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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-22

OFF WITH THE SHACKLEs.-It is quite time
that Congress should cease its ebony legisla.
ton, and do q little decent and timely legls-
lating for the white masses of the country.
Without desiring to uuduly obtrude ourselves
upon the attention of the honorable body OF
American representatives, we would respect
fully remind it that there are not less than
100000 unemployed men and women in the
United States at this moment, who are enti-
tied to their earnest and instant consideration
men and women who are suffering the most
distressing privations in consequence of un-
wise, ill-advised and illiberal legislation. It
is not unnatural that this vast, host of home.
less starvelings should begin to ask the grave
question-why are we without work and
food? And sooner or later the question must
be met and answered. And when that time
comes, we opine Congress will have no reason
to congratulate itself. These men and wo-
men are without employment on the same
principle that millions of tons Of American
shipping are to-day lying idle and rotting at
the piers ofour city. Pr1hibitory tariffs, GUS
tom and internal revenue, are at the bottom
OF the mischief. These, like, so many slave
chains, shackle the industrial interests OF the
country, and throttle its vitality and progress.
Off with the shackles gentlemen of Con-
gress, and give our hungry masses bread, and
our ships freight. No matter if New England
shirtings fall ten cents yard; SO much the
better for the people-and the capitalists can
take care of themselves. Have done with
prohibition and protection whining, gentle
men, and open the doors of trade, so that the
poor man may have good coat as well as
the rich man, and let none seek in vain for
employment. :,
Awayjwith your. miserable, petty, dwarfed
high-tariif schemes, and give us impost and
internal revenue duties which will not ruin
our commerce, or, starve our people. Give
us, we beseech you, gentlemen of Congress,
some slight assurance that you are still sus-
ceptible to the dictates Of decency and rea-
son; and of with the shackles.-New York
Citizen. +, isL r
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Whom First we Love.

Whom first we love, you know, we seldom Wea;
Time rules us all. And life, indeed Is not
The thing We planned it out ere hopo was dead
And then we women cannot choose our lot.
Much must be borne which it is hard to bear,
Much given away which it were sweet to Keep
God help us all !,who need, indeed, His care,
And yet I know the Shepherd loves his sheep
Ny little boy begins to babble, now, !.
Upon my knee his earliest infant prayer;
He has his fathers eager eye, know,
And they say, too, his mothers sunny hair.
But when he sleeps and smilos upon my knee,
And can feel his light breath come and go
think of onc-HeaYen help and pity me!
Who loved me, and whom IloSsd, long ago.
Who might have beor-ah, what I dare not thin l.
we are all change. God judges for us best.
God help us do our duty, and not shrink,
And trust in Heaven for the rest.
But blauo us women not, if some appear too colo
At times, and some too gay and light;
Some gricfs gnaw deep; somo woes are hard to
bear;
Who knows the past? And who can judge a
right? .-ss,,,,, ~
All, were we judged by whatwe might hayo'bcsa'
And not by what we arc-too apt to fall
Ny little child-he sleeps and smiles between these
Thoughts and me. In Heaven we shall know
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Billy is q carriagemsa up town. Billy
ia a geniusin the vay of painting. While
counterfeiting nature for amusement In the
rear of the shop, one day, bis mind ran on 'he ,
subject of rotten eggs, and forthwith one Oh
those interesting objects appeared on the
board beneath his brush. 1t was represent
ed as broken, and was so natural that one
In;ob. fancy disagreesble odor arising from
il. One day Squire M--saw it, and ap-
plied his fingers to his nose. Billy saw it,
and explained that it was only paint. AZ
6rst he would hardly believe it, but finally
convinced, he offered Billy ten dollars to
naint similar one on his, door step. The
SQUIRE ! was something Of wag, and wished
TO see the effect produced on the LADIES' ana
gentlemen who had been. invited % attend Q
party at his house that evening. +, .7..t..
Billy received ten dollars, and promised 70
have it done in time. ...y;s,
Evening arrived, and so did the ladies and
gentlemen and as each passed over 'biiiy
paiutiug, they elevated their feet and skirts,
and auplied catnbric to their nosea. Z
When everybody was chatting at the table
after supper, the squire arose, and sald - y
:" suppose you all saw that egg on my
door step 2" ..,..e..
uttered alittle scream, and fannsd themselves
vigorously a :: fsus"3 :,
"a I had that placed there to illustrate the
mower of imagination, as | will show You ~
you'll adjourn to the door," '..'.,s.'= -,
- All went. 1atAspI>i a.tft -, 4. :.
"a Now, q said the squire, "you will see iths
| This is not what you lsupposedgis Was" H'
pressed his, handkerchief on the spot. -tnel
raised It suddanly,to his .neSe,. exclaiming
CIV Jupiter, it iis,a rotten egg after 'alhbas.
Billy had taken the ten dollars, andabrokel
ia real rotten egg on the door step.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-22

MIR. AND Mas. SuMSER.-Tbe sometime
ago report that Mrs. Sumner was to come 10
Washington to side in her husbands es-
tablish ment has failed of veri6cation, and the
Home Journal of this week has the following,
Indicating that there is no likelihood that
such will ever be the case:
awe have good authority for stating that
the difference between Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sumner, which have caused so much unplea-
SAINT gossip and scandal, have been finally
settled by permanent separation. with the
mutual consent and desire of both parties,
and their best friends. The direct cause of
this separation is simply the certainty-dis-
covered only too late-that there exists be.
tween the parties an incompatibility of tenn.
oerar,eut and opinion upon certain social
questions, which precludes the possibility
Of their living happily together'as man and
wife,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-22

Nj. M, Ia a doctor at W had to pay
what he considered his last visit to an elder.
IL laboring man on Alisham Downs He
had left him in the last stage of illness the
day before, and was not surprised on calling
again to find him dead, but did experience
little astonishmont at seeing the bed on which
he had been lying, now withdrawn from un.
der The body and placed inithe middle of
the floor. aToh his remarks the answer given
BY the woman who oficiated as nurse was:
Dearee me, sir, you see thero was partridge
feathers in the bed. and folks can't die upon
game feathers, no how, and we thought as
how he never ,oould 60, so we pulled the bed
away, and then just pinched his nose tight
with one. hand, and ahut his mouth :cloes
with, t'other, and poor deart he went off like
lamb.ual Another old woman who attended .
sick child With exemplary patience, who; linz
tered' on ldbg afefs the case bad. been pro. pJs
bounced HOPELESS, on,being. questioned ass TO
the particulars Of its decease, replied: s.,
"Ah poor dear, he lived on, and on, and
ON, and, then, he got so. tsrribly. bads sturdy,
nothing wouldse him, go at last we were
forced to squdge him under the blankets"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-22
Gov. Jenkins Removed from Office.

! 3r. ATLANTA, OanuaI5 Eos
Thefollowing order was issued this morning:
HEADQUARTERS THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT,
ATLANTA, Ga, January l3, 1867. J
General Orders, No. 8. ~
First. Charles J. jenkins, Provisional Gov.
ernor, and John Jones, Provisional Treasurer
of the State of Georgia, having declined to
respect the instructions of and failed to CO.
operate with the Major-Geueral commanding
the Third Military District, are hereby re-
moved from Office.
I Second. BY virtue of the authority granted
by the supplementary reconstruction act of
Congress, passed July l9, 1857, the following
named officers are detailed. for duty in the
district of Georgia :Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas
II. Ruger, Colonel 33d Infantry, to be Cover
nor Of the State Of Georgia Brevet Captain
CharlesF. Rockwell, Ordinance Corps, United
States army, to be Treasurer of the State OF
Georgia. - ia-.aa.7s =,
Third. The above named officers will pro-
ceed without delay to Milledgeville, Ga, and
enter upon the discharge of the duties deyolv'
ing upon them, subject to instructions from
these headquarters.
By order Of Major General Meade.
R. c.. DRuN, !
Asst Adjt Gen.
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1868! !!
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-22
LOYAL Armed Police Force.

General Candy has authorized the organi'
cation of an armed police force in four coun.
ties of North Carolina, to consist of loyal
whites and blacks, in the ratio of the number
Of registered voters. 5, l..4i,-1 ..r,a, H.
Of the particular circumstances which have
led to. the Issuing Of this order, we know moth.
ing whatever, but they, cannot well have been
such as to warrant proceeding that gives the
negro the control of the white man in every
district where the blacks have the registered
majority. 1t is hard and painful enough to
bear the constant idleness and pilfering Of
the country freedmen; il is harder to hear in
silence that black loyal leaguers have become
highway robbers, and have deliberately tired
into q car filled with sleeping passengers 1t
would be impossible to endure the tyranny
that might be expected from negro police
who, proud of their little brief authority, could
use their position for every purpose OF inso-
lence, violence and wrong.
The establishment of negro police will do
more to breed deadly enmIty between the
whites and the blacks than years of military
despotism. This people had rather see
white United States soldier at every street
corner, and at every house door, than he at
the mercy of the caprices of an ignorant ne.
gro who is talked at, preached at, and writ
ten at, until he is persuaded that he is OF right
the master of creation and the appointed ru-
Ter of this Southern country. Negro police
will not produce security, or justice, or peace;
they will not encourage friendly feeling or
assist our reconstruction. On the contrary,
thew will excite uneasiness, horror and alarm;
and will be the fruitful and perpetual source
of fighting and bloodshed.
This the colored peor,e themselves can un-
derstand. They know, as we'll as we do know,
that iais plan can never secure to them the
civil privileges of which they are so proud ;
they know, better, perhaps, than General
Candy eau, know, that such movement
would be ruinous to their most valued In
terests. :.
Nisa mockery to say that the loyal police
organization shall not be used for personal
or partisan purpose. The negro is a tool in
the, bai ds ol the politician, and is used or
abused as best serves the need Of the ruling
party. He has not the Judgment or discre'
ton to enable him to act with impartial IN.
dependence, and, whether as loyal armed
policeman, or loyal Lacquer, will be govern
ed by prejudice and passion. su.., !,
Esrhesily and sincerely it is hoped that
South Carolina may bespared the painful hu-
initiation which has fallen upon our sister
State. IF attempted here, it will bring about
host of troubles !; it will array white, against
black and race against race; it will inaugu,
rate a carnival Of crime that General Candy
with all the troops at his command, may ind
| It difficult to check and impossible to control
Charleston News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-22

NORTHERN CAPITALISTS COMING SOUTH
The depreciation in the price of lands through.
out the South has induced number OF North
ern capitalists to invest in this species OF prop
erty, and much Of tie planting during the
coming season will be conducted by Northern
men. The sea islands on toe coast present an
alluring field for such investments, and com
panies have already been formed to cultivate
these rich lands. Among other companies
that are spoken of is one to be headed BY
lanes Gordon Bennett, Jr. MIR. Bennett is
associated with some capitalists from Phiia-
delphia, and designs to plant on some OF the
isands near the city. The company arc pre-.
pared to Try the planting experiment, and
viii purchase most Of their stock and farming
materials in this city, presuming that the
prices will be lower than at the North
Charleston News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-22
How General Lee was Robbed Of Are
"A1 lington.

Arlington was once valued at over three
hundred thousand dollars, aud is the proper
ty of General R. E. Lee. In 1864, an uncon.
stitutional war tax was levied upon it to the
amount of ninetY-three dollars. For this pal.
try sum, illegally assessed upon it, it was put
up at auction, and the mockery ended by
Abraham Lincoln becoming the purchaser at
$4,000. Think of that amount buying On
estate worth hundreds OF thoueands!
Yet where did that $4,000, minus the
tax, &C., 60? Who got it? Assuredly Gene
raj Lee did not, nor any one for him. Where
is that money? Did the sublime Lincoln-
"Houest Abe'-pocket it, or did it go to-
wards the dire necessities of poor Mrs. Lin
coin
The result of the nefarious transaction is
that General Lee is robbed of his fine estate
and the United States holds it as sort Of
asylum for negroes. Since the place has been
so desecrated and is so impregnated with
foul odours, we doubt whether General Leo
desires to regain it. Bet he is certainly en-.
titled to its value-a thing which he will
not get until the Radical rogaes fall out
Southern Opinion. s,...[,s....
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-22
Removal of Gov. jenkins.

AS we were not among those who enter
tanned extravagant ideas apout the masnan-
imity or conservatism of Gen. Meade, we are
not at all surprised at his arbitrary removal
of Gov. jenkins and Treasurer Jones'. In
stead of developing into Hancock, the sa-
trap commanding has emulated or surpassed
the zeal of John Pope, and, almost oefore the
funeral-baked meats Of that worthy are cold,
Meade's impatient soul avenges the departed
by a military order which has no parallel IN
the annals of the man who forget the differ
ence ;betwecnshind and headquarters. .-:7T+--'-
Gov. Jenkins is, probably, not agerse to
denosition BY the bayonet, inasmuch as he
can now carry before the Supreme Court q
testcase much stronger than the case pre-
sented with Gov. Sharkey, and one, too, not
so easily evaded on mere technical grounds.
We feel assured that his fame, surviving this
day anG generation, will descend to the ages
with the immortal throng of patriots who
have illustrated the rights of man in the
midst of tyranny and the worlds decay.
Gen. Meade, in assailing him, has aimed q
blow at the Southern people and the majesty
of civil lava blow that will ere long re-
bound and smite him and the usurpation
which he represents. Matters are rapidly
eliminating to point which must decide
whether the millions of the sword are to rule
this country or be ruled by the voice Of the
neonle. We are clearly of the opinion that
epP he Pretorian guard Of the U. s. Army is
getting, in vulgar parlsnce, " too big for its
breeches." This opinion is shared by a rap
;dly increasing majority of Americans IN eve
~ section, who are determined that the hon
ors of the country shall not be in the grpe OF
military tumult or faction that guides the
military as convenient tools. The removal OF
Governor jenkins will 60 far to preeipltats
this counter-revolution and we trust no stone
will be left uuturned to vindicate the supre-
macy of civil power and the common rights oil
States. :; " iS':, =,
In Justice to General Meade, it may be said
that, if he has outraged the Democratic eie'
ment of the State, be h;s given but weak
comfort to the rapacious hsrpies who nun
s.red and thirstsd for the removal OF Gov
ernor ,Jenkius and Treasurer Jones as pre-
liminary to stepping into the places thus va
Gated. These greedy fellows have been dis
apnointed to a great extent The only con-
ISOLATION left is that of Senator Sherman, who
tells them "to go ahead, signify what they
want and Congress will fill the bill" Wilh
sucb unlimited promises, what boundary will
be prescribed for their capacious maws
With Tittlebat Titmouse in the Convention
Sherman in the Senate and Meade on the
throne of Pope, ws anticipate rush OF legis
lation which will astonish the universe and
send the whole caboode to the devil, or Oon,
cress, by lightning e1press.-Constitutional
! isl. 18th.
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-
MERCANTILE HogoR.-The "times have
been 40 bad, and the bankruptcies and fall
ures so numerous--it cannot be 100 often re-
p1ae,ated-that all men must bear and foroear
in the mutual settlement Of their accounts.
II will lie long while before the country can
be rescued from the. shattering crisis through
ub;ch it has been passing-and while this
time is passing-it will in the end be found
better and more profitable to be lenient than
tn be harsh. To encourage men to work 10
rescue themselves from difficulties, is far
wiser than to plunge them in the slough Of
despair.
To drive up the merchant and manufacturer
of the country, now, TO q quick and peremP
tory settlement, woald be to drive them into
almost universal bankruptcy, and thus 70
lose their talents, their time and labor, which
thew viii now cheerfully exert to restore them
selves. No man can so well collect his own
dues from his own debtors as the original
creditor, and if, between debtors and credl-
tors now in difficulty sll around-there be
kindness, leuiency and forbearance, IN course
of TINA nine out Of ten will work out where
n. from a contrary course, the whole ten
would soon be in ruin.
The suspension of specie payments oy
whole nation, is about the greatest pecunlar!
calamity that can befall it,-and the retracing
of the step is one of extreme trial. we mus
ali make up our minds to 60 through tnis
~ .r;aI The banks themselves, with tens o.
.honsands Of suspended paper now on hand
,nn.t be weak, certainly not strong, and II
tbe;r weakn ess they will necessarily be tol
bearing. Thseapitalist TOO, WHO mas e eougn asa.
mercantile paper, even i strong, must sxeI .
s;se Ike for6easanee, for, in the present TEN
per Of men, ) driving and force WI, but leal
to assignments, preference q, andlrsaas. !1l1
The mercantile hopur Of the country is .
ssoo,,nd and as sensitive as ever, and unhear
If Efforts will be made by men to save then
selvcs,-if they are only s@ncouragedlGe' @
| York Economist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-22
A HORRIBLE FRAuD-The St Louis cor

A HORRIBLE FRAUD.-The st. Louis cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says:
There is no telling the ways that men,
greedy for gain, will not avail themselves of
To advance their fortunes, especially during
and since the war, as men have been found
willing and anxious to sell soul and COINCIDENCE
for little filthy lucre. A few days since an
accident occurred which very forcibly illus
trates this. An Irishman was employed to
dig up and remove some of the bodies of
Union soldiers in the Wesleyan Cemetery Of
this city. In lifting the cofiins he thought
they seemed unusually hollow in their sound,
and opening some of them found that. no
bodies had ever been placed in them at all,
nothing but planks or square blocks of wood.
The mystery to the honest Hibernian was
great, but when it was told him that Union
soldiers were buried by: contrastl the under
taker receiving SO much per eotfip, and that
the bodies could Be sold ct g handsome profit t
to some medical college, the doubt rwaso at
once once removed, and the, avenue to large
fortune Immediately disclosed, This was
only one of HE seys that the war made men
| rich. .'''' :
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A HORRIBLE CANSIBAI SToRY.-A horrible
tragedy is reported from the Island OF FIJI,
South Seas. The Rev. Thomas Baker, With
an assistant missionary and six native teach
ers. went to visit some inland tribes, and he
and his party were brutally murdered by one
of the tribes, who are described as the most
confirmed cannibals. The writer says: "In
this town (Longtown) there lives notorious
cannibal, with whom had little conversa-
ton. He pointed me to q pile of human bones
in the fork of an orange tree under which VIC
were sitting, and assured me that he had eat
en- the men of which each bone there was
representative, and that he had kept these
bones as memento Of his cannibalism. Mary
other things did this inhuman wretch make
known to me, and his countenance, and more
than ordinary worn teeth, only helped to
convince me that he had literally been bone
crusher. To have listened to this mans state
ments, and told, too, in the presence Of those
who could have consradicted them if false,
would have removed forever from the minds
of some the idea that Fjians are not lovers OF
human flesh. This vile cannibal affirmed
that, as for eating, nothing was compara-.
BILE to human flesh, not even fowls OF pork."