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' ' - v :wv t. ' v>' -v: . V - <V * ' .v'.vir V, -.. . .. -?" * ?\w t ;%v ii i?n rnr ir? mi i - i* M?oon (G?.) CoareiHiondenw ft. Y. 'firata. ^he Cotton Crop of 1870 in Georgia? . Groat Scatcifcy of" Labor. I think that it is fcoarly certain that tho area of.-tho Cotton crop of 1870 Svill not bo lai'gor than that of 1869, and it is very pl-obablo that it will not bo a& large,- first, from tho inability of tho planters to socuro tho requisite lafcprj and, second, because tho proVDnGn. cVdp will occupy moro land thii than it did last year. I do not think it any exaggeration when I compnto tho decrease in the available laboring forco for field work at oneeighth of the forco cmployod in 1869. This is so on plantations which have been regularly worked sinco tho war by their present proprietors, and ou new places which the owners aro pre jmnug iq cultivate. i roar thut it will be found impossible to secure the requisite forcc. A friend of mine who Las recontly acquired a very .good plantation in one of tho best counties in Southwestern Georgia, and who went tbero last week for the purpose of making arrangements to cultivate it this ycur, has just returned, being obliged to abandon the project from his inability to engage hands, and has rented his place to receive as sole consideration the repair of tho fences aud tho care of the premises. Although I believe that tho extent of land to bo planted in cotton this year will bo smaller than it was last year, I think that if Providence sends propiclious seasons the crop in tbe aggrogato will not be less, fcccauso I believe'that fuilh in improv -cd preparation of the soil, the use of labor-saving machinery, more careful cvlture of the crap, and a liberal employment of good fertilizers has spread very widely during the year, and will?bring abundant fruit this fall. Where there was one man last year who used two-horse aud 6ubsoil plows, or bought the cotnmercial manures, there are five men who will do so this year. A year ago there was very few? not a dozen men in the wholo State? who could be made to believe that by any system of culture two and three bales of cotton could be laised on an acre of land. Now it is demonstrated that it can be done, and while it is . not expected tliat every body who tries can raise that amount it is expected that a much larger average yield can bo obtained than that of former years, and that the only way to attain it is by bottcr cultivation and heavy manuring. Therefore, I am led to bc!ievo that a fewer number of acres will be made to produ.cc a crop equal to if not greater than that of 1869. But it is idle to look for crops of 5,000,000 of .bales, like that of i860. The laborers are not here to ^j|c it, and, if they were, there is ^^Kainly not the force to gather and houso it. Nor do the cotton nrn. dacers desire to see such an aggre-j , gate crop, and for tho obvious reas6n that were suclv a ono produced the prico would fall proportionally. At the present rates for labor and of tho various article of prime necessary to tho husbandman, he can not afford to grow cotton for less than from 18 to 20 cents por pound. "When the price falls much below that Wmust abandon the use of artificial manures, which now cost from $60 to $120 per ton; andln proportion as their use is abandoned tho amount of the . i'crop will bo diminished; for it is oer ' tain that,.except on thea'ich alluvial *1' * '* ..HHn vvtWU l U13LUg WILDOIlt X.DO stim. ,;v ' njatlng manures would bo a very unrC^piunerative operation. V . .. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ' - W. . - items, Incidents and Accidents. On tbo 30tb ultimo, Mr. Waldo B Hazard, while drivin g near tlioir plantation on; tho Black Hiver, were thrOMfa out of the baggy by the "TyTfTTT. utnuig ingnx, wnicn resulted / JVaWo breaking his leg above the ankle, a nd other tviso being severely contused. x "' llr. Curtis waB badly hurt in Manning on Monday last by beiug thrown faotse. V 1^ meningitis, a fatal , ' dis^d^jpi^S^liafli fearritfd off several ' persons )i>2jdge3eld, has made its ap On the ?8th ttttfifio, Mrs. Hanoi, an > . > ^We on hir returnfrom a visit to was WsUnt)y - ,'^.f lil v .Sr?'. ' . \* "^ \-> i-iS^-.' ?* >,! ) 11-i'r ' -* ' jj ?L-lL-J*J^iU*> sold last Monday by ^V. T, Shumate and jA.. BlytKo, asaignooB of J. W. Gra dy, fbr tho sum of $2525, and was pur chased by a company of gontlemei; from Greenville. , ' < ; *s>. c-*^ Southern Finances.?It has boor supposed in Virginia that Genera Canby succoeding in finding tin worst typo of men for officials thai this age of revolutions has produced but wo judge thut they aro no worse as a whole, thnn those who misgovcrr tho other Soutbcrh States. For in stanco, the Comptroller of Floridf says in his official report that tho cx penses of that State exceed "those o any preceding year by nearly 300 pci cent." The' Ilaloigh Sentinel sayf that tho taxes iu North Carolina arc "tho heaviest by 700 or 800 per cent that were everassessod before." The Governor of Louisiana says to the Legislature in liis message: "The financial condition of the Stale claims your careful consideration. It is sucli as to embarrass my administration, and the crcdit of tho Stato, as tested by tho priccs commanded by her securities, is not sotisfatory. Like evidence has boon presented as to the workings of carpet-bag administration in other States.?Richmond Exam, iner and Enquirer. Composition for Leather.?A patent has recontly been issued in Franco, for a composition to bo applied to leather of any kind, which claims to I bo of remarkable cxcellcnco. It it said to bo completely "insoluble jo vvfltor, arid whilo rendering the leather water-proof, to keep it perfectly plia ble and soft, and whon applied tc boots and shoes neither to strike through the leather so as to soil the stockings, nor 'to como off upon tlu; lower edge of the pantaloons, as is the caso with so many similar preparations: It also gives the fino polish tc the surface, which may at any time ho cleansed by means of a damp rag or sponge. This articlo is made by taking ono hundred parts of finely pulverized lamp-black and thirty parts of East India copal, previously dissolved in rectified turpentine, ami mixing the two together until the wholo forms a homogeneous pilste To this is to be added fifteen parts ol wax and ono part of rubtyer, which has been first dissolved in some eth real oil. Whon tho whole is property mixed a current of oxygen is passed for half au hour through the mass and after cnolirwr tlm wl>nln Jo /-? l.. _ wuw II (IV1V A0 WW UV thoroughly worked up. It may then bo packed in tin boxes aad Ucpt readj for use. ^ ^ Habit.?"I ti*ust everything, undei God," said liord Brougham, to habit, upon which, in all ages, tho lawgiver, as well as tho school master, lias mainly placcd his reliance; habit, nuibu iiiun.cs uvoryining easy, and casts all difficulties upon the deviation from a wonted course. Make sobriety a habit, and intemperance will be hateful; make prudence a habit, and rcckTcss profligacy will be as contrary to the.child, grown or adult, as the most atrocious crimcs are to any ol your lordships. Give a child the habif of eacredly regarding truth, of carefully respecting the property of others, of scrupulously abstaining from all acts of improvidence which cau u:? i- J? - - - miuivu inut ia utsire8s, ana lie will just as likely thiuk of rushing into an element in which he cannot breathe as of lying, cheating, or stealing." "Washington, February 4.?The Judiciary Committee of the house de cided finally to day, after eighteen months' investigation, that they would report against the impeachment ol Bustced. the United States District j uago or Alabama. The treaty made with the Burlingamc embassy by tho PrcBidont, and rati fied by the Senate, in July, 1868, anc which was also ratified by the Chinese Government in October last, was laic $o-day before Secretary Fish, wht will make an official announcement o the exchange of ratification. Tho Supreme Court wiUdecido th< "I^uil tender"_coaes on Monday; bu it iWmnted that the constitutionality of tlie act Win not be- materially in volved., ' The Senate committee to-day difl cussed the - propriety of iriaugnratinj female suffrage in ihe District of Co ltrmbia. Attorney General Hear says tha v_ a ...? ivjaauuu ay iBBoenuMTasopprerai Judge will not compel bitn tO kav th? Cabinet, as roportti.-^Cktuletto) * > Vr A Columbia correspondent of tlv ; tinder date of th 1st instant, writes as follows; -> j SHZ ;%vifAtto ft* g$nt8 of t]bo abdyo instityUpja befc i mBmm i?WJpea w- Mackey chairman ' They had quite a toag and ihierestio) ii?^ryl<&w with tbo wiebrAtod philar "'3 .v ; ! STATE AND CbUNTY TAXIS Treasurer's Office, I ' . . * V AhhoVltW n TT R r THE undersigned Troaauror of Abboville County, hereby gives j notice, tbat his office will bo open in Abbeville village for tho collection of > taxes for tho fiscal year, 1869, on tho t 15th day of Feb'y, iiiRt. Upon all Taxes not paid by the 1st day of April, thcro will bo a penalty of 20 ' por cent, added?and if said taxes, 1 togothcr with tho penalty, be not - paid by the 20th day of Juno, then i the,Bamo will bo collected by distraint and pale as directed by law. P Tho total rate por centum of taxation for the Stato is 5 mills upon tho r dollar, and that for tho County is 2} } mills, making 75 cts. upon tho ono s hundred doliars worth of property, j A capitation tax will also be collec, ted. j L. II. RUSSELL, County Treasurer. TO WIT AXES Por_1870. 1 A hafronf . Ar/U?n*?ftA uwuviHvv vi ^ vxuiuauvfCi The following Taxes have been Assessed for 1870 : Real Estate, 20 cents on cach (cash value) #100.00. ' Every Pleasuro Carriage, or like 1 vehicle, 2 horses, $3.. 1 Every Barouche, Buggy, or like vc' hiflrt 1 linrsr* to ' * I ) y*? I T*..- r\ 11 TT t.n JJ\ VIJ V/IUIIlUUft, JLLUUU, , for hire, 2 horses, $5. Every Buggy, liurouche, &c., for ' hire, (1 horse,) $3. Every Horse, Mure, and kept for for hire, $1, Every Four Horse Wagon, &c., for hire, $5. Every Two Horse "Wagon, &e., for | hire, $3. 5 cents on each $100 salos of ' merchandise, &c. 5 cents on each $100 Professional income. 5 cents on each $100 income ^ from mechanical employment. 5 Cents on each $100 income from keeping hotel, private boarding ' house, livery stable, barber shop, &c Each Daguerreotypist, &c., who ' opens rooms, $10. Each Dog, 50 cents. [ 5 per cent, on all transient persons, venders of patent medicines ' shoos, leather, hats, tobacco, books,&c. Each shaw or exhibition, (other ' than circus,) not less than $5. Circus or equestrian performance, each exhibition, $25. Side shows to tho same, if any, each $5. T,i/>AMaA AWVVMI* XI1V61IOW, ^UttlkVTIJ 111 UU* vnncc, $200. Quart Licenso, $125. Each Billiard or otbor Tablo Iuipt for gain, $75. Commutation Tax for Road Duty, $3. 1 All Returns to be made by 1st April next, and ! Taxes t.n lift H*r lot w??r ? ?"? AUUJ r ' nest. All defaulters to be double taxed and executions issued on 1st May next. Roturns will bo made to ROBERT i JONES, Clerk and Treasurer. ; VM H. PARKER, Intendant. May 2, 1870/ Mtrjgroas. , ?? SEALED proposals will be received until Friday the eleventh day of - Keb[ ruary in?t, for* the building of two setts r of Double Cabins, (4 rooms in all) at the Poor House, buildings to be framed and of good material, each room to be 16 ^ieet tquare. Stack chimney of brick in the i centre of each sets of Cabins, underpin. ning to be of bVick?to be covered with I shingles. Contractor to. furnish all the materials. * ' [ By order ot tue Hoard or County Uoro j mi&eioners, Abbeville County, p ^ JONES, Clerk, Fob. 1, 1870, 41?2t l Bacon! Bacon ! cnnn n>? rn???i ti?i> ft> uuuu lub. wear mu cuius, r For sale l^w for caah, T \ f^ Mays, Barnwell & Co. I Feb* 4,1870, 41?-tf $ TEACHERS. fJ A RE invited to AO examination of our v XjL S<ihM) Bo(ilp,to wM$ w? . kmfl;,frt'quont addition*. - At*7"*"k nol ' on bhii& will be promptly ordtfed. * V Parker & Xee. > FOR R AT P. TIV X* 4 a FOR ' ram. SHAWLS, CLOAKS, FURS, and a small lot of Dress Goods, MERINOS, AND ipoi^i/iisrs, AT QTTARLES PERRIN, & CO. Jan. 28, 1870' 40?if Reduced I; rices. IN A FINE LOT OF CLOTHING, FOR SALE AT QUARLES, PERRIN & CO. Jan. 28, 1870, 40?if At Prime Cost. EXTRA SIZE SUITS OF Ready Made Clothing, AT THE STOUR OF I w . QUARLES, PERRIN & CO. Jan. 58. 1870, 40?If TO PLANTERS. LIBERAL advances mndo on all cotton shipped through us to -Now Yoak, Baltimore a.id Charleston, and Delivered At our depot at Xnvoice IPrices, and freight paid by persons ordering, dTJARLES, PERRIN & CO. Jan. US, 1870, 4U?tf PLANTERS SHOULD BUY THEIR FE B TI LIZ E RS , I'ROM GEO. T. RADCLIFFE, x HodgcB Depot. Jan. 28, 1870, 40?tf FTNLESS soonor dinnnnnrl r?f of u . private sale, I will sell at public auction on Sales Day next, my House and Lands on Magazino Hill, witnin tbe corporate limits of Abbeville. Tho .improvements are extensive and comfortable, consisting of a cottage dwelling built for a basement story with eight upper rooms, Kitchen, Smoko House, Servants Houses, Stables, Garden, &c. Tbe Farm attached is all that solid block between Depot Street and the Augusta Road, Magtzine Street and tho Agricultural Fair Grounds, comprising within a fraction of thirty ceres. Mnny buildiner lots unon it. Terms raado known on day of sale. S. McGOWAN". 27th January, 1870, It CORN! CORN! JUST received and to arrive TWO THOUSAND biubaU of Coid, wbich I will sell very low for cusb. ENOCH NELSON. Jao. 5, 1870, y7, If HEW ORLEANS MOLASSES, "11TI- *A- ^ * : i w mie urcps, I ? ft ' ' * ! ?'i* r / BIL. DRIPS, STEtJPS * *DI^SSS8. Norwood, DnEre & 6o. JiD. 7,1870, a??1( Masonic Female Opliejje, i : ' \ ' # . * i<' ; V ' > lU FURNITURE, WABEB< J. D. Clxalr v. e n ii.? ? mu. u vrruuxw xvtuu FURNITURE TO BE FOUPi SOLID WALNUT Chamber Suits, Solid Chestnut Chamber Suits, lloecwood Suits, (imitation,) very pretty and good. Waluut Book Cas?s and Sccrctorys, MAHOGANY BUREAUS, Marble Top, and Solid Mahogany Frame and Glass, very fine, Mahogany Bureaus, without Marble, all prices. Waluut Bureau*, Marble Top, Mahogany Washstands, Marbie Top. nnd Blaok Mahogany WasbstAnds, without Marble. Common Wtshstnn.lB at low prices. P'irlor Suits, Chair* and Rocker*, Mohair, TAllLES, Solid Mahogany aud Walnut Marble Top, Large additions made every week. Will reo< almost every kind, and full assortment of Clll STEADS assorted?to be sold at prices to comp i Hark the Spot of Y AT the Marble Yard ?i good stock will nlwaj Lylhcgrnpliic Design*, to select Monuments and Jan 28. ^70, 40, tt STAPLE and FANCY DRY GOODS. ? ?> WE nra now receiving LARGE addition to our stock of Dry Goods in every department. MILLER & ROBERTSON. Dec 24,1 8G9, 35?if Millinery. We now propose to sell the remnant of our tvinler etoc-k nt coel. Mrs. M. J. LYTIIGOE will always be found in our Millinery depariuicut to attend lo the calls of Iter friends. MILLER & ROBERTSON. Deo 24, 18C9, 35?tf Clover Seed. A choice lot of Red Clover Seed at Miller & Robertson's. Dec 24, 1800, 35?tf SlB - H Our stock was never larger than nt this season. Miller &'Robertson. Dec 24, 1860, 35?tf The Season for FAYING UP. ^ WE beg leave to remind our customera that they have had a long eason for buying, and NOW we think that the time for paying up hat arnred. Bo prompt and preserve your good credit. Miller & Robertson. Dec 24, 1809, 35?If pjninmin mm Aim UJLJUlllillU, ULillD AllU PUftHIW GOODS! We are now prepared to ofler a foil, tnrge and complete stock, and on account of the advanced season we will sell at greatly redil.ed price*. MILLER & ROBERTSON, f Dec 24, 1869, 35?tf 1 ' f " - PLANTATION SI. ^ * Clipper A*W,(Red" Jafiltet,) Ofafcras. ,% .. ? . .: HaniM, saiuimi or 1UI0MU0UIJ. v*o2t,im,JpT*r y NOTICE. THE undersigned will pay market price for Sonth .Cfcrojina Jiank jiote*. r- -u'iiose fefehmg to jeett will find 4fc to their interest to call at John ox i W n tirar-A ? ? k j J.O. 21,1870,. 30,31 ' \ ' ' ' * K * B ' Mi.) !'1 . .u. .smaKsamaaKammm FtTRNITURE, oqMS OP tiers cSo Co., ge, Abbeville. S. C.f [D AT THE FRONT ROOM. Walnut Extension Tables. Common ^Dining Tablet. Saloon Tobies, Tea Toy Tables. Ladies' Work Tables. CHAIRS, Parlor Chairs, Ladies' Joining Chairs. Ro?e Col'd, Ladies' Dining Chairs, Oak, Grecian, Rose. Astor Ro<e. Common Choirs, all kinds and prices. Victoria Roi-kers, the very best. Rocking Choirs, overt variety. LOUNGliS, WARDROBES, Si.lid Wo'nut. BEDSTEADS, Cottage Desdsteads, all styles live by iho 1st February, a large lot Chair*, or LiLFKbiva UI1A1KS. Also Four Dozen BEDare with city prices, if expenses are considered. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. our Lost Loved Oaes. > a be found on ltnnd. Also a large number of Fancy Headstones, from. J. D. CIIALMEIIS. iillll IN STORE AWTi Tn AH-orfrTF ??V ?**V*VA V 44 5000 Bnslicls Corn. 1000 BUSHELS OATS. FOR SALE, AT THE LOWEST PRICES FOR Cash or Cotton. Mays, Barnwell & Co. Jan. 7, 1870. 37?tf n. CREIGHTOS & SON'S Ammoniated Soluble SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF T iTJVIE. containing on risjct u?iJMT. ol BONE PHOSPHATES?of which 12 per cent, is immediately Soluble in Water?3 per cent, of ! Potash. 17 per cent of Sulphate of Lime, Magnesia, &c? &c. FURNISHING THE Essential Elements oi W UK AT, COJiN, TOBACCO, COXTON, and all the Cereals which are removed from the soil in r every crop Put up in Strong Bags, of 167 Founds each. t&~ Send for Pomphlots, containin? full directions and Certificates, to O * MAY5, BARNWELL & CO. Jan. 7, 1870, 37?tf Ml* ? vii jo mis. Flour, 200? kBS. BAfiflH, 100ft Bushel* Prime Seel Oats, . . MAOKEREL LAEB, CHEESE OSNABORSS, * ' .; ... ..." Linseys, Hardware, Boots, t SllQQfi) -&C,f &C$ Sorwood,, DuPre .& Co;. VP " .* -i .: { jE Jiuj. X, I8f0, 37?tf , .1. - _ Mono TJnwo anA Philflponc Qlinra jLttUUtf, JUI/jf 0 uuu, uiunu uua uuuuo, DRESS GOODS, ..... Flannels, Liiuseys, . ' HEAVY AS81MSR3 |*NI>< JEANS, * 1 ' - ' ' - r ~ -s , and raaDy Article* in tho Millinery Department, will bo ?oW at COST until l?t. Mflrf'Vk T1TJas. W. Fowler's. ' ' ! .' .. v v GROCI AT IjOW BOB. ! THE subscriber is constantly roceiv stock of PROVISIONS A3 which ho is offering at low pric Superior Crashed, FoiM COFFEE. TEAS, SPI Candles, Raisins, Molasset Corn, Flour, ! and all tlio best varioty of goods in his tident that ho can give satisfaction bot 90 February 4, 1870, 41?tf mm mm ?A1 Sweeties' Iron for plantat # February 4, 1870, 41?tf CHOICE WHISKIES, B) TllA fin1\QOI*iVtA1* TOAnl/1 VAOrvAftiAtll? ? _ *</ VMWOW* (WVA IIVUIU ? VOjJV^UUIIJ' L Old Ryo and Scotch Whiskies, warran Whiskies, French and Apple Brandies, Sherrv, Malaga, Champagne, Claret \\ he will sell much cheaper, than they h and judgo for yoursolves, No charge Fob. 4, 1870, 41?tf BARGAINS, I GOODS 1 TtLe Sxxto TN ORDER to make room for thoir c iL-:_ j Mmauwv ui biicu' WINTEB 1 GEEATLY BE1 MANY ARTICLES A LADIES' DR ' Plaids, tvtmt/ u/vniv is, Dress Trimmings, i ; HEAVY CA9SIMERES, BED F1 Cotton Flannels, and Opera Flat IMS, BAM 10. 4, GRA Fob'r *, 18KB. 41?tf CAROLINA FEBTILIZER, MILLER & ROBERTSON ' 'tV.'.'*: .- . .- *i ' >.' ';? -5/- - :! -v'-v/ 1' IIE following pfttoittttu are ottered in the States of South and North Carolina, and Georgia, for the largest Increased Production, over the natural growth of previous y?ara from tna aaroe land wttliout rnnnur?. msrmzE. A Gullofc Glu of 40 en we, or a horse or nol? Qf Mf0? value, and one of Dodge a: celebrated fiteal plows, for the greatest increased produ lion from five acres of land. m A Se wing Machine, of any patent desired woytu. triO or ? Cotton PreM oI same valua, for tUe te<^ndgreate?tTnfcT^ifl production from five eeree oHnnd. THIRD PRIZE. A Sulfcy Cultivator, or 'maj other Ag~' ricalt??r Implement of -?qnil '*&&. ?' <i We are at.* * - 'i i iim uijw.gggsc?ac nm i. urn, , u ERIES c^a?.10E3S* ing additions to his largo and voloct SB GROCERIES, es for cash His stock consist* of and C. and Brown Sonars, CE, SOAP, STARCH, i, Syrups, Segars, Tobacco, Bacon, Lard, } lino. IIo solicits a call, and foels con ,h in tho price and quality of his go ods SB &W?X? ISI & OLll, *D? i. of all sizes, ion use, at rOHN KNOX'S. UNDIES, WINES, 1C, all attention to his superior stock of ited, 10 years old, Bourbon and Corn Holland Gin, Rum, &c., Madeira, Port, rinos, Plantation Eitters, all of which ave ever been sold since the war. Call for sampling if you wish to buy. JOHN KNOX PIT 1U1HUVC Ml MRUMW, IT COST. soribers, .. SPRING GOODS, will close out tho t STOCK, l m V JL )UCED PBICES, T NEW YORK COST. ESS GOODS, Poplins, A A A- A IUL1CQS, &c., Gents Clothing, uANNELS, WHITE VLANSELS, v? ....... V mels, Ttfonlceto, Heavy Shoe*, Ac.. WELL * CO., HITB BAROB, Slcc^anf^^ found in the handftof Mr. A. M. Hill, athifl old businoes Btand un the Pttblio , Square, If not paid by tho middle W^Wrocery and CommiwiOTT ^ttsineBg, he takes th& method of commending to the piirdtiiiga ofhla old friends and cus* *t6'u&&, jif 4. hie successor, wfto wut coruume Dimness im? n/o