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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-02-08
PROSPECTUS FOR 1872.
THE LADY'S FRIEND,

The publishers of THE LADY's FRIEND have
concluded to reduce its price to single sub
sctibers from 80 to 2--the prices to
Clubs (already very low remaining he same
The following novelets, with the usual
variety Of short stories, are announced for
1872. Mrs. Woods novelet will run through
the whole year. -s.-
WITHIN THE MAZE, or, LADY .ANDIN-
MANS TRIAL.
By Mrs. HENRY WOOD, author Of East
Lynne etc.
UNA AND HER LIONS.
By Miss A. L: MUZZEY, author of sOne
Woman's Experience Jealousy etc.. etc.
QUEEN COQUETTA.
By DAISY TENTNOR, author of Prince
Charming etc.
- ONLY a WISH.
By A. NJ. DANA. author of Earring Chords
at on
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-02-08

- HEALTH BEAUTY. /. So
Strong and pure rich b lood-lncrease of flesh
and weight-Clear skin and beautiful complex
on to all.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-02-08

; Speeches of Senators Sumner s. Shurs on
The foreign policy of the administration. y
The Ku Klux in Woodstock Intense ex-
eitement in commereel cities. Nelson, gone
- -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
Mrs. GenI. Lee and the Arlington
Estate.

Mrs. Robert E. Lee is endeavoring to
recover he value of her property, known
as the Arlington estate, from the United
States government. It will be remem
bered that the property was sold at pub
lie sale for taxes, and that the govern
ment was the purchaser. Mrs. Lee ten.
dered the amount of taxes due, but this
was refused.
The claim of the distinguished lady is
eminently just, as there are irregulari-
ties in the manner by which the Govern
ment acquired the property. 1t is claim
ed that payment of the taxes was tender
ed and refused, in the first place; in the
second, that the whole property was sold
for the payment of a tax OF s92, whereas
the law required thatonly enough should
be sold to pay the tax. The Judiciary
Committee of Congress will shortly con-
slider this claim, and will, tits truly to be
hoped, report favorably upon it. The
amount of compensation asked, s3Oo,Ooa
is deemed by many as inadequate to COW
er Mrs. Lees loss.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15

LIQUOR LIcESsEs.-At a special term
of the Court of General Sessions, held at
Kingstree two weeks ago, Judge Green
decided that there is no law in this State
authorizing the County Commissioners to
grant licenses for the sale of spirituou:
liquors. The County Commissioners were
indicted for failing to account for large
amount of money collected for liquor Ii
censes. Their counsel moved to quash the
indictment, on the ground that, as there
was no law authorizing them to collect
such monies, they could not be held liable
in their official capacity to account tor
them, and could not therefore be criminal
ly prosecuted for Incorporating them
The Judge concurring in this view OF the
law the Solicitor not prosd the case rath-
er than let it go to Jury.
The law against selling without a Ii
cense stands unrcpealed. If the County
C Commissioners have no authority to grant
licenses no such authority exists. This
being the case, if Judge Green's decision is
good law, no liquor can be sold in the
State, except in the incorporated cities,
towns and villages, where the authority to
grant licenses is conferred upon the NUM-
cipal governments by their charters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15

JusTIcE.-It is as much q duty to speak
in truth to the praise, or rather justice, OF
upright officials as it is to censure or con.
denim the unju. and dishonest. Amid
the generation of corrupt officials it is
cheering to ones heart to feel that there
are some officials who deserve and have
the confidence of the people Of all parties
and those of no party. We think there
is no danger of contradiction from any
quarter when We say that integrity rules
IN the office of the Treasurer for Rlchland
county. Mr.. C. H. Baldwin, the occu-
pant, fills but does not befoul the office
The taxes are heavy, but in paying it
helps one to feel that he is paying taxes
to an honest collector, although the tax
itself may have been swelled by the dis
honesty of others.
Then we have, we believe, honesty in
the Columbia post Office. Sowell does the
chief manager, Mr.. Leaphart, and his
clerks do the work that Postmaster Wild
er feels, we presume, that he can 60. i,
The Clerk of Court, Colonel Miller, and
some others could also be mentioned, but
we forbear, remarking that few persons
are apprized of the agency which official
action has in the veal or welfare OF the
Neighbor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15

The HISTORY OF A NATIONAL RENE
DY.-Here is th' history of the most cele-
Grated tonic uf The age in nutshell. In
1860 it was announced that certain COM
bination of vegetable ingredients, with a
pure diflusive stimulant, was working
wonders in the cure of chronic dyspepsia,
nervous debility, liver complaint, peri
odical fevers, rheumatism and constitu-
tional weakness. The unpretending
name given to the specific was PLANTA-
TIoN BITrERs. The statement attracted
the attention of invalids everywhere
The new remedy received fair trial,
and the results more than confirmed all
that had been said in its praise. Thence
forward il was q grand success. The
business columns of the press spread tho
glorious news far and wide, and the in
digestion, biliousness, physical prostra-
ton and premature decay, as if by COM
mon consent, sought relief from the new
vegetable restorative. They found ,Uhat
they sought. From that time to the pres
ent the increase in the demand for Plan
tation Bitters has been one of the most
striking events in this age. a.
zas- For Coughs, Bronchitis and Con-
sumption, in its early stages, nothing
equals DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
coVery.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
Another Governor Hauled Up.


Indictments have been found in Texas
against Governor Davis, the Secretary OF
State, and the Attorney General, for NAL
feasance in office. One of the charges
brought against the Governor is for issu-
ing fraudulent certificate of election,
by virtue of which w. II. Clark now oc-
cupies seat in Congress as the Repre-
sentative of the Third Congressional Dis
trict of Texas, although his opponent,
Mr.. Giddings, who was supported by
many Republicans Us well as the Demo-
Gratis, was elected by several thousand
majority. Gov. Davis is an unscrupu-
lous and high handed tool of Grants
vino has the whole State under his heel,
and presumes to declare martial law
where and when he pleases. The Legis-
lature is also Republican, and is now
holding over in defiance of the Constitu-
tion. the time for which its members
were elected having expired on the 9rd
of December Us St Ifiaffie Iffihaffffie
tain the present arbitrary sway over the
people until after the Presidential elec-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
South arolina Senators in Hot Wa
ter..But Not Hurt.


Last week we spoke of the frequent
discussions and wranglings in Congress
over the Amnesty bill. Since then the
measure has come to vote in the Senate
and been again defeated. Senator Sum-
ner.s Palace Car Amendment has clogged
If To it's death. The Amendment received
majority of one vote, whereupon the
Bill itself failed.
And among the Southern Senators who
voted against Summers amendment are
both of those from South Carolina, Saw
yer and Robertson. We are glad to say
this of them. But not so with their con-
stituents in the Legislature. The latter
are in foaming rage, and on Monday
last the House of Representatives, by a
vote of 10 to 8, adopted a resolution de-
manding the resignation of Sawyer and
Robertson on account of their recreancy
to the negro race. Poor negroes Their
chosen white friends cannot and will not,
it would seem, be true to them. Sawyer
and Robertson, Republicans and philan-
thropists, having proved traitors and
Possum- Radicals, suppose they (the ne
groes) turn in now and try what virtue
there is in Possum- Democrat. AT all
events let them keep on searching for
truth and virtue among white people.
We can assure them there is mamma in
the wilderness for those who seek it dill
gently.
And in the meantime will Messrs.
Sawyer and Robertson resign as request
ed by the bloody 70? No; they will not
for a moment harbor the thought of such
thing. The negroes put them there.
And there they will stay! And we hope
they will continue to remember now
and then that they have white skins.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
Refuse To Pay Negro Debts.

The validity of negro debts was tested
before jury at Chester last week, before
Judge Thomas, in the case of a. S. Wal
lace, Trustee, vs.. C. D. Melton and n. R.
Eaves This was an action on a sealed
note dated in 1853, the consideration #
which was the purchase money of ne
gro slave. The plea OF the defendants
was failure Of consideration, and the un-
soundness of the negro was relied upon
to establish the plea. Messrs. Walker &
Brice were attorneys for the plaintiff and
Messrs. McAlilev & Brawley for the de-
PENDANTS. Mr.. McAliley made very
interesting argument to the court and
jury against the validity Of negro debts.
He took the ground that slavery was en-
tirely an institution OF force, that it did
not find its origin in the common law,
that it had no legal or moral sanction.
and that, therefore, when the force which
upheld It was overcome by other force
and the institution fell, all contracts
which owed their origin to the institu-
ton fell with it. General Walker replied
with force, impressing the jury with the
law as laid down by the Supreme Court,
and charging them that it was their duty
to be governed by that law in making up
their verdict in The case. Judge Thomas,
while expressing himself as agreeing
with the principles laid down by Mr.. Nc
ALLEY, told the jury that lie was bound by
the law as laid down by ytheSupreme Court.
and was Obliged to charge them that negro
debts were as valid as any other debts.
The jury retired, and in few minutes
brought in a verdict for the defendants,
Thc plaintiffs gave notice Of motion for
now trial.
That Chester jury deserve commenda
ton. Although the Judge instructed
them that the law regarded negro debts
"as valid as any other debts" yet the
jury knew that the people could not
afford to pay negro debts, and further
that they did not esteem the demand for
payment Just and right, and they there
fore very properly refused to give yer
diet for the plaintiff.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
THE ADVERTISER.
EdgefieId, S. c., Feb. Is, 1872.
Judge Orr Proposed for rw" High
Offices.

A communication, in the Columbia
Union. last week, recommends the nom
ination of Judge James L. Orr for Vlce
President of the United States, by the
State Republican Convention which Is 10
meet in Columbia on next Monday And
subsequently, the Phoemir has uttered the
hope that the Republican party Will put
Judge Orr in nomination for Governor
of South Carolina. The Phoenlr IS Dem
ocratic, but speaks very thoughtfully and
very sensibly on this point.
Is there any other man connected with
the Republican party whom the white
people of South Carolina could see made
Governor with any degree of resigna
ton? Is there any other man who coulo
beat Scott? If so, pray let us hear his
name and weigh him in the balance. VI
one facE however we are certaln-that
Judge Orr and all the rest of them, up
and down, are like the wise virgins, with
their lamps trimmed and their garments
tucked up round them, ready to be call
ed into the marriage feast. With TINS
difference-that while Judge Orr might
be satisfied to be master OF the feast, the
others, no matter where they sat, would
not only sweep the viands into their
stomachs, but the gold and silver vessels
into their pouches. So let US urge the
more honest Republicans to nominate
Judge Orr; for South Carolina is to-day
in the hands of such a gang of scoun-
drels it would be difficult to match IN
any part of Christendom. With thiev-
ing adventures and semi-barbarous ex-
field hands holding all her. offices, and
military terrorism prevailing over her
borders, she is spectacle to excite the
pity of all justice loving men. Rapaclty'
ignorance and despotisn are the masters
who sit in judgment upon her, and she
is as powerless in their hands as ireland
in the clutches of England or Poland in
the EN- brace Of Russia.
If Judge Orr is the only man who can
beat Scott, we hope he will not hesitate
| one second, but step promptly to the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
Stono

SOLUBLE GUANo per ton of 1000
lbs, Cash at Factory, A5,OO
DISSOLVED PHOSPHATE per ton
of 1000 lbs, Cash, at Factory, $500
On Time, till 1st Nov. 1872, s5 per ton
additional.
The attention of Planters is again
called to the LOW PRICE of these Su-
perior Fertilizers. Every person in the
District who used them last year have al
ready ordered, with two exceptions, and
they will buy yet Col. Huiet used one
ton Soluble last year. He has already
purchased ten tons of it for his next crop.
Call on Mr.. R. O. Sans, who will
represent me here in my absence, or DR..
J. M. Rushton, at Rushton's Store, or
Cartilage d Thomas, at Ridge Spring, +
P. S. Norris, Batesville, and get pam
phlets containing Certificates, and give
your orders before the Rail Roads are
blocked up, or the supply exhausted.
s. 8. TOMPKINS, ACT.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
The Furry About the Washington
Treaty.


There has been some excited talk on
both sides of the ocean (says the New
York SUM- about the Washington Treaty.
1t has sprung from the demand made
upon the British Government to pay the
damages caused by the Alabama and 9th
er Confederate cruisers; and the sugges-
tion,has even been made that Great Brit
ain may yet attempt to withdraw from
the treaty on account of this demand.
But this notion is absurd. Great Britain
knows when she has got the right end OF
a bargain, and she will hold on to it. The
treaty will stand, and she will take her
chance of managing the remaining nego-
tiations so that she will have to pay little
or nothing after all.
In the midst of all this noisy discus
sion, those who have hoped to find some
light cast upon what is really the strange
and surprising part of the treaty are dis
appointed. We refer, of course, to that
provision which fixes the 9th of April,
1865, as the date when the rebellion in
this country was brought to an END.
What could possibly have been the rea-
son why that day was selected and put
into the treaty? 1t was the day of Lees
surrender, it is true; but is that any rea-
son for saying that the war was ended on
that day? The truth is that 1t was not
ended until May 10, 1865, when President
johnson issued his proclamation declar-
ing the fact. During the intervening Pc
riod of thirty-.one days an enormous
amount of property claimed by British
subjects was destroyed by our forces in
the rebel States. Probably the claims
thus accruing will foot up as much as two
hundred millions of Dollars; and yet the
Washington Treaty establishes the rule
that none of these claims are to be con-
sidered as tainted or invalidated by the
existence of the rebellion. The destruc
ton of British property on which they
were based occurred while civil war was
still raging; but the treaty commits oul
| Government to the admission that there
was no war and that the property was not
destroyed in period of war, but in an
ordinary time of peace. This renders
the Government just as much responsible
for it as if it was now committed by Ma
ior-Gen. Mcdowell in this city at the
head of a regiment of soldiers, acting un
dor orders from the War Department.
Is there any one in the United States ol
in England, advocate or opponent of th'
treaty, who can cast any light upon thii
mystery? And considering the promi
nent part which notorious and convict
ed bribe taker performed in the concoc
ton of this treaty, aud especially in th'
manipulation of the American Commls
sioners, is there not reason for strong sus
picion that there is an unprecedented
sort of corruption at the bottom?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
Both houses adjourned 10 Monday.

L[:~ Dick Yates, once Governor of Hi
N" to the bad The other day he visited
!, banking house'in Springfield, Illinois,
and demanded s 0. 1t was refused him,
wnercupon he visited a saloon and asked
or drink of whisky. The bartender
told him he had none, whereupon he
grew SO violent that he was put out by
force. Natural result Of Radicalism.
...ts In an important breach of marri-
age suit just decided i'll New York, Miss
Fowler got $1,000 from MIR. Martin for
aer damaged affections. This will, we
presume, be the current compensation
ior such goods hereafter Rather over
valued we think. but then if the men
Will indulge in the luxury OF bogus
courting, they know the cost beforehand,
anI 90 III With eyes open.
This country is the only one that
taxos matches, and it is the only one that
cannoJ be matched for taxes.
S Mrs Laura Fair, the California
murdcrcSS, Is not dead as reported some
t.lne since, but has been granted new
trial by the supreme Court of that State,
OH the ground that the court erred in not
allowing counsel tor the defence the
closing argument, and in permitting evil
deuce TO be taken of her former bad
character for chastity.
aa, Six western bound trains on the
10th, at Rawlings station, twenty-five
days from Omaha. The passengers lived
on crackers and cheese. An Indignation
meeting was held. Snow closed in be-
hind the passing trains.
ess- A contemporary says: "Those Re
publicans who oppose civil service re-
form thereby admit that the appointment
of competent and honest men to office
. thoii party organization"
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
The Duty of the General Asse

The Duty of the General Assembly.
The third Section of the eighth Arti-
Gle of the State Constitution reads as fol-
lows:
"A shall be The. duty of the General
Assembly to prouide from time TO tin'e,
for the registration Of all electors"
The eighth Article of the Constitution
OF this States provides for the ways and
circumstances under which the right OF
suffrage shall be exercised The third Sec
ton lays down distinct proposition. 1t
makes certain duty incumbent upon the
Legislature. The Section, it will be seen,
is mandatory in its character It does
not say that the General Assembly may
do what is enjoined in the section. 1t
SAYS that the General Assembly shall
that it shall be the duty of the General
Assembly to provide from time to time
for the registration Of all electors We
submit that this duty devolves upon the
present Legislature. I'VE submit that
this Legislature will failin an act OF plain
Justice as we'll as OF constitutional duty,
if it shall fail to provide for q thorough
system of registratlop This is essentla!
This is necessary to the integrity of the
ballot. We call the attention of the Leg
lslature to section 8 of article VIII Of the
State Constitution.-Sout Carolinian.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
The New Divorce Law.

For the first time in the history OF
South Carolina we have Divorce Law,
In another column of our paper stands
this Divorce Law in full, as passed re-
Gently by the General Assembly. II
should be carefully read and understood
If we must have any Divorce Law at all,
this seems like very good one. The
cause for granting divorce must be very
serious and very clearly proved. SIN
compatibility Of temper" and the nu-
merous idle pleas of this sort, upon
which divorces are granted in many 9TH
er States, are not to be considered in tl;
South Carolina Divorce Law. So niucs
the better. We hope to see extremel.
little recourse to this law But look sharp,
married gentlemen, and stick close L.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
To the Citizens of Edgefield
and Aiken Counties.

l:HE Subscriber would respectfully
inform the general public that ne Will
make to order Cylinder and Frail Wheat
THRASHERS, FAN MILLS, COTION
PLANTERS, PLOW STOCKS, and other
Agricultural Implements and Machinery
Common FURNITURE of all kinds,
and other articles for domestic use:
Newell POSTS and BANNlSTERS 1or
Stairs, Piazzas, &C., turned.
FIGURING and Grist Mill HOOPS ana
HOPPERS, &C., ready for use.
Elevator PULLIES with Shafts at
tached, d,-BOXES, &C., complete. Solid
wood PULLIES, any size or diameter,
with ewes, Iron plated. Also, PULC1ES
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.
COTTON GINS put III thorough! good
order. if brought to tho Shop Gin Saws
Sharpened at Gin House, If preferred, at
lowest rates. -,
General Repairs done on any Agricul-
tural Implements and Machinery.
All work done promptly and at reason
BILE prices.
shop five miles below Pine House, on
! Edgefeld and Aiken Road. Post Office
address: Pine House, s: C.
N. Bon hand and for sale Cylinder
Thrashers, Fan Mills, Cotton Planters,
Plow Stocks, Spinning Wheels, Looms,
Bed Steads, Tables, DC.
Feb IA 5m
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
Not the :quaI # the Negro.

Negroes are now eligible to the Offices
of President and Vice-President OF the
United States. 1t was proposed lately,
in the Houseof Representatives, to amend
the Constitution so that Germans, Irish,
and other foreigners might enjoy the
same rights as the negroes. The amend
ment was lost by ninety-one ayes to sew
,nty-five nays-not two-thirds in its fa-
vor, which the Constitution Of the United
States requires. Those in the negative
were all Republicans.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15

ESCAPED AND REcApTURED-On last
Saturday John Shinall had difficulty
with colored man and was arrested on
charge of having committed an assault
with intent to murder. In the afternoon
he was in the custody of a constable at
the police office, but wishing change of
air he took advantage Of time when the
constable's back was turned and quietly
walked away. Later in the day police
man picked him up, and he was taken be-
fore Justice Snead, who committed him
for trial.-Ohronicle & Sentinel, 18th.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
OBITUARY.

DIED in Edgcfeld County S. c., on the
10Th Of Jan. 1872, ELIZA ANN, eldest
daughter of s. w. GARDNER, Jr. and
MoLLIE GARDNER, in the 4th year of her
age. Little ELIZA was child of extra
ordinary mental faculties, so much so,
that the kind, and skillful physician who
attended her in her last sickness, fire.
auently remarked that she was one of
the most sensible children of her age,
he had ever seen.
No words of real consolation can be
given to the heart-stricken parents. Time
alone can blunt but never erase the keen
anguish now felt for their darling child.
But each one of them can emphatically
say
"Over the river she beckons to me,
Loved one who has crossed to the further
side;
The CLEAN of her snowy robes see,
But her voice is lost in the dashing tide
There is one with ringlets of raven black
And eyes the reflection Of heavens own
blue;
She crossed in the twilight, gray and cold,
And the pale mist hid her from mortal
view.
We saw not the angels who met her there;
The gates of the city we could not see;
Over the river-over the river
My darling stands waiting to welcome
me-"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15
IIark from the Tnnmhs.

General Toombs was discussing the
merits of the late Governor Joe Brown
with pious frien' of the latter, who re
piled that when the great day shall come
Joe Brown will lead longer column
than General Toombs. "Yes," replied
the General, "and when the Judge secs
him he will say, head of the column to
the left"