The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 13, 1876, Image 2

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I T H9 Press and Banner.; AUUKVILLE, S. C. BY HUGH WILSON. Terms?Two TVUnrs a vo&r, in advance; wTwo Dollars and Fifty CW,s, if jwiy- ] tuoiu U delayed. " ! AovkhtiskmKNSTS will ho. \n?*rtod at the rate <?( Ou.> D ?Ui>r p..r inch for tho ftfst irt?ert*on and Yifty veu'.s for each Kiihvviuertt Insortyni. Greatly fodiieort rn><, will bo civon t^osO wiio advor'as-j by tiio quarter or by t-bcyeft^ Xll Obitui' y ii<?{?*v5, tributes of respect, nnd ot!i?*r .ivitUir of a personal or private nature will b<i charged for at the usual advertising rato*. Nothing whii.h in iv bo writton in m dW shall appear in those eoluuin-. at any prioo. Our Job Department woll implied with material for J >b v? oriv, -?jiu i>ur iwsonuK'ui <>i huh typo pood as can bo l'ound in any oo\t?*r^y oltice. The Proprietor is :i pru<*printer and will pivo his j??rsonal 'fcttA.Jiou to thh pIihs nf work, our w&fe compares favnrahly with the same chins of work ex'-ruU^l jiny where, and is always put at the lowest living rates. Wednesday, D*c. 13,1876. Tor U. S Senate. Gen. Sam'i KcSowan, OF ABBEVILLE. "Tiberc is a Deitiny that Shape* oui -Minis, lltKjph llew Ilium ax * avc may." ^Vhlistflic Radicll ,?re?s of the United States Was rejoicing over the shame?wl-it?Hult of the action of the Return' ung Boards in the disputed Stales; tthe Democratic press were at the sau.c time indignan.2iy protesting against ii in the name of justice and decency, and the so-called independent paper.werv . counselling forbearance and vainihy endeavoring to allay the ogciteil -feelings of the outraged majority o| .t.r?e American people away oil' ill the '^ortUwest. in uregon, me uuima ll'hule of the Republic, Gov, U raver, >L>y .a (Conspicuous act of poetic justice, jiad hoisted the cunning and unscruJous leaders irt' the Republican party on their own petard. It seems that Oregon has three votes In the Electoral CJollege. The Federal {Constitution declares that each Stutt Khali appoint its Presidential Elector.* jn such manner as the legislature Ihereof shall direct, Hence there iiio uniform plan prescribed for the several Slates. Gov. (Jrover ha; .adopted the view of the law that Walts, the postmaster, was ineligible .as nil Elector and lias certified tlit highest candidate on the i)einocratK Electoral ticket as one of the Elector* .from Oregon, and he, and two ^Republican Electors, constitute the Elector.* lor Oregon and have been clothed with .the necessary authority to east the vote of the State. ' Whatever the result of this mnin'Uvre may be in otiier respects, it ha> certainly forced upon the R?'publican? the ueeeswity of giving up their van tn^e ground of standing upon the cer{itfeates a* furnished hy the fraudulent nation of the Southern Heturninu Boards, To get riii t?f the Democrat it Oregon Elector, they must go behinii Uov. Gruver's certiiiuate, and if thai iadone, th?u the questions of fraud in Louisiana and Florida will he opened =up. What is sauce for the goose is snuo* for the gander, and if the American people are distinguished for anything more than another, it is the constitutional love of fair play. l.et us havt poace, Chambcrloiii't Inaugural Address. We give place in another column t< the addres- of Mr. Chamberlain in the capital, on Thursday l'?st before tin Senate and tbe HuguK Huusenf Hep re ^entntives on the occasion of what lit and his supporters eali his Inaugutation as (jovertwr of the State o South i;aronna. ne seem* m t ? pecially happy and solf-poi ipkittcnt ii congratulating himself upon what iu terms the "clearest convictions o duty," and apologises for the usurpa lion of the office of Governor beeausi "no patriolio citizen should shrinl from any post to which public dut; may call him," A distinguished citizen of our cntin ty during the late campaign said tba "Chamberlain could disguise the truti .and gild a falsehood better than an; man he ever knew," and this Inaugu jal Address proves the truth of tin remark, m p (Muimherlain savs, "Otir fiositior "tip to the present lime hits heei " within the clear lhuitsof our Consti " tution ninl laws." No one knows hotter than Mr Chamberlain that this is not true. il< knows, in the firm place, thf,t Genera Hampton for the otUue of (joverqoi received eleven hundred more votei than lie did, and that he was not enti tied t > he inaugurated at ail. He knows that the body which h< recognizes as the House of Ktpresenlativeti composed of fifty-nine members at jnost, is not a constitutional body. The constitution in nrucit- ji Section 4, says "the House of Repreit itative* shall oorjsistof one hundred niid '.wenty-four members; and .Section 14th of the some article provide* that "a majority of each House ahull constitute a quorum to do business. He knows, too, that "each House shall judge. of the election return* and qualifications of its member*," and that in violation of this plain edict of the Constitution that he aud linger, the eaves-dropper, have authorized a corporal of the United States army, supported by a tile of soldiers, to pUSS Upon IIIV quaiiiiiAiiuu t?i x/i-iii ocratic members of tht House ol llepretK utatives, and that this corporal, at his inslam-ji, has proventrd members, duly elected, a* shown by me election returns, from taking theft fronts in the .Legislature of South Carolina. He still claims in his inauguration to be within the constitution and laws, wlun he was sworn inio office by a Probate Judge, when an ordnance of the convention of ?.uj" people in 18G8 directs that, "at nil ihauguratious of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the oath of oftioe bhnlJ be administered by the Chief Justict of the Supreme Court, or, in his absence, by one of the associate Justices." The Governor ppoaUsof a "deliberate and cruel conspiracy " on the pari of the Democratic party to "t?;ke | sessio'n of the State," and stands "appalled at the crimes which we hav* committed " in attempting to stop ihi carpet-bagger and the negro from stealing everything that we have, and pays that "no government can rest with safety upon the enforced slavery or degradation of a race," and yet |h' touifn m degrade the y/hiio man by perpetuating the negro and (he car}>et-bagj;er a* his master; and lie is MM> appalled that the fsortbern people ure divided in Ibeir sympathies bei ween the white man and the negro, it seenw that be alarmed that our Northern brethren are beginning to think that we have been punished enough, arid that ii is time for the jroperty-owners of yie .country to have a voice in the Government. "He ha* mourned over public obuppk," but does no) state his council inn with tlie various swindles which weje perpetrated ojj the 6late before he he eame .Governor, He 1'uUely aceuRca the Pemocrftts ofj "wanton murder" to effect the defeat' .of the Republican party and forget" to meutioju the C&inhoy, Charleston, To-j inaria, Humter *nd Winter Seat affairs. He makes o slur at the Governor elect, but Gen, Hampton replies to his; remark# iu unmistakablex term*, | vJileh nujy be found elsewhere. As he J)#? done on a former occasion . J.e told a jjinily crew of whites and' ifirty ntigfoe# how much he whs in Jove with hi* beautiful and flccom-! jrtithed wifr, ?]} <?? whom, ho Lna reC \ fleeted discredit liy his shameful con-! duct in t raduci ng l In? respectable white people of itie State. The man wtio Wiiiilil mention tli? name of a pure ami ?<??< woman on Mich occa-J Mon ill-sires to be kieketl out of theji State by the very negroes whom lie is; deceiving. | Titden Elected. Will it Stand? The exceedingly pi.:e and virtuous' j Republicans have of late exerted all; j their energies and directed a'l their j cunning to aid their ?r race less ItcturnI ini* Hoard* in cheatimr Tihlen out of I the Electoral voles of South Carolina, i I Florid?, and Louisiana. lCven in Lou-i jisian:?, where Democratic can lida'es i I received a majoritv of eight thousand j [the U<*puli!iean? were declared elected i jand the vote of the State cast for j j Haves. When if appeared that they! ' were to lie the gainer* by their down-1 | rijrht frauds in the South everything; worked well and the law was defined j I to be clear that it was impossible to iro i behind the certificates of Electors, i * f- .. .I riii. ^ [ | even on account 01 iraim. mi' nvm-1 |Ocrntie vote from Oregon came on : them as a clap of thunder from a clear sky. The Republicans of that Slate had elected their entire ticket by a majority of eleven hundred, hut liy some oversight they voted for a post: | master who was ineligible, an-.l llie j Governor gave his certificate to the | next candidate havim.' the highest vote, who was a Democrat, thus ulcet.I ing Tihlen and defeating Hayes. If ! the Hepidilieans apply the same ride to themselves that they have been applying to ns, the mutter is settled and I our Democratic candidate Is elected. I If they go behind the vote of Oregon Ion account of alleged irregularity and take our vote from ns they may thus j I: have to go behind the vutc of Florida, J Louisiana and South Carolina. II they do this, otir chances are still lor/wid for It nan lie cleat Iv .shown. > without a doubt. tlmt we are entitled, j to the vote oT Louisiana. Sax Francisco, Dee?mher 1.?A. '.! Punt special from Salem says: '"At j nnoii to-day t l?e Secretary ?>f State de-| ' livereti to Edward Cronin, Democratic 1 candidate lor elector, contesting the seat of J. \V. WattK, Postmaster, the i certificate of appointment :?f elector, i which is evidence (hat Gov. (jrover j has ousted Watts. The six electoral !candidates then assembled in the com-; ' mlttee room of the Senate Chamber. I ' After half an hour one of the llepub! lican electors, W. H. Odell, came out ' and went to the office of the Secretary ' of State to demand a certified copy of 1 the certificate, for it seems (he certifi' cate included the name* of E. A. Cro-I ' nin. Democrat, anil W. H. Odell and J. C. Carwright, Republicans; and as ' the latter demanded to see and bold ' the certificate, and as Cronin refused ' to let them have it, nothing could be done. About this time Cronin lefl ' j the room where the electors were as1 rem bled, and tool; a stroll around 1 town, that when the electors were to ' meet Odell and Cartwright refused to act with Cronin. Whereupon Cronin declared a vacancy and elected J. 2s. ' I'. Miller and 11. Parker to > till the places of the electors. and the vote being taken, Cro-I j nin voted for Tilden and 11 en - j ttricl;s and the two others for Hayes : and Wheeler. Cartwright and Odell ' at first accepted the resignation ol I elector Watts, then elected him to fill t the vacancy, and cast the vote oi 1 tne Stale for llayes and Wheeler. I There is great excitement, and the J Republican* are indignant at the Gov' ernor's action." 1 Washington. December 7.?The' ' li'orW says: "The certificate given I by thf (governor of Oregon to the 'j Democratic elector, Cronin, estahli>h-j en oil principles laid down by the Radicals, the majority of Governor! Tilden, and puts the position of the Presidential contest in a new and int cresting light." The Time* says: "The illegally certificated Cronin proceeded to constitute himself the Electoral Colli jj.? of Oregon, to take unto himself two Republican associates, and to cast his1 vote for Tilden and Hendricks. This; travestrv of ('onstitution-d forms an I pears t<> have been gone through, not "joiilv with thi'aid ami approval of the I | Kxeentive oi Oregon, hut under an j t-xpics.?ed uinlc*si:iiiilii)^ with Mr. f 'J'iMen and his managers. If the I moral sense of the eounlry cannot he " trusted to rehtike the reckless trieki? steiH who have schemed by tlii? ami c 'imilar methods to get possesion of . the Government, then so much the ' worse for I he future <>f the country." I San Fkancisco, December 7 ?A Salem, Oregon, dispatch sayu the lieII publican# held a meeting here last , ' night to consider the action of Gov. IGrover. KesolutionB were passed denoun'.ing him,.and calling upon the -I United States Senate to prevent him ?! from taking hi? tiv*at, on the ground J that he was willfully violated his oalli. i i Prominent Republicans advised a 11 calm expression of public opinion, and -lit is now thought that i:u outbreak j will occur. | Supposed Telegrams in Cypher Intercepted by Operator of Suuthcru K llomc. Washington, Nov. 11, is~fi. j Oox>. Chamberlain; Hold South CarMolina for Hayes and lio will appoint | you Attorney-General. I 'It- ClIANDLKR. '| Columbia, S. C., Nov. II, 1S7U. //on. Z. Chandler: Ail right. J I would prefc to be Secretary of the 'jTreasury. I have made Finuiide my [(special study and have become a tnij' lionaire in eight yeara 011 the small salary in "my State." Answer about the Treasury. I am re-elected a? Ke' form (Jovernor. 1 L>. H, Chamberlain. ! WAswtxgton. I). C.. Nov. 12. 1S76. Goo. Chamberlain; Gen. Grant was angry at that word Reform, lie fears that you have joined the shot gun JDeuiooiaey. He lias promised the Treasury to iioas rtheppard. Watch Judge Moses. 7j. Chanj>,lku. Coltmhia, S. C,, Nov. 12, 1.S7G. t:o?. '/ ' Chandler; The word 1ms i been used by me so often to bamboozle Ittie whiles, ihat it yot in by mistake. I am watching Moses. i>. H. ClIAMBIiKLAIN. [ WASHINGTON, I), c., Nov. 12, 1S7G. j Guv. Stcarnx; Throw out Votes J enough tf? elect Hayes, He will make I you Secretary of War. lam sending : troops to protect you. Z. CirANDt.ru. i I TAI-LAIJASSRE, FLA., Nov. 12, 1.S7G. ! | Hon. Z. Chandler: Ag:ee?l. Jfl Gen.. Giant <1 mean Gen. llayes)I r will allow me to let the army contracts out to the highest bidder and let my relatives bid on them. W. L. Stkakxs. ! Washington, J). C., Nov. ];-t, i?7<>. . I (i'JV. bitiunii: usiyuswiu do \\iiat-| .ever the (.u'lieial says, lie claims i>in> j , eoutruet lor .Brother Orville ami an-i oilier lor Ueu. Jiaheoek. '/>. l'lla n di-kr. i tallajiafsser, fla., Nov. 13, 1870. I Hon. Z. Chandler: All l iglit.j | When things have ijuieted down, I'll! I IIure myself Hie iiet;iniin< Hoard j<ni(l count Hayes in. Instruct (Jen. I linger to juoteel ine against Hie Ku j Klu*. W. Ij. Steaknh. \VAsmyotojj. D. Nov. 9, 1870. j Gov. K*'doyy; Save Louisiana for Hayes at all hazards nn?1 I'll makel you Secretary of the INavy. Z. Chandler. new orleans, la., nov. 9. jk76. ; I Jon. Z. Chandler: Agreed, if you'll let me sell some more government ve*-j ?oih, ami keep the.Catiells in my em- { ploy. I've got to throw out8.000voles land fhe pulrictic work should he wey paid for. W. P. Kellogg. i Washington. d. c., Nov. 5), 187g. Gov. Kf.Uof/a: Save the parly mid | you may sell the whole- Navy, i Be firm, there's millions in it. i Z. ('handler. i Robert PmalIs inform* the editor of the Beaufort Tribune, that three thou- ! I eand families from Edgefield are pre-j paring to come to that County, 11 and are now making arrange-i1 incuts to move, und he is securing"! i lands for them in different parts of the | country where lauds nro cheap and '!uncultivated. ;t ! A Carolinian's Opinion. j I fFrnm the Cliloupro Times. 2t u't.i I On yesteniav morning the l'almer'f house register received the legend, j D. Wyai: Aiken and wife, South j Carolina.' As at this lime tinylbing ;! pertaining lo llie political situation in j' I hat State is of special inleiest, nj' 7'ij/tra reporter wlio scanned tin; rcg- i' ister inquired alter gentleman, and] learned thai lie was none other than]' I he Col. Aiken recently elected toi' Congress from the T'hird district of * I hat Stale, who had hastened lo Chi-1 cago, even before the smoke of the1 political ballle hail lifted, to take his ; seat in the National grange. He was sought and readily found. Jfe is ' a man of perhaps *? > years of aire. so-j; eialde and abounding in s|iirit?a*! frank, fearless-, honest southern yenllcman. At lir-t he was somewhat ! averse to the reportorial project, l>nt |1 waived his ohj?*elious, led the way to a Convenient sofa, and the conver.-ation began. 'I ii what part of South Carolina do you reside?' inquired the representative of the 7'ihictt. 'In Abbeville county,' replied the colonel. nc u-lint nilior rninitips is vour dis triet composed ?' Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Laurens, Newberry, Lexington, and ltichlynd.' ^1 la* the recent action of the hoard of can vussers affected your ejection?' .That in what I don't know. When I left home (tn Monday I had 6.100 majority in my district. I see by a dispatch to a morning paper that the hoard has issued certificates ot' election to THHEE OF THE FIVE candidate* for congress elect, and refused to issue them to the balance, but it does not irivo the names or the districts. Ah three of the candidates elected are colored, 1 ain inclined to think that they are the ones who rejeeived certificates.' Win. ? !< vimr oomnetitor ?' 'A fellow named L. Cass Carpenter. T know little about him, only tliut lie is one of the vilest carpet bakers, a revenue otlicer of Grant's appointment, doen't own a dollars worth of r-oil in South Carolina, or if he does, he doesn't pay taxes on it. In my district, Laurens county gave 1.171 majority.?According to the registration, there are 152 more negro than white voters therein. Weeks ago there were over 000 negroes in the various democratic clubs, parading around to dinners, frolics, etc., and several hundred others voluntarily consented to remain at home and not vote. There's WHKRE MY MAJORITY COMES FROM It is as plain as that two and two make four. In Pickens and Oconee counties I was 1,200 ahead, and i:i each there are more white than coljored voters. In Anderson County my majority was 1,500. In Lexington county there are 700 more whites than negroes and my majority was 1,000. In Abbeville the negroes exceed the whites by 1,305, and 74.3 negroes enrolled on the democratic club list who went around open I v and aboveboal'd I I , 1*.S T in\t iuiiu |>r<k:iUillim cihtii |iwiuiu3, t a majority ??f 70 in that comity. In j Newberry enmity there are Ml) more I Mack* than whiten, ami I was beaten j by otio votes. fn Pichland there are I i\20U more blacks than whiter and Carpenter ran only 1,4'H) ahead. Thai was because it was Wade Hampton's old comity when* he was born and reared and many ncjrroes voted the democratic ticket on hi*account.' "The negroes aie NOT AI.I. ItKPUBMCANS j evidently ?' 'Uy no moon?. When Carpenter and I were makinir a canvass of the State, he had a United States otticeri and a carpet huyf full of blank warrants with him all I ho while, and! ' t? . i i _r i.......... I wnenever ne imn ?m.y u? ms wium-i I-icons lies on the Htump, n 11 < 1 I he audienee jeered al ami hissed him he promptIv had a number arrested for inii"?i<lutioii. I tried every way tc?j ret him to consent to unite with me in joint discussion, hut lie positively refused to do so, hi Anderson county 1 suw 50 negroes together who said if Carpenter wonld not consent to tilsietiss the issues fairly with me there i ' must lie something wrong with liliit,| land they tlierefore resolved to vote I the democratic tickct.' I 'Do you know of any intimidation | having been used to prevent lite lie- I jirtocs irom voting the republican tick-! ' et ?' I 'I know of nothing of tho kind. Ij : may say, however, that a distinguish-1 I cd divine in our State told me that a j brother minister wont to the polls in Charleston eonnty to vote the detnoI eratie ticket, and he was told by the ' republicans that he would he given 10 I cents to vote their ticket, and when lie j refused to do vn he was DUIVKN KKOM THE POLLS.' | 'How do you regard the action ofl the board of can vusscrs ?' Jlisamos' ruM'iuiy uiing, mil j ain not at all surprised. as they had a* their confidential adviser and counsellor (J. JJowen, the bigamist, who was kicked out of congress four yarn ayo. He i.s c:ij>ahlp of doing the! meanest act imaginable, and he's smart, too. I will tell yon a little thing about Cass Carpenter that will give you an idea of the carpet-bakers Why, a spark of respectability in hip bosom would burst him wide op<?n. At one time he had ?2,500 of government funds in his hands. lie report fcil time lie liau Deen ciiioroiornieu ami robbed. Government detectives came down, and aft^r ono day's investigation they went to (,'arpenterand quietly told him that lie must put up the $-,o()0 while the investigation was pending. He did so, and the deteeI lives took the first train for Washing' ton and that was the last of it. Ever since then he has been known as "Chloroform" Carpenter, and even the negroes weave the title into doggerel songs.?'The p''ppy! IT MAKKS ME MAD when I think that sueh a fellow can come to my state and attempt to seek office.' 'You think Wade Hampton was fairly ele'-te J V "'Unquestionable, and I think he will eventually lie so declared. Om supreme court is as curious a combination as could well be found, Chiel Justice Moses is a .Jew, lie was a circuit judge before the war, always ranked well, and the people had confidence in liim. Afterward being poor like the rest of us, he went over to the radicals for bread and butter. One of his associates is a carpet-baggei a I Ihougha studious hard-working man. mid the third Wright, is n full-blooded nVgro. 1, think theMep the board of canvassers have taken in ko entirely contrary to what was expected ol thetn that it wiil be an argument in our favor to the supreme court.' 'Wade Hampton must be a very popular man with your people.' 'His influence is greater than that of any other luu men in South Carolina. He is pure-minded and a gentleman, and would scorn to do a mean act. What he says, the people will do. lie is its loyal a man to-day as any man in Massachusetts?Adams or any of his followers.' 'It lias heon reported that he has trailed Tihlen oil' during theeampaign to secure his own election. Is there any truth Ir. the statement?' i 'it is as falsk as hades,' said Col. Aiken, very indignantly. I canvassed with him. He* is perfectly, conservative; in fact he is uu extre- < mist in that way, and has often taken 1 nte to task for some of my utterances. 1 v\ hen I would fell the negroes tliaUl f couldn't employ as many of them I next year, as I had this, in case the J republican ticket waselected, Hump- ' ton woiiid complain, and urge me to < he more careful in my sta'ementp. I > .......1.1 niiutri.l' Hiuf hit L'tlOlV Ullll 1 ( WUUIM Ulinn V| liuiv t.v .. , 1%?M . knew that it was tlie fact., and J < thought they mijrht a.s well under- < stand it. Hampton is one of the cool- 1 est men I ever saw. Jiy the way. ' have you seen the letter* in The A'ew ( York Times from our state?' The man of nflevs said lie had read hem. " ( Well,1 continued the colonel, 'I was t old by a perfectly reliable gentleman . alio liad shown the writer, Conolly, J nany favors, that when one ofh/s|f aiblished letters reached him lie weni U tiaight to (,'onolly and tohi him that he whole article wa# a d?d lie from' I beginning to end, nnd hp know fi. L'ouollv frankly confessed that it was ??>, but added I nm PAID TO WUITI? StTOir T-KTTKRS, ind not to write tip the facts as thev ?xisl.' I dont know this of my own knowledge, but have no doubt of its truth. 'Why, T eon Id tell you stories nil night that would make you open your 'yes in astonishment. A radical ounty convention in mf own county nominated a mulatto named Heard for the legislature. On the day of election some parties from Georgia came into the town and identified him as an scaped convict, and lie was arrested it the l?al!of-box. He had not been ?ix months in the state. There is not a republican in South Carolina to-day that would be recognized on the streets r>f Woshinglon by any respectable man.' 'What is the composition of your circuit court ?' 'Theentire eight judges are republicans, and all but one of them VOTFD FOR ITAMIITON* The eighth is n carpet-bugger, and he always runs after Chamberlain when- ] ever he leaves the state, for fear somebody will hurt him if lie .stays at home. I lion [ Know \\ 11i*n; im* ucvii iic camr from. His name taHiggins, or Piiririns. or something of that sort. All of the circuit judges, with this single exception, republicans though they nre, will certify that a simple posse Is all that is necessary to serve any process anywhere in the slate." Chamberlain's Inaugural. GFNTLKMF.N OF TUB iSKN'ATE AND Iloi'SK OF IlKPKESENTATIVKS: I except the office to which, by the voice of a majority of the people of thisstate. I have a second time been called, with a full knowledge of the trrave responsibilities and difficulties by whieh it is now attended. No considerations, except the clearest convictions of duty, would lie sufficient to induce me to accept this great trust under the circumstances which now surround us. I regard the present hour In South Carolina as a crisis at which no patriotic citizen should shrink from any post to which public dntv mav call him. In my sober judgment our present struggle is in defense of the foundation's of our government and institutions. Tf sve fail now, our government?the government of South Carolina?will no longer rest on the consent of the governed, expressed hy a free vote of a majority of our people. If our opponents triumph?I care not under what guise of legal forms?we shall witness the overthrow of free government in our state. My chief personal anxiety, is that I may have the firmness and \vi dom to act in a manner worthy of the great iuteres:8 so largely committed to my keeping. My chief putdieeare shall t?? in eoninouie m^v oiiiium rutin* m defend the rights, to guard tlie peace and to promote the welfare of ull the people of our Stale. The constant occupation of my time with other duties u hieh I could not postpone, has prevented me from preparing the usual statements and recommendations respecting our puhlie atl'ait'H. At the earliest practicable day 1 will discharge this duly. Our greatest interest, our most commanding duty now, is tostaud (irmly, each in his appointed place, against the nggrea-i<>im and allurements of our political opponents. Utir position tip to the present time, has been within the clear limits of our constitution and laws. Nothing but the cowardice or weakness or treachery of our own friends, can rob us of the victory. I state what facts show, what overwhelming evidence prove*, when J say that if we yield now, weshall witues< the c<in>uininatioii of a deliberate and cruel conspiracy on the part of the democratic party of this Mate to overcome by brute forcc the political will of a majority of twenty thousand of the lawful voters of tIris state. I have mourned over public abases which have heretofore arisen here. 1 have, according to the measure of my ability, labored to mak<* the conduct of our public n Hairs honest ami honorable. Jim i stand appalled at the crimes against freedom, against public order, against good government, nay, against government itself, which our recent political experience here lias presented. And I am the more appalled when I see the north, that portion of our country which is secure in its freedom and civil order, and the irreut political party which lias controlled the republic for sixteen years, divided in its sympathies and judgment upon such <j nest inns. It is written in Idood on the pages of our recent national history, that no government can rest with safety upon the enforced slavery or degradation of a race. In the full blaze of that great example of retributive justice which swept away u half million of the best lives of our country we see the American 1 -?!--! .1 * .1 I. .. I : people uiviiu'u nvpmi.y iiin.'n ujjihi ihe ouestion of (tic disfranchisement mid "degradation of the same race whose physical lYeeuoin was purchased at such a cost. And, what is more astonishment still, there are republicans who permit the errors which have attended the first ellbrtH of this race in self-government to chill their sympathies to such an extent that they stand coldyby and practically say thai the peace ot political servitude is belter than the ahu.-cs and disquiet which newly acquired freedom has brought. Idenounce the conduct of the recent election, on the part of our political opponents iu this state, as a vast brutal outrage. Fraud, proscription, intimidation in all forma, violence, rangii g through all its degrees, up to wanton murder, were its effective methods. The circumstances under which we have assembled to-day show us how nearly successful lots been this great conspiracy. Jt is for us, in the face of all danger, iu the face of false or timed friends, in I lie face or open! enemies, to show that we understand I the cause in which we are engaged,! and that no earthly sacritiue is tun great to secure its triuui|ih. The gentleman who was my opponent for this otlice in the late election, ha* recently declared, as I am credibly informed, that he holds not only the peace of this city and state, hut my life, in his hand. I do not doiiht iho truth of his statement. Neither ihe public peace nor the life of any man who now opposes the consummation of this policy of fraud ami violence is safe from the assaults of those who have enforced that policy My life can easily he taken. I have held it, in the judgment of all my friends here, h.v a frail tenure for the Inst ill roe months. Hut there in one thing no man in South Carolina fun do. however powerful or desperate he tniiy be, and that is to cause me to nhale my hatred or cease my most viperous resistance to this attempted ?>verihrow and enslavt ment of a majority of the people of South Carolina. "Here I ptand; I can do no otherwise; God lie my helper." Wife and children, nearer tome than "are the ruddy drops that visit my pad heart"?ail) nther considerations, must give way before the solemn duty to resist the linal success of that monstrous outrage under whose black (shadow we are a? embled to-day. Tlie fact that of the nine largest jitiesof the country, only two?Philuielphia and San Francisco?gave a Majority for Hayes, does not seem to msiain the theory that the republican nirty includes all I lie intelligence ivorth mentioning in the country. Nor does the fact thnt all the states hut ' >ne which gave majorities for Wash-1 npton, Imvegiven majorities for Til- 1 len, seems to indicate that the repuhfi an party monopolizes the patriotism >f the country. The exception is IVnnsylvania, which only gave Wash- ( ngtoti ten votes out of eighteen. The < >ther eight were cast for John Aduins. I While Gen. John ]S. Gordon, of ' Georgia, was in Augusta a ft-w days \ igo he "received a dispatch from the * >rivate Secretary of Gov. Tilden, ap>caliiig to him to return to Columbia tml remain until the uflairs iu that | State were in u settled condition." Let humbugs alone. 1 [From the Rural Carolinian.] Immigration. From a firm in Chicago, III., we lmve received the following letter which we publish for the benefit of our real .estate owners in South Carolina. We have all long felt the necessity of introducing into our State a class of industrious, economical farmers, who might become possessors of our soil and rear up in our midst a new generation that would, in a few short years, make this lovely country the land it should he. But we have never had co-operation amongst those who own the soil, and when individuals have been applied to sl-11 their property, almost invariably too large a price lias been demanded, and thus men of humble means, who would have come, have by our folly been driven from lis. If we intend to induce immigration [ of a character that would lie congenial i I... i mr llMMIllnriftll W(! must Hi uir , _ not only make known our advantages but we'inust convince the immigrant | thai here rather than farther west, he can get full value received for his investment. Our climate, and soil, and society, and schools and churches, and land railroads, and all the other innuI merable advantages that our State posjse.-iscs, will avail us nothing, if we demand of the immigrant more money for lands than he is compelled to pay elsewhere. Pioneers say, if the soil is rich and the climi:tesuits us, we can build up society, and our families growing up with it, we establish a congeniality more easily than we can in a country already wedded to its habits and customs, and social prejudices. Hence the greater the necessity for our presenting to them the material advantage of cheap lands. Our lauds are cheap and always were held at too low a figure even before the war. Jiiit now when we are indeed land poor, we should reduce the price a little more, even though it be low already, for the object is not to get rid of the lauds, but to get them settled by a class of men that will redeem the.State agriculturally as well as otherwise, and make our wastc.places blossom as the rose. There are thousands of acres of good land to-day in .South Carolina that are not paying their owners one percent. Indeed, some do not pay the taxes. Infinitely better ofi' would thosa owners be if they would give to buna Jlde settlers one-half, if they would pay the taxes on the other half. ManyUifTotts have been made since 1805 to introduce n new class of laborers into South Carolina. Been use of the quality of most of those introduced by those who began tln*se enterprises, I he offorls have not been gen eruliy successful, and their failure surprised nobody. We have ever advocated the importation of immigrants but we never (lid ami never will advocate the introduction of a lace of people who aspire no higher than to supplant the negto. Asa farm laborer, nur opinion is the negro cannot be excelled, and while we can employ him, we don't want any other kind. J>nt as a real estate owner, the iie-;ro is a dead failure. He is, as a being, thriftless, extravagant and anti-progressive. ! Where one can be found thai will im prove a tract of land or a homestead after begets possession of it, thousands will he seen allowing everything around them to go to pieces. At present tliev need counselled and directors. What they will he fifty years hence we do not propose to slay here to see, but we can easily anticipate if the tide of immigration is ever turned Southward. But in making uii effort to turn this tide, we are eon vineud we should attempt to induce men to come flrsi, who can huy lands, and not those wlfoai'e dependent upon their own daily labor tor a support. Ileuee we urge our landed proprietors to correspond with Messrs. Corbet t &Smith, and make an effort, in the right direction, at once to rejuvenate the land. Chicago, September 2fl, 1870. D. Wyntt Aiken, Esq., Cohr.abury, S. C. DkarSik: We believe you are an advocate of the policy of inducing immigration to the South to settle up her large tracts of surplus land. Our I (inn has established an agency for the purpose of dealing exclusively in Southern lands, and hope to direct a ! portion of the large tide that is incliu;ed westward, to the (itilf States. t here never vns a year wneii so many I were going to the far west as during I this season. Much of this can be dii verted, if tlie vastly superior advantaI txcn offered l?v the fcjouth in the way of I cheap and fertile lands varied and I profitable prodnets, genial and healthj ful climate, adjacency to markets, etc., etc., can be made known to those seeking new homes. We propose publishing within s short time, a monthly paper in the interests of our agency, ! that will assist us in bringing these i great inducements before the public. | Our facilities for building up a promij neut agency are particularly good. ; Mr. Corbett has a very large acquaintance among the farmers, fruit-growers, and others in the North west, as he has |and still remains, editor of the Prairie \ JAtnncr the oldest and most largely j circulated agricultural journal in the j West. Mr. Smith is a Southern man jaml has"a full knowledge of the rich resources of the Southern sections and also has had a long experience in the management of real estate business. We judge from the tone of your most excellent publication, the ' Rural Carolinian," that you take a deep interest in the progress of yourS'ate and the South generally, and hence though: we would write you to ask what ettiin is being made in the way of pamphletand other publications, to set forth the advantages and resources of South Carolina and induce new settlers to comejin ? Arkansas. LouNiauu, TexaFlorida, and some oilier Stales, an making strong and successful efforts in behalf of their interests, and from our observation we fear that your State is hardly doing herst If justice in this respect. With all her attractions, she should be making much progress, although iho misrule of h miserable class of politicians and bloodsuckers j have doubtless iclnrdcd her. If you will call the attention of any of the landholders of your acquaintance who may wish to dispose of property to our agency, you wiil confer an ap nrecialed favor. Honing to hear from you us to tho outlook nud feeling o; your citizens in regard to immigra tion, we remain very respectfully yours, COBBETT, SMITH & CO. 4 <30 A CARD FROM GENERAL HAMPTON. He Pronouncc6 a Statement of Chamberlain Infamously False. (-ot.UMBrA. December 7.?General Hampton has Issued the followii {. eard To the Public.: The following paragraph appears in an add resit nf I), il. Chamberlain delivered in toe Capitol to-day: "Tin gentleman who was my opponent lot this olllce in the late election has recently declared, I am credibly informed, that he holds not only the pence < !: the eity and .State, but my life in his! hands, 1 do not doubt the truth ol| his statement. Neither the peace nor i the life of any man w l.o now oppose-j I I11*? mi f int t 11(* ! 11 i?4 i ml iu vf ml ,,,w - . .... . g fraud ami violence is n:fe from the assaults of those who Imvo en fn reel thai policy." I pronounce this statement infamously false. By my unwearied oxer-: lions 1 have endeavored to preserve! the peace of the State, and I have thus been constituted to shield I'rom ! popular indignation one who luisprov-j ed himself "a disgrace to his rank and j u traitor to liis trusi." ilis conscience may make Isim trem-1 trie, tint neither I. nor the men with whom J act, countenance the luiml o j the assassin. f WADE IIAMTTOX. Cnpt. J. N. King's hou?e was dis rovereu to ne on nre a lew oays since i luri"x liis absence in (Columbia. The I lire us discoved before it had ipade much headway, and was extinguished j liy members of his family, assisted by | t colored Woman. It was the work ol i in incendiary, and strong suspicion I rests upon a certuin person. From nil! |iarts of the State we receive ci:iilyr the news of incendiary fir.'s. Nothing ,>iit hemp will put an end to the dla;iolical acts of the villains. ? NinetyVix Herald. I The Last - Message. PRESIDENT GRANT'S MESSAGE, EVIDENTLY WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. An Aivkwaid Apology for the Blunders of his Administration, bnt no Allusion to the Great Political l'angle or to the Condition of the ] South. Washington .December 5.?Some! surprise is expressed that the Presi dent makes no allusion to the present political .situation, or to a flairs in the! South: The only matter referred in j any way to the subject is I lie narration | of the mail rider und the allusion to I colored people in connection with Santo Domingo. The President commenced with a recapitulation of events, and his official acts of the past eight years. He sa>s: '-Mistakes have been made, as all can see, and I admit, but it seems to ine oftener in the selections made of the assistants appointed to aid in carrying out the various duties of adminis terillg llie government. an iicui jj every case, selected without a personal acquaintance with thn appointee, but upon recommendations of the representatives ciiosen directly by the people. "It is impossible, where so many trusts are to be allotted, that the fight party should be chosen in every instance. History shows that no administration, from the time of Washington to the present, has been free from these mistakes, hut I leave comparisons to history, claiming only that I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what is right and constitutional within the law, for the very best interest of the whole people, and failures have been errors of judgment not of intent." Jiy substituting bonds, the annual interest on the debt has been reduced thirty millions per annum. The balanced trade has changed from oue hundred and thirty millions against us to twenty millions in our favor. He believes the balance of trade will continue in our lavor, and the pledges of Congress to resume specie payments in 1879 can be easily redeemed, even in the absence of further much desired legislation. The policy adopted towards the Tudians has been humane, and has sub -slaulitilly ended hostilities in tlie whole except in the Ulack Hills and approaches thereto. Our relations willi foreign nations continue friendly. The (,'enteuuial exhibition is alluded to as a promoter of good feeling and a belter acquaintance with foreign nations. Alluding to the allowances for diplomatic hit vice the President says we cannot escape the conclusion that in some instances the wit holding of appropiatious will prove an expensive economy, and that the small retrenchment secured by a change of grade in certain diplomatic posts is not an adequate consideration for the loss of influence and importance which will attend our foreign representatives under this reduction. He reserves for another communication the statement of questions with Great Britain regarding the extradi | I It MI 11 The subject of the trouble? on (he Rio Grande is under consideration between the United Stales and Mexico for the payment (if the awards of the Mexican claims commission. He recommends legislation to prevent fraudulent naturalization, nnd on the subject of expatriation and election of nationality in the interest of emigrants, he suggests a new tribunal for the settlement of claims of aliens against the United States. Other Governments are in advance of us it! ibis respect. The President states the provisions of the act of Congress for admitting Colorado into the Unionr He issued a proclamation to that effect. Additional appropiations are asked. He says: '"The improvement of the South Pass of the Mississippi river under James IV Eads and his associates is progressing favorably. The. navy N in a condition as effective ns possible within tne means anil authority given (he department.'' A few postmasters in the Southern States have expressed great apprehension of their personal safety on account of their connection with the postal service, and have specially re(jnested that their reports of apprehended danger should not he made public, lest it should result in the loss of their lives. But no positive testimony of interference has been submitted except in the case of a mail messenger at Spartanburg, in South Carolina, who reported that lie had been violently driven away while in charge of the'rffails on account of his political affiliations. An assistant superintendantof the railway mail service investigated this case, and reported that the messenger had disappeared from his post, leaving his work to be performed by si substitute. The Postmaster-General thinks this case is sufficiently susrgestive to justify him in teconimending that a more severe punishment should be provided for the ofl'enso of assaulting any person in charge of the mails, or of retarding or otherwise obstueting them by threats of personal injury? The President calls the attention of Congress to the necessity of throwing greater safeguards over the method of choslmr and declaring !he election ol a President. Under the present system there -eems to be provided a remedy for eon testing the election in any one State 11<> >?vh the eomnnlsorv sunnort (>;' the free schools and the disfranehise ruent of till who can not ro:nl and writ' ilie Ent>li.?h lanenajre. afi?-r ? tixc' probation, woiili! mcel his hearty in provnl: Tin' President inuUrs tin elaborate defense of his receoininci' lation for the annexation of ?Siinti> Dominjro. After deserihinjMhe commercial advantages I lint have accrued, lie nays: "The Cuban question would have been settled lonjr niro in favor of free Cuba." The President ailds and '(includes: "It is hut scarcely settled, while it ha" nn area sufficient for the profitable employment of several millioiiH of people. The soil would have soon 'alien into the hands of United State? capitalist?. The products are -o valuable in commerce that emigration I here would have bfen encouraged. The emancipated race of the South would have round there a congenial home, where their civil rights would not he disputed, and where their labor would be so much sought after that the poorest among them could have found the means to fjo. Thus, in cases of great oppression and cruelty, such as has been practiced up it lh?*m in many places within the flist e'.oven years, whole communities would have sought refuge in Hanto Domingo. I do not suppose the whole race would have gone, nor is it desirable that I hey should go. I heir labor is desirable, indispensable ilniost, where they are now. J Jut the ! possession of this ierritnry would have eft the negro master of the situation by enabling him to demand his rights it In.me on pnln of finding them elsewhere. f do not present views now as :i iceommendution for a renewal of llie subject of annexation; but I do refer to it to vindicate my previous ac-j tion in regard to it. With tiie present \ Congress my official life terminates. Ii is not probable that public affairs will ever again receive attention from I me. further than as a eitizen of the | Republic, always taking a deep Inter- j est in the honor, integrity and prosperity of the whole lund." ?>? The up passenger train from Oolumhia was behind tinio yesterday, and J he down train received orders to go; in and meet the other train at ('hap-! i.ell's. Some of the hoys who jumped j aboird here did not learn this until the ears hud reached the cut below imim".lii s, wiirn nicri' whs xmiim: kiiiy ; tumbling to reach the jrronnd. No!' one hurt, although some of (hem out-' did some of John Robinson's acrobats.11 ?Ninety-Six Herald. j j fioT IjK'KKD.?Tho ynutbful scion of the bouse of Nash, who has been noli nt; flfc janitor of the United States;' Count. House and Post Ottice, was (lis-! charged yesterdav, and vented his i spite on Collector and would-he-Con- j pressman Carpet tor, by giving him a ipguhr ohl-fhi-hioucll mauling.? Phoen'x, Q!h. A Frightful Fire. TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. Destruction of the Brooklyn Theatre ?Terrible Punic?Galleries Fall In ?Smothered, Crushed and Buried ?Loss of Property and Life-?Nearly Three Hundred Lives Lost--Relief Jlcaxurrs. Brooklin, December 6.?A 'fire broke out last night on the stage of the Brooklyn Theatre during the performance of the "Two Orphans." Mr. Studley, who played the part of Jacnue, made an'efrort to f?alm the excited audience. He stepped to the foot liynts and said : "There is no trouble here; there is no danger. Ladies and gentlemey, keep your seats." Many resumed their seats but only for a few seconds. The flames spread rapidly and the theatre was soon enveloped in flames. Miss Claxton and Mi's. Farren showed great self-nossession. They remained upon the stage till the scenery ut the left was] completely licked up. They then rushed out on (he stage in costume, saving only the dresses they wore. The panic becaire general before the actors left the stage, The audience rushed for the doors. Women faiuted and the aisles were blocked and many thrown down and trampled on. The ushers and police made every effort to induce the people to retire iu good order, without etr'eet. The heat wasjn* tense. Many fell helpless to the floor. Mrs. Farren and a number of the actors jumped in the auditorium and took their chances for exit by the Washington street door. One hundred lives are believed to have been lost, including Mr. 11. 8. Murdoek, the actor, who has not been seen since the tire. Most of the killed- were in the dress circle, their means of escape being cut oft' by the burning stairs. Dreter's Hotel was damaged to the amount of $o,00t). Every member of the company lost their clothes, jewelry and costumes. The .Brooklyn liuilding Association loses $40,000; Shook & Palmer's scenery of tho" I'wo Orphans" and valuable property and costumes; Kate Ciaxton her wardrobe; George Buik-r several thousand dollars worth of furniture and personal nronertv: Ida Vernon her ward robe and diamond*, worth from six to eight thousand dollars. The total loss estimated al JS'KW Yokic, December G.?Up to 8:30. p. in., 2H-) hotlies wen* taken from the ruins of the Brooklyn theatre. J Work will he continued all night. I The streets are still crowded and exicitetuenl is giving way 10 a feeling 01 intense gloom and depression. Jt is now feared that the niimher ??l the dead will reach three hui.Uied. Wnai -might have added to the immense lo? ot life and resulted in the killing 01 more ladies and gentlemen of the ttieatre company was the pancioti stricken movement of the janitor at the *tage tloor. As socio as lie got an idea ol what was going on inside, he hurriedly locked the stage door and kept back th.? astonished crowd by refusing ad 111 i t la nee or egress. A party headed by Mr. Nicholson, however, broke open the door and pushed him aside. In tiieexcitement of the moment nobody took any count of the number who made their escape by this means, and who would otherwise have been sacrificed.' 'ibis afternoon a gentleman living in Remseu strec came to the police station and inquired for two friends, a Mr. George A. Grange and a Mr. 1). S. Morton, both of Galveston, Texas. They \ve*e stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel in New York, vvith their families. The gentleman j came over to Brooklyn to dine wiih their friends in Remseu street, and j after dinner they went to the theatre I and bought their tickets, and they went in but he returned home. They [have not been heard of since then and have'not returned to their hotels. Their families are wild with grief. Mr. Grange was a millionaire, and leaves a wife and child six years old. No trace of them has been found. Letter from General Ruper. QOM'MBIA, S. C., December 8, ISTfi. Hon. A. Connor and other O'enlle men oj the committee: I have the honor to say, in leply to your inquires based upon the resolution of which you handed me a copy on yesterilay, that the United Statea troops now in the Slate House were placed there by my order for the purpose of executing such orders as might be given; and in this connection I would say with reference to inquiries number six and seven, that if your body should appear at the State House for the purpose of entering the hall of the House of Representatives, and he refused admission by those having charge of the doors, and such persons should apply to the officers in command of the troops at the State House for asriistain-e necessary to prevent you from entering, the present orders to the officer would require him io render such assistance. ] am, gentlemen, \ rry i trsj'ucuuii y, j uui tnivuicui neivaiit, THOS IF. RUGER, Colonel and Brevet iJriiratHer General South Carolina Oepni'lmeiit. At No. 1 Granite Range, Abbeville J. H., S. C. A n J nvitsi t i? ji to A 1). ? U/MK mill rxaiiiiite my Stuck, (1 will n.nki* n in \m.r intercM,) coiimhin): in part <>; Alpacas, Cal.coes, Bieackd, Unbleached and ilieck'd lionifspahs, Gj 1 -if. j'i*l V:t |M 1. Woolen Jeaiir-. 12-t(?> )<per vurd. SHOES. KOO IS, 1.e\ 1 i? i.' a iiv.m ihi/ i i ni 11 r\ti JJACON. i'LOUU. bUUAR, CO 1' FEE, AND RICE. Those poods were bought nf the lowest figures, ami I will sell them cheap for CASH. I also huv nnd t-hip cotton. E. A.-MAES. Not). 27,1S76, 3m LAST WARNING!! A LL persons indebted to us, by note* or account must settle the same by the liV/t JJcceinbcr or they will POSITIVELY Be Sued at the Next Court. QUARLES& PERR1N. j Nov. 22th. 1870. tf Final Discharge. NOTICE js hereby given thai H.J It. Kussell, Executor of the Estate of Margaret White, deceased, has applied to Thos. J}. Millhrd, Judge of l'robnte, in and for the County of Ab- ; huvtlle, for a final discharge ah Executor. It in ordered. That the sixteenth day of Decern her, A. I). 187fl. be fixed 1 for hearing or' Petition, and a final | settlement of said Estate. J. C. WOSMAXSKY, Clerk Court of I'robate, A. C. Nov. 17, 15>7K. 4t Notice. ! t LL persons indebted to the un-jj XB- nersigneu uy mue or account, |; must settle the same or tlie matterj\ will he placed in the hands of an at-, tomey lor eol led ion, Longer imiul- j ijencu will not he given. A. BEQUEST. FULL LINE of all kind* of Fur niture to he found at the Fnrni ure Store. All goodn bold at the owest eanh prices. IteHiH'ftfullv, J. IX CHALMEKS & CO. J Oct. 85, lb7t>, tf If You Want GOOD GOODS At the Lowest Prices, Call On McDonald & Haddon. Sept. 127, 187t?, tf IF YOU WANT M CHEAP. J Call on McDonald & Haddon. Sept. 27, 1870, tf McDonald & MdOa A10 now receiving FALL and WINTER GOODS WHICH have been selected with great care by Mb. R. M. IIADDOX in New York and Baltimore, all of which will be sold on tho most liberal terms. [Sept. 27, 1876. CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON are receiving their FALL STOCK of MERCHANDISE, consisting of all kinds of DRY GOODS. Groceries. Crockery, Boots, Shoes, HATS AMD CAPS. Everything Cheap! Give them a call. Sept. 20, 1376. falTand winter GOODS AT COST. Quarles & Perrin. Sept. 19, 187G. CIGARS! CIGARS!! We keep the finest and cheapest as sortment of CIGARS in town. Ureal inducements to cash buyers?offered by McDonald & Haddon. April 10, 1876, 52-tf Notice. ALL persons indebted to the undersigned by note or account, must settle the same or tlicy will bt" placed in the hands of an attorney foi collection. Longer indulgence *wil! not be given. Quarles & Ferrin. Sept. 10, 1870. The Ladies WILL find our stock of everything in their line especially attractive thi* season, and all wo ask for is cureful"inspection to convince them of prices being or low as can be found anywhere in the State. ~e sure to give us a cull before purchasing and judge for yourselves. JAS. A. BOWIE, Agent Emporium of Fashions. Oct. 1, 1876. Marshall House Stable. By I alliM & Aristroog. THESE STABLES are now in good repair und are kept undei I he personal supervision or* the under sijrncd, wn? will bp jrlad to receive tl?? CUSTOM of i lie public. The christian man rejrardeth the lift of his beast? have your horse well fee when yon come lo town. WALLINUFORD & ARMSTRONG. November 22, 1S7(>. EUGENE B. GARY. E. G. GRAYDO Gary & Graydon, Attorneys at Law, AIWEVILLE C. H., S. C. ftsT Special attention to the collet ;ion of claims.. Nov. 1J. lNTfi. tf A I.lIiERAl, ADVANCE on tin 2'ti valn?* of col ion will o p;?id 'o persons indebted to us by n ? i>r account<4UARIJES & PERRJN Sept. 1?, i875. Ill 111! !n millinery. dress goods, KC'A HPS, RUPFLINGS, corsets, dress trimmings, flannels, SHAWLS, hosiery, (j loves. white goods. boulevard skirts, woollen goods, and ladies' goods generally, can now he found at the Emporium of FasMon Oct. 11, 1870. GIN H0USES~ I WILL insure gin houspn and their contents at the following low rates in one of the most reliable corni.miJrti' ? ?? ? i?rtcnn tori Sti flio Stotlfll Capital SO,000,000. For a months ($ 2 per cent. For .5 months ( $ 3 per cent. And dwellings ami all other property at the lowest rates. L. W. TEIIRIN, A^rent. Omoe at Law Otllce of Porriu <( [ Cloth run. Nov. 15, 187(1, tf Sheriff's Sale. Thomas Thomson, Assignee,) vs. , Mortgage. I J. Logan. J j BY virtue of a mortgage to me riirerteu j in the above stated ?*aso, I will sell to hf> highest bidder at Abbeville C. If., on ' MONDAY, the 11th DECEMBER, J870, \ithin tho legal hours, ONE 15AY MARE, levied on n* the property of J. W. Logan j' it the suit of Thomas Thomlon, assignee.! Terms Cash. L. P. GUFF IN, Agent, |j Sheriff's Office, ) U 2Sth Nov. li<7ft. j ( Grecian Chamber Suits, H fcJKW AND BEAUT1FTL nt. LK J. P. CHALMERS & CO. d Oct. 25, 1S76, tf BACON, APPLES, CABBAGE. POTATOES, &c. BARRELS choice Northern apples, consisting of tutidwiu, North Spy, Detroit Beds 20ounce Pippins, &c. 150 barrels Northern Irish Potatoes. 100 barrels Selected Northern Cabbage. 50 barrels Northern Onions. 10,000 lbs. Dry Salt Sides. 25 tierces Hams'. 100 keys, tubs and backets Leaf Lard. 5U packages Selected Goshen Butter. 100 boxes Cream and Factory Cheese. 100 barrels, J barrels and kits Mackerel 150 sacks of Fne and Coarse Salt. 50 sacks Rio Coffee. 100 barrels Family Flour. 100 boxes Family Soap. also, 7 Barrels Sugar House Syrup, Extra C and C Sugar, reams Straw Paper, ca?es Oysters, Sardines, Pickles, Lobsters, Peaches, Tomatoes, boxes Soda Crackeis, Gingers, Lemon Crackers, Centennial and Imperial Crackers, Starch, Soda, Candles and Pipes, boxes Prize Candy and assorted Stick Candy, boxes Lemons, boxes Chewing Tobacco, cases Jelly, cases Bitters, Rice, Bagging and Ties, ?fec, Ac. ? Tbe above stock is all fresh, having just arrived. Prices guaranteed as low as Charleston or Willmingtoft. C. J. LAUREY, Commission Merchant. Columbia, S, C., Oct. 18,1876, 8 m CUNNINGHAM " ANB TEMPLETON * T)T? PAtiofonttv AH.-Mr?rr it\ Thfllf v. ?* ?? ? j ?: - . Already Varied retook of Geueral Merchandise. They Receive this Week. SUGAR, COFFEE, CANNNED GOODS of all Kinds. And next week, a full line of ; DRY GOODS, Boots and Shoes, Nov. 22. 1876. It Emporium of Fashion. i-. n > fallISwinter. '* -i 1816. OPENING M OF A .j .? New Stock of Novelties IN Millinery, Dress Goods,. Fancy Dry Goods, And Ladies Cloaks, . OUR Stock ha* been selected with a great deal of care, and will be constantly replenished. It will comprise specialties in every department <>f choicest styles, qtmlitiesnnd shades, -itch as are usually displayed at our well-kuown Ladies Emporium. Jas. A. BqNffo, Agent Emporium of Fashion. *,<r: v Nov. 14, 1876. . -, ****** Take Notice. ALL peasons indebted to the andersigned must settle the same by ti?e first of next month, longer indulgence will not be given. I also desire to say to my frleuds and customers tlint after this ilaLe No credit will be given to any one before the 1st of March next. I will sell only for cash and at the very lowest prices.? W. Rosenberg. Nov. 15, 1876, St Fiie State of Sooth Carolina, County of Abbeville, Sheriff's Sale. David Lewie, Plaintiff, against fiarrison A. Visanska, Defendant, Wolf Rosenberg, Respondent, flguinst David Lewie. Annellant. BY virtue of the judgment of fore loHure of the Circuit Court in the ormer case, ami of the Supreme "ourt in the latter case, I will Hell, as ie property of the said Garrison A. . isanska, on Sale Day in January ?'Xt, at Abbeville Court House, the .act (if laud,* known as the BELCHER PLANTATION ituate in Abbevillp County, adjoining and* of Thomas Thomson, Mrs. Mc 'omb, and others, containing one liousund and fifty acres, more or less Terms of Sale.?-One-fourth of the purchase money to he paid in cash, ind Hie balance, with interest from lay of *ale, to be paid in six months I ;'rom the day of sale, and to be secured by l>ond with personal security, and a Mortgage of the prem lees. L. P. GUFFIN,, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, Dec. 6, 1876. Sheriff's Sal A. F.lla. M. Harrison, etaI, VS. John Harrison, et al. Order of Prabate Court. BY virtue of an Order to me directed from his Honor S. J. Doiithut, Judge of Probate Greenville County, in the above stated cane, I will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours of -ijtle, at Abbeville Court House, on Monday, the Hirst day of January, A. D. 1S77, the following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Village of Phoenix, iu the County of Abbeville, South Carolina, containing otic acre, more or less. TERMS.?One-tbird cash remainder on a credit of nine months from day of sale to be secured by a mortgage of the premises and two personal securities. L. P GUFFIN, Sheriff" Abbeviile County. SherifTs Office, Dee. 6, 1876. 4t. 30KESBURY CONFERENCE SCHOOL. CoKesbury, Abbeville Co., S. C. Rightv-first Session of Twenty Weeks Logins on the First Mondav in JANUARY, 1S77. * FAcrr.Tv. r. a. connor, IU>ctor ! o. c. iiodc.fp.rrof KXTEN9KS. Tuition. Primary Department, ?12.50r [ntermediate, ?2"i,00; Senior. $25.00; board 112.00 per month. Rons of Ministers of Conference free of tuition. Of other dolominations, half rate. Location proverbially healthy. Fasily iceessible by G. A 0. R. R. Community ntelligent, refined and moral. Free firom [ram shops and gaming; saloons. Oct. 1, 167 ti. idiu - ^ - - ^