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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03
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70 A BAND OF RoBBERs IN BARSweII Dis.
rulcr, S..C.-An old and highly respectable
citizen of South Carolina desires us to direct
the atteuticp of the authorities, both civil and
military, tofthe fact that there is lawless
band of ruffiane, consisting of three white
men and some four or more negroes, within
the belt. Of country def1ed by Lower. Three
klns, Kaolin, Horse Creek Swamps and the
Savannah lsiver, crossing occasionally into
Scriven and Burke counties, Georgia. The
leader Of this band is supposed tosbe Boin,
for whose apprehension asgeward has been
offered by Governor Orr, of Sonth Carolina
las will be seen by reference to our adTertis-
ing columns), for having committed ian
atrocious murder and robbery on the body of
James JOHNSON, at Station ll0 South Caro-
lima Railroac" The second of this white
trio is said to be a man by the name OF Shep-
heard-a deserter from the Federal army.
Thethird seems to bean unknown stranger,
The negroes seem to be employed chiefly in
gaining information and in securing spoils.
These lawles, rutfians are the occasion of
alarm to the good people OF Beech 'Island
by the depredations aud threats of.vengeance
which are in circulation against such as at:
tempt to enteE complaints Or to discover their
whereabouts.
The different civil and military jurisdic-
tions seem to have produced some distrust.
Chronicle g. Sentinel.
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Gov. VANCE, in letter to some coloret

Gov. VANCE, in letter TO some colored
citizens Of North Carolina, says
"Your old masters DO not come 10 you
eating their own words and giving the lie to
every profession Of their lives NOR do they
come betraying the rights and liberties of
their own color 20 ingratate themselves with
yonrs. Many others do, however, and the
majority Of your people will believe them,
until they learn very plain and simple truth /;
that bar man among the whites will be Just
as bad, or worse, among the blacks ard the
change OF sides is fer from making an honest
man of hypocrite and trickster.
Iuch damage will doubtless be done before
your people sec the designs Of those who
wish to lead them now, but hope soon for
better things. When actual and bitter expe-
!ence has opened your eyes, then will be our
time to address you with hope Of success.
When you come to know the true power of
capital and labor combined in friendly effort,
how dependent the one is upon the o:hcr, and
how ruinous to both is enmity and distrust,
then shall hope to see the day when slavery
shall be abolished in fact, both for black and
white, and when animated by common spirit
of industry, harmony, and love of country
and Of human progress, all shall labor to
make our State blossom as the rose, and turn
her waste places into seats of refinement and
delight. My word for it, my friends, there is
not good man among your former masters,
but prays for the hour to come when he may,
without disfrauchsing himself, work for you |!
As you are to be citizens, we want you to be
intelligent citizens; as you are to be cur
neghbors. we want you TO be kind and loving
neighbors. in every aspect of the case, ii is
our true interest to help you fit yourselves
for the new life to which YOU are called. If
you will permit rs. we will dc it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03
T HEADVERTISER
JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1867.
Summer Fabrics.

Indeed Ladies Dress Goods Of all kinds, but
principally, wo believe, Summer Fabrics. Well,
what of them? Why, they arc being sold of at
MAyGEr & HARBIsoy's at immensely reduced
prices. Really at rates to which none but an un-
reasonable miscr could Object. And they arc
extremely pretty too, and in great variety. If ycu
go to MAScEr HARRIsoN's for n summer dress
of any kind--or any other sort of drcss-you will
not leave their counters without it; for they are
determined to sell out rapidly all their goods of
this kind. We advise all Muslin seekers and
Lawn seekers and Calico. seekers, and Dress
Goods seekers in general, to wend their way,
without loss of time to the popular Store of those
obligingcst of gentlemen, Mcssrs. MAyGET q
UARHIScS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03

The HAIR CT THE DoG.-The Mobile Reg
lister says :" AS for ourselves, We prefer great
ly to have no representatives at Washington
TO having them III the persons Of Southern
renegades or Northern advehturers, who have
come among.us to fawn and hide their real
principles, Tor the purpose of getting SOUTH
ern votes for Federal office. When it comes
to that, we shalt be prepared to advocate
full delegation 10 Congress of black men, and
we are already prepared to demonstrate that
sound policy, looking to our best interests in
the future, demands that course. TIE North
has given us the political negro, let US return
the compliment in kind. and give him TO the
Federal councils Of the nation. 1t is the
shortest ncthod of cure Of the Radical dis
temper, and will speedily bring tire question
home to Northern minds. Besides this on
Radical principles, there isn't q black man in
the South who is not entitled to. sit in an
armed and cushioned chair, with his hand
some salary Of several thousand dollars
year, by the side of Sumner In the Senate
and Kelly and Butler and Stevens in the
House. The hair Of the dog is the best cure
for the bitc.;'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03

Much improvement in the condition and
intelligence Of the colored race will doubt.
less be effected by encouraging their educa
tion, aud it is highly proper that every rea.
sonablc opportunity should be freely offered
to people who have SO lopg been held in
bondage. 1t i, an incontrovertfble fact, how
ever, that thci, capacity for improvement, as
a race, is limited. They vii, be likely to ex-
eel in music ard dancing. and will progress
greatly in aesthetics but no sophistry or
partial reasoning can make it appear that cul
ture alone is necessary to bci1g them up to
the standard of the Anglo-Saxon. race. Such
an argument mny answer very well for philan-
thropic purposes, but it has nothing to do
with the indisputable history of the black
race. Inferiority may have teen the origi-
nal cause of their enslavement, apd not its
result, though that furnishes no justification
for their oppression. The probabilities are
now that the real negro will gradually disap-
pear from this continent, not by actual ex-
tinction, but by being scattered s'' ever the
States, by mixing with other races and losing
the peculiar characteristics. of the African.
The negro population will, by degrees, be
wholly absorbed by and assimilated to the
more vigorous races, by whom they will be
constantly surrounded. The negroes have
none of the qualities that would lead them 10
form exclusive communities apd preserve their
nationality; they look up TO the whites and
incline to seek their company. The negr,
has none of that pride of race which distiu.-
guishes the Indian, and hence the great preb-
ability that, in the course OF years, the for
mer will be lost sight OF in the great and
rapid march of civilization On this conti-
nent.-N. Y. News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03

MILITARY ORDERS AND LAw.-The military
orders Of General Sickles subverting the su-
premacy of the civil authority in North and
South Carolina, says the Washington Express,
have not been very much needed by the Chief
Justice CT the United States. 1t will be re.
membered that General Sickles enacted stay
law by military order, and assumed the iunc-
tions of supreme legislator for both of
those States. Wise as may have been his
measures, they were unauthorized; and the
Chief Justice, at Raleigh, pronounced them
without force i4 reference to the pleadings
and practice in the United States Circuit
Court. 1t does not become the Chief jus.
tice 10 give the sanction of law to the extra
legal assumptions of a Military Commander,
though no one would be more ready than
Chief Justice Chase to uphold the authority
of q military officer within lis own sphere.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03
New Mail Arrangement, and New In-
yitation to Friends and Wcll-Wishers

of the Advertiser.
This week will begin new order of things as
regards tho transmission of the United States
Mail. Mr.. FosKEr of Granitevillc, is the contrac-
tor for oll the mail routes running from EdgefclG.
He is TO transmit the mail between this and !,u-
rusta. via Granitevillc, thrice n week; between
this and Columbia, once n Woek; between this
and Cbpppcrs, onco u week; and between this
and Ninety-Six, once week. There will now
be greater facility, greater regularity, greater
nuoc,uali,y, greater reliability. Not thatwe mean
to complain particularly of the past. When times
are so much out of joint, people should not be
too eager to mark what is done amiss.
And now, with the increased mail facilities, and
the better promise of stability in mail arrange
ments for the future, VIC cherish the hope of in
scribins in our book the names of many kind,
good hearted pay advance subscribers. "a Faith,
Hope Charity; but the greatest of these is Chari-
ty." Kinuncss, Goodness. of Heart, Paymcut-in-
Advances but the greatest Of these is Payment
in Advance!
Some very sharp and far-seeing feliow-we
know not who-hns spoken as follows: ~
Tahe the most thorough man of the world Of
YOUR racauaintance-tbe man most perfectlyyersed
| in what goes on in all ranks and conditions of
iiSc-and lsk You what would he be without
his newspaper? By what possible machincry
could he learn, as he sits Mt his breakfast, the
last news from China, of the last ballet at Par 8,
the s,ats Of tho funds ut San Francisco the win
ner Mt Newmarket, the pantomiuc at tho Olympic,
the cncyclica of the Pope?
Without my newspaper, lifo would narrow it
self to the small limits Of my personal experience,
and humanity be compressed into the ten or fifteen
people l mix with. "a,
As for the Advertisements, regard them as
tho mirror of the age. Show me but one page OF
tho wants" of any country, and I engage my
the period. What glimpscs of roso interiors do
we gain By those brief paragraphs! How full of
suggestions and story they are
All this is profoundly true. Nowadays, each
number of newspaper is IA perfect book. And
without n newspaper your homes and your chill
dren are in outer darkness.
And us all this is undoubtedly true; and as
you have all made plenty of Wheat, and some to
spare; and as the crop prospect is amazingly fine;
and as the Adrertissr is still right brisk old
weekly; why pray open your hearts to.your-
selves, and to your families, and to us; and hasten
forward to put your thscc dollars into our pockets,
and your names upon our books. AS for our
hearts, the three dollars would effect for your
names, and faces, and memories, q permanent
Judgment there
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03

TIE WEATHER AsD Ckops.-We have been
favored during the last few days with re-
freshing rains, which have qnickenel vcgeta-
ton and revived the growing crops. Fhe
crops of grain ore said to be very promising,
and encourage tho hope taht ir good time
there will be no lack Of "seed for the sower
and bread for the eater" The wheat har-
vests arc Very abundant, as large quantities
have been planted, and the yield has been
unusually good. The effect is already seen
In the diminished price Of wheat, which has
been selling here, we learn, as low as Sl,29
4 bashcl. With such facts before US, We
may we'll anticipate the speedy advent .of
smiling plenty aud the rapid exit OF gaunt
famine, with its lean aud hungry train. This,
indeed, affords substantial consolation alter
all that we have suffered, and a@id so many
evils present aud prospectlre.-A a ooeyllle
Frcsa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03

&ss-A gentleman from ncur Columbia, S. c., Il
prominent leader during tho war, purchased, a
few weeks ago, in Cuba, where he has planta-
tion, ono Of his former slaves, who had been
landed and sold by Boston shippers.
gg The Charleston Savings Bank has been
seized by the military authorities, for failure to
pay full principal md interest to certain United
States soldiers of Fort Moultrie garrison, who
were its depositors when the war commenced.
The bank is insolvent and in'liquidation, and the
directors havo refused to consider these defaucrs
a, preferred creditors.
Gs~Thc jury in the case Of Bong and others,
tried in Charleston on the 2Gb, for the murder
of Roe, in the recent duel, after twenty minutes
dclibera,ion, rendered verdict OF not guilty.
The prisoners were discharged.
sp 1t is said that Carlotta, on hearing OF
Mrximilan's capture and danger, appeared sud-
denly to recover her clearness of intellect, and
said that the Mexican nation was incapable Of so
against the Prince, who had devoted himself with
SO much selr-dcnii to the regeneration Of the
country.
5azs- We notice in the Courier that the creditors
of the Farmers and Exchange Bank of Charles
ton S. c., are notified to prove their claims against
tho said Bank before JAMES TuprER, Master in
Equity, before the lst Oct. 1867, or they will DO
barred from my decree that may be mado in snid
cause.
E:ss- Tho Washington Star satos that informa-
ton has been received in that city that Admiral
Tucker OF the Peruvian navy, and formerly of
tho Confederate navy, has been dismissed from
service by the Peruvian Government.
~ Judge in Missouri lately entered plen
for divorce, sat on his own case heard tho plead
ing and entered decree dissolviug the bohds Of
matrmony. That beats Chicago.
Gssr- The Buffalo Indcpendent raises tho motto
at its masthead, equal and just taxation, or
reputation"
10 "Sec Naples, and then die" said somebody
but bachelor friend reminds us that China Is tho
place for family man to die in, for in that coun-
try the physician who kills you has to support
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03
The kindly Fruits of the Earth.

Never have we seen such n wondrous prOfusion
of Vcsctablcs-nor such extremely fine ones We
have t thapk Mrs. JACKSON CovAR and Capt.
Ben MINIS, each, for basket of the largest and
best Ard although they are so abundant yet
still they are like moncy-nevcr come amiss. Be-
cause there are always some who have nonc
Apropos of this subject the 11th Of July-Thnrs-
day OF next weeks the day appointed for the
next amateur horticultural Exhibition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03
The Debt Question Again.

"CLoD HOTTER" gives US communication con-
cerning Reputation, &c. Assuming that Con-
vcnton will be held, it is certainly not unwisc to
look to its action upon matters which, although
not involving questions directly connected with
the great issues of the day, are yet Of the most
vital Importance to the people at large.
The question of debt, which has soagitated our
State, will, in all probability be brought up for
consideration, and there can be no doubt that IA
final adjustment of this difficulty is impcrntivcy
demanded by the public veal. It should be put
at rest, in order that confidence and stability in
business relationships may again give life and en-
crsy to our industrial interests.
We shall not now undertake to indicate what
should be the general basis or scheme for adjust
mcnt, since the carried interests which arise in
volvc compcxity upon witch time and profound
thought and elaborate discussion should first be
brought to shed their light. But VIC do hold that
there should be no recovery on obligations given
in purchase of slaves. With the death Of the in
sttuiion of slavery, and the destruction of slave
property, the representations Of its value were also
destroyed. 1t follows as logical sequence, as
Enthusiastically and as strongly as cause can pro-
ducc effect; and we could not, if we would, rem
der tho result otherwise. The Sou hern people
have lost the amount Of money which they had
invested in slaves and no one in any wise pccuni-
arily connected with the institution, can sever
himself from conncxion with that loss. 1t has
been and must he individually felt and borne in
proportion to the amount so invested. We cannot
avoid this; it was one of the irresistible results Of
the failure Of great struggled for independence
The struggle was great; the stake was great; and
the loss has been great.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03

A DWELLING AND ITS CONTENTS SEX INTO
THE GRoUyD.-On the 10th of My, a sin
gular and startling accident happened near
Grardville, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania.
1t seems that at that point breast OF the
Boston AID Mahony and Coal Company's
coliery had been worked to within about
twenty het of the surface Of the earth, and
that located just above it stood two story
frame building, occupied by Mr.. Thomas 7.
Myers, breaker boss at the colIiery, and
his family. He also had 4umber Of board.
erS.
About 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, as
Mrs Morris Robinson, wife OF the superinten-
dent Of the colery, who wos on q visit to
the house, and Mrs. Myers were in the kitch-
en-, they felt the. house moving, and rushed
into the open air. Two minutes had hardly
elapsed after they left the house before it
sunk, with a surging, swaying motion, into u
huge chasm to the depth OF about eighty
feet. Large masses of earth and rock from
the sides of the chasm Immediately closed in
upon the house, burying it almost completely
from view. The crash, when it went down,
was tremendous.
The complete entom5ment OF the dwelling,
which was about thirty-live feet long, may
be imagined when We state that the chasm
formed by the sinking of the mine would
readily have admitted building over one
hundred feet in length. The house contain
ed seven beds and bedding, four stoves, bu-
reaus and other furniture, besides q. consid-
erabIe quantity of clothing, Sunday school
library, and some money. :.
There was fire in several Of the stoves,
and shortly after the occurrence smoke was
seen issuing from the earth which covered
the roof, rendering it almost certain that the
house had been set on fire. Streams of wa
ter were directed into the chasm, and it was
hoped that the house would not be entirely
destroyed. Fortunately, the startling occur
renee was not attended by the loss Of human
life. Had it taken place at night ten lives
might have been lost. But it took place a.
an hour when some of Mr.. Myers children
had gone to school, while the others were
PLAYING outside.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03
An cA;ner of one of our sire

A.surprp--An officer of one of our street
.,Sa ANsIhn,,n ,na,t int, barber shop few days
rallFoaaI ah,ve Me- The ksight of the razor who
sI;."sd aSG 70 % him of bis beasa asked, why don't
YOU allow colored people y r'u9 oa u.;l, yori or
Cars 81 The officer replied! Z vR %l'i :. az.
s sger by asking you question, Tny1.'n' l. l.
.", n"e- ,srmit e coiored people to shave in Your
sbo, sU" ~ ~ The barber honestly answered:
!, snop ppo,,se to do SO would destroy my bus'--
,aos Ds would lose my white customers, end
ne ness. oolared would no. sustain me- The Off
LUG "yon have answered for me. Mash
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03

TIE JuRt Box-The Charleston Courier,
of the 2Gth, contains the following
His Honor Judge Moses, yesterday issued
the following Order, in compliance with the
sugges sions Of General Sckles, and in fur
thcranee of his General Order No. 3D.. Its
purpose is to form the new Jury lists from
all tax payers, without discrimination OF color:
For the purpose Of forming a new Jury
list for the District of Charleston, the Sheriff
is directed to procure from the several Tax
Collectors within said District list of all cit
izens assessed for taxes in the tax collection
districts of each of such Collectors, and who
shall have paid their taxes for the present
year (which list the said Tax Collectors are
required to furnish the Sheriff between the
third and tenth days Of July ne1t), and from
said lists the Sheriff of this District, with the
assistance of the Clerk of the same is re-
quircd, immediately on receipt thereof, to
,ranscrite upon tickets, each containing one
name, tie names of all persons contained in
said lists, and also upon other like tickets the
names again written Of all of the citizens
whose names appear on such lists who live
within the city OF Charleston, which tickets
shall be ready to be placed in the jury box
during the present term, so that therefrom
the Grand, Petit, and Common Pleas Jurors
to serve at the next term, may be drawn.
+. J. Moses.
June 25. 1867.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03

on THE OTHER siDE OF rHE LNE.@Trwso,
or three weeks ago mob at Junction City,
Kansas, hung two negro soldiers for some
imputed crime. Last Wednesday night an
ether mob at Wyandotte, in the same State,
took two negro men out Of jail where, it
tnrns out, they had been committed for an
offensc of which they were innocent, and
slot them dead in the street. If such things
as these were to occur in the South one uni.
v'ersal howl would 60 mp from all Radical.
dom, and July session of Congress would
be insisted on for speedy punishment. OF
course we hear nothing said about recon.
structing "loyap Kansas.-Savannah News
and Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-07-03

rf 81 -ss - 81
~ The national debt amounts to moro than
sl0o to each man, woman and child, in the United
Stites, black and yfite. The debt of the State
of New York amounts to s5l rs, ,es2, ,29 and that
of The several counties will swell tito $40 900.
The debt of the county Of Albany isneariy four
millions! - " a
iY A Canada paper makes the following ap-
peal: " To thoss indebted to Us VIC waLe our ap-
peal for assistance: Jobs turkey was millionaire
compared with our present depressed treasury.
To-day, if the price of salt was two cents barrel
full, we could not buy enough to pickle jay-
bird" e.y = ~
g@A A little gil of three years was say
saying her prayers, not long since, when her little
brother, about four years old, came up slyly be-
hind and pulled her hair. Without moving her
head, she paused and said e Please, Lord, excuse
me minute while kick Herby." w
@s- In all things preserve integrity; the con.
sciousness of thy own uprightness will alleviate
the toll Of business and soften the harshness Of
disappointment, and give thee an humble conf
dcuco before God, when the ingratitude of man
or tho iDiquity of ,hetimes may rob you Of tta
due reward. 80, - rs -
@r Helper, the man who wrote the "Impend-
ing Crisis" short time before the war, has Just
published another book, in which he proposes to
give all the negroes notice to quit the United
States bf o given time. The darkeys will con-
cude stis Abotionist an Indifferent Helper, after
all.
!. Es- The census statistics of Rhode Island
show !. far greater proportion Of deaths than ofs
births among tho colored people in 1aat State,
ard the Springfield Republican believes that nm
less the colored race throughout New England
aro replenished from immigration from the South,
the negroes in that section will soon disappear.
In Massachusetts,, the negro population deceased
SIS from 1855 to.lssO, and 4,2s7 from 1850 to
1866. - .'..t -
m> Mrs. Case, tho mother of Sam. Case, the
lad who was hanged for. murder in cincinnattie
few days ago, died OF Friday last of shame and
grief.
GS- a new method of improving the roads has
been projected in England. tits proposed to 10y
two pairs of nearly fat rails, with slight depres-
sion in each rail, SO that wagon wheels will keep
the track; and also to lay guide-rail in tie
middle of each track for the driver to sight with
the polo of his carriage, SOFAS V be able to keep
the wheels in the depression. This system, it is
claimed, will materially lessen the power neces-
sary to draw hoavily.adoR. wagons.