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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-05-29
De s;Iiiss *, Z s9SI;!Sf
i:reYiiieS and levilieS.

ne-" x good square meal. $l per-
feet gorge, 81 80" tSign in Michisan.l
+ It * rather cool in u San Fr:,ncisco
psper to advise Young man to &c
West"
A~ A Young husband handed lTis wife
L dozen buttons, t,eethof day, and asked
iH'r te put u shirt to them.
ne- A t;liiiess calf was born in War
rea County, Indiana, last week, who is
enjoying life now-hut wait until fly
time.
r=s- A family in Vermont, for several
weeks block ed up with SNOW, have lost
the uln of days and have been observing
Monday for the Sabbath.
~ Here is a sample of the way an
American local tells thata young Erench-
Aan killed his father: " ~ young man
was recently sentenced to be executed in
IEhuaee for excmpting himself from mill
ia " service by becoming the SON of
widow
ar,ett Albany damsel asked one of
her fcllow-boarders, u stylish dry goods
clerk, at the breakfast table, "wIiy IS
your mustsehe IKE my back hair o. He
bnshinyly' gave It up. The answer
caused him ~ hlash still more: BE
cause it is all down." .,....
Is- While Texas man was trying to
anchor his mule to a stake. recently, the
-aItHraf fmaraged-to get the rope around
.tae mans neck and then ran away at tire
b p of his speed. The widow wants to
eselF the innle.i j l!|ili!/iy
@B- News was sent to Mr.. Barnum,
written on the back of a card, by the
elephant trainer. and read as follawss:,
~ Ms. Barndm eae ofathe elifants is ded::
Ie dyed uf eAfarnlation.
ss- Old John Robinson admits news.
boys free to his circus. .Hesfnds about a
thousand "newsboysT in every little
Village, ;md1,e thinks that the press is
getting to be t. biggest thing in the.
world. &
'es- A Cleveland court Is frittering
away its time ever the ownewhip OF n
grittdfet =.
The "Fat Contributor" and his
wife. don't live happy together, he says,
fbecause. she wont let him spank the
fchiidren with the thick end Of the shin
gle. 80
es- A Gentlomah in Worcester, lass
who locked his combination safe on the
word "bean," WAS surp4sed- When he
gave his clerk tife word, that he was una
bic to unlock it. But finally II was'tiis-
covered that the clerk habitually spelled
the word "bene.''
CAV! how duth you like My
-iiGi III GGiS;fac6e, MISS Ls1raS Gsped q dahdy'
to s hle,ty girl. ;!Atoh,l Ecsy:1npsh. 1t
lo6ks<Iiks tiie fuf-o1 the baskiofl aicater-
pillar" :,
gr a Southern paper says, that Barto
ceautyl,as turaed eetseighteen niinis-
ters sinceShe war. 1t dosen't state what
they were turned out for.
.1o-A man iH Michigan has founchil-
drsn all named ditte-but that is his
name also.
!, ,axeA. pan up prtoyps calls hpsself an
Fsintesaihaf taxidersnfsl. Z" ne sssis sau-
! sases.s II
~ a man in Pittsburg, Pa, who
copmitted suicide, is advertised. for
Identification as follows. ," Deceased has
"a moustache, FIVE feet seven inches long.
sa,- A young clerk in Dubuque fan
oy store who had beeh requested by a
lady SSdsssiisszaio sssud 'ls5nsasspooboi
thread which shes hase eaugehwed, hired
ban express wagon in which he placed the
spool, and4se drove TO the .laay,s resi-
deneS, where He deposited the spool In
the han, endwise, IKE barred. ~ &.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-05-29
Insurance Notice.


HE Undersigned having established his office Edgfed General
Agent for the Cetaon States Life Insurance company,
invites attention the advantages offered those who may
their lives safe Home Company
Managers meeting passed UNANIMOUSLY the o
Lowing Resolution: ;, s.....
PsoSee of the fact that there unusually large sums
sums being there invested contribute the enrichment those sections
whilst our greatly nee Of cash capital 10 prosecute success
v our Mechanical enterprises Is ordered that tor
the purpose retaining midst hereafter certain pro-
receipts from premiums, amounting to not more than
such be IN accord
a the regulations hempany those sections from which the
sai' preunS 3gnad, are ''''"eu WM B. JOHNSON Prsst
GEORGE S. OBEAR, Sec1y -
has been regularly organised Eagfed H. Co. with the following
Officers viz: tie" .43 - - - .s-e5 - - '' 7"
Mai w. T. GARY, President Hr Hte- - ,.ii
Capt. B. G. BRYAN Vice President. ~sa~' u.
R. Q. SANS, ESQ. Secretary. .-e. -, - -
Board Is now prepared business and invest the funds of
trofhpany agreeable to the prescribed regulations
Financial strength Of the Company places high rams In last
Annual that Company besdes its large QUAR-
antee $170 every $loU Of its liability. go
M W. ABNEY, 6senerai Agent.
1,, or. - If 97'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-05-29
Jaci iof tClubs.

Cautaia Ja6k3 50 grim end dirty,
With his Modocs three and thirty,
For the troops of Upcle Sam -,
But, with Modocs thirty-three,
Dodgesaike the, ErepchmaH.s-hca, ,-.F
Shooting little slags of3cad,
All around his lava bed,
Wrapping round his rugged form
Suits of stolen uniform,
Punctuating all his talk
With the knife and tomahawk.
Begging his palefaee friends to spare
MeIneIrtees in the shape OF ha.r-.
Stock to fill his chignon store
When the battles din is DER
Trump of Indians, Captain Jack,
" Right bower" of the eut-throat" pack
Though five hundred troops surrouhu
him, -.
He will not be caught-confonla him! :
..-----&>p-'-------
49, A fellow who was "paying atten-
ton" to girl, stole down to the kitchen
where she was at work the other mern'
ing, thinking 'to see what kind OF
housekeeper she was. He got interested
as he stood behind door all unobservQd
watching the fair one at her toll, and In
the ardency of his observations he In
truded his nose into crack in the door
She inpocently shut the door suddenly
and there wGs mashed bugle. He now
wears it in sling
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-05-29

The old eagle goes off and "aut-
tereth over Ter young" and that
brings US to the second pint of our
discourse. ".She hnttereth," she
Aops her wings, like INTO as, yop taye
seen hawk just Citing ready to
pounce down upon . poor field mouse
though it amt like that neither
for the hawk Autters in wrath, but
ih ;as lsas ia lss4l asaa sRs
fluttera in love, just Ike. when .yesl
see your dear little ones. a-treading Of
the downward path, and your heart
fiutters and hutters because you're
afraiddsRd sRe goes sbo1e fthe nest
and boilers squawk-which when
yo6 kk6oiieF YOU means t6tsli em ~
"take keerST asaeEs assa1i;s5ely the b,
birds talk is not like unto our talk
and they hsas Aasx0isa, end tiaeH
unto thesaaes naf the nest, and see
theSs Sf5sa parient . Topping Of their i
vinss and cry With thsir ittls pscksd'
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20
fkr. Davis Ind the Sculptor VAL
cMtiNe.

Our gifted sculptor, Mr.. Valentine,
had host of visitors last week at his
studio, including Gen. John e.. Breck-
inrid.e and ex-Prcsident Jefferson Da-
Wis. The latter spent considerable time
On Saturday in conversation with the
artist and examining his works of art.
He WAS particularly struck with the
beauty Of statuette of General Lee,
and commended the martial bearing of
the figure. The recumbent figure of
the great Confederate General, for Lex
ington, seemed to impress him greatly,
and he pronounced it splendid work
of art-remarkable for its fidelity of
portraiture and naturalness Of position.
The Confederate ex-President standing
thoughtfully over the figure of Lee was
in itself picture for an artist. He
said it reminded him, in posture, of the
Oiu Vi uSducfS III w GSImlQ1SCcT hDDeV,
but the artist had relieved it of the
stiffness which characterizes some II
these. The fact that one of the hands
Of the dead hero Hes across his breast
while the other rests carelessly on the
hilt of his sword was commended for
the fine effects it produces. The sim
plicity Of the drapery emblematic OF the
grind simplicity of the man, did not es-
cape favorable comment. In fact, the
figure strikes every critic as represent
ing calm repose after an eventful life.
He took the measurement Of Mr.
Davis features with a view of making q
bust Of him at an early day. The dis.
tinguished subject will, however, in the
meantime give him several sittings
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20

IL foals, besides II span of horses used
for home purposes. On the eleven
farms are employed eleven superinten-
dents, ten chief threshers, nine fodder
masters, two guardians Of the medows,
in all thirty-two persons, and host Of
laborers, men and women. The wages
of labor average from one to two dollars
week in our American money.
THE FOREST CULTURE.
The forest culture SO much needed
to be utilized in America, is thus de
scribed by the correspondent: The en-
tire forest area is divided into six clas-
ses, according to De age of the trees
from l to %, from 21 to 40, from
II tes SO, from 61 to so, from 81 to 100,
ssss.S. " tslo au@s---se,.o
extent Of age permitted to the monarchs
Of the wood. Wandering through the
estate, one comes upon the immense
areas, first of felled trees, then Of
sproutlings, then of youths, theh Of
matured and finally of aged trees, with
towering trunks and spreading foliage
and Of which the German poet sings
Who, beautiful tree, has built thee up
SO hieh!"
rnE FISHERIES.
The fisheries, resembling in their
workings our own, are also described,
except that they are all under one
management. The correspondent says:
''The Wittingan fishery bureau su-
pcrintends no less than fifteen thousand
acres of lakes and ponds, producing
annually $500 hundredwcight of carp
200 hundredweight of pike and schill
or 224 tons Of the nobler sorts of fish
quantity, however, which does moi
supply the demand for Vienna"
| lie GAME.
Of the game he says ain the ycal
1871 90l6 head Of game were shot, o
Which 1913 belonged to what in dcsig
mated useful or palatable. game. Am on
the latter were 10 stays, 38 deer, 1;
fawns, ia roebucks, 36 roe, IS kids
1892 hares, 35 wood grou'e, 4 heath
cocks, 3 hazel hens, 1872 -partridges
All wild ducks, 1SG gray ducks, l
weed snipes. besides 3 fish otters,
badger, 5 foxes, II marders, 49 wea
sells, 3 eagles, So herons, 3S hawk
49, vultures, and nearly four thousan
| qE-Slher classes.g All these vast nStatt
deceive the personal supervision OF ii
Prince, who is seventy-four years
age, assisted by his heir, who has fro
his youth been thoroughly educated il
to the art of agriculture rather tn;
war.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20

The vices Of tie rich and great are
mistaken for eros, and those Of the poor
and lowly for crimes.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20
An Artist Vents his Disgust.

A young Chicago artist has been
guilty of an act for which he deserves
to be violently henpecked all the days
of his life. By dint of straining after
an original idea he has found it, and
presents it in the shape Of a Lucifer on
canvass-a Lucifer not masculine but
feminine! We are informed that her
face has a sort of diabolical beauty, that
horns surmount her chignon, and that a
split slipper projecting from under her
dress of leopard skin suggests the cloven
foot. The painting of such picture
must have been caused by terrific and
remorseless jilting of that young man.
Over five hundred millions of corsets
go to waste annually in the United
States.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20

an alteration of the law. Mr.. Glad
stone is willing-a bill for the alteration
of the Grown Private Estates act has
been prepared, and it cansr np for its
second reading in the House If Com
mons on Tuesday night.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20

To make little boys trousers last
When you make a suit of clothes for
them, finish the coat first, and by so
doing you will make the trousers last.
Il is the only way the thing can be
done.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20

A recent number of thu Suspension
Bridge Journal contains the follow
ing: I
"Two men named James MumGord
and Thomas Conroy, who have for
many years acted as guides through the
Cave OF the Winds on Goat Island, de-
termined to ascertain if .here was not
another cave under the American Fall.
They repaired to the front Of the ferry,
provided with ropes and ladders. Az
ter getting beyond this sheet of water
without much difficulty, they found it
necessary to use their boats in order.to
reach the desired locality. Mr.. G. W.
Simms, an eye witness, says the men
were out of sight for some time, ard he
gave them up for lost. They soon,
however, made their temperance, and
pronounced the new cave one Of the
worders of the world. It was pitch h-dark
in the cave, ond in one place they s:ood
between two walls Of water They we're
prevented from going further for want
of more tools and some means of light
ing the cave"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20

The Key of the Cupboard. An ab-
sent wife is thus advertised for. "Jane.
your absence will ruin all. Think of
your children, you parents, your hus-
band. Return, return; all may yet be
well. At any rate, enclose the key Of
the cupboard where the gin is.'
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1873-08-20
THE ROBESONIAN.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY,
Al
LU MB Err TON N. G..
WARD g. MCDIARMID,
PrOprictOrs.

RATES OF ADVERTISING
Alltransient advertisements must be paid
for IN ADVANCE ut the rate of $1.50 per
inch for first insertion, and IS cents for
each subsequent insertion, or by contract
as follows, payable quarterly in advance:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19

The New York Herald has been sending
out its commissioners" to interview sqhe
editors of the principal journals throughout
the country" and in its issue of the 18th
inst. presents these interviews "ss the con-
centration OF American thought upon the
proposition for giving Gen. Grant a third
term and the evils which may spring from
policy so mistaken" The Herald adds:
'These interviews show the many.sided
opinions Of many sided people, and twill
have the effect, besides, Of forcing men to
believe that there is in the Republican party
q deep laid scheme looking to Grants Sec
ond re-eleclion, and that an apathy exists
among the people which would not
make monarchy or an empire
Impossible. Indeed, Mr.. Cowardin
of the Richmond Dispatch, expressly do
clares bis satisfaction at the prospect of an
empire. In the South this feeling is per-
haps more general than in the North, for
the crushed and oppressed condition of the
Southern States under the present admins
tration makes the people Of that section snx-
ious TO be freed from the domination Of the
Republican party. With an empire estab-
lished the obliteration Of party lines would
quickly follow. In the North an empire
would not be welcomed, it is likely that
it would be acquiesced lie, the money inter-
ests OF lste years exerting great influence
against frequent political changes and in
favor of a strong, centralized government.
On all hands we see evidences of Cesar
ism, which impel us to keep up the battle
against looming despotism." Fl
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19

The quarrel of the Radical factions 10 Mas
sachussetts wakes warm. Ben Buffers re-
cent letter in defence of the salary grab has
evoked a response from Congressman Geo.
F. Hoar. Tho latter considers the proceed
ing perfectly legal, Tut says it makes rsdi-
cal change in American policy, taking the
legislator out Of the class whose reward is
chiefly the honor of rendering important
public service, and placing them on the level
of mere hireliDgs, and adds: "Woe to the
country when places in Congress shall be-
come objects of desire on account of the
money that is earned in them" The indig-
nant Hoar proceeds:
"Gen. Butler is VIGOROUSLY unfortunate
in bis Sllusion to Scripture. Mankind eX-
ecrste Judas because he betrayed the conf
dence of bis master. They execrate the
Chief Priests because they tempted him to
do evil by bride. The representative who
betrays the confidence Of tn people, so far
resembles Judas. The representative who
tempts the cppidity of his fellows, SO far
resembles the Chief Priests.
Gen. Buffers real grief arises from the op.
position he is encountering in bis plan to
get possession of the government of Masss-
chu, etts by a fraud on the Republican
voters. His rage at the press, the clergy,
and the prominent men of the country is
not strange. 1t is the common outcry of
great malefactors that mankind are in league
against them. He has done, unless he has
egregiously imposed upon US, two things
well. He Outblackguarded a New York
mob In 1854, and with United States army
at his back, he kept down a rebel city in
1862. Massachusetts is not likely soon to
stand in need of either of these processes;
but be never has accomplished anything
else Of much importance, when his point
could not be carried by sheer clustering.
The history of all us other attempts may be
comprised in three words-'swagger,' quar-
rel,' failure
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19
THE SPARTA INDEX.

We welcome among our exchanges a
sprightly weekly entitled the Sparta Inder,
which entered this life on the 18th inst. Its
political predictions are limned thus:
"In politics, we shall not go back on the
record that Tennessee has made for herself,
nor be willing to surrender those noble
principles which we have inherited and
proved, for the desperate chance Of some
thing better, from the adoption of any de-
parture of which every day brings forth a
new one.' On the other hand, we should
not allow our golden opportunity to run to
waste, while We spend our precious time in
unavsiling regrets or fruitless wrangles ever
dead issues. Most of The questions involved
in the late war belong to the latter class,
and we have nothing to gain by 3 further
discussion of them. 1t is our conviction
that under existing circumstances, the in
terests of Tennessee and of the South can
best be advanced by the great National
Democratic party, and for its success we
will labor with earnestness and zeal-at
least, until something better offers, and
nothing better has yet appeared"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19

GROWING plants in sleeping apartment
will not hurt anybody, says Prof. R. q.
Kedsie, of the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege. In his opinion, "One or two dozen
plants in room will not exbale enough
carbonic acid by night to irjure the sleep
aers." Prof. Kedsfe is right in the above re-
marks. At night when plants cease to de-
compose csrbonic acid, they have very little
in their cells, and of course take none from
the atmosphere when they are giving it out.
Pants can only lose carbon 10 any quanti-
ty by decomposition, in fermenting, burn
ing or rottlng. They can only grow by or
ganizing carbon, and at the same time lib
crate oxygen or vital air.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19
TEE RUMORED DEFICIT In THE

ThEaSOhXs
The statement of the Washington CORE
spondent OF the New York Sun that there
Isl deficiency of ten million dollars in the
cash Of the United States Treasury, has
caused a great deal of ioundering and a
number of attempts at explaining what the
officials term Gan apparent deficiency" It.
is charged to be the iesnlt of the system of
bookkeeping adopted at the Treasury. That
is convenient dodge, and was resorted to
not great while ago to explain discrep-
ancy in the amount OF the national debt.
The Sans correspondent says:
"The subject is one. which will have to
be investigated by Congress. 1t is believed
and the belief Is founded on fact-that if
the present ineumbents here should sup
pose a change Of Adm nistration possible
they would not hesitate 10 destroy such
documentary evidence-the practice in the
Navy DEPARTMENT is to burn-as would
expose tteir individual aud partisan cor
ruption, or, as their apologists would say,
their official irregularities.
HThe Treasury Department has been
made to pay interest upon bonds when
neither the bond itself nor the coupon has
ever been In the possession of the parties to
whom the payment has been msde. Evil
deDce OF this fact is now before the United
States courts; but no proceedings have been
commenced against prominent bakers and
brokers who are guilty of the same fraud,
and who have improperly obtained from the
government thousands OF dollars by the
same illegal practice. In fact, we may say
that at the Treasury Depart nent this fraud
has not yet been found ont on the part of
these large men, though some OF the little
fellows have been detected"
These statements show the loose manner
in which business is transacted under the
Grant administration. 1t is insinuated that
fire has been used to cover up or ther blot
out the short comipgs of some of the at
taches of the Navy Department; and it is
limited that this agency may be resorted to,
by parties in the Treasury Department whe
are no better than they should be. These
fellows need watching.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19
TRANSFERRING SUITS TO FED
ERAL COURTS.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune writes, Aug. 10:
GA case has lately been entered on the
docket of the Supreme Court involving
principles of he gre test importance. 1t
comes bV appeal from the United States
Circuit Court for the district of North Car
DINA, and turns upon the question whether
under the Civil Rights law criminal suits
may be transferred from the State to Fed.
ersl Courts. The case arose out Of the
murder nearly five years sgoby Dunlop (col-
ored), Republican, of Gleason (white), a
Democrat, in Mecklenburg county, n. c.,
snd the subsequent removal of the case
from the State TO the United States Circuit
Court on affidavit by Dunlop that all
the county officers were Dem.
ocrats; that no colored man had
ever been drawn or summoned
on the jury in that county. and Justice was
denied him under the laws of the State.
The Supreme Court Of The State ordered
the case TO be transferred; but when 1t
cSme TO trial, United States Judge Bond
dismissed it for want of Jurisdiction, de-
cision from which Dunlop appeals. AS the
docket ofthe Supreme COurth as large accu
mutation of business, the case will not prob
AOly De Ieacueu iOI a JOAA VI wv, anu Duh-
lop, though once sentenced to death, is now
likely 10 die from natural causes before the
courts decide where he is to be tried"
If DunoIp had been white man and a
Democrat, ihsre would have been none CT
this delay in trying him. He would have
been hung years ago. This is specimen
of the Justice to which the South is treated
under the reign Of Grant.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19

TIE Recalling (Pa.) Eagle states that
while Mrs. John FIR IL, widow of Maj. Fritz,
a aloyal" officer in our late civil war, has
baen appointed postmistress at Beading, il
. is on the understanding that she is to have
but 81, 600 a gear oat of the salary of the
Office, which is $4,000, the balance being
paid TO the head clerk. This Is the way in
which widows of brave officers are taken
care of by the present Administration.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19

"A REPUBLICAEi9u Fnalsays the Demo
craey Of Merylans, at their late convention
passes resolutions of slearned length ard
wondrous sound" To which the Baltimore
Gazette re;orts: ''learned length" may be a
matter of opinion, b. that taey were
Hwondrous sound" in these days Of clap
trap and vagSries, is undoI btedly the fact.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19

6 ACoNvENTIoN of citizens of Irish birth
and race will be held at Cleveland, o., en-
the SOth of this month. The announced
object OF the gathering is to form national
union for social and beneficial purposes.
Persons of every creed and shade of poll
tics are invited to participate in its proceed.
ings, which will embrace full review of all
matters apperSaining to the Irish race on
this continent.