Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r _ . a?i?w?a?MP? ?j? Napoleon Ill's Mother. (Qpeen llortcnse bus left seven 01 .eight compact volumes of memoirs which in their entirety, aro never t( be published. They were designee fQr \the reading of her own family and woe intended to explain tin complicated, unhappy and tx>l blame .less life of the writer. Tli>-y are fill of exaggerations and indiscretions, o: .high-flown sentiments and ha^ty ver :):cts on men and women. Through ..put there is evidence of ^ generou: spirit, a warm heart and a peneirat mind. The intimate deseriptioi ,of Napoleon ure, in many passages .admit able and would be valuable t> history as showing the warmci ?i-io of his character. When th< touches on her wedded lifo presents her husband as a domes tyrant, with whom it was impossi MU. 10 live; but then it if? easy to sc< j^tUe coiiiext J hat what she t alloc ^ 1 fee endc-uv-<->i <A a sen and solitary man to. curb tlx w tid exuberance of a worldly, .society -?*?*ii?g, even frivolous woman, wb( tfoiind most of bc*r plensurso awaj cfrem the fireside, and who had been spoiled by tho adoration of a brilliani -^ourt. It is to -be remarked that, aj cifcougb she rosonted King Louis tyran }*V and gk>oin, sho novor caused to re .-spcet him. -She-knew that s-he hac i.o't been.a good wii'e to him, .and ii hor will" she acknowledged it. 11 ei .'fsitiities were beyond question, noi jihe deny them in tho final recorii oftOT.flHe. .She explains idealize? and-moralizes, seeking to bewitel: -raaher than satisfy the j udgOIJHMll Oi the reader. And, to some extent ' > ?- a ri,. SUe flUCCUeUJS. rur tliciv ?viia in U4H. <Ja?:ghtcr "labonne Josephine" herou virtue, scorn of danger, intensity oi maternal love, and charily which oovcringvthe calamity of the ingratc and the treachoiy cf 14-;o friend, was active to the last in kind officej among the humblest 01" her iwigh -bors. The good overbears and al most hides the bad. Yet it can not be denied that the effect exercised -in Queen Hoi'tense on Uie character oi Jier eon Louis 't\as enervating. She was a lover-and seeker of pleasure Ic tho last. All'her friends were de lighted and culti-vaied companions She lovod letters and the -arts, 'flu learned man was ever welcome ai her board. JJ.ut shelw-as not a strici mistress of n) orals. There was ranch of what we understate as tho Bo hemian to her n a tare. Cottrau, th< -artist \yas allowed about the ehatcm in a customo tbat would have charm ci the grisettcs of the Quartier Lai ?n. S!?oliked expeditions a la bonne frauQuette, to use a Paris vulgarism in Kome her pa: tics were of the 'liveliest, and in those days strict mor :a,ls made no part of the estimate vvhen trbe valuo or desirability oft' lady'* society was under considera ?tior.. Prince Louis could not but be come kindly and charitable undei ?t'Uc guidance arid with the example, sof his mother; but he could hardl\ fail also to feel the influence of tin very thin incral atmosphere of hei little court. The basis of the Aren burg society was-democratic, and a* we have observed the Bernese aristo crat was not more welcome than the rough radiial of Thurgau. J:i this hrncing political company the gay queen's son contracted that democratic tone which his mind kept unimpaired to tho last hour of his life, r>..? ii.^ c,t,,./??. i),,> r-onviM'Sfition JMIC lliu j;ivaoui vo, vx-? . .. the souLliern brio, thnt threw a rosy tint about slips in mora!*, were enervating surroundings to the youn<: man whose single hand was to hold sway and mastery over an empire Tn after life Prince Louis showed deep traces of both the good and the evil of his mother's teaching and the society in which she brought him up Tho ?ood blossomed in a thousand acts of kindness, and tho evil appealed in many weaknesses?all those off tender heart?for which a bitter pen ally was paid in the end. English Women Dressing Like Frights To a country gentleman accus tomed to his womenfolk in fresh inns linsand clean prints it is not a littli surprising to be taken on tho homes if some of the litirary and semi-artis tic families living in and near London An atmosphere of moid)' decay per vades tho house which is painted it dark gre n blushes. The walls an hur.g with every conceivable absur dity?scenes where no candles arc never lighted,- slothed shop. WnoU dinner-services of china are strung on the stair-case, aud everything i: covered thick with a b'ack, oil) dust made by smoke, smuts and l'og. The poor girls try to dross in a way which they fondly bclievoto beaHistit and in looking like rug dolls. The) tio the refuse of Cairo around theii waists, and whisps of strange fabrics around their necks. Poacock fenth ers eye us from unaccountable situa tions, and frills of old lace, so dirty as to be almost nasty, garnish the throats which would look much better in clean linen collars. But clcai linen collars and cuffs have unfortu L natcly no tone; they are incompati We with artistic dressing. Then too hair is inadmissible. ihere is another stylo of artistic P dressing which when badly done h ' almost offensive as the withered style { We may call it for the wiint of a bet k to;- name, free classic. It is generally p- adopted by short, fat people wit I high shoulders, it consists for tht ^ . most part of a shapeless cream-color K ed cotton or wollon robe, with a goh trirdle. On stout figures the effect if by no means attractive. A mode! at tired in a nightgown, which has beet properly damped and draped nc jdoubt looks very well, but a night gown over a reasonable amount o undergarments is merely ungainly * and shapeles*. Dresses of this pat Lorn must bo eit her ugly or indeli ?. cate. Good artistic and good fash -- ' iQ-iable dressing both involve expense _ aud neither ot' them can be well car rried out without thought, knowledge and pnoney.? Saturday uqht hjvivv. > . ' r The first bale of ja*w eotton v/a; biOUght to Anderson on Saturday morn ing.'ith inst. to Messr.-. Jileckley, Jirowt jk Co., for shipment, bv Mr. R. A. King of tiie Fork township, who has for: number of years back,(with the excep tion yf liu?t year,) sold tue nm oaie u tlie season at this place. Messrs. IJleekley, IJrown & Co. paid Mr. King a premaum of five dollars it) gold for jbring; ing in the first bale- feffiK*"*-* A gold mine was sold in Dahlonegi last week, and $10,000 cash was the - >unt paid. Farming on Shares. r This custom in I lie old cotton belts , of- the South grew out of two causes ) which, at the time, wo saw no way tc 1 avoid?first, from a want of money tc ,! pay wages with, and secondly, be a cause the negroes had been advisee - by the Bureau Agents not to firm in 1 an}' other manner. These, we say r were tlie twe leading causes that led - to it, and confirmed, as wo thought --by the belief that it was really the sj best method of scouring tno negroe t - work. Experience, however, of ti 1 disastrous nature, has shown tho er ,|ror of the plan, and the time has cer3 tainly come when farmers and plan r ters must adopt a different system, 2 even if it should involve the necessity . of cultivating less ground. This cus torn has practically resulted in the - negro becoming the proprietor of the ; crop; And all of us who are acrns1 tomod to the negro when a slave, and - under good training and order, know j that it was seldom that one coald bt - toi?i<J- ef sufficient knowledge and > force of charrcter, to make even a ' "Driverand but a small proportion 6-f^those who ha^^iat particular L sort ?f ^executive n-ess we r&ivV - culatod to say'\vbco and how a crop - should tie pitched, planted and work ed, outside the direction of the planI ter himsekf. Y-et, in the face of this i we now find them placing their en tire planting interests into the hands of one negro, whoso only recomondaI tion is that he can command one to ; six hands. The effect of which is i that the proprietor has to bear the lirunt of v'ie ignorance or idleness ol , the entire number, instead of one The tenant or rent plan is only the san>o thing under another name, and, I' if possibie containing more risks i For while working on the share plan ! there is some semblance of obedience i to proprietary authority, howevei ; tenderly it is dared to be touched. While tho tenant plan at once surron ders the entire control. Under this last system the negro is supplied with ? J i I a mule or muies, nnuer uiu upi'i-mE ante of sale, and supplies of all kinds i advanced with the only chance ol > reimbursement, depending on the sue cess of the negro in, to him, the new arts of planting and proprietor' ship. i Sometimes this attained by par l? tiul success, bm in the very large ina i jorityoi instances, in failure of croj: - ?largo indebtedness, which ho is un ' able to pay?the mule badly damag : ed, by ill use and starvation, and in most instances returned, and quite of leu in the abandonment of the croj: ; beforo gathering; this at last bcin<i practically done, by idleness and nog> lect. Whenever tho negro tiads that - this indebtedness fur rem, supplies 1 and stock are likely to exceed the i value of his crop, he feels no more ob ligation to continue work, Our planters know these things I ? nil 'IC Il'rt/lft V/>t. t.llUV R(?(im JUOfc ilO .. W. .. v J~. J ; not to regard thesosevere lessons oj " experience. How to plant, with the * negro for the labor, is the question ' Both question and answer arc simple bnt our planters refuse to adopt ? them. Employ them for money wages; u ' certain portion payable at the expiration of every mouth, the remainder at the end of the year ?eithe r work ingthem in largo or small numbers, as may be most convenient, we.pre, fering the small numbers with a well chosen white man to work in the load, and to act as a kind of foreman under the proprietor. If then, an : idle hand has been employed, he can I at any time be discharged with only a prospective, but not an actual lous, I as the case when fanniug on share*. The facts which we have here urg' ed upon the cotton planters are of the serious character, as is shown in I their pecuniary condition and in the appearance of their homes ?for a t share cropper, or a tenant, always re I'usos to assist in ai)Drovintr the place having no further interest in it, he thinks, than for the passing yesr; . while with hierd hands a man keeps his stock and cribs in his own hands, - directs his own planting, and im proves his place as ho sees proper. ; These are only* a few of the facts in i volvod, hut sufficient to demonstrate - the truth of all we say, as proven by . (lit- experience of every planter - who has tried either plan.?Rnrai i 2'vxun. ? i A Little Sketch of Secretary Biustow.?Bristow is a man of tine r composition, like an important bull 5 dog,yet with all the points of thai composition pointing toward aggressI iveness. He is showing some signt of time, and uow has heavy eyelids long chops, a slower walk than form . crly, more belly, and out of his eye* > is emitted a sort of sallow fire, whicli j shows that ho has a physical and noi Ja philosophical natire. Still there it -tin the man the sentiment of Kentucky J honor?that is something much bel Iicti by Northern partisan writers, but 1 which yet exists us much as thrift in . i Xcw England or chicken eating in 11 Georgia. There are hut few loeali -j tii's in the North where the Kentucky . spirit shines out, that spirit which without being thin-skinned, resenti Ian unfamiliar reputation, desires dig ;i nity, and still respondsto hospiialit}' ?;Gen. Uristow probably never drew tin . j breath of a dishonest intention, lit .'has been attempting for many years f I of his life to Northernize his tempera ?! incnt, but with little general success ;j He appreciates peace, but he is com . j bative and Hrclv, and is perfectly usu 11 less when sent on a mean errand i I liristow represents, with Samuel .iTilden, a prevading belief amongst >!observers, that public rascality i: >|doomed whonover an investigation .| whenever Congressional or Executive fi proceeds against it. The first step ii * | iialf the journey. ???? ? j Conkki>riiatk Crmtiixcv. ? Colone "Blanton Duncan, who ought to know 51 hiis written an article to the Cincimuil ' Commercial on the Confederate curren >, cy. IIir ?avs the total Issue never reach led &tfO,0U),(H)O, and its depreciation i: I less than is popularly believed. J1 < isa.ws the paper dollar was worth So cents in gold in November, 1R(>1 ; (jO cents it . May, 1S02; 4o or 50 cent" in November , 1802; !fi cents in July, 1SG3; 8 cents ii November, 1803; o cents in May, 1804 [ from which period to the terminatior .; of the war it fluctuated, going un oncc f, to6 cents, and only failing entirely as t .! medium in the last two months prior tc .ithe capitulation, when every one saw J that defeat was inevitable. | Thkuk was a temperance meeting al t; Dorn's Mfneon Saturday last. Speeches ;j by Messrs. W. T. Bradley and E. E Trewitt. ... . t " ~ The Press and Banner. > j W. A. LEE, Editor. >| Wednesday, Sept, 15,1875. ' Tht Condition of Georgia?Its Manu- j 1 facturing ande Agricultural Interf ests?The Homestead and Lien Laws. Mr. Clias. Nordhorf, the well-known i correspondent of the A'ew York Herald,, i [ givesin a recent letteranything else than . a flattering report of the agricultural interests of our sister State, but on the for it n lirirrht future ICUIIUUIJ, .... as a manufacturing country. The chief obstacle in the way of its | agricultural prosperity, he finds in the thin, worn, lands of the State, which have forced the people to emigrate to Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, where they are able to take possession of new and fertile soils, where they need no manures, and can get greater returns for their labor. He finds Jess evidences of wealth among the farming class, and the land owners generally less enterprising, less prosperous, less intelligent, i and less expert in adapting themselves to the new system of labor, than in any . other States. As an evidence of the lack of prosperity, he states that since the ' "War Georgia has lost at least 50,000 peo1 pie, half of eafch color. On the contrary, as a manufacturing . country, Qeorgia has all the elements of . future creatuess, in its valuable waterpower, in its coal. iron, and other min' eral wealth, and in its numerous popu lation of poor people, whose daughters make the best operatives. As an evi, dence of this, the few cotton factories are, even in the present depression, very | remunerative, and have been paying over twenty per cent, dividends, whilst ' '""I works are in trood con ' IIIU II V/?A UMVt .. - ^ . dition. The superior advantages en. joyed here by the manufacturer, and his prosperous condition, are thus set forth: ' "He needs no such solid and costly dwellings for the work people; land is 1 still cheap; lumber for building is still cheap; fuel is unusually cheap; the op. erative class is, I suspect, more manageable and more easily made intelligent, than the rude, imported labor now used ' at the North; food is and must long re! main cheaper; the mildness of the wini ter is certainly an advantage, and there . is an air of comfort and contentment about these Southern factoaies which is verv nleasinsr. The operatives are usu ally very nicely lodged in cottages, and are evidently happy and pleased with their life. It is among the factory workers and the small farmers of Georgia that wc find the chief prosperity of the State. Here there is little or no debt; money - circulates rapidly; improvements are i seen, and there is patient, hopeful labor, thrift and enterprise, which affects, as it seems to me, the whole population. I heard here and there of instances of 1 poor young mechanics working steadily and earnestly, in a New England way, > at their trades, making labor respectar ble, accumulating property and taking^ ' honorable places in their communities; and some such men talked to me of their - past and their future, of the hopeful > change which the extinction of slavery ! had produced In the prospects of their class, in language which showed me that there is a new-born hope of better things in the poor white peoplo of the State." The agricultural interests, lie thinks, ' have suffered from the operation of two , bad laws; the homestead law exempted $3,000 of real estate, and ?1,000 of personal property from seizure by creditors; ' and the lien law, which offers a prerni, um upon incapacity and want of thrift, enables men to undertake planting with insufficient capital, and deranges the whole industrial system. To show the ruinous effect of the lien law, ho makes ' the following statement: "To show you how the lien law worked, here is a statement made to me by a planter of (he charges which he had 11? ' ^ ? ?/l??Ann/iC! ttinrlo Kt* KIlOWIl CO l'U puiu ii/r tvuvuuvvo ujuuv */? a factor. He instanced to me the case of u planter who required from his factor a loan or advance of $-5,000 to make his crop. For this he paid one per cent, per month, to which I was assured seven I per cent, per annum was sometimes added, making really nineteen per cent. , Then the arrangement was that the factor should buy all the planter's supplies for him, and for this service he charged him two and a half per cent., and billed the goods to him at "time prices," which added eight or ten per cent, to their cost. Then the factor sold the planter's crop, and charged for this two and a half percent, again. I should not have believed such a system possible, had I 1 not seen the same thing regularly done by the sugar planters in the Sandwich Islands two or three years ago. Of course, no business except the slave trade could bear such a drain. Some planters complained to me that they could nevergetadvane.es from the banks, who preferred to lend to the factors, but ' this will hardly surprise any business man. The profits were great enough for the bank and the factors to divide." The consequence has been universal | discontent among the laboring class, and large emigration to oilier rsiaies. ucuigia has repealed her lien law, and though :he repeal lias operated with so?ne hardship upon the poor and im. provident planters, it has been attended with the best results in forcing the peo' pie to plant more provisions, so that | more corn will be made this year than j in any year since the war. Weourselves . experienced the evils of this ruinous credit system, which has led to the excessive cultivation of cotton, and driven > our people almost to the verge of bankruptcy. The road to independence lies j [in the maintenance of a system of di,; versified industry, and especially in the i cultivation of provisions and other arti'| cles of necessary home consumption. '! The first step to this end would seem to jbo the repeal of the lieu law, upon . which the credit system and the over; i grown cotton culture depend. j The liabilities of Georgia arc said to 11 be double those of any other Southern 11 State, whilst those of Georgia and South -(Carolina amount to nearly one-half of | the liabilitiesof the entire South. These | estimates refer to individual liabilities, .'and not to Stute debts. J j Thr public school question in itscon'inection with the Roman Catholic j Church, is assuming some prominence ! 'east and west, has entered into the Ohio . canvass, and has come before the New . i York lioard of Education for discussion. | The Roman Catholic clergy are opposed - lo their people sending tiieir cnuaren to | secular schools, and claim a portion of I | j the public fund in support of their own | I! parochial schools. This is a blow ut popular education, which forms the * | foundation stone of republican institutions. Our public schools, to carry out ,; the great objects of, their establishment, ?| must be free from sectarian influences, 'jand the claims alike of Protestant and 'Catholic. Religious feelings and sectaj riali doctrines have as much to do with 'factories and workshops as with the ! public schools, and the attempt to parcel I; out the public fund between the various , [sectarian schools will be destructive alike ?! to secular and sectarian education. The i - Church and the .State have each distinct j ti->lds of operation, to which they should v confine themselves. 11 Henry I) Capers, centennial agent in , (Georgia, is out in a long letter appeali i ing to the citizens of Georgia to take ,! part in it, and ask them to claim, as a i i right, the privilege of honoring the >| hundredth aniversary of their birth as i a free and independant State J! The talk about building a grain eleva. ; tor in Augusta is now assuming a defi[ nite shape, and a company will prob; ably be formed. It is proposed that the i j elevator shall have a capacity of 100,000 bushels, and it.shall be built near the I water tower. - iMfiniffiriifiii'ii niafilMifiai T)' It COL. VALENTINE BAKER. Col. Valen ting Bakefy the British < ficer wlioso prompt conviction at punishment for an assault uponayoui lady in a railroad car have been the su ject of such extended notice, has bc< r^j'.eiitly interviewed, anu express hitnsCi! thus in regard to his seutenci "It is a severe one, more perhaps I itseffeots Jhan in itaeJf. I have belie ed all along tiic'i1 the clamor made aboi my case would prejudice it in the mini of a common jury. I am Still of t.1' opinion. Haa it not been rumored tin the Prince of Wales and others wej exerting influences to save me, I belie\ that more consideration would ha\ been taken of my services, and tin Simply a line would have been infiicte< But Mr. Justice Brett, who evident! wished to spare me degradation whe he said by brilliant deeds f might rein bilitate myself, did not realize that in prisonmeut was fatal to me. Mauy ii decent assaults are not punished b imprisonment. He obeyed the popuh clamor, and no doubt thought he woul r.f nnffiulitu rli/f liannf mi UC aiyUUOCU UX JJtfcl klltULj uiu n^uvv wi demn me to the extreme penalty of th offense. In this way I was made a sai ritice to th3 cry of 'one law for the ric and poor alike.' I do not accuse m judge, and I foresaw this. It is th reason why I wanted a special jury an a higher court. I should, ho doub have been found guilty, but thedisgrat of imprisonment might have bee spared me." "My former brother officers ha\ again and again assured me of the good will, and I have received man letters from friends condoling with m misfortune. To myself I do not a tempt to condone it, and I shall nev< cast'a word of blame on the lady wb has brought it all on me. I am ma enough to know, even though I suffi for it, that, uuder all circumstances, sfc could not do otherwise than she did. only think it hard that one moment < forget fulness should destroy the honori ble record of a whole life. Had Ml! Dickinson not been pushed to it, I fe confident she wished to spare, and I fe thankful for her generous impuls But with the noise that was made ov( it all, she was forced to sacrifice mo I her own reputation. She is a pur good girl, and, as 3rou saw, I never a tempted to controvert a word she said, The Anderson County Fair. The Intelligencer announces that tl eighth annual fair of the Andersc Farmers' and Mechanics' Associatic will be held on the 27th, 28th, aud 29t of October next, and invites all farmer mechanics, aud manufacturers to brii forward specimens of their skill. It promised that every arrangement wi be made for the accommodation of e: hibitors and visitors, aud that no efl'o will be spared to secure the success < the exhibition. A new feature has bee introduced, of which the Intelligent says "A new feature has been introduce this year, intended for the eucourag inentof the unmarried ladies, which the offer of a handsome premium for tl best dinner, not exceeding six dishes, i be cooked and served upon the Fa Grounds, by any single ladv undi twenty years of age, on Thursday, 281 of October. This premium isasplend cooking stove, which has beeugenerou ly donated to the Association by tl manufacturers, Messrs. Rathbone, Sa & Co., of Albany, New York. Your ladies desiring to compete for this ham some aud useful premium must gn notice to the Secretary on or before tl 11th of October, in order that arrang meuts may be made far the contest, ar the requisite number of stoves supplier - * - Ml 1. 1 ? ~ ^ rue meats win ue uuukcu <il mu suu time, and each young lady Competii for the premium furnislie l with a StOV The committee to decide unon the co1 test will consist of tl>c officers of (1 Association. This is a novel and intt esting featui*s? and we trust therewiil I lively competition ainoug the young 1 dies for this valuable premium, which one of the best cooking stoves man factured in this country." How would our young Abbeville 1 dies like to enter the lists, after the e: ample of their Anderson sisters? V live in an age of progress, but we dou whether Abbeville has yet reached 111 stage in the process of development. Tanneries at the South. The Atlanta Constitution uses the ft lowing arguments for the establisbme of tanneries in that State which a equally applicable here: "We need tanneries in connectu with our growing manufactures of hoc and shoes. We need workers in leat er as well as in wood and in iron, at to have the former we must have leat! er of home production. Sumac is natural product of our soil. It sprin up anywhere, and is not at all sensiti' to heat, drought, or any other change clitfiete. It is hardy, plenteous ai marketable. The demand for this ar' ele Is constantly ahead of the supply, a multitude of tanners prefer it to ai other article that contains tannic aci True, it is only used at present for ta ninggoat and sheep skins, but this on account of the inadequate suppl If the supply were sufficient it would I used in the tanning of all kind of hide Georgia sumac is as good as Virgin sumac, and better than the finest Sici sumac. The next convention of tl State Agricultural Society should gi this subject attention. Thousands tons are allowed to rot in Georgia eve year, which the world wants, and w pay good prices for it. When proper prepared, the prices range from $75 $150 a ton. The officers of the Stn Agricultural Society can easily procu all needful information from Virgini where the traffic in sumac has grown large dimensions, and where its cultiv tion and preparation for market a thoroughly understood." 4 ^ + Mississippi Editors 011 an Excursic A party of six Mississippi editors h; been making an "editorial excursioi through the North, and wound up Buffalo, where they visited the varie theatre, and were received with thr cheers, to which Col. Stock house, 01 of their number, responded in an h morous speech, in which after com pa ing himself and his friends to tl Queen of Sheba on a visit to Solanioti dominions, he said : "Fellow-citizens of KufFalo, weassu you that this invasion of ours is alt gether harmless in its object. We a not spying out the land with any hosti intend. No, we are niuch obliged to tl tilnnr) rf. iron t Innion nm/vntr vn ' ~ " ?"""J """ V CJW..V.V...V.. UIIIVK^, JW who, l'or some inscrutable purpose Pro idonce may have in view, art; allowed live and delay the year of jubilee in tli American iamily, hut we have hi enough of war?rather too much of i Our voice is for peace. [Applause \V? <>ru liL-u M<a little, <l??u I K, " ^ JILUL HL VII UV who played around the heels of a inul got badly kicked and his fact* frightful mangled, lie asked his father if tl sears would ever disappear from his fai again. "No, sonny," replied the sir ' you will never be pretty again, b then you will have a damn sight mo sense." [Laughterand applause.] V are not going into any more war wil you fellows. If we had known ho confounded numerous you were?wli vast resources you had?what a natic of git up and gitters you are v should never have been guilty of tl absurdity of trying to whip you in tl first ylace." Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carol in says he cannot replace the money the state that was lost in tha failure Soloman's bauk. That money is nee ed to pay to the interest on the ne consols. The total amount thus far j sued of the latter is $<5,100,000, "\Vhc the whole of the old debt is funded i these consols the debt of the state wi not exceed $5,800,000?the rest will the be legally repudiated. i >r a i Europe an Armed Camp. if1 The ITcrctld thus sums tip the European armaments, and their immense { |t? aiiliual cost <? : 1l "Europe is now an armed catnp. ! Jn This is mainly because ot the battle of L'a Wedam Germany has 1,700,000 men an- ( e; dcr arms, including her army and navy. I For these, although she is economical v_ beyond any other nation in Europe, she L,t pivys ?100,000,000 annually. England's ' ^ soldiers and sailors oompn.se nearly half ? a million men, at a yearly cost of $124,- 1 it (kk) OPO. Austria spends $54,000,000 a c re year for ail army of 535,000 men, al-- t 'e though she has difficulty in paying her e debts. We find even little countries * ifc like Belgium and Denmark with large ? * armies, costing millions of dollarsevery y year. Spain, whose credit is a mockery F 1,1 in the money markets of Europe, whose r *" industry is paralyzed and her commerce j* 1_ little more tliau a name?Spain, with 1_ every impetus to economy and retrench- t y ment and peace?must have 570,000 men, k lf" for which she pays over $30,000,000 a r' d year. France, with her army and navy, h 1_ has 1,700,000 men uuder arms, costing n ie $135,000,000 per annum. Even Greece, 'I c* who cannot suppress the brigands that d h infest her hills, must have 50,000 men. 'l] y Italy, which would not send acotnmis- IJ sion to the Centennial Exhibition of t " Philadelphia for reasons of economy, t ti can afford to keep several hundred thou- t :e Hands of men under arms at a cost of ^ 11 nearly $50,000,000 per annum ; while lit- 1 tie Holland, one of the most useful and e harmless countries in Europe, finds 100,- t r 000 men necessary for her independence. a y Even Sweden, away, we should think, y from the sweep of Eurepean ambition t and protected by her isolation, is com- o 3r pelled to keep lfM),O0O men under arms, * 10 Switzerland has 180,000, and Turkey is <> n rapidly goin to the devil with an army c ?r of 300,000 men. j) ie Altogether, tiiereforc, Europe to-day 1 I has over 9,000,000 soldiers nnder arms, t 01 for which she spends nearly fTOUjOoy^UO T II" per annum. fl iS This is one of the fruits of the policy ( e| pursued by Germany siuce the great el victory at Sedan." G' This immunity which we enjoy from sr the burden of a great Btanrling army, ? we owe to our comparative* isolation. Three thousand miles of ocean consti- J y, tute a great pacificator, and make us rather indifferent spectators of the shift- 1 ing scenes of a great political drama. 1 Non-interference on our part with Eu- , ropeau politics, and a jealous sensitiveness to any foreign interposition with c Vr our affairs, have been cardinal doctrines 1 of our foreign policy since the days of J ^ Washington. s I g The Currency Question. c is 1 11 Wendell Phillipps doubtless announced the true principle in his recent let- ? rt ter. when he asserted that the currency i 'f of the country rests not upon specie but [ n upon government credit, and that this 2r being so, it is worse than folly to pay the national banks $20,000,000 to play the useless part of stauding between the ?" nation and its currency?that the *s amouutof currency must depend upon ie the necessities of business, and that the t? government should stand ready to issue r to every business man who can give the L'r requisite security, as much currency as ;h he wishes, nt low interest and converti'd hlo Into long bonds?and that green- ' 8" backs should be made a legal tender for ie all purposes, customs and all governw ment dues included. >K It seems to be all important that we d" have a national currency with the cred'e it of the nation pledged for its redempie tion, but it is very difficult to see the e- necessity for two kinds of national cur'd rency?the natioua) banks noU-s and the legal tensor, The convertibility of ,e legal bonder notes in to govern ment bonds '8 would enable the currency to adopt ite* fic'if to the necessities of trade, and ex pand or contract as tlie.se demand. Ho < ie much depends upon a sound and stable < :r" currency, that it isHjot surprising that 3e it has become a great political question and promises to foim a great issue in 18 the next Presidential campaign, On u" this issue the North and East seem to be arrayed against the .South and West , a* ?the moneyed institutions or' the one ( X" section against the undeveloped natural ( >'e resources of the others. bt at The Improvement of the Mississippi River. The President has appointed a new i commission, composed of civil and milI itary engineers to examine and report upon the operations necessary to remove the obstructions which exist at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The . muddy waters of the river have formed . a delta af alluvial deposit, which isyearj ly, daily, and hourly increasing in area i1 and height. It is impossible to remove * the deposits by dredging, as the accumulation is at the rate of one-half mil? lion of cubic yards per day; and the of jetty svstem has been resorted to under j the direction of Capt. Eads, a distinct guished engineer, which, by means of ~ wicker-work, mattresses, and piling, so arranged as to form artificial banks on 7 each side, so narrows the stream of the * river as to increase the force of the curj" rent, and thus deepens the channel of the river- Another commission proug posed a new outlet for the river, by meansof a canal, which plan isstill un' ' der consideration. The importance of . the work makes It one of national in* terest, whilst the large outlay which it rr><nilri>fl <>nn onlv be met b.v the re j. sources of tlie general government. The! Mississippi is the great artery of "West.r. ern commerce, and the preservation of j its navigation involves so many great A interests as to justify the most lavish t expenditure to effect the desired ends, j 1 The South has done so much to enrich c other sections, that slie should receive t(J some equivalent for the sums expended. re The Riot in Mississippi.?The collision between the white and black people at Clinton, Miss., was most bloody. At least forty negroes were killed and a m great many wounded. The whites hold the town while the negroes have become 1(i completely demoralized and scattered. 1?tinnn i lunoru 1 jM V1<JV. AltlfS IIU.-5 btliitu ujiuh | at George, Chairman of the Democratic jy State Central Committee, to help him ee restore order. Clinton is a smalltown lle on the Vieksburgand Jackson Railroad, j u. in a densely populated negro country. The colored people thereabouts outnum|l(. her the whites three or four to one, but jig it would seem at these great odds they are no match for the whites in a light. The re Radical party has no doubt been at the 0_ bottom of all,this trouble. Governor rt. Ames got up the Vickbug riot last year, je for the purpose of sending forward ie many bloody shirts to lielp his pa?*ty u carry Northern States. Mr. Lamar, Ixi j vI a speech at Holly Springs, yesterday,! to directly charges him with the murder js of the colored people who fell in the attack upon that city. He has no doubt again driven them to slaughter, for the ' , j double purpose of carrying Mississippi jy and Ohio. liut it will only have the effW nf fi i.riitnninf the neirroes from the i j,! }ioll.s in Mississippi, ami U: received as a !! 'stale old story in Ohio. Butler taught j< ee his son-in-law, Ames, his politics. Hej< e is a thoroughly unprincipled fellow, i saturated with sconndrelism, with love j re for the negro to the extent lie can use: re him for his pujpeaes.?Coiwtitiittoiialiiif. J th w New York, September, fl?Kx-Judge h at Morris, Til ton's counsel, is busy prepar- j i m ing papers for the second trial of the j) ke suit against Jicecher. i\Ir. Pearsoll, an- , 10 other of Tilton's counsel, stated that the h le action was a bona fide one. The case is No. 40 on the calender, and will bo reached about the third Monday in the: I present month. of Gov. Leslie, of Kentucky, recently ' d- appointed as aid-de-camp on his stair a | w boy thirteen years old; and later he has s- added to his staff ason, aged six months, >n of George T. Duff, the assistant secretr- 1 in ry of State* The baby ranks as colonel, i ill and the Governor declares that he is < jn more ornamental and fully as useful as I any adult whom he could have chosen, i The Injunction Suit. Juogfc Mack6y, in the case against tU yty council of Columbia, granted an in unction to restrain the city coiitfcil fron ncreashig the debt of the city, but al o\ped- them to issue certificates to mee syxrent expenses, not exceeding $1,20 jeribonthi He says:? "The prayer of the complaint ask hatfiau accounting may be had in orde hat a detailed statement of the indebt rdness may be exhibited, the aggregat indebtedness shown, and the severu liltes When acrued may be given, an< hit the corporate authorities be re itreined from any further increase o rfty*' indebtedness, and be restraine< rom issuing certificates of indebted less. In my judgment, it is eminently ihakvati tn <?nnnf ua munli a? f W q r\ fn n c 'lupci IIS giaill ow UIUUll \Jk l*UC <?.' elates to an accounting to be had. ^ eferee shall be appointed, whose du iesfihall be to enter upon an investiga ion of the financial affairs of the city b^ iking testimony, by examination of tin ecords, and by calling on parties win iave evidences of the city f indebted icss to tile a statement of the same 'he referee shall embrace in his report i etaiied statement of the acts and dougs of the corporation from 1870 to th< iresent date. The court cannot gran lie prayer, with due regard to the func ions of the corporation, as to restraining he issue of certificates of indebtedness lunicipal corporations exercise func iona and powers through olHcern elect d by the people. To grant so much o lie prayer wonld be to divest them o 11 power to administer the affairs of th< orporation, check the machinery o he government, and paralyze the armi f its officers. So much of the prayer herefore, is denied; but the cofporat fficers will be limited in the issue o ertificates of indebtedness to sucli ai mount as will be necessary to defra; he current expenses of the corporation o wit: Tbe expenses of the police dc tartment, the alms house, the salaries c tJ1 SUJttl'JUU UlUUCid, uuu iigucooaij ?un )ii the streets. + Due West Items. We copy the following items from th \H80ciatc Jlcffrmicd Prcubytcrian:? Rev. W. Joe Lowry, D. D., of Selnm Alabama, will be at Due West durin, he meeting of Synod. * Dr. Hemphill's new house in Du kVest is about finished and ready fo >ccupancy. We have seen no advertisement c Erskine College this Summer, butw mderstand that quite a number of aji jlications have been made for places md the prospect is that the College wil >pen with agoodly number of studentf 'Merit will mount." McGee Brothers are erecting on Mail street, opposite the Euphemian Hal n Due West, a new brick store whie jromises to be an ornament to the towr Brushing Ui\? Our Female Colleg s beginning to look something like if 'riends have long wished for it to b< Six carpenters and four painters an vhitewashers were at work on It las veek. Two- more weeks will make i ook like a new place. The prospects of the Due West F< nale College were never more encoui iging. The College building will b horougbly refitted and refurnishet L'he presidentand his family, with t,hre >r four lady teachers, will occupy th juilding and take special charge of a jupils entrusted to them, while sever; food houses, conveuieut to the Colleg* vill be open for the reception of boart >rs. Two new teachers will be added t f.ii -. mi.. ? ?/ .....A utj a iwu.ivjr, i lie pruira?t#i? nuu tcnvi li s are determined to make the Colleg nore and more worthy of the liberi patronage it lias received for the pa: fifteen years. The session opens o Monday the 4th of October. It is hope that parents and guardians will appri iiate the importance of having pupi inter at the opening of the aesion?th very lirst day. The Ohio Campaign.?All the ii dications point to to the triumph of tb Democrats in October, and the electio Df Allen as Governor. And the triumji of the Democrats then means a Dem< cratic victory in 1876. Various questioi enter into the canvass; among whic the financial seem most prominent, an upon these, however much opinioi differ, yet men of all parties seem to 1 hoping for a change to bring about financial and business revival, and i relieve trade, commerce, and manufac ures from the present depression. T1 Administration and the Republics party are held responsible for the pre ent stagnation of business, and will ha1 to pay the penalty. It was this utiive sal discontent which set in motion tl great tidal wave last fall, and will, v think, give the government to the Den ocrats in 1876. Rev. Ellison Capeus.?Rev. Ell son Capers, of Greenville, has resign* the charge of the Episaopal Church that city, and has accepted an unar mous invitation to Selma, Ala., where larger and more extensive field of us fulness is proffered to him. It has be< apparent to the friends of Mr. Cape that his removal irom ureenvjiie w only a question of time; for he has i ceived numerous calls during the In several years, and his reputation w certain to secure for him the most li eral offers from a distance. He had i desire to leave the State at any tim and the allurements of increased sala would not alone influence him to fc sake the people of South Carolina; b tiie opportunity is afforded him to ent upon a wider sphere of Christian labc besides affording to his family great comfort, and to himself more absolu relief from the cares of life. Mr. Cape is justly beloved wherever known, ai in this community he has many warn ly attached friends, whose earn ent wis! es for his welfare and prosperity wi always attend him.?Anderson Inleli gcnvcr. Li-t of New Advertisements. A card?AV Rosenberg. Goods at cost?J T Robertson. Insurance?Connor & DuPre. Vatuable land sale?A S Briggs. Vitml dinchartre?Jas C Mundy Wi R Mil inly. Final discharge?J C "Wosmansky. Sheriff's sale?L P Gufiln. Prolific onion setts?Parker & Pcrri New advertisements?(jleo P Howe & Co. According to the last census of Irelnui the inhabitants are thus classified as i their religious faith : lloinan Catholic 4,1.30,807; Protestant Episcopalian GG7.998; Presbyterians, 497,048; Meth Jist, 43,441. The rest, 51,4:23, are of otl er denominations. Among them n 1.538 Covenanters, 2,G(to Brethren, an some Exclusive Brethren, Christade phians, Darby it os, <fce. The clerks in the Statehouge olflc< are now acting as chief mourners ic Solomon's fJutiU, late of this city, d< sensed. They have drawn no pay fc [>ver three months, and have yet to wa until the 1st of January, or perlui] even lunger, for the next installment. (Jen. Sherman, in a letter promisin to be present at a soldiers' reunion i Flockvillc, Indiana, says: "I pref< that you should make no display aboi me, but let me reach you easy. I c:i find my way there probably alone, an im sure that we can put in the tiir pleasantly enough." Jthaspeen acccrtaincd that one c the managers of the Winnebago, ills Fair Association was wounded in 8^ battles during the late war. The pri ;iseauthority for the statement connc be giveu. The consolidation of the two Nasi) t'ille newspapers has resulted in no coi nection of names by a hyphen. It ! jven intimated that in the new journa ;he American, the profanity will be s< jp ylain, without dashes. . f: TAKE great pleasure to info] lie in general that after the found at the old stand of Messrs. J FINE, LARGE, AND WEI j GEMTCRAL ME i . TAKE S r That my Stove Will be closed on THURSD October 1st, also Saturday, the 8th of Octol * days. ; Sept. 1/5, 1875, 23-tf I" GOODS J ) > e :0 f * TN ORDER TO CLOSE MY PRE3EJ y J. WELL - SELECTED AND VARI! I AT COST I . ; r i . *' " " ' 0 *f . To secure good bargains call early. I lmv * FALL AND W ? just comitig Into season, and CASH J b RETURNED PROFIT by purchasing fr< e To all who are indebted to me, or the la r I will say that immediate payment MUSI : 9, *. 10: ll Sept. 14, 1875. 23-tf 'v f We R Not ii i. "THE" . .. .. Insurance Agency of Upper South H Carolina! H WE Represent Eight as solvent, prompt and i liberal companies as there are in the 11 United States. Awe fx over Fourteen Millions. THE BOARD RATES HAVE BEEN " REDUCED!! ,e and we confine ourselves to the minimum J: A SHARE of your patronage is respectfully solicil, ted. CONNOR & DuRRE, ;! Sept. 14, 1875, 23-3t Agents. \. V aluable : LAND SALE. [ll ? WILL sell to the highest bidder, at ,-j Jl. Pickens Court House, on Snleday e. in OCTOBER next, the real estate of is JaneL* Arnold, deceased, to-wit: One ie tract of land lying ou George's Creek, a few miles northeast of Easley Station, rxtntiitiiinnr tllPOO h 11 tirl rod ilOrPS. fi ftv of which is first-class bottom land; one hundred original and fine forest, the balance cleared and in a good state of lU cultivation. O" the premises is a large h and comfortable dwelling, with all necessary out-buildings. 13 Terms?One-third cash, balance In " one and two years, with interest at ten d per cent, per annum, with approved se,s curities and mortgage ot the premises je if deemed necessary. tJ A. S. BRIGGS, Agent for Legatees, le Aug. 23,1873, 23-2t N 11 Notice of Final Discharge. ie ve mrOTICE is hereby given that James a- i^( C. Muudy, Win Jt. Mundy, Administrators of John H. Mundy, dec'd. will on the 15th day of October next, ll apply to the Probate Judge for Abbej vilie County for a final discharge as Adl|j ministrator as aforesaid. d- Jas. C. Mundy, e- Wm. E. Mundy, Administrators.! a9 Sept. 15, 1875, 23-4t e ' ~ ilie OLitte U1 UUUliU vai viiua, i b- ABBEVILLE COUNTY. In Probate Court. e, r-v Final Discharge. ut Ex Parte Andrew Miller, Receiver of p.. the Estate of Richard Watson, ,r dec'd. er Petition for Settlement of Final Dixie charge. rs WTOTICE is hereby given that Anid drew Miller, Receiver of the Esii tate of Richard Watson, deceased, has f1" applied to Thos. B. Mi 11 ford, Judge of |jl Probate, in and for the County of Abbeville, for a final discharge as Receiver as aforesaid. IT IS ORDERED, That the 18th day of October A. D. 1875, be fixed for hearing of Petition, and a final settlement of said Estate. J. C. WOSMANSKY, Clerk Court of Probate, Abbeville Co. Office of Probate Judge, Sept. 15, 1875, 23-4t* n Sheriff's Sale. n. I illBy L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer.1 df Robert II. Mounce,*) to against [ Execution. -s? John G. Boozer. J s, _ ^ J 'l" T1Y virtue of an Execution to me diil reeled, J will sell at Abbeville Court House on Sale Day in October next, within the legal hours the following Real Estate to wit. ? ?? '? i m i p T J ,r One JJiui ana iraci 01 A.auu, ~~ on (.'urltuil Creek, containing 't 15 Acres, more or less, levied on as the property of John (j. lioo/.er at the suit of j(. li. g Mounee. 11 jr Terms Cash. \\ L P. GUI'FIX, 1(1 S. A. C. 10 Sheriff's Office, Abbeville,) jf Sept. 9, 1875. 23-3t J " Prolific Onion Sets, >t 7 Mixed Onion Sets, i- at Is AA 1, PAPTTET? Rr PT!P/RTTf'S 3t| Sept 14, 1875, 2t ' rr? ?*.i..n .< !?< .. .. rm my customers and the pub23d of this month I will be I Wa'rdlaw & Edwards, with a I ,L SELECTED STOCK OF I ^^l^DISE, Rlsenbers;. O * IMSPWSS , ,' ^ : ' " m . rOTICE ^ lAY and FRIDAY, September 30tb and 'Sff ber, on account of it being Jewish holy ,V. ROSENBERG-. J iT COST. , : *T BUSINESS, I NOW OFFEB MY ED STOCK 'OR CASH , l, j? e a large stock of TMTrn rAAnr 1111 EK uuuua BUYERS CAN SAVE THE USUAL . >ra me. te firm of MILLER & ROBERTSON* [ BE MADE. ' New Advertisements. Shun Drug Poisons. MEDICINE RENDERED USELESS-" Vosta's Electro' Belts and Bands are endorsed by the most eminent physicians in the world-for the cure of rneu/-* matism, neuralgia, liver complaint, dyapepsia, kidney disease, aches, painsr nervons and general debility, and other chronic diseases of thechest, head', liver stomach, kidneys and blood. Book' with full particulars free by VOLTA PELT CO., Cincinnati, O. ^ SAMPLE FREE?"!*"^,2 male everywhere. Address THE UNION PUB. CO., Newark, N. J. inj& - ., ? ] djCJf ^A DAY at home. Agents wast* $ Jb?* ed. Outfit and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. $50 TO $10,00<r Has been invested in Stock Privilege* and paid 900 Par ?nt. Profit "How to Do It," a Book on-Wall St., sent free. TUMBRIDGE A CO., Bakers & Brokers, 2 "Wall-st., N. W % @i000.K LOTTER Y.V ^Dii tributcd every fifteen days. 1 prize, $100,000?1 prize $50,000 2 prizes. $25,000 each $50,000 854 prizes, amounting to $310,000 Whole tickets, $2U; quarters 5; twen- 1 tieths, $1. Circulars of information ; free. Prizes cashed. A. DOXAU A CO., Banker**. P. O. Roy 2089. 21 Park Row. X. Y. Iloyal Saxon and Brunswick Govern-' inent Lotteries constantly on hand. The Brown Cotton GinTjix, j New London, Conn. Manufacturers of Cotton Gins, Cotton (Jbi Feeders, Condtnso s and tCottoli (ftif: Materials of every dewiptian. Our * (Jiiis have been in use thirty years, nod have an established reputation ror simplicity, light running, durability, and for quality and quantity of lint pro- .. duced. Our feeder is easily attached to ,"7-theGin, and easily operated by, any hand of ordinary intelligence. They are the simplest aud cheapest Feeder in the marketand feed with more regularity than is possible by hand, increasing the outturn and giving a cleaner ana' better sample. At all Fairs where exhibited and by Planters having them in use, they have been accorded the high- < ^ est encomiums. Our Condensers are well made, durable and simple in construc- )r A tion, and do what is required of them /-< Jm rapidly and well. No additional power is required to drive the Feeder or Condenser, aud no Gin House is complete SB without them. We are prepared to flH warrant, to any reasonable extent, perft-ct satisfaction to every purchaser. SB Circulars, prices and full information furnished. Address as above, or apply to J. M. MATTHEWS, Ninety-Six, S. C. mp ? Q ?The choicest in the world? ILiiUi Importers' prices ? Largest Company in America?staple article? pleases everybody?Trade coutiuually increasing?Agents wanted everywhere ?best inducements?don't waste time? send for circular to Robkrt Wei/is, 43 Vesey St., N. Y., P. O. Box 1287. , j QnnA WEEK guaranteed to Male 3/ Fe,nu'e Agents, in theii locality. Costs NOTHING to try It. Particulars Free. P. O. VICKERY <k CO., Augusta. Ale. 3| (TRO {TOflP01' at home. Tonns 4)uU free- Address, GEO. TIXSON & CO., Portland, Me. FRESH CANDY J AT Parker & Perrin's. ^ Sept. 15, 187o-2t ANTOINE POULLAIN, COTTON FACTOR, Augusta, - - - Georgia, I WILL continue the business at my Fireproof Warehouse, corner Jack-i son nnd Reynolds Streets, where I will give my personal attention to the .sale of cotton consigned to me. Consignments respectfully solicited. Sept. 8, 1873, Uli-oiu