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Pendleton and Hancock.

The contest has narrowed down to Pendle-
ton and Hancock. Unless some third party
should be taken up, merely as compromise,
Pendleton and Hancock will receive almost
the entire vote of the Democratic Convention
on the second ballot. 1t cannot be denied
that the War Democrats are making despe.j
rate effort to secure the nomination of Han
cock {; and, in this effort, they are ably Sc
conded by those who are manipulating the
wires for the bondholders.
Pendleton is still far ahead, but the Han.
cock men seem determined to relax no effort,
to present the claims of their favorite in the
strongest possible shape. The great masses
of the people-the real Democracy-are en-.
thusiastic for Pendleton; and we see nothing,
as yet, to alter our opinion that he will be the
nominee of the New York Convention. If
any other candidate is chosen, nothing but an
endorsement of Pendleton's greenback policy
will satisfy his friends in the West,
In common with the entire people of the
South we look forward with anxiety and inte-
rest to the assembling of the convention. Iis
sessions may be stormy, but we trust the dele.
gates will be patriotic enough to sink all per-
sonal preferences in the common desire to re-
store unity and prosperity to now divided
and suffering country Wilmington (M.C)
Star.
Mr.. PENDLEToN AND THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION FOR THE PREsIDENcY.-This is
the caption of an article reprinted in this pa
per from the Chicago Times. It deals iu a
commendabIe spirit with questions in regard
TO which the truth is of the utmost Importance
To the Southern delegates to the Democratic
Convention. 1t seems TO be settled that they
are to consult alone the success of the patty
in the Northern States, and that the opinions
of Northern Democrats ere to be conclusive
as to the requisites of that success. 9ut in
the contest of conflicting opinions among
Northern Democrats, the elements may be so
equally matched that decision in regard to
the proper choice will rest with the Southern
delegates-Louisuille Courier.
twill be a sad and sorry day for heSouah.
ern delegates that shall see them step in to
decide contest against that presidential cam
didate to whom the-heasts Of the Northern
and Western Democracy ere turned, and upon
whom they rely as leader, to secure success.
It will be an awful, yes, we may add, faal
responsibility. No true friend Of the Sou a,
no man who desires her to escape from une cr
the iron heel Of despotism, could contemplate
for one moment her taking such position.
If it is offered her, it will be for her intar,st
to Indignantly decline il. The mex. Presi-
deut, If elected by the Democracy, viii be
chosen alone by the vota of the North. Its
Democracy, and it alone. are the judges Of
the best issue to present in that section. The
South, by arraying itself for the candidate in
antagonism with the Western Democracy. as
it did ii 1860, would postpone for years, if
not forever, the hour Of ita redemption.-Cia.
cinaati Enquirea. Ia -,
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CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
Appearance Of the Army Worm in the
Southwest.

The Louisiana papers at different points,
from the 10th to the 2Gth ult., are filled with
announcements that the army worm has ap-
peared, and at so .early stage of the season
as to make it almost certain no cotton will be
raised. They. are talking about blowing up
the cotton and planting other crops. The
appearance of the army worm so early is said
to be unprecedented. and portends the worst
results. The New Orleans Republican says {:
AS rule, the earlier the appearance of the
cotton worm the more general and destruc-
tive will it be to the crop. We know of sew
eral fields Of cotton on the lower coast that
were completely stripped of their leaves in
the latter part of July, 1864, but put out
duced late but full crop had not the frost
intervened. There were, however: excep-
tional cases. The early appearance of the
cotton worm signifies disaster to the crop.
Last year cotton worms made their appear
auce in June, in 1865 and '68 they first ap-
peared in July, and in 1864 in the last days
Of June. The reason for their being so much
more destructive in 1864 than in 1867 was
that IL the former year the cotton planting in
Louisiana was confined almost entirely to the
bottom or sugar lands below Baton Rouge,
whilo in the latter but little cotton vas
planted in the delta, but was mainly con-
fined to the uplands, where the worm is less
destructive.
The appearance Of the cotton worm in May
is, so far as we know, unprecedented. 1t was
known in the South before the war, but as it
rarely appeared before the last days of Sep
tember, or in October, its presence was
thought to be beneficial rather than hurtful
to the crop, in that the stripping Oft the leaves
no, en-, ;,,oucd to hasten the maturity of the
upDer %ao auf Of later b6!s The appearance of the
cotton worm was rarely mentioned Us rs an .on v,1
ment in the annual estimates o. 'he etopt eopt
What now makes the matter worse is tne ,ao' h0"
that the cotton crop is moro backward thaa IN
usual. Many planters have not yet hnlsneu
scrapine, that is, thinning out and cleaning
the young plants from early grass and weeds
Some Of them have replanted the 6elds.al-
ready ravaged by the worm in corn, plan
which we trust will be generally followed, as
there is yet plenty of time. TO make gooo
corn crop.
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yet-but 1 am now smashd- ell to pieces
cant sport my own chillern."--Den say
"Mars Loo-you bin nifty good TO mel al
ways had plenty-bred and mest-close for
wife and chillern-and plenty Of .ebryting,
and eff you is smash up, den we all smash up
togedder." So when I wentto de resurrection
to put in my name, sot it down Pompy
Smash.
Now my cullered friends, eff We all at de
South, has bin ruind by de Radicals, don't
you see, as long as you vote for dem, you
gives dem de power, to keep us ruind. Ef
you DON'T duz.. lr
Yourn TO Save,
PoMPEY SMASH.
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ESTABLISHED 1902.
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DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY,
BY A. s. WELLINGTON 81 CO.
Daily Paper, $500 per Annum'
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DAILY AND TRI-

vNyHE COURIER has entered on the sixty.
4 sixth year of its publication. During this
long period Of its existence, despite the mutato:
of fortune and time, it bas been literally sup
ported, whilst many of its contemporaries have
been compelled to succumb to fnancia! necessities
We gratefully record this evidence OF the opp5e'
ciation of our own, and the efforts of our prede-
cessors, to make it THAT it IS, and always has
been, ONE AMONG THE LEADING COM.
MERCIAL AND NEWS J0URNAES OF The
SOUTH, and will renew our sxertions to adc to
its acceptabity to the public, az we'll as to place
it easily within the reach of AL who desire
FIRST CLASS CHEAP PAPER.
In furtherance of this purpose we now issue
the Daily and Tri- Weekly Courier to our euo-
scribers at the rate os eight and four dollars per
annum respectively.
Our purpose is to furnish first class paper
upon the most reasonable living prices.
Charleston, Jan 20
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For tho Advertiser.
nam I,ncuS


My Cuzlered Brederin,-You heer dem To-
Gus {? Hab any on you seed um9 Mol Den
I gwino tell you all bout um. Da is sent
heer fo sine, same like do was sent to ole
Farce de king OBJ Egypt. Da was sent here
too, long afore de war, and he cum den ior
warnin-he hab den de letter W on he wing
an he swarm all ober de land, and he say
war, war, waro.
Now de war dun cum and gone, and now
he cum agin for warnin. Dem Locus is sine
to US cullered peoples, cause he black, head
and body-he hab golden wings, but he eye
red same like glass beed, while he tail part is
de cutler OBJ brass button, and as holler as o
egg shell. He hab dat same letter W on he
wing, nut he now say--work, work, worko,
work, work, worko. He golden wing cumfor
promis to dem dat woik-munny for buy
meet and bred-munny for buy close for de
wife an chillern-munny for all he want.
Dem Locus is cum also for warnin-he tail
part is holler and look like brass. He cum
for warnin us agin dem holler soundin brass
Radicals, who promis us ebry ting to git our
votes, and den laff at US when we ak for what
da promise. Yes, when We ak for de forty
acre Of !and-he laff an tell US 60 buy um.
When we ak for de corn and bacon We gwine
to git for votin Radical Iicket-he say hedun
gin it all out. When we ak for big Office
and want to go to Kongress--he say-O no,
tiat will not do,-" cause de Konstitution say
we no been citizen long enuff."-Dea my cul
lerd Braderin eff we no been citizen we was
our ole marster's property, and eff da rob ole
marster, da gwine rob us certin an sure,
Dem Locus is warnin Us agln de wolf in
de sleeps jacket-dem same radicals is no
moren asoundin brass and atinklin sheep-bell.
Our ole marsters Is our best friends-da
raised US on de- plantation, wild de- own chill
lern,-we all play togedder when boys-we
all drink de same cows milk, and now is we
gwine turn agin um jst cause we's free No,
mol Less all stick togedder at de South,
like brederin, black and white, troo tick and
tin-and when we vote less vote for our own
folks and not for de holler soundin brass radi'
cals-dats what we Dimbocats wants-we
only wants the people to make our laws and
not let Kongress hab it all he own way.
Now, my, Cullerd Brederin, when yung
marster Loveless fust tell me was sot free,
feel nifty big-too big for. my -britohes-bu
when i had to left um we all cried togedder
! He say, aPomp-I wish We Good lib tOgeddel
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-10
In some places in Mississippi, the farmer

In some places in Mississippi, the farmers
have become so infatuated with the present
bigh price of cotton that they have ploughed
M their corn in places and planted cotton;
Now this is what we call fool-hardiness, and
if the farmer who acts thus does not feel the
need of this corn before, gathering time, ne
may feel thankful. If the cotton you have
in does not show good stand, cross of the
GROUND and plant it in corn, and let the cot
tom "sliden for one year at least, and in the
end YOU certainly will be the gamer. You
cannot be loser.-Florence Index.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-10

a@ David Bryant, o freedman, living in Mon
roe county, was murdered last Thursday evening,
lust before Diary, while sitting in his cabin. Some
one shot him through a crack in tho logs of his
house, killing him instantly. An inquest was
held and a verdict given that he was killed BY q
negro named William Lucas.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-10
In LovE.-An editor -out West has has fallen

IN LoVE.-An eulttr ~ous West has 1aLen
in love. just hear what he says: ~ ~
We love to see the blooming rose in it's
beauty dressed: we love to hear our.faendas
disclose the emotion of the breast. IA We i've
to see the cars arrive, we'll laden, at our dq,r;
we love to sec our ueighbors thrive, and love
to bless the poor. We love to see domesic
life's uninterrupted joys ,'welese % seize
happy wife with lots,o girls aud. .bcyL s-IFe
love all these, yet far above al that we eyer.
said, we love-what every printer leves-to
have subscriptions paid"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-10
VOLUME XxxIII.-No. a.
A Great Man.

= That man Is great and he alone, 81 ,
Who serves. q greatness not his own, !,
For neither praise nor relf;
Content to know and be unknown:
Whole in himself s, -
Strong is that man, he only strong, .
To whose wsll-ordered viii belong,
; For aervice and delight
All Powers that in the face Of wrong, 4.
Establish Right
And free he is, and only he, -
Who from his .yrans passions free,
By fortune undisrnayed, -,
Hath power upon himself, to be :.
By himislf ebeysd.
II such man thers be, where'es
Beneath the sun and moon hs fare, -
he cannot fare amiss,
Great N:.are hath him in her care;
Her cause "a bic. .,se.,ss So
Who holds by everlasting Inv, - = !.
Which neither chance nor change can hax;
Whose steadfast course Is one
With whatsoever forcss draw.
The ages on.
If such a man there be, where'er
Beneath the sun and moon he fare,
he doth not fare. alone.
he gceth girt witt cohorts, powers,
The monarch of his manful hours,
Whose minds his throne.
he owes no homage to the sun;
There's nothing he need seek or shua;
All things are his by right;
Z Hei his own posierity:
His future In himself doth lie; 2.
His SOULS his light.
Lord of lofty life is he,
Loftily living, though he be
OF lowly birth; though poor,
he lacks not wealth nor high degree
In stats obscure.
The merely great are, all in all,
No more than whas tho merely small
Esteem them. Mems opinion =
Neither conferred, nor can recall,
This mans dominion. ~ " 49,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-10

sw On Tuesday morning respectable white
woman, from the country, arrived in Columbus,
and being entirely ignorant Of the city, Q negro
man offered to conduct her to the city, but instead
of doing so led her into IN unfrequented place
md there robbed and ravished her.
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INSURANCE AGENCY.

ARTIEs wishing to Insure their Dwell
LINGs, GOODS, &C., eau do so on the lowest
terms, and in the BEST COMPANIES BY call
ing on the Undersigned.
D. R. DURISOE,
AGENT for A. G. HALLS Insurance Agency.
Jan 80
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BEEF MARKET.

T WILL CONTINUE TO FURNISH GOOD
REEF and MUTToN to the people of Edgeheld
on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings q
Ut NJ reasonable prices, butsTgIcTLY FOR CASH
u ''''' A.A. GLOVER, Agent.
Jan % II
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Estate Notice.

,1. ,crsops having claims against the Estate
a If ". E. MIDDLETON, decd, ara notlnea o!n &c
the same a1.Ssd to tho to sd Estate
delay anu .no'U IN fortbwith.
quosseo =" pA' j. T. MIDDLETON, Adm'os
Oct 8, 1857 sly
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UNIvERsALIST HERALI,
NoTASULGA, ALA.

NoTAsULGA, ALA.
JOHN C. BURRUss, Editor Proprietor.
Terms, $500 per Year Ia Advance.
vy,HIs PAPER has entered upoRits 10th Vol
ume. Il is the Organ of theSUniversalist
denomination in the South and Southwest. Try
it year. Money can be sent by mail, at the
risk of the editor.
Feb "a lm
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PLANTERS HOTEL.

AUGUSTA, GA.
TK.,wIy Furnished and Resitted,
Unsurpassed by any Hotel South
,Wss Sseopened to the Public oct. D. i0Oo
T.S. NICKERSON, Proprietor
Tamil VI
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Total. tal.............."........$lo v

Under the reconstructed constitution of
South Carolina, the annual taxes will be $2,-
ll5,2l2-against $3.50, 600 in unreconstructed
times-and of the above SIG SO are repre-
sented by the attenuated decimal .O000OSOS,
so that, if it may please the arithmetical read
er. the eight highest officers of the recon-
atructed State of South Carolina pay to the
support of the government over which they
preside an average tax of one hundred thous-
andth part Of a mill per annum.-New York
World.
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A REPUBLICAN, FoRM OF GovERNMENT:-It
has generally been considered that those who
SWAY the destinies of country should have
some stake in that country. Let us see how
it is, in this view, with the bogus State officers
of reconstructed South Carolina. Annexed
is the list, with the taxes paid by each:
Govsrno.LR. z. Scott, Ohio. $500 90
Lieutenant Gorernor-L. Boozer. 49, Is SO
Secretary of Stas-F. L. Cardoza, col. 90 90
Comptroller. GeneraLJ. G. Neagle,.- 90 90
Tleasurer-F. G. Parker, Mass, ....., 90 90
Att'y. GM.-D. a. Chamberlain, Mass. 90 90
Supt. Education-J. Z. Iifison, Mass. 90 90
4. and + Gsneral-F. ]. Moses, Jr.... l 90
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Efe in your room. PerhapS you
"ihe} -efresh yourself with a bath.
T0au is verv ns d dusty trass cling especially this
month" l.
"No marin washed my face and han.,
the last thing before 1 started, and combed
NV hair. and + never wash me only once a
day. and that is when first get up; but II
YOU will show me where you sleep, I'll bring
down some of the good things. Here, you
vonnr un.' lest run into the front room,
and cit nv shawl and bunnit, and parasol" !,
Poor little Mabel looked up perplexed, and
Mrs. Seymour said,
"I will go for them (; Mabel might not nnd
them"
Priscilla followed her, determined to wait
upon herself, and Clifton, coming to my
side, put an arm about my waist, and whis-
pered, Oh
"How do yoa like your cousin-in-law :"
ninched his ear, and answered, laugh
ingly, = uo,u.,t nou Rut
seriously, she appears to be avery kind'heaft
ed woman"
The saucy fellow snatched kiss, and
really believe it was all he came tor. be
had had habit lately of kissing me at all times
of r, the day. and not regarding the presence o
Mrs Seymour and Athlene, at all. We were
very w happy, and were to be married the first
of September it was talked OF openly in the
family NM, had ordered my bridal robes
The The Wedding was to be quiet and at home
We were not to coupon any bridal tour un'
fl late in. October, when we would visi
Italy, It. and remain there during the winter
+ was to leave Mabel with Mrs. Seymour
who was tenderly attached to her.
! Presently Priscilla returned, remonstra
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-05

INSPECTION OF FLoUR.-There can be lit
tie doubt that the people of this city are an
nually swindled out Of thousands of dollars by
means of adulterated flour. The process is
to mix white corn meal with it, mix poor,
shrunk wheat with buckwheat, and a hun
dred other devises in which wheat -four and
buckwheat -four is adulterated. To put a
stop to this we should have -four inspector
and permit no -four to be sold in the city I'M
less it is first inspected. We remember how
poor people was cheated in the purchase of
hay and wood and coal, before we had city
weighsr. They demanded city weigher
and measurer to protect them from cheats,
and they have been greatly benefited. And
the same wonld be true if we had an inspec-
tor of flour. The people now get the most
vllainous compounds out Of which it is
scarcely possible to make decent bread,
whereas, if we had -four inspector this
cheating would be stopped. No honest mill
err will object to it. 1t is only those who
wish to cheat the people who will object. We
presume the city council would appoint
one, if petitioned by the people to do so.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-05

CONG TO MIssoURI.-A very large num-
Der of people from this region of country,
mostly farmers, have either moved to Mis-.
souri, or are going there. Among the mum.
Der is the Rev. r. P. Amsden, the farmer
preacher in Geneseo, and we notice this par
| ticular case from the fact that Mr.. Amsden
and his family were unjustly assaulted re-
Gently by the paper printed in Geneseo, for
his connection with indictments found against
several young men in that place for rowdy-
ism and q mob. Except to those who heard
the legal investigation, and to those in the
Immediate ncighborhood of the mob, not
much was ever known of the shameful con-
duct of those engaged in this disgraceful
affair. 1t seems that quite large crowd of
young men, from 1S to % years of ye. as
sembled. one night, around the house of Mr..
Amsden, to chariUari his son, who had been
married that day. The father was not at
home, and all night long the inmates of
that house were compelled to listen to the
most ribald songs, obscene talk, and un-
earthly noises. The rowdies pounded the
house, invaded and defled the out-buildings.
captured the bee hives, clambered over the
roof of the house, covered the chimney with
boards. and were guilty of the most shame
ful acts of rowdyism and obscenity-and re-
fined ladies, and young girls from IL to l6
years old, were compelled to hear their OBJ
scene songs and yels. The inmates of the
house would have been fully justified IN
shooting down every one of the rioters.-
When Mr.. Amsden returned home, all he
required was an apology to his family for
the outrage. Some Of them did apologize
others were prosecuted and fned-but at
Mr.. Amsden's request the fines were made
as low as possible, Us all be desired was to
vindicate the law and help establish good
order in the community and this he has
courageously done-even in defiance of
threats to burn his barn.
Mr.. Amsden is Baptist clergymen, mot
Methodist, as we enormously stated in a
former article) and was born in Reading,
Windsor county, Vermont. He has been q
resident of Geneseo for Is years, and is o
man of wealth and decided ability--some-
what peculiar in his notions-but a law
abiding, w-respecting man. He is about
to remove to Carthage, Jasper county, Mis-
souri. We wish him and his family pros
perity and happiness and peace wherever
'hey may go. The Vermont lessons of law
L
ana order, which he learned in his youth,
will be inculcated wherever he goes.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-05

No appointments have yet been made for
the Cheaver, James Means, Petrol, and Lit
tie Giant.
The intention is to run a daily line from
St. Louis to St. Paul. besides the lines be-
tween the Rapids, and from Savanna. The
boats are now laid up in safe harbors at Du-
buque, LIE Claire, Montrose, and Alton. As
soon as the weather moderates repairs and
painting will be commenced on them and
when the river opens they will come out in
thorough repair. A large wharf boat is now
being built for the company at Metropolis,
Illinois, which is 300 feet long and 40 feet
wide, to be used at ST. Louis, in receiving
and dicharging freight. Wagons and drays
will drive on and off this boat, and
freights be received under shelter.
During the season the Burlington will be
replaced by fine large boat.
Geo. ". D. Harris, Rock Island, and Il. NJ.
Prettyman, Davenport, we suppose viii be
the agents, as formerly.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-05

The Union. of this morning, urging the
people to attend the Peoria railroad meeting,
at the court house, tonight, says:
"0ur people have never fully appreciated the
Importance of this railway line to the industrial
and commercial interests of this section"
Would it not be we'll to send to Maryland
and procure some one to inform "our people,
on the subject of their interests ?
The Union adds the following:
Everywhere but here people see and appreciate
all this, and are giving literally of their means
to push forward its construction"
We can assure the Union that. more than
10 years ago the people of this city fully ap-
preciated the Importance of this line and
went to work and built it through their conn
ty; and it lilly becomes that paper to say
that our people do not appreciate their inter
ests or give of their means for public enter
prizes. 1t seems, to hundreds of people-tc
an immense majority of the people of THU
elty-to all in this city, who have not som,
personal ends to promote, that it is brassy
cheeky piece of impudence to ask them, at
ter they have built the road through thei
county, to either build another one along
side of it or help build is-through Henry
Stark and Peoria. The people of this plac.
have suffered enough, through corporal,
subscriptions, and they will not burn thei
fingers again, in that direction. We sa,
nothing against individual subscriptions
but urge all who like the investment to sub
scribe-especially those men of wealth VIII,
are endeavoring to use the people fingers t,
pull their chestnuts out of the fire. LIE
them show their sincerity by subscribing
$4,000 each, instead of hiding their means
in non-taxable bonds aae u aaz 'ea9