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ftmanmtmaaKmmamLM innirmiTi w mwacBsmmaa+m\mvwtc Tlxe Press and Banssr.! c ' 'vt\ ==1 A-bbeville, S. C. .W. A. LEE, Editor. Wednesday, July 30, 1&73. v 1 ". i i Tkums. ?Three dollars a year, in ad Vance. No subscriptions taken for a shorter - {inia than six months. Transient advertisements are charged form vlie raie or One Do ilab per inch space for the first insertion, and Fifiy Cents for each subsequent insertion. a liberal deduction from the above rates is ma ie to persons advertising by th" quarter or by tlie year. kaT'All obituary notices and tributes of respect are charged for at the usual jrates of advertising. .JOB PRESS. "We are now provided with an excel lent Job Press, and tine assortment of .Fob Type, and are prepared to execute buperlor work. Orders are respectfully ot.ii xva will fimranteesatisfac hUilVUtM, WUM .. V n tion iu the style and price of our work. RAILROAD CONVENTION At Abbeville. Barbecue to be Given! A XD ROUSING MEETING ANTICIPATED. "We arc Authorized to say that a big barbecuc will be given on the nrwuinn r.f the T-tailroad Conven tion to be held here on the 13th August. An interesting time is pnticipatei], and our people are all iuvited to turn out in strength. ' Treasurer Gardozo oil the State Finances. Treasurer Cardozo has reccntlx been interviewed by a correspondent of the Charleston .News, and presents in the reportod conversation a very ?tecoura?xg view of Uie Stato finances. The credit of the State is entirely gone in the money market, and the bonds are as flat as can he. He "I do not think there are any sales of bonds as all. No one coines to buy them, even at the low figures ai which they are quoted, and the holders are simply keeping them in'the! hope that something may turn up b\ ! which may bo able to realize some* thing for them. There" has been no business dotw between Mr. Kimpton aud myselfl J have never paid him nor received from him any money at all; ayd so far as my administration is concerned. hu has hud nothing to do with the finances of the State. Ho has no bonds of the State, or, at least, claims ' to have nono. Tho bonds purchased on account of the sinking fund, Agricultural College scrip, and the $600,OuO of the Bluo Ridge Itailroad, every one of thorn was by potheeated for loanmade in Parker's term, and tho whole of the $191,000 in the bonds of the State, in which the agricultural la:?.d scrip, or rather tlio proceeds irora tne fiitlo' of it, was invested, together with the $200,000 of- bonds purchased with the proceeds of the sajes of tinassets of the State by the Sinking Fund Commission, are a total loss to tho Slate, uuless the officials who illegally disposed of them cau be held personally responsible. f?5! notice in the New York papers that the January and July bonds are quoted at 15, and the April and October bonds at 22@23. I havo'been fltruek with this seemingly unreasonable disparity, and I cannot account lor it except upon the supposition that by January and July bonds are really meant the conversion bonds. All of the latter have interest payable * in January and Jul}*. But all January and July bonds are not conver sipn bonds; for there are, I know, the first $200,000 of laud coin mission bonds, the bonds issued for funding the bills of the Hank of the Stair, and * perhaps sotno others of the neiv . bonds, tho interest of which is also j.avablo in January and Juiy. The comparative estimate of as sets and liabilities at the Treasurer's office, presents a view equally . * discouraging. Together with tire deficiency of the past ^year the outstanding claims against the State amounts to ?2,400,000, wnilst the receeipts amounted only to $1,600,000, leaving a deficiency of $800,000. In addition to this there . is an estimated iloa:ing debt of A1-AAA AAA 1 _ L* ^.1 ^, ^^4 | .. ol?OOU,UUU, coiuposeu ui claims nui yet passed upon by the Legislature. The Treasurer says: I have paid the psinting and other claims, for which appropriations vyere. made this year, though : the services were performed last, out of the deficiency tax, as I conceived it proper to do. These claims amounted to something like $400,000, and consequently the deficiency for this year will be $400,000 instead of S800,000, and there will be about ?400,000 of the old deficiency still remaining. It was robbing Peter to pay Paul, but, of / nnKA it? Jill tViA Kiirrtfl t.n flip Kfntp I have paid all the. salaries, I fiink, up to the end of the second quarter, the 30th April. I have paid the Lunatic Asylum, Penitentiary., &c*, up to about 1st of June, and upon all other appropriations proportionally as nearly as I could. On account of last year's deficiences, I have paid the salaries very nearly in full, the Lunatic Asylum entirely, the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and . the State Orphan Asylums nearly . in full; to the Penitentiary I have paid $45,000, or nine of the twelve 11'arrnntfj wliifli wppfi Ollf". ~VoII I know three of tliem had been put upon the market by GovernorI! Scott without any authority of.i law. For the deficiency in last | s year's public school appropriation 1 I have paid about ?80,000. Though there was an appropriation of ?300,.000 there was only about-$100,000 ;f expended or contracted to be paid 1 last year on account of the public schools. They were not in operation but a short while during the year, not being able to gut any money from the Treasury. Isuppos# there is a floating debt of at least ?1,000,000, composed of claims of all .sorts not passed upon by the Legislature, and they arc being colitis naliy presented at the! Treasury. Of course, i cunn >t pay them, and ilie holders become dissatisfied. Thus the debt swells from year to year, and tue burdens of taxation become greater and greater. We see no hope of relief from this until a change shall come over the whole spirit of the present legislation?and this we cannot expect until the property and intelligence of the State is fully represented in the State Government. Reform must begin at the polls. The Narrow Grange Railroad. Senator Holluishead lias received] from 3Jr. O. G. Vanderhoof, of Tonnessee, tho First Annual Report of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, ?an elaborate document presenting an interesting r< view of the condition and prospects of that road, as well as furnishing all the strong arguments which induced iho adoptiou of the narrow gauge, and which now vintli-l eato its policy. The Denver and Rio Grando Road ' is the firs' road in the United Stases in which a gauge of three feet has been adapted. The proposed route extends from Denver, the capitol of Colorado, a distance of 875 miles to El Raso, on the boundary, line of Mexico, and even be}'ond through the heart of Mexico. The road has al!ready been completed to Pueblo, a distance ol' J IS miles, ana trio expedience of the past year has been entirely satisfactory, and lias vindicated the judgment of the company in deciding upon the narrow gauge. The road promises to bo a long one, and passing as it does through a fine agricultural region, and a country rich in precious ores, it will doubtless attract a large trade and travel Yet its capacity is fully equal to all demands made upon it, being equal to that of the wider gauge, though there was a saving in the coustruction and equipment of the road of some-37* ??? anrl c/\niot 1\ i n r*? litn f hiti saving in the cost of operating it. It has been a ctyrent impression i hat the narrow gauge road was suited >nly to short routes and limited business, bu? this report seems to put it beyond a doubt that it is fully equal to all the necessities of a through lino with its crowded passenger coaches and heavily loaded freight cars, at a large reduction in the expense of running them. Tho- cars havo been run at the samo speed attained on other roads, with the same safety and comfort to passengers, and the samo capacity for meeting the demands for the transportation of heavy freights; and all this at a saving of some 35 per cent, in the i-dsf. nf rnnnimr the road. The lie port presents a full consideration of all matters pertaining to the subject, and will repay perusal. Who Pays the*Taxes? ? The Union-Herald advances the somewhat novel doctrine that the poor man pays indirectly nine-tenths of the whole State tax ? in other words, that the consumer pays the tax in the last stage of the process. Xow, however true this may be in reference to the indirect taxe3 which are levied by the general government, it is certainly not true with regard to the direct tax upon real and person?U property, winch makes up theannuril State revenue. The argument is that the tax is reimbursed to the rich man in the / enhanced price which the poor man is forced to pay for land, clothing, and provisions, Perhaps it should! be so, as the poor man is now the, ruling power in the State; but iti certainly is a fallacy to hold that it J is so. lias the heavy taxation in the State increased the price of the lands, or indeed enhanced the value j of any property? It acts, on the: contrary, as an incubus upon all; productive industry, preventing the! influx of capital into the State, and) depressing the market value of lands and everything else. The poor man no doubt suffers as well as the rich man, but only indirect-: ly, whilst the property holdCV loses beyond recovery, and directly, the best fruits of bis industry. Poor as well as rich are interested in reducing taxation which wears to the benefit of a favored few, but it is folly to say that the poor hian of the State pays nine-tenths of the whole State tax. |. A Grand Project.?M. D Les-ji seps, the hero of the Suez canal,1' proposes to build a railroad fromjl Russia to British 'India, as the'; agent of Iiussia, a distance of some1* three or four thousand miles, ( throughiXentral Asia. It should provoke^ne tilings, no jealousy on i the part of England, whose naval t supremacy will always guarantee \ the sa'fety of British India. lie has t been interviewed by a Ilerald. corre- j jpondeui, who presents his views at i ength. 1 c 'tm C2ESARISM IN AMERICA. The press of the country is still discussing the question lately mooted in the columns of the Humid, of lljc possibility uf Grant running for ti third term, and the dangers which threaten the country from so alarming an innovation. The World dep o , recates all attempts to make this a party question, until the Republicans in Congress have had an opportunity of defining their positi- n in the premises. It says: 4,It is in the power of the republican statesmen to bring this question of t'ccsarism to a speedy test and wc hope they will manfully vi#. tImir rliitv. Tnt. SenaLor Morton. who bn ko ground "in this direction lust winter, or some other republican of similar standing, propose an amendment ;.t tho beginning of the next M\--ion and resolutely press it to a vote. If Grant is not look'ng wistfully to a lliiid term there will be no substantial opposition. But if the subject is postponed, evaded, and iinally smothered by parliamentary tactics or the pretence of other business the ambitious design of the ad ministration wi I be disclosed ana me country bo for- warned and forearmed." The question of re-elegibility is one which has excited the apprehension of statesmen from the very organization of the government, and the .increased power and patronagt; of the President, in the disbursement now of a revenue of four hundred millions, has only magnified tho danger. The remedy for the bvil is in an amendment of tho Constitution, which can only be secured by the aoncurrcnce of three-fourths of the States. To submit un amendment for their ratification requires a two-thirds vote of Congress, and to get this both parties must concur. The question is one of Republicanism or despotismrising above tho sphere of party politics. I <9 ? : Chicago and Augusta Railroad. A large meeting of capitalists interested in this enterprise was held in Chicago on the 22d inst., and after hearing the reports of various committees recommending different locations of the line of the proposed route, the meeting was adjourned until September, when subscriptions will be opened for stock, and reports received from towns and counties tending aid to the company. The Augusta Chronicle unci Sentinel corrects a statement which was made at the meeting, flint flnnsiilnrjiLlfi iealonsv existed "between South Carolina and Georgia." This it says very justly, is an entire mistake, and the bonds which unite the two States, and especially Augusta and Carolina, are of the strongest and most enduring character. It pledgee Augusta to extend full aid to either the Angus* ta, or IlartwelJ, or the Augusta and Greenwood Roads, when she is assured that there is a reasonable prospect of success. I-t says, "Let the people of the river counties of Georgia and of "Western Carolina show us that they n.ean business? that they are willing to put their Ait'ii ikimiAtr flin rn^rla onrl IUVUVJ 111 IV tuv 1 MUU Augusta can safely be counted on for half a million of dollars. When this meeting is held in September, let each county along the route between this city and the mountains be represented, and let their* delegates go instructed to take all the stuck which they arc able to carry." The convention n^ets here in the interest of this enterprise on the 13th August, and we will be pleased to see a full delegation from Augusta. The Vienna Exhibition. ? In spite of all short-comings of fh'ej late commissioners and others hav-j mg tue matter in chargo, America seems to be making a very creditable display at the Vienna Exhibition. The Emperor Joseph has recently visited the American department, ami has expressed his high admiration at this exhibition of our resources, and of the specimens of American art and industry. The sewing machines, the model schools, the numberless products ot mechanical and agricultural industry, and of mineral wealth tiro Y\/\\\r cn W1 V u\' u VHV O U ?/J VV bkJ VI lUVlibVU commendation. 4 g| I Alabama Conference Female College.?"We have received a copy i of the Annual Catalogue of this flourishing institution located at Tuskegee, Alabama, and which is < now under the Presidency of Rev. t Henry 1). Moore,' formerly of this 1 place?also a copy of the pro- < gramme of exercises at the recent i r\_- xi. _ i:_4 . l- i uommeucemeni. un me ust uj:j teachers we observe the name of; < Miss Clara F. Kerr, and as matron !i >f the Boarding Department, that' c )f Mrs. A. M. Kerr, both lately of < Abbeville. Some eight teachers Wm the Board of Instruction, and ;he course of study is very com- 1 ,__i : ti, MUIJtMISlVe UUU tllUIUU^n. . ire one hundred and seventy pu-'a )ils in attendance, and this in itself \ ndicates the flourishing condition'1 >f thecollcge. 1 UNIFICATION IN LOUISIANA AND EEFORM IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Gen, M. C. Builer of. this State Fias written a letter to the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, in which he excepts to an editorial of that puper, eon founding Lite two movements-Unification in Louisiana and the- Jlcform movement a few years since in -South Carolina. lie says: "General Kerehaw and I did endorse and support, and in tact, prepare the platform of the "Ketorru movement" of- 187(J. General Hampton had not only nothing to do with the preparation of thai platform, hut disapproved of it, and Lis support ol it was du-> entirely to his personal regard and . relations to General K. and myself. Tins much is .due to General Hampton. Herewith I enclose the- platform of the ".Reform movement" of 1870, and I beg that you will .either publish itsido by side with the "Unification address" of Ljuisiana, or point out to your readers the analogy between the two. Il you will do this I shall be content ; but I have no idea of permitting you, in this cursory manner, 10 pass judgment upon two movements, which I regard us essentially different, miihout a hearing of both sides.. .Do.not understand me as repudiating the "Relorm movement" of 187U. I went inio it advisedly. I thought it wjse, p/oper and judicious then, 1 think so now, and in support of (hi? opinion, and in the ligfit of subsequent events, I refer your readers to the action of the .Democratic party in the last Presidential election, and if stronger proof were npcessary, I refer thorn to the action of "we, the people of Georgia," in said election, and, in fact, I majT refer them to the staunch, uneonpromising advocacy ol the Chronicle and Sentinel, of thi "pepper-and-salt complexion" of the Greeley movement.' I held the opinion in 187.0, apd ec hold ow. that the onlv hone of the South is a "unification" of the whites, not against tlio negro, but for the protection of themselves, and by a candid recognition of tho rights ol the negro an secured to him by the constitution and laws, to recover his confidence,and secure his aid -in re storing order and prosperity to the country." If thero be any real difference be tween the two movements, it would seem to. be only on the ground that the Louisiana resolutions mean something moro than a .political union ol thoraceB-in behalf of good govern mcnt, and that thoy involve soeia! equality. This inference, is however repudiated by the leaders who have inaugurated the movement, arid the high character and eminent public services of Gen. Beauregard, furnish the assurance that ho would counsel nothing which.would reflect dishonor upon the South, or be prejudicial tc her interests. The outcry which has been mado -against the Louisiana movement, and the abuse whi< h has beer* heaped upon Gen. Beauregard i' i / i J seem 10 nave uccn iouuueu upon an entire misapprehension of the pur port of tho policy proposed. . Arrangement op the old Equiti Papers.?The task of arrangeing and indexing the old Equity papers, now on tile iri the Judge of Probate's of fice, lias just beeu completed by Mr, J. C. Wtfsmansky, the efficient cl"ei k of the office, in a style which reflects great credit upon his taste and skill The papeis are now well preserved and are entirely accessible. The committee to fix the wice of th? work, consisting of Messrs \V. P McKellur, W. II. Parker, II. R Hemphill, Robt Jones, and Wm. II Taggart, or. Friday last awarded the sum of two hundred dollars as a just compensation for the services rendered, and also the sum of twentyone dollars for additional charges. VjLiAlMO aUAli^iOl 1U?J By relereneo to the advertisement of the County Commissioners in another eolumn, it will bo seen that the annual meeting of the 13oard will take place on tho first Tuesday in September, before which lime all claims must be properly verified, and deposited in the office of the County Commissioners. Unless this is done, the Board will refuse to audit the claims. This is necessary to enable the Board to make its estimates, and claimants will find it.to their interest to present their demands ih duo time. ?> .ScnooL Exhibition at Xinetyft t v A / ? 4 nmrv -ixv/nx/r<jLi x n c iciuiu UUi thanks for an invitation to attend the exhibition ol the Ninety-Six Academy, on the 7th August, and trust that it may be in our power to be present. Prof. "\\rm. Hood of Erskine College will deliver an address on the occasion, and from the reputation of the Professor we anticipate a rich treat. The entertainment promites to be an attractive one. ^ i jsgj? "We have had the pleasure :luring the past week of receiving a, call from Mr. Roswell T. Logan, who visits our town in the interest :)f that popular journal, the Charles 'on News and, Courier, and the wcllvnown firm of Walker, Evans & Cogswell. Mr. Logan is a worthy eprescntative of two of the most mterprising establishments of "the nty by the sea." The Railroad Convention.?A etter inst received from Mr. 0. G. 7 under 11 oof, of Knoxville, Tenn., tates that they will endeavor tq lave delegates in attendance ut the Vbbeville Convention on the loth August. 1 The District Conference at Cokesbury. "We are indebted to our friend, Mr. J. F. ?. DuPre, who was a delegate, for the following items of information: The District Conference of the M. E. Church South held its session at CokesbCiry on 23-27th inst. There were over 6ixty delegates and ministers. Rev. H. M. Mood presided. Reports from the various circuits and stations \vere encouraging, showing a marked improvement in the matter of finances. The Columbia Female College was represented by Rev. Sidi II. Browne; Wofford.by Dr. Shipp and Pr^f. DuPre; and the Orphan's Home by Rev. McKinney; and the Coke.^burv School by the Rector, " Rev. Geo. F. Round. The large church building was crowded to overflowing, and a deep interest was manifested. On Sabbath morning especially there was a^large attendance, and an excellent discourse was preached by the Rev. : J. "W. Murray, of Greeuwoo*d. The Rev. Manning Brown preached, an impressive sermon at night. The address of Prof. DuPre to the children 011 Sabbath evening, was a masterly effort. The next session will be held in 1874, at Newberry. Delegates to the Annual Con| ference, which meets at Sumter in [' December, are T. S. Mooreman, ! F. A. Connor, Rev. M. M. Boyd, and J. F. C. DuPre. 1 The Conference speak in the 1 highest terms of the hospitality ol ; the people of Cokesbury. . The Proposed Railroad Convention at j Abbeville. > A meeting of our citizens to prepare for tho proposed convention to meet here on 13th. August next, was held in the Court House on yesterday morning, j. On motion of W. J. Smith, Wm. II. Parker, Esq., was called to the [ Chair, and W. A. Lee requested to , act as Secretary. , After a short discussion of the s objects of the. meeting, in which : Messrs. L. W. White. T. W. Robi ertson, R. K. Hemphill, T. P. i Quarles and others participated, ' on motion of W. A. Lee, it was ' Resolved, That a committee to consist of seven members be ap1 r\r?? n frnrl In >anlir?if an Vianri ntinna fill" ^yuiu ivu i/v ovii vi v wu vwvt 4^ v? va*w <wa | a Barbecue at tjie Hail road meeting "to be hefa in Abbeville on 13t^ August next, and to make necessary arrangements for it; and that said committee be appointed by the ? Chair. I Under this Resolution the iol, lowing committe were appointed? . L. W. White, R. R. Hemphill, . W. J. Smith, W. T. Branch, W. ; P. McKellar, John Knox, T. C. ) Seal. Ou motion of W. J. Smith. the Chairman was added to the ' committee. ) Ou motion of "W. Joel Smith, it ' was Resolved, That said committee report their success in this mattei to the meeting of the citizens 0] the countv to-be held 011 Saledav , next. On motion of L. W. White, jResolved, That the Chair appoint a committee of three from each township to assist in soliciting sub' ecriptions, and that said committee '; be requested to report to local ' committee on next Saleday. Under the re3olutiou the following committees were appointed in the various townships: Lowndcsville?Thos. Young, W. A. T. Oliver, W. A. Giles. Magnolia?Dr. J. T. Baskin, Wm. Wilson, Thus. F. Lanier. Diamond Hill?J W .Power, Berry Kay, Wesley A Black. Due West?Dr. J. L. Miller, Jas Pratt, R W lladdon. Donnaldsville? G M Mattison, Malcoinb Erwin, It R Seawright. Cokesbury?A M Aiken, IS. P. Bouzer, L 11 Rykard. Ninety-Six?G McD Miller, E S Ilale, John R Talbert. White Iiall?P II Bradley, J W Ligwn, E L Tolbert. Indian Hill?J YV Perrin, D "W I Jay, J II Widenian. Bordeaux?(Jut Corley, Peter Guil ebeuu, J F Calhoun. Calhoun's Mills?W D Mars, M 0 Talman, J E Caldwell. Long Cane?W A Lomax, G T Jackson, Benj Eakin. Cedar Springs?J C MeClane, 'J W Frazier, J E Bradley. Smithville?S B MoClinton, J A Devlin, J L White. On motion of L. W. Perrin, Hcsolcei!, That the Committee be requested to correspond with prominent persons outside of the State who have taken interest in this enterprise and invite them to be present. The meeting then adjourned. W. H. PARKER, Chairman. W. A. Lee, Secretary. ft The Concert in the Court JIou^e.?We will have to defer a report of the Concert of Professor Schmitt and pupils until next issue, but would here express our thimks; for complimentary tickets. ' The Greenwood School Fund?A Suggestion.. t . Stony' Point, July 24, 1873. Editor Abbeville Press and Banner Oo tho 28th June, the voters of n T,iii.nahih nr ?i hnndfnl vrrucii wuwu xuoiinu.^, v. ? of them, had a meeting "to raise, by tax an additional school fund," &c\, &c. At that meeting the clerk of the Board of School Trustees, who I be-lieve is Capt. J. E. Tarrant, asserted, that the Township was entitled to SI,900, had drawn but 8900, and yet there was no money in the treasury unappropriated ior the township s<-hoois. In your Inst issue our Treasurer, Mr. DuPre, says, over ?2,000 were duo the Township, and that all but about $18 had been drawn out ; he lias of course vouchers fur the various.drauglua upon the Treasury, and proposes^) submit them-to tho inspection of any "responsible" investigating party that may desire to see them. Tho Clerk said farther, there were eight schools in tins iowosnip, anu that six of the touchers, had '.'first ?:ratlo certificates." The Treasurer says, more has been squandered upon incompetent teachers. (I write from memory. My Press failed to come this week and I hurriedly read Mr. DuPro's article in a friend's paper. The Gioenvvood meeting instructed the Clerk of the Board of Trustees to investigate this matter, and ''if necessary institute legal proceedings for its collection." This is a belligerent aspect of the case that I do not fancy Mr. I>uPre - r .. ? n invites investigation, i mereiore respectfully suggest, that Mr. Bailey, the :* chairman of the.Greenwood meeting appoint a committee of three from amongst tue voters of the Township, . (both colors represented,) to examino these vouchers, and publish the result of their examination. We will thus learn, not only what tho vouchers were for, but who drew the money. and how, where and whefc it was ' appropriated. * 1 This committee might bo instructed too, to visit these eight schools, and respectfully ask the teachers tb? privilege of hearing them examine > their scholars, and indeed ask the privilego of testi.ug the proficiency i of the teachers themselves. If our School Trustees are employing second grade teachers at first class salaries let it be known, that the Grand Jurj and Jydge Cooke may have a say so in the matter. If those teachers are worth the salaries paid them, then let it be known, that the Trustees may no longer rest under the imputation of squandering our public J .. uiuua. Very truly. D WYATT .AIKEN. A Greenwood Township Tax-payer, The Bible Celebration.?The Semi-Oentein^al celebration of our Bible Society comes oft' in the Court House to-day, and the occasion promises to be of more than , ordinary interest. The Historical , Address will be delivered by Hon. i Thos. C, Perrin, the sermon bj Rev. Whitefoord Smith, D. D., and ; the Address by Rev. W. H. Camp bell. We anticipate a large ati tendance, and-the reputation o; the speakers guarantee, a rare en[ tertainmjsnt. Since writing the.above we regret to learn that Dr. Smith lias been Alined at home by sickness, Charades on Friday Xigiit-? We are indebted to the young la, dies and gentlemen for co.mplimentary tickets to tke Charades to be | given on Friday night at the ! Female Academy, in behalf of the Jackson Literary Society, for which we return our thanks. The programme is a very promising one, consisting of a number of attractive pieces, and the performers number among themselves some of the best dramatic talent of the young ladies and gentlemen. We expect to see a crowded house, and are sure that our young friends will merit the patronage which they will receive. TnE Laurens and Asiieville Railroad.?A convention of the citizens of Laurens County was held at Laurens C. II. on the 18th inst., in which it was resolved that 'the question of subscribing four hundred thousand dollars to the enterprise be submitted to the legal voters of the county on the loth August next* and that a committee be appointed to canvass the county. The people seem to be fully alive on the subject. Mammoth Tomatoes.?"We are' indebted to Mr. F. A. Connor, of Cokesbury, for some mammoth specimens of "the Trophy Tomato"?the finest that we have ever seen, and which we think would be hard to beat. A single bunch, consisting of seven tomatoes weighed within a fraction two and three-fourth pounds. Can any one equal that? ? ??? The communication of our' Greenwood friend has been una-: voidablv crowded out this week J " i but shall appear iu our next. The Ohio and Atlantic Narrow Gauge .'Railroad. The following letter addressed to Senior Hollinshead, shows the interest which is manifested in other sections in behalf of this enterprise. frnEPWTT.T.T! TEVNPKSPIS 1 July 24,18737"'} Dear Sir.?Though not having the honor of a personal acquaintance with you, having heard you favorably spoken of by Capt. 0. G. Vanderhoof, Civil Engineer, Kuoxville, Tennessee. I take the .liberty of addressing you briefly^' to eutreat your iufluence in behalf of the enterprise which seeks to connect the Ohio river with the Atlao tic Seaboard by. a .Narrow Uauge Rail Road. There is, as I believe, a sentiment all along the route of the proposed road, while if it can be developed, so as to effect concert, organization and harmonious action, will secure for the enterprise a share of public attention, and ultimately a degree of coniidence which will insure its success. A charter granted by your Leg" ? isiuuuc wuuiuuu, us a iuuu, u powerful stimulus to the lavement al along the line," and I hope at th? next session session of your Legis lature this may be secured. We have a charter, (or rathei two in connection,) for the roat across our State?the country.fron: here to Paint Rock on the ITortl Carolina line is organized?7 mile* , \mder contract?one important bridge?as to the masonry?abou half done?and one-half the 1 miles about half graded. TT ili.1l.. ' v ery respecuuiiy, Your obedient servant, llOB'T. M." McKEE. J. Ilollinshead, Esq., 1 Abbeville C. H., S. C. The July Term of th< Oconee Court occupied but a few 1 days of-the past week. The Cowriei 1 pays the following compliment t< 1 Solicitor Blytbe: "Our Solicitor, Mr. Blythe, whe is also a brother of the quill, it present, discharging his duties in * i pleasant, efficient and satatfactor) manner. We must ^ftv. that ill oU; . ... .. _ ^ " opinion, the duties of Solicitor hav< , been performed by him in the tru< spirit of the office, and already ht ' has secured the confidence aud esteem of our people, by his mile aud firm course. Barbecue at Jonathan Link's. ?A fine barbecued dinner wa* given at Mr. Jonathan Link's Spring on tie Snake lloak, on lasl , Saturday, when there was every, thing good to eat, and served up.ir , fine style. Our town was repre . sented by Messrs. L. 1>. JBowi< , and A. M. mil, wuo oring oacK i I glowing account of the feast* ? We ha3 the pleasure of i I visit daring the past week from thj Ilcn. John Wilson, Senator fron Anderson, whose conservati'vi p course has won the respect am confidence of both parties-at homi as well as in the Legislative halls "Tiie Undeveloped West" ii the title of a new work issued bj the Atlanta Publishing ^Company . some specimeu pages of which -w< . have received. It is highly ill us . trated, and gives five years of va j ried experience in .the territories ggf Dr. John S. Thompsor announces that he will be absenl from 5th August to 1st September. J8ST" We have generally very favorable reports from the growing crops. They are needing raiu however. iCliarades. Abbeville Female Academy. Friday Evening, August 1st. rplIE young ladies, and gontlemen X of Abbeville propose, giving a varied entertainment consisting of a number of CHARADES, with MUSIC AND .REFRESHMENTS at th? Eernale Academy on Friday evening August 1st for the benefit of the Jackson Literary Society. No psins will bo spared to make the entertain merit a success. Admission, 60 Cents. Door# open at 8 o'clock. Performances to commence at half past eight o'clock. July 30,1873, It Abbeville Agricultnral Society. A.meeting of the Board of Directors of the Society will tako place on O.V, A > imut uK 1ft J.* I It. il > ? Ulil o'clock A. M. A full attendance requested. By order of the President. WM. II. PARK EH, Secretary. July 30, 1873, It TO MY PATRONS. 5 WILL be absent from my office after the*6th day of August until 1st September. JOHN S. THOMPSON, D. D, g. July 29,1873, 15-tf Flour! Hour! WHliave now in Store' a ?ne Lot Of Family Flour, ground from this year's crop, which we will sell cheap for cash. H|H Nelson & Cannon. |H| July 30. 1873,16-tf Board Reduced to $3 Per Day* H ColumbiaHotel I COLUMBIA, S. C. SH '|^HE Proprietor of this well known HhH I /5 I _ TT _ d. ? HHK I urc?t cmra nocei woaia rettpect HB ' fully ioforro bis many frit-tids and th< RH travelling public generally, that b< HH bay this .day reduced his^rates o fl^Hj Board from 64 per day to $3 per day and at the same time pledges himsel -1 H to spare no paius in the managemcn of the house to sustain its reputation fl I as a first class hotel in every respcct ^H[ W M. (GORMAN, Proprietor. jflB . July 30,1873, 6t i Notice to Tax Payers. Hi .1 HAVE received the folio win: letter from the Comptroller-Generi HH I with regard to the Assessment <x MB ileal and Pergonal property, whia the tax-payers throughout the couv - try would do well to read with car> IHfl and, having read, to heed. Bfl I T. B. MILFOED, H County Auditor. HH Esecutive Department, 89 Office of Comptrcller-GenebalJ HH Colombia, S. C., July 22, 1872.} . HH I T. B. MitPi ao, Esq., ^ v Auditor Abbeville County; HH Sir : It i? reported to thisbtfice tbftt jjBBj ' many County Auditors are reoiviig BH 1 returns at a nominal valuation of ill HH t Personal and R^al Property;.tor jn- Ml . stance, horses at $50 and $60'; ::attle, HH at 8, 10, aud $.12; mules at.7) and. * $80; while land is ansessed at, |B Arable or plow land, at $4.00 tc $6.00 ' Wood aud pastures at 3.00 U 4.00 if 1. - J 1 AA 4. A A A m/M Martin a uncultivated at i.uu u 4vv Such a course of Assessment can- HH not and will not be allowed, ind is directly contrary to your Instrectious H and requirements of law. It i) abso- flj lately necessary for you and yoar assistants to interrogate every party Bfl 2 and all persons as to their. piowrty j^H i retarned, and nd fixed or gensial vdl- j^H r uation con applv to any return. jH Some cattle may oe worth only $10 Bfl ) while some are sold at $75 and $100 B9 each. Cattle, horses, mules, or any HB i other article of personal property flfl i cannot be returned at any nominal jflH or fixed valuation, any rao.'b than I could the credits of a banker or the B| siock in trade of a merchant. . IB r Instances are reported where cor' lain Auditors have received arable M 5 land at 86.00 per acre while the par- |H i tics in possession have refused to sell HBj - the same at $100 per acre. 1 I do not desire you to make any as- fljj , wessment that is excessive; oppressive; U or unjust, but I sh: II insist that you mako your abstract a model return or ' your county where each tax payer |B ) will be charged with a just and true |H ; valuation, and a?y digression from Hj these instructions will compc! mo to |H report the facts to the Governor for ' |H - bis action. . . . * IB i Respectfully, &c., H S. L. H0GE, Comptroller General. Bj July 30,1873, It The I M Bit I 3 AP THE BOARD OF COUNTY H U COMMISSIONERS will be held H on the H - m -? ri . - -1 - 9B 91st Tuesday in septemDer. m In pursuance of authority given by 9 ' law, the County Commissioners will flj 3 positively refuse to 'audit any claim 9 - against the County not properly iflade B out, verified, and doposited in their H office ber'oro that meeting. At this H ' meeting the Board will make the H estimate for County Taxes. All past M i ndebtedness, not registered, cannot E [. be provided for.* Take dup notice B and govern yourselves accordingly. I By order of the Board, 9 W. H. TAGGART, | Clerk. 1 Abbeville C. C., ? ? July 25, 1873-Dt J Attention 1 ROAD OVERSEERS! ^ Office of County Commissioners, "> Abbeville, S C.,July 25,1873. ) The crops are now "laid by," and you have an opportnnity to put tho Roads ii-'good order. Bo sure to avail yourselves of it. Should tho Over eer on any Section of Road fail to act within fifteen days from tho publication of this ordtr, auy good citizen is hereby authorized to warn out the bands and have the Road worked. Defaulters will be rigidly dealt with in evory case. See that the Bridge abutments, hollow bridges, ?inil cnnMowuvfl nrfi nut in thorough. repair, and the side ditches well opened and large enough to 'convey the water. By order of the Board. VV. P. McKELLAR, Ch. B. Go. Commissioners. July 30, 1873, 3t NOTICE. All persons indebted to the Estata of THOMAS R. PUCKETT, Sr? a-o earnestly requested to make settlement by the 1st of November, and j save costs. ! rrnrkO T> T)TTr'irT?nP T*. I liiVkJ, JLi, JL UVAVXJA, %/M., J Administrator. July 28, 1873, 3m NOTICE IS hereby given that thero will bo an application made to the next ' Legislature to Renew the Charter of the Banks of Swaucey's Old Ferry, on Saluda River PUCKETT & TURNER. ' July 28, 1873.