Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, February 21, 1878, Image 2
HE ADVERTISER.
EugeSeld, S. C,? Feb.?21, 1878.
JX3CES T. BACON 1 ??_
TKO?. J. ADA?S, j"
B: i-IEESE, Corresponding Edhcr,
>'he Ge&erct Result of the Bond Re
pqrt.~?Crnr Position as Rejr&rds the
Payment of thc Public Debt.
> go into a detailed statement of the
cts concerning the bonded indebtedness
ot the State, as presented lately by the
Bond Commission, would require too
siuch space for a weekly paper, and we
swist .content ourselves by giving our
?eaders the general result. The amount
of bonds, stock and unpaid interest, au
thorized to be funded arid scaled 50 per
cant., under the provisions of -what, is
known as the funding act, is $11,508,
838.41, Of this amount there has been
surrendered and consolidated $8,7jg2,
T'9.00, leaving a balance outstanding,"or
unfunded, of S2.7l6,0?y.41. pf the $8,792,
779.00 tho commission .put down as good
$4,737,852, or one-half ibis amount, fscal
t ui, &388.?28; b.tdor fraudulent, $4.034.
93t*t or half, When the out
'. wading bonds arc surrendered und con
solidated, takit.g it for grunted that they
?rs all good, they will ??mount to $1,318,
C29.70. This, added to that which is set
down ns good, will make the total bond- "
cd debt of the State, (eliminating tho
? frauds,) $3,725,955.70. But of ths amount
put down-s.good, the commission says
there is certain amount cf fraud in
bei:ic- o: thb 'bends, amounting in some
, to probably {io per cent., and in other?
perhaps to not more than 5 per cent. J
'.lhi*i fraud crept In by the consolidation
of fraudulent bonds with good or valid
bonds;, and if tho-per cent, of fraud is
eliminated from these bonds tho.amount
of thc dobt will be reduced to the estent
Of probably ono hundred thousand dol
lars.
We are also informed that tho Com
mi?siuur;rs?.?ltt?o\igh IUA ?i.tiiurizsii,. au
der the joiiri resolution, to investigate
?.xy bnt consolidated bonds, hayo discov
' er ttl th ?i tl at least one hundred
ihoiyonddollarsof tliooutstanaiug bonds
fraudulent, which will still decrease the
public debt to that amount. Of course
.. those calculations are made upon the pre
sumption that thc Legislature will voto
t> exclude all tho fraudulent debt from
tao settlement, which wc earnestly hope
v- ill oe done, though there will evidently
bL- a long and hot contest over the mat
x tor. Tho hun tibold*.' rr have their repre
sentatives oh the door, ion* they will not
succumb uut?taey hav.c contested eyerj
indipfJgrobnd over which a fight can
buurade. Alt io the Advertiser, .were it
in the Legisliiore it ?quid fight and voie j
* K ito the aid, I ; that cid bright or bitter,
ui-ihizi every '?pul h'ath^thcviostshad
- -o/:y tarnt ?!'fi and about tt. Unto thc
extreme cul -rcniv.nbcriity always Ute
. wongu, the ?woerty, and, more than all,
the BJ o UTS, of thc people of South Caro
Una-: This is our--platforni, and wc in
tend to light it out cn this linc. And we |
Lope-indeed we *i cai most certain-that
all the Representatives of EdgeOeld in
the Legislature are. thoroughly, ai rap
p:\-tri-ith v.s in oils ?Treat matter.
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Tue War ia tbs East_England's ?
Blood Getting Hot.-Her Fleet
Within ihr. Dardanelles.
The new3 from Europe is certainly se
Er.i-L-nd i1* preparing for the j
rei, r.ad hss sent her fleet to Constan
plo. Russia has given notice that j
?lie will occupy Constantinople, and or
d TH to teat effect har? been sect to the
army.
Engl'i'ud's blood is getting hot. She j
is at last aroused to the righting point,
*.id the Betr may look ont if it docs not
vant to get Us paw into t he Lion's mouth.
1 v'hen the news was, heard that the Brit
ish fleet had been orderod to Constanti
nople, deafening; cheers went up in the j
Ifouso of Commons. If war with the
people ox England is really popular,
Russia may yet have a lively timr around
Constantinople. J
P. S.-Since writing the above, later;
telegrams briug nows of moro pad?c
ioiport^ Then; is jt^bc a conference of]
??Mhe leading'pow/rTT .'iud ir. thc mean
fernie thc^Rnsslau aijny and the English
^llt??Xaretor*?^ The latest!
telegrams tx/o these :
"""Tngiand and raissw^nTT-mWill^
xespecuve military ?nd naval positions
during the sessional' tho congress. No
oihci- povcr will oater tho Dardanelles,
lest it sh*uid cause complications.
A Daily Hews Constantinople dispatch,
dated Sunday, says the Russian advance j
guard iuive not 'transgressed the lines
settled by;the armistice. In coDscmence
of tho withdrawal of tho British fleet to
Mudania, the Russiaus v, ill not occupy
ibo suburbs of Constantinople.
The Kew Judgee-?Good, Puie and
Able f?cu.
A caucus of tho D?if-'oorulj'.' members
of (ho Legislature wno held on tho night
ur" ibo 12th iustnnt, and arter a careful
c nivass o? thc candidates for thc several
circrtltsthe following gentlemen, ali well
titted for tho position, were unanimously
jxominated: B. C. YTcssley, First Circuit ;
^'p^A^dricb, .Second Circuit; A.. J,
S'aavr, Thi'HTCU'cuit;' J. H. Hudson,
Fourth Circuit; T. J. Mockoy, Sixth
Circuit; T. Thompson, Eighth Circuit.
The above gentlemen .wero duly elect
ed judges of their -several Circuits on
Thursday last
Judge Pressley is of Charleston ; Judgo
Aldrich, of Barnwell ; Judge Shaw, of ?
Mariou; Judge Hudson, cf Bennettsvilie,
Marlboro County; Judge Mackey, of
Chester; and Judge Thompson, of Abbe
ville.
Next week we will publish sketches
of aU those gentlemen.
Proceedings and* Advitc of the State
Democratic Bex emolir? Committee
Tho State Democratic Executive Com
mittee bat: taken steps to secure speedy
reorganization ; aud their advice, pub
lished last week in tho Advertiser, should
b i adhered to strictly. The organization
li3t year was but t?mi?orary. It can be
perfected now, so as to last as long as tho
party lasts. Thc Committee recommends
urgently the Kystom of pf ?nary elections.. \
-it-tS~ai5cr-iri?g5^t?d that although tho
manner of nominating .should be agreed
upon at once, tho elections themselves
should not bo held until just before tho
g noral election. Everything should bo
. d'me without baste, decently and inor
der, and tito whole summer is required
to crystaUw) public opinion npou the
merits of the candidatos proposed. Wo
Want a fair, square expression of the will
ftf thc people, and then wc want all io
?larch solidly to the polls to see that
their nominees win.
Cen. Gary's Vindication of Senator
Butler and Himself.
Tn the Senate on Mondaytho 11th,
Gen. Gary^-ose to a question of privilege
in reply to a malicious article lately pub
lished in the New York Times, in which
it was charged that ho and Senator But
ler bad sold themselves to the bondhold
ers and in the taxpayers' convention of
1871 induced such favorable action as tn
certain State securities that tho specu
lators mada money and tt?e Statu suffered
jury-tn other words that' they worked
"" two different teams, pulled with tho
. people sud thou with tho speculators.
3en. Gary's refutation pf *o ?bul a ?lau
er is conspicuous and complete. Itwill
d entire on our lirst page. Ho
. as associate counsel with
in the ordiuary way! His
the taxpayers' co?
liberate. action
State bonds,
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Condensed Report of Legis! at iv ?.
Proceedings. *Pp
The m ern be ra of. the General Assem
bly have refused to reduce their .pay
from $5, to $3 per day.
The Sem te Committee, appointed to
investigate Corbin, have submitted their
report. They lind that ho bought his so
ealied election to the U. S. Senate, and
recommend that the Attorney-General
institute agaiust him such proceedings
as may be proper. tt
Mr. R. B. Rhett, member from Char
leston, moved recently in the House of
Representatives that all of the testimony
taken before the Investigating Commit
tee be published. It waa intended to
show by publishing the testimony, just
who have been engaged in plundering
the State. It was opposed, however, and
killed upon the ground that it would re
veal too much to parties against whom
proceedings will bo instituted. Tb^ere
are, nevertheless, some people who think
the report ought to have been adopted,
thai the people might know who the
Democrats are that havo been too inti,
mately" associated with the corrupt R3di
culn. '. :-'??'..' -.?.
Tho House bill td increase the numbor
oT Trial Justices in the State from 324
3?-1 passoJ. thc third reading. This pr
vides for 15 ? Trial Justices in Edg cdc
County, as is now the case.
The Legislacu re has reduced tho pay
ol* witnesses in State cases in tho Circuit
Coart to 50 cents per day and 5 cents per
mil6 for all necessary travel one way, in
case the Circuit Judge will certify to tho
materiality of tho witness. The pay of
witnesses in Trial Justices courts in
Criminal cases has been abolished.
Thc House judiciary committee re
ported unfavorably on tho following
Bill tu encourage tish raising and migra
tory fish in the water courses of the
State, rejected. Bili ,to make the ob
taining of g . ods by fraud and deceit,
criminal, rejected. It would have been
w II bad this bill beon enacted. Bill to
?jw>via* ?ir a."sU>ii&ifru.i>ao?- o? fud Fifth'
judicial Circuit, rejected. Bill to pr?
vido foirthe arrangement and safe keep
ing of public: records in the offices of j
Cierks<>f Courts, Sheriltsand Registrars
of Mesne Conveyance, rejected.
In tbr- House a bill to provide for the
appointment of a Commissioner of Im
migration was killed by a vote of 48 to
2L Bill to pr?vido for tho use of con
vict hibor on tho Blue Ridge ' Railroad
passed, and was sutit to tho Senate. Bills
to repeal an act to provide for tho pay
ment of past duo school claims in tba
several counties of this State, approved
March 3,1ST4, rad bill to incorporate the
Chicago and South Atlantic Railroad
Company passed to a third readiug.
Tho University Bill aDd the School
Liw have been postponed in tlieSou'-to,
for sonic leaton ur other.
As regards the Report of tho Bond
Commission, it has not given general
satisfaction. Those who advocate tho
payment of the consolidateddobt dislike
the report, because it is adverso to cor
uba bonds. Others dislike it, because
the Commission mirrie no definite recom
mendation. They gave the status of the
bonds a*nd have left the onus of accept
ing or rejecting with the General Assem
bly. '
The Appropriation Bill has passed the
House. This is ss moderate as possible
ender the circumstances.
The Phosphate question has caused
quite an excitement in the House. Al
though the dry bones on the coast may
never live, i? is certain that the subject
stirs np a lively debate amongst the mem
bers. It is barely possible to arrange
the whole mahler equitably, so that the
Stare Tind thp corporators and the farm
ers may all be protected in their varied
interests.
An election will bo held by this legis
lature ibr three persons to codify the laws.
This codification is required by the Con
stitution every ton years. A number of |
names of distinguished lawyers aro men.
tioued as candidates.
. Chief Justice Willard has written a
!WB"' lv:t>""'" 1 -donate asking that a ,
rigid investigation bo n?">?r-?-unwiuiub-|
the charges made against him in that i
body by Senator Gary, lio courts the .1
most scrutiniTing investigation.
There is a clause in tho Bill now before
ibo Legislature of South Carolina for the
invention of f>rnnitytoauimals. which
.vi,._, ir-, n~ntm~. iVr
Wc observe in tho proceedings of. the
.House on Monday the 11th, that a bill to
increase the pay of County Commission
ers of Barnwell from $2to $3 per day,
passed to a third reading, after being
amended so a3 to include the Counties of
Fairfield, Aiken, Anderson, Richland,
Edgofield, Spartanburg, Orangeburg,
Suinter, Beaufort, Kershaw, Marlboro',
Union, Laurens, Abbtvi^^f)arlington,
Williamsburg, Lancaster,' Georgetown,
Marion, Newberry and Clarendon. >
A bill n-Juoiug the salary of Circuit
Judgiin from S-'.SOO to $3,000, ha^ passed
tho House and gone to the Seriatej where
; it will also pass.
The members of the Senate of Virginia
have reduced theil* salarios from ?5 40 to
.f3.C0. Our Legislators would do well to
follow the example set them in this re
aspect. They ought to reduce the com
pensation to three dollars per day. Every
thing is as cheap now as it was before the
war, aud thoro is no reason why the ser
vices of a legislator should be worth
more now than they were then : and^
besides, .tho State is not asab?o topsy
now as sho waa then. Follow the gener
al order of thc day, gentlemen, and come
down bj three dollars instead of live.
The bill spoken of above, to increase
tho pay of County C? .n missioners in
many Counties, was killod in the Sonate
on Monday last.
TbG re-ouactmont of tho Lion Law is
still before tho Sonate. -.
Tho Governor has vetoed the' Chain
Gaug Law, and bis voto has been almost
unanimously sustained.
I'o limo has been fixed>upon for ad
journment. Amias tho loug fight and
w rangle over tho Bebt Question has not
vet ?nrly begun, it is not improbable
that tho session may be prolonged until
the middle or even last of March.
Gov. Hampton Reported to be Not A
Candidate for the United State Senate.
A spocial dispatch from Washington
to the Journal of Commerce, dated Feb
ruary 9th, runs as follows :
" Politicians bero from South Carolina,
say thafrGdv. Hamilton has given up all
idea of succeeding Senator Patterson,
whose term of service expires in March
1879. He will, they say, be a candidato
for re-election for Governor, next fall, at
the earnest solicitation of his party, in
order tbat-he may carry out the change.
and reforms in the government of the
State, which he has inaugurated. Two
gentlemen are mentioned .as Senator
P-Aterson's successor, and it is thought
that ono of thom will be elected. They
tire non. W. D. Simpson, the present
Lien tenant-Governor of the State, and
Gen. Jas. Concfcr, the former Attorney
General of tho State."
The Paris Exposition.
General P. M. B. Young has started on
a tour to thc capital of every Southern
State, to awaken thciuterestof the South
in thc approaching international festival.
His object is t0 8ecnrc spocimens of all
sorta of products of the South, minerals,
etc. livery other section of tho Union
is alive upon the subject, whileanapathy
exists in. tho South which is truly dis
couraging. Our productions will,.eom
pire favorably with any country gn the
tfoTf?y'Atii? if ou??j>tt$>iV d? 'iftrt jSliQW
simo interest du-the matter--tbis-section
will go unrepresented. - '
J u?ge iron-haw is holding .Court ijlLau -
hais this week.
Judge Thomsot^iafces His Debut in
Aiken, and Sentences McEvoy to be
Hanged on he Fifteenth of March.
"Judge Thomson, of Abbeville, who
was elected to the circuit bench on
Thursday the 14th, appeared promptly
in Aiken on .Saturday the 16th, and
opened Court. Judge Thompson's cir
cuit is the 3:h, butin the rotation he is
now presiding in the 2nd. The first case
taken up was that of the State ts. Robert
McEvoy, convicted? of the murder of
Colonel J. J. Gregg. The rule of the
Supremo Court dismissing bis appeal
having been read to nam, he wak asked
if he had anything further to say why
he should not suffer the death penalty.
Messrs. Myers and Lee, representing
the.Jprisoner, asked that judgment be
suspended, as they had the sworn affida
vit of the prisoner that he was not pres
entflfcthe Supreme CdThrt, either by at
torney or in person, during the hearing
of his appeal, and claimed that this was
a privil?prto which he was eniitlcd.
D. S. Henderson, Esq r representing
the Statu, replied that" the prisoner was
present both by attorney and in person
Judge Thomson overruled the motion
for suspension of judgment, and iu do
ing su paid -a JM-iutiful compliment to
thc ability anSbstice of the Supremo
Court of South^Pdina. He then, after
a.few touching and eloquent remarks to
the prisoner, pronounced tho following
sentence :
" The prisouor herein having been con
victed ol' murderm th? May term of the
Court of General Sessions for Aiken
county,1876, -and having been sentenced
by his Honor Judge Maher to be hanged
at Aiken on the 18th day of Juno, 1876,
from.which judgment the said prisoner
haviug appealed to the Supreme Court,
on motions for a new trial, and in arrest
of judgment, which motions having both
been dismissed by the Supreme Court,
and the case now coming up for re-sen
tence of the prisoner, Robert McEvoy,
it is considered by thc Court and pro
nounced as the judgment of the law, and
accordinfj-fito the sentence of John J. Ma
iler, Circuit Judge, heretofore made as
to tljfc pe?altv of death,, that tho said
Kohert J)' Evoy-bo-taken- heneo to the"
place Whence last he. came, there to bo
kept ?n close and safe custody in tho said
county jail until Fridaj-, loth day of
March, 1878, and that on said Friday, be
tween the hours of ten in the forenoon
aud four in the afternoon, he be taken to
the place of public execution in this
county, and there be hanged by his neck
until his body be dead, and may God
have mercy on his soul "
Thc Court room was literally packed,
and in all thc vast multitude of people
there was not ono whom he could cal*
friend ; and yet not one whose heart did
not fool deeply for him in his wretched
condition. .
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List of Grand Jurors for the Year 1878,
' am!, of Petit Jurors l'or thc March
Term.
drawl Jurors,
F C W Posey? ThoS W Lewis, John
Body, Wm Kadford, John Rainsford
Dani ol Minor, 'Mingo Daniel5, J W L
Bartley, Creswell M Williams, Arthur
K Dear!, Jacob L Aull, John M Coleman,
J S McKie, John H Miller, D C Bullock,
Frank Y Drennan, John M Griffith, J M
Dean.
petit Jurors.
Wm L Talbert, Wiley B Kemp, J W
Reynolds, Jas M Harting, Mose Gossett?
E W .Collier, Daniel B Holland, Wm
Qoar?ey, Simpson H Crouch, Theophilus
Guliedge, Dennis Haiestock*, M C Rey
nolds, Dempsey Bussoy, Jas P Hardy, C
W Kinara, Andrew Kemp* Felix Luke,
Jr., John M Mathews, Phillip Pow, Isaac
Ousts, Jr., Jas A Wron, T J Burnett, L
D Hite, Samuel W Sample, And rev.- J
Let", Ramsay Hargrove, Ambrose B
G rice, E W Eidson, J E Watson, James
McCain, W II Burney, Marshal Lott, J
T Mitchell; D J Darrick, Moses Daven
port, John T. Cheatkam.
P. Colored. .
The Late Meeting ol'the State Grange.
The State Grange held a very harmo
nious mooting in Columbia week before
last. The delegations from tho subordi
nate granges were pretty full and
many matters of especial interest and
importance lo the Order wer? satisfacto
"^fyjtttended to. Edge-hold County was
LSI. ForreA, ifotTJ.X'. H." it?uCn,1 all I ^
high aud zealous officials of oar Pomona
Grange. A memorial was prosontcd to
tho Legislature protesting against the re
.uantuifent of tli e lien law. Tho Master's
opening address represented the affairs
of the Order in a very encouraging con
dition. The Grange hos already done
much to unite the efforts of the agricul
tural people of the State. Much yet re
mains to be done and we feel confident
that the Patrons of Husbandry will
never fall short of their full duty.
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?SS* The Comptroller-General has is- p
suod orders to thc various County Treas- ?
urcrs iu the ii tate to toko -charge of all g
forfeit co lauds and rent them out for the
benefit of the State.
?Sf Wo needv:1rot look for a new na
tional part}' for some years to come, but Q
if the silver question is not settled at this h
session of Congress, there will bo a tem- ii
poi ary dislocation'of the present arrange- c
mont which will present a curious spec
tacle. Neither party will become dis
tinctive^' the inflation or thehard money
party, but it is-likoly that the bulk of the
democratic party will bo on the inflation
side of the line and the dominant ele
ment of the republican party on the re
sumption and hard money side.-New
Orleans'Times, Dcm.
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Gen. Gary's speech on the Uni
versity bill has evoked a great deal of
favorably comment. It was' characteriz
ed by force and much wisdom, aud al
though we differ from him in toto in his
conclusions, wo concur strongly in his
opposition to including the South Caro
lina College and tho Clafliu University
Under one head, and tho granting of an
equal endowment at present to each.
Tho Rev Mr. Loomis, of Chester, who
is a missionary sent from tho North for
tho purpose of educating the colored
people, in a letter to the Reporter con
curs fuily with General Gary on this
point, and shows that by endowing a
college for the colored man above his
reach, tho establishment of a good nor-1 ^
mal school which he does-TTWa^r^r?
vented. The wisest plan is to give the
colored people just such schools as they
need, and not to waste money when it
will do Uiem no good.-ITmnsooro News. , .
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TAXING THE DB?TMERS.-The bill now
before the legislature requiring drummers
doing business in this S'ate to pay a li
cense tax is meeting with very considera
ble opposition from those to be most im
mediately affected by it. It makes a dis
tinction in favor of those Jiving in the
State or those doing business for Carolina
houses and is claimed by tho drummers to
be altogether a Charleston, measure. The
opponents of the measure are "organizing
petitions," which are going down to the
legislature by every train. We favor the
passage of such a bill, but with various
amendments. It .would increase tho pub
lic revenue very materially and Kill out a
let of poor hotels and generally disagreea
ble people: We would amend by requir
ing every'drum mer to pay a license tax
for natives, $300 ; for foreigners, $500j or
we Would have the legislature require
thetiwfo publish their business cards in
every County paper, published in ccuntios
where they seil goods, at publishers' regu
lar rates. - With this provision enforced
by proper legislative enactmont we tue
persuaded the general assembly might
safely dismiss the matter. ' And in this
view'of-the case we-are confident that we
will be supported by the entire conserva
li ve press oi" the Sta te.' A cl rn m mer who
.vrill not advertise should ?qi be, allowed
to db business at. d.\\.rr-Abbevil!e. Jtfe?i?m.
Tie Liberian ship has .been.- bought in
BdHro,'and ts now on ita way to Charles
ton,
For the Advertiser.
The Legend of Ninety-Six.
Travelling lately across the broad dc
iain of ?Id Edgedeld^I came at last t
knoll commanding a prospect so vas
nd so picturesque as to suggest an ide
f tho Elysian Fields. I callod a halt, a
.?jual, to enjoy the scenery. It was quit
nchanting and altogether lovely I -
tood near one of the head springs c
linety-Six Creek, which waters a valle;
3 exuberant in its crops asitisfamou
i the early history of South Carolini
.81 gazed upon field and forest, upoi
ie soft skies and the sailing shadows, :
semed to hear a whispering melody no
ora of Earth br earthly things. For
minent the Past seemed to consort anj
immune with the Present, as lrieni
dka to friend.
But why is this streamlet called " 96 ?'
.nd why do vre find streams in the up
er part of this State called respectively
u'e Mile, Six Mile, Twelve Mile, Sigh
?eu, Three-and Twenty and Six an(
wonty? It is tho old, old story of ro
lantic love. "While tho American Colo
ies were yet under the fostering caro 9
10 Motlier Country, a garrison of Britisl
oldiers was established on tho Kcowei
tiver not far from tho Blue Ridge Moun
lins, and about 96 miles from Cam
ridge. As the neighboring Indians ap.
earod to be.very quiet and quite friend
r, the bold Britons became entirely toe
ireless and confiding to comport witt
ie character of soldier!,. The wily sava
rs, taking advantage of thia state o
?fairs, for med a plot to murder the gar
sou and burn the Block House, which,
ad received the name of Fort George
ut tho " Chieftain's Daughter," having
.Hen in love with a handsome British
fflcer on duty at this Fort, reported all
ie sayings and doings of her cruel
iusmen. The danger was imminent
ad no 'time was to be lost. Betweer
inset ano sunrise, the dusky damsel,
the asa panther and swift as a reindef r
lade the trip to Cambridge and made
nown. tho pocil .to which Fort George
as exposed, Reinforcements wert
irwarded in time to frustrate thc plant
I tho blood-thirsty Cherokees, and thus
ie effusion of blood was prevented, and
Bacepreserved along.the colonial bor
2rs. What finally became of the pale
ice in uniform and the queen of the
ila wood, I ..aro never been able to as
n-taiu. But I have visited the site oi
ort Geor-e, and amile below that point,
crossed One Mile Creek, six miles be*
nv, I forded Six Mile Creek, and so on,
11 I came to Ninety-Six Creek near old
am bridge... And hence tho numerical
mies given to those little streams.
E. K.
STATE NEUS.
If Gov. Hamptou ?3 not rc-elecied, und
3 successor should conceive the idea of
-orguniz ng the military Ly thc, appoint
ent of a new set of officers, what a fear
1 lot of colonels and majors we will have
South Carolina a couple of years hence.
-Regisicr.
Three score and ten of poor deluded ne
oes who have the " Liberian fever" ar
red per Greenville train last evening, on
eir way to Charleston, where they go in
arch of the " Exodus" ship, which is to
rry them to the land which flows with
lckwheat cakes and molasses-the former
tide being grafted upon trees, and the
echarme* fluid flowing in inexhaustible
goon3 and rivers and running over the
inks of the lakes which are to be fonnd
all that land, which are annually over
iwed by the Nile. The' party consisted
men, women and children, and with
ibj3 thev brought their little all-which
as precious little. God help these poor
iople, even if the scamps who - have de
dtd them into Ibis scheme were sincere
?and we honestly believe that they ara
)t. The fate of these poor creatures,
lonld they ever reach the fever-infested
iGres of Africa, must necessarily be a
ird and cruol one.-Register.
Laura Williams left tim place fer the
unatic Asylum last night. , She is a
Ltle girl five years old, the daughter of
. F. Williams, a planter in the upp/?r
Ktiou of this county, and is indeed a pit
ed object. She was brought into "town
7 the Sheriff's deputy after nightfall, and.
?aced in the sheriff's office until u con
?yanc? could be procured to take"the
"lin"' H i"1'" ? 1 j ? i * 1 ' tu ?iee
?r, and tm seemed te be^deeoly touched
i the sight of the poor forlorn object,
'one of the family accompanied her, as
if as this place, to see her orf safely,
lough she was tenderly cared forby the
ler^ll".-DarlingOm Neus.
On the Gili instant, W. RiBurgess, Sr.,
inriff o? Clarendon county, committed
licide in Manning, by blowing ont his
rains with a pistol. lie had been drink
lg to excess previously. Those who arc
1 the habit ot drinking hard should take
arning.
As tho Bill erecting the new county of
lampton, out of the upper portion cf
?eautort, only awaits the signature of the
overnor to become a law, it may be re
arded a fixed fact. There will hereafter
e thirty-three counties and thirty-four
mators.
At the annual communication of the
irand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons,
eld in Charleston, on the 12th and loth
istanis, the following named officers were
[ec ted :
Comp W G DeSaussure, M E Gr H
'riest. . ?
Comp F F Gary, R E Deputy Gr H
'riest.
Comp J Adger Smyth, R E Gr King.
Cornu R C Watts, R E Gr Seri bo.
Comp C E Chichester, Rt Rev Gr Chap
lin.
Gbmp C T Jackson, EGr Treasurer.
Comp J E Burke, E Gr Secretary.
Comp Thos R Robertson, Gr C of Host.
Comp G D Bryan, Gr R A Captain..
Comp L. F Mey^r, Gr Sentinel.
"Our Native Young Governor" bas as
umed a new role and is now the properly
ccredited special South Carolina corres
ondeiit of the Kew York Sun and he ?uc
ecds as well in lying as he did in stealing.
Iis letters are a startling" exposure of the
oings of the Radical rings during his
rolligate reign and a vicious blow is auned.
t the head of every Democrat who came
t any time within hailing distance of the
iratical crew. The pnWlic will now un
erstand where the Sun got its-thunder
gainst the. Hampton government. It
as for months brought the most bitterly
ilse charges against Hampton and bis
apporter: and now at last it turns out
bat it has a self-confessed perjurer and
hieX?ran.aIly_a?4.tJjat^Mppfes ls the au
hor of all these slanders.- Abbeville jife
'him. . . ,
Gone tu Meet His Fate.
Robert MeEvoy, who killed Captain
ames Gregg, was tried, convicted of mur
er in the first degree and sentenced to.be
lanced, aDd who has been'confined ic our
ounty jail for some lime past, left Co
ombia for Aiken Monday night, wkor* he
rill be resentenced, the Supreme Court
aving refused to grant his motion for a
lew trial. Wo visited McEvoy in his cclK
t. the county jail. He is a young man
a thf prime of life, about li years of
ge, of decidedly prepossessing appear
nce. He uses a crutch, having lost one"
?g by being run over on the Charlotte,
!olnmbia and Augusta Railroad some
ears ago. When we first entered he was
ery reticent and it was with reluctance'
hat he consented to converse at all He
verrcd that thc newspapers had always
lisrepresented him, and ho did not want
0 have anvthing to do with reporters. Of
ourso he insists 'that he was justified in
akiug the life of Captain Gregg, and aa
erted that the killing was done in self
lefonse. He recounted the incidents con
iected with the shooting, but, as he told
is nothing that is not already known to
he public, wo refrain from reproducing
iis conversation. Tho condemned man
cems to be perfectly resigned to his fate,
hough he hopes to escape the penalty of
he law, in some way, which he did not
liiclose. ; It is probable that' be relies
ipon 'Executive* clemency. As McEvoy.
s a modern Jack Sheppard, slippery as an
el. it may be welMor-tho officers who
nive him in;charga.lo. hold -him fast, or
ie may give' them the slip ns ho ta.s re
latedly done before,-H'e^isi?f, '
_ _ _ _ . J;
Senator Bmler r..
TJuited States Senate .
cepted the invitation rU.
versary addr^a before- liv
ties of Erskine College
the third of July, nex;
?was extended to the dii
by the Enpheiniaa Sc
remembered that Ger
guest of Hon. Wm.
commencement exerci? . :
that his manly bearing i
many lasting'friends ai ?...>?,
era of the Dus West in v
/-have changed for the ?
Gen. Butler was then
ged edge between viet* . a
and despair-now he i lh>
able spokesman pf fbi ?
ate chamber at Wash . -..c:
any man oh the con l?cut.
may expect a grand ( ?. : T.
the commencement p?
writing to tho Com.
Senator Butler says :
UNITED STATES S
WASHINGTON,
Messrs: John B. Bor
and J. H. \7Uliav .
GENTLEMEN ^ I an
letter of thc 12th in
deliver the Annivfra.
Euphei$j&n aud Phil
Erskine College .at t:-.
July ,3rd; 1876. ,1 kio?
tov prevent my accep ? :
and shall- therefore b . :
self that honor. ** Pe:
and the Societits rej ?
this distinguished co .
know that my dutie ' i
the time to .prepare a
1 feel a deep interest ::
remember very ara*'
and Hospitality of .yt .:. : <.. . ;
casion ot ray visit I
perhaps^be'able to
hear soothing said,
tually beneficial.
I have th? i r
,V<
)
fy
...ur
r-n!
uv,
vw
I lull
SEN ATO p. BCTLEJ .
-Very recently, tl-?:
made some iharga
1er and General IE
tor, of South Carol
lated, if undenied,
and official charact
ed gentlemen. Thi
cocted in malice ab
terous plausibility
were simply revar
dress; but calgara
?ossesses '-. novelty
nrtless. We are
from bis seat in ti f
lina, has, with cai
denounced the a
exploded the who!,
ostensible object '
is to strike a deat.
1er t?nd General .
real motive, we aj . .
these gentlemen,
administration in i: .
bring into disrepiv
cw
.va
?J
.ty.
inioiigcg
.-?II- !V
2 ii ? )'
. ft***?
Or.
Gary has .prompt! stu oj
Jacious charges a. . .. > is . . General
Butler. We cons: . ' k -:?
haustive and com i
g?ged in an unv : .'it
seeks to perpetn.v j . . . ..n
outlet tounjustifij'. ... .-..
ern men, espech ' . . th?
South like Step d
Hampton have d< ... :?:.u >i h
for the true pac . ? s>.
The American j . ir
verdict of conder . a
turers who once ai. ? in
South Carolina.' fhe.Ntn . es
cannot reverse that verdict by ix.-ojining
the mouth piece of Chamberlain and his
gang.-Augusta Chronicle & Constitution
alist.
Tho report of the bor.d!c(>Dunissioti.'wa3
made on Thursday. On Fridavmorning
the Charleston J~ f " i i
the report in ful.
ed' from Colum
enormous expec
six columns in t
This is enlerpris
OBIr
DIED, on the ?
a short and pair
*? First obr flo'
Our hopes, andt
Theso are dead, '
Dust claims dust
N
THE Democra
tee of Ed ^e fi
at Ed pel iel d C. li
in March next,
.estly requested t
as business of in.
their attention.
Feb. 1?, 1878.
State of s<
EDGEFI1
In Tn
BY L. Charlton .
bate in said tv
To John A. Crook? .
John Corley, En
Shealy, Sarah Gi
day, Defendants.
'You are hereby
tho Court of Prob >
Edj?efield C. H., f?.
ou the 10th day o
show cause, if an;
Real Estate, descri
Rebecca Crooker ai i
bytheir Guardian
Jones, this day file
sistlng of one Hon:
tho Town of Edg
Acres, more or lest
of Mrs. Lncy Tomi f<
man and others, sr.' ! ..
the proceeds divide
Crooker, Williaui ( .
Emma Polatty, 0]
Green and'Nancy Fi.
er and Benjamin C .
the statute of distri
in such cases made .
" Give under ray H.\:.
office at Edg?field C
lGtb, 1878.
L. CHARL.
Feb. 18, 1878.
? Not
^VTOTICEis herel
JJN Timmerman,
Dorn, decTd., has an, .
Judge of Probato O? :
County of-Edgefield
as such Administrai;..
It is ordered that t
A. D. 1878, be fixed ra
tition and final settle
_. L. CH;
Feb. 18,1878.
PROOLA?
STATE OF 30TJTL
ExKCDTtv:
ConuMi
WHEREAS, informr
col ved at this Doparti
clous murder was co
field County on or at ;
December, A. D. 1877
YANCY HARDY, U
FIELD, and that tho M
FIELD has fled.from
Now, therefore, I
Governor of the Stat' !
in order thajt justice:
tho majesty of tho-'
hereby offer a rowan:
ONE II UNDHI .
for the apprehension a -
|ail of this Stato ol .
WINFIELD.
In testimony wher
set my hand and cai .
!~-) ol' the Stat? t . !
L.s. V1 umbia,.tjiis
-j T, A., j?, n .
hundred and second, j
pendenceof theUnit
j; ; WAPEHA^-.: -
By the Governor j
JU, M? SIMS, Sec ,
WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE
6th Day of April !
I HE GREATEST BARGAINS ever offered in Edg?field, can be ob
rained from these Counters. ;? *'
Eemember, when the Cash is not paid, regular prices will be charged.
Feb. 19,1878. - ; lylO
J. M. WISE. S. H. MANGET.
IS1 ? IAI6I?, Ag'is.,
T?EaSTTOlNr, s. c. _,:
P^? have on>hand and are receiving daily,
GROCERIES-at lowest prices,
SYRUP, MOLASSES, MEAL, FLpUR, &c., all the very "best goods '
BOLOGNA SAUSAGES, BEEF TONGUES-, . [County.
The largest stock of SHOES, at the. lowest'prices, of any house in the
S/ DDLES, BRIDLFS; SADDLE BLANKETS; *
Full stock of HARDWARE, CROCKERY WARE arid TIN WARE.
IF ix r xx i t "UL ar ? !
Persons wanting Furniture will saye freight by buying from- ns. A full
ripply always on,hand. . -. ...
Guano!
We are Agents for the celebrated DELEON Fertilizer. Persons wanting
First-Class Fertilizer will do well to call ori'us before purfhasingPsewhefe.
( WISE & MARGET, Ag'ts.,
?b, 12, 1878. 3m9]~' ' ? ->~--TRENTON,-^.
GEJYER?L GIMJYO ?GEJYCY.
O. M. STONE & CO., Augusta, Ga.,
OFFER the following First-Class Fertilizers, prepare^ by Messrs. BALDWIN*
Co., from Pure Animal Bone: ?
DeLeon'g Complete Coito * ?rtilizer !
'ANALYSIS FOR l^/?.
Moisture,.:~.13.09 ) ,
Insoluble Phosphoric Acid.. 7.20 j A large portion of the insoluble be
Available Phosphoric Acid.11.65 Ung derived from bone wiUbe found
Ammonia.2.00 J available.
Total BonePhosphate........i.....40.G8 J
Georgia State Grange Fertilizer!
\ ANALYSIS;
Moisture.10.56'
Insoluble Phosphoric Acia............;. 2.10
Available Phosphoric Acid...........13.25
Ammonia.3.05
GEORGIA GRANGES DISSOLVED BONES, PUKE GROUND BONE,
ACID PHOSPHATE and PANKIN'S.PATENT PHOSPHATE for Com
posting. x
We represent manufacturera who keep their different brands of Fertilizers up to
the very highest standard. Freight paid to Planter's Depot Cotton received at
Planter's Depot. Send for complete Circulars, Prices, <tc. [Feb. 12, ly9
T.W.HENRY
BEGS to inform his friends that he has begun business on his own account
in the Store lately, occupied by A. C. Force,
No. 258 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.,
where he will always keep on hand a FlrsfcOlass Stock of DOMESTIC
BOOTS and SHOES, for Plantation use, and ? superior Stock of Ladies',
Gentlemen's and Misses .SHOES, BOOTS, SLIPPERS, etc., which he will
sell at the lowest living prices, for cash.
?^Pusitively. NO SHODDY WORK dealt in.
. It gives me pleasure to be able to refer to the following named gentlemen
Gen. M. C. BUTLER, $dr. JOE. MERIWETHER,
Col. Ai P. BUTLER, Mr. JA-S. FRASER, 1
Mr. B. R. TILLMAN, Mr. SAM'L. HUGHES,
Dr. HUGH SHAW, Col. ROB'T. HUGHES,
Drs. MCKEE.,
Augusta, Ga., Nov. .7, 1877. 6m47
NEW WATCH MAKER AND JEWELER!
XJLAS just fitted up and oponad a new Shop at Cbeaiham's Cornor, Vhere he ii
prepared to do ali kinds of CLOCK- WATCH autf JEWELRY work at low price?
-and guarantees the best of work.* t
?&r Refers, by permission, to Capt. Clint. Ward.-93^ JFeb. 1^ 1878. ly!
The Big Guano Establishment
OP
EDGEFIELD CO., S- CL
At Johnston, S. C., is the Agent for j
BAHAMA SOLUBLE GUANO, Manufactured by Walton, Wkann & Co.,
Vilmington, Del. \ *
WILCOX, GIBBS & CO'S. MANIPULATED GUANO.
W. L. BRADLEY'S STANDARD FERTILIZERS, Medal awarded at Phila.
R D SEA FOWL.GUANO, BRADLEY'S A M 310 M AT ED DISSOLVED
IONES, C. C. COB'S SUPER-PHOSPHATE.---Standardguanbteed equal
f not superior to any ottered.
SOLUBLE NAVASSA GUANO, an established favorite wherever^uown.
NA VAS SA ACID PHOSPHATE. \
Also tho celebrated WANDO GUANO and ACID. ;
isa-Cotton Option for all at 13c, delivered at I' niter's nearest Eepot?-"r2^
W. G. KERNAGH?1Y,
Feb. 6,1878., 2m8] JOHNSTON S. C. '
EDWARD MURPHY, Sole tfroprietoi
Feb. 5, 1878. |2ni8
COMMERCIAL BAMK,
Of ^UGrUST^. GA,
FAID VP CAPITAL, $300,000.
af?; T. WBEJLESS, Prea't. J. C. $\ZRGO, CUhicr.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO COLLECTIONS!
I?terior Merchants and Planters having no ?ecure place for deputing
oney, can remit to us by Express or-drf fts. We will issue certifi?es of
posit, or place funds to the credit of persons who may desirej*
WeT-[Feb. 6,1878.
w.et
t8
FROM 1492 ?O 1878 !
-:o:
Sh-ooting1 CSretlleiry
\ i
In Rear of the Bonanza.
MCET??SOI
. " '.. -, .! ''?-.:>-v..--''^.;rv'^--,*T''\:J*;'" *' ."; ?
AS on hand the Best Stock of LIQUORS, WINES, etc.,.-ever brouit
- Edgefield;
. JINCINNATI BEER, on draught,
SEVEN YEAR OLD RYE WHISKEY,
FRENCH BRANDY, for Medicinal purposes,
CHAMPAGNE APPLE CIDER,
jad in fact he can give you anything in the way of a DRINK known
R. S. ANDERSON, G. S.
S. C., Jan. 60,1878. tf20
^.TJCSrXJSTjSL HOTEL,
Corner Broad S? Washington Hts., *lugifsta, Ga., t
. AS been thoroughly Renovated,tR?mod??ed', and''NeWly Furhishe'd/The'
'-ce of the'Hotel wilt be open duri ng^thrhight, ' ?nd':??es't's "will be^re
&d, or' called at any 'hour; " ' RA:TES ^ BOARB,v$!&00 g?er day. i
Wir. H. WABBEN.
W
JNO. W. WALLACK.
J
1
COTTON FOTS ANO GUANO
: . . . ,Y
155 and:m--'ReynoWx St., Augusta, Ga.
? J-_:o:-1
E offer again this seajonto the Plantera of Edgefield County, the fol
lowing V
CELEBl?- ! K n ^
OBER S $A A^pSPHO PERUVIAN,
OBER S ^MmiATED SUPER-PHOS. LIME.
W. W. & CO'S, icp) PHOSPHATE for compostg.
---AND
THE COTTON FOOD !
WITH or WITOUT CJTTON OPTION, at prices defying. competition.
conridq?ng'Verit. nfc ? ***
EVERY BRAND GUiEANTEED UP TQ STANDARD.
For Circulars, giving 'dialysis, Prices, Certificates, etc., apply to our
Ageata or to ourselves at jngusta, Ga.
ARREN, WALLACE & 00.
Feb. 5,1878,. 3 2m8
ii MUI,
D. SMYT
25$ Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.,
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS?
' At Low-r Prices than eve? before sold in Augusta, and as loy/ as they
can be bought in New York or elsewhere.
Write for Price List. Goods carefully packed for transportation.
E. D. SMYTHE &?0.,
Jan. 30,1878. Sm7] 258 Broad St., Augusta, ??a.
BEST
QUALITY
HARDWARE
and
AGRICUL
TURAL
IMPJiBMEOS,
MOWERS
. and
REAPERS.
THRESH
ERS, .
STEAM
ENGINES!
LOWEST
PRICES!
243
BROAD ST.,
AUGUSTA,
GA
GRANGE WAREHOUSE
REMOVED TO
No. 1 Warren Bilocfr, Augusta, Ga.
THE PLANTERS UNION AGENCY
Continues the COTTON COMMISSION BUSINESS as heretoiore.
Commission 'for SeiU?g Cotton....7..... 50c. per Bale;
Stora^er Day or Month....:'........... .v.-.. ..^..perBai^,
%t&S ?** mens ron GOODS PUOM^TLT Fm,z.kp.
' 1ST We haVe secured the services of Mr. A. G. LATASTE as-Bookkeeper)
and GEO. C. ROBINSON as Scalesman. _Jll?l?L^fflM^^B
Feb. 6,1878. 3m8] F. V. BURDKL?>: Suy't.
NEW PROCESS FLOUR !
?r. F*M ?s? HM. .?JV.
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PROPRIETORS
CRESCENT FLOUR MILLS,
APG-PST?, CV-^L.
Standard ?TnDds Flour :
4,FANCV FAMILY, DOUBLE EXTRA, EXTRA FAMILY, SUPERFINE
Oar Flour made by the new process has no equal. We ,have cocsfcantly
on hand fresh ground
BOLTED MEAL, PEARL GRITS. STOCK MEAL, WHEAT BRAN,
FINE FEED, WHEATEN GRITS, GRAHAM FLOUR.
Send for Price List and New Process Circular. -, (ly8
IW STO?! AT
l\To. 1, Fairview St.
Has just opened a Select Stock of
DI?Y GOODS and NOTIONS, SHOES and BOOTS, ?
BACON, LARD, HAMS, FLOUR, MEAL, RICE, SUGAR,
MOLASSES, COFFEE, TEA,' SOAP, STARCH,
CANNED GOODS, HARDWARE, TIN WARE,
Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO, CIGARS, ?ic., &c.,
TOGETHER WITH A CHOICE LOT OF
LIQUORS, "WINES, BEER, CIDER,
And everything else in the way of a good drink.
! TAYLOR'S EXCELSIOR YEAST P0WDERS."?a
tSF"l invite my friends to call and price my Goods before purchasing
elsewhere.
Feb. 6,1*78. 1 yS) . B. ?. HI GHES.
AUGUSTA, GA.
IS Btitl Mannfactoring complete stocks of One and Tw HORSE WAGONS, and
iadetermined not to be undersold. Also SPRING WAGONS and HARNESS
jf all kinds. For Prices apply by letter, or In person, to
J. ll. LOW REY, Proprietor,
Corner Campbell and Ellis Slieets^-AcausTA, GA.
^^30,000 Feet Hard Lumber Wanted. / Feb. 6, us
TWEEDYS' MONUMENTAL MII^INERY"'^
FANCY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT ?
Urge and Select Stock of Fashionable Millinery Alweys on Iiand.
-
TlHE Large-it Stock of ZEPHYR Sooth of tho Potomac, nt 15 cts. por ounce.
?L GERMANTOWN WOOL, in all colors. at"12* cts. per ounce. Mail Orders, I
er ounce extra, fnr Postage. Sewing Machino NEEDLES, OLL SHUTTLES an
LTTACHMENTS for all Machines; Piice of NEEDLES: ? for 25 conts, 30 *
Bi- All m*U ordors prepaid- CELLULOID, CORAL andPLATED GOLD?f.B:
LRY in gre?tv varley. SILVER PERFORATED CARD BOARD 50 cents
eet-BLACK; WHITE abd COLORED, 10 cents a Sheet. ?SCRAP PICTURE
cents. An endless varie'ty of MOTTOES^. MOT-EO FRAMES i> ocnte oach an
i enormous Stock of NOTIONS too numerous to mention.
A. J.^WlEE?lt,- '
orS?;:tm- - Sm?) Oposit? Centr?t Motet/AUGWSTAj ^^