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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. f Wednesday, Dec. 29,1875. DOUBLE HEDDIVG. "Across the threshold led, And every tear kiss'd off as soon as shoe His house she enters, there to be a light, Shining within, when all without is night A guardian angel o'er his life presiuing. Doubling his pleasures, and his cares divi ding." The residence of Dr. J. L. Pressly one *of nature's noblemen, was th scene of a doable wedding on the 22il where iuvited youth and beauty assem bled to witness the nuptial ceremonie of-$we happy couples. "All the partie are quite young, and none are better abl than themselves to appreciate tha "there is nothing iu life half so sweet a rtve's youug dream." TJie following nes explain the situation V I ifxKRXKJD, Bveeuihor 22, bv Kav. Fostc BracBtiy, ilji W,'; 1? BuJ^dlky and Mis 1 H. 1 CUVNU1, J1I. r, Jllh I>izzik I. PKE8SLKY. Th? attendant* oil this occasion wore: Mr. D. W. Jay, F. .Brad log Mr. George Bradleyrw.. Bliss Driialc Aali Mr. A. J. Chainierit Mfcs Kati**Pattfe? Mr. W. P. Wideraan,.. Miss I.ir.r.ic Chile* Mr. John Morrab, Miss Mollic Lite* Mr. Patrick Bradley, MisnSallie Widemar Mr. William Bradley, Misa Maggie Slum Mr. Harland Prctwley, Mins Fannie Liter Mr. Horace Rahb,...Mi*s Fannie Bradley Mr. John Pronsley, Miss Eliza Tnstec Mr. Solden Kennedy,...Minn Eunice Mtin Mr. Waltur Mnr*......Miivi Jarl^t Kefau<>oh The bride# ^urriuiucle<3; by th&i L?iJ lianteoiupany shone its the "brighter geoin In the wtarry girdle." OS THK FOLLOW ING EVENING (I10 lirMal nn rfr nml a 'nnmh/Jr r*f thi prettiest jourg ladies an<$ most, gall an gentlemen assembled ai ^.the hospitabl tnanskrti of that mo#t* excellent au< generous hearted citizen, Capt. \V. K Bradley. Here all were most elegantly entertained, while they participated ii the ' a-myai enjoyable even ing. l)Qe Westv and Abbeville hai pre?ent?^H&-of theft* BRIGHTEST OEMS in the persons of Miss Kate Patton, Mis Jatiie Kennedy, Miss Maguiy. jShaw MIm BaTlie Wiaeiniuj,"jlis8 Rebeeca c'Sg%E*Si Mise Eliza Tuaj&p, Mi^.Ma die tu BraHA ?hQ.^??t>?8ea thechanw nf ^nPAiftnl iuli .as chootte to do 8o, any or all of the LK8SKR^t3uIiTS that were there, from any quarter Among those present from Due Wen -ami Abbeville we would mention Mew, &eldon Kennedy, Horace Kabb, Joht, 1'res*!*, J,..Chalmers, if. P.-'Cothrau, J. Allen Smith; to any nothing of tin i uiiior. V/ v- V W ? ? * V- * ** ' VH. W idem AN'S7 party. On Friday evening Dr. Wideuian en tertained the bridal party and quite : number of friend* in a moat princel; manner. Thus ended the festivities o this double wedding, and we extend r?.. -* " - * OUtt HKBT COXGitATIJI-ATIO's I? the happy people an<l wish then long life, good health und good spirits the be*t tfaing to have this side th< River. T '? lielow we.givtf K6nl ?'*V*tJ7^?', whtei doo? not proj>erly coaie uudcr thejicad o the wedding,1)ut then we do not knov where else to put them. The following may beputon the slate, and will be fount fV1 iJ *"** wliable **? -lNjld Probabilities' * P3^lct'OIH4 about the wt*ather. Tlr. Walter Mars, heart in no:.' at Ab beville. One oj our prcttit-Mt/ladies wil take good care of k. * Mr. Gus Man?*l? much -smitten with two ladles. He's sorry he can't murr^ both. ' * . ' \f v IT/.iHina Dtiltli miit *an ' nM l: heart. The "MU?rk" ignited ?nd imw ywrei# a fer*eiji"flame-tTii. --3L ~ We learn that Mr. Moorehead, ol And?nt?n, went to the wedding wi* cialJy to seek Mime one whom he rnighi fall dowa and worship. We are tolc: that he thinks he hvs found her. ^r. iohn'Presalejr Is ready to giv< himself away. ? Mr&T.?, C^?tlv?n fell in love,\yiU tt aft??r him% . - _ Mr. Alex. Chalmers has the pretties! picture in town?he got itofl'a handker chief bojE. -(This in strictly sub rota, ai Due Wu?t. He will go soon to get it? place Ailed by another. Two hundred cigar* were nmoked ai the weeding, and the number of gidd} headed boys who <?at on the fence deba ting what to do wi*L their wunper, wil never \x> k*r*wr? > v r^f Mr. tfill gfeit New berry before'* We afello1 authorized to give particulars just now IjM nuu laugn wuvwivH-rjur. Aiex ClmlmerM brought borne a beautiful bo <juet, a trouhy from the wedding. Some of .the Long Cane gentlemen BurrendereU Lo Uie,AbbeviUe-.-UiviniLie?j heart and 9<>m.j sly; A Is t S"% The number of young roenwttoTel; in love at tht*e parties will remain i ae?Eft until-Bohm Tweed returns ant 4'harlie.. Rot? in discovered. . \Ve don't like to tell on Mr. Allec Smith, but we are obliged to do bo. Hi! gallantry attracted some of the young Mi*. IWIck l9ttwileyr8 heart beati quicker and stronger since he made fht acquaintance of some of oar ladles Pitofajn," Patrick. There'w nothing lTk< It. Vvfe>know how it is ourselves. \Y< got kickeov^ , ;J ? ? Mr. Ueorge-^jradley is now afllictet .Willi hypertropl>vof the heart, but thif it? confidential, ami we hope you won'l nay anything nbtmMv--"V "T *x, Mr. W. P. \V4dec*a^ ha* determined to tell a handnoiiie youfc^ lady that was at the wedding, "the olo. old ntory.' Her eye? will grow brightest hi? com ing? * 'N x _, ^ i, Mr. John MorraB Is now ^fflictet] with in*>dan]% and hy^ertojphy v{ th< heart. TlfC? ffi\nnitieH ace reapoiwIbU Tor Ills concilium. Seldea Kennedy's Due \\\% sweet-heart had better look her lau rels. are uo* alx)U and basked in the light of briii^, eyes. . i - 1" , Mr. Will Bradley is about to comm matrimony. He pays the devoted to pair of josy cheetau It is thought tlikt'Our old friend, M A*' Hawtborti, will do a ?lucrrfti' business next year, entertaining tl Abbeville stid Long C-atiesmitten youi gentlemen, who will henceforth i thitber semi-oecaHionally on a pilgrii ngc, to pay homage at the shrine or ti Due West divinities. I gm " ; ViboiIj Maddkjc, a well knov American citizen of foreign desrei .oh Christmas day Invested soniethi in the cup which cheers as well as i .ebriates, and thinking to have fun Ben Thornton's expense lie Joaueu i gun, putts**)* Md InUt btat gjackii the pow?rTOwnwelK whh fl good wi -went up behind Ben and fired betw^ hiil^^iEwa^bfi the effect of I dfSflfargter VirglT was perfectly nst< ished to see it make so large a hole Ben's leg," while the furrow which 1 wad plowed out of Mitchell Goggi foot Was surprising to everybody. V gil was required to make expJanati before,-.Trial Justice Bruce for jChrifttmaa Gun^ajid. Jie now awaits j arrival $ftb* Judge and tbe> Solicit |to seewfotwill be dona about it. *" TARGET 8HOOTIBTG.". - . \ .yi: \ ^ Y ^ * The Abbeville Rifles Show their Pro licicncy. On Monday morning twenty-five members of the Abbeville Rifles assem bled in the bottoms b?low the Depot, and each member of thte company fired three shots at the target, one shot each at the distauces of 76,100 and 1:25 yards. The figures opposite each name show the number of inches that each man's shot struck the target from the centre. Where no figures oc^ur tne parties fail ed to hit the target at all. Borne of the boys fired well and the* man who held the hoard for them to shoot at will not dosouguin unlcsi the members pledge themselves to shoot less recklessly . I I so la IS 13 !9 \z !< !< I 1$ 112 |2 !Sergeant K. M. Oaborue |13jS J. <J. ilJinj>hiil afj. jlGJ Ci. Jfr i | fcoar^t J. Hi K?rigUt....A......| ... Coih?'lJ CAyfen ..Jt\?... H \V Lnw?<^n......................'i. 14 L* ...r... 2? K. William SieJts |... It Jones, jr |... Corn'l L A McCoid fit A W Jones .-~.V, H P H McKIrone... K Ij Wilson I... i?4 .|14 24 8i 117 m |9| ? - Ifiaa? li'i i'l i T Ci Enright, '4 jlGji 11 J H Jiogan |8* Chaneej* Miller I... |(M Jones Miller |o$ |15j C'apt II K Hemphill ... |GJ Jiis LaU'suii ft |... J... Illil... TB MiFUbrd |'J? ... 'J Y Jones |... |74 Cori>'l John Kaker |... j... J HSimmons, Orderly j... L. g J RKM^RKS: | t * ] ??fom the above remarks of the. shoot ing^ will be seen {that two-thfcrd? of the shots missed the target. Mr Jas. Lawson eould have shot bet ter if he had not shut both eyes just be fore pulling the trigger. tlie 'balance ot tne company-snot "on _ ban<C* ejtjpept Captain Hemphill, who ]took "a Test^im mediately after pul ling trigger. The ground was slightly indented where he sat down. The boys played a trick on Mr. Hugh McJElroue-by pulling the ball outof his gun, or he certainly would have knock ed the : ceuLreouL.- ->? <r j - Mr. Arthur Osborne Is the best phot bflu thejCompaay,but the bullets always struck a few yards to the left. On the evening before the shooting Mr. J. C, Wospiansky promised to give ^ Mh?:i*Wrtbe silver'cup. She was sur prised to hear that Hogun gave it to his Luotbec. PREMI CMS AWAKDKD. . The flrst premium of a silver Cup was awarded to Mr. John Henry Hogpn, of tlie Mcdhtmotflve for the oest shot at 125 yards. > Mr. Win. Stelts bore of the set-ond premium, a box of cigars, for the best shot at UN)yards. Mr. T. G. Enright, the third, at 75 yards, two butler knives. The Doinino Party At the Female Academy on Monday night was a most delightful occasion, and passed off pleasantly to everybody. At eight o'clock a majority of the cotn ;j>any had aiftembled and tne music and danciug commenced at that hour. At nine o'clock the masks were removed j " and a number of the young ladies ap- ] \ poured in costume, aiuong whom we | 'j would mention ilniL j T-he peerletm Miss McGowari assumed]vv the dress of a "Peasant (.iirl The-sparkling Miss Cothran donned the attire of ".Little Red Hiding Hood |' Miss Emma Wilson Aurie a pretty figure as she. modestly, wate the costume of a "Shepherd GirJ;" Miss Mamie L. Smith, as the "Child of the Regiment," was as pretty as bearleould.wish , - MI?s Tusten, with a charming grace, acted the part of the "Tambourine Girl;" Mits Meta Lythgoe in her costume represented "Might," and, covered with her starry mantle, made a sweet figure; M ias Hattie Tiythgoe, as a "Nun," in her spotless tohe looked angeije. and was much admired . Mips Kate Wier. as the "Gipsy Girl." fn.igfietized tlfe oeaux. The retireing Miss Ida Allen, dressed in white, whs simply charming; The stately Miss Hattie Allen, iu rep- : to reseutint V'Bride," never looked pret Jter.or daiiflcd with more grace ; W ret Mary E'. Smith was beautifully adorued in pink and received much attention ; Miss Janie Marshall was tastily dress ed, and was as pretty and as 'ibo'dest as the violet." Of course we have not mentioned the names of all wbb w ere present. We . otily - fit tended tor, mention those who t' wfereHtt cbtftuDf&r* About one-lialf the number were iu their accustomed dress es in which they ail looked pretty, and were much admired and considerably courted by the young gentlemeu pres cut. Among the married gentlemen and ladles prenent, .were General and*Mrs. MeGowau. Ool. and Mr* Cothran, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parker, Mr. aud Mrs. Tusteii, Mr. aud Mrs, Smith, Dr. Mar shall, and others. We regret to learn that a number of poor white men propose leaving this County very soon for the West. They any they cannot compete with colored i?uti in rnntlnir Innil Hint lni<?] nwn?Ki give theni uo chance at rentiug lands until the negroes are supplied, ao that all the best lauds are rented to the ne groes, and the white inan can only get the poorer qualities, from which, in an average crop year, it is almost impossible to make a decent living, after paying the rent asked by the laud owners. Bar We cbpy the above from the UriVSu Time*. The editor will do both these "'industrious poor white men" and us a creat favor, by telling them to come to Abbeville County, where they will be treated right. We will welcome ' them here on auy terms. We have thousands of acres of the best lands lying idle for the want of labor. Send them here. Mr. Stokes. We want L them; I .Thieves at Hoixjfs' Depot. ? On ., | l%V Friday Mitchell Jackson and l Epnruim Davis were brought before Trial Justice Graydon, charged with * I stealing half a bap of lint cotton from ?Mr. J as. Jones. The thieves with an cut the.bale in the middle, and car T* halrof it to a sarew to be packed ve colinn, and ^*as found In the ',e riip ooP*' prisoners were put in oij Friday night, and some 1 hole in the brick wall aim wa? also a^eir escaPe- ^pe|icer Davis deT&e ^0""j* un: With J'icksoD ys stealing, and wa.t put tot Slv o?yi? "v1": Sf Squire Graydd, ^ .v ?f oon^mpt Ing, in not appearinCourt next morn Two negroes "foolea Ureenwooa on ThufHdtf'^1 pistols at that day one of them ha.% hwt. Since thought. The other unfortl but one ture uow has a lead mine in^te crea-,,;, which may consign him to tB^bowels j hunting grounds." '^ppy The Masonic brethren of the?. Red and Purple Lodges publicise, stalled their officers in the Court Hoi; on Monday afternoon. fr ti < Master Richakd C. Wilson, c; the Alston House, has been elected to a position in the Thornweii Orphanage, at Clintom I..; 'he Cantata aud {Hot Sapper at Cokesbary. t*he Cantata and Hot Supper at the okesbury Masonic Female College on jafet Friday night was indeed a success 1 more ways than one. First came the MUSICAL ENtliKTArNMKNT hich fully sustained the former high ?putation of the young ladies and geu einen of that town. Messrs. George Lodges, W. H. Gllkereon, John Sims, >od Herndon, Betheme Glass, aud ther gentlemen of the place took an ctive part, while nearly all the ladies oth married and single give their us istance. We regret not being able to peak more at leugth of this most cred ..liln unt.ipliilnmuht A ftpr till! rtnivif* THE SUrPEK 'hich consisted of every desirable good liing was served up and dispensed on lie "European plan," that is, each man aid for .what he wanted, and no moire. >.t this supper and cantata there were blending of both the Presbyterian nd Methodist elements of the place, nd all joined cordially iu thy.work, and erfect harmony- prevailed C^uUe a atlsfactory amount of the "irredeema le" was realttedj which- was equally ivided between the Methodists and 'resbyterians. "Behold how good and ow pleasant a thing it is for brethren 3 dwell together in unity." After the supper an hour or two was pent\ery pkasautly in social inter ourse. Ji. ! JL Sx Ainung those present we were pleas d to note Mr. and Mrs. Fair; Dr. GiL. 'onnor und his biide, ncc Miss Landjer, f N. C.; Dr. and Mrs. Wallace, ]Mij. ud Mrs. Caldwell; Mr.' and Mrs. 'rentlan ; Mr. and Mrs. Corry. These reaniong the visitors und young peo le. All the ladies of the village were ut?Misses Kabb, of Due West, and liss Smith, ?>f Abbeville, were also resent.v. J, /?. Eugene B. Gary, Esa., of Greenville, .'as there, and of course Mr. Mostfley, f Hodges, wuh on hand. A young lady present thought we new very little of the whereabeuts of lr. David Aiken's heart. Dr. U. D. Wilson Contributed to the leasure of all by his excellent songs. Much credit for the success of the lusical entertainment is due to the ef irts of Miss Aiken, who is foremost in very good work, and who taught each lie liis or her part of the music, which onslsted of about forty pages. Cokesbury is a most pleasant place to isit. Her citizens are cordial -and '-arm hearted and never fail to make lie visitors have a good time. p-t A i ^ j ? a Lewis Citn.DS, cotbred^rvaa arrested n Friday lf^t, on warrant from Trial ustlce Bruce, undercharge of burning Ir. John C. Devlin's giu bpu^e, on the 3th of October last. Mr. Deviln de erves great credit for, his efforts- to scertan the guilty party. If all tfLour itizens who bave suffered In iTgike manner would use the intra e eiierttysto unlsh such criminal^ .we won law ve nvcr house-burning*. We tliijy lmost a crime for a mail to aufifer liifl roperty to be destroyed without a dUi ent search for the criminal. This mat) ,ewis Childs was turned out of tnfe enitentiary by Moses, and but fof Mfe tjlease he would not uroV be beforfT tfie 'ourts. Mr. Devlin thinks' Moses liould be held respor.sibld'for the crimes f the convicts he turned loose, jiother wurrant will be issued against hi Ids for hog-stealing. The Funeral Services over the re lainsof a tat turkey gobble on Christ ian day, was well attended at the Alston [ouse. Mr. James It. Cunningham an master of ceremonies, and right ell were the guests entertained with ie merits of our deceased friend. At lis funeral, cakes and other delicacies 'ere dispensed to natiate the appetites nd to appease the cravings of ah empty :omach. Mr.* G. B. Lythgoe's uhc of ie drum stick on that day showed ihe roticiency to which he had attained in je use of that Ptick in the cornet blind. Show not Busted. ?Tlie Fifteenth, meudments about (ireen wood,Hodges, ;radley's Mills, &e., &c., failed to up reciate Mack Thomas' Company of [instrds. He and the Company are, ot discouraged however and wili'squu! j to Laurens where they hope to be l)et ;r patronized. - J Wk learn that Mr. James M. Giles I ill give up his situation at White! rothers to open a stock of dry goodsin i le store of Mr. J. W. Trowbridge, [essrs. Giles and Trowbridge will be :n*uts in common next year. Mr. Davie Aiken drives the nicest nir of ponies in the County, which, igether with his gallantry, make# him popular young man. He has one eye i Long Cane, while he keeps watch at I okesbury with the other. Mr. Alex. Bowie, of Memphis, enn., brother of our townsman, Mr.! imes A. Bowie, is here on his bridal >ur. They were at the Presbyterian jurch on Sunday. Mr. Wink has moved his shoe shop ear tbe Female College at Due West, t is wonderful how his trade has in reased. Every student in tbe Male ollege has six pair of new boots. Due West was represented in Abbe ille on Wednesday last by two hand >me young ladies. Bince then Mr. une Haddon has found it difficult to jncentrate his mind on the profession F law. Thieves broke into Mr. W. N. Ran )in's gin house and stole 800 pounds of >ttou, and went through his smoke ouse, carrying off a whole hog. This ccurred last week. Mr. Chalmers Haddon, who lias een with Messrs. DuPre, Gambrell & o. for the past year, we learn will quit jc viuu^c yju tuc iiiDi ucai jrui. Misses Calhoun and Lomax left bheville on Friday last to spend some me in Charleston with relatives in the city by the sea." On Christmas night quite a lot of fire orks were burut in front of Messrs. arker & Penin's store. There were lany lookers on. Millkdok Davis and Willie Lomax ere not satisfied to spend their Christ ias in Abbeville. They took the ears ud spent the day at Hodges' Depot. Mit. CiCElto Hcohes is at borne for lew days. We learn that he dispensed jrkey and hther good things to his uests at home on Sunday. Conductor Coooj.ek, welearn, sa}d race over a big turkey gobbler on San ay. A certain young gentleman at Due ^'est wants to know if the Slate fur ishes post masters with shoes. Mr. John Tarrant, of Mt. Carmel, ras in town on "Wednesday last. He as making arrangements for a wed ing. There was a fight in Due West last nno/i.M> A.,/x A 1 uvnuuv. WIJC uiuu nuuuncu UUUlUtT own with a brick-but. Uf-v, H. M, Mood preached his fare ell sermon in tlie. Methodist church u ouuuaj Junt. JCWV. iUI. >V J^ULUJUU pill fill the place next year. Hodges' Depot was the soberest >wn in America on Christmas day. he boys could not even get a nogg. "Christmas gift" greeted the ears f some of our merchants 2,932 times on aturday last. Mit. John B. Wier has returned om Charleston. He didn't like the city by the sea." Somebody has stolen the New Year irkey from the Alston house. GHsokqe Perbin, Esq., is spending N?NChrIstmas holidays at home. W, C. Benet, of Greenville, is 1 , Donaldsvillc Items. A baudsome entertainment in the way of Tableaux and Charades % was given in Donnaldsville on Friday even ing last, for the benefit oC tbe new Good Templars' Hall. There jwqs a large atr tendance from the town and surround* ing country, and the performances were very interesting. The ..ei^terlainmeut was a decided success, and the receipts amounted to between Hixty and seventy dollars* *"Vj* r r i The entertainment of the past week I was-fio successful that it is to be repeated 011 Friday next of the present week. A tournament is to come .off at Don naldsviJleon next Thursday, at which all the gallant young men of the vicin ity will appear as competitors for the prizes. They have a fine course.for the exercise of iheir skill, and we had the pleasure on Friday last of witnessing one of their preparatory contests, at which they extUbited some superb fe&ts of horsemanship and skill in bearing off the three riiigl euocessfvely. The occasion promises-tcf an interesting one. JDounaldsville is a thriving little towu, and .shows all the signs of im provement. She has an active and on terpriising population, courteous and hospitable,, and deserves to get abend. New buildings are going up, and in every direction she is "lengthening her cords and strengthening-her stakes." - Donnaldsville is bleffied with one of the best railroad agents on the line, in Mr. John Cafdwell. I^e Is $cfyVe and elticient, courteous amAecOnrniodating, and dischargt>sJils duties with great QCr ^ aAK;iU?v.?a iwnll i r\ f-liA ndhv ano W^U^UlllWJf y tw fci.v vv/u?rvrK/ to the public. "He is the right man iu the right place.'.'. "; ; .., M The receipts of cotton have been bo far 2,613 bales. DoOuifldavi IietieedHa passenger depot, and^e fcrtfstihat It will ndt bo lodg be fore she is ho favored. The down train indue here at 10:30 iu the morning, and the up train at 3 in the afternoon. Christmas. t- _ 1 j To our rentier* we exienu uiu uusi congratulations of the season, and wish 'them one and arii a r>leiuj&Dt;'Cirti8tmas and a happy ^ sea son devoted to mefry-iriaKitigtirid social enjoyment, we trust that they may catch the full spirit of the time, and enjoy fcvthe utmost Reeded recreation, and tlib-best of good cheer. Christmas com e4?utp#<fcA ftaS, and i? isJmI occa sion when we'bau 'all* aifordUo my Aside the cares of life, and enter into the joys and sports e?*chMrfbood/ ' If 1A 5'seasou too which provokes^ to kindly feelings am} Charitable deeds, arid we shouJd all remember that qb stewards of thq boun ties of ajgood 'Providence, we fire called unon at this season especially to remeni ber the poor. A merry Christmas and a happy New Yew." \Ve trujt that our readers may see many such. 11 3T *'i ? .? : - -J - > ^ Dae West Items. A match game.of base bail was play ed by the college student# oii "Friday evening, and on Jtfjfiday and Saturday nights there were good" displays of Are works.. . . t Thk Male and Female Colleges ara both in a flourishing, condition. The pupils had to content themselves witlr only two days' holiday this Christmas?* Monday and Tuesday of the present week. " * ' Ox Sunday Mr. Dallas C. iCaldwelJ^ a late graduate of the Seminary, and a young man of promise, delivered an excellent sermon on Romans?"I am not ashamed of the gospel, &c.," which extiiDiteU both tliouglitaud culture. bo Dk. J. Boycb, an sbhrtttvine and courteous gentleman, has ju?t retujfwjd, of f ro in-a K'htrrch coa ft-n?Trce at Baltimore, and gives sopie interesting sketches of un l,iS triP* 'iliv O 1 (jl bv 1 The equanimity of the town was die- oil turbed ou Friday lost by a runaway match between a Mr. Higgins and a. Miss Rutherford, of Newberrj', who took the train and were married at Greenwood: On Monday night there was a fine musical entertainment given 'by . Ithe Due West lirass mid Striuyed Hands.? ha cai cu lit CBi sh foi 110 Uri LEGISLATIVE. The Legislature adjourned on Friday last, after passing the Tax and the two Bonanza bills. The aggregate State tax is twelve mills, aud in Abbeville the County tax witl, a^ell the amount to; over twenty mills. The Legislature will meet again on the 18th of January. Oub friend Mr. T. P..Queries is luxu riating on ripe strawberries^ $uriujr the Christmas holidays. His" strawberry bed is full of fresh berries. Was o*er sdeh a thing known In Abbeviltevat'thi^ season"?' * Ik the Press and Banner should be unusually interesting this week, it is because the editor and the Junior have been absent, while the devil- bad charge of the editorial anil local departments. We had the pleasure of meeting on Friday's train, Senators lioweu, pt Pickens, Keith, of Oconee, Donaldson, of Greenville, and Representatives Fer guson, of Greenville, and Livingston, of Oconee, on their return home. They all highly endorse the Governor's late action, and speak hopefully of the re sults. We are indebted lo Attorney-General Melton for a copy of the annual report of the Legislature It is an interesting and able document, and we will refer more particularly to it In our uext issue. The prompt and manly stand talcefr by Governor Chamberlain in withhold ing the commissions of Whipper and Moses, meets the cordial endorsement of the press of the State. We always appreciate a kindly sug gestion from a friend, but when a" con-" ceiled ass assumes to dictate to us what wo shall put in or leave out of our paper, we think that carrying kindness a little too far. i J The store of Holloway & Reid, at Pomaria, was consumed by tire on Christmas night, after the murder of Mr. Reid and the robbery of $25,000. The Due West Band gave an excel lent eutertainment here in the Court House last night, of which we will give full particulars in our next. There has been the usual attendance of the colored people from the country during the holidays, but money has been scarce and traue has been dull. Mb. Moore, a student of Erskine College, has been sick. He is convales cent now. Mr. D. C. Webb is off to Charleston on a pleasure visit for the Christmas holidays. ' * .. v 54 t~ r.. i i ir uu^ utmj mihub kite juiuur hum noi had a high old time during the pant week or two, he is very much mistaken. The editor of the Progressive Age is on u bender. He issued only a half sheet on the 24th. Thk Simpkins Place at Chanpell's Depot will be sold next sale uay at Newberry. An old cow lies in state over the hill near the branch, in rear of Mr. Uam brell'a residence. Mb. Jb\ W. R. Nance is still run ning against the grangers in $he pork business. - Honest Joe Mooukls back, and all m our former article about his departure is ! of wanted. < Capt. D. R. Williams Is putting up new fence# on his lot. Tiie members of tho Legislature are all at home. / 4 ivcrnor Chamberlain's Views on the Late .Election of Judges. Mr. Dawson, of the JXcws and Courier a Interviewed the Governor, and pub lics at length iiis outspoken views on the late judicial election.. The >vernor details the facta which made the trick of the Radical leaders to iug on the election during his absence, t states that his presence would not ;ely have changed the result. He ys: 'The conspiracy appears to have been refillly eo.ueooted. The color line, e purty line, and the line of autago 4Ui to my administration, all were arpiy. drawn; and the toQe of the eeyheaniade by the leading support jof Whipper aud JNIoses and Wiggins ows that it required u degree of bold jsb not.possessed by many of our leg ators to vote in opposition to the lubination. Still it would have been eat satisfaction to me to have been on espot and gone down fighting, if 1 List go down. l'he peculiar strength of the cqmbi Ettoii lay in" uniting the interests of a ge number of-. candidates. This me, I think, cdUse'd the'defeat of dge Maher. Tlie opponents of this lge had a certain number of votes lich they would cast for other candi tes in other circuits Only on condi in that the frieuds of those candidates ould pay them by voting against _ i. 117 : i -ai. _ TL E*uur... nr. v? ig&iim, > uie ^uccessiui BdftdateTiad oo^slrewgth, am!1 was a sre leaf on tliecurrent; but the corn nation that took hiru up was welded jether by the force of a corainon pur se to rout ont an incorruptible judge, 20 hud-.beeri; au insurmountable bar )jf! 1st tlid :way of tho*5*fwho had at ittovertferdwit him. -?? ' [ look upon the election as a horrible master?a disaster equally great to the ate, to the Republican party, and; cutest of all, to those communities [)ich shall be doomed to feel the full ;'ccts of the presence of Moses and lilpper upon the bench', I. did,1 a ar ago, speak publicly of Whipper, lio was then u candiduie for the very sition to which he has now been Then f iloiinininoil liim nu In. pable and unlit for the otliee of judge. Moses, no honest men can have dif rent opinions. Neither Whipper nor oscs has any qualities which approach a qualification for judicial position, le reputation of Moses is covered deep ith charges which are believed by all iio are familiar with the facts of cor plion, bribery and the utter prostitu >n of all his official powers to the jrst possible purposes. This calamity infinitely greater, in my judgment, an any which has vet fallen on' this* ate, or, I might aud, upon any part the South. Moses as Governor is durable as compared with Moses as idge. The gravest consequences of all nds will follow. One immediate ef it will obviously be the reorganization the Democratic- party within the ate, as the only mean if left, in 'the dgmentof its members, for opposiug jolidand reliable front to this terrible isvasse of misgovern ment and public bauehery. * X could have, wished, as a ^publican, to hav? kept off such itn is* e ; but X have a profound belief in the ric of events anu a Providence, too, at shapes events;"and I do not allow yself to think that thogood and hon ^ men of South'CurolHift will And It i jfcs^le,:i>eoiAis&lbeyljire 'organized Democrats, to give their help to tiouwoever shall be- beat nble to undo e terrible wrongB-of last Tbuway.c" I i free to say that my highest ambition Governor has been to make*.the as* iitfcjftijy of the Republican .party'"! a uth Carolina compatible with the at jnwmt and maintenance of as bigli d pure atone In the administration public aftairs a* can be exhibited iu. o proudest Democratic Btate of the uth ; aud it was also my fondest hope, .-peaceful agencies, here hi Bouth.Car na aloYie of all the Southern States, to ,y? worKea one, tnrougn we ku^udti ll purty, the aohition of the most-dim It and one of -the most interesting po ical and social problems which this utiiry has presented. If these results all not be reached, the responsibility thfe'failure will not rest upon me, r upon* *tb$ Conservative .citizens of uth Carolina, who have hitherto, th unvarying fidelity and. generosity, Kid Mb# urtP In jay work, but upon use,'and aljjjjke them, who dealt the use of good government so deadly a ow on Thursday.' ie Carolina Hank and Trust Com pany. I lie uovernor nas sent 10 mc ljegis ure a message in response to u resolu n asking a statement of the circum mcsee wbicli led to the increase of die ate deposits in the bank. He "thus ncludea 'Of course, I do not hesitute to say at if I had known what its now known tlie public, I should, without a doubt, ,ve joined with Mr. C'ardozo in re rding the South Carolina Bank and ust Company as entirely unsafe as a pository of State funds. Mr. Caido 's longer and more intimate acquain uce with the affairs of that bank seems >w to have given him a knowledge of , condition, and to have-enabled him to rm a judgment respecting its sound s&jvhich was superior in correctness tfTfe' jutTgm'ertt ifliy other member that Board: 1 do not blame myself - 6 -.1. ^ 1>^?V 1 r me oiutr nieuiuers ui lue ouuiu, idge: Hogc and Mr. Dunn, for the ac >n which we each severally took. 1 ted, as doubtless the other members J, in view of what then seemed to me be the "facts and circumstances" of e case, and I acted also in advance of e opinion and judgment, so far as I ?ow It, fit the General Assembly, of e other State officers except Mr. udozo, nnd of this entire community, srtaiuly, nothing but my veto of the t so unanimously passed by the Gjen al Assembly fast winter prevented the uth Carolina Bunk and Trust-Com ny from being finally and. without l wil'Llltllt V -/if irfl. nfit. "iJlA HfltlOK >ry of tho State," as the present reso tion erroneously recites, but one of e only two depositories for all the ate funds. Hie State, though the largest, was by i means the only sufferer by the fail e of the South Carolina Bank and Udt Company in July last. Many dividuals of unquestioned prudence d financial experience lost their ivatc funds by that failure, and corpo Lions managed with proverbial skill d success were also involved In the me misfortune. If the experience us obtained shall result in greater pru nce and wisdom on the part of the ate officers, and the General Assembly all now devise, as I have already ged upon them, some safe method of eping the State funds, the only repa tiou which now seems possible to be sitl? for the disaster caused by this lure will be necurcd. The mild Bpring-lilie weather of iristmas has been the subject of con tut remark. jhehiff Guffin was In town on onday. He Hays his little son had his I fractured about a week ago. rf there is anything that can draw a 5her crowd of fools than a monkey d a hand organ,-it is a negio picking janjo and singing an idiotic song. Mb. L. k. Bowie accounted for his d shooting on the ground that hisgun is not a good one. The Democratic State Central Com ittec will meet in Columbia on the Gtli January. aov. Chamberlain has vetoed the ii changing the County seat of Barn ell to Blackwell. The g. & C. r. B. has issued round p tickets, good for twenty days, from o 23d inst. The House Committees. The appointment of committees by peaker Kerr seems to have caused eneral dissatisfaction. The most imp ortant committee is that of Ways Snd [eans, and for the chairmanship of this [essrs. Wood and Cox were aspirants, >1-4 * U ~ D. 1 . A t S I I _ A. _ J I -1 - iiu vug cjjeaKtr 1101 oewgvauie 10 tjetyue ^ ?tween the two, gave the appointment fc > Morrison, of Illinois. fc After the House of Representatives j IjournedL inngjediatel# updiLj)^>an- * ounceinenWcrf'^lie committee^ to-day, leretwas quire *a geneftli 1ht6fcnange ; f opinion among the members in fc- ? ard to the elections. Those' who liad * een well provided for commended the ^ peaker's judgment or said nothing, j ut the prevalent expression was oue of ( issatisfaction. The Speaker's friends or :count for this by the fewness of the rlzesand the preponderating number f the competitors, for them: On the J ther hand there al*e tnany among the ^ emoeratic members who severely crit- j :ise his selections for a considerable J umber of;the- promineht*positions as nsuitable, or aa unfair to Congressmen mi! f extended service who have been 1 tussed over fh the distribution of chair- j mnships/. and iniportaiit committee laces, to make room for new men with- j ut legislative experience. ' Of the forty- J jven chairmanships, exclusive of the i nnmittee on rules, .of which ihe neakcr is ex-ofllcio chairman: -twenty- ^ >ur are given to WeStfetfr'nywAefi/tCB > tUe Syi^hem aud thirteen to the fiddle anu'I&stfern States. Of the lat jr thirteen, slk fere d?4hird-rate impor luce, being committees. on expendi ires, in various executive departments, :o., and of. ttio chairmanships given to ic We^te remembers, four Are of the ime description; four.or UVe of the outhern chairmanships aro also unim ortant. The West, therefore,'holds the rst place in "tfie number oflhairmau hips of first aud second-class commit ted. Out of .the total forty-seven, Ohio nd Missouri have each Ave chairmau nips, Illinois four, Kentucky four, ndianatwo, and Tennessee twO. Vir iniaaod Pennsylvania have threeeach. rorth Carolina has two, and no other tate has more than one. The conarposi on of the Pacific Railroad committee, isted by the recent, vote on Holraan's nti-subsidy resolution, is as follows: :hairmau, Juauiar; and Messrs. Throck lorton and O'Neil voted against it. lessrs. Luttrell, of California, Lynde, f Wisconsin, Thomas, of Maryland, tumps, or Missouri, uarneia, ot umo, asson, of Iowa, and Blair, of New lampshire, voted for it:,and Messrs. itkina, of Tennessee, Walker, of Vir inia, and Piatt, of New York, were eported as not voting. . The friends of ;ie Texas Pacific bill claim that a ma >rity of the committee will he found iu worof their proposition. The following is the Pacific Railroad omniittee in full: Messrs. Lamar, of lississlppi, ^.tkin^of Tennessee, Eut rell, of 1 i f?rn w, $fa 1 k dfc, of, Virginia, fynde, of Wisconsin, Throckmorton, f Texas, Thomas, of Maryland, Phil ips, aof Missouri, Garfield, of Ohio,, Lasson, of Iowa, Piatt, of New Yojrk^ >'Neill, of Phnnsylvania, Blair, of few Hampshire. The committee on tie Mississippi levee consists of Messrs. 2111s, of Loisiana, Hatcher, of Missouri, looey, of Mississippi, Roberts, ,of Mfc;, yland, Young, of Tennessee, Sheakley, f Pennsylvania, Dunnell, of Minneso .< rn: \ . t, it iJUiii&t m iinuui9t ui uuu liana, ana Wallace, of Pennsylvania, [arris, of Georgia', is chairman of the ommittee on enrolled bills. Wood, of iew York, is second ou'the committee n ways and means, he declined the Iminnauship of ftnV otber;oanlnifttee; lancoCfir; of Texitt, is thfrd: *1 u 1 It is understood that Gen. Gibson, ?ho, as the mover of tile resolution reating the Mississippi levee coramit ?e, wa? entitled to tbe chairmanship, pclined " In" favor of <Sii$ "VST his col ?agues. Intcrtainment of the Jackson Literary Society. The literary festival furnished by the oung gentlemen of the Jackson Liter ry Society on Thursday evening of the ast week, was au occasion of no ordi Li i -] D Ca ' ] ( < J J FJL 1 I ary attraction, and presented a series f exercises of the highest order of ( lerit. The beauty and elite of our 9 ^ jwn were out in strong force, and lent j tieir smiles and sympathy to the youth- ; ii 1 orators. The Court House \va? well lied, and for more than two hours the sp ttractive exereisea held the undivided ttention, and evoked the frequent ap- j lautte, of the large and appreciative (j < udience. The choice music of the < Lbbeville Stringed Band, led by Pro- < ?asor Lybrand, was an important ad- j jnct to the occasion, and added largely 3 the pleasures of the evening. be After aguaud overture by the Band, lie exercises were opened by a valedic >ry address by the retiring president, < lr. T. M. Oalphin, who made a capital peech, lull or earnest thought and lirring appeal, as he urged upon his omrades the necessity of labor, and the igh incentives to action. He was fol- a. awed by Mr. 8. C. Casou, the new resident, in au inaugural address, jq ,'hich in sentiment, style and delivery, fl, as of a superior order of merit, and xhibited a high degree of oratorical f ilent. Next came the address of Mr. '. B.: Caljioun, who discoursed elo- V rfehtty ~and appropriate^ *up"on the lotto of the Society^"Lubor Jsgenius." Ir. H. P. H. McElrone then read an xcellent essay on the "Civil War," and " lie exercises were closed by somestir ing and eloquent specimens of decia lation bv Messrs. J. Y. Jonj>s and RJ ?oble, jr., on "Party Spirit," and "The w lississippi Election," respectively, in fhich they received tbe unbounded ap laase of tbe audience. The members of the Society and tbe to nvited guests then repaired to the Fo lale Academy, where a bounteous upper was served, and music and dauc ug furnished a delightful entertain lent, even to the "wee sma' hours." ill were delighted with the pleasures Sc f the evening. 01 'he Governor's Itefusal to Sign the Commiasious of Whipper nud Muses. me governor nas reiuseu me com lissious of "^'hipper and Moses, and as tiled the following statement of sasons for his refusal Executivk C'hambkk, Columbia, s>. C., Dec. 21, 1875. | I decline to sign the commissions of V. J. Whipper and b\ J. Closes, Jr., lected ad Judges of the Circuit Court of [lis Htate by the General Assembly, on :ie 16th iust., for terms to begin on the lilh day of August, 1876. Jly the Con titution of the State the Judires of the Circuit Court are to be elected for terms f lour years, liy a series of adjudica id cases iu the highest Court of this late,-extending from 1821 to 1872, it uu, iu my judgment, been determined u:it otticers elected under provisions of nv similar 10 una provision 01 me pros- r ill Constitution, are entitled to liold on lieir otTices lor tiie full term prescribed St, y the Constitution or laws uuder which lie election is held. It follows that, asI'*' lie terms of the present incumbents of! fat ne oltlces to which the above persons i He laini to have been elected on the lUthjth1 ustant will not expire until after an-|ba tlier general election of members ofj fill uother General Assembly, the present! wi ienerai Assembly has not the right to lect their successors. While in some cases presenting simi ir legal questions, it might not bo re uired of the Governor to decline to >sue commissions, the circumstances f the present case compel me to this ourse. D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Uovernor of youth Carolina. er> of mi lai hi 8t cii by fo Conference Eppointment3. AKLKSTON DISTRICT?T. K. WANjN'A MAKKB, P. K. L'rinity?G H Wells. Jethel?J T Wightman. ipring Street?W T Capers. ierkley-Circuit?8 D Vaughn. ,'ainhoy Circuit and Mission?A G ntt. Ivnrpss flirmiM.?C! P. Fishhnrnp. it. Paul's Mission?To be supplied, jt. George's Circuit?W P Mouzon. Jamberg Circuit?P F Kistler. zolleton Circuit?T Raysor, 0 uudtree. Valterboro' Circuit?J LSifley. Uieudale Circuit?J B Massaueau. ilackBwainp Circuit?J W Humbert, t'emassee Circuit? G H Pooser. lardeeville Mission?J R Coburn. JkeUe Mission?To be supplied. AN'OKBUKO DISTRICT?W. MARTIN. P. E. )rang,eburg Station?J R Campbell. )raugeburg Circuit?!) 1) Dantzler. ilackville Circuit?J W McRoy. ,rovidenc?i Circuit?W Hutto. >t. Matthew's Cirmiit?.1 H '/imr.ior. 111. Jpper St. Matthew's Circuit?SI L nks. Jpper Orange Circuit?A R Danner. Sdisto Circuit?D J tSiminons. Jpper Euisto Mission?To be supplied. jraham's Circuit?A J CaullicU. bVilliston Circuit?B G Jones. Sllcnton Circuit?J C Bisseli. Viken Mission?S H Browne. >ranitevilie and Laiigley Mission?H C Walker. ? . . *; i < LUMBIA DISTRICT?E. J. MEYXAH DIE, P. E. Doluncibla, Wabhingtoir Street?A ke Scaith. Joluinbia, Marion Street?J W Dick l. Joiumbia Circuit?G M Boyd. tticniand Ford?C D Howell. I Winnsboro'?G W Walker. Blackstock Circuit and Mission?D Sc&lo Fairfield Circuit?J M Boyd. Jhester Circuit?Thomas Mitchell d A. C. Walker. East Chester Circuit?J M Kelly. [took Hill -TM Munnerlyu. iforkville Station?J C Carlisle. ifork Circuit?E J Archer, L A John 1, sup. Lexington Circuit?E J Clyde. Leesvllle Circuit?J A Clifton. Edgefield C'ircut?G F Round. Jolumbia Female College?S B Jones, esident; A J Stafford, professor. MTEB DXSTKICr?LA. M. CHRIKTZ BERG, P. E. , . , Sumter Station?R N Wells. Sumter Circuit?L M Litile, J okefi. ,.l Bishopville Circuit-S J Hill. Jamden?H T Chrietzberg/ Santee Circuit?J L Shuford. Manning Circuit?G W Whitman. Lynchburg Circuit?J B Platl. rimmonsville Circuit?J W Murray. Hebron Circuit?E M Merritt. Hanging Rock?D J McMillan. ^ Lancaster Station ? A Rogers. Lancaster Circuit?J C Russel, J F island, sup. ierehaw Circuit?W W Williams. LRION DISTRfCT?AV H. FLEMING, PE. Marion Station?A J Stokes. Buck Swamp Circuit?J C Stoli, one be supplied. UlbClC IVUtK VllUUtk X AU1U, J 1\ ttle, supernumerary. South Marlboro' Circuit?JT Kllgo. Bennettsville Circuit?J M Carlisle, ZDantzler. North Marlboro'?MM Ferguson. Waccamaw Circuit and Mission?}V rson. Bucksville Station?J W WoWng. L-'onwayboro' Station?G T Harman. [Jonwayboro Circuit?'To be supplied. Peedoe Circuit?W H Kirton. Marion Circuit?W Thomas. iORENCK DUrV?rCT^-W. C. POWKK, P. E. Florence and Liberty Chapel?R L irper. "* Darlington Station?J 0 Wilson. Mni4!itttrfnn T. \f Uunmt* AJLdUiVI I'Wmw Station?D Tiller. Uhesterfield Circuit?W L Pegues. Zoar Circuit aud Mission?A lirvin. Lynch's Creek Circuit and Missiou Isettles. Kingstreo Station?W 3 Martin. Johnsonville Circuit?G W Gatlin. 3ourdin andSainpit Circuit and Mis >n?K L Duffle. Cieorgetown Station?L Wood Black River Circuit?H J Morgan. Lyuch'sLako Circuit?J S Beaaley. ARTAXBUKO CIRCriT?H. Jf. MOOD, P. E. Spartanburg Station?J A Porter; R Dliver, supernumerary. 3owansville Circuit?B M Boozer. Jherokee Circuit?J F Smith. Liich Hill Circuit?A Avant. Limestone Springs Circuit?J J Xew rry. \ Jonesville Circuit?S B "Wilson, Union Station?A H Leston. Uoaben Hill Circuit?J E Watson. Belmont Circuit?M A McKibben. Cain Creek Circuit?B W Barber. Clinton Circuit?W W Jones. Laurens Circuit?J A Mood, J W nail. Wofford College-W Smith and W W uhcan. professors; H A C Walker, lancial secretary. Editor Southern Christian Advocate? M Kennedy. KESBUItY DISTKICT?M. BItGWX, P. 12. Cokesbury Station?It D Smart. Cokesbury Circuit?J B Tray wick and 8 Daniel. Abbeville Station?W S Wightman. Abbeville Circuit?W A Clarke. South Abbeville Circuit?S P H El ell. NorthiEdgefleld Ciroult?J C Counts. Lowndesville Station?WiH Lawton. Tumbling Shoals Circuit?N K Alel n. f? urnstrl U 1 Newberry Station?C H Pritchard. Newberry Circuit?T X> Herbert and F Beaty. North Newberry Circuit?E T Hod s' . , . ? Lower Saluda?M H Pooser. l^ENViLLE DISTRICT?O. A. DARBY, 1\ K.. Greenville Station?\V D Kirklaml i IJreeuville City and Marietta Missions W H A rial 1. [jreenviile Circuit? R It Dagnall. Iteidville Circuit?J K McCain. Fork Shoals Circuit?J Finger. Williamston and Bolton Circuits?S Weber. Brushy Creek?J J Workman. Anderson fetation?W W Mood. Anderson Circuit?J J NevilJe. Uentral?A W Jackson. Sandy Springs Circuit?J. Attawny. Wallmlla and Pentleton Circuit?A. . Whiker. Pickens Circuit?J. Q. Stockman. Pickens Mission?T. P. Philips. Seneca City Circuit?L. C. Loyal. Jherokec Missiow?F. Hartin. l^ork Circuitand Mission?C. D. Mann. Williamston Female College?S. Lan r, president, aud S. A. Weber, pro isor. . inamekul Traffic.?A correspond-1 t;s t. of flip <\Vin* nrtfl Cr i icn 11 uuj : .Matthews to complain of the enor ms evil of the night trade in cotton. ie town of Lewisville has grown and tened upon the pabulum stolen from Ids and filched from cotton houses in J edead hours of night aijd bartered for d whiskey and sham finery. In the 1 of 1873, 1.2(H) bales of seed cotton I ?re bought at this place. The plant ; of the neighborhood sustained a loss about $1U,U00 from this cause, and uiy have abandoned planting on a ge scale. A.s the Legislature has refused to pro bit this traffic, a Judge is needed in . Matthew's, who, like Mackey in his euit, will break it up effectually ' his vigor and determined will giving rce and point to fisting laws. A Strong E?dor?ement. # Flie leading bank pre&idents ana nmercial men of Charleston, namely: idrew Simonds, President First Na nal Bank; E. H. Frost, President uth Carolina Loan and Trust Com pa ; George E. Gibbon, President Peo i's Bank of South Carolina; Charles Witte, President People's National nk; A. S. Johnston, President Bunk Charleston; L. D. Mowry, President lion Bank of South Carolina; 8. Y. pper, President Charleston Chamber Commerce; Wm. C. Bee <fc Go., \V. Smith & Co., Crane, Boylston & Co., o. W7 Williams & Co., Geo. A. Tren & Son aud Jas. Adger & Co., have egraphed to Governor Chamberlain inks for his action in refusing to sign ; commissions of Whipper and Moses Judges aud assurances of support. e Governor returns thanks, and rec uizca the issue as higher than party. Hopremc Court. )u Wednesday the following case m this Circuit was argued William McKelvey, appellant, vs. lomas Thompson, et al., respondents. Moiiteith resumed and concluded i argument for appellaut. Mr. Mc wau was heard for respondents. * [t was ordered that the call of the 8th rcuit be resumed on Tuesday, January 1876."'1 - '* - rho Jerry Coleman case and the \ers, hence go over until that time. V Songstress to be Married.? ss Clara Louise Kellogg Is engaged be married to Mr. Braalsh Johnsoli ilt!b, a Wealthy Jffew Yorker. Miss .'Hogg is a native of Sumter County this State, and is one of the queens sons -? New Advertisements. ?> 3ood News?Cnpt E Cowan. HEotel?J no A Wier. Flaul Discharge?J C Wosmansky. Joroplaint'to Sell Real Estate?T B lllford. Sales by L P Guffin, Sheriff: * Sarah A Norwood vs Sallle N Cal tui and otliers. Jook vs Harris. Brock vs Wardlaw. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Vbbeville. Hotel.?William R Hen , Seneca City ;Wm Galloway, Tennessee; Brock, W I>. Mars, Walter Mars Cal un's Mills; J R Tarrant, P A. Arnold, eenwood: R R WelLselter. Selbvville nnessee; D Haddon, R N? Pratt, "Abbe le; Clora Corley Burdeaux; Antoniu .11 tod If, F Pantona, B Pantonia, Phil; hn Trent, Va; Thos Metherm, Spurtau rg; Patrick Cunningham, Ireland, arles Collins, Donalds; W J Rogers, At lta; J D Woodson, Pincastlc, Tenn; J C mnicut, Seneca City; Winfleld Atchison, bcrton, Ga; J S Turner, H R Turner, eon wood; II M Maceloy, Long Cane; arles Miller, Charleston; W L McCord, } Douglass, Long Cane; P Macglanfin, sel Ward. C E Cromwell, Columbia; JQhn ans, Storm Hill; Hugh Daughly, N Y igh Maquin, Newberry; P H Maginly, ines Cunningham, P Galegar, Ireland; IV Fouche, Dr J A Stuart, G T Jackson, J Cooper, Ninety Six ; Mrs W P Ward v, Ceder Spring's; T O Oarner, Charles \lston House.?L H Kedu*JN ewberry; f Davis, Level Lund; Col B Z Herndon, Rivors, Wife and CJiild, Cokesbury: J Pruit Miss Ella LinK, Mill Way; J B iRov; Lowndesvillo: M Hoffe, Washing 1; ?)r J A Stewart, E S Iiale, J W Fou o,,G T Jackson, Ninety-Six ; W A Wal igiford, Indiana; J M Gambrell, J F C rpre, (i B Lythgoe, A E Lesley, D J Jor n, Benjamin Barnwell, City; L Smith, larleston ;DrEH Edwards, J M Coclx q, W T Waller, S Agnpw, H C Hearst. C Brownlee, II E Bonner, W Won, N, E essly, J L Pressly, II Rabb, J B Bonner, iward Polhill, D McGili, Wm Haddoa. M Johnston, W C Brooch, Oscar Cowan, D Brownloe, J P. Ried Due West. Wiek's Hotkl.?P H Robinson, WR cBride, S P Brown, Willington; E M tylor, ColumbiaJ Lyon, Little Moun n; S C Link vilie. LInkville; W H Sad r, E S Hale, W A Motes, :Ninety Six; J own, Clear Springs; J B Wier, W luglin, Charleston; J A Calhound Bluo iil.J II Simmons, City; J E -Myers, iltimore ; J A Harain, Staunton Va;"J M ood. Washington Ua ; T X .Brum lot sw York. MARKET REPORTS. CORRECTED weekly by . } lrnwell & Co., Cotton Brokers and Dealers in General Merchandise. Abbeville. Dec. 29. >ttou ........ )dder, ?1.25 35c olusses, 50c<gi$l oui-,....$i<.00(a;#10.00 eal, $1.25 (as, $1.00 Apples,... ....$2,00 Bacon, ..12c(tr; 15o Butter, ....25c Coffee, 26c (a, GOO Corn, ?fl.0g Chickens, 25o .'iiarkstox, December 27.?Cotton steady d firm?Middling 12J@13; rcceipta 2,062 los; sales 1,000. \uoosta, December 27.?Cotton steady; mand irood?middlincr 121te 123: receiota p two days 2,226 bales; sales 947. Baltimore, December '27.?Cotton dul (1 nominal?middling 122; receipts 21 let); bales 100. few Advertisements. DOMESTIC SEWINC MACHINES. Liberal Terms of Xx chazeefcr Second-hand Machines of every des cription. 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