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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. O. Wednesday, March 22,1876. WHOSE COUNTRY IS THIS? Shall we Assert our Rights and be Freemen, or Shall we be the Servants of Servants ? Beateu and overpowered in a death struggle with a powerful foetnan, our former slaves take advantage of our weakness, rise and take possession of our property, assume control of the Government, and, by the aid of na tional bayonets, levy tribute from our farms and our workshops. These paupers and vagrants have simply voted to themselves this fair land ol ours which was handed down to us as a heritage from the fathers of the Revolution. Is it worthy of us in this C'entenniai Year to submit longer to so great a degradation? We have begged to be allowed a share in the ad ministration of the Government (all J>f which rightly belonged to us) and *ve have been denied the least voice ia the affairs of State. In I860 we went to war for a cause which could not have been attended with the evils which now burden and bear us down. Has the spirit of manhood and pa triotism which ruled the hour in 1860 been so completely crushed out that we are willing longer to submit to this degradation? Would not the pa triot dead of the Revolution blush to own their degenerate sons who have disregarded their valuable heritage of country and freedom by proving trait ors to their own superior blood, in voluntarily serving the African usurp er. Should a foreign power usurp the reigns of government and levy taxes, would we not be as unit in opposi tion? Yes, we know that we would. But, strange to say, we quietly allow Africa's ignorant ebony sons to lord it over us and do this great thing. It is folly to hope that they will comcnt to allow us to participate in the affairs of the Government. They have proven that they . do not want honest and comi>etent men in olHce. Every elec tion has proven this. The wishes of the intelligent ana property-holding whites have beeen almost totally disregaided, and we think that forbearance should cease to be a virtue, and that we should as sert our manhood and claim our rights. If we are worthy of the fathers of the Revolution we will do so. It is time the African usurper was taught that the whites have yet some rights that should be respected. This is our coun try. the heritage of a noble ancestry, and ivc mean to have it in November. Centennial Bible. An announcement was made some months ago that the Society would pub lish, earJy in the Centennial year from jiew plate*, an editiou of the Bible, with references* lttiuo?a size not here tofore published. This edition is uow ivadv. uinkinira book 6* inches lonjr Aud 4} inches wide, and of good pro portions. The size of the type (broad faeed Agate, with fail references) makes a book of very desirable size for a large class of readers?those of mid dle age as well as the young?and will be found especially useful to student* of the Bible. Its publication being coincident with the hundredth anni versary of our nation, the Managers < have called ft their Centennial Edi tion of the Bible, with the hope that young people especially, of our land, may desire to possess the book. It is printed on fine paper and neatly bound, ami can be sent by mail, post age paid, for one dollar, or can be bought from Mr. J. F. (J. Dupre for seventy-live cents. Revolutionary Graves. A gentleman informs us that there are the graves of two soldiers of the .Revolution, located in an old field, be longing to Mi&s Nancy Maxwell, about three miles from Lowndesville. Bu ried there are the bodies of two broth ers, who met their death in the follow ing manner: It appears that the boys had just returned home on a fur lough, and at night weresitting on the front steps of the cabiu, oue on each side of their father, discussing the probable issues of the war, when a hand of Tories tired on them from an ambuscade near by, the sons falling at the first tire, pierced by several balls. They were interred near the spot where they met their death. Their graves are still marked by stones at their head and feet. The names of these gallant tneu were Maxwell, un cles, we believe, to the "Miss Nancy" above alluded to. To the Yoang Ladies. The seasou approaches for pic-nics, May parties, fishing excursions, <fce., we would suggest that the ladies dress becomingly on these occasions. An elegant dress .should not be worn to any such gathering, and a party dress is eutirely out of place. A cheap dress tastefully made and properly doue up is appropriate and becoming. On such occasions costly dresses are very much abided, and carry the im pression of extravagance, which is never pleasing to practical and eco nomical people. A nice calico hand somely made is 'iot an inappropriate dress. Mr. C. H. Lubkin, of our town, died in Charleston on Sunday last, where he had been for several weeks under medical treatment. He came to Abbeville some tliree years ago ana kept a bakery and confectionery. He was a German of sober and industrious habits, and after coming here he mar ried a young lauy of his owu nativity, who has no relatives in this country. The sympathy of thio community go out in tendef feeling for her in this great bereavement. Messrs. Walunoeord & Arm strong left, for their home* in Mon roe County, Indiana, on Wednesday last. They will return in October with a good supply of stock. Mr. Wm. Walliugford, jr., will remain for a month or so to close out their remain ing stock on hand. These gentlemen have been with us for the past six months, and have conducted them selves in such a manner as to com mand tke respect and good will of our people. We are glad to have such Iu dianians come to South Carolina. The coldest weather of the winter has been for the past few days. On Sunday night sr.ow and sleet fell uniil the ground was covered for an inch. The shade trees, which had budded out, were as badly broken as we ever saw from the effects of snow or sleet. The hills and housetops were still white on yesterday with the icy man tle. Mr. Benjamin Davis died on Saturday last at the residence of A. Wideman, Esq., aged about 40 years. He was buried at Sharon. Mr. Davis had been in bad health for many years aud death came not unexpected ly to him or to his friends. He bore a good character, and was a quiet, in offensive citizen, and leaves no enemy, lie was never married. We had the pleasure of meeting our old friend Mr. J. L. Maulden, of Charleston, ou our streets during the week. He is one of the best and most reliable gentleman of our acquain tance, and our friends doing business in Charleston should consult him. He is an Anderson man and takes a lively interest in up-country people. - A sox of Mr. John Darraugh died on Sunday last at his residence about four miles from the village on the Kailroad. His death occurred at the verge of manhood, and is a severe blow to an affectionate family circle. The good die young. Save your oat straw. It is better than fodder for your mules and htyses, and is as good as shucks for cows. To do this make your arrangements for house room for it. We know one planter who has fat horses and mules that eat no corn. They live on oat straw. RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION. A Historical Tree. A friend furnishes the following: As these are the days to bring forth Centennial relics, when every sectiou of Uncle Sam's domain is bringing to notice something, we thought it time for old Abbeville, whi h figured so prominently in the struggle for Amer ican independence, to "show her hand," and so we set abont discover ing a relic that would place us in the front rank. How well we have suc ceeded, the following narrative will show. There stands on the road leading from Lowndesviile to Bowman's Fer ry, on the plantation or Mrs. Wm, Piessly a mammoth old poplar tree?the largest, we suppose, in the country. Our informant states, that as far back as twenty years ago, the old tree was considered as in a tottering condition, and in passing the same, a team was aIwavq "fonr>hf>H nn" until a safe dis 11 tance was reached." This old giant of i the forest still stands on the very i brink of the road, far removed from ! any other timber, and at every passing breeze gives fortJi a creaking sound as if in the act of falling to the earth. For a long time prior to the Revolu tionary War, it occupied a prominent place in the history of its section. By the Indians it was termed "the Couu jeil Tree," and under its branches would the Cherokees meet and hold their war, green-corn and scalp dances. In later years, it will be re membered that that portion of Abbe-' ' ville was over-run and under the sway 'of Tories, the few.} remaining Whigs, after being-obliged to lie in conceal-J | ment for weeks at a time, until a favor able opportunity presented itself to I "strike." At one time, during a skirmish near by, two "rebels" of '76 (dead by the foe, who wore never known to give quarters. They were found by the daughter of a Tory living near the place of strife, who. with the assistance of her brother, a youth of some fifteen, carried the raen to tliisj old poplar, secreted them in the ample hollow of the same, where they were fed and minded until their recovery. Afterwards, two Whigs, "sick unto death" with the small pox, were con cealed therein, when they died. How i long the hoary-giant of the forest will | remain standing it is beyond the power of man to say ; but we hope its owner will continue to "spare that tree," for we dislike to see so rare au antique.destroyed. The Entertainment at Bordeaux. The Entertainment given at the res idence of Mr. Allen Moragne near Bordeaux, on Tuesday night of the past week for the benefit of the Meth odist church was a verv successful affair and one of the most pleasant of its kind. A superb supper, profuse and sumptuous in all its appointments, bear testimony to the public spirit, Christian zeal and exceljent taste and skill of thegood ladies of the vicinity, whilst a large assembly of the young and old of both sexes were present to do full justice to the good things of the feast, and to bear their part in the enjoyment of Hie occasion. Bordeaux is noted for the excellence of its entertainments, and the whole souled zest with which its people Ren ter into the enjoyments of these occa sions; and the late entertainment was worthy to be ranked with the best of them. The magnificent slipper was enough for a party of twice the size, and the remaining large and beautiful cakes were sold at its close to swell the receipts of the evening. We regret that it was not in our power to attend, and that we have not been furnished with a detailed account of the occasion. Our friend Mr. Chal mers, who was present with some members of his family, has however given us a glowing account of the ex cellence and enjoyment of the feast. Some fine music contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Hussey, and others, added to the other attractions of the evening. It was an occasion long to be remem bered, and its success will doubtless lead to other similar entertainments in which social enjoyment is made to give an impulse to the advancement of religious and benevolent objects. Reminiscences of Abbeville. *Ve have been favored with some sketches of Abbeville from the ready pen of a most highly esttemed former citizen, whicn our friends will read with much interest. We present this week a sketch of the Abbeville Bar in 1834, which will be followed by sketches and incidents of the Clergy. We trust that he may be pleased to write much more for our paper. In his private note he says: "In all probability I will never again see Abbeville, but my heart is - 1 l.J U ; 11.. * I 1 avu Mill Will 111 Hi net tun i 11in, uaivo auu streams, and the old friends and com rade* of my youth and their children, and it would afford me pleasure to amuse or interest them. I have a bundle of incidents of fun that would give no offence anb provoke a hearty iaugh from many.', SETTLING FOR BURNT RAILS.? Rev. Wm. Gordon alius Bill Thomas, burnt some rails which he lifted off his neighbor, Louis Golsby's, fence on the Blue Hill. The estimate put uj?on the.n by Trial Justice Bruce was $10 fine and $7 costs or 15 days at the Uutttn House. Seventeen dollars would have bought him firewood for the whole winter Mr. Eugene Tagoart, son of Mr. W. H* Taggari, of our town, is now in Indiana, with Messrs. Wallingford & Armstrong, whert^Jie will remain until next Fall. Mr. Whit, Conner says we are about right on the life insurance busi ness. He sent his second renewal pol icy of $142 to the Southern Home just in time to lose it. Which is the best way to get news? by borrowing your neighbor's paper, or subscribing on time without any in tention of paying for it? JLiih-OHl yruu ui luia wuuvj ?a jisi fectly splendid, and besides the grain the straw alone would be worth a great deal if properly kept. On Friday last the wind blew a tree down across the back of one of Mr. John A. Devlin's milch cows. Her calf is 110w #u orphan. During the heavy wind on Friday a china tree was blown against the Al ston House without doing any damage. Mr. A. M. Erwi.v, of the Centre of Gravity, passed through town on Monday to Charleston to buy goods. We are glad to learn that our friend Mr. W. T. McDonald is recovering from his recent spell of sickness. On Friday we bad heavy cold winds and then on Saturday and Sunday it was very cold on a dead level. Several persons from the village attended Mr. Benjamin Davis's funeral at Sharon. The Abbeville Cornet Band will give a performance at Green wood this evening. The gardens will now take an even start in the production of vegetables. Capt. R. F. McCaslan passed through town during the past week. E. B. GarV, Esq., was quite sick Ion Saturday last at Wier's Hotel. Oat straw as a rouyh food is iuval uable for horses and cows. Rev. Dr. Gbier, of Due West was in town on Saturday. Save your oat straw which is better than Northern hay. We had plenty of ice on Saturday and Sunday. Look out for colds and pneumonia. -- ? From XiOwndeeviMe. Messrs. A. C. Latimer and Willie Young have joined the Grange with the anticipation of getting a wife through its instrumentality. We hope they will meet the deserved suc cess. Mr. Johnny Young is becoming very impatient waiting on Mr. H. T. Tustin for his moustache cup, as they i are becoming troublesome to bim. The Mutations of Fortune. THE LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF AN OLD MAN'S LIFE. THE WONDERFUL SUCCESSES AND REVERSES OF WILLIAM DORN. Dr. J. W. Hearst's Unswering In tegrity. Something of a Man who was above the l'rice of a Gold .Mine. Thinking it might not be uninter ! esting to our readers we have conclud jed to .say something of the life?the | ups and downs?of William B. Doru, J Esq. Mr. Dorn has been a hard worker all! his life, and early conceived the itn j pression that his lands situated iu A'o | beville County, near the Edgefield line j on the Savannah side contained rich | I gold deposits, and for years he spent i a considerable portion of his time and j money in the search for the much de-: sired treasure which lay hidden away in his barren hills anil sandy fields. He cultivated his lands, but eacli year J spent in search for gold more than lie! made from * the products of the fields. Although his debts accumulat ed, and interest increased, he cherish I ed the hope of finding the treasure I Willi ail MIIUUKUIOII SHIU pei'Sinieuvj- | | which led his friends to believe him at [ monomaniac. Finally, in 1S50, after the remainder of his estate, which had not been wasted, was on the verge of being sold under theSherifF's ham mer, to the great surprise of every body, HE ACTUALLY FOUND TJIK LONO SOUOHT-KOK (JOLI>. which in richness and amount surpassed anything of the kind yet discovered in the United States. For years he worked (his gold mine with the most marvellous suc cess, and soon became the richest man | in all the country around. In fact he had more money than he knew what todowjth. With a limited education and having lived all his life on his farm in a rural district he had not ac quired a disposition for luxurious ex-j travagance, and consequently but little of the precious metal was spent iu this way. Beinu a well preserved bachelor of fifty-five, he now in 185? began to look around him for a genial compan ion who might be willing to share his joys as well as his gold. His name had now become famous throughout the country as the proprietor of the richest gold mine in the world, and he was beginning to be called 'Squire Dorn, instead of "old Billy Dern," as formerly. (At that time the title of "Esquire" was equivalent to the hon orary titleof "Colonel" in these days.) In fact his gold came in so rapidly and ?in such, large amounts and so unexpectedly?that he was scarce ly prepared for its judicious in vestment. He bought immense tracts of land in the West, bought negroes everywhere, maue mrge investments in real estate in Georgia, and in various counties of this State, besides buying all the lauds that were offered for sale in his own community. In the meantime he did not forget his resolution to seek for SOME ONE TO SHARE HIS WEALTH, and on one occasion when on a visit to Greenville, he met the beautiful and winsome Miss Kutledge whose grace of manner completely charm ed the rich bachelor of fifty-five, and he was soon a suppliant for her heart and hand. Having found favor in her sight, the blushing maiden, in the Spring time of life, before she had passed through half her "teens," appeared at the Hymeneal altar, leaning upon the arm of him who had braved the Winter's storms and tempests' for more than half a century. They were married in great style at the residence of her fath er, Mr. P. S. Rutledge, at the then town of Greenville. By the friends of both they were congratulat ed?he, that he had married so young and so pretty a lady, > .U.. ,.f aiiu ui'iuuac wi iivi uuounuu o i good character and personal worth, with perhaps the reflection that the Squire's gold would make good the slight difference, which was clearly perceptible, in their ages. He is now RICH AND HAPPY. The world looks bright and cheerful to him, and he feels that a score of the accumulated years have been lifted from his shoulders, with never a thought that he would grow old, or that he would ever have less money than now, or that the sunshine of fawning friends which then surround ed him would be succeeded by the storms which rapacious creditors only can set in motion. The world has a new appearance to him, and it seems that his former life has been but as a sleep troubled with nightmare dreams. He now basks in the smiles of the beautiful young wife of his choice, while that metal which governs the world ceaselessly rolls into his cotters. Each setting sun finds him richer than It did upon its rising, while each al ternate year brings him an additional cherub to claim a place around the family circle and upon which he will lavish his affection and with whom he will divide his gold. This is a picture lovely indeed to contemplate, but what shall we say of the realization of these blessings wnica nave noi in tne worms History i befallen one in a million. SIMPLE MACHINERY FIRST USED. ( At first he commenced in an humble i and unostentatious manner to work f this mine, and as the gold was what , is known to miners as "free gold." , it could be secured in the simplest : manner with the simplest machinery. The gold had only to be washed out of the dirt, which was done at a creek one mile distant. Being without < money and without credit, and having t no available stock except a pair of , oxen he tackled them to an old cart, and commenced to build his fortune, and to make himself famous, despite the distrust and discouragement of his fi-ionilo Hn nut nn <i 44 nrnshpr. " which is simply a large iron wheel, something like a millstone, with a long shaft in the eye, and one end fas tened to a pivot. The wheel is then then drawn around in an iron groove into which the rocks have been thrown to he crushed as the weighty wheel passes over them. For a long time the ox cart hauled the dirt and rock to the crusher, the driver or an extra hand following to pick up any of the dirt or rock which mi^ht fall out on the road. Each clod or rock was worth perhaps a dollar or more. Ad ditional and finer teams were after wards bought, and other machinery put up from time to time, and he con tinued to gather gold until he was rich indeed, and as the desire for rich es feeds upon ita acquisitions, he be came ambitious and thought this a slow uroeess for a man of his wealth, and accordingly all the cheap ma chinery was taken down and thrown aside, and its place filled with new and costly works, which were run by magnificent steam engines. WHAT HE MADE OUT OF THE MiNE. The mine was profitably worked for about ten years. We do not know the exact amount of gold that was realized but we have been reliably informed that it was considerably over one mil lion dollar. In 1S5- he realized two hundred and two thousand dollars worth of gold which he carried to the mint at Charlotte, N. C., where he Jiad it coined into gold eagles. When (he working of the mine became un profitable. he reuewed his energy and spent immense amounts in search of new veins, but all to no purpose and finally for the want of ready cash, op erations in the mine ceaseu cuurnj. i The millionaire was getting poorerand! poorer, until about five years ago HE BECAME IIARI) PRESSED FORI MONEY AND WAS FORCED TO SELL THE MINE. The war came on, his hundreds of negroes were free, and his debtors be came poor, and were unable to pay the large sums borrowed from him in the days of his prosperity. But with all this adversity, he might have still been a rich man if he had managed his affairs judiciously since the sur render. Like all men of the South of reputed wealth, he owed money for the purchase of property or as a trustee for others, and being pressed for means was forced to sell his gold mine, which had recently been an expense to him, rather than a source of reve nue. The sale was made to McCor mick, the millionaire, and the invent or of the reaper and mower, for the small sum of $20,000, and he with Messrs. Perrin & Cothran, have continued the mining operations, without any satisfactory results until within the last few weeks, when the prospects have improved and it is more than probable now that their eltorts will be rewarded with success. MR. JDOKN'S PECUNIARY EMBARRESS MKNT3 since the war were in a large measure owing to his planting cotton on too an extensive a scale, and continuing the busiuess until lie had lost a large 'sum of money. He is yet possessed I of a large estate, but owes considera Dili SUI11N U1 lLIULItiy, illiU lb IUUJ uc iiiub he who was once a millionaire, wilj find himself reduced to the possession of a few thousands of dollars. We trust most fervently that such may noi be the case, and that the promise of fresh discoveries may be realized, and that other "rich bonanzas" on the old tract may reward the search of years, and revive the former reputa tion of the famous "Dorn Mine." A GOOD WIFE MORE TO BE PRIZED THAN DIAMONDS AND PEARLS. Fortune and even the oolid gold can take wings and fly away. In the sad losses occasioned by the war Mr. Dorn lost most of bis wealth and happy sur roundings, but there was one blessing which still remained to him?his faith ful loving wife whom he had wedded in his days of prosperity, and who only clung the closer as darkness, af.e, adversity and misfortune threatened to cloud the evenirg of his days. A good wife is more to be prized than the wealth of Peru or Potosi or dia monds and pearls! MR. DORN is now something like seventy-five years of age, of slender build and nitber feeble, but if he should find the rich gold vein that he has now such fine prospects of discovering, it would renew his spirits, make his blood run faster anil invigorate his frame and he would doubtless take a new iease of life and live twenty years longer. His financial embarrassments have of late years worried the old man and greatly depressed his spirits, which has no doubt affected his general health. He is not much of a talker, but is of a social disposition and pas sionately fond of a game of whist, and has been known to take such an interest in the game that he would in sist upon its continuance throughout the whole night. Rich or poor, Mr. Dorn has always been A.V HONEST MAN, and a confiding aud unsuspecting per son, who was in the days of his wealth, often imposed upon by the fair prom ises of impecunious friends, and was often the victim of designing and un scrupulous acquaintances, notably among whom was a Colonel Leitner, of Spartanburg, who induced him to sign a blank note payable in the Bank of Newberry with the understanding that it should be u small amount. The note was tilled out for ten thou sand dollars. Immediately after he drew the money the Colonel had bus iness across the Atlantic, and since then he has neglected even to corres pond with the 'Squire, who had to pay the note. He couldn't do too much for a man he liked, and he NEVER FORGOT A KINDNESS, and seldom forgave the man who fail ed to do him a favor when he felt that he had a right to ask it. Just before the discovery of his gold he applied to *ome relatives to go surety for him, which they declined to do, and it is said that lie never forgave them even ? a 1 .1 Ut,. f r?i'Aunoj?{f\r ID lil(? (laj'b ui ins ^icaiccv ?/*woj.?w?vj When lie had money the poor man seldom went away empty. He paid the Sheriff the amount of many judg ments to prevent those who had ap pealed to him from beiugsold out, and from many of which investments he never realized a cent. DR. J. W. HEARST. IHE MAN OF UNSWERVING INTEG RITY. This gold mine was discovered on a tract of land which Mr. Dorn had bought from his neighbor, Dr. John W. i-ifuruf inirl from whom he had receiv l*(1 no conveyance, but only a bond for titles which were to be executed when the purchase money of the laud was paid. Wlxeu the gold mine was dis covered, many surmised that the temptation to violate the contract and incur the penalty of the bond would be too great for the Doctor to resist, and that he would resume possession of the land which was rich in gold ore, iind promised untold wealth to the :>wner. But be it said to the credit of Abbeville and the honor of this good man, whose unswerving integrity and stainless reputation, were well-known ind honored of all, that he indignantly repudiated the suggestion, and affirm ed that there was riot "gold enough in the mine to induce him to do a dishon est act." By forfeiting a small bond jiven for the purpose of securing the titles of a poor tract of land, he might iiave become a millionaire, but he icorned to compromise character and reputation by yielding to the lust for *old. This act was characteristic of the man, and furnishes a bright exam ple for imitation in these degenerate 'lays, when principle Is sacrificed to expediency, contracts are violated without compunction, and selfishness rules the hour. Would that we had more such men as Dr. Hearst?men who plant themselves ou principle, :ind sacrifice all else to its mainte nance. Here was a man who had sold a poor tract of land at $2 per acre, r>n which a gold mine had been dis covered, winch had already yielded $100,000, and of which he might have become the possessor, without suffer ing very sensibly in the world's esti mation, yethe spurned the temptation, and came out of the ordeal, stainless and unscathed, with "no smell of fire ?n his garments." without A LINEAL DESCENDENT. This good man and noble citizen died a few years ago, leaving no lineal descendant, to inherit his name or per petuate his virtues, hut his reputation is cherished with pride by his estima ble widow, and a large circle of rela tives, who exhibit all the characteris tics traits of the deceased and would doubtless act with the same integrity under similar circumstances. HIS liberality. During his life-time he liberally con tributed of his means to the support of every praiseworthy enterprise and at his deaLh bequeathed a large pro portion of his property to the Endow ment of the Institutions at Due West. His wishes in this particular have been zealously seconded by his widow, who during life proved the worthy consort of her noble husband, and af ter his death imitated his example and fulfilled his purposes. Keeping Lent.?The World witti ly says : "The Republican party keeps I'.enf it does oenance. It wears sackcloth. It dusts with ashes its I haggard beard. It fasts and diets it self, abstaining from the matutinal egg and denying itself the after-supper devilled kidneys. It eats largely of salt-tish to put a good taste in its bitter mouth, and takes kindly to sorghum and syrup for consolation. Never did any party fall so suddenly by the heels. Just as it had got the Democra cy where it wanted, too, and was marching to the conquest of New Hampshire, with a wagon train of Hill's and Blaine's speeches on the one hand, and on the other no end of light boxes and transparencies illumi nated with Tweed's burly figure. Hill is leveled down now, and T-.veed, big as he was, is eclipsed by the statu esqe posing of Belknap, with the chains of party allegiance about his urwl fhu litirpnrl 44 A m T not a inan and a brother?" escaping from his perjured lips. That distinguished jurist, Hon. A. Burl, who was in attendance up on our court last week, and who was em ployed by the Richmond and Atlanta Air-Line Railroad, to assist in the prosecution of Smith and Rother, for placing obstructions upon that road, said in his pleadings that this was the first jury wholly composed of white men that he had the good fortune to address siuce 1868.?Pickens Sentinel. The Abbeville Bar iri 1834. REMINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE BY A FORMER RESIDENT. DAVID LEWIS WARDLAW. When I first saw David Lewis Wardlaw in 1834, be was in the zenith of his physical di?velopeinent, and had cut his way to tiie front tit politics aud at the Bar. He had teen several years in the Legislature, and at home was 011 one side of every case that re quired the application of law to it. I always counted him handsome, with his soft and piercing eye, dark auburn hair, and ruddy complexion. He had the thickest black beard I ever saw, and it grew sc fast as to require two shaves a day. When cleanly shaved it gave a roseate ting? to his chin and upper lip, such as 1 would have had for myself if 1 could. With his ele gant wife along side of him they pre sented an appearance of which any town or city would have been proud. He was most regular in his habits, which were to go to his office via the post office at 9 o'clock a. ni., see clients, write and study until ii o'clock p. m., then to dinner, and again at his office at 3 o'clock p. m., from which he [emerged at sunset, and on summer j evenings sat a few evenings at Bowie's [ana atterwarus n. n. cc w. a. vvuru- - law's store. On the Sabbath he heard 1 the Kev. Doctor Barr. If any body [oversaw him any where else except by special requirement, I would like to know of it. He was a student in the full sense, with ail the "appurte nances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining." These recluse qualities did not in "those days" add to personal popularity, but he staked ^ on no such hand, and won without it. He had n't a speck of the demagogue about him, and had no such rations to dispense, and folk at law had to have f him, and tbe pride of Abbeville was ,5 such that they cfculdn't get along without him. It was admitted that u he was a modeljSpeaker of the House v of Representatives and a leader any 'J where. He was in his line as inde- h pendent as an Astor in his purse. I 1: got miffed with him once and con- e eluded I would oppose him at the next s election; but when the day came s around, this hand, the same that p indites these lines, refused to write it. s and i'or which I have always thanked d it. My business and age did not re- c quire my presence in Court sessions, I and once upon a time myself and sev- f( eral others?it was;theirinisbehaviour, a not mine?were invited out by Sheriff li Taggart, with the remark: "This is c no place for boys." I never heard b David Lewis but on one occasion, and t that was ae a prosecutor in a homicide t in town that occurred about 1839, with p all the sympathy against him, but he t made a speech of two hours that re- t quired Waddy Thomson three to an- ( swer. He was the leading counsel for / the defence in a homicide at Green- I ville, by a gentleman who afterwards ( attained high honors and a world- 1; wide reputation in another State, for n ability and eloquence. It was pro- v nounced the masterly effbrtof his life, i and resulted in a virtual acquittal, d As highly esteemed as Judge Ward- c law was for his talents, high sense of e honor and justice, but few really knew t Ihe goodness of his heart. The writer r had occasion to unlock him once, in t his parlor, waked up at one o'clock at p night, in a matter not personal to either, in which he displayed a ten- u derness that impressed me, and were e I at liberty to explain it, would refute p all charges against him of "coldness." i MAJOR ARMISTEAJ) BURT 1 was a practicing lawyer in 1834, is yet r I learn, and long may he continue. He was my lawyer and my father's P before iue, and never lost a case. He J: was in almost all cases against David J; Lewis, and the clashing of arms be- ? tween the warriors, Greek versm Greek, sometimes produced a coolness for a few days, which their good ladies took more to heart than they did. ? Major B. and his good lady were a ? full match in good looks for David ? Lewis and his iady. These ladies, J: now "gone to that bourne," &c., were ? the leaders in social life, one com- F manding the upper and the other the ? lower battalion. The rivalry be- ' tween them was, which could con- ? tribute most to the enjoyment of the young men and girls, and which was the greater could never be proved by me or any other beneficiary. We loved, and admired and were grateful to both. PATRICK NOBLE was a practicing lawyer in 1834, and ranked well as a lawyer and got a good practice, but made no protensions to oratory or eloquence, HO-called. He was also State Senator, and then, or afterwards, President of the Senate, and at his death in 1840, was Gover nor. He carried a genial smile on his face and a gold headed cane in his hand that rarely touched the ground. He was noble by nature and art as well in name, and I always associated aim with the Palmerstons and Ashburtons, of England. JOHN A. CALHOUN was a practicing lawyer in 1834, and if I mistake not, the firm was Lomax - .11 I _ _ . oc u/uiuuuu. iiit; loruier uieu euny in 1834,1 never saw him, and his death came near ending this writer who was standing in that narrow circular alley between James Wardlaw's and John Allen's lot, and had barely time and notice to cling to the palings to escape the hoofs of a tremendous horse that swept by him. The rider was in quest of a doctor to see his own er who had fallen in a fit of apoplexy, and who was dead on the arrival of medical aid. Col. Lomax died at his residence on the "Bnake Road" two miles out of town, and is recorded as a fine lawyer who wrote a poor hand. John A. Calhoun was a man of ability, and had he been thrown on his own resources, would have shown more of it. We sent him to the Legislature, but he soon removed to Alabama. His Aboeviiiu practice was mucn re tarded by his excessive modesty and bashfulness, but his Alabama practice got liim bravely over it. COL. THOMAS C. PERRIN was a practicing lawyer in 1834, but was overshadowed by his partner, who did the talking in Court. Some thought it was because Colonel Tom couldn't talk in Court, but when his partner got on the Bench, they found that he could most handsomely and prolitably. MAJ. THOMAS P SPIERIN had a law ofiice and practiced at the Bars, and had the repute, in country parlance, of "a good judge of law." The writer's father was at one time a school-master, and T. P. 8. was his pupil, and on principles well recog nized, gave him some business, but not liking his management, quit and went to Burt. Spierin held rank in the military in 1832, aud wrote a let ter which was dropped and found, and raised a "mare's nest." He avowed the authorship and proposed to fight one or a thousand, and that being his character, he was let alone. Joel K. Poinsett when Secretary of War gave him the appointment of Indian Agent, and he was gone a long time and returned with a jacket full of money?no imputation of dishon esty? buffalo robes and trinkets innu merable. Wo elected him Clerk of the Court, which office he held until within a few months of his death about 1850. He wrote a beautiful hand, as your Court records will show, aud the worst that can be said of him is, that he was not a true friend to JAMES J. CALDWELL. Another lawyer I must mention was James J. Caldwell. He lived at New berry, but was the District Solicitor, and got a good side practice at the Ab beville Bar. That he was a good law yer was evidenceiigbv the position he held, as well as hi9 election afterwards as Chancellor. He was tall and grace ful and had a silver-toned voice that was charming, and was always asso ciated in my- mind with 'William Wirt. He ranked high in Masonry, and the death of MosesTaggart, Judge of Ordinary, occurring during a Court about 1840, he read the service and performed the ceremony in a manner never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. John H. WilBon and Samuel Marlon were the law htudents of 1834. Thorn is Thomson about 1838, and McCfowdri jtlJU later, and all soundly there whfen :bey came, except pact Motion 1 A lob'le, but Ubfortiiildlti ttiatl. He In herited a fine estate and was in the South Carolina College and graduated jr left there in 1832, and came to Ab beville to read law; but he practised :oo heavily at the bar on the corner. Ee was a handsome little fellow, though no man dared to tell him so,j md dressed elegantly. He weighed tbont 90 pounds, as round as if he had >een turned, and as smooth as polish id mahogany. The girls smiled on lim. but he loved his bottle better, and arely went among them. He had a jreat contempt for small men, and in :olleKe mated with one of the Fairs, ind at Abbeville his walk-mate was a i lix foot and 8ix incher named John ; Parks, a clerk and afterwards a mer- j ihant. Both left in 1835-6. Marion ] Yas, so said, a grand nephew of the j '8wamp Fox," and came from that f juarter. He was a courteous gentle- ] nan and knew not fear. I saw him < vith a pen-knife in one band and a i vhiskey gavel in the other, encounter j ind overcome Hugh Robinson, a huge < rish tanner, in a regular combat. I Abbeville in "those days" was aur- ; ounded by heavy lawyers, among < vhom Wardlaw and Burt spread, but i lone ever returned the visit, except i >ete Vandiver, and it was supposed i hat he came to see prettier girls and - Irink better brandy than he could ind at houie. * * * I Tlie Fanner. RAISING CHEAP COTTON. L. Necessity of Southern Agriculture How to be Accomplished. The following practical and well ounded views are presented by the southern Cultivator : With the close of another year, let is take a retrospective view and see k'hat useful lessons may be learned. Phe plainest, most obvious fact in its listory is, that again too much cotton las been planted. It is very patent to very one that, under existing circum tances, the demand for cotton is not ufiicieut to establish renumerative rices. The causes of this we will not top to discuss at length. It is partly lue, no doubt, to financial disturban es and general business stagnation, tut this is not all. We must never orget that the short supply of cotton ,na consequent high prices during the ate war, stimulated the production of otton in other countries to a remarka ile degree, and that since the war he supply from that has been some wo millions bales greater than it was ireviously. Most of the cotton from hesesources is of inferior grade it is rue, but not nil. We saw, at the late Jeorgia State Fair, samples of South "imerican cotton, exhibited by Mr. jawton, agent of the Direct Trade /O., which were fully equal to our up ands. But, aside from this, foreign nachinery was changed during the var toconsumea large admixture of nferior cottons. It is still in this coa lition, and foreign spinners are, In onsequence, much more independ nt of large supplies of American cot on than they were before the war. It oay be very safely assumed, therefore, hat the day of high-priced cotton has >assed. j What then?must the cultivation of 1 otton be abandoned ? Yes?unless it | an be raised more cheaply. Is this j (ossible? To some extent, we think j t is?but not without radical changes j n the general practices of the coun- i ry. The labor employed to raise a i iale of cotton must be decreased ; the i revisions consumed to make it must ie home-raised; and the capital used o make it mujt not be borrowed ; if a easonable profit is to be made from otton culture. How can a bale of cotton be made pith less labor? By proper rotation f crops, better preparation of land, nd the substitution of mauure for la ior. First, rotation of crops. This nust be arranged to keep the land ilanted in cotton filled witn vegetable natter. This is indiHpensible to ena ble the plant to retain its fruit during he summer droughts. Deep breaking nd thorough pulverization are also ssential precautions against disas roua shedding. UBSTITUTION OF LABOR FOR MA NURK. ] With the two points alluded to above ecured, this substitution may be made a an almost unlimited degree, but not thervvise. A large part of the failures eretofore experienced from the use of ommercial fertilizers, turus upon this ery point. They will not pay if ap lied freely on land destitute of hu ms and shallow broken. But the re erse is vastly truer than most of us ver conceived. Why can market ardeuers apply with profit 1,000 or lore pounds of guano per acre? 'heir crops are not burnt up by it, i nd neither would a corn crop be, ith double or treble the quantity usu- r i 1 v anulied to it. if the land upon 9 rhich it grows is a deep humus bounding soil like the garden. We now perfectly well that a large por ion of our lands Is very far removed rom this condition?and that it is be ond the means or power of our read- 8 rs toadopt gardon culture at ouce up- n n a large scale. But upon every farm t lie "best spots" will admit of it more q r less, and upon these thus treated, ? tie stress of our farming for the pres- j nfc should be laid. One such acre c roperly prepared and fertilized, can j e made to yield as much as three or g lore of ordinary land cultivated in j lie ordinary manner, and at no great- t r cost?ultimately with decidedly \ ?ss expense. Our experience indi- t ates that the human labor necessary t t prepare and cultivate an acre of cot- j 1 1 - ? J ~11~ T in cosrs 1101 jess mini si a uunuis. ju? ight dollars worth of labor then be ut on one acre, ($2 for additional deep reaking), aud ten dollars spent upon s manure?instead of eighteen dol irs for labor upon three acres?aud tie advantage will always be on the ide of the one acre. For estimating be yield as equal only, the "one acre" ^ill steadily and rapidly improve?the three acres" will as steadily and rap ily deteriorate. But this is not all. lertainly not more than half as much lule power, or ploughs, will be re uired to cultivate the "one" acre, as ompared with the "three." Even in lie picking, the advantage will be on lie same side?the better the cotton, lie thicker it will open, and the easier ; can be picked* The Staple also will e better, and bring a higher price. Vhy are "Orleans" quoted higher lian "unland?" Bimply because the jrnier grow upon tlie" rich alluvial oils of the West. The richer the ind the better always is the sample, ut we have not yet mentioned all the dvantages of our proposed intensive ystem. Less land devoted to cotton iberates more acres for provision rops, and home-made provisions al ways makes cheaper raised cotton, bis brings us to the second point in ur programme for making cheap cot jn. HOME-RAISED PROVISIONS. At this time few fail to sec the utter ally and ruin of the policy of raising otton to buy the provisions needed 11 the farm. In this matter a most ealthy reaction has set in, and "how a make the farm self-sustaining," is a ?ading topic of diucussion among our ?rmers. Through what special crops ; is to be accomplished for different jcalities and soils, is not yet Anally ettled, but that it muot be done all re agreed. In general terms, we may iv -he solution lies in the growth of rops requiring little labor for their ultivation, and which are susceptible f being harvested largely with ma hinery in place of human labor. Of liis character are the small grains, ats, rye and wheat?peas, clover, mil }t, and the grasses. Does any think ng man doubt, that by cultivating uch crops, a farmer could feed his lules at half the cost required when hey are fed on Western corn and ay? If the latter are bought on ime, as most of it has been done of ite, could he not feed his animal at ne-third the cost? If so, then one ialf to two-thirds the amount requir d, under the regime of the last ten ears, to feed farm stock, may be pass d over to the account for diminishing he expense of raising cotton. Last, but not least, as a means of ecuring cheap cotton, is the abandon ment of its cultivation with borrowed c&pi tal?borrowed at rates varying from 15 to 50 pel* cent. It id one of those curious anomalies every now and then . encountered, that whilst Southern far mers, since the war, have been espe cially lacking in capital, they have ? pursued a system of farming which, * perhaps more than any other, called c for the largest amount of it.?Cotton 1 culture requires more labor, more i mules, more ploughs, and more ex- c pensive machinery (as gins and screws) than the growing of corn, oats, wheat, J peas, clover and grasses, and of course J these cannot be had without capital or c ruinous credit.?And yet, the Southern i fnpmop /IpiiMfciifo nf canital. has been persistently cultivating cotton to buy these other crops. The consequences have been : great demand for labor, md consequent demoralization of the laborer?a glutting of the cotton mar ket', and consequent low price?a scarcity of provisions with consequent high prices?a ruinous extension of 3redit?with liens, mortgages and all their attendant train of evils. Fatal policy! Under it, of necessity, the 2ost of cotton production must be ?reat, and low prices .must be ruinous. Tt is the cost of production, as compar ed with the selling price, that deter mines loss or proflt?if the price was no more than 10 cents, still, if the cost was oniy 5 cents per pound, the profit ivould be a handsome one. As it appears to us, the only hope of E :hc cotton raiser is in diminishing its lost?he cannot force it up to high pri- C jes. We have indicated what appear v t>e the plain, practicable means of do- e ing this, and, in conclusion, will brief ly recapitulate, reversing the order of ' Jiscussion. If a farmer has small V tncany, let him be content to operate jn a small scale?cultivating such irons as reciuire small outlay?making cotton strictly a surplus crop?raising provisions of all Kinds, and, if practi cable, meat also?raising mules, lorses, and other stock, adapted to his jircumstances?planting his best lands, xnd manuring these as highly as pru dence will justify, sub9titutingfertili sers for labor whenever it can be safely lone. ? Proper uses of Straw on the Farm. BY D. M. MATTHEWS. [Read before the Farmers1 Club of Baltimore Co., Md., and furnished forpublication in The American Farmer.] The requirements of the farm-yard necessitate the use of certain quanti ses of straw, but I think its use in Darn-yards needs some modification. For instance, the putting of large quantities out at a time, and letting ;he cattle eat what they like, and tread the rest under foot into indifler jnt manure, is still finding favor with many; at least, if not finding favor is practiced. Then, again, there are those who stint their stables and barn-yards of jtraw; for we sometimes hear the question asked : How shall I manage m have all my straw troddeu into ma aure? And then another: How jhall I get stfaw enough ? In the tlrat instance, 110 value is placed upon ;he straw, only for manure. In the second, it is valued for feed. The question then arises: Whet is the proper value of straw to the far mer or feeder ? It is a mistake to be jver-anxious to have too much straw in our barn-yards, as it makes but eery poor manure of itself, butas a lit ter and as a medium for absorbing the iquids and solids of the yard and sta ble, it is of very great value; in fact, ndispensible. But using it in our Darn-yards simply to get rid of it, is a uistake. As a litter, it is 01 more vai le than for auy other purpose?not >nly for absorption of the liquids, but 'or the bedding of stock. A wish to iave straw occasionally leads to aspar ng use of it in the stables, always re julting in the immediate discom fort of every head of stock. In fact, the best of food and unremitting at tention will not compensate for the want of a comfortable bed for the Jtock?independent of the loss of the liquid which would be taken up by its ;enerous use. And a farmer or feeder liad better buy straw than be without it for these purposes (provided he does not pay too much for it.) The question then presents itself: What is straw worth for these purpo ses? From my experience, I should :hink it is worth, for the above-named purpose alone, at least ten dollars per [011, independent of any marketable /alue it may have in comparison with jther products of the farm. Upon lome farms large quantities of straw s grown, aud then what shall we do rvith the surplus is tbequesiion? The present high prices ana growing de nand for meat will make us look en juiringly at our straw-stacks, and we ire anxious to know if all the value leparted with the grain; or If there ;annot be produced from it beef or nutton, or will it not assist very much n saving other feed ? There are but few farmers who do lot use straw, to some extent, as a sub titute for some portion of the more mostly articles of food. Then the ques ion comes home to every farmer: >Vhatis straw worth in comparison vitli other feed ? I place but little 'Olnnnn ctrnro nlnnp hilt ill SOme in tance have seen cattle fed oil straw ,nd nothing else tor five months, and hen look well in the spring. C'onae luently there must be some value in it ,s feed, but what its comparative value 9 I cannot tell, tnough I am sure we ould use by proper management, a urge quantity of our straw advanta ;eouely for feed ; and what Is not used n littering the yards and bedding had tetter be sold, provided a price that vill justify can be obtained, than that nay be used in our yards than will ceep them dry, and can be converted nto good manure.? American Far ncr. THE COTTON MARKET. Exciting Speculation Last Week. The speculation in cotton has for a veek or more, been of the most exci ing cliamcter, attended with a con iderable advance in prices, especially n contracts for future delivery. There lad beeu a sharp decliue, under the arge receipts of the ports (which are >.ow 530,000 bales over the previous :rop) and the rapid decline in Liver jool, where there was a fall to a frac ion over sixpence for middling up ands, touching the lowest point since he late civil war. But this decline vas watched with nervous eagerness >y parties who were determined to purchase freely whenever it should nnnarpnt that the market had 'touched botttom." The "bull move nent," ho culled, has been a little veakened at times by the free receipts it New Orleans and Memphis; but it lav derived support and encoufage nent from the fact that stocks are iow but little larger than one year igo, notwithstanding the large re seipts at the ports, while the quality Is iot so good, und consumption has un loubledly been increased by the lower )rices of cotton goods. The Chronicle hinks that possibly the lower prices nay diminish the acreage planted for lie next crop; but tms win proutwiy lot extend beyond a few localities. L'he crop of East India cotton prom sea to be smaller than last year, and his fact adds to the difficulty of esti imtiug the future course of prices.? \tw York World. Interesting to Houstkeepebs. -All kinds of glass vessels and oth r utensils may be purified from l?ng etained smells of eyery kind in the asiest and most perfect manner by insing them out well with charcoal lowder, after the grosser impurities hoon unnnroil r>ff U'lfh KA.nd&lld IUVC CWVI >olish. Rubbing the teetb with fine harcoal powder, and then washing iut the mouth, will render the teetb leautifully white, and the breath per ectly sweet, where an offensive breath >as been owing to a scorbutic disposi ion of the gums. Putrid water is irn nediately deprived of its bad smell by iharcoal. When meat, fish, etc., from utense h#tor long keeping, are like y to pass into a state of corruption, a iinple and eusy mode of keeping hem sound and healthy is to put in a ew pieces of charcoal, about the size >f an egg, into the pot or saucepan -vherein the fish or flesh is to be boil :d. The Campaign. )rga*i2ation of the People of Don aldsville. Editor Press and Banner : I In obedience to a call of the Township 1 ihairman, the citizens of Donaldsville < fownship assembled at Donalds on 17th nst., for the purpose of forming a Dem- < >cratic Club. On motion, G. M. Matison was called 1 o the Chair, and J. M. Mattlson to act as ' iecretary. After a few appropriate re- 1 narks Irom the Chair relative to the ibject of the meeting, he annouuced that < ift wa? rftiulv for business. C On motion, a committee of five citizens vere appointed to report a constitution or the club. Dr. G. B. Reid, M. Erwin, ' P. Agnew, J. S. McGee and Jessie *ichey were selected to discharge that tuty. The Committee after consultation doptod the Anderson Democratic Con titution with a slight modification. 8 names were enrolled as members of ho club. Dr. O. P. Hawthorn favored he meeting with an off-hand address, irging the necessity of a reformation in iur State and National affairs. The following officers were elected: President?G. M. Mattison. 1st Vice President?Dr. G. P. Held. 2d Vice-President?W. E. Barmore. Secretary and Treasurer?J. W. Matti on. Cor-Secretary?J. C. Caldwell. Executive Committee?J. S. McGee, V. B. Acker, Wm. A gnew, J. R. Lati nerand Jessie Richey. Next in order a "dslegato to County invention. G. M. Mattfson, principal, vith Dr. G. B. Ried, alternate, were elect d to represent the township. The fourth Saturday in each month, at :30 P. M., was fixed upon for a meeting f the club. The next meeting to be at )onalds. On motion, the meeting adjourned. ri *r 4 mmroAw j -..i \jr. 1*1. iwAiiiouii, x^ruaiuuuu J. W. MATTisoN, Sec'y. )emocratie Meeting at McKitrick's Mills. Pursuant to a notice from J. H. Mor ah, Esq., Chairman of Bordeaux Town hip, a goodly number of respectable cit izens assembled at the abovo named ilace, on the 8th inat., for the purpose of rganizing a Democratic club. Un motion, E. Cowan was requested to ct as Secretary, and the Township Chair nan then briefly stated the object of the neoting and made a strong appeal to all iresent to engage at once in the all-im ortant* work and closed by saying he iraa ready for business and for member hip. Immediately a committee was appoint d to nominate suitable officers for the lub and after a short absence, reported as allows: President?J. H. Morrah. Vice-Presidenta?J. J. Husaey and J. I. Jones. Recording Secretary?E. Cowan. Corresponding Secretary?S. A. Mcln osh. Treasurer?J. B. Holloway. Executive Committee?S. R. Cade, J. Jennings, r. J*. juauas, u. i*. Jbeseane ,nd John iSanders, jr. The above officers were unanimously ilectcd by acclamation, and the name of he organization determined to be the Bordeaux Democratic Club. Every clti ;en present signed the roll and without a lissenting voice adopted the Anderson democratic Constitution by which they vill be governod. The club then appoint id the 4th Saturday in every month for heir regular day of meeting, eommen Mig at Dora's Mine firsts and Bordeaux ind McKittrick's Mills alternately. It was requested by the President and md agreed to that the club meet at Mc iittrfck's Mills;on the first Saturday in Ipril next, at 10 A. M. The club then .mourned, to meet at that time, and place. J. H. MORRAH, President. E. Cowan, Secretary. Democratic Meeting at Hodges. Tlie citizens ot uokesoury xownsmp net in Vance's Hall, Hodges'. S. C.f on Saturday, March 18th, for the purpose of rganizinga Democratic club. Mr. F. A. Jonnor, the Township chairman, was ailed to the Chair, and W. Z. McGhee ^as chosen Secretary. The Constitution >t the Anderson Democratic Club was dopted with some slight amendments, lodges' Democratic Club of Cokeabury township, was fixed as the name of the lub. Time of meeting 4th Saturday in ivery month. The following were elected officers: President?f\ A. Connor, Vice-Presidents?M. B. McGhee and r. N. Cochran. Recording Secretary?W. Z._McGhee. Treasurer?J. H. Vance. / Corresponding Secretary?S. C. Riley. Executive Committee?B. Z. Herndon, J. M. Hodges. W. Z. Zeigler, W. H. iloore and A. B. Ellis. Mr. F. A. Connor offered the following esolutions which met the hearty appro lation of the Club: Whereas, ihe Executive Committed f the Democratic party of South Caroli ia have recommended the thorough or anization of the people in the interest of n honest and economical government nd low taxes; and, whereas, all honest ( luzeus cau buuiu upon tms piauorm, . tierefore, Resolved, That our chief aim being to rid urselves of dishonest and incapable officers, i c do not propose to make tblN canvass a trlctly partlzan contest but a light against J jxucs and public plunderers. J Resolved, That as, In our Judgment, this t jformat:.on can only be brought about by , 'amocratlc organization, wo invite all honest I ^publicans to unite with us, in the accom- 'J llKhmeii t of this grand purpose, by the elcc on to office of honest and capable men. Resolved, That being only a township club e do rot presume to dictate to the State onventlon the line of policy to bej pursued, r any plan of conducting the canvass, but And ready to sustain Its action to the best of ur ability, even against our own preference. After the adoption of the following res lutions offerea by J. N, Cochran the lub adjourned. ] Resolved, That!the depravity of Republican ale has permeated ana enervated every in ustrlal Interest; ignored liberty and law; inutlnp Hp?tmvpH grain. 1 nrdnrr jrrupted trial by Juiy; polluted thejballot \ ox; bribed the Judiciary; seduced magls rlal virtue; nurtured and legalised thieve ry extinguished the spirit of honest enter rlse; estranged, for sinister motives, the ,vo races; completed the basest catalogue of rime; and. by way of perpetuating Its bato ilj carccr, lias instituted a miserable despot- i im. { Resolved, That it is the duty of all good clti- J ins, of both races, to unite In organization o ifalnst this monstrous oppression; to over- c irow the money tables and oust the thieves, ud to announco.that the honesty and lntelli- 0 mice of the country, the property-holders J nd tax-payers, shall bo represented. . Retolvtd, That the further continuation in ower of the Republican party?with lt? In- 8 erent baseness and utter degradation of char ter, with its total abandonment of principle ud combination or all meanness?would I lura page In history with the disgrace of morlcan civilization, and the great qucs on to be considered Is, the best means to de ut it, and that It behooves all good citizens, ho love their country, irrespective of age or (X, party or color, or place to unite In ltfl ecrthrow?making good government a sine ut uon of action ? extending kindness, id the mo6t liberal protection to the >lored race. W. Z'McGHEE, Secretary. emocratth Meeting at Greenwood. Previous notice having been given, a leeting was held at Greenwood, on Sat rdav, 18th inst., at 3 o'clock P. M., for ie organization of a Democratic club, ohn T. Parka Township Chairman, illed the meeting to order, explaining , s object, and A. M. Aikon was request 1 to act as Secretary. A membership st waa then prepared, and sixty-three ames were enrolled, among thenl a few jlored. Dr. J. C. Maxwell, J. M. Jordan, R. P. uchannan, A. M. Aiken, ana John homson, wore, on motion, appointed a ommittce to nominate permanent oftl irs. C. A. C. Waller, A. M. Blake, J. T. Mc lellar, A. Me. Turner and L. Sheppard, ere also appointed a committee to draft constitution for the government of the iub. These Committees rotired for. a short 'hile and tho "interim" was taken up in fiort, but stirring appeals for good gov rnment, low taxation and honest men >r office. The Committee on permanent organi moil men a-iuiuL-u m n|;u>ivu ? > )WS: President?John T. ParkB, Vice-Presidents?W. Tell Henderson id C. A. C. Waller. Secretary?Jno. R. Blake. Troasuror?Alex McNeil. Executive Committee?A. M. Aiken, j ,. P. Buchannan, Charles C. Law, A. i tilton Blake and Frank Arnold, sen. The Committee on Constitution roport 1 favorably on the Anderson Constitu on, whichj with a lew alight changes, as auopteu as a ? nuiu. The following preamble and resolutions | ere then unanimously adopted. "Whkkeas designing persona are con-1 ^intlv attempting to alienate the colored om "the white people, thereby produ ng distrust, and keeping the colored ice from political association with the lemocratic party by falsehood aud therwise. Rexolved, That wo, as a pnrt of ttao Great ationai Democratic Party do truthfully and onestly declare that the Democratic party 111 guarantee the colored people in the ossesslon of any and all rights now guaran ntced to them by the constitution of this tatcandof the United 8tatea. lie.wlved, That we pledge the party to which e belong, to advahco In all legal ways their iterost, and have no disposition or intention of injuring them, bat will contribute to the elevation or ttae race fa every way possible. Hetolvcd, That It Is the sense and deliberate fudnnent of this Club, that the best interest of the colored people is to be found in their connection with the Democratic party. John T. Parks was then-elected delegate ind J. T. McKellar, alternate, to represent this club in the County Convention to be field at Abbeville Court House, on Sales iay in April next. The regular hour of meeting for the jlub, was fixed at 8 o'clock P. M. On motion, a copy of the proceedings of ;his meeting were ordered sent to the JPrMH nnrl "Rurmnr " nnH with request to publisk. The club then adjourned to meet again >n the 3d Saturday in April next, at 3 >'clock P. M. JOHN T. PARKS, Chairman. A. M. Aiken, Secretary. HOTEL ARRIVALS, Abbeville Hotel.?Roger Williams 3 Williams, J H Bell, Magnolia; Clem Jorley R B Brown, C Corley, Z Harris, E Jearl, R Rrown, M Macking, C P Walk >r, Burdeaux; William Bass, S Miller, Uagnolia; J Harrison, Tennessee; T O Donald, Atlanta; Whit Conner Hodges; Sdwara O Donald, John Lion, New fork; WD Mars, Calhoun's Mills; R rones, City; J N Tolbert, Sinithville; A Uchisou, Elberton Ga. Alston House.?B B Lynch, Geo E Iopplo, Baltimore; J Madison, Gray, Louisville J D Green, P H Harraison, Atlanta: MrsE A Liddell, J T Llddell, Storm Hill; Thomas Link. Llnkville; -lov Edwin A Rnllna fnlnmliia; M f!rvon sr St Louis; O T Calhoun, Blue Hill; A kl Erwin, Antrevillc. MARKET REPORTS. CORRECTED HY iarnwell & Co., Cotton Brokers and Dealers in General Merchandise. FACTORY GOODS. I Fish cotton YarnB_ll.16al.30 Mackerol....$1.75o2.50 Jsnaburgs 12a 18 Cod, perlb.. 10a 13 ? Shirting 10a 12| White M 10a 13 -1 Sheeting.... 12a 15'Salt, per sack 2.00a2.25 PROVISIONS. Tobacco, i'lour, per lb...$ 4a 51 Chewing,.... 75al.00 Corn, per bu... 90al.00| Smoking, ... 60al.U0 .leal, " .... I.l0al.20i AMMUNITION. Irist, per lb... 8J^a 5 Powder per lb 40a oft 'eaa, " ? waLOOISbot, " 12a 15 Hits, " .... 1.00| Lead, " 10a 12 Sacon, Sides... 13a 15'Caps, per box 10a 40 Sb'dre. 11a 12 LIQUORS. Hams. 18a 201 CornwhlskeyS2.00a3.00 ^ard 18a 201 French br'dy. 5.00a7.00 rUh Potatoes. 1.75a2.00i Holland gin.. 5.00a8.00 iweet " ... 75al.00,Ameri'n gin.. S.00a&0U Iggs 15a 20 B'rbon wh's'y 3.00a4.00 Ihlckens 20a 25 Wines 3.00a9.00 'urkeys 1.00al.50 HARDWARE. Jutter. 20a 25'Iron, Swedes. 8a 10 GROCERIES. I " English 7a 10 Sugar, crush'd$ 15a 16iNai1s, 5a 8 " A 12a 15; Cotton cards.. 50a 60 B 12a 151 Horse shoes.. -10 M C 12a 16 " " nails 35 " Brown 10a 12 LEATHER. * :oflee, Rio...... 25a 33 Hemlock $ 30a 35 " Lagu'aa 28a 33|Sole leather... 40a J50 44 Java.... 37a 40 Up'r leather. 60a 75 tea 1.00aL50 Har'ss " 40a 65 lyrup, cane... 75aL00'Cal/ skins 5.00&6.00 dolusscs, a. h. 40a 45jKlp skins 4,50h6.00 Jandles, sp'in 40a 50 j Dry hides 6a 10 " ad m't 20a 25 Green hides... 5a 6 Jheese 2Ua 251 BAGGING, <fcc. talons, perbu 2.00; Bagging, pyd Ida 18 Starch _ 12a 15iTies 7a 8 Fallow 10a 12! Rope, cotton. 40a 64 Alee, per lb..._ 10a 121 Rope, grass... 25 Abbeville, March 22,?Cotton LIVERPOOL, March 20.-l!?M.?Cotton ac lve and flrmer?middling uplands 6 7-10 sales 5,000. &EW YORK, March20.-Cottonfirm; sales ,540?uplands 12 15-16 Orleans 13%. BALTIMORE,: March 20?Coton firm?mld lllng 12U@12%; gross receipts 920; exports to 3 rent Brlaln M\ sales 276. AUGUSTA, Msrch 20.?Cotton quiet?mld lllng 12; receipt* 6; sales 108. CHARLESTON, March 20.-Cotton firm Riddling li%ai27&; not receipts 526; exports x> Great Britain 1,858; sales 8W. Call for Coontr Convention. HEADQUARTERS DF THE UNION REPUBLICAN PARTY,) OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY, V Abbovllle, S. C., March 21st, 1876. j PURSUANT to authority vested in me, and by order of the State Executive Commit ce, u Convention of the Union Republican a/ I.. 1 ? 1? ?? a JMW.r V* .TkUWVJliC WUI1 [,Jt IB UCICU) UUiJCU V?l neet at Abbeville Court House on THURS DAY, tith of April next, at 10 o'clock A. M., ben and there to elect Five Delegates to rep escnt this County In the State Convention to )C hold in Columbia on the 11th day of April lext. By order of the Chairman of the Kx icutlve Committee, the primary meeting* vlll be held by precincts. The Republican and other voters under any lame Inclined to vote for faithfulness, and lonesty and economy In administration, of he several precincts wl:l therefore meet on SATURDAY, the 1st of APRIL next, at 1(1 >'clock A. M., at the following places, to elect lelegotes to the County Convention, which vlll be composed of one Hundred Delegates, ipportloned among the several Townships, as fellows: Nlnety-81x, 9 delegates; Greenwood, 9; -okesbury, 7; DonaldHvllle.fi; Due West, 4; Clear Spring, 4; Bmlthvillo,6; White Hallo; Whiles' Cross Roods, o\ Cedar Springs, 5; Thu Court House, 10; Centrevllle.G; Lowndeavlllo, The Smith Place, 7: Calhoun's Mills, 8; St. jharlotte's, fl. The people In general Inclined to promolo he welfare of the dtate and County will as lemble on the day and at the hour above ipeclfled for the purpose of electing Delegates >f this County to a County Convention to bo leld at Abbevllte Court House on the 6th lay of Aptl?next. The Precinct convention will elect a Chair nan and Secretary, whose duties it shall be o organize a Precinct Convention and con iuct theelection of Delegates for the County Convention and keep a record of the pro :eedlngs and sign the credentials of members or said County Convention. JOHN HENRY TITUR, bounty Chairman Union Republican Party. Sale. BY consent of parties in interest, will be sold at Abbeville Court Hoime nit SnlpHav npvt nt itnh1i<? nun. ion, a certain DARK SORREL HORSE, with a -blaze-in her face. Perms made known on day of sale. BARTON ARMSTRONG. Abbeville, 21st March, 1876* SHERIFFS SALE. j, J. Wilson, Auctioneer. Mrs. Amelia Hollinshead, Against ,Vm. McCaw, Monday Robinson, Lu ther Moragne and A. J. Titus. Execution. BY virtue of sundry Executions to me directed, I will sell at public utcry at Abbeville Court House on ialeday next, the REAL ESTATE f the defendants, consisting of FOUR jOTS, homesteads of the above lamed defendants, to be fully de cribed on day of sale. L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff Abbeville County, Sheriff's Office, ? March 13th, 1876, 49-3t / Notice to Creditors. A LL creditors having claims against 3L the estate of J. W. Griffin, dec., Jill present the same before the under S" ocd, duly attested, on or before the day of June next, or be baprcd. 'hose indebted to the estate will make ayment at once or suit will be enter d against them. W. M. TAGGART, idm'r de bonis non, with the will an nexed. P. 0. Dty Grove, S. (J. March 13, 1876, 4<J-3t Mule for Sale. rkN Sale Day next we will sell cine \J sorrel horse Mule, four vears old. 'o be sold under agricultural lien as lie property of Bruce Tilman. Vallingford, Armstrong & Co. March 13, 1376, 49-tf rreenville it Columbia R. R ) ASSEXGER trains run doily, Sundayn cx ceptod, connecting with night trains on outh Carolina Railroad up ulld down. On nd after Monday, February 14, the follcrwlnir ill be the Schedule:? ur. I Dowy. cave Leave uiuuium - 0,10 a m I vj??rcu yhic /.ou a in lston - - 10.00 a m I Belton - - 9.15a ni ewberry - 11.20am I Abbeville 9.00am okesbury - a.17 p in Cokesbury - 10.53 a m rrive , Newberry ? 2.13 pm .bbevllle 4.05pm Alston - 3.65pin eave Belton 4.30 p m Arrive >rrlve Columbia - 5.30pm treenvllle - 6.00 p m | mderson Branch and Bine Bidgc Division. DOWN. I CP. ,eave Walhalla 6.35 a m Arrive 7.4.5 p m ,eave PerryvlUe 6.20am 'Leave 7.06 pm ,eave rendleton 7.10am ^Leave 6.30 pm .cave Anderson 8.10 am Leave 5.30 p 111 arrive at Belton 9.00 a ui 1 Leave 4.30 p m Accommodation trains run on the Abbc 'llle br?nch Mondays, Wednesdays and Frl? lays. On Anderson branch, between Belton ,nd Anderbon, Tuesdays, Thursdays and But irdays. TIIOH. POPAMF.AP, Sunorlntondent. JABEZ NORTON, Gen'l Tickct Agent.