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--MV- ????- t *- >? TIi3 Frcss sa3 BsimsrJ Abbeville, S. C. \V. A. LEE, Editor. Friday, March 10,1371. m nil .1 ? 11 ? ? , ? ,.nny ill 1(1 'l EKjis.? i uruc Uv'iuus it j >.ui, .. to nee. No subscriptions taken for a shorter time than six months. transient advertisements are charged for at the rate or Oxe I>oixai: per inch space for the first insertion, and Fikiy Cents for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction from the above fates is made to persons advertising by the quarter or by the year. EST All obituary notices and tributes of respect are charged for at the usual rates of advertising. % OUR COURT. *? ? 1-1 !17 Our Court is sun in session out win adjourn to-day as his Honor is compelled to hold the regular term of his Court at "Walhalla, on Monday next. The sessions of the Court have been early and late, and a large amount of business has been done. A large amount still remains upon the Docket, and will occupy the Court many weeks still, unless the course is adopted here which has prevailed in other circuits of referring the cases to referees, to be determined out (jf court. This is a cheap and speedy mode of cflecfing results, and perhaps equally satisfactory as the trial by jury. The charges of his Honor have been characterized by his usual ability?meet ing boldly and presenting clearly an me issues involved the cases; and as a conscquonee, the verdicts of the juries have been for the most part very satisfactory. As to ante-war debts, they Iuitc adherrcd to the rule previously adopted ot giving one-half of the principal with interest to January 1st, 1SG1. As to the debts contracted during the war, they have adopted a rule equally uniform? findiug the true value of the property under the ordinance of the Convention, wither bv the testimony of witnesses or by the Corbiescalc, as they might sec propsr, ami then halving the debt, and calculating t-lio interest to the present time. The Judge announced the decision of the Supremo Court, that the Corbin law, propounded no inflexible rule, but was only a mode of ascertaining the true value of the property, and might bo accepted or discarded, by the jury. A strict adherence to the law would work manifest injustice, as its scale was adjusted to the fluctuating value of greenbacks during the war, and as a result, by this scale the value of a confederate dollar was more on the 1st August, lsei, than on the 1st August, 1SG3?as at the first named period it took only $7.81 to - , F?1 v maKe tne uoimr oj, iudiul whilst on the 1st August, 1833, it took $10.85 of Confederate money. During a certain period of the time it furnished a Very good rule but at oilier periods it would work manifest injustice. One oftho most interesting cases of the term was that of Win. II. Parker, Com'r, vs. Mrs. "NVilson, of Due West, to recover the value of a tract of land sold during the war. Suit was brought on the bond given for the purchase money, and tlu defendant pleaded a tender of Con fed erate bonds about the close of the war nnil nlso of crohl. calculated according the broker's scale; and claimed at leas! an abatement of one half of the tru< value of the land. Witnesses provcc that the land was worth $7 or $3 pe; acre, and the jury found the true value without abatement?some $4,000. Hi? Honor expressed his views very doci ledly, that where defendants were in possession of land sold during me war, they should pay its true value. The case of Ward vs. Calhoun a suit brought by a Confederate quartermaster upon a Confederate note worth only, after the application of the scaling rule, sonic $12.50, occupied one half day, nnd evoked the earnest efforts of counsel pro and con. The defendant alleged tjiat tfre note was given for money dux: him on the pay rolls, and was intended as a receipt merely. The verdict was for the defendant, and the plaintiff finds that law is a costly machinery.for vindicating a principle. The case of Bowie, vs. Connor and others, was upon a sealed note given by defendants to Messrs. Wilson and Noble for professional services; and which hud been assigned undei Act of Assembly to plaintiff. The pies was failure of consideration, inasmuch as owing to the war the services wer< ?ot rendered. His Honor ruled that i the services were faithfully rendered tap to the time of the assignment ii: 1SG2, they \vei\> all sufficient to support the note?thai no notice of the assignment was necessary to the defendants and that they could set up neither dis -counts nor payments against ihe original payees, jffter the date of the assign mcnt. The case of Kellar vs. Cress well was: salt to rccover &500 deposited with i st9ck-liolder to abide the lot of a wager Under the instruction of the Court th jury found for the plaintiff, the wage being illegal. The juries were discharged on yestci day. Window Shades.?At Messrs. J. E Chalmers & Co., our readers will fini a fine variety of mstic window shades?a superior article?sonic tiling neat in style, and excellent ii quality. Call and inspcct for your solves. Mr. C., will take pleasure i\ exhibiting tb cm. ?-o?? Saleday.?Monday last vras sale day, and brought large additions t the crowd in attcndenco upon th court. There were no oUIcial sale The day passed off quietly. o- e <- Eatx.?"We were visited on 3*este; day with one of the heaviest rains c t/he season, It has been following b mild spring like, with the peac trees iu bloom, and the vegetatio evrcyw.hcre budding forth. i -flScitTER Eittef.s" produce sue good digestion and quiet rest as Bryai describes in the following: "Like 01 who wraps the drapery of his cor.c around him and lies down to plcasai dreams. x?:irr^Kt.r1 ?-'ny* wr^-1..-.'* v? " 'K-*1* <J> 'i"i nv.a LEGISLATIVE. . I The Legislature adjourned sine die j on Tuesday last. In the Senate, the following biils * were parsed and ordered to be .cn j rolled for ratification: To incorporate the Continental Telegraph Company ' |to protect the interest of the Str.te j whenever payment of interest row [due remains unpaid on the l>ont]s ; issued hy any railroad company, r.nd whenever any guaranty of the State is endorsed ; to amend an Act enti| tied "An Act to organize the Supreme Courtto confer the rights of legitimacy on certain children; joint reso{Iulion authorising the Secretarv of j jotato to contract with tho Southern r Domestic Gas Light Company for the illumination of tho State House and * offices thereof; bill to create a debt 1 (. of the State, to be known as tho stcr-L |lin<r fuud debt. An amendment, of- L l ^ Ifered by Whittcmorc, to submit- the i ! bill to a vote of the people, was lost {by a vo'.o of twenty-one to eight. 1 The bill finally passed by a vote of1 ; twenty-four to seven. j In tho House, Mr. Wilkes intro- ( duced a concurrent resolution, to cali i upon tho President of tho United l States to protect tho lives, liberty and j: property of tho people of tho State, ' land that .l:o send troops to secure ' itiiat end, which was adopted. Iii the Senate, the veto of the' iliovernorof tho bill making appropriation for the pay of members, was 1 sustained by a vole of 21 to S. [See I message elsewhere.] j Tiie veto of the Governor was also 1 ' sustained, by the Senate, on the bill ; to compcl county treasurers to receive county cheeks and warrants in payment of county taxes. Tho bill was vetoed by tho Govcr- 1 nor on tho ground that, if carried into effect, it would bring tho State into j [bankruptcy ? Charleston County jalorio having $100,000 more checks! iiiiuub luuu tnv; in uiiu^ in. The Greenville and Blue liidge consolidation bill passed the Senate ! by a vote of 27 to 7; and the House | by a vote of 79 to 20, and has been approved by the Governor. | Tho resolution to remove Judge Thomas of tho Gth Circuit failed in the House. Tho report submitted b}* Land Commissioner DeLargo shows the total amount b}f him paid. l>y orders . {cm the State Treasury, to be $174,506,125; total amount controcted to be < 'paid, ?517,320.55; total number of t ] acres purchased, 810-1,077.1. It gives - a detailed account by whom and of whom bought and at what price, andj what lands were surveyed and not [ surveyed. It further states that , I Kirnpton has the bonds of the land 11 commission, pledged on advances > I made bv him, but docs not state the ! amount so advanced. I The Governor's veto of the Do La I j Ilowe resolution was sustained in J tho Senate. I <? - . Tlie Sterling Debt Bill. s The bill to create a sterling funded j debt has become a law by the approjvalof tho Governor. It provides for | the borrowing of one million two .jhundred thousand pounds sterling, j "to bo used exclusively in exchange ' for, or in payment of, the existing public debt of the State." There arc '! various provisions looking to a care, | ful* and honest application of the proceeds of the Sterling Funded Debt (jbonds; but tho most important stip; | uiation is contained in Section S, which is as follows: Sec. S. The honor and credit ofthis 1 tale is also hereby pledged to the i holders of the debt authorized by this [act, that this State will not hereafter, ; until said debt is fully paid and disjcharged, create any new debt or obligation, or by the loan of its credit, 1 j by guarantee, endorsement, or other-i '(Wise, except for the purposes of meet-! f. inir its existing obligations, or in and | | O O 3 ? for the ordinary and current business! 11of the State-, without first submitting! i l the question as to the creation of any j sueh now d eb t, gti ara n tee, e ndorcein en t , or loan of its credit, to tho people of - this State, at a general State election, -'and, unless two-thirds of tho qualified j -Ivoters of tho State, voting on this i question, shall be in favor of a further x! debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan , x of its credit, none such shall bo crcated or made. q Tho measure meets with general r approval, and will go far to reinstate the public credit. * Taxi^s.?-It is estimated that the' ; taxes for the current year will bo| 1 ample to meet all financial needs of j N]>r> ffnvpi'iimftnt. r.nrl llir> tnvr>si 1.1 for the next year have been 60 me what j ! roduced. Tho ordinary appropriations have I been largely reduced. <?? K53- Tho Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill, as it passed Congress during 0 j the last few hours of the session, conjtained an rppropriation of bcventyHfive thousand dollars for the building of a post office and United S!.atcs Court house in Columbia. r~ London, March 8?Bismavck has ^ commenced his homeward journey* Tho National Guard of Paris is exII eitcd over General Palladines' appointment. Paris is otherwise calm. ESS-Wc have received the Circular lt'i of the South Carolina Monument As'^Isooiation, but too late for publication ^ in tho preseut issue. It shall appear in our next. ryvWiI.W1?WIWWI J g^iim The Marshall House?Theadver" isement of this well-known and popuar hotel appears in another column. Under the management of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mays, it well merits the liberal ratronage, which has been bcstwcd upon it, and has proved itself one of the best >f Southern hotels. In connection with the hotel is a Livery Stable, whero the' ravcller may liad all necessary accomodations. The proprietors arc making various mprovement which will conduce as nueh to the comfort, of the inmates as o the beauty of the building , and its tivrmirwlinnrK TllO ImVPT ttilYZZfl haS >een removed, and the whole basement hrown into commodious, stores, which vi 11 open onlhe handsome sidewalk, now jeing constructed. The old wooden niilding in the rear once used as a hotel, md which for a long time been an unsightly adjunct to the brick edificc, will soon give way to various improvements n contemplation. When the work is lone, we sliali have a hotel which v;ill je aii ornamen? to the town, and present additional claims upon the pjubjic avor. ?<?> ? Two Men Siioot Each Other Dead :.v Pickens.?Andersou Looper, (son of lore Loopcr,) acting as assistant iu the (J. S. Internal Revenue service, last Fri; day night, was about to arrest a man named Young and seize his wagon and l ? :?K ? r.f n-kiolrni' LL'tllU ? llll a lilian Ijuauui.^ ui n uioiuj, it New Pickens Court House; Young on [lis approaching the wagon for that purpose, drew a pistol and tired at Looper, the ball entering his heart. Looper almost instantaneously, as he was falling, fired his pistol at Young, the ball struck the latter nearly in the same part of the body; both shots were fatal. We have not hoard how long either survived but infer from the statements that both expired almost immediately. Young was in his wagon when Looper approached him.?Green viile Enterprise. ><&>+ Death ok an Esteemed Citizen.? We regret to announce the sudden death oi' -Major Ueorge u raves, an esumauie citizen of the upper portion of the District, during'tho past week. He had been visiting at the House of a friend, and when leaving for home, suddenly fell speechless, and in that condition remained until death, which took placc in a few hours. He was a man of m'orc than [ordinary intellect, and was distinguished for many excellent traits of character. lie leaves a large circle ol relatives and friends to mourn his loss, Bail.?An application for bail under habeas corpus was made before His Ilo-nor, Judge Orr, on yesterday in behalf of Wm. Cook, who recently killed Abies.- Upon affidavits submitted it ? J v_ _ ?-. _ .?if appeared to ue a ease ui sun umcuw, and the prisoner was admitted to bail in the sum of $1,090. lender the advice ol counsel the prisoner had voluntarily surrendered himself. A XestimoxiaL.-We are pleased to learn that our youifg friend Dr. J. Wistar Vance of Cokesbury., has been electChief Demonstrator of Anatomy, in the ^[edical College of Atlanta, (5a. Dr Vance is a graduate of the University o: Kdinbitrg, where he bore off the honors of his class, and to talents of a high or der, unites thorough preparation, anc devotion to his profession. We anticl pate for him a bright career. ?? Tf.ial Justicks.?1The following np pointmcnts of Trial Justices for our Dis trict have boon confirmed by the Sedate: It. R._ Hemphill, and M. Kaphan of Abbeville, C. IT; Win. Hood, oi Due WcstjWm. A. Giles, of Loundesville; Jamas McCasIan, of Calhoun's Mills; D. O. Hawthorn,of Donaldsvillc; 3. E. Graydon, of C'okcsbury ; J. R. Tarrant, of Greenwood ; S. B. McCUnton ol llarrisburg. These are some of our best men and we feel assured that the appointments will give satisfaction. - <?> Executive Appointments. ? The following confirmations were made in executive session : E. L. Deane, State Auditor, vice Reuben Tomlinson, resigned. Auditors?W. F, Williams. Union County ; A. F. Hall, Beaufort Count}*. Treasurers^?F. JL Greenj Orangeburg County; J. AY. -Tongue. Barnwell County. Taxes! Taxes !?"We are requested by Mr. L. II. Russell, the County Treasurer to remind our friends the taxpayers, that unless payment be made by the "8th instant, they incur the penalty of 20 per cent', additional; and that there is 110 hope of having this remitted. Pay promptly and avoid the penalty. v John Heart, Esq., has boon confirmed by the State Senate as Commissioner of AgricultureTlie Greenville and Blue Hidgo Bill The Governor lias approved this bill, and has sent to the House a Mcs sago giving his reasons at length Without adding to tho debt of tin State or giving up any real security luc bill, ho thinks, will go far to com plcle an enterprise important to tlx interests of tho whole State. Suys he: ' When thcso?.roads havo been eon solidatod, there will bo one great roa( ! running from the capita! of the Stat< completing tho western conneetior j unci promising a certainty of rcvcnui | which can hardly bo exaggerated 1 * *- ? ? 1. .... i . A. 1 A ?... {yit present, oom 01 uicsu _x-ua.ua un j obstructed in their efforts, by the fac ; that the one is incomplete, niul th< [other not in condition to transact it! j large and increasing l>us:ncss will i vigor and dispatch. Consolidated j thoy will go into the credit market o jtho world with a completed road o I ..... ; moro than two hundred miles, anc j with a line of about one hundred am forty additional miles to be construct ;ed, passing through a country unsui ! passed in all that makes material pros perity, and by a friendly combinatioi with the South Carolina Eailroai [Company, by which its moral suppor will bo secured, completing connec jtion between the A tluntic and gre:i West at itrost contrasting mosll'uvoi kmn.mj mp WtUWMi tUIJ iilUHJWWimNf I : 4. ' - ? r ably with other lines leading from the interior to the seabord, thus fulfilling 'the hope and effort of tho State for more than one-third of a century. I would feel myself criminally indifferent to the interest of both tho Blue ' Ridgo Railroad and tho people of the State, were I to fail in supporting any measure that would complete this great enterprise, aud thus leave this important road, and to entail upon ' them the certainty of having to meet eventually the interest and principal of at least a portion of tho bouds endorsed for that purpose. t r f j i t j no says lurmer: in postponing i the statutory lien of the State, for the endorsed bonds of tho Greenville Iiailroad, I cannot feel that I ain consenting to abandon an}' real security on tlo part of the State, as this road 1 has uot only paid tho interest on a debt, almost equal to tho combined liability of the State's endorsement and the second mortgage bonds. At the sarno time it has been compelled jto expend an extraordinary amount ; of its income for repairs, which for repairs, which for the want of iron, had to be almost daily renewed, coupled with the destruction of rolling stock, and damages for tho loss of K*\ .,.wl Tf ,.,>.,,1 -.,1 n k HJU tUJU JJftUJJUIlJ. JL b lo IfllUUIlU ausolutcly certain that when the road is put in proper condition, with the necessary means to do the business of the country through which it passes, it will not only be able to pay tho interest on both classes of bonds, the aggregate of which is less than $20,000 to the mile, but will have a sur plus, that may be applied to the paj*mcnt of the interest on the Bluo IlidgQ bonds, while the road is in pro ccss ot construction. "In rcfcrcnco to the Blue Ridge Ivailroad, by an examination of the several acts, it will be seen that the only change which has been made is to give the bondholder the first lien, and tho statutory lien of tho Slato f the second, by which it is secured as effectually as it was in its original ' status. Tho necessity for this leg; islation will bo recognized when it is known that one of tho principal difficulties in the way of the negotia. ting for tho sale of theso bonds, the . mortgage executed and placed on record in the States through which tho road passes, viz: South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, to Messrs. Gourdin, Cameron i& Clews, as Trustees, by its priority of date, was made to bo a first mortgage on the proporty of the road., while the act authorizing the endorsement gave the State a first Hcri. This was made a cause of objection by , those who wcro disposed to accept J tho negotiation of the bonds; the C; purchaser was desirous that bis j>ccu' rity should be a first lien on the " property, so that, on failure of the ^ i /lAmnn n wnnf fhnii* rilil i trn < i nnc the holder of the bonds could make a claim against tho road, and not . against tho State, as they could -jdo nothing in tho courts a? against i tiro State, whilo they could cnforce 1! their claim against the incorporation. 1 Thus it will bo seen that it became absolutely necessary that this difficulty should be corrected. As to tho other change of tho Jaw of 1SCS, f| whereby it gives the privilege of ' negotiating tho bonds at tho market value, instead of being restricted to sellling at par, every one must see that it was almost a permanent bar against-tho negotiation of the bonds upon their merits. To havo done so, the company wonld havo been forced to adopt a species of sharp practice, 1 by selling tho bonds at par, and compensating tho purchaser by a comi mission, for tho diffoicnco between j their market and par value, which j inevitably placed tho company at a I! disadvantage in nnj* negotiation they , I might attempt to make with corrcct ! business men. j The bill Las been passed by a large j majority in both[Uouscs, and seems to bo free from the objections urged to the bill for which it is a sribstituLe. KJ>? I Tho De La Eowo Free School. "We are pleaded to see tliat the House has sustained the Governor's veto of the bill appointing now trustees for this institution. The school has been admirably managed, and no good could rei suit from the change. The following is Uic veto message of the Governor: State of South Carolina, ] Executive Department, [ j Columbia, March 4, 1871. J Gandcmcn of the J louse of Itrprencnta, (! vch : I return to your honorable body, in which it originated, the joint resolution to amnoint trustees forihe De La Howe Free School, Abbeville County, without ray signature, fur the following reasons: ' 11 proposes to change the present board 3 of trustees, without any allegation of their incapacity, or inefficiency or mls1 appropriation of the fund entrusted to 2 their charge. On the contrary, it is averted by respectable citizens'of Ab bevilie County that they have managed, i satisfactorily and successfully, the finanxjcesof the estate for more than thirty I years. A majority of the trustees pro3 posed in the joint resolution now under consideration* are persons of very little experience in finance: and, while their * integrity i?r good intentions are not impugned, I regard it of the highest im', rtortaiK-e that sufficient guards should H, ; i i #i,? * OC provutuu 1U1 uitwtuiiij wi m V lull it f and its proper application (o its bc, nevolent purposes. I would therefore 1 saggest that, in the formation of such a J law, the proposed trustees should be directed to give ample security for (lie faithful performance of their duties and - the funds entrusted to their care. Regretting the necessity for my dis'~j agreement with your honorable body, i I am, very respectfully, 1 ROBERT K. SCOTT, ' Governor. L -6> ?aF See advertisement of Chignons, * i by Mr. James "\Y. Fowler, at the I;JCd;[ oriurn of Fashioa." ^ U-'TJKJ VWH'I IVI U ?. .??llil J 1- M^K.m^Xl Mil . ?END OF THE GREAT WAR. Berlin-, March 3. The Empress has received the following dispatch: "Versailles, March J.?I have jtist ratified the conditions r>f peacc which the Bordoaux Assembly has accepted. Thus far the work is complete, which was, through seven months of buttle, to be achieved, thanks totho^alor, devotien and cndurnacc of our incomparable army, and the sacrifices of the fatherland. flic Lord of Hosts lias everywhere visibly blessed our enterprise, and by His mercy has permitted an honorable peace. To him be the honor, to the Fatherland thanks. (Signed; AYilhelm." Versailles, March 4. Emperor William reviewed the German landwehr, guards, artillery and pioneers in the Eols de Boulogne yesterday. Prince Frederick William, General Mollke aud Count Bismareh were present. All restrictions as to persons passing into and out of Paris havo been removed. Tho Emperor goes to Berlin on Monday. London, March 4. The German troops have all left Paris. The evacuation terminated at 11 o'clock on the 3d. (Friday morning) in accordance with the terms of the convention. A dispatch from Havre of the 3d. says the Mobile and National Guards have been disbanded, and the trenches around the town arc brin* filled up. The French indemnity is payable in threo instalments, viz : one milliard of thalers in 1871, two milliards in 1S72, and two milliards in 1S73. The interest is only payable on the instalment, from which the proportion of the debt appertaining to Alsace and Lorraine, estimated at a half millard of thaler, and the cost of the railways in Eastern Franco, is to be deducted A telegram to the Times from Versailles says the Germans evacuate Paris to-day, and Prince Frcdcricli Charles retires immediately behind the Seine. 'J ho Emperor and Crown Prince leave in a few days for Forriercs, or seine other point near Paris on the right bank of tho Seine, -?<3> ? THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. Last Hours of the Forty-first Congress Wasi.ingtox, March 4.?Tho Pros ident signed signed the Texas Pacific Railroad bill. Tho'Senate refused to pas.? the Ciii cinnati and Southern .Railroad bill. Tho Ilonse agreed to a conferenct report on the army appropriation bill The report strikes out tlio rider foi tho relief of Southern loyalists, bul accepts tho House bill for the appoint merit of three commissioners; it alsc directs tho secretary of the trcasurj to pay the Pacific Railroad half rate instead of reserving the whole amount Tho bill repealing the duty on coal 1-1 lmi ?eon Ann ana inc oiu npprupruitiing ia the Sisters of our Lady of Mercy, o Charleston, failed in tho Senate. The following bills passed by botl houses failed to receive the President' approval: An act for tho relief o purchasers of land sold for taxes in the1'insurrectional'}' States; an act ir relation to the Sclina, Pome and Dal ; ton Kail road Company of Alabama an act relating to telegraphic com mil nication between the United State and foreign countries. OPENING OF THE FORTY-SECOND COS GKESS. Both Houses of tho forty-sccom Congress wore called to order a noon. x In the Senate, the following Sen? tors were seated and sworn in : Messrs Cragin, "West, Ilitclicoek, Caldwel Davis. Ivolly, Terry, Logan, Fi-eling jhnysen, Anthony, Wilson, Morrill, c (Maine; Wright, Windom,. Cooper Saulsbury, Robertson and Stevenson I Objections were made to G'olthwaitc ! from Alabama. His credentials wcr [laid on the table. The name o j Vance from North Carolina, was no called. The credentials of Fosto J Blodgott were laid on the t:iblo V |await investigation. The credential ! of Hamilton and .Reynolds, claiming j seats from Texas, were tabled. Sen jate adjourned to Tuesday. Tho House organized by the dec tion of the llepublican caucus nomi nccs- The vote for Speaker of tb llout-o resulted: Blaine, 12G, .Morgan (!o. All claimants presenting them .selves were seated, and the Ilous seated, and the House adjourned t Tuesday, alter passing a resolution t< adjourn the first session at noor Wednesday. Five members of th new House arc negroes; only- one full-blood. It is understood that Morton, Sum ncr and other extremists will rev-is an early adjournment on the plea c its being unsafe to leave tho loyalist of (the South unprotected until Di ccmber. A big struggle is pending Foreign No*73. r.ouN'EAY, March G.?Evening i the National Assembly, this evenin Louis Blanc, Victor Hugo and Quinc made a demand for tho detention ( members of tho September G'ovcrr ment, untiV they shall have rctnrnc an account of their acts up to the c: [litnlation of Paris. Belgsduze sul milted a demand for their Impeacl ment and arrest, on a charge of big treason. A motion was made thu the Assembly sha 11 not return t Paris, but sit elsewhere. At the rc guest of Theirs, tho Assembly inline diatcly went into committee upon tli question, the decision upon whiel will be made tomorrow. J Aius, March o?J>oon.?-iho Aliii istcrof the Interior lias assumed con trol cf the police. Their declines t rcceivo the resignations tendered b; Favro and Simon. London, March 7.?The Times an nounces the following changes in th ministry: flight Flon. Geo. j. Goschei succeeds Right Hon. Hugh C. ? jthilders as 1'irst Lord oi tho i\dnu jrality; Right Hon. James Stanfold syc loeeds Gofcchen as President of th ! Poor Law Board: AV. E. Baxter sue Iceeds Stansfeld as one of the join Secretaries of the Treasury; and Get J. Shaw Lelevre, at present Secrets ry for the lioine Department, sue cecds Baxter as Sedretary of the Ac miralty. London, Afarch 7.?The Daily Ncu says a special convention was cntere ; in to, under which the German oeci 'pation of Versailles has keen extent 1 ed to the lOl.h of March, 1 Nrvr Yor.K, March 7.?A telograi 7 ' special,' dated Verailles, the 7th says news from Paris confirms tlio rnmors that the inhabitants are growing suspicions, and acting on th(j belief that! every man's hend is against them. ' Foreigners generally looked upon as' spies, and in many, instances Americans and Englishmen are insulted and roughly handled in the streets, sever- ? |al barely escaping with their lives. J iTho mob in Paris at present is almost wild with excitement, and the authorities appear powerless to prevent a spread of the threatened revolutionary spW'it. The mob is found by tho ? Government in possession of a large r quantity of arms and ammunition. 'J t , a Troubles in Mississippi. [ Meridian, Miss.. March 7.?Tcs- 1 Jterday, during.tho trial of three ne|groes, cbarged rrith riotous conduct, " | one of tho prisoner, named Finlv, a \ulia* Tyler, colored, shot and instant- ly killed Justice^Dramlette, presiding. An indiscriminate tiring ensued. 'Two ^ negroes wcro killed m the Court ^ Room. Tyler jumped from the sec- c ond story of the court house to the 1 ground, and was pursued by tho Sue- i I rill' and hisposso, who shot Tyler to A , death. Tho citizens assembled in large numbers, armed, to assist the officers. Tho sheriff proceeded To < disarm the negroes, in doing which sevcral'were killed. The total killed, as far as was positively known, last, night, arc six ncgroos and Judge Bramlette, while, Ma}*or Wm. Stur- ^ gess, long obnoxious to the good cit-jl izens. and the planner of much oi tne mischief among the negroes, on- his own motion, was given safe conduct to-the cars, this morning, by citizens, on a pledge to go North, never to re- ] turn. A fire occurred here Saturday ' night, destroying ?75.080 worth of ' property. Lofton, a negro, arrested as the incendiary, was being tried be: fore Judge Bramlett, when Tyler rose : fii the Court lloorn, and shot Judge ; 1 Bramlett through the hea'1, killing 1 him instantly. Lofton was killed instant Ij\ J. Aaron Moore, a negro, a * prominent politician and member of the Mississippi Legislature,- who was olcn ? mnumioi' fi<5 nr'POrtS.arV to the ? j,. ... , ^ burning, was shot?supposed mortali3r. Last night there was another fire, destroying a church and other buildings." A meeting of citizonswas - held, and a safety committee, to co: operate with tho sheriff in preserving order, was appointed. All is now - quiet. Sturgo, the Mayor was from Connecticut. A committee went to j Jackson this evening to confer with . Governor Alcorn in tho matter. r ?> Sr.RTous Difficulty in Chester. ( ?Passengers from Chester state that . the disturbances of Saturday were rc1 i "--j ? _ ; x a i t. | ncwcu juonuay mgii-u n uuuii uuc | 'o'clock, the firing commenced, and ^ I was kept up at intervals for several " I hours?the participants being whites P on the ono side and colored persons on the other. As the parties wore not disguiaod, the difficulty cannot be s charged to the Ku Klux. The iriformation we have received is, that a militia company from Camel Hill ap~ pea rod in Chester village, aimed. which excited the whites, and the}' " began to arm them? csj in a short) '| lime, another militia company made "i its appearance and a collision occurred. As far as we can learn, but ono colored man was wounded, although - several whites received bullet wounds. The State and town officials finally , succeeded in quieting the disturbance. ??rul 1I10 militurv retired, but it is f ' "? J I feared that the troubles will be renewed. Lj We arc informed by Sheriff McGulcin, p! that there is not a prisoner now confined > in tlic jail of Anderson county, and ? tliere lias not been any under his charge for the past week. This is a flattering . cojnmc.it upon'the good order and peace , fnl inclination of our people of all | classes.?Anderson Inicllirjcncer. tt or D h JUST RECEIVED, I" DOZEN NEW STYLES, ? IN ALL SHADES, AT THE I EioforisBi of ftshim. ? Mar 10, 1871, 46?tf e a Just Eecaived. :i NICE WHITE MEAL, / ' fresh ground. COR-s", by the sack or bushel. HAMS, On hand, and for sale, l>y John F. Osborne. " Marcli'lO, '1871, 4C?tf J mm nv!i | c' Rustic T. indow Shades, |, MADE OF WOOD. 4 1! "FIIEY are pretty, chcap, and durable: 0 i for the Parlor, Chambers and Ilotcl curtains. We invite all to come and see them, c and to witness its operation so simple. , Any one can put them up. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. !- Agent for Manuf'r in Abbeville. March 3,1871, 45?tf 0 >' SIjSTGER'S c'i Improved Sewing Machine. I'iSi at IMiMto's Prices. '" Can be bought by making monthly 01 payments. t;J. B. Chalmers & Co., L. Agent for Abbeville County, s March 8,1871, 45?tf ^! 4 FINE lot of cheap Striped Tory j'jxi. Lounges. J. D. CilALIvXESS & CO. | ii March 3, 1S71, -15?tf ; - DFIXX&S I vHHft is,1 BY J. A. MAYS. { Fills ELEGANT BUILDING fronting on the Public. < Square, has recently been thoroughly ? enovated and well furnished. The p. L'abJe is supplied with the best the.mar- Y :et affords. A full corns of polito and .tlentive servants will contribute to w (lease the guests, and every effort will G >e made to render the stay of visitors n )leasautand agreeable. ^ Livery Stable. I THE undersigned ha? opened a NEW LIVERYSTABLE in connection ii vith the Hotel, and is prepared with 5 :om Portable stables, and commodious . 'jots to accommodate stock of all kinds. Yn experienced and careful OSTLER v vill always be found on the premises, o HORSES, BUGGIES and WAGONS, ? VLWAYS OX HAND TO HIRE. Give me a trial. My prices are modirate. n T/-kTT?r A A -*rcJ 3 tiunn iTiAxs3? ^ March 10, 1871, 4G?tf a a Seed Potatoes,? 0 Just Received, at ( iVARDLHW & EDWARD'S. I March 10, 1871, 4G?tf CHOICE LEXINGTON YAMS, FOR SALE, * LOW* FOR CASH. . Wardiaw & Edwards. March 10, 1871, 45?tf "notice. | THE ABBEVILLE BRASS BAN i) is uow organized and ; supplied with Instruments,. and any party wanting our services can apply to JOSEPH MOORE. Abbeville C, H., 8. C. March 10,1871, 40?It State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. BY L. L. GUFF IN, Esq., Probate Judge. VV7IIEREAS, James B. Cowan lias Vt made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and elfects of James Cow mi, deceased laie of said county: these are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said James Cowan, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville C. H., on , the 2'Jth day of March, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, il" any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 6th day - " -? - '* e t _-j . 01 jJiar en, in tue year tu our ii?ru uuv thousand eight hundred and seventyone, and in the ninety sixth year of American Independence' Published. Cm the Gth day. of March 1871. L. L. GTJFFIN, J. r. A. C. March 10,1371. 4G-tf. * State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE COUNTY. In Probate Court,? Citation. sTTITEItEAS, Hugh Leaman, has V* made suit to me to grant him IT aHaho A rlminjufrntiAn nf lllf* and ellects of J. M. Hamilton, deceased, late of said County, v These'are therefore to cite and admoh-. ish all'and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said J. M. Hamilton, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in tho Court of Probate, to bo held at Abbeville C. H,, on the ISth March next, after publication hereof, al 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Admininistration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 4th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventyone, and in the ninety-sixth year of American Independence. Published on the 4th day of March, 1871. L. L. GUFFIN, J. P. A. C. March 10, 1S71, 4G-tf SHERIFFS SALE. T)Y virtuo of sundry writs of Fieri JL> Facias to me directed, I will sell at Abbeville Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY in APRIL next, within the legal hours, TWO LOTri in the Town of Abbeville, to wit: ONE LOT on the "West side of the Mosely Ferry road, bounded by General tfawuel McUowan, Mrs. Fannie Allen and the Homestead, containing Two (2) Itoods and Eighteen perches, also, one Lot measuring from the middle of the ! Mosely Ferry road, containing Thirtyj.Seven and three-fourth perches (37.j) bounded by lauds by lo's of Mrs. Fannie \ ! Allen, l)r. I. Braueli, and church street, the above lots being the remainder after laying oil' Homestead, and more particularly described by plats which will be exhibited.on-day of sale, levied upon as tlie property of 11. T. JLyon, aus. u. Li. j Warulawand W. Joel Srtiith, Executors and Sundry creditors. Terms Cash. HENRY S. CASON, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, 1 March 8, 1871. / NOTICE . I S hereby given to all Sub-Agents of ? the Land Commission, that, from and after tiie 1st day of March, 1S71, ihey will report all their proceedings to Hon. F. L. CABDOZO, Secretary of the Advisory Board. U013T. C. DkLABGE, L. C. S. S. C. March K), 1X71. 4(5?2t. LOST, A HOT'!1 the first qf January last, mv IIV l'ASS BOOK, No. 40, of the Branch of Use Citizens, Savings Bank of South Carolina, at Abbeville C. H. Any J person finding the same, will confer a! | favor on the undersigned by leaving it1 l with J. F. C. DuPro, Esq. * | | (..'LA 11A F. KEBli. ' February 10,1S71. -U2?L'ui * AND v;t; :/ / 4 LL persons indebted to us -artf "A. most earnestly requested to *y before tho 15th of this month. bout that timo one of our houso ill be going to ISre\v Yo'rk for Spring oode; and to the purehase of a Steele loney is indispensable. Those in* cbted to us should feel themselves ound bv everv consideration of ins v */ rce, honesty, and even of policy,, to ay without further delay- Why old longer to Cotton? lfas.it improved any in the last six months? s there the slightest probability it will ' nprovc, with a crop of four sumoa ales, and a stock now in Liverpool: wo and a half times as large n3 it /as this time last year.? And evea ;ranfc there is a likelihood of betterrices is there any reason or justice n keeping tho merchant out of the loney due him for goods sold last ear, not upon the faith of prospecive high prices of cotton, byt solely nd simply upon tho faith of individal honesty? Our cause is just. No rgnment is needed. We trust that his appeal may not fall listlessly Vp- , n the ears Of those whom we ba70 icfriended. Como and pay ush }omo each and every one indebted toi White, Smith & White, March 3, IS71, 45-tf Feed Your Land * -. : .. ; i' . :S I m IT WILL FEED YOU. . < ! Buy the Best Fertilizers!! WfE WOULD inform the people of * ? ADuevuie cnac we are tne Agents ... "or the sale of the well-known ETIWAN aUANOS, and ape prepared i<y furnish, then? on most favorable terms. .We will ' receive cotto.n in payment foe fertilizers at 15 cts. per pound on the basis of "middling." This is allowing two cents per pound over the present market value of cotton. We respectfully ask all planters . who Intend using Fertilizers this year, " to confer with us before purchasing an we are satisfied we cau convince theiji 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 Fertilizer. We have se-. lected the certificates of men who aro best known in this scction of country.. Their names ar sufficient guarantee of tJieir reliability. Kead and be enliglii eucu. , Wlite. Sm?tfc & WdU, LOCAL AGENTS AT &BBEVILLE C: H., S. C. . V .1 ? C'6i.rMBiA, S. C., \ Kovembcr 10, 1870. / To 3fc3srs. 7?. O'JS'calc d- Son, CoLum bia, ?V. C. Gentlemen: Wo examined to-day ft field of cotton on the place of J: M. Crawford, of this city, on which lie had experimented with various fertilizers, and without hesitation pronounce the acre on which Etiwan, JSo. 2, had been \ used, to be the best acre of cotton we \ have ever seen. Mr. Crawford informed us that he had already gathered about :5000 pounds from it, and it was his and our opinion that ha would gather from 1,2()0 to 1,500 pounds nioro. The land did not appear to lis to be superior cotton land, being low and damp, but had been highly cultivate*!. The plant where the Etiwan, No. 2, had been used, was free from rust, green, or**? full rvf* fruit* whilwf thof. u'horn thrt YVando and Carolina had been used, was in places badly rusted, and the stalks dead. The yield being much lcsa.tbau that where the Etiwan, No. 2, had been, used. Respectfully, JAMES M. BAXTER, J. <i. McKISSICK, J. N. COCKHAN, ROBERT 11EATY, A. R. TAYLOR. Columbia, S. C.t \ November 10, 1870. J 3fcssrs. Ji. O'Ncatc tfc Son, Aacnia for Etkv&n Fertilizer: Gentlemen: In,reply to vour question as to how I am pleased with the Etiwan Guano. I give below a statement of n>y experience with the Etiwan, Stable Manure, V.'ando, Cotton Seed, Compost, and broadcast manuring, which speaks for itself. I have also tried the Carolina and Pacific Guano, and find that the Etiwan is far superior to either. Yours truly, J. M. CRAWFORD 3 140 lh7 *?nft.nn niekod nfTl ? 4o01b3. Etiwan. 1,020 lbs. cotton " " 6001bs. Waudo. 2,S70 lbs. cotton " " SO cart loads Compost. 1,800 lbs. cotton " " SOCompost broadcast. 1,580 lbs. cotton " *' Cotton Compost. My estimate that I have yet to pick from Etiwan, 1000 lbs. Wando, 650 lbs. Compost, 600 lbs. ' Broadcast, COO lbs. Cotton fciced Compost, 700 lbs. Uxionvilx.e, S. C., \ November 7, 1876. J Messrs. W. C. It re Jc' Co.: ? Gentlemen: I have used one ton of j*ou Etiwan. iNo. z, on my cotton me present yeor, and I am well pleased with it. The difference in the cottcn where the Etiwan was used and where none was applied, can be seen at a great distance. *1 have no hesitancy in pronouncing vnnr Etiwan. Ne. 2. a snlendid manure. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. (Jr. McKIBSICK. Pendleton S. 0. \ October 21,1870. / Mesers. W. C. Bee A Co. : In answer to your request, I give my experience wun me jvimau uu>wV, A lined the guano on cotton alongside of some on which there was no fertilizer. The lard is exactly fhe same quality, and in t? e same geld, being a very poor sandy soil with stiff clay subsoil. I used ' one sack (i'OO pounds( of Etiwan, No.' 2, per acre. The cotton was all worked alike. I will gather at least 200 pounds of cotton per acre of the land and guano was used upon, and am confident I will not got more than 150 pounds rer aero oil' that without any fertilizer. I do not consider the guano'fairly tested on account of the drouth. , llcspccifully, J. B. SIMI\c'OX.