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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
Negro Rule In Alabama.

The Montgomery (Ala.) Adveytiser
edited by a son of ex-President Tyler
gives the following sad account of the
condition of that negro-ridden State, and
shows the necessity for white mans
government and white mans party, tc
avert from both races the evils that all
must suffer who are totally disqualified
to discharge the important duties Of
rulers. Tho Advertiser says:
"The white mans government party
has become an imperative necessity! II
is now eight years since the war, and
Alabama is poorer to-day than eight
years ago in despite of all her labor
sacrifice and suffering. Apparently, in
present resYltia she has produced moth
ing for eight Years, instead of billions in
money. Every year in moral and social
virtues she is sinking lower and lower,
tits time thetnegro rule, under Radical
teachings, should end, or in few wears
there will be little left to administer
upon. The friends of white. mans
government wish, and intend if they
can, to stop this material waste and moral
corruption. They do not wish and can
not if they would, deprive single negro
of a single right, and the wicked white
and negro papers and politicians know il
we'll. But we are resolved if possible to
save ourselves, and the enegroes too, from
the gravest evils. The,question is not OF
freedom or rights of any sort. 1t is,
shall white mans government or a ne
gro government prevail in Alabama?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
Written for: the Advertiser.
The Only Som.
DEDICATED TO THE BEREAvED.

OED1CATED TO TdE OE0'HHA A1O'
K
How dark the hearthstone. Oh how lone
the shrine - =
Where late we gathered in our happy
home;
The hallowed altar, where at evening
time,
The light of love pierced through the
twilights gloom.
Our boy, our only one, to whom we
looked
For strong support when time should
drift his SHOWS
Upon our heads, and whose protecting
Should bring our age calm and sweet
repose.
Oh God how hard it was to see hSm die,
Ere the sweet wine of life had warmed
his heart; .ll
To see deaths fingers touch his cheek
and BROW
To hear the mandate giv'n, that we
should part.
But tho with ruthless dart the tyrant
froze
Fhe pulsing blood that thrilled the
childish form;
Yet gleam'd the waves on yon celestial
shore,
Where now the angels shield his soul
from harm.
We miss thee, darling, when the opening
day
Wakes our sad hearts to feel our griev
Gus woe;
When scintillates the sunbeam DER the
sea,
At vesper hours we bend beneath the
blow.
No more can earth stemptations woo thy
will go
To deeds that blot and mar the spotless
soul; 4
Nor fell disease life's crimson current
chill -
But painless youth, tho countless ages
roll, K
In meek submission do our spirits bow
To Him who gave thee; took the hence
away;
Oh, God, our Father; though we loved
our boy,
We bless thy mercy, that he's thine
to-day! 80
May weso strive thatwhen the angels call,
To stem the treacherous waves, to us
he given, re rQ
We calmly lay us on our dying bed,
Yield up our souls, and join our boy
in Heaven.
.. S. A. L.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09

GS- The st. Louis Republican, of the
2lst, has an account OF most terrible
affair which took place near Kingsbury,
Mo-, some days ago. 1t appears that a
young girl, whose name is not given,
living near the town named, was discov-
ered by her parents to be cnciente. a
few days after the discovery they took
their daughter to a corn field near the
house and forced from her living child.
They then threw the babe into shallow
hole in the ground and deliberately
stamped it to death, so frightfully mang-
ling it That when they completed their
hellish work it was difficult to distin-
guish the flesh and bono from mud and
clay. The parents werearrested.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
Civil Rirhts.v

"A suit, under the so-callcd Civil Rights
law, was decided i'll Yonkers, New York,
on the Bird inst On Saturday a negro,
named William Jackson, brought sui;
before Justice Baird, in the City Court,
against Josephine Lewis, keeper of an
ico-crealn saloon, to recover $500 dam
arcs by reason Of the Defendants refusal
to soil plaintiff and other friends ice.
cream, on the evening of August II
Ralph e. Prime, counsel ior Mrs. Lewis,
argued ut some length that the defend
ants saloon was not vehicle Of common
carriage. or a licensed theatre, or publir
place OF amusement, common school,
or institution Of learning, a place for the
intermont of dead bodies, or hotel or
tavern, or in any way coming within the
construction of the Civil Rights bill
John w. Graham, counsel for plaintiff,
argued that the saloon came within the
meaning Of an hotel or tavern. Judge
Baird gave judgment for the defendant,
dismissing the case with costs, and mig
ger Jackson and his lady friends Lett the
courtroom in disgust.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09

that Mr.. Cunningham, the Republican
candidate for Mayor, is elected over Gen
.Wagener by 1895. majority. Good Radi-
zeal work was done in the two precincts up
the road, which were in full BLAST before
their existence was known to the Conser-
vatiyes. The second precinct of Ward Z
gives Wagner votes, and Cunningham
225; this was on the shell. road The
third precinct of Ward 8 gives Wagner
80 and Cunningham 603; this was near
the race course. In 1871, the total vote
of Ward Z was 652. This, year it IS far
greater. The vote of Ward 8, in 1871,
was l ,2l0; this year, thanks to the new
poll, it is l,S0l. Very few split tickets
seem to have been voted. The Conserva
tives have elected the School Commission
ers in the first and the fourth wards, and
there is tie in the fifth ward
/. The following is the result of the vote
for School Commissioners, as far as re-
ceived: Ward Nv. B. Yates, S62 :;
Ward p. H. Brawley, ,977; Ward A.
G. G. Memminger, 1856 Ward &c. 3.
Seab1ook, TIA Ward 7-B. F. Evans.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
teIligencer, 2Sth.

SALE OF BoNDs.-The sale o. bonds
deposited by the Andes Insurance Com
pany, Of Cincinnati, Ohio, was made yes
terday, by D. G. Pelxotto d Sons, auc
tioneers The company is said to have
owed about $4,000 for insurance in thi;
State, and these bonds were advertised fol
sale by order of the court to indemnify
the losers, the company having become
insolvent, and several judgments having
been obtained against them. There wa;
considerably inquiry concerning the bonds
before the sale, but it WAS not very gene
rally attended. The bonds consisted NJ
eighteen ono thousand dollar conversion
bonds, and four five hundred dollar bonds
issued for the redemption OF the bills o.
the Bank of the STATE The whole loi
was put Zip ut once, and the bidding was
started at i've cents On The dollar. Thc
interest amounts to twelve dollars pei
hundred on the first day OF January next
They were struck dowh to d. Gambrili
Esq at H.. cents III liz dollar.
\ horse and buggy was also put up
hut the i,dlirc lclne slow, tie same w'is
withdrawn Union Herald, 9th.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09

.-e' Italian Journals are enthusiastic
over beautiful female brigand who
leads band christening the cnvirons OF
Catangaro. She is a"out twenty years
old, OF great beauty, with remarkable
black eyes. She is q veritab!e Medusa,
and is the terror of the country. She
burns farms, carries oil cattle, and levies
forced contributions. The slightest dis
obedience to her orders is punishable by
murder and fire. Her troop is numerous,
and always we'll informed by the peasan-
try through dread of vengeance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09

Iwould not give much for your re-
ligion unless it can be seen. Lamps do
not talk, but they do shine. A light
house sounds no drum, it beats no gong,
and yet, far over the waters, its friendly
spark is seen by the mariner. So let
your action shine out your religion. Let
the main sermon of your life beillustra-
ted by your condnct, and it shall not fail
to be illusGrious.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
p ~ q,

cs1 MIR. James NJ Allen, the county
treasurer Of Greenville County, has dis
appeared, and gone to parts unknown,
lit is supposed, wifhia,large fortune. The
Republicans there have nominated Mr..
Runnion, the county auditor, for that
office, and # is supposed ho will be the
appointseof the Governor. 49,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
Sept. II
Cheap Homes.

L OOR MEN who want homes can buy
from SO to 100 or 200 acres very cheap
from the subscriber.
I will sell guaranteeing good titles, at
the low price of 80 per acre-half cash
and half credit.
The lands are joining Col. G. D. Minis,
- Fulmer and others, on both sides OF
Edisto river. If not disposed of at pri-
vate sale, the said lands (l35o acres) will
be offered at public sale, at Edgefield G.
H., on the first Monday in November
next, in lots to suit purchasers.
49, JOHN E. BACON.
Apply at Office of Bacon & Adams,
Edgefield c. Fl.
Sept. II, I'm 80
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09

The Walterboro News Republican,
thinks that as a large amountof the State
debt was illegally contracted, it would
be unjust for the people to be taxed to
pay the full face of the bonds, and urges
the General Assembly to agree upon
some equitable compromise with the
creditors of the State whereby the debt
of the State can be fairly adjusted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
Land Sale.

CANEBRAKE. or the DEARING
~ PLANTATION, situated on Little
Saluda River, Edgeield County, contain
ing 1900 or 1900 acres, uplands and bot
toms, best quality. A Magnificent Resi-
dence, and other improvements.
The said Lands will be sold as plan
tation, or in lots to suit purchasers, at
Edgefeld C. II on the first Monday in
November next.
TERMS cash; the balance
on one, and two years time. Notes with
interest from date, with Mortgage on
premises for security.
L. CHARLTON, Agent.
Ridge. S. c., Oct. ], st Il
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
Land For Sale.

THE Subscriber offers for sale FIVE
Il HUNDRED ACRES Of good Pine
Land, we'll adapted To Cotton, and lying
five miles East of Edgefeld Village and
four miles from Johnston's Depot.
The said Land will be sold in body,
or in lots to suit purchasers. For terms,
apply TO-, q j. A; BLAND;
Sept. I6, At SO
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09

What glorious world this world would
be if its inhabitants could say, with
Shakspeare's shepherd: Sir, lam atrue
laborer, 1 earn that eat, get that wear
1 owe no man hate, envy no mans hap
piness, glad of other. mems good, and
content with my farm.'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09

However deeply the violet may be
hidden, its perfume betrays it and leads
to Its discovery. is the same with wo-
man, those only are neglected who are
not worth the trouble of seeking.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
THE HOME IN THE MEADOW.

1t stands i'll a lonely meadow,
The house so mOssy and brown,
With its Sombrous Did stone chimneys
Aud its gray roof sloping down;
The trees fold theirgreen arms around it
The trees century old
And the winds go chanting through them,
And tho sunbeams drop Gheir gold.
The cowslips spring i'll the marshes,
And the roses bloom on the hill;
And beside the brooks in the pastures
The herds 20 feeding at will;
Within the wide old Kitchen,
The folks sit there in the'Sun
Which creeps through the sheltering
woodbines
When the day is almost done.
The children have gone and left them,
They sit in the sun alone;
And the old wife's ears are failing
And she harlls to the well-known tone
That won her heart in girlhood,
That has soothed her many care,
And praises her NOW for the brightness
Her old face USED to wear.
She thinks again of her bridal,
When dressed in her robes of white,
AS she stood by her gay young lover
In the mornings rosy light
Oh ! the morning is rosy as ever,
But the rose from her cheek has fled,
And the sunshinestill is golden
But it falls on silvered head.
They sat in peace in the sunshine
Till the day was al almost done:
And then, at its close, an Angel
Stole DER the threshold stone. - 't'
He folded their hands together,
He touched their eyolids with balm:
Ana their last breath foated onward
Like the close of solemn psalm.
But the shapes they left behind them,
The wrinkles and silver hair,
Made holy to lis by kisses
The Angels have printed there;
Well hide away meath the willows
When the day is low in the West
Where the sunbaatns cannot find them
Nor the winds disturb their rest.
Perhaps in that miracle Country ag..
Il They will give their lost youth back
And the vanished flowers offspring time
\ (; Willibloom in the spirits track,
| But we'll suffer no tell-tale tombstone,
!, with its age and date to rise ~
Ger the two who ,are;old no longer 81
= In "Our Fathers house in The skies.'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09

:: nar The champion cotton picker of the
up-country is little boy named Sammy
Wakefield, who is fourteen years old,
and who picked three hundred and one
poundsof oostoniin ono das.s::ssgd4si
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
INSURE AGAINST FIRE
Capital and Assets, over 5000, 900,

Il HE Georgia Home Insurance Com
pany insures property against loss by
fire at the National and State Board rates.
The Georgia Home is a good and re-
liable Company-pays all losses prompt
ly-and is worthy of the confidence and
patronage Of the people Of Edgefield.
Call on the undersigned and secure a
Policy on your Dwelling, Furniture, and
Merchandise. Insure at once!
ID. K. DURISOE. Agent.
Mr.. J. n. HUIET, at Batesville and
Mr.. SAM. C. CARTLEDGE3 at Ridge
Spring, or Mr.. ELIJAH KEESE, will
furnish Applications and give all neces-
sary information to parties wishing "
insure in the Georgia Home" Call OH
them.
Sept. "a, SIN 40
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
The City Election--ATr Triumph of Rad.
tcal Rascality and Fraud.


The following account offhe city cleo
tion held in Charleston, on Wednesday,
for Mayor and Aldermen and school Com
missioners, is condensed from the report
published in the Ne,cs andy SCoaerier -
The one.sided process which has been
miscalled a municipal election eeame to an
end last evening; and of aathe elections
that have been held in Charleston since
the advent Of freedom" this was certain
ly the greatest burlesque upon the right Of
popular presentation; For The FIRST time
in the history of repuslica1Sgoyernm
the people were kept in profound igno.
rance Of the whereabouts Of the polling
precincts until after the polls: had been
opened. The board, afterSthe first list
which they had prepared was made public
on Tuesday afternoon, changed the pre-
cincts. While the adherents of the Radi-
cal ticket were represented ION the Board
of Managers, and were kept thoroughly
posted on the subject, all information was
willfully and shamefully Kept from the
representative of the citizens Conserva-
tive party.
When the polls were opened, at 5o'clock,
yesterday morning, it was scarcely day
light, and the managers andtrallying com
mittees Of voters had to use. lanterns to
light them on their way. The Conserva-
tives in the city, by good fortune and ex
tremely early rising, managed to find out
the locality of all the precincts, save two,
and were on duty promptlysto see a fair
start. Most Of the managers permitted
the Conservative working committees to,
examine the ballot boxes $and poll list
books before opening the polls, and in
this way some little confidence was estab-
lished. The polling places we're twenty
one in number, distributed in the various
wards.
AS has been already stated, the manag-
ers in the city proper generally acted with
some degree of fairness. tt was at the
country precincts that the dirty work was
done, and done in, SO shameless and vii.
famous manner as to excite the disgust
of every decent man in the. community,
white and black. In little shanty at
the corner of Moultrie and Rutledge
streets, nearthe Race Course, a>polling
place was opened secretly, ais o'clock in
the morning, and as nobody; knew of its
location, nobody was present except the
Radical Managers and their9riends. The
ballot-boxes and poll-Gsts were not exam
ined by any Of the Conservatives, and
whether it wasfull or empty when the bal,
loting began, tits. of course, impossible
TO say but by the time the Conservatives
heard of the opening of thispcll, and put
in an appearance, the managers had man,
aged to receive some 500 ballots-good
sound Cunningham ballotsz-such as no
manager was bound to ask any questions
about. In radius of haf mile from
the polling-place, thereare not probably
more than about seventy-fye ior 100 resi-
dent voters. Viewed with-a knowledge Of
these facts, it may be considered good
thing. This, however, wasinot all. In
a little shed on the Meeting street shell
road, some distance above Rayne's farm
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
Fatal Accident,

One of the most distressing accidents
we have ever recorded took place on Sun
day morning last, resulting IN the death
Of MIR. George w. Davis, a young man
about % years of age, who resided six or
seven miles west Of this place. 1t seems
that he borrowed his fathers double-bar-
relied gun few days before, and had dis
covered that one OF the locks vas out Of
order. Anxious to apprise the family Of
the condition OF the gun, and 70 prevent
any accident that might be occasioned
thereby, he sought the first opportunity,
ass his fathcg 80 sing on Sunday
,.ainst its use, un-
As he reached
ehinI the door,
SO his own hands,
I'd the contents
aa which was terri
- iyed about three
.:,e ly unconscious,
.sg||s ssg!s 1|sy;s Is; yss
a.'af 1e'was married
& Capt. Robert
80. young wife to
:.-'a.-., 4~a.u.-Anderson In
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09

MURDER WILL OUT" Is is an old,
but nevertheless, true saying. Though
the bones be marrowless .and blanched,
though the murderer be wealthy, and to
ted the day will will
come when those .feshless hands shall
point him out, and the stern Jaw mete
Cout his punishment. 1t is also true that
"selling goods very low will out" GALA
HER & MULHERrN, ss9 Broad street, are
offering BooTs, SHOES and HATS at acon-
derJMtly loao prices, and that is the secret
of their success. ''N 1t
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
SHATTERFIELD LANDS FOR

T OFFER at private sale my Homestead
l. containing ITO acres. On this place
there is new framed house, containing
ave rooms. Also, good Store House,
and an excellent country stand to sell
goods. There is good Barn, Cabins,
and all necessary out buildings; the wa
ter is unsurpassed, and the place is one
Of the most desirable in Northwest Edge
field-as the Doctors say, it is distress
ingly healthy; no Ihalaria-no chills.
We have lived on the place eighteen
years, and never had chill in our fami-
ly.
ALSO
100: Acres known as the Cheatham tract.
ALSO
2IO Acres, Lying on Reedy Creek. On
this place there is fifty acres of good
creek bottoms, which will make from 25
to 80 bushels Of corn per acre. Also
about one hundred acres of heavy tim
bered pine forest,-and Steam Saw Mill
located on this place that will saw all the
stock hauled to it on shares.
There is timber enough on all these
places to pay the purchase money when
made into lumber. The land is we'll
adapted to Corn, Cotton, and Small Grain,
and particularly to Oats.
Twill sell all collectively, orseparate!y,
the above named tracts-to suit pur-
chasers.
Here is rare chance to purchase me
of the best farms in the up country.
I will take pleasure in showing the
places to any one wishing to purchase.
TERMS-One-half cash; balance on q
credit of one and two years, with interest
from date at 10 per cent. per annum.
Address, Phoenix, Abbeville, S. @.
,lsss.l.--.=a-1..-, 9e:-s. JAMES CALLISON.
Sept. IL, At rs 80
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
Brevities and Levities.

E An ignorant,old lady was asked
by minister visiting her if she had re-
ligion. She replied: 81 have sligh
touches of it occasionally"
@~ A Rome man: got snake bit al
Stonewall Iron Works, and they gave
him quart of whisky inside and used
I up fourteen split chickens outside, aud
! he got well. When he thoughthe might
die, he told Frank Jones to tell his friends
he was a Presbyterian, and for them
never to git up in the night and put their
foot on snake. These were his last sad
messages.
~ A priest was called upon to pray
over the barren fields of his parishion-
ers. He passed from one enclosure to
another, and pronounced his benedic-
ton until he came to most unpromis-
! ing one. He surveyed the sterile acres
in despair. "Ah," said he, " brethren.
no use to pray here; this needs manure"
NS- A. .Danbury mans horror, at the
prospect OF being crushed to death by a
team of frightened horses, was terribly
intensified by the reflection that ''he was
standing on the verge of eternity with
out dollar in his pocket"
ss- The handsomest thing in shawls
,is.a pretty girl.
@s- Why are printers bills, these
times, like faith? Because they are the
snbstance of things hoped for, the evi-
dence of things not seen.
@> An Irish paper publishes the fol-
lowing: ga deafman named Taft, was
run down and killed by passenger
train on Wednesday morning He was
injured in similar way about year
ago."
g.s- A lady correspondent writes that
she knows very little about 'tne back
pay question, but she is going to draw
her back-hair up over her head accord
ing to the prevailing fashion, if it lifts
her off her heels and endangers her
equilibrium, and she shouldlike to know
what the newspapers are going to do
about it.
@- An exchange says: "Carl Vogt
argues that Adam was monkey before
Eve was created, because a gorilla has
thirteen ribs and a man only twelve, one
having been removed to make awoman."
He may have been monkey before Eve
was created, but he wasn't afterwards,
or he wouldn't have suffered that un-
happy female to make such afool of him.
@s- Last words of the two roughs who
recently killed each other at Truckee:
Fugato-" Oh, God I'm killed" White
-"Thank God, I've killed him. It's
some satisfaction to know that I've out
lived him, but suppose I must follow
him in few minutes. Pull off. my boots.'
ay Ifooden Doodah is the latest Geor-
gia drink. One guzzle is equivalent to
two nights in Jail and. fine OF thirty
dollars. =:
. Al L. &c, ov, o1,j
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-08-26
Construction OF Government
Buildings.

About twenty-five public buildings
are now in course of erection under
the Government Supervising Architect,
Mullet, all of them to be fine structures
and many of them to cost, when com
pleted, millions of dollars. They COM
prise chiefly court houses, custom hous-
es and postoffices-in most cases two
of these branches of the public service
to be included in one building-and are
to be erected in cities in all parts of the
country, from Maine to Oregon, and
from Michigan to Louisiana. Among
the greater and more costly buildings
in this class are the War and Navy De
partment building at Washington, SS,-
100000; New York court house and
postoflice, S6.OO0,OOO; Chicago custom
house, S5,0O0,000; Boston postoffice
and st. Louis custom house and post
Office, S4,000,000 each; Philadelphia
postoffice and court house and New
Orleans custom house, each $4,000, 900 /;
and the Charleston custom house, S2,-
100000