Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NEWS ITEMS. i, Kouj^uJdren, one infant, of S. M. Christian, at' .Versailles, Ohio, were burned to deatfy by;the explosion of a FCKti of kerosene; wijh which one of them was endeavoring to kindle a" fcitchen ' fire. Wisdom for Women: "It is better to . love a mart;Vfiat you can nev^ ftfarty, tbau to mAiry a man that you^an Hever ? love." ? :*v;. If some.philanthropist will feed the torpedo Chicken upon the long-fire Japanese cOtii until the JatteV1'isr'all gone fft and the former iriepertably foundered, the pVe^'Af theState will rise upland call bijti'blessed Atlanta Constitution. , Mr. W. A. Mopre, of .Cokesbury, is in ^o&n, and we thibk he has aueyeto im? pol-taut events tending to the material growth and prosperity of Greenville.? ureenviue j.\tws. the College Regatta on Saratoga iiako lust week the Cornell crew won. 'The President was present and the ' /^vinning.crew was carried with loud . hurrahs before him. *?" Collector Carpenter, of the Third T v South Carolina District, reports to the K J V JnterjQfti fievonue officc the capture of * . five illicit distillers, the seizure of 'four distilleries and the destruction of ' .one still. He says that within the * days, l?e has seized fifteen V - j^aiaiftieries, captured ten men and dis*. ' 'irvfod a large quantity of illicit whis' ,t(iv f There will be no fighting among . X ^Georgia journalists during tho next ^.'twelvemonths. At tho recent meety ing of the State Press Association a Board of Honor was organized for ' tho adjustment of all difficulties beween fiery and untamed editors; and "^f the fire members of the board two (. ^'aro preachers?Jlev. j. W. Burke X '* f and Rev. D. E. Butler. Money Order Office.?Our very excellent and obliging Postmaster, Mr. ,H. W. LaVson, furnishes us with the ' following notice of change of Fees for I ' Domestic Mouey Orders. By Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1875, the w - ' fees for Mtfney Orders have been chang . ';.ed, so that on and after the first clay of , '. July, tlfe fees or commissions will be as " follows : ..On order not exceeding $1-5 10 cents. Is 4 Over $15 and " u $30 to " w $30 " 14 $40 20 " ' t\," $40 ,4 w " $-50 25 " School Exhibition.?The exhibition of Miss DeVore's school came of! jyfflg&dsLy evening before a crowded house. / Ifce different pieces were all well ren- 1 ' tiered by both pupils and teacher. Miss < * DeVore has won quite an enviable rep- | * utation as an educator, and this occasion ( ; fully exhibited her efficiency in the ac- ' curacy and precision with which 1 * everything was done. We think the i oocasiou justly deserves a more exten- | * ded notice, but the pressure upon our * columns forbids. Everybody of whom ' we have heard expressed themselves as 1 v pleased, and that of itself is no little reo- j . : omendntion. ?New Era. Another Fbai Clergyman.?new ( J. \V. Hanner, JJr., Presiding Elder of j the Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Circuit, ha* been suspended by the Bishop of the ' Methodist Church, from that mi material office until the next session of the < } Tennessee Annual Conference, for writ- j . ing an improper anonymous letter to a respectable young lady of his parish. ' ; He confessed. Hanner is sixty-tive ' years old, grav-headed, and was one of I . the most as well as the most eloquent iu < the Church. The matter creates a great '. deal of excitement throughout the State 1 " of Tennessee. < Nothing is more Lady like than the < use of tine note paper and a neat fash- j !' iOntfble envelop. So think the fortunate , 1 receivers of such billet-doux. The sweetness of a charming sentence is ren- { ' dered more delicious, if conveyed on a J ntoH ehpff of Pirie's Note Pa-l< UCUVClbV viu?VM _ t ' per. It is bad taste in a gentleman wri ting to a lady on inferior stationery. If you wish to be posted ou the latest novelist*, the fashion in these matters, enclose a stamp to Walker, Evans & Co^s' well, for oneof their little fashion booKs ' Card Etiquette," or send an order for a recherche lot of paper and envelopes of the latest style. Do not forget at the same time to order a monogram. T. F. We would call the attention of our yeadors to the advertisement of the Brown Cotton Gin Co., in this issue, who make a speciality of Cotton Gins, . Self Feeders and Condensers, concerning which, Col. Thos. H. Carter of South Carolina, writer as follows: "Ihavegiuned thirty-five bales since I received the Feeder. I would not be without it now for one season for the price of it. I can at least gin one bale a day morejwith the Feeder than I can by hand feeding. I lmvft tinned 516 bales of cotton on the ' sixty saw Brown Cotton Gin and am per- ' fectly satisfied iu every particular." 1 Rowell's forthcoming Newspaper ' Directory shows the failure of one thousand newspapers in this country during tho past year, the loss to pub- 1 i lishers/subscribers and advertisers amounting to over eight million dollars, tho Republic, of New York, alone losing half a million. Among those who went into the newspaper business : and lost heavily thereby were 275 < merchants and adventurers, 315 i ' school teachers, 57 lawyers, 4 blacksmiths, 33 plasterers, 10 farmers, 200 fanatics of various classes af- j " flicted with literary learnings, 100 i ambitious, but visionarry young men, < who c'rew upon their fathers, and thus snddenly exhausted large margins of the paternal capital, and 6 lottery men. The Palmetto Guard, of Charleston were recently presented with the first confederate fiag that was flung to tne ijleeVe of the late war. It was first raisedlii New York, on one of the Palmetto ?grol|B^rtues of New York'packets. The vessel was mobbed, but the colors were not I struck. It was the first fiag used on the i walls of Fort Sumter after its surrender | * Kvaan- A nfloninn "nnrinor f-hrt wor tho . interesting relic was carefully preserved. "Time and exposure," savs the Charleston News and, Courier, 7,have dimmed its lustre, but the Palmetto Guard only f>rize it the more, and have accorded to tan honored place among their archives. The field of the flag is white, with a green palmetto tree in the centre, and a red star in the upper corner near the staff. When the Palmetto Guard were enrolled for the war they ceased to be State Troops, and the insignia of the flag was unsuited for Confederate soldiers. The flag will be takeu good care of, and at the coming centennial of Fort Sullivan it may again be flung to the breeze." 7?he bishops of the Methodist Episcopal ehurcl>; South, have deoided ' that the sale of intoxicating liquors, by the largo orsmall quantity, constituios a violation of the Methodist law, jwObuhd ia the article of the general 'rules requiring the avoidance of evil ofovory kind and tho doing ofno harm. ' Undcp,thjsrullug, Augusta dis(irjct ?oiiferepee recently pafi^oU the ^following resolutions: ' That the members of onr church aro most earnestly exhorted to separate ^tfcomeelves from a'traffic condemned by good morals, Methodist rules arid the Holy Scriptu'ree." ' -That our pastors'are hereby called upon to judicfouslj'. yet firmly; enforce the ruling Of onr bishops as to the law i uf the church vfrith respect to the sale) iutoty'catiiig ' liquprs. ? jLtlnata [Daily Cotslitutxon. ' ' 1 f tf ! /(.. ? ' 1 ? Tk? Press and BiftfierW. A. LEEi, Editor. 'Wednesday. July 21,1875. Tie Solomon Bank Failure. ' t The recent failure of the Carolina Bank and Trust Company, one of the chief depositories of the State funds and the loss to the State of over 200,000 deposited, have very naturally .excised great interest as to the causes of the catastrophe, and the responsibility of jSttyte officials for the same. The report of a recent interview with Treasurer Cardozo, by a correspondent of the News and Courier, and a letter of ComptrollerGeneral Dunn, throw some light Upon the subject. The Treasurer attributes the failure to the large investments made by Mr. Solomon of the State bonds deposits during the past two_^ears in a classof 8t$te papers \v4H#r were considered fraudulent, anfffor which no Legislative appropriation had been made. These papers were purchased by him at alarge discount, and by inducing the Legislature to provide for their payment at par, he hoped to realize a handsome profit for himself and his friends. Under these circumstances a policy of reform and retrenchment was fatal to the solvency of the Bank and ensured its inevitable failure. The real cause of the bitter fight last Winter against Governor Chamberlain and the Treasurer, according to the latter, was the attempt of these officials to withdraw the deposits, aud to inaugurate a. noli^v nf rofV\rm which wouJd have been fatal to the interests of Solomon and his friends. The influence of Solomon with the Legislature was such as to induce the passage of an Act to make his bank and another the sole depositories of the State funds. But for the veto of this Act which was only sustained by one vote, the State, in the opinion of the Treasurer, would have lost five hundred thousand dollars, instead of two hundred thousaud. The Treasurer states that for two years past he has anticipated the failure of the Bank, and disclaims any responsibility for the loss to the State. A board consisting of the Governor, ComptrollerGeneral and Treasurer, designate the bank or banks where the State moaeys shall be deposited, and the Treasurer states, that he has always opposed the ^C.-1 > iu^ieusc 1/1 iuusc ucpfiis iu ouiumun b bank, but was overruled successively by Uomptrollers Hoge and Dunn, and in the term of the former was ordered to increase the deposits from $25,000 to >160,000. Mr. Dunn himself after becoming Comptroller-General moved to increase the deposits to $250,000 which was overruled by the Governor* Mr. Dunu in his letter admits that he voted for an increase of the State deposits in the bank to$200,000, agreeing with the Governor at the time, and having no reason to doubt the solvency of the bank. He thinks it strange that the Treasurer, if he really believed that the failure of the bank was only a questiou af time, should have deposited $180,000 An Vila AU'n D ^UVIV VU Uli7 V??U ? VllUUli. JDUbUS wc bave stated above, the Treasurer denies Lhat the deposit was an act 01 his, and states that in fact it was made against iis consent. Each party very naturally seeks to shift the onus of responsibility jpon other shoulders, and to relieve limself from all blame in the matter, [f the Treasurer's statemeut is true he ;ertainly is not to be blamed, and the jlame if any, must attach to the other nembers of the financial board. It ivould seem Htrange that the constituted guardians of the public funds should jave been entirely ignorant of the fiuan;ial condition of its depository. The nore plausible explanation, is that they law the crisis and sought to tide over ;he peril by the rash and lavish use of the jublie funds. This was entirely unjus.ifiable* The consequence ie, that the Public Treasury is locked up for six nonths, the payment of the interest on ;he debt is stayed, all operations under ;he Funding Act delayed, and a serious financial loss entailed upon the State. Solomon and his assets are resnonsibie. but before they can be made liable they will doubtless "take wings and jAy away." ^ (i Political Intolerance. In spite of the lessons ef unity and fraternity jvhich are taught in the rer cent centenijial celebrations, there exr ists a large amount of intolerance in the Northern mind, which crops out everywhere in the utterances of the Radical journals, denying to the people of the South everything like freedom of discussion on topics connected with the late war, and branding with treason all proper assertion of their rights under the Constitution. As an illustration, the recent criticism by the Courier-Journal of a speech of Gen. Sherman deliv ered at the Boston Centennial and the coupling of the name? of Lincoln and Lee in a speech by the same editor, at the Commencement of a Northern college, have raised a storm of disapprobation along the whole line of Radical journalism. Nothing will content these intolerant partisans but confession of our past sins, abject humiliation for the present, and a promise of amendment for the future. Anything like a justification of our motives, psertion of present equality before the law1, or future aspirations for a place in the government, in their view smacks of the late rebellion and is branded as treason. Anything like lasting union between the sections, must be founded upon a full recognition of the honesty and sincerity of the opposing combatants in the late war. and uron their full and enual right to seek all the honors, and participate in all the privileges of the government, + A late decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, is to the effect thst the payment of Confederate money in the discharge of a debt during the war is invalid, and that the debt could only be discharged in legal money of the United States. New Orleans, July 14.?-A bale of new cotton was received last nigbt from St. Landry Parish. It was classed middling fair to fair, new classification. woiffhed 400 pounds, and was sold at twenty-five e^ots per ipdupd. The first receipt of Louisiana cotton last year was en August $he 12. / ^ ^ .. 'xii" -^ ^,--rl|llilliri-i rill riiiir-' ..f1 ? ' ?} J? OUR POOR ft 0titie bJ ?"*' r?o?*"s-~ " ' . _?. I f-f-'s tic so much per capita to a responsible citizen who gives bond and surety for the faithful performance of his duty, which was at first recommended by the Grand Jury, and has been subsequently approved by other Juries, cotatnends itself to the favorable consideration of our people as well as on account of its ecotiomjr its Of its securing proper regard to the interests of the; paupers. There has been under the jiew system an annual saving td the| county of about $2,500, at the s&ihe time that the paupers are better taken care ot, and express thenJselves as better satisfied with their condition, The efficient working of the system is doubtless largely owing to the good judgment, tact and l.berality of our townsman, Mr. Jacob Miller, who has had the contract for the past two years, and who is emphatically "the right man In the right place." Mr.- M. has had some eighteen paHpers under hischarge, whom fie ffceda, clothes and furnishes with medical attendance for the small sum of $9f per month, making an Annual cost in the aggregate a little orer $2,000 against the former expenditures Of between' $4,000 and 5,000 per annum.We have no idea that a mcfre economical or satisfactory system sdoptad, or that the contract could be awarded to one who would more efficiently secure the objects in view than present contractor. Irresponsible'parties might be fonnd who would undertake to work at less rates, but without doubt would starve or otherwise illtreat the paupers, to secure to themselves any profit out of their contracts. As long as Mr. Miller so faithfully fulfills his contracts, we trust that be will be retained, and that Abbeville will continue to boast the most efficient and satisfactoiy system for the sustenance of its poor. < i The Keeley Motor. This alleged wonderful invention which is to revolutionize the present modes of locomotion, and entirely supersede steam as a motive pow'er, seems to survive the furious onslaught of the Scientific American and to number among its champions the most soberminded, scientific and practical men of the country, who appeal to facts which can neither be explained nor gainsayed. They admit the distinction between pressure aud power, aud claim for the new motor that it does develop motive power of the highest capacity, obtained they are unable to say how from causes apparently inadequate, yet, nevertheless, obtained and manifested in tangible results. They tells us that five gallons of water in the Keeley "generator," has developed a force upon a lever of near 2,000 pounds to the square inch, and that twenty-six gallons have exerted a pressure of 10,000 pounds to the square inch, equal to a power of ten horses. A number of letters are published from scientific and practical men who testify to what they have seen, and who promise that the world will soon be convinced of the value of the invention. Iu these matters the world is slow of belief, aud will scarcely admit the evidence of its senses. When the new engine which is now being constructed is fiuished, Mr. Keeley promises us full proof. Counting Chickens. On a bill of porticulars in a suit fr.e?*rd before Judge Claiborne Snead,. of the County Court, yesterday, there was a charge for 100 chickens at55 cents apiece amounting to 555. This was put in by way of damage to the plaintiff's chickens, it being claimed that the enforced mmniml nf o naptnI n /InTon Vioniiftf nl A n tifl had made them stop laying and hence defendant should be held in damages to the amount of $55 as the value of one bnndred chickens that would have been hatched from the one hundred or more eggs that would have been laid if the plaintiff had not been driven to move her hens as alleged. This was a strong point, but Judge Snead ruled the damages alleged were too remote and counting chickens before they are hatched couldn't be allowed iu law?and the item was striken from the bill.?Constitutionalist. This seems to be a sensible^conclusion in Tespect to unhatched chickeus. Even after they are hatched, our Georgia friends could buy them here at cheaper rates than 55 cents apiece. It takes a good chicken in Abbeville to bring more than 25 or 30 cents. mm Fred Douglass, the negro editor and politician, iu a late Fourth of July speech calls upon his race to repudiate their false white friends, who have made them their dupes to their own ruin, and calls upon them to rely upon themselves in the future. The advice is good so far as it applies to false friends but is baaed upon a mistaken idea of the capacity of the black race when it calls upon them to cut loose from all dependence upon the white race. They must pass through a long pupilage before they can hope for independence of the white man. Their true interests consist in uniting with him. The Daily Constitutionalist, published in Augusta, Ga., is now a welcome guest on our editorial table. None of the Southern journals display more ability in their editorial columns, or exhikif mnr? vnript.v and freshness in their news and miscellaneous departments. The fame of Jas. R. Randall, the poeteditor is a guarentee, that the paper will maintain the highest standard of liberal and progressive journalism. The Constitutionalist has an interesting correspondence from Abbeville and other sections, and is now a good authority in South Carolina politics. Our friends could not subscribe for a better paper. Send in your names. i Fearful.?The editor of the Union Timed is under the pressure of times, out of money and provisions by reason of delinquent subscribers ; he is afraid of being forced to prolong life by a recourse to dried apples as food; taking a good bate for breakfast, with water for dinner to swell them, be thinks he will be able to do without supper with the assistance of physicians. If editors don't have hard rows to hoe then our experience is at fault. It was only the other Hjiv that another unfortunate said if hu could hold body aiid soul together until artichokes came iu he would be all hunki. Just think of it, dried apples and artichokes to put them in a hearty condition. Oh ye delinquents, don't you feel had. | : ^ -.,%evPa^S Case,- L The following clear summary of the case made out by the State against ex- t( Treasurer Niles Q. Paiflber, We el-ip from a the Phctmx report of the trial:: * The following is substantially the case ^ as maffeoutby the State against Niles G. h Parker, defendant: During the time H. H. Kimpton was Financial Agent of the li St*?e, it was his duty, among other tl tilings, to effect loans for the State, pay li the' interest due on bonds then outstand- c< iug, and to meet loans thus made as they fi became due and payable. In order to effect these loans,he was forced to hy- fc pothecate the bonds of the State as a se- tl curity to the lenders. These bonds thus g hypothecated, had attached to them cou- ii nons. which indicated the interest due S on the bonds, aed these bonds had never tl before passed out of the hands of the State by sale, and, consequently, as the te own property, the Financial Agent was fc not called upon to pay these coupons, o] These are called dead coupons. These e< bonds had been hypothecated as a pledge a it is true; but, until.the pledge became G forfeited, the property or ownership of C them remain in the State* The loans w thus effected were met by the Financial n Agents when they became due, and the bonds Were returned to the Finaucial ti Agent before forfeiture. The coupons rt due on these bonds before they were sold n were detached and sent by Kimpton to tc Nilea G. Farker, then State Treasurer, tl to be canceled according to law. It was ti the duty of Kimpton to pay in gold the it interest on the bonds which had been ai sold by the State, but not hypothecated, p or if, hypothecated, [had been forfeited, g: to detach th6 coupons then due, as vou- w chers of payment, and return them to ir Pn??b-o?. Oa Twnenrpr tft hp finnfifilftd also, fcl Kimpton 9ent barker the coupons actually due and paid, and the dead coupons o! which had become due and were dead al before the State parted with the bonds to nf; which they belonged, and Parker re- h ceipted to Kimpton for them all. There al were $480,000 of these dead coupons b< and tbese, with the coupons actually due si and paid, should have been cauceled by tl Parker as soon as they came into the treasury; for, if by any meaus they should again pass out of the treasury before they were canceled, the State would become liable for them to innocent holders as it would be impossible for the m public to know whether these coupons a had become due before or after the State . had sold the bonds to which they Were 9t attached. These dead coupons however it show upon their face to what bonds they cl belong, as indeed, do ail coupons, and the g treasury books show when every bond n was sold, consequently the treasury ofli- v ciais can detect them, although outside j( parties cannot. Now the State claims ? that the defendant, Parker, canceled ^ these $480,000, dead coupons and placed A them in me sieau 01 ;?4ou,w\j euupvut* p which Kimpton had paid in gold, p which latter coupons he abstracted ^ from the treasury upon or before his re- p tirementtherefrom, without having can- p celed them. The State has proved that p there are $480,000 dead coupons canceled in the treasury, and it has proved that Parker, in May 1873, was in the possession of certain coupons which he said he had got from Kimpton in the final settlement of the State with her Financial Agent. It has proved that $480,000 of coupons which, according to Parker's re- si ceipt to Kimpton, should have beeu in *i the vaults of the treasury, were missing g( and unaccounted for when the present incumbent, Mr. Cardozo went into office. 11 It has further proved that Mr. Y. J. P. tl Owens, Senator from Laurens County, s as "agent," funded over $400,000 of cou- ^ pous; and according to the testimony of Mr. W. B.Gulick and Capt. J. O. Ladd, cl Parker admitted to them that he had tl employed Mr. Y. J. P. Owens to fund "8{ his coupons for him. That he had cou- . pons and wanted to have them funded is also proved by Parker's letter to Ladd, 81 while the latter was in Charleston. Mr. b< Y. J. P. Owens wassupcented as a wit- /, ness for the State, but failed to appear, and this is considered a strong circumstance iu favor of theory and proof of " the plaintiff's canse. si . ai o?4.1, ouuiu uiuuuiiiv turn tuo uouboumctu . The New York Herald pulishes a letter from Governor Chamberlain, in which whilst expressing the cordial d interest which is everywhere felt in behalf of the celebration, he states that flj nothing has as yet been done to secure a proper representation of the State, yet that he will recommend an appropriation by the next Legislature, which will be doubtless made, and the State fully represented in its mineral, and in- I dustrial resources, and in its mementoes i< of historic achievements. As one of L the original thirteen, South Carolina 11 claims a place in the picture, whilst her resources and products equally demand recognition. The Governor thus refers ti to the interest manifested: k tc I think there is at the present time a widespread and genuine Interest felt by t the people of this State in the centenni- J al. From causes which need not now be stated little has yet been done toward * a practical impression of this interest. " With the revival of the spirit of hope- ^ fulness among our people and at the composing of the political bitterness of J later days, end especially with the influ- V, ence of the recent centennials at Lexington and Charlotte, there has appear- ?. ed?as it seems to me? a new desire on the part of our citizens to join in the ^ great reunion at Philadelphia. Itisbut j ust to say thatjno State has a better right to appear there than South Carolina upon the score of her Revolutionary re- ;T cord. She was early and constant in " her adherence to the colonial cause; her soil was the scene of numerous conflicts and her partisan leaders supplied one of ** the most brilliant chapters in the great J: struggle. A high authority has declared that the'romance of the Revolution was found in the Carolinas. These ear- R; ly glories are again appealing to us all. Nowhere is it truer than here that the p chords of memory are "touched by the r! angeis oi our Deuer nature,'' ana are responding In tones unfamiliar to our _ ears in more recent tiroes.'' ' ' Tlie Herald says that South Carolina is rich in historic memories but poor in j|j resources. But in spite of bad government and her Joss of millions by emancipation she has still a good deal to jr boast of in natural wealth and industrial products, and will be able to make a very creditable exhibition at Philadelphia, without drawing on her revolu- r tionary memories. Let liei be repre- . sented. ^ The lightning rod man has been to c! see the editor of the Greenville News. and nearly scared him out of liis boots. Hear him : We were yesterday interviewed by .a lightning rod man, and our peaceful mind has been greatly disturbed. He informed us that the lightning rods on the house in which the News office is lo- "I catedareput of order, and endanger the J safety of the building, and consequent- . iy the lives of every man in the omce. This information caused the turkeybumps to rise, and our hair to stand like the quills of the fretful porcupine. We rushed across the street aud informed ? our landlord, Mr. Cauble; but he assured us that there was no danger. That he had been struck by everything except f lightning, and if the house was struck and demolished he would put lis up a six h story building with a cellar on top and a n piazza with a Mansard roof, and iron front in the rear, and insure it against E lightningand other calami ties?of course we are satisfied. B The Greenville News invites the New- al berry Herald man to move to Greenville * : y. ' The Centennial . - , ". 'fl The Sumter Watchman has a well t jmpered article on "South Caroiia?$] net tire Philadelphia Centennial,"' In J hich he entirely disagrees Wifib fAtijfof Woodward, in the position! tadkeH- by ira. The Watchman says* With hie position we frankly and fol-- 1 / and kindly say, we' are not in sympajy. The day for extreme positions I ke this has passed away, and we welDme the advent of a changed and modi ed sentiment. The people of South Carolina will move . >rward and present themselves and ' leir interests and sentiments on-that reat occasion?they will rally, in' bflsC- ng crowds, from eV'ery part of the tate, and Gen. Gurney will be neither iought of or considered. To assume that the great material in- - I 'tests of our State are not to be brought trw'ard, and that our ancestral and rev- . lutfotfary fame are not to be represent- ? 1 where those of all others of trie State Vj re to be'present, because a man like ^ urney happens t?y hold the position of ? ommisslo'ner, is to assume that to hich the manhood of our people will ? ever respond. jj We are assured that the' ?tate Agrieul- J" iral Society will take steps to secure a ? 'presentation of our products, soil, eli- 6 late, &c., next fall?That the Charles- * >n Chamber of Commerce will see to it r mt our growing interests in this direc- J on are not neglected, afrd that our mil- ? ary organizations, notf again form! tig ? n1 exhibiting the' spirit and national D ride of people in eonneetion with the u reat struggle for American independ- e ill as at Bunker Htiff, but in greatly J1 lcreased nnmbers, claim their place in * le great national celebration. r .We venture the assertion that scores [".representative Carolinians will|gather L PKilnnuVlillfl finrl nftrMfiinnfo in Mia I ^ J X. UliU^V>AV4 111UI| MU W " V*IV ational prldeon the natiori's Hundredth. ' irth-dfly, find thrit men of enterprise of |! Imost every persuit rtfrd industry will V e there with their specimens, even j lould our State organizations, ignore ~ le occasiou, _ PreaduLng in New York. v New York has a population of one 0 lillion souls. The following is a state- I lent of the number of places of wor- ? lip possessed by each religious denom- j rntion of the city, including the "West- j lester district lately annexedt aptist .... 33 8 ongregational 6 c rieuds ...... ... .... 3 F ewish synagogues * .... .... 25 ^ iutheran...w ................... 18 [ethodist Episcopal., ................. 50 . fricim Methodists Episcopal... 9 I rasbyterian 43 ' :eform Presbyterian 5 nited Presbyterian 7 ? A 11 T-1 _1 HW I rotescanc episcopal 1 eformed (Dutch( 20 j" omau Catholic 53 1 nitarian 4 t niverbalist 5 Liscellaueous 22 S Total places of worship 380 ^ This list includes a large number of nail chapels and rooms of moderate ze, and it is suposed that their average ^ ;atiug capacity is not more than seven v undred for each place of worship, and & ic actual average attendance from unday to Sunday is not more than four f undred, taking the small and large lurches together. But even supposing i le actual attendance equal to the full iatiug capacity of the churchcs, there a re two-thirds of the population of that ^ reat city who could not, if they would, 3 seated in church on Sunday. The c Terald lectures the fashionable preach- t s for closing tneir cnurcnes aunng ^ le Summer, when they might spend x days in the pure air of the country, c ad then come to town once a week to s 2liver their sermons. * ? c Fresh Lot ? CALICOES, Bleached Homespuns, ? J Silk Belts, Brussels and Wash ' ett, White Lawns, Hats, Corsets, Ruf- ^ incrs, &C., just arrived, at the t EMPORIUM OF FASHION. July 21, 1875. Seibels & Ezell, 1 Eeal Estate Auctioneers. rMPORTANT sales of VALUABLE L LOTS In the flourishing town SENJA CITY, at the crossing of ihe Air 11 innoiirl U111 a P ir?fro T?o i I runrle hptrin- fii ing on WEDNESDAY, 11th day of e ugust, 12 o'clock, auk continuing from "l ly to day until the entire property is J isposed of. This will afford au oppor- 1 mity for purchasers to buy the* unsold C ots, in this healthy and fast improving a iwn. C Seneca City possesses peculiar advan- 1 iges in being located in one of the most * ealthy sections of the world, with a full ? ipply of Pure Fee Stone Water. Lo- j tted within the Cotton Belt, it must u immand a good trade in that staple, as p ell as the rich harvests gathered in the f illeys of the Seneca aud Tugaloo Rivers. \ onneross, Cane and Martin Creeks and > ittle River affords numerous and oxten- 1' ve Water Powers, within a few miles I ' the city, which, taken in connection ( ith the fact thatexteusive Beds of Fine ] ron Ore and Rich Gold mines are found J ear by, insures the success of the place a ad before many years shall lapse, it a ill uriUoubtedfy be the largest city in i le Western section of South Caroli- fc a. I Parties in want of a Pleasant Home, I ill do well to attend the sale, which s ill bo without reserve, on the following J srms : One-third.cash; balance in two equal ayments of four and eight months, urchasers to pay for papers. Arrangements will be made with the J Railroads to take parties attending the lies at reduced rates of fare. July 15 i: c CAROLINA j 11LITARY INSTITUTE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. hiring the Session 1874-75 125 Matriculates. J o ext Term begins September 15th, 1875. g rHIS Institute is now fully equipped ^ wiMi Hnnnrfttiis for instruction and ith arms for military drill. ^ The Superintendent and Proprietor is t listed by an able and experienced jrns of Instructors. For Circular, address, COL. J. P. THOMAS, Superintendent. July 21,1875, 15-2t Patterns g o riOE all kinds of garments, the la- i [j test stylos just rccoivcd, at the s v Emporium of Fashion. March 31. 1871. Notice. E rHE Annual meeting of the Abbe- Ville District Bible Society will be eld in the Methodist Church On Wed esday, 28th July inet. The sermon will be'preached by the 1 iev. \V. L. Pressly at 11 o'clock A. M. J The address will bo delivered by R. g Hemphill, Esq. a The business meeting will be held at I le office of Messrs. Perrin & Cothran ti b 10 o'clook A. M. W. H. PARKER, Sec'y. July 14,1875, 14-St _ ~^~~y' 7\ ;:>p$T(?w London, Conn# lantjf^cturers of Cotton Circs, CMcm Hn'jtfoeders, Condense1s and Cotton Gin fdteruiti 6/ eve^y description. Our Umj?&ve been inf use thirty years, and lave S&established reputation for simiHrrffw'lllfvlif vrtnnirva. rlnrakiltfTr and "V?wj v i uuiav/iiiiijr | ttuu jr$qu$*ty and quantity of lint prouced^Our feeder is easily attached to lie Gili* and easily operated by any rand ofcordinary intelligence. They re theshpplest and cheapest Feeder in he maxketand feed with more regularty than is possible by hand, increasing he outtura find giving a cleaner ana etter sample. At all Fairs where , extibited and by Planter having them in ise, they have been accorded Tho highst encomiums. OurCciirdendfefs are well aade, durable and simple itt cotistrucion, and do whdt is retftflrtd of them apidly and wellj No additional power 3 required to drive the Feeder or Conlenser, and no Gin House is complete without them. We are prepared to warrant, to any reasonable extent, perect satisfaction to every purchaser, "ircalars. prices and full information urnished. Address as above, or apply o J. M. MATTHEWS, Ninety-Six, i. C. St Mary's School, Raleigh, N. C. The sixty-seventh term of this school rill open on the 2d of September and ontinue twenty weeks. It is a school f the church, which seeks for itspu>ilsf "first the kingdom of God and His ighteousness." The Bishop and Assisant Bishop are visitors of the school, t is not only one of the oldest schools a the South, but it is one of the most horough, and, considering its advanta:es, one of the least expensive. For irculars containing full particulars, ap.1., ATTiTPtJT nj iuc | Y ixjujuuxi i SMEDES, JD.t^ Raleigh,N. U_ A-lberton's Segment Screw ]0 XTON PRESS. Unrivaled for simplicity, speed, conenience and durability. Makes a 550 b. bale with one horse and only 18 eunds. Screw, 10 inches diameter and 0 feet long. For circular with descrlpion, testimonials and names of agents n the South, address J. M. ALBERT1QN, New London, Ct. 3ST, I*. Btirnlxam'B TURBINE Water Wheel. Vas selected, 4 years ago, and put to pork in the Patent Office. Washingon, D. C., and has proved to be the est. 19 sizes inade,_ Prices lower than ny other first-class Wheel. Pamphlets ree. Address N. F. BURNHAW, York, Pa. iVaters' New Scale Pianos re the best made; The touch elastic, ,nd a fine singing tone, powerful, pure nd even. Waters' Concerto Organs annot be excelled in tone or beauty; hey defy competition. The C'ouserto itop is a fine Imitation of the Human /oice. PRICES EXTREMELY LOW for ash during this moQth. Monthly Intalments received ; Pianos and Organs o Let. and Rent-Money allowed if purhasea. Second-hand Instruments at reat bargains. Agents wanted. A libral discount to Teachers, Ministers, Churches, Schools, Lodges, etc. Speial inducements to the trade. Illustraed Catalogues Mailed. HORACE VATER8 & SONS, 481 Broadway, sTew-York. Box 3,567. $50 T0 "$i0,000 las been invested in Stock Privileges and paid 900 cent. PROFIT. How to Do It," a Book ou Wall St., ent free. TIIMBRIDGE & CO., Bank rs & Brokers,J2 Wall-at., N. Y. 50TJBLE YOUR TRADE druggists, Grocers and Dealers! Pure Jhina and Japan. Teas in sealed packges, screw top cans, boxes or half ehests ifrowers' prices. Send for circular. ?HE WELLS TEA COMPANY, 201 ^ulton St., N. Y., P. O. Box 4560. [ HE WEEKLY SUNUaT^ imns, from now to 'New Years, post?aid, 6flh2ts. Address THE SUN, N.Y. hnnA WEEK guaranteed to Male 91 I and Female Agents, in theii ocality. Costs NOTHING to trv it. ?articularsFree. P. O. VICKERY & 'OAugutsa, Me. Psychomancy, or soul CHARMING.'' How eitheex may fascinate and gain the love and .flections of any person they choose, nstantly. This art all can possess, free ?y mail, for 25 Centi ; together wither ilarriage Guide, Egyptian Orace, )reams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,000 old. A queer booki Address T. W.IL lilAM & CO., "Pub's, Philadelphia Sheriff's Sale. T,. T, Wilson. Auctioneer. Central National Bank, 1 " against' I M. MacKay and George j Execution. Sy miners. J ? BY virtue af an Execution to Die directed, I will sell at Hodges Depot m TUESDAY after Sale Day in Au ;ust next, Deing tne id Bay of August, 1875, vithin the legal hours, One Lot of Casings, consisting of 3 Large Cast Wheels, 3 Small Cast Wheels, and One 5 inch Shaft 15 feet long. Sold as the property of J. M. MacK&y t the suitor the Central National Bank, 'he above casting will be sold for cesh ubiect to a freight bill. The amount /ill be made known on day of sale. L P. GUFFIN, S A. a iheriff's Office, Abbeville,") July 15th, 1875, 15-2t j Medical Card. DRS. BECKHAM & JOHNSON have associated themselves to * x.i?: r ether in ine practice oi iuuir pruieBsiuu, nd may be found at their office in j0wnde9ville. They respectfully offer heir professional services to the puJWic. ROBT. S. BECKHAM, *? P. J. G. JOHNSON, M. D. ^ ~ ypril 12,1875, l-3m* &ii3 .L.- ..'.u.. i Stite.-111 ffHaiti, Auctioneer. ~ WHllatu C. Barrett,) Ordor 3S6fci . - r of * James N. ) Court. | BY tlrtaecrf in Order tbrme -direc- I ted, by'biB Honor T/H, Cooke, i w>il sell oirSaled$y iir August next, before the Court Souse door, at Abbef- ra ?Hle, within tbe' legatfcforer;tbe following ; desdribe(f ^KOBS^jIQ-ED i'KOP-EBTY;io wit: One Tract of^nd, / - ii'''"" "J effmposecr or*ne orer BB1C3? HOUSEr ??/i nrr'a wnt,m? ttj a r?ov- j beififg tfce tract of land and Mill sold by J&mee N. CochraD to WilHam C. j Barrett of New York, Trustee, in * ApT?l, 1869, and supposed to- eoatain in the aggregate s-*830 ACRES, more or ies9, and bounded by lands of t) David Hannah, the Williams Tract, f( James Cochran, and others. Sold 1< as the property of Wm, C. Btrrett, t! Trustee, at the suit of James N. Cochran/ ?] TERMS. J f< Half of purchase money and costs to 9 be paid in Cash, aud the othor half 11 upon a credit until the first day of ^ September, 1875, with interest from ai date. Purchasers to have title deed f1 on complying with terms, and bo let n into poaeeeeioD, L. P. GTIFFIN, 8. A. C. Sheriff's Office, " July 5, 1875, 134t. j Sheriff's Sale. j Bp L J. Wilson, Auctioneer. jj, Samuel Palmer, and Sucan, bis wife, p in the matter of-the Estate of Martha Goodwyn, el. al. * against I James M. Truwit, JJY virtue of sundry Executions to ^ y me directed, I win sen at Abbevillo C. 11., on Saleday in August next, witbing the legal hours, the follow- 0 ing property, to wit: * One Tract of Land, containing t! . ,r 100 Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of James Britt, Jr.. Hiram Palmer, Est. Wm, Truwit, aud others. 2 Mules, 1 Sorrel Horse, 1 Four Horse Wagon, levied on as the property of James M. Truwit at the suit of Samuel Palmer, and Susan, his wife, in the j matter of the Estate of Martha Goodwyn, Derry & Law, and A. J. Clinkecales A-UItMS UASJtl. L. P. GUFFIN, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office, Abbeville, ) July 6th, J875, 13-4t J SHERIFFS SALE. ? i By I. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. r M. L. Hon ham, ? against [ Execution ' Sam'l B. Cook. ) * c BY virtue of an Execution to me directed, I will sell at Abbeville Co'urt House, on Saleday in August, i875, within the legal hours, the following proporty, viz: Four Mules and One Horse, Also 450 Acres of Land, moro or less, and bounded by lands of Mrs. Hearst, Fod 'Jooke, J. L. Sibert Place, and others. Levied on as the property of Sam'l B. Cook, at the suit of M. L. Bonham. TERMS CASH. L. P. GUFFIN, S. A. C. Slioi-iff's Office, Abbeville,) I July 6th, 1875,13-4t ) I fthprifPs iSfllfi 1 MUUliii w - W _j h li By L. J. WJLSON, Auctioneer, g J. B. Cochran, et. alA ? against (-Execution. p Sam'l W. Cochran,) , Adm'r. BY virtue of an Execution to rac directed, I will sell at Abbeville Court House on Sale Day in August _ next, within the legal hours, the following property, viz: 400 Acres of Land, | more or less, bounded by laDd ot {I Jako Clamp, Rob |Winn, and others, < the real estate of Washington S. Cochran. Levied on as the property of W. S. Cochran, dec'd, at tho suit f J. 13..Cochran, and others. TERMS GASH. J L. P. GUFFIN, S." A. C. Sheriff's Office, Abbevi-lle,) July 6th, :1875, 134t j Jast Bsceived AT Cunningham & Templcton's Another Lot of ^ Cranbury Sauce, Pine Apples, p Reaches, and Lemons <* kept fresh. C June 31,1875,12 tf *7 n niifiitiV :hf-" ' y ^author of P romance will e^jj^oe In the lA' July 28th, 1875. " ' :l\ I-'li'-'-'-<Z Jjr>** ;t> 'fhls story is founded on facts; the jenes and incidents are located in a tricing New England Village, noted ; '' >r its basy bum or eotton spindles and ?ni&; while tbe actors who figure-, in. tie drama are natural to the very life. >, r<^ .? It is so well written that from the pening chapter ii carries the mind of U ? >. 41 1 l-_ .J I J - lie icauci tu uie uauna ui a rupiu river, n a bright October morning, aud thence . < e is compelled for the next few days tp. ^ jllow the Author, and make the ac- C;. V uaintance of the various characters itroduced. The scheming of a wlley attorney, - ' ^ rith his accomplices, for wealth, which tops not even at crime, is strongly cop- . ^^ rasted with the manly character and onorable motives of the hero. )on't fail to read the Opening Chapter. June 30, 1875, 12-4t 1ETR0P0LITAN TEA C0.S Amount of fho harrf time* nrtt L9 determined to sell Teas of any yLjM ind, cheaper than any house in the Vorld. IL A.CK TEA, from 50 cts to $1. rOUNG HYSON, - 60 to $1. ^ lb; MPEKIAL & GUNP'R, 50 to $1. ft. , : c| We will send a pound or half pound acbage to you by mail FOR A. 8A.MP3L.E, f? n receipt of the price. Please state the. H^|| ind of Tea you want, and be very par- " icular to give us your correct addresp. -, y.vji All letters must be addressed, Metropolitan Tea Compaity, 32 & 34 Vesey Street,' NEW TOEE. ~''M June 30,1875-2t. New Goods! J JUST RECEIVED, the following at ' the FURNITURE JSTORE :* New Wardrobes, New Meat Safes, New Spring Rollers, New Window Shades, 'r' , New Walnut Chairs, . a New Hall Stands, very J. 0. CHALMERS & CO. . 1 May 25,1875, 7-tf . | Notice. 1TJTITH a view of devising some J f f system for worktagthe roads, I equest that ail the overseers of roads ' ,nd such other persons as take interest j n this matter, meet the.County Com- 3 aissioners at the times and places indl- i ated below: White Hall, July 29. '1 Ninety Six, July 30. J Greenwood, July 31. Hodges. August 2. Sraithville, August 3. ? Donaldsville, August 4. | Due West, Augusts. Douglass Mills, August 6. 'a Abbeville, August 7. j Lowndesville, August 9. ' Black & McAdams, August 10, ' 1 Liberty Church, August 11. Calhoun's Mills, August 12. 3 Chiles' Cross Roads, August 13. % Cedar Springs, August 14. 1 Riley's School House, August Iff. Robt. Jones, Chair. B O. a July 14, 1S75, 14-4t '"*& - Jjj dress " ~; t;| AND MANTUA-MAKING. |m ISS LIDIA TAGGART, assisted f B by Mrs.. George Shillito, will lave charge of this Department?both idies well knowu to the public for their U ood taste and ability. Dresses made, 3 ut and fit on most reasonable t$rh)8apa hortest notice. Also latest styles of 'attorns always on hand at N. Y prices. Jas. A. Bowie, | Agent Emporium of Fashion. April 7, 1875, 52-tf . ,?B jSTEm FOR CATALOGlfKtf. Just Arrived. Ladies tuck combs, REAL HAIR SWITCHES, KID GLOVES, I RUEFLINGS, J SCARFS, - .> _v| WHITE GOODS, I SILK and LEATHER BELTS, I XT A rr,^ , IinVYPTs: Veil) I IIAIO ?UU JJUaIIIJJ LW| i.ivn tvles, at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. May 26,1875, 7-tf ' Just Received. \ A COMPLETE line of DOMESTIC \ flL DRY GOODS, consisting of iROWN, BLEACHED and CHECK LOMESPUNS. A handsome line of riuts, Cottonades, Kentucky Jeans, " i o., &c., at < lunningham & Tejnpleton's, Jg June 30,1875,12.tf i