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Origin of Negro Minstrelsy.

A correspondent Of the New Albany lind.
Ledger, takes exception to a statement in the
last atlantic, that Stephen G. Foster was the
originator OF what Is known as negro minstrel
sy: He says.
" Immediately after the battle of Plattsburg,
while the country was in a whirl Of excitement
consequent upon the nation victories, the
managers of the theatre at Albany, New York,
announced, among other attractions for the
evenings entertainment, an original song in
character, entitled THE Battle of Plattsburg, I"
by one of the company. The house was mod
erately filled and was immensely astonishe-
when, on the rising of the curtain at the ap-
pointed time, there appeared, dressed and
coIored to suit. perfect representation Of a
full blOOded African.
The excitement, which was now intense,
was not in the least alayed by his singing, to an
original air, equal, foritS negro pecuarlties, to
the best Foster melodies a song ofwhch the
following is the opening verse :
Pack side Albany stan Lake Champlain,
p,ai LttIe ttI,2,. pond half full % 2 water,
On Lake Champlain Uncle Sam be sot his boat
An MaSsa Macdonough he sail EN-,
Will Ma sg, fpygs b%s Maes%6 makes @ home
AS the song proceeded, in detail with the
incidents of the battle, and the final success of
the American arms, the excitement increased
to highest intensity, and the enthusiasm be-
came uncontrollable AS the curtain descend
ed, shouts, cheers encOreS were blended in one
confused din, and the curtain had hardly
touched the floor when it was again rung up,
and the song again sung and this was repeat
ed until the manager was compelled to apoli-
gize for the exhaustion of the singer, and
promise its rel petition on the following evening.
The next day nothing was talked of in the
city but the " Battle of Plattsburg" and for a
! long season it was the chief attraction at the
theatre. Anything would serve for bill, pro-
yided the new song was in the programme
The papers heralded it, and the manager of
the Old Park Theatre, New York, made an
arrangement with the singer, and, at the close
Of his engagement at Albany, he appeared at
New York to crowded houses, no less wild and
enthusiastic.
THUS the credit of the first negro song
does not belong, as has been so often stated, to
Jim Crow Rice and the song had its origin,
not alone in mere limitations of negro eccen-
tricities, but in direct alluson to and sympa-
thy with the victories of the American army
in its second struggle with British Tyranny"
Smyrna times., 1867-12-18
Non-forfeitures of Policies.

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TAe TsR-prenlium life and endowment policies
are non-i0rleItable after annual premiums have
been paid the amount of as many tenhs OF the val
ue Of pDicy as the n1mber Of annual premiums paid
POLICIES SINCONTESTIBLE.
AH policies issued by this Company, are, by their
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againsl any error the statement Of application Thus
guarding against the possibility OF loss by litigation
after death, as is frequently the case.
Prompt Payment of Losses.
All losses are by the terms Of the policy made pay
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usually the case at the expiration Of strty or
Rinety days.
Policies Secured by pledge OF
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Bv special enactment Of the Legislature OF New
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class Oi policies ertfed By The SuPerintendentQ q
he Insurance Department, UNDER Ills OFFICIAL
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the Atlantic Mutual Life Insurance Company NAV
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Ihe officers TO profit by past experience and to give to
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Peculiar Advantages.
RnIes
ROBERT II. PRUYN, President,
JAMES lIENORICK. Vice President,

Except the Term " table. The rates are all NTH
profits, and are calculated at as low figure past
experience has demonstrated TO be ample, based upon
the highest rate of mortality any lowest of inter-
est. Here arises
Smyrna times., 1867-12-18
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
LA FAYErTE ). FOSTER,
PreSient Of the Senate pro tempnre.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, I
- March 2. 1861. :
The President OF the United StaSes having returned to the
Senate in which originated the hill entitled
ting the civil occs with his t0ns
thereto the Senate proceeded of the Constitution
to reconsider the same; and
Resolved, That the said bill do twO-thris
ate agreeing to pass the
Artist: j. W. FORNEY
Secretary of the Senate,
Smyrna times., 1867-12-18
Prompt Payment of Losses.

All losses are by the terms Of the policy made pay
0e imedia teLg upon satisfactory proof OF loss. and
not as usually the at the expiration Of 'lrty or
ninety days.
Smyrna times., 1867-12-18

IL THE HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES L. S. !
AlOrch 2i, lSG7. !
The House of Representatives having proceeded
OF the Constitution TO reconsider the bill entitled An
act regulating the tenure OF certain Offices returned to the
Senate by the President the United States with his
tUnS and by the the House
with the message of the President returning the bill
Resolved, That bill do twuiriS of the House Repre-
sentatives agreeing to pass the same.
EDWD PCPHERSON,
lab
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-28
The Adornment of the Head---The
Hair ReStorer.

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silken tresses of youth, anI are happy
Young people, with light, fadeI or red hair,
have these questionable colcrs changed
to beautiful auburn, and rejoice People
whose heads are covered with dandruff and
humors, use it, and have clean coats and
clear AMI healthy scalps. Bald-headed
veterans have their remaining locks tight
encd, and the bare spots covered with "a
luxuriant growth of hair, and dance for
JOY. Young gentlemen use it because it is
richly perfumed Young ladies use it be-
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body naust and 'cM use it, because it is the
cleanest and best article in the market.
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Feb ) DRUGGISTS
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-28

A steam plow, with engines and
tackle complete, has been sent out
from England by a manufacturer,
who sends with it skilled agent, to
give it thorough trial in one of the
Western States, at the expense of the
manufacturer. The apparatus cost
$10, 900. A duty of $4,000 was levied
on it, but bill has been introduced
IN Congress to refund the amount.
1t will plow an acre an hour, to the
depth of twelve inches.
Boring for oil has not been alto
gether money lost in some portions
of Ohio. In addition to the valuable
salt wells discovered in Tuscarawas
and Columbiana, a vein was struck a
few miles East of Cambridge, which
yields about thirty barrels per dav
OF excellent quality, and may be
worked up to seventy-fve barrels.
The clear profit is already fifty dol
lars per day, and. Of. course, may be
enlarged.
There seems to have been close
race between the citizens and the in
cendlarles of Atlanta, to determine
whether the citizens could bnild as
fast as the incendiaries could burn.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-28
COLGATE's HONEY sOAP

This celebrated Toilet Soap, in such
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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-28

SWEET OpoPoNAx! The only elegant Per-
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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-28
THE FRANKLIN BRICK MA
The Gravest NIaIadics
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Howard Association Essays, on the phy
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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-28

SWEET GroroNAxi is the sweetest Ex-
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Try it once; will use no other.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-28

ARTIFICIAL EYES.-ARTIFICIAI
HUMAN EYES made to order and inserted
by Drs. f. BAUCH and P. GOUGELMANN,
formerly employed by Boissonneau, Paris, J
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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-28

SPECIAL NOTICES.

SWEET OroPoNAX! Ladies, III their morn
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perfrmed with Sweet Opoponax
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-28
EATCnELOR-s HAIR DYE

EATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.-Tbis
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The only t''uc and perfect Dye-harmlcss,
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limitations, and should be avoided. Sold
by all druggists and pcrfumers. Factory
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or a counterfeit. Dec II 1y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20

THE TARIFF ON WooL;-Fhe bill rails
ing the tariff on wool, which was signed
by the President on Monday, divides the
subject into three classes-clothing wools,
common wools and carpet woods. The
duty on the first class, upon wools valued
at 80 cents per pound, is 10 cents per
pound, and ii per cent. al Oalorena when
valued above 80 cents, l2 cents specific,
and 10 per cent. ad valorem duty: The
same rates are fixed for woods Of the sec
ond class, and on those of the third. 3
cents per pound on wool valued at II
CENTS. aud on those exceeding IL cents,
ger pound 1t is provided that washed
woods shall pay double duty. On woolen
cloths, shawls, etc., so cents per pound,
and 35 per cent. ad uaIorema are levied ;
on blankets, flannels, etc, from 20 to 40
cents per pound, according to the grade, /;
on bunting, 20 cents per square yard
and S5 per cent. nd ualorem;; on dress
goods, 6 cents per yard, and S5 per cent.
Gd paiorem; on clothing ready made, 81
cents per pound, and 40 per cent. nd valo-
rem; SO cents per pound, and SO per
cent. ad va1orem are imposed on Weddings
betting, etc. The duties on carpets are
50 per cent. ad ualorem on Anbusson, on
Brussels A cents per square yard, and
35 per cant. ad volorem, and on other
kinds in proportion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20

SETTING FIRE TO WooDs.-We have
observed in various directions from this
point the appearance in the horizon of
large conhagrations, in which much fen
cling and other property have been des-
troyed. This is distressing matter to
the sufferers, especially at this season of
the year. Surely there is distress enough
in our country without these fires, which
generally occur from carelessness or want
of due caution. For the information Of
our readers we publish the following Act
of the Legislature on this subject:
"No person shall put fire to the woods,
nor cause the same to be done, nor be
assisted in any act leading to the confa-
grafton of any forest, fields or marshes !;
and if any person shsll wilfully or negli-
gently set fire to any woods, or burn any
grass, brush, or combustiblc material, so
as to set the woods on fire, he shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and on convic-
ton Shall be liable to the action of any
person injured thereby. But no person
shall be prevented from firing the grass
or herbage within his own bounds, so that
he do not suffer the fire to spread to the
lands of his ncighbor."
We are told there is case now pend
ing in our Court on this subject.-Spar-
yanburg Spartan.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20
Don't Believe 1t.

A Western corr espondent tells of a
young man from one of the rural districts
who got married i'll the morning, and
took the train for Cincinnati. After see.
ing all the sights during the day and Wis
iting the opera at night, the happy pair
returned to the hotel, and the bride re.
tired to her room. Late in the night the
boot black discovered the raw youth sit
ting in the hall, near the door of his wife's S
room. He inquired for the clerk of the
hotel. We give what followed, verbatins,
with the remark that we don't believe a
word of it:
''Couldn't you make me bed in the
parlor?" cried the disconsolate individual.
"In the parlor?" echoed the clerk, "rm
afraid not"
"Well, I'd like to have one spread
down somewhere.
"WAy don't you go into your own
room?" asked the clerk.
81 don't like to-" said the blushipg
young man.
why, what's the matter?' continued
the clerk. " Has your wife turned You
OFT of your room? %
NO." said he, drawling. "but you see
havn't never been married before, and
SO / don't like to go in, particularly in a
strange place"
"ohl go right in," said the clerk
"she won't think it wrong"
Here the door of the room opened
about an inch, and through the aperture
came voice, coaxingly, saying
'Do come in, John, won't hurt you.
know'd they think strange of yer stand
ing out there. Come in now, won't yer (?
I've blowed out the gas and it's all dark
in here"
The odor of the room assured the clerk
that she had, indeed, "blowed out the
gas" so, pushing open the door, he stop
ped the flow, raised the window, and re.
turned to the hall to persuade the verdant
husband TO retire with his wife. All ar
gument were fruitless, however, and he
was compelled to assign the simple in
dividual separate room from that his
wife was in that night.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20

BIG SwINDL1NG OpERAT1oN.-The New
York papers contain the details, which
have just come to light, of gold-swind-
ling operation in May, 1865, by which a
broker, named John Ross, fraudulently
obtained 100000 in gold from various
New bankers. The money was OBJ
tanned by gold certificates, apparently
signed by the officers Of the Continental
Bank. Ross escaped with his booty in a
vessel named the Dakota, which was kept
in readiness fer the purpose of carrying
him away. He is now presumed to be
in Brazil, where he is safe from capture
by United States officials, there being no
extradition treaty between the two coun-
tries. Several suits have grown out of
the case, two firms sueing the Continental
Bank for the sums named on the gold
certificates, and claiming that the sigma.
lures are genuine. This swindle, although
for an enormous sum, causes but little
comment-the country evidently having
become accustomed to this sort of thing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20

IMPEACHMENT CHANcEs.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore San
writes:
The impeachment subject was brought
up in the House to-day by Mr.. Ashley,
who used such disgraceful language to.
wards the President that Speaker Colfax
was twice compelled to call him to order.
Gen. Butler followed him in a similar
strain. The speeches of James Brooks
and Fernando Wood were listened to
with much attention on the Republican
side, bu: the eloquent efforts made by
these defenders of the Constitution will
not avail to stop the tide. Thaddeus
Stevens remarked in private conversation
to day, that President johnson, or An.
drew Johnson, IS he called him, would
not be in the White House on the first of
June. According to the caucus record
last night, the impeachment question will
have eighty votes to commence with.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20

USED TO IT.-There was a fire at Fair
fax Court House, Va, week before last,
which burned down five houses. 1t was
successfully fought, in the absence of en-.
gines, with snow. A good sorry is told
Of very old gentleman, a farmer of the
neighborhood, who came in after the fire
had died away and asked the first man
whom he met" Are they gone" :" Tho
gone 2" "Why, the Yankees. | see they've
been in again and burnt something"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20

D1sLoYALTY.-The Register, at New
Haven, Connecticut, is growing disloyal.
1t says:
The times are growing harder-work
shops are closing-merchants are having
little to do, but pore over their Z. bills re.
ceivable"-and hundreds of lusty me-
chanics are walking the streets because
they have nothing better to 90. All this
while, Congress is doing nothing but in
venting devilish modes of torturing the
Southern people, who desire nothing but
peace and prosperity in the old Union
anxious to open trade with the other States,
and set the factory wheels in motion Was
ever people cursed with such misrepre-
sentativesg They must be overthrown
at the ballot box, or the Republic is lost
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20
AUGUSTA HOTEL.

rgyHIS POPULAR HOTEL has been renovated
d painted, and put in complete order, with
determination on the part of tho proprietor Il
make it FIRST CLASS HOUSE.
Mr.. S. NJ. JONES has chiec control, and will
be recolccted by our Southern friends rs the for
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to See his old friends, promising them "VIRaI-
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S. NJ. JONES, Proprietor.
Auousta Ian tf
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20

PAYING LIKE S1NNER.-Several years
ago, in North Carolina, where it is not
customary for thetavern keepers to charge
the ministers anything for lodging and
refreshments, a preacher presumlngy
stopped at tavern one evening, made
himself comfortable during the night, and
in the morning entered the stage without 10,
offering pay for his accommodations. The
landlord soon came running up to the
stage. and said:
SThere is some one who has not set
tied his BILL
The passengers.all said they had, but
the preacher, who said he understood
that he never charged ministers anything.
"What! you minister of the gospel
"a man of God!!" cried the innkeeper
you came to my house last night; you
sat down at the table without blessing !;
lit you up to your room, and You went
to bed without praying to your Maker
(for stood there until You retired j you
rose and washed without prayer, ate your
breakfast without saying grace, and as
you came to my house like sinner, and
cat and drank like a sinner. you have
got to pay like sinuer'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20
Fob Is
State Of South Carolina
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,
~ NRNTNARI.

Nv O!t III
KsY w. f. DURIsoE, Esq, Ordinary of Edge
I'D field District.
Where's, q W. carwilc C.E.E.D. has applied
to me for Letters of Administration. on all
and singular the goods and chaltels. rights and
credits of John Dorm, late of tho District
aforesaid, deceased.
These are therefore, to cite and admonish alt
and singular. the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our
next 0fdnary's Court for the said District, to bo
holden at Edgcreld G.. IT,, on the elst day OF
March next to show causc, if any. why the said
administrator should not he granted.
Giyca under my hand and seal, his 9th day of
Feb ia The year OF our Lcrd ono thOu:and eight
hunlrcd and ard in the ninety -frstycar
Of American Independence. h.
Fob a. Bk 7
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THE AIKEN PRESS.

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Aiken, Jan % Pm