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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-25
Breyilies and Levilies.

"a \ Rural Editor has lost faith in
the luck of horse shoes. He nailed one
over his door recently and that morning
there came by mail three duns and seven
stops, and man called with a revolver
to ask "who wrote that article"
Gs' A young lady who has been great
ly annoyed by a lot of young simpleton>
who stop under her window at night to
sing "If Ever Cease to Love-" wishes
us to say that if they will cease their
foolishness, come in, and talk business "
they will confer favor.
mS- st. Augustine is honored with a
kinky headed Justice of the Peace who
is unable to spell. The attorneys prac-
tising before His Honor soft soap him by
alluding to the louse harbor which covers
his Uranium as soap locks" "ambrosial
curls," &c.
10 A modern poet thus criticises some
churcn-going people:
Attend your church, the parson cries
To church each fair one goes,
The old go there to close their eyes,
The. young to eye their Clothes"
ns- In an advertisement by a railroad
company of unclaimed goods, letter
dropped from the word lawful, and so
the advertisement appropriately reads :
"People to whom these packages are di-
rected, are notified TO come forward and
pay the awful charges on the same."
.w First Stranger declare, sir, that
women are getting more outrageously dis
gushing every day. Just look over thereat
that prodigious old porpoise withthe eye
glsss." Second stranger Hum hal
yesl can't help thinking she's more
festive looking object than that funeral
old trump with the fanr First strange,
1.-THE funeral old frnmp's my wife,
sir!" Second stranger" The prodigious
old porpoise Is mine! let's 60 and have
some teap
ST. W @ are told now that "chisnonS
ali an cascade down the back and ripple
nnder waves of lace, which tumble In
chaotic confusion from the top OF tn'
now. flat-crowned hats" That is sc
.much sweeter than waterfall.
ns- The following note to schoo
.oa oher IN Troy shows that there is on
woman who knows her rights--and know
ing, dare maintain them: Miss -
j want van you to kno that am the boss OF M
how and wheni want him to cum hom
at recess meap business and don't wan
him kept till school is out if mother
j aint to say what they want don abor
!, srch thingsits time somebody knode
i don't w.as trol45,e b,:. lam bound
l bare my 1ites ypuYes truely'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-25
Watchman, What of the Night.

Our cotemporary Of the Charleston
Neaos sees on the political horizon a
CLEAN Of light, and in the events of
the last few weeks recognizes eviden-
ces that South Carolina is no longer
to be given over to the rule of the
plunderers and swindlers.
The Meaus is not, in our judgment,
over-sanguine. The situation sgreat-
ly improved, and the reaction at the
North in behalf Of the outraged South
seems earnestand decided. The MeaOs
well says;
And we can tell the people of the
North what two or four years of just
and generous treatment would bring
forth Sustained by public opinion,
and by the moral force OF the Federal
Administration, the white citizens Of
South Carolina would be able to
scourge from Office the rogues who
now cheat white and black alike.
The blacks would obtain, what they
have never had, full political and
industrial equality, as well as an ex-
emption from the plunderiug Of i'm
ported rascals and native adventurers.
Whites and blacks would stand as
equals before the w and at the polls;
but Intelligence and experience, with
out respect to color, would control
and rnle the State. And, the while,
old sympathies and old recollections,
no longer hidden by the smoke Of bat
tie, would glow anew in every breast.
The North would honor bravery and
self-aacrifice. wherever they were
found; the South would respect pa
triotism and perseverance,, whatever
the circumstances which called them
forth, Giving up nothing of good,
forgetting nothing worthy Of remem-
brance, the two sections wouldresolve
themselves into one grand country.
guarding with pious care every act
Of valor and every deed Of honor
which any of its children had done;
one country, not in the laws binding
States and people together, but in
the possession Of one flag, in speak
ing onqlangeage, in the consciousness
OF common destiny. This is what
will come, if the Northern people fol-
low to the end the path they now are
treading. The price is only this.
That the States Of the South be re-
garded as States in the Union, and
chat the white citizens Of the South
be treated not as defeated rebels who
sulleply clank the chains they cannot
break, but as American citizens who
fought honestly and surrendered hon
estly, and, neither in'peace nor war,
have cause to blush for aught that.
thew have done"
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The BraitOn Case.

We mentioned in our last iesue
that DR.. Bratton had gone on to Can
ada, to testify in the case of Cornell,
the Canadian constable, who is being
tried for assisting Hester in kidnap-
ping DR.. B. Well, he arrived in
London, Ontario, Sunday, but was
kept concealed until after the opep-
ing Of the Court Monday morning.
when he made his appearance in the
Court room, to the great surprise Of
the dei+ ants. His testimony was
conclu. 'e. 1t showed that Cornell
The prise er, had laid violent hands
upon him at the abduction, handcutf-
ed him, with the assistance Of the
cab-dnver, and thrust him into the
hack. DR.. Bratton stated that he
protested to the last against the out
rage being. committed upon him, and
yielded only because he relied on
British Justice to sustain him in the
end. Up 10 this time the result Of
the trial has not been telegraphed.
There is hardly a.doubt but that Cor
nell will he convicted and severely
punished for his heinous offence.
The wide difference between good
and q bad government is slrikingly
illustrated in this case. A Canadian
constable, and detective iG tho en-
ploy of the United Ssases, were en-
gagged in tha abduction of DR.. Brat
ton: the Canadian is arraigned before
a tribunal of justice to answer for his
offence, but the American offender,
the greater offender of the two, issuf-
fered to go unwhipped of justice.
P. S. Since writing the above, u
despatch has been received stating e
that Cornell was found guilty. and
sentenced to three GEARS IN the Pena-
tentiaay II Greeley and Brown are
/ elected it is quite probable that a like
fate will befall Hester, the American
officer, unless he makes himself ex-
ce ,dingly smallin these United States.
-Rock HaU Lantern, 10Th.
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Africa I'M sOuth Carolina,

nihlCo III ''Vutu Shi Uiluds
Those are pitiful stories told bv the
South Carolina bondholders. We
hope every one has read our reports
Of the two meetings held in this city
by the victims Of carpet-bag rapacity
The narratives remind US strongly Of
the experiences of Baker, Speke,
Livingstone, Chapman and Reade in
Africa. Those travellers all report
that the master-passion ofathe negro
kings is the levying of taxes They
collect taxes of the wayfarer not mere
ly once but two, three and a dozen
times. There is no shaking them off
by putting in the plea Of having
once paid. Among these little ty-
rants in the home Of the negro no
such thing as good faith is known.
The most solemn promises are broken
when a string of beads can be made
by the treachery. Speke and Bake,
used to beard these little despots
in their densSand call them liars and
thieves. s p
Instead Of being offended at the
plain truth-telling, the African king
would burst out laughing and express
himself highly complimented. The
negro rulers of South Carolina, made
worse by their carpet-bag allies, are
repeating to-day, in the middle of
this country, the pillag!ng games of
Central Africa. At the second meet
ing of the indignant bondholders,
held Thursday, a gentleman from
Charleston declared that the taxes
hadsbeen collected in the State often
three times over, that they are not
used for the purposes for which they
are raised, that for want of funds
there is not q public school open in
the entire State, that lunatics and
prisoners have been turned loose to
save the cost Of keeping them, &c.,
&C., all the money being pouched by
the Ring thieves. These are strong
statements, but there is nothing Of
which the Ignorant and ggoted rulers
Of South Carolina seem to be inca
pable.
But it suAices for the object Of the
bondholders to show that they are
losing the interest on their bonds
through the trickery and bad faith Of
the responsible authorities of the
State. They, therefore, propose to
begin legal proceedings against these
officers. This is good idea, and the
only one that will be productive o!
results. 1t is idle to appeal to a
sense of justice and to considerations
Of common decency;; and it is equal
ly useless to scold at the repudiators
and robbers. Like the;r prototypes
in Central Africa they will only
chuckle over their villainy. The le,
gal remedy is the only one left for
immediate application, But what
South Carolina wants, to do any last
ing good, is political revolution
New York Journal of Commerce.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-25
Terrible Tragedy at Rochester,
Kew York,

A fearful tragedy occurred in Ro
chester, N. Y, "a few days ago, a
what is commonly known as the Olt
Break of Day House." kept by Johl
Mclaughlin, The place has been TO
years notorious rs the home of th'
most vicious characters. Gilbert Nc
Laughlin, son Of the proprietor, while
delirious,. it is supposed, from effect
of incipient fever, or from some othe!
cause, shot his step-mother fatally
and wounded man employed to take
care of him. The murderer, accord
ing to the testimony thus far gath
cred, was under the hallucinatior
that there was design against his
own life, and he took position or
the second floor at the head Of the
main staircase with a duelling pistol
in his hand.
Mrs. Mclaughlin locked hersel,
into the front parlor and waved hel
handkerchief, and called upon the
man Jewett, woo was hired to take
care of young Mclaughlin, to come
up stairs. Jewett endeavored to do
so, but retired after receiving a bullet
through his arm.
Then ensued a fearful struggle on
the part of the woman in the room to
defend her life against the madman
outside. Her old and imbecile hus
band was in another part of the house
unaware Of what vas going on, or at
least unable to interfere Jewett
raised an alarm when he retreated,
and ali the persons outside seemed
most unaccountably dilatory in inter-
fering. The unfortunate woman plac-
ed herself against the room door to
hold it firm.
Young Mclaughlin placed his pis-
tol against the panels and fired through
twice. 1t is thought that one of the
balls passed through the body of the
deceased, inAicting the mortal wound,
and that she dragged herself over to
the window near which the corpse
was found. 1t may be that she was
struck while attempting to escape at
this point, as the murderer finally
kicked in the panel and reached
through to take aim in firing the last
shot.
Mclaughlin was one who often
showed a disposition to escape from
the associations of his youth, but
lacked strength Of mind to do SO. He
was clad in a night-gown during the
whole ARRAY, and refused to allow any
clothes to be put on him after his ar
rest.
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For the Advertiser.
PROVIDENCE, Mo-. july 8. '72.

PROVIDENCE, Mo-, July 8, '72.
Dear Advertiser How delightful
to man who, though an unworthy
sinner, yet sweetly rests in Jesus
breathing an upper atmosphere, a
on the top of Beulah, to send you
few lines from Providence.
Matte, Lula and I are quite we'll
and, I believe, are much more happy
than you ever knew us to be. We are
thus far on our way to St. Louis, ma
king the trip on one of our beautiful
Missouri steamers, for recreation, re.
cuperation, &c. My lungs present
ing a matter of primary considera-
tion-not that they are diseased at
all-but simply worn to temporary
exhaustion.
I have been, for about week, en-
gagged, with my people IN Miami, in
three separate services, daily, en-
bracing five or six hours in every
twenty-four, in the most deeply in
teresting meetings that I ever wit
messed. Yesterday the brethren start
ed me on steamboat, with instruc-
tions to be gone for one or two weeks,
with the purpose named above.
Let me say little more about our
meetings. I never saw people more
deeply concerned in their work than
the members of that Church are, and
]. never saw people who did work
and pray as they do. AT some of our
meetings, continued for two hours, all
were so deeply interested in what the
brethren were saying, and the grace
of God was so clearly manifested with
it, that the preacher found no oppor-
tunity to offer sermon.
Thank God for his mercy.
Very truly, yours,
E. w. HORNE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-25
A. Warning to Southern Men.

Although the South is known to
be as peaceful as Massachusetts,, base
persons will not be wanting to infame
old wounds and bring on collisions
between whites and blacks, which
will be magnifed by the Grant pa
pers into new rebellion, while eve
ry affair of fsticufs will be made
to look like another Ku-Klux out
rage. The New York Tribune ex-
poses this plotting on the part OF the
administration, and offers the South
ern whites some words Of sagacious
warning. 1t says:
eff negro laborer is discharged,
some one will be found to represent
this as prescription for principles S
sake and we do not doubt that be-
fore three weeks are &er the Grant
press will TEEN daily with reports Of
murderous Ku-Klux assasslnatlons,
and q desperate attempt will be made
to alarm the Northern voters by pic
lures Of disorder and lawlessness in
the South. Tile truth IS, q good,
square, .atrocloaes piece Of 1aaulessness
'and violence n, the South acOuld Just
aaop be @ God-scnd to the Grant party.
II they could prove, within the next
two months, that hall dozen ne
groes had been burned at the stake
in.Alabama, and that number OF
white women and children had at,
tended the incremation, aud waved
Confederate flags over the flames,
Grants fuglemen would at once Thank
God and take courage. They are
lust now a little blue and dishearten-
ed, and stand badly in need OF some
thing of this kind fol- they have no
arguments to offer.
= There is but one thing, as we be-
lieve, and as many Of the Grant man
ayers believe, that can .e-elect Grant,
and that is a new outbreak OF violence
in the Southern States, or what would
answer the same purpose, such plausl-
Lle false reports of violence in the
South as would thoroughly alarm the
Northern mind. The Grant leaders
and managers are everywhere talk
ing about the Rebellion. That is
their principal stock in trade. They.
appealto the Union sentiment They
curry favor with the Union soldiers
as though these had not, seven years
ago, become citizens; they are doing
their worst to preach up wncru-
sade against the South 1t belongs
to the Southern Democrats to defeat
this atrocious and unpatriotic plot,
and the way to do it is to maintain-
as they cau-even better order in the
South than is observed in the North.
And forthe rest, when a lie is re-
ported, let it be at once fully and aa-
thoratively proved to be a lie. That
can and. ought to be done
| . q . -.
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Ex-Governor Manning's Views.

The Columbia Carolamaaaa, in its is.
sue of the 18th, publishes letter
from Ex-Governor JAS l.. Manning.
Although written before the assem-
bling of the Baltimore Convention,
this letter will be|read with interest.
It willsbe seen that Ex-Governor;
Manning repahdiates the support Of
President Grant, and gives good and
solid reasons for the political faith
that is in him. Governor Manning
says in his letter:
In every respect, politically and So
cially, Mr.. Greeley stands in marked
contrast to his competitor, Grant.
He is, in this Journalistic age, a jour
nalist of. undisputed. ability, and
among the first, if cot the very first
in that line in America. To its du-
ties and requirements, he brings the
experience Of "a lifetime and in that
position he has. acquired the largest
possible knowledge Of political affairs,
as of the domestic and foreign policy
Of the country. As a member of the
Congress of the United States this
extensive information has been put
into practical service; thereby ex-
tending his experience and influence.
His manners and habits are charac-
terized by. great simplicity, which not
onlyarenders him acceptable to all,
but enables him to communicate the
charms Of his benevolent character
to a wide circle of citizens. But above
all, he is distinguished for his hon
esty; a noble trait in the character
of any man however illustrious; but
whichIin these days of vice and cor
ruption, isla crowning glory upon the
brow Of the future representative Of
the nation. p
II. ere are doubtless many opinions
enter aimed in the past by Mr.. Gree
lev, in which many of our people,
North and South, are forced to disa-
gree with him. But these, let US
hope, will be- modified through the
force and progress Of current events.
But, at last, how trihing these differ
ences appear, when contrasted with
those great abuses through which We
have passed, and the undisguised ty-
Fanny and corruption of the present,
which, unless the administration OF
affairs be entirely changed, will assume
still more terrible and gigantic pro-
portions in the future.
The most casual survey Of the
present condition Of affairs 1n this
State viii convince the most. skepti-
cal, that four years more of Mr..
Grants rule will render its condition
worse than that of a convict colony.
We should hail therefore, with bright
er hopes the prospect Of change'in
the Government. Should MIR. Gree
ley be&supportet by the Baltimore
Convention, his election is secured
and III that event there will DO, L hcpo
and believe, as great contrast be,
tween Mr.. Grant administration and
his, as there is between the shadows
which rest under the wing of the
Angel of Ruin, anu the flood OF gol-
den light, which ushers in the coming
day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-25
I. W. HAYNE


The Raleigh IN; c) News is res
ponsible for the following: Years ago
there lived in Warren county a good
and pious minister of the Methodist
church, the Rev. Mr.. Burge. His
year eight old hopeful, Watty, was
mischievously addicted to the habit
of purloining from his mothers closet
sugar from the dish. Remonstrances
both by the father and mother proved
of no avail, and though Watty pro-
tested his innocence, the old lady
said she would watch for him and
chastise him. The Rev. DR.. Gloss
then presiding elder of the confer
ence district, In passing through the
section haEedat Mr. Bprge' s to spend
the night: He was assigned 70 a
room adjoining the, closet, the Scene
of young Watty's ldepredations. At
the first dawrsof day ON the follow
ing morningrthe Rex-gentleman arose
from his couch and repaired to the
closet, a door Of which opened into
his room, to attend his morning devo
tons, and unfortunately for.shim
knelt near the usual position Of the
sugar dish. AY this moment Mrs
Bqrge had occasion q i! p 70 visit the closet
and quietly opened the door, disepy
cred Watty ip the very aet, as sh,
thought. Highly incensed, she ~ -,
ministered severe raps upon. the de
voted oald head of the prasiding 81
der before she discovered her L' mis-
take, adding, at the same time, i hay,
, caught You stealing the sugar at last
have II" is Unnecessary to a,!c
that Watty was the only person OF
the premises who enjoyed the scene
that ensued.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-25
Her0ism of Stephen Elliott.

In a. 0ommuHcaJlon addressed 10
the New York Times, by General 6.
4. Beauregard, we find the following
reference to the lamented Stephen
Elliott, of our State
In the defence Of Charleston, du-
ring the summer of 1868, it became
absolutely. necessary to hold the north
fendof Morris Island, Cat the risk of
losing.its garrison of one thousand
men, long after it had been pre-
nounced untenable by. its command
ing officers, who were among the most
gallant in our service, or that of any
other country but by their zeal, en-
ergy and courage, seconded by the
valor of their troops, that portion iof
the island was held, from day to day,
nearly two months, against all the
land and naval attacks Of an over
powering enemy, and at the moment
of final attack the garrison was safe
lfswithdrawn with the loss Of only a
few men.
About this time (July. 1859 I de-
termined to remove the artillery gar
riSon from Fort Sumter, whose guns
had al been dismounted or silenced
except one. Ia twenty-iour FOUNDER
in one of the retired angles, the
commanding officer and his principal
subordinates pronounced that fort no
longer tenable under the terrible ar
tillery fire kept up night and day by
the enemys land and naval batteries
against IT'S 'crur1bhng ruins. | con-
cfudsd at once to substitute an infan-
try command for the gallant artlller-
lists, whose services were absolutely
required for tie inner harbor de-
fences, just tsbeing, completed to sup
ply the place Of Fort sumter, then
only fit for defensive work in our
hands, but which would have become
a most effective offensive position Ill
those of the enemy. 1 therefore sent
for an intelligent, brave young officer
belonging to the command Of POGO
taligo, near Savannah, Major Stephen
Elliott, to whom l exposed fully the
situation, and told him that the safe
ty of Charleston depended on our
holding the ruins OF Fort Sumter
with a garrison not exceeding one
hundred iaqa fifty infantry and about
the same number Of laborers. | ask
ed him to go there for few days to
learn personally the exact condition
of affairs, and then to give me his
answer. His features lighted up,
and his. large blue-gray eyes flashed
at'the; ileaIof being put in command
Of such an important post, and he
said to me: 4" General, l have noneed
of going to. the fort to- know its con-
dition-you can issue the order at
once if you will give me a garrison
of resolute men, but I declined to
do so until he had visited the place
in person; he went that night; (tor' no
communication could be had with the
fortin the daytime and he return
ed before daybreak to inform me that
he had seen enough to desire still
that command the order was accor-
dinghy given, and he held those ruins
against every attack for twelve
months, at the end Of which time he
was put in command Of a regiment
and subsequently Of brigade. At
the mine explosion at Petersburg, in
July, 1864, he was desper 'tely wound,
ed through the body and finally died
at his ruined home in 1869. No
country ever lost more promising
and gallant young officer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-25

OF all the love affairs in the wor,,. ~,
none can surpass the. trr,.e love OF a
big BOY for his pother. It is love
pure aad noble, honorable in the
highest degree to both. I do not
mean merely a dutiful affection. ]
mean love which makes boy gal
liant and courteous to his mother, say
ing to everybody plainly that he is
fairly in love with her. Next to the
love of husband, nothing so crowns
woman's life with honor as this sec.
ond love, this devotion of the Son tc
her. And never yet knew boy tc
"turn out bad who began BY fall.
ing in lore With bis mother.
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ward beauty of a country dwelling is
a matter of no less consequence. Its
adornment though simple and inex-
pensive, may yet be made to add a
new charm to the inner comforts.
Flowers over the porches, and shrubs
and flowers on the lawn, and natures
arts, though cheap, are in their
natural beauty more attractive than
any other thing that costliest art can
supply.
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sir" she was on her way to be shot,
and was shot. For fear of prejudic-
ing his case she had repressed any
disposition to cry to him for aid-she
hail denied herself the last word Of
sympathy profered on her way to
DEATH So much for one Of these
fends in female shape.