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93L V 'v * ? '"" ~ " ?* " ? y-^ f |p NEWS ITEMS. j Creek-side hats are all the go now. Dr. Thompson's new beaver i- very becoming. The SjHirtnnlmrg Jfcrald ha* put up a .handsome new sign. Every paper we see now is full of notices of centcnial celebrations. The last name given to ex-I,aiid Commissioner Leslie is, Karthworm. .,-1 tieorgiaisshipping pigi'ron t<< England 1'! W.gr and is jastly p.ow.l ol the development "j of this important industry. The Stevenses, in jail for the shooting M of li'lover. gave bail on Thursday night < T!io earn bigs of tlit* South" Carolinar Kail road \lurj?g the year 3>7I. after pay- !U, ing Jul exjpertse*, were 5^10,-Vi.ijs. ijurtiftf-utkuv!-:'.;!c.i his brother, Ro1" SKfer OuU".\v, near Cannlcii la-t week in jj \jjJMPdefence.?Cfrj/m' a Jouriui'. . The work on the I-aureus Kail road i- ,;i' progressing, and the people at Laurens 'V^vilinge have been notified to-"look out for the engine when the whistleMows." It is a gratifying to observe the imr proVements now going on in our villiage. in the way of rebuildingand- other i:ni>rovements.?LwhcmtiUc ll .-- > (t'il ' v: The buffalo goal i- said to have do- vv stroyed horse:-, mule.- and cuttle within tin- past ten days, to the value often 1<: thousand dollars in the neighborhood :i' of Memphis, Tenn. ;>1 AVe are informed by one who has ex- "?v ami tied, that the wheat crop is mi injured, oats splendid, and plenty of corn j-;l planted. Fruit, though, will be short. ?Ncicbti'i'y H( raid. , ll< They had a little (ire in Newberry last week, and the editor of the Iln-cld, as i* customary with country newspa- 01 pers after every lire, is urging the form- w ation of a fire company. CCI The citizens of Ninety-Six contcm-lsu plate having a Grand Centennial Ccle-jjj, brut ion, commemorative of the scige ofj^ < of Ninety-Six Fort, which look place :.labout the lJth, of May,17.Sl. sa Rev. Richard Furman, D. D. has Ice-] tured in our town on the "l."ses of poc*1 v' try." "the Heautiful?in Nature. Art tli and Morals," and on "Lee."-- 1'ror/rcs- al sive A'jr.. d( Some of the statisticians who are in- sj vestigating negro life, have found that that race, above all others, abhors suicido. Only two cases have been record- a ed on the police books of Richmond, tl Va., for several years. a "Numbers is what docs the business," (,| shouted a man wtio lives on .uccnanici^ street. "When my wife is alone t can . reason with her ami inn things to suit " myself, but when her mother is around rt I am not even a stack holder in the con- ju cern." * );1 Tiie 'Rural Carolinian,'' for May, is on ei our table. As usual, it is filled with Lf useful and practicable suggestions to the farmer and slock raisers. We cordially 01 recomend a perusal. Published by Wai- al ker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, S. C. vi Price per annum. f(1 The New York paper gives full details- Lr; of the gorgeous cerimoiiial which took L, place in St. Patrick's Cathedrei, New York, on the i!7th ult., at the iiistalla-l" tion of Cardinal MeCloskev?bv con- ii fering the bcixtlu or red cap, and invest-Lrj :? i.;?, ?vitli tlu> rritnson robe of of-l.i ilw. l11 iu - Miss Ida Greelv, daughteruf tlie late! Horace Greely, is engaged to be married j*! to Col. N. Smith, oi' Kentuekcy. 11 is |11 Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop oi' h Now York, it is said, will perform the j; ceremony, which is to take place in ihcL fall, when Miss Grecly returns from her j' ' contemplated European tour. After concluding his eloquent atid p:i- j " triotic speech at Lexington, (ion. Dart-1 lett was approached by :i stranger, who, ja; with tears streaming down his chceks, a: said : 'General, lam a Southerner; JI tl was a good rebel, but now 1 am a true J Union mats, and I only needed to hear it such words ns yours "from a Northern ! c: man's lips." " j h 1) We know of several ticket-holders in i | the grand gitt-<lrawing of the (<t eens- ,j boro lottery, who, a few days since, wereL, up in the papers of anxiety and expectation of drawing a handsome prize, but are now content with a blank. No one c drew the Bettbow House in these dig- ' gings. We think that a few dollars in-!' vested in Selby's I'/urn!.r, in Columbia, wnultl n&v better.?Lcxiiiy'on J>i.-<p<t/c/t.' el The holders of tickets in the Greens- h" boro loltofy arc in mourning. The gi Beubow House will not be run by any t! any one of the Abbeville boys. When u| will people learn to invest their money pafely. Two Dollars in the J'rcss ami Banner is a safe ami profitable invest- rt ment. Try it, ami read Uie ciiarming 1>; serial story to be commenced >iav lOih.i |M The treatment of Dr. Franklin, wln> w has been applying the ^recess of thej transfusion of the blood to the vein oil' his patient has improved the condition j f<: of Gen. Blair, who has been so long \) prostrated under the efleets of a para- js lj'tlc attack, that his physician now en-1 tertains a strong 'hope that the new treatment will result in a cure. e< A colored gentleman, at Zenia, Ohio, |l,' is the owner of a small dog which plays le baseball. The pup has the fever bad, st and plays with all the gusto of a profes-j sional. He can't bat, but lie can run ; so j one of the boys bats for him, and lie makes a home-run nearly every time, He takes his stand near the home base I c( and waits till his striker hits the bull, j j, when he leaves a line of blue light in) his wake, going around the bases inj whoop-la time, never once taking his *>' "** eye oil' the ball* j J <. The New York JfcraM, commenting |g( on the investiture of cardinal, says it is j pi a compliment in the highest degree to jr, the millions of Catholics in America. j ' If Catholicism in America would repeat| the history of Catholicism in Europe,!^ the election of a cardinal might be re- fr garded as dangerous, bnt there is nu'... ' i *-*- -< : -i mm... i " pU^SIUUIiy ?>1 U1I9 vtii> JIIV UI-'IIIIIII ?J1 a new cardinal is purely a concern of! the church, and confers upon tlxe sub-j jects no new powers before the law. He id only plain John McC'lo.-l;y. The Law in* Rki-ation to quknt Pom. Tax.?Dclincjuentpoll tax j It payors should l>;tre in mind that under, it the act of the legislature, the trcasuier isjtj required to furnish the county conimis-1 , siouers with a list of all delinquents, j1,1 The Commissioners then issue exceu- ol tions for double the amount, (two dol-|.) lars.) and in default of payment, the! , line is throe days work upon the public highways or teu days con linemen t in the|'",! county jail. ;n l lie j;i\v us imjJi'iau vi-t ;?u m; u um a:, m whoare in arrears will attend to the mat-) , tor at once. We presume the delinquent j *" list will be placed with the county com-j niissioners soon after the land sales on di the third of May?till which time no'ci penalty will attach.?Republican. The death of John Harper, of ori^i-! bj nal firm of J. <fc J. Harper, afterwards! j. known as Harper Brothers, is an j event in the world of letters. He died jCI Thursday at his residence in New York, from a stroke of paralysis. He was jl; born in 1 TOG. There were lour brothers, j j As the younger brothers grew up uioy * were taken in the firm. Their success le due not only to great business tact, in- ajj dustry aiul enterprise, but also to tlic; ai confidence, afFection and constant uni j ty between the brothers. It is said in a:? sketch of then; in one of the New York! journals, that if the question was ever j 111 asked who was the liead of the house, 0f who was the Harper, and who were thej Brothers, the answer was "Either one is!' = Harper, and all the rest are the broth-jw ers.'' The business of the firm lias li< gradually fallen into the hands of| ri, the next generation, the five sons of the, / original members of the firm. Fletcher! Harper.'ia now the solo survivor of the original set. ' of % 'Iio Press axttI Banner W. A. LKK, Editok. - * Wednesday, May 5, 1875. j Ui:t;ri..\T!oys >!: titi; }V-r-Oi'FKRi. ' Ai:i:!:vii,!.!> Jin- < i> upon lorj' c gcllcntl ?lrii very of h ltt-is ;in<! P'xt.mc >t:i m i from 7A.?*!, t <? "> : -M- 1 M.i;ii-y OrJi-rs furnifluMl from A. . to i'. yr. liivt'iivillo asu\ Coluinlfiu Uuilrouri nil doses .It 7:;;o . I VVa-!i.;;)!;iu!i, (-'a., .Mail ri"-i - on wen- . \:.y at A. M. Klberl, tia., Mail, via 1 Icardmnnt. uses <>:i Thursday al ?i;."o A. 31. ' Antreville Mail, via Temple of'i ealth, o'osesoji Thursday at A. M. Klberl, (-a., Mail, via Lo\vndi svilie,' :>ses oa Friday at ?:oc A. M. 11. \V. 1.AWVOX. T. M. ; * The Great Libel C;is9. .-v ? ^ / 1 Tlie'i rosccuDou of F. \Y. Dawson, litorof the .C/iurkslon 2\'cw* and Co it-1 (,/ for alleged libel of .Sheriff JJowen,:' liifrli occupied more than a week be- : ic Judge Reed, and was a matter of,1 >sorbing interest not only to the peo-'i Oof theeitv, but of the whole Slate,! as finally brought to a e!<>?e by disa-11 cement t>f the jury; eleven being in 1 vor of acquittal, and one of eon vie- ,1 jii. This is regaidcd as equivalent to 1 verdict of acquittal, ami it is >upposcd I lat no further action will be taken up 1 the remaining seven indictments, j J liich charge (lie same o lie lice. w e mgratulate our friends upon the re- I ill, ami are sure that they will receive| i ie commendations of the press of the;' ate for their manly ami fearless as-! i lilts upon corruption in high place.?. j< The case is especially interesting as I mlicatiiig the liberty of the press, ami : ie speeches of Messrs. Porter, l.rawlcyj' ul Connor, the able counsel for the'; j .fence, give a remarkably clear expo-/ lion of those provisions which eonsli-(; to its constitutional safeguards. For i long time the Knglish judges claimed j I ie right to determine what constituted ' libel, leaving it to the jury to pass lip-,; i tlie fact of publication, only, but in i ie long struggle which ensued, the (i iends of liberty triumphed over pre-, i >gativc, and by Act of Parliament the iries were made the judges of law and ' et. These provisions have been re-J jacted in the various states of this) >untry, and are clearly stated in ourj n constitution. That constitution!' so contained two other important pro-ji ibions. One is that "in prosecutionsi ir the publications of papers investi- j iting the otlieial conduct of ollicers or i ( icu in public capacity, or when thc|' latter published is proper for pubj.;v.< lformation, the truth thereof nifty |J0j iven in evi-lcUCQ; and the oilier is, nil all persons may freely speak, j iito and publish their sentiments on try subject, being responsible fur the' i>usc of that right, ami no laws shall e enacted to restrain or abridge the. berty of speech or of the Tress." Art.j , sections 7 and S. Under these provisions the Defencej isistcd upon the following propositions:; First. If the alleged matter was true,, ud was proper for public information, I lid was published i'or justifiable ends,; leu defendant must be acipiitteil. ,S<c(jn<f. As malice is the essential igredient of a libel, and as the publiition of anv matter is not a crime un . . . .. . . i . ss UK' iiueiu uc criminal, prom ui:n ii- defendant believed and had reason-j jle ground to believe it was true, robins ic presumption of malice, and justifies)1 iiii.^einaiiu.s a verdict of acquittal. These views were sustained by the' ourt, and it was held, that ii was not; eccssary to prove the truth of the charge | U as malice was an essential ingredi-' it in the crime of libel, yet if ii could; ? shown that there were reasonable; rounds for making the charge, and tat the object in view was a justifiable: :?e, there must be a verdict of acquit-1 il. There would seem to be very little i "isoa for doubt in the mind of a dis-j isiionate person as to either point. In T L ?' *1. - I .... 11. ..f * lw? ftllil I'/r/i ( ' IpiW'l UI IUU II UlU U* U4V VUiUjjV, n.uv ( as tlic testimony of Grimes, the at-j unplicv, who test!tied (hat BoWCii had Teed him, by threats, to shoot Major j rhite, against whom the former ehcr-: lied a bitter hatred, whilst there exis-j d no motive on the part of Grimes to >mmitsuch a deed; and in conJirma-j on of this testimony, the repeated collisions of Grimes, and other cireiuu-i' anccs were adduced. With regard to the absence of nil per-. >nal animosity 011 the part of the demlant, Mr. l'orlcr makes a clear and | mvincing plea, at the same time that e pays an eloquent and well-merited ibute to the noble efibrts and valuable, 'i vices rendered by the leading State turnal in the cause of honesty aiul: :;od government. We believe that the! opular verdict will eudcrae his deelaition that it is especially owing to the Torts of the Metropolitan press that the j late has been rescued in a measure oin 'he public plunderer. "Honor to bom honor js due." Tlic O'entemiiul Exhibition. The Oiittimial Exhibition wiiieh i> ojicii at j'JiiiaUeiptiiaon tin; , >7-1, and close on the Htlli >*ovemik.r "f ic same year, is designed to commcni-j lorate the one hundredth anniversary j ' American Independence, and to finish a grand exposition of the industry j id resources of all nations. European id oriental nations will he alike rep-i sen'.ed, a. ml the exhibition will finish a brilliant display of the industrial ogress, and auvanccd civilization of ' ic Mast and the West. It promises toj stance all former Expositions of like j 1...11. 11... nl extent of the articles upon oxhi-j tion, u> wi ll a.- in the size and magni-;' .H;liOe of the hiiiidiiljrs which will he , ceted for their reception. i Asa matter of course America will tve the most prominent place in the <> ? >, ;ii i ciurc, aim inu win. uuihh-i( ss do justice to her itiiiuoii.se resources rrlcultural, mineral ami mechanical, I id give .some idea of her growing', catncsx, and rapid developenicnt. lie exhibition is to take jilace in Fair- i out Park, Philadelphia, and the extent! the proposed buildings may be im-jj ;iued from the statement that they J, ill cover fortj ucrcs ot ground. Mil- j ( ?ns of dollars have been and will be ised to ensure the success of the en-i rprise* which appeals to tlie aid audi] uipathy of the people of all sections, I the country. I< "TtSfe. The r.lGcklcnburg Centennial, The proposed celebration at Charlotte, ( j s". C. on the 20th May, of the Cen-'t| ennial of the Mecklenburg Declaration j tj >f Independence, lias excited somedis- a sussion as to the validity of the claim of ^ b?tcounty, to have taken the iultiatlvoi j, JV more than ft year of the other eolo- v lies in. throwing off the British yoke, j f, The claim made is that at a county meet-: j, !i?; held iu Charlotte 011 the 2ulh May, a 177"), live resolutions were adopted dis-j4l i'.lvinu their connection with the moth-o r foiintry. and making use of various 1; vn;:u l:able expressions "which were af- L .erwjirds embodied in the Declaration v i77'?. anil .tliat tlic.sc resolutions were v Lransnlitied to Congress the same month. One of the strongest opponents of the ( genuineness of these rtsohitions was'c Mr. Jefler-on, wlio insisted upon iliey fact they were forgot Ion for half a ccn-it tury until disinterred, and published in :i Hie ItaleU/h Iieyhtir of 1SJ!?. (>n the i contrary*, the genuineness of these reso-'j lutions has been defended by - Dri ll Ilawks, and Mr. Jones, historians of i North Carolina, and was sustained by|i several witnesses still living in IS.'! 1,1(1 , , i , when a formal publication 01 uic tiocu-ji incut was made by 8tateauthority. Mr. f i iVlcr Force, an annalist endeavors toj i reconcile Hie points ol controversy, by;v l>riisjjiMir to li.^ht, resolutions adopted ti l?y u?eommit;ce of Mecklenburg coun-jj y^on the of May, 177-3, and pub-ii i-ii?'d in the X<w York Journal, of June ^ntli, 177o. These resolutions fall ar short of the resolutions of May the a .'nth, and fail to assert, that which a onus the vital principle of the others? a ndependence of the mother country. 'I Flic Xciv York Herald publishes an i nterc.-ting letter from Charlotte, which j t spouse^ the cause of the genuineness of c he tirst resolutions, ami cius various!a irgumcnts fi; support 01 1 is position. 11 l'lie J/'/ <(/</ promises to exhaust the In uhjeel by a f:dl discussion on the partji if those \vi: i represent the opposite < 'iiiesof the ijiK'Stioii. Whatever lie the'v result, it maturs but little so far as the; I furthcoming celebration is concerned, i tt'hieh will accomplish all that it isde-j signed to ellect, whether the celebration be on eilhcr?dav or to commcmo-!, * . I rate the adoption of either set of rcso-j j Unions. < ?<3>? : t Cabinet Changes-Retirement of Wil-j ( liams and Delano. n The retirement of Attorney-Generalit Williams ami probable resignation of! [he .Secretary of the Interior, (.'oluiijoiis'i Delano, according to the v^w of the ] It-, raid has been force;! Upon 1'route nt ( ljfant by the iuiiuni which attac hes t?>' t his Utlministration, and who seek'* ( ?! make a new departure in jsegaining, public favor by the dismissal of two of i his more unpopular cabinet ollicers. '( Williams lias made himself especially: I odious by his connection with the I.uis- j iana controversy, and by liis profuse!' and corrupt expenditure of money in < the Southern Slates under the pretense i of carrying out the enforcement laws.?|! Delano has been the subject of various:i charges of corruption in connection. I with Indian rings, pension frauds, audi land-grant troubles, and his position in! the cabinet is especially damaging to the success of the party in Ohio from 11 which State the Secretary hails. Kve-j' SM ! ; rytliing depends upon carrying wnm for the Republican party tliis fall, and'; with such men its Williams and Delano!j ill the cabinet defeat is a foregone eon-Ji L'hision. Hencc, these favoritics lire J! thrown over like so many Jonahs to!' appease the storm and save the ship, j I It remains to be seen whether thePrcsi-! i dent will gain anything from an act! which lie has done under compulsion,! and who refrains from doing wrong | merely for fear of the storm which he'( lias evoked. I <w | Caiunkt Changes.?'The llcrald i' comments severely upon the unskillful and unfortunate selections of Cabinet j, olliccrs which have been made by Pros-1 ident Grant duri-ng his two terms of ( olllcc. Among those who have already I not Iitci IIltL-1 llf ^ ^rUIIU WUl tuv i;vwn.imj V. I^iiuv, | lii^ il r.-st, second and third Secretaries of j the Treasury; Ids first Secretary of the |( Navy; his first ana second Secretary of. War; Ids first Secretary of ii'< Interior;j his first, second and third Attorney!. Uencral, and his first Postmaster (ien-l L-ral. In most of these numerous chau-j i^es the country has felt no regret at the j resignation of the retiring officers and no satisfaction with the appointment of!' their successors. The most respectable j j and creditable of these appointments ' have been tlm-c of the lir?t Secretary of 1 State Mr. Washburn, and his successor:' Mr. Fish, and Secretary of the Treasury,! jinsiowiiim l usiiiiiisiui viuuuiiii Many ?f the others have been worse! . tlmn incompetent. jl Tin-; 11 aii.koai) War, which com-!i menced two months ay/), between the < l'i nnsylvania and Haiti more and Oiiio 'i Kaiiway Companies, is still urged with pertinacity and with no prospect of a j sjit-rily termination. Thecfleet has been ; i to cause a general reduction of rates': both Xorth and South, and people this ? Summer will likely, have the opnor(u-i i nity of doing a good deal ??f riding for very little money. It is an "ill wind that blows nobody any good," and | the public nniy rejoice whilst slock-! j holders Kidl-i'. The old la re from New York to News Orleans was iif'iy dollars; the present!1 price of tickets is thirty-live dollars, with indications in favor of a further; | fall to twenty-live dollai\:. The light i, lor t lie pas.-enger business bet ween < in- i' cinnati and St. Louis resulted in lover- ' i11ir the fare from one of these cities to tiiu other from ten dollars to one dollar, i Tlio fare before the war was twentythree dollars. Freights arc also being j] roptdly lowered by the competing lines,', und Western merchants are taking ail- . vantage of this movement to make larjre J -hipments of goods. The Baltimore; ^ >it?.I t ilti/i # Vivnii'i i?v lm< fi Inrtri. pi.ci.rvi< fund, which the President is willing to j use to maintain the struggle, and its' rival is also well supplied with the sin-,1 i'\vs of war. j 1 ? j Skxatoh Mohto.v is reported to have c said that New Orleans is a "dead citv,"J having been supplanted by more for- ? tunate rivals, but the Jlcrahl thinks it ( rash to make such a statement with re- , i^ard to a city which exports $000,0(10,000 [if produce and handles one-third of the . cotton crop. j1 Pkofkssok John IiE C'oxtk, former-1 lyoflhe .South Carolina College, has,1' been elected Picsident of the University jf California. I lr -?* i * c* * ^ *V ' - V " -I' . . ? Turf Crop Prospects.?1The Mcr,iluH Appeal, from a survey of the agicultural field, lakes a hopeful view of lie crop prospects, from the general isposition manifested to reduce the lea of cotton planted and to increase liat ol'corn, The country Is awaken-] atftotho evils of that suicidal policy j ,'liich pays out the whole cotton crop >r bread and meat?which puts the lanteratthe mercy of tho speculator] nd leads him to sacrifice his crop by I idling early at low prices, giving to I thers the hard earned irults of his! ibor. Home production is the only, asisof independence, and the sooner i-o learn to be self-sustaining the heller l ill it be for the South. Tin: Cotton* Chop ok '7-l-o.?The '/ironiclc and AciUiiul vindicates the orrcrlnoss of its own estimates as well ,6 those of the Agricultural JJurcau, as o the extent of the last cotton crop, igainst/the false statements of those omuidrcial bears, who sought to tic>rt^S-the market by extravagant cstibates of the last crop. From present Indications it seems that the crop will lot exceed 3,SOO,liii!i bales against 4,170,lOObah'Sof tlie preceding year. Aceorlinj; to a Liverpool letter, the false eslinatcs of certain shamefully edited comnercial journals in New York and elsewhere, have caused a loss of millions of lollars to the cotton planter. The true loliev of the nlanter is to lint himself ii a condition to hold his cotton. Tin: Xkw Kami-shirk ICi.ixtio.v, it ppears, will prove anything else than , Republican victory as first rcporletl, ml as a j)roper subjeetof parly crowing, riie Democrats {rained a Congressman 11 I lie contest, but it was supposed that he Kepublicans would elect their Govrnor on the assumption that they had majority in the Legislature, there havng been no popular choice. It turns nit that the Democrats will haven clear najority of three or four and will hence lect a Democratic Governor. This s ill be quite a disappointment to the lepublicans who have been indulging n some* premature crowing. An aged missionary of New York, lamed Chirk, who was detailed by the episcopal Board of Home Missions to Inly in the thinly populated mountaiuius district of Green County, died.? Outwardly lie appeared very poor, and lad but a small salary. After his death tnd old trunk in his room was found, oiilaiiiing over $100,000 in I'nUcd V.atcs bonds and a bank book for $10,100. His heirs, it'any, cannot be found, tie was one of the few missionaries who I is regard I'd t lit* sen j nil re injunction uoi o lay up treasures upon earth. A Tkhimkm-: Toijxado passed over (he (i\ver section of the Savannah side* (it lie County on .Saturday afternoon last, (lowing down and unroofing houses, felling trees, levelling fences and doing i*ery great injury to properly. The roof >f the Cherry Ilill mansion was blown and many houses in the section helow were pro.-traled. The damage dom in Georgia is said to be much greatei than in Carolina. - - *. ?cr*? ? Tin: JJckchu: Tkial.?The defence have rested in their testimony, having concluded not to examine Mrs. Tiltmi, There lias been of late nothing in tlu testimony to change opinions previously held. lJeccher's testimony seems t<, imonnt to very little in the face of hi^ inconsistent courscthroughout. Itowen lias II.,'. been examined, and probably will not l>e. lie says that there has been some awftd lying in the case, but l/i t'ii nn tflilcli eiili* if * < A New York letter writer contrast! i'no respective pay of editorsand preachL*ia in that city, and states that whil-t Ihe salaries of the former range from to f "),C00, thof-e of the latter go nj from 5yJ,ono to $ln,00(). This presents :i contrast with the days of John the I'apList, and I'aul the Apostle. Divinity pays better than any other profession except law and civil engineering. Thk Dev. William Watkins Hicks, iveil known to many of our citizens, b now canvassing the First Cougressionil District of Florida, in behalf of the Radical ticket. His last appearance :u Radical stump-speaker is a new illustraion of his versatile talents, and of hi? ibility "to become all things to all men." A terrible storm passed over Columbia Saturday last, blowing down the .' teepie of the Presbyterian Church, unroofing the olliees of the Ci. & C. lv. It., ind uprooting trees, and doing inuoli :lamage to property generally. Wi: li:ul the pleasure of a call la>t week from Mr. E. M. Taylor, the canvassing agent of that sterling journal the Greenville Nciv*. Mr. T. is a courteous gentleman, and an active busines? man, and makesagood impression. "We jommend him and tlie-AVtt'.? to the patronage of our friends. Eaki.y 1'otatoi:s.?"We are indebted :o the Misses Cater for a choice mess ol fri<li iiiitnJuf.u (lu> linnet mill Inrmv^. Mini indeed the earliest that we have seen.? rheygivc evidence of skillful gardening, and are hard to beat. Tin: Press Convention meets in I'harlcston on to-nioirow. It will likely prove a pleasant festive gathering.? Its most sanguine members, we believe, lo not anticipate any practical business results. Tm: Southern Baptist Convention, a largo and influential body, numbering >everal hundred delegates, and representing all tin* Southern Slates meets u Charleston on to-morrow. Pic-Xiis.?On Friday the young peode of the town joined in with the pu>ils of the Female Academy, in a 1'ie S'ie at Jordan's ('reek. The weather vas line and the day passed oll'pleasuitly. Carl Schurz received a complimontiry dinner in New York last week, buore lii.s departure for Europe. Mr. avails presided, ami tlio guest ol me veiling made a brilliant .speech. Tin-; Itcv. It. X. Pratt left for Charleson on yesterday to attend Hie Baptist /onvenlion. JJe will be absent on Hunlay next. Mr. and Mrs. llarry Pinekney, of .'harles(ot), are happy over the birth of heir lirst-born?a boy. The pic nickers took refuge from the ain in John Pass' shop. On Saturday there were pic lilcs at jong Cane, and at Brooks' Mill. " ~ -V Antreville Dots. ~ % Mr. T. J. Ilill objects to the post rhaa- j> ter liuiiting rabbits on his ground. . ['i Mr. Andrew Hall and Miss Martha T Duncan were married last week. ' tj Wonders never cease. Mac., of Rocky f, Mingo, has given out marrying, and has gone to hard work. The boj's about Antreville would be _ better employed if they were sent to Sunday School, and brought up in the way ill which they should go. J hinting li/.zard.s on Sunday lias not a very refill- ' ing influence on little boys. Mothers, make a note of this. I1 a The teacher at the Centre of Gravity t< i has been the proud recipient of a ginger t jeake from the hands of a beautiful ? j young iady. Jlr. I51aek has rendered cfllcient and ' acceptable services to the juveniles by (delivering a large number of .April j damphools. | Sam I'ildkx, the present Governor of | New York and prospective candidate ! for tlie Presidency in 1S7G, is thus des I cribed by (Jcorgc Alfred Townscnd : J i Sain. Tildcn, an old man of sixty-six, "f( ja bachelor, and of very small stature and perfectly beardless, is probably at jthis moment (be most attractive man in , the nation, lie weighs about one lituiIdiedand thirty pounds. JI is purse is! , I two or three millions long. He loves a i i bottle of brandy, but only the best, and j. i ij he can not find good society to drink | jit all alone. He is, of very fair country i j extraction. That preservative somei thing about a bachelor, prestunablv his < i- - i :..- I..>..1^1. : inexperience, ikis kvjh mm ?i-i> Sometimes lie looks like one of Barnum's (1 war Is ? Commodore Nutt or !Cienr Thumb?with his straight, dark ( hair (a wig) and his oldish face. The jcauses of his power are a lion heart and i the ablest political ami civil talents, I such as Jackson had attacking the Unitled States Bank, or Van liuren attacking i the Southern caucus. j JI is succcssful war upon the canal I ring of New York is giving him a national reputation. ^ ?<?> 1 i firirCAi'TAi.v Kaixs has taken the lirst practical step in tlic enterprise of \ deepening the channel al the mouth of) the -Mississippi, by letting the contract I for a large amount of work in the construction of the proposed jetties toC'oloI nci James Andrews, of Alleghany City, IJ'a. Col. Andrews is to put in UO.OOfl | ! yards of iho work before he receives any j | pay. The first payment Captain Ead* j is to rcceive is to lie when twenty feet of I water shall have been secured, overytimel two additional feet, up to thirty feet, is J secured he is to receive $o0(),000 more. I One condition of Colonel Andrews' con! tract is, tlist he is to do a* much as is nec!c*sary to insure twenty-six feet of water ; land cons!met the amount of work specified for Thofi'overnmetit is i..;.. v.wla 4."> ""o 000 fnr Mio i l<? jjilj v m- 'v1 -- j work cm Iiis securing thirty feet "f \va- j tear. A company, called the South ! l'ass Jetty Company, has been formed jto supply the necessary advances of I money lor carrying out the jetty project, i as soon as S.'Mt.OOO stock is subscribed ! operations will begin. ! A Good Move.?We see it stated that -ia numberof I! rangersin A*bbovillt>,Lau reus and Anderson counties, are eon-jl ] templatinjr the erection of a cotton factory at Jirwin's Mills, on the Saludai liiver. This seems to us to be the most j sensible move yet made by any of the I i Grangers in litis Slate. It is a begin-1( ningof an opening up of- pro/perily, asj well jis an t?|ii-j1111in ? nt-v. ! euue for tin- inllux of emigrants into llw j -State Tin- water pcnver in the upper pur-1 j lion of the State is inexhaustible, and; j un>uspa.ssed anywhere, while labor is j 'eompaiatively cheap, with a mild and salubrious climate. NVoareylid to note! this move on the part of the Grangers, and hope it may become one of the prin-| cipal features of the orgauixutiou audi ' continue l<> spread until the hum of the busy spindle is heard upon every stream, in the country.?J'ic/;eii8Xcnlincl. . J ? ? ? ?* Si,ocKiiot4)i:r.s' Mi:KTixa.?'The an-j 1 nual meeting of the stock holders of the; : (Jreenville and Calumbia Kail road was j held on the lll'th in good Templar's 1 lull. < , tieneral M. \V. CI ray was called to the! : Chair, and .Messrs C. H. Mansion and ! ' - .1 'V. Carrington, appointed hceretane.s. j .'Tliu ('tiiniiiitloi' on stock rcpresention !( reported a majority of the .stock us rep1 resented. The report of the President and Directors, also the report of the ^General Supeiintendant were read, received and adopted, atid referred to the direction for action, TJie usual rcsolu':tion of courtesy, &c., were adopted. ! The old Board of Directors were unuui-j inously re-eiocted.?1'hwnix. Ex-Senator and ex-Assistant SecrctaJry of the treasury Sawyer, was, just afjterthe war, Internal Revenue Col lee? >. i; tor at Charleston. On leaving the ollice,'' ho ivm indebted to the Government 'some $20,000* Repeated invitations toj : .settle liis deficiency have been unheeded 4 j by Mrs Sawyer: Suit will not be brought j against his bond to com pel restitution. ; Mr. Sawyer, it will bu remembered, be-! IJ longs to tlio band of Christian status* j men, and'tigured very prominently in j the San Juan business. The five members of the Louisiana , legislature who wore ejected from their seats by (Jen. deTrobriand, acting tin1 der (ion. Sheridan's orders, on the 4th | of January last, have began suits against J those two ollicers for ?100,000 damages, and the cases will bo tried in the United [ , States circuit court, Judge Woods presi-l '.lii.tf .it tiii? uiii-iiiiT' term, in New Or-1 ' ""'o' i a ? leans, beginning011 the fourth Monday j in April. 'j Saij-: Day.?Monday was Sale-day, 11 but there was a small attendance, and! j no ottieial sales. The farmers generally I j were more profitably employed at home, I 'ihan they could have been here. I j Tirn colored people of the town fol! iriwofl Hie example? of the whites in | j having a i?ic nicdn Mny-IViy. j Tin: ladies of the Methodist Church! j wiil have Ice Cream the last of the j juioiith. 11 . j j\I;is<:.nic Directory. ' , Giintsn Loflp 1.3. A. F. I. j; jW. II. l'AUKKK. W.\ M.\ j' :.J. (J. WOS.MAXSKV, Secretary. j-' j Meets 3d Monday in every month. ' .Hsspsriaii Cliapter No. 17. R. A.l| IJ. P. C. DcPRK, M.\ 10.*. II.'. 1'.-. iJ. 1). (.'HALMKKS, Recorder. 'Meets J5il Friday night in every month. DsSanssnre CoiiBcil No. 16.R.&S. ffi.J; i.i. t. iior.i.KT.sox, t.\ hi.-, m.-. j1 ;,IXO, (1. lCDWAUDS, Recorder. .'Meets l.-t Tucsdav night in every month. [ May l?7.3-ly. | . Past-Due School Claims. i | j ALL parties holding past-due 1 school- claims for the years ! i ota 'ti ?7?> *7^ on,j w 111 nn^pnt t I1 V, II, I - , I... ...... ... J-- I I the same to the umJersigned for Keg-j istration, on or before the 10th clay j i of Mar. 1S75. I j i 1 J. F. C. DnPRE, C. S. Conrr. j I April 28, 1875,3 2t I gw.0 *fARE'^LT|g^; lid other, aisynonths old-~a,JWy^tf6nt jo Marshal] fctill-about two weeks' ago. .uy inrormatlonof'tbettiwinbethaiikllly received by '/.. JAS. EVANS. May 5,1874, 4-tf ' ICE! ICE! ICE!" rllE COLUMBIA ICE HOUSE is now open for the season, and prearcd to sell NATURAL LAKE ICE i from 1 to H cts per pound, according ) quantity. This Ice is far preferable i) any manufactured or prepared byIhemical process. JOIIX 1). HATEMAN, Agt., Columbia, S. C. May 5, 1S7-5, -1-41 0 ROAD OVERSEERS, A LL ROAD OVERSEERS in this County will report to the underlined, vorbally,px by letter, on or bejro the 15tli of May next. Their reports must embrace the eonitiou of tiie roads under their super-; ision and the number of hands under heir ontrol. All parties failing to so eport will be dealt with as the law proidea. H.nhf JrnifiS. liib W V W V V V w iv y Clerk n. C. C. April 20,1875, 3-tf Kerosene! TTUST received TWENTY BAIIjj? HKLS, No 1 KKUOSKXE, which will sell low for Cash. GEO. 1). CONNOR, 5.1 Jackson .St., near IU-ll Tower, " AUGUSTA, GA. April l!8, lS7o, 3-lt CUNNINGHAM k TEMPLETGN Have on hand -AI.MOX, OYSTEKS, TOMATOES, I'RAXUEKRTES, l'EA CUES, PINK APPLE, C. C. PICKLE, SA It DINKS, SEAKOAM, EXT. LEMON, "".I nvs?riMTKH CIH'OAXL'T A splendid nrliclc of TEA, (Green and Black) AT Cunningham & Temple ton's. Cunningham & Teniplcton AUK SKLLIXCi AT O O ^ "3? a Ik*itiliful ."took of Swiss Efictng, Ins8rtifl? ani Peine CAI I, AXI) KXAM1XI-:. April 2S, ls7->, :>-tf Mew Advertisements, FSEE! FREE!1 FREE!!! Tl-iJj; PIONEER. A handsome illustrated newspaper containing information for everybody Tells how and where to secure u home cheat). Hunt free to all purls of tlic world. It contains the New Homestead an< Timber Laws, with other interesting matter found only in tlsis paper. . Send for it at Once! It will only cost you a Postal Card New number for April just out. Ad dress O. F. DAVIfj, Land Commissioner U. i'. it. K., Pnialta, .M-it. r 3 (T ft A pur 'lay at home. Term? 4)1/^3^11 free. Address, Ci KO ST INS UN & CO., Portland, Me. (T?7<7^ WEEK guaranteed to Mali -lis i n.nfl Female Agents, in tlieii locality. Costs NOTHING (? try it Particular?Free. P. O. VICK10KV i!i COm Angutsa, Me. 6tF?feUI(^!?xS tion ot advertisements lor American Newspapers?tlie most complete establishment of the kind in the world, Six thousand newspapers are kept regularly on lilt?, open to inspection i>y eus to mors. Every advertisement is taken at the home price of the paper, without uny additional charge or commission, An advertiser in dealing with the agency, is saved trouble and correspondence, making one contract instead of a dozen, a hundred or a thousand. A Book, containing large lists of papers, circulations with some information about prices, is sent to any address for 2-3 cents. Persons wte!!i"fr to make contracts for advertising any io\V!?; city, county, State or Territory .?!" the Iniicu .K'ates, >r any portion of the Dominion of I auula, may send a concise statement 01 what they want, together with a copy if tlie advertisement, and receive information which will enable them to leeide whether to increase or reduce lie order. For such information there s no charge. Orders are taken for a ncu'nll-m fin- .1 list: for 11 lingle dollar as readily as for a larger Tiaic.s lluildlng.) 41 Part Row J;Y. Terms of Advertising are odered for Newspapers in the Slate of SOUTH CAROLINA! <end for a list of papers and schedule 'ates. Address il-:o. P. ROWKU, it CO., Adverlisnix Agents, No. II Park RmvrN. V. itefer to Editor of this paper. FAMES. A. lUClIAHDSOiY, TRIAL JUSTICE, 3DGEFIELD COURT HOUSE. PROMPT attention given to all busisiness intrusted to my cure, Coleetion of claims a speciality. April 14th. 1875?Uin* Milc3' Gaiters, A LL .sizes, just made to ortlor and for /-&. sale, at tlio KMl'OIUI'M OF *AlSI1I< )N8. [April 2S, 1S75. PA 11 LOU BRACKETS-new and handsome style*, just to hand. j J. D. CHALMERS & CO. I teW SERIAL STORY! S&oln^Its Avenger: . ' OR UK, Tk?'.MLyster^us Murder. By HARRISON .ATNSWORTH, Author of "Tower Hill," -"Baffled at Last," "A Tale of Mystery," &c. ' ,<l T" : * 'i rfpHE publication of the above Thril Jing Koraance will commence in the * * Abbeville Press and Banner May 19th, 1875. . * ^ Send in your subscriptions before that time! r This is one of the most readable s??ri.als ever printed in this country. -The plot is of great strength, and, while jt baffles the reader to the end, is not t6o sensational to be devoid of truth. It is written in the author's best style, and abounds in incidents which, by the excellent characterizations, are broughl with special force to the hearts of all, The joys and trials of everyday life, tht mad rush for wealth which stops nol I * OUII ill WlilllV, UliU tliU IIU1V !?/ V V which outweighs every worldly consid oration are pictured with a masterly hand. ALL SHOULD READ IT April -!), ISTo, 3-4t The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In Probate Court. Final Discharge. WTOTK;E is hereby given that Tlio* 1 >| It. Puekett, Jr., Executor of th ITT ~ i- r it At .1?l,? I (II IV. HI. Ultlll ll, UVl^UIVU, 11C> applied to Thos. B. Millford, Judge o Probate, in and for the (.'ouuty of Ab bevilie, for a final discharge as Execu tor. IT 18 ORDERED, That the 24tl day of May, A. D. 187o, be fixed fo hearing of Petition, and a final sett It inent of said Estate. J. C. WOSMAXSKY, I Clerk Court of Probate, Abbeville Co. Ollice of Probate Judge, April 21, 1875, 3-4t* The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Iu Probate Court. Final Discharge. ICE is hereby given that Thoi I it. i'UUKUlL, jr., ?\uiiuiiioki? j the Estate of TUos. U. i'uekett, .Senioi doeesist'd, has applied to Tlios. 11. Mil ford, Judge of IVobale, in and for tli County of Abbeville, for a final <IL charge a* Administrator. j IT IS OIlDKliHD, That (he21th da of May, A. I>. 1875, be fixed lV>r liearin iof Petition, and a final settlement ( said Estate. J. C. WOSMAN.SKV, Clerk C.ourt Probaie, A C. OlTiee of Probate .Judge, 1 ! April 21, lH7->, :Mt* > j'Tfo Siais of Sail Mini County of Abbeville. In Probate Court. Notice of Settlement. ! TjTft V or,h-'r Court of Probate fi Abbeville County, H?'i*e is her by given that a final settk'intut U' tt estate of Nancy Pnrslvy, dee'U, will I .i nnuleoti thel-itli day of Ah^y, 1.S7-3. j All persons holding claims again said estate are hereby required to fi .[and prove Hit same in the Pro bate Cou | for Abbeville County on the day :vbo.i said, or be barred. J. V. WOSMANSKY, j Clerk Court l'robatc A. C. OIHct of Probate Judge, ) Abbeville C. II., S. C., > April l:ltli, !$" >, 1 --11"-* J KTSW GARDEN NURSERIES J LINDLEY & SON, Prop's. [i NEAR GREENSBORO, N, 0. m/TTESSRS. ,S. II. & w. O. KAMI ilYjl TON, Agents for said Xu'ger !are now here, canvassing Greenville A' deixon, Abbeville, Laurens and Nev Iherry Counties, prepared to furnish c ory variety of proved, selected Fru (Trees, Vines and Plants, specially adaj -' ted to this section. 2s'o stock is oirerc ?. that is not vigorous and healthy, an , i thoroughly tested and proved to stjrcet | well in our soil and climate. We hji\ j a complete variety of EVERGREEN! ' embracing such varieties as are desirab land adapted to this section. | The Senior Proprietor has now bee : I upward of forty years engaged in co | lecting. provingand selecting fruits, an jit is our determination to eoncentra! every variety of superior fruits, of til i hardy class, in the known world?hoj ing that in a few ye;it\s more wo sha , I have collected and proved suitable t jour climate and soil a collection < ! choice fruit# for every season of tli i year, not surpassed, if equaled, l?y an ; part of the world. There is perhaps n 'country in the world better adapted t . j the cultivation of all the lino fruits tha I the climate and soil of Western $out 1 Caro.iim. j We niake a specialty of early fruit f<. i marketing, and oiler a select variety r early Peaches, as the Early JJea trice J Hi vers, Louise, Richmond, Foster, am extra-early Anisden. The Foster is tei |days eariier than the Early Crawford and a much larger and finer peach, aui ; low been sold in the New York markc 'at $12 per dozen. The Amsden is extn I large aL'd the earliest peach known. I TiiKKS WAliiiAN'i KD TO I.IVK TWKI.VI MONTJIS. Add rcss ,S. if & W. (). HAMPTON, (ireenvilk' S. C, j April 14111, 1.S75?2m. i IP atterns all kinds of garments, tlio Ut test styles just received, at tin i Emporium of Fashion. , March 31, 1871. | FOR SALE, AT A 13 argil in, A Fcatlicr Bed weighing 5C Pounds. Call on J. D. Chalmers & Co. April 7, 1875, oii-tf FEATHERS. 17*011 sale, a lot of good FEATII . J]U.S. Apply to J. I). CHALMERS & CO. Dec. 1, 1S74. 31 ? tf. sown*. 3! -'- - - '. t?WT"mtr. Tj Spring Prints [ i PLftID #OM?SPUNS;,. ? -?*' ' -'V*- just amvc&Laiiifbr salo ' "* * Cheap for Gash., QUARLES k$W!&X > March 18, 1875^^^^^ .' . A LL ^erso~rf8*io%i3cbfcJ to James C. > 'jOL Ra?tft the- time' of. his jileath v ' aro request#! to tta.ko.;pa.ym?wt4o ns,. - ' ; and tho.se hliving detmirnksajainst ( mm to render tliem in property; veri-. ' Bed to us. WILLI A il-^NDE RSG^,\ ; ANDREW ANDERSON, Executors. Abbeville, March 13,1875, 49-6ra i MILLINERY! MILLINERY! MILLINERY! j 1 HAVE now a well selected Stock o * MILLINEHY which I will bo ; pleased to exhibit to my friends, custo- ' L' inura, and the public generally, Jhe styles are entirely new atid^ery pretty, ' and all I ask is to give me a call ^before purchasing elsewnere. Thanking my " customers for past favors, and asking a continuance of the same. 11 I am, very respectfully, ill 1111. i Mat eh 31,1875, 51-tf T ' j i JUST ABRIVED. 1 j FRESH supply of | r, Plan and French ^lainlieg, 2j H One-half Bbl. Tickles, J >juqSiiB, ':Saitii|N8f!,'i Tumbler Jelly, at. A Cunningham & Templeton's* | M i: rli 31, 1S75. i| j NICK LIXE QV j 'fBIeaiM and Brm ? eps, i I Pretty Slylcs Spring Prints, jH , Cunningham & Templeton's, S| Executor's Notice. |1 i'. i a r.r, persons hf%r?{trti*mB?(iK mmfuat j i t A tiic late J{UrijL*? y.arvrw??l ?r? - j j requested to prtfStMH lliejii o inj- nuw^ r-a tvi-v. Mr.. Hurt, and thus# who vci-u i,ii-ikLttd'.! > him to make nuvmeu. to. Uiu)., H I SA It.All A. NUKWJVU. ' Kxc-cutrix. "<i I I'd/. If); r*75-3ni. '* -j waw :i MANTUA-MAKING. MISS LI 1)1 A TAGGAJtT, agisted % hy Mrs. (jeorgr; Shillito, will l'irt) of <his Deimrtment?both ' 'fl 1-, ladies well known to (lie public for their sM ii-|good taste nnd ability. J)rent's made, JH v-! cut and fit on mast reasonable term# and 9 v-1shortest notice. Also latest stylea of % it! Patterns always on band nt N. Y prices- fl | Jas. A. Bowie, fl 'yi Agent Emporium of FaMilon. ? jej April 7, 1875, 52-tf iij Notice, 1 o \ L.L Adininistrotors,;Exceti(org, if\ Tiustees, &cv, ary, l/ereby rc- R Squired lo inuke animal returns on '11 ^'account of the estates which they fl O represent for ?he year 1874," at once. 1 .'Pi.t/? iIa erv IPilI Im <^9 II; X VI/ V4%y uw ? ?? VV ^ bjwith a?-<;or'-lfng fj Thos. B. Millford, ,j: Judge of Probato foi* A. C, 11; April 15th. 2S75, 2-41 {Pi" BATCHLLEY'S 11 iJf i'* ^3 *1 Irapro'-'fU Cueum/slfij \r ft** "/ber wood Pump ia I "Ml ,.<V tucacKuoffi gea ; Jy.. STANDARD of the market, by popular verdict, tho i ?stE| best pump for least money. Ati f's ?j?$tohtion is Invitrd to Batcliley's Je? Improved Bracket, the Droy Check Valve, which c&n lie withdrawn without disturbing the joints, and tho copper chamber : which never cracks, scales or rusts, und '' will last a life time. For sale by dealers ?n.i rim ir;nl<> conorallv. In ordor to bo sure that you get Ulatchley's Tump, be careful and see that it has my trade' mark as nhove. If you do not know where to buy, descriptive circulars, toIgether with the name and address of the agent nearest you, will be promptly furnished by addressing with stamp. | ( HAS. C. BATCHLFY, Man'r, ">06 Commerce St., Philadelphia, I April 14th, 1875?9m. Medical Card. ! DUS. BECKHAM & JOHNSON have associated themselves to-> gether in the practice of their profession, and may be found at their office in T nu-n,)i,j,.illn Tliov rnsnortfullv often their professional services to the "public, ROUT. S. BECKHAM. M. D, ! .J. G. JOHNSON, M. D, ! April 12, lS7o, l-3ui* Fresh Supply MATS ami BONNETS, (new styles) RIRRONS, SCARFS, RUFFS, ?tec., to arrive this week at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. ' i April 2S, ISTo, 3-tf ~