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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-07-07
A Celebrity in Edgefeld--Old John !
Browns Right-hand Man,

Little. probably. do the good gcntlefolks ol
Edgefield dream Of the eXteht to which their
fortunate county has been honored in the re-
cent change oil internal revenue officials in that
division Of the third collection district. We
are told that the new appointee as Assistant
Assessor is Mr. R Realf, an Englishman,"
and ohr Edgefeld contemporary, evidently
iguorant of its sepcial bliss, INDUCES in laud.
atory regrets over the removal of the late in
cumbent and has no word of cheer or wei
come for the stranger who takes his place.
We know something Of Mr.. Richard Reali,
and hasten TO introduce him to our readers.
Epglishman, indeed, he is but it was on tue
sacred soil Of the Old Dominion, and in prom
inent connection with one of the most excit-
ing events in the annals of that renowned
commonwealth, that he first became known
to fame. [; is now more than ten years since
the country was startled by the tidings that
Old John Brown, with q few desperate fol-
lowers, had made himself master of the Unit
ed States armory at Harper's Ferry and
madly raised the standard of scrvile revolt.
Had the blow thus so boldly struck been fol.
lowed by the chain of anticipated results, it
was Browns dream of power to have estab.
lished great Black Republic, of which he
himself vas to be at once the creator and the
dictator. Realf, at that time the shrewdest
and most active as well as the youngest member
of Browns gang. had been formally singled
out as tue Secretary Of State, in the orgauiza.
tion OF the pra, ected government. We all know
how the crazy scheme was throhled at its
birth how the ungratelu blacks failed 10
rally at the call of their Quixotia aeiverer
and how, after fair trial before q Jury cl
Virginians, the miserable old fanatic, who
perhaps was less guilty than most of bis fel.
lows, expiaed his and their crime upon the
gibbet. Realf. who was believed by many to
have hecn The rnlirg spirit of'the raid, was
cunning enough to. escape ell serious conse.
ouences. OF his subsequent career little is
known but the versatility Of his genins and
his irrepressible impudence seem everywhere
to have served him in good stead. We hear
of him now as hero hobnobbing with the
Abolitionists of the North; nov as a non
commissioned officer in the United State ar
nv at Fort Pickens; now as an ctlice seeker
bashfuly urging his claims Is loyalist and
a soldier at Washington and lastly as an As
SCISSOR of the Internal Revenue in the good
old District Of Edgefeld, South Carolina
The days OF chivalry indeed are gone, since
Richard Realf. while the soui Of his gaunt
and grsly chief is still marching on" in tri
umph, abandons the quest of glory for ths
quest of Observation-Disclosures News.
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The Getty;burg Celebration.

GETTYSBURG, July 2.-Geueral Meade in a
speech urged the decent burial Of the Con
lederates. Senator Morton. tue orator Of the
day, in speakingo Cuba, said; "She is max
ing bold, vigorous and, as we trust, sue
cesslul fort to throw off the Spanish yoke
and establish her independence" He also
said In the fields before us are the graves
Of the re5al dead, now sunk to the level of the
plain, unmarked, rnhonored and unknown.
They were our couutrymen; Of our blood,
language and history. They displayed q
courage worthy OF u better canse, and We may
crop tear to their memory. The news Of
this fatal field carried agony TO thousands o..
Southern homes, aud the wall of despair was
heard in the everglades and orange groves
of the South"
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for which Edmund Burke confessed himself
incompetent when he declared ~ do not
know how an indictment eau be framed
against whole people" To sun up, all
systems Of taxation should be such as are
most favorable to the formation Of q healthy
national morality. Whether this can be &c
complishei by scheme which is excessive
in its ratio; which is uneQuaily attributed;
which hnders production which discrimi-
mates in favor of an inferior race; which
frees from responsibility those who levy taxes !;
which is needIessly expcnsiVe which out
RACES good sense and aims to commend itself
by resort to trickery; which transcends its
self-appointed boundaries, aid finally charges
the tax payer with base crime. ! shall not
here argue ito do SO were gross insult to
your intelligence,
1t may be said that the people Of South
Carolina, having engaged III " rebellion" have
merited all these evils as proper punishment.
Are they still to be held as enemies 2 or is it
by further injuries and expressions they are
to be won back? Ge;cral Grant and the
Boston Jubilee say, "Le; US have peace.
How is it to be obtained
In the times of the Roman Republic one
of the States revolted against the national
authority, but was compelled to acknowledge
construction came before the Senate, there
were those who clamorcd for confiscation
death or bsnishment OF the leaders and op
pressors of the people. (See how history
repeats itselfD
A noble Roman Senator who had draw
: his sword against the refractory State said
aTreat the people as c;tizets n. To you, sir
: as the "loyai" Governor OF South Carolina
is commended the example Of this so.ciliec
"hea,hcn" As the exponent of the part.
now controlling the State, You are urged II
use all the power and influence of your oflicia
position, for the repeal OF this iniquitou
measure. Let the cross be lifted speedil,
,, from the shoulders Of the people. Let then
no longer feel that they are strangers ant
5 aliens, in the land of their birth. Show then
that confidence is reposed in their honor an'
integrity. Convince them that the power o
the Government is not to be used as on en-
CINE Of oppression and humiliation, but di
rected toward their protection and happiness
aud that their substance is not to be wruai
from them by exorbitant taxes. Let the ax'
be laid into the root Of the tree OF corrup
tion and plunder which has struck its root
deep into the vitals of our pohty and, con
fessedy, grows with luxuriance in higl
places" Then may the animesties engen
tlered By the present abnormal condition b.
healed, and ali our heart divisions cured
$ Tlen may this dear old State Of South Caro-
lima approximate the glory and beauty Sc
dramatically discussed in the recent letter o
Senator Robertson Then may it realize hi.
dream OF the garden CT the world" Thel
NAV it become .'Paradise Rrgaiucd It'll
then it must remain " Paradise Lost
A CITIZEN.
Chester, s. c., jane 80. 1869.
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MSs- The New York Herald has q table whcl
shows that tho country is about to be overruI
with immigrants fcom the Old World. Thera ba
been nothing like it in the past The total arri
walls for the first five months OF the year 1850
and the first sixteen days of June, as follows
From Ireland, sO,52O; Germany, 1870; Eng
land, 29,3ii; Scotland, 4.4O2 Wales, a96; France
l,lSG; Spain, lO5; Switzerland, l,7jl ! Holland
SIG; Norway, 1,iO3; Sweden, 14.l29; Denmark
l,S52; Italy, 5O2; American citizens, POLLS
Grand total, Ill, 233.
naS- The Cincinnati Enquirer says. :" a South.
crn editor, whose State has been specially OYER
run and afflicted with radical carpet Dagger:
from Ohio, who have come into his State and
monopolzcd all the olliccs, accounts for the re.
cent suicidal mania in cur State Penientiary on
the superstition tea: they are the victims of des.
poudcncy, produced by confinement in prison
while many of their companions in crime oreper-
miitad 10 60 carpet bngsing down South, where
they are made Governors anil members Of Ccl-
gress, orappoinicd to postmaster ships. anj aLles
lucra.irc lliccs. They esteem i; unbearai.le TIA
they should he punished FOR their little pcccalif.
ioes and delnquoncies, while others, equally mean
and dishonest, arc used by the radical party to
punish the Southern rebels"
rs" Near Kalamazoo, Michigan, on the ca
instant, daughtcr of D. N. KEEP, three years
Old, was killed by freight train. The child was
playing by the track and the mother, seeing the
danger, rushed toward and seized her, but too
late, as the engine wheel passed over the little
girl, cutting her in two, leaving one-half the body
in the mothers hands. The poor woman, ovet-
come witt borrow, iaintsd, AID in an iasensibie
condition was takcnnp and carried into her house.
A.ir- Mary Robinson, Southern negrcss, is
tcnchng school at Iuka. The Gazette says Mary
is good teacher is polite and respectful to every
body, and will 10 more to educate the little dar-
kics than all the Yankee mig gers and all tho Yam
kcc white trash that ever ate pumpkin PIC or tol1
bed hen roosts iS>Ncw England -
ley' The Conservatives in Virginia claim that
the recent registration has increased their vote by
twenty thousand,
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flucvri s.i'-d "a rtuliut. my mnV'c pI' iV-
service was in the Army Of the Cumberland du-
ring which passed through every grade from
the private soldier to the staff oGiccr and partic.
pating in every battle, skrmish and movement
incident to the operations of that Army.
n have not been in Washington for nearly four
years. nor have held any correspondence with
persons residing there, during that length Of
time. 1t is true that should see fit to do so,
shall hardly solicit the permission of the Ne,cs !:
:. 1.batit is nevertheless fact-incredblc as it may
seem-that am Republican without being IL
toady or a tuft-hunter.
In january Of this present year, the Washing
ton Correspondent of the Worcester Spy, in an
article entitled "reminiscences Of John Browns
Men," quoted cer;ain slanzas from poem Of
mine which hal recently found its way into the
Pcnsacoli (Fla.) OJserrer, and added his belief
that was then non commissioned officer in the
Regular Army, serving in Florida, and ii was
from this source, I take it, that the Charleston
Necs derived its impression. As soon rs this ar
ticle was brought to my attention, L Immediately
corrected it; stating that was a resident of New
York City and if you will take the trouble to
look up a January file Of the New York Times,
you will observe that in my card L uscd'this lam
gaagc:
"With years and experience have como patience
and charity; and while have lost nothing Of
my young belief in The ultimate triumph of hu-
manity oyer ignorance, superstition, caste and
privilege, have lcarnol that or myself at least)
thesno6!est work in which can engage is to re-
sist and put down whatever tendencies impair
my full ability to be man, wi'ha healthy soul,
conscious Of rights and duties, owning its gifts,
and valuing above everything else the liberty to
place its happiness in being noble and true.
Thoroughly convinced that the reformation of
the worll--thc restitution Of things to rcalty-isy
not to he accomplished by hammering and tinker
ing on the outside of systems and societies,
prefer henccforth to work on spiritual essentials,
beginning with my own nature"
This is the spirit which animatcs and informs
me now. Having been an earnest and unconl-
promising opponent Of the SGnlh llurinE 1the-wA
and having Witnessed the triumph of Those prin
cipes which were dear and precious to me,
have now no other aim nor ambition than to labor
for the Inauguration of that era of fraterna har-
mOny which the poets and prophets have forcseen
and sung wherein each mans good shall be all
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~ The adventure of Sam Patch has been re-
pcatcd in England, in the presence of an admir-
ing crowd, with u like fatal result Thomas
WOrthingtou, the "star diver" advertised that he
would dive from platform into the Derwcnt-
ninety feet below. A very large crowd of people
were present. Worthington made the pcrous
leap, but, by IN involuntary turn of his body in
the air, he fell upon his chest, and was probably
instantly killed His body sunk, and did not
rise again until spectator recovered it by diving.
All attempts at resuscitation failcd, and Jury
returned verdict of accidental DEATH"
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In RankruDtcY..

IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
TED STATES. FOR SOUTH CAROLINA.
In tho Matter Of RHYDEN R. GRIGSBY,
bankrupt.
EFT is Ordered by tine Cour; that meeting of
the Creditors of said Bankrupt. to prove their
debts and choose one or more Assignees of his
Es'a,e will be held at the Office of C. G. Jaeger,
Registrar, Ncwbcrry C. H., S. c., on the 18th
dav of July 1860. at II o'clock, A. NJ.
This meeting is in lieu Of the first meeting of
Creditors ordered to be held before Henry Sum-
mcr, Registrar, decd, on the lst August, 1868,
which meeting was mot held:
LOUIS +. JOHNSTON,
is Marshal as Messenger.
A. p. PrpEn, Dep Messenger.
June 2S 3t 2S
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A DANIEL CONE TO JunGMEHr.-A color
ed constable connected with Magistrate Mack
ey's Office while engaged in. cjccting Francis
Garrett, colored, trespasser on tue premises
of Mrs Ann Francis, was resisted, and was
compelled TO use the full extent of his au-
ihority. He was subsequently summoned be.
fore Magistrate Bench to answer the charge
of assault and battery, and tho latter refused
to take the bail of a city grocer and man Of
property, because he was not freeholder,
and the constable was committed to Jail.
Straw bail was for some time all tile 90 in the
Republican party, and at this late date such
strict judicial integrity as the instance men.
toned above is quite refreshing.-Charleston
News.
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ICE always on hand.
July 6
In Bankruptcy.

IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
TED STATES, FOR SOUTH CAROLINA
In the Matter of TII0S. J. HAMILTON
Bankrupt.
MI is Ordered by the Court that o meeting Of
4 the Creditors of said Bankrupt, to prove their
debts and choose ono or more Assignces of his
Estate, will be held at the Office of c. G. Jaeger
Registrar. Ncwberry C. H., on the 10th day Of
july, 1862 at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
This meeting is in lieu Of tho first meeting OF
Creditors ordered TO DO held before Henry Sum-
ner, Registrar, decd, on the lst August lSdS,
which meeting was not held.
LOUIS E. JOHNSTON,
U. S. Marshal as Messenger.
A. p. PIPER, Deputy Messenger.
June IS st 2S
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State of South Carolina
EDGEFIELD COUNTY,
Tp DPORA TIE jIDVPT

FIIJITTIT ILIIH OOOIN !
IN PROBATE COURT
rny D. L. TURNER, Judge Of Probate in
Whereas. Robert G. Lanham hath applied to
mn Gov Letters of Administration, tn the Estate
If ,i,b.odore N. Lundy, late of the County decd.
Thssearc, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, tho kindred and creditors of tho
said deceascd to be and appear before me, at q
Court of Probate for the said County, to bo
bolden at dgeield C H., on the 18th day of July
1seo nj IL O'Clock A. NJ. to show cause, if any,
,shn rJ' The said Administration should not be
granted. H.. -. -, -,
Court this 2sn dsy of 1unf ,d.nas, A. d. 1862 and in
D. l.. TURNER, j. p. C. Z. c.
Jupe 2s 2t 81
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Washington is; at last; TO ~ .,e.--,,,,,-r.-.
connection with Norfolk. Mr.. ]. l.. Savage, oil
this City, an enterprisn. and wealthy !-satirc
Washingtonian, intends inau grra.ilg Steamboat
line between The "Virginia New York" and this
city, on Saturday. At present he will put bat one
boat on, but is making arrangements to purchase
another aud if the enterprise succeeds, rs. Gust
it will, proposes to largely increase the number.
This is an epoch in the history Of the;Capitol
City, and if We were not ruled by dishonest, mug,
derOus drunken negroes, and their Jealous coad-
TUTORS, the "carpct baggcrs," should greatly
rejoice. But if the enterprise proves successful
our tax paying citizens will have to submit to in
creased taxation that the negroes of the district,
with Mayor Bowen at their lead, may have their
salaries raised, and thus enjoy an excursion to
Norfolk whenever they feel disposed.
a succession OF grateful showers last evening
cooled the atmosphere, and to-day, the first in
Two weeks, We are enjoying rcpricvc from the
intense heat of the last part Of June.
Gold closed to-day at lS7. Money was active.
Stocks firm. Government are firm. B.
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Gz'- Grant appointed no negro cadets. He
thereby cnrngcd the negroes of Washington.
" What" say they, "arc colorod men to DO re-
stricted in social intorcaursc to the mochan;oul
classes, and their sons and heirs to be refused nd
mission to the national academies Mt West Point
and Annapolis? Perish tho thought!' Grant
puts negroes into tho printing Offices and brick
yards and naVy-yards, but none into West Point
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The BLUE RIDGE RAlLRoAD.-R X. Scott,
Governor OF South Carolina, and Chairman
Of the Executive Committee Of The Blue Ridge
Railroad, ha' advertised for proposals. from
contractors to complete the road from An
dcrson, South Carolina, to Knoxville, Tenne.-
see, a distance of one llpndred and fifty two
miles. Payment lor the work is to be mada
in the seven per cent, first mortgage bonds
of lbc road, principal in coin, and guaranteed
by The State. Proposals will be received us-
III the eighth Of this month.
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RARE CHANCE!
The North America Life Ias. Co.
OFNEW YORK.
Assets Four Millions and a Quarter,

Assets Four Millions and q Quarter,
DESIREs to securc LOCAL and DISTRICT
IL AGENTS throughout the State Of South
Carolina and will make liberal arrangements
with men Of energy and activity.
It issues all the desirable forms Of Policies, at
rates as low as other first class Companies. 1t
gives loan Oft The premium when desired, and
receives tn sbalanccin one. ro or three nstalmcnts,
Will. 30 daxY srace ttar l.IY".-s:s.
It4 policies aro aoa. .fo,Jeito6ie for specified
aalSfm in case of failure to pay premiums No
restrictions on Somthcym residence hnrct.
Aciire men NTH such Company can make an
Agency pay them 'ceu. Apply to
f. p. GEORGE, Gen'l Agt S. c.
Columbia. S. c., 1t 25
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For tho AdYertiscr.
EDcErlrLD C. H., July 9Th, lse

EDGErIELD c. H., July 9th, 1859.
.Editor Adreriiser My attention b1s just
l,een directed to an article published in the Char
lyston Erms, of Saturday last, which, copying
your notice of my appointments Asst. Assessor
of internal Revenue for this County, proceeds to
rotate in very mang glod, distorted, and malignant
way, certain incidents in my previous career.
have not yet seen the article in question, and
oar therefore speak only generally to its allc-
cations; which understand to be
1st That in the John Brown insurrection of
1859, held the position of Secretary of State
under his " so.called" Provisional Government.
I'd, That, whilst I set in motion the machinery
Of the said insurrcction, kept myself aloof from
any active participation in it, using other men as
tools for the accomplishment of my purposes, but
shrinking from the dangers which those purposes
Involved.
Sd, That, during tho late war, I served in the
-Jinion Army as Nom Commissioned officer, and
vas attached to the forces operating in Florida.
9TH, That have subsequently, been place
hunter at Washington City, and that my mpor-
ttunities have Mt last procured for my present
appointment in South Carolina.
Understand these to be the points made against
me; and since, whether I retain my Asscssors.ip
Or not, propose to make my home in your State,
beg you to do me the justice to hear me in my
own cause.
First, then, had no connection, direct or indi-
rect, with the Harpers' Ferry insurrection of
5 1859. My earliest acquaintance with john Brown
&lsegsa in Kansas, in 1856 In1S5I he braachcd
ITO certain young men, myself included, the sub
ject which he afterwards prosecuted to so disas-
4 trous n termination. In the spring of 1858 he
took certain initial steps in the matter, but in the
summer of that year, by reason of the failure OF
his cooperative agencies, the further pursuit OF
| the business was indefinitely postponed. In July
1858 went to Europe, and never afterwards
saw, or held communication with, either John
Brown or any of his party. In 1852 returned
to the United States, and at the period of the
| insurrection was in Texas, where was arrested
shortly afterwnrd and taken under guard to Wash
ington. At Washington was set free; and il
may perhaps be rccollecied that james Redpath
in his "L Life of Brown" ,"Nlaboring under the cr
! roncous impression That Sl "sO!d out" to ti'
] Southern Democracy the honor, in l'i'
Fefacc to allude to me Dry complimentary
rms.
"A letter from my; syothcr of Johr
Cook, Zone of s.) published
y fssle New Yog1 1860, ant
io the New Il xmc month
ycon,ainsd my matter
4 T found 80 IS 6, 9 4, Acunc
ed by pnt
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The " UGLY CLUB.'-This club of fun low
ers celebrated their first anniversary, in the
University Campus, yesterday afternoon. A
great deal Of amusement was afforded, and
many palpablc evidences of wit were dis
played by the participants. We shall, in cur
next issue, furnish a full report of the pro-
ceedings. The following were the awards
The Ugly Man (boots), Mr.. Frierson; the
Pretty Man doll baby), Mr.. Clark; the La.
zy Man ia rocking clair), Mr.. Miller, but as
he proved to be too lazy to call for his pres
ent, it was rwarded to DR.. Norris the Baby
(stick of candy), Mr.. Wilson the Most Goa
ceited Man IA Iooking-glass, with which he
could see himself at least eight times day.
Mr.. Bryan the Talented Man Ga FOOLS cap),
Mr. Spencer. Dir. Tha-nweli was the "ugiy
orator." and Mr.. Wright the distributor Of
the prizes.-Columba S. S. Phoenix.
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Tn Bankruptcy.

Ex.partc W. W. Adams.
Tn Re A. G.. league. Bankrupt,
ETNDER an Order Of the Court in the above
u case, the Lien Creditors Of said Bankrupt
q Jner,c. Register, at Ncmberry c. H., S. c., on
or before the 2Sth day of July next.
Nv. CARWILE, Assignee.
June 90 3t 27
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Assignes's Notice of Appointment.
Assigaee's Notice of appointment.

In the District Coart ofthe United States, for the
Districtof South Carolina.-IS BAXKnuprcy.
IN THE MATTER OF L0VETT S. HILL
BANKRUPT.
To Whom il may Concern:
vgylIE Undersigned, hereby gives notice of his
4 appointment as Assignee of the Estate of
LOVIC S. HILL, Of Edgefeld District in said
District Who hus been adjudged Bankrupt upon
his own petition. by c g. Jaeger. Esq, Register
in the Court Of Bankruptcy. Dated ut EdgeGe.d
C. H., thes2nd day Of July, 1869.
T. S. DANIEL, Assignee.
July st 2s
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Notice.

Lb Persons having demands against the
"A Estate of HARTWELL ROPER, dec'd., nre
ron0ed to present them to the undersigned; and
~ ca. indebted to saiil Estne nro requested TO
-, 80 ,boir indebtedness.
Pay JOHN P. MEALING, Ad'or.
Iuiy 5 Ems 28
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Gas- The .viy Century Magasine. Canvassers
and Agents wanted for the new Charleston Month
ly Magazine. A young man should make ut lc1st
$500 day. Address KIN Century Company,
Charleston. So. Ca.