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TF?E ADVERTISER. Edge?eU, S. iJ., Aug. 2. ?877. CHT*. .1. rBDrt,"> 1 '< ?i KS K. ? ! KN Rn ? '- AUESTWI.! U??Bi.i3tr??M"SU j*.?i*es and a Hall i>.?/.rn Other Thieve . iii Jail in eolumbia. Tue Investigating Committee in Co lumbia is bringing on a veritable Day of 0 udgment Moses has beeii arrested and is iii jail So bas Jones, ex Clerk of the Fonate-and Woodruff-and Sam Lee aad Montgomery. And still the work goes bravely on. And the thieves are Hying in every direction-principally Northward, whence they came. Anoth ( r six mon:hs, ami no' one of the baud will be left in South Carolina. But we mistake ; our Penitentiary will probably be full of them. Their day over, ??hrs Newberry Redeemed! i?owbcrry is redeemed! Maj. V. J. Pope, the D?mocratie candidate for the Legislature, and Messrs. Chalmers and Monett, the Democratic candidates foi Clerk of Court and County Commission cr, were handsomely elected on Fliday. Col. Suber was run, without his knowl c d^e or c nseut, against Major Pope, the r. gular candidate. Instructions to Auditors and Treasu rers. Comptroller General Hagood has re cently issued important circulars to Au ditors and Treasurers, embracing point! of general interest to tax-payers, and bracing points of g?nerai interest to tax lbr public benefit we summarize thc main features: 1. Couuty Auditors are instructed tc re?oive returns of personal property ?without penalty uutil the expiration OJ seven weeks from the date of commence ?aont, asitisimpracticab'efor them to get ia all the returns by tho 20th. instant, as the law provides. Returns of persona' property include thoa.nount possessen' or controlled o:i tho first day ol' Juno A p .mal ty of tilly per cent, is added foi ?ailure or refusal to make return. . 2. "Every male citizen between thc ages of twenty one and .sixty years, ex cept those incapable d' earning a sup port from being maimed, and except those now exempted by law, shall bc deemed taxable polls," iu the language nf i the act. In most, if not all the co un ties of the State, th* listing ofporsoni liable to poll tax bas heretofore beer clono in a manner indicating gross negli gjgencc on tho part oi thc Auditors, and i discreditable evasion of law by tho par ties liable to pay this tax. In its charac ter and application, thc poll lax is most important, and attention is called to lire penalties provided by lawlor any neg lect or evasion of duty. Auditors arc instructed lo avail themselves of voting lists and any other sources of information in ascertaining the names of all persoui liable to poll tax, and thc efficiency Ol these officers will bo largely estimated by tho success achieved in making thc list of taxable polls full and complete The poll lists have been furnished U each Auditor, and the return from thii source of taxation will be greatly in creased over previous years. .;. County Treasurers are instructed te attend in person or by deputy at suet polling precincts as thc County Board 0 Equalization may direct, and at sud other ?daces as iu the judgment of Hu Treasurers may bc necessary for thc convenience of each tax payer. 4. Bills of the Bank Of the Stale, whicl shall have been " proved, stamped, oi found genuine,'' are receivable in pay ment of all past due taxes, prior to thc iis?-al year is7i*>, and for the redemption mid pnrchasoof forfeited lauds Treasurers aro instructed to receive it payment of the State taxes of 1875such bills of the Bank of the State as are pre Rented " in envelopes or packages sealed with the official seal of Hie lr.tc Connu Treasurer, across which shall be writter the name of the said County Treasurer the name of thc County the name nf ilu party presenting them, and the amount oj the same: Provided, Tho seals up ou tl;." said envelopes or packager, when prc s< :?ted, are not broken : or if broken that satisfactory proof bc given that th* Seals were broken in open court." Bani. Dills are to marked or stamped with Hie word, " cancelled," attested by the signatures of the County Treasurer am thc part}' tendering the sam... In al ?.ases where the State taxes of ISIS without the penalties and costs-are re chived in full in bills of the Bank of thc State as aforesaid, the County Treasure! will give the tax payer a receipt in full thereof, remitting all penalties and costs i! The books of the Treasurer are to bc kept open for the collection of taxes ?Lr thirty days from the date of the public announcement'of his readiness to collect the said taxes. 7. When a ten per cent, receipt is claimed to have been lost, the Treasure! .will enter the name of thc taxpayer upon a memorandum list and forward thc same to thc Comptroller General'? ?>fi:ce at the close of collection from thc Jirst installment of taxe on the receipt of which memorandum duplic it?s wil! be sent from thc stubs of thc original 1 looks. tiic^j. Trahi to Audersoii. Thc excursion train winch will go frc ni Charleston to Anderson at thc time ol tho meeting of the Agriculturists and (hangers on Wednesday the sdi instant, will leave Charleston at i; A. M , on Mon day thc G;h, reach Columbia .at 12 M., and Ninety-Six at abouts or."i. Delegates from Edgefield will dowell to remember this. Summer Meeting of state (?range. MASTER'S OFFICE, STATU GUAXOE, | C rr A I* t* :?;I. I.' s.DEPOT, NEWBERRY. S.C., Juno 20th, 1S77. J A meeting of tho State Grange will take place ut Anderson c. H., on the Sth of August next Members of the order are urged to attend, and the public gen orally aro invited. Thon; will bc essays ami discussions upon marv subjects ol public interest. All arc in VU ed to briny specimens of anything that n ay bc in structive and interesting. It is exp ctod that tho State Agricultural Society and tho Anderson Agricultural Society will jneet at same time and place. A full pro gramme will be published by Col. H. M. Hi.ns, Secretary ol" Executive Commit tee State (Orango. JAS. N. LirscOMO, M. S. G. The Columbia (S. C.) correspondent ol tile Charleston JVewsand Vourier males the following statement: COLUMBIA, July 16.-The exodus to the Bummerr&orts continue briskly. .Indee I', con and family left Saturday for the While Sulphur. 'm dit, ti?at a foreign mission has teen tendered I" Judge Pa c?n. Me was Secretary of Legat ion at Sr. Petersburg some twenty years ago, speaks French, Germrn and Russian, is well vers ed in the history of diplomacy, and is a good Constitutional lawyer. No better appointment could be made. Judgo Bacon's experience and ability emi nently qualify him for a diplomatic post. He is a representative Southern man of the Hampton school, of the highest in tegrity and purity of character, and one ?if thc ablest of those conservative Demo crats who have labored continuously for a complete restoration of the Union. His appointment would be regarded asa prac tical evidence of the President's inten tions lo carry out trie promised of civil servicu reform -Mobile Register. Every effe-ut must have a cause; so Bolls, Pimples, etc., are tho result of poor blood. Purify the blood by using Dr. Bulfs Blood Mixturo and banish such eruptions as those uamed. For tho Advertiser. Leave lt to the Voice ot' the People. MESSRS. EDITORS: Tho Abbeville Press 16 Banner proposes lo end tho discussion ; of the new Comity movements by very i properly allowing the people of the v .?ole ; County a volo on the measure. The will il' Hi? people in this, as in all important 11 ensures of public interest, should ho i a certnine?l, in order that our Senator : .iud Representatives, elected by tho whole ot? 'de, for the good of the whole people, and not alone in the interest o' sonic dis affected corner of the County, would bo the better prepared to meet the demands nf their con "aleuts. The Press & Ban ner, commenting on this subject, says well and truly : " Let the qualified electors of this and Other counties whose ancient boundaries arc sought to be obliterated by the exces sive /.eal of a very few perso> -, have the opportunity and he requested to givo ex pression to their wishes upon this sub ject, whenever thc question at thc lenee law is submitted as provided by recent oct of tho. Genera! Assembly. In addi tion to tho vote upon li.!.-- subject let thc ballot contain tho words, Yes or No, as regards tho question of a new county; and if the several counties of Abbeville, Laurens and Edgefield, from whose ter ritory this new county is sought to be made, do not condemn the measure by a vote of two to one wo will agree to cease our opposiliou. This is the way lo reach the bottom facts-to get at the will of the p.?pl?\ to wiiieii when fairly expressed, wo how with th" profoundest deference. Il is fair. It is just, and it should be conclusive o' this matter. 'Let us have peace.' " And the PressJt Banner, in opposition to tho Ninety-Six new County scheme, presents, among others, the following sound objectien : "The organization of new counties, and the increase of Senators has grown to be so great a nuisance in the State of Georina.'that the Constitutional Conven tion, which is at present in session at Atlanta, is actually considering the pro priety of passing an ordinanco forever forbidding the formation of new counties in that State. Bet?re that Convention there is also a proposition to reduco the General Assembly of that great State, with its one hundred and forty counties, to Illly Senator* and seventy five Repre s?ntate es in the House. This proposi tion meets a responsive cohoin tho hearts .,'.' many i-f tho wisest and most intelli gent politicians in tho State of South Car olina, who to-day aro in favor of very materially reducing our own representa tives in tho lower House of tho' General Assembly. A move in this direction, if agitated, would meet with popular favor everywhere. Suppose, for instance, if the delegation to the lower House was reduced from one hundred and twenty four, as now constituted, to eighty orono hundred Representative!*, a gieai savim to the State Treasury would bejefXected, ! our work would bc equally as well performed as lt is now with our one hun dred and twenty-four delegates." By all means let us have au election to decide tin! question once for all-4bo ques tion as to the numberless propositions to c irve Edgefield ter: itory (as many choose t j tenn our old County) into numberless new Counties. Tho will of tho people should bo ascertained, and our Repro sentatives should and will respect the same. ONE OF TH H PEOPLE. Born's Mills, Joh- 30, 1877. - .-^>.. - For thc Advertiser. MESSRS. EDITO its: It is my object to call the attention of the County Cominis sioners to thu condition of tho public highway.-: in this (Cooper) Township. Edgctield took the lead in thc late cam paign and lcd us toa glorious victory. The scene has been changed and new ac tors are on tho ?tago. They were put there by the intelligent people, ?uni ti.cse people inte .d to see that they (thoactors) play their parts well. "Wc want every sign of Radical misrule wiped out; and it was a hobin- <d' the Radicals to neglect tho roads. Now, sirs, we want thc Coun ty Commissioners to call meetings in every Township for thc purpose of ap pointing overseers of roads changing the si ?tions in some instances lo suit the convenience of the road workers. Ii i they eau fall on sonic- better p'an. all right. 1 only make this suggestion to put the ball iii minion. < ur roads are in a horrid condition. No bridges, bad ?'..rds, and :u; the matti r now stands, the prospect is very good for us to have lo put up w i:b theni in their present con dition-how long gent lemen ? Yor may hear again from, LYNN. For Un.1 Advei User. Concerning lintier ('cunt'. LKEsvii.r.E, .Inly 23rd, 1>77. MESSRS. EDITORS: Amongst all thc views and suggestions as lo thc new c ninty there is one which stems to have escaped the attention of mos;, if not all, of those who have written on the subject. Two or three sets of boundary lines have been proposed; tho claims of Batcsburg, Ridge Spring, Mount Willing, and Nine ty Six to Hie dignity of County site have been respectively urged, but in none ol' tho papers I havo seen has the question I been raised : Is there any need ol' a conney at all? ! To my mind tiiis seems a more impor j tant question than any of the others to j the people who will have to "pay tho fid dler" for this costly amusement. It is true that tho question will at last have to bc settled by their votes, but many may cast their votes without a due idea of Ute consequences, it ali sides of the question arc not looked al. The greatest objection to thc proposed county is Cu: extra expense involved in tho scheme. It will be an expense in several ways: First a Court House and j iii will havo to bo built, and to build tlOSO properly will tal c not far from t drty thousand dollars, perhaps mon - a very handsome sum of money lo be. raised by tho already heavily taxed farmers of a thinly settled tract, com prising something above 600 square miles Ol land, ti.e greater part ol' which is ol' less than average productiveness. No man who votes for this expensive luxury wheu he has the power todo otherwise ought ever again to grumble about heavy taxes. But this is not all. We must bear in mind that a set of county officials wilJ also be necessary and that they, too, will have to bo paid out of tho pockets of the hard-working people; lids, besides, isa perpetual expense, renewed every year, whereas that of the County buildings would only be temporary. Add to lids thc larg" number of lawsuits that would ! spring up to im bitter settlements, sot neighbors together by the ears and emp ty still further the pockets of the people. This is no imaginary evil : ease of :?<.< c to a bar room makes many a man a drunkard; so ease ol' access to a court will g"t many aman into ?av, wirb would otherwise stay at home and attend to his business. With these facts before us ; with the promises of retrenchment crying out for fulfillment; with au almost beggared State to re Icc n; by close economy ; with public ed ucat on in deadly need; with the black-cloud of "hard lime?" frown ing over our beads, eau we, citizens of Edgefield, Lexington and Aiken, alford a thirty thousand dollar monument, not to Gen. Butler's glory, but. to our own waul of Common sense and ECON* i M V ? A DISCOURAOIKO REPORT FROM LIBE RIA.-A colored man who says thal he has recently returned from a trip to Libe ria, is m this city at present, and is ex pressing his opinion very freely as to the country which some of the colored people from the South seem to regard as an fjto pia. He naya there can be no whereon tho face; of the earth u more unhealthy country. A ir.an forty yearn Hd. f'oiiir' from this count ry there, will live two weeks; a young man can live longer, but he will never have any health. The people have a disease i f " feet Vthicn ci'.ase tin ir toes ! to tail off mia hills about half of th* ta, I while tho other half go limping nearly all j the time. This man represents Liberia j as the niosUiod-forsaken country imagina-,. blc, good only to stay away from.-Char CoUe {JS\ C.) Observer, 19th ' [Published by request.] .'Buller County." We promised, last week, to look after tins matter, but now, aro rather like the irishman and the skunk: save .his am munition, and that the orator would soon stink himself lo death. However wo havo no idea that this crater can su (Tor much from ?ts own perfume To make a new county seems to be the highest ambition of a few and the neces sity of lass, in Lexington County. Ar guments far fetched and without cogent reasons aro used to induce uninterested men to sign petitions. There are now three projects. One is to lay off tho county so as tn make the centre about Batesburg; another at Ridge Spring, and a third at Mt. Willing. Of the latter we have nothing to say, as it does not in terfere with Lexington, yet we doubt the propriety of making too many new counties, now. Of the second wo think it must be a failure, as the part of Lex ington concerned will object and no doubt tho greater part of Edgefield will also oppose this move The first concerns us, locally, and the County generally. First, it will seriously affect Lexington, and do thc part cut oil'no good. It will take aw ay from tho <dd county some of its strongest Democratic districts and ono of its wealthiest townships. Seooud l.V, it is a mark nf selfishness to locate a County scat ?iud then hunt for the county lt looks like the county seat was needed worse than the county. We think the right principles and best policy would be to make a county, if needed at all, and let thc county make a selection of its seat of government, but If this plan is pursued we are confident that there aro very few v. bo will thiuk wc need a new county. There are counter petitions circulated aud wc call upon every person to sign them, unless he is interested in the coun ty scat business.-Summit (Lex.) Courier. For the Advertiser. Butler County. MESSRS. EDITORS: Butler Comity, as first proposed, despite some petty opposi tion, ii daily growing in favor Tho forma tion of this county has, for several years, been the cherished object of our citizens. And we rejoice to see that the leading men of all sections interested, are co-op crating with na with a ueal that betokens success. When this movement was in stituted, we expected oome opposition ; and as we believe it to be now folly de vi ?oped, we propose to notice it in a few words. Batesburg leads off, and Iben follow Ridge Spring and paluda. Well, it h perfectly natural for each ef these places to want a county and the Court House ; but can they ;_'et it; are they suitable places ? "Justice," in his article to the Register, savs " that Ridge Spring is in Edgefield (.'?..linty and luis a fine spring," therefore thc Court House ought lo bc at that place, with a county to suit' Wc have examined a map of thc county as proposed to suit Ridge Spring, and find the territory in bad shape, and too small by at least one hundred square miles. Batesburg is situated in the corner of three counties, at a very inconvenient dis I lance 'Vom tho Court House of either. By cutting off 0 uiaii portion of each of these 'threecoontie* weean fora a beautiful county, with good roads coming ?rom every portion of the same to Batesburg, the centre. Although we have net water enough for a seaport town, we have an abundance for all ordinary purposes. 1 think I can prove by the argument of "Justice" that Batesburg is the place for the Court House. He says that we pro pose to take thc greater portion of our j territory from Edgefield and to pot the Court House in Lexington. v We propose to lake about us much territory from Lex ington as from Edgefield county, and Batesburg being situated in both counties -for thc line separating Edgefield from Lexington ians through uer incorporate limits, placing almost ns mach of our town in one county as llie other-is tho proper place for the county >i i linio: township says thal we wiil he digging minons hobs in Lexington and Aiken Counties : and while opposing our dig, he propose.-, to d?? >i tremendous hole m Edgefield County, When ho lays down his spade, th** Legislature will infortn-him I lint the rest of Edgefield would necessari ly cave, in lo the hole he bad* dug, for lhere are not twelve hundred and fifty square miles in Edgefield County. Wah all due respest for the opinion of H niel Township, wo beg leave to say tlial wo cl o not consider Bini".'a misnomer for-our proposed count v. The Butlers who full m the Revolutionary war, fell and lie buried in a few miles ol Batesburg. Thc burying ground of the Butler family lies wi Inn our boundaries, mid lastly (?en. Butler does not belong to Edgefield alone, but he deserves and will receive the honors cf his whole State-South Caroli na. Hoict Township should also remem ber that the people of this age and conn try will never build Court Houses away from the Railroad. Wo consider thc county of Ninety-Six a certainly, and it as. not our purpose: to interfer?- in any way whatever v.nh (heir plan*. They deserve a county and shoo ld have one. We pro pose to begin where they leave oil", and to iorm a beautiful county leaving Edgefield, Lexington and Aiken Coon ties in a much better shape than they were before. . There have been some nonsensical cir culars scattered through portions of our proposed territory, over the name of "Dix.'' ff "Dix" has signed his real name to his papers their circulation would bc a real god-send to our movement. 1 condescend to notice his circulars only for the purpose of telling my fellow citizens that " Dix," who writes like a democrat, is a defunct Cbamberlainite, who is trying lo raise a wind upon which to ride into notice. " Radical-tiiggerism" is forever dead in South Carolina, and we glory in the opposition of its advocates believing ?I to be proof conclusive that our cause is a just one anil will suca-cd. In conclusion, we will add that Bates burg entertains no hard feelings whatever tor her sister villages. All we wish is thc formation of Buller county, because th? necessities of the cass demand it. We expect to meet all respectable opposition in a respectful way, and will continue our efforts unid wc succeed, be it soon or late. I:' not successful m our day, thc wisdom of another aye muat accomplish whal we have began. Wo trust that all in any way interested will attend our grand bar bi cue on the 18th of August. Cen. M. C. Butler an! other distinguished men will deliver addresses on that dav at BATESBURG. For the Advertiser. Important Meeting ol' Agriculturists mut Ui an gc rs at Anderson. MESSRS. EUITOIW: Thero is to bo a gathering of Agriculturists and (?ran ge: s at Anderson on the Sth of August, and Edgefield ought to bo represented. I have recently been reminded that I am tho last President of tho Ridgefield Agricultural Society, and although thal institution i* not a very lively body, still it has vitality enough lo be recognized through a Delegation; und I therefore appoint the following to attend the An derson meeting : Gov. M. L. Bonham, Dr. .1. A. Devore, D. N. Strother, J. II. Bouknight, Col. .1. II. I (rooks, Wm. Unltiwangcr, J. II. Cheltham, .Ino. T. Choalhiim, .1. I*. Blackwell, James T. Bacon, (?en. M. W. <;ary, Dr. T. J. McKie, lt. B. Watson, .1. L. Addison, Juo. lt. Carwi.'e, .lames Col lison, II. B. (?allman, Felix Lake, Dr. .1. H. Jennings, Julius Banks, J. Munroe Wiso. I have thus appointed a large Delega tion, representing every portion of the County, so that wo shall suroly be rep resented by a goodly number. Major Tilomas Holloway. Secretary of tho State Agricultural ?nd Mechanical Society, ba? made arrangement? willi Ul e di li?r ent Bail Roads for special rates for Dele* gates ; and this communication and ap pointment will, I presume, be recognized as credentials until Hie Delegation shall moe) ano select a Chairman ami Secreta ry. Yours Bopei-tl'ullv, M. C. BUTLER, Proa't. E. A. C. STAND FROM UNDER. Ex-Gov. Moses' Revelations.?Bottled Bombs in Store. [Special to Journal nf Commerce.] COLUMBIA, July 2'.i.-A fund or valua ble information has been ?lorivee' from the testimony of'ex-Gov. Moses, who was be fore the committee on Friday and Sal nr !..v. Through Moses' agency the committee se cured a package of important pupers, *and documentary evidence sufficient lo make a wail go up from all Radical Judea. A very prominent, apostle will be in the toils in a very short lime. The papers al luded lo have lain for some time in tho drawer of a piece of furniture which form erly belonged to Governor Moses, but which had been sold with other household effects.' Tl. required an expert an lunn- to open the drawer, the key having been lost. The papers were sealed hy Moses, and turned over to Mic committee, lo.be used when the proper moment arrives. A member of the committee .states that '.he resid?s they have achieved already arc but childs play to that which will -uoji, follow. W. H. MCKTS! - .-?ra.- -k STATE NEWS. Mr. Isaac II. Coleman, who is Ulievcd to have been the eilest resident ol' ?licii land County previous to ins death, de parted this life yesterday, at neaiiy 90 y.'ars of age. He hits leen blind forborne lime, and but for the affliction, 'wnich caused him lo r/raduallv sink to lils rest, he bid fuir lo live 10? years. !7o was Coroner ami Trial Justice from reconstruc tion dow:: lo (he !ast general election. His funeral services will be performed this afternoon at his 'al? residence, at 4 o'clock, and ihe remains will bo interred in the presbyterian Church .yard.-Register. BATESBURG, S. C., July 16, 1S77. En ITO R REGISTER: Our town election came oil* to-day. Everything was quiet. The following are the oilicorsciecfed : Cap tain A. I). Bates, Intendant, \V. B. Plunk ett, Ti J. K?rnagban, Dr.-T. S. Forint Dr. E. F. Strother, 'Wardens. Our genial friend Captain A. D. Bates is too well known to receive comment from our pejiv Sufficient it is to say that he will fill his office with dignity and integrity. It would be useless to dwell upon the four Wardens. They are nil gentlemen of irreproachable character, ami no doubt Brill look to the wellfaro and prosperity of our lillie burg. - tor responde lice of Register. Senator Todd, of L ?nens county, writ ing to a friend ai Ninety-Six, among oth er things, s .ivs : " I will say that the s??' lion of Laurens [included in the new coun ty] is not in favor ol' the new county. I do rot think it will pass lu the Senate of South Carolina, i am seriously opposed to the movement, and will light it with ali my power at the proper time." lt' this isn't to he understood, weare mistd^fcsr Abbeville Press ? Banner. ,_~~*?? Latc telegrams fron. Ban Francisco an nounce thal Lieut, ii tins and ten men were killed near Lewiston, Idaho, by a band of savages. Lieut. Rains is the son of lien. Rains, formerly ol'Augusta, Gi., but now of Aiken.. S. C. Before entering the Unil cd States Military Academy he was a stu dent of thc Richmond Academy, of Au gusta, where his char, vigorous mind and noble, manly bearing gained him adnireis on every side. Mr "Elbert De Vom, of the EJgefield side cf our proposed new county, Iud his smokehouse broken into on thc night ol thc Oil inst., and between live hundred and one thousand pound-- of excellent home-raised bacon hams and sides stolen. Mr. De Yore was without a walch dug af the time, his yard dog having been bitten a few days previous by a (log with an alarming case of hydrophobia, wheh ne cessitated thc prompt dispatch of his dog. He is confident that the thieves viii lie caught at an carly day, but as yoi liiere have b?en no at rests made.-Ninety-Six Guardian. The discussion of thc lenee law ??lcon tinues without abatement in many of the counties. Anderson, Abbeville, Laurens, Union and Barnwell are pushing (tic mat ter vigorously. A meeting nf thc while and black; ci iizena nf Ellenton was hell lately with aiview^ol r< .-toling peace and harmony. Resolutions were unanimously adopted looking lo . lu cessation of trouble be; ween the races, and lo the dropping of pending prose**,'1 ions in the Stale and Federal coori*. t ' Death ot Cel. W. s. Cuthraii. Col. Wade Samuel Oothran, was born i:i Newberry County in 1304 uircl removed with his pannis to Abbeville County, (then District ) where he lived until his mairiage on Ute 24th of Jun-. IS28, with Frances Elizabeth Sproul. After his mar j riage he ?ettled at Winter S ai in K Ige field District, which he represented in Hie I Stale Legislature for .several years, and resided there and in that neighborhood until the year ls 17, when on account of his health, he removed to thc State ol' I Georgia; settled near Carters ville, after wards removed to K ?me; was engaged I successfully in banking, sl?a:ijb.tttirie and j railroading lo Ihe beginning of the war, when the section of country about Borne j was occupied by Federal Hoops, and he j was forced to remove to Alabama, where I he remained until the close of the war I whi ii he returned to Koine and lived there ! until his cfeaSh which was the result of paralysis, und occurred on the morning ol tiie 20th of July instant. He was a man of remarkable integrity of character and of more than ordinary intelligence: strict in ali his dealings, but kind and generous to those whose condi tion in life appealed lo his charity, which was strong and weil developed. His ge nial and social disposition is well remem bered by those of his colemporaries tho survive him, and thc announcement of his death, though long expected, will carry pain to many u warm friend in this and the neighboring county of Edgel'ield. 'lip deceased waa Ibe luther of our highly re speeted townsman Col. J. S. Cot bran, to ..vhom Ute people of Abbeville county lave shown their highoit regard on Iso many occasions.-Abbeville press? /Ja)i ncr.' . j Ho! For Liberia! There is a project on foot in Charleston, among the negroes to emigrate to Liberia, and the project is meeting with favor. A g.iod many negroes arc strongly advocat ing the move, and thc prospect is that a large crowd will go for that country at an early day. Thc project is a good one, and all cn? courageuient and aid should le given tc those who arc disposed to go. The bene fits thal would be derived by such a move ment may be readily seen. There are now loo many negroes in this Stale, for the good of all concerned, inasmuch as there are so many among them who are idle and en tirely thriftless, and prey upon thc com munities in which they live, fora support. ? There being so many of this class in thc Slate it lends to a deprecia lion ul' wages, for where lhere arc so many who draw their living from a community without earning it, employers are disabled to pay lue wages that they otherwise could to honest laborers. The industrious and thrifty clashes of the colored people of course will stay here, and those wno go ?viii mostly le ol' thc idle class. Then when tho incubus is removed from Ihe community, the coined people who remain, aa well as the whites, will be greatly bonefilted, for when the idle class ls removed, wages wdl be better, ua.i??ic? working classes of Hie colored people will reap the benefit of the change, Fortifia reason, industrious colored people should push forward the movement, and encour age the above named objectionable class to emigrate. (Jue can judge of lim prosperity of a na tion by tlc condition of thc laboring class es, li they are prospering, everything prospers: but if they are in a bad condi tion, then, as a matter of course, every thing else drags. We have but to look around us to see that the laboring classes in this country are in a bad condition, and it will contin?e so until the loafers, stragglers und vagabonds arc gotten nd of-and, as staled above, the emigration will bc main ly ol litis class. We say this in all kindness lo ihe col oreti people, and for Ihcir good aa w< ll as ours. lilley want to prosper, let them get i id of the idle classes. '>nr people should extend to all who waul logo, the necessary aid-it will pay in tin-end. This movement was inaugu ra led by colored people, and let tlc whito people help them.-Sumter True Southron, ?flYMENEA.L. "5?AHRIKD, al tho residence ol' Capt. W L. Stevens, July 17th, 1877, by tho Rev. G. W Bussoy, Capt. 1? E. JEFFERSON, of Augusta, and Miss FANNIE SMY LY, daughter of the lato Wm. Smyly, Esq , nf Edgefield. From this wedding feast we had a box of very dclicinuH cake We return our best thanks for the same; and casting our editorial .shoo after the happy couple, we wish thom every joy that heaven or 'Tjilis work! can give. AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE, . IN COMPETITION WITH NEW YORK AM BOSTON! G. 0. ROBINSON & CO. IN addition to their city trade, sold in thc months of MAY AK I) JUNE, 1877: 1 Piano, Shipped to Milford, New Hampshire. 2 Pianos, Edgefield Co., S. C. 2 Pianos, McUnirV, Ga. 2 Organs, Washington, Ga. 1 Piano, Lincoln (Jo., Ga. 1 Organ, Madison, Ga. 1 Piano, Columbia, S. C. 1 Organ, Millett, S.*C 1 Pian J, Johnstons, S. C. 1 Organ, Allendale, S. C. 1 Piano. Lexington Co., S. C. J, Orgaii, Bel Air, Ga. 1 Organ, Columbia, S. C. I Organ, Social Circle, Ga. J Piano, Waynesb; ro, Ga. 1 OrgMii, Sumter, S. C. 1 Organ, Grauitoville, S. C. 1 Organ, Bartow, Ga. Of the above sales several were mad j in DIRECT C0MPETIT0N With New York and Boston Houses. SEW YORK WHOLESALE PUKES $50 to $100 SAVED by PUR CHASING at the AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE. The Largest Stock, The Best Makers ANO Tl IK Lowest Prices In America. 8*r PIANOS, ORGANS mid all kinds of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TUNED and REPAIRED liv Mr.C. H. TA A'LO it. Our Tuner, Mr T-devoted nearly llftccu years in the construction of Mic various Instruments and in some of the best Factories and has no superior. G. O. ROBINSON * CO. 2<?5 Broad Street. Jtllv 25. 1.S77. tl'-JO .oui) B Farm, Garden, and Household. The following is a list nf Valuablo Books, which will bo puppied from the OMiceof tho Edgefield A daer Hw. Any one or nv rc of lliose books will be soul pout-paid to any of our readers on receipt of thc regular price, which is named against each bonk.^Any book not in this list can bc ordered for parties desiring it. Allen's (ll. L. & L. F.J New Amercan En rm Book, *2 50 Allen's (it. L) American Farm Book, 1 50 Atwood's Country and Suburban Hmuios, 150 Barry's Fruit Garden, 2 50 Bom mer's Method of Making Manures. 25 Moussingault's Rural Economy, 1 <?!) Brcck's New Book of Flowers, 1 75 Brill's Farm-Gardening and Seed Growing, 1 00 Broom-Corn ami Brooms. Paper, .00 cts. ; cloth 75 Caldwell's Agricultural Chemical Analysis, 2 00 i'anary Birds. Paper 50 cts. Cloth, "5 Corbett's P<Tu I try Yard and Market0 Paper, 50 els. ; cloth, 75 Dadd'a Modern Horse Doctor 12 mo. 1 50 i Dadd'a American CattloDoc, 12mo. 1 50 Downing's Landscape Gardening, 050 Eastwood on Cranberry, 7-r< Eggleston's Hoosier School-Master, 1 25 Eggleston's End of the World, 1 "0 j Field's Boar Culturo, 1 25 '.'lax Culture. [Seven Prize Essays by practical growers,] :50 Fuller's Grape f'ulturist, 1 5<i Fuller*8 Small Fruit Culturist, 1 50 Fulton's Beach Culturo, 1 50 Geyellln's Poultry-Breeding, 1 25 I Gregory on Squashes. Paper, 00 Harris on tho Pig, 1 50 Henderson's G ardoning for Pleasure 1 50 Henderson's Gardening for Profit, 1 50 Henderson's Practical Floriculture, 1 50 Herbert's Hints to Horse-Keepers, 1 75 (lop Culture. By nine experienced cultivators, OO ? Hunter and Trapper, 1 00 Miles on the Horse's Foot, 75 Mohr on tho Grape-Yinp, 1 no My Yiney.ir I at Lakeview, 1 25 Nichol's "chemistry ol' the Farm and Sea, 1 25 Norton's Scientific Agriculture, 75 Onions-How to i aise them Profl tably 20 Our Farm of four Acres. Paper, 80c.; Cloth, 00c. ; Ex cloth, 1 00 Parson fl on tho Bose, 1 50 Quincy's Mysteries ol' ]5oe-Keep'mg 150 '.?uiney (Hom Josiah) on Soiling Ca'ttlo, 125 Quinn's Money in thc Garden, 1 50 Quinn's Pear Culture for Profit, 1 00 Randall's Fino Wool Sheep Husbandry, 1 no Randall's Practical Shepherd, 2 oo Randall's Sheep Husbandry, 1 50 Richardson on tho Dog. Paper, 30 els.; Cloth, til) J54j??v's Potato Posts. Pa, 50c.; cloth 75 Eoe 9 Play end Profit in my ('arden 1 50 Skillful Housewife, 75 Stewart's Irrigation for (ho Farm, (?arden, and Orchard, 1 50 Stewart's Stalilo Book, 1 50 Stewart's Shepherd's Manual, 1 50 Stoddard's An Egg Farm. Paper, 50 eta. ; clot h, 75 Thomas's Farm Implements and Machinery, 1 50 Tim Dunker Papers ; or, Yankee Farming, 1 50 Tobacco Culturo. By fourteen experienced cultivators, 25 Waring's Draining for Profit and Health, ' 180 Waring's Elements of Agriculture, 1 00 White's Cranberry Culture, 1 25 Woodward's Cottages and Farm Houses,51 150 Woodward's Suburban and Country Houses,* 1 50 Woodward's Country Homos,' 150 Woodward's Graperies and Horti cultural Buildings," 1 50 Wright's Practical Poultry-Keeper,* 2 00 While's gardouing for the South, 2 oo Youatt on Sheep, 1 oo Appleton's Cyclopaedia illustrated, per volume, <> 00 Life of Stonewall Jackson, ? 50 Juuo? tf 25 Curry ton BaptistHigh School Tho FALL TERM will, be v Kin MONDAY. SEPTEM g; HEH THIRD, (3rd.J Ratos of Tuition and Music d&3? reduced. Hoard at ?10 per month. An accomplished Assistant in Music has been engaged, whose name will bf announced in u few weeks. Eur further information apply to Dr. II. A. Shaw, Chairman of B ?ard ol' Man agers, Rev. J. P. Mealing, P. (J. Ham burg, S. C., or to A. S TOWNER Principal. Aug I, 1S77._5t33 Notice ! CORONER'S OFFICE, EDOKFIEMJ C. H., 1 J?.ly 31, 1*77. j ALL persons having business with this office will find thc undersigned at thii ofllce of Sheppard Bros. A. P. BROADWATER, Coroner Edgelield County. Aug. 1._3tift Pickling Vinegar & Spices. XN Store 2 bbl*, each of Whim Wine and Apple Vinegar, and all kinds of Spi os, for pickling purposes. G fi. PENN & SON. Aug. 1,_5t33 DR. M. W. ABNEY, A'gt., begs leave to call publicattent?on to Iiis Apoth ecary Shop, at Penn's ?lld stand, next door to the Court House, whore ho will al ways bo preparer! to examino the sick and prescrib?' such medicines as they limy need. Thc Ductor will visit those not able to come to see him, if desired. Physicians prescriptions solicited and carefully prepared. July 2o, 1S77._lm.'2 Iii the ll. S. District Court, For thc District of South Carolina. In Bankruptcy. In the matter of W. P. Cullum, Bank rupt, by whom a Petition lor Adjudi cation of Bankruptcy was liled on tlu l'Jth day of April, A. D. 1S77, in said Court. THIS is to ".ive notice, that on the. Sixth (li) day of July, A. D. 1877, a Warrant in Bankruptcy was issued against tho Estate of W. P. Cullum, ol the County of Edgelield, and State of South Carolina, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt, on his own Petition: that the payment of any Debts and delivery of any Property belonging to saki Bank rupt, to bini or*for his usc, end tho trans fer ol' any property by him arc forbidden by Law, that a meeting of thc Creditor* of thc said Bankrupt, to provo their debts, and to choose one or more As signees of his Estate, will ho held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at Newberry, South Carolina, before C. G. Jaeger, Esq., Register, on thc Sixteenth (10) day ol' August, A. I). 1*77, at 12 o'clock, M. R. M. WALLACE, U. tf. Marshal as Messenoer. July 25,_I_3t32_ Statte of "*outli Carolina) EDO E FIE L D COU NT Y. In Probate Court. D. D. Branson, as Executor of tho last Will and Testament of Daniel Brun son, Dec'd., Plaintiff, rv. Nancy Bran son, William Branson, Thomas Brun son, Eran Branson, Daniel Branson, Bettie Branch, Charlie Branson, Branson, Mary Moss, Sarah Griffin. -widow of Charlie Brimson, Susati Brimson, M. Carr e Branson, lt. P. Brimson, C. K. Brimson, Rjb't, Brun son, J. o. Branson, Hughes Branson, M. Richard Branson, Defendants. Summons for Pan tilion. TO (ftc above named Defendants, who an devisees entitled tauter the last Will ana Testament of Daniel Brimson, dec'd.: X7~OU aro hereby required to appear ai JL tho Court of Probate tobe holder at Edgelield C. U , on tho 31st day nf Au gust, A. D. 1S77, to show cause, if anj you can, why tho Real Estate of tho saie Daniel Brimson, dec'd., described in th? Petition of D D Brimson, Executor oi said deceased, filed in my ofiice, sbotilo not bc divided or sold, allotting to UM said parties interested lu the same thu re spective shares to which they may ht entitled therein. Given under my Hand and Seal thu tho 17th day of July, A. D. 1S77. L. CHARLTON, [L. s." J. P. C. E. C. Filed July 17th, 1877. To the Defendants : Daniel Branson, Ma ry Moss, Hollie Branch, Sarah Griffin - who was thc willow of Charlie Bruii son, dec'd.- Robert Branson, J. U. Branson, Hughes Bruusou and M. Richard Branson. TAKE notice thal li(c Summons, ol which the above ia-.aeopy, and lin Petition in the above case, were liled ii the office ol' the Judge of Probate foi Edgelield County, on the Seventeenth day of Joly," A. P. 1877. N i RR TS A- FOLK, Attorneys for Petitioner. ?iu?iws nil ? IS THE " BEST." This Soap is manufactured from pure ma terials; and as it contains a large per centage of Vegetable Oil, is war ranted fully equal to thc best imported Castile Soap, and at thc same time contains all the washing and cleansing properties ol' tl c celebrated Geilnau and Prend? Lita nd ry soaps. Tt is therefore re commended for use in the Laundry, Kitch en and Halli room, and for general household purpos es; also for Printers, Paint.-rs, Engineers, ?md Machinists, as it will remove spots of Ink, Grease, Tar, Oil, Paint, etc., from the hands. Manu factured only by CR\MPTON BROTHERS, 2, 4, (I, S and lu RUTO nu's PLACE, and 33 and :?."> JEFFERSON ST., N. Y. For sale by Grocers generallv. July -J, 1S77. ti'21 TUE liBU punusHKa Daily, Tri-Wcekiy and Weekly, - AT COL?JJ7?BIA, S. C., -nv HOYT. EMLYN &. fflcDAMIEL JAMES A. HOYT, Editor. Tm-: DAILY REGISTER contains thc lat est news of tho day, all commercial, po litical and other matter sent by tele graph, lull local reports, editorials upon all current topics, and Grange & Agricultural Departments. THK DAILY has a circulation extend ing to nil parts nf tho .Slate, is circulated in nearly every Slate in tho Union, and is constantly increasing; therefore, asan advertising medium, it cannot bo sur passed. TUB TRT-WKKKT.Y RKOISTKR is issued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains ?ill the nows of two days in one issue. Tm: WEEKLY RKOISTKR is an EIGHT PAGE paper, containing Forty-Eight Columns, embracing tho cream of the news of each week. This paper is with in tho reach of every family, and we are pleased to state tho fact that its large cir culation is rapidly extending. Tin-: Ri-: ru ST KU i'.v now thc Organ of thc .State Orange, and ?di matters ol Interest to the Patrons of Husbandry will bc treated in their appropriate department. Tho Agri cal titrai ?md Orango articles will appear in each ol' our publications Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly. 'Pb'lt M S OP' SUBSCRIPTION Daily /legister. One Year, $7 00 Six Months, :i 50 Three Months, 1 7.") Tri- Weekly Register. One Year, %'\ 00 Six mouths, 2 ."il) Th reo Months, 1 25 Weekly Register. One Year, ?2 00 Six Months, 1 00 Three Months, 50 Joh JPrinting. The REST ?md CHEAPEST OOIC and Joli PRINTING, of every description, promptly and satisfactorily executed at Ti IK I \ KU 1ST KR Ol'KICK. All kinds of Law Blanks on hand, which WC trill sell nt the. loteext pi iees. JAM ES A. I IO YT, ll. N. EMLYN. w. H. MCDANIEL, Proprietors and Publishers. May 30, 1377. If 24 PATTERSON'S SPRIMS SULPHUR and CHALYBEATE WATER. Twenty-Fire Burning Springs--Ten Pia Alley--Bath Houses; and Other Amusements and Attractions Free to Guests--Splendid View of thc Mountains. ^ HE Water of these celebrated Spiing.s are recommended by prominent nhysicians of thin and other States as a sure cure for all diseases of the kidney, liver and bowels, sick headache, skin diseases and almost every malady the human system is subject to succumbs to the healing influence of these waters. Rates of Board Per diiy, (to Excursionists or pai Regular Board per day, Per week, Month, Month, "to parties of 5] "to onel Two or more Months, Hacks will meet all trains at She!1 fain, on Air Line, to convey guests to from Shelby to the Springs. Addres July 25, 18V7. [8t32] -fx -N-f\-j o -t. Where are yoa go Oldest IMano Denier in G PIANO Of thc best quality at the low sr-rtion of one dealer being *2 of Piano from to ?100 che Jd buy as Low, ami will sell as good terms. Come and see Jo CABINET ja Hest in t ho con ni ry, from the Esley & Co., containing even Jo compare them wi th-any Five Years. ? _ ja /2>"* Pianos TUNED and OATES, who can furnish jv rf guarantees to give satisfacth promptly attended to. . 3 241 Bread st., (Under M ITT? P p*- Refer to Messes. Bacon July '5, 1*77. pads aqs 30 pire 'o Ps -\-\? T?l?iKr?P SE.::::.: CROP isT'ei V lOW is the time to commence planling for a Fall crop of Turnips-the /alite of which cannot be overestimated-and you will do well to call on he undersigned forthwith, and make your selections from thc following standard varieties, which we warrant to be perfectly fresh and genuine : Buist'ft improved Ruta Baga! LARGE WHITE GLOBE, YELLOW ABERDEEN, GOLDEN BALL, RED or PURPLE TOP, WHITE FLAT DUTCH, COW HORN TURNIP, WHITE NORFOLK, JfOMERlAN GLOBE, WHITE TANKARD. G. L. PENN & SON. Tulv IS. 1S77. ' St31 1 rn CAROLINA, COME AUB SEE TJBBS & SALINAS, 1 8.1 JSrarari Sf., Augusta, ten. [Old Stand of F. M. Stubbs & Co.] ll'Enre offering a Fun Line of CHOICE GROCERIES, cons-lsting ol FLOUR, BACON, CORN, LARD, SUGAR, MOLASSES, SYRUP, TEAS md all other articles usually found in a Frst Class GROCERY STORE vii?ch we are selling at BOTTOM PRICES, and arc determined NOT to be UNDERSOLD by any house in the Oily. ??-F?LL WEIGHTS and GOODS GUARANTEED as represented. STUBBS & SALINAS. F. M. STUBBS, F. E. SALINAS, Late V. M. Stubbs it Co., of Ga. Of South Carolina. Mar. 21, 1STT. tf 14 ^lalc o?' Soul h ?ai*oI?.ia. EDGEFIELD COUNTY. Court of Common Picas. J. Ci. Tompkins, Lucy G Tompkins and lt. A. Tompkins, a minor, who sues in Ulis behalf by Iiis Guardian, od {item, Lacy <?. Tompkins, Plaintiffs, vs. S. S. Tompkins and J. Vv.Tompkins, asEx ecntors of Ibo last Will and Testament of James Tompkins, dee'd., James L. Tompkins .-.nd F. A. Tompkins, De fendants.-Summons for Relief. (Com plaint .screed.) TV the Defendant* above moued : ?TOU and each of you aro hereby sum . inoncd and required to answer the /Oiliplailit in this action, ol" which a copy i A herewith served upon you, and tb serve a copy of your answer to the said 'oniplaint, on the subscriber!] at their lille?, Edr-etieid C. IL, IS. C., within avon ty days alf cr the service hereof, ex il usi ve of tho day of such service; and if you fail lo answer the Complaint with in the timo aforesaid, tho Plaintiffs in his action will apply to the Court for the eli"!' demanded in the Complaint, Dated April 23d, 5S77. 7*o thc Defendants, James L. and P. A. Tompkins: * "TtAlvE notice, that tho Summons in JL this action, of which thc forogoiug is a copy, was tiled in the offico of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for lin; County ol* Edgeliold and State of South Carolina, on Ibo 28?1 day of May, A. 1). 1877. TO THE MOUNTAINS Mt. Tryon, Flat Koch, Hender .son?diihetitte, and ?Warm Springs. Sparianbiirg & Asheville R. R. TUTS now ronto is now opon to thc travelling public-carrying U. S. Mall daily-lV.un('olunil)ia,S.O., through to the above mentioned points. Passen gers take th" coach of the S. it A. lt. R. at Depot of G. it C. ll. lt., Columbia, and go through without change of cars to the pi osent terminus of the Hoad at Mt. Try on, thence without delay by Four Horse Siago Coach, 15 miles lo Flat rock, 18 miles to Hcndorsonville, and -id miles to Asheville-arriving at Flat Hock and [fendersonville saino day of departure from Columbia. At present leave Co lumbia 12:1."), P. M., and arrive at Mt. Tryon, terminus of S. iC A. H R, at 8:00 P.M. Hound Trip tickets on sale at G. ?fe C. H H. office, Columbia. HOUND TRIP TICKETS. Columbia to Spartanburg and return, S 9 00 Columbia to Terminas S. Jfc A. H. H. and return, ll 50 Columbia to Flat Hock and return, 15 50 " " Qendersonvillo and return, l? 50 Columbia to Asheville and return, 1!) 50 Columbia to Wann Springs and return, 2ii 50 Trains and Stages run daily. Good ac commodations. SHEPPARD BROS. Plaintiffs' Attorneys. SHEPPARD BROS. Plaintiffs' Attorneys. 6t31 July 18, 1S77. July 4, IS77. 1). R. DUNCAN, Pres t. if 29 Ay er's Hair Vigor, For restoring Gray Hair lo its natural Vitality and Color. with (he gloss and fres^ yoizik Thin hair is thickened, falling hair checked, and baldness often, though not always, cured by its use. Noth ing can restore thc hair where the follicles are destroyed, or thc glands atrophied and decayed. But such as remain can be saved for usefulness by this application. Instead of foul ing thc hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean and vigorous. Its occasional usc will prevent the hair from turning gray or falling off, and consequently prevent baldness. Free from those deleterious substances which make some preparations dan gerous, and injurious to the hair, the Vigor can only benefit but not harm it. If wanted merely for a HAIR DRESSING, nothing else can bc found so desir able. Containing neither oil nor dye, it docs not soil white cambric, and yet lasts lonee on th? hair, giving it a rich, glossy lustre and a grateful - perfume. Prepared by Dr, J. C. Ayer & Co,, Practical und Analytical Clminiits, LOWELL, MASS. THE MAILS. PINK HOUSE. Leaves Edgefield C. II., 7, P. M. Arrivo " M 12, P. M. ABBEVILLE. From Edcefield to Abbeville, bv way of Dun'onsviile and Longm ires-leave's Edgclield on Thursday, 6 a m. Leaves Abbeville on Friday, ii a. m. CHAPPELL'S DEPOT. By way of Big Creek, Fruit Hll^and Riohardxonvillo-leaves ChappeM's nu Wednesday morning of each week 5 leaves Edgclield Thursdaj', 1, p. m. BORN'S MILLS. By way of Pleasant ] js.no. Elmwood and'Meeting Street-leaves Dom's Mills on Thursday, 8, a m.; leaves Edgelield on Friday, 8, a III From Edgclield C. H., to .Elmwood, S. C.. Tuesdays and Fridays. J une 20, tf 27