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31# Press sad Banner. - ' i' >"'"j -- - v. . t _ === Abbeville, S. (j. _ - .. : s? W. A. LEE, Editor, i? . - ? XToiiies^y, August *3, W$. Terms. -Three dollars a ye?r, in aa v. nee. subscriptions taken for a shorter time than six months. .Transient advertisements are charged for at the rate or One Pollar per inch pace for the first insertion, and Fifiy Vistrvs for each Hubaequent insertion. a liberal deduction from the above rates is rtjale tP persons advertising by tbe quarter or by the year. J6T All obituary notices and tributes Of respect are charged for at the usual jatea <*f advertising.. W JOB PRESS, We are now provided with an excellent Job Press, and |1ne assortment of '* *Job Type, and are prepared to execute . superior worlf, Oraers are respectfully . solicited, and we will guarantee satisfaction in the style and price of our work. Mil . U i I 1 . THE RAILROAD CONVENTION TODAY. ?- ' ? ii *t - ? itw. This istne (lay appowu-u iux imfnilroad convention at this place. Delegates have been appointed from all the Western counties of the State, and many have arrived. "Wo welcome them to old Abbeville with a cordial greeting and warm hospitality. V^e suppose the convention will organize in the Court House at 12 o'clock M., . and wd wish great success to the under+oL'i ncr "We don't know precisely what the convention will do, but \vefc|av< a general idea that the first object will be to show that the proper location of the great Chicago, An gnsta, and South Atlantic Railroad, which has been projected to' give the immense products of the great valley of the Mississippi a direct outlet to the South Atlantic seaboard, must be through the State of South Carolina at least as far as thi cltv of Augusta, which seems to have been adopted as one ef the points which the road must touch. And second to make arrangements for building the road from Anderson to Aiken and Augusta whether the Xorth Western e.xtensiun js built or not. The project of ecaling/tho moun .tains and making a direct Railroad connection betweey the South Atlantic seaboard and the great and growing x^orth "West, has been a cherished idea of South Carolina . for more than a quarter of a cen fury. Attor the (Jbariestou aua Augusta road was built, which by the way was the first road of that length i$ the Uultcd States, the project was started of extending the connection over the mountains in a jS"orth Westerly direction, The Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad was originated and pressed by leading men in South Carolina?indeed the good and great Robert Y. Hayne lost his * i Jlie UJ exposure uuu uve? ivujxv whilst laboring as President of the company in the cause of that work. The times were not ripe for so .great an achievement, and the only relict of that enterprise remaining to us, is the road from Branchville to Columbia, which was built as the first section of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad. Afterwards the projec^ was renewed in the effort to build the Blue Ridge, Railroad, upon which the City of Charleston and the State . have spent millions. Up to this if lma Vionn Rnn+Vt fljjrnlinn I I1U!^> XV AJCtk? ?% V . anfl the Atlantic seaboard, which, impressed with its great advanta ges, have been struggling to accomplish this great work; but uow most fortunately for us, when we are poor from the effects of the war, and unable to go on with the work, the great North West has taken up the subject, and seem resolved to force the barrier which has so long stood in our way; and to pour the treasures of their magniticen; country down upon the sunny plains of the South Atlantic seaboard, enriching the cities of Charleston, Port Royal, Savannah and Augusta. A Railroad through the mountains, some where midway between the Georgia State road to the Southward and the Chesapeake and Ohio road, to the Northward, mvH he hOV. The necessities of * the Westxequire i*. The necessities t 01 the South Atlantic States require it and In every physical confirmation -f j.1 . a. ;tUa oi xiio cuuiiueut reijuiit; JI? -xnc . chain oi AUeghaney mountains commences in Pennsylvania and ends in North Alabama. It runs' i'rom North-East to South-West, nearly parallel with the Atlantio < coa:r. This, chain of mountains forms a curtain which covers and 3 cuts Mi from the West, the states, of Maryland, -Virginia, North Car- ] dir.a, South Carolina and Georgia, ] These Sia-tf-s lie in the shape of a parallelogram or block between * the mountains and the Atlantic.!( As the West and North-West set- ! tied up and in fact became the* . -p centre of empire, and railroads be. fame the principal means of in? terstate ?>roinun}cation, this iqounr tain $urtain was felt to be an ipfe mense drawback u^on the prosperity of the States covered by it, Maryland first made the effort to overcome it, and brol?o that mountain barrier through tbe'maguifi* !c #fc gorge at Harper's Ferry. The jBaltimore and Ohio road immediately transferred the West India trade from Charleston to Baltimore, and made that city one of the finest upon the continent. Georgia next pierced that mountain barrier by the Georgia State road^and built npon a poor highr land chestnut ridge, the magpiti* cent city , ot Atlanta, Then Virginia niade the effert, and after long struggling and many 'difficulties has at last,"only the other day, reached the Ohio^river by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The expectation is that it will add great IJ IW Ul U11/IIU1V1IU. That whole portion of the mountains lying between the Georgia State Road audthe White Sulphur Springs in Virginia,, remains to this day as complete a barrier to Hail road communication, as it did on the morning of the creation. Shall this thing remain so ? Shall we allow Maryland and Virginia on our right hand, and Georgia on < our left, to scale the mountains, i and we remain idle and inactive, whilst we need assistance quite as much, indeed more, and can return 1 -i ^ ? ?. O T. advantages at least as great: xi cannot be! For the great "West the shortest route to the sea is by our route, and we regard it as certain that this road will be built, as that to-morrow's sun will rise. W'hen this road is built, we think, from necessity it must take something like the old track oi the Blqe Ridge Railroad. As a matter of-course the road must run upon the Carolina side of the Savannah river, at least to the neighborhood of Augusta. 1. This roate is the shortest and most direct. If a cord be stretched upon the map from Chicago to Augusta, it will pass near Edgetield and precisely over Abbeville and Addersou in the State qf South Carolina. 2. Ii; is the cheapest. There are the Rabun Gap and Sassafras Gap, both practicable. The Blue Ridge Road has done an immense amount of work?tunnelling,. grading, bridging, &<\, an 4 is actually running from Anderson to "Walhalla, which portion of the road, those urging the Savannah valley route, oto in fiivrtr nf tVimminor awor 3. It i8 the most practicable. The ridge from Anderson to Abbeville and thence to Edgefield by the *'old Generals wagon road'' seems to have been made for a Railroad?no mountains or large streams in the way and almost parallel with the Savannah River. 4. This line will run through a line productive country, the Western counties of the State of South Carolina, the best cotton region in the State, and all things considered inferior to no portion of the South, We have no doubt the convention will be harmonious, and we hope eminently successful in thier labors. The following are the delegations, so far as we have been able to learn them : From Anderson, Messrs. J. P. Reed, B. F. Whitner, James A. Hoyt,. Thos. B, Lee, W. H. D. Gaillard, J. B. Sitton, Wro.' Perry, J. W. Norris, D, L. Hall, James A. Drake, W. SfrPickens, G. W. Cox, Dr. J. H. Keid, S. C.- Humphreys, R. S. Hill. John R. Cochran, B. F. Crayton, G. W. Maret, John R. Moore, W. S. Brown, James L. Orr, jr., and to these the chairman of the committee, Capt. S. M Pegg, and the chairman of the meeting, Judge J. S. Murray, were added ? making twenty-three in all. The meeting at Anderson was a laro-o and enthusiastic assemblage. , o . w They passed Qt resolution, favoring a county subscription of ?300,000, and the town authorities favor a ^ subscription of ?50,000 from the town. Edgefield will be represented by D. C. Tompkins, Chairman, YVm. Johnson, Luke Culbreath, S. W. ^ Nicholson, G. B. Lake, J. M. Mc- j Gee, Clark Sinikins, Lewis Jo.nes, j 0. F. Cheatham, J. C. Sheppard, ( W. T. Gary, Dr. J. A. Devore, J. H. McBevitt, Lawrence Cain, Paris . Sirakins, J. W. Torapkius, J. M. j Wise, Thomas Jones, Dr. J. H. | Jennings, and John Staiks. Pickens will be represented by R E Bowen, J B Clayton, E H 1 Lawrence, Wm Craig, J L Thorn- ] ly, A J Anderson, J A Bates, J W t Brown, T H Russell .Alternates < ?J R Gossett, W S Williams, B J 1 Johnson, L Thomas, J R Hoi- { jombe, B F Morgan, Gid Lynch, J' e r Lewis. I; From Aiken, E. J. C. Wood, t W\ ^ Htiqtiiig, S, Henderson, Henry Sparnicl^. Froip Barnwell W. II, Duncan, From Chester Winbon La\vto?, The Georgetown Planet favors the sending of delegates from that place. That paper considers the work of great importance to our people, TBI? MAXIHAMH.Q f!AHW WHMM, pearly sixty days ago the issues were made qp in this case and pre Ben ted for tho consideration of the Supreme Court at Columbia. 'J he question involved one of vital interest to tho ta* payers of the State, Tho .Relators, Morton, J31iss # Co, Wull Street Bankers, claiming to bo the buna fide holders of certain bonds of this State, upon which there are arrearages of interest, petition the Court to compel the ComptrollerGeneral, the Hon. S. L. Hoge, "to give the required notice of the rate or per centum upon the taxable property ncresaary to be levied, in order to make payment'' of the interest past duo and yet to accrue upon the bonds held hy the Petitioners. There has been so much Legislation npon . the State's indebtedness, so inqch chicanery and fraud in the * ' -1 i * > Untifki on rv> o n t* manipiuuiii'ij ui n? wuui?, w series and bo much tinkering with validftting.acts and processes of conversion, that-it is questionable whether the actual amount of the State's indebtedness, real or .nominal,' is known to anybody. In the midst of this financial chaos the Petitioners in this case have sought the aid of the Court to compel paymenfc of tl^e money claimed by them. The case has been solemnly argued arid the Court, bo jog charged therewith, in the quaint language of the law '^wishes to bo advised." The public suspense cannot b^ prolonged beyond a few dayp, for the law requires the decision to be rendered in sixty days after tbo hearing. As>uming the bonded debt of the State lo^be ?15 000,000; and if the conversion ir:.ud has been perpetrated, which seems to be conceded, it must be at least as much as that, then tho levy which is asked by the Relators, together with tho ordinary annual levy for other purposas will impose upon tho property of the State a tax of at least thirty mills, instead of the tax heretofore imposed? thus doubling a rat- which has itself paralyzed public and private industsy, deterred immigration and well nigh driven the Country into bank ruptcy. Ttic Attorney-General in his powerful and convincing argument,Jinter posed at the bearing, to resiet this monstrous and rdinons iniquity, well usks, "Can the industry of the State bear this burden ?" We cannot afford to bo ruined that a few bloated speculators, who are neither of us nor amongst us, shall become more enriched by our mwfortunos. Wo are willing to settle fairly.? We are willing to acquiesce in n part of the imposition that has been practised upon us in this behalf We . t - n . i J La are wining mat so mucn or tne aeot as is just shall be eliminated from that which is fraudulent and provide, even in our poverty, for its payment. But, let the extortioners beware and n member, in the language of the Attorney-General, that "there has now and then, been presented in history the spectacle of a people in despair? who defratided, overburdened arul sunk to earth?honesty and the public integrity forgotten-- have been driven, fop very life, to the direful resort of Repudiation,'* jl in* u mutter auuvu uuu nejunu all politics, it ib purely a question, first of honesty and then of eelf-prosorvation. "Salus Reipublicae prima lex cut." The safety of the ll^pubiic ia the first law of the land. The Railroad Meeting at Hartwell, Ga. ? The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel lias quite an extended notice of the late Railroad meeting at Hartwell, Ga, Abbeville wa? represented by the following delegates: Maj H II Harper, Alonzo .Bowman, WAT Oliver, J 0 Speer, James Carelyle, G li McCauley, "W" J Baskins, II Tenant. This meeting favored running the new line of road from Walhalla to^ugusta by way of Andersoneilie and Petersburg, at) the shortest and cheapest route. On motion, the following delegates were ordered to represent this meeting in the meeting to be iield at Lincolnton, on the 12th iust.: Col F E Harrison, of Anderson, S C; EB Earle, Esq, Oeolee, S C ; Major H H Harper, Ab Seville, S C; J B Hodges, Ji,sq, [Iart, Ga; Hon E M Rucker, Elbert, Ga. "We direct especial atten:ion to the advertisement of Mr. D.; B. Smith, who is a practical worknan, industrious and reliable. Jive him a call for anything in his ine and you will be sure to be )learied. # The Gins he offers for ale are the veiy best, and we take Measure in commending them to he attention of our planters. appauing . disaster on. the Potomao-Sixty-Seven Lives Lost, ?Our exchanges contain the particulars of the burning of the steamer Wawassett, which, on the 6th inst., left Washington on her regular trip for Coue Hiver, The steamer was burned off Chatterton'a Landing, about two hundred yards from shore, As soon as the tire was discovered the Captain headed the boat for the Virginia side ot the river, and in a few minutes the engine refused to work; but before the boat ceased to move it reached a p^>int where the water was only five feet deep. The fire broke out from the hold, where-it is supposed it had been smoldering for perhaps hours. The wildest confusion among the passengers immediately followed, and in fifteen minutes from the first alarm of fire every soul had deserted the ill-fated craft, and had plunged into the river? about one-half of whom were drowned. Captain Wood, the commander of the vessel, did all in his power for the relief of the passengers, m ^ New Advertisements.. The following Is the list of new advertisements : Wanted?Rev Br Shand. Turnip Seed^-Wardlaw & Edwards. Dress Goods?McDonald & Iladdon. ' . Expected?Emporium of Fashion. flotton friiis?D B Smith. Road Overseers?"WP McKellar. Bridges to Build?W P McKellar, ^ i ? Mr. Ouzts, from Bhccnix, died on last Wednesday morning at the Miller Ilouse in this town, of paralysis. He was for many years a successful merchant in Hamburg. . and latterly at Phoenix, S. C. He was highly esteemed for his upright and correct deportment, and leaves many friends unci relatives to mourn his death. ? A Pic-iNic will be given the Warren ton School House, near the residence of Dr. J. W; Thomas, 011 the fourth Saturday of August inst. The public are invited, and* we have-no doubt the occasion will be one of much enjoymegt: The Columbia Daily Sux.wTbis neatly printed and well edited daily comes to our sanctum from, the "City of Oaks." This is a new candidate fof public favor, and we wish it the largest measure of success. Terms?5.00 per annum. ? *4^* jj?1* Wc learn tlmt the merchants ot Abbeville have agreed to close their stores ou Friday, the 15th, at 3 P. M., to attend the match game of Base Ball. +4^* ftETUBNED.?L. L. Gufflll, Esq., who has been in the North-went for the past year or two, returned to his old home in Abb^ille on Wednesday last. We learn that he will remain in Abbeville for the present. Mr. W. * C. Lipford and famii) who have been in Wailialla for two or three weeks past, have returned, and are stopping at the "* f! 11 _ r i _ ivnuer uouse. 18*21*, Hon. J. Hollinshead has returned, uiuch pleased with his trip to the mouutains. ?m*? The citizens of Columbia are much exercised about the quality of water furnished by the water company. B&?* The health of Abbeville is now distressingly good, so ihe doctors say. The few sick persons are convalescing. 8?, Mr. T. A. Jeffers, from Richland County, is now in Abbeville, visiting his brother-iz.-la\v, Mr. VV. P. MeKollar. ^ t ^ * A letter dated July 24th, haB been received from Dr. J. J. Loe, who ! is now stopping at .Royal Hotel, Edin- 1 burg, Scotland. His trip thus far has beep a pleasant one. Bgk. Messrs. Lewis and Til man j Wardlaw, of Charleston, are spending a few weeks wilh us, taking a respite from their labors in the city. BSF" Hon. S. J. Lee, Speaker of the ( House, was in town last week, and 1 Was the guest of Mrs. Lomax. He is 1 now visiting his sister near Lowndes- * ville. B?gu See the advertisement of the 1 County Commissioners to be found in 1 another column. Koad overseers and 1 Bridge builders would do well to 1 read. 1 fsr Quite a number of our citizons are absent in the mountains at f present. Among others, the Editor fj of the Press and Conner. We trust t all may have a pleasant time and g com? back in good health and spirits, if Another Royal Marriage. Prlnco Arthur, another of Queeo Victoria's eons, i8 aboqt to be married. The bride elect ia the Princess Thyra, of 'Denmark, the sister of the Princess of Wules. A happy mother must be the Queen .of Denmark. One daughter, if she lives, will be the Queen of England. Another daughter, if she lives, will be Empress of all the Russias. A ton is by popular choice King of Greece, Another /In.. ~ n* unu^iiil'i ib tu ut) liiu who ui iruiee Arthur, i f England?a man who may yet play a prominent part in the history of bis country. The only trouble about the* affair is that Parliament must be ; sked to make a fresh grant. But then the match is on, and before Parliament reassemblos public sentiment wilt have cooled down, and Mr. Gladstone will find it possible to obtain ?n annual grant of another twenty-five thousand pounds. There are only two more to provide for?a Prince and a Princess. Why should the British laxpaj'ers growl, especially in view of alliances so splendid ? A crown is a gorgeous toy, and the people'who own it and arc proud of it should not object to pay tho piper. ?Sir The bridge at Alston, at the junction of tho Spartanburg * and Union with the Greenville and Columbia Railroad,'which in J870 was in a bad state of repair, baa been recently renewed* The brifge is not loss than seventy-five feet above the surface of the water, and in Ku Klux times presented a Ku Klux appearance. Tho lati work has been accomplished by contractor Grant Wilkins, who replaced the old bridge wiih a new one without the interruption iif t.rniri SST The Patrons of Husbandry and the organization of granges have hwept over the great Northwest, and bid fair to have a controlling influence iu the next election. Organizations of a political nature are generally of a "quick breath and a short lif-." Iowa has 1,622 granges of the Patrons of liuslaudry, Illinois 436, Missouri 376, Minnesota 252, Nebraska 222. The whole number of granges in the United Slates and Canada was 4,034 on the 111h of June.last and the total membership was 175,1)00. "Wanted?a few more "Drug Stores, with complement of Doctors and patients to support them. We him only live in operation, with the sixth in contemplation. Thi<? time on Buncombe. Let each street have it> drugs, until the street cars commence running; then all can afford to ride down to the citv for their supplies."? Greenville Republican. Wo have heretofore regarded Greenville as a healthy city. The Committees appointed at the .Railroad meeting, last Sale Day, lo solicit subscriptions in iho Townships on the Western side of the couuty, for a preliminary survey of a route through this county to Dorn's mine or some point on CJreeuwood and Augusta .Railroad, are roquested tu report iheir success on or before next Sale Dny to Wm. H. Parker, Esq, Abbeville. ^ i ^ It is said that the Proprietor of the Glenn Springs Hotel does not take a newspaper, nor keep a cow, and plows his land with a "little Red Bull." That must be a delightful summer ivtreat. No news, no milk, and only a 'little Red Bull'' for a horse !? {Jnioit Times. Yet, friend Stokes, it is considered a good watering-place, is it not? Mr. Orvil T. Calhoun with his brothers have just roturned from a thr^l weeks' trip to Ruckersville, Ga. The time was pleasantly spout in going to barbecues, dances, and social entertainments. He represented Abbeville in the railroad meeting on the Georgia side. Gipsy Bowl. ?A glass gipsy bowl was left at the Academy on the night of thfc charades, which the owner can g??t. by making application to Messrs. Nelson & Cannon. *4^* Returned.?General S. McGowan and Col. J. S. Cothran, who have been absent fur a month on an extended tour North have returned, and are again at their offices, read}' to see clients. *4^+ Exodus. ? Over forty of our citizens left town last week, visiting mountains, springs, &c. ' ? ?? SST Mr. John R. Holcombe, late )f the Pickens Sentinel, has returned rom Texas, having concluded that ;he upper part of South Carolina is jetter than the Lono Star Slate. ?? t ?i? m n a ? JBStr JU'llJU i. V/. diiuruws, ui Hie I Columbia U?ion - Herald, has been ; lominuted, by a largo majority, for be Senatorsbip from Orangeburg bounty. The Laurens & Asiieville Eailioad.?The Board of County Comnissioners have ordered an election o be held on the 1.5th August to voie i m/>n tlifl oiiKu/.i>intinn nf *1<Ul flnfl tn I i VUW , he capital stock of said road. j The Sumter News.?Our esteemed I rioud, the Sumter New, has failed to ' ind its way to this office for the past t wo three weeks. We are always 6 ;lad to see thispapop, aDd itsprosence i i missed. < Mr. W. P. MuKollar, our very worthy and efficient Chairman Board . of County Commiaaioners, was on a tour of inspection of roads ^nd 1 .bridges during the past week. Ho reports that many of the r^ad over- 1 seers ha^o not done their duty, in wo"king the road, while others have ' performed their work faithfully. He kmrnni d f a flnfl n\ ntllT nf flirt hl*wlff09 ' 1 V^rgtO bU illili IK 14 IIJ Vt HIV VI ?vi^vv needing repairs, and some will hive ! to be rebuilt. In this connection we ! would state that wo are pleased to ( c , note a general curtailment of all the expenses cf the County. The ex- j pense for paupers outside the poor house, which has heretofore been 1 quite large, (over $2,000,) has been 1 reduceti to perhaps one hundred dol- J lars a yeaiV The expense of running 1 the poor bouse has bcon reducod from j about $6,000 last year to about ! 83,000 this year. The bridges c last year cost the County about $6,000 1 ?duriug the present year not $1,000 1 will bo paid for such work. These are the principal items of 1 ?i?*k,. ! CAJJUJ1UI tUl t'O LvlJ LI VJI IvVJ UJ L 1 i v* V/VUIIty Commissioners, and we think bey ( deserve the highest credit for the f faithful discharge of their duty thns * fur. These figures seem to be en- ^ c-ouruging to the hope that our Conn ( ty may soon be relieved of its large ( indebtedncHS, and placed upon a cash- * paying basis for all its wants. Lei { the Legislature grant the levy to pay k pa9t indebtedness recommended by ( the Grand Jury of our last court, and 1 Abbeville will once a'tain be free of 1 ^ O ! debt, and have a financial credit ' equal to ibe best in the State. This, 1 we think, our Legislature will not fail to do, and recognize the wish of the people as expressed by an iritelU- 1 gent and representative body of 3 Grand Jurymen. Judging from the past course of our Senator and Representatives in always endeavoring to advance the interests of Abbeville, we are confident that they will not disappoint our people in their expectations in this matter. The Press Convention.?A number'of the members of the Press *ol this State met in Temperance Hall, Columbia, S. C., on Wednesday even ing mid Thursday morning of the past week, and organized a Press Association of this State. Gen. J. B. Kershaw was elected President. The meeting was a pleasant one, and we have no doubt but that the next meeting will bo represented by members from every section of the Slate. We believe that such an organization can result only in good, and wo trust that every newspaper fn tno State will co-operate in the movement. The minutes of the meeting may.be fouDd on the fourth page. ^ Returned.?Dr. J. F. Townsend, has just returned to his homo in Cokeaburv. after snendirif? somo time in Georgia and Alabama. Ho came hack by way of tbo Air Line Road, and was, we believe, the first passenger who has made the trip entirely by this ronte. Ho walked over the unfinished part?about two miles. By the first of next month it is thought the trains will run regularly. EgL, We acknowledge a polite invitation to attend the Session of the "Teachers Institute of South Carolina" to be held in Greenwood, August 20th and 21st. Prof. Carlisle will deliver a public address on the subject of Temperance, in the Methodist church at this place on the evening of August 20th. TTTM1? mi I - ? liliaiu jlijoujus, uuiureu, in the employ of Wra. II. Parker, Esq., of our town, accidentally cut off two of.his toes on yesterday afternoon. VVilliifm is old enough to have done better. .. Challenge Accepted.?We learn that the Abbeville Base Bail club have accepted the challenge of the Cokesbury Base Bull club, and a match game will be played on the club grounds at Abbeville on Friday 1 afternoon. New Store.?Mr. B. S. Barnwell having bought the Thos*. Robertson ] lot, will at onQe proceed to the erection of a large two story store on the 1 same, which when completed will be ' an ornament to {be town. ^ J Just So.?It is reported that Conn- j ly Treasurer Allen, of Greenville, is , now rusticating somewhere ^orth. Thirty or forty thousand dollars is a small matter to the Tax Payers of that county. The Smal.l-Pi.x -The wanton dis- ' regard of the pr> per precautions, and f vio ations of the orders of Council, 1 on the part of some of our colored 1 citizens, has resulted in tlireo new 1 cases of this distressing disease. A F boy ut Harriet George's, on church ^ street, a woman named Banks, on the 0 same street, near the old jail, and a ^ woman at Joe Shiver's, on lower n Broad street, opposite the jail. are(v the present victims. Wo understand 8 that on the part of si.me, there is a t: disposition to defy authority and wantonly to insist on freedom of loco motion by some or those exposed to|P the contagion. By the charter of the; C town tho municipal authorities are'r, invented with ample power to protect' a the public health, and wo have no ioubt that our city fathers will do all that is practicable and expedient in the premises. Let their efforts be heartily aided by all good citizens and -he plague will, no doubt, be promptly 8< stayed. All the old cases we under- g| itand are now convalescent and wo G iave had no death from this cause.? c? jamdcn Journal. Manufacturing in the South, The Augusta Chronic'e and Sentino! eayB General John B. Palmer is man-, ^ttetprjng cotton goods in the Stale of South Carolina, and is wonderfully pleased with the results of his operations, The experiment which lie is making in this State was tried in Georgia some time igo, and was ittcnded with the most satisfactory *nd profitable results. He says he jan make a peiyid of No. 20 yarn. jalimating the cotton at twenty cents, wying fivight and insurance to New fork, for 29.8 eonts. The lowest es% imate ho has Been of the cost of manifacturing yarns at Lowell, including ihe same item's ex'upt freight and nsurance (the same cotton there costing 22.6 cents) is 34.8 cents. That s ho at the South can make five 'ents a pound more than the Lowell nanufacturer can upon the same aricle, when both sell in the North tfr. Palmer further compared notes tfith a manufacturer of cotton yarns n Manchester, who gave him. the :ost of manufacturing the same rrade of goods there. The reenlt of he Manchester manufacturer's calcu.ition is th::t a pound of No. 20 yarn the cotton there costing- 24 tents; 30sts him 35.25 cents. .Now if we idd freight and insurance from New Fork lo England to.the cost-of the Southern manufacturer?that is, 1.5 ;ents to 29.08, we find that Mr, Palner can deliver his South Carolina yarn in Liverpool 4.67 cents a prqud cheaper than tfie English manufac turer can offer his own there. If ihese calculations are correct?and Mr. Palmer is a practical manufacturer, and is in earnest?there seems i^ood reason to expect a rapid devel onumont of the Sonthern manufae ture of Southern products, especial[y cotton. Will the Hhodo Island and Massachusetts spinners demand protection against the cheap yarns ot South Carolina? Why should they not have if,as, justly as against the spinners of Manchertcr? That One Mill Tax. The Lancaster Ledger says: In our issue of the 3d instant we adverted 10 a tatter from Comptroller-General ogo to Treasurer Clinton, in relation to the order of the county commissioners to the county treasurer to levy an additional one niill tax for the specific purpose of rep jring the tulilic buildings. The c'immssionciv issued this order to the treasurer wider the h>nti uetionn of the circuit judge, the judge not having mado ? n order to that effect, f lie legality of he proceeding was questioned and the comptroller - general consulted, whereupon the comptroller instructed the treasurer, viz: "You will noi make the levy without the authority of the General Asm mbly." Wo do not wish it understood that wo object to paylnir this one mill tax for the pui pos? fur which it would be applied, for the condition of our jail and court h me in any tiling else than creditable. By request, we publish a second letter from the comptroller's office in relation to the matter: Executive Department, 1 Office Comptroller-General. [ Columbia, S C., July 11, 11373. ). Isnm 0. Clinton, Esq., Treasurer Lan castor County: Sir?Some days since, a communication was received from you. stating that the county commissioners ol your county had ordered you to levy a tax of one (1) mill on the property of yonr county, and requested in forn ation if you should make the levy, which communication was returned to 3*oii with this endorsement, viz: ' You will not make the levy withoi4 h? nnfhnrit.v nf 1 hA f^nnArul Assem. bly." When your letter was received, it was supposed that it was of instructions as to j-our duties under the law. and as your letter did not state what the levy was for, the endorsement was made simply as instructions. It appears, however, that the action of your county commissioners was based on an. order of the Hon. T. J. Mackey, of your circuit, directing them to repair the court house and jail in your county; and to accomplish the work the tax levy as abfcve was ordered. In the absence of the comptrollergeneral, I write this to explain that it is not the desire or province of this office to nullify any order or rule of the Hon. Judge Mackey. The one (1) mill levy, as above, is specially :i county tax for county purposes and ordered by the judge in I'ourt. # Being, therefore, a county tax, over which this office has no control, I respectfully request that tho endorsement referred to on your letter be *egarded as simply the instructions )f the comptroller-general under the aw iind oot in any way to conflict >vith the order of j-our circuit judge. Respectfully. &cM J. S. FILLEBEOWX, Tax Department. t m We were pleased to sec in our city ast. evening Kev, J. I. Bonner, editor >f the /}. It. Pre?byteri<m and Presil(>nt. rtf t.hft Duo WcRf. FVnm'ft Hnl ege, who has been among our mouhains for a week or so past, on a >!oa?ure trip. He was accompanied >y members of his family and a party f young ladies from Due West and Jrcenwopd Wc trust they have had , pleasant excursion, and that they I'ill come again and make a longer < lay in our city than they did this I ime.?Greenville Republican. i I SSy Mr Eldred Simpkins, a pros- i erous and energetic young farmer of 1 happels Depct is in town, visiting j datives and friends. ^ Wanted. c' A SITUATION as Governess by ^ "jL*- a young lady, who has had >mo experience .in teaching. Enlish, French and Music taught, ood references. Apply to J. L., ire Rev. Dr. SIIAND. Columbia. S.C. Aug. 13, 1873, 18-3t* NOTICE. THE Anniversary Meeting of CaU houn's Mills' Grange Patrons of Husbandry, will be beld in tbo Grange llaW, on Saturday, 16th of August, at 11 o'clock A. M. The charter member# are particularly re* quested to attend. By order of the W AL 6th August, 1873. It. Cotton Gins. IF yon want a No. 1 COTTOIT GIN call on D. B. SMITH, who i? ageut for the TaYLOB 0'OTTOK GIN, manufactured at Coluabtu, a* It is tbe best Gin in dm. Aug. 43,18X3, 184t k SECOND SUFPLT OF Turnip Seed Just'received by Wardlaw & Edwards. August 1st, 1873,18-tf1 EXPECTED." A A Pieces Fall Prints i% tcV/ arrive in a few days, at the Emporium otfaahion* Aug. 13. . Somethuur New! We have a small Stock-Fall, and Winter Dress Goods left over from last season. Those wanting cheap goods can be supplied by calling until 15th September at the v ' Emporium of Fashion. Aug. V&. JUST ARM. Calicoes, v - , bleached Homespuns* Spool Ooiton, Ladies' Lace Gaiters, Another Lot of those Fine Cigars. To make Room r'OR Full Stock, we will sell from JL this dale iho following Goods at cost: Lenos, Mozambique, Japanese Silks, Jaconet and Swis3 Fmbrdi- 1 derillgs, n"d riia??y Other goods at i-cUueeu prices. All ot' which will bo' sold lor tush.. McDonald & Haddon. Aug 13, 1873, 18-tf ' ' i Instructions FOR ROAD OVERSEERS. <>? ?:? VTOIJ have the right to use wb*tjL ever earth, stone 'or timber, muy be necessary to pat the Rood in. goo j order, except fruit, ornamental, or shade Irees, Of course yoa will llAf IIOA t l*M IkAM AM Iiub UCU viinuci oujlttwic ivr INUJVVT ur rails, when other timber can be bad. In this matter you mast exercise a wifjc discretion. If any citizen considers himself damaged, lei bira make a just and reasonable account against the County for oomperiaatioh, approved by you, and delivered to the County Commissioners for pay- ' ment. It is an indictable offense, pnniebed by 850 fine, for any land owner or other person, to attempt to pi event you from getting timber or other material nccessary to repair the road, and a like penalty for obstructing the road or ditches. Be sure to rooort as defaulters. those who come opon the rond to work, and spend the day in idleness. See that all do actually work. .Prescribe what tool each hand shall < bring upon the road. Hat be sure the hand has the tool prescribed. You can order a hand to bring his horse and plow, or bis wagon : n I . u am. A hor.se and plow is equiva- ' lent to one hand; a horse and wagon, two bands; two horses and a wajron. three hands, or thee t'ays work. Any hand that fails to bring what '? ordered, must be returned' as a defaulter. All trees near the . road must bo trimmed up so that wagons with top loads may pass without obstruction. To repair an impassible place, or remove an obstruction, six hours notice is legal warning* And the penalty for default iir such case, is three times as great, as in ordinary roa4 working. TJ? 1 P it- T)-~-.1 x>y uruyi tu LUU Boaru, W. P. McKELLAR, Ch. B. Co. Com'rs^ Abbeville C. H., ") August 4,1873,18-21 j Bridges to Build,. C^EA LED proposals will be received k , until FRIDAY, the 5th day of SEPTEMBER next, to erect new ji-idgea at the following points: Over IVilson's Creek at Burriss' mill; over jong Cane at Mackay's Mill ; over jong Cane at Morton's Mill, and over lard Labor at Edgefield Line. v Tho iroposals must be in duplicate in n/.u /.aoa n?.r) a 1 - ii i?nv, iinu vuiiiaiu u iCgUIIJ' f Xe utcd Bond with security (or $500, onditioned upon the faithful per* jrmance of the contract. By order of the Board, W. P. McKELLAK, . Chair. B. Co. Com'r. Abbeville, C. H. ") Aug. 4,1873, 18-4t J