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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06
{ Peterson's magazine.

We are in the receipt of this popular Lady's
Mag gazinc for December. 1t is beautiful num-
Der, quite ahead of the field" This Magazine,
in consequence Of its merit and chcapness, had,
IN, 1897, larger circulation than all The other
Ladies Magazines combined. In 1868 it will be
greatly improved: the reading matter will Jc in
creased, AND EACH NUMBER WILL CONTAIN a Dou-
nLE-sIzE STEEL FASHION PLATE, ELEGANTLY
coLoRED, AND !. CoLonED PATTERN IN BERLIN
Work Petersen" is really the cheapest in the
world and every body ought to subscribe for it..
The terms will remain tro dollars year to sim
gle subscribers. To clubs it is cheaper still, viz
fvo copies for $500, eight corics for $780, or
fourteen copies for $4,000. To every person
getting up club lat those ratcs,) the Publisher
will send an extra copy, gratis. Specimens sent
(if written for) to those wishing to get up cluba.
Address, postpaid, CHARLES ]. PETERSON, 3O6
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
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Thc RauI;rupt Law.

All who contemplate avuiing themselves OF
tho benefits of the bankrupt law must do so pre-
vious to March 2, 1868, as the fifty per cent.
clause takes place that day. All claims against
a bankrupewho applies after next March, will,
as matter Of course, be proven. Section 33 of
the law, in relation to tho fifty per ccat. is as
follows: "And in all proceedings in bankruptcy,
commenced after one year from the time this Act
shall 20 into operation, NO discharge shall be
granted.to debtor whose assets do not pay fifty
per cent. of the claims against his estate, unless
the nsIon, in writing, of majority in number
and value of his creditors who have proved their
vaiiy, is filed in the case, at or before the time
of application for discharge"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06

Zss- young woman, last week, blew out tho
gas in her room in Chicago hotel and went to
sleep. Her funeral took place :he day after.
ls,- California yarnists tell Of lake in which
raw hides mny be tanned in six days, and dirty
shirt made snowy white by voting and twice
wringing out.
Gs- On Sunday, tho 18th, in the German Re-
formed Church, Canton, Ohio, man recently
discharged from tho penitentiary approached his
wifo divorced since his incarceration, and de-
mandcd kiss, which tho young woman was i'll
the net of giving him when hc plunged butches
knife into her eleven times. and 1od. Ho waa
captured and with difficulty saved from summary
execution.
Nz- school boy, named Furguson, while
running in front of swing in Louisville, on Fri
day, was struck by tho feet OF boy who was swing
ing, and had his eye put out and his skull frac-
turcd. Ho died almost instantly.
eV' It is said that tho negroes in Louisiana
arc greatly disappointed at the result Of the
election in that State They say they can't sec
how that lection hadn't did 'em no good yet"
&s- A little girl named Louisa Prost, was
" kept in" school at Cincinnati on tho ed inst,
and an opportunity presenting, she jumped out
of a second story window. She died from her
injuries on tho 24th.
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Washington.News.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.

WASHINGTON, NOV. =.
The Herald's special says, letters are being
received here from respectable negroes, saying
they are all in fear of the whites at the South,
and urging that.,heyebe allowed to form COL.
0'yr The e''s Supreme sessrgof tbg Datict of Coz
lumbia 10 day denied the motion ito amend
the Writ of Error submitted yesterday in the
Confiscation cases, and overrqledE;he $Et.
It's object vas to carry, the. cases, from1hat
Court to,that of the DistricstC6nrt of9the
United States for the District Of Columbis.
The cases will now be taken directly to the
Supreme Court OF tie United States. 1t Is
probable, however, that they will be disposed
of before action call he taken in the Federal
Supreme Court as recently neither the own
news 10 the Attnrneys..havc entered suits oi
eiectmcnt against the purchasers under the
Coniisca,ion .lc.s, which have ma.urcd and
are now READY tor trial In dsposing OF these
latter Snits the whole question will'be definite
y settled.
John Minor Bolts is here. He, is despOn-
dent about Virginia, aud Says the negroes are
forming c5.' Pc tive societies. ard are detelj-
mind watll,lab s in. dena ID, n It ;o3w irk
f)r III whites who have prescribed th' m.
The New York Times has the tuliowigg
Washington special Previous to the suspch-
sion Of Secretary Stanton he fixed November
lst as the time when certain of the railroads,
to which the President had granted exten-
sion on their Indebtedness, should expires
rae Nashville and Chattanooga Road short
time since made application to Gen. Grant
for q further extension heyoad this date. lie
has decided that no more extensions will bc
given to Southern railroads.
General Howard has made his annual re
port to General Grant. He says the amount
of abandoned land in possession of the Bureau
is 2l5, ,O24 acres, and .he number of pieces OF
Town property is $50.
Thomas Ewing, Sir, the veteran and honest
Wing politician OF Ohio, has come before the
public in an appeal 10 tie Conservative Re
publicans Of the North TO arrest the progress
of Radical mi>rulc. He advises that Con
gress immediately retrac" their foolish and
revolutionary steps. He proposes that they
instantly, at their meeting next month. re-
peal their Reconstruction Acts, and withdraw
from the South their military force and all
their party machinery. He warns them that
this will be done, if not By them, then by
their immediate successors. This is coming
to the point. There is no middle ground be-
tween despotism on the one hand, and con-
stitutional liberty OF the other.
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Relief.

A State Convention will be held in South
Carolina. No matter what its political com
ple1ion may be, there is one question which
must, and we have no doubt will, claim lis
atteutiou-and that is, that some measures Of
relief from the pressure of Indebtedness should
BE- extended to our impoverished p ople. The
Convention is the only body that can do this
the Supreme Court of the State having de-
c ded that stay laws. and Indeed any other
law giving relief to the debtor, are rnconsti-
tutonal.
We arc as much opposed 10 rcpudiation,
either Of public or private debts, as any one
could be. We have always held that laws in
any way imparing the obligation OF contracts
were wrong; but still we are passing through
crisis unparalleled almost in The history Of
any people. Tie necessity, a: this time, for
relief is greater than at any time since the
close Of The war. The heavy decline in cot
ton, taking into consideration the eXtraordl-
nary expenses in making the crop, imposes
upon the planters an indebtedness that they
could not foresee. Instead Of lcssenng their
obligations. they must, as far as we can learn,
increase them, to enable them to prosecute
operations for the coming year. Time must
BE- given to enable them to do so, and not on.
ly time to them, but time to every honest
and Industrious debtor, who manitrats airy
disposition to pay his debts and-work through
the difficulties that surround. and press him
now.
The columns Of our State exchanges show
large advertisements o. sherffs' sales. We
regret to see this disposition among our peo-
nd L. IL,
erty of their suffering fellow citizcus. We
have, on more tasu one occasion, declared
that creditors had rights as we'll as debtors
but we do believe that the forcing into mar
ket generally of the property of planters in
this State would be most disastrous, il it would
not lead to universal bankruptcy. Itis true,
that the order OF Gen. Sicklcs-amounting
nearly to stay law in this State and North
Carolna-is still in force; yet an order sign
ed by Gen. Canby k+AdJdtant tomorrow might
repeal it, and before forty-ti ight hours crowds
Of harpes would throng our lawyers offices to
institute suits against debtors. This state OF
things does no credit to: the boasted huuianf
ty and benevoleGce Of The age; but that such
IS the case, we k; ow.
To the Convention, the members of which
are yet to be elected, we must look for relief.
The subject is of sufficient Importance TO
make it test question on selecting candi-
dates. We verify believe, from the express
sion of opinion in some Of our State exchanges,
that if the question of entire "rcpudiation'
was put before the people, they would choose
its advocates. We do MT want this .:but
relief" in some shape must come .-Co!um.
bia Phoenix.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06

WHAT THEY WANT.-The Radicals want
negro suffrage as means of helping their
party. That is all. They do not, as party,
demand it asa right legitimately belonging
to the colcred people. The key to the whole
thing is given in this one sentence from the
New York Tribune: "If the blacks are not
enfranchised, Vallandigham could beat Gen.
Grant for President" That is the rub. The
white peoplc--the intelligent masses-arc
against them. They must have an element
which they can control, and which is su-
ccntly powerful to put down the opposition
of the people. That element is to be found
in the ignorant freedmen of the South, who
vote from prejudice and without any kuow-
edge of the influence of party politics upon
the country.-Detroit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06

H" The Miidlctown, Ct, Constitution tells
tho story of JIaddam youth, who stole 500
from his grandmother, and clopcd with woman
forty years of age to New York. Ills father fol-
lowed him, found his whereabouts, and was pro-
cecding to thrash the woman when she called i'll
the police and had him arrested.
ESy Sometimes one gets along without adver-
tisirg. Instances arc given of pilgrims reaching
Mecca on their knees. 1t is easier, pleasantcr,
swifter, to travc! in the cars Liberal and dis
Greet advertising puts business on wheels, and
renders it active, bcncfcent to the public, and
rcmuuerativc to the dealer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06

IMPORTANT DEcIsroN.-His Honor Judge
Moses made an important decision las. week,
in the case of Summers VS.. Lyles, Messrs.
Darlington & Suber for the Plaintiff, and Mr..
C. Darlington for the Defendant.
The facts proved were, that Ilyles employed
Il servant (frcednan) who had c 'ntracted with
lie plaintiff for the year 1867, as farm Ia
borcr, and left his employment and when
the plaintiff demanded the servant, the delen-
dant refused to send him back or discharge
him. There was no proof that the defendant
had enticcd the servant away from his en-
ployer.
The case was within the Summary Process
Jurisdiction of The Court, and His Honor de-
rced for the plaintiff damages for the injury.
The guest ion involvedis one of general in
terest, aud it is supposed that it will be taken
up on appeal Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06

HoyovnaBLE A. P. ALDRIcn.-The Hon
durable Judge A. p Aldrich, CT South Caro-
liua, is at present on u visit to this city. We
are glad to see the Judge looking well, and
in lis accustomed sigour. He abates no jot
of heart or hope because Of bis suspension:
ly the military authorities, from the exer-
else Of judicial functions. He s'iil holds
Himself 10 be constitutional judge of South
Carcina, under the Constitution OF the State I;
and is no doubt we'll gratified to believe that
he has lost nothinc IF the love, respect and
confidence of his oplc, in refusing to violate
his oath Of oflic nd in his resolution not to
suft:r the ermin. of the Judiciary to be dis
honoured while on his person. We welcome
the Judge to Charleston, his native city, and
congratulate the District Of Barnwell, on the
possession Of citizen who has the patriotism
to do his duty under the laws Of the land.-
Charleston Mercury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06
l am very respectfully,

NEGRO TYRANNY-We learn that few OF
the would.be leaders among the negroes OF
this city, doubtless acting under instructions
from the Military Mayor, were active yester:.
day in calling on the few conservative colored
men who had not voted and who declared
their indifference to mixing in the contest,
and gave them notice, that unless they voted,
they should not remain in the city. Great
evaporation was exhibited toward these
pcaceablc and law-abiding colored men, and
they openly proclaimed their determination
to force every registered negro in the city to
60 to the polls.
The exhibition Of such relentless and in
tolerable tyranny over their own race shows
clearly what we must expcctin their conduct
toward the whites, should they, through the
Convention swindle, get into power. These
leading negroes are as bitter and vindlctive
against the whites now as their progenitors
were to each other in the tangled thickets
and deep jungles Of their native Africa.-Au'
gusta Chronicle.
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NJ. pADGEr; Church Clerk.

P1cKENs CouRT.-We are indebted to T. G.
DeFontaine, Esq, for the particulars concern
ilag the important murder trial last week:
The trial Of Alexander Bryce and Line
negroes, on the charge Of the murder OF Miles
NJ. N. Hunnicutt, took place at Pickons 9.
II. on Thursday, before his Honor Judge
Dawkins. The Stale was represented by tie
Solicitor, Hon. J. P. Reed; the prisoners by
Generals MCGOWAN and Easley, Messrs. Nor
ton and Adams. The evidence and argu-
rnents occupied two days, and the jury, after
an absence of heH An hour, brought in yer.
dict of Guilty with reference TO December
Gadsden, Nat. Frazier, John Keith, Jack
Walker, Green Cleveland, Jr., and jackson
Henderson-all colorcd. Not Guilty with
reference to Alex. Bryce, (white, and Cap
tain Deane, Bob. Breckenridge and Mark
Adams, colored.
The testimony of the President Of The I'm
ion League proved that all of the parties NAM
ed constituted the guard sent out to arrest
Bob Smith, the white man who had fired a
pistol in the neghborhood ofthe League; that
{! portion of this guard were armed with
guns and pistols, and under the direction of
Jackson Henderson as Sergeant; that De
cember Gadsden, the Vice-President of the
League from the description of his size and
ais bearing on the occasion, was the one who
iired the fatal shot which took the life Of
young Hunnicutt, the others being accessory
to the crime. 1t also appeared in evidence
given by both white and black, that the ne
groes used the most violent threats and Ian
guage, imprisoned the white men present: in
the Academy, and cvinced desire to prolons
the disturbance and resort to arms.
The case was ably presented to the jury on
the part Of the State, and Generals Easley
and MCGOWAN defended the prisoners with
more than usual eloquence and power. The
Judge charged the jury on the law clearly,
and both law and fact was then submitted to
their consideration, with the result above
stated.
The sentence of the Court was that the
parties convicted should be executed at Pick
ems on the 9th of December next.-Anderson
Intclligencer Both.
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HEADQUARTERS, CHARLESTON. S. c., !
October 10. 1867.
General Candy.

WHAT THE NEGROES DEMAND-NoT EQUAL
l7Y But SupREMACY.-Yeryfe few whites and
q great many negroes attended the Republi-
can Nominating Convention at Richmond,
Virginia. Monday night. After his nomina-
tioo, Hu1aicutt made speech for universal
manhood suffrage regardless of caste, class
or colour; and for free school system, the
money to build up and perpetuate which was
to be raised by taxation of the real and per
s)nai property of every man in the State.
IT rebels don't choose to send their children,
he will say to them, You shall pay for free
schools" He also advised the disfranchise-
,nent of pretty nearly all the whites, and the
othar candidates not only indorsed hi; pro-
scriptivc ideas. but went still further. This
is from white man. How the negro reasons
is shown in a speech made by F." Uncle Dick, !"
In behalf Of the s1uatters on the farms of ex-
rebels near Norfolk, who now refuse to re-
move, and threaten resistance to the officers
of the government. Uncle Dick" vener
able negro leader, said:
"The Indians were the first owners of this
land. The whites took it from them by force !;
and we blacks took it from the whites by force.
They have no right to it, and they shall not
have it. We fought for it, and we are going
to keep it. We don't care for the President
nor Freedmens Bureau. We have suffered
long enough-let the whites suffer now. The
time was when the white man said John
black my boots,' and John had 10 do it. But
the times have changed, and | hope | can
see the day when can say to the white man,
John, black my boots : and he will have 10
do it. | will never be satisfied until the white
,pau is forced to serve the black man, as we
ouce were forced to serve them. If they do
not like that, let them go away. We do not
inteDd 10 allow sece sh or Yankees to drive US
off this land, because it is ours. We fought
for it, and we pil fight now to defend it."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06

REc1N OF TERRoR.-The following para
graph, from the Wilmington Post, is sugges-
tive Of much that is terrible. If men arc to
be dragged from their homes, and carried TO
distance, to be tried by military commits
sion on charges of crimes committed two
years ago. in times of general lawlcssness,
who is safe2
Two white men, named Humphreys and
Townsend, were arrested in Robson County
last Thursday, charged with the murder, in
1865, of q colored man named Hector Oxen
dine, who, it was said, had plotted the Fede.
raj troops on their way through that County.
They were taken through this place on Thurs
day night, Ell route for Charleston, there 10
undergo trial before military commission" !"
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Which is the Better PLAN OF the Emoq

The white people in Virginia, at the late con-
vcntiOn-eeotion, voted pretty generally ;sesd.al-
most unaniaonsly against Conventions, and fOs
conservative :aRite candidates. Bat tho~nesroes
.yotedssn messe shp p4e9tremest Radicalticket In
,mSo'te fh.n ;dns fnsFstce white men Of hfghrs
speeabiliiy ma so4saaled consstfns Republican
ism,Nsro dofessed " negroes qHagtv to read, and
brandea With horriBlp crihss;f Therefore, tho
.yotifspf the5Whi,es.aas labot Host, md contest
nssafessly entered into.
In our noble sister State of Georgia, this elec-
tion, disgraccfully and disgustingly conducted,
took place last wcek-onding on Saturday. AS
yet we cannot inform our readers of tho result.
But as far us we can learn the respectable whites
throug ghoutthe State refused to touch the unclean
thing 'cvcn. with tcn-foot pole Not having laid
down with hogs, they will probably arise without
Aeas. At all events they will not have invited
and caressed Aeas. Go thou, South Carolina, and
do likewise! =
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HYMENEAL.

MARRIED, by the Rev. John Trapp, Mt the
residence of the brides father, on the 3ls. 0et
Mr.. r. A. TURNER and Miss GEORGIA PAL
AlER, second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. N. PAL.
NER.
It was liberal heart which apportioned the
Adrertiser Corps its share Of Cake from this hap
py wedding. Loving hearts, happy wedding.
splendid cake! We thank tho bride and BRIDE
groom most cordially for their compliment, and
wish for them every happiness their own hearts
could wish.
MARRIED, on the 20th of Oct, by George Kit
trel, Esq, Mr.. A. S. MURRELL, of Edgcfold,
and Miss DORA A. PRICE, daughter of Mr..
ROBERT pnlcE, of oraug.burg District, S. c.
MARRIED, on the 9th Oct, at the brides residence
that OF Mr.. HOLLAND her Step-father, by Rev. j.
X. Tucker, sTANMoRE NJ. SATCnER and Miss
FRANCES II. PETERSON, both Of EdgeGeld.
MARRIED, on tho 18th Oct, n. the residence of
the brides mother, Mrs Sarah Lowcruan, by
Rev. i. W. Horne, Mr.. JOHN ASBILL and
Miss LIZZIE L0WERMAN, all of this District
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-06
A Terrible Hurricane.
New ORLEANS, October %.

NEW ORLEANS, October 28.
The PicQyune has the following later ad-
vices to confirm the destructive effects Of the
late storm upon the Rio Grande:
El Corey, Of 18th inst, says there was a
hurricane, the most terrible in the memory
of man, on this frontier. A perpetual bonn
bardment for a year, could hardly have done
as much damage as happened from this one
nights storm. Twenty six persons were kill
ed in Matamoras: 10 killed and 81 wounded
at Brownsyillei at Rrazos, so far as known,
- persons pcrishcd
The schooncrs Eta and Cadosh are bloTn
high ashore. Only two houses are left at
Clarksvile-none at Bagdad. The loss OF
life at the latter place is not known. Ninety
of the inhabitants escaped by going on board
vessel which rode out the storm the rest
must have perished.
The negro soldiers and their officers ut
Brazos are said to have acted infamously-
not only refusing all assistance to the strug-
Cling and suffering families, but retired to
sheltered part of the island and The soldiers
returned next day to rob the wrecked goods
under the remains OF warehouses and dwell
ings. One Of them shot and killed citizen
who detected him r0bbing. Their officers,
it is said, do nothing to check their brigan-
dism.
From long list Of damages at Browns
vile, we c1tract the following: King & Ken
nedy's warehouse roof blown off aud build
ing very badly damaged the county court
house and Jail completely destroyed, ard the
prisoners set at large.
The entire square between Fort Brown,
l4th levce and Elizabeth street has been de.
stroyed, including the Ranchero office and
Masonic Hall. The office of he Courier has
the roof of. The residence of w. j. Stark,
correspondent of the New York Herald, is
completely destroyed. The Custom House
wall is down, the Presbyterian Church is de-
stroyei, the post otfice building roof is oil,
the hotel and elegant billiard saloon Of Miller
is almost ruin, the iron building of wilkins
Heye q Co, IS totally destroyed, the Episco-
pal Church is destroyed, and between 10Th
and LIST streets seven brick and four frame
houses are either totally destroyed or so badly
injured as TO be uninhabitable.
In Matamoras, fifteen hundred houses and
huts were blown down.
The greatest distress and want exist at all
points, and appeals are made for relief.
Out of seven steamers only two can be re-
paired
BEFoRE AND AFTER.-Befors the Ohio Cleo
ton, Ben Wade said:s
"You must Storm Tie SeJastopol ofMe At.
mighty and shell Him from His throne, before
the principles Of the Democratic party can
After the election, he became more profane
nut less sanguire. Hear him:
! "The id rigger, and the Cd id |
ponds, have given the State tp the d-sd Cop
,erheads." }
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W.. . =
The Charleston News.

The Charleston Daily Ner0s hos passcdrfrom,
the hands Of Messrs. MCMILLAN 4 MORTON into
those of Messrs. RIoRDAx, DAWSON & Co. Al
though not old residents of Charleston, Messrs
R1oRpAx DAWSON have lived there long enough
to establish, thrOught the State, high reputation
as gentlemen, writer's, journalists. We beg leave
to express to than our unlcigned wishes for their
SUCCESS in this new undertaking.
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Another Horrible Incendiary Fire.

We learn that on the night of the 2Srd ult., tho
Gin House of our respected fcllow-citizen, Mr..
JESSE W. TrxilERMAN, living in tho neighbe,r.
hood Of Pleasant Lane, was destroyed by FIRE.
There seems to be very little doubt that this deed
was the accursed work of an incendiary. Mr.,
TIxNERMAS's loss-includiug fifteen bales of cot
ton, thrcshers, fans, &c,-is estimated at, Two