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For the Advertiser
Thoughts of

Rich thoughts of thee assail my mind
Thoughts ofiaprue and holy kind;
Thoughts of beauty-thoughts of grace
withflSe noble Sharmls of fqqySssyeet face
The eeye can sec, The ear can hear, III
The sights of earth, the sounds of air;
But none of these such pleasure gives,
AS, from thy charms, my heart receives
4 rhx2 Won fs4n, thy grace, ay rhienS thy smile
Ny Heart, MY soul from me beguile;
And when on thee cast mine eye,
It seems.an angel passes by: i,@F ~
When wfhhsi thoughts gifts Of Beauty, love, like
thine,
Pass o,er this troubled heart of mine,
1t seems a dream my soul doth shake;
If so, o may not awake!
May dreams and pleasufealwaysiroll !
Across the chambers of my soul ;.lJ {.
May lasting sleep my eyelids drown, :
So thou and angels float around
If this be sleep, no mortal knows
The bliss OF such sweet repose;
May angels guard sme while Issleeps 7
And this S. sweet dream before me keep.
W.. P...Z.
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Johnny schrimp's Composition.

II like ice..s When it ts.coldI like it best
Ice is good for great many things. 1t il
good to skate on, and it is good to make
Ice cream. Like to skate. Sometimes ]
lend my skates to- Lizzie Jones, and she
lets me buckle them on for her. She wear
striped stockings, with red and white and
blue stripes running around them, and bel
legs looE like stick of candy. Father
says ice is good in cobblers. I don't know
why it is better in cobblers than in little
boys. l suppose l shall be great deal
wiser swheh grow up I like ice cream
with plenty Of vanilla in it. There is
more ice cream in summer than in winter
and more ice in winter than in summer
There are heaps Of things that ! do not
understand. Mother says if I eat too
much ice cream it will make my stomach
hurt. eat all want, but am careful
not to eat too much, because mother tells
me not to. NJ,
When next winter comes, Lizzie Jones
and are going tx. skate some more
There willsnot be any more winter till af-
ter summer comes: The seasons are very
odd in. this country. Sometimes winter
comes before summer, and sometimes sum
mer comes before winter Father says ]
may have new pair Of skates next sum-
mer,. When Iiget to be man, I am 60
iHgbo pour red stuff on ice to warm it be-
fore l put it in my mouth, like my. father
does.
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To-. the Citizens Of Edgefield
,a;se and Aiken Counties.

LEE Subscriber would respectfully
inform the general public that he will
mako to order Cylinder and Frail Wheat
THRASHERS, FAN MILLS, COTTON
PLANTERS 'PLoWSTOCKS, and other
iAgricn cultural Impleme and Machinery
Common FURNITURE of all kinds
and other articles for domestic use.
= Newell POSTS and BANNISTERS fol
Stairs, Piazzas, &c., turned. ~
Flouring and Grist Mill HOOPS and
F -Hl=[oPPERs, [GST., &G.t ready for use: .oe.s :.
tached,-BOXES, &C., complete. Solid
wood PULIIES; any size or diameter,
with eyes, Iron; plated. Also, PULLIEs
built with wood Arms and Rims, on Cast
Iron Spiders. Hard wood BOXES, any
size for Shafting, with. or without metal
lining. BOLTS ready for use. y =
COTTON GINS put i'll thorough good
order, if brought to the Shop Gin Saws
Sharpened at Gin House, if preferred, al
lowest rates.
, General Repairs done on any Agricul.
tural Implements and Machinery.
All work done promptly and at reason
BILE prices.
orders solicited, and correspondence
invited.
Shop five miles below Pine House, on
Edgefield and Aiken Road. Post Office
address: Pine House, s. G.
N. BON hand and for sale Cylinder
Thrashers, Fan Mills, Cotton Planters
Plow Stocks, Spinning Wheels, Looms
Bed Steads, Tables, &c.
Feb IA Sm g.
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hist name or business only this, that ht
came from Europe in well to-do circum'
stances, accompanied by his wife and
daughter; that. lone died and the other
was ruined, since which time he has
pursued his lonely way among men
He dresses lmeanlly, }ppt walks as if he
owned the street. -
There is wild glarein his eyes, height
ened perhaps by pair of iron spectacles
and savage firmness about the lips, as
if he feared some mighty secret might
escape them. Altogether It is q fact
which even in the crowd 0f Broadway
prints itself on; the memory and comes
up among the ghosts of after hours
But I ann ;transgressing the proper
limits Of letter, and must close even in
the middle of my chapter. might &c
on by, the hour. and describe notsbilities
the Japanese princes, Greeley, oakey
HALL John Graham and hisiearned wig,
Wall Whitmsnthe poet, Mark Twain;
Josh Billings, Timothy Titeomb; Thomas
Mast the caricaturist, and, dozens of per-
sons whom you are filtely to meet in q
walk; yet they must be held in reserve
for another day. ', sr . H.
Ct may f1tealsest the lddisst0 kno~Athat
Stewart has had grand opening of COM
ing fashions, which for three days at
tracted thousands of the sex and consti-
tiited the most magnificent dry goods
spectacle ever seen in America.
The Appletoas are about producing
one of the most beautiful books ever
published" Picturesque Ameriea"-a
series of exquisite pictures and descrip-
tons Of picturesque localities. Owls
DOM Teeth for Little People," collec-
ton of useful knowledge for children in
the nursery and out Of it, has been pre-
pared by Mrs. F. G. de Fontaine, and
promises to be a valuable means of edu-
cation. in the hands of mothers.
BY the way, the chespestplace in New
York for the publication of book or
pamphlet is the Journeymen Printers
cooperative Association. They are turn
ing out elegant work in every depart
ment of the art, and making steady
:headway AS an tteinstitnto onD that illus
trates the power and profits of proper
combination among skilled artisans
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uB1ow1aa sosa THE sErrlnMENT

"B1ow1Ne FOR THE SETTLEMENT" -
II organized the first Sunday school in
this county and ran it myself. said a
,shrewd but dissipated Wisconsin lawyer.
"a few of us Americans came here early.
We wanted to get in decent, industrious
settlers, and keep the rpwdies out. So I
said, A Sunday-school will draw the folks
we want. 1t will be the best and cheap
est way to blow for the settlement. They
all agreed I'd st. Thers CMasnt- "A sbalA Of
us that pretended. to haye q grain Of pistyss
So they pitched upon me to carry ont ths
plan. / did it, sending to Mr. Rice of the
American Sunday-School Union for . u
blaiy, and ran the school all SUMMER. Il
did the blowing for US. splenI1E,, SeYe7
raj Christian, families. came in, and as they
had a better stock of piety, Lhanded, the
Sunday-schooI over to them c,:lt wasl o
grand thing for u.s., Wei4secured q good
moral settlement. In fact, sir, it got" to
be SO pious that ] couldn't iyeSthere my
self" cI%l lOVTEI
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A modest MaIylaud 4 ,Bridesro ON

Real difidencesand innate modesty are
$50 rarely seen. american society of the
present day, that cases of tile " simon
pure" article deserves especial mention by
thene*spaper press. Such modesty was
in this county. Ayoung man had "wooed
and won the affections of charming young
adv, and the time was fixed upon when
she was to make him the " happiest OF
men," When that day arrived the store
cakes and whisky were provided, the cler-
gyman was in attendance, and friends and
nneighbors were assembled to join their
voices in the joyous epithalamiums, when
10 the bridegroom came not. After anx-
iously waiting until all hope of his COM
ing was past, party was formed to 10 in
search of the missing groom, and the bride
elect swooned away THE bridegroom, who
all this time had been endeavoring to
"screw his courage up to the sticking
point" had hidden himself in order TO see
what turn events might take.>
When be beheld the party Of discovery
coming towards him, thinking that discre-
ton was the better part of valor, he took
to his heels and fed incontinently A
| halt was, however, soon effected by means
of shot gun, and the young mans ex-
cessive difidence so far overcome him that
| he allowed himself to be led back to the
object of his affections. Here another diff
| 6culty arose; the bride, whose "amour
propre" had be.n greatly shocked by the
outrageous treatment she had received
from the groom, came to the conclusion,
somewhat late, that matrimony was but q
delusion and snare, and that nothing
could induce he: to marry this man rather
"An outcast pilgrim will she rove,
Than wed tie man"
"who went back on her." No persuasions,
iio ertreaties oi her friends could prevail
on her, till at last the Rev. clergyman,
who, by the way, is somewhat of wag,
told the bride that he would submit to no
such conduct that he had been sent for
to marry the ouple, and unless she con-
sented to havethe ceremony performed at
once, that he you'd call onSheriff Smith
and have her arrested for breach of prom
| ise The fair ole could not resist such an
argument andthe groom being ready by
this time, they forthwith inundated
on the altar Of Hymen.
May their cnjugal felicity be SO perfect
that difident s1ains In the future, Seeing,
may take hear again. Calvert Journal
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The Right of Secession.

The New York World makes strong
point on the aorton faction, who arc 30
bitter against the officers educated at
West Point, fr joining the Southern Con-
federacy. These officers are held by Nor
ton & Co. tohave committed an unpar-
donable sin-which no repentance can
atone for they must be eternally OK
cluded from all bills of amnesty. They
are the high criminals referred to by the
amiable Gft7aker.
The World retorts by q curious piece Of
history. Wn. Rawle, one of the mont re-
spectacle iursts of his day-a toned
old Federalis, and United States Diitrict
Attorney throughout the administrations
of Was hingbn and Adams--in 1926 pub
hshed an elementary work on the GonstiA
tuition. It las been generally regarded
as the most accurate and able exposition
of the Constitution: Emanating from q
Federalist d the Washington school it
was not possible that any treason could
lurk withinlt. On account of its reputa-
tion and intrinsic merit, it was adopted as
the text bo& at the Military Academy at
West Point There Lee, Davis, Johnston,
Magruder, Iuger; Pendleton, Beau-egard,
Jackson ane the rest Of the Confederate
true principss Of tie GeastiehAob. The
principles, bus and there ihstilled into
them were ouched in the following words
: At ai-p mage 81 Mr.. Rawle says:
The secession Of astate from the Union
depends entirely on the will Of the people
of such Stat. Inany man
her by With secession may take place,
nothing is nore certain than that thu act
should be dliberate. clear and unsquiyo7
cal. SO i,1e'
At page 81 Mr.. Rawle says; 49, -
The Statsm may wholly withdraw from
the Union; but while they continue they
mus. retaintheeh character II s! of representative
l'ssSssi ssSsstMin hi niarfAsr Il chaptsr 80, .pp,ss
HES isssSa ,hhesa u ;etsaaspt toaubyers l
the government Of aState for the purpose
Of destroying it's republican form, the pa
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The Legislature.

Yesterday brought to a close-for sea-
son, at least-the action of the lawsmak-
ing department Of South Carolina The
session has been remarkable, frst-for its
length and, secondly-for the profigacy,
extravaganza, venality and general moral
debasement that has characterized the
measures adopted and the conduct of the
members. The band of robbers-we speak
Of the majority Of the General Assembly
and their chief, R. K. .Scott-have for four
long months been holding high carnival
at the capital-stuffing their own pockets,
beggaring an already impoverished people,
and by their example corrupting the pub
lie riorals. All the freedom and franchises
in the world, even had the thievish ad-
venturers which have controlled the State
secured them, or any part thereof, to the
emancipated colored race, could nevercom-
pensate for the moral 'turpitude and false
ideas of the duties Of true citizenship,
which their example and influence have
stamped upon the ruling element Of our
black people They have been taught to
believe that the true object of public po-
sition is private gain Not ambitious and
honorable preferment,. but money: They
have inoculated into the blacks their own
insane passion for jobs and corrupt speeu-
lative schemes, and led them to regard
the trusts confded to them to be exercised
in the peoples behalf, as privileges or ia
vors granted them for their Individual
benefit. This is what they have done for
many-nay, most-of the colored repre-
sentatires, whose influence for ,evil-whl,
in turn, affect no small part of the colored
race. This is but a partial representation
of the moral degradation that the carpet
bag element has inaugdrated. Their IN
Jury to tho. negroes, politically is even
more apparent. They have made recon-
struction a failure and farcc--a den of
thieves assume to enact good laws and
govern free people. T.! Y.h
If tie colored people allow such con-
dition of things to continue, their politi-
cal doom is sealed, and is no less certain
than our financial, ruin: Only think off
upwards Of So 100000 added to the public
debt in one year Twice as much. as was
incurred in eighty years before the war,
and that, too, when three times as much
was collected by taxation as was formerly
needed for the same length of time. The
State Government has thus cost, in round
numbers, $4,000, 600 for one 6sca year.
That this money could have besn honestly
expended, is absurd. Yet the General
Assembly has validated, az they termit,
the issue of the bonds, and thus shoulder
ed with Scott and th q financial ring the
responsibility and {sHst sppr0briun Of the
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ternal power Of the Upionycepld be called
forth to subdus it. Yet il not understood
that its interposition would be justifable
if the people Of State should determine
to retire from the Union, whether they
adopted another or retained the same
form Of government
hasss sAere the saoptssass taught, s:4
cdthe1aagi at the sGoaarnment school ias
late as 1851, and may, for aught we know,
be still taught there; but what contrast
they form to the practices of this day
The rankest treason now is to uphold the
Fundamental principles of the Cgnstitu-
stion, 'aslnterpreted bys Rawle and "The
sFatherss G z B Q u
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Breylties and Leyitfes.

@ A boy eightyears old having been
told that areptileisan animal thatcreeps,
and being asked the name Of one on ex:
aminss.on day, promptly answered = 4
@ K dafkey says: "Al men are
made of clay. andlike meershaum pipes
are more valuablewhen highly colored. F"
~ A man arriving at home at late
hour little the worse for TOO much sup
per, .hatless a1d coatless, swas asked BY
Ibis indignant Sspouse:. "Where's your
hat and coat9" "sent 'em, my dear,
(hic) to the Chicago sufferers. s''---
@- He who thinks. better Of bis neigh
bors than they deserve, cannot beia bad
man, for the standard bywhich his judg-
ment is formed is the goodness of his
Segn hesit 5y ssa ri
- ~ 4 YOUTH Of twenty winters ana
seven feet, in Benton, Wisconsin, stole
some money ffona comrade and ran off
at full speed, bff burst blood vessel and
fell dead in an instant. He has been
more useful to Sunday school, teachers
Since Ids death thin he was before. : z !:
~ A. forgetfnl young woman out
West the other night aroused the inmates
of hotel to which her bridal trip had
led, on account Of her finding aman n
her room. The Effing circumstance of
her marriage thatamorning had quite es.
capped her memory, and it was not until
summary justice was about to be visited
on the offender Hat she happened to re-
collect it. e -
~ A young lady requested to be re-
leased from hsr marriage engagement.
on the ground that when she contracted
she believed her ioFerla gander," but
has since found him to be "goose."
w- Not manySSears ago, Grant was
running a ferry-boat in California. he
is now running The Ship Of State" And
he runs the one pretty much as he ran
the other-in the interest Of his own
family.
w A young man in Vermont was
much addicted to- reading in bed by the
light of kerosene lamp, and persisted
in the habit, Notwithstanding the advice
of his friends and the warnings of the
terrible accideng which occur almost
daily. On retirig one evening recently
ii appears that hAset the lamp too near
the edge of tho bad. AS he did not come
down to breakfast next morning, his
mother ameanxious, and raped on
his chamber door Receiving no answer,
she entered theIoon, when her worst
fears were realizsa. During the night,
the lamp had tipped over upon the bed
and completely ruined patchwork quilt
made by her when only eleven years old.
The only articleson the bed unharmed
was her drowsyson.
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90 h,Is ,s-oG:! biA--sTo .aG;ii'o2
IN accordance with the above aunonnce-
! ment Of the Trustees, Il, propeseI 20
fak8 chaafge of the' Edgefeld Male Acad-
:emy for the present, year. !, - ~ - -
I can only promiAel to-. do my best IN
giving the pupils, committed to my care;
thorpugh instruction in allthe branches
usually taughti in first class Soho : and
With the o-Spefa alton Of parents a4hsfne,
Ihope to give satisfaction TO my patrons
by, the advancement Of their children in
The Year win be divided into two ses-
Gods Of Twenty (2o) Weeks each. The
first Session will commence on the first
Monday in March, and end on the last OF
July. The second Session will be an
nounced in due time.
+. TERMS-The Primary and higher
English branches, per session, $500
!The same with Languages, I'd 20,00
Payable half in advance, at the begin
ming, and half in the middle Of the ses-
sion. r. It. MINIS.
Feb 81 IT, 5V&9
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From the Columbia Phoenir, 10th.
Destructive Fire In Union.

Inc tOHA OF Union. was YlAteQ WIN 8
terribly destructive fire, yesterday morn
ing, which swept away both hotels, and
seven or eight other buildings, including
tinioissz zsaas afEceI less is estnated st
'$75 OOO5s only .aporAon Insured 1--WE sin.
cerely condole with the doubly afflicted
town MIR, Stokes, nothing dannted, is
already making arrangements to resume
operations, The paper had been mailed
only few hours before the fire broke out.
We are indebted to him for the following
description of fh8 work of the fire. de-
mon:
II .,a ...!UN1os COURT House.
FRIDAY MORNING, March Is, 1872.
FRIEND SELBY: A fire broke out in
this town. this morning, sabout,.:4 o'clock,
and destroyed a greet portion Of the bu-
Isiness part Of Union. 1t was first discoy-
cred around the chimney ofpMr VIM. FL
lers store, in the second story of the build
ing. We hadno fire engine or any other
apparatus for combating fire, 80 that the
destroying element had full sway. A
slight breeze sprung up, and We could do
but little more than stand and watch it
burn. Icannot estimate the loss, but it
lis very great for this place The build
ings. destroyed were the brick block, be-.
longing to Mr.. n. L. Goss;. Mrs Lamb,
Capt. 4. H. Foster, the National Hotel
and the Central Hotel. In Nh. Goss'
building was Mr.. Ellers store, containing
q large stock Of dry goods, groceries, hard.
ware, &C.; Reuben Simms' stock Of gro
ceries the second story was occupied by
DR.. Bennett. dentist, and the room lately
occupied by Gen. Joseph Gist- I do not
think anything was saved by these gen.
tlemen. Il
In Mrs. Lambs building, Dr. Gibbs oc-
cupied the lower story as a drug store
He lost everything. The Times Office
was in the upper story, and not a type, or
anything in the way of material was sa-
ved-a total loss my son saved my books.
Captain Foster, fortunately, saved nearly
all his heavy stock Of goods-of course in
q very mixed up condition. A portion Of
the>furniture I'M the hotels wassaved, The
wooden store belonging to Colonel J. L..
Young, next to MIR. Ellert store; was also
destroyed. fortunately no one occupied it,)
with some tcnements in the rear rof the
store. "A: number Of out-huildings' were
destroyed. Mr.. Tinsley and DR.. ]. A,
Moore occupied building between the
two stores-the first as q jewelers. store,
and the latter as doctors shop. MIR.
Tinsley's jewelry, tools, &C., were saved,
h,,t Dr Mooro loet all his a,,rpical instrr-
-ments and medicines. A. ". Thompson
& Co. occupied the building adjoining the
National Hotel. Fortunately their stock
was very low, and they saved most Of it.
ooorod Deon1a s7asmssr siea hy
other little fruit and variety store They
saved most of their property. I learn
that colored child was burned in an out
house of the hotel. ! have Just left the
fre-Captain Fosters building is burning
The flames spread rapidly. The cars are
about to start. r. NJ. STOKES.