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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-05-30
From the Memphis Bulletin. Mays.
decisions of the Tennessee Supreme
CnuYf.


We learn that The. bnslnasssnf the Supreme
Court was hulsrel yvou;iiay. lhe Case oi
dunes, administrator of Stoner frs, " ard,
&C., was; decided in fayol Of the complainant.
A good deal of interest l,as been felt in the
case by persons whoshye been dealing in
Confederate currency. iStoner borrowed from
Ward, in the early part Of 1862, about $l2,-
600 of Confederate currency, aud gave his
note for the amount tc Ward, and, to secure
the note, gave deed ir trust on the lot ON
which is the Senate House, on jefferson
street. The debt fell due, aud was not paii,
and therefore the trustee advertised, and was
about to sell the house and lot. Stoner be
mo dead, the administrator filed bill in
hancrry " eljoin the sale, alleging that the
,nts and deed in trust were void, for the
reason that the consideration of the same
sas Confederate currency.
The Court held tina; the note and trust
.aed we're void. and ordered the same to ue
anc:led, and the trustee to be perpe!cally
nj'ined from attempting to sell the house
ID lot. The case wai' argued by Messrs.
tortecht aud Humes for the complainant,
and bs Messrs. A. NJ. Yerger and Henry G.
smith for defendants.
The Court also decided that it is not neces-
.ary TO the validity OF writs and other pro.
less in judicial proceedings in the courts Of
he State, that the internal revenue stamp
,rpscribed by the act of Congress should be
affixed to The wrlts OF process; that Tie Gov
.rnment oi the Uuited States has mol the
:un> >tiiuiional power to require stamps to be
aftixed to process issued by the State
courts.
Tue opinion was proposed and lead by
Judge Alvin Hawkins, sad is sp k-n oi oy
:he bar as marked by great learning and Co
seucy oi argument. Ine decision WAS made
II the case of the Union Bank Of Tennessee
rs. vandervillc, Hrury G. Smith for Ihe bank
md A. [. kelIar Tor the defendant.
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candition Of Expresident Davis.

HasHiSGTo:;, May ~.
In compliance Srilh the Presidents instrac.
,;ons, DR.. Cooper, o. ). A., reports tue cond-
tion Of ex-Presidant Davis. lie is consider
ably emacated, The fatty tissue having almost
disappeared, leaving his skin shri i7elled.. Els
muscles are small, placid and very soft, and
he has but little muscular strength. lie IS
quite weak and debilitated, consequently his
gait is uneven and irregular. His digestive
organs at present are in comparatively good
condition, but become quickly deranged. Un
der anything but most carefully prepared
food, with diet disagrecing with hin, dyspep'
tive symptoms promptly make their appesr-
anee, followed BY vertigo, severe facial and
.Yanial ncuralgia, erySipelas inflammation OF
posteror scrip and right side OF the nose,
which quickly affects the right eye, and the
ONLY sound one he now hae, and extends
through nasal duct into The intesior OF the
npse.
Ills nervous system is greatly doranged,
being much prostrated and excessively irrita-
BILE. Slight noises, scarcely preceptibe TO ro-
bust health, cause him much pain, the de
scription of the sensation being as of one hsv.
ing every senticnt nerve exposed to the waves
of sotird, Want of sleep has been the great
and sinest principal cause of his nervous ex
citabii,y. CHI. has been produced by the
hearing Of the cseashlg boots of the sentinels
on post, the sounds OF The prison room, and
the re,isgiag of guard OF tie expiration OF
every two hours, WHICH almost invariably
wakes him.
M;. Davis statss that he has scarcely en-
ioyed oyer tSo hours of unbroken sleep at
one time since his confinement. Means have
been taken, by placing mstting on the floors
for the sentinels to walk on, to alleviate this
source OF disturbance, but with only partial
success. Els vital condition ia low, and he
has but little recuperative force, should he be
attacked by any Of the severe forms of disease
to which the tide water region of Virginia is
subject.
Surgeon Cooper has reasons TO fear for the
result.
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The cock.Eyed Old Villain,

Old Beast Butler has +sen making aspcech be-
fore the Pennsylvania Legislature at Harrisburg.
In this speech, he grants us but ono right. Read
what it is. And speaks Of being " Impoverished. :
Bah! it is we who arco Impoverished. lie has
thousands of silver spoons aud mirrors and pianos
and carpets, while wc have but one single right.
And truly, if things 60 or from bad 10 worss
much longer, many Of us will be very apt to avail
ourselves Of this solo remaining right.
"We asd conquered the South-conquerea
them Of I'll their rights except onc-the right TO
be hanged. He had impoverished himaelf and
saed the blood of brother and.a son in defense
Of the groat principles for which they had fought,
and he for one would meyer yield unless some one
of the leaders in the rebellion was hung"
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The University of South Carolina.

Inc university VI Soutu CaEOlluAe
We are permitted to copy the following
paragraphs from the report of the Chairman
of the Faculty Of this sterling institution,
made to the Board of Trustees on the 9th of
May last. fhey contain graceful tribute
to the young men in course of tuition
ST cannot close my report without speak
ing in terms of the highest commeudation Of
our pupils, the students of the University.
They number, at this time, forty-eight, and
in their generally orderly conduct, their regu-
lar attendance on the exercises Of the Uni
versity and earnest desire for improvement,
theYmerit all praise. cannot better prove their
good conduct than by saying, that no case
for the exercise of discipline has occurred.
In fact, whilst they knows and believe that
disciple will be enforced against offenders,
they render it unneces ary; they govern them.
selves. I know that this condition of unen.
forced conformity to the law, cannot be relied
upon as of long continuance. But it is due
to the young men to record it as existing at
present. / cannot but augur we'll for the
future of our University.
"Under the immediate pressure of over
whelming ruin, the State had the wisdom and
fortitude to re-organize this instrument for
the advancement Of learning-an inestimable
good, but one whose influence is too remote
and indirect ordinarily to contend successful
ly with present want and danger. This no.
ble and selfdenying effort Of hope and cour-
age I firmly trust God will bless and greatly
prosper"
There are at the present time forty-nine
students in the University, of whom one at
tends five schools, seven attend four schools,
and forty.one attend three schools.
1t was thought that the board of Trustees
would eleet Professor Of Modern Languages,
but It vas decided to postpone this event
until the annual meeting in November
Daily Carolinian.
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OBITUARY.
DIED, at her re.iilrnce, in Aiken. s. c., on Ii
Orb inst, Mrs. MARTHA N. WILLIAMS, in III

DIED, at her re,ilrnce, in Aiken. S. c., ON the
Orb inst. Mrs. MARTHA N. WILLIAMS, in the
18th year Of her age.
She was native OF Pirsftld District, and of
the family Of JErER-being the last survivor who
bore that honoredL name. For the last fifty years
of her life. she lyef in Aiken.
She was endowed With an energy and decision
of character. upd m aptitude for the practical
business of life, singulary rare in Of her sex;
and was distinguished, besides, for t.ose nore
tender and cndearing qualities, which constitute
the peculiar excellence of woman. OF her it may
truly bo aaid, none know her but to love. She
was blessed in her declining yenrs in the exemp-
tion from infrlnities With which old age is COM
monty attended, retaining nlraost to the last that
vigor of constitution for which she had been re-
markable through life.
She lived to zee her children's children gather
around her, under the old roof-tree, illustrating
in their conduct the exemplary precepts which
had been iaeulcated there, and repaying by their
tilial and dutiful regard, her exceeding love and
earnest cnncernin their behalf.
Happy in the fruits Of we'll spent life; sur
rounded by her loved ones; OF peace with all the
world and yearning to meet the God when sGe
lad faithfully served. she passed calmly away, in
the well assured confidence Of receiving the crown
of the righteous in tho realms of eternal life.
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FROM " ashipgton.

WAsHrNGroN. May 24.-The new Freeo'
,n,,,'s bureau bill wa, discussed in th.. Huu>.
- day. S.c,ion SIX, as rcpn!ted by the coin
r.ittee. provides that when owners apply 10.
10 restoration of lands allotted negroes b.
(a,n.ral Sherman, The Bureau shall rent Or
uluchasn 5tter lands tor said negroes. Mir
Stevens moved an amendment. to the Ell c,
thai tne Bureau shall refuse 20 surrend;-
Sea Island lands to ioincr owners, when W.
adopted by vote of 79 yeas to 4j noes LII
biil will certainly pass.
General Slckles will retain command 'o'
both tue Carolinas for the present.
Mrs, Davis is arrived in this city to-da!
The object OF her visit is TO endsavor to e.:
her husbands prison changed. Surgeon Coop
er reports tn, t Mr. Davis will. die if he Is
kept ut Fortress Monroe.
Ih- Sr,,ata will reduce the proposed Cot
tos Pax lrom Ave to three cents per pound
A st-ong commercial pressure 10 accomplish
ri.s ,,urpose has been brought to bear up''
the Senate.
b.. direction of the President, the Depart
meats ,utt North aud S1u.d Carolina Geotgia,
and Alaba1n:. have been discontinued. Nor: b
and South Uaroua will hsreafLcr form one
Department, and be in command Of Msjor.
General Daniel Z. Sickles, with Headqhar-
tiers, at Colpmbia.
General Wui,tlesey, of tue .Frecdlnen's
B,,reau in North Carolina, has been relieved,
and VII be succeeded 10y General knger.
Tue Departments Ut Georgia "n'i A'ioama
will be couscldated uudcr the com'uand oi
General c. f. Woods. General Tiilson and
Swaue will have charge of "the Bureau"
Jphn Phillips, ESD, has been confirmed oy
.be Seoate az United States District Attorney
for S,uth UGrolina.
1t is sisted tbst delegation has arrived
here from New6ern, 7. c., on mission to
break the effect of the exposures made by
Generals Fullerton aud Sttedman as to the
m ,nagcment of the Freedmen's Bureau in
tuat State. The atfiilvits reaee'ins upon
1he private conduct of one Of the Presidents
Commissioners, while at Newbero, Lssa' ready
been forwarded, and their publication anxlouS-
" looked for 1t is believed 10 stone will be
!eit nnturued to crush the men who have been
instrumental in exposing the netarious trans
actions Of the Freedmen's Bureau agents.
WASHINGTON, May 25.
The House has passed the Bill excluding
from West Point those who hsye served in
tue Confederate army.
WAsH1yoros, May &c.
|. is stated that the Senatorial caucus has
jui!ed to agree OH the Constitutional Amend :
.n.nt. as reported from the committee. 1t is
considered practically dead.
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TiIting Hoops and False Calves.

We read great deal in the papers, especially
in Northern and Western papers, about tiltng
hoops and false calves. Arc such things common
among goythcrn women, or not? Wedonot think
they are in use in Edgefeld And nevertheless
our ladies dress fashionably and we'll. Wonder
how these tiltlng hoops and false calves look
Would like ve.. much 10 see them. That's q
naughty wish, however, and hetrays the old Adam.
Better take it hack. Certainly wouldn't like to
see them in Edgefeld. We have seen falae calves
on Opera dancers, and sometimes they have GER
tainIy peop great Improvement But what Ia
dies in private life want with false aalyen we are
at n loss to know. The manufacture Of romen is
really Incoming alarming. Wouldn't be surprised
to hear that the Parisians md Yankees were mnk-
ing them ,cho7e aud entire, first constructing them
always upon faultloss model of coursc-and
then breathing into them the breath oflife. All
thcae things are abouinablc perfectly abominable
We cannot but admire the course Of the Priest of
st. Xavier, as described below:
"The tilting hoops have at last aroused the in
dignst;oE of the clergy. Last Sunday ono oil the
Jesuit fathers, connepcea with the church Of st.
Francis Navier, in Sixteenth strept, spoke his
mind pretty freely on the subject. He admonish-
cd the female portion of his congregation that
they must give mp the abominaton altogether, or
cease to come tc tho confessional. Nothing half
so immodest or immoral had ever bepn witnessed
in New York before. A stranger might he for
given the puapioiou that our wives and daughters
were all turning 'oouricsaus. Ho did not know
what the fashions were ut the theatre or the opera,
because he did not 60 to such places but he
could not shut h!s Dyes to the nuisance, as 1t ex
listed before his eyes, in front of Gods holy altar.
He was determined TO abate 1t so far as the church
of St. Xavier was concerned other clergymcn
could do as they liked. AS you may infer, this
clerical blast against the garment in question has
created m iwmense sensation. A party who
manufactures them, In lraer 10 protect his busi.
ness, has hired Protestant proaObpr to dellyor
lecture TOMORROW evening in favor of them. He
proposes to shop that tho fitting hoop is condu-
Give to henlth, comfort end cleaplinofs, aud as
cleanliness is next akin to godlinese," he will
be prepared to demonstrate that the allegation as
to immortality is oil moonshioe. So, you SEQ,
there twn sides TO the question. It's a deli
cato one. at least. and perhaps it is hrtter that
the parsons should deal with it than the newspa-
pers or the Newspaper correspondent"
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A Paper from the Heart of Nebraska

From Kearhey City, Nebraska. VIC receive the
Kearn-y Herald. dignided and respectable pa
por, of Southern proclivities- It is a Semi Week
iyi Six Dollars per aunum. 1t is very pleasant
novelty to get ap exchange fsom this new and far
of country. 1t will always be hailed with inter
est in the Adreriiaer Office. The Editors speak
as follows:
To parties East, we would stfte from the HER
AID alone can they obtain tae earliest, rolis5le
and detailed Information from the Far West
1t is the only paper puhl'hsa within the limits of
that yix hundred mil. scope Of country known as
tho American Plains"
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President Johns on Sustained.
WAsHlNcroS. Nav a.

AshlNGlOS, Nay II.
AT q serenade to tie President speeches
were made which elicit considerable comment.
Secretaries McCulloch and Wells, and Post.
master Dennson cordially endorsed the Pres
ident. Secretary Stanton considered the re.
construction section disqualiSyins Southerners
deplorable being without justice or wisdom.
SECRETARY Harlan aud Attorney General Speed
declined to speak.
Forney, in discourteous and tart letters, de
nounces McCuiicch. He says that his speech
is brutal, and is the endorsement Of a tyraut
by q supercilious official.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-The bill in relation
to the public lands in Aabama, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida, has passed
the Senate. 1t provides that they be dis,
posed of according to Homestead Law of 1862,
without discrimination as to the color of the
purchasers, the price of patent TO be five dol
lars, which allows the privilege OF securing
land to persons who have served in the Con-
federate army, on taking the oath of allegiance
The Bankrupt Bill has passed the House
by yeas 63, nays so.
ten J. B. Palmer, of Tennessee, has been
pardoned:
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SO Tho Jacksqn Eeirs aud Nississiprinn says
that, notwithstanding it is not safe for NORTH
ern man to travel in tho South, these felows all
manage to go everywhere and get homo safe /!
They invariably turn up alive and swearing
before the Committee OF Fifteen!
a-Fr There is a ,nnn in Cincinnati taxed on nm
income Of $50 600, who, eleven years age, sxhib-
tied monkey in tho s!rcets for living.
s:y Secretary Seward, it is said, has writton
70 Minister Biee!ow thut the French Government
is hot carrying ont its withdrawal .of French
,rccps from Mexico in good fsith. but ou the con-
tf,ry, ms sent additional troops .hcrs since the
ay-ecn. for withlrawal was T;,de. This
3ovcrnmsB., ofc9ur.e, usists that the understand
iug musi 30 fully c.nicd cut and that no ad&-
tiond troops mast he dispatched to M4xieO.
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SITTING THINGS RreHr.-Msj General
Gordon Granger, Of the United States army,
passed throegh this place on Friday night
last on his way ta Fast Tennessee, it is said
BY order of the President, to let the people
there know that tht ssr had ended aud that
h., had so issued his prcS,a4 4afss lion. We leern
that the General has ordered ait parsons who
have received orders from the ''Lo,T ,Tss Aes5ps'
70 ave the State to report the same u; him
and TO remain at their homes that the often
ders shall be brought TO trial and punished.
The General says Law and order has to be re-
stored in Tennessee if it takes an array to do it
It's reported that a regiment Of cavalry
has been ordered to Jonesboro, and that the
Union Flo1 newspaper published there,
has been suspended, but we are not incnn' 4
70 believe either, though General Gran:er
might have animated something Of the kind
20 the editor, If be did not change the tooe o5
bis papss-Bdst0l Gazssts Rth.
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Tax Collectors Notice.

r WILL OPEN MY BOOKS for tie collection
d of the State and District Taxes at Edge6cld
C. L., on the 2lst inst. and will keep them open
until Monday, tho I'd July next.
On Tuesday and Wednesday,, the Sd and 9Th.
will be ut Grnnitcvi!le.
On Thursday and Friday, the 5th and 9th, at
Hamburg. After which time my Books will pos
.itivelyclose.' Those who fail to pay their taxes
by that date will be Doubled Taxed.
Tax Payers are requested to come forward at as
early day as they can.
Those having freedmen employed are request
ed to make the returns and pay the Taxes for
them.
Ny books will open at o'clock A. NJ, and
close at p NJ.
Gsx.Thosc who have failed to make their As
sessmcnt returns must do so by the 9th Juno next,
or they will be subject to double tax
BENZ. ROPER, T. C.. 2. D.
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A Soldiers Association.

If nothing else has been left us by the war,
(says tue Ddily caroliniun,) we may at least cor
tinuo Its sopial rotations. The ties formed in
camp, have been in many instances like bands ef
steel, and it is matter of serious consequence
that By nil proper artificial means these pleasant
associations shnll be perpetuated. There are hun.
dreds Of brave men in Columbla-oflicers and pr-
Yates, whose hearts have pusated in battle.
Some Of them sidO by side, and there are thou.
sands Of widows and orphans.
Whilo the FUR ladies Of the South are rcmem-
berng the Confederate dead, and laying tributea
OF flowers upon their graves, let tho noble COM
rades not forgot the living. Form your Associa-
ious, hold your weekly or scmi-lnonthly meetings.
create the ns,clcus Of D. libsaryand reading room
have your debating club; improve your minds by
attrition with other minds. and prepare for mora
glorious battles Of li!o.
The advantages Of such inter-communion ars
not to bo despised, while with proper energy put
forth, thousands Of dollars may be gathered sndI
distributed to the dead soldiers wifo and little
ones. Who will move in this matter?
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sS- Tho Connecticut Senate baro passed
resolution in favor of tho immediate admission of
Teauessro into the Union, aud Of her Representa-
ton in Congress.
scs* John " HUDSON announces HE intcntion
to cross tho Allan tic in host tveRtysiz feet long
and six Wide. The craft Is a netaliie lifs bou..
full ahip-rigsoa
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BURIED IN A GooDs BoX.--A little colored
child, we learn, was buried on Sunday last in
common goods box, the parents having no
funds to procure coffin. l. died on friday
and lay until Sunday, and no friendly help
was afforded. Subsequent developments show
that sufficient and proper nourishment was
also much needed, lack Of which probably
hastened its. death. What commentary !;
eleven millions of appropriation for the poor
freedmen, schools and bureaus, and yet no
one to furnish cheap coffin !-Newberry
Herald.
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DECEASED SOLDIERS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.

COLUMBIA, S. c.
VNJITH the partial resumption of mail facii-
w ties, 1 again, under appointment of the
Legislature, request the names of all who died in
service, of disease, from accident or wounds, or
who fell in battle. Give the name 10 full-Dis-
k-Company-Regiment and arm Of
servicc-Datc and cause OF death, and Shen he
died.
The Record cannot be completed without tho
assistance of all who take 40 Interest in this me-
moriul. Especially, to our returned soldiers do
now make this appeal. Ii it be but single
name you can furnish, send it to mo at once.
WM. ]. RIVERS,
State Agent for Recording, &c.
Nav 30 If 90
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GENERAL Jos. E. JonNsoN.-Ata recent
meeting of the stockholders of the Alabama
and Tennessee River Rail Road held at Sell
ma, General Joseph f. Iohnson was elected
President without opposition. The Selma
Times thinks his acceptance Of the position
may be confidently expected: A resolution
was adopted to increase the salary Of the
President at the. discretion Of the directory,
p,ouided it should not be less than $4,000 a
year. Fhis isa handsome and deserving com.
plmen, to the great Virginitn,
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MoRE RELIEF FOR THE SoUTH.-The Baltl.
more Sun of the 2lst says:
The ladies of Baltimore appear to never
weary in we'll doing, particularly as regards
the relief of the suffering people of the South.
A nun. Der of them are now engaged in get.
ting up q supper, strawberry festivaland PROM
enade concert. to take place during tho pres
ent week at ahe New Assembly Rooms, os a
means of securing relief for many cases of
Southern distress which the funds of the late
fair fail to reach.
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RACES of ADVERTISING.
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.

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(lu Miaio, !.ues pr iess.j Tor ;". hrst 'nser''"i
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Announcing C ,ndidates $500, in advance.