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liTw TLKE AX[> vviisoN. --- ^|i|iEV[[[Ei^ ~ I W1LL BE ; HO. 2 GRA! Are prepared to show to their friends a Ms MMs.Hats.teaM] Iw r J J-,, . Also a Select Sto( 111 the Dry .Goods Line will be fou?4, CAJLK OES, BL.EAC1 BRO?Vtf SHI _ ' ' TICKI OS>'ABI|RGS, aud mauy other tl In the Grocery BACON, FLOUR, MOLASSES, NEW ORLEANS SYRUJ MACKEREL, ' - - RK POWDER AND SHOT, aud everytliii Also a complete Lot of C ORANGES; LEMONS, JKL.LJES. BR SARDINES, CRACKERS, SHE both French and Common. We have 011 hands BAGGING and 1 Come onel CAmeall!! we think we Sept. 18, 1372, 53-tf MVANDO " i . vs&vx . -o> roa s M. A.IK GREENW EARLY OBSESS WILL EN Janv 15,1873, tf WAJjLEK & MERCH. GREEN WO ARE now offering to the public in tl Hue of all the Goods generally ne THEIR S ??? liave been selected with great READY - MAI A FINS STOCK OF I A good.ai Groceries, Hardware, C; To which the attention of purchasers is WALLEI Feb. 19, 1S73, 45-tf THE MARBLE YARD i*h removed Shop and handsome OHice prep Street, above the Mai shall House. 1 ITALIAN AND A! . Can always be found on hand, and al rior manner, and at prices lower than Aluo. a fine collection of Designs foi STORES, which cau bo finished at i onH fllvlflfl. ""v J. W. 8. Cason's VARIETY STOEE, NINETY-SIX, S. C, THE subscriber has now on hand i select stock of the best goods usu ally kepi in a First-Class Confectionary and Variety Store, t<. which he invito the attention of his friends and patrons In his stock will be lbund a choice as eortment of Preserves, Piekles, Candies, Raisins, Brandy - Peaches, . Nuts of all kinds, % Canned Peaches, Pine A oplc, Tomatoes, Oysters Sardines, Syrup and Sauces of every variety, Prize Candy, Nutmegs, Mao, Pepper, epice, Ginger, Oranges, Lemons, Ginger Preserves,. Figs, Ginger Cakes of several varieties, Parched Pea-Nuts, Soda, Mustard, Blacking, Segars, Tobacco, Chewin and Smoking, Marbles, Writing Pfipei And almost every other article of lik Character that you may ask for. Com fcnd examine for yourselves. W. B. CASOSF, Ninety-Six. May 7, 1873, 4-3m REMEMBER THIS "rTT - 4-S\ pftll Atlt* rjAA/lfi fVv *jy t; cuuwuuc i/u cfn uui vuuu? w Prompt-Paying Men. TEKMS LIBERAL. ftUARLES & PEREIN. Jau 22,1873 41, tf COLOGNES AND Handkerchief Extracts Of the Latest Styles and best quality at W.T.PENKEY'S April 23, 18/3, 2-tf : FOUND A? ' * 4ITE RANGE. i select Stock of Fall Goods, consisting ol Soots, Crcctey, Groceries & Piotm ?lr n-f f!rmfof?tinnpripR_ SA* VA V VAAAVV W*VA* v**?>?rv HED AND RTINGS, COTTON PLAIDS, NGS, KERSEYS, JEANS AND lings too numerous to mention. Line will be found, P, SUGAR, LARD, RIO and JAVA COFFEE, JE, SOAP, CANDLES, STARCH, SODA, rjg in the Grocery line. lonfectioneries, consisting of BANANAS, COCOA NUTS, ANDY PEACES, OYSTERS, ET CAKES, CANDIES, "IES, which we will sell lowcan suit you. ma "-DxujNu MMmi* JALE BY .ESKT, Agrexitj OOD, S, C. ISURE PROMPT ATTENTION. rWMMC VISITS AT od, s. c., 1?Kon^anmo linilrlinrr n. fill] [It'll lie vr unu imijuouun, vt?.viV.OI ? eded in this community.. STOCK OF , care, and unusually attractive. )E CLOTHING. BOOTS AND SHOES. ssortment of rockery, and Glassware. invited. Give us a call. I & BKGXHER. ^7?7"o:r'IsLS3 ! from its old quarters to its now "Work tired ezpressly lor the business on Main L fine stock of KEICAH MARBLE 1 work warranted to be done in a odns i elsewhere. MOJNUME25TS AND FANCY IIEA Dshort notico. Call and see our prices D. CHALMERS. :i SPRING Is upon us and with its advent Wardlaw & Edwards Are opening their Stock of Goods adapted to the season, not the largest, best selected, most desirable or cheapest ever! brought to this market, but such as they think they <*an make it to the iuterost ot "; purchasers to examine. ' April 9, ISTo, oJ-tf Ladies Desirous of seeing a convenient, econ/.mir>ol o?>A desirable household ilUUIIVUt * - " ? ? - "Trick," are invited to call at WARDIAW & EDWADS. 8 April 0, 1873. 52-tf At Ho. 3 Granite Rasp, Wardlaw k Edwards, Would call attention to their "Daily Opening" e' of Seasonable Goods, e | ; Dry Goods, Staple and Fancy, I sv-ri/-i a H'TV TT A mO , JS.tLU.LiO 2H\JJ HAio, Ready - made Clothing, ? Hardware and Crockery, ! GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, J Tobacco?a Specialty. I Corn. 600 BUSHELS Prime White in Store, 400 Bushels White to arrive in a few days. ' WARDLAW & EDWARDS. j April 9, 1873, 52-tf ORCH&.RD Grass Seed, Red Ciovei (Seed, and Lucerne Seed. PARKER PERIUN. ??' ? ' ?MJL I ' ^>1 DRESS GOODS, (In Great "Variety.) SILK JAPANESE, Sflfc Strijei Grenadines,. SILK STRIPED LENOS, PLAIN LENOS. Pure Mohair, M and Mite Alpacas, White Goods, ' 1 * i \> c can i oc surpassuu. Real Silk and Lisle Gloves, New iScarfs and Ties, And indeed everything usually found in a Dry Goods Store. QUARLBS & PERRIN. April 9, 1873,52-tf For the Gentlemen. Our usual wcll-sclectcd and LAEGE STOCK OP CLOTHING, CLOTHS, CASSIMES, HATS, HOSIERY, GLOOES, &c., &c. Quarles & Perrin. ! April 8, 1873, 524f TO THE PLANTERS. Staple Dij) (?0000, GBGCEXtlES, HARDWARE, SHOES, ,J-c., .j-c. Quarles & Perrin. New Store! THE undersigned have just opneed an entire new stock of GROCERIES, Provision and Liquors, As well as Other Goods in tlieir Line. At the Old fifand of A. M. TTILL, recently TROW BRIDGE & CO., where we will be pleased to .serve the public CHEAP FOR C A is II. A. M. HILL. * Jan. 29,1873, 42-tf I Tilts Acitau.^ aii ^iouiiuuiauu ID the Country. ?50,000.00 1_\ rALUABIiE GIFTS ! to be distributed in L. 13. SINK'S 102 Kegular Monthly, GIFT EMTE2PSISE! ||'o be drawn Monday Aug. 11th, '1873. One Grand Capital Prize, $5,000 in Gold. Two Prizes Si ,000. Two Prizes $500. Five PrizeeSJOO. Each in Greenbacks. One Family Carriage and Mulched Horses with Silver-Mounted Harnes, worth $1,500 each. 1 Horse and Bujjrpy, with silver.mounted Harness, worth SOt'O. One Fine-Toned Rosewood Finn worth $5<)0! Five Family Sewing Machines, worth $100 each. 759 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches (in allj worth from $20 to $300 each. Gold Chains, Silver-ware, Jewelry, &e. Whole number Gift, G,00(J. Tickets Limited to 50,000. i j Agent* wanted to sell tickets, to whom Liberal Premiums will be paid. J Single Tickets $1 ; Six Tickets 5; Twelve Tickets $10; Twenty-live Tickets $20. Circulars contain a full list of prizes, adescription of the manner of drawing and other information in reference to the Distribution, will be sent to any onethem. All letters must be addressed to Jj. D. SINE, Rox Wj. MAIN OFFICE .CINCINNATI, O. 101 W. Fifth St Eosadalis! Eosadalis J! FOR the en re of Serofiiln, (n itf various forms, also for the. onrc jof Chronie diseases of the Blood Liver and Kidneys, for sale at *j .. W. T PENNEY'S. ' March 0, 1873, 47-tf THE PEWEE S SONG. The robin red-breast, swinging gayly, Is whistling loud his merry notes; And-1 hear the brown-thrush daily, In rippling waves his music floats; But ou the chimney-top/sit, And cry aloud : Pee-wee! Pee-wit! Thelark flies upward with his singing, As if the gates of heaven to try. The eagle soars^with .tireless winging, Until he almosts weeps the sky; But on the chimney-top /sit, And cry aloud : Pee-wee! Pee-wit I The sparrow's home is by the fountain, The jaybird builds among the leaves, The eagle's nest is on the mountain, But I have mine beneath the eaves; And on the chimney-top I sit, And cry aloud: Pee-wee! Pee-wit! I have nothing that is comely, My song and plumage both so dull; i But, though voice and dress are homely, I My heart of happiness is full; And on the chimney-top /sit, And cry aloud.; Pee-wee! Pee-wit! Edward Eggtjsion. Caught in a Prairie Storm. 'Prairies! The very name can make me shiver When covered with snow tnev are as trackless as the ocean to an unskilled navigator; I would about as soon cross the Sahara without a guide, as try to get over the suow plains of the west and north-west. The real fright I once had in one of these tracts, sir, was bad enough to serve me for a lifetime,' 'Tell us about it, captain ?' 'Well, I can't mind. My#Uncle Dan and his family were staying at I the D. settlement, for he had taken the western fever, and they went out there. Uncle Dan was always a speculator?though he did manage to line his pockets well. lie purchased a lurge tract of land at D., with an eye, it must have been, to some such promises as were held out to Abraham of old; tor acres and acres of this land he could never utilize, chough later h,e could sell it again, to advantage. I was out helping him. The family consisted of his wife, two grown-up daughters and two young sons; and there was a niece, Cordelia. From tiie first time I saw Cordelia Bardwell I thought a great deal of her. Perhaps that is the reason I sfaved in the uncivilized place.' 'Rolfe,' said .Uncle Ban, one morning in the latter part of tlie winter, it looks like a fine day, does it not?' 'Clear and bright, sir,' I replied. 'Ay, likely to last. What say, you, then, to taking Brown Bess and going to. Binglcy's Mills for me ?' 'I will go with pleasure, Uncle Dan.' 'The weather may break 'up any week, now, Rolfe, and I must have the lumber ready" to come down the river as far as the forks with the freshets.' 'Well, sir, I am ready to go over to Bing'ey's Mills for you, and to make what arrangements you please about the timber.' . 'Uncle Dan, may I go to Bing ley's Mills, too?' cried a pleading pretty voice, as Hector leaped off to harness the brown mare. * 1 could hardly believe ray ears; the voice was Cordelia's. 'The child must be crazy !' called out aunt. 'Do you know the length of the journey, Delia?' ,'It's a lovely day, aunt; it won't hurt me.' 'Yes, it is'a lovely day, molher, so clear and calm,' cried one of the other girls?Myra, I think?with quite an .eager tone; *and poor Delia never goes anywhere.' That was true; but etilLX felt astonished. Later I knew "hat it was a kind of conspiracy. The irirls all wanted to get some trustworthy person to the post:officc at Bingley's Mills to post letters and -i?t soriio tliat were Ivinsr there, not ? - - V CJ , n tended for papa aud mamina to ead. 'I really don't see why Delia should not go,' said the unsuspicious, good-natured uncle! 'You will he sure 'to take care of her, Kolfe?' Til try to, sir.' So in less than a half hour from the time it was mentioned, I was gathering up the reins, ?nd Brown jBess was tossing her bead until the 1 bells jingled merrily. It's royal traveling,' called out IUncle Dan, as .we started. 'Don't ibe out too late, Rolfe, for it has been a severe snap of weather lately, and?' The rest was lost in the cronching of the snt>w, and the- 'ping, ping, ping,' of the cup-shaped bells. 'This is an unexpected honor. Miss Cordelia,' I began as the sleigh ti-rmf emrwit-lllv Illnncr. | 'Susan ami Xlmira voted ine ! their minister plenipotentiary,' she responded coldly. I I and Cordelia?who was no iblood relation of mire?had a fallling out of a recent date, which j made it feel all the more surprising ishe would have cared to go with me that day. She was one of those high spirited girls who never strike j their colors. j It happened one evening about !a week before. My aunt had a , gathering?for there were settlers enough in the vicinity to give us social evenings?and about a dozen people were present. 1: Cordelia and I had disputed ! about the relative characteristics of ' men and women. She claimed the j sweet attributes of patience, purity, land constancy?claimed them entirely for h*-* sex? I gave genius, persistency, and strength of character to mine. To vex lier still further, I averred my opinion' that women wore a mass of bentimentnlity, impromptu shrieks and vacillation. j . I had gone too far. She . took it i seriously. AVith a flash of sforn i fro.n her brilliant eyes, and a ] heightened color, she arose, went i to the other, side of the room, and busied herself with some old ladies. 1 The storm had blown over ; Cor- i delia retained her anger. More < hurt at it than I -would confess, I I would gladly have begged her par- 1 don; hut her manner repulsed all overtures at reconciliation Once, t when I had accidentally caught ^ hold of her hand, she twisted her r.-n*n ottav. niul P'ave a scornful flino to mine. . * i Now yon lcnow what our social t atmosphere was, when fate, that < Winter morning, decided that we } should start together on that long ( ride. * j The hells danced merrily, the air was clear, the sky bine; all things j were pleasant, except Delia. Say s what I would, she was ungracious, i and hardly answered me. I sup- ] pose she wanted me to understand i Rhe had not come with me for pleasure, b.ut to get the letters. We A had gone miles beyond the- last 1 settler's cabin that we should see rtrn pnmp into the vioinitv of! UIKll . - Bin<rley's Mills, when she apparently thought better of her behavior and spoke of her own accord cheerfully. 'How natural it is for the greatest part of people to attach themselves to home, let it be where it may.' 'True.' '"Two years ago I could not have believed that I should follow my aunt's family west, nd be content to live on the utmost bounds of civilization. I'm sure I wonder that.you stay, Mr. Rolfe.'. 'Do you ? How well Brown Bess goes to-day!' 'She always does. There is not her equal in Uncle Dan's stables.' "We arrived at Bingley's. Mills? the largest settlement thereabouts, 2 and the post town?a little after e noon. Brown Bess had indeed tossed up her nimble heels well, f * +K vnn linnra {Vwr flip I marc to rest, I went about my bi^si-11 ness, leaving Cordelia to do her's r at the*post-bous*e, and to remain at the inn in the middle of the village, j t Chatting with this one, chatting e with that, and getting through Un-j] cle D.irfs com missions, the short winter day flew away like magic, jc Meanwhile the cloudless ice-clear jT sky had become covcred over with'] a gray thickness that suggested the it idea of another snow-storm, and j ^ ought to have wlirncd me to getj done quicker; but it did not. JWhen Brown Bess anrl the sleigli't came round to the inn door, the U sun, wading for hours through] snow-clouds, had sunk in a bank of \ leaden blue and could not be more i than an hour high. c 'A little risky,' said the man, j glancing at the cardinal points of 2 the compass, and shaking his head i slightly. . t Cordelia^ her glowing # cheeks t 1 -- 4- rtn 1 > An oAn*>1nf nearly us ungiu an uci iv.^ nwu,.. came forward with an animated t manner. A3 I drew the buffalofcs j around her I thought how, a. week j or two ago I should have esteemed ? the* privilege of this close compan- c ionship invaluable, but did not seem to appreciate it now. j We dashed away. The air was g damp and cutting, and, as we came c upon the open prairie it stung our cheeks like needles. Half an hour t after starting I said to her: 'If the;ti snow only, keeps off, we shall get t along nicely.' Cordelia glanced up ( from her scarlet hood ; she did not seem to think* much about it one j way or the other. A "Hi/I T'nn n/incminliali vrmr nnsthl , ^,Ui)UU?vv,..up,..%...... e , commission. Miss Cordelia V ' [ l0h, yes, thank you.' ( At that very moment a particle l of icy snow fell on my glove. Ij< would not believe but that the mare had flung the particle from hern flying hoels. But in a minute more i a handful] of line particles sifted i over us both. Cordelia gave me a t half-startled glance. I spoke out \ cheerily to the mare, and tucked i the blankets around my companion. A half hour longer found the north < wind rapidly and perceptibly rising, i while the icy flakes were tinkling i on the crusty surface round ouri< way. Quite soon there were small j j whirlwinds driving the dry, pow-j] dery stuff aronnd and around, and i then spinning it up in a little col- < umn. Darkness came down rapid- < Iv, but not,before the wind had < fearfully increased, and the atnios- , phere was white with tiny flakes that drifted by us in loose bulging 1 folds. ^ Cordelia did not speak; she only : tightened the fur scarf around her 1 neck, and sat perfectly,, quiet. At that moment I would ii)ave given a 1 fortune it the girl had been safe at 1 | my uncle's an# I breasting the storm alone. We came to a bolt orj woodland, just ten miles of our| journey through; nearly twenty! more before us. Heaven ! it seemed r like a voyage across the world. I" And a most awful fear was tuggingji at iny heart. | 'Are you cold ?' I asked, drawing ' Cordelia closor to me. * i 'Nothing to -speak of,' she cheer- < fully replied. But I felt a strong i shudder shake her from head to foot. Presently thesleigh, pitched considerably, "although I had a tight rein. 'Rolfe,' she "began, and Ithonght I again felt her frame tremble, though her voice was cool and steady, 'the wind does not. strike [>n uh inst as it did: neither did we pitch this morning as we arc doing now. Have we lost the road ?' 'By heaven, you have spoken my thoughts; Cordelia!' I ejaculated, cvhile a damp, icy coldness broke i>nt from every pore of my shin. She shuddered again, but said lothing. .v I knotted the reins and dropped ;hem over'the dashboard. This was vhy the mare had held so hardly? lie knew bo.tcr than I; I must ru?t to h(jr instinct. In twenty olio V>nr? oirnnfr firnntiii nn is to bring the wind on the old quarter with ua. It was blowing leavy. I put my arms around my ;nmpanion to hold the blankets in jlace. Just then a faint sound reached uy startled ear. A swift shudder ;hook me, aigl I came near crying iloud. . Another melaneholy cry. [ would have drawn "the blankets ibout Cordelia's head. 'I hear it,' she softly whispered. \nd in my.terror and agony I drew ler closer in a covetous clasp. The sound came again. The are.heard it also, I -knew, and ;hen the iinerlinsr of the bells was ibanged to even strokes. She had jrnken from a hard trot into a galop. My thoughts flew to the ntterTiost bounds of the earth in a monent, and from earth to heaven. * prayed for the safety of my companion more than for my own. The short cry and the Jong wail. iVolves were calling each other to he banquet. We were actually flying over the ground. We could not be far from lome, but in the universal wl^teicss there were no landmarks, and, ilas! alas! every yelp was now disinctly audible. The dreadful animals must soon leap upon us. I i t r 1. i. .. ? ooKea irom siue 10 siuu, eApeuung i gaunt form to spring against the ileigh. Brown Bess, true to her;elf and to us, bore on steadily and ieetly; she knew the way. I tried to draw Cordelia down to he bottom of the sleigh, but she esisted. 'Don't, Rolfe. I would rather neet death with my eyes open,' she aid, pushing away the furs from ler face. The darkness was as intense as it. ;an be in winter, and?heaven hlivc nercy! are they surrounding us? iear the yelps f&ead, their cries! he air seemed rent with demoniac rells, snarls and shrieking howls. Remembering the short-handled ixe in the bottom of the sleigh, I lirew off my gloves and seized it vith the grip of desperation. With my foot braced upon thej roh of the sleigh outside, I half rneeled, axe iu hand, expecting me of the dusky fiends to leap each nstant upon us. The mare wavered i moment as the sounds grew iercer, and then, with a shrill leigh, leaped on again. Somehow he wolves did not come nearer? tnd Brown Bess flew along as1 hcugh she knew our lives were in ler power. The awful s'uind grew ess distinct, and with a reverend God be praised,' I etrove to be :alm. 'Cordelia, look! Cordelia,, we; ire saved!' I shouted, breakinglnto omething between a laugh aud a :ry. 'Oh, Cordelia, look!' The foaming mare was dashing hrough a line of torches, and the lettlers sent up a joyous shout, and he yelping dogs dashed about in a :h??rus of delight. Brown Bess, good lady, would j iot pause; she thought the wolves' vere after her still, and dashed on, eeking with foam, to her own stable. My weeping aunt and excited nnsinfc bore Cordelia in. while I elt jjiore thankful to God than I aver liad cause to feel. 'But that terrible fighting of volv\es close upon us?what -did it Dean ?' I asked later, when before ;he blazing lire I in vain essayed :o steady my shaking nerves. /And vh)- did they not' come on to the ittack? Was it a miracle?' 'It was one Of my stags/ explained Uncle Dan. 'Anderson came in ind said the late unusually cold veather had made the cowardly, creatures bold and ravenous, and :ie and 1 heard them signaling the r>aek soon after sunset. We knewj :hey might overtake you^jf you ilelayed your return unw after lark, so we slew the stag and drove :>ut with him so far as we deemed advisable, hoping that they might find it and fight over it while von were dashing past. We gr*w wild ivith fright as time passed <>n, Rolfe, ind, arming ourselves with torches, rushed to meet you.' 'His plan-had succeeded in saving! ns?good old Uncle Dan! Buf I [lon't like the word prairie at all.*| " *N * I A1 '"What became ot uoraena, captain V 'Cordelia? All! I thought I told you that my aunt and cousins bore her into the house, in tlieir arms.' 'Xo evasion. Did yon humbly bcGf her pardon later for vexing her iri opposing her pet theories?' '1 did that, sir. I told, her that she had proved in herself, by her own bravery, every good thing which she h-.id said of her sex.' 'Did she forgive you V 4!Not exactly*.' 'She was 'right, Captain. should1 have punished yon'se^rM . <She did.; Oh! she 'did. She arried me.' . - .... ... , ? The Greenwood and Angusta .Ilailroad; -1 * ? -v" ' Greenwood, AugUat 2; 1873. Editor AbbtvittSPress and Bafiner AVa"meeting in the interest of tne Cireenwood.and Augusta Kail- i road h?ld in Walter JIali. P. H. Bradley, being called to the chair, fully and lucidly explained the object of the meeting?showing the j present condition and object of the ( road ; stating the amount of stock*' that "had been subscribed at Green- 1 wood and other points along the | route, and the amount that it was t necessary to raise' to secure the ? Road. The'General then exhibi- ] ted a proGle of survey and read j tlie intelligent report of Chief 4 Surveyor T. P. Ashmrtn, showing-.. route and length of road, cost of survey, removing obstacles, gra*( ding1, tresseling, &c. . ' ' t ' V The General stated the question and feelings of Augusta to th? road and the liberal subscription that she would make as soon as slie < was satisfied that the people of j Carolina were in earnest and determined to subscribe according to \ their ability. ' ( The General then referred to , ontrfinol rsnitfino AnnifnTiala +V10 + ovvv/iai ui tuat | would iron, equip and put the road ( in thorough running order as soon ( as it was graded, or thit would , loan the stockholders money to < complete it on a bond of three ] hundred thousand dollars subscription. The General explained jhe chances of the great Chicago Air Line running through Anderpri, and making a junction with our road at Dorn's Mine. 1 At the conclusion of this inter- ] csting statement of the status of the Road, it was resolved to open the hooks for increased subscriptions to the citizens of Greenwood which was promptly responded to by increasing their stock to seven or eight times its original amount a sufficient amount being' subscribed to grade road to sortie point near Mill way. It was also the sense of the meet-' ing, that a9 soon as sufficient stock for grading the road was subscribed, to at once organize and begin the work. / On motion of ,T. C. (Tbiles.' it was resolved to hold similar meetings every eight or ten miles along line of road* At Millway ' on Friday, the 8th of this month ; at Calhoun's Mills. on the 15th ' and Bradley's Mill on the 21st, at which points other meetings will; be appointed. After the appointment of a committee to solicit stock in vicinity of Greenwood, the meeting adjourned, hopeful of soon securing the requisite stock to warrant them [to begin grading in joint stock companies. P. H. BRADLEY, Cliairmao. J. C. Maxwell, Secretary. ? COMPLIMENTARY. Bethlehem Academy, \ July#30th, 1873. J , editor Abbeville Press $ Banner : , At the close of the examination < of Mr. M. A. Wilson's school, i> I puOllC meeting was urguu.uicu uj ^ cal'ing Mr. J. F. Coleman to the chair, when the following pream- j ble and resolutions were unani- 1 monsly adopted. 1 The patrons of Bethlehem Acad- ( cmy being desirous of evincing r j their approbation of Mr. Miller A. j Wilson as the instructor of their | children and of exhibiting to him [some public mark of their favora- 5 ble appreciation of his school dis- r cipline and mental training, and of c 'ii i;_U i_ ( Ins own scuoiany aceaiijpiisuiiueijm, invite this large assemblage to ( unite with them in tlie adoption of" J the following resolutions: Resolved, 1st. That- in Mr. Wil- \ son we have an'able, efficient Tin'd successful teacber, as has been ^ demonstrated by the thorough jand J i comprehensive examination to! | which his various classes were subjected, and that the examinations I ' I were* as satisfactory to the audience 1 as they were creditable to him. < ltcsolced, 2d. That we have lis-J toned with pleasure to his able and masterly address on the '-'Proper ] |aim of Education," and-to g!io\v j l-our appreciation of it's many ex-'] jcellencies, we respectfully request i I that he publish his address. Resolved, 3d, That the congrat- i illations of this assembly be here- i I by tendered to Master James Goke i 'Ivlugh on liisdibut in an original,! ' I ? a ' r. * <- ?t>- v Wan orator. v - ' ; Wesotvedritli. That ifc&e reso}& tioiis be furuiHhed to "the -couiiiy ,'' J ' paperspfor- Mblica$<to;^ ?-^^r J* YV*. TEEL ^ % "' ^Bfccretary. . ;$||? T th ' f. ill a'' Abbsv ~:>I^jf&RETHREH. OoT 'UCXt ./ |V.|| meeting will begin on rfche tbitfi * The building of the church at Al\i Devi He is the important woric :he meeting. If' jour .yearly ira'ODnt can be doubled aad ajl sent to this object, I believe tlie .V - - ' lL bora win accept tne offering and reward you. The feeble church. ;hcre, aided by friends and brethren of other denominatioi 'ft lone npbly in putting the tnaterial >n the ground. They have lone ^hat they can, at present, aiid now they cry "Men ' . }f IsraelI help." "Will tfcot every Member of the association give jomething ?. Will not every child put at least one briQ^ in the walla ? I \?ould auggest''that euhscrip ?X _ a!.. . - t ' "* .lunw, Btaung now macifpgr montn japb person will give.' daring the fear, be sent op to the. Association ind read out with 'the churchi let7 ' :ers. Be sure and send a part pf , the amount in cafch, and pay the remainder when called on. A ' .'J , *V? w'9' f jraall part of what is sent up- will / bav^ to finish* paying brother Pratt's salary. "W. B. JCXNT2S, Moderator. ^ Longstreet and Gettysburg. Gen.- Pendleton's statement.in a. public lecture that Gen. Longstreet-. was responsible for th& loss to the roliolo nf* +lio Vicffffa i\f #dn++TTal% k VMVIU W* VI1V UUVVIU VI v VliVjrOVU'^, has called out a letter from er-Gfov-. . t ernor B. G. Humphreys, of Mis?-: sissippi, who commanded a brigade in Longstreet's corpaat"hat time,. Gen. Humphreys gives a vivid- account of the three days' battle, and* * contends that it was not Gen. Long*streefc .who disobeyed orders, but that J. E. B. Stuart is possibly. most responsible for the Gettys* r burg disaster. After previewing the principal eventsof the battle, the Governor says: JNearly ten years havfe now- past., by since the battle of Gettysburg, and with many Gettysburg, seems, to be.*an enigma. They seem .to be unwilling to accept Eee's.self-accusation. His overweening con- . fidence in Stuart, they say- reflects toO much on his sagacity as a General ; and, as Stuart was a high feather with "the army and' the country, the story of his regard of . Lee's instructions, by making a brilliant dash and fruitless foray on Meade's rear, instead of being on his front and keeping Lee-; informed must be lost sight of and forgotten. Again: Ewell was charged with lozing the victory, at Gettysburg by failing to seize Gulps Hill and Cemetery Ridge on the first dav. Ewell was then living, and, being in good odor with the Con federate! readily squelched the idea of making him the scape-goat of Gettysburg. Now, nine years after the battle comes Longstreet's turn, and not being in high feather and good odor with the Southern people, his "unworthy ambition" and "ill-temper with Lee" is readily accepted as the true solution of the enigma and the loss of Gettysburg. My love for the true soldiers of the Southern Confederacy, true when we needed friends, Ima nnt fiiilpd mt? And T mac lio :>ut too prone to defend them j yet, [ am persuaded, that when an impartial history of our civil war can je written, the military fidelity and leroic record of James Longstreet vi II shine bright among the brightest ornaments of the Confederate itrnggle for liberty and the iudejeudence of the South. ??? The seventy-first anniverlary. of the Saluda Baptist Associttion will l?egin on Thursday, 17th )f August, at Union Church, Anlerson Couuty, twenty miles south )f Anderson C. H., and four and a ialf miles west of Lowndesville. rhe introductory sermon will be * . lelivered by Rev. 11. N. Pratt on rhursday morning, and Rev. W. E. "Walters will preach the missionary sermon on Sunday morning. The Mandamus Case.?A correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, writing from CoInnthio uiire LUIUUIM, The indications Are that a decision will be rendered next week. Wliile no intimation of its import hue been received, direct from the Court or made public, yet it can very safely be said that there will be no tax levy ordered to pay the interest on the bond until the legal iind illegal issues aro made knowu and separated.