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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-06

THANKs.-Wo are requ. "a to acknowl'
edge the liberality of Mr.. ami Mrs. l. Huber
for the very excellent entertainment they
provided for the girls from the 3rd ward, on
Saturday. The girls are very emphatic in
praise of the nice time they had at Mrs. Hu.
ber's.
Also to thank Mrs. T. J. Buford for hand.
somely entertaining the ladies from Luma.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-06

stocks and Money.
Telegraphed to the ARGUS.
New YoRK, Oct. 6.
GoId-l ,405.
Stocks
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-06
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FIFTEEN CENTS line will be charged for
each insertion of articles under this heed.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-06

Nervous DEBILIrY.-With ito gloomy at,
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loss of power, dizzy head, loss Of memory
and threatened impotence and imbeciity,
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have cured thousands of cases, Price s.
per package of six bottles and vial, which is
verv important in obstinate or old cases, or
81 per single box. Sold by all druggists,
and sent by mail on receipt Of price. Ad.
dress Humphreys Specific Homeopathic
Medicine Co., 562 Broadway, New York.
For sale at c. A. Benser's, Rock Island.
Septl7dtf.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-06

|nR. JAMES, FORMERLY OF JAMES
j. Lock Hospital, Custom House street New
Orleans, La established in 1880, tor the last
eight years located in Chicago, H., can be con-
sults3 al Ma oiBca and parlOTs
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
The Cow.

The Cow. -iE
o! the COW, the beautiful COW.
Nibb!ing the hay from the fragrant NOW.
Into the thistles .,nd clover so fresh
Poking your nose with sweet relish,
Munchins-
Munching-
All in q mash:
Beautiful cew, you will one day be hash.
OH the COW, the playful cow,
Meeting the pail with playful bow.
Giving it generously all of your milk,
Winking aud blinking your lashes of silk,
Asit
Streams and
Splashes,
With frolicsome dash,
A failure to give it soOn settles your hash.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
The Barberry Hedge.

One of the wants of the agricultural
community at the present time. is "a good
hedge plant. Nearly every one that has
been tried thus far has exhibited some
radical defect that units it for the pur.
pose. Our native thorns, for instance.
are subject to the attacks of the borer.
the English hawthorn cannot stand our
dry summers, nor the Usage orange our
hard winters. The buckthorn is too open
and ragged at the base. 1t is doubtful if
any plant, whose natural growth is from
twenty to twenty-five feet high, can 9
kept down within the bounds of an ord
nary hedge and retain healthy state.
And even if they could submit to the
pruning, the annual expense of keeping
them in shape would be more than the
American farmers are willing to bear. A
hedge.plant, to become popular, must be
perfectly hardy and easy to propagate.
1t should also be vigorous enough to grow
well in ordinary soils without manure.
1t should be thorny to keep cattle from
hooking it, and strong enough to keep
them from breaking through it. Finally,
it should be low enough to require little
or no pruning. The common barberry
{ (BarJcries pulyories) combines these
qualities better than any plant we are ac-
quainted with. The barberry is native
of the northern part of Europe and Asia;
but has become thoroughly naturalized in
America, and is now found growing wild
in the waste grounds of New England.
1t is remarkably hardy plant, thriving
we'll in great variety of soils. and is
said to live for centuries. 1t has shrub.
by habit (growing from six to ten feet in
height,) yellowish thorny wood leaves in
resettes, yellow flowers ON dropping ra-
GENES, and scarlet obloug berries, very
,cid, but making delicious preserves. An |
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04

nostril; the horses. coat appears healthy,
and the. animal in good condition. The
symptoms of glanders, arising from com.
munication with glanderea horse, are
different from those of glanders produced
by bad provender, excessive exertion, &c.
In the former the discharge is from one
nostril only, or much more from one than
the other; and there is no cough or other
symptoms of catarrh or cold, or any other
disorder. In the latter on the contrary,
there is cough. either dry or moist ;
and it is preceded by loss of appetite or
falling off in appetite, and depression o1
spirits. y es.~
The instant the above symptoms are
observed, The horse should be immediate
ly removed to place by ITSELF and as
soon as the case is clearly diagnosed to
be CHAMBERS. the animal should be put ou
of the way. for there is no cure for tht
disease.-American Stock Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04

urgently commended to their attention
for more than twenty years. Necessity
will some day overcome the prejudice to
its manipulation, and the manufacturer
will contrive means to collect and pre-.
pare it as fertilizer. Until then, the
Northern poudrette will continue to be
applied, which is the same thing in state
comparatively emasculated.
The Ammonia Phosphate, however,
made by "The Augusta Fertilizer Man.
uacturing Company" comes nearest to
the desideratum suggested. With small
er proportion of silica according to the
published analysis and a partial knowl.
edge of the process Of manufacturing and
a larger one of potassa, it would about
fulfill the required conditions. 1t is COM
posed of materials derived from the three
kingdoms ofnature-the animal, the min
eral, the vegesable-(the organic and the
inorganic); bones and carcases of animals,
solvents to hasten decomposition, absor-
bents to intercept and fix the valuable es,
Gaping gases.
1t embodies, therefore, all the substance
and elements which unite to stimulate
growth, to perfect the structure and de.
velop and mature the fruit. And so com
bined, that in af;ordiug ample sustenance
to the herb of plant or flower, it is modi'
fled by chemical appliances and affnities
toward all injury from the tenderest germ
The guanos, the phosphatcs and alkaline
pEosphates and the other natural and ar
tiicial fertilizers will all find their coun
terparts, their essential constituents, inter.
woven in this compound.
1t is with the planter to determine the
quantity to be applied, which will derend
on the quality Of his land, fresh or Worn
rich or poor, less on the character of his
soil, stiff or loose, as alumina or slick pre-
dominates. 1t will not injure any and
may benefit all.
The advantages to the purchaser are,
that it is made at home, and by well
known persons, whose intelligence will
not be questioned, thus guaranteeing an
honest article, and, as its process of pre-
pairing and analysis are open to public in
spection, assuring most valuable one.
M. c. M. HAMMOND.
BEECH ISLANDS, S. G., January, 1853.
Since the above was written, we have
authority for stating that the improve.
ments suggested have been adopted, viz :
increasing the proportion of potassa and
lessening that of silica. Besides, the com.
pany has taken the first step-to "rival the
Chinese in the preservation and use OF
night SOIL" Nothing will be left undone
to make Ammonia Phosphate" the most
perfect manure in the land.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
Agricultural Societies.

these associations nave never Oeen uu'
y appreciated by the Southern people,
and this fact is easily accounted for. Dur
ing the days of slavery, when labor was
abundant, and subject to our control, they
were, perhaps, not so important, and con-
seouently received but little attention.
The object Of every farmer is, of course,
20 realize the greatest possible yield lin
proportion to the quantity of land in cul.
tivation, the number of hands employed
and the capital invested. To do this he
must exercise the very highest degree Of
skill in the management of his farm. Now
how many are possessed of this degree
of skill? You may find o few here and
there, but o majority of the men now
managing plantations know literally
nothing about scientific farming, and the
misfortune is, they do not care to be taught.
ignorance is always bigoted, and many Of
them think that what they don't know is
not worth learning.
No man is perfect. No man has ever
arrived at perfection in any trade, occupa-
ton, or profession. A few excel, but the
great majority never rise above medi'
ocrity.
In order, therefore, that the many should
realize the benefits to be derived from the
wisdom and experience of the few, there
should be associations formed throughout
the land. These should be regularly or.
ganized and officered, and have stated
times for meeting. At these meetings
every subject pertaining to the cultivation
of the soil, could be freely discussed. The
valuable information scattered over the
country, could here be brought together
en- mosse. While one member would be
able to advance some valuable thought OF
which the others are ignorant, he himself
would be benefited by acquiring the
knowledge of others. The kind of ma.
nure best adapted to particular soils, the
mode of applying it, the best time for
planting the various crops, the best i'm
plements for cultivating them, the short
est and most efficient means Of gathering
them, embrace few of the many sub.
jects that might here be discussed with
profit to every member. Another SUBJ
ject, also, might thus receive the attention
it's Importance demands, and that is. the
introduction on Southern farms of the
modern improvements in agricultural
machinery now used at the North. That
any man of even ordinary means, who in
vests MS capital in tilling the soil, should
discard these labor-saving machines, is
more than passing strange" TO say
they are humbugs" now, is simply to
expose your Ignorance.
Throughout New England, the Middle
States and the Great West, they are in
general use, and have been for years. DO
you suppose a Yankee farmer, who cult.
Yates but ten, fifteen or twenty acres Of
land, would use humbug"? Landreth's
extensive seed farm, near Philadelphia,
is cultivated entirely with these improv-
ed implements. This farm has no equal
in the world, and there is no other u.on
earth where science and skill are carried
to greater degree Of practical perfec-
ton. Will any one suppose the proprie.
tors of this farm are 10 be humbIgged"
in any implement they use?
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important item in regard to this shrub, ,,is
its habit of sending up stout shoots from
the collar, which will in the course of
five or six years form . thick impossible
hedge, that will take care of. ITSELF This
plant does not sucker from the root We
have a burberry hedge on our grounds at
Wilingfora. twenty five rods long, and
nine years old, from tn. seed. This hedge
has been clipped little two Or three
times, to keep it even, and is now six TO
ten feet high, with II firm. compact basa,
perfectly impervious to the smaller ami.
mails, and is stout enough to turn cattle.
On our grounds at Oneida, v. T., we
have barberry hedge fifty rods long,
aud eight years old. from the seed. 1t
was kept clean with The cultivator the
first four years and clipped little, once
or twice. 1t is now from seven to eight
feet high, thick and compact at the base,
and already so strong that the fence was
taken away two years ago, leaving in its
place only slight railing of single
board, six or eight inches wide, as tenn.
porary guard until the hedge could gain
! another years growth, it being situated
on q highway where cattle are passing
daily.
DIRECTIONS FOR RAISING A HEpGz-
Seed gathered in the, fall should be imme
dately planted or mixed with moist sand
and exposed to frost during winter. Sow
in drills two feet apart. the same as fol
applc.seed, and cover about one inch deep
Transplant the seedlings into hedge row
when one OF two years old. Setthe
plants one foot apart in the row at an an
gle of forty-fve degrees, and cut down'tc
about eight inches of the ground.-The
Circular.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04

With fr0licsome dash,
A failure to give it soOn settle, your hash.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
ESTABLISHED 1902.
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DAILY AND TkI-WEEKLY,
BY A. S. WELLINGTON L. CO.
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TvHE COURIER has entered on the sixty
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We gratefully record this evidence Of the appre-
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Our purpose is to furnish first class paper
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04

COMPARATIVE Results FROM WHITE
AND NEGRO LABoR.-A writer in the
Southern Planter and Farmer states that
a gentleman in Charlotte county, Virgi.
MIA, thus tested the comparative results
of white and black labor: He furnished
thirteen negroes with mules and imple-
ments and provisions to raise crop. and
at the same time furnished an outfit to
two white men. The negroes raised "a
barrels of corn, I stacks oats and 5000
pounds tobacco. The two white men,
with little negro girl to cook for them,
raised il23 barrels of corn, 10 stacks of
oats and 5000 pounds of tobacco. The
negroes returned the mules in a poor,
emaciated condition. The white men
turned theirs over fat and sleek. The
negroes worked four mules, the whites
two The gentleman referred to will, this
year, work white men exclusively. To
show the improvidence Of the negroes he
said the cart and mules were at their SER
vice to haul wood, yet they preferred to
burn rails.
Comment is unnecessary.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
FRUITLhND NURSERIES
AUGUSTA, GA,

L RUIT TREES, consisting of APPLES,
PEAR, PEACHES, &C., &c.
GRAPE VINES, largely CONCORD and
CLINTON, with good Stock of oil the leading
old and new varieties.
sTRAwBERRYPIuANTs, mainly WILL
SONS ALBANY.
EvERGREENs, PIONEERING SHRUBS,
ROSES, DAHLIAS. BEDDING PLANTS of
every description &c, &c.
Our Stock of Trees and Plants is large and
unusually well grown.
Prices us low as the leading Northern Nurse
rios; and plants grO0n in aud adapted to our
climate.
Catalogues mailed free. Address
P. J. BERCKMANs,
Augusta, Ga.
Augusta, Jim 20 3m. 4
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
KilkespiNe. Ohio.

The symptoms of glanders are A dis
charge of matter from one or both nos
trils; enlargement of one or both sub.
maxillary glands. When one nostril only
is affected, the corresponding gland is al
most invariably found enlarged. The
schneiderian membrane Qining of the
nose) is generally Of pale or leaden hue,
and sometimes nlcerations are visible on
its surface. The discharge usually nd.
heres to the nostrils, and is sometimes
white and thick, but often of grayish
aspect. A discharge from the nostrls,
and the appearance of liberation, is not
alone sufficient to establish the presence
of the disease for these alterations are
sometimes produced by the acrid nature
of the discharge from The catarrh. In
the first stage of the disease, there is q
discharge from one nostril only, of a
whitish humor, which is inconsiderable,
except when the horse has been exercised
for some time. There is on increased
redness of the membrane within the nos.
trils; the swelling of the glands under
the isWis on the same side as the affected
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
Flanders in Horses.

Will you be so kind rs to inform me
through your excellent Journal the symp-
toms of CHAMBERS, end its treatment. ]
have fine animal that has symptoms of
:. L. II
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
MILL NOTICE.

ITyHE Customers of MRS. FULLER'S MILL,
Il will please send their Corn to Mill ON Mon
day, Wednesday or Saturday from this date. The
Mill grinds only on those days.
Wagons sent for Lumber must be accompanied
with the Cash.
Jan 90 4t@5
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
To the Public.

vEYHE Subscriber is engaged in the BLACK.
SMITH BUSINESS, in ali its branches, NJ
the Brick Blacksmith Shop in rear of Park Row
Having secured the services of good WAGON
BUILDER, am prepared to REPAIR ALL
WAC ONs and BUGGTES sent to my Shop. All
work entrusted to my care will be Warranted to
give saiisfactiOn.
Prices reduced to the lowest rates, but terms
STRICTLY CASH.
Mr.. "A. A. Paul, Gunsmith, may he found at
nv Shop, ready to work on Guns, Pistols, &c.
JOHN MOLOY.
Jsn Ia a.,l,.s 81 -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
State of South Carolina,
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,

EDGCFlELD UlS lRlCI,
IN THE. COURT, OF 0RDLgARY:r
VNJHEREAS, Patrick NJ. Stevens and his wife
Wv Martt4 L.'Steyeus, hare filed their Petit
ton in the Gsdiuary's Office for the District and
State aforcssSl, praying that paper purporting
to be the lst Will and Testament Of Iverson
L. Brooks, Sec'd., late of said District, may be
proven in =, Due For1, Of La,r." And it appear
ing to my .sfaeiion that S. Virginia, wife Of
W. F. Aye7 and N. Josephine, wife Of Ashley
C. Hood, seside from and beyond the limits Of
this State 4 1t is therefore ordered and decreed
that tho "a parties together with all and sipgu-
lar the heSs and distributes of the said Ive!son
L. Brook: deceased, be and appear Mt the Court
of Ordi1sry to be held ut Edgefcld Court House,
for Edsefeld District, on Monday, the Both day
Of Mitch, 1858, TO show cause, ii any they can,
why said paper should not be proven in "Due
Fo!in of Law"
Given under my hand and seal, this 30th day
g; December, A. D., 1867.
Jan 3m
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-04
Executors Notice.

A Final Settlement viii he made on the Estate
"A of sTANMORE JOHNSON, decd, in the
Orninary's Office. on Wednesday, the 22a April,
1868 Those having claims against said Estate
will present them. by that time, duly attested.
All indebted to said Estate, arcexpec,ed to pay
mp By the 10Th February next.
II. N, PADGET, Exor.
Jan 70 3m ~ - "a
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-25
cran, n Minority Pre,ident.

Grants majority is 3O3, las In total
noll of J. .495, $50. In Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, North and South Carolina
his vote was 319,334. Of this latter
sum, probably four ffths were negroes,
and not one of the blacks was lawful
voter. Virginia, Mississippi aud Texas
were not permitted to vote. Let these
facts be considered in conjunction with
the one that there was a sweeping DIS
frauchisement of the whites in the
Southern States, and there can be q
nroper estimate made of the impudence
of the Jacobin claim that the party IN
mower is indorsed by the people:
Grant was elected by fraud. He was
elected because of the operation OF the
reconstruction infamy; and the denial
of this fact is a denial of plain and no.
torious truth. He would not be, even
with the negro votes, had all the States
voted. and the white meR of the South
not have Seen disfrsnchised. 1t is not
proposed to offer any opposition to his
inauguration; and this is suggestive OF
a submissive spirit among our people,
not generally supposed TO belong TO
What is called Anglo Saxon blood, and
about which there is much ooasting'-
CHICAGO Times.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-25
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
House met at 10 A. NJ.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Dawson.
The Senate substitute for House bill
No. 90, providing for the collection
of back taxes in Fayette and other
counties, was read and referred to a
Conference committee.
The House appointed Messrs. Crane,
Furguson, of Marshall, aud Mahon.
Joint Resolution No. %, authorizing
arms from the Sheriff of Marion county
was read with the Senate amendment
"to restore them to the owner" House
agreed to amendment.
Leave of absence was granted to
Messrs. Tabler and Steere.
Mr.. PINNELL offered q resolution
that the printing and distributing OF
the Journal of this session be dispensed
with. Objected to and laid over under
the rules.
House Bill No. 100, to authorize the
East Fairmont Gas and Coal Company
TO condemn land, was taken from the
table, on motion of Mr.. ARMSTRONG,
and was read the second time, amended
and ordered to its third reading.
Mr.. ARMSTRONG'S report from the
committee on Eurollneut was adopted
Leave of absence was granted to
Messrs. Evans and Allison.
The House adopted the Conference
committee reports on Chapters lV6, l3o,
l43 and 145.
The committee reports on Chapters Sj
and l27 were laid on the table.
The report on Chapter l27 was taken
from the table and adopted.
The House adjourned till Saturday at
9 o'clock.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-25
Turuips and Salt.

These 20 we'll together on the dinner
table, and are said to be associated,
with equal advantage, in the turnip
field. The Glasgow Herald publishes
some experiments in turnip growing, in
which this assumption seems fully just
fled. Parcels of ground, sown to tur-
nips without any application of salt,
made but poor returns in quantity and
quality, while Others, to which a free
application By broadcast sowing was
made. were efficient in yield and of su-
perior quality. Its assumed that the
salt attracts moisture from the atmos-
phere aud feeds the plants with it, i'm.
parting vigor of growth and added
richness at the same time. Farmers
who deny salt TO their stock, under an
impression that il Injuries them, may
not object to experiment with it on
their t1rnip fields, where its influence
is said to be remarkably remunerstive.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-25
Southern &" I.oyalty.D

From the Kinds County CMiss.) Gazette
A gentleman from Marion county, in
this State. tells good one of the Rad
ical party of that county. An Office
was to be filled down there, and, Of
course, the appointee had to come from
the ranks of the truly loyal" General
Gillem requested the RAIDS in that part
of tho State to furnish him with list
of the "loyal" men of the county COM
petent to discharge the duties of the
office, from which he might make Sc
lection. A paper containing just
one name was returned to him,
with the remark that that was
'the only man in the county who coul d
take the required oath" " General Gil
lem was willing to take him, (he could
not do otherwise,) and at once tele-
graphed to him to report at headquar-
tiers, (that he might receive in person
his commission, instructions, &C. "a
guilty conscience needs no accuser," !"
and truly loyap supposing that the
design of the whole arrangement was
to get him before Gillen for plying his
vocation, (that of horse stealing he ran
away from the ceunty-and to this
blessed hour Gillem has not been able
TO catch him