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News Items. Ji:fk. Davis l?>^t his suit against bis brother's estate for j70,00<). See notice of extension of the time for paying taxes until the loth March. A Detroit wife struck at an Indian, inn dream, and broke nor hubby's no>e. Port Royal lots that weiv olferod six mouths ago at are now h<-ld at $1,000. Messrs. Xash, Meotze and I;. Cain have been eluded iietfents of J.uuaiic Asylum, The Minnesota House has defeated a i>ii: appropriating s'-j,vw iui u v-cw tcunial dispJav. There was more drinking at Ander son on Sale Day than had been lor six months previous. A fire in Broadway New York last week destroyed property to the amount of three millions. On Monday last an intoxicated man was thrown from his horse near An derson, and his leg broken. The" Williamston Female College opened its .Spring session with eighly three pupils on the lirst day. Thk Charleston Chamber of Com merce have declared in favor of a re duction of the city tax to two pur cent. Mr. liobt. Lft'.enby, of North Caro lina, chopped wood with a>2 ux?be has the ax yet, but is minus three toes. Thp hfirs of one Jeuiiinirs who died years ago are laying ciaiins to the grounds where stands the city of At lanta. The Hon. A. H. Stephens is still confined to his bed in his Georgia home and has no hope of regaining his health. Senator Ilollinslu-ad has presented the petition of the Agricultural and Mechanical Society of Abbeville pray ing State aid. liY a recent decision of the Supreme Court of tU? .State Trial .1 ustiees have exclusive jurisdiction in cases ot petit larceny, A negro near Oxford drank, it ia supposed, about a half gallon of ar dent spirits the other day, and died almost instantly. Go to Texas, young man. The sooner you go there the sooner you'll ?ome back and settle down coutciui-u in your good old native State. A party of ladies and gentlemen from Augusta were entertained on board of the United States frigate Swatora, at Port ltoyal, last weolt. On last Monday afternoon at about four o'clock, Mr. John IX King fell from lib mule while on his way homo from Anderson, and broke his neck. It is now discovered that the exiled Hebrews never hung their barns upon the willows of Babylon, because there .are no wiliows there. They were pop lars. A New York farmer's cows observed him as he drove home in a freshly i).aiuted wagon, and that night tiie.y licked the paint oil*. Next day all ol them died, Preseut indications point to n long fusion of Congress, prouauiy umn July, if uo later. And when it is closed the saint* indications are that nothing will have been done. There is but one verdict, and that is that in thrirty-three years Dr. .Hull's Cough Syrup has never failed to euro ji Cough, Cold, or npneral Hoarseness. At drug stores. Price, Uo cents; live bottles, ?1. Iris said that Geraniums and C'al ceolunlis, will expel tiio common house fly from a room. If this is true window gardening will henceforth bt considered a source of comfort as wel as of pleasure, Chicago and Saint Louis arc already putting forward their respective claims to he chosen as the place loi the meeting of the national democrat ic convention. Up to this time St. Louis neems to be decidedly the mort popular. It is said that the General Assembly ? ..... until the last O March. Where will theStatebe then! You've done enough men ; go home for God'asalie.? Orangeburg Scu-6 ant Times. * 111 Franco the postal cards appear ir great variety because it is legal foi any man to make his own, the pay ment being by an adhesive stamp. The result is that some are ornamented with elaborate designs on card-board -of various colors and materials. The Southern Presbyterian says thai the demand for Palmer's Life 01 Thornwell has been so great that an other edition Is called for; and thai the publishers have decided to issue i pecond edition. There are still t?e vera.' copies for subscribers in the hands oi Messrs. Cunningham &Tcmpleton. Tns1 series of amendments to the State Constitution proposed by Sena tor Cochran, of Anderson, passed tlx Senate last week by a vote of 2ij to '2 They are substantially the sauie a: those published aud commented on In the State press before the meeting o the Legislature. The average number of inmates pe day of the penitentiary for the tirs three month* of the last fiscal yea was 148. There are nosv 3o9 in con finemeut. There are about 00 inmate of the various county jails lo bo sen to the penitentiary. The snperinten dent requires an appropriation of a least $40,000 for its maintenance. ~ Now the average Elberton lassie sit near the window the live-long day and counts all the white horses tha pass. We asked one what it meant and with a far-a-way look in her eyes and her mouin inn m uuiuj ?n. sweetguni, mumbled out somethinj about fifty gray horses, shaking hand and marrying.? Mba'ton Gazette. The democrats of this County d< not allow a few hundred oppositioi votes to intimidate them ami eausi them to give up the fight without ma king a strong hold effort. Give us : good ticket for our votes and we wil increase the two Imndren majority <> last year to five at the next elect ion. Union Times. Many of our Southern cotempora ries have commenced urging farmer to raise their own food supplies, as ha been customary for a long time at thi teason of the year. Heretofore, farm ers have paid little heed to the soum advice of having their corn cribeam smoke housesat Home ; now, howi-vim the idea seems to have found mani adherents* and the coining season wil probably see the S<>uih more indepen dent of the West than ever before. Nashville American. The Orangeburg Xcivt and Time says: "It is thought Gov. Chamber Jain will be th? nominee of theRepub liean party for Vice-President. ]{< is tlie candidate of the News and Time in thiswise: first, for Vice-President second, for Governor of jS6utii Caro Jina, provided the National Con veil tion should be fool enough to forget s< respectable a man. He's about tin only one who ever tried to make Re publicans respectable in the South." A State Convention of the Unior Republican party of South Oarolim will be held in Columbia, on Tuesday the eleventh daj' of Aprils 1870, at i: o'clock M., in the Ktatc i-iousc, ror uu purpose of choosing fourteen delegate? to represent the Union IteruiMican party of the fetaU; in the National Convention of the Union Republican pirty, to he convened at the city oi Cincinnati, Ohio, on tin; 14th day ol June next. On saleday last a difficulty occurred l.. ?> of 1-L'irinvcll Mild Oh( ill A l/cij mau was killed und two other* dan gerously wounded. The lifDiir its one of tlte most serious that has occurred in our town for fif teen years, and we believe tin; first in that time in which ii life was taken, Tiie Coroner held au inquest on Tuesday over the dead body. The ju ry rendered a verdict in aceordai.ee with the facts, viz: That the said Thomas Hogg came to his death from effects of a pistr^fchot ' in UfiJ -Burnt The Press and Banner. W. A. LEE, Edit ox*. ; Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1876. i r | Short Sighted Policy of tue South. The Hon. R. M. 'J\ Hunter, llie di.s ! tiiiguisiiuij statesman of Virginia, lias | written a letter to the Hon. L. Q. 0. Lamar, of Mississippi, in which he j reprecales theinlerpositiou of extreme I Stale rijrhts doctrines, to prevent the construction of the Southern i'acilic ! Railroad, und exposes the short sight ed policy of the South in urging e<>n stitutionid objections to an appropri at ion for its own benefit, which are entirely disregarded by the unscrupu lous N?*jrlh, whilst the interests 01 its A?rn L'iwit utlt l)?i V'O lt?>OT) I>11i 1 r nn :it the expense of the other, and the South j has been loft with little to boast of !except its cherished principles. The same views are admirably enforced in a recent article of the Baltimore C'a j:c((c, as follows; "The policies of tho two sections I upon alt this class of subjects have essentially dillercd. The South, through her representatives in Con gress and in the (iovernmcnt, has al j ways contended for a siriet coustruc jtion of the constitution. The North j has always given it the widest and most liberal interpretation. Jt has been the policy of the one to take jnothing from the general government. ! It has been the policy of the other to jtake everything she could gut. At the end of the first hundred years we find the accounts between the two isections standing thus: For internal improvements North, ?190,000,000; internal improvements South, $19, j<100,00!). In other worda, four or five j Northern utxl Western cities wumij; ! I lie last five years have obtained for i the erection of post offices alone as have been expended in a century in work8 of every description in all' the .Southern States. The $l'JO,KH),oOt> expended in this way in the West and North have largely contributed to swell its numer ' ical majority, and are every day con tributing to the same result. Year after year the interest iscompoundiug, and there is nothing left to the South but a barren, worthless ideality. I Along the lino of Pacific Railroads I new territories are carved out year by year, and new States are knocking for admission to the Union. The South ern country stands still?the same to l.ltivr (i? she was twenty years ago. J How many years will it be before she is outstripped in the rn^e, and with a [territory?not the territory embraced ' by the old political lines, but the nat ural geographical lines across the con tinent?how long will it be before she [ shall find herself comparatively with jout representation in Congress? To ! hold her own. the 8011th must do as I the North and West are doing?build IJ railroads, open up the forests and the I waste placed to civilization and settle ( ment. Democratic Meeting.9 ;! On Monday, the 7th inst., the Dera jocratic party of the County held a { meeting at Newberry, in pursuance of j a call from Y. J. Pope, J'xj., County 1 anil adopted resolutions I denouncing the recent election of Whipper and Moses, urging u thor i ptigh organization of the party in each ; tow nship, and recommending the ap ipointment of delegates to a County I Cemocratic Convention to meet on the j Oth of March next. Among other res olutions, the following was unani Imously adopted:? j licso/vcd, That we heartily applaud the efl'orts of his Excellency, Daniel i H. Chamberlain, Governor of this I .State, to correct the errors of the Leg I islature, to prevent the consummation | of its criminal purposes, and to secure honesty and intelligence in public I oflioes; and that we hereby pledge (ourselves to use our utmost endeavors | to sustain and assist him in such, his i most commendable but most arduous undertaking. On the same day an enthusiastic meeting was held in Sumter, at which resolutions of a similar character were adopted, and also the following, guar anteeing protection to the colored race Hesolvcd. That the Democratic party ' of Sumter County d? sire to pledge to i the colored people their sacred honor that if they attain success in the com ing election, they will 'do nothing to i injure them in their rights of person or property, but will, protect them in the enjoyment of all legal franchises, i At Lexington on the ?ame day, res llolutions were unanimously adopted I endorsing the principles and purposes of the address of the State Executive I Committee, pledging the support of j the County, and providing for theap jpointmeni of working committees in , | each township. ;| ? I; Official Records, federal and C011 f federate. The Secretary of War Iielknap in a : letter to the Secretary of the Southern Historical Society at Richmond asks ?ifortheuse of all original documents . either Federal or Confederate pertain s j in# to the late war, which will be re n turned to the owner, after being eop f icd. He states, for the information of those interested, mat uie department is not only willing, but anxious to ob r tain every report, telegram, or order \ emanating from either side during the ' 1 late war, and lias no thought whatever "jofdiscriminating in favor of one section ? ] as against another in their publication, j the only object being to place on record "I in an oilicial form for the use of histo I rians and others interested, all the da ta iu its possession on this subject. It b will l?e esteemed a favor if'any geutle , | man, either residing in the North ot tj South, will communicate with this de , j partmcnt that they have knowledge ol 'such records and will place at its dis 11 posal, temporarily Or permanently, ??any official data relating to the war, si I n't his way the work could be made j much more complete and satisfactory i than it otherwise would be. It maj 5be interesting to you to know that un Mderthe appropriation made by Con * i press for the publication of the records, *; considerable progress has been made ] i in the preparation made by data rela }.: ting to both the Northern and South {cm, armies which might be mad< " i much more complete if access could i be had to'matter not now in the custO' -!dy of the government." Nash on the Salary Jliil. ; The sable Senator from Ilichlanc 1; thus pave utterance to his hostility tt I j the bill for reducing salaries, as reporl ?|ed by the correspondent of the i\'cWz ' !and Courier:? He thought that Governor Chamber j Iain was a "pood enough" man; was, j in fact, an able man, but he was lia i !>le to makes mistakes, and he for one j would only take his recommendations j for what they were worth. Jivery j body could see that this was a blow i aimed at Kepublican otticcnoitlers. i Why don't you cut dosvu lawyers" i "costess" and sheriff "costess, in stead of striking these audi lorn and | treasurers. We want our friends in ; these Democratic counties to have Hit : means of upholding Kepublican ism in ; their counties, and how can they do it i on $400 a year? Besides, who can ral J !y tlie Kepullenns in thc.-e Democratic counties but the comity auditors, treas . urers and trial justices appointed by j the Governor. You must give them a i chance and the means to "go round" 'and talk to the people. Then this sa ? i .1 ..iv .. . i bie fcjoion oraiictn'ii uij imu u jcm? spectofhis experience 'in tie olden I time," and prolonged his speecli to an I extent that wearied everybody. LEGISLATIVE, Tlio House has parsed a concurrent resolution to adjourn on the ?>d iust. The bill to divide the State into live i Congressional Districts has passed the ! House. j The bill to provide fur the redemp tion of the bills of the Bunk of the State, was tabled in the House by u j vote of 73 to 15, but will be taken up ;again, and a substitute offered. i It is supposed that Whittemore's j bill to re-arrange the Circuits so as *o [legislate Whipper and Moses out of 'ofliee, will pass. The Legislatu ^ tcHI adjourn with out passing a t^Toill for the next year. f I Mr. Davis' Letter iu Reply to ttlaiuers Charges. Ex-President Davis has written a letter to Judge Lyons, of Richmond, Va., in reply to Mr.. Blaine's charges of his responsibility for the sutl'erings |of the prisoners at Andersonville, iu ; which he shows that the attack could | only be prompted by a desire to make | party capita.', and is disproved as well > K I by records, Federal and Confederate,, o :as by numberless witnesses. The ft speech of lien Hill indeed furnished hi |an exhaustive refutation of thecharge, | which is uow brought forward as oue ; of the most elM-ctive measures of party I warfare. Mr. Davis says:? j The published fact of'au attempt toi suborn Wii/, when under sentence of J , deatii, by promising him a pardon if! ! he would criminate me in regard tolf ' Andersonville prisoners, is conclusive! ias to the wish of the government to!f< i make such a charge against me, and j (clie failure to do so shows mat notning could be found to sustain it. May wo I not say the evidence of my iuuocence I was such tljat Holt and Conover, with ] their trained band of suborned wit ! ri esses. dared not make against me this charge ?the sume which Wirz for his life would not make, but which Jiiaino for the Presidential nomina tion has made ? Til 10 liKADINO FACTS. Now let us review Lite leading facts of the case. The report of the Confeder ale Commissioner for the Exchange jof prisoners shows how persistent ami liberal were our dibits to secure the relief of captives. Failing in those attempts, I in>tructed General It. E. Lee to go, under a lia? of truce, audi seek an interview with General Grant; to represent to him t!ie sutlering and death of federal prisoners held by us; to explain the causes which were be yond our control, and to urge in the name of humanity the observance of I the cartel for the exchange of prison ' ere. To this, as to all previous appeals, a deaf ear was turned. 1 will not at tempt from memory to write the re port made to me of the incidents of this mission. Lee no longer lives to defend the cause and country he loved so well and served so elHciently, but General Grant cannnot fail to remem ber so extraordinary a visit, and his objections to executing the cartel are well known to the public. But who ever else may choose to forget my ef fort* in this rwcard. the prisoners at | Andoraonvilie and the delegates I per- I | mitted them to send to President Lin- ^ coin to plead for the resumption of ex- jj change of "prisoners cannot fail to re- s member how willing I was to restore ^ them to their homes and to the com- [ forts of which they were in need, pro v vided the imprisoned soldiers of the j Confederacy should be in like iuauner v released and returned to us. t THIS FOUL ACCUSATION, though directed specially against me, ? was no doubt intended ami naturally must be the arraignment of the South, by whose authority and on whose be- (j half my deeds were done. It may be ' presumed,that the feelings and the 1 habits of the Southern soldiers were J understood by me, and in that con nee- f tiou any fair minu would perceive m my congratulatory orders to the army after a victory in which the troops were most commended for their ten derness* and generosity to the wounded and other captives, as well the in stincts of the person who issued the order as the knightly temper of the ] soldiers to whom it was addressed. It r is admitted that the prisoners in our . I hands were not as well provided for as s I we would, but it is claimed we did as o I well for them as we could. Can the other side say as much? To the bold allegations of ill-treatment of prison- * ers by our side and humane treatment i and adequate supplies by our oppo- ^ tie 11 to, it is only necessary to offer two fac's:? j Firnt?It appears from the reports of i i the United States War Depaatment 1 that, though we had GO,000 more feder- I al prisoners than they had of Con fed- ^ erates, '3,000 more of Confederates died in Northern prisons. iS'ecoml ?The want and suffering of men in Northern prisons caused me to j ask for permission to send out cotton t and buy supplies for them. The re quest was granted, bnt only on condi- | lion that the cotton should be sent to \ New York and the supplies be bought 1 there. General lieale, now of St. r Louiti, was authorized to purchase and distribute the needful supplies. Our 1 sympathy rose with the occasdon and " responded to its demands, not waiting , for ten years, then to vaunt itself when j it eouId serve no good purpose lo the sufferers. r The charge can only fin J credence s among those who are wilfully blind. The Charlotte Observer. We make the following extract from a late copy of this paper, and elfcerful i ly add our testimonial of a high ap j prcciafiop of this spirited daily, whi;h hails from the Old North State. We ? IMI IJIU JJl ?/j#i ivriui o n t'Miiimiru iii crease of business. That paper says " We have no desire to boast of the f success which has attended our paper within the past two years, but this we know, that our readers and patrons are four hundred per cent, more than they were in March 1874, and we sensibly feel the strength which the patronage of the best men in the country have p so willingly bestowed* To our pat ' roiiH, in the outset we made one pledge, but one, and that was to give them ^ the worth of their money. We will c take occasion just here to state that in future we intend to make the Observer I la better paper, in every respect, than l it has ever been. We have purchased, and will have in operation within the r present week, a beautiful steam en- 4 gine to drive our power presses, and a mailing machine, for thu benefit of our mail subscribers. In fact It has t ever been our purpose to keep abreast . with the times, and to furnish a daily 1 and weekly record of events, which U ' ahall be without a rival ir> this part of L j North Carolina." Death of Itcvenly Johnson. t lteverdy Johnson, the distinguished statesmen and jurist, was found dead L on the evening of the 10th inst., at| 8.15 in the grounds surrounding thcjJ Executiva Mansion at Annapolis. Mr. Johnson was the guest of Governor Carroll, and dined this afternoon with other gentleman at the Executive Mansion. He was found dead in the yard by a servant. Mr. Johnson was born at Annapolis on May the L'lst, 17%. He was admit ted to the bar in 1815, was appointed deputy attorney-general in 1820, and was State senator from 1S21 to 1825. [ liulore io*o ue nuu utomiii; mi; hc > knowledged leader of the Maryland I bar, and in that year he was elected j United States senator for Maryland. In 181!) he was appointed attorney . general of tlie United States 1 ?y Presi dent i'aylor, and in 18G2 he was ajrain elected lo the United States Senate. . He was employed by the govenment i as an umpire in the adjustment of . questions which had arrisen with for eign governments, at. New Orleans', during the war. In June, 1SU3, he was appointed minister to Uuglaud to succeed the Hon. Chas. Francis Ad ams. He negotiated a treaty for the settlement ot the Alabama claims , which did not meet the views of the i United States Senate, audit was re jected by a very large majority. He ,I was recalled early in 18(H), ami up to !the time of his death lie resided iu Baltimore. #7 > The Bankrupt Act. | Of the Bankruptcy Act the Wash-j j ingtnn correspondent of theAYu; York j Journal of Commerce says: "The j House, by a vote of 178 to 54, have agreed to repeal the bankrupt Act ex cept to pending suits in court. Tin's will undoubtedly result in some compromise that will repeal many im portant features of the act as it "now J exists in the statute books. The j House is definitely pledged to repeal, and has a working majority of at least one hundred. The Senate is opposed to it, but it umst yield about all im jportant provisions of the act. The j friends of repeal have made *o pro | nouneed a sueefss that they threaten to endanger other important matters j by pressing this. So a compromise | must be liberal on the part of the Sen late." We regret to learn that Mr. Wm, P. Noble, is again quite low, with small project of improvenjout. A case is pending in the criminal 'ourt tit Coiumbiu against Solicitor 'leiuing of the Seventh Circuit for lticlal misconduct. For Sale. ^KVERAL HOUSES and MULES I 3 for sale low for cash?will well Cf ti time with upprovrd svourity. For)?' jither information euquiro at Drug tors on corner. * j Jas. H. Perrin. Fob. 15, 1870, 45-11 TOWN TAXES. rHE books for the collection of TOWN TAXES will be open ji' sixty days from this (lute. 11. JONES, Iuteudaut. Feb. 10, 1870, 4t ''urnian University, S. l?. HE undersigned, Special Re ceiving Agent of the above in uiution, most respectfully and eat estly calls upon all persons indebted ;> the University to be in readiness to leet interest ami so much of principal 8possible now due on their bonds. 'Til** nt* tha / n///v/i/l/p Jepartinent having licen raised, in ondu ami other securities, and this )epartmeut having been thrown open n ree of Tuition for the term of ten ,, ears, it becomes most vitally hnpor iiilthat payments should be made as tipidly as possible. ni All communications addressed to d lie Ageut at Greenwood, S. C., (ex opt when canvassing) will receive r rompt attention. The endowment f the Primary Department is now rogresaing. B. F. MILLER, Special Agt. A. C., S. C. Greenwood, Feb. 15, 1S7G, 3tn ai E Sheriff's u d iobt. Haugh <fc Son,) r vs. V Execution. W. II. Adatnsou. J SY virtue of an Execution to me directed in the above stated case, will sell to the highest bidderat pub ic auction within tho legal hours of rlo, at Abbeville Court House, on iondav, the 6th March, A. I). 1876, ho following described property, to vit: All W. H. Adamson's interest iu iouse and lot in the town of Abbe ille, fronting ou main street, cou aining J9 Feet Front and 28 Feet Rear, ?eing nearly a square, known as the McDonald A Adaroson Bar, bounded >y lots of D. O'Neal and L. D. Bowie, lievied on and to be sold as the pro >erty of W. H. Adamsou at the suit Terms Cash. L. P. GUFFIN, 3 Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, \ 10, Feb. 1S76, 45-3t / jaurcnsville Female College. T1HE SCHOLASTIC YEAR'CON 1. sists of two sessions. The lirst ession from the 1st of October to tho 15th if February; tho second from tho 15th if February to the 5th of July. TEKMS l'KU SKSSION, IN ADVANCE : 'rimary Department $ 10 50 Iraricinic Department 15 (K> >f Robt. Haugh & Son 'ollogiate Department. Xmtingenoies 25 00 2 00 UKTKA S'l L'lHES, (OPTIONAL. ilusic j Jse of Instrument French )rawing and Painting 2 00 10 00 10 00 , hnauiental Work 10 00 Pupils in ail the Departments have tlio dvauUigos of daily Calishthcnic exer ises. Jioard, (including washing, fuel and ights,) S15 CK) per month, payable quar orlv in advance. Pupils from abroad allowed to board in >rivate families of relatives and friends k'hen Yequested by patrons; but such iiipils muat bo subject to the rules aiui emulations of tho College. It is important to pupils that they be ntered at tho beginning of the session, ,nd that their studies bo not interrupted y unnecessary absences. No deduction i>r absence except in cases of protracted llness. Pupils must bo subject at all times to egulations in doporlnient as well as in tudies. For further particulars, applv to JAMES FAliUOW, ['resident. Laurensville, S. C. Feb. 1C. 1876 45-tf Tax Notice. Hie Last Exteasion. OFFICE CO. TREASURER, \ ABBEVILLE, >Vb. 15, 1870. J ITVlE books o/ the County Trsasur r will remain open for the collection if State and county taxes, for the iresent fiscal year, at Abbeville C. H., intil tho Centh of March nezt, lext, after which time the penalty of wenty par cent, will attach to all un >aid taxes. After that time the Treas urer is required by law to enforce the :ollectiou of the same by distrain and lale^of-tho personal property of the ax-payer. The total rate per centum of taxa ioni* as follows, viz : !M)r tjtate purposes 11 mills. County Current Expenses 3 " payment of Couuty past indebtedness 3 " payment of County defi ciency for 1875 J " relief of widows aud or phans i " \ poll tax of $1 on all mulua between he ages of 21 aud 50 years who ar? jot physically unable to earn a support ivill be collected. JLu addition lo tne above there will! )e collected a special tax for schoolj I purposes iii the ditto rent school dis riots, us follows, viz: S'iuety-Six bchool Dist 1 mill. jireenwood " " 1 " Jokes bury " 11 2 " Jounaldsville " " 1} " \.w. H It 11 (( )oiig Caiio Smith ville Vliite Hall udiiui liill Jedur Sjiriugs ibbcville )iamond Hill nu-nrlenvilld lagnolia " " 3J " "alhoun's Mills " 3$ " .ordeaux " 41 2 " By the advice of the Board of Equal :ation for the County, whose duty it to designate the points at which the 'reueurer will attend for the collection f taxes, the bool>s will beoptiucd only! t Abbeville Court House. T. N. TOLBERT, Sheriff's Sale. Ilobt. McCraveu, I Banister Alleu, ngainst j Execution. D. M. liogere.! | Y virtue of sundry executions to tnc directed in the above mated use, J will sell to the highest bidder , public auction within the legal dui'h of sale, at Abbeville Court louse, on Monday, the 6th day of [arch, A. i). 187G, tho following de iribed property, to wit: 200 Acres, i iore or less, bounded.by Little River, < [. (_>. 'i'alnion, W. jl). Mars, and iiers. Hodb Tract, 100 Acres, tore or le?3, bounded by Col. J. E. ' alhoun, M. O. Talmou and others. [atthews Tract, 150 Acres., lore or less, bounded by Col. J. ID. alhoun, M. O. Tulnion, and others. hristopher Tract, 180 Acres, iore or less, bounded by Col. J. 10. alhoun, L. Cain, and others. Dickson Tract, 40 Acres, iore or loss, bounded by M. O. Tul ioii, Mrs. Lawton, and others. Bellotte Tract, 75 Acres, iore or le.?9, bounded by Mrs. Dren uu, Little River,and others. McComb Tract. 17 Acres, iore or less, bounded by lands of W. i. Mars, Mrs. Alston, and others. 1 ? - 1 Kn . 13. JLUUIclg UO jLxauifj iu</ ; . or 200 Acres, lunded by lands of VV. 'H. PeaUe, nd P. B. Moragne, and others. [ous8 and Lot in Mt Carmel, hich will be more fully described on uy of sale. ALSO, lattle, Corn, Blacksmith Tools, Household and ST4fY?VioYi Pnrnit.nrfi. &r>.. Terms Cash. L. 1J. GUFFIN, HherifT Abbeville County. Sheriff's Ollice, I 11th Feb. 1876, 45-3t f NEW IARFSTS, SHADES, ETC,, AT 7ERY LOW PRICES. In order to reduce stock we; fill off$t the following desir: tble goods at New York quo ations for 60 days: flew Patterns urusseis tar-i pets, $1 20 to $1.40 per yd. just opened. Jew Window Shades, All sizes, troin $1 upwards. few Chromos, 200 New Chromos just opened. Jrumb Cloths, All sizes at cost to close oi^ lot. Jocoa Mattings, strined and nluin. few 3-Ply Carpets, l'roin ?1.115 to ?l.c?u per yard. iVall Papers and Borders, Paper Shades and Side Lights," ,000 itwlls Xcw Patterns Openod this week. learth Rugs and Door BEats, Now, Pretty aiul Cheap. Htomans and Hassocks, 500 at $1 each. few Ingrain Carpets, fom 50c per yard up to tiio best Scotch. xenuine English Floor Oil Cloths, 21 leet wide, cut any size. Jheap Carpets, 20 Rolls lit 23 to 40c a yard. ?able Oil Cloths and Covers. in all covers ;uid widths. >il Cloths, Rug3 and Mats, of all sizes. Uoor Oil Cloths, otu 3 to 17 foet wide, pretty and cheap. Stair Carpets, Stair Rods and Pads, tair Oil Cloth and Stair Linen, Lace Curtains, L;k:p Lambrequins, Winrlow Cornices Jinfl l'mids. French Terrys, Reps anil Damasks, Picture Cords, Loops and Nails, Piano Obvers and Table Covers, Fringes and Gimps, all Colors, Curtain Loops and Table Mats, Draper}' and Lambraquin Tassels, and lan}* oilier Goods both useful and denia ble, for sale cheaper than over before, by fas. 6. Bailie & Bro., 205 iirond Street, Feb. 1G, 1S76.] Augusta, tin. SCHOOL NOTICE. r WILL BE IN MY OFFICE AT Abbeville Court House, from the 'IRST to the EIGHTH of every nonth, to audit anil approve all school lainus against the County. Holders] f such paper take notice, and govern ourselves accordingly. J. F. C. DuPEE, School Commissioner. Feb. 9, 1876 44-2t CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON ?1AY ALWAYS HE FOUND .?JiL at their Store with a handsome 'look of goods, which they have ought low. They are satisfied with lllll l |H I'll I 71. *\li. IIUIIIIKI V#. v>twv?* . ,'s iind .Staple (Jootls, of the best <jiial y, cuti be bought from lliein aL bot jm prices. They will be glad to show j lieir goods to any who may cull. Junning-liam & Templeton. Feb. 9,13 70 44-tf I NOTICE TO I0UNTY CLAIMANTS! ??? I, ^rOTICFi.is herol.y given (nail par-j ties having claims against theji ountv that the tneetingof th? Board j' ? Commissioners will be held on thejJ fltSatunluy of each month. Claims) louhl be presented a few days pre ious to the meeting. ROB'T. JONES, Chairman B. Co* Coin's. Feb. 1. 187rt, 43-31 )liPILS WANTED.--A lady tlior-j oufrhly eornpctont, mid able to ?;ive j 0 best rolwrencos, will trive instructions 1 the Piano. Pupils attended at their; >mes. Terms??1") per quarter, payable onthly. Apply at this oliice. Feb. 9, 187(1 41-1 in lUGElfjE B. GABY, i TTORNETA AT LAW, Abbeville 1 V. C. II., S. Up. Special attention to o collection ofaLoims,, [Fob. P, Jy SHERIFF'S SALE. L. J, Wilson, Auctioneer. J. J. Lee, against M. McDonald, Win. Hill, et al. Judgment for Foreclosure. BY virtue of a decree of the Court )f Common Pleas, in the above case, I will sell to the highest bidder, at Pub lic Auelion. within the legal hours of ale, at Abbevilo Court youse, on Monday, the 3th of March, A, D. 1876, the following described property, to writ: All that tract t?s* pareel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town 3f Abbeville, in the County of Abbe ville, South Carolina, and known as the McDonald & Adamson Bar, and containing 29 Feet front and as Hear, being nearly :i square fronting on Main Sireet, bounded by Lots of D. O'Neal, Ij. I). Howie, being the Lot bought from T. M. Christian and J. Ij. Wilson. Levied on and to be sold as the prop erty of M. McDonald, ac tbe suit o! J. J. Lee. sati>fy the aforesaid judgment and"coals. TERMS. One-third Cash ; remainder on a credit of twelve months, with bond and mortgage to secure the purchase money. Purchaser to pav for papers. L. P. U UK FIN, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, j Feb. !), 1870 44-3t | SHERIFF'S S.\LK. L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. 01. M. Jordan, Administrator, &c., against J. W. Lipscomb. EXECUTION. BY virtue of un Exeeiifion to rat directed, iu the above stated ca>-e, I will sell to tbe highest bidder, at Pub lie Auction, within the legal hours ol sale, ut Abbeville Court House, on Monday,- the 6th of March, A. D. 1876, the following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, ?ihi!itr> Ivinir and heintr in Ninety Six Township, in the County of Abbe ville, South Carolina, ami known as The J. W. Lipscomb Place, and containing 450 Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Gush Griffin, Larken Carter, Davis, and others. Levied on and to be sold as the prop erty of J. W. Lipscomb, at the suit of G. M. Jordan, Administrator, to satisfy the aforesaid Execution hi; t eosts. TERMS CASH. L. P. GUFFIN. Sheriff Abbeville County. Bhfriff'a Ollice, _Feb. !>, 1870^ 44-31 | Mr60NAL0 & HADOON WILL CONTINUE THEIR business at the same stand and will keep constantly oti liaml i fresh and well selected Stock o? General Blerchandise, ail of which will be sold at the LOWEST CASH FEICES! Confectioneries and Cigars A SPECIALTY. Give ua a call, and we will proVi what we say. Itesiieetfully, BTBOMID&EADBOS Fresh Arrivals this v*eek ? Dr; Goods anii Groceries. Feb. 9, 1S76 4i-3t to the Ladiesi WOULD CALL YOUR A.TTEN Hi'liaery and Notifins, *' Mich is now complete, embracing ai (ue latest novelties of the sea-?>n. J have al.-o combined DresH-Makinj with Millinery, and have procured tin >ervices of MIES JANS EAMEY, who will b? pleased at all times to cut iiiid make your dresses in the latesi styles, aiul whose well-known task and ability in this line have alwayj been appreciated bv the ladies gener ally Give me a call, and I guarantee sat isfaction as to styles ami price in both departments. SIRS. H. H. WHITS. Sept. 23, 1B75 24-1 f RATHBONE'S AonDM rnns/ ftuunn uuuiv. With or without Portable Hot Water Reservoir and Ciwat. Ecn'i tu7 to old-fuMoiel Store, bat get est >-With all latest improvements. Largest Oven and Flues, Longest Firs Box for long wood. Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Fire Box Bottom?In cures a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast. Swing Hearth and Ash Catch. Won't soil floor or carpet. Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers. Burns but little wood. Ha; 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 EdTes and Mouldings. Heavy. Best New Iron. Won't crack. WAB2ANTED Si.TI3FACT027. Manufactured by RATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, N.Y Sold by an JUnterpriting Dtaltr in every Tot "* r o /I. ii. *v. juawson a oo. Abbeville, S. C. Nov. 17, 1875 32-3m rpiIE PHILADELPHIA RUSTIC X WINDOW SHADES. ?Ton dozen just received at lower prices than ever before ottered. They are easily arranged, iurable, convenient, and never >ret out >f order. Will last for twenty years if properly used. J. V. (,'AA Ij.M ?\ K\j. ANEW LOT of Oil Window Shades just received, with pond fixtures. J. D. CHALMERS CO. Oct. 27, 1875 tf PARLOR FRENCH LOOKING GLASSES, at J. 1). CHALMERS it C'O.'S. | MEDIUM" "DARK Stylish'-Prints, Homespuns, Spool Silks, etc., justj eceived at th. EMPORIUM OF FASHION. Fab. 9. 1870 44-tf aREAT REDUCTION in Flannel Sacks, Shawls, Worsted Goods, j'urs, Ac., attho uia, ix.*.., uumu EMPORIUM OF FASHION. Feb. 9, 1876 44-tf J BLANKS OF THE MOST APPROVED FORM 8, FOB SALE, AT THE Press & EanneY Office. Kent Liens; Liens on Crops, Mortgage of Personal Property, Mortgage of Real Estate, Title Deeds, Trial Justice's Blanks. Sub. Tickets. Sub. Writs. The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In rrojtatc Court. Tn the matter of the Estate of Wil- 1 liura Price, deceased. John JJeason, Administrator. VLSO ordered, that the crditor.s of said estate be and they are here by required to tile and prove their demands in this Court on or before the said day of the final accounting of said estate, (4th of March, 187(3,) or be de barred, and that a copy of this order relating to creditors be published by the Clei It of tliis Court for one month in the Abbeville Press and Banner. THUS. li. MILL FOR I), (Seal.) Judge Probate, A. C. , Feb. 1st, 187(1,4t* 4 1 The forpgoiug is a true copy.} Attest, J. C. WoSMANSKY, > ! Clerk C. Pro. A. C.J Notice of Sale. SWILL sell for ('ash at Dorn's bold Mine, on the 29th instant, ad Notes belonging to the estate of \VM. PRICE, deceased, which were! appraised us doubtful and worthless. JOHN DEASON, Administrator. Feb. 1 lK7(i,2t* Barnwell &Co. ! Are daily receiving ad ditiona to their Stock, consist i ing of STAPLE S1RY GOODS Hats and Clothing, BOOTS AND SHOES!I THEY KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, ALSO, A FULL LINE OF Groceries, Bacon and Lard, Meal and Flour, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrup, A FINE LOT OF SUGAR CURED HAMS!! Oct, 0,1875 "G -tf ATTTTMrvTrcrr a w AND TEHPLETOI Mave received AXDOPEN ed tbcir large Stock of all kiutlsj ot yuods. jury lioccs, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Caps, Hats, Hardware, Crockery, Sad?le$y, &c. CALL A>TD PEE FOR YOUR SELVES. Oct. 6, 187o 26-tf Goods at Cost. AH description* of Goods, embracing | 6WU1A M VM V * ) V } Boots, Shoes, Eats, HOSIERY, NOTIONS, ' AND DRY GOODS, AT COST FOR CASH, AT Qasrlss <& PwxiB'a. Feb. 1, 1870, 43-tf J.T.Robertson TILL HAS A ERMNANT OF STOCK 0>i' 8ALE, at prices BELOW COST! At the old Stand, now occupied by I Messrs. DuPre, Uambnell & Co. f AM NOW CLOSING MY BUftI-1 no**, anil I eajjecl all who owe! uie to make Immediate Payment! land I hope that I will not havo to re sort to a legal process to enforce col lections. J. T. ROBERTSON. i i | Nov. 10, 1S75, tf CORN! CORN Sl^ RED OATS! i WHEAT BRAN, j FOR SALE BY BARNWELL & CO, Jon. 26, 1R70 42-If Notice TO 1 COUNTY CLAIMANTS.1 T&JOTICE is hereby given to all per j .1^1 sons having claims against the County tlint payment will l>t> made on | the lust Saturday in every month, at id which tiirieulonu claims must be ]ire-|u SOU ted. T. N. TOLBERT, >; County Treasurer, A. C. g Eabil, 1870-8t ' ny?j?ypLMjw ii ? i njjan'i* m? n war BUR] immoniated Bone Supe M.A.NUFACTUR] ATLANTIC AND VIRGI! Soluble Phosphate Acid, 10 percent.; I Organic Matter, 30 per ceut,; Yielding PRIC 3NE TON, CASH, PAYABLE AP] JNE TON, " " NO^ DNE TON, payable Nov. 1st, in middlii For sale by ^ ]E??4,:raL-v Feb. 9, 1870 44-tf EMPORIUM C JL' P IB n MILLINERY & I . In all the Is OUR STOCK THTS SEASON is m mode our own selections with j?r< iMiilnacos ull the latest htyle* ami novelti nold on the o;*nh system, mid at the lowe Age: Sept. 29,1875, 25-tf Great Redact OF Dry Goods, Boots, Shoe At tin# low prices of the goot W. ROSE Granite Range, i DEALE .avmMT HAVING purchased my Stock of G< and Philadelphia, I am now pre} place andsurrounding country, a large everything iu a first-class Dry Goods li DRESS GOODS, WHITI Hats, Boots and I GLASSWARE and a large Having an unsurpassed stock of good that I ottu well good* cheaper than ever. W. C'ct. 7, 1S75, ?/ALLER& MERCnjI ARE now c fieri ng to the public in t full line of all the UoihIh general. THE! 51 S'] have been selected with great c ' READY-MADE A FIHE STOCK OF A good ass Groceries, Hardware, Cro to which th? attention of purchasers is WALLER F?h. 18. 1878. 45-tf ' Br. H. B. 1 D ID IS" T ABBBVI] OFFICE OVER TH gept. 8. 137"), ?2-tf EMPORIUM OF FASHION. Dec. 8. 1875, 3o-tf FHE ALSTON MCUSE,! 1876. TlIE M1S8ES CATER STILL keep "THE ALSTON IIOl'SE" >pen for both permanent and transient Uoarders. Thankful for past patrou ><re, they hope, by renewed energy md application to business, to merit a rood share of patronage. Jan. 5, 1870 40-tf Pirn fettafiM nil tliR Wfirld! ?. WEST & SONS' ALADDIN SECU-1 J R1TY OIL. | VARRANTED 1">0 DECREES FIRE TEST, ij hulorscd by Firo Insurance Companies. I jTT-O* Read tlio following ecrtilicato, se eeted from many others: Howard Fire Ins. Co. of Baltimore, 1 [ Decern her 'Si, 1874. | j Messrs. C. West it Sons : Gentlemen? " laving used the various oils sold in the I ity for illuminating purposes, I take >1 ensure in recommending your "Alad-J in Security" an tlio safest and best ever i y sed in our household. Yours, truly, L ? 14 ? A I v! AMUU'jtt rres r. It will not explode. Ask your store- L eener for It, Wholesale Depot: C. VEST A SONS, 113, llo W. Lombard! P troet, Baltimrfro. BQpt. 8, ir Phosphate of Lime, 3D BY THE 1 ' flA FERTI1IZING CO. * naoluble Phosphate Acid, 5 per cent.; Ammonia, 3} per cent.. ... . J 139. UL 1st, .$ 47 50 7. 1st 55 00 ig cotton at 15 ceutb per lb....... 60 00 ^?JLI c? tuo. >F FASHION, , 1873. LADIES' GOODS, -' " ' * ... . K731I itest Styles, ore extensive tlmn evervand having cat villi a.-wmc uui iumj ?i?v??mr? ies to lie had in market. Goods still ?t co^li prices. * A. BOWIE, V. at Emporium of Fashions. .. i | -t * =* / ; .. % I ion in Prices H'>h- , Mi js, CiOtMng, &c., &c., I old times before the war. ' i - * ....... to NBERG, ibbeville C. H., : t ,r iir' 2RCHANDISE. ->o<3s ot the best houses in New York >aied to exhibit to the people of this and well selected stock?embracing louse, sucb as E GOODS, CLOTHING, Shoes, Trunks, CROCKERY, i Stock of s in my line I feel satisfied in saying , All I ask is one fair trial. IHJlYFWF/R v .NTS AT t od, s. er w. heir new and handsome kuildinh, a .. !y needed in thibcoiumunity. " ' ? t' rOCK OF >:? :are, and unusually attraclive. ^ CLOTHING. BOOTS AHD SHOES. ortmcnt of ; ' 3 \X f . \J ^ckery, and Glassware. i invited. & BROTHER. :a WILSON, - . ; fi pi TV** 1ST, CjXjS, s. o. E POST OFFICE. CONGAREE Columbia, J3. O. PROPRIETOR. MANUFACTURER OF S T E A. M 3NGINSS AND BOILERS, Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions made to Order. O [" V/AS awarded tho first premium ou L easting at the State Agricultural and lechauical Society Fairs, held iu Colum ia, November, 1871, '72 and 73. circular Saw Mills of all sizes. ilso took tho FIRST PREMIUM at talc Fairs hold November, 1^71, '72, '73. Manufacturer of SBiST MILL IRONS of nil sir.ow.J Por Sale. Gin Gearing of the following sizes : fiv>t wheel and ninion ?30 00 0 " " 44 :i2 oo 1 44 44 44 ..;?ou 2 44 44 *4 4.j 00 4 44 44 44 50 00 Vith Bolts $13.50 Extra for esvh set. Anti-friction plates and Bails for Cotton 'ress Slo.0?f ana $12.00 per .set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville, S. C. Deo. 10, 1ST-*, 3S-it' FOR SALE. ? Prntt's Shouls on Little Rixor. VITII this valuable water powerithe fact of two hundred and six<ee? cres will he sold on aeconimods ?rms to an approved purchaser/ articular#, apply to JOHN PRATT, Due West,, Feb. 8,1876, 3ni* *