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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, Si. C. Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1875. LIFE INSURANCE. President Carrington Speaks. He Refused to Pay a Policy after a Jury of Uood Citizens Adjudged that he Should Pay. His Idea of Justice to the Widow. "Who are best legal judges of facts?: I should say the Courts; in fact in dis-; puted matters the Courts alone decide! legal facts, and a* no Court has decided1 we have "grossly violated contracts," it cannot be an asserted legal fact." VV. C. Carrington, President ofj the Piedmont Arlington Insurance! Company, makes the above statementi in the Edgefield Advertiser. The probability is that the Company, who pre-. I?red the contract, were shrewd enough , to keep out of the clutches of the law. When a man has the making of a eon-i tract, and the putting in of all tlie pro-| visions, it is a poor chance if be can't! - out-general the fanner, who has but j little Jogal information. The poor man j Jtas a slim chance against a life insurance company. This same company paid $550 for an attorney to deprive a Vi-dow at Williamston, of a policy, but never a cent were they willing to give ;the willow. Theirown attorney thought j they ought to pay the claim; but no, Ahey wanted a precedent, and they got | it, and the company refused to pay a j %>olicv rvftich a jury of good citizens at\ Anderson adjudged thai th<y shouldj pap. Do you not know that the people can-1 not go to law with you in the hope of success? Suppose, after fighting you for years in our Courts, we obtain a -a judgment, will you please tell uswnat it would he worth?. Have you any jpronerty in our State from which we .could make the money? Would not all jlkis trouble have to be repeated in transferring the claim to Virginia? Who of us are able to hire lawyers to run to; ltichmond periodically for years in pur-! ;?uitof a doubtful claim? Will Mr. Carrington please answer) .this question: Did the company not getj these people's money? If *o, what ben-j efit have they received at your lusnds? Have you given them a paid-up policy. | or have you confiscated their money, as, thousands of dollars have been for the! ?l?eop!e in Abbeville? These are plain, ."queatlou*, which mav be answered with-1 outgoing to law. Have not our poorj people been turned away unfeelingly. I .after paying money to your company for yearn ? ' The conduct of the company toward# Mrs. Donald satisfied a great many in this community as to the fair dealingj [of the company, and until the Compa-j ny nays what the Anderson jury award-j ,ied ner, we think he should talk less of the fair dealing of his Company. Abbeville has always supported the| Piedmont and Arlington Company loont liberally, and we are sorry to note the Company's pickayune act in with-l .holding a poor widow's dues upon I .luere technical grounds, and until they l,..r /.|<iii)i w<> ulisill ! JJftV lUir pwuj WIUWH *?V I vsrn our people against Mr. Carring-1 ton's Company. We trust, however, I for the sake of justice, for the preserva- j tion of their honor, and for the preser-i wation of the good name of an institution which claims to benefit their patron. that they will allow no foul blot ito rent upon their escutcheon. * Does Mr. Carrington ask us for the. .names of other good citizens who have I Aicen m in treated by his Company? There are others, and we think our I jjwople should be on guard when they jnKure. Is not the Piedmont and Ar-j lington the only Company that has resisted a claim in our Courts? Is it a Violation of the Third Coinmaudmcnt ? The editor of the C'hi Mian Neighbor j' *t Columbia has been the recipient of .a letter from an esteemed and pious divine who writes to him thus: "Dkar Bhotiucr.?i am getting well ngaiu, thank <*od; ami feel the force of the 11 line, "Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee." j' What we want to know, is, Did this!] brother have the right to take the name of Him who made us, on his lips in the 1 second line. If he can do so, why cannot we do ho, aud if we can do so, why . ] can not anybody do so? We see no ex-1 i option to the rule in the Bible granting !< minister* a greater familiarity with the j < Deity than is allowed to ordinary men.M We ask for information and trust thatji the Christian brother will inform us:< why he can talk so familiarly of the'< atimor 01 our ueuix, >vuvu "c ?iv-| instructed never to take the name ofi tlie Creator on our lips, except in rever- ! ential uwe. The practice of ministers, during their sermons repeating the jiame so often would lead us common {' winners to believe that they are not! .amenable to the law which says: "Thou : -shait not take the name of the Lord thy j <iod in vain." The Centennial Tea Party at Atlanta.; The elite of Atlanta have just been enjoying an entertainment termed "The Centennial Tea l'arty," the result of which, the Atlanta Constitution says, is partially seen in the magnitude und jnagnilicence of the varied display* ayade. There were thirteen tables representing the thirteen original states of the Union. Of the tables the Cumtitu- j Hon says: "The rows Df tables, no two of which are constructed upon the same plan, and each differing in its adornments and attractions, gives an ever ! - -- - ..../i pleasing variety lu uic m-vnc, aim v.?v i interest <>( the spectator does not tire ori llag in the effort to see and compreheud j all that is shown," and thus speaks of the South Carolina table : "South Carolina, the uueonquerable Palmetto state, is represented by a tasteful and elegant j booth, of which Mrs. Miles Turpin is the accomplished directress. A confederate battle-llag that liasevidently "been | Ihere" adorns out; side, while a blue jxalmetto flag, belonging to the "Uuion-1 ville rifles" beautifies the of her. The -centre is filled with a white palmetto! flsg, the state colors. Here, on this I .table, we see dolls in all styles, sizes and ' fashions, and particularly a grotesque ^centennial couple. Mr. J. N. Ilobxon, x>f Charleston, exclusively and favora-J jbly known as a dealer in Fertilizers, is traveling through the State renewing liimsplf with his old friends, and intro ducing his new fertilizer: Our readers I know our antipathy to the use of fertilizers, but if they will buy it, we would ! ?ggeommend them to try Mr. Kobson's j the reason that he is a live, energetic, j practical man. We believe that Cburies- j ton has no better citizen than Mr. li. j and his success in life is abundant evi-j deuce of his merit as a business man. "We were pleased t? greet him in our1 oftlce, and cheerfully make the above j-*; e i.:? \TP I recomtnenuuiiuu ui ms ...... ( Ilobson is oue of the most hopeful 6T tJi^ future prosperity of our State, j xhat we have seen anywhere, and we! itru.sttbat the future inay.be as bright! for us as he an tiei pates. ."Hear me for my Cause." Delinquents, we are poor and needy. Come and pay the little you owe us. We dislike to erase an oid and familiar /ace, but necessity will compel u* to part with some of customers, if that little balance isn't soon paid. We canhot afford to buy paper to print for a man who doesn't pay. Mr. JTa8. Gillam, of White Lick, has bought and paid for a large number pf fruit trees from the Lindley nurseries, j pe will fiud it a profitable investment. % I * Now Paper. We have received from Lewis M Grist, Esq., proprietor of tha old journal, the Yorkviltc Enquirer, \ prospectus of "7'he Family Vtxitor" t be published bi-weekly, at the low pric< of $1.50 a year. If his terms to exchanges are as big} with that paper as with the Enquirer we don't expect it to be a visitor at ou sanctum. The editor some time ag< wanted us to do thirty or forty dollars worth of advertising to induce him t< send us the Enquirer, which is a tw? dollar paper. We couldn't "sec it," am the Enquirer never came. When sue! papers as the New York Daily ITcrah will make an even exchange with i rural paper, it seems to us that a litth weekly country paper is putting on air; when it assumes to make such demand! of its less pretentious neighbors. A present we get on very well without tin Yorkvillc Enquirer, and shall never set it if we have to pay thirty or forty dol lars a year in advertising to induce tha paper to grace our otlice as an exchange The J'icken's Sentinel serves our purpos< just as well, and does not cost as much. The Jackson Literary Society. This popular and nourishing Delia ting Society, which numbers in it: membership the elite of our youn? men proposes to give a public entertaimnen in tne Court House on Tuesday night the 21st inst., consisting of valedictory and inaugural addresses from the re tiring and newly elected president; respective!}', together with other speech es. oriirinal and select, and essays by the Members, the whole to conclude with a supper and dance at the arudemy. The program me of exercises i> varied and attractive, and the interest of the occasion will be enhanced b> some choice music from the Abbevllli Stringed Hand. The public are invited to the exercises in the Court Iicuse, ami will doubtless need no second invitation to an entertainment which promises t( be so attractive. "Come and Pay."?Subscribers who are indebted to us. are urged to call at our ollicc, ami pay their indebtedness, We are in need of money. We have waited patiently on them, and now that their cotton is marketable, we wish tfi be puid. If you don't owe but a dollar, coiue and pay it. The amounts due us, generally are small, and all the small sums added together, will relieve us materially." The above is what our neighbor of the True Sout/iron has to say about it. Friends, do your consciences sntite you ? ?> Arcriox SaJiK. ? In Greenville and other towns auctioneers are required t< pay a heavy special license to carry on their business, and we think our town council should pass a similar ordinance. This would be only justice to our merchants, who are among us and of us, and who bear the heat and burthen of taxation during the dull months as well as during the busy season. All transient traders of this kind should be required to pay a high tax or license. ??X?? How Barksdai.k (!ot His Nkw Hat.?Last Summer Mr. S. II. Hampton, agent for the celebrated Lindlej nurseries, ottered a premium of a tint hat to the man who should buy the Jar gest hill of trees. Mr. B. I). Barksdah wore oil' the hat on yesterday, he having bought thirty-four dollars worth oi fruit trees. He bought fifty dollar.1! worth last year, and expects to bu\ more next season. He will plant twenty acres before he stops. Tiik chief of polico and his assistant.*have been arrested for the murder oi Jane Wynn, one of the poor, miserable creatures who were carried to the guard house at twelve o'clock at night. Slit protested that she was not well, and appealed to them not to take her. fcihe was locked up for two days, when slit took pneumonia, and died soon after being released. ri-ii'kikvk fok jkiuiy Cor.kmax.? The Supreme Court in the case of Jerry Coleman has granted a suspension >f the sentence until its further order. The Unal decision will be made at this term of the Court and the fate of the prisoner definitely fixed. By the terms :>f the sentence passed by Judge Cooke, lie was to have been hung on Friday next, the 3d of December. Mr. J. Knox has returned from the North with a large stock of goods, and is opening them on the corner recently occupied bv Messrs. Dul'rc, Gambrell & f.'o. Messrs. John Hill and Arthur Osborne will always be found on hand ready to assist Mr. Knox in serving customers. Give them a call, and secure bargains. Noting Arkivai.s. ? We have, tor several months, published an abstract from the various hotel register*, of the arrivals during the past week, and we shall soon make the same arrangement for the Sheriff. The arrivals are so numerous that we will include "arrivals at the jail for the past week," when chronicling the hotel arrivals. Mk. Robkkt MeOowAX Hill went to church with a young lady last Hunday night, and left his lantern on the gate at the church as a beacon light t< guide others to the house of worship When he came out with his lady tlu lamp could not be found, and he had t< grope his way home in the dark. Mr. B. F. Crawford, one of our best citizens, and an excellent fanner, was in town a few days ago. We regrel to learn from him that he expects leave the County. He is disgusted with tlu way our "aflairs are worked, and wil try other fields of usefulness. Abbeville regrets to Jose so good a man. A Good Indication.?We think il a good indication to see so limited a demand for mules at this time. There ar( many second-hand mules and horses in the County for sale, the owners having planted largely of oats, wheat and bar ley. There will be a great reduction o the large farms this Fall. Many of oui planters are going to plant on a less extended and less expensive scale. Tc make their lands profitable immcnsi quantities of small grain have beer sowed. Last week we announced that oui friend Dr. E. Parker had cured his ]>a tientsand had gone duck hunting on< day. For fear some of our readers ma^ infer that we meant "dear ducks," w? will state that we meant that kind o ducks which do most congregate abou mill ponds. We feel sure that Mayor Alexande condemns the outrage of the chief o police of Columbia, in arresting defence less women at twelve o'clock at night and dragging them oil' to the guan house. Thanksgiving Tikkev. ? Senato Hollinsliead, we learn, entertained j number of his friends on Thursday last when the merits or a goon turucy wen ably discussed. Thk South Carolina Colored Min strels, who impersonated the whites ii their performances in the Court JIous |on Thursday niglit, failed to male* enough to pay expenses. I The premiums at the Colored Agri cultural Fair of Abbeville, were awarde? ion Friday last. Some ninety dollars j worth were given out. Christmas is not farofF, and thelittl jones are happy in anticipation. W trust that all parents and guardians wil j not forget to make them happy in th realization of their hopes. ! Mb. Hampton thinks orchard would be very profitable in this section Ke recommends especiaily apples peaches, pears and cherries. Mr. O'Neall, near Cokcsbury, i I setting out a large apple orchard. HJ head is lovel and lie will get rich. Sunday School Celebration. The anniversary of the Sunday-school t Missionary Society of the Methodist a church of this place, was duly celebra0 ted on Sunday last. The church was c handsomely and appropriately decorated, in a style which retlcctcd the higli1 est credit 011 Mrs. H. W. Lawson and , other ladies of the congregation, and r the exercises were of a very interesting 5 character. The Sunday-school numbers ' over eighty pupils, under .the charge of 3 Mr. Geo. \V. Syfan, assisted by a corps 3 of competent teachers. 1 After the satisfactory and interesting > i morning exercises of the school, an exl ccllent missionary sermon was preached i by the ltev. Mr. Webber, of the Wil* liamston Female College, from John * ii: 2!), "Behold the Lamb of God," bes fore a large and attentive audience. t In the afternoon, addresses were dcj livered by the Revs. Mr. Webber and i Mr. Mood, a nephew of the preacher - iii charge of this church, and then the! t pastor, Mr. Mood, read an interesting . report of the Society, from which it ap? peared that some $04 had been contrib. uted to the mission work?a gratifying exhibit. At night a large audience assembled, and listeued to an admirable sermon of Kev. Mr. Webber, from Psalm lxi:2, "Leadme to the rock that is higher * than I." j The singing of the congregation is led by a choir, of which Mr. Willie T. Mc; Donald is principal, and Mrs. McDonald ' performer upon the melodeon, both cx" cellent musicians; and hence the fine 5 music added much to the pleasure of j the occasion. , <? Woi'Min't Pay. ? Henry Johnson j last week for some offence, was (1 tied in i Judge Hughes Court $1 and costs, which were $8.75, or sentenced to lie . seventeen days in jail, and was allowed ' I to go out to raise the money. Instead of I raising the money he reported to the . i Sheriff', saying that he "had come to 1 , stay awhile with him." The Sheriff supposing that he liacl come to hire in- 1 formed him that he didn't need his ser- ; vices, when Henry explained the mat- 1 1 ter, saying that he had enough money 1 to pay the fine, but that he wanted to ( spend it during the Christmas holidays. ' lie is now in jail at the expense of the tax-payers, that he may spend the mon- | 1 ey during the Christmas holidays, i Comment unnecessary. Gi;x. Pl'Hvis, an alderman of the city . of Columbia, was in town last week, 1 and the guest of Senator Hollinshead. j . We see it slated in the papers that he ! was in the party who committed that 1 gross outrage in Columbia last week in dragging tlie poor defenceless demi 1 inonde of the city from their beds to the guard house at midnight. We hardly I think it true that a man of his good ini telligencecould be accessory to the comi milting of so great a crime against women. He surely was not with the party. Tiik CiRcrs. ? We call attention to ; the advertisement of the Great Euro- i I pean Circus and Menagerie, which is said to be one of tlie largest and most varied entertainments of the kind which lias ever visited this country. It loes not come on the train with a hand- , ful of wagons and paraphernalia, but moves in a huge caravan overland. The principle feature claimed for it is the zoological department, which em' braces some wonderful animals not be" fore exhibited here. , \Yk learn that there is nn effort being j- made to remove R. R. Hemphill, Esq., j froiu the office of Trial Justice at Abbe ville. We sec no good to be derived . from such a course and trust, that the Governor may not act hastily in the matter. We regard Mr. Hemphill as j. one of the best Trial Justices in the upr country, and have never heard any , good reason urged for his removal. Col. J. W. Livingston, member to . Legislature from Oconee, passed to his post of duty ?n Tuesday of last week. , Col. L. is one of the most valued mem- , hers of the House, and oxerts a broader ' influence than any member from the upper counties by reason of his well- , known just, liberal and practical views on all subjects of interest. Look here, gentlemen, why this howl | against ladies'striped stockings? It is your solemn duty as a respectable citizen to walk with your eyes on a level with ' second story windows, and its none of your business what kind of stockings 1 are shown on the cross walks. Anything is preferable to a barefooted wo- [ man. '/iir Lindley Nurseries have sold and delivered this* season seventeen hundred dollars worth of fruit trees in Abbeville County. We regard the buying of good fruittrees as the next best tiling i to the sewing of oats, and our readers know what we think of red oats. Mr. Nkwtox Alexaxdkk's ginhouse, near Hodges' Depot, was consumed by fire about 7 o'clock Monday 1 evening." The work of an incendiary. - Loss five or six hundred dollars. A coi,okkj) brother was attempting to ride an unbroke mule on tlio square 011 Monday. He rode back wards into Wardlaw & Edwards store and calkci at (lie post office. [ Wk arc pleased to kcc Mr. J. William j Robertson, from Ifonea Path in town ' on Monday. We welconic hint almost j as one from the grave, lie has been | quite sick, and is still the worse for wear. A ykak's subscription to the Prcan and Banner will be given to the first 1 newspaper writer who has not told us \ exactly how to control the negro vote. j Maj. R. A. Gkifi'in, of Ninety-Six, I has been elected honorary member of the Executive Committee*of the Anderson Fair Association. t Owing to sickness in the family of Rev. Jno. Kershaw, the uewJv elected i pastor of Trinity, he was unable to be present on Sunday last. [ Last Sunday was a gloomy day. There was a large attendance at the various churches, except the Episcopal, f which was closed. [ Mk. George R. Sondi.icv, of the! AVi#> Era. called at our office on Satur-| ? day last, looking as bright and tidy as a I i new pin. Nothing contributes more to the', r health of a people than good healthy fruit. Now is the time to set out your , fruit trees. The young men in Abbeville'can i marry any of the young ladies they f please?the trouble is, they can't pleasj [ t them. Ik any man doubts that Abbeville has i*j pretty ladies, he should have been at f! the Methodist church on Sunday night. The greatest luxury in the known1 j j world is good fruit. This can be secur-j led by the expenditure of a few dollars. r| Pay your subscription to the Prcnx i ^|and Banner. Our terms are cash in! advance. Please bear this in mind. pi "Hit. Marshall's infant sou Foster's j condition is better, and hopes are now! _ j entertained of his recovery. i| A drove of fifty hops wore sold ateithe Marshall House lot last Saturday, at! e nine cents gross. Tiie Camden Journal Is urging the j - importance of having a County Fair; J Camden. j Our stock of drummers has been tin-! usually full during the past week. ? The Methodist church was hand-, I isomely decorated on last Sunday, i ' e Mr. J. S. Hammond lives in Major! Small's house on Magazine Hill. 9 Now is the time for turkeys to uiedi-J tate on the shortness of life. ' "Grate Bargains," is the way one of the auction signs reads. s g Next Sunday is communion day at I the Methodist church. Gossip with our Exchanges. Insurance Companies. ? The following is a statement of the business done by Insurance Companies in this r County from July 1st, 1874, to June 1st, mc 1875: Underwriters agency, $2,474; tin Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance ho Company, $1,199; Georgia Home, $1,036; dy Niagara Fire Insurance Company, $926; ac< Continental Fire Insurance Company, yo $320; Liverpool and London Globe In- ral surance Company, $-530; Manhattan Fire Insurance Company, $32; St. Louis pi( Insurance Company, $o00. Making a pi,< total of $7,047 paid annually to Life ar.d tot Fire Insurance Companies in this oh County.?Anderson Intelligencer. an AS?" It will be seen fro n-the above pr that Anderson has not wasted much on th either life or fire insurance. This, per-1 pr " tn pxtent for the,co IJUJJM, uv^wumn ww ww-. prosperity of tiie Anderson people. ,,^ Tlie Edgefield Advertiser is killing off our military heroes, vide the following: 'jpj The notorious militia captain, Ned ^ 'Pennant, otherwise known as "The 'jy Great Black Hawk of the Savannah," j$| departed this life on Monday iast, near oc our town, of Consumption. "Captain" ai] Bullock, that other miltia officer, who was so active last year with Tennant in ^ fomenting discord between the blacks hl: and whites of this county, has been 2s* dead, as our leaders arc aware, for some aIi months. He also died of consumption. (jj General P. It. ltivers is the only one of jU the immortal triumvirs left; his war- j,| rior's cap and his gray charger are still |1( the wonder and admiration of his con- w stituenfs. but the general is failing fast; )k consumption, we are informed, has its fell hold on him too. Tjik Sjxtrtanbury Spartan is urging ^j1 the organization of a tire company. "J We suggest to our neighbor to try the ri< Ilook and Ladder business. Until we organized our Hook and Ladder Com- 111 pany we had on an average two fires a rt" year. Since then we haven't had one? iind one man has been constantly em- 1)1 ploy/ed lending the ladders.to the me- (.?l chanics about town, while various citi- ,r zens use the rubber buckets. The County Treasurer, for instance, makes sc nn ash box of one. You'd be pleased q with the Hook and Ladder Company. .n Try it. 1 "The cxnenses of the Poor House for the year aggregate $3,680.99.?Edgefield "I Advertiser. , 8SU This would board quite a nuin* ber at the same price we pay, $9.73 a j mouth for each. Mr. Miller boards ours P, it that rate, and does it well too. Be- L sides board, lie furnishes medical attention, and then defrays funeral expenses te when they die?all this without ejtra co charge. Si A few days since the Charlatan Nexus and Courier published an able t?r- m tide in reply to the Greenville New, as to the proper course to be pursued by it^ the Conservatives during the next cam- tri paign. The News and Courier thinks a ; conservative course the best, while the Greenville News is strongly in favor of jjt a straightout Democratic fight. We think the N.AC, presents the correct view of the matter. hi Pi Itev. John MeLees preached an excelleut sermon in the Presbyterian . church last Sunday from the text, "Love one another."?New Era. fezf If "one another" means attractive young ladies, we would say that we vi have been obeying that injunction re- he ligiously for a long time, but so far it w< has been sweetness wasted. "TheGuard House which lias recent- H ly been erected is a superfluity, and is of anything but an ornament to a front m street of a village. Malefactors would a I A;ar it more if it was more retired, but in we never have that class to deal with , here.?Marion Star. V&- "Our Calaboose" is on the main ? street in front of one of the Colleges,! and should be removed. pu A Phenomenon*.?The country is not. broke. A few days since a gentleman came in from the country to pay a debt, and remained in town two days, at his tiwn expense, waiting the return of his creditor. Most wonderful. "Truth is .. stranger than fiction."?Progressive Age. rifl That's a whopper! Where's the :.r< papers, CJrenekcr. The Winnsboro News makes a well- (;< considered response to the article of the an Greenville News and other wipers, ur[?ing us to follow "the lead of Mississip- ]]i |ii" and redeem the State from Uepubli- ye can rule. It shows conclusively that a tit fi/Jruf ufAii'l do Ml till Ulit i/uiuuv^iauv uv/uvi ??*#? v v.w j here, and that our only hope of obtain- de ing honest Government in South Caro- en lina, is to rally the best man of nil par- la tics. |oii The whole amount of expenses of the j ni County ftom l:*t November, 1S74, to 1st," November. 1875, aggregates $18.222.12. h'j The whole amount of past indebtedness W as presented before (Jov. Konhani, the w< Referse, is about $70,000. -Edgcftdd do Advertiser. re Ze&" Js it any wonder that the Arlccr- ui finer has complaincd. de U.S The jail of Oconee has now only two t(J, inmates?one for burglary, the other for t), disturbing a religious meeting.?A*cc>M>ee Courier. ,.f] Happy Oconee. Our jail list increases ho last tiiui we are afraid to risk f() a statement as to the number. We haven't had a census return in more f() than a week. It was heavy then. ra Poktical.?A correspondent of the Spart(inbur(/ He raid indulges in some highfalutin remarks about our lost cause, our fallen heroes, and monumental shafts, and then quotes that sublime sentence, "A man's mouth is the gate to se his heart," and suggests that the ladies fV: have a hot supper. The Laurens Railroad, we lenrn, had to been completed, on last Tuesday, to the oc eleven mile post. Eleven miles from ea fliia nliicp MMiism. J-'r/wu ami HantlC}'. itf "Stick."?Luuremville llcrald. to lacr Stuck. dt Gainesville sends forth this wail: "Do send us a minstrel troupe. We arc dying for a hearty laugh." ^ WeiT We can't semi you a minstrel j. trouj e Lut we cuuld spare you a horn of . two. ?" When the Sheriff of Edgefield goes pt out 10 arrest an escaped prisoner he w takes an extra horse for the prisoner to oc ride back on. That's kind. The Edge- F field Advertiser is respousiblc for the tli above assertion. eo The Anderson Sun is well gotten up and nicely printed. It is published ?n|,jj Wednesday and delivered to the citi- j. /.ens of Anderson at noon of that day. | It generally arrives at A bbeville prompt-jj( iy on Saturday or Monday. tl, We like the leading editorials in the Ii Darlington Southerner. They are, writ- Ci ten in a calm aud dignified manner. ti< The editor, however, does read many j m of his exchanges. TnK head of the editor of the Marion Star seems to be "turned." Hear him. "There's 110 use talking about the pinbaek walking, and striped stockings? they are simply "splendiferous." The Oranr/cburr/ Kcivs and Timesj s nominates Major A. 1J. Knowlton for: the otlieo of Circuit Judge. We nomi-[ nate C'apt. J. II. Tarrant, of Green-1 wood. We agree with tlie La'urensvlllc Herald, that quality is sometimes preferable to quantity. Over here we have to have quantity anyhow. . The Merchant and Farmer says the! people of Marion see through a glass j M' darkly. The street lamps haven't been ; in cleaned for months. lu Miss I, kola mi word, daughter ot m our esteemed Probate Judge, we regret e^ tolearn, is now ill will diptlicria, at lu r tl brother-in-law, Rev. (J. JL). Maun. d< Mr. John J. Camioun, formerly of " Abbeville, but now of Cartersville, Ga., ison a visit to friends and relatives here. Fortunes are made by raising good pj fruit. I ti Temple of Health Items. REPORTED BY CLIO. Tiie Beaty Candy Pulling.?The jst interesting and the richest thing ?t has transpired in this neighbored for fifty years, was the Beaty Canpulling. We neglected to give an jount of it in our last items and now u must pardon us if we give you a :her full account. Well a few weeks ago a famous cotton ;king came off at Charley Beaty's *ce, and at night the candy pulling )k pi.tce. The young, the fair, the land the ugly were congregated .at early hour. In a short while the occedings began, and they lasted to e "wfesraa' hours." All seemed imessedthat the poet struck the right rd wken he said ro sleep till morn when youth and beauty in?et." legeitlemen portion of the commuty were represented by Coon Black, >m Sutherland, John Graves, Pick ack, ?tc. Mac Jieaty enlivened the casioi by the sweet notes of his tiddle id all were impressed that Jusic uitli charms to sootho the savage, ilit a rick or burst a cavage." 0 danting was allowed by Mrs. Iieaty id Mr.John Jieaty, as they are good tiristhu Methodists, but the young ;ople bok it out in grand style, in ays, saigs and "busses." There was ) false.iiode -ty afloat and every gent ent fot his "bounie lassie" as tho' : meait business. We were not. there it we a*e assured it was a (jrand occa3ii altcjether. You sliould have been ere aiil if you did not take a part in e proeedings, you would have been [*.hly pid as "a looker on in Vienna." We live it from a good source that any a gallon of molasses was conmed I; the crowd. Notwithstanding 1 tin's iharley intends to have another istinfl iy candy pulling at no distant ly, wlm he hopes to see all of his iends rom far and near. Wk leni that Mr. William Latimer's liool a Johnston willgbe out shortly, f court; he is coining to the candy j 1 ling. Davu Crawford is planting largely oats. He has a level head. Cotton 11 ad 12 cents is scaring cotton an ten: We believe the people are icningtheir eyes to the true and only ?licy, aul we know they will hud it tter tlat a trille for cotton. Erwiv, of Centre of Gravity, conrnplat-s furnishing the Hyuienial lnmnan interesting item before long, icccsfattend him. A. y.. Erwin, the gentleman above entioied, has a splendid store at 'ickltfe'n old stand. Centre of Graver is tie right name for it has an atictivt force to the universal"Nation." Samuel Fi,bmino will marry shortly, e willplant oats for a living. He be:ves ii oat meal at any rate. Ciiaxles Beaty will probably ex bit abritlc at his forthcoming Candy illin*. She lives up the road about a ile from his house on the right hand le of the road that leads to Antreville. care not joking. It's so. Mit. E/.hkikl White, of Lowndes1 le, has been through this neighbored last week selling standard religious :>rks. Mr. John* T5katv is a model farmer, e reads religious and useful books all hia spare time. 'Tis wonderful how uch Information a man can gather in few fleeting moments. Book agents ake a note of this. Thk J'rcsH and Banner stories are In eat favor up here. David Crawford ft an obliging and ilite Post Mastei. The right man in e right place. 4 iranuah and Charleston Railroad. The Union-Herald, of Columbia, Pub ihesthe letter of William A. Courtly, Esq., of Charleston,'to the Comp>ller-(jleneral of South Carolina, on - .. nr. : .... ,.4* L'nf.iainnli niul ^ Minflna. Ullllitllnoi IIIC Oill nilliuil un? ivo 11 Railroad Company. From Mr. >urteuay's letter ii appears that the iiount of the bonds of the company, la ran teed by the State of South Carola, with interest to the end of the ar, ?873,200. The Union-llcruhl conlues: And astheamountof bonds issued unr the act of 1800, with interest to tin id of the year, is $55)0,2-50, and as these tter bonds are, by that act, a first lien i the road, it follows that the road list needs be worth $1,4(59,450 at tlu id of the year to save the State from *s on account of its guarantees, 'hut the road is now worth, or what il ill be worth at the end of the year, we i not know; but we do know that all ports of the condition of the road lite in the conclusion that it is rapidly predating in value, not only from ual, but also from unusual wear and ir of the track and running down ol c; roiling stock : and we are satisfied at the people of t!ic Stale approve the torts already made by the Comptrollerineral to obtain possession of the road r the protection of the interests of the ate, and will approve all further efrts he may hereafter make in that diction. Complexion of the 17. S. Senate. The United States Senate, at its next ssion, will be pretty equally divided ilitically. The Senators may be clashed as follows: Forty Republican?, alluding, Alcorn, Robertson, Hamiln, and Edmunds;) twenty-nine Deinrats, and three Independant Republins?Booth, Christiancy, and Cameron Wisconsin. There are two vacancies be filled, one caused by the recent >ath of Mr. Ferry,of Connecticut, and e eternal vacancy from Louisiana aimed by Piuchback. A Democratic snator will be chosen in place of Ferry, Connecticut, which will give the cmoerats thirty, instead of twentylie votes. Should a Democrat be ected from Louisiana, as ia thought obable, and he be admitted to a seat, hicli is believed improbable, the Dem-rats will muster. thirty-one votes, rom the total Republican vote take iose whose voles cannot always be muted upon ? Alcorn, Robertson, amilton. and Edmunds?and their it is diminished to .'JO. Leaving out "P T .ah i<i-iii?i unintnr. IU ijuirauuii ui uiw ^ lip theDcniocruls will be able to cast total vote of .HO. Add to this the four nibtful Republicans above named and icy will have ;>4. To this add three ideptfndants, Booth, Christiancy, and nmerou of Wi.scon.sin,and the opposijn to the undoubted Republican elecnt would number 37, or a majority of ie. Although most of the senators jt down as doubtful or independent epublieans more frequently vote with ie Republicans than the JDetnocrais, it ill be seen at a glance that when they the latter they will leave the Republics in the minority. Such a circumtuice is likely to happen very seldom, it it would have occurred last winter id a direct vote been taken in the Inchback case. The lJIue and the (iray. A movement is afoot to assembled p rge number of the soldiers of the latt ar in Philadelphia city sometime durig the Centennial. It is proposed t( ave the Northern and Southern armies presented by their leading generals id thousands of the rank and tile from /ery State . The purpose is to show ic world, by a grand and impressiv< frnonstration, that the men who wen i arms against eaoh other a few yean jo, arc now united in the celebratior ; the one hundredth birthday of thcii >untry, and are inspired by a spirit o itriotisin and a feeling of common na onality. m i _ , i Cotton Stealing. Cotton stealing has become so enormous an evil, that it threatens to destroy the planting interests in some sections, whilst from all parts of the State comes up the demand for additional legislation to check the growing evil. Judges Mackey and Cooke have sought to enforce the existing law, and have urged upon existing grand juries the full exercise of their powers in the premises, but under the existing law these powers are entirely insufficient to repress the evil, growing out of the impossibility of identifying the stolen articles, ami bringing home the offence to the door of the guilty partiee. In a memorial to the Legislature, which has been extensively circulated in Aiken County, and which we line] published in the Tribune, the following suggestions are made: "That it shall be unlawful for anj country store, or any known or secret partner thereof, or for any trading person or post whatever, in any case, di recny or inuirecuy, 10 iiwuib, uj ^u.chasu, trade or exchange any cotton ii the seed. That such store, post or person shal in no case procure us mentioned, a 113 grain, forage or other agricultural pro duct between the hours of sunset ant sunrise, and that for all such articles procured between the hours of sunrise and sunset a book shall be kept, open t( public inspection, in which shall b( recorded the kind, quantity, conditioi and value of such article, the date 0 the transaction, and the party thereto that the burden of proof shall rest 01 the parties so procuring, that thearticlei are not store goods, ami that the par tie: so procuring shall be held to be ixirti ccjJH criminis in all cases of theft. That all such stores and posts shall b closed at usual bedtime, or at an hou notlaterthan Oo'clock at night, through out the year, not to re-open earlier thai sunrise in the morning; that any vio lation of this rule shall be prima faci evidence of a larcenous act or inlertt. That such facilities for prompt lega process shall be provided, and such pen alties for violation attached as shall b effectual." This meets the evil and crushes it n the very threshold, prohibiting as it i suggested all traffic in seed cotton, am all traffic within certain hours in an; produce. The matter calls for the eui nest attention and prompt action of tli Legislature, and we feel assured tha the greatness of the evil has impres.se that body with the necessity of som effective legislative action. The Whiskey King. The whiskey trials now going on a St. Louis have attracted a great deal ( attention, as they show a large and we organized conspiracy to defraud th |Government, embracing many of th officers of the Government. The cot I spiracy grew from year to year until th annual loss 01 me uovcrmueni amuuu ed to $1,200,000 at least. The Ring Ion defied detectionf<jntil at last the editc of the Democrat, Fisbock, communis ted with Secretary liristow and obtaii ed the secret appointment of the con mereial editor of his paper as specij detective with full powers, and he wit the pretext of obtaining news for publ cation collected all the evidence whic was necessary to begin the prosecutioi A comparison of the shipments wit the otlicial returns showed the eno mous unlawful product of whiskey. The prosecution was vigorously con menced, and already Mcdonald, the si pervisor, and Joyce, the special agon have been convicted, and the latter sei to the Penitentiary for three years an a half: whilst McKee, Maguire, Fit Hoy, and other officials, together wit Avery, Chief Clerk of the Internal He enue Bureau, have been indicted ai are now on trial. There has been not! ing in the evidence so far to connect tl President or any member of his hous hold with.any complicity in the frauds. The Secretary, iiristow, h been active in pressing forward tl prosecutions. ^ ? State Tax Union. At a meeting of this body in Coin: , bU last week it was Resolved, That this State Tax Uui< : does hereby call upon the couuties the State to select delegates from ea< county, in numbers according to its re reselltation in the lower house of t (jcneral Assembly, to be assembled i general convention in Columbia on tl i second Tuesday in December, at 7 I M., for the purpose of urging that tl ; Legislature adopt the reeouiniendatio i contained in the veto message of 1j , Excellency the Governor, and to co ; siderany matters touching the gener > welfare of the State. I Jiesoluccl, that the President of tl) i Tax Union do issue this call throuj the newspapers, with an address fro himself, stating its purpose and necest J ty. TrtnM Pucilic Itnilroad. The Texas Pacific Railroad Conve tion adopted a preamble setting forth tl reasons upon which government aid asked in the construction of a Pacil railroad on or near the thirty-secoi parallel of latitude, as follows: First, a measure of sound statemanship ar sound policy; second, as a means of d fense: third, as a local military neces< ty; fourth, as a measure of practic economy ; fifth, as a commercial necc sity; sixth, as a direct saving to the pe pie of the entire'eountry ; seventh, as prudent and proper act to encourage tl people of the South. Centennial Orators. The Jfeto York ^Tribune says: "Tl suggestion of Charles Francis Adams the best man for orator at the Centeni al is especially appiopiate. The son one President, the grandson of anotlu and of the fervid patriot whose advoc cy probably, more than that of ai , j other man, carried the Declaration I Independance throngh, himself univc j sally esteemed for high ability and co ....Klin onroinn rnnrlorml J 9^1UUUU3 JJUUllO ov/i ? iv>v, 4 VMV.VI I time of great need, yet now as far 1 moved from the rancor of existing ji I litical disputes as it is possible for a pu | lie man to be, Mr. Adams seems pec | liatly indicated by all the circumstanc las the fittest man in the country f this work." O ? Conflicting Cotton Reports. The November estimate of the prt cnt cotton crop by the National Cottc Exchange is4,l!)7,000 bales, whilst ih of the Agricultural Bureau is only 853,000 bales. Should the Novemb estimate of the Agricultural IS ure: prove correct, the receipts at the pot must henceforth show a falling o They were on the 10th, 128,037 bales excess of the corresponding period h I year; and therefore, if the crop is to I only 120,000 bales larger, the excess 1108,037 bales must he lost in the remai derof the crop year." Tiie Comrno "Winter.?In a recc I >.i.l>li/t<>?t/.n 11ir> f;ir-f:iined Professor Ti< I of St. Louis, tiikes direct issue with 1 lately discovered rival, Professor Kr< itfer, of Wisconsin, by saying: "T j?oming Winter certainly will not be i 5 agreeable one. First cold, really i will set in about the 20th of Novembi , and continue for nearly one week. I will be wanner about the fitli of Deeei i ber, and then cold for another wee ?j It will be warmer from the liith to t i: 18th and then cold again: About t r 120th it will be warm, and about the ,10 cold very cold until January the (J; th ;j warmer till the 12th ; then very cold i the 20th ; then warmer for a few da] i! followed by cold weather till about t r jclo.se of the month. The month of F( fi ruary will be very boisterous, general -jwann.but shortspellsof intensely cc 'weather." Plant Loss Cottou. The3facon Telegraph dcnounccs the;.I suicidal policy which is devoting all the; j planting capacity of the South to the production of cotton to the neglect of , those diversified crops which can alone furnish a.sure basis of prosperity, and -v urges that the varied resources of this section deprive us of all palliation or , excuse for such a course. Hear its . words of wisdom. " "Cotton has sunk rapidly every sueicessive year since the war, uutil we see 11 ' lit now from fifty-two cents a pound in 'i ISCU to twelve cents in 1875. A very few I I months more of that headlong speed in i decline will bring it to a point when its 'I 1 culture will cease to comfortably support the labor which produces it, and the latter must sink to a condition of r disorder aud disorganization, or to more " t squalor and serfdom. a "It would be folly and cruelty to hold J. up this impending doom before the u great .Soutiiern cotton interest, if there ji i were no remedy for this cotton produc- ;; tion. But there w a remedy?an easy I remedy, which an intelligent people. ' r lumiiixr imrl <innpnnint!iiif Ihn ilnmllv DPI'. >1 - il abend, could be induced to apply. 1 It is in the power of the State Grangers ? i to abate the cotton product a third, and Ji i so enforce reasonable compensation for ) their labor. This remedy is a direct i and legitimate one?resorted to by all i handicrafts when the markets overstock- J f ed goods, and prices fall below the cost t ; of production. l "It is also in the power of the intelli- I s gent husbandry of the South to make . s such a diversion of their labor as still to - employ it all profitably and increase . their own productive wealth, instead of e sinking down into a destructive and de- . r grading poverty which shall deprive - them of the comforts and elegances of rj i life. We can apply a larger portion of j - our agricultural labor to the cereals and a c grasses and to the production of animal s food and laboring stock. We can pro- h ,1 duce fruit crops, rice, sugar, tobacco, Si- J - sal hemp and all other fibres for the im- ^ e inenso quantity of bagging we annually j consume; and we can, if we would, add \ t at least twenty-five percent, to our an- j s nual revenues on the fleece of sheep and :1 of the variety of valuable goats. y " The vast range of our productive ca - pacities admits of not the first, reasona e bio excuse of the over product of any ; it 3ingle crop. The course we are pursu- ] d ing is gratuitous self-murder. It is not i e alonethatjit is ruining us pecuniarily; : but that with pecuniary ruin, in this comes the Joss of social dignity?the ( sinking down gradually into the condition of mere jKcisantri/, whose scanty 1 earnings do not permit of genorous food, or the means of mental, social and 1 >f religious culture. 11 "If ever a case called for a corps of ; e Peter the Hermits, to rouse up the people to a sense of their danger and the e great yawning gjlf of ruin before them, t- we think this is one. Why do the e Grangers fail to appreciate the crisis?" t- <? * g South Carolina Minerals. >r x- Prof. Charles U. Shepherd. Jr., of the i- Medical College of the State of South i- Carolina, at Charleston, request parties il who are desirous of sending minerals b and ores for exhibition at the C'entennii al, and afterwards to be kept on exhibi1, tion in the Sntithsonion Institute at i. Washington, to communicate with him. h He says, a complete collection of the var rious ores of Soutli Carolina, embracing the products of her rjolil, copper t iron, i- manganese, kaolin, corundum, mica, j- p/ionphatic and other uiines, exposed to t, view before the eyes or the world, first it at the Centennial exhibition, and afternl wards in the pcrma/if/i/museum of the z- Smithsonian Institution at Washingh ton, would serve as the strongest attracv tion to labor and capital aiike. It is id needless to add that there is a deplorable li- want of accurate knowledge as to the ie varied and valuable mineral deposits of e- this State, even among her own citizens, se which may properly be ascribed to the us lack of any large and illustrative collecie tion of her mineral products. The contemplated museum would r.ot only obviate this sad deficiency, but prove a safe repository for such valuable specimens as might be useful to the scientist jj. who should desire to study and describe the resources of our mines. jD Parties desirous of sending minerals in nml ores for the National Museum, nre cli requested to communicatejwith the nnp dersigned, who will forward them all lie necessary information on the supject. in The time is short before the opening of [jo the Centennial, and those who delay col1?. looting and forwarding their specimens lie incur risk of being deprived of this opus portunity to exhibit. n- Vicc-Frcsideiit Wilson. The Vice-President who died hist lis week at Washington, of Apoplexy, in fh the sixty-fourth year of his age, was a m remarkable man, rising from the shoesi maker's bench in Natick, Alass., to the second ottice in the gift of the American people. United States Senator from I860 to the time of his election to the Vice-Presidency, three years ago; 11- Chairman of the Senate Military C'oni:ie mittee during the war, and one of its is leading spirits, lie was a bright lightof lie the Republican party, and one of the id most uncompromising foes of the as South. Of late years, however, he had id risen above tlie claims of party, and e- had been the earnest advocate of a polii\ ey of conciliation. New Advertisements. , ^ Citation?\V M Taggart. Iie Shirts?Cunningham & Tenipleton. Citation?Charles JI Allen. uircus? \v ens jjrotners. Music Teacher?J M Wilson. Oranges?Parker & Perrin. lie Latest Styles?Emporium <?f Fashion, as Plantation for Kent?W Rosenberg. ii- New York Sun. ;r' Ai.kkkd Wkiout was yesterday conll" victed before Trial Justice Hughes for y stealing two bushels of corn from his of neighbor, Mr. J. It. Iladdon. lie wus *r" sentenced to pay a line of $1.00 and I1" costs ?8.7o, or go to jail for twenty-live in days. He is looking for the money or a ?" safe place for himself. It matters little '2" tous if he should emigrate. u- Tjik Greek Monk, who interested all! es who heard his lecture at Abbeville, we or learn was not allowed to lecture at Duel Went, co\sk;m;i:s. ?* VitKinHT.?W I) \f:irs A" ("?*_ L I) Hnu'io "W J J K()u?ms, F Small, Geo Grillin, \V 11 til Tairjjart. J Widoman, N K Johnson, J F Simpson, T K Zachary, R C T linker, R er Gant, .Mrs KG Morrah. su 1'Ixpukss.?T Raker, I'arkcrd- Renin, J (s D Chalmers A: Co, Barnwell A' Co. in JIAKKIAGKS. MA 1JK1101), at i he I he bride's uf lather, Nov. IS, It>7o, by Rev. John Cooper, n. Mr. M. MOORK, of Laurens Comity, and Miss L.J. VKKKLL, of Greenwood, S. C. nt REMOVAL. jp i^ j TTAVIXG removed from our old stand 4" IXJL in Knox's J'lock, our friends and !e* I customers will find us at the store formerly I occupied by Col. J. T. Robertson, No. ~ n 11 White's J dock, where we will be pleased 4?i to serve them. < I Uul'Ki;, 1?A.T115 ICf. IiL< iV t <>. 11 Nov. 17, 1*75, ? FAY UP F til en A LL PARTIES INDEBTED TO to .ia. hy note or account, must make ^*s,1 immediate payment, or their accounts he will bo placed in the bands of an at'or b-lney for colleotu.u. 'IS DuPre, Gambrell & Co. 1 Nov. 17, 1S7"> "2-tf Wlllll THE CONDEMNED MAN. udgc Moses Suspends his Execution. erry to go Again Before the Supreme Court. Through the fidelity of hi* attorneys, [essrs. Thomson & Noble, .Terry Coleman ill get another hearing in the Supreme ourt at Columbia. In the Supreme Court Ir. Youmans represented the Counsel in btaiuing the following order. Judge ooke was present aud gave his intluenco ^ 1 be hall- of the prisoner: HE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, n the Supreme Court?November Term, 1875. 'he State, Respondent, vs. Jerry Coleman, Appellant. Indictment ? >1 urder?Appeal from 8th Circuit?Abbeville, The Appellant having been convicted of nurdcr, October J erm, 1 Hi.), ot theCourtoi ioneral .Scissions tor Abbeville County, nd sentenced to bo hanged on Friday, Deember :id, 1H7;>, and having appealed to liis Court; and it appearing that said apical cannot be heard .before said December d, On motion of Mr. Youmans, for Messrs. Miomson ?te Noble, Attorneys lor Defendnt, Ordered, That the appeal bo docketed, nd the execution of the sentence be sus tended pending the hearing of the appeal, nd until the further order of tins Court. (Signed,) P. J. MOSES. November 26, lt>~j. A true copy. ) It test, Ali.kx G. Boozkr, V 'lerk of Supreme Court, S. C. J To the Sheriff of Abbeville County, Ab* teville C. II., S. C. . .. . ... i - .. jf HOTEL ARRIVALS. A i.ston* House.?J Rozenblatt, J P lomthall. A Westheimer, Charles I) Hering. E I) Herring, J L Ocheltree, Phil M [*ubl>, Jr., A Hutchinson, H M Lanier, F V Stuart, Baltimore; Henry Myers, Philadelphia; Henry M Crane, NY; J N Rob:on, W E Fisher, Charleston; M Cooper, >t Louis; Julius Drvloos, Atlanta, Ca; I S Camp, Gainesville, Ga; Geo Lines, C; S II Hampton, Greensboro, N C; J W Rowland, Greenwood; GB Riley. Hodges' Depot, J L Hill, Pleasant Retreat; J W vVideman, Long Cane; J Robertson, ttonoa Path; J T Baskin, Monteroy; J F \<rne\v. Hobt. Smith. Donaldsville. WiKit's Hotel.?Dr J W Wideman, Bold Branch; John Lyon, Little Mountain; Mrs B C Crawford, Monterey; J A Brooks, Warren ton; Jacob Sulzbackcr, Tlios Murphy, Hugh lieid, Columbia; E J Costa, D J "Robertson, Charleston; J M Nathan, Philadelphia; F A Smith, Texas; W A Redwood, T C Martin, Baltimore; C It Crowel, Ga. Abbeville Hotel.?W A Walker, Elberton, Ga; A Napier, Cedar Springs; J W Rogers, Atlanta, Ga; J Handsmen, Spartanburg; A W Jones, city; Miss Georgio Baker, Lowndesville, Miss Dora Br.17.cale, Miss Annie Jones, Miss Annie Varell, city; , George J Ware and lady, J M Groter and Lad}*, Long Cane; J W Whitlock, B F Reynolds,, Greenwood; G T Jackson, 5'G; (i W Cromer, Cokesburv, Jas O Garar, W C Latimer, Edgefield; Y 0 Young. Lowndesville; A C Link, Magnolia; W H Boyd, Greenwood; J W Green, New Market; Win Robortson, Donaldsville; A M Hill, citv; Louis Sails, P Sells, jr, J D Throp, \V D Allen, A Shephard, L Jones, European Circus. Guff in House (better known as the Jail.)?Benj Morton, Cedar Springs; John Kelly, Due West; Henry Johnson, Virgil Madden. Doc Sloan, Joe Brooks, Henry Calhoun, Henrietta Read, Moses Perderois, White Seed, Isaac Purdcrois, Louisa Purderois, Venus; Johnson, Abbeville; Hardy Mays, R M DuBose, Calhoun's Mills; Jerry * Coleman, Jack Owens, Ninety Six; Henry Williams, J Kinlock.Sam Williams Sam * Marshall, Greenwood; Richard Moore, alias William Toliver, Cokesburv. DEAD LETTERS. ? . , The following is a list of letters remaining in tho Post'Ofiice, December 1, ]?75; aii. miner, Harriet u-awarus, a a ^niier, \V B Smith, J P Bull, Jas Evans, J Miller, Andrew Stevenson, Jas Brooks, Marcus Fortl, Dr Tom Mabrv, C Sibert, Mary II Bruce, J I) Grew. S A Miller. J A Tomber- ^ lin, Mr Blacks, John Gable, Emison Miller D Thomson, Julia Bia<;k, Jas T Baker, Ober Brown, Bay Brown, Juda Brown, Jas R Cromer, Scott Casey, JasR Crunmer, ( WCook, Mrs Jus Cromwell, R J Cheatham, Jas A C'aughman, Samuel II Cochran, Jno Conlds, J E Caldwell, J T Cheatham, L L Galloway, Allie Cochran, Samuel Douglass, Rev J 11 Dargan, Miss Emma Derieot, Mrs M 1) Drennan, Bobert Donaldson, W P DuBoso, Goorgie Gordon, Mary Garret, F Gary, J C Grant, L B Grant, T B Jlollinsworth, Louis Harmon, J G Hamilton, Jno A I lagan, S II Hampton, Ida Johnson, J X Jones, W G Johnson, Jane C King, Frank lvellar, Ann Lee, W Lesser, J Lyons, Mr Lyons, M L Middleto'n, F L Morrow, ^1 no R Moore, E S Latimer, \V B Smith, J Marion. S M Marshall, Sallie Moore, Fannie Means, Kate Moragne, B P Neil, Bill Perrin, Jas E Pressly, LPresslv, J J 13 I' Porter, J C Pressly, W R Robertson, J E Rich, Jno Rob.srtson, S A Rock, Lewis Ratney, S It Richardson, A D Richie, It Roman; J L Simpson, J F Simpson, Lainnsoni <k Ra^sdale. S J Slign, .1 Turner, M M Tarrant, .1 W Williams, Jno I) Wright, J L ' v\ nsou, .u ii u usqii, *j i \> nsou, j w ^ Walker, J V Young, Rev R Valentine, It II MeCaslau, t' McCombs, M J McNeil. . vi MARKET REPORTS. corrected weekly by RaruweM & Co., Cotton Brokers and Dealers in General 3Icrchnndise. Abbeville. Nov. 24. Cotton, lli(a.lli Fodder,....*. 31.25 Apples, ?2.00 Eggs, 25c Racon, 12e@15c Molasses 50c(S.3l Butter, 25c Flour,....38.00(5.810.00 Codec, 25e(g;30e Meal, 31.35^81.40 Corn 31.00 Peas, 31.00 Chickens, 25c Charleston, November in.?Cotton . r steady?middling 12J ; rccipts 4,502 bales; sales 2,0<i0. Augusta, November 20.?Cotton dullmiddling lid*; reseipts 1,048 bales; s:ilc3 18.33. ^ Liverpool, November 29.?Noon.?Cotton steady?middling uplands Gj!; middling Orleans 7 13-10; sales 12,000 bales; speculation and export 2,000; receipts 10,800. Nkw Yokk, November 2fl.?7 r. m.? Money active at 3(?,4. Cold 1.14|@1.14.J Cotton quiet?sales 820 bales at 13J(Vi, 13 7-lb; consolidated receipts 00.800. ______ _____? THE WEEKLY SUN. 187G. NEW YORK. 1876. Kighteen luuulrcd anil seventy-six is the centennlul year. It is also the year in which an Op- position House ot" Iteprcseiitatlvcs, the first since the war, will be in power at Washington; ami the year of the twenty-third election of a J'resident of the United Mates. All of these events are sure to he ot great interest and importance, especially the latter; and allot' them and everything eoiim-ettd with them will he fully and freshly reported ami expounded in The Sun. Tito Opposition House of Representatives, taking up the line of Inquiry opened years ago by The miii, will sternly and diligently investigate : thii corruptions and misdeeds of Grant's administration; and will, it is to be iio]>ed, lay the foundation for a new and better period in our ' national history. Of all this, the 8un will con! .nin completeand accurate accounts, furnishing I its readers with early and trustworthy information upon these absorbing topics. The iweiity-thud rres.tdintial election, with I llu' preparations iwr ii? " Hi Lie uiciuorauic as deciding upon Grant's aspirations for a third term <fi power and plunder, and stilt more asdcclding I wtni shall l?e 11 to candidate ol' tlie parly of Ite' form, and as electing tliat candidate. Concern lu^all these subjects, these who read The hun I will have the constant means of being thorough! |\ will informed. 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