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* V -i , . " " " ~ . ^ ""THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER. BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1369. VOLUME XVII--N0.34. EMPORIUM OF FASHION. Fall and Winter, 1869?SpecialtiesDry Goods and Millinery. Messrs, Fowtxu & McDonald arc now bettor prepared to show tho La dies of Abbeville District a handsome stock of Dry Uoods than ever before Tho Ladies are especially invited tc axamiuo their stock before buying They will always strive to keep good? suited to the taste of the Ladies 01 our District. In the Dress Coods Do partnient the}' have beautiful plain striped and plaid Poplins, DeLmnes Empress Cloths, Reps, Flannels Silks, etc., Black Alpacas. Open Flannel, DeBagcs and Silks. Thej have a full stock of ILouso Furnishing Goods in Blankets, Counterpanes Shootings, Towelings, Curtain Mate rials, Shades;Tabic Damasks, Diapers Long Cloths, Napkins, Doylas, Lin ?ns, Carpetings, and Wall Papering -Also. HokICI'V (-Jlnv-PQ "Rvairl.1 Tnimu , j , ?i ?-?'l llankerehiefs aud overy thing in "White Goods. In tho Gentlemen's Furnishing Pe partmcnt they luivc a splendid lino of Cloths, Cassitneres, Corduroys, Jeans, Kerseys, Shawls, Collars, Cuffs, Cravats, Hoso, Suspenders, Shirt Fronts, Gloves, Shirts, and Drawers. Abbcvillo can boast of as fine n Millinery llouso as any in in the State of South Carolina?in fact., as fine as any in any city, 2\orth or South. The stock will compare with any Retail House in Charleston, Baltimore or Xow York. Tho Ladies oan have no plea for sending off for their millinery any longer, for Messrs. T 1 ff- . 7 \ .11 * j. uwici ct jiffonaiu can snow as pretty goods, as fine goods, as stylish goods as can bo found in Baltimore or New York. And, besides, they can prove their prices to be from 25 to 50 per cent, lower than city prices. They haye every stylo of Hat and Bonnet that is out. Should any now and novel st3'le make its appearance in New York, they have arrangements by which to get it immediate*, hence there is no necessity for the Ladies of Abbeville to pay city prices when the}- can do better at home. Mrs. Sap-ard has had experience, both in Europe and America, and, we think, has the confidence of every Lady of taste in Abbeville. She. is assisted by Mrs. Jno. A. Wier whose good taste and skill in* this Department is well known to the Ladies of Abbeville, and will always be pleased to see her friends at the Emporium of of Fashion. Mrs. Sassard and Mrs. Wier will take pleasure to show the Ladies, Flowers, Feathers, Bridal Wreathe, Plumes, Birds, Ornaments, .Ribbons, Sashes, Curls, Switches, Chignons, Embroidered and Braided V nlrflfi on/I Ql* i ??*a * V?vw U1'V? jw^nviUj UAII lOj VA/IOCIO, Pads, Breast Protectors, Buttons, Trimmings, Laces, Edgings, Cloaks, 8liawls, Nubias, Hoods, Fur Capes aid Muffs, Breakfast Shawls, Collars, Cufla, Chemisette, Necklaces, Shell and Gold Beads, cut and uncut Velvets, Satins, Silks, trimmed and untrimmed Patterns for all kinds of Ladies' and Misses' Garments from E. Butterick & Co., and Madame Demorest, of New York, Kouchcs, Hetts, Illusions, etc., etc.They pay particular attention to the getting up of Bridal Bonnets, Veils, etc., and promptly attend to all orders from a distance. Salesmen in Dry Goods Department ?J as. W. Fowler, W. T. McDonald, Marshall P. DeBruhl. Millinery Department?Mrs. Sasgard and Mrs. Wier. Bv adhering strifflv In thn r-nnli avb. / 0 -J "J " tem they are enabled to fcell fiDe goods at reasonable prices. VALUABLE LANDS For sale in Abbev\lle. Importat to L<md Buyers. A ACRE lot in Greenwood, with fin* improvements; SO acre* in original fsrest?large young orchard. This place can be bought low, ue ihe owu?r hun o use Tor it. Two 16 acre lots on main street, in earns villare, well improved. Tines vacant lots near depot, desirably located, greater portion of "aclt in forest. contain inp from 80 to 200 Acre*. One tract of 800 acres, known as Whit# Hall; 800 acres in forest, 60 acres prime bottoms; well improved, and contains aft exce'lem store bouse, aud is a gsod mercantile stand. Ona farm on Saluda river, of 850 acres, ]2i ia forest, 20 acres in new lioitom*, 100 ai-rea f upland1* fiue for cotton, all under good f?*nc<?. comfortably improved for tenants. Excellent f?UA eu the river and well adapted to machinery. ' Oue farm adjoluine the aln>ve on Turkpy cre?k, o 1 450 acr?-*, 100 seres uplaud cleared, 60 acres ifood bottom*, butanes in original for est Mid pints, feueing good, and good ten?nt house*. One farm of 22 acres, in Edgefield, five mil4s from Ninety riix depot, 05 acres in cultivation, Orehaid from 3 to 4 acres, trees iu good condition. This place u well improved. One farm of 800 acres, in Edgefield?exceleot timber. One farm of 900 acres*, in Abbeville, on Coronac creek. 100 acres io bottoms, well improved for tenant*. On* farm of 300 acres, on same creek, superior cotton land 126 acres of superior bottom*?iii fins Condition. One fqnn of 600 acres, on sam? creek, sup* rior imnrar*nif>nta for family riiii#]?n/u t?i"l f Ibe first quality. Th? above lands cau be brmglit low. For terms apply te tbe Lend Certipany, al Greenwood. J. T. PARKS, W. K. Elakb, President. Secrniarj. 16. tf CLOTHING EMPROIUM. W. T. HOKE Of?ra fart*le* large and well eel ee ted dock ol CLOTHING, .GwUatnan't Furnishing Goods. Hatft, Tfttoka, Umbrellas, &c., which w*r? benght at low price* end will be told cheap Nortk Carolina Bniik BilU Imuffht. Store on Main Street, a few door* below ? * tb? Colombia Hotel. 'i A fall asMrtm^nt of Brandies wines, whiskiei - MAITT LIQUORS'.' ' ott baoil and f or Mleby J.KK8X**, ^ ' r T ' < * w ' ' ' ' # 4* INTEREST PAID ON Certificates of Deposit. > The Carolina National Bank. ] ?OF? 1 COl.l'MDIA, 80UTII CAROLINA. j] , ?"vV - i ? " . / | x irsoiuiiuii ?ji <im uoitru ??i i/irec. II tors of tbi* Bank, Certificates of } Deposit will ha issued, drawing interest at 1 f ilio rate of seven per cent. l'kr annum ' - llio local rale for money in the State o! , South Carolina, for suiiih deposited in this , manner, to remain not le?a than thirty _ , days, payable on dumaud after ton days s i no1 ice. I * The Capital Slock of this Bank is now I j $123.500, and authority has been grant- v , ed 10 increase it to tho sum of ?200,000. a - Tlie security of Depositors is guaranteed d , the lull payment of this C .pitai Stock, < - and by the examination and pjblished re- . . ports of its condition whenever required by , the Coiup'ioljoi of the National Currency i Bureau. The Bank deals in Exchange, Gold and s - Silver Coin, and National and Siato Secui rities generally. Deposits received in , Coin or Cunency, ami paid in the same, n , When interest is paid, it will he in k ud. h , Peisons having fui.d- -'o invest, are res- . ptctluliy invited to correspond with the I'le.-ideiit or Cashier on the subject, and m.ike all investigation tliey may see proper t?? satisiy themselves o! the safety and productiveness of an investment in its stork. The Caroliua National Bank has pur. cbtjsad for its use the building belonging -j io mo jsank ot the State, in the city of Columbia, which it will occupy so soon hk the necessary alterations aod improvements ^ can bettiade. Great care will lit* taken in ? the construction o its Vault, which will be lj laryc and as strong as gianate nnd iron can make it, affording every possible fcecuiny to its contents. boa tin of DittEDror.s. L. D GUILDS, President, i EDWARD HOPE 1 JO LIN PRESTON. .fR, DR J W. PARKER, R. O'NEALE. JR, J. G. G1HBES. W. B. GULlCK, Cashier, Dec. 3, 1801), 3'2?4l li BAKER, PORTER & CO, } 1 lirocers and ueaiers in Prolnce. j;: NO 2C7 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. THE OLD established Hons* of BAKER <fc tto W LA LI>, being dissolve J. the under signed have associated thernee ves together un- A oer the name and et.ylc of BAlCF.lt, PORTER y| ?t CO for the transaction of a GENERAL R. GROCERY and COMMISSION BUSINESS, at their Store No. 2?>7 Broad St reet, where we al shall take great pleaeuie in teeing our many 2. patrons and friends, and offering th? ra * sebetion from ourlaige stock of Groceries. Bngging Hope, Tics, Salt. Bacon and Provisions And permit us to assure tlieni that our former icputalioii lor having the finest qrably of goods, we shall ever endeavor to maintain CHARLES BAKER, jj JOHN C. PORTER, J LEWIS F. GOODRICH, Augusta, Ga.. Sept. 17 1869, 21?2m. nb. 1 OFFICE OF TELE h Dicta Fertilizer Company. 1 AugiiPta, Gh.,N?iv. 12th. i860. I, HAVING nhard a Fait?.forkol No. C 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, and a I l.ope now of being able to keep up the p supply, we reduce tbe price of DICKSON'S COMPOUND [ .to Sixtv-Five (805) Dollars per Tou of 2 000 lbs. lor cash. ? Anrl on tiiv>a till VAnn*v>Uft? 1 1 oi- ^ ... >. W? ?U?V ? i.lU*CIIIUCl X, IU IV, IU g $75 and Interest, for approved City Ac- n cepmnoe. Dray ft go, in al) cases, $1 00 ? per Too Dukson'a Compound also will l>e delivered Free of Charge, at any Depot in South Carolina, in exrhango for Cotton Seed, at the rpie of 100 of the Compound for 15 huaheU (33 pounds eacli) tif Feed, Bags for seed also furnished free of churge. Address ; E. P. ALEXANDER. Colombia, S. C. Deccemlier 3, 1809, 32?tf ; FALL OPENING FOR 1869! AT J. H. & M. L. KINARD'S { COLUMBIA, S. C. " * We have just received, and liave ready for . . examination, tlie largest and ino.-t attractive stock that it ban ever hrcn our pleasure to ex- Libit, consisting of cverj'thing pertaining to a 1 I firs' claea I n.-j- x r. 1/1 y UUUUO XfflbilUUHlUaVUI/1 r ' Iso a full line of CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, J WINDOW SHADES; CORNICES &C. I Our clock is bo extensive and varied, that it ft is impossible to enumerate. We iheiefnre in- J viteour friends, and all in want of good and j cht&p Dry Goods." to call and see for theru- , selvea. We guarantee satisfaction as to style, a quality and price. J. H. <fc M L. KINAItD. Oct 11, 1869, 26?3m nb Reward! i DROPPED on the Publio Road, between Abbeville C. H., and Wil- Jnsr ton, on November 29; a SMALL 8IL* " VER CUP, marked "T. A.C., to E. C P." A liberal reward will be given to tho finder 4>o delivery at thi* offir-e. December 3. 1889 ? 32-'f 1 mom nvifliiiiiriflit : mi iit/inii;1 ' . .. Fbesh ottbbants, Fresh Basins, " Corrants, J , <: Cheese, J Fire Crackers, sold at 1 '' ' 1?arkeb k lee's. Dee lfr; lte9,38,it r. . V A - . u % ? . *? FRESH ARRIVALS at mmn drug store! DON'T FORGET THE PLACI At tbe Sign of the Emporium of fashion. Darby's ca rminative. excel lent for Uahics ; PoihbIi to malu onp : Iiitliyo. IJonix. Hi?v Itum. Hosiottfir's iitlers, Pliilomken, Uenzmo, Chlorodino blistering Tissue, Cliatuoiso Skins, Had vaj's Resolvent, Ready Relief and Pills, nd a thousand oilier articles?Jill having liferent names, but equally useful to porons who have need of lliem. Woman's Best Friend. BRADKIELD'S REGULATOR, foi ale by W. T. PENNEY. Prior $1.50 p<ir bottle. Call and get a circular free, learn of ill jeriu from tbo testimony of those whe avo used it. Heinitsh's Queen's Delight. TIIE Crowning Glory of Medicina uiul under o! science, lor eale bv W. T. PENNEY. Price I 00 per l.-> lie. )arby's Prophylactic Fluid. THE moat powerful disinfectant known lurt-8 liurn:,and Running Sores, removes tains and destroys all Auioial and Vege. tble Poisions, for sale by YV. T. PENNEY. Trice 50 cents. DR. MILLER'S 10USEH0LD BLESSING For sale at Si.00 per buttle, by W. T. PENNEY. i>l"/. i?uy ? 'JU?tt rotice to Persons Suffering with Asthma. A SOVEREIGN remedy is found in % the Green Mountain /Istbma cure, rtpared by Dr. J. II. Guild, Rupert, Ver lunt, and for sale by W. T. PENNEY. Price $2.00 per bottle. ALSO. Leidy's Blood Pills. .n exeellen' forui in wh'cb to lake extract f earcaparilla. They bave been te>ted r?d found good by persons here. Call ud get a few boxes and try them. . I'rice 5c per box. Fur sale by TV. T. PENNEY. Nov. 20,18G9, 31?If The Real Estate Lbram Haddon, deceased, CTTILL be sold by the Executors of the W Will of the said dee?as?d, on Sale hiy inJnnu ?ry , next, viz : ?hree Hundred and Thirty Acres, more or less, <ying within four inilfs of Abheville Inuri House, adjoining lands of William lili, W. B. R' ruHto an l other; on the iemi.-e* are all necessary out-buildings. The sale will lake place at Abbeville !i?urt [louts ou Sale D;ty in January, next e:?g the 3d day of the month, and th? ighc-ct bidder will be the purchaser. The purchaser will be required to give a t?nH U..A -- J ? V. .M.v. n^|/?u??U OCVJUIIIJ, auu h wonage of ibe premises to secure the p?ylent of the purchase money, and pay for II uectnwary papers, including etHmpu&u Jp.s. C. Stevenson,) [ Extr's. A. J. McKce,) Deo. 8. lSfiO. 33. 3t BLUE GRASS SEED, AT irarjtcr oc Lees. D?"C 10, 1809, 33 tf ^lMONDS' Liver Regulator, ^ Dr. J. Brndford'a Female Regulator, Liile Greu&o, At, PARKER & LEE'S. Deo 10,1869,33, ? Elix Bark and Protoxide of Iron, "erro. Phosphorated Calasaya Bark with Bismuth, {s3?ard & Co.'s Cod Liver Oil, puro, fine Willow Charcoal, )r. Groves Magnetic Plaster, lcAlliftier's O imnent, ew DavidV Plasier, )allerps Magical Pain Extractor, ipice Bittern, at PARKER & LEE'S. Dec 10, 18C9, 34, if IAME OfflMEHT, for Doik AT Parker & Lee's. Deo 10, 33, tf mum? ni? ifniromr tron* umiujei ur iuuubiln Lirjb, AT PARKER & LEE'S. Dm ?0, 39. if $25.00 Reward! , ^ t ^ i \ 0 A ND no question* Mkod, for the recOrf\. try efr * GOLD WATCH ami illAIN, loft on Monday evening, at. Ai> wrill* C, H. Apply at the Marshal Elooa#. f GEORCtt MeOALLA. JtoTMlkti, im, fl^Mf For tbe Abbeville Press aud Banner. TO THE PUBLIC. Tlio following is the list of memben of the Exceutivo Committee of tin Abbeville Agricultural Socioty. I there aro any amongst the nuinbei 1 who caunot and will not work for tin cause, they will please notify 1110 a once, that otbor appointment# m:n be made. Our Society is a fixed fac ?"u iiiuov jn w^i toon v. j. v ' this end much dcponds upon the will | the energy, and if need bo the purse \ of the Executive Committee; hencc , it is necessary that ouch a committoc should bo composed of citizens, wht 1 are willing occasionally to sacrifice private interests for tho public weal The Executive Committee will meet in the Secretary's Office at eleven o'clock on tho morning of tho iirsl Tuesday in January ; and to prevent tho necessity of calling another meet, ing during the year, it is urgently ro '! quested that every member intouuinii 1 to serve will bo present. Jn the present issue of the Press, ] propose a scheme by which tlx Society may bo firmly establishes upon a monied basis, and wliiel gehvme J respectfully aslc the members of the Commit tec to reflect up on, and if tficy approve of it, to cir I cnlate it in their respective sections EXKCL'TlVE COITXF.E. JAMES M. LATI.Ml-;J?, JOHN E. BROWNLEE, SAML Y. HESTER, ED. CALHOUN, J). M. 110 DC JOES, rETE It (i UILLE13EAU, M. O. McC.ASLAN, CATLET CO It LEY, J. II. W IDEM AN, M. C. TAGGART, 1. I). GA1LLARD, If. A. GRIFFIN, J. M. lvUDGElvS, W. T. HENDERSON, A. M. AIKEN, G. W. HODGES, M B. McGILEE, G. MATT1SON, JAMES PRATT, C. C ELLIS, W. J. SMITH, W. II. PARKER, . G. McD. MILLER, H. W. LAWSON, With tho following officers of th< Society : D. W. Aiken, President. C. T. Haskell, vice-Prosident. F. A. Connor, Treasurer. J. S. Cothran. Cor. Seeretarv. # - ~ W. A. Lee, Rec. Secretary. D. WYATT AIKEN, President. Habits of a Han of Business. A saei'ed regard to the principles of justice forms the basis of ever} , transaction, and regulates the conduci of the upright man of businesa. lit i is strict in keeping his engagements does nothing carelessly or in a hurry ' employs nobody to do what ho can at ' easily do himself; keeps everything in its proper 'place; leaves nothing undone which ought to be done ant which circumaances permit him to do . keeps his designs and business fron the view of others; is prompt and de cisive with his customers, and does not overtrade his capital; prefer* short credits to long ones, and casl to credit transactions, at all time! when they can be advantageously made, cither in buying or selling, ant small profits with little 'risk, to tin chance of better gains with more haz ard. lie is clear and explicit in al bis bargains; leaves nothing to tin memory winch can and ought to b( committed to writing; keeps copiei of all important letters which he sends away, and has every letter and invoice belonging to his business, ti tied, classed aud put away. lie never sufler3 Lis desk *o be confused by many papers lying 1 upon it; ia always at tho head o: bis business, well knowing if he leaves it, it will leave him; holds it as a maxim, tliat he whose credit is suspected is uot safe to be trust ed, and is constantly examining his books, and sees through all hit affairs as far as care and attentior enable him; balances regularly at stated times, and then makes oul i and transmits all his accounts cur rent to his customers and constitu ents, both at home and abroad . . L ... avoids, as much as possible, al ; sorts of accommodations in raonej matters and lawsuits, when there It the Teast hazard ; is economical ii his expenditures, always living within his income ; keeps a memorandum-book, with a pencil, in hii pocket, in which he writes everj little particular relative to appoint ments, addresses, and pettv cast matters ; is cautious how he be comes security for any person, aw is geqerous only when urged bj j motives of humanity. .? : ? ? J A *orh?noft ft? tli* mlrirfla ? ? ,, -Z~7: ,, ABBEVILLE SENATORIAL ELECTION, t Debate in the Senate. ( i J. J. Wright, colored, offered the e ? following resolution : I Whereas, it appears by the report \ t i of tho Commit too on Privileges and t 3 Elections, that such irregularities oc-' s t curred in tho conduct of tho recent t r election for senator in the County of c L Abbeville as to vitiato tho Paine, bo it c j jtcsoivea. "inat said electiou bo dc- u , clarcd null unci void. f] , The motion was seeondod by W. B. t ; Nash, colored. 1 j Wright, in reply to a request from d > Leslie to give his reasons for making I. j tho motion, said, substantially; The r * Legislature had appointed county j . canvassers to superintend the election i i and sec that it was conducted accord- f t ing to law, and if there were any ille t t gal votes to throw them out. Jf f - there were such, they did not throw - them out it appeared, from the testi- I j mony. According to the law, tho report of the county canvassers is t liual. While, perhaps, they knew of J* irregularities, yet they would not I 1 throw out the votes for the reason, t i perhaps, that such action would have t - interfered with the election for conn- a - ty olficers, who were voted for at the -ii - same time and who have been since t . installed. It was shown that there u was fraud at the election?at Cal- t houn's Mills?and it was in evidence that men had been intimidated, but t the committee Look no cogni/.aneo of t it, Lecausc it was "ot admissablo to t show which way those who were intimidated and prevented Jj'om voting i would'have voted. There was no > corruption shown in the conduct of < the judges, and the law does not al- i i it... ? ' -? -> l nnv iii?j ^uiliiuiia'u IU gU UCillllU ineir c report. The law, however, docs allow r the House or Senate to declare tlie election null and void if it he shown t that there was neglect of duty on the part of the county canvassers; j: and there was neglect of duty?be- ( caufo the manager of the Calhoun's ( Mills precinct appointed a manager t there, when only the commissioners 1 of election had a right to appoint ti t manager. ( Leslie eaid ho was sorry to see that j considerable outside political pressure t was being brought to bear upon the } senators in regard to this election con- i test. He had been a Democrat once, 1 and he knew that there were some f things that party would do that tho 1 Devil himself, were he on earth, could not excel. He did not want the sena- 1 tors to uo lime tlie uemocrats would t do?not give a .Republican a fair t showing?but to give each! of tho eon- > testants a chance. He knew that if 1 this was a contest between Radicals and Democrats, and this were a Democratic Senate, the senators would not I J give Guffin time to say "God have t t mercy on my soul," before they would 1 chuck him out of the window; and e that is the way some of the Republi' cans want to do with their opponent's ] ' representative, because they (the i Radicals) are now in power. This is i ' not tho right way?this is not justice 1 ! ?but it does not seem that there will i ever be justice in South Carolina when ] ' it C:)ine^ to a question of politics or j color. If a man says he is a Demo- ( i crat, that party goes for him; aud if i ho Bays he is a Republican, the Re- c j publicans go for him, right or wrong, i . There never was a fait election held t ' in Abbeville, and now for a person to < I declare his intention to vote the Ke- j publican ticket there his life isondaD- i gored j he is threatened before the s I election, on his way to and at the 5 polls, and if he vote as ho deems best, 1 ho may consider himself woll off if he t ' gets home alive. The county com- a ^ missioncrs have placed the Senate in ^ I au awkward fix. If the vote at Cal- i houn's Mills be thrown out, then both t Mr. Cothi'an and Guffin will havo an i k equal number of votes, and how can t 'f tho Senate decide that either was c ' elected. It is true that it is shown e P; # tdoro was intimidation at Calhoun's I * Mills, but it is not in evidence that a 5 tlio men who wore intimidated, as is t claimed, would havo voted for Guffin. c * If the election was unfair at any poll, o \ throw the vote at out. It is claimed 3 that the election at Calhoun's Mills t was unfair; if so, throw it out. Then ; tho election is a tic?each candidate - has 1403 votes. The Senate cannot admit both?I won't vote to admit Guffin, 'bore God I won't; but can I consistently vote for Mr. Cothran? It t | appoars that Guffin put his official sig- i naturo to the report that Colonel Coth- ] 1 ran got a majority of votes, and then t * sent a protest saying that it was not * so. Because he made a fool of himself ^ J in this business, he asks us to make j - fools of jOurselvea. I don't think Ab i beville County is entitled to a seuator, r if it do not have one for a thousand . j years, it would, perhaps, be better off. I i j I'd like to bave a good Demoorat like ] - > Colonel Cothra? in the Senate if be be 1 I fairly elected to itj his pregenoe would ? 7 do tber Senate good. He is said to be 1 an uncompromising Democrat; he can f make a good speech. I'd like to see a him get ng Mid tickle the land oom- i lWoii get hold cf tiaulp me?u 1 / >cr from Riehlaud (Nash, colored,) ind also of <^fr lawyer from Beaufort Wright, colorod;) botween us, howivcr, I bolievo we could use him up. W. B. Nash, colored,did not bcliovo ho committeo had gone far enough in heir investigation; it was timo to how the people of Abbevillo that if hey didn't vote according to law they wouldn't bo represented here. An lection couldn't be held in that county mless six or seven lives wero sacriiccd. He believed when Guflin signed ho paper stating that Mr. Colhran uul reeeived a majority of votes, ho ltd it because ho learod his life would >0 sacrificed if ho ?li< 1 nol; if tiio contilution did not give the Seriate the irivilego of keeping from itn body the nan whom it believed whs elected by raud and intimidation, he was willing o camp outside of it ^tho constitution) or this special occasion. Senator Leslie introduced the folowing: Resolved, That the subject matter of ho election in Abbeville County, for Jtato senator, especially at Calhoun's dills, in Raid county, be sent back to he Committee on Privileges and Klccions, and that they have power to end for persons and papers, and take ill the evidence pro and con in regard o all charges or allegations of fraud ind intimidation that took place at hat or any other poll in the county. Resolved, That the committee report ,o this Senate the number of vote."! :ast at that and at every other poll in hat county for State senator. Resolved, That the committee report o the Senate every fact in connection ,villi the legality or illegality of the dcction as held at Calhoun's Mills, in cgiird to tho organization of the poll inJ whether there wcro any legal nanagcivJ there or not on that day. tt-..i 4 i.a -f V\1 Ir\\f !ti n? hacaIii ?JLUJ b UUVTIt/U LiiV iviivniug iwviuion : IFAerars, Frauds and irregularities ind intimidation were perpetrated tc lucli an extent, at Calhoun's Mills and >ther polling places, at the late elccion for senator in the County of Abbeville, as to vitiate the election at .hose polls; and, wkorcas, Lemuel L Ju'ffin received a majority of votes al )olls w?:ere no such acts were perpc rated ; therefore, bo it jResolved, That .Lemuel L. (j .uffin be ind ho is hereby declared entitled t< lis scat in this Senate, ancj that he be brthwith allowed to oualifv and take lis seat. Leslie desired to know of Iloyt il ?e wanted the question clearly conlidered, and upon Hoyt's replying in he negative, Baid : "0*h, why not ? II ve are going to down him, (Cothran) et ns do it legally." Iloj-t's resolution was then tabled Jillson and Cain, (colored,) made jrief remarks, the former in opposi.ion to Leslio's resokition, and the atler in advocacy of it and a fair consideration of the caso. Maxwell, colored, ^was in favor oi LrfjBlic's resolution and spoke at length n support of it, and concluding with in answer to a question from Iloyt 'who would pajr the cost of the inrestigation ?" that the StaUe would >ay it, ho would rather it would ex icnd 8200,000 than not to give the ase a fair consideration. Wright spoko at lencth in sunnort )f bis motion to declaro tho election llegal and have a new: one, and was billing to bo among the number tc ro and boo that every one bad an opportunity to voto as he pleased; was villing to stand his chance of being ihot and having his blood spilled. liainey, colored, thought it was iigh timo that somo measures wore ,aken to have the elections in Abberille conducted according to Jaw. It vas well known that the Republicans vcre in a majority there, but, owing o their being intimidated and often nurdered,- they could not express heir opiniou at the ballot hox. An lootion in Abbeville was always asociated, in hia mind, with murder, >lood and death. It was time that nch things should be stopped. Leslie's resolution was then put to l vote and carried?three voting igainst it. H ^ Two Pioneers. AUDUBON AND DANIEL BOONS. In the recently published "Life >f Audubon/' is an account of an nterview with Daniel Boone, tlia Kentucky Pioneer, at Frankfort in hat State. "While at the town of Frankfort about tho year 1812), Audubon lad an 6pportunity of seeing the celebrated Daniel Boone "barking iquirrols," ot, in less technical )hrase, driving them ont of theii places by firing into the bark ol ;he tree immediately beBide the portion they couch into. Audubon vent out with Boone to see the iport, and writes. "We walked out together, and followed the roefcy margins of the Kentucky phtr nntil w* reached a " I piece of flat laud thickly covered pr witli black walnut, oaks and liicko- rc ries. As the mast was a good one cu that year, the squirrels were seen gamboling on every tree around us. My companion* a stout, halo athlet- t0 ic man, dressed in a homespun * hunting shirt, barelegged and moc: casmed, carried a long and heavy rifle, which, as he was loading it, he said had proved eflicient in all ^ his undertakings, and which he j hoped would not fail on this occasion, a3 he felt proud to show me his skill. The gun was wiped' the c? powder measured, the ball patched ! m with six hundred thread, and the I tii charge sent home with a hickory : tit rod. vi "We moved not a step from the 80 place, for the squirrels were so nu- lr< morons that it was unnecessary to ! uf go after them. Boone pointed to one of these animals which had o1>- 111 served us, and was crouched on a ! Ill branch about fifty paces distant, l ^0| and bade me mark well the spot I js where the ball should hit. lie rais 1 ??, de his piece gradually until the1 jbead (that being the name given by I the Kcntuckiaus to the sight) of ; the barrel was brought to a line with the spot which he intended to hit, and fired. "I was astounded to iiiul that the ti< ball had hit the picee of bar.c im- us ' mediately beneath the souirrel and w shivered it to Hpliutcrs, tlie couens-; ja sion produced by which had killed ; the animal, and sent it whirling , through the air, as it it had been blown up. ' "The snufiing of a candle with j lK 1 a ball I had an opportunity of w seeing near the banks of the Green in ' river, not far from a large pigeon bi roost, to which J[ had previously Ci made a visit. I hoard many re- 0, ports of guns during the early part 5 of a dark night, and kn owing them ( Jo be those of rifles, I went toward the spot to r.sccrtain the cause. tc On reaching the place I was wel- ?* coined by a dozen of tall, stout sj men, who told me they were exer- ci ' cising for the purpose of enabling C1 them to 6hoot under night at the jy k- reflected light from the eye of a ! deer or a wolf by torchlight. "At a distance of fifty paces a stood a lighted candle, budly dis- Cl j tinguished in the darkness. One ^ man Avas placed within a few yards c' ' it, to watch the effects of the oj ! shots, (l* well as to light the candle, ti should it chance to go out, or re- r< ? pair it should the shot cut it across. a, "Each marksman shot in his turn. 6( i Some never hit either the snuff or r the candle. One of thera, who ( was particularly expert, was very fortunate, and snuffed the candle three tirnes out of seven, whilst all fi ' the other shot3 either put out the ! candle, or cut it immediately under t the light." di ^ ? 1U The Origin of Great Enterprises. ic ac The following article, upon the origin of great enterprises, has been ta i translated expressly for our paper ^ , from the correspondence of tho Courrier des Etuts Unis: a( ''The father of M. Ferdinand de b; 1 Lesseps liad an opportunity* to render G - some valuable servieo to Mehemet ni >, Ali, the head of the dynasty of ilgyp- . tiflll Cttdis. TTnflor f.iw.nmatn...oo which I cannot now repeat without entering into historic details without I ' interest, do Lcsseps, sen., had the d< > good fortune to save tho life of the fl, > i'acha. Gratitude is a family inheritance among Musselmen. "When Said as1 cended the throne, he remembered de cc ' Lesseps, and thought of paying tho debt contracted by his father. . i '('oine to Egj-pt,' he wroto one day to till* smi ftP t lw? 1-ncnnnii 1.:.. '"'I w. M VUWIVI U1 1119 lifclliur, 'und you will see what I cau do for cc you.' th Tho proposition tempted M. Ferdi- 0 i nand do Lessepg. IIo was about to leavo France, when at a parting dinner given by V1 his friend M. Emile de Girardin, ho cc 1 met Father EnfantiD. then a director m of a railroad oompany, but still a So- cc . cialiet in apite of all tho vicissitudes w of his philosophy. , Arc you going to Egypt ?' said Enfantin. P' 'Perhaps so,' replied Lesseps. pi 'Ah !' replied the apostlo of Social- re ism, sighing, 'we madmen and ridieulous-innovators formerly entertained a project which required for its oxecu- 81 tion only a bold and resolute man ' m Eufantin then gave a detailed state- of ment of tho method by which the Socialists had contemplated giving to Europe a new route ttf tho Indies, via aT the Isthmus of Suee. P( iul. ae jjcbsops listened attentively, bi Breaking, at last, the silence which m ho peeserved during the narration of q, i Eniantin, ho replied: 'Your ontorprhe . was a vory grand ono, but you oro not the only persons who have thought of it; and it is only the want it? ; of means to execute it tbot has embarrassed all your predecessors up to ^ the present time.' 1 But Enfantin had answered all ob; jectionB. pi 'Our preparations were coraplet/e m he replied; 'the means were not want- m in?*f o? 7 Ho then gave to M. do^Eesqeps the , . address of another retired Socialist apostle, who was livinglet Lvons, aftd n* 1 who was the depositary of all the to 1 plans, lines and estimates, .of the pro posed canal. -m 'I will vHit hint* .said .Lesseps. . In f^ct, on his wayk to Egypt, Le*. tn 1 eepe pajeed* through Lyon*. Xhiriug V? k the voyage he carefully examined the / * > . t f ' III . ?* oject. On his arrival at Cairo, ho quested of Said Pacha permission to t through the Isthmus. Enfantin saw his droam realized. Who, among the present traveller Egypt, suspects that the canal, hose inauguration they are going to tend, had this singular origin?" THti STATE CENSUS. *port of the Commissioner of AgrS* culture. The Stato Commissioner of Agriilturo, Mr. Ilonry Sparniek, has ado a report to Governor Scott, setig forth the results of the cimmera>n of inhabitants of the Stato (proded for bj' act of March 10, 18U!h) far as they have been ascertained )in the reports made to the bureau, ) to the date of the report, Novem r lauu. Tlio commissioner reurUs; This statement embraces the rerns of seventeen countics, leaving urteen still to bo heard from; and from the nature of tho case, too iperl'cct to be used either as a basis i* the apportionment of ro^rcscnta>n in the General Assembly of this ate for the year 1870, and until tho :ar 1875, as contemplated by tho institution of 18G8, or for the colla3n of such statistics as would enable i to noto with precision tho changes V hicli have taken placo in our popution, except in tho particular locality indicated in tho table. For the cscnt, however, it will Bcrvo tho Tneral purposo of acquainting tho :ople .ef the State with the progress hich has been made by this bureau tho exercise of this particular ranch of its functions, and can be acspted, I think, as a very fair critorii of what may bo expcctcd from tho jmpletcd roturns. As the act under \vl?iriV? ? nwa. ? " id required simply an enumeration * the inhabitants of the State for a )ecific purpose, and this was the prclrsor by only one j-oar of the very aborate census taken every decado y the Genei'al Government, I deem unwise to burden our returns with 113' other details than such as were ssentially economical and politic in icir nature, and hence the only spefications to be found in the books, f which the annexed table is a paral abstract, arc such as embrace a 38ter of children within tho ordinary ijes of pupilage; one of citizens conitutionally entitled to the exercise f the elective franchise, and finally a eneral enumeration of inhabitants ib-divided by color and sex. Tho rst of these specifications was mado t the request of tho State Superin>ndcnt of Education, the second was Kir nhrirtna nnliftw ~ j w*#> >wuo J MUU LUU ,st was the natural mode of reportig the information required by tho Jt. In connection with the results obtinnd, so far as they go, I have staled ie aggregate population by conntjcs, jcording to the present census and y that taken by the United States overnmerit in the year 1860, and ade a comparison of increase and icrease in tho same. When tho reirns shall have been fully completed, will enter more into detail*, and enjavor to present such reasons for tho lCtuations which have taken placo our population, as may bo fairly jduciblo from the premises at our >mmand. Accompanying the census returns I ivo also received statistical reports * the agricultural productions of tho unties respectively designated in ie table annexed, bnt defer any spe? fic allusion to them until they have (on subjected to thorough clerical roaion. It is proper to remark in this mnection, however, than reliance ay'not be placed on ihe absolute rreetness of this portion of our ork, as this officers in charge of it ive almost unexceptionally comained of the indisposition of the anters of tho State to mako propor turns, either from the fear that they* ere to be used as a basis for axceseo taxation, or from a lamentable, ieapprehension of the true interests ' their own department 'Of indnstripursuit. Both misconceptions I iiiuipiueu, sou unaeavorefl to tfifl>1 through tho prints of.,the State, it official publication failed to- re-' ore the general distrust of a State overnmoat to which the plant|ng torest has been uhdisguisedly antag* lizod fropa political prejudioes from 5 jfery inception, . . . As there are reasonable/grounds for ilievlng 'that the returns from the >w unreported counties will be com* eted in a few days, I defTsr saying ore of the operations of this bureau > itii sneh time as the fkali possession ' fleurss and facta will ?n o suggestions' I ah all feel induced to ake to your Excellency 1a reference its future adsQiointration aaan ;enoy in the promotion of . f&e Wa*' rial interista of tlje -gtatft- have e honor to bo/^o\iv( , At ' Hzattt SMftino*, CoamiMioaer. ~ >. t : f .