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TEHiis??iare* aoiiare a year, in ad 9?n<w. No sabscriDtlons taken for a shorter Haa?4haa sbr months. - - Transient advertisements are charged fcrstttorTAteot'One'Dollar per inch paoa for the first insertion, and Fifiy Cfetttfe frt each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction from the above rates Is made to persons advertising by the quarter or \ y the year. 1QF"All obituary notices and tributes of respect are charged for at the usual rates of ad vertising. Our Agents in Charleston, The advertising agency of Messrs. WALKElt, EVANS & COGSWELL, represented by R08WELL T. LOGAN, Esq..Is tlie only authorized agency for this p iper in Charleston, AMtiher Destructive Fire , in Abbeville. Itair Fine Brick Stores and a Portion of their Stock Destroyed?Estimated Loffi,. $30,000?Amount of In ' j snranoe, 118,000. PtnBLIC RECORDS BURNT. Again we -are cuneu upuu iu chronicle another of those disas trous conflagrations, to which our town has more than once before been unfortunately subjected, and which breaking out at about one o'block on the morning of Sunday last, consigned four stores of one of its finest business ranges, with a large portion of their stocks to shapeless and unsightly ruin. One such calamity in tne ntstoiy 01 a town would seem to be too much for prosperous life, but Abbeville proudly lifts its head from the ashes of {fee two great fires which the single year of 1872 has brought U|tan her, and ' points still to her VkhaTnPAA MrwOra. and tasteful ^Vfr. and commodious public, edifices as proof that she is not dead yet. The last fire has inflict ed serious1 loss, but scarcely one third Of that which consigned the Marshall House? and the Court Hoqse iw*d the intervening stores taruhi on the 19th January last. Tlraf fire involved a loss of about $75,000; and this will scarcely re&cfr 150,000, or about the same wfyich wh* inflicted by; the great iire>>.o?;Jtt]y, 1858, whrch swept; a??ty the Posey Range, Mr. K. HJ "WfejWaw's Store, and Mrs. Allen's Hotel. 'Four stores have beep de stroyed, bat v^ith the exception of Barnwell.& Go's*, and the pergonal etfecta of A. M. Hill) the stocKs yrrn principally saved, and the losses were all covered by insurance except in the qase of Mr. and excepting the stores themselves, two cCwhich were uninsured. "We have no-desire to conceal or under estimate the loss inflicted by the late-fire, but to correct the impres sion; if such exists, that our town is nearly ruined. It is a poor town tl&t could not easily bear a loss like'that of last Sunday, and the shoulders of Abbeville are broad enough to sustain a mach heavier infliction, which we indeed pray thjta .a good. Providence may in n&My avort. The mo3t serious loss, and one w^e)i ifto money can replace, is that of^bq public record* in the offices of Clerk^ilnd "Sheriff, and 'County Commissioner*. ' They were par tiftttftf estrOyed in the January fire, ana now are totally consumed, not leaving a .vestige behind. It is im nriaaihlp fn pstimntA tfiA flmminf nl tea#hie. and inconvenience which this loss will occasion in long years tQeqqme, sot merely to business aid* professional men, bat to our cr' ?nn?M llw The four stores burnt are on the of the Public Square, e*|eqdj?g from the Mcliwaine building, owue# by Mr. Hugh Wil J^orth, to the New Post Office, owned by Mr. H. W. Law son, on the South. The first store on the North was that of Mr. Thoe. Occupied by Barnwell & 9W in;jtiie lower story for a eener af merchandize and grocery busi r*ea,*n<i the front room above by Y: Branch, as an Insurance dmgp, jlmi <be rear room above by Mr. A. M. iBLill, as a kitchen. ; ; 0?ke<jnext store was owned .by Mr?>:Tb?mas Eakin, and occupied ft? A.jtf. Hifl & Co., in the groce ryJ and' commission business; the upper rooms bei$g .occupied by Mr. AuM. Hitt and family. > f *^Th^ -ne*t tiro stores wer? the jjj^perty of ijie estate of Ado I ph as ' "VSbiarw^ deceased, and the lower story of the firsi-wis used-as a Ij^^ store by . J. D. Chal j^r^4jr?o?, and that of the second sMt d&gHotb by tee & Parker. TWjo?/ tie rooms above these ^re^'jvere *sed respectively as Clerk's* and Sheriff's, and County Gomtoiaaioner'a Offices, and the otliers-^-one as an o^ice by Br. B. Rhfiitl, beinpthat formerly occn ym&>y fJiis. - -VVhr?l!:?w aiift Tfiom M Ha a l>eiu'iat;8 o.Ui^e?und the '.iforWtfa. iop. Various km - - surgical and dental instruments and the furniture in these were deg troyed. As to how or where the fire orig inated there is a difference of opin ion. some suDDosinff. it to be in th ' ' 4 ^ o kitchen of A, M. Hill, above Barn well & Co.'s store, and others ii the store itself. . It is difficult t< account for its origin in eitlie: place, as it is said that the Are ii the stove was extinguished at a lati hour by oijb- of Mr. Hill's family and that the same was done in th< stor? below at the time of closing It se#nis to be agreed that at leas its origin was accidental, and tha no apparent blame attaches to anj one. "When dlRCOvered about on< o'clock on Sunday morning, it hac seized both Hill's and Barnwell'* stores in its grasp, ana sending uj its bright, lurid name and sulphu rous smoke heavenward, was in volving floors and joists and raft ers in one common ruin. Opening the door of his chamber Mr. Bil was almost stifled by the hot flann and blinding smoke, and with bif sick wife and children, halt-clad and bare-iooted, fled in haste, anc with difficulty made his escapt from the burning building to th< nearest place of refuge. Soou th< ^ V* /v**-4- 4-V n aAiI WArtl ucuo rung vuii iuvu uuxciui ^ui and the ominous. cry of "Fire,' sounding through the streets, arous ed the sleeping inhabitants, anc called them to the work of attempt ;ng to stay the flames. The foui stores above named were howevei too securely in the grasp of the de vouru-g flend to afford.any hope o: rescue, and the flames progressed so rapidly that the stocks of good* were only partially secured, anc those only bv the most earnest anc nAiuia'pnt pfthrts. The intense heat of the burning stores threatened at one time ti ignite the Mcllwaine Building : which adjoins them on the NoHh and nothing but a thick fire-wall and high parapet, with a favoring wind enabled it to escape. Th< first store adjacent, in the base tnent of this building is occupiec by Wardlaw &" Edwards as a dr) goods and grocery store; the nexl y J. B. & W. J. Rogers, dealers in dry goods, groceries and confec tionery ; and the store at the cornei by Nelson & Cannon, as a jlrj goods and groceiy store. lb( office of the Tress and Banner is lo cated above, and the remaining rooms are occupied, one by Mr Wilson as a sleeping apartment and the others are rented by th( Misses Cater for boarding' Th< peril seemed so imminent that the merchants below all moved theii stocks, and a portion of the print mg material, ana trie furniture o the "rooms were also removed The alarm extended to the Alstoi House, on the corner opposite, an< the inmates all had their furniture ready packed for a speedy removal Lawson's New Post Office wai subjected to even a fiercer ordeal on the South, as tte flames bea ' L '' 1 __ _ xl ? even more intensely upon a minne wall/ Everything that human ef fort could do with the means at dis posal was done. The ladders ant the buckets of the Hook and Lad der Company were called into re quisition, copious streams of wate wa'rA r&nnred unnn the heated roo and walls, and wet blankets wer< freely used. Whites and blacks ministers, lawyers, and merchant vied with each other in giving ai< where it was most needed. Con spicuous among th>se who distiri guished themselves at this poin were Messrs. Lawson, Sign, Catci assisted by Kennedy, Ellison, and host of colored men. And here le us do full justice to those wtjo wer present both white and colored Of course there may have been es ceptions, but the great majorit. tM/WAMAIlfllff Vv /-v^V? in +1\ A A1 v> Ul IVUU UgUlUUOlJ' UUlll III U1C CJ . fort to save stores and Iwildingt ' which could be done, but" this wa ' well done. Such is the testimon of those who were most interestec F and who are the most competer , judges. , Lawson removed his stock c geods,. and cut away hie woode 1 work shop adjacent to the brie ' store. The goods of the adjacer store occupied by Messrs. McDoi aid &IIaddon were also reraovec and also the furniture of the room There was no above occupied by Mrs. Lytbgo< ! and the proprietor of the building Mr. J. W. Robertson. The mei ; chants and other occupants of tb . stores below, made no removals bnt White, Hill & Cunningham, i 1 the store next adjacent, and Mri Caiu and Mrs. White, in the Ban - building, packed their stocks, fc the purpose, and the latter remove . some of their stock. Among the merchants the hea\ iest losers are the Messrs. Ban well, wiio sustained a total loss c their goods, estimated at 37,000 o $$,000, jut covered by insurance t the extent of $6,000, in the follow ing companies, to wit: in the Cor tinental, $2,000; in the Hartforc $2,000; and.-in the Richmon Banking Company, $2,000. Thei books, papers and money were i one of Marvin's Iron Safes, an , passed the ordeal safely; the wrap pers being a little charred, but th contents not seriously injured. A. M. Hill & Co. sustained a loa df perhaps $1,000, a large jportioi of their goods being stored in thei adjacent warehouse, which escaped and the rest of the goods wliicl were saved,'being transferred there Their loss is covered by a policy o $2,500 in the Continental. Mr Hill himself lost his clothing an< that of his family, household furni I tore, and some $300 in gold whicl 'was in his trunk in his t)ed room His loss is about $1,000, and a ver heavy one, as he had no insurant las household ?fleets. ' J. D. Chalmers & Co., estimate their loss at $1,000, having save< the greater purt of their goods Their loss is covered by a policy o $800 in the London and Liverpoo and firlobe, aud ?800 in the Georgi Home. Lee & Parker also saved th greater part of their goods, and es tiniatethat their 1.*ss will not ex , ceed $1,200 or ?1*500, Their los is covered by a palicy of $2,000 ii r the London and - Liverpool an< 1 Globe. b The four stores burnt would no 5 exceed in value $14,000. Two c a them, those of Messrs. Hobinsoi . and Aiken, were uninsured ain t the two belonging to the estate c t A. A. "Williams, were iusured t 1 the amount of $4,000. j Heavy losses occurred by the re 1 moval of goods. "Wardlaw & Ed s wards estimate theirs at $2,000 o > $2,500; Nelson & Cannon* at $40' - or $500; J. B. & "W. J. Rogers - at $500 ; II. W. Law<?m & Co., a - $ ; McDonald & Haddon, a r $700. Some damage was done t 1 Larson's building and Wilson' i block, upon which we have hean 3 no estimate. All of these losse , are covered by insurauce, excep 1 that of Lawson's stock. } As we have said, the loss whicl > \xti11 l*?o mrtof onrnralxT f( 111 MV 1UWV UX/WtV'AJ' iVIVj i it affects our citizens generally, an< , is irretrievable, is that of the publi ' records. No blame it seems, at - taches to any one of the public offi I cers, that they were not saved these officers residing at some die tauce oft', and before they could In r reached, the progress of the flame - made their rescue impossible f The officers also lost valuable pri I vate papers. } W.e are pleased to announce tha 1 the late fire lias not dampened th< I ardor of our business men wh< have been the chief sufferers. Lei ; & Parker have been kindly furnish > ed one half of the store of JSTelsoi , & Cannon, at the corner of the Mc Ilwain block; A. M. Hill & Cc will hold forth at the warehouse ii the rear of their old stand. Chal mers & Co have transferred thei stockto rooms above Trowbridg & Co.'a store; and Barnwell & Co are also to be found at Trowbridg Co.'s and will resume business a soon as a suitable location can b obtained. Wardlaw & Edwards Nelson & Cannon, W. J. & J. 13 Rogers, Lawson, McDonald, i Haddon, "White, Hill & Cunning ham, and Mrs. Cain & Mrs. White are all getting matters in orde again, and will be pleased to se their friends. Let our friends not suppose tha Abbeville lias suffered any ver material blow to its prosperity The work of rebuilding will soo: nanAmmnn/?ft oti A .?I ib^uiuuitiiV/Cj ?uu IUC UCUIU I the late fire will soon be effaced. "We omitted to state above, tha the London, Liverpool and Glob is represented by "W. II. Parkei Esq., the Continental, the Hartfor and the Richmond and Banking by W. T. Branch, and the Georgi Home, by DuPre & Perrin, all el ftcient agents. These last gentle men also represent the Germanis Hanover, Niagara and Republic, i: behalf of which their card appear elsewhere. The losses will be soon adjustec The Adjuster of the Hartford, i r already here, and the Adjusters c f the other companies will be here i a few dara, and ^11 losaes prompti paid. * The CooEng Stove, The cooking Stove, from the in portant relation it bears to the ever day requirements of life, and upo which depends in so great a degre the convenience comfort anhapinef of every family, may be truly consii ered the most valuable of all mochai i':al constructions for domestic nsi While the highly improved articles ( to-day bear but a remote resemblanc to the first crude stoves which gla( deued the house-wife's heart, an many of them contain points of ii disputable merit, the one to whic we ea'l the attention of our readei fiftftms to lift t.n nnmhin? in nr? ntv?no all the meritous points of every othf stove. By its use economy of fue regularity and rapidity of bakin/ uniformity of heat in the varioi chambers, durability beyond an other stove in the market, are a attained. Card.?The undersigned wool tender grateful acknowledgements 1 friends white and colored, for timel assistance in protecting the Mcl ! *D!-?.L 1 wunit? jdiuck, aim ju ioe removal < furniture daring the late fire. Hugh Wilson. if ? >. Thanksgiving Day.?-Thursda r A'ov, 21st, is appointed by the Soutl o ern General Assembly, as a day ( r~ spooial thanksgivings to God, for hi services to her as a church, and of be d' umilialion and earnest supplication t r God for an abundant outpouring c Q His Spirit on all her pastors and cot d gregations. ) 0 Greewood and Augusta Railroai ? We direct attention to the notice c 8 the meeting of the corporators i 11 Augusta, on the 3d December nex * for the purpose of organizing. Thi ^ looks like business, and we trust tha it means successful effort, f ^ Important Order.?Judge Melto has granted an order directly to th a vaHousCounty Auditors and Treasui firs, to show cause on the 23d instan pin Columbia, why they should nc e l>e restrained from assessing and co j letting the present tax levy, for vt s'rious alleged grounds of illegality, a THE FUTURE POLICY OP THE GOV i. ERNMENT, STATE AND 1 FEDERAL. 1 . . a General Grant comes again into e power with majorities so large, and i- has achieved a success so brilliant in > the late election that he can afford 8 to be very magnanimous, A just and generous policy to the South can alone heal the bitterness of the t past, autf close up "the bloody O a m " Tf nni/1 4-Ua4 vwuo?u. u.v 4> auiu tuui uo xutmiiua to inaugurate such a policy, and by so doing he Will not only earn the title of a wise ruler, "but the grati tude of an oppressed and afflicted people. Such a policy would enlisl the earnest sympathy and supporl of our whole people. The -same we may say of the State Government. They will en ter into office with earnest pledges in behalf of reform, nnd with the power to effect it. "We trust thai those pledges are to be redeemed t and every effort in that direetiou will meet the cordial co-operation b of our people. "We do not propose e to maintain a factious opposition, ^ but will be pleased to commend whatever in the acts of the future _ State Administration shall prove ; worthy of commendation. e Important Error.?It seems that a serious clerical error has Oc curred in the Joint Resolution making the tax levy forthe present year. The Joint Kt&olution oi March, 1872, provides for a levy for the fiscal year commencing No vember 1,1871, whereas it should have been November 1, 1872, Thus it will be seen if the levy was made as ordered in the-last Joinl Resolution, and as it is made by the Comptroller General, it is for the year commencing November 1, 1871?a fiscal year that has expired ?besides also making the levies forthe same year, and leaving noth ing lo defray the expenses of the governmentfor tlie fiscal year, conv ? mencing November 1, 1872, at - aforesaid. It has been suggested !, tihat the General Assembly is the r proper body to correct what seem* c to be a clerical error. The Char t leston - News, however, doubt* y whether there be error in the Joinl Resolution. - n 'i ^ The Presbytektan Synod. ? The ^ South Carolina Synod held an inter e eating and harmonious meeting ir Uolumbia during tne past weeK There was a full attendance, and tb< reports generally were very satifacto ry. Tbe opening sermon was preach ed by tbe Eov. H E. Dixon, th( moderator of tbe last sessioD, aftei which a new organization waseffcctec by the election of the Eov. J* 0 Lindsay; Rev. R. A. Mikell, tempo rary clerk, and General W. L. T Prince, assistant. Mr. Lindsay, w< learn, makes an admirable presiding officer, being quick in bis rulings, anc positive in enforcing order. On Thursday Dr. MeJjjlwain deliv ered o long and oloquont discourse or the subject of the Sustentation o Foreign Missions. An address vrai al9o delivered by the Hon. Thomas C Perrin, of Abbeville, relative to i fund for the support of superannuate clergymen and the widows and or phans of deceased ministers. Abbe ville was represented by the Revs Martin, McLees, Lindsay, Pearson Donnelly, Nicholson, and by Messrs Perrin, Wardlaw, Cunningham anc others. The evangelization of the eolorei people formed an interesting subjeci of discussion by the Synod. The Boston Losses.?It seems thai the losses sustained by the Bostot Merchant havo been very much over estimated. The New York corres pondent of the Charleston Newt say The losses have been greatly exag gerated. The reports just after th< tire fixed them as high as 8250,000,000 but it has been ascertained that th( value of the buildings destroyed wiv 87,764,000. As the business seasor was in a transition state the stocks o: goods in store were comparatively small. They were tho remnants 01 the winter supplies. Mr. Libby, oi the .house of A. T. Stewart & (-'o., whe is a good jndge, thinks the losses in elusive of the buildings will not. ex ceed 840,000,000. To offset this it u said the insurances amount to 850, 000,000, distributed as follows : Eng> lish companies, $15,000,000: New York and other outside companies $15,000,000; New England compa nies, ?20.000,000. The assets of the companies represented in Boston are $160,000,000. Sad Accident.?We learn that c colored man, named Henry Wilson employed as a fireman at Johnson j Edwards' steam eaw mil!, about sis miles distant from our town, wae caught in the goaring of the engine on yesterday morning, and, atlei being dashed around by the band wheel, had one of his legs cut off by the machinery, and was so much wounded, that at last accounts he could survive only a short time. Card.?Lee & Wilson tender their thanks for kind assistance rendered them during the late fire., The new Courthouse was not burnt as reported in despatch to the Charleston Aretps. The Tax Levy, Comptroller General Neagle has is sued t hefollowing circular to the Au ditors of the different Counties: You are hereby authorized and di rected. in accordance with the pro visions of law on this subject, to levy the following taxes on ail taxable 1 property in your Courty: To meet appropriation^,.&r...the .fiscal year , commencing November 1, 1872, six mills on a dollar; for support of public schools, two mills on a dollar; i forpaymontof the interest accuring prior to January 1,1873, on the fol lowing bonds and stocks: Bonds and ! stocks out8ta?din? on the 1st No veraber, 1870, as. shown by Comptrol [ ler-Genoral'8 report for the fiscal year . ending 31st October, 1870, $7,665,908, 98; balance of new bonds in bands of ; Financial Agent of the State on the above date, and since sold for the , benefit of the State, $2,200,000?total, 89,865,908.98. And such others as may have been issued in exchange for i any of tho above, under Act of March i 23, 1869, four mills on a dollar. . Columbia, S. C., Nov. 13, 1862. From the above circular it will bo scon that the Stalk tax has been as i ? , - sessed at tho value of twelve mills on ibe dollar, and, as the county tax hero win do tnree mule more lor gen ' oral purposes, and two mills for the erection of the new Court House, and 1 perhaps an additional mill for local 5 -school purposes, the people of Abbe ville will be required to pay a total tax this year of eighteen mills on the 1 dollar. It is bad enough,. but it might have been worse, and, indeed, i is less than wo bad every reason to : suppose would be levied. The Cump * troller General has levied no tax to . pay the interest on the fraudulent debt, estimated at six or seven mil I lions, and has not levied the tax of three mills, which tbe Legislature rlirAofpil fnr pjinrfillinc the Glue Ridge scrip. A tax of eighteen mills on the dollar is enormous, but we had good reason to fear a tax of two and a half per cent., and hence, have cause to be thankful. We trust that the moderation exercised is truly an earnest of better counsels, of reduced expenditures, and less onerous taxa tion. With the coming session the salary system begins, when the mem bers will be paid each $600, instead of (6 per <Jay; and hence we may look fur shorter sessions, and perhaps less mischief in the way of legislation. It is to be hoped that oar people will not be callcd upon soon again to pay a tax of eighteen mflU on the dollar, for any purpose whatever. Sermon of Rev. J. L. Martin. The following complimentary notico of a sermon delivered in the Presby terian Church of Columbia, during the recent session of the Synod of that Uliurcn, on jvriaay evening 01 the past week, we extract from the Cat otinian: Rev. J. L Martin delivered an able discourse last night to a large congre gation at the Presbyterian Church. The session of the Synod has brought to uur city many of the ablest divines of the Presbyterian Church, and the devotional services have been attended by large congregations. The meeting will, we doabt not, prove one of good profit to all the in terests of pure and undefiled religion in our midst. Those were highly favored last night who had the good fortune to hear Dr. Martin's sermon in the Presbyterian Church, on the subjet of the I)ivirio Decrees. His treatment of his high theme was characterized by a logic, close, compact, crushing and irresistible?at the same time that there burned through the whole discourse an eloquence of gonuine feeling which could not but awake a , response in every Dreast. We "heard the remark made as wo j were leaving the Church, by one who sat under the lamented dead, that "no one sinco Thorn well, had handlod ' that subject so well." I This gifted young preacher is des tined for a high place in his Church. May success attend his efforts. ^ # m Important Injunction Case.?F. 1 L^Cardozo the newly elected Seerc tary of Slate has obtained an order . against Niles G. Parker the present . incumbent, and the county Treas urers, from Judgo . Melton requir ' ing them to show cause, on the 21st 5 instant, before him, why they shall | not be enjoined until further order ' from using, disbursing, or in any man * ner disposing of the proceeds of the said tax, or any part of it, for any purposo whatever except for payment of the general appropriations, and until they have been ful'y paid and satisfied. Thoy aro further required to show cause why, in especial, they should not enjoined from paying out the of proceeds of the said tax about to be levied, any outstanding pay certificates, or any certified ac counts for public printing, or any note or obligation made by Parker for moneys borrowed for the use or upon the credit of the State. And the County Treasurers are likewise Included in the order for injunction. with like specifications. Supreme Court.?The November term of this Court commences Tues day next, 26th inst. For the infor mation of members of the bar, we republish the order of the call of the circuits: "Sixth Circuit. Tuesday, November 26. Seventh Circuit, Monday, De cember 2, Third Circuit, Thursday December 5. First Circuit, Monday, December 9. Fourth Circuit, Mon day, December 16. Second Circuit, Thursday, December 19. Fifth Cir cuit, Thursday, Januaary 2, 1873. Eighth uircuit, Wednesday, January 8." . t&T We direct attention to the advertisement of Mr. H. W. Johnson, offering for sole a valuable place at Bordeaux. Being about to remove from the State, ho will offer a bargain to purchasers, New Advertisements. - # . We direct attention to the following new advertisements: Snlfl nf nnpflnnnl nronertv?-R. E. .. t r_ - L Bowie. Fire, fire, fire?DuPre& Smith. Still at the old stand?J. B. & W. J. .Rogers. To the rescue ? Wardlaw & Ed wards. A card?Wardlaw & Edwards. Notice of organization ? Green wood & Angosta Railroad Company. New York Underwriters' Agency? DuPre & Perrin. Burnt ont?Barnwell & Co. Proclamation?Gov. R. K. Scott. Final Discharge ? J. C. "Wosmans ky* For sale?valuablo mill property. Card?Lee & Parker. Land for Stile?H. M Johnson. Blankets?Qnarles, Perrin & Co. Removal?Lee & Parker. Notice to Debtors?McDonald & Haddon, Furniture?J. D. Chalmers. The State Board of Canvassers have decided the Bo wen and Maekey election contest in favor of Bowen. We direct attention to the sale of valuable personal property of R. E. Bowie, at his residence, on the 4th December next. An interesting account of the Commencement exercises of the William8ton Female College will be found in another column. Fire! Fire 11 Fire!!! PARCHED COFFEE, FRESH CANDIES, RED CLOVER SEED. GILT EDGE BUTTER, and many other choice articles received since the Fire. DoPRE & SMITH. Nov. 20, 1872, 32-tf J. D. Chalmers & Co., DEALERS IN FURNITURE, ANNOUNCE to their friends and patrons that they are still pre ftared to furnish - anything in their ine, and will be pleased to reccive a call. Nov. 20, 1872, 32-tf Flte! Fire!! Fire!!! Still at the Old Stand. JB & W. J. ROGERS, are hap ? py to inform thoir friends and euHoruera, that they are still at their old stand No. 2 GRANITE RANGE. Their losses are heavy, but they are , still able to snpply the public with , everything in thoir line. Nov. 20, 1872,32-tf T3XIIAVU. CSAI< ?SR? o THE undersigned will be found at the Si ore of NELSON <fe CAN NON, No. I Granite Range, where in a low days they will be prepared to receive a visit from their friends and customers. v Nov. 19,1872, 32-tf SALE LEE & PARKER> of Personal Property. I WILL sell on WEDNESDAY. 4tb DECEMBER, all my PERSON AL PROPERTY, to-wit: Two Good Mules, Cattle, Hogsr Corn. Fodder, Shucks, Cot- | ton Seed, One Two Horse Wagon, One Rockaway, Household and Kitchen Fur niture, a Library of Select Books. B. E. Bowie. Nov. 20, 1872, 32-2t NOTICE of Organization of Greenwood & Augusta Railroad Company. IN compliance with the provisions of Charter of Greenwood & Au gusta Railroad Company (the requi site amount of Stock having been se cure) thecorporators-hereby give no tice of a meeting of the Stockholders to take place in Augusta, the 3d day (Tuesday,) of December next, for the purpose of organizing said Company. By order of CORPORATORS. Nov. 18, 1872, 32-2t Valuable Mill Properly For Sale. HAT valuable property known as I the DONNALD MILL is now offered for sale. The Mill is in good repair, and is doing an excellent bu siness. In connection with the Mill thero is a good gin, which is well patronized. To any one wishing to invest safely and profitably a rare op portunity is.offered. Apply to Hugh Wilson, Abbeville, or to Thos. Hutchison, at the Mill. Nov 20, 1872, 32-tf For Sale or Rent, I OFFER FOR SALE, or to Rent, for the ensuing year my House and Lot in the village of Abbeville. If not disposed of privately, it will bo offered to the highest bidder on SALEDAY IN DECEMBER. For Terms apply to Perrin & Cothran. J J. Wardlaw. Nov. 6} 1872, 30-3t Blankets rtLIGHTLY DAMAGED at; 5: - late fire at COST, at QU A RLE?, PERRIN & C Nov. 20, 1872, 32-tf CARD. r HE subscribers avail thems of tkiB method of making t ;rateful acknowledgements to riends both whfte and colored, ffective assfo'Uripe rendered thei he occasion of the late fire. Tbr he aid so tune]/ rendered them ?ere enabled to save the greater, if tjieir stock. LEE & PARKER J. D. CHALMERS Kov. 20,1872, 32-tt' VALUABLE 1inJ!iSun6cnoer onora valuable place at BORDEAT :ontaining some SIXTY TI1B icrcs. Upon it is a good dwell! it able and out-bouses, and a fine v stable garden. It ia an excell itand for a physician or coriotry;tn Fw terms apply to htjin j jhant the place. H. M. JOHNSOI Bordeaux, Nov: 19, 1872, 32-4t * / ?C\ cards, : THE undersigned would take f opportunity to return tb heartfelt thanks to all those of th friends, who assisted them to efficiei ly in the removal of tbeir good* tft the fire of Sunday morning last. To their colored friends especially would axpress their deep obliganon?. . WARDLAW & EDWAfcSs. Nov. 20, 1872, 32-lt Notice to the Public. ON account of damagos sustained by the recent fire our doors are closed, and oar Bills are falling doe, and MUST be met, therefore, we beg that all persons indebted to ns will call and settle and thereby lighten our bur-Jen. "A friend in need ia a friend ind^edj" Respectfully, Mcdonald & haddon. Nov. 20, 1872,32-tf Burnt Out!, NOTICE TO DEBTORS OF Barnwell & Co. TO all those to whom wo rendered assistance during the past sea son in the cultivation of their crops and have not yet paid up, we earnest ly appeal to come forward at once and settle their accouots, thereby se curing their own credit and enabling us to save our own for future business, which we contemplate entering into so soon as a building can be erected for that purpose. We trust that this will bo sufficient notice to our friends, of our present necessities, and that tliey will respond to our appeal without delay. Barnwell ft Co. Nov. 20, 1872, 32-tf . ; \ NEW YORK Underwriters' Agen 175 BROADWAY New York, November 15, 1872. To Our Agents: ? After a thorough examination we are able to stato tliat the losses of our Companies by the late Boston Fire, will not exceed TWELVE HUN DRED THOUSAND Dollars, distrib uted as follows: GERMANIA, $450,000 HANOYER, 250,000 NIAGARA 300,000 REPUBLIC, 200,00O Total :...$1,200,000 This large sum will be paid as promptly as our Chicago loss, and leave us Nets Cash Assets - - - $2,775,008 The impairment of Capital la only ;emporary, prompt steps having been :aken to make it good. We will, at mIi Anf mnaoi kl a m<vtMAnf oan/4 c4 af A T ?aniuob puooiutu iiiviuciioviiu cvmwv nents of tho several Companies, tvbicb will more fully inform you. 3ur Policy is to-day as it ever has been?unimpeachable; and you need liave no fear in commending it to four friands. Wo have delayed de tailed information in order that we night speak with certaioty, and are lure you will fnlly appreciate our Botive. Thanking you for yourpast JVI * 1 VVdj UHV4 VVIlilUVIIblJ 4 in increase of business which will ioon retrieve our loss, we remain, Yours very truly, A. STODDARD, ^General Agent. DuFre & Perrin, Agents Abbeville, S. C. Nov. 20, 1872, 32-lt 'A Friend in Need is a ^ Friend Indeed." TO THE RESCUE. t/rUCH damaged by the late fire, lyjL it will be some days before we an offer our goods for sale Tn the ? acan time WE GREATLY NEED m 10NEY, and we urgently call on all ndobted to us to come forward and dp us. If you eannot pay all, let us aveapart. We will be found at ur store at all times ready for busi ess of this nature. WARDLAW & EDWAEDS. Nov. 19,1872,32-lf LH ^Kelkr, Admiiiifltrator of flte JEs Hied to C. W. Guffio, Judge of Pwbifcy n and for the County of Abbeville, or 1 It i^DE^fTbattbejSfdny of November, A.D>, 1872, be find forbear* ng of Petition, and a filial settlement or laid Estate. J.C.WOSMAN8KY. C.C.P.A.C. Oct 10,1872, 82, tf. - iu " - , ' "sy."- - Sheriff** Sale. BY virtue of an execution to hie di rected by Rob rt B. Hemphill, Trial Justice, I will sell at Abbeville Court aouse, on Baleday in December next, tfitl.In legal hours, ONE PROMIS SORY NOTE, of the ftce v*lue of $185. signed by August Bequest. Levied on - tx (hp nmnorlv nf <1 \V HnMn HENHY 8. CAfiON. 8. A. C. fc. Final Discharge. ..19. A '** Bl RHey and Burt ?JRIley, >f the estate of Thomae Riley, deceased, lave applied to C. W. Gtiffln, Judge of Probate, in and for the (Joantyof Abbe rille, for a Anal discharge as Execntora. It ia ordered, that the 13th day of De ;eml>er, A. D. 1872, be fixed fbrhewfnr >f Petitiou, and flual settlement ofsaid Estate. J. C. WOSMAKSKY1 Nov. 18 51 td C. C. P. A. C. 1 1 '* 11" i? naMflliiMiiiiHl CONSIDERABLE namber of AdApWJVID UVlUg UUHUVJUCUV XVi >he 2 and 3 quarters endiug Doeem ie?9i, 1872, under the recent STATE GdCENSE LAW are hereby notified, ,lmt unless an immediate return is naoe of the same, an indictment will >e issued against them forthwith, rhe penalty in all such cases amount o double the License and six mouths mprisonmcnt W. T. MILFORD, Auditor Abbeville Co, Nov. \% 1872,31-tf Towir PEomTY . For Sale. [WILL oflfer for safe at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., ou Sale Day in December next, WTTW ttattoti i\rr\ r Am ittEl JIUUOJD Ai> U XJtSJ ately the residence of Dr. J. J. WABD jAW, situated on Main street The property is valuable and too well mown to require farther description. Terms made known on day or sale. J. S. C0THRA9, Trustee. Nov. 12,1872, tf !7, B. Stanley, vs. Thomas. Thomson, Mary P. Quarler, Wm, McDonald Lee, n Common Pleas. Complaint for Relief, Ac. D Y Order of Court in the above en D titled case the creditors of the late Jrs. Mary A. McDonald are required to iresent and prove their demands before be undersigned, Special Referee, on or efore the first day of February next. EDWARD NOBLE, Special Referee. Nov. 12, 1872, 81-tf lean Saw nf Grist 11 At Millway, 8, C. BILLS for Lumber promptly filled. Corn will be ground on Fridays nd Saturdays. Mill located on Benj. biles farm. Jas. Fuller Lyon. Nov. 11. J 872, 31-8t OFFICE CHAIRS. CONTINENTAL Spring Back, Oak. \J Continental Spring add Swival hair, at J. D. CHALMERS 4 CO. Nov. 11, 1872, tf NEW LOT "kF Walnut Bureaus, Marble Top, W Paiuted Bureaus, at low prices. J. D. CHAMERS & CO. Nov. 12,1872, tf NEW ABEINALS. ft DOZ. Cottage Bedsteads at tbe low p price of $5.50 eaob, all complete, tade of all hard wood and warranted. J. D. CHALMERS 4 CO. Nov. 12,1872, tf Situation Wanted. 4 WIDOW LADY, without fomi \ ly, desires a situation as boose* eeperin some good family <br tbe ext year. For farther information pply at this office. Nov, 5, 1872,30.tr -