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60S M*ma > m i i / & 1 ^^.^l..ll^^.'.^.l^".<,?.*U^.unl^..l^??.l.^...^,H^H,??.l.?^..^?.?^?ll.^.....,..,?.',.."..,.?,'*.'",, t.i??i.?S?'..?.?'"'^t*fo?,H^''"''<''llMlM.?n.W^ EDGEFIELD, S. G.MANLTA?Y 25, 1872, VOL! JUE ))XU.-M), 5. J. W.CALHOUN, JOHNSTON'S DEPOT, HAS always on hand a full and well selected Stock of -HATS,%A-FS, BOOTS, SHOES, Hardware, Pocket and Table Cutlery, GROCERIES and PLANTATION SUPPLIES, &c, &c, &c, A)1rnf w&ch- ? will sell .at the lowest prioes. Call en me before pur chasing else where. 1 eau please YOU,, and will do so, i f yon will f gi ve. me a share of*your patronage. ?.Highest Cash; prices paid for COTTON and COUNTRY PRODUCE. J. W. CALHOUN. Johnston^ Depot, July 9, tf . 29 l H. ' CHEATHAM --HAS- . f /'.'.'\ . . . RedtLoed- tte Spices -OF Dress Goods, Ready Made Clothing LABIES' HATS, &c. M/'Ul? /iv* y WM" *\\m I AM now Selling my Entire Stock at "Prices to suit the dull times. I prefer small -profite ^carrying my Geoda-to. apathep seasoa. J. H. CHEATHAM. - July 9 tf 29 G. L. PENN & SON, DEALERS IX a, iii TOB &G< ;0. SK(.r.\.P^ Ssa. Bf AVE now in Store foil stocks of all ^.v.?;, in il'i'i-^ or G eery Hilliness, which are Fresh aid Genuiue, and which we will sell as cheap as any other House. (Kr PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED day or night. " May 7, tf 20 DAVID L. TURNER, Vealer i H Brags, Medicines, Groceries, &c, ?fcc, &c., Edgfefiekl, S. C., WOULD respectfully state bo his Friends and the Prtblic Generally that he has purchased of Dr. W. A. SANDERS, his Entire Stock, and will keep or. hand full supplies of WHIGS, MUMS, Fancy Cools, loreign & Domestic Perfumery, HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, TOILET ARTICL?S, Bathing and Surgeon's Sponge*, Brandies, Wines awl Whiskies for Medicinal Purposes, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS, PJJTTY, Paint, Varnish and White Wash Brushes, FULL SUPPLY OF ALL KI VMS GARDE TV SEEDS, . Together with a general assortment of, GROCERIES^ TOBACCO, LIQUORS, &c., Such as BACON SIDES, HAMS, SHOULDERS, LARD, MACKEREL, FLOUR, MEAL, SALT, SUGARS, SYRUPS, MOLASSES, COFFEE, TEAS, RICE, CHEESE, MACCARON1, CRACKERS, -SadA^Star^hy Soaps, Ca?d-Us, -, " . WINES, BRANDIES, WHISKIES, &c. Fine White Wine and Apple VINEGARS* j P 'Chefripg arti Smoking TOBACCO and SEGARS, . Citron', Currants, Raisins, Pickles, Jellies, Almonds, Pecan Nuts, Brazil Nuts, Walnuts, Buckets,.\?tt1>s,-Brooms, ftc1.., < ; > T All of.which will be soli? at the lowest r?tes For Cash. 'A share of the trade sol i cidra. Dr. Sanders will be on hand at all times to COMPOUND PRESCRIP ^SGNg tt the sherteit-notico. . . ,? -j ^ ^ frifat?? Jan 28 tf 6 Dr. Z J. XflAGUl, DRUGGIST, jO?NSTOiTS DEPOTAS. .CL: HAVING just opened a Drug 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 Brugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, GLASS, PUTTY, KEROSENE OIL, "litr Te??cco/Sejj?i1?, Ii? fast everything usually kept i/i a Drug Store-all new and warranted genuine. My prices are as low as such Goods can be sold in any market in the same quaauty. . f T. J. TEAGUE. . Jo??.aton>;I)epot, Feb 19 " ly ' 9 WHAT MAKES A MAN. Not numerous years nor lengthened life, Not pretty children and a wife, Not pins and chains and pretty ringa, Xor any such trumpery th inga-; Not pipe, cigar or bottled wine, Nor liberty with kings to dine, Nor coat, nor boots, nor yet a hat, Nor dandy vest of trimmed cravat, Nor all the world's wealth laid in store, Nor Mister, Bev'rend, Sir or Squire, With titles that the memory tire ; Nor ancestry traced back to Will, Who "went to Normandy to kill ; Nor Latin, Greek nor Hebrew lore, Nor thousand volumes rambled ?'er, Nor Judge's robes nor Mayor's mace, Nor crown's that deck the royal race; These all united never can Avail to make a single man. A truthful soul, a loving mind, Foll of affection for his kind, A belper of the human race, A soul of beauty and of grace; A spirit firm, erect and free, That never basely bends the knee. That will not bear a feather's weight Of slavery's chain, for small or great ; That truly speaks of gold within, That never makes a league with sin ; That snaps the fetters that despots make,. And loves the truth for its own. sake ; That worships God and Him alone ; That trembles at no tyrants nod A man that fears no one but God, And can smile at curs? and ban, THAT is the soul that makes the MAN. ? Tax-Payer ?To Mr. H. Strom, (bair. County Commissioners* For the Advertiser. MR. EDITOR:-Please give me a ?paca in your columns to say a word to Mr. H. Strom, Chairman County Commissioners, by way of some en quiry concerning the Public High way sand-Bridges of Edgefield County. let, Let me enquire of him about the bridge across Stevens' Creek, on Long-Cane road, near Dr. D. C. Tomp kins'. What has -become of said bridge? I learn that it has been hauled away by" some one. With a little repair it could have been made passable. But it is gone; some say that it was taken away because it was aot paid for. I would enquire, secondly, what has become bi the bridge across Sleepy Creek," on New-Cut road. I learu that it is also gone. I -think if you will make strict search you can find out all about them both, and the parties who went there and took them away. I contend that it is your duty to ferret out this matter, and bring the parties that are guilty to justice. I also enquire in the third place, That if you allow such conduct, stielt s hol -'**U limita .. ..; ...... . ??. ! little importance. For instance the >ne aoiossiCu?ee Town Creek, near Mrs. Kemp's. You have already let Doe out to be built on Long Cane road, across Sleepy Creek, near <Lus. Shaffer, which is of little use to the public. Perhaps there are no public roads ia the County that are less trav eled than the two roads that I have referred to. Fifteen hundred dollars to be paid by our impoverished tax-payers, just to accommodate a few neighbors, in their settlement travel. Look out ye taxpayers ! The many bridges that are,now advertised tj be let, will make you groan yet louder, if all of them co'-t like the one just let out. If half the money thus foolishly spent for bridges, were put on the public highways, how much better the travel would be. I ask you, Mr. Strom, what is the use for us to have. bridges, if there are no roads to get to them ? In many instances the traveler is com* pelled to leave the public road, turn out along the side of fences, ditches, or in some old-field or thicket, thus trespassing on other people to get on his way, and a poor way at that. You promised your constituents when you were elected^ to make all these things straight, and to do your best. If your present course is your best effort, I pity your worst. ' The Public Highways. I rnustcall your attention to them again, and ask you how. is-it, that they are so neg lected? Where is the highway tax that was paid in January last .for that express purpose ? There has not been one single dollar paid out fer that purpose, to my knowledge, at least fpr several Townships, near by, and'I doubt if you have paid any thing toward repairing of public roads since you have be^njn office, or whether you ever will unless you are compelled. SH.CJ WI king the above, I learn that the bridge near Mrs..Kemp's bas been let to the lowest bidder, for six teen hundred dollars. " Oh horrors," the greatest humbug since the days of good government. I must ?fer this matter to the taxpayers of Edge field iiounty. It would seem that Mr. David Pardew will make a for tune, if he gets many more bridges to build. I hope, Sir, that the Committee, appointed to investigate the public affairs of the ?County, will look into these things, and find out the defi cient points. Alio"; me to give you good advice, and that is : Not to let party favor lead you astray. For sooner or later you may have to appear before the j public to give an account of your stewardship. Yours, reepectfullv, TAXPAYER. For the Advertiser. Plc-NIc By'the Mill. We had the enthusiasm of our youth once more awakened on Fri day last by forming one of a brilliant assembly, congregated for social re union, under the, sylvan groves that environ the "Flouring Mills" of Mr. Turner Mitchell, near the line OT Edgefield and Lexington Counties. Were I possessed of the power of converting words into ideas, by a spe cies of unheard-of alchemy, I ?would make romances of this day's doings, of which it would be said the Alham bra of Washington " in all its glory, was not arrayed, like one of these." Notwithstanding the heat of a mid summer sun, the ladies and gentle men, with fixed determinations, in and around Leesville and Batesville, crowded- to the spot to seek happi ness by an interchange of sentiments and free intercourse among one an other. Here it was that nature with the ivy trailing its lovely verd ure among the boughs of the waving oaks-with the lawn all matted with emerald green-with the expansive and irradiated sublimity of the rising sun-together with a spacious mill house, semi-circled with large sheets of water, threw wide their arms and extended the invitation to the young people "Come!" The originative design of the young people, as far as we can learn, was to further the progress of social com munion-" to speeda while away from the cumbering cares" of every day life in cultivating the powers of con versation, and%) establish one barrier against the abominable system of say nothingism, so commonly practiced in these later times. It is a great pleas ure to look upon faces which you have not seen since childhood's rosy hours-to revive the sacred memo ries that cling so tenaciously to the dear objects of the past-to talk of the changes wrought in one another's history-and to relate the plans laid up in store for the future. A pleas ing and sentimental sight was it to us in seeing Capt. A. P. B.-the ex tensive Railroad Contractor, who, by the matchless ?.%<%.?.- ' " .L .^t-uL-ui anet in?in^ii,. But .' Maryland'1 had io be entered, as the edict had gone forth fioui a Sovereign before whom the Caesars bow in humiliative vassalage; still trembling, advancing and- shrinking back, he" uttered these memorable words: " Wait just a little longer, for there are too many uriglit faces in yonder for me." While, on the con trary, a prominent merchant of Lees ville, judging from appearances, was fighting manfully the whole day and would have gained the victory, had *he sun ?.tood still at his command, for one hour, on thesurrounding hills, as it did for Joshua on the hills of Aijalon. A certain young man quite a representative of the feelings of the party-said : " I was complete ly surrounded with anew heaven and a new earth, Wherein dwelleth the idol of my heart," and with 'an em phasis still more impressive, he ex claimed, "I am no lawyir, but I think I could give that fair maiden a homestead in the ample territory of my affections, that would bid Jefi..nee to the decisions of the Supreme Court of Reason." When the clock struck two, the crowd were invited to the festal board -groaning under the weight of the nicest "substantials" and " delica cies. " that has been our good fortune to witness in Jo! these many days. Thele?rchus was here with his Sabine jar, and the wine grew cold in hal lowed founts. Such a table,. to say no more, was enough to make the modern Epicurus shake his sides with laughter. The "parlor match" and "Ha vana cigar" w5re nexfintroduced to a large audience, and were highly en tertaining to all, who have tasted the sweets of life. There was a congeniality of dispo sition and harmony of movements, after these refreshments, which spok.1 to the beneficial effects of the table, while it showed the gallantry and devotion of the combatants. Some spent the day in renewing old acquaintances, aud dwelling amid the luxuries of yore-some listened with spalls of extreme delight al the symphonious notes, so gently drawn by the fingers of Mr. Rufus Shealy, of the "Leesville Band,"-some wan dered in silent meditation along the placid banks of the stream, 'pluckiug sweetly-savored flowers, hearkening to the natire chorus of the birds, and assimilating this world to that made known in the lover's dream and the poet's flight,-while others sought the shade of the "^de-spreading beach," to i nd higa in games of " ca sino?" and like amusements. The day, allow me to remark, was made unusually agreeable and com fortablo for a pic-nic of this kind, by the gentility and executive skill of Mr. Samuel Bouknight-by-the-way, an incipient McKennie,-who cook great pride in affording entertain ments to his many guests at and from the table. Now about to leave, I mnst^cast "one longing, lingering look behind" at the sacred'spot, and exclaim, May the votive offerings of the gods rest on tfiese hallowed grounds to moisten thiurn that hold8 our precious thoughts. J? ELIXIR. Words of Wisdom ffom a States man.^ At the late Clayton County (Ga.) Fair, Hon. B. H. Hi? delivered an excellent address on Southern Politics, and in the course of his remarks spoke as follows : Now, I affirm, it is cheaper for you to raise your own provisions than to have them brought from the "West, and given to you at toe nearest depot free of all cost and charges ! How ia this ? In the first placa; if we raise five millions of bales of cotton, we will get no more money foi ihem than we would get for half that number. Then, out of the same amount realized you pay for raising the five millions, just double cost of production ! Half the the labor and supplies employed in raising supplies without reducing the value of the eotton crop one dollar. But half this labor would raise more than you needed for supplies. You could employ much of it, ?Iso, in en riching your lands, and improving your property in many ways. Then you would come to the end of the year with your, cribs full of corn, your smoke-houses full of meat, your family full of smiles, yourselves full of independence, and your pockets full of money for investment. And how would you invest it ? In cotton factories on the waterfalls which God sent all through your country to run spindles. This would make you in dependent of Old England and New England. Then, also, you would mine your own iron and make your own implements of husbandry, and thia would make you independent of Pennsylvania foundries and Massa chusetts workshops. In a word, every improvement would be built up in your own country, and all the profits of those improvements would go into your own pockets. Go on as yon are now going, ma king cotton your chief crop and slavery is the rlnnr " -*nr children shel vour chi'cirera.< . Krvt-r; ? sop for vii . ?. and as tho .. . MtUt-"I v?,. C .. before hej can be p ithered. I j admit- the ??ii. f<? ;e ol this obstacle. Tlie uegi'u, tw> L: rac:, preieis to ?ive by idleness and theft rather than by labor. When the present generation of negroes-who acquiied their dis ciplinary habits in .slavery-shall pass away, the troubles alluded to will increase with every lutnre gen eration. This bungs us face to face with a great problem. And I say hore now, if there is not sufficient statesmanship in this country to de vise law? which shall compel the ne gro to quit stealing and go to work, then the best thing we can do is to pick up our children and hunt another country. I -would give the negro every right to which h$ is entitled under the laws, but. he is entitled un der no law to become the destroyer of his neighbors' property, nor to keep the while race of the South in poverty and bondage. The first thing to be done is to se cure home government far home ajj airs. This is our right and our necessity. We must <"ret control of our own labor and regulate our own industry. Mas sachusetts and New York cannot do these things for U3 wisely or well. With State governments for State affairs every other good .will follow. Without this every evil is inevitable. W^li, go on and tell how we are to have thia great boon of self-govern ment for our own affairs? I will. It can only be obtained by securing a proper interpretation of the Con stitution of the United States -s now amended, fixing the proper limits of the Federal and State governments. This is the. great work ol the country, and it must be done in the next four years; and it must be done at Wash ington. Now, my friends, take breath and" listen to me, for I want you to com prehend the biggest idea of tb e age, and one which holds in its keeping the future of yourselves and of your children for weal or for woe. What does the Fourteenth Amendment mean ? Does it mean that citizenship of the United States is the primary citizenship in this country ; <>r does it mean that citizenship as it hcreto fore existed, is only expended to the emancipated race? Does it mean that a man is a citizen of a State be cause he is first a citizen of the United States ; cr does it mean he is a citizen of the United States because he is first a citizen of some one of the States? , . . Piotecfcion to the citizen is the duty of the Government. That protection must extend to all civil rights, such as, to hold property, make contracts, sue, give evidence, inherit, bequeath, and everything which pertains to the security ?nd-?njoyment of life, liber ty and property. Now the govern ment of which a person is primarily a citizen, is bound primarily to ex tend this protection, and must have the primary jurisdiction to that end. If then, the Fourteenth Amendment has made citizenship of the United States the primary citizenship, then the primary protectioi of that citi zenship is with the Federal Govern ment, and the primary jurisdiction to extend that protection is in the Fede ral Government. Bui, if this primary jurisdiction is ?D the Federal Govern ment, then the State ^overtrments can only exercise such jurisdiction subor dinate to, and under the supervision of the Federal Government. In these few brief words I haye feebly presented the question of all questions for all the people of the United States, and the one on the so lution of which hangs all possible hope in the fntu're for the Southern States' and people. It will settle whether you shall be paupers and slaves, or independent freemen. The President and the Knkliix. From the correspondence between I the Attorney-General and Messrs. Porter, Kershaw and Sims, it will be seen that the President at last agrees to discontinue prosecutions against the Kuklux of this State, except in cases of " great aggravation," and to pardon many of those who have been convicted. The counties which have so long suffered from military su premacy and Federal prosecution will rejpice to hear this news, and be al most persuaded to forget the bitter memories ;gf the past in consideration of the clemency hoped for in the fu turei We freely make, dur bow for this act of grace ;* it dpea the Presi dent much honor, and manifests a re turning sense of justice and a dispo sition to open his ear to others be sides his partisan leaders. We wish to re-open the causes which led to?kuklux violence in the up country, but this we may here say with propriety ; whenever the Presi dent shall leam the truth touching these matters, he, too, will have-cause to rejoice at his response to our peti tion for executive cfemency, and to curse the day he listened to those who have used him for their own ends; who have used the public prisons to ratify their private malice ; who ] aye suborned witnesses to prove i guilt against the innocent ; and above | all, he will have reason to regret that , he has so long turned a credulous, i confiding ear to the official reports of j Major Merrill. ! If the walls of the McCaw House \ could disclose the secrets of Head j Quarters they could a tale unfold, < that would consign to infamy the ] names of Men ill and of Akerman his legal accomplice ia catching *Ku- j klux. How the one? sunk the office f of Attorney-General, and for two \ weeks turned constable at York to 1 prosecute his countrymen ; how, with i legal lore and military force, they ] co-operated to incarcerate innocent | white men upon the false testimony ( of swift negro witnesses ; how Mer- ( rill, cursed and damned, threatened, ] p rsuaded, cross-questioned and cork screwed his prisoners until from very ] fhoV confessed themselves con- ] - ;? . . :.; rmer] ? .?: others : ."..?<. : r'osctaied -..;-r-* he gtpa? i . o sf er ".: .. ; ci' :.. .. ?-.;... Ired '. . . .v:.i.::- -.. Veil iook-:.-i hour ." ' 'i.gut, plotting . ku!<!-i~. wc ?ci?Jun . . Ive ! .-.iM.-i. [uv UUIVIMI me??>iiu<x? >>ti.. military miscreant who prcstliuted his cowman*! to reap the rewards of the Governor's proclamation. In stead of being paid twenty-four thousand dollars for catching Ku klux, lie deserves to have his spurs hacked off and to be drummed ont of camp.-Rock Hill Lantern. Thc iluerJul Cowhide. 'From thc Memphis Avalanche, Augustin Front Kow, near Madison ami Monroe, was enlivened yesterday by one ol' those pleasing little inter changes ol' compliments and cards, which of Lite o?cur but -seldom and with painful irregularity. About Iii o'clock, a. spruce, dapper looking lit tle fellow, named M. Loowenstiue, caded at fhe oliice ol' F. L Warner & Co., Front street for the purpose of seeing Mr. J. A. Hartmann, thtHjook-. keeper of the firm. When he' an nounced his name, Mr. Hartmann ex pressed himself as being very glad to see linn. Seizing his visitoi with the left hand, Mr. Hartmann jerked forth a valuable cowhide with the other and at once proceeded to de mons" ate the warmth of his affection by pii&nng the bovine cuticle where '.r* woiud do most good, which, in this case, - is over the head, shoulders, and .. The assailed party s;tood it "Uk . little man," when, wrest ing him *lf from the grasp of the irate Har mann, he ran out on the street and to the bluff, with the cow hide and its owner in dangerous, close proximity. He came to the e;lge of the bluff ju**t where tho old water tanks formerly stood. At that point there is a sheer descent of twenty feet or more. Not liking to jump, the fugitvie stopped and re ceived another dose ol' that of which shoe strings are made, and which ar ticle, by the way, fairly represented his feelings at the time. Whacky, whack, crash, b nfc went what was left of that ox, and "murder, letgo," went the chastised party, who ran across the bluff to Monroe street, where his shoulders were again saluted with the raw hide, and then getting away made his escape down Main street. Quite a large crowd gathered and watched the foot race and at tendant proceedings. The cause of the slight misunder standing was, Mr. Hartmann states, the persistent insults offered a lady friend by the party cowhided, while the two were passengers on thc steam er J. D. Parker, from Cincinnati to this point. When informed of the fact yesterday morning, he first pur chased the cowhide and then address ed the insulter a note, asking him to call at F. L. Warner's which he did with the above result. How THE REDSKINS WED.-A re cent visitor among the Indians in Florida gives an accotmt of a mirri ace cer?memy which*he witnessed: "The company was composed of the whole tribe, all of whom were dress ed in their best finery. A circle was . formed, the bride moved to the cen tre, holding in her hand an ear of corn. Ti.en the bridegroom advanc ed alongside of her, with a deer's leg in his hand. The mittuai exchange comprises the whole ceremony. After the ceremony the whole company ad vanced and* feasted on bear meat and houejlor. two days and^ghta.'' , ' A Dramatic Killin? in Macon, MACON, GA., August 19. One of the most desperate and bloody tragedies of the times occur red to break the quiet of our peace ful jity.to-day, atabouttwelve o'clock. The*dre?d:.7ul-matter has in it- some ol the most appalling features of tragic incident. The deep interest the affair has created has not befen diminished by the fact that a worthy woman was most unfortunately and distressingly m;_:ed up with it as its cause. There are a large number of rumors as to the circumstances'which led to the fatal difficulty. From the mass, I gather the' following as the most probable and best authenticated particulars : The parlies to the dread affair were three individuals. .One was a man by "the name of S. Bl Pike, who show ed himself to be a person "of ityaply sensibility end desperate copiage. The- worthy .woman was. hisV..vme,' whose conduct excited a widespread sentiment, pf commiseration. The third individual was' a profligate fel' low ealing himself C. F. Baer, .whose reckless and libidinous treatment bf a good wpman, aQd whose persis tence in; a base and dishonorable purpose, has destroyed all possible sympathy at his bloody end and ter cible punishment. The affair occurred in a lager beer saloon in* the Lanier Bouse biock. On Sunday evening a female arriv 3d on the train in the city. The man Baer was-loiteririg around the depot. The female inquired of him for Mr. Pike, stating that he was her- hus band. Baer informed her that he knew Mr; Pike. The vile fellowmen proceeded to make improper advances :o Mrs. Pike, and in pursuance of his detestable purpose, he endeavored to persuade the astonished and indig nant woman to accompany him to ihe hotel and register under a ficti tious name. Shocked at his insolent familiarity, the Offended .-woman in dignantly repulsed him and refused ais insulting proposition. Not satisfied with the prompt re pulse, the libidinous villain.pursued itill farther the unfortunate woman .vho had thus. .attracted his detesta ble notice. She passed- by. Baer's -oom while on her way up town, and ie tried to forcibly draw her into it, aut failed. The indignant woman communicated the exasperating facts )f Baer's insulting conduct, to her lusband. Pike met Baer in the lager beer sa loon to-day and charged him with jis base conduct to his wife. ' Rj?.er immediately pronounced the ?nt . P : r^Mhft ? " d-d A uer?-;?"- . :? .}:.--u?iL i v.,,!:,,,: ?J b m . from his pocket and shooting] ?tren rho i;c.:vt. Baer^ti to 1 .'. A 4t?ost . 1 pfkemu- -. :. ..-tVr - .him-j 'ell to tue uivu . , .:. 3 i now in custody. ? -.-<!>.-?-?-. 1 Revelation of. swift Retribn lion Long Delayed. The following advertisement ap pears in the last number of the destinai ode (North Germany) Ga zette : ' " The following heirs of Catharine Spelling and her daughter Dorothy, both of wliyiu died a violent death in 1852, at Amsterdam, are request ed to send their'addresses immedi ately to the lioyal Probate Court at Amsterdam : Sophia Bohrensbriing, Otto Kelenaer, Anna Derfling, Maria Dei-fling- Joseph Dei (ling-all of whom emigrated to the United States since 1864. " E UN EST BELGER, Solicitor." Tjii advertisement was issued in consequence of the discovery of the murderer bf the widow Spelling and her daughter, and of the recovery of the spoils or his fearful crime upward ol' tw-.nly years after it liad been committed. In July, 1852, the po lice of Amsterdam saw on the door of the house on Harlem street, whera, Catharine Spelling lived with her daughter Dorothy, a notice to the effect, that the two women had gone to the couti; ry. This notice amused no sii.*piviona,"but when the old lady and her .laughter did not return af ter i he lapse of six .week'', the police ente" edit. A fearful sight met their eyes. The, widow and her daughter, with their throats cut from ear to ear, were lyiug ou t he floor in.-an advauo ed stage of decomposition, while all the bureaus we're rilled of their con tents. It was ascertained that the murderer bail carried olf diamonds, monev and bonds to the amount of of nearly $150,000. ' Time passed by and the double murder was almost forgotten, uutil ou the 3d af* July last, the house in which the Crime had been committed was torn down. Between it and the adjoining house was a space of about a foot wide, and hemmed in there was round a male skeleton. At the bottom'of this space* lay ? large leathern pocket con taining tho diamonds, the money and the bonds of the murdered widow. This skeleton was undoubtedly that of the murderer of the two women, who, after assassinating them and bagging the plunder, had triefHo es cape over the roof of the house, but slipping h'is foot, had fallen into the space between the two buildings. There he met with the just r?tribu tion of his terrible crime. He died, th?r-' the ex?rticiating, painful death of slow starvation. A NOTE OF DESEAIR.-One of our Northern Republican exchanges, af ter speaking in doleful numbers, of the wretchedly low standard of mor ality in Administration circles and the country generally, thus despair ingly cries out for a saviour : " Who and where is ?heclear'-think ing statesman-r^no, not statesman, common man-every day mari-hard fisted, rougr\,and hearty, but honest way down, true to wife and family and his-own manhood, who will roll away the stone from the sepulchre of public virtue ? The time calls out for him. The country waits his com in^ru^'n?^?b^ bowei? (doyen with the i shame brought on it by its trusted I servants, with its face in the dust, prays in its anguish for some convul sion that 8h.all.jend" the heavens and purify the air, "and elect to the cmief : magistracy of the nation .a clever, honest, talented and whole-souled Southern gentleman-somebody who would put a stop to the stealing, and : teach Radical officials better raff ; ners-who would appoint trustworthy I and efficient officers to the public ! places, and set the- country, as sever i al Southern Presidents have done .' before,' an example of honor, integri ty.and patriotism-and then the face of'things would be changed and the j moral atmosphere purified once more." The Radical ttysteni of JiMice. . The Columbia "i&?, (?rmServatire.) thinks that the. greatest evil under which^the people pf this State suffer .?8".th&'??ysteni.' o?\HriaA- justices and magistrates asiin^ttte4^y;.the,Ikdi-4J ??l-party, ana "Jiro'yes' that jSoverno Moses .is* j?sp?^s??e, f?r'lhV the fo?r^^g^hlcident, for the truth^ of'wnicfl it*v"ouches: ': . rt_iyb aspirants' for* tfye bffiee of [iri&tjustice ?ailed upon Moses some time ago, and at once presented their respective claims. _ The'"one was^a gentleman of honor, intelligence an'l |*xperieii?e,.'who -wfluld not stoop to do a. dishonorable act, though wealth and position would be the reward; the other, a negro so ignorant as not to be able to write his own name in telligibly,, and. one who for a few dolr lars would resort, to anything low' and "meacL . The Governor,. with a great show of .dignity, at. once in quired as. to the political opinions of each aspirant, ihe white man.very ingenuously stated -that he... was., a Democrat, but that he would end??v or to administer justice in a fair and impartial manner if appointed to the positron ;of trial justice. Che negro"' 'said, 'Gubnof, you asks me wtrat-kind of *a" political* opinion i tr retains ? ~I'se a Republican to <h? back bone, 'and I'm gwine to stick" tb the Republican party long as wee's"got a Moses to lead,us through the bull-rusb'es.' The Governor, after hearing the -?loquent remarks of the negro, at once con cluded that he would make a first r.ate trial justice, .and immediately gave him his commirsion." There is an air of business in the following, which one cannot fail to admire. It is from/ a Detroit mer chant, whose" wife* died the other day: "Dear Sir: I take my pen in hand to let you know that I am well.Tbut frwHrifc ?*rrr* fer ftve^ou;. *->.u<\ ir. . ;r.. company, ' r- rici j ; 'Shedio? u-.l;y. Her'fficy j is .-. !. xi-.ii ??if-iiiy t?ss ..-ih" I v. - ? a fond wife .:v.*i s p:Oi! .' ?'?U;?r h i bav? the doctoras ate, ??i v:..' \ . ?ti?rrt Willbo :,v t-roub?e abott i toe ! . ... She o .iv a short j ?ai -, bu: ?.. . ranch. ' Do .. .:. j C'.vo a check iu ....lv.?T'! I Brevities and Levities. 53?" " Wiiat shall I give my hoy to make him honored and respected?" ask> an affectionate father. Education and moral precepts wore once required to ac complish this purpose, bufa diamond pin now covers the ground. ti?" lt is said that a son of lingham Young is coing to marry a newly-estab lished female seminary! pff It is a fixed fact that certain pro pensities run io families, li! c red hair. A man who was hanged in Ohio for mur der six years ago, left six sons, apd every one of those children is now a medica] practitioner. It's of no use trying to suppress thesestiong hereditary instincts er" A lightning-rod agent was killed l>y lightning iA Steuben county, Indiana, a few days since The sympathizing far mers buried him by Usc roadside. 7. A ?ase of feminine daring is rola tod of a Vtrgl?ia" nelle', who rode to thj ?dge'ul a precipice, and defied any niau of the party with Whom she was riding to follow lier. y<? a man RccVpted tin challenge ; but ? tantalizing youth stool ' on his head in tho's?ddle, and dared thc lady to do that. " Well, I rather guess I'll just flop my lip over a clrieken.'' This is what a gentleman from Plnceryillo, California said at Saratoga the other morning whet, the waiter asked him what he'd have for breakfast. ' t3^* A Danbury gentleman of sixty years writes his letters with a lead pon eiLand then carefully applies a blotter before doing thom up. He says nobody, unless he has used sand, can understand how handy tho blotters are. ???tr A-little boy np-town, recently en treated his motlier to tell him some sto ries about bad boys, and upon her ex pressing astonishment; be said he "want ed to know how they *got oatof scrapes.'" ^KdPThe latest in tho way of self praise is atfl tfd i aha edltbr, Who played a Tew tunes "on'au*-' old 'banjo, under the office window, and chen thanked tho serenader in his next issue for delightful music. jZSJ-Tho editor of an Illinois paper thinks fishing, as arnie, don't pay. "We stood it all day in the river last weeKf,^. he says, " but caught nothing-until we got home." ?&* A judge at Montgomery, Ala., recently interrupted a very flowery young orator with: "Hold on, boldon, my dear J sir 1 Don't go any higher ! You are al ready out of the jurisdiction of this court.' ?Sf A Terre Haute boy of tender years and heart drowned seventeen kittens, tied pans to the tails of niue dogs, brush ed his .Dither's new hat against the kettle and.blew.up the pet canary with afire cracker, iu tho last mouth, and still his motlier intends him for the pulpit. ?&- In one of the towns of Mississippi, two colored meH were arrested on the charge pf burglary. Tho jury before Whom they Vere tried were all colored. Alter the case was tried they retired and made up a Verdict , Which was announced to tho court. On Being called, tire Judjre asked for the verdict, which the foreman delivered as follows: " Dis jirrj^?lnd dat ono ot do 'cuso bunted' in de sto',- and stole dat bacon, arid dat do odor'didn't do riufflh." "Wlrlch1 one do you And guilty.?" "asked, t??e Judge. " Dat's de question, boss," retunned the foreman ! " dat's Jest what we can't find out, and wo recommends dat dis honorable coat jest haye, anoder trial and And out which on'deni fwo,nh^e^ ; j Arkansas. Several leading citizens oMKltle Rock, Arkansas, including Messrs. J. V. Eagan, Charles S. CunHbgham, John S. Duffle, Lee L. Thomsoifand R. A. Burton, htrve$ issued an appeal to the people of the State in behalf of a Constitutional Condition. They recite, tacts tba* are knowflT?pf all K men, that enormous frauds were perpetra | ted in the last State election ; that recent legislation has created, a numbai- i<pjfefl necessary offices ; that already bm JonWne twees have been increased ; that a lnrge mraber of offices are tilled by persons not legally elected ; thai the resources of Ar kansas are'i:ot bdSg developed as they should be ; that hei? scrip and bonds have depreciated ; that immigration to her*#or ders has almost cea?ed', that the. faxes have continued to increase until they are equivalent to ?confiscation ; and thal aU business is paralyzed; and finally that tfie shortest ano most effectual way out of these difficulties is -?l?fough a ConstjttaV lional Convention... The -gentlemen sign ing this appeal,-recommenc? the people 5:1 over thOiState^to hold meetings .?uevery county,-?nd demand of those in.autfc?rity an imm*diate?eall of a Constitutional Con vention. Something of this kind is esser fM to the w?ll-b?ing of Arkansas.: Th .. lerof that State have suffer^?Vuntokl^ e'v?s frttodJuj^and of poht?cal pirates*^ whahave^fffiecd and plundered them un der the present sham constitution devised ^ tor that^dr^ose. Of all . the^uduleirt " coURt^QjaoDB 'fixed upon* the Southern Slates by the- infamous' process of recon struction, that of Agnosas.-is positively the worst ; and whi?jBriy all the otherf,\ have been in some manner improved by an^nuWnts, this one hajir not. -We be lieve that a suffrage amendment is all-that has been mad?/?tid thjat Was for the purr pose of restoring righ ts that-wfcr?ou trage- * ously stolen away. A revision of thc Ar kansas Constitution is simply a matter oL? time, for the people are growing . sefllBagM power now over the official thieves that . they will shortie compel thepToper action. -Chronicle ?^entin?i. w." ^ -* -*<<g? ? * " ' j{t- - \ - THE NEGRO Q?ESTIONS.-^FIIC ?'vl*'' Y'or? H?raB, irritated at.the sfand tat?^* by Virginia Conservatives', says i~ But this negro question is like'a uvu: edged sword, cutting both ways. Wbun Lue Sou'therneners talk .oj a win te ulan's government the negroes vpll vote ioima^sak, against them and will'go for "carpet-bag-^., gera,'" " scalawag," or anything 'else io ii defeat them,- no?mattcr if* fhey rain them selves arid their^ceuritry ty'doing seer ' The negroes will vote in-mass against5- * the whites, any way you fix it.* The ?est chance is to make square,, issues with them, as we do in Georgia." ' They do nqt... vote against us half as hard as they Used to when we tried the conciliatory gfhie. The negroes believed us to be hypocrites' when we courted them, ?nd lost all res pect for us in consequence.-Constitution alist. Evidences of llirlft. Columbia at thc present time exhibits an appearance of thrift seldom witnessed . it this season of the ytar. Although merchants are complaining of the dulbil ss *a We ?i??s,>?vj y* hear on *',"-ry .-jdc ?he c .M jnh-:wT t.'i?i. money is?.?;??rec and aa .?.. :. gi ' * '.<.? ?.; i:b.in.- ol ita: eily & -vai I: h av? as much '.utiue? ?s ?e;* ?m'.'.t . ?-o. .V.; ?y?r ih* - i'y ar? to bo scan ? . :=> rr. ?\ stages <>f tho ur?cas? of . '. on ar.ii completion-oublie bu:- migs, s. warta Iis? a cd pi:\-tf-.- '-ir -< . ?iiiy ar? lucre ?i?auv .v ? .;. . ; . process of erection : . ?. .\ "... . . ont tr -ir pi .->. i-. .. o>j?enc?s of thrill ? u ui. ??,r-u money ia nani get cer tainly Speaks well for the economy a:id good sense of our citizens. To use money tor the purpose of beautifying homes :;::d rendering thom more comfortable and at tractive, instead of spending it upon the appetite, or upon some fleeing-pleasuro, is certainly commendable in any people. Give thc Children Newspapers The newspaper is just as necessary to tit man for his true position in lifo as food or raiment. ?Show us a ragged, bare foot boy, rather than an ignorant une. His head will cover his feet in alter life if he is well supplied with newspa pers. Show us a child that isi?ager for newspapers. T?e will make thc man of mark in after lifo if you gratify that de sire for knowledge. Other things being equal, it is a rule that never fails. < ?ive tho children newspapers. -.- Gen. Sidney Sherman, a boro in tho war for Texan inpependenee, and for many years a good and true citizen of the " Lone Star," died in that Staten few lays ago. If, as an English writer said ot Douglas Jc .Told, al J those who recel vod kindness at his hands would lay arose on his-grave, a beautiful pyramid of dowers would rear itself to heaven. Really these Western newspapers aro cruel. Tho way they lacerate thc feelings nf back pay Congressmen is enough to draw tears from a crocodile. Witmss this exhibition ol" mingled gratitude- and heartlessness iu tho Clarksville (Mo ) Sentinel: "We hav o recent ly been p.'aeed under obligations to the Hon. Andrew King, our ex Congressman for public document?. Wo should feel under re newed obligations if he would redeem the honor of his district by return.ag the back pay he both voted for andrew. Rena Prince, a negro child <.: iht~ years old, was killed on Tuesday, he 12th, by a falling tree on the plantation pf ?udge Hill, near Abbeville C. H . She ; and her brother wore cutting down .sap lings; and just as ho had finished felling one, she ran under it to get her ax, and was caught and killed almost instantly. THE SOUTHERN DEBT MOSTLY .CON CEIVED IN INIQUITY, FRAUDULENT > AND VOID.-:-Some Dutch capitalists, .who had been induced ibo invest mon key in Florida State 'bond?, '. ried in aid of the Jacksonville, Pensacola .abd Mobile Railroad, recently wrote to the Attorney-Genera ! of that State, which does not g)j,y; interest on any of its bonds issued since the war, for information as to the value of the securities which they hold. In re ply that functionary informed tte * bond-holders that the l?tate does not T owe the sums of money indicated by their bonds ; that there is no.'.provi sion made by law for the assessment of a tax to pay either principal or interest ; ana moreover tb?t such a law never will be passey. He fur ther told his correspond?nfajjhat the bonds were fraudulently issuilffj-frirod uIently signed and fraudulently cir culated; but he neglected to inform them, what is -qnally true, tbaPthe greater part of the enormous' debt under which the .Southern States are " now staggering was as fraudulently contracted as'tnat of Florida for the p?rsonal benefit of a sut of the most shameless and rapacious thieves of whonythe world<&a8 any account, all ; of whom have . had" every ' possible support and assistance m their jltm denng schemes from President Grant and hi*-adrnkistratioiir V i ;" . .~nu.-+tU ?.