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PUBLlsilSD EVEuY WE ONES*) A "T ATOBSISG
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D7SI80S, EEESE & CO.
SUB3C??PTX0S5 to (V ?DYEXTISEK f?r ?ne
year 0*r?' rV>T,L KR tn advance.
ADVKKTrfEMTcKTt witt ric rnnerted lt OSE !
DOLLAR \n-r Square (T^miuinn lions or le?s) f>>r each .
iox-rttoa. ArfT*riijeniv3its w-thout ln*au*?ons as tn the '.
BOTirmr of tim,?, to he ln?crtod,_ will LA published uni?i
forbid. and charqui accor.linc?ly
Aon.mucin? Candidate? RJT ?t?y OtBeu of hnnor or
pr?at. FnTK';b<}LtABS, to be" pa?d beP-r* tho nn
DOMnct^neul tspdb&ahed. -.
Obituary rvnt?e*-#,7?>T?n?cs of Bospsetor any conumi
nlratioa pcrwa^l ta (?l* n?ture,..w?i tte rated HS adver-i
lsc-tuen!? and charged accordingly, t
TH&Pfc?TFOBM OF THE LnSCi DfiMOCBATS. I
Annexed we give a synopsis 6f tbo Plat-' j
fenn oa wh?c?? Long '?cf Ohio rons for {lav- j'
.cor : t tjtj ? .? .
The first resolution pledges thc Conven
tion to "State Sovereignty as tbe only salva
tion from civil and military centralization,
which w^-krmipate in the ruin of civil lib
erty, e S Vf "'" ?y -
Tho second and fourth resolutions indorse
Jefferson and tbe Resolutions r.f '96. The
fitch denies thc right of the Federal Govern;
ment to taiae arm;es by.o inscription or dra't,
and .declares the emancipation" act unconsti
tutional and void- The sixth denies the pow
er to suspend tho writ of habeas corpus. Thc
next declares that military commissions cap
have no legal'?Jt??le?ce in this count rv, and
that' they nra euly Replbfican Vigilance
Committees, without-respect to age, sex or
condition. Tbc next denies the constitution
ality of the legal 'tender acL Thenex't iavors
the taxation of Gorernnaout bonds the same
us other properer. The several following
risolutions wera tu relation to Iree trade, a
protective tariff, t^c.
The twelftu xeS?lction declares that-the
Democracy of Ohio have reining to do with
slavery; mat it belougs only to the Southern
States, ard we would avoid the painful sub.
joct if pos ible; but it- is thrust upon>is by the
Abolitionists und eonso'.idationists, who say
they .Lave emancipated and elevated tho
slaves, and have only lo issue their-decree
that he shall have sufiYuge aud occupy an
equal place with the whites. Wo believe in
white superiority and negro subordination.
Oar opponents wish to degrade our produ
eera and hborers, ss well as to 'bigrade the
South by cJaci-eohiiors, black fiu?rage and i
black office holders. The Weat eau, ami will,
dissolve her losing fsnXf and bank panner- j
ship with New England, and will approach j
the South and freu trade, bard money r.nd
State sovereignty and getd (rovoidme-nt. In .
r?elf defence, also, we announce that not a j
black vote ?hall evei be cast In Ohio, and no j
nacre black freedmen should bi? allowed, to
?ettie among tu. . We will not aiiow our fut- 1
frage nor our society' to be sunk under
the weight of a race incapable ol' f.-'f-gov- j
ern ment
Thc next resolution oppos-i General Cox's i
scheme of settiDg apart a ?".tate for thc ne-1
groes as an attempt to wipe out thc rt served
gowers of the Stitei and consolidate in the
.Federal Government absolute monarchical
power. '
Tne next deearm we must rescrt to the
obvious means of success. - In the first place,
let us reject all schemes for continuing tho
waste and violence of the war, by which we
are going deeper into debt every day. Let
the anny be disbanded and the negro soldiers
be withdrawn from the Southern States. Let.
ns reject the schemes of excluding any white
man from the polls, or from office "in those
State?, by any subterfuge whatever; and let
us not presume to dictate to any State, di
rectly or indirectly, nor continuo, for a da}',
any intrusion into their domestic affairs.
GB??. WHEELER.-?The friends of ibis gen
tleman will be pained to learn that he was
assaulted in his room ata hotel iu Nashville,
some days ago. A Nashville paper says:
Gen. Wheeler, who is in this'eitv for the pur- I
pose of giving evidence for the defence in the j
trial of Champ Furguson, was Ivies in bed in
bis roam, which was entered by Cd. Black
burn and Capt. Quiun of the Uh Tennessee
Mounted Infantry, who proceeded to give the
ox-General a terrible carting. His cries at
tracted parties to his .assistance, arid he. was
rescued from bis infuriated castigators. Thc
"cause assigned for this attack is said to bo
that Gen. Whseler bad threatened to kill
Col. B. ask bur i:, aud bad called ti im opprobri
ous names. Wheela'r was so bsrily"beaton
that medical assistance was required. The
weapon nsed was a heavy washing stick,
witH which Wheeler's head wa? terribly con
fused.
* Another account has it, that the two offi
cers wero shown to Wheeler's room, when
Colonel B. inquired if be addressed Genera! j
Wheeler, wh" replied that he did. Colouel j
B. then announced himself, when Wheeler
extended hTs baud, but at once received a
blow with a cang, whick was rapidly follow
ed up, Wheeler retreating out of thc room,
shouting murder, Captain Quirin following .up
ti road with a pistol in each bane!.-Atlanta
I'.tbllegencer.
Ma. DAVIS' CHILBBEK.-Tho New York
correspondent o/.tbe Richmond f.ulletin,. in
announcing tho arrival of Mrs. Davis' moth
erin New York, says.; -
Mrs. Howell brought with her the chil
dren of President Davis, who Lave boen de
lighted with the sights of this city. One re
* port is that they are to b- taken to Wash
ington, thence to Fonress Monroe to see-their
fatberji' permission can be pbiaiued; another
is .that they are to visit Mrs. President Ty
ler at ber residence on Statrn Island, atd
there remain ?>ome time.
A'Fortress Monroe correspondent of the
New York Ifemf?e?y? ihauit-i? easy to per- i
eeive that, there is. a .gradual relaxation of j
the rules prescribed by the War LVpartaieut j
in regard to Jeff rson Davis, ile is nov ai- i
1 awed"fo-talk ?dall subjects' with bis guan!, j
He ia very frank in regard to his orri nions ;
aud acta. . The writer says that at timos he j
apptsJS remorseial, but bs soon recovers hi* ;
cheerfulness." J>ff.-wears the same rebel gray j
suit and wbito felt hi-,t. He bas bod no op( j
portunity of cultivating, the . a<:quftintonec'of.
tailors:'. Bat-the rebel gray is of the first j
quality ol Gneoe>8, ?Ld i-> is Ibo bat. Tho j
coat baa ? black ve? vet collar. ? Ic til ways hn s j
worn gloves when coming outdoors. Latterly j
ha has made his appearance in a white ve? J
and ba* .done away .with bis goggles: His'.]
boots aro^jnely polished, and, with hit* clean }
wristbands ?nd.ewtieitf imoa.bosom and col- |
Jar, there rs 'ii?tmi.g io bis- appearance be^
tying t?tegeanine gentleman^ lhere is noih
io?hwaJ>out Mr. Cfayr-or John Mitchell.
J&rrQl?f- im? nearly- recovered hin healib,
and ftilf hits ni1? outdoor walks ever)- day. He '
recently wrete a Irtrpr to tlx Secretary of
W^r. a?-!;iri^ aVr?e.f-'y examiimfku-.f but bia-;
reqiteVt. th is mr4 PeVc^l tb bwre jper; with no
iavorabife ru spouse. .The hardy e?iistitutiou j
"ofMr. Mitolidll serves bin? excellent^ weil.
Hrsbcalth continues nuimpaiivd. ?LJ tofks \
. mort than he^?rd, ?nd. i!irow?-"'fnore courtesy
iato^is talj^aud ?daoners. He, also, is get j"
tiDjTsjixi??s. about a hearing.
my M . * * ? .
- jgs^A'farmcr near Steubenviile, Obio,
basappKedto the Freedmen's Bareau at
lYajbingtoo, for one hundred colored laborers.
T H E A D Y E R T?? EJL
JAMES T. 2 ACON, EDITOS.
H EIiNE.Sl>AT,AV?.* 30, 186;
*:'? The Erection, j
"Bet evry one be%r in rcivd til -rt on Monday I
nexMhe ?lection for Delegat ti tho Convention, j
will cunto ? ST. G<> io tue polls everybody and '
ca*t venr vot>\.
. Flatteries.
Tim honorfd lady, Mrs. GEO. STS?T??!::*., Fends
u? a largo r'ill of delicious peach leather and a
moat fl itte?ing message concerning oar lite spat
with the powers that bo. We thank bur most:
gall.vaily for th? sweetmeat, nnd most gratefully
for tbe comp'einent. *
A Waste af Time.
Frem heaeei'vrth it .will h? a decided w?sto of |
time nod joiner for parties to send orders for the
paper, ox advertisements for publication", with a
promise to pay fur the same hereafter. Wu will
notice none such. Our terms, like those of every
ons oise, are strictly cash.
Edgeiieltj. Baptist Association.
The fifty-eighth annual Session of this Body
wt'l be convened with the Gilgal Church, (aome
tun miles Northwest of thia plaec,) on Wednes
day, thc 6th September.
Concerning the Convention.
We caf! at:entton to tho short cimuiiiaicalions?
of Hon. M. L. BOXIIAX and Dr.'J. H. JENNINGS.
Thcs3 gc-tlcuien declino being candidates, and
by their so doing we lose tho services of men who
would counsel well and wisely. We deplore tho
necessity which will keep them at homo just now,
but b.-.Yc no doubt their reasons are weighty and
sufficient. A new Candidate, and a good man,
enters the field this week-Mr. JAS. A. TALBERT.
A Subject for Tears ?nd Prayers.
Tho Dought! So distressing a drought has
never been known in Edgefield. This drought,
God be thanked ! does not seem to be by any
lacans gone.-n.fJy. but as confined to thc ill-fated
village, and its vicinity for threo or four miles
round. Wo hare not had a rsin, worth cabing r.
rain, sicco June. Gardons are mere heaps of I
daat and- ashes. Potatoes have never boen wettod
fincc they were plactod. Fruit is shrunk, shriv
eled and suples?. Teas are insultingly few and
small. Turnip seed have been so fearfully ws#t?d,
that none remain. What is to becomo of us?
When rain does como, wo-will all be Btruck- with
hydrophobia, and take to flight in thc most raging
manner. Bowens of us, you peoplo in tho coun
try. : .. - ' .
Addition to the Garrison.
Since .our last issue, another Company of In
fantry, (Capt. HOLMES, Co. G,) belonging like
wise to the 50th Now York Volunteers, has ar
rivcd.and boen added to the garrison at thia
plaoe. Thc garrison now numbers some soventy
(Lve or eighty men. Wo are very happy t>> be j
abie io corroborate this week, on- last week's fa
vorable account of tho new order of things ox
istin? .under tho present Commanders at this I
Poft. , . - *' .1
-. . -j
Good Things.--Pretty Things.--Useful j
Things.
Messrs. CARWILE ? CO.. Messrs. Lntr.scHn.Tz
? Co., and Messrs. ATKINSON & SnrccT, aro daily
making, important additions to their stocks of
goods and groceries, Their pricos too are roc:
scnablo, and all are striving honestly and cner- j
ethically.to please their nr nereus customers. We j
arapl?ased to.see tho_ rage f?r. setting up stores.. J
Competition Ic tl? life of trade : tod the more ;
stores we have, tb? cheaper will we bo able to
buy our goods.
New Feature at .Ridgeway.
In our issue of to-day ie advertised for th? first
timo, a new Storo nt Ridgeway-the Cross Roads
fivo miles to the East Of the Village. The gen
tlemen concernid are Cansos WABRZN, Esq., and
Capt. B. JT. LOVELACE-both too ipell and favora
bly known to noed any introduction to tho public
at our hands. Spe their card. Wo bear most
.fttr<wablo reports as to their ehoico selection of
goods, and their low pricos. As soon as we get
34,73 more, we intend to go out and spond five
dollarswith 'em, certain.
Thc Grindstone /Han.
Some years ago, ata time when tho print of thc
Advertiser was somewhat thin and shadowy, D.
R. D. bought a grindstono from our humorous
friend, W. C. who lives not three hundred miles
from Dom's Mill ; and the latter told thc formor
that he might well buy a grindstone, for his lyp.o
were decidedly ia want of grinding. So W. C.
remembers this; and n.e tito Advertiser print has
been again, of late, rather ghastly, he sends us
word that -he has another grindstone. Right
good, W. C.; but keep your grindstone, and get
ready.to forward us instead, nro ??Iver dollars for
tho elegant, useful and beautifully printed teholc
theet which wo will send you boforo long. -As
j you see, we dont want your gria?stono; for you
mast acknowledge that thc Advertiser of this
I week could bo read by a doad mun s t forty paces.
Candidacy for thc Convention.
Mr. G. D. TILLMAN requests us to say that bc
had no agency whatever, either directly or indi
rectly, ia bringing his name before the people as
a Candidate far the Convention, but that if clod
ed ho. wi:l terre his country to tho beat cf his
ability, although ho would gladdy decline tho
office if he could justify his conscience or his con
duct in dom* <so.
In ronara to the rumor that ho would not ac
the ornoo if elected, he said, substantially,
in conversation with us, '. I never asked tbe peo
ple of Edgefield for oftico but that they gavo it
mc, and now when they request mo to take office,
? acknowledge their right to cuuiiniind and ury
ubligation to obey, at whatever sacrifice or risk
ft toy Self."
We Congrat?late You, . '
Our brethren of the Augusta Constitutionalist.
Your paper seems to bo. as -full of life and ?igor
ai a young eagle.- Positively, it seems to us that
you publish an- extra-and an interesting and
nseful'ono at flat, every day. Wc dont mean io
make' a Iou?;' ?-peceb ; we only want to say that it
does pur heart good tu sed so many unmistakable
tigu's cf the hijjh and dr.servod appreciation in
whjr'.i fha C' li-tilutioilnlitt. U universally held.
Dentistry.
Ai will* bc seen by rofcronceto another column,
that p.>j<ular gentleman find skillful dentist, Dr
J. E. MLSJ;, offws bis profesaiohtl'wrvioes to th J
people of our communty. The war bring over,
he nguiu softies down among us : tis many fi binds
will n? doubl boar bim ic mitti].
. Late Papers.
Weare extremely oblige)? to Maj. CARWIJ K, i
Ut). Api>isos,'B."C< Bm-AS, Esq., Mr. A. RA?, j
s\.y, Mr. J. ft*, rcnttmvt, Mr. 13- W. CA na, Cr.pt. ,
PttiL. Ercim.BEncrE and Capt- 8? F- LOVELACE. !
for varions Ivo papers-Northern and Southern- j
As wo are ?till totally without m s i I pr i nieges, wc '
nrgontly beg our irieads to <xmtir.nc'th'elr thought- j
?'^kjRd^asinthb'eeDwt. ,. .. j
i?r doors are
id oil," .and
gracoful lib
The Bi geest and Brightest Fie-Nic on
. : . Record.
On Wodncsdny tho ICtb, a part"'af .four, of us,
rooking to vary tho monotony 'of tho dog-days,
departed joyfully frota this dronj jrt-ridden and
dust-buried vilhigo, to broatbo 'fd -a day or two
rho pure air of Salada ; to- onjoji "the delicious
water, the purling brock?, the grjin- fields, thc
lowing herds, the bursting granarjfc tho hospita
ble hanJs and kindly hearts, that we to be found
ail thc way from Mt. Willing'to ^knight's T?r
ry. We assure yon, dear readcrait is no mean
priv?cgo to bo vouchsafed a sojouj t in tho midst
of tho D;ziors and Bot?knightt
Among the present bearers of thei J-good old Sa
lud^ names, you find aU'you-.wan $ their' he.frts
nro opec, their hands ari 'open,,
open. They hayo "corn and iril
they dispenso them with wann a
cratity. And they have*' milk ami honey" and
" peach and honoy ;" and milk dfyffco, and honey
dry so, and peach dry eu ! And 4"?*opoH of hos
pitality and kindly hearts : A? wo |$nirnoycd from
Mt. Willing to thc scene of the^ic-nic. being
somewhat out of our range> "we T?ueriod aman
thus : u Pray tell me, Sir, whore J&t. WM. BOUK
?ICUT lives.". Thc said man looked ai us a few
moments with something like-indignation, and
then said with the strongest emphasis: "You
dont know where old': BILLY BecJtNiefiT lives
the best mat?n tho world ! why hji bouse is just
two miles.aboad of yoii." We received the re
buko and the information with a smile and rodo
on, thinking what a blessod thing }t must he to
be so spoken^of by one's neighbors.
But tho pic-nic. . It was a. grand combination
affair-Edgeficld and Newberry ; jnnd was hcd^d
in tvo long and beautiful willow glen that skirts
the Edgefiold bank- of the Saluda^-runuing off to
thc right of the ferry. A glen so (green and cool
and lovely that Oberon and TitaJJ?t, the king and
queen of tho Fairies, in thnir moonlight revels,
might find^i covert there. W^e arrived at twelve
M. (severe! hoars later than wo .intended to ar
rive,) and fmnd tho scene lively, animated and
piettrresque. Tho hills on "either aide thc ferry
were literally lined with vehiolot4f every stamp,
and horses of erv f?rm and color. Innumera
ble freedmen and freedwomca jranderod about
among the purlieus of the glen, arrayed in gala
coitumo, and grinning and chattering Uko mon
keys. The flat was plying bujfUy between the
two shores, ladon with ludicst gentlemen, children,
carriages, buggies, and niggers. -Oh, the inevita
ble and unavoidable nigger! Wjhilo undor. thc
drooping boughs of tho willows; for a space of
almost a half mile, were gathered together a
thousand or twelve hundred happy and laughing
human being?; some sitting in silence, and ga
zing, soroo promenading, somo rushing about
wildly without aim or object, some circumnaviga
ting the banqueting" board, soma circumnaviga
ting thc cooking pits, some gossiping, many
flirting, many making lovo in earnest, and many,
no doubt, backbi.-ing their 'nerida and neighbors
We meas no offence ; for people evory where teilt
backbite .their friends and neighbors: and often,
wo mest confess, it ?3 very entertiiuing b.u-iness
Among this thousand of human beings, wweyouug
mon and maidens, middle-aged .and sober family
people, and individuals old onoQgh tobe in second
childhood. There woro scores and scores o?
beautiful, and beantifnlly dressed, young girl?,
with fresh glowing eomplexiens and eyes as beau
tiful .S3 if tbry had lately looked upon Beaven.
And dozens and dozens of brave and handsome
young frBows w4io for four years past, have hean
proving their valor and devotion .upon a huudred
! battle-fields. Thoy are nt homo now to test the
I troth of tho old adage : None Vat tho bravo de
j serve tho fair. . .
j Tho assemblage was ons Vt?ch might have
i h^n.aJt^?y.StUK^ik^j^^t. !?_ v?rioufilj
j marked, anti so strangely diver?*,, are'thc Anglo.
? Saxon fuce and .orm : and inadvertently wc fell
into our favorite occupation of watching p?oplc's
' countenances, figures and mannors. Some were
j over ?hort, and como were over tall j somo werr
thick and dumpy, and- some were thin as a
j wrought iron ckolcion ; somo wore exaggerated
I brunette and somo exaggerated blonde; some
! wero handsome and some woro plain : some look
i .
j ed amiable and somo looked unamiablo. But all
were nmiablo to us?t least. The aforesaid sobai
family poople were delightfully busy in doing thc
honors to guests and strangers ; and most heartily
did thoy porform their labors of hospitality-as
we can well attest. But we must not make oui
pic-nic tale toolong; in such acose, no ono will
read it. The feast (that roost important feature
in a pic-nic) was royally provided with creature
comforts: nothing in tho shapo of barbecued
moats was wanting, and evory thing was oookod
and served up in the best style. And thc dessert,
which was sproad in about an hour after tho bodj
of tho feast, was a charmingly beautifal and do
l.lieious after picco, la which pic* and pastry, cakes
and confectionary, melons and fruit*-, nuts and
raisins, played vory lively roles. The arrange
ments were perfect, und in admirable tastn, ss the
good order, quiot demcHnor, and dolightcd fuccj
of thc assemblage fully attested. Fun, frolic and
enjoyment in a good natured, jovial, hearty sorl
of way, ware tho order of tho day. Aud pvcrv
body took care of everybody's self ; and every
body'? friend too was most caro fully looked after,
And here wo must return our iovingost thanks,
?nd those of ?Il our party, to our mutual fries J,
that preux chevalier, Liout. JOHN HCIET, for hil
very kind and special attentions to us during thc
day. We hope it may com? in our way before wc
die to do unto him as ho did unto ns. And thal
boautiful willow glen at Bou#toigbt's Ferry is thc
very placo for a delightful t'me, without resfralnl
or stiffmis.'. And, on the.wholo, a quiet, easy,
unaffected pio-nic is just tho kind of thing to bc
onjoyed intonsoly and remembered long nftor.
J And this pleasant Edgofit-id-Ncwborry affair will
j live in our memory for many a day. And wo beg
i Ibo good people up there, on both sides the river,
when they havo another such gathering of th?
clans, not to forget us. We-would like oxtremelj
to try it again-again and moro leisurely.
Ulan Proposes but God Disposes.
A few woeks back, wo wrote that the groat At
lantic Submarine Telegraph would vary roon be
an accomplished fact. We thonght from all we
read on'lho 6ubjp.ot, that the late attempt must
necessarily provo.successful, but not so. The
ia-ying of tho CRMO proved a failnro in' '858,. and
now, in 13C5, it has again turned out unsuccess
ful. Tho I'real Eastern, tho largest ship, in tho
world left Valentia Bay, on the South West Coast
of Ireland, about the 20lh cf July last, having
on board the cabio, tho construction of which had
occupied for years past the labors of thc most
iciehtiGe men io Europe.' A large corps of these
? cime seien?, itiu men wore on board to superintend
j the laying of Ihe cable. Tim monster steamship
roached the distaneo of about one thousand
.md sixty-two milos from Valentia without acci
dent or interruption, tho cabio being successfully
laid all tho way : but on the 2nd of August, ~h._
within hundred and eighty miles of Uourt's
Content. St. Sam's BAV, Newfoundland, the ter
minus on the American side, thc immense cable
broke, sunk to the bottom ?if thc sea, and could
not bc recovered. Tho hranking occurred at a
).oint, whr.ro Ibo water was between three and
tour thousand yards dcr-p, in consequence of tho
cyblo having'booomc injured by chafing on tho
.-tern of thu ship wkilb hauling a poriion of it on
board to femr/vo a defect in the insulation which
-1-.?? ? .J. ?
had hean discovered. After losing itj.it.was grap
pled three times, being on ono of tho occasions,
brought to within twelve hundrod yards of the
water's surfuoe; but thc trcinondons weight was
too much for the grappling rope, which each
time broke and dropped the'cable. The last at
tempt to misc it was made ?on the ll th of the
prcBont mouth, when, not meeting with Success,
a buoy was pUoed over the spot whero it. was
lost, and tho (treat. Eastern returned to England.
Tier cuttsort?, the Tci le and the Galatea, sailed
onward to St. John's NowfoundUud, and tolo
graphod to Kew York the nows of this temporary
failure of the great scheme. Although unsuc
cessful in the attempt just elided, tho pr?o<ieal
and scientificmen engaged in thc exposition haye
orrirod ni the conclusion that nothing has occur
red to create thc least douht-of *the ultimate fuc
ccsefullaying and working of the Atlantic .Tele
graph Cable ; on the contrary their confidonce.in
tho undertaking has been largely 'increased by
tho valuable experience' lately obtained. They
aro further of thc impression that with tho Great
Eastorn steamship, and with s trun ger tuckie and
improved pieking-up machinery, there is a possi'
bility of recovering tho lost end of the cable, and
completing the lino already two thirds laid..
Thc Southern Cultivator.
The Septombe.r number of-this very popular,
useful and instructive monthly, has found'its way
to our editorial table. Tho Cultivator, now in Us
twenty-third volume, has struggled against many
difficulties during 'he lato war; but, wo-are happy
to say that, with mail commuhications re-estab
lished, it is even ready to extend that usefulness,
which, ia- by-gone days, ranked it as among the
first of our agricultural,, horticultural and scien
tific Jounuis. The cont.-nts nf tho number now
bofore us, arc exceedingly interesting, varied and
acceptable, and will .furnish a pastime to the
planter, the gardner, the family circle -aad the
.world of'Science, from which they cannot arise
except with greatly increased and 'pleasurable in
formation. Tho publication office of this paper
is at Athen?, Ga. Terms-$2 per annum-$1 for
six months-50. cfhts for three months-single
copies 20 c-.-nts.
We cordially weloome tho ra-appoaranco of tho
Cultivator ar?eng cur exchanges, and wish its
proprietors all thc success that the usefulness of
their valuable paper PO richly meriti.
For the Advertiser. . .
' SALUDA, Aug. 28th, 18?5
MR. EDITOR : Believing I can be of but little
service to tho Convention, if elected, Rnd my
qualification for a soat, by the tir?o" of its meet
ing, beiDg doubtful,-I respectfully decline the
nomination.
M. L. BONHAM. '
For tbe Advertiser.
Mn. EDITOR : I ask leave to avail myself of a
?hort space in your paper to decline tho nomina
tion to the Convention, so JJatttriwgly extended
io me by tho Committee at their mooting on tbe
list inst. However gratifying such a nomination
maybe to me personally, and however much'ap
preciated individually, I'am forced, by circum
stances over which I have no control, to forego
the honor.
Upon my return homo, .after an absence ?sf font
years, during tho lato war, I Cnd a portion of my
family in an "impaired condition of physioal
health requiring my closest personal, as well ns
professional attention, which, together with other
personal considerations, not necessary to men
tion, forces mo to tho aforesaid declination.
Io doclining the nomiriation of the honorable
Committee, however, I deem it due to them to
say that I will support tho nomination cheerfully
nnd cordially.
-. T have the honor, Ac.,
> JOS, H.-JSNNIKOS.
August 28th, 1S65.
? For tho Advertiser.
At a meeting of a respectable number of the
citizens of the District, held in thc Odd Fellows'
& Masonic Hall, ia Ed-rof "ld Village, on the 21st
inst., to consider upon the propriety of sending
?ne or more Ageais to the South, and especially
to the Empire of Brazil, to explore the country,
and report upon tho inducomcnts for emigrating
taither, it was resolved,among othor proceedings,
to meet again at 10 A. M., ou Salo-day in Sop.
tember ?ext.
A; P. BUTLER, Sec'ry.
For tho Advortiser.
RIDOE, Aug. 27th, 1865.
Mn. EDITOR: Sir,-The old "Ridgo Settle-,
mont" is delighted to see that Cob F. AV. PICKEXS
has been announced as a Candidate for the ap
proaching State Convention. He ii just the man
wo uood. His thorough knowledge .of Constitu
tional Law makes him eminently qualified for thc
position, ?nd cf the greatest importance to our
country at this time. Ho will receive a warm
support through hereabouts. We trOEt for our
country's sake he will be elected.
.. . : ". AN OLD SOLDIER.
Look Back Forward Too.
We never look back but with feeling? of pleas
urable emotion on the many kind attentions which
were exjended to'ns while in-Augusto a few days
ago, and particularly do we feel cherry when we
think of the.very occeptoble present then made
us by our kind friend, A. STBVESS, Esq. We
never think .of this siaco, without involuntarily
smacking our lips, and wishing friend STEVENS
ampio success. Ho is doing business on Broad
Street, and-is enlarging his Stock of good things
daily. II? Chinks, of furnishing the AdoerlUer
(as every good merchant ought to do) with an
advertisement shortly, and then, whew! we'll
go it. : - , , ? -; :. . I .
i'- ? -r-*-r- .
. .Newberry Items. .
Nrdm the N-wherry Herald, of tho 23d,
we gaiteras follows :
RELIEVED.-Co.'s E, I a?d L, of the 56th,
commanded respectivdy by Lieut. Tompkins,
aud Captains Ohissmau -und' Latchford; re'
turned last week lu" New berry froiu Andersen'
and Gwenvillo, wjj?ch l-.ttcr places 'we learn,
aro gow; garrisoned bv colored troop3. Cos, I
and E, haye gone tapar?an burg and Union.
Co. L remains here;
-, ' ' . .
Robberies satin to . be r-i/e. Maj. Peter
Hair'ahooee waasnteredon Wednesday, nig-t
! last, by a party ot.men in disgniserrhe Major
j bliu'lfulded and gaggecd, aod all the specie,
j silver ware and jewelry taken off. . The rogues
? tuok their ti mu at it, remaining long .enough
; to make a thorough searcn... . .... .
j A lot of bacon,.sent herc for: aale by a la
. dy, ..was t^eo. possession of on.Friday* night,
? by ptraons supposed to be colored! Some of |
tue bacon was-afterward* found.
THE STREETS-Under the new" regime our
streets are beginning lobaveu cleanly appear
ance. Thc bridging in front of oUr vdlice, so
lo.ig a nuisance at.d^ danmor, h?s been re
paired, and expressions di'' satisfaction are
general. Col. Tyler, and Adjutant Loomis !
are indefatigable'in restoring ftrd?r, and the :
work of cleansing and repairing goes bravely \
on, and there is enough of it to do. ' Some of j
thc hack street5 are iii a'deplorable condition, i
bridges frail and dreadfully Tickety, and un- i
lea? seen tn soon uiay cause the breaking of l
bones, Talco a'ride or walk-through tho
back streets, gcntlemenf ^
SZST Fivocolored regiments have beep
mustered out. Two' are in Ssuth Carolina.;
For tbe Advertiser.
The sulj?'cls whick rrifl most otigro??.UiC
jntion gf tbe. Southern people ot' ibe vu
tates, aud of the dyiliz d v. orld, fur many y
) como, will be tbofe oooneeted with tho pott
r.nduct of Ibo btigp, lengthy and excccdii
loody revolution, recently onded between
nu th siid thu successful Nerlh'of this counl
bo rcstilfs and effects of that mighty rorolut
nd the treainient which at it? end was ex ten
y tbo conquerors to tho conouorod party.
We all taow, very, well, and admit .?hat,
inie of war, tbo greatest possible injuries
an be inflicted hy cou tending parties, thu urn
he other, are perfectly admissible and legitim
inless they do viulpnco to tho recognized, tr
f conducting civilized warfare. We will sup]
ben, letting history, decido as te thccurrectr.ee
ncorractness'of manner, that theshclliogand
ruct'on of the grcatorpurtious of the towns of F
tfuksburg, Petersburg, Atlanta, Charleston, t
>erfoctly legitimate; that driving tut ande
.cring the populations of those towns all <
.be country, exposed, many of them, will
?helter and food to the rigors of-winter an
:ho ^hospitalities of strangers, wero right
idmixsible; that the destruc tion' of our Kai Ire
md tho appropriation of our property were lfcj
sate acts of war ; that tho innocont with
guilty had equally to.suffer; that happy ho
uends, the implements of agriculture, prodec
Selds and subsistence stores, with ovcry ol
elemont needed to characterize us 'as a civil:
people, doserved naught but an iudisorimit
wiping out. We will suppose, and indeed
sven acknowledgo that, in a rtyiiimate souse
thoo wbon committed, wero correct acts of 1
and will therefore simply glanoo fer a- mom
at our condition and our treatment since,
revolution now spoken"of ended. .
The immediate results and effects then, of
greatest and most gigantic of contests have I
tho manumission from involuntary sorvitud
four millions of happy, contented, and ns
slaves ; the great dopreoiation by it of lands,
estate and every other species of property ;
uncertainty and u- reliableness of labor ; :
fields and short crop.- ; the destruction of ala
every energy and incentivo to industry and
ertion in the pursuit of agriculture, and the
fliclion on our pcoplo in a majority-of instai
Of an idle, filthy, ignorant and devil-defying i
who, unrestrained aj they now' are, can S(
prove anything but a burden to themselves,
a scourge and a curse to all around them, J
to these results and effects as direful and as
exaggerated as they are, an incalculable arra;
helpless and destitute widowhood und orphan!
tho complete and sudden destruction of
Soul hera currency, and by it the universal r
and bankruptcy which have ensued, and we h
a picture presented for our contemplation
hideout as it is distressing-an amount of i
perhap?, greater than was ever imposed on i
other nation or on any other people* on tho i
of tbe globe..? -,
But with all these evils which wo havo im}
fcotly euHDior.ited, and under which we now sn
and groan, we db not despair. The same gc
merciful and just.Hod, who has all along rul
and, who hos guard?-1, protected and defem
ai, aud who has also supplied all our want?,
'feol will not desert us now in our day of adve
ty-in our day of sore trial and distress. (
gins doubtless, bavo rendered us obnoxious
Him, and have provoked our Bore punishment:
His hands, but we have that abiding confide:
in Hi? mercy, domeney and goodness wb
makes ns believe, that justice being satisfied,
will now turn from us the heavy rod of His ch
tening. As a people, we havo suffered, any wo
sapporo, quite enough to glut the most insati
ambition of tho most exacting of conquerors, \
"Heaven >o thanked, we still hare much mort
bo grateful for than perhaps tro deserve. Ma
of us have the wreck of former comforts, tl
with energy can be made to minister again to <
necessities. Our recuperative energies and
sources are but crumbed, they are not dead. ]
us then with thankfulness and confidence, shs
off the lethargy which enchaius"us, and awake
vi gi-rous and useful exercise, all tho rem air. i
energies and resoursos that wo oan possibly sn
mon to our help. As tbe strong and boundi
Lion, arising in bis hiding place, and shaking I
dows of Heaven from his. flowing mane, sall
forth in the majesty of his strength to supply ]
natural cravings, so wo too, shaking from
every hinderjB.cc, and putting.on oar manhec
must go forth to fight anew the battle of life
grapple sternly, persistently and undaunted
with fate's reverses, and either in this way
achieve for ourselves a foot hold on 'our rigb
or, should, it be necessary, to even immolate ov
selves in a yet more strenuous an<? manly mann
to obtain ?nd to i ecu re thom. Tbcro is nothii
wanting to enable and to incite us to do all tit
then, but a fair chance-encouragement-cou
donee. A good abd strong government, "tl
bost government tho world ever saw/' can no
afford us thus chance-this encouragement-tb
confidence Will it do so ? We bare reason
bopo it will. It is now taking steps looking
tho accomplishment of such -purposes. Pcao
profound peace, without tbo least inclination L
-our people to disturb it, and without, in our opii
ion, tho least likelihood that it? will ever badi
turbod in tho future by them, has new reigns
for the last four months from Maine to tho P.i
Grande. The blessings of this peace we are no
led to expect, wo WJ'11 bo allowed to enjoy to th
full extent that our crippled condition niay affor
us. The Southern people, almost to a unitacoot
and recognise willingly and witheut aiiy vai
repining, their situation. Under these eirena
stances, and under this condition of things ther
wo arc induced to hopo that, with civil govern
mentre-establishedthero will bu in the circumstan
ces of our peoplo in u very short tithe, B, grca
change for' the better' wrought. Private rights
infringed and-interfered with, we are led te be
lieve, are to bo restored. The residences in eltio
of our'refugee-ana destitute citizons, which ari
now occupied and dospoilod from anio to baso
moat by our government military and by worth
?Jess negroes, we oro told, are now to be turnet
over to their proper and legal owners* Now-des
titulo and proscribed newspaper proprietors, wlic
had given a loose rein to their employee editors
to write for.their popers to suit the changed con
dition of things during the late war, but whe
really, as far as editing their papers rhemnelvet
wu3 ooucor-noJ, had nothing to do, wo suppose
wid now har? restored- tu them this species of
thoir property. - Somo of the owners of the news
papers which ore now in the uso of. government,
aro ladies and widows, the intcrxiits of tboir de
ceased buslmuds in those journals haring rovcrted
to thom. ' Some of tbe proprietors of them again,
aro elderly gentlemen, who had retired frem the
duties of tho Editorial sanctum long since, and
somo are junior members, who^e time really, had
been given by incessant toil, to tho bust nets do-,
partments of their respectivo paper?.- Their afflu
ence, which-was never comprised cf- much hoyond
the rieb been, which th ay possess in mind and
brains; has been en gulph ed in the common vortex
of ruin that now marks tho track of the late
struggle, ond^lbeir papers' being as ranch their
pri^i o propertyihs thew watch which they cai ry
in their pocket, is; wo trust to sce sooa tuix<% pa
rlors restored to thom. If it be .right and proper,
that government, should have the ase of this or
jf anyjother species of private property, then wo
. . .v .?- ???>.: ?>? V te?-r -j. ? ~ .ur
trill not murmur; but if, now that tho war it .
jy.ur,its ugo': of pr?valo property ?beulet-'bo tia- -
?ulled for, tSen We suv, in? Oed's-nama, and in the
Dame of common justice and of suffering henani- '
ty and ri^bt, lot all suoh property b.e at onee re
rtond. We have noficed that private property is
being pretty gonorally restore?! in ' New Orleans. -.'
This is conciliatory, gives confidence, and creates* .
a great incentivo to indostryrond tbrift Let our
government pursue this policy then, throughout
the un tiro South, where not detrimental to its ia- -
Iciest?, Sud soon again, from every point of our
und to .tue other, all will be going un "as merry >
as a niacriftgojjell." . ^ . , ,.- . .
. A CLOSE OB SEE VU lt. ?>
-'-*?-**-:, ? ? > ? ic
, Lumber for Charleston.,.
Among our.iubscribora aro men . who live .?a
tho .head water.- of KdiitOj or ia the 'ccigfcbur
hood of* thc natue, and who, in former days, use d'
tu raft lumber down to Charleston. - They will
again dad this a very tacrafive business* (daspite
tho hiring of unreliable freed mon to eut and saw :)
for-lu mb-jr mas' necessarily IM in oxtremerdemand,
and bring very high priiies.^ Persons raft?ag
lumber to Charlee ton rill Cad imm?diat* salef -ir
it at Torre's Mill on Cooper. River. This old aaa"
well kc ow a Steam Saw Mill, ?orner ef Washing-.
ton and Chapel Street], hat- noes taken by two.of
tho most respectable and enterprising ' young
gentlemen in ChariestT*, Msssrs GEO nox TCPPXR
and ?. M. FREER '-otb y-?ting men of excelle at
business quSlifir cns-and of the most brilliant
reo?rd during ue tate war.. They 'inteniearry
ing on a " General .Lum^et. Business, Sawing
Timbar" Ac. We feel a?.iureof dur friends will;
fipd their patronage worthily bestowed-ia placing
business in theirbands'.. . .-'?'
Candidates- lor the Si a te C onventioa.
?ton?nect of t'nt'Ccr, miltie of Forty. "
PAUL F. HAMMOND, I TL % M." D?NoV??T
G. D. TILLMAN, . f Da. W. S. MOBLEY"..
Nitmineet nf the meeting fit' Richar'deoni.'
W. S. MOBLBT, *r?G MTABBOE0?G?;
R. C. GRIFFIN, ' - I THOS: JONES.
SST The friends of Ex-Oov. PICEENS t>itb>
out consultation with him i announce him ns'a
-candidate for theJStatS Convention, as some of
the nominees have withdrawn. '
Aog. 89 ' .'. ' t? * ^ 5-f .
' ---.
N^aET*l>R. J. H. JE.VXI.VOS, of the 9th Regiment,
having declined being a Candidate for. the Con
vention, his friends, and thc many.friends of Mr.
JAMES A. T ALBERT,- of the sn me Begimiat;
respectfully nominato him s's a proper person to
represent Edgefield District in the approaching
State Convention. . .'-'' . .' .?.
Aug 30 lt ' 1 . '? : 35
Wo have been reqnosted by the Friends of Rey
A. W. ASpiLL to nominate him a-Candidate
for tho State Cos volition- to assemble in Columbia
on the 13th September next. .
Aug 12 te . . .3<r
PROVOST MARSHALL'S ^FPTCE, .
Enor.F?Bi.n, ?tfg. 22,1.?G5.
All persons having Govc?amcnt' property in
their possession, such, as Horses, Mules, Saddles,
Wagons, Muskets, Rifles, io., "will .deliver the
same to this Office without delay.
All persom aro forbid selling Spirituous- Li
quor-) of any kind. And the public are cautioned
against giving liquor to the Soldiers.
* R. R. GILLETT,
1st Li-mt.'56th N.Y.V.y.,
And Pro. Mar.
Aug 23 St . ' 3*
Classical and Mathematical
. - seaiioeit?1" ^
AT EDGEFIELD C. H" S. C.< ?
THE undersigned proposes te commonco a pri
vate SCHOOL for Beys and Young Mea
An experience of four years ia preparing pupils
for College, and of two years as Tutor in .College.
justifies tho pledge of oCeioney ia tho ducios of
Instructor.
The first S?ssioa will begin on the 11th of Sep
tember.
Terms "per "Soision of Twenty weeks, $30,
payabh) oao-half iu adv&ncej er the whole ftmoant
at tho middle of the Session
atSyi'or further information address
. . L. R. GWALTNEY,
Edgefield, S.C..
Aug 30 ,4t ' "35'
New Store ! -New Goods !
I MI GOODS fe GROCERIES!
WA KU EN ? IbOYELACE would re
spectfully inform the people of Edgefield
that they have opened a
At RIDGEWAY, five miles East of" Edgefield
Village, whero thoy .will offer for sale
DBT GOODS A-'SD GROCXBIES
. AT AUGUSTA PRICES-! "
Our Steck has been selected from tho heft
Houses.of Charleston, and with a generous pat
ronage wo ?ropoeo to soil Goods as cheap. as, csa
be bought in Augusta, Ga. ^.CONSTANT ADDI
TIONS will 'be made tc our -pr?sent Stock- ac
cording to thc demand. We invite a liberal pat
ronage. ' . - .
' ?B- WE SELL STlttCTLY 'FOR C?S?t
CARSON H AltllEN,
?. F. LOVELACE.' "
Ridgeway, Aug. 2??h, - , , :
GOVERi\IttE]$T I
-. - AND. . --
Application? for Paddon.
THE- Subscriber respectfully offers to the citi
zens of the Stale bis- attention fo all mat
ters pertaining te GOVERNMENT. CLAIMS
and APPLICATIONS FOR PARI?8?.;
All applications for Pinion, under the" ex
cepted sections of tho' President's Amnesty' Pro
clamation,.must bo in thc form of -a petition; ?ta
ting tho exception or exaapth'ns, and accrapani
cd ,borh by the oath prescribe*! ana -with ? th?
approval of the Provisional Governor ?? tlie
Staie- ' '. " ...
The subscriber presonts, nt the same timo, bis
card as ATTORNEY AT LAW. ' .1 * V .
. WM. J. GAYER, -
12 .Chapel Street, Charleston, S. C
. Aog. 30 i...., 3t, tj. ':? 33
" ~Por "sSe~ 3T~"
A' -SUPERIOR Mahogany fra.med-WHEELER
A & WILSON'S SEvilNG" ?ACHINE> with
implements complete, and. Needles..' . , - -
,. - ' .?? --Also^-f.'\ ? ' ?.if V
A number of Sapsrior-Hair 'Spriag-Saat *Mii-?
hoeanyCHAIRS. - <? . <f- .\
Thcaor?rtioloa will either be- sold ..for Ca?h, or.
exchanged for Cotton. Apply at this ofSce, ? ^ ,
Aug 22 tf .34
- - _,_,_-:-C.. - _i_.
Beef Cattle, and j9he;ep.
I. WILL pay tho hi.cke'?t -iarket pri?e, ia G?H
or (?wonbaeks, for any Mussier of, GOOD
BEEF CATTLE or FAT.SH*t?r\
Aug 30 ' . ' * ; 2t
GDMA^;,
Thirty Dollar^ R$#aYd,.
JL OST on ..the ??tk .iwt., between Mft. Jah?
WA Rainaf ?rd's and'Mt Thos. 8haw1 a Lady'?
??NLD ^WATCI? -No.f Mm. ? "ho fi?det % will'
rcc?5ve"the ?hovo fe-f?rd by lo'av?g tho".. Wtiteh
st the Hamburg BroKfiiry, or alJit. WA. JBTar
linertA. ' * J?KATJF-FER.'
Hataborg.'Aug 29 - * ' tl*- 3*.

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