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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-20

AT Wearn Il Hixs Art Gallery the por-
trait of Beverly Nash, the negro: Senator,
stands on an easel between those of'tht
venerable DR.. .rrezevaiit and the hmorcd.
Gen. Kershaw., Lovely and fitting ar
rangement thai! Wonder if it is nrces,
STATED by law.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-20

Wewalked by the Moses formerly the
P,restor) Pres, Mansion, expressly 70 view 9 tho
much talked Of improvements We el,gspi could y
observe nothing however except long
needed, trimming out of hedges, trees
and shrubberysi The interiors, though, Is
said to be fttor an English Duke i This
beautiful place the personal property OF
Moses--apaupsr when he went into Of
fce--bonght with money stolen, indi-
rectly, II not directly, from decent white
people. Verify whenlwe go;to Columbia
and look around, we are tempted to think
thes our'wrongs and. long-suffering ARE
enough for a passport into Heaven J! iia.s
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-20
THE PICTURES

Three huge portraits, kit-cat (only n
little less than half length, by Query,
the fast rising South Carolina artist, at
tracted universal attention and excited
universal admiration. These were like
nesses of two celebrated Presbyterian di,
vines, DR.. Plumer and DR.. Landrurn, and
Of Col. ChAds, the Columbia Banker.
wsarn q Hicks, tho great Photographers,
whd keep up strictly with all the srt la
pgoyslnsna % shs dsy, hAd on hand ai
'ssupssrt colleclioh Of 'tholf pIdsqtsa,: MI. !
Hicks Is also d gifted and iespptien5sd
-portfait paihtss; as ttas clsarlY proKed
by his fAuitises faesldf thslatb DR.. Trezs-
want; and his mobile fun ivttgth tpalntihg
of Gehi Refshaw blA IunBefisf sfiladies,
native South Carolinians, contributed
Ans piosurss upon varied sEbleota.,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-20

The side shows at the Fair were nu
merous, ridiculous, disgusting-rascalsr
deformities, monstrosities We fingered
late one afternoon to seea .foot-race, anu
had the additional pleasure of seeing tho
Eat Lady" put into carriage and driv
On off: They crushed her in the door
most roughly, and she screamed aloud
with pain We felt very sorry for the
poor, big thing. 4 81 .,s.el. !
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-20

Columbia is being built up very rapid
ly. Her progress in this way within the
past twelve months Is remarkable. Soon
she can boast a.half dozen really splen
did new public buildings. Her leading
stores and hotels are quite elegant. Rut
among maty people. in politics, in pro
fessions, in trade, there is a certain would.
be-disguised amiability towards ths dom
inant party which is quite noisome. No
South Carolina man or woman who steps
one quarter of an inch beyond the line
which should divide him or her from
Radicals, Renegades and negroes, ought
to be excused or smiled upon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-20

Among tho Cotton Gins-and they were
nurle erous and fine-the Outlet bore of
the tallest palm. The chief Agents for
the Outlet in our part Of the world, are,
as is already we'll known to our people,
Isaac T. Heard q Co., of Augusta. Young
Heard was on hand as exhibitor Of the
Outlet, and added another splendid gold
medal--frst premium-to the peck or
half bushel he has already received for
the Outlet within the past two or three
years. .a..t-. u
PRoDucrs OF FIELD AND FARM.
This department, if not very crowded,
was undoubtedly well provided with
splendid specimens. OF course we can
not enter into detail. We pass over cot
ton, corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, pota-
toes, turnips. pumpkins, vegetables and
fruits, and make particular mention Of
bales of native grass Means grass) from
j. Nj. Morgan, of Richland, aud another,
from u. w. Aiken, Of Abbeville. 1t is
gratifying to see this display of native
grass hay. 1t demonstrates that our. tar
mers are beginning to turn their atten-
ton with success TO want long felt at
the South The quality Of the hay, the
amount produced, and the cost Of cult.
vation and preparation for market, as
shown by the certificates on file, prove
that The hay crop OF the State will soon
be among its most. profitable produce
tlons. s8,sT .iFJti52
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-20

Among the poultry were chickens of a
dozen different breeds, Brahma-P -Poortras,
Cochins, Dorains, Leghorns, Black Span
lsh, Seabright Bantams, and Games. OF
turkeys, ducks, and pigeons, there was
beautiful display.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-20

Qe0 IOuuX Tneii IooiinS NAooJ w
regulate the manner Of conducting town
elections in the Town OF Marion, and
bill to authorize David Hemmingway, OF
York County, to redeem certain forfeited
lands.
The bill to declare all outstanding bills
Of the Bank Of the State issued subse-
quont to December 20, 1860, to have been
issued In aid of the rebellion. was made
the special order for Friday, at l P. NJ.
The enacting clause was> stricken out
of the bill to amend Section Of the act
to repeal tho usury laws.
On the 18th there was but little done
in either house, the State Fair absorbing
the interest of tho Legislators as 1t did
that Of most everybody else.
The House discussed the bill to reduce
the volume of the public debt, and to
provide for its payment, nearly all the
morning sssion. Ansmendment, that the
fraudulent conversion bonds be declared
null and void, and that no tax should
ever be levied to pay the interest upon
them, was made by Meetze (Conservs
tive,) of Lexington, and was carried by
vote of eighty-four to eleven. The
lobbyists are not, so far, opposing the
bill. They think the lower the bonded
debt is reduced the better chance there
viii be for them TO have measures passed
30 pay their claims.
Prince Rivers introduced joint reso-
luton authorizing the levy of special
tax for Aiken county; referred to the
committee on ways and means. Also,
gave notice of a bill prohibiting the Or
uanization Of armed bodies other than
the regular constituted militia of the
State.
Mr.. Bowen introduced bill to charter
the Great Northern and Southern Marrow |
Gsugs Railrosd Company; referred to
the committee on railroads.
The House YVES engaged the whole !!
svaningin debating the bill 70 reduce
the volume Of The public debt. and TO
provide for shs payment Of the ssfns.
! as sse.aeusas, On sas iAth, fasa intrps
Diced sasaeasytntsesn!asieH ssaa whsFa,
is, ths assngsapS ef sts money fasr1as
hos csussd agrsztd depression Ia the viius T
Df ti,s products Of fthe soil Of this State,
,sndefiug IL IN impossibillty for citizens
,..,,>, a,a ,,y,fiar obliratious I'd kha State to
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08

Prof. Agassiz comes to the conclusion
that the continent of North America was
once covered with ice a mile in thickness,
thereby agreeing with Prof. Hitchcock and
other eminent geological writers concern
ing the glacial period. In proof of this
conclusion, be says that the slopes of the
Allegheny range of mountains are glacier
worn to the very top, except few points
which were above the level of the icy
mass. Mount Washington, for instance,
is over six thousand feet high, and the
rough, unpublished surface of its summit,
covered with loose fragments, Just below
the level of which the glacier-mark comes
TO an end, tells that it lifted its head alone
above the desolate waste of ice and snow.
In this region, then, the thickness of the
ice cannot have been much less than six
thousand feet, and this is in keeping with
the same kind of evidence in other parts
of the country for when the mountains
are much below six thousand feet, the ice
seems to have passed directly over them,
while the few peaks rising to that height
are left untouched. The glacier, he argues,
was Gods great plough, and when the ice
vanished from the face of the land, IL left
it prepared for the hand of the husband
man.
The hard surface of the rocks were
ground to powder, the elements of the
soil were mingled In fair proportions
granite was carried into lime regions, lime
was mingled with the more arid and un
productive granite districts, and a soil wal
prepared fit for the agricultural uses o
man. There are evidences all oevr thu
polar regions to show that at one perioi
the heat of the tropics extended all owe
the globe. The ice period is supposed u
be long subsequent to this, and next TO tn
last before the advent Of man.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08
Jobbery in England.

Reckless as some American officials are
proved, we find that orr English cousins
have little cause to stand aghast in sur
prsed astonishment at political profigacy
us shown by Tammany and Cre1it Mobilier
disclosures. The Liverpool Courier tells
us that within twenty wears there has been
expended upon the British Navy one bill
lion and torly-iive million dollars. As an
indie tion of how part of this vast sum
larger by nearly fifty million dollars than
the French indemnity-has been drained
from the exchequer, we are told the prices
paid for stores vary from twenty TO sixty
\ per cent. above market rates.
To one tlrm one hunlie dollars per ton
was raid for building a con posile gun
boat, while FOR another precisely like il
another firm received one hundred and
fony-eight dollars and seventy-fve cents
per ton. For anchors and cables alone
the Crown paid over million of dollars
In excess Of market value; yet the North
umberland spitt1d herself against the
Hercules because her cable snapped of
short" " and the anchor she then let 20
''would not hold" Government ship;
have been sold for the price their timber:
would have brought if sold for tlre-wood
and less than ths iron would bring as pg
iron OF the most inferior quality. II
twenty-seyCn inyes iguod eases the Ad
mirally actually bought back the ole
copper from the purchaser of ship at &
larger price lhan that for which they hat
sold the ship itself, including copper, cost
ly engines and valuable stores" II wOult
take very sharp Yankee flnanciering &,
equal such off iil jobhery. But tn
British investigation proved that even q
high as five times the price of the shil
had been got back by favored buyers from
the Admiralty for the old copper whicl
, formed part Of purchase. As a parable
r to The facility with which Court Hous
} bills, which covered the cost of acres O
, clrpsts and unlimited building material
= for the "Boss aud his friends, wer
passed by cur municipal Board OF Audi
we may call attention to the ad mission q
% Admiral Berkeley, that, is Junior Lord q
the Admiralty, he sigued away vast sun
$ Of money upon papers lie knew uothiu
, about, having been told that all he had I
, 40 YVES to notice that c rtain names an
b ticks were upon the documents he speI
t three hours Il day in executing. Froi
Il these revelations il seems that John Bn
% may properly be advised to pluck the beal
, from his own eyes before seriously di
% turhing himself over the unpleasant mott
0 which offend the sight of Brother JONI
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08
Natural AntipathIes.


There is one blameless person whom
cannot love and have no excuse for hating
It is the innocent fellow-creature, other
wise inoffeusive to me, whom l find have
involuutarily Joined on turning a corner.
| suppose the Mississippi, which was nOw-
ing quietly along, mindiug its own busi-
ness hates the Missouri for coming into
1t all at once with its muddy stream.
suppose the Missouri in like manner hates
the Mississippi for diluting gith its llnpid,
but insipid current, the rich "reminiscences
of the varied soils through which its uwl
stream has wandered.
will not compare myself to the clear
or to the turbid current, but | will Fn
that my heart sinks when | end all of a
sudden / am in for a corner confluence,
and cease loving my ncighbor as myself
until | can get away from him. These
autliathies are at least weaknesses, they
may be sins in the eye of the recording
angel. often reproaeh myself with my
wrong doings. l should like some lines tC
thank Heaven for saving me from some
kinds Of transgression, and even for grant
ing me some qualities that If | dared
should be disposed to call virtues.
should do so, | suppose, If | ddSnot re-
member the story of the Pharisee. Th1t
/
told to illustrate a single virtue, humility
and the most unwarranted infareuces hav,
been drawn from it rs to the Nhole char
aeter of the two parties. 1t seems not a
all unlikely, but rather probable, that th'
Pharisee was a fHirer dealer, better hus
band, and a more charitable person tha'
the Publican, whose name has come dowi
to us "inked with one virtue" but wh'
may have been guilty, for aught tina
appears TO the contrary, Of "a thousaui
crimes" Remember how we limit th
application of other parallels.
The lord, il will be recollected, com
mended the unjust steward because he hat
done wisely. His shrewdness was held u
rs an example but after all he was
miserable swindler, and deserved toe Stat
prison as much as many of our tinancia
operators. The parable of the Pharise
aud the Publican is perpetual warnin
against spiritual pride. But il must No
frighten any of us ont of heing Thankful
that he is not, like this or that noighboi
under bondage to strong drink or opium
. that he is not an Erie railroad manager
and that his head rests in virluous cali
on bis own pillow. If he prays in tn
.. . morning TO be kept out of temptation d
! well as for his daily bread, shall he M
return thanks at night that he has nj
, falleu into sin as well as that his stomac
has been filled : l do not think the po,
Pharisee has ever had fair play, and al
afraid good many people sin with Il
comforting, half latent intention of smi
, ing their breasts afterward and repeatir
= the prayer of the Publican, Poet Of q
I, breakfast Table.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08
Nearly Buried alive.

At six o'clock last Friday morning
citizen discovered that his eolored servant
girl lay apparently lifeless In her bed. He
Informed Coroner Young, made the requi-
site affidavit of death and received per
NIT for the removal of the corpse 10 The
Morgue. About two O'Clock In the after.
noon the Beleyue Hospital ambulance
arrived, but when the driver prepared to
lit ihe sbodys he dlstrustaf the seeming
death. Medical ad vice being Summoned,
The drivers opinion was conhgmed and
restoratlyes were persistently applied.
No decided effect was produced till four
O'Clock on Saturday morning.
Meanwhile the Coroner and his Deputy
went to the Morgue TO make the legal
post-mortem examination, and were dis
appointed at finding nobody upon whom a
Jury could sit--no subject for the dissect-
ing knife. When the girl returned to
consciousness she experienced an epileptic
1t, after which she rapidly recovered and
was soon res ored to her usual health She
says she has had several similar visitations
of apparent death, once before having re-
mained insensibe for furty-eight nours.
But for the extraordinary acuteress of the
ambulance driver she would doubtless have
died in the dead-wagon ride to the Morgue,
Or her flicker of life would have been ex-
| tingulshcd as she lay among the piled
corpses in that ghast'y siofehouse. This
case should teach our Coroners the pro
prirty Of making sure that death Is present
before they search with saw and scalpe
for its cause. Very lately a gentleman
| fell insensihc in the street, and before hii
friends had been informed Of his prostra
tion an autopsy had been made in TIT
Park Hospital by one Of the Coroners
1t is said the brain was removed betori
the corpse had assumed the Iigiliiy o
death. What if the subject were not dead
but in a condition similar tn that of tn,
seeming dead gill whose recovery ha
ehAfed the Coroner
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08

We know of no better, simpler or more
effective hie-saving machine than a cork
mattrass. II is economical, for II forms a
part Of the regular equipment Of every
vessel IL is the best, for 1t Is capable OF
sustaining more people IN the water than
any cork belt, floating sefa, stool, or other
appliance ID is simpler, because 1t re
qures no study to use it; and more eff
fective, for It's composition is equal iu
holative power to half dozen of the or
dinary machines. Boats are, 10 a majority
of instances, stove or swamped in launch
ing are continually dcteriorating, being
exposed to all kinds Of weather are un-
wieldy, and arc generally "A snare and a
delusion in the hour of real danger. A
cork mattrass is always right side up 1t is
light, aud can be- thrown overheard by a
child it never loses its buoyancy il can
not be stove or swamped il will ordi-
uaiily save more people than any kind Of
" "liie-saying" machine we arc acquainted
| with - Nautical Gdzsffe.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08

The Odessa fair was successful.
OIe.sa wants to he incorporated.
Magnolia is enjoying Baptist revival
Smyrna is excited over a proposed rail-
road depot.
Dover has recently held a very exciting
town meeting.
Smyrna experienced an earthquake
shock recent y.
a Georgetown firm recently purchased
a SO pound tu key.
The Mispillion lighthouse is to be i'm
mediately rebuilt.
"Auty' Buck, of Smyrna, has witnessed
ninety three winters.
smyrna is to reorganizc its Young Mems
Christian Association.
Sussex county roads were never in a
worse condition than at present.
The Sussex Journal wants an exemption
law passed by the present Legislature.
SMYRNA wants the wilmington Confer
euce to meet in that town next year.
The Milford NJ. E. Sunday school has
been presented with nne-toned bell.
March lst is moving day in Duck Creek,
Lutte Creek aud Baltimore hundreds.
The Orphans Court and Court Of Chan.
Gerry meets at Georgetown on the 10Th.
James l.. Wo'cott has been appointed
attorney TO the Kent county Levy Court.
DR.. Cummins. Of Smyrns, continues tC
occupy the pulpit of Christ Church, Dover
Townsend Il Co.'s large steam saw-mil
in Baltimore hundred, was recently des
troyed by fire.
The twelfth anniversary of the Sunday
Schools cOnuec ed with the Milford Pres
byterian Church, was celebrated ON tn
2lst of last month.
]. McGonigal, Of Little Creek hundred
has been appointed collector under IN
oyster law. Nj. Meg. succeeds S. NJ
Collins, time expired.
The schooner Eliza 4. .Scri5ner, built a
Milford, has recently made the quickes
trip between New York and Galveston
ever made by sailing vessel.
The Smyrna Times says that the enter
tainment given recently by the students o
the Smyrna Seminary ''was well attende
and met with marked appreciation"
Tnghman Brown, residing near Vernon
/ was TO have been married Que night las
week, but as he accidentally broke hi
, arm during the day, the marriage wa
= postponed.
The Nelps says the withdrawal of tn
r New York steamship line has depreciate
real estate on the eastern side of SUISSE
county full 30 per cent, and farms in Ii
e vicinity of Milford to the same extent.
In 1871, 4l,3l4 quarts of strawberri'
. were shipped over the Dorchester an
Delaware Railroad in 1872, 15s, ,947 quar-
4 and for the present year It is reokont
= that over 100000 quarts will be shippe'
c Strawberries pay from $500 TO 5000 p
acre.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08
In General.

The President has parloned several
more Ku Klux prisoners.
The deaths in Philadelphia last week
numbered 343 an increase Of 80 over the
previous week.
The latest advices from New Orleans
say an collision between the hostile fac
tions is aJprehcnded.
James Bracken died in New York on
Saturday from injuries received in a wrest-
ling match the day before.
Robert Innie, a San Francisco salesman
committed saicide by slrychnine in Il bar
room iD that city, on Saturday night
The House of Representatives has ex.
tended its congratulations 10 the people OF
Spain in their efforts to establish a Tepub
liean form of government.
The indications are that the investigat
ing committee IN the case of Senator
PomeroY will report that the charge,
against him are not proven.
At San Francisco, on Saturday, Johl
Devine, on trial for killing August Kamp
was convicted of murder in the first dc
gree. It was the second trial
At Brooklyn, on Saturday, Mary Brow
committed suicide by taking laudanum
because her brother refused permission 70
her marriage to the man of her choice.
Col. j. b. Stewart "the continuation
Witness" has been released, and now pro
poses to sue the Speaker and Sergeant-at
Arms of the House Of Representatives 70
false Imprisonment.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08

Blow, blow yewinds, and blow the buds and
flowers
To quicker bloom; and bring the sunny
with long and wreathed shadows of the
wall
oftender leaves, aud hitting birds and all
That makes sweet summer longed for. Haste
the day
Of gentle biue.eyed skies, that weeping say
Thfo smiles of sunshine; AFTER me-the
Mayw
lllow winds unchecked, and lift the heavy
That still with wintry sky the earth
enshrOuda,
Lift up our hearts as well-they weary grow
Beneath the gloom of storms and endless
snow
We feel the need of spring-time in Ut hearts,
For nature to each one u dread imparts
Of everlasting shadows, pains and smarts
y winds from Heaven, blow so fresh and free
That all the world shall wake In sympathy
And buds bloom brighter, hearts grow lighter
too,
70 see behind the clouds glimpse of blue
Tho darkening night, we know, preeedes the
day,
After the storm the sunshine comes alway,
And after winters blight, long we for May
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08

At Findlay, Ohio, Nicholas Bensinger
was shot dead by Henry Gartee on Thurs
day week. Gartee is an unmarried man,
about twenty years of age. He boarded
with Bensinger's wife, and the two men
had quarrelled on account of Benslnger's
jealousy. The murderer is in jail.
Lee II. Quong, Chinese merchant and
court interpreter, was murdered at Sacra'
mento, Cal, on Saturday by one of his
own countrymen. The assassin escaped.
Andrew S. Leigh, printer, shot ant
fatally wounded William s. Lanigan in &
liquor saloon in Brooklyn.on Sunday morn
ing.
In Contra Costa County, CAL, an IndiaI
named Jose Solo, arrested for horse steal
ing, had been bound and placed in room
Watching an opportunity, he slipped th'
rope OIL his hands, seized an axe, ant
split open the head of a man name'
Charles Bengaud. The murderer is II
| iail.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08
a Business Boy.

MIR. Emmons Smith, youth about ff-
teen years of age, is putting up small
store, to cost about four hundred dollars,
on the corner formerly occupied by the old
Coos Hotel. lie rents the ground aud
erects the building, which is to be oceu'
pied by him as a fancy goods and confec'
tionary store, ont of his own money
earned in trade. He began business about
three years ago with barrel of apples
and his profits have now amounted tS
enough to build this store. He pays hit
tuition at school, which he attends regu
larly when IN session, and clothes himse
like any other Independent man OF busi
ness.-Boston Transcript.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-08

Among the items in the report Of the
overseer of the poor of a Rhode Island
town Is this; "Cash paid for funeral
sermons, S4."
A colored resident Of Mobile ingeni-
ously devised the idea of tarrlng and
featherlng his mother-in-law and then
setting her on FIRE.
"A Louisville young man was rather
nervous at his marriage cermony, and
handed the minister his washerwoman'
bill instead of the license.
The doctors in Florida are working
night and day at their stomach pumps tC
prevent the human craft from sinking
that are overloaded with water-melons.
Mr.. Gerald Curran, surgeon, o
| Wadebridge, Cornwall, England, died re
Gently from the effects of an overdose o
laudanum. He was a grandson Of the eel
| ebrated Irish orator.