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r The Press and Banner. A.bbeville, S. o" ^ W. A. LEE, Editor. Wednesday, Feb. 14, 1872. Thrjts,?Three dollars a vear, In advance. No subscriptions taken for a shorter Hme4han six months. Transient advertisements are charged fcr at the rate or O^e Dollar per inch pace for the first insertion, and Fifiy cifxts for each subsequent insertion. A liberal. deduction from the above rates is made to persons advertising by the quarter or by the year. BGgr All obituary notices and tributes ?f respect* are charged for at the usual rates of advertising. To oun Patrons.?According to cus torn we make our annual appeal to all of our patrons who aro indebted to us 1# ~ fliaf flinv by subscription or autviwuug, >??. ?V|r make payment at an early day. Saleday in January will be a very suitable time, and we would be glad to receive a visit from our friends. Our expenditures necessarily involve a heavy cash outlay, and the money from our patrons never cometa moment too soon. We trust then that they will respond with their accustomed liberality, and enable us to go on our way rqjoicang. The Difficulty with England. During the past two weeks an angry discussion fias been going on in the English and American journals with regard to the claim preferred by this Country, before the Geneva Conference, now in session, under the treaty of Washington. It has also been the subject of an excited debate in the English Parliament, has received prominent mention it. CnoAJih and has called 211 lilC V(Uuvu m | ? - ^ forth a dispatch from Earl Granville, the English foreign minister. So great has been the excitement of the public mind in England that grave apprehensions have been felt of a war between the two countries. The clause of the treaty under which our claims are preferred is as follows: "Now in order to remove and adjust all complaints and claims on the part of the United States, and to provide for the cpeedy settlement of such claims, which are not admitted by Her Britannic Majesty's government, the high contracting parties agroe that all the said claims, growing out of acts committed by the aforesaiq vessels and generally known as the "Alabama claims," shall bo referred to a tribunal of arbitration to be composed of five arbitrators, to be appointed in the following manner, that is to say:?One shall be named by the President of the United States; one shall be named by Her Britanic Majesty ; His Majesty the King of Italy shall be requested to name one; the President of the Swiss Confederation shall be requested to name one, and. His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil shall be requested to name one." The American "case," presented by J. Bancroft Davis, the agent of this Government, claims not only direct damages in the destruction of American vessels by the Alabama and other cruisers sailing from English ports, but also consequential damages, resulting from the decay of American commerce, the increased rates of insurance, the prolongation of war, &c. The first may amount to some fifty or sixty millions of dollars, but the last have been estimated at about four billions?a sum so large that Earl Granville declares that "no people in the last extremity of war and in the lowest depths of misfortune with the spirit of Englishmen in their hearts, would submit to it." The Queen In her Speech, statesmen in Parliament, and public journals out of It, deny that the claim for consequential damages comes within the terms of the Treaty, or the province of the arbitration. On the other hand the American claim is as stoutly pressed. The language of the Treaty is vague, and who shall decide ? It would seem that the negotiation precedent and concurrent, and whose results were embodied !n the Treaty, might determine this question. But after all, the American claim seems rather intended as ? campaign document, which is not to be passed upon until' after the Presidential election. It is not be supposed thafthe arbitrators would sanction it, and hence the fears of England seem fo be groundless. There seems to be no reason to apprehend war. WOMAN-SUFFRAGE. The "National Suffrage Committee," composed of distinguished female advocates of woman-suffrage, lately held a three days Convention in Washington City. The object of the meeting was to memorialise Congress to pass a declaratory enabling women to vote. This was made necessary by a recent decision of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, which sustained the action of the Board of Registers, in refusing to register the names of two women who made application. The claim was pressed under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitution. which, in oomerring me n^ai ui wusenahlp, were alleged to give also the fight of suffrage. But the Court decided ihftt the right to vote was not an absolute or Datnral right; and that it was not ft necessary incident of citizenship. All that the late Amendments to the Constitution had done, was to make all natives of tne United States citizens thereof. As citizens, womon were capable of . becoming voters, but that the legislative power of Congress?the supreme lawmaker of that District?was necessary to carry the inchoate right into effect. In the free of this decision, it was then necessary that Congress should act in the matter; and hence the memorial.? Bat it seems that Congress, with all its enlarged ideas of progress, is not prepared for this advanced step in the march of modern reform. The Judiciary /Committee of the Senate has reported against the proposed measure, and it seems likely that the Judiciary Committee of the House, with .Butler at its head, will follow suit The authors of the woman-suffrage movement have been active and persis tent, but so far have attended with but limited success. In New Yorlfland Philadelphia they have indeed succeeded in tting the Boards of Registry to accede demands of applicants, but in the % nstanoe where the judgments of -ta has been invoked, as in Wash. 4 ey have been ignominiously the coui v character of the leaders ington, th anced views of freo-love defeatedand the ^ j which * I . rave promulgated, bav disgusted the sober-minded of botl sexes against the movement, and array ed a daily increasing opposition. Ii Wyoming, woman-suffrage has bee brought to the teat of experiment?44] has been trie<l in the balance and foun< wanting." Women have been allowe to sit on juries and to vote, bat exp< rieuce has proved that it would not d< and the obnoxious law has been repeal ed. In spite of all that has boeh said b; Mill and other distinguished advocate of woman-suffrage, it seems to be i war with the first principles of our na ture, and to divest woman of the crowt ing attractions, |nd chief graces of he sex. Sale of the Spartanburg & Unio Road. The Columbia Phccntx, holds Jthc Al torney-Goneral responsible for the los to the State which occurred at tho it cent sale of this Road. It says: ,4H was the attorney of the State; he is t receive a special fee for his services i this particular case. He instituted pre ceedmg*, procured tho order of refei enc? and sale, and doubtless fixed tli time, when, and terms upon wjiich th saletdKJuld be made,'and certainly ha the fullest means of knowing what wa requisite, not nominally, but really t save the State from loss. The public were, indeed, advertise of the pending sale of the road, bu ****** If ontr Irnnxi* In wlin VJUIJ Ck tcij IV IT | 11 UI1J | nuvn way or to what extent the interests c the State would be effected. It was Mi Chamberlain's place, at least, to hav notified the Legislature officially of th danger impending, and not to stan quietly by as he did and see our alread; impoverished State mulcted to the tun of $200,000 in a transaction with whicl he, of all the State officials, is chief!; concerned. We understand that Messrs Worthington & Co., the purchasers c the {road, have already been offers $250,000 for their bargain. This wouli be more than enough to cover the liabil fty of the Sute; and had the least e) forts been made by the State officials and this effort a word of warning am suggestion by the State's attorne; might have induced them to make, th proceeds of the sale would, in all proba bility, have amounted to $800,000 in stead of $450,000." St. Valentine's Dat/?This, th 14th of February, is one of the fe\ Saint's Days in the calendar, which i dear to the young of both sexes. SI Valentine seems to have been a presbyter of the Roman church, who was be headed under Claudius, but nothing i known of his life which would likel; have given origin to tho peculiar oere monies of the day. It seem9 to hav been an early notion, alluded to by Chau cer, Shakspeare, Herrick, and other Eng lish writers, tlxat birds choose the! mates on this day; and the custom c " ' "-! i.1 ? ~ lnwv cnoosiug vaieiumea septus w iiuik uts. of great antiquity?something akin to i being the Pagan custom by which boy and girls drew each others' names on th 15th of February, the festival of Junt Whatever be the origin of the day, i ha# long been consecrated to the ben offices of affection, and duly honored b the sending of choicc missives and ten dcr mementoes. All of our youn friends wanting something nice for th occasion, can get supplied at I<eo <fc Ta: kers. Call and examine. Bill to Amend tiie Electio Law.?The bill of Mr. Arnim of th Senate, which it now before the Judicii ry Committee of that body, provid< for certain needful changes in the pre ent defective, Iniquitous election lav One of the most important of its pr< visions is that which directs that one < tho three Commissioners of Electio shall belong to the party in oppositio to the Government, and also oneofth three Managers of election at each pr< cinct. This is a very necessary safe guard; and perhaps a provision eve; more important is that which direct that the votes shall be publicly counte by the Managers at the close of th poll. The great defect of the presen law is that it affords every opportunit; for the exercise of fraud in the recep tiou and manipulation of the votes, am that it gives the Governor and his ap pointees the entire control and manage mcnt of the elections. The bill of Mi Arnim is very well, so far as it goes, bu it makes no provision for registration c votes. This 13 necessary to avoid "r? feating," one of the most oomraon ele< tion frauds?which can only bo prevenl ed by a proper registration. Asn-W edxesday?lent.?This day i known in the Church Calendar as ApIi Wednesday, the first day of Lent?th fast of forty days which preoedes Ea* ter. It takes its name from a custoc which still prevails in Roman Catholi countries of sprinkling the head an forehead with ashes. It is the fort) sixth day before Easter, the six Sunday which intervene not being counted as part of the festival or so observed. I the Roman Catholic Church, tne natui ' of the fast is prescribed by rule?onl one meal being allowed a day, and i this flesh is prohibited. The carnival, or "farewell to meat comprises the eleven days precedin Lent, and is celebrated with great bri liancy in Roman Catholic countries. , Services will be held to-day in Trini ty Church, by the Rector Rev. E. I Miles, at 11 o'clock. The Greenville Enterprise.?Tli last number of this] esteemed jourm contains a card from Col. G. F. Townei the senior editor, withdrawing from th ' paper, which will hereafter be solel conducted by the proprietor and forme associate editor, Mr. John C. Bailey We regret to part with Col. Townei who is a vigorous and polished write and under whose management the ?.1 terprise baa been one of the most inte esting and able of our country ea changes. "We are sure that the preser j editor will be fully equal tothesituatioi and will well maintain the past charai ter of the paper. Success attend him. Thl Greenville Mouxtaineeb.By the last issue of the Greenville Mow tainecr we see that our friend, Mr. Thoi A. Hayden has leased that {purnal, an has associated with him his brother, Ml W. 8. Hayden, in its future manage ment. They promise an enlargement c the paper by the 1st of May next. Th Messrs. Hayden are enterprising am i skillful members of the craft. and liav the experience and ability to conduct i first-class newspaoer. The former edit ors, Messrs. G. E. Elford and G. G Wells, will continue their connection a associate editors. We extend our bcs wishes to all conccrncd. * e LEGISLATIVE. h : In view of the proposed adjournment 1 rtf fV?a T AM 11%/n ^ v? ?uv iivjMuiiuic UU lUC XUW1 lUSUtUV) ? Q feeble attempt has been made to do I something with the enormous calender * ^ of the House but without avail. There * ^ are 155 Bills awaiting their second read- c ing, of wnlch 61 are private incorpora- 1 tion Bills. If it i9 intended to dispose of ^ I" this calendar, an adjournment by the 1 16th will be simply impossible. It will c 7 be remembered that the resolution to ad- ? ? journ is still pending in the House, and 6 it will not be considered until the 14th.? * i- At .that time it is probable that the reso- B i- lution will be amended so as to fix the * t day of adjournment on the 1st of March/ t The engineers of the Blue Bidge swindle 1 will demand this, as they will not have 1 n time to perfect the little plans by the I 16th. If they are disposed to- pay for it 4 liberally, there is no doubt tha; the Gen- cj ^ eral Assembly will consent to remain in * ,s session a reasonable length of timo Ion- s ger. e In the House there was a long debate ? on Bowen's metropolitan police Bill.? y. Jones, Mobley, Cain and Jamison spoke. > The enacting clauseof the bill was final- i 6 ly stricken out by a vote of sixty-nino to t j twenty-one. a s The Senate adopted a concurrent re- t o solution, Introduced by Corbin request- v ing Congaess to establish a new Judicial f ^ circuit, to consist of South Carolina, i Georgia and Florida, and to appoint a if new district judge for the western dis- ii " trict of South Carolina. * e ? Governor Scott sent to the General As- s d sembly a special message, enclosing me- a y morials from the Charleston Chamber of e Commerce and Board of Trade, and from ? the Mobile Board of Trade, In. favor of ^ the refending of the cotton tax. He ad- ^ >f vises -the General Assembty to memorial- t d ize Congress for the same object. _ Tlie Governor reports that a large de- * ficiency has appeared ovtr the appropri- ? i, ation for current expenses and interest, { n He states the amount of the debt-bearing . ? Interest to be $11,994,908.98, and insists j, . that a tax of four mills will be required g - to raise the interest alone. ( It is rumored thatBieman, Burroughs, a Holcombe. Duvall and Wilson will re? sign their seats in the General Assembly. v In the Senate, the following bills re- ^ 8 ceived their third reading: - A bill to amend an act entitled "An c " act to provide for the construction and c " repair of public highway's." Sent to the ? 8 House. * V A bill to amend an act entitled "An t " act to ohaater the town of Hamburg."? e Ordered to be enrolled. ^ i- A bill to amend an act entitled "An , 'r act providing for the general elections, i r and the manner of conducting the ? same." 1 n A bill to repeal an act entitled, "An ( 't act to authorize the Financial Agent of f 8 the State of South Carolina, in the city 1 e of New York to pledge State bonds as * >' collateral security, and for other pur? j it poses,'-' Sent to the House, < A joint resolution oruering mae me < y Hon. W. M. Thomas, Judge of the Sixth 1 - Circuit, be allowed compensation for ( g holding extra courts passed, and was | e sent to the House. r~ A joint resolution to provide for the J registering of all stocks and bond3 of the < State passed and was sent to the House, ; ^ A hill to divide the State into five Con16 gressional District was made the special l" order for 1 P. M. Monday. I * A bill to provide for special elections, < B" and the manner of conducting the same, 1 r' was read a second time. In tbo House the following were intro- j duced and read the flrst time : i u A bill to regulate peddling in the 1 n State. e A bill to incorporate tho Greenwood ** Cemetery Company, of Abbeville county. 1 A bill relating to the bonds of the s Q State. ' 8 A bill relative to tho Financial Agent i ^ of the State In the city of New York. ? e A bill to charter the town of Orange- t ^ burg. t ^ A bill to authorize tho Columbia t ^ Water Power Company to construct a dam across the Congaree river, at Co- < lumbia. * '' A bill to amend an act to provide for ^ " constructing and keeping in. repair the i public highways and roads. 1 In the Senate a resolution was adopted t ordering the comraittce on railroads to investigate the recent sale of the Spar"" tanburg and Union Railroad. The Sen- i ate voted to strike out the enacting clause 1 of the bill to define the time of coramen- i 9 cing civil or criminal actions. The bill I l" to incorporate the Charleston Pawn6 broking Company was indefinitely postpone<l. Whittemore proposed an | n amendment to the State Constitution c providing that thegeneral State elections j d shall occur on the same day as the Presidential election. ( 8 The House passed the bills to create a < a board of examiners, and to impose cer- ; n tain duties upon the comptroller and ( 'e treasurer; to charter the Spartanburg y and Augusta Railroad, and to require ( the commissioners of Barnwell County , to construct a jail at Blackville. ? 1 ^ ^ 6 MAKE HOME ATTRACTIVE.? oNOimng I" adds more to the handsome appearance of a house outside, and to its cheerfulness I ^ l~ inside, than good clear window glassi and bright-colored ornamental glass at the sides and over the tops of the doors. The first lets in all the bright warm light , 10 of the sun, while the latter admits the 11 light at the same time that it shuts off 9> the view of prying eyes. The best French and American glass, both plain < y and ornamental, as well as doors, sashes, , ;r blinds, balusters, newels, mantels, &c., ? are to be had of Mr. P. P. Toale, No. 20 3, Hayne street, Charleston, S. C. tf , l" Democratic Senators.?It has been i r" rumored that the Democratic members of the State Senate intend to resign their ^ seats. We have heard no reason assigned for this step, and trust that it may > not, be carried ito effect. It is to the . Senate, and especially to the Democratic \ Senators, that we must look for the chief J elements of conservatism in the Leglsla- } 1_ ture. "We trust that when so much do- < '* pends upon their retention of their seats, < they will consent to sacrifice their prl' vate Interests to the public good. T h i if 1 c Col. John H. Evins, a gentleman j ^ of character and a writer of ability has t 0 assumed the editorial control of the Car- i a olina Spartan. ^ h 8?- According the estimates ofto c fJnmmndnreM&nrv. the North has crain t ed $5000,000,000 more than the South by ' immigration alone. The South Carolina Railroad. " The public mind of Charleston is very nuch agitated over a proposition on the >art of the Central Georgia Road, to ake charge and control of the South Carolina Road. The journals of the lity have been thoroughly discussing I he matter, and show very conclusively, re think, that such a step would result i n ruin as well to the Road as to the ilty. Its very design is to destroy the >outli Carolina Road, by obtaining conrol of its affairs, and divert trade from Charleston ; thus building up Savannah md Georgia interests. The inducement leld forth is a dividend of four per cent, othe stockholders for a limited time; >ut as the Charleston papers show, it night well afford to pay a much higher irice to accomplish its purposes. We rust the permanent interests of our >wn Road and City will not be sacrificed n the pursuit of a temporary present idvantage. Taxation in South Cyolina. The Charleston News presents a strikng view of the ernormous burden of axation to which the people of the State ,re now subjected, by comparing it with he light taxation Imposed before the par, and that, too, on property real and lersonal, three times more valuable than t Is at the present. And to add to the ;loom of the situation, the public debt, n spite of the vast income, has been nore than doubled, and the public credit eriously impaired both at homo and broad. Says the News: . . . "The tax for 1870, due and payable etween January 15 and March 1,1871, i*as at tiie rate of 9 mills on the dollar , or State purposes, and 3 mills on tlio lollar for county purposes, and amounted 0 $2,265,047. ' \ The tax for 1871, duo and payable beween November 20, 1871, and January 5, 1872, was at the rate of 7 mills for >tate purp98es, and 3 mills for county >urposes, and amounted to $1,830,000. The proposed tax for 1872, payable in nstalments before July 1,1873, is at the ate of 16 mills for State purposes, and 1 mills for county pnrposes, and amounts on the same assessment as that of 1870 md 1871, viz; $183,000,000), to $3,477,>00," These sums, with a poll-tax for three cars of $450,000, aggregate the enormous um of $8,022,047 in twenty-eight months, >r at the rate of $286,501 a month?when :ouipared with the estimated average innual tax before the war of $610,173, or >50,847 a month?exhibiting a rate of axatiou more than quadrupled, Says he News : "Thpm ia anntlior tpaf Tr? IfiftA t.hfc eal and personal property of the State >vas assessed for taxation at 489,000,000, md nearly all the real estate was assessed at far less than its value. At the present time the assessment is only 5183,000,000, although all property is put iown at its full value. The tax of $50,J47 a month, before the war, was equal :o a yearly charge of 12} cents upon ev;ry hundred dollars' worth of real and personal property, The tax of twentyTight months of Radical rule, at the rate >f $286,501 a month, is equal to a yearly charge of $1 88 upon every hundred dollars'* worth of real and personalproperty. This is not all. In one year, the State ilcbt, as admitted by the State officials, is increased from $7,665,908 to 15,768,708. NVe may, thereforo, put down-the known cost of the State Government for the twenty-eight months at: State and County taxes $8,022,047 Increase of debt 8,102,000 Total $10,124,047 That is to say, nearly nine per cent, of the assessed value of all the real and personal property is consumed l?y the injrease of the public debt for one, and by the taxation for twenty-eijrht months.? A.nd for this vast expenditure the people of the State who pay taxes have nothing to show but discredit abroad, rail distress and disquiet at home." Messrs. Barnwell & Co. call" especial attention to their choice stock of .hoes, which have been made to order, rhe stock comprises men's brogans, and lien's, women's boys', and misses' ihoes of all kinds and of the best quuliies. They are all guaranteed to be of he very best in the market. Call and :xamine. They also ofler their winter stock at ;ost, and can give bargains. They keep ilways on hand a full stock of groceries, vhich they arc selling at the lowest iiarket rates. They are reliable busilessmen and mean why tbcy say. Call lud judge for yourselves. B&. The new Apportionment Bill increases the number of the Lower House of Congress from 242 to 283; makng an increase of 40. South Carolina jains one. Renovation.?"Wooden structures are temporarily going up upon the Burnt District, and Messrs. McDonald & Adimson, and L. H. Russell have erected buildings which, we suppose, will soon (five place to more commodious and substantial structures. Messrs. O'A'call & Son, we learn, intend erecting a range af three stores, with rooms above ; Mr. John Knox will also erect a commodious brick building; and Messrs. Cothran & "Wilson are clearing out the founiation upon .which will rise a new Mar ihall House perhaps superior to the old. With iron fronts and all the modern improvements, the North-Eastern side of the Public Square will rise scx^n from its desolation to equal, if not surpass, the Western. The proposition to enlarge the Public Square seems to meet with general approval. ^ ? J6F* Major John Alexander, of the Uongaree Iron Works will please accept our thanks for late files of foreign papers Bfiy There has been much suffering imoug the passengers on the blockaded trains of the central Pacific Road. SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of an execution to me directed, I will sell at Public outcry. it Abbeville Court House, on the first Monday, in March next, within the lejal hours, all that tract or plantation of and situate, lying and being in the bounty of Abbeville, near New Market . outaining * 525 ACRES, 11 ore or less, boundod by lands of John \.. Parker, Thos. L. Coleman and others, evied upon as the property of Elizabeth <*. Seals, late Elizabeth F. Wardlaw, in he pase of >Vm. H. Parker, late Cornier, against John R. Seals, Elizabeth F. >eals, and Stira Waller, and A. M. Uken for creditors, vs. Elizabeth F. teals. TERMS :-CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. HENRY 8. CAS50N, s. A. c. . SherifF's Ollice, \ i Feb. <L!th, lb7J. / 43?lm INK. THADEOUS DAVID'S INK in QUAliTS, PINTS, HALF Pints, Quarter PINTS, and STANDS; also CONTINENTAL PARM INK, Ti.of T?or*>) V?HJ nt. " LEE & PARKER'S. 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THERE will be an extra communication of this Lodge held at the Lodge room, on next Friday night, the 10th instant, at 7 o'clock precisely, [for work in the 1st and 2d Degrees. Members are requested to be punctual in their attendance. By order of the W.\M.\ J. F. OSBORNE, Feb. 14,1872, 43-11 Secretary. Get. Your Watches. ALL who have left Watches, Clocks or Jewelry, with me for repairs will please call and gel them by Saleday ? ? *r..r/>K nn n?at. will he iihont the ex &U iliuivil) M?7 wmmvmw - tent of my stay in Abbeville. I will leave then and not return. All who are Indebted to me will please call and settle by that time. HENRY INMAX. Feb. 14,1872, 43?2t BARNWELL & CO^ are now selling off THEIR WINTER STOCK if &0ST i CLOTHING, CASSIMERES, DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, FLANNELS, &C., &C., &C. Come buy at your own price. BARNWELL A CO. Feb. 14,1871, 42?tf AN ORDINANCE, Concerning the use Fire-Arms. BE IT ORDAINED, bv the Town Council of Abbeville, That'any one firing ofFa gun, pistol or other fire-arm, within five hundred yards of the Public Square, or within fifty "yards of any dwelling house within the limits of the incorporation, may be fined for each offence in a sum not to exceed ten dollars. Be it further ordained, by the same authority, That any person firing off any fire-arms as- aforesaid upon their own premises, may be fined as ln the foregoing section, unless permission has first been secured from the Town Clerk. In Town Council, this 7th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventytwo, and in the ninety-sixth year of the sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. J. F. C. DuPRE. Intendant. Feb. 13, 1872?43-3t Barnwel NO- 4 GRAN Our Country friends, may not all of tl A FULL LINE Bacon always tne best, Flour of various gri Syrup and M Lard i All of wlifch \re will soil at tho lowes BARNWE Feb. 14,1372, 43?tf GOLDSMIT] IRON FO Are prepared to furnish At tlie very lowest figures. They furnish seen in Columbia, which is Sufficient recc Feb. 14, 1871, 43?tf > % J. M. DODSON, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, TAKES pleasure In announcing to the people of Abbeville and surrounding Country, that he has again opened a PHOTOGRAPHIC 1 AST fiALLEBY the town of Abbeville, and is prepared ^ to furnish PHOTOGRAPHS, FERO- A, TYPES, &c., In the best styles and at LOWER RATES than EVER bef6re. t Come one and all, and. get four good pic- a tores for one dollar. ? t. Satisfaction given or no charges. Gallery up stairs over Barnwell's Store. February 13, 1872?43?1m TRY THE ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE! USE ATLANTIC ACID PHOSPHATE ! In Composting Cotton Seed. THE ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE ' is guaranteed to be a first-class ' Fertilizer. Phosphate, $48 per ton Ca9h, or $52 per 1ton, payable the 1st of November, IB72, free of interest. Acid Phosphate $28 per ton, "Cash, or $31 per ton, payable the lat of November, 1872, free of interest. Quarles, Perria & Co., t .Agents, n ABBEVILLE, 8. C. Fan. 14,1872, 43?tf STOP . THE THIEF ! ?<TOLEN, on SUNDAY NIGHT, the instant, from my stables, near 1 BRADLEY'S MILL, Abbeville County, 8. C., a GRAY MARE, seven or eight years, five feet high, mane and tail a little dark, a small black spot on the right flank, weak in the the eye. Value about $150, and was in good condition when stolen. A liberal reward will be paid for the apprehension of the thief, or the recovery of the horse. T. C. McBRYDE. Feb. 14,1872, 43?3t Barnwell & Co., ? ? ?^vr-r-r -nw i !A_ frt <A JW / U XjXJ III V liu ojilrumi nucimvu ? ff their Stock or SHOES made to Order. WHOLE STOCK BROGANS, MENS' PLOUGH SHOES, WOMEN'S KIP & MOROCCO!^ HIGH CUT SHOES, BOYS' and MISSES SHOES of all kinds. We have lust received a full line of the above Shoes, which we guarantee to be the best make brought to this market. Call and satisfy yourselves. BARNWELL & CO. Feb. 14, 1872,43- tf Fresh Arrivals. Collins axes, AMES' SHOVELS and SPADES, TRACE CHAINS, BACK BANDS, PLOW LINES, &c. QUARLES, PERRIN & CO. The Greatest Discovery of the Age. ATT ATVrnATHTI Dii DOCTOR LAURENT,\ of Paris. AN infallible cure for all irritations of the Skin, as well as obstinate Eruptions. This preparation is universally used among the higher classes in nml "F.np-lftnd. A bottle of tlie Eau Francaixe wiii be sont to auy upon receipt of One Dollar and Fifty Cents. \V. E. FLOHAXCE. Feb. 14, 1872, 43-4t dew In the Common Flea?. EQUITY SIDE. 0. T. Porchcr, Ex'r and Trustoo, v Joshua Daniel and others. Bill for Injunction^Construction, &c. PURSUANT to tho order of the Court, passed July 5, 1871, in the above stated cause, Notice is hereby given to the children of Cornelius Cox Bailey Cox, Bethava Face, and Phoebe Price, (whose names and number are unknown,) legatees nnder tho will of Mrs. Jane Keid, dee'd, to appearand prove their identity, and claim their shares of said estate, on or before" tbe 1st of August, 1872, or they will De barred of any benefit under the decree of said case. 0. T. PORCHER, Ex'r and Trustee. July 17, 1871, 13?lam 12m I & ITE EANGE. Irnnw haf. we lr god ItiU AllVUf -r OF GROCERIEsJ ides, [olasses, in Bbls. a-od Cans, Sugar of several qualities. Coffee, Bice, Salt, &c.? it market priccs. IT .T . ?fe OO. r B & KIND, (JNDERS, s. o., the latest and best style ara ed most of those olegant fronts to bo immendation. Give them a call. ETIWAN G ETIWAN CRO * ti ... Stiwan Dissoli IT* E have in store a supply of the above t \V They are of the highest grade and per they have been sold. Price of ETIWAN GUANO 855 per ton 1 st November, 1872, without interest. Price of ETIWAN CROP POOD, $40 p<j bio 1st November, 1872, without interest. Price of ETIWAN DISSOLVED BONE, on, payable 1st now $772, without interest. The above are Factory pricc's, tfnd the cos dded. white m VYUilJJ UL Jan. 32,1872,41?tf Marble THE MARBLE YARD is rei ters to its new Work Shop >ared expressly for the business o: Marshall House. A fine stock of ITA1IAH ADII AKEB 3an always be found on hand, and Lone in a superior manner, and at pr Also, a fine collection of Designs FANCY HEADSTONES, which < lotice. Call and see our prices and s J. D. Nov. 2, 1871, 28, tf JAS. G. BAILIE. AUGUSTA, A EE now opening a beautiful assortm* SPiiING trade, all of which will be a Brussells, Three-Ply, Ingrain, an vii J A:I ni .i.1 . jcioor ana xnoie uu wuma, ucei g Uruggets, Mattings, Mats, Cornic Window Shades all sizes, Curtail Wall Papers and Borders, Hair C! "We ftlfio keep on oar first floor, a lai GROCERIES, Wood and Willow Ware. 1 ville friends, for the abovo Good*, which w JAS. G. Fob. 7, 1872, 42?3m GREAT BA 20 psa Bi ; / I f... A f/'j WE SAVED FROM TE DfcY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUN] CAR Gentlemen's F'u.rn NOTIONS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, H< Which we are determined to bell for 00 days, < instant. \A splendid opportunity isofffcred to Countr must be ?old. KAPHAN 8 C Abbeville, & C., Feb. o, 3872. I19 ^MUSSS OYER ME. SUEZ'S T Cor SHOE STORE.: twe IS where my books and accounts can ^11 be fouud and I would urgently re- Mai iiuestall those to whom I have extend- Pa^ ed credit, to COME UP IN THIS MY { HOUR OF NEED, ag t Pay up Their Accomts lite Men, 2 and thereby enable me to resume busiuess. I would state that I have a FEW ARTICLES which I saved from the lire, j which I am offering , low Sown!! Parties would do well to call and eximine them, as J pledge myself to close # , nit what I have at astonishingly low I igures. Ibfr' Respectfully, John Knox. n Jan/26,1872,41-tf lNSl Tax Notice. M Char No ^TTT? nnnoltr of Ofl npr r>r?nfinn h?iR 1 ? 1~??v ? ? I"* * I - been added to all taxes un- ASS* aid on the 25th lilt. Said taxes can [ ~ .. e paid until the 15th Fobruary with- 1 ^ nt farther cost, after which time Ixecutions will be issued against all artics still in default. AS J. F. C. DuPEE, cag? Co. Treas. J* Jan. 31, 1S72, 41-3t : ? _ I SOO lbs. lommercial Saltpetre. At J uBt rocoived, TIC ! LEE & PARKER. Jan. 31, 1872, 41?If pcl UANO! IP POOD red Bone! tamed well known Fertilisers, have giv^n satisfaction wliereCash, or $C0 per ton, payable r ton, Cash, or $45 per ton, pay* \ 135 per ton Cash, or $40 per X tof Freight and drayage will b? A [OTHERS, Agents. STorks. noved from its old quss and handsome Office pie* q Main Street, above the ICAN MARBLE all work warranted to be ices lower than elsewhere, for ltfONUMEKT8 AND ?an be furnished at short styles. Respectfully, CHALMERS. & BROTHER, MWAVIMV m VAUAUiAi ant of the following Goods for old off at a small advance: A low priced Carpets, Bogs, oods, cut any size, es and Bands, fhromoe, 1 Goods, Lace Curtains, loths and Upholsters' Goods, rge stock of CHOICE FAMILY . we solicit orders from oor Abbe ill be sold LOW FOB CASH. BAILIE 4 BROTHER. RGMNSl I ?WSI! !W>W 66STI [E LATE FIRE KS, VALISES, PET-BAGS, HATS, CAPS, ishing Q-oods, r\CJT-CT?V" riT'VC Dl'dTATja xr< L/Oiuiv A | UVxlU) A wv?t % commencing Monday, February 5th y Merchants, and others, as the Goods cSKLARZ; lid Dendy Buildingp ABBEVILLE HGOL COMPANY. HE Exorcises of the School nnder the control of the abovei npany, will begin on Monday, the h February, proximo. T W UAVn Pm'iutinftl. U If } i/\/ JkAT) AAtMVfVWO 'he scholastic year will consist of > Sessions of Firo months each. TUITION PER SESSION. Ordinary English Branches $12.50 Lhematics with the Classics; 17.00 J rabic at the close of each Session. Ir. Boyd brings high testimonials eacher and a man, from' President pp, and others. or further information please adis the undersigned. J. F. C. DuPRE, Socretary, A. S. C. an. .31, 1871, 41?3t LIVERPOOL rtttVYAM A1HI UlKUViV A?U j GLOBE I ffSURANCE COMPANY. I toes Against LOSS by FIRE I as LrOW as any GOOD i company. b r All Losses paid at the Agency In I leston without reduction. B extra charge for Policy?a SAV- I of $1.00 TO INSURED. B ets in Gold, $20,000,000. I ir Receipts over - - - 820,000.00, I -AGO LOSSES, ALL PAID,* 1 !ab $3,000,000.00. B j" Business quadrupled sincc Chi- B Fire. B WM, II. PARKER, B .Agent. Sj nary 32, ?au?u ? Sewing Machines. 9 flERE are many good Machines, H but none arc better than the Cel- H eil GROVER & BAKER ELAS- M STITCH FAMILY MACHINE. JAS. W. FOWLER & CO., H Agents at Abbcvillo. Bw bruary 7,1872,42?tf fll