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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
The Breakers Ahead.
The Boston Herald, in the course Of an abl
,-t;o,o ,,no, ,ho ,roy.,t condition of tbo conn

The Boston Herald, in the course Of an able
article upon the present condition of the coun'
try, says:
"We are in great danger. Tho expenses
Of the country are greater than it can safely
bear. The machinery now employed by the
Government, including the military govern
meat of the South, the Preedmen's Bureau,
the army Of tax gatherers, aud the numerous
other expedents for spending money, is .our
Times as extensive and costly as it was before
the war. We do not feel it when We are
borl owing money and expanding the cur
reucy. but now pay day is at hand. Legiti.
mate business throughout the North end West
is in PROSTATE condition. Its vitality has
been sappcd by taxation. The South is not
only bankrupt, but actually starving. The
people everywhere are suffering from the bur.
dens heaped upon them. Prices of foud, of
rents, of clothing, are increasing, and our
taxes are growing higher every year. Our
local taxes are no exceptions. The State tax
for this Commonwealth amounts to $5,OOO,-
600 last year. The rate Of taxation in this
city has increased in the same. time from $l3
to $l7 in the thousand, and the same is true
Of all the cities and towns about US. The
remedy is in the hands of the people, and if
they do not exercise it they have no right to
complain. But if they think that we have
enjoyed as much as we can afford of such lux
uries, we call on them to kick over all plat
forms built upon abstract dogmas, and to
choose servants who will act for the best in
terests of the country. We are on the wrong
track. Let US change our course before tie
Ship of State is wrecked upon the breakers
dead ahead!"
Tho " breakers dead ahead" are tho Radi-
cal party, and its policy with reference to re-
construction. With ten States reduced to
military Territories, the people ruled by the
sword, business ruined, and capitalists pre-
vented from operating in that fruitful and
productive section for fear of con6scation and
the bestowment OF land on the negroes, how
can it be expected that the country will
emerge from under the cloud that now over.
shadows it2 The increased expenses of the
War Department are owing to this military
scheme. The Freedmen's Bureau also ex-
pends millions yearly, and the only effect
of their labors is to keep large portion of
the negroes in idleness and to disturb the in
dustrial system of the Southern States. Nor
do the m.schievous operations of the Radical |
end at this point. In order to
keep up agitation, and thus prepare for the
next Presidential contest, they have sent po.
lItleal missionaries into the South, excited the
col9rea people upon political questions when
they should haTe been engaged In attending
to the crops in that section, and thhs preYent-
I'd them from being used in such d manner
as to improve their own condition, and at the
same time, add to the products and material.
wealth of the nation.
The condition of the country cannot be bet
!ered until there is q change inib rdlers.--
Philadephis A@. -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
Mexican Afairs.

The latest intelligence from Mexico, whilst
bringing us no positive news OF the late OF
Macmillan, makes the probability strong that
his life will be spared. 1t appears that treach-
ery was the cause of the fall of Qderetaro. 1t
is announced that General Lopez, who is Pep
resented as bosom friend'o Maximilian, be-
treyed hi, comrades for forty eight thousand
dollars in money; and the wo:k Of treachery
was arranged so completely and carried out so
successfully that Maximliah and his entire
force were handed over to- Escobedo without q
hostile shot being fired.
Signor Romero, the Minister of Juarez at
Washington, writes a letter to the New York
Herald in which he argues that it would be-
very impcitic in Mexico to allow Mdximilian
to- 60 to Europe, he will be a continual me-
mace tothe State of Mexico" asserting that he.
will cali liimself Emperor of Mexico maintain
court about him, and return, after time,
like Iturb:de, to claim his Empire. He adds
that Mexico cannot afford to be magnanimous,
like the United States because she is feeble.
and the United States powerful. The argu-
ment is 1oolis,i, timid and cruel one. Rome
70 does not seem to favor numbering the EN-
peror, but pretty plainly indicates imprison
ment for life, in imitation Of the refined ex-
ample of he Allies in disposing of NAPOLEON
The N. Y. Herald has special dispatch
from San Louis Potosi of the 18th ult., to the
effect that Juarcz rejects the terms proposed
BY Maximiian, made at the interview With
Escobcdo. On receipt Of the news rejecting:
Macmillan, Mejia and Miramon were placed
in separate cells and the guards doubled. Let
ters express but little hope for MaS:lnilian's
safety.
WasnINcroy, June l4-Romero, Mexican
Minister, has letter dated Tacubaya, May
few days he will have thirty five thousand
troops, including nine thousand cavalry, when
he will attack Mexico city. None will escape.
Could the city, with its present force, expect
to hold out when it lacks cavalry to guard the
avenues of escape? Diaz concludes =" When
you shall have received this letter, the soil oil
Mexico will already have been cleared Of
traitors"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
No, Longer scrubby.

Last week, wo told Of Scrub horticultural
Exhibition" which had taken place in our town
the week before; and gave notice tha. another
would come OF on the 18th inst, last Thursday.
And so it did como off and wo can assure you it
was anything but scrubby. On the contraryiit
was an exceedingly sensible, genteel. enjoyabio,
well-patrpnized affair. Vegetables were thore, and
fruits were there, and flowers were there; and men
wero also there land, last but veryfa from least
fair women wero there. Women who knew how
to combine the useful with the beautiful And
the whole thing was most rational and pleasing
affair. And as to the Vegetables, no regular
market gardener could show finer. In fact, neither
Pemble, nor Peabody, nor these Wethersicld peo-
pie in Connecticut ner these York people in Penn
sylvania, ever'rased fner-or beheld finer. And
as to Mrs. Ms waiter of fruit and flowers,
Pomona would have bcamed with delight at the
bare sight of it. And as to the regal bouquet
which was sent to us by our honored friend on the
hill, (who, by the by, makes infinitely the most
beautiful bcuquctsin the world even Flora her-
self, tho Goddess of Flowers, might have adopted
it as o sceptre. And as to Dr.S., who presented
US with that splendid basket whose contents were
without exception pronounced "best," we no. on
ly thank him, but NE rise up and call him blossed.
The next exhibition will take place, at Mr..
ROBERT MIHss store on tho 11tb Of July. AL
are invited to contribute and attend. Below will
be found the report of the Examining Committee.
The Committee appointed to examine the vege-
tables and Fruits at tho Horticultural Exhibition,
of last week, beg leave to present the following
report, viz:
Best Bassano Beets, Pink Eye Potatoes and
White Squash, (very fne,) Mrs. DR.. J. W. Hill.
Best Bush Beans and Tender Lettuce, Mrs. DR.,
E. J. MINIS. ,i,
Best Chinese Pea and Mammoth Cabbage Leaves
Mrs. Jos. ApNEY.
Best Large York Cabbage and Waiter of Fruit,
Mrs. R. Il. MINIS.
Best Blood Turnip Beet, Yellow Crook Neoked
Squash, Mercer Potatoes, Onions and Tomatoes,
(unripe), Dr.. SANDERS.
Best Long Green Cucumber, Mr.. S. H. MASGET.
B.C. BRYAN; Charm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
The Wheat Crop..New Flour.

Tho Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, of Saturday.
says: "From all sections Of tho State como the
most cheering accounts of m unpreeedentedly
large wheat crop. In Cherokee alone ne sec it
stated that the yield ID almost sufficient to supply
the wants of tho whole State. The accounts from
all parts of the country indicate bountiful har-
vest. Under those circumstances 1our must neces-
.arily undergo heavy decline. 1t is, therefore,
tho duty and interest Of our planting friends in
this section, who have been so favorably blessed,
to hurry their wheat to market without delay.
By doing SO, good prices will bo realized, uhoreas
If they delay unnecessarily, producers alone will
suffer, as tho large yield will force down present
rates.
ain this connection, we acknowledge the receipt
Of new -four from Messrs. George T. Jackson
Co., of the Granite Mills; tho brand is extra
Family" and it is really somcthir extra, as all
who have tried are willing to testify. These gep.
tlcmen will pay the highest market price for nov
wheat"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19

A SPEECH rY JEFF ERsoN DAVIS. The On
ly speech Jefferson Davis has yet made in
Canada was delivered in Niagara during his
visit to that place-when hc was sernaded by
the band CT the town, and large number OF
the towns.people.. They we're, invited into
Mr.. Nason's house.. where Mr.. Davis was
staying, and introduced to. that gentleman,
who expressed his thanks 10 the following
brief speech: =.
{" Gentlcmaea-I thank you sincerely for the
honor you have this evening shown to me it
shows that true British manhood to which
misfortune is always attractive. May peace
and prosperity be forever tia blessing of Can
ada, for she has been the asylum for many Of
my friends, as she is now ail asylum to my
self. hope that Cauada may forever remain
part of the British Empire, aud may God
bless YOU all, and the British flag never cease
to wave over YOU"
The New York Times thinks this speech IN.
dcates that Mr.. Davis intends to reside in
Canada, and that he is opposed to its annexa-
tion to the United States.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
{ wash.ngtpnNews. .
WASHINGTON, June Is

WAsBINGToN, June 10.
Special dispatches TO the Baltimore Sun and
New Yorl: World saysthat.the President will
probably assemble Congress in August, by
proclamation, in order to,adiustthe complca.,
tions which have arisen, ,underthe Recenstruc.'
tion Acts. M ~
A Jury was obtained in the Surratt case
to-day, which will secure the triafof the &C
cused beginning Monday.
An Agent for Pacific Railroad, Califor-
MIA side, las arrived inSWashiugton to obtain,
through the Frcedmen's Bureau, the services
of,from one thousand to, fifteen hundred col
ored laborers on chat road.
The Herald and Tribune are furious in their
condemnation of the policy foreshadowed by
an extract from tho 1ntelligencer which was
telepraphed here yesterday. The latter says: {:
ave feel that the President is treading on
dangerous ground, not only Tor himself but
for the country"
The Herald says: Congress must meet in
july. 1t must meet with the resolute will'to
carry on fhe movement, ::ow greater and
more necessary than ever, of impeaching and
removing Andrew johnson from the Execu-
tive Chair" The Times says: f" 1t may be
wise TO restrain such removals for the future;
but it will be- grave practical mistake to re.
verse the action taken hitherto, and a still
greater blander to remove or punish the Off
GERS for having taken it."
It is alraost certain that. the acts of the
District Commanders, wherein they have
transcended nominations Of the law, will be
reversed, and the power Of the Provisional
Governments restored, and that the function.
aries of the Provisional Governments will
hereafter only be removed by court martial 9 or
act OF Congress. This is the decision of the
Cabinets Stanton only dissenting by silence
The probable resignation of the District Com
manders, under these reversals understands
was discussed. Such action was apprehended
aud depldced The point was made, however
that these District Com manders were soldiers
| on duty, and that, 6owever unpleasant the
duty, they cannot abandon their post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
Registration.

T, lss. than month tho Boards ofiRegistra-'
,;oD tbrouphout our State will be completed; aud
m tbe third Monday in July the work of Regis.
tratiOn will bo begun. An opportunity, there
fore. will soon be presented to atho'e who desire
to qualify themselves for voting. We hold ito
be tho absolute. and bounden duty Of eVery one,
not disfranchiscd, to set promptly in this matter
so soon as the work of registration begins Not one
single individual, not disfranchised, should neg
lsct or refuse 10 register; either from Indifference
to trap,piring events, dislike ofths government,
O, hatred of the method presented for restoFns
the Union. Every msn should remember the fact
that unles, he properly qualities himself for yo-
ting. by compliance with the regulations gov
ernino registration, he wiil not be allowed to
participate in amy elections that may occur during
the time the State is in process of reconstruction
A neglecrto register, or a refusal to do'o, by
those who are not disfranchised by the proposed
Constitutional amendment, may-nay-'eiHproduce
fearful result by throwing the control OF the stats
government into the hands of q few persona, who,
in order to subserve their own notorious purposes
and to retain the spos, will not hesitate to forever,
or for some given term of years, disfrancbi'e
you, and prohibit you, by State legislation, from
participating in any future elections.
Whether person.votes or docs not vote upon
the question "for Convention" or "againsta
Convention, ho should, by all means in the world,
register and be prepared for future electionsiln
the event that majority Of ballots are cast IN
favor of restoration according the Sherman Bill.
Every one should remember the fact tthat when par-
tics gain th. aicendcncy, it is with much difficulty
they are displaced ;and that when the administrs-
ton of the laws of the land falls into the hands oan
unscrupuous political clique, it is with much difi-
Guilty ,uch administration is wrcsteds from the
same. Once in power. these parties and cliqrue'
will struggle hard to retain it; especiallySin
these days of Official corruption and general de-
moraliration. Any in,trumentality which will
enable an unscrupulous political party to retain
power, will be brought into rcquisition. It mat
| tcrs not how wicked the instrpment-or'h how I'M
constituional-it will be eagerly seized uponin
order that they may accomplish their purposes
To avert this condition of affairs in our State,
every onc Sho is allowed, should most undopbt-
edly register and when registered, every one
should vote in al tho elections to be held. The
most intelligent and influential men in every seo-
ton should use their intelligence and influence to
see that mono of their friends and ncghbors be SO
careless or so unin nstructed as to neglect this all.
| ;mnor+a.t duty of Registration. -,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
uTbe oueep of the Monthlies.,

A lady friend style, DEuosEsr's Illustrated
Magazine the Queen Of the Monlhlics, and it
is not unworthy Of the title. The July number,
which has como early to hand, is az gorgeous as
the month it represents. 1t is brimming full of
good stories, fine illustrations, household hints,
and gay, seasonable fashions. Notwithstanding
that thi. publication is issued from an "Empor-
um of Fashions" the editors do not disdain q
glance at folly us she flies, and some of the best
hit, at prevailing frivolities which We have ever
seen we're found in tho pages of "DExoREsr."
To ladies' living far from metropolitan centres, it
is especially valuable and useful, and We are not
surprised that SO many confess it indispensable.
Tho subscription prico is So per year, with q
handsome premium.
Address, W. JENNINGS Dr1onnsr, 47s Broad
way, Esn York.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
Interestinq News from Hungary.

PEsTH, HUNGARY, Saturday, June S.-The
Emperor and Empress Of Austria were to-day
crowned King and Queen of Hungary, with
melieval ponp and splendor.
The sun rose clear and bright, but was OBJ
scurcd by passing clouds, which: by scme,
was considered as premonition of the future
of Hungary.
The city was crowded with visitors from all
parts of the world, and was splenddly deco
rated. The Ambassadors of all nations hay-
ing diplomatic relations with Austria, except
the United States, were present on the oc-
casion.
The condition of the Empress Mathilde, or
of ,Maximilian, the late. Emperor of Mexico,
did not interfere with the ceremonies. neith-
er did Kossuth's recent letter diminish the
popular enthusiasm OH the occasion.
The coronation took place at Ofen, across
the river Danube, and the concluding rites in
this city.
Eight hundred Hungarian and Austrian
mobiles, sixty Pecresses, a hundred diplomat
lists, and thousands of strangers, witnessed
the coronation. The scene was magnificent.
Bishops of the Roman Catholic and Latin
Churches assisted at the ceremony.
The costumes displayed we're gorgeous. The
Emperor was anointed in the ancient robes,
crown. mantle and shoes OF St. Stephen, the
first Christian King of Hungary.
The Empress was anointed under the right
armpit
The special mass, sung by the Imperial
choir from Vienna, was composed by Liste.
After the coronation, the King knighted
several Hungarians, and then rode in person
to Pesth, where he took the oath, in which
he promised to reconquer the ancient limits
of Hungary.
The pageant far exceeded anything de-
scribed by Froissart or Sir Walter Scott.
Nothing like it has been witnessed for ccntu-
ries, and, in all probability, they will never
be repeated.
The coronation ceremonies were closed by
the King riding up a mound of earth formed
of soil brought from the different departments
of Hungary, and waving his sword at the
four points of the compass, at the same time
solemuly swearing that he would defend the
Kingdom against the world.
There was an immense cheering from the
assembled multitude during the performance
of the rites.
There is grand illumination and banquet
tonight. At the banquet Peers act as servants.
The Hungarian Diet voted hundred thou.
sand ducats as present to the King and
Queen. There was the greatest excitement
and enthusiasm displayed. Ten Archdukes
were present. The Austrian Prime Minister,
Won Beust, was conspicuous. Mons. Deak
was alb ent. M. Androssy crowned the King
and Queen. A general amnesty of political
offences has been proclaimed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
3. rhe Practice OF. Carrying Deadly
Weapons."

In General Orders Ito. lo,sissued two
months ago from General sIekIEy headquar-
tiers, the following paragtaphso occurs;
& Nj - s*
The practice ofscarrYingS deadly weapons,
except bvloficerss and soldiers jjirthe service
Ofthe United = lite ssatss,is prohibited sHS.
There was no:discussion;as to- the proptiety
or wisdom Of this portion Of the order. 1t
misunderstood that time Of disorder and
confusion might be at hand and it was held
to be right that in this respect every person
should be placed on the slinc footing in the
eye of the Military law. This law is the law
to which we must now look; and, as il is
certain that every military order published
for the direction ofethe people was intended
by General Sickles to be carried out to the
letter, and to be applied impartially without
fear or favor, no hesitation is felt in calling
attention to the patent fact that that para
graph of Order No. 10, which prohibits the
carrying Of deadly weapons, is not enforced
as generally, or as equally, as it was desired
and expected to be. -. yisn :. SO
In cities and towns, the practice of openly
carrying deadly weapons has been stopped !;
but in the country Districts, where it is most
necessary to avoid all occasion of riot and
strife, it is openly and petsistently persevered
in by at least one class Of the people: The
whites are not allowed to carry deadly weap-
fons.' If they are seer I'd have them in their
possession, they, are warned and, if they per.
sist, the arms or weapons, are taken away.
| Of this. no complaint is made ;-the order
| was general, and it must be obeyed. But,
while the order rs thus enforced towards the
whites, it is not equally enforced towards the
colored people; At political ,risetings which
are held in. the country districts, we learn
many of the colored men WHO eTe present
are openly aud fully armed, They may mean
no harm and may do no harm, bat they are
disobeying an order from District Headquar-
tiers which, if it is not tt be dead letter,
should be. obeyed alike By all, classes of per
sons. at the meeting held in Summerville
on Saturday last, q number of the oolored
people carried guns or pistols, ard yet at this
same place arms have been taken away from
| white men who had lghtIessly or igno-
rantly carrieI them. This is hut one case
out of many;-but one example of many
instances of similar kind.
One high merit has always attached tc
military orders.-they hive always been car.
ried out and enforced tc the letter, by tbs
officers to whom they. Ere addressed; and
knowing this, there is every assurance that
the partiality or oroversight to which reference
has been made will be speedily. and efectdal:
" rectiGed.- charleston Mercury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19
More of Stanberry's Opinion, and More
Trouble for the President.


Among rhe latest kilograms from Wa'hingtonh
the following. If tho Attorney General thinks
thus, and enunciates hi. opinion officially, We sup-
po,o the President will proceed to rein.tate some
Of the civil officers so summariy deposed in Louis
ians and Alabama Or will he? lie certainly
oughtto. If he does, Congress will undoubtedly
meet in July or August, and shear him, in tricc
of the little power he has left-perhaps impesch
him at once. The Radicals will not have their
pet. and fsvoritcs interfered with, or ,nubbed and
one of the chief of these i, Sheridan, who is the
man Mr.. Stanberry's opinion would most signally
rebuke.
It is understood in official circles that The At
torney General in his opinion just prepared, holds
that the reconstruction acts provide for two gov
ernmenis military and civil; that both are pro-
vi.onal, and to be obeyed, but to cease when re-
organization of the State governments taxes place
He also takes the position, that the military is on
" to protect all in their rights Of personal prop
erty and for the preservation of order md the sap
preston of violence and crime. There ia
thority IN the lao for renorai by Me military com
naaoler of the proper officers IF the State, neither
executive or Judicial, the appointment Of their
,uecessors The military commander is not au-
thorized to destroy but is bound to protect civil
officers: a military commander being regarded as
conservator of the peace and not an abrogator OF
the law.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-19

The BLACK VorE IN TIE FUTURE The
Nation says that the negro population OF the
South will have always TO rely on its natural
increase for its growth, while the white por-
ulation is swollen every year BY an enor.
nous immigration. Let it appear that po-
litical tranquility is once restored to the
South, and we may be sure that slavery be.
ing gone, the groat and advancing tide, which
is now eating every year farther and farther
into the heart of the Western wilderness, will
begin to steal very rapidly into the Southern
forests, and to swamp the black vote every
where There is not the ghost of chan ce
that in ten years there will in any Southern
Slate be black majority, and that the ballot
will be of any use to the negro except to. de-
end the fruits Of his own toll. There is
danger just now, however, that the negro
ma7 be led astray, and that his education in
civilization raay, BY bad counsels, be made
bitterer and harder than it need be-.