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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28

tF A Hhito woman, sixty years of age, was
assaulted and ravsh.d, by three negroes, on the
outskirts Of. the city of Mobile, on the 22d, in
broad day light. The lady's injuries are serious,
perhaps mortal. Citizens are in pursuit of the
negroes.
gas- The Court of Appeal, of New York de!
cides that the test oath cannot, under the Const-
tuition of the United States, bo required by legis-
laticn as condition of the right of suffrage; and
that The Legislature Of the State Of New York
has no right to establish any qualification what
over for electors in that State.
- Frank P. Blair made speech in St Louis
to large assembly. He came before them ncth-
or dismayed nor discouraged. The Democratic
party would yet win, and if it failed the Repub.
lie would fail with it, He expected to continue
to be a candidut. for Vice President but was will
ling to make any sacrifice the country demanded.
1sgs- On the night Of the 22d, number Of
disguised persons entered Jefferson Parish jail,
at Carrullton, and shot two negroes one of whom
had been twice condemned for rapa on white wo-
men in 'G8, aud WAS twice reprieved, once by
Sheridan and once by Mower. The other WAS
convicted of rape and the murder Of white girl,
aged eleven, in Jefferson Parish, a few days ago.
MS- The Indiana Legislature stands Senate,
81 Republicans TO 10 Democrats; House. SIS Re-
publicans to AZ Democrats.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
Firc-.nnrine Outraee.

This morning, about , o'clock, the bar::
and s,aLrs .! Gen. M.,GowaH, together with,
very valuable h"rse ani some proyender,
Were entirely Consumed by fire. Tie flames
had r'ale.> ucl progress before it was discov
cred rs TO render i; imp, sibie to save the
buiiiing. it was tic woik of an irceuliary.
About ii same time at w.Ich tli'. torch wa
applied to tie building, Some unknown per,
s'n entc cd he dS cling Use Of Gen. Nc
Gowan through windo@, ard a.t,.r prep r
ing tic way for IS exit i'll Gaze ,f alarm,
prpcaet:rd to ransack tn. house, aud went 10
the brd chamber Of Mrs NC WAN (whn was
alone save the presence o!' lwv small chlIlren)
and iurcibly carried her cut oil the house, some
distance il TIE yard. where, an alarm Icing
given ty Eer little daughter, She WAS thrown
To the ground, and the villain made of In
the darkness it could not be a>ctrtgined
whether tile perpetrator of the deed WAS white
Or back. We hope he may brfirrcted OUT,
and mrl- 10 suffer he s.yrresL lcu:,lliys ii
The las Abbevll!e Banner, Dist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28

Az ALrEECArluN AND 5iI1uTtSG.--Qn 81,
n,.:a. I:r;. -.,rGr -. r,!s ;.,"k place briwccn ::
whit. ei, z"n ir.n Tie country, and S.,u.. "
sa.i c,!orc.i. IL pr"Inii.eu, mcmfer of ,li
lc,suc. il which Began drew pistol and
pr. s..lae,! j, al he head of Tie otLcr. a;
t.ior.!: there was s.nlc excite, rneat durn.
tie remainder Of the nfcrnr,n. i1riher 'l;lIi
cniiy .~s s'oI p j ny y,ils interference Of GU;
ciiz.:.s and b. Light nj was quiet AT ~
o'c.cck, how vcr,or ;hcrab, us, as tl:eyou"s
ms. : b,yc mentioned, in company with "a
courle Of f-ie,ds, were re'urli~g to their
homes they were ambu>hcd and fired upon
by, j: is supposed, some twenty ortwenty-
persons, and one of them seriously wounded.
On Sunday at!idavits were made which were
conclusive that Dogan was one of the am
bushcrs, ard he and another negro were or
rested aud lodged in Jail. Affidavit was fur
ther made By citizen keeping store near by
the building occupied by Lee Nance, colored,
leader OF the league, that the said Nance was
seen to leave his house after dark, in compa.
ny with number Of negroes, some of whom
were armed with mu>kets and who went in
the direction where the shooting occurred. 1t
WAS c'carly evident that lace Marco led the
party Who did tie shouting. He was not ar
rested, however On Monday morning, about
: o'clock, two " bite men rode r:o town, and,
in front of bis house, shot Lee Nance. NOR
tally woundrg him, and then rode ofi.. Ef-
forts were Immediately made by the Sheriff
to arreS. the parties WIN shot Nance.
1t may be mentioned that On its being
known that Dpssn would be arrested the nc
groes swarmed the main street in large num-
bers, on Sunday afternoon, much excited and
some Of them very violent, and that Dogan
said he would not be taken but fortunately
for them. no resistance was made, when tie
offender and his accomplice were safely lodg-
cd in jail.-Newberry Herald, 2lst.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28

FryERAL OF B. f. RAyDoLrH.-The Col
un:Lia Phoenir, Of Monday. says: Ran
Go'ph. the coiorcd Senator, was buried in
Columbia Sunday afternoon, and bis funeral
was largely attended by bis co'ored friends
a,.i admirers. The African Methodist Epis-
opal Chnrch, corner Of Taylor and Sumter
streets where the funeral services were per-
formed, was densely thronged. Euogies
were pronouced over the dead man by three
or his colnrcd friends. after which proces-
sion Was formed and marched TO the GENE
t.ry, where the body was inferred. We omi
ted to state in our notice on Sunday morn.
ing that an inquest was held over the body
ut Hodges Depot, Tor Cokesbury, as it is
Generally termed. although Cokesbury prop
or is nearly two milesoff), and a verdict rem
J.rea that the deceased came to his untimely
rrl ut the hands of three persons unknown
r. the iury. individuals who were OH the
cround at the time of the occurrence, say
flat as soon as the terrible act was commit
ted, the parties mounted their horses and
rode off,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
Melahcholx Death.

We regret to learn that Miss LULA DANIEL,
youngest daughter of Major WV. DANIEL, of this
District, camo to her death under the following
most painful circumstances: On Sunday. the 18th
inst, while the rest of the family were at Church,
servants in the kitchen hearing some one scream
ing, rushed into the house and found the dress Of
young lady in flames. After considerable
Iorts the fire was e1tinguished, but not until
ger person had been badly burned. She suffered
the most excruciatiDg agony until Wednesday
following, when death relieved her of her suffer.
ings. So great was her pain, she was not able te
give distinct account as to how her dress caught
but it is supposed she was standing with her back
to the FIRE. It is sad to record the death of one
so young, and in the full enjoyment of health.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
HYMENEAL.

Married, on the l9ih inst, by. ROV. Pope
Norris, Mr. J. j. CAHILl, Of North cnrolina, to
Miss L. A. D. MILES, daughter of LEWIS ].
MILES, Esq, of this District. .-'.r
MARRIED, at Groenville, S. c., October sth,
1868, Iy Rev. w. D. Thomas, A. WHATLEY
LAMAR, of Edgcdcld District, S. c., to BESSIE
W., youngest daughter of the late Col. Jons
WEBB, of Charleston.
MARRIED, at IL o'clock on the morning of the
18th inst, by Rev. S P. Getzon; at h. residence
Mr.. JOHN BRIGGS and Miss ELLIE E. GET
ZEN, oil Of this District.
MARRIED, on the night of tho same day, BY
the same, at the residence Of the brides fathor
Mr.. EDMOND BUssEY and Miss LAME TAY
LOR, all Of this District
MARRIED, on tho 25th Oct, by Rev. P. L. Her
man, Mr.. SIMEON II. RODGERS to Mis-
EMMA WRIGHT, nll of isdgefcld.
MARRIED, in Abbeville, On Thursday evening
October 18th, by the Rev. Alex. L. Smith, Dr.
HENRY J. MOUzON to Miss SARAH v. M0U
ION, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. P. MouzoD
all formerly of Charleston, S. c. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
The Elections.

1t appears to be the policy of the Radicals in
authority, to preclude the people Of this District
from participating in the elections on Tuesday
next. As Yet we have no Commissionerso of Elec.
tions, no Managers of Elections, and NO Precincts
established. That Gov. Scott is responsible for
this state of affairs cannotbe denied. Whetl q
b. yet sil! make appointments is matter "f
doubt and uncertainty. But we hope every man
will hold himself in readiness to cast his ballot
on that day, and bo on the alert to ascertain
where the boxes will be opened.
An political disabilities, rclotire to roting, has
been removed. every male citizen of the United
States, of the nge of twenty -one years, and up
wards, without distinction Of race, color, or for
mer condition, who was resident Of this State,
at the time Of the adoption of the Constitution,
viz: April 18th, 18th and 9Th, a. D. 1868, and
has. been resident Of the county in which he Of
fers to vote, sixty days next, preceding the elcc-
ton" is entitled to vote.
Be certain to Register if you have an opportu-
nifty; but don't fail to go to the polls on Tuesday
next, and vote the Democratic ticket. .-------
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
seg- The Office Of tie G. md, n Journal, OF
which General ) B. Eerslaw is editor, Was
destroyed on M'n,lay night with tie entire
onnteuts Incnriliatism.

yG- The proclalnal on cf Governor Scott
is an insult to the people ol the Stale. He
sl,oa,d make distinction between the acts
of few individuals. and not assert that they
are the resul, of the universal deprivity Of
the whole people. Some weight is evidently
attached to the proclamation, by the presence
If gnard If United States troops around
the Gubernatoria residence. and we wfuld
suppose that he spprehenled danger; it is
ramarcd. however, that the troops are not
there upon hisr,qu stion. 1t seems strange
lace to quarter ,rcops-in front Of the resi-
leace of the Governor of South Carolina
Columbia Phoenix.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28

TENNEssEE.-From reliable gentleman
lust returned from Tennessee we learn that
The state of affairs there is terrible. Brown
lows pimp-thc carpet baggerS, scallawags,
and neproes-have matters pretty much in a
swing and it is almost as much as the life
of Democrat is worth for him to attempt to
make speech. Yet the Democrats are de.
termined to make an effort, and, if they must
90 down, to do so with their faces to the foe.
We do not see how it is possible, under the
system Of arbitrary registration and disiran-
chisemcnt practiced by the Brownlow des-
potism, for the friends of law and order to
succeed at present in that State, though the
majority, upon free and fair election, against
the dcstructionsts, is overwhelming. Ten
nessee is Observation-Disclosures Ky Yeo.
man.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
,ReadgItone- andaAlI.

On the first page Of to-day paper will be :ound
q valuable Address latoly issued by the Central
Democratic Club to the Democratic party o. South
Carolina. It's wise, spirited and timely paper.
Aagve said last week, our every effort should now
bebent to strengthening the Democratic party in
South Carolina. Each and every State, however
small, however weak, however mach under Radi-
cal control, shonld leave nothing untrisdate givo
a true representative of her every section to the
National Legislature; in this'resource she might
find her last defence against further cncroach.
ments on her rights. The present Administration
against a hostile Congress. And it seemaby no
means impossible for united and de.ermined
South to cut down utterly the fatal tso.thirds
vote which, for long time past, has carried erory
thing before it in the United States House Of Rep-
resontatves. If We could cut down this twc-ttirds
vote. and approximate to an equality Oh any
question, the result would repay oil la5SSr, ,Sall
watching, nll effort. G
Let rs look to this carefully then, and never
lose sight Of the fuct that it is the solemn duty o.
South Carolina, which has yet to elect her Con:
gressmen, to leave effort !untriod, Is rest not
andsfalter not until she has given able men and
true men the right 20 speak for her'in Congress.
And very particularly would we call The atten.
ton of our readers to that most wise portion Of
this address which urges upon the peopie the
policy and the duty of treating the colorsd popu.
lation of the Stats with great kindness and for.
boarance. And just here we cannot do better
than give place to timely article from the
Charleston Netcs: ~
Mon LAw.-As was to be expected, the murder
/ of Randolph, on Friday last, has been the sigma
for other acts of violence. On Sunday white
man was fired on near Newberry C. II By par
ty of negroes on Sunday afternoon railroai
section -m,fster was shot md seriously wounded
by negroes near Clinton on Monday morning
the colorod President Of the Union League o
Newberry was killed by o party Of white men
on Monday night mob of negroes assembled il
Columbia for the purpose of assaultng colorei
Democrat who had been on stumping tour ant
was expected to arrive in that city BY the evening
train.
These outrages, following each othor in so rapit
q succession, indicate what WI! 10 the conse
quences throughout tho State if vigorous meas
uros are no. OF once adopted for vindicating th,
offended majesty of the Law. In this matter VI
know no distinction Of person or of party. VI
do not desire to attach the blame to either Demo
crats or Radicals, for both have been at fault
But We maintain our proposition that every mal
is entitled to equal protection under the law, an,
that no man, whatever his color, should Within
punity take tho law into his OWN bloody hands
Ths is the position of every thoughtful man ii
L Il = A. L. 49,,
with our political professions. as well as tho prac
!. tice of our lives.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA, Oct, "a, P. NJ

GoLD-Duying Mt 1876 and selling at 1888.
COTTON.-The market has been firm to-day
at 2a@227c for Middling. fair demand re-
suited in sales of 235 bales. The last dispatches
from Liverpool, quoting IN advance were rec ceived
too late to affect the market Receipts 2l9 bales
BAcON-Advanced. We quote Clear Sides
lsl; C. r. Sides is; B. B. Sides ia Shoulders
154. Hams, l9@23c. ..-q. =.
CoRN-White S 20; mixed sl,15, from depot
wHEAT-Wo quote white, s? 4oj red,
FL9UR-city Mills slo@ls. At retail 81 per
barrel higher. Country slO@l2, according to
quality.
at retail.
PEA MEAL-S1 IS.
0ATS--S0@s5.
PEAS-Dull-75c@$l 90.
RYE-Sl50
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
Address of the National Executive Com.
mittee of fhe Democratic Porty.

New York. October 2l.--The Democratic
National Committee have issued an address
which makes no allusion to u change of can
dldatcs. 1t says: I'VE are charged by the
Radical party with violence and usurpation,
while, for the last four years, to proong its
own ,xi.tence, it has SCI at nauslt The con-
$ tuition ard fundamental principles of our
government. They say tat we intend rcvo
luton and defiance of the established laws
The charge is unrounded nd absurd. 1t
cannot be entertained f,r = moment by an
intelligent voter, who has even the most SUI
parGcal knowledge Of the history Of his coun.
try. The Democratic party Can proudly
point to every page of its record. 1t has
never violated single obligation of the fam
damcn!al compact by which these United
States entered into the family Of nations.
RS walchw0r,l in peace rs III VAR, has nj
ways been and will be the Uninn, the Con
Strulnn aud the laws. Aud no man, nor sci
of men, however high they might be placed
: Ly The sutfrages OF their lcilow. cili2eLs, can
expect 10 receive the support of this great
Coaservati.c party i'll any revolutionary at
tempt against the established laws The bal
lot box and the supreme will of the Amcr
can peop,e are the only means of redress to
which wc-look.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28

y Writs of elections to Ell the vacancies il
le Senate occassioned by the resignation Of j
!. Rutland, of Fairfield, B. F. Whittemore, o.
arlington, and by the death of D. F. Randolph
Orangeburg, have been issued by Major Corbiu
I, President pro tenn of the Senate. The Sd day
November has been appointed for holding the
ection. -
g- Governor Bullock, of Georgia, has issued
proclamation stating that whereas certain taxes
ws being collected which would deprive some
psons of tho right Of franchise, he suspends the
cssction of poll taxes until the next meeting Of
Rth Legislature. The niss are not able to pay the
pa tax, but their votes are wanted; therefore
hproclamation is issued.
az The steamboat Gen. Quitman, from Vicks-
bug for New Orleans, was snagged and sunk on
th22d, twenty miles above Bayou Sara. All on
Bod were saved boat and cargo, consisting Of
/, 10 balcs cotton and $500 sacks cotton seed, n
tot loss.
- The young daughter of the Emperor of
Rua, who will next year be Queen of Bavaria,
Is ,lender young girl of medium height, with u
ve,sweet and regular face, benutiful hands and
feeand long, dark-brown ringlets. She and her
betthcd, the young King Of Bavaria, will be the
hanomest royal couple on the Continent.
~ p Bennett, of the Now York Herald, has
ma,nominations for 1872. He says: "We mny
yotritness, four years from next March, the
spsscle of restored Union, symboliSed in tho
peras of John Quincy Adams and Wade Hamp-
tonMassachusetts and South Csrolina--march-
ing'm in arm into tho White House to take
posssion as its legitimate occupants for the next
Preiential term"
n The Louisville Courier well remarks that
tho ,ited Radical msjori'ies Of Pennsylvania,
OhiGermont and Now Hampshire are nothing
like great as the Democratic majority given b.
Kencky alone. With facts like this before us
it slpossible to doubt that q majority of the
Unit States arc opposed to RadicaIism. We
havoc heritation in promising that Kentucky
will re Seymour and Blair majority larger
thanlrants combined majoritics In any elk
Stata
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28

Tho Governor ha selected the Commissioners
of Election wi,t great caro-. He has aimed to
appoint only intelligent and trusty mcn.-S. c.
Republican.
But " the Governor made prOdigious blum
der when he selcctcdthc Commissioners of Elec-
ton for Edgefeld. The idea oflcnlling men of
tho Frank Arnim, Truman Root, Prince Rivera
and Laurence Cain calibro intelligent and trusty
men, is. of all absurditics, the most absurd aud
ridiculous. "Goverhor" Scott perhaps wanted
tools to carry out the neflrious doctrines Of Radi
cal rule and rascality, aid for that purpose his
appointment of "trus,y men" for Commissioners
in Edgefeld, was peculiarly appropriate and sig
niacant.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
Action of the Abbeville Democratic
Club in Regard to the Murders OF Mar.
tin and Randolph.


AT a meeting Of the Democratic Clubs OF
Abhe1ille District, on Saturday 18th instant,
it @as
Resolred, That the following expression Of
our feelings and opinions be entered aud pub
lished
This representation of the Democratic Clubs
of Abbevillc County laments all acts of vio-
lence, and especially the murders of James
Mariin aud B. F. Randolph, lately perpe
trated.
1t is manifest that the policy of the Radi-
Cal party is toproduca in the North the be-
lief ot rebellious temper in the S3uiil, and
active partlsans here have, by fiction and ex-
asgeralion, inisrepresented the conduct OF
Southern whites, Scrupling net to excite the
violence which they pretend to deprecate.
1t has, Of course, been our policy to pre-
serve peace. For this enc. We have exerted
oGr iniinence, but III every community they
arc desperate men who are rs deal to the sug.
gestions oi prudence, as they arc reckless o.
toe rosrains of morality.
In the p,cSeat condition Of affairs, we
have no law, Tor in this circuit there is 10
judge, and in circuits whsre there are judges
the expenses rf courts m.y he brought up,l,
the State, Tut business IS not done.
A State e 'verrmcnt has been established
with vast increa,e Of officers End salarie>
wiiich,' probably intended to provide for in.
hi' niiai adventures, is wholly u!,suiiabl.
Ia an erip;y treasury snd Impoverished p y
ulstion.
Thetts are so c.mmou as TO re5der the
ral>irg Of live sick UNI Ircti:able, aud the,
Enjoyment of agricultural products ulcer
tan.
Negr cs attend public lie tiags With arms
III their hand', and talk Of their occupatio.
OF :hr p Ills TO the exclusion Of whites as
matter which their numbers render easy, AMI
witch their leaders in private couversation
recommend
The use of the torch is babitu.lIy threaten
cd. Both Of the men lately killed were heard
to suggest inceniiarism, and one Of them was
taking to bis home barrel Of wbiskey to be
used In influencing negroes.
In these circumstances, We believe, are tcs
be found The reasons and motives Of the late
acts Of violence we lament. Bid as they ar,
they will no doubt be greatly misreprcsenlcd.
as already has been the case tf Martin, OF
which it has been falsely stated in Northern
newspapers that lie was Az incil ;nsive citizen
of moderate views, and that the throats OF
two NJ groes had shortly before beeu cut near
to where lie was Killed
Subjected 10 the cruel torture of neara-
supremacy, every impatient act Of iudividu
aIs is exaggerated an'l heralded as evidence
OF arebcajuus spirit upon the part Of whole
people always distinguished for their dcvo-
tion TO law aud or!cr.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28
The Trial of Hon, jefferson Davis.

The New York Snn, edited by Mr.. CHARLES A.
DANA formerly Assistant Secretary of War, mr..
cues that Mr.. DAVIS will not be tried at the up
approaching session of the United States Circuit
Court in Richmond, aud never will he tried. The
Saa says:
Tho indictncnt against JEFF. Davis might as
well be sold to the paper makers for three cents
pound. He will never be tried. The cloqusnce
of Mr. Eyarts will never be wasted on the living
skeleton of q defunct Confederacy. with strong
probability of disagreement of the jury, and y
pardnn virtually promised beforehand in case Of
conviction.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-28

aas- Messrs. Thos. L. Caldwell and r. " Gi:t,
who were arrested in Newbcrry, by Constable
Hubbard, and carried to Columbia, charged with
having had some connection with tho Lee Nance
murder, were up before Judge Boozer, ON the
23j, under writ Of ha1eas corp"s Me.frs. j.
NJ. Baxter and s. W. Melton appeared for the
prisoners, and Attorney Gcneral D.. II. Cham
beran for the State. After herring Tho afidavits
and arguments of counsel, Judge BoCzer releu,ed
them on bail. to appear at the next term of the
Court for Newberry-Mr. Gist in $1,000, and Mr..
Caldwell in $4,000. Bail was promtly. given.