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$fc?, Press mi Bannex. rj?.,1 " -* ? *'." . "?? Abbeville, S. O. W. A. LEE, EDTtob, fc,r - . tz r? . ,sr Friday, February 10, 1871. Terms.?Three defers a year, in ad ranee. *?o subscriptions taken for a shorte; time than six months. Transient advertisements are charger for at the rate of O.ve Dollar per incl i?pace for the first insertion, and Fitm Cents for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction from (by abov< rates is made to persons advertising b; the quarter or by the year. All obituary notices and tribute.1 " of respect are charged lor ai me uou? rates of advertising. LEGISLATIVE. One of the most arbitrary measures c the Session was the adoption bv th House of the minority report seat in Messrs. Littlefield and Singleton, Rc publicans, and busting Messrs. lloug and Evan*, Reformers,Jl'rom .Chesteriieh ufter four hours' debate, by a vote of 5 to 25. Action upon the Attorney-General' opiuiou in Mc In tyre's case was posi poned until Monday-week. The Senate concurrent resolution, aj: pointing a committee to investigate th operations of the County Commission?! of Charleston, was adopted in theHousi A resolution giving General Wortl ington twenty-five hundred dollars an Elliott fifteen hundred, additional, ft services rendered during the impeacl mont of Judgo Vernon, was laid on th table.1* The Senate has passed the new appn priation bill, and iaid on the table a re! - ol ution to alTord State aid pertsor driven from their homes. The Ilouse has tabled the resolution 1 rescind the joint resolution to adjour 'on March 1st. The House has passed a bill to amen a Drnhan A$\ tOG aci eswuiioiinifc ? u...v lura, ami also a bill to provide for th purchase of the manuscript copy of th pepal statutes of the State, compiled b Jlr. Seabrook, of tho Charleston bai 1rhis is the bill over which there ha been considerable contention, as to th price to bo allowed. As the bill'ha passed $1000 is allowed. The following bills have passed th Benate: To amend an Act to define th jurisdiction and duties of County Coin missloners; to require County Commis Biouers to report annually to the Genera Assembly, on or before the 15th of eve TV December; to amend section 279 < an Act to revise, simplify and abridg the rules, practice, pleadings and form of the courts; to amend an Act to cs tablish and maintain a system of fre 1 f'IVno^n rnr schools; to compel ^uuuiji to receive County checks in payment c taxed and for other purposes; to roquir County Treasurers to report to Genei'i Assembly. All of which were refcrre by the House. ' A.bill has been introduced to amen an Act to defiue the criminal jurisdit tlon of Trial Justices. According to th bill, Trial Justices are empowered, i oases of crjinee of a higher grade, to cx upon any citizen to serve their war ran I and nuke arrests, and the person s called upon is compelled to obey, unde a penalty of fine and imprisonment i the Penitentiary. Mr. Tolbert gave notice of the inln * duction of a bill to form and establish Judicial and Election County, from poi tions of Edgefield, Abbeville, Orange b jrg and Newberry. A Jbint resolution ordering that th Hon. James L. Orr, Judge of the Eight] Judicia^Circult, be allowed extra com pensation for holding extr$, courts, pass ed Its second reading.1* The New Appobtionmejtt.?Th< "Western members, together with thos< from the South, are anxious to pass th< ftnnortionment bill during the present ^ tr"-{ *tt ? Congress, while the New England am Middle States men desire the que6tio; postponed until the meeting of the im-xi Congress. There are two plans advocat ed, one making the number of representatives 275, and the other fixing the number at 300. Whichever is adopted, wegain one membe'r, and perhaps two. Tho West gains mere than two thirds of ail the increase, and hence her nnx. iet-y to have the matter settled at once. Fixb Cabbage Seed.?During the past week Mr. A. W. Zackery, baa visit ed our t^wn with his usual supply o the famoua "Zachary Cabbage Seed.' Mr. Zacbaryliv.es in Cashiei'd Valley N C., w lie re they grow the finest cabbages jxttatoes, apples. &c., aud he and hit father before him for fiaany years have been visiting our section, where his wares are well known and duly apprec ated. His cabbage seed especially are too well known to need recommendaHon. Every one who is fond of tht vsgetable, whether or not be he a Dutchman and loves <S'our Krout, should call at Parker <fc Lee's, the agents, aud get s ropply af the seed. , i qrr The State Taxes.?The Cbnrlestor Xcwq says: "The State Treasurer re ports that the State taxes are coming ii with.unsual rapidity, and that tho col ' l?5tion is likely to be both thorough ant prompt, "in? p?ople, now or hereafter, mus pay the current expenses as well as tin debt of the State. What we' put off to day will come back to plague us to-inor row. We do not, by checking the sup pllee, prevent the General Assembly from wasting our substance; nor .dp wi make them more wasteful bf giving, when it is demapded, "what must in the end be paid. It is pleneant, therefore, to know that the people, bowed, down as they are, are paying their taxes without any avoidable delay." Press Making.?We direct attention to the advertisement of Mrs. Taggart who ia.prep?red to execute all orders in * drepB-niaking, at her rooms over Kurtz't Bhoe Shop. Mrs. T. is well known in our community us au experienced and killful drees-maker; and we trust will continue to receive her full share of the public patronage. Messrs. Mays/ Barn well & Co., adverts**, corn, oats, bacon Ac., in oonuectiou .yith their varied stock of groccricis. $ ml ii The Repeal of the Teat Oath. The bill regulating the test oath hs ing parsed botli branches of Congre goes to the President for his approv It was reported by the Reconstruct! . Committee, but opposed by Butler a the extreme Radicals of the party, the House it fiave rise to an exciting ( bate, but finally prevailed by a vote one hundred and eighteen to eigh That the President will approve the 1 i- is not to be doubted, as he would scar array himself agakist this strong popu I j demonstration in favor of coijuiliati ! The repeal of the test oath is. a,stcp the right direction, and removes fr .. the statute book one of those otTn r disqualifications which perpetuate ^ heart-buruingsof thepj^ponfliet. 1 rKunLMtfinci ioiitnc'dil hv j .vrv?iv,t ? Fourteenth Amendment would go fa complete the work of conciliation. I til that is done, it is impossible for ui forget the past or identify ourselves w ,f a government which excludes) our I e citizens from offices of honor and ? trust. The time must come when tli ?. di-iabilities are removed, and the *oo 1j it is hastened the better. The eflee 1, ;he bill just passed will be perceived ,3 undertsanding, that the political disa ities orignally imposed on the Soutlu 's era are summed up in too branches; l- fourteenth amendment, including fi office all who held office before the v )- andHhe "iron-clad," excluding all ^ e stood by the South in the war, .c s though not holding office before. i Act of Congress of July 11, 18GS, it .-Inrovidcd that those amenable to U! fourteenth amendment should, on 1 ?n ing the disabilities thoreby imposed i- j moved, take a certain form of oath .el fore entering on office, ami the bill, passed Congress is to allow all who ). i not amendable to the fourteenth ame j. ment, but are to the "iron-clad," to 1 ,s office on talcing the same oath. The following is the calh prescri ;o by the Act of July 1863. u ''I, A B, do solmnly swear (or afil that I will support the#Con:?tltutioi the United states against all eneni d foreign and domestic; that 1 will I true faith and allegiance to the sa t, that I take this obligation freely, w out any mental reservation or purpos ej evasion; -and that I will well and fa v i fnllv discharge the duties of the ofBei r. which I amlibout to enter, bo help fc God." t. Upon the Presidents approval of s above bill, the law as to Southerr holding olllee i.*, that any man relie e of his disabilities under the fourtee e amendment, or any man never ame r ble thereto, may hold any ofllee, S or Federal, on taking the oath presc ed in the Act of July 11, 1S0S, ?b ijUoted.'^Tbosc not relieved from am (j- ability to the fourteenth aineudm ,, | are still disfranchised. I S I j. j The Hot SurruK on Fkiday Li e | ?The Hot fcjupper in behalf of s Methodist Church, came oft' in the a ,f shall House according toanuouncui e on Friday evening last, and was ser tl up with the brilliant display, and bu ^ tiful profusion lor which the ladies the cougregatiou, are noted. The tai were loaded with everything wl 'gratify the eye o: delight the palate, 0|a large company were Jlrcf-eiit to do n ijustice to ilie merite of the euterti I] fluent. It was thoroughly enjoyed g 'app;eciated, and was successful even Ojyond the expectations of its patn ,,.jThe receipts of the evening amour. . i/. nvnr & 1.1(1 u-f> h-Sirll. r ' tv v ? v* .? w ?.. i <>? o \> '* j Incidents of Week. ? Jos a iliotts, and Emanuel Kellar, colored, " 'au altercation ouc evening of the j "jweelt, near the corner of the Marsl 'House, and after exchanging blows e'which the first named came off sew 1! best, were arrayed before the Com "!and finer', Botts $4 and Kcliar $5. Duncan Crager, colored, arraij before the Council, on Wednest morning la*t, for disorderly conduct ? the streets and lined $5, and afterwa - j before Trial Justice Hemphill, charj 'j with beating his wife, and fined $ [ j The way of tiangressors is hard. I . ,<?? | Religious. ? According to previi announcement, Dr. J. Leighton Wilsi the distinguished divine, was pres< with the Presbyterian congregation this place ou .Sunday last, and delive 1 very interesting, discourses, morning, | ternoon and evening. .In spite of I ; disagreeable weatiier there was a gr j attendance, and the Congregation v much edified by one a forcible presi tion of the claims of Missions by one jits most zealous and impressive a-d cates. r ^ Nr.w Counties.?Mr. Wilkos has troduced a bill to form a new couniy < 1 of Anderson, Greenville, Laurens a * Abbeville, with the court house ' | HotK'tt Path. This makes the fi: f U ?? ify nr/irtf >|COUIIl> Willi;" It 13 |MW|?ui?vu tw x*?vv,v the present Legislature, as bills hi ^ been introduced previously to organ the counties of Pendleton, Woodbu St. George's and Coosnwntchie?1 I; three last named in the low country. ^ ^ I Tiie Lauiiensvjlle Herald.?T last number of.this excellent jouri contains the salutatory of Mr. J. 1 1 Purguson, who assumes the editor control. We extend our hearty weleoi s "to the editor, and our best wishes to t ; proprietors. ^ 8ST On the mail routo from Or? ville to Columbia, W. X. Hogeand J* i urews, route Hgtms, nru removeu, a Johu Shiell ami Orlando C. Folgcr i pointed in their place. ?? Appointments.?The following i "i pointinente are announced at the Ex , utive Depurtroeut: , \V. K. 13!ake, of Abbeville; J. ; Shulte, lot Charleston! and C. N. , Butt, of Columbia, to be Xotariee Pi iic. Mr. J. W. Fowler, offers for sj . 30 valuable building lot? near the Dep also at the Emporium 2 doz chignons the latest style. | X?" See ^rofebsional Card of Dr. Mj ley P. Rivers, who oilers iiis services the citizens of the vicinity bf L'okesbi rv and,Hodges! Ig9u Mr. W. T. McDonald, rdverti fresh arrivals of syrup, flour, oi*Dg< pickle?; Ac., also wfclte seed oats. i -;7 T': . c Superintendeiit cf the G. & C. R. R. i' iv- Col. Dodamead, we are pleased to 6s, i learn, has accented the superintendent* al.' of the G. & C. R. R., vice Mr. Moor-' on ; The following complimentary notice < nd' the new superthtendent, we extract fro Inj the Richmond Dispatch : % iv \ "Col. Thomas Dodamead, Superinun0f dent of the Richmond and Danviiie ( . . . Railroad, has resigned hisofticeto aeeept I j the plaeeof Engineer and ('elieial Su-! >111' periutendent of the Greenville and Co-1 elv'iumbia Railroad, of South Carolina,; i'rj which runs from Columbia West 14HI ' miles, with a branch of twenty-one j, n,u ; miles to Au'derson C. II.. and also con?in ; nects with the IJlue Ridge Railroad to om i Walhala, and the Spartanburg and | Union Railroad. His many friends will j , ' ^regret that more liberal mm migration "u'jand u wider field of operations has tempPhe, ted Colonel Dodamead to leave "Virginia. th0jile has been connected with our lail,. j{) | roads for more than thirty years, having .. " | during the time had charge of the Rich-' jn"i mond alid Petersburg. Chesapeake and j s to jOhio, Virginia and' Tennessee, Itic-li- j ith mond and York Hiver, and Richmond j )6;.tiand Danville Railroads, ami early in the: " 'late war was sent west by the (JonIVtier-; 01jate Government to take eharg<* of the j iesei Memphis ami Ohio Railroad, and the! ncr road from Howling Grecen to Nashville k 0f while Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson was j . _ in command at the former place, lie returned to Virginia after tjie fall ofj bil- Fort Donellson , and has been on the: ;ru- Richmond and xJanville Railroad until tl,vj yesterday, when he left thiseity for his new field of operations. 'Hi* thorough "om and practical knowledge In all the Dek'ar; \ part incuts of engineering, construction, vho transportation, and inaehinery of railv n i roads, has given Col. Col. Doamead a ideservedly high position in his profesEyjBion, and we regret that his services I was J have been lost to our State, the iav" FOREIGN NEWS, 1 re be- New York, February 6.?The World'a just cable, from lierlin, 5th, says uneasiness " -is succeeding the exultation causid by the fall of Paris. Funds are depressed, n"* and no confidence is felt that the terms lold j of peace will be accepted by the Uordeax Assembly. Incessant exertions . , [are making for*resumption of the wai, j the plan being to raise armies, and overrun the whole of France and reduce it rm) to submission by a savage and relentless n of i campaign. ins i Paicis. February 4.?Intense suffering >ear' prtvai s Hundreds are dyin.'daly of me; [starvation. The luod received is wildly iih- inade<|iiate. ieof London, February 5.?a coinnlele Itli- rupture has taken place between the ion Paris Government and Gaiubetta. Hes11101 toiation of the Fmpiro is most probable. (t is rejtortcd that the Pope had underflie taken to assist in restoration. Clubs report tliat UiMuarek is laboring u'ls>; under a severe mental excitement, hit. vedj mind being so unbalanced us to render nth I him virtually insane. n;l_1 London, February G.?A number o! ' J journals of North Fiance denounce the tatej recent decrees by Ganibctia, and urge rib-: that the country needs and desires peace, lovej VEKSAlLLJbS, February 5.?'the fol1VU.' lowing statement is official: "The qual{ity of the French Government will apeu*!narontly leatl the Administration at i bordeaux to the non-t.lae. vunce of the convention entered into-by the Germans __ 'and the authorities at Paris. The con! vention only looked to negotiations tor the | a free assembly, and an arbitrarily eonIar-j*titutcd body,'under the deelaraiion of ieUlj M. Gam bet ta, is not entitled to such ti.; tie. Favre has informed Bismarck he % i will .rescind the decrees issued by Gam'Uii-:betta. The confusion is, however, only s of removable by au adjournment of the bios elections." , . * *2* | <> nch and The novv King Spain, it is reported, is a young man of very regular habits, . retiring to rest about ten o'clock, and ain- requiring the j.alace gates to be locked and j and the lights to be extinguished at midbe-j night. These habits, it i/ stated, have I caused great astonishment among the )U3, Spaniards, who generally go to bed at 'ted jftunriseand take breakfast at mid-day. ITheKiughas had one or more iccepi t ons, and ! as abolished the r<>* al sy.-trm {of extending his hand ta be 1 i >cd, a<d - ! iifiK intwxhiprd the more Uemociaiie P jpian of gi.aJiin^ hands. He al. o wuiks "a" about the streets without nn escort, vi.? last'its the poor, atul makes purchases in mil^hops. The Kingcontributed So.ntJU I for t.he poor of Madrid, and an equal j 1 1,1 amount lor the needy members of the nd j citizen militia. Having ascertained that iciljthepay of the public school teachers I was several months in arrear, the lungj has refused to draw on the treasury for ;ed : hie own emoluments until the claims of. lay! the teachers are satisfied. He also ex- j 0J, I pressed his intention 10 grant a general' amnesty for |?o!itical oti'euees, but the; r(ls constitution takes this power away frnru 1 ;ed the King, and he cannot issue a general :yj. pardon unless authorized by a special;' law of the Cortes. ?> ,u, LATEST F0REI6N NEWS. j London, February 8.?Earl liuwl! 'lias been instructed to sustain tlie! of j French demand lor an extension of the | red armistice. Tim extension is expeoied. ! aj-.| The lima, in hii editorial on the sit-1 * , nation says information J'rom Fans inOi-; L110i eates a longing lor peace. >ed | The Atw*' hays the Parisians will vote i-as! to-rlav in entire dependence upon the i good faith of the (Germans. '"j It will be impossible to complete the, ; of: terms of peace between the assembling vo- of tiie assembly and the expiration of; the armistice, when fighting may be renewed. It is said, continues the 7\'rvjs, in that in- event the (iciman power to over-iuij 5Ut|France, will be most formidable. riid I 1 " ' ? 1 - T>_ "L i SENATORIAL i\oaiJAiUi^.?.'Uajic-, fth ; publican nominating convention, la-id by;her e on Saturday latt in persunncc of a ive< call of II. H. Eliiti n, County Cliaiimun. { iMj Mr. J. Kollinshcad, wr.* unanimously ry,| nominated to fill the \acaniy in the i bej State t- finite from Abbeville, occasioned by the death of II. J. Lonutx. The election it will be rccolkcted has been or hc.'dcrcd for Thursday, the 10th inst. ml j ?<3?. ^ j | State Rewaius. ? Governor Scott,! joflcrsthreo hundred dollars reward for j ^c.-the arrest of tlie murderer or murderers ' e of the liev. I{. M. Harrison, of Edge-i i field. The Governor also offer* a re- " ! ward of five hundred dollars for the ar-. !,Hrfrst of the parties who eet fire to the | barn and stable of Mr. A. G. Maybin, "d in Unioh District. 'Ttrt? f'TT A T> T rCTAV CiftJ ? T/-IT5CIT T r? i Ii UD UJ-X\.k A \J 1 * j The Hon. Iticbard H.Cain, publishes) 'I*" | a lengthy card in the last Missionary j oc"j Record, announcing himself as a candi-j ! date for .Senator in Charleston county, , to fill the vacancy caused by the death ; of Hon. W. H. Mishaw. lb <??. i j Sale Day.?Monday was cold, wet!, aDd disagreeable, but theie waa quite a:' ilo huge attendance. The only property j ot, sold by the officers of Court was the real'' of estate of Win. S. MeBride, sold by the Sheriff; 265 acres, for $785. The day passed off without disturbance. to The troubles in York District < lx. have been quieted by disarming the Mi- < iitia. / [ bo B?. The weather during Jhe past >s, week haB been cold, vet and dlfiagrcea- a "We. . '* The Ousting of the Chesterfield Members. f ? As our readers have observed, on Friay ia^, the lious-tvO! lit* preventatives, a vote of hay-three' to twenty-fly^, ' Met I I he iieroHn hij^ibejp-fro'ni Cl.tslicld ? Messrs. Hough and Kvans. ,:e. e teu-Lnu-n J tad been duly die.a.? .! entitled to their sea s by ilie S ato Board of Cau .'a.-riei's?liiuiieul; tju.ugii it it-. J11 spite of this, and of tl?e_ su<"'g points made in beha.f of M.ssrs. lioiij.h and Evan.?f they were oi.ate.i. and the lladical Contestants seated, l lie spnii of till> )j<ui iy prevailed at the expense or justice. All we have to say is this: 'ibis artii.n is to n.s no matter of surprise. it is in keeping with the character whSBh is very generally a.-cr.bed to the nsajoriiy in the House. '1 Ik; action we ate commenting upon is suggestive ifl* another point oi view. Ii seem* lo imply that the majority is organizing its ioices for future work. The raid contemplated on the blate Treasury. in the shape o< new railroad bonds,.and other bchcidi*, is preceded by a laid on reiorm delegations. The party Hug is raised, ;-oon lo be followed by the kindred banner oi plunder and pillage. The public \Vill observe who of the Legislature will he 4/itili/l CniiiMtr it i.i li.n . r lint i. ?''U4iu .-fining UlUiri [MlilllliVl U?'?l and will note, t<>??, those wi;o>jnay havt pill the sdiipaJloat. Tiii? Legislature, ot iather the majority thereof, wa,-. to givi i:s the reform thai their opponents wert contending lor. The judications an that wah increased taxes and partial legislation, we are to have "rcioim with a vengeance.?J'Jiccnix, ? [ . : v( A GERMAN JUBILEE. Tha Joy that Pcace Brings. A berlin dispatch, dated the 3()tli Jnn uary. Mates that the whole nation win one uccoid, has taken part in a twi days' jubilee. i he iiniperor William's telegram tf j the i^mprcss Augusta, was reau in In Urhurci.es during divine serv?ee: ui?v inointne baieony of Hie Itu^il l'alace jaiid was bulletined at the War Ulilcf 'and at the newspaper oflices. 'J he le Ueuin was sung in the Cathe jdral by the Mendelsionn CluJlr. )Th jehuiches were packed with j*<vH ii.nl extra s.rrcjs were 11.cv83.sry ?laj uind niglit. 'Ihe ino>t stilTilig bct-lifci | iollowed. 1J very body was in me street! i by dayhjihl pa.ading and ?mging. Tin iciuirili bails lung out a glorious peal !a?i'.i the national hymns were tuna wilt i ireinendnms .vigor in aiiHlio ciiuifiic i ami hi 11 a* strcc is. i The pioiuineni statues .were festoppe* with cedar. The Ito\til Palace was be sieged. Tiie Jmipicbs Au^iMa and Lii< Imperial household uj-i;eated unci wit) joyiul leais acknowledged the jjopuiu j gut tu l:it ions. 'jUisjjatclics l'roni. Frankfort, Munich CarbiuI.e. JJrcinen and Liambiirg icicei' jatcs accounts 01 gladsome detuonstra j lions. Cannon were liieii and the (Jov |eminent and civil dignitaries were set 'a muled, the 2sonh-Geiman color* w#r . i .1 . .. .1 i.. . i. ...... . ..J : 11.. i i?iiiui jcii, ?uju in nit* evening ^latiu iiiu ! miuations, displays of tire-works ami !cannon-firing were geneiai. feature? ; United (Germany seems delirious will ijoy. The people are subscribing liberal | iy in provisions lor the relief oi desti | tute Paris. ??at>? ? Tirre Intf.kest on tiir Vinnrxi. i Pcui-ic l>r.mt.?Mr. Swcasey, of Lon ^loii, was yesteiday before tlie Fitianc ; Committee of the House of D-legttte.itiid j:avcf his views in regard to the pa.v j nieiit of interest on the f*ia?c debt. 1J ; represents, we ln.ar, bt-lween one am two hundred thousand dollars held b; i iiimself, and nearly or quite thrve mil ] lion of dollars Lcid by others abroad , The meeting was itiioi-nal, and tlu.' eoin inittee listened with marked courtesy t Itiis views. He .^a:il unit wnen mc? I foreign pasties made tlieir investments I they il.fi il \vi;liont other security* thai j the*faith they had in tlu? credit of th 1 (.'omnionwiaith, and that to fail now ti | provide ior the j aymeni ot the intere!nn this debt would'be t(. iriipaii our ered jit abroad. Jle further .*aui tjiat sou in policy would dictate that provision bi promptly made to meet this intccet This i:? an interesting question, and i l receiving the attention and the though i ot* the ah.est men in both lioiir-es of th< : General Assembly.?Jiiahmond Whiy. Tiif. Vacant JujiftEsmiv?A correa pomlent of the C'ouriw wriu>: 'i la<- \u eant Judgeship is hegihning to Ueouu the subject M much disenw-ion, b;iil among the members of the Assembly ami the lobby members. JsemberlcM candida'tes. are in the field, and the canvass promises 10 be a brisk one. 'J lu Governor's candidate, as I have already stated, is Col. Silicon Fair, of Newberry. Other State officials tnvor Genera! iticuowHii, or Auofviiis. i m* reparianburg delegation spunk of Colonel Baxter, and Colonel Montgomery iMo.-es, oi Sumter, is al?o in tlie Held with good chance*. The more cxlremeof ti.e Radicals will probably vote lor Wiutjiuitl), of Spartanburg, in the meantime the Hill to abolish the Seventh Circuit is still pending in the Senate. Democratic Povf.it.?The following statement of facts is taken from tl.e New York II or Id: Tho Tribune publishes a tf;b!o fhowing the eleeto.al vote* of the State* which gave Radical majorities and <?t those which gave Demociatie majorities during the year 1870, and foots up ? total of 179 electoral votes fin the Radieal side and 1-17 votes on the Demociatic side. In older to make out its < a-e, it iiu-b'di'v in I lii? Tlmlifjtl ( ( ltinni Mm i> W. total votes of uti<J' Texas, which held no elections in 1870; m Pennsylvania, which ^*ave n Dcima r.iiio majority on the popular v*?tc*; a.'id cf Aritaus-as, in which.thanks to ihe ra cahty of its Radical Governor, no i/turns have yet been "li nde public. The Democratsstill claim alej-al majority m Arkan.-as, though what Gove. in>r C'iayton's returns will he is quite another thing, lu Florida, whose clcetoial vi?re the Tribune also claims, there was'an actual -Democratic majority of 2-S in the .State. The Radical board of Canvassars deliberately threw out the vote of nine Democratic Counties, and declared Wall* (negro) elcckd to Congress lry 620 majority. There never was a more i-arefaced fraud. Conceding, however, the electoral vote of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi and Texas to the Radical# they have but 154 votes, while the Deo ? cciuts have 172. The 7rita c'.v fifiuietwister-twister is therefore deceiving the I'ribime'y readers when he a? cits tha' :< !... iu-.i K,.-.,. r ii nit; nvnama ?m 10^ CU|?^ nun: i 187(!, a liaehcal will lie cliot-en President. Ou llic contiary, "quite tlie reverse." ?o? INCFXDJAHY Fli!E?Bl'KMNO OK A Mh1 HOTJl.Sl I'AWSONACiK ? COI.C.MRIA ClHLL'tT.?Thur.-day alterne-on last, while Il:o family of Rev. Mr. Clifton were visiting at a near neighbor's house, the residence was discovered to be on the. Mr. Coeij er, it is sah', v.a* the first to get on the premises, and found the house op.cn and the heels and clothing itrewn over the Coor, and the impression is thai the hou.-e was first pillaged. Mr. CliJion is absent on the circuit and has lost eve rything: The | jirsoraire is Ircntid eij.hr niiiea fioni liid^c4iay.? Winn-etoro yews. A JUtit or Cotton.?On Monday 'our steamers, four ships arid one hr'jr.j irrived at Ijiverpnol from tliq United! Mates with an ap{.'ref-'Hfe 22,400 hales }f cotton, and were followed the next lay by a steamer and a ship with 0,749 nore. The insurgeuta.of Cuba have met with notht-r dimster mar' Peuno Principe.'. ,'evxral killed and wcundcd. 1 ' ?r* *" ," ** ' The Bacon Market ' l -i i " 1 S""** ~ Tbq ffew Zork Daily Bulletin bos the J folloWihg obstrvaticrw uii tbe present positlo'ft-of tl?e product of thejiog: *1 he recent most perHistlnc efforts to; 3 igiVc tlie market an appearance" of ex-; ) ciitiuient atal-buoyancy hfcVw- failed 4?i ix. break (lie gfiietal apathy of exporter^ i their ligui iug a little further to find out wtTere ttie t rout)re Ta3r?. The" cofielusMilf arilved at appears to betabou|a>?jollowK: 'Kirst, that the ^ifst/ n^x^ejjl abroad w??t to a large etftentowliig'to the cbciip, uesa^i'.^uociii, and -llrnt 4i?, mmmi tia-Uta ad\atice heie toiik place the export on fiv'.-h outers st<>ppid,.;Ui?ugh Mmiie)*?e amounts continued to g > mrvQtid ??& j 4 Hjaek eontiact: tl*at ilieru Is enough uow * ueetiinnlatgd iTi England -anA Uernuiuy to meet an' i^jiwuully' libcuil callr au<l fi.?! in.vinii' tin' tJu m.^elvLH the-consuia ier,s fioni the' diilVtimt armies >;ilf .Ufc hnoie Jiiu ly to opefaretn nri (toncmifat I a i.'(1 cautious manner than when ?n p|?lie<! : by the governments ^tliut the French j in particular, utter having obtained 1 !enough to'felieve piesent distress, will, as usual, Ignore the fler>li of the 8wine to n great extent, and that so far an Great 1 lirjttain Is' concerned, the ineiease in the home production will materially lessen ihe;:<$nstiinpUon of American goods, uhlcwiiftbe tales are kept low enough to | J admit of free purchases ?by the very '{poorest elates, those,who in many dis- ?; I triets are compelled to subsist iurgeJy on ' j I cheese, Ac., instead of meat, tr'o muciiij ; i for tke position abn^ad. And now Li look-Xtt. jioiuc. 'the lute advance il-oif; , was so sharp as to make a considerable ruction almost positive, tf) say nothing of a d&ided curiailuiejit (ft ulLdemands except in the way of speculative interest which is undoubtedly smaller, while every day gives evidentcs-of large increase of the cfop: \Yftfi iril tiffgoods sent abroad,, ami yet to gi^ and the amounts taken for home consumption, there is undoubted evidence of consider. able larger stocks on hand than for the i , I corresponding period last year, au.d the J 1-* 1 i - i? t.?f |lV, pnv! nwfiiirt. rI ,| lilH lll'g n ll.lfc 111 J,.* ,v ...y , [while the arrivals appear to allow, j creasing weights every day. . 'Certain t graded of bacon, cutineats, and pofsslbly , prone mess pork, maybe fairly sustained, but there (are a great many of the 1 most thoroughly posiwl operators ill the 'rade wiMHhave-terhrtis doubts about: . nu*s.s pork and lard at current values.! . Put theiii fow enough'and'they win undoubtedly sell,. but with-High. prices a Ltrce proportion of the production must ? undoubtedly be carried ovar. B ' ?. ^ ? '??1?? ?, , The TniAj/ Jusxici* fivsTCflV-Sev, feral lu'lis. arc now before the I?egialnture - io nbeflish the trim justice sySteni.? None t hew,-it in mid, will pa.*s as the ! force qfithe tr-iul jtiRticft* on the Itoor of - the House is too great to be overcome, r lu view of this, and to. prevent abuses i of |?ower, anew bill is now preparing in j- the .attorney-gcriersd's, offlyy.,. wJjich. ...i.A.. /...nw.iiwill envoi-aboutnjnetv I ? IIVII Limj....... ...... , pa^cfi of capv*ind wyi la^et *11 the - j necessary requirements. It minutely ,-i defines tiieir criminal ami civil iurisdic tioii, hii(l fa.vs down &-niwle of prtJcOdiirc P - to be followed by them. * A terrible accident"'' hHppcncrf t lW L 1 days ago at Xexv Hamburg, by the coli lis'ion of the Chicago fcrpre?s with an oil 1 tiain upon a bridge, bevcral sleeping * ears and their neeuj aiir'sjwfcrd ^uifned. None escaped from one car. The bridge v.ave way subsequently, and excrythinjt ell into the river. It is expected' tlifriy j lives were lost in one car. wixttcn * bodies have been recovered. \ + ? - ** ' i .. > (I , ' i, fiGU Foe notice of the new firm of - Waidlaw ?fc Edwards, whohave formed ' la copartnership in the grocery and pro-j ^.! vision business, ami will keep also on;' ' 1 i -1 t 1_. ???| . j liiUlll ill-' SiapiM Wiy (Jimua. inrj iiic I !gentlemen well known in our compiu." nity. and their character rfiords a guar-. J! an tee that they wiil perform what thvy promise. Give them a call. i . , ^ , e ?r~ ' ' it ?5"* Mr. E. Edward's has returned i from Baltimore with an entire new , j1 stock of Groceries*, which lie in opening L. in the Marshall House. Thene goods . have been selected with care, and; will s he disposed of cheap for cash. See ad' vcrtiMDttnt next week. 7 m <"5> ? It is -thought -the wcafcncp* of the 1 French eovet nim-nt will. cawe di*-a^iee . nicntx. in "which the negotiation.** nccnj- ' . Iv linM with the Gemians will not'be . otiscrwd. i ?i ,?j>, :? Tlcrechcl V. Johnfon hap denied, having anything to do with ;the .{Southern coitonVn.-e of which to much lias boon < wiid lately. j [ , JDS3F* Parker & Lee, advertise hymn J books, cod liver oil ac. J r _ 1 ! SALE OF-I . c iOi * i 4 o* '|A Rare - isnce to Buy a Eie; i T OFFEfJ for Kilo atom SO BUILD- ' 1 JN(t LOTS mar ll?e UKPoT,)! arid wit hin five initiates walk* *?(" the jj ; I'tiMii- Spnare. The,Lots are. knowi . . :io he naturally ihcpri ttiesl in ALboj i villi'. . -i.j1 Ah-. James A. McCord if nnwjl making a plat of the lot.-*," which can | l?e seen al my store in a low da. p. j Stivrts of" sullieieiit- width have : j been surveyed out. _ Tnis property will only he on flic! Market u short time. Parties wish-!] in?r to hu had hi tter call*0011. j Terms reasonable. I Jas. W. Fowlsr. 'i j Feb 10; 1871, -12?tf CHIGNONS ! | I WILL receive TWO, DOZEN;] j J C'U KJXO.VS of the newest h|j|vmI next week. Mend u sample of Your liair that you may get the exact shade. . JAS. V. fOWLER. f Feb. 10. 1871, 41?tf I Methodist Ilvmii Books, t i - . 'i* A nicc a6?ort.uent AT PUBLISHERS PRICES. | PARKER & LEE. flil. 10 1871, 42 if i0g- . i BOUT the first <>f January, i?Pt. my * l'ASS LOOK, J*'o. 40, of the' Eiaucli of tlit- Citizens*, Savings Hank of f] toutli Carolina, at Alil?eviHi? 0. if..Any ^ jiorMon finding Hie ^uie, will < onifer a' ia\oron the lindeisl^iKfi by leaviu^it! with J. F. (J. l>ul'ie, J2nq. CLARA F. KERR. . February 10, 1S71. 42-3m1 ' ^J. t ?... j.'ll*1. 1000 BUSHELS -PRIM] "V" ' ,. " iiuiij-i'JNWWWVWHWuS 00 B^p^llAI? 2,Q0p lbs. ?^ked ^?10^ ' IN CONNECTION WIT! ^ r- 'Ir#^ Hardware, rock?i ^ keeP M,-fEtefifrMtiH ? r,-'^U-CST ^.n SCU>r ; _ . ' ?. * A. B. Wardlaw ' : r1"! / I O TP ^ WARBLAW & J.../1 !f . ,?.[ a iP .0 .2 .^icfmufoD rarJToV:-j PJIOVJSUXX , ISTO- 3 GRANI A31SfE^fttE 5 9 7i;Dn lo 2JEA&X 07? T tsto (Lato Stand of Join n COO CK}t> ?-3 1070 /imiu erst sn^m /jnfc)r<S) -bg# riMlE UN I> r. IIS J G N E I) >t?vi'/ormofiyaf 1 a <.'KNER\L GKOCEliV und Pi WlWm' , ; : ! i::f>i Staple' Biy GcoJs, Eat uottn >0 * ; an.l nil such artic-lcs ns are usually found i We request our irifeiitl* tixi^ivo'u* a c;?( prices", iictoro toa-king theft- purchases. -X hope, b)- close attention to bu-iuoss imd 1 mors u? the old eonceMi to coiitinuo,"nn<t i i / if > !<; !? ; '?-uf .IvrtSKW y-.i' A . 3. ^ j, a. e . WAJaaAW ."T.t, Fv'ir?"T 10 1871^2, tf fl ,T Dress. MaMr${|| MRS. TAGGART f| HE&& fc-Svjj tjb feifpriri hert-tf IdTinTlj j|1 I tti-Hdii* that she ha- tnkeji; nyurf+J .v r Mr. KLFifiZ'8-MOE ?l|OF|oK;| \ja.n Sirt'cL," l)cioW tlfe^l'ubJi*} 'fcfft.'fi'w j ivheFe she-is<4>repfl;ed-'to eiufcut?MuH 'Jt* iin.ls of DRESS MAKING, in the J utvs-t ami hestwtyles qj=*node|ate rales^^i Slie trusts Hint her loWtfp 1 'ct&fyyp' Ti/Wg tr truest dibi t* Wfylea>5?*vii$ enable IWr%^ o guarantee full satisfaction to her K ornery. The i?ub.ic i>|tt?QoagC is- urn* ~4i ;;ect fully solicited. I P; 1' C'b. I J, 1S7U, &J*r3t i r :, i' I: -1 : ??rrr 1 btl ? A CAEBo, j| t I 1IE nndmi^di,Jofeing,.?n <?(*- M riowe of t&vlvu years in active jutio jr" lic-i', ii|j*iudtn^,:feu^'Vf:i|^ as Surgeon . ?? ii lliea^rjiq^",rcfptctfu I I y |ln itfvrs his professional hervices to the s!l ;Hizcns iti thu vicinity of tiid Hodges' I>epot, ?? SliJ<(vBWN, J OS'U^TJi ICIA $. an (I (i EX K H A L _ L^ACj-iTjOp'ERj.of'j tafcjdSE. ^ ;N\*uJehco '.tvtci $?) lriilvu Itftrth' of: Jokesburv. MAIXORT P. afVEES, F<b 10, 1SIO-, iSJ/n s M jjiJ iff) ys' *5*; PSESH ARRIVALS!!! 'X ' A T 01r f| ]r. T. McD0M#k^* !> > " - '.,K? ? ?< > V 1 |I P| Oriaass Sjrnp. bbl. Self-Raising Flour f c r\ xrf?i T-F fwgfilT 1 Efci-'Oranges," PiCKiee, ABDINES. mm, &C. j '* '77*-rarfivD k ALRO; A" LOT Of " j 1 7HITE SPBING OATS, m . ..For Sced?..J,,..;>j'|' AH low for CASH. Feb. 10. 1871, 42?tf _jT Pancreafoed ! j'"9 ! OB I1YEB OIL, ?? # -;. -i?' .... At Parker Lee's. Feb. 10, 1371, 42-If r 3 VO?K?D?ftiO'I * EI OU^T>Rim ^ fnxlti} !o .W SiP siCTl m 3 > i 1 * -4 't. j# ISdwardj .I' ''! ( ' ifijo3 *iol rnmrn i G. Edwards.) \Q0iSjl 157* ,?lj ipartji^Iii^) for the transaction < f?V!Klf)\ UTTSIXRSS. W? ulrf Jmii n a store of (he kind. I; L'xUnvtire hlir^binta. 'and learn on ^o will do oo^' best for' tiivni,;; Hii iluTiil dialing, to induce thetjftsfc jow'ontfa tcK'Omuin'V ' : K .? ?!' r. i ; ?! > t<? ?*? '. "Nfd ;DWADS. ' | * I n,ill t?i i?v ' m 1|TE {lie undersigned Merchants t fgj Coke^iTiiy Hglt tut wi :i)|ia?l' a* (joptif' v: HutT k1:?IT 'contai m names of a[l delinquents for tli ist year." 5iJttoh"Morchajrt will; fJtiSri live lie# 11c uvs loUbi* JmuUv,; ana'i D Is mt'jins will heeomo. familiar wit cf"~$cu-Lv, men as have faita * mgt'tTmri r ovi igatioit 8? / en who have fa'lod topay out Jilli Ml C *>l h Ws I row sp^a l Or}) ntffa) t ii) &ITO1 tirl comings of those who ureTfilw , , 1 It is saicidnl to b:iv goons kW,v!?, II thnmrjii tffdvii' >ij|iillis[fii)i| Rtiri im'irWtfr'' aiiths-FaiFio got trie mine}', j ^icJf yk 1KR3 iml of hnsiness, and wc will ifnl at rfttrtfit, we <'i ret iirRflffiiofl&0)ff?W' rpn*i> iir-tlVis "ft ff? are now in arrears to u?5" ?* will have aropie timo lima against them. o. mnkf^wh rringi-ments as will he fatisff'torV. jjfi fhi&pr^f^L thc-ir name? being ro!lc<^'|W (kfaaw.'1-d. !>*L JrfX .&< J (Anj one who puffVrs his iamc to ' nrolh-d will find it vl-i^: J>ard to L itllj tICUH l*J?C j vuA# yy William A. Moor $ G. I. Smith & Co/, McGhee & Co., *'3 B. C. Hart,., . h J..P. Towsend, / Connor & Casoik ?vb. 10, 13.70, 42-zJi ' f | ^ ^ " ~ f' IIE undersigned wpuld respont fully inform hi* friends thai he, removed JIim Sb'Ti lo one of. Mr. J JCoMe's offices, on the Public, are, where he will he pleased to miodntc his customerK.-wnd friends R. ?. MARTIN, . Tailor. ec. 16, 1670 34?3m YOU. '?? * Say the Beat Fertilisers}} a a?./ :i:u:u Td.. for thesalf^^iOTeU^wowa jitJAVAN GUANO^^Cfe frU*M ftJZ-ulsh them on will receive cotton in payment, for fertilizers Iwe are fatl?fled we aiai u&m> uwMmww whiwwi m tliiEtlwan Guanos. ] We publish 1)elrttf"a*T6W Certificate# ip attestation of the virtue of the Etiwan tb\ an 1 Wliits, Smith <1 WMts, LOCAL AMgrp AT ABBEVHiLEMTH^ 8,.C: i ' " ~f"-" VaTr' * aci^ ufccd, to be the pest acre of eotton w? . mmmmmi lihf and our pinion f&at he- would . gather from^A! W Aotitufa- ?iore. The laud ^Rwppexrftnis tftrlfcriupc-. ; z tdaaitVkfterfe' ie Etiwanj. No*# had z ' ;;Le^tj&ttr*Wfl free from* rusf.jgreen, 2 fenaMtJ of 'fra', whilst that uuiere-the ? B -W^ijtmatid Cfoliim tad been ^?ed, wna * VJn^ttcW'liftW rusted, and the atalka aiCTHm'? i 1AME8 M. BAXTER,-* ' |. (i. McKJ&SICK, : -t.Qt.K'RANyy.'!? >s?*^it tOHEBT BEATY.. l? ^ ... Utayloi,|^ Messrs. J?. &, j^c?& /or taentlemes In reply to jour qaention . * X- ^Jj^ien^dtb.th^thvwj, JStaUIe JJ JE3. 7 Tiure, Wnito, Cotton fcJeed, Comport, * and Bacltf Guand,: an5 find that tlio Etiwau jajn^ fcuperioT to uUte' " * ' J .' .TToaWj truly, )1 I f I x< /"D A iiTCrtnn V 1,tlCMhaJtton piclicd plf.l ucre? 450-iba. i ?>/ Etifn. i! 1,020 lli^dotton " ? COOlbs. YYado. >' awlVtte? : !, 2,970 JWcottons ,l " SOcart | *!oats Compost. ... . . 1,80ft 1 ffcolton i!"; } * 30 Cotd'p*-bNtttteiust. > iv /t ? \\ ' fl.oSMH cottm*- a V .Cotton,, rV .. ..... >\ Sly mfnnto'thitt I have yet to pick fronr ,' n.M ...IQOO.jbs,' Wniflf fioOlta. .( 4J()0 !lbs* ooo Jim, ' C'otwrtiecd Compost, 7Q0 ||tf^ . , f v ' ' T - :! .Il L nio.WIIXE, S. C., 1 ..I1 i - Mni'/?nilM*p 5. lg?A : mU. T&V, flejjtlemen: I have used one ton of - yo? \flf a.? MSHte^iApy cotton the pmln yeor, una 1 am well pleased with it* "J, t ?r#; Tie difference iu the cotton where we XSttSWJi ' Jjmve no hcsiiancy in pronouncing | yoi- Etiwan, $t|?,*rfpltf[>3tiligiauur?. " Very respectrcllv, u vmwmto. ilBiMiW# t>( Jeesre. Tr. C. Hex A Co. t J (ientlemen': I usedtfffifyear'(wo tons ? jtiwan, .No..?, qn cotton, and am hizfely , , " Icuffcii MUi1 if. * (ftbp'fnWt'ittfeff at least " i ' per cent., and is three weeks curlier it han that witho,u$/erUl*zen? i . 'f: T would give, it j.>reftr*nee over nil .1. r. iother femfizeips. _ H .. ,/ n i>' pkc?prctfu}lv'" ' " . " .7.1 i? "At,. WkYrrTvfc-vrtw i. "> I o:-;.7 nfriHtrJTifM fi'ivj /?jT}$ i ^pfcfDnrtiox c:' \ \ Octol ??r 21, 1S70.' i:J' Mckcm Hfi! (FABce-itr Co. r In a:|8}ver <oypjur J ^.iye tny a. experience with the Etiwan (Juauo. ,,f \t) itsciL the guano on \dottqiV alouirekfe of .1 some Oir^vlifeb'tlierc v'a3'i:(i fi-rtljfzer_! 1 i ^he land- is' exactly" ibie j-ame*quality*' iwid in;tbc^:utic.jaroWi being a; veiy poor f ' Mindysqil vyitb stiflf clay sulw*>jl.--'Iu?ed one >ack"(2O0 pouna?( of ?tiwan/;^(v.?,; y [?er acre. 'J'he cotton was all worked , i alike. 1 will pntber at hSiStfi(J(i"ip6tihcU cotton per\ac?e of the faiitfa'rtn guano f f \v;t.s utHid upon, and uni.jjonJidtnt I will jtttjt get more Lban 150 pouydp ^>cr acre . t ofr; that without any ici;t^wr. . i ao uot conKldef thc'/iuarYrt f&'Irl/Jested'on account of the ditowfc ... I Sswi* Respectfully, . .L-.-.ff mPi^T 'Cold SptuiSo., -PrercrNs to., R. C. l : Cntoj^r. J870. /.. f y XMc.'sr*. W. C. Bee X Co. : j Dear Kirs: In reply to yoirrTequest jcnncerul-og the Ktiwnff/Xo? 2, I yai|,. i j with<Utf ' hesitation, pronounce it the lortilizer I have ever used, and tshall buy no other hereafter; 'City thi application of 12(H) pounds per acre, on very *>ld find i? the ii^e%latyr''c-e- r tude biAvhirlf cotton is planted t<i.nny'-: actvirCT shalV I tlitnk, make 70,WO "* pou n dnstwl^iUoH-froiu ?tf^crenr>^Kv?c* farmer in tbLtyfo-Tiiity pteosaJP with it who lias used it. The t-eason has been iuiiwvali^&v<mil>!y foi\.cctt*en... ,rr,. ? ; JZ . jPMpebffullv, v JBBS J. W. CRAWFORD.* | |f 9 |Ml v" ' 3.''Cm " October 17, 187.0. J J&frra. W. V.'BccJs Co., Charleston, 8. C. Gentlemen TI used thirty (30) tons of Eriwan. No. 2, the present season, J am much please with it, both for cotton ami tor corn and oats.j I have tried all standard manures, and I think that, after the genuineTertfVian Gda?io," Et; iwAn, No. 2, is the best on the market. For very high.culture, on sandy laud, ray five to eight hundred pounds to tho acre, it is better, perhaps, than Peruvian Guano. A't the rate of 200 lbs. per aero with me, it-pays well. Respectful!v,-vour obedient servant, ALFRED ALURICH. Greenwood, Abbeyim?* C5q:, S. Cm \ Nuvertiber 7, 1870.,, ). ) ' Messrs. IT. C Bee & Co.': Kirs: I purchased one top l#s{; spring of your Ethvaii Guano, No. 2, and used it on my cotton crop at.the r;ite of two h und red 'pounds per acre. Iam s&tfefi* ed that it payed nje one hundred per cent I did not use it on any other crop this year. Yours with regard, IiOET. V. LUCIIANNAN.