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I' ' HI! JIM" if i" f Tiio Pms. saa Sauasr, Abbeville, S. C. j W. A. LEE, Editge. -I , Priday, March* 3,1871. -J Terks.?Three dollars a year, in ad ; V?nce. ^ No subscriptions taken for a shorter, flrne than six months. Transient advertisements are charged i for at the rate or One Dollah per inch j iipace for the first insertion, and Fifiy; Csst9 for each subsequent insertion. ; * liheral deduction from the above j rates is made to persons advertising by the quarter or bv the year. JBST All obituary not iocs and tribute."?' of respect are charged for at the usual; rates of advertising. ~ OUR COURT. Our Court is'still in session, and thej fcending Civil business will liUeiy give [ fall employment for another week after J the present. The Criminal business of ; the Term would have been dispatched ! on Tuesday last, byt for the unexpected1 appearance of Mack Evans, against I whom an indictment of murder was! found at the present term, and who after! an absence of several months, voluntari-; ly surrendered himself a few days since, j Hi" trial occupied the preater part oi yefiterday, wad at the time of t ils present, "Wr.ubg ia not yet concluded, [oiuce! convicted?see below.] Our record of the business of the past; week, closed with the notice of the ca-e of the State vs. Francis Bigby, Ann, Maxwell, Henry Thos. Robinson, Davy j Newton, and Henry Bigbv, lor arson in ; burning a dwelling house on the place: of Mr. Jas. Searight near Donaldsville, whieh was then pending. The jury| brought in a verdict of guilty agtiiust j Fraucea Bigby, Ann Maxwell and Heu-; jy Bigby. Nest followed the case of the State vs. Henry Thompson for burglary, in entering the dwelling of Mr. S. L. Russell, Bussell in October last. The circum-i and making a brutal assault upon Mrs.' tancea of the offence made it one of the! most aggravated character, and the guilt | of ^e prisoner was established wjrh a j .el?arness and weight of evidence, which j left no doubt on the mind of any one jpreeent. Ia the case of the State v9. Wm. L. McCord, for assault and battery?verdict not guilty. Same vs. John Johnsou, Wade Kel!ar , And Walter "Butler, grand larceny, in atealinga bale of cotton, the property of Mr. W atson?the defendants pleaded. guilty. Same vs. Aaron Mitchell, the Town | Marshal?verdict not guilty. Same vs. Henry Cochran, njurder, in killing a fellow freedmau on tlie place of Mr. John Sybert?-verdict guilty of manslaughter. Same vs. Monroe Robinson and Samuel Marshall, for an assault with intent to kill, upon Mr. Ja*. McCravy?verdict guilty as to Samuel Marshall. ; On Tuesday the prisoners were brought J before his Honor for sentence, and the j following sentences were then pronoun- j oed^ accouipauicd in each case with a! . most admirable address, suggasted by a review of its peculiar circuawtanc93, . and enforcing the wholesome truth, that the way of transgressors is hard. Rfcateva. Courcev Donnald, and Cal vert Johnson? sentence, each, hard la-. * bor In the Penitentiary for one year. Same vs. Frances Bigby, Ann Max well and Henry Bigby, arson, hard labor in the Penitentiary for ten years. Same vs. Henry Cochran, manslaugh-1 ter, hard labor in the Penitentiary for j two years. Same vs. Henry Thompson, burglary,; hard laborin the Penitentiary for twelve! years. Same vs. John Johnson, Wade Keller, and Walker Butlor, grand larcenyLard labor in the Penitentiary for eight months. Same vs. Sam Marshall, assaujt anui .:s battery?three mouths ia the County! jail." In the ease of the Same vs. Mc pv.anf I for murder the aocused wa3 found guilty j of murder, and sentenced to hard labor Jn the Penitentiary for five years. The sentences were comparatively light, and the just punishment of the si..: guilty was tempered with becoming mercy. All circumstanccs of mitigation were duly considered in awarding punishment, at the same time that the Jaw was vindicated. For instance the: plea of guilty and the exhibition of be- j ?mino T\o!iitf>npR in the case airainst 1"" ? ^ V Johnson, Keller and Butler, induceJHiis Honor, to remit four months of the im]\ prlBonmeutAb we have said, the addresses accompanying the passing of sentence were admirable of their kind?earnest, practical and effcctive-r-giving sage counsel and wholesome admonition, drawnj from a large experience of life?and ap-' pealing alike to the reason and Hit*| " heart. As vindicating the majesty of; the law, and enforcing the necessity of j iti due observance, they forn,e 1 a fitting r*fv. aooompaniment to the sentences themselves. The juries are applying their scaling ??11 Vtrt ?oart/). snfa.Trm' i .v -ouiup*u>ao? tu uu wiv-VYC**, ??*w^ . debts. With regard to war debta, the rule 60 f<y applied, find9 the true value In good money, halves that amount and -c&lottlatee interest ^ the remainder. - ' T> n fl/flV- c.. , / Another Homicide.?VTe learn that ':;.;%n altercation occurred in the upper portion of th^ District on Weduesday '< Jfttf, i?etw*ep one Wm. Cook, and a ! v.'. man named Abies, respecting the divis-! *' '-1 Son of Iffltyears' crop, which had been | made oh .the place of Cook, which! Abies worked on. shares. Oa the next i moraing Abie's went'to Cook's resi- i ; -denote, *nd snapped bis gtja at him, whereupon the latter shot him, inflicting a'mortal w'ojnnd. He.'lived* only , about an 'hour. An inquest-.has'been -i held, but we havejiot heard the result. u -1ft# We leara that a barn on tbe plan y '^Ution of Mr. Thoa.^C Perrin, in the ' ,"f lower part of the District, was burnt du-' ring the past week. We have not hoard i .theparticulars. *' , ?; ... i. i ' ' ,jar Messrs. Queries, Perrin & Co., tjltre notice to their debtors to ooazo foryft&rd cad fertile. 0 * * LEQjjji/Ail v 2* In the Senate a ecncarrent resolution from the I-Jouso to rescind the vote whereby the General Assembly agreed to adjourn Mareh l>t, r.nd to postpone adjournment until March 7, was concurred in by a vote of 17 to U The bill to regulate the manner o? . drawing jurors was returned from thejj House witjj a refusal ty concur, iu tiicj Senate amendments. The Senate tusis- ( ied upon its amendments, and appointed j Messrs. YVhittemore, Leslie and Arumijj as a committee' of conference on the t part Qf the Senate. The House also scnit c back to the Senate, with amendments, a t billto compel County Treasure:"?, to re- j port to the General Assembly. The1] .Vrnnnrl >viAi\to *??r?vrx rtnli/ill rrnil f f 1 H VII ? Illf* > uui^auuivnio n CJ c vwuvu?*wi ??M - - - - ? bill ordered to bo enrolled fur ratification, i A bill relating- to the Greenville ami j Columbia Railroad Company was ahoj< received from the House, which was,, read for the first time and ordered to iiejover for consideration. jj A bilI to repeal an Act authorizing the. j State to give additional aid to the Dine!, Ridge Rail road Company was also re-', ported upon, and came up lor a third1, reading. Mr. Wilson sent to the President a letter from Win. H. Trcscott, Esq., So- L licitorof the Company, relating to the;, affairs of the road, which was read by j, the Clerk. A protest from the Mayor] and Aldermen of Charleston against the passage of the bill was also presented by!, Mr. Qui Hard and read. A long'debate! ensued, pending which a despatch was' -i t r ni __ - i 1 receiveu irom tienry tiew.-s & to., naiiR-j. ers in 2sew York, stating that Sl,90'J.y6-);, of the bonds of the road had been sold, at seventy-five cents on the dollar.! Upon a fiual vote on the passage of the bill, the ayes were 10, nays 10, which j not being a two-third3 vote, the bill was not passed. J. F. Beck man, Senator elect from. Georgetown, and J. Hollinshead,1 Sena-| tor elect from Abbeville, presented their j certificates of election, and were sworn; in. P. E. Gaillard of Cl/arlestou, also presented a certificate of election from the Board of State Canvassers. It was presented by Mr. Co:bin, who, aso, at the same time, offered the protest of Mr. C. H. Cain, and suggested that Gaillard bo sworn in, and that the protest be referred to the Committee. Apiwm moved that both the certificate and'protest be referred to the Committee. After some considerable discussion" this motion was tabled and Gaillard sworn in. The House sent back to the Senate, with amendments, a bill to amend an < Act to define the the criminal jurisdiction of Trial Justices.- The amend- i mcuts were concurred in and the bill;; ordered to be enrolled. The House also sent back, wi;h Amendments, a hill to < amend Act to define the duties and jurisdiction of Countv Commissioners. 11! the Senate a House bill to. appro- i priations and raise supplies for lae year i commencing November 1,'1S70, was,, i after amendments reducing-the-amount some SSO.OOD, parsed to a third reading In the House, u Senate joint resolution to appropriate fi7,'J00 for the completion of thOdLuualfc Asylum Was taken up, and, after amendments, was paused to a third reading. , ' ' I In the House a bill to create a debt of the Stattt, to be known as the sterling , funded debt, to be applied to the payment of the State debt, was .Indefinitely postponed.. } < ; ?<?>? Paacs batween Francs and Germany j1 The articles of pence between France 1 and Germany have been signed, and the great war is at an end. The Republic 1 has been powerless as the Empire in resisting the assaults of the invader, audi' the disasters which were fores": ad owed L at Woerth and Forbach have at la->t cui- < ruinated in the capitulation of Paris, t; No change of the government could arrest the tide of disaster, for the causes lay deeper than forms of government,! ?in a want pf preparation $md organize-! tion on the part of the French , ti/\ lo/.'r i ' J>CU?#iC. X II vl v UC%* uvt ii Ii\/ lav a ^ of spirit and martial arder, eithcrp in the onset of battle, or in i the heroic defence of the armed forts;! but these have a ineffectual againstl ^ jT%- ? jj the disciplined valor, aud thorough prep- j; iiration of the most military people ofjj Europe. France has baen forced to ^ yield, and to conceit to a dismemberment of her territory. 'Alsace and Lor- ' raine, together with- the payment of a(< heavy money indemnity to the victor is | the price of pcace. Germany retires and leaves France: free to fix her own form of government. Will it be a restoration of the Empire, f> I f t^ie establishment of a Republic, or the j organization of a Constitutional Gov-j* eminent under the diuasty of the Or-jc leans' princes. The election of I\I. 1/ Thiers to the Presidency of the Pro-'-8 visional Government wouldacpm to fore- 1 shadow this last alternative. The following are the conditions of peace. France cedes one-fifth of Lorraine, including Metz and Thioaville, c and ail of Alsace, except Belfort, and n l?ay3 an indemnity of five milliardjC francs?one milliard this year ami the I balance in three years. The German | t;oop3 will gradually withdraw from! ^ French territory, as ihe payments arcj made. The armjstice is prolonged to lli8 12th of March. j The contemplated entry of the Ger-i mans into Paris gives rise to serious op-; poriunities of disturbance. ?-*~o a Religious Notice. K A Convention of the Clrclcs of Prayer ^ will be held at Greenwood, Abbeville j?] Cou uty, on Wednesnay before the 3rd a Sabbath in March instant, commencing j r 11 o'clock, a, m. jc Men of prayer, take heed to this ap-.j. poinfment, and "come up to the help of i t ihe Lord?to the help of the Lord against j the mighty." * , < 'i The Neiulcrry Herald, and Edgrfield 'j Advertiser "will pleas* copy this notice. ( JOHN W-1 CALHOUN, ? Chairman. 11 ;j F -f - m * ' sH 1 t? ' - ? ? . c S?i An important change has been 1 made in the aked-ile of the GrcpnviJIe! I and Columbia Railroad. See Advertise- j c ment. ' ? . ! r " Lr r - ' t BlSHO? Andrew.?A despatch to o Rev. Wot W..Mood, dated Mobile, Al- t abama. March 1. says: "BishopJames F O. Atdrew is dying." i , The New Enforcement Bill. m The additional enforcement bill, Just passed the House, whiclrgives Hie Inderal officials entire control over all elections at which members of Congress or electors of President.and \ ice-l'ivsideni ire to be chosen, difiers in this, among >ther particulars, from tile former eu-. forcemeat bill, thai whereas that whs hailed to.places having iyoiti.4iuju.j2J,; )0J inhabitants, the present bill extends ts operations to every County,' provided wo ciiiz^'iis hhall apply to the Jdilge of lie United States Circuit C.mrtin wJujsc ircnit the laiyn or. ciiy may Tje located, hat thoy desire the law io he enfoi&d n that place. It thus extends the milcrvision of the bayonet into every look and cianny oi' the land where it ivill reach, the only limitation yf it be112 that, as the standing arniv is now ngauized, it cannot reach, to.1 ie effective much beyond the principal towns, fliis is a new element in American polit'CH, and quit" unknown for centuries in the of O-reat Brittain, a Government which we ure accustomed to consider tyranical and depotic, beyond oar own at least. But what is modern republican ism if not progressive? Asif die army of the United States were not adequate to the emergency, we have the same provision for United States Marshals and deputies, who may arrest without any warrant, any person who attempts, or is supposed to attempt, to commit any act prohibited by the Supplemental Act. Provision is made for the transfer of any suit brought by an aggrieved citizen r.gainsl a Federal oinfer from a Siutc Court to the United States Circuit Court, and to render tin judgment of a .State Court in such a case null ynd void. The Fupplementa! measure is more stringent in its details and fines ami penalties than the Federal election lawofla^t session. Like that will in elude State, County and city t lections, where they occur at Ihej-ame time with the elections mentioned in the hill. In the debate in the House on this substitution of the Federal lmyonet for the authority of the States, Mr. Cos, of New York, gave notice that hia State would control its own election hy fixing an oilier clay than the Uongre.-uonai lortne State elections. Probably Congress will have a supplemental bill in due time, on some pretext or other, providing for taking charge of all elections, fc'ate and Federal, whenever and whorever they are held. It has refused to be warned by tlieoutspriken opposition to Federal military interference by Republican Govenors af States, or to take note of the opposite political results to those intended by the enforcement bill of last session, as shown jby the elections which have sin9e taken place. Perhaps tlie continued and increased u?e, in contempt of public.opinion, of military interv'ehtiona.in the politicr. of the country, Will lead' to another ar.J more de ' ?i JA- t-?r>,.?i.' cisjve recou upoa ut> luveawr.? more Sun. ><hm From Washington. "Washing ion, Februarjy 28. '. Mr. f?chli?er, now German Minister Lr? Mexico, will aucceed Baron Gerolt a?i representative of the German Empire here. The United States vessel Relief Is ordered to New York to curry food for ^ . ' ' l' ranee. ' "Gov, Clayton telegraphed here thai in [>rder to the Republican party of Arkan?H9'Trom disruption, he inclines a seat in the Sena: e. The Iniiiana'Lt-giylature has adjourned sine die. r The President has signed tjijp enforceoai'nt bill relating to electhiw-C In the Senate, P?st olllceittpproprir.(i'aji I?i 11 i? >< !iu!itifr 11 riflrr f'nv O - ? - - - the Newport s and Cincinimli . bridge, with f-.pans 100 feot above low water mark, were passed. Military approbations were resumed. In the House, u commit toe of conference was ordered on the bill for the relief of o\yuux*. of Iund sold f-?r Ux ess in prthiMRrv ftrttfti..* TheVonmili:!* a I >p ampliation bill, was taken from the table, on a mofionc-to consider. Archer jC Maryland. ^uivl of aU thc,tniitf&n.s appropriated by the bill, the>-?joiit.hern states recilved only ab >ut. Slflfc-i.OO:), &nd even ofHhi^sum ubout S*80(^0(H \va< for. building i'^rit-huuscs > t6#'kenjrit Northern commerce anil Northern eon tractors. Ambler, of Oaio, blvjfctftod to lehate, arid the 1)111 was passed: The >111, as parsed, omits Sj>{?;,0f>i4ivti??is for now work*. A com in it tee of conference on the 'IVxas Pat-Hie Railroad bill .vas ordered. This action is considered i certain indication tliat a billy'hi some >hape. will pass this season, The'Cincinnati and Southern Railroad bill was >a?sed. Butler made two unsuccessful Lttcrnpts, by.suspension of rnles,to get >p the Ka Kins bill. A bill repwilins ill duty on coal, to take effect imrnedi itfely," was passed. ' Iu the House, to-day, threa Repnbl!ai;s (Farn, Fitch an ! WilSdifson) voted i^ain^t Jiutler's Ku Klux bill. A ihange of or;e of these votes'wonld have fivcn the requisite two-thiras majority. Phis i? the hiU which places a Federal lomiuiosioner in each County, with exraordinaxv Kowera. At Anderson C. H. there is a raiJ'tia :ompany composed exclusively of colorid Radicals. Nevertheless, the nieni>er3 have voluntarily boxed up their trms and equipments, and propose to end them to Columbia, believing that he formation of militia companies conistlny of only one cla-a of citizt-ns is langerons to the peace of. the State[he Intsllsge csr commends their ez lyipie to ma msmoers o; me ivaaicai larty generally in this State, and espeiially to* the rampant and blond-thirsty ndivlduuU'new controlling the legwla ion of this good eld Common wealth. O- 0 c?3 P^3D P,3S?.-33 TCD. -The bill of jo a grass to appoint a' Federal sj >3* in ev;ry County of the South, who ehuli jave power over the judiciary, tlie army lary, >ind pretty well, everybody else, md suspend life habeas cdrpvs at will-, las novv passed both houses and, needs >ut the sanction of the President to belome a law. We do not envy ihisFede-i al satrap his position. lb ore are few espeotable men in the South who would ie wiling to act in such n capacity, and 13 about 1,000 are to-be appointed, Sam-! >0 will have an unusual opportunity ft?tJ iromotion?perhaps we would say cle-j ration.?Savannah IttpublUx&r.i A PLEA FO^SGWEN. I -iX I ff M li >' f,<; 3| [From the "Washington Chronicle Qf \VVdii?sUay]>9 ? $ \Y$have received.'^ letter from Mfls. ft : S. l'eriiyi u b</wen a*)ov^C us j|>| ? j ilie very limit's core. '10 a womuu :u:-j u | couijili?litMl, proud and sensitive us she r( ! is, toe even is ol weeks past uiuwt iutv?< (j 1 brought iiiexjiicshibiii ] ruu,and wrought' j( iu litM- llje tiMfcgButioir undJ#or jhuie. We e;::il:ot prliil I he* cumrnum- |{ (cation beeause oi' it^ leiiytlj, aim liecsiusa ci 1 tlijit Willi illucli of ueuuii*eiaiioft""CPTiiicli ,Ais ?eveiely i, uu^.l j j., deiibUio, Mic ?ays, jUiiicliijjgly^ of JNtr.: Ui | U. C. Unweii that "" ' it Vjie- liad;jiot ooncgnUd his .juiJece-: j, !dents t'r<?tn 1 lijfew il&t lie had j been aw 01 jiliun.lioy without ie!atj?>u.-.or, j,, meiutrs, hat! oririeu ftiio tin; coirfjYany of ! gambler* and pioj.iiiu;es, anil had iived'c, their lite uiiiii it pleased Jhe fcoi.d Uw| || tu li:L them lroui tlx; mlretmd to >tir t! j within liiin the spirit of l'eiounatioh ,unil punlieation.'' , | |, ! ;. KiioAvftjB c. <J. Bowcn well, we knoWjn ' thai When lie married Mr.s. Petigru King, r( he di<l ifwith ihe linn resolve tu lead a fj ' t-Jmperatt, Hiudiu'tis und honorable lite. i We personally know thai lor mnnlhsju ! thereafter, and we believe lliat to Jhis day, lie has kept that re: dive. SheJji ' siaceo uisn truly, mat ihe prime movers ; ^ i:i liie.^tj prngecutioti* are aetunted by no oi zeal lyr the weliare of society, b.ufe, oy m jsinfuland liaieiulRevenge, and pursue!] tlie.-e inatreiH \v;i11 the sole purjni.se < !*, ii : breaking down the political strength Df ';t Air. Unwell.in his own (J<?iigre.-HOiiai |, : diStncf; ant^?rej,,!?Heiii!r in iidv'atHC-' -Hi- [' ; fore Conyivss in* eoniested eieetion ea-e. i Were it not fi;r this the recent pmseeu-n ! ..i.i i i . .. i ,.r iiuu wuum i|iv\ vi nipt' ijci'jj m in\i w4. i \ ; Ii is also tine that the tacts of tlie early' |, j lily of Mr. Jjuwcii exist, ami thai tlieij. L'ni'ed States (.'oust eaunoi refuse ; lake cii^nizaiict'-of liitrji -,av11en brought-!., tons noi.cr.' It was Hit? duty of tiitJr^ ; attorney to proM-eute, amlof tiie eourij> Mo try ilie ca-e. J iic motive of liie in-if i former-ami tireless pursuer bus nothing : > >: :.o do will: tbi:$. V. e wrote m?;biiisi <lur ' ( , i:ig the ti iai, beeuuM' we Will not w:sb to 11, seetn to pivjuW.cj the ease. We cannot ;v ' now justify or in any manner excuse* 11, [! Mr. jBowen. Even ii' not guilty of bi^ [iji'my liLs j a>t recoid is tembly uark.*js having sown tlu? wind he has reaptd .< the whirlwind. lit* (hut walketli nJ?-' |, ''rightly walki-i !i n.reJy," and he alone.;,, ' Yet w'^ would dwell on all Mitigatingi t eiicQiuslancts as given t>y Airs. Bmvi'ii.lj lantF-as we know tliein to lie Hue, we v J would with charity giant opportunity L lor repentance and Vor fiynig do\yn the ( evil or 3*0.1 tUf'ul days. "*We indignantly J j coiiiiv'iun ihu s-puitot pc-^i.-tv.nt malice | Willi wim-n tins prosecution is d)usneu.-|. : We give .-ittilo-t tciirlj;! herd to* tncrJc-!ns- j f in? appeal wrung iroin this .u^taLcd ' i v.'iie in I lit; h:tterne.Wof her sonic . ;ji "This persecution takes every shape?1(1 ; murder, arson, forgery, burglary?are ail-; ti !ded to the charges of- biganiy. Thej' most ridieuloi^ly gha-tiy .^lories *?re '1 gravely inserted in news{ apers by ordei j of one person: waj:aats are issued on j " his M>Ie U-stimony again awl again; weit ! shall he reduded'^to irWjcot pov&hv by 11 jlegal requisitions; my hie is harrasscd, t jmy health undenuiiu-d, my reason tot- j I iters, and 1 lie at the meicy of a villain ;11 , j whose very countenance should inspire j ' | disbelief mid mistrusi.. ... * . iC i . VI to tli.o picnic in every State.;c .1 Filiuj)i?.i^ 1110 pret s 1 (> ve n t i I a it lh i s imit p .' tmsiiH'ss. 7 ask uroTt'Cition sir tm? h'siiwls '1: 'of Jtouest menand wom<;;>everywhere." t j "By the memory of my great fother, \ '* ' i whose life was a lesson of nobleness am! " duty; whose time E}iori?|it to the* />i?- I | j nested of every m-x ami ;aoo, ;I ask re* | lief fiom this viie persecution/ Shall 11? i ask,in uain V, ; . < >H. PETTIGRU EOWEN. ? NARROW GUAGE. RAILWAYS. ,< Hon. L. D. Dibble- recently nddrfeRxed; r large audience, in the Male Capitol oi i Michigan, on the *ubject of narrow!'* guagc ia:iways. The Detroit Tribune 'j gives. the lodowing summary of l.ia ( speech: - c "The common Ai&erican gua^e-is four . ' fec-t eight inches and a half, and rhe least | Cost ol''construction of any road of sueh r j width is pe!"*miie. itouds wliot-e Iguuges range from two .to three and a ' half feet, can he constructed, equipped and ojjerated at pne-tiiird the sum rejquired3.for <fhe same purpose by wide igpiige/linw^ind a- tiibiiiaru's 63 trunk , lines, or lor opening up new countries, !are fully as Li.-el'ul as 1 tie broader road.-. '' 'They have-lighter locomotives, entailer s , cars;, narrower wiu-ois, iij$hier ties, mean* I cr juib, sleeper grades ; ?n:id .-harper * ' eu ryes,.and couneoLed^wita ,ilie.-e p<eu- J V liari'tiea aie .savings in the cost of lan-'i r vation, in tlie.iuajeriut ii^ed. in Ui<h.e.+'(v {andblii verts, in the value of, the iron, in!! , the amount of dead weight per |lasMen-j j' ger or per hundred weight of freight IJ j carried in each train, in tue length of 1. 1 the line, a;iU in nearly every item of, J 'expenditure. |r j Moreover, railways of I his cla-'shave pj been and are practical successes. There; J, are two iiow in u>e m our Upper I'enin-j' siuar, one 01 wmcn. ihn eigni miles ml" length, and transports 4-3') rons of ore 11 ;daily. In Wales :i railway '.villi a guaue .v ol Ijiii one iool eleven ami a halt' inches! which win jueoipo.aled hi jJ, Inw st.-me gradientsof one tool in sixty feet. ja ha-. reversed curves of Midi a eha.aeter.|0. | that li'uilis sorocliuies ru:i upon three i'" oi' litem a. a lime, ami h* short thai tin:]., locjjjnviive^nl last ear oijl?e train aivj: oilenj>a;ttlh:l,i ruiis-ai at hijjh rate ol'j" ,'?lieed a* l&j&ko, ruiles-aiitiiioui-, audi"-" i pays an annual dividend of thirty per; cent on its original capital. .Similar! [J ! roads now exist in Norway ami in Ca'iaA I : . .1 I - : 1. - i ' !L ua, h!ju iiiii- 1.1 ;ii)wi?:?isisu UvtvU j . jin Pen nsylvan3a tvom A llentown t<? | [Harrisburg, which wiii have a gunge o?"jJV j three feet^ix inches, and it is estimated I'*3 j will pioliiabiy transport freight at the iate of one cent jut ion per mile. " Mi^.Dil.blc also presented a large col- '' lection of estimates, shoWirtg that inj this Stale iai I way f with a gunge of ab mi i!( three feet could he built and ope;a.'ed : i for, at t!:e most, one-third of the cost oi'j1! ; the usual style of road, and he explained 'al thai the mea-ure introduced in ihe .Sen-; ate by Mr. JSinmer.-on, to provide forjp' ! Iiit* incorporation or' narrow-gua^e eoin-j:i' i panic's, was only a snb.-ianiiHl adapia-ij'. I lion of the new system of the present j , : general rail road law, with the omission j _ j or concc^on of some of the many ?i-| , ennjrruifie.s of the I incur. Tiie speaker ?j jaisO claimed lluit such roads, which ex- J jl! I perlenee hn$ .shown, can ue very chep'y |constructed and will work-?were exact- lC j ly what is needed Tor the. jie\y* portions . I of tlie State, whose wanta they would j.rejieve fpliy a? well the more expen-. jf;i-ve sfyie or'Vnilway, while they would o. | entail lar fewer burdens upon the corn-]! jmunities constructing them. He also 1,1 khi-ciaimed any personal intercut., direct tn jor indirect, p reacnt or prospective, in fa j a ay. narrow *uuge iiue or lines, and pre- ^ : rcufed'tbe rnfttet; not as one t? bt- "l>ene! fit ted liy it,nut only a matter of ! possible importance to the State of which ;gi I lie is a citizen. ' \cc J j"'' Judge Graham.?The Charleston Courier says: Judge Graharii deserves ai the well-done of the community for his ^ 1 i 11' admirable chrirga to the Grand Ju.:y . yesterday on the subject of ollioial <;or- J'' ruction, vi^ci-iiaid, itf -effVet-i^that evi*ryjR" breeze which flouted ua< tainted with ;T" ; corruption. I-Je advised the jury to look! / ' into the afTaiirs of the Co'uuty''Commis- ^:< ! slower*. Trial Justices, and all whose l acts cathe in their purview. In the orrganization of the Court it. was really tli ! pleasant to see the scrupulous adherence. ai ! of Iiia Honor to the .customs and regu- H jlatfonsof the good old time, before in-'th 1 novation had crept in with its novelties, sii [The Judge has very favorably impressed tit our people. 'su PSF* Messrs. J. D. Chalmers & Co., advertise, Lounggs,? \Vinduw,?hades, and Sewing Maciiiiica. Sec advertise- Jcx mei:fc. dy Complexion of the Next Congress. There will bo in the For(y?Hecnnf?onre?s sixteen Democrats atitl iii'ty-glgiit epuLBeans. The Sikithern $(ate4*Jtu?Mi.j&Sumi Deinnrra*hilst Delaware .vnds two, Maryland V(i, Missouri one, New Jel'sey one, liioone, Oregon one,TOiritJal;orniao:ie> : iij a noticeable fact liiat all tlie jSorth ii Slates' returning Denloerais liuve one ndieal member whtab lerm expires ihvr jn.JU&i. The Jjciuvviat* ere eaeli elected la-it. fall, and* lhey [iid-jUteiAsetiUtiintil 1N77. New Jersey iinit-'hts ihySojt^ exception, fc>tcckton's mi expiring in lb7o, whilst Frehngnys-en ::oes in aii^r-tlie 4lh oi next [inch i<? remain urttU?;>it>77. T'iie tiih; ;i.- ji.-r. be?uu t;r> turn; aurH theNorthern line.* linn have" returned a JX-lfmtM'utic i>l.!)'(>:'ill 1 !.c iilsl I'li i'tinn w*i ! iir.f i i'st mil anotherselected, und (lie reforiniion "-be made complete. Massachu*tts has returned Wilson, and Vermont er Morrill. luit tins was expected, a:o ;:o?d has ever yet come from Jviza tii. In the House there will be Jii lein'oenUs and &J2 Radical, with, four:eu members yet l.o be elected. Concetieut lias yet to choose three memcm'.-'. New liamshire four, and some ol ie Territories have yet to be heard from, [-ew Yoijk sends to tire House 1!) Demofats and 1"> Radical.^. Pennsylvania iti!riis 11 Heniocrula and j:j Radicals, miinua improves hy her seKction oi ye JJenu;Cvai.? and .six Radicals. Kenu-Lv,.jfla'yiai.d. and 'Delaware send t< nth branches ail s-imon pure Democrats, ;iiuismna, Mississippi, and couth Carlina return ai! Kaduais to (he Iowei Icn. e, t'.s indeed due* Klor ic'.a. ? Soutl aiolina will have three Niters am "lorida one. ''Mississippi makes m I'.ange in herjnesent members, re-elec my ihemaii. Of the tweniy-two Sen tors to which the Eleven Southed vales are entitled, nine are from tlx sortii ami New En^lad. Massaehusett: unwshes two, Mtwyi-r and Uoidthwaite sew York lias I'nriiislted two, Abijal Jiibert and .Spencer. Ku\v Jersey sun itin part, West. Virginia and Floridi nth Hon-maii and 0>boin. Lntiisiau: in- levied a eonti ibiilion upon Verinoli ml Pennsylvania, and feeelved as he apply Kelloirjr and West. Adrdber Unes sils for Mississippi, though h i>oks alive to ihe into rests of the lam >f his birth, which' is Maine, liette imes are ahead, and the sceptre is pa?s n(r from the hands of 8c.l!awags, ad ent^iivrs, and the cod-fish thieves tha (inie from New Kiuriaml.? Wuxhinyto Correspondent Chronicle & Sentinel. Tin-: Bi.uk Ridge Road.?The la? bfmv was'ridiitinistered to th Hue Rid>ie Railrca.l, on Saturday, i lie Kunate, when :i hill to repeal no Ac ntiilrd ,1hii-Ac1 to authorize additions id co the Blue Ridjro Railroad C'ompti iv," wiw parsed to its third reading Phe.t'oUowiiiK are i?s provisions: WheivHs tiie tajth and funds of th jiace of Sot#h (.Carolina were, i. <?., b he Act of September 15, lt>3S pit d^e 0 the payment of the bunds known a he Iiiue Ridjrc Railroad Company1 londsof South Carolina, to the ainoun if S-l.OUO.OOO; and whereas the faith an uiidsofthe State were pledged upo jxprews iMijiditioiis wij^ieh.have j.iot hee oniplivil with ; a:id whereas ft has hee iinnd impossible to- ne^oriate a sale o rfydthecation of said loan',' either to th Jutted .States Govern men t or privat apitali>N: anil"whereas only SI,l'?t),00 f the said bonds have thus far bee dodged as eollateral security; therefore }j" it enacted, by the Senateand Hons f Representatives of the Stale of svnitl 'aroliya. now met and sitting in .Genet' 1 Assembly, aiid by the authority c he same: Skcti??x 1. That an Act entitled "Ai Let to anthocjfle additional aid to tit J lite Ridji? J&iilmml t'ompanv. in Shut! 'aroiina.'' so jar hs the balance of th ond* authorized umh-r tlie Act, viz 2,1)00,0:0, which have not yet heei hdirccl as ?-ol lateral security,'are con erned, is hereby rc|h?n!cd, and tli ''(iiiptrolIcr-Ociicral of th<>State h here i.v requirccflt) cause ihe imtmdiuie ro liff? u'riTI ra'nceiiuiVuri' ut' I he same. [We see tha this biii ha-> failed ti ceeive a two-thijds.vote of the Senate. Qresnviiis Eaiiroad Bill. lhis oj.i r.n^pou tiie house-on usih:r< eadin/r family. It now remains to l> t*en wlmtrthe Br'ttalti will do with it. Thest- art- various rjmmra: sn-n? to tli iK-61 Hurt if ,'h the Sen at viMi <-a.-ier than it did through 111 louse.' It is hard to bcliova so, liu vi-r aatibn is in it, will hav o Kb taken ouicklv; Tiie Governor wi! uoTiabiy veto t!te bill. The'ref^mns ; iavi* been a willini'm^K to help tin* r<?u< iiit (he schesne now up is looked upoi iy many big 'divide.." *Mivrs. F. II. Frost,of Williamsburg ). It. Levy, IJcnj. A. Bosetnnn, Jr. 'IirvrTe j. Andell, of ('harlcstm:; Charle i. Kuh, of Beaufort, a.uif .ta-,- K.*?ll?yni ml (J. D. Ilavn.e, 'Barnwell, onfere< poll the record the reasons for thei filing "ho" on the (Srcenvilie Railroa? ill., 1-t. That (hoy believe it is a wiifu nd deliberate attempt .for tl?o parties t? nrieh themselves a; the expense of tin til! 2d. Becau.-e the Plnfe has already ; <*!i upon the K n l. and that the S.nt< ill receive no security whatever f??r tin j.(K)0.i)00 now souulu ro I?l* obtained, ud. Because tlie present owners of th< >nd have po^essed themselves of al iestock tlieState owned in the roa I a noinln.'d rate, and are now enjoying ie heuelits of the same, and. therefore re not entitled to assistance from tin lute. 4. Because t!ie effects t.f trio pa'sinj: f the bill- will injure the credit of thi tale. oil). Because they liclieveit will 1 nfliel pon the republican party decree o Misurc and reproach not easily born, icrcase taxation already bntden-onii i i oppressive, which reflects severely pon the <ronirolin^rpower in the GenerI Assembly, ami finally they protest :ainst tho means u?ed by the majority f the members to sec'ire the passage ot le bill under the "previous question." hich was failed upon the entire bill, itting oft" opportunity for those in tin >j>osritiou to di-cuss. amend, or chanja :y of the odious provi.-ions which the iii .so ab'indenUy contained.?Charles >)i liepufilican. Tiis Cotton* Tax.?The United tates Supreme Court.?The very nporifuit question as to the eonstitu LMinuiy or ine tax levjeu upon roiton iled of a fair eolation before the Uni$ States; Supreme (Joint. Eight tdges learned in the law heard the ar ments of the k-jfrned counsel, pro and in. Four of them decided tlie tax ght and ju?t, and four decided it tinstand wrong. This dead lock in that tgust, but aimost dead branch of the nvernnient, pen nits, according to law a decision of the lower court?bustailig the (joustitutionality of the tax?to xrrxifi'i law: Tfio questions, however, af'be taken before Congress, and be ou-'br sin a-rain and airuin. nnlil ins italiaH Uii'done. *' * 2 a . - - It . vi-; A Smith Carplina gentleman writes to it* New- York World, explaining the lentil "s-ocinl ofctiaeis-m'' in this State, e sayu that "the great majority of o.-;e who havo gone into that Shite ice (.he war liftve gone on th? plantains and mixed with t!ie .negroes, paring such a cpm>e as would exclude em from decent Society anywhere." ?<i>* Swinburne is only twenty-five, but xts foriy and over. Rumor says bran-l opium and black coflTec are to blame. 4 Foraign.Nom . A{U \ 4 f. i|s e foHowing Is the latest frbm Parisl * patch frotirVersailles, (fljftcd^ftiid t, ajfiday, x$th, fcays: TIBenj, Ftivti BiaburcU Vlieli^a long^utar|iefl j Friday. The terms of pence were i greed ui?on, but the exaet nature of then: j :?-a profound secret, but will be submit: ted Saturday to the Consulting Commit' tee. Pvaec is certain. The armistice is not to be prolonged. The Prussians cm .ter Paris. on Mninlay. _ v liouDKAUX. February 20.'?Xn oflTeiadespuieh from Paris stajes that prelimiJ i na::es lor ?<aue hUve hdfen sigfiid , ThierS a^rjvt.s in Bordftmx'"to-moig?,v. i lJKTrr.75r; February' 27.? 'I7ic Enlfflroi to Auyiusta : With deeply moved heart jmyautude to God, I. inform ...y,ou . tlia, :tthtf pifel.njinarSes o! peace hav?- be sign ijed.' TJie JlJordeuuX Aefceiubiy must ye ' latifv'lheiri. (Sijzned) L .4 $ WILHELM.. , . VKRSAiLiiPS, FoHniary ^.--Adcspatcl i! of the :iUth says Thiers proposes to pur 7 11.Li*iwr f/\i. Pfiwcin in r?nn ] side; a turn of the restoration of Metz t< .j Fiancc. Tlie armiarice has been pro | !oi>ged t wo days, until Wilhelih return: ! to Berlin: On Saturday, Thiers oileret f! rfnoUier Milliard thaJers for JNIetz. Tin ,! offer wan refused. | Pa his, February 27.?Franee code i' Alsape and Metz, and pays five milliard ,ij 1'iaUQs witbinijithiee years. The Uor t\ inausJjold th^S>rtreaye?i until paid. Th< armistice has been prolonged a week. ; Faris, February 28.?The Palris say , Lhat-.the question of the entry of fli i, German aemy Into Fari?;6ccupied nega >, nations ten times longer than those o '! territorial cession und indemnity. J Alany persons have purchased j l?! week's provisions, to avoid appearing01 ^ the streets during the German occupa ; tion. . I A Policeman who was drowned in tli a i Seine by the enraged caowd on Sunday 11! proves to have been an employee undo ' itlie Napoleonic Prefect, and to hav g! been murdered in couse^'qf nee of that C! j During the three years allowed for tii Jj payment of the indemnity, lift}* thous ' land Prussian troops will occupy Cam . paigne, living at the expense of th t, French peopled During the occupation of the city, un ! armed Prussians will be permitted t | visit pubjie edifices, but the corps r ;tj thirty thousand troups will not be a j iouetj to leave iue jrauourg, on nonor. t! The armistice has been conditional! il i extended, to tite 12fh of Aiarch. Meat l"j time, three duys notice is required c >'. the'resumption of hostilities. e| Painful scenes wore anticipate v I should the Prussians cntor Paris, d _ s t The Black Congressman. ? Tli ,1 j Chronicle of Charlestowri krassacbuseti ri'irives the following sketch of Robert ! il [Elliott, member of the Fortv-secon i, j Con<,rrei?? tor the Third District of fcioiit ir' Carolina. The Chron'cle i.x"jnistakeh i e!saying that Elliott has takon bis sea c. i as*his term does not begin till the 4th < il I March next. Elliot was admitted to th i, j floor of the House recently, as are othe .t | members cleet who visit Washingtoi The Chronicle fays: fl jvucii *>. ijiiiuu, c11v iasiwii/u u.iinv .. [ Sta:c-5? representative from the CokiinW ?hi County of South Carolina, who took hi jse^t (in tlic House on Tuesday, thre i! jyears ajro wa? employed in this oily aa 1.1 type-setter. At that time he lived at th 111 West End, in Boston, where iie e>-tal t.1 lished quite a popularity among inev < ;! hi< own color during the few months h i'was there, and was a prominent mem . | her of a then exis tiny: colored literal* 0!society. During his stay in Boston h ,J married a handsome si:id intelligen : mulatto girl. Leaving Do.-ton, he wen i In Charleston, y. C.. where he beeam j, one of ihe editors of a Republican j ape Y published by colored men. Mr. Elliol is about ??') years of aire, and -anpeilrs t be a !'aII- blooded African. lie was bor and educated in Liverpool, England where he also learned the printers trad* He luw traveled -considerably, apd h: , served in the Eneii^h navy, fiisednci ,;tion ifiquite complete^ htS^poRBostfiijJ jirood knowledge of classical literal tin (; and speaking and writing the Emrliid i JLi?%1111f i uiiu .^jju ?iz*u lun^via^ '[ He hjts ilto reputation of Jbsing tb ablest culorcd orator in the Sauth. C ?it <o -e3-? I II The colored cadet Smith is hoverin, ' on the verge'of -dismissal. The SccreU ry of War lias not published the pr< <*ue?Iin??s of the court martial in h.'s cat< , and it fn believed be is doubtful as yt s whether to give the boy another chanc j or to dismiss him from the academy r The unfoitunate fellow has had $uch i hard roadf to travel, between his"mv 11 peccadilloes and the "hazing," of hi )! feiiow-sfudents, that it is possible dismis jj sab won Id greatly relieve hi in personally and there is no doubt it would greatl, ' | relieve the officials of the neademy an , | the public generally.? S^u> York 1 let aid. +<71>+ ! The upper crust nmnne the colore "| population of the national capital are 01 ; tin' qui vivc a* to the report in ci.eu!:i '[{ion that a weJi-kitown colored physi jcian, who is o:re of" the professors at 'rtachnl to the medical department o ' j Howard University, intends soon to we' , j a lady his .-enlor in years but of unad'/ J (crated (.'aucas-'sian de.-ecnt. and who <>e ' c.ipies quite a prominent position in the Freedmeu's Bureau in Virginia. :!t?v j'11 ?'f :i Intipp i1 i III i lis II aSfl - . . d3a 83'ViaS? S E ' j ^ LL persons indebted to us for las r\ year ji'e earni-istly requested to cal 'andscuieut once, a? we MU.^T havi ' money to purchase our JSJPJilJS'C I <b"/ oCK. | Intercut at the rate of ONE per cent I per month fir.m the 1st day of January j fast, will be charged on ail accounts dm I us. . Quarks, Petrin .& Co.-.: J 1 ? i . J . * March 3, Toil, 45?tf ' inmrTn ET &WY\ " vxv. A T. VVi A VXD UJLfJuA* JIUUUUl ; VOTHINU elre in tho world will f J- make a milch cow DO IIEft Blioi ci'her in quantity or quality. I'Ved not over lour pints at each meal, wnd your own cow will eoiivince you. I'l ito ])t-r ton, ca^li witli order, ! Willi d:>conut for larger qualities. CO-LUMBJLA OIL COMPANY. ii. . L it . - . i SkSt Oil Meal and Done Fertilizer, fujnisheti ulSJo ]Ji;r ton cash. Cotton seed bought or colliraclfcd for to be delivered in July ami August. Ma;eli .'J, IbTl, 45?41 '"MASONia i'PIIE iii-xt regular Communication of ! * Greenwood Lodge will bo held oil M< nday night next. j' All Members are rcqucs'< d to attend, a business of importance v. ill bo transacted. Jiy order of the "W. M. A. M. A.-ken, Secretary. March S, 3872. 4C-2t. '* ; AND j _ " . AJjJ^ pcrsoris ^ id tilled to us are ' tnqkt eurnp.8fcly?,,requested to j|)Uy before the 15ih of this month. | About that time one of ofar house j (vilf 8e goirig to-New York for Spring ti Goods, and to tlit purchase of.a Stock I money ' is' indispensable. Those irt |tfcbaed to usshould ft*el themselves *[hound l>y every consideration, of jue?.! ticu, honuaty,..and even of policy, to ijpaj* without .further delay- Why -1 hold longer ,to Cotton? Has it improved anyitv the last si?. months? elJs thero theefightest probability it will (improve, with a crop of four million 3 bales, aiid a-Kto^K now In Liverpool ?jtwo and a -half limes as large ?3 it 1 was this tinit? last year? And oven grant ihero is a-likelihood of- better prices is there any reason or justice in keeping the njcl-chant b?vt of the money due'him fur goods sold last e ij'e'ur. notupon the faith of prospec_ i live high prices of cotton, but solely 'f iand r-iniply upoii-t-tio faith of individual honesty? Our cause is just. No argument is needed. \Ve trust that this am>eal,niay not fall listlessly . np on I he cars -1 those whom we have befriended. Come and pay us! (,' me eaehiind every one indebted to ? US, . [ \Fliit;', Smith & White. March 3. 1871, 45 tf SOlTKlIF e i Rustic V indow Shades, i . -:M 0 ' 'ft W >t .. MADE OF WOOD. \ !- ' ' HEY are pretty, cheap, and durable for the Parlor, Chambers and 'Hoy~ tel curtains, r: ?" W-e InvifeaH'to come and see them )fiand to witness iu operation* go simple, j Any one wvn put them up. tj . 1. .T. T). CHALMERS & CO. Agent for Manuf r in Abbeville. v March 3, 1871, 45-tf e sinqerS fa - | ? < ^ ^ A d Improved Sevang Machine l> - si ? c: i;.1 . "M at HaiiA Faces if ' ; ' ' Can be bought by making moifthlj ?f jiayrneufe: i. ,, J, D. Chalmers & Co , ,a Agent for Abbeville County. !e March 3,1^71, 45 -tf I XdUHGlIT . . ViA?U HlHA e >I" v 4 FTXF, lot of chean SLrinnd Tinv e * Lourfges. \\ J. D. CHALMERS & CO. u March o, 1S71, 45?>tf , ;; 588 BUSISLS . "Ifiifill fill S i: " ' .7 .. . 'T. e Purchased expressly for BUEAD. FOE SALE AT ' ;:E. Edwards. * y I . js' 5 I, <1 March 3, 1871, 45?tf . n ? - ? ? ""lOOO sOBY- HYDES, For which I will irive the Highest Cash price or exchange Leather from the Buck-Iiorn Tanning. I E. EDWARDS. - March 3, 1S71, 45-tf 'Spnsf and Smsr Iispitali ; ' 187L . 1 * ? EIBBON'S c ;3IiHinery add Straw Goods. i J Armstrong, Cutor & Co. Importers and Jobbers of b ! Bonnet, Trimming and Velvet Ribbons, i Bonnet Silks, Siltin and velvets; Blonds, Notts,Crapes, Kuclies, Flowers, Feathers Ornaments, Straw lionneta and Ladies' Hals, Trimmed and untrimmed, Shaker i Koo(b, <fcc. t i t)rt.7 sjm/1 9?0 T^tiliimrtvjy V/1^/7/ I' ' BALTIMORE, MD. ^1 Offer (he largest stock to be found in this * i Country, and uneqnuled in choice varieI tv and clu apneas', comprising the latent j ' European novelties. 'j Oi tiers solicited and prompt attention! -1 given-. March 3,1S71, 45?4t State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE COUXTY. In Probotr Court.? CH-t'ion i 1 HEREAS. George P. Chiles has m m-ule suit to me to gefent him I Letters of Administration will annexed I of (he Estate and elieets of Mary HJ i Chiles, deceased. iate ol tottid County. j These are therefore'to cite aud adjhionish all u:id singular the iftnd.re4i.and} Cndito'rs of the said Mary II. Chiles,! !deceased, that they be ami appear, he-, ' fore me, in the Court of Probate, -4o be ' 'held at Abbeville C. H? on tlve; loth ; March next, atfer publication hereof, ialll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, ijLany they have, why the said Admininistration should not be granied., ; Given under my hand, this 27th day of February, iti the year of our ^otdnne thousand eight hundred . and seventy-1 one, and in the ninety-sixth year of! ,American Independence. Published on the 27th day of Februa-, ry, 1671. I - * L. L. GUflFIN, , J. P. A. C. March 3, 1871,45?tf Feed' Your Land m If FILL FEED YOU. i jk Juythe Best Fertilizers!! | . 7 J '} r it j; ' * . * V%/E WOULD inform-4be people of * ? Abbeville that we are the Agents for thesaletrf tfie well-kuowrr ETI WAN GUANOS, and are prepared, io furnish them on most favorable terms. We will receive cotton in paynip.itf for fertilisers at 15 cjs. perpouijid onllw t|cudstor "iniddUng" This 4s allowing, two et-nts' per pound over the present jnarket-rvalije of i cotton. We respectfully ask att plashters ; who intend using Fertiiiztrs tillsjyear, to confer with us before purchasing as weare satisfied we can convince them that it will be" to their interest to invest in the Etiwan Guanos. We publish below a few certificates in attestation of ,the virtue of the Etiwan as a first class Fertiliser, W6 -Jia'/ie so ! lcviru tins uuv;ihi;o i;i uieu nuv aiv [best known in this section of country. "" j Their riamcs ar Sufficient guarantee of | their reliability, liead and be enlight* lened. v * White, Smith & Whits, LCCA& AG&NTS AT A|BEYILLEJ3. H., S. C. : ?o?^? ' 1 ' Columbia, S.-C., \ November 10,1870. j To Ifessra. Ill 0' Nettle & '?o>n, Colum" biai-H. C. Gentlemen: We examined to-day a field of cotton on the place of J. M. Crawford, of.fbiS &ty, on which had experimented with various fertilizers, and Without hesitation pronffinice the acre on which Etiwan, No. 2, had been used, to he the best acre of cotfon wo Irove evef sefel'i. ' Mr. Crawford hi formed us that he had already gathered about 3G00 pounds froni^ it, and It was his and our opinion that he would gather from 1,200 to 1.500 pounds more. The* land did not appear to us to be superior cotton land, being lotv and damp, but had lieen highly cultivated. The > plant where the Etiwan, No. 2, "had been used, was free from rust, green,and full of fruit, whilst that tthertf the' Wando.and Carolina" had been used/was ' in places hadiy rusted; and the stalks r:;?lead; The yield being much less than that where the Etiwau, No. 2, had bccu ,. used. Respectfully, JAMES M. BAXTER, J. G. MeKLSSICK, ? - -.. -J ROBERT BEATY> 4. R. TAYLOR. v i-' Columbia i'S^C., v Kovemb^lO, 1870. j 3.fc&srr,.' R,: (y&eak & Son. Aocnts ft Etiwan F&ftttBbA': Gentlemen: In replvtoyonranfifitlon [ jts to hovtf ?aiifl&deeaivTt h AerBawan Guano. I give below a statement^)!. my experience with the Eti-wan, Stasfc-Alantire, Wando, Cottoir Seed, Compost, ' and broadcast manuring, .which apeak* for iti-elf. I have also tried the Carolina and Pacific Guano, ard find that the Etiwau Is far superior to either. " Yours truly,. J. M. CRAWFORD 3,140 lb?, cotton picked oft'I acre? 4ot>ibs. Etiwan. . . ?>- +' 1,020 lb*, cotton " " 600lbs. Wando; , 2,870 lbs. cotton " 41 80 cart loads Cojnpoat. 1,S0() lbs. cotton " " 80Com-* post broadcast. 1,580 lbs. cottou " " Cotton Compost.. . My e.-tiinate that T have yet to pick from Etiwan, 1000 lb*. Wumlo ?...-. 550 lbs. Compost, . 6<M) lbs. Broadcast, : 600 lbs. Cotton tiecd Compost, .. 7C0 Iba. Unioxville, S. C., \ . ' November 7, U870. / Mcstrs. IV. C. Bee & Co.: jCenilomenj J tjave uted one ton of ' yoif^Etiwarf. "No. 2, on my cotton the present yeor, and I am well pleased with it. The difference iu the cotton where the Etiwan was used4?hd jyhere bene wag applied, can be seen at a great distance. J have no hesitancy ip pronouncing your Etiwan, Ne.'2, a splendid manure. Very respectfully, Y^ur obedient servant, J. G. McKIriSICK. . o ri % Ul A, O. I October 26,1870. / Messrs. ]V. C. Bee & Co.: Gentlemen: I used this year two tons Etiwan, )No. 2, oneotton, and am Mghly pleased with it. Crop increased -at least. 50 per cent:, and in three- weeks earJi?r than that without fertilizers. I would give It preference over" all other fertilizers. Respectfully, - ' R. N. LOWRANCE. .} Pendleton 8. C. \ " October 21.1870. ( Mcsers. W. C. Bee <? Cb. . In answer to your request, I give my experience witli the Etiwan Guano. I used the guuno on cotton alongside of some on which there was no fertilizer. The htvd is exactly the same quality, and in t. esauiegeKl, being a very poor sandy soil with stiff clay subsoil. I used one hack (2(K) pounds( of Etiwan, No. 2,* I per acre. The cotton was all worked alike. I will gather at least 500 pounds of cotton per acre of the land ana guano was used upon, and am confident I will not get more than 150 pounds ?or acre on WW wiuioui any lerunzer. i uv uui, consider the guano fairJy tested ou account of the drouth. IiespectfuHy, J. B. SIMPSON. Cold SrniNO, Pickens Co., S. C. \ October 19, 1870. / i Messrs. IV. C. Bee & Co.: i Dear Sirs: In reply to your request iconcerning the Etiuan, No. 2, I tan; I without hesitation, pronounce it th? : best lermizcr i /iave ever usea, anti snail I buy no other hereafter. Ey th? appli'cation of 200 pounds) per acre, on very midland mostly, and In the highest latitude in which.cotton i? planted to any j extent, I shall, I think, make 70,000 pou nds seed cotton fro fa 66 acres. Every iirrmer in this vicinity is highly pleased with it who has used it. The t-eason baa been unusually favorably lor cottoni Pespcctfullv, Jl W, CRAWFORD. B ANN WELL, 8. C., \ October J 7, 1870./ Messrs. W. C. Bce& Co.. Charleston, S. C. Gentlemen : I used thirty (30) tons of Etiwan, No. 2, the present reason. I am much phase with it, both for cotton and for corn and oats. I have tried all standard, manures, and I think that, after the genuine Peruvian Guano, Etiwan, No. 2, is the best on the market. For very high culture, on sandy land, say live to eight hundred pounds to the it is hotter, nerhans. than Peruvian Guano. At the rate of 200 lbs. per acreH with me, it nays well. H Respectfully, your obedient servant, H ALFRED ALDRICH. H Grkenwooo, Abbeville Co.. S. C\, \ B November 7, 1870. j H Messrs.' IF. C. Bee & Co.: H Hiit-: I purchased one ton last fprin?^B of your Etiwan Guano, No. 2, and uxea^| it on my cotton crop at the rate of two^B h u fid red ponndh per acre, tim satitfi-^l cd that it payed me one hundred ncr^| cent. I did not use it on any otnerH crop this year. H Yours, with regard. HH EOBT. r. BUCHAINNAS. H