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JOHN E. BACON & THOS. J. ADAMS, Proprietors. - . :? - -. Edgefield D^nocratic Co _ty Ticket. For the Senate: M. W. GARY. Por the House of RepresenAati W. S. ALLEN, J. C. SHEPPARD, JAMES CALLISON, T. E. JENNINGS, H. A. SHAW, For Sheriff: JOHN T. GASTON. For Clerk of the Court: 0. F. CHEATHAM. For Judge of Probate : L. CHARLTON. For County Commissioners : W. L. STEVENS, J. J. BUNCH, WYATT L. HOLMES, For School Commissioner: _THOMAS C. MORGAN. For Coroner: A. F. BROADWATER. GEN. GARY'S RIDGE SPRING SPEECH. FELLOW CITIZENS : One hundr years ago, the great experiment self-government was inaugurated 1 our patriotic, brave and honest a cestors. The failures in the old wor to establish and maintain a Repub can form of government threw ] . cloud over their hop**s, nor did it fi . a moment check their bold venturi self-confidence became the inspirit genius of self-government. The Government of the Unite States was formed for the protects of life, liberty and property. Tl great difficulty that the statesmen 1776 had to contend with was to cn ate a Constitution that would pn vent officials from abusing the poy ers of the Government, and yet 1 give them sufficient power over th lives, liberties and property of th subjects to suppress tumults, riot and domestic violence ; to repel inva sion by foreign enemies ; to preserv the stability of our political institu tions. This great desideratum coull only be effected by a recognition c the sovereignty of the people the responsibility of the rulers to bi ruled ; the giving expression to th .will of the people through the elec tive franchise, and the establishmeni of a Constitutional Government witl proper checks and balances. When rulers become obnoxious tc the people they can be removed ir two different ways : First by thi force of reason and justice expressed through the ballot-box. Secondly, a resort to the bayonet and swoid. The ballot to a constitutional government is whatrthe sWordr-is-fco- an- absolute government. It is only when the ballot-box is so corrupt that it ceases to afford the medium of redress for the grievances of the people, have Ihey a right or will thpy be justified by a resort to arms ? Th? distinctive difference between the Republic of the United States and those of the Old World, consists in the Federal character of our gov ernment, the application of the rep resentative principle with its two houses to a confederacy ; the Federal Union being formed by the powers delegated from the original thirteen States ; each State revolving around the central government under its o wu fixed and well-defined laws, resem bling in the harmony of the organi zation, the great solar system that controls the union of the spheres. The cause orthis formation of our government was taxation, without representation ; the one is the corre lative of the other; this principle is admitted wherever Anglican liberty exists; it is the "germinal idea" from which the civil liberty of Amer ica has been developed. It is the idea that has kindled the present blaze of patriotism from the blue caps of the mountains to the white caps of the sea of the Atlantic ; it is written upon the hearts of our peo ple ; it is emblazoned upon the ban ners of Hampton and Simpson ; it is the idea that elevates the electors of this State above party issues and party success ; it is inscribed upon every plank of our platform, and ev ery honest man, white or black, can stand upon it, irrespective of past party affiliation ; it is the idea that will find an echo in the hearts of all honorable men, and thus will redeem our prostrate State. In this the Centennial year of our government, why has it become nec essary to discuss the " germinal ideas" that underlie our liberties? Why are we compelled to analyze the ele ments of our government that has thrown the aegis of its protection over every American citizen, at home and abroad, for one hundred years ? The answer to these grave questions is to be found in the recent history of the government. On the 20th day of December, A. D. 1860, the State of South Carolina, in conven tion assembled, passed an Ordinance of Secession, by which she attempted to sever her connection with the Federal Union. Her example was followed by twelve of her sister South ern States. In Judge Black's able letter to Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, he shows that the idea that a State had the legal rieht to withdraw peaceably from the Un ion, originated in the minds of the politicians of New England, as far back as the war of 1S12 ; that John Quincy Adams advocated this right in 1839 ; and that Abraham Lincoln did so in 1847. It is well known that Mr. Calhoun, Mr. McDuffie and Mr. Rhett contended for the exer cise of this right of peaceable seces sion on the part of this State, as did most of the Southern leaders. When the people of this State and her sis ters attempted to reduce this theory 1 to practice, the Republicans and Dem ocrats of the North did not bid the South " go in peace," but they deni ed the right of a State to secede from : the Union. This made up the issue:' that led to a-four \ears .war.' When j the war ended, the people of th's State ? at once mot again in convention and 1 I rescinded the Ordinance of Secession. I According to their theory, by this act ! they accomplished their return to the [Union. For the theory of the peo ! pie at the North was that they never were ou- A the JJnion ; taking either horn of the dilemma they believed -they-were again in the Union. ' In this opinion they were grievously dis-, appointed, as the. Republicans at once changed front, and declared that by secession and the acts of war, they were out of the Union, and that they had to be re-admitted by a compli ance with the Reconstruction Acts. I do not care where the *' germinal idea" came from, whether from the erratic brain ot the fanatics of New England, or the political metaphysics of the enthusiasts of the South. I believed then, as I do now, that no such right as that of peaceable seces sion can be fonnd in the Constitution of the United States, or in the phi losophy that underlies the formation of all governments. I shall not char acterize those who believe in it, in the severe language of Hugh Swinton Legare, who, in speaking of its advo cates, said, " they first practice with the utmost deliberation, a/rauc? upon the people, by assuring them that their premeditated scheme of violence is a perfectly regular and peaceable one." But I should as soon believe that the architects who planned and con structed the beautiful National Capi tol at Washington, or our own mag nificent State-house in Columbia, did so with a view of pulling them down when they ceased to gratify the changed taste of those who should live after them, a3 to believe that the great statesmen who f?ixnc? the Con stitution and the Federal Union placed a clause in it that gave to a disaffected State the right to peacea bly secede for fancied or real griev ances, and thereby dissol ve the Union. Those who form governments and create constitutions have but one idea is to the duration of the government, md that is to make the government last forever. Esto perpetua is the motto inscribed upon the constitution if all governments. The first gun that was fired into ;he "Star of the West," dispelled the .beory of peaceable secession. When ;his ingeniously wrought veil was jlown aside by the rude blast of war, ike that of the veiled prophet of Khorassan, it revealed in all of its lideous deformities bloody revolution. I believed that the South had suffi lient cause to go to war with the *iorth. I was in favor of throw ng off the authority of the govern nent of the United States, and I de ired to accomplish it by revolution. . drew my sword not to maintain the i . ht of secession; not to defend or ?erpetuate African slavery in the >outb; but to defeud and preserve he greatest blessing yet given to ian-Constitutional Liberty. .{Ehe doctrine .of Scwj?rd_and_ his_ arty, that th^re was a law higher han the Constitution is what caused he people to establish the Southern Jonfederacy. They hoped thereby o preserve and transmit to their losterity the civil liberty of America, t was the same spirit that animated ur fathers in the Revolution of 1776 ; he same spirit influenced the Demo rats of the North to fight for the estoration of the Union; the great listake we made was fighting under new flag out of the Union. The question of slavery was one of he incidents of the war ; the negroes iave been emancipated, and every Qtelligent Southerner is glad of it, ar they now see what our leaders ailed to point out to us before the rar, that in a politico-economical iew we are better off now than we rere then. There were four million laves, who were worth two billion iollars. What an immense sum to iave invested in perishable property. let it was so! Every thirty-three ?ears these slaves died out, and we daced this two billion of d'Mars in une boxes, painted black. ' ,d buried t six feet beneath th" \ in the form ?f dead negrroo. .ms was a system ?f loss and reproduction that kept he South as poor as a church mouse. i\re now make the same amount of lotton, corn, wheat, rice, oats, rye ind barley that we made before the var, our net profits are .the same ii lot greater, and we will have the two >illion of dollars liberated ready for uvestment in other forms of proper y ; every dollar that we now make viii live and continue to accumulate md add to our State and National Vial th. Concluded on Second Page. PASTS Goods, Bleached and Brown Jhirtingand Plaid ITouiespuns, just open id at W. H. BRUNSON & CO'S. ?SF Go to James M. Cobb's to buy :our Shoes. No shoddy stock shown. Satisfaction guaranteed on all prices and Joods. tf43 NAILS-all sizes-Soap, Rico, Candles, Starch, Coi.centrated Lye and Potash, Soda, Sugsr and CoiFee-full supplies, at W. H. BRUNSON <fc CO'S. ? TABLE Damask, Huck and Crash Tow eling, and Marseilles Quilts, at very low j rices, to close out, by W. H. BRUNSON <fc CO. FULL lines of iV?en's Lined and Bound 3hocs. Extra sizo Biog3ns, to arrive his week, at W. H. BRUNS?N & CO'S. ,;s^A full supply of Sub Writs and Sub Tickets for sale at this office. 31,000 Worth of Shoes to arrive at Jas. ?Li. Cobb's, bought from manufactories n Baltimore Examine my stock-pri :es and quality guaranteed. I havepur ;ha?ed these goods from Headquarters, md can sell a good article for little mon ry? 4t41 - 2 Barrels of fresh, Baltimore Pearl Urist, just received. No other Homin}' ipproaches it. ,fr>8 J. IL CHEATHAM. LADIES' and Misses Gaitprsand Walk ng Shoes offered at greatly reduced pri :es for ten days, by W. H. BRUNSON ?t CO. NEW Calicoes, just opened at W.B* BRUNSON & CO'S. THE CONSPIRATOR EXPOSED ? ! ; Letters from Chief Justice Moses and Justice H'iliard, of the Su preme Court, Sbow tbere is no Condition Warranting the Proclamation. m _ All the Chief Judges Pronounce It Fatysc i - .THE SCOUNDREL SHOWS HIS HAND ! ! ! We publish this week, the letters of the Judges of the State pronounc ing Chamberlain's proclamation un necessary and false. We shall make no comments here. Let these letters go to the people of the United States. SUMTER, S. C., October 7, 4876. MY DEAR SIR-I am just in re ceipt of your note and at once reply to the same. For the last three or four months I have not been in any of the counties but those of Sumter and Richland. Within that-period I have been present at only two politi cal meetings-one htd I by the Re publican party and the other to day at this place by the Democrats. Al though I was at the latter but a short time, I was for the greater part of the day in the streets, with every opportunity of observing the behavior and demeanor of the Jarge concourse which the occasion had brought to gether. The collection consisted of citizens on foot and horseback. I saw in no instance any exhibition of arras or any behavior inconsistent with the strictest propriety. At the Repub lican meeting to which I have above referred, there was no attempt at in terruption. I shall require very strong evideuce to satisfy rae that South Carolina is . an armed camp. I know of nothing which would lead me so to conclude. For myself I do not know of any thing which would make me doubtful in any part of the State of enjoying the same security which I feel at taches to me under my own roof. I trust the day is far distant when violations of the peace in our own borden? will require the interference of any arm more potent than that of the law. Very respectfully yours, F. J. MOSES. To General Wade Hampton. COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct, 7,1876. My Dear Sir-The condition of affairs in South Carolina has become a matter of public discussion. It ls charged that the Democratic canvass is being conducted with peculiar ran- : cor, and many manifestations of vio- ' lenee. Your observation we know 1 has been limited, but we will valuo 1 your expression of opinion from whr.t , you have seen. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient 1 servant, A. C. HASKTLL, ; Chair. State Dem. Ex. Com. ' To Hon. A. J. Willard, Associate Jnctice of ?upreme Court.- 1 COLUMBIA, Oct. 7,1376. Colonel A. C. Haskell-Dear Sir- ! Your note of this date is before me, asking an expression of my views as . to the existence of rancor and mani festations of vi(-:ence in the character ! of the Democratic canvass of this State. 1 I am unable to throw much light 1 on this subject for two reason:.-. In , the first place, I have been absent J from the State for the 'ast three months, and only a week has passed since my return to the city. In the second place, my ideas of the charac- 1 ter and respondbilities of the judi cial office have led me at all times to abstain from participating in political action, and accordingly I have little information except that derived from public rumor and the newspapers of I what has transpired at policical gath erings. I can only say that I have wit nessed nothing beyond the cireum- j stances generally characteristic of an ] excited political canvass. I have seen [ no violence ; on the contrary, so far t as I have had intercourse with gen- i tlemeu of your party, 1 have observed i less disposition to excited statement ] and personal bitterness than during ] any of the previous political cam- \ paigns of this State. { I siucerely hope that the fears of many that the lawless portion of the community will be permitted to dis- , turb the peace and injure the good name of the State are groundless. I am satisfied that it is the intention of the leading members of your party to prevent such a state of things, and I believe they have the ability to do . 60. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, A. "J. WILLARD. 1 COLUMBIA, S. C., October 7. To Judye T. J. Mackey, Chester, S. C Send me by telegraph your opinion on Chamberlain's assertions ol terror ism and lawdessness in the State. Is it true or utterly false that the law cannot remedy any evils that exist? Governor Chamber'ain has declared Aiken and Barnwell insurrectionary, and ordered all rifle clubs to disband. A. C. HASKELL, Chair. State Dem. Ex. Com. CHESTER, S. C., Oct. 7,1876. To A. C. Haskell, Chairman State Democratic Executive Committee, Columbia, ?>. C. In icply to your inquiry of this date, 1 would state that peace ana order prevail thoughout the limits of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, embracing the four counties of York, Chester, Fairfield and Lancaster. In this cir cuit no armed organizations obstruct judical proceedings, and no resistance has been offered to the due execution of legal process. In charging the grand jury of York on la.-t Monday, I staled that if any citizen, whatever might be his race, color.or party, had been threatened with loss of employ ment or put in terror because of his political opinions, he should make complaint before the grand jury, Ol in open court, and the laws should i be put in motion to sustain him in the free ?nd untrammeled exercise of all his rights of citizenship. The grand | jury,..consia.tiug of nine white and six colored citizens, reported unani mously on last Wednesday night that: no organizations, either armed or oth-1 erwise, having for their object the exhibition of force to control the free I exercise of the elective franchise ex ! isted in that couuty.und no complaint charging the existence of such or ganizations had been made to therre The same is true of each and every county in this ' circuit. The only case of political intimidation that has transpired in this circuit waa tried at York on last Thursday, thedefen lant being one Edward McDonald, color ed, charged witn threatening the life ! of one Henry Lowry, also colored, because he had joined a Democratic club, and had declared his purpose to vote the Democratic ticket. The jury consisted of six Republican col ored citL ?s and six white men, one of whom is also an avowed Republi can. The prisoner was ably defended ty\V. B. Williams, Esq., himself a candidate on the Democratic ticket. The jory were charged by me that they were sole judges of the evidence, and that the guilt of the prisoner must be established beyond areasom ble doubt to warr.nt a conviction. They rendered a verdict of guilty, and I sentenced the prisoner to three monts in jail-the lowest penalty prescribed by iaw for the offense. I have traversed many counties in the State canvassing ior Hayes and Wheeler, and in favor of Chamber lain for Governor during the past sixty days, and I have nowhere seen an attempt on the part of any portion of tlie population to suppress the right of free speech by armed vio lence. I solemnly protest against the proclamation of Governor Chamber lain as absolutely false in so far as it imputes to the inhabitants within the limits of this circuit any purpose to obstruct the ordinary course ol' j?di-?;? rial*proceedings or to resist in any manner the ducexecutiou of the laws for the protection of life, property or the rights of citizenship, and I have good and sufficient reasons to believe and do believe that the said procla mation is equally false in imputing such insurrectionary purpose to the white population in the other circuits of this State. I regard the procla mation as symbolizing fitly a formida ble conspiracy against the rights ol' the people, having 1er its object the carrying of this ?State for D. if. Cham berlain and his c ndidates, which conspiracy is further typified by a Board of State Canvassers, or Elec tion Returning Board, the majority of whose members are candidates on Chamberlain's ticket, and by ninety six Commissions of Election in the several counties, seventy of whom are Chamberlain's declared partisans, ! and of which last number forty are County Treasurers and Auditors or Trial Justices, holding lucrative offi ces by his appointment, and remov?- 1 bie from the office at his pleasure, or 1 ire known tr him as declared candi dates for oiliee endorsing his ticket, 1 who unseat themselves if they make idec?aiat?Dn of the election which ? ???aw ths^cdidatfcs opposed to Chain^1 berlain aniThis tick:.t. The pile clubs~r that he has ordered disbanded are in , the main organiza'ions chartered un der the act bf the Republican Legis- , lature in 1874, and all of them are neting but in the assertion of the : rights of the people to keep and bear ' wrns, guaranteed against infringe- . nant in the second article of amend- 1 ments to the constitution of tuft United ' States, and all assert their loyalty to I :he Union, and obedience to its laws, { md respect and uphold its flag. T. J. MACKEY, Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of 1 South Carolina. _ i Judge T. H. Cooke, Republican, ! trites: COLUMBIA, S. C.. Out. 7, 1876. ! Colonel A. C. Haskell,-Chairmanof < the Executive Committee of the j Democratic Farly. ? DEAR SIE: I have just read the ; proclamation of Governor Chamber- 1 ain as to a reign of terror in this I State and inability tc enfore the? laws i .brough the ordinary channel, and I I iiust say that the causes alleged for ] ssuing the same do not apply to the 1 Eighth Circuit, over which I preside. ; NTor do I believe they have any exjs- I ;ence as to any other portion Qt' the State. I am, very respectfully, THOMSON H. COOKE, fudge-of the Eghth Circuit of the State of South Carolina. i SUMTER, October 9, 187G. To Col. A. C. Haskell. I know of no lawlessness or vio lence which v. .e law cannot remedy in this circuit. The law is maintained md administered without difficulty. A. J. SHAW, Judge Third Circuit. NEWBERRY, Oct. 9,187G. In reply to your inquiry I have to nay that I ara in nowise prepared to express any just opinion upon the peace of the State, except so far as concern the circuit over which I have the honor to preside. Since my ap pointment to the Bench I have been engrossed by my judicial duties, which have been and are onerous. They have left me without time or inclination to become advised of par ticular matters outside of my circuit. I am not aware of any resistance to the process of the court in this county where I have been holding court for a week. Unusual quiet prevails. There seems to be a public apprehension that the times are out of joint, and a general anxiety that public order should be preserved. Speaking for this circuit I can only say that while the public mind is of course inflamed by the ardor of the campaign, I have not yet been con fronted by any organized or individu al resistance to the authority of the ?.ourts. The good sense of the people will contintue to preserve thc public peace. L. C. NORTHROP, Judge Seventh Circuit. COLUMBIA, October, 9, 1S7G. To Judye Wiggin, care Maj. Wm. ' Elliott, Beaufort, 8. C. : Has any resistance been offered to duly issued warrants in your circuit ? Pleaae telegraph immediately. \ \ A.. C. HASKELL. Judge Wiggin replied as follows : ! BEAUFORT, S. C., Oct. 9, 1876. j ! Col. A. C. HasUU. ; Officials attempting to execute war rants duly issued have been resisted ; iu this circuit.. P. L. WIGGIN. lue following telegram was then j Styjt ? ' . S "* ** COLUMBIA, Ocr.. 9, ISl?*^ Jydgc P. L. Wiggin. Please nani;- the cases and the color and party of the ? crsons resisting the warrants, and the offence. A. C. HASKELL. BEAUFORT, 8. C., Oct. 9,1S76. Col. A. C. Haskell. ? Judge Wiggin refuses to answer to-night, but says he has no official j information of resistance in this cir- j cuit, except in the cases of the Oom- j ballee riot in B aufort and Colleton, ; ! all colored, and has rumors of resist- j i ance to arrest by colored me i in ; 1 Aiken as the cause of the Ellenton \A riots. WM. ELLIOTT. COLUMBIA, Oct. 9, 1S7G. Col. A. C. Haskell, Chairman, Sc, SIR-I have the honor to acknowl edge the receipt of ietterof 9th inst., making inquiries as to-my knowledge of lawlessness and violence existing in this Stater and I have to say, in reply, that I have be?n absent from home for more than three months, and could only l'orra an opinion as to the condition of political affairs by the reports in the newspapers, which led me to believe that, thc State was not. quiet. Ten days ago I arrived at horne, and found Columbia as quiet as any part of the States I have been in while North. In this city there i? no violence, or lawless .r?es3, wor ?re th? con rta in any way interfered with in .Lc di charge of Keir functions. I have no knowledge of what has occurred in the counties referred to by the Governor, viz : Bi rn well anti Aiken. I have the honor to be, very re spectfully, vour obedient servant, E. K. SCOTT. COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 10,1876. i i Col. A- C. Haskell, Chairman Slide i i Democratic Executive Commit icc. j v DEAR SIR : I have- the honor to: acknowledge the receipt of your let ter of this date, propounding certain questions in reference to the condi tion of the judicial circuits of the State and certain military organiza tions. After a month's absence from home I returned about:, a week ago, md since thal, time I have been ex clusively occupied with official affairs] holding the regular term of thc cir :tiit courts' loi this county. As tn the alleged lawlessness and violence :n other portions of the State, 1 know nothing. I have seen stateineifts in the newspapers giving different and in ti rely contradictory accounts of the transactions referred to in the proclamation of Governor Chamber lain, but have not examined the fcc* ???<-ny or been i-?eith?r o;' ihe 'locali ties. Since my return home I have been treated by ray acquaintances of both political parties with the usual kindness and respect, and I have seen no exhibition of violence and law lessness. No resistance to judicial process or authority has been attempt ed in the circuit, to ray knowledge, ?ince I have had the honor to hi its presiding judge. I am not acquaint ed with any other than the Richland Rifle and the Richland Volunteer Rifle clubs. I do not know of my jwn knowledge, nor has any com plaint boen made to me, of any aets jf violence, open or secret, having aeen committed by these companies. My acquaintance with the members >f those organizations is quite general^ ind, from my knowledge of the per sonal character of the gentlemen com posing them, I should think no dan ger to the peace and good order of ?ociety could be rationally appie liended from that source. Withdrawn from partisan politics as a citizen 11 "eel a deep interest in the welfare of :he State, and I hope those of both parties having charge of the canvass Brill exercise such prudence, justice md fairness, as will insure a free, fair, and full expression of the popu lar will. I have the honor tube, respectfully, Your obedient servant, R. B. CARPENTER. Judge Carpenter's letter completes the testimony of all the S tate judges, jo far as attainable. Judges Wright md Townsend are absent from the State, and Judge Reed cannot be reached by telegraph. Want of Confidence. Trade is depressed, and Hie industries af the whole country Hags. Ask tho cause and you aro told ?tis due to "want af conlidence." Ask the few who have not used Dn. 'PUTT'S HAU: DYK, and they say " I have no confidence in it, I have been so often humbugged by such arti cles." Wo ask them to read tho follow ing testimony from parties of undoubted veracity : HAWKINS VILLE, GA., Oct. 30, 18G!'. DR. W. H. T?TT. Dear Sir: I consider your Hair Dye a triumph. Our barbers pronounce it su perior to all others. Yours truly, I. A. THOMPSON, Druggist. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 5, 1870. DR. TUTT. Dear Sir: Your Hair Dye bids fair to run every other dye out of this market. Respectfully, JOHN KIMBALL. SAVANNAH, CA., Sept. 27,1S71. DR. TUTT. Dear Sir: Your Hair Dyo is tko best I ever used. . Yours truly, L. 0. MYERS. WK aro offering extraordlnai y bargains in Men's, boys' and children's Hats, to reduce- our stock. Call carly. Wo ean suit you. W. H. BRUNSON ?fe CO. {gr You will never regret it. What? A visit to Wir. MULHBRIK'S large Boot, Shoe and Hat establishment When you visit Augusta, be sure to go thoro, and, wc repeat again, you will never regret, Groceries! Groceries! I) ACO NT. Magnolia HAMS. FLOUR. y M ISA L. GRIST, RICK; SALT, SU GAR, COFFEE. MOLASSES, STARCH SODA, SOAP, ifcc., just received and sold at low figures, for cash only, at - J. H. CHEATIIAM'S. Aug. ;50,. tf. 37 SENT) Wc. io O. P. HOWELL ii CO., Now York . for 1-amplilpt if MW i>npi's, coiitulnlnj list? ol', ?Wno ucwsjmpcrs, und est?males showing cost of nd-1 r ort liing. Sheriff'/Sale. - STAIR OF SO?7TH CAROLINA, LDUEFlfiLD CO li STY. (.'otu/ of Probate. Emit?a K Gardner, Henry J. Gardner, SIIS-JU Mays, by their Guardian ad li tem, ii. E.'Mays* Plaintiffs, vs. George _A1. Grafton, M\ M. Martin, and others, Jbeibncffitts. giflf. Virtue pf an order of the Court in Sj 'dus, cause, to me directed, I will sell at public outcry at, Edenfield C. H.. on ino first Monday in November next, th': Plantation upon which Joseph Grafton resided at the time of his death, situated in said County, in the Fork of Big Ste vens' Creek and Savannah River, near Fury's Ferry, containing Fifteen Hun dred (1.?00) Acres, more or less, one half pf whieli is in native forest and 300 Acres in bottom land ; 350 Acres in cultivation tiie presont year. This land adjoins Mrs. L. TI. Picken*, M. C. Butler; Or. Geo. G. Ware, J. Tay lor, Josoph Meriwether and others; has i good Dwelling House and all necessa ry outbuildings. Said lands to bo sold for Partition among the Heirs-at>Law, md for payment of Debts. George M. Grafton, on the plr.ee, will take pleasure in showing the land to any one desirous )f purchasing. The Tract can be easily Uyidod in two Tracts. TERMS: The costs and one third of -ho purchase money to be paid in cash, ;he balance in two equal annual install ments, with interest from day of sale, rhe.credit portion to bc secured by Bond md a Mortgage of the premises. Pur chaser to pay for all necessary papers, Deluding Titles. j. A. RICHARDSON; S. E. C. Oct. 10, it . 43 S^r?ff's Sale. MA TE OF SO UTE C. ! BOLINA EDGEFIELD COUNTY. T. T. Phillips, Plaintiff, vs. Willis Do loach , D?tendant.--Execution. BY virtue of ari Execution tome di rected, in tho above stated cause, I viirprocred to sell at Edgefield C. H., m the ilrst Monday ir. November next, he following property, to wit: One Tract, of brr id, containing One Tumlred ( Wih) ACi'.*, more or less,- ad orning land* of George Smith, A. Werts, kYilliam Smith and others, levied upon is the property of the Defendant, Willis )oloach. Terms cash. Titles extra. J. A. RICHARDSON, S E. C. Oct 10, 4t 43 Thoroughbred Stock for Sale. f AM Breeding THOROUGHBRED L POLAND-CHINA and ESSEX [OGS, Light RR AH MA FOWLS, ami J KONZ IC TURKEYS, all selected willi rreat care from tho best strains in the Jailed Stales. Prices to suit thc pre nt hard times. Satisfaction guaranteed n every particular. Address. Z. C. DA?.* I CL, .""wyman's Store, Spottsylvanio Co., Ya. Aug. 3<>, 1876. ly 37 FIMES ARE SUCH THAT EV ERYBODY SHOULD USE BC0IWM! A*.: rf?w prepared for a FALL ami VINTER Trade, willi a MFLETE STOCK OF GOODS -IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. I have just returned from New York, diere i spent a lone; time in the careful election of my Goods; and from tile fact f being early en the market, was cna iled to get (he choicest selections of an nitre stock, and not tho Shoddy Good?, fbicb are on the market later in the sea on. And as I bought two Stocks, waa irtbcr enabled to buy a great many ?oods hy iht Case, and hence, got them t jobbing rales. My Stock consists of: DOMESTICS, PRINTS, DRESS GOODS. ALPACAS, TOWELS and TOWELINGS, WHITE GOODS, Opera FLANNELS, RED and WHITE FLANNELS, CANTON FLANNELS, JEANS, CASSI MERES, BLANKETS. SHAWLS, BALMORALS, Ladies' and Genis' UN DER VESTS, RIBBONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, CORSETS, KANDEER'.' HIEFS, EDGING and INSERTION, Ladies'HATS, Trimmed and Unlrim jed, and a beautiful line of TRIMMINGS )r them, Ladies' TIES, CUFFS, C OLLA RS, C 0 L LA R ETTES, Splendid line of NOTIONS, Gents' HATS, BOOTS and SHOES, SHIRTS and COLLARS, CLOTHING, STATIONERY, LEATHER, SADDLERY, COOPERY, HARDWARE, TIN WARE, UMBRELLAS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, &c. I know that I have bought my Gooda ,t priccj and under circumstances that I an sell them so as to ukase the closest myer. Ail persons desirous of making even a rery small purchase, will find it wdl be conoiny to call and see my stock before naking their purchases. No Goods mia epresented. I have but one price, which is thc low st cash price. Thanking my Customers and Friends or past patronage, I shall usc every effort >n my part to merit a continuance of the ame. ALVIS H A HT. EDGKKIEM) 0. H., S. C. j Sept, 20,187G. 2m 40 Votfce of Final Seulement. AFINAL settlement of the Estate of Wiley Jeter, dee'd., will be had in he office of tho Probate Judire of Edge leid County, on Wednesday, tho 1st day if November next, at winch time tho Administratrix will apply for a Final Discharge as Administratrix of said Es pite. SHEPPARD BROS:, - A ttys, for Adni'x. Oct. 4,1876. 4t 42 1 ll Sj?| i\ow is the Time to Mf j THE followingVALUA BLKTR AC?S LAND have. been placed in uiy Rcar fcw'Arc Airencvy fur sala: ?Fb?$o in waritrw M mies anet Land wil] do wei] to read thc annexed list o? farms and plant ations now ottered to tho nubile, and give me a call. TRACT NO. 1;-ISO Aero*, l uid situ ate wit!.in 2J milos ol* Johnston Depot, with comfortable Dwelling and good out buildings thereon, and sufficient land open for 3 horse farm. Price very low. NO. 2.-500 Acres, situate on Gunncll's Creek, about LO miles West of Edgefield C. H., to exchange afc a bargain for land lying within five miles North or East ol Pine House Depot. NO. 3 -Desirable Souse and Lot situ ate on Main street in the town of Edge field. Ilonse and promisee in good re pair. Pried low down, and payable one third, Nov.'Iii; one-third, Nov. 7/, and oue-third Nov. '78. NO. 4.-350 Acres A No. Hand, on Tur key Creek, about 5 miles Wost, of .John ston Depot-on one, two and th reo year*] time. NO. 5.-House and Lot in the town ol Edirclield-sitiiiitedconvenient to Church: cs and School houses. House in good repair. Price only $600. NO. G.-250 Acres land, situa!?.? at junc tion of Turkey and Big stephens' Creeks, 1.") miles West of Edgeiield C. H. New Dwelling and new Gin House and Screw ; all necessary out-buildings; pleasant neighborhood; IOU aeres in cultivation: loo acres heavily timbered; fine cotton and corn lands', and unsurpassed foi grain; splendid mill seat on place. Prie? ?1,000-one-half cash ; balance on twelv< months' limo. NO. 7.-125 Acres, known as the Wad? Piace, 2 miles West ot" Ked Hill; goo< cibin and outbuildings; sufficient hui' open for 2 horse farm ; woodland excel lent. Price ?^OO-one half cash ; balam; on 12 moiitb&'jrtiine. NO. S.-];i*.'\Vre Town*T/>t, sit?alo o': old .Stage Road, half mi!? from Publh Square". Lot well fenced. Will be sold at a bargain. NO. 0.-i House and Lot in the Towi of Edgefield, on Main Srreet, near Pub lie. Square. A very desirable Lot. Larg? House. Acre Lot. Price $050.- A bar jai ii ! NO. 10.-200 Acres Choice Woodland, on Rocky Crock, Westside Martin Town Road, near Gilgal Church. Price- ?S.5(" per ?ere. cash. NO. H.-454 Acres, near Plum Branch Church; comfortable DwclHwjc and?al nee 'ssary outbuildings; productive soil; well watered; convenient to Church ano Schools. Price 31,000-one-half cash. NO. 12.-The "Strother Piace," con tainLng4?t acres, situate 13 miles Norti of Edgefield C. H., arid S miles West ol Johnston. Large, comfortable Dwelling. Store House, Gin Mouse, and all neces sary out-buildings. About 200 acres ii cultivation; balance finely timbered land. A very desirable place-a beautiful and pleasant home, and a productive soil, well adapted lo either cotton or grain, and there is a linc variety of Fruit on tin pince. The dwelling alono cost mon money than is now asked for thc emin property. Price. $4,000-one-half naya ole this fall, thc balance 1st Dec, 'li. NO. 13.-One Tract of 200 or 400 Acres, sitna?cd no n-Johnston Depot, with Dwell i ngami usual out-buildings. Frico, Sh per aero, ono half cash. ? bargain foi some one ! NO. 1 l.-A Farm of liO Acres-GO acrt* in cultlvati ?ti-line land. Dwelling and other buildings on promises. Adjoin inp lands oi J. A. Bland, L. S. Johnson ano ot,i: ar?, and lyiOjg about4 miles vost oi Johnston. Price, ?10 por aero-ouehali cash. NO. 15.-O ne Tract of 676 Acres, Wood Ian;'., on Kig Hors? Creek, and witbii* one niiln of the C. C. it A. Railroad, one and a half miles from Miles's MU!, and eight miles from Granitcvillo.'N' improvement?, thc entire Tract well lim bered. Price, tv) per acre; one-third cash; long time on balance. Also, other Land, and Houses and Lots -and all ottered at very low figures. Parties having lauds for salo will fine it to their interest to oller them througl this Agency. Real Estate will be properly advertise* without charge to tho owner of the prop Brty; and no expanse will be incurred unless a salo is oHeeled. p?r Commissions at moderate rates. D. Ii. DURISOE, Insurance and Heal Estate Agent. July 10, 1S7G. tf 31 FIRE INWiNCE !! INSURE YOUR PROP Eli TY IR Tl fl-: ROLLO WING SUBSTAN TIAL AND RELIABLE Fire Insurance Companies! Viz: JTllE "Farm vi Ile Insurance & Rank ing Company, <>i Va. Tho North Carolina Home Insurance Company. The Texas Banking and Insuratice Go. The Union Marino and Fire Insurance Company. The Southern Mutual Insurance Co. Tho Faueuil Hall Insurance Co. Dwellings, Stores, Merchandise, Fur niture, Gin Houses, Hams, Stores, Ac. it?;., Ac, in: ired nt reasonable rates. Mr. JOHN H. HUIETwill receive ap plications for Insu raneo in any of the-!:: Companies, at Hatesbnrg, S. C. A. .T. NORRIS; Att'y. at Law, Edgelield, S. C., Agent. Sup'. 5, 1870. 3 m 38 IWILL sell fer $2,500. (one-half cash, halalled one year with interest) TUE MIMS MILL PLACE, containing Five Hundred Acres, situate about 4 miles Wost of Edgefield C. II. rice good hous es for laborers on promises, and enough lumber in old Mill House to build sev eral more tenant housos. Land finely adapted to cotton and small grain, and sufficient in cultivation to run ten plows. Fine location for a countiy Store. /mgr- Will divide Tract and sell in 50 Acre Lots if desired. Titles made good. D. R. DURISOE, Real Estate Agent Sept. fi, tf 3S 1 Johnston Farm Wanted. ACASH purchaser wishes to buy a Farm of about 200 Acres in the vi cinity of Johnston Depot. A place with a good Dwelling, wp h tho usual out buildings, about 100 acres in cultivation, and 100 acres in woodland, preferred. Any ono having a place of the above de scription, situate within two ur thrc* miles of Johnston, to sell at a reasonable prico for cash, will please apply at once to D. R. DURISOE, Real Estate Agent. July 10, 1P7G. tf_31 RICHARD TOZER'S City Machine Works, COLUMBIA, S. C., Manufacturer of Portable and Stationary STEAM E IV G I IV E S , Saw Mills, Flour and Grist Mills, Foundry Work ia Iron and Brass, TURES?1ERS & REAPERS. May IG. Om cf For Sale. LD GRASS, REI AN MILLET an ?..?SS SEED. Appty at this office:' M^rl,- ' u' ORCHARD GRASS, RED CLOVER, 1 GERMAN MILLET and HUNGA RIAN GRASS SEED. A market Farm For Sale, TH rc rosidoo'co of the late Goo. Robin son, K-<i . ami tann a?ai-lr d. sit? ale one milo t'.olUVAUijUata, ? ?1 i?- ta biirg and Edireiitidroad, Lai b' on pb x.: in my haiui . !" .-.ol:, ami v iii be soi l at A great sacrifice-at one-third leas than the cost of the buildings ou the premises. The Tract contains One Hundred and Twenty-five Acres-one hundred of which ure in a good state of cultivation. On tho olaes isa comfortably Dwelling; and airnec'j>-':i>-y on- D^ftrft?ii'g such r. . KitoheuSLaiimlVy. Smoke.JEi UKO, frills. Stable-, Ncgr.i Cabins, .vc 'Ibu Dweil lng is on the cottageOrder, weil furnish ed, and in excellent repair. Thc land lies well, has been kept in a high state of cultivation, and made very productivo by an annual, liberal manur ing from the stables in the city. As a suburbau residence, and'marget farm, it possesses many advantages. Any one wishing a desirable home near Au gusta, and at the samo time to run a profitable market farm, should consult the undersigned at once, D. R. DURISOE, REAL ESTATE A O EXT. Edgefield, Sept. 20, 1m 41 ?I^??N?PO?LLAIN COTTON FACTOR, Augusta, Ga., N _ WILL continue the business at his Fire Proof Warehouse, Corner ol' Jackson mid Reynolds Streets, and ..viii give his strict personal attention to the s.-.l? ol' Cotton consigned to him. Consignments respectfully, solicited. Sept i:J, 187?. 3i? JW KEW. ?BYS2TISMEST8. ")E FANCY C \ RCS nil stylos willi naino lOcls. ?-3 post paid. .1. ?. lt'. ?Tf:;>,"X*RSAi-, Rens. Co. N*. Y. IT v..:? waul Hie beet selling article A j ? i i i O ?n til? world nnd a solid gold patent lever watch, freo ->f eos!. wrJtu yt once to J. BRIDE Sc CO., 7?" Broadway, N. Y. HI?O (leading. V-ychomancy, Fascina 1,1 Mon, Sow! Oharmlnj?. Mesmerism, iud Marriage Gwide, showing how either sex ?ay fa>:in.-.to ?un? gain :?i<- L.ve aaa itflectioa o? any -rrr?on -thovi 'io-?vt?av. r,a?rc?. t>\ watt 50 .ts. Iben'A: (V., SK?U" st., m&j, l'ft.V - 1CKNTS WANTED FOU TH E GK BAT CENTENNIAL BOOK. [imnenu ^n'1"1- IT X?.A."SrS. Sond for Cir cular. P. WR. ZIEGLER ? CO., Philadelphia, Pa. COHN'S East Side Agency for E. C. BURT'S FINE SHOES. 281GEAiTDST.,N?wY02Z. Illustrated catalogue? nu? Price Lists sent FREE. State where you saw this. ' i'll adi REFORM. Now rcadv for I IL.Uk.ri .leonis. The National Hand Books .'or voters, willi Life of Tilden and Hendricks, and in expose of P.inm and Frands. 500 Pages. Illus trated GO cts. will secure outfit and territory. $100 i month made. E. B. TREAT, Pob.^805 B'way, N. Y. Ygcnt* Wauled ! Medals & Diplomas Awarded brH^w^'Centennial Bible 100 illustration*. Address for new circulars, 1. J. HOLMAN k CU, 050 AUCH Stroet, Fbila. 530 to S-400 A MONTH FOR AGENTS. MimSAL HISTORY. Tho zreat Interest in ali nations and in our own :hrilwig bhlnry ol'lOO years, makes this book sell faster Ihm anv other. 3 books ir. one, beantilulb lins rated. ?. C. McCUBDT & CO., Phila., Pa. P?UM HABIT CURED. A Ccrlain-and Sure Cure. I.nr^e Rcdnc> Mon In Price*. A trial bottle tree. Mm. J. A. OKOLLINGKR, f.nPovt.-. Indiana. 3ox H-3S. (formerly Mrs. Di. S. B. Collins.) ??smoval-200 Pianos & Organs Vt MANL'FATUREItS prices. The Sub icribcrfl will ?cil their Entire Stock of Pianos and Organs, new and second ?land, sheet in?xio, uinsic boon?, and merchandise') at very near cost prices for .ash DUKING SEPTEMBER previous o removal to their new ?tore 40 EAST llth ST., UNION SQUARE, OCT. 1st. illustrated Catalogue* Mailed. Agents ivnntcd. Special inducements to the 'rade. HOI!ACE WATERS db SONS. Hmm fae turc rs and Dealers. 4$1 Broad way, N. Y. 1 ST QIG M C H to qualify YOUNG MEN for the J C. O ! Ull LU active dulles cf l.fe. BUSINESS TRAINING a specialtv. OUR INSTITUTION-th*? most thorough, complete and practical in the United Stales. YOUNG MEN desiring a START IN LIFE. Par .nis having sons or wants to educate, are invited to irrito io us for catalogue and particular?. Tot.il CulUi/iaU) IW. SGT..IO. Xo vacaiionn. Eiitei'nt mty.Ume. UKFESUNCO-our pal rons and former student*. Address II. W. SADLER, Buildings Nos. 0 & S N. Charles St., Baltimore 414C Thc Brown Cation Gin. The attention of planters Aid others is again callod to the abovo old and reliable make of Cotton Gins. They are furnish ed this year greatly improved, and notb ng which an exp?rience of thirty year in their manufacture could suggest has been left undone to make them the most reliable and perfect Cotton Gin in mar ket. As the result of our efforts we need only refer to their established reputation and wide spread popularity. For PER FECTION' OP WORKMANSHIP, STIlE>GTir, DURABILITY, LI?HT RUNNING, & QUAN TITY and QUALITY Of LINT PRODUCED, we challenge competition. We are pre pared to warrant to any reasonable ex tent perfect satisfaction to every planter or operator. The Gins are sold at the lowest possible prices for good machines, and on reasonable terms. We invite ex amination of the samples in the hands of our local agents who willgiveall desired informa'ion and furnish applicants with circulais and copies of commendatory letters from parties using tho Gins in all sections of thc cotton planting country. Circulars, Price Lists, and other informa tion, may bo obtained of our agents or by addressing THE BROWN COTTON GTTfTJr?.-J NEW LONDON, CONN. -:o:- , HAVING secured the Geueral Agen cy for the abovo celebrated SAW GIN, for Edgefield and Loxington Coun ties, I will delivor the same, free of freight, at any point on tho C. C. & A. Railroad, at $3.25 per saw. JOHN H. HUIET, BatCBburg, s. C. I AM Proprietor also of tho celebrated CAROLINA COTTON & HAY PRESS, -price, complete, 3125.00, delivered at purchaser's nearest Depot. Or I will fur nish Irons and Ropes, and build Presses on plantations at $85.00-partios furnish ing Lumber and Nails and boarding Car-, penters. I can sell parties wanting Agricultural ENGINES on as favorable terras as any one. Address all orders early to me at Batesburg, S. C. JOHN H. HUIET. August 15,187& 4m 85