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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01
SHEEr1NG FROM THE LANGLEY FAcTo

SHEETING FROM THE LANGLEY FAcTo-
RY.--The Augusta cor'sta,aionalist Of
Tuesday says:
A sample of the STANDARD sheeting," !"
the manufacture of which has Just been
commenced at the Langley Mills, S. c.,
was left on exhibition at this office yes
terday. It will bear favorable compare
son with the goods of like class turned out
by any similar establishment, North or or
South, and indicates that these mills will
at once take high ground in public appre-
ciation of their product. An appropriate
trade mark, consisting OF the moto Free
Trade" endorsed over pair OF hands
locked in friendly grasp, has been adopted
for this sheeting.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01

p The Ykville Enquirer publishes
the followinppeal, signed by upwards
of three huned of the most prominent
citizens of -Yk County: "The under
signed, citizeof York County, earnest
ly desiring tlpreselvation of the pub
lie peace, amor the purpose Of guara-
teeing to all. .czcns the protection Of lite
and liberty, lpectfully urge it as u com
mon duty forery citizen to discourage
all acts,of viqce. We do not desire to
dictate to 9th, but convinced that
a repetition oiolence must disorganize
society, and nit in spirit of general
insubordinati the consequences OF
which may beplored when too late to
be remedied.ss members Of the com
munity whosommon interest is imper-
ilcd, we plee our individual efforts
and influence prevent further acts OF
violence, andi1l aid and support the
civil authoritin bringing offenders to
justice. We pectfully solicit a hear
ty cooperate of our fellow-citizens
throughout thounty, incur efforts to
preserve the re and to prevent further
;,rts Of violenend domestic disorder"
Washingtonspatches announce that
Governor Scohs signified to the Presi-
dent an opinidhat there is no need Of
martial law ins State!
~ Yellowrer. is, making terrible
ravages in Bus Ayres. Inhabitants
of that city to humber of over 100, 900,
have fled, leavoniy $4,000. The deaths
numbered, at est advices, 700 daily.
There are man.mericans in the atIlict-
ed city who rem and nobly stand by
one another. thundred of the native
doctors have fbut all the foreign ply:
sicians remainTo business is transact
ed, and the pee are paralyzed with
|. terror.
Rev. S. Q. champ was killed in
his pulpit whipreaching, in Salem
county, Ark, the 22d instant, by
young man narBill Henley, who de-
liberately comied the murder in the
presence of tholgregation, saying he
had been waitirwo years for the op-
portunity.
The store, Sc and granary Of Mr..
Stern, at White Station, on the line
of the Savannah Charleston Railroad,
was burned on night of the 22d in
stant. He hadieived two Ku Klux
notices to leavqt put little weight
upon them, andtinued his business
until this occurr.
An exchanges a man from the
Ku Klux Count of South Carolina
writes asking wer it will be safe for
him to come tow York among the
| street car rufian.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01

4 WHOLE FAMILY STRICKEN DowN-
The Barnwell (s Co. Journal records the
following sad events:
Mrs. Josephine Harley, wife of Mr.
Frank Harley, who died q few days since
expired at the residence of her father, c
Il Langley, Esq, near this village, on
l!onday last. The two children OF thi:
lady expired the same day. Thus within
q few days have whole family been
s,yckcn down By the hand OF Death
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01

a piece alum, the size of a small
pea, will re heart burn instantly. It
will stop cough, when caused from
bronchial aetion.-Col,tmbia Onion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01
A n Cushroan a nember of Troon d

A. E. Cushman, a member of Troop B,
7th o. IS. Cavalry, stationed at Union, s.
c.. committed suicide by shooting him
self at the camp ground, on Saturday,
May 20. He had been sick for some time,
and in q temporary alteration of mind
committed the fatal act of self.destrue-
fiop s.-tAti..siil@ r---'-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01
Free School Notice.

OFFICE COUNTY SCHOOL coM,SR.
EDGEF1ELD C. H., May 10Th, 1871.
Il HE TEACHERS of Free Schools in
Edgefeld County will suspend exercises
from and after the 31st May until the 1st
October next.
Teachers will at once forward their Re
ports. After the 17th June no rear claims
will be paid.
i.7@T S. Gee.
June .ysa 1t %
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01

FRAGRANT SAPOLINE
Cleans Kid Gloves and all kinds of Cloths and Cloth
Ing; removes Paint. Grease, Tar, &c. instantly with
out the least injury TO The finest fabrlc Sold by Drug
gists and Fancy Goods Dealers. FRAGRANT SAP0-
LINE CO., SO Barclay ST., New York, AZ La Sale ST.,
Chicago.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01

neutrality-suspicious. announce that
Governor Scohs signified to the Presi-
dent an opinidhat there is no need Of
martial law iris STATED
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01

" ! EtSozHI111115, 1t1ety 10.
New fires are burning, and the insur-
gents have but boxes of petroleum every
where. 1t is reported that Bergeret HIM
self fired the Tuileries after having steep
ed it in petroleum. The Church Of St.
German Aux Errois was burned and the
Palais of Justice destroyed. Blood runs
in the cutters. The walls of the Tuile-
ries have fallen. The Rue Rivoli is
burning.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01
Agents Wanted.-.Liberal Commissions Allowed.

Commissioners andSupervisors ofDrawing
General a. B. WRIGHT, Of Georgia. III
ehssa seoasl p5f RgFLspsE sf sssS espa SeGas
Hon R0GHR a. PRYOR Of New York s''"A. =.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01

The collections in the Louvre were all
saved, except the library, in which a
great many valuable books we're destroy
ed. The National Library and Grand
Lievre are safe. The insurgents still hold
Bercey, the Place de La Bastille, Charon,
Belleville and Menilmontant. The in
surgents have evacuated and blown up
Fort d'Ivry. The government troops are
now attacking the Place Bastile.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02
THE CIRCULATION OF THE PRESS.

The Newark advocate takes the right
view of the matter when it asserts that
the best way of carrying on a political
campaign successfully, yea the only way,
is by the circulation of the press. Its re-
marks are SO pertinent that we e-ote
them below. It says .ea..s ...
"As matter of course documents are
very desirable, but the man or committee
that expects to carry an election by
means ofspeeches and pamphlets distribu-
ed during q campaign, is painfully de-
ceived. We repeat our remark, that these
will do very well as incidents of a cam
paign, but the great work of changing
voters from one party to another is done
neither by stump speeches on the eve of
an election, nor by thousands of pamphlets
put afoat after the minds Of the people is
well made up, Earlier work is needed.
Changes ofmind are accomplished gr~du-
ally. What the Democratic party Of
Ohio needs and requires, Is an increase of
the circulation of Democratic newspapers
in evry county in the State. The winter
and early spring months are the seasons
for accomplishing this. These are the
periods in which the voters OF the State
have by far the greatest amount of time
to devote to reading Impressions made
during this time-line upon line and pre-
cept upon precept-are not likely to be
obliterated, and prepare the way fer the
strong meat served in the heat of the
campaign.
r. Itis because our opponents have been
more energetic and vigorous in this par
ticular that they manly owe their
triumphs in the past. The sooner this
truth is realized and acted upon by our
Democratic friends the better.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02
TheIudIau stea,.

The ways of GRANT are peculiar" in
matters of reform He does great deal of
reforming on paper, but when it is reduc-
ed TO practice it does not prove to be of
the very highest order. We were promis-
ed great deal in the reformatory line in
regard to the Indians, for instance, but it
does not seem to be the least bit profitable
to the Indians themselves, although the
paid officials of the government, who have
the disbursement Of the money, make q
very handsome thing of it.
General PARKER one of President
GRANTS protegeS. seems to be at the head
Of the Indian Ring and runs that depart
ment so as to fill his pockets. Something
more than a year ago, bill passed Con-
gress for the appointment of Ia sort OF an
advisory committee, who were to act with
out pay, and exercise joint control in
the disbursement of the Indian funds.
This had a show of reform and Radical
orators, and newspapers claimed great
deal of credit for this new departure in
the direction of an honest administration
of Indian affairs. The sequel proves how
ever that there was not one particle of re-
form introduced into the management of
affairs.
The unpaid commissioners found that
they could do nothing whatever toward
reforming the existing abuses, and the
ring had all their own Way-gobbling up
about three-fourths of all the Indian ap-
preparations for their own private use and
behalf. Their powers of interference were
limited, and their attempts at reformation
contempt uously ignored byGeneral PAR
KER and his subordinates in the Ring.
As for instance, the unpaid Commission
ers who We're in earnest in their attempts
fn TTatr 111na
in New York, without any cost whatever
to the government, in which store the
goods intended for distribution among the
Indian tribes where they could be exam
ined and thus prevent the customary
frauds of sending worthless and inferior
goods, for which the government was
charged full price, from being distributed.
There could have been no reasonable OBJ
lection to this mode of procedure which
would have insured honesty in the dis
tribution General PARKER, and the
Ring however, did have serious objections
to this way OF doing things, because it de-
prived them of all possibility OF making
money in the distribution. Consequently
he ignored the action of the unpaid Com
lnissioners and under specious plea of de-
lay, procured an order for the unpaid COM
missioners to examine the goods in the
stores of the sellers.
The effect of this orderm easily be i'm
agined II deprived the unpaid Commits
sloners from doing precisely what they
otensibly appointed to do namely, to pre-
sent frauds. To examining the goods in
the stores of the sellers was equivalent to
not examining them at all The sellers,
of course, were in the Ring, and after
their samples had been examined and ap-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02
Ruecess In Life.

Take earnestly hold of life, as capacita-
ted for and destined to high and noble
purpose. Study closely the minds bent
for labor or profession. Adopt it early,
pursue it steadily, never looking back to
the turning furrow, but forward to the
ground that ever remains to be broken.
Means andways are abundant to every
mans success, if will and action are right
ly adapted to them. Our rich men and
our great men have carved their paths to
fortune, and by this internal principles
principle that cannot fail to reward him
who readily pursues it. To sigh or repine
over the lack of inheritance is unmanly.
Every man should strive to be creator in
stead of inheritor He should bequeath
instead of borrow. He should be con-
scious of the power in him, and fight his
own battles with his own lance. He should
feel that it is better to earn a crust than
to inherit Golfers of gold. When once this
spirit of self-rehance is learned, every man
will discover within. himself the elements
and capacities Of wealth. He will berich,
inestimably rich in self-resources, and can
lift his head proudly to meet the noblest
amo1g men. ION
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02

GENERAL HALLEcK Joins Governors
Hoffman and Geary in denOuncing militia
~ usurpatons. lie says that they do
more harm than good at the South. In
~ his report as commander of TINT depart
ment he says;
81 viH" al respectfully repeat the recommends
-ly5 ton of my last annual report, that militia
SO ry officers should not interfere In local
civil troubles unless when called out in
the manner prescribed by law, and that
the requisition of revenue officers should
j9I be accompanied by affidayits of some 9TH
10 50 er proof that the case comes within the
oI provisions of the law authorizing or re-
quiring military interference. As the
practice now is, the revenue officer is the
sole Judge of the necessity of military
r guards and escorts 1t may be
proper to remark in this place that have
been assured by Federal civil officers that
the use of troops in executing Judicial
q 90 processes, and enforcing the revenue and
3 other civil laws seems to increase rather
than diminish the apparent necessity for
using such force.zThe badly disposed be-
come more and more. exasperated at being
coerced by force which they think has
been unconstitutionally employed against
them, and the better disposed relax their
efforts to punish local crimes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02
VARIOUS ITEMS.

The residence and tannery of Gottlieb
Meister at Marietta, were burned ON the
18th, loss $4,000, insurance $1,000,
Iowa ranked as the twentieth in popa-
lation in 1860. In 1870 she ranks as the
eleventh. There Is difference of only a
few thousand in the populations of Iowa,
Wisconsin and Michigan. e
Since the rebellion, six persons have
been elected to the United States Senate
by different Georgia legislatures, not one
OF whom has yet been admitted to seat.
There are six thousand milch cows in
Paris, the milk of which is rationed out by
the authorities for the use of young chill
dren and aged people. Butter now costs
more than % francs-$5 of our money
per pound.
A concurrent resolution has been intro
duced in the Missouri Senate looking to
an amendment to the Federal Constitu-
ton, declaring that the writ of habeas
corpus shall not be denied to citizens at
any time or under any circumstances.
A. T. Stewart last year paid, in income
tax, more than either one cf the twenty
seven States and Territories, and more
than Arizona, Colorado, Dacotah, Florida,
Washington, New Mexico, Utah, Idlho
and Montana combined VIM B. Astor
paid more than the whole State of Ver-
mont
A curious and important case came up
il the United States Circuit Court at
Richmond. In suit for money due on a
purchase of slaves in 1868, the defendant
put IN a plea that the emancipation proc
lamatlon of President Lincoln had freed
the negroes before the date of sale, which
was consequently illegal and void.
General Longstreet was in Washington,
and interviewed the President last week.
Governor Scott, of South Carolina, de-
nies the allegation of Hoggett, Kerrigan,
and Others. that they were offered bribes
by him to assassinate certain citizens OF
South Carolina
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02
seeend-Rate TrIeksters.

The New York Evening Post, one of
the ablest of Republican journals, in
long editorial warns President Grant that
the good name of his administration will
be indelibly tarnished, blackened and
badly smutted over If he does not aban-
don his San Domingo speculation. Heis
chided for evincing determination not TO
listen to the counsels of the abler members
of his party, and admonished not to heed
the dictates of second-rste tricksters like
Morton, Butler, Chandler and others
The names designated as second-rSte
tricksters is very broad joke in the Re-
publican party. If the venerable Will
liam Cullen Bryant, who is The chief editor
of the Post would now favor us with the
names of few whom he regards as first
rate tricksters of the party, the picture
would be complete. There may, however,
be a slight difference of opinion between
the venerable editor and the President as
to the grade of the tricksters mentioned.
Grant appears to think Morton fellow Of
infinite Jest and well up in his profession.
Sumner declares the Senator from Indiana
the confidential adviser of the President,
and yet the venerable editor pronounces
this confidential adviser 8 second-rsts
trickster. Of such is the Radical party.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02
postrp.
JIM BLUDSO,
OF THE PRAIRIk BELLE.

OF THE PRAIRIA. BELLE.
Wall, no cant tell whar he lives,
Because he don't live you see; -
Lea tways, he s got out Of the habit
OF livin' like you and me-
Whar have you been for the last three year
That you havn't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks,
The night of the Prairie Belief
he warn't no saint-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez-under-the-HlN
And another one here, in Pike.
A keerless man in his talk, was i'm,
And an awkward man in a row
But he never iunked and he never lied,
] reckon he never knowed how
And this was all the religion he had, ~1
To treat his eniine well;
Never be passed on the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire
A thousand times he sSore,
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day on the SIississip,
And her day come at last
The Movastar was q better boat,
But the Belle she i1oaldnt be passed.
And so she came tearin' along that night
The oldest craft on the line,
With Niger squat on her safety valve,
In her furnace crammed rosin and pine
The fire burst ont as she cleared the bar,
And burnt a hsle in the night,
And quick as a fash, she turned and made
For that willer back on the right.
There was running and cursing but Jim yelled out,
Over all the Internal roar,
'I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last galoot's ashore!"
Through the hot black breath of the burnin boat
Jim Bludso's vsice was hea-d
And they ali had trust in his cussedness,
And knoWed he would keep his word.
And, sure as you're born, they all got OFF
Afore the smoke stacks fell
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke of the Prairie Belle
He wern't no saint-but at Judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim. .-s-
'LoRgside some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty. dead sure thing
And went for il thar and then;
And Christ aint goin' TO be too hard
On man thai died for men. J Il
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02

No State in the Union has a better f.
nancial record than Kentucky. The entire
State debt, on the 10th of October last.
amounted to ST. .424, 1854, according to the
message of Governor Stevenson. At the
same time, the sinking fund resources OF
the State, to meet this Indebtedness,
amounted to $2,539, ,297, showing an ex-
cess of resources over indebtedness of over
eleven hundred thousand dollars. 1t is
stated that Democratic Kentucky never
yet lost dollar through any misconduct
of its officials. Can any Republican
State, of equal age, shdw as clean rec
ord p @
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02

roved bv the Commis.ioners il wonld be

proved by the Commissioners, it would be
a very easy matter to substitute inferior
articles therefor. for which the govern
ment would have to pay the highest price
the commission and the profits being
divided between General PARKER and the
other members of the Ring. This is the
way of doing things, and this is the way
GRANTS boasted reform works.
The administration cannot plead igno-
rance of this matter, for the unpaid Com
missioners, who were clear of the Ring,
protested and demonstrated agains it, but
without avail. Had the administration
carried out in good faith its proposed re-
form, it would have deprived its satlites
of the opportunity of massing their for
tunes at the EXPENSE of the nations wards,
something that the administration would
not think seriously for moment.
But this action eff General PARKER IN
regard to the examination of goods is only
one of the ways that are dark" pursued
by the ring to line their pockets. We will
give another instance. A prominent de-
partment clerk was entrusted with the dis
tribution of $50, 900 among members of a
tribe of Indians One of the Commls-
sioners was requested to supervise the dis
tribution, and he asked the clerk not to
distribute the money until special instruc-
tions concerning the same were received
from Washington, having learned inciden-
tally that there was man who claimed to
have procured the appropriation, and who
also set up a claim to $4,000 of it as a
royalty. This claimant was the bondsman
of the clerk, and into his pocket went $50,
| 600 of the appropriation. The whole con.
duct of the Indian department Is marked
| by this sort of transactions, and the un-
paid Comissioners,. who were put forth as
the guardians of everybodys interest in
this matter, are utterly powerless to put a
stop to the abuses that are practiced, anC
| their remonstrances are treated with the
most utter contempt by the Ring and the
authorities at Washington.
A man is not considered smart, if b,
| does not amass half a million in fou
years on salary of eighteen hundred dol
lars, after once being installed in thi
Indian business.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-02


JUpGE CHASE has been stricken with par
alysis, and his intellect is hopelsssly shat
tered. For Chase, the fellow-mortAl,
brought to the door Of death, We feel COM
miseration. 1t is sad repetition of the
imbecility OF intellect which made Swift
far wiser, and not any worse than
driveler and show."-NapOLeon North
aOeSt. "
We learn that Chief Justice Chase is
mending somewhat, but it is likely that
his last days will be clouded. Mr. Hub
bard's allusion to Dean Swift is exceeding
ly appropriate, and brings to mind the
four lines in Johnson's Vanity of Human
Wishes, from which his quotation is
made al
ain LIES last scene what prodiges arisei
Fears Of the brave and folliss Of the wise,-
From Msrlbsros syes the streams Of dotagO
hoW,
And swift expires, drirslor and a shOwP
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