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Harmony the Desideratum.

In our present polisical trouble
and in that state Of uncertainty an
uneasiness which now surrounds iis
the thing most to be desired anon:
our people is harmony, and unity .
action. They must acl together, ant
in all public affairs consalt, not IN br
halt Of Individual interests, but 10
the whole mass Of the people. Til.
great barrier to the prosperity of ou
country since the war has consister
as much in differences and selfish bick
erings amongst our people, as in pc
litical grievances. The Want OF har-
mony has brought upon us many wo.>
and entailed much.uplool d for mls
cry. 1t has.very psrceptibly opera
ted against our recuperation from tb'
sa1 results of the late war, and h.t
been in fact the cauHe OF many mis-.
fortunes that might have been ayer'4
ed. Whilst divided among them.
selves, our people can have no reason
able nope OF ever regaining their tor
nler pr sperity, or even attaining to
condition Of partial happiness. This
fact, for such it is, has never be.r
properly appreciated. Neither ha&
the truth OF 1t been actually realize Il.
f. We lay before our peoplt o-day al,
earnest plea for harmony. We arr
all suffering for waht OF it, uncon
sclousiy to some perhap>. We all
TOO selfish, anu think too little OF H..
general welfare OF the country. W.
are constant " pulling against eact
other. and allowing ourselves to dir
fer in matters OF great import, when
we should combine against the COIN
mon enemy, and work together fol
his overthrow. We must agree to sinF
Individual differences, and struggl,
land III iand Tor that most desirab,
end. the rescue OF our land from tl'
Radical piunderers and despoilers.-
Fairfield Herald.
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he size Of it, snd t.lcn took III il
leave. A few days ailerw nl The
same committee me back with a
ila4mii io-a, hat, the rr",|uction oi
-li- best wrrkmeA in the shop, aud
'mr1ing 1t Oh the philosopher, head
rs lie sat AZ. lis desk, asl:,,l him low
lie liked it. Alr. Greeley looked ii
himself in tie glas looke!l at the
hat, ant' declared it the best hat hn
had ever wol1l and now, SAT-! h..
" Gentlemen, what's your prre II
this lat 20 Tie 'mmiltee sad Il y
didn't intend to charge him anything
for the hat, that it was intended i,s 81
slight token Of their (. latitude lor hi
services in their cause " cant ac-
cept the hat" said Mr.. Gree cy, turn
i"g to his desk, unless | puy .or it,
W hat did did for principle, aud not
for presents. If you will tell me how
much money the hat is worth, l would
like to take it, for l like the hat f; but
if YOU don't do that, y5u can take it
away with you again Cornered
thus, the committee had no.option but
to name price Tor the hat, Which
they fixed at eighr dollars. Mr.. Gree
ley bought The hat at that price. with
evident satisfaction, and wore it for
sey eral years afterwards.
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Horace Greeley as a Present.
Taker.

Perhaps sno circumstance could more
fittingly illustrate the difference be-
tween the character Of Mr. Greeley
and the present. incumbent Of the
White House than the following sto-
ry, the truth Of which is vouched for
by Mr.. John Sumner, a halter, doing
business in Myrtle avenue. Brooklyn,
and from whom it was received by a
reporter:
In 1851, the hatters employed by
Mr.. Genin, the Broadway halter,
struck for higher wages, and, being
refused, started an independent hat
shop Of their own. on the co operative
nriaciple. while Mr.. Geuin employed
:. number Of men called "scabs" by
the tradesmen to FIJI their places. An
article appeared in the Tribune ell
dorsing the cau-e Of the men who
struck, and OH the following day
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-13

Ian.i, in Tie year i7o7, and lad COLI
pleicd his serenty-Glth Year when he
died. Alter leaving his native coun-
! Try, in ISL, lie first ianC;cd in Can
ala, which he was :oon forced 10
I'leave Oil account cl lnipalre,! health
caused by the extreme risor Of that
climate, and llol thence ca!ne to
Charleston aboat tic close ii tie
ye;,r 1929, and, en1cringihe selninary
OF Bishop England, i'll this c'iy, lin,
ished his ecclt,lastlc;,i coulse, and
was, i'll 1881, ordained by me distin-
guished preiaie wLo has prepared
and perfected hun Ior the priesthood.
His first mission was to Columbus,
Georgia, which was then included in
this diocese; from thence he was
transferred to Columbia and Edge
field, South Carolina, where for years
he discharged the duties OF pastor;
In this latter mission'he was engaged
and faithfully, served until war be-
came. fagra2t in 1862. 1t was while
he was in chal5, Of this mission that
he erected the beautiful granite church
which now adorns IL' village OF
Edgefeld, raised at cost of over
$4,000, which he gathered together
in small sums from his friends in ev-
cry part of the country. His deter
mination in prosecuting this. work
was indomitable, and his zeal and en-
ergy were only equaled by the sue
cess which crowned his undertaking.
In this, and other works Of charity,
he was occupied during the whole o
his active life.
At the close of the war, upon his
yeturn to Charleston, he was appoint.
ed by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Lynch,
ar-General If the Diocese OF South
Carolina, and this dignity, with which
be was then invested, he retained to
the Gay of his death. The last two
years Qf his life he chiefly devoted
outside "t the charge of his spiritual
duties-to the erection Of worthy
edifce of Catholic worship, on sulli-
vans Island, suitable to the growing
population and Importance OF this
S aside summer resort.
Father Birmingham was widely
known throughout the State, and
some of his best friends and advisers
were members Of the Protestant re-
ligion. He was an energeticand use
ful citizen, giving encouragement by
word and act to every mea,ure insti-
tnted for the public goodor public
Improvement. He was thoroughly
naturalized in all his affections and
his devotion to the State ami people
who sustained him throughout forty
years of his life. In :'arting with
him, the Jealous pastor the devoted
Vicar, the benefactor d,the poor and
tn religious, the goodcitizenI, we can
only Ibid fair peae to his sable
xhroud, and say hal farewell =
Charleston Courier, Al.
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! - ;,lu la 49, -t= 10 ~! i.t 'itt'
What their nset... are sc all know
ari ,,,uw mu' h IS: ,rn laeir mean
niyr"atl t.,,ut .tlon >. princlp'- =
II V nlv.4, ilty. 81. III n vote, and
ali women are ;.'p',rcully likely to
although wish 1t understood iii.
not endorsing the movement. Edu.
cation is Il, necessary as police vl
oldiers. Government shoul.l no;
merely be ;he means OF kee; ing OH,
ma. hand out Of another man
nocket-it sometimes does not sur
teed in that-its aims. should b.
l..rger; should rath put means into
ems pockets. Government should.
be Il iatEerly, benefcent protector OF
the pc pie. think, VITA Hamilt' /
and De Witt Clinton, that the duty
IT government should not be merely
to reinforce the hangpah and thief
taker. Honor everything that honors
intelligence. Colleges. are the great
fountains from which spring an edu
led people. Education is the suppor'
Of a journalism which is not lh'
echo Of courts and cabinets, no fos-
cred by official rst .onage. A" illit
er<t,. people could not support our
institutions. Those are founded il.
the school-ro IN When that fails
INTO dsreprte, despotism is not f'i
IF Honor 10 everything that dltfuse
intelligence honor to everything that
disse inmates education. Honor then:
us foundations Of free institutions and
the life Of a free people.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-13

A DEAD M1sEn "A Mr.. Gllchrist,
who lives near Como Mississippi,
luckily fell into a fortune lately IN a
romantic sort of way. His windfall /,
however, may be legally claimed from
him by the heirs Of one Satterwhite.
The old SaHerwhite, who was miser
and died in ! lunatic asylum, lived in
a log ahanty which formed the kitch-
en to Mr.. Glchrist's house. 1t was
built forty years ago, and occupied
by Satterwhite, and. it is said by
some of The cd citizens who remem-
Der him, thatiiwas one Of the idiosyn-
cracies of his constitution to conceal
his money by hiding it abont the
walls OF: in the cracks or other out Of
the way places, and that in 1916 he
became so mucl deranged that his
friends carried him back to South
Carolina, and that they believed
there was a large sum Of money con-
cealed abont tLv premises, with val.:
uable papers, bJ Satternhlte, as a
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much advance will be made towards
re-establishing it by enabling the

much advance Will De maue IoWarus
re,establishing it by enabling the
people to pass upon questions 50 near
fy affecting their we'll being. dispas-
sionately through their local repre-
sentation. The precipitancy which
would force controlling declaration
on tax or tariff through a Presiden-
tial candidacy in only disguised
form of Capitalization, involving haz-
ardous reaches of executive influence.
The conclusion will be- much more
impartially determined, and with less
disturbances to trade and finance by
appealing to the most truthful and
diversified local expression. Indus
trial issues can be THIS likewise email
|.cipated from the power Of great mo-
nopolies, each canvass made to deter
mine its own specific instructions, and
each representative held to fidelity
toward his Immediate constituents.
These are the most prominent tea-
lures of that general concert of ac-
ton which proposes to replace the
present Administrator by one more
in sympathy with the aspirations OF
the masses of our contrymen. VI
course such concert cannot be abtaln-
ed BY thrusting our minor past ar
terences into the foreground, and it
will be for the people to determine
whether these objects are of such
magnitude and present urgency as to,
Justify them in deferrng other adj
justments until the country shall be
first restored to a free suffrage, unin-
Auenced by official dictation, and ours
become in fact a free republic, releas.
ed from apprehension Ol central
domination. Without referring in
detail to the various other pr'posl-
tions embraced in the resolutions
of the Convention, but seeing how
these all contemplate restoration oi
the power to the people, peace to tn"
nation, purity to the Government,
that they condemn the attempt to
establish an ascendancy Of military
over civil rule, and affirm with ex-
plicitness the maintenance Of equal
freedom to all citizens irrespective OF
race, previous condition or pending
disabilities, l have only to pledge
again my sincere cooperation.
Yours. 3. CRATE BRowN.
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The Right Kind Of Talk.

Ex-senator Buckalew, in his speech
accepting the nomination for COVER
nor of Pennsylvania, said
My ideas OF the. duties of the gov
ernor Of the Commonwealth are,
SUPPOSE somewhat peculiar. My ides
is that he is.a magistrate, as he il
called that in his high, his mpor.
tant office, / mean in the actual dis.
charge of his duties, he is not ta
know that part, elected him. lie
is to be the magistrate of the entire
people OF the Commonwealth. He
IS not to let loose criminal from
your penitentlaries because political
tavorites demand his release. Gen
llemen, believe there is a dispo>i-
tion at this time in our own Com
monwealth to get little beyond
and outside OF that circle Of intense
party passion which ragged over this
country during the war and during
the first years after the conclusion OF
the war. Our people are beginning
to understand that there are many
matters, and those OF the greatest
significance, upon; which gentlemen
OF intelligence and liberal opinion
can heartily unite to subssrve and
promote those purposes for which po-
litlcal society was organized. Now
III view OF the general disposition to
have reform introduced into your
State and Into our national govern
ment, we are entitled, when. we set
up candidates for whom and around
whom public confidence CAN gather,
we are entitled to appeal to men Of
all parties and shades of opinion to
go with us, and to establish a new
departure which shall be one Of puri-
ty, energy, taithiulness, integrity and
justice Ill government.
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Four Boys Drpwned.
From the ecireenviil} Enterprise.
BRusHY CREEK, June l, 1872.

..Mr. Edito-Dec~ &:; An aoci.
dent occurred on last Thursday even.
ing, atMr. Johnson's Mills, on Brushy
Creek, e, ten miles west O GreenvilIe
in Anderson County, Of the most Sc
riious and fatal character
Four little boys returning home
from. school, went into tne mill poud
bathing, and were all drowned There
was no person present t. direct, as
siist or save them. The parents were
first alarmed by their nt returning
home at the usual hour and follow
ing the path to the saoQ house,
their books and ciothingwere found
at the foot-log over the sream. The
w water ter was Immediately drawn off,
and the lifeless remainsof the four
little boys were found, within a few
feet each other, in .th bottom of
the stream. Two wereih he sons of
Mr.. Joel Ellison. one tn son of Mr..
.'rhos. Couch, and one tn son of Mr..
Sidney Couch. These fmilies live
close to each other, an. The little
boys were on the best trms, going
to school and returning tgether.
Thus, in m?ment. as.these par
ents bereaved and overwhelmed with
sorrow. Mr.. Sidney Coch has lost
his only son, little slightly boy
of eight summers, who as his faith
er's staff and guide foihe it was
who directed his fathcs f otsteps
and lead him by the Ind in his
blindness. The two lille Ellison
boys and Thos. Couch's sn, were in
attendance at Sabbath Saool, at St.
Paul's, on last Sunday. We little
thought then that they Hre SO soon
to be taken away from ounnidst to a
happier and better world.
"Sufer little children, md forbid
them not, to come unto n; fer oil
such is the kingdom OF lesen.'
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LOYAL REGRETS. -Sumuel S recent
bruadslde poured into General & ant
has occasioned much lam-ntation at
the uniur unate alirnatiun between
the two worthes 4 prominent Unit
ed States >enator, friendly to Grant,
pronounced the making sumner his
enemy most unnecessary and un-
fortunate event. A promil'ht Re-
publican paper declares that "it had
been better for President Grant If he
had not quarreled with Sumner. 1t
had been infinitely wiser if be had
chosen ano her man for IN eLemv.
Very true. He would have b en-
wiser have kept Butler hi enemy,
and Sumner his friend. But it has
gone too far. He must submit to the
injury he sustains on one hand by the
friendship Of the man whom the world
proncunces thief, and to the morti-
ticatlon and damage inhic I'd upon
the other by the enr .ged enthusiast
OF Ma sacllusetts. 1t is too late to
attempt to shuttle off Butler, and
Sumner has &. ne too far Oft ever to
be concili,ted. The plight Of the
good man, as the Richmond JVhig
calls him, - pitiable.
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Greeley and Br6WH-- -LeIer ffem
Gen. Beaurcgarl
New ORLEANS, Nav g. 1872.

New ORLEANS, May 9, 1872,
To THE EDITOR OF TIE New Or
LEANS TINES: l am nfomed that
many Of my friends wee dsappoint-
ell at not obtaining a resone to their
call for my views relate b the sub
ject under consideration at tile great
m eting of the peop' al the st.
Charles Theatre, on thi2dh instant.
especially when I wa ole OF the
signers OF the call for hat meeting,
and had been selected S one OF the
Vice Presidents on tili occasion. I
did not respond for Nv reasons-in
the first place, able or,ors had been
selected to address the meeting, and
they were entitled to 4. h"or: ser'
ordl,. not hoin'r nnlr en"gl.., !
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Is Ul uu4 ii.o;ii,ii.,.'... "- "t'i".~ ..
TIE state OF country, ,vry patriot
shoald s,cp to the from nd as>l'me
the individual respons 9ity which
belongs to a proper EHIi,ood. We
have reached, | think, n Of these
critical periods Of onr lstory whcn
we Shout. = hang out OF b;tliner* on
the outer wall. We areow fSreat-
er danger OF losing ourieeries and
the lirlle that is left obnr rr' i Ierty
than in the fatal year 1868. We
aad then hope to guile alld chee:
US along tie dreaEy pa We had 1s.
fore us; but now all slarkness and
gloom above the boron, and We
should he careful i'll tLGho!ce If IN
pilots who are to take 5 to a port oil
safety ; they should be'ell acqaaint
ed with the bars aa iuicksands
which lay on our cours
l proclaim it as " conviction
that the hour has strsk when the
voice of the people shll be heard,
reverberaling in loud ad clear tones,
from one end Of the Union to the
other. In times Of ntional peril, it
is our privilege, as wi as our right,
to be heard in public ,,semblies, and
no citizen should sbik that sacred
duty.
The old parties are pwerless to save
us. We must call OH all discontent-
ed eleluents and parts to unite with
us to resist the ercsachments and
oorrupting influences OF the Govern
ment under which W are livins, or,
should more prOperF say, dying"
for slow. but sure p.itlcal death is
now staring lis in tt face. What,
then, may be asked, is the remedy
that we have at haa? 1t may be
all unpleasant one. b many ol US,
but we had better aake u virtue Of
necessity and acceptlt ere 1t Oe too
late.
To me it appears plain that to in
sure SUCCESS we mus all units'under
the banner of the Constitution and
the laws" "re-unOn and reform,
honesty and universal amnesty. :.
That + banner has be d lately raised at
Cincinnati under he leadership Of
Greeley and Brown-in the past, two
Of our most earnets and dangerous
enemies, but two lso OF the purest
and most hcuest & men, who, when
they shall have sad to the country,
Let us have peae," will mean it,
and will give us pace in spite m all
opposition. For ny part, | prefer
having as friend one who has been
my open and feaiess antagonist to
one who has lran,ship on his lips,
but hatred in his leart!
In conclusion, nay ask my friends
if we are likely T. 60 amlss oy ioI'
lowing the example ol such men Us
Seymour and Blar, Democratic cam
didates for President and Vice-P Pres
ident in 1865, and OF Charles r
Adams, who woud have been very
acceptable to theL emocrats. it is said
if chosen by the Cincinnati Conyen,
ton in preference to Horace Greeley
Those gentiemer' we are 'nformed
appruve and entosse the nomination
OF Messrs. Gree.ey and Brown, and
adopt the Libe:al Republican plat
form Why shoald we be more hyper
critical than they are ? Are they
not supposed to be better Judges thar !
we are of the merits and quallfca
tions OF the candidates, who CAN OIL
should command success? Let us
then, Oury the hatehet; forget "n'
forgive, on both sides, and marrh ii
svlid phalanx to reform and victory
G. Z. BEAUR REGARD.
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q Eff HE'D SAID Ducks. During

IF lie y SAID DUCKS. --Durln(
class Getting held several year
since BY tie Metho''i ist brethren Of !
Southern vi i"ge, Brother Jones Wen
among the colored portion Of th'
congregation. Finding there an olt
man notorious for his endeavor tx
ssrve God OH the Sabbath and Sata,
thu rest OF the week, he said:
.iWei, Brother Dick, I'm glad K
'ae You here Hav n'tstole any tur
keys since | saw you list, Brother
Dick ?"
No, no. Brudder Jones, no tur
keys
"Nor any chickens, Brother Dick?'
No, no, Brudder Jones. mo chick
ens."
"Thank the Lord, Br ther' Dix
That's doing well, my brothtr!" sale
Brother Jones. leaving Brother Dick
who Immediately reli we'd his over
burdene'l conscience by'say!ng to-,
near nelghbor, with an immense sisf
of relief:
"Ef he'd a said ducks, he'd a hac
me !"-.aluance.
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portion of his money was missing;
but the matter passed off and nothing
has been said about the fact, as Sat
terwhlte died without revealing ary-
thing in connection with the lost
treasure. Last week Mr.. Gllchrist,
while tea'ing down the old kitchen,
found lu immense pile OF money u'-
der the heartll-t there is no telling
how much. John Fl. White, Of Mem
phls, is grandson Of the old miser,
and is taking steps towards'1he re-
covery ol the property.-Memphis
Appeal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-13

time like to play more pokee, yo,
come see me- But the Invitation
was not accepted, and at the prese.,
time ;bere are not 10 be found on tn,
Pacific coast any more ardent oppG
nents of Chinese emigration than tLe
young men who undertook to sbo,
poor John some new wrinkles in the
popular American game, which the.
supposed he did not understand.
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I Did This for Thee.

I gave my life for thee
NV precious blood I shed,
That thou might'st ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead;
I gave my life for thee
What hast thou done for me?
I spent long years for thee,
In WEAKNESS and woe,
That an eternity
Of Joy thou mightest know;
T spent long years for thee
Hast thou spent one for me?
NV Fathers home of light,
80 NV rainbow circled throne,
I lett for earthly night,
For wandering sad and lone;
I left it all for thee
Hast thou left aught for me?
I suffered much for thee
More than thy tongue can tell,
Of bittercst agony,
To rescue thee from hell:
I suffered much for thee
What canst thou bear for me?
And 1 have brought to thee.
Down from my home above,
Salvation full and free
My pardon and my love;
Great gifts brought to thee
What hast thou brought for me!
Oh! let thy life be given,
Thy years for him be spent
World -fetters all be riven,
And Joy with suffering blent:
Bring thou thy worthless all
Follow thy Saviour's call.
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a California paper publishes the
following:
The little card transac' ion between
All Sin and Dir. VI liam Nye, which
has gained so much cele' ri;v. "Hing
to the graphic manner in which il h'iS
been described bv Bret liarte, lnay
posslb y have been rs tua occnr-
renee. Gambling j Il p's,'oa with
the Chinese: For thousands of years
they have stu led and prac'ieed all
manner Of sinful games, and they are
adopts at all tricks by which salle-
sters clrculnvent the laws Of chance
In the Chinese quarter of Al town on
the Pacific ,lope a couple OF smart
young men recently encountered some
M"ugollaus engaged in the Mclean
game of draw poker. The boys asked
ii they could come into the game,
and received a cordial welcome. Pres
emily the innocent-looking Cinnamon
began TO swe. p IN th"ir coins at an
alarming rate. This did not meet
their views at all, SO they tried on
the simple heather two or three of
the sharpest tricks known to Amerl-
c. II gamblers. Tie Celsstials ap-
peared to be entirely oblivious to the
advantages The were taking, and
permitted them to bet on their snre
thing to the extent OF their funds,
when, on.a call, The American sharp
ets found that they were nowhere,
and had the modification ot seeing
their antagonists rake in. their stakes
with most aggrnvatlns expression OF
artless indifference. The Cinnamon
had seen through their tricks at a
glance, and beat them by methods
Vet unnaturaiz d in This country.
AS the outwitfed visitors withdrew
one Of the Cinnamon, with a smile o.
aweet simplicity, invited therl'to call
again. SAID join, "S,pose yon next
! - -r
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Very Rev. Z. Birmingham, ID. D.

At noon, yesterday, despatch was
received at the Convent OF the Sisters
OF Mercy in this city, from New York.
announcing the sad intelligence OF the
death OF this much esteemed gentle
inau and reyere,l pastor. But Il lew
days ago he yentIlred upon ms lasL
Journey, to seek recovery Of BIS fail-
ing health in more braclng atmos-
rhere; but his strength continued to
iall, and now he Is among the dead.
LIE was better and more wldel y known
', i'm - ~. - pr