The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, February 23, 1876, Image 2

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lSews Items. ' Curved corn juicr-" is the latest. "Wkt feet fill wore graves than war. Hail stones fell in Anderson last week which were one inch in diame ter. Capt. Alley's name $8 getting to be a terror to evil-doers all over the ^tate. Whole years of joy glide unperceiv CU uwiiy. Willie bunutt iuumo wuv, **. . *jtes as'lney pass. Florida is progressing in wealth aud population juote rapiuiy limn any of the Southern States. A Cartereville lien has honored that town by laying an egg that weighs three ounces and a half. The Jvorwish, ?t., girls on party nights send to their fellows tins unique card: "May I C U home to night?" During leap year, young ladies have a perfect right to ask any of theirgen llemen visitors to take a walk without going wftU them, "liemeniber," said a trading Qua ker to his son, *'in making thy'way in the world, a spoonful of oil will go further than a quart of vinegar." California complains of an over abundance of silver coin, and wants to got rid of it. \Vc will take a barrel or if it will hp anv accommodation. A. considerable sprinkle of hail, accompanied by thunder and lightning, fell in the neighborhood of Bachelor's Ketreat, on la^t Sunday.?Kcowcc Courier, If parties holding money would pay their debts those who have no mon ey now would soon feci easy, and a better time would be experienced,' Try it. Our town authorities are putting out more shade trees?a good woik, for which the generation to come will rise up and compliment them ?6'umtcr Watchman. The Hon. Potipher Pcagreen eats a quart of pea nuts a day, and swears he'll see "jestis" dono in the way of ripping up the Code. Persevere, Hon. l'otty J Persevere! Served Him Right.?A negro man in North Carolina was recently caught stealing from a gin house. The party who Kept watcn, caneu ?>i him to stop, he ran and was shot dead. J Oke Sensible Preachee.?Speak ingof dancing, a Catskill clergymau liits the nail on the head with the remark that "people usually do niorej evil with their tongues than with toes," J Many a man who would roll up his' eyes in"terror at the idea of stealing a niekle will swoop down on a good inn-: i>K-Ila worth five dollars, and march off with lips moving peacefully as if iv prayer. A colored female in Augusta put biue stone ju one of her teeth to make i.t tkll out, and in less tlmn twelve luours she didn't have a tooth in her Ijeao. 1 nay HII iai vut. tor Fa well. The longest night in Norway la>ts three months, and, when a'young man goes to see his girl, her mother, | before retiring, tells her not to ruin! ber health by sitting up more than iwo months. Rev. Dr. Horace Busbnell died at JIarlford C-onnectieut on the 17th fust., aged 73. His literary and theological works made him one of the best kaowtt and most prominent congrega tional ministers in the country. Our young aud efficient Trial Justice Mr. D.*l\ Verner, received his com mission as an officer of the Jaw on last Friday, had three cases for trial on Saturday and married a couple on Sunday* Isn't his business prospects good ??Kcowcc Courier. Boston*, Feb. 10.?The second trial) of Thomas W. Piper for the murder of JIabei H. Young last Spring, in the tower of the Warren Avenue Baptist ehurch,came to an end to-day, and *be prisoner was found guilty of uiur in toe first degree. It is estimated that the saving in fu el, on aeeouut of the mildness of the present wiufcer, with those 'who buy > ?,v?| >,OQ hwn eiiftlMpnt to MOOU UIIU ti'ai, uwu buy the meat and sugar and coffee of the family during the time. And bow lunch suffering has been averted! It will probably take one more year <to convince South Carolina farmers -that cotton planting is unprofitable. Cio ahead, gentlemen. But then after it is all over, and you are worse bank rupt than you are now, don't grumble! .about hard times. Cotton will proba bly fetch eight cents a pound next! jear. J It is gratifying to know that the far-' mere of Newberry are? going to work1 -with a will and determination to do | something for themselves this year. We have no doubt they will succeed, ;for where there's a will there's a way. Make every edge cut. friends, aud .have no drones 011 the farm.?ycwber ry Herald. A ? OrtmA r\f nnr ?T. A DWli> UljtUm OUIUW Ui %/Ui v.* changes mentiou that a pedler of silk is going his rounds, and swindles peo ple thus: He represents his spools to -contain four or five hundred yards each, and offers to measure them, which of course nobody would have .him to do. When the purchase is ex amined, each spool is found to contain ^but one hundred yards. When a man earning a salary of $15 per week can dress his wife as well as man earning $10,000, what is the use of earning $10,000? This is on a par with the philosopher "J. N.'s" theory that a lunatic who fancies he has a million of dollars is no better than a man who has the million, but -doesn't know how to spend it! " ?-i 1 t ?? ion-. UCJ1. IXUUUn X'j. UCt* W 1 UlU ill igui . "'1 believe every one who has investi gated the afflictions of the Federal prisoners is of the opinion that they were incident to their condition as prisoners of war, and to the distressed state of the whole Southern country; and I fear they were fully shared by the Confederate prisoners in Federal prisoners." The Grand Jury of Anderson say: "Although we are in the midst of "hard times," in part occasioned by the low price of our staple production we are glad to be able to report that I our people have not given up to uu-| manly despondency, but have gone to | work resolved to achieve success in the j face of opposing circumstances, exhib-1 iting art energy and economy thatj will be fruitful of better things and; better times. The Interest o:? the State! Debt.?The (state Treasurer has given j notice that the payment or ine Janu ary interest on the Consolidation bonds and stocks of the State is neces sarily postponed until April 1, but that payment will begin at an earlier day if Ihe receipts from taxes shall admit of it. This delay is owing to the de Jay in the collection of the State taxes, fifteen per cent of which only has Iteen collected so far. The Editor of the Sumter Waich man last week, upon the invitation of -tlie School Commissioner, and the Trustees, of Sumter School District, visited tl?e Public Schools, white and colored, within the limitsof the in cor-' poration or tnai town, auu ieit gisu iied because the local public schools 3iad been developed into so much of ?w institution of usefulness in dittus H ng among the masses the grateful in fluences ?f education. Farmtno.?The experience of the past few years has shown beyond doubt that the exclusive cultivation of ? -tton does not hicrease the material prosperity of the country. Cotton is down, with a prospect of still declin ing, while meat and all other provis ions are constantly advancing. We *?houkl see to it that-a sullicient quan tity of everything necessary to supply Jiome demands are raised at home. iLet ootton be a secondary considera tion. Sow grata, plant corn,, raise your own meat, iuake your own ferti lizers, ar>d there will be more inde pendence amongst the farmers?fewer liens And Jess debt.? A n demon Journal The Press and Banner.! I W. A*. LEE, Editor. j Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1876.! . THE PUBLIC SCHOOL HOOK JOB. Rrport of *hc Committee Through, L. L. Gnftin, Recommending tlie liipillMUU U) UUMlIlftUlU The Committee of Privileges and| Elections of the House, to whom won: referred various charges against J. D. Kobertson, a member of the School! Book Commission, for having made corrupt propositions to certain North ern publishers for the introduction of their publications into the public schools of the State, have submitted a report through L. L. (.iuttin, the aet iugchairtnan, in which they announce that they have come to the conclusion that the charges have been sustained, and hence they recommend his expul sion. The report is a voluminous document, going into all the facts of the ease, and sustaining their conclu sions by a reference to letters, afiida vits, and other documentary evidence. The facts of the case are briefly these. A commission on text-books, appointed by the Legislature, and * XT., i. 1 consisting oi juetssis. x\usij aim j well of the Senate, and Robertson and Slirewsberry of the House, and Governor Chamberlain, ex-officio chairman, held several meetings to canvass themeritsof competing school books, and at one of the meetings appointed Robertson to see the North ern publishers, and make the best terms possible for the introduction of their books into the public schools of the State. Robertson did interview a number of these publishers, and with out the knowledge of tbeconimission, made corrupt proposals, which are fully established by the letters of Messrs. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & (Jo,, of New York, and Brewer <fc Tileston, of Boston. The gravity of his offence lies in the fact that he ofi'ered to these publishers his official influence, in consideration of their appointing his kinsman, Mr. Jacob Guerard, sole agent for the in troduction of their books into the free schools of the State, with the usual reduction of forty per cent., and also ten per cent, additional?the value of which monopoly may be computed J from the fact that there are over 110,-1 000 pupils in the public schools of the| State. In his letter to Mr. Smith, of the firm of Brewer & Tiloston, he writes:? "I wish you to appoint Mr. Jacob (Juerard for your agent. You will pay him five hundred dollars ($500) for his services in introducing your books, and you will allow him to make the regular introduction prices with the school officers, exchanging old books for new, at 60 per cent, discount, and new books for old books, in the hands of school boards, at the retail prices of each, your retail price for theirs, lie will give his whole time and attention to this, but you must pay freight and advertising, and for sending back to you the old books, also his travelling expenses. It will take about nine months to complete the introduction in the whole State. 1 will be the Ulfnfa oT\tv\intiwl l?\r flip U^l-llir;i vnc uvuiv, uf l/wi.,vv? - com mission, to see this introduction carried out, and I wish a party here appointed with wiioni I can co-operate. Now if you appoint this party, as Ii propose, I will see that every influence is brought to bear to get your books kept ill the tftate for a number oil years. I will give my time and in lluence in the Legislature and outside, I to control legislation and get your books taken care of. I suppose you can judge from what I have done that) 1 have some weight here. I wish you ulso to allow Mr. Guerard to have a distinction of at least ten per cent, iu his favor over the booksellers after the first nine months, he then to have no salary for so long a period as we can keep your bo^ks in the State. This is necessary to keep an agency here at -11 u ..?-.-I.:.,,,, i? umii. interact. Ull III1ID >vui aiii^ jh j\jut >u?v.vu.. That agency M'ill consist in Mr. (iue rard and myself voluntarily working in the Legislature and out of it, to keep the book list in vogue. The other j booksellers here are not going to do i anything outside of their stores, while I we propose to keep canvassing the .State, pushing the books. There is every Jikelihood of nay being next State superintendent of education, and if so, I will have just so much more influence. Keep this TEN I'EK CENT. IN" VIEW in giving prices to others. Of course to the trade Mr. Guerard is your agent. I give my services to assist j him, but with that the trade has noth ing to do. Jt would not be prudent for me to take in person your agency, as it might affect my influence in the I Legislature, but you will have the full j benefit of my work, nevertheless, by appointing Uuerard." He also made a proposition to Messrs. Appleton <fc Co., to be ap pointed agent lor tlie mrrouucuon 01 their books into the Stata, but this firm declined to have anything to do with him, or with any oiL, except through the regular trade. Robertson's proposition to the firm of Ivison, lilaberuan, Taylor A Co., is set forth in the letter of those gentle men in these words.:? "This scheme embraced several propositions, some of which we con sidered corrupt and discreditable, and others entirely impracticable. First It would be necessary, Mr. Robertson stated, in order to control the commis sion thuf u'A should IIHV. thrOUCh hiin, the colored members of the same for their notes. Second?After the adoption, Mr. Robertson stipulated, that the Bupply of books required for the schools should be distributed only from a central depository, which should be in charge of his brother-in-law, who should receive percentage on all the books thus distributed; the clear inference being to ua that Kobertsou himself would SHARE IN THE PERCENTAGE. He said that he was a poor man and did not expect to remain in politics much longer, and thus wished to Jay a ; foundation for the future. Third?Mr. i Jlobertsou stated that he should bo the! next .State superintendent of public i iisu ui;i iwn , uiiu uiut hi' numu uoi i the inllueuce of his ollice to force the! books, thus adopted, into the schools. I Learning thus delinitely the details of! his scheme, we declined positively to have anything to do with it." [ In addition to the documentary evi dence, is the testimony of Messrs. I Maxwell & Shrewsberry, and ol' Rob-} jertson himself, which furnish conclu-| sive proof of his guilt. It seems that i he not only proposed to sell his itilln-1 ence to bring about a change in the| text-books in the public schools, and j thus to saddle the poor children of the; State with a heavy burden, but en-1 gaged to bribe his colored colleagues to carry out iiLs purposes. As the committee marie no minority! report, the presumption is that the re port submitted meets with the unani mous concurrence of the whole com mittee. me re/>ori >??? IIii*UT3 U1V special order for Friday lust. Bank Bilis Worth More Than Grceu Backs. I The Columbia Union-Herald off Saturday, 8ays: "The bills of the! Baud of the State are said to be selling at seventy-five cents on the dollar. Ai year ago they were quoted at forty cents. Then the holders would gladly have accepted a proposition to fundi them into twenty years bonds. It is doubtful now if any compromise can i t>i tim imtwls <?f the tax UL* LiJUUC. JL1? i/1* payers they seeui to us to be worth even more tlian greenbacks. Pie can tender them this year lor taxes, have them sealed up by the treasurer and returned to him. lie can keep them in his envelope until all danger of a sale of his property for taxes lias passed. When the books open next year, he can take the same bills, tender them again for taxes, and again have them sealed up to protect his property from sale. This, for aught we can see, con go on indefinitely, or until a lawis passed to properly redeem the bills. From present advices a fourth of the taxes will be tendered in these bills. Dry Limes this summer." - - Mrs. Jacob Burriss, of Anderson, is, dead. pmmm nj-m-wmuag SPICY DEBATE I\ TITE EXECU TIVE SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. Senator Brucc The Colored Senator from Mississippi Pitched lcto Cirant. The account of the discussion is thus given by the Washington correspond ent of the Baltimore Una:? The facts are thai Mr. Bruce, the colored senator from Mississippi, did make an earnest and animated protest against what he regarded as the injus tice perpetrated upon his race. Mr, Krucesaid that lie doubted the sincer ity of the professions of tlie Republi can party as to the interest of which it claimed to feel for his race. He said thai while the Republican party pro lessen to 'toiiL-ve in equality, lie expe rienced in his own person tlie hollow ness of such pretence. lie experi enced that lie whs looked upon as an inferior. There was no real concern felt for the welfare of his race. Noth ing done at Washington inured to their benelit, and the Republican par ty at the South, which was mainly composed of his race, M'as dying from neglect. They had no protection. In his State of Mississippi the Republi can party was largely in the majority, but ihey were overawed and intimida ted so by the master race that they could not intimidate themselves. Three times last fall he had applied to the President of the United {States and asked that troops be employed to protect jiis peopje in men rigm*. i in President had received him in the coolest manner, and told him that he could do nothing, and that hs would not use the troops. He believed that this man Ulysses S. Grant was respon sible almost entirely for the plight and the woes which had come upon the Republican party and the colored peo ple of the South. The Federal ap pointments iu the South were of the worst possible character?corrupt, self ish and designing men, who cared nothing for the colored people but on ly to further their own ends. As for himself he was sick of politics. He loathed and despised the Democratic party, but he saw no alternative but to submit to it. It was of no benefit to him nor of his race that he should continue to hold his seat in the Sen ate. He did not know that he would U?l,l U ,1S,1 L- rwtur hut l,a u'nilM I IJV4U AC, UiU ll\JV AUVf H uuv <IV n\/uiu [ follow his impulses, resign hiu seat, go j home to his people, advise them to submit to their destiny, surrender to the Democratic party, give up politics and any claim to the holding of offi ces, and ask only of the master race that they be permitted to earn their living and make money if they can. Mr. Alcorn said that he agreed with his colleague in much that had been said, but he did not agree with him In his censures upon the President be cause of his refusal to use troops in the South. The President in this matter had no alternative but to pursue the course which he had. As to the Fed eral appointments in the South, Mr. Alcorn said they were of a very im - * - n.,.l proper uuurucici ^-unuuj, auu \ji men whose acts were calculated to bring the Republican party into dis grace and disrepute. He was asked why then did bo not recommend Democrats for appoint ment to the Federal ollice? lie responded wifli much emphasis that the present race of Democratic politicians in the South were men as corrupt and as uuworthy of confidence as could be found anywhere. He also said that Mississippi was a Republican State; that the last election had been carried by violence, fraud and intimi dation. He said that deserted as they were by the Republican party in the North, the negroes in the'Houth would doubtless have to go to the wall in the end but, in his opinion, they would make one desperato eftbrt more for their rights, as would be attested by the lighting of the torch and the drawing of the blade. Air. Edmunds spoke in acouciliatory strain. He said the Republican party in the North was sincere in its profes sion for the colored people of the South, and would do all in its power for their protection. He said to Mr. Bruce that the Senate must remember that when any attempt was made to use troops in "tho South it was met with almost universal denunciation from the press of the country, and that in such a matter the President and the Republican party must pro ceed according to the forms of the con stitution and the laws, lie sympa thized with the wrongs of the colored people and witli the wrongs visited upon the colored people of Mississip pi, and * in the investigation which was to take place on the election there he hoped a remedy would be provi ded. Mr Tirnno tnifl 11r? ll.ld muloultffd I evidence, which could uot lie disprov ed, thattiiree hundred of his race had been murdered in the last campaign in Mississippi. He asked in God's uame where could the eolored people look for protection if not to the Presi dent and to the Republican party? Mr. Morton then ."aid that because he had proposed to inquire Into the Mississippi election he had been visit ed with the most, persistent abuse and denunciation. lie wanted to get at all the facts of thr case, aud then to devise all necessary measures to pro tect the colored people in the ctereise of their rights. This was the sum aud substance of _?1 1 rp|.? u oc, WIIMI IUUU [JlUUt:. liiv icnuii iuui cated by conversation with senators to-day is most probably the ordering of the investigation into the Missis sippi election asked for by Governor Morton, though, perhaps, not on so grandasealc as his resolution calls for. It is not supposed that it will have any effect oue way or the other on the Piuchback case. Troops for the South. The "Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, says: "Senator Patterson, of South Carolina, reiter ates his opinion that the use of troops is necessary to secure fair elections 111 the South. He says there are troops enough in the South now, if they are nwHwrlv iispiI. to nrotrct the vo " ' J I""l'?J 1 - J ters. Gen. Grant, he says, thoroughly understands the whole question, but just as soon as he lifts his hand a hue and cry is raised, in which Republi cans of the North join, against the use of troops. If this prejudice against protecting ihe voters is allowed to pre vail during the coming canvass, he 1 does not look for Republican successes in any of the States of the South ex- ! cept his own. He says the poor while people of the South, as well as the ' colored people, would vote the Repub lican ticket generally, if they were not over-awed. He says Georgia, which gives such a Democratic majority, is fairly a Republican State, and could be : curried by that party if the elections ! were conducted propuily. Senator J Robertson, the colleague of Mr. l'at- : terson, does not appear to concur in his views. He says that he does not want any troops to be used in the ' South." Hon. George II. Pendleton Inter viewed. The distinguished Ohio statesman has been interviewed, by a correspon dent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and ex presses himself freely on the p.iliti ....i vi? u.umk ir> r.w.i;.,.. I 1'clJ Diluailviit aiv c> vu?o * am ivviiiii |terms of the kindness and Jio.s|?itality . which lie received on his recent trip to the South, and is especially compli mentary to the cities of Augusta and Savannah With regard to South Carolina, he says that there are 30,000 more colored than white voters, and untii this vote is diminished, the State will be Republican ; an ell'ort is now being-made, however, to divide the colored vote, which, if successful. would give ttie ?iaie 10 uniwrviuisiu, Grunt, lie thinks, will be able to carry every State in the nominating conven tion. Grant desire? a third term, but only a nomination in case he thinks he can be elected. The currency ques tion at the South has been so much overshadowed by the infamies of re- I construction, that it is not now a prom inent issue. The next Ohio l)emo- ! cratic platform should avoid any expression looking to repudiation or unlimited inflation. i A wedding present may be marked or not, according to the will of the giver, but if marked itnhould be,with tlie lady's maiden name. The Iteal Belle Boyd. A St. Louis paper states that the uigiual Belle Boyd (lie dashing spy >f the Confederate aruiy Is now a lua ron of that city, aud a very different >erson from the importer who has been raversing the eountries, Georgia, Ala )ama and Florida, and everwhere call- I ng on the masonic brotherhood for J ;vmpatliy and aid. A description of c iiedeeeiver was printed in an Atlanta a iaper, and that description was read j jy the brethren of Equality Lodge, J S'o. 44, A. F. and A. M., at Martins- ^ >tirg, West Virginia, to which lodge " L). Jt. Boyd, father of the real Belle lioyd, belonged. These Masons had iiiown the real Belle in the day* of > ler girlhood as a bright-faced, blue- } ?ye<F, light-haired maiden, and they c iviiew that the one who called herself lielle lioyd, with a brunette complex on, black eyes and iiuir uarK as me aven's wing, was not the real Belle, md so as late as the 22(1 of January be lodge prepared a circular letter ad iressed to the brethren throughout the jonntry to beware of the im poster. Among otlier things they state : 'The renl Belle Boyd is now married, and living in St. Louis. Mo., with her hus band and her mother, and two broth ers reside in Baltimore." This letter is signed by Alexander Parke, Jr., W. M., and B. Hughes, secretary. ?? 4E> Iinpcacbmeut of Judge iUoses. In the House on Wednesday the committee reported t he articles of im peachment against Judge Montgomery Moses. They em brace six charges, at follows: 1. That he obstructed, hindereJ and delayed the execution of the law in Spartanburg County in 1874, by refus ing to allow the grand jury to make a /%/\n/infnino nfliniol ? J i Vdt'U line ill/ vuuvtiuiug b?iw wmivimi misconduct of certain public officers. 2. That, at various times and places, he corruptly demanded money from litigants in payment for decisions in 1 eases heard before himself. ! 3. That he corruptly demanded and rceived, from officers of the court, pub lic moneys entrusted to them, promis ing to^interpose his judicial power to i screen and protect them from punish ment. 4. That, for about four 3'ears, he has) wilfully neglected to perform the du ties of his office, causing delay, loss and damage to suitors, jurora and wit nesses. 5. That he ha?j, at various times and places, wilfully neglected hi# duties by refusing to sign orders in suits pre sented to him by consent of the liti gants. 6. That he has arbitrarily and per emtorily compelled public officers to violate "the law by issuing evidences of public indebtedness contrary to law. These articles were adopted, without debate, by a vote of 81 to nought. The Colored Mississippi Senator. The rccent onslaught of the colored Senator from Mississippi, Jiruce, upon Grant and his Southern policy, has * .J ?? "* I " ? o inr? in CreUlUU MOIIlCLIllUg VI <? rvucuu ww ... political circles. A person who pro fesses to know the motives of Bruoe's conduct throughout thiH time says that Bruce now believes what he staled in the Senate, viz: that Grant was play ing two parts, one to the whites, who cared nothing for the negroes, and an other to the negroes themselves, whom he professed to admire and respect. The same informant proceeded in fur ther explanation. Bruce, he said, had been given to understand by the Pres ident that the latter was a candidate 1 CIr II1U lllliu iirim, a 1111 liJikt iicvA^/vvv o(l to rcceive the entire support ot tlu: colored neople in the South. Previous to tliis tI1C3* had given him to under stand that no other candidate should have their votes. John 1J. llaymond, who also wanted the Vicksburg Post Olliee, is Amen' fugleman. Ho came on here to tight Pease and get the olliee. It is said that Bruce told the President that lie (Grant) cared more for his own interests than he did for the colored people, and that the Presi dent listened quietly and finally said that he should pursue his own course, and be dictated to by no one; where upon the hot African blood rushed into the colored Senator's face and he said to the President, with deepest passsion, "Very well; you do as you please and I will do as I please," and then he hastily withdrew. ?o>? Wendell Phillips. "Wendell Phillips has been making a nolitinnl sneecb in Philadelphia. characterized by his usual insane ex travagance and bitter malignity to the South. He comes out for Grant and a third term, and for Fred. Douglass for the vice-presidency. Northern and Southern extremes of political senti ment meet in Phillips and Toombs, and they are well matched, as well in the extravagance of their utterances as in the small influence which they are able to exert upon their sections. They are anything else than represen tative men. " We regret to notice that the Bishop of Tennessee has been treated dis courteously in England. He was re quested by the incumbent of one of the parish churches to confirm some children in that church. The consent of the Bishop of Ijondon had first to be obtained. It was asked, under the impression that it would be cheerfully granted, but to tho mortification of 1 both the curate and Bishop Quintard, it was very curtly refused. Our State exchanges are filled with accounts of the organization of Demo cratic clubs all over the State. The spirit of organization is rife through the land, and the people are moving in earnest. No such uuanimity has been manifested at any previous' time WliUJIl liwpc Vt m v * v,uv,u?|/nwu of tlie State. Let jvery honest man do his duty, and success will crown ourettbrlsin the coming campaign. Col. G. "W. Alexander, of the Sun day Gazette, of Washington, has been ottered a thousand dollars for tbe orig inal letter froui Mr. Davis to Judge Lyons. i-jj . jagg* Far man University, S. C. THE undersigned, Special Ke ceiving Agent of the above in stitution, most respectfully and ear nestly calls upon all persons indebted l<> uje university iu u? in auiiiucns w; incut interest ami so much of principal aspossible now due on their bonds. The Endowment of the Collcfjiatc Department having boon raised, in bonds and other securities, and this Department having been thrown open free of Tuition for the term of ten years, it becomes most vitally impor tant that payments whould be made as rapidly as possible. All communications addressed to the Agent at Greenwood, 8. C., (ex cept when canvassing) will receive prompt attention. The endowment i>f the Primary Department is now progressing. B. F. MILLER, Special Agt. A. C\, S. C. Greenwood, Feb. lo, 1876, 8m Sheriff's Sale. . Robt. .Haugh & Sou \V. II. Adamsou. EY virtue of an Execution to me directed in the above stated case, 1 will sell to the highest bidder at pub lic auction within the legal hours of srle, at Abbeville Court House, on Monday, the 6th March, A. D. 1876, the following described property, to wit: All \V. H. Ailamson s interest in House and lot in the town of Abbe ville, fronting on main street, con taining 29 Feet Front and 28 Feet Rear, being nearly a square, known as the McDonald A dam.son Bar, bounded by lots of D. O'Neal and L. D. Bowie. Levied on and to be sold as the pro perty of W. H. Adamson at the suit nf Robt. Haugh &S011. Terms Cash. L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, \ 10, Feb. 1870, 45-3t / Sheriff's Sale. Robt. McCraven, Banister Allen, against Execution. D. M. Rogers.) Y virtue of sundry executions to me directed in the above Htatcd use, I will sell to the highest bidder t public auction within the legal lours of sale, at Abbeville Court louse, on Monday, the Gth day of larch, A. I). 187(>, the following de cribed property, to wit: 200 Acres, nnro nr loss, bounded.bv Little River, >1. O. Tiilmou, W. I). Mars, ami >ther9. Hope Tract, 100 Acres, noreorles?, bounded by Col. J. E. Jallioun, M. 0. Talmou and others. Matthews Tract, 150 Acres, nore or less, bounded by Col. J. E. Jalliouu, M. O. Talmon, and others. Christopher Tract, 180 Acres, nore or less, bounded by Col. J. E. Jalhoun, L. Cain, and others. Dickson Tract, 40 Acres, nore or less, bounded by M. O. Tal non, Mrs. Law ton, and others. Bellotte Tract, 75 Acres, More or less, bounded by Mrs. Dren jan, Little ltiver, and others. McComb Tract. 17 Acres, uore or less, bounded by lands of "W. D. Mara, Mrs. Alston, and others. P. B. Moragna Tract, 150 or 200 Acres, bounded by lands of W. H. Peake, ind P. B. Morutfu?, and others. House and Lot in Mt, Carmel, which will be more fully described on day of sale. ALSO, Cattle, Corn, Blacksmith Tools, Household and Kitchen Furniture, &c., &c. Terms Cash. T T? '/I T7T7T?T"V JLI. X". UUl'Jl'lii, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's*. Office, ) 11th Feb. 1S7U, 4o-3t i NEW CARPETS, SHADES, ETC., AT VEEY LOWJ>BICES. In order to reduce stock we will offer the following desir able goods at New York quo tations tor 6U days: New Patterns Brussels Car pets, $1.20 to $1.40 per yd., just opened. New Window Shades, All si>:oH, troin SI upwards. New Chromos, 200 Now Chromos just opened. Crumb Cloths, All sizes at cost to close out lot. Cocoa Mattings, striped and plain. New 3-Ply Carpets, from ?1.25 to $1.50 per yard. Wall Papers and Borders, Paper Shades and Side Lights, 5,000 Rolls Now Patterns Opened this week. TT/?Qrf>? T?ncra arirl "Hnnr Wnt.s. Now, Pretty and Cheap. Ottomans and Hassocks, 5U0 at ?1 each. New Ingrain Carpets, from 50c per yaril up to the best Scotch. Genuine English Floor Oil Cloths, 24 feet wide, cut any size. Cheap Carpets, -U nous ui zn 10 -iuc a yarn. Table Oil Cloths and Covers. iu all covers and widths. Oil Cloths, Rugs and Mts, of all sizes. Floor Oil Cloths, from 3 to 17 feet wide, pretty and cheap. Stair Carpets, Stair Rods and Pads, Stair Oil Cloth and Stair Linen, Lace Curtains, Laco Lambraquins, "Window Cornices and Bands, French Terry*, Reps and Damasks, Picture Cords, Loops and Nails, Piano Covers and Table Covers, Fringes and Gimps, all Colors, Curtain Loops and Table Mats, Drapery and Latnbraquin Tassels, and many other Goods both useful and desir able, for sale cheaper than ever before, by Jas. Q. Bailie & Bro., 205 15 road Street, . Fob. 16,1S7P>.] Augusta, Ua. CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON May always be found at their Store with a handsome Stock of goods, which they have bought low. They are satisfied with short profits. All manner of Grocer ies and Staple Goods, of the best qual ny, can ue uougm innu mem zu uoi toni prices. They will be glad to show . their goods to any who may call. Cunningham & Templeton. Feb. 9,18 76 4-1-tf Laurensville Female College, i TP II15 SCHOLASTIC YEAR CON JL sists ol' two sessions. The first session from the 1st of October to the loth | >f February; tbe seeond from tho 15th )f February to the flth of .Inly. 1 TERMS l'GK SESSION, IN ADVANCE: Primary Department ? 10 SO Vcademic Department J5 00 ( ,'ollegiato Department 25 00 Jontingenoies I-;XTi*A STUDIES, (OPTIONAL.) 2 00 Music S 50 00 Jso of Instrument French Drawing ancl Painting. Ornamental Work li 00 10 00 10 00 10 00 Pupils in all the Departments have the ulvantages of daily Calishthenic excr jises. Board, (including washing, fuel and ights,) $15 00 per month, payable quar ;erly in advance. Pupils from abroad allowed to board in private families of relatives and friends viler) requested by patrons; but such nipils must bo subject to the rules and egulations of the College. It is important to pupils that they be mtcred at the beginning of the session, md that their studios be not interrupted jy unnecessary absonces. No deduction or absence except in cases of protracted llness. Pupils must bo subject at all times to egulations in deportment aa well as in studies. For further particulars, apply to JAMES FAKHOW, President. Laurensville, S. C. Feb. 10, 1870 45-tf CORN! CORN!! BED OATS! WHEAT BTtA.3Sr.!i FOR SALE BY BARNWELL & CO Jan. L>0, 1876 42-tf SHERIFF'S SALE. i. J. Wilson, Auctioneer J. J. Lee, against M. McDonald, Wm. Hill, et al. Judgment for Foreclosure. BY virtue of a decree of the Coui f Common Pleas, in the above east*, rill sell to the higheat bidder, ut l'ul ic Auction, within the legal hours < ale, at Abbevile Court House, o londav, the Ith of March, A. D. 1876 lie following described property, 1 rit: All that tractor pared of lam iluaLc, lying and being in the Tow f Abbeville, in the County of Abbi 'ille, South Carolina, and known i he McDonald & Adamson Ba; and containing 29 Feet Front and 28 Hea: icing nearly a square fronting c Main Street, bounded by Lots of ] .VNeal, L. D. liowie, being the L lought from T. M. Christian and , Wilson. Levied on and to be sold as the pro ?rty of M. McDonald, at the suit r. J. Lee, to satisfy the aforesa udgmcnt and costs. TERMS. ? Ono-thlrd Cash; remainder on jredit of twelve months, with bot ind mortgage to secure the purcha money. PnrniiAqpr to nav for naners. 4 L. P.* G UFFIN, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, Feb/ 9, 187U 44-3t | SHERIFF'S SALE. L. J. Wilson, Auctionee G. M. Jordan, Administrator, & against J. W. Lipscomb. EXECUTION. - BY virtue of an Execution to i directed, in the above stated case, will .sell to the highest bidder, at Pi lie Auction, within the legal hours sale, at Abbeville Court House, < Monday, the 6th of March, A. D. 187 the following described property, wit: All that tract or parcel of lac situate, lying and being in Ninel Six Township, In the County or aoi ville, South Carolina, and known The J. W. Lipscom Place, and containing 450 Acres, moire or less, and bounded by lands of Guss Griff Larken Carter, Davis, and others. Levied on and to be sold as the pr< erty of J. W. Lipscomb, at the s of G. M. Jordan, Administrator, satisfy tlic aforesaid Execution a costs. TERMS CASH. L. P. GUFFIN. Sheriff Abbeville County Sheriff's Oflice, Feb. i), 1S7G 44-3t | WILL CONTINUE THE business at the same stai mid will keep constantly on ham fresh uud well selected Stock of n 1 wr avaIi a n /I i o VJUilCi ?11 UXUXUUO.X1U.XO all of which will be sold at the LOWEST CASH PEICES Confectioneries and Ciga A SPECIALTY. Give us n call, and "\ve will pr< what we say. Respectfully, M' DONALD &HADDO Fresh Arrivals this week ? I Goods and Groceries. Feb. 9, 1S70 4*-3t Tax Notice. Tisa Last Extensioi OFFICE CO. TREASURER Abheville, Feb. 15, 187G. books of the County Treas er will remain open for the collecti of State and county taxes, for t present fiscal year, at Abbcvillo C. ] until the Tenth of March nex next, after which time tin* penalty twenty per cent, will attach to all u paid taxes. After that time the Tre; urer is required by law to enforce t collection of the same by distrain a sale .of the personal property of t tax-payer. The total rate per Centura of ta> tionis as follows, Yiz: For Stat# purposes 11 uiil County Current Kxpwuaes 3 " payment of County past indebtedness 3 " payment of County defi ciency for 1875 | " relief of widows and or phans } " A noil tax of i>l on all males betwe' the ages of ill unci 50 years who u Dot physically unable to earn a suppc will be collected. In addition to the above tkere w be collected a special tax for schc purposes in the different school d Lriets, as follows, viz : Ninety-Six School Dist 1 mi Grreenwood " " 1 " L'okesbury " " 2 11 Donnaldaville 14 " If " Due West " " 1J " Dong Cane " " 4 " Sraithvillo " " i " White Hall " " # 1 Indian Hill " " 3 ' Cedar Springs " " 1 ' Abbeville " " 3* ' Diamond Hill " " 2 ' Lowndesville " " If 1 Magnolia " " 3J ' Calhoun's Mills " Si 1 * <<11 O I tiorucaux - * By the advice of tlio Board of Equi ization for the County, whoso duty s to designate the points at which tl Prcasurer will attend for the collects jf taxes, the books will beopened ou it Abbeville Court House. T. N. TOLBERT, Co. Treasurer. Feb. 15, 1876, 45-tf TOWN TAXES. THE books for the collection TOWN TAXES will be opi 'or sixty days from this date. K. JONES, Tntendant. Feb. 10,1S76, 4t BLANKS^ OF THE MOST APPROVED FORMS, FOR SALE, AT THE Press & Banner Office. Rent Lien9, Liens on Crops, Lien on Crop and Bill of Sale. 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 Probate Conrt. In the matter of the Estate of Wil P??ir?o ilo<>ou(inrl Jolin Deason, Administrator. ALSO ordered, that the crditors of said estate be and they are here by required to lile and prove their demands in this Court on or before the said day of the final accountingof said estate, (4th of March, 1870,) or be de barred, and that a copy of this order relating to creditors be published b> the Cleik of this Court for one month in the Abbeville Press and Banner. THOS. B. M1LLFOR1), (Seal.) Judge Probate, A. C. Feb. 1st, 1876, 4t* The foregoing is a true copy. ] Attest, J. C. Wosmansky, > Clerk C. Pro. A. C.J ne , I b-i .Notice 01 aaie. I WILL sell for Cash at Dorn's Gold Mine, on the 29th instant all Notes belonging to the estate o WM. PRICE, deceased, which wer< appraised as doubtful and "worthless. JOHN DEASON, Administrator. Feb. 1, 1876,2t* Barnwell &Co ofj A RE DAILY RECEIVING AD J3L ditions to their Stock, consist ing of STAPLE DRY GOODS Hats and Clothing, BOOTS AND SHOES I THEY KEEP CONSTANTLY 01 xrtvn A T art A TTTTT T. .cla^?J, nuou, xv ? LINE OF Groceries, Bacon and Lard, Meal and Flour, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrup A FINE LOT OF e, I!! LIS >ve N )ry SUGAR CURED HAMS I Oct, 5,1875 26-tf COHIMHAM AND TEMPLETOi Mave received and opes ed their lurge block of all kind of goods. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Caps, Hats Hardware, Crockery, Saddlery, &c CALL AND SEE FOR YOUB SELVES. Oct. 6, 1875 26-tf } Goods at Cost ur. All descriptions of Goods, embracing READY-MADE CLOTHING :I., a. Boots, Shoes, Hats, t, HOSIERY, NOTIONS of AND r: DRY GOODS, ml AT 'I COST m UASH, AT $aar!es ? Benin's. Feb. 1, 1876, 43-tf J.T. Robertson &JTJLL HAS A EP.MNANT 01 ^ K'lWK f)N SA LF, ut nrioe; r^_7 ? - ? :BELOW COST! At the old Stand, now occupied bj Messrs. DuPre, Gambrell & Co. ill iol is u "H" AM NOW CLOSING MY BUSI _B_ ness, and I xpett all who owi me to make Immediate Payment! and I hope that I will not have to rc sort to a legal process to enforce col lections. I T DnDCDTOHM i. 11 nuDumoun Nov. 10, 1875, tf TO THE LADIES! WOULD CALL YOUR A.TTEN tion to my Stock of Millinery and Notions, which is now complete, embracing al the latest novelties of the season. J have also combined Dress-Makinj with Millinery, and have procured tin ly i services of MISS JANE RAMEY, who will bo pleased at all times to cu and make your dresses in the lates styles, and whose well-known tastt and ability in this line have always been appreciated by the ladies gener ally. Give me a call, and I guarantee sat' isfaction as to styles and price in botl: departments. MRS. M. M. WHITE. Sept. 2.1,1875 24-1 f EUH Ammoniated Bone Su 'rfi .;j) -jjl MAX OF ac: ATLANTIC AND VIRC Soluble Phosphate Acid, 10 per cent Organic Matter, 30 per ceut.; Yield! p !one ton, cash, payable one ton, " " ; one ton, payable Nov. 1st, in mi< For sale by Feb. 9, 1870 44-tf EMPORIUM ^^LlLsl MILLINERY & In all the OUR STOCK THIS SEASON made our own selections witl embraces all the latest styles and nc sold ou the cash system, and at the i JAM] i f Sopt. 20,1875, 25-tf Great Eedu 1 Dry Goods, Boots, S At the low prices of the m T^A!e Wtf . ?&W M Granite Rang DE, GENERAL II MAVING purchased my Stock and Philadelphia, l am now place andsurrounding country, a 1 everything in a first-class Dry Go< DRESS GOSeS, WH Hats, Boots an GLASSW/ and a Having an unsurpassed stock of that I cau sell good* cheaper than Cct. 7, 1S75, WALLER MEIt GREENW ARE now offering to the public full lino of all the Goods get . ( ' r THEIl SSW have been selected with gr READY-MA A FINE STOCK C A goo< Groceries, Hardware, to which the attention of purchasi walle: TV.U in 10^0 AK.-4- + Dr. H. D DEN ^.*oses"v: OFFICE OVER ept. 8, 1870, 22-tf EMPORIUM OF FASKIG! ,fe and Ladies Goods ,'jf generally, always 011 jW liand, at the lowest r*Ew cash prices, at the E31PORH3I Of m fashion. Dec. 8, 1S75, 3G-tf THE ALSTON HOUS Ti keep "THE alston hous (open for both permanent and transi Boarders. Thankful for past patr aire, they hope, by renewed enei and application to business, to nier good share of patronage. Jan. 5, 1S76 49-tf Tie Sest Honseliolfl Oil tie fori C. WEST & SONS' ALADDIN SI?< KITY OIL. WARRANTED 150 KKURKKs) VIHK TI Endorsed by Fire Insuranco Com pan. Read t ho following certificate, looted from many others: Howard Firo Ins. Co. of Baltimore December -3, 1*74. Messrs. C. West <fc Sons: Oentleme Having used the various oils sold in city for illuminating purposes, I tj pleasure in recommending your "A I din Security" as the safest and best e used in our "household. Yours, truly, ANDREW REESE, Pies' It will not explode. Ask your stc keeper for it. Wholesale })epot: WEST ?fc SONS, 113, 115 W. Lojnb Street, Baltimore. Hept, .9, 1875 l.'fi-flin . Jhf J iper Phosphate of Lime, rURED BY THE rINIA FEETIUZING CO. .; Insoluble Phosphate Acid, 5 per cent.; ing Ammonia, 3} percent. ICES. - Am m APRIL 1st, $ 47 50 NTOV. 1st 55 00 Idling cotton at 15 cen taper lb 60 00 well ??? O OF FASHION, La, 1873. 9= LADIES' GOODS, Latest Styles, is more extensive than ever, and having 1 great care, can assure our lady friends ivelties to be lmd in market. Goods still lowest cash prices. - - - ES A. BOWIE, Igent Emporium of Fashions. ction in Prices OF hoes, Clothing, &c., &c., good old times before tho war. ENBERG, e, Abbeville C. H.f T Tin TXT AJjXlirV JLX^ 3EB HANDISE. of Goods of the best houses in New York prepared to exhibit to the people pf this arge and well selected stock?embracing ods house, such as IITE GOODS, CLOTHING, d Shoes. Trunks. LRE, CROCKEBY, large Stock of , SERIES. goods in my line I feel satisfied in saying ever. AH I ask is one fair trial. r. Rosenberg. & BROTHER, CHARTS AT OOP, S. in their new and bandso?i? kuildinh, a lerally needed in thiscomniunity. *** ; >-**;+* -?lk I STOCK OF eat car?, and unusually attractive. DE CLOTHING. IF BOOTS AND StfOES. 3 assortment of Crockery, and Glassware. ira is invited. R & BROTHER. ' t . WILSON, TIST, E T B T 1 TEmj Si Cfm THE POST OFFICE. CONGAREE Oolumtoia, S. O. PROPRIETOR. MANCFAOTUBKR Of STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, Iron and Brass Castings of all dcscriplioua made to Order. r\ _ E LL E" cut 011 rgy it a r 1 j T* WAS awarded the first promium on IX castings at the Stato Agricultural and - j Mocha-nica! Society Fairs, hclil iu Coluru j bia, November, lb:71, *1'! and '73. Circular Saw Mills of all sizes. Also took the FIRST PREMIUM at J ; State Fairs hold November, 1871, '72, '73, Manufacturer of GRIST MILL IRONS of all sizes.J Por Sale, Gin Gearing, of the following sizes : 9 feet wheel and pinion $30 00 10 " " " 3'J 00 11 " " " 3") 00 II ' ! 1U " " ' AT, 00 "'[11 ' " " 50 00 L" i With Bolts $<1.50 Extra for each set. j Anti-friction plates and Bulls for Cotton :st. i pross f 10.00 and S12.00 per set. ICS, so il? the uke ad ver D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville, S. C? Dee. 10, 1875, 3.7-tf FOR SALE. Pratt's Shoals on Little River. WIT1I this valuable water power the tract of two hundred and six I fro* acres will be sold on accommodating q i terms to an approved purchaser. J>Wr .....j i particulars, apply to : JOHN PRATT, Due West, S. C'. ' Feb. 8, 187G, 3m?