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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
What a Practical Man Says.

Senate. sprague, of Rhode Island, who is
large manufacturer, as we'll as n large cotton
planter, delivered speech on Friday last, before
the adjournment of Congress for the holidays, on
tho repeal of the Cotton Tax, in which he made
the startling statement that the British manufac-
turers arc now able, by thoir skilled labor and
machinery, to produce from the short and dry
staple of India cotton product equal to that
from tho American staple.
He said that at this day Egyptian cotton was
usod in seven-eighths Of the articles in which
Sea Island cotton was formerly employed, and
that he believed in two years this latter article
monld only be produced as a rare plant in some
gentleman's garden. Tho plantations of the
South he did not conside. worth one-twentieth
part of their value before the war. Mr.. Sprague
told the Senate that he bad not only aPpsahendad
we had lost the great cotton interest forever, but
that he even feared the competition of Indian
cotton in American markets. These are not the
statements of a congressional declaimer, but OF
o practical man, who rarely asks the attention OF
the Senate Truths like these ought to rouse the
industrial classes of the country, and bring them
to decide whether this destruction of cotton, COM
merce and manufactures, on a Legitimate basic,
is not a higher price than they are able to pay
for trs perpetuation of Radical power.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01

MonE VALUABLE DIscovERlEs.-The coun-
try near Aiken, S. c., has been long known
as suitable place to restore the health Ct
those that were diseased, and the dry brac.
ing climate has made it peculiarly popular
among many classes of invalids. The vicini-
ty is very billy and picturesque, and the wa.
ter-power in the neighborhood admirably
suited to the erection of manufacturing es
tablishments, the streams being Of never
failing character and are at all seasons free
from ice. 1t has been known for some time
that stone, valuable for milling purposes
and equal 20 the French Burr stone," was
in the region arounll, and that porcelain clay
Of the finest description was to be had in un-
limited amounts, but we are pleased to say
that these are not the only natural products
of great value to be found there, as we learn
chat gentleman, formerly engaged in busi-
noss in this city, has been the fortunate dis
cover of an unlimited deposit Of ocbrc," said
to be of the most valuable kind known to
commerce, for which be has bean offered q
very large sum, and that he is about making
arrangements to bring it into use immediate
ly.-Charleston News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01

An AWFUL TRAsEDr.-On Sunday, De-
cember Sth, very early in the morning, an act
was perpetrated On tho road leading from
CourtlaEd to Tuscaloosa, at the house of DR..
QeGrafenried, about thirty miles from Court.
land, by which Pr. peGrafenriod, and Mr.
and Mrs. Noah lost their lives A Mr.. Briggs,
a Methodist preacher, who had been at one
time confined in the lunatic asylum at Tusca-
loosa, was staying at DR.. DcGraffeuricd's.
Early that morning the Doctor and Mr..
Briggs were sitting by the fire, and Mr. Briggs
was abusing his wife, from whom he had been
separated, when DR.. DEG. told him he ought
not to abuse his wife so; whereupon Briggs
picked Up Q halt.made az hauAe and struck
DR.. DEC. on the head, telling him to the floor.
lie then struck him rgaiu, killing hin, in-
stanty. Mr.. Noah, who is an old man, rushed
in to help DR.. DeG., and he vas killed with
the aame weapon. Mrs. Noah, hearing the
noise, went into the room, and Briggs killed
her in the same manner. A little boy, who
was in the room, saved his life by getting
under The bed. He says that after Briggs
had killed all these, he went around and
struck shen each one heavy blow on; the head.
AT &c he had satisfied himself that they were
dead, hs took pair of shoes belonging to
Mrs. Noah, and left the house in his stocking
feet, making his way across the field. He
has since been seen at MillYille.-Tuscumbia
(Ala.) Times. az
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
Thirty.Two Years Old.

; Thirty two yesrs ago, was begun tbs publica-
tioa Of the EIgefld Adccrtiser-an enterprise
which, by the fAvor of the citizens of Edgsfeld
District became the success they now behold. The
thirty-scsoad year of the Adreriser' existence is
nov c,o,sS, aud with this issue We begin tho
talrty third year. It Is a long period to look
back, butth rrminiseenee, So far as or inter
corso ~ith the public is concerned, is all pleasant.
That intercourse, to DO surs has been only of few
ysa,s standing; but our memory Of tho tone aud
character of the Adceriser is good, and We do
uvt believe thu. in this long range Of thirty-two
volumes ,ksrs viii be found . seutimsnt expressed
tba. vas not prompted by the sinccrest desire to
promote the true interests aud honor of Edgefeld
sni of Seut,rCaro!ina. And through al these
long years, the 9.idreni~er has met with degree
of favor which rs propriesors ever gratefully &C
kacw;edge, and have ever sought to deserve by
ben, ling all thsir energies to making the paper
worthy of such generous and unremstted support
And as in the,pas. so shall it be in the future.
'Yhs, that future may call upon US to do or en-
dare, We canno. even conjecture. The aspect If
aSAirs is in most respects, dark AMI unpromising.
We are in the bands of ap,li;i,al faction which,
feeling power, hs. forgotten right; and We arc
h.lple,s as q. community to protect ourselves or
avert this doom, uhstever it msy bs, that is to be
i4A:c;ed. But that which W: can all do, is to
face persecution with the courage of endurance,
and c. sel and act together to bring united
energies to tie work Of lifting up the fallen for
tunes of cur people. 10 all such labors the Al
.crti.er will bs willing and working cosdjutor; (;
an in a other respects continue and increase its
ef,,ts to be First Rate Newspaper.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
Unfortunate Mexico.

] HAVANA, December 26-The Virginia
/ from Vera Cruz on the 10th uia Sisal 23d. has
Iarrived with City of Mexico dates to the 10Th
There is much misery throughout the country
sin consequence of the exhaustion and disor.
Igan:zation from war. The people are COM
ipelled by hunger TO resort to brigandage.
II Peace has been re established at Lepic.
l. Several paroled prisoners have been lihc.
ratcd.
!: The revolution in Yucatan is assuming
Eaarge proportions. Santa Anna has been pro
claimed Dictator and is hourly expected from
Havana with men and a million of money
The fort and town of Sisal is in the hands oi
the insurgents, but the port is blockaded by
two Mexican gunboats. a number Of Impc
rial officers arrived at Sisal from Matamoras
ON the 10th, The coast of Yucatan is closely
watched to prevent landing. The Mexican
steamer IObasso is ready to sail from Vera
Cruz for the scene of the revolution with 500
;nen and artillery.
/ Santa Anna is still in Havana.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
From the Anti,slarery Standard.
The Republican P Party in Pieces.

WGsHISGToH. Dec. 10, 1867.
The Republican party in Congress is fall
ing to pieces. 4t'is being constantly betray:
ed by its own friends. The great organiza-
tion-sradcst of all mere political parties
ever forl,ed-has no enemy 50 dangerous as
the cowardly and treacherous. the tilnid time.
server, and the mere expcdiency mougers who
dwell within its borders. In Congress it
fails constantly. 1t is falling TO pieces daily.
A chief reason is because it has no leader, no
one brave enough to strike back, or sagacious
enough to see blow and ward it off. Whist.
ever else might be said of Mr.. Stevens lead
ership, it had the merit Of striking back, and
OF being always ready to attack when liberty
was threatened. a crowd Of mere rcspecta-
bllities now strive to rule. All of them are
secretly conscious Of their unftness for the
position their ambition aspires to. So all
Strike to prevent other men from that drec-
ton. Schenck is too cross, Kelly is deemed
too egotistcal, Boutwell, and Shelabarger too
modest, "a quality with which not many are
ahlicted,) Butler is too imprudent on an emer
sency, Logan is not yet skilful enough par
liamentsrian. Julian would be best, but he
i too hard worked and weary mau to un-
dertake the task. For all practical purposes
Mr. Stevens is of the past except so far as he
cin counsel.
1t is no use Disgusting the fact. The Re-
publican party is not now one. There are
two distinct parties in its midst. The ques-
ton is really which shall keep the great name
and maintain the splendid organization. This
honor belongs by all that is justto the Radi-
calls. The Conservatives have no claim, many
oftscm are petty and peddling soldiers of
fortune, the others are j,undced and disap
pointed politicians, who grievc at being SO
near statesmauship and yet unable to make
the people recognize them as such. What
transpired on tie black days-a twin disgrace
of last week has given final, if yet unre.
cognized. blow at the unity of the party.
Nothing can keep these discordant elements
together long, except the pressure Of on out
side danger, overwhelming as that which
drove them into fusion when Sumter was FIR
cd upon. The Republican party in Congress
might have survived, though that is doubtful,
the defeat ofimpeachment.
There are other measures that might have
rallied the shattered elements. But it can
never survive the utter wreck of mutual con-
fidence which has resulted from the tyrauni-
cal and shameless conduct of the majority
which destroyed the nations great hope.
That conjunction of Conservative fears and
copperhead .lusts was ftly exempli6ed by the
manner in which they crushed all debate, de.
stroyed free discussion, and made pariamsn
tary liberty Jest, and brought to shape and
scorn the highest prerogatiye bestowed by the
Constitution on the National Legislature.
The tyrannical conduct of the majority in pre-.
venting debate has swept away the last hopes
among discerning men of locking to keeping
the Republican party intact.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
Negro outrages in North Carolina.

correspondence or the Ne1 lorE derdtG.
NEwDEEN, December ,2O.-Scarcely day
has elapsed and lbaye again to record another
of those negro outrages 50 frequent at The
South since the emancipation of that unfor-
tunate race-another brutal murder. But a
few days since and the peaceabe citizens in
/ this vicinity were thrown into state of the
most violent excitement and. terror by the
horrible murder of Colonel Nethercutt and
the inhuman beating bis wife received at the
4 hands of the murderers, who also attempted
incerdiarism. The affair am now about to
record is twofold tragedy, the negro murdc.
rcr meeting death at lhe hands Of a heroic
boy not more than fourteen years old.
Night before last the residence of Mr.. Dan.
iel Doughty, on the public ;oad leading from
.Neuse to Trent, was invaded by gang of
negro .desperadoes who infest this portion OF
the State. Upon reaching the house one of
toe party entered, the others remaining out
side, as is usual IN .ch cases, TO guard against
intrusion, while their bloody work is being
perpetrated.
Ben. GARNER, the murderer, who met his
| deserved fate, finding no one present but a
=, Mr.. P. Bratcher and small boy, seized the
former and demanded ell the money there
was in the house. A violent struggle, lasting
for some moments, now ensued the negro,
being very powerful and muscular, freeing
himself. He Immediately drew revolver,
ddiSschalrging it twice, one of the balls taking
effect in MIR. Bratcher's abdomen, the other in
his right arm. From the wound in bis abdo.
smen, which was mortal, he has since died.
| at this juncture of affairs the weak and puc-
| rile boy displayed, in marked degree, his
tcourage and heroism. When the struggle
chad assumcdits fiercest aspect, and the negro
Ehad drawn his pistol, the boy slipped behind
Ia door, and seizing the gun belonging to Mr.
Doughty, took steady and deliberate aim at
the negro murderer, fired and instantly killed
Ehim. The remainder of the gang cr:s;de,
Eseeing their leader lying PROSTATE in his gore,
filed, as negroes will always do when they en-
lcounter true manly courage. The boy re-
smained in the house, the sole survivor OF this
ttwo-fold tragedy, administering to the dying
wants of Mr.. Bratcher until assistance ar
arived. This section is daily the scene of the
fmost unparalleled murders; the people live in
kterror, and if measures are not adopted to re.
strain the growing negro violence the country
twill become depopulated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01

HORRIBLE AFrAIR-IIow "RoMEo" MUIR
pEnED HIS KEEpER.-Ths telegraph on Satur-
day announced the killing Of Mr.. W. S. Will
liams, the keeper of the famous elephant Ro-
meo, The Philadelphia papers give the par
ticulars Of the horrible affair, which occurred
at Marlborough, Montgomery County, Penn
sylvania. It appears that the huga monster
had been PLACED in winter quarters at the
above place, and on Wednesday was visited
by his keeper. who found it necessary to ad-
mini ter punishment. Mr.. Williams is said
to be the only man living who could exercise
any authority over hin. He afterwards took
Romeo" to trough, for the purpose Of
washing his face and tusks. As he (Williams)
was STOPPING with his back toward him,
Romeo" suddenly seized him with his trunk,
and dashed him with great violence against
the wall, af:er which lie gored him fearfully
with his tusks. He then kneced on the pros
trate man wlth his ~ponisrcus weight and
crushed him fearfully. Tho screams of Mr.
Williams brought persons to his assistance,
and with considerable danger the mutilated
body of the unfortunate man was dragged
out, the elephant being kept at bay by means
of pitchlorlis Medical aid was ut once sum.
moned, but Mr.. Williams expired in little
over an hour afterward. The elephant has
since been quiet. Romeo is a native of Cey-
Ion, where lie was captured some ten years
ago, when he was considered full grown. He,
for number of years, wes used in state pro.
cessions and for warlke purposes. He at
last was taken among other munitions Of war,
and sold to some London menagerie proprie-
tors, who vainly essayed to train him to per-
form tricks. SO he wss sent to America in
1859 and purchased for the establishment Of
Mabie & 20.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
Important Order.
HEADQUaRTERs OF THE ARMY, }
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, ,
WAsHIyGroN, Dec. 2S, 1867. J

WASHINGTON, Dec. 70, 1851. J
General Orders No l04
By direction of the President of the United
States, the following orders are made:
Firsi. Brevet Major Gen. L. o. G. Ord will
turn over the Command OF IL. 4th Military
District to Bvepct Major Gen. A. q. Gillem,
and proceed 10 San Francisco, GAL, to take
command OF the Department of California.
Second. On being relieved by BrevetM Major
General Ord, Brevet Major Gen. Irwin Nc
Dowcll will proceed to Vicksburg, Miss, and
relieve General Giileln in command Of the 4eh
Military Division.
Third. Brcvet Major Gen. John Pope is
hereby relieved of the command of the Sd
Military District, aud will report without de-
lay at the headquarters of the army for fur
.ther orders, turning over his command to the
next senior officer until the arrival of his
Fourth. Maj-Gen. George G. Meade is as
signed to the command of the Sd Military
District, and will assume it without delay.
The department of the East will be c5m.
manded by the senior officer now ON duty in
it until a commander is named by the Presi-
dent.
FiM. Officers assigned in the foregoing
orders to command of Military Districts will
exercise therein any and all powers conferred
by acts OF Congress upon district command:
ers, and also any and all powers pertaining
to military department, commanders.
Si1.A Brevet Major-Gen. Wager Swayne,
Colonel Forty fifth q. S. Infantry, is hereby
relieved from duty in. the Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, and will
proceed to Nashville, Tennessee, and assume
command Of his regiment. By command of
GENERAL GRANT. s
E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A.G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
ExrRAoaDNARY REvENoE.-The Prov

.H
E1rRAoaDNARY REYENcE.-The Proyi
deuce Herald of the 2lst tells the following
ridiculous story Of q cn.peckcd husband who
took most singular revenge:
A singular case Of matrimonial infelicity is
reported on Village street, two or three even
ings ago. A couple, both slightly upder the
influence of beverages, had "cheerful dis
cu;sion, which culmilated in regular quar-.
rel, after they had retired to their codch for
the night At last, rendered frantic by the
stlnging words of his wife, and in order to
revenge himself upon her, the man sprung
from his bed and seated himself upon the hot
cooking stove, "accoutred as he was" in q
very limited line Of wearing apparel. The
stove being very hot, the mans flesh burned
on and his night garment somehow catching
upon the rear Of the stove he was unable to
release himself. His screams for help were
treated with cool Indifference by his wife, and
it was only when his cries had called In two
men from another room, thathe was extrieated
from his uncomfortable position by being
pulled off the stove by main strength. o
course his burns were terrible, and the physi
clans who attended him predict that they
will result in permanent lameness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
Audacious and Brutal Robbery.

On Monday night, 23d Dec, the dwelling of
Mrs. D. RUTLAND, venerable widow lady, living
nea, the Columbia road, twelve or thirteen miles
from this place, was forcibly entered by six negro
fellows, who robbed it Of money to tho amount
of S75, and also of considerable quantity of
bed-clothing, Ge. Mrs.. &. was alone at the time
that is, had no one with her save her servants
and in making her escape, was struck and NAL
treated by these black rufians.
Information of this foul decd was immediately
communicated to Major WALKER, at Aiken, who
promptly sent out Sergeant MosDURAsD, 9Th
Cavalry, in pursuit Of the perpetrators. Ono of
them has been arrested; and We hope to announce
hex: week the capture of the Who'll, party. They
richly deserve the halter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
Good Aayice for tine New Year.

Good Advice for the New Year.
The following excellent advice to young men i.
from Horace Greeley. It deserves to be printed
in letters of gold, and ought to be read morning,
noon, and night, by every boy end girl in the
land:
Hunger, cold, rsgs, hard work, contempt, sus-
,picion, unjust reproach, are disagroeable. But
dasss worse than them all. And II it
gsaso Goa 20 spare either or all of my sops to be
shs rapport andsUlaco Of my declining years, tho
leseS$ wAich should most es,rnos,ly try to i'm
press ICON thsm is--never rua into debt. Avoid
pecsasssy obligations As ygn would pestilance or
fa.ains. = Jon haze bat hfty cents, and can get
no rnore fosa Tsek. buy peck Of corn, psrch 1t
md i've 0a tAas rsihsr shan .,Ro q man doilsE-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01

r The time to which the collection Of the
direct tax in tho Southern States was delayed, ex.
pires on January l, but Secretary McCulloch, in
answer to appeals from the South to prote0i thap
from taxation, has, it is said, responded that be
does not intend to collect it unless forced to do
by Congress, and ths. he will appoint no collec-
tors for that purpose.
T February 18th tho Freedmen's Buseau will
cease in Tennessee, Except the Superintendent
of Education, all the ofdoers Sill be discharged
@- The cane crop of Eastern Florida is said
to be excellent, and the syrup sells at from fifty
to seventy cents q gallon.
@5- A cotton gin house at Kinds, Miss, was
set on FIRE recently, and two hundred and eighty
b les Of cotton, and a faithful old negro were
burned with it.
EH- The rumors again esE.s 70 US that the
United States is to become possessed Of tue Bay
of Samuna It is stated that the lease of Samana
for ninety-ninc years has been offered to the
United States at IN annual ront Of 100000 In
this view of agar., Secretary Seward has been tel
egraphed to suspend all negotiations for tho pur-
chase of ST. Thomas.
@s- The American Union, Published in Pen
nessse nominates President johnson and General
Hancock for President and Vice. President.
lg- A shoe shop has just been started in Dan
bury, Conn.,, by deaf and dumb man, and all
his workmen are also deaf and dumb.
49, "A French company is extracting $4,000
worth of silver day from the refuse OF the old
Greek mines managed by Xenophou two thousar d
years ago.
S~ lady in Florida had thousaud sheep q
few months ago. Every ono Of them have since
beon stolen, killed and eaten by universal suf-
fragers.
@1- Oxford, the potboy, who shot at Queen
victoria twenty-seren years ago, has just been
released from imprisonment.
Es They had early strawberries, and sixty
two deaths from cholera in New Orleans last
week.
Nar Good farm lands in Northern Germany
ara so valuable under skillful management that
as much as s hundred dc3lars per acre is paid by
renters.
mr. A dispatch was received in Washington,
on the 23d, whi,b announced the killing of Hon.
Cornelius S. Hamilton, representative in Congress
ffou the eighth district of Ohio, by bis sap,
eigEsesn years sf sgs, while under . temporary
~ ~ -eJff
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01

Ngr Wm. Smithson, formerly banker ir
Washington City, who was convicted on charge
of sending information South, and sentenced te
the Albany Psnitentiary, but afterwards pardO:.ed
has entered suit against x.secrslary Stanton fol
fifty thouaanl dollars damages for 'also impfison.
ment.
Ga- A number Of persons who went South at
the beginning of the war, and whose property in
Washington was confscatod, have entered
suits for tho recovery of the sans. Emil
nsp. ooHnsel haYe been engaged, and . hearing
Win take place in january.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
Mr.. DAVIS VISIT TO TIE EASTERN SHORE
The Easton (Md,) Star. of Tuesday. saws

Mr.. DAVIS VISIT TO TIE EASTERN SHORE.
-'lhe Easton (Md.) Star, of Tuesday, says
The Hon. Jefferson Davis visited Talbot
county last week, in company with Charles
Howard, Esq, Of Baltimore and stopped with
Colon,l Edward Lloyd, the sonin.law of Mr..
Howard. 1t was his first visit to the Eastern
Shore, and he expressed himself much pleas
ed with the country. While sojourning at
Colonel Loyd's, he was called upon by num-
Der Of ladies and gentlemen of this and the
adjoining counties, among whom were seve-
raj of his old classmates OF West Point. On
Friday he lunched with his old friend, Ad-
miral franklin Buchanan, and number Of
our citizAns ayailcd themselves of the Admi-
-al's hospitable invitation, aud called to see
him. The occasion was one of rare pleasure
70 all present. Mr.. Davis has grown some
what grey, but looked quite well and appear
ed cheerful. He returned to Baltimore on
Monday, and will soon leave for Mississippi,
where he will spend the winter,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-01
Rirorons Xeather.

1867 came in with snow and sleet and rain and
wind; and is it departing Christmas week
was so mild that one might we'll have believed it
wa. irsnsplanted from May or June; but to day
the last of tho year-the wind howls in fearful
bla.ts while the faco of the earth is covered with
sect ard show. Temper the wind now, yc who
are utll surrounded with blessings and comforts,
to the many, be they black or white, whom these
evil days have left destitute and cheerless.