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/ WOTM I I !! PI* DUWfUP?Ml ! Tic Press and Banner. Abbeville, S. C; y \ ' W. A. LEE, Editor. j Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1871. u : r-r ? ?: : ; Tkums.?Three dollars a year, in ad-1 fanee.1* ' I * No subscriptions taken for a shorter time }han six months. ' Tntrisjent advertisements are charged for at the rate or One Dollaic per inch space for the first insertion, and Kjkxv Cfi^rs for each subsequent insertion. ' a liberal deduction from' the above rates is made to persons advertising by ihe'quarter or by the year. gfsJ" All obituary notices and tributes of respect are charged for at the usual pite3 of advertising. .1 ii i i . ' _ SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT. > The crying need of the South at this t)me is labor?labor for the field, and lujjor for the workshop?labor to make our i waste hills teem with luxurious harvests, ' and our silent vaiieys resounu vim mv. hum cf busy industry?labor to fell our forests, tobuiFd our railroads, to construct our factories, todigourminess?in short to make available the thousand and one natural advantages which make up the unproductive capital of the South. XVith unequaled climate and ?ojl and every material respurco to build up a wealthy aud prosperous independence, we'fiave beenw contributing to enricli othpr sections at the same time Unit we have impoverished ourselves. AVe have given our wealth to the shippers of New York, and to the manufacturers of New Etiglaud, whilst our own fields have been growing from day to day poorer and poorer, from the lack of a diversified industry, and the stimulus ?f an active competition. In many respects the wealthiest and most productive countly, the South is at the same time ihe most dependent upon others?the most indifferent to i?.s natural advan tages, ana most carejess m uiiiumg iuuuavailable. The cure for all this is the Introduction of labor from abroad. It \yijl stimulate our native energies, and tiring in the piuscle, the intelligence, the thrift, the energy, and the experience of other sections,?as well labor as labor-saving machinery. But how is this to be done? Cam. Matthew F. Maury, the distinguished Virginian, who has done so much for the cause of science, and maritiitao enterprise, and whose Jong experience, and thoughtful observation, give Ivoiglit to all of his suggestions, has written a valuable and suggestive letter to the New York South, in which he adVerts to the difficulties in the way of. bringing emigration to the South, and suggests the only mode, of overcoming these obstacles. The obstacles to emigration here, arise pom the persir- tcnt misrepresentation to which we have been subjected at the South, and which are being made by interested parties, who seek to turn away the influx of the foreign tide to other T?r -jf gedtiojlS. t?For years they have boon taught to oonsider our Southern climate, as deadly to the out door white laborer; and I have heard it asserted there by intellif;ent and travelled gentlemen, that the ine of 3G?30, was drawn between the nections here because, south of that parallel, out-door labor was death to the white man ; that "south of that parallel the Negr^ ^lone could stand the rays of the sun irKthe open field; and that it was for this reaspn the line of 3'J?oU was drawn. V They have moreover been taught to look upon the Southern people as a lawless ?et, wlio delight in blood, itturder and rapine; where the women tverc without Virtue and the men without honesty, and where labw was degrading." To clear away these obstacles requires united effort at the South. Says Commodore Maury: "In order to establish prosperity apiong her people, there arc two or three great works which the South has to do. These works are too great for individuals or companies to perform. They require concert of action, a little pulling together, and make it necessary for the States themselves to render assistance. One of these works is an elaborate treatise on . the physical geography?not ot one State by itself, but of the South?ulteivil m a manner and by an authority that will entitle its aUitements to credit, vjwrever It goes. It should he accompanied by maps showing the works ot internal improvement, the railways and canals, the coast line, its harbors, and Hie extremity of inland navigation of all the Southern States.. It should also treat of their climates, and productions; their social condition and religious privileges; in short, this work should embody exactly that sort of information, fibout every part of the country, which an Intelligent foreigner desiring to settle among us would like to have, it should then be published in the languages ol fhe various countries of Europe, from which wo desire emigrants, and circulated widely among them. When that is ftone; then let the agents from each fctote and Society, with so much of k in their hand as related to their State or division, follow it up ; showing the peculiar facilities, advantages and inducements which their own State mav hold out As it now is. nil of these agents iiave to do, to a certain extent, the same work over, as they will tell you. For pXUllllJlv *TIU i?,i CTCAWIJ U^CUK fjl/co from Virginia to Europe, to enlist emigjafits. -Thq first thing he has to do, in to uisabuse the minds of the emigrating classes with regard to his State; he can operate upon but a few at best; tonne of these few he may perhaps set right about his own State, but he has removed none of these prejudices v, ith regard. the other States,-and which in the mincn pf his hearers, are common to the whole South. '' . ' : "After him comes, we will suppose, the agent*of another State; as Mississippi, Alabama, &c., and they have to go pver the name grounds in enlightening ignorance and removing prejudices with regard, not to our section, but to their {State; and so of every one; when with a joint effort, properly directed, it might have been done once for all so the way -would be clear for every State. For my own part, I have peyer been able tQ discover any way of getting, (within any reasonable time,) tho tide of European ? emigration to come into the South in nnv Considerable force; unless ' tho states themselves will firetcombine to enlighten, in the mauner suggested, the ignor* pnee, and remove the prejudices which exist In the minds of the emigrating classes of Europe, with regard to our section, Its climates, its industries, its people, witli their manners and customs*" ' Religious, -^ev. II. M. Mood, Trcsiding Elder of Cokesbury District, S. C. ponferenco \yill preach next Saturday and Sunday ju ttje Methodist Church ?in this place. Services on Sabbath, iu the inorning, at. 3 in tUq afterijoon, and at iiight. . . Coruectiox.?In the advertisement of the estate sale of James Dow tin, dec'J. instead of Monday the 13th of December, as published in our last, read MWednesday the 13th" of Dcucuibcr. ' Ml ? M umm I, I m ?? ma m maemtmmmwemmmmmmn* _ The Next Presidency. There is at present much interchange of i opinion among leading politicians, bo'h jDcmocratic ami Republican, looking fo <1 r-omhinhtion of liberal men of all [parties, iii :v united opposition to Grant, j Sonic time* ago the Missouri /.Vpublican, (ho organ of tho Missouri Democrats, recommended a passive policy?of holding no national convention and making 1110 nomination.' U'ut the drift of opinI ion now seems to he in favor of amiddh; I course?to hold the convention, but to accept the nomination of the liberal liepublicans. This is 1110 view suggested by the New York 1 Vurhl in a late article, and it is supposed to echo the sentiments of leading Democrats. Tho (Jermans hold the balance of political power, audit is proposed to unite these in a combined opposition io (.{rant upon the platibnn of revenue reform, civil service reform, general amnesty to the South, and a restoration of the rights of the i States?ignoring all dead issues. .Sena'tor Schurz of Missouri has of late bet 11 ! very active in the matter, and has bcei: ! coufering with leading statesmen of botli 1 oarties. lie is said to be the Warwick jofII;c crisis?thePresident-maker. "The I difficulty is in cileoting the combinatiot ?if overcome, success is as certain nexi year, as it was last year In Missouri. The Greenwood and Augusta Railroad "Wo liavo been requested to state tliat r , meeting of the friends of the proposes ! Greenwood and Augusta Railroad, \\*il take place at Chi'?*' Cross Road on ne.\l Friday the 1st of December. All interested in this enterprise which promises so much for the material developmenl of the lower section of our district, art requested to attend, and assist in its inauguration a!?d successful prosecution. In another column we publish a well considered article from the Augusta Constitufioncdi't with reference to the rival projects which appeal to the aid of thai city, For the Greenwood and August? Roil road many strong claims are urged ?that it will pass through a country, s< well adapted to railroads as to necessitate but a small cost comparatively, in the way of coustructiou?through a fertile belt unequaled in richness by any ii: Wfnfft?ncriiin flint. t.Iio route steer. cIearofcompetilion,andl)esidesembraec\< a scope of country, from thirty to fiftj miles on each side, that is without rail road .facilities. The extension of tin Head'to Laurens and Spartanburg be> sides would open up to Augusta, tIk producc of the upper markets and plact her in connection with the Air Lim Iloud. The advantages of this routi are well stated in the paper referred to, and an early meeting in August* recommended to consider the claim? of rival routes. In the meantime we advise our friemb to attend the proposed meeting on Fri day and second the efl'ortsof the earnest practical men who liave the matter ii charge. * TIio Abbeville Medium. We have received the first nnmbcr o our new neighbor and contemporary and extend to htm our congratulation! j upon his neat typographical cxterioi ! atulwell-filled columns. The editoria I j department is under the control o Messrs. Hob't 11. & J. Calvin Hemphill ! gentlemen of talent and education?am! j the names of Messrs. James A. Wrighl and Thomas A. Haydon in the publishing department are ft guarantee of typographical taste and skill. The spirit and character of the paper are thus announced: . "It'willbe an Independent journal, devoted especially to the circulation of all reliable news that may be of any profit to the people. In lieli^ion, in Morals, in Poll tics, in all great questions thai may agitate the public mind, and in all things whatsoever, it shall be the fear! ie^s advocate of all measures that ma) I really tend to build up and strengthen I our own county and ?tate. It will hi i the uncompromising foe to any anil ; every scheme which will retard or him j der us from speedily arriving at the trui ; measure of our greatness. It will adopt ! a high moral standard, and nothing prurient or unchaste shall find a place ii Jits colums. it will be the friend o: I progress and of honest industry, it wil ! be the supporter of honesty, temperance | and all Virtue. In fine, it well be a welI f/\ lw>iK7.1wJ,! U'lmi'/ I UWiilv \ i^UVU iVf vtvij it may be known.'" TIio Presidency of the Blue Ridg< Railroad. "Wetore gratified to announce that ou esteemed lellow-citi/en, Col. J. S. Colli ! inn, waft on Saturday last, elected by tlx j Hoard of Directors to the Presidency o the Blue Ridge Railroad. Col. Cotli rail's friends, who know and appreciat* him at home, will not be surprised a this mark of recognition and apprecia tion abroad. To high integrity aiu ability, and clear, practical 'judgment : he adds the progressive spirit and active energy of youth, and maybe presume* , to enlist on behalf of this great, enter ! prise as much sympathy as any sclectioi ! that could be made. lie is supported bj jail able Board of Directors, command j ing the best talent and highest charac j ter in the State, and we trust that it wil now achieve the success with Which ar' connected the best interests of the State . Home Again.?Our esteemed towns man, Dr. J. W. \V. Marshall, lias jusi returned from an extended tour in Un Great North West, with a store of varied experiences and a fund of>>robjls health, for which we envy him. Thai j far "West in all its sober realities, ami giant capabilities surpasses all the E 'Dorados of romance. John Kuskin may sigh for the "ivy mantled towers' j of the old world, but give us the new ; with all its slumbering powers just i awaking to a carcpr of indefinite expanision and development. The Doctoj ! has beey among the politicians of Missouri, and speaks hopefully of the earnest efforts which are being made by ! Senator Sehruz and Governor Urown tci arouse a combined opposition to Grant. He has hoard George Francis Train lecturc, and promises us the treat of having him to lecture in Abbeville on republican abuses. "With much of misrepresentation, and abuse and ill-feeling flfrnillfit: fhfi SnuMl ill manv rinnpfiini In* found also much sympathy, and nowhere more fulty exhibited than among the Democrats of Missouri. ? ? Major John Alexander of Iho C'ongaree Iron Works will please accept our thanks for late li!c.-..of foreign papers. - Hktukxed.?Wo know that our cili-, J zens will be pleased to welcome back our honored fellow-citizen Judgo Wardj law, who lias just returned from a business trip to tho West, in vigorous and i improved health. The Judge is one of the institutions, of our District?one J I whom we all delight to honor, and ' I who holds the chief [dace in the atl'ec- : ! tions of our people. Upon such a man ollicc can confer no dignity, and who,, i fittcil to grace any ]iosilioii oi puouc ' trust, Is content to dignify and ennoble >, a privata station. May his future bo as serene as bis past lias been prosperous and distinguished. Tiir Pew/re Debt.?"We publish elsewhere various statements in regard to the public Debt, and among others a ,[Synopsis of Treasurer barker's .Report. ,j This statement may or not be correct, but admitting its correctness, it shows [; of Debt of near sixteen millions against J the State, when we have been told again i and again by the highest authority that the Debt did not exceed $9,000,000. What I ' J reliance can we place upon ofllcial state. 'mentis? ' Tun bai'tist Convention met in L' Camden on the 23d inst. The opening sermon was preached by the Itev. J. L. Reynolds, D.D., and the following olTlcers were elected for 0110 year: Rev. James P. lioyce, D.D., President; Rev. I J. O. 15. Dargan, D.D., vice-president; ljRcv. 0.1<\ Gregory, Secretary; C. H. ' Judson, Treasurer. 1| _ ? ? ?t> ? I Tirn South Carolina Synod, met i in Sumter on the 15th inst. Tlio Rev. > , i Dr. Plumer delivered the opening ser[ mon,and the Rev. IT. R. Dickson, of Yorkville, elected Moderator. Interesting discourses were delivered by Drs. . Girardeau and Wilson, and Rev. FrierI ' son, Lindsay, Bracket and DuBose. E 5\t. The Grand Duke Alexis, lias I ' been J'ctcd and flattered with all that in-j I cense of adulation which, in spite of ) i all our Republican prepossessions, and I Democratic training, we are more prone ( to than any people under the sun. i The LaurcmviUe Herald, one of j of our most interesting and valuable i j country exchanges has entered upon its - twenty-sixth volume. 5 The Legislature of Georgia has passed the bill ordering an election for ; Governor, over the veto. In the Senate > by a vote of 20 to 13, and in tho House ; of 110 to 3(5. ? 4?>? 1 tSi- Our Charleston exchanges ani nounee the death of Mr. John Russell, j ' the eminent bookseller of that city. . ^ ? ' A Railroad to Spartanburg South' Carolina. 1 The people" of Edgefield, Abbeville, Laurens, and other oouutics mi South Carolina, are very earnest in their desire for railroad communication with Augusta. In years past Augusta was their market where they sold their produce | n and purchased their family and planta-j tion supplies. They fully appreciate the j i fair ami honorable dealings of our iner-j > ahauts, ami would gladly avail themr selves again of the advantages of the , Augusta market if they could, dp so by j rniI. Self-interost prompts them to the' f ell'ort to secure the building of a railroad , , | to connect their section with Augusta, | I and self-interest should move ourciti-j . zens to meet that ell'ort in a generous " manner. A railroad to Spartanburg, i South Carolina, would restore to our city a very heavy business that was .diverted i fo Columbia by the Columbia and Green-j ville Kail road. The amount of cotton it would bring to our market annually, is outim-iifwl Iiv <>nnl fjilmilators. as hi?rh asi forty thousand bales. This, at sixty dol-' i lars per bale, would amount to two mil-j j 1 ion two hundred and forty thousand j j dollars, a large portion of which would ! ; he paid out for merchandise. To secure: I this trade is certainly worthy of our best j effort. The distance from Augusta to Spartan* I II burg is about, one hundred and ten miles, j j There are two routes proposed for a road ; 11 between the two points. One from PineJ I House J)epot, on the Charlotte, Columbia j j and Augusta Road, twenty-six miles from : L j this city,, thence via the village of Edge-i j Hold, Ninety-six Depot, on the Colum-i 11 bia and (Jreenvillo itaad, Laurens Court j t'i House, to Spartanburg. Jiy this route j I! there would be a loss of nine miles in dis-! ; tanee between Augusta and the village - of Edgefield, but it would have the ail-j > vantage of the line already built to Pine House, and from Edgefield would be al-1 most an air line over a favorable loea-< i tiou. It is urged, however, that this route is through* a section having railroad connection with us for a considerable distance, and we, therefore, could r not expect it to bring us additional trade j until it jHissed Ninety-six; and also, that |a rival interest might secure control of ? the line, and divert trade to AiUcn and f! Charleston, by building a short line from _! Pine House to Aiken. This latter point ",is worthy of consideration. We think - j there is ground to fear Such a move, unt! less the road from Pine House to Spar-! .I tauburg Should become a branch of the j j Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta itoud.; IA convention of those favorable to this! > j route was held in Columbia on the 10th, 3 and appointed a committee of ten to ob- j 1! tain a charter for the road from the Loir-! _i islaturc of South Carolina. Should the! "1 chas ter be granted, and we believe it will i I j be, Augusta will be called on to aid the 'enterprise. . I The second route proposed is up the [Georgia side of the Savannah river to Fury's Ferry, a distance of about thir-l II teen miles; then crossing the river,I ;! would be located on the ridge between! I Stevens' creek and the river, to the head I I waters of that crock, where it would' | trend to the right and cross the Colum- j' , I bia and Greenville Koad at Grueuwood, j "jastation eight miles above Ninety-six, ^tlie point of crossing proposed for the' j; first named route, thence to Laurens j . j Court House anil Spartanburg. j , I The advocates of this route claim {bat: j while it would require more miles of, j road to he constructed, it would pass j I; through a country very favorable for a, [.] railroad, and run through.a section that: i is now onlirely without railroad facili-11 ties, and hence bring to Augusta a lar-i jger amount of trade. The road on the'i (Jeorgia side could be constructed at a'i ! light cost on tlie bank of theennal. The j i bridge over the Savannah would be , 'partly built of rock that could be.had on ; I he spot, and hardly any expense would j I be incurred in securing a foundation for < the piers, as the bed of the river is solid 1 I rock. This route would be located near' , Horn's mine, where there is an unlimi-i j ted (juanity of inagancse, that would f 'then l)e made available to commerce.!' ,|Tn addition, it is contended that this, i l route would forever be secure againsti. j rival interests to our city. | Augusta will not cavil about the route, ' but as the people living along both the | ! nronosed routes are our friends wishing i j i'or a closer business and social con nee-1 ition with us, all earnest in their views,: < | we suggest that a meeting be held in * ! thin city nt an early day, of all tiie ad-j , vocates of a road from Augusta to Spar- 1 j tun burg, and that delegates come pre- < [pared with statistics of distance, ad van- I Jtages of routes, and the j)robable amount j ] of stock that would be subscribed. Such ; <. !a meeting would make public much|' i valuable Information, and benefit all j parI ie.s. ?A vgnda Co/ii,iUuiiGnulit5(. ? r rrcasarer Parker Makes a New Exhibit of the. Stato Debt, [Special Telegram to .the News.] Columbia, November 23. Treasurer Parker has completed a * ; a. ?p n. . i f .11. _J i 'lUlXlUUIIL OL tlltJ UllllIU UUUb OI ii1c State, which ho reports as being ?12,013,908 9S. All the items in the account uro given, together with a long explanatory statement. The Slate authorities now hope to bo able to retire the loans in New York, and Nto save the bonds now under hypothecation from berng sold b}' the holders. It .is intended to discontinue the financial agency at New York, but some responsible banking institution will be designated*as the place where the payment of the interest ou the public debt will uo made. Later.?Tho principal poi;>ts of Parker's statement arc as follows: I>onds printed for tho redemption to bills receivable, $500,000; for infercst, $2,000,000 ; for tho relief oi the treasury, Si,000 000; for commis sions, p<uu,uui/; jor me reuempuon oi the bills of the Bank of the State, SI,590,000 : for the conversion of tlu State securities, 8S,200,000; for the sterling loan, $6.000,000; certificates' of conversion- of slock, $2,550,000. Total- $22,510,000. Bonds on hand in the Slato Treasury not signed : Conversion bonds $5,515,000; relief of the treasury 8101,000; interest, 650,000; redemp tion of the bills cf the Bank of the State, $331,000; stock certificates $2,117,300. Total S3.053 800. On deposit with tho Amcricai Bank-Note Company, sterling loai bonds, $6,000,000. BuriTeet in the Statehousc, interest bonds, $500,000. Destroyed in New York, conversion bonds. $500,000. Total on hand, on deposit and de stroyed $10,043 S00. Used in oidinary transactions al the treasury, not affecting tho debt $2,653,000. Total to bo dednctcd from tlu amount of bonds printed 813,007,000 leaving $0.5133,000 in ' bonds actuall) issued and in circulation. The debt statement is as follows Old debt $0,(105,908.98, less 8212.000 paid Inst July, leaving $8 453.008 08 New bonds, as above, $9 533,000, les; 8200.000 in the hands of Kimpton t( the credit of the sinking fund, and S3, 773,000 in use as collateral. Thi; leaves $5,5G0,000, which being addct to the old debt, makes the total pres ent debt $12 Q13,908.9S. The explanation accompanying tin statement savs that the facts and dats are open to tho inspection of the pub lie. The bonds issued and used wen under the act for tho redemption o the bills receivable, tho act lo raisi interest, the'aet for the relief of tin treasury, the act for the appointmcn of a land commissioner, tho act fo: the appoint of a land commissioner the acl to amend an act to appoint < land commissioner, the act for the con version of State securities, and tin act to authorizo the financiaj agent t< pledge the bonds as collateral. Tin three first named acts authorized tin borrowing of $2,500,000. Owing t< the great depreciation of tho bonds i was found necessary to issue a inuel larger number of bonds. The act foi the conversion of Slate securities giv ing authority for a more available am uniform class of bonds than thosi which had1 in the first instance beer issued under the several other acts re forred to, the remainder of tlie bond: required to raise the amounts author ized by the several acts were prcpar ed in accordance with the act for tin conversion of State securities, to tin amount above named. A self-appointed citizens' committee consisting of .Messrs. Orr, Uaxter llrennizer and Popo are now investi gating the facts, and will conclude am report to-morrow. It is considered tho height of irn pudencc to deduct the hypothecated bonds, which arc not likely ever to In redeemc 1, from the statement of the present debt. The war within tin ring is becoming Horce. A bill will he introduced early in the session, whicl will place the incoming funds of th< Stale entirely out of the control o I ' >i'L*"i" !iml r!i!in?ro the rdaoe of de ' ----- - r>- i posit. It is reported tluit Kin.plot will endeavor to get an indemnity aci passed to pay his lees and disburse menu. Picket. Governor Scott Charges the Treasure] with a Fraudulent Issue of Bonds. Telegram to the New York Tribune. Columbia, November 20. In an interview with the Tribune correspondent yesterday, ("Juvernoi Scott stated that bo had reason tc fear that there has been a fraudulent issue of. a considerable amount oi South Carolina bonds made by the State treasurer, through the financia agent in New York, This, i.c said may have been dono by reselling bonds that have been converted into new conversion bonds, instead of can celling them. If any of the, seven percent, bonds issued in 4SG0 for the relief of the treasury are still in the market, he believes they are fraudulent, as he has signed now bonds foi f licit* r>rm vprviifin Tim tn irm in he said, of ?700,000 of land commission bonds, and of $500,000 of bonds issued in October, 18GS, to pay. interest on the public debt, which were not properly printed, and should have been replaced with now bonis signed by him for the purpose. The State treasurer and the financial agent, !Mr. Kimpton, who arc now here, say that the Governor is misinformed, and that they aro able to prove that thercS has been no such fraudulent reissue as ho asserts, rho trea.surei;to day made a statement of tho wholo amount of the Jubt of the Slate, which he offers to trerify by submitting his books to the jxamjnatron of any responsible persons. This exposition shows that all jflicial statements heretofore -made tiavo been intentionally erroneous, md made with a view to deceive the public. Tiie entire debt of tho Stato, lot including liabilities on account of ndorsGinnnts of railroad rbonds. is ? 15*805,908 98, of which SG.-tr^OOS.)S is old debt, and $9,353,000 new lobt. Of this sum ?3,072,000 are tew bonds, which havo been hypoth;catcd by .Mr. Kimpton to obtain a oinporary Joan of about $910,000. >ut, as there is no prospect that the State will be able to redeem them, hey aro properly included in the jross amount of tho debt. Tiie A mmmmmmummmmmammmmmmmmmammmmmanmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmma wbolo amount of. Uw i)ow bonds nnd stock printed bj-tlio Bank JSTotc Company id 823,040,000, of ivlii<4? $2,530,OOO is -Statu registered stock.--The financial conditiJh of the Stato is confessedly bad. The treasury is empty, and it is doubtful if funds can j -l.i 4 r\ t-\t% tr 1 Itn- fnnjinrv in. I UC UUlillUUU LI/ i'UJ OHU IIUUUKIJ ItcrcsLon the Statu debt. A full .statement of the character of the debt, and the use that has been mado of tt the bonds printed, has been prepared, and will appear in a few (fays. It J'-d will show that the management of ^ South Carolina finances has been jlo, very bad. and that the money raised me in New York 1ms been chiefly on Ar short loans, at ruinous rates of interest and high commission, for the pay- ^ mcnt of which bonds havo been j,?ft pledged as collaterals. sli< ' Mi re\ The Legislature met 011 Tuesday of the 28th. A correspondent writes that tin tho Governor's message is a document of some forty or fifty pages, and that it urges financial retrenchment in every ] department, from the Governor down. ? <*> The Citizens' Committecof which Judge Orr was Chairman, after exami| ning Treasurer Parker's accounts, ex- j cept in a small particular of $397.20 sus- A1 tain his report, and estimate the debt exclusive of the bonds in the hands of j F0 the iinancial agent at ?11,995,300.27. ) _ ^ t ^ ' IB- The present is a bu?y week in ^ , Columbia?to which the. moetiiiy of the Legislature, the Ku Klux trials anil 71 ' the Sessions of the Supreme Court give J i interest. The election of Circuit Judges , will come before the present Session of the Legislature. t\v fp< O- - lf' til New Advertisements. wi i fu We direct attention to thefollowing now advertisements: th , Stolen?J W W Marshall, Depjt ni ; Agent. jlj Fresh arrivals at the Emporium of co ? Fashion. l'acifice Guano?J -N Robson, Agent, * Charleston, S. S. Improved Tresases?Lee & Parker. : Solubie Pacific .Guano?J W Robson, ' . Agent, Charleston, S. C. i EST* We are indebted to Messrs. Tlios. ) Riley and Bush Riley for favors. The}' _ ...:n t Il.nnl-a " U III [iituaf v/ui ixuuino* 1 The steamboat owners of Now p - York have formed a permanent or- * giiiiizalion and adopted a petition to p} Congress to amend the steamboat i laws. .-J The Anderson InleWge?cer is urging J j. vigorously tho establishment of the Peoples' Manufacturing Comj)any at ! that placo. i*y t Tho taxable property of Anderson i* county is given bjT Mr. Thomaa J. Webb, tho County Auditor, to tho In- es i Lelligcnccr at ?3,-102,958. in rc The Jews of Chicago have given ei * tlic uso of one of their synagogues to ci ' the Sunday School of St. Paul's h s Church until its vestrv is rebuilt. 3 80 Country merchants in Alabama arc tli t beginni'ng to adopt the rule of buying , no cotton in less quantities than a bah' {J* ,. ?the object being to break rp petty ( < thefts of the staple, as ' Th'c Messenger Franco-American, of ti'i - Saturday publishes numerous signa- at ' Lures to a petition, which went by the (>f * steamer Washington, asking pardon J1/ * for the Communist General liossel. j'* Tho cultivation is speaking in North tv , Carolina, especially west of tl^o Blue * Ridge, which region is furmfl to be r0 highly adapted to tho production of the finer qualities that bring the highest prices. - N -I A J)own-TCast paper alluded to an j] 1! eminent citizen as Va noble old burtgher, proudly loving his native Statej" ~~ which neat little compliment camel I iroin the compsitor's hand reading,."a i nobb)7 old burglar prowling around in : if ; a naked state." A Prussian engineer has, it is said, invented a machine which will manual faeture ice without chemicals, merely j. by compression and expulsion of air. A machine makes two tons of ice per "day, and (ho capacity can bo increased ' to twenty tons. Governor Bullock, defending himself from the outcry against him, do- _ nies that he has profited to any material extent by the peculations in If ' which he took a hand, ' J had to wink I at the stealing around me," ho says,! t "anil pretend to take my share. If 1 J. hadn't done so, the knavish carpetlimrrcrims ;lih1 scalawags with whom I | was lbrccd to associate would havo 'jstolen mo bodily!" \ ,| Only a few days beforo tlio great j) ! five, tbo president of one of the larplgefct of the English insurance com-' , j panics (the Imperial, of Loudon,) was I iin Chicago, with a view of establish- a|] j ing an agency the; c, but ho was so j < ' impressed with the prcearioHsnoss of jn' ' the situation that ho declined to yield) 1 to tin1, temptation. "I cannot do it," J1 , said lie; "you havo some fino build> '"ngs, but }"ou have them surrounded , by very bad ones. Tiic first time circumstances com bine against you, your . whole city wili burn up." This experienced underwriter had hardly time ^ | to get out of the country before Lis U , prediction was terribly verified. maxufactukino enterprise in 'Charleston'.?Charleston is fast bccom- H( ng a manufacturing as well as a commercial city. The largest mamifaetory 1 ~ - .... n _ l? 4|,? lot" doors, snsties, uniuis, <xc., m m? Southern States is that of Mr. P. P. Toale, on Horlbeck's Wharf in that city, sales rooms at No. liO Hayne street. .Mr. Toaijs's advertisement appears, in anothor column. tf _ ladies' Goods. jj'ST arrived, Maltese, r> DUTCHESS ami LACK COLLARS,! K UNION COLLARS ANI) CUFFS, WHITE SWISS AND TARLATON "''J MUSLINS, &o., at the EMPORIUM OF SA FASHION. [Nov. 2!\ 1871. the T1 BLACK ALPACAS. SU i fTU.ST received, i!7tli November, an- to 99 other lot.of those beautiful "Otter" d?( I Alpacas at 05, 7">, ami 00 cents, at tlio ' Eill'OillUM OF FASHION. [Nov. 31. Improved Trusses, &c. We have received a very superior lot i of Trussed-and Abdominal Supporters. Nov. LU.lSTl. LEE & rAliKilll. J */' t. ^reajuusv juumo,, 1 Breakfast Cocoa, * " | Co?cos' Gelatine, ? ? flea-Moss Farine, " *? Garden Sage prolo, LEE & PARKER. *ov. 20,1871, 32?tf Stolen, a NROM the Depot at Abbeville C. H., ^ 1 oh" the 2(Jth inst., A GREEN .PER BOX, containing a CHILD'S th 'IT of BIJKF MERINO, (Sack and es.s), embroidered with white linen . 33. An INFANTS CLOAK of white "e >rino, embroidered with white silk. i INFANT'S CARRIAGE; BLAN- be 3T (Afgan) Crimson and white, em- , mlered with woolen. Also th? PRE[UMS of SILVER taken at the State ii 'n Columbia by the above articles, >wn by Miss Anna Calhmin and Miss nnie Lomax, of Abbeville. A liberal , vnrd will be paid for the recovery of the.se articles, and proof to convjct f j imer. t< J, W. W. MARSHALL, \ Agent. STov. 29,1S71, 32?tf Pacific Guano Company's COMPOUND cid Phosphate of - Lime, *3 II COaiPOSTINa WITH COTTON SEEI). at Price $25 Cash, ith Usual Advance for Time. rHIS article is prepared under the superintendence of I)r. ST. JU- 42 LBN RAVEN EL, expressly for comsting with Cotton seed. m It was introduced by this Company 1 o.years ago, and its use has freely at- <-'C <tcd its value. 200 to 250 pounds of bi id article per acre, properly composted ith the same weignt of cotton seed, rnishes the planter with a FERTI- aj IZER of the highest excellence at the i\ lallestcoat. A compost prepared with is article, as by printed directions furshed, contains all the elements of ferity that can enter into a first-class * IjIZJUK, Willie ICS economy iijubi mmcud its liberal use to planters. ai For supplies and printed directions . r composting apply to 11 J. ]V. ROBSON, tl fVOENT PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY, P o. 68 East Bay and Noa. 1 and 2 Atlantic "VVhnjf, Charleston, 8. C. 1 *0. 8. REESE <fc CO.rGen. Agents; 1 Kov. 29, 1?71, 32?Sin I SOLUBLE ACIFIC GUANO., RICE $4o DOLLARS CASH, WITH USUAL ADVANCE FOR TIME. EXPERIENCE in the uso of this _J Guano for the past six years in lis State, for Cotton and Corn, has so r established its character for excelnce as to render comment unnecessa- 1 In accordance with the established >licy of the Company to furnish the sst Concentrated Fertilizer at the lowt cost to consumers, this Guano is put to market this season at the above C duced price, which the Company is i tabled to do by reason of its large falilies and the reduced cost of nianucture. T rni??* nimnli/u i-inf Jnfn mnrlrof this .spa 1 1IU .^Ll JJ^HUO I/111/ itlW * ? ...? n are. as heretofore, prepared under 11 e personal superintendence of Dr. St. ilian Bavcnel, Chemist of the C'ompa/, at Charleston, ?S. C., hence, planters ay rest assured that its QUALITY and DEPOSITION is precisely the same that heretofore sola. At the present w price every acre planted can he fer- J lized with two hundred pound Guano a cost not exceeding the present value .*50 pounds of cotton, while experience is shown that under favorable condi->ns Of season and cultivation the crop j increased by the application from j ro to threefold the natural capacity of J ie soil.. Hence, under no conditions iu!d its application fail to compensate r the outlay. Apply to J. N. ROBSOtf,, Agent Facific Guano Company, ? o. fiS East Bay and Nos. 1 and li Allan- 1 tic Wharf, Charleston, B._C. n'O. ?S. REESE & CO., Gen. Agents. fT| Nov. 20, liSTl, 32?3m 1 holiday Books. * ^ V JflL BLAB, .Don Quixote, ^ Gulliver's Travels, Arabian Nights, p Pilgrim's Progress, Vicar of Wakefield, q Nursery Ballads, Fire in the. Woods," Prudy Keeping House, Little Folks Astray, Harry Maillard, &c., &c.,' ? Nov. 33] LEE & PARKER. otIto (iir kuillli MUD.? .<. o If ILL bo sold at the rosi-]enr?e- of "H fV the defeased, on WEDNES-: J AY, the 13th December next, < I tlio P ETC.SOX A L ESTATE of, J LM KS DOWTIN, deceased, consistr?ot . IVE FINE MULES, ^ Cows, Hogs, Sheep, Corn and Fodder, ats, Plantation Tools, M WAGONS, moolmlfl anil FitnliPTi taitnrp Hn JUOUliUili UUU 11.11UUU 11 X" U1U11U1U, uu.; 1 Terms made known on da}' of snlo. M. C'. DOWTIN, ? Executrix. Nov. 21, 1871, 31?it iY ORDER of the JUDGE OF I Til E COURT OF PRO BATE, 1 1 sell at Abbeville Court House, on LEDAY IX DECEMBER next, all ! uncollected (-IIOSES IN ACOX, NOTES, SECURITIES in R, IT and J U DC M EXT pertaining the Estate of Henry Ii. XicljoLs, ;'d. Lerms or sale tiisn. \vl A. STEVEXSOX and ( JOI1X H AG AX, Adniinis'.rulors. Sow 17, 1871, 31-2], \ mm, smith AEE NOW PREPAEED -.v. . Ij THE MOST EXTENSIVE A cy have ever offered. It consists of almost o marked at the LOWEST CASE PRICKS satisfied.by giving them a call. . They would direct particulat attention to low. LADIES' ORES In this line their assortment > 30RSETS of Diff Be sure to look at the Corset the; PHITE TRIMMIKfiS an IN ENDLESS YAJ . y WOOLEN JEANS and CASSIH] hoy have a lot of CASSIMETIES made vie. durability and price is the best extant. SALEM JEANS AND Their House is Head hoy keep tho largest Stock in this line to b luntry. They buy nearly all their Shoea 1 y to'a bettclr advantage than if they bougL THEIR WATER-PRC 'o the very best of the kind made. If ther iey do mako a specialty, it is the Departing ill no (shoddy) work but strive always to g They have their order out for MIU' 2MM1W1B od expect to have these in store in the con >ey can recommend with confidence, as the They will take great pleasure in showing lat their Stock in point of variety, ehchpnc are favorably with any in the market, October 12. 1871. 2o-tf .. f Marble | rnE MARBLE YARD is rer ters to its new "Work Shop ared expressly for the business o: Xarshall J louse. A fine stock of TTATTAW AWA A MPT) uauian anu auiiiu !an always be fouiul on hand, and one in a superior manner, and at pr Also, a line collection of Designs VANCY HEADSTONES, which c oticc. Call and see our prices and s J. D. Nov. 2, 1871, 23, tf lew Cottoii_ and Pr . thefla: LOAN AND SAY Subscribed C 3NE MILLION 'Is Varehonse (if His Bant, Comer of ^.TJGrTJSTA., <3-3 [.S NOW READY TO RECEIVE COTTON i.'fij vfiii nimlp nnftii (Vkf/rm 111 Warehouse. .< E@, Parties Storing Cotton with the Bank w ime that will he avuiluble in this city or any 01 The Bank in prepared at all "times to ni ltOVISiONS on tlie most reasonable terms. Parties would do well to apply.at the "VV; Ihcers. CHAS. JNO. P Oct 19, 1S71, 2C-6m] T.P.I Cotton Fj md Commission ffice at Planters' Loan and Savings f IBEItAL CASH ADVANCES MADE [jj HERE, or for shipment to Domestic or I SPECIAL ATTENTION paid to theweighii i ? f i iin 1 II ILL ID I Is complete comprising everything usu STOCK OF DD Dress GSATEENS, MEMOS, EIPRE Silk Poplins, Black and C STRIPED POPLINS laiincls, Shakers, Operas, LLSO, HEAVY ST. QUARLES, PER] October 19, 1871.26-tf JEW GOODS! I Just received, a full and well scl< DRY GOODS, C oots and Shoes, for Ladies' HATS' and FUENTSE lich will be sold at astonishing price?. Jome and give us a call before you purchase el KAPHAN& Oct 10, 1871,20-If - " & WHITE, TO EXHIBIT ND ATTRACTIVE ^ IBIliilSI, everything, and their GOODS > Of this jdvory purchaser can r a few SPECIALTIES named S GOODS, vas never better. * erent Kinds. Y sell for One Dollar. d REAL 1MW [JIETY. .> ^Y> T7O 4.1* ? ? 1.. kW ^xv^g tiiojf urn ii uu ug??| * ' ' ? r at ChorluttsvUle,* Ya., which-for They also keep a foil lino i (if CASSIMERES. Quarters, for : * mm&i ? found in any store in the opi bv tho ease, and ofqoujrso they it only a dozen pajr oteach kind* IOF boots;' e is any part of the Stock that ht of BOOTS and SHOES. W* et the best shoes we eaw flad. . > MM BOMSIS, ree of ten days.' Thcee G/ooda, y have tried them thoroughly, their GOODS, feeling assured iss And attractifcness, will cow| ' | 11 |' l/orks. noved from its' old qua** and hairdsoipe^OffioB prea Main fStnxtj above the ICAH IHE " * . i i i : u;: t . all work, warranten zo' ?e ices lower tlmaelscwlidre. for MOK#Jt!$KTS' AND an be fuVmslr^d at short tylcs. Respectfully, CHALMERS. i.A oduce Warehouse. KMl 'apital, * ? DOLLARS. fpTTiTifml] anil Bpvwlfl f^rppts UUlUjJUUJU UUU. XlUJJlVUk WUWIU) GORGIA. sV LIBERAL CASH ADVAtfi?r ui?>?.Bailroat|I Receipts. ill be furnished with receipts for t h et for borrow I ti ? jdoi i e?.'iQ i ~. akc LOANS ON . PRODUCE or arehouse, or communicate witb the J. JENKINS, President. . KING, Vice-President. BRANCH, Cashier. actors . . Merchants, \ Bank, Augusta, Georgia^ ON COTTON, TO BE HELD* i'oroigu Markets- * " ng of Cotton. [Sept. 19, 26-3m mm mw iriiiililt uiuin y / ?_ ally kept in a well selected LY GOODS, oodd, SS CLOTHS, DeLAIMS, * \{' 01 i Jolored Alpaccas, >, &c., &c. - 1 . White and Red-, UPLE GOODS. tUJN & UO. mm ?ctcd STOCK OF \.v, ^ LOTHING, ; Gents' and Children, * [ING GOODS, C % sewlicre. SKIARZ.