Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, December 04, 1873, Image 1

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.-,??- SH BT D. R. DBR?SOE. \ . EDGEFIELD, S; ?;, DiGEMBEE 4. 1873. . : ?...? Ti r+MfH?!i>?^...*"." . .ir?? j 4*1 VOLUME XXXVIII.-No. 50. ' 7.:; ; ," JONES & STROTHER, AT JOHNSTONS DEPOT, ??E Now Receiving a WELL SELECTED Stock of DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, , BATS, BOOTS, SHOES, Arc, &c, ' Which have beentought in New York mostly for Cash since the decline in Cotton. These Goods have been selected with great care, and will be sold at very Short Profits. We'respectfully invite our f:lends to examine our, Stock of Goods and Prices. In addition to the above we have in Store a choice stock of BEADY MADE CLOTHING, which we are selling at extremely low prices. JONES & STROTHER. Johnston's Depot, Oct 1 3m 41 5 HATS, Trunks and Umbrellas, QQQ Broad St*. Opposite National Bank Augusta, Ga. Sept 24 3m 40 JONES, NORRIS & CO., -DEALERS IN Groceries and Plantation Supplies, 164 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. OUR friends in Edgefield County, and the public generally are respectfully invited to give ue a call.;. We are prepared to offer First Class Ar ticles at AS JLOW Prices as ean be found in the market. Thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed, and assurances o? satisfaction in the future to all who give us their trade. ?adusta, Aug 27 3m S - Wv I D MP H & CO., 324 Broad St., .Augusta, Ga.. -DEALERS IN Heating Stoves, Hardware, BS Tinware, Woodware, Ant Furiiis??ng Goo?s Generally. They have in Stock the justly celebrated ff COTTON PLANT" COOKING STOVE Manufactured by Abendroth Brothers, .Tew" York City. It is a first-class, square-tcp four-hole Stove ; the Oven is large, the joints are filed and fitted with great care and exactness ; the beauty of its finish cannot be surpassed. THEY HAYE THE " BARLEY SHEAF," Manufactured by Stuart, Peterson & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., This is also a first-class, four hole square-top Stove, with a large Oven, Doors tin-lined. Their stock of Prenrum or Step Stoves is complete. Each Stove sent out is warranted to give perfect satisfaction. Thev manufacture Tinware in all its varieties. Wholesale orders solicited. Job Work done with neatness and dispatch. All Goods, sold at reasonable prices. W. L DELPH & CO. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 24 Opposite Planters Hotel, 324 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. 3m 40 State of South Carolina EDGEFIELD COUNTY. V. J. Tabias, et ox et al, ) Ii. H. Pickens, Ex'ix., et al. J IN accordance with the decree of Hon. R. B. Carpenter, Judge of the 5th Cir cuit, will be sold at Edgeiield CH, on MONDAY, December 15, 1873, at 12 ?o'clock, M., the following real estate of the late F. W. PICKENS, viz: 1. THE SAVANNAH RIVER TRACT containing 2200 Acres, more or less, ad Joining .the Savannah River, lands of Thomas B. Reese, Jonathun Taylor, Jo t?eph Crafton, Archy Morgan and Estate Of Anderson. 2. THE GROVE TRACT, containing 1300 Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Mrs. Bates, Estato o? D R. Strother, John H. Hollingsworth, the Edgewood Tract, :ind other*. 3. Ateo, all the right of the said F. W. Pickens, dee'd., ami of the partie*? to this suit, to the EDGEWOOD TRACT, con taining 3600 Acres, more or less, adjoin ing lands of Estate of Daniel Holland, Mark Ethemige. John Huiet. W. P. Du risoe, sr.. Mrs. Ann Grittin, W. D. Ra msy, Z. W. Carwile, F. L. Smith, the Grove Tract, and others. ALSO SEVEN MULES. And immediatelv aller said sale, at Edgewood, near Edgetield Court House, the following: V'BB LIBRARY. FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, PICTURES, STATUARY. HEIR-LOOMS, SILVER-PLATE, Ac, Ac.,-and all other personalty attached to the Edge wood Mansion' House aud Plantation, whether named in the will, or tj*e deeds of F.' W. Pickens, referred to in the pleadings. TEBMS^Realty One-tiiird Cash. Bal ftueeoa a credit of ene and two years, ?Ith Interest, secured bv. Kond and Mort gage of the premises. Personalty Cash. LUCY HOLCOMBE PICKENS, Executrix. N;ov. 24, 4to 49 Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGEFIELD COUNTY. IN PROBATE COURT. Alice Huiet, ] vs. I Petition I for I Partition. T. Scurry Coleman and Sal lie Coleman, minors, who appear by S. M. Sample, their guardian, ad lltem. J BY virtue of an Order in the above stilted case, from Hon. D. L. Turner, Judge of the Probate Court, in and for said County, I will proceed to sell for partition, on Wednesday, the 17th day of December next, at the late residence ol' | THOMAS F. COLEMAN, deceased, the following REAL ESTATE of the said deceased, to wit: Tract No. I, Called the "Piney Woods Tract," containing 92 Acres, more or less. Tract No. 2, Adjoining the Home stead assigned as Dower to the widow of said deceased, and containing 2713 acres Tract So. 3, Adjoining lands of the Estate of the late Dr J. P. Abney, and containing 2713 acres. All of said lands lying on Big Creek near Coleman's ?X Roads, Terms of Sale.-One-third Cadi, and tho balance of purchase money ou acred lt of twelvemonths, with interest from day of 8i.le. The purchasers to give bond, with good security, and a mortgage of the premises for the payment of the pur chase money. Plats of said Tracts will jje exhibited on day of sale. H. WALL, S. E. C. Nov. 2<J, 3t 49 State of South Carolina i EDGEFIELD COUNTY, IX PROBATE COURT. Jehu M Livingston et al ) Petition ~- vs } for Keren Havird ot al. j Partition. BY virtue of an order in the above ?tated ease from Hon. D. L. Turner Judge of the Probate Court, I will pro ceed to sell, for partition, at tho late rexi dence of Daniel Livingston, deceased, near Bouknlght's Ferry, on Wednesday the 10th dav of December next, ail the REAL ESTATE of the said diseased, consisting of throe tracts of land, to wit: The u HOME TRACT/' containing 485 acres, more or less. The 41 BERRY TRACT," containing 160 acres, more or less, and The " NELLY TRACT," containing 50 acres, more or less. Plata of ??ld tracts will be exhibited on day of imle. Terms of sale-One third cas^, and the balance on a credit of twelve mouths, WjUb- interqnt at 10 per cent per annum, to be securiid "by Bond sand Motgage of tba proini?e*. H. WALL, S. E. C. NOV.19 St 48 State of South Carolina? EDGEFIELD COUNTY. ' AV PROBATE COURT. BY D. L. Turner Judgo of Probate In said County. Whereas, E. C. Johnson, hath applied to me for Letters of Administration, on the Estate of Gordon Henderson, late of. said County, dee'd. These ure therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and credi tors of the said deceased, to be and Ap pear before me at a Court of Probate for the said County, to be boldon at Edge field on the 13th day of DJC., 1878, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause, if auy, why the said Administration should not be kr?Mib.il, Given under MY band and the Seal of the Court, this Jfoth day of Nov., A. 1). 1873, und in the 00th year of Ameri can Independence; D. L. TURNER, J. P. E, C, Nov 25 2t 49 Land for Sale Cheap. THE Subscriber offers for salo a valu able TRACT OF LAND, lying near Liberty Hill, containing 313 Acres, and adjoining tends of Frank McBee, Jos. Jennings, J. H. Yeldell, Earle Williams and others. ? For terms, ?tc., apply to Messrs. Gary <fe Gary, Edgeiield. S. C. Alston. Oct 29 TH?S.' ANDERSON. tf 45 Take M 37 Pills FOR your Sick or Nervous Headache. . Warranted to. core. Prepared and for sale by G. L. PENN &80N, Druggist*. NOV 26 tf 49 THE SUN. WEEKLY, SEMI-WEEKLY, AND DAILY._ THE WEEKLY SUN is too widely reno wu to require any extended recom mendation ; but the reasons which have dready given it fifty thousand subscri bera, and which will, we hope, give it nany thousands more, are briefly as follows : It isa first-rate newspaper. All the lews of the day will be lound in it, con iensed when, unimportant, at full length ivhen of moment, and always presented n a olear, intelligible, and interesting nanner. It is a first-rate family paper, full of intertaining and instructive reading of | ?very kind, but containing nothing that ?an offend the most delicate and scrupu ous taste. Tt is a first-rate story paper. The best ales and romances of'current literature ire carefully selected and legibly printed n its pages. It is a first-rate agricultural paper. The nost fresh- and instructivo articles on gricultural topics regularly appear in bis department. It is an Independent political paper, ulonging to no party and wearing no ollar. It fights for principle, and for the lection of the best men to office. It es pecially devotes its energies to the ex .osure of the great corruptions that now reaken and disgrace our country, and ureaten to undermine republican insti ntions altogether. It has no fear of j :naves, and asks no favors from their upporters. It reports the fashions for the ladies nd the markets for the men, especially ae cattle-markets, to which it pays par icular attention. Finally, it is the cheapest paper pub ished. One dollar a year will secure it sr any subscriber. It is not necessary a get up a club in order to have THE VEEKLY SUN at this rate. Any one rho sends a single dollar will get the aper for a year. We have no travelling agents. THE WEEKLY SUN.-Eight pages, fty-six columns. Only $1.00 a year, io discounts from this rate. THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUN'.-Same ize as the Daily Sun. $2.00 a year. A iscount of SO per cent, to clubs of 10 r ovor. THE DAILY SUN-A large fourpajre ewspaperof twenty-eightcolums. Daily irculation over 120,000. All the news )r 2 cents. Subscription price 50 cents month, or $6.00 a year. To clubs of | 0 or over, a discount of 20 per cent. Address, " THE SUN," _ New York City. Executer's Sale of Land. [XTILL be sold to thc highest bidder, V? at the late residence of NATHAN IODIE, deceased, on TUESDAY, the 5th day of next December, at 12 o'clock! .LL THE REAL ESTATE of said de Based, not disposed of by will, consist ?g of three or four Tracts, to wit: Tract No. 1, Containing One Hundred nd Forty Acres, more or les??, known as lie Hazel Tract, tying on the waters of line Creek, adjoiuing lands of Wm. J. | toady. Esq'.. Benj Rushton and others. >n said premises is a Dwelling house, lld all necessary out buildiims, with a ood well of water in thc yard. About no-half is in origiual forest. The bai llee in a high state of cultivation,-Mu?a le for grain and cotton. Tract No. 2, Containing One Hundred .cres, more or less, known as the Hemp lace, adjoining lauds of the above Tract t?t?^atai?v-^Tjie^ tty acres cleared on this" tract,-the re ia"irider In woods. There is some very ood bo*tom land ou this Tract. Tract No 3, Containing Two Hundred ad Nineteen Acres, more or less, it be lg part of Homestead Tract, adjoining j uids of Tract No. 2, and also lands of .r. Daniel. A portion in cultivation, a ir ge proportion in woods. The last Tract ernaps will bedivided to suit purchasers. Plats of thc different Tracts will beex i bi ted on the day of sale. Said lands ro valuable, not being a great distance om Johnston's Depot, and very snita le for Fertilizers. Any one desiring to >e saJd lands, they will be shown by ?y Brother at the old Homestead, or by as. Hazel near by, with pleasure. TERMS.-One-Fifth Cash ; the balance na credit of twelve months, at 7 por ant. interest from day of sale. Pur uasers to give sufficient bond aud mort age of premises to secure the purchase louey. If terms of sale are not com lied with immediately, the land will be e-sold at the risk of former purchaser, 'itles to be paid for extra. J. P. BODIE, Executor. Nov. 2G,_3t_49_ EXECUTORS' SALE. rHE Undersigned as Executors of Jo seph L. Talbert, dee'd., hereby give ?otice that under and bv virtue ot an or 1er from Hon. D. L. Turner, Judge of] !ourt of Probate for Edgefield County, hey will sell at public outcry, at the late esidence of the said Joseph L Talbert, lee'd., on FRIDAY, the ?th day of DE CEMBER next, all the Estate of said leceased, both Real and Personal, con tating of T40 ACRES OF LAND, 7 or 8 Head of Horses and Mules, Stock of Cattle, Hogs and Goats, Farming Utensils, Gin Head, Corn, Oats, Fodder, Cotton, Cotton Seed, Ind many other articles too tedious to uention. TERMS-The Land will be so:d in bree separate Tracts, on a credit of one, wo and three equal ajuffl al instalments, ecured on the bond ortho purchaser and , mortgage of tho premises, with int?r ?t from date at tho rate of ten per eut. per annum, payable annually. The personal property will be sold on i credit of twelve months from day of | ale with interest at the rate of ten per ?eut per annum. All sums of and under en dollars to be paid in cash. At least wo or more good sureties will be re hired to all notes for the personal prop >rty. MRS. S. E. PARKS, JOHN T. CIIEATHAM, JOHN F. TALBERT, Ex'oiu. Nov 4 * 40 par Aiken Tribune will copy 3 times md forward account to Executors. Administrator's Sale. f TNDER and by virtue of an order of | \J Hon. D. L Turner, Judge of tho ? ?ourt of Probate for Edgefield County, I viii proceed to sell at the late residence if Guthridge Cheetham, dee'd., on Wed ?esday, the 10th day of December next, ill the Personal Property of said d?" ?eased, consisting of Five Head of Horses and Mules, Stock of Cattle and Hogs, Cotton, Cotton Seed, Corn, Oats, Fodder, Farming Utensils, Household and Kitchen Furniture, ?fcc. Lands to be Rented ou same day, un ;oss rented previously. TERMS-All sums of and under ton lollara Cash ; greater sums on a credit of I .weive months with interest from day of | tale at the rate of ten per cent, with two >r more good sureties. Seed Wheat and Seed Oats for sale at j he premises privately. JOHN T. CHEATHAM, Ad'or. Nov 5_5t_46 Final Notice. ALL persons Indebted to the Subscri ber are notified that they can lind ;heir Notesand Acpon?ts In the hands of R. C. Strother until the ?3d day of De cember next, and on that day at my old place, All who fail to pay at least pnp iialf what they are due ms by tho above late, will fina their Notes and Accounts in the hands of an officer for collection. J. P. MICKLER. Oct 28 _6t 45 Pen's fhtevfco* Iee. Ai N Elegant Preparatien for Chapped Hands, Fic?,-Lips, <fto. Prepared and ?ld by --- ' . ?:. > G. OL, PENN &SON, Druggists, ?OT 19 tf 48 For thc Advertiser. Stanzas, By S, A. L. My days are in the yellow leaf- * The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker and the grief. Are mine alone. -BYRON. Haunched my barque upon a summer sea, So calm, so beautifully blue, so bright, And life seemed one grand, glorious m clod v With no false note to rob it of delight. My shallop glided, by the sunniest isles, O'er whose green slopes grew many a graceful vine ; Pale green and rose, and purple clusters grew, Near orange, citron and the luscious pine. And flowers of every hue their censers swung, Wafting; sweet incense on the ambient air; While birds of gorgeous plumage filled the groves And built their nests and rear'd their birdlings there. And down below through the translucent waves Gleamed purest pearls and caves with amber strewn; And forests wrongbt with coral, red and white, Where sat the mermaid on her mystic throne. And dainty shells of every hue and shape The graceful scallop or nautilus brave; Or Argonaut whose tiny oarsmen steered Their fairy skirls along the restless wave. The sea-anemone, its wondrous bloom Sported beneath the phosphorescent flood; And graceful sea weeds, rich in Tyrian dyes, Showed that fair nature wore her hap piest mood. And grand old ruins crowned the rocky heights, And gilded fanes shone 'neath the cloudless dome ; With storied piles 'round which the ivy hung, The pride of Venice-and the boast of | Rome. * And Greece, fair Greece, whose glory once compared With all the world, held dear in power and art ; Greece, whose misfortunes made my pulses leap, Whose fallen grandeur touched my tortured heart. When love and beauty, glory, nature, art, Each fired my soul or lulled it to its rest, I felt that earth held none so blest an I, So steeped in happiness was my poor j breast. a a ? ? * ? ? Where are they now? the air is dark The troubled waves are surging in their wrath, The isles are barren, and the rocks are bleak, While steep and tortuous is my down ward path. All hope is gone! the earth a dreary waste! My eye* aro dim with scathing, unshed tears; My future holds no beacon lamp to gnide A pall is cast upon the wasted yearn. Oh ! stricken man, is there no mount afar? No Calvary where bled a dying Lord? No balm in Gilead, nor no healing fount, No Inspiration with its saving word ? Thanks be to God ! there's light amid the gloom, A risen Savior intercedes in Heaven ; Sweet mercy Hows from the all-healing fount, To all who thirst the blessed cup ia given. Though leaves are yellow, fruits and flowers gone, ' The resurrection morning gives now life: The "worm, tho canker and the grief" are dead, And Phonix-like, peace comes from out the strife. ROMK AMONO THE HILLS, Nov. 23d, 1873. A bill providing fdr a tax levy to meet, the expenses of the present fiscal year hasQassed its second reading in the Sen ate, It is warmly opposed by the Con servativo and a few of the Republican members of the body. The taxes, should this bill pass in its present condition, will amount to ?bout $2,500,000. Sucha tax at such a time would be ruinous, and the consequences of such a levy would be as bad as tho repudiation of the whole debt.-Abbeville Medium. A bill to provide for the expenses,of the extra session has passed the House, and will be carried in the Senate. The appropriation for this extra session will be $100,000. Such extravagance is crimi nal, but such is called economy by the party in power. Botter havo a receiver appointed, and let the State assume a territorial form of government than live as South Carolina has lived for the last four years.-Abbeville Medium. What Causes Hard Times. An exchange, with very correct no tions of matters pertaining to our world ly prosperity, assigns the following as some of the causes of Hard Times : fop jpany spend money, and. too few carn it, " ' ^ * ** Too much money is spent wastefully and uselessly, and too little say ed and made productive and accumulative. We buy too much abroad th?t we oqght to produce at home, We buy too much that we do not pay for cash down-too much of what wc buy being whai we do not actually need. We are too wasteful, -know too little how to economize, and have too little disposition to do so. We are too speculative, unscrupulous and actually dishonest in our efforts to make money. Too many of us prefer idleness to in dustry, and too few of ns know how to work and derive pleasure and profit from onr labor. We spend too much time learning what is not useful, and too little to inform our selves upon the methods of promoting our material prosperity. -'-' -?;???'? ? What a Oped Advertisement poe* . A good, advertisement, in a widely cir culated newspaper, is foe best of ajj pps albie salesmen. It is a salesman who never sleeps, and is never weary ; who goes after business early and late ; who accosts the merchant in his shop, the scholar in his study, the lawyer in his office, the lady at her breakfast table; who can be lu a thousand places at once, and speak to a# million people every morning, saying to each one the best toing lo the best manner. Ccu. "Lilly's Appeal lu Behalt o? Wash lngtou * ?ee.t)j^.rs?tT. : Daring the recent State|Pair in Co]um bia, Gen. Lilly, of Virginia, delivered an eloquent address in the ^interest of the Washington & Iiee;Uniyeg^ we make the following [fRraots,- and .to which we commend lhV?bes'fc attention of the people of South Ci plink : Gen. Lilly spoke as fol??we ; I^ie*and}@enl2eviefl^lt affords me pleasure to meet, yon to-diy,.and I thank you for the cordial jgr^tinwjrou have given | me. I desire to make my ?toowledgments to the president pf the fefpfer this oppor tunity of addressing yTSpfand for the very (?ntplimentary jnanner in -which he bas introduced me to you',' . This is not the first tiniifrJiave visited your State. In April, 'ow^Lwas in York ville and Columbia; andi wived in Char leston justas the firingiSn Fort Sumter) ceased, and was there wife the. fort sur rendered. Well do Irenember the im pressions made upon my hiind as I passed' along the line' of- railwaj ?Sjand witnessed your gallant men moving in organized bodies, to the defence of f?nx liberties. I have never seen a more united people than the Carolinians were at" bat time. Last spring I again^?ted your State, and saw your people inltbeir hun i?iation and distress! Iii their - jftwerty and afflic tion, they refused to yield to" the allure ments of wealth and position offered them by the party in power, ajid stood firm in their devotion to orinante'., Their conduct as civilians commanded i|y profound ad miration, as their bearingjas sdldiers upon the field of battle, 'durinf ' the war, had done. I came last spring on t mission in be half of Washington aniltjee University, and I was much gratified at the liberal response of your people> io the invitation to endow, in that, university, .a chair to bear the name of your ??ate. A number of your best citizens manifested great in terest in the scheme, an j the short time I was in the State more ima $13,000 were subscribed to the fund*.*! I auf now here to complete the fund;to*50,000, the sum required for the permanent endowment of J sich chair. 4 ? ; A subscription of $25(r entitles the sub scriber to a certificate with four coupons attached, each coupon .entitling to tuition and other fees for one sesjsion in any of the academic or scientific, BCjiools^ of the uni versity. The $250,' in tr?is way entitles to what would otheFWjsej^st K-?00 or more. Five hundred dollars, entitles to ten such coupons, aud $1,000. tjS,twenty-four cou pons. Payments may.3? . made in instal ments without interesp .and arranged to come lightly each yearfhntil such time as it may Be desired to ude the tuition, when the balance of the subscription can bc paid, and the certifi?rt^of-gcholarshipis lued^ ! /. :.{ '/?MCI/. Y r I A subscription of ajfcsura may be made j and divided into in?lhm?ents to suit the convenience of the B?Hreriber. A ? ,:??t of the^bscriptkms. with the ' ..? . .. "'- * .:"? ""..scriber, ia-.-. -. rv- . . - re? . ?*'ih<ri~-l:,* :> Mtv, ta,-'- . .... .{od BTV- : > ai.-.? ;y <:.??. .-.?j anians ^?.v'.'* " . languages ; the Tt?ai chair ot applied mathematics ; ike ians $25,000 for their chair, and eacu these States will complete its endowment to $50,000. . In addition to this, the Confederate sol diers and their friends are raising a fund ? for the endownment of the presidential \ cliO.tr as a MEMORIAL tribute to our noble CHIEF. The University now lias an endowment I of $300,000, and an aggregate capital of more than half a million dollars. Its finances have been managed with such ability, that while the university hos been greatly expanded and ifs .usefulness in creased, if itt free from debi*. -Ita manage ment edmunds, the entire, .confidence cf | the public, and the people: bf tho South Bee that by uniting ?poii.it they can make it such a university as will meetmost fully the wants of Southern youth. It is attracting donations in large sums, the late R. H. Bayly "j of New Orleans, having bequeathed it $70,000 to endow a chair to beur his name, and W. W. Coreo rail, Esq., of Washington City, has given it $20,000. Although it is upon this solid basis, one million dollars ar? needed to.carry out the plans of its lamentedpresident. Ju b ##**** General Lee was a statesman as well as a soldier, and he saw that the only hope of our Southern country was to provide for our youth through instruction in the scientific and practical branches of learn ing. He saw that there was nothing that would contribute more to promote the material prosperity of the South than men well instructed jr. the application of mather maries and chemistry-civil engineers, mining engineers, practical chemists, me chanical engineers, architects, machinists, carpenters and master-workinen of all kinds-men capable of constructing lines of railway, developing mines, erecting suitable buildings and constructing within them the most improved machinery, ' and of filling the positions of superintendent, chemist, machinist, (fcc., required m con ducting successfully a manufacturing es tablishment. With the?e views, when he accepted the presidency of the university, he urged in; addition io the-,literary and professional' schools, the establishment of the scientific schools now in operation, and others to be added as soon as the re quisite funds shall, be procured, lie gathered around him a'facalty Composed of men of high character and attainments ; men worthy to unite with him in mould ing the character, principles and view? of j the young men of the South. 'Besides Professors White, : Harris, Nelson and Campbell, who were in.the university be fore, the war,-and who have , filled their positions so acceptably, there have been added to the faculty the president, eight professors, four assistant professors and several tutors. Pol. R. S. tycCuJloh, of the McCormick phair of natural philosophy, graduated at Prinpepop College ; was chemist, in the United States Mint, Philadelphia; was professor;iiu Princeton College,. then pro fessor in Columbia College, New York City, and while there was sent to Europe for two. years to visit the scientific schools and examine the modes of instruction and the apparatus used. He was chemist to the Confederate Government during the war, and since that has been sent to Eu rope by the university to examine im provements in apparatus and the modes of instruction, and to mike purchases foi the different departments of the university. He is regarded as one. of the most scien tific men in the United^tes. Col. William Allan, a master 0f arts of | the University of Virginia, and ?Geh. Stonewall Jac^pn'? ?M.of-ordnance, during thp ffar, hoa^raadei % school of engineering quite a success, and there were more students m it last session than ever before. ^ Gen. Cu8tis Lee,,, president, now has charge of tae.Sctfootci^gmeBring ; he is greatly interested in its development, and is eminently qualified '.to.give instruction. He graduated first m all bis classes int the United States Military Academy,, West ? Point, and was considered one Of the best engineers in the Confederate arpiy. . For " several years before he was elected to sac* ceedhis father-in the presidency of .trie university-lie was professor of engineering in the Virginia Military Institute1 ? 1.Col. Wm. Preston Johnston, son. of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, and a grad uate.of. Yale College, fills the Kentucky chair of history andjiolitical economy. Prof. Edward S. Joynes, a graduate of the University of Virginia, and of 'on? of the leading universities of Europe- theil Professorin William and Alary College, Virginia, is professor of modern languages' ' ; Dr. N. A. Pratt, of Charleston, and who was chemist m one of the large phosphate works, of that city, fills the. Missouri chair of applied chemistry. . Kev. Dr.. J. L. Kirkpatrick, /formerly president of Davidson College.'N. C. is. professor of moral philosophy. Hon. J. Randolph Tucker, fora mun-' ber of years attorney-general of .Virginia, and who is one of the very ,.fir8t lawyers in the State, has'charge of the department bf'law; associated with him is. a distin guished graduate of the university and of the department of law. The corps of instructors is not surpass-^ ed in this land. . - . .*. * .* . * While walking through the beautiful grounds of :South Carolina College-an institution which m other years was the pride of the State, and presided over by Hon. Wm. C. Preston, the accomplished orator and statesman, and alumnus of Washington and Lee University-my heart was made sad, indeed, at viewing its extensive buildings and libraries now almost desolate and forsaken. ' Now that the Carolinians have to look beyond their State for an institution at which to educate their sons, there is none that so attracts them as Washington and Lee University. It has a history such as no other institution of learning in this land can claim. Founded, as it was, by the officers and soldiers of the first revolu tion ; with its long list of distinguished alumni; its freedom from State and sec tarian control ; the liberal basis upon which it is conducted; its able faculty; the gentlemanly bearing and scholarly at tainments of ita graduates ; the precious memories connected with it since the war; the refining and ennobling influences which cluster around it, commend it to the friends of sound learning in your State as well as throughout the South. I The interest in its success is grow ing among the Southern people and they are determined to make it a GRAND IEMPLE OF LEARNING-a representative Southern university, worthy their admira tion and affection, worthy of patronage from all parts of the world. Tho time has come when resistance to such taxation is necessary. Every means should be resorted to to put off the evil day of payment aa long as possible. If this miserable machine which is called the government of South Carolina, is de prived 4fa money to keep it running it will fall to pieces with a crash".-Fairfield Herald. But the people are beginning to find i '.I*'?* out. They begin to undcr it ::.."'-!.< "an, and what is moro, .i.; t where most of the '' are going to inquire :?. .her there is anything ir; ?'- .-re of Columbia, that . -. ? pm? , g?idi?iaiiu^fiuri? .. ! . uses, silver plate and ? ats. They will have an . ?. ..f they cannot get an an i send somebody here who .. -em.- Union-Herald. Brevities and Levities* $3St h. farmer lost, a gimlet in the woods near Monticello, Minnesota, three years ago, and the other day cut down an iron-wood tree, fast in the forks of | which he found-not a gimlet, but a three-quarter inch auger. He is sorry he didn't wait a year or two longer, as a two inch augor ls just what he wonted; ' #s&- Compulsory education-Boing/ forced to learn a trade in thc peniten tiary. pi)- ?Sonic base calumniator says : "The Indians first called thc place on which New York was built Manahuchtauicm-ks. The translation of it is thc place where they all got drunk " ?Sir Ladies must be allowed to wear abort-sleeved dresses if they wiall, or tho Constitution of tho United Slates must be amended, for it expressly provides that " the right to bear arms'' must not be interfered with. . $?r Here's a verdict rendered by an Arizona jury: "We rather think the prisoner is guilty, and if he is he ought to bo hung; but as wo are not quite sure pf it, wo recommend that ho be sentenced to imprisonment for life." ty Jack, who is a(. a boarding school in the country, writps home : " Please send me a good trap to catch a wood chuck, and a pleco of carpet for me to say my prayers OM." ?Sf At tho Saratoga tournament Mr. j J. C. Barnes was thc successful knight, ' and crowned Miss Sallie Fanner. Far-, mers and bams ! There is a natural as sociation in these names in these days of farmers' movements and Patrons of Hus bandry. IST A negro in Boston complained at a police station that a brother colored man had broken a chair all to splinters over his head. Being tobi there wore no marks on his cranium, lie said: "No! 'e didn't mak-o no marks, but 'e smashed do cb'ar all ter pieces, and de ch'ar be longed ter mc." % $?r Ari exchango tells this : A good lady who, on tho death of her first hus band, married his brother, has a portrait of the former hanging in her dining room. Ono day a visitor, noticing the painting, asked : " Is that a moinber of | the famUy?" "Qb! that's my poor brotl^er inTlaw !" was the ingenious; ro ?ty A fashionable lady hoing asked, how she liked tho dinner given at a po et's house, her reply was, "Thedinner was ex-splendid but my seat \was so re mote from the nicknacks that I could not ratify my appetite, arid the pickled cher ries had such a defect on my head that I had a notion to leave the table, bnt Mr. i- gave me some heartshorn resolved in water which bereaved me. jp?- Diogenes hunted in the day-time for an honest man, with alantern: if he had lived in these times, he would hav needed tho lied }ite ov ti lbkoinotiff. Josh Billings. ?Sr A Temperance man in,' Orange pounty was' fo^nd one night, clinihjng an. pye rsho t lyheel in/a. (ul^ng null. He was asked what hp was, dqihg. 'He said he waa foyfog to get lip fo bed, but some how or other the stairs wouldn't hold still.'. ' ' . \t _ /''. The Hockpry Press says: Que of the shrewdest financiers in Catawba cou n - ty prophesied the present financial diffi culties two years ago, and .has guarded against personal. disaster ever since by investing.every .cent he could raiso in whiskey and then drinking tho whiskey. He ls proof against bank failures now. ,#tv-o ?rt! . ... '. . .-* '.'.? m Col. Thom A' Address to thc V . . i Sabre Club. , ' 5? .? ..?,'*. . ? ? ? Correspondence tof Churlotlo De - One of theihteresting incidents ( 'ed with?the recent State Fair, at bia, S.. C., was the appearance. ? grounds of the Edgefield Sabre ( body, of ; young men who had visil Fair for. the purpose of a. public ment; They had ridden from E( on their horses, andN.heir appears the streets of the Capital, with drs . bres and'a banner bearing thc ." ?esurgamus," excited .no little ii ? The Sabreurs, ? under the comm Pres't. Qary, having been drawn front of ?the balcony of the main bi Major Woodward,' President of th addressed them briefly but spirited! ended by requesting Col. J. P. Thor a member of the Executive Corni to add a more formal address of we ' Colonel Thomas spoke in substance lows: .Gentlemen oj the Edgefield Sabre Fellow-Citizens and Fellow-Soldie Whilst I deem it scarcely necessary I anything to what has already beer by the President of the State Agricu and Mechanical Society, vet it be my duty to make my contribution welcome with which you are greet? this occasion. It has been said thal the fame of soldier is a high and holy fame. Foi on self-sacrilice and achieved througl fering, it shines fi om mountain ti shore with protecting effulgence, and 1 up every hearthstone in the land the solemn radiance of national fe? Again, it may be remarked that thei times when the eloquence of the ora necessary to the safety of the Com weaith. Allow me, however, to suj that I can make on this occasion no cial appeal to you in behalf either Oi fame ot the soldier or the orator's quence. I invite you to another thoi Standing, as we do, on these ground: voted to the industries of the State, surrounded as we are by the insigni material development, rather let me to your attention thc real methods which our State is to be redeemed, our.broken fortunes restored. . It was said by Richelieu, the patri statesman of France, " Bring me thc take away the sword, Stales can be st without it" It is true that there are cunistances surrounding us calculated stir a fever even in the. blood of age. is true that were I to follow the sug tions of an impetuons nature and a i temper, I might stir you to mutiny rage, might point you to the Meet wounds of your stricken State and v you to whet your sabres by the morr star and mount your steeds before rising sun. But Imay not and .shall give you counsel like this. God has < erwise ordered our destiny, and not in I way can w.e save the State. Hence, J s gest this modification of Cardinal Eic lieu's proposition, " Talr away ihr sire briny to 14s and lo mer aid ?he plough, loom and the anvil." Let us on the li of material development seek to- acer plish the restoration of the State to lorbr?r^eat^?bd-j?o?perity. - - L.?t ns su mon to our assistance the subtle force) nature, thc weapons of science, and m shal in our behalf; under peacehl baron that sturdy army made up of i;he hen of the workshops and the monarchs of soil. And here, gentlemen of the Ed; field Sabre Club, let me tell yon that ii quite possible by a wise use of tho ag? cies at our command to rear again 1 fallen column of South Carolina's forn renown, Although the State is now pr trated, and rude hands are laid upon 1 recumbent form, yet have faith, mainti integrity, keep the whiteness of your soi work on with your stout hands, and Soi Carolina will rise again; will once mc place upon her shoulders her former roi and wear again upon her brow the diad< of her ancient beauty. And let me t you, men of Edgefield, when you lea the.?e grounds, and have exhibited yo skill and horsemanship in your corni tourney, to carry back with you to yo homes the resolution never to surrend your just part and parcel iq this bloc bought Commonwealth, bequeathed to by a nob'o ancestry] Let this resol be ns firm in vour souls as thc everlast? hills. This land, we from our fathers had trust, and to our ch?ldreu.it is our duty transmit it. To this sentiment we are iii polled by the rich memories of the pas by the urgent duties of the present, an all thc hopes of the future. We feel it in all the crimson of 01 blood. Wc read our duty in our geni climate and fertile soil, and in all the 11; (aral riches that surround us. Wc sec in the deep cai nation that tinges the cl; e 1 of beauty.as well as on the wrinkled frpi of age. We see it in the infant's eye, i thc wife's smile, and in thc placid sky an at our feet amid the silent dust ol' "thei that were before us. And now, gentlemen, allow me to ir vite you to engage with us in 'tho festiv ties of this occasion. May Ileaveu sav the State, and may the sun, as it rises i I he East and sets in t he West, soon sen itSjCbecring beams over homes happy an prosperous, and over a people redeem ci regenerated and disenthralled. lo this Pres't. Garv, on behalf of hi command, responded in a stirring and sol dierly address, and thus terminated a; incident which contributed in no little de gree to the eclat of thc late State Fair ii our sister State. Somo few may be able lo pay thei taxes, but tho fanners, already raino* by tho disastrous result of the oottoi crop will simply have nothing to moo the demands of the official cormorants This tax, In tho face of the panic is thc culmination of all the acts of robben, and oppression of which the Radical party has been guilty.-Fairfield Herald GENERAL RYAN ANP HIS FAMILY.-A Chicago dispatch says : " Gen. W. A. C. Ryan, ?hot by the Spaniards at Santiago de Cuba, has a mother and one sister liv ing in this city ; also a brother, Mr. P. B. Ryan, living at Joliet, in this State. His mother's second husband is named Dunn, and he is a gardener on the north side. I Gen. Ryan was born in ' Toronto, Canada, j in March, 1843. There is another brother, j Col. John G. Ryan, living in Pine Bruff, Ark. He serverd iq tho Confederate army, and was once arrested and charged with complicity in the conspiracy of John H. Surratt. The relations of the murdered General are taking measures to obtain his remains from the Spanish author\ti,ea io, bring them to Chicago for interment. -?-' tt?'.'.- . Affaira are moro gloomy now than eyer. Tho millions, wuing by taxation from the people, have been recklessly squandered. Wo can bear this no longer. Such a tax as the one proposed means couftacatlon. White and colored land holders will alike be beggared.-Fair ficld Herald. _ A story comes from Heidelberg, of four German, students, two of ..whom agreed, to play a game of cards, the stakes being that the loser should: shoot him self. The game' was played and thc terrible forf??lt paid by one*of the young men. His companions have been ar rested. & 2J, . . .A' Dealers in Pure Drugs, CHEMICALS, PAINT8, OHS, GLASS, FANCY GOODS & TOILET ARTICLES Wines, Brandies, Segars;-Tobacco, &c. We respectfully announce to our fri?nd&aud .patrons that we have added LARGELY to our Stock .of* DRUGS AND GROCERIES, ? . '. Wi ; . .... And will be pleased to show them at all times. ^Sbjocil?y Groceries. Now in store a splendid stock, and embracing every article usually kept in a first class Family Grocery. " FOR THE. LADIES. CLISBY & LYNCH are offering the most beautiful line of That they ever had in store, -and to which they earnestly in vite the attention and inspection of the Ladies and Gentlemen of Edgeiield and vicinity. .' * 100 Lbs. DURHAM SMOKING TOBACCO, The best article made, just received and for sale by CLISBY & LYNCH. ? . .' ? -. . ? ? S:, : : .-..> Lamps and Chimneys. / ". ? The largest and best assortment ever brought to Edgefield now on exhibition and for sale at CLISBY & LYNCH'S. I j^TERMS CASH, or Ninety Days. On all bille, re maining unpaid *larter-eent will, positively .-be ..ohargc&afier the" expiration of that'time. CLISBY & LYNCH. \??f>.?:i 3 C., Oct 21 ' ii tf. 44" THE PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM! JAS. A. DOZIER. ? D. T. VAUGHN. JOHN RAINSFOKD. Jtozier, Vaughn 1 Co., S3 HOUSE ?EPOT, S. C., - RESPECTFULLY announce to the people of Edgefield, that they now have in Store a tremendous Stock of Goods, which were selected in person with especial care as to the wants of the.people, and which Stock embraces ? ll ? ? ^ ? "TH mm FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS, DOMESTICS, BOOTS, SHOES, Groceries, &c, &c. Our selection of Fashionable DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, HATS, &c, &c., is perfectly super'oj and prices as low as they can he bought in any market. ' . in the lino of WHITE GOODS, FANCY GOODS, and NOTIONS, we defy competition. Our CLOTHING DEPARTMENT is complete, and at prices to suit the hard times.' Our DOMESTICS are from the best manufacturers, and marked down to the IU'.VCSL figures. We have on hand an exte'usiye and varied collection of Ladies, Gents, Misses, Boys and Children's BOOTS ami SHOES-all first grade^goods, and all as ohiiap as any House can afford '.o sell thom. We also are receiving by every train an Immense Stock of Groceries AND - . Plant?t ion Supplies ! -Consisting in part of-; BACON, FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, ? LARD, CORN,* OATS, "MEAL, MEATS OF ALL KINDS, SALT, SYRUP, CHEESE, MACKEREL, SOAPS, ?fcc., &c. Also, BAGGING and TIES, a Large Supply. All of which we propose to sell to Cash' Customers at Prices eqnal to any Market in the South. We.take especial pleasure in informing thc many friends M <"aj-i.'W. H. BRUNSON-an excellent merchant and thorough gentlermui-rthal he has enlisted himself in our House, and has charge ol the Dry Goods Department, and where, soliciting the presence and patronage of his old fnenefsyihe wiB be glad to see and serve them. ' That popular and accommodating gentleman, Mr. R. A. LYNCH/ will also be found on hand at our House, ready and anxious to serve every one. fi?-We ask ? liberal share of public patronage, and wi?? promise .s?fis-' faction to all who favor us with their trade. DOZIER, VAUGHNr& CO. ? Pine House? Oct 1, 3m f 41 -, WM. E. BENSON, 229 'Broad Street, Opposite Masonic Hall, OA., flAVTNG received his FALL AND WINTER GOOpS,-and secured the services of a FIRST CLASS CUTTER from New York, he ia folly pre pared to compete with, any. House in the South. With many thanks to the people of Edgefiet? for t?eir liberal patifchace heretofore extended to the old firm of Whitman.- & Benson, he, 'Sii their successor, earnestly solicits a, continuance of the same. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 2i 3m 40.