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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

AS the campaign advances, the
Democrats are showing their hands
more boldly. Grant is now told to
"get back 10 his tan. n.yard, where
the war picked him up" and eve
ry word uttered in his praise is de-
clared to bo "a new rivet in the
fetters Of the country" And yet
this party has the effrontery to ask
soldiers TO vote with it!
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

The body Of Macmillan has
finally been delivered to Admiral
Tegethof, who has for long time
been waiting atVera Cruz with his
squadron to take-it.off.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

A cheese from Canada, destined
for Liverpool is waiting ship
.ment in New York. tits eight feet
in diameter by six in thickness,
and Weighs over 600 pounds.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

We would like to ask tho editor
Of the Pomeroy Banner where he
will land when Grant gets the
nomination for the Presidency =
AS that paper has for some months
been floating the Grant ticket at its
mast head yet advocating Demo
cratic doctrines-it will be a ludi-
crous spectacle to see the editor
hauling down his colors when his
candidate gets the nomination. 1t
will put him in a still more inte!-
esting position when he is compelled
to run up Pendleton, Seymour or
Mcclellan, or follow Grant into the
Union ranks. Look out for a spec
tacIe about next May or june
Athens MESSENGER.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

Why is a fifty, FOUNDER gun like
rain.shedder2 Because it is a
number Il er.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05


Tho following, by DR.. Holland
the author Of "Bitter Sweet,
would perhaps have bccn more ap
propriate for last weeks paper
but It is good enough for any tim
or season:
Thanksgiving Hymn.
For Summers bloom AMI Autumn's blight,
For bending wheat and blasted maize,
For health and sickness, Lord of''ght
And Lord ofdarlxness, hear our praise!
We trace to Thee our.ioys and woes
To Thee ofcOuses still the canse,-
WethahIt Thee that rhy hand bestows;
We bless Thee that Thy lave withdraws.
We bring no SORROWS to Thy throne;
We come to Thee with no complaint;
In Providence Thy will Is done,
Andsthat is sacred to the saint.
Here on this bIest Thanksgiving Night;
We raise to Thee our grrteful voice,
For what Thou doest, Lord, is right;
And thus believing, we rejoice.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-12-05

iYThe N. Y. Citizen makes a re
cent caucus Of editors OfnIl shades
Of political opinion at the Aslor
House, N. Y. break up singing
So, boys, final bumper,
While We sllin chorus chant,
''Por next President We nominate
Our own Ulyssea Gni'ti"
hnd' ifasked What sbic he halls from,
'Ths orr sole reply shait be-
From near ApponAtox Court House
AMI iis h'mous spIIe tree"
For 't~as there TO o1r Ulysses,
That Lee gsye mp the fght,--
No~ boyr. 40 Grant for Presideut,
ADd God defend the rightr
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

DAycE.ous A:s:uLr.-On Saturday even
ins q h:tc before 6 o'clock, Y serious and
rcriaps deadly assault was committed upon
AIr. joan T. Hayes. ciitor of tie Savannah
RepHjiicaa, by T.. Il. Hopkins. Jr., and W.R.
hopkins.
The i,cts, as We have learned them, arr as
follows: Every one iii The front office hap
nene;i ct the time to be ont, with the eXccp-
iion Of Il negro boy, and lIr. Hayes. haTing
had business u? stairs. was just coming down
ard about entering TIC counting room when
he was met by G. III. Hopkins, who extended
hisIand, saying" How. do you do, Mr.. HAYES
IIascs responded. whcn Hopkins, still holding
his right aand, slapped his face 'Tith his 'eii,
and continued holdn; him while his lrothcr
kuockea him down with loaded whip. Mr..
HIVES partly recovered and made for the ont-
er door, when he was struck again and beat
CT AFTER he was down.
Some negroes picked up the sufferer and
carried him into Mr.. Homes store, and laid
him On some barrels. While thus lying, orc
OF his assaiants stood in front OF the door
and cursed the hcl pless victim. ASSISTANCE
soon arrived, and Mr. II. was reused from bis
temporary inscnsibility and conveyed home,
when DR.. King was called to attend him. Inc
most severe wound was one On the side OF
the head, about two inches long and quite
deep.
Tic assailarts were almost Immediately
arrested upon charge of assault with intent
to murder. and brought before Justice Isaac
NJ. Mash. who admitted them to bail in the
slm Of SS3 1000 each.
Yesterday morning Mr. Hayes was mere
comfortable, but tuwar,ii evening took such
an unlayoraLe turn that his friends request
ed the rcarlc>l Of the assailanis, which was
accordingly done, and they were locked up
in the u. S. Barracks at their owr request,
to await the result OF Mr.. Hayes injuries.
Tie alleged provocation for this Assault
WAS an editorial in Saturday mornings Ne
DpJlicoa. rcllecting severely upon some par
lies WHO hid taken icst oatiis FOR the purpose
Of obtaining oili ;, which was gcnorai!y uli-
derstcod rs rcferriugto Col. G. Il. Hopkins,
the father of the young men.
Whatever may have been the provocation,
when it is considered that Mr.. Hayes is a
sirht, almost clIeminato man, and we'll
known non-combatant, there can be but one
opinion of the courage or manliness OF his 1t
tack by two young, Strong men, armed
with a murdcrous weapon, either one oi
whom could have handled him easily with one
hand.
at q late hour last night VIC learned thai
his physician considered the life of Mr.. Hayes
in much danger from compression of the
brain.-Savannah Advertiser, 18th.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25
Reported Discovery OF Polar Cont"
nent iii the 4irtic Ocean.
SAN FaAxclsco, Friday, December

DAN FRANCISCO, rrli'ty. DcCcuiSSi -
I[onoluln dates o.. November II have been
recc;?ed. The King had completed his new
residence AZ Malokin. he gave grand ban
quot, which was attended by 500 natives and
@ few foreigners.
The Honolulu Advertiser publishes an &C
count of the discovery of land, hitherto un-
Known in tic Arctic Oceail, By Captain Long,
Of the whale ship Nile. 1t is thought this
territory vii prove to be the polar continent
so long sought AFTER The past season has
been the miidest which has been experienced
by the oldest whalcmcn, and Captain Long
was able tr reach the latitude 1880. He en-
ahmed the land attcntively along its entire
Southern coast, which lie sketchcd. 1t ap-
pears to be quite elevated, and has n noun
tain Hear 10 tie centre, about longitude $50,
resembling an extinct volcano, and estimated
to be about three thousand feet high. Cap
tain Long named thecountry Uronecil's Land,
after q Russian Emperor. Tile Western point
of the coast in latitude 10 degrees Dl6 minutes
North, longitude rs degrees so minutes East,
he named Cape Thomas after the seaman
who discovered it. The Southeast point he
called Cape Harran. The Nile sailed sere-
raj days along the coast and approached with
in fifteen miles OF the shore. The lower part
oi tie land was free from SNOW, and appeared
to be covered with vegetation. 1t was i'm
possible to tell how far the land extended
Northward Ranges Of mountains conld be
seen until they were lost in the distance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25


"BRlSc ZEN Iy"-Two freedmen, yeat'r-
day, and ore day before, were lodged in the
Jail: charged with stealing. We uudog< tand
the two last requested the sheriff to be in Il
hurry to send them to the pcniten.iary. IS
they had heard that q large table wou!d be
spread ct each meal hour, loaded with COOL
things, to which every occupant of the pcai-
tentiary would bayc free access; they were
also under the irvcession that in that sup
posed haven there was 10 work 10 be done,
but the summit Of b!iss-undisturbed ease
and rest-wcud be the share Of every onc
who should seek its hospitable portals. There
are now ten Jail birds incarceratcd in our
little Jail, two of whom will be removed ucxt
week 10 the Observation-Disclosures Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25
Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel.
! bou Ben Ad1em (may his tribe increased y

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase9
Awoko one night from deep dream of peace, :.
And saw, within the moonlight in his room, II l.
Making it rich, and like lily in bloom, :,
An angel, writing in book of gold;
Exceeding peace had madc Ben Adhem bold:
And to the presence in the room he said,
" What writest thou?" The vision raised its head
And, with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answered. "Tho names of those who love the
= Lord" - =, T>.
'"A And is.mine one2p said ,Abou. "!Nay, not So;
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But eheerly still; and said, "I:pray thee, them,
Write me as one that loves his fellow men," 7-
Tho angel wrote and vanished. The next nigh
1t came again, with great wakcnins light,
Aud showed tho names whom loYo Of God hath
blessed, t-- ,.2.,..., 81 ss.'
And 10 Ben Adhems name led all the rest
s. ID . - LEIGH HuNr.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

WORTHY OF IMITAr1oN.-Wc notice in q
Western paper the fact that there is amer.
chant in thc own in which the paper is print.
ed, who, whenever q man buys q good Dill Of
goods from him, makes the purchaser pres
cnt of the village paper, in which he adver-
tiSes, for one year, and thus he manages to
keep the customer constantly reminded CT
his busiuess-and he will neve: forget such .
present. Should that man give his customers
two dollars ir greenbacks or in goods, il
might soon be forgotten; but when he is
once week, ior flty.two weeks, placed in
receipt Of his friends bounti, can any one
doubt lis being q good way to advertise?
This is worthy Of imitation by business mca.
-Exchange.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

WITHHOLDING CorroN oy WHICH ADVANCES
HAVE BEES MApr.-We lave noticed in some
OF our Southern exchanges articles referring
to the very discyed.table, or to speak more
to the point, absolutely dishonest course which
has bccn pursued b!- some planters in obtain,
ine advances on their crops from factors, and
then dispo.ag Of t-eir cotton TO other par.
tics, without rcinbur,ng the factor to whom
they had obligated themselves to ccnsign it,
in any shape whatever. at the present time
there is, We regret 10 say, case CT this kind
pending in one of cur own courts. The laws
O! this Sale are exceedingly stringent, as
they ought to be, respecting the dnliss Of
both factoy aad planter, AID ii is to be hoped
that in all cases involving either tie interests
or tie honor OF one OF the other, tic law will
be enforced III its fullest eXtcnt.-N. 0. Price
Current
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

GG5r The right of women to exercise the
suffrage has received practical demonstra-
ton al the election of Mr. Jacob Bright as
member of Parliancrttor Manchester, in Eng
land. A woman named Lily Maxwell. who
kept shop and Paid rates, was duly recorded
on the register,",by some error, as voter.
She went to the polls and claimed the right
to vote, and her claim had to be admitted, Las
the inspectors could not go behind the regis
ter. The case excited considerable interest.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

=
GI6oarsT4yE OF AFFAIRS IN Arkansas
e One of ffhe;editors Of the Memphis Aual.
[zsiieae hasjust completed athree weeks so.
FIiSagn in Arkansas: He gives q gloomy pic:
ture5 Of affairs in+esshs.t State. HeSse5s;;;s i
The reports which have reached this city
have not been exaggerated. Indeed the con-
dition Of the country is worsethan represent
ed. Gloom and despair peryadeth minds
of the entire farming population. The| losses
of those engaged in the culture Of cotton. .w.il
Ebe enormous. But few. viii pay expenses,
The losses this year. are much larger than
those of last year. Plantergsare rapidly pay:
iug of and dischsrging their hands, being;
unable to feed them longer. The negro is
completely demoralizcd:ssMost of them have
largely ovcrdrawn. their wages land, having
learned this fact, many Of them have aban5
doned their --ennplelers,, leaving -,fhea COTTON
still unpicked, and the result is planters are
compelled to employ others to pick out their
cotton, for wlic:: labor they have already
paid. As so many planters will refuse to
raise cotton next year, thousands Of negroes
will be thrown Oh: vi employment, and they
will be forced TO I've bya regular system Of
pl;e.ins a;l robbery. They have already
commenced killing stock, stealing horses,
plougbs and harness, witha view oil setting
up for themselves next year. Game is a5un.
dant in Arkansas, and most OF those who
have abandoned their employers ere living by
hunting and fishing. Ill Of them have 81
thcr {. repeater or a gur. Or boIh : bat their
great trcub!e seems 20 be liz purchasing caps:
powder and Shot. Those who have stock c:
anything to seal liye in constant dread. The
same state Of affairs exists Throughout tie
Southern States. What We saw and heard in
Arkansas car be seen il every section of the
South
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

SwEAerNc.-Swcaring is the fit expression
of human rage and the most exact interple-
ter Of lis real meaning. lie vino utterS the
fearful word of damnatlon against his icilow
man, is giving vent to n feeling which, had
he lie power, would really consisn him to
hell. Anger is thus nat only murder, but
murder Of the worst kind; it would not on
ly kill the body, but would cast both soul
and body into hell. Swcarer: see what your
cath means Angry men, sec what your an
ger means
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

IL Alta steeplc-chaso held near Mon
treal, a few days ago, a platform, holding 500
people, came down with a crash upon q bar
which was kept beneath it, itarillly crushing
those who were gathered around The couater
One man named Stewart, q noted gambler
was crushed to death with q pack OF cards in
his hands. Several other persons we're in,
.iured, but hone fatally.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25
RE AD! lREAD!

RE AID! sREAD!
Our Stock consists in part Of
Brown ami Blcachcd SIIEETINGS;
Brown and ,Bleachcd SlIIRTINGS:
Pillow Case LINENS and C0Tr0NS;..
Cotton and Linen DIAPER;
Brown aud Bleached JEANS;
French and American MERIN0ES;
Figured and Solid DELAlNES:
Beautiful POPLINS and ALPACAS;
LUSTRES and Ornamental rWILLS;.
Ornamental LUSTRES in variety;
Opcra and all Wool FLANNELS;
Canton FLANNELS;
CLOAKS, SHAWLS, NUBIAS, S0NTAGS,
BalmoraI and Hoop SKIRTS;
COLLARS, GLOVES, HOSIERY;
Ladies' and Gents UNDERVESTS;
Ladies and Misses HATS,
RIHBoSS. FLOWERS and FEATH sRS;
READY MADE CL0THING-e Urge and
we'll selected Stock, from the choap est to the
finest;
Doe skin CASHMERE;
CASSIMERES and SATINETS;
TWEEDS an.l Kentucky JEANS.
Bed BLANK ETS, Saddle BLANK ETS;
Mems and Boys HATS-aH kinds;
Ladies, Misses, Mems, Boys and Childrcn's
SHOES, in great variety;
GR0CERIES,-larges stock and lite variety:
HARDWARE, CR0CXERY, GLASSWARE;
Fine FRENCH BRANDIES;
Bakers and Gibson's best WB .ISKIES;
NJ )EIRA, PORT and SHF iRRY WINES;
California CHAMPAGNES;
CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO;
Havana and American seq AIRS;
TRUNKS, VALISES, Cf,RPET BAGS;
BRIDLES, &c., &c.
Call and examine for yourselves before pur.
chasing elsewhere. Youwi Il CERTAINLY SAVE
MONEY.
C. A. CNE4THanI & BR0..
No. 3, Park Row.
Oct7 If 4T
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

gG~ A boy in Hudson, Wisconsin, was
sent out to catch horse, and while leading
him home carelessly tied the rope about his
waist. Some hours afterwards, tue horse wa;
caught with the corpse of the boy still drag.
ging after him.
IL In an article on drunkenness. DR.
Hall says: "To be great orator, a peerles;
beauty, or the star of the social circle, wheth
or man or woman, is next to being lost"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

Es77~ Every successive reduction of the tolls
on the Atlantic Cable has brought the Cable
Company an accession of business SO great as
to increase its profits. The rate now is one
fourth what il WAS when the cable was first
opened TO the public, yet, at these greatly re
duccd rates, the number Of messages has SO
much increased that the amount OF cash re-
ceived daily is announced to be far greater
than ever before.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25
Won't StandIt.

The National MtcHigencr joins in the EN-
phatic declaration that if q President is elect
ed by the negroized States of the South, the
white people of the North won't stand it
Hero is the protest:
"The white people of this country will nev-
er let any man 90 into the Presidential chair
by the unconstitutional. votes of an African
lied South. If Africans, Or their paltry mum.
bers of base white allies get into Congressby
climbing up some other way than a constitu.
tional one, the white people of the North will
decree their expulsion. The mass of the
Northern white men have sternly declared
against Southern A!ricaniZed control of the
Government by acting in conjunction with
what may, by q possibility, still continue class
monopoly States of the North. Tic people
of the North who have sternly dccroed against
negto suffrage there, will never submit to Q
control Of the General Government by tie
Afrcanized Southern States. The tyrants
and demagogues in Congress who are for
warding the imposture and usurpation may
as we'll understand this now as-to recklessry
risk what may befall thcm.in popular wrath
at another day."
The New York Herald thinks .he matter
never come to that issue for the reason that
if tho Radicals carry every Southern State it
will not be enough:
"Thc Radical programme for the success
sion has collapsed. The eleven rebel States,
including Tennessee, reconstructed on the ba
sis of negro supremacy, will, doubtless, all be
hurried into Congress il, season for the Pres
deetial election, and Toy will all be Radical
States. But they will not be sufficient to save
the Radical faction. On the programme of
universal negro suffrage, and on Nj. Chase'ss
ultimatumsoE gold for the bondholders and
national bank rags for the people, the popu-.
lar reaction developed in Ohio and New York
will sweep, s1ext November, the Central States.
and. the West, as a fire sweeps over the prai-
ries. From the signs in the heavens and the
earth, Massachusetts and Vermont will, per-
haps, be left as the only remaisjng monu-.
ments of Radicalism in the mighty North.
These two, with the eleven negro States OF
the South, will probably constitute the oppo-
sition to the new administration and thenew
Union parsg5p power from and after the 4tas
of Marci,yISG9.n
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25
NEW FALL AND WINTER
GO 9 - S.
e'>------
From New York and Baltimore !

Il He Subscribers are now receiving their
FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which were
bought in the best markets in this Country, and
which in point of STYLE, QUALITY and
PRICE DEFY competition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-25

BY NARY ". STANLEY GIBSON.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-30


There are at present 1850 persons be-
longing to the order of Good Templars in
this State, and, according to the report to
the Grand Lodge, only twenty-six died
during the last year. 3
The papers OF New Albany and Louis
vile are hard up for material to work up
They are engaged at present In publishing
short sketches of the old maids and bach
elors of the respective places. he Ledger
at New Albany, had a column ofTttese
sketches the other day. Dry subjects, truly.
The avowal of mans political opinions
not unfreQuently has an effect on those
with whom he has had to deal Not long
since a man named Powell, Resident OF
Miami County, while on his way home
fTom a neigh boris house; where he had
collected SS5, was waylaid and robbed. At
ter the thieves had got his cash, he was
asked his politics. He replied that he had
always voted the Democratic ticket! IL
THAT'S So said the gentleman of the road
"you shall have a part of your money
back" and forthwith SIS were refunded.
1t is the most tangible evidence we have
read of the advantage of being Demo
crat.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-30
KENTUCKY ITEMs.

Baker Boyd, of Breckenridge County,
has peen appointed aid to the Governor,
with the rank of Colonel. NfF Oh
NJ. T. Chrisman, of Boyle County, is a
candidate for Clerk of the next House Of
Represen tatives, in Kentucky.
Corby Elliott, sentenced to be hung, at
Lebanon, has been resp1ted until the 7th
day of February, 1868.
William A. Sallee, of Somerset, has been
appointed U. s.. Commissioner, for the
County of Pulaski. 49,. .
Last Monday, Mrs. Mary Sutherland at
tempted suicide, by swallowing, at her
residence, in Louisville, a deadly drug.
The doctor saved her.
Las: week, the residence of Larkin Por-
ter. on the Bardstown Pike, short dis
lance beyond FIoyd's Fork, was totally
destroyed by fire. Loss 1000. ft"e' t
A fire occurred at-Lou1sville, on Mon
day morning, which resulted in the de-
struction of a valuable stable and six
mules. I'D $
The people of Logan County are agitat-
ing the subject of building a railroad from
some point on the Lebanon Branch, to
Meanwhile. A correspondent of the Lou
isville Courier, in urging the importance
Of the road, says: 8 Louisville is the place,
and ought TO be the place, for the South to
buy her goods, and not permit those infer
nal Yankee vampires Of sCincin natl to
suck up any more of our precious blood
and treasure"
The Henderson papers report that a
heavy iron firm in Liverpool, England,
offer to furnish sufficiency OF rail iron to
flush his end of the road to the corn
fields beyond Madisonville, for one-third
cash. one-th1rd in one year. and the re-,
MAJ ming third in two years. The iron to
be delivered in \ ew Orleans in so days
from date of contract.
The Columbus Dispatch learns that Mr..
Sumner was killed near Smithland on
Wednesday of last week. 1t is stated that
the parties were engaged in an alteration
with reference to law suit that had just
been decided in favor of Sumner, during
which Stone drew 8 pistol and shot him.
The ball took effect in his temple, killing
b m instantly. As soon as the news spread
pursuit was made for Stone, but at last ac-
counts he had rot been found.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-30
NEW S ITEM sd.

Gold closed in New York yesterday
at l42.
General Hancock will go to New Orleans
next week, assuming command of that
Military District on his arrival.
Garibaldrs force is said to be from 10000
to 1900 strong. All the Papal troops have
been concentrated before Rome, with
orders TO act upon the defensive.
The blacks of Virginia are preparing lists
of whites who discharged them for voting
the Republican ticket. These lists are to
be Csed in case Congress passes a conf1sca-
ton act.
The Government has ordered boards to
be put at the heads of the graves of the
conspirators, who were buried in the ar
senaI ground, for the purpose OF Identif-
cation.
There is still great excitement in Italy.
The Pope in letter TO the Catholic
Bishops throughout the world, says that
the patrimony of the Church has been as
sailed by revolutionists, and asks them to
order prayers in all the churches for the
Holy See.
A dispatch from Florence, Italy, states
that desperate battle was fought last
Friday ear Monterndeo. Garibaldi won
the victory. With four battalions he put
to flight and pursued the Papal forces
taking four hundred prisoners and three
guas.- - =r.1s ls-sHvs - =
The report that "a sonthern- edfeoE bad
had an interview with General Grant in
which the General had declared that lac
was not in sympathy with the Republi-
cans, turns QUIT be faise, at least 1t is.
denied by General Dent, one of Grants
S,af Officers.