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SYRUPS-New Orleans and New York Drips, MOLASSES, Rio, Laguyra and J?va COFFEE, TOBACCO, SALT, PEPPER, SPICE, Crackers, Pickles, Cove Oysters, CANNED- GOODS consisting of Peaches, Blackberries,"Tomatoes, &c. \ MACKEREL in Barrels, half and quarter bbls. and Kits, Seed WHEAT, Seed RYE, Seed OATS, 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 markets. To the Planters and Merchants of Edgefield we would take this occasion to express our thanks for their past liberal patronage, and respectfully re quest a continuance of the same. J?"Baying our Goods for GASH, we are prepared to sell as low, and oft times lower, than any other House in the City. Angosta, Oct 9* .tf 4? J. W, CALHOUN, JOHNSTON'S DEPOT, H"j>jCT ?A 'P j?/ Q 3 Ci Y 8 ij J*""J S :' ) R i IH AS always on hand* a folland well selected Stock "of HATS, C i PS, BOOTS, SHOES, Hardware, Pocket and Table Cutlery, GROCERIES and PLANTATION SUPPLIES &c, &c, &c, All of /which I will sell at the lowest prices. Call on me before pur chasing elsewhere. l ean please you, and wilt do so, if you will give me a share of y our patronage._ _ _ ?ffig^eet Qa^i prices paid""for COTTON and COUNTRY PRODUCE. Johnston's Depot,'July 9, tf 29 sst r m mm ira G. I, PENN & SON, DEALERS IN TOILET AITS 1ATSC1 AEIXCLES, GROCERIES, LT,QB.ACC-! I. S?SG A.BS; & HAVE now in St* : e f?? ste eery Bu sines? as cheap as any ot! - (KT PRESCRIPT May 7, . tf DAVID L. TURNER, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Groceries, <fcc, &c, &c, Edgefield, 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 ? laney 8oods, Foreiga & Boniest ie Perfume?v, HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, TOILET ARTICLES, . Bathing and Surgeon's Sponges, Brandies, Wines and Whiskies for Medicinal Purposes, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS, PUTTY, . Paint, Varnish and White Wash Brushes, FILL SUPPLY OF ALL KIUDS GARDEN 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, M?CCARONI, CRACKERS, Soda. Starch, Soaps, Candle*, WINES, BRANDIES, WHISKIES, &c. Fine White Wine and Apple VINEGARS, Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO and SEGARS, Citron, Currants, Raisins, Pickles, Jellies, Almands, Pecan Nuts, Brazil Nuts, Walnuts, f xi,jBucitets, Tubs, Brooms, &c, All of wotan.will be sold at the lowest rates for Cash. 'A share of the trade solicitai * I* Dr. Sanders will be on hand at all times to COMPOUND PRESCRIP TIONS at the shortest notice. Jan 28 tf D. L.'TURNER. Dr. I. ?. TI S DRUGGIST, JOHNSTONS DEPOT, S. C. _AVING 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 drags, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, GLASS, PUTTY, KEROSENE OIL, Tobacco Sesars, Itffcet everything usually kept in 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 quantity . .?^R'- -:- 1..- ..T.-J. TEA?I?E, . Johnston's Depot, Feb 19 h ' ' . 9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. m AG KN TS WA NT KD. Send for Catalogue. : DOMESTIC SEWJNG MACHINE Co./New Yqik. STEAM ENGINES BOILERS, AND MACHINERY. Stationary and Forlable Steam Engines and Boilers, Gray's Anti-Friction Cotton Press, Circular, Gang and' Muray Saw Mills; Portable and Station?r}' ?Flouring Mills, Sugar Cone Mills and Sugar Pans, [?'Narrow Gange Locomotives and Dummy Engines 'for street roads and mining' purposes, now ?nd second hand Iron and Wood Working Machinery ol every description. Send for circular. WASHINGTON* I1?.0N.W0UKS, ttl) Vesey Street, New. Tork. Kenmore University High School Amherst C. H., Va. Preparatory to the Uulvcrsiiy of Va. li. A. Strode ?Mnth. Mrdallis: \?. Va.,) Principa! and instructor in iuthernouc* . IL'C. Brock, li. I iL U. Va. (recently Ass'U'coC Latiu, U. Va..) Instructor in Greek, Latin, French, German nnd Botany. This ls one of the leading high schools of Vlr^irm, and presents many advantages inoumpartlilo willi tiwi*, ofother*.. Stu dents also received for the Summer. K?w session' begins Sept. 15th, JS78. For Catalogub,' address thu Principal.: 'J '. AGENTS WANTED FOR THE NEW BOOK, Epidemic & Contagious .Distases with the newest and best treatment for'?Ul cases "Pue only thorough work of thc. kind in Ui? world..Em braces Small-Pox, Yellow Fever, Cholera and all analogous diseases. No Family Safe Without lt. and all buy ?U Hat.21 chromutic Illustrations. The biggest chance 'of the season for agents. Address H. S. GOOUSPEED ii CO., 3T Park Kow, New.York. Mil MTV M??* K<IP><!!'J with Slenoil & Kev mirlar-I Check Outfits. Catalog Ka and foil particulars PUKE. S. ll. Srxxcau, HT llanover Street, Boston. AF (> ll TLTJ NK.->How? By speculating in i utockR and gold. Capital; $1? loflOO: wrll pay $100 to *l.litiu a month, full explanation sent free. W. F.HUBBELL JfcCU., Bankers and Bro kers, 39 Wull St., New York. Box 33?E. ~tiY QOA Per Wt Ag"** wanted! AU tyt?' lw VMV classes of working people, of [ either sex.yourg or old, make more money at work for us in. their spare moments, or all thu time, than at anything else. Particulars free. Address G. STINSON &, CO., Portland, Maine. .' Tnt.. GRKATEST IKVKNTION OF THK AGK. Agents wanted everywhere. Samples and terms free. Address W. C. WALKES, Itussellville, Ky. l)rs. Gre cm1. Lindley & Bentley's' GREAT FAMILY MEDICINES ! Theirracee? alt?ale tin-ir meriti'. The attlici'-it who have tried them say that DK. GREENE'S FIT CL" I:H will Mop ut once ?ll kinds of Fits, Sp:u>nis and Convulsions. Epilepsy, Chorea ?ind Nervous Wilkendorf? are completely under it? control. Tim! Comp- Kxt. t"orj?lulls istlic greatest ALTK1?A TIVE and CL0"D PUKIFIEl! know n. Tlint MEW CAT Kn HONKY lias no equal as a remedy in Ur<>uehi Uis, Asthma and Coughs Thal N RU RA LUI A Spixiiir '.h just what it? name implies. They an- for sale by a'l Drug^i.-ts. Prepared only l?J Um. GHKUNK, l.l.VOi.M &. li K NTL KY, Cluirlotle, N. C. GRANDEST SCHEME EVER KNOWN Fourth Grand Gift Conceil FOI: THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC LXBE?EY 12,000 OASH GI-FT8 ?$! ,50C?,00e:-| $250,000 for $50; tor amoiig^fe~?iCKl LIST OF GIFTS: One Grand Cash Gift.?250,000 One Grand Cash Gift.. 100,000 One Grand Cash Gift.. 50,000 One Grand Cash Gift. 25,000 One Grand Cash Gift. 17,000 10 Cash Gilts $10,000 each. 100,000 30 Cash Gifts 5,(HXI each. 150,000 50 Cash Gifts 1,000 each. 50.000 SS Cash Gifts 500 each. -10,000 loo Cash Gifts 400 each. 40,000 150 Cash Gilts SOO each. 45,000 250 Cash Gilts 200 each. 50,000 .'120 Cash Gifts 100 each.3^000 11,000 Cash Gifts 00 each. 550,000 Total, 12,000 Gills, all Cash, amounting to. $1,500,000 The distribution will bc positive, whether all the tioTtels ure sold or not, und thu ll'.mut gifts all paid in proportion to the tickets sold. PRICE OF TICKETS: Whole ticket* $50: Halves $25; Tenths, or each Coupon. *5; Eleven Whole Tickets tor WO 1.22% TiekeiHfor tl.itOU : 113 Whole Tickets f..r f?.iMo : 2*27 Whole Ticket* for *lu,uOO. No discount M less than f,V>0 worth of Tickets at a time. Tickels now ready for sale, and all orders accoai paoied hy the money promptly filled. Liberal terms given to those who buv to sell U'_':.in. TIIO.S.'E. IIK? >l 1.ETTE, Agent Puhl. Libr. Ky., and Manager (ila Concert, Public Librarv Building, Louisville, Kv. Sept ll '41 SS ?Vt-edlcK und Attachments for all kimi* .of Seiviug Machines. Cash orders promptly Bleii'or.'??nrner Expresa C. o. D. Address D.O. MAXWELL, Charlotte. N. C.. Gcn'l A<,'ciit cf Hie Home Shuttle Sewing Machine. Gray's Cc?ebratetl Aiiti-Frielion Colton Pres? The elirapekt. sitnpl?et sud vn-?*! perfect Colton Screw ever iuvcuted. Send for circular. WASH INGTON IKON WOBK8, ?J Vesey Sired, New York. Mile manufacturers. "S. COHEN, 176 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., Bi fEGS.iie&ve to inform the people of Edgelield. that he is now receiving a large .assortment of Watches, (Hocks, Jewelry, GUNS, PISTOLS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, CUTLERY, NOTIONS, FANCY GOOPS, Ac ?irWatches, Clocks and Jewelry re paired at short notice, and warranted. -Also On hand an Extensive Assortment of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Hoofs, Shoes, Hats, &c. All:of which he willaell lowor than any other House throughout tho Southern States. Give him ? call and convince yourself. No trouble to &ow'Goods? 3 f' Remember tho place-176 Broad Street Aug 37 . ly36 Seed Oats. 300 .'bushels SEED OATS lor sale hy . ; O,' SHEP PARD ?fe CO. Klrksevs X .Roads, S. C. Sppt.4 . tf 37 FINE SEGAR S. "VJ-OW in Storo' a sup?rb Jot of Fine J31 Segars, which we 'warrant to give batisf?otion. . O.'L 'PENN & SON. ; Abg. 27 tf 37 THE PUREST KISS. A kiss hath been likened to blossoms on trees, To fruits of the tropics-deliciously rare To Araby's spices, to wine off tho lees, . To k rose wet with dew from Paradise fair. .To drops of pure honey distill'd from the hive That store house where essence of flow erets concerts,- . . To nectar of gods-to soft breezes that strive With the breath of the rose they ca ressingly greetf. The first kiss of .love makes a last im press, But oh ! there's another that's holier far Born of an anguish no tongue can ex press That is pure-unselfish-and bright as a star. The young motlier folds lier dear babe in embrace, Her soul knows a new-ah ! a Heaven born bliss ; In wonder sho gazes on that cherub face ? And imprints on tho velvety lip a first kiss. Talk not of*a bliss that with passion ia - fraught, , i j? ? Talk of no earthlv joy comparing with this; That is born of a love unchanging, un sought A holy-unselfish-a mother's pure kiss. * A Neat Trick on a Couple of Dead Beats. Hoff, who keeps the news stand in the postoflice building, turns many an honest penny with a root beer fountain. The fountain has two es capes, and at each of these he keeps a glass standing to catch the drip pings. He noticed, recently, that a couple of elderly men, who lounged in the postoffice in the evening, drain ed these glasses as soon as they were partly filled. Great and mighty re suits frequently, grow out of. slight causes. When Roff detected them i an idea struck him. Before setting the glasses next time, he dropped a teaspoonful of catarrh snuff in each one. ' It was a new kind of snuff, and Rofl* was glad of the opportunity to test it. He wasn't coufident these men had the catarrh, but that was really no business of his, (it wasn't anything he could help) and, besidos, science must be attended to, entered upou the experiment with all the hopefulness and expectation of a young and ardent nature. About eight o'clock the old buffers came round, and having listlessly examin ed the periodicals, watched the op portunity which Roff was quivering to give them, and raised the glasses hurriedly to their lips, and as hurri edly absorbed the contents. They then lounged about as listlessly as before for about two minutes. At the expiration of that time, one of the twain commenced to look sur prised. The other man also looked as if he had received unexpected iu -UilUg*tnce.. Then their laces simul taneously appeared griped, and the lir.st man remarked.: "Ol 0!" ' . cilii .' : . . V i'"t ..ut'Gil titi ' - ...w wt:..., -.. - V.M.WIUUVU i-ii is ^ u L * ter with root beer and catarrh snuff :and pieces of liver, and such things as were handy at the time. He hasn't seen them since. He regrets this, as he wants lo get their certificate to put in a circular.-Danbury News. A MISTAKE.-That the editors are delighted to get anything to " fill up" the paper. That they have plenty of time to correct bad manuscript. That they should " puff" everybody for nothing. Thal they must have no opinion of they own. That they should know everything, whether informed of it or not. That they have have plenty of money. That they should " notice" every scalawag show that travels. That, they should have news, whether there is any or not. That they should print every man who attends a dog fight or horse race. A lady writes as follows, and as she probably belongs to one of the classes of women she last mentioned ; she probably knows whereof she speaks ; ". It appears in this age that an exquisitely neat taste is ' acquired.' Girls under twenty are rarely tidy. They may desire to look neat, but they do not attain to exquisite fresh ness. Old maids, and women happi ly married are the ones who learn the refinement and quintessence of neatness The former naturally incline that way, and the latter have the incentive to excite and retain the husband's admiration." At a school exhibition which came off a short time since, one of the lit tle boys, who had a grudge against his pedagogue, on account of a recent flogging, is said to have delivered this pointed oration : 44 Oh, Lord of love Look from above On us poor little scholars ; We've had a fool To teach our school, And paid him fifty dollars." It struck the distinguished instruck tor who had struck the youthful poet-orator, like a forty-ton chunk of thunder from a cloudless sky; and just moren brought down the house. BABIES AND BALLOTS.-14 Poor crit ters I" exclaimed Mrs. Partington with a sigh. " What poor creatures are you pitying now, mother ?" asked ta!? inquisitive Ike. "Them unfor tunate wimmhi in England as are clambering after thd sufferage," re plied the good old lady. " From what I hear they are all either unmarried wiminin or married wimmin without children, and would much rather | I have babies than ballots if they could ' ! get 'em. Now. sence it appears the/. can't, I think the least the men ought" to do would be to let 'em vote, if it's ( ?nny comfort to. the poor things. Suf feiage is a woman's lot, ennyhow." . I Gen. M. W. Gary ? Interviewk" by a Herald CorresjjMmdeiif. A New York Herald correspondent, j writing from White Sulphur Springs, Va., under date of the 26th August, says: : This watering place was more ? no table as a rendezvous for Southern j politicians prior to the war thanjany other in the country. Here political intrigues were initiated, Presidential slateg were made and national ^m paigns were planned,' marked oufcAnd settled long before the million^. of American voters knew who they yere to cast their ballots for. Even imce the war several noted meeting of Northern and Southern politiljians took place here, but latterly there has been a great falling otf in this -firay, until the pre-ent season, whicbfj-has been an unusually large and sultess ful one, when quite a number ojqdis tinguished Southerners made their appearance among the guests! In the absence of a more interesting po?itic cal topic the Herald's discussion of 1 Csesarism" has been the principal subject of convection-, and ?'m? it spoken of with that seriousness^, and earnestness which such an important matter justifies. . The opinions ex pressed are as varied as the .nixed company at present here, or as the interesting personal interviews^pub lished in the Herald. As there^re a number of ex-Confederate ,oiScers here I embraced the opportunity to learn their views as far as possible as to a third term for General Graft, in order to lay before the readers^: the Herald the subject as regardeafrom a strictly Southern standpoint? The first of these gentlemen that'I ap proached was GENERAL MARTIN WITHERSPOON"' S?RY, of South Carolina. Upon being introduced to i ii m I remarked that I would like tojtscer tain his views upon the subject of a third Presidential term for (jkneral Grant. Hi replied, " Well, s||l will talk to you freely." Selecting.fwvood en bench upon the lawn, beneath the shade of a noble old oak, wes?tdown and I opened the conversation^ fol lows : Correspondent-Have you^d the receut discussion in the newsjapers upon the subject of a third $3.<m for Genend Grant, or as it is regarded by some the approach to CosBtrrsm? General Gary-I have. Correspondent-Ho iv are ym dis posed towards General Grans polit ically? 'j General Gary-I am opj&red to him, because I do not believ^he un derstands the true theory of*lis gov ernment, or if he does he h?snot il lustiated it by his course simiehe has been President. He ' desisted his fame as a general by his trimming to politicians and plunderers. Correspondent-Afte: tha^lbse of the war what wero thc f '. . .....j ;yx.>ici;Lcii mern in the enjuymenr ol these paioleswheri Pres ident Johnson wanted tt disregard them. I think at that time he was imitating the example ol' CAESAR IN HIS CLEMENCY towards the conquered; and il he had continued that line of policy, so well begun, and had adhered ts his demo cratic record, the South would have unanimously supported him. for the Presidency, and he could as easily have been elected by tuera as by the republican party. I think he was driven into the tadical party by the odium of Andy Johnson, who wished to run for the Presidency ; and I think Johnson the worst enemy the South ever had. He is u low and ig norant demagogue and politician. Correspondent-Then your opposi tion to General Grantisonlypolitical. General Gary-Yes. my opposition to him is simply political;-but I lost my respect for him as a nrlitary man since he became the tool of unprinci pled politicians. Cor re?pon d en t- Whao par tic ul ar political act of his first turned you against him and in what does your opposition consist? General Gary-General Grant was nominated by the radical party for the Presidency, but he did not bind himself to the platform o:' the party when he accepted the nomination, if my memory aerves me aright. It was when, by his acts, he abandoned the democratic party my opposition be gan, and that consists in opposition to tlie tenets of the radical party. I aho think that the.numerous charges preferred against General Grant in the speech of Senator Sumner were sufficient to turn every honest radical from him, for they have never been disproved. GRANT'S LOST FAME. Correspondent-It is your opinion, then, that General Grant has obliter ated his greatness and fame as a mili-' tary man by lending himself to poli ticians and financial speculators. General Gary-It is. General Grant is not the equal of the Duke of Marl borough in military ability ; but he certainly surpasses him in his love of money and in the prostitution of his position and fame to secure the al mighty dollar. THE THIRD TERM. Correspondent-Whatdo you think of a third term for General Grant? General Gary-I am opposed to a third term for General Grant or any other man,.but particularly opposed to Grant. I believe, though, from the thorough organization of. the radi cal party, and the .election laws that they have passed in regard to na tional and State offices, if he runs he will be elected, or if no: elected he will ? . . BE COUNTED IN. But our Republic is too young to pass into an Empire, and time will purge ; the government of its present corrupt officials and inaugurate constitutional reform. There is too much honesty, patriotism and independence in the American people to allow themselves to be made the slaves of a despotism just yet. ' Correspondent-How would the Southern people act under circum stance^ of a usurping nature? r General Gary-In the event' of Grant usurping the government, the Southern people would take aides against him, with the exception of a few adventurers who would espouse the cause of the party in power or the party they believed would pay best. But men of though^ honesty and patriotism, those who love con stitutional liberty, would draw their swords against General Grant or any other usurper. I should do so my self, but I do not believe that this ne cessity, will ever arise. , Correspondent-Then you believe the country will ultimately return to the constitutional forms, restrictions and limitations laid down and ob served by the Fathers of the Re public? . General Gary-I do, and that at no distant period. A Family Arrangement. Orvil L. Grant is the brother of the President. Until about a year ago he was a partner with the Col lector of Chicago, whose appointment he had procured and wno divided with him the .profits of his office. Political necessities, however, caused a cessation of this arrangement, and Mr. Grant has had to be provided for otherwise. A new Custom House is to be built in St. Louis. Congress has appropriated four raillions for the work. Of course it is to be done generally under the supervision of 1 the virtuous Mr. Mullet, but a local architect is also necessary. This place the President has caused (;o be filled by the appointment of Thomas Walsh, a friend of his. Walsh was under grave charges at the time of {?his appointment. He had superin tended the building of the county jail of St. Louis, and ' the Taxpayer's Association there altaged that he he had pretended to expend upon it $104,000 more than it had actually cost. Thu evidence which convinced them that this charge was true they prepared and presented to Gen. Grant, hoping to convince him also. But Walsh still remains in office, having put out ? firm anchor by which his position is rendered secure. The granite with which this Custom House is to be built is furnished by Snyder and Brown. The amount of their contract is estimated at $800, 000. Through the influence of Mr. Walsh, Messrs. Snyder and Brown have' been induced to appoint Mr. Orvil L. Grant io be their clerk at a salary of ?5,000 a year, in addition to which Mr. Grant is also to receive a coynmission of (cn per cent, on the amount of their contract-that is to say/ ? round sum of about $30,000 above his salary. This is In . W ?sb is ?l?l the plain ? Civilization. Since the late civil war, tee South that gave to the country Ute authors of our federative system of govern ment and Ute framers of the consti tution, ?li lier despoiled condition has been hawked at and defamed by a veudal horde ol' arrogant, political and moral teachers, hig with lurmid self-sufii. iency, itu eui. to instruct Us in law, religion and civilization. In polices they have proven themselves to be vampires that have sucked the vital sources of public prosperity ; in religion harpies, followers of those .vho murdered the prophets, ami the advocates of freedom of conscience, and "Who compound for sins thej''ro in clined to, By damning those they have no mind to,'' in civilization, exemplars of sharp cuteness and swelling shoddyism. In their new liehfofgovernrnentatid state manship Louisiana, South Carolina and other States in the gasp of their power, illustrate the baneful fruits ol' their influence. In religion, as- to theory and practice, Colfax, Harlan, Patterson, Pecksnilf Howard cl id omrxgenus, exemplify how the tongue may smoothly preach of religion, while cunningly with the right hand they eather richly the wages of un righteousness.. Their outward civili zation is manifested in the long dark catalogue of multifarious crimes,'the natural outbirth of a faithless, ficti tious, social condition, in the power of moneyed combinations ; in mo nopolies become kingly through the fostering care of the government ; in the bribery and fraud that in elec tions triumph over the popular will ; in the shameless purchase of place and power, in the prostitution of the whole machinery of govern ment, unrebuked, to personal ag grandizement; in the setting up in all the high places gold as the god of their idolatry and the legitimate fruits of such worship of malerism, murders for money, robberies for gold, engulfing whole banks for the"glare of tinsel show ; the heinous sacrifice of whole railroad to gain the su?imum bonum, gold, the passport in and proof of their high civilization. God savo a people cursed with apostles from the isms and idol wor ship bf such a civilization, for vain is tue help of man I The benighted South, the barbarians of the South, forsooth I The framers, expounders and administrators of constitutional government, for seventy years, were of the South, and ^during all that time, the true principles of the gov ernment were exemplified, and hon esty and capacity characterized its administration. For the last twelve years that ad vanced pseudo civization has con troled the wholle machinery of the j government. Look on this picture and On that, and judge ye which is the Barbarian.-Blackshear Geor gian. From tho Augusta Constitutionalist. The proper Location for thc Green wood and Augusta Railroad. I Rdiior of thc Consl 'dulionaVixL : j SIR: Several articles have recently i appeared in the Augusta papers, rela I tive to a railroad from your city to ; Greenwood, in Abbeville county, S. j C., all of which favor a line in the . extreme west?rn portion of Edge ! field county, after crossing the Sa van-: j nah river. Now, Mr. Editor, any one, who is j at all acquainted with the country ' ; along this linei and will look on a j map of South Carolina, will immedi-1 ately see the disadvantages of this.: route. After crossing. the river the j road will run, for at least thirty, miles through a country which is I very inaccessible to a large number'; of people on both sides ; for the mo- ' ment it crosses the river, it will be j hemmed in on ope side by the river, | and on the other by Stephens' Creek, | which will of necessity limit its local business to the .section bounded by these two streams, from the fact that ; they are bot?h nearly always absolute j barriers to wagons and vehicles ol' all ! kinds. Thence the business will be I confined to a scope of about four or .five miles, the distance between Sa vannah river and Stephens' Creek, 1 for thirty miles above its mouth. Furthermore, the river furnishes much cheaper transportation than ! any railroad could possibly do, and ! of course will continue to be patron- ! ized by all in reach of it, as a few ! boure lost in time would be a very j little item, to a farmer in getting his j produce to market, where money can i be saved by it. And, sir, barring all the disadvantages of building the road in this section, does it not seem strange that an intelligent people will expend their fortunes, already greatly impoverished by the late struggle for liberty, to build a rail road where nature has long ago placed ample means for transporting millions more than the country can ever produce. There might be a lit tle saved in grading on this route, but,.sir, I think it would be far over balanced in distance and location by selecting another. In building rail roads, air lines are always preferable, if practicable. By referring to a map of ?South Carolina, you will.see thai an air line railroad can-be built from Augusta to Greenwood, which would not only cut off eight or ten miles in distance, but would run cen trally through one of the richest por tions of South Carolina. It would be entirely unencumbered by any barrier to an immense local business. The route which I would suggest would cross the Savannah river some where near ti.e mouth of Fox's Creek, then coining up in the vicinity of j Sweetwater Church, strike oif about parallel with the five. (5) notch road, up to Duutonvillo, from lhere to White. Hall, passing about midway between L?iigmires and Kirksey's X j ' - . * * AT t.. Vernon camp Augusta. This line would, beyot?? a doubt, insure Augusta the benefit of tue great Chicago and ben board Rail road. All the inhabitants on this line, north of Edgefield C. H., would lunch prefer this to the Aiken and Ninety-Six Road, for it would put tiiem in direct communication with the same market (Augusta,) and they would of course subscribe th i thither than in (he Aileen alni Ninety-Six. Road, which wouldbe.a much farther route to .Ulgusta. Heneo the Aiken and Ninety-Six Road would lal: to the ground, and the Augusta and Greenwood Road would necessarily be a link in the Chicago Road. lt would run also within (bur or five miles ol Edgetield C. H., giving the Edgefield people choice between it and the C. C. & A. Road for their connection with Augusta. Why then persisti? building the river road when we can get a shorter oi.e ?md a more profitable one between the same points? Augusta already geis all thc produce for tidily miles north, that the river road would bring her by the river itself, and alter that distance this central line would give her all that the river road would and much more besides, which she otherwise would never seo. I hope the merchants and railroad men ol Augusta will think seriously on this linc before they commence operations on the other one, for it would certainly be more profitable I and a better paying one. EDGE FIELD. GEN. BUTLER'S STOLEN DOOR PLATE -In his speech at .Wakefield, Mass., a night or two ago, Gen Butler read to the audience the oller of $10.000 reward for his head made during the war by Mr. Richard Yeadon, and then remarked: "All that I know further of this matter is that I have his door-plate at my house now." We are afforded here a- glimpse of a ma lignant mud diabolical eagerness for cruel revenge, of which we had not suspected Gen. Butler. -There is some-. thing absolutely appalling in thc pic ture thus revealed. A Southerner, in a moment of passion, pu's a price upon Butler's life and endeavors to secure his assassination. Butler, in stead of treating his enemy -with con tempt, becomes infuriated, and yield ing to-an overpowering desire to re taliate upon the man who wants his heart's blood, he lay? a deep and dreadful plot, which results in the capture of Yeadon'a door plate. It is likely that mere consideration of the fiendish barbarity of this . deed would suffice to curdle the blood if it'were not for the fact that the tro phy 'reminds one irresistibly-of Mrs.. Toodles and her infatuation for the door plate which first belonged to. " Thompson with a p."-Philadelphia. : Bulletin. . var They call Mrs. Wray, of Georgia,; tinfeeling because she chewed gum while her husband was being laid away in the silent tomb. ..KEEP 'JO THE RIGHT. " Keep to tho right,'* ns the ?aw directs, For such is tim Jaw pf the road ; Keep to the ri girl, whoever expects Securely to garry life's load." ? Keep lo the right with God and the world, ISor wander, though folly allures ; Keep to the right, nor ever bo hurled ' From what, by the statute, is yours. Keep to the right,-within, without With stranger und kindred and friend; Keep to the-right, nor harbor a doubt That all will be well in the end. Keep to tho right, whatever you do, ^Nor claim but your own on the way; Kee]) to the right, and stick to the true, From morn till the close of tho day. Brevities and Levities. . ^Sr-A Kew Orleans juryman was ask ed by the Judge if.he ever^-ead the pa pers. He replied: " Yes, your honor, but if you'll let me go this time, I'll never do so any more." ?3~ A lady, in rapid pursuit of health at Saratoga, boasted to her physician, whom she met as she was leaving the spring, "I have just drank live glasses of Congress." "Then don't let me de tain you,'" was the quiet reply. fi?t- A woman foll overboard in Boston harbor the other day, and the very last thing she did before she went under the first time, was to raise her arms wildly above tho Hood, and-adjust her back 'hair. . jZ?*-Little three-year old Mary was playing very roughly with the kitten, was carrying it by the tail. Her mother told her that she would hurt pussy. ""Why no I won't," said she, "I'mcar rying it by the handle." f?r It is a curi?os fact that though the rain keeps thousands away from church on Sunday, it does not deter a single mun from attending to his business on wook duys. . tS!f An old lady from the country, with six unmarried daughters, wont imo Augusta, Ga., the other day, hunting for the Patrons of Husbandry. She meant business. ' sir " Why don't you wash the bottom of your feet, Joe?" asked a grandmother of a boy when he was performing the op eration of washing his feet-before retir-' ing for tho night ; to which he gravely replied: "Why, granny, you don't think I'm going to stand up in-bed, do you." ?zar " Madam, why were you not here before?" "I could ?not come, sir." "Wore you not subpoenaed, madam?" " Yes, sir ; but I wa? sick." " What was the matter, madam ?" I had au awful boil, sir.." "Uponyourhonor, madam?'' " No. sir, upon my arm." pc- Why is the man who does-not be1 as had as iho man who docs? Because he's uo bettor. ?Sf A BORK.-The msn who persists in talking about himself when you want to talk about yourself. ,.-.* ? A man's death w as recently caused tu illinois liy a spider. It mis ono of the iron specie.1;-in tho hands of his wile. pSr Daniel Webster is not tho only bright hoy born in New Hampshire' The Boston Globe has heard ol' another-a eolith residing in hover,' who refused to take ilpili. Bis crafty mother theroupou secretly placed the pill iii a preserved ? "?Veit- "?*..<?.??,ehr she i *i . . ? . .. " .?"1 .*'* ' I ii*; ? ". ! boy." iW'B . VVObtlJ NOT HE A FARMER. The Lumsiyijle ?oprf?r pays tlie fol lowing tribute tb the occupation of the fariuer : . . . ?; " If a young man wants to ensure him ti middle life of the greatest timon t of leisure-time, there is noth ing better than farming. If he hus an independent turn of mind, Iel him be a farmer, if he wants to en-' gage in a ln-all!;y occupation, let him till the soil. In short if he would bc independent, let him get a spot ol earth, keep within means, shun the lawyer, be temperate to avoid the Wo-tor : lt? honest, tht?t he'may have a clear conscience : improve tho soil, so as to leave tho world better than he found it; and then if he cannot live happily and die content, there is no hope for hin:. A i'll KAT W?SJ? FOB BCILDTK?S -Takt- a clean water-tight cask anqP put into it a Kali bnshel of unslaked lime. Cover it with boiling lidt wa ter six inches deep, stir'briskly, and wait? for the lime io slake. To the lime iiml water add two pounds of a cheap salt called sulphate o?r ?inc (white vitriol) and one pound o!: cora mon salt. These ingredients cau-e me whitewash to harden, and no! crack and fall off. To form a beauti ful cream color, ad-1 three pounds bf velh-w ochre. A - lump bf ivory blafck wilL give a pearl or lead color. Lampblack may be used to produce a darker color if desired. Applied to palings, plank fences, and all out buildings, they, last much longer and look better.-Exchange. -.?* -. ??- P---' A rural couple came to town last week to see the wonders of Wood's Museum, and stopping square in front of the structure, they gazed intently at its dazzling frontage'. At last the young man, overcome by feelings, tightened his arms around his com- . panion's waist and said : " I'll bet I know what you aie thinking of, Salina." " I'll bet you don't," said Salina. " You was thinking that you wished me and you was married and living in such a house as that-come now, wasn't you, Salina?" "No, you fool, I was thinking whether I fed them hogs their swill - this morning before we started-^for if I didn't, father'll skin me alive when ? I get home." . ; . . A return to the. old plan..of ap-, prenticing boys to trades,is being, ad vocated. ' ' . .< . The host of young .men in every.|. large city who. apply for employment aml.i?aU? &et it.for'the .reason that i they caqriot truthfully affirm that they t are educated . or specially fitted,for. any particular business con^itutes a : Eotent argument in. favor pl. reform! ? ?ndor the apprenticeV.sydera\ we should have fewer ignorant mechanics and, incompetent.business/men.' .. . . I ? trade is half a man's fortune. , 1 An Important DCO?MOJI. /To our County TmtsnroV.ToTurty' Cont missioners, and all persons holuipg County Checks or claims ?i^Tiint?t thc- G<Hinty, .v,e direct -'especial' attention* tcHhe. fotle'wing^ able and logical legal opinion, 'rendereft '!7 Judge Maher, ai Beaufort, iii ? ?**?bi liai 7. . last.. ' And let the officers alluded to gov ern themselves accordingly-and'-if-will ' be well with them : r . T/ie-Stateoj South .Carolina, j?z. Bela- . lione, W. T. ? Vcrdier'. against George Holmes, County Ireasurer of .Beaufort County.-In Common Fleas. ? Upon application of the relator, W. J. Verdier, a rule was issued requiring ?he .respondent,. George Holmes, as -treasurer ': of Beaufort county, to show cause-why a peremptory mandamus . should -not "be or dered, to compel payment of two orders ' upon the county treasurer of'Baid county,' held and owned by the' relator-one for sixty dollars, drawn by the county Audi- ' tor, and approved by the chairman of tho ' board of county commissioners,- dated tin 10th August 1872, and payable to A.- T. . Hall or order-and . the other, fifty''do!- ' lars, drawn by the board - of county corn missioners, dated the 9th October;' 1872, and payable to P. L. W" or bearer- . . whicn'said orders were, as it is avowed, presented for payment to the. respondent or treasurer, orr the 6th Febru?ry, 1873, and payment thereof refused, "although at the time of the demand1 there wem m the treasury funds more than sufficient for the payment of the same^^ . The respondent, in his^Wrn -return to said rule/sets forth thc several " ground.? on which he rests his justification - for re fusing to pay the said orders, one; only of which, in the view taken of the case; it'is deemed necessary lo'nutice. Among other things the return-'state.", that the respondent/ "did not- assume tho duties of treasurer of said county until ou or about the 16th day of December- 187S| after the date of thedssuing of said-checks, ?md that\ at the tim? of the. demajid Er the payment of said checks, he bad inlris ' hands no funds other than such cs were collected by him under the joint resolution " of the General Assembly to levy a tax for the current fiscal year-and that- tma re spondent did not receive any funds what- ' ever belonging to said county from* his - predecessor in office,- F. E. Wilder. ' ' It is proper to add that the two orders in question were exhibited at the.hearirJg, and appear to haye been drawn on F. E. Wilder, county treasurer of said county, The return was not traversed. The manner in which county' funds are -to be disbursed is' plainly prescribed' by statute. The county treasurer iV required/' to report tb thc board of county'comuifs- '? siohcrs, on the fifteenth .day'of Cadi hic-ritb,^ ibo amount bf funds collected for -md on* account of th? county, and the charactei of such funds. Genf St. Ch. XIII; Sec, 12, p. 77. The board have power at their annual meetings to exam ;ne, Bettie and . allow all accounts chargeable against the county, and to draw orders on the county . * treasurer for the same-but wita thc ex press restriction: that' they "shall not draw any order upon the county treasurer .. until after the monthly return of ..the treasurer shall have beeninadv, nor unless he has the funds in the treasury ta pay the same," and, further, it is made the duty * oC tho board to inform 'thc treasurer of the crders drawn, in whose favor, md the or?. . der in which they aie drawn. GenL St. Uh. XIX. ?ec. y, p. 135.. Tli. sc. pro.vis ions of the law are clearly mandatory, and aol directory merely, orders can bc- drawn after the trcasurir's monthly 1 upurl ja fri) showing funds subject tb draft. The tieas nrei^houl'" R? -" fi i ci '?iv IT. .''.. '...,.'. ? '-. vii.:-' .re|>c>i-.'-I . ' |?..'.b .jN'iXwiy..;;. lUfl?.:s ;!. HuUa -u./."! : "-*.".- ; -if; : -, _&?? BwrUiuers m tins cast.-were drawn in conformity Lo law Omnia praesum unlit riticsse ac'.u-and hence, .that F.. ? Wilder, thfft -?4UBj$ In isiirer, had duly made his nu-hlhly lc p?rts, showing funds to.the credit of Lue county,' that the orders were drawn.*nnon , these funds, . and that the treasurer wis duly notified of the same. It is not'rd- '' l-ged that demand for payment was o\vr rn.'ide on Treasurer Wilder .an/?, ?nr jju?h"i ' ? appcarsi he now holds the sums ?piiri^ria- 1 Lcd tor payment of fha orders, him w! uid'~' nay the sainc upon pripsentation^?f/ih deed ii appeared that he had t raiisVerred tt?e raonny td his successor, ythis'- respoh? cat. or even thatiic had pr.id overdo the I it??r a <xross .'fund upon final ? settlement, inundaran.-' might lie to compel thc /re spondent io pay the orders. But th" re llim states expressly that the respondent bat riot received any county funds what ever from his said predecessor.* .This view of thc case would be fatal to the motion. But I ain prepared to hold that if th"se orders were drawn yhen there m .0 funds in the treasury to pay * them', i hey were drawn illegally, and wore consequently, inoperative, and of no cf fect as enforceable demands upon the^"rj$$ ury. The claims against the, county for which the.orders we're given remain- in tact, but the respondent is authorized to pay only su h ordere as follow his monthly reports." Jf Upon application of the' rc- J lalor lei the county connhissionere tor fresh orders, thc state of the funds, wi rh reference to the estimated charges and debts of th<- fiscal year, should m their judgment warrant it, they have author!ty to draw such orders, and the Xib:vvf?t would be bound to pay the ?-ame. If is not within his province ld delcrriiinc whether any of thc money iii hia'hai?lffis not otherwise appropriated, or. in other words, whether there is, or'will lc :L\\vc pluH after meeting thc charges .md d-^ts ' for which the funds wore raiser!! WCTL '~ St. Ch. XIX, Sec. 34, p. 142. Nor is he und< r .mv general obligation to pay crvd itors of the county. Hoyne ' vs. Hooa,1 liich.et cs 24. He makes his monthly reports, and holds as Tsp?Mfically appropri ated tim sums required tp Hiopt orders which he is notified, havoibee? drawiion .him. upon the faith of tho funds -'Bo-.^re- ' ported. ' In my judgment the respondent would have incurred personal responsibility-if he- . had pf id these orders, and in refusing to pay them he conformed as well to the spirit" as to the letter of the law. ? ' . It is'ordered: that -the motion fora peremptory mandamus be denied, and that the rule be discharged. ' ? JOHN J: MAHEE. Beaufort, S. C., Feb. 21,1873. V_i ? i, ^,, , ,i* 1 Oaths are vulgar, senseless, offen-, ? sive, impious : ;like obscene words, they leave a noisome trail i npou the ; lip, and a stamp of odium: upon the soul. They are inexcusable. They gratify no sense, while " they ?utrag? _ taste and dignify. Notice to Planters your. BAGGING and sARROW ? TIES ?t Augusta prices. -I will>gnar antee the prices 4? be as cheap as-ta'Aii- *; gusta. 6000 yds.' M ETHE WAN . BAGGING; 2J lbs. t?'tbe vardv'at'lTJ-cts.- ' 1 '.'- ' 300: Bundles ARROW TIES 'at '10 cfs.' * per lb. , . O. F. CHEATjpEAlWp Aug-20 Wa.ih