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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04
The Grant-Johnson Correspondence.
GENERAL GRANT TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

HEADeuaErERs, ARMIES UNITED STATES
WAsHlNGTuM,. D. C., August II, 1861 }
His Ercellency, Aadrew Johnson, President Of
the United States:
SIR: am in receipt Of your order OF this
date, directing the assignment of General q.
Il. Thomas to the command of the fifth mill
tary district, General Saeridan to the Depart
ment of the Missouri and General Hancock
to the Department of the Cumberland also
your uotc of this date (enclosng these in
structions,) saying. "Beforc you issue IN
structions 10 carry into effect the enclosed or
der, would be pleased to hear any sugges
tions you may deem necessary respecting the
assignments to which the order refers"
am pleased to avail myself ''f this invita-
ton to urge, earnestly urge-urge in the
name Of patriotic people who have sacrificed
hundreds of thousands Of loyal lives ami
thousands of millions of treasure to preserve
the integrity and union of this country-that
this order be not insisted on. 1t is unrnistak.
ably the expressed wish of the country that
General Sheridan should not be removed from
his present command. This is republic
where the will of tic people is the law Of the
land. l beg that their Voice may be heard.
General Sheridan has performed bis civil
duties faithfully ard inteIIigeutly. His reno
val will only be regarded as an effort to de-
feat the laws Of Congress. 1t will DC in:er
preted by the unrcconstrucied element In the
Sautll-those who did all they cou'd 10 break
up this Government by arms, and now wash
to be tie only clement consulted as. TO The
method Of restoring order-as triumph. 1t
will embolden them to renewed opposition to
the will of the loyal masses, believing that
they have the Executive with thcm.
The services of General thomas in battling
f,r the Union entitlc him to some cor>dera-
ton. lie has repeatedly entered his protest
against being assigned to either of the five
military districts, aud especially To being as
siered to relieve General Sheridan.
General Hancock ought net 10 be removed,
from where he is. His department is Il com
plica,ed one, wkich will take Il new command
or some time to become acQuain,e1 with.
There arc military reasons, pecu"iary rca'
sous, and, atovc ali, patriotic reasons, why
this order should not be insisted on.
beg to ,ciar to y letter, marked private,
which | wrote to The President when first
consulted or the subject Of the change in the
War Department. 1t bears upon the subject
OF this removal, and | had hoped would have
prevented it.
have the honor to be with great respect,
your obcdient servant,
U. S. GRANT. General U. S. Army,
anu S.crelsry Of War I'D intsrtm.
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Mary Moore.


I knew thee when thy girlish years were few,
Mary Moore;
When the bloomy blush upon thy cheek Was now,
Mary Moore,
-; When the blossoms in thy hair,
Than thy brow were not moro fair;
Swceter not what thrushes sung,
Than the language of thy tongue,
Mary Moore.
Thy scarlet lip was witchiug in its smile,
Mary Moore;
AID the iimplc in thy cheek wcs vile,
Mary Moore;
And thy song was like the note
In the linncts joyous throat,
When it grcets the mornings rays
With its psalmody of praise;
Mary Moore.
Side By side through the orchards drifting bloom,
Mary Moore;
Hand in hand, dr:nched in dewy springs perfume,
Mary Moore;
Heart with heart by shelly beach,
Trusting silence for our speech,
Dreaming youth aud gentle maid
Mary MoOrc
While the Bob link shock his merry bells,
Mary Moore:
In the meadows and the cool mossy dells,
Mary Moore;
Ere the summer time had flown,
Change thy gentle heart had known;
And thou badst me ego forget"
What we both remember yet
Mary Moore!
Where the bloom hung, the fruit is on the bOugh
Mary Moore;
The tender blade bears harvesta rpening now
Mary Moore;
Ru: the thrushcs sing no moro
Where they sweetly sang OF yore,
And ny heart has learned to live
Without the love thu couldst not give,
Mary Moore
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04
Importan; Orders--Sicl,les Removed
and Sheridan Sent to the West.
EAECUIIFE z Mn SIUN,
Washington, D. c., Aug. &c, 'G7.

Brevet Major General Edward r. S. Candy
is hereby assigned to the command &C the
Second Military Distiict. created by IA act OF
Congress of March I'd, la67, and Of the Nil.
itary Department Of the Souih, embracing tie
States of North Carolina and South Carolina
lie will, as soon as practicable. relieve Major
General Da ,iel SickIes, and, on assuming the
command to whict lie is hereby assigned,
will, when necessary TO faithful execution
of the laws, exercise any and all powers con-
ferred by the ac!s o, Congress upon the Dis
trict Commanders and auy and all authority
pertaining 10 officers in commaid Of Military
Departments. Major General Daniel T. Sick
les is hereby relieved from the command Of
the Second Military District. The Secretary
of War ad interim will give tie necessary in
structions to carry this Order into effect
ASDREw JnnssoY.
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From tie Memphis Bulletin.
I,hn EnnIip u'rnIr.

We proviuci ! journalists lock wiih consid-
cIaDie amusemehC upon tie airs which cur
metropolitan brethren Sometimes assume. The
New York papers, III particular, are very
much IN the habit Of turning up their nosc,
at country l,ih. Their editorials arc usually
writ;ca in tsat grandiloqueni, sprcad eagle
style, which IS IS much as To say, don't yoa
admire Us see how we spread ourselves !"
And yet with all this pretcnsion on the para
OF the quid nui.cs who write their editorials.
we now and then Come across case nj gross
ignorance such as would disgrace one OF our
little county wcakits. Snea cHse Is found
in ccceut article in til, New York Times,
whose editor is III a5p!rant f.: anl5os 'ador:-
al hoEor>. III discussing TIE importation /
The co,ir, which nearly all the Radicals op-
pose, on the ground that he would interfere
with the negro the Times insists that The act
Of Congress prohibiting tie importation should
be enforced We have some reco.ieclion nI
an act providing that kidnapped Coolies sliai'
not De hroNea; n'o the c"urtry, but yol"n-
tarr immigration is as free 20 t"c c9o'ic a.
ally other race or nation. He is imported
every day into C,.l;!uruia, without let or iia
drancc, and the Times has probably lrarned
BY ;lis time, that ne cooiics, imported into
NV Orleans, AID which called forth its art
Gle. lave-hce:i permitted TO proceed t"iie
different Plantations Tor which tley bad been
engaged, nothing appearing. to warrant their
detention unter the act. We arc glad 10 see
this commencement Of the Importation OF the
coolic being made by our fellow clizel> nj
Louisiana. 1t viii give our peop'e in Ten
hes ce a,i opportunity Of watching the ex
pertinent without cost to themselves Whilst
we have no doubt whatever that the coolie is
to. be Tic aborcr Of the entire South in less
than ten years iron! this TING, we think well
VI the suggestions made by some OF our con
temporarics Of establishing agencies to lacIl
it.tc the introduction OF white labo-crs Ihe
labor question with us is very mp;rtant
one and should not be decided lightly or
hastily, on any mans theory. 1t is practi'
cal question, and can only be drcided by
facts. Let, therefore, all the experiments be
tried, and then we shall be in better condi-
;ion to choose
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Augusta, Ga, Aug. 6. 1867.

NEGRo TRoors TO re GUARDED IL New
ToRk.-A correspondent OF tho charleston
Courier, speaking of the negro military com
panies recently formed in New York city,
says: A few days ago company paraded
through Broadway, and for the consistency
of the Northern people, | am ashamed 10
ss7, vas received with ieers and laughter on
ali sides. 4ho officers were all black, the
men we're in citi2cnls dress and the whole
affair was preceded by platoon of white Po-
licemer specially detailed for the protec
Zion Of the sejers by Superintendent Ken
nedY."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

GS On the 18Th, Mr.. Harkreedcr and
his wife, residing six miles from Dyersburg,
Tenn, ~efe mardc,ed. They were killed, it
is supposed, for six h4ndrad aolqrg. they were
known to possess.
I1 A Newark expressmnn has been ar.
rested for alowinga couple of disabled horses
to starye 10 death. 1t is said that the ami
mails, in trying to appease their hunger, eat
entirely through timber sig inebc in thick
ness.
bay. Our BEST 'FRlEyDs-T entire South
ern Relief Fund amounts TO S2,S7G 500 OF
this amount 100000 comes from Louisville;
S32l COO from New York; $l,C000O0 from
tile State Of Maryland; Boston $49,l !;
St Louis $347,375; Philadelphia $65, 900,
and Gbicsgo SII s30G. e,'-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

MAGNITUDE OF TIE WESTERN GRAIN TRADE.
The BUFFALO Ccn.pierc;M Adrcrtiser gives
the following facts and figures regarding the
enormous grain trade Of the West, and its
rapid increase:
The unparalleled development Of the West
in population aud production will, in the en-
suing thirty years give trade between the
West and New York equal to upwards Of
$S 900, 100000 to go through the canals when
they shall be made sufficiently capacous Tor
its accommodation. There will be this amount
OF trade aside fcom that by the railways. a
canal boat Of the size now navigating the
Erie Canal, two hundred and fifty tons bur
then, will carry us much as one railway train
of twenty-five cars. From severity to eighty
boats of this class Can be ladened with grain
and dispatched Eas ward in each and every
twenty four hours. If the canals should be
ignored and the entire business now done
upon them should be transferred to the rail
roads it would require four freight trains to
te DISPATCHED daily hy the Gpn'fal and forty
by the Erie, in addition to the business they
are now doing.
HTwcnty-l five years ago the graiu trade of
this citY was between two and three millions
bushels annually. 1t now averages from fifty
to sixty million bushels annually, in addition
t, the flour trade. Tho receipts at this port
of grain in one day last year were upwards
of three million bushels. The receipts OF
grain here ON Monday last were upwards OF
Sayen hundred thousand huahels, besides up
wards Of million of slaves and six million
feet of lumber. Estimating the results of
the future by the past, tue time is not far
distant when the grain trade at this point
will be a huadrcd million bushels annually.
A movement Of sixty million bushels Of grain
by rail would require 6,S57 trains of twenty.
live {lrs each, eIual TO seventeen trains daily,
by each of Tue tIo roads during the entire
navigation season Of two hundred days, and
yet the grain trade is scarcely one:half tho
tonnage to be moved"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

REVENUE OFFICER GUILTY OF FsarD-
The Grcenville Mountuinecr, os the 22i in
stant, says that Dayton Il. Gage, Revenue
Officer, has been found guilty of cxtortion in
office as Assistant Assessor, before the Uni.
ted States District Court, Judge Bryan pre-
siding. The prisoner was sentenced to i'm.
Eyisonmcnt i'll the Jail at Grecnyille til the
18th of March, 1868, pay fine of two hun,
drea dollars and the cost of prosecution, and,
as the prescribed legal consequence, be for.
ever incapable OF holding Office under the
United States Government. 49,.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04
Trieks of a Jugsler.

The far-famed Robert Heller, who is now
deIightng crowds by his weird performances,
canno. be satisfied WITH his legitimate trl
u,nphs before an audience, but occasionally
ducs neat thng for his own amusement,
very much to the surprise of thcsc who hap
pen to be present.
On Saturday lsst, while passing an iline-
rant vendsr OF cheap provisions, Mr.. Heller
srdlruIy paused and inquired:
How do YOU sell eggs, auntic ?'
dem eggs was lhe response; "dey am
a ,icayuae apicce-ftc>h tcc, de last one
OF 'em blcd 'em myself, a@d knows dey's
fu,t rate"
Well, I'll try 'sm," said the magician, as
he laid down a bit OF fractional currency.
" Have you pepper aud salt?"
Yes, sir, dere dey is,H said the sable sales
woman, watching her customer with intense
interest.
Lisur.lv drawing out neat little pen
kr;,e. Mr. Heller proceeded very quietly to
cu; tie egg exactly in half, when suddenly
bright new twenty livecent piece was discov'
red lying lmbedled in tie yolk apparently
rs arsAi as when it came from the mint.
Very cu0lly the great magician. transferred
the CON to bis vest pocket, and taking up
another egg, inquired: ,,.
:" And how lluch do you ask for this
egg 7' n.
fact am, boss aegg is worth dime, shuah."
"a! right" was the response; here's the
dime. .Npw give mo the egg"
Sc .,arating it with an exact precision that
the cnloroi lady watched eayerly, quarter
sacle was most carefully picked out. Of the
csHtre Of the egg, and placed in tue vest
pucket Of the operator, as before Tho old
woman was tbnrderstruck, as well she might
have been, and her customer had to ask her
price for The third egg two or three times be-
fore he could obtain reply.
bars no use talkin,' mars'r," said the
bewildered old darkey, can't let you hab
da, ear egg, nohow, for less dan quarter.
dccar.. to the Lord can't"
"Very good" said Heller, whose imper'
turbablc features were as solemn as an un-
dcrlaker, ",here is Your quarter and here is
the egg. All right"
AS he opened the last egg, brace OF FIVE.
dollar gold pieces we're discovered snug'y Dc,
posted in the very heart of the yoik, and
iingng them merriy tosethcr in his little
uain,, the sayaut coolly remarked:
very good eggs, indeed. l rather like
them; and while am about ii, believe l
will buv dozen. What is the price ?"
"Isiy pr ce = screamed the amazed daugh
tor of Ham. +" You couldn't buy dem eggs,
mars'r, far all de money you's got. No! dat
YOU oauldu't. Use gwine to take dem eggs
all home. .s; and dat money in dom eggs
oil blongs to me. 1t does dat. Couldn't sell
no more OBJ dem eggs, nohow."
Amid the roar Of the spectators, the be-
nighted African started to her domlcil to
sulash dem eggs" but With what success
VIC are unable to relate;
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DENTISTRY.

ADR II. PARKER respectfully announce:
that ne is we'll prepared to execute IN Inc oes'
maaner aud promptly all work in the business
and at greatly reduced figures.
Haviag acquainted himself with the late ines
Unable improvements in the profession, and Sc
cured a full stock of materials, &C., he wa'rar'
good an,, satisfactory work to all who may desire
his services.
Elgefeld, S. c., Aug. !, u''
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Y AG9Y And BLACKSMITH SH0PS.
EDGEFIELD, S. {

8 he Undersigned gives notice that he is now
prepared to have REPAIRED in a good and
worl,mqnlikc manucr, WAGONS. CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES, and other Vehicles that may he
brought 20 his Stops, at fair and reasonable pri-
ccs fur Cash.
NEW WAGONS, CARTS and BUGGIEs will
also be put up in the best style and on as reason
able terms rs can he afforded.
Having EFFICIENT and EXPERIENCED
WORKMEN in my Shops, and good supply of
the BEST SEASONED TIMRER, no pains will
bo spared to give entire satisfaction to these who
may send their work to these Shops.
WV. ADAMS,
Sept. 90 If
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04
Life Wears Away.
Life wears away

Life wears away
Like the rosy flush on the morning cloud,
Like the A3wer's perfume BY the strong wind
bowed,
Like the sunbOam's smile, like the nights dark
shroud
Life wears away.
Life wears away
Whether we do the good we may
Whether we spend it in work or play,
Freeze in December or dance in May,
Life wears away.
Life wears away
With its pleasures and pains, its hopes and fears,
Its losses and gnins, its smiles and tcars,
We may bcckon to time, but he will not stay
Life wears away.
Life wears away
With its restless nights ard toilsome morrs,
Love CROWDS US with joy, OR hate with th'rns-
The heart beats on with its loves and scorns-
Life wears away.
Life wears away!
But heed it not, SO look beyond,
As child for his home, with ycarDing fond;
We may hugh ut time, that he will not stay,
Aud smils in peace as life wears away.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

SAsA New York letter says that Mr..
Seward's confidential friends in that city con-
linue to assert that he will retire from the
Cabinet in the course of few days, not be.
ca use of any disagreement between him and
the President, but because he IS anxious to
retire from public life, and spend tie remain=
der Of his days at his home 10 Auburn. u
Nags General Beauregard has organized at
New Orleans the "Electrical Brake ,Compa-
ny Of North America" of which he is Pres.
ident, aud Col, Rlanton Duncan, of Delaware,
Superintendent. Itis claimed that rail-
sway train running forty-four miles an hour
can be stopped by electricity between fifty
and ono hundred yards.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

E A Young man was sent into Mis-
souri, 8 short time ago, with four thousand
dollars in cash, to buy live stock. After
looking about considerably heselec.ed ayouug
and handsome girl, gave her father four thoa-
sand dollars for; her, married her, and settled
down on valuable farm which the old man
decided to his daughter. This was thought
merry joke, until the sheriff came and carried
the young man of for swinidling. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04
Dec 6

Dec te" 'V
We have been requested by many friends oi
Mr.. JOHN A. BARKER to announce him Car-
didate for Tax Collector Of Edsedeld District al
the ensuing election.
Oct 2, te*
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

ms- We have been authorized by the Friend'
Of Capt. II. B0ULWARE to announce MIN :
Candidate for Sheriff of Edgcfcld District at tn
next election.
Apr IL te ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

TIE many Friends of Capt. JAMES MITCH
ELL respectfully nominate hin as Candidate
for TAX COLLECTOR at tho next election.
SALJJDA
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04
For Sheriff.

Tho Friends of Capt. a. P. WEST respectful
" announce him as Candidate for Sheriff o
El.efeld atthc next election.
e. te# IS
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

~ All menare; strong who. y.Laye' God
ON their side. AL men are weak. who arc
wrong.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04
Medical Card.

nR. T. j. TEAGUE' has moved to the
I'D Dwelling recently occupied by Mr.. j. n
CArwilc next door below Episcopal CnuEcn. H.,
He may be found at the Drug Store OF League sa'
& Carwi!e DARN. i, lay, aad at his reslaehee
during ths nigh;, when Aot out on pr''ess'"Ha'
business. MAJ.
Having been engaged in the practice o, OF. Meai,
cine, in It's various branches ior the las.
Years ba fcels that be does not arrogaie to him
self undue merit when ne sclici;s II liberal shaF
of patronage at the iands of this community,
Jan | VI
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04
For Tx Collector.

The Many Friends of D. a. J. gELL, Esq
respectfully nominate him as Candidate TO-
Tax Collector at the next election.
o.,,e to AZ
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q. S.. Court in Bankruptcy.

Il WILL, in addition to my business as Attorney
at Law, attend to the preparation of
CAUSES IN BANKRUPTCY. '
Make out the Petitions, manage the Causes in
Court, and attend to all other proceedings ne
cessnry to procure final discharges for applicants
will attend in person before the Register OF the
Sd District, and give prompt attention to all
causes confided to my care.
J. L. ADDISON,
ATTORNEY At LAW AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY
Office: Law Range, Edgefeld c. H., S. c.
Aug 13 3m %
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

ms- We have been authorized by, friends OF
Capt STUART HARRISON to announce him
Candidate for reelection to the Office of Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas for this District, ut
the ncr- election
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

ms-weh have been authorized by the many
friends of Capt. L. YANcEY DEAN to an
nounce him Candidate for Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for Edgefclj District at tie
next election.
June 90 te ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-09-04

You will ask. "If You are the friends Of
the negro, why do you object to their being
universally cnfranchiscd?" I reply, not
merely because their skin is black, but be-
cause l believe that they ara too gnoran. to
use s:;ch franchiscment rightly and well /; that
it will be latGi to 16ad G2rernment. We have
probably sixty thousand ooloreG peonls in
Georgia, who will, hereafter, 80 to the ballot
box, under the plan Of Congressional recon-
struction-a greater number than that of the
white voting population. And so it will be
IN alI ths ten prescribed States. The result
must oe that tta segepal governments Of these
States must pass into their hands who asp
now being taught by political drill masters
that they have injuries to avcngc against the
whites), with tho tremendous power of taxa
ton, couhscation, and OF fixing what shall be
the security fer the lie and liberty OF the
white citizens. :. Is not this terrific picture
to contemplate? Aud can the Northern peo-
ple wonder that the Congressional policy
meets strong, earnest, and honest opposition2
Let no sypposo ease that will bring the
subject homo to the Northern neanle. Sup
pose enough OF such ignorant voters could be
suddenly planted IN a y ten of the Northern
States, to overcome the votes Of their white
citizens, and control The several governments
of those States, how do you thinl; New York,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
Chic, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, fIev llamp-
shire, and Maine wonld like the operation
How would they feel under such policy,
that would putall their interests in the hands
of such power?
But it may be replied that those States are
not disloya, Iebellions, as ags tho ten pro