Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-09-04

eT An old farmer Mt Harrisburg, Pa f,
has wagon piled with lumber standing
in his shed which has stood in tile same
position for sixty-one years. He.was
engaged to bc married and was building
home for his briGe, but, on his return
from III expedition to buy lumber, fund
a rival had married his lady lnvb. He
thereon made Il VOW that his wagon, Laden
as it was with lumber, should stand jus:
as il was for all time.
~. The Hon James p. Holc"mbr, OF
Virginia, died at Capon Springs "n The
morning of the 22d inst Tie waSa m"m-
bcror tie Confederate Congress, and was
regarded by all as the ablcst orator in
that assemhl.ge of Southern talent. lie
was sent by President Davis ON Il secret
mission To Canada, and accom- lI!iSlicd all
that could hnve been done l'y any man
under the most favorable circumstances.
Since the war he has devoted hinSri! t"
teaching.
ci.. A mulatt0 soldier connected with
II company of L. =. niat-ers Stationed nj
San Antonio do BcXar, Texas, lately IN
dertook to write insulting lMnguagG 20 Il
daughter of Capt, Tuhin, proprietor OF
the Vance House. And Capt Tnhin got
the darlIey into hack, took linn 10 tho
country, tied him toa tree. and !a']Ied
him. Whereupon the other darkcys
broke out into insurrectinn, which was
only prevented from. being s;p,guinary
one, by the promptacion of Gen. Angur
ny A county convention In Iowa
adopted this strong and somewhat sweep
ing platform recently: " Whereas, We
believe that when man steals hn is Il
thief; and Whereas, a majority of the
politicians of both parties steal; there
fore, ReyOlped, That we are tired OF he
ing plunderod; that it is good time for
thieves to stand from under.
yes- The Augusta Factory Goods have
all been reduced in price half cent per
yard. We now quote IA at l:c.; at
IO!c.; I at s!c.; and drills at l2sc,
zs- The colorod Republicans of Ohio
are dissatisfied with their share in the.
ilonors of the party, and have issued a
call for convention, in which ther re-
cite thair grievances. They say that a
sufficiently comprehensive civil rights
bill does not exist; that they do not re-
cciye, as they ought, the same treatment
as white men from public Institutions
and common carriers; that the right OF
voting ought TO carry with it the right Of
being voted for These and many other
things they were 10 discuss alta public
meeting nj Chillicothe, OH ilfr Ni4l,; but
of course their petitions and demands
for Office in Yanlleedom will prove una
vailing. Up there they think it the great
est Kindness and cundcsrcnsloh L" allow
the negro to vote, but fairly h""t at the
idea OF placing the negro in Office
~ * vicksburg Miss ie'"r says
that Senator Ames will be nominated ior
Governor in spite of the strong opp"si-
ton, and that negroes will bc selected as
candidates lor Lieutenant Governor Sec
retary OF State, and Superintendent OF
Education. ~ "colorcd superintendent
of Education" will be the essence lli' Of
richness. ..,.,,
~ Anything which loyal organ
may say of tho Administration cannot
for moment be suspected OF ilnperti-
nence. The following paragraph trom
the Ohio State Journal is, therefore,
copied without fear Of censure: while
Congressman are- being denounced for
completely in the back-pay grab; the
Chaplain of the United States Sen
ate should be -affectionatcly borne
in mind. He is travelling abroad "ins
specting Consulates" on gold salary
Of SO day, and drawing meanwhile his
salary of 1900 for imaginary services as,
chaplain. If. this Is not useless cxpen-
diture of public money, what is 2"