The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, February 23, 1876, Image 3

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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1876. A BAG OF COTTON STOLEN. The Thief Borrows a Cart and Oxen to Haul it to Market. Recovery of the Cotton. Dr. A. T. Wideman, of Long Cauc, an excellent citizen and a constani reader of the P. <k li., some days ago oil business or pleasure, went visum^ his neighbors for a night, and during his absence somebody not having the fear of the devil before bis eyes, and regardless of the wrath to come, went to iiis pasture ami bitched up a pair of the Doctor's oxen to a cart which was lying loose about the lot, hauled oir a bale of cotton from his gin house to Abbeviile and sold it to Mr. John Knox, xvfterselliiig the cotton he put the oxen in the livery stable, to remain there until he called for them. After spending bis money around town pretty freely, he took his departure in a direction and by some means of transportation unknown to this deponent, leaving the oxen still in charge of the livery stable keeper. Mr. Knox had the cotton marked and put aboard the cars for shipment next day, but some fifteen minutes before the departure of the train which was to carrv oft' this valuable package of the staple Dr. Wideman arrived ut the Depot and claimed the cotton, when it was taken out of the car and stored fit tiie warehousejof Mr. Knox, to await further proceedings. This accom plished, the Doctor began to enquire for his oxen and cart and he soon found them where they were held for the payment of a bill for provender which it wasalleged that they?the oxen not the cart?had consumed during the day and night previous. To say that the Doctor paid this bill cheerful ly would not be telling the truth and hence we shall not make the remark, as to the cheerfulness, but as a faithful chronicler of the passing events, we are compelled to say that the came to the conclusion that the borrower would not settle thejittle bill that day, and as he needed the oxen and cart at home reluctantly gave the afore said livery stable keeper an order from Mr. Spinner on the Treas ury of the Government at Wash ington, for the amount of the alleged damages which the aforesaid livery stable keeper's fodder stack had .sustained in consequence of the prox imity of the aforesaid oxen and cart during the night previous. BEFOKE THE COURT. Last week, suspicion rested on one of our citizens, of the great un bleached variety, who sometimes calls himself Tobe Wideuian and at other times when it suits his purposes better, names himself George Calhoun, was requested to come before his Honor, Judge Bruce, who at once examined him on the subject of cotton bags, ox carts and steers. On account of his alleged iguorance of these subjects, iind a want of proof of an opportunity to inform himself on thin important matter iu question, he was dismissed from custody. It appeared, however, that Mr. John <J. Crawford, (we don't know what -I... ... 1 . f,... \ ? I lie Vy. BiitLius tvi,) u tutvi t u iuimii w? Abbeville, knew something of the man wlio knew all about the bale of cotton, ox-cart and oxen, which had got into trouble. Being anxious to do the square thing he furnished bail in the .sum of two hundred dollars, to appear at the nest Court of General .Sessions to explain to his Honor Judge Cooke the part he took in assisting the thief to get out of the way of the med dlesome deputy sheriff who might be disposed to interfere with the liberty of the "citizen." T banks. We are indebted to Maj. Osborne, of our town, for copies of the Con gressional Record, which coutam, among other interesting matter, Sena tor Norwood's speech against the CeOtc-uuial Appropriation, aud Sena tor Morton's speech on the Mississippi election outrages. Senator Norwood takes different grounds from his col league, Senator Gordon, and opposes centennial, as being unconstitutional, as well as impolitic. He sees no jus tice in taxing tbe people of Georgia $45,000 for a celebration which not one in a hundred of her people will be able to attend. His strong argument is that the appropriation will go to till the coflers of a private corporation. Senator Morton holds up "the bloody shirt," acl natixcam, and makes a first class campaign si>eecb, built up in a lurge measure of extracts from South ern newspapers, going to show an un dying war of races, which can only be set at rest under the proud jEgis of IJepublicanisin The charges have been rung so often upon these old issues, with telling effect, that Senator Morton hopes that there is still some virtue in the old war cry and in the old flag. If the Democracy is to be defeated, it is just here upon these old war issues, which are to be resurrected for the campaign. Morton aud Blaine liavealike agreed upon the necessity of ttirrino mi f lw? H />f Ucn.t idllHl hatred. The New York Herald Almanac. We have reoeived the A'civ York JTcrald Almanac for 1876. It Rives the latest election returns by Counties, and where possible, by cities and towns?all from official sources. Its chronological and necrolo;rical records are very complete, and so is its politi cal record, which embraces all the departments of the government ser vice. It is mailed for thirty cents. This is really a valuable work, and is in keeping with the enterprise of the best newspaper in the world. We haven't seen all the papers in the world, but believe we are safe in ma king the assertion that the Herald is the very best. The Union Times comes so near ex f)ressiug oar own condition in the fol owing item that we Mlopt the jwra-1 graph as our own : "It is pleasant to us to state that not withstanding the scarcity of money, the low price of cotton, and the gener al depression of business all over the country, our subscription list keeps fully up to the highest number it has ever had, while new names are almost daily added. Nearly all of those whose names we struck off in the month of January have renewed and we have but little complaint to make of those whose subscriptions are week ly expiring. Our list is not large but we think it one of the best in the Btate, and, what is very remarkable, we have not fifty subscribers beyond the liuiitsof Union County. "In the eighth circuit, consisting of Greenville, Anderson, Abbeville, Oco nee, aud Pickens, Judge Cooke was re-elected. Cooke is an Orangeburg scalawag, and his chief claim to dis tinction, we believe, is in his being a jnost intolerable jackass." ine jt.uyijir,ui siuvcriusvr some time ago made use of the above lan guage. If our Cooke ever bees this notice, he may take revenge on that paper by putting a spider in his dump ling in the absence of the editor. Good News fok those Wanting Fertilizers.?By reference to a no tice in anottaercofumn it will be seen that Mr. W. Joel Smith otFera a ton of guano for a bale of cotton. The ferti lizer is as good as the best and is as cheap as any yet ottered in this market. We think it much better for persons who will buy guano to make arrangements to pay for the *ame in cotton. Cotton, contrary to all expectation, is still going down, and it is possible that it may be as iow as eight cents next Fall. John Russel Young, correspond ent of the New York Herald, writes a Jetter in which he holds the whole people responsible for the solid oppo sition of the negro vote. He has shown that he knows nothing of the matter. The proceedings of Congress present nothing of interest. , - RELIGIOUS. Two Sermons From the Rev. II. 31. Jackson, of Greenville. The congregation of Trinity Church had the pleasure of hearing, 011 Sun day last, two admirable sermons, in the niorniug and afternoon, from the Rev. Henry Melville Jackson, the new Rector of Grace Church, Green ville, who held services and adminis tered the communion 011 the occasion. In brilliancy, force and power of anal ysis, they reminded one of the distin guished London preacln-r after whom the Greenville rector is named. The morning sermon was from Xunbers xvi:48, "And lie stood be tween the dead and the living, and the plague was stayed." A "parallel was drawn oeiwecn uie oflice "I' Moses and Aaron, anil that of Christ, of which it furnished a stri king type; and the points of rescm blanee'and the distinguishing ditl'er ences were clearly shown?in both cases a rescue from death; in the one ease temporal death, in the other spiritual; and in both cases the relief came from a source where it was to he least expected? the oflended party; and again hy an agency in either ease, having no apparent connection with the result?the censer of incense and the blood of Christ. The three-fold otlice of Christ as Mediator, Redeemer, and Judge, was clearly unfolded, and (] the whole doctrine of the text forcibly i I brought home to the heart and con- j I science of the hearer. J The evening discourse was from j Psalms, xiv: 1, "The fool hath said in | his heart there is no God." The ser j mon furnished a thorough exposition j of the fact and folly of atheism?not theoretical, but practical atheism. Of the first there was comparatively little, but the world is full, he said, of prac tical atheism, which is a much more heinous sin. Men do not impugn the existence of God, but they ignore it? they put God out of their thoughts, banish hiui from their lives, refuse to yield him allegiance, and in a hun dred ways rob him of his attributes. The fool, in the Scripture sense, may be worldly wise; may be a distin guished statesman, orator and general, and may achieve success in many de nartments of earthly honor, but his folly consists in planting for time, when the harvest is to lie reaped in eternity?in narrowing dow n his capa bilities" to an earthly standard, and bounding his vision by an earthly horizon, when all the capacities and possibilities of his nature make him an heir of the skies. The people of Greenville have good cause to congratulate themselves upon having a minister, whom, we learn, a city church and a So,000 salary could not cntice to New Orleans. A circular has been sent to the County Auditors by the Comptroller General directing them to enforce the penalties against delinquent tax pay ers sixty days after the public an nouncement of the opening of the tax books, lie also informs them that the time will not be extended beyond that date. The time, therefore, for this County will expire on the tenth day of March. So look out friends, and save the penalty. T.ict u-ppI- snmo vf?rv iriod little boys with the best of feeling for the Junior, sent him a comic valentine containing a "beautiful" picture of "the publisher" and some touching verses. These little hoys are Sunday school scholars. If they keep on as they have commenced, they will per haps be K^od enough, before they die, to go oft' as missionaries to heathen lauds. General M. C. Butler, the Chairman, called a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Democratic party of South Carolina, in the parlor of the Columbia Hotel, on yesterday, they'd inst., at 8 o'clock, p. m. The County Chairman of the several counties are invifed to meet the committee on the following day, at ] 1 o'clock. General McGowan and Colonel Cothran have gone down to attend the meeting. Mr. T. C. Gowkr, of the firm of Gower, Cox & Mark ley, Greenville, visited our office on Monday last. He is hopeful of the future prosperity of the "Mountain city," and we feed sure if ail her citizens had half his on/1 tllttt thr? *"u *?.x. p?" " ? and prosperity of the city would be assured. Masonic.?Our friend and towns man, Mr. J. F. C. DuPre, was recent ly elected at the session in Charleston, Grand King of the Royal Chapter, and also Grand Marshall of the Graud Council of Royal and Select Masters of fcjouth Carolina. Our friend, Mr. \V. T. Branch, Granu Captain of the Guard. Tin: Laurens Railroad.?The Laurens people it seems are doomed to disappointment again. The rail road has been finished only to Clinton, fourteen miles from Laurens and thej1' work 011 the road has been stopped, i " From the statements of the JlcraUl n< the people are complaining, and, just- w ly too. tl: In A a> Last week Mr. J. W. Trowbridge j purchased a curiosity in the shape of u | I'owl. It hud the Lead and voice of u guinea fowl, and plumage partially | resembling the ordinary chicken lien and the guinea hen. The size and shape of the legs and body was that of an ordinary fowl. Infanticide.?Trial Justice Hark ncss of the Diamond Hill section com mitted Martha Logau, to jail on j-es terday undercharge of infanticide. I It is alleged that she billed and hid j 5/ away her infant which was only teu 'llJ days old. Dr. S. S. Marshall, a prominent phyaieiau of the city o<" Greeuville, was in town la?t week. He will pout himself on Abbeville aft'airs for the next twelve months by reading the Items of interest from all portions | of the comity are solicited?send ? I along maiu features, names and dates and we will put them in proper shape | for the benefit f the readers of Cite j Press and Banner. I Miss Rolaine, of our village, we I ^ learn, has gone to Charleston to be gone for some time. For the past sev eral years she lias been the rganist of the Episcopal church at this place. th di g? ai Judge Harmon when in company I re , IIT j with his lady love, sometimes forgets j si the whereabouts of his umbrella, though he at the titne may be holding it over the object of his idolatry. Capt. J. W. Rook, of Abbeville County, expects to pursue the study of the law, at Abbeville Court House, in a short time, under the surveilance of Eugene B. Gary, Esq. Mr. A. J. Furguson has a dog which was formerly a hound, but it is now part hunter and part setter: If hunts for a bone until it linds it, and then set* down to eat it. Too Much Hokse.?Sam Marshall colored, was committed to jail on yesterday, by Trial Justice Bruce un der charge of Grand Larceny?too much horse. TirE town council have determined to enforce the law against that old long horned billy goat which gambols and butts about the depot. j n Mrs. T. C. Gower, with her infant i at and her step-daughter, Lola, are at Mrs. K. C. Fermi's to remain for a few weeks. Thk Japanese believe that human enjoyment is a pleasant prayer to God, and we believe there is much truth in the belief. We will have no more fires now. The great tire extinguisher which was bought by the Town Council has come. The citizens of Hodges continue to improve the town, under the admin istration of Mayor Cochran. A UTTi,Eboy with a good shot gun can get a situation on application to the PrtsH and Banner office. Mrs. Fiester, of Newberry, is now on a vjsit to her brother-in-law, Itev. J. L. Martin of this place. Mr. Gus Mars, of Calhoun's Mills, sends beautiful sentimental valen tines. Gex. McGowan's family went to Charleston last week. ight Sessions of the Legislator hat wc Think of Absent Democrat The Columbia correspondent of tli feios and Courier thus writes < iglit sessions, after the tabling of th lupply bill, at a night session wire ne-half of the Conservative seal ,-erc vacant, and the liadicala rallie here in full strength "Your correspondent has had an ej erience of some eight years as a r< orter in the Reconstructed Legislator f South Carolina, and is prepared t ustain the assertion that nearly nine jntlis of all the rascality that hn liaracterized these delectable bodit as been done at the night session! Whenever they have any plunderin diemc to get through, the custom i > move to have two sessions daily ?e plea is that they want to gc trough the business of the se#-sio nd adjourn. The Conservative mem ers fall right into the trap, vote fo , and then one-half of them are a I ;nt from their scats. The boys watc >r this, gather up their forces, an ish through their swindles. This i hat night sessions mean." Ssjy \Ve have heard this cry of al int conservatives until we are tire f it. What are they sent to Coluu ia for if not to protect the interest icir constituents? Absentees on oc i^ions like these should be spotted heir business is at the Slate Hons uring the sitting of the Legislature nd if they are o!F frolicking insteai f attending to their business, tliei mstituentsshould see to it that othe len are entrusted with their legi.sla on. 4 . Interesting Case. Eugene B. Gary, Esq., a youti) ni'i'np l;if < ! v pi mm need tli rucliceof his profession in Abbeville cut down to Hodges last week t< rgue a ccrtain case before Trial Jus ce Urayden. The cause of actioi as as follows: At the com men cc lent of the year 1S75, I)r. B. C. liar >ok agricultural liens on the crops o >veral laborers working on share ith Mr. W. A. Moore. About Jul] >r. Hart had advanced supplies to tin mits,ln the several liens, and refuse* > advance any longer for them. The; ent to Mr. Moore and asked him ti Ivan ce supplies for them, which In id. When the crop was divided a ic end of the year, Mr. Moore re lined part of the proceeds arisiti) oiii their share of the crop, witl hich he credited his account agains iem. As there was not sullicient lef i satisfy the liens which Dr. liar eld, he* brought his action agains fr. Moore to recover the part of tli roceeds which Mr. Moore retained [r. Gary appeared for the plaintill iid after making a clear, concise, nn< igical argument to the jury, succeedei i convincing them of the liability o ic defendant. As this was an inter <ting ease to the community, th alienee was quite numerous at th ial. The Observance of Lent. The season of Lent, observed ir rotestant Episcopal churches, ii >mmemoration of Christ's fast o irty days, will begin this year 01 sh Wednesday, Muivh, ending 01 ic eve of Easier Sunday, April l(i he season of Lent is observed witl iore or less strictness among Epis >palians, but without the rigid absll mice which characterizes the Jtomai itt ho] ic observance. In liomai utholic countries, (he carnival, (liter ly a farewell to flesh,) which inau irates Lent, is a period o/ universa .stivity, forming a contrast to the fas hich succeeds. Sunday Services. Rev. Mr. Jackson, of Greenville reached in tlie Episcopal church 01 in day, and administered the hoh immunion. Rev. J. L. Martin proached in tin resbyterian church on bun day morn fj; in the evening the pulpit \va: led by Dr. Jacobs, of Cokesbury. Ilev.Mr. Wightnian, of the Metho .st church, held services as usual orningand evening. Kev. Mr. Pratt was abseut filling ai ipoiniwcnt, and in consequence tin aptist church was closed. Tax Itcccipts. The following arc the *ax receipt: > to the 21st inst.:? ale tax $45,914 J. >uuty lax 10,75- 4 ast indebtedness 12.070 hool tax 9,075 4: ull tax 3,308 0< Total $88,350 3' One-fourth of the (axes is still due bout 2,000 persons are yet to pay. Jen:inm Hfiggs. This fair correspondent of tho Pro 'casivc Ago. rather gets away will io Junior in the last week's issue ~ l.i^j />lvl IILUMAlJU it t? JICMIWYV augco llio u^o.j it :>t being able to see the gist of tin riter's article. For her "interest ii le welfare of tiie Junior and bache r," we make our best bow; lie gratitude for the delicate compli cut" isi also appreciated. When hh< ,lks of ladies having "stony hearts,' eswe astonished. We never be fort ard of ladies "bowing stubbori uees." O, Jemima! Death of Charlotte Cushman. The papers announce the death o to greatest of tragic actresses, in Bos n, on Friday last, at the age of sixt.i *ars. Hers has. been a lone ami bril iut career, filling, as she did, all th( ominent parts of the tragic drami ith splendid success. In the charac r of Meg Merilles, in Scot's nove'l o Juy Mannering," she was unrival I, while in all the prominent charac rs of the tragic stage, she exhibitec iual power 'and versatility. He; naming power, her complete com mm! of her resources, her thorough ilture and her splendid intellect ade her the greatest actress that thii "neration, at least, has seen. Ricad the article from Pome.roy\ 'cmocmt in this week's P. & B. 01 ie subject of life insurance. We nov link that we have discharged on Jty. For two years we have beei ving our opinion of this business id publishing data upon which tin ader might come to his own conclu t>ns. If the reader has neglected l< ad what we have already said it ii U own fault; if he has read our ar tiles- and still insures, we say that hi; blood is on bis own hands" and tha Ephraim is joined to his idols" am c shall henceforth "let him alone.' nportant Ilomcttead Decision b] the Supreme Court. be Homestead Exemption Not t< ~*l'l>iy lu 'auri^ttgtu jinuup* Homestead liuildinfjaml Loan Asso ntiation vs. J. A. hnslow, respond it.etal. Judgment below modified pinion by Willard, A. J. This de sion deteifbines, that the homesleat rovjsions or the Constitution do no revent owners of lands from mort aging them, and the mortgagor ho; o right to claim any part thereof bj ?ason of alleged occupation of tin lortgaged premises as a family home ead. The Greenville News. We had the pleasure of a call las 'eek from Mr. Robert Terrell, travel ng ageni ?i uic wrccnvtuc uwu\ 'ewe. From him we learn that th 'cm is on* of the livest papers ii ie whole up-countrj\ A kesoj.ution has been introduce* ito the Senate looking to the retnu al of Whipper, Moses, and Judg Leid. An infant son of Ex-Govcrnor Ort ow going to school in Charleston as a few days ago accidentally she i the foot, which made it necessar, > amputate one of his toes. Colds are prevalent in tkis commu ity. Belton Davenport, of Edgefield, las ,'eek carried a loaded gun in his bug y with him. He has but one an: OW. Lowndesville Items. Mrs. Preston Allen died atherhonn on Friday night, the 18th, of a conges tive chill. r The First Man in the Cala boose.?Gus Linch, a colored man was arrested and put in the calaboost for burning his wife in the face with a torch. After twenty-four hours con finement in the calaboose he was fined fifteen dollars and turned over to his employer. Some of the young men have gont so far as to get on their knees to theii sweethearts, and beg in this way. Can't you help me? Won't you com fort me ? Do for the Lord's sake have me, and God will bless you, my dear. Mr. Willie Baskin has lost his heart. We think if he will visit the William ston Female College, he would be near it. Mr. Theo. G. Baker was very much encouraged by the reception of a sen timental valentine which closed in | this way: "Come fall into my arms, j dear.'' A young man near Lowndesville j thinks its strange that lie is so unfor tunate in getting a companion. He lias been driving a nice single iiirnoiu for some time anil is about to conclude that he will have to add another, and drive two, so as to make a greater dis play of his fortune in seeking a prize. Look out ladies, sometimes a fortune e| proves to be a misfortune. Items from Lebanon. Negro Fiairr.?A fight between Charles Sibert and Fd. Covington oc curred at Arthur Saunders, one day last week. We suppose whiskey was the cause, as the bottom of two jugs were seen on the ground the next looming where the light took place. The people of Lebanon are nriw re joicing over the death of another sheep killing dog. Mr. A. J. Wood hurst's this time. Within a little over two miles square there are GO dogs to about-75 head of.sheep?an average of about five dogs on every farm. We learn that the young people abotu Warrenton have the whooping cough. They "barked" in every di rection in church on Sunday. The Master of the State Grange at Lowndesville. Editors Press and Banner : Col. D. Wyatt Aiken on his round to the Granges, was with us according to appointment. We received his visit amongst us as a great favor, and a rare treat. He is. emphatically at home upon agricultural themes, and what an admirable little speech he ga\'e in the Grange hall. From whence we adjourned to the Presby terian church, so kindly offered, u-lifM-H wo. had atellintr nublic address. ? i 11 a masterly way he showed tlie great e advantages offered by the Grange for social education among the farmers, by bringing them together in social contact. Selfishness was pealed anil i bruised until the enquirers bench bus ) been crowded. Several have signified f already their intention of turning i j from the error of their way. More 11 than half a dozen backsliders have I been reclaimed to the order. The i' Colonel in his agricultural armor -islands like king Saul, head and shoul . ders above any man in all the realm, j j Misaddress was of strong material of , (agricultural texture, made with rural . woof and warp, and was sent upon a .! mission of importance to the hoiue of 1 the planter. He pointed out the de t fects of the farm life; the evils in the system of its management; the leak age in the modeaiid mannerof liviug; and the great remedy to be applied, which is economy, a lesson yet un , learned by the Southern farmer. Na i ture seems to have spoiled him, with , her liberal hand, in salubrious cli mate, rich soil, and with a variety of J m-niltinr* known to no other country tijion the globe. And he has been squandering this rieli legacy in riot ous living, by keeping open a direful run of leakages, kucIi as buying more than what is sold, useless expendi tures, the neglect of taking carc of what is made and owned. The leak age in the use of tobacco, a filthy hab a'. only live cents per day for one year, would buy two barrelsof flour. Again in the needless use of whiskey, where hard earned substance was rapidly wasted, and the reward was toward brutality. That masterly address should be written indellibly upon the memory, and its important lessbns reduced to . practice. Then would prosperity show her smiling face, and virtue and iu J tegrity return as of yore. ?<??. Solicitor I'! framing of the Seventh Circuit Convicted of Otlicial Misconduct. In the Court o (.Sessions for Rich I211K1, ueioru ! uugu v>aij>vinvi , mm week, there came up the case of The State vs. \V. McGill Flemming, in* dieted for drunkenness while in the discharge of Jiis duties as Solicitor, in Spartanburg. Mr. J. M. Baxter for the defendant and Mr. Attorney Gen eral Melton for the State. The de fendant's counsel moved to quash the indictment; first, because the offense was not committed in this County, and the act requires that the defendant nuist be tried in the County in which the offense is alleged to have been committed; and although the venue was changed from Spartauburg to Ilichland on motion of the defendant, still consent cannot give jurisdiction ; second, that the defendant is not amenable to any Circuit Court of Ses sions in the State for the offense of drunkenness until he has been con victed by impeachment by the Senate I of the State. The Court overruled the motion. The foreman of the grand jury, the Deputy Sheriff'and Senator Duncan, of Spartanburg County, tes tified for the State, to the effect that the defendant was too muen intoxica ted to attend to his duties while in Court. The defense set up was that some white powder was placed in his drinks by the bar-keeper, who had been drinking, and was subject to de lirium tremens, the theory beimg that defendant was drugged. The jury re turned a verdict of guilty. LEGISLATIVE. In the Senate, Whittemore's hill to re-arrange the Circuits was killed by a vote of 10 to 14. The Robertson book swindle case was postponed till Thursday. The bill for 1 lie redemption of the bills of the Bank of the State lias been , indefinitely postponed. j The committee on the Solomon I r.tiittprk hoxrck ?mt vot rpnorfpd. unit i\ WUU1V ^ ..... J , The Senate has adopted rules for the trial of the Moses impeachment case, and is ready for trial. Night sessions have been stopped for want of funds to pay the gas bills. J.^H. T., the best newspaper corres pondent in San Francisco, writes to the Edgefield Advertiser: 1 believe there are people from ev ery State in the Union in San Jb'rancis co, and it is highly amusing to iiear , them conversing with each other jabout their own States and cities, and when my turn rolls around and I begin to explain "what I know about cotton," you may rest assured I have their undivided attention?as it is something new to them. How many amusing and ridiculous questions they do ask ! In speaking the other day to my room mate (who is a Canadian) of a (jin House, he seemed surprised that I should know any thing of distilling whiskey. For sometime I was puz | zled to comprehend his meaniug, until [ lie IlIlMIl^' UM\i:u uic nuui ii .. b... 1 house? I explained as well as I could ; and when I finished, he .said he ! thought a gin house was a place where j I whiskey and gin were made. e In the TJ. S. Circuit, herore I Judge Bryan, in the ease of John , !Fisher, trustee, vs. Childs, and the ? same against Sothern, Col. Iiion cou ' eluded in behalf of plaintiff', and the ,: J udge delivered his charge, after which * the jury retired, and in about fifteen minutes returned the following ver . diet in each ease, which was ordered to be published and recorded : We find for plaintitF a verdict in full of amount it of notes, with interest and costs ae ; specified therein. Theodore D. Wag n ner, foreman." The total amount en Itered up in the two eases is $33,445.15. What Some of Our Exchanges Say About Us. That very excellent and influential paper, the Edgefield Advertiser, whose whole souled editors never do any thing except in the best manner, say : ' "The Abbeville Press and Banner. The very name haH a respectable and a reliable sound ! Our honored cotem porary, above named?now neariug the close of its twenty-third year?has lately been much enlarged, reorganiz ed?improved in many respects. The Press and Banner is now a thirty-six column paner, like the Advertiser. And never did a paper iill its thirty six columns more worthily, with sounder judgment, with an eye more single to the public good. iToue can rejoice in the prosperity of tho Press and Banner more than we." The Sumter True Southron, which paper hits ever, early and late, at all times, and under all circumstances, struck out square!y from the shoulders for the cause of Democracy and re form, notices our enlargement in the following words: "The Abbeville Press and Banner has been enlarged and otherwise im proved in appearance. It no<V comes to us with nine columns to a page, all elegantly printed, and cor respondingly well edited. Messrs. Lee & Wilson are good newspaper men, and we hope they have a large list of paying subscribers." Our neighbor of the Ailcen Courier Journal speaks a good word for us in the following jtaragraph. Much obliged brother McKay, may you live long and prosper:? "The Abbeville Press and Banner comes to us now greatly improved and and enlarged. It is one of the best pa pers in the State, and ought to have an extensive circulation in that intel ligent up country reading communi ty." The Darlington Southerner, from which paper our readers will remem ber that we have in times past copied some excellent articles, speaks right IJUIUIIII oajro ft gwu\4 nwiv. 4V4 our notice of that paper a few weeks ago, we inadvertently called it the Orangeburg Southerner. The editor will, of course, excuse us for that over sight, when he knows how highly we appreciate his paper. He says: "The Abbeville Press and Banner? always having been a good newspaper ?has adopted the "patent outside" plan, with nine colums, and is now among the best in the laud, with as much good reading as any ordinary subscriber requires, and probably as much as any one would want. Suc cess to the Press and Banner, for it richly deserves it. Gousip With Our Exchanges. Let not the torrent of our patriotic felicitations in this centennial year sweep away all sense of our gratitude to George Francis Train and Bylvanus Cobb, Jr., for their heroic silence.? Brooklyn Argus. fiSif" Would that some of the incor rigible old letter writers of this State would put us under similar obligations. A bill lias been introduced in the Ohio Legislature imposing a line of fifty dollars for taking the name of God in vain.?Exchange. If such a law was in force in South Carolina, half the paupers of this town would become bankrupt in less than a week. We have received the Fforencc Pio neer, and cheerfully add it to our ex change list. The Pioneer is a good paper and a welcome guest. That most excellent fashion maga zine, Godcy'v Lady's Book for March, is on our table. Godey's is the best ladies magazine in the world. Sub script ion $8.0()ayear. Our subscribers can get it at reduced prices. We cannot give our friend Wilson, of the Abbeville Press and Banner, any information as to why the Union Times left Abbeville out of the pro posed insurance speculation, unless it was that Abbeville was able to run a company on her own account.? Spar tanburg Herald. Z&T Much obliged. We hadn't thought of that before. "Ve have no doubt of the plausibility of your rea son. "An old farmer was heard to say a few days ago: 'I have bought my last pound of guano.' When that determination is made and carried out by all the farmers they will have more money in their pockets at the end of the year." jfej" The above is what the Ander Hon Journal*ays. He is a new editor but his head is exactly level on the guano question. Quit old friend Stokes, of the Union Times, makes a pleasant reply to what we said of him anil the insurance business last week : "We assure our friend Wilson, of the Abbeville Prct>s and Banner, that we had not the least intention of slight [ ing Abbeville County, when we omit I teil it in our call for forming a Home Mutual Insurance Association. We like Abbeville and its worthy bachelor Editor, and would bo pleased to have the good people of that County join us in our Home Mutual Insurance scheme, and we think it would great ly assist Wilson to complete that jfomc Mutual scheme which he has striven so hard to get up lately. To Dkm nquknts. ? Subscribers who may be in arrears for the Burn ivcll Sentinel, and who fail to receive the next issue of the paper, will un derstand the cause. We mean busi ness this time, as announced some at ?> CCftO UfolJ, /IllLlv Wi/Iii tiiu?. JKaj"" You arc right, Mr. Sentinel. Cut tlieni of!'. There is nothing gain ed l>y giving away your paper. We know whereof we speak. "As announced last issue, we this week erase a number of names from our subscription list." ? Laurcnavillc Jlcrald. Mxr Correct. You'll make money by sticking to this rule. Tiie Barnwell Sentinel is authority for saying that Bald Mountain is again "kicking up a dust." The Camden Journal complains of dereliction of duty ou the part of the Postmaster at that place, and the mail carrier to Lancaster. Air-Line Railroad From Spartanburg to Aagastu via Edgefield. Our town has been visited by Mr McKewn Johnstone, jr., Civil Engin eer, who has been employed on the slim rf n 11 hnrrr nnd Asliiiville Road. Mr. Johnstone visits our town in the interest of tlie proposed Port Royal and Spartanburg Railroad, a project in which Edgefield Court House and Edgefield County are vitally interest ed. The proposed road is to run from Augusta, via Edgefield, Niuety-Six and Laurens to Spartanburg. The route to be almost an air-line from Augusta to Spartanburg, uia this place. A prospective survey *is now proposed. To accomplish this a cer tain amount of money will be necessa ry. Spartanburg County has already subscribed, or guaranteed, five hun dred dollars. About two thousaud dollars, will probably be necessary, or, five hundred dollars each from Spar burg, Laurens, Abbeville and Edge field .?Edyrfidd A (1 vcrtiscr. Anderson is the first county in ? Sou 111 Carolina to complete tne uemo eratic organization, ami has already twelve hundred Democratic voters en rolled. She favors a straight Demo cratic ticket, state and county. The United States Attorney-CJener al informs Mr. Patterson that they are tired of the demand for troops in the Southern States, and that hereafter they must rely upon Ch# courts. The Ilev. Win. P. DuBose, Chap lain and Professor in the University of the South (Episcopal) on Sewanee Mountain, Tennessee, preached in Grace Church, Edgefield County, on last Sunday. The young ladies of Uniou gave a Leap Year party last week. IlappinosB and prosperity depend to a very great extent upon good health. All those suffering from Hoarseness, Cold, or Cough, should try Dr. Bull'* Cough Syr up. It aires. THE TRUTH. el ctter From Messrs. Wallingford ?St u Armstrong?Their Correct Views. U lie Testimony of Northern Me*. Wc take great pleasure in giving luce to the following letter from [essrs. 8. Wallingford and U. Arm ronR, Northern nien who have been l our County during the past winter, oing business with our people. We m ave been so much accustomed to Ejiing abused by the dirty carpet-bag- M ing crew from the North, that we ppreciate a good word from gentle- ^ len of that nativity. We hope they lay settle in Abbeville County, where ?ey will be ever treated as neighbors ij ud friends:? Abbeville, S. 0., Feb. 18,1876. ?! 'ilitor Lawrcnce (Ind.) Gazette : Sir?In your paper of tho 10th inst.. is - letter from a correspondent in Louisiana, gning his name "J. It.," in which he ves an account of tho cruel treatment G ' two Northern school teachers. We ust in justice to the pooplo from whom T c have received such Kind treatment, v' y we don't believe it, or at least, if they tli d receive any such treatment, there was of uno other cause for it besides the one ated. and we are not willing to stay here nong these people and receive the kind eatment that wo do from tliom and let rn 10m he slandered in any such way, hi ithout an effort to let our friends in lo uwrcnce and Monroe Counties, Indiana, now the real feeling and conduct of the ? ;oplo of tiie South. You will notice <ir lat we aro in the hot-bed of secession, dc id within four hundred yards of the ace where the first secession, meeting . as held, and it is reasonable to suppose s? at in South Carolina they would be as tv ird on Northern men as anvwhero in tli 10 Sonth. We have never been treated ' 'tier anywhere than in South Carolina. lthough we tell thenj wo aro Union- pt on thoy beg us to buy property hero, L< id ask us to get as many of our North- Y< n friends to come as we can. Nortliern en who behavo themselves 'here, o just as safe from insult as thev would in 3 in Indiana or any other Northern be ate; but of all the God-forsaken devils 7 1 lat ever lived, some of the Northern ijf en here are the worst. I We recently hoard a native white en adical say that ho was going to raise fa ie devil between the whites and blacks r the purpose of gaining his political | Ivanecment. lie talked this thing to us jcause we are from the North, thinking fret our approval. L< If wo do not have reconciliation it is T) ;cause of those Northern demagogues, i we suppose J. R. to be. In all tho eat num ber that wo have talked to upon - i'nnnil nun who > ie suujuutj uv? ^ ants the negro back in slavery. If it an left to a voto wo do not believe that ie in a thousand would favor it. The B; mthern people accept the situation and e anxious to have a friendly feeling. II* m e have to remain silent and see tho good j lai ;ople of the Sonth misrepresented and J andered in order to be called a Republi- 'J] in wo had rather lose tho name. SAMUEL WALUNG-FORD, BART ARMSTRONG. New Advertisements. Guano?W Joel Smith. Marbie?J I) Glial rneis &Co. Notice?T 15 Millford. Notice?Robert Jones. Freight?J V Schroder, W N C'al nin, Kob't Jones, F M Mitchel, J T askin. Express.?Jowiah Burton, LPGuffin, Jtliran it Wilson, N Wcoil, J L Himp ii), Mrs L S Ilaskcll, T K Zacbary, N E )bnson, J W Wideman. F E New, Goo riffin, 11 TTustcn,. Mrs M D Dronnan. HOTEL AKRIYALS. Alston House.?H B King, Charles n ; M II Max&y, Boston ; J L Simpson, ross Roads; A J Cauthen, Miss M E sckham, LowndesTiUo; W D Mars, EA ars, Calhouns Mills. Wier's IIoTriv.?W M Crookslianks, tlanta; T Young, Youngs Mills; Win A immi. Columbus: S E (Jravdon. Cokes lry; Robert Terrell, Greenville; J C|J*; axwcll, Greenwood; J W Greeno, S B rooks, Mrs E S Cheatham, New Mar-|fu t; Mm II LyBrand, Columbia; A J Meis? onald, Wm H Terrie, Baltimore; J A & ilhoun, Eugene B Gary, City. *>' Abbeville IIotej..? W A William, L'o Dossett. W A Wallingford, Tennes e ; J Kember, J B Baker, Hodges Do it; Geo MeCalla, Miss Lucia Miller, Miss attio Miller, Lowndesvillo; Robert >nes, A W Jones City ; W J Rogers, At nta;Maj John Adams, Cokesbury; T Tolbert, Smitliville; Roger Williams, C Hamlin, Indian Hill; W B Wardlaw, re W B Wardlaw, Cedar Springs; A J 'oodhurst, County. MARKET REPORTS. COUUKCTKD HY nrnwell & Co.? Cotton Brokers and Dealers in (General Merchandise. FACTORY GOODS. J Fish- _ >tton Yarns..$l.l*?il.30| Mackerel....51.{ >ft2.50 liaburgs 12a 11 Cod. per lb.. 10a l?j Shirting 10ft 121 white " 10* " IShectinc.... 12a 15Halt, per sack 2.00a2.25 provisions. Tobacco, our ucr &>...$ la 5 Chewing <5al.TO irn 'perbu... 90*1.00 Sniokm*.... WhI.OO ,rn, per uu... j ^ i AMMCOITION. ^ hit, per lb... ak-? &! Powder per lb 40a 50 ,.,8 ? tWal.OOiHhot. 12a 15 $ :::: i.ooji*ad, ? . ioa 12 icon, Hides... 13a i5 Caps, per box 10a 40 bji'drs lift 12i LiQLORS. Hams! IHa 20 CornwhUkeytJ.^3.00 ir,l 18a 20! French br'dy. 5.00fti.l>0 I*h Potatoes. 1.75aiO?jHolland Bin L-fPt " .. "Sal.OO Amerl n gin.. 3.00*8.(0 ,en 15a aolii'rbon wh's'jr 3.0fla4.00 fckens:::::::., ?iwl"^-vrnVvA?tFuU,w irkeys l.OOal.SOl UAltDV AHE. itter . ... 20a 25'Iron, Swedes. ?a 10 '"groceries. I English 7a 10 igar, erush'dS lr?a IGi'Nails, 5a A 12a l.r> Cotton cards.. 50a fio .< u 12a l"i|Horse shoes... 10 n 12a 15 " " nails Jo " Brown 10a 12; LEATHER. >aee Rio 23a 83 Hemlock ? JO* 1> ' 'i.agu'aa 2Xa 3.31 Sole leather... 40? 50 Java 37a 40jLp r leather.. 80a ,o a . ].00al.50 Ilar'sB " *0* rup,''cane... 75*1.00 Co.If skin? olaHHCH, s. h. 40a 45| Kip skins 4.50atf.0U ndles, sp'in 40a 50il)ry nides 0a 10 Bd m't 20a 25 Green hides... 5a H teese ... 20a 25! BAGUIJSG, &e. ilons'perbu 2.00]Bagging,pyd l?ft 1R arch.!.!. 12a 15iTIch 7a 8 1I<)W 10a 12; Rope, cotton.. 40a .>0 ce. per lb..._ 10a 12iRope, grass... 2a abbeville, February 2:!.?Cotton lO^^ll. \U<iU.s'J'A, reoruary .'i.-i-otuiu uun ?uu mtations nominal?middling ll-^all%; re ipts Wi bales; sales &K5. L'llAIiLl'iSTON, February 21.?Cotton eailer d quiet?middling V?*i\ net reeelpfu l,7t>S .leu; sales Clio. BALTIMOKK, February 21.?Cotton dull d a shade lower?middling 12}^; gro6? re lpts 1,100 bales; export# coastwise COl); sales SEW YORK, February 21.?ErenJn^.? >ld Cotton quiet?sales 1,555 bales ViySQVl 15-10. [ D. CHALMERS &. CO., dealers ' in Furniture of all descriptions.? soking-GlassCH, Looking-Glass i'lalo, id Fine Oil Pictures. Abbeville, S. C. Feb. 23,1876 36-tf [" I). Chalmers & Co., dealers in ' Marble of all kind* and at low ices. Monuments and Head Stones ade to order at short notice, and iu the !st manner. Respectfully, J. D. CHALMERS. i'CO. l?i 0 -JU-tl " D. Chalmers & Co. have in stock several lino Walnut Chamber Suits very low prices, also a large lot of new alnut Bedsteads. GOOD NEWS! rOOD NEWS I! >NE TON OF CAROLINA FER TILIZER for a four hundred imi) pound bale of middling cotton, livered at Abbeville Depot on lat of oveuiber next. W. JOEL SMITH, Agent. Fob. 23, 1S7G 40-tf NOTICE. I,L GUARDIANS, TRUSTERS, Administrators und Executore e hereby required to make their an mi returns of tlie receipts and ex Midltures on acoount of the estates hich they respectively represent, on before May 1st next. Those failing do so will subject themselves to be iled. TIIOS. II. MILLFORD, Judge Probate Abbeville County. Feb. 22, 187G 4G-3t NOTICE. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GOATS are ant allowed ) run at large upon the utreets, and iat the Ordinance prohibiting the ime will hereafter be rigidly en treed. R. JONES, Intendani. Feb. 23, 1S76 4G-3t Washington's Birthday was cel arated in Charleston yesterday with grand military, display; in which the uited States troops participated. MARRIAGES. Married in Anderson: r. t. j. Willi ford and Miss M. j. Todd, tr. S. N. Pooro and Miss M. A. Smith. Married in Oconeo: [r. J. g. Cunningham, of Groenville, and Miss Eva. B. Taylor. Lr. Thomas J. Harbin and Miss Jennie Davis. [r. Joe Grain and Miss Linda Hood. Married in Spartanburg: lt. rcicr vamp ana i>nss ij. nurapnreys. [r. Oliver V. Carter and Miss M. ;Srni'th. ir. Charles Gatfney and Miss Jano Ross. Married in Edgefield: [r. John G. Betls and Miss S. Robertson, [r. Pope McGhee and Miss S. Mitchell. Special Notice. REEXVILLK A COLDMMIA RaILHOAD, ] Columbia, January 1, 1870. j 'IIE following resolutions) having been adopted by the stockholders of the Qreen lle and Columbia Hailroad Company, at eir annual meeting In Columbia on the 29th .-I prll last: Itcxotvcd That for the more satisfactory ar ngement of the company's bond and gener debt, authority Is hereby given to the hoard directors to create a llrst mortgage on the ad and property of the Greenville and Oo n:iblu Railroad company, subject to the fol ding conditions and restrictions : That the amount of the mortgage shall not :ceed three million dollar*. That not more than two millions Are hun ed thousand dollars of the bonds, made un r the mortgage, be used for the arrangement settlement of the debt; and, That the balance, tire hundred thousand )llars, be held in trust, applicable only to ch acquisitions and additions to the proner as have been authorized and approved by e stockholders The board of directors. In the exercise of the ithorliy given to them by these resolutions, ive executed a first mortgage on the road and operty of the company to th? Farmers' >an and Trust company of the cl-jy of ?few ark, In accordance therewith, and now offer r sale the bonds made under the said mort igo at 75 per cent. cauh, or the equivalent of at price In any of the company's outstand g obligations In whole or in part. These ?nds are dated July 1st, 1875, bear interest at ?er cent., ana mature in twenty years, i ne >nds and coupons are payable in the city of ew York. riieir superior claims to the confldcnce of .pitalUts are sufficiently established by the ct that tlie past exceptionably unfavorable jar to railroad Interests exhibits? le gross earnings of tho Greenville and Columbia railroad ... $540,000 ic current operating expenses - 2'J5,(W0 saving applicable to Interest - - 3245,000 ie confluent expectation of the boa-d Is that tlie 8-',500,000 of bonds now of fered will absorb every obligation of the corapaey, and leave the net earn ings as shown above, subject only to charge of Interest on these bonds, -UUV, 1,1 Um 1-1 AAA wutv;ut av obtcu fvi ttuu, nuum uo aiv,wv ilanco of earnings over expenses and Interest ------ -170,000 Provision hasalso been made In thearranf?e ent of the bonds of this Issue for their Iteg try at. the option of the holders. ,4ny further Information which may be de red will be furnished on application to tho caanrer, at the company's ot'lee in this city. W. J. McGJtATH, President. C. H. Manson, Treas. O. A C. R. R. rew Advertisements. DOMESTIC1 SEWINC ' MACHINES. Liberal Terms ef Zx ehangefor Second-hand Kachmes of every des cription. DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS. Tho B?it Pattern! m?<Se. Send 5ct?. for C*Ulogne. kddrosi D0HISTI0 SEWING MACHINE CO. ATurn. -El HEW IOBH. 4 f) a day at home. Agents wanted. Ouiflt IZniid terms l'ree. THUE & CO..Augus , Maine. ASTONISHING ! Set forty day*, and Xittevah thai I be overthrow. "Future events propheclcd by rules In Ben t'b Prophetic Book. Fortunes foretold In o ups and downs of prices for tho next renty years ; the futurejudged by the jpast. hut years to make money on plu-lron, noes, rn, provisions, cotton, and when we will ive the next panic, what year hard times ill end and business revive again. Every rmer, manufacturer, legitimate trader and eculator should have this book to know the ture, so as to avoid Iosh and besuccssful. nit to any name, post paid, for SI. Address V.MUEL BENNER, Balnbrldge, Ross Couu , Ohio. pfT- FOR 1876. -tSaj, IPPLETONS' 1 or ournal. A Household Weekly Magazine, Devoted to OPULAJi LITERATURE, AND ALL MATTERS Of1 TASTE AND CULTURE. Applctons' Jonrnal appears In new type id with other mechanical improvements, akin? it the handsomest weekly literary urnaf in the country. Appietons' Journal nis to he comprehensive, Including in its anal) branches of literature, and treating I subjects ol' Interest to intelligent readers; designs to be elevated In taste and pure in ne; it gives in quantity fully twenty-live ?r rent, more than the largest of the Month MagHzlneR,,while In quality its literature is thenighest class. Price, par issta; 10 ceaU p?r asatjr. Special Announcement. The undersigned hare proeurcd, exclusively r subscribers to Appietons' Journal, a splen d steel engraving of Charles Dickens' in His Stndy. Iilch is offered, under special tornis, to every ibscrlbcr?in advance?to Journal for I87tJ. This steel engraving is in line and stipple, is not a fancy picture, but an actual repre ntatlon of Charles Dicken's study at Gads 11,^hllc the portrait of the distinguished 1 hm* is strikingly faithful. The size of the plate is 24 x 14, printed on :avy plate paper 34 x 30, making a large and tndwnie engraving for the partor and libra wall. The execution of the plate is of a perior order. I'he ordinary price of a steel engraving of ^character in the print-shops would not be ssthan five, and )H.r)utp* six dollar*. It Is of red czciurtiely to subscribers in addition to tin: wnal for one year, for Sr.UO? that is, Jor SI.00 Idltlonal, each yearly advance subscriber to t Journal for lKTtj may receive a superb en aving worth fully five times the amount. Hi is enprravingls entirely new. It has never en for Kille in the print-shops, and cannot i obtained except in connection with Ap ctons' Journal upon the terms and conai >n? given above. It will be mailed to sub rib ers postage prepaid. D. APPLETON & CO., 549 &. 551 Broadway* New York. 77 PER WEEK GUARANTEED to / / Agents male and female, in their own irall'y. Terms and outfit free. Address P. VICERY ? CO., Augusta, Maine. 5HPA OAper day at home. Samples 1 U /(Jworth 51 free. STli<SON <1* ). Portland, Maine. fjSYCIIOMANCY, or Soul Cbarmancy." JT How either sex may fascinate and caln e love and affection* of any person they oopo, instantly, 'fills art all can possess, e by mail, for 25 cents; together with a irrfage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, ntsto lsdlCK, ctc. 1,000,000 said; A queer ok. Address T. WILLIAM A CO., Pub's, illudelphia. GENTS, the preatestfehnneo of tiia a?e. , Address, with stamp, National Copying Atlanta, Ga. MPLOYMENT. Male and Female, salary . or commission. Wcpaya^en.H a salary t" S80 a week and expenses. EUKEKA | til VNL'F'G CO., Hartford, Conn. Particulars i.,, eo. , hi 1AILOKIXG.?Tho subscriber offers en _ his services to the public of Abbe- to He and vicinity, and solicits a share of Bi ihlic natron ace. Satisfaction enaran- r?a 3d. Call at the stand below Christian Bowie's on Washington Street. Jan. 4, 76-3m] R. A. MARTIN. JLTILS WANTED.--A lady thor oughly competont, and able to give e best references, will give instructions the Piano. Pupils attended at their mos. Terms?Jin per quarter, payablo onlhly. Apply at this office. Feb. 9, 1876 44-1 m I i TTORNEY AT LAW, Abbeville V. C. If., S. C. Special attention to e collection of claims. [Feb. 9, },y UGENE B. GARY, i? ' rvi HIE PHILADELPHIA RUSTIC . WINDOW SHADES. ?Ten dozen st received at lower prices than ever fore offered. They are easily arranged, irable, convenient, and never pet out order. Will last for twenty years if operlv used. J. D. CAALMERS A CO. I NEW LOT of Oil Window Shades x. just received, with pood fixtures. i. 1). CHALMERS A CO. Oct. 27, 1875 tf 3A11LOR FRENCH LOOKING GLASSES, at J. 1). CHALMERS A CO.'S. ,/TEDIUM DARK Stylish Prints, rJL Homespuns, Spool Silks, Ac., just ceived at Hie EMPORIUM OF FASHION. Fob. 9. 1176 44-tf 1 BEAT REDUCTION in Flannel ~X Sucks, Shawls, Worsted Goods, urs, Ac., at th* EMPORIUM OF FASHION. Feb. 0, 1876 44-tf Garden Work for February. Among all tho different occupatk ,r man, there is nothing that repi le laborer better or gives more sa .ction than a well-cultivated a iriving kitchen garden. To be e led to have this to your entire sai ction the following advice should rlctly adhered to, vjs: First, ire that you obtain pure and relia :eds ; second, the soil should be mi ch and mellow; plow or dig to i jpth of twelve or eighteen inch jeper would not hurt; great c jould be taken to remove all wor ss weeds with which the soil may kfesfed. After getting the soil roper condition, tiie following s< iay be sown : BEANS. The "Early Mohawk" is the best le first crop. It is more hardy tli le others, and about two weeks soon he secoud sowing, say in t<vo wee iay he of "Yellow Six Weeki rr f - ?? - VUlCMlllUU," OI", WilMl J3 oun lan them all, the dwarf, "Germ 'axwhich is stingless and luscio roducing a waxy colored pod, to he esh and tender snap snorts, tin lould he a few planted every t eeks until the end of August. I'EAS. All varieties may now be plant ith safety; and like the beans, a f lould be planted every two wee util the first of May. EGG I'LANT. To have early they should now wu on a rich bed and covered wi ish, or in a box and kept in the hoi ntil ready to transplant. Sow cabl js and collards for a succession ead later than last month's sowinj rnv, also, Spring turuips, bee juashes, spinach, radish, tettuce, c >ts, parsnips, okra, rape and mi ird ; sow early green peppers and latoea in hot beds like the egg pla orn, with a email risk, can now Ian ted?Adam's Extra Early, Sto l's Evererreen and Mammoth Sue :e the best garden varieties. Irl itatoes can now be planted with< sk. [From the Poraoroy Democrat.] The Life Insurance Swindle. A more gigantic and unmitigat vindie perpetrated in the name ?e dearest and most sacred intere * humanity than life insurance d( it exist on this planet. This is oad and sweeping statement, aod nibt will be received with an incn loits smile by many who look 01 pon tbe sentimental side and pri jout the benefits of life Insurar ithout considering its enormous co ; is all very well to talk about du > the,widow and the fatherless, I e should remember that there f jties to wives and children bef< wing money needed by them now ?lp bloated corporations build mi e palaces and pay enormous sa esto their unscrupulous manage , ipjJUdiug an nic nunc tuab nc c ying up a treasure in heaven (?) 1 ir families after we are done wi irth. If we could have insurer r what it actually costs, paying asonahle compensation to com pan, r doiug our business, we should i >ject to calling it pleasant name it until quite recently this has 1 ;en attempted. Where it has be tacked it has raised a universal ho ' rage from the conscienceless harp ho ruu the old machine, because should not succeed their opportui es for swindling would be curtaih The scheme could never have si eded had it not been made such ysierv oy us surewu uperaiu 'hat noes a person uninitiated kn< ;out reserves, dividends, surrenc langes, surrender values, life exp< nces, etc., or of the manner hich premiums are loaded, until is to pay three or fonr times as mu his insurance should really cos lly while remained in blissful igw ice would he consent to be swindle The reserve about which so much id, and which these hypocritii lysters sanctimoniously claim tb Did as a trust fund for the wido id orphans, is that portion of ea reraium not needed to pay the ci ;nt cost of insurance or ex pens hich, compounded every year, v, nount to tne face of the policy if 1 ssured lives for the full term of I itlmated expectancy. In other wor ie victim begins to insure hims le moment he nays the first prer m aud gradually increases until ays his policy himself. The comj y deals with each man as if he w le only policy-holder and then rea lanages its own business on the .gi al average principle. If these ;rves were really used as the life jrance sharpers claim, there could o such enormous accumulations -t. A. m\ ?^/4AA i K1SU 1 ilCfC Ui c i j utility ?jivv,vWj' ?cnmulated in the hands of the vt lis companies in this country, ngle company in New York advei ?s that it has robbed its policy-ho rs of $75,000,000 and that the inter n these ill-gotten gains is more th ifticient to pay all its death lows ad It is a mutual company at tli ow, as the payment of death losi mstitutes the current cost of insi ice to the survivors, does this gr< irporation relax its gra^p upou t :>cketbooks of its victims and redi s premiums? Never a whit. Th so pay for'these losses, and also, cc antly add to the already enormc 'serve, which is all clear gain to t lanagers. The company althooi mtual, gets no benefit. To show what an outrageous swi le this is, it in well to say that of eve undred policies issued only seven e become claims. Ninety-three a irreudered on lapse for various r< us. Are the policies of the sev hich become claims paid out of t o Mof nf #i ] I 'IMiaii* rocoruo serve* x^iut ui an. a uvu ivuv* TV >t touched for this purpose. All su >licies are puid out of that portion einium receipts devtrted to payii e cost of insurance?that is, payii ese losses. The average rate of m< litios in all companies is about ten J00, or one to a hundred, atinuall r does this rate increase with the i ease of the company, as they she ' mathematical lying will be t se. Of course, individuals grow c id die, but in actual experience it und that the average age I the members of a compa: ill remain about the same frc ar to year. New and younger mei rs take the place of the older on ing or surrendering their policies, To show how this thing works, ai >w it is that life underwriters alwa t rich : A man at 40 years of a kes a policy in any of the so-call ?t p/imniiriifl fnr So YlftO Am! nonti s to pay his premiums regularly u he is Do years old. By that til e reserve he has paid, with accum Led interest, amounts to the face 8 policy; that is, he has mon lough In the hands of the compai pay his policy with his own mom lit during all these years he has al lid his proportion of the death loss curring from year to year. Abe le-third of his premium has be oply suficient to do this, and he L so paid from year to year his prop< mate part of the expenses of t mpany. If he has helped pay e death loans for fifty years a ore, why should he now be made ;ception ? When he dies his prop becomes a claim, and is paid by t irvivorsprecisely as he lias help ly the otliers?out of the annual p ium of that vear. What becomes at $.5,000 of reserve belonging m ? Is it returned to his heirs as Idition to the policy? No! \V1 en? Why, the managers con fiscs , and it goes to pay those $25,000 h ies, and to build great piles of bri id stone, and furnish luxuriant qu rs for the robbers. If he should c ;fore he rcaches the full limit of li ;s policy is paid on the eo-operat 'ineiple by the survivors, and 1 nctimonious rascals confiscate his irve all the same. Is it any wont lat President Hyde of the Equita in pay himself $$0,000 a year for s y and cotnmisxion.i, the latter hieli mean steals from the worn id children who are to be the obje " his tender solicitude after they >me widows and orphans? Is it a onder that the'.ife insurance pr< 211 ts manage to live on from $10,i i 30,000 a year when men are Willi i deny themselves and their fainil ir the purpose of contributing t loney ? This is only one count in the indi lent. Others must be reserved for ire consideration. ? . / Southern OJficc-Holdcrs in Washing ton. The New York Tribune by a series of attacks upon Hambledon, clerk of the committee of ways and ineaus, of the House, has brought about his res ignation, on the ground that some yearn ago he named a son after John Wilkes Booth; and takes occasion to utter a strong denunciation against the Democratic party, iu the appointment of the subordinate officers of the House. The New York Expreat, in answer to this venomous tirade frotn the so-called friend of the Democratic party and the South, puts the touch stone of factupou the statement quoted above, and shows that."Mr. Fitzhugb, the present door-keeper, has on his list thirty-one Union soldiers (last year only 18 Union soldiers), 11 Con federates, and 10 colored. The door keeper of the last House had 153 clerks on his roll for January, 1874, and the lowest number for any one month of the 43d Congress was 129. Mr. Fitz hugh's clerks, all told to date, number 110. Here Is both economy and, If you please, patriotism. There are more Union soldiers in the present Democratic service of the House, by 13, than 1874. And yet the Tribune exhausts its rhetoric in calling hard names, and in personal abuse of a whole party." DEAD. The Atlanta Herald closed its career yesterday, ana uius aaus anomer name to the long list of newspapers that have departed this life in Atlan ta. For the first time, we believe, since the Constitution started, it finds itself without a rival and the only morning daily in Atlanta. But it has witnessed the death of many compet itors. The monument erected since the close of the war alone?and dis carding the lesser journals, evening and weekly, stands about thus: Daily Opinion, ' Intelligencer, " New Era, " True Georgian, " Sun, " tfewa, ' Herald. These journals have sunk not less than one hundred thousand dollars ill the effort to live, and probably much more. Some of them were ably edited aud made a desperate struggle for life, but could not exist where there has npvop hppn Tifttrnnnore guffinipnt two papers. Vet some one will blind ly undertake the impossible, and we patiently await the announcement of the next candidate for funeral honors. ?Atlanta Constitution. Rest at Last. After tbe stiower, tbo tranquil sun; Silver stars when the day is done. After the snow, the emerald leaves; After the harvest, golden sheaves. After the clouds, the violet sky; Quiet woods when the wind goes by. After the tempest, the lull of waves; After the battle, peaceful graves. After tbe knell, the wedding bells; JoyfuLgreetings from sad farewells. Alter the bud the radiant rose; After our weening, sweet repose. After the burden, the blissful mcod ; After the furrow, the waking seed. After the light, the downy nest; Over the shadowy rivpr?rest! ADVERTISING. Tell us not in mournful numbers That you must economizo; For the firm will ''bust" that slumbora,. And neglects to advertise. Trade revives and trade increases If in management you're wise; Hard timet* will rip all things to pieces, If you fail to advertise. Let every one be up and doing, With brave hearts and open eyes, Still achieving?still pursuing? Learn to work and advertise. The ruling passion of life Is sometimes stronglv exhibited, even in the hour hour or dissolution, but it is seldom that it does not hide itself from the presence of the charming little archer whose arrows are tipped with the fires of love; yet, from the following it would seem that there are exceptions even to this rule: Clara, I love but theo alone (Thus sighed the tender youth;) Oh, hear me, then, my passion own, With trembling lips, in earnest tone: Indeed, I speak the truth. lie paused?the blood o'erspread her check She let him draw her near; Scarce for emotion could she speak, Yet still sfte asKea in accentHpneeic, How mucb he had a year! No Time to Read. We have often encouraged many who professed they had no time to read. Now wo think of it, there have always been men of such characters, the points of which are easily summed up. Nine times out of ten they are men who have not found time to confer any substantial advantage either upon their families or upon themselves. 1 UUJ JlCljUCIIUJ 0|/VUU TTUWIV UMJO in gossiping, tippling, and swapping horses, but thcytiaveno time to read.'' They sometitaes lose a whole day asking advice of their neighbors; some times a day picking up the news, the prices current and the exchange, but these men never have time to read. They have time to fish, to hunt, to fiddle, to drink, to?do nothing, but "not time to read." Such men generally have uneducated children, unimproved farms, and un happy firesides. They have no ener gy, no spirit of improvement, no love of knowledge; they live un knowing and unknown, and often die unwept and unregretted. A newspaper is a window through which men look out on all that la going on in the world?without a newspaper a man is shut in a small room and knows little or nothing of what is happening outside of himself. Tn nn* /lou tli? tiewnrinnerR kwn nnCA *" V"V | with history and record it. A news paper will keep a sensible man in sympathy with the world's current history. It is an enfolding cyclope dia; an unbound book forever issuing aud never finished. The man who does not take a news paper of some kind allows hischildren to starve for intellectual food. Nkwspapeks.?Daniel Webster said: "Small is the sum that is required to patronize a newspaper, and well re warded is the patron, 1 care not how humble or unpretending the gazette which he takes. It is next to impossi ble to fill a sheet with printed matter without puting something into it that is not worth the subscription. Ev ery parent whose son is away at school, should supply him with a newspaper. I well remember what a marked diflerence there was between those of my school mates who had and those who had not access to newspa pers. Other things being equal, the first were always superior to the last in debate, composition and intelli gence. n n ne lU of ey oy ? Iso ses >ut en tas or he all nd an I "Freckles are not easily washed out er_ |of those who have a florid complexion he!and are much in the sunshine ; but ,e(j! the following washes are not only rc. harmless but very much the best of 0f anything we know: Grate horseradish t0 fine, let it stand a few hours in buttcr milk, then strain and use the wash " ! 1 1 '?Aw c/i 11D07P tJlfl lugin uuu humiiui^, wl cuuvw.. juice of a lemon in a hair goblet of water nnd use the same way. Most of the remedies for freckles are poison ous, and cannot he used with safety. Freckles indicates a defective diges tion, and consist in deposits of some carbonaccoits or fatty matter beneath the scarf-skin. Daily bathing, with much friction, should not be neglected j^r [and the Turkish bath taken oecasion i.tJally, if convenient."?Herald, of al. i Health. ?^j CrT This out.?It May Save Yorit ion t ..... tm i.nrson livinir but Ctajwhnt sutlers more or less with Lung lie- Disease, Coughs, Cold or Consumption, ny yet some would die rather than pay 76 ?si- cents for a bottle of medicine that would MO cure -them. ])r. A. lJoscliee's German lie' SyniP has lately been introduced into IC^ j this eonntry from Germany, and its , | {wonderous cures astonishes every one lllt j that try it. If you doubt what wo saj' in j nrint, cut this out and take it to your t- Druggist, W. T. Penney, and get a sam fu- pio bottle for 10 cent* and try it, or a reg 1 ular size for 76 eents. * t