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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24

In speaking of the vital Importance nee
of public education.as a means OF
perpetuating good government. the
Baltimore Sun forcibly and trnthfully
remarks ~.
/" Nations have declined when they
have arrived at a certain degree OF
wealth, but it was because intelligence
was lost in the effeteness induced by
the idleness Of wealth. 1t is true
that. at the same time, the sciences
and the arts Aourished, but that va: was
conspicuous because their cultivation
was { confined to a few. Intelligence
never was the cause OF national de-
cline, but ignorance has always been,
for the obviout fact that Ignorance is
finally controlled BY tyranny. !. t !,
ought to be the duty Of every citizen e.,
to E 20 directly to the root Of the EVIL
and. eradicate the ignorance that
scatters its POISON through the Wnole q
body polite. Ignorance Of the Ysttsslr
results either in Ignorance Or corfup-
ton Of the law-maker, and depravlty
and misyule must follow. eQnnforttuu;-
nately, questions at issue between par
ties forthe last decade have been more ~ =.
of prejudice than Of great principles
and even the intelligence Of the coplrn-
try has not always. Of lateyeass exer-
cised it's capacity in determining the
proper policy, If this prejudice has
| perverted to q large extent the
thoughtful and intelligent, how much
more SO has it controlled the igno-
rant, especially when that Ignorance
happened to be more general gesn1,e with
the : very class about whom this this
prejudice has in one and another way
had its origin. The result t has . been ,.s'
Official Ignorance, general corruption
and waste Of the hard earnings o o
the people. Thus it is that Ignorance
is public petli. .....e.,..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24

@ A Wisconsin ram lately took up
the Grant doctrine of non!flscncll1fatioh
and butted the rest Of the; flock, nesrly.
to death.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24
: CARPET Baggef3s.

Theodore Tilton in a late number
Of his paper says :'"'ss' D. 1y's9
The worst fire-eatersi the hardest
'slave-owuers, the most cruel slave
drivers, and the politicianswho made
the most trouble in the South before
the war, were northern me'r. The
most scurrilous papers printed in the
South like the Newbern Times, are
edited by No-thera adventures. Con-
sidering. these facts, in connection
with the fact thatsthe' carpet bag
governments have robbed the South
Of about two hundred million dollars,
it is wonderful that Southerners look
somewhat coldly upon an increase
of Northern immigration. Where is
the Northern community that would
welcome thepopulation Of Blackwell s
Island, and put premium upon the
immigrants of Sing Sing? Try the
broth yourself before complaining
that the Southerners stomach does not
take kindly to toad soup. =, y"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24

WEAR a SMILE" hich will you
do? smile and make others happy ,eor
be grabbed aud make everybody
around you missrlble? You can, live
among flowers md singing birds, or
in the mire surrounded BY. fogs and
frogs. The 4amouut of happiness
which you can produce is incalcula-
BILE, if you will only show smiling
face, kind heart, and speak pleas
ant words. On the other hand, by
sour looks, cross words and a fretful
disposition, you can make hundreds
unhappy almost. beyond endurance.
Which will yon DO? Wear a pleas
ant countenance 1T Joy beam in
your eye and love, gov on your fore
head There Is no. JOY SO great rs
that which springs from kind act. or
PLEASANT deed, and you may feel it at
night when YOU rest, and at morning
when you rise, and throughout the
day when about ;,your.d daily business.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24

A JOKE ON A TAIIoR.-In Boston,
many years ago, there lived Gas there
DO now. we venture to say,) two
Young fellows, rather waggish in their
ways, and who were in the habit of
patrorizing rather extensively a tailor
by the name Of Smith. Well, one
tlav, into ms shop these. two yonng
bloods strollcd. Says one of them:
"Smith, we've been makinga bet.
Now, we want you to make each Of
us, a suit Of clothes; wait till the bet
is decided, and the one that loses will
pay the whole Certainly, gentle
men; I shall be most happy to serve
you, says Smith, and forthwith their
measures were taken, and in due
time the clothes were sent home. "A
month or two passed by, and yet our
friend, the tailor, saw nothing of his
customers. One day, however, he
met them, and thinking it almost
time the bet was decided, he made
up to them and asked how their cloth
ing fitted. "0hl" excellently, says
one: by the by,Smith. our bet isn't
decided yet. I'll All T. says Smith,
"what issit ?'s4" Why, i bet that
when Bunker HiU Monument falls 1t
mill fall topard the SOUTH Bill, here,
took me up, and when the bet is de-
cided we'lfcall and .payyou that lit
tie bill" Smiths face stretched to
double its usual length, but he soon
recovered his wonted good humor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24

TIE C1vII RIeHTs Acr-DAMAeEs
REcovERED.-In the United States
Circuit Court, at Richmond, Va, on
Saturday. trial occurred under the
civil rights act, resulting in favor Of
the plaintiffs. The case was that Of
Willis Lucas and wife against the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com
.pany, who brought suit for damages
sustained by a refusal to permit them
to ride in a first class coach over the
road. Before the jury had agreed
G,non a verdict, counsel agreed upon
q com promise, paying the plaintiffs
$500, they paying all costs. I
!. TIE case je Q ,'off Sarah 3: Williams
aggainst, ,tFlh7e tlh7e ssne company for like
'fense was compromised Upon the
same terms. The amount of damages
lain ;;slsajilmed in each. case Was% $780, el
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24
.RnndS , f0Eb&ale.7.

T,HEa CHARLOTTE COLUMBIA &
II GftEffS1,I 5RATLROAD' 'C0MPA.
NYiwilTseli sioo,oO0 Of its First Mert-
gage Bonds, bearing interest at the rate
of 7 per cen cent. Der annum, at so and -ac
criiied Interest On l00Imaking the invest
orneaify 8 pef cent! PEI hnnunfi, In addi-
tiom,t 10 tho Discounts Apply toni: P.
Pegra,n. Cashier First Nat, Bank, Char
Iotfe. ClBomiIn}pht, Treasurer, or
VIM. JOHNSTON, Prest! i
Onf Q 2m Al
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24
8Wa sov sesg advertised apt oAsy

8We now see advertised hpt oHE
tS,,ano ,aon tine, BIT bacon, corn,
mules and horses, and evenyboes on
time "to pIalters!M Traders ana
merchants admit thsgroIang diPo-
sitipn to do aMsortsq bagineFs so1 1
time" asto .psastsers, ,'sand 90 they afia
on a price for interest and rlsk. ,Nel ana
advertise their goods accordingly.
Even Life Insurance agents have oeen u
known to issue insurance "on tune
10. planters, land. take 9. hsR. !eR
ing gSs2e Ss9ess can Be no thrift, noE la any ao-
4 cnmulation Of means, no be betiear1lnag
ones condition from year t., t. Il ysT[ ot Z.
while this practice prevails, VOL, Z
INC can ever rb BE- saved, while one ne. can
sre spend ID Il before iit is made: egsd1t sa1
must be forsaken By planters, ;aT Sr aToh, p
ished BY dealers, saoSttle 60 thset y S1a.a - q
Ionger be resorted to- asa ,,Intst means s, q
1y1is 1;v;Sa Every man an should be be com: com:
l,sr nejIed to I've I've on his own w produce
snd % syery ~ one to build up his own
lnyss p,r farmers on a safe footing, and
@ oaging yearly in means and reaour- 9,
Sc ~ efaithfal. tillers' of the soil in
a every land and age have done. !;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24

The song of the SDecanter.
There was an
old decanter, land It's
mouth was gaping wide; 4
the ruby wine had ebbed ~
away and left its crys-
tai side land thes I
wind{went
humming,
humming;
up and
down the
sides it flew, and
through the reed-like
hollow neck tho widest ,.-...z...
notes it blew I.
placed it in the ~
window
where the
blast was
blowing
free, and IS.
fancied 4fy;
that it's
pale mouth sang
the uueerest strains ~
to me: "They tell me, ~
puny conquerors!
that Plague has slain his ~
ten, and war his hundred
thousands of theyery best OF
men; but I"-'twas thus the !,
bottlespoke-"Bu have con-
quered more than all your famous
conqperors, so feared and famed OF .,
yore. Then to me, you youths ana
niaideas, come drink from out my cup
the beverage that dulls the brain and
burns the spirits :p, and putst shameth tn
conquerors thatslay their scores below;nl
this has deluged millions with the lavatid'
of. woe. Though in the path of hattie
darkest waves of blood may roll, yet
while killedthe body | have damned
the very soul The cholera, the :
sword, never wrought such rulnas ;. =
I, in mirth or malice, on the In
nocent have brought. And still
I, breathe uponthem, and they shriak TX
before my breath and year by year me
thousands tread this dismal ROAD 70 aeasn'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-24

/, i He above isl first-class FL. FLAT IT TOP
STOVE, and guaranteed q be one of Il the
best Bakers eyer sold. The gq tl heqt passes paae's
all round the oven. It also has 2 patent pt?a
Chilled Iron Fire Back, that fp lasts ts as long
as five common G l ones. Every one war
ranted. Sold as low as any ordinary
stove. ,l4t,,r,,u..oot
Sept. a5;d d 9Ia3m 40
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-03-22

diyiduals longed and labored for Italian
unity. the one aimed 10 inaugurate re-
nublic. the other labored to extend his
kingdom. Thus while they labored to ac-
complish the same purpose they were in
spired by different motives and adopted
widely varient measures. MazZini was an
agitator and revolutionist. He was innoc-
ulated with the liberal spirit ofthe age and for
more than four decades had thrown his
great mind into every attempt to overturn
existing governments, both in his native
country or elsewhere in Europe. He was
not fanatic but n bold conspirator. He
could not only destroy but could recon-
struct, aiming TO build better fabric on
the ruins of the old. He was far above the
level of the political fanatic, because the
loftiness Of his principles and his noble de-
votion to them raised him to that position,
as was wonderfully exemplifed in his
leadership of republican Rome after the
revolution of 1s4s. lie protected and pre-
served all old religious forms in opposition
TO the more radical of his adherents. He
had but little period before his death,
refused TO join the present International
Society, or to countenance its doctrines.
He was one of the great agitators of modern
times, great in power and noble in heart.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-03-22

BEECHER ON GRANT.-Now, not seeking
to justify every neglect, or every perfor
nance, but applying to the republican par
ty those allowances and those tests which
just men apply to all human actions, we
firmly believe that, under General Grants
administration, the Republican party has
conducted the country through period of
resettlement almost as perplexing as was
the period of war, and with n discretion
and success, which are not unworthy of the
reputation achieved by it in the stormy
days of civil commissions. During this pc
riod General Grant has neither Jagged be-
hind nor run ahead of the Republican par
ty. fine has not proved brilliant, he has
established reputation for safety. For
his place there is no man before the public
who would not be an experiment. Grant
has been tried, his weaknesses and his
good qualities are known. Experience is
healing the one and developing the other.
His fidelity to the known wishes of the
party is unquestionable. What correction
of abuses comes to be demanded will be a.
cbieved. II is the force of public opinion
outside of the government which fills its
sails, and gives it power to move. We do
not deprecate the criticism of able journals.
Just as fast as they can raise the tone of
public sentiment in the community, they
will secure the execution of that sentiment
by the administration.
In short, the Republican party, in our
jud cement, represents ideas and policies
indispensable to the growth Of justice and
liberty in this great commonwealth. 1t
was never more fitted to carry out the best
thoughts of our wisest men. And in look
ing about for leader in the coming cam
paign, we know of no one so likely to Sc
cure success as the man who in his militia
ry life, however slow or cumbrous in his
methods, seems TO have invariably come
out victorious in the end. This has been
called good luck. The men who habitual-
ly have good luck are the very men we
want. christian Union.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-03-22
JOSEPH .M.sZzE.vI THE ITALIAN
.4GIT.4TOR.

The King of Italy has lost foe, and the
people friend, in the death of the great
revolutionist Mazzini. A brief history of
his life may he interesting to our readers.
Joseph Mazzini was born in Geneva, on
the 2sth of June, 1908, and was "a years old
ut his death, which occurred at Pisa. He
has never been Of robust health, but his
ambitious spirit was not restrained by dis
ease nor did pain prevent his leading life
of remarkable activity and adventure. He
was engaged in many armed insure ;tions,
beside plots which he plannd for others.
lie passed but small portion of his man
hood life in Italy. But voluntary or ban
ished absence did not drive from his heart
a love for his native country. Whether he
wandered in France, or was exiled In
Switzerland, his thoughts turned toward
Italy, with a constant effort for her liberia
ton and unity. Before his death he saw
her united, but not free, and while he re-
ioiced in this partial attainment, he would
not associate with the .reigning govern
ment, for the reason that 1t did not come
up to his ideal of liberty and unity.
His death removes n powerful opponent
of Victor Enamel, while both Of these in
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-03-22
NEWS ITEMS.

The next royal visitor is announced as
Prince Frederick Charles OF Prussia.
Minnesota has put nearly two-thrds of
her available acres into fax this year.
One of the victims of the Revere Rail
road disaster near Boston, has been award
ed S25, 800 damages.
Hon. William ii. Seward has promised
to deliver the Grafton at the Inauguration
of the Lincoln Monument, in Springfield
ILL.,, next summer.
Henry NJ. Burt of the n. T.. Homestead
is about TO start "a new evening paper at
Springfield. We wish him success.
Mrs. Smock, daughter of the revolu-
tionary Gen. Stark, now in her 63d year,
lives near Claysville, O.
Elephants are no longer game in India.
They are of so mnch use that the govern
ment has interlered to prevent them from
extinction. -
"A party of Swiss engineers are about to
construct a railway to the summit Of Mount
Vesuvius similar to that at Mount Wash
ington.
The English Parliament is now consid-
ering bill for the better protection of in
FAINT life, destined to strike fatal blow at
the outrageous system OF baby farming.
IS. NJ. Hewlett, the well known temper
ance lecturer, died suddenly in Meriden,
Conn.,, Monday morning. His remains
were taken to his home in Civington, New
Jersey.
The various legends and traditions
which John q. SAKE has from time to time
narrated in his pleasant verse, for the Led
ger, and other papers, are collected and
will be shortly published by Osgood Il Co.
Twenty-Five Of the girls employed at
the cotton factory, in Nashville, Tennessee,
we're poisoned with verdigris, by drinking
tea from a pewter pot at a boarding house
on Thursday. All but three are now out
of danger.
The Boston, Hartford and Erie Rail
road, and the Norwich and New York
Transportation Company, have leased to
the Vermont Central railroad for about
$4,000 per month, the wharves and depot
of the New London Northern Railroad, at
New London, with abe right to run trains
over the road.
The boiler of Jones & Cornahan's soap
and candle factory at Cincinnati exploded
on Monday, killing Jacob Asthrefa aud Geo.
| lIerlingor. piece of the boiler 10 feet
long and weighing 5000 pounds, was blown
nearly half mile and killed three child
rem named Cora Cole, Alice Thornton and
Ella Forbus. The cause of the explosion
is unknown.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-03-22


THE Lowry GANG OF OUTLAws.-The
notorious band of outlaws who have for
years set at defiance the civil and military
forces of North Carolina and made them
selves terror to the community among
whom they have carried on their bold and
INSCRIPTIONS operations, number at the
present time only six three of them be-
longing TO the family which gives the infa-
nous gang its name. They are sprung
from race of robbers their ancestors dur
ing the Revolution making war Indifferent
ly upon either of the contendng forces.
During the rebellion the same spirit was
manifested throughout Robson county,
which has always been their home, and the
Confederate government declared these
men to be deserters and outlaws. Since
the war they have continued hostilities,
their hand being impartially against the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-03-22
State Ne7OS.

Chester A. Arthur, the new Collector
of the port of New York, is native Of
Burlington.
A Burlington merchant who has large
mirror in his shop window, says that ten
men TO one woman look into IL in passing.
d. J. Harrington of North Adams,
Mass, and G. N. Brown Of Stamford, have
bought A. II. Potter's farm and saw mill
property at Stamford and 100 acres of spruce
lumber at Searsburg.
The Vermont Central is now using 400.
600 feet Of timber monthly in the construc-
ton of railroad cars at ST. Albans. Most of
tho open fat-bottomed cars are made of
chestnut timber, which is brought from
Connecticut.
George wilkins of Stowe, who present.
ed a copy of Webster's unabridged die
tionary TO each Of the schools in that town,
last year, has recently presented each school
with terrestrial globe and ono OF White
hairs astronomical planispheres, with
suitable books and guides for their use.
Mrs. Polly Cole of South Wallingford
committed suicide by taking arsenic, last
week. She had been living with her son.
but he recently changed his residence and
left his mother in the house by herself.
The overseer OF the poor called upon her to
see about taking her to the poor house, but
she prefe rred to die.
"A. NJ. Shaw of Lebanon, n. H.. has
been appointed chief engineer of the Yer
mont Central line of railroads, and will re-
lieve General Superintendent Merrill of a
portion of his labor. The heads of the de-
partments of engineering, OF tracks and
bridges, ETC., on the several roads leased to
the Vermont Central will retain their pre-
sent positions.
The next Vermont Annual Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church is t. be
holden at Chelsea, April Sd. Bishop Ames,
of Baltimore, Md, is to preside. For the
first time, lay delegates are to be chosen,
to elect delegates to the ensuing General
Conference. For this purpose one delegate
is TO be sent from each station.
The good Samaritan Temperance So
ciety al Winooski has now been in exis-
tcnce one year. During that time six humid
red and fifty have signed the pledge and
become members, twenty-five have been
cut off, two have died and some have moved
away, leaving over six hundred as the ac-
tual membership. The condition of the
society is hopeful, and its good results are
manifest.
Tit for tat: Dir. Robinson, who is pro-
nounced a highly respectable citizen of Is
land Pond, was recently arrested, brought
before Mason, highly respectable magis-
trate, and fined. Soon afterwards Mason
went to Canada, came home drunk, was
brought before Robinson, who is also a
magistrate, and the compliment of a fine
was returned. The Lyndon Union tells the
story
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-03-22
uO.v. RODNEY. y. .u.sRsH.

Hon. Rodney V, Marsh OF Brandon,
whose death we announced last week, was
Il prominent anti-slavery man, and during
the troubles in Kansas, in 1856, he then Il
member of the legislature, presented re-
port as chairman of special committee on
the subject, reviewing the whole question
OF the Missouri compromise, and the Kan
sas controversy, expressing the opinion
''that the people of Vermont now in Kan
sas or on their way there, are citizens Of
this State and are entitled to our protec-
tion," and reporting from the committee
bill entitled IAN act for the relief of the
citizens of Vermont without this State, and
of the suffering poor of Kansas" This
was dismissed, but was reconsidered and
substitute was adopted, appropriating S.
600 for the relief of the sufferers in Kansas.
AT the session of 1857 he was chairman of
the Special Committee on so much of the
Governors message as related to slavery,
and the decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States in the case of bred Scott,
and presented and advocated the celebrat-
ed petition of Solomon Foot and others,
praying the Legislature TO take steps for
the adoption of further declaratory or ex-
planatory articles to the Constitution of the
United States, which shall give all an in
disputable claim TO justice. He participat-
ed largely in the discussions of this ses-
sion. At the extra session of the same
year, for rebuilding OF the State House, he
persistently and consistently opposed the
location at Montpelier.
At the session of 1855, Mr.. Marsh was
chairman of the committee on elections,
and of special committee on the bred
Scott decision. From this committee Mr..
Marsh presented an elaborate report, with
bill 10 ''secure freedom 70 all persons with
in this State" This was the personal
Liberty BILL" which was declared by
commission of jurists unconstitutional,
and was repealed in 1861.
Mr.. Marsh was originally wing, but
early attached himself to the free soil par
ty, and at the formation of the Republican
party entered its ranks.