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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S, C, Wednesday, June 21, 1876. Rail Road Disaster, The Trestle Across Broadway Creek Falls and Precipitates a Traia of Cars to the Water, Se^ eaty Feet Beio\y, ALL OH BOARD PERISH, On Friday lost George W. Williams and fan0y, of Charleston, were on their way in a chartered car to Nacoo che Valley, in Georgia, this side of Griffin, via Anderson, and when at that town he learned that there was a break in the road near Pendleton, and that it was useless for the party to pro ceed farther. After stopping at An derson a telegram was dispatched to Col. Dodamead by Mr. Williams, ask ing if be would uot that evening have his car dispatched to Greeuvilie. An affirmative answer was given and the conductor and engineer with the train hands, went to Belton. After un coupling Mr. Williams' car from the train at Belton it was taken to Green ville by another engine. THE FATAL TBLEOKAM. Ti io aaiti Mmf Mia Kiinprfntendent of the road telegraphed to the conductor; of the Anderson train to remain over; Mil night at Bel ton, which would have ! deferred the catastrophe until next morning, but the conductor asked to l>e allowed to make the trip that night. The Superintendent consented, and the Auoersou traiu started back be tween eight and nine o'clock. When It arrived at Broadway trestle the con ductor stopped his train aud walked across the bridge with his lantern aud examined the trestle as well as he could, and then concluded to risk his train. Getting aboard, the train at ten o'clock iu the uight, when a heavy rain was tailing, Mored on the trestle which gave way and the engine, ten der and tuail car were precipitated to ' ? -. H..~ fn.xt tri flm flhe distance ui sevenyuvc i?i w . v\vater below, AND XL Ij ON* BOARD WENT DOWN Toj DfcLXTJUL Instantly tine conductor, the engineer, the fireman and the baggage master overe killed, but the brakeman lived Motue eight or ten hours. The brake jnau was caught in an upright position with oue baud cliuched between hea vy timers while his leg was crushed between other timbers. In this con dition he remained until the next morning, when he was released and\ carried to a neighboring house where j Jie died in the afternoon. THE OSLY W1TXEW. A colored woman who lived near the trestle on the opposite side of the creek from Anderson, saw the conduc tor's light as he carried it over the trestle, saw the train move oft* and heard the terrible crash when it went down. This fact she immediately re jHirted to some one who at once in- j formed Mr. William Holmes who im-i mediately set off for Anderson, and j owing to the swollen waters he had to go by Prevost's mill, far out of the di-: rect way, in order to reach the village, j at which place he arrived at half past i three o'clock in the morning, convey-1 iug the intelligence that the whole: train with the members 01 iir. wu-j Haul's excursion party had gone down in the trestle, and that all were killed.! Immediately THE FIRE BELLS WERE RUNG, and the peaceful pIu coherers of the; t>wnatthis hour when stillness or dinarily reigns supreme was all hustle and tumult, and soon hundreds of citizens were assembled at the Court House with buckets as if going to a tire. The real cause of the alarm was quickly known throughout the town, and the OKEATE3T EXCITEMENT PREVAILED. Every vehicle and horse in town was immediately got ready to carry pas sengers to the scene of the disaster, and although the rain was coming down in torrents, hundreds of men, both white and black, hurried off by daylight to render any assistance pos sible. THE SCENE WAS AN APPALLING ONE. In the fall the engiue and tender were folded together as if they had been fastened together by hinges. The en gineer, Mr. Jack Wilson, formerly of this place, was under the tender with his head and body beneath the water ajid his feet playing in tne waters above as if tied by a string?his legs had beeu so nearly cut off. The fire man was on the wood in the tender and the engine, which was still warm, was lying upside down on him, and had mashed him to a jelly between the engine and tender, while his bow els floated and swayed in the water as if anxious to be fefea.?ed. Tlie bodies of the conductor, LaFoy, and the bag gage-master, Kitsinger, were^found some three or four hundred yards be low, where they had been washed and lodged agaiust trees, some ten or twenty feet apart. It is supposed that they had jumped off the falling train. The conductor's skull was crushed and his thigh was broken. The bag gagemaster had only a slight bruise on head. He seemed to have been' killed bv concussion iu striking the water. The brakem&n, Henry Allen, alone was alive, auu ue was JIMuiuVa bly fastened in the timbers in an erect; ]>osition, with his legs crushed, his arm stretched perpendicularly, his hand divided or split to the wrist by the sharp edge of the timbers which held his arm. In this dreadful condi tion iu the middle of the rising stream with no liviug soul within the sound of his voice, he kept his lonely watch over the bodies of the dead. When the accident occurred, Allen was not more than two feet in the water, but the stream continued to rise until it was around his neck. If the waters had risen a few inches more, he would have been drowned. Drs. Narden, Soudday and Broyles were present aud rendered medical aid to the wounded man. TUP TVAITPflT Trial Justice W. S. Brown, acting Coroner, at once organized a jury from the bystanders, and held the' inquest over the bodies of LaFoy and Kitsinger, Dr. O. R. Broyles making' the examination. The jury also ex amined Allen before he died. After which they proceeded to inspect the timbers of the bridga. Up to Sunday no inquest had been held over the iiodies of the fireman and engineer, who were still beneath the wreck. The report as to mb. williams' family being in the wreck was ertoneou.o, as his car had beeu left at Bclton for the engine from Greenville to take for ward to its destination. the "VEltDICT OP the jury had not been rendered at last accounts, but it is expected that the Kailroad authorities will be severely blamed. It is known that the feeling against the Railroad is intense. The people of Anderson have of late been much exercised about what they thought to be an unjust discrimination against them in the matter of freights to that point, while they openly assert their belief that THE CATASTROPHE WAS THE NAT URAL RESULT of the decayed conditiou of the bridge, and not at ali to be attributed to accident. Rumor hath it that the trestle two years ago was pronouncec unsafe, and that engineer Millibar about that time reported to the 8a perintendent that this bridge was un safe, and said that he was afraid t< cross it in its condition, whereupon h< was dismissed from the service of thi Koad, and his situation given to Mr Wilson. We are also iuformed thai the unsafe condition of the tresUU wag COM 3COM TALK AMONG THE TBAIS HANDS, that the conductor had said hethoughi it likely that they would all be killec there?and on one occasion the con ductor went so far as to show his pock ct and to explain which was his mou ; ey and which belonged to the railroad, requesting his confidant to see that his family got his money in case of acci jdent. An intelligent and reliable gentleman passing up the road from Charleston also told us that the brake man on Thursday last called his at tention to the rottenness of the bridge aud stating that he intended to quit running on the road at the end of the month. THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED all lived at Walhalla. La Foy had a wife and four children ; Kitsinger a wife and three children, and some of the others had families. On Saturday evening when they all arrived togeth er at the scene it would have moved a heart of stone, when the wives beheld their husbands and the children look ed upon their fathers held in the iron grasp amid the timbers, mangled and dead. Mr. suinvan was THE MAIL AGE XT on this train, but owing to a misun derstanding as to the exact time the train would leave, he was accidently left at Belton. When the train start ed off he was at the hotel and made the greatest effort to get aboard but failed to do so. When the engine went down at Broadway his car was smashed to pieces. The mail bags torn, aud all were washed down the stream. Much of the mail matter was lost but the bags have been re | covered. We suppose Sullivan felt uncomfortable enough at being left at Beltou that night, but we presume he has become reconciled to his fate. We congratulate him on his escape. He has never before for the last four years 'missed being with the train every time it passed that trestle, and we have no doubt that he uttered if not orally, mentally, a prayer of thank fulness for his absence on this occasion. SINCE THE FALLING of the trestle multitudes of people from every section of the surrounding country have visited the place of the disaster. 'Many of whom have gone down to the very spot, while numbers of others have been satisfied with go ing to the edge of the abutments and keeping over from the dizzy heights above on the dreadful spectacle below. THE HEIGHT OF THE TRESTLE is seventy-five feet and six inches above the level of the water at low water mark. Some eighty feet of the trestle is broken, and many hanging timbers have since fallen. One long piece which had been hanging by a foil mi Cunilov vorv iictrl v nfcrihinc pill 1CI4 uu UUIIUMJ ?v.j ..v? v 0 six men who wefe standing near by? all of whom would have been killed had it struck them. The accumula ting timbers beneath the engine and tender stopped their downward course1 ten feet above the bottom of the stream. At its highest the water was, fourteen feet above the lowest water mark. A CONSTRUCTION TRAIN of the company, with hands, arrived on the spot about dark Saturday night, but what work they expect to do just now, except to extricate the bodies of those in the rubbish, we have not been informed, but think it likely that the engine will be taken to pieces, as a we presume it would be impossible to raise it as a whole, to the immense height of the track, seventy-five feet above. Unless the company havej the timbers already on hand, it will I likely be weeks before a new trestle can be built. This trestle is at the same place where THE EMBANKMENT WAS "WASHED | AWAY in the winter of 18G5. During the heavy rains which fell in February of that year the volume of water in creased to immeuse proportions and obstructions filled the mouth of the culvert, when the water was dammed up so that it covered an immense ter ritory, and whole farms were sub merged, wheu the water had risen some thirty feet the embankment gave way and THE DESTRUCTION' BELOW WAS TEK itiriv,? the water being from hill, swept bridges, mills, dams, feucing and ev erything else movable before it. For this damage the road was never requir ed to pay a cent. Whether the com pany will be so fortunate in their set tlement with the widows made iu this unfortunate occurrence remains to be seen. It is said that the Superintend ent requires all the employees of the road to sign an obligation NOT TO HOLD THE COMPANY RES PONSIBLE /InAoffoa anskinpH nn tll(> road while iu their employ. What force such an obligation will have in an swering the claims of widows will perhajw be tested in the Courts. THE STATEMENT about the Railroad management are merely a repetition of what has been said as rumor, while if the Superin tendent's statements were made and published, it might throw a different shade of light on the worst misfortune which has befallen the road since its existence. ? To Candidates and Their Friends. We desire to remind candidates and their friends that al* nominations for office are required to be paid in ad vance. The charge is Five Dollars for each name, inserted in the usual man ner, and we trust every one will give especial attention to this requirement, and not expect any relaxation of the rule for personal or political reasons. It is also necessary to direct [general attention to the published rates of ad vertising, which fixes the charges up on personal communications, as it is necessary to state that articles intend ed to advance the claims of particular candidates are classed under this head, whether written by themselves or their friends. Articles containing personal aouse will in all cases be excluded from the columns of the Press and Banner. We cannot be made the "cats paw" to pull anybody's "chesnuts out of the tire," Persons taking exception to anything appearing in the Preas and Banner, are offered in our columns a hearing in reply. Persons aggrieved at what may appear in any other pa per are requested to couch their de fence in respectful langnage, or else to send it to somebody else for publica tion. We shall positively refuse to publish ali articles of an abusive char acter. There is quite a difference in diguified argument aud senseless abuse. ' *?? Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit. Various candidates for the nomina tion are already out from the upper counties, but without during injustice * - A *? - 1 - ? - * ? ? ?? ' to me ciaim? ui uu^, ?c tunm. Abbeville should have a place in the picture. One of the oldest and weal thiest counties of the State, and fur nishing more than equal proportion of the criminal business.of the circuit, with a Bar which in character Qiid ability is the equal to any, it seems bnt common justice that she should share in some of the honors and emoluments of office. In Col. Cothran we have a representative who would fill the of fice of Solicitor with honor to himself, and benefit to the country, and we trust that his claims and those of tht county will receive due consideration at the hands of the Convention, New Way to Make Nominations. That there may be entire satisfaction in the County Democratic nomina^ tions, the various clubs of some of tin upper counties are requested to mak' nominations for all the offices, anc the names receiving the highest num ber of votes in all the clubs will re ceive the nomination from the nomi nating convention. This is right au< we hope to see the plan adopted ii Abbeville. We desire to see our peo pie satisfied and thoroughly united ii feeling and sentiment, that we ma; the more e&slly achieve the desire* success. By adopting this rule tb man who receives the nominatloi will receive the vote of a majority o the voters themselves, which leave no room for dissatisfaction with thos delegated to make the nominations. A party of piscatorial-enjoymenl loving men angled in Long Ca.;?e al day long, a short time since; cam back with 37?33 bait and 3 fish. t THE EXCITEMENT. Trial Justice Bruce fails to Fin the Body of the Supposed Dead Negro. Various parties around town are trj iog to raise some excitement from r? ports which reach town to the effec that a negro man had been killed i White Lick, some four miles frou town, on Friday, the 9th inst. A1 sorts of stories are told and the nc groes and a few whites it seems ar anxious to make the matter appear ii most aggravated form. Whatever th facts may be, no one here seems t uy, COIlSUiUlC 1UI JJC n AO AAU1IUUU| IV his prisoner, George Abrams, escap while on his way to Abbeville will the horse thief. As the present part; in power can only retain their su supremacy through the cry of perse cution, the leaders are now busy re tailing to their henchmen every con ceivable story as may seem to serv their purpose best. From the best in formation we can gather it seems tha Newby told John A. Devlin that h had shot at the prisoner in his attemp to escape near Mr. Devlin's house That the prisoner fell at the first fire he immediately rose and again com menced runniug when Newby sho a second time, but supposed that hi failed to hit him at the last fire; tin negro kept running and he was sooi out of sight. Newby tracked hin through the woods by the blood fo about a hundred yards. The prison er'e arms were pinioned behind his body and was following the constabl at a short distance, when Newby'i horse became restive; he attempted t< cut a switch from a limb, the prisone commenced to run, and the firing commenced. Newby described th< negro and asked Mr. Devlin to look and to tell his neighbors to look ou for him, and said the negro stuttere< in talking. We learn that the negr< was afterwards seen going througl Hamblin's orchard. Trial Justice Bruce with a numbei nf /v\!nroH nipn wAnt to the scene o the alleged murder on Sunday morn ing, with his books, ?tc., to hold ar inquest on the supposed dead body but they failed to tind it or any signs of the deceased man and. brother Trial Justice Bruce on Monday issuec a warrant for Mr. Newby, and?he wil probably be arrested and brought t< town. y. Since writing the above we learr that Trial Justice Bruce's constabh has returned without arresting Newby he having left fo'r parts unknown Trial Justice Harmon under whos< warrant the prisoner was sent up thinks that the escape was accidenta and through the carelessuess of New' by. Mr. J. B. Wikr put a long-handled shovel to a new use the other day in battering a freed man's head. Louis McKiuney, a member of the greal i uubleached variety of American citi zens, used some language at the depol which Mr. Wier construed to be in some way offensive and at once picked up a long-handled shovel to settle the difficulty. After Mr. McKinney had received three blows over me neau, the thought occurred to him that it would be well to refer the balance ol the difficulty to a Trial Justice, and he accordingly at once proceeded to take his corpus out of the range of the aforesaid shovel. After consulting the peace officer of the State, the dam age sustained was appraised at $2, and Mr. Wier supposing that a fair price, cheerfully forked over a draft on Mr. Spinner at Washington for that amount, which money has supplied the battered head with cigars ever siuce. Heavy Freshets on the Savannah River. From all sections of the County we information of dflinatre done bv the heavy raius and high water. The Savannah liiver has been higher than 9ince the August freshet of 1852, and its overflow lias done great damage tc the growing crops. In some places the damage done to the land is sc great that the crops cannot be re-plant ed. We trust, however, that crops of corn can be planted generally, and thus the evil be somewhat remedied. All the other streams have been high, and much damage done by overflow, The heavy rains have seriously injur ed the grain crops, which were shock ed in the flelds. On the Savannah, the plantations of Col. Harper, JDr Hester. Mr. Cade and others havt suffered severely. We learn that Col Harper had his wheat swept away bj the swollen river, after it had beer removed to what was thought a saf< place. Mr. D. 1J. Cade, of Petersburg we ienru, lost large quautities o wheat by the flood. All the planter! have suffered more or less. Battalion of Rifles?A Good Sugges tion. The Anderson Intelligencer in th< last issue of that paper says : "The young men-of Anderson organized i Rifle Company on last Monday, with sixty three members. The following gentlemei were elected officers: P. K. McKully, Cap tain; J. Baylis I^ewis, First Lieutenant; J. L) Maxwell, Kccond Lieutenant ; John R. Will lams, Third Lieutenant. It is thought tlia the name of "Palmetto Rifle Club" will be se lected, and It Is Intended to uniform the com pany at an early day. It has been suggestei that Abbeville, Greenville and Andersoi unite in forming a battalion, and meet once < year to contend for prizes in drilling and tar get-shooting, which would create creator In terest among the different companies. Th suggestion Is a good one, aud we nope to heu from Greenville and Abbeville thai it is fu vorably received." The suggestion Is a good one and wi know that Abbeville will respopd. I Anderson and Greenville will com< down to our Agricultural Fair in Octo ber we could organize then, and ou * ? ? ' -1 1- molri pftOpiC WOU1U UU tllCii uuoi ia/ ujun theni Lave a good time. Let us hea from you gentlemen. Chamberlain's Proclamation. What he Proposes to do Witl 900,000. Governor Chamberlain offers a re ward of $200 for the lynchers of th Harmon murderers, against each per son, some three hundred, for all wh< were present were equally guilty be fore the law. The Governor doesn'tse proper to offer any reward for Chea tham, Chiles, Betty Perrin, Tilda Hoi loway, or any others who assisted ii murdering the Harmons. The G. & C. R. R. on a Bender. The late freshets have played havo with the trestles on the Greenvill and Columbia llailroad. "We lean that a trestle between Anderson an Pendleton was washed awav, the tres tie four miles oelow Anderson fe] down with the train on it and kille everybody aboard?five in all. S?m of the trestles between ?Al9ton an Columbia have gone olF in the watei and between Belton and GreenvJll two trestles have fallen, so the train on Monday failed to make their accus tomed trips. In consequence of whic no mail were received. Mr. George Miller, of Andersor was in town on Sunday. He came i ' his buggy to bring a gentleman froi Anderson, as since the accident n | trains run on the Auderson Branch. i Who is going to thresh the immeiu grain of Abbeville is cue queMuui The crop is three or four time* great4 than ever before and so far we kuo only one thresher is in \he field. Messrs. Wiek and Cason say thj onrold friend Hawthorn at Due Wea keeps a fine table and they like tl good treatment which they receive at the Phoenix Hotel. Since the Rev. Mr. Wightman hi shaved off his heavy beard, many his parishoners failed torecognizo hi until they were again made acquain ed with him. Prof. Lee, at Dne West, still hi large pictures of Miss Galloway, t! Associate Reformed Egyptian mi sionary. Send seventy-live cents ai get oue. BORES. Wo bave time.to laugh, we have time to ci We have time to smile, we have time to sl{ We have time for eating and househc chores, But we haven't got time to talk to bores. Mr. Bailey, of Greenwoc will wait on the ladies at the store Messrs. White Brothers during A.' 1 Amos Morse's absence in Alabama. "Ephraim is Joined to his Idols."?The Anderson Journal lust week gravely asks, "Can any argument, affect the already form ed and prejudiced opinion of the hunureda of colored voters In the State?" We answer, no. And the man who talks to a negro on politics is in our opinion throwing away his time, what does a negro eare for good gov ernment as long as his race can vote to themseivesour money, and so long as they escape punishment for their crimes? New Idea.?The Lebanon Grange is prosyerous and nearly all in that section have connected them selves with the oaganization but there are still a few whom the members think ought to join, so they have con cluded to offer premiums for new members, and among other premiums is their Worthy Master John T. Lyon. Lid dell's Grange have adopted a similar plan and are offering as j>re miuras "to the lady members Mess J. Y. Jones, Harvy Wilson and James A. Reid. It is a noticeable fact in Abbeville that for the last five years no colored man has appeared in our criminal courts as defendant. Such cases have always been against either white men or negroes. As a rule the colored man is a law abiding, citizen, but the diffi culty with the negro is, that he can't keep his hands oft* other persons prop erty. The law now foibids the pedling of whiskey in wagons. We learn that a wagon loaded with whiskey recently went to Lowndesville in the middle of the night, and sold its stock. The wagon, mules and whiskey, were lia ble to confiscation and should have been seized by the good citizens of that town. Send us the News.?We want the local news ftom every neighborhood, fflnnrla will U1IU Will UC ? iau II UUl 1I1VIIUO keep us posted with. whatever occurs of interest. Send us the facts iu short form, and we \vill put it in shape. In formation about the crops, or any oth er matters of usual, as well as unusu al, occurrence, will be thankfully re ceived. The sale of delinquen tlands in this State took place in the various ooun ties oa the 5th inst., and as far as we know do single advertisement in any county has been made in accordance with the requirements of the law. Are such sales valid ? r,Have purchas ers good titles ? Mr. W. N. Calhoun's chicken roost has been robbed of some of his nicest chickens. Not long since he heard a noise in the tree where they roosted, when he got out his shot gun and fired at the owl as best lie could in the dark. He had boiled hen for dinner next day. Rev. Mr. Darby, of Williamston, delivered an eloquent and impressive address before the Youn? Men's PlirloHon Aaa(V>)aHnn fit Dnt> nil Friday night last. Everybody present was highly pleased with the address and the speaker received the most marked attention from the audience. Great quantities of small grain in this county have spoiled in the shocks. Some wheat has sprouted in the field just as it stands before it is cut. Bar* ley heads lying on the ground or in the shock, look like "thousand leg" worms turned on their backs. Messrs. J. A. WIer and S. C. Ca son last week got into good company at Due West and took tea with the Rev. Mr. Pearson. On acoount of the College rules Mr. Cason was not how aver, allowed to go to Church with the young ladies. Last winter some of the white Rails said that they inteuded to raise li?l between the negroes and whites this Fall. Now, when they see that there is danger in the air they have changed their tune, audsay the whites will make the fuss if there is any. The Anderson Journal objects to 1? ? ?An/1 /1a?o hovinor IXtyS, J'UUIIg 1IICU UUU UVU MMf w snort with oyster cans, ana calls on tne authorities to stop it. As this is a free country, we see no good reason for not allowing a dog to carry a can of oysters home with him. Thk "reminiscence fever" has spread to Camden. The Kershaw Ga zette publishes a series of interesting articles which are something on the style of "the Abbevillian" and the au thor of the articles on the Calhoan set tlement. Mr. G. Cade, who purchased re cently the valuable Calhoun's Mills property is now having it thoroughly repaired and the mills under his expe rienced supervision will regain some thing of their old prestige. In some of the streets of Abbeville thistles are growing. Would it not be well to have them cut down before the seed are ripe and are by the wind scat tered to new fields of usefulness. Half an ounce of shot judiciously administered to sympatneui; uum, m this season of the year, will bear fruit in increased hours . of slumher throughout the Bummer. No one from this point has gone to the Centennial as yet, but it is thought that representatives will be there from Abbeville in the Fall The editor will like to see the sights. Our sage says that the fewer our rel atives or friends, the happier we are. 'In your poverty they never help you; in your prosperity they always help themselves." Though money is now scarce the prospect is if our small grain be saved that the fall will bring about a good state of affairs. This is our hope. The bridge at Erwin's mill on the Saluda River and the Fiee Bridge near Ninety-Six on the same stream, have been swept away by the high water. Mr. Tiios. Parker will probably go to the mountains this Summer. Mr. John B. Wier is to take his place in the drug store during his absence. The work on Rev. Mr. Pratt's neat dwelling house progresses. His con gregation may expect an accession to their number before a great while. Mr. E. B. Calhoun, who is now in the employ of the Laurens Railroad, Mas in town on Saturday and Sunday last, stopping at Mrs. Norwood's. Why is it that our Treasurer has failed to publish a monthly statement of the receipts aud payments at his office as required by law. All court meetings do not wind up with "Oyes!" So we have been told several times by beautiful young ladies who are good judges. The streets of Abbeville were graced on Saturday last by the pres ence of some of the beautiful divini ties from Due West. Hon. Armistead Burt, we learn, contemplates spending several weeks thi? Bummer at his place in Cashier's Valley, N. C. In a short while the Junior will give the readers of the Press and Banner the benefit of what he knows about farming. Tiie Port Royal Standard and Com mercial has a new roller and that pa per is printed much better than for merly. Mr. J. A. Wier has just returned from Due West, where ho says the flower gardens are intact. Mr. James. H. Cobb, our weather prophet, Baysthis is the worst year on small grain since 1846. The negroes and ooiored people had a dance at Knox's Hal! a few nights ago. Mr. D. B. Smith sprained his wrist. He now carries it in a sling. O. T. Calhoun, Esq., was in the Flatwoods harvest fields last week. Mr. John Norwood is going to the mountains this Summer. Why not let us have a Sunday School pic-nic at Abbeville. Oats are selling in Newberry at twenty-five cents a dozen. Mb. H. E. Bonner, of Due West, was in towu on Saturday. IJacin Gray, who 11 res near Abbe File, on Monday last indicted Mr. leorgeW. Miller, of Anderson for lalicious trespass in riding through is corn, cotton, oats, peas, wheat and jj gar cane, and leaving the fence own as he went in." Mr. Miller de led the allegation, bat said that he iid the fence down and put up every ill, and then passed through the um, keeping in the road as he went, he jury disagreed aud made a mis- <l( ial of the case. This darkey must 3 an extensive farmer. ^ Labob Refobm.?We direct atten- cc on to a well written article 011 this w ubject, which is the first of a series of w milar articles, urging the establish- 11 lent of "Labor Reform Associations" "( i every section of the County. We at eartily endorse the views of the tb riter, and believe that the plan pro- te xsed is the most effectual yet adopt- gu 1 to restore the demoralized labor of le country.. We are indebted to Mr. J. R. Cun ingham for a copy of the minutea of le Presbytery.of South Carolina,Jcom risng the Sessions of Yorkville and nderson. The Presbytery consists ' 29 ministers and has uuder its care i churches 3 licentiates and 8 can til ites. The next metting will be held i Ninety-Six on Wednesday before le 2d Sabbath in October. Miss Sarah Britt, one of the dest members of Buflhlo church, id one of its strongest supporters, ed last Friday evening of paralysis, the advanced age or seventy-nine ,'ara. She died instantly in the yard, e of the most consistent Christians the Communitv has died, and we ive lost one of the most efficient orkers in the interestof the Redeem 's kingdom. Cotton Twenty-Five Years Olio. r. J. A. Wier has been out assess g personal property. At Greeu ood he found one man, Mr. George ranklin, who returned for taxation, teen bags of cotton which he had id on hand twenty-six years. At te time was offered thirty cents a >imd for it. Dr. Wilson, the man who holds oth-pulling soires over the Post Of ;e, has been keeping house with his other at Dr. Lyon's dwelling for me time, but it was so long after he mmenced before we heard it that we ill nnl mnlra n. Irani of It now. K I The Vestry of Trinity church, had meeting: on Monday last in Maj. art's office, to consider the|bid from a ntleman desiring the job of repair g the columns around the top or the urch. The work will probably cost 25. The Marion Star has made ito ap arance in a new dress and is much iproved in appearance. We con atulate our enterprising neighbor on is evidence of prosperity, and trust at his riches may continue to in ease. The attention of the County Com lasioners is directed to the condition the bridge at MoKitrlck's mill, aich is now in a dangerous condition ^1 d serious loss may be sustained for J.e e want of a little work. an We learn that the Bads in this y< ate hope to continue In power two set ars longer because tbi?Fall the na >nal elections take place, and th( >ops will consequently be sent here Kips win uousequeijuy ue sent nere yo keep the whites from getting into y< wer. en Dr. D. 8. Benson, of Mt. Carmel, an Ho had4he misfortune to get his leg P? oke some time ago feared until re- y? ntly that amputation would be nec- ^ jary. We are glad to learn that he iw has hopes of saving his foot. pa Rev. R. N. Pratt will deliver a wj ;ture to the Young Men's Chris- tei in Association in the Baptist church, i next Suuday afternoon at 4 o'clock. <?g le public are respectfully invited to <je tend. w< "Sad."?We notice many of our ex- lai anges head their death notices "sad an ath." May not all deaths be headed that way. Does not death always of ing more or less Badness to loving ;arts ? ey 8tf The nominations at Cincinnati w| em to be generally satisfactory to our pa ople. Some would have preferred 0j, aine, as a candidate who could be re< ore easily beat. Wk saw on yeaterday two fine ilks of cottou a foot ana a hall' high, )in a ten acre field of Mr. Thomas C. al, which he says will average the me height. The work of providing the Baptist lurch with new seats, is progressing )der the charge of Mr. James Tag irtJr. It promises to be an excel nt job. We are indebted to Messrs. Geo. P. owell A Co., of New York City, for a py of the Centennial Record, of ewspapers throughout the United ates. Grand Lecturer Smedley failed to An loaf. RnhirdftV. JL ill mi a^pvaioiivv uu jwv mm*.. ?-^ id there were a great many in from ie Country who were disappointed. Liddell's Grange,'Mean's Chapel and ie Lebanon Grange, entertained iit?a number of grangers at the AN on House on Saturday. Mrs. Dabr, the wife of the senior irtner of the True Southron, is dead. Jq extend our sympathies to the he aved. Items from Antroville have been owded out, but will appear next eek. See the card of J. F. C. DuPre, ounty School Commissioner, in an ther column. Dr. J. T. 13asktn came 10 urar rand Lecturer Smedley's address on iturday. He wad disappointed. < The bridge at Calhoun's mills is in a insecure condition and needs re airs. Savannah River is said to be igher than it has been since 1852. The Antreville Reporter was in ?wn on Monday furnishing dot*. We have had no Columbia mail nee Saturday. Country Papers.?An exchange )mbats with considerable vigor the rgumenttliat the .city weeklies are neaper and better than the country Tf nolro Hn t ll?V <>V?r I?iVfl VOU ItpClB. it uon.,, ...VJ . uy home news? Never. Do they Diitaln notices for your schools, lurches, meetings, Improvements ad hunaredsr of othe local mattera of itererest, which your country paper ublishes without pay ? Not an item. k> they ever say a word calculated to raw attention to your country and its umerouB thriving towns, and aid leir progress and enterprise ? Not a 'ord. And yet there are men who take antracted views of this matter, and uless they are getting as many square iches of readiug matter in their own apers as they do in a city paper they hfnk they are not getting the worth f their money. It reminds us of the erson who took the largest pair of oots in the box, because they cost the amo as a pair much smaller that fit iim. An Aged Couple.?While at Nine y-Six a few days ago, we came in con act with two aged acquaintances who tad resided in Greenville for many ears. They were Col. L. Griffin, ged eighty-eight, and his wife, who ?aa eighty-three. They had been narried: sixty-five years, and seemed heerful and happy, nnxious to en quire about Furman University and be old residents of our city. They ive on the road to Cambridge, not far rom Ninety-Six depot.?Greenville Wews. In the exhibition which Is now go ng on at Philadelphia, It is said that he improvement in the "art presorva. ive of all arts," shows more advance luring the last hundred years, than my other branch of American indus ry. Counsel for ex-Secretary Belknap, nformed the House Impeachment nanagers that the defence would call 197 witnesses. The impeachment game will hardly pay the cost of the caudle. Better ac quit him at once. j( A Court Scene. EMINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE 2 BY AN EX-ABBE VILLIAN OF c OVEB FORTY YEARS. g tl k It was, I think, about 1844, that the vi Gfreat Hanhedrim" waa caught in d le meshes of the law for assault aDd a ittery. Unlike other acts which he a tuld cover in the dark, the evidence h as too plain for escape. The judge tl ho sat was , who wat\ boru, 0 red and died in District The U 3reat Sanhedrim" was born, raised id lived his first thirty-flve years in d ie same locality, but for the last flf- r< en had lived in Abbeville, in co- tl irtnership with Mrs. Deborah H. w tie jury rendered a verdict of "gull- ? and It only remained for "me rjurt" to inflict the penalty. His onor took the occasion to make his lual remarks when the evidence de iloped unorthodoxy. or direct or in: rect connexion with the sale or use spirituous liquors, thus: "Mr. A. have often thought of you in your raence and the moral your life af rds. I first knew you as a young echanic of industry and good habits, in v you when you first stood about ppiing shops and began your associa >ns with drinking men. You were on embroiled in difficulties, which volv9d your life, and though I al ays believed you were not guilty to e extent charged, and for which >u were sentenced to the highest malty of the law, I believed it was r in part the peijury of your associ es of the tippling shops, and I used y influence in your behalf, and have ason to believe that It was pot with it its effect in saving your life. I >ped that it would have cauaed you abandon evil associations, to reflect r time and prepare for eternity, and e abandonment of all counexion 1th ardent spirits. But I learn from sign Dors Lie re inac you are sun 111 ? e error of your ways, {u the "bonds ^ death ana the gall of bitterness," fa id though you may not drink much si >uirself, you are paving the path of ime audi to hell for your neighbors at id neighbors' children. May you b on turn from the error of your ways, ? Sent, and may God grant you a safe p Iverance." it His Honor having acknowledged n< mself ended, the "Great San lie- jo im" arose, and, waving his hand, t! ked If he could be permitted to w eak a word. Leave having' been a' anted, he spoke thus: "Judge , Ii have often thought of you in your ci sence and the moral your life affords, hi tnew you as a young lawyer, and tl imbered myself as one of your ear- tt st friends and supporters. I had in- 01 ienceand used it ail in your behalf, hi van among the flrst to call attention 0 your ability and promise, and was to e flrst to bring you into public, po- re ical life. I voted for you also as a 01 ilitia officer, and was proud of you my representative and* commander, id when you gave your vote for the fferson appropriation, Which de >yed your popularity at home, I was long the few of your defenders. >u were then not too proud to be ;n in tippling shops and ocrasional taking a little yourself. But tbe 'gislature came to my aid by electing u for life one of the Circuit Judges. >u then became proud and independ t, and soon after joined tbe church, d went crazy ou religion and tern ranee, and have so continued until ur old friends are sorry for you?I y wrry for you." rhe "Sanhedrim" sat down, with e exhibition of a subdued applause sslng through the audience, after Aich his Honor added, "The sen ice of the Court Is that you pay a ie of one dollar, and costs.'' The ianbedrim" walked to the Clerk's sk and threw down a pocket book dialled and asked the officer of the v to helD himself. This was done d the pocket-book returned to the rner, who walked out with the ?,ir more than conqueror. , * Note.?The writer was neither an e nor ear witness of the above, and ites it upon the authority of several jo were present. If untrue in any rticular, there are yet living several 1 members of the Bar who can cor Bt it. * * The Port Royal Fleet. As we stated a week or two ago, we apatcbed Mr. Robert MoG. Hill, our ecial agent and reporter, to Port >yal, to examine and purchase the >et in that harbor that we might of r them as premiums to our subscri rs. Faithful to his instructions the Uowing interesting extract from his tter will show tbat be did not keep a eyes shut while he was away: Leaving Beaufort at half past nine clock ou tbe morning of 31st May, charge of the courteous Capt. Robt. nail, of the steamer Argus, I had e pleasure after a pleasant sail over a famnua Pnrfc Rnval harbor of 55 inutes of fiudlog myself safely at e United States fleet, which Is sta ined seven miles from Beaufort and 70 miles off Port Royal entrance, a going aboard the first vessel we rived at, I found her to bear the ime of the Dictator, and her com ander, Commodore Wavel, whom had the pleasure of meeting before, quested one of the men to show me trough the vessel, which the incom jtent writer will now endeavor to acribe. This monitor has a force of le hundred and four men under mmandlof four officers, who oeem ell fitted to discharge their duties, t the request of my guide, I was .ken to the bomb-proof turret, which constructed entirely of iron, is Bitu ed in the centre or tbe vessel, and i this vast structure, which is said to eigh 500 tons, large guns are con r noted, each weighing forty-two tons ad carrying one hundrea pounds of iwder and four hundred and seven r-flve pounds or steel snot ior eacu large, and It is said can throw a lell weighing 75 pounds 9 miles. Iter having inspected the turret, I 88 conducted to the port-hole and squested to go below. Here I was iken to the numerous rooms; among le most interesting was the machine epartment, which may be consider i one of the grandest works of art. his monitor, I learn, has only been i service about two years, and pre mtstothe eye of the visitor one of le most powerful in the United States avy, ana the United States being jrpassed by no other country in mon ors, ranks the Dictator second to one in the world. After leaving this vessel I went board the Leheigh, a monitor of the ime style, but not so large. This lonitor was engaged in the late war, lid bears to this date twelve marks " n f nlnne rpOAivcwl from the I outhern forces around Fort Sumter, then went aboard the monitors Sua us and Catskill, which are built on le same style of the Leheigh, and arrying from 55 to 75 men each. The man of war, New Hampshire, Is ne of the most interesting vessels in ie United States navy, being one of le oldest; she is said to have shot er 68th annual anniversary gun a jw months since. She was engaged i the war with England, and bears larks to that effect to this day, so I earned. She carries a number of irge guns .with a force of over one undred men. The Pannell is also a irge man of war, stationed near the few Hampshire, but of adilFerent tyle. The fo rceat the navy Btation t this time were six iron clad moui Drs and two large men of war. Wm. Lowndes.?The News and Courier writes an interesting sketch f this distinguished Carolinian who ras the contemporary of Calhoun nd Cheves, and was pronounced by iff. Clay to be "the wisest.man he v?r knew." He died at the early age >f forty, and had he lived would loubtless have attained the Presiden y, of which he made the oft-quoted md memorable remark, "that it was tn office neither to be solicited- or de lined." A simple effectual remedy for ivy x>ieoning is said to be sweet spirit of litre. Bathe the effected parts freely wo or three times during the day, and he next morning scarcely any trace of he poison will remain. LIDDELL GUAYC.E, nteresting Meeting* Magnificent Dinner, dtc. Editor Press and Banner: Learning that Liddell grange was ompetingfor the palm as the banner range of Abbeville County, and that here was to be a basket dinuer, and nowing by a pleasant experience rhat to expect when I attend a grange inner, I at once determined to go, nd I was amply repaid for the trip, (though the day was very hot. The our of meeting was two o'cjock, anu tough Master Walker was a little late or d account of sickness in bis family, at le grange was regularly opened, Mas- re ?r Walker presiding with his usual ra ignity. It was found on calling the h( ill that the turn out was small, and m tie reason was that the whole county he as busy in the harvest fields. .Tt will ta ot do to leave the descendants of 0f [am to themselves theso hot days, er ad it is astonishing when the em- er loyer is not present how often the be radle gets dull and out of fix. co The regular business was put through ]y 1th order and dispatch, and this reg- jt lar business concerns nobody but the ge lembers of the order. m New business was announced and m le subjects handed in by the Commit- co *, were given to the house. You gif >uld tell by glancing around the co all those who would participate in tit le discussions, and we round out be- ti( >re the deliberations progressed very dt ir that Aboeville was represented by or [essra. J. M. Gambrell, J. Y. Jones bu nd Dr. J. W. W. Marshall. The ns rst subject discussed was the best en io<Ie of cultivating corn. Worthy 1 uppsopr Jm. A. Refd. fired the first lv lot by going for those who pat about ve thousand stalks to the acre; uough to make 40 to 45 bushels of :>rn when they would admit that the tnd would not or could not produce lore than 10 bushels. Worthy Stew rd J. Y. Jones, then obtained the oor, and he also mentioned the fool hness of corn raisers in using up the Eduable Ingredients of the soil in taking superfluous stalks. He said a irmer who did this was about as sen bleas the farmer who in building arns to store his grain, built five huge ructures and when questioned by Is neighbors as to what he meant, ^>lied,"well I don't suppose I can sssibly fill more than one out I think better (o have four too many than ot enough he thought a large ma irifv nt fnrmprs ararued that wav now: ley admit that they will be satisfied ith 10 bushels and turn right around id have enough stalks to make fifty. ] regard to preparing the soil for the ope they were generally in too big a urry to get the crop planted and lereforedid not prepare the soil as loroughly as was necessary to stand jr hot dry spells. They reminded Im of a man who was going to mar r and was building a fine house; he Id the builder the house must be ady by a certain time for occupation he would get no money; he was so apatient he would not let the build a do their duty, and when the time imefor him to move in, the founda un began to sink, holes became visi e in the walls and the house was -onounced unsafe and dangerous. >me farmers tell their hands and i-hu* #1ia wni prrm must he imuio VMWW W-V g anted by a specified time, and the msequeuoe is It is not well done; the nd is not prepared as it should be, id they find out to their sorrow in lly and August that their crop is jrntag up Tor want of moisture. The op ha^been built upon a too sbal w foundation. In regard to culti iting the crop, he said the soil should ) stirred at least six inches deep at le first plowing, and the other two, jryshallow; that the roots should jver be cut unless in exceptional ?es, where the ground was hard, e thought in this event you might j justifiable in cutting roots. Reprewbtatlve Marshall next occupied the x>r, who gave as aome valuable Information HVKtcm Dractlaed by the fiirm s of the North and tfortb-west in raising >rn. The Doctor boa been an extensive aveller in this portion of the country, and s remarks show him to be a close observer id logical reosoner. He denounced in plain id unequivocal terms the practice of itting the roots of corn in vigorous and xurlant growth. He could not see how tythlng good could result when you sapped ie very foundation of the growing plant. Dr. .Marshall wot answered by Mr. Gam ell, from Abbeville. He said he could not ;ree with Messrs. Jones and Marshall in re ird to cutting roots, and went into an elab ??? amimant to show that if there was any irm done to the plant at all by cutting the "*t ioU It had in bis humble opinion boen tor bly exaggerated by the speakers who had mi receded nlna. This opinion was corroborated and elo- ? lently supported by Secretary S. W. Coch in and Gate Keeper Uldrick. Jones and arshall began to raise their bristles. It was . fight of experience and common sense on / 10 side and theory and science on the other. X. r. Marshall on account of bis Intimate nowledge of the manner In which nerves in id muscles hfeal In the human systein, could lustrate forcibly and to the point. He said the patient was stout and In good health le healing of the nerves and muscles would > rapid, but that If the patient was sick and Is constitution naturally weak, the reverse ould be true; that If the land was rich and 17 te seasons were good the recuperation of >rn after the root cutting process was gone trough would be so rapid as not to materi- , ly diminish the yield, but if the land was D x>r and the season dry the corn would be to retrlevably ruined. Mr. Jones next bounced up and remarked lat nature bad put the roots forth to sup- ad >rt the plant and gather and provide mate al to mature the grain, ana that cutting n lem only In exceptional cases was directly J*' ralnst reason, science, theory and common R< mse. Gambrell. Cochran and Uldrick. elo iiently answered the srgumonts against out ng roots and brought forth a multitude of AJ ises to show that tne crop was not injured, 11 at actually benefitted by the cutting. As tere was no method of finding who was n ghttbey agreed to disagree for the present 'I ad to observe closely hereafter and note what J Tect the root cutting plan hod upon the q?i rowing crop, and thus find out by expert- fl ace, which a wise man has said is the best OE jhool for green horns to learn in. th The exciting debate over cutting roots had lode the speakers nungry euougu tu ? y%.-i ctly willing to discuss the best mode of ittfng or carving the chickens and turkeys le ladles reported on band. Lady assistant toward Miss 8ue Wilson, with her squad of islstants prepared for the feast, "Harvest tome, and tne male members all adjourned uttothe buggies. The writer assisted the idles to prepare the feast. You may take It >r gran ted that each member did his whole uty. I have never in all my travels seen a rowd compete so unanimously as to who juld do tnelr duty most satisfactorily to iiemselves. Nota sick man could you And inong;the buay workers; not one young ian could be found who was trying to esta lish a reputation as a small eater. I think lis can be accounted for on the ground that le grange bad received a lecture, that to lake the order a success, each member from le master to the humblest individual must obis duty and his whole duty, and here as the first chance to give the master a clear emonstrutlon of the fact that his advice was ot In vain. Thus ended the morning session nd I am constrained to say, u more Interest lg, enthusiastic and ploasant aiTalr I have ever attended. GiiAjiGEli SAM, In Memoriam. MR. JOHN R. MOSELY was born October th, 1&43, in the Fork;of Savannah and Rocky livers, and died in a congestive chill, the 6th f June, 1876. It was known for only a few hort hours, that there was any thing the latter with him. and during that time ever thing was done by his friends, and attending hyslclans, that could be, but all In vain. Death, the Insatiate monster, who loves "a hlning mark," claimed him as hUfVlctlm, nd all human kindness^ and love could not revail against mm. inus wi? minwiicu om the stage of action, in manhood's prime, ne who sustained an untarnished name, in 11 the relations of life, as son, brother, friend, 'hough, lie oh it were, had Just entered upon lie threshold of life, lie had gained a reputa Ion for honesty of purpose, integrity of clmr cter, and business capacity, which had ex etided far beyond the narrow limits of the (immunity, in which he was born and reared, lis unswerving devotion to his relatives and i-lends, his unflinching courage in denounc np wrong-doing, and in the defence of the Ight, endeared him to all his associates. His remains now slumber beneath the sod, a Smyrna graveyard, to await tho resurrec lon morn when we trust they will arise, clad in white and deathless bloom." When tj ulteayouth, he united hlmselfwlth theMeth dlst church, where hecontinued to the day of U ,1s death. Ills mauhood gave bright promise O o his parents of being a stay and support to hem in their declining years, but alas! for y ,11 human expectations, their highmlnded, JC onerous noble-hearted son. has been taken way, and they are now in the deepest atfllc ion. They and us, should remember, that, whom God loveth, he chsatcnetri," anu irsi, all things work together for good to them, hat lovo God." Thou art gone to the grave?wo no longer be hold thee. Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side. Jod gave thee?he took thee?aud he will re store thee And death hivt no sting for the Savior bast lied." H. CORRECTION. XjOwndesville, 8. C., \ June 9, 1876. / Editor Pres* and Banner: In your notice of the death of Mr. John R. Mosely, who died here last Monday, you say that his death was caused by an overdose of morphine. In justice to Mr. Moseley, his rela tives and numerous friends, I feel it my duty to correct you. Mr. Moseley died of general congestion. Drs. Hor ton and Spear saw the case with me and will bear me out in this assertion. R. S. BECKHAM, M. D. Xidbojr He four nu JTUMBKK JL Sims's Cross Roads, Juue 14, '76. dilor Press and Banner.i A s long as cotton could be disposed at a remunerative price the agricui ral relation of capital and labor emed comparatively undisturbed, ut the low standard of the cotton arket for the past year or two and > prospect of improvement in the ture, conjoiued with the high price provisions and geuerel mercnan se, and the burdensome tax levied i us year by year with no prospeet of >atement, has forced the employers as presentatives of capital, to inaugu te some measure conducive to pub 5 economy and relief. Sueh a move ant tn ho flnnvwiful must becrin at >me, that is, among tlie working, x-paying people. Taking a survey the situation we find the e&iploy s more or le.?s crippled and despond it, and on the other hand, a large >dy of demoralized employees, un ntrollableand defiant, and inoreas prone to vagrance and to crime. Is strange then that the people should t about devfeing a remedy? A ovement of this nature, one that eets, at least, the roost obnoxious nditions of the politico-agricultural :uation comes to us from Laufens unty organized under the promising le of "Labor Reform Aaaocia >n." Inaugurated in that couni^ iring the fall of last year it has not ily spread over the entire county, it has, with but few exceptions, tlie ime and hearty co-optation of every lployer. The success of the association is ful assured, and is attested daily by its jrkings. The citizens of Sims's oss Roads precinct, witnessing its ccess in Laurens, have opened Abe .11 in this county by organizing "La ir Reform Association, No. -1," and order to insure the largest success ey respectfully solicit the co-opera >n of tne other citizens of the couo by the formation of similar organ itions} n evefy neighborhood, from, i name, it is evident that it is a Iitical society. But it does not stop th attempting to regulate the rela m of employer and employee, but it. to, lends its best energies to secure Juction of taxation and an honest d capable administration of Gov* ament. This association, however, not intended to usurp the functions Democratic clubs, the only political ^ Li.u ii..:.*?M ?anizauou witn wmcu wvy wui ?? fate- Each have their work. We fer, and ask, a bold aud wide-awake operation. Bally then employers Ahbeyille to improve your interests d redeem your country. BERTRAM. MARKET REPORTS. / /.Baontiicin tjv irnwell A Co., CoUob Brokers a>d )eal?n in General MeichmJUe. Flab-* Mackerel ?,.$1.75aSL50 Cod, per lb_ 10a 18 White 44 10a 18 ACTORY GOODS, .ton YarnH_$L.loal,30 laburgs 12a 18 thirling 10a 12 ? ? Sheeting.? 12a 15'Salt, per sack 2.00B&2S PEO V1SIONS. Tobacco,- _ _ iar, per -la 5 CliewOog^.,. 75al.00 3:^b";: 1.K3S at, per lb... 5! Powder per U> 40a BO " ..... 100al.25iBbot, " 12a 15 1.00 13a 15 11a 12 18a 20 18a 20 a, M, " ? x>n, Sides... Sh'dra. Hams. 4...... - tb Potatoes. 1.75a2.00 eet " ... 75al.00 pi ........ 15a 20 ekens... 20a 25 keys l.OOal.SO Iter, 20a 25 GROCERIES rar, crush'dS 15a J6 ' A......... 12a 15 4 B 12a 15 C .. 12a 15 Brew a 10a 52 Lead', " J0a 12 per box 10a 40 LIQUORS. Corn wb Inkey82.00a3.00 French br'dy. 5-OOaX.OO Holland gin. 5.00aij.00 Amerl'n gin.. 3.00a().00 B'rbon wh'a'y 3.00a4,00 Wines 3.00a0.00 HARDWARE. Iron, Swedes. 8a 10 '> English 7a 10 Xsdls, 5a 8 Cotton oasdUt. 50a fiO Honw?boes? JO " nails 35 LEATHER. lee. Rlo..._ 25a WJIemlock 8 80a 85 Lugu'aa 28a 831 Sole leather... 40a SOI1 Java.... 37a 40|Up'r leather. 6Ua 75 , i 1.00uL50|Har'ss " 40a 65 rup, cane... 75aLOO Golf skins 5.00nfl.00 >lasse?, s. h. 40a 451 Kip skins 4^0a6.00 adles, zxfm 40a 501 Dry hide* 0a 10 ad m't 20a 25i Green hides... 6a 6 eese 20a 25 BAQ<<LQ<G, Ac. Ions, per bu 2.00lBagglng,j>dui iOa 18 irch 12a 15|Ties...... .. 7a- 8 . How 10a 12 Rope, cotton. 40a 50 J x, per lb.... 10a 121 Rope, grass... 25 Abbeville. Juno 21,?Cotton lOtfMOJ JEW YORK, June 12-6 P. M.-Cotton mer sales 1,188, at 121-166)15^. LIVERPOOL, June 12.-I2 M.-Cotton ac e and firmer?middling uplands (%: .mid Ing Orleans <5-19; sales IS,000: 1 JALTIMOItE. June 12.?Cotton dull and mlnal?middling 11U; porta coastwise 40; < les 115. , CHARLESTON, June 12,-Cotton qnlet- I ddllng 11J4; receipts60; sales 78. ATTENTION, SALUDA RIFLES. LFULL turnout is ordered next Sat urday. 24th inat., at Moseley's Hall, odgoH, at 1 o'clock p. m. Business of iportance to transact. By order (SlPT. ZEIGLER. J. F. Hodoes, Secretary. Juno 21, 1876. 76, The Great Centennial. 1876. ( Parties desiring information as (o st routes to the CENTENNIAL, or any of the summer Resorts or to ly other point in the country, should Idresa B. W. WRENN, ' jneral Passenger Agent Kenneshaw i jute. Atlanta, Ga. otice to School Teachers, i rHE following is published for the . information or all concerned, le examination will be held at the Ice of the school Commissioner on e third day of July. ? J. F. C. ifuPRE, THOS. THOMSON, ROBERT. JONES. Examining Board, j June 20 th, 1876. Office State Supt. Education, \ 1 Columbia, S. C., June 13th, 187b*. / . T T? n n.tTVnn i j, r v* County School Commissioner of Ab vilte County, & (1. Dear 8ir: You are respectfully quested to examiuethe provisions of kn Act to Establish Certain State :holarships in the University of >uth Carolina," approved February L1874. You will observe that Section 2 of the ct aforesaid authorizes and requires >ur Board of County School Exami ;rs to hold at the County seat of your aunty, on Monday, the 3d, day of jly, 1876, a free public competitive lamination of those who desire to rail themselves of the advantages of red by the State Scholarships estab ?hed and provided for by the afore ,id Act. You will please see to it that due pub o noiice be given of mid examination. The following instructions are given r your guidance in the conducting of )ur examination: isu vuu uiuuics ior examination iust he fifteen (15) years of age. 2d. They must give satiifactory evi mce of good moral character. 3d. They must be examined in the )mmou English branches, to wit: rthography, Heading, Writing, Men il and Written Arithmetic, Geogra liy, English Grammar and History, orae knowledge of Algebra and Lat i will also be necessary for admission ito the University. The final examination by the State oard-of Examiners will t>e held at the nivereity, commencing on Monday, ctober 2,1876, and all persons who de re to appear before the State Board, >r examination, must present them >,lvesfor registration at the University ihrary on that day. Candidates not resenting themselves at the com lencement of the examination by the tate Board, will not be entitled to impete. * grPlease promptly acknowledge our receipt of thss Circular, Respectfully, J. K. JJLLSON, tate Superintendent Education, S. C. NOTICE EJfERAIi SUPKRIBfTENDANT'8 office, ] rRKENViLi.K <fc Columbia R. R. Co. \ Columbia, S. C., June 2, 1876. J rHE Accommodation Trains Nos. 2 and 3, on tho Anderson and Abbe ille Branches, vis: between Belton and n/Wsnn. on Tuosdavs. ThursdaVB and aturdays; and botween Hodges and Ab eville, on Mondays, "Wednesdays and 'ridays, will be Discontinued, on and af ?r Thursday, the 8th of June, uutil fur tier notice. THOMAS DODAMEAD, (Journal .Superintendent. CONSIGNEES. EXPRESS.?J JS Kuox.-CE Bruce, BA Mcv Ctwlin, Mm Dip J 8 Thomas, B H4Jtt.uu, Mr* M \ Belcher, J Kurtz, >11*8 .Mollle iiolcomb, L L Perdu, J T Grifllu. FREIGHT.?T Baker, Packer A Perrin, J D JhaUners, W.J Smith. WhUa Brothers. O P Juuoelt HOTEL iBaifAll. ALSTON HOUSE.?HT. J. H*cket, Mill (ray 5 Dr. AT Wldemiin, Wldeman's P O; J W Lid* lell, A H Llddell, Storm HJ11; H f Otbert. 8 Evans, J S Ulbcrt, X L Had don. E M Jordan A. Y Cochran, Lebanon; J W Tbomal, J 'f Jheatbam, John Llgcuu, J H WalXer, Jm a kield, J Y J one*, B W XJochran, Warren ton; J tf GumbreU, Abbeville: Harvey Wilson, l.it Lle River; J as McgiU, Due Went: Samuel J McCloary, -Greenville; J B Lanneou, New 5fork; John Link, Thomas Link, D R Pen aey, BenJ&mine Williams, Mrs Dr Bell, Lluk srllle. FItfAL DISCHARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that Betsy Caldwell, Administratrix of the KaLxte of Willis Caldwell.. deceased, has applied to Thoa. B. Millford, Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Abbe ville. for a final discharge as Adminla .ratrix. It is Ordered, That the thirtieth day >f June. A. D. 1876. be fixed for hearing >f Petition, and a final settlement of said istate. J, C. W08MAN8KY, jierK court jfrooate, ADDevlUe County. Office of Probate Judge, > May 28, 1876, 4t f - To Arriye. Light PRINTS, Bleached Home spuns, Linen Fans, Rufilings, Mll inery, JLace and Silk Scarfs, Veilings, this week at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. Thresher and Fan FOB BALE BY BARNWELL * CO. SHERIFFS SALE. Che State of 'Soirtii .Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBE^-ELLE. In the Common Pleas. Lu J, WILSOlf, Auctioneer* JLohdQ Williams, Plaintiff, ... against Cj Bareettcood JEcnn M. MaeKay Xtefaudftu ta. DECREE* BY ?iLn?ue?f??t -ocderof iJhe saJd Court in this ^ase signed iW ludge Cooke, 4o me directed, 1 witt lell to the highest bidder at public iuction, at Aboe-vjile Court House, on Sale Day next, the .third <day of July, ill that plantation andicact of land, iltuate, lying and being ta ihe Coun y-aforesaid on 1*mg Cane aod Gtnyn :reek, ^oataiuln Eight Hundred and Twenty-five Acres, noce ojt lee a, bounded <byiands of jeorge iTieklea. Robert Dunn. Wil iaraDjuwi, and others, known as the tfilliaros diiBd, the property of the lefendante. -lamas Cask. ' it. p. guffht, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, \ t ,7th June, 187CL / M if M Carina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In dthe Probate Court. la >ti*e matter of the estate of Lovett Greeu Johnson, dec'd. FJVAL DIftCiUKGE. WTGT4CE is hereby gfaea that J. J. 11 Johnson, Administrator of the B>3tate?of JiOAtett Green Johnson, late jf Abbeville (Gounty, deceased, witt in tii?J20th-day^)f July. 1876, apply to rhofl. B. MifTfQfd, Judge of Probate for Abbeville County, for a final dis charge jls Administrator of the said estate. All parties farting claims against theestate.of said&ovett John aoo, deceased, will present them,.duly ffoafo.-) Kiifn^n iftHo ilWJioto 'TiiHnrn aforesaid,.on ^rtoefbra,the :30fch-.day, of July next, .or be barred. By order of the Probate . Judge. J. C. WOSMAKSKY, Olerk Caurtof Probate, A. C. Office of the Probate .Judge, ( June .7th, 1876, At .[ New Photograph Gallery, THE subscriber has juet opened a Photographic Gallery, at AobeKlile md la now ready for business, lite would be glad to receive a call from all persons desiring pictures. J. E. HUNTER. May 10,1876, tf * Mm. M. M. White WOUXJ) ask the attention of her lady friends to an entire new Stock of Hats, Flowers, &c., iust in to-day, per express. Also will sell you an improved "Rem ington Sewing Machine on .terms and at nricAH fcr> Knit thft tlmflfL Mrs. M. M. White, May 1,1876, tf OyERSHBrNDTJCE THE Rood Overseers' of the county will inform the County Commis sioners without delay what sign boar*" < are necessary to post the roads in their respective sections. BOBT. JONES, C. B. C. C. A. C. May 3,1876, a-tf Final Discharge. otick is hereby given that Massilon Bell, Executor<of .the Estate of R. N. Groves deceased,.haaapplied to Thom as B. Milford Judge of Probate,'in and for the County of Abbeville, for a final discharge as Executor. It is ordered, That the Fifteenth day 01 July, A. I) 187d, be fixed for hearing of Petition, and a final settlement of said Estate. J. C. Wosmansky, Clerk Court Probate, Abbevillo County. Office of Probate Judge. I May 8, 1876 OR. JOHN S. THOMPSON, DENTIST, Offers his professional services to the cit izens of Abbeville and tho surrounding country. Office?Over Citizens' Savings Bank, ABBEVILLE, 8. C. M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND. Goldsmith & Kind, Founders And Machinists (PHCENIX IROX WORKS), COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of Steam Engines of all size*: Horse powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Millf, Flour Mills, Ornamental House and Store Fronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Im plements, etc. Brass and Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses. ST. NICHOLAS CLOCK.. CALL at DuPRE'S office and see thn best "time-piece" f >r tin* money in the State. n.yl8-3t