters are at Des
Moines, where resides the Secretary!
Mr.- W. Duane Wilson, and tho Treas
urer, Mr. M/L. Devin. Tiere are
1,750 granges in. Iowa, of which
fully 1,000 have been established
this year; the total membership^ is
90,000, and the voting strength from
65,000 to 70,000.
Apart from political consideration
the farmers have derived much bene
fit socially from the granges. Their
discussions and literary entertain
ments do much towards making their
home-life pleasanter, and it is estima
ted that the result thus- far has been
an increase of at least one-quarter in
the number of papers taken and
books read by members!
The principle of co-operation has
^been applied extensively to all mat
ters of business affecting the farmer,
especially in the purchase of agricul
tural implements,# sewing machines,
?cc, the profits upon which have al
ways been large, and accrued invari
ably to the local agent. When the
grangers proposed to deal directly
with tlie manufacturers, the latterre
! fused to sell them any goods whatev
er unless the orders came through the
local agents ar Juli prices. Dut the
former held out and refused absolute-,
ly to purchase any goods cf such
Jinns, and the manufacturers yielded.
NQW the grangers have'a perfect or
ganization for purposes ol trade, com
prising a general State agent, agen
cies for shipment on each of tho rail
roads, purchasing agen tsin each coun
ty, agents for? the sale ol stock and
produce in each county, and general
I purchasing and selling agents at Chi
cago. The grangers send io the pur
chasing agent- lists of whatever they
require-groceries, dry goods, sew
ing machines, cultivators, boots, pi
anos, anything-and he' buys for
them, lumping all the orders for one
class of goods, buying thom ut whole
sale orices and shipping them by the
j ons articles' purchased, ?-.nd special
' pri?es :
I Sewing machines ?50 logf? to .?.:.:.
Superior machine.? 70io05 J'Jio57
I Organs IT? to RMI 135 to SOO
! Scales Ml i.> LOO -it) to 50
I Wasons Kn) to Kal SO to Jil
I ConV-sheUcrs U3?to5o? 275to4'?
I Cultivator* :;:{[" '."> ?ito:>0
I l(avi<ows >2 to If] ifto 12
I KicM-i-..!io;\s 4StoO(l :;<;t.> ?s
iPloughs?S cultivators irito?i?5 5on?h!(?
Mower, I Kl to 120 S5to!U)
j Pnnnlng-millH 30 to sn 21 to 2J
Hollers 25 io ?'o 1* to
In brief, from 25 to 30.per cent: is
saved to the farmers on everything
ihn. they buy. The manufacturers,
too, seem satisfied with the system,
as ir reduces the expenses of their
business and gives them cash. The
farmers have not yet " got into the
I hang of it," most of them having
been accustomed to credit account.*,
and being short of ready money. So
patent, however, arc the advantages
of " cash and co-operation'1 that by
next y"u- wo" shall likely see the
whole, business of rural iowa trans
acted, by a singh' agent.
In one important respect the far
mers are gainers by the-system of co
operation. Should any dealet under
take to palm OiTiuferior articles upon
the purchasing agent, or make repre
sentations which are not berne out,
the various local agents are notified
by circular, and his business is over
forever, so far ns the whole rural pop
ulation of Iowa is concerned. Thus
the dealers ??ave -every incentive .to
dca! honestly with the grangers and
sec ti fi their immense and easily-han
dled order-Hi and. ibo formers lind
themselves getting better goods than
ever before at lower prices.*
The effect ivpoii the home business
of the State has been what, might
have been expected. There have, been
a number of small concerns obliged
to close up, which was no great loss,
because the business war suffering
from over-trading and over-competi
tion. Tho larger and more solid deal
ers, relieved from this opposition, are
enabled to do business on a more ra
tional and remunerative basis, and as
it is the policy of tho grangers to
encourage homo dealers when the
goods can bc obtained at nearly thc
same price as in Chicago, freight
and time being considered, no small
amount of business is done with
merchants at Des Moines, Davenport
and Dubuque.
The railroads, by vpay of retalia
tion on the graders, refuse to give
them the ape?iai rates accorded to
large shippers, but otherwise treal
them courteously. A Des Moines
correspondent quotes an instance
where a car load of reapers had been
left bv accident at a side-station,
while'the grangers to whom they
were consigned were waiting for them
to begin harvesting. The superin
tendent, ou hearing tho facts in the
pase, ordered a special engine out to
bring up the car, and sent the gran
! gera home rejoicing,
j The principle of co-operation as
j applied to sales of stock and produce
has not yet come into such general
j adoption as to justify any criticism,
1 In'several counties, however, the far
j mers are doing away with the mid
I diemen, who have been in the habit
1 of scouring the country to pick up
cattle and hogs in small lots and shir
them in droves to Chicago. Now the
local agent makes up a drove and
i sliips it to the packer, and lhe mid
i dloman's profits are shared by the
fanners. The practice ot' contract
. "ing in advance with the agents Tor
[, tue wlvole crop or stock of thejc
; ; granges has come into vogue, and is
! ', popular with Toe packers,
j -Despite this, the grangers do not
' feel either discouraged or- annoyed
; by the action of the railroads. They
. are certain to control the Legislature
! at its next session, and then will have
it. in their power to balance accounts
: with the railroads. At the same time
' : it is "a hopeful sign that the grangers
j do not manifest any desire for vin
j dictive legislation, nor any inclinar
, tion for such a complicated and use
less railroad act as~has been, passed
in Illinois. A fair, simple, and oon
j stitutional act is what they desire,
and will undoubtedly pass.
Brigham's Divorce Suit.
A correspondent of the New, York
Herold hus been interviewing the di
vorced wife of the Great Prophet,
Brigham Young, and the following
is her story of the wooing and wed
ding of the too much married man :
' JtER GRAPHIC RTORY.
I was'living. on my father's farm
in Little Cottonwood, when, in the
sommer of 1SG7, Brigham Young in
forined my hither tint- he wanted wc
for a wife. Brigham, with a number
of the apostles and elders trout "t!ii.s
ciry, was visiting- Cottonwood on a
Sunday, and held two meetings for
preachings. It was at the close o? thc
forenoon service on that occasion he
walked up to mc and said, "Had I
not better accompany you^iorue ?" -I"
said: "Certainly, if you wish to."
On the way to my father's house
Brigham asked me it' I had had any
proposals of marriage since I had ob
tained a divorce from my first hus
band. I answered him, "Yes, that
I had had several proposals." Ile
then asked if there was unjj one ot
them that I wished to accept. I said,
"No," on which he said that he
would like co give me a little advice.
LR lu li All "GIVES ADVICE.
Ile advised me not- to wait tcf mar
ry a person whom I loved ; but to
marry some good mau whom I could
res* ect and look up to and receive
good coun-el from.
I I thanked h?u for his, counsel, and
i as my home was so near co. the place
of meeting the conversation abruptly
terminated. I thought nothing fur
ther of it. His broth u* Joseph and
George Q. Cannon joined us at the
dinner table, and while there Brig
hara .ind the others remarked how
v.vrl. r.l T li...I. f i . -.
.a?iu? ?tim tai ked forat- leasttwo
hours io him about me, and toid him
how that he lcd watched me from
my infancy, saw me grow ?ip to wo
manhood; and always loved me and
intended to marry me, but having ta
ken Amelia just alter the law was
passed in Congress prohibiting poly
gamy, he feared ro take another wife
so soon after, lest it should mike
rroublo, or he would have taken me
then. My marriage with a vonni'
man w<is unlooked for to bira-, an><
when he was made acquainted with
it lie di I not just like to stop it, he
s dd. arid: so he let it go ph, btu al
ways hoped that the time wouldcoin?
when i:c would have me.
THE OLD SINNER SETS HIS TRA P.
He wanted father and- motlier to
use all their influence with me, as it
would bettie best thing I could do.
He asked father if a good house, wei!
furnished, and $1,000 a year pocket
money would bu enough for mo, ami
lidded that if if not enough ]
should have more. Father Answered
?v.\'. he tight itrwouldbesnflicient.
Brigham stood two horns or ni -n
with lather, and kept the whole o:
the carriages that conveyed the party
standing waiting till alter sun-down,
and lillie did I think that I was "the
object ol' interest."
HORRIFIED AT? THE PROPOSAL.
When father came home he told
mother by herself; then they told me.
I cannot, describe my feelings. I was.
frightened : thc thought of it was a
perfect horror. I thought father had
gone crazy, and I would not believe
?his statement tor hours. Wheu ? re
alized that it was a tact I
COULD DO NOTHING BUT CRY.
The idea of an old mau, sixty-seven
years ot' age, the husband of abou>
twenty wives living, asking me, at
twenty-two. to be added to the nunt?
ber filled mo with the utmost abhor
rence, and when I saw that my pa
rents were nuder his influence and
sustained his proposition, 1 was ready
to die in despair. Uh! the horrible
hours chat 1 spent in crying and
mourning no tongue can pic!ure.
When lather saw that I took it so
badly he told m.- that I would not be
forced into ir, . bul if I could b.ing
?nv feelings to it anil aeeepr. Brigham
ic wouh1 bepleasingtobim, and moth
er favored ii in the same way.
TUE LAD? MEETS THE PROPHET.
About a mouth after this 1 was,in
the city with an intimate lad.)- friend,
and as we were walking near to Brig
ham's house ho caine to the gate and
waited for our arn\>L \Vhen I saw
him I thought that I would get up
courage io toil him that I would not
marry h m, bul I could not say it.
That
PECULIAR IX?LUENCE
thar ho throws over everybody when
ho has a purpose to effect completely
overcame mc. He did not allude to
the subject at all. I shook hands
and passed on.
I BRIG rt A M IN A PECKSNIFFIAN ROLE,
Ho became very kind tp my parents,
and saw father frequently. He sent
. for me to come ;o the city on severa
occasions md met me at ray father ?
; ; city residence, and talked to meaboul
i ! marriage,; told me how pure his feel
i . ings were, ami.that l.us only, motive
! I was to do me good, save me in th<
1 Kingdom aud make me a queen. Al
. tfiat h ad nffe?l ec t upon me; it only;
i disgusted me the more. $n ! t;;" fear
; tbat I daren not resist him never left
m"e. This continued for ne^dy^ear.
., My eldest brother had son#business
i : traiisaptions with Brigham and one
(of his sons, which resulted in trouble
; i and ultimately in financial injury to
I my brother. Brigham had'been very
j angry with him and threatened to cut
1 lum off from, the church, i heard o?
those threats and bcli??g ai that*
time in Mormonism, F nea rd them
with deep sorrow, and conley that,
in hopes of turning Binghams anger
away from my brothel began to en
tertain the thought that I would yreld
to his request. I argued as r~an' in
experienced persons do, that as 1 had
had a sorrowful life my hear; was
crushed, my future life was nothing,
and if I coud sacrifice myself for .(ty
brother's interest aud please my pa
rents I would at last submit. Finally
BRIGHAM NAMED THE MARRIAGE DAY
and informed me, through my father,
that what fi? required in preparation
for my marriage he would furnish ;
but I would accept nothing. A day
before the marriage hejibrought to me
three dress patterns-one silk and*
two merino-and handed tom? a purg?
with a $50 bill.
Oh the - April, 1868, I waa mar?~
ried io him. in the Endowment House
Ly Heber d. Kimball, his FiretCoun
sellor. My lather and mother were '
present and others. Brigham's broth
er Joseph also took to himself a wife,
at ene same time. After the ceremo
ny I walked over with him to the
conference, and in the evening I i'e
turne?A?. my' father's house and re
mainedr;fher?. for a mouth.
THE PROPHET'SSLOVE OF SHORT DURA
TION.
For the first few mouths I had con
siderable of ids attention.; .his. visite
I wer^n'reqtiL-iit ; alter that his busi
i.tss cares so occupied him, he s?id,
that he could only call about once ia
three months. After that he caine
'.just as it happened." t
The iilacT rropiici.
Correspondence of thc Charlenlou X- ws.
SPARTANBURG, August 8.
. For the last two years ? negro
preacher by the nauie of Bobo has
oeon rite spiritual head and adviser
ol' one of the largest negro concret
g?tions in this ^county. Iiis church
is situated about twenty miles south
of this place, in, a dense negro settle
ment, and so great was his fauie. as a
minister of the Gospel that his mem
bers were found on ali tlie neighbor
ing .and KOOLI;, distant plantations. '
' - .' - . .G "
?t?i?raan .. fei M -?ed .
... . . . ? ..' ?? "?>'U-:.
us po^ci . :" qn?l?tiss
aw : lei der o? h:.: peonb.
l>t will see how ii..- used his peculiar
talent. During the last month a !:ind
ol revival has been in progress in
Moho's church, and a few days ago it
culminated in one of the greatest re
ligious demonstrations ever seen in
this*country. Bobo, from preaching
! Ohri t , went to preaching him self as
" th.1 new prophet high in f;-vor."
Elis doctrine was that the Lord had
commanded him io call together the
children of Zion, and lead the i to
che promised land, distant bul one
hundred and sixty miles, and where
?hey won!.! have wings and could fly.
After much exhortation and ::rany
mid-night orgies, he said thal the
command to march had been f. ueiv
sd, that his disciples must sell all
they had, and without script or sword
follow him; He thus persuaded s.ome
fifty or sixty to obey him. The poor
deluded creatures sold crops, - ock,
and everything they had. at a great
sacrifice. One man sold his crop, said
cb be worth six hundred dollars; for
one hundred and fifty dollars ; an
other soUI*a cow and calf for one
lollar and fifty cents. Nothing ould
lissuade them from their purpose..
They said it was. the command of the
1 -ord. and they must-obey, j n.-t be
fore, they started, the prophet said
:here was vet one more thing to be
lode. It was necessary to the suc
cess of the journey the oldest" person
imong the faithful must be sacrificed
because he being the oldest can tell
the Lord most about any of us. On
examination the oldest person was
found to be a woman. ?She was ta
ken and confined in Jn old on*house
until a sri ck'of peculiar growth "ould
be found, with which she must be
killed. She did not seem to mind
her danger, but rather to rejoice.
.She certainl) would have been a mar
ty)- iuid it not been, for tim neighbor
ing whites, who had to use some show
of violence to release h?r. '. his was
a damper on the prophet and Ms fol
lowers, bul did not divert ti.' . from?
their purpose. Placing their small
est children and a few provis'. .as in
a two-horse, wagon they sel out on
their march. On thc march -t-veral
attempts wer'1 made to dissuade them
from their folly, but wi:'.; ii v .ming
to the right or left, with eye ; .?i turn
ed they went on without making any
answers. The last heard of them
they were crossing the mountains in
the direction of Tennessee. This may ?
seem like fiction, "but it is true ; the^
witnesses are here, and I have writ-'
ten no more than what to-day can be
heard in any crowd or in'any i .imily
circle in this county. The exodus is
thc graud theme of conversation and
tho wonder of the people.
WITNESS.
J.**" A colored debating society , in
Trenton, Tenn., ha.'i just debated the
question, 44 Which is tho most profit to
man-money or education ?" One of the
debaters argued that if it had not been for
education the world would not have been
half so large as it is. This clincher was
met, however, by tho irresistible argu
ment that "if 'twan't for money how
you gwino to ride on do k}rars ?" It was
at ouoo decided in favor of money.
A Darby widow keops the e-kull
of her deceased husband in a glass case.
She once remarked to a friend, who was
viewing the remains, " Alas! how often
have I banged those boones with a broom
J atickj"