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Friday, May 5, 1871.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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'*
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. <
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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.
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