The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 26, 1875, Image 2
r0' The Press and Banner.
W. A. LEE, Editoi:.
Wednesday, May 26, 1875.
REGULATION'S 70R TIIK POST-OFFICK
at AbbkvilijH.?The Office is open for
the general delivery of letters ami sale
of postage stamps irorn r.av .v. j.u. u> .j
Money Orders furnished from 7:30 A.
" M. to 3:20 P. M.
Greenville and Columbia Railroad
jjtL Mail closes .it 7:30 A. M.
Washington, Ga., Mail closes on Wednesday
at 5:30 A. M.
Elbert, Ga, Mail, via Ileardniorit,
fvgL closes on Thursday at 0:30 A. M.
Antreville Mail, via Temple of
ealjth, closes 013 Thursday at 5:30 A. M.
Elbert, Ga., Mail, via Lowiulesville,
^ieloses on Friday at .5:30 A. M.
H. W. LA W.SOX, P. M.
Sherman's Memoirs?Who Planned the
March to the Sea ?
We publish on our outside uu interesting
review from tha yew York Herald
of Gen. Sherman's late work, which is
commended by that journal, as very
attractive in style and matter, and
which must be especially so, to a Southern
reader. The work will go far to
establish the claims of Sherman as a
great commander, though it will likely
do little to relieve his name from the
odium which attaches to his ruthless
sacrifice of private property in his desolating
march through Georgia and the
Carolina?.
Gen. Sherman scarcely ffecdcd this
book to make good his claims as the
greatest of federal soldiers, and in the
estimation of foreign critics, he shares
aLa 1-T nn L/iinn f V) f?
lut; nuuui nmi uw vy? wn.j, 0
\ est of American generals. His lias
been a varied career. At the beginning
of the war suspected of disloyalty, because
he counseled the armed occupation
of Kentucky, then lauded to the
skies for the capture of Atlanta and the
inarch to the sea, afterwards suspected
of treason for the terms of the trace
concluded with Johnston, and now in
bad odor at Washington, his fame as a
, * military commander has boen steadily
"* increasing, and the present work
.will vindicate his claim to the authorship
of the conception of the march to
the sea, which is regarded as one of the
greatest achievements of modern military
history. The friends of Grant
have bceen disposed to claim the merit
of its conception for the President andj
to rob Sherman of tlie honor, but the!
work furnishes a very conclusive answer
to such a claim.
In chronicling his own achievements
Sherman has hail before him the examples
of C;esar, Frederick the Great, |
Napoleon and Scott, though his frank,!
and oftentimes severe expressions of
opinion with regard to his contemporaries,
must excite an acrimonious controversy?thus
he rates very low Hooker's!
?? >,! r^Atiinu?otx'lnc! lilnir niwl i
cuurugc iiuu ?01,1.1..3 I
Logan "political generals"?thinks
Thomas was slow?criticises McClcllan,
and is very severe upon Stanton?and
is guilty of the absurdity of thinking
Jefferson Davis capable of planning
Lincoln's assassination. The work
will certainly not incrca.se the number
of Sherman's friends, though it may
add to his reputation as a soldier and
author.
Tl^e Herald thus sums up Sherman's
claims to the authorship of the famous!
march :
This work decides who planned the j
march to the sea, the capture of .Savannah
and the fall of Richmond. Incontestibly
the honor belongs to Sherman.
When* his mind was revolving around!
the idea, Giant himself was really atj
at a loss to know what to do with Slier-1
man's army, and had some vague notion
that it should raid around Georgia
and liud Hood. Even when Sherman developed
his plan Grant still thought he
' should first destroy llood. Rut finally
Sherman had his own way, and wasj
flPiowed to plunge itu<) uoorgia, umKingj
for Savanuah, and keeping in view the
alternative of Pensacola. The capture
of Savannah was Sherman's idea.?
When his army reached the seacoast
Grant sent him orders to park his artillery
and come with the main body of
hisf troops to Richmond, leaving Savannah
in the hands of the enemy. Evi-i
dently Grant did not even then wish to
risk a blow at Lee until he had every
man he could find. This Sherman opposed,
showing that the true way to attack
Lee was to march along the coast,
and that the capture of Savannah would
be a material blow at the rebellion, only
second in value to the capture of Richmond.
If, as military critics now gen
erauy conceae, mesu i\yo wuictcucuis, i
the march to the sea and the capture of
of Savannah, were the most brilliant
achievements of tiie war, the honor of
conceiving them belongs to Sherman,!
and in awarding him the honor how
can we deny him a large if not the largest
share of the merit of capturing Rich-,
mond? General Sherman in his workj
expressly says that when he swung
away from Atlanta his objective point!
was" Richmond. In advancing this
claim now he presents a unique and
moat interesting question. Who captured
Richmond and forced the surrender
of Lee? Tne honor and the credit
havo generally belouged to Grant, buti
it is easy to see that General Sherman)
feels that he, too largely if not decisive-1
ly aided in that result, and if ho had;
not crushed the resources of the Con fed-[
eracy by the march to sea, Lee might j
have been able to have escaped from!
tyrant and made a long and irritating war;
Jij the Cotton States.
? * <?> ?
Death of General Breckinridge.
This distinguished general and states-j
man died at his home in Lexington,'
Ky., after a painful and lingering ill-'
ness, on the 17th iust, and the whole;
country will mourn the loss of one of its
most eminent and patriotic citizens, j
John C. Breckinridge was born near
Lexington, Kentucky, on the 1'lst of j1
Jauuary, 1821. On the breaking out of
the Mexican war, in 1817. he volunteer-;,
ed and served through that war as a ma-!
jor of a regiment of Kentucky vokm
teers. On his return he was elected to
the State Legislature. In 1751 he wasi
elected tc.Congress, and in 38-3(3 he was 1
chosen Vice-President of the United!
States, under Mr. Buchannan. In 1800!
he was one of the candidates of the.
Democratic party for the Presidency,!1
but was defeated. At the commence-M
ment of the civil war lie was a United
States Senator from Kentucky, but joined
the Confederates as soon as hostilities1 ]
between the North and South com- 1
menced. He served the Confederate j 1
States in the field as major-general, and j t
subsequently in President Davis' caoi
net as Secretary of War. With the collapse
of. the Southern cau.se, General ]
Breckinridge went to England, where 1
he remained until 1S00, when he return-;;
w,
I
cd to the United States, openly avowit
his determination to take no part
politics, a resolution which he faitlift
; ly observed until the day of his death.
The Peace of Europe.
There seems to be but little dou
(that Eurcpn has again been ou tl
j brink of war, from which she has bet
only saved by English and Russian i
?terference between France and l'russi
I Germany for some time past lias be<
j alarmed at the rapidity of French r
,cuperation, and the rapid increase
; her armaments, and is anxious to pr
i cipitiite the issue, which she thin!
: must come sooner or later. .She h
' 1....... Ir,,,,,-, ,,,i I I,,,
, k/v-vw IVH'.U ?.1|/ mv. v.^.v
isive armaments, with the assuran
| that France is only waiting her oppc
! tunity, ami that the moment this is pr
sen ted she will endeavor to wipe o
j the disasters of the past, retake Alsa
I and Lorraine, and throw her hattalioj
: beyond the lihine. With tiiis inevit
! ble spectre in the future, Prussia is di
- a
posed lo take the initiative now, mart
again on Paris and impose new ai
j more onerous'terms. But England ai
Russia have no wish to see France hut
j bled, and desire rather to see in her
formidable rival to the growing gren
1 ness of Prussia. Hence they have mai
common cause in repressing the arr
urant demands of Bismark and tl
German war-party. Afterall, howevt
the contest is only delayed. France
growing daily stronger, and when t!
' proper times comes, she will hesitate 1
longer in making a desperate effort
wipe out the record of her last failure.
?
J The Speakership of the Next Hous
I As the Democrats will have a majo
jityin the next House of Represent
itives, upon them will devolve the dui
| of electing a Speaker, and the clain
of various gentlemen are being active
I canvassed. The most prominent nam
I suggested'for the position, are those
jSamuel J. llaudull, of Pennsylvani
M. ('. Iverr, of Indiana, and Fernand
Wood, and S. S. Cox, of New Yorl
At present the chances are in favor i
Mr. Randall, who, though, not equal i
Kerr, Wood or Cox in ability and cu
ture, is a more adroit politician, and :
present is enjoying a high reputatio
based on his filibustering tactics, e>
hi hi ted during the closing scenes of tli
last Congress.
The position of Speaker is a very in
| port ant atul influential one, and in th
respect is superior to that of Vice-Pre:
ident, though the latter may be esteeinc
I more honorable. The Yice-Presidei
appoints none of the cominitteos of tl;
Senate over which lie presides, avhi 1:
1 the Speaker appoints all the Committer
| of the House, and thus exercises a vei
[great influence in controlling the legi
I lation of the country. The influence (
the Speaker was very apparent in tl:
j financial legislation of the last Sessio
i of Congrtss and in the defeat of varioi
important measures. As we have sai<
Mr. Randall's cleverness and prestifj
give him the best chances for the pos
j tion.
Ou.k C'oukt.?1The session closed ci
Friday morning, when the Juries Gran
i Mini Pitt U
i We publish elsewhere the Prcsen
ment of the Grand Jury, whieh pn
sents u very encouraging view of 01
financial condition, and of the luanngi
uient of our public offices.
In the case again t Eve ridge Caii
charged with assault with intent to kil
the verdict was "not guilty," much t
the public surprise, as it seemed a vt-r
clear case.
The case of Willis Thomas charge
with hog stealing, was continued.
Marion Miller convicted of vagranc
was bailed.
A second case ot assault and batter
against Everidge Cain was continued.
ine luiiuwiujj si'uieuu's wuio ilujju:
ed :
Stale vs. Amos Situtns, Wesley Fos
ter, Toliver Foster, CJeo. Moore, burgh
ry ami grand larceny, ten years at bar
labor in tbe Penitentiary.
Same vs. CharlesHunter, sameoffenc
two years in the Penitentiary.
Same vs. C. H. Harris, stealing man
six months in County jail.
In tbe cases of Wesley Foster, Tolive
Foster, petit larceny, sealed sentence
were rendered.
Also in tbe eases against same partie
hog stealing.
In the Court of General Sessions a
Columbia last week, a bench warran
was issued directed to the Sheriff c
Beaufort, for the arrest of llobt. Smalls
member elect to Congress, indicted fo
preferring a fraudulent claim against th
State to the amound of $2oOU?at wliicl
amount the bail was fixed.
The New York Times asserts tha
f-Jpnnf line y\r*\*(?r nnv ncnico fn
the plan or execution of Sherman's fa
mous "March to the sea," and that h
has repeatedly declared that Shermai
was entitled to the exclusive credit o
it.
? ?
Simm's X Road.?A citizen of thi
place sells ten steps square of barley
just headed out, at $2.50, the buyer t>
cut it. More than $100 per acre, an.
the vender retains titles. How is tha
for high? Better than rye, you nius
confess.?JS"civ Era.
Tiik Bekciikk Case.-The argutnen
for the defence commenced on Wednes
day last, Porter and Evarts appearing
for iieecher, ami in reply JJeach wil
sum up for Tilton. The Judge's charg(
wijl follow, and the case be given to th<
jury at the close of the week' The ter
initiation of the case will be hailed will
joy by an impatient public.
Daniel <J. J>kndy a former residen
i>f Laurens, but now a resident of Green
ville, was lately arrested under some
Did Ku Ivlux charges and held to bail
We are pleased to learn from the J lev alt
that the Grand Jury have thrown oui
the bill.
<.<??
Ooitkt was in session last week in
Laurens, and Judge Moses seems tc
iiave turned over a new leaf, as wt
Hear from the lfcrakl, that lie proposes
.o clear the docket.
Kx-Governor Perry has resumed the
jublication of his interesting historical
eminisceuces in the Greenville Enter
trine and Mountaineer.
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I
ig THE CHARLOTTE CENTENNIAL.
in ?1
il- The long-looked-for Centennial of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
was celeb&ted on Tuesday and
| Wednesday last at Charlotte, with a
spirit which did honor to the Old North
State. The Junior was present and'eoniej
fosses his inability to do justice to the
,n' occasion, to the large and imposing
n_j crowds in attendance, to the brilliant
! nrniv of the military and fire connanies.
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;n j to the gorgeous display of lire-works, to.
e_ j the the eloquence of the various distinQf
guished speakers, and to other attract-]
e-jive features which made the celebration,
|is j one of rare interest. About thirty thou-,
as I sand people it is estimated were in at- j
n.itendance, and a better diessed and bet-!
eu ter behaved assembly we have neverseen.
No effort was spared by the city
e. authorities to give eclat to the occasion,
ut and it is said that $20,000 were expended
ce in carrying out their purposes. The ef[1S
forts of the authorities were nobly seca_
onded by the citizens generally, and
,3. whilst banners and transparencies were
,jj. seen everywhere, every house was ilecorated
with something emblematical of
41. .In, ,a mlmn f'lini..
^ IIH JSC l\f> wiuuwiiai j \* iitii vuui?
lotto earned the title of "the hornet's
a nest."
Lt- At noon Tuesday the celebration be.
gan, the first event being an address by
the Jlon. Win. Johnson mayor of Char?"
lotte, who introdueed the lion. Curtis
)e H. Brogdon, (governor of North C'aro,r
lina, who -poke eloquently for half an
^ hour, extending, at the same time, a
51 hearty welcome to the visitors from the
10 j difi'erent States.
10 On Wednesday a salute of one hun(0
dred guns was fired at noon. The gunI
tier's hand was shot off accidentallv.
the weather was delight fill. There wasuii
immense crowd, estimated at iifty thou-p
sand. The procession moved towards
the Carolina Park at 11 A. M., General
William It. Cox, chief marshal, and
r- the military organizations, under coma
mand of Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, of
tv Riehmand, as follows: Richmond How^
itzers, Raleigh Light Artillery, First
1S Virginia Regiment, Fayetteville Light
ly Infantry, Fayetteville Brass Band, FayL>s
ette Independent Light Infantry, .Rowo{
an Rilles, from Salisbury; the remnant
of the Eleventh Regiment, North Carou<
Una State troops; Charlotte, N. C., Zoulo
aves; Johnson Light Infantry, of Salt,
vannah, Ga; Charlotte Military lnstiLi
tnte Cadets, proceeded by their baud;
Newborn Silver Cornet Band; Newborn
Steam Eire Company; Indcpend1
cut. Hook and .Ladder Company; Rescue,
2se. 1, Raleigh Fire Company;
Rescue Fire Engine, decorated in relief
with portrait of Robert E. Lee; Fire
Company, from Columbia, S. C; Pha>ie
nix Hook an I Ladder Company, from
South Carolina; Wilmington, N. C.,
Cornet Rand; Wilmington Hook and
Ladder Company; Drum Corps, Wilis
ming; Little Giant Steam Engine, Tars'
borough, N. C.; llook and Ladder Com1(j
pany, Stonewall Fire Company Com,
pany, Charlotte; Pioneer Firefcompany,
Rock Hill, S. Ct; Hook and Ladder
10 Company, York, S. C.; Greensboro', N.j
si i.,., ruu ; viuuiouu numc-i
;s Fire Company ; British Sloop Diligence,
17(h), from Wilmington; Salem, X. C.,
* Comet Band; Masonic bodies, lodges,
s* ifcc.; Good Templars and other civic orjf
ganizations; Anson County delegation,
le with banner inscribed, "Allegiance
ceases when protection is withdrawn,"
11 survivors of Company H, Thirty-llfth
ls North Carolina Troops; Cleveland CounJ,
ty delegation, with banner inscribed,
ro "Cleveland?.Shelby?King's Mountain
?October 7th, 17S0;" Patrons of Husbandrv,
headed by Columbus Mills,
,,f ll,? !?..!_
L^iriuu lua.-'iAJi v/i nit" i.'unu uiaii^t, avineigh
Cornet Hand; lialeigh Light Infun
try, :is guard of honor to llio speak1
ers and invited guests; carriages containing
amongst others Gov. Thomas
A. Hendricks, of Indiana; Gov. 1). H.
l_ Chamberlain, of South Carolina; exGov.
Win. A. Graham, of North Carolina;
ex-Gov. Gilbert C. Walker, of
ir Virginia; lion. A. M. Kelly, mayor of
[i-- lUchmond; Gon. Ilobt. Kan.som ; Chief
.Justice r. .J. Giant's, <n oouui (.uromiu; j
! Judge H. N. Davidson, of Tennessee;
' Judge Settle and associates, of the-N.
'? Carolina Supreme Court; Gen. Thomas
o L. Clitigman, Col. John JI. Wheeler.?
v Next came a delegation of Scotchmen
from Cumberland and Robinson Counties,
immortal as the scene of Flora
" McDonald's devoted loyalty, with bagpipes
and banner with the lion ramy
pant in the centre and the Scotch thistle
at each corner. Lastly the citizens generally
in a vast multitude.
-V fiiiii Tnuonli Tv Inli lictnm wlin wnti
appointed to act as marshal, was detained
at home by sickness, and brilliant array
of assistant marshals sustained Gen.
Cox, and enabled him to keep the vast
concourse of people in order. The prot
cession reached the Fair grounds at 12
d M., where the ceremonies were announced
to take place. The streets
through which its course lay were
e crowded with people, and the houses i
i ii.? t J 1._ 1
along iuu rouiu wviv uuuuboiuujy uuu
? profusely decorated. At the Fair
1 grounds a large platform had been
erected for the orators, marshals and in;r
vited guests, tbe front of which wa9 oris
namented with a number of hornet's
nests in commemoration of the historian's
description of the peopie of Meek- 1
lenburg during the Revolution. !
In response to loud calls Gov. Hen- 1
dricks, of Indiana, arose and addressed
,t the assemblage, the toast being the Uni- ,
\ ted States. Ho declared in favor of the
sovereignty of the States, while ac- '
knowledging the paramount authority <
i, of the General Government, and said no ,
r union could exist until this great prin- .
ciple was firmly established and constitutional
limitations of power were respect- '
^ ed. The speaker was frequently interrupted
by prolonged applause, and the
greatest eutnusiasui was man nested during
the continuance of his remarks.
(jiov. Wm. A. Graham, whose father
r was one of the signers of the Mecklenburg
Declaration and a distinguished (
e soldier of the Revolution, conducted the '
ceremony and introduced the speakers,
11 first making an elegant little speech perf
tinent to the occasion. After praying
by Rev. Dr. Miller, of Charlotte, Maj.
tt^aton Gales read the Mecklenburg Declaration
of Independence, prefacing it
with a neat and timely speech, which
brought round after round of applause
0 from the audience. The orators of the
1 day, Hon. John Kerr, on the part of
t|jsorin uarouua, anu non. j. ;u. .origin, j
lou the part of Tennessee, were then in- t
t troduced. Each spoke about one hour, j
eloquently defending the Mecklenburg
Declaration, the Btate of North Carolil
na and the South, and claiming that the
people of tliis 8tate and section were
loyal to the government, and would sop
I remain, provided constitutional guaran1
tees were not violated. A synoposis of
B these able and beautiful etlbrts is not|/
J possible. After the orators concluded!'
' j loud calls were made for Hpndrlcksand j
-Vance. The latter responded briefly it
i ana 111 ins nappy manner. As the Governor
wad concluding the platform gave
way and precipitated the speaker And a
number of the distinguished guests to r
t the ground. Fortunately no one'^was \
. hurt, and Vance finished with the re- t
, mark that he always succeeded in bring- .
' ing down the house.
. f'Plw* i nrv li n i i ti nc Kaayi T"
1 iiv; ?.ii\ ihq wjiuuuuu I
the various organizations and the invi- \
t ded guests were marched to Floral Hall, a
were a lnndsome* collection had been
prepared. About three thousand persons
had their appetites here satisfied, 11
l and, uj>on the conclusion of the banquet 1;
,'a number of telegrams were read by K
Mayor Johnson, of Charlotte, including
! oue from the National Centennial Com- 0
* mittee, expressing congratulations, and t
other from the Convention of the Pro- e
testant Episcopal Church, now in session ^
, at Newbcrn, N. CM of a similar congratulatory
character. n
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson was then
called to the stand, and paid a glowing
j compliment to North Carolina, saying
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that her peopla-were the first rebels in
this country, and they would ever be
found rebellious when their rights were
in fringed. Gov. Brogden followed Gen.
Johnson, after which he assembly dispersed.
In the evening, there was a very general
illumination, and an immense concourse
of people assembled in Independence
Square, corner Trade and Tryon
streets, where a platform had been erected.
After repeated discharges of artillery
and a fine display of fire-works, he
introduced ex-Gov. Hendricks, who said
it gave him pleasure to be present on so
interesting an occasion, but he did not
come to malic a speech ; however he could
not but express the gratification he felt
when on leaving his home he saw in Tennessee,
in Georgia?the Empire State of
the South?and even in South Carolina,
the evidences of returning prosperity.
His heart was touched with gladness to
sec that the recent wounds were rapidly
healing, and he hoped that all would be
blessed with a full measure of renewed
vigor, wealth aud happiness. This centennial
commemorates the greatest
event in American history. On this
spot North Oroliriadeclared herself free
and independent of Great Britain, and
from this beginning sprung the free and
independent union of American States
and all tire glories and blessings that
havebeen showered upon it. You my felTbw
citizens have been spoken to as if the
ni-l n?i rtlua 111n mdmnrii>? <\Tl il f lip filll*ir>S
yi uivijjiw, v..x, ........ ^ 0
of the Mecklenburg declaration were all
your own exclusive property, but these
are common property. Indiana asserts
her title to a share in them, and they
belong of right to every section of the
country Gov. Hendricks said a great
deal in the same strain and spirit. His
speech was well received, and cheer after
cheer rent the air. Gov. Vance being
loudly called for, said that Mecklenburg
was the home of American liberty.
Mere it was born but here shalljit never be
buried. We should be on good terms
with all who sympathize truly with us
in this celebration. The rebels of 1S01
are the good friends of constitutional
liberty as well as the rebels of 1775
Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina,
followed, and was loudly applauded.
Kx-fiov. Walker, of Vireinia. fired up
and made somethingof a political speech;
Hon. H. M. Polk, of Tennessee, ex-Gov.
Vance of North Carolina, and others
also addressed the immense assemblage.
The festival was a success in every sense
of the term.
Presentment of tie Grani Jury.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, i
Abbeville County, jMay
Term, 1S7-5. J
To Ilia Honor Jiuk/c rL\ 11. Cooke:
The Grand Jury make the following
Presentment:
We have visited the various offices of
the County, ami have received from
them reports, which are herewith annexed.
From the report of the Auditor, we
find the total assessed value of property
real and personal, in the County, to be
He renorts that, for the ac
commodation of tax-payers, he will visit
each TovVnshipof tho County during
tin; year for tho purpose of receiving
returns.
The amount of County taxes collected
by the Treasurer is as follows:
Cur. Expenses, 1'ost 1ml. School Tax, Poll.
317,2"J7.55 S2U.U51.-13 $13,-MS,to 34,1W
Disbursed. 8,G7S.5J 15.1W7.83 11.1U7.41
On lmnd, $8,5211.02 81,1-14.10 S2.ttH.27 SI,loo
We have received no satisfactory reason
why this poll tax of $1,101) lias not
been paid out io satisfy claims for which j
it is appropriated, and which have been ,
presented. We call attention to this.
We are pleased to learn that of a tax of!
over $115,000 levie^ less than 500 remain
uncollected.
In the oilice of County Commission
era we liiul that the current expenses of
the county for the year will not exceed
the amount appropriated for that pur-'
pose. This fact, from our past experience,
is worthy of special notice. The
public roads are reported to be in bad!
condition, but the Commissioners pledge!
themselves that they shall soon be put j
in thorough order.
The offices of Sheriff, Judge of Probate
and Clerk of Court, seem to he
well conducted.
We lind the office of School Commissioner
in very good order. The fund
arising lrora tne 5 mm tax, levied by
the State for the liquidation of old unpaid
school claims, together with the
money in the hands of the Treasurer
for the same purpose will be more than
sufficient to pay oil' all such indebtedness
connected with this office. We
call attention to the fact that the Board
of Examiners has no power to remove
incomnetent Trustees, which in some
instances has been detrimental to the
school interest; we suggest that some
legislation be had in this matter.
We find the Jail and Poor House in
;jood condition, aud the inmates of each
seem satisfied with their treatment.
The number of paupers is 17.
? \j mo uuiuc iv uui iuat a
Trial Justice of this county has made 1
such errors in the administration of his
office, as proves his utter incompetency
to perform its duties. We refer to T. M.
Williamson, and recommend that some
step be taken for his removal.
All of which we respectfully submit.
B. W. BARNWELL,
Foreman.
ORDER.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) '
Abbeville Couxty. j 1
1
In the Sessions?May Term, 1875. j
It is hereby ordered that the five Com- j
lion Jiules, passed at tlic Jast Kegular|
;crm of this Court be adopted and eon-i:
Jnuedof force and made the order of!
Lhe present Term of the Court; and|;hat
the Clerk of this Court do publish I
lie presenrments of the Grand Jury at p
:his Term of the Court, in the County J
newspaper having the largest circulation I'
herein, and that the same be paid for at! ^
talf rates.
T. n. COOKE. ' (
May 21st, 1375. j,
: v.
CHE STATE OF SOUTE CAROLINA, j<
Aujjevillk County. 1 l
May 18th 1S75. / 1
To His Honor Juilyc T. IT. Cool:c: I
The Grand Jury be# leave to make ^
he following Presentment: i
A petition has been submitted to us s
epresenting the culvert and embank- a
uent over the waters of Norris Creek '
vithin the incorporate limits of the ^
own of Abbeville erected and main- j
ained by the Greenville R. 11. Compa- s'
ly as a nuisance: The grounds of i
vhich are fully stated in the petition
.nnexed.
We have investigated the matter and ,
ipon examination of witnesses, are l'ul-j
y convinced that the said culvert is a ^
misancc?the defect in the construction C
f the same causing much sickness to ^
he citizens of the town. We feel call- -y
d upon, therefore, to urge the iraporance
of taking immediate steps to remove
the evil. ;
This we respectfully submit.
K. W. BARNWELL, Q
Foreman.
mmm
. V : - 7--<r
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,!
Ahheville County, j
To the Grand Jury of said County, May >
Term, 1875: i
The undersigned in behalf of himself
and the citizens of the Town of Abbe- j
ville, beg to bring to the attention of "
your honorable body, a nuisance erected
and maintained by the Greenville and
Columbia R. R. Company.
That said nuisance consists of an embankment
and culvert over waters of
Norris Creek, within the incorporate
limits of the Town .-of Abbeville, between
the railroad depot and Fort Pickens,
that said culvert was originally defective
in its construction, being too "]
small and insufficient to allow the J
escape of the waters of the creek in ?
times of heavy rains and Hoods; that ]
the partition in said culvert obstructs (_
the passage of trash and timbers which t
dam up and (ill up the mouth of saidcul- (
vert, causing the waters to accumulate <
and How over a considerable body of the
adjoining lands, causing constant stagnation
of water and the deposit of large .
quantities of mud and vegetable matter,
originating malarial influences, which
are seriously detrimental to the health ]
of the citizens of the Town, and giving
rise to much and serious sickness. t
Your honorable hody is requested to ^
investigate said matter, and to have summoned
before you and examined 1
the following witnesses, to wit, the un- t
dersigned Kobt. Jones, J. L. Clark, R. s
V. Jones, L. J. Wilson, J. C. Hemphill,
Dr. E. Parker ami Dr. J. w. w. Marshall.
ROBT. JONES,
dir. C. C.
Personally came Robt. Jones and on
oath says that the above statements arc
true to'the best of his knowledge and
belief.
ROBT. JONES.
Sworn to before me, May 18th, 1875.
J. C. Wosmanskv.
Notary Public, S. C.
Just Arrived.
Ladies tuck combs,
REAL HAIR SWITCHES,
KID GLOVES,
RUFFLINGS,
SCARFS,
WHITE GOODS,
CJTT 77* 3 T A fIt T_T TI* T > 1>PT 'PC?
OIUIY Ullll iil'j/Lini'<IV Dl'vli LO,
HATS and BONNETS, New Stylos,
at the j
EMPORIUM OF FASHION. .
May 20, 1875, 7-tf
New Goods. ;
:o:
JUST 1J1';CEIVED, tlio following nt '
the FURNITURE STORE : |
Now Wardrobes,
N e w Mea t Sa fes, j
New Spring Rollers, t
New Window Slindea,
New Walnut Chairs, (
New Hall Stands, very fine. (
J. D. CHALMERS & CO,
May 25, 1875, 7-tf
Mew National Wovei fire Mattress.!
"ErhURABUE, Elastic, Noiseless, and
H 0 i l.i. iii.rCfr.t Snrinir Rp(l. ,
ZL-r *"<- ? l'" i o ,
never wears out or gets out <>l order.
It is so arranged with bolts that the 1
tension-can be let out or taken up at
will. For siek persons they are the best
bed known. Cooler than any other and ]
can be made soft or hard. For sale at
J. D. Chalmers & Co. <
May -(), 1875, 7-tf
Notice.
I
ALL persons indebted to the late
linn of ISAAC J'. HEARD & 1
t.'U., are requested to come forward
without delay and make settlements.
Oltiee Corner Reynolds it Jackson Street
Augusta, Ca.
' THOS. H. JOHNSON,
Assignee.
May 18, 1875, 7-11*
Somethini 'New in AMe!
Wiseman & Laagstoa,
WILL remain here for a short time
for the purpose of making
I
Life Size Oil Paintings, 1
PHOTOGRAPHS, <
FERROTYPES,
COPYING OLD PICTURES,
FILLING PINS,
LOCKETS, &C. .
ALL kinds of work from 50 cents to
$20.
WE also make large size views of
RESIDENCES including the lumily,
GARDENS, YARDS, FIELDS, &c.
CALL SOON, as our stay is limited,
and see for yourselves what we are doing
at the ROOMS formerly occupied by
Mr. Leo.
OIL PAINTINGS from life or de
oeasea persons a speciality.
Wiseman & Langston. .
May 20, 1875-1 in. i
New Advertisements.
KT, IF". Surixliam's
TlJKliJNK
Water Wheel
Was selected, 4 years ago, and put to ^
work in the Patent Office. Washing- .
ton, D. C., and has proved to be the 1
ijest. 10 sizes made. Prices lower than
my other first-class Wheel. Pamphlets
free. Address N. F. BUKNHAM,
York, Pa.
MOST extraordinary Terms of Advertising
are offered for Newspapers
in the State of South Carolina.
Send for list of papers ami schedule of
ates. Address GEO. P. HOWELL & :0.,
Advertising Agents, No. 41 Park *
[tow, X. Y. ;
Refer to Editor of this paper. j
u)uU free. Address, GEO. ?
>TiNSON & CO., Portland, ire.
j^nnA WEElv guaranteed to Malo
])/ / and Female Agents, in thcii
ocality. Costs NOTHING to try it.
Particulars Free. P. O. VIC'KEIIY &
JO., Augutsa, Me. ?
PiSYOHOMANCY, Oil * SOULCHARMING.".
How either
ex may fascinate and gain tlie Jove and l(
flections of any person they choose, I
nstantly. This art all can possess, free |
iy mail" for cents; together with a |
iarriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Us
)reams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,000 _
bid. A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM
Si CO., Pub's, Philadelphia.
1BTEWS GAZETTE, ]
I ps
L Journal of Information foriut
Ldvertisers. Edition, 9,600 |jj
opies. Published weekly, ci
.'erms, $2 per annum, in adance.
"IVE SPECIMEN COPIES (DIF- _
FERENT DATES) TO ONE ADDRESS
FOR 2o CTS.
Office No. 41 Pnrk Row, New York, #1
!EO. P. ROWELL & CO.. C
Editors and Publishers. |Fi
For sale by
' ' j
Barnwell & Co.
April 19,1875, 6-tf i
s ? u ]
Notice of Sale.
RY order of the Court of Probate for
a i-1 !ii? n i... t :ii
w AuuBvme v/uuiitji, x win pen uu
Suleday in June next#- at Abbeville C.
-I., at public outcry to the highest bidler,
all Notes and Accounts belo'riging
o the estate of James M. Richardson,
lec'd, which have been appraised as
loubtful ai;d worthless.
JAS. S. COTHRAN," Referee.
May 18, 1875,0-2t
*Jg\J^OTICE OF
3issoIttfciW; of Partnership.
THE f^n^rsb ip heretofore existing
between,,the -undersigned in the ,
Mercantile business' under the firm
lame of CANNON & LINDSAY, has '
his day been ^solved by mutual con
ent. - *+, ,
B. W. CANNON,
A. B. C. LINDSAY.
May 12, 1875, 5^tf
Tax Returns
FOR 1875.
0
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, )
Abbeville C. H., S. C., >
May 17th, 1875.)
^ifoTICE is hereby given that the
Assessment of property for taxation
:his year, will begin June the first.
Fifty per cent, will be added as a
penalty to all returns made after the
20th of Jul}' next, and the same to all
property not returned.
THE Auditor will be at the following
places on the days specified for the purpose
of receiving returns:
Ninety Six 1, 2, and 3 June
Sinilhville 4, " o "
jlrcenwooil 7, 8 " 1) "
O'okesbury 10, 11 " 12 "
Donaldsville 14 " 15 "
Due West 16 " 17 "
TT-ii i a i1 i r? it
\\ inie xiiin io iy
Whiles X Roads..21 " 22 "
Dorn'sMine 23 "
Liberty Church 24 "
[tiley's School house. 25 " 20 "
Calhoun's Mills 28, 29 " 30 "
Lowndesville 1, 2 " 3 July
Ulack & McAdams Store 0 " 7 "
Miller's Place in No. 10 8 " !) "
:.'li ar Springs " G 12 " 13- "
The OfTice at the Court House will be
>pon every day, Sundays excepted, from
he 1st of June to the 20th of July for
eeeiving returns.
L. H. RUSSELL
COUNTY AUDITOR A. C.
Mu&lM, 187.", -3t
Notice.i
LL Administrators, Executors,
Ti ustcos, (&c., are hereby required
lo inalvo annual returns on
iccount of the estates which they
eprcseiit lor t he year 1874, at once.
L'liose failing lo do so will be dcall
villi according tohnv.
Thos. B. ffiiliford,
Juil^o of Probate for A. C.
April 15tli, 2875, 2-41
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF
Caanon ? Lindsay.
rHE Creditors of the late firm of
CANNON ?fc LINDSAY lire
ereby required to present their claims
) the undersigned, properly approved, '
/v^r.itA 1 1? /Intf /-.f f una navf
ciuic luo xuiii uaj ui ouuv uvai.*
Benj. S. Barnwell,
Assignee. May
10, 1S7-3.
AGENTS WANTED! |!j
MALE OK FEMALE. B'
For an article that sells well for a lowfi j J
)riec, at sight, to laily orgeat. TheJjj
jooda will recommend themselves. :,]
No Capital Required, ||
\s we will furnish the goods to par-l I
ies who can give .satisfactory refer-B j
nee, to be paid for after thev :ire sold.S j
^ E. SPENCER, B
100 Nassau St., N. Y. I
ICE! ICE! ICE!
rtlE COLUMBIA ICE HOUSE is _
now open for the season, and preired
to soli NATURAL LAKE HE ]
from 1 to 1] ets per pound, according! J
quantity. This Ice is far preferable I It
any manufactured or prepared by
lcmical process.
JOHN I). liATJSMAN, Agt.,
Columbia, S. C, ,
May o, 1875, 4-4t /
RUBBER CLOTH
INCHES WIDE, now on hand 1
IO at the EMPORIUM OF *
VSHION, [May 12, 1875.
" V " : " '* *. - : - : ;- '
ISbpol Notice.
IW^IXI A# fll A 6Al*AVn1 C/)ltA/\1
r ilUObCLR Ul tUQ Villi UV1IVUI
B Districts will proceed at once to
the enumeration of the children between
the ages of 6 and 16 inclusive.
For instructions and blanks, apply to
J. F. C. DuPEE,
8. cCA. 0. :
"May 12, 1875, 5-3t
The Ladies
Will remember .our elegant stock of 1
SPRING MULMRT^
. AND
v* a .< *?*> t\<nt? /s AA<nn '
fAJNUX JUJtlX IxUUUB <
is now being offered at cash prices and
cheaper than ever before, at the
EMPORIUM OF FASHION.
May 12, 1875.
(
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. 1
In Probate Court.
Final Discharge.
NOTICE is hereby given that Thos.
It. Puckett, Jr., Executor of the
Estate of R. M. Puckett, deceased, has
applied to Thos. B. Millford, Judge of
Probate, in and for the County or Abbeville,
for a liual discharge as Executor.
IT IS ORDERED, That the 24th
day of May, A. D. 1875, be fixed for
hearing of Petition, and a final aettleuient
of said Estate.
J. C. WOSMANSKY,
Clerk Court of Probate, Abbeville Co.
Office of Probate Judge,
April 21, 1875, 3-4t*
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
In Probute Court.
Final Discharge.
NOTICE is hereby given that Thos.
R. Puckett, Jr., Administrator of
the Estate of Thos. R. Puckett, Senior,
deceased, lias applied to Thos. B. Millford,
Judge of Pi-obate, in and for the
County of Abbeville, for a final discharge
as Administrator.
IT IS OltDiSKJiiD, TJmt till?24U1 day
of May, A. J). iS7o, be fixed for bearing
of Petition, and a final settlement of
said Estate.
J. C. WOSMANSKY,
Clerk Court Probate, A C.
Office of Probate Judge,)
April 21, 1S75, 3-4t* j
^NEW
GARDEN NURSERIES,
J. LINDLEY & SON, Prop's.
NEAR GREENStfORO, N. C.
j?/H"ESSRS. S. H. & W. O. HAMPifJL
TON, Agents for said Nursery,
are nowhere, canvassing Greenville Anderson,
Abbeville, Laurens and Newberry
Counties, prepared to furnish every
variety of proved, selecled Fruit
Trees, Vines and Plants, .specially adapted
to this section. No stock is offered
that is not vigorous ana neanny, anui
thoroughly tested and proved to succeed
well in our soil and climate. We have
a complete variety of EVERGREENS,
embracing such varieties as are desirable
and adapti-d to this section.
The Senior Proprietor has now been
upward of forty years engaged in collecting,
provingand selectinglruits, and
it is our determination to concentrate
every variety of superior fruits, of the
hardy class, in the known world?hoping
that in a few yeacB more we shall
have collected and proved suitable to
our climate and soil a collection of
choice frtiits for every^season of the
year, not surpassed, if equaled, by any
part of the world. There is perhaps no
country in the world better adapted to
the cultivation of alh the flue fruits than
the climate ami soil of Western South
Caro.ina.
We make a specialty of tarfy fruit for
marketing, and offer a select variety of
early Peaches, as the Early Reatrice,
Rivers, Louise, Richmond, Foster, and
extra-early Atnsden. The Foster is ?ten '
days earlier than the Early Crawford,
uud a much larger ana nner peacn, anu
lias been sold in the New York market
at $12 per dozen. The Amsden is extra
large and the earliest peach known.
TKEES WARKAN1EDTO LIVE TWELVE
MONTHS.
Address
S. H & \V. O. HAMPTON,
Greenville S. C.
April 14th, 1875?2lu.
Patterns
an Windsor garments, uio iaJF
lost 5tylt!8 just rccoived, at the
Emporium of Fashion.
31arch 31, 1871. I
Tor sale,
AT A
Bargain,
A. Feather Bed weighing 50
Pounds. Call on
J, D. Chalmers & Co. c
April 7, 1875, 52-tf
Masonic Directory. IClinton
Lodp Ho. 3. A. F. M.
X. H. PARKER, WW M.\
F. (J. WOSMANSKY, Secretary.
Meets 2d Monday in every month. |
lesperian Chapter No. 17. R. A. M.I
. F. C. DuPRE, M.\ E.\ II/. P.*. ! T
. I). CHALMERS, Recorder. j!
ileets 3d Friday night in every month, h
leSanssure Council No. 16.R.&S. M.'?
rn rp . th . -vr . '
. i. iivyjuijv x. . jlji. iu, ij
NO. G. HOWARDS, Recorder. |
loots 1st Tuesday night in every month. | '
May 5, 1875-1 y " ^
AMES. A. RICHARDSON, |
TRIAL JUSTICE,
IDGEFIELD COURT HOUSE.:
PROMPT attention ?ive? to all bnsi-J
sini'ss intrusted to my cure. Col- -|
tetion of claims n.speciality. g
April 14th. 1S75?3m* J
Miles' Gaiters,
k LL sizes, just made to order and for sale,
at the EMPORIUM OF
ASHIONS. [April 28, 1875.
:? I
PARLOR BRACKETS - new and |
handsome styles, just to hand.
J. D. CfiALMERS & CO. I
-J / - r \ . , . ML. .
* ' ..lit Mi.* j ~j iZt,...
7? -^7 ^5 f ?
Sheriff's1
By L. J. W^^^^^^ti?neer.
T?i tKjh f'rtiiwf /\f PrtiMmrtti Dlonu
xu iiiu wuittmi wiuuiv/ii a k%.***>* *
Charlotte Croft##, j)
i Goorgea^nS^rIMU"0ttit
. # fuX&T
I" ' ?7" ?~ -. 4* fJf}
BY virtue ofVan Execution to me
directed, I will sell at Abbeville < %
Jourt House,4 on ? Saleday in'June,
1875, .wjthin .the the foU V! ,
Mule' ^Huck," five .yeasi. . ;$$*,
.' .. o^,-; : .
Lev red on ns the property of Geo.
W. Cromer, -at;th^ai^TCha^|^^^^^
^ruuicrr r: . .> y if#*.
Terms wish, ftliieh' most be complied
within one hour, or property .
will bo rc-sold at risk of former jiuiv :
cliascr.
. ; ' -V, *
L. P. GTTFFIK, r h
S. A. a : :
Sheriff's Office,
May 11, 1875 54t.
- ' - _
* - Avail ;v
Spring Prints!
BROWN
and
\ -u ' -> ; V
' * " ' " X:l*{
Bleached Homespuns,
PLAID HOMESPUNS,
just arrived, and for wile
.
Cheap for Cash. j
QUA -lES & PERBIN. 1
Mar.li 18,1875. J
MILLINERY! MILLINERY! ;
MILLINERY!
' i
1HAVK now a vrdlselected Stock o
MILLINJhUlY which I wM be' .
pleased to exhibit to my friends,' custo- ' ;
meis, and the public -generally. Tho
styles arc entirely new und very pretty, i
and all t ask is to give me a call before
purchasing elsewhere. Thanking my
customers for pa*t favors, and asking a- 5
continuance of the same. ' i
I am, very respectfully, ->v \M
Mil in. j
Match 31,1.S75, 5Mf I
_ _
ffllNNINRHAM
& TEMPLETON 1
Have on hand 9
* - '-9
SALMON, . M
OYSTERS, t J
TOMATOES, '9
CRANBERRIES, si M
PEACHES, j
PINE APPLE, J
C. 0. PICKLE, 1
SARDINES, 1
SEAFOAM, M
EXT. LEMON, M
and DESSICATED COCOANUT. <9
v f
A splendid article of 1
TEA, (Green and Slack) 1
Cunningham & Templeton's. j
Cunningham & Tenipleton j|
AliE SELLING AT ]
COST 1
a beautiful stock of |
3tiss Edpn, Insertini and Pnlni. I
CALL ANI> EXAMINE. j
April 28, 1875, 3-tf j
Executor's Notice. j
A LLpersonshavingdcmaudsngainat 3
^ the late James A. Norwood are^
eques ted to present thera o my attor- a
iey, Mr. Burt, and those who ^ere in- 1
lebted to him to make paymen. to him. ' .:M
SAUA1I A. NORWOOD, |
Executrix. J
Feb. 10, 137o-3m. 2
DRESS 1
AND
MANTUA-MAKING.
? . .V|/f
LSS LIDIA TAGGART, assisted
TJL by Mrs. George Shillito, will
uve charge of this Department?both
tdies well known to the public for their
ood taste and ability. Dresses made,
ut and lit on most reasonable terms and
lortest noticc. Also latest styles of
attorns always on hand at N. Y prices.
fas. A. Bowie,
Agent Emporium of Fashion.
April 7, 1S75, 52-tf
FEATHERS.
^OPi sale, a lot of good FEATHi 1
17 KRS. Apply to ' I
J. 1). CHALMERS & CO, I
Dec. 1, 1874, 34-tf. 1
Fresh Supply J
a ATS and BONNETS, (new styles) 1
RIBBONS, SCARFS, RUFFS. 1
u., to arrive this week at the I
EMPORIUM OF FASHION. M
April 28,1875 3-tf, J