The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 15, 1876, Image 2

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News Itcmc. c'-.cnck, tlie American minister to 1'ng^iud, lm-< been reoallwf. j\ ]);naiai eeli|>^e <?f,.tfle moon occur-, ro'l on Yiiuraduy of tlie j-ast ! week. \ y' Friday the-Klh is St. Patrick's day which is afwayHduiy celebrated . in ' tiureiliesr \ The'ircuit Court e\Green ville met | on irfonday last, ( evurah\of our law grnv* \v i 11 be ii ia (J y u d u i - - ti Ts said tliiifthere are tworvty tra-| diliri" posts in ljpxus wlijbli were "fcuhl i bv tlie late Sep ciary uf War. There iattuf to lie A g<y1 deal of dL'stiliitionStAViilclonSJo/nly, owinji tojhjuJ'ai In I'tTyx. cioi <s.ycar.^ , t Columbia n spelling bee; ladies beiwgSnnitohed agaiiift gentlemen, in -die conKrt for juizes. The .jprfwfankurg rdUl urgvs tin land owYTeiv to ri*yor?< theiivrent con tract*? if they \yfTft to eiiforee*4hem. fM srHhackj Kkj^tkd.? l lio claim of l'i neb back,la* deflator from Louis iana, ha* heeia rejected by a vute of :>^ to i"J. v J. li. iiiartwell a r?(urned niissbi from China, aniMiitietuber ofnln JM>;isi Church has been p reaching it. AiirL'i'son. / T\\ tilings there are whipfi are nec essary Vo make home lufypy : plan and cul\vnle a good yarden, und j-ub . .ci ibe lontlie J'rcna (tnjf lyun-.i r. Mr. T C.Viovver ofj^jreenville nuuh a flying visiyto oiijnowii on Satnrda;. remaining umil ifWsday. His family has been speniUrg ?ome wtehS neie. When you i#c\anylhing in a news iiL- ?i/ir worfli i.ub I nut ^."U inmn t fishing?rtmiembw that it taras :i good mapV leadfr^to support u news paper. <? * \ A ufotninout member of the JIou.m amil/a member of tlik investigating cojnuiittee thinks threAof the sevei lumbers o? the Cabinet -^viJl be iu> peached. Tt>tei^'I^mej?w cjuoYe<Fdt" say I ns. iti Uie \?ar^ApaiT ^ ealealj^e B?H^ua; le ?Siai t'ini that every ment whic tven A about \Y:u/ii Seheiiok,t was rem ovec lf.jiglisit (.toy rniiieutati delayed to p? tee I- him 1 til he could Jet to sea. ^ frtTevKlenee or"T*refrepont?s inter A > 1 ig pnviHjge. to Englatu inami of tin t iie remova. nu arrest un ferejEttxijjiavor of Babcoek is w? hands uFtltw^Judk-iary C'omniiu^f ?>. the Huum*. lTNa hJiuosi coiwrfusivc, a ltd mipeachnieiiH^iosMbj*'.' A Now York ten^rfmee lecturei suys one or thechjiefuuj^gof ihe 11 nenci*i depies^fu is alelifll^c indui Keuce. Tp^Doaloii Port JJoe: he uiu?rJT to bay that nioiiW .if The papers announce tl at Sehenck did something auprecede jled in de parting from i^&lurid wil >ont takinj. leave of the QuJeu. Thei ; was gooi. reason for it, as ihe JCng !ish bailitl? wene after iiim.l ^ Newspaper a'l-crtising is t)ie rptffei Aawgetic and vigilant of salesmen , auvl?eri.sii}g thousands each Ua v, al ?- ?k Wa\?S"VU IJie J1U Yt'rustrr s iiwrM, ?in< oeaseie^Jy ar workbfcekiyg Cubioineo from -aJ icSj^ises. ^ tf Tim is a4|ungeroii8.*c:ison, and of ten the foutleu mother's fare is in protection agailtefc Cnugns and (.'old> and iI<tar.serK-^\L)r. Bull's C'oujJ. Syrup shouJd^heu^e kept in readi ness. Pfic& -b cents Miss 2daf>el Blake asehool teachei of >'nrUv''Andovor, Ma.ss.^has her owi. ideas-asthe way in wliieli SLe snouh "teach the young idea how ttrohool.' yht'floe&n't*w hip oll'euding cnHdivn hyt gives them a physicking dws? riltsJ . cd/d Couricl Thb Xews that it will pi dish the SL-<>urt of d,and th uhlicatioi source of Bar. times: M i tlt? Supreme koon as deliver delay in the b.'fii a c i)9ian ni-embvis of th X ThommvUle announce;^ llecisions o. lie State a avoid tin which ha? moyance to >yc/f thrage TUMfl II ' IWHW, JIM,. ? ?V o, ??iiv> o * -Vf r cropJ?U> buy bacon ami ginniur i'a\ Jong pmu-s with u big intereslJtir thesi things?oJy?ourf<e \ou caWTot rais? hog*. nor intone home-mgRe manure.' ?and ProviiL'iroemuyrfovide for you, but we doubt it. A^r The XashviUe 4^Silcan says thert is*'M>tne talk mnYashmgton of dis?c-i joining Ben Jfill in the^Demoerath raucus to jjprvent liim frotir iurnish ingany plrore campaign document* foi the pjpiblicans. There is a i nan thatjSen b;is a speech prepared i)i wJ*J*h lie defend.- the doctrine of ty <*Ssion. '>>\Ve -observe that gome of oujj^&tem pomdes put down Belknap's aggre CJOAA (\IU\ tiHll gJlie i?i If?w,vuV/ri'i ?_.?/,. V. 'I'll is Uoe^raat injusi^e to I lie geniu. <>f the man am^jtltfs wife who co-op erHtt'?i with niOTQbroughout. The\ weut after iio*?6cU ?Huill game, ami with all ^"eir extravnranctt, if the\ have uatfi million or mora^aieiy laic awav/Tt is because they hawS^jot beei ubj<rl<) do justice to their owniKinaei ,A'cu> York Sun. ^ Mr. Blackburn, If Iho Congression al Investigating ClnimittceJsays the\ ?re determined t| go thiimgh tin whole War Deptvtment. rThe nex <iuarter in which tlere willjbe a top pling will be in life Judge! Advocate .. 't- n * jCtltTUl S JJtrpui Wilful, uiiusaaci imn in the >4uarterma$er Geycral's De partment, and betwfcen lhel>re.sent po rtion of Gen. Be lit 11 up Aid that o Gen. Rufus In^ull^ insi(A of thirty days there w ill not jpe the t?>^? lip of ; cent. I By a resolution/ of Cc igross. the President is to be f?ked to rescind t)it orders sending Qntrterrna; :er Genera. Meigs abroad, so mat he n ly be sum moned to te;-tify to import) nt matter> involving theQujfrtermast r General'. Department, J n fi word, C en. Ingalh -...A I iSrn tinw IIHU CClClttl IMIW ?1? V ..w,. completely in the hollow <% the hum' of tl? committee, so to spefy, as was Secretary Belknip* * * A{tnnt<i Constitution: Y e^tproay the Atiwita Herald cstablisliupnit wa. fold hyfht^BherifF. Tlu^irfie inclu ded the liew^myitr amfc0nt> office ma terial, presi-es, gUjjjjreT hooks, papers (iih! good wi 1 cratd It wa> houulit by (^jWnel E.iS^Clark for \V. A. Hein^mTl <fc Co.. of tn^w?.b)ii>Mt< Hon, fij^ahout five thousHJicPii^llars, coyjrting in some liens to he paid. J' The National Democratic Commit 118 meeting V riun\ infill, /divi dedto*hs^ke Ihc issue in Ntw^'IIani shire aiKiCNmeciioiit <>11 ttorquestion <?f official corrtfprt^n m>ffigh places, leaving the tinaiiciuW^ue to take care of itself. Sum Co^^ys^fc^e eyes ol theeountry aTj^Tiot lookii^vto the hard and soffcrooney issues. itoSybuf that th<yWgruce of*Ikdkmip'tf"tli&?b wrJjitfg topic. - ^ S?lt^kiiap's oldest son, a youtU^ol rcveutftgu, is attending the Jfolann AcftdemjN^Ouincy, and Bos ton on Thursfh^. where., lie got hi* first iiiteHigtMice^rt^Ju#' father's dis> grace, bv taking up arS^yening pajiei as he was waitin^fffirhiiTftwm in abar l?ershop. The- shock threw**iHi intc a stale of. great nervous excWHient stud h^fCent straight baelt to Qum*y HiUi^,ok to his bed. '* Ch^roks against Ju^ge Mack KY.?Some fifteen charges agains Judge Mackey, Recusing fiiitn of vari ou*actsof jiKlk-ipl nihl-ad^ln initiation have been presented to t hti Legislature lo an interview]with Gov. Chamber lain, pubii-lKMl the IfAinn-I/eraM the (jovenmr spates tiutf lie believe the charges arejprompteds by |>ersonu enmity, and ,tiiat 11c|^o Macke; Though imptteouH ancj earatic, i just in tlie adiuuiistr^ticm of Li office. N>A merchant* association lias bo/i ozonized in Sumter, for UJiitmUyfro lecuHq agaimt, dishonest dJoiort The rrT^jbers pledge theintitluca lo re " * Mill to th port l lie ntfuic ?? ^ __ Associatioii^ritJiout fear jfTprcjudict with whora bhuneas jurations of ai iin.-ati&factory clWael^F lmve beoi had, and any intonation counrctei iJierewith which trisyWfc) r ikeirmu tuaJ protection a$*MercnWt?, and thn jtll j)erfon? so reported and\rt,tfi?ier?r< in the book*or the AssoclauBu. nlia] he refowd #?y credit whatever!^ J t j ji move jfa tos right di rev; thuvtani "'ill dq^tnich to support the honfti d hto*&and support ieptthnate eredi a ust'.tii itit Rhufff* <rf th^dfej nonfat. J' The Press and Banner.: 0 1 I \V. A. LEE, Editor. ' The . j naUoi Wednesday, March 15, 1876. | The True Is|ue in Nutioijnl Politics. The leeoutfsoandHious disclosures ut Washington have brough^again to the front the true issue upofi which the next Presidential camp^igii is to he fought, to wit, the extiafaganeo, cor | .upturns ana usurpation^ \n mv ?... , I (ionul Republican party:?and have ..V" ( I . , i J . . OlllCt' s. nt to the background such soconda-1 amj j hry i>sues as questions of finance and;?7ranc< I currency. In the faceo/Jfhe i in poach-1 peach iiu-nt of a high CabinelS id'icor, a|,d Lj?"y he growing?':evidences <jjf complicity !*, " n crime, pervading th(|.highest do-1 " I .-artiiM'nis <>f the Government, and'?./"'V ho grave charges broughi against the! vvAi/, President himself of seemng to sliol-j :er the guilty officials, thy public are! beginning to believe that corruption I . like a cancer has fastened upon the! vliolc administration at JlVashington, r" ind that the sole hope oQthe country oiisist# in u change of rulers. * ^ [, . '1 hero i> no doubt that the low moral; '.V,'1 landard sot up by the President him-j <eif, his unscrupulous aod systematic! .jilt-taking, his appointment of uti-j ,H .-vJi i,;u nwrfi.ui.'r*11., worthy men hiuhjiv, ?.w , eious adherence to themln the face of|?? i.,!! lie clearest evidences|>f guilt, have .lone as nnnjh us anything else to de moralize tlie political 4tmo<phcre at A'asliiujftoit, and to extend the cor ruption to every department of the political service. Whatever be the i-atiso, the - condition is alarming 'iiough to excite thegra&'cstapprehen ionson the part of evwy true friend of his country, as well 3s to bring the lush of shame to every one who has|\''7" ;?t heart the'public character and theLj ^ I of boi Tin creatt eers 0 to in t'esigi from impei hi a en ate, s until ; | Ml III iu I1WIIWB . ^ | Ah some compensating! fortlrfCdepth I ?f ignominy, into wlii.-i wu lurvc fal j en, we may ' !. l'^pr^lmt I In yes of the country will l-isd i?. imi integrity, 'the puiuiu journn .lie country are manfully mini he noie of alarm :ii)0 culling I hunge of rulers. Thti?i\Yuf York. the q otlice impe; >r a t need lint, they -.iiirui pencil to tin; gravity uTe eri.-is uj >11 which we have fa 11 eh and that the >eo;de will at last niakfca united cfl'un 0 restore something of dormer honesty lt|-ur mil integrity. The piudiu journals oi w* i 1 - a.II.. oundin<_ for a lurk Jin tld suggestn that theAvhole CahiniM hould resign. The Tribune declare.' ;l)Ht the country hangitt its head ami Tin mlds ils nose, am! waijK for the (jirani the I idininistration to pa|}?. The Tinu* lien, micedes that the charts asjni list otliei of th iiinot nffk-?>rs wiil notf find believers, iivinj i'lie ?Vu/i, with bitter troth, shows that Jrant ia no better tU?ir<Ueik?ap. The incinnati tilbmmerciat finds in the President's example afstrong excuse or the fcjeetetary's erbne. These are he opinions of Republican newspa pers only. The Republican party vvill, of course, strive to shake oil'ail .esponsibility for BclKnap, Babcock, Sclieuck, Robeson arid (irant. But hey fight in the fucqc of two many jUX'iruunt facts which cannot be gaiii ayed, and lor which tjse country will ioi<l them VesponsibOt*. '1 he Repub lican parly lias been weighed in the talftneeaud . lbmid wanting, and the ueople will jiass the judgment of coir icmnaiion ill the FalEelectioiis. I'hc Right of a Criminal Court to Subpteaa JHumbers Sol' a Congres sional Committee. Quite an exciting debute occurred upon the above question, which was presented by tlie Chairman of the House Committee who are now con lucting the investigation into the Belknap uflenees. XMr. Clyiner, o: i'ennsylvama, the Chairman, rising to t question pi privilege, stated tliat a ?ul?poona had been served on him is sued by the&upreme^Uourt of the Dis trict of Columbia, sitting as a criminal court, to appear befofe tiiat court and oring with, him all tiie papers, checks, locuments, &c., and^to testify in re .aid to the charges^pending in that >-ourt against 'he l|tte Secretary 01 War. Two of his colleagues, Messrs. Kohbins, 'of North} Carolina, and Blackburn, of Keiftucky, had been similarly subpceuaed lie .(Clyrnwr) Had appeared before jthat court, and .iad stated that, in obedience to the aw, lie appeared at itfrbar to obey its rder, but that as a member of a com mittee of the House, fie felt it would ?e prejudicial to the highest interests >f the country that life colleagues and himself fchoui'* be compelled to state ^what had transpired iu their commit tee room, lie believed that such a course would not only close the mouths of all witnesses, but that in his it many cased it would drive them from sittii the land. >le had safti, furthermore, ?*rs o Ul'l men I need servi necti whic kuov servi nave witli .-ervi as wt of t Slier lite j: l i'i nm I that while not pjeaorjig men pim-. ieyos as members of tbe House, tliev I woui must, nevertheless, protest against t-xcej oeing examined, and would only con- able 'frit to be so esitmiiietfcafter an order oeing made specially $n that cud by 'he court, fl'lie court Ibid taken time :br deliberation, and hid determined, if it needed their attendance there- Th if'ter. to seiid for ihetM& He had felt llial it his duty to bring th<^:'matter to tlieI Sj)0n! tttention ot tiie Housed in order that he House might take jSuch action in : he matter to it might Sei-m right and necessary. .3 At the cldsp of the debate the reso lution of Mf. Lamar wjj&< adopted, de claring tha?the mandate ot the court was a breath of the privileges of the House, nnd^lirecting t% members ot (he Committee to disregard the man date. The tote vtood 13D to To. A ^^Irapor^ Important Homestead Deci^cn. w lociwi iiik illV 1 _ lloniesteu< forced ug.i : he Coiisti .lie exenip levy or sal process is.ilj 4hut this k sh elsewlier^an important Durbuprvnifj Courtf hold owner of ?eal e^ate litas Mortgage i&iujftliat iption {jatfRnt be eu nuch iwSrtgage?that itiorvfcU pruwtdoij restrict^ on to?%^tff "atta<Hm??b| iuncler :S& intsneXjr xl trupn iwy coiK^," itrnF nutf beetP^exteiicred jby that and tale, a scs who! dent retmj oftlct Uions :inenl Legislativ4*nrftinem,,nmier auuior-1 ity granteifbrnhe liotJ? -fcedliion oWlic burin 1st article <S'.3rhe ConstitutiolT^-that an ] older of fojftlosure is n^temtffetced in this provi)gj|)ii, and theeSeuif?tiou can not be eoTcffced against? it any Tjiore (linn iu3tt %wse where tfie mortg&ee had ojjftaiiijid j>o8*es?ion;?under auiliV ity oWhw pr the cnntnfct of the }>afrr lien^.' We {jpimuend the-fle^jsion to the , ^ nufoJo V i f Ji 11 V ailBfiliUM ^?h, alljcting their biisii?5a^lraiisactior.s 10| f<, iyiu therefore import anjpo he known, j hdpe / r?^ Redistricting tW^State. Two bil|s for the purpose of fixing the Congressional Dist^cts are now before tlie Senate?a Hoti^e hill, which by an unequal and unjii?tjarrangement of the population of the'several Dis tricts gives * negro majojgty in every cne of thenj? ami also a Senate bill which gives to the Jfhird ( on . gressional District a handsome while j majority. J$y proper A-ffort it isjsucci ' thought that. this latter bill can be fonst passed, as it concedes a iipserable pit- A1 lance of power to the minority, which ! no 01 it' refused would give them another do m strongargnment to wield against the I the arbitrary anc) unjust usurpations of a kit the dominan$faction. * as ar !,?t?-t ,1 state jthej | a pri givei ^pai that Do 1830, the i from doin, Carl < clain ters, to tl New Minister to Bv^^ar.d. The President has apposed in the place 01 &c?encK lvmovyeu, iviL-imru Henry Dana^r., as Minister to Eng land. Mr. liana is an enifnent lawyer of Massachusetts, us well 4s a man of high literary reputation. '^During tlie j va]i? wa" he held the position of U.S. Dis-! frjtM trict Attorney of Massaci)usetLs, and gem has had a good practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. I p?e , He wan one of the frai0ejs of thei8tttU Free Soil party, and has always bceuj|)rjn a strong Republican. As? the author' of "Two years before the jnast," he is well-known In the litefltry world. His appointment it is j-ilid, will be very acceptable to the English gov ernment. L $ Serial Si<Try. In the course of a few weeks we ex pect to commence the publication of ihe "ejpiderk Web," 411 <Utcelle$C ifcrrial Kt?>0'. i v' "<*- : gres estii plea T1 deci note of,\* rs lis bom tire his t Impenlhability of a Resigned, I Olliccr. acceptance of Belknap's resig- s 1 by the President, brings up the ; t on which must be now decided Ic i Sentfte, whether an officer can ! j * ' peached after the acceptance of jl donation. To iLu discussion the 1 Yorh'JUruld contributes the fol- \ : ; . i iglis^i precedents liave but a re- i bearing on this feature of the ] nit ir. they were to be followed < jesticnj won id be fror; from doubt, j >ut of. office us well as men in ti i u i iu * ?? v| , ^ English history alioundu la in-J; . s where people have been ini- | ed alter dismissal or retirement ullice. lint the federal eonstilu- j ] imits impeach men* to civil olli- j f the ynited Slates by language ir as to admit of no Uillercnce of < iretation. In the noted case of , alii Blount, a Senator from Ten- | who was impeached by the , i in 173S, the plea# was made by , unsel ibat a Setkitor is not aii - , of the United States in such a , as to render hi 16 impeachable, lis plea was sustained by the < e, alter full argument, by 14 against 11. Thtt effect of that | on is to confine impeachahility President, Vice:President anu I'Lvil ollicers as are commissioned 1 e President. excluding members ; Lb houses of Congress. jaiguments in thecaseof Blount - ? Jlj! . .IVJ ii strong presumption uuu uui if the United States are subject i peachment Hl'teu, dismissal or lation. Blount ; was expelled the Senate in 17ffr; h? was not lched till the toll<&v*ing year, and ise was not deeidtjd b.v the Sen itting asacourt oi impeachment January, 1799. Rearing these in mind it mufct be plain that would.have been no necessity ising and arguing ut great length nest ion whether a .Senator is an r if cessation frotnf.ortiee bars an ichtnen*. Had this been a clfcar enable.position Blount's counsel not have resorted to any other, although it occurred to them, had npJ'aith in it. JThey, indeed, ted it in his plea, l^ut but alter virtually abandoned it in their nents," V -???? ?? Army Headquarters. e Washington correspondent of Itruld.auuoiyi^s the removal of bueripun me iieuu viuaneit>| e army, the ^'expenses 01 ? aL lun. wLiicii Slier had assigned as li lUJlMMi, but to ilrignt'S ol' a catTai w3th iielknap I lead."1 which tiougfet to ignore jJeneral of the army, and make jlliee a mere appanage of llie Department. ? suggesls as'the firsts-step toward iceompliriliment ot tOe desired re to pa?sa law requiring the head .ers of the General of I lie Army 5 at once transferred from jjt. s to this city, where they proper long a lid fium which! they should r have been permitted to go. authorize General {[Sherman to j tie the order he is.sutfd years agoi I lit* 111 fit U*!*UfIlt'U HH1 UUULM Ui rul of tiio Army, ami by which ^ljuiat,t (jltM.einJ ofc the Army, (^uurteritiuster General of tlie y and all the hctufti of stall" de jents were announced as his ?ni?er? uud required to receive s direedy lrom him.. That order lot liked by the {Secretary of War,,, would ; interfere wftti many of ?t-t schemes, lie, therefore, ob d a revocation of the order from resident, thereby leaving Gener erniun shorn of all jiower and of more service to the army than a wheel to a wagon. \Then follow up with a law or regulation re ug all ^officers now|in Washing except chiefs of ^departments, as the Adjutant General, Cellar-1 aster General, &c., to be *<eiit to J stations, while otlfcr and uncon nated' officers from; the latter b<;| ed to duty in the various depart :s litre. This would give a much etl change, as the* are oliiccns ng liere who, aside from any eon ou or influence with tlie Army ;, have never served at. stations at It they were likely to obtain a v ledge of the real -wants of the ce. News York Ctjty and Slate ,hundredsoT ollicer&more iamiliar the actual demands of military ce than many of the prominent ;11 as subordinate ofiicers in some lie -atalT bureaus y here. With man installed here? and granted tower and influence that belongs to igh position, and \v;jth a genuine ig out of the barnaolesand hang 11 who have detracted so much the service of lftte years, we d soon^have no more of any rings i)t as a disagreeable Slid dishonor thing of the past. * Who is Responsible. e 1\tw York llcrttfd unrca that ihe whole l'lepublityn party is re sitile for tlic recent disgraceful l>ition of ofticial corruption. Ji s out of a system jbf log-rolling een the President and Senate in llicial appointmeiU$f,and confirm s, which fills the highest posts in Lrift oft the administration with who have neither qharaeter nor ty, and who are Hpfjointcd with ny leijard to (juaSiiit&tion. ch Senator is allowed to control ppointments in his own State, iiv deration that he will make no sition jo the confirmation of the ident's-Tavorites. Afrd thus it is the pu&lic offices are farmed out made* the subject of toargain and Jt will not do to make lielknap ipe-goat to bear the sins of the e party. The guile *>f the Prec unei of each Senator!is but little veil, who appoints or confirms an I sr without regard to his qtialifiea in consideration ofuhe a[>poiut-' and confirmation ibf one's own ites. ' What is it hut official luir and in what does it .differ from a iin and sale of an office for money? i Dop Carlct of Spain. llowitlg the illustrious example I e fiisland second Kfipoleon, Don )?, tin? defeated pretender to the lisli throne has taken, refuge in and a?ter a desolating civil war ur years' duration, and it is to be il thafca quietus has at hist been I to lies claims, and that distracted II will nee 110 more trouble from quarter. . u Carlos traces back; 1?is claim to wliefl Ferdinand .VII repealed ?alic l$w which excluded females the. Hjianisli throne, and by su g disinherited bis brother, Don jh, the ancestor of the present iant, in favor of his two daiijjh one of whom Isabella juicceeded ic throne, and tfau^mut^d the >ssiou to the presenj^kfiig, Al foneo is a youth of^riiifeteen, niul ue suhe*will be able to uch .or the country. Iiut lie has presfipe which "doth hedge ig," aud perhaps may do ax well1 iy one else, I'astellar, the ablest .sinaii of the country failed to get support of the people, and is now vate individual. Congressional Record. JT 0 nre inr.ebted to our towjjfcman J. 1". Osborne lor eopie^/of this ^l>le publication received from his i<ta>eiiator Eaton of (JoniKctfeut. itorvJiaton is one dTf the most nineft^ Democrats-iti Congress. >nce refcided in (.^fumbia and is h nch supporter.South Carolina ciples. 'i\e proceedings of Con st at this tiuWare especially inter ig, and \vV rend them with much sure. >/- V ie Supreme Court if the State lias ded at the recent t'&r&i that the t of an administrator one the estate hioh he in the admirl^etrator, is onal assets in his hands, for which sureties on the administration 1 are liable ajid not the sureties to note. Gen. Shcrmnn Interviewed. Gen. Sherman in an interview witl i St. Louis reporter, seeks to justif; he employment of Confederate pris >ners in the removal of torpedoe igainst the attacks of (Jen. Beaure ;ard,anil makes we think a ratlie anie apology, thouglfche cites the ex imple of Wellington^- He thinks hi Memoirs" have done good, and take n good part the hostile criticism t A'hieh the work lms been subjected He speaks kindly of all the Southeri encrals, and doe* justice to the tight ng qualities of the Southern troops, "in r<?f'i>iTinir to the Prominent lead ;ra of the Confederal^ tinny Genera Shcriuau said he kuew most of then personally,'aud entertained great re? pect and friendship f?>r them. Sai ie, "About two weeks ?go I receive i letter from a mutual friend in Ne> Vork askihgifl wotfjd reeomnieu Jeneral Braxton Bag? for wppoinl menL i.n the Khedive's army, promptly replied that it would alt'or me pleasure to promo$> the interest ?f iiiatrg lu that direction. 1 let my kindly to all the Southern Gen rafs. In ftiet, I think'people ever where throughout the North and Wes cherish no bad feeling..'; Jell' Davis i the only exception madw 1 do u( know why j it is that Hhe Norther people hate1 him no, but^they do, an will never give over tlttiir feeling i Lhis respect; J)avis didjno worse thu anybody elsb, but 1 suppose the peopl lire bound to have somebody to hati For instance, the Southern peopl bate Generis Butler abput as bad i worse thaiB the Northerners bal Davis. I suppose thortwo section while determined to cultivate friendl feelings amftng the people at larg< require something on w^ich to expen the liute tiiu( will unavoidably sho it.sell' ut intervals. Sft far us tl Northern ajpd Southern people ai concerned, Eheyure rigidly aisimili ting, and in4k lew yeafe they will I one people ia fact as iveli in nam l'ut the Souliern unit- Northern so dieiH together and you Shave thestronj e.<t elemental) a military sense, tin could be gotten togetlvfer for any n tionai purpose. As slight ers, tht would be invincible. 3i'he Southeri ens are impetuous and will tight quid . rand tiercel* but theyigive out sooi er; the Northerners are slower, bi they stay loiter; they Slave more ei durance and tfight steadier and mo .-uiboornly. |lu tightiiife qualities, tl South represents France, and tl North Kiii-land. I 5 i ? 4V \. Personal Govci&imcnt. TVo New York Herald inakes/oi fortyXiur specifications againstVrres dent (Juint, going to supoprt tl charge tRufc lie lias used tl\jf Uover meut for Irk personal usejFid plea.su ?that he Ift^s shown w\ involve: contempt of I.vv, and jp all constit tional limitation,*?iiuB that he has e cicised the powefadru military diet tor for the bcnettUwf his friends ai relations* It cnraiiHies :? Our aim hasJJeen Hi show by tl principal acfcr of his ^flministratio recited abow; not that General (irai is the woiyp resident the epuntry h ever ha(ya?ut. that he is animated by spirit different from that of ayy of h predfurssors; that his acts liavt; a pu posu^iff'crent from theirs; that, tin are Jot the blunders of a weak 05 i no^nnt man, but that they disck). /lift-inir u lone period, a deliberate ty u&jsciotis purport' to urge the powe^fc jjnvernment for his own persona* a grandizement, regardless of U/6 wi yf the people or the sacrcdnals of tl ( W-iti tut ion ami laws. Aiyfit is a r maskable corroboration tK this vie that/kUtc all men of demotic lende eies antViesi^ns, he pArrounds hit self onlySj"ith flatterers and with tho whose cormpt dt-sitfiis make them li ready tools!\ji?r|grows constant more impatien^bf contradiction. ] h is messages he scolds Congress, ai in private conversation he and his i timutes do not scruplc\o express tin anger and amazement V those wl oppo?e his will. Jt is lrttforious th members of Congress wbo do n agree wi'.h him tind scant welcome the "White House, and that ibe w not listen to advice or remon^ran ov'r>i?"from the leaders of hi-! part opposition to his will lie (iocs not lit;! tali' to punish in the* most perenipto granner. nr<f !(!fCSTe??S5S~ On yesterdaf the Slat ? off. Last yealthe ltcpi the? State by a small 11 remains close ind doub I first State elee ion of th is in a Slate whose ] have general! > foreshiL. suit of the ni tional st' following Nc ,'ember, question froui- hisstanfp wonderful thafeaeh pai verdict of the ballot bo> itude. This if particii the Republicans, who a utmost to save a Stat i/wn tii election car blicans earri ijorily, whi( ul. It is tl s year, and Larch contes lowed the i uggle in tl Viewing tl joint, it isn y awaits t; with soli irly true ( doing tin which th wb the Del N fs can ijv'i Oi'lUtS Nr. iC""' ! I may be cured inlone jiffi and tlri^emedy is simph sugar. is to tt oil' in small fill of alum, then^ twice its (|UauU{ / palatable, ai^nidniinis: a? jHWiiihlW^ Almost iiiMtaiiTVttC'ouo i lief wijHoIlow. * ;orse Thief Cavtited.?Frin .Chief of Police, of Augusta, receive!] uftquram from Mr. 0. MeNeal,/ofJ vilk^N^nnesting him to lookj bay manNthlcb had been ious night trim for fro him on the JTNiuous niglit_^f!?iMf'oflic^ succeeded in disOT^^imjfjlmi'" stofcii.-ai inal and in arrcstinOiCWg^iM'eiy a whi man, who gave hi^lKinicF^ Jo|n l>ic son, who wasj^jnng to seTKlha mnr<3 1,n "i" tlmfc. me uiuu i*. liiid UIUU iJW*V. *X I statetfJicr from Mn f ? \ Card of Thanks. i jiditor* Frew and Banner. jr TSiJl J*?u be so obliging, as to^flTow r throuj^i the columns of your paper, ntturiTrhff heartfelt Ihan&ffn those kit friends, v^Voso generosl^eontributed t lie rflpairinmy hiiggv, which was i jureci last y ear TNjjyB'm liorse ran awa "A friend in nood^^a friend indeed My prayer l.vtfiat tlieliQ^d may bless t donors for tfus act of kimHiess on tin past and restore them tenfold^**. A. L. MlfrfcER. fjSEvnRAX, cowh have died in Colur bia recently from eating the leaves the mock-orange. SHERIFF'S SALK~% Tlie State of South Carolin COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In the Common Pleas. L. J. Wilson, Auctionee John C. Williams, Plaintiff, against Wm. C. Barrett and John M. Maclv Defendant*. Decrcc. SB 1 vinuc or an omi-r im mc pu Court in this case signed .lunge Cooke, to me directed, I w sell to the highest bidder at pub auction, at Abbeville Court House, i t?ale Day next, the third day of Apr ?11 that plantation or tract of Ian situate, lying and being in the conn aforesaid on Lung Cane and Gia creeks, containing Eight Hundred an Twenty-flve Acres, more or less, bounded by lands George Nickles, llobert Dunn, \V liaoi Dunn and olhers, known as t Williams land, the property of t defendants. Terms Cash. L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff Abbeville County Sheriff's Office, \ 7, March 187ft, 48-tt / " Cnlhoun Club. At a meet ing of the citizens of Cal houn township at Clear Spring ou th 11th inst., Capt. Jt. A. McCaslan wn called to the Chair and Mr. E. A Mara was requested to act as Secretary A Democratic Club was organize with about 75 members. The follow ing officers were elected : President?James McCaslan. 1st Vice-President?David Morrnh. 2il Vice-President?J. E. Caldwel Recording Secretary?E. A. Mars. Cor. Secretary and Treasurer?J. Jr Calhoun. Executive Committee?J. 8. Britl \V. It. Powell, S. S. McBryde, W. A Scott, H. U. G'ibert. A called meeting of thin Club wi be bold at Mt. fearuiel ou thel'Sil ins 14. A. McCASLAN, Chairman. E. A. Maks, Secretary. PUBLIC NOTICE. ALL persona in Donaldsville Towi slnp who are in favor of an hone; government, are requested to meet i Donaldsville 011 FrifUiy, the 17th inst., I form 11 Democratic Club. G. M. MATTISON, Chairman. March S, 1S7<> 48 NOTICE, rpiITC citizens of Cedar Spring Towi X ship will uioet at Bothia Church c Saturdav. tho lSlh, for the purpose of o i gauizing tlio Township Democratic Clu u G. C. BRADLEY, Chairman, le March 8, 187ti 48-ljt ORGANIZE!! ORGANIZE! \ LL the voters of Cokesbnry Tow: ; jLX. ship who desire au lioncst yovcr: ^ ment aim low taxes, are requested meetat 1 lodges, on Saturday, 18th ins at 1L o'clock a. m., to organize a Dem ' cratic Club. Col. C'othran and oth t1 speakers will be present. The Ibllowii e gentlemen are requested to meet mo < Saturday, the lltli, at ?S o'clock, for co saltation: M. G. Zeigler, G. M. Hodgt M. B. McGhee, Win. II. Moore. F. A. CONNOlt, Chairman. Tie Slate of M Carii County of Abbeville, IN PROBATE COURT. SHERIFF'S SALE. .Sarah A. Norwood, Executrix, I'lai till', against .Sallie N. Calhoun ami others, Defe dants. icomnlaint to Soil Real Estate, Mi shall Asset*, ic. Y virtue of mi Order of the Coti of: 1'iobato lor Abbeville I'oiui nt i in liic above named case, JL will sell Abbeviile.Court House, on iSaleday April next, within the legal hours of sale, to t highest bidder, The Real Estate of Jami A. Norwood, deceased. 1st. THE VALUABLE 12 PKOVElJ LOT in tne town of Abl ville, in Uie fork of the Greenville ai Anderson iiouds, containing FIVE I AUKEh, laoreor less, being thelaiui homestead of the said James A. -Nt wood, deceased. 2d. THE IMPROVED LOT in t town of Abbeville, on the Vieti ltoad, known as tne utmu's i'ja? containing FOUR (.4^ ACRES, m< or less. 3d. THE WHITE LICK TRAC with all elegant building ou it, abo two and one-naif miles from the lov of Abbeville, on the Vicuna Roy adjoining lands of William Sjmou and others, and containing FourHu died and Fifty (4o0j Acres, more less. 4th. THE YOUNG PLANTATKJ adjoning the MeDullie i'lantution, t Haskell lands, and others, containi Six Hundred (liOt)j Acro^ more or le 5th. THE McDUFFIE PLANT T10N, in the Jb'hu Woods, 011 watt of Little iiiver, adjoining lands IV merly owned by John A. C'albo'j j and now in possession of iiis wido -Mrs. Sarah Calhoun, lands forinei owned by Charles T. Haskell, a 23^iands owned by Airs. Cabell, contai ing Four Thousand and Two Hundr (4,:ilK)) Acres, more or less; this tii fj be divided into several parcels, ph of which will be exhibited on the d of sale. TERMS. One-half of (lie purchase money be paid in casli; the balance on credit of twelve months, to be sccur by a bond with good security and mortgage on tlie premises lu J'robi Judge of Abbeville County, with t per cent, interest per annum. Pi chaser to pay for all necessary pap< jiiul reeordimr. Jj. P. GUFFIN, Klicriir Abbeville County, Sheritr's Ollice, y, Mure 11 lH7ii -18-4t | NOTICE. fcJOTICE 16 H EKE BY GIVP that GOATS are not allow in riiu at large upon the streets, a: thai the Ordinance prohibiting 1 same will hereafter Lie rigidly i forced. T> T AV 17 C! T r> f, 5^ TVt JV/xlJJO, ililtliuaiiti Feb. 23, 187G 4G-3t MASONlfi BIEECTORT. Ti 3. A. I.1 VV. H. PARKER, VV.\ M.\ J. C. WOSM ANSK Y, Secretary. Meets 2d Monday in every mouth. A .HE, A. \J. F. C. DuPRE, M.\ E.\ H.' J. I). CHALMERS, Recorder. Moots ;id Fridav iiiirlit in eve mon ill. DeSaKireteilIo.18.RlS. J. F. C. DuPRE, T.\ 111.*. M.\ J. M. GAMB11ELL, Recorder. Meets 1st Tuesday night in eve month. npAILORIXG.--The subscriber ofl? X his services to the public of Abl villeand vicinity, and solicits a share public patronage. Satisfaction jniam ct.Mwi i\ni/\iir #<f??; a, u'iru. v?*ii no mc suuivi v ui itu & Howie's on Washington Street. Jan. 4, 70-3tn] K. A. MARTIN EUGENE B. GAR'S Attorney at law, Ai>bevi C. II., S. C. Special attention !' I tliu collection ol" claims. [Keb. 9, lj Anew lot of on window simc just received, with good fixtur J. i). CHALMERS A CO Oct. i!7, 1K75 tf Paltl or french looki? CLASSES, at id J. JL). CHALMERS A CO.'H ' ?' A/fedium dark Stylish l'rin ItJ llmnvunnnu Snnnl Silks. A*c. ii received at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION Feb. V. 1876 44-y G1REAT REDUCTION in Flam JT Sacks, Shawls, Worsted (Joo Furs, Ac., at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION Feb. fl, 1?7? 44-tf Jl). CHALMERS <fc CO., deal in Furniture ol' all descriptions J,ooking-CilassPH, Looking-Glass Ph and Fine Oil Pictures. Abbeville, S. Fel). 1876 3ti-tf THE PHILADELPHIA RUST WINDOW SHADES. ?Ten doj just received at lower prices than e< before otic red. They are easily arrang durable, convenient, and never get < of order. Will last for twenty years properly used. J. D. CAALMERS CC JD. Chalmers & Cor have in str several line Walnut Chamber St at very low prices, also a largo lot of n Walnut BorTstrtidK TOWN TAXES. THE honks for the collection of TOWN TAXES will be open for sixty days frum this (lute. K. JONES, v Intendant. LL GUARDIANS, TRUSTEES, Administrators ami Executors are hereby required to make their an nual returns of the receipts and ex ni'iwlifurcs (iii ncoount of the estates J Feb. lfi, 1S76, 4t ] NOTICE. .. which ihev respectively represent, on I ' or before May Nr next, '.'hose failing l* J to do .so will subject themselves to be j ruled. ~ j _ TIIOS. B. MTLLFOIID. ! ? Judge Probate-Abbeville County. Feb. 11, 1676 4?-3t CORN S CORN!! RED OATS! WHEAT BRAN, FOR SALE BY BARNWELL & CO Jan. 2G, 1870 42-tf rT U k TEMPIETON 10/8 AY AC WAYS HE FOUNJj if_H at their Store wifli u handsome ?-f good*, which th'e.y j^avt imujrht loiv. Th'.-y arc satisfied with dtort profits. All manner of (Jrocer ex and Staple Hoods, of the hest qnal i?y, cult l?e hou?ht from them nt hot mn prices. They will he ^lad toshow heir goods to any who may call. Cunningham & Tcmpleton ijjgb. U,1S 7U 44-tf ;:'uniun University, S. HE undersigned, Special lle U. ceiving Agent of the ?tlmve in stitution. most respectfully mid ear nestly culls upon all persons indebted in the University to be in readiness to meet interest and so much of principal ,n possible now due 011 their bonds. The Endowment of the tollcf/iate. Department having been raised, in bonds and other securities, and Ibis department having been thrown open free of Tuition for the term of ten years, i I becomes most, viumy impor ;ant that payments should be made a* rapidly us possible. All communications addressed to the Agent at Greenwood, S. C., (ex cept when canvassing) will receive prompt attention. The endowment >f the Primary Department is now progressing. B. F. MILLER. Special Agt. A. C., 8. C. Greenwood, Feb. 15, INTO, 3m Laurensville Female College. rpUK SCHOLASTIC YEA It CON X sists of two sossiofis. The lirst session from the ist of October to the lf>th .)f February; the second from the 15th of February to tiie 5th of July. T Kit MS PEll SKSSIOX, IN A*I>VAXCE: Priinstry Department $ 10 50 Academic Dnpartmcnt 15 On Collegiate Department 25 00 Ojntinironcies li 00 * JC XT It A STUDIES, (OPTIONAL.) Music ...f. $ :>o 00 j Use of Instrument..... 2 flOi French 10 0<ij Drawing and Painting 10 00 j Ornamental Work 10 00 l'upils in all the Departments have the advantage's of daily Calixhtlieniu exor-! eisos. Board, (including washing, fuel arid lights,) 21.") 00 per month, payable quar terly in advance. Pupils from abroad allowed to board in private families of relatives and friondsj when requested by patrons; but such nunils must be subject to the rules and| regulations of the College. It is important to pupils that thcv Tier entered at the beginning of the session, >nd that their studies be not interrupted by unnecessary absences. No deduction lor absence except in eases ol' protracted illness. Pupils must be subject at alt times to regulations in deportment as well as in studies. For further particulars, applv to JAMES FAliUOW, President. Iiiiurensvillo, 8. (?, Feb. ll>, 1S70 4.">-tf Tlie Last Extension. r<r\ 'P o IP % U t ' T ) T? P i ur r AlWKVIl l.K, Kcb. 15, 1S7U. { 'IE books of the County Treasur er will remain open lor tlie collection of State and county taxes, for the present fiscal year, at Abbeville (.'. H., until the 15th of March next, next, after which time the penalty of twenty per cent, will attach to all un paid taxes. After that time the Treas urer is required by law to enforce the collection of the same by distrain and sale of the personal property of the tax-payer. The total rate per centum of taXa tionifc as follows, viz : ii\?r s'fAtu nurnoses 11 mills. County Current Expenses 3 " payment of County past Indebtedness 3 11 payment of County defi ciency for 1875 \ " relief of widows and or phans * " A poll tax of ?1 on all males between the ages of -1 and 5U years who are not physically unable to earn a support will be collected. in aucmion 10 me uuuvw more wnij be collected a hpecial tax for school i { purposes in the different school dis-jf tricts, as follows, i\i: * !j Ninety-Six School Dist 1 mill.!* I Greenwood " " 1 ('okesbury " " 2 Donnaldsville " " li Due West ,l " 1J Dong Cane " *' 4 Smithville " " i U'l.it- T.T.,11 II M J \? iiiii: iiau _ Indian Hill " " 2 Cedar Springs " " 1 Abbeville " " Diamond Hill " u 2 Lowndesville " " U Magnolia " " Jli Calhoun's Mills " ."H Bordeaux " " 2 By theadvice of the Board of Equal izatlon for the County, whose duty it s to designate the points at which the | Treasurer will attend for the collection of taxes, the books will bcopened only ut Abbeville Court House. T. N. TOLBEET, Co. Treasurer. Feb. 15, 1870, 4T?-tf BLANKS F THE MOST APPROVEI FORMS, FOR SALIC, AT TUE ress & Banner Office Rent Liens, Liens 011 Crops, Lien on Crop nnd Bill of Sale. Mortgage of Personal Property,* .Mortgage of Ileal Estate, Title Deeds, Trini .limtio>'s Blanks. Sub. Tickets. Snb. Writs. Summons for Money Demsnd. Copy Summons for "Money I)cman Sarnwell&Co A RE DAILY RECEIVING AI & ditiona to their Stock, conswi ig of ' ITAPLE DRY GOODS Hats and Clothing, SOOTS AND fHOES! HEY KEEP CONSTANTLY O" HAND, ALSO, A FULL LINE OF irroceries, Bacon and Lard, Meal and Flour, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syru] A FINE LOT OF UGAS CURED- HAMS! Oct, 5,1875 126-tf * ITT-M-WTlTrf/Cr A lift juiiu xjli uuaxu AND TEMPLETO! [f AVE RECEIVED AND OI'E: ?j[ t*(I their luige Stock of all kiu ?r goods. 3ry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Caps, Hat hardware, & . Crockery, j Saddlery, & ^ALL AND SEE FOIt YOU SELVES. Oct. 6, 1875 26-tf B M /y A broods at UOSl All descriptions of Goods, embracing HEADY-MADE CLOTHINI Boots, Shoes, Eats, EOSIEEY, NOTION! AND DRY GOODS 1 # COST FOR CASH, AT Qaarles & Psrria'i Feb. 1, 187C, 43-tf J.T.Robertso] TILL HAS A ERMNANT ( STCK.K ON SALE, at j>ri< BELOV/ COST \t the old Stand, now occupied Messrs. DtiPro, (lamhiell Co. J AM NOW CLOSING MY BUS 3. liens, and 1 Expect all who o in1 to mukc Immediate Payment mil I hope that I will not have to ] iort to a legal process to enforce c ections. J. I. HHIMJP Nov. 10, 1875, tf FO THE LADIES 1 WOULD CALL YOUR ATTE tion to my Stock of Kiilinery and Notion: vhieh is now complete, embracing! he latest novelties of the season, lave also combined Dress-Maki vith Millinery, and have procured I ervices of MISS JANE RAMEY, vho will be pleased at all times to c ind niuke your dresses in the lat< styles, and whose well-known ta; mil-ability in this line have alwa ieen appreciated by the ladies gem illy (iive me a call, and I guarantee si sfaction as tu styles and price in bo lepartmeius. IRS. ffi. M. WHITI .Sept. 23, 1875 24-tf m nnwAi nj& u&nnn iVi uunribuw iimwwi WILL CONTINUE THE] business lit the same stai iikI will keep constantly on hand fresh anil well selected Stock of General Merchandisi nllof which will be sold at the LOWEST CASH PRICES Confectioneries and Ciga A SPECIALTY. C.iive ns a call, and we will pre ivhut we say. Respectfully, M' DONALD &HADD0 Fresh Arrivals this Meek - I Soodsand Groceries. Feb.-fl, 1876 4i-3t EURI Arumoniated Bone Supe MANUFACTURE ATLANTIC Ap VIRGII Soluble Phosphate Aofdj 10 per cent.; Ij Organic Matter, 30 perifent.; Yielding < FRIO ONE TON, CASH, PAYABLE APf ONE TON, " NOV ONE TON, payable Nov. 1st, in middlii: For sale by ^ ; \ BarnT" Feb. 9,1876 44-tf emportdSFo "=? , MILLINERY & I In all the La OUR STOCK THIS SEASON is m< made our own selections with gr< | embraces all the latest styles and noveltl ^ sold oil the cash system, and at the lowei JAMES Sept, 29.1875, 25-tf Great Reduct OF P' Dry Goods, Boots, Shoe At the low prices of the good ! 9?<ar,r ar% msm W. ttUSHi Granite Range, J DEALE GENERAL MI Wl| AVTNG purchased my Stock of G* y. IJL Philadelphia, I am now prei dsI place andsnrroundiiift couutry, a lar^e ! everything in a tirst-class Dry Good* 1: DRESS GOODS, WHIT! Hats, Boots ana ! GLASSWARI sxnfl a larg( GROG] Having an unsurpassed stock of good that I can well goods cluapjr than ever w. C'ct. 7, 1875, U ! WALLER & MERCH.1 GREENWO 2 *J jk ItE now offering to the public in 1 j ia. full line of all the (loods general THEIR S' have been selected with great < R2ApY-MADJ A FIUE STOCK OF A good as: Groceries, Hardware, Cr< to which the attention of purchasers i WALLER Fob. 18. 1S73. -lo-tf * Dr. H. D. Sl ut- ! f i, 13 tc N.T ESVi; OFFICE OVER TB ept. 8. 1875. 22-ff EMPORIUM OF FASHION, w** < <i\. f & % Latest Styles! ngi he ut iSt ; tie | y? ir j; wo II.MNFRY, Ilttlr V m (jootl .stress ootids laiicy Goods fir Hurt I.adics OckxJh KiiiCnitJj", ulwuy* on fm lillilCl, lit the lowest cttfii prices*, u'llie &?> EMPORIUM s\V OK jv; FASHION. Dec. 8, 1875, 3o-tf 3. THE ALSTON HOUSE, rjpi HE MISSES CATER STILL _ keep "THE ALSTON HOUSE" open for both permanent and transient Hoarders. Thankful for past patron age. they hope, by renewed energy and application to business, to merit a good share of patronage. Jan. 5, 1870 49-tf Tie Best Honselii Oil tie World C. WEST & SONS' ALADDIN SECU RITY OIL WARRANTED liW uumr.M cum Endorsed by Firo Insurants Companies. Road tho following certificate, se lected front many others: Howard Fire Ins. Co. of Baltimore, I December 23, 1874. Messrs. 0. West A Sons: Gentlemen? Having used the various oils sold in the city for illuminating purposes, I take pleasure in recommending your "Alad din Security" as the safest and best ever used in our household. Yours, trulv, ANDREW REESE, Prost. It will not explode. Ask vour store keeper lor if. Wholesale 'Depot: O. WEST & SONS, 113, 115 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore. SopU S, 1*75 2<l-0n\ SKA r Phosphate of Lime, tBT rr ^ ^ T1 :d by the flA FEETI1IZING CO. isolublc Phosphate 4?id, 6 percent.; ammonia, aj percem. !T47 50 r. 1 nt, 56 00 ig cotton at 15 cents per lb 60 00 irell db Co; F FASHION, k H js _ / ' ? . .. ; ><?i- :* * - . M .ADIES' GOODS, .test Styles, M Pa are extensive than ever, and having ;at care, can assure our lady frlenaJi en to be had in market. Good* still cash prices. A. BOWIE, at Emporium of Fashions. ion in Prices !S, Clothing, & ., &c., 1 old times before the war. NB EE G, Abbeville C. H.? noctent the best houses in New York >aied to exhibit to the people of tbi? and well selected stock?embracing louse, such as " E GOODS, CLOTHING, i.. ir Shoes, Trunks, / !, CEOCKEEY, t i Stock of > Is in my litis J feel satisfied in aayin . All I ask" 1* one fair trial. a i. r i? BROTHER, NTS AT od, s. m heir new mid handsome bulldinh, a )v needed in thiscommunity. rOCK OF care, and unusually attractive. 5 CLOTHING. BGOTS AND SHOES sortmcnt of >ckery, a&d Glassware. 9 inrited. 6 BROTHER. WILSON, '1ST, Ej JLm E3, S. O. EE POST OFFICE. | CONGAREE ill WIKi Columbia, 0. O. PROPRIETOR. MANCFACTUBER OF S T E A M ENGINES AND BOILERS, Iron and Brass Castings ' of all descriptions made to Order. O I WAS awarded tho firxt premium on castings at the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society Fairs, held in Coluni bia, November, 1871, '72 and 78. Circular Saw Mills of all Hizes. Also took the FIRST PREMIUM at Stole Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '73. Manufacturer of GRIST MILL IRONS of all sizoH.] For Sale. Gin Gearing of the following slsea : 9 feet wheel and pinion *}0 00 10 44 44 44 32 00 1 1 44 44 44 3o 00 12 " 44 *4 4n 00 14 44 44 " 50 00 With Bolt# ?<3.50 Extra for each not. Anti-friction plates and Hulls for Cotton Press $10.00 and $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville, S. C. T>e<'. 10, 1875, 35-tf TOR SALE. Pratt's Shoals on l ittle- River. WITH this valuable water power the tract of two hundred anil sixteen acres will be sold on accommodating terms to an approved purchaser. For ! particulars, apply to JOHN PRATT, liue Went, S. C. I Feb.8, IK7&, 3m*