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Such orders will receive prompt and. careful attention, since the most thorough system marks the mode of doing business in this establishment. Augusta, April* 3, 187!M5m3 INSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE Brooklyn Life Insurance Co. Of New York. Cash Capital and Assets, Over $2,000,000. 1. Because it ia acknowledged to l>e perfectly solvent by all Insurance Commissioners. * 2. Because it is the cheapest. 3. Because it endorses the Surrctuler Value on its Policies, tn Dollars and Cents, for ten consecutive years. According to the statement nf the rates of the different Life Insurance Companies of h'rst:class .standing in the United States, made by "The Uni versal," in its advertisement entitled "Facts ore Stubftorn Things," and published in' the Edgefield Advertiser, it appears that the Mtdtud Hates of thc Brooklyn are Cheaper than those of any named Company. For instance, according to that statement: At thc age of 20 $150 Will Insure At thc age ol'30! At thc age ol'40 $200 . $250 Will Insure Will Insure In (he Brooklyn " " Equitable. Balance in fa\ or of the Brooklvn, Jn the Brooklyn?. " M Piedmont <fc Arlington. Balance in favor of the Brooklyn, $s,S75 "a 7,'Al 47 $1,8*1 20 S^,S7.r) 4:; S,4."M 46 In the Brooklyn.,.. " " New York Life. Balance in favor of fha Brooklyn, In the Brooklyn. 44 44 Carolina Life. $9,250 GO S.S10 57 $440 12 $'?,200 OJ? 8,810 57 $420 27 $8,875 73 7,541 47{ $1,334 2?;j $v?,875 73 8.503 41 $440 12 $9,250 69 8,810 00 $440 69 $9.250 69 8,841 73 $8,380 27 7,987 22 $102 05 $s,389 27 7,987 22 $402 05 $S,389 27 7,987 22 $402 85 $8,389 27 7,916 40 Balance in favor of tho Brooklvn In thc Brooklyn. 44 44 .Etna. Balance in favor of the Brooklyn.. In the Brooklyn. 44 44 Cotton States. Balance in favor of the Brooklvn. In the Brooklyn. " 44 St. Louis Mutual. Balance in favor of the Brooklyn In the Brooklyn. 44 44 Southern Life. Balance in favor of the Brooklyn In thc Brooklyn. 44 44 Knickerlx>cker Balance in favor of the Brooklyn. $372 82 $8,875 7a 8,426 90 $448 77 $8,875 73 8,455 4? $108 96 {0,25o 69 8,798 94 $420 2: $8,875 7? 8,841 36 $34 37 $8,875 73 8,615 73 $200 00 $8,875 73 8,"?65- 50 $210 23 $451 75 $9,250 69 8,810 57 $440 12 $0,250 69 8,841 73 $408 90] $0,250 69 8,877 55 $373 14 $9,250 69 8,030" 30 $011 39] $172 87 $8,389 27 8,108 10 $281 17 ?8.380 27 7,987 22 $402 05 $8,389 27 7,916 40 $472 87 $8,389 27 7,936 50 $452 77 $8,389 27 7,859 10 $530 17 STOCK RATES. In the Brooklyn... In the Universal,. At thc ago of 30, $200 will insure $11,750 00 13,396 Ol At tho age of 40, $250 will Insure $10,651 90 10,2f?G. ito Bal. in favor of tho Brooklyn at stock ratea ?S353 9!) . ?585 00 Tile greatly advantageous feature of the Brooklyn iii endorsing the Sur render Values wpm its Policies, in Dollars and Cents, for ten consecutive years, has met with unqualified praise from the most celebrated American Actuaries, as also from the Press. East, North and South. . The lion. Elizur Wright, who is admitted to be the greatest Insurance Mathematician and Actuary in America, congratulating The Brooklyn upon this new and distinctive feature, sa}'.?, among other things, "I am particularly pleased by your departure in the right direction from, tl)e ordinary mclhod*of computing thc Surrender Values." "One of the great est drawbacks to the popularity of-Life Insurance, has been the disap pointment and dissatisfaction of retiring Policy holders, at the smallness of thc surrender vaho- pa?d,"'?c. "Ail this would have .been prevented by a distinct statement <.? Ihe Policy, in. advance, of the sum to bc j>aid." .This statement, it will be seen, The Brooklyn makes in dollars and cents, so that there can be no mistake. lieatf H hal Southern Papers Say of. This Feature : The Sentinel, (Raleigh, North Carolina,) Jan. 27, 18G0.-"This great feature of cash surrender valves \& an improvement that signalizes the era in Life Insurance." Sun, (Columbus, Georgia.)-"There is no better Company in the land" ; a comparison with other corporations of asimilar character, will convince all of tiic superior safely in tn Liny risks with The Brooklyn Life." ? Tispatch, (St. louis, Mo..) Jan. ?. 1809.-" A Policy in The Brooklyn Life is thus worth so much in ready monet/. This is the only Life Com pany in the country that has carried this excellent:feature (of endorsing the cash surrender values in dollars and cents,) into its business." "Pol icy holders being doubly assured, the .system cannot fail to become v?r.y popular:" It will be seen that we assert nothing in* the above advertisement, but make a simule statement, of the superior advantages of 'Thc Brooklyn, as it. appears from disinterested parties. The Hon. M. L. Bonham has been associated* with us in the General Agency of The Brooklyn for this State. Office over the Citizens' -c And at Edgefield, S. C. BONHAM* BACON & BUTLER, General Agents and Managers, vings Bank, Columbia, 8.-C., March 20tf JUST RECEIVED, 2 ? Doz. BrauVs Crown HOES, . 10 Doz. Planters' Steel HOBS, 1 44 PITCHFORKS, . 1 44 Ames' Long HandleSHOVELS 10 Kegs NAILS, SPADES, AXES, ROPE, &c. For sale low. W H BRUNSON. MarlS tf 12 ; Kerosene Oil ! JUST received Six Barrels Best KERO SENE OIL, at 50 rt?, per gallon Cash ; by live gallons, or more, at 45 ctn. p?r gallon. MARK ERT A CL IS BY. Mar 20 tf ?13 'Head-Quarters for Garden ?Seed. Give Me~aC?n ! jSToW.in Store n full supply of LAN DREATH ft SON'S GENU?NE. GAR DEN SEED, CORN, ONION SETS, Ac Ali?, to arrive, 36 Barrels -SElto PO TATOES, all varieties, at low prices. W. A. SANDERS. Feb 7_ tf 1 Stono Fertilizers. WM. JOHNSON, Agent. Dorn'l Milla, 8. & Passivise, and South Carolina. To the Editor of the Edgefleld Advertiser : Still believing that Fasalvism is th? only proper policy for the Democracy of South -Carolina in the next election for State Officers, I haye to request that you will re-publish the subjoined extract from an address lately issued by the State Central D?mocratie Committee of Missouri to their constituents. The Ex tract is .clipped from the ''North -Mis souri Register," ot the 8th January last: Address of the Democratic State* Central Committee. ROOMS OT THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8. 72. To the Democracy of Missouri : The occasion seems opportune for your Central-Committee to review, in tho ught of accomplished facts, the course pursued, by them in thc political campaign of 1870. When in the early part of that year this committee resolved, after careful reflection and consultation with many ?misent Democrats cf andoubted attachment to Democratic -principles, and unquestioned patriotism, to abstain from the contest for State officers then about to begin; they assumed a responsibility not clearly au thorized by the terms of the t/ust which you had confided to their hands ; but they did not take the step without the hign warrant of the apnrovir?g acclamation of nearly the entire Body of the Democratic I masses. Nothing but this almost nnani moui approval could take th? place of the decision of a State convention, and justify your committee in the usual cours* pur-, saed. But the discussion of the proposi tion proved that the Democratic masses of Missouri liad instinctively discovered the very method which commended its elf to the attention of your committee, and were pointing to it as the only swift and peace tul course of doh varen ce of our people from the fetters of a proscriptive and par tisan rule that.w*3 estranging them from their political rights aadduties, and threat ening to extinguish the spirit of popular liberty. The adoption of the method was instantly followed by the effects which .had been looked for. Scarcely had the couunittec*fonnaUy and -in unquestioned faith, proclaimed that the Democratic par ty would make no nominations for Gover nor and the other State offices, but would leave, the contest for those high positions entirely to the Republicans, than a die sen-ion among our opponents, till then conducted with little spirit and marked with no sig u i fi canee, began to expand into the irreconcilable quarrel which produced the Liberal Republican schism of September, 1870 at Jefferson City, and inaugurated thc subsequent instructive and memora ble canvass. Almost at the outset of this contest it assumed its inevitable aspects. The Liberal Republicans took the position pf the absent Democracy on the questions of the campaign, aud fought the battle against the proscriptive policy that had afflicted the Stat?, if not with mdre cour age and zeal, at least with a happier suc cess than the manacled Democracy .had been able to fight it in previous contesto. Althc jgh at fir?Tit involved only one im portant, but local question, it came to em brace the national questions of tariff, civil .service reform, and the right of presiden tial interference in state ?lections ; and nf?t only did the Liberal Republicans assert thc Democratic doctrine on these subjects, .uUthey became the zealous and elective opponents of the disfraachiscment which their own party had imposed on the peo ple-casting aside party obligations and allegiance, and boldly defying the ven geance of the national executive, to effect the restoration, of free government to the State, and to re-invest one-third of the qualified voters of Missouri with the sa cred right of suffrage of which, for five year*, they had been unjustly -deprived. Democrats could not and did not remain indifferent to such^a struggle. Their wa ver of right to contest tiae State offices did not impair their coherency nor lessen their devotion to time-honored principles. They had made a sacrifice of party pride and .claims for thc purpose of effecting a great and patriotic purpose-the deliver ance of t heir proscribed fellow-citizens from a harsh disability ; and they felt no an noyance in seeing that the ? ffort of the Liberal Republicans* to effect that same .object promised to-be more successful than the past efforts of their own party had been. They found too that this sacrifice was not withont compensation, for, in ab staining from the contest, they became, the arbiters of it. Their reservation of the power to contest the elections for mem bers sf Cougrees and the Legislature, and for the local officers, secured thc compact ness of their organization 'against all dis persing influences ; and the marked differ ence of spirit between thc contending par ties and the executive interference in favor of the regular ticket showed them how to use their reserved power ia the cause of free principles and constitutional govern ment. Tiley gave thc benefit ot their large vote to the liberal minority, and se cured the election of its State ticket by a decisive majority of more than forty thou sand votes. The result of the election was little less than a revolution of the State govern ment. A number of our fellow-citizens, variously estimated at fifty to a hundred thousand, who had been divested of their suffrages, were re-enfranchised ; a system of registration that had been the prolific cause of fraud, favoritism, oppression and crime, was abolished ; counties that had been deprived of representation, or had been misrepresented in thc legislature by persons not chosen by the people, were re-admitted to their constitutional right ; a majority of. Democrats and Liberal Re publicans wer?, chosen to the Legislature ; a large majority of the counties of the State wero transferred from the control of the proscriptive party to thc hands of Democratic Liberal Republican local offi cers ; and the party that liad governed the State for years with a rigor of rule unexampled in its history, was suddenly shorn of nearly all its power, i . The State government which was cho sen with the assistance of Democratic votes j has fulfilled .'all the reasonable expecta tions on- which those "votes were cast. It has given us a just and economical ad ministration of the affairs of the .common wealth, which has recognized ;ts indebted ness to the element that elected it by call- 1 inginlo the public service a full propor tion of patriotic Democrats whose high character did not exempt them from vir tual ostracism during the rule of the proscriptive party ; demanded other qual ifications for public duties and honors than tbs simple one of demonstrative loyalty *, and .changed a society, disordered and dis quieted by tte painful and compulsory agencies devised to maintain the power of a minority, into a* healthful body ^politic reposing contentedly in the consciousness of self-government. When we contrast the present Btate of thin re with the wan ton and wicked waste of the lands and funds that were the patrimony of our common schools; the great frauds that marked the sale of the railroads ; the pay ment of the militia and the settlement of war accounts with the federal govern ments ; and the excitement and consterna tion that attended the "rigorous enforce ment of the test oath, Under a previous administration, we feel that the patriotic Democracy of Missouri can never be too proud of the part they took in the ac hievement of the great change. Although Ms Passive Policy has de molished Radical role in Tennessee and Missouri, where> in each of those States ab?ut one auadrsd thousand Democratic voters were proscribed, yet near] oar* Democratic newspapers in ? Carolina seem either actually to. oj Passiv j sm, or at best to give it lukewarm support. Still most of same papers can swallow even tho " Departure' ' without any nausea. This present course of our local D eratic press must arise from mortifie at the blunder it committed in 1870, v> instead of recommending the Demo? of the State to adopt the Passive Pc which was then being practised in souri, and which had been so succe in Tennessee the year before, it ad\ Democrats to profess Radicalism, u the new name of Union Reformism. It is a feet that tho election of 1870 the nm opportunity offered to the Dei racy of Sooth Carolina to recover trol of the State, since the Congress! reconstruction business commenced, it is equally a fact that the. opportu was thrown away by the incompotei or corruption of the State press, for notorious that " Union Reformism'' tho. bantling of the Press Conventio South Carolina, which.assembled a^ lumbla in the spring of 1870 ;*and' likewise bot too painfully true J Stm th Carolina Union Reformism ' the mother of " New Departurcisi wliich has almost,-if nbt quite destro th s Democratic party". ' 1 tin til the press of South Carolina vocated acquiescence in the infam 14th and 15th amendments to the Fed? Constitution, the "Itfew York WOT and the " Chicago Times," were the o influential Democratic organs iu whole United States that ventured to such a thing, and both of the pap named among well informed, hoc Di tm oe rats, aro recognised as mere mot pieces of Democratic Bondholders of. war'.debt. The 14th amendment hot. oi proscribes Southern ant* bellum od holders, but it also declares that the F j oral war debt must bo paid, and sh ! not be repudiated except by a major large enough to alter the Constitution. I As the Democratic party was rapic regaining strength in 1S70, and was favor of either wholly repudiating, t war debt, or at most, paying onl? a p< tieri of it, the Bondholdars becai akirmed, many of them professed* ult Domocrac}', haying previously, bribed t "New. York World" and "Chica Times" to persuado the Democracy cease opposition to the 14th amcndmei it is feared they also paid some Sou Carolina editors, if not sonic Sou iii Cai lina Ofli?e-seekers, to do likewise. T sacredness''of proscription and the w debt made no headway in -Democrat ranks until the press of South Carolii gave the doctrine respectability. Ttl? most of the other Southern States t po used lt, thinking they could safely ft low wherever South Carolina could lea and the result is New Departureism, d moralization and (?cleat of thc Dciuocr cy in every Norf?rn State except Ne Jersey, Tho thinking people of South Caso]il never deliberately fell iii with Union ll formisiu, or rather they never inlentioi ally professed Radicalish by voting fr thc Union Reform candidates in 187 The plain truth is that they were broke hearted, and Uko all men, when Inst i despair, they were ready to confide i any one who had thc courage w oller l lead them out of their troubles. A fe trusted leaders, having designs of tliel own, or of their owners, lo accomplis by takmgadvantage ef the public dhrtrea without giving ilie masses time to reli?e changed South Carolina (rom her ol position as pi lot of Ihe Democratic partj to that of its assassin. It is hard to tell whether Sun tit Cart lina now commands most, pity or cor tempt, amoug her sister Southern State lier old office of leader of thc South i gone forever. "She justly forfeited it b? her craven stupid course in 1870. Hun gary endured Austrian tyranny witl manly consistent fortitude for twent; years, protesting, arguing and con tend lng for her constitutional rights all th while, and at last recovered them. Ire land has refused to acquiesce in England' oppressions for more than six centuries and she is fast having one abuso a fte anotbor corrected ; but poor, self-dogra ded South Carolina could like the ham that smites hor in five years, and he Confederate Generals could take tho mos prominent part in recommending lier t< try to defeat Radicalism by embracing i -to attempt tho overthrow of au arnrj by lighting in its ranks, instead of n'gains them. Shade of Roman Calhoun, ho? are the mighty fallen? Thc prouder constituency of tho continent once, nov without almost any sense of fortitude consistency or solf respect,' by following unskillful or faithless guides. Individual wealth, and even constitu tional safe guards may be recovored by I conquered people, but self respect, whet lost, is seldom regained. Contrast til? eharacter of South Carolina before the ad. vent of Union Reformism and since. The New Englanders bated, but thoy also ad mired and feared South Carolina' up to I870r.but since that, to her, ill-fated year; tliey have only spit upon h?r. Before 1870 our Carpet Bag and Sealawag opr pressors dreaded us, but now even they regard-us, our rights, our complaints, or our wrath, as beneath notice. There was a time when the name of South Caroli nian presumed respectability among I strangers, but since Reformism, our very freedmen are sorry for us, and patronise us. Their dogs bark at us as lbw charac ters, and tho buzzards as they fly over would seem inclined to befoul us if the friendly rain did not appear disposed to try to wash away our ineffable and self imposed disgrace. Until she professed Union Reformism, South Carolina com manded the respect and sympathy of good*men throughout the civilized world, bett her abject attitude in exhibiting that harlotry has placed her too low to fear another fall. It is" believed that the Oharioston News sounded the first bugle note Of Union Reformism in the State, and charity would hope that most o? our country pa pers unwittingly followed the News in committing the State to the fetal heresy. Since Pas si vi sm is tile only, new line of battle which promises victory, to cham pion it is clearly the best path by which the Democratic press of Sooth Carolina can retrace its stops out of unfortunate if ncbguilty Reformism. The policy exacts no sacrifice of prlhclplo-^no recantation of doctrine-no abandonment of party organization by either Reformers or Democrats. The only recanting confes sional demanded of any one is from ex treme Radicals, who mUst renounce proscription, thieving; robbing, consoli dtttion, high tariff, and many other vices, sias and crimes, to -get offices by the votes of honest men. The platform ls broad enough to support Possum Demo I .?ata, ultra D?mocrate, Union Raformers and Liberal "Republicans ; yetttprom as complete a victory for tho "Stemoci of this State in 1872 as it achieved for party in Tennessee in 1869, ??d in I souri in 1870. Excuse me fonrepeat again in this, as in my former^btterp linked in your Journal of 25th: Jany , last, that aa Passivism enabled;Tenne.' and Missouri to throw oil' the Rad yoke at a time when probabl-*ifWo-thi of the Democrats in either fjtate w prohibited from voting, why'^eed So Caronia despair, since no son of he denied the ballot. ' :|| As stated abovo, aside frouita?entini? greed for office is all that?ny?od citi: has to give up to stand on tao- Pass platform. No, I forgot; toe&nust a give up the prurient craving.'for note ety, and the vanity of appearing ai speaker at the hustings. The' Libe Republicans, par excellence, must" arran all the details of the' platforn&nomini all the candidates, and furnish all the c tails for tho canvass. Dem'oS^ats. oug to stay at home till electiorf/day, or, only silent spectators of Radical figh but zealous co-operators inaction wi Liberal Republicans to Hrgo oui th e figh, Liberal Republicans will coJpde som thing substantial to Democratism tho w; of seats in the Legislature, to secure mc of the offices of profit to thieuttelves, ai if Democrats can control ajmajority Legislative elections, all witffbe well. It would givo bad odor among Radie yotei/s foi* well known Democrats to a pear conspicuously fricndlyScithcr to platform, a candidate, or an ora tor k di ring the canvass. This abnegation of seLf, Will be hal for our politicians to adopt, even if thc be honest men and sincere- patriots. Davy Grockott is reported to have sai< what evory person of observation knov to be trn?, that " where a man has on< dabbled in politics* he can never quit i even after the people have quit him." Then again somo pretended x>r really ai dent democratic orator, or Editor, bri bec perchance, for the purpose, will op poi Democratic Passivism, and urge norn nating strict party candidates, making strictly party, canvass, and voting strictl for party. Let the good people of th State beware of all such hireling or im practicable marplots. Mr. Armstronf the present Chairman of the State Cen tral Democratic Committee'of Missour told me in St. Louis, last September, tbs ho had moro trouble in 1870, to counter act the affected or real zeal of bribed o impracticable Democrats clamoring for purely partisan canvass than he had t beat the whole Radical party. In conformity with Crockett's maxim I must go on to state that a'tpresent Ise but two sources of hope for the hones people of South Carolina to swiftly re cover control of their State Government 1st. The Passive policy, if proper!" handlod in the next State election, ough to bring us as much assistance :is it di< for Tennessee and Missouri . 2d. Failing in that, tfie remaining chance for us is, that a Liberal Rcpubli ewi may be.oloctcu rTOsi^^f -fU?i restore habcu? corpus, and Withdraw tin army, when tho carpet baggers and seal swags will withdraw themselves. Democracy being a dying cock in tin arena of Ntaiomd polities - shattcrcc mostly by South Carolina Reformism Liberal Republicanism,-allied with shat' tercel Democracy, aro*all tho forces lefi to battle for tho lost freedom of this conn tryal tho next Presidential election. Now, if it bc made kuown at once thal tho Democrats of South Carolina will in good faith sustain tho Passive policy at thc next State election, thou it is certain that our State will be well represented in tho great Liberal Republican Conven tion, which is to assemble at Cincinnati in Macy, to nominate candidates for Pres ident and Vice President. There are as many local Fedoral offices in South" Carolina, and offices in the gift of the President elect, or departments at Washington, which should bo assigned to South Carolinians, as there are desira ble offices in tho State Government. All the Liberal Republican aspirants for the whole of these offices, Statoand Federal, should combine their influence to secure suecos? in either the State election or Pres idential election. Who are tho men that control tho dos truies of this country? Evidently thc politicians ; and a largo majority of them make a mero trade of polities. Neither duty to tho State, nor p:ido pf opinion, nor devotion to ambition, has much to do" with the conduct of a professional of fice-seeker. Having no principle but snccess in the pursuit of office, based on a close calculation of ;he doctrino of chances, be can argue eithor sido of a po litical question with equal ability, and embrace or desort any party with equal facility. These processional office-seekers being an excrescence of universal suffrage, arc thu special bane of Ripnblicans, and Urey havo destroyed every free govern ment the world has kuovu. The toiling millions of tho United States, who are willing to carn kn honett living by thc sweat of their brow, woild be astounded' if they could but know low many Amer icans haye no occupatioi but politics by which to subsist. Thea) traders in poli ties aro so numerous thrt now and hence forth they may be said to hold tho bal aneo-of power between partios. The secret of the streigth of the great Liberal Republican movement against Grant, arises from th'ehowling discon tent of those professioial office-seekers who are out of Office, Grant has not, and Congress cannot croate ?fficos enough td bestow upon all, and tlc outs want the places of the ins so strongly that the for mer are tired of waitin-. Of course the reeking corruption, ant wanton abuse of power by Grant's Administration, are telling fearfully againstit among the kow cst masses ; but nevertheless, its greatest weakness lies in tho hot that his party has been in power too bug, and has over looked the claims of oo many office seekers. Usually a professional office seeker prefers to sldewith the powers that be. Ho waits patiently, fawning and flattering, in tho hopeof being reward ed, but unrequited patence ceases to be a virtue with such chase tors whenever a new and better chano fqr office arises. A host of such Radical patriots as these are ready to affiliate with Democrats for Grant's overthrow, sime Passivism im plies voting by Dermcrats, but 'oilico holding by Radicals. Hence the urgent lecessity of South Carolina Democrats speedily proclaim ing their Passivism at every cross-road, ta enlist the co-operaton of evory Radi cal who seeks a State.or Federal office. It will not do to be tardy about it. De lay, or oven a halting lupport of Passiv ism, will drive many .Radical to declaro j for Grant and externe Radicalism, where he would prcaouce for Liberal Rep ubU canis rn, if at >nce encouraged to ' do so. Political parties are not organize in a day, and as the Liberal Rep?blica party has. yet to be organized" in Sout Carolina, time is "precious to the Demo-; racy. It does not require oven- District c State Conventions to pledge the Demex racy to Passivism. It can be done by th Press, and by every Democrat or TJnio: Reformer constituting himself a com mittee of o?o to encourage every Radica to try for an offloe, and to discourage ev ery Democrat from doing so. From th extract published above, it may be see) that the State Central Democratic Com mittee of Missouri pledged the Democ racy of that State to Passivism in 1870 fii-st, by refusing to name any time o; place for assembling a State Conventioi of their party ; and second, by publish ing an address that the Democracy w?ulc not . contest the State officers with" th< Radicals. . South Carolina had a State' Centra: Democratic Committee iii 1868, and as nc State Democratic Convention has beer held since that year, why .should this Committee be functus officio, in . South Carolina now any moro than tho similai Committee of which Mr.-Armstrong is at present Chairman in Missouri? The Democratic, party of South Carolina is not quito dead, and the last State Central Committee appointed should take some action. , N * But if ?aid Committee .will do nothing, then let the people do for themselves. The plighted word of a South Carolina gentleman will be taken by any Radical office-seeker, and to. start .mternecene strife in the Radical ranks, a few hun dred of our-lending Democrats or Re formers have only to announce seriously in private conversation that the Radicals shall havo the field all to themselves at tho next election. Yo gods I will it-not be a glorious sight to' see the hyenas de vour oach ether ? Passivism will ' give them scftne of the "peace" which Grant ism has given ns. The times look auspicious for the over throw of Grant next November, and Gratz Brown, of Missouri, seems to be the coming man. To-day I would rather have his chance *to succeed Grant, than that of any man-than that of even Grant Lo succeed himself. Brown has a gigan ticjintcllcct-^is anablelawyer-a finished scholar, and is, perhaps, as good a manip ulator of men as Thomas Jefferson. With all,-his private character is above reproach,"and he exercises a magnetic influence over all men with whom he comes in contact. Like his near rela tive, Frank Blair; he fought the South ?hiring the war, but like him, also, since thc wnr, he bas contended manfully for her Constitutional rights. Although a Republican, he must bea gentleman, or lie could not be so popular as he is with both Republicans-and Democrnts-in the North-west. His late annual message to thc. Legislature of Missouri, take lt all md all, is probably thc most masterly Stato paper of thc knd ever written -in this country. T* .- ???ad of the Liberal Repub lican movement, and is marshalling his forces for thc Prcsidcntkd contest with a skill that causes "quaking at Washington. The Democracy- of thc North-West aro almost as unanimously for Brown and Passivism now, as they were for Pendle ton and .Democracy in 18(18. Thc Ger mans of tho North-West constituting ;ibout one-fifth of thc voters, tire also equally enthusiastic for him. Hereto fore, while the Irish have voted with tho Democracy, thc Germans have generally voted in solid column with the Radicals, hut now for the first time thc Germans ure rolling for a low tariff, and for nu king a white foreigner as eligible to the Presidency as a negro is under the late spurious amendments to the Constitu tion. The Radical Congress refused to j;rant this boon to foreigners, and the Gormans of this country, guided by their ^rcat idol Carl Shur?,^Grant's implaca ble foo-are koeping their powder dry to fight Radicalism next Novomber. In viow of tho Passivism of Dcmocra :y aud tho prospect ol gotting office un iter Brown, or some other Liberal Re publican, all thc disappointed Radical ?Ifico-seekers in Hie land, aro gathering to thc support of the nominee of tho Cincinnati Convention. Thou again, the honest patriotic Radicals at tho North, iud they are numerous, who love good jovemmenfc and desire peaco andhanno ny with tho South, are also looking to ward Cinciunatti. Tho. Radicals of the Agricultural North West are as outspoke for a reduction of tlio tariff as the Demo crats of that section arc, and the old alli iiico between the North West and. South JU finance seems about to bo revived. I cannot close .without a protest against lie now mo von.eut jn South Carolina to re-assemblc tho Taxpayers Convention [br thc purposo of petitioning Congress, jr tho Presldont, or both, to tako milita ry possession'of South Carolina in order io supercede the odious civil authorities >f tho State. If such a petition were made it? prayer might be granted, so as a guard against the possibility of South 1'aroliua being lost to Radicalism in tho Presidential election by tho cooperation ;f liberal Republicans and Democrats-' Fha same prccodent, for the same pur ioso, might likowise be followeoTin some ?thor over-taxed, badly-governed South jrn State. Let us meet the Tax question in some other way, and p?rhaps tho best s to be passive on that too by letting the Radicals do their worst in soUing us out. This writing cannot' better bo ended han by a quotation from a speech lately iclivered before the Legislature of Mis louri by Gen. Frank Blair, on the Pas dvo Policy In the Presidential election: MI believe that this" policy is the only me by which we can succeed. The new lepar lure has brought no .triumph ; we iisgraced ourselves withodt any reward )f victory ; we simply abandoned our principles, for I think that was an aban donment of principles, and I do not think' lie people of the country gave us credit fop honesty in doing it, although I think il? at the gentlemen who urged that policy ?vere honest in their convictions'as to its propriety ;. at any rate, it effected nothing, but wherever the passive policy ?las been tried, it has brought victory un failingly ?4t nevor has failed anywhere, md in my judgment will not adi mow. Applause.) It has a double recommen* lation to me, that we do not abandon our principles ; that we do not dissolve our organization, and yet we achieve tri umph ; we carry out our principles ; we maintain them and yet-can give relief to that groat body of our people who now Eire suffering linc ?r the pressure of the heel of tyranny ?u tho Southern States." G. D. TILLMAN. WoorLAWS", S. C., March 29th, 1872. ??~ Four scounSrels. forced a drug down the throat of ?Mr. Shelton in Mc Cracken County, Ky., the other day, bound hia wife and daughter, aged*fif teen,-to tho floor, and outraged them a number of times. Two of -the scoun drels have been captured and are ba jail, and the neighbors turned out en masse to hunt the others down. The two unfor tunate, women sustained serious injuries. Life's Fadeless Flowers, I've been thinking, darlihg, think Of the happy days, now gone, Ere the minor chords of sadness Touched the music of Lifo song, F ve been wondering why the shae Always mingled with-the light, And Lite's day dream sinks to sli At tho first approach of light Onrirvvo roads have mot, and part? Of tho fadeless flowers which gr? Along.the way, we have together. Plucked and treasured, each a fte' Hope, and Confidence and Love These aro the fragrant, fadeless fl We gladly lingered long to gather, In the dear, old happy hours. And, pressed between the sacred 0/ the Present and the Past,. .. Something tells me that their swat And their life will always Last. In hours of weary retrospection Hours when we are lone or sad Their presence, like a sweet remine Whispers of the joys one had. Darling, through the roads, forever, Shalllie stretched far, far,apart, We will keep these fadeless blossofr Like pure safe guards in each hes Tri! from- earth's soul they are i , planted . . . ? . To'tbe garden of euj King, There to bloom with constant beaut; In tho changeless, ceaseless spring. ' Brevities' and Levities, * j ?) ?S- H Say, Jones, .whaf a the m with your eye?" "Oh, nothin'-; my wijfo said this morning I'd bette up an"ligbt the fire; I told her to n it"hersclf. That's all." ^ar- Young man, do you over ?rin asked a-mild looking man, arco? Jones. . " Well, yes-, thank'you,-as a cold morning I don't mind," rer. Jones, removing his quid of tobt " Don't do-- it any more,*' vrejoitted mild man, or you will eVontuallj -. Good" morning. %God bless yi A man arrested in indianna two attempts to throw trains, frorn.' track, said he only wished to see 1 far a locomotive'would go when thr< .off the track at full speed. ?& If your neighbors' Bens are ti blesome'and- steal across the way, ? d let your angry passions rise* fix ap for 'em to lay"! . ?? . " 13T An exohange says : Cleveland invented a patient, bug-buster. JrVori with an air. pump. All the apertv in a roo m. aro stopped but one, at wt the deadly bug-buster is placed. By hausting the receiver, a current of ai produced strong enough to draw the \ min out .'of the room, through the^ pump, into thc hopper, where they put under the .influence of ehlprofii and stabbed in the back with a pltohfo ?Sr- An.artlesa newspaper man, v "lately bought a few sausages, thus reis his troubles : I got them sausages ho without getting bit, and I cut them af and left them. In the morning I visi them. Three of 'em had cuddled up gother, and were sleeping ?quietly. T of 'em had crawled ito my milk pail ? Were lapping tho m?u?r and.ena, a. bli and white one, was on the back fei trying to catch an English sparrow, drowned the whole lot. .asS*-The San Antonio, Texas, p< master received a lotter lately "Toi Mammy." It waa not delivered t some weeks after, a small, fierce look) 'old woman appeared at the ,postofl window, saying: "Mister, have y got any letter from'my Johnny ?" wh he hit the mark at once. A school teachor in Surry conn N. C., who carried hi's dinner with hi to the school house, frequently found 1 supply of bread ?hort, and suspecti his -scholars of appropriating n porti of his staff of life to their own use, li resort to a little tartar emetic in 1 bread, which soon had the desired i feet. Hi? dinner has been all right ev since. A woman applied to a magistni the other day for a warrant against neighbor, saying, "She called me thief, your honor. ' Can't I make h prove it? "Perhaps you can," quiet replied the magistrate, "butif I we you I wouldn't do it!" . *? ?SSr. A m ar ri ed lady 4 romplained th her husband had i?-?sed her. Her fail .er, hearing it boxed her ears. "Ti him," said tho father, if he beats m 'daughter I will beat his wife." Rathi a pleasant prospect for the lady., ?&r* A Western journal announces th: "Mr. Jim dementen,' equine abduct* of Minnesota, was lately the victim of .neck-tie sociable.1" Or in plain Englisl the-fol low ?tole a horse', ami was - Hwun up by a grape vine until vory dead. " JS** It is stated that'' a good lookin young laxly down in'Gcorgia killed twer ty one fleas at one sitting. 'Rah fe Geogia enterprise. par An.exchange saysi that the habi of chewing gum grows on a person wh indulges in it as much* as.does that c drinking liquor and the sudden break ing from it Ls as injurions. A young gir who has "ohawed" regularly for years swore off last week; and since that timi she has had regular jim-jams, and ha to be set up with every night. A younj man sits up with her, however, and sh< don't mind it much.. Girls that don'j want to be set up with had 'hotter noi quit chewing, - A Romantic Story. In South Carolina, lately, bas been en acted another version of the " old, old story" of man's inconstancy and woman's constancy. A lady, now no longer young, after many years of waiting, has been married to her love, who was far from be ing true.. She had supposed .him dead killed in battle-rand for nine* long years had m nun-?d his loss, refusing, by. thc score, admirers of her. beauty and her wit, both of which were more than ordinary, for she cam? of a_ Huguennt stock, re nowned'for her good -fooks and good sense, and ab. ancestress of hers wai one of the beauties at the .court, of Catharine de Medicis and mistress to the King-of Na-: varre. While she thus was mourn?ug her life away, her recreant lover was alive and well , and-the husband of a Northern Wo man. He bad been left for dead on one of the fields of battle, but, under the skillful treatment of the Fedeal surgeons .and tender care of a brown eyed hospital nurse, ha,d regained his lease of life,, but lost the heart which was riot his to lose. Taking advantage of his death being ire ported, he caine to the North, and, under a feigned name, married his hospital fairy With herhelived;ha]bpny till the fall of .1870, when death 'toop h?r away. Then at hit deserted hearths tone the lonely man thought of his Southern- -love, and hitrold passion returned;- He yieldedto the yearrf mg to see her again, and.with .three chil-' drouthe fruit of his marriage, went back to " Old Carolina," -and, shamed and trem bling,' presented himself before her. She, on her part, forgot andvi#rgave him al], and has taken the vows which make her a mother to his chi iden. ?rt; lABEERT'M CLISBY Edgefield, S. C., * ARE NOW'OFFERING THE LARGEST" AtfD MOST COMPOTE iTOd Ol? DRUi il M?pi That iaabeen offere^ in tKd'mrfe?t a?nc? tjie. varA ' .. ^?rSloek throughout .being Entirely jtfeWj, ?nd-jrarchaeeo/.rrom First Class jVlanufacturies, we warrant every article we faUj ^?Pttj^^id ? ii a du ii eral -tl ? - j: . : ' .. ? Lu ... .? # Having just returned frbm. the North, where our persc4ial'.a??teati?h'was fiven iii selecting our Goods, and h?ving paid-Cash for them, we were ena led. to buy at Low Figures. J ' . .We are now offering the following Goods at astonishingly low prices : '. J00 oz. Quinine, at. $3 per oz. . . 100 Bottles Morphine; $1 per bottle, 6 lbs. Br?n. Potash, 25 cts per oz. 1 . - ~ : ; 4 lbs. Iodide "'. 75 cts. per oz. . .. "6 lbs. Chloroform, 35 cts per oz. . . * > ?? I . ' ... . . 'Z\ ..**...*. . ; . 'V " " A Fresh Supply of Dr* Tutt's Patent Medicines. i ? _.... . . -, .. '..v..-.*' -* .-. 4-Doz, Dr.-Tutt's Expectorant, . . . .4 u . u Sarsaparilla, . ' ' ' ' ' " ' 4 i; " w Jamaica Ginger, i ' ' .8 "V " ? Liver Pills, \ r. 4 Doz. Ayer's Sarsaparilla, 4 11 " Cherry Pectoral, : 6 . " Pills, . . ' ? . . . " 3 Doz. Rad way's Sarsaparilla, 3- ". u ReadV Relief, ' ' : 1 . . 4 " ? " * - Regulator, . 2 Doz. McLean's Strengthening Cordial, . 2 Doz. HegemanVFerriated Elixir of Bark,. ; "? M Calsaya Bark, .with Bismuth, ? Also, numerous other valuable Remedies, of the day, loo tedious to mention. ^ -. ' k- ..? ?..' Prescriptions Compounded at ?lr hours.witt the greatest eare, and at the Lowest Figures. - family Grrpceries. We beg leave to call especial attention to our large and select Stock of Family Groceries. If you wish the best Green or Bfae^TEA yon can always get it at MARKERI' & CLISBY'S. The Best Java and Rio COFFEE can*be had at . MARK?RT & CLISBY'S. The Best Golden SYRUP or MOLASSES can be bought at the lowest figures-at ' MA^KERT & CLISBY'S. And best grades of Coffee SUGARS can there be had at from 14 te 15 cts. Superior HAMS at 16* cts. * * . 1000 lbs: RICE at ll cts per pound, . - . / Choice Tea and Soda CRACKERS, * - . SARDINES, OYSTERS, . , ' PICKLE'S, TOMATOES, PINE APPLES, &c' . " Et BY THE WHOLESALE, Now arriving 400 Pounds Fresh and Well Assorted CANDIES. Those in seareE of Candie's, and Confectioneries generally, should give us a .call. Firuits ! . Fruits ! 2 Barrels Superior APPLES, 1- " Fine ORANGES, - '. * ? 1 Box-Fresh LEMONS, . ' ' ' 4 Boxes very fine RAISINS. YOUR ATTENTION, LADIES; We liav.c on hand A superb assortment of. Toilet und Fancy. ARTICLES, embmcing.in Part- ... ,. ? ? * '" - ' .TOILET SETS, Rich, Rare and Beautiful/ . . . " VASES, PUFF BOXES, ind Extra'PUFFS, fff . TOILET POWDER and PERFUMES, in an endless variety; /. - 3 Doz. Lubin s genuine EXTRACTS, . 3 " :*.*'. Toilet POWDER, . . 2 ." -Coudray's EXTRACTS, assorted, something extra,"- . - . . 1 ." H Hair POMADE, 1 - Japan Tea ROSE, very fine, * ' . 1 " Atkin s ESSENCE WHITE ROSE, - 1. " Qoudray's LAVENDER WATER. . . . . . c .And if you wish something Extra in the way of HAIR BRUSHES. Tooth and Nail "BRUSHES', and infant Hair BRUSHES, Dressing COMBS, &c, you can find them at . MARTERT & CLISBY'S..' We. beg leave to .call the especial attention of the ladies to all th?'above, line of Goods,-feeling assured that we can please the most fastidious taste, and would be gratified tb show them to any who may honor us"with a ?pall, Sincerely thanking onr friends ' for their liberal patronage, we hope to merit a continuance of -their trade. . . . ? MARKE RT ?fe 1LISBY. March 20 ? - WINES AND LIQUORS. Our Stock of WINES. WHISKIES and BRANDIES is not to be equated in this Market in AGE, PURENESS of QUALITY, and LOW PRICES.^ We have in storeVahd to be received in a few days, th? following : 7 . 20 Bids, of assorted WHISKEY, ? 2 IV Celebrated,Hunter WHISKEY, at $8.00 pe? gal. 1 !" Kentucky Belle WHISKEY, -?t $7:00 per raf. V ?" Baltimore Club WHISKEY, at $5.00 per gal. .. . . 4 " 2eigler Old Rye -WHISKEY, at $3.50, - t 3 ? Old BOURBON, at $4.00, . . . 4 " Pure c;. D. CORN, at $2.50, " ' 4 V .Cheap Rye WHISKEY. . " j To whfch we call the attention of those who wish to buy to sell again. -... 4-Cases Old Hennesey BRANDY, very fine/ . . ; 20 "Gals. California BRANDY, ' * . 20 " Holland, GIN Jfor M edicinal purposes,. '20. " Jamaica and N. E. RUM, . " ,* .. ?3Q " Pure Old Sherrv WINE, . ? ? . - .20 " Madeira WINE^ 20- '" Old Port WINE, . . . * - , - 5 Oases CHAMPAGNE, ' * . ' . Tti?k? RHINE^NE," ' '. ' " ; * And in. addition to the above we would' urge upon .those who indulge in the luxury of fine SE?ARS, and-Chewing and Smoking TO^O^I?^ive. uaacalL.-'. . _ -? ..' ? MARKERT & OI*ISB?? ^ Mar. 20 . tf ' .. . lt