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THE ADVERTISER. Terms, $2,50 per Annum. Kates of Advertising. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of $1.50 per square (ten minion lines, or less) for the first insertion, and one dollar per square for each subsequent in sertion. A liberal discount will be made to those wishing to advertise by the year. OUR AGENTS. W. H. YELDELL, Longmires. JOHN H. HUIET, Batesville. W. A. ODOM, Meeting Street. J. K. DURST, Kirkseys X Roads. E. B. FORREST, Mine Creek. S. C. CARTLEDGE, Ridge Spring. TYRE ETHEREDGE, Leesville, S. C. DR. J. B. ABNEY, Richardsonville. Coi. B. M. TALBERT, Capt. E. E JEFFERSON and Mr. LUTHER RANSOM are Agents for the "ADVERTISER," and are authorized to solicit and receive sub scriptions for the same in South Carolina and Georgia, New Blanks! Of nearly every description, for sale at this office. Terms cash. Legal Cap for sale at this office, at Charleston prices, postage added, by the quire or ream. An Apprentice Boy Wanted. Wanted, at this office, an Apprentice Boy, able to read and write and between 12 and 16 years of age, to learn the print ers trade. LOCAL ITEMS. Our town ana* its vicinity are suffering from a drought which has already become injurious to cotton. In fact this drought prevails in most sections of our County The heat and dust are well nigh insuffer able. A good deal of new cotton is being forwarded to Augusta. On Sunday next, the Episcopal and . Methodist Churches will be open for di vine service in the forenoon. The Baptist Church will be closed. The Johnston Brass Band is really an element of glory in our present political campaign. When you see that huge green wagon, with its four prancing and ban nered trays, driven by that old and high toned citizen Major W. L. Coleman, then you may know there is going to be life and spirit m the thing. Our old friend, Capt. Johnson Bland, always sits side by side with Major Coleman, and behind them rise a forest of brass instruments In the rear sits Mr. John Bartley with the big drum. And by the by, did you ever hear of this same John Bartley, when the Yankees overpowered his Regiment in the war and compelled it to retreat hastily, marching 27 miles in hot haste and confusion, but never dreaming of throwing away the big drum ? Smaller instruments were scattered to the winds, but John Bartley held on to the big drum through thick and thin. As for us, when Major Coleman drives up the bannered grays at a public meeting, we say to our self : "All right now. No matter wheth er the speakers come or not." If our Ex ecutive Committee is able, they should certainly engage this Band to go the rounds of the campaign. Our friend of the Meriwether section, Mr. J. S. McKie, who has been to Char leston lately, where he has picked up such objets de verdi, has sent us a bas relief likeness of the negro Whipper, in some omr4 ??f ?roi UonV.-qftiflpuaawil. . T L ? '? ?_ very ludicrous little thing. We promise to enshrine it in our inmost bosom. At the request of Capt. T. H. Clark, Clerk of the Edgefield Baptist Associa tion, which body meets at Batesburg on Friday next, we make the following an nouncement, for the benefit of ministers, messengers officers, delegates and visitors The C. C. it A. R. R. Co. have very kind ly consented to run the accommodation train on Friday the 8th inst., in advance of the Schedule train, so as to re\ch Bates burg on that day by 10 A. M. from Au gusta. The Company has also kindly consented to run a special train on Sun day the ?Oth inst, from Augusta to Bates burg, for the accommodation of those from Augusta or intermediate points who wish to attend the Sunday services and exer cises of the Association, at reduced rates. During the fall and winter, Mr. Pink nsy Duiisoe, whose place of business is in the Advertiser building, will supply our community with the very best fresh beef on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. The negroes, under the leadership of j Cain, Simkins and Bo-iey, will hold their Convention, for choosing delegates to the State Republican Convention, in our Court House, on Saturday next. Their Township meetings, to this end, were held on Saturday last. Almost every night now, they hold a meeting, in secret ses sion, in the Court House. We are glad to s**e among us Dr. Ham met Teague, of Aiken. The Doctor brings with him his wife and little Horace Par ker Teague ; and everybody loves them and is delighted to greet them. Be sure, Hammer, that you let us see little Horace. Our friend, Mr. John H. Huiet, of ? Bite.-burg, sends us a tine account of a splendid Ratification Meeting held in that u^tc^j it comes to us too late for this wee The first bale of new cotton sold at Johnston this season waa raised by our young friend, Arthur Bland, and was bought by Mr. Wm. G. Kernaghan. This was on the 31st ultimo. An action has been commenced against J. H. McDevilt and his sureties on his official Bond, by Messrs. A. J. Norris and J. R. Abney, Attorneys representing sun dry parties holdinj efaina as public school teachers, for services rendered during the last scholastic yeir in Edgefield County. The Plaiutiff s' claim that McDevilt re ceived about six thousand dollars of the school fund from the State Trea-arer, and that he has failed to pay out a large por tion of the same; and also that he has collected about two thousand dollars poll tux and has not accounted for it or paid it oat. _______________ - 2 Barred of frosh, Baltimore Pearl Grist, justrapsived. No other Hominy ?pproaehelv. tf3S _? J. II. CHEAT!*AM. Ciiuucd 1.(500 Dales, aud Still Good. 'AM Co, April MILL WAY, ABBEVILLE Co., S C, 1 " 14, 1870. J Ifr. O. if. Stone. .DEAHSIB: Your note was misdirected, and did not roach nie until a day or two ago. I would state that I have been using the GuUott Improved Gin four years ; have rumat by a six horse steam 4>agine; havo ?quod over 1,000 bales cotton in that Mme, and it is ft good gin yet. I have usgd a good roany pi'iis hr my life, and*itv-ove'ry-' T?ipee*:^t- is the* best I ever tried. I have giuned as much as eleven bal? in Ono dav, and) done it well. 'Mine-is a Fifty Sa^v Gb?. ^ ' P. H. BRADLEY. Mr. Reese's Third Letter. The Great Show. PHILADELPHIA, August 29th, 1876. " One day is with the Lord as a thou sand years, and a thousand years as one day." But it is different with man. In a hundred years, old Mother Earth will find a new set of human creatures ding ing to her bos:.m. A withered specimen of vitality, here and there, is only an excoption to the general rule. Of all the gay throngs that feast their eyes here with the beauties of Art, and the mar vels of Science, not one may hope to be hold the bi-centennial of the United States. But he who bows to the inevita ble and worships the true God, does not fail to rise superior to every cloud of gloom, sorrow, discontent and melan choly! From Nature's charms up to Nature's Creator, the way is easy and replete with spiritual compensations. A world without flowers would be like a soul without hope. Horticultural Hall is known here as " The Beauty." It is a superb specimen of the Moorish style of Architecture in vogue about seven hundred years ago, pre senting a curious combination of curves and straight lines with elaborate orna mentation. Embellished with blue, ver milion and gold, this building is a fit re ceptacle for the plants, flowers and shrub bery of the tropics-a suitable gera to the extensive and magnificent flower yard ad jacent. The view of the State Cottages, the Exhibition Castles, the Schuylkill River, the green hill? beyond the spark ling waters, the great City reposing m the haze of distance-all conspire to make this the most attractive spot of ground on the Continent of America. At the centre of the Main Building, there is a round platform, about 3 feet hi^?; and furnished with seats, where the musicians " most do congregate." This is a stopping place for all the weary sight seers, and it is far from being dull, plain or commonplace. Besides the four broad aisles crossing each other at right angles and opening each a vista as splendid as it ?3 seemingly interminable, there are in plain view four large Allegorical paint ings hung about fifty feet from the floor and intended as a compliment to the four quarters of the globe. Europe is repre sented by a picture of Shakspeare and Charlemagne; Asia by Confucius and Mahomet ; Africa by Sesostris and Ra meses; and America by Franklin and Washington. A capital idea, and it is well executed-very impressive, and very suggestive. And now I scrape up some of the.' , raps of my experience and observation. I have slept five nights on the "rolling deep" without ever feeling a twinge ol sea-sickness, and I have spent ten days and a half on the Centennial Ground, busy as a bee, without yielding to see sickness. In Agricultural Hall I met an old man, who asked me to show him that salt ! " What salt/' said I. " A piece o? Lot's wife," he replied ; "you know his wife was turned into a pillar of salt." "Trueenough," I replied, "but the rains have long since washed away all that salt." Still the old gentleman seemed to have faith in the actual presence of a por tion of Lot's wife, and continued his search, doubtless, with no definite reiult. Ivory is prized almost as much as gold, silver or diamonds. I saw a French mir ror here in a heavy frame of Elephant tusk beautifully carved, valued at $1500. Also a knife 9 feet and 7 inches long, in cluding the handle, which is made of solid ivory. I suppose such an implement might be used by a giant in carving Ele phant hams. I observed a pair of Ele phant tusks joined together in such a way as to form a fine archway to one of the oriental exhibits. By the way, it seems to be a fact well established in the scientific world, that twice round an Ele phant's foot is equal to the height of his body ! I saw two elephants in the Zoologi cal gardens here, but I did uot verify that curious measurement. Elephants, you know, are not always very amiable. " The New Century lor Women," a Pa per published here by women alone, is struck off on a Press run by steam. The Engineer is a woman, and tiie printers too bones, others set the table in a roar, bot I would prefer to set the types that crystal ize the most sublimated thoughts of in spired genius ! Trade tricks and novelty notions surprise and amuse one here at almost every point and angle. A two story crystal palace, in which are sold so da water and other " goodies," has boen erected in front of the Main Gateway to the show grounds. Every evening, a crowd is collected to this soda fount by a steam organ played by hand in a balcony over the front door of the glassy ^ouse. The music is peculiar, very loud, but pleas ing to the ear, and withal it tickles the fancy. At Cooke's Railway office on the exhibit ground, you can buy an excursion ticket to every interesting point on the globe An Egyptian mummy, ancient ar mor ond weapons from the upper Nile, be >ides hundreds of other objects fit for a Museum, are exhibited gratis. Wild Arabs in tents to the rear of Cooke's office, in crease the novelty of this exhibition. boomerang, bomerang, &nd icomera are the several ways of spelling " a weapon of war peculiar to the Aborigines of Aus tralia. I handled one, and saw several others here yesterday. This curious im plement resembles a hawk or a whippo will on the wing. It is a heavy, wooden club about 30 inches long, 3 wide, and 1 inch thick ; flat on one side and round on the other; bent, without moving the flat side out of its own plane. Juat keep a green hickory stick bent until it is well seasoned, then trim off one side, making the ends sharp, and you have an Austra lian boomerang, which has so often served political writer? for a simile. This club is thrown, flat side down, spinning with great swiftness, through tho air, and it will either come back to its owner, or turn to the right or left, according to its first position. If thrown with skill, it avoids those sudden and uncertain movements noticed in tossing flat stones through the air. But if a green hand hurls the boom erang, it is apt to come back on the head of the one starting it. If a politician ad vances an idea that may be turned against him, forthwith he is twitted by a sly re ference to the boomerang. In the Mexican department, I saw a mass of silver weighing four thousand and two pounds, and worth seventy two thousand dollars. This silver cake is round, about 4 feet in diameter, thin at Jhe edge, but gradually grjwing thicker "towards the centre. It is placed upon a Uploek so as to make it look like a circu?SJf centre table. This rich lump of metal is not enclosed at all-it being taken for granted that pickpockets would hardly be able to make way with it before its own ers and the police could interfere. The Main Building is rich in jewels and the precious metals. The French show a diamond necklace worth $40,000. I thought that was fine enough for the most ambitious, but at Tiffany's show case, I saw a string of 27 diamonds, ar tistically polished and valued at $SO,000. The topaz is prettier than any other jewel, according to ray taste. The one I j saw in charge of the French is very large, and in color it is a happy compromise be tween brown and yellow. It is generally of a yellowish color and pfllucid ; though it is often found colorless, aud of greenish, blueish or brownish shades, and some times massive and opaque. Oh ! do let me tell you that I saw here a couple of Tasmanian devils, alive and all the way from Van Dieman's Land They are of a blackish, color interspersed witl? a few oblong, white spots, and about the size of a half-grown, bull terrier. Their eyes are almost blue, but they look ed as if they had been badly gouged more than a si ?re of times twice repeated ; then tails, are not very long, but they look HS if they had been stamped about the mid dle until they had become permanently swollen at that point, leaving each ex tremity comparatively small, their facial developments are so wo-begone, and so despondent, and yet so forbidding and so j vicious, that their habit, when first cap tured, of growling perpetually at the sight of a human being, is hardly necessary to suggest the idea that this ugly creature is I the father of sin ! _ J ^'."Eolitics n'ejcfc, as.a matter of course.^ chatted a great deal with both Deuncj? ?nd Republicans here from all eectiajH line North, and, in every instance,^ expressed an earnest.- tiesire,totsee thflHE Let half the negroes mocrats, and the other half Republican:", and then, fay friends, all the trouble, on ace jpr color, will pass away her Contention. hil takes pool care of her L'uest:^B*fare sumptuously at the " Hy gienic ^tel." No. SOI North 45th Stree*, (Conut of Oregon) for $1.'>0 per day. Or one can have a nice room hore for 75 cents a day, on the European plan, and then dine with all nations according lo taste and convenience. Everybody here has been so kind lo me that I have some reason for hoping that sectional hate is about to be buried with out the possibility of a resurrection. May our Heavenly Father give us peace ; and with it, give us hearts to appreciate the blessing. But above all, may He give ns all that divine peace, which the world can neither give, nor take away ! E. K. For the Advertiser. Grand Mass Meeting at Mt. Willing. The Saluda Democracy Confident and Determined. MESSRS EDITORS : The grand rally of the Saluda Democracy came oft' to-day, Saturday the 26th, according to previous appointment. The meeting was organized by the unanimous appointment of Isaac Ed wards, Esq., as President; J. M. Forrest, J. O. Donny, J. W. Wise, A. P. West, Julius Banks and A. J. Coleman, as vice-Presidents ; J. C. Watson and E. J. Gog&ns, as Secretaries. T$r< T^re was present an immense crowd of the patriotic yeomanry of old Edge fiefipll anxious to hear the distinguish ed gentlemen who were to address them upj^the all-important questions of the day*; aifcl^by their earnestness and atten tion they evincod a determination to do their whole duty, aoid in so doing to carry the election in November. The banners borne at tho heads of the col umns of mounted men from the various Townships, with their inscriptions, were significant of the spirit that now animates the people generally, and everything pointed to tho complete overthrow of tho miserable thieves who havo lorded it over our lair County so long. Capt. James Callison, of Shatterfield, was first to address us, and in his forci ble way made a short speech, full of telling facts. Ho challenged Chamber lain or his henchmen to point to one single tangible act of real reform. Ile gave us a fearful and startling estimate of tho stealings of the throo Radical County Treasurers, including as tho last the infamous McDevitt. He hoped he (McDevitt) might be k^pt as high up as Mackey' said he wa?, until the mosquitoes sucked the last drop of blood from his dishonest veins-expressing a fear how ever that it might kill the mosquitoes. He paid a well deserved compliment to Gen. Gary and to other candidates, in cluding the two M. D's., who, he said, were called in as a matter of sublime charity, to administer soothing syrup to Chamberlain after Gary and Butler had rolled him up in a wet blanket. Capt.. Callison is a host within himself, and is very popular with our people. Capt. Scott Allen, who heads tho ticket among our Legislative nominee*, now mado a short speech. Ho said he be longed to the 10th Regiment and would therefore give way to gentlemen from a distance. His remarks were sensible and poiuted. He effectually exposed tho rottenness of the Republican party in S. C , and in the natiou, telling of the dis gusting stench now arising from the rapidly decaying body of Radicalism. Capt. Allen is one of us, and will havo our uuauimous support. We have known him from his birth, and are glad to pay tribute to his father by honoring the son, who, we know, ls a noble scion of a no ble family. Mr John R. Abney, our candidato for Solicitor. next addressed us. Ile too be~W:g8 to Saluda; and SSI aaa TJTaims him and ls proud of him. Ho is cxcoed-_ ingly popular-deservedly so. Ho spoke of our long suffering-of our unparal leled bravery and constancy to right and truth throughout our adversity. He said better day was dawning, and a: jol ted our ability to regain all our rights by triumphing over those whose object bas )cen to destroy us. He knew of no in stance in tho history of nations of a brave, intelligent people having so Jong submitted to such shameful wrongs aud indignities, but said he felt that we were at last determined to bo free-free forever, and to transmit our freedom iu all its beauty and sacredness to posterity. To the negroes present he gavo good advice referring them to the counsel given them by bini two years ago. He told th m of their wrong doings ; and warned them of the impending dangers to them in case they did not cut loose from the vile wretches who had led, and still desired to lead them. He told them, however, to go and do as they chose, but that he'd have them remember what be said, and note the fact that they would find it true, as be knew they had found that to be true which ho had told them two years ago. Mr. Abney may rest assured that Saluda will go for him to a man, and that we will feel ourselves honored in hon oring him. Mr. J. C. Sheppard now gave the ne groes to understand that he did not ask them to vote for him. They could do as they pleased ; he expected and intended bc elected any how ; and that in less than twelve months they would all claim have voted for him. He said we were going to bury the whole party, not kill Hiern, but bury them face downward, HO that if they scratched out, they would land on tho otherside of Jordan ; he told them that bo kept fully posted as to their doings and sayings ; that h?? had a few trusty negroes who gave bim all their names, unveiled all their schemes, Ac, <fcc. ; and that there would be revelations made to them one of these days that to them would be moro astonishing thau miracles ever were. Tho negroes were impressed with what Mr. Sheppard said [rASboppawi, though a stranger amons , carried the populace with him. His inly eloquence, backed by a high or |?r of intelligence, makes him altogether p-eptablo as a candidate for thc suffrages ^ the people of Edgo?ejd. )r. T. E Jonnings, of Dark Corner, ld he was no speaker, but that he would do his duty-his whole duty-in every emergency, without regard to costs or consequences to himself. We confident ly expect all thin from the man presented as the exponent of such a constituency as lives in Dark Corner. Mr. P. B. Waters, of Johnston, buta son of Saluda, said lie was on his native heath. Ho drew a vivid picture of South Carolina's formor grandeur, and old Edge field's glorious past; talked of South Carolina's famous men, statesmen and warriors, clalmiug for Edgetield all her Own sons given to honor and renown, aud asserted that the spirit of our peoplo lies not buried in the tombs of our fore fathers. He said that be had vouched and would youth for the Saluda Regi ment. He knew her sons would be true in thlH crisis, from which wo would riso Pho-nix-like to formor glory. He clearr ly proved tho auspiciousness of the times for our political redemption, pointing to many things significant, as tho Cen tennial year, tho Indian War, the Lowor Houue of Congress, Ac, ?fcc. He said the$lags seen torday were tq be used ju the funeral procession of Radicalism pember, and told the negroes if A turu boforo it was everlast .. iato, they would bo chief nibur? r)Ut told them also that our plat eas broad enough for all, and that would como over, we would do sod. treat them weft. Wp would rood government and all be pros porous and happy. 'Tis said by many of Capt. Waters' friends (and there name is legion) that had his name been sn the ticket, lie could have carried a heavy negro vote in this Regiment * \ And finally came Cen. Gary-the ins. imitable dary. But wo will not attempt a synopsis of his linc speech. Suffice it to say it was characteristic of tho man. Full of everything wise and judicious, replete with good advice and stirring appeal to the manhood of Edgefield, while it abounded in scathing rebukes to Chamberlain and all his ilk. Gen. Cary's speech was effective in every way, and will serve to unite with hooks of steel the Democracy in the light, as they move elbow to elbow in solid phalanx for the redemption of Edgefield and South Carolina. Gen. Gary by bis inde pendent, straight out, determined, man ly ac! ion, has made his name the watch word of Democracy. He is emphatical ly the man for the occasion. W. J. Ready now made a good speech, in which he illustrated the effects of the storm that had burst upon Chamberlain at Edgefield, directed by Gary and But ler, and subsequently at Newberry and Abbeville, predicting that Chamberlain would not be tho nominee of his party. After Mr. Ready, J; Y. Culbreath, Esq., of Saluda, who now lives in Newberry, made a few timely remarks on Federal politics, referring to past and. present. lie spoke amusingly of Chamberlain's discomfiture at Newberry. Mr. Culbreath Illustrates the fact that Edgefield men do not degenerate when transplanted. Mr. Gaston, of Ridge Spring, our Can didate for Sheriff, said but little, aver ring that the day was too far spent. He is a strong advocate of action, determined action. He followed Gen. Hampton in the/Legion, and knew him to be all and -every^tii^ng that a great and good people could require their Governor to be. flo promises to do his whole duty if elected. We believe him, and shall elect him. Capt. L. Charlton, our candidate for Judge of Probate, now came forward to offor the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Resolved, UL That we, Democrats of Mt. Willing, heartily endorse thc plat form of the St. Louis Convention, accept ed by tho State Convention of the Demo cratic party, and ratify the nomination of Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, for the Presidency, and of Thos. A. Hen dricks, of Indiana, for tho Vice-Presi doney ol tho United States, and will sparc no effort to secure the entire vote of the people of this State for their elec tion. 2d, That we accept the action of tho late Democratic Conventions at Colum bia and Edgefield C. H., and ratify the nominations for County, Stale and Fod eral officers made by those bodies, and pledge the nominees, one aud all upon those ticket?, our most earnest, zealous and aotivo support, as representatives of tho honesty, the Intelligence and the prop erty of Edgefield county, and the State of South Carolina. 3d. That we desire to give emphatic expression to our high appreciation of the wise, patriotic and intrepid course ol' the Edgefield Advertiser in this political campaign, and of its watchful delence of the rights sud liberties of our people through many years past. Capt. Charlton was loudly called upon for a speech. He excused himself, and in so doing made tho most capital sort of speech. He sajd ho was no mass meeting ?peaker, but would speak for us at any time at our clubs, and elsewheso. Capt. C carries every vote in the 10th, and we hope to seo him elected by a huge ma jority. 1 And now, Messrs. Editors, with one or two more remarks, I will close my ac count of tho Mt. Williug mass meeting. We missed Gen. Butler at this meeting very decidedly. We love, honor and trust him ; and his absence was through out the day, a cause of universally ex pressed regret. And scarcely loss did we miss the presence of a representative of yourjXrave and able paper. When thisca^Bgn shall be triumphantly won, jillJEldffoViaL'l will point to? the old JIU vertiser with pride and gratitude, and say: " Well done, thou good and faithful servant." . E. J. G. The Straggles of Life. From the cradle to the grave life is full of struggles. Some struggle for riches, some for pleasure, some for honor, and othors struggle to regain that greatest of all blessings-health-und in their efforts they often resort to means which places it farther out of their reach. They take drastic compounds which shock t?io system, or violent minerals which poison by degrees, and thus tho vital energies, are weakened and thc very fountains of lifo polluted. Natara provides remedies for every disease, and it is from tho veg etable kingdom that Dn. Terr's LIVES PILLS derivo their ingredients, and in their use there is the happy certainty that if they do no good, they do no harm. But of their efficacy, thousands who have beeu cured of diseased liver, kid neys, spleen, stomach and bowel?, Uve to-day to testify. 2t 38 Cotton Buyers Prefer the Cotton to any Other. NEW MABKKT, S. C., March 29, 1876. O. -V. Stone, Esq. DEAR SIR: Having run thc Seventy Saw Gullet Improved Light Draft Cot ton Gin (purchased from you) for two seasons, I am prepared to give it mv cor diai endorsement as decidedlv tho* best gin in every respect that I ever saw in use. I have ginned between four and five hundred bales with it for tho public, and havo given universal 'satisfaction as to yipld apd sample, and the cotton buy ers here prefer buying (.lie cotton ginned on my gin to that of most othor gins in this section. It runs very light, and gins so fast I cannot keep the cotton packod out of tho way. I have ginned a 450 pound bale in fifty minutes. Mv gin is still in complete order, except that the saws are getting somewhat dull, and I may have it whetted before anothor season. I will be pleased to reilly to any person wishing to make inquiry ro tative to the gin. Yours truly, JOHN R. MOOBE. Is Your J.Ife Worth IO Cents f I Sickness prevails everywhere, and everybody complains of some disease during their lifo. When sick the object is to get well ; now te say plainly that no I person in this world that is suffering .wi h Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint and 'i^rtPbct*. such as Indigestion, Costive ness, Sick Headachy tflour Stomach, Heart Burn, palpitation of the Heart, j Depressed Spirits, Biliousness, Ac, can take GREKN'S AUQUBT FLOWER without getting relief and cure. If you doubt this, go to your Druggists, G. L. Penn . A Son and get a Samiplo Bottle for 10 J cents and try it. Regular size 7"> cents. Two doses will relieve you. e30 NAiLs-all sizes-Soap, Rico, Candles, 1 Starch, CoLceutrated Lye and Potash, Soda, Sugar and Coffee-full supplies, at W. H. BRUNSON A CO'S. I A FULL assortment of Crockery and Glassware, at W. H. BRTJNSON A CO'S. ? NKW Calicoes, just opened at W. H. BRUNSON A CO'S. TA ULE Damask, Huck and Crash Tow oiling, and Marseilles Quilts, at very low prices, to close out, by W. H. BRUNSON A CO. 1 GOODS offered at bargain prices at J. M. Conn's for the next 30 days. tf 32 LADIES' and Misses Gaiters and Walk ing Shoes offered at greatly roducod pri ces for ten days, by W. H. BRUNSON A CO. ( WE are offering extraordlnaiy bargains in Men's, boys' and children's Hats, to reduce our stock. Call early. Wo can suit you. W. H; BRTjysQN A CO, j FULL Hues of Mon'? Lined and Bound Shoes. Extra size Bj0gRrl8t to arrive J this woek, at W. H. BRjjyS0N & pp.Q< B PANTS Goods, Bleached and Brown I ShirtingandPlaidHomespuus.justopen- i ?da(; W. H- BRUTON A CO'S. The Brown Cotton Gin. The attention ol' planters aud others is gain called to the above old and reliable nake of Cotton Gins. They are furuish d this year greatly improved, and notti ng which an experience ol' thirty years n their manufacture could suggest has >een left undone to make them the most eliable and perfect Cotton Gin in mar tet. As the result of our efforts we need inly refer to their established reputation .nd wide spread popularity. For PER. 'KCTIOlf OF WORKMANSHIP, STKENOTH, DURABILITY, LirmT RUNNING, AQUAN 'ITY and QUALITY of LINT PRODUCED, ve challenge competition. Wc are pre >ared to warrant to any reasonable ex en tpa-fcvt satisfaction to every planter >r operator. The Gins are sold ut the owest possible prices for good machines, ind on reasonable terms. Wc invite ox uiination of the sampler in the bands of mr local agents who will giveall desired nforma'ion and furnish applicants with irculais and copies of commendatory etters from parties using the Gins in all ections of the cotton planting country. Circulars, Price Lists, and other in forma ion, may bo obtained of our agents or >y addressing THE BROWN COTTON GIN CO., NEV^LONDON, CONN. HAVING .sjwjj-^MBie General Agen cy for the abTfvW?Hfcbrated SAW JIN, for Edgefield and Lexington Conn ies, I will deliver the same, free of reight, at any point on the C. C. A A. ta il road, at $3.25 per saw. JOHN M. HUI ET, Batesburg, S. C. -:o: r LAM Proprietor also of the celebrated CAROLINA COTTON'A HAY PRESS, -price, complete, $125.1-0, delivered at ?urchaser's nearest Depot. Or I will fur lish Irons and Ropes, and build Presses n plantations at $85.00-pan ie* tarnish ng Lumber and Nails and boarding Car lenters. I can sell parties ?ranting Agricultural ?NGINES on as favorable terms as any no. Address all orders early to me at latesburg, S. C. JOHN II. Ut Hil, August 15, 1876. 4m 35 ?LL?YLANDRUM, WITH H. W. Landram, 2G8 Broad St., AuRiintn, Ga,, SOLICITS tho rcuiembrancc and con * sideration of his friends throughout ridgefield County, and begs leave to as ure them that throughout the coming all and winter his best efforts will be used to make them fee! at home at "Lan fra??.'?," and to give them such bargains n Dry Godds as will fasten their patron ge upon this elegant establishment. August 22, Gt 3D Thoroughbred Stock for Sale. [AM Breeding Thorough ht od CHINA, POLAND and ESSEX HOGS ; also, jight BRAHMA FOWLS, all selected vith great care from the best strains iu ho United S tites. Prices to suit the irosent hard times. Satisfaction guaran ccd in every particular. Address, Z. C. DANIEL, Proyman's Store, Spottsylvania Co., Va. Aug. 30, 1*76. ly 37 Gullet Gin for Sale. FOR sale, VERY LOW, aSerond-ham J inproved GULLET G.N, in gooi rder-05 Saws. - Q. M. STONE, jf AUOUSTA, GA. . GenU.p^tr<fuu*etGin M'f'g Co. Aug. 23, : 2t 30 W ARRED, WALLACE & CO., Cotton Factors, AOENTS FOB Tin: SALK OK Hall's Self-fseding Cotton Gin ! TUE BEST IN USE. SEND FOR CIRCULARS! WARREN, WALLACE & CO., Augusta, Ga. July 12, 187?. 2m 30 APPLETON'S JOURNAL! -A ?I0NTIILI MISCELLANY OF POP ELAS LITERATURE, NEW SERIES. uty-Five Cents per Number.. Three dollars 1'cr Annum. W1UT?JS AND FEATURES. Among th? contributors and features ire the folioving i lillian HnVthorne.--Mr. Hawthorne, whose "S.xon Sketches" have boen among thomost brilliant and pungent essays of tao time, will give a series of graphicdelineations of London Su burban Life* ilbert Rhodes.-? ?-his accomplished es sayist will appear iii papers on social life and foreign incidents. Christian rieid.--Stories and .sketches from this kcconiplished Southern wri ter will appear. Ubcrt F. webster.-^Sfones, and de scriptivo sketches nf Far-Western pla ces, aro expected from Mr. Webster's graphic pen. lunius Henri Browne.--Mr. Browne's brilliant society sketches will frequent ly appear. H. E. W. S.--This accomplished wri ter wjll continue hor sparkling papers on social topics, and her eminently pic turesque stories, tamba Thorpe.--" Little Joanna," by this author,.whorls a Southern lady was oae^^^^f^Bt'(manning novels of 1^75.rj!^^^^?ns from her pen will apjW^WIHp Edgar Fawcett.-??Wr. Fawcett's poems are remarkable for their picturesque and graphie power. Ho will contrib ute short stories as well as poems, ?irs. Katharine S. McQuoid (author of the famous novel, "Patty") will send from abroad, specially for the Joni nal, stories and descriptive sketches, kll'red II. Guernsey (for many years editor of Harper'* ^agasine) will con tributo papers on distinguished names in 1 it?r?t aro. laurice Tliompson.-This gentleman's papers of adventures in Florida havo been onoof the attractions of tho Jour nal. Similar sketches aro expected from hispen. Lrt Life in Roiue.--Mr. Janies Free man an American artist who luis re sided forthirty years in Rome, and du ring thaltime met many of the most distinguished men and women of tho period^ fill givo his reminiscences and experiences, which are of tho most en tertaining character, loracc ?. Scudder.--Mr. Scuddor's " Heirs ol' the Bodloy Estate" is ono cf the bostof recent short stories. Simi lar orignal and graphic productions may be looked for. jncy II. JIonpcr.--Mrs. Hooper's ar ticles frWn Paris aro noted as among tho mosl brilliant of current magazine pappVs. konstante Feuimorc Woojson.--Sto ries and poems will appear from this delighlftd writer. lohn EntC" Cooke.-This well-known Southern writer will contribute. Virt sil?'es'-"Mr- Sikes's papers aro al ways graphic aud picturesque. iowan! Glyudon.--Poems will appear from this gifted writer. toel Benton is nuiong our regular con tributors. Those aro names that appear in current lumbers of the Journal; but our plan leeessarily ?l)CllH thc l^?08 ol tho mag? iue ff5t>L WRITERS OF NOTE. j, APPLETON &CO" Pqblidhers, 549 & 551 Broadway, N. V. Auj. 23,1876. tf M O. M. STONE,. Cotton IP abot-or*, Corner li: y ll O 2d? rs asci Jlc??ltowl? Slw., AUGUSTA, GA. GTKXKK U, Af?EN?'Y for mir varMy nf plantation rvni'hir.^y. 1 niiirm-lfi- ?hr, C**l?brHte.'l (??L^KT'I'N I.IC'II T ???A!"!' miT?.N (..-s. I'At.Q? .!.'> WH KAT TUlt?.<*l]Kit? und S ET A K X'I Oil >. whieli HIV : ? ?nmihMtl by any, besides beim.' th*? Imvost priucd. 'I'?I li ICSI I K US rar.).:.- in ?.i i ... |V.?fl; ?.w.i.o t.. $100.00. The 8KP AK ATOM llrwt thresher, ?lum separa*** .:. ?. .! . si'?v. timi cleans mid sacks tile wlifiit n.-adv for inarfcut, ?'an l'un..-' ... '.: ?. m: wheel* nr not na desired. Prie* from Sl*f??.(a? lo ?S2? IM?. ?<.?.<.,.j; . . ./. . ..... STATIS) V Kit Y un.! lA?Jii: HUHS ft POM'KU:-. : 1 . !. H. Vi:;? IVILOUl.IfT 1KO.V COTTON S CK KV.. l'aUbtiu 187.:. With tliis Screw two hands can run down ISO lbs Cotton in jive to nix minutos, -i tliree hands a 500 lb bale in the same time. Pack np or down--can ! placed in doors or outside. Can l>o run by Hand, Horse. Water or Steam Power. Will de liver at tho planters'nearest depot at prices 10 per cent. ?i.wer than tb.- present prices of any other Wrought Iron Screw. SAW .HILLS, and STEAM ENGINES,--any size--Portable or Stationary. Planters, spare yonr stock bv buying a small plantation engine. With it you grind you. corn, prepare food "for your stock, thresh your wheat and gi. fitton. The ECONOMIZER, a small Horizontal Engine, with return tubular boiler, 4 U P, ?400; 5 H P, $-150; SUP, $57f>. The BIGELOW UPRIGHT HOILEK PORTABLE ENGINE, 4 II P, 3300; S H P, ?400 ; 7 H P. ?475 ; 8 11 P, 8540; IS H P. 8725; 15 H P. &>00. COLEMAN'S CORN MILL, complete shipped, ready for service. Makes good meal. Can be run by Horse, Water or Steam Power. Prices according to .-ii/.e, from $11U to $240. Each Machine warranted as per circular. Terms easy. Send for circulais. Address Mar. SO. flin 15_O. M. STOVE. Aimusta. ISlVBM Ul ?BIi COMPANY -OF Summary of Business of thc Universal Life Insurance Company of New York, From 1st Jan., 1875, to 1st Jan., 1876. Assets approved and accepted by the Insurance Commissioner for the State of New York, - - - - ? 8 5,491,(135 53 Surplus over all liabilities, - 057,453 53 Number of new policies issuer! during 187^, - 0,408 Amount insured during 1S75, - - - - 11,575.2111 00 Not increase during 187">, -. 7,3S^.?H 00 Increase of Assets during 1875, - 1,104,805 57 Fi EW Life Insurance Companies, oven In most prosperous times, can make such in exhibit as the above, which is in striking contrast with the meagre showing o) many of our competitors, and is an evidence that the failure of a few Southern and Western Companies has not Bbaken the confidence of the public in this prosperous, progressive and popular Company, working as it is known under the rigid super vision of the New York Insurance Department; a protection tn the assured alford. 3d by no Soulhern Company, since the ouly one. which ever attempted to wurt; under '.hat Department, withdrew from the transaction of business in this (New York; State on the (Jth March, ult. We otter our friends a safer Company, plainer contract, rates 20 per cent, cheaper :han Mutual on Life, and about 30 per cent cheaper on endowments ; losses paya ble promptly in 30 days after proof, and even in these dullest and hardest of times i live Company, JEFFERSON & RANSOM, Gen !. AgU, No. ll, McIntosh St., Augusta, Ga. May 17, 187*1, ly ?59 THE WINSHIP COTTON GIN! THE WINSHIP COTTON PRESS ! Manufactured by WINSHIP & BRO., Atlanta, Ga. I SHALL continue the Agency for the above standard COTTON GIN and PRESS, which is so justly popular with the planters throughout the South, xnd can recommend theta to any or all my friends and patrons who are in need of a First Class GIN or PRESS. The GINS are made eiiher with or without CONDENSER, as purchasers may desire, and the PRESSES are made for either xiAND, HORSE, or STEAM POWER. igf- Prices and Terms reasonable. tgk?Send for Circular and Price List. Address, F. B. PHINIZY, Cotton Factor, -Augusta, Ga. (SUCCESSOR TO C. H. PHINIZY & Co.) Augusta, June 27, 1876. om 23 Fresh Turnip Seeds! Crop 1875. Buist'!* III \, ed IS ii la linga. ?ED or PURPLE TOP, WHITE GLOBE, EARLY WHITE FLAT Db iUH, GOLDEN BALL, YELLOW ABERDEEN, LARGE WHITE NORFOLK ORANGE JELLY, WHITE HANOVER, POMERIAN GLOBE, WHITE TANKARD. IP??* A good supply of all the above varieties in store and for sale by G. L. PENN & SON. Jaly 19, 1370. tf 531 BUY YOUR WAGONS -A.T T?E L0WREY WAGON FACTORY, Corner o?* Campbell and E12 is S I*?.. AUGUSTA, GA. OREAT REDUCTION II?ST PRICES i CHEAPER THEIST EVER KNOWN1 FARM WAGONS-one a uri two Morse. OiNE HOUSE WAGONS-a Specially. SPRING WAGONS and CARTS of all kinds. ?:o: MANUFACTOBING AGENT FOR HALL'S PATENT DOUBLE REVOLVING HARROW. HARROWS-of all kinds, WHEELBARROWS, &c. HARNESS, o?'ail descriptions, Affrays on hand. EXAMINE MY~ST?CK BEFORE PURCHASING. JG?"* ALL WORK GUARANTEED. J. H. LOWREY, Proprietor. Augusta, Ga., June 21, 1876. ly 27 H?ED T1M1S! MOIST SCAS?EI BUT SANDERS & CO., AT JOHNSTON, S. C. IRE determined to put Goods down so low that bard times cannot be 'leaded. Now in Store, a full line of DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, HARDWARE, FANCY GROCERIES, PLANTATION SUPPLIES, &c, All Low for Cash,A April 2G, lyl7j U. A. SANDERS & CO., JOHNSTON, S. C. GIVE iE A CALL! S K-ERP n general assortment of pnch .articles as I can recommend to my i ?crida and customers. Como and bay at b.>!!orc- pr; ri* GSOCEE??S, K?TI6SS, KITS, CAPS, ?CfcTS, SHCI8, ? BET GOODS, WAKE HF EVFRY KU*'7.) A SPECIALTY PURK MOUNT AIN 1) BW ( "? ) RN WF? ! . k IA - -si: ' . WIN & Oo., of Greenville, c. (J. ^^Mit^? J&7,> Wagon Yard and Stables attached-free to'thc Rubi:-:! JOHN p. nmmziis?M June 13, ly26] GRANITEVUJ$?->. .C. Tlie Centennial Blore! T. J. KERN AG HAN PROPRIETOR, ESPEGTFULLY calls the attention of the rublic to his SELECT* ar.d LARGE STOCK of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, just received. LOW PRICKS and sirisfaction guaranteed. Cali and see. .:o: m- IMPORTED and DOMESTIC LIQUORS on hand at all time*. B??BEST OABH PPJCE.paid for COTTON. May 17, 1S70. BATESBURG, ?. C. & A. R. R.*, s. C. ly 53 WHOLESALE and RETAIL DEALERS IX FOREIGN Al MME IM GOO m ?196 mm BIUZJ, AUG?JSTA?, w E have now on hand the Largest and Best Assorted Stock of SPRIX )RY GOODS ever offered in the South. These Goods have been select' vith the greatest care, bought EXCLUSIVELY FOR CASH and at ?u< trices that in selling them WE SIMPLY DEFT COMPETITION. Our Stock Comprises EVERYTHING NEW and CHOICE in SILKS. DRESS GOODS, LADIES' LINEN SUITS and OVERDRESSES, LADIES" UNDERWEAR, MISSES' and CHILDREN'S LINEN and PIQUE SUITS WHITE GOODS, LINENS of every description, HOSIERY, GLOVES. CORSETS, PARASOLS, SUN UMBRELLAS, ECRU CASHMERE LACES and TIES, NOTIONS, OASSIMERES, COTTONADES, CALICOES, DOMESTICS, &c, &c., &c. Li In asking the attention of the people of Edgefield and vicinity innouucemeut, we most earnestly aud cordially invite them tc isamine our Goods and judge for themselves. These are not 5 ?arried over from last season, but an ENTIRELY NEW STOCK lave made prices so low that buyers themselves will be astonish^ JAS. A. GRAY & Ci Apr. o, 1S7G. 194 & 190 Broad St,. Auguj ti - f|s of old, wishes to make known to his Friends and Patrons in Edgef ;hat he has now on hand a Stock of BOOtS &LJOL >qual to any house in the Southern State^ind that he is determined to: it prices to which no one will object. A large quantity of CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS, of all colors, at 50 ct ;o $1.00 per pair. These Goods are Philadelphia work, and of the bes^ naterial. Gents'LOW SUMMER SHOES at 20 per cent, reduction-all hanJ nade and French ?Stock. Those who favor me with their Custom, are sure to get the best qualij )? Goods sold in Augusta. July 19, 1S7G. PETER KEENAN, CENTRAL HOTEL BLOCK, AUGUSTA, GA.J Sin 31 CHANGE OF SCHEDU [ AM giving the highest market price for (nain. Daring a lime and lalf lime, old King Cotton will be almost ignored. Silver is under p mt I will take it in exchange for my ^oods. Call and purchase at the-ib 'educed prices, FLA-aSTT^TIOISr SUPPLIES, GROCERIES, DRY GOODS HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, S3AKI>W?IRE, ind WOODEN WAKE, a?i<! NOTIONS, Foreign and ?O???I LIQUORS of every description on haj S?"I am Agent for Carver's celebrated GIN. W. G. KE July 26, ly 4] SPECIE PAYME JR the equivalent iu greenbacks on all occasions, are ? sell goods so cheap as to make my customers gr.umbl! he shape of the credit system ! BOOTS, SHOES, HATS.. TIN, WOODEN, and HARDWj DRY GrOOD? NOTIONS Are all sold in my Store at prices to suit these old SPECIALTIES!! TOBACCO, CIGARS, SNUFF, FANCY NIC] LAGER BEER and F I IVE A. P, Juue 13, 12t26]