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fla Press sad Banner. Abbeville, S. C. W. A. LEE, Editor, Wednesday, March 20, 1872. Tana.?Thm duliars a year, In ad lancm No subscriptions taken for a shorter Hue than six mouths. Transient advertisements are charged Jbr at tbf rate or One Dollar per inch pace for the first insertion, apd. Fifty ?atfi'rs for each subsequent insertion. a liberal deduptjofl from the above j. i- MAM<wvna o/1oai*ftfiincr hv (fc'es 18 niaqe tu Hot* * ??>? ?-?S ~j Ihic quarter or by the year. ggf* All obituary notices and tributes ff respect are charged for at the usual l$tes of advertising. fto Democratic Convention and the Presidency, Tho Washington patriot assigns various substantial reasons, why the jneeting of the National Pemocratic 'Convention should be at least post pomed until after the meeting of the Cincinnati Convention, which is to be held during the first week of May. Prominent among these is the fact that the Bepublican party shows figns of disintegration, whilst its leading statesmen, and prominent journals have robbed at the tyranny ua cr;rqp\\gu years have beep committed in the pame of flepablicanisjn; po4 also that the Labor Beformer* have pot Jbrth a Presidential ticket whioh it. jn?eting ft cordial response from all parts of the country. Here are two facta which cannot H ignored anfl which are destined to exert? controlling influence on the coming election; and whilst the work of disintegration and assimilation it* going on, it is the true policy of the Democracy ta await the coarse of events, before determining its posi tion. There seem* to be evejy rea son to believe that the Cincinnati Convention will endorse the nomina tion of Davis and Parker, as they are known to be in symphathy with all %U6 principles TQP unaenie mo re form movement, and not to be ob noxious to the objections which may be urged against the prominent statesmen of either party. Bays the Patriot j Thegreat Hemocratfo party, with |t? three millions of voters and proud principles, is now, as ever, ready to do its part in defence of constitutional liberty; to open its doom wide with wolcon\e for all who may come, and to join hands honestly with whoever may seek to preserve its institutions, It spurns all bar gains, 'departures," and scheming AAklitiAnn: hnt in thn broad hVht of day, with upright motives and a pro claimed purpose to rescue this Gov crnment from misrule, it stands pre pared to put aside all eelfishness and to acoept the best means by which iteforra may be inaugurated, and the thieves driven from the timple which (hey now desecrate." ^1 I The Legislature. This body has at last adjourned, Ulter a Session of nearly four months, ?being one-third of the year?in volving an expenditure as largo as what was necessary to defray all the expenses Legislative, Executive and Judicial, for running the State Gov ernment before the war. The Session hai been fittered away in useless de bates?in the passage of unimportant bills. Three-fourths of the legisla tion has been of a pnvato nature, and the remainder has only increased ten-fold the burdens of an already i HopuToruuvu pwpie. J. no x>iue Ridge bill adds $1,800,000ta the pub, lio debt, and the Validating bill cod flms 16,000,000 of fraadaleat debt. Oar people may make up their minds to pay for this year double the tax of the past year. So great is the pro. Tailing extravaganoe and oorrnption that the Colombia Union calls loudly for reform. It says; "The Republican party, if it ex pects to live in this State for any lAnirtlt rvf* ftrnA m n of kaa avia V* VliMV) IUUOV 19U?VUII/0( VUG fact, and that is, that tbo people who pay taxes, both white and colored, will not long consent to see their inonoy squandered by the Legislature io Fdeliberating over measures of no earthly importance to any e*ve those who introduce them, "If we expect to exist as a party, we must introduce these measures of reform, and not have them forced tipon us by the opposite party. There U no disguising toe faat that oar leg. jftlatiYe expenses are nearly, double what they shonld be, and this is caus ed solely by the extraordinary length of the session. And again; "There are scores of useless offices in the State whieh should have beon abolished} or consolidated, but when ever this subject was broached, all y sorts of fair nmmiiM vam mo/la knt no deficit* action could be secured looking to * owtailment of useless expenditures. Members were afraid if thejr voted for such measnres, that some displaced official in their res pective counties would exert his in fluence against them when they again come before the people for re-election. AH action seemed to be purely for self, without tha slightest regard for tho public at huge. Assabi/f.?A colored wornw, Char ity Phimer, was arraigned and tried Mara Trial Jgstiaa Hemphill, on Saturday last, Under aharge of hav ing made a& assaalt upon Mr. M. O. JtcCaelan, and was convicted, She was fined $1 and cost% or to ba iffl prisow4 t^eoJbj^w da^s in jail, >? EST J alias C. Smith adver, Uses soma valuable Greenville Japde |J| lalo. 6ae advertisement. m Comparative Statement of the Ship meats of Cotton from Abbeviile, of the Crops 1870 and '71. We are indebted to Mr. Bt Bur? well, of the firm of Barnwell & $P?? (c the following interesting statement < the shipments of Cotton, of the crops < 1870 and 1871; popapiled from the boot of the Abbeville J>epQt- The atfttepaei of th^ p*?sent prop, it will be seen, brought up to the 1st March, 1872, wbe the aggregate shipments were 4,6i bales agaipst $,670 bales of the crop < 1870; showipg a falling off inshiptqeq during the present year of J,015 b&le It will also hf nhsif>rvf>fl Vint- thp shii meats in January and February, 18' were double those of t^ie correspond^ months of J8(l. The shipments of tl present pionth, ^re so far only some li bales ^ indicating that the shipments 1 the succeeding months ^*111 preset the same relative proportion, Und< the stimulus of high prices, the pre ent crop has been hurried to markc f^nd from the bad condition of the road Abbeville ^een\s to have obtained moi tban its usual proportion of the pre&ei crop. The total shipments of the crc of 1870 qfere 6,753 b^lea, which tt^e cro of 1871 will far short of reaching, During the present fse&sup, Abb has maintained its reputation as on of the best of the up-country ma kets. Aroonij the jnoat aotive an enterprising huyers were our frienc the Messrs. Barnwell, who purchase nearly one-forth of aU the cotto sold here, MONTHLY SlttPMENTS OF COTTON FRO ABBEVILLE, CROP 1870. CROP 187! Sept. 276 bales, 218 bale Oct. 785 ? 750 " Nov. 933 " 1007 " Dec. 1184 " 1441 " Jan. 1490 " 782 " Feb. 996 ? ? 457 " Mar'715,6.70 bales M*rehl724,ti& bal< March 513 11 April 183 4? May 173 " June 73 4* July 108 ? August ?33 44 Total 647q? t^les. Raid upon eur Merchants?Sequel tp ti Tobacco, Seizures, Onr readers will rop.nllant that snm months since various lots of mam factured tobacco, in the possession c nearly all of our prominent merchant were seized by B. M. Wallace, T. 5 Revenue Collector, and confiscated. This, in itself, wo thought was a hare ship, as they were entirely ir.nocec in the matter, and there was nothin in the cireustances of the case to wai rant any presumption of imprope conduct on thoir part. But it seem that the matter has not been allowe to rest hero. On last Friday officc Coates served a warrant upon th parlies concerned, requiring them t appear to-day, before U. S. Com mil sioner Boozer, In Columbia, to ar swer charges growing out of the a fair. They left on yesterday, wit iheir counsel, Mr. Cothran, to appca before the Commissioners, and wo ca not but believe that a plain statemer of the facts of tho caso will be sufl cient to mako apparent tbcir inn< eenca in the matter, and to bring to speedy close a most vexatious proseci tion, The examining Magistrate, w suppose, has full authority to dete mino the question of guilt and inn< cenco, and from his character we bav no doubt, will exercipe a wise niscn tion in the preroiaea. The law js vor stringent in its provisions, and sevci in its penalties, but tbe wholo chara ter of the alleged violations, negativ< thfl nrefiurrmtion of ft fruiltv infAn I T - 07"V ? which is the essential element < crime. Beyond a mere inadvertenc our merchauls are entirely innopei of offonco. The New Hampshire Election. The Republicans have carried Ne Hampshire; electing their candidate f< Governor, Sha\y, by a majority of aboi 1,500. The result is not surprising, i the parties verp nearly equally balance and every effort was made by the a< ministration by a free use of money au official patronage, and a thorough cai yass * of the State, to ensure succes After all Grant bas little reason to coi gratulate himself on the result. ] 1868, he carried the ?tate by a majoril of 8,000 votea, and ft will be thus sees that ip spite of his most strenuous e forts, be has lost three-fourths of h former majority, The result may 1 disheartening to extreme Democrats, bi it will be no cause of regret if they wi be thence dissuaded from making strict party ptruggle }n the next Pres dential eleptioa. The paramount coi sideratiou ia to defeat Grant, and 1 rescue.the Goverpweut from the Mil tary despotism, apd pprruptlon of whic he is the exponent. This can only 1 done by a combination of the good me of ail parties, Jn a movement like thi which is foreshadowed at the forthcon ing Cincinnati Convention. The batt to be successful must bo fought upc new issues, and by the zealous co-open *Vin Manila nf PnnofthlHrtn' tlVU VI bu^ uivuvio v? vvMiii?4v^viH&f| liberty throughout the country, The Confederate Qoj.p.? aut Colonel B. J, Moses, late Concede ate Commissary forthe State of Georgii in a communication to the Coiumbi Enquirer, gives an explanation of whi : became of the Confederate gold, wliic WW entrusted to hi* Cftre. Jt seen that b& received sow sijseep boxes i Washington, Ga., estimated to oontai $40,000, Three boxes, valued at 10,0C were delivered to the Quartermaster i Washington, #nd the remaining thii teen carried to August#, wb9U the moi ?y was turned over to the United .State Commissary Department, and expende in furnishing subsistence to the return ing Confederate troops.. Jjodgjd in Jail.?A eolored bo; was lodged in jail on yesterday, cot victed of petty larceny in stealing sojw, jewelry from Professor Sood, of En June OoHogt, Tfeg BJinutes of Conference. Wo are indebted to the publishers Messrs. Walker, Evans ?k Cogswell for d neatly printed copy of the min utes of the last Session of the Soatl Carolina Annual Conference ofjth M. E. Church South. Jt is edited b; the Rev. A. M. Chrietsburg, a.nd i remarkably well-gotten up; presenl ing a l^rge amoupt of valuable qn interesting statistics of this large an influential hody of Christiana. The Methqdist Church is apowc in the land, comprising some pin Districts in the State, with about on hundred and thirty ministers, an oi,ia? nuuu uicuiuere, uuu \iu churches, and church property to tb value of 8533,175.. At Qojiesbury Stptioq there are IB white members; 158 Sunday-schot pupils; ?ii<I church property to tb value of $5,500. In Cok^a^ary cii cuit there are 463 white membert 258 Sunday-school pupils; ohurc property $3,150. ^t Abbeville Sti tion, 85 white members ; 75 pupjU church praporty $4,000; Abhevill circuit, 400 white members, 20 pupils; church property $4,00( J^owndeiville atntion 250 white men: bers, 156 pupils, church propcrt; $4,000. Ninety-Six circuit 410 whit members; 164 pupils; chu.rch pre perty $4,500, In the liat of dead who were be ried in Abbeville, we see the name of the following ministers?Thos I Turp'n, dietl in 1838; James Dor nelly, 1855; Honry Bpss, 1860; "Wrr M. Wilson, 1864; A. M. Fostor, 186? The Minutes contain an able Mie sionary addres by Prof. James E i~i i _ ii > r>^ii uariiBic, ui n uauru v-unege. The next Session of the Conferenc wiil be held at Anderson C. II. St, Patrick's Day, r ?. Sunday last, the 17th of March was St, Patrick^ Day, and Monda^ waa genemlly observed throflghou the continent. St. Patrick is th Patron Siiiut ot fteland, a^d ha the credit o.f haying converted tha Island to Christianity, ft Wa while engaged in this work that ttv shamrock was first adopted aa th national emblem of Ireland. While attempting to explain th troth of the Scriptures to the K.inj of Munster, he found him dispose) to receive them, but unable to un derstand the doctrine of the Hoi; Trinity. How, asked the rud chieftain, can there be three persou in one ? Puzzled at what reply t make, the Saint, casting his eye upon the ground, beheld a share rock. Taking it up he showed t the barbarian monarch the thre little blades, each separate and die tinct, yet the three forming but on stem, and the King was at one couvinced by this simple but forcibl demonstration. Saiut Patrick cor verted not only this Prince, bu also the Kings of Dublin and Cot naught, the seven sons of the lattei together with greater part of thei subjects, and before his deat brought over the whole Island t the faith. A popular legend at cribes to him the banishment of a! snakes from Ireland. Dr. W. C. Norwood.?We lear that our esteemed fellow-citizen, Di W. C. Norwood, who has been a long connected with the medical pr< fession of onr District, and whoa eminence as a physician is onlyoqua ed by the sterling qualities of the mai contemplates a residence of seven months in Lagrange, Ga. Tho Doi tor's reputation has been widely e: tended by the manufacture and sal of the celebrated preparation know the Veratrum Viridt, which h? proved a valuable medical agent, an which whilst oxtending relief to su fering humanity, hag yielded a banc aomo income to the manufacture "We congratulate the Poctor upon h good fortune, which is sq welUdeser* ed, and trust that his residenc abroad is only tejnporpry. "W would disliko to give up to good citizen. Bishop Wiohtman.?The editor < the Southern Christian Advocate hi recently been refreshed by a visit < this distinguished servant of th Church. It B&ys; "The Bishop, w aro glad to report, seems to bt in fin health; and, alter spending a do with an old friend in Macon, proceec ed on 4 contf&iplfUed tour of visit] t.lnnn hn r.hurfihps?comnasHin several points in the South Georgia stretching as far South as ?ey Wesf in the Florida Conference. Thi lr programme will occupy him near!, r" until the Episcopal meeting in Maj ^ after which, we learn from him, h it has a string of engagements for Die b trict Conferences running well on ti is the month of August. Kay the di it vine blessiug richly crown tfres n abundant labors. >0 it r- J&r See notice of appl'Pfttion fo i- Final Discharge, by Robk Punn, ? ecufcor of Estate of Margaret #U>hey ^ dec'd, on 5th April ne$t Dr. R. C. Bowcn publishes hi y professional card in another column tr announcing that he will practice med e icine in the village of Cokesbury anc i- vicinity. We recommend him to th< patronage of our friends. Death of Dr. Isaac Branch. The numerous friends of Dr. Isaac Branch will be pained to learn of his unexpectecj death after assert illness at his residapce.in this Tillage, at 2 o'clock A. M, on yesterday, fle was attacked on Friday last, and speedily sank under what seemed to be a pros tration of all tfoe vital po wars. Noth* ing was wanting, which medical skill or affection's last offices could render, but without avail. The active brain sought repose, and after "life's fitful fever" the restless pulse i} still. In on a short year, thrice hava the snafts of the insatiate archer peath, been hqrled upon the afljicted family, and successively have t^e daughter the wife, and tlje father, fallen vie-, tims to ^is all-conquering power, Truly pur sympathies are witfc the bereaved, who have now been de-: prived of the provident cjvre, and earnest affection, of the best of earth ly guardians gnd friends. Truly we can bost pammend them tq the care of Him who has promised to be the friend of the fatherless. Doctor Branch was a native of Vermont but for more than fifly years, he bad lived amongst us, ar\d wft$ identified with our people, jeal ous in eyery good word and work, he wfta long a prominent member of the Presbyterian Churchy-long Treasurer of the Abbeville Bible Society?&nd active in all religious meetings. A restless activity of body and mind was his most distinguishing charac teristic, and whatever he undertook hn nerfnrmfid with unnririr nf his nature. For many years, the agent here of prop?iuent Insurance companies, and especially tl\e super intendent of agencies in the State for tho Piedmont & Arlington Ljfe Jneu ranco Company, his business capacity and energy were daily called into exercise. A, ipore active or success ful agcnt; VyQ supposo could not be found, And now after 9 busy, and well spent life he has been called to his reward, cheered by those consola tions, and sustained by that trust, which are to the Christian, as an an chor ''both sure and steadfast." ^be funeral sorvices wore conduct ed ofi yesterday afternoon in the Pres byterian church, by the Pastor the Rev. J. L. Martin, assisted by the Rev. W. T. Capers, in the presence of a large audience, when the body was consigned to the cemetery of the Uppor Long Cane Church. The Great Erie War. The New York papors of Taosday como to us filled with the detailed accounts of tho revolution in the af fairs of the Erio Railroad, whereby Jay Gould, president of tho road, and the old board of directors were ousted from their positions, apd a now presi dent, in tho person of General John A. Dix, and a new board of directors, wore clocted. Tho result was accom plished by the artifice of General Cl/.UlAa in AnAKA^InM tlflAn + k A Sfcl/i III VJIClHllllg U |/V/i< VIIW V1U I Board of Directors, and inducing the 1 majority to combino against Gould t and his adherents. A meeting was t called by the Vice President Archer, a in tho absenco of Gould. Ono after r anothor tho directors resigned, and \ their places were filled amidst con- f siderable excitement and confusion. Jay * Gould was removed from the * presidency, and General J. A. Dix 6 waB elected in hi* plaeo. After the i meeting General Dix notified Jay | Gould of the action, and, as president of tho road, mado a formal domaud for the surrender of documents and ie papers in Gould's possession. 1- Tho resignation of Jay Gould as I i, prosident of the Erie Kailway is 6aid t to have been accomplished as follows: c General Sickles was empowered by , c" the board to offer an ultimatum that c* Gould, Eldridge, Sherwood and Drake ^ !o would bo permitted to retain their t z, position as directors if they would lH come into tbo Bession of the new , board. Tbe general, with difficulty, j gained apeess to Gou}d's stronghold, where, after considerable discussion, 1 i- the terms were acceded to, aod these [ r. gentlemen attended the session, at c which all acts of tbe now board were confirmed, jind Gould's resj^nation offered and accepted. Lynch and his men were dismissed, order wjw restored, and the police Ipft the build ing. General then topi; formal y083ession of the president's room, ay Gould said that hewfta glad to be out of the Erie presidency, the salary of which did not pay for t he perpetual harassment that canio with the office, lio will fioon come to Wall street. The Good Templars.?Wo publish olsewhcre an announcement of the organization of a Lodge in our town, and wiBh them abundant success in their efforts to arrest the progress of intemperance io our land. The ob ject is a most noble ono, and the means adoptod among the most effec tual for achieving success. We are glad to hear that much intorest has been enlisted in behalf of the organi zation, and that its prospects are very encouraging, Our young men have tftlfPR the matter in hand, and from thojr earnest zeal and well directed efforts we expect great results, Pebsonal.?Marshal Wallace filed his official bond for #20.000. in the United /States pistrict Court on tbo 13th instant. Hja $pcpritie? are Al A, Butchr fbpd, John L. "Watson and Joaoph f. Wallace, of New 7ofk, f3T Mr. A. M. Aiken, of Gtoenr ^ood, advertises "Crawford's Prolific Cotton Seed" which come highly rec ommended; bat the best merit of these seed is their cbeapnew. Give them H trial. 84 Y< is tl V SI fti mmm The Laurensyille Herald comes ) ns arrayed in a new and tjandgome jit of type, and presents a neat and ttractive appearance. We pongratu ite oar friends, Crewjs & Teague, upon keee evidences of thrift ancf business lanagemont, and extend to them oar eat wishes. The paper is ably con acted, and is a worthy representa* ve of Laurens. Jn the recent fire at Union C. H., re see that there was no organiaat [on, and hepce tfce destruction of ropeyty. The case seems to be as pd at Laurens, judging from the fol ding paragraph from the Htrald; "JIOOK AND I4ADDER CoMPANT.?In ase of fire, our town would be left ntircly at the mercy of the devour? ag clement, as there is scarcely even ladder iu the place long enough to 0 rob a hen-roost. A case in point ras seeq at the little fire which oc urred here on Tuesday last. $ut or the favorable stillness of the wind n that occa?iont the kouse which was av6d would evidently have burnt own. In view, then, of the fact of ur destitution of facilities for extin ;uishing and preventing the spread of .re, we propose that a Hook and jadder Company be organised at oce. Thore are young men enough 1 our village to raise a strong com? any of this kind, and old,men enough ?ho would be willing to jjoiq and ireQt its affairs." Weathkb.? On last Sunday there ras rain, but for the most part, the feather during the past week, has een mild and genial. The Spring is ery backward, and the farmers are ow redoubling their exertions to lake up for the delay in out-door rork. Qur friend, Mr. R A- McCaslan, of he Clear Spring neighborhood., in arms us iht\t everything promises rell to the farmer in that sectioa.? ^i i__i i u:i i juuur i? ^unuuuut uuu vwuiea auu lacks are beginning the work of the eason with hearty geod will. Such i also the oaso, as we are informed by ur friend, Mr, L. 0. Miller, in the ejg^t*orl\opd of Lowndesville. Pro igjpna. are cheap, h\bor is abundant, nd all feel encoaraged in planting a arge crop. ^ ^ Addbebb or the State Supebin kndbnt o? Common Schools.?Hon. K. Jilson, Slate Soperintendent of Common Schools, made an earnest ,na practical aaaross 10 a large au lience in Lawson's New Hali, on londay evening. He explained in letail the practical operation of the aw, and impressed upon the audience hat its success must depend upon >ropcr organization at homo, an ifficient School Commissioner, and veil-selected local boards, and upon he hearty co-operation of the people !b was a well-considered address, and vas especially well-timed in its sug gestions. Fihe at Uniow C. H.?-We publish ilsewere an account of a very destruc ive fire at Union C, n., which among >ther property entirely destroyed the iffice and material of our friend Mr. J. M. Slokcs, of the Union Timet.? ?Ve extend our sympathies to our sis er town in her distress, and with )lackcned walls, and crumbling ruin* ecent calamity, we can well "mourn ritb those who monrn." To our riend and contemporary of the Times 7e tender our heartfelt condolence, ind feel assured that, with character stic energy, he will soon retrieve fiis osses, and go on his way rejoicing. Sudden Death.?We regret to learn if the sodden death of Mr. B. C. Nap )or, of the lower section of our Dis rict, on Monday last. He had been >n a visit to the village, and died on' tie way home at the store near Mr ^latworthy's. Wo have not heard he particulars of this sudden death. BS. We are indebted to Major rohn Alexander, of the Congaeee xon Works, for late files of foreign >apcrs, for which he will please ac ;ept oar thanks. The late residence of Dr. Rich nond, in oar town, has been pur ihased by Messrs. Miller k Robertson. Fhe house is now occupied by our 'oqpg friend Mr. W. A.Teropletoq,and ntl* whom also reside his father, Pr. PeropletQQ and family. Ap election will be held on the kl day of April, for Mayorjand twelvg Lldermeq qf the qity of Colqmbi#. W8T Bead potjce Jp another OQlpiqn f 1 he proposed Sunday School Con ention in Charleston in May next. as. The grounds jq froqt of the [ethodjst Church have been tester illy laid out, qnd planted in ever reens, and fc&vpuQw assumed* very eautjful and attractive appoaranco. 9&- The ne*t week is fcppwp in bo Church c&lppder as "Passiop reek"?ending With Eftstep Sunday n tho 3Jst. J@"" The Republicans of Columbia ave nominated the present Jlajor ohn Alexander, as a candidatp for 3-eicction. m >m ? j?. Senator Wilson, of MassachP; 3tts, having secured the invaluable 'ircrpulling services of Ben Butler, i annoqpeed ae a candidate before ie Philadelphia Copvcptiop fqr the ice-Presjdency, in opposjtjop tq the piling Colfax, who has kindly reeop dered his announced determination > retire from public life. Cameron is [so yrtiid to bo a friend of Wilson's, ad pledged to lend him a helping api|. seaflfe The Good Templars. Editor Preu ai\d Banner : In La\?qpn's Hall, Tuesday eyffling, 12th iqat, $ev. H. M. Igood qrgianixed a Lodge, No. JO, of the Independent Order 9$ Good Tempters, and initiated the following officers, viz: >Y-1. W^jkbyw. W# C, T* J. Wash. Boyd, W. 8. C. V. Hammond, V(. F, 3, 1 M. P. DeBbuhl, W. TREAS. Robert Cannon, W. M. R. Id- HADpo/f, W' A-8' J. A. WjE9, W. D. Af, EDW. ^ESTFIELD, yy. Bsn. We are gl{^ to b,e able to say that tfye number already initiated, and tl^ num ber of applications for memberships received, indicate ^ prosperous course for this Lodge, and lefld us to indulge the fond hope, that soon its benign and ameliorating influence will be widely felt. The of Temperance is truly a noble one. It combines elements or principles which are, in the least, antag onistic to the highest Interests of any class. For its advancement It appeals tq piaukind in every conceivable relation; to the Monarch upon his throne and to the peasant at his foot-stool, to the President in his Chair and to the meanest subject in his dominipn, to herpes, statesmen, lawyers, doctors, merchants, formers, mechanics, to fathers and to mothers, to brothers and to sisters, to" the young, who jubilantly bound along life's pathway, and to the aged, who walk tremblingly upon the verge of time, to one, to all. And when we oonsider the manifold miseries, and untold wretchedness en tailed by Intemperance; that it alienates more property and destroys more lives than all the other vices combined; that it sends barbed, piercing arrows through the kind and affectionate hearts of thous ands of mothers, wives and sisters; and that through its shameful influence tens nf JhnnuinHo of niir muntrvmRTl. whose youthful prospects were bright and in viting, are now dragging themselves along through life with halting steps, to meet early, gloomy, hopeless graves; then surely will we find cause to throw our influence into whatever organization is best calculated to contend against its destructive progress. This do, and "quit you like men." By request of Lodge, J. WA0#. BOYD, W. 8. March 16th, 1872. Bxlioiqus.?Mr. B. N. Pratt, a promising young Baptist Minister, of whoso effort here, a few weeks sinc^, we made mention, delivered an excel lent diseourse to a good audience, in Lawson's New Hall, on Sunday last > ? ? IS* See notice of a good second hand piano for Bale". FOR SALE. m % m 4 GOOD SECOND-HAND PIANO, Am nimost new. r or iuruier partic ulars applv at the WIER HOUHE, S doors Soutn-East of the Public Square. March 20,1872, 49-lt Dr. B. C. Bowen, PPOPOSES to practice MEDICINE In the town of COKESBUI1Y uud vicinity. He may be found at the Cunningham reaidence, opposite Mr. Uabriel Hodges. March 12,1872,49-4t* Qaariss, Perm A Co., AGEBTS FOR THE Pendleton Mannlactnrins Company. Tarns and Osnaburgs Sold to the trade at Maoufactarers prices, delivered at Abbeville. March 20, 1870, 40-tf CRAWFORD'S "PROLIFIC" Cotton Seed. Better than "Dickson's," and only Half the Price. 1HAVE on consignment THIRTY BUSHELS of the genuine "PRO LIFIC" for sale @ $2.50 per bushel. These fried were improved by J. M. Crawford, Esq., of Columbia, who has for two years just taken off the premium at the State Fail?, oa the preateet yield per acre, and finest quality of upland cotton. Apply soon to A. B. AIKEN, Greenwood March 20,1872, 49-2t ?ee J T Bed Bee ordi tvt I Br 0F FINAL DISCHARGE. rflHE subscriber will moke appllca P tion to C. W. GUFFIN, Esq., Judge of Probate for Abbeville County, for Final Discharge as Executor of the Estate of Margaret Richey, deceased, on tbe ?th cjay of April next. ROBERT DUNN, Executor. March 13,1872, 49?3t LINO FOB SALE. " "TNIfE/SS disposed of at private sale, J Uie following REAL ESTATE, belonging to Dr. J. M. McCLANA HAN, will be offered at public auction, 11 SY) ] Sou F< before the Court liopsp aoor, on saies day in April next, in Greenville, S. C. TRACT No. 1, coptftipipg 600 Acres, more or less, 180 Acres P? which are In a high state of cultivqtipn; about luO, Acres of first quality River Bottom. On this Tract isa NEw FRAMED HOUSE, NEW PARN. *nd pJepfy of good Hpuses for servants. 'f ft ACT Ifa.2, coptainipg JTO Acres, more or Je.88. J'e9 qdjqinipg No. 1; of this, aboptjO flpres in pultiyation, alarge prRportiop pf I? Creek Bottom. On tjais'trflpt ftre tvvp settlements; also a good site for u Mil), This ?apd lies op South Saluda River, J8 miles from Greenville. TERMS?Qpe-half Cash; the remain der <n t>yo pr three annual instalments, With tep per pent interest, secured by Mortgage pn the premises. JULIUS C. SMITH, Moral) SO, 1872, 49-2t I & C F sons vorl Mi ii ii"mi ii mm n% i mmatm The Largest and 5BFUK&S, TOHJS' BRUSHES tT^st apened, and for s W. ?rchai8%-W-^ AT THE Marble "lHE MARBLE YARD ii ters to its new "Wo*k I ed expressly for the busi#? 1 .11* TT i A ?* rsnan nuuse. j% nne stocic. italian arb al i always be fou$4 on b&jid, te in a superior manner, and Uso, a fine collection of Des NCY HEADSTONES, wh ice. Call and see our prices J-v./l *ov. 2, 1871, 28, tf 1 ?a INFALLIBLE id bto mm, Prepared and for sale, by LEE A.PABKEB. arch 13,1872,47-tf orn! Corn!! 1,000 BUSHELS im? Wkila Con I Best Yellow Corn. store and to arrive. Apply to BARNWELL & CO. [arch IS, 1972, 47?tf ST Pinery and Straw Gdo4j 1871k. SO WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, Ac 1MSTR0NG, CATOE & CO. 1PORTERS, Manufacture and Jobbers, BONNET, TRIMMING, ICK and SASH RIBBONS. VEL T RIBBONS, NECK TIES. BON ;T SILKS, SATINS, VELVETS and APES, Flowers, Feathers, Oroa it?o Pwiniaa Arc* fltraur Pnnnata aiui lies and Children'* Hate, Trimmed land Untrimmed. And in connecting warerooms PHITE GOODS, LINENS, EM OIDERIES, Laces, Nets, Collars, ts, Handkerchiefs, Veiling, Head ?, Ac., Jkc. Nos. 337 and 239 Balti re street, Baltimore, Md. hese goods are manufactured by ui K>ugbt for Cash directly from the ropean and American Manufactu <, embracing all the latest novelties quaied in variety and cheapness In ' market. irders filled with care, promptnes* I despatch. [March 18,1872, St1 THE SINGER, SEWING MACHINE. -t* *-?: : 1 HAVE used SINGER'S SEWINC MACHINE for 15 years and believi > be the best in use. MRS. S. 8. BAKER. HAVE had in constant u?e in mj family SINGERS SEWING MA [INE for 15 years and have been at n< >euse except for needles and for oil. 8. S. BAKER. HAVE the agency for the abovi MACHINE. Persons in wantcai them at 100, Abbeville. S. C. W. R. WHITE. an. 1,1872,37-tf Oat Third of Lift OR 0 TEARS IN BED, (HE WOVEN WIRE MATTRE8? will make the most oomfortable 1 for Wiuter or Bummer use, of any I sold, warranted not to get out oi sr or need repairs. For saieat J. D. CHALMERS, eb. 51,1872, 44?tf A LOT OP own Homespuns received thie day, at X90. eb. 21,1872, 44=tf ^ELIGHTFUIi TEA, NO. 1 COFFEE, SUGARS of all kinds, MUSCOVADO MOLASSES, iUPS, fKlSBn il'AiilAiX JUAtVAilUi*4, NICE CHEESE, FRESH BUCKWHEAT, te of the late arrivals at WARDLAW & EDWARDS. ?b. 21,1872, 44?tf WALL PAPER. NEW LOT OF WALL PAPER at low prices. J. D. CHALMERS 4 CO. eb. 21,1772, 44, tf MATTBESSES. HE COTTON, COTTON and EX CELSIOR MATTRESS to be at all times, at J. D. CHALMERS O [Feb. 21,1872, 44-tf DENTISTRY. ROM now to the 1st APRIL, I will go to the private houses of per wno may wish to have any dental c done. WM. C. WARDLAW, D. D. S, iroh, 6,1872,46?tf Best Assortment of i &c.? sale at short 6j T /? utn I 'V ' nifTi ' ?J(Pi p, >?h "til t??A VMild; J%I 5:f..,sfeiiafp emporium of 'U..)V.'i EJHi'.m'".T WAPlTfl ^ if vl JjLO? l removed from its oldlqnsiV Shop and handsome Office pj* sss on Main Street, above iijfc i q? :: > i srcfMlI ?;<! SERICAN MARBLE ik and allwork, warranted to bt at prices lower than elsewher# imimiirvnvi k Vt\ rr igjae 4v* ' ViUiKUl io ' < ich can be famished at short * and styles. Respecfcfiilly, -..fi 5 :/v 0. CHALMERS. /' ' . . It '.I ~ T:': ' . : JJ Yf BAENWEIL & CO., are now wiling off . not IDITB HUB at cost 1 K CLOTH LtfG, CASSIMERES, DRESS GOODS, I \ ?0$1 SHAWLS, FLANNELS, 2?>A Come buy at yooj- ewaprice. BARNWELL * CO. Feb. 14, Igjl, 4S-K * " TECWBED6E & CO.j: EARNESTLY requests those Jndebt- - Ui ed to them to c^-fbHfart.j*1* once and helf them hi tbeir uiMbiuinL''* ^ payJngap:^ ** Oflleefor the present tnstjoroof A. HIV HILL* We take tbl* oecaafop to jay W:.\: oar friends tint we expect to remia^ :,, businessin a few days; dee nc^Jce of; { wlilcb wHI begivfcn< ph/^i *? *> \w DENTAL COPARNERSlurJr fMlHE undersigned haVe * M themselves for the praetiteof ttstry, in Abbeville. iDne of-oa mayil-: "\'si ways be (Wand In our olBot, over Dr. ' Parker's Drag Store. im OVER urn. Kimz's Vt \n SHOE STORE. >' ! ' . . ;-?f I' i Stlfc'l ' ' : i i \nlA IS where my books and accounts 'car* be found and I would urgently tfcr < ... quest all those to wb?m I have extend*-' M mV Pay up Mr iccomts itelatH ...... inlaw and thereby enable me to resome b?1- tilt new. ~ I would state that I have a FEW-ARr TICLE8 which I saved from the which I am offering low Sown!! Parties weald do well to call and * amice them, as I pledge myself to okM out what I have at astonishingly loir figures. Respectfully, John Knox. The Sural Accountant A PLANTATION BOOK, neededbj every Farmer who desires to know now his farming investment pay. eon* prising a selection of Practical Informa tion, ueeded every day on the fltrm. For sale by v renewals to that staudard Agricultural Periodical, The Rural Carolinian, Jan. 17, 1872, 37?tf Jan. 26,1872,41-tf A. M. AIKEN, Greenwood. Also Agent to receive subscriptions or We still hare at 190 a RFMNANT of READY-MAD^L A. "CLOTTOG, now selling si rvqUce^ prices, not because It li oM ? ato(U> out w Fft^Ulon And unsalable. Wt ,;Ji, have uq dU??y old reproants tocry omr <1 our goods are aM n$|p ?pg deslrablt. : " : . Jan. NU872, 8*-# 1 4 : </ YOUIG MElf ' Contemplating a Business Lift should attend tlie . BRYANT, STBATTON ft SADLER BUSINESS COUKGB, For Circulars, and Specimens of Pen- :" manship, enclose two stamps, and ad? ' dress, W. H. SADLER^lWt^ Nob. 6' and 8 JN. unariw o*., March 13,47?4t Baltimore, Jttd? i . Mia Ii lip (ftp?, or Memphis, Tenn, and Baltajwre, Xd, ASSETS, $1,000,000. EON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, President, Gen. Wade Hampton, Vica-Presldenty Gen. John D. Kennedy, General Agent for South Carolina, COLUMBIA, 0, P, ^larch 6, l$72f 46-ta*