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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08

he was kept for the whole night.
One Of the old mans children, a girl
Of l3, brought her father a small roll.
The police, selling her, logged her
almost to death, and ultimately threw
her into prison. The rain then be-
gan to fall heavily. Within a fort
night the old man was in his grave.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08

Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New
Orleans and Galveston. The direct
imports through the custom houses
situated in the ten cotton States were
$l4, 100, $50. The exports from the
same ports were $l4s, 1882 or
they exported $l29, O92,65e more
than they imported. 1t is safe to
state that the balance of trade last
year was at least 800, 100000 in ia
vor of the cotton States.
The present year has been the most
prosperous ever known in the South.
Not only have the cotton States
made a large crop, estimated by com
petent authority at 100000 bales IL
excess of last year, but the price OBJ
tanned is larger. The crop Of 1878
bought an average of seven cents per
pound. This years picking is sell
ling for eleven cents per pound.
| It must be remembered, when
Judging of the probable future of the
cotton States, that they constitute the
only e1tentof cotton land in the world
wheret the plant can be probably cnlti
waited; that where cotton cloth is
once used by a people it is never
abandoned, and hal as long asithe
human race increases OF trade devel-
ops there is no danger of an over
production of cotton as there is OF
wheat. All countries a grow bread
stufs. No other country a grow
| cotton. The machine recently in
vented by Mr.. Clement, Of Memphis,
must also be taken into consideca-
ton. This machine is 50 simple that
the stupid labor used in the South
can manage it without diff :nlty'
The invention enables the planters
to spin, at small expense, the raw
| cotton into threads. 1t is said to
clean the seed more thoroughly than
the old ginning machines, and it Is
estimated, if it be generally intro
| duced, that it will enable the plan
ter to net IS per cent. more on his
cotton, while the money paid for
spinning, instead Of being paid to En-
lish and Northern spinnels, will be
| paid the laborers Of the S)uth. This
PiTuuaoiJ
create an industrial revol ution in the
cotton States. greater in extent even
than vas accomplished by the saw
| gin, patented by Eli Whitney in 1874
The people Of the cotton belt have
come out from the desolating gloom
created by agreat and %sucunctsaful wal
which overturned the previous con-
| dition of society and the relations o
the two races. They have mainly
reconciled the colored people to the
existing condition Of affairs. They
have reduced the debts of their
States until many of their bonds are
at par. They have rebuilt the houses
and fences destroyed by marching
armies, and have replaced the de
stoyed agricultural capital Of their
country.
The Northern agriculturalists should
look with envy on a land where the
owners of the soil control the State.
-Mew York IN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08
THE LAW OF LEAP YEAR.

As leap year is coming il is well to
know what the law CT leap year is.
The law, it is said, takes no notice of
the days, and as to the 29th of Feb
ruary, it takes no notice Of the whole
day. The 18th and the 29th are
computed as one day. For exam
pie: Suppose a note dated on the
2sth Of February. 1880, payable one
day from date. Ordinarily it would
be payable on the 4th of March, am
SO it is in leap year, and not on the
3rd. In Indiana the question has
recently come before the Supreme
Court, in respect to service OF process
in 1876, the last leap year. The law
there requires ten days previous ser
vice for the entry of Judgment. In
the case before the courtthe judgment
was premature if the 18th and 29th
of February were to be computed as
one day. The court said: at must
be regarded as settled in this state
that the 18th and Goth days OF Feb
ruary in every bisextile year must
be computed and considered in law
as one day. 1t has been held by
this court that the English statute
81 Henry III, is of force in this state.
This statute, speaking of the 18th
day OF February, in leap year, pro-
vides: "Gomputitur dies lille ct dies
proninae preeedens pro mn'co dc. )
(And that day as we'll as the dsy
next preceding shall be computed as
one day. This English statute is rec
ogniscd as a part Of the law governing
this state. The service of the sum
mons was not sufficient in law to JUS
tify either the default entered or the
Judgment rendered" In this state j
,s-unnoupEeurN true that the statute
ofthe law Of the.nother country, when
introduced by consent intothe colony
became part Of common law. Bogar-
dus v. Trinity church, 4 Pal, III,
1913. But the question is here set at
rest by u statute. | r. s., m. r.
606. 8. 8, which provides that 1.-THE
added day to leap year, and the day
Immediately proceed ng, if they shall
occur in any period. so as to b. com-
puted shall be reckonod together as
day" This embraces statutes, deeds,
verbal or written contracts and Iii
public or private instrdments.-N
Y. Paper.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08

The average State taxation during
these last six years of Radical rule
was 81. s75,5 00a year. For t1e Gull
rent year, including the half million
dollars for interest and 100000 (out-
side of the poll tax) for the PUBIC
schools, the amount taken from the
pockets Of the people will not exceed
$675, 9OO-a direct saving, in one
wear, of seven hundred thousand
dollars Charleston MeaUs d Courier.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08
ADDertiser.
CHARITY.

Oh il were better far, l deem,
THAT hope were known,
Than that each day it should arise
But to be overthrown.
Oh! ii. were better far, I deem,
That love were never mine,
Than that its fleeting light alone
Upon my soul should shine. >
All, yes l deem it better far
That naught but charity.
And faith in Gods unceasing care
Should e'er abide in me.
For hope and love, like fragrant flowers
Both share a common grave;
But charity too pure for earth,
Returns TO Him who gave.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08

There were 10000 accessions to
the Methodist Church in Texas dur
ing the conference year just closed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08

Lebanon, Me-, is proud of possess
ing the stupidest man in the United
States. He is a farm hand, and was
engaged to pillow a ten acre lot. Wish
ing him to draw a straight fnrrow,
his employer directed his attention 10
a COW grazing right opposite, telling
him to drive directly toward that cow
lie started his horses, and his EN-
ployer's attention was drawn to m
thing else but in Il short time, look
ing around, he found that the cow
had left her place, while the sagacious
plowman WAS following her. drawing
q zigzag furrou all over the field.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08
CLASSlFN ALTON OF C0TrON.
fFoEl1Jadgs4lHa,laee In the CONSTRUCT
ton of the Charter Of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad.

IffoEllJudgs4Ra,lae In the eonstruc-
ton of the Charter Of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
The case of the Winnsboro' mer-
chants, Elder & Co., against the
Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta
Railroad, wherein the former claimed
that cotton should lie charged freight
by weight, and the latter claimed a
right to charge by measurement, and
in which Judge Wallace decidedin ia
vor Of the road, attracted no attention
at the time and has since been carrieit to
the Supreme Court. The railroad
commissioner brought the same ques-
before Judge Mackey by petition,
and Judge Mackey has decided that,
according to the company's own
construction Of the charter for
thirty years, cotton should be clas-
si6ed as heavy article and charg-
ed freight accordingly. In conolud-
ing his opinion Judge Mackey says;
but admitting that the words Of
the charter are ambiguous, the prac-
teal consequences of the construction
claimed by the company would be
sufficient to reject it. In Charles
River Bridge VS.. Warren Bridge the
Supreme Court of the United States
says: That any ambiguity in the
terms Of the contract must operate
against the corporation and in favor
of the public e Peters, 544) Also
other authorities cited to the same
point. 1t may we'll be held hal this
corporation is estopped from denying
the correctness of a construction Of
its charter, which although most fav-
orable to the public, it has asserted
and acted upon for more than a quar-
ter Of a century.
AS 10 the thirty pounds cubic
foot theory, it was, in my opinion,
foreign to the contemplation of the
legislators who enacted the charter.
Nor is the capacity Of respondents
cars to convey articles on measure
ment more relevant tt the issue. The
equipment Of it's road is changeable
at the will of the respondent, and 10
give judicial sanction to such an ar
gument would be to erect a most
variable and uncertain standard by
which to measure public rights. In
view of the law and the facts, it is
ordered that the rule be made abso-
lutte, and that the respondent be per-
emptorally enjoined from charging
freight on cotton in bales otherwise
than as articles Of weight, and that
the respondent pay the costs of this
proceeding"
--@-.----
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08

ten InAiana Republicans, according 10
an Indianapolis correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, and most Of
them want Secretary Thompson for
Vice. President. The same CORES
pondent thinks that the Republicans
will get most of the disorganized Ma
t~ionals and new voters, and carry the
State by over 5000 plurality.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08

Hon. S. C. Cox does not think
Grant will be nominated by the I!e
publicans, or that he a be elected
if be is. II the Republicans nomi-
nate Grant, Mr.. Cox says the Demo
crate will run a candidate agains'
him who has the virtues of eivism.'
With Grant out of the field HANCOCK
will probably be the Democratic
nominee.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-08

"DlcBY, will you take some of this
butter?" Thank you, ma'am.t l
belong to the temperance society
cant tax, anything strorg," replied
Digby.- Wlmington Republican
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15
Louisiana Press.
Mexico

had on her festal garments Monday
night. She killed the fatted calf, put
the little pot into the big one, armed
herself with fireworks, draped herself
in the starry banner of the Republic,
invited her friends, and celebrated at
one and the same time, in grand
style, both the nations birthday and
the nomination of Hancock and
English.
An elegant stand was erected at
the east front door of the Court
House. AT dark there. was music in
the air and the rockets red glare, till
you couldn't rest. At least 5000 of
the beauty and chivalry of Audrsin
assembled to celebrate, jubilate, and
have a good time generally. J. Med.
Trimble, Esq, presided in the most
graceful and tasteful manner. He
introduced successively, ss the
speakers, Judge Buckner, Col. Alex
ander, Capt. Morrow, and Col. j. +.
Hutton-ail candidates for Congress
and Champ Clark.
The Louisiana gentlemen were met
at the depot and taken in charge by
j. +. Jacoby. who guarded them
from all harm, and On behalf of the
committee and citizens treated them
in royal style.
1t was a glorious day for Mexico.
She is an enterprising, wide-a-wake,
go-a-head western town-the only
drawback to the peoples happiness
was the continued illness of jolly Bob
White, the bigsouled LEDGER man,
who always has a finger in everything
looking to the glorification of Mexico.
Hurrah for Mexico, Mexicans, and
Mexicannesscs
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15

THE INTERPOsITION OF THE MILITARY
POWER FOR THE TRIAL OF ORDINARY
oFFENSEs WHEN THE CIVIL COURTS
ARE OPEN, FULL OF DANGER TO LIB
ERTY. re, ...
1t must be a matter Of profound
regret to all who value constitutional
government, that there should be oc-
casions in time of civil commotion
when the public good .imperatively
requires the intervention Of the, mill
tary power for the repression, of dis
orders in the body polite, and for the
punishment Of offeuses against the
existing laws of the country framed
for the preservation of social order !;
but that the Intervention of this power
should be called for, or even sug-
gested by civil magistrates, when the
laws are no longer silent and civil
magistrates are possessed, in their
respective spheres, of all the power
necessary to give effect to the laws,
excites the surprise Of the commander
Of the Fifth Military District.
In his view it is of evil example,
and full of danger to the cause of
freedom and good government, that
the exercise Of the military power,
through military tribunals, created
for the trial of offenses against the
civil law, should ever be permitted,
when the ordinary powers Of the ex-
isting State Governments are ample
for the punishment Of offenders, il
those charged with the administration
Of the laws art faithful in the dis.
charge of their duties.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15
Imagine her Feelings.

A Detroit belle some time since re-
ceived by express from an Eastern
city very handsome-looking um-
brella, and she had it out the other
day for the first time. Taking q
Woodward avenue car for . short
ride, she reached the handle of the
umbrella up to pull the bell-strap,
when she desired TO get of. As she
pulled down the umbrella began to
lengthen, and her feelings may be
imagined when she found the um-
brella in her hand and a sword-cane
arrangement about two feet long
dangling to the strap above her head.
This new idea in umbrella handles
didn't seem to strike. her favorably,
and IS the car halted she left both
portions behind her, and seemed q
good deal confused when man called
after her:
Cant never depend upon them
things Id row. You'd better GET 9
Derringer!"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15
Gen. Grant In Kansas.

EMroRIA, kansas, July Fifteen
thousand people gathered to-day to
welcome Gen. Grant, and celebrate
Independence Day. 1t had been rain
ing for 3 week or there would have
been 10000 more. The procession
was the finest ever seen in Southern
Kansas. The Council Grove Guards
and Emporia Rifles and q company Of
uniformed boys did the military hon
ors. The Knights Templsr and he
Knights of Pythias turned out in uni
form, the first mounted on black and
the latter on white horses. The town
was beautifully decorated. At the
grove Gen. Grant was introduced by
H.. C. Cross, and responded briefly.
The celebration closed with fine
display Of fireworks.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15
,Jasass CARROLL Secretary Of hsats.
From the Kansas CITY Times.


The name Of no candidate for Sec.
retary dfSsaee nsap more conspic-
uously than that of Hon. sIas. Carroll
of Audrain county Ins hia gentle-
man we have one who cOmbines With
lstaunch Democracy. the ether virtues
Of ability and. integrity, and who en-
joys u popularity and personal fol-
lowing that any one smighs be- proud
Of. Mr.. Csrroll's expsrsenoe in pub
lie life has been considerable and
such has been the confidence OF his
feflow-citizens in his inertia as Q man
and an official, that, regardless of
party afiiiiation, they ilave repeatedly
honored him witlf'positioas or great
responsibility. Yieldingtos the aoilc-
itation Of the many who Nave known
him in public and piiyate capacity,
be- is before his fellow Democrats of
thesStates as the choice Of Mis- peoole
for the s0filae Of Secretary of State.
His candidacy 10 the raAyingaaery in
Central Missouri, and his nomination
would add stilf greater strength. !. to
the winning ticket IN November.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15
THE BROKEN LEvEE.
From the st. Louis POST Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
HANNIBAL, Mo, July .8.-The
Chpper-Herald this afternoon con-
tains an elaborate article On the loss
es by the break in the Sny Levee :.
Among other things it says:
The levee begins at a point called
Sandridge, nine miles south of Quin-
cy, and extends to Hamburg Bay,
nine miles south OF Clarksville. It
Is 'tifty-two and two-tenths miles
long, and redeems from overflow
l01, ,2S9 acres Of land. 1t is not
known just how much was under cul-
tivatiOn, but the best estimate places
1t at 65, 900 acres, of which 10000
was in corn and the rest in wheat.
The wheat lands east of the Sny have
suffered comparatively little and the
crop has been very generally saved.
The loss ranged from this to practi-
cal total, as the wheat near the first
break was generally swept away.
Taking the gloomy view of the
rum, one-third OF the crop was lost.
The wheat that has been threshed
has averaged about twenty five bush
els to the acre. In some cases this
has been greatly exceeded, but in
many it has not been equaled. The
wheat was fairly worth, as it stood,
without labor, about two-thirds of a
dollar bushel. This would make
the loss Of wheat sixteen dollars and
sixty-iive cents an acre on one third
OF the total acreage, which in round
numbers is total loss on wheat of a
little less than 100000.
The article estimates the loss on
corn at twenty cents a bushel and
fifty bushels to the acre on 10000
acres ofland. This carries the total
loss on corn up to 100000.
The Indirect lesses to fences,
barns, dwellings, farming implements,
etc., are also heavy, and will proba-
bly, reach 800, 900, thus making the
grand total loss half a million dol
lars, not more than half of the first
estimate. .-.
In regard to tue nature OF the
break, the CIipper-Herald says: 1t
has been generally supposed by ten
ants that all the horrors of an Alpine
avalanche would follow should the
levee give way, but the truth WAS far
different, as Mr.. G. N. Clalk testiGes,
Mr.. Clark farm is Cn the east side
! of the Sny, twelve miles south of the
cutoff, and about twenty-three miles
from the break. Although the break
occurred at midnight Tuesday, it was
not until Thursday morning that the
flood appeared in the Sny at the
Clark farm, and it did not ill the
banks Of that small stream until d
late hour Friday night. In fact, the
flood was nearly seventy hours in 60,
ing twenty-three miles.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15

d 1t WAS no play woFk, his student
life, rising early and telling late over
prose and verse !; poems. for prizes,
articles for magazines, anything that
would 'sell'' and procure the daily
bread. More especially ne the youth,
still hoy in years Che was scarcely
seventeen), had chosen to engage
himself to, the daughter Of his fathers s
old friend, M. Foucher, who, on her
side was little more than child and
could bring him no fortune whatever.
The parentsi protested, Victor per-
sisted and Mile. Adele proved faith
full, though there seemed; at first but
small chance Of their constancy being
rewarded When he first wished TO
publish a volume! of fsiiert poems
which had appeared from time 6otime
in one Of the periodicals, no publisher
could be found to undertake the risk.
Abel Hugo, however, came generously
forward ahd paid for it's publication !;
while the book shops refusing TO al.
low the modest volume 50 much rs a
place in their windows, it was .ex-
posed for sale through the kindness
of personal friend. The book was
entitled "Odes ct Poesies Diverses.''
Fortunately for its author the first
person who happened to buy il! mas
NJ. Menechat, reader In ordinary to
Louis XVIII, who brought it under
the Kings notice. Its success wasso
rapid assto exhaust the first oilition,
1900 copies, within four months.
This, of course, brought him in q
certain amount of ready money; not
much, one would think, seeing that
the publishers reserved for themselves
three francs out of the three francs
fifty eentimes, which was the price Of
each volume still the authors; por-
ton served to buy q magnificent cash
mere robe for. the ..corbeille de noces,"
and when, about the same time, he
received the first fruits of pension
Of ZOO francs per annum granted
him by the King, ,.he felt justified iu
demanding the hand of his Adele and
they were married at ST., Snlspica in
the year 1922, Victor. being then
twenty and his bride eighteen years
old. .a-.@ssE l-rss sj1@s leS-s'asz
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15

No, Ethel, no; we don't suppose
''clcrical kissing" is any worse than
the other kind The worst thing
about it seems to he that it is more
readily and certainly found out and
people make IL greater fuss about 1t.
Kiss your pastor, if you wish, and
he wishes it. but, Ethel, dear, re-
member this, although you kiss HIM
ever so darkly, in the hall, behind
the door, down in the cellar in the
dark, down in coal mine even, it
will be In the papers next morning,
though never a word will be said
about those two times you kissed
your cousin Tom on the front veran-
da at noon while the procession was
going by.--Burlington Hawkeye.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15

s An advertisement says: Save your
hair while you have it. Many young
ladies obey this advice. They take
their hair of before going to bed and
carefully place it on the bureau or
the back of chair where the rats
can't get at it.. At least, rumor
says they DO.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15
From thea .eu,s,na Ffesy.

Prof. ]. r. Blanton, one, Of the
most genial, whols-soaled and popu.
lar teachers in the State, has just re-
turned from visit to Virginia. He
came down Saturday to interview
Wehrman, the Elegant Dutchman.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15

~ think said Il farmer, ~
should make good congressman,
for use their language. l received
two bills the other day, with the re-
quest for Immediate payment; the
one ordered TO be laid on the table,
the other to be read that day six
months ;"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15


The General Commanding is graft.
fled to learn that peace and quiet
reign in this department. 1t will be
his purpose to preserve this condition
OF things. As q means to this great
end, he regards the maintenance of
the civil authorities in the faithful ex-
ecution Of the laws as the most eff
ficient under existing circumstances.
In war it is indispensable to repel
force 10y force, and overthrow and
destroy opposition to lawful authority.
But when insurrectionary force has
been overthrown and peace establish.
ed, and the civil authorities are ready
and willing to perform their duties,
the military power should cease to
lead, and the civil administration re-
sumo its natural and rightful domin-
ion. Solemnly impressed with these
views, the General announces that
the great principles Of American lib
erty are still The lawful Inheritance of
this people, and should ever be. The
right of trial by jury, the habeas cor
pus, the liberty of the press, the
freedom of speech, the natural rights
Of persons, and the rights Of property
must be preserved. -...
Free institutions, while they, are
essential to the prosperity and hap
piness Of the people, always furnish
the strongest inducements to peace
and order. = While the
General thus indicates his purpose to
respect the liberties of the people, he
wishes all to be understand that
armed incursions or forcible resist
ancc to the law will be instantly sup
pressed by arms.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15

"I'm census-taker,'' said he,
smiling, In the doorway. "All right,
but you mustn't in-census," said the
man of the house, and he was imme-
diately arrested and fined 500, ae-
cording to law.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15

Talmage says Chat there !. are 20
amusements IN heaven no gossip,
no weddings, no conventions, no
fishing -notbipg hnt ,s,ttinS round
and feeling good.l II isn't much bet
ter than IN easy 'seat ina cool spot
beside big ripe watcrmelon.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15

Jecms made his wife chop the stove
wood on the ground that when she
married him she promised, to >cleaye.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-07-15

A cruel husband calls his wife
green fruit" because she never
agrees with him brooklyn Eagle.