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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
They Deserve No Good .WOrd.-No,
Not One!

"Time's revenges" are at times slow
paced. but they are sure. We are some
what painfully reminded of this by the
reference of the State press to the death
of Judge Platt. We have seen only one
paperSthe Edgetield Advertiser that
Spoke of him other than kindly; the
others spoke of him as @ pure, upright
citizen and impartial judgei whereas not
long ago hardly Democratic journal Ill
the State treated him decently.-CHartes-
ton Republican,
Had the "State press, generally, wit
messed the deceased carpet bagger's bra
zen and maudlin stupidity on the bench,
as we were forced to do from the Jury
box, and his gross personal indecencies
in our most public thoroughfare, as we
have seen, perhaps they would have been
somewhat cautious in characterizing the
person in question "as pure upright
citizen, &c; and the Republican would
not perhaps have felt called upon to note
the comparison between the course OF
the Advertiser and tho other journals in
the State.
Ii is very easy thing to use phrases,
and to mention "time's revenges" and
all that, but if the Republican thinks
respect for carpet-baggers is growing
among respectable people in South Caro-
lima, it is simply very much mistaken.
And if the State press should take to en-
balming the memory of such wretched
wayfarers as Platt and Scott, and the
whole fraternity from the low to the very
lowest, then God help both the State and
the press
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11

BURNING or THE CARHIE-Two LIVES
Losr.-The steamer Carrie left her whar
yesterday morning at o'clock for Savan.
nan with cargo Of seven hundred anC
serenty-six bales Of cotton, shipped BY
.,lessrs Russell & Potter, Mr. John l
Never and N1r R. L. Gray When about
twent- three miles below the city the cot
ton was discovered to be on fire-supposed
u have caught from sparks from the en-
aiae Or smoke stack. A brisk wind blow
illg, tie boat was quickly enyeloped il
f mcs, and will, with cargo, prove a totaI
loss.
the s9ddest part OF the burning was the
loss, BY drowning, Of the child and nurse
(coiored, J o: Ar. E. A. Dunbar, of this city
Mrs Dunbar, child and nurse were pas
seaecrs. and when the flames threatened
dasch by burning, Mrs. Dunbar jumpec
froin the upper TO the lower decl, OF the
boat; the nurse threw the child to her
winch she caueat. The nurse then leaped
10 Inc lowe: dcc; and took the child, when
III three spran5 into the river. Mrs Dun
bar was rescued. but seriously injured
the nurse and child sank into a watery
g-ave.
Jierc was 70 insurance, as we learn, on
he ooat, but the cargo was fully covered,
portion being insured in this city, as fol
lows $l7G00 in Two companies repre-
sented By A!r. G. II Crane, and $4,000
II . company represented BY Major W
Z. Evans. Tie balance of the value of
the cotton was insured in Savannah
Conshiationalist, 7th.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
From Louisiana.

New ORLEANS, May 1.-The tornado
On Tuesday, in Baton Rouge and vicinity,
caused great destruction TO property. Trees
were uprooted, bricks and planks whirlcd
through the air The north and south
walls Of the penitenUa!y, together with the
rooi Of the shoe factory, and the cells OIL
the south wing OF the building, We're blown
away The whole second story and roo!
of the storehouse OF the United States
Arsenal, with three hundred feet OF the
Laboratory, 0 frame building. and the
foof Of one Of the powder me gaines, were
Blown away. The roof Of the Catholic
chu.cl, AMI the cemetery fence, We're
blow away y large number oil ware
houses were unroo:ed, with other damages.
Tie sugar house and number OF CABINS
on Joseph Bernard's plantation, were
blown away; colored man was killed
aal several rounded. The sugar house,
g::n house, and cabins on James Nee ollen's
5!..ntation, were all destroyed; several
colored persons were wounded. 4 portion
of the sugar house and all the cabins on
". S. Pixies plantation were blown down
TWO colored men were killed and several
wounded. 4 number Of coal boats and
fats, laden with COAL were sunk. The
loss Will reach four hundred thousand dol
iars. Dur!n. the storm, an attempt was
made by tie convicts to escape, but only
c lew got out, vino were speedily recap
lurad.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
overrun With ROYAL Visitors.

Motive poor Southern people, butthe rich
and gaping Yankees. Already the eyes OF
the New York papers are starting from
their sockets, and they announce that be-
sides the Grand Duke Alexis, the third
son of the Emperor of Russia and the
handsomest prince in Europe, there will
be in the United States during the sum-
mer, the Duke ofSaxe-Coburg, the Duke
of Saxony, and King Phakambau of the
Fceiee Islands. 1t is also thought that
the Marquis of Lornc, the Scotch no
bleman recently married to the Princess
Louise of England, viii be appointed
Governor General Of Canada, and that
before he settles down to his work, he
and his royal wife will mako tour of the
States.
We hardly hope to see any of them,
without it be Thakambau of Fejee. 1t
strikes us this latitude would suit him
and that he waHltd make a splendid Ku
Kluxer, and eat up n;ggers by the tens
and dozens. Stand clear, nigsess, the
liking of the Cannibal Islands" is COM
ipOf
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11

FILL LAMPS IN THE MoRNINa.-Scarce,
ly weetE; passes but we read accounts Of
frichtful accidents from kerosene lamps
exploding, and killing or soaring for life,
men, women and children. A simple
knowledge of the inhqmrnable nature Of
the liquid will probably put q stop to
nearly oil the accidents. AS the oil burns
down in the lamp, highly inaammable gas
decreases the gas increases.-When the
oil is nearly consumed, slight jar will
inaame the gas, and the explosion is sure
to follow-dcath and destruction. A
bomb-shell is no more to be dreaded. Now,
if the lamp is not allowed to burn more
than half way down, such accidents are al
most impossible. Always fill your lamps
every morning and then you need never
fear an explosion. -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11

D1ATH FEow EXCESSIVE RopE JUMP-
IyG.-8y q notice elsewhere, il VIII be
seen that another death has occurred III
our o!;y trcia excessive rope jumping, =
little - lighter of James j. Alooay hsviog
died oa i0ld&y evening rom iniiamm&-
tion.ol the bowels, brought on bv over IT,
dulgsnce in that exercise While ronc
Jumping may be 4 p.easurable and healthiul
lecre zion, w.t:lin reasonable l!lAits, tho
tendency to excess in ttre eycitcments @.
the c..e.c:se should lead to disuae OF tn
p.ac &c entirely In this case we iear.
/ Il 4 Thursday, in the STRIFE with he-
G n :liions 10 see which could Jump III
& = stnumGer Of times without stoppine
tie cacecsed accomplished the feat some
tiins over three hundred times after
,.h;cn feeling greatly exhausted. she sat
CT kld down upon the grass for a con-
siderable time, probably taking cold by SC
doing The next lacrn;ng, though com
planning TO her companions Of beng sore
and lame, before entering school che made
one hundred end seventy consecutive
jumps more. About eleven o'clock she
was compelled to return home from school,
severe Inflammation of the bowels rapidly
developing Itself from which she dicd
three days thereafter, as above announ
ced.-Akron (O) Beacon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
Items of State News.

Capt. F. w. Dawson, editor Of the
Charleston Ne,us, left this country on the
10Th April, for Europe, to be absent until
middle of July.
A Aportion of the papers stolen from the
Office of the County Treasurer of Abbe-
vile, recently, have been found in gull
ley near the residence of DIR. Marshall.
They were in tin box, which was closed
and unoOncealed.
Col. Thos. G. Bacon's celebrated horse,
Corsican, is to run in Augusta on the Slst,
of this month, against John Kenrick, .
famous Augusta horse which has recent
ly won number of races. This contest
is to be upon the La Fayette Race Course,
for purse of one thousand dollars-fve
hundred dollars side.
The Catholic Fair lately ended in Char
lesion, for the benefit of the Sisters OF
Mercy, was a great success, the receipts
amounting to between six and eight thou
sand dollars.
The total number of deaths in Charles
ton week before last, was q; OF which
10 were whites and II colored.
The enlargement and improvement up
on the Lunatic Asylum is being pushed
forward in an energetic manner. The
foundation of the new wing has been
,npleted, and the work upon the walls
. D.
is about to be commenced.
Tomorrow MAY 1Oth) being Memorial
Day, the Soldiers graves in Charleston
Columbia, and other places, are to be
marked with much honor and solemnity
Edward Hope, Esq, has been elected
President pro tenn of the Columbia Oh
Company.
A negro man, named Aleck Herndon
committed rape upon negro girl il
Newberry the other day, was pursued
and arrested by the authorities, escaped
from the sherifss deputy, and refusing
to stop when ordered, was fired upon ant
killed. :
The Annual Commencement of the
Baptist Theological Seminary, at Green
ville,. took place on Saturday, Sunday
and Monday the 29th and SOth of April
and 1st of May. Of graduates in full
there was one. Of graduates in part
there were thirty-six-two or three from
each Southern State.
An agent of Gov. Scott has been tx
Lancaster recently, to collect the Militi'
arms to return them to Columbia.
E. C. McLure, ESQ.,, has determined
to revive the publication of the Cheste'
Reporter. Mr.. Mcclure is an energetic
and accomplished gentleman, and viii
again make the Reporter one of the lead
ing papers of our State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
Death Of Thalbcrg.

1t is reported by cable that Thalberg,
the great pianist, is dead. This eminent
master was born in Geneva, Switzerland,
January 7, 1872, and was the natural son
of Count Dietriehstein. Famous as a
pianist, at the early age of fifteoD, his
career has been q long and brilliant one.
In 1851, he produced an opera called
"Florinda," which failed. In 1915, he
married daughter of Lablache. Thai
berg's tour in this country will long be
remembered. The perfect finish, the
faultless taste, and tho wonderful eAecu-
ton displayed by him on the piano have
never been excelled by any other pianist
whom we have heard here.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
COMMERCIAL.
A11GIISTA Nfn,

AUGUSTA, May 9.
GOLD-Buying at ITO and selling at Ill.
COTTON-Them market has ruled steady
all day ut yesterdays closing quotations,
and closes firm and unchanged at l3i for
full styled Liverpool middling, and IA
for New York nhddling. Sales, 255 bales:
Receipts, 2l7 bales.
BACON-Stock large and market un-
changed; c. Sides, II; @. r. Sides, III;
Shoulders, 9@9l; Hams, 1920; Dry
Salt Shoulders, 8; Dry Salt c, r, Sides,
III; D. S. Clear Sides, II.
CORN-Prime white Is selling at S1@
los by the car load from depot; retail.
81 05.
WHEAT-wequote choice white, 81 IS +;
amber, 81 65.
FLoUR-City Mills, 81 5o@1O; at re-
tail, 81 % barrel higher. Country, 81 so
@l0, according to quality.
CORN MEAL-Sl at wholesale; 81 10
at retail.
oATS-65@sO.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
The Presidents Proclamation Unde
tbs Ru-hiax act.
The President he's issued his proclama-
ton as follows:
WASHINGTON, May t

w '-1''1A-NNAS->s
The President he's issued has proclama
tion as follows:
Tie act of Congress entitled AN act
to enforce the provisions Of the Fourteenth
amendment to Tie Constitution of the
United States, and for other purposes, ap-
proved April 20, A. D. 1871" beng law
Of extraordinary public Importance, con-
sider it my duty to issue this my procla
ma ion, calling the attention Of Tie people
OF the United States thereto, cmolriing
upon all good citizens, especially upon all
public officers, to be Jealous in the en-
forcement thereof, and warning all persons
to abstain from committing any OF the acts
thereby prohibited This lew of Congress
applies to all parts of the United States,
and will be enforced everywhere to the cx-
tent Of the power vested in the Execu-
tive. But inasmuch as the necessity there
foris we'll known to have been caused
chiefly by persistent violations of the rights
OF citizens of the United States by combi-
natinns OF lawless and disaffected persons
in certain localities lately the theatre Of
lnsurrection and military conflict, I Go
particularly exhort the people of those
parts of the country to suppress all such
combinations by their own voluntary eff
forts, through the agency Of the local
laws, and to maintain the rights of all
citizens Of the United States, and to Sc
cure to all such citizens the equal protec-
ton Of the laws
Fully sensible of the responsibility i'm
posed upon the Executive by the act oi
Congress, to which public attention is now
called, and reluctant 10 call into exercise
any OF the extraordinary powers thereby
conferred upon me, except in cases of i'm
perative necessity, l do nevertheless deem
II my duty to make known that | will not
hesitate to exhaust the powers thus vest
ed IN the Executive, whenever and wher-
ever 1t shall become necessary TO do so fol
the purpose Of securing to all citizens Of
The United States the peaceful enjoyment
OF the rights guaranteed to them by the
constitution and laws. 1t is my earnest
wish that peace and cheerful obedience to
law may prevail throughout the land, and
that all traces Of our late unhappy civil
strife may be speedily removed. These
ends can be easily reached by acquiescence
in the results OF the conflict now written in
our constitution, and the due and propc,
enforcement Of equal, just and impartial
laws IN every part of our country Tho
failure OF local communities to furnish such
means for the obtainment of results SC
earnestly desired, imposes upon the Ma
tional Government the duty of putting
forth all its energies for the protection O.
Us citizens Of every race and color, and
for the restoration Of peace and order
throughout the entire country
In testimony whereof have set my
had, and caused the seal OF the United
States TO be affixed
Done at the City OF Washington, this
third day of May, il the year Of our Lort
3. eigh.een hundred and seventy -onc, and o.
The in1e1sndence of the United States, the
n;nety-f:yh.
(Sisned,) Us. GRANT.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
April the 2stll, >

@S- Irish immigration to this country,
which was formerly the most extensive,
is now rapidly on the decrease, and the
English arrivals are becoming more nu-
merous. The late war in Franco will
undoubtedly have the effect of sending q
large French population to us during the
coming year, and already arrangements
are made for the formation of. French
colonies in East Tennessee, Georgia and
Northern Alabama.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11

uo,:'cIDG-We regret to learn thai
on tie 10Th o!,ilao, q difficulty occurred .;
Frog Level. hctwenn Messrs S. J. Hillel
and i. Z. Biacl;, which has resulted in th!
death oi the latter. The provocaticn, wt
Lear, vs. caused b. Mr. Blacks intrusive
and IL G-:ous manner. M. Hitler is said
to b. Young man OF most quiet, civi
and generous nature, and we deeply sym
paths with him in that the iates hay
caused him 10 imbrue MS hands in human
blool.-Newbe,ry Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11

matter of universal congratulation that
he has received this mark of confidence.
Although unskilled in the details of rail-
road management, he certainly possesses
all the requisite elements of energy, in
tellect and comprehensive scientific edu-
cation to attain high rank in his new
position. We congratulate the Direction
upon their good fortune in being able to
command the services of Gen. Alexander.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
Enterprise of the Charleston
Germans.

The Germans of Charleston are taking
steps to purchase large farm in the su-
burbs of that city for the purpose of TOM
porarily locating immigrants rs they ar
rive there, so that they can learn some
thing of our language, of the effects OF
the climate, and of the nature of the til
lagc in use in the South. The quiet and
industrious character Of the Germans
has rendered that class of immigrants
popular throughout the Southern States,
and the German population of the cities
everywhere appear to manifest COM
mendable interest in advancing the well
fare of their newly arrived fellow coun-
trymen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
They Threw his Grsat-Grandmo,her
Overheard.

Overheard.
George Francis Train, in one of his
chain lightning speeches, in Memphis,
lately, drew this clever distinction be-
tween ihe North and the South -
"You don't call me names here as they
do in the North. There is something
about the South that is manly. They are
not afraid to say what they like. They
are no towards. The whole system OF
society at the North is nothing but an
organized hypocrisy. They do not alb
stain from doing wrong because of socie-
ty-opinion. \ religious mother. cau-
fions her child not to pluck flower for
fear ofthe police, and a Sanity father tells
his boy to come in off the street, my
son, play your marbles in the back yard;
YOU know it's Sunday Boston has par
ty banks, and party thieves to run them.
They go round like lot OF megatheri-
ums, nothing modern about them except
the itch they have for piliering the treas
ury. The Pilgrim Fathers were gigan1-
tic swindle. They threw my great grand
mother overheard for her opinion. l was
born I'M Boston myself, but it wasn't my
fault. A mans place of birth is an acci-
dent, depending principally on where his
mother is at the time"
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"A German infantry soldier, COM
planning of the many marches and coun-
termarches to which he has been subject
ed, exclaims: "If this were done in the
cavalry it would be called cruelty to ami
mails, and there would be indignant pro-
tests against it, but when forced upon us
poor men, it is simply callod "endur-
ance."
A second case of martyrdom reported
in the papers is that of a citizen of Mon
treal, who, having refused to tell the
census enumerator the ages Of his un-
married daughters, has been fined six
dollars and costs, with the alternative
of going to Jail for thirty days, The girls
advise the father to go to Jail like noble
parent.
Ben Butler Is not willing to trust the
regular army to put down the Ku-Klux
at the South, because, he says, it is COM
posed largely of men who were Confed-
crate soldiers in the late war. The New
York Tribune says he will move to
amend Shollabargcrs Bill so as to au-
thorize the President to call for volun-
toers to do his dirty work under the Bill,
10 At late meeting OF the Stock
holders of tho Greenville & Columbia
Railroad Company, the following board
was elected for tho ensuing year: Fred
ericll Bush, reelected President; Col.
JohnJ Patterson, Vice Presid't. Mess.
J. L. Neaglo, j, j, Patterson, H. l.
Kimpton, N. G. Parker, Joseph Crews,
james L. Orr, II. T. Farmer, F. L. Car
dozo, G. w. Waterman, t. Hurley, j. NJ.
Allen and Thos. Dodamead, Directors.
@r What the better is an apple for its
rosy skin, II q worm has penetrated and
devoured its heart? What care for the
beautiful brown Of tho nut if it be worm
eaten and fill my mouth with corruption.
Even SO, external beauty deserves no
praise unless matched by the inward
beauty of virtue and holiness.
gS- In Concord, Now Hampshire, OIL
Sunday of last week, Mt the Episcopal
church, during the reading of prayer
for the President of the United States,
and all others in authority, man in the
congregation interrupted by audibly ex-
claiming, 81 object, object"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
OBITUARY.

DIED on the LIST of April 1871, LEROY
BUTLER, youngest son and child of
SIMEON and SARAH. CoaBURN, aged two
years, seven months and twelve days.
Little LEROY was very affectionate
and remarkably intelligent child for one
of his age. How cheering and consoling
to the bereaved parents are the words OF
the Saviour! "Suffer little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not, for
of such is the Kingdom of Heaven"
"To die-to sleep
No more; and, by sleep, to say we end
The heart ache, and the thousand natural
shocks
That flesh is heirto its a consummation
Devoutly to be wished" L.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
N, Tnftan Rrnecforant. .

All who have used. this invaluable
medicine for Coughs, Colds, Asthma,
Splitting of Blood, Group, Inflammation
of the Lungs or Chest, Hoarseiless, Diff
Guilty Of Breathing, Bronchitis, and and all l
diseases of the Lungs, attest Its useful I
ness. For Lung affections 1t has no
equal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11

@r John NJ. Martin, a ascallawag coun-
ty commissioner, of Fairfield. County,
frightened out of his wits by the visit OF
the Ku-Klux, has resigned. The follow
ing is verbatim copy of letter sent by
him to, and published in the Winnsboro'
NeDs. What an intelligent officer was
Martin:
Nh. Editor please extend this Motto to
the Citizens of Fairfield County that
this Day has rendered my Resignation
and I am no Longer & in combent to the
offic County Commissions.
JOHN NJ. MARTIN.
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The n. Y. Herald Nominates Genl.
Sherman.

The n. Y. Herald Nominates Genl.
Sherman.
In late issue the New York Herald,
with the biggest splurge imaginable,
nominates Genl. w. T. SHERMAN for the
next Presidency, and strongly urges the
Democracy to take him up as their only
sure hope. And all this on account OF
speech made by Genl. SHERMAN in New
Orleans lately, in which he denounced
the Ku Klux Bill, and hooted at the idea
of there being any real danger in the
Ku Klux.
Genl. SHERMAN may be a very honest
man, but we doubt extremely whether
he be in reality a good friend of the
South. His brother, Senator SHERMAN
of Ohio, is one of the bitterest and most
ferocious men, towards the South, to be
found in the U. S. Senate. And as for
the Herald-a paper which never uttered
Democratic sentiment since it had ex-
istence-it is certainly not trustworthy
adviser for the Democracy. The Herald,
in all this we suspect, is actuated more
by opposition to Blair, Vallandigham,
and such men, than by admiration Of
Genl. SHERMAN.
When President Grant was General Of
the Army Gust as Genl. Shermanis now.
he was also in the habit of expressing
liberal views. But how is it now? lie
embraces the Ku Klux Bill warmly as
possible means of making himself Die
| tatOr.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-05-11
The .Wsekly Patriot' of Washing.
ton City.

One of the best Weeklies in the Union
and one particularly acceptableto South
ern peoples The Weekly Patriot pub
hshed, every Thursday morning In
Washington City. The Patriot advocates
a prompt and perfect Restoration of the
Union in all it's parts, and its entire in
tegrity; equality among the States as
prescribed by the Constitution; the i'm
mediate removal of all disabilities re-
sulting from the Civil War, and the res
toration of harmony and fraternal fellow
ship between all sections of the country
which the abuses and usurpations OF par
tisan power have criminally labored to
prevent.
To take and read The Weekly Patriot,
is to live in the great world. Subscrip'
ton price, $3.50. Address JAMES G. BER'
RET, Patriot Office, Washington, D. c.
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"A company Of the third United States
artillery arrived in Charleston, Tuesday
afternoon, on the South Carolina Rail-
road, and took up their quarters at the
Citadel. The company is commanded
by Major Sinclair, and contains lO2 men.
They are just from Fort Riley, Kansas