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1 -i i A . .'J pt3C 5BGX5SS ? " *' * m ?? * Tho Press and By"*1'* 1,1. , I ? . U1' ~ ~ Abbr "ie< 3' ' *=re=K"W. A. LEE, Editok. Friday, May 5, 1871. Te^ms.?Three dollars a year, in adferic-e. No subscriptions taken for a shorter ^ Kan bir tWftiiflia VIIOU Oia iirvwb?Wt Transient advertisements are charged for at the ruie-ot -One Dollar per inch BP&C6 fftrthe.'flrst msertion, and Finv CilXTS for each subsequent insertion. a liberal deduction from the above rates is made to persons advertising by the quarter or by the yeaiV SkST All obituary noticed and tributes -of respect are charged for at the usual rates of advertising. THE TAX-PAYERS' MEETING ON MONDAY. According to proviotts announcement, a large meeting of the taxpayers of tho District was held in the Court House, on Monday last, for ^the purpose of appointing delegates to the May Convention, which meets in Columbia on Tuesday next. 'On motion of Thos. C. Pcrrin, Esq., Mr. F. A. Connor was called to the chair, and W. A. Lee, Esq., reqae^tcd to act as Secretary. Thn Chairman, in announcing the object of the meeting, expressed in its behalf his warmest sympathy and co-operation. The end propoeod was to secirre good government and relief from intolerable oppression. "We should Bolect moderate men as dele gatess and he trusted tfcat by calm counsels-Had suited action the Convention might accomplish something in advancing the end in view. The following preamblo and resolutions wero then introduced by Edward Noble, Esq.,- and were unanimously adopted: Whereas, the property-holdei-s and tax-payers of the County of Abbeville have been invited by the Charleston JBoard of Trade to appoint tft-o delegates to represent thein in Convention, to bo held in Columbia on the second Tuesday in May> to consider the following preamble and resolutions, unanimously adopted by said Board, which wo endorse *as the opinion and sentiments of the taxpayers of this County. ? * ? Tit?i. j. JXiesocvea, jluuc htu uoioij*i,c.-?, with two alternates, be appointed by this meeting to attend said Convention as representatives from Abbe. viJlo. PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS: "Whereas, under the operation of the present State Government, the majority'of the property-holders and tax-payers of the State, from whom the public revenue is mainly derived, nre excluded from any power in'tbe legislation of the State, and from any practical influence in the imposition of taxes: And, whereas, the moneys raised by taxation are improvidtntly and corruptlyused and expended by persons who hold office under the State Government, and the sums appropriated for alleged public uses aro excessive and extravagaut: And, whereas, the credit of the State has been.pledged, illegally and it is now proposed to pledge the credit of the State for furiher loans, by a new rssue of bonds, which may bo negotiated in the market to persons who may take them, in ignorance of the circumstances under which they are issued. Thereforo, 1. Resolved, That we, the propertyholders and tax-payers of the State, residing in tho County of Abbeville. ? do hereb}' deem it our duty to declare that the bonds heretofore issued without legal sanction, and the so-called _ .1 ! _ - 1 - 4.1 I l_ siernug loan, or any oiaer uonus or obligatious hereafter issued, purporting to be under, aud by virtao of, the Authority of this State, will not be binding on us, and that we shall, in every manner and at all times, resist tho payment thereof, or cnforcemeut of any tax to pay the same, by all legitimate means within our power. 2. Resobtd, That wo deem it our duty to warn all persons not to receive, by way of purchase, loan or otherwise, any bond or obligation hereafter issued, purporting to bind the property or pledge tho credit of the State ; and that all such bonds or or obligations will be held by us to be null and void, as Laving been issued corruptly, improvidently, and for fraudulent purposes, and in derogation of the majority of that portion of the people of this State upon "whom the public burdens are made to rest. 3. Resolved, That the tax-payers of the State are hereby roquested to meet in their respective counties for the consideration of this subject, and the enormous tax levies of the current year, and for the appointmpnt of two delegates to represent each county JU a CHUie UUUVCIUIOD, to DO HCICl 111 Columbia on the second Tu.esday io May next, for the same purpcso. 4. Resolved, That this Stato ConTen lion of tax-payers be requested to confer with His Excellency, the Governor, on the dangerous fiscal condition of the State and request his official aid and co-operation in the investigation of the accounts of the Comptroller and tho State Agent in $cw York, so that the amount and character of the bonded debt and all ~11 il./. Cfoto f*<m hn uoucr nautili/lea ui tuo v?m - bo clearly stated, with a view to such further action as raay be neccssary for the protection of the public creditor and tux-payers of the Commonwealth. On motion of Col. James S. Cothran. a committeo of fivo \rere appointed jfl nominate suitable delegates to rep I resent tho meeting in the May Conjventiou. The committee consisted of i the following gentlemen ; J Messrs. James S. Cothran, B. Z. i iHcrndon, J. H. Wideman, W. K | Hradlej* and T. C. Perriu. The committee, after a Bhort absence, submitted the following nomination of delegates; Messrs. Armistead Burt and B. 1. Ilerndon as principals, ard Messrs Thomas Thomson and W K. Bradley as alternates. The nomination was unanimously coErmed. The meeting thea adjourned. F. A. COXXOB, Chairman. W. A. LEE, Secretary. * -o- -? The Legal Tender Act it the Supreme Court Tho Supreme Court, by five to four of tho judges, has decided that the Legal Tender Act of 18G2, applies as ? /ill tnAnnfyopto mirfn hofhrA ??* sincn ?V \ -l X IV Wininvtw >4?M%?w vw.w its passage, and affirms its Constitutionality, thus reversing the decision of the la?t torn of tho Court, that the law did not apply to contracts made before its passage. Justice^ Miller, Davis, Sway no, Strong, and Bradley voted to sustain the constitutionality of the act, and Chief-Justice 5 V...,! "Vf-l L tiase ana j usucus xmm:>uij, t imuiu, and Field voted in the negative. The full opinion 'of the court will not be written out before the October term, but the facts of the decision will be tjnnounced when the couvt reassembles. At the time the first decision of tire unconstitutionality was made on this question, Chief-Justice Chase, with Associates Nelson,- Clifford, Field, and Grier approved it, while Justices Miller, Swayne, and Davis dissentod from the opinion. Since j then the bench has been increased by the appointment of Messrs. Strong and Bradley, and Judge Grier has resigned, so that there aro now niue judges. Of these, the Chief-Justice, with Judges Nelson, Clifford, and Field, still adhere to their former dc cision, and the dissenting Judges, Miller, Swayne, and Davis also adhere to their contrary opinion, and are reinforced by Justices Strong and Bradley. This doctsion overrules that interpretation of the Constitution which prevailed for seventy years after its adoption ? that fthe prohibition, that "no Stato shall make anj'thing but gold and silver, a tender in paj'* ? - ? - - - - 11 X - ment 01 aeDts," applies as weu iu Congress r.s to the States. It isHruo, saj-s the World, that the Constitution prohibits sotr.o things to the Statos which arc permitted to the Federal government. The States are. forbidden to coin money, but that power is in express terms conferred npon 'Congress; the States cannot m a Lr a fitnntiaa hnf tl>o T'l-otirl A n f. nnil Senate can; the States cannot lay duties on imports, but 'Congress is explicitly authorized to lay impost duties; and* so of declaring war, maintaining an army and navy, and other things. But in all these cases the power which is forbidden to the States is unequivocally conferred, in cleav language, on the general government. But when the Constitution forbids the States to make anything but coined money a tender for debts, it is carcful not to confer tho forbidden power upon Congress. The reason of the Constitntional restriction applies as well, it would seem, to Congress and to the States. It was to preserve the binding force and'integrity of contracts?to protect the citizen against the loss arising from the payment of debts in a depreciated currency?that the orovisions ' * *r. j of the Constitution was adopted? And now Congress is authorized to over-ride this safeguard for the strict enforcement of one's honest obligation. * Dead Issues.?The New York Times protends to think that irreconcilable differences exist in the Democratic party as to accepting the results of the war?"that hostility to the Constitution, as it is, is the prevailiug sentiment or tnc soutn, anu mat a favorable opportunity is looked for to do battle once moro for the 'lost canse.'" The Times is writing only for effect?is seeking to make part}" capital?to renew dead issues, upon which alone it can hope for success, in the next campaign. Strawberries and Potatoes.? i The finest and largest strawberries and Irish potatoes that we have seen this season, were presented to us a few dayssince, by Mrs. James Shil-! lito, Sr., who has qiiite a reputation in our village as the cultivator of early j vegetables. The strawberries were| of the "scarlet" variety, and weroj whoppers. The Irish potatoos were of the ordinary Summer size. Our frinnrlQ nrr>n iVtom think I both strawberries and potatoes, hard to beat; in which opinion wo fully concur, j S3T At- a mooting of the Board of Directors of tho Greenville and Coj lumbia l?ailrcad Company, held in Columbia, trcorgo w. Water-' terman, Esq-, was elccted Treasurer, | vice Reuben Tomlinson, resigned. | President Grant.?Tho President seems determined upon securing hia re-election, lie wields now at his sole discretion powers which never before jwere entrusted to the Executive head of a free government, and he is spar | ing no eflbrts, and will scruple at the j exercise of none of these hii?h pow^ I ers. to carry out his ends. Aecompa ! nied by his henchman Senator Morj ton, ho hu9 lately been swinging round the circle, and has juat returnled to Washington from his West ern trip. It is the fashion to decry General Grant, and to undciwate liit abilities. Competent judges, us Gen f?r?l TUnir think verv differently.. Il success in whatever lie undertakes b? any test of merit, Grant is a great man. lu what has lie failed ? Sec how easily ho has triumphed ovei Sumner, and has hoaled up the threat ened breach. To him we owo th( Force bill, as well as man}* other evils lie is an enemy to be dreaded, and the Den.ocracj' will find lriin a dangerous foe in the next campaign. Pistol Practice.?Mr. P. C. Martin, of the neighborhood of Bordeaux, informs us of two successful feats ir the way of pistol-shooting, by himselJ which ho says wfero witnessed bv several of his neighbors. About ti month since, he shot a wild-turkey al the distanco of thirty-five or forty yards with a Smith & Wesson pistol and disabled it, so as to capture it very easily?on tbo samo day, and with the sainc pistol, ho shot a coon in a tree somo 70 feet from the ground i _ - 1..11 it ,_u i ,i ana puuing u uau mruugu no killed it instantly. Ho promises to be come as much a terror to tho wild animals of that vicinity as a certain Capt. Snipes, of a certain othor locality, who leveling his riflo upon a coon I in tho top of a tree, was told not tc shoot?'-don't shoot" says tho coon, "as it is you I'll como down"? so thu Capt. saved his ammunition. E&* Senator J. Ilollinshead return ? i - nr. .1 1 eel to ins iiomo nere oa u euuusuuj last, after a visit to his relatives in the North West. lie was welcomed with music from the colored brass band on hiB arrival and receivod a serenade at night. From statements of the Democratic paper pnblisbed in his native town, wo see that he has been speaking a good word for the South abroad. His course in the late Session of the Legislature commends itself to the approval of our people ? 4^* ? A Phenomenon.?As an illustration of the truth that wonders will never ccaso, road the following extract from a letter of Joe Crows, lately published : "If Congress would pass a properly framed law, much of tho disturbance? (they have been considerably magnified^ would ceasc. The white and colored people not being, as a rule, antagonistic, would socm arrange to the satisfaction and best interests ot both ; then the resources ot the State would bo developed and prosperity abound far beyoud what it ever has in South Carolina." O > ? . ..? Religions Notice. A Convention of the "Tho Circles of Prayer" will bo held in Abbeville ViHlitre, commencing on Wednesday o ? W v before the 1st Sabbath in June next, at 11 o'clock, A.M. JOHN T. PARKS, Chairman. For tbegood of tho cause, the Due West, Newberry and Edgefield papers will please insert this noticc until the day of meeting. Th? Force Bill. The New .York Evening Poxt, one of the ablest of the'Republican journals thus points out tho serious evils which must result from the enforce' ment of this bill : "Tho danger is no less real, and scarcely less serious, than if we had an imitator of Napoleon at the head of the nation and the-army. If thif act bo enforced, and if it succeed in the work proposed by it, every barrier whi'cfl the Constitution holds up 1 against the encroachments of the central upon the local governments is broken. Revereuce for the fundamental laws will disappear, and all t.h? plucks and forms of our Federal system will become .the sport of political controversy. No man can foresee what the next step towards centralization may bo; bat every one may confidently predict that no constitutional limitation or prohibition will hereafter bo permitted by an} political party in control of the National Government to defeat its ends, or to protect municipal privileges [against it. The local rights of persons and of property, the local conflicts of corporations, the wholo system of local laws, with the controversus they involve and the passions thev excito. will become elements oi ~ %f * national politics; and the very organization of society throughout the land will become the stake of. national party struggles. The absolute centralization of our Government, and the destruction of the Federal system, must soon follow, with civil war and disunion as the ouly alternative." * ^ The dwelling, kitchen, barn, cribs and other outhouses of Mrs. Mary Baker wjre accidently consumed by fire, in Pickens County, on thu 21 in6tant. A portion of tho contents only were eaved. ITHE COST OF FiTTING UP THE STATE'1 i HOUSE. i A. P., tho correspondent of the I New York Sun, furnishes to that < paper some information concerning the cost of fitting tip the State House < 1 in Columbia: It seems that when the job was . .ifirst put up to'saddle the cost of tbi? . iextravagant furniture upon the pco- i J pie, it was intended to confine it sim- I ' J ply to tbe Assembly Chamber which, J I by the way, was in ramer a uuajmia ted condition. Speaker Mose# took i II lie tiling in hand, and gave an* order .Jin writing to Dermis to contract for ithe furniture, at the same, time cn" J joining upon him the necessity of' ' | strict economy and a wholesome re! gard for the then impoverished con; dition of the people. In upholstery, i , Dennis is an artist, or at least he thinks, he is, and he didn't propose , to throw away his talent upon the mere decoration of an Assembly i Chamber. He resolved to furnish the whole State House, and for this purpose he went to Now York to consult ? H XTJ. -.1 V. his oromcr urusis, iucsTs. oa icui <x Davidson. The latter firm were not averse to the little job, and of course they did their best to secure it. Stewart & Sutplien. of Brooklyn, also had a finger in the j>io, and furnished 1 carpets enough ..t 62 50 a yard to fit 1 out every private house in Columf bia. In course of time, the furniture and t upholstery arrived, and was put in , the State House. I went all over the building a few days ago, and was enabled to judge for myself of the value r of the articles. A plain clock with a , carved walnut frame, that Benedict would put up for about ?100, is ? i p. tv u:i? cnar<$ea on imuoi <v j->iiviu?uu ? uum at ?4S5 Tho clock has not run but a few hours since it was placed over tho door of tho library of the rotunda, i Another clock of the same kind haugs in the Assembly Chamber. It cost ?475 - worth about $75. There are about twenty small ' rooms in the State House, known as committeo rooms.. These are never i used exept as loafing placcs for negro members, or as convenient retreating 1 which to enjoy a little game of draw ' at odd times while the Legislature rs in session. Into ca b of those little rooms, General Dannis put a handsome carpet, a black walnut table : . covered with green cloth, (very con- 1 jvenient for poker,) and walnut chairs by the dozen, liopurcnaseu lor eacn of these rooms a large German (not ; French) plate mirror, with cheap wal, nut framo. Nicol & Davidson, charge on the bill $355 each for these mirrors. What 'he per.cent, on them is of course, no one can tell, but it is ' that they are uot worth half the 1 i mmey. So certain' is Gov. Scott that there ( is fraud in the purchase of these n irroi'B, that, he will not allow them to he unpacked, and s:i}-s they shall not he ?T _ \ 1 j j placed in tuo rooms, jno uas uruercu I Dennis to scud them back to Hew ' York..' In tho Assscmbly roorii we have a 1 central chandelier, invoiced by !N. & . D. at ?3,000. It is a gilt chandelier, wi.th 100 burners, but exceedingly , plain, $1,000 \umld be a very high , price for it any where in New York. Mr. Speaker Moses sits in front of a i crimson silk curtain, furnished by Stewart Sutphen, of Brooklyn, at Sl,1 365, and under a gilt cornice beuring tho' palmetto tree and coat of arms put up by Nicol & Davidson for 865. Hut the grossest swindle, and one that excites morecommentNaud indig-nation here than any other part of the whole bill, is that of tho "cospadors,M or jar spittoons. They are of French china, handsomely enameled, and marked in gilt, ''House of Rep, resentativee, South Carolina." They were invoiced by Nic-ol & Davidson at S9G a dozen, and there are aboj^t ten dozen of them. # , Gov. Scott says: "They (the cuspadors) are so thick in there (the House) that the negroes that wear No. 14'a can't put their feet on th'o floor withou crushing one or two of 1 atoms" It is so; there, have been I nearly broken already in that way. , Of course, in a Legislature like South Carolina's it is necessary fur the health and convenience of all that a1 lutions should be frequent. Gen. Dennis kindly afforded the necessary facilities in elegant china enameled toilets sets, at $65 each. Each com 1 mitteo (or poker?) room lias one. But I have neither time nor spaec todevote to n more particular enumeration. of the articles in this huge swindle. I have given the prominent ones, and that is enough to judge by I The whole bill amounts to $02,500, and it is Bnfe to bay that fully one-hall I of it is a fiaud. i .... 1 Fisij,?We learn that fine fish are ) now ^eing caught in the Savannah Air. \\. ii. i'eaic, who owns a i plantation on the river, caught last week a fine blue cut weighing about 30 lbs, and it is a very common thing to catch them weighing from 15 to ! 20 lbs. "Sumter Bitters invigorates the Digestive Organs attd puts them to work, the appetite becomes good, food digests, makes good blood, thu i patient gains in health and strength, 1 sleeps well, and blesses that which makes him well again." B?- Mr Commissioner Plesanton ' writes to P. M. Proud, of Maryland, that after tho 30th-of April apothcca| ries will bo subject to the same liability as any other person whatever for the sale of distilled spirits, wines or malt liqnor in any quantities, and . without reference to the purposes for ' or the manner in which they may be sold. j A subscription has boon started, in Union County, to obtain funds for tlife 'purpose of purchasing a homo for jthe widow and child of G. 51. Stovonsji who was murdered on the 31st of lust J J December, THE GKEAT DEMOCRATIC DIFFICULTY. ' "3 1 The great, difficulty Trl'ieh faces the { democracy of the natioti la v.'iat | harmonizing the Northern and HdtUn' orn wings of the party on the foui'- * to.cnth and fifteenth amendments. . Leading Southern democratic journals knep up tho cry that upon these issues their Northern brethren must c face the musi<5. Tho Mobile Register, j ['or example, says that while the thir- , Leenth. amendment (which abolished tind prohibited shivery) is all right, the reconstruction amendments? ? ihe fourteenth, declaring all persons ! Iwtnn r\ r? r?nt i r* tl\A TTnifrt/1 UU1 II v i IIUkUKIIIOVU ill L1IU II I IvU ^ States, citizens thereof, and entitled j to equal civil right?, and repudiating . the rebel war debt, and declaring ^ sacred the Union war debt, and the fifteenth amendment, establishing ne- . gro suffrage-fetand upon another footing. The Southern democracy do j not and will not recognize them; but t what do the Southern democracy de- r niand ? ''Nothing more," says our Mobile Democratic contemporary, ' than the national democracy has already conceded in. the New York Convention of 1S68, when in its plat- e form, it-declared thuso reconstruction c measures 'unoonstitutianal, revolutionary, null and void.'" This is all; but, this they do and wjll demand. ' Ilere, then, is the great democratic * difficulty; and fiom General Grant's / mi nn tlif* I<T 11 If In v nnoetinn it is t evident that he intends to force the tight npon thes'! two amendments, so r obnoxious to the democracy of the ' South and never recognized by the Democracy of the North. A late intervicw says that Mr. Stevens, of Georgia, Vice President of the '"sounlled Confederate States," pronounced the fifteenth amendment* "gross usurpations of power, passed "by force 1 and fraud." but a Northern denio- $ uratic organ, the New York \VorldK proposes a democratic compromise upon this difficulty, viz:?That the | Democrac}* of the nation consent to the recognition of these amendments until vye have a judgment upon them j from the Supreme Court. We can un derslatid how they can be there upset when the opportunity offers by ( the simple process of reconstructing the Court itself. How is this? ' In the Constitution the methods of i adopting amendments thereto are laid j down but the method of tho procla- r rnation of tho ratification is left to Congress. So by the laws of 1818 on. 1 the.-ul'ject tho Secretary of State is 5 empowered to make the proclamation i and under this law tho thirteenth,. | fourteenth and fifteenth amendments | have been declared ratified and "validto all intents any purposes." as parts r?f the constitution. This thing is fixed by'tho Voucher of the Sccreta: ry of State; and to the Supreme Court, as to the rest of us, it is the "supremo law of the land." Liko the recognition of a State, these amendments are beyond the reach of the . sli,i-v,.omo Pftlirt ' If' thft filiestion of J V..." - , the creation of the new Stuto of West Virginia had been within the jurisdiction of the Court it is morally certain thrtthe processes by which that- State- .was created would have teen declared irregular and void ; tut Chief .'Justice Taney had declared in the Rhode island Dorr ca*e the authority of Congress in the matter complete ar.d conclusive. Equally so is the voucher of tho Secretary of J Stale, wkope intelligence and good faith are not questioned touching the ratification of a constitutional amendment. It can, after his proclamation, ho upset only by another amendment, adopted in a regular way. The Supreme Court dodge, then, proposed as a compromise to the Southern democracy, will not do. The Northern democracy must per- j ( suade their Southern brethren to ae- , quicsce in the amendments in question, or go over to them in the repndiation ofsajd amendments, or prepare for a sectional split upon them It is cleui th$t General Grant intends to force the tight upon this subject. Iuis equally clear that if the Southern 1 democracy will only consent to fixed i facts ho may bo flanked in 1872; but will those leading Southern fire-eaters consent? 'i hat is the question, and there is the difficulty.?N". Y. Herald. E B. CLAFLIN. The New York Sun says: "Mr II. t> (U/i l.nn/1 tUn (TWHf. firm D. l/lilLiiu, tuc uvau vi vmv .^i of II. B. Claflin & Co, has just left lhis city on h tour through a portion . of the South. lie will visit Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and Xcw Orleans?will spend a short timo in Florida to seo some relatives on the way. When the re- 1 hellion broke out in 1SG1, Mr. Claflin's house, enjoying a large Southern trado j had a million dollars in debts against ] the Southern merchants. Aftur the < war was over in 1S63. these debtors J came to New York and received a 1 generous welcome from Mr Claflin. < - - - 111. They were informed tbat they couiu i make their own terms respecting the I payment of (ho old debts', and should ' lie kindly dealt with in the future. < This policy proved as wiso as it was genorous. With comparatively few exceptions this- largo amount of old , debts has been extinguished, and the j merchants of the South deal with Mr. Claflin'a house more expensively than ever. The influence which has gone out from that establishment has contributed largely to harmonize sectional feeling, and restore to the wholo , countiy a healthy coudition of affairs. The extended business of Claflin & Co can bo .estimated by the fact tnaii the transactions of this single house! in one year now exceed in 'amount thoc?e of all the dry goods houses of tho city thirty years ago. This is ( tho first visit of Mr. Claflin to the ( South, and we bespeak for him such ?jl cordial reception as is.due uot only tol! tho greatest, but tho most liberal J among our dry goods merchants," 1 * It AH HT lit. Oil' General \vnipper .. plantation, on 1 lattery. Creole known us "Fort Duane price somewhere in the neighborhood of ?10,000, says the * Beaufort paper. 1 i'lie Bowen DbLaeoe case-^-The fr* Ytfrlc Sun Ba^s the content beiv^hh abd & Q; I)fcjutti;ge ween G. O. jdo ... *- '-'joiimv g f South Carolina, for the nono. .. . ?at in the Forty-Second Congress, as been virtually decidcd in favor of ;o former. The Commissioners of lectlOTi rA Beaufort county (in De nrrnitrn^fl and urge a uisinet; ?>'? a . icd last week ifl the V- 5- circuit mrt at Charleston, moti an huiiaC* ient setting forth that Williattifi, angley, and Gleaves, the aforesaid oniujii?s:oherst had, while acting ih lat capacity at the last election, stuff- , 1 the ballot-box, falsified tho election >cord, made false returns of the numir of votes cast, and' committed di 3i-8 other acts in violation oi tno tiitcd States enforcement law The irjr found Ibc prisoner guilty, and' jdge Bond sentenced them each to ,vu years' imprisonment in the penentiary. The Court having thus istained Bowen's charges of fraud i that district, it is more than likely Kit DeLargo will be compelled to jtira and give placo to his coutestHt. Sale Day.?The following proprty was sold by the Sheriff on Mon uy last: Tillage lot of Dr. II T. Lyon, purliased by Mrs. II. B. Lyon, for 95.00? Another lot of same, purchased by ae same, for $160.00. 151 acrcs Est. Phares Martin, by '. C. Perrin, for $735,00. 56 acres Est. Pharos Martin, by 'hos. Thomson, for $25. 207 acrcs Est. Phares Martin, by ohn Harmon, for $1 235. 273 acrcs, estate of B. T. Gray, purhased by J. J. Cunningham, for 1000. 100 acres, estate of B. T. Gray, urchascd by J. J, Cunningham, >r 8500. 5 acres, estato of Elizabeth Logan, nnf.l.AUAi-1 Kir U P fni* S.Q BO. UI WiiUOV/U UJ J. v? AUM1 VtU) *V4 The Late Robbery.?Wo learn hat the tin-box and pocket-book, bejngingto the County Treasurer, which 'ere abstracted together with the loney stolen on the night of the late ubbery, were found by a colored womu in a gullcy in the rear of Magaine Hill on Wednesday last. As a latter of course they contained no loney. As f;ir as we learn, there ave been no further developments. few York Pictorials, AT N. Y. PEICES.PARKER & LEE. May 5, 1371, 2?tf Photographic Albums, Drawing Paper, Fabev's Drawing Requisite, (iillott's Barrel Pens, Chessmen and Boards, Backgammon Boards, Nolo Paper from 10 to 25 cts. qr. Legal Cap, 14 and 16 lbs. to team. . Hymn and Prayer Books. Pocket Bibles, Family Bibles, HaaI/CI fo ^ XJ laua L/VUU.Jj ^1* lUtlvy y A.LSO, OUR STOCK OF SCHOOL BOOKS, Ib now pretty xull. PARSER & LEE. May 5, 1871. 2-tf ill - MOSS FARM, Spear'u Fruit Preserving Sol. Lemon Sugar, Cobalt and Fly Faper, Spaldings Glue, Maccabo}' Snuff. PAKKEK & LEE. May 5, 1871, 2-tf 'o tie Farmers ail Pianters o Abbeville County. rllS subscriber having mado ar. rangcmcnts with tho Albany agricultural Manufacturing Comanj' to furnish Planters with Cotton fin.*, Thru.-illera Wheat Fans, Horse 'ower.s of any description, those rishing any of these articles would o well to examine specimens of these lachines, which the subscriber will uko pleasure in showing to any L'- - ' "?>" in liim fit, Abbeville 1JU lUitJ vtj M J. II. JOHN ENIUGHT. May 5, 1871/ 2?2ru. ntheTircoit court for Marion County, Florida, * 'homos C. Griffin and Wife, vs. J. W. jr. Marshall, Exccutor et al? Creditor's Bill. ? 1 BY order of the Court in Florida tho creditors of J. F. Marshall, < cecascd, who will pny their share of the ysts of the proceeding, arc notified to rove their demands against the saidcfendant before mo at Abbeville ourt House South Carolina on or eforc the first day of June lS71,or i default they will be excluded from I tic oenouL 01 mo m ^uv Love suit. W. H. PARKER, Special Referee, in South Carolina. Lbuviile n. II. ) May b. IS71, J t Mr WITH N M.M.M.M.MLM} KS lIJIA AtM-M, . ? Offer to the 1 & SPT.mmTTl JCJL MA JLMJLAJL* MJJLJLJ mc in si! Call and see for yourselves and be desirable and CHEAP. White, Smitl April 14, 1871, 51-tf . TO THE I WHITE, SMITH m *5\ bATTT n voarvj^ffnllv />q!1 fVl WV U JlJI-/ x UJj./UVlAUU T VMA* . VM of Abbeville to their ver Dress Goods, Ribbons, Trimmi They only solicit a calj, feeling please. ' ^WE^HAfin LAEGE ADDIT: CUB STOCK OF ] CONSISTING SPRING GOODS, TT /Sl n S????? And everything generally ne I LABfil STOCK Wbieh wo can sell lower t ? * Wo are prepared lo CLOTHE THiS hajusjj, FEED THE HtTN LEWD TO TH AND 611 in the way of gelling them Gnods for th< motto is, "SMALL SALES and L VANCE, M0SE1 Hodges', S. C, April 28 1-tf mays, mm Would call the attention of their friends ) iff II COXSISTINC 33^=2.3T CM Clothing', Hats SCOVIL AND BR AXES AND SffSAB, COFFEE i rmnsr TtArrvwr / UVXiXl) A/AAUV'A'X *< "Which having been bought for CASH To the .pockets of' our people and Abbeville, April 14, 1871, 5i?tf US i Have Receivc vrw qpptXt, l^tju v* ui mil WHICH THEY ARE S11AT 11 OUR Friends and the Public gcr and examine our STOCK and prices QUARLES, PEE Aqril 7, 1S71, 50?tf j waif, Public STOCK# v , :c ' : - * SHMGOBE -rr f convinced that GOODSr. are i& White. j ,,,-r.a.rx?rr-i r~m -ADIESH ?m? [ & WHITE e attention of the Ladies it' larere assortment of . 1, Hiite Goods, ngs, &c., &e. ; confident of being able to (Apr 14, 1871. 51-tf. RECEIVED [ONS TO 1' * " . G- OF CLOTHING, p.js, ' .... f. .. . eded. We also have VJL viiwv ?,v. lun anybody else. 555'; . . GEY, E POOR, 7E TO THE NEEDY, ? Money. Tome and see Us.' Grip &.RGE PROFITS." ley & ed. . ELL & 60., and tbe public generally, to their SIS 11, J OF 30DS, and Shoes, AlDE'S hoes, . NAILS, 1KB MOLASSES, LND FLOUR, , will be sold at priccs adapted the dullness of the times iRIff % CI) IIUXI W VUIJ d Their G STOCK, : SELLING AT terally are requested to call ibin & co. 9 I