The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 22, 1876, Image 2

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What Some of Our Exchanges Say About I The Andtrnoa Journal, one of the l>e?t edited and best printed papers received at this oftiee, says : "The Abbeville J'rtfm and Banner t-et'iris to be most prosperous. It lias been enlarged to a niue-column paper, anil comes to us regularly, neatly printed and full of most entertaining reading matter. Our intercourse has been short, but we hope it may con tinue long and be as pleasant as now. Ock new friend, the Florence Pio incr, a well edited and neatly printed paper from the low country, adds: "The Abbccillc Press ana Banner. - >.niunp itnoii our exchange list, is one of the largest ami hot papers in the fc>tate. It lias re cently been greatly enlarged, ami ha> twenty-eight columns of good reading matter, which i^ much its any sub scriber couid desire." That enterprising and wide-awake journal, the Charleston Xetvn and Cour ier, which seemingly forms the warp, and woof of so many papers, is pleased to say :? | "The Abbeville Press and 7>anncr\ has btfen enlarged to a nine column paper. It is now one of the largest i and best of our interior exchanges. We trust that Its prosperity will be cuaimeusurate with its size." Ouu neighbor, Mr. Hailoy, of tin-1 Greenville ICntcrprm and Monmtnn ecr, has a good appreciation of our paper. Mr. 15. has published the Mountaineer for twenty years, and is ? good judge of a newspaper:? "The Abbeville Press and Banner has recently been considerably en larged, and been greatly improved. The outside of the paper'is well filled with interesting reading, and the in side is kept up to the standard of the past. We are muen pieaseu wun it, and are glail to see it prospering so well. Messrs. Lee & Wilson are good journalists, and gentlemen worthy ol all the suceess they are meeting. There is no weekly paper in the BtaU read with more interest than the Press and Banner Our old friend, Mr. T. B. Crows, of the Laurcmville IlPhald, knows a* well as any one how to say a kind word, and lie has the heart to say it. In his last paper he says: Pukss and Banner. ? The last number of the Abbeville Press and Banner comes to us much eniargeu and improved, being now one of the largest newspapers in the State, con taining nine columns of matter, neatly printed, and otherwise ably conduct ed. Ita chief Editor Mr. Vv. A. Lee. is a veteran among the fraternity, and withal one of the most chaste, elegant and able writers in the State. The lo cal department of the paper is mainly conducted by Mr. Hugh Wilson, om of the gproprietors, who has proved himself equal to the task?industrious and persevering. We trust the proprietors, Messrs Le< & Wilson, will meet with a success commensurate with their merits, and with the size and worth of their Jour nal.?LaureneviUc Herald. The editor of the Newberry Herald is a good friend, and has a good woi d for our paper, iie says : The proprietors of the /Vest? anrf Banner, Messrs. Lee & Wilson, hav? fulfilled their promise of enlargement, and tliis week they .send out the ful) grown puuer with nine well tilled col umns to the page, making a total o: thirty-six. The Press and Banner is now the largest paper in the State, and the enterprise and tact exhibited in its management is heing reaped in a large harvest of prosperity. Success attend the gentlemen proprietors. That staunch old paper the Sumto. Watchman adopts the words of tbt News and Courier and says : "The Abbeville Press and Banner has been enlarged to a nine-column paper. It is now one of the largest and best of our interior exchanges. We trust that its prosperity will bi commensurate with its size. Tne Progressive Age, who gave us such a good notice some time ago, thu. The Abbeville Press <t* Banner has been enlarged and otherwise improv ed. That very excellent nnd influenzal paper, the Edgefield Advertiser, whost whole souled editors never do any- j thing except iii the best manner, say : "The Abbeville Press and Banner., The very name has a respectable and u reliable sound ! Our honored cotem-J porary, above named?now nearing the close of its twenty-third year?ha.- j lately been much enlarged, reorganiz ed?improved in many respects. The Press and Banner is now a thirty-six c?lunm paper, like the Advertiser. And never did a paper till its thirty *ix columns more worthily, with iii/lrrnionf urit.li PVP ninri* 3i>UiiULi juu^u.viiw, ? ?w?. ^ - - single to the public good. J??one can rejoice in the prosperity of the Press and Banner more than we." The Sumter True Southron, which paper has ever, early and late, at all times, and under all circumstances, struck out squarely from theshoulders for the cause of Democracy and re form, notices our enlargement in the following words: "The Abbeville Press and Banner has been enlarged and Otherwise im proved in appearance. It now comes to us with uine columns to a page, all elegantly, printed, and cor respondingly well edited. Messrs. Lee & Wilson are good newspaper men, and we hope they have a large list of paying subscribers." Our neighbor of the Aiken Courier Journal speaks a good word for us in the following 'paragraph. Much obliged brother McKay, may you live lrtnfr on/1 nrAUT^OP "The Abbeville Press and Banner comes lo us now greatly improved and and enlarged. It is one of the best pa pers in the State, and ought to have an extensive cireulation in that intel ligent up country reading communi ty." The Darlington Southerner, from which paper our readers will remem ber that we have in times past copied some excellent articles, speaks right out and says a Rood word for us. In our notice of that paper a few weeks ago, we inadvertently called it the Orangeburg Southerner. The editor will, of course, excuse us for that over sight, when he knows how highly we annreciate his paper. He saws: "The Abbeville Press and Banner? always haviDg been a good newspaper ?has adopted the "patent outside" plan, with nine coluius, and is now among the best in the land, with as : much good reading as any ordinary subscriber requires, and probably as , much as any one would want. Suc cess to the Press and Banner, for it richly deserves it. Who doubts the good judgment of the Charlotte Observer when he says: "The Abbeville Press and Banner has been enlarged to a nine column paper. It is now one of the largest, as it has long been one of the very best, papers in the Palmetto State." That ably conducted journal, the Winsboro A/civs, makes the following mention 01 our enlargement:? "Ttte Abbeville Press and Banner\ comes to us greatly enlarged and im proved, This is one of the oldest) newspapers in South Carolina, and it i ha* been constantly rising in the e?-1 teem of the people. Wc trust its new j < step forward will be attended with in-; 1 creased prosperity.?' j I The Kcowee Courier which is, as everybody knows,printed at the thriv- , ing towu of Walhalla, under the! shadow of the Blue Ridge, has always i, n irooil naner. wpII filler! with th*> very best matter of every kind. Mr.! D. A. Smith, who our people will re- j member as beingonce connected with; this office, in now one of the proprie-l tors of that paper, and we trust that he may grow rich, as we know that he must grow fat in the bracing atmos phere of the mountains. That paper notices our enlargement thus: "The Abbeville Pre-na find Eanner' has heeu recently enlarged and other- ; wise improved. It ie now the largest < weekly, we believe, in the 8tate. It J contains a great variety of reading ! matter. Mr. Lee, the chief editor, i? 1 an excellent writer, while Mr. Wilson, , ilie Junior partner, is a practical prin ter, and works with his pen as well as with the type. He writes up the local <hpuitinent of his papex." Th-3 Pres3 and Banner. W. ^V. Krtitor. Wednesday, March 22, 1876. Corruption in High Places. The recent disgraceful exposures of I official corruption in the War Depart lanent are pronounced by well-in form Jed journals, to indicate no rare exccp ' tion to the general rule of official in tegrity, but rather to show a wide spread demoralization in every depart ' tneut of the public service. | It all grows out of the present vi cious system of appointments to office as a reward for political service, where no regard is had to character or quali fication, but the nature of the service would rather imply the absence of those qualities which go to make up the honest and competent official. Appointed as they are, public officials are led to regard their positions solely as furnishing the means of personal enrichment, and hence are tempted t<> every species of abuse and dishonesty. Fast living and extravagance, make demands upon the purse w hich can only be met by dishonest earnings wrung from an oppressed people. The record of official life at Washington for years past shows that this is no fancy sketch, and the fall of Belknap foreshadows what must be the result of similar in vestigations in other quarters. The JV. Y. Bulletin shows the bear ing of this state of things upon the trade of the country, and how the dis honesty of officials levies a ruinous in direct tax upon its business?how the exactions of "post traders" necessitate high salaries and increased expendi tures in"?the War Department?how the pressure of the corrupt custom house officials forces the merchant to obtain compensation from the buyer? and how corrupt contracts made by heads of departments, by city rings ami by canal boards, levy increased taxation upon the people, and wring from them bund reds of millions of dollars. We have perhaps been too much disposed to regard official corruption as confined to the reconstructed States, but it seems rather to be the outgrowth of Republican office-holding every where. The remedy both at home and abroad is the same?a change of rulers, a hurling from power *of those who have so grossly abused their trust. ?iSays the Bulletin: "The extent to which trade and industry have been robbed through this official corruption is beyond conception. We have this alone to blame for the enormous in crease of debt and taxation that has occurred since the close of the war. After allowing for the inevitable ad dition to the taxes arising from war expenditures, it may be safely estima ted that, for the last ten years, the taxes, including all kinds, have b^en swelled by corrupt political influences at the rate of $250,000,000 a year. II this estimate be correct, we have paid within a decade $2,500,000,000?an amouut sufficient to extinguish the whole national debt and equal to four years net earnings 01 tiie nation?as the penalty of tolerating political cor ruption. This is what has come ol winking at iniquity in public places. This is what it costs the pocket to stifle the protest of conscience against political wrongs. This is the reward of the indifference that had led us to [endure these things silently instead o<" resenting them with the firmness of Anglo-Saxon resistance to wrong. Our industries are prostrate, our trade is without profit, our merchants are driven into bankruptcy, our working population are impoverished or starv ing, and emigrants shun our no more prosperous shores. This is the conse quence of the quiet endurance of po litical corruption. If it be asked what we have to sug gest in remedy of this deplorable con dition of things, we can do nothing better than repeat the following wise and vigorous language of the Evening Post: "Our public affairs have reach ed a pitch of demoralization at which the safety of the future depends upon some grand popular coup d'etat that /hall rid it effectively of its destroyers. Bv a vigorous stroke of its strong limbs it must cast off" the incubi who have so long ridden it as Hie Old Man of the 8ea rode upon Sinbad the sailor. Honest men everywhere, who know that what we now need is integrity in office, the restoration of our finances, the diminution of debt, the equal ad justment of the burdens of taxation, and a practical legislation which shall shape itself by the broad interests of the country, and not by the petty exi gences of candidates and cliques, should send their representatives to a National Council to proclaim their de termination. It is the best time in the world for such an exhibition ; the people are nearly ready if not alto pettier ripe for it; it would require only a few brave men to raise the ban ner to arouse them to a tremendous rally." Senator Gordon's Speech on the Tax Bill. The Herald defends Senator Gor don's late speech in Congress on the Whiskey tax, against the malignant partisan attacks of Sherman and Mor tan. Senator Gordon's proposition was to regulate the whiskey tax by the capacity of the fermenting tubs and collect it monthly, and weekly in advance; and second to make the iu tprmil revenue officers irremovable ex cept for dishonesty or incapacity. Upon this latter nart of his proposi tion lie laid particular stress, as he re garded it essential to disconnect the revenue service from party politics. Ue proposed to introduce into one of the departments of the service a re form which should pervade every de portment, and the hypocritical insin cerity of Morton and Sherman was Bhowu in their malignant abuse of the Georgia Senator. "What could bo more forcible and pertinent, says the Herald, than Gen eral Gordon's explanation of the fact that England can collect a tax of $2.50 on distilled spirits without frauds or evasion while we fail to collect one third of that sum? "The reason," said .Senator Gordon, "is this:?Eng land appoints her ofliccrs solely to col lect her taxes, while here they are ap pointed to collect the taxes and to aid the party which happens for the time to have the appointing power. I wish, said he, "to repeat my profound con viction that whatever party shall be called to administer the government and shall proceed to appoint men to office and to collect the taxes because of the influence they can bring to the party we shall be forced to blush at these revenue crimes." "Con vinced as I am of the fact that any change of parties would be beneficial, yet ho fully persuaded am I of the power of these temptations to appoint party agents to use the government money to perpetuate the party in pow er and themselves in place, that I should* feel very much like praying, "Lord, deliver the democrats also from temptation!" UI believe, as I have already said, that the people of this country have determined upon a: change of rulers, and party patronage| would be as potent in the hands of the! democrats as it has been in the liands of those who now administer the government " These remarks rise above the plane i >f party politics, and sustain a policy ivhioh uiiMiiiri in. carried into every! iepnrtment of the service, which i tvould secure honesty in office, arid estore the Government to the purity j if the former days. I n attacking Gor- j ion, Sherman and Morton are throw-j ng obstacle in the way of a much ieeded reform. Cut This out.?It May Save Youn' Life.?There is 110 person living uui ivhat suffers more or less with Lung Disease, Coughs, Cold or Consumption, pet some would die rather thau pay 75 jentsfora bottle of medicine that would ?ure-them. Dr. A. Bosohee's German Syrup has lately been introduced into this conntry from Germany, and its wonderous cures astonishes "evory one that try it. If you doubt what we say in Brint, cut this out and take it to your Tugpist, W. T. Penney, and get a sam-l pie bottle for 10 cents and try it, or a reg ular size for 7o cents. t i I Legendary History of St. Patrick The 17th of March is a day sacred ii j the eyes of everv Irishman, becaus i the anniversary of St. Patrick, the pa I tron saint of that people. | Almost as many countries arrogat ; the honor of having been the nata jsoil of St. Patrick, as made simila claim with respect to Homer, Scot land, England, France and Wales each furnish their respective preten sious; But, whatever doubts may ob scare his birthplace, all agree in sta ing that, as his name implies, lie wa of patrician family. He was bori about the year 372, and when only 1 years of age, was carried ott' by pi rates, who sold him into slavery ii Ireland where his master employe* him as a swineherd on the well known mountain of Sleamish, in th couutry of Antrim. Here he passe< seven years, during which time he ac quired a knowledge of the Irish lan guage, ami made himself acquaiutei with the manners, habits and custom of the people. Escaping from captivit; and, alter many adventures, reachin; the continent, he was successively 01 dained deacon, priest and bishop; am then once more, with the authority c Pope Celestine, he returned to Irelan to preach the Gospel to its then hea theh inhabitants. A popular legend rejaies uiat ui saint and his folhvers found them selves, one cold morning, on ? muuu tain, without a lire to cook their break fast, or warm their frozen limbs* Un heeding their complaints, Patrick di reeled them to collect a pile of ice am snowballs; which having been done lie breathed upon it, and it instaneoui ly became a pleasant tire. The greal est of St. Patrick's miracles was tlia of driving the venomous reptiles ou of Ireland, and rendering the Irisi soil, for ever after, so obnoxious t the serpent race, that they instantant ously die on touching it. As the birthplace of St. Patrick ha been disputed, so has that of his buri al. Hut the general evidence indicate that he was buried at J)own-patrick aiia me remuiu.s 01 01. <. nuuiiu uiiu 01 Bridget were laid beside liim. The shamrock, or small white clc vcr, (trifolium ripens of botanists,) i almost universally worn in the hi o.ver all Ireland, on St. Patrick's day the popular notion is, that when S Patrick was preaching the doctrine ( the Trinity to the pagan Irish, he use this plant, bearing three leaves upo one stem, as a symbol or illustration < the great mystery. To suppose, a some absurdly hold, that he used it i an argument, would be derogatory t the saint's high reputation for orth< doxy and good sense ; but it is certaii ly a curious coincidence, if nothin more, that the trefoil in Arabic is cal ed shamralch, and was held sacred i Iran as emblematical of the Persia Triads. The Concert of the Silver Cornc Band. The concert on Friday night in th Court House was a great success, an established the reputation of the At ll III.. #.rw, , UCYiiiv ouvt'i net jl>uiiu, tw uiic * the most promising organizations r the kind in the State. The excellenc of the performances issurprising whe we consider the fact, that the band ha been only recently organized, and it success can only be accounted for o the ground that it possesses rare urns cal talent which has been brought u to a high standard of cultivation b Professor LvBrand, in the limite time at his disposal. With an adinii able instructor, superior instrument* and rare musical talent, the band i inspired with an intention to exce which cannot fail of success, and At bevillewill have just cause to prid herself upon organizing and sustain ing so fine a company. Some of the lady friends of th members of the Company kindly a> sisted, and contributed various choic pieces vocal and instrumental A number of youngsters appeared i the roll of the Mulligan Guards, an contributed no little to the amusemen of the occasion. Professor LyBrand has good reaso to congratulate himself on the prof ^ ~ e u: ~A * l. ~ Ill'lciiujr ill xiJ^ uiju iiiu aui^cr of this their first public display. II himself is an accomplished musicia as well as a very worthy gentleman. Southern Life Insurance Company The affairs of the bankrupt South ern Life Insurance Company appea to grow worse under investigation Colonel Win. Johnson, of Charlotte who recently attended a meeting c the directory, says the failure is a ver; bad one; that the company is "entire ly swamped/' and in such a conditioi that it can scarcely pay anything a all. The causes of the fai'ure are, ii brief, the failure of the Carolina Lif to pay up its reserve?$88,000?and th deaths of the policy holders fron cholera and yellow fever. A grea many of these policies were held ii the infected districts, and the losse by death from these diseases have no been less than $-500,000. The director at their meeting assessed the stock holders 40 per cent., and appointed tw< agents, the late Secretaries of the coin pany at Memphis and Atlanta, to gi to work and ascertain if they coul< not effect some kind of compromise with the creditors. The Mississippi Jetties. The progress of Capt. Eads's worl on the Mississippi jetties has been si favorable thus far, that a lively in teres is manifested in the work by the citie: to be directly benefitted by the im provement. Tfhe plan of this work as most readers are probably aware, ii to make a channel of comparatively uniform width, by dykes controlling the current over the bars, and, when necessary, by dredging the bars t< give the average depth of the water The mattress work has been sunk ii tbe east jetty beyond the bar; the sei wall, it is reported, becomes mon solid every day, and the current ii the South Pass has been increased fivt to six teet. inueed, me worn is ai ready so far ahead that a three-mastec schooner with a cargo of 2,250 bales o cotton, and drawing thirteen and i half feet of water, has been enabled t< pass freely through the channel. Tlx success of the work will doubtless add to the commerce of the Mississippi Valley. Judge Mackcy aud Ilis Accuscrs. The Charleston News and Courict expresses the opinion, which we art disposed to endorse, that a thorough investigation into the charges againsl Judge Mackey, would be bet ter for all parties, and that the Gover ernor in rallyng to the defence of au accused official, exhibited, to say the least of it, questionable taste and dis creuon. 11 uoe? nni, appeur nuw me investigation could Jiave obstructed the course of justice in the punish ment of County criminals, us was af firmed, or how a resolution of enqui ry could he construed into a verdict ol guilty. Beriouscharges were preferred against a public officer, and it would seem that the character of the accused, as well the interests of thepublic, de mand en investigation. 4 ^ X Twenty Thousand round Fee. F. C. Heister & Co. recently denied the statement made in the telegrams that Grant had received $20,000 from Parke and Stewart in consideration of writing a letter to Shcnck advising him to go into the Emma Mine scheme. Mr. Mitchell, of Kansas City, who was named in these dis patches as authority for the statement, has a letter from Henry Heister ad mitting that he made the state ment. The only error in the state ment telegraphed was that the draft f,.T. f?n luui inc?u<wl I,f nun nnrl that it was negotiated through anoth er house instead of that of Heiser & Co. The denial telegraphed to the Associated Press was hased upon these errors. The main charge was true. It Ik stated that General Grant Tvill withdraw the nomination of Mr. Richard H. Dana as Minister to Eng land because it is evident he cannot he confirmed. The charge against him is that he has been guilty of literary theft in stealifig Lawrence's notes to Wheaton's international Law. The coming man is F. W. Stoughton, of York. The rall of Flesh. Prof. J. Lawrence Smith, the scien tist, says in his analysis of specimens [examined : "In my mind this matter gives every indication of being the dried spawn of the Balrachuin reptiles, doubtless that of the frog. They have been tJansported from the ponds and swampy grounds by currents of wind, and have ultimately fallen on the spot where they were found. This is no is solated occurrence of the kind, I hav ing comc across the mention of sever al in the course of my reading. The only way I can now fix the date Is by an instance recorded hy Muschon hrocck as occurring in Ireland in 1K7,5. The matter is described by him as be ing glutinous and fatty, which softened when held in the hand, and emitted an unpleasant smell when exposed to the action of fire. The ovum or egg of the Batrachain reptiles is a round massof transparent nutritive jelly, in the centre of which appears a small, black globule. In the present case the passage through the air would have]""*' dried up more or less this gelatinous j mass, that the exterior would become L, . hard, and the interior as I found itj' ?still soft and gelatinous. I have de sired more of the matter to be brought to me when, if there be any modifica tion of these views, I will make them known." Con .Legislative. A concurrent resolution has been adopted by both branches of the Leg islature to adjourn on Thursday the 23 rd. In the House, the committee to in quire into the official conduct of Hon. J. P. Reed, Circuit Judge, reported that all the testimony taken will be found in favor of Judge Reed, except that of Mr. \V. Courtenay; and the evidence of this gentleman does not sustain any charge of improper con duct. The report was adopted aud the committee discharged. A resolution that a committee of soven L>h .'innointed bv the Sneaker to investigate the charges against the Hon. T. J. Mackey, Judge ot' the Sixth Circuit, which was rejected by lti to 37. In the Moses impeachment case, the counsel for thedcfence withdrew from the case on Wednesday, on the ground that a fair trial had not been awarded. The Senate refused to receive the pa per. The case was decided on Mon day when a verdict of was ren dered. The committee oniSolomon's Bank offered no recomendation. A bill to regulate the appointment and salaries of Trial Justices in the town of Abbeville has passed. The Charleston News and Cunrier publishes a table, showing the ship ments of guano and other fertilizers over the South Carolina Railroad since J IDC IK'gllllllUg Ul tUU St'ttM/il iu tuc iuoi of February lor the past seven years. The total shipments are as follows: In 1870?18,2153 tons; in 1871?10,001 tons; in 1872?1(5,300 tons; in 1873?23, 2(wtons; in 1874?20,505 tons; in 1875 ?10,174 tons; in 1870?53,1'JO tons. It is worthy of note that the shipments this season are larger by nearly two thousand tons than any previous sea son to date since 187U, and that in 1871 the shipments were only two-fifths of what they are in 1870. . These facts demonstrate the lack of reliability in the calculation that the farmers in tended to use less fertilizers this season than any ever before, and to our mind indicate another large cotton crop. Eight cents a pound for cotton may be classed among the "probabilities" of the next season.?Anderson Inldigen- J c er.. A Cn jVRLkston Exteuphise.?We were, yesterday, shown a copy of "Tho Lost Cause," a beautifully tinted litho graph, twenty-two by twenty-eight inch es. In the centre is a Confederate Hag, surrounded by a shield, a night scene with the sky and water background, all in colors, lust over and under It are miniature portraits of the Confederate chieftains, Lee, Davis, Jackson, Johnston and Beauregard. On each side are the varses found written on the back of a Confederate note about the close of the war, a painnuc inscription ui uuui mc cause and itscarrency. As no autlior ha-s been found, they are supposed to have been written by some Confederate soldier who foil. Around these are a wreath of eight genuine Confederate treasury notes, securely glued on. In tue corners are appropiato emblems, representing the be ginning of the war and the surrender. The whole is artistically arranged and forming not onlv a thing of beauty for the piirlor, chamber or oflicc, but a most suitable relic to hand down to posterity, from which they can form a more correct idea, than mere*words can give, of what existed in the years of our great strug gle. The management of its introduction throughout the country, by a system of canvassers, has been entrusted to Mr. Mercer Brown, who comes to us strongly 1a,1 t r* ?|1 ?nnlw?ilinnu I t^JtJJU II1UIIUUU, VYJ iiV-Tii* UU lor agencies must be made. The price, one dollar and a half per copy, Is very low, and places "The Lost Cause" within the reach of nearly all. Mr. Brown, for the present, is stopping at the Waverly House. His postoltice address is Lock Drawer 145, in this city. The Hnge Block of Silver tlmt the Mexicans Send to the Centennial. The cityof Havanmt brought to New York on Thursday a block or pure sil ver weighing 4 2<?0 pounds, and worth $64,000 in gold, The block is a foot in diameter, and has six sides, each three feet long. It is perfectly smooth and I highly polished. It belongs to Pio Mer mejillo & Co., bankers of the city of Mexico, who have consigned it to Gomez, Sionda & Co., of 9 Old Ship, to be exhibited among the Mexican products at the centennial. The Sil ver forming this immense block's said to have been dug from the Real Poto si, one of the oldest mines in Mexico. The purser of the Havana says that the silver block, in its box, lay a day and a night on a wharf at Vera Cms. "It wouldn't stay long on a wharf in I New York," he added. The Silver is to be examined by the United States appraiser to-morrow, and then it is to be deposited in the New York safe de posit company's vaults to await orders from the Mexican centennial commis sioner.? 2iew York Sun. Bread Supply in Georgia. Judge Pottlo, of the Northern Cir cuit, thinks that the buying of bread causes an increase of crime. If this theory can be sus!ained another and a strong reason why farmers should raise their own supplies is ottered! Fro in the reports that have reached us this season we believe that Georgia farmers will make most of tht-ir sup plies, and that cotton will he to a great extent, a surplus crop. .Should this prove the cruse, we may confidently ex pect a revival of prosperity in the State next Fall.?Chronicle and Senti nel. Serial Story# INr the course of a few weeks we ex poet to commence the publication of ! the "Spider's Web," an excellent | serial story. Mr. Vick says, tn his Floral Guide, that ten drops of carbolic acid, to be obtained from any druggist, put in a J pint of water and poured on the earth I in flower lints, will destroy all earth worms, which will do so much dam j age to the plants. Atrial will satisfy jail of its beneficial effects. i A party of excursionists from the ]North-West, numbering some five | hundred are now on a visit to the South. They have an idea of invent ing in lands. Hay sprinkled with a eloride of lime, and left for an hour in a closed room, will remove the smell of new paint. Friday the ITin.st. was St. Patricic's Day, ami was duly observed in all the cities. Daniel Drew, the New York mijion aire lias gone into bankruptcy. The Representative Hull at Wash ington is badly ventilated. THE PHILADELPHIA RUSTIC WINDOW SHADES. ?Ten dozun just received at lower prices than ever before olTered. They are easily arranged, durable, convenient, und never get out of order. Will last for twenty years if properly used. J. D. CAALMERS & CO. emember Tnis.?Now is the time of year for Pneumonia, Lung Fever, glis, Colds, and fatal results of preilis- f tion to Consumption and other Throat Lung Disease. Boschee's German f< ,vr has been used in this neighbor d for the past two or three years with a single failure to cure. If you have used this medicine yourself, go to r Druggist W. T. Penney and ask him _ Ls wonderful success among his (-us ers. Two doses will relievo the st case. If you have no faith in any licine, .just buy a Sample Bottle of chee's Gorman Syrup for 10 cents and it, Regular size Bottle 75 cents. Don't ^ lect a cough to save 57 cents. tf a i State of Mil Carolina.!.! County of Abbeville, IX Pit OB ATE COURT. SHERIFF'S SALE. ah A. Norwood, Executrix, Plain tin; against lie N. Calhoun and others, Defen dants. nplaint to Sell Ileal Estate, Mar shall Assets, &c. ) Y virtue of an Order of the Court $ of Probate for Abbeville County lie above named case, J will sell at jeville Court House, on Saleday in i April next, bin the legal hours of sale, to the best biudcr, ie Real Estate of James A. Norwood, deceased. it. THE VALUABLE IM OVEL> LOT in the town of Abbe e, iti the fork of the Greenville and derson Roads, containing FIVE (5) RES, more or less, being the family nestead of the said J allies A. 2sTor >d, deceased. d. THE IMPROVED LOT in the rn of Abbeville, on the Vienna id, known as the Comb's Place, laiuiug FOUR (4) ACHES, more less. il. THE WHITE LICK TRACT, h an elegant building on it, about > and one-half miles from the town Abbeville, on the Vienna Road, oining lands of William Sprouse 1 others, and containing FourHun d and Fifty (4oU) Acres, more or tb. the young PLANTATION oning the McDultie Plantation, the skell Ja,ntis, and others, containing ; Hundred (600) Acres, more or less. th. the Mcduffie planta JN, in the Flat Woods, on waters Little Kiver, adjoining lands l'or rly owned by John A. Calhoun, 1 now in possession of bis widow, s. Sarah Calhoun, lands formerly ned by Charles T. Haskell, and ds owned by Mrs. Cabell, contain Four Thousand and Two Hundred !00) Acres, more or less; this tract >e divided into several parcels, plats which will be exhibited on the da.v iale. terms. >ne-half of the purchase money to paid in cash; the balance on a [lit of twelve months, to be secured a hnnrl with irood security and a rtgage on the premises to Probate Ige of Abbeville County, with ten cent, interest per annum. Pur ser to pay for all necessary papers I recording. L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, , March 187G 4S-4t | NOTICE. fOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN I that GOATS are not allowed un at large upon the streets, and ,t the Ordinance prohibiting the ]e will hereafter be rigidly eu jed. R. JONES, Intendant. 'eb. 23, 1S7G 46-iit SHERIFF'S SALE. Le State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In the Common Pleas. , J. Wilson, Auctioneer. John C. Wiliiams, Plain till', against n. C. Barrett and John >1. MacKay Defendants. Dccrce. ) Y virtue of an order of the paid J Court in ill is case signed by Ige Cooke, to me directed, I will to the highest bidder at public tion, at Abbeville Court House, 011 e Day next, the third day of April, that plantation or tract of land, ate, lying and being in the county resaid on Ivony Cuue uud Grays }ks. containing ght Hundred andt Twenty-flve Acres, c o :e or less, bounded by lands of ? irge Nickles, Robert Dunn, Wil- 1 11 Dunn und others, known as the u lliains land, the property of the mdants. J erms Cush. n L. P. GUFFIN, l' Sheriff Abbeville County. u leriff's Office, \ 7, March 1S76, 48-4t / c' IASONIC DIRECTORY. I itfln T.niinrp. l\!n 1 II f II tlUU XJUU^U XIU. U. IX. X, IT JI. PARKER, VV.\ M.\ ' '. WOSMAJi'SKY, Secretary. eets 2d Monday in every mouth. perian Chapter Ho. IIH. A. I ?. 0. DuPRlS, M.\ E.\ H.\ p.-. ). CHALMERS, Recorder. eets 3<1 Friday night in every ith. anssure Council So. 16. R. & S. M C. DuPRE, T.\ 111.*. M.\ I. UAMRRELL, Recorder. eets 1st Tuesday night in every 111. LlLORIN(i.--Tlio subscriber olVcrs his services to the public of Abbc and vicinity, and solicits a share of ie patronage. Satisfaction guaran Gall at the stand below Christian )wie'fi on Washington Street. n. 4, 70-3 in J R. A. MARTIN. JGENE B. GARY, rTORNEY AT LAW, Abbeville v. iii, o* vv, (uiciiuuii ollection of elahns. [Feb.ly D NEW LOT of Oil Window Shades ^ jiiHl received, with good fixtures. ^ J. I). CHALMERS A CO. _ t. 27, 1875 tf 11 lRLOR FRENCH LOOKING ( GLASSES, at' A J. L). CHALMERS A CO.'S. R EDIUM DARK Stylish Prints, L, Homespuns, Mjiool Silks, tfce., just ved at the . M EMPORIUM OF FASHION. ,, b. 0. I87ti 44-U' Ky> IEAT REDUCTION in Flannel R Saeks, Shawls, Worsted Goods, ,<fccM at the. km poiHi'u nrr tt.( ^tit/-?v iz 9 D. CHALMERS & CO., dealers Tl in Furniture oi' all descriptions.? ? ling-Glasses, Looking-Glass Plate, Kino Oil Pictures. Abbeville, 8. C. (it b. li.'!, 187H 36-tf D. Chalmers & Co. have in stock several fine Walnut Chamber Suits rv low prices, also a largo lot of now iut Bedsteads. TOWN TAXES. rHE books for the collection of TOWN TAXES will be open ur sixty days from this date. 11. JONES, Intendant. Feb. 16, 187(5, 4t NOTICE. LL GUARDIANS, TRUSTEES, Administrators and Executors re hereby required to make their an lual returns of the receipts and ex lenditures on acoount of the estates k'hich they respectively represent, on >r before May 1st next. Those failing o do so will subject themselves to be uled. THOS. B. MILLFORD, Tiwlrra Prohnfa Ahhovillft C!nlll)tV. Feb! 22, *187*(i ^4G-3t" CORN! CORN!! BED OATS! ttrIIEAT BR^ljST. FOR sale by SARNWELL & 00 Jan. 20, 1S70 42-tf J & 'UNNINGHAM TPMPI FTfiN A iug SI ] BO th: Gr< I fail f IB bb U I 9 AY ALWAYS BE FOUND at their Store with ft handsome >tock of goods, which they have ought low. They are satisfied with ihort profits. All manner of Grocer es and Staple Goods, of the best qual ty, can be bought from them at bot om prices. They will be glad to show heir goods to any who may call. uunningham & Templeton. Feb. 9,18 76 44-tf Furman University, S. (I THE undersigned, Special Re ceiving Agent of the above in stitution, most respectfully and ear nestly calls upon all persons indebted :o the University to be in readiness to ?rwl cr? munh nf ircci r/C'to/ t/oo utiu uu uiuvu w* wpossible now due oil their bonds. The Endowment of the Collegiate Department having been raised, in )onds and other securities, and this Department having been thrown open >ee of Tuition for the term of ten >'ear9, it becomes most vitally impor ant that payments should be made as apidly as possible. All communications addressed to he Agent at Greenwood, S. C., (ex :ept when canvassing) will receive prompt attention. The endowment >f the Primary Department is now progressing. B. F. MILLER, Special Agt. A. C., S. C. Greenwood, Feb. 15, 1876, 3m LaureSsville Female College. IE SCHOLASTIC YEAR CUN . sists of two sessions. The first session l'roin the 1st of October to the 15th >f February; the second from the 15th >f February to tho 5th of July. TERMS PER SESSION*, IN ADVANCE: Primary Department $ 10 50 Vcademic Department 15 00 Jollefjiato Department 25 00 Jonlingencies 2 00 EXTRA STUDIES, (OPTIONAL.) Music; | 50 00 Jse of lustrument 2 00 French 10 00 0rawing and Painting 10 00 )rnamentai Work 10 00 Pupils in all tbo Departments have the idvantages of daily Calishthcnic exer ises. . Board, (including washing, fuel and ights,) ?15 00 per month, payable quar erly in advance. Pupils from abroad allowed to board in >rivato families of relatives and friends vhen requested' by patrons; but such jupils must be subject to the rules and emulations of the College. It is important to pupils that they be ;ntered at the beginning of the session, ind that their studies be not interrupted >y unnecessary absences. No deduction or absence except in cases of protracted llucss. ? Pupils must ho subject at all times to emulations in deportment as well as in itudics. For further particulars, apply to JAMES FARROW, President.^ Jitturoasviuo, a. v,. Feb. lfi. 1S76 45-tf Tax Notice. Flie Last Extension. OFFICE CO. TREASURER,) Abheville, Feb. 15, 1876. f I books aC the County Treasur r will remain open for the collection f State and county taxes, for the resent fiscal year, at Abbeville C. H., ntil the ?irst of April next, ext, after which lime the penalty of wenty per cent, will attach to all un aid taxes. After that time the Treas rer is required by law to enforce the ollection of the same by distrain and lie of the personal property of the ix-payer. The total rate per centum of taxa cilia us follows, viz: or State purposes 11 mills. County Current Expenses 3 " payment of County past indebtedness I " payment of County defi ciency for 1875 i " relief of widows and or phans i " M o 1 1 ?v?..V.w? kAh . jJUll lilA ui ;i mi un iiniivo if ages of -1 and 50 years who are ot physically unable to earn a support ill be collected. In addition to the above there will i collected a special tax for school mrposes in the different school dis icts, as follows, viz : incty-Six School Dist 1 mill. reenwood okesbury onnaldsvillc " " 1J ue West " " li onir Cane " " 4 mitliville " " ? " 171 "liitc Hall " " " ITS ldinn Hill O 1 4 and qdar Springs " " 1 " fresh bbeville " " 34 " Ge] iamonri Hill " " owndesville " " 1) " agnolia " " 3A " dhouu's Mills " - 3j " rmleaux " " '2 " Iiy theadvice of the Hoardof Equal ation for the County, whose duty it to designate the points at which the rcamirer will attend for the collection taxes, the hooks will beopcticd only Abbeville Court House. T. N. TOLBEBT, Co. Treasurer. Feb. 15, 1876, 4o-tf BLANKS THE MOST APPROVED FORMS, FOB SALE, AT THE ess & Banner Office. lent Liens, jiens on Crops, iicn on Crop and Bill of Sale. Mortgage of Personal Property, Mortgage of Rea* Estate, I'itle Deeds, rrial Justice's Blanks. iub. Tickets. Sub. Writs. Summons for Money Demsnd. "opy Summons for Money Demand arnwell&Co. * RE DAILY RECEIVING AD ditioiis to their Stock, consist of APLE DRY GOODS, ft Eats and Clothing, 'OTS A,\D SHOES!!(] | em EY KEEP CONSTANTLY ON sol HAND, ALSO, A FULL LINE OF oceries, Jacon and Lard, Meal and Flour, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrup, A FINE LOT OF GAR CURED HAMS I! ,.? fi 187K JNNINGHAM AND TEMPLETON I rAVE RECEIVED AND OPEN 1 ed their large Stock of all binds P1' ;oods. ev 7 Goods, JJ Glothin?, Boots, Shoes, Caps, Hats, rdware, Crockery, Saddlery, &c. LL AND SEE FOR YOUR SELVES. ct. 6, 1875 26-tf roods at Cost. th All descriptions of Goods, embracing iADY'JMDli UliUTHIflli, Boots, Shoes, Hats, 11 OSIERY, NOTIONS, | AND I A ifiY GOODS, COST FOR CASH, AT larles & Perm's. eb. 1, 187G, 43-tf jl .T.Robertson riLL HAS A ERMNANT OF to STOCK ON SALE, at priccs F.T.nw rnsT t the old Stand, now oocupied by srs. DuPre, Gambrell & Co. \M NOW CLOSING MY BUSI ness, and I expect all who owe to make mediate Payment! I hope that I will not have to re to a legal process to enforce col ons. t DnnrnTcru! . i. nuDcmoun. >v. 10, 1875, tf I THE LAEIES! VOULD CALL YOUR ATTEN tion to my fcjtoek of llinery and Notions, :h is now complete, embracing all latest novelties of the season. I also combined Dress-Making Millinery, and have procured the Ices of IISS JANE RAMEY, will be pleased at all times to cut make your dresses in the latest s, and whose well-known taste ability in this line have always appreciated by the ladies gener ve me a call, and I guarantee sat Lioti as to styles and price in both rtments. IS. M. M. WHITE. t)t. 123, 1875 24-tf DQNALD&HADOONil j Bof JILL CONTINUE THEIR age ' business at the same stand, J ami ivill keep constantly' on hand a (goo and well selected Stock of Ji neral Merchandise, .11 of which will be sold at the VEST CASH PRICES!! wn End fectioneries and Cigars * lectt A SPECIALTY. H ,'e us a call, and we will prove jjaV we say. Respectfully, city plea DONALD &HADDON S ?sh Arrivals this week - Dry sand Groceries. WE Stre 5.9,1870 41-3t Be mmoniated Bone Sap MANCFACTUl riANTIC AND VIRGI uble Phosphate Acid, 10 percent.; janic Matter, 30 per cent.; Yielding ppj| 'E TON, CASH, PAYABLE AI :E TON, " " . NO fE TON, payable Nov. 1st, in middl "or sale by i^eb. 9, 1878 44-tf IMPORIUM ( FALL 111 "6 IILLINERY & In all the L |UR STOCK THIS SEASON is t W made our own selections with g ibraces all the latest styles and novel d on the cash system, and at the low JAMES Ag< Sept. 29,1875, 25-tf treat Reducl o ry Goods, Boots, Sho Atth# low prices of the got W. ROSE Granite Range, DEAL" GENERAL Ml 1AVING purchased my Stock of C and Philadelphia, I ana now pre ace andsurrounding country, a larg< erythiug in a first-class Dry Qoods RESS GOODS, WHIT Hats, Boots and glasswar: and a larg groc: Having an unsurpassed stock of goo at I can sell goods cheaper than eve w Cct. 7,1875, WALLER 6 / MERCH jREENWC LRE now offering to the public In full line of all.the Goods genera THEIR S have been selected with great READY-MAD . FINE STOCK OF A good at Groceries, Hardware, Cr which the attention of purchasers WALLER Fob. 18. 1878, 45?tf Dr.H.DT D E N 1 LBBEVI OFFICE OVER TI ept. 8, 1875, 22-tf MPORIUM 7 OF FASHION, tec. 8j 18/0, 35-tf 4E ALSTON HOUSE, 1HE MISSES CATER STILL keep "THE ALSTON HOUSE" n for both permanent and transient irders. Thankful for past patron . they hope, by renewed energy I application to business, to merit a d share of patronage. an. 5. 187G 49-tf i Best SoiseloM Oil tie-World! iVEST A SONS' ALADDIN SECU RITY OIL. ?RA^TED 150 DEOKEK.S KIRK TKST. lorsod by Fire Insurance Companies. r Road the following certificate, se ?d from many others: oward Fire Ins. Co. of Baltimore, I December 23, 1874. j essrs. C. West A Sons : Gentlemen? ing used the various oils sold in the for illuminating purposes, I take sure in recommencing your "Alad Seouritv" as the safest and best ever I in our "household. Yours, trulv. ANDREW REESE, Pres't. will not explode. Ask vour storc jer for it. Wholesale bepot: C. ST <fc SONS, 113, 115 W, Lombard et, Baltimore. pt. 8, 1875 20-flm er Phosphate of Lime, ?ED BY THE NIA FERTI1IZING CO. Insoluble Phosphate Acid, 5 per cent.; ^Ammonia, 3} percent. *RS%t, $ 47 60 V. 1st, 65 00 ing cotton at 15 cents per lb 60 00 Tvell db Co. )F FASHION, if 1875. LADIES' GOODS, atest Styles, oore extensive than ever, and having reat care, can assure our lady friends ties to be had in market. Goods still est cas h prices. 5 A. BOWIE, mi .Emporium 01 lasmouH. :ion in Prices F es, Clothing, &c., &c., xl old times be for? the war. / IN B E K U, Abbeville C. H., ER IN ERCHANDISE. Joods ot the best booses in New York >paied to exhibit to the people of this } and well delected stock?embracing house, such as E GOODS, CLOTHING, Shoes, Trunks, E, CROCKERY, ;e Stock of ds in my lino I feel satisfied in saying r. All I ask is one fair trial. Rosenberg, j BROTHER, AJVTS AT iod, s. c., their new and handsome buildinb,* tlly needed in thiscommunity. 1TOCK OF ^ (V-)/7 HW' M care, and unusually attractive. E CLOTHING. BOOTS AND SHOES. 38ortnle?t of ockery, and Glassware. is invited. & BROTHER. WILSON, ? I S T , I_.3L.E3, S. O. IE POST OFFICE. CONGAREE m Columbia, S. O. PROPRIETOR. MANUFACTtTBEB OF S ^ E A. M ENGINES AND BOILERS, Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions mado to Order. O f I WAS awarded the first premium on coatings at the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society Fairs, held in Colum ui? 1X71 'T1 and '73. U1U) AlUTUmuw*) *v, Circular Saw - Hills of all sizes. Also took the FIRST PREMIUM at State Fairs held November, 1871, *72, '73. Manufacturer of GRIST MILL IRONS of all sizes.] For Sale, Gin Gearing of the following sizes : 9 feet wheel and pinion $30 00 n it t< ?? g?j M 14 41 35 00 45 00 50 00 With Bolts $<3.50 Extra for each set. ' Anti-friction plates and Balis for Cotton Press 810.00 ana ?12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Dec. 10, 1875, 35-tf FOR SALE. Pratt's Shoals on Little River. VVJTH this valuable water power the tract of two hundred and sixteen icres will be sold on accommodating terms to an approved purchaser. For particulars, apply to ~ JOHN PRATT, Due West, 8. C. Feb. 8,1870, 8m*' Abbeville, S. C.