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e Press and Banner. ] ABBEVILLE, S. C. I 1 ednesday, May 24, 1876. ; the Temple of Justice, i DAY SET APART FOR THE; JUDICIAL TRAGEDY, e Death Sentence of Jerry Coleman. TIIER CONVICTS SENTENCED* mething of Defendants Who are not Coavjct*, The Spring Term of the Court wa?i pened here on Tuesday evening of] st week by his Honor, Judge li. B. j arpenter. This Term of the Court I 11^ 1I1UIIVU U/ a nv^i\ ??wo vv- i Jpieii exclusively in tlie trial of crirn-j lal cases, ami the dispatch of unliti-i ~ business -on the civil side of the j Judge Carpenter is one of the Lbiest of our circuit judges, and presi-' led with hi* accustomed efficiency fnd despatch. SENTENCING THE PRISONERS. The business of the criminal Court ras concluded on Friday morning, ^nd upon the adjournment of the Court was anuouuced that the prisoners ivoyld be sentenced at two o'clock, it that hour the Court Iioom 'was |ammed with whites and blacks. The >risoners took their seats guarded by the sheriff and bis deputies, and the ludgoasked tluit Harrisou Anderson btaud up before the Court. This gen tleman is of African descent and charged with grand larceny iu a case 'be State against HarrisoD Anderson. | Indictment?Grand Larceny. Verdict?Guilty. Tlio offense in this instanco consist ed in the prisoner's stealing seveu ~cks of guaoo from Mr. J. it. Todd, tie agent at Donaldsville. This en erprising citizen being stimulated by laudable desire we, presume, to be ble to bear ofl' some of the premiums 'for the largest yield" at the next Ab eville Fair, undertook to stimulate is land with another man's fertilizer, nd beintr detected in the act, he will j e unavoidably prevented from attend ing the Philadelphia Centennial, as the sequel will show. The Judge aid that the Grand Jury, had found against him a true bill for grand larceny, and that a petit jury of iiis own choosiug had found him ruilty of the charge. Tht Judge then delivered an impressive lecture to the prisoner upon the crime of theft and said no laborer was so poorly paid as the thief; that if it were possible for him to steal all the money* in the vworld, he would soon have none of it, ^is persons who obtained money easily usually squandered it; that the thief feared every man he met; that he was afraid to look any man in the! lace, for fear he might be an officer of j the iaw who was ready to arrest, while! .011 the other baud the consciousness of! ,being an honest man was above price. He hoped the prisoner would reform, ami as this was his first offense he would intlict the lightest punishmeut .prescribed by law. The sentence 01 the Court was that the defendant be .confined at hard labor in the State Penitentiary for one year. The State againt Wade Hampton. Indictment?Stealing a mule. Verdict?Guilty. This prisoner had, by the petit jury, been found guilty of stealing a mule, svalued at $12-5 from a Mr. Hackett in (tjic neighborhood of Ninety-Six, in .tins County, aud had gone to an other neighborhood where he was uu- i known and traded the animal to a Mr. j T. L. Rhtdle, for a mare valued at $75, aud promised to give in addition, a fifteen-dollar double barrel shot gun ?the .shot gun to be delivered within a few days. When trailing he called himself Joseph Stueky from Itickard sonville. When Mr. Kiddle found out that he had traded for a , stolen mule he set out to hunt the t thief who had imposed upon him. j No such man could be fouud about | Jwichardsonville, and continuing the : search, went to Ninety-Six aud in the t crowd of ebony faces there espied his i jnan and "went for" Wade Hampton, . who assumed to be perfectly astonish- t ed at the charge of trading a stolen < mule and said that he had never before f xeeu his accuser. The horse was, ( Jiowever, fonud in his possession and j t 4 he jury bad auffieieut evideuce to ] pronounce him a thief. The Judge in , .his lecture to this genuine article of t jiegro, said that he hoped that lie ( would reform,- but that he had less { hopes, of the reformation of a mau t who had committed the second offense, t and said that he .should punish him t more severely than he had the pris- t oner who had just taken his seat; that t he must refoxiu or he would be com- i pelled to spend the balanco of his t days in the prisons and the peniten tiary; that he need not think to fol- ^ low the profession of thief and hope t to ewiape detection. As he had re- s gently remained a term iu jail for j petit larceny, which punishmeut t seemed to do him so little good, his f Honor tilled out a commission author- a izing him to represent Abbeville j County for the next two years in the < Congaree House at Columbia?a light t punishmeut when compared to the <j old law for such a crime. c The State against Sam Williams. 1 . Indictment?Grand larceny. u Pleaded Guilty. . 1 Sam Williams is also a full blooded 1 negro who admitted his guilt of the 1 crime charged in the iudicbment iu ? the stealing of two bags of cottou val- ' uedat$li)0, from Mr. Massillon Bell, a 1 planter in the Lowndesville vicinity. P Sain Williams and lii3 two coufeder- ' ates were caught with the cotton 1, about daylight next morning'after the men on lueir way 10 Auuevuie V/Oun House to make salt) of their ill-gotten property. His partners in the crime escaped and are still at large, but Wil- ' Jiujus was secured aud lodged in jail ^ where he has remained for the past ' three months. His Houor commend- H ed the prisoner for his candor in ac-|(; knowledging his fault?hoped he M would never again appropriate goods j1 of another to his own use, that it wasjs much better to do without the desired j1 article, than to steal it, and said that 11 it was evidence that he had not been 1 entirely lost, and for this reason and|l the fact that he had saved the County j' the expense of a trial, the Court would give him the punishment pre-j' scribed by law for such ofleuses. The 1 sentence of the Court was that the 1 defendantSam Williams be con lined 1 at hard labor in the State penitentiary J1 for one year. The State against Morgan Dyson, j Indictment?Assault and battery with; intent to kill. Verdict?Guilty. Tho difficulty in this case arose out of a settlement with Mr. Shumate, a merchant at Ninety-Six, who had fur-j nished the defendant plantation sup-| plies, and the latter being unable to pay his account at maturity, one word j brought on another until the defendant | understood Mr. Shumate as about to collect the account with a knife which he saw in ins hand, when Mr. Dyson i allowed Ma Shumate to look down i the muzzle of his pistol. "When Mr. i Shumate received the first installment < f of his account in lead in the thigh, .< friends interposed and stopned the set- ' . tleineut, which, so far as the State is c concerned, has just been concluded at I Court. In bis lecture His Honor I #poke freely of what he termed the I ''cowardly "practice of carrying pis- ! tols," ami hoped to see the practice i discontinued by every citizen of Abbe- i ville County, and particularly by tins 1 defendant, who would not have been t in this trouble if he had left his pistol I at home. His Honor announced that ' the State was willing to settle her part I of the difficulty if the defendant would ] pay into the treasury one hundred < dollars in greenbacks?not lead?or ] remain at the Guftin House a guest of 1 ' the County for six months. i The State against Cyrus Winbush. I Indictment?Retailiug spirituous li-,e: quors. Verdict?(J uilty. This was an action brought by the;1! Faculty of iSrskiue College against this!C( defendant for selling spirituous liquors) to some of the students of the College, i " It appeared from the evidence thatj,11, Cyrus had no shop or store-room from i A which he sold tlie "bottled lightning," j1' but that his oftense consisted in carry- J1 ing three tiasks of "corn" in th- 11 liquid form from Abbeviile to the tr aforesaid young gentlemen, whose J? .systems, from their exhausting labore lr in mastering the lessons of their texts; books, needed a little of that extract!1' which brings us "o'er the ills of life j victorious." As Cyrus was not regu-|0) larlv in the business, and as he had i sqJu the "corn" at exactly the amount j11 he paid for it, His Honor expressed j (1' his willingness to inilict a punishment not above the costs of the trial, and, . lectured him upon the impropriety of!tl. selling spirituous liquors, ana espe- ; cially at Due West, where it was iu ~ express violation of the law to traffic in whiskey within two miles of the College. The sentence of the Court)9' was that the defendant pay a fine of forty dollars, and in default of pay-t rt ineiit that he be confined to the county j11 jail three months. j* The State against Rich'd S. Anderson, tn Indictment?Assault and battery upon pf an officer. it Ve rd i ct?G u i 1 ty. j tli The offense in this instance con-jcr sisted in his making an assault on te David King, the town marshal ofiw Hodges. It was in proof that the afore- tb said ilichard had invested asmallpor-jH tion of his capital in that extract which j w makes a man feel glorious, and conse-jW quentlv he was in no mood to quietly i ut submit to the indignity of an arrest by the marshal of Hodges, and as the! marshal insisted upon discharging! what he considered Ills duty, Mr. An- * derson unlimbered his battery and de- j>,( livered a broadside, taking the afore said King as a target, and since then r? his reputation as a marksman has been 111 good. E. B. Gary, Esq., got oft' his m client as to the "officer," because the State didn't prove that there was any such town as Hodges, and of course^111 the jury were uot cognizant of the fact of their own knowledge. His Honor lectured this defendant on the subject of pocket-artillery, and advised him to be more careful in the future in his selection of a target for artillery prac- oi: Gee, for if he had been a better a" marksman the Court might punish m Ill III U1U1C 5CVC1CIJ 111 illlO IIIOWIUW I I Tlie sentenoeof the Court is that the|9? defendant pay a fine of fifty dollars or!al be confined iu the county jail four months. Tho State against John "Williams. I ndictment?Rape. Verdict?Guilty The offense in this instance was in Soing to the bouse of a negro woman tit one or two o'clock in the morning :ind committing the offense charged. Other evidence also went to prove the sjuiltof the prisoner. The Judge and jury were satisfied of his guilt. The defendant \fiis a little negro as black is the ace of spades, and about the 3olor of the woman who swore against him, and came into Court with his head thrown back, wearing a great' white shirt-front, upon which were displayed conspicuous buttons. He I seemed conscious of his importance in I receiving the attention of the Court. His Houor lectured him upon the com- jal} mission of one of the worst crimes known to the law, and adverted to the necessity of enforcing the law against Lhis class of offenders. He would sen tence him to the penitentiary for the diortest time allowed by law. The sentence of the Court was that the de fendant, John Williams, be confined it hard labor in the estate penitentiary for ten years. The State against Jerry Coleman. Indictment?Murder. Verdict?Guilty. His Honor now asked " Mr. Cole nan to stand up." The greatest lecorum had prevailed during the vhole time of the sentencing of the irisoners, but it now seemed as if a >reuthless silence prevailed. All eyes ,vere turned in the direction of THE MAX APPOINTED UNTO DEATH, ivho arose from his seat from among he other prisoners at the side of the louse usually occupied by the Crand rury when in Court, and stepped to he front of the Judge's stand. His Honor, after a moment's pause, asked lis counsel, Mr. Thomson, if lie had inything to say for tho prisoner, who hen asked the Court to give Jerry and lis friends sufficient time to make an ipneal for Executive clemency. He litl not know that they contemplated loing so, but he desired that they night have time in which to do so, if he prisoner should wish them to make his last efl'ort in his behalf. His tiouor then proceeded with his re narks to Jerry in a most impressive nanner, dwelling upon the enormity >f his crime and the absence of. any lope of pardon or commutation of sen ence. He said that as he had not ried the case he was not informed as o the circumstances which attended lit; uuiijiiiiddiuii ui mc uiijjju, uui. nwiu he ability and zeal of the counsel who lad defended liim, he was assured hat he had had a fair trial, and as all sftbrts in his behalf had proved un ivailing, that this should lead him to he certain conviction that he must toon meet the just sentence of the law. tfis crime was the highest known to he law, and whilst he might not hope or mercy on this side the grave, he thould address himself in earnest >rayer and supplication to the mercy >f God, for pardon and acceptance in he life to come. Should he tind this jrace and acceptance he would have iausefor thankfulness, but would have 10 reason to aspire to the character of i saint or martyr. No subsequent re )entance could atone in the least for he deep enormity of the crime of nurder, and his own life was the neces ary and proper forfeit for tire human ife that he had taken. After again irjrinff him to make earnest and dili rent preparation for the inevitable ate which awaited him, the Judge ironounced the following sentence of loath: THE SENTENCE OF THE COUttT. "The prisoner, Jerry Coleman, hav ng been convicted of murder at the )ctober Term, 1875, of this Court, and laving beeu sentenced by the pre siding Judge at same term to be hanged 11 Friday, the third day of December ast,aiul having moved in arrestofjudg-; at uentand for a new trial, and having ippealed to the Supreme Court from efusal of said motions, and the Su >reme Court having dismissed said notions and having remanded said prisoner to the custody of the Sheriff >f Abbeville County, subject to the further order of ihe Court of General tensions of said County, it is therefore considered by the Court and pro nouneed as the judgment of the law that the prisoner, the said Jerry Cole man, be taken hence to the plaee from whence last he came, there to be kept in safe and close confinement in the jail of Abbeville County until Friday, the 23th day of July next, and that on that said day he be takeu to the place Df public execution in the jail yard of Abbeville County and there, between the hours of ten o'clock in the fore noon and two o'clock in the afternoon if the same day, he be hung by the S^iff of Abbeville County until his dead, and may tiod have iy upon his soul." JISBKY UUl,b.)iAl> is a pure negro, though he is not so black as some men of his race; is i young man of about 23 years jf'fine physique; dresses neatly smooth-shaved, except a well culti vated moustache, of which he seems juite proud. During the delivery of the lecture aud sentence of the Court tie made no movement except to wipe the perspiration from his forehead with i white handkerchief which he held in his hand. He cast his eyes alter-] nately at the Judge and the floor, and | without evincing, as far as we could; <ee, the slightest emotion, lie heard, the sentence of death from the Court. ;ae This case has been in the courts fori^ two or three years, and the able counsel, of bave been untiring in behalf of their.se ilient. There may be an appeal for Executive clemency, which Hi the only j hope now left for the prisoner, whose i th execution is so soon to take place. ' in A case which excited -sonic iute it was the case of the STATE AGAINST I50UKX, Scotchman, who has resided in ot immunity for several years, and lu jnd acted himself with propriety fc >r as we know until this charge Wi lade against him by Mrs. Cool lie defendant was charged with a ttempt to break into Mrs. Cook ouseatalate hour of the night o le l'Jtli of January last, and tb rand jury found a ,;true Dill" agains im. It was in proof that Bourn iends separated from him a slioi bile previous to the commission c ie alleged crime, in an uuconsciou uidition caused from the too free us f intoxicating liquors. The Stat tterly failed to make out a casein thi istance, and the defendant was ac nitted by the petit jury after an al >nceof two or three minutes. Messrs [cOowan & Parker then made a inc on for the release of the defendati hich was readily granted by th ourt. His Honor at the same tim cnressintr a desire "to say a word t le gentleman who had just been a( uitted." Mr. U. roj;e to his feet an is Honor delivered some well-time marks on the subject of temperance id admonished hirnto habits ofsobric ' in the future, and advised him not t jtin his mouth that enemy whlcl ok away his brain and deprived hin ' iiis reason. His Honor said tha was exceedingly fortunate for bin lat he had so lately before the alleg* ime left friends who could so clearl, stify as to his true condition; for ithout this evidence the verdict o lejury might have been different e finally told Mr. JJ. if he did not 1c hiskey alone that it would take bin here it took everybody else?to th svil. Among the cases THOW\ OUT OF COURT as the indictment of Daniel Cumis ?y by the Singer Sewing Machin imnnnv for frjind. This seemei be clearly a case of persecution a ie grand jury, we learn, were unani ouslyof the opinion that there wa it the slightest evidence of the in nt of fraud. The company hai ree representatives here who arrivei t Saturday before the Court was or mixed on Monday. The genera lpressiou here is that they wer mpletely non-plusjssed by the fiudini the grand jury, as it was reporte< i the streets that at least some of th< ;ents of the company bilked of thi atter a? though Cumiskey was al ady convicted and only awaitinj ntence. No rich corporation nec( temj>t to send their debtors to tin nitentiary from this County. I n'l bo done. IE CASK AC* \ INST OUR CHIEF 0] POLICE. Our town marshal, Alfred Ellison id an indictment against him fo irglary and larceny, and owing to ! ?k of evidence, the grand jury failei find a true bill. London Hill am >wis Parker swore before Tria istiee Hughes that the crow bai iiioh has caused so much trouble, be nged to Alfred Ellison, but it is sail at they swore before the grand ju V} at it belonged to Aaron Mitchell ley perhaps in the moautiiue liar come better Informed as to the own <hip of this bar, which accounts foi e slight difference in the testimony e learn that this case, like Banquo's ost, won't down, and that it ina> pear again at the next Court. rE JXDICTMEXT OF WM, .l'KESSLY This was a case in which Willian . Presfdy was charged with arson, in :ting fire hist December to his shoj Ninety-Six, which destroyed nol ly the building occupied by him, f also caused the destruction of sev U other stores and a large amount ol jrcbandise. It is said tiiat by somt stake the name of the principal tuess for the State in the indictment d been erased, and the name of the isoner's principal witness was in ted and this witness soon satisfied 3 jury of the innocense of the de >dant. Israel Bowie, who is about i color of au old beaver hat, and ars yellow metal rings in his ears itified to the inuocenceof Mr. Press )wing to the absence of detective jbbard, the papers in tlio case ainst "WILLIAM M'CAW, the Parker tfc Perrin .sale robbery, ire not returned to the Court, and nee no indictment was {riven out. e accused being on bail will have a ;ht to apply for an investigation 01 icharge by the next Term of the urt. George Spear, alias Georgt ashing ton, and Harry Calhoun were und over to Court for the satin ense,and their cases were continued ty the next Court without going fore the grand jury. )W ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN, IVe are informed that VV. H. Shives, ry Commissioner, Virge Madden, UUUU IVtli, JLJ JU. uuiiii., UMII1VC >gers, Jr., Trial Justice, Newliu ^rcer, Alfred Butler, and ten 01 Leen more of the same calibre met iu iday night, for a conlldeniial caucus, d after waiting for His Honor, Judge rpenter, until it was thought doubt I whether lie would come, s ?ssenger was dispatched with a noli him, who brought the Judge. We learn that this meeting was tten up by the opponents, of the tfsent administration of Uov. (Jham rlain, and of course in the interests d for the advancement of Judgt rpenter, who, we understand, is w an avowed candidate fortheottice Governor of the State of South rolina. It would seem from hit lions on Friday night last that he tk.s to a different people for his elec in than those who supported him foi i same otlice four years ago. We >U1<1 like to Know wnat me juugt scloue with the platform upon which stood complacently four years ago. is lie still a plank upon which tc ,nd now, or has he made a new uctureY Will the frieuds who sup rted him thou now stick to him iu is canvass? Will those whom he as toiler then went back on come tc 3 front and support him, who they cordially worked against at thai lie? We think he will likely gel t little support from the whites, aud i think it doubtful if tlie negroes II so readily forget his past political :ord. Elated at Ilis Prosperity. little hound belonging to the cook the Alstou House waiKeu leisure^ wn town yesterday morning, ami er loafing .around one of the stores a short time was seen leaving with in can of preserved pebbles whicl: did not buy. The dog suddenly predating his newly acquired pos itions, just like the thieves in Co inbia, commenced parading il rough the streets in such an ostenta ms manner as to attract the atten >n of everybody. When he got hoint i was not content to take his goods in e house and show them to the family a sensible dog should have done, bul t went at lightning speed around tin >use a dozen tinies? exhibiting tin ?asure attached to his tail and askinj <>rvlinilv to hehnlil his Hnil<U>iilv n??. lired wealth, fitrange that tin dclcn acquisition of this world's ioiIb will so completely upset th< [uilibrium of even a dog. A Green Horn*.?"Oh my! how shionable them people is arount ese towns. I stopped at a friend's juse tlie other day, and she says "tfu n shut that kitchen door, you kno* >w offensive cooked victuals are.' :iey have ice tea, hot coffee, keep al e dishes kivercd up, sit about thre< ot of the table and chew with then jut teeth." ? Feelixo a great interest in the Porl uyal Harbor we have this morning spatehed our special agent Mr. It / f4 11 ill tn make investiirnLloiiH hich he will icport for the readers > eP. & B. We have instructed hiu furnish the money and buy the ves hfcou! posing the Navy at that place rhen he arrives with them we shal t*er them as premiums for new sub ribers. The Abbeville papers return main anks to t'apt. J. \Y. Perrin for lut< wsof the murder. / HHeads Broken, Throats Cut'; I ' ir: THE MURDER OF TWO OLD PEOPLE , 10 | NEAR WINTER SEAT, ON THE ?| ABBEVILLE AND EDGE Q j FIELD LINK S | 11 . C e MR. AND MRS. JOHN L. IIAKMOX 1 il| THE VICTIMS. v Cause Assigned for the Murder. r !ej J H THE CONFESSION. f i ?.l Tlu. nonnlp of this Countv. anil es-1 ? it; pecially of the viciuity in which thisH o ; terrible outrage occurred, were shocked ii e j on Thursday morning last at the in o formation that Mr. and Mrs. John L. t !' Harmon, of Winter Seat, in Edgefield , d Co., four miles below Milway, had been * J murdered by unknown parties in their h j, own house in the early part of Wed-I !- nesday night. We learn that although o the negroes in the yard heard "a noise | _ Ii like killing rats," and heard Mrs. L, 11 Harmon scream out "Don't kill Mr. I( >t Harmon," that they never suspected a 11 anything wrong going on in the iiouse o d and did not know of the murder of i y these old people until next morning, when the man who feeds the stock ?f j knocked at the door as usual for the :. j keys, and finding the door not fastened o t j pushed it open and saw t! !tiie bodies of tite murdered PEOPLE OX THE FLOOR, and immediately went off to'the neigh- 11 bors to apprise them of the fact. At > an early hour quite a number of eiti- I '"jzenshad assembled at the house and e ~ tiie greatest ieeimg ruiea, anu n uie J perpetiator of the deed bad been 8 pointed out we doubt if tlie courts " would have been troubled with, his 3! case. Suspicion, we learn, rested upon ' | a certain negro man, who perhaps was J in the employ of Mr. Harmon, but 1 j there was no proof, and lieuce he was " not lynched. ' .The murder occurred before Mr. and Mrs. Harmon had gone to bed. It seems that Mr. Harmon was sitting at theceutre table, with his back to the door, holding a pencil in his hand, which he never released, but still held in his hand next morniug, and it is . the impression that Mrs. Harmon was ' sitting near the fire-place with her ? I face towards Mr. Harmon and the door. Li T i KnAf] f Un ii ? <] nrni? /man oil It ISMij'pjocu turn iiicaiuiucivi uj^u the door unobserved, and upon walk ing into the room Mr. Harmon turned his head to see who it was and received TIIE BLOW ACROSS THE EYES AND FOREHEAD, }! breaking the frontal bone, which I felled him at full length on the lloor, I < and from tlie position of the chair 'and Mrs. Harmon's body next morn ing it is supposed that she arose from her seat and attempted to go to the assistance of her husband, when she received three incised wounds ? mm nn tlio vifrlit- aiild nf flii> lipnrl nnr> I on the loft, and the third across the I throat, severing the larynx (windpipe) | and the carotid artery or jugular vein, j which laid her senseless on the lloor. j | After the felon had accomplished his J11 work of death he deliberately Jaidjti upon the centre table, without disturb ing tho lamps, vases, or anything else, THE DOG-WOOD STICK * which hajj been carefully peeled far the purpose for which it had just been used. It was about twoaud a half feet long and of the size most effectual in the deadlv work, and to make the work doubly sure, tho murderer pro ceeded to CUT TIIE THROATS OF BOTH HlS VIC TIMS, from whom great pools of blood ran and were lying on the floor. After this lie, it is supposed, as one of Mr. Har mon's pautuloouspockets was partially turned, took tho store keys and uu luoked the store door, took the kerosene can into the dwelling aud set it on the floor. A FIRE WAS THEN KINDLED OX TIIE FLOOR, and as it seems that the murderer was afraid of the kerosene, he kept it at a distance from the fire, opened the fosset, turned the can over and left the house, thinking the oil would run out and reach the fire. The kerosene ran out on the floor, but was .prevented from reaching the fire by the bloou which was 011 the floor. FIRE WAS STJLL BURNING next morning, but had burned so slowly that but little damage had been done. Everything in the house was in its place with accustomed neatness. The fresh flowers in the vase on the centre table gave out the sweet per fume as if nothing unusual had hap pened, and the lingers of the solemn ticking clock pointed out the hours as had been its wont, and everything gave testimony that there had been NO STRUGGLE. The murderer accomplished his work of death mosteffectually and systemati cally, the only failure being in the attempt to burn the house. It is said that old soldiers who had been accustomed to SCENES OF DEATH AND BLOOD iiL*vt;r saw unjuiiu^ iuuiu uui inj1 xj^ than the wight which was presented on entering the house where these people were murdered the evening before and lay unguarded all night long with the consuming element so near, making slow but gradual approaches to the destruction of the premises. As far as we know, THE MOTIVES assigned for the commission of the bloody deed were partly plunder and partly revenge. The first was evi denced by the fact that the gold watch and jewelry of Mrs. Harmon was stolen, together with a sixteen-shooter Winchester rifle, a pistol, and Mr. Harmon's black cloth coat, some gold and other articles, all the provisions, including flour, bneon, sugar, coflee, &c.; whilst doubtless a feoling of re venge was excited by a previous search for stolen goods which had been made by Mr. Harmon, under an ofllcial war runt, in the homes of various negroes. THE INVESTIGATION. We are glad to hear that although the locality of this diabolical murder is situated in Edgefield County, still that the citizens of Abbeville County living in the neighborhood are'show ing great interest in the investigation, several of them taking an active part iu it. The court and jury is, of course, i.i\n\ nntnil i\f o\I i 7|> II ? (if T^df^ field . btlt the clerks who are aiding the Coroner j in recording the testimony are Capts. o; J. W. Perrin and W. E. Cothran, both of this county. We are gratified, too, to henr from a reliable source that Coroner Barker is doing his full duty. }{ FURTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOP r j MENTS. 'J Since writing the above wo learn I ' that Trial Justice John A. Barker,! ft Jjwho had been summoned to act as " J| Coroner, arrived promptly, and imme- $ idiutoly organized a jury of inquest? ( J, James Callison as foreman. The jury | ^ f proceeded with the investigation. e, 11 Thursday afternoon, and before ad- p j journing for the night gave the family L .[and friends of the deceased permission i t r j to preparo the bodies for interment, p >| The jury again "met Friday morning, t< 1: and during the day sufficient evideuce ii >! was adduced to warraut them in com- n r! mitting to jail Stephen Lake, a black Jn I man in Harmon's employ. Jb'riday evening the jury adjourned to meet 'again Tuesday, the 23d instant, at 0 ti o'clock. On Saturday, after the jury flhad adjourned, further important de velopnients were made. It was dis , j covered where the dogwood club had been cut, and, from the Jocalitj', im ijplicatiug another negro also in Mr. 1 employ?Larkin Holloway. TJIK FEELING. We are glad to learn from one directly from the '<ycu\:/dg?gqg^-iere is a calm and most determinet^^^it manifested on the pa^t of every orn. to sift tlie whole matter to the bottom, and further, -Uwi there ia_a gcmiral.feeling >f conviction that succcss will rowavil he ell'oit. THE LATEST. ^uijl confession OF TIIB c'UIMIN AI.S. Special to the. Press and Banner. Winter Seat, Edgefield County, 5. C., May 23d, 1876.?The jury of in Iuest upon the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. larnion reassembled this morning ac lording to adjournment at 9 o'clock a. n. Since the adjournment last Friday he developments nave neeu numerous, .nd I rejoice to say they are to the >oint. On Saturday last disco/cry was made 3 to the cutting, peeling aud trimming f the "Dogwood club"?the locality mplicating Larkin Ilolloway, a negro u Mr. Harmon's employ. Since then Sam Perry, alia* Austin )avis, was caught below Edgefield C. I., Sunday night, and upon examining lim this morning he made FULL CONFESSION. Knowing the great interest your eaders, especially in Abbeville count}', eel in this investigation 1 have asked nd obtained permission from the court f inquest to scud you for your issue o-morrow an abstract or synopsis of AUSTIN DA Vis's CONFESSION. I haven't time to send a copy to each f your papers, but hope you will use his in common. "After working for one month for Ir. Harmon, i left on Monday preced ng day of murder and returned on Vednesday following and met Lake lolloway on Harmon's Place about leven o'clock, a. m. We parted?ho oing to his house and I retiring to hade, to rest. He returned to me bcrut one and a half hours by sun and ut a dogwood stick, (the same a3 ex N T 1 11!_- 1 L . ibitecl tojury.j I asuea mm wiiai, ue rould do with it. He replied: 'You rill see.' "I then came to Mr. Harmon's reai ence, arriving about supper time. "I sat on stone steps a few mo* lents, and went into the house. Next ime I saw the dogwood stick, it was in ho dwelling in the hands of Ste hen Lake?I being in the house rhen Stephen Lark came in. Mrs. larmon was alone in the room hen I entered. Mr. Harmon came in bortly and says : 'Well, Sam, you are ack again.' I replied 'Yes, sir.' Mr. larmon then asked me if I worn going ) work forJiira. I replied, 'Yes, sir, I jppose so.' Jtie tnen asseu me lur uuw luch I would work for him for two and half months, stating he would give me 'ages at the rate of S100 per year. He ot down his almanac, and with his lead encil figured what it would be per day ud per month ; and whilst figuring, tephen Lake came into the house and fter him Lark Holloway and Tilda, is wife, and Stephcu Lake's wife, Su iu, Bottie Perrin, (the cook,) caaie i to the room at the rear door, at same me. Stephen Lake took his position be ,veen Mr. and Mrs. Harmon, and 'lien Mr. Harmon's attention was en roused with his calculation, Stephen iake struck him violenly on the head ith the dogwood stick and immedi Lely afterwards struck Mrs. Harmon, rid repeated the blows upon the heads t* each, both falling prostrate. Mar lall Perrin and Jeff Settles, at this me, came into the room, Marshall aving a small pine stick in his hand, ith which he struck Mrs. Harmon vfee or three times, after she was own. I remember seeing others, at the jor, names unknown. After Mr. [armon fell, Lark Holloway turned iui over and Stephen Lake pulled out is knife and cut his throat. Hollo ay then went to Mrs. Harmon and lrued her over, and Stephen Lake it her throat also. After this I struck [i. Harmon with this dogwood club ame as used by Lake) on tho fore end, lie not Deing ueau wneu 1 buuck. im. After this Stephen Lake got eys out of Harmon's pocket and went ) the store. liettie Perrin got the ureau .keys, and all of us went to marching drawers, &c. We found watch, (gold,) pistol/ bracelets, it buttons. These I received. Stephen Lake, having gone to the ore, brought thence a can of kero sne, which Lark Holloway took and aured it upon the persons of Mr. *ud [rs. Harmon, and also over the floor? ley being at this time lifeless. The uife shown me, I identify as Stephen ake's, with which the throats of Mr. id Mrs. Harmon were cut. Then ilda, (Lark Holloway's wife,) went to bed-room and got an oak chunk * fire. She then got Mrs. Harmon's )wn, placing it over a chunk of lire, id blew it iutoa blaze. I then lelt le premises, leaving all others still on ihind. Stephen and Lark told me to > and keep going, not to stop. This as between 10 and 11 o'clock p. ill." The crowd present will per aps number five hundred. The reatest interest is manifested. The jsembly is orderly, no undue excitc lent prevailing. J. W. PERIUN. TP* ?=_ _ Presentment of the Grand Jury. b his Honor Judge Carpenter, Presid ing : Having made an extended report at ur January term, we shall be brief at resent. No unusual calamity has vis ed us; our county is in peace and is ealthy. Crime seems to be on the in rease but not of an aggravated nature, a the discharge of our duties we have isited the various public oflices and ud them in equally as good condi on as at our last report. We find the reasurer has colllected $115,329.33 and lere remains unpaid for taxes $7,109. 2. He says the safe in his office is too nail for the use of the office and asks lat the County Commissioners sell it ad procure a larger one. We recom lend that such be done. The Probate udire reports in his hands $1,835.00. See report marked "A.") We have not iked for any report from the Auditor, [is office will be open from 1st of June >r assessment of taxes. Tlie County ommissioners report that they have spended up to the present time!?!),537. } and have in Treasurer's hands $G,9!)7. enough they think to run the eoun j the present year. There is still due ti past indebtedness $4,07&.ll. They illed our attention to one W. D. Gal iher who has a wife in the poor house; lid Gallalier, in their opinion, is amply ble to maintain her, and should do so ye recommend that action be taken nmediately in the premises. (For irther information see report marked 15.") The Clerk reports in his hands (59S.82. (See report marked "C.") '* * ??r../vr-w-? Ann f mrn Ve nave reuuivcu u?uiwui jnvovu, ftlcient School Commissioner a full le ort.. The schools will run upon an verage 2} months longer than last ear; the grade and elllcienc-y of the ;achers is much better. (For further jformation we refer you to his report larked "D.") The jail is well kept nd the prisoners say they are well nred for. The Poor House is admira ly maraged and we would recommend :> our County Commissioners to contin e the present system so long as it forks as well ns at pre^eut. The roads of the county are in a very lir condition. We return our thanks o his Honor, the presiding Judge and lie Solicitor for favors received at their lands. Hoping the county a prosper ity veur and a bountiful harvest we bid ou an adieu until October next. Respectfully submitted. John C. Chiles, Foreman. [ rid of House C'fits. Our friend Mr. K. Calhoun, of t Monterey neighborhood is un exe lent farmer and sows oats liberal but he doesn't know how to get rid Ids cats. Ho has quite a large fami of the feline quadrupeds, and as th could not find rats .sufficient abo his promises to repay them the lal of hunting for them, the cats feari that the largo number of chicke which were growing ui? on the pin might become a nuisance they coi menced to thin out the fowls. T1 did not correspond with Mr. Calhoui notions of the duty of cats, so he j: six of the full grown offenders hi corn sack, with the intention of brin ins them to tojvn to dispose of thei but after starting on his way to t village he began to reflect, that t village people had never done hi 'any harm, and he recollected of seei accounts in the .Prow and Banner their nightly disturbance of the qu sleepers?he knew however they h 11 a i'liir-k-nim for thu cn.t.4 to kill?jii ! he began to repent of the idea of i (dieting so great a nuisance on 1 [neighbors, and he was at a' loss know* what to do. Finally he cauie the bridge across Little River, he co eluded to drown the cats, ai:d when the middle of the bridge he untied t sack and emptied the cats into the ri er never dreaming that they wou swim out. When he went back hoi that night the cats were all on hand, The Journal of Commerce. "We had the pleasure last week meeting Mr. VVm. S. Fraser, the trav iug agent of this excellent paper, ai commend him to the patronage of o friends. Mr. F. is an experienc newspaper man, and will prove ; efficient representative of the n< Charleston daily. The paper is edit with ability, and presents an attracti miscellany and full details of the ci rent news. Each number seems to an improvement upon its predecess< and the paper promises to become, if is not already, one of the leading joi nals of the South. Success attend Anniversary Celebration of the Abb villc Rille Club. The Abbeville Rifle Club will ce brato their first anniversary on ne Friday by a target drill at 9 o'clock the morning and by public address from Col. Cot bran and Capt. Hemph at night, to be followed by a supper, which the members of the club a invited guests will participate. \ may anticipate an interesting occasic to which the exciting contests of t drill, able and eloqueut speech*?, go music and other pleasant accessor, will add their varied attractions.' Officers Donaldsvilie Lodge, No. ! I. O. G. T. elected for quarter coi meucing 1st May, 1870, and cudi 31st July 187G: J. B. Cowan, W. C. T. Mrs. H. Sharp, W. It. IT. S. Mrs. J. Dodson, W. L. H. S. Miss Eliza Seawright. W. V. J. R. Sheffield, \V. Sec. 4 J. C. Caldwell, W. A. Sec. C. E. Sharp, W. P. Sec. . I. P. Seawright, \V. T. W. F. Rowland, W. M. . 'Miss Sue Seawright, W. D. ] Miss Fannie Smith, W. I. G. W. L. Seawright, W. O. G. 1'. a. Trible, W. Chaplain. 13. F. Mattison. P. W. C. T. Bar Dinner.?An elegant ai sumptuous bar dinner w;us gi en on Friday evening of last we< to Judge Carpenter by Col. Thom.sc at which there wtui a full represenl tion of the gentlemen of the legal fi ternity. The table fairly groaned u der its load of rich vians, and full ji tice was done to the sumptuous feas Mifth and good humor prevailed, wi Hashes of the brilliant wit which so < IVII Clllli CHS UIIW vuiii i> aim jui jr . was nil occasion to be remembered, ai the company separated at a seasonal hour. Sad Accident.?We regret to lea that our friend and former townsmi I)r. D. S. Benson suffered a serious c cident a few days since. Whilst dri ing a cart drawn by oxen, the latt became frightened and ran awa throwing out the Doctor, breaking o of his legs and seriously injuring o of his shoulders. Being at some d; from medical aid he suiFcred great before his wounds could be proper attended to. We wish him a speei recovery from his injuries. Gun esteemed citizen, ;the Rev. ! X. Pratt, we learn, has bought a lot the neighborhood of the Bapt church, and will at once com men the erection of a dwelling. We thii it probable that his church is to ha nn nrv(.??inn in the nerson of a Vouj lady who is soon to become Mrs. Pra (jiood luck attend our friend in all 1 undertakings and especially in 1 hymeneal arrangements. Wo ha been disappointed so much in this c partment.tuat we know exactly he to sympathize with poor uufortunat in this particular. A gentleman from a neighborii County who was engaged in a case prosecutor, or persecutor as the ca may be, came to Court early last wci briuging no chauge of shirts. \Vhi ho discarded the worn shirt he we to bed to have it washed. The wn woman hanging it out to dry ai somebody not having a bit of tl milk of human kindness in his brci stole the aforesaid article while t aforesaid gentleman was quietly wa ing in bed for his garment to dry. Darlington Destroyed.?Neai the whole business portion of t town of Darlington was burned < Sunday morning May 14tli. One e tire block was destroyed, includii the stores of Mann & Hyrams, Hi gins, Watson, Steiuberger, Williai son, Welch, Calmus, Lowentbal ai others, with Mrs. Gibson's line re dence. Loss estimated upwards one hundred thousaud dollars, p? tially insured. Coax Stealers ox tiie Rampag Mr. Harvey Drennan, a worthy ci Izen of the Long Cane section, whi making a tour of inspection of bisco crib 011 Friday night of the past we at the hour of ten o'clock, was shot several times by several prowli rogues, who then beat a hasty retrei It was a high-handed outrage, and b for the presence of Mr. Drennan wou doubtless flave accomplished the pi pose of the thieves. Judge Cahpenteii remarked j Court last week that he thought C j lumbia was the only place in the Sts j where the people enjoyed the privile of paying twenty mills 011 the dolli and was surprised to hear that Abt ville enjoyed the same privilege. V [can inform the Judge that in tl township we have the extreme plei ure of paying about twenty-one mil Nothing is more generally require , al 1 over the world, than a safe, pi fectly harmless and reliable purgati medicine. All purgatives sometim produce pain during their operatic) .but Dr. Bull's Vegetable Pills are 1 leas liable to gripe than any otli 1 in ( () ic i 11 o wliioli iu nu 11111 A your druggist for them. I'rico, cents a box. New Series.?We take jfleasure presenting to our readers the eoimu nication of our esteemed friend U. reference to the C'okesbury selioo Tliia will be followed by articles of li interest from the same source. V trust to receive similar favors fro j other localities. Pionic and Sunday School Co vention.?1The negroes and color people had a pic-uic and Sundi School celebration at their Fi Grounds on Saturday last. The So aud Daughters of Hope turned out uniform. The usual amount of g was lot oir aud everything passed < quietly. "We direct the attention of onrrea ors to the circular to County Schi Commissioners which is re-publish by our School Commissioner for t information of the people. This is publication in reference to a matt ! which interests all of our citizens, ai I should be generally read. Thk girls in selection of their n parel this-season are very hard please. The truth is the beauty their faces lay everything ill the sha that they put 011. 11 I One neighbor of the Ncioberry j ! Herald says lie wants some.more new subscribers. "-Ye haveu few more than , " we want, and will take great pleasure ^in dividing with him. Let him apply jj | early, for we can't afford to send much ,^l longer 10 some of our friends. Our | delinquents need not complain if we M)1.1 trade them oil". We can't help it. ug[ Ouit very efficient Clerk of the Pro ns.batc Judge came uear doing some ice | damage to himself one day last week, j be n- He had a pistol in the back pocket of; ki his pantaloons, aud one barrel was ac-' fa cidentally discharged, without doing! th any other damage than scariQg some body out of a year's growth.' Bills of tub Bank of the State. Judge Cooke having granted a restrain ing order on the County Treasurer and nmntui ui xtiuiiuwiii, siu^iug prueeeu u,r inos where bills of the Bank of the State had been tendered, the Comp . Jtroller General has directed a similar ,1(11 order to every County Treasurer in the Jl11 State. Mu. L. H. Russell, our energetic and eflioieut County Auditor, publish es some useful iuformatiou in another column to the tax-payers, and also devotes in another place a small space to the delinquent tax-payers, he;JLtead advertisements aud take du1. iv-1 notice thereof. m Religious.?Two excellent sermons morning aud afternoon were preached in Trinity Church by the llev. H. M. Jackson of Greenville on Sunday last before large congregations. The com munion was administered in the be morning. The ladies now dress to the audience. ur:lf a lady sits high up in church, the ed! pretty iiowers are put on the back of (111 I tin* !?* * />* TP (1.. !< -* tl? -i.l ha 11 I tuv uuuiiui. XI LJlcjr sib UL L.UC 3iUU U1 Jwjthe church, they put the tlowers on ed I the aide next to the- gazers. This is ve an improvement. The editor bought a milch cow last week. The second day after the pur chase, being the hottest of the seasou' she furnished him an occasion for more exercise in running her out of his neighbor's oat patch than he had taken for a month previous. Alumni Address.?The Rev. R. F. Bradley, late of Abbeville, but now of 7! Anderson f.'nnotv lino pnnspntpH tn deliver the next address before the Alumni of Erskine College. We may anticipate an excellent effort. The annual address before the South Carolina Historical Society was de livered in Charleston on Friday night by Prof. WmJ. Rivers, now of Haiti more, Md., and is published in full in our Charleston exchanges. From nearly every County comes reports of an unusual number of tax executions being issued. The money is not attainable, and what arc the poor property owners to do ? Echo an swers, what ? We had the pleasure of visitiug Mr. DuPre's green-house last week. He has the linest assortment of delicate nlnntu tn ho fntinrl in Hio Stato T4ivt? him a call wnlle.lie is Belling so cheap. We were the recipient last week of a lot of the nicest strawberries and tiie richest cream of the season. Our friend has our hearty thanks and our high appreciation of the remembrance. The South Carolina section of the Spartanburg aud Asheville road it is thought will be completed this sum mer, whilst the whole line of G7 miles to Asheville is being rapidly built. We had the pleasure of greeting the past week in our towyi Alaj. W. A. VVardlaw, now a prominent citizeu of Cnarleston, who is on a short visit to friends aud relatves here. Didn't Steal the Horse.?Sam Marshall, who was charged with steal inif at frnm T4om*\fnn T.ntimftP lUg U U\UOb iiuux j.auiu jL/wu AJMktutv* | was set at liberty by the grand jury. The smallest and most graceful equestrien teof the season rode through the Public Square yesterday evening. Gen'. McGowan has been appointed a member of the Centennial Commit tee on the Fort Moultrie celebration. The General Assembly of tho Pres byterian Church has been in session in Savannah during the past week. Tiie Hev. John Kershaw of Abbe ville tilled the pulpit of Grace Church Greenville on Sunday last. We learn that Mr. John M. Gain brell desliesL to sell his dwelling in Abbeville. He wants to go to PiekeuB to study law. Ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia, has been arrested jmd released on $13,000 bail. Tiiden seems to be the coming man before the St. Louis Convention. President Grant, it is said, will not be a candidate for re-election. The Abbeville markets is now well supplied with fresh meats. The State tax deficiency for the cur rent jear will be $4T>0,000. Mountain Air. Easlky Station', ") Pickens County, [ May 10, 1870. J Editor Pvchs and Banner: JDeau Slit:?Perhaps a few dots from this mountain country may prove in teresting to your many subscribers. Eaaley is situated 14 miles west of Greenville, in a healthy and produc tive locality. There is not a place better adapted to farming than this immediate vicinity. Corn, cotton and wheat are the principal products, and while corn and wheat and other pro duce should be the principal aim of the farmer, cotton, as in many other parts, receives more than its share of atteu tion. Table liock is about 15 miles from this point, Cesar's Head about the same. Persons wishing (o visit either during the summer will find it to their interest to come to this point. Here we have a iirst-elass hotel carried on by Messrs. Clyde & Motes, both energetic and enterprising men; aud are ever ready to accommodate their guests and supply them with the very best the market affords. I would also state that parties can procure convey ance from this to any point they may desire at a much less cost than from Greenville. The mercantile business at this point, as is the case in many other points, is overrun. There are now ten stores in and two bar-rooms, all of which have 'o- been built up within the lust two or itc three years, and notwithstanding the ire hard times and scarcity of money the IP I nuunu ui uiu uiipciiu'i s liuuuuui ^A1A I ti )el j echoes through woods aud valleys. g| ye The Pkesss and Banner coined ] ? lis promptly once a week, and notwith- vj xs- standing 1 have perused its columns ^ ai for the last ten years it is still interest ing, more particularly to one situated amongst strangers. Long may she ;r"! wave, and die a triumphant death. Yours truly, W. C. V. Mr. George "NV. Curtis has written a letter in favor of pensioning common or {school teachers, in which ho says:!an "Teaching in the pubiic schools is asjai essential a part of the public service as w in | the discharge of duty in the army I w u-1 and navy, and the faithful servant In! vj in i one branch is entitled to the same con- j Si Is. jsideration as his fellow-servant in an- w other. The pension would make) hi teaching an assured career, and con-jdi stantly attract to it the best teaching j ti< talent in the country, and the efllcieu-jti: ey anu value of the schools would be; T , promoted just in the degree that teach- di j ing ceased to be a temporary resource, j w ay j as it now so often is. The best service i ei x lir i in any public dcpurtmcnl is always the '.,s I cheapest, and the advantage that the i11; State would purchase by this little 'asjoutlay woulTl be inestimable. I can | not help thinking that the proposition | must command the warm sympathy I of the more intelligent friends of the [common shools?and with all my heart I wish it success." , Fiiek Rick.?The question of aumit ting rice from the Sandwich Islands free or duly is now before Congress in a bill for ratifying the Hawaiian trea ty. A strong protest has been sent up to Congress by the Charleston Cham ber of Commerce, on the ground that the bill would ruin the riee interest:'.of 1 tlio btate. ,Jk.L - The McLarens. EJIINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE BY AN EX-ABBE VILLIAN OF OVEB FORTY YEARS. There lived in 1834, as well as long fore and afterwards, this in part well iowu family?the name is certainly miliar to all. Thev must have been ere many years, as John, Jr., was lied a batchelor when I first knew m (and died 011 that line), and I ten heard him say he was a boy when ey left the "oldcounthry," Scotlaud, )in whence they came. They lived the oldest house in town, on the rtheast corner of the square, aute ting, so said, by a decade or two the at rebellion? that old hip-roofed H pa si< >use, wiiicii.n my iniormauou is wi pt, law been destroyed in a general nfjugration of that side of the square ithiu the lost eight years. The igiual build was of logs, to which ere added an iuside and outside nne. until its walls were as thick as ancient castles upon the Clyde, ho then could blame it for standing le ceutury and boldly entering the its for another? All the family are id to be dead or gone, and rot a rosotof the wilderness left on the Still It ' tell where the garden has heon." nytliing I might say of them would like speaking of the dead. But I ive nothing bad to say if I would id would not if I could. Abbeville id few better folks. My account of them is that there ure three brothers in Scotland, to wit: Jam, John aud Itobin?the former ily married, and the Abbeville widow is the mother of his children, to wit: Jam, Jr., John, Jr., Janet, Agnes, liza, Susan, aud a Mrs. Williamsaud rs. Baker, the two last named having arried and left before my day. *The others John (better known as "Saw ty" or "Ui^cle Sawney") and Robin arc tailors, and came to Abbeville in e teeus of this century and opened a op. If their cut or make were ever irtistic" in the modern sense, there is a sad falling off before r saw any it. No "latest fashion" pictures orned their walls, but they got enty of work, and they worked rly, worked long and worked late, id saved what they made. Robin suld not own a thing; John had to ke it all. All that Robin asked for e inner man was three meals a day id three half gills of whiskey in divi >ns of half an hour before each mfeal, id as that was the usual mode of pro ring the article in "those days" the notice was for Sawney to receive the nount in a cup and take one-half mseji, or near us u?s cuuiu ukiuc n, id set it at a certain place in a corner id go back to the shop, and then abiu would go in and take his and turn without a say to or recognition prince or plebian. They drank at eir tenants, on the corner. For the iter man Robin asked only enough the coarsest white cotton cloth to ake him pantslo fit like a bandage >m the ankles up and a long round out coat of same material. He wore Scotch cap and heavy brogau shoes, id had no more use for linen goods, iivat or gloves than if such had never en known. Hia only exercise, ex pt for the* regular half gills, was a ilk after breakfast down the road low James Wardlaw's, accompanied r the monster crop-eared family dog arick ("alas! poor Yorick.") Robin is a round man, heavy and low in iture, and walked with a stoop, and s steps were as long as the cou for ma in or the man would permit. Hia otch was so broad as to require an terpreter, and he never offered It tside of the family and furnished o least possible amount demanded, id that, Ynrk'* and "Nark." The ily time I ever heard of his speaking itnout being spoken to was thus re ted at the time: Major Alston usually rnished Sawney his flour, and was plaining to him why he could not rnish him any more that season, it which Sawney could not compre nd, as evidenced by his reply every ne:?" It doesn't matther, Major, ien, so I get it before I get out." The njor, losing his patience, replied arplySawney, you're a d?d al." At this Robin dropped bis a kr m< Af so, mi sn ha f be at 3u toi as an rei tedle and shoved oft'ins worK (ii was their shop, which was also the post flee,) and placing one hand on the ajor's breast and throwing back his her arm at full length with hand >on (woman fashion) looked up in e Major's face, remarking, uDo you y that?" to wnich the Majorrepli< " okingdownou him, 4,Yes,d?nyou, do." At this Robin dropped Both ms, and crawling back on his bench marked, "Yere ortenter sa-igh tbot. eejur." His needle, half-gills and alka ceased about 1830. Sawney, >wever, did most things belter, was a tod talker, and of intelligible Scotch o, and though wearing coarse cloth, mctimcs half wool, it was iu better yle. He knew many things, was a filial old fellow, a good manager, and gether they soon had a good start, o one living could get Robin to take ore than his three half-gills per day, it Sawney, besides his half with obin, was ready to "take a weedhrop ith 2/ou," (so sizing it as to never get unk,) but the man who "took" with i7i, excepting nevertheless and al ?" TJrtlim oAnld npvur hfi found. ough I have beard time and again n dollar rewards offered for liis ap ehension. Sawney died about 1841, as postmaster, and bad held that )sition many years, and discharged te duties most pleasautly and iuat ntively. The family were Presbyterians and id great respect for and attachment i tiie church, and the females were embers of Upper Long Cane, and )hn, Jr., not unfrequently accom uiied them, but Sawney and Robin, liile attached sentimentally in belief i the church, and the former ever ady to defend her ancient walla and ie Westminster Confession of Faith id tell of Doctor Chalmers, whom he id often heard preach, stood oil Faith one?read not bibles nor went to lurch ?and only such theological ractiee as St. James accords, and con ning and concentrating all that upon leir deceased brother's widow and lildren, and most religiously, faith tlly and heroically did they do that, hey left Adam in Scotland, poor and rutfgling to feed his wife and eight lildren, six of them girls, and the rst thing they did after procuring the leans was to send money and bring leui over; and the father dying soon *fcr, his depeudent family fell on ieir hands, but never was there safer round touched. Sawney and Robin ot only took care of them, but pro ided for their future. They sent dam and John to "Baker's school" id paid for it; sent the girls to the lost accomplished teachers, and put Iks, satins and gold 011 them equal to ? ",I A [ r f iy. iucj g;iuuiu*i.cu ziuaui, ledicine, and by the combinations of le influence of the Bakers with auiel Webster and Major Alston and r. Eli S. Davis, direct powers at the eadquarters of Gen. Jackson, they tiled him into the position of Assiet lt Surgeon, U. S. A., under a com lission dated March 2, 1833, and he as soon after on his own bottom ad duced to full surgeon, and Uncle i\vney told me in 1838 that "Oddoin as thrying for Surgeon Giryjral and uoped to get it." I dou't thiuk he d, but he reached an enviable posi on, and was always to be found inl^ ic military family circle of Scott and I k ixylor. Soon after entering upon his J* jties he was stationed near Boston, ?' n>a i m f nit/\ 4l>sv H nl.rtMn\>\/4 I t* uo iiiuuuuwi iiilij me v;iuuaicu i r; rcle" there by Daniel Webster, and! ~ on after led captive and to the altar j ic accomplished an 1 rather wealthy iss Townsend, a grand-daughter of lbridge (jerry. I think the present i [?, djutunt General, U. S. A., is her sc other. Dr.' McLaren died about four' R ?ars ago, j>till connected with the U] my. He was tall and had regularise attires, unlike John, a piercing black m ;e, and a melodious voice tinctured tl itii just enough Scotch to make it >] cli and creamy. 11a conversed equal *a any man I ever listened to, and alto* pi Iher his appearance, language and ti anuers would have graced tho court p; ' a prince. 1 will never forget his .'scriplion in lS3Uofa dining, by invi tion, of ollicers and hifnscll a short me In-fore, with the celebrated Black awk in his own wigwam. The first rurse was - soup, and of such delicate ivor that one of the officers asked the isis, which was.answered with more inn.a pale face's regawl for truth, or ignorance of 'pale face taste*?a ippy. The Doctor !iad already taken to spoonfuls, and with each had uched his right and left fellow-diner ith the remark "its guile," aivd was acing the third to his lips -when the artling announcement was made, e returned It to his plate sofUvaud ent through the spoon evolutions^ militaire, and every time he.oould e the Chiefs face turned J>e enyxtied spoonful on the ifleor (of.dkt), thus eserving fulletiquetteo?*A? manners id customs. All parties "held" in ttition by the aid of'brandy, but the actor was quite sure hexwould have ven up if the third had gone down, e described the scene a* one for a inter. Dr. McLaren did .not take les with the South during < the late *r, nor did he owe South Carolina ything and Abbevillebnt little; yet > treated the Palmetto regiment is exico with marked consideration, d tendered his services to the Abbe Ue boys in any way that he could rve tnem. ana i venture uist u any them fell during the late strife into isons and hospitals within his reach, the aid and consideration lie could brd was rendered. Dr. McLaren is worthy of and no discount upon e land that contains the aahcaof au4l nors Bruce and Wallace; hat Abey tew him not. Abbeville would "bawe en proud of him bad she the title d known him. but she was "not" in tb. Major Alston knew him, and w in bim but one defect, and that ts not irreparable. Alpbeus Baker lew him beat and he was one of his ides; and this writer knew him by jht and m little more, and bad the st meanb-of Jajowing of him, and it brds him pleasure to tell the people Abbeville mote th&n they over tew or bad the means to know of is magnificent man, in <oonsIdera m of the attention rendered ills >ther in her last illness, which oe rred during his visit in 1886. He me in as consulting physician, And e regular employee toeing amafcAe* to re the required attention tie -did so. ecting fee or reward, all without ail that human skill couidfetosave r in this world; for the next that is secured. a TaKw UfAT.oMn T? wen a tnan fJt rightly talentu, sharp and with wit d repartee as keen aa a Damascus ide. I could unfold a bundle of em, but will make one suffice. There is ouce a gentleman of your town of e self-confident class, who know jdl advance and are never mistaken is rsons or things.' It occurred in tbs st office at the .proper date, and thia 'iter was the thir4 person and no tiers present. The subject was a c?r >n departed humbug, in which John d myself acknowledged ourselves neiderably "sold," when the all lowing gentleman remarked that he lew all the time that'the subject was 'raudand humbug ; to which John plied instantly by that eloquent lotch- American laugh and a tap on e anouiaer, ana reman: -wen, > ck, that is the best joke that ever ippened iu this town; you knew he is a fraud and humbug; you brought m here, stood for his board, and ter he left paid it, and introduced m among your enemies for revenge, te scatter lug small-pox" The eoufi nt gentleman tnrned pale, and m on as his limbs recovered from their Hditv. he struck a match:'lit his Jf-emoKed cigar, and walked off lietly. I caonot dismiss this rein, without word of the females. No family lown to me ever furnished three are beautiful women than Eliza, ;nes and 8ucmn. Eli&i was the least , but she bad a voice as melodious as ueio borne across the waters and a die most bewitching^?Agnes had ,ir as black as the raven, and eyes turely dark and darkly pore." I w her at SO a beauty, agun at 40 a auty, and again beautiful at 60, and 65, if living, I venture she is still so. isan was as queenly a woman as erer jched tbe earth in my presence, and she tripped aloug, the earth, walls d rocks seemed to answer hack the Section from her oheeka and gkuugu H* To Arrive. IGHT PRINTS, Blenched Ham*. J spans, Linen Fans, Ruffling*, MU lorv, Lace and Silk Scarfs, Veiling*, fhis week at the ?MP0BIUJLi>F FASHION* Hay24,l?7?. OP Delinquent jand Sales. [n aceotd&nec 'nitV section 100 of "An t to reduce all acts and parts of acts pro ving for the assessment and taxathm of operty into one act and to amend the me," approved March 10th, 1874, the [lowing list of delinquent lands is ireby published: msom Clmny c d ban la ioh. Kelil Mince Held h. Mulono . I'l !||l| i ciS itel i a * III 1 KW 1 774 1 Ji 1 280 1 '?il flaw 59 25 ,4 16 1?68 13 ul HOW 13 oe 4 Of 14 80 988 *5 Zl S3 Ok k' ?32 ? 113 M 14 74 4183 2?08 ro. Harrison* rn. 8. A. Allen hn M. 1-ontf ra 6 A Allen, link Lomnx re. M. A. Gary i as. Smith twin Sp?nu it J B Armstrong it Robt. Hlnton ircus Mitchell nry Williams 10 M. McKay, agt inney Chiles it Ian. Erwln illcyBooser H & C enser Roberts 'm Boozer r '& A Anderson CCuddy ' B Dorn ' DRonndtreo 2 __ 1 1 .5 01 3 0 1 10 24 3 1 1 . 2? S! 1 1 10 84 1 1 1 300 3 1 1 13 20 3 140 2 55 51 3 1 2 51 5 ,20 1? 5 01 199f a SO 2 25 5 46 1 22 6 6 1500 40 6 132 00 256 6 125 7? 7 15 1 15 34 7 55 5 15 8 297 27 63 8 178 13 20 8 220 1 18 16 9 2025 1 50 29 9 86 082* 06i 1540 38 25 a oil II 44 35 !? 04 SI (JO "IS ss 10 SI 7 or 294 25 10 07 10 M ? 17 1703 0B 05 32 MS SS 80 174 60 I# 02 Do* illleC. Williams co Mitchell ancy Botta )hn Oricr K Harablin lias A McClung jrry Miles ancy Perry st Lem Held n. E. Vaughn st David ware . W. Williams Do* st Robt Boyd . M. Brooks is* M. Martin >s. New by lm. C. Link utson Lee.trus'e* lck. Bujcg obt. Black a ac Jenkins ll. Mitchell, trus'e lljah Tullls r S Chamberlain st Jas. Banks* st B. McKIttrlek st Peter Smith" ob. Stuart st Peter Smith ally Ann Carroll illy it Ti ho* Petti grew 750 100 145 600 000 :iao 860 187 1008 14'2450 15 43 15 60 15 12 la! ?? 63 303 16j 503 ial 214 16 j 54 16 80 16 54 16 150 ml aio 15 il 641 7 64 68 <7 13 10 9 192 1 1 660 6 883 , 3 11 08 11 1 1 306 2 1 100 48 78 46 IM 2 7? 7 2 42* 34 2 39 W ? <00 5 1 1 422 3 45 41 35 13 02 10 2 78 32 74 114 65 1M 132 1 380 2 188 a 52 87 50 6 75 6 21 50 18 34 96 19 14 12 11 1 265 3 9 90 8 3 21 2 3 74 2 9 93 7 13 2012 04 122 71 46 29 69 83 7 67 30 18 24 66 12? 58 38 97 18 1017 96 (56 SB lrl B? 52 10 4J 31 56 85 30 72 78 ? 40 18 10 V fin 08 B <0 06 371 77 1*34 72 234 96 73 68 13 77 49 io a 47 114 81 00 19 w 65 48 71 20 12 74 50 33 46 24 ?98 80 ?7f 65 18 W 88 13 43 68 34 91 *or the year 1W4. NOTICE i Jiereby given that the whole of the veral parcels, lots, and part* of loU of eal Estate described in the foregoing st or so much thereof as will be nece* iry to pay the taxes, penalties and assess ents charged thereon will be Bold by ic Treasurer of Abbeville Couaty on ON DAY, Juue the 6th, 1878. unless i VJ lilAUO, n^OVTVIlllCUiO OHM |n.uHiv*v? ? lid before that time; said sale tobeoon nued from day to day until each tract life! or lot is sold or offered for sale. L. H. RUSSELL, County Auditor. May 18?2t