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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, April 5, 1876. ARE THE PEOPLE DEAD f llow Long arc the People to be Tax ed without Representation ? The Negroes Have Ruled the Whites Ifntf A rhit rn ri I v. The Constitution*as it now stands, ostensibly guarantees equal rights to every citizen without regard to race, color or previous condition. What we want to know is, does that instru ment guarantee equal rights to the white people of South Carolina? We think it clear to the reader of ordinary intelligence that it does uot. That this County, In the main, belongs to the whites no one will pretend to deny with the following figures before him: Assessed Value of Real Estate, $3,C3S,989 " '* Personal Property, 1,910,348 Total Amount of Taxable Property, $o,.>19,2>7 To pay taxes on this sum there are In round numbers about eighj thou sand assessments divided about equally among the whites and blacks, and the tax payers are divided as follows; White Tax Payers in the County, 4,000 Negro Tax Payers " " * 3,.500 Negroes who do not even pay a Poll Tax 700 Total No. of Assessments estimated at 8,000 Average Assessment of eaeh white, 81,341 " " " negro, 52 And of the amount charged to the negroes at least fifteen per cent, is in worthless dogs, and about four per cent, additional may be put down for old shot guns and pistols. 4,000 WtilteK pay Taxes on $Ti,TT7,6fl7 3,300 Negro*-* " " " 171,600 700 Xegrow " " " _ 000 $5,549,^7 At the last general election, which occurred In 1874, tlie poll lists showed the following result: Whites Voted,..." 2,379 Jfejcrocs " 4,370 Total voted 6,755 The difference in the number of tax payers and the number of voters is ac counted for in this way. Many white innn nwn land in two townshios and each name thus owning property, will occur on the tax books twice orofteuer as the case may be, and it will be re membered that many ladies of the county own property and pay taxes, while on the otner hand about one sixth of the negroes never pay any tax at all, and it is alleged, when elcc-j tious occur, that they all vote once, some vote twice, and that some of the boys vote before arriving at the agej when they are authorized bylaw to exercise that privilege. Besides paying taxes on thirty times the amount of property that is owned by the joegroes, the whites are a refin ed, hightoned and educated people, while the negroes, as a class, are an ignorant people, not one of whom in a hundred can read intelligently, and almost none of whom can writeayage of the English language grammatical ly Tbp ftoverrmipnt claims to be of a Republican form, but it seeips to us to be more oppressive than even a inoii archical Government. The'intellitjent white people have no voice in its ad ministration, while ignorant negro va grants and paupers fill the offices, en act our laws, and levy heavy taxes, which when collected are. generally stolen or applied to improper uses. Why an ignorant people owning not one-thirtieth of the property should assume to fill all the offices of'the Gov ernments morethan we are able to see, and we are at a still greater loss to know why a spirited people can suffer these ignorant idle vagrants to confis cate their property under the present outrageous system of tdxation. When Abbeville County was rich the taxes paid were about $13,000, but now when we are poor these negroes lord it over us and extort from us an nually a tax of $125,000, or almost ten times what we had to pay before the war,'wben the property of the County was worth fifty million dollars. As far as we know the Caucasian race has never been the slave of any race on earth, and we feel sure that they will not now consent to be longer excluded from participation in the Government, and allow their property to be thus confiscated. We owe it to ourselves and our pos terity to resist this monstrous outrage. Hut we wish it understood thai Wf UU IIUl IV lliutxu ?(UI against tJie general government. We have laid down our arm* and have sworn allegiance to it? flag, and have also sworn a solemn oath of allegiance tothe State of South Carolina, and on that oath we will never go back. In recognizing that obligation, and claiming the protec tion of the Federal Government we demand?we do not beg?of the ne groes that we be allowed to participate in the administration of the State' Government. While of course South Carolinians! would prefer to fill the offices we1 will I DUUUItV fcU lKl*g KlVlli WHVU WJ UiVII ??? I the negroes'choosing, provided they are only properly filled. We will sub mit to their sending to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, or even to Eng land, France or any other country on the face of the globe, if (hey will get only competent, honest aud intelli gent gentlemen, but we will never willingly submit to be trampled upon by an ignorant thieving African set of officers who hate a respectable white man worse than they do the devil. The Pickcn* Snitinp.1 last week gave us a fine notice and our neighbor will please except our thanks for his high appreciation of us, as well as for the handsome mauner in which he was pleased to speak of our paper. The sentinel is a good paper which is n!w?v? mi thp riirhf sido of everv ini "O ^ portaut question. 'The Abbeville Pre** and Banner is one of our most valuable exchanges. It has been recently enlarged and greatly improved. Its selections are made with care and taste, and its edi itorial.columns are each week ably tilled with the freshest and spiciest matter. Its typographical aim me chanical execution can scarcely be ex celled. May the Press and Manner long wave!'' Robbery.?The store house of Messrs. Parker & Perrin was broken into on Wednesday night last, and their safe carried to the back lot, where the thieves with an axe at tempted to break it open but failed. They also piade an ineffectual attempt to get iuto the counter money draws. Except the panel of the store tlnttp cut nut. nml the damaire to the safe door, no other damage was sus tained. These gentlemen know who did the mischief, and as soon as a little further proof is secured arrests will be made. Reckless.?Our friend Mr. Jacob Miller who feeds his boarders on the best of chickens is not at all partieu liar whether he hits a chicker^ thief or not. He received a new coop filled with chickens one day last week and at night d'scovered somebody helping himself to his poultry, and he let a dogen balls fly at his guest. Nobodj* killed?but a chicken thief was badly scared. Sai.e Day.?Monday was one of the wettest clays of the season and there was hence ? very small attend ance from the country. With the ex ception of some town property soid, , there were no official sales. The homestead in the town of Abbeville, a Sart of the eftate of the late Jas. A. [orwood was purchased by Mrs. Nor wood for $-5,700. The Combe Lot was purchased by Thos. Thomson, Esq., for $300. The Abbeville Cornet Band gave one of their best concerts at Cokesbury on Friday night last in the Masonic Female College for the benefit of the Presbyterian church at that place, as sisted by Miss Ella Aiken. The re ceipts amounted to $00, of which $15 was net gain. The gentlemen of the band express themselves as highly pleased with their visit. The Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hammond died on Thursday last and was buried at Upper Long Cane on Friday afternoon. Religious (?) Quarrel. We regret to see the editors of the J Asupciate Reformed Prcxhijterian and j the Christian Observer, and the Rev. ; G. Gordon, abusing each other in ref ereuce to the action of the Louisville congregation of Associate Reformed Presbyterians in going over to the Northern Presbyterians. Many years ago the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod established a church in that city, raised money | from perhaps every congregation in I that body and built a handsome house of worship. The church pros pered and worked harmoniously un til a few years ago, when the pas tor, and with but a few exceptions, the whole congregation went over to j the Presbyterians, still holding tne j property. Representatives of the A. ' ii. Synod claimed the property which | was denied them. A lawsuit was in : stituted by the A. R. Presbyterians, { which was in the lower Court? decided j adversely to them. An appeal lias !been taken to the Supreme Court of ! Kentucky, where it is hoped that^the decision may be more in accordance with our notions of equity. We have read only what has been published in the A. R. Presbyterian, but we are clearly of the opinion that the Louis ville congregation should pay back to the Associate Reformed Synod the money which they paid to establish the church, and we have been inform ed that they did offer to pay two thou sand dollars by way of compromise. The last A. 11. Presbyterian says: "We do not feel, neither do our peo ?le feel, that the congregation in iouisville that claim our church pro perty are to blame, only for being led by Mr. Gordon. Left to themselves they never would have sought the union, and they never would have iti+rk it- ?ml hRvinc cone into j another ecclesiastical connection, as I plain, honest, people desiring to do what was right, they never would have I claimed the property, which had been given for their use as Associate Re formed people." Well, now, if Mr. Gordon has so much influence over his congregation lie is a wonder/ul man, or his congre gation is a weak concern. We don't think auy pastor at Abbeville could take his congregation into another church, and we would suppose that the Louisville congregation would in dignantly repudiate the insinuation that they have no mind of their own. : er are lacking in the manliness to ex ! press their own religious convictions. We fail to see the good to come from Christian gentlemen calling each j other bad names and attributing each I other'? action to impure or dishonest (motives. An impartial world would : no doubt pronounce the editor of the; \ Christian Observer and the editor-of j A. E. Presbyterian and Mr. Gordon i equally good men in every respect. J ! The matter has been transferred to the j Courts, and no amount of abuse can J j do anybody any good. It seems to us I that Christian gentlemen should carry on their controversies in a moreChrist 1 ian-like manner. If we are to believe all that Mr. Gordon, the editor of the! ! Observer, and the editor of the A. Jt. j [ Presbyterian say, they should all be : excommunicated from the Christian church. As for our part, we believe there is a misunderstanding between all the parties to this quarrel, and that with a little more of kindly feelings j on both sides this matter could be i amicably settled. H. W. The Grccuville Libel Case. An important libel case is now be ing tried by the Circuit Court of Greenville, in which the plaintiff, \Vm. E. Earle, Esq., a prominent member of the Greenville Ba*r, and Assistant U. S. District Attorney, brings suit against the Messrs. Bailey, of the Enterprise and Mountaineer, on acqount of the publication of va rious editorials, impeaching his char acter for honor and integrity. The Plaintiff is represented by Messrs. McGowan, Cothrau, Simpson aud Moore and J. H. Whituer; the De fendants by Messrs. Bonham, Butler, \Vhirnnr Svnnnes and "V. H. Perry. The case begaa on Wednesday of the past week, and still in progress, exci ting much Interest and attracting a large attendance. Mr. A. Bkqukst is having the | rooms over his store beautifully fin ished. They are now nice enough to I bring a pretty wife to. Mr. A. J. Woodhe^rst did the plastering, and especially the front would do credit to any mechanic. Mr. I). B. Smith did the wood work as he always does his work, in the best style of the art. Messrs. Werb aud Pratt were barred out of their school rooms 011 j Friday last by "the boyn." The 1st; of April came on Saturday, a dayj which the scholars of the schools weret entitled to anyhow, and they antici pated the day. The Place where you get your Money JJack.?uur very oougniK and efficient Post Master, Mr. H. W. Lawson, has now any amount of small change and in buying stamps gives back the exact change to a cent. I ALii cFooi/s Day was Saturday, [and perhaps there was an appropriate | ness in fixing the appointment of the late Republican Precinct meeting for i that day. j Mils. M. M. White has a hand some stock of ladies' gear and will make an opening of beautiful goods this morning. Miss Kamey will as sist Mrs. Wlnte. Mk. W. Rosenberg is always up to time, and is prepared to sell every thing at the lowest prices. Give him an early call before his stock is broken. Don't forget the Grand Opening of hats, bonnets, &c., at the Emporium of Fashion this morning at 10 o'clock. Maj. John A. Bowie, of Atlanta, was in town on Saturday visiting his brother-in-law, W. J. Smith, Esq. The heavy rains on Saturday, Sun day and Monday raised the streams throughout the county. Miss Eliza Ti'Stin, after an ab-j seuce of several weeks in Georgia, re a few days ago. We have two town marshals now1 and as far as we-see they have but lit tle to do! Mrs. White has a beautiful lot of hats and bonnets which will be open-] ed to-day. % See notice of sale of goods at auction : by Col. J. T. Robertson, assignee. Billy Goats are still a great nui sance about the depot. JJISTKKSSIXO ACCIDENT.? 1 OSiet day morning, about 11 o'clock, quite an exciting scene was witnessed in Williamston. It seems that Miss Par ker, daughter of Dr. J. W. Parker, of I Columbia, had been on a visit ul>out half a mile from her boarding place, and while walking leisurely along, | she thought the ground was very | warm under her feet, but saw nothing to alarm her, until the smoke attraot jed her notice, and the lire touched her j person, when she commenced scream liJg* one: nau juoi viuootu tii^ ui iu^c going towards the Female College, anil a gentleman from the blacksmith shop ran to her assistance, grasping her, throwing hec to the ground and smothering the flames as best he could. A bucket of water was brought and thrown over her, and she was soon carried into Mr. Anderson's store near by and a physician sent for, i who did everything in his power tolal leviate her sufferings. Miss Parker said she must have brought the fire in her clothes for half a mile. She was badly burned, and although it may not prove fatal, yet she must suffer great agony. It seems providencial that the fire did not get into a blaze until she arrived at a spot where as sistance wat prompt in going to her re lief. Those who witrftssed the scene describe it as heartrending.?Greenville News. BS&- We are pleased to learn that Miss Parker Is much better, with a fair prospect of recovery. Town Council Election at Ninety-Six. The following is the result of the election at Ninety-Six on Monday last. Intendent?P. P. Martin. Wardens?J. P. Phillips, W. S. Grif fin, W. B. Harrison, W. J. Griffin. I Oar Rulers in Convention. ; Wm. II. Shives is a school teacher, an*d the following notice which was ! stuck on the Court House door attests j his ability to teach grammar aud oth er branches of education : j AGIN NOTICE I In rursuant to 11 Call made by the Chalr [ man for a Convention to be holden at Abbe i ville C. H. On the Six Day of aprll next. | All of the Republican Voters of the Klev i onth Township or I'reclnct Will attend the I Mass Convention on the first Day of aprll I next for the purpose or Electing Ten Dolc . gates to the County Convention. The Brazen Serpent Up Agin. WM H. SHIVES Prect Clialrraan Iu accordance with the above notice i , the negroes [Tom Jones objects to the j word "negro" and at his request we | erase that word and insert the j j words "colored people," in its stead,) met in the Court House on Saturday last, the only white persons j taking part in the meeting being L. L. < jGuttin,T. M. Christian >.'ewlin Mer cer and L. D. Bowie. There were I some half dozen spectators. W. H. Shivus was called to the j Chair ami Robert Leslie, William Pressly aud L. I). Bowie acted as Sec retaries. ' Mr. Bowie not being present at the ' time of his appointment, a delegation 1 was sent to request his attendance, j When he arrvieu he stood beside the Chairman when some one desired to "know if he was a Republican." The 1 Chairman, in a low voice, said some- { - ' ' J ? 1 T> I tiling 10 iur. xsowie, auu uuu iui. u. replied, tlic Chairman announced "He is." Another voice immediately ask ed "He is ? a Democrat or a Republi can?" A "citizen" in the opposite side of the house said, "Let him an swer for himself, is he a Republican ?" The Chairman looked at Mr. B. and Mr. B. said something to the Chair j man which this reporter did not jhear and the- Chairman an nounced, "He is a Republican." This still was not quite satisfactory, and a sable "man and brother" de manded. "Make him hold up his right hand and swear it!" at the same time holding his arm as high above his own head as it was possible. London Kerr thought this a good suggestion, and hoped that Mr. Bowie would be made to swear to his political affilia tions, and for a while it actually seem I ed that a mere statement of the fact of! 1 his being a Republican would not sat- i isfy, but finally, after some confused (expressions from various parts of the audience, the Chairman ordered Mr. Bowie to take his seat as assistant sec retary. The Chairman had a Hickory suck i about three feet long and every four or j five minutes he would strike It full] length across the table as an intitfia- j tion that order was desired, but noj no attention to any such intimation was ever paid. Tom Jones was requested to act as j marshal, and after an ineffectual at tempt to get a majority present to sit down, resigned his oflice in what seemed to him to be an eloquent speech, during the delivery of which the ordinary business of the meeting seemed to be progressing, and the "cit- ^ izens" kept calling. "Mr. Chairman !" i "Mr. Chairman!" "The gentleman is j out of order!" "I rise to a 'pint' of j order!" Mr. Chairman, I move"? : when down came the stick in repeat- 1 ed blows and with such force as to I1 drown all other sounds. The Chair- j man now announces that Mr. JonesH is excused from acting as marshal,!, and that Mr. Elijah whitlock andlj Mr. Louis Goldsby, were requested j ( tn ut-t ne murnhjils f/i kppi) order. 1.1 ' George Washington Foster now!] rose to make an eloquent speech, in 11 which he used a great many new 11 words, and also used a number of old > words in a new connection, but to use ] a remark of Mark Twain, what lie \ really meant by that speech is a secret ] between himself and his Maker, but be- , fore he finished, the Convention went t, into other business?the Chairman ) in the meantime not forgetting to use j his stick. i About this time the Chairman desir- 1 ed to vacate the Chair temporarily and J asjced George Edmunds to take his y place. Edmunds promptly responded j and took the scat, and the stick too, j which was immediately called into j use and struck nine stunning blows j across the table. Tom Jones now rose ] and suggested that the marshals be re- j onested to keep better order in the au- 1 dience, and that the chairman himself j should come to order. The Chairman * pro tem. did not like" to be interfered \ wirhnndsnid if Mr. Jones had seven 11 or even five pounds of brains he ought to know that it was the Chairman's business, and not his (Jones') to keep order. London Kerr said, "That's so!" The stick now comes down with half dozen deafening blows.' As soon as the stick was quiet half dozen "citizens" claimed the attention of the Chair. Jones by this time succeeded in re plying to the Chair, when he said it made no difference about the ? " J ~ V*** Un/1 AM?? knAMtO O f oil I* A puuiiua, 11 uc uau uuj uxcwua uu, ??v would keep better order. [This state ment, however, we were disposed to doubt.] The stick was brought down again, if possible, more energet ically than before. At the conclu sion of the Chairman's intellectual ex ercises with the stick, Richard Grant undertook to speak, when Jones began again to say something, but the mar shals whispered something in his ear aud he stopped. At this time George Edmunds concluded that he could not control the meeting and asked the Chairman to ''consume" the Chair. The Chairman took his seat, not for getting to use the stick, which was now becoming frazzled. Almost the entire audience were standing, talk ing loud in groups, and the marshals now made another ineffectual at tempt to get them to take seats. Cnmn nun nfhn ormlrl impair Inildfir UU1..V, than the rest, was understood to move that further debate cease, (if there had been any debate, we hadn't heard it.) To this our former representa tives Henry Ellison and Everidge Cain i objected, and while urging their ob jection, the Chairman noticed a coun tryman in the room'with a section of stove pipe on his head, drew down his stick live or six times in quick suc cession, making a noise which drowned all other noises, and or dered the "marshals to see that ! the gentleman with the beaver on un ; cover." The beaver being removed the usual good order and quiet was re j sumed. The messenger who had been des patched to the printing office now ar rived with,the printed tickets in his , hand which were at once distributed in the audience, and the few scattering "citizens" present who could read [ were immediately surrounded in anx ! ious groups to hear the tickets, in or |dertbat they might learn who they ! had to vote for. The motion to go into an election i was now carried, and L. L. Guflln I brouirht forward an election box, ! when the Chairman took his seat ori ! j the table and put his hand over the hole in the box, and made the impor tant announcement that nobody < would be csmpelled to vote or voting ] would not be compelled to vote any j particular ticket. When the voting commenced we left, but learn that the following nam- : ed persons will look after our (?) in terests in the* County Convention : G. W. Foster, Richard Davis, Peter Har ris, G. Richey, L. L. Guftin, G. W. Edmunds, W. H. Shives, William i xrwpt;, x. xii. v_/iiiisuuu^ i. iu, x ojik. Antrcville Items, A neighborhood Sunday school is the latest. They meet every Sabbath evening at the neighbors houses. Mr. W. A. Black acts as Superintendent and has a competent corps of teachers to assist hira. It is a good thing, and ; we hope their efforts may be blessed to the good of the youths of the land. Black should be more careful and not forget his keys. Every white man in Diamond Hill township is expected to join the Dem ocratic club. Our king is courting the belle of Rocky River. The school at the Centre of Gravity is increasing. The teacher Mr. Lati mer is a gentleman and a scholar. Captain "W. R. White takes the brass pieces which have been taken off curry-combs for gold dollars in payment of the purchases of goods. The Enforcement Act Gone Up. Washington, March* 28.?Judge Clifford dissented from the opinion, not from the Judgment, in the Grant Parish case. Judge Waite's opinion does not declare the enforcement act unconstitutional, but the motive of race and color must be averred in the indictment and established to secure a verdict. Exclusion or conspiracy to exclude white and black from the polls, with no other motive than to prevent them voting a cer tain ticket, does not come within the law. Whites and blacks alike must look to State laws; but when negroes who wish to vote the Demo cratic ticket are prevented on the ground that no negro shall vote the Democratic ticket, while whites are allowed to vote it, the enforcement act holds, and Federal courts which can take cognizance of the same hold, where whites, as a race, are excluded from the polls, or iutimidated by ne groes because they are.whites. The mo tive for the wrong must have its ori gin in prejudice against race or color, whether it be white or black, in order to bring it within the provisions of the enforcement act. Matl Carpenter and Judge Black are tiuoted as saying that there was little in the force bill at first, and nothing in it now. When Mark Twain was about to marry, his proposed father-in-law ask ed him for a character, he said: "I 5ues3 I can give you some names that will satisfy you. Now, there's Mr. Soodman, of the Territorial Entcr orise. And there's Mr. Frederick McCrelish, of the Alta Californian. You write to them. I guess they'll jive me a good character. I guess they will lie for me. I've done the iame for them whenever a requisition lias beeu made upon me." Daniel Drew was the only man who knew the word by which his combi nation safe was opened. One morning lie was ill and did not ?et down to his >ftice, so they sent to get the word. 'Door," the messenger was told, but lie worked with it half and hour, and he safe remained closed. H6 return 2(1 to the old gentleman. "What ivord did you say?" "Door, door!" ue shouted. Mr. Drew was eccentric 11 some tilings, asked, "How do you ipell it, sir?" "Such ignorance! D-o-a-r-e, of course." The safe open id. The Latkst Radical Saint.? 'Thompson, the Pomaria murderer, tvas an officer of the Union League, ind as such his body after death re :eived Union League honors, being ;scorted to the grave by the members >f the organization in Pomaria, and juried in the presence of an immense lumber of colored people." List ot Letters Remaining in the Post Office at Abbeville, March 31st, 1876. it W Adams, rlenry Antney, Vnthonv Atkine, Fohn Armstrong, Harvey'Johnson, E M Johnstone, Mary Johnson, John W Knox, u, li iiyru, Win Brown, rolin Barnet, Ready Basksom, L* H Bradley, [vOU J Both, ,V E Bell, Jay Brown. 0 jO Buskin, r E Bradley, H J Bass, Tames Chilton, >reene Calhoun, r II Carmiohacl, Dannie Cooley, kl A Cason, Hr 'Jowau, \.ddie Cheatham, tfr. Cochran, Vlary Coving, rane Calbort, Rebly Prcssly, U D Drennan, Sallie M Devlin, L.yddia Davis, f "Si Dickoy, M Dodson & Co, L?amdin Dawson, f T Fortieuo, >V L Graham, tannic J Gillam, ur, tangly, Ueogiana Lomax, Pleasant Brown Lee John M Martin, Fannie Means, Eunice Mars, A II Morton, Kpv Jas R Nesbit, Maggie Newel, Lela Neol, M rs \V A Pennal, Lucretia Pursel}', P Pool, J C Presslv, R D Purdy, J T Robertson, James Richardson, E Romev, Riley Right, Enuer Rich, S A Sullivan, John Small, G P Stembach, L Smith. George Stricklin, Andrew Stevenson, Lizzie Stevenson, Charles Sibert, Otto Shill, Henrietta Thomas, James F Lenell, QoliJn WiloAn iiUDU U1UUU19, Sugeno B Gary, Li C Gibert, Taines Gillam, it 0 Gray, r L Graves, >V W Hunter, Id line Hunter, fohn Harris, VIollie Holcoinb, Hilly Harris, IV J Hammond, lames Himilton, i J Hester. Fletcher Hall. H. W. Mary Westfield, ltebeeca Walker, J W Walker, J A Widenian, J H Walker, T H Zacbary, A L McCasfin, Mc Pherson Cole, Jphn McNeil, James Mclhvaine, E McCornel, Charles McCombs, 'John McCombs, |B J McCaslin. , LAMSON, P. M. MARKET REPORTS. CORRECTED BY Barnwell & Co., Cotton Brokers and Dealers in General Merchandise. KACToR' GOODS. I Fish? 'otton Yarns..81.15al.30 Mackerel ....$1.75a2.50 )snaburgs 12a 18 (,'od, per lb? 10a lit ? Shirting 10a 12| White " 10a 1.1 r4 Sheeting.... 12a 15;fialt, per sack 2.00a2.25 PKOVfHIONS. ! Tobacco,? 'lour, per 4a 5 Chewing,.... "oal.OO .'orn, per bu... 90al.00 Smoking,... OOal.OO ilenl, " 1.10al.20|_ AMMUNITION. trlst, per lb... li'Aa. s;i'owacr perm 40a i>u Jcas, " ..... 100al.25|Shot, " 12a 15 *1 )ats, " 1.00 Lead, " 10a 12 ' 3acon, Sides... 13a 15 CapB, per box 10a 40 Sh'drs. 11a 121 LIQUORS. Hams. ISa 201CornwhlskeyS2.00a3.00 L,ard ISa 20i French br'dy. 5.00a7.00 ri*h Potatoes. 1.75a2.00 Holland gin.. 6.00a?.00 Sweet " ... 75al.00l Aincri'n gin.. S.OOafl.OO - ?ggs - 15a 20 B'rbon vrh's'y 3.00a4.00 1 thickens 20a 25iWlnes S.OOa'J.OO J[ L'urkeye 1.00al.50 HARDWARE. iutter, 20a 2.">llron, Swedes. 8a 10 = GROCERIES. " English 7a 10 . sugar, crush'dS 15a 16|NtiIlst 5a 8 / " a 12a 15 Cotton cards.. 50a 00 si ' B 12a 15|Horse shoes... 10 _ " C 12a 15 " " nails 35 " Brow* 10a 12i LEATHER. Notice, Rio 25a 83 Hemlock 8 80a 85 " I^agu'aa 2Na 33iSole leather... 40a 50 " Java 37a 40 Up'r leather.. 60a 75 ~ Pea l.OOal.SO Har'ss " 40a 05 f Syrup, cane... 75al.00iCalf skins S.OOali.OO 1 Vlolasses, s. h. 40a 45|Klp skins 4.50a(i.00 si handles, sp'm 40a 50|Dry hides 0a 10 g " iul'm't :a>a :?;urcen mues... nu o Cheese 20a 251 BAGGING, Ac. Jnions, perbu 2.001 Bagging, p yd l(ia 18 itarch 12a 1/tiTles 7a 8 Tallow 10a 12; Rope, cotton.. 40a GO Rice, per lb..._ 10a 12lRope, grass... 23 AnnEViLLK, March 29,?Cotton 11(3,12. LIVERPOOL, April 3.?Cotton easier but lot ijuotably'higher?middling upland Middling Orleans l}%: sales 8,000. NEW YORK, April* 8.?Cotton dull; sales Mil, at 13%Cvl3 9-16; consolidated net receipts i*V>52. BALTIMORE, April 3.-Cotton dull and ea ?ler?middling l.'C; sales 271. AUGUSTA, Aprll.8,?Cotton quiet and de mand good for good grades; low grades neg lected. CHARLESTON, April 8.?Cotton easier--, titlddliug 13; sales .'1000. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Wikk's Hotel.? I)r J W Wldeman, W P Wideman, Long Cane; J M Gainen, Phoenix; S B McClinton, McClinton killo : Can Samuel S trad ley, Greenville ; i E Graydon, Cokesbury; GA Morrow, Diamond Hill; O T Calhoun, S S Mar jhall, S C Cason, City ; W II Knox, New Vork; R II Gray, Fayettville; P H Har ralson, W \V O'rookshauks, Atlanta; J L Stovall, Augusta. Alston House.?E C Power, Monte rey; L Smith, Hodeeu; J W Remley, 'liarlotte ; A V Brooks, A V Shroedor, Lowndesville ; O T Calhoun, Blue Hill; Miss Kate Small, S A Wilson, Citv ; W J [lackett, J C Chiles, Millwav; Billy Mc jraw, Thomas Link, Linkville. CONSIGNEES. Frkioht.?IC Boyd, V Lipford, H > Watkins, I) B Smith, *\V WSprouse, S M Calhoun, Mrs S Griffin, J B Bellott, A M t Irwin. A Morrison, Jas Mcllwain, Mrs Nickles, J McNeill. W H Mattox. d ExritEss.?E E Baskin, W M Tnggart,' r VV C Latimer, S S Baker, R B Cade, L L Pcrrin, S C Jiink, Moseley i^eroy it to., J P Young, L D liowie. AUCTION.-On FRIDAY the 4th instant; I will sell at public auction the rcniainker of the stock of MER CHANDISE of Messrs. DuPRE, GAM BRELL & CO. Sale will commence at 10 o'clock A. M. Terms Cash. J. T. RORERTSON, Assignee. April 5, 1876, 2i Great Reduction! I WILL for the next 30 days fill WAGON WHEELS (except road wagons) for $3.50, and a reduction of 33 per cent, from the regular prices of all other kind of work FOR THE CASH. For reference apply to Rev. J. F. Gibert and Mr. Cnas. Evans. Shop at Lebanon P. O., Abbeville Co. April 1, 76.] JOHN H. LIGON. To Lovers of Rare Flowers.? Ve take pleasure in inviting atten ion to the advertisement in this pa ier of Mr. DuPre, of Abbeville, a entleman too well known to need ndorsement at our hands. He offers large variety of rare and beautiful here fore adopted to this climate, and 11 of which are guaranteed to be iure, and at prices, too, which place hem in reach of all, no matter how1 united their purses. Now is the time, eader, to adorn your gardens and lomes with beautiful flowers and reepiutr plants, for it can be done .* .4. fltAra ?a I by himself, and mn nine cu?u, unu wtiv 10 uwkU.?e lse which cun give such delight to he eye.?Newberry Ilerald. The Merchant and Farmer is re ponsible for the following: Fire.?It does oot appear probable hat a lire could occur in town witli ut being found out, but such was the use last week. On Wednesday moru ng we were surprised to hear that a lacksmith shop north of the railroad ad been entirely consumed on Tties ay night without having been dis overed, notwithstanding two families f colored people resided within twen y-five feet of the building. The ori in of the Are can in no way be ac ounted for. The voice of the turtle dove is again eard in the land, the air is iauen fith pungent odors of all the ap roved variations of fertilizers, far ners are busy, ootton brokers are ma ing calculations ns to the future, ba on is going up, merchants and far mers are expectant, boys and girls are ating philopenas together, and the 'rew and Banner is still offered at lie low rate of $2,00. There is no use jr despondency under these circum tances. "Economy, my dear, economy," lid he. "It's all right for you to ave plants and all that, but there is ?ason in all things, and there isu't a article of sense in paying 50 cents for flower-pot when there are a dozen igar boxes about the house." And iking the la?t "Havana" from anoth r box, he handed her the box to put n oleander In, lighted his cigar and talked out. Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, of leorgia, said a few days since in the ourse of a speech before a body of isitors from Cincinnati: "I am glad lis -war is over, aud I want it under food that I am opposed to the next ivil war, and I am not afraid of the ext foreign war." ro THE^ LADIES! r AM now prepared to exhibit the L latest novelties in IfflT.TKTUVRV nd invite my friends and the public 1 > an examination of the same. Feel- v lg assured they will find it to their r uerest to call before purchasing else- F 'here, as, owing to the scarcity of 1 loney, I intend to sell very low fori J ASH. The 1 r )ress-Making Department? is still under the supervision of 1 MISS JANE RAMEY,' { rho will be pleased to receive your a rders, and will endeavor to give satis- F tction. * Very respectfully, v IRS. M. M. WHITE. I April 5, 1876, 51-tf GOODS CHEAPER THAN EVER! Now for Bargains. [HAVE just received a largo Stock of SPRING AND SUMMER Dry Goods, ilntTiino- Ftaix lSIiop.s k.c, 'iul"luO) ' "! ~?J 7 f the latest styles and made in the ie roost durable manner, also a large lock of JROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Ac., 11 of which will be sold at very low rices for cash. Give me a trial. W. Rosenberg. April 5, 1876, 51. few Advertisements. I P CNTC ^or 1,081 c^ancc 'n tho world \ULll 1 J to coin money. Address U.S. AKETY POCKET C<\ Newark, N. J. ' 'Hie tartlet partlcularfl^Mxid doallther chlm."tyj JiUmp. C. F. Wnr ?.V. Y. WBrvf.rSL, jtSwZfT Co. (llolUd) .Up 19, HcmKmbM Dnan? fit., K. Y. jinrD asAtniQ, otcsouahct, r/scniATios, "1 Soil C ha mine, Mesmerism and Xm-iigo Guide, tiowlng how cither sex mny fascinate nnd aln t he love and.affection of any person they boose Instantly, -MX) pastes, By mall 50 cents, funt & Co., 139S. 7th Street, Philadelphia, Pa QEKT3 WANTIIM Mollis and. Diplsmai Awarded, ,r?a.r'PICTORIAL BIBLES 800 Ulutntioiu. Address for new circulars, . J, HOLNAN k CO., 030.KCH St., Phlln. If A lVITrnAGENTS for the best selling Mf All 1 mL/St-aOlonary Packages in the orld. It con.alns 15 sheets paper, 15 enve >pes, Golden Pen, Pen-holder, Pencil, Patent ard Measure, and a piece of Jewelry. Single ackege, with pair of elegant <ioiu ?tone Iccve Iluttons, post paid, 25 eta. 5 withassofit il Jewelry for 81.00. Tills package 1b worth he money. Watches given away to all Ag'ts Irculars free. BRIDE <fc CO., 7?9 Broadway, few York. "HLCENTENNIAL VERSA! HISTORY. D the close of the first 100 years of our Na lonal Independence, including an account of tic coming Grand Centennial Exhibition, 700 ages, fine engravings, low price, quick 6ales, Ixtru terms. Send for Circular! 1*. W. ZIE rLER <fc CO., 518 Arch Street, Phlla. Pa. FOR I0UGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, And all Throat Diseases, W ells' Carbolic Tablets! PUT UP ONLY IN BLUE BOXES, L TRIED AND SURE REMEDY. 'or sale by all Druggists generally, and OHNSTON, HOLLOWAY & CO., Phil. Pa. WATERS'PIANOS, SQUARE, nd UPRIGHT, ARE THE BEST MADE; lie Tone, Touch, Workmanship, and Dura bility Unsurpassed. WATERS' ORGANS, Concerto, 'ew Orchestral, Vesper, Chapel, Vlaleste, and 'vmbella. cannot be excelled in tone or beau v. The Concerto Stop is a line imuauoji ui he Huniau voice, warranted for six yt.irs. I'RICKS EXTHKM ELY LOW for CASH uriiiK this month. Monthly Installments ecelved. A liberal discount to Teachers, Ministers, 'hurches, Schools, Lodges, etc. AGENTS V'ANTKl). Speciul inducements to the trade. IUustra ?d Catalogue sent, HORACE WATERS & ONS, 481 Broadwny, New York. Box, ;t607. BLANKS >F THE MOST APPROVED FORMS, FOR SALE, AT TIIE Press & Banner Office. Rent Liens, Liens on Crops, Lien on Crop and Bill of Sale. Mortgage of Personal Property, Mortgage of Real Estate, Title Deeds, Trial Justice's Blanks. Sub. Tickets. Sub. Writs. Summons for Money Demsnd. Copy Summons for Money Demand Tlie Abbeville Clergy. ' REMINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE BY AN EX-ABBEVILLIAN OF OVER FORTY YEARS. About 1836 there was sent to the Cokesbury circuit, which inclosed the Jourt House, then not a station, and he pulpit being supplied one Sabbath u four (interstice filled by locals,) >ne rider, named Fowler (or some hing else.) He sprang from Meck enburg County, North Carolina, .vhich is said to have furnished more ,'oung preachers to the South Caro ina Conference according to popula ion than any other locality. He was ipon the Cokesbury circuit in accor lance with an established rule to dace there as early as practicable the nost promising young men. The eason of this I always understood was, hat the literary contact at Cokesbury, vith the intelligence and refinement tnd wealth of the whole circuit, gave id vantages equal to a four years' ichooling elsewhere; besides there ,verea number of persons havintr the neansand disposition to become thej matrons of the most promishing and! ofurnish material aid to help them! mwarcla. High on this list stood "sis er Downey," (her real name.) She vas a widow of fifty summers and vithout children long before I knew ler, aud lived at and built that beauti ul residence two miles east of town, ifterwards owned by Jas. Carson, Esq. >he educated and graduated at Yale College a most promising nephew (of ler late husband I think) named 3etfrge Hackney, who returned to her lonae sick and died in March, 1834, in ime for the writer to witness his fu leral cortege. She afterwards pur shased of John A. Calhoun, Esq., hat then beautiful residence next ibove Major Alston's, into which 8he omoved and lived until about 1840, vhen she removed to Mississippi to iccompany an only gister. "Sister Downey" hadan abundance of money, >ut few kin and none of them poor, jhe came to town to enjoy religious idvantages and company. She had 10 "darlings" of her own, but Abbe ville having good schools she gather ed them around her. It was a beauti ul sight at a distance, and more beau Iful ana bewitcnmg as cne aisiauce < vas shortened, to see her at the head >f her miniature battalion, marching hem to church and prayer meetings, n which she was alwaj'8 on duty and flowed no defaulting and straggling. 3er Julias, Lizzies, Carries and Su ies were all picked and pretty. But his and they are not the subject pro )er. "Sister Downey's" home was as ver the preacher's home, and her >urse the preacher's purse. It is reas muble, and was as true as reasonable, hat the first visit of "Brother Fow er" found him at home at "Sister Dow ?ey's. He preached in the old 30x20. iis English was faulty, but his ser non was original and striking and vould have taken well for a young nan, but for the discount of his ap >arel thus: A two-story fur hat, one lalf wool;; linen vot at all suitable; oat of satinet and cut and made by lis mother; pants ditto ana <iuto ana eachiug within four and a half Inch 's of his ankles, where they were met ,nd underconie by the tops of a pair if $2 pegged boots. The next morn ng Sister D. asked brother F. to walk vith her, and he accepted. They vent to John White's. She asked to ee hats, and they were set before her. >he invited brother F. to fit himself, ud he did it, she dropping the $8 as >riced. She then took him to brother tingsmore's, had his measure taken vith order for the finest suit of coat, >ants and vest that could be made, ihe then led him to brother Moore's, tad his measure taken with order for or the neatest boots of the best mate ial. She sent an order to Sister Shil ito, for a dozen linen shirts, medium ized collar and six pair of drawers. L'he next morning on a table in "the ireacher's room,'' were to be found, ? - ?l - - ? > 1? ? ' II* An/1 Konrl. [ItrillO BUUh?), BI1IV nuu UttUJUi Jl/ UUUU ;erchief and also a dozen muslins. The second "round" of Brother f'owler found him equipped in outfit qual to the requirements of the pul- I >i( anywhere. When he walked in 1 orae said it was a new man, and none < vere certain of his identity except J sister D. His sermon was a great im- , Movement on the first. Sister \D. ( vhlspered into his ear that all he need d was to study, and invited him to c ler deceased nephew's books and to * Iraw 011 her for others. "The moral ^ nfluence of clean linen," "the Inspir ng effect of ?feood cloihes" and "fe- J nale inflence" upon the character of t nen, were never nlore happily illus rated than in the case of Brother { > ' - ?* - - K!o 1 'OWIl'L'. 11 put U lltn DVI115 111 Uig nouth and a higher strike for his ar ows. Iu the ioy and rapture of his leart the first thing that he did was to vrite to his parents telling them into vhat pleasant places his "lines had alien;" that 011 his second "round" they knew how he looked on the Irst, a3 they bad seen him only the veek before,) he found himself "down o bis ears in the finest fur, up to his cnees in the finest calf-skin, md from neck to heels in the inest broad-cloth, with linen, silk, nerino and cambric iu abundance ana o fit." The news no doubt made lappytheold folks at home. It is said urther that Sister Downey duplicated tnd triplicated "Brother Fowler's" wardrobe during the year, and at the :Iose when he was about to leave and the withdrew her hand from his in a 'farewell" he found in the palm of lis hand three one hundred dollar )illH to help him along. The succeed ng year Brother Fowler was consid ;red ready for a Charleston audience, md he wa9sent to (I think) the Cum Derfcnd street church, and while fil ing it some "friends" convinced him :liat he had more talents than were needed in the pulpit, and he had bet :er take along witli it the.law, and he read it and was admitted to practice, ind his name in the next minutes stood "Solomon Fowler, located at his jwn request." A ' self location from :he Methodist itinerancy, is equal to a msliier in military, except that it does :iot destroy functions. "Brother Fow ler," so-called, obtained a good prac tice for several years at the Charles ton Bar, and supplied a Presbyterian pulpit, (without a minister of their iwn and without a change of his jreed) for several years at $300 per iiinum. He went to California soon ifter its acquisition, &&& a member of citntu Pnnuontlnn that framed ?UU kJMtbV VWM t _ the Constitution, and when last heard j sf was a leading lawyer at the San Francisco Bar. His preach had be 30me a small thing, or practically for jotten. * * * That was an unique speech made by the man who was recently hanged at Hamilton, Canada, for the brutal mur ier of nis landlord. Instead of ex pressing contrition, and admonishing others not to follow his example, he referred to the fate of the murdered man, and hoped it might be a warn ing to other landlords who persist in dunning impecunious tenants. There is an originality about this speech sel iom found in the remarks of those who are about to leap into eternity through the instrumentality of a noose. The Columbia Utiioti Herald rasps the Carolina railways for giving dead head tickets to legislators. It says that if members had to pay their rail way fare they would long since have J idjourned and gone home. We do - *1 ?'1" (JUL lllllltv U1C laillUUUD CMC iu UJUI1I9. rhey are at tbe mercy of the thieves ind know very well that unless they ] ?ive tbe free passes they will be worse ! blackmailed in some other way. Bex Hill.?The Baltimore Sun cor- . respoudent at Washington savs: "Ev- ; jry now and then the Republicans try :o stir up Ben Hill, of Georgia,|Tto make a speech, which it is understood lie lias preparedj hoping thereby to rain some political advantage. Mr. Llulbert, of Illinois, tried to stir him jp Friday by making allusions to the 1 jpeech he delivered before the holi 3ays, but Mr. Hill sat quietly iu his jeat writing and did not appear to pay- , the least attention to what Mr. Hul- ' belt waa saying." V Tribute of Respeot to the Memory of Elder Win. F. Noble. 'Is thftt ft death bed whore the Christian lies ? fes, but not IiIb. 'Ti?death itHelf thero dies." The subject of this sketch was born on j December 18th, in the year of our Lord ten 800, and fell asleep in Jesus on the 24th on )f February, 1870. He was the eldest K. ion of five ehiidren, of whom one broth ?r alone survives. Ho was married ^ei wico; the first time to Miss Matilda i; Caroline Houston, by whom he had five abn ihildren, most of whom have preceded iim to the grave. Tlie second time ho vas united in the bonds of matrimony to 8po Hiss Louisa lleminger, who still lives to a. nourn his loss. In the year 1843, under a I ho ministry of Rev. Win. H. Davis, he Jf? :onnectod himself with the Willington g 'resbyterian church, and lived a consist- mil snt member of the same until his death. >tioi !n the year I860 ho was elected, ordained of I ind installed as an elder in the above *?F nentioned church, and near the close of ex{ he year 1870 was chosen clerk of the bor icssion, in which capacity, ho faithfully nei iorved until his translation to a better 6* vorld. For many months prior to his decease, ber 10 woo on infnnun onffnrof Annaoi.^nofl hr Thi lome affection of the heart, which finally crminated in dropsy of the heart. Only lis most intimate friends, and those who vcro frequently around his bed-side, can lave any adequate conception of what he lid suttor. As ho a few days before his leath expressed it. he "experienced no icuto pain^fcut was continually restless md uneasy," on account of a great diffl :ulty of breathing. At timos this would ako tho more violent form of a >aroxysm or spasm, ajad he was exceed ngly fearful that he Would breathe his aat, while in this latter condition. But Us apprehensions were not realized, for lis "weary soul" sunk into endless rest is gently as tho sotting sun. He soems to have had a premonition of lis approaching end, from tho very bo ?inning.of his sufferings; and he would sometimes ox press an earnest desire for a ipeedy deliverance from his severe afflic lon. His last words were, "01i death vhero is thv sting, oh grave, where is thy victory." But he has gone. As we trust, lis ransomod spirit has been borne on meels' wlntrs to a hotter and brighter vorld. whore sin and sickness can never listurb, and where ''every tear is wiped iway from ^sorrow's weeping oye." He ias gone to seo his precious Saviour face o face, "ind to share with him tho glories >f Ills kingdom; to hear that welcome plaudit, "Well done good and fhithftil ser vant, Thou hast been faithful over a few hings, I will make thee ruler over many hings, enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord." Mr. Noble was strictly conscientious in he discharge of his duties, and his walk >efore his fellow-mon was upright and lincere. And an evidenco of this is the act, that those who knew him most inti nately were wont to confide in him most mplicitly and to love him best. No one in the community took a great er interest in tho religion of Jesus, and he spread of the gospel. And in his own jarticular church, ho was held in the ilghest estimation. As was expressed In lis funeral discourse, "in this dispensa lon of God's providence, we can but orcibly feel that one of the main pillars >f Willington church has fallen." And now in honor to the memory of me whose death is greatly deplored by ill mhn IrnAW him wo f.hft apsslnn of tVillington church do adopt as oar final ributo tho following proam^e and reso utions: Whkrkas, in tho all-wise providence )f God, Death with his keen sickle, lias )een in oar midst and cut down in tho ull maturity of his days our beloved jrotherin the Lord, and faithfWeo-work sr in the church, Elder WM. P. NOBLE, berefore it is resolved by tho session of Willington church, 1st. That we bow with heartfelt sadness, yet omplete resignation, under this visitation of 'rovldence. in thus removing from tho hurch militant to the church triumphant, >ne so upright in his walk and conscientious ind faithful in the dischargo of his several lutles. 2d. That wo hereby express our unfeigned ympathy with the family and relat ives of J he dccetised, In this thelrsevere bereavement, j 3d. That we devote a blanK page inourmin ite book the memory of our deceased brother vlth this Inscription?Tothe memory of Wm. \ Noblo, who departed this life on February 4th, 1870, In the 70th year of hl? age. "Not lothful In business, fervent In spirit, serving he Lord." 4th. That a copy of this tribute be given to >1h surviving partner. 5th. That we respectfully request the publi cation of the foregoing Tribute and renolu ions In the Southern Prenbyterian. the Abbe ille Prcs* and Banner and the Abbeville He lium. "REV. A. L. MILLER, Mod. A. A. Noble, Clerk. What it Costs to Advertise. That our readers may know the com jarativo cost of advertising at various )laces we have turned to a pile of our ex " * - it- *? iL. 4U1U.., nanges ana maKe irom iueiu uiu iuuu? ng extracts of their advertising rates. These extracts show that the "Press and 3annerM advertise at as cheap rates as .he cheapest Advertisements will be inserted at tho rate if one dollar per squaro of one inch spaco for Irst insertion, nnd fifty cents per square for ach subsequent insertion.?Lexington Dit to tch. Advertisements Inserted at the rate of $1.50 >er square, often lines, or less for the first in ert Ion. and 81.'A) for each continuance.?Bam veil Sentinel. Advertisements inforted at the rate of one loliar per square, of nine lines, or less, for the Init insertion, and fifty cents for each subse [uent insertion.?PicJkent Sentinel. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.60 >er square.? WUliamtburq Republican. Advertisements one dollar an inch first reek, second and third weeks each seventy lve cen tn.?Darlington Southerner. Kates of Advertising.?One square, onjeln ertlon, 81,00; each subsequent insertion, 75 :entH.?Morton Star. Transient Advertisements, one square of ,en lines, S1,U0 for llrst Insertion, and fifty :ents for each subsequent Insertion.?Florence Pioneer. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate >f 51 60 per square, 10 Nonpareil lines, for the Irst Insertion; subsequent insertions by con ract.?Port Royal Standard anil Commercial. Advertising.?One square, first insertion, >ne Inch. ?1,00; each subsequent Insertion, 50 .enU.?Anderxon Journal. All transient Advertisements will be charg :d one dollar and flifty cents per square for lie llrst, and one dollar per square for each lubsequent insertion.?Camden Journal. Advertisements inserted at the rate of S1.00 >er square?one inch?for first insertion, and 5c. for cacli subsequent insertion. Double joluran advertisements teu per cent on above.?Xeu. b*rry Herald, Rates of Advertising.?One Dollar per square of one Inch for the first insertion and ifty cents per square for subsequent inser lons for less than three months. No adver isement counted less than a square.?Ander son Intelligencer. Terms of Advertising.?81 per Square for the %?A i ?A a rvr?f unnoro frtP ftflfih irbi luncruuu, uuu w v?o* |/v> v .v. subsequent insertion. A square is the space if nine lines or sol id brevier type.?Laurctu Hllc Herald. Advertisements will be Inserted at the rnto >f 51.50 per square ten minion lines, or less for :hc the first Insertion, and one dollar per square for each subsequent Insertion.?Edge iekl Advertiser. Rates of Advertising.?One square, one Inch, first week $1.00, second and third wock, each ?lghty ccnt*.?Christian XeiQhbcrr. Advertisements Inserted at one dollar and fifty cents an Inch for the first insertion, and ncventy-flve cents each subsequent Inser :lon,?Elberton, Oa., Gazette. Advertisements will be Inserted at the rate >f one dollar nor inch for the first insertion, ind seventy-five cents per inch for each sub sequent Insertion.? Wtuhingion, Ga., Uazette. Advertisements will be inserted at one dol ar and a half per square for the first, and one lollar per square for each subsequent inser :lon. A square to consist of the spacc occu pied by ten lines of brevier type.. No adver " * * Iauu fhmiR ununrc.?Lau. LIHUUICUb wu.^iuvicu tv?u tatter ledger. Rates of Advertising.?One square, or less, mo Insertion, one dollar; each subsequent in sertion, seventy-five cents, A {liberal reduc tion from these rates for longer time. One nch constitutes a square.?MerchaiU. and Far ner. Advertisements.?One square, flirt inscr :Ion, one dollar and fifty cents, one square second Insertion, one dollar: each subsequent lisertlon, fifty cents.?True Southron. Rates of Advertising.?One square one In sertion one dollar. For each subsequent in iertlon fifty cents.? Whwboro Nrwt. Advertisements inserted at ono dollar per | square of one Inch or less for the first lnser-1 :lon and fifty cents for each subsequoat In sertion.?Keowee Courier. Advertisements Inserted at one dollar and Ifty cents per squaro for the first, and scven iy-flve conts for each subsequent Insertion for ?ny period lew mau tnroe monins,?aumtcr Watchman. Advertising rates?ono square one week on? iollar: one month three dollars; three months, eight dollar*.?Aiken Cburjer Journal. Advertising.?one square or one Inch, first insertion, one dollur; each subsequent inser tion. seventy-five cents.? Union Timet. Advertising Rates.?One inch?1 week, one lollar; 2 weeks, ono dollar and fifty cent*: t weeks, two dollar*; -1 weeks, two dollars and Hfty conts; 2 months, three dollars and fifty L-cnts; 3 months , five dollars; ti mouths, nine iollars'twelve months, fifteen dollors.?At tociute Jh'form Prexbylcrian. Advfrtism??nts inserted at the rate of one ilollnr per square of ten brevier lines or less, for the first Insertion, fifty cents eaeh for the second and third insertions.?UreenvUle Enter ftrite and Mountaineer RELIGIOUS SERVICES. IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Kvcry Hunany.??ev. J. u. jiarun, rostor. Sunday School Exercises. at 10 a. m. " Morning Worship, at.... 11 " " Afternoon " 4Upm " Evonlng " 7V2 " Prayer Meeting Thursday Evening, 7J4 " IN THE METHODIST CHURCH. Every Sunday.?Rev. J. W. Wlghtmap-JPastor. Sunday School Exercises, at 10 a. m. " Morning Worship, at 11 " " Afternoon " " Evening " 712 " Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Evening, " IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH On the Second and the Eourth Sundays. Rev. R. N. Pratt. 1 "astor. Sunday School EnRlses, at 10 a. m. ' Morning Worship, at 11 " " Afternoon " 3 " IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Every Sunday.?Rev. John Kershaw, Rector. rjunduy School Exercises, at 10 a. m. " Morning Worship, at 11 " " Afternoon " 4^p.ro. The Campaign. Cedar Springs. a accordanco with announcement the vo a of Cedar Spring Township met at Bethla Saturday the 18th Instant. On motion W. Bradley was requested to act as chairmnn 1 J. S. Glbertas secretory. G. C. Bradley *ented the following resolutions which re unanimously adopted:. sttolvcd, 1. That we fully apprehend the fllute necessity of a thorough organization ill good and law abiding men with a view rescue the State from the hands of those o for eight yours have plundered and de ll ed us. The officers of the organization shall be iresident, two vice-presidents, secretary, 1 !..? auu CALUUbl V U WLUiUiltbVO yJL Ul mbcra. It shall be the duty of the executive com -tee to collect and disseminata lnforma n and advise the organlzutlon to the liest <hclr Judgment the best policy to pursue the good of the eouiitry. The President shall Lave power to call ra meetings and one-fourth of the mera s sliall have power to transaet any busl 13. , Any voter of the vicinity may become a mber by signing the constitution. n cull of the chairman about forty mem s came forward and enrolled their names. ; chuir appointed a committee to nomi o officers for the club. After returning sy presented the following named ludlvid who were unanimously elected: J. K. Bradley, President. . K. Glbert and D. M. Wardlaw, Vlce-Pres 11 ts. . C. Lltes, Secretary. . L. Drennan, Treasurer. , L. Glbert, John Lyon, Dr. W. L. Miller, J. Wldeman, G. C. Bradley, W. P. Wardlaw, xrles Evans, J. A. Devlin and Dr. H. Dren ri, Executive Committee. . L. Glbert. Charles Evans and 1. H. Ligon re appointed to draft a constitution to nrMrnfpd at. t.ho npvt. mrw?tlnor ftcr tin eloquent speech from the Preai it elect, the following gentlemen were :tcd to represent the township In the inty convention: G. C. Bradley and John in. After which the meeting adjourned to et at the name place on the third Saturday (Vprll at 10 o'clock, a. m. W. K. BRADLEY, President. . C. LITES, Secretary. Alewine's Mills. ccordlng to adjournment the Duo West mocratlc Club met at Alewine's Mills on unlay, March 20th. A quorum being prex , the President, Or. J. a. Robinson, took clialr and In the absence of the Secretary, '. Hawthorn acted as Secretary. The chaTr faced the exercises by exposing In a lucid 1 eloquent manner, the principal causes of country's demoralized regime, and urged husiastically the absolute Importance of a leal change in the administration of the ernment. Rev. J. N. Young, fortunately ng present, woaeaxerly called for and ro otled in a pointed and elaborate address, senting in detail, truths and facta that re forcible and intelligible, and suggested ledies that were adequate to restore a good 1 honest arovornmnnt.. R H Armstrong j called tor and replied briefly by endore tho conservative cause. The pro tan. seo iry was called on. He rather reluctantly the want of bra)n<spouted forth voclfer ly a fow spontaneous remarks, aiming to press the great Importance of action In the omlng campaign. he President read tho constitution and led for accessions to the Club, and the 8ec ?ry vent round and secured several addi nal names, making in the aggregate nine three members that avowedly have pledg themselvea on the side of honesty and ca nity. On motion the Secretary was request to read out aloud all names enrolled for i gratification of the crowd. he following motions were passed to wit: at our next meeting be held at Dne West the last Saturday in April, at 2 o'clock b. That thfi PwmiHflnt. nrw?n?i t\i%a ai? fwn altera for the occasion to make It the more itlng. That the proceedings of this mect : be given publicity In the Abbeville pa 's. Ivery thing passed off pleasantly and enter* nlngly, ana we hope good impressions re made that will redound eventually for i welfere of onr country. In .connection ;h the minutes, I'll take occasion to say, let >ry member consider It his binding and peratlve duty to be present, if possible*, n ai a sacrifice, ut every meeting to encour > the cause; otherwise it will lose interest i attraction. Fellow Citizens, the salva 11 of the country is at stake! leetlng adjourned to meet at tho above nHoned place. Dr. J. A. ROBINSON, President, i. P. HAWTHORN, Sec'y, proton. White Hall. rsuant to the call of tho Township Chair n. the citizens of White Hall met in con ltlon on Saturday, March 18th. The mcet r was .called to order by P. H. Bradley: F. Morrow was requested to act as Secretary, e constitution of the Anderson Democrut Jlub was read and adopted, by filling out > blank of the first article with White Hall mocratlc Club and inserting one-fourth ln ad of one-third in article fourth?the club meet on the second Saturday in every >nth. An opportunity was given to all tho smbers to sign the constitution, and a mber came forward and signed. >n motion a committee of threo was np Inted to nominate officer*. This commit' s conKlatcd of R. W. Seymour, T. J. Chip and W. G. Kennedy, sr. The committee x>rted tbc following officers, viz. *. H. Bradley, President: H. Adams and B. W. Seymour, Vlcc esldenta; f. Griffin* Recording Secretary; V. W. Wakefield, Treasurer. \ J. Hearst, Correspoqdlng Secretary, lie following were nominated as on Execu re Board?vii. ' T ('hlnlnv W J CunnnlT hp.. J V. ndy, J. L Wanfand John Wilkerson. \ H. Bradley, with J. T. Hearst as alter tc, was elected to represent the club at the !etlne of the county convention. F. L. MORROW, Socrctary. Long Cane. L meeting of the democrats of Long Cane rnsh was Held at Douglass's Mill* on the h. The Anderson constitution wax adopt with the exception of article 4th, which a changed by inserting one-fourth to con tute a quorum for the transaction of busl s?. A club was organized with thirty-five imbersund the following officers, 'resident?T. L. Haddon. flce-Presidants?E. Wcstfleld and C. G. iddon. iecretary?David Penney. alternate Secretary?J. M. Lelth. 'orrcspnding Secretary?R. H. Hughes. Executive Committee?W. T. Ellis, James .wthorn, J. C. Munday, E. Wilson, Francis nry, >n motion, the second Saturday of every >ntb was chosen as tho regular meeting y. nt 2, o'clock p. in. The next meeting to be Id at Gilgal church. T. L. HADDON, President. . M. LEITH, Secretary. New Market. I meeting was held at New Market on 8at lay 25th tor tho purpose of formins a dem atlc club. 'ho meeting was called to order by Col. O. :UT Miller, the township chairman, who In sw approplate and stirring remarks, stated s necessity and objects of the movement, enty-nlne names were enrolled as mem rs or the club. The constitution of the An son Democratic Club was adopted. The jular meetings to be held on the second turday of each month at 8 o'clock, at New irket. The name of the clnb to be "The w Market Democratic Club." The follow r officers were elected. 'renident?H. H. Cresswell. , Vice-President?ft. B. Brooks. d Vice-President?Henry Kllcy. tccording Secretary and Treasurer?Jolin Moore. 'orrcspondingSecretary?James W. Greene. Sxecutlve Committee?W. H. Whltloek, C. Parks, W.J. Miller and 8. J. Major, an. W. Greene won elected alternate to rep ent this elnb In the County Convention to held at Abbeville C. H., on saleday in irll. The principal from thla (>"lnety-81x vnshlp) to be elected by the Ninety-Six mocrutlc Club. 8, B. BROOKS, Vlce-Prcs't. OHN R. Moore, Secretary. Magnolia. lie Democrats of Magnolia Township met the rosldenc^bf W. Is. Ransom, Km., the mocratic chairman for that township, on Lurday, the 18th Instant. In consequence the Inclemency of the weather the party s but poorly represented. The chairman vlng called the meeting to order the organ itlon wax effected by ihe unanimous elec n of the following officers. )r. J. W. Thompson. President; V. N. Ransom and S. C. Link, Vlce-Presi ntn; olin McNeill, Secretary; . X. Walker, Corresponding Secretary; J. L. Jones, Treasurer; \ E. Smith, W. ifc Brooch, F. D. Pickens, . Wm. Taggart, E. Calhoun, Executive mmlttcc. 'hose elected ns members of tho executive nmltteo were not all present, but, under c circumxtahces, it Is hoped none will be tended, A mass meeting of the whole dem -atlc party will bo held at the McDuffie ice, belonging to the estate of the late men Norwood, deceased, on Saturday, loth April. Every man who Is Interested In )d government It Is hoped will be present that day. Democrats, remember Satur y, 15th or April, and bo at the McDuffie :icc at 10 o'clock a. m. precisely. JOHN McNEILL, Secretary. Lowodesville. meeting of tho democratic citizens of wndsvllloTowhshlp was hold on last Bat day, and after the usual preliminary exer es a democratic club was formed by the option of the Anderson constitution and i! election of the following officers, 'resident. H. H. Harper. t'icc-Presldents, L. C. Mauldln, and J. C. rltsle. Secretary, J. P. Prltchard. freasurer, T. Baker. Executive Committee?J. M. Latimer, sr.. nlah Burton, B. A. Davis, John T. Baskiu1 Bell. ['he names of fifty-six members were en lled. Calhoun. rhc Calhoun Democratic Club met on the l 1 at Mt. Chirmel, with one hundred mem id present, and elected Mr. K. A. Mar* dele- i to to the County Convention of the Demo- \ ntl<% orxanizatlon. The next meeting will , > held at Calhoun's Mills on the 8th April. 1 JAS. McCASLAN, President. E. A. MARS, Secretary. * Is Your Life Worth 10 Cents T < Sickness prevails everywhere, and ev- ' ybody complains of some disease dur g their life. When sick, the object is to - it well; now to say plainly that no per n in this world that is suffering witli | yspepsia, Liver Complaint and its ef i-ts; such* as Indigestion, Costiveness, s ek II cad ache, Sour Stomach, Heart urn, palpitation of the Heart, Depress i spirits, Biliousness, Ac., can take 1 keen's August Flower without get- J ig relief and cure. If vou doubt this 1 ?to your Druggist W. 1T. JPenney and S ;t a Sample Bottle for 10 cents and try I Regular size 75 cents. Two doses tl ill relieve you. If The Homestead in Georgia.? he Supreme Court of Georgia bas re sntly decided that the right of home ead in mortgaged property may bo aived by the head of the family. As ir Act of Assembly expressly makes )id any waiver of homestead so as to )feat the right, we suppose that our urts would decide differently from tose of our sister State. Secession has thus far been success 1 in Amherst, Mass. One John iiith has sent a memorial to Con ess, whereiu lie solemnly renounces 1 allegiance to National or State Gov nment. It is expected that he will nd a declaration of Independence to .e town council and attempt to gov n himself. The death of the Hon. A. O. P. icholson, Chief Justice ofTennes e which was announced recently, moves another of the landmarks of r-gone American politics. At 0110 me Judge Nicholson was among the remoFt Democratic leaders of the utttiy. Cheapest Music Yet.?We are In ceiptof the second number of "Per *? Musical Cabinet," a new eollee )n of Vocal and Instrumental Mu b, -consisting of 24 pages, or 8 pieees, liich published In sheet form would at: die sum of $305. By seudiug 25 ntsto John F. Perry & Co., 338 Washington St., Boston, you will re ive* copy of this work. The English Saturday Review says: " Fnynnntplps tvhorp nfflmnl nuritv is e rule certain American institutions ive not yet been adopted- It is orth while to consider the .tendency further changes in the direction of smocracy. Chivalry, according to urke, was the cheap -defence of na jins. The administration of public Fairs by gentlemen may, perhaps al > tend to cheapness." The story of the American scandals is reached Constantinople,-where the amboul alludes gravely to the little fair of General She tick with that oman, Emma Mine. rcenville & Colombia R. JL 1A88ENGER trains run daily, Sundays cx cepted, connecting with ni*ht trains ou uth Carolina Railroad up and down. On d after Monday, February 14, *he following 11 be tbo Mchedale DOWX. 8.15 am 10.00 a m 11.20 am 147 pm UP. i ?vc ilumbla .8 ton - swberry ikesbury nivo Mievillo - 4.05 p m ave Belton 4.80 p m rrlve rccnvlllo - 6.00 p m ndcrson .Branch Leavo Greenville l$clto% Abbeville Cokesbury Newberry Alston - Arrive Columbia 7.30am 0.15am 9.00 a m 10.53 a ni 2.13 pin 3.65 p m W0 pm Division, and Bloe Ridge DOVTN. ?vo Walhalla save Perryvi lie mvo Pendleton save Anderson CP. Arrive 7.45 p m 5.35 arm 8J20am Leave 7.05 pm 7:10 am Leavo CWpni 8.10 a-m Leave 5.80 pm rrlve at Belton 9.00?m Leave 4.80 p in Accommodation trains run-on the Alibc llo branch Mondays, Wednesdays and Krl iys. On Anderson branch, between Belton id Andenon, Tuesdays, Thursday said Sat days. TH08. DOPAMEAD, SuporlntendcuL JABEZ NORTON, Gen'l Tick at A*eni. fficial Directory of Abbevillc-Gonnty. rcuft Judge? T. H. Cooke. \UeUor A. Rlythc. erkof Cburt - L. D.-Bowl*. tdge of I*rt>bale.~ T. B. MilfoM. i eriff. JL P. (rafflu. rronrr R. R. Honipblll. hool CbinmUHotwr J. K. C. I>uPrc. County Commissioners. oht. Jones, Chairman. somas M. Christian, r. M. Pope. runty Treasurer .T. N. Tolbert uditor. JL. 1L RnssWl. try Commissioner..? W. H. 8hlven. Trial Justices. bbevllle........ C. E. Brnee. " BcnJ. Hughe*. nwndesville It. 8. Beckham. uc West..? A. C. Hawthorn. lumoud Hilt R. C Harknok*. okettbury .8. & Graydon. inety Hlx... ? Jan. Roger*. reeuwood ...J. R. Tarrant. ordeaax - T. L. Harmon. alhoun's llllls M. O. Talmon fhlto Ha'l Jas. McClIntop Special-Notice. REENVILLE <k COLUMBIA RaILBOAD, ) Columbia, January lt. 187tf.) 'HE following re??olutions having been adopted by thofltockholders of the Green - lllo and Columbia Railroad Company, at lelr annual meeting in Columbia on the 29th r ylprll last: He solved That for the more satlsfiictsry ar increment of tbc company's bond andxentr i debt, authority In hereby given totheboord ' directors to create a first mortgage on the >ad and property of the Greenville aad< CX> imbla Railroad company, subject to the tol- / wing conditions and estrlctlons: That the amount of ^he mortgage shall a*t cceed three million dollars. That not more than two millions flvo hun ed thousand dollars of the bonds, made un sr the mortgage, be used for the arrangement settlement of the debt; and, That the balance, flvo hundred thousand illars, be held in trust, applicable only to ich acquisitions and additions to tlu; proper as have been authorized audapproved by te stockholders? The board of directors. In the exercise of the ithoriiy given to them by these resolutions, ive executed a first mortgage on the road and operty of the company to the Farmers' oan and Trust company of the chy of New ork,in accordance therewith, and now offer r sale the bonds made under the said mort kge at 75 portent. cash, or tho equivalent of iat price in any of the company's outstand g obligations in whole or In part. Theso >nds are dated July 1st. 1875, bear interest at jer cent., and mature In twonty years. Tho tnds and coupons are payable in tho city of cw York. rheir superior claims to the confidence <4 >pltaltsts are sufficiently established by the ct that the post oxoeptionably unfavorabio sar to railroad interests exhibits? le gross earnings of the (jrconvillo md Cblumbia railroad - - - 8*10,000 le current operating expenses - 395,000 ?vlngapplicable to interest - -8215,000 he confident expectation of the board is that the *2,500,000 of bonds now of fered will absorb every obligation of the compney, and leave the net earn ings as shown above, subject only to charge of Interest on these bonds, which, at soven per ccnt., wpuld be i:5,OPO ilance of earnings over expenses and Interest ------ - 8 70,000 Provision has also been made in thearrange ent of tho bonds of this 'issue for their Heg try at the option of tho holders. i4ny further information which may be de etl will no lurnisiicu on uppuouuuu iu mo eocnrer, at the company'* offlco In this city. W. J. McGRATH, President. C. H. Manson, Treas. O. & C. R. R. rD. Chalmers & Co., dealers in Marble of all kinds and at low rices. Monuments and Head Stones lade to order at short notice, and in the est manner. Respectfully, J. D. CHALMERS. Feb. 23,1876 46-tf JEWING MACHINE NEEDLES, J and other attachments at J? D. CHALMERS <fc CO. March 1, 1875. MASONIC DIRECTORY. Ml Lodge Ho. 3. A. F. M. V. H. PARKtfR, W.\ M.\ . C. W08MAN8KY, Secretary. Meets 2d Monday in every month tarn Chapt&r No. U. R. A. M . F. C. DuPRE, M.-. E.\ H.\ P.*. D. CHALMERS, Recorder. \footu &ri Fririiiv ninhfc in every notifih. )eSaussBre Council ^o. 16. R. & S. M F. C. PuPRE, T.\ 111.*. M.\ '. M. GAMBRELL, Recorder. Meets 1st Tuesday night in every uouth. ni HEAT REDUCTION In Flannel OT Sacks, Shawls, Worsted Goods, ''lira, Ac., at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. Feb. 9, 187t> 44-tf JD,' CHALMERS & CO., dealers in Furniture of all descriptions.? cooking-Glasses, Look i tig-Glass Plate, nd Fine Oil Pictures. Abbeville, S. C. 1^76 3tf-tf CHAIRS ! CHAIRS ! S dozen chairs received to-day. Rattan Seats plendid article, sold at low figures. J. D. CHALMERS Jt CO. BLEACHED ANI) BROWN HOME SPUNS, cheaper titan ever offered, 'rettv Prints, Ladies' Ruffs, Black Iwitolies, Spool Silks, Corset Steels. Hack Silk Braid, Spool Cotton, Ac., at be EMPORIUM OF FASHION. March 1, lSTti.