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~ THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER
BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1871. VOLUME XIX-NO. 35, ' |
THE readers of the "JF
tlierc is now going c
I OX" a free exhibition of t
nary for foil and winter.
In Dress Goods all the ne
Til'A/Xulnil ??-<-?
X' IU VU) i^iuvuuvu uv.
in Shawls all the styles ai
Grev, Grave colors and ha:
%/ '
a handsome line of Furs in
In Boulevard Skirts, JIc
Frotectors, White Skirts, (
ered Yokes, Stamped Yok<
Scarfs, Hoods, Jackets, Tali
Curls, in real and imitation
shown and sold by Mrs. Wi
In handsome trimmings i
tion Laces?Ileal and Imi
and Cuffs, Crape Collars ant
Kid and Silk Gloves, llosici
lars, Children's Wool Hosie
In Millinery?The hands
Paris and Straw Hats and !
Flowers, Beautiful Roman
Black, Scarlet and Embroil]
broidery, and solid colors,
Bows, and Scarfs in all the ]
color, Laces, Veilings, Dros:
ever seen in Abbeville.
Jewelry?This is a new b
tions. In this line will be f
real Jet Ear Rings, Broach
Jewclrv, Real Shell Beads,
&c.
Woolen.?In this Depnrt
Tweeds, Salem and French (
shown at popular prices.
In Domestics?The prettie
ed and Bro. Homespun, Jear
hnrora sold ftt low T)r
'?* ---?-- x
in House furnishing Gooc]
in Unbleached, Bleached and
kins, Sheetings, P. S. Cottor
Oil and Paper Shades, Carpe
In the Dress Making Dep;
cms for all kind of garmeni
Mmo. Demorest of Xew YorJ
None but the newest patl
Dresses, &c.
Patterns sold to all that a
Mrs. Cain, has returned fi
the Millinery Department* as
Miss Cater.
Miss Tweeddale, late in cli
Establecdjin .Baltimore, is
partmoht, assisted by the Mis
of skill. All are invited to
Very respectfullt
Oct., 12, 1S71, 2b?tf.
Will be found
(GENERAL
T II A N I
"W TITLE looking at the want
mindful of his external couiforts,
ladies to pay us a visit.
Our friends will please inquire I
because we keep ;i large Stock of
exclusively to that line.
i October 12, 1ST 1, 25?If
GROCERIES
ITT AS just returned from
lie lias purchased, at
LOWEST
CHOICE
FAMILY
The public, and especially
to examine our Goods befor
-*i. 4
Ino superiority over uuiuj. j
that our prices shall be as 1<
exact quality represented.
Norwood
March. 31,1871 49-tf
McDONALD
HAVE REMOVED I
Robertso
1st Door below the NEW POST O
FOR CASH
| DRI
Choice - g:
I"""' ~
Also a
Give.u? a ca
GOOD; :
Respectfujy,
Dec. 4,1671, 33?tf j?
*ress and Banner" are informed that a
at the "EMPORIUM of FASII- 1
lie fashions of Dry Goods and Milli- '
w fabrics are shown in Solid, Striped,
*e shown, in Black, Black and White,
' ? i
ndsome si vies 111 bright colors, aiso
Capos and Muffs, at low priccs.
>op Skirts, Corsets, Bustles, Breast
Jowns, Chemese, Drawers, Embroid- T
?s for braid or embroidery. Nubias,1 [
aas, Breakfast Shawls, Chignons and ti
hair?the newest and best styles are
er and Miss Cater. c<
tor Ladies garments, Real and Imita- j b
tation Lace Collars, Linen Collars
ICufFs, Embroidered Infants' Waists,
ry, Cravats, Shirt Fronts, Paper Colry,
&c., a splendid assortment shown j
iomest line of Velvet, Plush, Silk.
Bonnets, Feathers, Plumes, French |
Sashes, Splendid Sash Ribbons in
lered, Bow Ribbons in Roman Em
Neck Ribbons to match, beautitui
handsome colors, Velvets in eve*y
5 Trimmings and Buttons, the best C
ranee just added to the many attracauiid
a very handsome assortment of j31
es, Bracelets, Necklaces, also Shell |"
Necklaces, Crosses, Spar Necklaces v<
O]
ment, Flannels, Lindseys, Jeans, a<
Jassimeres, Blankets, &c., <&c., are
st Prints, fine Long Cloths, Bleachis,
Hickory Shirting, Checked Osnaices.
Is?rWill be shown, Table Damasks
Turkey Red. Towels Doylas, Xapt,
Counterpanes, Laces for Curtains,
ttings, Tidies, &c.
sirtment will be found the latest pat- T
ts both from E. Butt-crick & Co., and
It.
iion/1 in flin rvnffiii<r lin of T
A'ino m v UK?VV.L jlxi mv
I
pplv. 1J
rout J Baltimore, and is in charge of T
sistcd by Miss Small. Mrs. Wier and J.
* '
arge of a fashionable Dress Making
indiargc of tlie Dress Making DeO
* a.- O
ses. Taffgarts and three otlicr ladies
> come
and examine for themselves,
v, JAMES' \Y.
<***. proprietor.
to Embrace a more
ASSORTMENT'
a -M- ? ? .
IERETOFORE.
s of tlio inner man, we have not boon nn-' It
and have dor.c nil we could to induce the
0
?or whatever they may need, and not think,! ^
Groceries, that we contino our attention
I PROVISIONS.
a
c. DuPRE
Baltimore and Xew York, where
the
NET PRICES, {
SEI/ECTIOJST OT?
n n n Ann t hp ''
bill III HI Hi.)
r our friends, arc respectfully invited j
e purchasing elsewhere. We claim j
iirst-class houses, but we guarantee j
)\v, and that the Goods will be of the L
s
I, DuPre & Co. i
& HADDON
i
ROi? WHITE'S CORNER TO ?
? I
n's Block.,*
FFICE, where they will exibit and sell low \
, A FULL STOCK OF v
' GOODS, S
ROGERIES, &c.,
fine Assortment of
11 and we wll give you a
BARGAIN.
McDonald & Haddon.
NoT
ijafffl 9 KBnrBB
?ni i e,
HILL 1
GUN
HAVE you called at Rol
next door above the Ba
nd it to your interest to do s
We arc now opening an er
?ntly selected with great cure
racing:
?!? t
&.JSTJD) 0-H.C
lats & Caps, ]
hardware &
'rockery and Glass "W
TTe invite our friends and tl
xv Stock. Goods will be shown
lc universal opinion that the en
?rv few can afford it and thrive,
ne, for seller and buyer and con
lopt it.
Remember, Goods given in cx<
le day, at 190, ABBEVILLE,
will:
WILLI
JAMEI
Nov. 16, 1871, ?.0-tf
FAXES F
PURSUANT to Orders from
by announce that the C
371, will begin 011 the 20th
lie penaltv for non-payment wi
ANUARY, 1872.
The per centum of Tax onvali
Seven (7) Mills on tl
Three (3) "
and "
J. F
Oct. 23,1871, 27-3m
ro now prepared to exhibit to the ins
A VERY FULL
iTH IF !
onsisting of all the leading articles n
arm.
DRY GOODS of all Styles,
BOOTS AND SHOES, A Li
CLOTHING, A Great \
HARDWARE, GROC
CROCKERY, BA<
FISH, FLOUR,
All of which will be sold at tho low<
Oct. 12, 1871, 25?Lf
fROWBRIQ
have in Store a Choice
STOCK OF <
PROVISIONS, 1
liich they propose to sell aslow as i
juntry. As specialties we would call
'.ucumber Pickles, in 5 and 10 G
Ireakfast Strips, Leaf Lard, is
mperial Crackers, (very delic
A nice Assortment of FRI
ruts, Raisins, Dessiccated Cocc
All the best Brand FLO I'
omething Elegant in the wa^
Whiskies, Draudies, \
complete stock of SOLE LEATIIE
tnencan calf Skins, Linings and Sho
October 12, 1S7J, 2o-U
WE HAVE
LARGE AD]
MR STOCK OF
CONSISTING of Spring Goods, Cl<
thing generally needed. Wo ah
'bich we can seli lower than anybody
be Naked, Feed the Hungry, Loud t<
lie way of selling them Goods for th<
:> ei, "Small Sales and Large Proffits,
Hodges', S. C., April 28, 1?tf
Holiday Books.
JlL BLAS,
Don Quixote,
Gulliver's Travels,
Arabian Nights,
Pilgrim's Progress,.
Vicar of "Wakefield,
Nursery Ballads,
Fire in the Woods,
Prudy Keeping House,
Little Folks Astray,
Harry Maillard, &c., &c.,
Nov. 33] LEE & PARKER.
190.
Ai
FO
ININGHAMJ
____
tw
jertson's new brick building,
nk ? If not, you may possibly Wj
30. fm
IjI
itire Stock of New Goods, re- BJm
in the ]S'ew York market, em- ^
' nil
til!
B ? ? S 8 ??i
for
30ES3FLIE3SJ,
Boots & Shoes, |
, J*
.ND CUTLERY, rare,
Motions, &c., &c. ?
Jk
le public generally to examine pi
l with pleasuro. It seems to be 1
edit system is ruinous, and that ir
, The cash system is the only safe ^
sequently we have concluded to fai
lei
j,y<
change for money at all hours of ]
ac. . BS
CAM R. WHITE, S
[AM HILL, f
' fac
8 R. CUNNINGHAM. ?
tin
'OR 1871. |
the STATE AUDITOR, I licve- uf
OLLECTIOK OF TAXES for ?
DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1871. |>a
11 attach on the i5th day of ^
t\v
nation of property is? c!v
ic Dollar for State. - fo1
" County.
" School purposes. n<
0. DuPre, County
Treasurer:
ipcetion of their friends and customers, pr
AND VABIED C
ME GOODS, i
Jl J*
iccded in tho Ilouschold and on the ab
as
VI]
lai
irge Stock, - of
Variety, .
!ESIE3. **
JON, LARD, 3t;
&c. &c.
?bt pricca.
ICE 8c GO.Jn
n f..u i.j J
auu v/nreiuiiy aeiecteu
GROCERIES, "
LIQUORS, &C? |
my first class establishment in the up- <v
attention to the following. A(
rallon Casks, ab
l 3, 5,10, 25, and 50 lb. Cans, it
ate.) mi
SNCH CONFECTIONARY, P?
>anut, Maccaroni, Cheese,
'It on band constantly.
7 of Chewing Tobacco, Choice Vines,
Ale and Porter.
R,/Oak and HcmloclO. French and
0 Finding#.
RECEIVED 5
EDITIONS TO
MERCHMMIJ
5thing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, and every
so- have a largo Stock of Groceries
y else. "We aro prepared to Clotho J
) the Poor, and give to tho Needy, in
> Money. Como and see us. Our motIf
?
VAMCE, MOSELEY & CO. Q
1 CSTT/T1 A n J /lATHS-nn
ouvmr* auu IA/XJILiA,
BACON SIDES,
BACON SHODLDERS
SHOT AND POWDER. tl
For sale, by
QUARLES, PERRIN & CO. b(
Oct. 16,1871, 2ti?tf
Improved Trusses, &c.
We have received a very superior lot f]
of Trusses and Abdominal Supporters. A
Nov. 29,1871. LEE & PARKER. E
Pacific Guano Company's
COMPOUND
cid Phospliate of Lime,
Thi
R COMPORTING WITH COTTON SEED. A
Price $25 Cash, ,VJ
ith Usual Advance for Time. 0h
- - - - - - I J._ A
rHIS article is preparcu unuer me m,
superintendence of Dr. ST. JUEN
EAVENEJL, expressly for comsting
with Cotton seed. j,
[t was introduced by this Company rT
o years ago, and its use lias freely at- T,
ited its value. 200 to 2o0 pounds of
[h article per aero, properly composted
th the same weight of cotton peed, Wor'
rnishes the plantor with a FERTI- 1
ZER of the highest excellence ut the 11)1
ftllest cost. A compost prepared with _
is artiole, as by printed directions fur- Q L
died, contains all the elements of fer- h0?
ity that can enter into a first-class
SRTILIZER, while its economy must " e
nmend its liberal use to planters. 1
For supplies and printed directions
com posting apply to
J. RGBSON, c
LQENT PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY, 1101
the
>. G&East Bav and Nos. 1 and2Atlan- _ n
ic Wluuf, * Charleston, S. C.
ro. 8. REESE & CO., Gen, Agents. i,
So v. 20,1871, 32?3m
"SOLUBLE uvi
on
* nTWT/1 /ITT A VA da\
Hill XV/ U u a 11 V I g(4
tICE $45 DOLLARS CASH, WITH tr!{
USUAL ADVANCE FOR TIME. coi,
EXPERIENCE in the use of this cell
IA Guano for the past six years in con
is State, for Cotton and Corn, has so An
established its character for excel- rea
?ce as to render comment unnecessa- thr
J
[u accordance with the established stit
licy of the Company to furnish the me
it Concentrated Fertilizer at the low- full
; cost to consumers, this Guano is put pel
:o market this season at the above his
luced price, which the Company is J
fibled to do by reason of its large fa- Yo
itics aud the reduced cost of manu- eig
iturc. anc
The supplies put into market this sea- in '
i are,ajj heretofore, prepared under ha>
3 personal superintendence of Dr. St. am
lian Ravenel, Chemist of the Compa- fid<
, at Charleston, S. C., hence, planters of
ly rent ass u red that its QUALITY and chs
IMPOSITION is preel&ely the same Ing
that heretofore sold. At the present J
v pricc every acre planted can be fer- cap
ized with two hundred pound Guano Fel
a cost not exceeding the present value cot
30 pounds of cotton, while experience one
s shown that under favorablo condi- life
us of season and cultivation the crop be<
increased by the application from vie
o to threefold the natural capacity of pre
soil. Hence, under no conditions con
nld Its application fall to compensate J He
the outlay. Apply to sea
J. N. ROBSOtf, ^
Agent Pacific Guano Company,
>. 08 Ea?t Bay and Nos. 1 and 2 Atlan- ,
,ic Wharf, Charleston, S. C. mL
CO.*8.11EESE & CO., Gen. Agent*. 001
Nov. 29,1871, 32?3m J*(
"V aluablo haj
i)
AND FOR SALE. &
173
trj
rHE subscriber w ill sell on SALE op]
DAY in JANUARY, if not sold nit
ior to that time, th<
A TRACT OF LA.ND, jjj
ontaining 298 Acres.
in bounded by lands of XV. G. Clink- ^
i ? I ?I it 1 ? r n lift
lies, iiouun xiougca, a. j. *iter
Oibert and the Vienna Road. ^
iere is about thirty acres of Wood
md, between fifty and sixty acres of pa'
at rate Pine Land. There is also *iei
out thirty acres of fresh cleared land, 1?*
good cotton land as there is in Abbe- P
lie County. It contains as little waste
rid as can'be found on and other tract J
the same size anywhere.
TERMS, one-half cash, the other half
elve months credit with interest from
y of sale. Mortgage and approved
curity. *c
SAMUEL HUNTER.
Dec. 1,1371, 33?It Co
The World-Renowned J?
OWE SEWING MACHINE, i
. hij
rHE Howe is the first se wing Machiue
ever made. It has. points of su? .
riority over all others. In range of jn
jrk the machine cannot be equaled. jn
POINTS OF SUPERIORITY. * sic
#1..
mplieity and perfection of mechanism. J^'
umbility?will last a life-time. ?t'
\ngeof "Work?Without Parallel. j
srfection of Stitch and Tension.
le most easy of operation. j
lf-adjusting take up. I
jj usiable Head.
Having been appointed Agent for the a}v
iove Sewing Machine for this County, j.fl
is now offered for sale on reasonable
rms. Itisequal to, if not superior to pj*
ly machine offered to the public. All
arsons in want of a Machine will please
11 and examine this before purchasing. tiv
Respectfully, fhl
J. D. CHALMERS.
Dee. 4, 1S71, 33?tf t"j
Jacob Kurz, i
7 th
th
(One Door below (lie Pout Office,) nn
IMaXUFACTURER of and dealer in
Boots and Shoes,
My custom work includes all varieties \ar'
id classes usually kept by a FIRST i
LASS Shoe Houise. 1 '
nl
adies' Wear a Specialty, r<?
such as jofl
[id, Silk, Morocco and
te<
Calf Boots.
entlemen's Boots and Shoes otj
OF ALL THE u?
Latest and Modern Styles, po
Rc
ade to order, on the shortest notice, of
My work I warrant to give satisfac- w<
on jn every particular. eri
A large 8tock always kept on hand. if
Remember the place?one door dii
jlow the Old Post Office. lia
Dec. 6, 1871, S3?3m it.
BLACK ALPACAS. qu
rST received, 27th November, an- ita
other lot of those beautiful "Otter" an
lpacas at 05, 75, and 90 centa, at tbe sh
MPOBIUM OF FASHION. [Nov. 31. tri
A Thought of Rest.
darling, in tho whirl of life,
Lmoug its din and bustle,
netimes the thought comes in the
strife,
hat, when the grasses rustle
;ir long plumes in the summer breeze
.bove whore wo are lying,
( shall Dot think of days like these,
.nd not of tears or sighing.
! darling, when the grasses grow
.bout us and above us?
len tender kiss or word we know
To more than those who love us?
mt peace shall thrill us lying there
teneath the far sky's splendor,
moved, unknowing grief and care,
>ut rapped in rest most tender!
;wcet I so sweet it is to know
'hat after sorrow, quiet;
it pome day flowew of -pence shall
blow,
(espite the fitorm-vmsd
Jove, he patient in yw,- pnw, ..
L??d hopeful in your ;
! shall not yearn for pr-icx-) lu vain:
t waits iu some to-ni'>irDU'?
Death of Presidents.
leorgc Washington died at Mt. Veri
on the I4th of December, 1T99, in
sixty-eighth year of his age. Death
jc suddenly to him?so suddenly,
t the tidings of his sickness and his
,th simultaneously reached the hall of
igress.
ohn Adams came to the "end of all
iug" at his residence in Quincy,Mass.,
the 4th of July, 1826, realizing what
' it was, and rejoicing in it. He
dually and quietly expired at the pairchical
age of four score and ten,
'homos Jefferson, by an extraordinary
ncidence, breathed his last at Montio
on the same day that his venerable
ripatriot, Adams, died?the jubilee of
lerican Independence. He had
died the advanced age of eightyee.
ames Madison, "the man of ourConutfon,"
and one of tlie wiseBt statesn
our country has produced, poacely
dosed his earthly career at Montier,
Vt., on the 20tnof June, 1830, in
eighty-sixth year.
ames Monroe died In the city of New
rk on the 4th of July, 1831, in his
htleth year. He was a pure patriot,
I the last of the presidents who served
the eventful days of the revolution?
ring heen a colonel in' thb continental
jy: He particularity enjoyed the coninco
of Washington, And the period
his wi,*er peaceful administration was
iracterlzed as the "era of good feelohn
Qulncy Adams expired In the
litol at Washington, on the zsra or
aruary, 1848; literally dying in his
intry's service at the age of eighty>.
To the last lie was of the class of
's busy men ; and identified as he had
n from boyhood with the public sere,
it was eolemnly strikingand apipriate
that the halls of the national
tncils should hear his dying word?,
was struck by paralysis while in his
t in the House of llepreeentatives*
Andrew Jackson died at the Hermic
near Nashville, on the 8th of June,
5, in his seventy-ninth year. He
isthave been agrcatman, indeed, who
lid cluster the affections of a whole
>ple around him as this distinguished
aier and patriot did. His popularity
d no parallel but tliat of "Washington,
dartin Van Buren died at his birthicc,
Kiuderhook, Columbia County,
Y., on the 24th of July, 1862, in his
;hticth year. Hisadniinistrationfroai
17 to 1841, was a period marked by
:at financial distress through thecoun ,
which was charged by his political
poncnts upon the policy he pursued in
inaging the public finances through
i agency of tne independent treasury,
s failed of a renomlnution for a second
m, however, on account of his oppoion
to the annexation of Texas.
kVilliam Henry Harrison died on the
i of April, 1841, exactly one month
er his inauguration, aged sixty-eight,
s was the first president who died in
Ice, at the executive mansion. He
d gained a deep hold on the people's
nrf- mid no one Hvini? nt the time can
get the profound and universal exjssion
of sympathy and sorrow which
i death occasioned.
Fobn Tyler, elected vice president, and
10 succeeded Gen. Harrisou for the rclinderof
his term, renounced hisallemco
to the United States in 1S61, and
id the following year In Richmond,
u, in his ?2d year, being at the time a
nator In Virginia in the Confederate
ngress, then in session at Richmond,
lames Knox Polk died at his home in
nucssee, on the 15th of June, 1819, onthree
months after tho expiration of
i term of otlice, and in his forty-fourth
nr. fie was a man of unquestionable
ility and talent, and achieved the
jlicst Uouor his country could bestow
much earlier pertol tuau any of his
edecessors.
Sachary Taylor's death, on the fitli oi
iy, 1850, when he had been 16 months
ofllce, called forth the deepest expresns
of a nation's grief, and everywhere
3 full heart of the people was touched
yoiul what adequate words can utter.
; died at the presidential mausion, in
i sixiy-sixui yeur.
franklin Pierce was elected president
1852. Although a man of some abllihe
did not succeed In giving satisfacn
to either party. He traveled extenely
iu Europe after his term of office
d expired, and died in 1870.
lames Buchanan succeeded Franklin
erce to the presidency iu the year 1857.
irinpr his term of office he was placed
a difficult position, owiug to the fugie
slave law, the Kansas business, and
e revolt of the southern people. He
jd at his home at Wheatland, Lancas
county, Pa., in 18C8.
Abraham Lincoln's death, on the 14th
April, 1805 (one month and ten days
er his second inauguration), was one
at allocked the country beyond allying
that ever occurred in its history,
d sent a thrill of horror throughout
e world. All his predecessors had deluded
to the tomb iu the ordinary
urse of nature, but it was reserved for
lu to fall by the foul hand of theassasl.
His character and administration
s too fresh in public recollection to
nr. t.% KIc
ed any comment, ne uicu m A4 AO
ty-scvefith your. Andrew Johnson
led the unexpired term.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mons,
Jackson and Lincoln, were the only
esideuts twice chosen to the high
Ice.
Ulysses S. Grant, the pres#nt chief
igistrato of the United ytatcs, is the
k'euteenth in succession. Of the sixMi
former ones, but two now survive
Millard Fimore and Andrew Johnson.
Disquiet ix Fkance.?Just as any
[ier government may intensity loca[
,tred against itself by an extravagant
eof arbitrary power, has the Versailles
jvernment embittered the bate of its
litioal foes by the killing of young
>ssel. Even tne puy wmwi m?=
the communist leader excited has
jokened the moral power of the Govoxaent
among thousands of its passive
not its active supporters, and thusinrectly
placed a useful weapon into
,nds that might soon be raised against
M. Theirs has suddenly become
'are of the mistake by its effect. Disieting
rumors reach his ears, the miliry
power is again paraded in Paris
d once more poor Franca looks as if
e were threatened with another fraCidal
struggle.
The Passive Policy.
"
The Hon. John Quincy Adams, of
Massachusetts, has written a letter to j
Missouri liepublic&n, warmly approving
tbe so-called pdssive policy of the Democrats
in the next Presidential election.
In the course of the letter Mr, Adams tc
says: - . v
I am satisfied sueh a course will be
wise and patriotic, and should be glad to C]
- - 11 - t\-~/lAM/nm {n roan- .
Sec LUC JL/gUiWiuuj wuvm ? > o?v.? v?v
lution. ,1 regard the present administration
as a national calamity, and its continuance
should be averted at any sacri- e<
lice, not because Republican in politics, s<
but because it is mean in character,
sordid in tone, and ignorant, corrupt
and arbitrary; because more than any p
administration we havo had, it has disappointed
the hopes and deadened the ,
generous aspirations of the good men of J-1
all parties; because it is doing more to u
permanently disunite the States than
the government of Jefferson Davis ever ij
did; because its chief conceives there is tl
no means for a free government but mil- C)
itary force; no public action but private
profit. Four years more of such education,
family patronage, and martial Jaw,
will so blunt the keen sensibilities of Jp
popular liberty that our ignoble incubus
might well remain a fixture. Now, I
believe the Democratic party tobe pow- 0
erlees alone to relieve us, and I think it w
is without hope of carrying the next elec- n
tion, No doubt if the votes of any t
States lately in rebellion were necessary
to elect Democratic candidate, they
would be thrown out in counting. A s
mere majority, even could it be muster- ed,
would not be permitted to elect a 1
Democrat for next Fresideut. Nothing I
then remains but civil war orsubmission
to the usurper, ana h is aimeun. iu ue- j
clde which alternative will inflict the t
more irreparable injury upon the habit j
of free government. To dismiss an inpotent
official, avoid a governmental crisis,
.the Missouri policy offers the only 1
reasonable possibility which has beet) i
presented; but while I frankly avow & r
partiality for the object, I do not blink
the very serious obstacles to Its adoption. .
We must subdue the pride of party and J
break the bonds of party discipline. *
There are-few more obstinate passions
than the sentimental devotion whk&
men oft'er to the vague abstraction, par- .
ty glory; not many creeds, including I
theology, which are as despotic as "plat- I
form." It will be a difllcult task to <
bring a party,.yet glowing with recollections
of a mighty past, and but now
burning with anticipations of a great
future, to yield thejiead of the column '
and the command of the field to allies 1
who were but yesterday enemies. Nor 1
is there any strong guarantee that these
allies will not flinph at the last. Party., <
leaders are seldom famous for high mor- i
al courage, which can abide unshaken i
the stern pressure that forbids a rupture I
of party ties; bnt if they dare down the
guantlet?duel to death with the President,
it might be possible for the Democracy
So rise to the height, where humiliation
of a partisan is Tost in the satisfaction
of a patriot. But it Is charged that
a sacrifice will be in vain or worse stiH
?it will surrender the whole scheme of
Democratic liberty, bare aud bound, to
its enemies. I do net so forebode the
event, and cannot believe that a protest
against a dictatorial government can be
* -J l... o htnil wllinll
WfHKCUC'U UVJVJUHifc iiuu M
deserts it because it Is hostile to civil liberty,
and wh)ch will compel the enemies
to corruption in office to disband, because
they unite with those who nave
sickcncd aud turned away from ihe sight
of corruption. Can frieuds of the constitution
preserve or protect it more
strenuously than by refusing to hold up
their hands, who have forsaken their
own friends rather than deface it further.
It seems to me on the contrary that the
strength of the support which this movement
would bring to the resoiieofthe
principles of Democracy would bo in exact
proportion to the severity of the blow to
the pride of the Democratic party ; for
these principles must be dear Indeed to '
men who can abandon for them an accident
and honored name, and not less
precious to those who dare follow them
even through the scorn, contempt and
obloquy which await political treason,
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T /\?ryatHf-ir nf tha TTrmui Bum.
JJUUgUTAVJ VI VUU
Mr. E. R. Lankcster, of Oxford, argues
in the Herald of Health that the
longevity of the human race has been
gradually increasing for centuries, and
that it will probably continue to increase
for centuries tor come. He, however,
makes a distinction between that and
"potential longevity," or the expectation
of life iu the highest ages, which he says
is not increasing, or, at least, is not
shown to be increasing by auy reliable
statistics yet taken. He mentions it as
> a singular fact that there are absolutely ,
no statistics that throw light on the flue >
, tuations in longevity in past ages, so that
! nearly all that is written upon that fruitful
theme is mere speculation and must con^
tinue so till enough &ctt have been accumulated
to warrant deduction. The
> race is now in a sort of transition state,
which is really causing a "survival of the ;
fittest," as Herbert Spencer calls it, opera- i
ting through the emulation of individuals
and communities, and by means of i
this struggle- greater .fliental power is I
being added to contestants. Hasty wri- i
ters have concluded that this increased ]
meutal expenditure must tell against j
longevity, even allowing all other condi- j
tions to"remain the same; yet there is 1
every reason to believe that the structural
capacity keeps pacc with the demands
made upon it, and that the brain
work of the present age is not more ex- 1
haustive to tlie men who have become <
enured to it than that of the Dark '
Ages was to the less capable men of that 1
time. Were U otherwise the race would '
inevitably become extinct through the ?
increased difficulties of existence which '
accompany increase of population. On
tlje contrary, as we approach that perfect
state of civilisation, man will be* i
?? j.-j ? Ufa'!]
COme ftUJUSU7U IV uus vuuvtnivuo| i
will have fewer needless drafts upon It, '
and healthy, energeticcentenariansmay *
be the rule and not the exception. ' '
A curious branch of Mr. Lankestert '
speculations is the idea that, "if exempt j
for a great length of time from a disease. J
a species may become no longer subject ]
to it In other words, suppose that by
vaccination and other sanitary measures
the small-pox were kept off for several 8
generations in succession, might not the ?
very seed? ot the disease be eliminated t
from the human constitution so that g
small-pox would be unknown? The j
sheep and ox are said to be descended ,
from a not reuwtte common ancestor, yet j
they are are not now subject to the same
disease ; or, to come near the case in
hand, the small-pox is terribly fatal '
among Africans, while the Mariorshave *
an almost perfect immunity from It. If J
this therory be correct then man can <
presumably go on eliminating one dis- !
nftay. onMW until are nil han. I
i case; ttnwi ?^ ? - ??
' ished and death itself becomes a matter 1
of considerable difficulty.
? i
Tke South Carolina Kailboad j
Company.?We are pleased to learn, ,
- ? i ? r. . ii-i .
says ijie unanesion tourter, mat iuw i
road has succeeded iQ purchasing the i
control of the Macon and Augusta J
Railroad. With the Greenvillo end ;
Columbia in one hand, and the ilacon j
and Augusta in the other, it open up a
path of enterprise and prosperity for i
. the future. Tor this reason, Mr. Pre- !
jident Magrath and the company are
entitled to all commendation. ,
SCRAPS.
Sarah Jackson, aged fifty years, fell '
ead in a street car in New Orleans, *
hureday evening. .
Brooklyn's C9mmittee of Fifty propose
) establish a morningjournal, to be deoted
to eity reform.
Clara Louisa Kellogg is said to "have
- ? ? i- x jl- ' ...
iuacu u uuLuracfrio sing twenty nights
i San Francisco for $10,000 in gold.
The Buffalo Board of trade has adopt-.
i resolutions strongly opposing tho
3hetne for a ship canal at Niagara.
The anticipated striked telegraphers
as commenced at Liverpool, and di?atchersare
delayed.
Twenty-eight ladies have been ma iculated
in the University of Edin- >
urgh during the present term.
Uncle Sam has 1,400,000,000 acres of
md lor sale after ail his donations for
io benefit of railroads, schools, eolkgem,
Lc.
A woman who spent her life. in gaih
ring rags at Fort Wayne, Iud., recent- ir
died -and bequeathed her .husband
4,000.
It is estimated that the tobacco -crop^. *
f Owen eounty, Kentucky, tills year
rill bring $1,000,000 at the price it is
ow selling at, beiug from $8 to $20 in.
tre hand. , .
There are In Corpus Christi, Texai,
eveu churches ana seven bar-room?.
It last accounts the bar-rooms were a
ittle ahead, at least as regards full and
mnctual attendance.
' >
Hon. William Milward, formerly
Representative in Congress from -the 'J
fourth Pennsylvania District, died at
r:~uJ T\~?~?-? l--i. rn j
xii&.wuuu, xreiuYvmt;, juai luesaay.
President Thiers insists that the Engf
ish Government has been misinformed
egardingthe FrtBch proposition for the .
q edification of the treatySpeaking
of Jews, the Jewish Chronele
says Ireland is tlie only country la
Surope where the Jews were ceaerpersecuted.
An American?of coarse it is an ]
American? has started ft ferry boat in
he sea of Qallilae, and tike steam-whistle
and engine-gong are henceforth to
io violence to its echoes.
The Mormons are giving up all hopes
maintaining the practice of polygamy,
but some believe that Congress wilt '
?llow twenty-five years, more or less,
for its gradual abolition. !
The announcement is made that two
jouaignments of Chinese, designed for
employment in cotton factories, are on
their way to Salem, Massachusetts, aad
that more arc to follow.
Montgomery Blair writes a letter to
the World urgnj the immediate adoption
of the passive policy on the part of
the Democrats.
Franco sympathises with the Pope in
the maintenance of his spiritual independence.
and will, in case of need,
give tneJioly Father glorious support.
Commissioner Douglass on the 7th Instant
tendered his resignation as First
Deputy of the Internal Revenue Bureau
to the President, his nomination aa
Commissioner having been transmitted - ^
to the Senate for confirmation. - ^ ;.t
A "chess congress" is in sesstorTafT'
Cleveland, Ohio, and a great contest Is
going on between nine leading American
players.
Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, has
finally acceded to the call of the Episcopalians
in the Sanwich Islands, so
far as to consent to visit them and perform
Episcopal duties there .during the
coming winter.
The Pennsylvania railroad have leased
the Memphis and Charleston railroad
for forty-five years,' guaranteeing three
per cent, annual interest for the first
five years, and then six per cent. The
question of the lease will be submitted.
to the stockholders.
Henry Meiggs lias purchased a large
portion of thesubiirbs of Lima,and with
tlielntention of building cottages on an v; .
improved American plan. He will also
establish a journal in Paris, which will
be devoted to the interests of Spanish
America.
It lias been discovered mac several 01
tbe cast-iron cylinders sustaining tho '
new light bridge across the Omaha havo
deen badly cracked by frost between
high and low water marks.
The 19th December is the day fixed by
the election bill recently passed by the
General Assembly, of Georgia, to jpovide
in accordance with the Constitution
for filling the vacancy occurring by
reason of the resignation of Bufue B.
Bullock.
v r.
A special cable telegram states that in ..
a recent suit at London of the United
States vs. the Blakely Arms Company,
decision has been rendered ordering
all proceeds of the sale of war material
belonging to the late Confederate
3tates-be paid to the American consul
for the United States Government.
Proceeding on this basis, It will be beld
ilso that the United States Government
is bound to pay the obligations of the
late Southern Confederacy to foreigners.
It is reported from Washington to the
New York Tribune that there f9 a feeling
among prominent senators that the
ihreatening demonstrations toward Cuba
mean foreign war, under cover of
sehich home politics may be put out of
right, and, possibly, the Sauto Domingo
scheme revived in a way that shall oversear
all opposition.
The reported offer of King Amadeus
)f Spain to go to Havana, for the purpose
of endeavoring to quiet affairs in
:hat turbulent capital, indicates a chivilric
spirit, but Is, at the aame time, ragrestive
of * desperate state of things in
Suba. The volunteers, a species of
ailitafy carpet-baggers, seem to have
heir own way in the island, and would
irobably act as Independent of th? Bring
is of the Captain-GeneraL
The New York NotiM speaks of the
itate of things at the Booth, which, it
iays, "cannot well be woree, and which
ilso seems to threaten a dissolution of
lociety, owning to the deep and unblushng
corruption and rascality of the clam
^hich has there got into power." Tills
s from a Republican journal.
Colonel John D. Ash more, ex-memaer
of Congress from Anderson District,
3. C., who committed suicide In Sardla,
MLlsfi., on Tuesday last by discharging
nf a Inadtki Distal into his
L/liV tr
skull, was born in Greenville District,
near Anderson, 8. C. At an early age
the citizens of Sumter, where he had
taken up bis abode, sent him to represent
them in the lower branch of the
State Legislature, which position they
repeatedly assigned him, and whioh he
ails with marked ability. In 1853 he
was elected by the Legislature to the
responsible office of Comptroller General
of the State, and in the year 1858 be
tvas elected to Congress to succeed the
Hon. James L. Orr. As a politician he
upheld the principles of the Jeffersonian
Democracy. Colonel Ashmore was
fearless in the expression of his views, a
ready debater, and possessed of energy
and great force of character. In person
be was above tho medium heignt, of /
commanding figure, with dark hair, /
and black, piercing eyes. /