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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03
The Fate of Jefferson Davis.

The following dispatch from Fortress Mon
roe will show that Mr.. Davis INDUCES in none
of the vain hopes for his release so general
amongst the Southern people. 1t says:
Bishop Greene, of Mississippi, an old friend
of Jefferson Davis, accompanied by MIR. John
W. Keeley, an exCatholic divine, arrived
here this morning on visit to the prisoner.
In their interview with Mr.. Davis, Bishop
Greene remarked the great desire prevailing
throughout the South of having him released,
and stated their intention, if meeting with
his approval, of proceeding to Washington,
&c., for the purpose of having personal in.
terview with President johnson, and persuade
him to liberate him. Mr.. Davis replied that
their efforts would be futile. His counsel,
Mr.. O'Conor, and more lately the Hon. Will
liam B. Reed, had both personal interviews
with the President for the same object, and
the only answer to their petitions was, that
he (Davis) would have to be tried under the
charges now pending against him, before both
o civil and military tribunal. Providing, OF
course, that no now unseen circumstances
should transpire in the time intervening be-
fore trial should take place, but for the
present he had given up all hopes OF arelease
from his confinement The two gentlemen,
however, have left for Washington.
A Washington correspondent Of the Balti-
more Gazette writes as follows:
The success of the Radical ticket will pro-
badly bring sad closing to the long sufferings
of Mr.. Davis. The Radical voice calls aloud
for his blood, and Congress would not be
slow, in violation of all law and justice and
decency, to order trial by o military COM
mission. There are others, too, who would
not oppose such a measure. The bitter feel
ings Of Mr.. Seward are well known. 1t is he
more than any other to whom Mr.. Davis still
owes his incarceration. His painfully distort'
ed countenance, marked with the gashes
made by the knife of Payne, remain unehang-
ed. He sees himself the effect he produces
upon strangers, and knows that he will bear
these terrible marks to his grave. This rem
ders him exceedingly bitter against all those
whom he can, even by force of imagination,
connect with the assassination. MIR. Davis
he places in this category. Mr.. Davis him
self is quite alive to the dangers of his situa.
ton, and, with intimate friends, who are to
visit him, discusses them calmly but freely.
When these views are entertained by a lead.
ing member of.the johnson Cabinet, as we'll
as by the whole Radical party, there is at
least some ground for apprehension.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

A New ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AGAINST
FRANCE IN IrALY.-It has been favorite
theory of some political gossips that an alli-
ance between Austria, Italy, and France vas
on the carpet. They must have been very
wild dreamcrs who thought such thing pcs
sible lust vet. Our correspondence in Flo
renee describes the state of feeling IN Italy
as one of intense indignation against France
for the manner in which tho Emperor is deal.
ing with Venetia. The people are hngered
greatly, and only wait their time to give proof
of their passion. With Prussia, on the other
hand, closer relations are being cultivated.
Prussia, in notifying to Italy the conclusion
of peace with Austria, expressed very warm
sentiments toward Italy, and promised to DO
all that was possible to strengthen the cordiai
relations between the two countries. Italy
replied in the same strain to Prussia, and
there is little doubt that the, two countries
will cultivate the alliance.
The negotiations for the treaty OF peace
between Austria and Italy have comm enced,
and some of the articles have already been
agreed upon. Italy, however, is not waiting
for the conclusion of peace to reduce her
military establishment She has ordered the
dismissal of 10000 men. No one car doubt
that this is wise policy. Italy has prosper
GUS future before her, if she now sets to work
in real earnest in the improvement of her
finances and the extension Of her commercial
relations with foreign cOuntries.-london
Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03
A Word on Farming.

From the crop intelligence which reaches
us from every quarter there is no room to
doubt that the prospect is very discouraging.
There appears to be unusual irregularity in
the character of the crop-some planters re-
porting fair crops, while their neighbors are
making but little. This result, is chiefly, no
doubt, from the uncertainty of labor, and the
different degrees of success in managing the
caprices of freedmen. The singular fact is
stated that in some instances they will not
work as we'll for Northerqpplanters as for
their old masters-though the tendency at
first was to'leave the old plantation for their
new friends. 1t is unquestionably true that
those who have grown up with the negro, and
know his capacity, are best prepared to do
him justice. Those accustomed to white
"help" are very sure to exact more from the
negro than he is willing or able to perform.
The most gloomy feature of our future pros
poets is the report, reaching US from all quar-
ters, that our'planters are disposed to aban-
don farming With free labor, and are seeking
to sell out and leave the country. That farm
ing cannot be carried on under the old gang
system, with general success, is foregone
conclusion. But it does not follow that it is
wise to abandon agricultural pursuits, or leave
tho country.
This year has been peculiarly DISASTROUS
and would have been so under the old slave
system. The natural as well as political ele-
meats seem to have conspired to discourage
the planting interest thisseason. A latespring,
a summer drought and fall deluge, consti-
tute very extraordinary succession of ca
lamities, which no system of labor could over.
come, and which in generation may not oc-
cur again. We therefore would urge our
friends not to form rash conclusions to aban-
don their fair fields, or to give up the emo
bling pursuits of agriculture, but rather ac-
cept the change which has been forced upon
them and change their system of culture. Let
them sell Or lease a portion of their lands, and
by diversifying their crops .seeureaat least
partiaI. relief from the perplexities Of unrelis.
Bile labor. Mnch might be said Of thep profits
of fruit culture, and Of stock raising our
purpose i, merely to throw out an earnest
protest against the policy of abandoning
land which, all in all, is unequaled in its ca
pacity to render rich returns to well-directed
industry. and Sentinel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03
True Courage.

l,,. IN whose honest heart
win bravely dare and bravely do;
Who will not act the towards part
BUT strong in right, will right pursue;
Whose knee ne'er bending at the nod
Of titled pomp or regal power,
But bows alone before his God,
With hope his crown and love his DOVER;
Who dares to face world of scorn,
And dares brothers hand to span,
Though dark the skin and rough the form'
If yet that brother be man;
Who strikes where'er wrong is found'
And brands tyrant to his face;
Nor 1ourts applause, an empty sound,
But firmly treads in virtues trace.
Such are the men who'ye stemmed the aae
And Glove the way through giant wrong
Whovo fought triumphant, side BY side'
mid perils deep and troubles long;
Their martyred forms are thickly streWn
On many au ancient field of-crime;
But seeds of truth they've widely SoHn,
To blossom rich in coming time.
Amid those armieS of the dead,
Whose legions palo and silent lie,
There lives passing fragrance she'd
There names immortal, neer shall die.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

E@ The Republican journals are coming
to The conclusion that MIR. Davis should be
either hung and quartercd, according to law,
under Judge Chase, or set free. The New
York Commercial argues with the Tribune,
that the rebel is now in the hands of Chase,
who should hold court in Virgnia-and not
in JohnsonS hands.
:, e While recognizing the liberty Of the
people to carry weapons, as set forth IN the
bill of rights, Governor Throckmorton,. of
Texas, recommends the checking OF the
growing abuse of the privilege, by the levy
Of tax upon all weapons carried about the
person, failure to pay which shall justify
their seizure. This not TO apply to persons
living on the frontier, or to travellers.
~"Why do you not thank God," said
Manscr to an Arab, "that since have beon
your ruler you have never been afflicted with
the plague 2" "God is too just to send two
scourges upon US at once" was the reply,
but it cost the bold speaker his life.
10 The laws of Ohio allow intermarry-
inc between blacks and whites. The laws of
Kentucky prohibit it. A case is to be tried
in Kentucky next month which will decide
whether negro and white person, legally
married in Ohio, cap, if they move to Ken
lucky, live together as man and wife, when
the laws of that State prohibit their cohabit-
ing together.
ng"What are You kicking my dog for p"
I" Because he's full of feas." "Fleas, the
devil Why, that dog sleeps with ne" ayes,
darn you, that's whsr he gets 'en'."
sr The Wilmington Journal Of Sunday
says: The whipping post was again placed in
reguisltion yesterday, .one white man and
two sable offenders having met with the pun
ishment of their offences.
Il A number of the ministers of the
Ohio Conference of the Methodist Protestant
Church, recently held meeting in Sabini,
and resolved, after earnest discussion, that
they would decline taking appointments the
ensuing year unless they were assured sala'
ry of at least 81, ,OOO
paT Kinder ia the looking than tho
wine.glass for tie former reveals our defects
to ourselves only-the latter to our friends.
r. Troubles are like babies-they grow
bigger by nursineEaBut babies are not, there
fore, always troudSss.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

HAVE TO CARRY GUSs TO CHURCH Rev.
Mr.. Alexander, Methodist preacher at Fen.
ton, in this county, received last Saturday an
ANONYMOUS letter, informing him that he
should preach no longer without taking the
oath and if ho attempted to do so he would
be taken from tho pulpit. In spite. of this
threat Mr.. Alexander entered his pulpit yes
terday and preached as usual, large congrc-
CATION Of his friends filling the church with
Of arms in their hands, and resolute determi-
nation to use them if any indignity should
be offered to their minister. No disturbance
occurred and the services were conducted in
perfect quiet-St. Louis Dispatch, Sd.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03
TnE NEXT CoNcREss.-We hope the fol-
lowing predictions of the Cincinnati Enquirer

TnE NEXT CoNGREss.-We hope the fol-
lowing predictions of the Cincinnati Enquirer
may prove correct; but doubt it:
"a gain of twenty five members of Con-
press will make majority in the next House
against the Jacobins. They will be secured.
Two will be gained in Connecticut, seven or
eight in New York, one in New Jersey, six
in Pennsylvania, two or three in Maryland.
Ohio will increase her representation nine or
ten at least, and Indiana will add thee Or
four to the list. In Kentucky, we shall gain
two-perhaps three. Illinois is booked for
four or FIVE, Wisconsin for two and Michigan
for two. In Missouri, there will be gain of
five or six. Phis makes forty I7e, or twenty
more than is required. The House, under
this computation, would stand Present anti.
Jacobins, As; to elect as gains As; Southern
excluded members, so. Total l4O.
"This would leave the Jacobius 1Ol mem.
bers, who would be in glorious minority Of
80. A majority against them in the next
House, according to the present aspect Of
affairs, is a certainty"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03


DISTINGUISHED SouTHERNERs AT new YoRK.
The correspondent Of the Baltimore Trans
cript writes the following of distinguished
Southerners who arrived in New York to at
tend the Conservative Union meeting, which
achieved success on Monday last:
1t is noticeable fact that Southern thin
kers and orators are again attaining that
prestige which the barbarous events Of the
war for time interrupted. The letters, ut
terances and delivery OF the Southerners are
needed to photograph in due atrocity the men
dacity of the Radical liars and Southern rem
egades Of the Brownlow ilk. The courage
and devotion of the South to the cause of the
Confederacy, while itwas cause, are accept
ed here as proof, by all magnanimous men,
that they accept in good faith the new sltua-
ton. New York has received this week, with
warm welcome, DR.. Palmer, Of New Orleans;
Judge Parsons, Of Alabama; Judge Embury,
of Texas; Senator Mccall, Of Florida, and
other prominent ex-rebels, if you please. 10
tell you the truth, the more Of o reb3l man,
has been, the more we esteem him, so In
stinctive is the admiration for men who have
stood by their section without falter OR hesi-
tation, even TO the end. Commend to me
Confederate as the Southern Unionist of to-
day,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03
An Act to prOuids for the establishment Of
PenitentiarM

4
Penitentiary.
I. Be ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State Of South Car
olina, now met and sitting in General AS.
senby, and by the authority of the same,
That for the purpose of commencing the es.
tablishment of penitentiary in this State,
the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and is
Hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any
money in the Treasury, and drawn and ex-
pended by certain Commissioners hereinafter
named.
II. That Commission, insisting of three
persons, to be styled Commissioners of the
pentensiary, shall be appointed by His Ex-
cellency the Governor, whose duty it shall be
to select and procure proper site, at some
point if practicable, where water power may
be made available for manufacturing purposes,
within the enclosure, on which to erect suit
able penitentiary buildings, with sufficient
space to enlarge and improve the same from
time to time, as may be necessary.
III. That it shall be the duty Of said Com
missioners to erect, as soon as practicable, a
suitable temporary enclosure and temporary
cells, for the safe keeping of not less than
one hundred convicts; and, upon the com.
pletion of said enclosure and cells, or any
part of !hem, to receive and detain, under
regulation 10 be hereafter prescribed by the
Governor, such convicts as may be committed
to them by sentence of any of the Judges of
this State.
". That upon notice that an enclosure
and cells are prepared for tho reception Of
convicts, it shall be the duty Of His Excel
leacy the Governor to appoint keeper, as
sistant keeper, and such o:her officers, guards
and overseers as shall, from time to time, be
necessary, to subsist, govern, guard and direct
such regulations as shall ho requisite for their
ing their labor, either within or without the
enclosure, to getting out material and con-
structipg, as far as is practicable, the necessa.
~ permanent buildings and enclosures, and
to such other available branches of industry
as willlest contribute to the supportof the
inEtisusiUu.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

TEXAS REJECTS THE AMENDMENT...Iho
Texas Legislature, through the action ct the
Committee on Federal Relations, HIS res
pectfully returned to the Government tse
Constitutional amendment, declining its iur.
ther consideration. The ground assigned Is
thus expressed in the report: -.
Article thirteen, sections one and TWO nave
the honor to report as follows:
The people of Texas, in Convention as
sembled, have already, by their orainanee'
acknowledged the supremacy of the Colistitu'
tion Of the United States !; in which Ooastltu.
tion the above.named article thirteen is EN- e9 m
braced as part of the same the courts OF law
80 hold and administer said article thirteen.
The Legislature has no authority IN this
matter; any action on the same would De
surplusage, if not intrusive.
The committee, therefore, ask to be axcus-
ed from the further consideration OF the same
and they herewith respectfully return the
communication of The Honorable the Secreta
ry of State of the United States.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03
1t is not Your Business Why.

The following lines are not limited to sny par
icular locality, but are applicable to every neigh
oorhood
Would you like to know the secrets
Of your neighbor's house and life?
How he lives, or how he doesn't
And just how he treats his wife7
How he spends his time of leisure,
Whether sorrowful or gay,
And where he goes for pleasure,
To the concert or the play?
IF you wish it, will tell you
Let me whisper to yeu sly
If your neighbor is bat civil,
1t is not your business why.
In short instead of prying %
Into other mems affairs,
IF you do your own but justice
You will have no time for theirs.
Be attentive to such matters :.
As concern yourself alone,
And whatever fortune fatters,
Let your business be your OWN.
One word by way of inis-
Let ME whisper to you sly
If you wish to be respected,
You must cease to be pry.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

GA LITTLE INcIDEST."-The Cincinnati
Commercial records the following little Incl
dent as having occurred while the President
was at Pittsburg:
A little incident occurred during the ban
quet, which created considerable amusement.
4 small box addressed to His Excellency
the President of the United States," was
brought into the banqueting room. At first,
fears were entertained that the box contained
a torpedo, but after brief consultation it was
resolved to open it and see the contents. The
lid was forced off, and instead of torpedo,
there lay the harmless but lifeless body Of .
duck. In fact, the Presidents gift was q
dead duck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

@r A gentleman in Milwaukee interfOred to
secure an old man from two of his sons who were
bca, , him, when the whole party turned on and
thrash.d him badly. The old fellow thinks it
oueer if his sons can't wallop him if they choose,
zithout bsing unused Bith.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

~ Rev. Mr.. Meredith, of Stafford coun.
ty. Va, tells of negro woman of that region
leading her people in idol-dances and giving
out herself as immortal Rev. DR.. Marshal,
of Mississippi, says hundreds of negroes in
that State have adopted what they call the
New Religion. They teach that God is dead !;
and that the Saviour has been superseded by
two old negro women, whom they worship
in His sfaad,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

v. That it shall be the duty of the said
Commissioners, under the advice and with
the assistance Of His Excellency the Cover
nor, to procure plans, specifications and esti:
mates for such. permanent enclosure and
buildings as shall be deemed necessary tor
early use, and report the same, together with
q full account of their transactions under the
authority hereby conferred upon them, to the
General Assembly, at its ensuing regular
session.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

CAN'T BEHAVE THEMSELVES ALL AT ONcr.
There is both wit and point in the apology
Southern woman makes Tor the ill.bebavior
of TIE people since they were beaten in the
war:
"We are in exactly the same position as
the little boy whose father had given him q
severe whipping, and then told him to stop
crying Immediately. The little fellow gaze
three or four loud screams; the father appli.
ed the rod again; whereupon the child stop.
ped crying, and looked piteously into his
sire's face, saying: Pa, you are mighty
hard on fellow; do you expect me to ease
off all at once p
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

as- Tho people and Cabinet of Italy arc rep
resented as becoming more and moro "indignant"
with France, on account of Napoleon's tsatmgrt
of the Roman and Venetian question: Thers is
decided leaning in Florence towards more init
mate and lasting alliance with Prussia az the
head of reconstructed Germany. s1is 9.s4 -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03
Heads up andEspeak Out.

The following, from the Louisville Demo.
crat, shows how an outspoken course on the
part of the Southern pressis appreciated in
"Uilion" latitudes. Policy is bad guide and
the best leaders the people of the South can
now follow are those who,' like Burke, be-
licve it one of the stern, yet needful, duties
of troubled days to divert from untimely con-
cessEons.
Editors of the party based on great NOR.
al ideas are scandalized that Southern papers
should compliment the gallantries of men
who fought in the Confederate service. How
will they do about it? These Southern edi.
tors will sin that way. 1t you'd be very un-
natural if they didn't. Butler and Brownlow
can't help it; and Grant and Sherman
wouldn't if they could. They rather like the
sin; aRd would bemore likely to commit it
themselves than to repress it in Others. It
is hard on men of great moral ideas 10 read
such things but we don't see any help for it.
The South will cease to be men when they
forget those who risked all for them in a
cause they deemed just, even if convinced
that it was sad blunder. We rather think
men are only the more to be trusted when
they don't profess what we know they
can't feel, and don't restrain emotions they
must feel.
We expect honorable men to comply with
their obligations, whether the duty is pleasant
or not. We. don't expect the people South to
repudiate the debt incurred by the Govern
ment they belong to, although they may new.
er relish the object for which the debt was
incurred. They may grant pensions to Union
soldiers-for that is an obligation they incur
in acquiescing in the situation. But if the
Southern people should profess an admira.
ton for the duty of paying the debt, and pro.
fess feeling of gratitude and thankfulness
to the soldiers who whipped the Southern
Confederacy out of existence, it would shake
our faith in their professions generally. We
should, like the Indian, not believe that fish
story either.
Compliance with constitutional and legal
obligations is all that can be asked of q free
people, Their sentiments, sympathies and
opinions are their own, and it is not the busi-
ness Of Government to control or repress
them. The South will never cease to honor
the men who fought in the lost cause. They
will deck the tombs of the fallen with flow
ers. They will celebrate their deeds in prose
and verse. They would not be human if they
did not and Government is not human
that would undertake to find fault with what
is natural and irrepressible, and which springs
from the best feelings of mankind.
Peopleof great moral ideas, like those lately
assembled at Philadelphia; may be above or
below the common feelings of mankind; but
publcans andsinners, whichthe mass Of man.
kind are, will not expect to crush out human
nature"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-03

e- Jenny Lind's fortune is said to have had
n severe hole knocked in it by somebody dissi-
patton.