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EDGEFIELD, S. C., MARCH 25, 1875.
VOLUME XL.-So. .14?
JOHN fl, R,\r?^ iVv ll?v-?
THE SPRIG OF ACACI A.
"It flourished in historic earth
Land long and greatly sanctified ;
It had its proud and noble-birth
Amongst the hills where Hiram died ;
It minds TIS of Masonic.i?^h,
That knows no counterpart but death,
.??-?- ?- -J^ -
"Though torn away from native dust,
And faded, from its mothe>tree,
Its leaves still * .lisper ' sacred trust,'
And still impart love's mystery :
They blond in one eli ?houghts pf them
' Who last were at Jerusalem.'
"How many graves these leaves em
" bower !
How many forms they lie above !
Mingled with tears-affection's shower
And bursting sighs, and notes pf love :
But oh ! tho comfort they hay? given !
A balmy zephyr, straight from Heaven :
" Telling of that not distant day j
When parted love fe joined again ;
Bidding the storms of sorrow stay,
Affording antidote to pain :
Suggesting that all-powerful Hand
Will raise the dead and bid him stand.
"Soon will these leaves be showered on
theo! ;
Thy months afenumbered, every one!
Soon the last solemn mystery,
Above thy coffin will bc said,
Though thou, in silence will not hee d.
" So live that v.-hon those Cassia leaves
Shall blend with thy forgotten dust,
Kind Mother Earth, who all receives.
Will yield, unchanged, hersacred trust;
While angels lead thee to thc Throne,
And God, thc Master, claims his own."
Ti:s L?oii?i?y Job.
. The severest strictures that coull
be passed upon the Republican " ma
jority in the Forty-Third Congress,;
(; ays the New York World,) or ita
reckless neglect of public business
j?riiits close attention to political leg
islation during the greater part of the
last month of its last session, are con
tai ned in the brief history of the
Bounty bill which, after being tossed
about between the demagogues and
tricksters of the two Houses, escape.l
enactment into law by the merest ac
cident. By reference to our money
article this" morning it will be seen
'that this scandalous bill, according to
the estimates of competent, experts,
proposed to legislate out of an almost
bankrupt Treasury over $350.000.000
for the substantial benefit of nobody
under beaven but of gushing states
- men like Wilson and Logan and-of
a very business-like ring of <l:r.m
agents who are accustomed to UPC
gushing and demagogue statesmen
. for their own pecuniary gain. The
"equalization"' of soldiers' bor.niies
provided for in the bill had neithei
patriotism, justice nor common ::enst
to recommend it. It was merely ?
cheap fraud to commit the gov. ra
ment to the payment ot' bonntiei
which it found" unnecessary to p
v when soldiers were most urger)
newspaper publishers, but it is likTi3u
important to tho people The position
assumed by Judge Cooke was indefensi
ble and unwarranted from t-0 outset.
The libol against Bunion was none ol
his business, since Mr. Runion was able
to make complaint before the grand ju
ry. He is the editor of th?; Greenville
licpubltcu?, and is able to meet Speights
on equal ground in this respect; he is
not au orphan under the especial guard
i.mship of^the^Court, and his recent eon
- duct as County Audit r does not evince
much respect for law and order, since
.ladgo Cooke imposed afine upon him
for disobedience of an order made at the
November term. Bro. Runion was able
t-> uike care of himself, therefore, and
.7 udgc Cooke was riot warranted in in
te .-posing for his protection. Yet, this i*
slight and trivial compared to thc per
emptory and unprecedented order of
Judge Cccke, in directing the graud jury |
11 violate their oaths and consciences by
presenting the Daily Xcws. The mem
bers of the panel deserve commendation
f )C their firmness and intrepidity, in re
sisting the mandate of an infuriated
Judge, whose temper overcame all de
cency and propriety, wh--n he declared
that these men must serve without paj
il n til their minds and consciences un
bended *tb his imperious and haughty
will. Such a proposition deserves the
_ unqualified censuro and rebuke of al)
fciWWf?L.Li.. f-?n J the'grand jury would
bav? acted consistently in presenting his
Honor for interfering with their right*?
and prerogatives as sworn officers of the
Court. Wo are glad the termination of
this unhappy ail'air does not call for fur
ther condemnation, and yet wc cannot
refrain from freely expressing our-con
victions tn tho subjoct. We must re
ni?t tyranny in whatever form it appears,
?nd when the judiciary seeks to inter
fere with freedom of speech and freedom
of thought, it is time for manly and un
compromising resistance."
.Merchandize in thc Mails.
Among the propositions which went
by tho board in tho closing hours of the
Congress just ended, was that in behalf
of thc express company interest, to kee])
four-pound packages of merchandize om
of tho mails. The proposition to double
the rates, however, on merchandize in
thc mails, that is making it two instead
of one cent per ounce, was adopted.
Internal Revenue?
Tho tax on tobacco has been raised
from twenty to twenty-four cents per
pound, ami on cigars from live to six
dollars per thousand, by the act of Con
gress, March ?, 1S75, which goes into ef
?mmediately. The tax on spirits has
leen raised.
Johnson.
incipal figuro in the new Senate
; Wilmington Star) is tho irro- ?
""^oi" i.enu?sset\ tho*Toluu
Here is what he says of
.An impression has gone
'como here to avenge my
Ranees. If. is not so. I have
gs to redress but my conn
ection settled all personal
indicted; I consider that
t and bury ?ll'of my
d it. I conic, now to
sen tissues. Ofcour.-e,
while Bresidorrt were
?be necessary at some'
jjt?^bu?hatV^i^, i.
\party-, mamr'tnti- ?o*o[.
L" - -tfohnson ' icfun
j^jEion where he m?y'dd' (
ates man :,h in, &uxLi
?"?1
Packages by J'ai!.
It is known that the express com
panies were interestiu*-; themselves :
before the late GongreM to get a re- j
peal of the provision of the law of
the Yrevious session allowing four
poun$ pac?cHges cf merchinciiser &c, i
to go 'through the mails/ They were !
not siiccesslul in that object, yet they j
or some other influence succeeded, ?
during t?ie dying hours'of the ses
sion, in tacking on to the Funding
Civil Sill a very smali amendment,
which makes a very largo and impor
tant, change in the postal laws. ; And
the change isas sudden as it is in
portant. The amendment was to
strike out two words-" two onsets"
-in au existing postal law, and to
insert the one word " ounce" in their
place. This amendment,, small as it
looks, has revolutionized the rates of
postage on what is known as " third
class" mailaMe matter. Without
mentioning money at all, it jus?
doubles thc rate of postage, on every
one i f the following descriptions of
articles: Cooks, pamphlets, maps*
prints, engravings, transient niaga
Tjines, periodicals and newspapers,
circulars, handbills, posters, occasion
al publications, prospectuses, book
manuscripts, *-prpof-sh ets, corrected
proof-sheets, blanks, lie.xible patterns,
samples of merc?hdise, sample cards,
phonographic paper, letter envelopes,
postal, envelopes and wrappers, card?,
plain and ornamental paper; cuttings,
burbs, roots, sebns, and all other ar
ticles usually sent by mai!, except let
j ters ?nd newspapers abd periodicals
mailed by the publishers. As the
,!a\v stood prior to this little amend
ment, any person could send the fore
i;oin*g articleaby mail at the rate ol
one cent for every two ounces ; noya
the r:tte is ono cent for every ounce
Tlie rate is doubled, und: the addi
tional cost to those who use the Post
office for sending those articles rum
np to millions of dollars every year
Eut this enormous and unexpected
increase ia the rate of third-class
postage is no: thc only objectionable
feature in the matter. The ope:aiici
of this change in the law is extreme
ly inequitable. The publisher of ;
paper van send to his regular sub
scriber.*;, through the'mails, apachan
containing one pound of newspaper
for two cents, but the laboring mai
or woman who wishes to send to :
, distant relative a single copy of i
newspaper has to pay two cents fo
that single copy. Here tbepersoi
who cannot afford to. pay heavy post
age is obliged to pay tus much for ai
1 ounce and a quarter as the publishei
who can alford to pay, is charged fo
a whole pound. The rate was rafi
' ciently unequal before thc chang?
' and nov.- the. inequality \? increase
" two-fold. The same injustice rest
5 apon ?.ii the transient senders <
magazines and periodicals, who bu
scenting tho carcass ever made night as
hideous Wo pvc a few specimens in
our legislative proceedings.
The opponents <>f tho bill refrained
from speaking, being convinced that
they were strong enough to sustain the
veto, with votes in spare. Tho debate
came to an unexpected close on tho point
of order that the bil] had been retained
rO0 long by the governor, an?! that it.
therefore, hail become a law. Upon this
subject we are not at this moment able
j to ex|>r?*s-< au opinion, but fancv that
"claims" will nn't go np in the market
in consequence.
Hereupon certain ol* tho so-called " ani
mals"' and "jackal1." became horribly
tilled with wrath, and, raging like the
angry nott, procured tho passage of a
resolution to have the editor, Mr. Jame*
G. Thompson, arrested and brought bc
? fore the bar of the Hou??e for contempt.
Tho arrest was duly made, and the hap
less editor was led into thc presence of
the animals like a lamb to the slaughter.
The lamb was calm, composed, and
seemed to know what to do, while thc
animals were horribly disconcerted an'l
quite at their wits" end. The scene must
have been unfathomably amusing Upon
being informed by the Speaker that he
was held to be in contempt of the House,
.Mr. T. asked for time to consider what
he should do in the case, having, as he
said, been " captured*' only an hour or
so before.
Mr Ciews naovi .1 that limn be allowed
him till seven in the evening. Leslie
sent up a motion to let him go, saying
that the House had undoubtedly got a
first-class elephant upon its bands, and
that the capturing of an editor was like
the capturing of a porcupine, as they
would undoubtedly get nothing but
"quills" for their pains. Hereupon Mr.
Thompson was let loose until the next
clay, or tho da}' after, when he was again
brought before the animals, who gazed,
growled, gnashed, aud finally let him
loose tune die. Jackals and jackasses !
Recognition of thc Arkansas Govern
ment.
Thc President (says the Wilmington
Star) has directed all thc departments of
the government to recognize tho Garland
government of Arkansas aa tho legal
government of that State, and to estab-.
lish the same relations with it as are in
existence between tho departments of
the Federal government and the other
.-" -.tc governments of tho Union. This
.. is been done in consequence ol* the ac
tion of tho House ol" Representatives,
and by it the President formally recog
nizes the Garland government, which,
up to this time, ho has scrupulous' - ab
stained from doing in any shape or tomi.
Some wholesome things "his Excel
lency*' doubtless learned when Congress
adjourned ivithot lessing the Force bill
and without gi vin,, aim a chance to med
dle with the rights of the people of Ar
kansas. He will find out some otkur
things before tho passage of many moons
-,yvojJLU*?.s4J?d^^ jj'wo roa<j/fi7u"
signs cf tho times aright.
Thc Upshot of the Cardozo Walter.
State Treasurer Oardozo hat; been tried
before the Geueral Assembly, and tri
umphantly acquitted. The Conserva
tives who voted against him as regarda
tho preparation of the Address, all, with
?yo or three exceptions, voted thot the
sahl Address should not bo adopted. In
the course ol" t?ieinvestig?'t?ot?r?n'cL"Hear
iu?r '.hey had becoin? ?ony^ftgd^-ond
?.yeito ;ua?i]y cimjjgh^t^av,,^ .Carduzo
romains 'treasurer. Tbj?iA another vic
Bank of tue Slate.
It is reported that Mr. C. C. Puffer,
the present Receiver of the Bank of
the State, hus been appointed by the
President as Minister to Belgium,
and if the United States Senate con-.
?irtn3 the nomination of Mtv Puffer,
there will be a \acaney in the lucra
tive position now held by that thrifty
carpet-bagger. The Bank of the
I State has been a mine of wealth to
j several individuals, and tue total
! commissions already allowed to Re
? ceivers amount to $135,790. Mr.
! Puffer's commissions aggregate the j
j enormous sum of $40,355. If there
I is to be a successor to him in this j
beneficent; sinecure, we presume that j
another ,1 bonanza" will replenish the :
pockets of the lucky recipient, unless
there is a decided chaude in the
management of these funds. I*- is
understood that Col. T. W. Parmele,
who is an aide-de-camp to Gov. Cham
berlain, will likely secure the place.
But there, ought to be no further
wa:-=te of the assets in extravagant
commissions, and we trust Judge
Reed will interpose to prevent such
a palpable fraud upon the people.
The assets in the hands of the Re
ceiver, iVom whence such enormous
commissions are deducted, rightfully
belong to the creditors ol' the Bank,
and their interests are immediately
and directly concerned. But the
tax-payers are likewise interested in
the matter, for the State is legally
bound to [?av any deficiency to the
creditors of the Bank, when the as
sets are exhausted, and hence the
necessity lor securing greater pru
dence and economy 'in the adminis
tration ot this fund than has been
exhibited he-reto lore. A considerable
time has erapsed since/ the Supreme
Court ordered these assets to be ap
portioned equally among all the
creditors of the Bank, and if within
the province of Judge Reed, wc ex
pect to hear that he has ordered an
early distribution to be made. In
case this does not belong to his right
ful authority, we feel confident that
he will not allow theso funds to be
made the prey of another Receiver,
without adequate service being ren
dered therefor. The record of Judgt
Reed so far on the bench is a guaran
tee that he will not hesitate to dis
charge a plain duty, and nothing car
be plainer than the necessity o
guarding th^e assets against au)
further unlawful drainage.-Auder
son InUlliqcricer.
-- -rn 4.
Justice to His Grangers.
A great deal hus been said abou
t'ne enormous income received by tm
National Grange of the Patrons o
Husbandry in Washington from su
bordinat? Granges in all parts of tb
.cunny, and much curiosity ha3beei
expressed as to the disposition mad
ol the fund which accumulates fror
m)i? sale of " dispensations" and th
and whirled them about like feathers.
A letter was carried by tho cyclone
from Thomson to Edgcfield county, and
was found on thc premises of Mr. ii. T
Wright, about six miles from Ridgefield,
a distance of sixty miles from Thomson.
On the Purt Royal Railroad.
Private advices state that aserious tor
nado occurred at Jackson Station, on thc
Pori Royal Rail road, eighteen milos from
Augusta, last Si timlay evening. Three
houses were blown down and one color
ed woman was fatally wounded. The
railroad track was Hovered for more titan
three hundred yards with falling lim
bcrs On an adjoining plantation three
colored men were crushed to death. Thc
falling trees obstructed tho road, and
threw the np day train from tho track.
Fortunately no material damage was
done and no one on tho train was injured.
Two trestles on this road were washed
away by the rain, but they have been re
paired, andas this extra goes to press
th.3 track is reported clear and the trains
are running as usual.
Barnwell.
Mr. William Woodward's plantation
in Barnwell county, 8. C., was visited bj'
thestorm, and great damage done. Svery
building on the place, except the dwel
ling, was blown down. It is reported
that several persons were killed and in
jured in tho vicinity."
Str.ee tho storm, wp have seen and
talked with a number of our fellow citi
zens of tho desolated tract, and their ac
counts of the disaster aro at th? samo
time appalling and interesting. Gen. M.
C. Butler gives a graphic account of the
scenes in Meriwether Township. Among
minor details he tolls us that masses of
clothing wore picked up in his lowlands,
blown across thc river from tho Georgia
side-and not only clothing, papers, light
debris Ac, but also a large maura:-":, and
a heavy, handsome, paneled door. Ho
speaks of tho ruin at Mr. John Briggs's
as most complete and very melancholy
-as also at Mr. Jas. Callahan)'s, Mr. Joe
Thurmond's, Mr. Sam. Gardner's, and
Dr. Hugh Shaw's. Tho devastation at
Mrs. Sophia Tillman's, on the old Au
gusta road, is represented to us as being
ready awful That old landmark, " the
Old Wells,"' suffered beyond almost eve
ry other point. Our friend, Mr. Geo.
W. Turner, had the roof blown off his
house, while his outhouses, fences, for
age, supplies, cattle, were completely
destroyed. Mrs. Ann Gray, widow of
the late C M. Gray, who lives in the
samo section, lost everything sh.. owned
-house and all. The Miles Mill neighbor
hood was also laid waste. Mr. E Koeso, j
of ouroilice, was in Granitevillo atthe|
time, and informs us that tho storm was
scarcely felt there. Tho whole face ol'
tho country for twenty or thirty miles
on either sido ol tho narrow track of this
tornado, is literally, strewn with strange
boughs, bits, fragments and ruins-odds
f-rn?Tends of broken furniture, articles ot
clothing, planks and shingle?,- letters
and p?p?ra from sixty miles away, books,
inkstands, blocks of ribbon,?fcc, ike., ?tc
Tho only lives actually lostin our County,
so far as wc have been ablo to learn, were
those of two negros at Mr. John Briggs's.
Several individuals however are seri
Susly wounded. ;- -
Noxt week wo s?nii ^-ubabl'y be able
to give more minute details of this great
and destructive sf?rtn.'' ;
Transient Postage
bvifft.should., tobyrao hj, ?md^that,y.iq.
'rato ol p^gTol??
idjracW -books .?nd all minted matter ,>
aligcd toi?CTBKW96K3w twa ounces to*
a^lr. can
tude of wretched beings she ha
on earth ; of the suffering, deg
tion, ignorance and crime that
child has thus transmittedt of
evil she has caused to thou'sant
iunocent families,- and the loss t
commninity/Tve can ?ll feebly
preciate the importance to the p
of the care ?nd education of a
gie pauper child.
-.-??el???? . ?
The Case of Mr. John MiU
The election of John Mitch
the middle of February to repn
the county Tipperary in the Br
Parliament, and the subsequen
; ti?n of that body in the matter,
?interesting on account of his
residence among us, and of th<
portant lav/ questions involved.
Mitchel, it will bc rememb
was convicted in Dublin in May, J
of felony in having plotted to de
his sovereign and to levy war ag
her, and was sentenced to be t:
ported beyond the seas for the
of fourteen years. He was ser
Van Dieruan-? Land, where, in ]
he was given a ticket-of leave on
di tion that he should not altern
escap? from the colony. One di
June, 1S:>3, he suddenly prese
himself, in company with a frier,
the magistrate's office at Both
in Van Dientan*a Land, and hai
him a brief note saying' that he
signed his ticket-of-leave ana-rev
his parole of honor. Accordiu
that officer's report, before he c
read the notice, Mitchel had mou
his horse and was out of sight,
suit was unavailing, i^e- succe
in eluding the vigilance of the p
and escaping to this country
; sailing vessel. * Mitchel's friend
sert that ample time was giv>
. read the notice, and that Mil
ac^ed as a man of honor, whil
the other hand the general sentii
in England always has been tha
escape under euch circumstances
at best a colorable evasion of
pledge. Upon this moral issue,
' ever, the debate in tho Houi
! Commons on February 18, di<
1 turn at all. The legal aspect o:
case was declared the only que
' for consideration, and the spef
' averred that they were uninnue
by political bias.
1 When Mitchel visited Irelanc
. summer no attempt was made t
rest him, and on bis recent arriv
found himself returned for Tippc
unopposed. Immediately there
Mr. Disraeli-whom Mr. Mitche
rather weakly tried to depreca*
calling him a nov-?l writer-mo\
I resolurou that " John Mitchel,
ing been adjudged guilty of f<
and sentenced to transportatio
e fourteen years, and not haviug
1 dured the punishment to whic
e was adjudged for such felony, o
Q chived a pardon ha* become and
throe members of. the commission.
! names inserted by the senate were chai
by the house ol' repr?sent?mes,
changes were concurred in by thc ser
and the act a? thus modified i-s subs
tially the act which is now before Die.
Iiecurring now to thecircum3lance?
muinv.s which led me to consent to
measure in its original form, I am c
pelted lo say that changes ot circumswu
have taken pince since 1 was consu
concerning this measure, sufficient
themseles to warrant an entire cha
. ol' attitude on my part, apart hem
complete change made by the UUJSI ess
tia] feature of the measure. The respo
given by tho general assembly to
efforts to enforce a policy of rigid Vetren
ment and reform m our public ex pen
lures has not met my expectations. 1
passage of the legidalive appropri?t
act, tiie failure to cut down appropriate
tn their lowest reasonable limn itxthegi
eral appropriation act, the defeat of i
b:ll reducing the salaries of public office
and the passage ol' a multitude of misc
lai.eous claims, have rendered it irapossi
for me to consent to aid another dollar
tho weight nf taxation which will m
oppress the people of the State." In i
dinon to what, lins been specified, the pr
.-age already of acts for the levy of spec
taxes in no less than fourteen of t
counties of the State- these special tax
ranging from one and one-half mii4e
three nulls >n the dollar-and the prospc
of the. passage of many more similar ac!
is sufficient ol' itself lo make my npprov
of J he pr?sent fa?nauttt (ia ?H, '-m-n
judgment, of unpardonable injustice m :
those whose interests I am sworn io pi
ted..
, m .
The supply bill for the present fisc
year has not yet reached me, but as*
passed the house of representatives it pp
vided for taxes amounting to eleven an
seven tenths mills on the dollar for gene
al State- purposes. Adding to this in mo
of the counties six mills for regular ar
special county taxes, and from oue 1
three mills for local school taxes, we ha\
an aggregate of taxation wholly withot
pr?c?dent, as it is without jnstilicalioi
To al! this are yet to be added the taxi
for town, village and municipal purpose
-jn somo instances amounting to moi
than all the taxes for all other purposes.
Nothing will induce me to contribut
tc ?well this already intolerable burden <
taxat.ion. But it yoi) look at the charge
ter of the claims covered by thia act, ther
ia nothing ia general to commend 'to fa
vor and scarcely to toleration. Include
in the vast mass, there are doubtless, hon
est and just claim?. There is no doubl
moreover, that many of thc present hoi
dei a of these claims arc suffering by th
delay in their payment. For ali such '.
have profound sympathy, and would glad
ly do anything reasonable io relieve them
But speaking generally of tho vast ma
jonty ot" these claims, what arc they, am
what do they represent ? They are, fo
the most part, the unpaid balance of tlu
certificates issued during thc last foui
years, under the guise of legislative ex
penses of various kinds. That certifi
cates for legislative expenses have been
niado the cover for vtst frauds no mar
will dispute. . '14*7 "arc Uni venal ;y re
garded as the last culminating evidences
of a mevaihug system of corruption which
has disgraced our State and offended thu
nation. The State has already paid on
account of such claims an aggregate
amount which, if we were not familiar
with the facts, would pass tho bound1: ol
belief.
Since tho regular session of tho general
assembly % 187U-V4, the.Stat^.had .paid
prior to the presemV session, on .account of
' Ief- 'lative.expenses, the.vast sum bf $1,
LpGIjOOO. According to thc registry ?I
"ready.,,madc.by % ?Jerks. oJj^lLe. t,wo.
lious?.<hhueFa,rc(Vnt resolution, 'of the
. geneiiTlssc?ftblv,'th^
,fr%'!clrtinis of the class? ^Wu^r'by?f/e
pTl'3ent?ct!f?rthe:?n/?/n?t of ?pS?-3,000, of
? which amountamr-if5;r}?,1)r^ of
: cay cr* i&,ht ateflnd'itovlNiojpaymeni, bf Such*
:'?}:pen&$i?t ii^tt^i^t? #ui?h?Tchijms
^Thijutstaudi?g to tie successfuJtyi^adfacL
The Khedive's ftcception.
How A SWELL P?#Y GOES OFF IN
THE LAND OFITHE IBIS AND
A correspondeafvbf the Philadel
phia Press thus Jrcite? from Cairo,
Egypt:
Last Sunday (January 17) was a
great holiday here. The Khedive re
ceived calls from seven until after ten
a. m.-an example, for early rising it
would be well i?r Mr. Americans to
imitate. It was quite a sight to sit
in the garden watching "the carriages
pass by with gentl$??u in court cos
lurac, brilliantly decorated,'.and pri
vate gentlemen in dresa suits, with
cravats and white gloves. Av nearly
ll a. m., Prince k?hlt, cf England,
drove by with his agite on their way
to call on the Kheitf^|^vho returned
his call in two hoursT The Prince
attended church at our hotel in the
afternoon. Last "Wednesday night
(January 20) the Khedive gave a
grand ball, three thoasand invitations
being issued. 'We received cards of
invitation through c#r>eonsul. I did
not wish to go, as, like Elora McFli no
sey, I had nothing to weAr ; but R.
insisted, and strengthened his argu
ments by the gift otfa new dress, eo
we went.
The br.'il was giveh'at, the Guezirch
palace, situated on the Nile. AH one
entered the avenue 'leading into the
garden of the palacel fairy land be
gan-Chinese lanterusnspended along
the avenues. an4 ^gaming, amid thj?
broad gree^|**5^^i^^y P^?33.
giving theni'tue Ifpplarance of being
covered with gorg^oosflowers ; foun
tains sparkling ??kSfeprays of dia
monds in the flashin*4ight; graceful
statues draped witfcj garlands as it
trying to conceal theft loveliness, gas
jets placed closely together round the
top of the palace, giving the effect at
a distance of an nAjjpken chain of
flame ; revolving lights in many col
ors, so arranged as to be reflected in
the river for almost a mile, combined
to form a scene of magtcal beauty un
equalled by any in>ihe " Arabian
Nights." When the invited guest
reached the grand entrance his eyes
were dazzled by the flood of light
poured upon him from-tlje richly gilt
ed chandelier in the^vestibule ; the
marble pavement and-?? broad mar
ble steps were covered krith rich Per
sian carpets. As theJIivieB stepped
from their carriages, ^foa dressed
in the native costumAvfered their
arms to cloak room, theMst) the grand
staircase, and as theyTc^ji not speak
English, nor most farmers Arabic
they could not pr?sent the ladies
whom they escort?e/ ; but now aud ?
gentleman who h&i been presented
and who understood French, conduct
ed the ladies to the room where thc
Khedive stood alone, receiving hil
West, flied a few djrysago, by getting a
chip in its throat while playing about a
wood-pile
- Miss Gallowflj o:" Due Wost, who
has gone to "Egypt ta * missionary, has
been heard from, j flor voyage across
Ih? Atlantic WAS KtttTmy and rough but
she landed at QueenUown without dam
age to body or property. Her first letter
appeared In the Axaojiate Reformed Prea
Oyterian last week/ She writes with
groat beauty and foice.
- In Spartanburgj the price of snit has
orno down from $2.2."> lo S?!.Gf> per sack,
by reason of oorapqM?nii brought about
by the completion of th" Carolina Cen
tral railroad from Wilmington, N. C, to
Charlotte. Pomplet'b tho Chester and
Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad to Lin
colnton, and salt can be sold in York ville
ns cheap as at Spartanbnrg.- Yorlrille
Enquirer.
- Last week, in Fairfield county, Maj.
M. Rembcrt, with
Woodward and Mr
their hounds, canjdffR'?wild cats weigh
ing respectively siiteen and eighteen
pounds, and three grajr foxes, In one hunt.
- County Treasure Runion, of Green
ville, has been cn "[rial beforo Judge
Cook, on sundry chlfges, but was de
clared not guilty. MU?
- A lady in GreenJffl^mj?'ulnm
bia several thou^fl flbf State
I bot*!*-**? ??a f"?.<ffWWPff!^^rbveiTt<t j
bo fraudulent and-.vow^ess \
-The Legislature his been in session
now going A four mojths, and yet no
prospects of an early nljournment.
- Sherill'Place, of'jjersliaw, came to
his death on Thursday last, from a blow
delivered by a policenan. It appears
that Sborlff Place wason a frolic and
making considerable mise in the street,
when the policeman odored him to bo
ijniet.br he would arre* him. Capt. P.
replied in a<hrcnteningtone, atthesaine
limo placing his bund Mund his back,
?as-H,'lntf??Tnil u g^TTr^ta^v J a weapon*. The
policeman promptly kipeltfkl him down
with his club. The inj?redrnan was car
ried to a physician, whr directed him to
be kept warm until bc ^covered his so
ber senses'. A bout twe houatafcerwards
it waa discovered thatIliW^t died. The
skull was fractured and tr0 ram injured.
Capt. Place was formerly? [jnited States
soldior, we believe. Hobadiiauy friends
in Kershaw,t and also io S^ter, whoro
he formerly r? sided
- A person?nos liy;THfc Branchville
who was heard to,say tu^ a poor man
?melt worse than ? w" doa His assets
wcro $0().?i. ' *! T
- Tho Hon. W. D i-mipkon has boen
invited to delivor tho Arnual-Address
before tho Literary Societies at Woilbrd
Collogo
- The Columbia corwoArTgut of tho
News and Courier w rh ?afr' yfefiry active
".i!,-va-:*--i^?pT^^
coniptroller-goaeral'jveft^wlichprob
ably will bo lilied by.d?ke?cti0n>in joint
assembly. W. IL Jon ct?, "N. 13. Meyors,
T C. Dunn, Gen. S. Mctjowan, J. L. Lit
llo aud about a docent a?'jnbors of the
Lcgisluturo uro m enticed as probable
candida es for tho positiv
- Rev. Lowis M Ayoi of South Caro
lina, ex-mom bur of th United SUtes
Congress and ex-mem bc of tho Confed
?ralo Congress, and a lifelong politician,
but for a few years pant aJlaptist preach
er, has received ?'cull !>oui*% ehurchat
^ciforsoij, Texas,'atid ia preening in that
citv. ' '
_ enipau
^pllin'^^^d^'^he^utisle?thoso
Je^irin^trtbo-^xthiW?d ffW'-soffR-e, io
J-^?0 tyM4t^d:i-^al^w^r&e -t???0?;f*'
sf?Rng sure that ho had su??icnt excuse^..
Prora the Wimington Journal.
Mississippi Officials*
The officials in Mississippi are gen
tlemen of a rather careless and haugh
ty t mperament. ' hey _eerve the
people of that uommoii?vealth a? a
mere matter of condescention, and
not because they deem the field af
forded for the exercise of their tal
ents a suitable one. His high mighti
ness Adelbert Ames has declared that
he would not live iu Mississippian
hour if his duties as Governor did
not compel him to remain among the
poor creatures over whom he is set as
satrap. The son-in-law of Ben. But
ler doubtless looks upon his position
in a rebel State somewhat as an Eng
lish noble would regard the governor
ship of some distant British colony
with a colored population and a tropi
cal climate. - An Executive whose
heart is in his work to that extent,
and no more, cannot expect to make
remarkably appropriate selections for
subordinate positions. The haughty
Adelbert, therefore, chooses gay and
festive officials, who look upon their
duties with the same lofty scorn as
himself. He has recently made a
new judge. He used a man named
Clarence Cullens for the purpose, and
Clarence, who is the new chan-jellor
of the Corinth district, has, in the
fullness of his heart, confided to a
friend the lofty anpiratious with
which he ascend?, the judicial sent
and dons the stainlc:?;? ermine. He
remarks cavalierly " Governor Ames
has offered me the chancellorship of
Corinth Distript, or to yive it to the
person J. may select. Law, like medi
cine, is an infernal humbug. The
place is a good one, for four years
good pay, $3.000 a year, and but lit
tle work. I shall take it." Observe
the good natured cynicism with
which Cullens disposes of? two great
sciences at a breath. The law and
medicine are both to tho initiated
merely infernal humbugs useful tc
frighten the profane vulgar ; but ai
the judgeship furnishes a good salary
and a haven of repose for four years
the careless Sybarite will take it
Shades, of Kent and Hale, the tim?
has come when a man assumes th<
judicial seat as a place of rest 1 Well
there might, perhaps, have been i
worse appointment made than that o
Clarence Cullens. He is not meai
enough to sell the place as he inti
mates that he might do, and he evi
dently does not contemplate retailinj
his judgments to the highest bidde
or else in the frankness of his BOU
he would have mentioned tu at trahi
aa au additional source of income.
A case of sickening cruelty on th
part of the sheriff of San Antonit
Texas, toward a prisoner confined i
jail, is reported. The prisoner wa
held for murder, and when a circt
esme to town the other day the fihei
iff refused to allow the man to a
SECOXD D?V.
Purse ?100-Free lur all.
First Horse to receive.s^O?? 00
Second Horse. 7(100
Tb i rd Horse. 30 00
All the above races tobo Mile Heats,
best .*! in .'?, to Harness, ami governed by
the Rules of thu National Turi' Associa
tion.
Entries to close on Thursday, tho 2Sth
Mareil inst., either willi thc Secretary in
person, or through thc Post Office at Au
rusta.
Ten per cent, of Purse required for
entrance. Throe to enter and two to start
LEWIS JONES, Soc'rv.
Augusta, Mar. 17, IL j-1
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SHARPS RIFLE GO.,
Manufkuti. vn or Patent Itrrech-loailing, Military,
Sporting un.I Oroedmn-r Rifle*. The Uv At iii
tim World. Winner at Intcrnstlorol and near);
all oilier principal muldiva ut Creednioor. Wei
Official Record.)
SF^ting Rides, .... $30 to $38
Crecflrooor Ridea. with Elevations ,rcr 1300 rds ,
S0o $125. ' 1
Send for Ulii?tralo?1 Catalogne.
Akuoev ANT? Ornee, E. t;. WESTCOTT.
IlAKTroao, Coax. President.
The DIAMOND C0TT0I? CHOPPER
IV KKK i<? Agents In tell an article
?4? i \? vtlMhlt atjinur. Profits immense. Pack
agelruo. Address ill.'CKKVK M'K'G co., .Marton
Ohm
A DV KUTI S IM f? : chcnji : Goori : SifntemnOe,
? -All pomona who contemplate making contracta
with newspapers tor th? insertion or advertisement*,
Should semi 'Zo ccntM to Gen. P. Howell ?fc Co., 41
Park Kow. Now York, lor their PAMPHLET-HOOK
[nlnMu-Heceuth million,) containing lists nf over
SOun newspapers and estimate?, showing Ute mst.
Advertisements taken for leading papen In many
Bude* nt a trenienduoa reduction from publishers'
rates. (? ET TM E HOOK.
$5 ? (tOf? Per day at linnie. Terms free. Ad
?J?U ?H M?6U dregs o. STISSOX S? CO., Port'd, Me.
Q90?D a "1"nt,, 10 "gon'? erenrwhere: Address'
Q?VV EXCELSIOR M'F'G CO., Buchanan,
Mich.
$77 A ^VEBK cj??ranteod to Male and Femnlc
S?## Agents. In their locality. Costa NOTHING
lo Irv it. l'articulaT Free. P. O. VICKERY it CU .
Angosta, Mo.
ii pSVCHOMANCT, OH SOUL CHARMING.*,
* Uaw either sex may fascinate and cain (he
love und affections of any person thoy choose, In
slau'ly. Thi*-art all can possess, free, By mail, for
a cents: tiigMhiT withia Maclngc Qnlfe, Egyptian
Draclc, l)reii*?*,.nint? io I^ineKTsrc.-j^OajjolWrr
A hoer* book Address T. WILLIAMS Co., Pub's,
Philadelphia. 41 U
THE JAS. lEFFEIi
Double TurMno Water Wheel,
Marasfactnrcd by
POOLE & HUNT.
Balli mor e, Md.
7,000 AO IK J AT VS IS J
irimple. Strone;, Dnrablo,
nlunyu roiiabiuund banu
luciory.
AUvnufcctnrcrs.nlso, of
Foi table & Stationary
Engines, Steam Boilers,
Saw & Grist Milla, ITIi'
iugMaclu?ery,Gearin?
for Cotton Mills, Flour.
Faint, WKit'? lead and
Oil mill macinnory, Hvdraulio and other
?resses.?to. ' S7nftihg,FuI??ys find Hangers
a epcc\al^v. ' .Machio. tnado Ocarlnt:; riecn.
ten
io.?
ratVond ?Yf?ry bust dulah, bead for Circulars.
*. .?.. '"V '*? v. ' .";.>
?rMax.&I, ..??...., "Cm i?--.?.r h- {
? GA??>?f heavy '-BROGA^S/f
..J Uv 11 .Vyhmanls SHQESy ?u*l. TC
lei'ved/?fc.. . "'..'.' !^vin-Ta ?Vi >
? , ? ' JAS. M, COBB'S."*.
??dar. 10, tf 12
?jtr Beautiful black Alpacas, Ladies'
Dress Goods, Opera Flannels, Jaconet
Edgings and Insertions, Silk Velvet,
Ribbons and Velvet Burtons, at
4t ll ALVIN" HARTS.
For the Farm.
Plow Lines, Hames, Trace Chains,
Long Handled Shovels, Forks. Collins'
Axes, Nails, Strap Hinges, Hook Hin
ges, at
4t ll - ALVIN HART'S.
New Goods for thc Spring Trade!
25 Pieces of Spring Prints, and a great
many other Goods, expected this week,
dh oct from Now York.
!tfl3 J. H. CHEATHAM.
Spring Prints, Bleached ?t Brown
Shirting and other Domestic Goods, to
arrive this week at
2t 13 JAS. M. COBB'S.
How TO RESTORE T?IE PKOsr-Enrrv
OF TH.E STATE-Keep your money at
home. Do not Bond away for anything
which yon can obtain as well here ns
. elsewhere- We do not advocate paying
j ?? for that which you can buy abroad for
I oven $4.90, but when you can buy your
! Blank Hooks, nf the best gnuie, at priers
HS low as Now York, then send to Wal
ker, Evans ?fe Cogswell, Charleston, S.
. V., and purchase What you need. All
' their Blank Booka ?ire made in Charles
j ton, ami your encouragement will sus
J tain a worthy manufacturing enterprise,
' a?*- More new Shoes from Baltimore
My stock is now complete for Ladies
Misses and Children. Dress and walk
ing Shoes warrantod good and price:
guaranteed.
8t 13 J. M. COBB.
Fresh Arrivals.
C pieces Bed Ticking, all grades.
10 " Bleaching, all grades and price
Sea Island and Domestic Shirtings, ii
all grades and prices.
ALSO,
Black Alpacas,
1 Piece Bobinet Lace,
Hair Pins,
Knitting Pina, Ac, dec , ?fee,
at
at
at
at
tfll J. H. CHEATHAM'S.
Spring Calicoes.
Just received from New York, '.
pieces of the best brands of Spring Cal
coes, at
tf io ALVIN HART'S.
X9T A full hue of Coffee, Soda, Stare
Black Pepper, Soaps, Sweet Cracker
Candies, ?kc., ?fee., can always be found
tf 10 J. H. CHI3ATH AM'S.
'papcr'over published in flus country.
Among the ar ists especially engag?e
to furnish illustrations for WJI,D OATS
arc Frank Bellew, Thomas Worth, Hop.
kins, Wales, .Shelton, Wolf, Jump, Keefe
tels, Stuckhardi, Day, Poland, and sec
?.ral others who nie yet unknown io fame
In its literary dep"art m ?^r?ts WII.I.OAT?
will, as it always has, stand alone and
unapproachable. At least one first-class
serial story will always be found in its
pages, by tho best humorous, satirical,
and character writers in tho licked States
while ?Ls sketches and squibs will lu
sparkling, original, and pointed.
Wn.n OATS will be first-class in every
particular, and on this account may bf
taken into the best families without Veal
or suspicion, as no word or illustration
will appear that can offend tiie most fas
tidious. ,
?f' Send for a Sample Copy and con
vince yourself.
Subscription Prier .
One Year, ?84.00 I Three Months, ?l.Of
Six months, 2.00 | Single Copies, 0.lt
One person sending usa club of ii vt
subscribers for one year will receive a
copv gratis.
Address COLLIN ct SMALL,
Publishers,
Mar. 17, lin] 113 Fulton St., N. Y
Pure Vinegar !
Pun, Vinegar !
JUST received A Bbls. of Pure WHITE
WINE and CIDER. VINEGAR,
warranted to keeproickles.
\ G. II. PENN .v. SON,
Ju* 23, If 27 Druggists,
Please Notice This !
11HOSE owing interest on RONDS ta
. Fl "KM AN UNIVERSITY arc-arii
estly and respectfully requested to make
payment to B M. TALBERT, an au
thorizer! Agent for the saino, and his re
ceipt will be valid. Come, Brethren and
Friends, pleaso pay up soon, as the Uni
versity is much' in need of thc funds.
C. li. JUDSON, Treas.
Mar. lfi, 2t 13
Sheriff's Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EDGEFTELD COUNTY.
J. H. Cheatham, Guardian, v*. John T.
Mundy, J. T. Adams aud M. A. Minis.
-Execution.
BY virtno of an Execution to mo di
rected, in the above stated causo I
will .sell at Edgeliold CH, on Saloday
in April next, the following property tb
wit: One Tract of land containing Six
hundred ard thirty acres, more or less
bounded by lands* J. P. Norris, Mrs c'
Armstrong, W. F. Prescott and oihers
levied on as thepropcrty of J. T. Adams
ono of tho Defendants. Terms Cash!
Titles Extra.
H. WALL, S. E. C.
Mar. ll 4to 13
CHRISTOPHER'S
SAFETY
OIL,
Warranted 150 deg. Fire Test.
This Oil is guarauteod to be entirely
Um from Volatile. IEgdr^-Uouix^^w
^.A?iiw,-??^tTfowy^rgryiCrttigil impossib__
to explode or take fc>o from breakage of
lamps, and after a trial in general usc of>
three years, is pronounced by Scientists
and Export*
SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER OIL,
iu those qualities which constitute a first
quality ILLUMINATING OIL, namely:
SAFETY.
HIGH FIRE TEST,
GREAT ILLUMINATING POWER,
PUR! TY OF COLOR AND A B
SEN CE OF ODOR.
Suitable for any Coal Oil Lamp.
Manufactured by
CHRISTO ?'HER & CO.,
PATATSOQ On, WOUKS,
ItAl.TlMOKK.
Also,'Standard Illuminating Oil-110?
Fire Tost; Christopher" ?.fc"Co?s. Special
Uarbtfn Oil-l?'iVTosU . 'Gasolines and
Furo West Virginia. Lubricating Oil_
'.Fob % . 2m , 0 7t
lemons, Orangey ap! Apples
.;? L>kAYS<qnband atJ. .. *
ii :.r;.'{?- - .PENN <S$ SON'S-V
.i'eb.Oi" Ct'3' " ."" Drugstore.
FALL AFiU Win i cn I IHI^-J
18.74 AND 187.",
AT THE
FEIBIEI0KSBUE6
DEY GOOI)^_STORE!
---^--- -/.
T? Persons living at a distance, we will, ripon application, aen?l a PRICK
LIST and SAMPLES of any Goods we wu cut. ?w?i^?g?P}??{S
amount of $10, or over, ?S sent to ns. we will pay tlie h A 1 Rfc&b I rX.r-J.Mi? i.
to the Customer*' NEAREST EXPRESS OFFICE..
We keep ull the year round one of the LARGEST and Bt>- i Afc^uitlr
ED STOCKS of
DRY GrOOD
To be found in the Southern Country- and paying Cash for .our Goodwind
selling (hem in the .?ame way, we can afford, and do at ?ll tini.-s oller U^m,
at the bottom prices. Our StoVk now consists of all kinds ot
Colored DRESS GOODS, Black ALPACAS, MOHAIRS. ~ '
Colored and Black SILK MOURNING GOODS, Silk \ EL\ fi/TS,
VELVETEENS, Velvet and Cloth CLOAKS, ?SlIAWLS,
F?RS, JETS and other TRIMMINGS, RIBBONS,
EMBROIDERIES, COLLARETTS, CORSETS,
UNDERVE3TS, HOSIERY, GLOVES,
Goods of all descriptions for G-nts and Boys,
FLANNELS, BLANKETS, BED SPREADS, LINENS,
TABLE DAMASKS, TOWELINGS,
Bleached and Brown SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS,
Linen SHIRT FRONTS, Beaded and Leather BELTS,.
JET JEWELRY, NECK TIES. SMALL WARES of all dtMinn^g
ar.d ail other-Mails of Goods unusually kept-in a FIRST- CL-ASS^?mX'
GOODS HOUSE.
We respectfully solicit an examination, or oraers for Samples.
V. RICHARDS & BRO.,
301 Broad Street:
Augusta, Oct. 27,
(Cerner bv the Planters Hotel) AUGUSTA, GA.
Iv 4o
EXafiCBBQSSCKSaBSKBBI
C. K. HENDERSON.
i AM wow
o
OD.
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KN
GRANITEVIIXE
March 16,
tf
STA," GA:
13
P?*E HOUSE, S. C., .
DEALERS IJNT
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, TOILET OUTFITS,
F^.3SrCY GROCERIES,
FIXE LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, and STATIONERY,
TT
-?JLA"V E removed to tho commodious Store formerly occupied hy Sams & Car
wile, where tho best of articles are sold for the very lowest cash prices.
-^ ."
LIVERY STABLE !
Our LIVERY STABLE is in good repair. HORSES and VEHICLES to hire. .
Thc U#<=t attention will be {riven to Horses left in joni- care".
. . r ?_> .
i I-'
Parties indebted to us will pleaso settle at once.
WISE & HUGHES,,
March lfi, IS?:.,
ly
PINE HOUSE, S. C.
I?
I. BRUMOS! & CO.,
{Successors to JOHN B. HILL # CO.f)
No. 1, Park Row,
f{;ESPECTFULLY invite the attention of the
Public to their Stock of
General Merchandise,
Which they are offering at panic figures for Cash.
They will keep a full Stock of Staple, and .Fancy
DHY GOODS, QRQPi??BS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, Sic.
Constantly on hand, at trji> J?OWE^X CASK Prices.
Their bestjjforts will be^u^rj^
\ p?f wage.
They also ilJRj* a renewal^ business acquaintance \
with former friends and customers.
W. H. BRUffSOX & CO.
March 3,
lin
.i?_ g _s.
n
BLACKSMITH & WOOD SHOP.
-AT- ^'
Pine House, S. C
ALL work in my lin? done promptly,
and at tho lowest figures for (ash.*
Mv SWEEPS ar*i lNUjd to beat.
WAGON? ?nd PWws repa!fed at
short notice Give mo a nail.
BAWL. CLAHC.
"Mar. IC, ? M ? \-?
. Soap? Soap! Soaj?
JUST received l? Box os pure Tn/?en4
tinoSOAP^at .. ! '
PENN & SOI. >s
Teh. 9, 6t ?8
CHEAP CASH STORE ?
By GEO. J. TONEY, ^
(Store House enlarged,-double)
JOHNSTON, S. C.
APULL line ol' DRY GOODS, GRO
CERIES, LIQUORS, WINES and
SWEET CIDER. V
Affftnt for BRADLEY'S STANDARD k
FERTILIZERS, sold for cash alone, t
SEA FOWL GUANO. ~
C C. COE'S-SUPERPETOSFHATE,
BraiUev's AMMONIATED BIS?OL V- "
ED BONES,
/ROYAL GUANO COMPOUND;
GEO J. TONEY.
Johnston, S. C.
Mar. 2, ' 6t ll