The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 08, 1876, Image 3

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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. O. | Wednesday, March 8, 1876.,' \ . . , _ = I in Judge Cooke and the Press and . Banner. jbe; That there may bo 110 misunder-ja c standing of the 'natter between Judge i do Cooke and or.aelves we will make!?"* tlie followinr-'statement: I Pos We assa: ed Judge Cooke first in'wh behalf or.<he creditors of the County, jCoi " ?* UX? UaamSm/v tWom rtiit" r\f I ltlll IU pjc.eilb IIIO kuviu | their money, and that he might notjoff have the same deposited in Solomon's j the bank which a few months afterwards bm broke and has not, as far as we know, j jus] paid the creditors anything since. j tati We assailed the Judge last Spring Th the second time in behalf of the tax-!tbr payers under specific charges of neg- par lect of the duties of his high office, jwh and thus squandering thousands of; sen our money for naught and impeding! ry. the progress of the business of the' I Court. j mu Afterwards, we assailed him per- tiai sonally in our own defence agaiust his'doi misrepresentations, and his unwar-jtoj rautable insinuations. f 1 We have, we think, refuted his of misstatements, and though we ask no j eon quarters of him, we shall perhaps not)'"I? refer to him again personally, If j he concludes to 'ct us alone and here-j fiKnnitnliu t)lf> of Public' S auuiiuuiio k?.v ...... Meddler. j pro We shall, however, at all times, I foci stand ready to give the public some! ^ interesting reminiscences of our Cir-{<?nt cuit Judge whenever provoked to do so. I Jer These few last articles are in defence J Kp: of ourselves personally, and these arc I Jer aimed at him personalty, and not as | she <in njp.cer, for be it said to his credit'the that lie attended to the business of thei he last Court with, as far as we fcuow,|?ct< perfect satisfaction to the Bar and to! out the country, and as long as he faith-jhiu fully performs his duty as an officer, sho we shall stand ready to give the offi- to t cer all tlie praise that he deserves, and ry I when he ceases to interfere with usianc personally we shall not attempt to i wo: lidiculeor bring into contempt a per-jfroi ?on holdiug the high office of Circuit hiii Judge. ! anc | ant * * I oft' THE MEETING ON SALE DAY. h0| _ " T ^ inn The People in Earnest. ol)^ The Democratic meeting on Monday mei was a large and enthusiastic one?ev- pea ery township in the County being well the represented. All we need in this) hoi County is a little of the patriotism and! on zeal which characterized our people in | Stu M6J. We have-now, even more at; gat stake than at that time, and we have) of i no doubt of the determination on thejtha pirtof the honest people to throw off i by the present burden of heavy taxatiou, J dan and the disgrace of ignorance and! ly 1 corruption in high places. Wo are I the determined to oust these corruptionistsj froi and put butter men in ofHce. Therej cur is a unity of feeling 011 this matter, j he and we believe every honest man in the country is fully aroused to the mistaken policy of looking into cor rupt places for integrity and honesty. Treasurer's Office. The time for collecting taxes has been uniformly extended in all the Counties until the loth inst.,?this day wcok?liv which time all tax-payers 4s eac the anc on sas< wai dov his his who wish to avoid the penalty,' niust|/t^ pay up. The total receipts up to Mon- * (jac day evening amount as follows:? J faCl btato tax $49,213 (Jounty tax 17,940 98 Past indebtedness 13,571 84 School tax 10,385 65 Poll tax 3,550 00 Total $94,0(52 00 There are still some two thousand tax-payers in the County who have not paid their taxes, and some thirty thousand dollars are still due on the Treasurer's books?of which amount the Railroad owes some seven or eight thousand, leaving some twenty odd thousand due by the individual tax payers of the County. con tim he I wit on t sup ter tool goii wei our all i Wi fou hoi bur nes i stri Our Fire Extinguisher. Mayor Jones, and Messrs. Enright.j^J* Kobertsou, Sign, Hammond and mj[ *?vn?ri mooted at the Depot with the new fire extinguisher which has recently been bought by the town council. Two charges were made? the first bv some mistake in mixing the ingredients was not us satisfactory j as might have been, but the second jen charge was more successful, and they were enabled to throw the gas on the top of the Depot. We believe this to be a good investment, and hope that onr people may practice with it until its workings are perfectly understood, so that when a lire does come we may make the machine available in ex tinguishing the flames. The Ut-wbcrry Progressive Age claims that some buildings were saved last week in that town by ihc use of a similar machine* Ii Ad; bro the for rel* you Sale Day. There was a large attendance of per sons here on Monday last, drawn together chiefly, we suppose, by the 1 IMI sen res< km mis out of I Foi has his announcement u< u jjuunt wccnng n>i < . tlie organization..or. the Democrcy of, the C'ouuty. The proceedings ot the! j meeting we publisli elsewhere. j "01J Owiug to tiie stringency ot' the times; the sales of property were generally postponed. A -house and lot of W. Si. Jiell, in Lowndesville, sold under execution, was purchased by Wm. Moore, for $300. The personal property of D. M. Itogers, sold under execution, brought! the low prices. The P. B. Moragne tract, of the same estate, consisting of 200 acres, subject to an encumbrance of a little over $100, was knocked down tj Gen. McGowan, at the nominal prie? of $5 gru siu 2 see lar, if i Supreme Court. The State, respondent, vs. Jerry Colem&u, appellant. Motion dismiss ed and prisoner remandod to the Sher cut sot be lea iy j fro tlx Ca Mi Pe iff of Abbeville uounty. opinion uy i?s Moses, C. J. at The State, respondent, vs. Ed. ye, Watson, alias John F. McCord, ap jjellant. Motion for new trial granted. 1 Opinion by Wright, A. J. K? The same vs. the same. Motion for >u a new trial dismissed. Opinion by Wright, A. J. Serial Story. Ix the course of a few weeks we ex pect to commence the publication of the "Spider's Web," an excellent aerial story. a nrcindppvpvt o#v*nrred between Ca al ha H< tw eai Jim Robertson and another colored brother near the market house one day last week. Jim made some re mark which his adversary thought was a reflection on his character, and he went for Jim with a knife, the glisteuing blade of which was more than a foot long, and prepared to do some artistic carving. Jim had no j|,' particular desire to be carved iuto ; steaks that morning, and said lie would refer the matter to the town wi marshal aud at once set out to look for! hi that officer. I of ??? in Mi Sa th til w< wl i'he American Farmkk. ? The [a number lor March is received, aud, as' the season for Spring work is at hand, special regard seems to have been paid to meet all the requirements of the farmer. Among the many original and other papers, many formulas for home-made fertilizer^are given, and tlio inef.riipfinn afforded on the CUlti vation of tlie various crops will be found extremely useful and timely. Published by S. Sands & Son, Balti more, Md., at $1.50 per year?5 copies for $5. ^ Cut Thls out.?It May Save Your Life.?There is no person living but what sutlers more or less with Lung Disease, Coughs, Cold or Consumption, yet some would die rather than pay 75 eents for a bottle of medicine that would ?-ure -them. Dr. A. Boscliee's German Nyrup has lately been introduced into this country from Germany, and its ivonderous cures astonishes every one that try it. If you doubt what we say in Srint, cut this but and take it to your ruggist, W. T. Penney, and get a sam ple bottle for 10 cents and try it, or a reg ' -e for 75 cents. t The Doomed. He is Refused a New Trial. i Hope of Executive Clemency. Ve Icaru since the bupreme Court Columbia refused a second new il to Jerry Coleman for the murder Adam Hacket, that an effort will made to secure from the Governor ommutation of his sentence. We not well see how the Governor can ertain such petition, as this is sup ed to he the clearest case of murder ich has ever occurred in Abbeville inty. He lay in wait down the e for his victim and as he started struck him a blow on the back of head with a stick which would .*e killed an ox. In the name of tice we protest against the commu ion or pardon of Jerry Coleman, is outrage was committed within ee or four mouths after Moses had donedhim from the penitentiary ere lie had just set in to serve out a tence to that institution for burgla f Jerry could get his sentence com tedtoalife term in the Peniten y, the next Governor would no ibt pardon him in full, if we are udge from past experience. f Jerry is pardoned for this murder, which he has been twice fairly ivicted, we think the law inflic the death penalty should be ab ated. . TlIK EVIDENCE IN THE CASE, everal witnesses were sworn, all ving substantially the following ;s: .uderson Burton, sworn?was pres when difficulty occurred between ry and Adam ; "Anthony Jones and sey were-stauding in door talking; ry got up and came to door and vea Anthony one side and Epsey other side; Anthony said to Jerry Ulil IlOl act HKe a ^fiiiieiiiiiu?nc ?d like u rascal; Anthony started of the door and Jerry kicked at i; then Adam got up and said lie iiId not fight a boy, if lie wanted ight anything to fight a man ; Jer ?Ot a hoe out from under the house 1 started after Adam with it; the men caught him and took the hoe n him and started on home with n ; he got loose and started back, 1 there was a straight feuce near, i he ran to the feuce and got a rail and started back ; the women got. d of him and started oil'home with i; after Anthony and Jerry went doors, witness went also ; don't re mber any one else who went out? pie were out there around him ; y staid at the house about two .?? Hm fnca nnrl t)ir>n sfjirtod hoiue; when they got below I)r. art's front gate, down at the big e where the lane is, Jcn-y r/ot over 'he fcncc and told Adam to stop, the wanted to know what right, damn, he had to take up for p, little tin bully ; Adaui told him certain le would take up for hoys when y could not take up for themselves ; n that they began to quarrel and se;when Jerry got over the fence had his knife open and a rock in hand; then they began to curse h other and both began to pull oil' ircoats; Jerry began to pull his off 1 went towards the fence and laid it the fence and picked up a great big >afras stick and walked back to rds Adam ; Adam told him to put ni his stick and he would pull ofl" breeches and whip him as good as mammy ever did; they began to se each other; Adam spit on his ids and Jerry told him to stand k; Adam stood bad: and turned his 2 around like to start off, and Jerry ickhim; the boys told Adam to le on :tuu inn c uu iuso, uuuuv e Jerry told Adam to stand back, turned his head and Jerry struck; ness hud told him before to come and have no fuss?witness is scared ; poses he is going on nineteen ; af Jerry knocked Adam down, he it after the rest of us?said he was ig to kill the last one of us: we it on home then and got some of folks to come back with us?staid tiight where Adam was; Newton Hiatus came back with them; nd Adam at William Williams' ise?staid there till he died?was ied Tuesday; lived tlmt night and ;t day; did not see Jerry after he ick Adam till next day ; never had - conversation with Jerry about the tter. DAMN" YOUR FRIENDSHIP NOW. t also appeared in the evidence that Hill KitlU IU OCilJr n livu nv ?fMw light back and in his presence that dying victim said, "Jerry. 1 have n a good friend to you, and have t yon money. You have killed me nothing/' The prisoner still no mting felt, but replied, "Damn ir friendship now." ?<?>?. he Secretary of War to be peached. ? The House of Kepre tatives has unanimously adopted jlutions to impeach Wm. H. Bel ip, Secretary of "War, for official iconduct, in receiving $20,000 from ! Caleb P. Marsh, in consideration liis appointment as Post-Trader at 't Sill, Indian Territory. Belknap : resigned, and Urant has accepted resignation. /AST week Clerk Bowie was having ie writing done in the Ciraud Jury m, and being frequently bothered tax-payers enquiring for the tax ce, put oil a sheet ol paper on me tr, "Vacant otlice for Gram! Jury." ne one altered the sign to read "Va .111 otlice for Grand Jury." It lias ce beeu altered. Iiselto on Tbees.?We regret to several bundles of miselto on the ge oak on niain street, which will, is not removed, kill the tree. If > council have not the money to ; it oft' we are willing to contribute netliiug to have it done. It should doue now when the tree is bare ol ves, as afterwards it cannot so easi be found. Miss Anna. Cahioux came uj m Charleston on Monday last in i Directors palace car of the South rolina Railroad. Mrs. Calhoun SS All UH LU1I1UU1I, uuu iuisa xtj rriu left by the same 011 Thursday t. Miss Ivy Perrin will be abseni school during the next scholastic nr. Mb. Joe Jones and Harry Calhour t into a difficulty one day last week which Jones drew a six shooter or Jhoun. His explanation to the Tri Justice not being very satisfactory s since been lodging at the Uuffii iUse, \^here he is to remain fo; enty days. Cheating Never Thrives. ? A mer who was owing a merchant a iderson, instead of carrying his cot 1 to that point and settling his debt aught the staple down to Abbevilli d staked the proceeds in a game o rds, and lost all. thrown Ul'T xiis juiuuj. r. Schrader, of Lowndesville, 01 le I)ay, in turning liis buggy nea e Frets and Banner office corner ted up one of the wheels and h ;ut headlong ou the ground. On< :ieel passed over him without doinj jury. mk. H. M. Young, of Due West is in town on Wednesday. .Fron m we learn that half dozen or mor the good citizens of Due West wer sured iu the Southern Lifo Insu nee company and will, of courst je by its failure. Our townsman, Mr. J. F. C. DuPre is the finest hot house in the up untry, tilled witn tne largest am ost select stock of llowers to be foun< the Slate. He is now offering t 11 them at very low figures. Cal rly. The Abbeville Cornet Band playei i the Public Square on Sale Day fo e first time. They have made gooi ogress in music, and their teacher r. Lybrand, thinks this band ha lusual musical talent. A Radical daily is to be establish in Columbia, to be edited by Mes9it jos. Cavender and L. Cass Carpen r, and to advocate Judge C'arpente r Governor and Mr. Dunn for Stat easurer. ' The bird hunters from Greenwoo id Abbeville who went to the Fla oods last week, killed two hundre id forty-two partridge's, and a nuir srof doves, crows, hawks, turkeyi The Entertainment at Boh i>eaux.?We return our thanks for ; courteous invitation to attend the en tertainment at Mr. Allen Moragne'a on the evening of Tuesday, the 14tl iust., for the benefit of the Methodis parsonage. The occasion promises t< be a pleasant affair, and we wisii it th< highest measure of success. Mr. L. P. Guffin, Sheriff of Ab beville County, is now lying danger ously ill. He'was taken sick suddenly yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock and has been unconscious ever since I Drs. Parker and Marshall are in at i tendance. Rev. Mr. Wightman's conditio! is much better than it was a few day; ago. He was improving until Sunday when he had a severe chill. For i while his friends feared a fatal termi I nation, but thev now have hopes o i his recovery. j Joseph Bkitt has plenty of corr >and bacon to run his farm this year and he has twenty-five bales of cottoi which he expects to hold until judg I ment day if the price does not gei better. He is a Granger. ! Joseph Nelson has left McKet j trick's Mills. He is now farming, am expects to get marr(ed this fall, if h( can raise enough pumpkins to makt custards. The wheat and oat crop! j are looking liuely in the Wideinau'f i section. Dwelling Burnt.?'The dwelling and out-houses of Mr. John 'J1. Chea i tham, near Liberty Hill, were burn | one night last week. Loss $4,000 tc $5,000. Xo insurauce. j Mr. James N. Belcher, after ar : absence of six years lias returned t( j the iilace which knew him in his boy [ hood. He is teaching school ueai ' Oapt. Hester's. j Dr. Marshall is a good man U iattend a sale of personal property. Hi {will occasionally bid against himsel i when others do not bid as fast as thej I should. Oi'R town was visited last week b^ two Italian musicians?one with t I harp and the other with a violin ! They gathered up quite a number o | nickels. I Gold.?It is reported that Win {Dorn, Esq., has discovered anothei j rich vain of gold on his land withii i eiirht feet of the McCormiek land. i Vircje Madden got into trouble 01 Saturday. He is charged with help iug himself to the goods which right fully belonged to others. Mr June Haddox has taken hi: law books to his father's farm neai Due West, and he will there reat j Jilackstone for awhile. ! Mk. Birkix Lytjigoe thinkstha i there will be a war soon. Thcrearest j many people here that he thinks wll have to be killed out. One pretty young lady of Abbeville lias counted her hundred gray horses She refused the baud of the Junioi one day last week. E. B. Gary, Esq., went to Walhal la last week on professional business where lie has been engaged iu an irn portant law case. Mr. James W. Smith's wagon rar off down the hill on Monday, am i plunged over the high wall at tin Public Spring. Messrs. McGhee & Bros., of Dm West, have thirty seven cats, ani thej' don't catch lats worth a cent. The village Democratic club will b< organized on Thursday night. Don' fail to be there?at Knox's Kail. J. R. Tarrant, of Greenwood, ha been appointed United States Com inissioner for Abbevile county. Col. J. T. Robertson is now ir search of a pretty name for a pretty little girl. There was a large amount of worth less old plunder sold at good prices 01 Sale Day. Our citizens will not forget tlx meeting at Knox's Hall on Thursday night. Col. S. Jones lias moved liisstean mill from Abbeville to Due West. Mr. J. L. Norrel, of Greenwood called at our office on yesterday. There was a large crowd in attend ance at the village on Monday. Rev. James Nksbit, of Spartan burg, was in town last week. | There was a heavy run on the ho i tels at Abbeville on Sale Day. Knox's Hau was headquarters fo the Democracy on Saleday. We got our first instalment o March wind on yesterday. Mr. L. W. White now rides in t j in a nice new carriage. Trotter Shoals' Dots. I Nne of the Dry Grove young mei [ blows his horn every evening for th< ' amusement of his neighbors. Mr. A. Taggaut, one of the Dr; Grove young men, goes to Greenwooi I Hi ; Kilt lip Ui'ustiiJ? uccaoiwiiuuj | vv.v ..w have a. fair chance. When the oli folks leave the parlor, they send tli little children in to watch. Mr. Clayton Allen says when h ! is ready to marry he cares not who th bride may be,?or, to use his own lan guage,-"Anybody, Lord, that wears dress." Dr. Baskin has a very bad yar< dog, or is so considered by a gentle I man whom he forced to seek refug j under the piano. It would be well to I the Doctor to confine his dog if h j desires to see his daughters launche into matrimony. Mr. W. P. Calhoun acts as shep herd for Captain 8. J. Hester. Quit a romantic occupation. A young lady admiring a genth > man's horse, said he had the mos 1 pleasing hips she ever saw. Some one visited Miss Smith' I school house, near Trotter Shoal.' during her absence, and took upapai I of the floor, stole the gourd, and bun: the broom and a ^ood many booki The matter should be looked into. Mb. Reuben Smith returned froi Mr. Miller's party desperately in lovi He seems to be very undecided aboi his sweethearts?quite as hard to plea* as he is with mules- He was in tow three times in one week. Hope he pleased at last. Mr. McAlister, from the Lod mout section, was up at Mr. Miller party, and fell in love with anoth< young lady, but she says she has or heart, and that is enough for one tim When she loses that she will let hii know. Mr. Tag a art says any youi lady will do well to get him, but v I nrn innlinnri to think he will do we to get any young lady. Mt. Carmc] and Trotter Slionls' Dot A gentleman' near Trotter Shoa lias a very valuable pair of mule they not only make grain anil cotto but can roll logs. One gentleman from Rocky riv< carries his pictures around to parties distribute them among the ladies. One lady down on the fcavanm Hide says "her throat is full of teai The consequences are to be dreade We thought tears caiue iruui me c.)<: One man near Trotter Shoals, wil a second grade certificate, experts j make a fortune teaching a school | five or six little children. We fear j will prove a misfortune to the pareul Mk. Reuben Smith, of Trott Shoals, speaks of purchasing a ne buggy. Wonder what it means ? Farmers are dealing largely guauos- We may expect hard tim next year. Rev. Mb. Patterson has a vt interesting Bible class at Lodimoi and will organize a regular Sundo school as soon as the weather w admit. Mr. Sam. McBryde is sudden attracted to Mt. Curinel. Mr. John Tarrant wants a bugj to take his lady love to Salem churc Stock in the Flat Woods is ve troublesome. Knox's Hall. THE PEOPLE IN COUNCIL. Democratic Meeting. Knox's Hall, March 2, 1876. In pursuance of a call through the village papers, quite a number of our best citizens assembled in Knox's Hall this evening at eight o'clock for the purpose of organizing a Democrat ic club at this place. Mr. J. C. Hemphill, of the Medium, was called to take the Chair, and Mr. Hugh Wilson, of the Press and Ban ner, was requested to act as Secretary of the meeting. The Chair called the meeting to order and in a few brief remarks ex plained the object of the me? ting, and expressed a desire to hear from any person present who might have any remarks to ruaKe. Col. Cothrnu rose and addressing the Chair, referred to the course which the lato Democratic meeting in Co lumbia had thought best for the Coun ty Clubs to pursue, in recommending the adoption of the main features of the Anderson constitution by all the local clubs of the State, and hoped this club would fall into line and work in harmony witn the wishes of the State organization which recently mot in Columbift. E B. Gary, Esq., moved that the Chairman appoint a committee of three to draft a constitution, and a plan of organization and prepare a roll for members' names, with instructions to report at our next meeting. R. R. Hemphill, Esq., suggested in the way of amendment to this motion that the committee take into conside ration and embody in their report all things pertaining to the perfect and permanent organization of the club. The President in pursuance of the above resolution appointed Messrs. E. B. Gary, It. E. Hill and S. C'. Cason as that committee. Mr. H. T. Tusten moved that the Committee be requested to make our constitution conform to the Anderson constitution in its main features. In accordance with the resolution the Chair furnished the Committee with a copy of said resolutions to be by them so altered or amended as they might think best for our adoption. On motion of John Knox the per manent organization of this club wasjc' postponed until our Aext meeting. On motion of Col. Cothran a unan- T< imous vote of thanks was tendered to; "our generous hearted Irish friend jo Mr. John Knox, for the free use of thej Hall to-night. ?j On motion of Mr. R. E. Hill the st meeting adjourned to meet in this Hal! on next Thursday evening at eight o'clock. J. C. HEMPHILL, Chairman. Hugh Wilson, Secretary. Bible Socicty to be Organized at ir Willington.' According to arrangements by Rev. Alfred Miller, tne Kev. Jtawm j\. I3ollea, District Superintendent of the American Bible Society for South Carolina, will preach and organize a Bible Society at Wellington on Satur day morning, March 18th. as auxiliary to the central Bible Society of Abbe ville County. Mr. Bolles expects to be at Abbeville on Thursday, March 17th, so that he may be conveyed from thence to Wellington on the next morning. He expects to remain over on Sabbath, to participate in the com munion services at Willinglon Pres byterian church. Should the citizens of Lowndesville desire it, Mr. Bolles will cheerfully or ganize a Bible Society at that promi nent centre on Sabbath morning, March 26, provided he can be con veyed from Willington to Lowndes vifie, and from thence to Abbeville. Will some person at Lowndesville in terested in the Bible work address .Mr. ijoiil's uiiiici la i uiv u. ?. ! I WillJugtou in ample lime? Entertainment at Greenwood. The .young ladies and gentlemen of Greenwood propose giving a free en tertainment on Friday for the amuse ment of the public. The Junior ac knowledges the courtesy of an invita tion to attend and will be happy if in his power to be present. Mr. Bkitt has a plenty of wheat sowed this year. He will get a pair of new moulds and about July look out for biscuits and tarts. Whipper has resigned his seat as a member of the House. Pronounce the name of the ex-Sec retary of war, Bel-Knap. . Belknap is to be impeached as well as indicted. - -*>? = CONSIGNEES. Express.?W II Pnrker, B F Jinkins, II T Tustin, N Ward, J L Simpson, An drew Hrnall, J W Cochran, J widcman, Geo Grillin, T R Zacliary, II II Thomp- I son, X E Johnson, L P Gullin, C Kwnne- 1 dy. Fheioiit.?W K Bradley, F M Mitch ell, Bradley and Jay, E A Norris, A Er win, E Calhoun, E Cowan, W P Wide man, Gon S McGowan, F I) Pickens, S W I ~ . ,, ,,?W Vnnir. l/OClinUl, VJUilJ' iJluiiitia, xnuj ?? <wxa * a ler J _ __ HO'1EL ARRIVALS. Alston House.?I)r K S Bccklinm, e Rev R C Ligon, M T Hutchison, J L r Carlisle, J L Simpson, Lowndcsvillo; W II Moore, Chiis Watkins, Thos A Cater c I and wife, J L Clark, The Fork; J F k Clinkseales, Antrcville; J V Schroeder, Cross Roads; J T Bask in, Irwin Cleckly, Monterey; John Link, Pea Ridge; Thus c e M Dendv, A St Clair Lee, Greenwood; S C Link,* Roht Link, Linkville; Jno D Green, W G McClellan, Atlantic Ga; ( >. Frank Swazey, NY; M Cooper, St Louis; st Miss lvate Small, Walhalla; J E Enright, Columbia; B M McGhee, H E Bonner, > W T Waller, C G Haddon, II R Wilson, 'a M R Casey, Rev W L Pearson, Rev Wra } j, L Pressly, I)r J T Miller, T L Haddon, J J rt W Haddon, Dne West; DrATWideman 1 it JW Wideinan, Long Cane; W I) Mars, 3 E A Mars, Calhoun's Mills; Josiah Bur ton, Harper's Ferry; M Anderson, { Hodges; J W Pruit, Mill Way; R M v n Winn, Chapel Iiill. e. WiEit's Hotel.?Prof Mareuso, New [ jt York; F Prechtell, Baltimore; S Angle, Charlotte, iS C; IS Cowan, \\ lucmans; John Lyon, Cedar Springs; John W Mc Calla, Mrs W A McCalla, Elbert, Ga., John A Calhoun, Eugene B Gary, City; Thos Young, Youngville; E E Keese, W M Crookslmnks, Atlanta, Ga; J L White, Mountain View; S D Day, II J Kinard, Ninety Six; Wilson Watling, Long Cane; S G Parks, G M Jordan, Greenwood; IIII Harper, Harper's Ferry; F A Connor, Cokesbury; J I Bonner, Duo West; J H Carmichael, Tenn. Abbeville Hotel.?T N Tolbert, Jas Miller, John Thomas, Smithville; J A Browne, Baltimore, Md; W Dennis, Greenville; Robt D:issett, Albert Dassett, Fincastle, Tenn; Robt Jones, city; A M Wamble, Wilmington, N C; Sylvestra Chipley, Phoenix; R O Marbut, Ninety Six; J G Swift, J M Butler, Elberton, Ga; M C Moselev, J M Miller, Hodges; H C Cresswoll, E W Cresswell, Newman lot; John Jones, P Cothran, G M Mc Kinney, E S Sharpton, C P Lesesne, S MeCJinton, W L Miller, Cedar Springs; Joseph SefUiv, Nickly Renna, Naples, It aly; Cornelius Crane, J W Rowland, Donaldsville; WH Boyd, S Ingraham, \V Dukes, C W Crews, T N Riley, J R Tarrant, Greenwood; J M McAdams, Due West; R Armstrong, Level Land; Miss Lucretia Miller, Laurens; Miss . s- 1> \\r *.iouryiu iujuci| iv ?> iuinvi, iu?6uv..,., Samuel Gordon, J II Gordon, Long Cane; Samuel Watson, Richard Watson, White Hall: Roger Williams, B W Williams, J H Bell, Diamond llill. RELIGIOUS SERVICES. IN THE PIIESUYTKHIAN CHURCH, Every Sunday.?Rev. J. L. Martin, Pastor. Sunday School Exercises, at * ...10 a. m. " Morning Worship, at-...- 11 " " Afternoon " 414pm " Evening " 7J? " Prayer Meeting Thursday Evening " IN "THE METHODIST CHURCH. Every Sunday.?Rev. J. W. WlghtmanJPastor. Sunday School Exercises, at 10 a. in. Morning Worship,at II Afternoon- " *^pi ~A" Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Evening, 7J| " Evening IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH On the Second and the Eourth Sundays. Rev. R. N. Pratt. Pastor. Sunday Bchool Exercises, at 10 a. m. Morning Worship, at 11 " " Afternoon . " 3 " IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Evory Sunday.?Rev. John Kor6haw, Rector. Sunday School Exercises, at 10 a. ra. " Morning Worship, at II " " Afternoon " i}i ist of Letters Remaining in th Abbeville Post Otficc, March 1st. [r Armstrong, |J C Johnson, , \V Adams. Lawrance Keith, J Brown, 'Susan Little, lementon BurdittJJack Lewis, rank Britt, jj A Logan, eter Brown, Henry Leslie, iiclia Brown, iBenjamin Lomax, [attie Bostick, J M Lttes, arken Boll, J H Chapman, ancy C'alhouu, 'arry Cowan, is Clowers, ahn Cothran, ucinda Carter, indy Carter, ude'Calhoun, ob Dossett, :>hn Dixon, homas A Dallis, lin A Deatherage,' aura Douglass, Lucia E Miller, EuUene Moore, John Mitchell, Nicholas Morrows, J C Moore, A P Maxwell, Bettie Miller, G A Miller, Carry B Parley, Jane Kay, W R Robinson. James Smith, Julia (Span (Clemon Stricklanc 11a Davis, IJ II Thomas. A Dixon, [Philip M Tabb,jr.f ouisa Ellison, iThoinas Thorp, Has W Gaiteskill, A J Winter, 'illiam Henry, jEdmund Watson, M Hisby, i Albert IMcPhersor r H Harper, |S L MeCall, aura E i-Iall, jT R Zachary. arriet Hodges, |\V R McCannon. II. W. LAWSON, P. M. MARRIAGES. MARRIED, on the 20th of Februan 170, by the Rev. Wesley Ashley, Mi A. RICKETS and Miss SARA] OBINSON, all of Abbeville, S. C. MARKET REPORTS. CORRECTED BY arnwell <fc Co., Cotton Brokers an Dealers in General Merchandise. ( 'ACTOR Y GOODS. I Fish? )tton Yarns..fl.l5al.:<0| Mackerel....S1.75a2.i ;naburgs 12a H Cod. per lb.. 10a Shirting 10a 12| White " 10tv 1 Shooting.... 12a 15]Salt, per sack 2.00a2. PROVISIONS. Tobacco,? lour, per tb...S 4a 5 Chewing,.... 75alj )rn. per bu... OOal.OO Smoking,... fiOal. eal, " 1.10al.20i AMMUNITION. rist, per lb... ;)J4a 5 Powder per lb 40a ;as, " UOal.OOishot, " 12a its, . 1.00|Lead, " 10a icon, Sides... lta 15 Caps, per box 10a Sh'drs. 11a 12 LIQUORS. Haras. 18a 20!CornwhlskeyS2.00a3. \rd lsa 20| French br'dy. 5.00a7. nth Potatoes. 1.75a2.00i Hoi land gin.. 5.00a8. veet " ... 75al.00 Amerl'n gin.. 3.00afl. 2gs 15a 20lH'rbon wli's'y ;{.OOiU. lickens 20a 25i\VineK 3.00a9. jrkeys 1.00al.50i ILVRliWARE. utter 20a 25'Iron, Swedes. 8a GROCERIES. I " English T.v igar, crush'dS 15a lfii Nails 5a *' A 12a 15 Cotton cards.. GOa ' B 12a 15| Horse shoes... " C 12a 15 " " nails " Brown 10a 12i LEATHER. <1? T>|? 0-l!lTo?nlru>lr <J :!fln. " Lagu'au 2Sa 38|Solc leather... 4<>o " Java :rra io:Up'r leather., ft hi :a l.OOal.so Hnr'ss " 40a rrup, cane... 75al.00 Cnlf skins 5.00aG. olasses, s. h. 40a 4j|Klp skins 4.5Oa0. indies, sp'm -10a 50: Dry hides fla " ad'm't 20a 25 Green hides... 5a lieese 20a 25j BAGGING, &c. nlons, perbu 2.00|Ragging, p yd J(!a arch 12a lojTles 7a illow 10a 12 Hope, cotton.. 40a Ice, per lb...? 10a 121 Itopo, grass... Abbeville, March 8.?Cotton 10i@l Auoxista, March 6.?Cotton steady ar smand good?middling 12; net roceip ) 1 bales ; sales &hj. Ohatleston, March G.?Cotton firtm -middling 12S@12J; net receipts 70! lies 1,000. Baltimore, March 6.?Cotton firm riddling 121(5) 12j}; net receipts 152; sail 15. * Liverpool, March 6.?12 M.?CotU: :tivc and firmer?middling uplands 0: riddling Orleans fi 9-10; sales 18,000. New Yokk, March 6.?12 M.?Go! * 4* ^* ?? um/T knl/lnru aulrir Hq. V-UUUII 111 111 mxxx ....... igher; sales 1,331?uplands 12J; Orleai 113-10. PUBLIC NOTICE. A LL persons in Donaldsville Towi Tjl ship who are in favor of an hone overmncnt, are requested to meet lonaldsvillc on Friday, the 17th inst., >rin a Democratic Club. G. M. MATTISON, Chairman. March 8, 1S70 48-2t NOTICE, rllE citizens of Cedar Spring Towi ship will meet at Betiua Church c aturday, the 18th, for the purpose of o iinizing the Township Democratic Clu G. C. BRADLEY, Chairman. March 8, 1876 48-2t IRGANIZE!! ORGANIZE! A LL tlie voters of Cokesbury Tow: .V. ship who desire an honest* govor lent ana low taxes, are requested ij.*etat* llodges, on Saturday, 18th ins til o'clock a. in., to organize a Dem ratie Club. Col. (Jothran and oth pcakers will be present. The followii entlemcn are requested to meet me < aturday, the 11th, at 3 o'clock, for eo ultation: M. G. Zcigler, G. M. Hodge I. B. McGhce, Wm. H. Moore. F. A. CONN Oil, Chairman. March 8, 187(3 48-2t Democratic Meeting. A T the meeting on Monday the unde :jL signed was charged with the orjm cation of the Democratic party in tl nvnship and hereby calls upon all tl oters of the township who love pea nil oruer, aim wnu mvu> uuuwn lent, to meet with the citizens of th lace in Knox's Hall on tomorrow ove ng at 7:30 o'clock. A meeting lias i eady been appointed for that time ai lace. I simply desire to impress the ii lortance of the movement on tho atte ion of the people and to call upon the sr their united action in this matter. T. I'. QUAKLES. M Slate of South Carolii County of Abbeville, IN PKOBATE COURT. SHERIFF'S SALE. iarah A. Norwood, Executrix, Plai . tiff, ?allie N. Calhoun and others, Defe dants. Complaint to Sell Keal Estate, Mt shall Assets, &c. BY virtue of an Order of the Cou of Probate for Abbeville Couu u tlie above named case, 1 will sell Abbeville Court House, on Saleday April next, vithin the legal hours of sale, to tl lighest bidder, rhe Real Estate of Jam< A. Norwood, deceased. 1st. THE VALUABLE II PROVED LOT in the town of Abt .:ll? in Ihn frvrL- /if t.ll P fr TPPtl Vi 1 le a! \nderson Roads, containing FIVE i \CRES, more or less, being tbefami lomestead of the saiu James A. K< ,vood, deceased. 2d. THE IMPROVED LOT in t ;own of Abbeville, on tbe Vien Road, known as the Comb's Pla< :ontaining FOUR (4) ACRES, int >r less. 3d. THE WHITE LICK TRAC ivith an elegant building on it, abc ,\vo and one-half miles from the to\ jf Abbeville, on the Vienna Rot adjoining lands of William Sprou iud others, and containing Four Hu ired and Fifty (450) Acres, more less. 4th. THE YOUNG PLANTATIC idjoning the McDullie Plantation, t Haskell lands, and others, contaiui Six Hundred (000) Acres, more or le 5th. the Mcduffie plant HON, in the Flat Woods, on watt of Little Kiver, adjoining lauds f< merly owued by John A. Calhoi and now in possession of his wido Mrs. Sarah Calhoun, lands forme) owned by Charles T. Haskell, a lands owued by Airs. Cabell, conta ing Four Thousand and Two Hundi (4,200) Acres, more or less; this trj tj be divided into several parcels, pi of which will be exhibited on the d of sale. TERMS. One-half of the purchase money be paid in cash; the balance ou credit of twelve months, to be secui by a boud with good security auc mortgage on the premises to Prob; Judge of Abbeville Couuty, with! per cent, interest per 4unum. P chaser to pay for all necessary pap aiid recording. L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff' Abbeville County Sheritf's Office, March 8, .1876 46-41 1 Among the Farmers. The last Rural Carolinian says that a pound of wool can, upon a limited scale, be grown for less than a pound of cotton. And two pounds of mutton can be grown with far greater ease than one pound of Northern bacon can be bought and paid for. In "Hints for the Mouth," the editor makes the following suggestions as to the preparation of land -for crops:? It is the custom, almost universally, to break up or' "turn over" stubble land at this season. We have never found this profitable work for March. Cotton or corn lands may be "laid off" and manured, and a "list" mude upon the manure by two furrows. But far ther than this we do not believe it to be prudent to plough lands in March. To turn over stubble lands in Novem ber is a wise policy, but in our judg ment is labor lost in March. Our winds are higher, and our suns often as parching in April as in any month in the year, and the effect of these agents upon the freshly turned earth is simply to add fifty per cent, to the labor of cultivating the growing crop. Hence our policy ever has been simply uli"f ?' ?> 'i'lo nr> in Mnrr>li and I LU 1131 Uj/, vi iiuv i?|? ?i< to keep us strong a plough force as possible, so as at tbe proper time to complete the bed and plant the seed in the freshly turned earth. If bottom lands are dry enough this early they should be broken and cross ploughed with small, narrow ploughs. If half the cultivation of the uplanc^ crop is the proper preparation of the land, which is undoubtedly true, it may with equal truth be asserted that three-fourths of the bottom crop is the preparation of the land. In speaking of the nurseries, fruit, fcc., lie says :? Fruits growing should be encouraged throughout the South, not only in South Carolina. Dried fruit every winter is in demand at from ten to fifteen cents per pound. Canned fruits are always saleable. And vinegar, and cider, to say nothing of apple jaek, and peach and honey, are always imported from abroad into our State, where nature tells us these things can be made as cheaply and as profitably as anywhere in the world. Bordeaux Items. Tiie ladies of Bordeaux and vicin ity propose to furnish a supper, music, and other amusements at the house of Mr. Allen Moragne, n'ear Little River, on Tuesday evening the 14th of March next, at 8 o'clock, for the benefit of the parsonage of this circuit. Sumptuous preparations will bo made by the ladies, aud of course all who favor the cause of religion, and are fond of good eating, will be expected. The editors of the P. & 13. are especially invited. A LAUGH number of'our farmers itnvo inat returned from their North Western meat and grain houses, and and have commenced in earnest to make preparations for another crop. Some arc still plantinuwmta. Some of our farmers have learned wisdom by past experience, and are arrauging to plant more corn. Stealing upon a small scale is still carried on by our colored friends, to the great annoyancc of plantors. All farming implements have to be placed under lock every night, if desired for use in the morning. B. THE DEBATES IN CONGRESS. The Congressional Record. A late number of the Congressional Record, contains an excellent speech from Senator Anthony, of Ilhode Is land in support of his resolution to prohibit the publication of any speech which was not actually delivered, as well as to prohibit any alterations in speeches except merely verbal, and also to require all speeches reserved for correction to be returned in one week to the reporter. The evil complained of is, that bun combe speeches are published by mem bers which were never delivered, and which appear as part of the proceed ings? that those speeches which are adtually delivered, are ho changed in the revision by the suppression of material portions, thaf other speeches iri reply seem out of place, and the whole record of the proceedings con fused ai'd nonsensical?and again that .speecheo are often suppressed entirely which makes even more ridiculous the report of the proceedings. .Senator Anthony makes a strong t? Knl.nlf ,,f t lw? r?n 1.1 innHnii r>f [J1UU ill UV. IJUli w? IiUV |/I< v>> V?v.v.. the debates holding that though the remark of a German critic might ap ply, that "which is good is not new, and what is new ia not good," yet that in furnishing the contemporaneous in terpretation of all the iaws passed by Congress they are invaluable. But he urges that the value of the report ot the debates consists in its accuracy, and that it is ail important that the published record be an impartial and literal transcript of the proceedings, without enlargement, abridgement, or modification. What Some of Our Exchanges Say About Us. The Anderson Journal, ono of the best edited and best printed papers received at this office, says : "The Abbeville Press and Banner seems to be most prosperous. It has been enlarged to a nine-column paper, and comes to us regularly, neatly printed and full of most entertaining readiug matter. Our intercourse has; been snort, but we hope it may con- j tinue long and be as pleasant as now. Ouk new friend, the Florence Pio neer, a well edited and neatly printed paper from the low country, adds: "The Abbeville Press ana Banner, which we 'cheerfully' place upon our exchange list, is one of the largest and best papers in the State. It has re cently been greatly enlarged, and has twenty-eight columns of good reading matter, which ia as much as any sub scriber could desire." Potatoes succeed best in soils with a considerable proportion of vegetable mould present in them, such as new land or good sod ground. Manures applied should be given in liberal doses, but they ought to be thorough-1 lv rotted ; and, by choice, of an inor ganic character. Ashes are peculiar ly adapted to these tubers, and the same holds good of salt, plaster aud bones, either crushed or dissolved. Rank and fermenting stable manure tends to produce disease. The Grange at Bellevue has been reorganized, and is now alive. SHERIFF'S SALE. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Iu the Common Pleas. L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. John C. Williams, Plaintiff, against Wra. C. Barrett and John M. MacKay Defendants. Decree. Y virtue of an order of the said Court in this case signed by B Judge Cooke, to roe directed, 1 will sell to the highest bidder at public auction, |it Abbeville Court House, on Bale Day next, the third day of April, all that plantation or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the county aforesaid on Long Cane aud Grays creeks, containing Eight Hundred and Twenty-five Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of George Nickles, Robert Dunn, Wil liam Dunn and others, known as the Williams Jand, the property of the defendants. Terms Cash. L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, \ 7, March 1870, 48-4t J Reported Experiments. The Abbeville County Agricultural Society offered h preminm each, for he best ten acres, and the best one icre of oats. The successful competi ornt llieir Fair last October, was Maj. i. A. Griffin. Hear his report. "The land is rather thin, course, graveled upland, with a western ex josure; was planted in cotton in 1874, ind highly fertilized with cotton aeed ind phosphate composted. On the 1st )ctober, furrows were run arouud the I4l. 1 111 J !01I0D rows Willi uuniuugueu piuugiis, he onts were sown at the rate of two jushels per acre, aud covered by pass ng cultivators twice through each \ niddle. The oats were of the red rust >roof variety. Cost of cultivation or leeding down was about seveuty-flve ents per acre. The crop was reaped jetween 1st and 10th June. The yield 'rom the ten acres was five hundred md thirty-one bushels; and 011 the >ne acre sixty bushels. The whole ' product was gathered and measured iccording to the requirement laid , lown in the premium list: and tiie >ats weighed thirty-six pounds to the >ushel by measurement.''. A certificate of Maj. Griffin is at ached to this report, and also one from L,'ol. (*. McD. Miller, stating that he measured the land, aud saw the grain Harvested, threshed, measured and weighed. Those five hundred and thirty-one jushels of oats have doubtless been I . . .1 ..11 1 3oIu ior aa many uwuuis, ?nu mc wigt if making them could not have been thirty-one dollars above the worth of the straw. So that a tract of ten acres in oats yielded an income of five hun dred dollars. As much would not have been realized had the land been cultivated in cotton and produced two bales to the acre. But we have other experiments which we beg our readers to carefully w>naider a.? they peruse them, and re solve at once to go and test this! year whether they can be equaled. Dr. James T. Baskiu testifies, that ho nrenared an acre of hijrh branch! bottom land in June, 1875, by plough ing it as deeply as possible, as the laud had only been cultivated one year. Furrows was laid oft' four feet apart, wi^h a common shovel, and in this furrow corn was drilled as we usually plant cotton, and covered by two fur rows, with a subsoil plough. When the corn was about five inches high it was ploughed "out and outten days afterward it was thoroughly hoed and thinned out about as we usually chop out cotton. When about waist high it was "run round" with shovels and middle thrown out with half shovels. No other cultivation was given it. No manure of any kind was used. The land was alluvial, and was over flowed just before the corn received the first ploughing. The entire cost of cultivating the acre was nine dollars and fifty cents. And the yield was thirty-one barrels of merchantable corn. An average barrel was shelled, and measured out two bushes, three Kecks, three quarts, and one and one alf pints; aggregating over ninety bushels to the acre. Mr. Edward Calhoun certified to the accurate measurement of the land, and Mr. Jamed M. Martin makes affi davit as to the correctness of the re port concerning the cultivation, yield and measurement. Mr. P. N. Bell reports that he meas ured oft' five acres of upland, stubble land, clav subsoil: broke it up with sub.soil plough iu February; laid it oft" with a small shovel plough, followed by a subsoil, four feet wide; on the 10th May, planted corn iu these fur rows, dropping the seed every three feet; during the season ploughed three times,"first with a subsoil, then with a shovel, and the third time with a sweep; ten days between ploughings; chopped over twice with hoes; no fer tilizers used; corn gathered second week in October, and measured out one hundred and seventy bushels. Affidavit is made of the above by Mr. Bell, and corroborated by the testimo ny of Mr. R. M. Pratt. Air. R. M. Pratt reports harvesting two hundred and sixty bushels of corn from five acres of bottom land. The cultivation was very similar to the above, except that he gave his crop but one hoeing. This report is sworn to by Mr. Pratt, aud affidavit attached as to its correctness by Messrs. P. N. Bell and J. N. Ashley. Mr. Robert Pratt further reports a yield of fifty-eight bushels oue peck from one acre of upland ; corn planted on the 5th April, in four feet beds, two feet on the bed, aud cultivated, as usual, except that it received but one hoeing; manured with six bushels cotton seed and phosphate1 compost per acre, the phosphate costing two dollars per acre. He further reports harvesting eighty-two bushels of corn from one acre of bottom land, without manure; corn planted tnree aim a nan ieei uy nine inches, and cultivated substan tially the samp as he did the five acre lot. These two last reports were testi fied to as the others were. ? We need not comment upon these reports; they speak for themselves, and may be relied upon as facts, for these farmers are all men of standing in Abbeville County, and their reriorta cannot be questioned.?Rural Caro fiaii. * Garden Work for Mnrch* This month is the basis of our crops for the production of what we will term "vegetable fruits." Every one who has a garden spot, be it large or small, should not fail to plant it. If the lot is small, there is no reason wny it should not be planted, for there are' many vegetables which require very little space for their culture. And be sides being a pleasure to the owner amply repays liira for time and labor expended thereon. The following seed should be sown this mouth Beans?bush, or snap shorts. An other planting may be now made to succeed those planted last month; also, pole-beans plant now?the finest varieties of which are the giant and German Wax, both of which produce a fiue largo pod of a bright yellow hue, and are perfectly stingless. Beets?make another sowing for a [succession. I Corn?plant first the Adams Extra Early; next, the Stowell's Evergreen | Sugar, followed by the Mammoth Su i car and Pennsylvania White Flint. I A planting of either of the two latter should be made every two weeks until August or September, thereby secu ring one of the finest table vegetables for six months in the year. Cucumbers?sow in hills; make a small planting every month until Au gust. Mustard, Rape, Kale and-Spinach? sow for salads. Turnips?The Nonsuch, White Flat Dutch and Red Top are splendid varie ties for the spring. The first named variety is, in our estimation, the best, being much earlier thau the two latter, aud produces a fine, large, round bulb, in seven weeks from the time it is sown. We recommend this variety especially for garden culture. Cabbages?all varieties may now be sown, together with long coliards, which Hie for winter use. Okra?the Dwarf White is the best variety for our climate. A small sow ing should be made every two weeks until the middle af April. Peas?continue to plant every two weeks for a succession. Onion Sets?set out; plant peppers, ! radish, squash, tomatoes, lettuce, pars ley, parsnips, carrots, leeks, cauli flower, brocoli, Brussels, sprouts, kohl rabi, melons aud salsify, or vegetable oyster. | Egg Plant should now be sown in hot beds. There are two varieties 01 thia vegetable, viz: large white ami the purple. The former is much tbe finest for the table. Irish potatoes may be yet planted. Flower gardens should now be pre pared for the spring plautiug. llcxflr Crops.?Preparations for these ought to Ln begun, and a deep and well-pulverized soil is the first neces sity for their doing well. The satis faction in their uses where either cows or sheep are kept, will compen sate for more trouble and expense than they require to be grown. The ground ought also to be made rich by the use of well rotted manure. Manure Making.?Whatever else pushes you, do not neglect this. The saving, mixing, and care of all mate rials adapted to increasing your piles should carefully attended to. Don't Take It to Heart* .%tf. t* ' 1 ' There'! many atrouble ' Would break like a bubble, ' ' Lad into the wator* of Lethe depart, Did not we rehearse it, And tenderly nurse it, UUl gtre it a permanent place In the heart. ^ There's many a sorrow * Would raniah to-morrow, PTere we not unwilling to furnlah the wings; So sadly intruding * And quietly brooding, >*. it hatches out all sorts of horrible things, ' ? How welcome the seeming; Of looks that are beaming, (Whether one's wealthy or whether oae'a poori Eyee bright as a berry, Cheeks red ae a cherT7, rb? groan tad the cum ana uu uwuun wmm cure. ". . ? Eesolrcd to b? merry, - All worry to ferry * * isron the farnod waters that bid tu forget; And do longer tearful, Bat happy and cheerful," ITo feel life ha* much that'* worth living for yet ?Tituley't Magaxin*. * The Old Clock's Secret "You shall marry Godfrey Marsh, Marcia, Mrs. Stanhope said, setting her teeth together, in that grim fash Ion of hers, which told that her mind was fully made up. "He is rich. He can give you a home second to nona In all the country rouna. xie cmi gu* you position and influence." "I don't want a home, if 1 have got U marry for that, and nothing else," an swered Marcia, bitterly. "I don't care for all the position and influence Godfrey Marsh can give me, if I have got to accept him with them. I hate him. If I married him I would not live with him a year." "You are a foolish girl," her mother answered, sternly. "A very foolish' girl. There isn't another girl in Em bury that wouldn't jump at the chance you have. And I don't be lieve you will let it slip out of your hands when you think it over as a ensible girl should." "I shall never change my mind," - " answered juarcia, wnn ouuicouuie v> her mother's grim determination in her voice. "Never." "You are thinking of Dick Gresham, of course," sneered Mrs. Stanhope. "He is a much more desirable fellow than Godfrey Marsh, I suppose. I In fer that you would not hesitate to accept the position and influence hi oould give you, as Mrs. Greaham/' "I have never said anything of the kind," answered Marcia, with a rising flush. "He has never asked me to say anything of the kind, and I cer tainly shall wait till I am asked. AttAaUnm i'o on Vinnoof raannnfa. X/1UU. UiWUWUl M MM HVliVDWj AVW^WVW . ble man, and the peer of Godfrey Marsh In every way. Godfrey Marsh's money I count out of the question en- ' tirely." J "I understand how tho case stands," ' said Mrs. Stanhqpe, sternly. "I have ] told you before, and I repeat It again, ' that you may understand me fully never, with my consent, shall you j marry Dick Gresham. I don't be-11 lieve ho oares half as much for ' you aa'! you do for him. If he does, he doesn't show it as most men are apt to do, and you will save, a good deal of gossip if you keep your fancy for him a . H*f1o mnro VmirRAlf. PfirtnlA ATA ' _ not blind." ~ ? And then Mrs. Stanhope went out/ and Marcia sat and thought. Those last words of her mother's might hold a good deal of truth in them. She had sometimes wondered if Dick Gresham did care for her as she ac knowledged to herself that she cared for him? He was not like most men. It was not in his nature to bo demon* strative. Perhaps he was waiting to be sure of his own heart?and of her regard for him. She had been with him a good deal. She had wondered more than once if he loved her. If he did, he had never told her so. She believed that he did, however. There was the rattle of carriage wheels at the gate. She looked out with a frown gathering on her face. She knew who was there, .well enough. "Is Marcia at home?" she heard Godfrey Marsh ask her mother. II she is, I should like to take her out for a drive this afternoon." "Yea," she heard her mother reply. ' "She'll be delighted to go. I'll callj! her." . I "I won't go," she thought, hurried-, ly, with a little angry gestiire,. Thea she thought better of that decision, j It would offend her mother If she re- ; fused, and their life was not a very J harmonious one of late. And perhaps!' Dick (Jresiiam mignt see mem, uuu conclude to speak out. , So she got ready and went. "While she was gone, Dick Oresham j came to see her. Mrs. Stanhope met: him coldly, but politely. He inquired for Marcla. W*** "She has gone out to ride with Mr. Godfrey Marsh," Mrs. Stanhope' answered, with an Inward chuckle at the discomfited look on Dicks fooe. "I am very sorry," he said. "I wanted to see her very much. I am going away this evening, and I do not know how long I shall be gone, nor how tar I shall go. I wanted to say onmnthinor to her before I went." Dick knew that Mrs. Stanhope hated him. He felt it. But he was frank and honest with her. "I can't say when she will be back," Mrs. Stanhope said. "I think Mr. Marsh expects to stop to tea. From that, I infer that they will be gone most of the afternoon." "Yes, quite likely," answered Dick, absently. "I shall not see her, then, but I might write what I wanted to say, and leave it for you to give her." "Yes, you could do that," she aald;; "you will find pen and paper in tho.1 secretary there." |1 "It's the best I can do," thought < Dick. "I'd much rather have said it; j 1 but, if I can't do that I'll have to doji the next best thing." < He wrote down what he camo to say ' toMaroia Stanhope, and sealed it in!I an envelope, upon which he wrote 1 her name. ' "If you will give It to her," he said,!! laying it down upon the table by Mrs.! siannope, "you win do uoiug mo ?; favor. I had rather not tell you what i I have written, though perhaps you1: have a right to know. Marcla may< ; tell you." M j Then he aaid good-bye and went 1 i away. ji "I have a right to know, according ? to his own admission," Mrs. Stanhope 1 said, and tore away the envelope. i She read his letter through carefully. I j "I think fate is playing into my! t hands," she said grimly. "It will bell quite a long time ^before your letter is ] answered, if I am not mistaken, Dick ' Gresham." < She went to the old clock In the j j corner, opened it, and dropped the let- j tcr down into its mysterious depths. | "There!" she said, shutting the door| ! upon its secret, "that is disposed of safely, I think." I The next morning she spoke up j suddenly to Marcia, as they were at j work in the kitchen together: "Dick Grcaham was here yester-| day to see you. He said he was going! away last night, and didn't know how i far he was going, nor how long he! should be gone. He has joined the: engineerfcg-party going from Hilburyj to the West He told me to tell you good-bye for him." "That was all?" Marcia said it sharply, as if the words oost her a great effort Her face was very pale. "Yes, that was all'I answered Mrs. j Stanhope, busy with the milk-pans. I "Ho never carod for me, I'm sure," Marcia whispered to her pillow tha<t ni?ht and then cried herself to sleep. f ? ? ' * ? It was a pleasant afternoon In Octo >r when Mrs. Stanhope died. The :y was full of dreamy vagueness?a ize through which the sunshine fll red goldenly, and hid the moun ins far off, and made the hills near f seem like the hills of some ghostly nd. The leaves of the old chestnut r the door were dropping softly and [th a slow rustle that kept time the ticking t>f the old clock in the >rner. Mra. Stanhope had been failing owly for years. Her life had faded \ the day fades; you scarcely can tell tat the light is going out, but the rst you know it is gone. It was so ith her. The light was almost gone it, now. It only flickered for moment; then there would be dark 296. Marcia," she said faintly. "Well, Mother?" "There is something I want to tell ou. I ought to have told you long Dick Gresham left a letter for ou when he went away. I read it ad hid it in the old clock. It is ttere yet When I am gone, find it nd read It. But not till then, Mar ia." She looked up pleadingly into larcia's face. > ??w? till fch?n_" Marcia nrom led, with a strange feeling of expeo incy, regret and anger at heart. P"hat did that hidden letter have to ay? Perhaps?and then she tried to ut all thought of it out of her head until the time came for her to know rhat Dick had had to say. But she ould not do that By-and-by Mrs. Stanhope said she ranted to go to sleep. Marcia ar anged her pillows, and the sick wo aan closed her eyes wearily. She slept long and well, for she lever woke again. The funeral was over. And then ame that awful sense of desolation rhioh follows "after the burial." Whoever has passed through this ex >erience of life can never forget the [reary lonesomeness, the solemn sl ence that is about the house. The rona wma w uaic u ittle time. Tick, tick! the old clock kept re* >eating that night, and Marcia went o it to solve the mystery it held. She ook off the old door, (and removed he curiously-carved front. In the x)ttom covered with the dust of flf een years, she found the letter she iad never known of for so long. She read it through with a carious lending of pleasure to -know that Dick had'loved her, and bitter regret 'or what she had lost If she had only mown then! Now her life must go >n as it had gone so long, but she ihould have it to think of that he had ovedhert She laid her head down against the >ld clock and cried softly. His love irould have been so sweet. It would lave made life so pleasant But it was lost. It had been lest-Tor fifteen pears. There was a knock at the door. She jot up ..drying her eyes hastily, and went to admit her visitor, hardly con scious of what she was doing, but act* lag more from force of habit than any thing else. A man stood on the threshold. "Marcia," he said, and held out his aand. "You don't know me, I guess. [ am Dick Gresham. I came back to lay. I heard of your mother's death. ' -" -? i ? ,Y ma 1 Knew you U Ut) luuoauuio, auu * ;hought perhaps you'd be glad to tee an old friend, so I made bold to lome." "Oh, Dick, Dick!" she cried, and then broke down in true woman fashion. "I wonder what sent you here to-night? I ha-?e just found tire letter you wrote and left for me before you went away. I never knew they? bad been one until three days ago. You can't blame me for not writing, as you asked me to, Dick," and then the lace of'this -woman, whose years . and Ant of whoso wore WUi?;-uiV| ? > - ? - ?, heart you would have supposed all girlish romance had fled, grew sudden* ly hot with sweet shame to think of ^ what her words meant. "God sent me, I guess," he said, with ? great gladness in hlis face, and he caught her to his heart, and kissed her. "I was sure you-loved me, Mar da, but the letter I looked for never i came, and I thought your mother had got you to thinking as she did. So I gave up hoping for that which I took it for granted I had lost, and I stayed away because there was noth ing to draw me back here. A month ago I got it into my head that I wanted to aee Hilburv asrain. and I came back. They told me that you were Marcia Stanhope yet, and I think that Bet me to hoping a little. You see, its hard to give up hoping, in the first place, and it don't take much to set a man to hoping again, after he thinks he's given it up, for he can't forget." And so, after fifteen years, the old clock gave its secret up, and two hearts came together to never be parted more. ? A SINGULAR STORY. A strange story is reported from Spain. A detachment of Alfonsist soldiers recently discovered, in a se cluded part of a mountain chain, a cavern vrhich was inhabited by rob* bers, who had taken advantage of the civil war in order to ply theiT < criminal avocations. An alcove was attached to this subterranean dwelling, the door of which the soldiers broke open. They were astonished to find the apartment so decently furnished, and provided with books, flowers, and even a piano. In an easy chair sat a venerable old man. The soldiers in terrogated him, but obtained only in coherent replies. It has been ascer tained, from Jtho confession of one of the robbers, that the old man was the cashier of a banking firm at Bourgos; Khftt thflv hjui broken into the bank. and stolen the safe, and taken the cashier with them, in hopefr.th>fi tro would assist them to ot*!nthe safe. During the retreat, wJ?4Wi was marked by many adventurtST the intrepid old man succeeded in evading the vigi lance of fils guardians for a short timo? and secreted tho safe in a place where he would be able to recover it afterward. When the booty was missed, and the robbers failed to as certain the place where it was concealed, they revived the proceed ings of the famous chaffeurs by boast ing the feet of their victim in order to ixtort a confession. But the inflicted lortures had a different effect. The man got mad; and it was with the ob ject of restoring him to reason that the robbers bestowed the utmost at tentions on him, in hopes that when tie recovered his reason he would re peal to them the place where the safe ffa8 conoealed. Wk had always supposed that be hind the screens one sees strung across the back end of a dressmaking establishment, was where they keep the wood box and coal scuttle, and innocently enough we started to go behind one the other day, to spit. No, it wasn't a ghost, for ghosts don't yell so, or jump over a cord of boxes, and try to hide behind a spool, of thread, but there was enough of some thing behind them to keep us in the front part of the shop after this. A. Sad Incbease.?Now, twenty ci gars per head are annually manufac tured for everv man, woman and child in the United States. Forty years ago two was about the average. A negro was scalded to death from a boiler explosion, and on his tomb atone they chizelod deeply: "Saored to the memory of onr 'steamed friend."