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\ ? Th* Press and Baimir* . A.bbeville, S. O. ^ : W. A. LEE, Editor. 'g > i ... ^ ^^^fi^nesday, July 1, 1874. yj^r "t* ,i'1 III * ,. - " v . jj - Terms.?Two Dollars a year, in advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, at the end of the vearNo subscriptions taken for a shorter time than six months. Trahsfent advertisement! are charged for at the rate or One DotAAR per inch paoe for the first Insertion, and Fifiy Uents for?each subsequent insertion. a liberal deduction from the above rates is made to persons advertising by the quarter or by the year. Batf All obituary notices and tributes of respect are charged for at the usual rates of advertising. JOB PRESS. We are now provided with an excellent Jpb Press, and .fine assortment of Job Tfpe, and are" prepared to execute -superior work. Orders ate respectfully 'solicited. y Regulations tor the Post-Office "At Abbeville.--The Office is open for the general delivery of letters and sale of postage stamps from 8:30 A. M. to 5 P. M. Moaev Orders furnished from S:30 A. M. to 3:ii<) P. M. Greenville and Columbia Railroad Mail closes At 8:30 A. M. Washington, Ga., ilail closes on Wednesday'at 5:30 A. M. da \ro!J. vln. TTftardmont. w?'l "*?"l ,, closes on Thursday at 6:30 A. M. Antreville Mail, via Temple of Health, closes on Thursday ato:30 A. M.I Elbert, Ga., Mail, via Lowndesville, closes on Friday at 5:30 A. M. 1 * H. W. LAWSOX, P. M. Tie Political Situation from a Demo-| ... cratic and Republican Stand-point A correspondent of the JVi'ic York Times has recently interviewed some of tlie -most prominent j . political leaders in the State, of both parties, and presents their Viewp at length upon the present condition of affairs, the causcs which have led to it, and the results which are to grow out of it. Among the gentlemen interviewed is Ex-Governor Magrath, who presents the Democratic view, and utters very much the same sentiments which were given in a recent address before a Charleston audience. In reply to the charge o4 the Republicans that the existing evils which we suffer are in a great measure owing to the refusal or tne whites to co-operate in the work of reconstruction, Gov. Magrath states very truly that if this had been attempted, the distrust 011 the part of the blacks would have rendered it entirety ineffectual. Emancipation had been fjreed upon the whites, and of this the blacks were fully aware, and entertained a constant dread, (of which they are not yet free,) of being forced again into slavery. These fears were fomentfor political purposes by the adventurers who came into the State, so that anything like co-operation be twecn the races was entirely out of the question. Gov. Magrath shows how groundless these fears are, and . ithat the sole desire of the whites is to secure honest government, which shall guarantee equal protection to both races. As to the mode of effecting a reform, he concnrs with, othef prominent men of the party an thinking that it can only be brought about by the Federal Government The blacks are now the controlling power in.the State, and have implicit confidence iu the an* thorities at "Washington. Let then good men be appointed to Federal office in the State, who shall convince the blacks of the fact that the <*eneral (&vernraent disapproves of the present maladministration of State affairs, and disabuse tlieir minds of $ic insane notion that there is any danger of tlieir being *igain. forced into, slaverj-, and cooperation between tl>e raees will be secured in the work of building up honest government. It can only be done by co-operation, and cooperation is thus only attainable. Treasurer Cardozo, a prominent Republican leader., is uIbo interviewed, and presents views -of the situation which may be regarded as representative. "Whilst admitting that evils exist, lie holds, with others of his party, that reform is only .practicable in'the Republican Taujis, and that to adniit Democrats to a participation of political ,power nvoiild endanger the rights -of the colored man. This is not very apparent, when the colored men hold a contr6lling majority in the State, andSvhen'the whites have not the jpowor, even if they had the desire, to do anything which could compromise ,'ihe rights of the colored .mm Twnsnrpp C.-mlozfl thifiL'K1 thatca bitter contest between tbej two parties is -now "pending, arid! charges the Democrats with opposing reform in the Republican j ranks as the best means of ovar-? throwingthat party. He urges that1 though the .Republican party had' failed in redeeming fu% ;tha?-j. pledges of reform, that they had'i macte groat progress iti-the Work of'^ ' .improvement?that the expenses oT ; the ^tate had been reduced .frota 1 an annual expenditure of ?1$00,- i tOOO to $1,200,000?that if the tax- s atiou since 1872 was higher than 11 .... -. . . Wf. r >; before, it was on account of thejth burdens imposed in previous years, b( and tliat the sale of State bonds had c( ccased ? that* great improvements w had been made in the assessment ci of property and the collection and ir a i ... CIlSinDUUOU U1 IU.XUS LI1UL il IS UOW >< made ft felony to issue claims in p excess of the amount authorized, tl or to pay those of one year with tc the funds of another year ? and S that these, together with other acts i* for the limitation of the public ex- ti penditurc, show very great progress a in the work of reform. Such is d xi. i :? _r T? ? ..Mo 11ic* roseaic view m iiujiuuiiv.au iu- " form which is presented by the r< Republican leaders, and which ig- t< norcs all the lavish expenditure and f< corruption which threaten the life ti of the partv, and afford to tlie e J Democrats the most effective wea- o pons which can be used against Republicanism here or elsewhere. Ci What the white people of the State demand is honest government, and ^ tr\ cn/->niv> if flmir ni*f? willino* tn m. n | operate with their political oppo- o nents. Bat the Republicans stand P aloof, claim a monopoly of'all "the -lJ loaves and fishes," and arrogate^ to themselves the right of ruling the p State, for weal or woe. The very p name of "Democrat" is a bug-bear tl to affright them. ^ SPEECH OF HON. L. Q. C. LAMAR, tl OF MISSISSIPPI. P ai Tlic eloquent speech of tlic IIou. *r' L. G. 0. Lamar, of Mississippi, delive red in the Ilouse of Representatives, on the Louisiana contested ii case, lias elicited the commendation p< of men of all political parties and n: sections, and is regarded as perhaps the ablest defence jet made c< of the cause of the South. He tl i*i it _ A ji. _ :L snows coircmsiveiy mat rue cause it of the South is that of the whole tc Union, and that the destruction of ^ free institutions here must involve the whole fabric of constitutional liberty. lie states clearly the issues which were involved in the war?the doc- n trine of State sovereignty, and the ^ ricrht of secession on the one hand ^ I , . i i h aud the indivisible sovereignty of 1 the United States, with the power S1 to maintain the national unity and *c integrity on the other hand?and. ^ that these have been adjudicated by ^ a tribunal Irom which there is no ^ appeal. The re3ult-of the contest s is to embody two great principles ?j in the constitution?the indjsaolubilitv of tlic American union, and ^ r1 the universality of human freedom on this continent. These princi- r< pies arc everywhere recognized as n' legitimate results of the war, and VI there is no disposition on the part ai of the South to set thom aside. tc There is 110 class of . people who en joy more liberty than the colored rrace, morally, mentally and politically, with full equality before the c( law; and to concede them more, would bo to make them a prlvHcg- ^ ed class. But the orator asks, has ^ 7 i ' American statesmanship exhausted 0 itself in the establishment of thel^1 j gl Union and the enfranchisement of ''w ; of the blacks? and is "no regard to be had for the white population in these Southern Statesto the seven ^ million of men in whose veins run jst the blood of the raees that uphold ^ the Christianity and civilization of C< the world; a population in which ^ reside the Intel textual culture, nlor- Si al strength, tire material interests; the skilled labor, the useful capital of that entire section, as well as its o political experience; a population ^ which, whatever heated partisans R may say it, has m every period of Jj your country's history -furnished its M due proportion of Presidents for the Federal Kepublic. Ministers in your Cabinets, Judges upon your bench, Statesmen in vour national legislatures, Gencralsin yotir 4 armies, and troops of unsurpassed Jjj bravery upon your battle fields; a 2 population whose leaders -guided ^ your country for sixty out of 'seven- w ty years of her existence, and only fifteen years ago punrcndcred hor ' 1__1. r .1 1 ' | T? to your conrroi, xo use me language * of one of tlifcm upon that occasion, tc <without.a stain upon- hor honor, matchless in her glory, incalculable 111 in her strength, the pride and ad- ^,( miration of the world V " The whole-theory on which the I T war was waged at the .North was iJ that seeesftion was the destruction IA of American liberty, .and that it was as much for the good of tbejn( Southern people to.fail, as for the Northern to succeed; and assuming now that in the desire of the ' North to guarantee good govern- ti inent Ao the South, ?how far has >vi euch an end been attained. Corffis- er cation fallowed by good govern- pc went, naitl the speaker, wouuiiuNff oj been u lew* evil, than ajiarehy and pa corruption, which bring -dociiy and ur degradation. There !is 'Only one T1 principle which can prevent tho ce tax-payers from being despoiled ah Mid ruined by those who impose cli md consume the taxes, and that is co :o make the latter responsible .to| Iri ? - - ?? ,,, ??? o former. This principle has ?cn entirely disregarded in Jhe re- : instruction of the South, and the J hole power of tlie Federal Gov- ^ nmcnt has been used to sustain t office men who have been ele- ( L-?* ? ? - * 'Alt _j. . J iited without the wm or ine puu- < le,-who-have, uo sympathy with f icm,*md who arc not responsible ( ) them. The Governments of the 1 outh are called Governments, but < 1 reality tlicy arc Federal Execu- ' ve Ageucics." Tiie issues which f rc now pressing for decision uu- ' crlic our whole political system, ' tid concern the maintenance of' 3publioan institutions. The an- ( )gnism of race must disappear be- ( )rc the incoming tide of immigra- i on, and the issues which now con- ! l 'I ern us will ft fleet us no more than thers. But, says ihe speaker: , ?T?1. - ..C +1.^ + ! ""JlJU JJUUINV; *.?i Uiv; UIIHCU uuuva i m not n fiord to have destroyed ie principles of constitutional ' ovcrnment and representative lib--' rty. I need not waste' your time 1 or my strength in eulogies upon j ur political system. "What it was , revious to the late war we all \ ecogniscand rejoice over. What | ; is to be wc cannot tell, for we are < l the midst of one of those great i olitical transitions in which a peo- < le, deceived by the retention of < le form, are in danger of losing I ic substance of free government. 1 !ecause their rights and liberties ! lay silently disappear through le subtle, insidious usurpations of J ower and the unseen and covert , ttacks of political chicanery and f aud. Yet such has been the his- ; >ry of the failure of republican f istitiitions ill all' ages. i Inhere are in our 'Constitution s nportant checks upon Presidential < ower, and ample and efficient I mono lw wliifli orrnsQ ran nm. ' lV?ll.O *JT .. set the States and people against ic unconstitutional action of exjntive administration. It is only., j ic consent of Congress that makes j possible for the will of one man ( ) wipe out all State authority, nnd | ith that authority all vestiga of , ee government/' i *<S? BASS BALL CONTEST. According to previous announce- 1 lent, the match-game between the , okesbury -nase-JLJall (Jnib, and the .esolutcs of Abbeville, came off 1 ere on Friday last, and after a j >irited contest the palm of vie-< >ry was born off by the Kesolutes. i 'he score stood fifty to twenty- ] iree. The Umpire was Mr. C. A. ] . Waller, of Greenwood, and the < corers were Messrs. T. P. Quarlcs, t' Abbeville, and E. C. Grayden, P flrkl.-oekiuM? A cmn/>inl ti*n?n I L VV14.VCWUi -4. ?. U|/VV?IV1 VIIVMI rought up the yon tig men of the okesbury Cuib,N also a bright ar- < ly of ladies and gentlemen to wit- < ess the attractive game. Abbe- 1 ille too turned out in full force j id lent the potent witchery of r right eyes and ardent sympathy, < > stimulate its champions to victo- 1 r. Both sides put forth their best , torts, but Abbeville bore off' the . >veted prize. The opposing. : lampions were distinguished by | andsome uniforms?the Cokes- , ; >' ' . V.- < urians by neat caps trimmed with: < lue, white shirts, and blue knee- j ants?the AbbeviHians, by blue' .? .. ' nrtsand while pants-with a blue i ripe, The following is the ?coro: 1 RESOLUTE. " PLAYEK&. ' K. O. : P.O. AJ < ason, p. . j & Z 7 : 1 < orwood, a, A , . 5. 5 2 ,0 | oblo, cl " 0 3 7 3 icklriSon/lstb. 7 2y' 3 '& 'plliokwoFtUj 2d b. - '-0 r 2 " 4 " f 0: 1 6thraw, J. f. !>!: 4 *5 ' i 0 > nnuoa? c. f. R 2 ,.1 0 lioruson, 3d b, 6 3 1 1. j iuUh, r. f. ; ' 4 2 ' 1 .. 0 I 50 27 27 3 ! , : OOKESBURY. <r. TLAYE1K It. O. r. 0. A, 1 annor, c. . 5 2 8 1 ' ary, 8. s. .2*3 3 1 j hoinson, 1st 'b. 0 6 9 0 j ound, p. 8 1 J i rahain, 2d b. .513 Is foydou, L f. 15 0 0 f ood,c. f. ' 2 2,,. , 1 0 t enct, 3d b. 1 "3 1 2 t Ualmers, t. f. 4 2 1 1 ( 23 27 27 7 ( JKNINGS. nanlufp'? < 1 t. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5th. 6th*. 7th. 8th. Oth. I 0 5 3 17 1 t> 4 1?50 g Dkesburv? ;<t. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5th. tth.'Ttb. 8th. Oth 0 5 4 2 G 1 0 3 -23 C Time of game, 21). 55m. Umpire, C. 1 . C. \Vaher, of the Star Glut) of Green- r ??d- . 1 : .?> , ?r Masonic.?During Thimlay and c in clay ot the past weekT very in- ' resting Masonic exercises- were \ ' f ' ' ?ld hcr.e in tlie Ilcsnerian Chapter, t i conferring degrees upon a mim- c jr of our citizens?Messrs. "W. B. J "ars, T. IVQnarlcs, "\V\ T. Branch, c . M. Hill, Jno. M. Ganibrel! and c 0. Wosniansky. Col. Iloyt, of F iidcrson, and Col. llerndon, ofu okesl)ar}y^Vc11-luiown and promijist \rasoiifl, took leading pacts in ? c ceremoniec. . , c .In //? ; S __ ?* _ 1 The Carolina-. Milutary 'Insti- v :te.?We are indebted for an in- \ t d tatiomtoihc Commencement Ex- 0 _1? xl * 11 1 ? C15U6 'Ui lUW 'WUli-KllOWU ilUfljU jpular institution which' camo off ^ l Thursday ?ud-?Friday of the t i8t week* 'The College is now tl ider .the dliferge .of .Col. ,J. P. n bomasj.an accomplished.aad sue- ^ ssful .instructor, assisted by an p le.Faculty, and ^eaepta .strong d urns .to public pfitawnagfe^ .We mmGIU^ ^ our/^ SggE^ .: -. apsf* - . .-,-A - ., . . . ' ?> ' - . . ' i 1-v, " ' ; i- I ! > Adjournment of Congress. e ~~~ i n Congross adjourned on Tuesday of he past weelfc -'The appropriation f tills, as finally passed and approved, jl ;ivo 818,000 for the improvement of c Charleston harbor, ?100,000 for the t Charleston Customhouso, $ 160,000 6 or.the Courthouse at Columbia, $G0,- ' )00 for the lighthouso on Morris Is- ? and, and 23,000 for me ngntnouse t >n Hunting Island. Only $400,000 s tvere appropriated to the. Louisiana ? sufferers. The new currency bill pro- s aiding for the redistribution of Ihp | National Bank currency^ has been t signed by the President, and Las be- t ibme a law. Neither bouse would c concur in the other's action regarding 1 the civil service commission appoint- 1 mcntfl, eo the section relating to,this ?ubjcct is altogether omitted. The 1 law under which the civW "service " commission exists is not repealed, but c no appropriation is made for coutinu- 1 ng its work or paying its expenses. . The Senate recedes from its amend- 1 merit proposing to repeal last year's 1 aw, wlWcji appropriated six hundred thousand d6Ilars'for'rcplacing worn- ^ dut national bank nots, &c.-, so- the ( ualance oC that appropriation is still , ivailablo. < Tho House concurred in the Senate provision for the relief of l - .vVmj: (u Le ii& ihe. suitorers uy mc uvwuuir ui hum i Southern rivers, with an amendment ^ educing the amount from five.lmnIred to four hundred; thousand lollars. The Senate recedes from its j proposition to incrfc&so tho appropri- j ition for tho < now Blato,, war, and lavy department building from seven 1 itindred :to- tviwo hundred tind - fifty > ,housand dollars, 60 no provision 'is nade for the commencement of tho lorth wing of 'Buid building. The ' ollowing Senatp.amendments are 1 igreecd to by the House, and there- I ore bccomo , law: . Appropriating i J34-2j30-i for establishing ,iicw. Hf?b.aving stations on the sea and ]ake s joasts cf the United States; appro- J >riating $40,000 for tho crection of . in equestrian staluc of Nathaniel >rcone; 825,000 for , observing the ' .ransit of Vcnuh; $10,000 for. eollcc- 1 ;ion of information regarding the fur J Lradc of Alftska; lor tuc* board .of health of the District of Columbia; $00,000 for surveying pnb* lie lands in Oregon, being an increase 1 Df $20,000; $200,000 for improvement of the capitol grounds according to the plans of Fred. Law Olmsted; S59,000 for Columbia Deaf and Dumb* : Asylum Building; $300,000 for building of Women's Christian Associations; $25,000 for Little Sisters of the Poor; $9,000 for lighth.ouso at * Rock Port Harbor, Maine; $15,000 * for lighthouse in Podge's Strait, Oherapeake Hay ; $15,000 for building a relief lightship for. general scrrice; 85,000'ibr experiments regard- ; nig fog bells, and $20,000 for experiments with breech-loading cannon; 310,000 for the National Association [or-the relief colored women and children in tho District of Columbia. The compliments of tiro New 3rods Herald upon tho action of Congress ire of a negative character. It says: "They wight have passed a curren?y bill over the President's veto, i rhey might have endowed the North^" ? Ua Cah< l?A?n voilivnrc .ir.'l Oi vuu oyumtui x ikiu^ 'ui> ? ^ with a noivgrant of lands, They lould have irretrievably dishonored .he country in this Geneva business. . They had it in their power (o have confirmed tho usurpation of ibc 1 Brooks faction "in Arkansas. They ;ould have increased the Pennsylvania branchos of tho tariff or voted * largcd subsidy to the Centennial. 1 ivhey might have confirmed the 1 Washington government in its peculiar and extraordinary aggregation ( af power, and they were sorely terr.ptid to pass a railway law in the inter 39t of tho grangers. They could not ; havo overlooked the Sanborn affair and confirmed the moiety laws. Not to: .have doho these things required the rriariifestatron ot oxtremo self- ( Jefoiiil.' iTtifsfCongress may be hon- i 5rcdifor.:the possession in-an eminent 1 jegree of that most precious of Budd- i nist virtue.*?.'/ . The f?amc paper presents also the i following summary: . ( i The unfinished busi.noss embraces 1 i.rst.the Civil JKigJ^s bill, an untiniey and pernicious' measure of f*6nti- i mental [equalft}*, which has boon 1 tviscly kept on the.table in.lhe House; i loxt, the bill fur the, refunding of < .ho cotton lax collected during sever- ] il years from the Southern States, ^ md am bunting in- the aggregate to some - 870;000,000. Also, Tarious iteamshin' subsidy and ocean tele. jraph cubic schcmes; and new peniion bills and -a variety of Southern j ;!uims, amounting to many million of lollars; and the general Territorial 1 -ailway bill, cut down in tho Sonate * ;o a comparatively harmless affair; j jut still JcX't over in tho JLLouso as a y stupendous job. The reconstruction of tho District 1 )f Columbia is one of tho most w*ide- 5 v approved measures of tho session. 1 Lhe labors upon this subjcctof sever- ^ il tedious months, from day to day ind ni^ht to night. and perhaps with- 1 )iit a parallel of patient and faithful 1 ndustry in any other investigating j id mini I to a ever ordered bv Contrress. I Phe results are a now government for J ,he District, the best, under the.cir- > iumsthnccs, that could for the present be devised, to u^lievothe District rom its financial embarrassments, ind to pkicb it upon tho road of ccon- c >my, a rigijl responsibility and. solid ( U'ospetity. ..... OLITICAI, ESTIMATES. OP THE 8ESSI0N. C Tho.ropublicans say they will go t onfidcirtfy -before tho people iii the , oming elections for .the next C'onPi'fifco nnnn llio vr?/>ntvl fif f.lin Ifltfi fl VtPUl U|/VU ?U V A VWV? V. w* ?? ? w ong session?that tho}r can poiut \ rith satisfaction to the retrenchments hey have mado in the annual cxponiturcs, to .tho general resuscitation f tho business affairs of the country o nder a republican administiation; ^ hat harmon}- still prevails and will Q maintained between tho adminie- e ration and tho republican party j. ti batwhether Gen oral G/ao.t is qr is 0 ot.in. the field for.another ^residen. . . . .1 . tis &; ipf torpijs at inisumo a qnesuon oi o^practical importance; .that^he dpositioneliments are. hopelessly .diviod, while jtfie ^republican, .party )e jfc allying and reorganising, .its .foroes, ? ;>.recover.the ground it bra lost, .and aat it wilt'sccnco a working .though ?; i-rfr Wfi>-V --- f . ^1' jp; lections of the coming iall for the ext Honse of Representatives. Par contra, the democrats aA) hope- ! al of a general popular reaction _ gainst the party in power. They c told that it has failed to meet the I xpectations of the country from s his session of Congress, - and .that, , Joiith and West particularly, it lias .nz-./tmA ^lnmntmli'/nfl find will Rllffftl' crious disasters ; that really there is ; io longer any confidence between i he party and the administration, , md that General Grant will not'lift j l finger to help the party in these ipproach'ing elections ; that the re,renchmont of this lata session signi- * y nothing, while the manifests ten- 1 lcnciesof the republicans to a grand j lespotie, and costly centralized gov!rnment will tell heavily against the >arty, and that with all its soft appli- [ mces to the Grangers they will carry 1 >ff the balance of po\rar in the West, j vhilo the odious Civn Eights bill? - itill hanging like the sword Uamooles ( )ver the heads of the whito race? vill opcmtc to drivo the republican 2 vhite balancc of power where it e*- < sts in tho Southern States to tho op- i position sido. . I .. , IJfUcit Court. ? The Extra Term , >f our Court occunied four davs of i - 1 %! ;he past week, and on Thursday ifteruoon the business of the Court vas adjourned over until Monday 1 ;he 8th July. As hi9 Honor Judge Uooke doubted his authority to ad- 1 journ the term beyond one day at a 1 ;imc, the Clerk \vas directed to publish daily continuances until the eturnof the Judge. Several important cases were passed upou. In the case ot Cromer vs. Cromer, for alimony, after learned argument, his Honor refused the motion for a new trial, rod directed testimony to be taken \s to the proper amount to he awarded for alimony. In the case 3f "Wood vs. Executors of Belcher, the question of the liability of administrators, who had made a partial settlement, and distributed an estate, was involved. The Court decided that as they had taken no refunding bond, and the estate had been scattered and wasted, that the administrators liau maactnemseives personally liable. In the case of McLaren vs. Knox, brought to subject real estate in the hands of purchaser to an annuity created by will, his Honor held that the real estate was charged unless the personal property had been applied to its satisfaction, and directed an enquiry as to the facts. ^S^veral important eases await the decision *of his Honor on his return, ahd will likely occupy a good part ot tlie week. Commencement at Waliiaxla.? Tlie Pkkens Courier contains tlie following complimentary notice of the nd<lres& of our friend aud neighbor of the Median1, Ii. R. Ilemphill, Esq., delivered at tlie rcccnt Commencement, before the Literary Societies of Newberry College. We congratulate him- upon?-un ettv..J. -- i*. LOJ'C SO CTL'UUUUiC IU iiuuovu UWU the occasion :? * "The cliicf feature of the occasion was the address delivered on Wednesday morning, by R. R. rienipliill, Esq., before the Literary Societies of the College. The reputation of the speaker, as a sturdy ivriter anddeen thinker, liad t?re u'eded .hirn. The address was equal to the occasion and'the fine reputation of the author; dealing in sterling truths which carried conviction to t.he mind, nnd pointing aut, in lines of Jiving light, theonfy road that bridges the "evils of the Jark days-of the present period. The address was delivered oil th? 3ve of our going to press,, hence tfiis imperfect reference to au eftort which did infinite credit to the head md heart of iljr. Ilempliill. tVe iiope the address will be printed, so :liat its circulation may be com.nensuiUte with its merits. ?? f The new comet is feitu^ted 11 the Northern heavens, just beleath the pollster*'And pear the jiroat Dipper or seven stars, and is iaul by the knowing ones to be just risible to the naked eye., "With the issistancc of a spy-glass, it can be 5een as a nebulous mass with a jright point a little to one side. It s now visible nearly all night, but vill sooTi be so only in the early lours of the evening- Astronomers say it will be brighsest in . iugnst; but that its tail will be , ,-isible iu a short time. , 4^? Council of Granges.?By rctbr- 1 ?nee to the advertisement in anoth- 1 sr'columiijit will be seen that this >ody will hold its next regular 1 [uarterjy meeting on Wednesday he 8th inst, at Abbeville Court loase^at 3 o'clock P. M. A prompt { .ttendahee of delegations from the ^ arious Granges is desired. < i The Commencement Exercises * - - " *?v -nrr , 1 f the colleges atjjne vv est occupy o-day and to-morrow. It is our xpcctation to be present, and we rust to be able to gnje a full report f the proceedings ;iji our ipaxt isae. 4 . - : ;"We hfljl the pleasure on londay pf meeting here our old iend, Major S. L. JoneSj formerly p t.our town, bu? now of Grcon- ^ Change* in the Tax Law; ,, r' . | v-i -;; ' ; t .Hj The \Chme.ston New <$ j Courier lalls attfentfon tff sofho cKang^-fflado )y the recent law regulating the asicssment and taxation of property, vhich will doubtless enuro very nuch to the benefit of tho tax-payer. Phe first is the provision of the law, naking it tho. duty of- tl\p, Coupty! iuditOr, fn case lio makes any addition to tho value of property a& 'V6 turned, to give written notice to the !;ax-payer at least fifteen days before' ;he meeting of the Board of fiqaalisation. This is but jast, and is a very ?reat improvement upon the old law, ander which the tax-payer was kept in ignorance of these increased valuations until it was too late to rectify hem. The other change is in the onstitution of the Board of Equalisation, tbo law providing that instead Df the County Commissioners, three intelligent tax-paying citizens shall be 8elcctcd by the circuit Judge, who together with tho County Auditor ind County Treasurer, shall consti^ Lute the Board. The powers of the Board are howover limited, so that whilst they are authorized to raiso.or lower individual assessments, they have not the power to reduce the aggregate.value of the real and personal property of tho county. The/ present law is a very groat improve* ment upon tho old law, for which wc have reason to he thankful. ? ?~ 'j . Cumulative Voting. ? The An-< tlerson Intclligcnccr corrects an error of the Charleston Nacs fr Couricr, in stating that the Conservators had a large majority,,; in .the town j land afrif/ia * * , . 1 ouiuvo - , : - : . . L \ : i - hi.I . ,, "The? wliitda and colored are nearly equal in numbers, or at loast there is only a small majority ol whites,, whose aggregate vote has been reduced by tlie ,neccssary absence of merchants and others from the town, when the clectiom took place in September, so that the colored vote has actually controlled the election for several years past. The amended charter changes the time of election to the second 'Monday in August, when it is apprehended that a full vote can be obtained, and that there will not be much difference in the relative strength .of white and colored, Under the cumuljitfre systenr ol voting,. !both" races can t>e represented in the Town"Council by an equal number ot Wardens, as therjc are only four to be elected, instead of five." " * ' ___ We had the pleasure a few days since of receiving a visit from Col. James A. Iloyt, tha abhc editor of the Anderson Intelligencer, one of the most influential of the upcountry: journals, who visited oui town in the interests of the Masonic fraternity, of which-he is a leadI %y mAmltr.N A pAlAiml Ifl'" C KIg Jl hu vv/juii\-i ig ,c prominent cifizen of Anderson, and active in every good word and work.- Anderson can boast of nc abler man. or more useful eFtizen., yiie De La IIowe Instate.?Mr, Eobert Jones has been/ appointed xi member of the ncw; Boai*d of Trus tcosof tliifi institution, in the place ol Mr. T. M. Christian, resigned. This is a very excellent appointment .and we aro.sure .will give .very general satisfaction. We learn tlrtt-arrange i << v- - i'tj'.'j' i ments arc in, progress , whifth aj:o de 1 (/. ?? ?11 ^ aigiigu tu i\'iug*u an iiij^vuvdo tu; yuv present 13oard and to relievo them from; the injunction which now-,restrains them from 'any interference in the'ma'nagcnicnt of tiio.E^ftto.r j SctlOOTi Dis^ftlCT . 3lEETI!ja.?A public mooting of Lbc.citizons of tilifl Township - Hvas held in the court house on Saturday l;\st, for tho purpose of milking the annual assessment for schools, and after a boisterous sossion in which various speakers ventilated their sentiments, and those who- paid least, talked loudest, a tax of twenty-five hundred dollars was levied, being tho same with that of last year. By resolution tho tax *? ^ < ? Ua 4 r\ I K A rtnitunnf nvnAn 13 IUU UJjpilVU IU LIIV tUliOUU VAJJVII8C9 and no appropriation was made to pay the past indebtedness. Public School Meeting. v * GREEK wool*,-'?: ) June 26th, 1874. yr Ediior Press and Banner: ' A public school meeting for Greenwood township convened pursuant to call by Chairman of Board of Trustees, at 12 o'clock to-day. The meeting was organized by electing J. Bailey, chairman, and' W. K. Blake, Secretaire TFia nh'ftirmfin of tlin Board of Trustees, J. R. Tarrant, Esq., gave a stftement of tho disbursement of i J funds up to the closo of June. A resolution to tax tho township $1.00 was declared by the Chairman, adopt3d. Upon an expression of dissalis'action as to tho correctness of tho Chairman's decision, the motion was ' \ j cconsidered, arid a resolution to aiso fivo hundred dollars unanimousy adopted. . W, K. BLAivE, Secretary.. ?.. " * *?* o * .; , v u 0 Abbeville Posr Office,. ) July H8V18Z4..: This offico will be opened on tho fch from 4 to 5 o'clock P. M. tt -flr r,AWsn\r p \r ? ? J5@- The. weather during the ast week has been hot and dry? be'thermometer ranging as high s94?. * - - . V ' - - " . - . . ;-..A .J , Public Meeting at LoWiide&viild. ? j I ! Editor Abbev$c P/css and Banner! At a jjublic meeting held Lowndes ville on the 30th irist/, on motion J. Marion ^Latimer, sr.j pr. Robert S. Beck- . man was called to' the chair, and John 1 13. LeKoy requested to act as Secretary.;1 On taking the Chair Dr. Beckmftn said,' Gentlftppn, T ^p . decline any service my fellow-citizens rfiay dematfd pt jnex ^^6^ in JLfce, ?CQrii-.? pae* of my jjo^er.: i confess to upusnaf j gratification with this honor you confer upon me, in calltffc me to preside over a irieetirio* ihf> f?hipr>f. nf. ivViinli ia 'tiv <rlw o v.4 .? expression to your appreciation,#.thfe' high character an d,cminent; public ??ni&-' ces of a beloved citizen in prospect of his removal from amongst as. Permit me to say, gentlemen, that I am in entire sympathy with you in thiaproposed merited tribute to. one for whom personally I entertaiujtlie most exalted opinion and highest.regard. I feel that I cannotexaggcrate m?'regiets.tbatL Wm.f A. Giles is so soon to> remoye from, our midst;: 'I WittnbVbo^ei^ctapy ^our time, as there are others ho "doubt, who i (Jit 11 t'Aa'l UftUr ill - lUC , UCU1UUU3 of the occasion. On motion pf J. Marian Latimer, sr., ii committee of nine were appointed by the Chair to prepare, resolutions expressive.of the sense of the meeting. The following gentlemen constitSted the committee^ Viz": J. Marlon Latimer,'sr.,' Rev. A. J. Cauthen, CapfcjVV. S. Baskin, Jas. Bruce, Juo. C. Speer, A. J. Clinkscales, Wm. Moore, B. D. Kay, T. Ba-> ker. :: >'i' The committee after consultation Te-ported thttifoilowing preamble jyidfesolutipis: . WAERtM& we have learned that our .feliow-citixen, W.rii. A;. Gtte6't>q., ?>qi?m ana reared jo our mmat;' nas, it in coq-J templati<m,tb'remov?rfraufamprigfftt u4,' and in view of the majiV, excellencies of character of?\vhich he ' pbssefi'Bed, and iris long ancT faithful syrviefesif . 'Bekolvecfr1st. That w4 deem it doe from,us as a community in nj|.ass meet. ihg assembled, tb give expression to oui; high appreciation of his great worth hv the varioas'telations l)e has sustained to us', as an offlcerof the law, as a ten'elK'r, > and as a high-toned Christian gentle-' ' man. . . " : . ; _ k-; , Resolved^ 2d, TJyit we. feel most. nro? foundly the great lo?s -we snail sustain in.his removal, and while we deeply regret our loss, and reluctantly- give him up, we eongraiuiaie ine people 01 wuuitevillo on this good; fortune in having ' such a valuable acquisition to their con> munitj'. licxolvcd. 3(1. That a copy of these res| olutions nnd the proceedings of.thi* ' meeting be sent to the Abbeville paper* for publication. After the presentation of the report , Rev. Mr. ('anther made some very appropriate and touching remarks. ! That on motion of C?vpt*. J:u?. .T. ! Barnes, the report was unanimously adopted. - r , , ROBT. S. BECKMAN, Chairman. J. B, LeRoy, See'ty. t ? j School District Meeting at Abbeville ^ -? > Abbeville C. H., S. C.f \ ' June 28,1874. j Pursuant to a notice by the Clerk ol the Board of Trustees for the eleventh i school district of Abbeville County, published in accordance with Section 13 Chapter X^CXIX.of the reyised.sta^ tutea of South Carolina. The riieeting was called'to order at 12 M.f by A. Ellison. On motiom'W. &. Kinley, A. J. Titus was elected Chairman and L. L. Uuttin requesced to act Secretary. , '.s .. * H. W. Lawson submitted the follbwt ing report on account, receipts and expenditures for the eleventh tsohool dis1 trict, Abbeville couu?y.r S, C.f to wit: I AmountassesscsSed forloealpurses ............ $2,?00 ( " appropriated by State.'..'..' 1,8Q0 TWol ' 1 ^1 SlVl ? ijwvv Amount of local assessments collected $2,327 " State appropriation rec'd, 1,566 UL Totnl ....v....;:...,...';.:,.....' $3,8:27 f . ' Deficiency .......... 573 Total amount-collected 3,827.00 1 Amount paid for behoof [ houses, &e :.L.i377.25 i Amount paid teachers, 1,020.00 111 ?$2,303.25 Ball cash on hand 1st Jtiue, '74, $1,223.75 Number of schools 16. m " teachefs 10. ? ; ' ' ' Average .'pay of teiicTicre, =830.25 per moitfb. Received as information/ i On mqlioh'" Gei*l S. McGowan, the , foUowiirg preamble and resolution was adapted: 'W^heheas JVIr. John Knox purchased school cerUjiqjite? froiy .rariojua .jaefsona to whtAavthey bft<t beeA^fssuo^ fo?, ue year tSSE, and fiu'Uilg forget uie irioney on them from tlie treasurer, said school, district No. 11, and faking to obtaip lUdirinent airainst said school district in its carpordte capacity;' , ;.And, whereas, the school Trustees are not ^utliflfteod to. pay -any. of tlve fundS'bMljb idurrent fiscal year to old delite, mid have employed Sfessrs. Afc-, Gowari & Parker to resist the said claiui) of Knoi. , ' Resolved, That the' action of the Scliodl Trustees in resisting the recovery of a Judgment by Mr. John Knox against the School, Districts Jfo., 11 is approved; and the said School Trustees are authorized and directed to resist the recovery of Judgment by Knox iu every way deeriied advisable, aud to pay therefor the necessary expenses, and lees. On motion of E. C'ain $?>1)0.00 were ordered to be collected for the purpose of defraying the current expenses of the free schools "for District N?. -11*. Ahbe ville County, for tlie fiscal;year 1?>75, commencing November 1, 1874:" On motion Mr. Leslie, .the-following resolution was adopted': Hcsolvcd, That the schools of School District No. ii continue whjlo Unjre. is. funds to pay the teachers-; -Hvithout vacation . '"zi-Zl " i. i0& There being nd further'business the meeting a(.Uourned;?('fljs tfjoL'iO J A. J. TITUS, ' Gliairman/ L. L. Guffix, Clout- ,.-j ^ * '"** Bank of the STAXE.-rrrlhe report of the tax-pavers' committee ap llointed by the lato convention, shows a lavish expenditure and improvident management,of the assets of the Bank. V * ^ ' ' n, '-1 > ; T Ig^fThe Commencement exercises at tho AVil{iamstou Female College come off on Wednesday of the present.week. . * GLASS FRUIT JARJ,! pints and quarts, at PARKER & PERMK'S. Joly 1 12-1 m Turnjp seed ? ruta bag a j early flat dutch, ear- ' ly red tops, large english norfolk, large white globe. , PARRER & PERRIIT. July 1 lU-1 m ifc : r. ' :* r~r\ V-" > ' ""***' **"'~J ?4? A S the Schson is far advanced, vrd tA.. will seli (for CASH and. CAS? ONIjY,) iho remainder of our StQclc M U : I 1 Case Jelli&H . 'I 3 bb? 3F^siJCry?etk:i f ' f X v . 1 > *r-t\/watt\ nvAnnnv ! July 1 12-tf ^ ! Will find a Freeh lot of Pretty Calicoes, Colofed Muslins, White Goods, pl^&.striped, Morocco Belts, Pearl Dress Button's^ Bleached Homespuns, &e? EMPORIUM OF Whereas, John g/a&?i&i&Mt lifS!? |^^Hr J-J^fisou inad^sult to _ vetC Green Johnson, late^of A^bevffle^ J These are therefore to cite and ichpori- llf ish all and singular the kindred and .? Creditors of the said Lovett Green John-- aW son, dee'd, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probater to .bft-fceld at Abbeville GV H.,- S. C-, joo. "July J 1th next, after publication hereof, at II o'clock In the forenoon, to sheiv<auae,.if any they have, why the said Administration should not.be granted.. Given ' uutter my hand 'amh^seai, tht? twenty-fifth day -of ;JTTNE, in the year of our Lorrf'one-thfotwandeiglit ; hundred and seventy-four and in.4bo ninety-eighth' year of American Independence. - 1 r _ Vnhlislipfl on the lst and 8t)r davaof .1 July, 1874, in the ^Wew'W#7 iVc*?f/': * and Banner. . -, CHAS. W. GUFFTN", ' ;?i:'W ' ' Judge of Probate; Lh'J$r July. 1,1874 12-2t* -? - - '?r _ ' >?H ? ?ST"?' Tax Returns. 'J. : 1; > " AnfliWy flice,: Aitevffle ftttfcf; . Abbeville, June 52,. 1874 J^ms^oiice wlllie. open from the l$t day of July-fo *he 20th day of Aiigi^ ftextj; ^receive ' . returns all Personal Broperty; Moneys, Credits investments in Bonds, Joint -Sjoek compa- ? Real Property. Latids and Buildings under control as otni??<%&&*..& ??lartBn%nig parents, guaruitin?, trustees, c.\* ers, attpwys^r .&S9W^3|jSfl first dayof Jirlr- \874yt-hf-tiG* v sordance with; Joint' Solution at the Legislature "providing for Estate in 1874," approved ilarclrl7tli; lM: i^As an accomi^Q(Mion to taxpayers of the CfrAiity, 4vlio reside at a distance from this' 'oflice, 4:lle following persons will. ' be supplied with blanks, and airfho&z1i<t to'recfifre re?urn33t>& Y' allre^rfnd personal 'property', viz: All Trial Justices and'Notaries Public in the various Townships - who are competent. 1 an^who may apply, for the blanks at this office. All persons are required to. make tlieir returns between/July t ?,t 1 an&August 20, antl^to tb^i ; date1 any tax-payers wfrq shall liave failed to inak? re*"*11 . ? TTTlfll f]io Uli'IlS ?ili UC Ullctl gvi.1 n jlvik vhu Every male, :persqn, "between the ages of *21 aM '50" years, whether 'owriifig; :jj&pperty fiot, except those unable of earning a support fronr being maimed or otherwise disabled, are i.' -l.li a?m iltiuiu tu <1 !^#Uji;UlA,*?UU c*ue AV7 . quired to ma? their refurns." All persons failing to make their returns of^tlieir polls will fee required to^V%^uBle tax, and on foiltire to'do So, are liable to l?e indicted and impris-, oned ten j}aYS,, in jiccor^nce with Act' '-38$; Sessions of l872-73i^3iul^A Tax - payers arc respectfully requested to report ill persons who er^dg making a iust and fair return, r. B. MILFORD, Auditor Abbsvillo County;, " Juno 24, '74 11-tf