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Frsss anil Banner, j -A.bbeville, S. C. L W. A. LEE Editor. Wednesday, Marcli 5, 1373. ^ Tsitrrs. ?Three dollars a year, in ad No 8ubscrlptipHfc%Ulvru for a shorter J.-i ISic than six mgfofhs:.; < j Transient aci'\ertist;niVr.ts are charge# for at the rate <>r-(K):'.!k>i.t.ah per inch i space for the first insertion, ayd Fikiy t Cents for each subsequent insertion. a libenl do(U:ction from the above * rates is made to persons advertising by ( the quarter or by the year. g&r All obituary notices and tributes ' of respect are charged for at the usual j rates of advertising. Our Agents in Charleston. , The a-lvertisinir agoncv of Messrs. < WALKER, EVA'S8 & COGSWELL. , represented bv ItOSWELL T. LOGAN. E*q. , is the only authorized agency ibr i l.ia i.Qi.or in f'bfirlpston. l/i *? VST Messrs. GRIFFIN & HOFF JIAN are our authorized agents for Iia' ti.nore. yt? ?. ? CUR COURT. Our report for the post week closed with the acquittal of Joe Moore, on Tuesday night, from the charge of Arson. On "Wednesday morning, senten ces were passed upon the following prisoners: Hetty Clinkscales, convicted o{ Petty Larceny, imprisonment in the County Jail for thirty days. Mack Thomas, convicted of the same offence, four months in tin County Jail, with hard labor on th" streets of Abbeville. Ellis Wardlaw, convicted of \1k same offence, four months in tin County Jail, with hard labor on the streets of Abbeville. The sentences were accompanied iq such cases with appropriate ad monitions, set tin ?r f irth the error ol transgression and the necessity ui reformation, and establishing the truth that "nonesty is the best pol icy." In the case of Banks, and others too, who had been previously ac quitted, His Honor took occasion, before discharging them, to give them some who 1. some advice, and to remind them that though the\ had been acquitted of the offences charged, their conduct had been very culpable, and called loudly foi reform. Rules were ordered to l>e served upon the delinquent officials refer rod to iiv the Presentment of tin Grand Jury. The Court of Sessions was then pdjourned, and the jsiness o'. tin C'Uimon Pleas taken up, aid orders taken in the following cases: Ilenry Iviugh agaiast -las. Irwin. Assignee, L"-.;cree of Foreclosure? order of sale of land, on tlie 1st Monday in April. la the case of Xat Fulton against Ilettie Fulton, Compinint for Di vorce, tliere was an order of refer ence to take^estimony. In the case of Jas. Bailey vs. Emaline William., an ordjf for Divorce was granted. Jno. Burton against .Tipper Bur t >11?Return of Commissioners, and order of Confirmation. American Bible Society nirainsl VVm. X'. iNODIC a::<: Ouicrs?viuit of Reference. S. S. Marshall and J. VT. Mar sliall against W. W. Pern-man? Report of Referee, and Decretal order. L. 1). MerrimaD against E. A. Clinkscales and others?Report <>t Referee, and order of Confirmation. Charles AV. Martin, and Jacob Martin and wife, against James M. Martin and W. A. Martin?order for titles. Eliza McKcllar ajrainst Josephine T-1.^ 7^. JJllttkU?'X/Cl lfC. I ^ Frances E. Lomax against Yv'm. Lomix, W. A. Lomax, and others L ^-Decretal order confirming sale.|t, T. C. Perrin against Kitty Perrin!^ and others?Order confirming Re port. P. B. "Weathers and Elizabeth hit> ^ wife, against "Willis Smith?Order of lieference. | ^ Ex parte Bernard O'Connor and wife?Report of sale and order of ,i: confirmation. n Fannie J. Smith and "William S.: j Marshall and Fannie 0. Marshall a; against Thos. X. Toloertand A. A. ? ? 111' Morton?Decretal order. |t Wm. B. Stanley against Thomas Thomson?Keport ana oraer con firming sale. After the business of the Tern* hau been disposed of, lion. Arinis tead Burt, in behalf of tlie Abbe ville Bar, expressed their high grat ification at the efficient and satis-j factory manner in which IIis Honor i8^ ? had dispatched the business of the! nc Court ? the courtesy which had *h characterized his intercourse wiili 1"' the Bar, and the vigor and ability |Sil with which he hud vindicated tlicl"^ law against evil doers. ar Tliv. Judge, in reply, thanked the tat I>nr for this evidence of their es-|Lci teem, as well as for their kind CO' M? pperation in the transaction of the. in/ business of the Term. He expressed ini Jiis gratification at the kind recep- us tion whicb had been extended to1 ex rim, andjwhieh, lie remarked, made rim almost regret that lie bad al eady decided to take up his resi Icnee elsewhere: CHE CREDIT MOBILiER INVE3TIGA-' TUN. Tbo Credit Mobiler investigation , tli jefore a Committee of the IIousts ofjin Lveprescntatives, aft r occupying for1 ^ Months the public nii'nl of the eoun ry, has at last been closed by ihc t|t avion of Congress upon the lle|."Oi*t )f.tbo Cummitleo. Judge Poland's \ I Uoramiltee in their report, aftenreei- | j .ing the evidenco against th^ various j partios implicated, bad recommended J' esol^llions of cxpu'sion against Dakos Aiucs, menihc: from ..Uassa ?-buselts. and James 1j rooks. member ^ from Kew York. This report which ^ <ougut to make scape-goats of only two of the of the offenders whilst it passed over without censure the con- A luct of others, which differed only in T I ho dog Fee of criminality. 1-.us beei r>nly partially endorsed. The rccoln iions of expulsion against Ames a.id IBrooks failed, but votes of censure were adopted?in the first case by ;i vote of 181 to oG. and in the latter ol 171 <n 5? A wsnlntinn to oensiliv Kelly of Pennsylvania failed, and al o the resolution to censure Samuel Hooper of Massachusetts, and tin whole subject was finally laid on th< sable by a vote of 117 to 75. Such is Congressional justice, and [> io such lengths do party lies extend, o n discriminating between offender.- m inc' screening the guilty. Dawes. Seo- |,. ield. Uinghara, 0'arlield, and Kellcy. vj A'iison and Colfax, were all implicit ed ?had received the stock and div- , I >1 lends either in their own names, o: ; (r n thooe of relatives, and yet had per sistently denied any connection di rect or indirect with the business? ^ bus adding perjury to their f'rst !,f iffenee. Yet these wero leading Con jresstnen, and prominent members 'f he dominant party, and hence then ;ui!t is ignored, ai.u the t>olc punish nent visited upon the Democratic Srooks and the insignificant Amos doubtless all deserved censure or one, and hence we can wel1 appro iato the position ot .Messrs. Elliot! ,pj Kainey of our Slate, who voted iay among the IJ2. who opposed tin ensure of Mr. Brooks. It was an videnco of independence and n.ag lanimity, which not often exhibi ed. The position assumad by 31,r. Beck, ind others, in the <flp. e on the reso ii I ions of expulsion, unci also by tin ludieiary Committee of the House >n tl.e resolution to impeach Vice .'resident Colfax, is th::t fur offence^ ommittod when a member of a p?*e ions Congress, a n.ember c" tin >reseut Congress could not be expeli (1, and also that charges of impeach nent would not lie against tiie Vict* 'resident for an offence committed, iH'ore his election to that c'Bcc. The Minority of the committee dissent rom the position that an o?Hc?*r of he "United States, or a member ol lie ii'ouse, is not liable to "mpeach uentor expulsion for a:'" offeuto what ver, committed prior to the term of tT;cc in which the articles of itn eachmcnt are presented. And this ilirt t'O'iRnn flint, fit" i*s urn lint vealod for t'no benefit oi the office older, bi'o of the people, and that tich a loct:ine. while it would shield he officer, would afford no protect ion whatever to the constituency, iml ths it seems to us, is sound in ioi a!o and correct- in position. JuDiiE Cooke ani> the People or Ibdeville.?Judge Cooke and the eople of Abbeville seem to have eon rnclually pleased with each flier. The Judge expresses liirn clf as highly gratified willi his eception here, and he was certain 7 the recipient of Jiospit?litie:>j wi om our citizens which are not co 1'ton extended to strangers. He od as impressed liimselt upon onricoi immunity as a courteous aud alta ie gentleman, as well as a faithful ud efficient officer, and we hopej^ lat a better acquaintance \villjau rensrthen the sentiments of mutual I ^10 Jgaru auu uaicenj. I The Judge has found sonic near:*111 iusmcu in the family of our es-|Se: iiiuied fellow-citizen, AVm. D.'SG1 [ars, of Calhoun? Mills, with whom 'mc e spent very pleasantly Saturday jthf nd Sunday previous to the adjourn-1CCI lent of the Court. Whilst there;"*1; e was called on hy Oapt. Rogers Jan< (id other prominent citizens of lhe|hal eighborhood. The Judge expects! P:lJ ) make, we learn, a visit to Abbe-Icm ille sometime in April Uus An Accomplished Colored Miss. ; > -The father of n colored i^irl ol"'T, & 111 E. ip. town applied, not long since, i an Abbeville lady for a Latin ammar for his dmiirhter. The ,, , , . , . jl? ei dy expressed surprise that she ould bo so far advanced as to sed such a book. "Oh!" replied ^ e father, "she speaks several ,p^( nguasres already." "Indeed," id the Iadv, "what are tlicv . " . . 11nc . Vhy, spelling, reading:, writing,!, <1 arithmetic,'* answered the proud j her, "aud now she is ready for J ^ itin." A character in one of noill ylieres' comedies had been speak-jjn t| r prose all his life without know- j)rev * it, and so if seems that most of an are in blissful ignorance of tho hav< tent of our iulaijiments. jcriiu Sale Day. Fjh Exri: The attendance 011 Monday last, f>*equ' is inneh smal.jrthan on previous, Por,a ilc Days, owin?, \vc puppose, to ^rc"P e cold, disagreeable weather, the 111 ou cent session of the Court, and nccc8 e absence of anything of public ^ ' teredo to draw our people t^- j . ;ther. propt "There were no sales by any of grc.p A v\n Ivl in u pill The sales wliieli attracted most <-j0mn tercst, were those of three valua-i Ex :> .own lots, known as the Me* strati iiren Icls, on the Eastern fide ol e Public Square, and which were rep' by liie tire of Junur.ry 1872. hey were owned by Messrs. John nox and Joel J. Cunnii.gliam, id were sold for partition. The sale v.us cried by Mr. James . YvVight, and the corner lot next row bridge's store was knocked )\vn to Messrs. Joel J. Cunning mi and Roger L. "Williams, at 3.0S0?the next lot to the same irehasers, at $1,720?and the her to the samo at SI,1-3-~>. Th ese ffentlemen also bought at lotion, from Mr. -John Knox, some] >0,000 brick at 81,225. It i.s their 'sign, we learn, to put up a b! OcK I ' tn&lcfnl ami commodious brick ores, ami we are glad tliat the operty lias fallen into the hands gentlemen who have both the cans and the inclination to im ove it. We need stores in Abbe !le, and we hope soon to see good, bstantial, fire-proof buildings fe ncing the ruins of the Burnt Dis ict. Messrs. Theodore Jvnphan and . Bequest disposed of, at auction, ?rtloi:s of their respective stocks fii:r. prices. Tiie Louisiana Troubles.?Tin snate of the United States lias id on the table the bill reported the Committee of Privileges and eetions, ordering a new election Louisiana. The effect of this action is to nil over the people of Louisiana the tender mercies of the Kcl ?g government, and to impost ion them a government which is defeated in the last election by majority of six or eight thousand, will be recollected tha:they were iprived of the fruits of that dec Mi by an appeal to the United a'.es Courts, and, through the aid <1 imifffi nnr] flin "Fin. I " l""j ? rccment Act, the McEr-ry ticket arc ik set aside, r d tlie Ivellogg Mess ivernmeut installed into power, for a Kit decision was sustained by the eont; ;deral authorities, but an appeal of G iug taken to Congress, the Sen- and < 2, as st;ited above, has refused It; posit ant a y relief ir the premises, in ce le least that Congress could have pond me, would seem to be to have missi ilered a new ejection. Claii ???. Part JIomictdl. ? Y\re learn that a testii iet and inoffensive colt-red man, mod .iolin Smith, residing in the ighborhood of AVI lite ILill, wp? utally murdered on Wednesday Lrlit of the past week. An in est was hold on the following y by Trial Justice S. 33. Me into.'i, but no clue has been found identify the guilty parties, ial Justice Tarrant, of Green >od, we learn, has been taking me testimony whick brings home certain parties grave eircum mces of suspicion. The parties -pectecl live in an adjoining linty. We trust that tlio matter 11 be fully investigated, and the mmunity relieved from the ium of such an ofienec, by the nvietion of the guilties parties. The Legislature adjourned on ednesday last, and our Senator (I Representatives have returned me. There is not much of its irk in the way of general logis ion to show for a four months ssion, but tlic Legislature de 'VC3 the thanks of the country, >re for what it has left undone, in for what it has done. It has tainly proved itself to be a great provement upon its predecessor, I the chief obstacles in its way ;e arisen from the errors of the it. Such seems to be the con jAnj-I.nnnn r\P oil wlir? orn 1U1II LCOU UH7IIJ' uj Ult 1IJ1W mjv. ilificd to judge. m.U(JC Societ So Ferry Boat at Harper's hjt0 in,' rry.?"We learn that owing to ba,.y ( March Sno on Sji ever, t was i (since t hijrh freshets in tiie Savannah or, the ferry-boat nt Harper's ry has been lost, and that since 1st February there lias been no uns of sending the mail across Elberton. Ga., at that point. 3 ferry-boat will not be replaced! but co >re the 1st May. All letters M (led for Elberton must be sent the lower, or Ileaadmont route. 5T The Anderson Intelligcncer an ncc'S the burning of .Rankin's mill, :>;it county, on Saturday of the 'iouB week. It was the work of sin re cliurcl which boards gine, \ iucendiary. Two colored meniovert] 3 been arrt.sled, charged with tiao Railro e, j JAUUIUI I Line ] ;e Proof Buildings and Fire *>(JUIsiiers. ? In these days of ent conflagrations, it is all im nt that buildings should bo made "V roof, and wo trust that builders r town will look to this primely sit}% Brick is the most inde- g tible of materials, and wo think ps littlo wood will be exposed to i?l: uf fire us is practicable. By ft u oare each edifice can be made jj roof and isolated by ^re-proof 1; relieved from tr.e cianger 01 lunieating the flames. perioneo too seem* to demon-. p the vitli: of tie Babco/i. Five* iguishcr. From a late article of Sciknlifc American, we aie dis 1 to judge highly its eilicicney charging a strram of cavhonie gas, which is sufficient to exti i ? any fir-' in its ineipiencv. We re that the Town Conne'J might 3 a j';?iieions investment in a b of these extinguishors.. ie Abbeville Post Office and ?r trr TJiiITTE to "Kluertov. Ga.- - publish on our fourth pago a meat from Mr. Lawson, from h tho public can judge of thercl iinportance of the two routes to i-ton, Georgia, and of the nec^s ivhich exists for them hoth?and our inside an afiidavit of Mr. !S II. Cobb, which relieves our Master from any charge of offi leglect as to Iho mail matter of jwer route, and cons'itutes a full to tho last editorial of the Elher 'iizi-itr. To one who knows Mr. son, and how carefully and sati> rily he attends to tho duties of flicp, handling hundreds of letter* , and giving his personal super n to the most minute details, the tr> nr n.io-li'f.f. is ni'onosterOUS. If v ~r> ? i- - - * Snslurn nmil bo so siitisfuct *i*ilv iged, the proof must bo pretty g to convict him of neglect with ij to Unit great Western mail, ot [i the correspondent speaks. ie Berger Family of Swiss , Ringers.?By reference to advertisement of this popular ic, it v.-ill be seen that they ex liere in tlie Court House to t. The entertainments are oi' most interesting and refined ictcr, and have elicited hr*h miums in all our principal s. * The lutes4, music and nio^t Jar songs wi'i oc given, togem itli the bell-ringing and the c of the young ladies' silver i't hand. We trust to sec a s attendance. *.<?, ??. no Buiixt Columbia??We indebted to the publishers, >rs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell. pamphlet bearing this title, lining the official depositions eneials Sherman and Howard, extracts from some of the de ions for the claimants, filed rtain claims vs. United States, i-g before "The Mixed Com loii on British and American ns?," in Washington, .1). C. 2d will contain the rebultai lionv vol to be taken. [E Ixatguratiox.?Yesterday, :th March, was the day of the juration? of which as yet we had 110 particulars. Frepara wcrc made for an imposing [\y, and for a grand inaugura ball. There Vvill be thirty or bands with eight thousand ;j in the procession. v'etv-Six Looking Up.? Wc Ann finniir] Pr?l (-i \f/. W ii ui;i \/in ii iv. ii u v? v jv^ \ that the business prospects ttf" y-Six were never brighter. Ail (veiling houses, and stores are ce il, and there is now a great do lor both; which cannot bo stip The Colonel himself is abou ng a number of stores upon a de e let adjoining the Railroad re gratified to note these eviden ' growing prosperity in our sister .Honorable S. L. Ifoge, Comp : General of the Stale, Ilonora L. Cardozo, State Treasurer, csnant Governor 11. Howell Giea [jeaker S. J. Lee, Senator Swails thei'8, left on Sunday last for ingion. 15 The estimated amount of ITo !reeley's estato after paying all! -and mostly security debts? rA exceed $35,000. ? "We arc indebted to the Com i of the Phrenakosmian Literary y of Newberry College, for a po citation to attend the Annivcr Colebratiou on Friday evening, 21st. th be w.?There was a fall of snow iturd.'.y morning, which how ioon melted Sunday morning atj ainy and disagreeable?and ^ hen tho weather has been clear, \ u- Z " The Governor of Wiscon- ^ commends a law to prevent 1 fairs and church lotteries, mi UU iliu 11UAI LU SWCIp ^ and euchre decks. th 15 =, A large and beautiful en vith a train of cars, passed cjti tie Greenville and Columbia njg ad tlie other day, for the Air- flV? 3oad, ' frjc Work of the Legislature. Tho Legislature adjourned on Wednesday last, and the Charles jn News presents the following nmmary of the work of the Ses lon : The number of bills and joint evolutions considered was between ve and si\ hundred, aliout tv\ro undred of which have become nvs. Of these last comi-.trativelv jw are of any general interest, jet us f-ee what h;>s been done. (ilairung hack at the wt^k ot the ession, we find that the General Assembly has passed the joint reso utions nee tssary to carry into eflect he constitutional amendments rut tied hy the people nt the lust elcc ion relative to the increase of the State debt ana the time ot holding he State election ; it has repealed he general License Law of last ( inter, the repeal to take effect on he 1st ot April, 1873; it has em towered the City Council ol Charleston to establish a House oi Wage and Industrial School for 'oung vagrants and others; it has tlin. A ttiirnnv.(4piiprnl tn nstituto criminal or other necessa y proceedings against the late Jummissionera of the Sinking ^und; it has provided for the more, ift'ectual collection of the poll tax >y affixing a penalty of one dollar iud sending the taxpayer to jail ii. Icfault of payment thereof; it has-: uiacted a new code of fees for pro >ateju(jges, trial justices and clerk* if courts; it has essayed to protect erdant speculators in real estate. >y passing an ''act to punish any >erson or persons who shall sell and ouvcy any real and personal prop, irty on which a lien of any kind nay exist, without giving notice o; he same to the purchaser;" it lia. ppropriated ?35,000 of the tax mrni'a' rrmnr?V to lVnVJl I'd i\feSi l\s. klsijor Lewis Merrill et al. for catch ng Ku-Klux ; it has sought to aid md encourage manufacturos In granting a rebate of the tax on cap tal invested therein for ten year? i'oiu the present date (not from the late of investment;) it has ordered ;ounty coroners to report their sus >icions in cases of homicide to the Governor; it has altered the law elating to deposits from foreign nsurancc companies, so that they nay be made either in State 01 .Tinted States bonds; it has abro gated and sunk the war debt of the >tate ; it has reduced the number oJ rial justices in Charleston to iive. t ?1-00 per annum each; it lias uthorized about half the counties n the State to levy special taxes arying from two to three mills on he dollar; and it has taken upon tself to regulate anew the election >f Mayor and Aldermen in Charles on. The principal etfect of this list measure is to nx me uuru Wednesday in Octol^r as the day or holding the municipal election, nd to take from the City Council he power of deciding contested ases, vesting it instead in a board if live commissioners, to be ap lointed by the Governor. The most important of the bills hat have been introduced and have ailed to pass, are the following: ^lie bill to require trial justices to ;ive bonds; the bill to regulate the loposit oi titaie and county lands; he various bills seeking to abolish he oilicc of county auditor; the (ill to repeal the ienc;; law; the bill o incorporate the Charleston Water nd Canal Company; the bill to in orporate the Pharmaceutical Asso ocianon of South Carolina; the general incorporation law; the bill o niakc drunkenness on the purt f solicitors and trial justices an udiutablc offence; the bill to pro ide for an investigation of the itate debt and a registration of the >onds, stocks, coupons, &c., and the ill to encourage the rebuilding oi he barnt district of Charleston. The rejection of this last measure ras a wanton wrong to the metrop lis of tlie State, which we are at a !)ss whether to attribute to gross tupidity or disappointed cupidity. Trial j ustice.? vvm. i\. unes, f Lowndesville, lias been appoiii.t d by the Governor and confirmed y the Senate as Trial Justice of Uibeville Count}*. Air. Giles has lied the office for sometime past, nd is well known as an efficient nd capable officer. lie is the right lan 111 the right place. -at> ? Our exchanges announce the catli of Col. "William Burkaloo, f Brunswick, Ga., ouce a promi ent druggist of Columbia, a gal nt soldier in the Mexican Cam aign, a Colonel in the late war, id well known in this community > an estimable gentlemen. <? jggp* Hon. James L. Orr, the 3wly-appointed United States inister to Russia, arrived in Paris j ith his family on Thursday, em ute for St. Petersburg. ggy Mack Evans, a colored convict in e Penitentiary lrom Abbeville, has en pardoned by the Governor. Amonrr the names of the gradu ?s ut the recent Commencement of the edical College of Charleston, we ob ve the ume of Jame Wideman, of jbeville. Drove op Mules.?Mr. G. T. Jack 1 advertises the sale of a drove of good 1 lies on time. Our friends desiring a )d animal should avail themselves of 1 i v^Mortunity. r* ( Mr. James Silks, an esteemed izen of Greenwood, died ou Friday ;lit 28th February, aged about fifty-1 ' 3 years. He leaves ji wife and many 11 New Advertisements. The following is the list of new adver tisements : Executive Department ? F. J.' Closes, Jr. Corn?Trowbridge & Co. Xotico to Creditors ? Lewis D. Bowie. Masonic Notice?J. C. Wosmansky. Mules?Or. T. Jackson. RosaJalis?VV. T. Penn}'. Sheriff's Sales?L. P. Guffin. inn R.ivfrtijFlntir?YVhito Brothers. Notice to absent der'ondats?Porrin & Cothran Basfonib Lodge?V}. C. Benet. Fresh Arrivals ? Parker & Perrin. Swiss Bell Itingv is ?W. \Y: Fowler Abbeville Agricultural Socioty ? Wra. JUL Parker. Paint?P. L Alexander. Apples and Bananas?J. B. & W. J. Rogers. ? A Mistake. ? The Charleston JYcics in giving a list of the public acts passed at the last session men tions one to aid and encourage manufactures. This is a mistake. ' ' l ibis bill raueci on account oi irrec oncilable differences of opinion be tween the Senate and the House. The bill originated in the House, and was amended by the Senate. The Ilouse refused to concur. A conference followed affecting noth ing; a free conference was then tried, and its report adopted by the i Ilouse, and laid on the table by the Senate. Thereupon Speaker Lee declared the Senate amendments lost and the bill was ordered to be unrolled for ratification, Lieuten ant Governor Gleaves ruled that i the bill could not'be ratified unless L* ' ' ^ ? ^ > ? .< />. I +1% A nnrl CilG OCUillt: itaujiLtrvi inv; itpii, unu so refused to ratify. Then to the great disappointment of the people generally the bill failed. But it is .ilso a doubtful question whether the State is not better off without rho law than it would be as it passed the House. It is confidently be lieved that an effort will be made early next session to secure the passage of a law from which the objections:] features of the lost bill will be eliminated. It may also he stated here that the general charter law failed in the Senate, which will also he re gretted by the people generally.? Union. ?p ? ? Taxing Mortgages.?The Xew York Tribune urges the Legislature of that State to pass the bill repeal ing1 the tax on mortgages, as recom mended in Governor iKx's message. After expressing the conviction that it would be difficult to find a score of intelligent men opposed to the repeal in 2sow York City, the Tribune remarks : "Few conditions go furtTier to ward making good citizens in this country than the ownership, by residents, of land in small parcels. All laws favoring this result con duce to the general prosperity; all lhal interfere with it work injurg. The taxation of mortgages is of the I' " I A ,i: Ullicr JX it sun UI ouvu taxation is a diminution ot the amount of money put for invest ment in mortgage; an indirect rc O O ' , . . . , suit, the prevention- of division of estates and improvement of small holdings. The total effect is the retardation of development and prosperity throughout the cotnmu nity."' o Judge Macon B. Allen.?Macon B. Allen, the newly fleeted judge of the Inferior Court, is o5 years old, and a native of the state of indiana. He is a colored man of li?{hl complex ion. and is said to have Scotch blood ir 11i^ wins Ffn nnmoniMfd life as a school teachcr, but, shortlj' giving up that vocation he removed to New En gland, where ho studied law in the of fice of the lion. Samuel Fesseriden, at Portland, Maine, and is said to have been the lirst culored man in the Uni ted .States to gain admission to the practice of law. lie practiced for many years in Boston, Massachusetts, whiiih place he left for Smith Carolina in 13<>8. lie is a highly respectable colored man, of temperate habits and courteous bearing.? Charleston A'cics. <SE?? Railroad Accident.?A despatch , to the Columbia Union anounces that ( j the passenger train which loft Uolnm Ilia ill 11 o'clock iNit'irrtay ingiiL. on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, met with a serious accident near Blackstoek station. The disas ter was caused by a broken rail, which threw the train from the track, two cars going down an embankment ten feet, and turning complete!}' over , Fortunatcl}' the first class car remain ed right side up. Conductor Hyde: was slightly injured; strange to say, there were no other casualties to lil'e or limb. A r\- Tnrnia llin Clorlr nf tlio House of Representatives, while cn route, to Charleston, 011 Friday night and while asleep, was robbed of his wallet, containing a large amount of valuable papers, lie immediately returned to Columbia, and stopped payment on the papers, lie offers a liberal regard for their recovery. Southern* ulaims ^o.m:his*iu*.? The Committee of Conference of Con gross on tho disagreeing votes of the two houses on tho House bill to ex tend for four years the act organizing the Hoard of Commissioners of South i-rn Claims met in the room of tho ilxuse Committee on Claims Wednes day evening, and agreed upon a basis of compromise, cxiending tho com mission for four years from the loth Jay of March, 1S73, and limiting the lime in which claims shall bo present ed to said commission to March 3; 1873. The Port Royal Railroad Las been completed to mgusta, Ga.. i*id tbo trains arc now running ;hrough. 1 Public Documents.?We arc in lebtcd to the lion. R, 13, Elliott, neruber of Congress from this District, for the "Third Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners? 1871" and "The Land Office Report?1871"?valu ible documents, for which we re .um our thanks. ? The President has deferred or the present his Southern tour. At east it is ho announced on apparently jooci authority. A Bleeting rhe Executive (Committee of the iiJ? Abbjville Agricultural .Society, will take place on Friday, March 14 I3v order of President Aiken, W. H. PARKER, Sec'ty. March 4, J873, 47-tf Fine Northern Apples, and Fresh Banana's CA!N be found at the Store of J. B. & W. J. ROGERS. March 6, 1S73, 47-tf On Eancl and to Arrive. SPUE subscriber offers for sale tliir ? ty or forty good mulcs( which he will dispose of on a credit liii the lit October next. G. T. JACKSON. Agent for Tin. R. Doty. ert Just received and for sala low by G. Wliite Brothers. \vi March 5, 1873, 47-tf W Ecsadalis! Rosadalis!! i OR the euro of Scrofula, fn its various forms, also for the cure of Chronic diseases of tho Blood, Liver and Kidneys, for sale at W. T. PEiSTNEY'S. March 5, 1873, 47-tf Hind's Patent Brunswick Paint. Mr. p. I<. ALEXANDER, the agent for this celebrated paint, i? now in our to^n, where he has net with very great success in making con tracts for painting roofs of all kinds, metal and otherwise. Tho paint hav been used for years in Charleston, Co lumbia, Savannah, Augusta and other, places, and has given great satisfaction. Leaks are stopped and roofs painted at prices that defy competition. Our friends could not do better than to send in their orders. Orders left at New Market Depot will rcceive prompt at tention from Mr. Alexander. March 37,1873, 47-tf Court lis! One liiilt Only! "Wednesday, March 5th. First appearance in Abbeville of tbe original and only BESIGE& FAMILY, SWISS- BELL. RINGERS! And their entire company of Talented Artists! The most elegant and popu lar Troup in the United "States! Young La lies' Silver Cornet Band! Parlor Orchestra! All the latest songs and newest music. The Delicious Muni" of ihs Swiss Belli! MISS AN"?7A HEIiGEIt, Gold Cornet Solonist! SIDNEY FHANKS, the Great Comic Vocalist and Mimic. MISS NELLY KNAI P, Soprano. The very finest entertainment everofl'er ed in this place may be expected. Admission $1.00?Children 50 cents. Doors open at 7. to commence at 8 o'clock. W. \V. FOWLER. Business Manager. March 5, 1S73. Notice to Creditors. LL persons having claims ajjainst i Ik* estate of SAM LIKL WHITE AG! NE W, dee'd, are huivby required to present the same duly attested Ij fore mo, on or before the 1st day of June, A. D. 1873. or he bar:*cd. All an; persons indebted to said estate mustj?^ pay at once, or suit wiil he entered IU against them. LEWIS D. BOWIE, qualified Executor of S. W. Agnew, deceased. March 5, 1S73, 47-3t m" ran DIE LOADS COM, a* i FOR pale at low figures, if applied ]^0( for at once. TERMS CASH 011 TROWBRIDGE & CO. insl riiree Car Loads Flour, ALL GIJADES. ARRANT ED to give satisfac tion or money returned. TERMS CASH. TROWBRIDGE & CO. 12,am LBS. BACOIif, at low figures for Cash TROWBRIDGE & CO. CALIFORNIA WINES, California Brandy, French " for Mcdical use. Irish Whiskey, Burbon " Rye " Corn " Holland Gin TROWBRIDGE & CO. BA the whe the cati< B; M Three TonsgSwede's Iron, ONE TON STEEL, T air ?r plantation use. TUOWBRIDGE & CO. One Car Load Hay, ow Feed always on hand. TKOWRRIDJE & CO. March 5. 18'/3, 47-St State op South Carolina, ) Executive Department, ji Viiereas a vacancy now exists 1 a office of Coroner for the County Abbeville: Jow, know ye that IrPKANKLIN MOSES, Junior, Governor of the State of South Carolina, by virtda the power and authority vested in by an act of the General Assem^ of 6aid State entitled "an act corning the office, duties and Un ties of Coroner," approved Jana 27,1870. do hereby appoint and istitute R. R. HEMPHILL. aTrial nice of said County, as Corouftr of eaid County of Abbeville, to iHT 1 vacancy and to pcrforra" the du iof said office until the legislature ill order an election to fill said var icy. testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the Great Seal to be affixed at Co* lunibia, this 25th day of Ffcbro/u ry, A.D. 1873, and in the ninety seventh year of the Indepen-* deuce of the United States of America. . ' TT f FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Jfe ) Governor. [I. E. Hayne, Secretary of Stale, Sheriff's Sale. &Y virtue of an Execution to me <JJU 3 reeled, I will sell at Abbeville urt House, on Sale Day in APRIJj, st, within the legal Lours, a tract o? id containing 643 ACRES, >re or less, adjoining lands of T. JT. eker, James Bruce and others, on, vannali River, levied on as theprop^ ;y of H. H. Harper, at tlie suit of jf. Williams, Administrator. rerms of sale GASH. remis of sale must be compiled with thin one hour after sale oriheT proper* will be re-sold. L. P. GUFFIN, -v 6.'A. Ci Feb. 24, 1373, 47-3t 1 J ?. Sheriff's Sale. a Y virtue of an Execution t? toe dl ^ reeled I will sell at Abbeville urt House on Sale Day in APRIL <ct, within the legal hours, a tract of* id containing 225 ACHES, ire or less, adjoining lands of Sterling wen, J. T. Haddou, and others,, ied on as the property of W. A. iocs, at the suit of T. J. Hill. 'ERMS CASH. Yrmsof sale must be complied with :hin,one hour a?"ter Kale or the proper-, will be re-sold. L. P, GUFFIX, S. A. C. 4 Feb'y, 1873. ' Sheriff's Sale. v 5Y Order of Court of Common ^ Pleas, I wilh*ell at Abbeville C+ , on Sale Day in April next, within. ! legal hours, a tract of land contain* JiiJO Acres, re or less, situated in Abbevillo uuty, on RocTty Creek, bounded in D. 1S57, by lands of Bennett Key ids, I>aac Logan, John Romans and belt V/uller, whereon John Irwlu ii Jived; being formerly the real es e of James Irwin, deceased, and now LJiided by funds of Bennett Reynolds, M. Blake, Dr. T. W. Williapis,and iers, levied on as the property of J. . Irvin, at the suit of H. T^. KlQgh. Terms of sale CASH. Terms of sale ist I a compiled with within one hour er sale or the property will bore-sold* L. P. GUFFIN? ft* A. C. :th March, 1S"3. le State or Sontli Carolina,. ABBEVILLE COUNTY. In the Common Picas: B. "Weathers, and Elizabeth his wife* igainst Willis Smitii, Administrator fee., of ihe Estate rf Elizabeth Cobb* ieceased. " ?' t J r Complaint for Belief, d'C. 3 Y an Order or me court 01 toni? 9 mon Pleas, for Abbeville County t tde on the 26th day of February the heirs of tbe late Madison Smith,, any there be, besides the Plaintiff, ;said Elizabeth Weathers are require to establish their identity as such, ore Lewis D. Bowie, Esq., Clerk of d Court, ou or before the next regu Term thereof, or be barred from f participation in the funds acknowl ced by the said administrator, to be his hands for distribution. PERRIN & COTHRAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. kbbeville C. H., C., \ lilareh 4, 1873, 47-2ni / S- South Carolinian copy for two. Mba aud send bill toPerriu & Coth* masonic notice: It of Clinton Lodge, No. 3 A.F.M^ T3EVJLLE, S. C., March 5, 5873. Regular Communication of thia J-^e will be held at Lodge Room,, Monday evening next, 10th t. A full attendance is desired. )y order of the "WV.M. J. C. WOSMAXSKY, Secretary. larch 5, 1873, 47-lt SCOMB LODGE, A.\F.\M.\ COKESBUJIY, & C. . REGULAR Communication of Bascomb Lodge will be held 011 evening of Friday, 14th March, n the important business laid before Brethren at last Regular ComwunK in will be resumed. y order of the W. M., WM. C. BENET, Secretary, arch 3, 1S73. resh Arrivals HE following brands of CHOICE} CI'JAUS have just been received AiUvi^ii <? I'iuuuix o, Cubinet, Partagas, Opera, Our Choice, Conchas, Club, Little Favorite, Potomac, La Qucrita, La U rca, ^ La Montesa, La Forteca. i Briar Itoot and Rustic Pipe", Ladies' Tracing Cloth, French Enameled Starch* arch 5,1873, 47?tf