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lie Sii \ A 8T0RT of the FRENCH COMMUNE. by * EVELYN JEKROLD. Arrsoa of "Tub MocxTBBA.VK'sDAi'GirrEV "A Woman's Folly," ic. t.'fefe-''. ? CHAPTER IV. A giusbttb's. story cosmrczx 'UI have told yon it was Clement de Bois Tobert who brought me here. I wanted todive as a simple work-girl, because, in j ray heart, 1 felt fully that my easy, arti- j ticuil-existence as the Comte de Chayolles': adopted daughter whs at aa end, and | never for one moment regretted its luxu- I ries and refinements; but I confess 1 had j imagined a brighter home than that which | Franersque's-frieod found forme. The rooms were poorvr -and more desolate than those of our farm laborers at Arques;! the furniture was old and scanty. Clement Feemed to havo forgotten everything save the absolute necessities of a pauper'* life; i and yet 4-he few -deal boards and rusty : ironwork-he-had procured swallowed upj' more than hiiif the-small sum I hadob-j tained by the sule of the trinkets and) ' im-knackx my father had left me. I could | not, I would not murmur, however, I had )? chosen my own , path, and would not be j disappointed a>. not finding it paved with j rose-leaves at the outset. So my face was j serene when Clement came on the morrow J of my installation, to hold what he called ! a committee-of ways .and means. "We summed up my accomplishments; . i they Were neither few nor meau. Madcap ; us 1 had been at the chateau, my mastors j j bad succeeds! in tilling' my neaa ana oc- ; cupying my hands with at loast as many ; pretty futilities a-s compose the stock of i | ' instruction of most 'linished' young la-; dies. . _ I ??'But,*(?ailsClonient, 'teaching -wor't do. 1 | Tou would i*tint references?all kinds of ; | guarantee# fprthat. And who is to fur- | nLsb them? A young1 man's recommenda tion would scandalize; otherwise, I should, I ( of coarse, be at your service. You would ' not-care to appeal to the Comte's friends, j( -1 suppose? Few of them, I am afraid, are ?ii<Rc?ntly charitable to attribute this j vbango&n your life to anything short of a crime, on your part. Besides, you have; beard what haughty masters former 1 friends make. Von would not endure the !' servitude a month.' All this was not cotwolatory; and I be dpan to see my future in very black colors. -Clement reassured me somewhat. " 'I can get you work, he said, 4n a few -weeks. It is not very well paid, as you .&cow. But until it is procured, and when ever it fails, let me pray you to use my jparse as though it were a brother's.' - "1 refused emphatically then and al? I . ways. "My little stock of money was exhaust- 1 -ad very soon. Clement and Mrs. Michon j 'brought me a few orders now and then; ; -but, though I worked well and rapidly, 1 j never seemed to give satisfaction. My two intermediaries were always telling me " !-!_? J. 1 ! Oi COmpililtUO uinuu, ui uruci a n uuuiu.\< u, uud prices lowered. Miss Snmmerson called with a young: Englishman once or ' twice, brought me some valuable lace i. to be repaired. Her wondering, child- j < like sympathy made those visits like short < Hashes of sunshine. Not that Juliet was | pgoftiqpjlarly encouraging. She would < diy?il upon the Comte's settled anger (as < if i;I could ever return to him now), and i tjs.eak with painful certainty of my eter- i { ioil separation from Francisque. And, , mad as you may think' it, I could not get | myself to think of us two as separated. ^ even momentarily. She had news from ( Algeria, but the tidings hurt me 60, I j e?uld not but believe that she wished to f cqm me of all loving regrets by making j them known. Francisque was at every *>n? of the Governor's balls, and had } ieaght a duel about a native dancing girL | Such was the accoutit she gave. After ( h?rfl0C0nd visit, Juliet never came again, ?jid the work I was to do for her was left in my hands, as you saw it this morning. | -"And now I needea tne poorest piuance, i the roughest work, so that it yielded me bread and fuel. Four months after loav- t ing the Comte's house, 1 knew what hun- | <;er meant?knew the real prosaic misery ! 3 had cried ovor, then forgotten, whon re- j ; fleeted in my girlish novels. It was a ' terrible time. I was eo new to poverty, -that its lightest necessities shocked and humiliated me. It was an agony to ask that woman below to intercede for me with the landlord. It was a poignant ! shame to give her paltry things to pledge j for a few francs. And when there came, ; one evening, a knock at my door, and Eu- ; rne entered, better dressed and smiling, I flew to him without hesitation, and { .begged lobe taken away from this; any- | where, so that I might work with him, j .ppeak with him, and feel lees utterly ! ,ftlone. "But he was going. He had come to ] | ;bid good-bye. " 'Come, come, child,' he said, in his old ' ^ skeptical fashion, 'things are not so bad | with you. It's the vapors you caught j, among your dukes and countesses. They | j are plaguey out of place in a garret!' i, * ?' !- j ii? i?I* .^.na men, iuvki;:^ ruuuu mo uuo ivuui( | .$ added, more seriously, 'But vours is a f arret, with a vengeance! Why, what ave you been doing?is your work good .tor nothing' "I showed him a child's frock I was embroidering; it was one of the best pieces of work. Madame Michou found .ft for me. t "This is all I can do. It cost me five .days' labor, and they will not give me ,more than four francs for it.' ." Why, who is robbing you in this way7 ; .Swindlers as the shopkeepers all are, j itjiere'g not one in fans wno woman i give - > fifteen francs for a thing like this, and be ' glad of the bareain.' ! t "I told him what Mrs. Michon said, and 1? he drew along whistling breath. 11 - ?Oh! the swindlers are nearer home, I ( then! Well, never mind, Reine. 1 am go- i ] log into the country?got a capital post j through a friend of mine?a big swell, j < .like your red and white captain. I shall i make a heap of money. Who knows!? j < .the prodigal may come back respectable. |' Here, take this, child, and hare nothing j j more to do with the old hag down stairs, ! ( I'll send yon some more in a week or two. ; , Your blackguard of a brother isn't quite i ( Bp forgetful as the noble Count, your ex- ' | guardian.' "He put several gold pieces in my hand* | j Mid went in a moment, without further?j j .explanation/' I To be Continued.] j I The Venerable Dr. Plumer, J Messrs. Moody and Sankey have j' j)u*t held a clergyman's convention in! j the New York Hippodrome. The to-)1 ;tal number of delegates who attended | \was 4,096, of whom South Carolina j (Contributed one, the Kev Dr.; iMutn ,iner who is described in the Neiv, York Hun as answering questions put! to him by Mr. Sankey in the presence ; ,of several thousand highly interested! .spectators and auditors. In which the j (venerable minister set forth the free-; .peas of the gospel oiler of salvation, j The Truth.?The JS"ew Yorf; Sun! jjays that whilst the public of then jkorth are prepared for peace and for-i _giveneas to the late rebels, they never; .will coxAent to the restoration of the; rebel element to a controlling inffu-j in National affairs?that this is! rtlie secret of President Grant's I strength and that in spite of the abu-| sea of his administration he could be j easily elected over any one identified | Kith tjie late rebelion. The fear of < rebel influence on the part of the North is what we have to dread in the .coming election' and here our danger lies. We must overcome it or be de-i feated. Major Worrfli, while serving in ;?>outh Carolina, received $21,400 of re wards, under Governor Scott's procla mation, /or ferrettingoutand convict* ,jng Ku KIux. Gen. Custer charges Major Merrill wjt.b taking a bribe jfrom the accused before a court-mar tial in Te$as, of which he was Judge Advocate, This Merrill denied be fore i.lie flnmptktee. Merrill ;s now .on dujjy.ftt Jljie fiepjtepninJ. The Colwibia Municipal Jylcetion .came off on Tuesday of the past, and resulted in the ejection pf Mr. John Agnew as Mflyox. M/. AgOfiWa ma jority for Mayor is 23. fhe Pounci 1 f s equally divjkfed .between .t&e .Stanley and Agnew .candidates. There are nn-f?n white a?d Jfiye .colored .aider.-j nan. ^ _ III _ II. I llll I I III III llll I The Press and Banner, i W. A.. LICK, Editor. Wednesday, April 12, 1876. ! The Blue Rid^c Railroad Convention at Anderson. The recent Convention at Anderson j which was held in behaJf of this great' enterprise, was composed ofdistin-l uuished delegates from Tennessee, j Xortli Carolina, Ceorsia and this! .State, and a most hopeful spirit seemed to pervade the meeting as to the ultl-; mate success of a work which seeks to open up the valleys of the West to Southern trade, and to shorten the] distance from tho Atlantic seaboard to' the Western markets bp at least one| hundred miles. Interesting speeches! were made setting forth the great ad-; vantages and entire practicability <>f: the proposed enterprise and that its1 success depended upon the co-opera-1 tion of South Carolina and Georgia,! in building the sections of the roadi which pass through these States. Col. McAdoo. a delegate from Ten- j nessee, states that some sixteen miles-; of the Knoxville and Charleston Itoad j in that State had been completed, ami i ,|.a vr>n,1 I. wnu Id be built to the North Carolina j line, whilst gentlemen of that State were here pledged to carry it on to! the Georgia line. Major Cannon, [of Rabun, (la., pledged the Georgia con-1 victs for the work of building the road in that State, and called upon the | people of this State to do their duty, else this the favorite route must be j abandoned, ar.d the Athens route) adopted. Prof. Smith, of North Carolina, at i length and very conclusively showed,; j Lhe resources of the'country through ', which the route lay would furnish ' [laying freights both ways, and made the following statement as to the ex- < tent and variety of these resources: j "Rabun, Macon, Swayne, Jackson, Hey wood, Clay, Cherokee and Graham L'UUJlllW in in a i t ^iuu auwuuu- | ing in h greater variety of minerals of! constant usp and practical value than i any other in this oountry. In Cbero- i kee County there is a brown iron ore, i r>f high por oent., and a pure lime- 1 stone of great value. In East Tennes see^thero is a limestone composed -of j. magnesian lime. This is a variety of: much better quality and is freer from i impurities, and better when extracted than that which is usually found. The quality of our iron ore is very fine. It has been tested in a common forge at Cincinnati, under the direc tion of the board of trade of that city, and is reported upon as equal to the i best Swedes iron. This ore is abund-!' ant. We also have a magnetic ore of! good quality in our mountains. Some) years ago I was employed by an iron j factory of Home, 0?a., to do soine'i work "for them, and found them using! i an ore from the West of a quality in-j ferior to ours. The construction of this road would bring these ores prom- < inently into the markets of the world, i 1'he product of the iron district of!< [ iil-u Slnnnrinr spvoii millinny ! >f dollars lust year and its copper the: Mime amount. It has been estimated j ;hat the iron mines of Cherokee Conn-: ly would yield one-fourth as much,; ind the copper of the other counties! would reach one-seventh of this j imount. These alone would give th.e^ oad a good freicht business. We! iave corundum in large quantity, to gether with sapphire, ruby and Orien-1 :al topaz. We have manganese which 1 sof very great use in practical purpo- i jes, and chrome of the finest kind j suitable of being used to much ad-j vantage in many things. There is an i ibundance of the very best granite for ! building purposes, slates that promise; !\ good yield to the splitters, for roofs, i ifcc., ami a soapstone adapted to the j the manufacture of the finest china. It is also used with the greatest satis faction for tips for gas burners. It is now being quarried and wagoned seventy or eighty miles to railroads! and shinned to the North for manu facture. \\'e also have an abundance , of the finest timber, cherry, black i walnut,' birch, chestnut, white oak 1 and black locust. I have seen a cher- 1 ry tree there by actual measurement sixteen feet in the girth and sixty feet to its first limb. A black walnut: twelve feet in the girth and eighty ii feet to its first limb, and a birch twelve! feet in the girth. All these things P come in to swell the freights over this J road and make it desirable to connect with this country by rail. We have the finest product of'apples. I met a < man from Kansas who has been seek- < ing a country where he would be free from the grasshopper plague, and lie urges the shipment of our fruits to: the Centennial for exhibition to the i world. Our dairy farms are also im- i portant and most successful. We can i manufacture cheese. The secret ofji success in this consists in keeping theji milk very cool during the over-night |' which can be done by our numerous! jold springs, which render ice unnec-jl ?ssary. Our wool, mutton, beef, { mules and horses will all conspire to < *ive us freights. Those who build 1 ibis line have one of the best paying ' roads in this country." I Dr Love, of Franklin, X. C., urged ' .lint the chief difficulties of the route 1 trose from the spurs of the mountains I in Georgia and South Carolina, and 1 ;hat the route is comparatively easy ; ;hrough the gap of the main ridge. M Mr. George C. Walker, of Charles- i! ;on pledged the aid of that city, whilst 1 In A<ra If fori until fir>l'fh 11 > o fhiiniH of 1 :his route to the support of the people i >f Charlestou and of the whole State. ] He said: i "I believe the interest of our people I ;an be aroused from the seaboard to 1 noun tains in favor of this road, and I >u over tho mountains to the lakes, i rhen wo will hold another convention * n the mountains in the summer, and 1 still another at Knoxville and other I ;>oints further West. By arousing < ;hirf spirit there can be no doubt that ] .his will be made a success. Mr. Cal- j noun was right in selecting this route. < People have confidence in its merits inH Imvp not nantnred bv the 1 Eastern route, which would Hoc bene-i fit this State as much as the Blue I Itidge. The love of the people of] Charleston is here, and if aroused shei will do her whole duty. If by {jiving! Hie-fourth of all her properly she| jould secure this rond, it would repay; her in oue year by the increase of j population and business, besides the increase of the valuo of all property i in the city. If to the arguments of Prof. Smith and Dr. Love you add the return freights, it shows this route to be a paying route. Once get it to Knoxville and it will be extended to' Ohicogo. Cincinnati has recently subscribed six million dollars to her | Southern connections, and I am in- j formed a portion is to be devoted to 1 effecting this connection. Capitalists! should see that there is money in this I road, and that if completed the l'ortii Royal Road will be built, shortening the distance to Charleston seventy or ; eighty miles, besides opening up the markets of Savannah and Augusta. It will also give a competing line to to this place. The return freights will supply the West with tropical fruits and supplies. It will aftbrd a nearer! and better and cheaper market. These are no new ideas. I have long enter tained them. Although we are poor, yet If this enterprise is properly pre sented, our people can and will raise: the money to perfect it. It will never i do to regard the word fail. If this] meeting is in earnest it will succeed. There was State aid given to thef (^r?f?nvi 1 1j> mid Columbia Road: but1 to-day the HUitc is poorer than the! people, and cannot assist us; but if we have the principles of Carolinians! we should wish to see this section of I our country built up and should bej willing to work for it. If we cannot | live to see it, we should wish to leave it for our children. [Applause.] The Committee appointed at Knox vilie to enquire into the present situa tion of the Blue Ridge Road, reported through Judge Reed, that except in fcjoulh .Carolina no obstacle existed to the consolidation of the various lines ani that tiere the existing suit in re lation to the Road will likely be con cluded #t the April Term of the U. 8. Circuit Court and leave the way clear. The jojnt .committee appointed to enquire into the prospects in the sev- c eral States made a favorable report; p through Prof. Smith, and recommend- h ed the following resolution which was Id adopted: tl Jicmlvcd, That an executive committee can- j a sistins of five lie appointed hy tlie president, ol' this Convention, whose duty it sNall lie j f to procure information iu regard to th<' vari- 1 ous interests involved in tlie liluo iiidjie t< llailroud enterprise, and report from time to j J time to adjourned meetings of tiiis t'onven lion. > The president, after consultation with several members of tlie conven-j,' tion, appointed the following commit-j tee under the resolution of tne report:! Mrauru 1? \ _ Thomson. J. A. lioyt, I Jos. F. Brown, O. H. It. Hart and (J.' A. Trenholm. OnmotiouofCol.lt. A. Thomson, iiV.Wmf, That committees be appointed to inquire and report to the convention to as semble in Charleston: 1st. 011 the character of the soil, climate and productions; I'd, 011 the timbers and mineral resources; 3d, and on distances to. ami with tlie connections of, the Jilue Kidge Railroad. And that this duty be con/ldedtoO. 1'. Temple ami Adrian Terry, of Tennessee; C. J). Smith and \V\ L. Love, of North Carolina", Louis Zimmer. J. .1. Morton and J. A. Hoyt, of South Carolina; II. \V. I Cannon and J. M. l?uillian, of Georgia. Jie*olrcd, That a committee of five, consist ing of S. Y. 'flipper. "W. L. Trenholin, 1<\ W. Dawson, Ilcnry Gourdin and J. I'. Heed, be appointed to report upon the advantages to iK-cruefrom the completion of the BlueJUdge Kailroad to the various States connected by and interested therein. The next meeting will be held in Charleston on Thursday the 25th May, and we trust that a new impetus will j be given to an enterprise in which the j best interests of the people of the whole State are involved. r d ELOQUENT SPEECHES OF GEN. t McGOWAN AND COL. 1 GOTIIRAN. t It It From tne very iun aim grapnic rc"jj port of tho Charleston News and Cou-1 J Her of the great libel ca.se in Given- e ville, we extract the following notices! v >f the eloquent speeches of our towns-!c men, Col. Cothran and Ciea. Mc- 'r Gowan: v COL. J AS. P. COTHRAN j1 followed Mr. Perry for the plain- J1 tift* in an argument of over two;* hours in length, in which hej* analyzed the testimony with great ; - clearness, and criticised it in detail, j? He lind the profound attention of the, Ji jury and of the audience. He opened f his speech by saying that ho cougratu- j ? lated the Court and the jury not sol* much upon the fact that this Jong and i1 tedious trial was coming to a close nsjf that the jury now enjoyed the oppor- .v tunity of rendering to the plaintiff; ^ that tardy justice which had so long,0 been denied him. For eleven loug!. years he had labored under these mou- (11 stious imputations, and not even the J J1 verdict of acquittal rendered by their; ^ predecessors had been allowed its just; j weight. Upon the slighest pretext.'1 tiny blackguard in the community feltj1 authorized to ring the charges upon;!1 his record based upon these rumors. j'] He then took up the charges scn'afini,;" find referred to the fact that the,0 sharge of perjury was so frivolous and 1' Imd just preceded him had forgotten .(l it, and had jumped from the third to * the fifth charge, and had alleged that j! the Bates trannaction was the most se-l11 rious of them all?more serious than." ,he alleged assault and battery which A ivas argued to have resulted in death ; i ? nore serious than robbery; moro so-'e ious than perjury and the compound-! [' ng of a felony. Then, said he, how J11 'light and tasy of explanation will je hese charges appear when we exam-;Cl ne the testimony upon this particular! P md serious one. Taking npDill's horse ^ and the whipping of Crane togeth- c jr, he argued from the testimony that; e the plaintiff's purpose in going to " Glowansville was not only legal but,11 commendable, and that he was in no|P way responsible for Terry's transac-|r' tions in those matters; j>cr contra jv that his interference in behalf of!v Oane, as shown by the evidence ofj Col. Humphreys and by Terry's J' statements to Col. Fuller and Miss Da- ^ vis, was praiseworthy. He then ar-i v gued that Earlo was in no wise re-!'] -sponsible for the taking of the twenty- y dollar broken-down horse by Terr}', 1 and exercised no control over him v from the time he was taken until he ^ was ridden otr by the soldier Elkin. * He next illustrated, as he said, the s! absurditv of the charge as to the judg- ? - " v:..u ?i,? h mentoi ifcc.se, upun wmvn wnr^im.b^ nf false swearing was based. As to [( the charge of compounding a fellony, 11 he showed that it was not the person J1 who paid but the one who received * compensation who was guilty of an offence, and appealed to the jury that J they could not hold the plaintiff guil- * ty for that wliich all right-thinking J; men would have condemned him for l< if he had left it undone. He next P took up the Bates mortgage transac-i" tiou, and presented the other side of " the question. He first showed froin|?i the testimony of Cox, Robertson and j l{ fimmons the $300 was the inn ca.su | value of the land ; that as a matter of " law if sold under the mortgage it!-1 would have been sold at auction forj.n ?ash, Bubjoet to Mrs. Powell's dower ;|J' that Cox, the most intelligent witness 11 who had testified upon the subject of the valuation, and who knew the land well, had testified that this was its full ralue, and that he (Cox) would deduct from it whatever the dower amounted to; that Mrs. Powell was proved to be younger than her husband, and that the dower would amount to one-sixth, laying that their chances of living were equal, the contingent right would reduce this valuation $25, leav ing the amount which Bates & Co. night be reasonably expected to real ise $275. That in a suit for foreclosure the cost, as the law then was, would nave amounted from $80 to $90, and that these facts, as proved by the testi mony of three intelligent witnesses, showed conclusively that the plaintiff' was corrrect in advising his client that the land was poor security for the Jebt, and would not sell for enough to pay it and the cost*; and that the [daintiff* had willingly given up the Opportunity to make a bill of costs for he interest of his client, and that Bates not only had nothing to com r>lnin of, but had been uctually bene fitted by the compromise advised. A.s to the docketing of the case, the pa pers showed that J. W. Powell, the :eal purchaser, had been served, not withstanding his denial at first, and :hat the testimony of other witnesses liad established the fact that at that time his copartner was unable to give tiim any assistance as to the work of the office, and that he had been ( lig . d to rely entirely upon his clerk for at tention to much of his business. That this small matter had been raked up, not by the parties in interest, who had recei ved more than they could {P have reasonably expected from the se-j v curity, but through the malice of thej?: defendants. In +1iqm r/jfr>rrru? fn the 1 ti 1 IU* BJJCtUVCI UII.1. ... , witnesses for the defence upon the!11 subject or* character, and paid j b his respects especially to ex-Govcrnor j h Perry. He took up the record |u which Governor Perry had, complain- c ed that the plaintiff had objected c to his reading and had assigned as the ( cause of the termination of their per- j' Bonal relations, and held from it that' a the Governor was reading an answer <e which he had no right to read, because i? it had never been filed. He said that! r while Governor Perry was a great]e man, he had shown that he was not t above one of the petty weaknesses of! i< humanity, and that his bearing upon j'i the .stand was conclU8ive 01 tne vio-i lence of liis prejudices, and that what ever he might say the jury were oblig ed to conclude that he was governed by and testified from them. He claimed that Governor Perry was a brick in the wall, and that from this! v brick they might judge of the wall, ic He then held that from their own ' i testimony sixteen out of the thirty-11 two witnesses called by the defence on ! i the subject of general reputation I c were persons against whom thejf plaintiff had brought suits for clients, j < and were naturally subject to all the t prejudices manifested by Governor Perry, and the counsel for the defence had 'been exceedingly careful in se lecting the ones to whom they pro pounded the question as to the truth of the alleged libel. Col. Cothran then concluded his argument by sta ting that the plaintiff had no persoual! i Iaims upon him. and certainly non< olitically, but that ho hoped that i o had uone of tIio.se qualities whicl row angels to heaven, he had uone o hose which dragged mortals down .id that li'* rejoiced in those feeling! f humanity which made hiin readi j aid in resistant of what he charac srized as a most malicious and vin ictive persecution of the plaintiff up n grounds which had been thorough y proved to be utterly destitute o Hindation, and to live only in th eated imagination of his enemies ml which had flourished only unde lie nourishment of their malice. This argument evidently made i onsiderable impression both on tli< udieuce and the jury. OEX. SAM'Ij m'gowan K)5?U II1C ^lcat tusc in <m ui^ui.iv.n f powerful ability and force, maui rating a groat deal of feeling. H egan by saying that he hated-a po itiohl judge, despised a political jury nd had a contempt for apolitical law er?that he was proud of his profes ion as an intellectual one and an lion rable one. It was iti high provinc t) minister at the altar of justice fo he protection of life, liberty, charae er and property ; that in the exercisi f it men necessarily make enemies Te then alluded to the necessity fo eingin this suit?that the verdict o former jury, of which Jack Dill' on-in-law was a member, and whicl iad been rendered in less than fiv ninutes after the jury retired, ba< lot been sufficient to quiet these slau era. He then paid a high compli iient to Col. Perry, the former solicit r, for the zeal, assiduity and abilit; nth which he had discharged the du ies of his office; that the insinuatioi u"* W" Im/-1 Knoi> iminpfil lr J JUL AUL. X VI 1 J 11UU i/vvii ?, he prosecutor in the matter of th" >i 11 horse to nol.pros. the case was i evero reflection upon him, and an un jst one ; that he knew Sir. Perry toi pell to believe for a moment that h lad nol. prossed the case from any oth r cause than the insufficiency of th vidence, or that the public goo< t'ould not be subserved by the prose ution of it. He said that what th ilaintiff wanted was to crystalize thes umors before the light of judicial in estimation ; that this had been done nd their absurdity and injustice ha< ieen made manifest; that the sugges ion that the plaintiff"wanted thede endants money was unjust and un rue; that the suggestion made by th ther side that vindication could b lad in a criminal prosecution aros IUXJI all CilUIJCUUO I V* t.?v wu titution ; that according to his view he defendant in a criminal proseeu ion could not justify by offering th roof of the libel in evidence, am without this opportunity there coul< ie no vindication ; that these rumor f Tin; mouxtaix raid iad rolled and rolled until a gren nanv good men had not only believe* hem, but they had become the fruit ul matrix of many prejudices, whicl lis friends found it difficult to extrac rom his breast. That now the strang< nomaly was presented that the pub ic mind, being prejudiced, the defen ants were justifying a libel by mean f the libel itself, that men liad beei ut upon the stand, upon the subjec f general character, whose testimony ept-nded entirely upon the impres ions received by these rumors, whicl ad been bruited and brooded througl lie community. That the testimony f ('arson, of Humpbrej's, of Reed, o rrs. Goodwin, and the statement f Terry to Miss Davis and Col. Full r, had proven conclusively that tin ad not only been illegal and improp r, but highly commendable. In tbi; onnection he paid the witness (Hum hreys) a very high compliment. Hi lid'that he had not flinched from i undid answer to any question, how ver much it might have reflectet pon himself; that he had testiflu hat he was right by when the whip ing began. He had given Tcrry'i easons for it, and his conversatioi rith Crane; that he was right then ,'hen Irwin called out for Earle, an? /hen Earle came and interposed, am hat, from Humphrey's high charac er and bearing upon the stand, In rould be willing to rest his case upoi lis testimony alone. He said that hi id not want to comment on Mr. Join Jill's testimony with asperity, but i i'as charitable to say thai the old mai ras mistaken. He had sworn"tha Carle read his son's parole while Car on, a witness for the defence, had sai< hat he himself read it; that Earl< ad taken the horse, and Carson ha< pstifled that he (Carson) and Tern ad taken it, and Reed testified tha* ie was talking with Earle at the tim< lie horse was taken; that Earle hac idden the horse off, when Reed testi icrl that he himself had ridden it ofl Ie then went on to say that this tes imony had forced the defence to tin 3eble position of holding Earle res onsible 011 the ground of hispresenci mrplv nnd wan nractieall v an aban .V.W.J y I V onment of this specific charge. H< uid that he did not propose to detail lie jury by a length}' discussion o lie testimony which hud been so abb nd lucidly analyzed by his associates ?e ridiculed the charge as to the erro eous affidavit upon which the Rees< ldgment was obtained, and de ounced in the bitterest terms the ma gnity which had induced the chargi t compounding a felony, and said tha nder the circumstances it was moslh lore infamous in his judgment t< lake the charge than to have com litted the deed. He then commence pon J. W. Powell's testimony witl onsiderable severity ; referred to thi ict that in his cross-examination b< ad completely contradicted main tatements made in his direct examf ation, and that he had clearly intend J to deceive and mislead by his tcsti louy in chief. That he had admitte( i the cross-examination that he wai lie real purchaser of the mortgage( ind at the sale by the sheriff, and tha e had received" the sheriffs deedi lierefor. That whilst Powell had pre Hided that he didn't know that tli^ lortgage had been puid until h< >arned it from KKWIN BATES & CO. is own affidavit showed that the not* nd mortgage hud been delivered up t( im, and that this could not have beei one lor any other reason or explainet pon any other hypothesis than tlia lie money had been advanced for bin y Earle. Not only this, but that ?fte wearing that he had never been servec rith process he had been obliged t< dmit his own acceptance of servic< pon the summons and com laint, wiiich was filled out in tin andwriting of the piaintitt's cierK 'hat the 01113' answer that the defend nts had been able to make to this wa: hat the summons and complain hough complete and perfect in even espect had not been signed, which lu rgued only showed how much tin laintiff had to rely upon his clerk ,'hilst Mr. Blythe was engaged in tin iimpaign, and in the discharge of hi: ew duties as solicitor after his elec ion. After some further comment: pon the testimony, and a very forci le argument 011 the questions of mal e as shown by the publication of thi nswer, ne appealed to the jury to ex lude from their deliberations ever onsideration of a political nature ani f Outside pressure, and to simply d< jstice to tlie planum ana me ueienu nt. On this subject the speaker grev loquent, and said that he scorned tin pplause of the rabble ami despised it eproachcs; that he had been disgust d and outraged at his observation o lie political prejudice brought to bea 11 this case and the machinery whieJ iad been used to develop it; that h< vas conscious of the right, and that h yas maintaining that which was just nd he was proud of the position In ccupied, though his client was op tosed to him politically, and had m pecial claim upon him. He said tha vhat the plaintiff wanted was vindi ation ; that a dollar of the defendant' noney would burn his pockets, an< hat whatever the verdict might be t would be given to some prope harity. He was pleased to hear hi rieud upon the other side disapprov >f the duello; that the duello provei lothing, established nothing, excep uck, or a good pistol, or perhap lerve; that it was as worthless a test o he just and the right as the old tria iy fire. He referred to the fact tha 11 his own hot youth, when as he fel ggrieved and outraged and oppressei s this plaintiffhad been, he had beei ndueeu to go upon the soealled field o i honor, and trusted in God that he f would never again be called upon to i have any connection with Huch a pro f ceeding, unless in the honorablo posi , tion of peace-maker. He then said s there were but two courses for vindi / cation left the plaintiff: One was the - use of brute force outside, and the other was the exercise of the highest - moral courage in an investigation -[here, and asked if the killing of fif fl ty men would be as high a vindication <)l UJL'SU IlllUIXiUlin rtiiwiuuis un tiit testimony of one such witness as Capt. Humphreys. After Gen. McGowan had closed his argument Judge Cooke charged the jury, instructing them that they were judges of the-law and the facts. Letter of Governor Chamberlain to President Grant. Governor Chambelain has written a letter to the President in which he asks his moral support in the war against Whipper and Mosesru and j makes a strong appeal in behalf ot the I integrity and self respect of the par | ty; but South Carolina Republicans j complain that it has received neither J reply nor attention, and that the or gans continue to misrepresent the Governor, and to load him with abuse. The position assumed by Gov ernor Chamberlain and the appeals which he makes.to the President are substantially the same as those pre sented in his late letter to Senator Morton. He states that he is a .Re publican of many years standing and true to the principles of the party in spite of the bad conduct and suicidal policy of its most prominent mem bers, but that no act of reason on his I part conld be so disastrous to the par ty as the election of Whipper and Mo ses lias been and will be. To His Excellency Tiie Phesi dent:?Sir?I am induced by recent extraordinary circumstances occur ring In this State to address you by this communication, as the head, in a certain sense, of the republican party. The General Assembly of this State I on the 16th inst. elected W. J. Whip per and F. J. Moses, Jr., as Judges of the Circuit Court of this State, the for mer for the Circuit embracing the city of Charleston and constituting by far the most important circuit of *he State in point of population, wealth and business. The character of F. J. Moses, Jr., is known to you and to the world. Unless the entirely universal opinion of all who are familiar with his career is mistaken, he is as infa mous a character as ever in any age dis graced and prostituted public position, j The character of W. J. "Whipper, "ac cording to my belief and the belief of | all good men in this State, so far as I am informed, differs from that of Mo Ism onlv in extent to which opportuni j ny has allowed him to exhibit it. ? The election of these two men to judi- i cial offices sends a thrill of horror . t through the State. It compels men ol j e all parties who respect decency, virtue v or civilization to utter their loudest ? piotests against the outrage of their g J electiou. They have not even the 1 poor qualification of such a degree of t legal learning as to qualify them for T the intelligent discharge of any judi- C _ cial duty. The least of all the evils 'J inflicted on this State by their election c j: is the fact that it compels all the re- I . j publicans who love or honor the prin- v f; ciplcs of their party to refuse to eoun- 1 tenance or tolerato such representa- \ tives. i B 1 am a republican, of just as many rJ s years' standing as I have Keen yearfi of ! f discretion. I have been a strict party j ? g man, adhering to my party here in I Soutli Carolina through good report | I and evil report, never ror once quu . ting its ranks amidst the greatest dis _ j couragoments arising from the bad j conduct and suicidal policy of many j I of its most prominent members; but _! the time has now come when no self ~ respecting republicans can tolerate the j ascendancy of such men as, in this in p stance, have been forced upon us. 11 For you or me, as republicans, to coun j! tenance the election of Moses and J Whipper is as impossible as it would "| be for Govetnor Tiden, as a democrat, I to countenance the election of Will I iam M. Tweed and George G. Barnard j to judicial positions in New York. 1 t cannot and will not do it, be the con sequences what they may politically. And yet I know there are men who will charge me in this crisis as they have charged me hitherto wit-li treach L, ery to the republican party, because I cannot keep silent and stiil support a party loaded down with such men. ! The newspaper in Washington which J has sometimes been culled your organ, J i doubtless erroneously, will quite like lydenounee me with renewed vigor for what simple self-respect will com 'm pel me to do in view of this outrage. ~ 1 tell you, Mr. President, no act of ' mine, if I were the greatest living I traitor to my party, could be so fatal * to that party as the election of Whip ~ per and Moses has been and will be. ^ I want above ail things to save South r Carolina for the republican party in . the coming Presidential struggle, but 1 I cannot save it, no body can save it, ' if tiie party here or the party at VVash , ington or in the North do less than de nounce this tiling unsparingly, and Ijoin their efforts to those of the bon iest republicans here in an effort to overthrow the power of such men as Whipper and Moses and their aiders and abettors. Our only salvation is in cutting loose from all contamination with these men. and requiring all who are amenable to our influence to do the same. To try to save the seven electo ral votes of SouCH Carolina at the price of silence under this infliction j will cost us, in my judgment, many lltiies inac numuer 01 votes eisuwnurc. We want your moral and political support in this struggle with political iniquity in its worst forms. It fs as suicidal to give countenance to Whip per and Moses here as it would be to give countenance to the whiskey thieves in St. Louis. The party fealty of 6uch men is disastrous to the party. I have written carnesly. 1 ;cannot do otherwise. Let no man convince you that I am anything but a republican until common decency compels me to bo something tlse. Give us your ndiintoionna na vnil lini'd nrivpn if. T j I WUUW.UU..VV J - o- ?- --I t believe, in the past, and if we cannot i Rave South Carolina to the party we can prevent our party here from be j coming a thousandfold greater bur ( den to the .national republican par . ly than it has ever been before. We "m propose to declare war on this Whip l per-Moses gang. We propose to ask " the pational republican party to sus " tain us, and we know that you and all * true republicans will bid us God speed ! when you know the depths of degra , datiou to which these men are plung ing us. This letter is, of course, ad dressed only to you, but you can make any use of it you see fit. and I remain your sincere friend and fellow republi can. P. H. CHAMBERLAIN. uoveriior. The Connecticut Election. An election came off in Connecticut 011 Monday of the past week for Gov ernor, members of the Legislature and one member of Congress, and the Democrats as was expected have car ried the State, with a majority of. 13 in the Senate and 72 in the Hon.se, with a njajority for Governor Ingersoll of 708. For three years the Democrats have cariicd the State. In 1873 Governor Ingersoll's majority was 3,1273, in 1S74 it was 1,80'J, and in 1875 it was 6,538. In the Legislature the Democrats had a majority, on joint ballot, of 4 in 1873, of 128 in 1874, and of 34 in 1875. During the three years mat mey have been iu power, the Democrats have reformed many abuses. Jn 187.'5 they rcduceii the State tax one-half (from 2 mills! to 1 mill!!) which saved the people $345,000 a year: nev ertheless every dollar of State ex penses has been paid promptly, $91)0, 000 have been expended on the new Statehouse, and at the end of the fis cal year there was about $(550,000 in the State Treasury. The new Legislature olects a U. S. j Senator. The election of Mr. John Agnew as Mayor of Columbia is to be contested by the friends of Mr. W. B. Stanly. Agnew's majority was oniy 113, Life Insurance Company Suit. In a decision given yesterday by udge Van Brunt upon a motion ipnrd before him at the Special Term | f the Court of Common Pleas lie; ives a pretty severe rap at the flimsy j efences often interposed by life in-} urance companies in suits brought; gainst them to recover upon life poli ics. The case in question is a suit; irought by Catherine M. Riley against I lie Security Life Insurance Companv o recover upon a policy of insurance pon the life of her husband. Among; ome one hundred printed interroga-[ orics required to be answered by the! pplicant. for a policy is, "Have you onsulted a physiciuu for any sickness! or the past seven years, and, if so, j tate the particulars?" The husband i if Mrs. Kiley answered negatively. Vfter putting in their answer to the' omplaint the company, upon inter viewing the family physician of the leceased, discovered that about five 'ears before the latter put in hisappli ation such physician had given him ome medicine for a slight cold. Up-| n <ii?(-'.nvprir!i? this fact the insurance! :ompany moved for permission to .mend their answer. In denying the notion Judge Van Brunt, after reel ing the facts of the case as stated, nnds up bis decision as follows:? inhere is not the slightest pretence hat there was any fraudulent eon ealment on the part of Riley or that he fact that he had taken medi :ine for a cold from a physician would lave'aflected in the slightest degree he merit of the application. All that an be claimed is that there is a tech lical violation of the warranty. It vould be the grossest injustice to al ow the defendant to escape from jts uft obligations, because at the time of lis application to be insured the ap jlicant had forgotten that he had ta cen a pill five years before. It has >een claimed that mi insurance com >any can never insure a verdict from a ury, and when we see insurance com mniep attempting to escape from their ust obligations by the introduction of lefences entirely without merit it is lot surprising that their defences are iot regarded with favor by juries.? Wew Voj'k Herald. i Another Church Case in Lonisville. Chancellor Iiruce in a recent case >rougbt by the congregation of Em inuel Protestant Episcopal Church of uouisvllle, Ivy., to recover church jroperly. which had been taken by a Majority of the congregation who had leeeded to the Reformed Episcopal :hurch, decided the case in behalf of he PJaintifls, re-affirming the princi ples announced in the case of Andcr cn vs. Gordon, but holding in this use that as the secession was to an nlirely distinct Church, the seceding jody could not hold the property with >ut defeating the purposes of the trust, rhe donors had parted with all inter-1 jst in the property, yet still the pur-1 loses of the trust must be carried ou:. I n the Associate Iteformed case, it vas held that thescceding branch was itill a member of substantially the ame religious communion. : A peuuon prest'Pieu u> iut- ueiicmi ?ourt of Massachusetts asks for the istablishment in that State of a park ?f five or six square miles of every kind of surface, still partially covered vith wood, for a forest conservatory. Hie idea is to reserve this park in its >rimitive condition and to preserve in t the fauna and flora of the Siate. L'he petition is signed by H. W. Long ellow, J. R. Lowell, Henry James, Vsa Gray and John Sargent. A UCTION.?On FRIDAY, the 14th j J ljl instant; I will sell at public auction j J he remainker of the stork of MER CHANDISE of Messrs. DrPBE, GAM JRELL ct CO. Sale will commence at 0 o'clock A. M. Terms Cash. J. T. ROEEltTSON, Assignee. Aprils, 1870, ^i Great Reduction! WILL for the next 30* days fill _ WAGON WHEELS, (except oad wagons) for $3.50, and a reduction pf 33 pur cent, from the regular prices if all other kind of work FOR THE "ASH. For reference apply to Rev. . F. Gibert and Mr. Cnas. Evans. >hop at Lebanon P. O., Abbeville Co. April 1, 7G.] JOHN H. LIGON. ro THE LADIES! AM now prepared to exhibit tbe I. latest novelties in MILLINERY. nd invite my friends and the public i> an examination of the fame. Feel ng assured they will find it to their merest to call before purchasing else where, a?, owing to tho scarcity of nonev, I intend to sell very low "for ,'ASH. The )ress-Making Department is still under the supervision of MISS JANE RAMEY, liio will be pleased to receive your rders, and will endeavor to givesatis action. Very respccuuny, SIRS. M. M. WHITE. April o, 1876,51-tf L GOODS SHEAPER THAN EVER', Now for Bargains. ] [HAVE just received a lar^re Stock I of SPRING AND SUMMER ? Dry Goods, Jlothiug, Hats, Slices, &c, ?f tlie latest styles and made in tlie he most durable manner, also a large ,tock of SltOCEBIES, PROVISIONS, &c., ill of which will bo sold at very low )rices for cash. Give me a trial. W. Rosenberg. April 5, ISTfi, 51. BLANKS jj )F THE MOST APPROVED ? FORMS, o ' * - FOR SALE, AT THE 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 Dcmsnd. Copy Summons for Money Demand i Ts' JEWING MACHINE NEEDLES, t 5 and other attachments at t J. 1>. CHALMERS it CO. . March 1, 1875. CHAIRS ! CHAIRS I 8 do?;en chairs C received to-day. Rattan Keats plendid article, sold at low figures. tc J. D. CHALMERS CO. S< CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETO? have received their fUMM! rhich they are selling at low price 'all and see them. Murch 29,187G, 50-tf Cash Buyers ?r ?/ STKTILL as usual And our prices i |l low as the lowest, and 01 tock this season having been pu hased with special care, we are sui an convince them more than ever t ow much greater advantage a litt loney can be invested upon tl: IASH BASIS. Give us a look befoi urchasing and we will satisfy you at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. March 29,1876, 50-tt Beautiful NEW PRINTS SPRING STYLES, AT ftuarles & Perrin's. March 29,1875, 50-tf CORN! CORN! RED OATS! SVHEAT BRAN FOR SALE BY 1ARNWELL & C( Jan. 26, 1876 42-tf MASONIC PIRECTORY. Hilton Lodge M 3. A. F. 1 V. H. PARKER, W.\ M.\ . C. W OSM AN SKY, Secretary. Meets 2d Monday infevery month. . l). vjHA-LnUiiiittf, necoruer. Meets 3d Friday night in eve QOlltil. leSanssiire Coancil No. 16.R&S. . F. C. DuPRE, T.\ 111.-. M.\ . M. GAMBRELL, Recorder. Meets 1st Tuesday night in eve nouth. iaurensville Female College rHE SCHOLASTIC YEAR CO] sists of two sessions. Tije Hi jssioii from the 1st of October to the 15 f February; the second from the 15 f Fobrnary to the 5th of July. TERMS l'ER SESSION, IN* ADVANCE: riinarv Department ? 10 .cademic Department 15 olle^iate Department 25 ontincrcncies 2 EXTRA STUDIES, (OPTIONAL) Pupils in all the Departments lmvo tl ivantages of daily C'alishthenic exe ses. Jioard, (including washiiig, fuel ar ghtd,) ?15 00 per month, payable qua srly in advance. pupils from abroad allowed to board i mate families of relatives and frieni hen requested by patrons; but siu upils must be subject to the rules ar filiations of the College. It is important to pupils that they 1 utcrcd at the beginning of the sessio (id that their studies be not interrupt! y unnecessary absonces. No deductic >r abscnco except in cases of protract* In ess. ? Pupils must bo subject at alltimos ^illations in deportment as well as :udies. For further particulars, applv to JAMES FARROW, President. [usie se of Instrument rench rawing and Painting, rnamental Work $ 50 2 . 10 . 10 , 10 Lanrensvillo, S. C. "Full Ifl 1S7tf 4'i-tf 3UGENE B. GABY A TTORNEY AT LAW, Abbevil C. H., S. C. Special attention ic collection of claims. [Feb. 9, ly A NEW LOT of Oil Window Shad .Jl. ju?t received, with pood fixture J. D. CHALMERS & CO. Oct. 27, 1875 tf r D. CIIALMERS & CO., deale in Furniture of all descriptions. ,ooking-Glasses, Looking-Glass Plal nd Fine Oil Pictures. Abbeville, S. Feb. 23,1876 36-tf rAILORING.--The subscriber offe his services to the public of Abb illo and vicinity, ana solicits a snare ufolic patronage. Satisfaction guara ;ed. Call at the stand bolow Cbristii ; Bowie's on Washington Street. Jan. 4, 76-3m] It. A. MARTIN. Jew Advertisement? I P F MTC ^or k?Kt chance In the wor \ULIl 1 O toctfln money. Address U. AFiJTY POCKET CO. Newurk, X. J, " I iic b.nitua will dor.ll thrv chlin." -N. Y. W*rn.T \*rs, Jnn 12. !***. i particular*, Med lamp. C. F. wiw oat* A Co. (llrrlUd) 13 PuvioSl.. N. T. JintD BZAEINQ, PS7CH011ANC7, FASCINATIO fl Seal Chiming, Uosmorisa and liarrkgo Oni< nowing lmw cithersex may fascinate ar uln the love and affection of any person th< tioose Instantly, 4<J<) piifeos, By mall 50 cent [unt & Co., 13!)S. 7th Street, Philadelphia, 1 3E1TT3 WANTED 1 Modali tad Eipleaai Awirdi "SSTTItlUKIAL BIBfcL 800 Qlutratleai. Address for new clrculai . J, E0L1TAN 4 CO., 830 ARCH St., Phlla. IT A ItfTimAGENTS for the best Hellli fV All I CJJstnfjlonary Paekiiges In tl orld. It con wins 15 sheets paper, 15 env >pes, Golden Pen, Pen-holder, Pencil, Pate nrd Measure, and a piece of Jewelry. Sing ackcge, with pair of elegant Gold Htoi leeve buttons, post paid, 25 cts. 5 with assos :l Jewelry for S1.U0. This package Is wor le money. Watches given away to all Ag' lreulars free. BRIDE & CO., 70U Broadwa ew York. :~JENTENNIAI UNIVERSAL HISTOBY ) till* riUM* Ul 111C IllOb *"V jvu.n w? vm? a. onul Independence, including an account ie coming Grand Centennial Exhibition, 7 ii^es, fine engravings, low price, quick salt xtra terms. Send for Clrcularr P. W. '/A) LKlt & CO., 518 Arch Street, Phlla. Pa. OUGHS, C0LDS? " HOARSENES; And all Throat Diseases, Wells' Carbolic Tablet PUT UP ONLY IN BLUE BOXES, . TRIED AND SURE REM EDI or sale by all Druggist# generally, and WINSTON, HOLLOW AY & CO., Phil. P VATERS'PIANOS, SCiUAIt] nd UPRIGHT, ARK THE BEST MAD] ie Tone, Touch, "Workmanship, and Duri lllty Unsurpassed. WATERS' ORGANS, Concerto, ew Orchestra), Vesper, Chapel, Vialeste, ur ymbeila, cannot be excelled in tone or beai r. The Concerto Stop is a fine Imitation ie Human voice. AV arranted for six year PRICES EXTREMELY LOW for CAS tiling,this month. Monthly installmcn iceived. A liberal discount to Teachers, Minister liurches, Schools, Lodges, etc. AGEN'I 'ANTED. Special inducements to the trade. Illustr d Catalogue sent. UORAC'E WATERS 3NS, 481 Broadway, New York. Box, :i")07. EUR.: Ammoniated Bone Sup MANUFACTUi ATLANTIC AND VIRGI Soluble Phosphate Acid, 10 percent.; Organic Matter,:80 per cent.; Yieldint I ^ PRIi ONE TON, CASH, PAYABLE" Al ONE TON, " " NC ONE TON, payable Nov. 1st, in midd] For sale by J Feb. 9, 1876 44-tf WALLER & MERCHi GREEN WO ARE now offering to the public in full line of all the Goods genera! THFJB S ; 'j - x.r rvw Vi J r i Zi - . r </ have been selected with great READY-MAD] A FINE STOCK OF A good as Groceries, Hardware, Cr !L HI to whloh the attention of purchasers i WALLER F?b. 19, 1873, 45-tf Dr. H D. DEN1 I OFFICE OVER TI ept. 8, 1875, 22-tf CUNNINGHAM AND -. TEMPLETON Have received and open ed their large Stock of all kinds of goods. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, ry Shoe s, Caps, .. ." Hats, Hardware, Crockery, Saddlery, &c. CALL AND SEE FOR YOUR SELVES. !! . Oct. G, 1875 26-tf Goods at Cost. AH descriptions of Goods, embracing . READY-MADE CLOTHING, i Boots, Shoes, Hats, 00 ' I Si HOSIERY, NOTIONS, SJ AND : DRY GOODS, AT 5 COST FOR CASH, AT Qnarlss & Perm's. Feb. 1, 1876, 43-tf 1,000 POTS. Choice Green and Hot-House Plants. CONSISTING In part of Single and Double Geraniums, Single and Double Fuchsias, Red and White Bego nias, Heliotropes, Century plants, Night Blooming Cereus, Cactuses, Ice, Air and Wax plants, Vines, Sedum and Basket plants. Japonicas, Pine Apple, Bananas, A vaHptiptt nf nlanbi. Mosses <Sc grown from seeds and plants obtained from the most celebrated Flor ists in the United States. Plants ten inch es to two feet high in four inch and six inch pots, 15 cents to 25 cents each. Lar ger plants and pots in proportion. De livered free on board the cars. J. F. C. DUPRE. Wurman University, 8. 0. THE undersigned, Special lle ceiving Agent of the above in stitution, most respectfully and ear nestly calls upon all persons indebted to the University to be in readiness to meet interest and so much of principal as-possible now due on their bonds." The Endowment of the Collegiate Department having been raised, in bonds and other securities, and this Department having been thrown open free of Tuition for the term of ten years, it becomes mo?t vitally impor tant tliat payments should be made as rapidly as possible. All communications addressed to the Agent at Greenwood, 8. C., (ex cept when canvassing) will receive prompt attention. The endowment of the Primary Department is now progressing. B. F. MILLER, Special Agt. A. C., S. C. Greenwood, Feb. 15, 1876, 3m [ All guardians, trustees, Administrators and Executors are hereby required to make their an nual returns of the receipts and ex penditures on acoount of the estates which they respectively represent, on or before May 1st next. Those failing to do so will subject themselves to be ruled. THOS. B. MILLFORD, Judge Probata Abbeville County. Feb. 22, 1876 4&-3t of THE ALSTON HOUSE, The misses cater still keep "THE ALSTON HOUSE" open for both permanent and transient Boarders. Thankful for pust patron age. they hope, by renewed energy and application to business, to merit a good share of patronage. Jan. 5, 1870 49-tf H T D- Chalmers & Co. have in stock is 11) several fine Walnut Chamber Suiti at very low prices, also a largo lot of new *r Walnut Bedsteads. Q. T>ARLOR FRENCH LOOKING & IT GLASSES, at J. D. CHALMERS & C'O.'S. IE3XSL jA. er Phosphate of Lime, fctED BY TI1E NIA FEBTMZING CO. Insoluble Phosphate Acid, 5 per cent.; f Amironia, 31 percent. OES. ?RIL 1st, $ 47 60 )V. 1st, 65 00 ling cotton at 15 cents per lb 60 00 CT-ell <So Co. ; BROTHER, LNTS AT iGD, S. C* their new and handsotno bulldinb, a II y needed in thtecorowunlty, TOCK OP $ mm i oare, and unasuaJly attractive, E CLOTHING. BOOTS AM SHOES. sortment of ockery, and Glassware, is Invited. & BBOTHEB. i t a Oolumb^ EE PROPRIETOR. MANUFACTURER OF STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions made to Ordor. I WAS awarded the first premium on castings at the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society Fairs, held In Colum bia, November, 1871, 72 and '73. fianr Willa Viiutuai uair ?uun of all sizes. . . ... AIho took the FIRST PREMIUM at State Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '73 Mauufacturor of GRIST MILL IRONS of all sizes.] For Sale. Gin Gearing of the following sizes : 9 feet wlieel and pinion ?30 00 10 44 44 44 32 00 11 44 44 41 i 33 00 12 M 44 *4 ;..... 45 00 14 * . 44 44 60 00 With Bolts 86.60 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cotton Press $10.00 ana $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent,. Abbeville, S. C. Dec. 10, 1875, 35-tf Barnwell &Co. Are daily receiving ad ditions to their Stock, consist I no rtf *"5 v* STAPLE DRY GOODS,. Eats and Clothing, BOOTS AND SHOES!! THEY KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, ALSO, A FULL LINE OF Groceries, Bacon and Lard, Meal and Flour, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrup, A FINE LOT OF SUGAR CURED HAMS II Oct, 5,1875 20-tf J.T.Robertson ?<TILL HAS A ERMNANT OF STOCK ON SALE, at prices nvr nw rncTT jlijujuu i w uvux : At the old Stand, now occupied by Messrs. DuPre, Uambrell & Co. 1AM NOW CLOSING MY BUSI ness, and I expect all wbo owe I me to make Immediate Payment! and I hope that I will not have to re- t sort to a legal process to eirtbrce col lections. J. T. ROBERTSON. Nov. 10, 1875, tf for~saleT~^ Pratt's Shoals on Little River. WITH this valuable water power the tract of two hundred anu sixteen acres will be sold on accommodating terms to an approved purchaser. For particulars, apply to JOHN PRATT, Due West, S. C. Feb 8,1870, 3m*