Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"' 1 ' '-fl <immmmmi!ilii*'' i ?i"i'ih hup A i '. pi ?jll j-il1*"!! j J'ilgWPLi'L.1 j -" u.' ..' ?j " - jii-i" n jlj. ." ' vifetitaffiin' i'x.1t^ ^ ^ -j- -^-^ ^ ^ | ^ 3"^ * ^ t^T^T i-T-i;' ""wit|0^ ~ ABBEVILLE. S. 0.. tffcBNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1875. \ ' YOLPIE^^S^^B o8^?B?b8S^ffl||^B|^^E^>>iA, ib. o. - H ^^w^bhBB^S H wgBflW88B^^a|BBw^j^^^B^^^^iflMH^^^BM^gc? as T'V''' t 4- I BMSSa^ V^C'd/A ^^^CTBKMfflBBHBHH^BBW|HHM|u^'|BB?a g& 2n.iiajBSMLpr ff\v' eta BKgHr* 4 .1 . " reSHBWaMWiasp^^^^ I * Bolts Extra. for cadi set. ^ Aati-friclioa pktw and Balk for Cot- i "j tei: ftwtf $?P.fO aad $12.00 per. set. jur T). ?. SMITH, Agent. . tio Fl< Abbeville S. C. U Pq%j|g, 1<37St nb-ti *1 New Store] ? I *, djj *? ?. j iti< TFIHjE ui2<iertiy::o<J hav? just ypn** i J ad eating ner,- of GROCEHIES, ' Li ? * '''--J tr '<?! f|5 1T0VISIGIL ana .Liquurs, ' Ls we31 9.b Other Goods inl^i ;j * tkeir LiHe. lew - At",LUt O'tl bt&od of A. M. HTlLL, re--ni] T ROW BRIDGE * CO., whw|tw "(ft will be pr???Ml to *erve the public I?u> i * cheap FOB CASH. ? A. M. HILL. U T Jut). 29, 1873, 42-tt J ^CAa?EHTET. | i i I Bl 5BE tout be v^uwuttreu to <i<; all I of L [' ti">lx'ofCMUJb:S"VKlV!< WORK uj;d; . , LJQ^\\0'. repairs j ? ; COTTON GINS, THEESHEXSj'1 C r V . A2JD FANS. j ' lR jf A ,tuil s.u|?}?!.y .of (;iI\ MATKIUAlJ ul?vaysn? i'uriJK'i* an; request**1. tviiriuH fWir Uiws uj> i?;irJ.v?in iiic .*?i'on, i<? allow tinio to liavrtli^j properly In 'iyv tin- TaylotftytlotJ ?Jilif 8 I - > J-'? HL, r* Ifi furnish all kiinln I LI AlftjLii ;1j? sh irlcst. ; ui tlic jp!l r-irm.'i'iy known as jjj lKg$lR0&hi'.,ry,:< JiilUff TIjc Mill ?s in ?oo<l ro And '-vifii a ?<>yd t?0])j?!y of !r><;fc 1 5| jap ^nsl.-iiiuTs need ii:;v? rid j <ljv.y in tillid^ orders. Prii-e ' Sfj & :' - ' ptr hundred. CASH. Hk W. THOMAS. ?u 10, 1874, 52-tf HMBjyK): .- FEVER* A< RE. , $1.00 per bottle, al A ) ,.,P^ER A" PK1{K1-N S' ^^B^Bpe^nville & Columbia R. R.J t HAXG E OF SCEDULE. tr' On and af>. \ Wednesday February 10, ij ^0B^^MLlS75, tbc ^ >senger trains over the . 1 ffSS^^.B-T?ei> v''^ id Columbia Kail road will JIJOWK, '-liiJiv- .miuu.HH yA-, . KgHgwjnOK * ~ h HjaaMBBE?-^'g ' ,MAiN STEM. I? 1?CO/''A To 'JR'NVII.LK. | 7:00 a. m J& MfaLlstow - S:4o a.m. c; Bgmgj^BB8yMy^g\vberrv 10:03 a.jn. l' S^^g^MHfclC'oke^LMirv 1:37 p.m. l 3:l!0 p.m. BS^^^BHB?e5wree^LViUv 4:55 p.m. a BB8&0R?aK SO4-^GKKKJ. V1LI.E TO CCLUMJUA. u 1 a... 6:00 a.m r< M^^SSrom^BmiWS^^. 7:55a.ija* a - 9:35 a.m- P 12:59 p.m- r< Train cr. Soutk'-ljj wa^^aB!oect witlr &<>. i i S with Day ij ^15^^ gg^^g^gBS^W^g^^sWyMt^S^^^t. 4:45 a.m. ? 5:00 a.m. r ^S?wSwBflraB>"^ fl"_.Mr i 6:50 a.m. 8^|M^wS^SBr-:"- r*? 7:35 a*m-c 2:20 p.m. ? 4:20 p.m. ] eton.. 5:20 p.ia ] 88BBMBi??Bg^Fp?rrVv;Me 6:10 u.m. HfWalhalla 6:45 p.m. KwtttEodatiou Train between JBcIpj. Anderson Tri-Weekly, viz; Rys, ..Thursdays and Saturdays, fetfave Belton at 9.30 A. M.; ar?spd<sFSOn 10:30 A. M. No. 3 leave Ko& at 2.00 P. M.; arrive at J'cipp. M. The Trains will run ou days when Court is in session at erson. -T~Z. ?,r i SDSSSiyQK*. AHJiiUL.iU DnA.ivu. II DOWN. I Abbeville S:<)0 a. m. Cukesburv 9:10 a. iu. UP. ^BjHEgapSMBkvfl Cokwbury 1:49 p. m. Kyc Abbeville 2:;;.* p. id. 8wj^^?Bg^Mfccoin:viodation Train on thi* Branch run on Mondays Wednesdays . TSJ/\ IwlfiovA r!nlrAQhn?*\r nt ILiajro.; m.; arrive at Abbeville 10:35 a. na. . esve A&bevilie 12:30 p. m.: arrive ] wry 1:25 p. m. Train No. 1, on Stem, Colambia to Greenville, enty minutes at Coke.sbury for .Train No. 4, Greenville to , rlL stops twenty-five minutes at . ^Breakfast, and twenty mini \oq for Dinner, i jAfcTH0S- DODAMEAD, ft "m Geu'l Superintendent n iKN, Gen'l Ticket Agco IA??i ITN. '^1 *lc"u H nrvaVK,?3Eibss of Voice, ami will euro (j^STTM'FTIQISr, i" ^.Mtifcaye-robbod witnesses testily.;-^ Nothing poisonous. J)oli-j t&KO. THe t'Jtriiuy r?avjour io; fffiictad with a.TLvtioiis of the throat, I *< '<!ucat h* toposterity one! I:e' jMgttybyit>- i:i>/<, Sound LungConsumption. ST- Qundred thousaud.bot-j li ami not a single ^ire.s,^ will be sent, j ^P^Pp^^ctore, Atlanta, (.ia. j femption Cured !! I A ,0. Backkti, l)rugs- and I J' ir4?jjfymberil>n, Atlanta, Ga.: j Do r.-gir?I have ncei-Vi 1 y?nr circu-! 6,1 nd.in consequence ol uicdistribuH l), i have sold about six dozen (Jlohe j iiif the last two weeks.) jfijlooe Flower-Syrup isgainin;? great j ?ty: 1 r^nteeuded it in two' >?of consumption." One was! Mwt; hmi not laid on butoBI side' tu* yefer^; hemorrhagewiimost every jlyjnuch emaciated,'-am? expected to u >.<fce has taken six bottles of (jlobe j C 3\va Syrup; It is troubles are all gone, j cept prostration, whieh is rapidly it pro'ing. He wilJ certainly get weli. te other case is similar, with same ;id nsultK. i ean send you many testi- j p >nias if you wajit them. Vo.irs truly, etc., 0. SAClvETT. J M la IiKMAHJCAliLJi CURE. jL| Cj-kvk.'.anu, Ohio, April 1U, 1874. >r. J. -V. Pcmbo'on: 11 gives mo great aistiie to inform yon that two bottles w Ujofcj Flower .Syrup have curcd uiy Ia i ot'an obstinate l'.tng affection of m "era! years' standing, after <?ur best in ysieUus had given him tip to die, with lat th.-y culled-Consumption. J shall . jr renumber with grateful heart and " ioiunpnd toal! the Globe Mower Sy- j 11 ij. It has brought more suuahine and v m.in.t* io mir hearts and home than n,,,,vy" ? v c millous uoilarn CMUlu have dope.? , d ble>s vou. Your friend, 'KMZAnjTlI.SJ'IJNCJiR. * n Mir -ill? bv W. T. PENNEY, AbbeK\ C.tH.. S. it GRIT IKICEMlTSr L 8 thv Somkoh it far advanced, wo ^ will sell (I'or I'ASU ana UAMl ^ v f. Y,) t he l oJiuiiiiiicr ul our Sloci: J.'rcssu fi.ii*. jit ij ( DONALD k HADDOxJS July 1, J 874 12-tf |lt qi'T^C'iAL. j?s ;i. &* 1 vaivuutvi ?'?V-UK-JAKV OK SXATk, I it! It'.S^Kr niibi-i,^q4'y -!*v lS7o. / | "-jPRK^S AXJDib R '' IS' hereby designated M Kite JCvvi<}>?}kt ,.fyr Uic publication ^l^^-^^tic^ujii^t)lt}cial A dyer- ^ thi Oldi*issued :. Wlftig, the Abbevitte ifcHypi is L 'l$ciljpfftd< V ' . > I I SAM'L. W. MKMO>*, W-* j i Attornev Generctf. !s !? I &L. HUGE. . 'J '' -Comptroller General. 1 SJf H. K. 11 AVNE, |r <53 J Secretary or suite. ~ I t |ffy that the foregoing is a copy o V e onnnal 011 file in this Office. |< H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. L -V ACT to Rccfiilatc the Publico |s Uon vf all Lujal and Public JVofrVtijj ^ Kkctjdn 1. Be it enacted by the Se:i- C e andiioubc of .Representatives of the ate of South Carolina, now met. aud 3 ttingh Ueueral A.sstuibly, and by the ? ithorly of the same, It *11*11; be the .? ity of tiie Attorney General, the Cqgrn*, oiler General, and by the Secreta'i^ld> j tate. onioiutlv. to designate, by pu&rfj e nolbe [in] owe or moro newsmpftrtfiij i thiH State, in which all,legal notpttf, * ivertiiemeutifior piiiblidajious for*roV j Utte, ft" auyas^veiyc&artttJDer reouir 1 by Uw to be*made >pU|?litC,-^hall be s ublLsl^dV and said Attorney General, oiuptfoller (ieueral, fend .Secretary 01 1 late, mjuII have po>V^r.$ such J langd and new dAigw^tiori'^ firofcj me I tiujo, as ttit^mjfejudgc tjfgi j Kac! cmJm I lid 6} ler peifonsare herep^ requiJHf > furi sb to uie newspapers?fsignat5B| nc'ef lis Ait, for theftate alyd for th^rj? ,?.A.l,t?Hi>o nn,influi <7ir niihlic-fttifin. I , li tejal notices, advertisements and , ublidtions, of ajiyan^ evferytJ^fracter j ;quiad tgtetey Cm> be made nubfid: and ' o lecil uo?|re^R?\*ertisement or publi- ? itifiw^fintd bylaw to be made pub- j jHSPhav-fciany valid forco or effect i<Jlail.i 11 the newspapers des^BB^any ^ewspaj^^^CT^^iena^S/in Section one BMKw power'^m Capes requiring un^ RMSUcityj to order publication in ^Hrowspapc^ti,. iu Sddition to tliose jgMPetfur/der this Act, ?a by and IR|Wj^8^ce of the Governor $hey aay meet;jmd bills so incurred shall e suited and pA^d^i^the usual mauSec.jS. All Acts and parts of &ns inonsiraut herewith ar&hereby repealed. Se<?1. Thia Act shall takeeffeet from. ,nd afmr passage. [Jan. 22,1872. v? ? f 1? '* - . ,.Z.. s 5c|ll, SamU SUj|6fflati^: Mm D. b. WEBB, A. |f., A.hfeville a m"S. m: Nov. 26, 1874 33-lm.' " ' i lAPiTilR'S CHERRY flTTERS? AND > 1 IKON TONIC. The? are good prepai-atious. PARKER & PERRIN. July *3 16-tf Fmit Jars, Fruit Jars, Fruit Jars L Larto Lot of CHEAP FRUIT FAR^ifcud something new for Jelly, Va I0EI SMITH'S. jujH w-tf . -mL.: What is His Creed ? lei t u load afe mi tli racite ? 1 jxVir woman's door, 7i *j lIjv deep snow, frozen and wbJ Wrapped street and square, mount! ami moor. That was his deed ; Ho did it well; "What was his creed?" I cannot tell. Iessed "in his basket and in hisston In hitting down and rising tip ; /lien more he got he gave the more, "Withholding not the crust and cup. ' ' \ ' He took the lead -? *--1 Ill CllCil goou uisu. "What was his creed ?" 1 did not ask. [is charity was, like the snow, Soft, vvAlte, and silent in its i'all I )t likCjthe noisy winds that blow From shivering trees the leaves . pall;,,, f1 v. For flowers and weed, 'Drooping below, . ;^|\Vhat was his creed ?" y %' The poor may know. [e had jrcat faith in loaves ?jjf bjx-ul For hungry people, young and old, nd ho.je inspired, kind words ho s To tin se lie sheltered from the eolil For we miist feed As well as pray, "What was his creed?" I cannot say. ' * 11 word;, he did not put his trust, Ilis faith in words h^Jiever writ; [e loved- to share hiiy&p aiid crust With a'l lhaukin<juHS needed it. In taut ol jjeed A fflcud s lie. 4 "WMwJbbS his creed ?" I vJH^Jd.iiot ilie. [e put his triist in lleaveu, and he Worked well with hand and head ; .ml what he gave in charity Sweetened liis sleep and daily bre Let us take heed For IjjfNfcbrief. "What was his creed ?" "What his belief?" .?? . ? .? A WOMAKS HEROISM. Bound lionie to Xow York from undwich islands, tho ship iiampt <>< ii,nviiii.i- throuirh the Fac w v. " "" O CP ( >coau, under a cloud of canvass. The crimson rays of th? rising i a'l tinted the blue, roiling waA lion liertha Winthrop, one of assiMigerh, came on dock. She was ti lovely girl o>' eighte ;ilii hazel eyes, light-brown hi clear, white skin, and perfect J ures. -Nothing cou!d have been m harming thau the contour of ell-l'ornied hea^l, balancod on a in s round and smooth as if seulptu ,'om marble, yet full of life and reasion. The supple grace, of her whole fo: om the sloping shoulders, the lit exible waist, down 10 mo bin . ell-shaped foot, wu.h rc'.narka erhaps partially duo to her habit: xerc-iseiu the opeu air, not only talking and riding, but also in bw n'ug. . iShc had boon to flouolula, on a i to some relatives, and was retu ig homo under the escort 01 iver, Herbert, W'eldon, a handso aval oiHcor of" twenty-three, who I btained leave of" absence from >mmarid9r of his vessel, lying faui, Sandwich islands. Bertha was not at all demons! -...finer .^OrilO people S io was cold, Her wiilm sell-pos! on never deserted her. .She wo >ok with sii!!, clear eyas upon vor, when he spoke to her she om blushed, or stood vith droop tshes before liiiu. This al times wounded llerbe unity. lie wondered if it vae po le she di?I not care for him, ai'ter rue,*her Voice had faltered, iit> J card the beating of her heart : ilt Lhe trembling of her hand, wl e won from her many months >re, the confession that she loi im. Kut these signs of affect ion passed away, and she seemed id in as ever. Bertha was not long on docK wi no3'ounjj officer sought h- r side. The two conversed. Finally iJ ert'said, "If wc have good went! ro will reach New York in th ninths. Thou, dear girl, I will mi ou.my Wlte."' . : "Yes. Herbert." .she answered if jw,^net voice ' I think we are 'well matched,' !> is called," lie went on?4-d( ou ?" "Certainly," she replied, in ame quiet way, a slight smile on iretty lips. "Mine lor ever! .My own to It hcrish, and protect! Oh, Berl ou cannot imagine how eagerl; "*' r- ?!??* 1? .i nftiT tiino I" JUli. lUI'WUtU tu l/UU Uti]^|y^ Viiitv "Oh, yes, I can understand hat!" she replied, calmly, raising oft clear >H-ycs, mid looking I teadily, yet not boldly, in the lac A shadow crossed Herbert's br ?uuld she love him, and yet be :ulm? ^ ^ . "Borthn'S hoit^ideiily said, '-I v ;ou woul'^^ayciiTHnelhiiig?act ;oni'e way jfftlct me' know that ,bink as tdSBpiof me as 1 do of vo For an ioragit the girl flushed fi iro\v to ne%. Then sh<? beci wCt L fc&JIerbert,'' she said, quietly, " m^t never doubt.jne.'" riiom K'iU not, SfltlQi ii'.Ttha and went iMBfelbirj, without , having spo ig^fehe felt cbagrlnqji ^^'Bun^liac! riet^j^^^was va ^^itb'cr and thi t d< ivcn.^ tbc active sailors, pulfgfey, baolfttg on braces, bheyj^s, atjctc lines. Then up the \yjggnig t darted to^'url the^opj^dfant sails, fore and mizzeivfoprails, and to ej reef the maUT While all bauds were aloft the , catnfc shrieking, howling and roa on'fcho ship. With her lee-rail scooping up white waters, her shrouds whist 3nd bending to the gale, her ra swaying and crcakiug, her tim groaning and humming, away went, driving through the mad ters, vailed in a shroud of .spray 1 bow to steru. -j| AtridshipH, holding <?5to a pic the neain fifWrail, sl3pd ILcri watching the men xvhcAvcre|j!ur -Suddenly the shfe'lumKra iplungo; a great Lor^Dbcir-^witcr c swoe^ng; like a l^?^ff6ving 1 pvofMo weathor-ralWS?; Efc&the young offleer could avo ning ait, it struck hi6 f< w^&ffig him overboard like a s 'PK'di<n n'fl? <l slftrr'dflr. hnlfrotLiin wvp#** ~ * ? 3>itti'ging by the. end of the^ r about ten yards from the chip's j'f^erLha, who bad come on dock Spier lover wa? swept over the pw ran an^feips, with pale cti ?nd wild QwRalling on."the si officers to ^Bthe young man. No boat cjBgd be loSvfcrod in su gale. The j|ffic^$?J'an to the howetor, pid jPfCmmenccd hai on tbo rope, to which the impe one, half-hidden by the raging, f< intr waters and the flying spray, still clinging. As they"continued to haul, an hous, snapping t>ound was h< The strands of tho rotten rope ' giving away! "Ho must go!", cried tho cap despairingly. "Ho earthly power sake him now! The rope will ere we get him alongside!" Noarsr?noaror to tho ship \ 4 ? [young ofilcer was drawn. When lie was within five yards of it. the rope held him bj one nf tlx strands ! j This, going round and round, must Vjj j part in a few senonds. i With clasped hands, and eyes (gleaming large and bright, Bertha [watchcd Herbert, her lips lightly ! com pressed, as if b}r f.he power of her i will alone she would prevent the rope ? | from giving way. 1 The strain upon that one strand was i tremendous. "It cracked and snap!ped, but still held. The first mate stand reaching far out over the rail to he icady to seize Herbert the moment he should be j drawn within his reach. The capifcjiiu had taken a bowline-hitch on the joiul of the main topsail halliard*, tluib [forming a noose, which ho stood : :l, ready to throw if tho etrund should part ere Herbert was pulled to t he iship. M ' To throw it now would probably } Ijc attended with fatal results.' The j noose would strike the other rope, 1 ;and not slip down over the young iiid iina" further than his neck, thus strangling him./ . -V/ . * , ! Xearor?still nearer I , Bertha could now see her lover i looking up from the white, foaming j vortex, his eyes bright with the hope !of iieing saved, no was unij uwu Iyards from tho vessel's side. Tho first mate, leaning far over from the j outside of the ship, to which he had lashed himself, could almost reach him. . in . "Thank God! he is saved!" criod ' the man, hoarsely, as he made, a j clutch at Herbert's Jiair. j lie had just seized a few threads of those bright locks?he was 'enjdeavoring to obtain a firmer hold, (snapping sound was heard, as the rope parted! ; - ; ; \r = 1 The man wjthjthc noosfe threw it, 'but it fell short, dashed aside by a (heavy sea, from Herbert, as the ship rushed past inm. vviui u gurgiiug cry of despair, tbe young man drifted the lo leeward ! * .on, J3iit not lie alone; fur Bertha, who, jfic the moment she saw that the strand ! must part hfui quickly fastened the jun end of the main-topgallant halliards ;es, about the waist, had sprang bravely tho ioto the mad waves, as the turns ol tLie rope which she had thrown ofl cn, the pin slackened, she fast approachair. ed her lover. tea- Poaching him, when he was about ore twenty yards astern, she threw her her while arms about him, and held him ;ek firmly, while the men on deck now red j hauled 011 the rope. ox- Although half suffocated by tho raging waters?although her beautirm, ful waist was compressed bj' the he, strain of the rope upon it, so that she all, could hardly breathe?yet, with her ble, white taeih .firmly set, her large wild s of eyes gleaming liko stars through the in foam, her long wet hair sweeping the im- young man's face, her warm bosom i bealir.tr against his own, the brave VlS-lgll'l sun IIUIU 11 rui n> 111.1 .w.v., vv/ rn-ltenuined to sav? his lite! her | A i last the two were drawn to the >mc'ship's side and helped abroad, amid lad j the yinging checrs of sailors and the1 offim s. Oft' Jierhurt then bore into the cabin Iho noble girl, who exhausted by her [in-1 exertions, had nearly fainted when she aid readied the deek. >es- As he hung over her applying reuLd storativen and kissing her again and her again, she sailed and said, gently : sel- "Have J not done something at ing last to prove how much I love you !" "Win ,iiv .> unlilf iri: !!" ho answer | a. v % ... ^ ?. ^ ^ ^ . - . . ? - rt'sJod: "and I now understand you. ssi? Another woman might have boon all. want to express her feelings to me ic bad passionate language and with burnind jing cheeks; but she would have stood ion! helplessly by arid seen me perish, be. j You arc. one of those glorious created' tares who are demonstrative in action ion rather than in speech ! as A "d so he stiil found her, when, r i mniit.lii Inter lie made her hit > ren wife..A Good Bill. , ' A bill, introduced by Chancellor c Johnson, of Atarion, to declaremid pro tieet the rights of married women and 1 children under policies of insurance taken out for their benefit, passed itf second reading in the House of Rep rcsentatives, last Saturday, and wil th(. vc'l'3 1'kely become a law. It pro the vides: "That if a policy of insurance upon the life of any person which basal , f"' ready or may hereafter be taken out ' in which it i* expressed to be for tht ' bennfit of anv married woman, or /oi jtU the benefit of herself and her cbi.' j dren, or for the benefit of herself and ,. tho children of her husband, whether | procured by herself or her husband Shall enurc'to the use and benefit ol the person or persons for whose use 80 and benefit it is expressed to be taken rish c,ut'' t',? 8ufn or DCt" !imo,,Dt of the insurance becoming- due and pay able, by the terms of the policy, shall * ,!! be payable tp'the person or persons , ' for whose use jtud benefit it shall bt expressed to be taken, free .and dif* 1 e charged from the claims of the repre sentatives of the husband, or any o! " ' bis creditors, or.aoy party or parties ? ^ claiming by, through or under him 01 " them, or either of them: Provided 0 however, That if the premium paic ~ AC nnnn/o'ft ?>, in ill'J UlIU um U1 mo vj <&, or funds of the husband shall exceec 1 .i, the sum of ?500, the exemption fro it av^:the claims of the creditors of the *?.m husband shall not apply to bo macf aiu of said premium paid is shall bo ir 'excess ^r$50^; toutVuch efceess, witl 3?* the "interest thereon, or so mucl thereof as may bo necessary, shall en .cw~ sure to the benefit of such creditors ' if any: Provided, Tire same be ncc , 0 cssarv for their payment." lose- * 1 J gale The cross-examination of Theodon ring Tiltoxi was continued on Thursday in Uis.suit vs. Beccher. He wae ques CUU LI U UUU I Uiiy ivt> i,\j vuu hi auvv i ui vu< liivg polkk'n.1 differences between ftimsel asts and Beocher, and told of their begin bors ning and the causes of them. 1L she spoke also of the woman's right! wa- movement, of ho part taken by bin rom in it, and of his homing "advancei opinions." lJij denunciation of lh< i 011 marriage relation began, he said, witl )ert, the invasion of his household bi ling Beecher. Several newspaper an( other articles were shown ?he Witness mad identified by him and plated in evi :U)lc denco. Jjong discussions uuuurrui ,vall. between counsel as to several pointi Tilton's testimony and many ex idflt ceptions have been taken. Tho bijs 3$n, graphical sketch of Mrs. Woodhtw iliot. was offered in evidence by tho dc rope fence, and stoutl}' objected to by Til ope, ton's counsel. It was finally rnlci side. (,ut bv the court.' just eeks ^ 's likoly ^,at ^ie Senate wil take up tho civil rights bill, whicl 1 ? has just passed tho House before tin ch ji cl?so ?* fche session. Tho timo i ra]*j short and the requirements of othe business pressing. So the Radical riled w'10 ^avor 'L noec^ uot drunk an< 3am. have a glorification so soon. Thor was 's 8Ut^ a as a premature case o delirium tremens, you know. omi- TTT*^* 2ard There is fiaid to be a growing du ivere niand in Massachusetts for a sociot; for the protection of husbands' rights tain, can Tho Cincinnati Commercial says; part nephew of Stonewall Jackson mar riod a niece of Goorge T). McCloliai tho at Donver tho othtr dar. i f ^ii /phe l.abor Qneston. i A correspondent of the Pkcctnx, J i"Juni?fi, is writing a series of short j ; articled, which express some whole-) jsomn trurths in homely phrases. Thej*f following is article No. 3 : i I "Look-fill over tho State, in the vil-j lagesj at i every cross road, in the J. ; cities, at the innumerable little little '1 one tub-'whocl stores and picayune j, grog shops scattered over the country,! ;and a sensible, honest, pure-minded I jman caUnot help fi-om exclaiming, .. I'God help us; verily, we have bccome j one vastj# irrepressible trading room of two-pqnny speculating retail shops. Look at..the increase ol vuc dog laicye.jv, aiyjLhuman, patent-moving, pill -1 machineSetyled "doctors"; of insur- ^ ftn?o agats, sewing machine agents, -peddlers,Ignorant, cold-hcadod, pox- j faced, jaJpMS^Trial Justices; at the J.SC'OrftS-OfWriTOEing, Uruiv mii;, : loafiinic, -poor hoiiRC politicians. It C j has?como? to pnss that their name is ; "legion,".nud tho$* have actually bo conic a pert^ct/ plague and pestilence i | that wasffcih ut morn, noon and nighL. iNo wonder, then, at the condition of C affairs in this State. What we once were accustomed to do with the axe, ^ the hoe, the spade, the plow-sharo, and the reaping-hoolc, men now strive j to sock to accomplish by trickery, chance, evasion, strategy, subterfuge, 'I speculation and rascality. We must come back to original principles, to the days whon "Adam delved and Eve spun," Or we must inevitably perish. There t arc too many drones, too many 11011- d producers, too many consumers, and fi too few laborers. There' are too u many able-bodied white men, young b and middle-aged, in shady places, as 1 well as too many stout, stalwart, lazy d colored men, louugirig and looking n about all orcr the country, doing d nothing. There is too much calico, ii piii and thread-selling, and too little h wood-chopping, land-breaking, grain- d making and. fodder-curing. There is 1 too.much counteijrliopping and yard- 1 sticking, too much toddy-making, t rn T/ ? i??i *?_ m o lr I n i f in/I tmf A J-OIJI ituu iivilj-uiuuiiij,, ? <>? -V.V U enough axe-haikUes, hoe-handles, rail- ) !. splitters and plow stockcrs. There | , too niariy Jaw books,' medical books; i too many novels and newspapers; too n many lager beer barrrels, in propor- ? tion to the builders of fences, tho till-4 li ers of land, ditch-diggers and t planters of grain. There are too e many sap-beaded, brainless, fraudu- f lent law-makers, too much visiting r and riding about, fashion and foppery, t, and not enough of saw-handling, fc sledge-hammering, na,il-driving and c slioo-making throughout the land, t In a word, there is too much retail \ ! nickel industry, broadside sluggardism and wholesale slojhfulness and idleness. ,/ , v . * <J> f ! The election of Dr. Do Ivovon by . the Episcopal Diocosan Conrention of ^ Illinois to the bishopric of the Epis- t copal Church of that State, if it is a ratified in the mode prescribed by the 0 cauons of this Episcopal Church and I j accepted by the bishop elect,. will sc- 0 cure to the Episcopate uf Illinois a v man of extraordinary ability, learn- c ing and eloquence, fti view, how- i ever, of the refusal of the House of fl Clerical and Lay Delegates in the t ; late Episcopal Gc.ueral Convention in -1 New York to sustain the election by t , the Illinois conventiou of liev. Dr. v Seymour to the same position, on tho r ground of alleged ritualistic associa- f tions, it might bo doubted for the g same reason whether Dr. Do Kovcn J , will be moro likely to.reccive tho re- s . quisite approval of tho genoi i?l Church i [ iiullioritios than Dr. ?eymour. The I , canon1) of the Episcopal Church re- t . speeting the consecration of bishops t i during the recess of tho General Con- t vention require the consent of a ma- a i jority of tbe standing-committees of i ; each diocese, and a majority of all the c bishops of tho church in tho United ? Slates, before a bishop clect can bo ' consecrated. In the election of Dr. t Seymour tho General Convention was ' in session, and in that case tho consent ot the House of Clerical and Lay Delegates has to bo presented to ' the House of'Bishops, which body : has then also to consent before conse- '' 1 oration. This.-consent of tho lower ' house wa6 not obtained in Dr. Sey- f ' niour's case, and hence it did not go 1 * to the bishops. It is possible that the standing cdmimttes of the dio- c 1 cesei and.a majority of the bishops ? ... ..1.. .1.. ?r ju i may.?OOl lUHO lUO WIUC ?1CH ui 1/iiv ' case of Dr. De Koveo as the House 1 : did of lliat of Dr. Seym oar, in which ' r event the way would bo-'open to bis * - consecration. ? I t Tho Hartford. Post thiuks thafc-the j f. Doinocrats had very little to do with ( | the political revolution last fall. In j a fir of despcratiou it assorts that t tlu;re is 110 evidence of popular approval of Kepublican defeat, and gives j I the following explanation of th^ j Democratic victory : "A considerable ( I number of .Republicans, for reasous t -satisfactory to themselves, thought t ' best that U:e Kepublican'party should j i-- I Ktr Htmvaif.ir nml fhnv p DO Uiswpiljiuu "J ?u.v.u.VJI J ( . voted the -Democratic ticket." And , . now we will soe ifthcso considerate , gentlemen will not continue to diseip- j j line the party in this fashion. ?<z>? I General Emory said be did not ( i know of the existence; of a Whito t : League when he testifiou1 before the 1 1 Congressional Committee. Geii. ilor-jt i row testifies tltfiC'llie people of Lou- f i isiana are not inimical to the General i 1 Government, but only" object to a't - gang of carpet-bag rulers. Grant, ft , howev&r, will not take tBe4.eblimony JI - of these army officers who know the 1 feeling in Louisiana. The report of c the sab committee was'.treated with c disdain, and the reports of men like p 1 Sheridan, Kellogg, Casey and Merrill i f. arc received as evidence. That testi- v " mony only which aids the usurpation c 3 is received by Grant. That7kind can c * Kn r>liAn.nlv nht.jimed. a vv/ """TV a . c s Beecbcr hus been described by the ^ i correspondents in vory contradictory j i ways. Some of these gentlemen de- t 3 pict him as an angel without wings; ' i others see him a Mephistophiles. llis j daily aspect is written up graphieallj*, j as for instanco: "Tho pastor's upper if lip is still red from tho oifects of rold, . and tho right nostril is swollen and c i covered with pimples. These little n mnrn (lif> snhioftf. of I 3 UJOJU^ui v.. v v..~ - x > mach concern Jo his devoted admir- j i era in court." Really, this is worse j, f than tlio charge of adultry. , In British India there are 5.S72 c 1 miles of railroad in operatiofi. Tlio t Englisirhave nativo Hindoos iu the rJ railway service, who have proved j: I ;themselves very effioient. . These raii- t roads paid a net profit of over $15,l #00,000 in 1873. Tibe construction of this vast system has been a necessity, s us tlie English have fco'-'guard their v ? Indian possessions vei'ytflosoly. The j j authorities at Calcutta can now com- :i munic-ate by telegraph directly with f ? London, and by rail and telegraph I with the most remote districts of j India. ' ' r * , '"i riivrkt. Your Stamps.-^Collectors 1 P have boon instructed' by ih% Commis-Ir ' sioner oflnteraal'Eovcnue io fitriatly jt enfnrco??he law in relation to the twol n cent slgfeaps on check?, drafts or orders. ^Tbc penalty is 850 for each * n I such paper not properly stamped audit loffectaally stamped 11 i ' . y My Angel moioer. n tlje land beyond the river, Under the skies forever lair, )\voilB my sainted angel irf^her. Watching for my coming thece. )ne day o'er the silent waters , At thesettiug of the sun / '* Vent she with the mystic boathmrfriiv And her oa/thjy lifeVas don?. r Inch I miri.^Jujr at the twilight When the ^mdov\'a.veil the skje.?, , 'or she used Ifc'Sing.jAt evening 4' Many teiulor^tilflftiis,'- ''.J have stood ia vjjjjflth&lrals Where a hunttjHBngor.'vsung, v.y Jut their voiccffl^Br thrilled me Like her voici \vas young. Ik; would takeiJBKn'o-woA.Bible, When the lmfcfy tfq all atfeht. " iml from that OfiyKLk'#i'd alio read us Truths to guideXfliPWfps aright, kinl she whisper^uro of Heaven, Where the inariwkaift>!out? are; iml while she \vaiHitir4amoiig us Heaven seemed fiwwjt-very far. ill, I know thoant:her When the Ooatinar^Wy?Saer o'er, likI the sang a song orttM^nie When her feet touchedBBfei&n'sshore. Iherp she waits the h^jnBMnjrd-coming Of the ones she lov*jMBwiLh, >11 her face and heart tMRISry Of lier new immortal DirtJll*. loinctimes, in the twilight's'silence. I fancy she is near: vtkIJ listen for her blessingv Wnich I fuel but do not h?tyr, Mien I long to hear her callfng^ From that fairer shore thai^ifflK "or my lieart grows weary, wMwbir For my angel mothers's kissR^, The Brooklyn Eagle of Moj^ay, he 8tii instant, gives tho fJlovringescription of Mr. Theodore Tilten's n-st day's appearance upon the witicss stand, and the manner in which iis testimony was received:- Mr. i'ilton spoke in measured, moderate,', listinct and unbroken words. His manner was very grave, and was evoid of gesture. A Tiltonisna of [i(lection, and a toss back of the lend, characteristic of his publie ad Ircss, would now and then be noticed. ?ho audience listened intently. Mr. Jeecher looked Mr. Tilton square in he face with such a glance of weniormeut as it is difficult to express. Irs. Bcoeher looked at him freezingv*. sneeringly, and at the point where Ir. Tilton said that M r. Bccchcr did iOfc have "a satisfactory wife," Mrs. ieechor fairly laughed. Mrs. Tilton Doked straight at her husband from he first to the cod Of his story. Her ves were on fire with ancor, and her ^ # w . [ice was 6ct in a sternness which was] lOticcablc for the first time in the! rial. Mrs Shearman and Mrs. Field lit their lips as if they had been aught in a scrape, and must listen to he most primitive expressions, vhether they wanted to or not." Aluto, the young Empress of China, vhose suicide was reported by cablq, lad been married only two years, the mperial wedding having taken place )ctober 16, 1872, and at tho time of icr death was about twenty years of ,gc. The young Empress A lute came f a somowhat unfortunaLo family, ler father, Tohung-tschi, is a junior >fficer of the Hamlin College, and yas the first graduate of the triennial xamination for the doctor's degreo u 1865. lie is the son of Sai3hauga, , noted official at the beginning of he last reign, who lost favor of the Jmporor by his- failure to stippress he Theping rebellion in wos-oa, on vhicli account ho was degraded and etirod into' private lifo, most of his >voperty being appropriated by the ;overnment in 1861. In the same' oar that Alute's grandfather, Saihanga, lost his. estates, hor grandather on the maternal side, Trianhua, 'rince of Chcnjj, whoso party was >rokcn up by Prince Lung ad hostile o the rilling dynasty, saved his head hrongh the "mitigated'penalty" of uicide* She was a woman of genlino accomplishments; and^wae sqy mly ablo to read and.jMsfoi ;cient in Chinese *Tf Wtf? >e assumed that the early death of ho Emporor was the cause of her ash act. The Texas Pacific Railroad. ?:? Mr. Spencer, of Abbeville, introluced.the following-resolution in the louse of Representatives on Saturlay. It Was considered and adopted mmediatoljrjt; ij,,. Whereas, our vast agricultural proluctioas and increasing commercial itaples demand speedy and convenont transportation to^the markets of he world; and whereas, the delays Yequcntly occasicyaed by the snow )lockades on the5 JSorth^rn Pacific md Central Pacific? Railroads have .ended to injuriously pffoc$ the comuercial tranaporta jipq between San Francisco and tlidfcAtlanJic States, ind to seriously ,ift?erfero'iwith our ntcrcomrminicatiorn*\wit!i. the States md Territories on tbe Pacific slope : Be it rosolvad, Tbat the Senators >e instructed and our representatives n .Congress be requested to give their iarnest and unitecfc eupport to any uoasure that seeks to oxtcnd aid to ,he Texas Pacific Railroad Company n their efforts to eociire an early . ompletion of the Texas Pacific Rail oad, which shall, whilo granting such lid, protect the government and guarwitoe the people against loss. Tho alleged exposure of the pro :eeding in Congress connected with ,he old Memphis and El Paso Rail oad Compapy is not likely to create .he sensation evidently expectod to ollow. Tho rights of tho company n Texas were forfeited many years .incc, at least so declared the courts, ind the attempt to revive them met ittle favor, although Fremont and hisj lopefnJ associates were for a time oufident it would be successful. The ompariy novar asked more of Confess than a right of way to the! ' I - - I - - C A ! Jacific. The Donas mm no uauu j 'alae, and the stock, which, it is barged, was distributed to members >f" Congress, was utterly worthless, md mast have been so had the right if way been secured. If any one revived i^. by vote of the company! bey received literally nothing, andj I is well kfi&wn that it was with dii'-j iculty that the officers could com-; oand the funis necessary to pay the cnt of their offices in JS'ew York and j lsewhere. It is a happy business of certaiu on tractors that a perpetual warfare ipon adventurous miners in the Black '" k?iij Knnn i nnn ct n f n.l JlJitt UUUIItl^ U(W ISVV/ta Iiiuu^uiwuvv, f gold exists in that region, jis there s every reason to believe, all the dragoons in tho United States cannot :eop people from tho treasure, howiver proper, under existing Indian reaties it may be to oppose them. [This dragoon business, however, will iay contractors, if it docs not effect he desired object. ? <b>+. fwi. The proposition to amend tho C'ontitution of South Carolina so as to ;ivo the Governor power ,to dinapirove of an)' iir?}>roper items in an! ippropriation bill, meets with much1 iivor from a largo clrid} in.the State, f the Legislature hasjhe honesty to i >aes the amendment, wwill certainly i ocoivo the sauction of;the fteoplo at I he next general. ulca|ioin, But the! cgislators will disenssfueh' an amend-i nent as good while before they agree; oit.?New York Titties. >V TT A torchlight procession and other J K>Qors are Reported to be awaiting | he armal of Andrew Johnson inJ BTatibington. . 1 k | jgt| j,. ' i iiM,. xne rouucai situation. A Washington correspondent of the Constitutionalist, states thai many manifestations, tooth on on the floor of the Senate and of the House, indicate a settled purpose of the party in power to arofise the animositiou of the Into war, and thus secure a new lease of.power. , Whilst paying a deserved tribute* to the ability and patriotisrii. of Senator Gordon and Mr. Steplictisf\ and to their well-timed efforts'iri the advancement of.the time interests of the South, he presents very fully- the views of the latter upon ,tlie impending darigerfijv \i. ^Ir.' Stephens, ho says,' regards the Ve clcction of Grant as the greatest falatyity which could bfc&jl the couna polieyM* prudence, ^%#?VanU niasterafeinactivity. on tb'^ jiwjt' of tho Sou oni]^Result in the party, *, Thp muter states: '.< "It is believed tluith--3^y^?topb^ns*great fear is, that;*. speaking on the Lwisi^|m|^ran^u denunciations of Gr^t ry, and the porsiste'nt "iillifciis<jt^^B| in the House, will rel-r! mosities of the late stru about a condition of tb>nga lead the Republican? io rgbotjftnatfo Grant (whom they do l jt really want, but will take, in order to win,) and who, in Mr. Stephens' opinion, is the strongest nian. they can run ; and that 4ri,aai>-(,at tho head of thst party, how*??er practical and coivfterrative ho rrfight otherwise bo in his own views and ftelings, will bo carried along by the mad whirl of reinstalled Kadicajjf-. ism until tho last vestige" ol the libertios vouchsafed by tho founders of the Government will be swept away. He believes that tbo past end present acts nf tlm nnrt.u iiramnidlv crush " """ I -J ;" ?.tr J r-^ ing ifc out of existence, and that it must die in the next election, unless tho Democrats and Conservatives, by inexcusable blundering, revive its sinking fortunes. Ilis policy, in a nutshell, as his friends understand it, is to avoid all violence in word as well as action, and to appeal only to the peaceful remedies of the Constitution, the Courts and tho ballot hox. In this way tho Democrats and Conservatives can easily hold the vantage ground obtained in the late elections, and by addressing thomselves to the calin and patriotic judgment of an oppressed and impoverished people will most surely succeed in hurling the present dominant party from power. Meantime some wise scheme of financial relief, whereby money shall be made more accessible to all classes of industrial pursuits throughout the on tiro land, ma}' -be devised, aud some general policy adopted looking to pacification and kind relations between all ttio people of all sections." *? ? Beginning a.ITook?To Tell the Age of Sheep. When is the best time to buy sheep, in tho spring or after shearing time? " ? u.r.-m Sj (Ko iwrn r\f dtnnn told? Ai&jj 11 u n 10 What ago shoald they be to have good young aud healthy stock to begin with ? What is the best book oa sheep for a now beginner? How much more had a person ought to pay for sheep iD tho spring thau in June, aftor shearing-time, so as to make it pay him ? The best time to buy sheep is when yon can buy them cheapest, all things considered?that is, when and where you can find a fiock-maflter who wants to sell, not his culls, but such tho buyer selects. If you buy beCho difference ip value our-eivos, we should prefer to buy after shearing, since there is a chancy for more critical examination, as to, points of excellence in the flock-, and at this time of the y^ar, jfr thero^B diseaso in the flock, it will bo aptAo show. ; /1 Buy sheep from one to thyce years old, not older?yearlings irmi two year-olds being profitable. 0no of the best and most complete works on the care of sheep is the "Practical Shopherd," by Dr. Randall. .Randall's "Snoop Husbandry," and .Randall's "Fine Shoop Husbandry," are also good. tVia inmh at thft birth haa two cen tral incisor tcoth in tbo lower jaw or just coming through. At from one year to eigbtoen months, these are shod and are replaced by the permanent teeth. Thereafter, two other of the iflcisors are ehed yearly until at four years old, the sheep has a full mouth of permanent teeth. At six years of age, the incisors of Merino sheep will be found narrowed and -nrill f.hnir fan-shaned an lu"J ?r ? f pearance. At seven they become long and narrow; stand pcrpepdictilar with respect to oach other and they will have lost their rounded cutting edges. At eight years of ago they will be found to bo still narrower and their outer edges will have con verged to a considerable extont toward the middle. At nino thia process will havo become iQtejo$|ed; and, at> ten years of agft/tho teeth will have become loostfacd some;jrnay have, dropped ' out, although ^y may-hlyd dropped out, although tboy- ; may B^eturned until ,twe'lve, 'It j will not^ay'.to buy sheep-after tfiey^i months 'navo becom^e fully &ro^-Jk Wkstfl-n Rural. . ? \Vrrt.n "ro Advertise ? ?There is no : season of.Abe year when it is safe to discontinue; advertising. When business is dull it is^ncodgdj. most aud should be most eiiorgjggjSH used, because people arc mostfljffire cd :rt all times to the horisesfl^Bj8H| most pains to invite their trjfl|^^| advertisers then get the largcstslia?^ of what is .doing. ' Dull tiflacs," it is said, "jre the best for advertisers." Because, when money is tight and the people aro ?' forced: to economize-, they alwaysteftd \ theagk'crtisoipejits ,to a?eertaiQ^fe-h!?:' seltbibo jh'ea^est an ft wherjy tlioy c'ai|| tn JKfl hfeat nHvutttarrc. ..ffl If yojpTgoods have special ieasojsjjj buildV^Taf name for thorn.whq'h out of sea&op ; and Hhat wputa'tihin . will: largely^ aid your sides'when thoieason arrives for putting the'm into'tho 1 market. If-'no pent up" season , limits the demand lor your wares, it! j is clear that there is no timo whenj you can judiciously withdraw from s the public eye your announcements.? j4 Toledo Cmmerciul. n The Pittsburg Commercial of the ) 2d instant .says that the puddlcrs/, striko is drawing to a close. Som^ of the men have already gone t<i> work at the reduced ratos, and it thinks that in a short time the rest will follow. One of the mills io no\tf paying thu old rate, hut it is for worU accessary to fill a contract, and will continue fur a few days. * I The coinayo of esilvcr under (.lie nlct which promises resumption' of spec-ie payments in 1S7G has already actively commenced. Last month the Phi/ladelphia mint turnod out 722,300 Waif dollars, 300 quatcrs, 550,300 dinu/s? in all l,272,9i'D coins, uot to mention 600,000 pewter five-cent picccdl and 180,000 minnto bits.of copper, filled! mm mm Wc regret to loarn that oui^H^BsGSfl ed friend and neighbor of the 19B9hH son C'onservaloi , has recently met^HHHK losses by fire. Wo have not lcanHjjHnE the particulars. We arc doing nico job work at th^HH| Press and Banner office. \5HfiH Everybody now,,uses printed letter and bill heads. The Presn and Ban ner does such work neatly at low V prices. ^ The last week has been bad qn Good Templars. ^ ' at jvcpQt, \vis broken into a few nigbtn^* ago,' and sonio of his finest- yrTaipTjtvT unci tobacco abstracted. '' . mi.. -i??:? J:.-u a... JL1JU DAUtiU^ TtUfl. iur wished ao att^^h|yH^|ptime to uaiiy ori^j?^^^^*TrcvnTilIc, baa cloanl^HBHRKc of onerous city. taxPPb. : j^fSprs. Gowcr, Cox & ' Markley. ^jarae near losing their extensive carriage and wagon factory last week. A defective stove flue allowed the root to take fire, but the Mountaineer . says it was !,outed." The Columbia Union-Herald says the heads of the Grand Jury of Marion County wore "flat oh top" wheij they declared the jury law to bo a nuisance. We seoond the motion. Havo the "enacting clauso" struck : * r?i? f i Miss Amanda IIollaDd, daughter of Aaron Holland, at Grovo Station,' was burned to death last week by, her clothing taking fire.' v v. J buy. Recently ther,c has been quite an ' improvement in the locals and the v make-up of the Orccnvilla Enterpma and Mountaineer. A good deal of the Editomi. matter of late has been crowdod out. Remov.il.?Abbeville of, late has : lost a citii.en by removal. "We refer to George Richey, the white miscego-'v1 nationist of Fort Pickeng. Our onterprisirig townsman, Mr, A1.' M.Hill, is never behind time. He'-ffir has established a regular shad mar- JF ket in front of his store, where otir 'w citizens may be supplied at reasonable prices. He takes out the bonc?:;i; for regular customers. ] . This is going to be the hardest year since tho flood. The ^ise of our people are economising at fiverv cornor. and workinir harder.01 , ^ ' w t :ian ever before. This is right Wft ;> must live within our incomes. StQpoo giving liens on ou^ujons; stop going in debt- l'or inairo moro . home-made nfonuro, and sow more small grain. In the hotel business at AbbciUp there seems to be a little rivalry; The Miller House, tho Wier House, % and the Alston Eouso^ arc pretty nsarlyeven as regards customers?? ' % each of tho proprietors being satisfied with a share of the public patronago. /HI Persons coming to Abbeville may Qljy upon getting the b(*st attention . V > and plenty to when they como S5VK .'^Hrvfiwy^oom at ' cr placc. ' *** ' , What a pit^.f?Edwards, from ' -^1| Flag Hepd, was at Sharon Church last , J Su^ajnjiatening to an impressive disconrscr_,(fR3m the Eev. Manning Brown, ana when ho was much abv ; sorbed in tho words of wisdom and devotion, a neighbor came in who wore screaking shoes, which dispelled alt his religious feeling-- . 4 , ^ If a uuctimonious brothejr shonld v take a dislike to you and circulate a slanderouss stuiement in refer^nco to yourself,1 do't dare to correct it> but just allow him to go on repeating it as often as his spleen may prompt. To correct him, might, in this Christian bro"?hcr's opinion, be. a personal reflection, and he might ever aftor refuse to exchange with you even tho commonest civilities of life. Thin would mako a poor devil feel so bad. Some men act as if Heaven was made for their sole benefit, but by their cspecial grace a few of their neighbors might bo allowed to go thither. Mr. J. J. Johnson, of Lowndcsvillo, is^ a man after oui own heart. Last week he renewed . the subscriptions of two old subscribers, and bad bis own namo put on our books, and ho will henceforth read tbo best paper in,-Amsriqa. \Yc wish him all the good luok'ho so'&ucU deserves. Qhe nearly got into trouble las^.Aveek V)* bjithofing Mr. Thos. Pal'ker, abo^er." Strange, it isj tbattniji a^^d'pnt as Dr. Marsb^llferill irush jinjo a difficulty after jiavuig been as fkitidly warned as ho S-aa-ip'our colutfi&s-not an hour be|rC|. L '.Thero is some thought of organizing a "Mutual- Admiration Society" fn Abbeville, Several have enrolled their names. The Great Mexican Show, here last * *: ?.? L.: r ?t. cail.lt' IlUtW UUiiiy it 1 iUU 3IIUW. us wo know only two mou H^^-Mr. A. Mv Hill aud another SHercj all "thcrrcsr. had free tickets] generally pretty sharp, but Mp^hpw-fcllows got away with him foJPfifty cents. >r~ /Edwards says there is now the best stock <of fowls on Flag Reed to be Iiuji4*in tho country. So much for the new currency. Mljwards says that he is obliged to pv&the Press aqd;Banner for anoth Sr yoar. iic can&-get'.'along without ^,iu advance, and gives !ojal^^to bo#t^ ' We Ic^LFMrJ. and Dr. 'i'horvms ar? thtf^/nwst devotional iicmbtr^ ofSharon". They now lead ?'pr:iy3r,on all religious occasions. *mi\ .Samuel Williams' sheep aro bothering Edwards. They had better be kept at home. We Toi.d You so.?I?ansoni, we learn, has found a quantity of his cotton in the store of a cotton bagger. Edwards was in town on last Saturday. He says that chickens and corn both circulate as currency on J L- lad Keen, tu exchange lor pictures. a Edwards-say8 tho Savannah side 8 may look out for tho picture man as M soon as his mulos recruit. jfl Edwards says Maj. Johnson is a good neighbor and a Christian gentlcmun, but he thinks ho ought to goi^^HH up sooner oi'a Sunday morning. 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