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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-15

SOCIAL HoNoa.--Eyery person
should cultivate sense Of honor. In
a hundred different ways this most
Gtting adjunct of the true lady or
gentlemen is often tried. For in
stance, one is q guest in q family
where, perhaps, the domestic maohi'
merry does not run smoothly. There
is sorrow in the house unsupported
by the outer world. Sometimes it is
dissipatedsson whose conduct iss
shame and a grief to his parents
sometimes a relative whose eccentri.
cities and peculiarities are cloud or
the home. Or, worst Of all, husband
and wife may not be inaccord, and there
nay be often bitter words spoken,
and harsh recriminations. In any O.
those cases the guest is in honor bounc
to be blind and deaf, 50 far as people
without are concerned. If a gentle
word within can do good, it may .bt
we'll said; but to go forth and revea
Tie shadow of an, unhappy, secret tt
nearest friend, is an act of indelicacy
4nd meanness almost unparalleled
Once in the sacred precincts of any
home, admitted to it's privacy, shar
ing its life, all that you see and heal
should become a sacred trust. It il
as really contemplate to gossip abou'
such things as it would be to steal th'
silver or borrow the books and forge
to return them.
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New UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE
IN CoLuMB1A.-The Phenir gives the
following description of this edifce
that is to be:
The building will be handsome
two-story one, of brick or granite
The first story will contain the post.
Office, the revenue officers rooms, dig
trict attorneys and United State
commissioners rooms. The second
story will contain the United States
court room, with marshals Office, clerk
OF courts Office and jury apartments
In connection will be. found all mod.
crrl improvements and couveniences
The floors will be tiled, and the er.
tire building finished in the --latest
style. The whole ediice will be
crowned wi b cupola containing q
clock. It will undoubtedly present !.
handsome appearance, and be an or.
nament to the city. Its central loca
ison will make the building convent.
ent and accessible. It is expected
tl'at ground will be broken in about
twenty or thirty days. $4,000 ha:
been already appropriated for this ed
itice. We are informed that the Sec.
retary of the Treasury has indicated
his intention to press his work to an
early completion: The SUPERVISING
architect is the Government official
A. B. Mellett, Esq, of Washington
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A School-boy's First Love Letter.

II Never wrote a letter before, and
don't know just how to begin it ; but
know lots Of boys who do write let
ters to the girls, and I'm most as big
as they are. Tommy Jones said he
had got letter from somebody; !
teased him to let me see it; in taking
1t from his pocket it fell into mud
puddle. / was never so t;ckled in
my life; but he cried like everything.
like you real well, for you are a
DemC rat, and Old School Baptist,
and have been to the. city. saw you
at church last Sabbath. You have a
new bonnet. like new bonnets; and
some time, you know, I shall get you
q new bonnet almost every day. l
shall learn to build houses, and you
can wash the dishes and make pan
cakes, like pancakes; don you
/ don't like molasses bit; it is real
nasty stuff: l hope you don't like it
either, for l shall not have bit in
our house, and it wouldn't look well
to quarrel about molaSses; and 1
wouldn't strike l girl when she's a
woman when l get some money / IN
going to buy you some cologne; l
Shall turn some out for me, go when
l come to SEE you I can perfume my
handkerchief. | can't write any more
now: The school nam is looking
this way You see she don't .,row
what true love Is. # you haven /,
any paper, Ill give you a leave out
of my new reader.
WILLIE RRowN" "
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.tbeYgams tolaltsrs. And pSrosyidea, The

.theSaams tolaltsrs. And prosyided, The
same s not.incoris risistent with the laws
of. this State or the United States.
gSaeB. The books of said corpora :;
Ton Containing their accounts SHALL
! 1t aIsTsasonable times, be open for
the inspection of any stockholders Of
said oofpofatiog r1aHd annual state
.,ments ofiths coDdntsI 81 said |cSrpo,,
] fation .sbsllsbe made ana suBndtted
BtoEtKe ahnual meetings of the stock
Ehold dsrA ghe Directors may call IL
Ethe bscription to the capital stock
Eb5 irstallment, in such proportion
aha at such times and places as they
may. deem proper, giving due notice
thereof, under such regulations and
lgssfc: 1Ths ]5Ga corPPOsir'alttii06hi shall
within thirty days Of each annual
meeting of the stockholders, lodge q
certificate the Secretary of State
setting forth the amount OF capita
stock Of said company actually palc
in, and the amount Of the liabilities
Of the said corpofatioT which ceisifi
cate shall be signed by the President
and Secretary Of said company, ano
certified by, their oath. This Acf
/ sbsjl cont;ni,e 10 tribe in force foritwen
ty years. i1: 9il0i .a-,l IL,
Approved March {, 1871. ,e.t,-a
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AN ACT to Determine the Dayof Ezec-
ton Of the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City Of Charleston. ~
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives,
Of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
That so much of the charter of the
city of Charleston, and the amend
merts thereto, as determines the day
Of election, be, and the same is here
BY, amended SO as to fix the day Of
election of Mayor and Aldermen for
the city of Charleston, on the first
Wednesday of August, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-ona, (l87l, and on
the first Wednesday Of same month
in each alternate year thereafter
Provided, That the present Mayor
and Aldermen shall continue in office
until the day fixed by the charter oi
the city of Charleston for the qualif,
cation of their successors.
Sec. 2. That the Mayor and Alder
men now in Office shall continue there.
in until their successors are elected
and qualified.
Sec. 8. That all laws now in force
| in relation to the election of Mayor
and Aldermen of the city Of Charles
ton, except so far as hereby repealed
be and continue in force.
Approved March 7, 1871.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-15

Nor TO BE BEATEN.-A New
Hampshire man and man from Ohio
CHANGED to meet at a public dinner in
New York. The man from Ohio sug-
gested to him of the granite State
that it might be advantageous to him
to remove to the West, especially il
he proposed to follow the pursuit oi
farmer. The Yankee could not see
it-there was no State in the Union
equal to New Hampshire. He OF
the Buckeye State could not agree to
this. Ohio was inferior toNew Hamp-
shire in no respect, while in many
respects she was superior; The Van
kee demanded to know 8 superior fea-
ture. The Buckeye commenced ito
enumerate, but as fast -as he present
ed his claims of superiority, ] bis anita
gonist tunhesitatingly swept them away
by bold and vigorous declarations to
the contrary. At length, when all
other sources Of argument had been
exhausted, the Buckeye confidently
observed:
You will at least allow that Ohio
Justly claims superiority over New
Hampshire in point of extent of ter
ritory ?"
"No, SIR promptly and emphati-
cally responded the Yankee, "Your
State spreads out becarse it is fat.
Look at the mountains of New Hamp-
shire. Goodness mercy just roll EN-
out fat and they'd make territory
enough to cover up the whole of Ohio
and FIJI up a big slice of Lake Erie. "
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A DANGEROUS INNOVATION

A DANGEROUS INNoYATIoN.--A
servant girl in Esston, Pa, read a
story in the papers which told how
the hunters. OF Siberia, when they
are hungry and have no food, lie
down, place aboard over the stomach,
and get their companions to sit on it.
If we are tc, believe the narrative, the
Siberian hunter Immediately rises
like giant refreshed with wine, feel
ing just as good as if he had eaten a
hearty Christmas dinner. Now, this
domestic, upon turning the matter
over within the darkened recess of
her intellect, could not perceive why
the principle would not apply as well
to an American babe as toa wild rover
in Siberia. So when next the off
spring of her employer cried with
hunger, this woman instead Of CIV
ing it sustenance Immediately from a
glass bottle with a gum thing on the
nozzle, went and got the pie-board,
spread itover that unsuspecting child,
and sat on it a quarter of an hour.
Like King Henry, :" it never smiled
again." and the hired girl told the
man who has charge Of the Jail that
there certainly must be something
wrong about that Siberian hunter sys-
tenn, or else the newspapers did not
explain it properly.
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A writer in the New York Euening
Mail reminds US that Adam en-.
deavored to shift the blame Of his
fall upon Eve" 1t is wrong for one
to speak disrespecaLfully Of bis grand
parents, but we can't help thinking
that Adam acted the rascal in that
little affair Instead of assuming the
entire responsibility for the disreput.
able transaction, and taking the con-
sequences upon himself, which he, as
the ostensi'ble head Of the. family,
ought to have done, he had the inef-
fable meann ess to throw the blame
upon his wife. Such conduct was
utterly UNIV orthy a. Christian gentle
man, and if he had had a brother-in-
law of any pirit whatever, the chan.
ces are that he would have gone out
of that gard, IN in the foremost ve-
hicle Of fur leral procession.
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TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF Crv11 WAR.

TERRIBLE EFFEGTS OF SlVlL WAX.
"A special despatch from Paris, da-
ted May 81, says The most revolt
ing sight l ever beheld occurred this
morning, on the Plaza in front of the
Hotel de Vile. Thirty-three Com
munists, among whom were seven wo-
men, were shot in a body by q COM
pany of soldiers. Around three sides
Of the square, troops to the number
of 800 were drawn up under com
mand of Col. Guizot.i At eight clock
the prisoners, who had been confined
in coal cellars in the Hotel de Vile,
were brought out, their hands tied be.
hind their backs, and then marched
out by the main gateway through a
double file of soldiers, and having
reached the centre Of the wide area
in front of the Hotel de- Vile, they
| were ranged in a row and made to
| kneel down close together.
There was nothing on the whole
| plaza butthree empty seavanger carts
which stood.in q line at the rear Of
the prisoners. When the company
was in line and ready to fire. Ool
Guizot stepped forward and told the
prisoners in few words that they
were to suffer death for having been
caught in the act Of setting :, fire te
buildings and dwellings. At this mo
ment the women uttered piercing
shrieks and began to sway themselve!
back and forth. An officer advanced
and made then then keep still with the
| fat of his sword. A few moment!
/ afterwards a volley was fred, anc
when the smoke cleared away mos
horrible sight was presented: Three
of the women who were in the mid
die of the row between the men were
still living and writhing in awful ag
ony. A second volley was fred, ane
| a third, and not until the sixth. die
| all the prisoners cease to live. Th'
bodies were then flung in three scay
enger carts and carried away tc b.
buried. There were few people atth'
| scene.
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AN ACT to authorize the Commits.
sioners Of Spartan6rg, GreenmIe
.Pickens and Oconee, and the Au-
thorities of Certain G5a07as IN those
Counties, to Procide Means to Mee1
Interest on Certain Bonds.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority of the
same, That the County Commissioners
of the Counties of Spartanbnrg, Green,
vile, Pickens and 0conee, and the
proper authorities of the several cities
md towns in those Counties having
subscribed. or proposing subscription
to the capital stock of the Atlanta and
Richmond Air Line Railway. Compa-
ny, be empowered, as soon as the said
Railway Company shall have com.
piled with the terms of subscription
Of any one of the above mentioned
Counties, cities or towns, and said
subscription shall have been accepted
by said Company, then the County
Commissioners of such County, or the
proper authority Of such city or town,
are authorized and required to have
levied and collected, from year to
year, on all taxable property in such
County, city or town, sum Of money
sufficient to meet the interest aceru-
ing on such bonds as may be Issued
to meet such subscription to the capi-
tai stock of the said Atlanta and
Richmond Air Line, Railway Com
pany,. and to provide further pay
ment of such bonds as they may fall
due. s e5,SS
Anroved March Z 1871
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Acts and Joint RESOLUTIONS Passed
by the Legislature-Session 1870
and 1871. 4
OFFICIAL.

AN ACT to pe.nsa Wslziam L. Wood
to adopt ,Napoleon B. Smsth, to
make 6sm his Laasgful Heir; and to
Change the Name Of the sad Na'
polem B. Smith tothat OF Napo'
u leon B. Wood. sEsE
Whereas, William y. Wood, Of the
County of Laurens, has adopted, with
the consent of its parents. a child Of
the age of seven years, known by
the name Of Napoleon B. Smith; and
whereas, he is desirous of treating
said child, in every respect, as his
own, to make him his lawful heir, and
to confer upon him his own name
therefore, -.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by .a.tht
Senate and House Of Representative
Of the State of South Carolina, nov
met and sitting in General Assembly
and by the authority of the same
That ia name of the said Napoleon
B. ST. ,sh be changed to Napoleon B
Wood, and that hereafter the sait
Napoleon B. Smith be known ant
called Napoleon B. Wood.
Sec. 2. That the said Napoleon B
Wood shall hereafter bedeemed lega
heir Of the said William L. Wood
and shall, upon the death of the sai'
Wood, providing he dies intestate
inherit his property in common witt
such other legal heirs as the sal.
Wood shall leave at the time of hi
death. .:tl /:
n ,on,
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Two little. school girls were lately
prattling together; and one of them said:
"We keep four servants, have got six
horses aud lots 81 carriages; now what
have you gotr' With quite as much
pride the other answered, HWeve dot a
sknnk under our barn. '''
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-15
Approved March. Z, 1871,
AN ACT, to- Remew and .Apesd the
Charters Of Certain Religious Asso-
c1;ot1o,s Heretofore Grnq1t,d

AN ACT,to Renelu and .Aqsasd. the
Charters Of Certain Religious Asso-
Citations Heretofore Gram''d.
SECTION l. Be 1T enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Sol: II Carolina, now
met and sitting i'll neral Assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
That Tie charter incorporating the
Trustees of Fairview Church, in The
County of Green7ille, passed Decem-
ber 49, .l848, be, and the same is
hereby, renewed in DR.. David R. An
derson, Thomas G. Harrison, David
M.rPeden, VIM. D. Hopkins, Cyrus
B., Nesbit, and their successors in
Office, for the term of twenty-one
years from the passage Of this Act.
Sec. o. That the charter hereto.
fore granted to the Protestant Epis:
copal Church, in Greenville, be, ane
the same is hereby, renewed and ex
tended for the period of fourteen
years from the passage Of this Act
with all the rights, powers and PRIV
leges heretofore granted to salc
church.
SEC. 8. That all acts done, or. au
| thorized to be done, by the officers o
said churches, since the expiration 0
their former charter, be, and the sam'
are hereby, declared valid and bind
ing in all respects, and to all intents
Approved March 7, 1871.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-15
Approved March 7, 1871
AN ACT Declaring tie Right Of Wa,
Across the Gavan1ah and Charles.
- Jo,, P1iZronT 80 '''''f

AIN hOl lHectuTs1ly tfIe 1tIgRt 0ji WG5
Across the Savannah and Charles
T ton Railroad.
81 SECTION /. BE It enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives.
Of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
That John r. Dickinson, E. A. Dick
inson, John Jones aud Henry A. Smith
shall be, and are hereby, authorized
toobtain the right of way across the
Savannah and Charleston Railroad,
in the manner prescribed, in an. Act
entitleda An Act to declare the man
ner by which the lands, or the right
Of way over The lands, of persons or
corporatiohs may be taken for the
construction and uses of railways,
and other works Of internal improve.
lm5ent, approved the 22d day Of Sep
tember, 1906. .sninel. ~ J.uo u
SEQ 9. That they the said John
n r. Dickinson, Ess Az Dickinson, John
Jo5ihSesss and Henry a. Smith shall At
all times conform with 1.-the schedule
of the Savannah and Charleston Rail-
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,roadsand in5no instance cross within
fifteen minutes of the time any train
is due; and it shall be the dutysof
the Savannah and CharlesteE Rail
road Company to give the said parties.
John R. Dickinson, John Jones and
Henry A. Smith, or their agents, no
tice in writing, three dsysin ady dyance,
of .apy change in thsitssched ednls |:
Provided That the said John RI Dick
inson, and others, shall not: t:bea allowed
to carry passengers. i s.sS :
SEC. 8. All Acts, or parsso Acts,
inconsistent with this Act, are hereby
repealed.
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" 20 Richards & & Bros.

HAVE Store the most Superb Stocks of DRY GOODS they nave
had pleasure offering And regard the prices nave
only that they buy their Goods getting all the advantages
twenty years. they we'll suited the wants
of consumers And selling they do Cash basis they all the ad
ng their customers that house and much better than the houses
which they have make out of those who buy them for &
They Stock menona few leading articles
prices They GOODS of all descriptions from l2c the
finest
CALICOES, from SC to 124c
Csc an%foh that
PIQUES from Zoe to the finest
MOURNING GOODS, Of all descriptions
y sSPsE ooRs6 sRS RAfB M seS 81 s % m RsaE RP variety
WHITE GOODS of all the leading kinds and makes !
BLACK LLAMA WHITE LACE POINTS a other style
BLACK Six LAcEs EMBROIDERED BANDS FINE LACE COLLARS
NOTIONS FANCY ARTICLES JENNINGS RIBBONS
HE'D GOODS DoMEsTCs Linen and Cot
jsf1 SHEEFINGs &c. &a5E j {, = sfIAsSs s.
- superior oGdods suited to the wants Gents
and Boys
To all which they respectfully the attention their friends and cuof
To those distance they that they pay special attention Orders
and send samples by mail when requested
They will the Goods when ordered from their Stock at
retail provided ordered is $40 for Cash.
This they well afford they fill the during leisure moments which
customer placing Depot they lived
the city In sending Goods this the be paid on delivery
sending Orders and trusting the Judgment of the firm to- make se
them will please
which the requirements OF the
may returned and the money will be refunded Give them trial
v. RICHARDS & BROS.
FREDERICKSBURG STORE.
.. 80 .4iaas5 by the Planters Hotel
AUGUSTA, Ga:
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Ayers Age-uLe AZ TX Cure.

For Fever end Ague, Intermittent Fever,
Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, DUMB
Ague, Periodical or Bilious Fever, &C.,
aud indeed all the affections which ARISE
from malarious, marsh, or nllasma1o
: poisons. an v a4.i-il ld.iis
AS ts name implies, It does Curc, and does not
fail. Containing neither Arsenic Quinine, BIS
mrth, Zinc, nor any other mineral or poisonous
substance whatever, 1t In nowisc Injuries any pa
ticnt. The number aud importance OF its cures
il; tiio aguc districts, arc literally beyond accounts
and we believe without parallel in the history
of igue medicine Our pride is gratllled,jlY the
Acknowledgements VIC receive of the radical cures
.ircctcd in obstinate cases, and where other rem
s,lieS had wholly failed.., .,.-.,,r...-y.
Unacriimated persons; either resident IN, OF
travelling through niiasniatc localities VIII DC
prnirctcd by taking the sAGEE CURE daily,
For Ltrer Cqn'plai,Hs, arising from, torpid
iiy Of the Liver, It s an excellent remedy, stinu'
lifting the Liver into healthy activity, -. !,
For Bilious DisoritGrs and Liver Conn plhnts, It
is AN excellent remedy, producing many truly
remarkable Ncrrcs where other medicines had
f,ilc(l. f'ia
iad Yn'llrii-al Chemists, Lowell Mnss. an9
.ul,a: r'r': thu: :Tpril, RI s.o
dlGay.~'cgr ,sa.ffii5,.Tr ~, 80 y
wFor sale by ALL DRUGGISTS.
Aug II 1y "a
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Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
For Diseases Of the Throat and Lungs,
:. such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,


and Consumption.
Probably never before in the whole history of
medicine, has any thing won 80 widely and SO
deeply upon the confidence of mankind, as this
excellent remedy. for pulmonary complaints.
Through long series of years, and among most
of the races Of men 1t has risen higher and higher
in their estimation, as 1t has become better known
Its uniform character ant ,;n- cc;n- e lure the W.
rfous affections Of the llnr, and throat, have
made it known as q rel. ..ble protector against
them. While adapted to milder forms OF disease
and to young children, 1t is Mt the same time the
most sfectu;u remedy that can be given for incip-
lent consumption, and the dangerous affections
of the throat and lungs. AS is provision against
sudden attacks Of CToatp, it Should be Kept on
hand in every family, and indeed US NIL ale some
times subject to colds aud ceughe, all should be
provided with this antidotc for them.
Although settled Consumption is thought In
curablc, still great numbers Of cases where the
disease seemed settled, have been completely
cured, and the patient restored to sound health
BY the Cherry Pectoraf. So complete is Its
mastery over the disorders of the Lungs anu
Throat that the most obstinate of them yield to It,
When nothing else could reach them, under the
Cherry PectoraI they subsde and disappear.
Sia,Gcrs and Public Speakers find great
protection from it.
Asth,nn is always relieved and often wholly
cured by 1t. ~
bronchitis is generally cured by taking the
Cherry PcctordI in small and frequent doses.
So generally are its virtues known, that We
need not publish the certificates Of them here, on
do more than assure the public that its qualities
are fully maintained,
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AN ACT to C .ye tie Name of the
Gap Greek and Middle Sazuda
Turnpike Cozapaay. and. to amend
and Reneo tie Charter thereof.
SECTION l.. Be It enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State Of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority Of the same,
That the charter of the Gap Greek
and Middle Saluda Turnpike Com
pany be, and the same is hereby,
amended in such manner that the
said Company shall hereafter be known
by the name of 1.-The Middle Saluda
Turnpike Company"
Sec. 2. That the said charter lex
cept as,herein excepted) be renewed
as to all the rights, powers and duties
of said Company, and in all other re-
spects, for the period of thirty years.
Approved March 6, 1871.
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A smile is but a little thing
To the i, ippy gfver, ~ q -
On ife's boisterous river. @E,
Gentle wor Dis are never lost, So y '
However small their seeming; -:
Sunny s1ys of love are they -'cTA
Ger our ? 'athway cleaning.