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r = ^ ^ ^ ;r--g . ' _i_ i- ? " ~ ' ~ " . . Hi ~ ? ' * i -5? ~ BY W. A. LEE AXD HUGH WILSON. -ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY,.NOVEMBER 3, 1875. VOLUME IIIII?NO 30 State of South Carolina,' j COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, IN THE PROBA1E COuA To John T. Baker, Lizzie Tagg^rt, Ml- , , rah J. Harris. Elizabeth M<jClafae, Samuel Baker, Willie Baker and'Lu- i -1 cy Baker, legal heirs and regresehta- ( tives of Mrs. Jane T. Bake?, d?c'd, who died intestate. Greeting: y' I ,J j J YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIKED to appear at the Court jof Probate to be bolden at Abbeville Court House,! for Abbeville County, on the!??th dav; of November, A. 1>. *1875, to show cause, f if any you can, why the estate! of Mrs.j Jane T. Baker, decease,. described in i _ the petition of Benjamin H. 4&ker and j f Ann T. Whitlock, wife tit AV. H. Whltlock, filed in my otlicejjfoyjuld not # be divided or sold, aIlotting~M$aid Ben- y. jamiu H. Baker, Ann T vKitlock, Dr.I John T. Baker, Lizzie Taggart, Sarah (] J. Harris, Elizabeth MejSfSne, Lucy Baker, to each one-eigbth*piereof, and to Samuel Baker and WJffie Baker to ? each of them one-sixteentfifnereof. ^ T. B. MUj^LFORD, j ' S. P. A. C. 1 Oct. 18, 1875 28-6t f ! T1 To the defendents John T. Baker, j Elizabeth McClane, wife of Robert L. ^ McClane, Samuel Baker, Willie Baker, sons of William Baker, dee'd, and Lucy I r Baker. Take notice that the summons in the!c| aforesaid action of which this is a copy, ^ together with the petition has been jj filed ifi the office of the Judge of thejp Court of Probate for Abbeville County, State of South Carolina, on the 16tli ^ day of October, A,*!). 1875. THOS. THOMSON, | * "'f"'* Pet. Att'y. Sheriff's Sale. a C Hf-c T. IViJcnn ?u.iOi JL~ i anvio xj ?? a iow?i j vs. j F John Kelly and Harrison Brown. c< Warrant Agricultural Lien. Lj BY virtue of an Agricultural Lien ; tome directed, I will sell at1^ Due West, on' the 11th November, tt 1875, within the legal hours, lc 800 lbs. Cotton in Seed, ji> more or less, levied on as the proper-1^ ty of John Kelly and Kev. Harrison }\ Brown, at the suit of Mrs. F. L. Wil-j * son. TERNS CASH. L. P. GUFKIX, "* s. a. c. | Sheriff's Office, Abbeville, ) Oct. 26, 1875 27-31 j Sheriff's Sale. C. P. Lesesne, Warrant vs. v "Agricultural : J Steven Dixon. ) Lien ti iK BY virtue of an Agricultural Lien it to me directed, I w iiI sell at James M. Tcuitt's. near Bnhalr \ Church, on Tuesday, the 16th day o; % November, 1875, within the le^nl, 7 1 ~ I hours, the following property, to wit.! 1,400 lbs. Seed Cotton, mere less, j 105 bundlss Tedder, 10 bushels Corn, more or less, 3 w V ; . j ? levied on as the property of Steven j so Dixon at the buit of C. P. Leaesnc,!* ag??ut. : | TERMS CASH. J L. P GUFFIN, |p, S. A. C. ',n Sheriff's Office, \2? Oct. 26, 1875, 29-3t j7^ Sheriff's Sale. B \ ' ! 3 Nix & Anderson ") io vs. f- Warant Agr'l , Sc A M. ifalone.) Lion, i ti 1)Y virtue of an Agricultural Lieu fr If to me directed, 1 will sell at V * 7 ' T > Hodges'Depot on Saturday the 13th x f day of November within the le^al tl] hours, the following property, to wit:.600 lbs. Seed Cotton, 14 50 bushels Corn, more or less, p ;6 bushels Oats, more or less, c 700 Bundles Fodder, more or ^ less, Levied on as the property of A. M.: Malone at the suit of Nix & Ander- 8 / ;whi ; f ;" ? ' " TERMS CASH. ' L. P. GUP FIN. jb; S. A. C. jjj ; Sheriff's Office, i'^ Oct. 20, 1875 29 3t Sheriff's Sale. * - I 1 r J. L. McNeill, ^ Warrant vs. Agricultural V / O j * m David Marshall. ) Lien. . BY virtue of an Agricultural Lien!" to me directed, I will sell iK J. u L. McNeill's, on Friday,* the 12th 0 November, A D 1875. within th? legal hours, the following property, to wit:! * j - 455 lbs. Seed Cotton, more or lesst levied on as the proper-1 ty of David Marshall at Uiu suit of .1. L. McNeill. B THft'NfR 'CASIT. I" :/L. P. GT7Fm\ I s. A. C. 11 Sheriff's Office,- j^j Oct. 26. 1875. 2T-3t. ! s ~THE STAR SHIRT, It * ' HAVING tried these Shirts, we can I safely recommend them for ai good fitting and durable shirt. Collars, Linen and Paper, ' , . LATEST STYLES. WITH | Cravats and Scarfs to match, c Qsarles & Ferris. * Sept. 28,1875. 2UNNINGHAK AND rEMP'LETOK JJAVE RECEIVED .VXD OPEN ed their large stock of nil kind l' goods, foreign and Bomsstii BRT GOODS, ilothiEg, Eats, Caps Scots, Shoes, Hardware Jroekery, Saddler etc Jail and see for yourse. e? Oct. 6, 1873 20-tf few Advertisements 'he Best Family PiLedicines Tested by popular use for over A Quarter of a Century, >r. Strong's Compound Sanative Pi I] jre Constipation, Biliousness, Howe omplaint, Malarial FevOrs, Rheuma mi, Erysipelas, and all diseases, c liver, Stomach and Bowels. Dr. Strong's Pectoral Stomach Pills jre Coughs, Colds, Cramp. Dyspepsia ick Headache, Female Complaints Ft>>irt. Disease. siml sdl disorders o liest and Stomach. end Postal Card for a specimen Copy o The Washington Weekly ^tar. Istablished 18*52.?pages?5G columns ddress "The Evening Star Newspape o.," Washington, I). C. " PEESCRIPTION^REEr or the speedy cure of special trouble >mmon to the young and middle-aged ervous, mental and physical deprea on, loss of memory and energy, pain i the back, self distrust, dizziness imness of sight, confusion of ideas !iU otner disorders or tne nervous sya mu consequent on various habits *tlui vver the vitality of the system. Air rn^ririst has the ingredients. Add res r. E. II. HILTON, Cincinnati. O. (.JiQ A 1>A at home. Agents want ^ l et t'd. Outfit and terms free RL E & CO.. Augusta, Maine. PjV.k.M UUAi'.U J.Ai'Uol i i u.N o [/ the Tradesmen Industrial Insti ;te, Pittsburg, Pa., opens Oct. 7, close: ov, 6. Address A. J. Is ELLIS, Pres I. I. fo DAY GUARANTEED using our S&& WELL AUGER & DRILCingood IS i territory. Endorsed by Governors r oflOWA,ARXANSAS& DAKOTA Citalegea fwt, V. PILES, St.Lwk. Ms. 'cu Ca.i Make In ?0 Days in A 1 Stocks, y system is safe, honorable and simple Pamphlet Sent Free to All. \ H. WEEKS, Banker, 178 Broad ay, New York. Stocks bought ami Id at tbeN. Y. Stock Exchange. btt r wtTBigetils for the best 'll & a'S S? ' Package w rffl is l^c* wor'^* ^ con" 8 l l 1 I 8'fMtains 15: sheets paper " t Envelopes, Golden an, Pen Holder, Pencil, Patent Yarc ensure, and a pifeceof Jewelry. Singh iekage, with elegant prize, post-paid i cents. Circular free. BRIDE & CO 19 Broadway, New York. E A A A h' ROYAL H AVAR A iD/iU5UUU. UJTTERY. Dis United every fifteen days. prize,..-' $100,000?I prifee $50,0(X prizes. $--5,MO each S.")0,U0i i-1 prizes, amounting to $310,001 Whole tickets, $20; quarters 5; tweu eths, SI. Circulars of informatioi ee. Prizes cashed. A. DOJSiAU & CO., Bankers, . (). Box iiaSi). Park now, JN. \ Royal Saxon an'.', iirunswick Govern lent Lotteries constantly on hand. 'nni W^EK guaranteed* to .\lul< }$ I and Femal? Agents, in thei] cality. Costs NOTHING to try it articulars Free. P. O. YICKERY J O., Augusta. Me. ' F? 3 (TOfll*'1' ^a.V home, Term: sDuil free. Address, GEO riNS'ON & CO. Portland. Me^ TftSYCHOMANCY, OR SOUI a CHARMING." How eilhe *x may fascinate and gain the love an< [lections of any person they choose isiantly. This art all can possess, fre y mail, for 26 cents: together with : Laraiage Guide, Egyptian Oracle 'reams, Hints to ladies, els. 1,0W,00 ?ld. A queer book. Address T. WIL 11A M #& CO., Pub's, Philadelphia. ^Meetings r\ r i ur lounty Commissioners rHE Hoard of County Commission crs will meet from this date 01 le third and fourth Saturdays of eael lonlh for the especial acconirnodatioi f teachers, and on the second Saturda, f each mouth for the transaction y tlier business. ROliERT JONES, Chairman. June 2,1875, 8-tf , PAY FOE io'US mm & horses PERSONS INDEBTED TO US FOI Mules a?<l Horses, are requcstei > make immediate payment, to Mr. A [. HILL, at Abbeville Court liousi uutli Carolina, who is authorized t >Ueet our notes. FALLXHGFORD, ARM " STS01J3 & CO. Oct* (>, 1S75 2(J-tf Y> /1iA * x ii c; iixiui ciiiuc. rliK LIVERPOOL, LONDON i GLOBE FJLKE INSUilANCl UMPANY, insures against losses b; re at low rates, and pays all loxuc romptly. Asset? $20,OOlt,000.00. WM. H. PAKKEIi, Agent. Aug. 11, 1875, I8-3w 1 Great Reduetic OF fiDry Goods, Boots, f. is <fcc., &C., At the low prices of the good ol< "l W 1?? A .Q 1?, 1 WV ?&? V fccf ?*? ? Granite Range, Abl 11 DEALER 'i GENERAL MSB ? I > IHsl AVING purchased my Stock of Goodso; j JO. Philadelphia,, I am now prepaied to e: surrounding country, a large and well selected ? ; first-class Dry Goods house, such as fiDRESS GOODS, WHITE Hats, Boots and Shoes, ri ;!j CROCK* lj an da large S6 'f Having an unsurpassed stock of goods in m i(- I can sell iroods cheaper than ever. All I ask ! w.: I CHrterlS. 1875, 27-tf !l goo iji i ?P0:ORDER TO CLOSE MY PRESENT WELL - SELECTED AND VARIED S| AT OOST FC ~ , i To secure good bargains call early. I have a j FALL AND WIf J Just coming info season, and CASH BUI i RETURNED PROFIT by purchasing from r j To all who are indebted to me, or the late f ; I will say that immediate payment MUST B] M '? 2'D S1 (S Sept. 14, 1875. 23-tf fi ^ :| , so mTRO WBR'ID G 3h, i| AGIST, B, " | +" ; i always has a splendid ASSORTMENT OF iim.1 GROCERIES ? ?j Haii j AND , mo" ;l . -PB07I8I0HB. Oc Oct. 20. 1S75 28-tf ; TROW BRIDGE, J AGENT, iSELLS FOB OA ill I, and AND CONSEQUENTLY our < ; Sste'lls; ILeOwS j* Of-t. 90 1R75 5>R.tf s Barnwell & Co. rj SEL Arf. daily receiving addi- s tions to their Stock, consisting o ' 0 Stapla Dry Goods, Eats & Clothing, i-1 !!i Boofcs & Shoes, i n KEI y They keep constantly on hand, also, a , >fj FULL LINE OF 0 'groceries, BACON and LARD, . I MEAL and FLOUR, | ' PEARL HOMINY. J > coffee & sqeab. e ; MOLASSES & SYETJP, 2 I BAGGING & TIES, ~~ .! HAKDWAKE, &c. ^" I A FINE LOT OF JSUGAE, CUBED HAMS,1? JUST RECEIVED. sur,'? Oct. 6, 1875 20-tf 2! Hats and Bonnets. ?ai Y! A FRESH lot in all the newest styles 6 also Scarfs, Ru/lls, &e., just reiceived, at the J EMPORIUM OF Fx\SHION. Oct m in Prices ^hoes, Clothing,. &c, ;1 times before the war. ffBERG, Deville C. H., v ' IN ICHANMSE. 1 ' i t the best houses in New York and chibit to the people of this place and I stock?embracing everything in a G0C8S, CLOTHING,' trunks, Glassware, IRY, ock of . ' J . " * * y line! feci satisfied in saying that r is one fair trial. Rosenberg*.' : m. < BUSINESS, I NOW OFFER MY STOCK m fiASH i large stock of JTER GOODS fERS CAN SAVE THE USUAL ue. inn of MILLER & ROBERTSON, ? MADE. ? FEICE REDUCSD FttOM $1.00 TO < C3EHTTS PES BOS the demand for a safe and reliable *<v I AND AGUE ANTIDOTE Price Within the Reach of All. ? VegetableT Never Known to Fail. is prescribe them. Never was mediine so deservedly popular. WHITE MAM'S OvBSR SHOP ?:o:_ \\ 0\V OPEN ON WASHINGTON [ . Street, in Wilson & Cothrari's ^ Sc. Single Shave, 1-5 cents; Two v .'es, 25 cell's; Ten Tickets for $1.00. t ' Cutting and Shaving for one c th, $1.01^ in advance. C. H. HARRIS. '1 t. I.-], 1875 27-tf \ 3EAKLGTTSVILLE~ \ r00LEN MILLS i HE FABRICS OF THESE MILLS t consisting: of Cassi meres, Chevi- u Meltons, Kerseys, Satinets, Flan- r , &e., are made of good material, a especially adapted to the wants of <j justoraers. a f\ TT 1 TIT T*C t>- TJT^-n m TTVT t tiU OC. i :t. 18, 1875 28-tf J t TSOWBRIDGE, I AGENT, '? ,LS BEST NEW7 ORLEANS ? YliUP at 61.10 per GALLON. l; on iqt^ o.cuf T&OWBBIDGE, \ AGENT, t |S 2PS CONSTANTLY ON HAND [ 0 Best Flonr, Meal and Grits. c et. 20, 1875 28 tf jj t ANTOINE PQULLAIN, ' COTTON FACTOR, I? i t ugnsta, - - - Georgia. & iVILIj continue the business at rny'r Fireproof Warehouse, corner Jack-j i aikI Key no Ids Streets, where 1 will la my personal attention to the sale of a )ii consigned to nie. i nsi^nments respectfully solicited. 1; pt. 8, 1875, 22-3m * v . JOHN S. THOMPSON,!; r DENTIST, j ! i FFERS liis professional services to ^ the citizens of Abbeville, and the|c muding country. jb [fice over Citizens' Savings!J, ik, Abbeville, S. C. ? ED PEPPER PLASTER, CAS- J, r tor Oil, in Capsules. f PARKER & PERRIN. t( i. 5, 1873 2C-4t A Cliit of Eighteen. "A chit of eighteen !" Yes, I heard her The wretched old thing, with hei sneer; And I felt in the mood for a murder, As she lavish'd her lies on the ear Of that cynic, Sir Anthony Vere. And I thought, though it capttal sport i; To laugh at young girls when flrsi seen, And though forties may spit aquafortis There's revenge for a chit of eighteen For I gazed on my critic. Enamel Had made that complexion, I swear And Nature imposed not a trammel On the color she chose for her hair? That day, I remember, 'twas fair. -5he stood, in her arrogant languor, Her calm twenty countesses' mien, And thought to extinguish, in anger, This poor little chit of eighteen. 0 yes, I accepted her splendor, I saw the great heave of her breast; To majesty homage I render When in diamondsandlace it isdress'd And TTook on its doinirs with zest. But may not I also bo merry, Despite this voluptuous queen, Since somebody vows I am very, Very nice for a chit of eighteen ? [ knew that she thinks me a baby Scarce worth any notice at all; By and by I shall trouble her, may be, And terrible things will befall, And the loser will swear or will squall. [11 visions of midnight she whips me, A poor insignificant queen, But can she at midnight eclipse me In the waltz, though a chit of eighteen ? \t night, when I sing a gay carol,4 Half tired, as I'm tripping up-stairs, rhen I slipoffmy dainty apparel, a ? ? !ui.. ?: 1 r AUU pOSSIimj glVU UlVhCll una? But don't forget saying my prayers. rUid I think, though the countess is latter, Yet nooria would say I was lean, $Lnd perchance here and there?but no matter? ^ . . . I may do for a chit of eighteen.?Lonlon World. SENATORS GORDON AND SC3URZ ON THE CURRENCY. Senatoj Gordon in a late conversation vith an Atlanta reporter reviews at ength the late speech of Senator Schurz md corrects, its misrepresentations of lie real issue presented in the Ohio and Pennsylvania platforms. He states, hat what is demanded in chose platorms, is not an increase definite or inleiinitb of the currencv. hut a n??a.n.f,inn >f th*contraction policy, and a change n the character of the present circula,ing mediUtn, and a modification at east of the National Banking System? ;hat the leading issue is the substitution >f United States Treasury notes 01 jlreeubacks for National Bank notes.hat the object is to save to the country ;he millions of interest which is paid tc sustain the National currency when by '.he issue of-Greenbacks this interest svould be said to the taxpayers?that the question is not a question of inflation 01 jf the amount of paper but as to the kind-of paper dollars. tdu senator snows oieuriy, that attci all, the credit of Che.;National Bank notes is sustained by the goveni.neul bonds upon which they^are issued, and which are deposited in the treasury for the security of the hill-holder. As it is ihe credit of the governraent which iustains the National iiaiik notes, there is no reason why the Treasury notes ssued by the same government should not bo equajly secure,;whilst they save ;he accumulation of "interest, which a aeavy taxed country is.'/iow forced to my. Under the present system forty,\vo millions of citizens are heavily axed to enable two thousand bond lolders the privilege of issuing a curency not a whit more secure and vasty more expensive. To use the words ol lie Senator: "The fact is the advocates of greentacks do not propose an irredeemable :urreney. They propose an absolute edemption, not a mere sham and false treteuse of redemption as is proposed iy the Republican legislation of last winter, for, in order to get the specie, liftl 1?av nmvirlfts !ir?r spllinc hnnrl? in i O 1 reusing tlie debt and the taxes?in a lord, it proposes to borrow gold on iouds to redeem greenbacks with, .'bis is the redemption for which Mr. ichurz voted, and .for opposing which lie Ohio Democrats and others are harged with "demented wickedness." 11 other words, in order to get greenlacka out of competition with the Naional banks, tiie United States treasulepartment is to retire treasury notes vitli gold; thisg(^d is to be obtained inon bonds. To bav the interest noon hese bonds, the people are to be taxed ipon additional millions of indebtedless; contraction is to go on; values re to shrink; enterprise and producluctions are to decrease, while taxes re to increase; and yet opposition to his insane rashness is not only "deaented" but "wicked" opposition. We >ropose to redeem every dollar of greeniaclis by a ;low rate bond, and make his bond interchangeable with greenbacks,' at the pleasure of the holder ; ,nd if a specie basis is to be reached nd maintained, we insist it shall be lone, not by borrowing gold, and inreasing the taxes, and contracting the irculation, and upholding a monopoly, tut by stimulating production and inreasing our exports." Again he remarks : "Jfow if all this .rampant denunciaion hau been against the policj' of the ruel contraclionists, who under the alse ^reteuse of obtaining honest mony, will turn the screws tighter and ighter, year by year, until property hail sell as it did jn England under he same insane programme, for less ban half its real'value; until the land d proprietor shall become the landless ankrupt until the debtor shall be Dreed to pay double the amount conracted for in value; until the owners of he country's concentrated currency hall become also the owners of the ountry's prostrated values; until every udustry sliali be so paralyzed, and the >eople so poor as to lbrce them to conemplate the dire alternative of public epudiatiou and universal private bankuptcy, then there would be .some point n their invective; then there would be genuine force in their warnings gainst repudiation of the government's ndebtedncs#, and the calamity of dislonorod irovernment eretit." I tell you air, repudiation and dishonor are both at the end of the road that eads to the wreck of privato fortunes, ,nd this is the road upon which the ontractionists would lead the people of his country. No sane man contemplates repudiation of the government's ndebtedncss?any portion of it. Cerainly those who advocate a greenback irculation, redeemable in low rate ioihIs, and who are striving to rescue lie people from unnecessary and oppressive taxation, to float another and 10 better currency, cannot, with any ruth, he called repudiationists. No, Mas [ said above, if any policy will ift'd to repudiation, it is that of con-) ruction. This is the towering fact noti j be overlooked iu the controversy. I In conclusion, the Senator shows that the policy adopted by the Democrats of Ohio" and Pennsylvania is neither r unconstitutional nor anti-Democratic, , but sustained by tne authority of Mr. h Calhoun and Mr. Jefferson, and other tl lights of the party. n h ' MAN NOT- DEGENERATING. * t c An old Delusion Dispelled?An* r cient and Modern Bigness. a There never was a dnlnsinn with l^ea . evidence for it, except a permanent im-1 1 pression among mnkind, which of- j81 ten the result, not of accumulated expe-|o< rience, but of an ever renewingjdiscon- tl tent with the actual slate offings, k There is not the slightest evidence any-1 where that man was ever bigger, strong- n er, swifter or more enduring under the > P same condilion of food and climate than tl he is now. ^ As lo bigness, the evidence is positive. ? Modern Egyptians are as big as the ftiummies who were conquerors in their 11 day, and modern Englishmen are big- tl ger. There are not in existence a thou- ci . sand coats of armor which an English v\ regiment could put on . Very few moderns can use ancient swords, because the fi hilts are two small for their hands. End- " less wealth and skill were expended t< nir.kini? ffladiatbrs. and then; ia 110 evi- i.i | dence that a man .among them was as t,] 1 i big or as strong* as Shaw. No skeleton, ft no Statue, no picture, indicates that men in general were ever bigger. The Jews of a lo-day are as large as they were in Egypt ^ or larger. The people of the Bomagna ci , bave all the bearing and more than the a size of Roman soldiery. No feat is recorded as usual with Greek athletics which Euglish acrobats could not per- 81 form now. tl ia rin tiolrftfl uot'or^ fn'V?n ttIiiaIi l? jl uv.iv. io iiv iitirvcn nu ? muv/ tr niuu U rnaked Cornishinen or Yorkshiremeu ? could not strangle. No ruce exists of ? ,! which a thousand men similarly armed . would defeat ah .t.nglish, or German, or " Russian regiment if equal numbers. t( , Nothing is recorded of our forefathers c< here in England which Englishmen ^ . could not do, unless it be some feats of {archery, which were the result* of long . training of the eye continued forgener- u! lations. The most civilized and luxuri- ft ; ous family that ever existed, the Euro- tl pean-royal caste, is physically as big, ^ as healthy and as powerful as any peo-. pie of whom we have any account thaf science can accept. Thiers' Frenchman ai is Ccesar's Gaul in all bodily conditions, C and with an increased power of keeping 1 alive, which may be partly owing to improved conditions of living, but is probably owing still more to developed vitality. There is no evidence that even : the feeble races are feeblerthan they be- in ! came after theirj|irst acclimatization. .v The Eeugalee'waa what we know him . twelve hundred years ago, and the Chi- p< , nainati was represented on porcelain is just as he is now before the birth of Christ. No race ever multiplied like t| the Anglo-Saxon, which has had no ad- ^ vantage of climate, and till lately no ^ : particular advantage of food: Physical fcl j condition depends on physical condi- b< tions.'aud why should a race better fed, b, : beller clothed, and better housed than : it ever was before degenerate? Because Fjit eats corn instead of berries? Com- tc ivu-e the California and Diirirer Indian. r i Because it wears clothes? Tile wearingofjli .{clothes, if burdensome?which theexpe jrie?ceof army doctor*in Indiaasto best . . j costumes for march i.og makes excessive- 'r |Jy doubtful, tbey declaring unanimous- tc ! ly that br'eechless men sulfer from vari- ci : jco.se veins, as men wearing trousers do a ;; not?ronst operate as? a permanent phys- n [j ical (raining. You carry weight liab ; itually. Because they keep indoors? . ;! Compare English professionals with Tasi j manian savages, living in identically h . the same climate, but living out of p doors. j[ 11 The conditions of civilization not only ? j: do not prohibit Capt. Webb, who would J have outwalked, out-swam or strangled P , any German that Tacitus ever romanced ai . about, but they enable him to live to r< j seventy instead of dying at forty-five as ai : i 2,000 years ago he, then probably a slave ' bred for the arena, would have done. Thai tho human race, even under the 11 be?t conditions, advances very little in "] ! physical capacities is true, but then it is w true also that those conditions are fatal jj : to the most powerful of the old improved forces, the survival of the fittest. . Btill an advance is perceptible in vital I power, and we question whether a C( Greek swimmer would ever have cross- ai ! ed from Dover to Calais just asstrong; lv as we question whether the ancient ! world ever nossessed a horse which I would have achieved a place at Epsom, ! Why should man grow feeble in civili- rc I zatiou any more than horses ? p< 1X1" * "**" t ri j Tiie State Fair.?The State Fair J ; of South Carolina will be held Novem-1 ^ | bcr the 9th. at Columbia. Agricul- ^ ! tore in the South was never receiving 1 ^ las much thoughtful attention as at tv, . 1X1 ;present. The intelligent farmers of j t the Cotton States aro arousing themiselves and their neighbors to the necessity of more thought in the labors I of the farm. Improvement in imple- or ; ments and machinery of every kind I iare now eagerly' bought. We would I"1' I /i 1'1( jurge all the exhibitors of farm niachi-j^ nery at this fair to enter their goods! j for the South Carolina State Fair, jj,' We know of no other more promis- . . ing;field. The Secretary of the State Society. Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, of ^ j Cokesbiuy, Abbeville County, South iCarolina, was on the ground on Mon-j ' day for a few hours, and gavo what! j time ho could spare in pertonly invit-l ing and urging manufactures to show;7 in this State, The Husbandmen ex1 pects to bo represented at the South! {Carolina "Fair by one of its editors. jFi | Wo are much interested in the spirit:an ,of improvement which is manifesting er | itself throughout the Southern States, m i x? ; ?Elmira (iV. Y.) Jfuxbundtnan. j to j A Nkw Tklegrapii Company.?A1 -: di A rinlif.n Vmnfisfro. ores- 111 I'livu ' i dent of the National Telegraph eom-lan I !pa <y of California, was in New Yorkj.su on Thursday, and explained to a lii j Times reporter the new enterprise.' re ! which starts with ?25,000,000 capital, fit and expects to build lines all over the I < country. Tho work will bo com-ith 'meiiced in tho spring, and iuaugurnte ag ian era of cheap telegraphy. The f tri hew company oit'ered to purcha.se i th lines of the Atlantic and Pacific Com- all j pan}', but the oiler was declined, al- th j though it is still open for acceptance. I th jTho rates have not been decided up-.th ion, but a ten-word message across the no Continent will not cost more than j I one dollar. i u'' Ex-Senator Trumbull has written a' ^ brief letter, in which he says to his ! correspondent that he is quite out of < (politics,adding: ' Of course, I favor a . Su sound curroncy, though I differ from in you in opinion that the financial qucs-tyjtion is the leading one in our politics, of I consider administrative reform and th< the limiting of the Federal Govern- en mont to its constitutional powers as m:i 'tho paramount iss""3 oft he day." tr} Protection of Stock In Winter. "A righteous man fs merciful unto is boas1," saith the Bible. One of tie greatest sins of the Southern farler is his' neglect of his cattle. We ardly know a farmer in all the South t 'ho provides adequato shelter for his t attle during wipter and the chilling n ains and cutting winds of Spring, o ufter providing a stable lor his horse- t 3 and mules, with perhaps a shed for b is milk cows, the remainder of tbe h took are allowed to shifo for' them- i ilvcs by seeking such protection as n ae lee side of a barn, crib, or out- b ousc can afford them. A good far- tl ler and true patron should take a ride in his stock of every kind, and a aey can noithor look well nor do y -ell if exposed constantly to severe eather in any climate. Every ani- c tal should have its own shelter in a lis Southern climate?sheeps,- hogs, si 3ws, calves, oxen and out cattle, as It roll as horses and mules. tl It is often the case that enough n no animals are lost in a single spring ri :> pay twice over lor the erection of li ight, good shelters, which would last 1 hirty yeaas. m 'his climate is quite as fatal to cattle jj s more Northerly climatcs. If cattle le are fed they become inured to the si old of tha .North, where the temper- n ture is not so variable and changes y ot so violent as in the South. The u tidden Northers of Texas, slaughter r bousands of cattle every year, and tl erdsmen and'cattle-raisers are bo- p inning to learn the value of shelters, y Cattle on the prairies, if they can t! ave their way, strive to get to shel- ti ;rs of timber .before the norther y Draes on, as their instinct or per- e aps their natural reason forewarns a iem: bat often times their less saga- 8 ous human- masters prevent them ii on1 seoking shelter and they die by ii ne wholesale. ' 'a ro good warmer should allow another s inter to como ^on without having n mple shelter for all his stock.?The e 'o-opcrutive Newz, r What Ruins Cotton Gins. 1 t e Thousands of cotton gins are neCti- c issly injured, if not entirely ruined, ^ y ono single cause, That cause is * omitting mote or lint cotton [thai 8 , cotton that has been onoe ginned,] n > bo mixed with eotton and passed 0 irough the saws a second time. w uch lint cotton catches in the teeth. 1,1 nirs thn saws dulls t.hn and onds and breaks them. It also 8 snds or breaks the ribs, wears the" ? oxes. and strains the whole giu so a-: a ) make it produce a bad sample and, J" jeodily becomo almost, worthless. ^ t likewise increases the draft so as to istress the mules propelling the gin, c odcreules so much' friction as often ? > set tho gin house on fire. Thus tj in be explained the burning of many " gin,house by the supposed spoiltaeous combustion of cotton. . c Hence every owner of a gin house ? lould bo very careful about where l< is mole cotton is placed, also about ermitling the "flyings" or ''hung- " igs" to fall on his seed eotton " bove all should he be particular in 11 reventing the ginner or his assist- n nt, when returning from tho lint j* )om after "packing the cotton backj" i it is called, from having any lint " n his clothing. The usual assistant " t a gin to hand seed cotton and ^ pack back" lint is a playful urchin. ho delights first to, wallow in tho n nt room and then, and without dieting himself of the lint adhering to " is clothes, next to roll on the seed p" )tton. uttentimes every ooy, oiacKi*id white, on a large plantation, after . general frolic in the lint room, will 11 amediateiy emerge therefrom and )ntinue their wrestling, rolling and 11 imping over the seed cotton, with n jrhaps half a pound of lint sticking! w i each one's ragged apparrel. Such T' ay is of course delightful to the c' )ys bat it is dear sport to the owners 111 the gin,* In many gin houses, too. P1 bile packing cotton for the market, Id( uch lint is mixed with seed cotton Is' thcr by carelessness or by tlic' iud. ... A A gin is a costly machine, but it is >t a delicate one or easily ^)ut out of 1,1 dor if previously ginned lint is kept it of the saws. In fact, a good gin, ^htly managed, should?with but le sharpening and small repairs? / !.' flpM- IioIam nf lint, vear. and ?t a planter of average lougevity 01 3 lifetime; whereas mot;t gins be- . me useless, or nearly so, in perhaps ;e years, from the single causo I tve indica ed. No child ever ought be allowed to enter a lint room here it can well be prevented.?Au- 01 ata Constitutionalist. . ? ?> 6h Somebody who wrote Mr. Charles tl: ancis Adams, urging him to bi-come i independent candidate (or Gov- jm nor oi' Massachusetts; in order to pi alto himself a prominent candidatei hi r President, got a. reply, saying: f I were to enter upon any course, jpj rector indirect, to operate uponjoi y fellow-citizens, in the matter of|g( i election to the Presidency, the is j e to me would b<i nothing but tuor-jbj icalion and repentance. If they e} ally want mo, they know wliero toltsa id me. If they do not, nothing that: could do would avail to changejot em. You saythat things arc m:.n-;ru ;ed in such a way as to suppress ihcjfo jo.sense of the people. I say that j tb is can never bo when the people re-| y have an opinion. It is only when j m - - ... 1. I . vy ui'c liiuiuuruiit ur mm;u uiviucuuj at management comes in to tarn fed e scale. 1 confess to you that I am or hand to play at this game; and if to were to attempt it mv friends! mid only bo sorry for my mis- si 1 kc. | bo I an i a"! Cotto.v M ills.?The Haiti mor o[ in, treating of cotton manufacture . the South, thinks that before twenfivo years have passed away most the cotton mills will be found in r } South, besides the cotton fields, imJ |oying virtually a monopoly of thej^J inufacluro of cotton in this cotin-! t|a] po< A MINISTER'S FALL A PainM Scene and a Touching Confession. We find in the Maroa (III.) News of he 25th of Ijjcpterabdr an account of he resignation of Elder J. Y. Beckaan as pantor of the Christian church f that village. For some time past he reverend gentleman's habits have een such as to causo great grief to is friends and bring reproach upon he church. At the closc of the ser.lon, which was preached by a neighoring pastor, Elder Beekman made he following address, which we give B a warning to all men. both vonnir C7 a ' J C? nd old, to avoid tbe sin and shame ,'hich have come upon this man : "As a man I have the highest con-; option as to what the life and charcter of a minister of/the gospel bould be. I know that he should sad a consistant and an upright life, bat can bo looked to by the commaity as an example Of purity and ighteousness. JCnOwing .that my f'e has not been snch in all respects, desire to tender to tbis.church, for rhich'I have labored so long, my rear, ^nation. " "You are aware that ffefer to my in of intemperance. This may bo ly last opportunity of addressing on ftnrl T U7#nt. tn nalr rnn will " "> * -v? J ot charge this great shame to the oligion of Christ, it teaches better bings. Charge it all to ray own de.ravity and sinful nature". To you rho ha^e not this habit, it is strange bat I should thus yield to temptaion. I well remember, the time rhen I thought it strange that oth> rs drank and ruined themsfelvea with Icahol- I am glad that thero are * o many young men here this raornig,-that I may lift my voice in warily ig I beg them to profit by my ex-' mple. You think noy that you are trong, and in no danger. I well re.- lemher the time when I believed the ame.. Twelve years ago when I cached forth my inexperienced hand nd took the intoxicating cup, I. . ought I was strong; but I dcvelopd a habit that now holds me in % bains, and in the most awful giavery hat humanity was ever subjected to., t holds me in its embrace when L eck my bod for repose; it disturbs ly dreams during the weary hours {' night, and seizes mc as its prey . \ ,'hen I rise up ip the morning to oner upon the duties ef the day. "Profit! oh, profit by my example oe what it has done forme. There rasa time wheu I stood as fair as riy minister of the church of Illinois;;here was a time when I had as right prospects and as chocring ppes for the future qa any of my lasamates. But now* tbey are all cue because of intemperance. Oh, ' " rik bnf. I could briDg tVe^rhole world to ear my warning vou&. Young la^ . ies, yOu can do much to remote this j urse from the world, by not counteancing its use among your compan- ' )US. Brethren, I sever my connection rith you as your pastor with a sad eart. It would bo sad under the lost favorable circumstances, but luch moro so as it is. But I shaH retain with you in the church and la- / or in the community for a liveliood;I will come to yonr social' leetings and work with you in the iirirlov-aplinnl nnrl 1 will dn nil T nan """"J ? ? :> atono for the great em I have comlitted. "God knows I do not wish to injure is cause., Pray for mo that I may fit overcome this besetting sin. I rust I shall be able to conpute. But bould I go down under ihe withering jfluencc, I ask that you remember le kindly. Whenever you meet nd under what circumstances, reT icmber there was a time when you ers proud of mo. But treat me as cm mav, act towards me as vou 10080, I bog that you will remember iy witb kiudJy, Do not give her lin snd sorrow because of my wroug ring. Poor woman, she bas always . iffered enough. I married her a vcct and innocent girl. She has ?en a patient and faithful wife, gain, I aek you will kindly rememr ;r my wife and children." ' Thoughts for Saturday Night. Self-trust is tho essenco of her: sm, . Jealousy dislikes tho world to know *' A foe to God was nover a true friend i man. Wo read the book of experience ily backward, and find it punctuad as God willed. jjad we not faults of our own, we lould take less pleasure in observing ioso of others. Every man has in himself a conti jnt of undiscovered character. Hap,* is he who acts the Columbus to s own soul. Everything that tends to emanciito us from extornal restraint withit addiug to our own power of self jvernmcnt is mischievous. Many persons are judged harshly ; the world because they allow no re but God's to see into the inner .nctuaries of their hearts. The captivity of sorrow belongs to lr grandeur; and the loftiest of our ,ce are those who have had the proundest grief bocause they have had ie profundest sympathies. It is difficult to conceive anything ore beautiful than the reply given r one in affliction when ho was oskI how he bore it so well. "It lightis the stroke." said he, to draw near him who handles the rod. The harp hoiJs in its wires the no$)iliticsol' noblest chords,, yet if tney not struck, they must hang dull d useless. So the mind is vested Kindred powers, that, must besmit^ by a heavy hand to provote themves the offspring of a divinity. ?? ruE rich man has a good chance to t ike money at raising stock. They i live on the crops of his neighbors, e rich man is not responsible for the ma?re which they may inflict on a :>r ueighbor.