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NEWS ITEMS. Kerosene oil is good for removing rust from cutlery. Did anybody ever bite anything (hat gets hotter than a baked apple ? A xegko was packed in a bale of cot ton near Winnsboro in this Htate one day last week. . Rub the buck wheat eakegriddle with half a turnip, to make tin; cake come oil' nicely. This is better than fat. Moody and Sanky are now holding forth at Smyrna by nroxy. Mr. B. D. Kay and (.'apt. J. ri'. "Barnes, proxies. This is just the beginning of the season when fifth-rate politicians will speak, and old fogies will write letters on the situation. When you hear a man nay that the world owes him a living, don't leave any moveable articles, particularly bank bills, lying round loose. Boss Twkkd and C'iiaklkv Boss.? The whereabouts of these two American citizens remains a profound mystery to the vast majority of our people. Mr. K, H. Griffin, whose hand had been torn in his gin on the l'.'M nit., and whose arm was subserpmtly amputated, died 011 the 3d instant.?1'ickcnt s< ncl. Chief Jtstice Moses has Keen elec ted to the professorship of law in the University of South Carolina?made vacant by the death of the late ('. 1). Melton. There are two times in a man's life when he eagerly scans the newspaper? once, when he hast hee? in an awful scrape, and, again, when he is looking for a puff. And yet there are men who say they have no use for newspapers. Thk Xriv York Herald regards the late election of .Mr. Kerr, of Indiana, as Speaker of the House, as the restora tions of the "Ilourhons" to power, and as likely to weaken the Democratic par ty before the country. The President makes a strike at reli gion when lie proposes to tax church property. This taken with his, sugges tion not to allow the Jiible read in the public schools is ominous of the condi tion to which we are drifting. When a Chinese bank fails all the of-; ricers have their heads cut oil' and Hung into a corner with the assets; and it has been five hundred years since there was a bank failure in that country. Stokes, who killed Fi>k, is said to he tn.Kntwl In in nrison \vi t ll :isl!i ma and ciiills and fever, and that his i hair is white and his constitution ruin ed. His term will expire next Septem ber, but an etF>rt is being made to have him pardoned. j ^ A fruit, vegetable and grocery mer-i "~\ chant of Atlanta, when going home one! evening recently, accidentally locked I up an old cow in his store. Next morn- j ingwhen she came out she carried oft"! his entire stock of apples and cabbages. | The Tax-Payers'Convention met on yesterday in Columbia. The recent re- j duction of the State tax to eleven mills in the pending bills, has in .a measure done away with the conventions' work. ' a< it is premature at present to adopt a political policy for the next elections. Hogs love sulphur, and a considerable amount of it is necessary to keep them in fair health. When hogs run at large aiul find trrecn loon, mey suppiy mem- i selves with what is needed, but 1'igsi kept in elose pens and fed on house| flops or corn, need soiue more laxative food. CJoxk.?Rev. J. C. Galloway has been ! supplying Lodimont church under the direction of the Clerk of the Second Presbytery since the meeting of Synod.1 Last week he left Due West and Lodi niont for his field of labor for the re mainder of the year, Louisville, Geor gia. "Yourg gentlemen of Due "West, it is as easy to start a Cornet lJatid as it is' fm* o lolifiut tr? sjtii't." In fi hnrsntj! 11 1 l?ut to keep it up, that's the rub. (Wei art' speaking now of the Cornet Band.) j "Whenever you encounter that diHiculty [ enquire of us, and w? will tell you how we manage those thing-, at Xewberry.? i Netvbcrry i 'crahl. The large number of drummers that j are daily passing through our town are; unanimous on one point?frbat they have at no previous season sold so little goods as this. They appear to be much discouraged, and many of them return home much earlier than they anticipa ted.?Merchant and Farmer. "Mrs. Henry," said John to hi.s wife,' the other morning, "if you give me a! Christmas present this year, please ar- i range it so that the bill won't come in till the next month. It is just as well; to keep up the illusion for a time."? Boston Advertiser. IIis excellency the Governor has par doned Oliver Williams, convicted of! ' larceny at the February term, ]S7o, of the Court of Session's for Abbeville' County and sentenced to ten years' cou-j finement in the penitentiary. His j?e-1 tition is endorsed by Judge Cooke audi fSolieilor JJIythe. and prominent citi-j /ens of the county. Sti:am Power PitiNTixa.?I'ain. phlets of all kinds are cheaply and expe ditiously printed by Walker, Evans & I Cogswell, Charleston, S. C. Their presses are in full blast on this class of; work, but still their faculties are so great: that there is always room for more work.' Proceedings of meetings, Conventions! A./. C.o v wi iv \ wjmiiruvtuiviu'', jii vvv,, vxv?t j are executed in the pest style and with greatest dispatch. tf j a'jtt This oi*t.?It May 8avk Yomi kiFK.?There is no person living but what i suffers more or less with Lung Disease, j Coiighs.CoM or Consumption, yet some: would (tie rather than pav 15rents*for a bot tle of medicine that would cure them. l>r. | A. Uosrhee's (jorinaii Syrup h.-is latrlv i hern introduced into this country from j (iermany, and its wonderous cures aston-j ishes every one that try it. If you doubt | what we say in print, cut this out and take! if tn t*Ail ! T \ r?i i < r<r i ?:f W fP P<?MIWiV '111^1 1ff*t I >i sample bottle tor 10 cents and try it, or a{ r -cular size for 7f> cents. " tf The auditor of Virginia suggests a tax on the consumption of liquor in that State. Ho estimates the annual eon 'sumption of alcohojie spirits in Viigin-j ia at about t\v*<? million five hundred i thousand gallons. A tax of thirty cent-* a gallon on tills would bring into tliej treasury about six hundred thousand dollars a year, and the auditor thinksi the experiment worth trying at least. w*.. -..,.....,.,,,...,1 *i..^ ;,i?.o ...... r ture. The consumption of whi.-ky alone in this ,St:?te must be equal to a million of gallons, The Southern i'orcclain Company lias( .heen reorjtaimed, in Augusta, hv the] election of Mr. Thomas J. Davis, as President, und Charles J. Jenkins, \V. II. Harrison, James Hope ami ('. it. fcjtone as 'Directors, The works of the company are located a! Bath, in Aiken couiuy, wneru i iiv iiiiiu-nai hmu ny iikm company for its manufactures?that is j the Kaolin, or porcelain clay, as it is. called?is found superior in quantity and quality to at?y other in the United j States. Sl'UROKON J)jSSA.TISi'nj> WITH Tin: Kvaxoki.ists' WtntK.?The famous London preacher, Spurjreon, lias iin-j nounced his dissatisfaction with the work that was done there by Moody and! fcjankey. In addressing the London! Baptist Association, lie went so far as to say that he "wished lie could find the: converts made during the last revival j that hecould not hear of their being,' "turned into disciples, which was a pityand that it "would take some-! tiling a hundred times greater than that! revival to move London. He then talked about tho^e who "dear brother'', and "dear sister"' people with a* much unholy honey as they euu, and when they liave got theni sulliciently far out indoctrinate them with a spirit as far re- J ii)?nV from Jesus Christ as possible." The Press and Banner. \V. A. LEE, Editor. I ' Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1875. THE NEW CONGRESS. A Democratic House. ! For the first time in eighteen years, the Democrats control the lower House of Congress. Of the two hundred and i ninety-two members who com pose the House, one hundred and seventy-two Iare Democrats, fourteen Independents. |and one hundred and six Republicans. ! Of the whole number, one hundred and ; eighty are new members, and of these 'one hundred and twenty are Democrats, and less than sixty are from the South iern States. ! As the President and Senate are Rc jpublican, the work of legislation does I not promise to be very harmonious, and the House may antici^tUe constant cheeks in the exercise of its powers, and :obstacles in the work of reform. Jlold I in>r, however, the purse strings of the 1 ,t Ml,,I M-ifl, ., |,?|CU ?f i power lor two years, derived directly } from the people, it is able to command ] a controlling inlluenee upon the vferions departments of the national administra tion, ami to do much in the way of re form, ami in moulding the policy of the (Jovernincnt for the next two years. To the full extent of it* powers, it is anticipated that the work of retrench ment and reform will he fully carried out. Expenses will he cut down with a free hand, and every department of the service will feel the touch of the prunint: knife, in tin* lopping oil' of abuses and corruptions. It is supposed that tlie total expenses will be red need some SoD,ooo.ooo-that is, from Ssoo.oiio.ono to $&r>o,y;)o,000?the Indian Bureau from $7,000,000 to $4,000,c,00 ? judicial ex penses of 000,000 will bo largely re dueed?the river and harbor appropria tions cut down?the army and navy reduced, and lavish expenditures check ed iu all quarters. In fact, economy and reform will be th/-order yf the day, and will be used as a winning card to control the next Presidential election. In all these efforts at reform, the House may anticipate the opposition of a He pumicau fenaie; out, mooing me purse strings and furnishing; the motive power of the Government, it eaii at any time lictate terms to that hotly by a refusal to furnish the appropriations. We may anticipate a long session, and that noeilort will be spared to unearth all the abuses and corruptions of the administration, anil that (lie zeal of the House will be quickened by the hope of getting up some telling documents for the Presidential election. The key note of its policy is well sounded in the ad mirable address of Mr. Lamar before the Democratic caucus, and we are sure that the Senate will follow the course pointed out by the distinguished Missis sippian, to restore the Government to the principles and practices of its found ers. The election of Mr. Kerr to the speakership seems to have given general satisfaction, and we may anticipate the utmost harmony in the ranks of the party in carrying out the work of the session. ? * Too .tinny Non-Produccrs. Mr. Daniel Dennett, of New Orleans. has written an article, for the Time# newspaper of that place, givinirifood and sutlicicnt reasons why Louisiana is poor and tlie Crescent City unthrifty. He shows that not one acre in ten of the soil of the State is in cultivation, and not one acre in ten of the richest lands. Almost exclusively upon agriculture the people depend for prosperity, and yet not one in seven fo'lows the plow or works the hoe. Me shows, too, that out of a population of seven hundred and twenty-six thousand, in 1S70, the enor mous and startling proportions of six hundred thousand arc non-producers. And this is true of the hest farmiair and finest stock-raising State on the conti nent! He says: "What we want i? ten men at the nlow handle where we have one. We Want much less land, to the hand, and more complete cultiva tion. We want hundreds of thousand small farms, in 1870 Louisiana had but 28,0110 farms and plantations. It ought to have had at lea-t. 200,000 farms. Our .State, if under a high state of culti vation, like some portions of Europe, with large investments in home facto ries, mills and machine shops, could ea sily support a population of live mil lions. It now but poorly supports one seventh of live millions- The German Empire, with a surface about equal to that of live such States as Louisiana, and with a soil far inferior to ours, supports forty-three millions of people, a larger population than that of the United States in 1*70. If Louisiana, Mississip pi, Texas, Arkansas and Alabama had live men at the plow, where they now have one, the business, prosperity and wealth of New Orleans would increase about in the same proportion. New Orleans looks for prosperity from a . i rup.>i I'l 1 PIUI'U, uiiu uiiiiiiiitj imui population. Our State hive is too weak. We want more bees lo secure an ample yield of honey.?There are too many drones and too many moths in the hive. That's exactly what's the trouble. A good .State government is a very good thing i?nd a bad Stale government is a very bad thing, but there are oilier good ami bad things besides these." These remarks apply to the whole Moulli, ami to nownurc more lorejoiy tlnm to our own State and County. We haveliumlruils of acres of ?*in productive lands, lacking cultivation because so many of our people of all classes, sexes and conditions crowd our towns and villages or linger about cross-road stores, whilst the plow stands idle in the fur row, and our lands are lying waste. The labor of tlie field lies at the basis of all our prosperity, ami if this be lacking, it is folly to talk of honest government and oppressive taxation. Important Decision. The Auf/wita C/ironicfr &' &rnfinrfre fers to a decision lately made by an Ohio Court, which is very important to all merchants ordering produce from the West. The decision is to the ell'ect that the bill of lading covers only the goods actually received, and that the railroad company is not 1 initio beyond that. The C. & S. says:? "It is to be presumed that this on.se will find its way to the .Supreme Court of Ohio, and if the decision of the lower Con it. he sustained hy this tribunal, it is prohahle that there will be a revolution in Augusta in the method of doing business with the West. The custom whieh prevails here now, and which has tkivtvuiliwl fn?' coViM-111 v/ifiru will nf i?r? cessity he abolished, as no prudent dealer \v<#uItl !'r?*J 'ale in continuing it. if a provision dealer orders a car load of c??ni or of bacon from Ohio or Chica go, the shipper draws a sight d"aft for the price, attaches to it the railway company's bill of lading, and forwards it for collection. The dealer pays it, taking the bill of lading a guarantee that the goods for which he pays have been delivered to the railroad, and are! on the way to Augusta. Hut under the decision published this moruiug he is absolutely at the mercy of the shipper, and takes the bill of lading at his peril, j If he has ordered ten thousand bushels j of corn and pay a Right draft, with hill of lading attached, f<>r the price of ten 1 thousand bushels, and only one thou-' sand bushels arrive, lie lias no redress in the event of the insolvency of the party from which lie purchased.* A ease similar to that reported in < incinnati is pending in Maryland, ami in thai State the lower Court held that the railway company was responsible upon its bill of lading, whether the goods were actu ally received or not." ! I, F. CI SL ATIV E. The most important matter of Lcgis lative business during (lie past week ' has been the supply or tax bill which passed the House at 1 mill less than tiie figures agreed upon a week ago. The ! sum amounts to iij mills, distributed as follows: Sec. 1. l-'or salaries 1 J I'lMll (lliU tJUU 1 UliMt; 1 11 r) L I till ions 11 ;5. Public schools 11 1. Expenses General A*scni 1)1 v 11-10 5. Priming \ (i. Interest on public debt 2 14. JJeticiences 1 2-5 OA This is ] of a mill less than the bill of the last session which the (iovernor ve toed, and a fraction less than the one lie recommended. The House also on Wednesday passed the bill to its third reading which provides for the pay-, incnl of certain claims (the big bonan za.) It levies A mill annually for fourj tmikiv Tlin I v i I 1 to hiiv Mil'tMin i mini if - < !edncss (the little bonanza) will be re j ported back from the Com in it tec of I Ways and Means, to which it was re 'committcd. It is expected to levy 18-15 of a mill annually for four years. So the whole levy wiil be. except for the counties, within 11 mills. This is regarded as a triumph of the moderate party and is owing to the.per sistent eflbrts of the (Governor, and the most discreet of the members. The bill 84 mills county tax for Abbeville, A mill of which is to pay delicienccs of the present year. In the Senate, a bill to repeal Section 55, Chapter CXX, of the General Stat utes, relating to liens on crops, after being amended so as to take effect on the 1st of January, 1877, was passed to a third .leading. A bill to amend an act to establish l>y liiw mu vuimg [irt'CMit'is V1 niv >?iiwu? ' counties of the .State, after amendment was passed to a third reading. The Judiciary Committee reported favorably on bills to amend the law in relation to obstructions in streams; to amend the law in relation to arrest, commitment and bail; to amend the law in relation to Trial Justices in Co lumhia; to auihori/.e the foremen of : trrand juries to administer oaths; to re | lievc defendants in criminal cases from 1 attendance on the Supreme Court pend ing appeals; to amend chapter of the General Statutes, relating to ipiarantine. In the House, were introduced a bill to repeal an act to secure advances for agricultural purposes, call I he lien lu\v;j jabill to encourage tl>e restoration ol I old buildings, and the erection or new ( lies; a bill to repeal an act to repeal j the usury laws of this .State, and to; 'limit the rate of interest a bill to tax owners of dojjs. In the Mouse, Mr. W. M. Holland in troduced a bill to compel merchants and | others sampling cotton to return the samples to the bale before weighing the same ; bill to repeal an act entitled "An I act for the better prot?ci<>n of land! jowners and persons routing land to oth-1 I ers for agricultural purposes," and to; amend an act relating thereto, and bill to establish a new judicial and election j !county from portions of the counties of! Abbeville, Laurens, Newberry and Edgefield, to be known as Ninety-Six County. The "election forjudges will likely not conic oil' before the holidays, il will probably be a strict party light. A cor respondent of the Xrws and Courier thus writes of the various candidates. i j kst cuter IT. Whipper wants to be judge of the Charleston Circuit and no other circuit | Wlil .SUIL II111 J. \> ililt jus iriiaiitvn mm | tlu: position arc it is impossible to de : termine yet. He will certainly be bit terly opposed by the Conservatives, the I Independant Republicans, and more J than probably by the least corrupt ofi . the Regulars. The biggest tight will | be made over this circuit, and the can-l ilidate-i so far on the Republican side) are: NVhipper, Collector Worlhlngton, K. ]J. Seal.rook. A. H. Knowlton, and * i i.i n lilM, mil jn?l II. J . The Conservatives have. as yet, no can didates iu the field. A. B. Knowlton, (if Orangeburg, is strongly supported by Ilayne, of Marion, and the Orange burg delegation. Ivnowlton is in good odor among the colored members, and from this fact is Whipper's main rival. Sea brook is also strongly supported by | the Independent Republicans of the Charleston delegation, and is by no means-weak among the Regulars. In Tin: SKCON*o cinctriT the light will be between Judge Maher and II. M. Thompson, of Williston, i Barnwell County. Thompson is Les-| ; lie's pet, and was the attorney for j Blackville, in the Barnwell and Black ville ease. Judge Maher will,of course, be opposed on the ground that he is not a Itepuplican, but his election is put j down as among the certainties. For Till: TIIIKJ) CIRCUIT, i Judge Shaw, the present incumbent, i.v.Ci.i-Ai'iini- 1.' I Miilfou .1IV 11 r<> I the candidates. Moses ran for Judge oi l I this circuit Isist year, and succeeded in electing Judge Shaw, lie is going to! try Iiis hand apain for thesameposition, but he's n<?t at all fastidious?ho will take any circuit he can get. It is j thought that Shaw's chances forre-elcc ' (ion are good. In thi: Konrrir circuit, j Judge Townsend is a condidate for re election, and will he opposed by Elihu Baker, who is at present judge of pro-' bate for Darlington County, and who, it will be remembered, was a candidate for the First Circuit against Judge Reed last year. .Judge Townsond's re-elec tion is considered safe. FIFTH AN!) SIXTH CIRCUITS. In the fifth circuit Judge Carpenter as yet has no opposition, and will pro | hahly not have any. In the sixth circuit Judge Mackey is i a candidate for re-election, ami up to al | day or two ago his success was asserteil j to he certain. J>i11 Walker, who was! ! recently pardoned hy the (Governor up-j inn the recommendation of Judge Mack-1 icy, who sentenced him to the Peniten-1 i tiary, has since his release heen actively i I working against him. Who his oppo-j | nent will he is not clearly stated. Mr. 1 W. II. Iirawley, the former solicitor of | the circuit, is spoken of. In tjih sicvknth ciiutit 1 " ? 1 -1 T.wl.... il IS (MMIlHllll ? lll'lJli;i luuiii^iiiri i cry Moses will be :i candidate or not. [ | The Republicans seen) inclined to drop] ; ilie old judge as a moral ami physical, | failure. L. C. Northrop and In*. John i j Winsmith are candidates lor thisposi-j jtion. Northrop was educated for the ; liar in Mr. Jas. L. Pettigrn's ottice, and; i has liceii a nicinher of the bar for many ; years, lie joined the Republican party' afler the war, and is now city attorney Iof Columbia. J)r. Wit smith was a i physician of some prominence in Spar-! | (unburn County, and becameainem-! 'her of the bar three or four years ago.! j There seems to be no doubt of Xorih-j i rop's election at present. Ceil. \Y. 11.] [Wallace, of I'nion is spoken of as a! Conservative candidate tor this circuit,) but his name not yet been regularly' announced as a candidate. I n TJI ! ; KICJ1TJI CI JK'l'JT J lid ge Co< die, the present incumbent, i i seems to have no opposition, mid it is! thought will lie re-elected. For the position of associate justice of the Supreme Court Judge 'Vriulit seems; at present to he the only candidate. The bill to amend the Lien Law has; been defeated in the ilou.'-ejand remains as before. The Third Congressional District. In (lie House of Representatives, on Tuesday of last week Cox presented thej petition of W. H. Trtseott, and others, of South Carolina, with reference to the right of representation of the Third j Con.ure.-yiona! District of South Caroli-' na, and moved ihat il he referred to the Committee on Klections. Jle said that t!iequestion raised bv the memorial was not so much that of a representative as it was tiiat of representation. The peti tion was so referred. Obin'icts us R<m<l Workers. The Hew Atticus G. Ilagood, D.D.,! 'of Georgia, makes a strong plea in be-' half of good roads, ami the benefit of ^ utilizing convict laborin building iheui, 0, ! which applies with equal force to our.d< Own State and section. He thusdis-jP i i I courses upon the ways and means: ! * "How can we have good roads? Make 'p them? How? With convict labor.; jj Monday night, November M, about one[s, dozen recruits for our convict urmyjjt ( nine 1111 the .M.'lcoii and W'estHl'M road. ft, iiiid they keep com in??white and black. j :l, ! Tin* re in list be, all told, nearly a tliou-j, jsandol lliein. Every Legislature asks | the question and debates it. it was al- f? j ways wrong to insult honest mechanics ()| | by teaching convicts their trades. We'ai can't build a railroad by every man'sjst I house. JVrhaps we have enough rail- u ! roads until increased production sluill!(>J ,give them more to do. Perhaps nobody uj likes to see the.State govcrinnent hiring: j(, i its convicts to individuals, for farming, j f(, brick-making, or any thing of the sort. at Make good roads of our army of con victs. We need the roads, and don't know what to do with the convicts, ta We can try the experiment at least?it t) can't be worse than the experiments we have made, llow can it lie managed V ul How can the htate and county govern- ?i ments adjust themselves to the work? (,| Who shall furnish the tools? the guards? the food? We elcct Legisla- c< tors?that is we elects mem hers of the i f() Legislature, to answer such questions. | They can lind the answer if only they | fl are willing and capable. G Convict labor, making good roads in 1 ni Georgia, would conflict with no form of G skilled labor. Road-making is a public it; work of general utility. si It may take twenty years to make ui rrtuul rruutu itrhnrn nur lmnrilp npffl thpm. ill Jilit what will we prcL for our convict labor if wo do not use it in some such way? A few thousand dollars a year. (Jood roads in a few counties would in crease the revenues of the State by in creasing the value of property for more than the pitiful hire we receive for our convict labor. If any Legislator wish es. to deserve a monument, wishes to make himself historic in Georgia, let w him frame a law that shall turn our b< army of convicts upon our bad roads, jds and work them till they are good. We and our children will call hint blessed." ti what General Johnston I hniks ol it. !111 tv \v Cl A St. Louis correspondent of (he i\V?r York ?S'</?. who met Uen. Joseph E. Johnston in that city, on the occasion of the recent Texas Pacific Kailroad Convention, writes as follows: j 1 I met CJen. Joe Johnston at. the Lin-I j' dell Hotel in Monday evening, lie did |^' not hesitate to express his di.sapproba- j tiun of the scheme to subsidize the Tex-' M as Pacific Railroad, lie said that of course he was in favor of a Southern route to the Pacific, but that he did not believe in either the expediency or the propriety of extending (iovcrnmcnt aid to the enterprise. He thought that the .Southern people should stand by their ancient landmarks, and follow the teachings of their illustrious statesmen : ^ of the past. The Democratic party wasj '' on record over and over again as against!?, all subsidies, and it could not u fiord to! ~j stultify itself. The South might be ben-1 :t clitted by the construction of a genuine " Southern Pacific Itailtoad, but her peo 1111 > should not insist 011 li'fisl'i! ion ! to ei d< t<i si ai le which iii principal, they believe to be I {.'! wrong ami conducive to monstrousi .t steals like the Credit Mobilier. He did; not believe thai the Texas Pacific, ""-jfJ der ils present auspices was really and j . truly a Southern road. lie had observ- ' ed a map of the proposed route in the!* rear of the seage, and that plainly said:', to the Convention that St. Louis, audi not theSouth. was the eastern terminus i of Tom Scott's Transcontinental line, j I have heard similar views exjiTessod j by other distinguished Southerners. | They are beginning to see that a roud j .A from St. Louis to San Diego, leaving Memphis, Vicksburgand New Orleans] ti in the cold, may not be of so much ben-in Hiit to the South as to St. Louis and;g: Tom Scott's railroad combination. } d KIDNAPPING. How a ."VIun was Arrested and Huh-1 H tied out of Georgia. ; |j The Case o.l' James rctner and What .. it -"day Come to. n On Saturday evening .Tames Fctner, I the engineer <>f the train which recent-1 ly caused the terrible accident upon the Columbia and Augusta road, left At-j lanta via tiie Air-Line road, to return toia: Carolina. Howards of ?-K)() by (he gov-11( ernorol' South Carolina, and ?401) by the! a I railroad company were oli'ered for Fet-in j ner, who ran awny, but who Htawls in- a dieted for murder, lie has been to Mis- 01 Isissippi. jtl IIK WAS AIUtKSTKD III nnon the frnin. when between XoreroPSl I land Dulutli, by baggage Master II. Hide bottom, alter being pointed out by con ductor Viekers. l-'etner was disarmed, bound with a rope and taken into the baggage ear, and in this condition car ried out of (Seorgia, through a portion of South Carolina, into North Carolina. J He was put in jail at Charlotte, upon a I warrant sworn out by Sidebottoin, to I await a requisition from the governor of South Carolina. IT JS KIDXAITIXO. Under section 43157 o the code this ar rest and carrying away of Fetner is a kidnapping, lor which (he parlies may I be indicted, and, if convicted, sentenced to the penitentiary for from four to sev en years. Mr. rfidebottorn gave the facts of the arrest, to our reporter, but they do not accord with section 47/11 and 47:!"> of the code governing such arrests as he has made. I poll proper application oi-in^ maiu to (iovernor Smith it is believed he will require the return of Fetner to this state. The railroad engineers .ire considera bly excited over the a Hair.?Atluii a Constitution. rence or No Fence. tl A :ti b< 1" The most important question now be fore the State press, and under discussion by our planters is, whether it is cheaper to fence in the stock of the country or the crops. Taking into consideration rc the fact that we are almost exclusively an agricultural people, and that little or no attention is paid to stock of anyI'.1" kind, except work animals, it appears)'? to us thai there can be no question as to which plan would be the least trouble and the least expensive tothe farmer. The cost of building and repairing!*", fences every year is greater than the \vilin? nr nil i! /.vlnelc rn11tii 11 irh.1, l;irire in the country. Besides, in the greater! portion of our country the wood land tu allords little or no pasturage worth the ik name. Kvery intelligent planter knows i that cuttle mutiingover cultivated lands! and eating oil' the vegetable matter, do inlinitely more damage than I he benefit' of they derive therefrom. Wherever the sli no i'enee law lias been adopted it works di admiralilv, and the planters would not. |a for any consideration return to the old th system. * j pi We notice some have introduced billsjsii for some of the Comities in the State ly Legislature to have a fence law. We i) trust the law may be made general, and w that it be so framed as to ahoiv the Coun-1 X ties to accept its benefits or not, as a oil majority may desire. ? Merchant and wi J'ann'.r. (oil ? <r? Jet i \$\ C.en. Maheoek, the private Secretary gti of i'nsidcnt (Jrant, has been indicted "s by the S:. Louis (Jrand Jury, for com- Hi piieity in the whiskey frauds, and the gr .Mil'tary Court of Knqiiiry has been wl udjuurned to await the result of the so eivii suit. foi President's Message. "Vasiiiuton, December 7. The Presidents message opens: In ibmltting my seventh annual message > Congress in Llie centennial year of ( ;ir national existence as a free ami in-|, ependeiit people, it affords me great;] leasure to recur to tin; advancement! iat has been made from the time of the >lonies lOD years ago lie President earnestly recommends iat a constitutional amendment be ibmitted to the legislatures, making the duty of each Slate to establish and ,revt*r maintain free public schools, ; lequate to ilie tdueation of ull children j ? i the rudimentary brunches, irrespeet-l, 'e of sex, color, birth-place or religion, |j >rbidding the teaching in said schools! ' reiigious, atheistic or pagan tenets, id prohibiting the granting of anyj :hool funds or school taxes or any part: ieroof, either by legislative, municipal' r other authorities, for the benefit or j d, directly <?r indirectly, of any relig-j. us sect or denomination, or in aid orj u* the benelit of any other object of I ly nature or kind whatever. lie alludes to the importance of cor-| ictini* the evil of vast' amounts of un- I ,xed church property, mid estimates nit by 1S90, if unchecked, this proper- 1 ' will reach a sum exceeding uOO,- J 0,0(10. He would suggest the taxation ' all the propfcrty equally, excepting ily the last resting place of the dead Relations vvith most foreign powers > )iitinue on a satisfactory and friendly oting. Alluding to smuggling through the ee zone and cattle raids on the Rio rande, the President says an exped ient of an armed vessel on the Rio rande for (hat purpose is on trial, and ^is hoped that, if not thwarted by the mllowness of the river and other nat ral obstacles, it may materially eon trili te to the protection of the herdsmen of] exas. I Discussing specie resumption, the! resident says: ''Too much stress can Dt he laid upon this question, and J! iipe Congress may be induced to in-| ire the consummation of the act of thej st Congress at its last session to bring j jout specie resumption on and after I inuary 1, 1879, at the farthest. It!, ould be a great blessing if this could i 2 consummated at even an earlier ly." I commend to your earnest considera nn ji reneiil of so much of. flip lc.>nl . nder act as makes those notes receiva le for ileitis contracted after a certain tie, lo be fixed in the act itself?say A later than January 1, 1877. A hear- J reaction would set in at once, and'j itli it a desire to make the currency i Inal to what it purports to be. lie suggests that Ihe Secretary of the 11 reasury be authorized lo redeem say i' )t to exceed $2,000,001) monthly of le- ' U tender notes by issuing in theirsiead ng bonds, and that additional power given the Secretary of the Treasury ' accumulate gold for final redemption, ! ther by increasing the revenue or by i . creasing expenses, or both. The res- 1 ? ii.. ?,wl Till MMI (Ji llll'uui > Mil lliv U1IU UUIU C j igfjested; also, a reduction on certain! tides?such a? hardly pay for the col- 1 ction, and such a* enter int'j manufac ires. | lie suggest that some better means l?e j innd for verifying claims Against the; ivernment than through the Court of j lainis, especially those growing out of ic late war. They are in nearly every I istance exorbitant. The President says: "Make educa-i on compulsory, so far as to deprive all! arsons who cannot read and write! oin becoming voters after the year >'J0, disfranchising none however, on rounds of illiteracy who may be vo rs at the time this amendment takes led; declare church and State forever) parale and distinct* drive out license: nd immorality, such as polygamy and i je importation of women for illegiti-j late purposes. Our Next President. 'rlitnr Pri'HH k Banner: There has probably never been a rpies oii before the people that haa excited ai lore lively interest than as to who will j race the Presidential chair next. I i o not propose in this article to put the! ublie mind at rest on the subject, hut I j mply aim to arouse the people out of! le lethargy into which they have al tweii themselves to fall after the late lepublicau tritiniph. All over the coun y the Republicans are rejoicing over n: downfall of the Democratic hopes, ml the merry fellows are congratulating Boss" Grant on the certainty of his .-election lor a third term. The money uestion seems to have turned Ihepub c mind from the right track, and cen tred it on money. CSrantand his jolly row arc truly thankful at the sudden irn of affairs. Washington set the ex inple of limiting the Presidential term > two years :tt most, sind now we have Yankee tanner who is so eminently seful as chief executive, as to demand third term over the heads of seventeen ther Presidents. He even goes fur ler?he makes a great sacrifice in serv lgsucha little penny concern as the nitcd Slates of America, the tame na on the presidency of which our illus ious Washington considered an honor > hold. The whole thing of Grant's adminis ation has become disgusting to decent fwntl<* Tim fnwii'ivri i>>. 1 ii icti?rc cm if is; lid, have become so disgusted at the isgracel'ul rowdy, drunken frolics at 10 National Capital, that they very re ictlantly coiue as ministers to Ulysses' our'. Now the question has been agitated >r a l'?ng time, ''Are we to have Grant ir u third term? The election next car is to he one of the most important iat has ever occurred in America. It in the centennial year, ?hcn we are ) cclehra'e our lirst one hundred years f independence. If Grant is elected for a third term, it not dillicult to see whether we will k*er cab-orate another century of inde im deuce. "Anything to heat Grant." Walhalla Items. The Kcowce Courier says:? North C'aaolina wagons have been lick in our town during the last week, pples and pork have become abundant id cheap. The finest apples can be night for fifty cent per bushel and >rk very low. On Thursday last a drove of more than it) hogs were driven through our town, hev were from Tennessee. .Beef cat- | L1, too, continue to puss through on J >ute for Charleston. Rev. Mr. Probst has begun his labors Professor of German in Xewbery Col-: ge. Prof. Prolist is a valuable a?l<li ;>n to the already able faculty of the dlege. He was elected Professor of J erman by the trustees of the college in inelast.* He also olliciates as pastor | the (iermau Lutheran Church of 'alhalla. Col. Norton has our thanks for a large rnipsentus. It weighed something; . ar ten pounds including root and top. Twenty-two years ago the Methodists; 1 ',l! 11 -k t Ink licit;)!' V It ij.ll M \ ILTl I I I I _> , ?? I I I I i in- uou.>. , rewducss that seems to inhere in that, j' nomination, purchased ."SO acres of JI nd and swamp twelve miles north of- [ e cily, on the lake shore, lor the pur- L >se of founding and locating a nniver-}* !A. Twenty-five thousand dollais on-! J were put into the enterprise, of which i r. John Kvatis gave $">,(>(.10, in honor of! t lion) the place was named IOvanston.! i ow there is, on that purchase a young ty of (>ooi) inhabitants, having gas' :>rks, water works, banks, newspaper; [ices ten churches, public library,! etc., while the university is worth; ,500,000, and comprises, in the lan- "] :i?re ot its cntluisiastic president, even colleges willi seventy instructors, tween 50(1 and 1,000 studrnis of some1 mli* or oilier .'ire in at tenth nee, and i;it is hestof all, the income is ample,! that no appeal is made to tho public; endowment. 1 STRAYED. A BLACK HORSE MUMS, TWELVE hands high, has white around tho mouth, is six years old, and is in pood order. A liberal reward will be paid to iny one returning tho mule to the subscri ber, near Due "West. ANDY VALENTINE. 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This cries of over twenty papers gives a coniprchen ive review of Progress during the century now losing, in every department of our national | (jj i'e. ; aj yvws/inprr.1 are not to copy this mlvvrtist-me.nl i vithout the c/i/rcij order oj IIaki'EU & llnoin ilts. Address UAHPEIt &. BROTHERS, I Si 209- is'ew York. | REMOVAL. AVIN"<? removed from our old standi in Knox's Block, our friends and' uMoiners will lind us sit tlm store formerly ( eeupied l?y Col. J. T. Kohertson, No. Visile's Block, where we will l<e pleadedj i) sei've tliem. DiU'Hi:, CAttBKJiLI, Ac CO. ! Nov. 17, lX7o, #2-tf i ^ PLANTATION Y ? Por Sale ! I 350 Acres, 'INE COTTON & GRAIN LAND, Veil Improved, Good Dwelling, Burn nd Stables, Gin House and Screw, and 11 necessary Out Buildings. Will sell AT A BARGAIN. ' applied to soon. Land situated three liles abovo White Hall, 011 road to kbbeville Court House. Apply tome t Greenwood. G. M. JORDAN. Dec. 15, 1875, 3G-2t ? LAW OFFICE AT ABBEVILLE Por Sale! A S SURVIVOR OF JAMES M. % PERRIN, of the late flrm. oi 'efrln & Cbthraij, i will sellJat Abbe ille Court House, oil" Saleday iiext,"tnc Id office of the said firm, situate on the Eastern Corner of the Public Square. Terms made-known on day of sale. J. S. COTHRAN. Dec. 15, 1875 3<ft&JA 3hb.ISTMAS toys .. .. . AND JONFECTIONABIES ! ! M1TCSSP ,?8J CC0,i LAWSOH'St os Dall at the" post offic$ and examine the Choice lot 01 ;hr1stmas TOYS Ift great variety ud SUPERIOR cokfj2ctionae y lis friends. They compose some of thfo test goods of tho aeascm, and will b< old low. 4 .7* , j .k i . II LV ' JAMES W. LAWSON. < Dec. 15, 187o 36-tf By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer V. P. Belcher and W. V. Belcher, administra tes of Win. W. Belcher, deceased, and others, against. ? ; j Alexander 1*. Connor. * : l t> A '? . ' it, V < BY virtue of sundry Executions t( ne directed, in the above stated case, ] i'ill sell to the highest bidder, at Publi' Auction, wifhin the legal hours of sale t Abbeville Court House, oh Monday he Executions. 3d of January, A. P. 1876, lie following described property, to wit: J1 that tract or parcel of land, situate ping and being on LO.N(i CANi' UEEK, in the County of Abbeville, outli Carolina, and known as the A. P. CONNOR PLACE, and containing 1,400" Acres, lore or less, and bounded by lands oi )r. Lewis Drennun, Samuel Jordan ud Laurence Lands,.and others. :* * ALSO, Horse, 5 Mules, Waffnn . . , .. "few.*, - .. Yoke of Oxen,1 1 Hogs, 3 Head of Cattle. . Buggy and harness, lousehold and Kitchen Fur niture. Levied on and to be sold as the prop rty of A. P. Connor,at the suit.of W '.Belcher'and W. VV. Belcher, adinhi it Tutors of Win. W. Belcher, deceased nd others, to satisfy the aforesaid Exe ations and costs. Terms Gush. L. I. GUFFIN, Sheriff" Abbeville County. Sheriff"'# Office, Abbeville, 11th Dec. 1875, 30-of SHERIFF'S SALE. \y L, J, Wilson, Auctioneer, John M. Pruit, and others, against Frances L. "Wilson, and others. [PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF L vjnnri in mis ease, 1 win sen ai ublic outcry at Abbeville Court House, 1 Saleday in January next, (3) all that Valuable Tract of laud ' which Daniel Pruift died seized, of hioh Mrs. Frances L. Wilson whs tely in possession, lying in Abbeville ounty, near Due West, and bounded / lands of A. (,'. Hawthorn, John i>wan, and otherswill be sold in veral parcels, plats of which will be chibited on day of sale. # TERMS. One-half cash; as to (he other half, a edit of twelve months, with interest ; ten per cent, from day of sale. Purchaser to give bond, and two good ireties, together with a mortgage, to tcuretiie credit portion of money, pay ii iiiiu u?*\ira. Possession to be delivered ns soon as nns of salo are complied with. L P. GUFFIN, SherifT Abbeville County. SherifHe Office, I Dec. 12, 1875 3-3f>t | Sale.*.' son, Auctioneer. ... -:-r~rcJS' \ -Jf : . Oldham & Coleman - against : John R. Seal anchXIzzte "F.Seal, "fib' wifa. :* vi M it-. - -BY viriue-of ftn- Agricultural " rae directed, in the above stated case, I will sell to the bigheat bidder, at Public Auction, within tne'legal hours of sale, at GREENWOOD, on THURSDAY, < 30th December, A. 1). m \ Vijr the following described property, w> wit: Seven Lot of Levied on erty of John Seal, his.wife, at Coleman, to satisfy tion and costs. . TERMS CASH. , . . ... '. ..i :- K L. P. GtJFFIlf, t? t S. A. O. i.. ' v. Sheriff's Office, . \ Dec. 13, 1875,' 30-3t f CANDY, French and Americau, a fresh arrival, at Parker A Porrin'.H ' ? ? . . " 'i~Ai ORANGES, CollinB. Fre.sh Florida. ' >s PARKER & PERRIN, . ^iOV. 30, .1^74, 34-2t; ; j ; T>LACJE AfePACAS, mioMio^&t of oar ceived, at The Emporium of Fashion. Arrived this week. t; p?tty Prints, Kfti Gloves, Skirt Protector*, Homespuns, and otlier desirable vgnodsj at The Emporium of Fasbioo. Dec. 1, 1875. CUNNINGHAM & TEM^LETb^ lujfi on lrnnd a large bstortrircntof slMr Groceries, Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Cheese Mao caroni, Meal, Grfct, Crockery,-4Ep>' i n J tin Nov. 17, 1875 32-tf KIND RE"A.1)eW, if you arelii any way interested in Btfes or Honey, -we will with pleasure send you a sample copy of our MoiUhly STaJfcXXlIrGS IN bee CULTURE." Simply write your address plainly on a postal card arid address A. I. ROOT, Medlnaj Ohio. \ PRETTY LOT Plaid Calicoes and. other desirable goods, just received, at The Emporium of Fashion* Sov..lO,lS75,M-2t . -k Instructions t!;;! VOCAL MUSIC. T1IE undersigned proposos ot give lw? Hons iu vtwul mitsic, twl*ig piriWH t?rt jbookJ the . Christian Hahribny, at1 MSr. < "AKMKL*>J)<'giiuiiug ti?Utfc. d#y,jfof J)E? iCEMllER. Also, at or near Cade's Mills, ' on ihe 17th December, 1875. ! Neswlon, ten davs. / Tuition, $>.00 pefc l Scholar, to be paid on entering the Bchooh, | Good order will be kept and general sat ! isfuctlon guaranteed. r n < ^Mr.:"Wifis6^pT , | DecJJ, -1875, 3t VFU .Xi-A | ThosTJefferson Jennings Offers liis Services to His Friends for the Sale and Storage of Cotton, j OFFICK AT CLEGHORN, HERRING & GO'S ME has made arrangements to Be* ceive, Store, Sell and Advance on? | Cotton in Store on the most favorable I terms. Charges forBtorage, 25 cents per | Hale per months. Commissions for oe!r? I ling, 40 cfn'tSTperjiale. Interest on ad vances, 1 percent, per month. Con jsignments solicited, and my best per--: ! sonai al attention giveu'to all bu*in?ss. .1 entrusted to me. JENNINGS. t Nov. 10, 1H7S, 3l-4t "r~T7v . 1 ? -?' i i sV. Trowbridge, Agent, keeps t^e best Whiskies, Brandies and Wines. . . v Oct'. 20-, 'tat 2g.tr; Tames A. Richardson, .i T.. Aktuiiicy ttfc iittw, ANli Trial Justice, * 3DG8FISLD C. H,, S. f une 30, 2-4m CLOTHING! CLOTH! DIAGONAL SUITS, PLAIN SUITS, Ac., Ac., ' ; At the Lowest Prices, *y QUAELES & PEEEIU^ Sept 821875,25-tf. > , &L ? A?rmi nnmT itii I NtW bnlol IVIiL.Lt i f / at." "S ft &?l' Abbeville C. H. . col. s. JONES, OF DONALDSVILLE, will be ready for GRINDING CORN, by steam, attho . j Blue Hill Branch on the liret of January : nexi. i ne renin, oy woignt, wui oe I chargcd. Patronage solicited. I Dec. 1, 1875, :?-4t ' "" To the Trustees of the | PUBLIC SCHOOLS! THE Tills tees of the acvdrfrt ScliooJ Districts <kthis County are 4o* 'quested to meet in the office of tho School Commissioner at Abbeville on THURSDAY, the 16th instant, for tin? purpose of discussing the edu-. jcational interests of the County, and 'adopting some uniform plan as to the j conduct of the schools for the coming year, J, V. C. DuPRE, Co. School Commissioner. Dec. 8, 1875 , 35-2t' ? Molasses ! ..Molasses ! ! WE HAVE A FINE ASSORT ment of X. O. Choice and I Prime Syrups, also Choice Golden Syr 1 up, Muscovado and Sugar House Syrups . at very low figures. DuPre, Gambrell & Co. Nov. 17, 1875 32-tf j POTATOES, ~ ONIQNS and Cabbage, cau always be found at [ TROWBRIDGE'S.