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News <teni*. 11 Tlifc widow of tiip Into cx-l'resident J.?}m>on ?>r ' irectivilk-, Tenn., is dcail.! Tli<> weather ehantrcs and wochange ' with it?from shirt sleeves lo overcoat*. 1 ]V:is, beets, turnip*, onion* and I ri>h potatoes, may now bo planted | j with safety. Michigan pays its (?overnor only] if-1 ,<i'M a year. >Jo poor man ever runs ' . l<?r iljut o!liee. Mi:, uiul Mrs. K. F, Parker and Iheir little daughter Miss. Kattr re turned from Columbia on Friday last. The meehanies uf ^Valhalla are kept constantly cnipdoycd, notwithstanding tlie ti^lit times ju the JUKUiuy market. The trustee of the first mortgage, _ bondholders have takeu possession of! z the Alabama and -ClmWunooga rail-1 1 road. Krskine college lias graduated one liimdred and sixty ministers, besides I. many leading members of tbu various" professions. It is the subject of remark in Wash-! t innton that the dressing this season J r i- more magnificent than has ever I been the ease before- je Dr. Jasper Browne, brother of the} ^ I'.fv. Sitli II. Urowne. of the C/ir!s/inn j died last week ut liu hwinej1 in Aiuk-jtotiu Couuty. I* Kniily Fuithful.-ndvisps ladies not to t marry uuLil they are twenty-five j j vwirs old. They never do?unless i 'J they get a good chance. j e And now, Dr. King, director of (he j1 ]5<>tanical (. aniens of Calcutta, denies! f that the eucalyptus tree produces any j beneficial.elltcls in malarious districts, n Judging by the sale of emigrant |J tickets atX'olunibus, fully eight thou- i< sand whites and blaeLs, mostly theiJJ 1 11 - ' 1'tsin/iQ 1 iiwoin- ! JUtier, 11UVU Jtni Ul'V'lf;ia iiiiivv WW the 1st for the western states. The lending Republicans of Wal lia.Hu, welearn, are on tlie look out for a new Congressional tiit foi our I) is- , trict. The forces are being marshalled < for the combat.?Kcowec Courier. 'f The Rochester Chronicle says that]' there are many who really believe the 11 resurrected story about .lien Hill'sjt killing Yancey is true, and adds: ^ "We trusHt is" Let us give lien Hill j y his due." * !?> llev. J. -DeWitt Uurkhead, of the I? Cherokee Presbytery, formerly off ; Lowndesville congregation, has ac-ji eepted a call to the Presbyterian | church at Huntsville, Alabama, vieetjj the venerable JJr. itoss, retired. n This is a dangerous season, and of- i< ten tlic fondest mother's care is no l>ruiu<;u(>ii ii^uiiiAt vuugxo j| and Hoarseness. Dr. Bull's Cough I * tfyrup ahould therefore be kept in '1 readiness. Price, li3 cents. Booth, the act(?r, drew crowded:"| houses in Charleston last week ap-Iii upuriug for six successive nights, By ji;' The terms of bin agreement lie is to;},' receive $000a nigijt for fifty nights, lhc handsome suui of $-'30,000 for that I period. j?j The supreme court decided vesler- j? day th/'.t the action of Judge Mackeyj* in the l.'arker case* hist tsuinmer was "' without warrant of law. The writ of " ha be: us curptis is, therefore, set aside. I U When N.Ues hears of this he U'il], oft" course, return to custody. je fii:;:nYJMNj)KXUNf;. ? About two fifths of the voting population of tlie u: ?>tate are white, but under the bill J{ ' ?' " 11 iH'lore iuc.j-egismiun-, tuu jt?r> grcs?i</na4 i)i>Uicts arc t-o arranged as! u 1o give, a black majority in every one J ^ of them. u{. AV.o prpgnosticate that Chamberlain J will be nominated by the Republican j> party lor reelection to the office of " (Joverjior, and that It. I>. Elliott, thej"j leader of the Whipper-Mosc? faction, will be on tlie same ticket for Attor-jJ' Mey-(ieneral. That wili unite the Itc-i,,' bublwau party.? Union Times. The bones of "Traveler," the horse <-i which (Jen. Lee rode during the war, j* which died shortly after its master, j, have been forwarded to the North by Professor McC'uiloelc for tlie purpose of having tliem put together. They will be added l<) tlie Washington and Lee University Museum. I r Five negroes suspected of burning the store house of Mess. Bowel's Wheeler & Co. at Prosperity, on: * Wednesday last, have been arrested bv n Captains Canton and liubbcrt, and a lodged in the jail at this place. Their! P name* are on;is ^ non, Henry Kurke, Anderson Kiuard .'' and Jim Kiuard.?Scwbavy JJcrald. jj? lCnglish cooking ttoves arc inferior! (, 1o American ones; indeed, buclt re-11. markable contrivances as are Hold in ] v the Knalisli market under this namcjti would throw an American housekeep- sj <er into lite*. Tliey make very pretty (j grates and fireplace heaters in Eng- L. Jam), but when it comcs to cook stoves, j jj they have juuen lo learu from Ameri-j c At a meeting of tlio Baptist minis-j~ lets in New York, 011 Monday, there;1' was an excited discussion on the reso-j0 iution of Rev. Dr. Armitage, to the! effect that baptism hy immersion is a!" necessary qualification for the Lord's jej hupper. "Tiu; resolutions were finally;1:' adopted by a vote of 44 to -1. Several i1* ministers declined to vole. 11 ' t< A new croquet set has been issued; c with rubber face mallets. The rubber] j. facing renders the mallet indestrueti- j j, l?ie and prevents tlio.balls from split-1L. ting or being dented in the play. It tl Ss also claimed that a more scientific ,.1 game can be played, as the rubber! \\ face gives a certain elasticity Uj iixej? tjloke. j u The number of tax-payers in Oconee!. County is 2,770; of these 9U8have paid i11 *?w.ir tiivfis. rriio amount of money'P ca, collected by the the Treasurer up to!x" date (February 2) is $8,151), leaving ^ $23,841 to be collected?the whole!!' amount of taxes due from the couutyi'1 being $?>2,000. Tho day for the books Is toclo.se is the 15thinst. It is thought!'' however, that the time will be extend- j? ed.?Kcowcc Courier. " u Hotel accomodations in Philadel-jv ])hia promise-to be ample for the de-i0 niand to be made upon that city dur-j v ing tlie centennial exhibition, and it is not likely that prices will b?- increased I f, beyond the present rates. One of the i \ new Hotels within a square of the cen-:,, tennial buildings has already publish- L edits scale of prices for lodging. Alt, single room and single bed win ue iur- i v niched for one dollar a liigfrt and meals' j, can be procured at restaurant prices, !c either in the hotel or elsewhere, as the I quests may desire. i? The editor of the Ahbco'tllc Prcw Jl and Jiannrr Is very much exercised 1 n about our health and happiness, and ! t' think that we receive entirely tooU many tuinip donations. He wants us;1 lo cry, "Hold, enough !" Hut we can-1,s" not do that unless something else 11 would turn up. Did he live in acouii- i1 ty agriculturally as rich and prodtie- \ live as Newberry, and surrounded by 1 ^ generous friends like our farmers, hisi table would be also loaded weekly i* with turnips. Jle has our sympathy,1 and the OMer of a moss of the roots. I <'ome over to Jse wherry?^\\ icLtrrtj i '1 JJrruld. i The Xav York Sun Pays:?The j jnosl unsafe place in tin; world in <; which mutiny or securities can he lod?r-jt .cd is a count ry hank. It is alight set| upon a hill which cannot lie hid. Jti\ hwtn announcement where treasure jsje ,!o Ik: found. It is an advertisement to j professional thieves: "Here are ourj?i ac'eiiiuuiatcd possessions, come audit take them." We shouhl reorganizej ( t lie whole country hank practice,) i, which is now simply to pile up valua-ja hies iu paper boxes .and ad\erlisej I *vhere they are to he found, inviting' f the thieves of the,country to come anil j take them. o Out This onv? Tt May Savu Torn j' I<tkk.?'There Is no person living hut o what Butlers more or less with Luugjr luscaso, (,'ouxhs, Cold or Consumption, j c yet some would die rather than pay 751 *LLcntsli>ra hottle.of mediciue that would f f-ibotn. I>r^A,^Bosfliee's (Jerman introduced iutoL. nnauy, and fiiishes every one/ .what we s*v in |sl rhe Press and Banner. Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1876. J W. uV. I?EK, Kdiior. til in i ir ?rrr : " - j in Main Talk I'rom the Ajrent of the. |?* KrsKine Endowment i'uml. |"' tn The last number of the A. J2. 1'rcs-Kyi ?!/tiriiia contains nn overwhelminght.] eply from I>r. JIemphill, the uutiring j (<u LinI etlieient a^ent of Hit* Krskine Kn-i u, lowmeiit Fund, in reply to 1). W. j ut tciil, a writer in il?at paper, who had (jr natle a carping criticism upon the ?e ; ** ill oIImU'IiHC f 111) I .vl if MI Ol ill*. mull sum of for the annual! alary of the agent. Dr. Ifetnphill m hows clearly and fully the untiring tj, eul and successful energy with which jr() le has pressed the several endowment i;i chemes, and has kept the College cu live for twenty years?how he w:is w, he originator and chief agent in rais- t|, ng the lirst endowment in 1s"j4, under f0] vhich the College prospered until the in ;*ar destroyed the fund?how under m he most adverse ciijpumstances he iJe aised the five years' endowment?and j jai iow he has done more than any one Jvu lsu in securing funds for the present ndowment scheme. lie sets forth at j(,f L'ngth the nature and character of his tli nhors, and we believe that they arc so veil known throughout all the hurches, that they will not hegrudge he miserable pittance that has been aid as aeompensation for his services. \? I)r. Hemphill, more than any one Ise, Is Krslcine College indebted for aising the means of its sustenance, md we believe the friends of the Col L*j*e appreciate the fact. Hear him:? i- % ij... U..I.I ??i .,1 |M? M>W Wll} MMHIIU I>IU. ivv.v?v...,.v v..v ... iteduy with his "plain truths," and pounce i) me anil the board f.?r allowing mo nine undrei! dollars and expenses? I liud no hack ay, no salary to fall back on. no homes of my wn, why bejfrmljie in<* the misnrable pittance I nine hundred dollars, after all I have done ir the college durinir the last year and the ist twciitv-ilve years? With the money 1 retired to build Lindsay Hall, which wan not ltteh, and what 1 obtained for the endow r iiuvu iiriiiuriit into jiio collcsro. from Ime to time, not less than seventy-Jive thou tnd doilars, and thus kept tho machinery lied and the institution moving. If thoXyn d is proud of her college kIio may thank me >r it, for I have raised most of the ftinds nec ssnry to sustain it, If the congregations are ratoful for tho young men that ;.ro sent to Item to preach (lie everlasting gospel, and fill lieir hearts with glorious hope, they may iiank me for it, for 1 have been the agent, nder liod, of Jfeeping tho college alivo at rhich tiiclr ministers wero trained. If the ountry has been (.applied by Krskino with rachers, lawyers, dpiuors and other learned ien, slu; is indebted to me for tho college k'iiich trained them for (heir work. i'iie paid agent is now out of tho way. In Is old age and a/iiid his inllrinitles he him een thrown out on the cold charities of a old world to raise, money for Krskino, after ceping it running lor twenty years. Is it dr? A nd here comas up a brother quibbling ' out the salary that the board of trustees al jwed me, the same that 1 have always re L-ived as an agent, ami that, too, In tho lace f the 32i?,(KH? thiil I secured to the endowment, lcluding tho So.OoU paid over at I'isgah. to uy nothing of the funds paid by-iunt V\ral ace to the Seminary and tlie foreign mission ccnrcd partly through niyadvicoand agency. A nd now lei in# say to tho brother, and to II tliu brethren?ministers ikiitl inemitons 01 lie . Issoclnla Reformed Synod of thcSouth? you want the college endowed, and the liurclt supplied with ministers, und the juntry Willi teachers and other educated ten, yon must come up to the work like nion 'id christians. If the endowment lu raised at ll.il jui.'wt he raised, mainly. by the -4. K. ynod of tne South. 1 have laitorud hard noe Synod?four niontlin--und havw liot re vived seventy dollars in money yet! I have uhlUhcd an "appeal," to be Kent north and nth; have appended toit the namea of great ltd nood mon,?not of our churoh,?recom lendiiitf your col lege an worthy of support, have written letters and Pent the '"appeal" >r the north to a njujnbcrof men in tliat quar r. I have sent the appeal for thu south out est, and I have not receive a dollar yet. 'Kind t tors from sojiu'. bat no money. Gbme squaro |t to the work then, brethren every man of mi. Don't stand Rrowlintf at the board and sent. Ifynucnn't Ret money get Kuhscrlp V..J ........I.ln ,.u c,u... ?u >-nllV0ll1..l>t dliritli! le present y.car. Most of jVtu Iinyp homes of yonr own, with in! o* mul tools, iukI cows, and cotton fields, lost of the ministers have these anil salaries id. I have no farm, no salary, no horse, no ay of making a living' I preach for nothing, rlu*n I lwiA e a uluuuit; I write for nothing; I i'K muncy uow for tlie college without coni ensation ; I have been turned out like an old orsp on a barren pasture. I stand this day 11 the?A!ilin*s of "Big Hungry," und "view le landscape over." The prospect Is by no means cheering. lean nl.v pray AVitli the l'salmist, '"Cast Jue not oil' i the time uf old age; forsake me not when ly strength failoth." And now, brethren, having got rid of paid Kents. If you let thecollege go down, and tin* LlUlTll Willi ;ll, niltTUJI mill u:i.? orcu uwnv e?*p 1t running, and to uiuko It a blosnlng to lie church ami llic country, you will bring a KM potuar ,iY4>roach on tho fair name of the tssoclutc Hcl'ui ined Synod of the South. >V. 11. HEMPHILL. 'ropo^ed Cliaugo in the Election Law, The special joint committee of the wo branches of the Legislature have sported a bill which proposed to mend I lie election laws, so as to de rive the Governor of the power of ppointiug the commissioners of elec ion, who in turn appoint the maim ers at the several precincts in each 'ounty. 'J'he bill proposed to consti utc a Board of State Commissioners, (insisting of nine members, seven of hum shall be elected by the Legisla iiro, and the remaining two snail con ist of the Governor and Lieutenant iovernor; five of the members to be leeted to be chosen from the llepub ean l>arty, ni>d two from the Doino ratic party. The Board thus consu lted would wtand throe to .six?the Iovernor and two Democrats against >e lieutenant Governor and the live Lhe.r Radicals. With the power thus conferred upon if Jjoai'U to appoint 11 iu uuiiiiiu.^siuii c.Sj wild as ti result the managers of lection, and to receive the returns and eeideull contested questions, it would ot l<e difficult for the Hadical leaders > make the vote whatever they may I loose to make it. With the present iw vesting in the Governor the ap ointment of the commissioners of led ion, there is some safeguard for :ie fairness of the elections, but un er the proposed change there is none whatever, and the election machinery ould be controlled by the worst ele lentsof the Republican party. Tlie bill came up for discussion I the House last week, and had it asscd, it would doubtless have been etoed by the Governor, and Liere was some hope that there < Conservative strength enough II the Legislature to prevent its pas rge over his veto, llad it become a iw, it would be equivalent to turning ver the State bodily to the tender uercies of the most unscrupulous! tu< leiuents of the lladical party, andlW rouhl call for prompt, decisive action, I pa 11 the p:irt of our people. To use the I na t ords of the JS'civh and Courier, "the itio eople must see (hat it will be useless o oppose the Elliotts and Leslies and Vhittemores next fall, if the manage uent of the election and the decision f contested election cases is entrusted o nine commissioners, seven of whom k ill be elected by the Oeneral As-seni-j ly. The rascals feel that their only Imncf i? in ronoatiiifr. fiilst'-oountiiitr.! lid the ousting of fcueh Democrats as nay be elected in spite of them, 'his is the meaning of the amend nentsto the election law. It was in ended to give the election to the OlIiott-'NVliiitemore purty, whatever ho vote may be, and if the people of South Carolina tamely submit to such yranny, such organized fraud as this, hey will deserve no better fate than vi 11, if they do not resist, be in store ur them." MM%<? I.ill lms lieen killed in llie uu louse. ub ? ? tn SHI Ul'( I'hc Cases of l*arlccr lteforc the Supreme Court. i hu Tlio Supreme Court vacates the'}'.0 irders made by Judge Mackcy in I .1! hose east's, on the lb)lowing grounds : I4*/ It is held in Diese eases Hint nopro-|ha ision of luw exists authorizing a < *ir- (1' nit Judge t?> fiiCer another circuit, mid lerform judicial functions there with out the sanction ami coiiscut of tlic 'hief Justice. It follows that the "ircuit Judge of the sixth ciieuit Iiad 10 authority to entertain the motions 11.I tlio application for llie writ of iahe:is corpus within Die limits of theI) iltli ciivuit. A!>o held that the Circuit Judge wild not, on his own motion, without! lotlce to the opposite party, make an ! irder in the cause prejudiced to his; ^*1 iirhts?casts of contempt alone ex- j l'-v e,.u.a. % CO CO an die ex do to da SOI re: lot tii Tlic citizens of Anderson County re thoroughly organized, and it is to b hoped thu^Lr people^viU follow ^ ains, for j [hi covea'dj The Usury Low. The Legislature is now eugaged in eannual task of necking to regulate e rate of Interest on money, and us t<> make money eheap ami plenti I. Koine of the wiseacres of that body lagino that by restricting the rate of terest, money will seek investments houses and lands, and thus give an jpetus to the material progress of e country. The most natural elleet ill bo to induce the conscientious uder to hoard his money or invest it itside of the State, and to turn over e borrower to the clutches of the iscrupulous who will lind out a bull ed ways of evading the law. 'I'ltt* iv? > ,,t" iiKibiiitr mnnnv entiful and the rates of interest low, to go u> hard work, practice econo y, avoid debt, build up the produe :e rosources of the country, secure od government, and just and equal vvs, and moderate taxation, and pital will then flow in. These nild-be reformers eomraence at the e wrong end, when they attempt to rce capital, it is the handmaid of dustry and economy, and whilst it tiy be courted by wise laws, it cannot coerced by the power of the Legis ture. J t is as free an the winds and lis no man master. Let there bo an id of such legislation. "The worth a thing is what it will bring," and is applies to money as to anything >e. lie Lcklie Laud Commission Inves tigation. At the instance of C. P. Leslie, him If the former Land Commissioner, a muiitteeof the House, consisting of essrs. Livingston, Wallace and hnson,Jwere appointed to investi to a charge of breach of trust with xudulent intent, made by Mr. Al id Aldrich against the said Leslie, i account of his transactions as such >111111 l^blUI 1UI? xjwuv nai Duiumuii to appear, and claimed that the in stigation should be confined ton siu e point, the difference in the sum arged to the land commission and e amount actually expended . for nd. The Committee thought ether ise and begged to be discharged, but e House recommitted their report, dathis request excused Mr. Wal :o and substituted Mr. Orr. The matter is in good hands and we jst to see some light thrown upon e biggest swindle of modern times. mr two hundred thousand dollars of o legislative appropriation nus uut-n ..?= tally unaccounted for, whilst the iids bought have been charged to "r o State, not at the cost prices but at Va y amounts that the swindling crow '01 ought propor to lis. The swindle rw is perpetrated after the model of the ?u imujiiny frauds. 111 J W( an The Peabody Fuud. 1 Of tho Peabody Fund, last year, [l1 rginia received $23,750, North 1,'aro-1 .. ia^1G,1?50, Georgia $0,UU0; Florida;.. DO, Alabama $8,i'O0, Mississippi, $9,- . J, Louisiana $3,700, Texas snnessee $22,850, and West VTirgiuia < ,100, a grand total of $97,GoU, of Jf jieh South Carolina received noth- ? g, owing to the condition of the trj liools in this State. And there is rj > possibility of ever receiving any to nsiderable portion of Mr. Puabody's arity until the whole system is im- tl) oved. Q In answer to numerous questions, 9 Society publish the following ? les for tho distribution of the fund : Donations are not to be made to illoirf-s. Academies, or any private ... utariau or charity schools. The Society will give to well-regu .eil public free schools, continued 1 months in the year, and a verging ;hty-flve per cent, of attendance, rious amounts according to tho size the school; for one huudred pupils ree hundred dollars, and a larger jountin proportion. rhe public aie to pay for current pensea twice or three times as much the Society contributes. The schpols must bo model graded tiools, with a teacher for each fifty ipils. Applications must be made through eState Superintendents in tho be nuiug of the year. No claim can be mado for money thout a special contract, and 110 ntract will ue made for more than a ar, Under these regulations, when will r. Pea body'a money reach aouth iroliua. Tlic Third Term ill Congress. rhe Republicans of the House voted \vn the bill to amend the (..onstitu iiiso 'as to limit tho^ Presidential ice to oue term. nott closed the debate, quoting the \xim in regard to officeholders, lhat L*w die and none repigu." He pie red the allurement! of the Presidcn ,1 office as follows: A salary of $50, ), a mansion sustained in a style of miry that lew persons dream of, fur shed, repaired and heated at an uu lal expense of $50,000, with the very thut is breathed there perfurled by re exotics propagated in a $5-5,000 rden house, maintained at an annual pense of $5,000; with a privato sec tary at $.'5,000 a year to do the Presi nt'? writing, two assistant secreta 'S, [laughter] a steward at $2,000 to pply the President's tablo with the oicest winos and richest vianus tnat n tempt or satiate his appetite; with ,000 a year for books, periodicals, itionary, telegrams and?(a comical use)?"other contingencies." What lit ment he did not know, hut he linked tiod for tlio contingencies, laughter.] If the children of ls ;1 sighed for the flesh pots of Kirypt, rnt must be the anguish of a sensi e soul when taking a last, long fare ;11 oj such a salary and such luxn s? He asked the gentlemen to go me to their honest, hard-worked, er-taxed constituents, and tell them ly four years was not a sufficient lgth of time for any American citi 1 to enjoy such an office. rhe motion to recommit the bill waa t by a vote of 1G7 to 127?a tio, and a speaker voted in the negative. A to was then taken ou the passage of 2 bill and it was lost?yeas 1-14, nays f, not two-thirds. It was a strict I LJr VUCIT, uauuuii, ?* iiv ?uivu y in order to move u recousideru 11. A tin Our Naval Force at Port Royal. stores, munitions of war, and sup 03 of all kinds are being rapidly ucentrated at the new naval depot Port J loyal?ho fust that it fully itifies the apprehension of trouble th Spain. A correspondent of the w York Tribune describes the con Jon of the Spanish navy:? rhe naval {orco of an alleged form lble character, of which so much s been said, consists of six iron ids " resembling the Arapilot, re ireu several years since at the ooUIyn navy yard. They arc excei lt vessels of their kind. There are 10 11 or 12 screw frigates of the class the Clerona and Villa de Madrid; or 20 corvettes, such as the Torna , which captured the Virgin ins, and out the same numher?including insports?of smaller cruisers of the me class of the (,'hurruca. There 11 also the gunboats?of one gun ill in the United States, of which, ssihly, I'd are still afloat. At most, ere are 7.S vessels of every naval iss, including the gunboats. Jn re ru to i no eiiaracier 01 tneso vessels, may he said that the iron elads are ^ cciitionally good, and the steamer.*' not have armor sullieiently heavy resist the ordnauee of the present P y. The otJier vessels, cmhrucitig j U 1110 excellent ships of war of their' <pective elass, have been built fora ig time, and liave l?een mneh of the ne in active service in the waters ol' ibaand the I'hillippiue islands. No picture ought to bo hung higher an the height of the average human ' e, when ilie owner of the eye is! Hiding. This is a sensible rule lliaU constantly violated. "Whether Uj mos from a desire to wive pietuij id or wire, or whether the picture 3 generally of that elass to w itauce lends enchantment, it is n| ,y to ?ay, but the habit of hoisting ih< ;tures seveo\feet from the floor, wJ[ . it no realiy A^od TIIE GREAT COLLAPSE. Another Loss Realized. Tbc Columbia papers bring us tbe lelligence of the failure of the uthern Life Iusurance Company, fcli the statement that they go into Unitary bankruptcy. We copy from jday's lief/inter:? 'Isisuiian'cb Failithe. ? Wednctt y night the telegraph brought the J intelligence to this community of e failure of the Southern Life lnsu nco Comnauy, of Memphis. Messrs. igood & Truotlon, the agents in this y, aro unacquainted with any of the rticulara connected with the failure, call upon these gentlenun yestcr y failed to elicit any information jrth giving to the public, as the an unccment was as greatja surprise to urn as it was to everybody olsa, irious parties recently deceased ill 1 .__i:? IS CODllllUniiy Were puiiuj iiuihuio this company, and the beneficiaries i) illy able to lose the amounts due em by the company. It is to bo de utly honod that the company may enabled to make some sort of com oinise wljereby the policy holders' irn may be at loast partially secured, le telegraph state* their liabilities to a large sum. The an uncement of the company's petition r bankruptcy created considerable rprise and oxcitement on the street 'stcrday. Attention is directed to e carcl of Hagood &, Truetleu, iu other column." IIU 1? THEATRICAL TRAGEDV. Terrible Sccno at Robinson's Op era Ilouae, Cincinnati. Cry of Fire Causes the Stampede of a Crowded House, and lUany Lives Are Lout. Cincinnati, Feb. 5. ? During the rformance of the "Allegory on the eat Republic" at Robinson's opera iuse, this evening, a stampede was used by an alarm of tire causelessly ised by a mischievous boy in the llery. The building was filled from rquotto to gallery with a dense iss, which not only filled all the its and aisles, but crowded the stair iys, while hundreds were outside iking to gain admission. Behind o scenes wore 500 children who were take part in the performances. As the time approached for the com sncementof the exercises, a calcium ;ht in the gallery Hashed a glare ou o stage, ami lmmeuuueiy me cry ui ? was raised. The audience became nic stricken, and a rush was made r the stairways. The steps are nar \r, and soon became blocked by the rging crowd inside the house, press g for the doorway, and in the panic )men and childreu wore overthrown d tram plod upon. The alarm rapidly spread through e city, and those who had wives and ildren there, hurried forward to eir rescue. A fow heroic, forced omselves near the doorway and en avored to assure the people there is no danger, and an effort was made mi the stage to check the mad career ?lin nrt'riirlifoH finrli<*lir>ft hllfc niliot is not restored till a number were unpleU to death, and many were se >usly injured. Those who were able walk, at once made their way home, lose more seriously hurt, were taken 98 street station house and the Corn arcial hospital, aud the dead were thered in one of tho offices of the iera house. Ten persons wero killed da lar^e number severely wounded. :ciaion in UIuo Riilgo Railroad Case. rudge Bryan has made the follow ? t t i- ii.. ?*1. ? 1)1... I decision in inu eiisc ui mo uiuc dge Railroad Company, bankrupt. It is ordered that K. k. Scott, tlie rchaserof the property sold under a order of the Court, on tlio 22d of tober, 1874, do forthwith pay into e Court the cash portion of hia bid on the said sale, to wit: The sum of irty-six thousand and fifty dollars, K5,U50) and that thereupon the Clerk the Conrt, after deducting the costs sale heretofore ordered, to be ascer ned by 8. E. Hagood, do pay over e same to tho bondholders under o deed of trust or mortgage of the th April, ]Ko4. GEORGE S. BRYAN, lited States Judge, District of South Carolina. January 31,1STG. The Tax Bill for Next year. fho committee of ways and means s proposed but nofyet considered a t bill for next year. Providing au aggregate levy for ite purposes of 8j mills, not inclu lj; the .Bonanza tax, which amounts 1 i mills. The Governor was pros tat the meeting of the committee, d addressed them at length upon 2 necessity of Reducing expenses. ) strenuously urged such a reduc n as wonld only call for a tax levy about 8 mills next year, including c "Bonanza tax. Hie Senate Finance Committee ve also reported the House bill to re ce salaries with amendments ma ig reductions to the amount of sixty jusand dollars. Sin. MaksiiaMj Haddon has gone housekeeping in fill's. Archer's use ou Main Street near the Public uare. Mr. James Giuert caught a dog llinga sheep last week. That dog now out of the mutton market. IEIIIUM DARK Stylish Prints, Homespuns, Spool Silks, &c., just oivod at tho EMPORIUM OF FASHION, ^cb. 9. 187<3 4-l-tf < HEAT REDUCTION in Flannol f Sacks, Shawls, Worsted Goods, rs, <fcc., at tho EMPORIUM OF FASHION, ^ob. 9, 1876 44-tf >UPILS WANTED?A liKly thor oughly compotont, and able to givo i best reference*, will give instructions tho Piano. Pupils atloiulcd at their lies. Terms?flo per quartor, payable mthly. Apply at this oflieo. fob. 0, 1S70 44-1 m TIGENE B. GARY, TTORNEY AT LAW, Abbeville L (J. 11., S. C. Special attention to i collection of claims. [Feb. <J, ly FOlt SALE. Pratt's Shoals on Little River. ITH this valuable water power the iCt of two hundred and sixteen <fs will be Bold on accommodating nis 10 an approved purcnaser. ror rticulars, apply to JOHN PliATT, Duo West, S. C. ?eb. 8, 187G, 3m* SCHOOL NOTICE, WILL BE IN MY OFFICE AT Abbeville Court House, from the JtST to tluo EKJHTH of every mth, to audit and approve all school liuis against the County. Holders such paper take notice, and govern urselves accordingly. J. F. C. DuPRE, School Commissioner, Feb. 9, 187(5 44-21 MINGHAM" & TEMPLETON /H AY ALWAYS UK FOUND jq at their .Store with u hundsoine ?ck of goods, wliicli they have light low. They arc satisfied with urt profits. All manner of Grocer and Staple Goods, of thetbest qual , can be bought from tht^U at bot n prices. They will be glafl to show 2ir goods to any who may cpll Cm of < last slid vio C( Coi the wh aeu COO C3P ? RKS ^ g*-3>-3>-3 *"*' S-OOO CD \r* s?-?-y< 5? ? =-.? = H S. P H s> :? WS- O O 3 {h > re !T A l2. Hd O Htf ^ J > 2- u . * =r* zl ^ ~ ^uj" re ^ j = tj B wjflp 5 J ^>H5-.' n im>* S " rtSBa to hd ? g" -B3 H g ? "s W *2 = = H * y k?4 ?? ? ~ H- C-K Pi ? N o *> 835 Q 8 6 B a ? o I'DQNALD&HADDON WTTT.T, CONTINUE THEIR If ~ business at the samo stand, i will keep constantly on hand a sh and well selected Stock of eneral Merchandise, allof which will be sold at tlio )WEST CASH PRICES!! mfectioneries and Cigars A SPECIALTY. Jive us a call, and we will prove iat wo say. llespectfully, !'DONALD&H ADDON fresh Arrivals this woek ? Dry odsand Groceries. reb. 9,1878 44-3t SHERIFF'S SALE. J, Wilson, Auctioneer, J. J. Lee, against M. McDonald, Win. Hill, et al. Judgment for Foreclosure. *Y virtue of a decree of the Courl Common Pleas, in the above case, 3 II sell to the highest bidder, at Pub Auction, within the legal hours ol e, at Abbovile Court House, on >uday, the b of March, A. D. 1876, t following described property, to All that tractor parcel of lund, jate, lying and being in the Town Abbeville, in the County of Abbe lo, South Carolina, and known as I cDonald & Adafhson Bar, anil containing i F^et Front and 28 Rear, ng- nearly a squaro fronting on .in Street, bounded by Lota of I). \Teal, L. D. Bowie, being the Lot jght from T. M. Christian and J. Wilson. jevied on and to bo sold as the prop s'of M. McDonald, at the suit of J. Lee, to satisfy the aforesaid Igmeht und costs. TERMS. )ne-tliircl Cash; remainder on n dit of twelve months, with bond 1 mortgage to secure the purchase ney. 'urchaser to pay for papers. L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff Abbeville County. iheriff's Office, I ],cb. 0, 1876 41-31 | SHERIFF'S SALE. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. M. Jordan, Administrator, ?fcc., against J. W. Lipscomb. EXECUTION. tY virtue of an Execution to me acted, in the above stated ca.?e? I 1 sell to tbe highest bidder, at Pub Auction, within the legal hours of i, at Abbeville Court House, on uday,the k of March, A. D. 1876, following described property, to All that tract or parcel of land, iate, lying and being in Ninety Township, in the County of Abbe e, South Carolina, and known as le J. W. Lipscomb Place, and containing 150 Acres, more or less, I bounded by lands of Guss Grlffiq, "ken Carter, ])avi?, and others. ,evied 011 and to be sold a? the prop y of J. W. Lipscomb, at the uuit 3. M. Jordau, Administrator, to isfy the aforesaid Execution aud Is. ERMS CASH. L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff Abbeville County, heriff's Office, I NOTICE TO iUNTY CLAIMANTS! o ["OTICE Is hereby given to all par I ties having claims against till* inty tiiai the meeting of the Hoard 'oinmisnioncr.s will be held on the ..Saturday of each month. Claims uld tie presented a few days p re us to the meeting. n/\Tvm i A1TTJQ HUD A. dUJLlXjO, Chairman li. Co* Coin's. Vb. 1. ISTfi, 4?_-:!fc Notice to : )UFJT CLAIMANTS. % OTIC1K is hereby given lo all per sons\]mvin>r claims against tin* jnty thatypayment will be made on Inst Saturday in every month, at ich time^lone claims must bo pre ted. Goods at Cost. All descriptions of Goods, embracing READY-MADE CLOTHING, Boots, Shoes, Hats, HOSIERY, NOTIONS, AND DRY GOODS, AT COST FOR CASIf, AT Qnarlcs & Perm's. Feb. 1,1870, 43-tf - BLANKS OF THE MOST APPROVED FORMS, FOK SALE, AT THE Press & Banner Office. Rent Mens, Liens on Crops, Mortgage of Personal Property, Mortgage of Real Estate, k Title Deeds, Trial Justice's Blanks. T he State of South Carolina COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In Probate Court. J In the matter of tho Estate of Wil liam Price, deceased. I John Deason, Administrator. ALSO ordered, that the crditors of said estate be and they are here by required to flje and prove their (tumnnrfo in tliio nn nr lmfnrfl f lir?* I said day of the final accounting of said estate, (4th of March, 1876,) or be de , barred, and that a popy pf this order relating to creditors be published by the Cleilc pf this Court for one month , in the Abbeville Press and Banner. THOS. B. MILLFORD, (Seal.) Judge Probate, A. C. Feb. 1st, 1876, 4t* The foregoing is a true copy. ] Attest, J. C. WOSMANSKY, V Clerk C. Pro. A. C.J Notice of Sale. I WILL sell for Cash at Dorn's Gold Mine, on the 2flth instant, all Notes belonging to tho estate of WM. PUTCE, deceased, which were appraised as doubtful and worthless. i / vi r XT np A unv A <1.vi iii iaf rn fitr jvnm 1/u.iuv/j.i Feb. 1, 1876,2t* CORN! CORN!! BED OATS! WHEAT BRANT FOR SALE BY BARNWELL & CO. Jan. 20, 1870 42-tf WIER'S HOTEL. ABBEVILLE^C. H. EGULAR BOADERS SOLTCfT , ed, at reduced rates. Its patrons will be welcomed as usual, aim uuiw their Jierctofore liberal patronage will enable it to wear well the ensuing year. JNO. A. WIER, Proprietor, gDec. 28,1875 38-tf ' Pay Your Accounts ! W' E ARE NOW PREPARED TO receive all monies due us for the past, and as it is the beginning of the Centennial year, our patrons will And no more convenient season than the present. Come in and you will find your-accounts properly made out, and ureaiis iniu >tv;u. H. W. LAWSON & CO. Jan. 20, 1870 42-3t II A NDRET H\S FRE8H AXD H i Genuine Garden Seed, also Jobn uoii, Robbin'9 & Co.'u Garden and Flow er Seed, all at reduced prices, by H. W. LAWSON & CO. Jan. 20. 1870 42-3t Dr. H. D. JDJSNl ABEEVII OFFICE OVER TH Sept. 8, 1875, 22-tf ' CARPETS! ,UTt Senior having visited Now York and cod in our liue niul at prices cheaper thii war, wo now oiler to tlio public a great 1 namely: IIRUSSELS CARPETS at 91.10 to 9 Til It EE PLYS at *1,35 to *1.50 per INGRAINS at 50 cents, 75 cents, *2.0 FLOOR OIL CLOTHS from 50 cents ported English Coods. A lull assortment of WINDOW SHADE houses and store use from SI to $.1. Also to h WINDOW CORNICE and PICTURE FR1 citj. Also, a new stock of NOTTINGHAM Now Pattern#, varying in prico from to $1? 5.000 Rolls Wall Papora. Bordors and Pap ('all early and make selections. vw?iii Hi is rlntfl our nrice for making and l If you want your carpets made send exact JAMES G. Nov. 24, 1875, 32-3m WALLER & MERCHA GREEN W0( ARE now offering to the public in the line of all Mie (food* generally lieec THEIR SI have beeu selected wilh great o I READY - MAD 'A FINE STOCK OF A good ass Groceries, Hardware, Crc to which th? attention of purchasers is i; Tax Notice. ii ran / OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER, y AdueMJLLK, Jan. 18. 1870. J THE books of the County Treasure uro now opeu for the collection o State and County taxes for the presen nscai year at Aunevme court ?iouse. The time for the collection of taxe has beon extended until the Fifteenth of Februarj next, after which time the ponalty o twenty per cent, will attach to all u? paid taxes. After that timo tho Treas uror is required by law to enforce th collection of the same by distrain ;an< sale of the personal property of the tax payer. The total rate per centum of taxatioi is as follows, viz: For State purposes 11 mills County Current Expenses 3 41 payment of County i?ast indebtedness 3 M payment of County defi ciency for 1875 J 14 relief of widows and or phans... J 44 A poll tax of $1 on all males bet wee i Ihe ages of 21 and 50 years^tvho are nc physically unable to earn a eupporl will be collected. In addition to the above there will b collected a special tax for school purpc ses in the different school districts, a follows, viz: Ninety-Six School District, 1 mil Greenwood Cokesbury Donnaldsville Due West Dong Cane Smith ville White Hall Indian Hill Cedar Springs Abbevillo Diamond Hill Lowndesvillo Magnolia Calhouu's Mills Bordeaux ' U it " 3J " 2 " u By tho advice of the Board of Equa ization for the County, whoso duty it i to designato the points at which Hi Treasurer will attend for tho collectio of taxes, the books will be opened onl at Abbeville Court House. T. N. TOLBEBT, Co. Treasurer. Jan. 18,1878, 41-tf J. T. Robertson TILL HAS A REMNANT O] STOCK ON SALE, at pricc BELOW COST I At the old Stand, now occupied b Messrs. DuPre, Uuinbrell & Co. I AM NOW CLOSING MY BUS! ness, aud I expect all who owe xii to make Immediate Payment and I hope that I will not have to resoi to a legal process to enforce collectioni J. T, ROBERTSON, Nov.tf 17,1875 32 WILSON, CIST, L.iLiE3. S. O, E POST OFFICE. CARPETS! purchased a full stork of all fioods ombre 11 we luivo boon able to obtain trinou tli nanj leading articles at auto-bollum price: 1.50 per yard. yard. 0 and 91.25. per square yard and to the Finest Im IS and in all sizes and colors for prival and, and now opon, the largos! stock < iMfc. MOULl>IN<iS ever exhibited in thi LACE CURTAINS in endless variety t 1 each Window. ;or Shades. laying Carpets will be 10 eonla per yard. BAILIE & BROTHER, 205 Brother Street. BROTHER, .3STTS AT 3D, S. C, ilr no\v and handsome buildinh, a fu led in this community. TOCK OF JSSSS' arc, and unusually attractive. E CLOTHING. BOOTS AND SHOES ortmcnt of >ckery, and Glassware. EMPORIUM MILLINERY & In all the UK STOCK THTS SEASON I made our own selections witl embraces all the latcat styles and no sold on the cash system, and at the 1 JAM! Sopt, 29,1875, 25-tf uicoib ucuui j Dry Goods, Boots, SI At the low prices of the W. ROS , Granite Bang< de^ GENERAL ft HAVING purchased my Stock c and Philadelphia, I am now place andsurrounding country, a hi everything in a first-class Dry Goo : DRESS GOODS, WH ' Hats, Soots an GLASSWA h ' and a 1 Having an unsurpassed stock of ? that 1'cau *ell goods cheapcr than t Cct. 7, 1875, . Barnwell &C< Are daily, receiving a ditiona to their Stock, cons ing of STAPLE DRY GOOD! Hats and Clothing, BOOTS AATD SHOES THEY KEEP CONSTANTLY < HAND, ALSO, A FULL LINE OF Groceries, Bacon and Lard, Meal and Flour, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrv A FIXE LOT OF SUGAR CORED HAMS Oct, 5,1875 26-tf ' * CUNNINGHAM AND . TEMPLETG 4 T*T7? T)1?m B-H IWJDVJii v j'ijy aili/ i JtJH. ed their large Stock of all kii oi goods. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Caps, Ha Hardware, Crockery, Saddlery, & CALL AND SEE J-'UK iul HELVES. Oct. 0, 1875 2G-tf EMPORIUM OF FASHIO! . Doc. 8, 1875, 35-tf THE ALSTON HOUS 1876. THE MISSES CAT Ell STI keep "THE ALSTON liOUS I open for both permanerit and trail si ! Hoarders. Thankful for past patr | age, they hope, l>y renewed ene I and application to business, to mer good share of patronage. j Jan. 5, 1S70 l!)-lf | The Best HoiisehoU Oil the Worl IC. WEST & SONS' ALADDIN SK< ltlTY OIL. WARRANTED 150 I) KG UK KM FIRE T1 Endorsed by Fire Insurance Com pan Head the following eertillcate, lectod from many others: llnu':ml Fire Ins. Co. of lialtiiiior December 23, 1*7-1. Messrs. 0. West it Sons : (tantieme Having used the various oils sold in eitv lor illuminating purposes, I t pleasure in recommending your "A] din Security" as the sal'est and best e used in our "household*- Yours, trulv, AXDJtKWI KJ0K.SK, Pros* OF FASHION, Li, 1873. . * - ?=? . ... ; LADIES' GOODS, Latest Styles, is more extensive than ever, and having i great care, can assure our lady friends velties to be had in market. (Jooda still lovvefit cash prices. ' iS A. BOWIE, 1 * * ' Lgent Emporium o? Fashions. ction in Prices OF ' ^ .'."if ioes, Clothing, &o., &c.f " good old times before the war. ENBERG, e, Abbeville C. H., - . f'-&? . ' -V 'W; U^ER m u ' ' lEKCHAJNJJISJfc. ' "V i * ?f Goods ot the best houses In New York prepared to exhibit to the people of this irge and well selected stock?embracing >ds house, such aa ? ITE GOODS, CLOTHING, d Shoes, Trunks, RE, CROCKERY, arge Stock of . }Oti roods in my Hue I feel satisfied in saying >vcr. All I ask Is one fair trial. . rnwruiDrr VtUllUAJLUDjU Columbia, ' S. O. JNMHttj T>T?OT>Tf.TTCTOR. MANUFACTURER OF STE-A-M ENGINES AND BOILERS Iroii and Brass Castings of nil descriptions made to Orfcr? ' r I WAS awarded tho flrafr premium on castiiijfH at tho State Agricultural and Mechanical Society Faira, held in Colum bia, Koveiubor, 1871, '72'anfl '73. * Circular Saw Mills of all siztjto. : Atao took tho FIRST PREMIUM at State Fair* held Novomber,?lS74, '72, '73. Manufacturer o* - ;t: GRIST MILLMRONS r ^ of all sixe?.| ^' . For Sale, Giu Geuriiig.-ofjlh# following sizes : 9 foot .wheel an<( pinion.,*.... >10 00 10 " - ' ' !! 3-J 00 11 " 12 " " 14 " " With Bolts $3.50 Extra 1 Anti-friction plates and I'roda ?10.00 aiid |li00 , D. B. SMIT3 Abbevillo, Doc. 10, 1875, 35-tf Oi) w 45 00 50 00 feach net. i for Cotton Fset. f?nt, TO THE SADIES! WOULD CA tiou to my Stl Millinery which is now the latest novt have also co| with Millinery,] services of id Notions lete, embracing all i of the season. I ?eU Dress-Making I"have procured tho vfntr who will be and make y styles, and and ability beeu appr ally. Give me i.sfuctiou depurtmei AOS. Sept. 23,1! Mraisr, at all times to cut dreams in the latent Mflose well-known taste. ifi/Uiis line have always by the ladies gener ?H, and I guarantee sat i styles and price iu both [. M. WHITE. 34-tf RA7HBON: W I? * .^v E> I LL K" cut 011 rt?>* it :i ACORN COOK. With or without Portable Hot Water Reservoir atad CloMti Sos't ba7 as old-fuUsned Stow, bat pt est / With all latest improvements. Largest Oven and Flues. Longest Hrc Box for iong wood. Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Flro Box Bottom?In sures a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast. -Swing Hearth and Ash Catch. Won't soil floor or carpet. Durablo Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers. Burns but little wood. Has Mica or Solid Iron Front. Carefully Fitted Smooth Castings. No Old Scrap Iron* Nickel Plated Trimmings, Tin Lined Oven Doors. Ground and Silver-like Polished Ed?es and Mouldings. Heavy. Best New Iron: Won't crack. WAE2ANTED SATJSrACTOST. Manufactured by ^ BATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, N. Y. Bold by an Enterprising Dealer in < H. W. Laws on ; Abbeville, :<v. 17, u