The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 29, 1876, Image 3

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he Press and Banner. AU1JKVILLE, fci. O. ednesday, March 29,1876. *C.tvSE FOR REVOLUION. avc the White People of Sonth Carolina Any Rights? Since reconstruction ami the time 'hen the negro was clothed with all le rights of citizenship we have ask " -?in alio in th? aii 1.011'^ Ior a ^Iu ?uu>v ? -? ? ministration of the affairs of this Itate, and although we have had sev eral elections the negroes have consist fitly and systematically kept the l ii ite people from having any repre entation at all. We have been of) liat class who have hoped for better liings of them and for ourselves, be-1 keving that intelligence and viitue pould eventually have a voice in the Itate, but in this we have been disap pointed. We now have no hope of peaceably obtaining the rights of full itizenship. Full citizenship means, voice in the legislative halls, and ^presentation in the executive and udieial departments of the Govern jent. At present the only right we aye is to pay taxes to support ignor n? ebony paupers who assume the ftices ami misgovern ns. this cau ot longer be borne, and our patriot m and love of country will not utter these things to remain as they io\v are. The people of youth Carol ina whose valor and chivalry is a latter of proud record cannot always uffer to be excluded from the admiu tration of the Ciovemment by igoor-! lit African usurpers. We have just cuxute for Revolution, ml we have faith in the latent fire nd patriotism of the gallant sons of 'outh Carolina, who will accept noth >.? r\f nor rifHils. Our forefathers went to ivar bccawe ur tea wan taxed. Will the sons of uch spirited sires consent to be the ervants of an African usurping foe nan? All the instincts of honor and >ride answer, No! Never! Will he soldiers of Lee and Stonewall ackson and Johnston and Bragg and ieauregard, who atood and measured nns with treble their number of ried and veteran soldiera on all tbo lattle lields nmde historic by the war, ay do-.vu their arms, go home, give up he government of our fathers to bej he servants of the emancipated usurp ng ignorant African? We answer igain, No! Never! Common instinct, wibh the least in elligence,' should teach the black peo ple that the property aud intelligence if this country are entitled to repre entation in every department of the w* nr*? willinir for hem to have a voice, but we are wili ng to take nothing less ourselves. Yith better education they would not xpect to successfully deny us nil of he rights of the citizen. Will the Caucasian ever submit to be the ser 'antof the African race? Will the uperior race submit to be governed >v the inferior? We say, Never! ever! and the next election, we ioubt not, will prove the assertion rue. Wc mean to tusscrt our rights, nd to mountain our manhood. T*c Eclipse. A partial eelipse of the suu occurred m Saturday last between 4 and 5 /clock, and eager explorers were rea ly with "their smoked glasses. The >bservation Mas, however, on too small i scale to make much of a show. An *clipse of the sun, as every student of astronomy knows, is caused by the moon coming between the sun and. earth, and upon the nearness of the moon to the earth depends the extent ? the eclipse. As in this case the moon was far removed, its shadow covered only a part of the earth's sur face, and the eclipse was therefore par ial. The calculation of these eclipses ionn one or ine niguem, umwi<u3 astronomy. Sketch of Rev. James Dnnnelly. We caH attention to the spicy sketch of this weli known nSinister and re markable man, which canuot fail to be read with interest. It furnishes an admirable sketch of tl?e oharaoter,. and a vivid picture ?f the exceatrici ties of this singular man, who was so JAng identified with the past lugtoty of Abbeville, aad who in spite of all his short-cominirs vindicated his claim to i.? - r _ A A* line cnarucwr 01 a ibwhuuh ?uu I voted minister of the gospel. ? - ? - Grand Concert. The Abbeville Cornet Band, assisted I by the best musieal talent of Cokes bury, will give a concert at that- place on Friday night for the benefit of the Presbyterian Church. Fruits, salads, Utc., will be served after the musical I treat. Everybody is.expected to be present, and lend encouragement and material aid to this commendable ol> IjfcCt. Mr. James A4 Bowie, of the:Em j>orium of Fashion, is always up to ?! ?*? tm.pt i 11 oil flint nl?nOASl flip buiies. He iuvites the ladies to come every day, but more especially on .Wednes day, the 5th April, when he expects to make a more attractive show than ever. There is nrrgxcnsefbr nctt hav ing a "lovo of a bonndt." Mrs. M.-'M. Whitb has just re ceived a beautiful lot of millinery which will charm the ladies on sight. She will make her announcement next week. Don't forget to give hfer a call and if you don't have a nice bon jflet its your own fault. Gus Lynch and Daniel Lee, both colored, were recently afflicted with momentary kleptomania: The mat ter was referred to Judge Beckham. Result?two more occupants of the Guffin House for thirty days at the expense of the public. Storm Dots.?Part of the tin roof of the Masonic Female College at Cokesbury.was blown off last batur day week. The colored people's church at that place was blown down on the same day, and now lies a wreck. , T>iT.uDDmn aftpr civlnt? In st ruction to the Abbeville Cornet Band feft on yesterday. The Band have made such proficiency as to bt aT4e to get along well without a tcacFi* er. & Jack Gordon.?The person whc has answered for years at the mention of this name is getting tired of being so called. He desires hereafter to bt known as Johu Thomson. Mr. W S. McCoy, of Memphis, Tenn., will make a note of this. There are yet some white men o1 this county who waste their breatb trying to explalu the situation to De groes. Time thus spent is wasted, as i.niio.m nnthiiior fli?f a rMnp.i>hi. IIIUV UCI1VTW livnukug ?w blc white man says. Rkv. Dii. Grifr, President of Ers kine College, was in town on Satur day. Under bis management the College has been prosperous and wt have no doubt its usefulness will be still further extended. Dk. Widbman was in town lasl week, H?j says we were correct in . ?Knf Urv rlM r>rtf nlicinrfnllr novi dttj'itJK mat uu mu *jw vuwi.umj i'*v the livery stableman forfeecKngstoler oxen. Mr. DuPre has the largest stock ol hot house plants to be found in the State, which he is ottering at the low est prices. It will well repay to visil his hot house. Nearly all the vagrant negroes _t 1 * ---t?u.? 4.?. *? aooui uiwn are eamnuHies lor ihuw, Jack Gordon thinks lie could fill an office as well us some of the presonl offices. Messrs. Cunningham & Temple ton make announcement this week which will be of interest to thost wanting beautiful new goods at low # prices. The Band serenaded the ladies on Saturday night who assisted their with their concert at this place lasl week. The Abbeville Cornet Band receiv ed a cordial reception at Mr. H. "-V Luwson's one night recently. Legislative. The Senate has passed the IIou: bill providing for dividing the Stu into five Congressional Districts. The resolution to investigate Judf Mackey was defeated ill the House L a vote of 47 to 33. The Governor's veto of the bill I appropriate $o(J,<K)0 of the phospha royalty and other funds for the pa; 1 nient of attaches, and contingent e: penses, was actcd on in the Senate ac tlie bill passed over the veto by a vo of 21 to 1U. liut in the House, tl velo was sustained by a vote of ol) oo ...The usury bill has been killed. Solicitor Butts of the Charlestc Circuit is accused of having bribt [some members of the Legislate i Committee of luvestigatiou. Tiik newspapers are full of the su ileu disappearance of Win. C. Barrel a prominent lawyer of that city, wl is rumored to be a heavy defaulter i the management of a number of lar, estates. The Herald states that 1 was led^into extensive land specul tions by John McKay, a tea-broke who failed in that city, and who well-known in.our County. Hisspe ulatious iu South Carolina, provi failures, aud his investments iu We tern mining operations turned o badly. I Serious Accident.?We regret learn that our esteemed citizen Dr. J Parker on yesterday severely cut h hand with a glass bottle into whic he was attempting to press a eorl His hand bled very profusely but wit T\?.^ Tnmnlatnn flfwl \VT 1<1 IIIU UlU sji xyio. lvuipi^^iu ??? .. --- man who were on hand the bleeclin wasstopped and relief obtained. "\\ wish the Doctor a speedy recover}'. I New Serial Next Week.?W I wifl publish our new story "The 8p ders Web" next week, and we hi sure that it will be read with intere by <?ur readers. Now is the tiuie I subscribe. Next Sunday will be Communic Day,at Smyrna (Presbyterian) cnurci of Lowndosville. Rev. Mr. 2sicho ison will'assist the pastor, Rev. R. < Ligou.' i The Sacrament of the Lord's Suj | per will be administered in the Pre j byterian church at this place on ne; Sabbath. A Hokse was captured last wee from a Georgia thief by Alford Ell son, the town marshal. The thief e caped. General McGowan is absent i Laurens; Colonel Thompsonand Co onel Cothran are at court In Greenvlll iFyoung ladies don't quit countir Gordon McWilliams' old gray mule i a horse they never will marry. The gram crops 01 uie raumy h said not to have been material] iujured by .the late cold snap. The Abbeville Cornet Band giv oue of thoir best concerts at Green wot on last Wednesday night. Call and see the celebrated "Vei ed Nun" which is now in bloom i DuPre's Green House. The Blue Iiidge Railroad Conve tipn meeta at Audersou C. H., on t morrow the 30th inst. Early vegetables have been gene ally killed by the late freeze. Senator Holljnshead's health ' not good. He is nfliictcd with a s vere cough. We learn that white men are n now allowed to join the Union Leagu Good! L. L. Guffjn was on the l ight si< of the Congressional District bill. I Sheriff Guflin is improving : I health. I/'. AntrcvilJe Items, r. The population of the Centre Gravity is increasing. It is a boy ai weighs eight pouuds. Mr. Samu Knox's euu of joy is full; he is i heavy that he bends his hoot heels at his overcoat wouldn't cut him a jacl et. I wonder if he will feci so elate when he has to get up of a cold nig) and hunt the paregoric. "Man nevi is, but always to be blest." Mrs. W. Carter, of the Center Gravity, who lias been dangerously 1 for the last three weeks, is getting bt ter, and we hope will soon bo up. Miss Julia Black, of the Temple Health, is a heroine. Or* Friday, 17: mat., she performed one'of the mo wonderful feats on record. The ro of her father's kitchen being on fl she ascended it without the aid of ladder aifd succeeded in extinguish ing the flames. Talk about womi being of uo use. "Without her nit would be a brute." Lebanon Items. J? :-k JOHN l{IXON, me norse iniei, u said by knowiug ones has escaped i to Georgia.^ Lebanon Grange mot last Saturda March 25th. A large number of tl patrons were absent; we suppo they were busy preparing for the cro Au effort was uiade to orgauize democratic club, at the same place b T\vas a failure. . Democrat Je^dew may as well tal the hiiit at once, that unless the ca didates are good men, acceptable m< and not more than one lawyc and the majority of the candidates a taken from among the farmers, the will Do a spue iu uie uieir rauh or iu other words a great many Avi not vote. On last Sabbath we attended Lcb non church and heard a good pr^ctic sermon from Rev. J. F. Gibert, tl Pastor. The day was a pleasaut ou but a little cool. One thing* that w noticeable, most of the congregati< came on horseback, and a large nut berof them had side saddles on, ai some wagons were there too. shows some signs of a return to t good old times of about forty yes back, when corn and bacon were p'.e tiful at homo, wmon maue every oui home comfort plentiful. We had a very high wind on F day last, which was very hard on i ' gro garden fences. On the same day, Mre. Crawfon 1 tenant Kelsey Burdett had his kitch ! burned, caused either by the hi winds or careless use of lire. Los heavy?lost all his provisions. f Oats and wheat are doing well a li-vrtL-itur Hne *i Inrirft nrnn has he """"""b - -- o- * sown in this locality. The prospect that a large area of land will be plan I iu-corn which is a step iu the right i ruction. One of my neighbors thin that we are compelled to plant m< p6ttou because Sambo will not wc corn. Jie that true or not it does i concern 'he working white man. 1 white farmer must look to his own terest and Sambo his. ""Vhen farm make their corn, wheat, oats, barli potatoes and pork, for home consun tionand the balance of theerop in c ton they will succeed ; but toe m who plauts all cotton and expects pay debts, will never do it, and t sooner he falls through will be < better for himself and his neigbbc , Youk report-er has bought a lit guano but thinks he is w ?, "going the devil." My reasons for using ( auoare: For instance tuke a one-ho crop of twenty acres and say that es acre should have at least ten two-ho loads of common manure, the twei acres will require two hundred tv horse loads which is impossible in i opinion to get for a spring crop. ri idea is a good one to muke all the n uure at home possible and distributf as far as it will go, then buy the b """" nnmmiiNilBl muniirfis and H uure the whole crop, alio not do as 1 been the common practice, put it oil cotton. L. It - The Simms Monument. ? T Hon. W. 1>. Porter writes that t monument to W. Gilmore Simms w cost $25,000," of which only $1,< have been " raised, principally Charleston, and calls upon the vari( conntiesof the State to contribute ! each. We trust that the call will heeded and a prompt response mode. . Death of General llodges. & STORY OF THE REVOLUTION INCIDENTS OF A REMARKABLE FAMILY. Close of rq Honored Life. George "Washington Hodges, one of ;(j the oldest and most respectable citi j.e zens of Abbeville County, died at his late residence in the town of Hodges on Friday night last, after an illness of two days, at the advanced age of 84 years, and as his career has been an eventful one, we append some sketch es or incidents connected with his life, | which we doubt not will be read with much interest: Gen. Hodges' grandfather, of Cul pepper, and his grandmother, of Rich mond, Virginia, were married and emigrated to this country prior to the Revolution and settled near where the town of Hodges now stands. They were the first settlers of that vicinity, | where*they bought a tract of land, ai portion of the English grant to Sal vador, the Jew, which liaiU been sold to Rapley, an Englishman,; and "comprised perhaps one-fourth of tho laud of Abbeville County, and! , I WHS lur it yix-ui/ uitviij jrvutn ^ i as "The Jew's Land." At that time the lunds of the county were covered willi original forest growth, and game of all sorts could be readily caught anywhere, while the streams furnish ed an abundance of fish, which ena bled those disposed to hunt to make an easy living. General Hodges was a contemporary of the father of General James Uiliam, who now lives in Greenwood, and also of the Caldwells and of the Calhouns, who first settled this county, all of whom being strong Whips, suf lered much from the depredations of the hostile Indians who were! much more numerous than thoj whites and who thou occu pied almost this entire country. At that time General Gillam's father's family were very influential citi zens of the community and were of the most prominent Whigs of the County, and were noted for their intrepidity and daring services during the Indian and the Revolutionary wars, and many of whom lost their lives in the service of their country. The General is still in a fiue state of preservation, botb mentally and physically, ami his bearing is such as to impress ui?on those whom he meets the fact of his being a gentleman of the highest type. i HIS GRANDFATHER SHOT?THREE OF IliS AllAl.') nujlll 1 niA mowi CHIKF COMPELS JUS AUNT DOKATIIY TO MARKY HIM. During the Revolutionary war Gen. Hodges' father, Joliu Hodges, who held the commission of Major in the army of the Revolution, and the Gen eral's grandfather were actively en gaged in the war against thetories and the red-man. On one occasion the grandfather was at home on leave of absence, when the fact was ascertain ed by the Indians who came lo his house unexpectedly, shot the furlough ed soldier dead in the presence of his family, tied the ladies, his daughters, some four in number, preparatory to burning them and the house, when the Indian Chief, who was with the murderous gang, became enamored of the beauty of oucof the sisters, Dor athy, and proposed to her that if shej would become his wife her life should be saved. Her condition then might! not be easily imagined. Here shei was in the hands of the murderers of| hor father, in the presence of his life-) less body, tied with her sisters in the! house which was soon to be enveloped j with the consuming element. This| indeed whs a dreadful position, but her j only rescue from the impending doom was to swear that she would ever love, cherish and.obey, and keep in sickness and health a natural enemy aud the murderer of her father and sisters. The exultation of the demoniac fiends over the grief and heart-rend ing exclamations of these defenceless! and distressed creatures was beyond de scription. Finally, when this young lady, more beautiful than the rest, was! forced to a choice, she re^uctautly con-j sented to be the wife of the Indian Chief, and was loosed from the con Is which bound her limbs, to be the more firmly bound soul and body by a solemn oath to the leader of these cruel assassins. Being removed from wofrtnnh fmr>r loe uweiimj; sue iv.-.vuv.? ..w.u ??? flames whilst the torch was applied to the house, and her sisters perished in her presence whilst the war dance and the song kept up the fiendish carni val. TIIE UNHAPPY BKIDE. I>orathy was perhaps the most un happy and the most unwilling bride upon whom the genial sunlight of South Carolina had over fallen. Having just Seen her father murder ed and tier sisters burned to death iu the ruins of the parental roof, and she a captive, the wileof the Indian Chief whose manners must have been as repulsive to her finer nature, as the wooings of the hawk to the turtle dove, is it any wpnder that gloomy j forebodings bore down her hitherto happy heart. Tiie lamny oroaeu ujj by the murder of four of its members, the destruction of the homestead ana she in the hands of the enemy of her people?all this occurred in less time than it takes to tell the story. Under theses circumstances she be came at once despondent, and often regretted that she did not perrsli with her sister?, and felt like murmuring at the dispensations of DivineProvidence. But Hope, which springs eternal in the human breast, did not entirely de sert ner in una uur uuui ui uamuc^, and she began to anticipate that some thing might occur to relieve her from this cloud, which lowered 011 her soul. She knew not how it would be, but she felt that a kind Providence who numbers even the hairs of our heads and who had promised to hear those who cry unto Him, would avert the present doom which rested like a pall on her spirits. She was COMPLETELY KETTKKEl) and being carried West with the re treating foe of the white man, as the whites gained supremucy, and as the days, weeks and months passed, she was farther rcmoveu iroin me jmie 01 civilization. In the meantime, how ever, her husband loved her with a devotion not characteristic of th^ In dian. The Chief was proud of and re joiced in the possession of his beauti ful "pale faced wife." His love for1 her, and his association with her, had a wonderfully refining influence over the red man. At the birth of their sou his affection seeuied warmer than before. If Dorutliy nau not now learned to love her husband this child was loved by the mother as only mothers can love. Away from the presence or association of a white per son, it seemed that her whole soul con centrated in her babe, and the love ol father and mother met in the infanl boy, and they held sweet communion with each otbe^ as to their child. Years passed by and the Indian was as kindas one of his nature couic be, and she had almost become recon ciled to her fate, though she was cx tie J peeled to do the housework, the cook' to j ing, washing, and scrub work general ?u- ly. rse| AFTKR THE WAR ich (had "smoothed his wrinkled front,' rsnI Dnrnthv exuressed to her husbam; ii y 'be aa 3 it al aa ias al! be he ill X)0 in >us ?50 be be a di'sire to see her friends and relatives in Carolina, and her husbaud having unbounded confidence in her loyaltj now, arrangements were soou complet ed for a visit to her old home. Thej were then living in Alabama. Tbt Indian Chief accompanied by Dorathj and her child set out on the journey, When the husband had come to the borders of the State, as far as it was safe at that time for him to come, pledging anew their faith and love foi each other, and after making arrange ments as to when he should meet hei at the same place, on her return, thej separated. Little did either think that this was THEIK FINAL SEPARATION, but it was eveu so. At thai time in this country there was but little facility for the convey ance of letters any where but especial I ly was this true as regards commuui cation between this place and the ter ritory occupied by the unfriendly In dians. As a consequence no word bad been heard from ber since her capture years before, and her friends bad mourned for her as for the dead. DORATHY'S RETURN. Very unexpectedly to everybody she returned to Cokesbury, and her friends greatly rejoiced. At the meet ing of her relatives tears of joy were shed, and the fatlrer of General Hodges gave a grand feast to which all the relatives and neighbors were invited, and they assembled in joy to greet the long lost friend and relative. Once more in the bosom of her fam ily, she became the prey of a thousand conflicting emotions, until at last when the time arrived for her return, she yielded to the intercession of her friends and cast in ber lot with - them henceforth. In the course of years SHE SEEMED TO FORGET HEit TROUBLES, and being yet of fine personal appear ance and possessed of attractive man ners a citizen by the name of Rose mond sought her heart and hand in marriage. In the course of time they were married, after which they re mained in this County for a number of j years and to them were born a num-. | ber of children. The family moved West taking all the children by the I second marriage, and it is believed that there is now no descendant of 1 this branch of the Hodges family re maining in Abbeville County. Be fore their departure THE LITTLE INDIAN grew up, was sent to school, soon be- , gan to show the characteristics of the race, and having heard of his father and wishing to learn more of his father and his people, lie set out before he had arrived at the age of maturity for the Indian territory from which ho npfpr returned, and from him noth ing was ever afterwards heard. The action of this boy certainly was , ;i proof of the truth of the old saying ; that "blood will tell." . | Gen. Hodges remembered seeing the Indian boy, and heard the story j , which we have just related from his ! mother's own lips, and the narrative above recited is believed to be literally | true it) all the main iioiuts aud facts, stated. A REMARKABLE FAMILY. I Gen. Hodges' father lived within a mile and a half of the present site of Hodges' Depot, where to them were born twenty children?ten son's and I ten daughters?and they were all ! noted for their activity and longevity, ! US OUt Ol UlIS iULgc iuiuiuvi \/? vui? dren not one of them died under sixty years of age. The General was the oldest and remembers sitting down to the table with all his brothers and sis ters?none missing?an unbroken household. His grandfather Anderson, at the age of 105, had been known to walk from Swansey's Ferry to his house, a distance of thirteen miles, before din ner time. * REMINISCENCES. Having lived all his life within a mile and a half of his birth place, he witnessed the great changes that nad been effected in the last three-quarters of a century. When he first went to house-keeping there was but little cleared land in the County, and game was so plenty thut it "ravaged ' ' ? ? ? An nn It o t?i nn? I U)L' Ci'OlIS 1U15. XXWllgO UIIVV UUKMQ ' shot a ifeor that was feeding in their j In hit< early days the people rolled their tobacco to Charleston in hogs j heads with a shaft in the centre and I drawn by a horse. This was before ; the days of cotiori^ins and very little i of the great staple was then planted? 'tobacco being the chief money ! product of the country. The General | remembered the first carriage that was i ever in this country, which vehicle was brought here by Rapley, the .En glishman who owned all the lands, which was afterwards known as the "Belford Tract," and being a por tion of "THE JEW'S LAND," the original grant of which was from the English Crown to Salvador, the Jew, and hence that vast body of land East of Abbeville Court House to Cokesbury, including all the lands about Smith ville, Douglass' Mill, Dead Fall, Hodges, the Belford, and j other lauds, whs Known as -me jew ? I Land." The Jew lived in England before the war, and Rapley was sent j here after the Revolution as his agent and he settled on the Belford tract, which is now known as the "Rapley's Shoals tract," and which contained some three thousand acres. He lived on this place until he died, at an ad vanced ago, and at his death, which is supposed to have occ.urred between 18U8 and 1830, was buried close to his log cabin, and his grave was walled arouud with stone, and afterwards, when Nicholson got possession of the laud his body was taken up and car ried either to Charleston or England. Although he lived in a small log house, lia.it a nine iiiasi ot xvipiej 91 Shoals, he was perhaps the most aris tocratic man of his day in the upper part of Sou'h Carolina, and prided i himself upon being the owner, and the first introducer, of the fine Eng lish blooded stock to this country. He tried to imitate and live LIKE TUB NOBLKMEN OK EXQLAND, and had his stables of blooded stock, his race course, to which the best horses of England were brought, a large number of dogs and an im mense park enclosed for deer. To carry out his aristocratic notions he imported from England the first car riage that was ever brought to the upper part of South Carolina, and was considered the greatest curiosity of- the age. It was a greater curi osity than the railroad cars were in 185U. People went for miles to see it. It was a costly vehicle having been made in Liverpool, it was bouj at* Itaplcy's sale and bought by Mr. Prank Counor, the Father of Col. F, A. Connor, of Cokesbury, aud after his death at the sale it was bought by the Rev. Mr. Porter, and remained in the community until a comparatively late date. It.Is not known what Anal ly became of it. The house ill which Kapley KEPT TIIIS CARRIAGE was a frame building, carefully built of hewed timber, and was a finer and more costly house than his dwelling. Iu 1844 Tilt. J. W. W. MARSHALL removed It to his residence near Smithville, and again iu 1858, he re moved it to his present residence, 011 ' Magazine Hill, at Abbeville, where it now stauds with the original frame and weatherboards. His dwelling was a small hewed log house of one room, with a loft, and in this house he was fond of entertain ' ing PERSONS OF DISTINCTION who might visit this portion of the country. It was his custom during the sitting of the Court at Abbeville, to send his carriage on Saturday to bring the judge ana other distinguish ed guests to spend Sunday with him, . mid as he was a man of culture these dignitaries always found a visit pleas ant. After the death of Rapley, James Nicholson, another Englishman, and a boon companion of Rapley, became the owner of these lauds. Nicholson died in 1S3G or '37, and the lauds were sold by his Executor, James Jervey, of Charleston, S. C., at private sale to DR. SAMUEL MARSHALL In February, 1838, at about one dol lar and a quarter an aere. The Doctor afterwards in 1844 divided the tract by' Long Caue creek and gave the Eastern parton which Raplay lived and died to his son Dr. J. \V. W. Marshall, and the tract on the West side of the creek to Col. J. F. Marshall. THE OLI) RAPLEY HOUSE . !..?,> Sntn/lf linfll IKilft urlion if A v XJLi U1 IJ CI I llJltlVt lllii/AA ,. Mv.? was removed by Dr. Marshall to an other part of the tract to be occupied by bis overseer, aud was afterwards moved again, and we suppose that the house Is still standiut: aud occupied by uegroes, on Mr. Wesley Cromer's Jands. GENERAL HODGES wa3 a hard wcwker, always tem perate and prudent In the man agement of his monetary affairs, In his younger days he has been known to "run around" his cotton in the afternoon aud then after supper to "plow out the middles" by moon light, and by his industry aud econo my he managed to amass a considera ble fortune, and when he built his late dwelling lifty-four years ago, It' was considered the finest house above Columbia. The result of the war swept away almost his entire estate. He, unlike many others, surrendered his property and adapted himself to the new situatiou as readily as could a much younger man. He never allow ed his temper or spirits to be crossed or soured by anything, but remained always the friend and neighbor to the last. The General was A PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZEN and whether in church or Stc.te affairs he was always foremost. In the war of 1S12, (sixty-four years ago,) he was among the first to respond to the call for soldiers, and served in that u-jir ils lieutenant, and up to the Liine of his death drew for his services in that campaign eightdollarsamonth from tiie pension offlce at Washing ton. HE WAS SHERIFF of Abbeville County from 1826 to 1S30, during which time Mr. James Wardlaw was Clerk of the Court, with his son Robert H. Wardlaw as assist ant clerk. The business at that time was of course not so great as now, for in those days "agricultural liens" were unknown, but Mr. James Ward law wa9 feeble in health and depend ed upon his son .Robert for the per formance of the mechanical or clerical work of the oflice. In this connection wen)ight mention that MR. R. H. WARDLAW NAMED THE GENERAL'S YOUNGEST BROTHER, Mr. R. II. W. Hodges, who is now more than sixty years of age. It occurred in this way: General fothpr hpinc a friend of Mr. James Ward law, the father of Robert, who was Clerk of the Court and lived at Abbeville, and as people had not got into the habit of stopping at the ho tels the town people and especially those expecting the suffrage of the voters were expected to entertain friends in attendance upon the Court. To be better able to oblige friends the citizens would sometimes send their children to the country, and Robert was among the children so disposed of during a court, and was sent to the General's father's. The youngest boy who was quite young had not been named, Robert saw the babe and wanted to know its name. Mrs. Hodges told Robert that her names bad given out, (she had named nnUr tiinntPAn nn to that time) and I naked Robert for a name, who prompt ly asked her to name it for him. She agreed to it, and the infant babe then is now Robert Henry Wardlaw Hodges, who wears a gray beard and is over sixty years of age. He savs he has long been expecting Mr. Ward law to do something for his namesake, but so far ho has seen no tangible ev idence of material aid from that quar ter/-' ' During General Hodges' term as Sheriff he hung a man of the name of Matthews, who was convicted of steal ing a horse from Governor Noble's stables, then located on the Entich Nelson lot. For the prisoner he entertained great sympathy, and treated him with all the kindness in his power, and his feelings were so mucli overcame at the execution that he wept like a child. He was once a member of the State Legislature, and long held a commis sioned office in the militia of llie Sa vannah Regiment. In all matters of public interest he always took an ac tive part, aud at one time he was sent as commissioner to the Indians, (the Scminoles, we believe,) with whom he was exceedingly popular, and who were delierhted because of his SMOKING WITH TIIEM "THE I'IPE OF | PEACE.'' The General could tip volumes of smoke so much larger than they could, and they were so much delighted that, great numbers of the men and women of the neighborhood assembled on the second day after his arrival "to see the white man smoke the pipe4 of peace." SKETCHES OF THE FAMILY. His father reared twenty children ten boys and as many girls. The only survivors being Mr. *R. H. W. Hodges, of Williamston; Mr. James Hodges, of Mississippi; Mi's. P. K. .Davis, of Cokesburv; Mrs. Sarah Agnew, of Belton, who now lives at that place with her son. by her first marriage, Mr. George Washington McGiiee. ^ ? in 1Uir. Mica i lie ut'uerui. juuimu m Rebecca Douglass, the sister of Col. Donald Douglass, oiice owuor of the Douglass Mills ou Loug Cane, with whom lie lived happily for fifty-two years, until she died some eight years ago. To thern were born eighteen children?nine of whom lived to be married?the others died before ma turity. He left six living chil dren thirty-two. grand children, and nine great grand children. His oldest son, Col. W. L. Hodges, was a soldier in the Mexican war, and res ponded to the first call far volunteers in the Confederate war. He entered the service as Lieutenant and was promoted to Captain of his company ? L?_1. j Ti;? r,7l ? UIU1I Sfnuu 111 VH^iUia. owwiivi son Ciipt. ~J. Fletcher Hodges, went into the war as a private anci was Cap tain at its close. His third son died in camp at Adam's .Run. The fourth son Mr. G. M. Hodges went through the war and was twice wounded on the field of battle. The living daughters ai'e: Mrs. F. A. Connor, Mrs. L. It. Dant/Icr, and Mrs. E. J. Wiss. He is related more closely or more remotely to more than one-half of the community of Hodges and Cokes bury. The town of Hodges was named for him, on the establishment of the Rail road Depot at that place. When the telegraph lino was finish ed to that place a few years ago the first message, a congratulatory epistle ,,,Art </* fiStn ou tho l<Pn >VUO auui cn^tu u/ mu* Uij V??V ?. n triarch." He preserved this message, which ia still in possession of the fam ily. He was a most active member of the Board of Trustees of Cokesbury school ami contributed largely to its succcss iu its palmiest days. He was the Pater Familias of the town which bears his name, and (he community can ill afford to lose such a man. His example was on the right, and in this "though dead he yet liveth." a! strictly temperate man, a devoted member of the church which ho join ed in 1832-, and an official at the time of his death, he literally died with the harness on. THE BURIAL. On Sunday morning of the 2Gth inst., at 11 o'clock, the remains of (Jen. Hodges were carried from the residence of his son Mr. G. M. Hodges to the Methodist church at Hedges', for the purpose of having the last sad rites performed in honor of the de ceased. The funeral service was read by Itev. Mr. Smart, pastor of the Methodist church at Cokesbury. Mr. Smart, on account of the wishes of the deceased, and also of his family, said but very little of the life of the deceased, although much could have been said for one who had lived so use ful and upright a life for so many veai^. After the services at tbe church tue remains were curried to the family cemetery, near Hodges, followed by a very largo procession of relatives and friends. The funeral procession truly attested the high esteem and respect in which Gen. Hodges was re garded by his friends and neighbors. At 12:30 P. M. the collin was lowered in the grave and the sod then covered the remains of one whose place caunot be filled and whose loss will be sorely fe'.t by the whole copimunity. Thus has passed away one of Abbe ville's most honored and public spir ited citizens; one of the old hind martts ot tne Historic pasi, who wihj us back to the days of Indian wars [and Revolntionarvystruggles. One by one they are sinking into the tomb, and whilst we cherish their memory let us 6eek to emulate the virtues which signalized their lives. Gen. I Hodges was a NOllLE SPECIMEN OF A MAN, I with a superb physique, a brightly | beaming countenance, a warm-hearted grasp of the hand, and popular and [winning manners, which mirrored forth the gonial traits of bis character, and endeared him to the wide circle of his acquaintances. The energy of his character was tempered by rare kindnesS of heart and afl'ability of temper which enabled .him to secure alike the love and esteem of his asso ciates. Few better men have ever lived, and Abbeville will long mourn the noble hearted gentleman, the kind neighbor and friend, the true Cbriiitkw and the public spirited citizen. The Abbeville Clergy. . REMINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE BY AW EX-ABBKVIL.1.IAN OF OVEK FORTY YEARS. 11EV. JAMES DANJRELI.Y, when I first knew liim in 1834, was a traveling preacher in the South Caro lina Conference, and about 65 years of age, but was soon after located by rea son of physical disability, lie did not live at the Court House, but his liome was in the District, and as a Methodist preacher he was public pro perty, and whom any person or place had the right to claim. He occasion ally, but rarely in luy day, preached at the Court House, because he said "the Devil had a mortgage on the whole place and James Moore was the onjy puu uie hiuu uruuuur uuuju uui close out at an v moment, aud James did not need his services." "Father Dan nelly" was born in Columbia County, Georgia, and raised or dragged up in the same, aud was an early type of "those days." lie was practically familiar with the "lour kings," gan dcr-pulling, whiskey of all sizes, ct cetera. lie had the greater part of his life two legs, but one of them from half-way between the hip-joint und kneo was of wood. It became thusta.s I have always understood, by a fall from a horse in riding a race in which tiie stake was five dollars cash aud one gallon of whiskey 011 a credit, and amputation became necessary on ac count of his stimulated condition at the time and afterwards. Ho was soundly converted -soon after at 30 veart; of a?e, and was baptized, as I have beard him say, in the public road with water scraped with the hand from a horse track. It was muddy, but being in the name of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost, he never doubted its validity and efficacy. Ho knew not at the time a lettfcr in the alphabet, hut commenced at once to know them, and with but little help was in six months a good reader. Soon after he was licensed to preach and went to work as au itinerant in the Georgia ' Conference. He after wards was. transferred to the South Carolina Conference, and lived and died in it. lie studied hard, but only the Bible and such books .as threw lio-lif. nnmi it. and when I knew him he could repeat every text verso iu it as well as. its number, chapter and book. He had a memory beyond any thing ever heard of; could repeat a conversation held with him 30 years before, as well as the date and hour. Of peculiar men he was of all the most peculiar. With two whole legs bo -would have weighed perhaps 225 lbs, with large body and small legs; in height about six feet two iuches; a head as round as an apple and hair only ou me iti.wer eugt5 ?i it; uucjc browa; a small nose and raouth; no chin; small eyes and when aroused in speaking they were often closed, leav ing the spectator in doubt where they would re-appear. He had a clear, shrill voice, beyond any powers of description, and a way of repeating what he desired to impress. He was a man of two or tbreo leading ideas, to wit, that the Methodist Church was the light of the world, and .that the culminating point was in 17S4, to which all the past was but a prepara tion, when the church was organized in the United States, and everything since in discordance or departure was a retrogadc. He wore the sliad bclly coat to the last daj'of his life, and his sons as they came bore the hnnnred nnmos of Olin, Coke and Asbury. Another idea of his was that sin could often best he reached and exercised by a grapple with its horna and heels; he was down on tuck comhs, hair-pins, breast-pins, finger and ear-rings, silk-dresses, flowers and tawdies generally; and lie preached1 against avarices, lying, theft, adultery, and all specified sins, aud often inti mated who were the local victors in them. He double-siloed against" drinking aud drunkenness. [Note, It is said in his early efforts he except ed peach brandy and honey for the stomach's sake, as not sinful, and if so, not to be classed with "Dexter," "Ri llc," and ''.Bust-bead" whiskey.] He regarded every .man his friend, and all who named Christ insincerity a broth - I-..i 1 Kr/.tKnr ur, UUl llfvancu UUIICIII Iiic.il u.uu.v.. It was James, Paul or William, as the case was. He was very particular in his diet, not as a connoisseur, but a dyspeptic, and when you invited him to your house you had to name the bill of fare and endorse the cook. I had a house once and gave him a standing invitation to it and he stayed with me often, because, as he said he liked me, but my cooking better. He was a small eater; broiled chicken and broiled ham, and but little of either was all he wanted. His tenaci ty to Christian names was generally pleasant, but occasionally an annoy ance. He was often called upon to marry couples, and the writer on one occasion was to be a waiter, and the| bride not liking her intended hus band's adjective pronoun, requested! me to ask him to say "this man" and "this woman." I did so, and she felt! safe, butitcaino out "Rarnabas" and "Rebecca," (or something else) much to her discomforture, to be better ap preciated by Rishop Capers than any other. He never laughed nor smiled, but liked to see other* do them : never shouted, but had no objection to white people doin^ it, but did not believe in it among the colored. I remember at Sharon camp-meeting in 1844, he was giving out the 9 o'clock morning I hymn, when a colored sister behind l>eornu shoutimr and clannimr. Turn ling around lie remarked: "You are too soon ; wait until night and go it if you like." He bad a holy horror of honorary titles, Hnd I have heard him say he would rather carry a dead dog to his coat tail than Doctor of Divini ty. He had a carefully prepared ser mon against such "stun," which he carried for t??n years to Conference to preach, but sertaln influences always overcame him. He was as tractible as a child in any matter not involving principle; but would confront lions in the path of duty, as he conceived it. He often preached what were called "knock-dow n sermons," from a stand ing text: "And the child was called Jcliabod, signifying that the glory of Israel hath departed." He told me in conlldence of $1,000 ofFered him never to preach from that text again at a certain place. lie declined the offer and redoubled his appointment, and thought he saved one and would the other (both were then dead) if ho had not been so far gone when he found lt?m 1-fn woe ftliunva nt tlm bury camp-meetings, and there lived near one Peter, who had been ofl' and on,^i member of the church for 20 years, just "on" again and happy, and shaking hands, ho remarked: "Well, brather Danuelly, I am savingly con verted now." "If you are certain of it, Peter," said he, "you had best get some friend to kill you, for if ever you get to heaven it will bo just on ibe heels of a camp-meeting." He had net use in the world for immersion would put them under if they desired, and he often encountered annoyance at a yhaky member, who had come in without it. There were several such around Bejlah, and often attonded the latter, and occasionately tho "much water" arguments troubled them, and Father Dan nelly had to visit and compose their minds, but which only lasted for a season. He puiil them a fourth visit in which he told them that he "could prove that-ut the time our .Saviour was baptized with the water of Jordan, there was not water enough in it to drown a chicken, and if it run at all, it was in a stream so weak that he could have stopped it with the point of his wooden leg ; and if they could uotirot over their doubts and fears to go along and get James Chiles to put them in ! .Long Uane lo mcir iicuri'a wmuiu. : L think it settled them. The old man was almost an invalid for many years, owing to his weight and dilliculty in walking. We raised I at the Conri House $125 und procured him in Baltimore an Anglesea leg, but the knee did not work right and we sent it hack for repairs, and it was lost at sea on its return. We proposed an other, which he declined to accept. He was always interesting and never preached to empty benches. Every one expected to liiar something orig inal and were never disappointed. A favorite subject with him on great oe casions wns the Prophecies, iu which lie could array facts ana illustrations of great power and beauty. He be came the martyr of choice language; aud I have heard the most beautiful and striking thoughts fall from his lips in language Unit sparkled ?is it fell. He died about 1853 and has no doubt shaken hands with the host of redeemed, regenerated and disenthrall- j ed. ''Father Dannelly" did not know all. Who does? Did not try to please every body. Who can? J3ut wheuj he started heavenward he fought for the "highest mark of the prize of his high calling," and labored according to his best ideas of the mode of ac complishment. to carry every man, woman and child with him. * * # Organization of a RiWc Society at Willington, S. C. Pursuant to appointment tho Rev. Edw in A. Hollos, District Superintendent ot' tho American Biblo Society l'or South Carolina, delivered a discourse at tho Willington (Presbyterian) Church, AW)0 ville County, S. CM on Saturday morn ing, March 18th, 187G. Alter tho sermon, the Rev. A. L. Pattersou, of tho Associ ate Reformed Brcsbyterian Church, was called to tho Chair, and Mr. J. F. Cal houn requested to act as Secretary. Mr.. Bollos then read a constitution for a branch Bible Society, which was adopted. On motion, tho name'piven to this or ganization was the "Willington Bible Society," auxiliary to the Abboville County Bible Society. On motion, a committee was appointed by tho Chair to nominate suitable oiffcers lor tne society, wmcn committee suduiu ted the following names: 'President? Rev. A. L. Patterson. Vice-President?Roy. A. L. Miller. * Secretary?John F. Calhoun. Treasurer?Samuel E. Morrah. .Exocutivo Committee.?J. E. Caldwell, T. B. Scott, J. A. (iibert, P. L. Guillc be.iu and J. E. DuBoso. Those persons jwere duly eleotod and form the board of managers of the Soci ety. . ; A collection was, taken up in aid of the funds of the Society. The annual meeting will take place on Saturday before the Jd Sabbath of Jul}', at 11 A. M. A resolution was offered to publish the proceedings of this meeting in the Abbe ville "Press and Banner" and "Medium.", The missionary hymn was sung, and the bonediction pronounced by the Rev, E. A. Bolles. A. L. PATTERSON, President. J. F. Caluoux, Sec'y. ANTREVILLE, ilarCU Zl, I3YU. ( Editor Press and Banner: The citizens of ,the township met at Antroville on Saturday evening 18th lor the purpose of organizing a Democratic Club. Notwithstanding the evening be ing so disagreeable we had a pretty fair tarn out. We enrolled the names ol those present, and postponed a perma nent organization until the first uay of April. It is .hoped that we will have a good representation on that day, that wo may organize and elect officers. Meeting to fie at two o'clock in the afternoon. J. L. BLACK, Chairman. IIOTEL ARRIVALS. WusH'slKoTEii.?A St Clair Lee, Green wood; S E Cray don, Cokesbury; J L Mauldin, W F Marshall, Charleston ; J W Wideman, Millway; B Freeman, Baltimore; B M Lannean, New York; 1E A Mars, Calhoun's Mills; D H- GAy, Fayettevillo; A B Towers, Anderson; ft J Black, Charlotte; C H Beard, Colum ; bia; Wilson Watkins, Long Cane; S C Cason, C W Cason^Miss Janie Cason, J A Calhoun, E B Gary, City. Alston House.?S R" Morrow, Rev E A Boles, Rev. A L Millor, Willington; E C Robertson. Charleson; J E Duval, A Wrtcif RnlHmnrfl Orv^rcrn At kinson, Richmond; F W Daniels, Geor gia ; J M Prult, Mill Wav; J V Shroeder, Dr K y Beckham, Thomas A Cater, Lowndesville; T W Carwile, Augusta; (J H Dudley, New York; Dr William Tag gart, Monterey ; E E Truitt, Wideman'e Post Ojflice. ' Abbeville Hotel.?Winfield Atchl son, Elborton; TX Tolbert, SmitliviQe Robert Jones, City; WMcCelvy, Mngno 11a; W P Ward law, Cedar Springs; A H Morton, Thomas Morton, Smithville; J XV Peak, Burdcaux; A H Matthews Georgia; W L Miller, Cedar Springs. CONSIGNEES. Express.?Miss McGowan, 0 T Por olmf V 1? TltArn fnn Thnmo( Thomson, E Calhoun, Moseloy Terry 6 Co., L P Galliii, W McGill, H H Tliomp son, R Hutchinson, B H Baker, L I Bowie, J P Young. Fkeioht.?J C Presslov, S M Calhoun W D Mars Co., Mrs.S Griffin, W <fc J McNoill, A M Dodson ?fe Co., U W Con ner, J W Farr, Bnulley & Jay, A K Hamblin, W II Mattox & Co., Mrs C 'I Haskell, E Cowan. MA Illll AGES. MARRIED, by the Rov. A. L. Millor, on March 23d, lb76, Mr. John P.rown tc Miss Rebecca II. McCornb, all of Abbe ville, S. C. MARKET REPORTS. OORBKCTKD BY ; Barnwell & Co., Cotton Brokers ant1 Dealers in General Merchandise. FACTORY GOODS" I Fish Cotton yarn8?8J.lj>al.30 M:ickerel....?1.75a2.5< 0Kuabur?3 Ua 18! Cod, per lb.. 10a .1; % Shirting H'a I2| AVhlto " 30a 1! i-?.Sheeting.... 12a 16'Balt, per sack 2.00a2.a FKUVlrilOJS'S. ! Tobacco,? Flour, per B>...S 4a 51 Chewing,.... Tfml.ci Corn, per bu... OOal.OOl Kruokmjr,... 0Unl.(X Meal, " 1.10al.20 AMMUNITION. Grist, per lb... 5 [Powder per J b -10a 5< Peas, " lwal.5S;SIJOt, " I2a I; Oata, " l.OOiLeud, " 10a L Bacon, Sidwr... 13a 10 Caps, per box. lua 4( Hh'dr.s. lia id LIQUORS. Hams. 18a 20|Corn wliiskoy^2.00a3.(X Lard 18a 20i French br'dy. 5.00a7.0< Iriaii Potatoes. 1.75a2.00 Holland gin.. 5.00n?s.0< Sweet " ... 76^1.00 lAmerl'n Kin.. 8.00n(f.(X Kijkk Ljfl 20IB'rbon wli's'y S.OOaJ.lX Chickens 20a 25,Wines 3.00n9.0< 'IS...to imotr.nl TIAWnWAltE Butter,. 2'ju 25| Iron, Swedes. fc'a 1< GROCERIES. I " English 7a 1< ; Sugar, crush'ds 1.1a 16 Nnllf>, 5a I " A i->a mlfnitnn a<iiv4u fj " Brown 10a 12 LEATHER. Coflee, Rio...... 25a 33 Hemlock $ 80a Si Lagu'aa 2Sa SSlSole leather,.. 40a 5< " Java 37a 40iUp'r leather.. Ma T. Tea l.OOal.oO Har'ss " 40a & Syrup, cane... 75ai.00lCalf skins 5,00a0.(X Molasses, s. h. 40a 45|Kip skins -1.50afi.0( Candles, sp'm -10a SO.Dry hides P.a 11 " ' ad mrt 20a 2.5 Green hides... 5a ( Cheese 20a 231 BAGGING, Ac. Onions, per bu 2.001 Bagging, pyd 10a 1> Starch 12a 15|Tte? 7a t Tallow 10a 12!Rope, cotton.. 40a fr Rice, per lb 10a 12|Rope, grass... 2.' AnBKviTiLE, March 29,?Cotton 11 @ 12, AUGUSTA, March 27.?Cotton quiet ami tirin?middling 12]A: receipts si bales. CHARLESTON, March 27,-Cotton quiet middling l'4/4foU\ net receipts 107 bales; ex ports coastwise 3o3; sales 500. BALTIMORE, March 27.-Cotton firm middling 13; receipts 355 bales; exports to the continent 518; coastwise 125; sales 300 tc spinners 187. NEW YORK, March 27-E\'pnln<?.-Cotton dull, with sales of 1,384 bales, at 13?<;<ffll3 7-19; consolidated net receipts 21,136; exports to Great Britain 12,975; Franco 1,071; continent o.otrr. Call for Connty Convention. ' A ' ? " C. 12a 15 Cotton cards- 50a & 12a 15 Horse shoes... H 12a 15 ' " nails 3! HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNION REPUBLICAN PARTY,") OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY, > Abbeville, S. 0., March ilst, 1876. J PURSUANT to authority vested In mo, and by order of the State Executive Commit tee, n Convention of the Union Republican ! Party of Abbeville County 1%hereby called to ! meet at Abbeville Court House on THURS DAY, Oth of April next, at 10 o'clock A. M., I then and there to elect Five Delegates to rep | resent this County in the State Convention to j bo held In Columbia on the 11th day of April next. By order of the Chairman of the Ex ecutive Committee, the primary meetings I will be held by precincts. The Republican and other voters under any I name inclined to vote fox* faithfulness, and I honesty and economy in administration, ol the several precincts will therefore meet on SATURDAY, the 1st of APRIL next, at 1(1 o'clock A. M., ut the following places, to elect delegates to the County Convention, which will be composed of one Hundred Delegates, apportioned umong the several Townships, as follows: Ninety-Six, 0 delegates; Greenwood, 9; / >.. !?. I III/. U'.-Kf 4" | Clear Spring,-1; Smithville, 5; White liullti; I Chiles' Cross ltoad.s, 5; Cedar Springs. 5; Tlio Court House, 10; Ccntrevllle,5; Lownuesville, 17; The Smith l'laec, 7; Calhoun's Mills, 8; at. Charlotte's, I). | The people in general inclined to promote the welfare of the state and County will as semble on the day and at the hour above specilled for the purpose of electing Delegates of this County to a County Convention to be I hold at Abbeville Court House on the Oth day of Aptll next. jfhe l'recinct convention will elect a Chair mi?n and .Secretary, whose duties It : hull be to organize a Precinct Convention and con duct the election of Deiogates for tho County Convention and keep a record of the uro eeedilifts and sign the credentials of members for said County Convention. JOHN I1KNRY TITUS, County Chairman Uulou Republican Party. JD. Chalmers & Co. have in stock several fine Walnut Chamber Suit-H at very low prices, also a large lot of now Waln'ut Bedtjteads. ~r. 1,000 POTS. Choice Green and Hot-House Plants. CONSISTING in part of Single and Double Geraniums, Single and Double Fuchsias, Bed and White Bego nias, Heliotropes, Century plants, Night Blooming Cere us, Cactuses, Ice, Air and | Wax plants, Vines, Sedurn and Basket plants. Japonicas, Pino Apple, Bananas, and fifty other varieties of plants. Mosses tfco grown from seeds and plants j obtained from the most celebrated Flor ists in the LTnitcd States. Plants ten ineh j e-i to txvo feot high in four inch and six ! inch pots, 15 cents to 25 cents each. Lar I fjar plants and pats in proportion. De livered free on board the cars. J. F. C. DUFFvE. 1 & ORIENT CHAPTER R. A. M? Cokcabury, 8. C. AX extraordinary. convocation of this j' Chapter wUl be hold THURSDAY, - APRIL Gth, at 3 P. if., for tho purpose of conferring all tho Degrees. Canlrlates are requested to report promptly at tho Masonic Hall. II v order of the H. P., L. SMITH, Secretary. March 30,1870. CUNNINGHAM TEMPLETON :.l'rA < . . . have received their / nssii which they are selling at low prices. Cuiiaadeee them. "r , i.V- r<l ' March 29,187C, 50-tf . ; rC '..ttc #; :*' ! (ill > - .. ?>" f; -l MILLINERY, 1 DRESS GOODS, Fancy Goods and l Ladies Novelties, at prices to suit the times, Wednesday, April 5th, ' . , at the v / f Emporium of Fashion. March 29, 1876. Cash Buyers WILL as usual find our prices as low as the lowest, and our Stock this season having been pur chased with special care, we are sure can convince them more than ever to how much greater advautage a little money can be invested upon the CASH BASIS. Give us a look before purchasing and we will satisfy you at the - EMPORIUM OF FASHION. March 29, 1876, 50-tf Beautiful Mrur nniWTC iifcvw rnimo, SPBING STYLES, AT . Quarles & Ferrin's. ' Mftrch 29, 1875, (iO-tf q, JSetle. BY consent of parties in interest, will be sold at Abbeville Court House on Saleday next at public auc tion, a certain DARK SORREL HORSE, with a blaze in ber face. Terms made kuown ou day of sale. BARTON ARMSTRONG. Abbeville, 21st March, 1876 SHERIFFS SALE, L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. "Mrs. Amelia Hollinshead, ygafnst jWro. McCaw, Monday Robinson, Lu ther Morague and A. J. Titus. Execution. : HBi; virtue01 suoary ^^vuuuuuo w \ medirected, I will sell at public outcry at Abbeville Court House ou Saleday next, the REAL ESTATE of the defendants, consisting of FOUR LOTS, homesteads of the above named defendants, to be fully de scribed 011 day of sale. L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's t)fflee, ? March 13th, 1S76, 49-3t / Notice to Creditors? ALL creditors having claims against the estate of J. W. Griffin, dec., will present the same before the under signed, duly attested, on or before the oth day of June next, or be barred. Those indebted to the estate will make nnvmftnt .it once or suit will be enter-1 ed against them. W. M. TAGGART, Adm'r de bonin rwn, with the will an nexed. P. O. Dry Grove, S. C. March 13, 1876, 49-3t Male for Sale. OX Sale Day next wo will poll one sorrel horse Mule, four yearsold. To be sold under agricultural lien as the property of Bruce Tilinan. ! Wallingford, Armstrong & Co. I March 13, 1876, -19-tf i Greenville & Columbia R. R PASSENGER traiufi run dally, Sundays ex ceptod, connecting with night trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On and after Monday, February 14, the following will ue me seucuuie VP. Leave Columbia Alston - Newberry Cokesbury Arrive Abbeville Leave Helton 4.30 p m Arrive Greenville - 0.00 p m Anderson Uranch 8.15 a m lo.OOa in 11.20 a in 2.47 m - 4.0,") p m DOWN. Leave GreonvlUo - l Helton - - I Abbeville - Cokesbury < J Newberry - Alston - - Arrive Columbia - nnd Blue 7.3ft ft m 9.15 a in 9.00 a m 10.53 a in 2.13 p ni 3.55 p m 5.30 p in Ridge Division. DOWN". I UP. Leave Wulhalla 5.35 am Arrive 7.45 pm Leave Perryvillc 0.20am Leave 7.05 pm Lcuvo Pendleton 7.10am Leave G.30pm Leave Anderson 8.10 am Leave 5.S0pm Arrive at Helton 8.00 am | Leave 4.30 pm Accommodation trains run on the Abbe ville bianeh Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri days. On Anderson branch, bet ween Bel ton and Anderson, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat urdays. , THOS. YiODAMFAT), Superintendent. JA13EZ NOItTON, Gen'l Ticket Agent. 1 Japanese View of The Belknap Scandal. Mr. Laman, a Japanese charge 1'atfaircs, told the stoiy of Belknap's vhile seated at dinner to several of lie Japanese students and attaches ient over to this country to learn our niimio<?a on/1 nnr rnniies of eovern nent. A death-like silence ensued or some moments, only looks of hor orand amazement being, exchanged jetween these-so-tailed half-civilized >eing. When il>ey recovered fr.ini he first effects of the shock, they jurat out into a perfect vollev of rc >roach and disgust upon any iften so oat to honor a.s to accept any bribe vhile discliarging the duties of his llgh and responsible office. "We ;are not," said one almond-eyed child >f the Oricut, "to copy your govern nent; if thin be the outgrowth of iie jublican principles. jVe very much hiuk we shall be called home wheu his news reaches Japan, for do you lot say in your proverbs, 'Evil com nunications corrupt good manners?' STo, you may thinx our country much jehind yours in tbe arts and sciences, n the modes of government, &c., ba^ luch conduct in positions of trust is a hing unknown in Japan. We will 50 home satisfied to be as we liave al viiva been." And the noor fellows iould actually eat no dinner, so dlu urbed were they over the news.-r \VanUington letter. Cause and Cure of Hard Times. The New York Timet attributes the present hard times which affect the business of the whole world, to un vieldy debts and intQlerable taxation, md recommends the following course, is the only safe one, alike applicable o nations and individuals:? "Live within your means. Avoid lebts. Make not haste to be rich. reriorm your uunea tw a uiou. nc jonest, industrious economical, and lot two credulous. This will work a :ure ; but to destroy the present dis ;ributiou .of property by means of in lutionand repudiation, would multl-' )ly a thousand-fold the troubles we ire now experiencing." 'Admirable advice says the Augusta Constitutionalist, if it can be followed! How many thousands are there who aave no means at allhow many, al io, who would perform their civic d^ iifcs faithfully,* behold the charlatan uid the rogue prospering; how many honest men hav$ to pay double toll for (he necessaries of life to make imends for the default'of the licensed rob"ber? It is very true that some such advice as the Times gives must be taken, ora commercial and social jpheav&lflrt hand. For our part, we fear, the OTrof-earthq^aHe and judg ment is hara-;by', and not the season of virtue and repentance," Thfl nrira of admission to the Ceil tenniaf exposition will be fifty cents for each person, payable In one note, the receivers attne recording turnstiles will have nothing to do with the botes, except to decide whether they are good or bad, and to drop them in the boxes, where each one will regis ter itself. An exchange office of the Centennial national bank will be es tablished near the entrance, to change money for visitors not having fifty cents notes. This money changer is expected to have no more nor no less money when his work is done than when he began. The centennial com mission after much inquiry and care ful consideration, concluded that the whole system?absence of season tick ets and all?was cheaper and more se cure against fraud than any other known. In order that the cash in the boxes may correspond with the indi cators a dollar bill will not be received at any gate for the admission of two persons, nor two twenty-five cent notes for that of one person. A. UUHfiCBlUIl vurivsiAmuvuu 111 mu New York Daily Bulletin attributes the steady, regular increase in the cot ton yield of the Sonth to the develop ment^ the Southwestern states. He aAds: Large as it now is, it is yet small as compared with what it will be when the extensive fertile lands of Arkan sas and Texas are more fully develop ed. It will be only a very few years before 6,000,000 bales will be consider ed a moderate yield for the south. In view of these facts, our farmers would do well to anticipate only very few low prices for cotton in the future. 'It is quite probable that next season pri ces will rule perhaps a ceut per pound Jowe* than they have done this, eay about 11} for middlings in the Atlan tic ports; and as a crop of cotton does i not average in quality more than one per cent per pound belqw the stand ard of middlings, planters should not calculate upon the probability of tbeir gross sales at tbe ports realizing an av erage of over 10|c, which would net them, after deducting all expenses, about 9 cents per pound on their plan tations. He who looks this prospect in the face, and makes bis arrangements accordingly, will not probably have reason to regret having doue so. More Evidence Against EelLnap. A fresh batch of evidence against i the Belknap ring comes from Bis marck, Dakota. The proprietors of l^the trading post at Fort Lincoln, near there, have been required to pay over $12,000 a year for the privilege to Belk nap and his friends, other smaller posts in that section paying to the same parties smaller sums; and, ih the barter and sale of these posts, cx Seuator Thayer, of Nebraska, (now Governor of Wyoming) ex-Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, and ex-Gover nor Campbell, of Wyoming, uow in Ihe war department, Washington, are involved. AmoDg the documents go ing on to Washington is a letter of Campbell's brother, in which it is openly admitted that a third of the profits from these posts are to go to the two Campbells, without their supply ing any capital, but that the fact that the governor was interested must be kept secret. J. M. Hedrick, of Ot tumwa, Iowa, internal revenue collec - mtiA lor, is one ui x>vihiiap o mcnuo got appointments for money, and let ters of bis speak openly of the busi ness. Ovil Grant's name is also in volved anew. The Congressional Districts of th'e State Mast be Reformed. Washington, March 21.?The reso lution adopted unanimously by the committee of election, to the effect that all Congressional Districts of the United States-must be composed of contiguous territory, and as near na may be of equal population, and that the Legislature of South Carolina, now iu session, ought at once to cor rect the illegal construction of the Third Congressional District of that f r* WAnPACionfnil Q it . tj Af?n LIKJ UJ kj# iJ JLA\Z?Y7f is very well understood that it was in tended to have allowed the State the the opportunity to correct the error heretlf, but if the State persists In this unfair districting, there is no doubt that the ccmmittee will feel bound to take the whole matter in their own hands, and will act with promptness and decision. * TftE Farmers Who Win.?The fanners who win rely upon their brains as well as upon th?ir muscle. They read and study closely. They keep posted as to all that is going on around them which concerns their bu siness. They unite with their brother farmers to carry out their plans. They see and comprehend the means by which the agricultural and industrial triumphs are wrought, and they work nnH ctnHw an nc tn nhroflttt with tllfi foremost in the race of progress. The loose screw in the fanning machinery is ignorance. Apply the washers and tighen the screw ami there will he no more rattling and breaking to pieces of the machinery. Itend more, brother patrons and far mers, study more ; go out and see and talk wit1' your enlightened neighbors. Place more thought in your business, with your manual labor,"and vou will ^ do better?your farming will pay. Remember that "knowledge is pow er."? Vindicator. Gen. Joseph Morris, the colored Georgia Agitator, has been sentenced to twelve months hard labor in the chain gang and to pay a line of $30.