' ' " swphk'-:'vvbg!p} ' - ' . . v"' 1 % ? * * ? i . . y; ' "i THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNF1R BY Vi A. LEE ANI) lltJOH WIL80N. ~ ARRFVIT ip h p rntn * v tppnr?r7^t>t7-10-1z ' ' 1'1 ia^?bg .' ii . AUJJIiVILLE, 8. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1870. vnT.TTiwrc YVTT~iwr? ao FRESH ABR1VUS % AT PBNNEVS MUG Ml DON'T FORGET TBS PLACE At the Sign of the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. * DARBY'S CARMINATIVE, EXCELLENT for Babies; Polish to mnke Roup ; Indigo, Borax, Bay Rum, Ilostelter'e Bitters, Pbilotoken, Henzine, Chlorodine, Blistering Tissue, Cbnmoise Skins, Rad way's Resolvent, Ready Relief and Pill?, and a thousand other articles?all having different names, but equally useful to persons who b&ve need of tbem. Woman's Best Friend. BRADFlELD'S REGULATOR, foi sale by W. T. PENNEY. rrice"$1.50 per bottle. Call and get a circular free, learn of ill merit.! ffom tbe teetimonv of those wbn faavo used it. Heinitsh'g Queen's Delight. THE Crowning Glory of Medicine and \ronder of ecience, for eale by W. T. PENNEY. Price $1 0 per boltle. Darby's Prophylactic Fluid. THE most powerful disinfectant known Cures Burn,',and Running Sores, removes Staina and destroys all Auioy Thomson & Fair So1 for Petitioner* ordered that the aaid He ry C, Edwardi, do appear and plead* at > v-?'< <* ~|:a?u ui ucuiH VU MIO peiHHHI W1U11D lOl i ty days from the publication of tfaW ord? i Of tb? nue will- be taken proconfea again?t him. < fT WILLIAM HILL. J. P. A. C. ; V Jan. 25,1870, 40?41 .(.NOTICE ? concerned is hereby gSren that * > flo*l! lettteinent of the estate > '^bttlM? LHei, dee'd, will be ia theoffi ^ ^tbe Mm dfc nobaufk Abbefi 5 County, pa Wednesday, the 10th day Pub. next, and that at uM t1?u mo prepared at Savannah and Char let for sale for cusli or on time by i. WILCOX, GIBBS & CO IMPOBTEBS & DEALERS IH ! GUANOS, in 99 BAY STREET, bAV AN i\Ail. GA. >r G? EAST BAY ST.. CHARLESTON. S it. nil non?n turnnKw . . . ? . VII in uiiunu sinciCil, flUUUSi'A, UA u- For further information, address as above circular, or subscribe to Southern Agriculti # published by W. C. MeMurphy & Co., at ' gusta and Bavaunah, Ga., at tlie low pric 26o. per annum JNO. KNOX Agent Abbeville, S. Dec. 10, 18G9, 33, 4m THE AMtUVIT.T.U M. MM.JLM V XliJUli ' MM1M& -SH0P - SEAL, SIGN & ROBERTS! ^ PEOPBIETOES THE subscribers would respectfully form the public that. Ibey are | " pared with skillful workmen, and all l~ necessary materials for the roanofactui ? of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, and W/ ONS. aqdall other work peitaining a? their barinees. All - ? mi mow wurs wRTrsoiea lor iwi months, and sold at tbe lowest figi Q* possible, for CASH, which we make 'j Lba purchaser's interest. Painting', and Trimming 1#- * DBPARTM5NT. k_ Particular attention will be girau to ^ pHiotiog and Trljsmiog of Carriage* tr Boggiaa, sad all contracts faithfully < ried out. SATS DEPAETMES We have to oar employ an efficient w< roan io all.the branches of this burir ? We have a latent Tire-Shrink with which we c?n shrink tires with- 1 feet accuracy without cutting, making * weakest places stronger than before, without dsroagiflgtlbowbeej In. tbe: It I Vsomwbo lies that Deed abriol a would do well to remember that oneof tk? wb*#to are ruined or materially in ce ed by catting and shrinking in the u II# ??yv Satisfaction to goaranteed in e of ob where this machine is used. 08 Constantly on hand, NEW EUGGIE8 of tha best mate A Tso, Metalio C?e*, ImHation Row* Waldot and Drop Black Coffin#. . > >e*mi wi|t attend: fuB?rtd? p?nWd?flj the appointed iime, and personal attec Zi: w m *' tMa Fresh Arrivals its, Dcnzino, Jujubo Cupsulos, I Darby's Fluid, Caswell's Calliusaya Bark and Iron, ( Hedgomau'a r?- Callissaya Bark and Iron, ? " Muriate of Morphine, Utorino Catholicon, Philotokon, Gum Nipples, iW| i n i~ T7" r<: -jj uiunu o j'jeuuiiw wiugur, J,on' Tutt's Essence Ginger, ten- Jacob's Cordial, ?r?. End way's Heady Relief, ?j* | Ilembold's Buchu, '' Sweet Quinino, Liver Invigorator, Composition Powder, Congress "Water, Winslow's Syrup, I Thomson's Eye Water, Dalhy's Carminative, lirown's Troches, ' Brown's Valerian, No. Elcctric Oil, d a Wright's Ind. Vcg. Syrup, the Tarrant's Cubob's and Capaiva, Arnica and Chloroform Liniment, fc Lycopadium (For chafed surfaces,) i of Colorless Tincture Iodine, Alcock's Plaster, t0 Powell's Machine Oil, ^0_ Scotch Itch Olntm't, 0? Chromic Acid, will (new remedy in Menorrhagia) De- lied Analiuo, f?r "White Wax, the Stove Polish, iud& >6b- ISINGLASS, for Settling Coffee viiiils, ? Fahnstocks, MeClane's, Dead Shot, Preys and Worm Candy. PESSARIES, four Concave, Ring, Closed and Open Lover. U"u WITH n FULL & SELECT STOCK OF best , DRUGS, too! Not Mentioned. ' ' PARKER & IE January 28, 1870, 40, tf jaau' xjyu. :? Batchelor's and Tntt's, ! for au- JTnst Heoeived at oof PARKER & LEES. ' January 28, 1870, 40, tf Vi ? RemJaps' Breast Pomp, Or Mother's Traveling Companion, (approved by the Faculty.) f , PABKER & LEE. January 28, 1870,40, tf ONION SETS. White and Bed. in- " pre- Juit received at PAE&EJL & LEE'S. * Jan 14,1870, 38?tf, ^ - i A Good Supply of Stationary. We* 8u?h ?*. Initial *ud Plain Note Paper for end envelopes ; Letter and Foolscap Paper and Business Envelope*, Legal and Declaration paper, Drawing and TUsue paper, f Copy Books, Legersand Journals, Memorandum Books, Pens Inks, Pencils, Crayons ia, Arc. May be fooud at and Parker & Lee's. *T- Feb. 4, 1809, 41?tf . IW? nvtA m nmAV mnrt " Uil'll !lv ill till IH'lt'lt & wiiw. 1. MULLIM) m g BODGES, 9M'* ;/ V ' ' ;yr^f lhlt make liberal advances on Sift. eottpn. *,. . wttl 29,1880y 40-?tf < ' rery | ..v.;J ??? S ..." g All Concerned, _ ^ w saUerfbdf a?k for WRITTEN AT MT MOTHER'S GRA BT GKOBOK D. PnBNTICK. The trembling dew-drops fall Upon the shattered flowers like souls at i The start shino gloriously, aud all. Save me, it blest. Mother, I love thy grave! * The violet, with its blossetns blue and n \V*TO? oV.r thy head?wheu shall it w Above thy child? 'Tis K bright bower, yet must Tts bright leaves to the tempest how ; Dear mother, 'tis thine emblem?dust, Dust is ou thy brow f And I could love to die, To leave untasted life's dark, bitter stre By thee, as cist in childhood, lio, ln.l ?l J' nuu ounio vii J ULCailJO. And must I lingor licre, To stain the plumage or my sinless y And mourn the hopes of childhood < With bitter tearsf Aye. must I linger.here, A lonely branch upon a blasted trac, Whose Inst frail leaf, untimely sere, Went down with thee? Oft from life's'withered bower, In still communication with the past I 1 And muse on thee, the only flow?r Jn memory's urn. And when the evening pale Bows like a mourner on the dim blue t I stray to bear the night winds wail Around thy grave. Where is thy spirit flown! I croze above : thv look ia imnt?pd llmfp 1 listen?and thy gentle tono I* on the air. Ob, come, while I press My brow upon thy grave?and in thoio And thrilling tones of-tenderness, Bless, bless thy child! BLOODSHED IN HAYTL Despatches dated Fort-au-Pr3 j January 18, say: Tho work of military commission which tried nave and sentenced him to deat not yet ended. The cases of sev j of his generals, and of tho most pi incnt and influential of his fri< among the civiliaus, yet remain t disposed of. In Port-au-Princo, in most of tho southern towns shooting ot piquests is going on b) ly. At Jcr'omie a large numbei these unfortunato people have 1 put to death, and at Jackmel t than forty of them are in pr doomed to die on an early day. spirit of vcngeanco has been i roused, and the victorious ravolul ists have expressed their detcir tion to crush out the Salnave pi The Cacos are crying blood, and less more moderate and merciful ci cils prevail than those ruling at sent, a reign of terror may bo oxji ed in Hayti. The question allowing ex-Prcsic Geffrard to return to Hayti has t mooted. Goffrard is at presentan ile, residing al Kingston, Jamaica, place to which all the valors of H whom revolution has drive.i f power havo successively gone for i lum. President Boybr was the 1 to seek refuge there, nearly th years ago, and ho was followed at ferent times by Hoiard, Riche, S ouquo and Geffrard. Salnavo 1b only President of &ayti whoso has boon taken by the victorious i olutionists, all the rest against wt the peoplo rose having been alloi to escape; and he has fallen a vie not because he was worse than others, but because he was the bi est of the lot. There is trouble brewing with gard to the Dominican question at fected by the negotiations of Pi dent Baez with the United Sti Government for the l|pse of the J of Samana and the -eventual ann< tion of San Domingo to the Un States. Sffget, the head of the Pr eional Government of Haytl, Is representative' par excellence of Haytian idea that it Is absolutely ccBsary to the , perpetuation t of* HaytiatAmtionality that the. tcrril of both Ski) Do m Id go ancl this re] lie should be preserved in ita lnt< ty. Sago t is the peraopal friend PaKm 1 AMf) al!?Pf A# MUM ?N?J VA* party in Sim Domingo now in a against Biee. ' It ii beloivcd Be ?tondflf pledged to both Cabral Loperon, tho prindpatleadeiil Of party, to reo&sr them all ^ tfc'e ait his power in.their inaarre numerous deaths from it.- Tho capJjar tain of tho steamer Stars and Stripes and two of tho seamen aro among tho victims. THE COLORED SENATOR. What is Thought of Hiram R. Revels The colored senator from Mississippi II. R. Bevels, reached Washington ou Monday, and was at once "interview ?av'? cd" by tho National Republican which dresses him up in this wise: Our reporter called upon the new senator yertcrday, and was. cordially s received by Mr. Revels, and fount that a number of his colored friend* had called upon him to pay their res nnnf a onr? nfrv?* 1 n Z~ j. 11 v QVUUliUl \jLWV 13 AJUW - 11 >niW his l'ortj'-cight year, is tall, portly, o light complexion, has a benevolen expression a pleasant impressive voice and speaks with distinctness, as on' thoroughly convinced of the view entertained. His largo cxperieuci nce among the colored men and freedmei throughout tho country, he believe gal_ will be of great servico in represen b, is ting them in Senate, lie comes t oral Washington with ' tho detcrminatioi om- exercising his own judgment upoi jnds oveiT political question, and his ain 0 be will be rather to do right than gaii . i favors. iiuu the Speaking of the position to whicl risk- he ,iad keen clceted, Mr. Revels sai< 0f he was deeply impressed with th beeti grea^ responsibility resting upon him nore not 80 mucl1 account of the digni ison t^10 office as tho fact that th rpjjQ friends and foes of tho Ropublicai fully party, those who strenuously oppose* Lion- ^,0 enfranchisement of his people iina- watch his actions with unceasing irty. vigilance, llo feels free to say that wn. as the representative man of the par :>un- ty electing him, ho has no peculiar pre_ measures to advocate; but upon ques ,ect. tions involving tbo welfare and pros perity of his people ho will be founc lent tru0 t01*10 principles of the Eopubli >ecn can PartJox_ Mr. Revels spoke of the injury the whioh many of the extremists in Mis aysissippi had done to the party by tholi rom ultra measures, and he know of no betaBy. ter way to prove that the colored men Srst wore disposed to domineer than [rty in opposing thoso who, for the sake dif. of personal advantages, wore always ouj. sacrificing true manhood. JHe feels the ^at the friends of the colored race life are watching with a great deal of interrov C8t tlie mftnnor in which he isreoeived 10m ^y the senators and membors of Con ved &<**;t|m The Washington correspondent oi tke the Baltimore Gazette also had a ,ay_ word to eay about this last sensation: The Senate floor was tho-centre of attraetion this (Monday) morning. ^ ^ Bevels, the colored senator from Mississippi, made his appearance a little utes ">eJ^>re noonJ an(l strntted several times across the Seoato chamber. Ho 7~Y is shortish; stoutlsh, yellow as a guinea, wore a snuff-colored overcoat, ovi &D(^^a8 a11' tll? : characteristics of - a . ' plantation negro., Ont of one oornei ? of "his eye he looked curiously , at th< 0 seat formerly occupied by JefferBon Davis, which it will be his ttlefcift; ; ure to mi. T^' WiU giye hiQi foi '?r^ neighbors, Kentucky pn one fti4e and ?n j West Virginia, Pt^ the'jdther!. The new-fledged ,(fisaatf>r ; appeared., very th* miM)b at hi4 ett?e, ;and movedaboul ' under the escort of Senators JNtortoc iu-? *nd Drako, who welcomed and made much,?* hira\ Revole wa# Burronnd ?h*i ed wilite "> th? Ctfftmijor'by t cr<)vvd of pag?8 M^' ni?W^p^^i??n 1Arv to whom he co^sefl^t io b* nffabh ?2 wi?* PV^lob dSgbt# m COPB flelc *R grace, S^atepjtearda -nxd4enl/& ins pi?^^ V V -Jm-M V . Hotel Life. Ti all i Miss St>ymonr lias written a book plae< called "Homo the basis of the State," dinn< in which sho comments severely upon oxtrc Itho tendency of American familios to ecjuij shirk the duties and carcs of bouse- The keeping, by living in hotels for yoars corti at a tirao, and frequently for a lifetimo. of it Thoreisavast amount of good sense Balai in tbo arguments she uses, but the wan misfortune is tbat tbo people who certi might bo benefitted by it are not like- froir ly to see it, and are still less likely to cenc ' read it. To the credit of the men, bo not it said, that as a class they strongly fecti object to the publicity, frivolity, aim- bora lcssnoss and tittlctattlo of hotel life. Hou They like the privacy, respectability year and indcpendenco of their own homes* of t and generally fight manly against cqun breaking up their establishments when 8ami their wives, growing tired of the mo- ficq notony of the domestic hearth, im- ing pcllod by vanityJor love of cxcitcment, and not ^infrequently tired of trying to the regulate a household properly with thrc inefficient or dishonest servants paint ters in glowing colors the delights of life men nt. n linfol nnH inoiuf nn 4l./? ?? ?wvv?j ??UV4 ftuwiuv VU lUUOIllg tuu CVCI exchange. Very often the oxpcri- ihe ! ment is made, and in a few months a S . ono of two things happens?either twe the head of the family becomes wca- der ricd to death of his surroundings, of con , the overlasting bustle and clattcr in ecul t tho dining room; of tho groups of wo- an. j men who gossip all day long in his 5 wifo's room, and could notbe koptout ^ by anything short of tho small pox, ^ Or ft 1'ftH linf. nokftp ftf Bflninn l?ia ' ----- I" ? I Jlea f children sbut up-in one or two dismal eQlj t corridors from morning until night; Q^ tj of being stared at; or having his erfl a sneeze shake the whole building; ev- cftg 8 erything ho says or does misrepresen- osj. 0 ted ; his wifo mixed up in a dozen silly , 1 squabbles, and his whole comfort ef8 fectually destroyed?when a man of ga^ i*efincment has arrived at this stage ^ ^ o of disgust, he shuts his ears to entreat- gnr Q ics and goes back to his own vice and g^ci n fig-tree. On tlio other hand, when a oi>g a man is cither too absorbed in the . . r._ ii.. i . n uiuu ittvo lor mo aimigniy uoimr to ^ know or caro what occurs ontsido of li his business, or is compelled, by force i of circumstances, to enduae what he c dislikes, ho gradually ceases to care 5 i for tho quiet routine of home life ; is the !. content to barely know his children the o by sight; to gulp three hurried meals aut. a each day, and to spend, on the whole, froi 3 as satisfactory an existence as though moi ho had lived all those years at a rail- sec< y way station. .oarj ban 9 i ^ - ' * pra r HON. A. H. STEVENS. T ital, We have seen a letter from this gen I tloman, dated Crawfordville, 17th in Btant, in which the writer says: ? 'flam now a little better than I a" r have boon?ram able to sit up, road ? " - and write a .little; bat I cannot walk r or evon stand without assistance. ~ "Please accept my thanks iS>r 'the II interest you manifest in my well be- T 1 ing, both physical and spiritual. Be -say ' assuredj! : am perfectly resigned to caqi 1 l.lin vlirnf1 tirif) in ftll' mv ftflliftt.lnnA! : 1 ever much I may hatfe been en^g^Hk* * in its aofcivef acen&i ' I ^ j ai' r* i.?# il Way.tae Money Goes.?From iccouots Washington is a gay ) this winter. What with balls. sr8, lunches, and .what not, tho ? ivaganco and display iu dress and >ogo wore novcr before equAlpd. President and his Cabinet' and iin Sonators aro living iu a Btylo .. npcrial luxury which tho j>altry, ics they receive do not begin to. " ant. There is no difficulty in afllining where the money comes . i to support all of this mngnifie. Tho President's salary would pay his wife's millinery'and con- 1 onary bills. The carriages and os in t^o stables of the Whito se could not bo bought for his 's salary. The insignifioant pay ,bo different Sccrotaries is not il to thoir modo of life. The a may bo said of most of the ofholding gentry. They are all livbeyond their legitimate incomes, sober folks cannot but think that ovor-taxed people are paying, >ugh the taxes, for the music, oys, boned turkeys, salads, swcctts, wines, and flowers required ry eight in tlio "upper circles" of capital. All i8 not "lovely" when ecretary gets eight and spends nty thousand a year. No wonthe investigation of the gold ring ruption brings to view bo much extive shamo. The capital is, indeed A.ugean stable. ercmy Taylor says: 'If you are pleasuro, marry; if you prize 1th, marry. A good wife is heavi last, best gift to man; his angel morcy; minister of crraces innum blc; his gom of many virtues ; his ket of jewels; her voice his sweetmusic ; her smilp his brightest r; her kiss his guardian of ocence; her arms the pale of his sty, the balm of his health, the 3am of hie life; her industry his est woalth; her economy his safetcsfc svard ; her lips his faithful eounsel; her bosom the softest pillow of cares; and her prayers the ablest ocatos of heaven's blessings on head." ^ if I ^ ? I 'he Washington .correspondent of Baltimore Gaqetie .suggests thnt section of the new currency bill liorizing established^anks to mqvo n one State to another, is "neither re nor loss than to introduce in the )ndry sections of the country the pet-bag principle in the businesS of king, as it has been successfully ctiscd politically." fo BftV Ifi'f". thorn Ortmn xr?_? ' _ VVWiy? .1U.UET9 UAp? <*' , more money, is what we want, it may as well como in a carpet as an expr-23. wagon. Wo scorn carpet-bags whioh come empty t go away fall, but are ready to liro the carpet-hags which con|o and go not fall away.?Charleston 98.' \ ' f y 'j , >? ' .-'/? -: . -:" v., 3** ' * . ' .< _ . . *m* ... ?- . he funeral of George Peabody J t?W r,l?rt^ ?r,'Kr-v?- Ztr^JX. V 0'olMfc.ln tho c$. tfieongr^t???lcl'