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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-07-20
For tl1e Advertiser.

Mr.. EDIToB:-Under an Act: Of, the
Legislature of this State of the year ISL,
Number 1856, Section 2, it is provided that
the several County Treasurers shall re-
tain all the Poll Tax collected in fthein
respective Counties, and it is further
made the duty of the said County Trea--
surers, in collecting the Poll Tax, to keep
an account of the exact amount colle ected,
in each Parish or Township i'll his Coun-
ty, and the Poll Tax collected thei ein
shall be expended for school purposes,
in the Parish OF Township from which it
was collected, ltg..
Any violation of this Act by the State
or County Treasurer, shall constitute,
and it is hereby declared, misdemean-
or; and on conviction thereof the said
State or County Treasurer, so convicted.
shall pay fine notices. than iivehundred
dollars, nor more than five thousand dol
lars, to be used for school purposes in
the County suffering from such violation
of this Act. Or, in lieu of the fine, inn
prisonmentin the discretion Of the Court.
Now I desire to call particular atten-
ton to the above recited Act Of the Leg
islature, and to ask if the County Treasl'-'
rcr for 'Edgefield County has discharged
his duty in the premises during the
present year? Have the Teachers re-
ceived their quota in each Township, OF
the. amount Mr.. Woolly has collected
from that particular Township? If Mr..
Woolly has failed to collect, whose fault
is it? Can he show any good cause why
he failed to do his duty in not collecting
the Taxes and paying off the indebted
ness of the County, The Taxpayers
who have been forced to pay their money,
are interested to know what has become
of the surplus funds after the expenses
of collecting have. been deducted. Will
Mr.. Woolly please inform them what
amount of Poll Tax he has collected up
to this date, what effort has been made
by him to collect the balance, how many
white and how many colored mon have
paid their Poll Tax the present year,
and what disposition has been made Of
the money?
. AS the Grand Jury failed to Investigate
the conduct of many Of the officials OF
this County, the people are going to be
heard. And they have their remedy,
and will resort to means to make the va
rious officers comply with the law. The
citizens of Newberry and Abbcville
County have had a successful hearing,
and it is high time old Edgefeld should,
awake to her duty!
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Breaking of the Dams at Langley
and Rath Mills

ana Batn WulS.
Itwas only Wednesday, aSweek. ago,
that terrible storm of wind tore off the
roof of the Langley Mills, creating dam.
age that it took some time to repair, and
now we chronicle an occurrence of yet
more serious nature, which has thrown
about two hundred hands out Of employ
ment and entailed much loss on the COM
pany. About half past neo'clock Mon
day night, states the watchman of the
mills, there were no signs of anything
wrong about the dam, but in a short time
after he had made the inspection and re-
turned to the mill, he heard a roar and
rush of water, and running out discovered
that the dam was broken and rapidly
crumbling away while the water was be-
ing emptied alta rapid rate into the plain
below Early Tuesday morning nearly
one-half Of the dam had been leYeled by
the torrent, whileabout four hundred yards
of the track and road bed of the South
Carolina Railroad was so washed up and
injured as not to admit of the passage of
the regular trains. The passengers over
this route were accordingly transferred to
cars which were sent to meet them on the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road and thus brought. to the city. A
large force of workmen was at once sent
to the scene of the disaster, and the track
was repaired during the day: The trains
passed over the road as usual last evening
The great excess of water from the pond
at Langley rushing into that Of the Bath
Paper Mills short distance below, caused
break in the dam Ghere, and about l5O
feet of it was destroyed.
The damage to Langley is very great,
and peculiarly distressing at this time.
The company has had great trouble in
obtaining the requisite number of good
hands, and they will be hard to replace
when the mills have been again put in
working order This initiates more against
the company than the outlay of money
required to repair the dam, while the dis
tress caused by it among the factory peo-
pie themselves is pitiful indeed. Thrown
suddenly out OF employment without
means TO support themselves until they
OBTAIN other situations, their sufferings
cannot help being severe. This company
Is doing all IN its power to relieve them,
but, as matter OF course, it cannot; un-
i,ec the circumstances, support so large a
number Of persons.
Itis supposed that it will be three or
lour months before thegap in the dam can
oe flied up and the mills commence oper-
2uons once more. The work will be push
u forward as rapidly as possible by sufi-
cent force OF laborers.
The cause OF the breakage is not posi-
lively known, but the supposition is that
either musk rst had bored through some
portion of the dam, thus giving room for
the water to sap the whole structure, or
else a land slide occurred at some part Of
i. after the watchman had passed, thus al
owing the water to flow over the dam,
and to quickly plough out a way for its
destructive course. The storm Monday
afternoon had nothing to do with the ac-
cident, as there was no increase in the
volume of water in the pond after it had
passed.-Co Constitutionalist, goth.
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From Texas,

ST.. LOUIS, July l5.-The Fort Smith
(Ark. Era, Of July Sd, learns from depu-
ty United States Marshals McLemore and
Baer, that Satanta and Big Tree, two
hiowa chiefs, captured at Fort Sill when
General Sherman was there and sent to
Austin, Texas; attempted to escape from
prison, and. actually released themselves
from the shackles by gnawing the flesh
from their hands and feet; but were dis
covered and shot dead, Marshals McLe-
More and Baer reported that the people of
the Texas frontier are very uneasy lest
there should be general outbreak Of the
reserve Indians upon the settlements, to
take vengeance for the death of their
chiefs.
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Es> The Dalton (Ga.) Citizen hears,
without relying onthe report, that a ter
rible murder had been committed atsome
point on the Selma. Rome and Dalton
Railroad. 1t seems that a man was at
tackled by party of negroes and robbed
OF about $1,000. On the discovery of the
deed, suspicion rested onltwelve negroes,
nine Of whom were caught, accused and
hung, having confessed to q knowledge
and participation in the crime.
Scs,- The Memphis Abalanche gives the
following account of the way Memphis
jurymen kill time: Every day num-
Der of men-jurymen-can be seen bu-
silly engaged in playing the game which
All Sin did not understandin one of the
rooms of the. Second Circuit Court. 1t
is very thrilling to watch the buckets OF
perspiration flow from the marble brows
of the players when the wrong man puts
down the right bower" ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-07-20

A BALTIMORE SENsATIoN,-The terri
bic crime of the Connecticut Borgia," ="
az the woman who has poisoned three
husbands and eight children is styled by
the press, has been followed by most ex-
citing sensation in Baltimore. Thepapers
of that city come to us full of the details
Of an alleged poisoning case in which a
lady of refinement and high position in
society is the leading actor, which isscarce-
" less horrible than the Connecticuts story.
On Monday bench warrants were issued
rom the Criminal Court in this city for
he arrest of Mrs. E. q. Wharton, the
widow Of the late Maj. Harry W. Whar-
ton, Of the United States army, residing
At No. 263 n. Eutaw street, in locality
fashionably known a lton Place"
on the charge Of the l.urdor, at her resi-
dence, by poisoning, of Gen. VIM. Scott
Ketchum, retired officer Of the United
States service, and also with the poisoning,
with intent to kill, of Mr.. Eugene Van
Ness, a book-keeper in the well-known
banking house Of Alexander Brown &
Sons, corner Calvert and Baltimore streets.
AS vet but little action has been taken in
the matter by the officers Of the law
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COMMERCIAL.

7 II AUGUSTA, July IL.
GOED-Buying at Ill and selling at 112.
- CQTTONiRz,,QWing NNliz,,Qs!Wing to the unwillingness
of holders to meet the views of buyers,
to-days market has ruled dull and eni
tirely nominalsat lSI@19' for full styled
middling. Sales, 4 bales. Receipts, .13O
bales. = 80 .B5J s. y5.la.i
BACON Stock large and market un-
changed; C. Sides, 1l;fC. R. Sides, 10;
Shoulders, us@9;, Hams, r5@20; Dry
Salt Shoulders, Z; Dry Salt G. r. Sides,
81; DIS. Clear Sides, g.. 80
+iCORN-Prime white is selling at SI@
! O5 by the car load from depot; retail,
$40. .. -
WHEAT-weq quote choice white, szo5;
FLoUR@city II Mills, s8 5u@1o; at re-
tail, 81 p barrel higher. Country, 81 30
@9, according to quality. ~
CORN MEAL-S1 10 at wholesale; 81 20
at retail.
OATS -SO@9O. 81 ~
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For the Advertiser.
The Horn,s creek pic-sic.


!. It was my goodA fortune toBe present
on Friday last; atthe grand Piesmp given,
III a magnificent gfovesnear theTesidence
of Mr.. JAs..P. WELLS. by thescitizens of
Horns Greek: For many years the citi-
;zens ofIthat community have had stlieir
annual Picnic; and It is very seldom
that one alone satisfies them. At these
annual gatherings every one for miles
around is invited. Tie old neighbors
and their children meet together, and
have large platform prepared for dari-'
cling, which latter amusement usually
engages the attention Of the young Heo-
pie, while the old people talk over Old
times and their. prospects for a.good har;.
vest at The close of the. year., to say
nothing Of thelabor system, education of
the masses, taxes &c. And apropos of
the harvest, with but one or two excep-
tons I know OF, there is not a better
prospect for good crop in the whole
South than have the planters on Horns
Creek at this date.
But to return to the Picnic. The crowd
commenced assembling about 10 o'clock,
and by 1an O. clock it looked as if there
were 500 persons on the ground-not on
lygthe immediate neighborhood, but. also
the. Village and the Pine, House were
largely represented, Not since the war
were as many new buggies and carriages
to be. seen. !. Really it appeared, as il
nearly every person was out in a new,
vehicle. The dancing, spirited and grace
full, was kept up from 10 o'clock A. M,
until S o'clock P. NJ; and at last every
one seemed to be satisfied. -. ....-.
A few nor,ents pro- us to the an
nouncemeirt Tie u,nfer was ready, a
slight shower of rain commenced falling,
but all was soon over, and dinner was
announced, when every one had an op-
portunity of doing full justice to feast
fit for king. The table was well sup
Piled with every thing that could tempt
the appetite; and truly those Horns
Creek matrons are well known to excel
in preparing rich viands on such occs,
sions. And their guests certainly mani
tested an. unbounded> appreciation and
admiration, not only by their express
sions of approval. but, also by their
stronger and more telling actions. Soda
Water. Ice-Cream and Ice. Lemonade,
were there in unstinted abundance, and
were imbibed in. no small quantities.
Every thing passed off pleasantly, agree
ably, and with an admirable display Of
genuine hospitality, Great'credit is due
the Committee for their success in carry
ing out the plans Of this high-toned com.
munity in such a liberal and agreeable
manner. j.. Il. A.
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Judge Murray, of Milwaukee; Wis, a
few days ago. in sentencing a confessed
:" am induced'io think. and believe that
the universal practice Of pardoning cri-
minals, so common in these days, is one Of
the incentives to the commission Of crime,
lnasmuch as criminals are led to expect a
brief incarceration. In this case, consider
ing the aggravated circumstances under
which the crime was committed, and its
cold-blooded character, / should, were the
death penalty in force, feel constrained to
pass 1t upon you, and if many such afro
cions crimes are developed in this commu-
mty there will be strenuous call for the
re-enactment of the death CODE"
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Religions Notic,S.

The Union Meetings Of The Edgefeld
Association win meet with tie following
Churches on.the Goth and 3Otl INST:
First Division with Mountain Creak
Church. ~ : i,sia adI& = u
Second Division With Me THOR Church
Third .Divisipnwith PhiHp,i Church:
Fourth Division with RED aiH Church
j. p. ME9laNG, doE
Chairman Ex. Board.
July u It 20
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-07-20

@T Who that has seen a dangerous
disease arrested by an able physician or
good medicine but values both? Be it
your family physician to whom you owe
so many escapes from aches and ails, or.
DR.. Ayers. inimEiteble remedieslh!ilssl
'Sarsaparilla that renewed your vitality,
or Cherry Pectoral that cured painful
cough, Of his Ag5us Cure that expelled,
the freezing agde ana burning fever YER from i d
youf blood. WHO that II has been relieved, rl
by any of these agencies but feels CRATE
full for them all? Bangor Times,
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THE ADVERTISER.
Is Edgeheld, IS G., July 20, 1s7la.ss.
The orange Riots i Newyork Last
:. ~ sefr &Ns Week.. w

-. I'ELe iSs.f
AS wasfeared, the parade ofaths Pro-
testant Irishmen in New Y orls last week.
was attended with fearful and bloody
rioting. The municipal authorities of
the city very ily and culpably for
babe the pars of the orangemen, in
stead of mak immediate preparations
to protect them ii, what was simply their
right and privilege as American citizens.
But Gov. Hoffman seeing that the pro
ceedings of the municipal authorities
would bring lodium not only upon them
selves but upon him, telegraphed from
Albany that the parade should be al
lowed, and that the militia should be
called out to protect the Orangemen.
This. however, was only few hours be-
fore the parade was to take place, and
adequate time was not left to make pre-
parations for keeping the peace. The
Orange procession started, fanked by
police and militia, but the Hibernians
and their sympathizers were determined
to thwart and annoy them. In many.
parts of the city the procession was fierce
ly attacked by large and furious mobs:
Indiscriminate firing took place between
these mobs on the one side, and the police
and militia on the other, Women were
the fiercest of the fierce, and cheered on
the rioters. Indeed it is said that the
first shot was fired by woman. The
streets of New York ran red with blood,
and the number of victims is variously
set down as from go to 200 Some of these
victims were of the police, some Of the
militia, but mostly of the mob. The
funerals of the latter were attended by
the Hibernians in full regalia of green.
The conduct Of the New York municipal
authorities was undoubtedlya disgrace
full surrender to the demands Of bloody
and infuriated mob. But, after all, the
Irish aoiH fight. Let them be Orange
men, Hibernians, Fenians, prince, peas
ant, or bishop, they are bound to be
knocking each other, or.somebody else,
over the heads with clubs. o
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Chief Constable Hubbard has arrived
back from his tour of duty in connection
with the outrages. in Barnwelb county.
From him We learnth the trouble was
of an aggravated and serious nature, and
demanding " lq tths attentia9 Of theD sathQris
ties at once, we We are s glad La to state that
Mr.. Hubbard hasIc caused the Arrest and
safe confneMeFe eofIsSf6e five or. six of
the parties engaged in the afRaihf.@co.
lumbia Union, 18th.
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OLD EDeEF1EID AHEAD.-We were
yesterday presented with peach grown IN
an orchard of Mr. John B. Hill, who re-
sides four miles from Edgefeld Court
House, that weighed ten ounces andmeas-
ured ten inches in circumference. This is
decidedly ahead of any of the monster
peaches we have seen this season, and but
for the fact that it was commencing tospot
and spoil, we would have been gratifed to-
day by placing it in our office for the in
spection of our readers. We shall be
pleased to chronicle the name Of the fruit
grower who can beat this.-Ch Charleston
Courier
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One of the Proposed Candidates.

Genl. Hancock is much talked of as
the Democratic candidate for the next
Presidency. The New York Sun depre-
Gates his nomination, saying that Grant
has made the whole country s;ck>o mil
itary government, and that it wants no
more soldiers in Office. 1t is an old say
ing that the hair Of the dog. is good for
the bite; and on the same principle it
may be that soldier is the best cure for
the mischiefs done by soldier. But it
will be full soon to consider this matter
twelve months hence.
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JoLLIFIcATIoN OF THE PARDoNED =
We learn that some Of the pardoned
criminals, the rioters, Of course, exhibited
their appreciation Of the situation by
ooistcrous and unseemly demonstrations
II last Thursday night Of course they
r. ready Tor another fracas, since the great
!n.nc!palor (of .convicts) will readily for
zIve their childish and innocent frolics !;
ach as breaking open doors, soundly cud-
selling peaccable men, and threatening to
yest.oy d little village town Marion
Z v..srsnt
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RFvtpDoF J,oy.1TyP P,.es;d

.REwARDoF OF LoYALrY.-Presidont Grant
..tes, Is prominent among the reasons
.ovlng him to pardon the. bigapisJ
>owen, that he rendered good service to
tae cause Of the Union" Whether. (says
Western cichaagcl Grant designs 10 in-,
mate tnat Cnlonis.s' should be allow
ed mere matrinonia! privileges than Reb-
els' so-called,. is not clear. The Court
hat tried Bowen seems to have thought
Am 100 much devoted to the idea Of
/" union" III the family way.
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Actual vs. Short Weight.

Aside from the impure substances from
which are made the majority of Baking
Powders, a large proportion. are SHORT
package. We not only claim that Doo-
injurious substances, and that each pack
quantity requiredto produce the desired
result in the kitchen is from twenty-five
to fifty per cent. less than those of ordi-
nary manufacture. Manufactured by
DooLEY. 6 BROTHER, so New Street,
New York, and tor, sale at retail by all
respectable Grocers. '-ia.,, ~. ~ - r.
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DEATH AT THE FoNT.-A few days ago
a lady was called in to baptize colored
infant which was supposed to be dying
Thinking it could be carried to the church,
she directed the mother to do so, and at
the font, while the rite was being perform
ed, it died.-Charleston Courier
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SENT TO JAIL FOR LACK OF BAIL
Wiley Bishop (white) was. brought before
United States Commissioner, Capt. John
F. Porteous, at this place, yesterday, on a
charge of forgery and violation Of post
Office laws. The evidence against him
proved that he had received letter for a
Mrs Trammeil, had broken it open, and
finding therein a check for twenty-four
dollars on the United States Treasury.
Office at Charleston, requiring Mrs. Us
signature, he forged her name thereto and
sold the check to one of our merchants.
Being unable to raise the necessary amount
Of bail, he was sent 10 Jail to await his
trial at the next term of the United States
Court. Bishop was elected to the Legis-
laturc in 1868, by the Republicans Of this
Coanty; his term expired i'll 1870
Greenviiie Mountainecr.
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Extracts from Testimonials.

Extracts from Testimonials.
(From G!Fred. Holmes, LID, Prof.
Eng. Literature, UnivcrsityofV Virginia)
1 have known Mr.. Hart long and well,
andhave been acquainted Within conduct
of his school and the remarkable proii-
cheney Of his pupils. have felt Il special
qualification III noticing the great atten-
ton which he uniformly pays, in his
course ofinstruction, to the English Lan-
guage eand to its rich and varied literature.
(From RevJ. c. Hden, Wilmington, NC.
After long and intimate acquaintance
with Mr.. John Hart, Principal OF tho
Baptist Female Institute, it gives me
pleasure to state that regard him as one
of the most thoroughly conscientious, ca
pableand successful educators that Ihave
ever known.
(From Rev. J. P. Boyee, Greenville, sc.
Those desiring the thorough education
of their daughters, cannot do better than
to place them under the charge Of Prof.
Hart. His thorough scholarship and his
iudicious sentiments as to what Female
Education shouldsbe, eminently fit him
for his chosen vocation. I can conceive
no higher advantages than are offered by
MS SCHOOL,
:" (From Dr.. B. Sears, staunton, va.)
I. take pleasure in commenting to the
confidence OF my friends and the public
generally Mr.. John Hart, and the young
ladies Seminary under his charge.
(From Rev. A. B. Woodfn, Mobile, Ala.)
have long known your school, and
there is none in the land Of which have
forncd'i higher estimate.
(From Rev. w. H. NrcGufey, University
7Tat. 80. of Virginia.
There are few men SO well qualified to
give instruction 70 any CLASSIC pupils as
I know Mr.. Hart to be.
'Gss- Circulars giving full information
can be had by applying to the Principal.
Julv 20 At 40
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From North Carolina:

WILMlNGToN.. July LIN. Robson
county this morning, Lowry and his band
Of negro outlaws waylaid and killed Dan
lel Murdock Mclean, a prominent citizen,
and Hugh Mclean, his brother, a youth
only thirteen years old. They also wound
ed Archibald McC Collum These parties
were riding along the public road in q
buggy, and were fired on from the woods,
A fearful state OF terror exists among the
women and children in Robson county.
The sheriff has posse Of l50 in the field,
but their efforts thus fer are utterly fruit
less.
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Sherif's Sale.
Sherif's Sale.
T. H. Clark, Adm'or.

T. H. Clark, Adm on llie1 =
J. A. Bland, SURFING Ex'or. 5fia
'DY virtue of Writ of Fl Fa to mesdi:
ID rected, in the aboye stated case, ]
will proceed to sell at Edgefield G, H.,
on the first Monday in August next,
the following property belonging to the
Estate of. Avory Bland, Decd, 10 wit: g..
sa ONE, TRACT. OF LAND containing
Seventeen Hundred Acres more orless,
adjoining lands of James G. Brooks. M.
Etheredge; Eugene Burt Mrs. Margaret
Mathis and others. /. aH Li.,;.1t,e.,.
..tGs- Terms Cash Titles and Stamps
exfff. - y e'!ti . !..2 -is!I !
JOHN H. MCDEVITT, S.E.D.
July II 4te 30
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sherif,.s Sale.
John M. Livingsto1,

John NJ. Livingston, 50
y@ ~ Vs. .'9'..i - .l4
VIM. P. ButlerIand ~ ar..o4e
M. G. Butler. @
DY virtue of a Fl Fa to me di-
ID rected, in the above stated case, /
will sell at EdgefeId G. H., on the first
Monday in August next, the following
Property. belonging to the Defendant,
NC. Butler, to wit:
ONE TRACT OF LAND containing
SixHuldred Acres more or less, adioin-
ing lands of Catherine Bryan, John p.
Culum, Emanuel Sanders and others-said
Tract known as TIE tPosey Tract. 49,
Mse Terms Cash. TITLES. and Stamps
exfraa.s2-- 19:.E.c-tJ ol5 ,T9httr ,e..a!e.in
JOHN 81. MoDEv1TT, SEC.
July II 4te 80