The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, February 28, 1877, Image 2

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" IHlt JC'-=-^ - TliS Press &ild Banner. | aubryit^le, S. C. p HUGH WILSON. j1 Tk?m..?Two dollars a year, in advanee;, or Two Dollars ami Fifty Cents, il' pay- .' meat is delayed. I \ Advkkt is'kmknts will l>e inserted at j j the rate of One Dollar per ineh for the ! tirst insertion and Fifty Cents for each j subsequent insertion. j \ (ireatly reduced rales will he uiven to) those who advertise by the quarter or by j _ the year. i1 All obituary notiees, tributes of respect, t and other matter of a personal or private I nature will be charged l'or at tin.- usual l advertising rates. ' ( Nothing which may be written in nial- j ice shall appear in these columns at anv i price. 11 Our Job Department j I is well supplied with material for Job,] Work, and our assortment of new job!/ type is as good as can be found in any i country ofiice. The Proprietor is a prac-M tical printer and will give his personal lt attention to this class of work. Our!, work compares favorably with the same' cl*n* of work executed anywhere, and is| I always put at the lowest living rates. Wednesday, Feb. 28,1877. Farewell, Tyrant. 1 On next Monday that old tyrant t the "drunken Galena Democrat," at i "Washington, will close his career of j t oppression as President of the United :t States. XIayes will assume executiveU control of the government, and we t ..thit he will not use the ( 1*1 V uwj.v-.wt - _ ( power mill force of the Federal army < to oppress the South. Wo are a united ] people and it seems reasonable that the people of the whole country should be anxious to see every State, j whether in the North, East, West or ; South, as prosperous and as happy as J possible, and al the same time enjoy- j ing all the liberty and protection i which the American constitution j claims to guarantee to every man, , even to the white Carolinian. ' We believe there is a growing sy in- | pathy in Washington for South Coro- ; iina and Louisiana, and the congres- ' sional proceedings, as published, lead j us to believe, beyond a doubt, that the House will hamper the appropriation bill with provisions tlmt can only be ( removed by the recognition of the Democratic government of Hampton and Nickols, in South Carolina and Louisiana. The incoming President j has been reticent as to the course he j wiil pursue, but it is confidently be- j Jieved that he will at once recognize , the Democratic governments of South Carolina and Louisiana. If he will do this, we are satisfied to have Mr. Hayes for President. Should he be disposed to act fairly and we trust j that he may be, lie can do us as much . good as a Democratic President, with I a Republican Senate. When we J have a Democratic President, we | want a Democratic Congress. Mr. ' Hayes will doubtless bo more potent J with the present Senate than Mr. I Tihlcnorany other Democratic Presl- 1 dent could be, and, taking this view ] of the matter,^if Mr. Hayes should be ! the high-minded honorable man he Is 1 represented to be, by his political | fripnds he will do us no injustice. If 1 Mr. Hayes will only treat us half j j right, <ve will he satisfied, and shall < not complain at his being President, ' even if ho become so by the unblush. . ing fraud of the Louisiana Returning IJ Roard. It matters little to us, who j rules in]Washington if South Carolina > is allowed to have Hampton and t Home Rule. If Mr. Hayes will not j use the army to force the Massachu'scets usurper upon us, we will be thankful, and will not complain a( anything he may do in the future. We know Jie can never reach so lowdown as that old drunken beast, 1 Grant, has done. He is incapable of: t the petty meannesses and contempti- t ble little acts of oppression that Grant jl has practiced upon 8outh Carolina and ! v Louisiana. Even if he were capable 1 and so disposed, the people of theUni- a ted States, have become tired of this j violation of constitutional liberty and k i will not any longer tolerate such a 1 course. c ?i n Keport of the House Committee. r We direct especial attention to the H "report of the House Committee," to * he found elsewhere. Every man in 1 Abbeville county should read it, as ' refereuce is made to the Abbeville s School House Box, which was opened under the protest of Capt. J. W. Per- ' rin. the Democratic election commis-!l sioner, after obtaining the le^al opin- f ion of counsel, and presenting it to { the Radical commissioners, but ( through their persistency the box was ( opened. Public notice was given that 1 the box was deemed illegal, but in J spite of this notice ten Democrats and < four hundred and twenty-two Repub- < licans voted there, and the probability J a t 11..:. cm.O..,1,1 t ist lliuy will 1'J^C Lll^U VUU-3. ^Jtnuu.i tins box be declared illegal and J J thrown out, the whole Democratic! > State ticket will he elccted. The ig-p norant "nigs" need thank nobody but j* their leaders for this result, if it|( should be so. The negroes, it is be-jj lieved, were told that the announce- j ^ ment was a fraud intended to deceive > them, and many voted at the;* wrong place, but in the afternoon as! ^ the Democrats failed to vote there, they became alarmed lest there might be some truth in the announcement, and almost ceased to vote at the school j house* Atone time about one hun-ij dred and fifty left the bogus box and f came to the right box and cast their c ballots. 1 The Graml Commission. ^ The Electoral Commiseion having ^ swallowed the frauds in Florida, hesi- \ tated a little before gulping down the Louisiana frauds, Returning Hoard,<< and all, but down it went. Oregon j c too went in the same direction witn- j out a wry face.ftnd we are to Jiavej^ Ruthford B. Hayes for President, j l The Republicans contended that they j * had no right to go behind the frauds) of the Returning Iioai-d, and the commission by a strict party vote, will de-it clare the Republican candidate elect- * ed, though the world does know and (! will remember that the States of Flor- s da and Louisiana were taken from ir Tilden by the frauds committed by!, the Returning Hoards. 1 i v We trust the few remaining dclin-js quents will consider the sorrows of < the poor printer, and jay him what;!' they owe fur the /Vwk>- and Siunnrr. j Wh;'.t ue Will do. I We have frequently been asked thej [Uestion, What will the Democrats do! 11 reference to the decision of the | Electoral Commission ? We soy that J' re believe that the Democrats will,;* lespite the fraiui, si:binit^as gracefully 1 o the decision of the Commission a?j ve expected the Jlcpublicaus to do,' f the decision had becu in our favor, j' L'he ji?r is up with us for this time, and j ve might just as well admit it, but i vhile we do so, we do not forget the i nfamous fraud which brought about} lio result. We are not, however, di-s-1' >osed to charge anything to Hayes I, >n that account, for his skirts are clear, |i is far as we know. With the lights jefore us we are disposed to believe ;l?at he will treat the South fairly. I tf he does this, with Hampton 'for * governor, we are all right and shall ; lot complain. Wo submitted cur ause to arbitration. The case has teen decided against us. Let us abide he consequences. j^>? ? Washington's llirtliiiay. The smallest, meanest and most lontemptible act of the "drunken (Ja-| ena Democrat," was the forbidding of lit people of South Carolina from eel- j . Uniting the anniversary birthday ofi he Father of his country. This :ourse was no doubt dictated bv >ur friends Chamberlain and Paterson. Upon receiving the orders, ;ol. Jilack, the post commander, adIrcssed the following note to Capt. HughS. Thompson, of the militia: Post op Com*mima, Oor.u.M ui.v, S. C., Keb. 20,ls77. Capt. Thompson. Coi/tmuia, S. C.? Dkai: Sin: I have the honor to notify roil that I havethisday boon directed by ho honorable Secretary of War to inform . ou that his Kxeellency the President of lie United States directs ine to notify you hat the members of the so-called rifle dubs, who, under his proclamation of ho )7th of October last were instructed to lisband. will not be permitted to make my public demonstration or parade 011 he 22d instant, as is said to bo eonitcm1 dated; and it is hoped that you will give 1 cheerful obedience to this order, and 110ifv the members of your club, or company, thereof, in order to prevent a parade taking place. My orders requiro me to see that no <ueh parade take place. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obelicnt servant, IT. M. BLACK, Lieutenant Colonel l?>ili Infantry, Commanding j?cst. Upon receiving this information the following indignant proclamation was issued by Governor Hampton, which sa stinging rebuke to the weak and !>uny successor 01 1110 inusinous Washington : State ov South Cakomxa, ] 'xk<'l.'tivk cllam r.i:a. Cot.vmwa, Feb. 1^77.?I lis excellency the President of the United States liavingordered that the white militia com ianios of ihis State should not parade on 'lie 2nd instant to celebrate Washington's birthday, in dellerence to the ollico he >olds, I hereby call upon those organizaions to postpone to some future day this manifestation of their respect to the memory of that illustrious President ivhose highest ambition it was, as it was lis chic!'glory, to observe the coustitu,ion and obey the laws of his country. If the arbitrary commands of a Chief Executive, who has not sought to emuate the virtues of Washington, deprive ho citizens of this State of the privilege >f joining publicly in paying reverence :n that day, so sacred to every American patriot, we can at least show our obedience to constituted authority, however arritrarily exercised, that we are not unworthy to be tho countrymen of Washngton. Wo must, therefore, remit to sonic more inspielous period, w hich I trust is not far distant, tho exercise of our right to oiumemorate the civic virtues of that iinsullied character, who wielded his ?won I only to found and perpetuate hat Amorican constituted liberty; whi *h s now denied to tho citizens of South Carolina. WADK HAMPTON*, Governor. rhc Response to Hampton's Call. That our readers may know the 'rail in ess with which the people of lie State have responded to the call of nn<mm<An onnnn.l fl.n fV.l iju v? JJi'i , ?? t iiv? iiit jwr owing schedule which shows the imountthat each county luis paid. iVhileall have done well, it will be een that Abbeville occupies no mean >osition in the list. Did any people >ver give more substantial evidence of ovalty than the people of South Carolina have given to Hampton and his fovernment? He has in the Treasu y nearly one hundred and ten thouand dollars, contributed by loyal vhitcs and blacks, while it is said hat the usurper has only about nine Mildred dollars. Hampton has a afe place in the hears of the people. Vbbcvillo ? ()() liken ",<><!:! "h> liulerson :5,N(S4 70 Barnwell 4,41") 0!) tenufort J,(m0 0o ,'harleston 27,907 841 'liester 501 'liesteriield 1,4*>0 00 J 'larendon 510 Oil "olleton l.iKiS S7 i'arlington 3,1">0 00 Odfiotield. 3,400 00 { 'airfield 1, ">!"> 00 [ Jeorgotmvd 1,27S i?m| ireenville 3,7nu 00 j lorry -7."> 00 Cershaw 30 j /.measter S.*W l'J' ..aureus 1,030 00 .exington 2,212 40 'Tarion 2,S37 <k7 .larllmro 2,01.1 (in sew berry G,l.">7 23 >eonee 1,270 70 >rangcburg 3,000 00 J Mekens 323 7o j, tichland 4.112 03 j ipartanburg 2,000 li'j;. lumter 2,S70 00 ' Tnion 2,11!) 3o| Villiamsbuag 1,100 OOj fork 4,700 75j. Total Sl09,0fl0 SO Tin-: Methodists are in danger of ( using that valuable property, the Car- ! inaOrphan's Home, at Spartanburg, 1 roiu tlie fact that the land was deedd, as a gift, by R. C. Oliver, for the mrposesof & Home for Orphans, and >n condition that it should revert toj lim if the property was ever discon- 1 inued to be used as such. The insti- 1 ution is about to be closed for tliei' vant of funds. |' Tlie Abbeville Press and TtanncrV lainis to have been alone, with one xceptiou, in "lighting life insu-j; ance." If reference lie ha<l to ther iles of our paper, it will be found that I' ve were "lighting life insurance"); ong before our contemporary had a vonl to say on the subject.?Kershaw > luzcite. When a United States Marshall gels in- 1 (? a dilliculty with a citizen and is killed, heres ia great hurrah and hubbub about | t. If our readers will remember, a year! ir so ago, Davis was killed by one Matti-!< m. United Stales Marshal. It is ourl, eeollectiou that Solicitor Hlvthe made a i . : I ...v.... * .. I ........I ! il'irrilllliuu UU<;i 0 11/ Uil t <; t-llir* tiiuntvii i i nuiished. j1 The United Slates Court took possession i1 f the case?or jurisdiction?and from | ihat we eau learn, instead of trying the) eoundrel for his life, lie was turned loose | j ipon the community, and "the best gov-j rnment" appointed him mail airefit on j' lie Air Line IUmd. Now, where is the'' ustiee in this?- ? ?ieen\ille News. '/ ALTEKIXG TI1E UII3LE. rutting ".>lary" in place *'0041." The religious world have of late been exercised by the publication, by the Catholics, of an edition of the Bi-1 Ide in which the name of the Virgin Mary was substituted for that of Giod, which book has recently appeared for sale in the stores of Paris. The lollowing is an extract from an uddress of Dr. dimming, which has nvalceiied much attention in Knylaud.! ? I "The llomau Cotholie Church has I L*xpung??d the word '(_?od' from all the! \t-liori.iit if rwnrred. and has substituted the work 'Mary.' Koman j Catholicism of the day was not Chris- j tiauity, but the religion of the blessed I Mary. The Pope, cardinals, prelates, and other ollicials of the Church hns just issued an order withdrawing the word 'Father' from the Lord's Prayer, ;ind substituting the word 'Mary.' That state of things was most idolatrous and shocking, and it was the duty of all Protestants to pity and endeavor to set.aright the poor victims of such a system. In reply to the above Dr. Newman says that the statements are untrue, and with regard to the alleged substitution of the word "Mary" for the word "God" in the Psalms, lie oilers the following explanation: ' Some of our devotional writers have imitated, or as Protestants would j call it, parodied some of the Psalms, j &e., in the Rlessed Virgin's honor | such as 'O come, let us sing to Mary.'! English taste is severe, and Englishmen will consider such devotions to be in very bad taste?and many will he shocked at them. 1 do* not like them myself?no Catholic is obliged to use them; I doubt whether any one does. I do not know where to lind them if J wished; but they are nut a 'substitution of the word Mary' and 'an expunging of the word God'.' As wen nilgai you say uuu rope s mmous imitaiion in English of Virgil's 4th Eclogue is an expunging of Virgils Latin. The Psalms stand in our J>ihles in their old authentic text as they ever did, and without taking from the Supreme God his incommunicable | honor, just as if these adaptations did not exist." Mr. Forsaith sent I)r. Newman's re-! ply to Dr. Cuniming, who replied as, follows: "Dear Sir,?X send you a few frag-j incuts?strange to you, but familiar to! Dr. Newman. The reports you describe and attribute to me are anything but accurate. I never said that Pope and Cardinals had just issued an order withdrawing the word 'Father'from the Lord's Prayer ; but I said, '1 have the Lord's Prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary which J purchased in Paris,' observing also it was one among many. ' in the work of St. Bonaventure, the Psalms and the Tc Down are addressed to tlie Virgin Mary. "On Bonaventure's Day" every lloman Catnolic prays '() Lord, who didst give Blessed Bonaventure to Thy people for a minister of eternal salvation, grant that he who was the instructor of our life here on earth, may become our Intercessor in heav-l M | I'll t . "Jlonaventure gives a now version i of the Psalms. Psalm 1st, ' Blessed is the mail that cheiisheth thy name, O Virgin Mary* ami so on. Psalm f>th>! *U Lady permit me not to be delivered i over to the fury of God*' Psalm 7th,! 'O Lady I have hoped in thee; tie iverj my soul from mine enemies.' These lines are merely a few fragments from j the Psalms. "The Tc Dcvm is also given as follows: 'We praise thee () Mother of (Jod ; we acknowledge thee to he the Virgin. All the earth doth worship | thee, the .Spouse of the Eternal.' 'Holy, Holy, Holy Mary, Mother of j God, Mother and Virgin.' "The Creed is as follows: 'Whoever will be saved should, above all; things, have a linn faith about the! Virgin Mary.' "The Litany is as follows: 'From all evil deliver us, O Lady. From the anger and indignation of God, deliver us, () Lady,' etc., etc. "1 have also the Glories of Mary from the Italian of Alphonsos Liwrori, and thus authenticated by the?aale! Cardinal Wiseman,?'We approve of! this translation of the Glorias of Mary ! and cordially recommend it to the! faithful.?N. Card Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster.' "Ji closes with these words: '() our | Lady, our Mediatrix, our Advocate j reconoile us with thy Son. G.rant by ; the grace which thou didst lind, and I by that mercy to which thou didst; give, birth, that. He who through, thee designed to become a partaker of our infirmity and misery, may also] through thy intercession make us the partakers of his happiness and glory.' j Yours very truly, JOHN CUMMIXG." I The New York Observer closes ai long article on the subject in this! manner: j "Dr. Newman, the intelligent and: learned Newman, has no word of con-: detonation for this gross violation of! the .Lord's prayer. And the must re-1 markable part of this affair is tliat! these idolatrous and wicked practises are not rebuked by cardinals, bishops) and other clergy, but are defended and allowed. They are thus officially ' approved by the Church, which is j therefore justly held responsible lor J the dishonor put upon the Cod of j heaven, by the mass of people who; profess and call themselves Chris-' tians." LAST IIOLliS OF T1IE COM'ED- 1 Ell AC V. Final Meeting of the Cabinet in Ab-; bevllle--The Disposition .Made of j the Great Soil. Correspondence of the News ami Courier.! I'KNUi.irroN, February ^0.?The spacious and elegant mansion of the Hon. Thomas C. Ferrhi, of Abbeville, lately fonsumod by lire, inaj' bo said to have had a historic interest for all Confederates. Its venerable owner and oeeupant j was the tirst man who signed the first; Act of Session in 1800 ; and in one of hisj drawing-rooms the very last ollieial act j of the Confederategoveiinncnt was per-] formed. As to the first statement, it is well; known that the districts of South Carolina were called on in their alphabetical! order for signatures to the Aet ofSeecs-j sion. Abbeville came first, and so Thos. (' I >... > ; 11 tli? II'IIIIK \t'liii'li si i ii ia!1 r< !i f llio head of that roll. As to thesecond statement, niv infor-j mation was derived some years a;;o IVoni; Col. i'errin himself. The President ofj the Confederacy and his caliinet passed! through Abbeville together 011 their re- I Lreat westward from Piclmiond, and were entertained (some of them at le;ist) at this magnificent private residence. Here was held the last meeting of the cabinet, j when it was formally resolved to disband.! Mr. Benjamin, secretary of (State, consulted with the host as to the best mode jf disposing of the Great Seal, and proposed to destroy it by lire. Col. Perriu suggested that a simpler and better mode would be to commit it to the keeping of viv.mnah ltiver, which the secretary expected to cross on the morrow. It is believed that such WiW the disposition made fit. AUltlCOLA. j ltev. Wm. H. Chapman, Pastor of^ M. E. Church, Georgetown, 1). ('., writes: "Having hail an ojqiurumity to test the excellent qualities of Dr. j Hull's Cough .Syrup, J hesitate not to j -ay, it is the best remedy 1 have ever, used in my family." Tilt: PrrsK and Jianncr comes lo us j promptly on Wednesday evening, f hul'.s right, friend Wilson, we appreciate our exchanges, and always like' Lo receive theiu punctually.?v1/k?itm?it Journal. * Republicanism iir a New Form. 'I Some Republicans at "Washington, arc scheming for the resurrection of u the old Whig narty as a foundation on which to build a Southern Republican party. The rallying cry of this new Southern organization is to be inter nal improvements at tbe expense on the national treasury?the old Clay doctrine which was once so popular with a part of the Southern people. The Texas Pacific Kail road scheme,; n with its myriad bran chts, is to bethejt entering wedge, and there arc to fol- jr low great canal schemes under the !l guise of cheap Western transportation j ' routes. As tenders to these gigantiit; a enterprises will be innumerable pub- j; lie buildings, harbor improvements, t and the like. This is undoubtedly a tempting prize to hold out to an impoverished people. That it will tempt them I have reason to know, because ? for two years past I have heard South- t ern Democrats talk on this question of's national improvements, and more u than once I have heard the bitterest! r of them say that the South wants her share of the benefits to be reaped from s the subsidy policy. The North h:is hud hers; she has grown great, prosperous and strong under it, while the i South languishes, and her cities and 1 town are standing still. The great 0 Southwest-can not be developed with- ! out the subsidizing of the Southern J l'acilic Railroad. Give us that, and , that great and fertile region will soon [ be as great and prosperous as your s Northwest, and New Orleans, Mem- i phis, and other cities of tli3 South- .< west will rival your Chicago and St. s Louis. With the canal to unite the waters of the Ohio and James, Rich- ! moud will become a Pittsburg, and | Norfolk will coinpcte with Baltimore . and New York for the grain trade of j the continent. If the Northern Item- j ocrats won'tgive us our rights, we will j make'alliances with Republicans, if ( they agree to our terms. i It is on this basis that Jhe negotia- i tions between certain Republican lead- < ers and a few Southern Democrats are J ; now being conducted, and it 4s my } conviction that the preliminaries of jthetiade have been arranged. The J difficult question is to lind from the ( South a representative for Hayes's cab- t inet. He must be a man who was a i i Union man as long as secession could < the resisted, but who then cast .his for- | [ tunes with the Confederacy, and has > Istood Steadfast ?o the close of the war. ' ! He must, in other words, be a re pre- 1 sentative man, and it is dillicult to lind one not in public life who will ( I tili thai bill. A part of this scheme is } to organize the next House of Representative* and leave Sam Randall out | of the Speaker's chair. This i* ab&o- , lutely necessary in order to carry out j ! the Texas Pacific scheme. The Re- , j publicans do not give up all hope of , being able to organize it themselves and elect Garfield speaker; but they j do not make this at present a part of < I their scheme with the Southern peo-!i ! i>l?> ? 'V/'i/i I'ni't ,Vii>? I II VYES AXD THE SOUTII ! ; The Spccch of his Friend Foster in i Tuesday's Debate. 4 Mr. Foster (Itep.) of Ohio, who rep re- | sents tho distrU't in which Governor ] j 11 ay os resides, spoko of tho duty of both < parties U abide by the decision of the < electoral commission, and said this is not > the time for mere party exultation. The | exultation of the patriot over the nation's] | escape from the dangers that ti|t atened its *{? peace, prosperity and happiness is titling !< and proper. In tho triumph of peace |j over disorder and possible civil war, both ! ( parties can unite in exultation. While 1 11 do rejoice that one of the purest and mo t; patriotic of our fellow-citizens is to guide j the affairs of this government for the next four years to come. Representing as It] d> the district in which Governor J lay* s I resides, and being a life-long acquaint- jt ance of his, I but speak the opinion of all: | persons who know him when I say that t his admiuistion will be wise, patriotic I and just. Notwithstanding whatever < I else may bo said to the contrary here or|l elsewhere, the people of all sections of j i the country may confidently expect lVoin |1 him not only fair but generous consider-j ] ation. His letter of acceptance is the ex- i pression of a man of the broadest patriot- 1 i-.m. I feel certain that I shall be sus-|i tained by his acts, when I say that his J1 highest ambition will be toadininister the 1 government so patriotically and wisely as; I to wipe away every necessity or excuse < for the formation of parties on a sectional ; basis, and all traces of party color lines; j that hereafter and forever we shall hear no more of a solid South or a united |' North; the flag shall float over Slates, j not provinces; over freemen, not sub-!' jecls. When Governor llayes appealed to the J people ol' thcSoiith in his letterol' accept- 1 ance lie addressed them as "My Country- I men." And why not his countrymen?! Are not (ho Southern Stales the equal of those in the North, East or West? and isL not the South an integral part of the na- j tion ? It has been said, snecringly andj. f ir the purposes of stirring the wild pas-L sions of the human heart to bad actions,!, that the South, under President Hayes,' must submit loan unconditional surren- . tier to the Republican parly. No. sir; j no such demand will be made. All that l j will be expected is the patriotic co-operation of Southern patriots in the great work of restoration through the Union, the constitution and tho enforcement of;C laws. In this great work the represcnta- t tive men of the South have alroadv dis- t t intrnished themselves for nat riot ism and i statesmanship (hiring the pending of this t present crisis in our history. Life Insurance Quibbles und Technicalities. The Detroit Free Press says that one State in the Union lias taken hold of the life insuranco question in earnest and: provided the means whereby its citizens! may be protected, in a measure, fiom the. undue loss which so often follows an ina- j liility on the part of a policy holder to keep up the payment of his premium. The Maine Legislature' at its recent ses-l sioir, passetl a law which has been ap-| proved by the Governor and goes into 'j operation on the 1st of April next, whereby every poliev issued by any company chartered under the authority of that State is to be practically non-forfeitable. In Ohio an effort is making to reach and remove an evil which i:>'<|iiite as severely felt as the one which tho Maine statue seoKs to reincuy. ?> e prcier 10 mo (inn- . cullies with which the beneficiaries under life policies are so often met when they;'" seek to collect tlieamount from the insurers. Jo the ease ol' many companies it is absolutely impossible for'anybody but a lawyer to comply with llio forms laid down and insisted on, or to meet the technical and oftimes frivolous objections L by which agents seek either to evade pay- | nient altogether or to dishearten applicants witli a view to compromise. A bill | covering the point has been Introduced in the Legislature of that State.?Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. t Mk. Tilhex Doi:s not Favor Di:- V lav.?'Wash ixotox, February lit).? | Your correspondent has information to- 1 night from a most reliable source that Mr. ' Tilden is averse to the policy of-delay, 1 and that as soon as Hayes is inaugurated ^ he will institute proceedings in quo war- " ranto or in scire facias by citing Hayes to ' show cause why he should not vacate the 1 Presidcncial oltice for the purpose of get- 1 ting before the full bench of the Supreme;" Court the question as to whether the tribu- ' nal, in excluding evidence, construed tlie' electoral bill in accordance with its true meaning and with the constitution. Thisj' will have the elfect of an appeal from I In? { tribunal to the Supreme Court, in full! bench, and will compel the court togojj1 on record as sustaining or reversing ?l?c j action of the tribunal. The lirst test will j% come on the question of jurisdiction. If|1' jurisdiction is ailirmcd, the next test w ill j come on the question as to whether the ' tribunal properly discharged its duties I under the law. If this be entertained by the court, the third an tinal test will come . .. .i i v oil iiiu iiM uj \? in i Ih i uinu t excluded by the trihiniiil shall Iks admit- I Icd in rejoinder to Hayes' answer t<> the . citation to show cause \\ liy he should not 1] vacate the Presidential oliice. - Halliluore *' Gazette. ;] There are two elianees that a life insu- v ranee risk will he paid. One is that the ll courtmay decide against the company, o and the other is that the company may be tl .sulvvnt when tJie time to pay comes. y 'III? SOUTH CAROLINA ELEC- m T ION. . to tcport of the House Committee?A pi Majority on the Face of the Ke- ' in turns for IIaycs--The In- In timidatioii Practiced in tli the Siute-?efl'ect of er I he Presence of si Troops. fi( lO lL?" ll mmuwuiu.!, j.-., inn, lteprcsontalivo Saylor, of Ohio, Chair- . ' ian ol' the South Carolina Investigating ' /OTuiiiitlcu will make his report to-mor? ow. It Bays that many mistakes and ineuracies were found in the different reurns, and some of them were signed by j] no and some !iy t wo managers; but if r{ 11 the; returns alfected by such irreguirities .-ere rejected it would not change ni lie result. j] TUB KIjKC'TOHATj VOTK. tl The result, by ascertaining the votes ^ ast at all the prceiuts, and correcting the nistnkes made by the managers in the reurns, shows that JJowcn received the mallostvolo on tlio republican ticket, c< lamely, t'2,00.'i votes over McUowan who ^ eceivcd the largest vote on the domo- * ratic ticket, 'Jl,-ij2 votes, u majoritv of L'j 31 votes. * s IllUKfJCr.AI itiks. ^ The law of .South Carolina, which was r( cussed in l*7~i, oivided the ditl'oreut coun- ? ies into precincts, and provided that all p lections should be held at the voting L>i recincts so established. It established b n the county of Abbeville seventeen vo* ii ing precincts, naming the Abbeville p ,'ourt House and iifiuen other places; *.< Iius, -although it was enacted that there ], should be seventeen voting precincts, the e uimes of sixteen only were given. The a ;anio mistake wore'niauo in the several itntutes in some other counties. In several other counties provision was ii ado for from two to four voting places n the county seat, usually called the 'Court llouse," as "Abbeville Court [louse,'' in the county of the same name; 1 nit in all these instances they were care- n ully specified sis Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. C Previous to the election the Commission- n ?rs of Election for this county having no \ nanner of power by law in tlio premises j II addition IU UiU NUUJI^ jUtXIIHt |ia?Mled in the statute at Abbeville Court "c House, ordorod another precinct to be csablished in the sumo town culled No. 2. I'll is action was protested against by the loniocratic member of the Hoard of (.'0111nissioners, wiio also took the opinion of rounscl and presented it to his associates, setting fourth such action to bo illegal and juauthori/.od; but the two republican "'ominissioners persisted and tho voting >laco was established; 40:} votes wore here cast for the republican electors, and < en for the democratic, olectovs, giving a majority of -i-I to the republicans. The 'committee are of the opinion that he voting place was illegal and unauhorized, and that 110 votes cast there should be received or counted. KVrDENC'K OK Kit AC I). The committee show that an attempt tvas made by tho Hoard ol State t'anvsussn-s to count the vote alleged to have been jiven at Kobin's prcdnct. The return 1 n'hicli was sent to the Secretary of State ' md produced by him among "the genu- t no precinct returns was signed by only I >ne of the managers and another person c aovor nppointed as manager and by a re- s lublican supervisor. This return gave s the republican ticket 1,317 votes and none 1 for the democratic ticket. Tho only man- ? iger signing it could not bo obtained as a -j witness, although many ell'orts were a made to procure his attendance. The 1 rote cast at Bobbins in 1*^74 was :}(!!!, and jlie supervisor at that election certiried J 'nat this was tlie full vote of both parties, j [f the ],317 votes ciaimed to have been v ;ast at tho Bobbins poll are added to tho 1 vote of tho county there will be about t <00 more votes oast than there were vo- J tors in tho county 111 1}>75. The coinmit- 1 lee are satisfied that 110 votes were cast as j ii laimed and that no second place was cv- ' ;r opened and that the wliole return was I' 1 fraud gotten up to insure tho election of j ( xmiity and State candidates 011 the part of 1 tuo republicans. j v KKOISTIJATIOX. , The committee say before South Oaro- ? li'ia claims, throng;: her representatives, j i > help make laws tor the people of her 1 ji-ster States or througii iier electors ioj . urticipatc in the election of a President il' the Republic, sli'j ought in ji^tice to je held to comply with the provisions of , icr own constitution to secure ii just and j lionest election. Kvcry consideration of public policy where the very existence of 1 t govern mem like ours must iicj>end on preserving the purity of fhohuilot, would require that any election held in wiilful .ioiatio'i of a constitutional provision undo only to .secure honest voting, should >e treated as void and of no ctl'eet. That :lio recent election in South Carolina was iclil in violation of the constitution is lear ; that it was so held that the pany in j I lower iiii^ht better retain its liohi 011 tiie loverninciu the conuuittee have no doubt, fjiat great frauds were committed there iy reason of such refusal to set up the jivat safeguard of registration the coninittee think it equally clear. Under these circumstances it is for the . louse of Representatives to consider j j vhilt effect is to be niveil to an election soi 1 leld. * ' t1ik pllkskxc'k of tltool's. The committee say tluit if troops were i ;ent to South Carolina, without any iegal >r justifiable cause, for political purposes inU to overawe a portion of the voters, ilearlv an eleclii n held under such cir:tiinstances should not ?tai;d for a moment. To uphold it would lie at war with | { ill sense of right and would shock every air mind. An election to be valid must ? ju free. The committee review the proceedings >f tiie State .Supreme Court in the habeas orpus and quo warranto cases. The later in favor of the democratic electors ! igaiust the republican electors, lias re-| icntly been dismissed. There was also; i petition for a mandamus at the relation: >f William Wallace, the Speaker of thej lemocratic i louse of Itepresentatives,' ? igainst the Secretory of State, to order lie delivery of the returns of votes for iovcrnor and Lieutenant-Governor to lim, as provided for by the constitution, ic claiming to be the Speaker of the only esral House and that the other House;? va; an illegal body, without authority as; j, i part of the General Assembly. The p Jourt decidcd that Wjdlaee was the j speaker of the only legal House, and * bat the other body was illegal, with noil luthority as a part of the General Aseinbly; in fact, usurpers. Before the! ervice of process, however, the votes had . V jcen delivered to the Speaker of the illegal bod}- claiming io be the House; that; louse had counted them, rejecting the; ^ otes from two counties entirely 011 ex j * iarte affidavits, and declared Chamber-} I ain elected, and 011 such declaration lie I vas inaugurated and kept in olHcc entire v bvthp aiithoritv and nower of United' fc. """?/ *""w " " " " " "v 1 States troops. The committee think that the employuentof soldiers tor the purpose of su'saining a usurping Legislature and Ex- i eutive against (he judgment of the high- { stcourt of the State one of the gravest J rimes which ean be committed under air (overinuent lfke ours, and that it cannot j * ie condemned in terms sullieiently trong. INI IMIOATIOX. TJio committee have no doubt, from he evidence, that a much larger number if blacks were kept from voting the dem- j icratic ticket by the threats, violence and , ntimidation of people of their own race ban were prevented from voting the re(ubliean ticket by a resort to like measiroson the part oi" the whiles. Many eases >f threats and actual violence were proven is coming from colored people to deter neii of their own race from voting with In; democrats. Women utterly refused o have any intercourse with men of their nvn race who voted against the republi- aus. One instance was proven of the itial desertion of a wife, with her eliil[n it, lieeauso her husband made camlaign speeches for the democrats, The nlor- tl people east a larger vote than ever icl'orc for tiie republicans, and a larger iroportion i?f the voters actually voted lu n in any other State. The increase of otcs w.u-i ii i more where the democrats) oiitrolled than in those places where the epfiblicans wen* largely in the majority, j iulli parlies east \ oles in every voting . ilaee, and there was no precinct where I 1ere not some rolm ed republican voles, j 'lie evidence iioi <>nly shows that 'there' las no considerable intimidation or vio- j P ence, either bcloiv ??r :it the election, but j I is in direct conlliet Willi most or the tesimony of the colored people who were ailed to testify as t<> the same places. The com millet; feel hound to say that lie comldet ami hearing of I lie oHiccrs ml soldiers ol'I lie United States army icre prudent and wise, and althoughi lieir presence was made available to! '' vcrawe the colored voters and prevent!" Iiciii from voting against the republicans! et as a general thing neither olhcer.s nor ' BMnawnMMniMMMMriMfei! on did anything to give encouragement such belief. The present Stato government, like Its odecessors, has no power to protect tho jople and is so utterly weak that nothing ;it tho moral ]>ower of tho support of ic general government.keeps it in existico a single day. Tafco this wrongful ipport from ChamtierlainV unlawful jvernnient and it will quickly vanish Kodew bo lore tno sun and no longer Kturb the peace of an oppressed and nig suffering people, Mn, Hkwitt's Impulsions?A " II AltOE 1114 wll.fc PltKKER AOAINST [it. iloAU.?Says the Washington eor;.spondeut of the New York World: "Among the speeches which will ho lade in the House will he one from Mr. ewitt, who will speak as a member of a ic committee engaged in drafting the unpromisc bill, and will charge that the opuhlicati members of the committee, :id Mr. lloar in particular, gave it as icir opinion and expectation that the jmmission would go behind the reirns, Mr. Ilcwitt will claim that Mr. Foar promised that his personal intluncc should be used in this direction. hould Mr. Hoar deny the bad faith as I liarged upon him, it'is understood that J Ir. IIunion and Mr. Springer both stand f ;:xly to corroborate Mr. Hewitt's sta'elent, and it is not im]>robahlo that Mr. ' 'ayne will support them. In the callus which proceoded the passage of the ill Mr. Payne gave it as his understandlg of the position assumed by the Reublican members of the committee of " even that the commission would go beind the returns, and this fact is consid- , red as another proof of the substantial ecu racy of Mr. Hewitt's impressions. ?<>. Wonderful Succcss. It is reported that Boschee's (?'ernan Syrup has since its introduction 11 the United States, reached the imnense sale of 40,000 dozen per year. )ver l\000 Druggist have ordered this nedioine direct from the Factory, at Voodburv, X. J., and not one has retorted n single failure, but every letter peaks of its astonishing success in uring severe Coughs, Colds settled on he Breast, Consumption, or any disase of the Throat and Lungs. We dvise any person that has any predisloaition to weak Lungs, to go to their )ruggists, W. T. Penney, arid get this Jedicine, or inquire about it. Ilegu- i ar size, 7") cents; Sample bottle 10 { cuts. Two doses will cure any nse. Don't neglect your Doctor W. l\ Penney. . 3m. Do Tin-: figures, "77" stand after our name on the paper? If not see o it at once. Don't let the Post Mas* er know that you are behind with he printer. tf ro The Working Class. [31are now prepared 10 mriiimi an ciassvs VM with constant employment at home, lie whole of the time, or for their spare moiicnts. llusiness new, light and profitable. Vrsons of either sex easily earn from 50 fnts to w per evening, and a proportional uiii by devoting their whole time to the buiness. lioys and girls earn nearly as imch as men. That all who see this lotiee may send their address, and tost he business we make this unparalleled otter: 'o such as are not well satisfied we will send tic dollar to pay the trouble of writing. Full 1 lartieulars,samples worth several dollars to ominencc work on, and a copy of Home and 'ireside, one of the largest and best lllustraed Publications, all sent free by mail, leader, if you want permanent, profitable rorlf, address, (j KORU K sTIN.SU>' Jc CO., 'ortiaiid, Maine. , [" ft QQ Can't be made by every Agent every Dv/v/v7 month in the bustues we furnish, iut those willing to work eau easily earn a k>/.on dollars a day right in their own loeall- ' ies. Have no'room to explain here. Itusi-less pleasant and honorable. Women, anrt >oys and girls do as well as men. We will nri'lsh you a eomtdete Outfit free, the business pays better than anything else. We rill hoar expense of starting you. Partlcu- 1 :irs free. Write and see. Farmers and me'lianies, their sons and daughters, and all lassos In need of paying work at home, houhl write to us and learn all about the rork at once. Now is the time. Pois't de iy. Address TRUI5 it CO., Augusta, Maine* Bedsteads. and complete lot low price|: I JiED.STEADri. The Best Five )ollar Ucilsfead sold in the State. J. D. CAALMERS & CO. Oct. 2r,t 187(3, tf THE FLORENCE HEATER." THE ONLY SAFE.- ^gT^ODOELESS, AND DUEABLE, 01L STOVE, For oil who want PUKE, MOIST, WARM AIR In lallt, Sed-raost, Qfflcss, Shops, CossamtorieMte: r*r Can be nsed anywhere, without connection !1 vlth chimney-flues, aa It generates no smoko or loxious gases. ( THE FLORENCE COOK. Meats, Bread.eto. Jookedby, j^^mwthis Stove ire better flavored md mora ^ ^igestiblo ] than if Cooked jy Wood aS^?j?fllpm or Coal. rheonlyOIL STOVE Receiving the Centennial Medal. State and Local Agents wanted. His tee Sewing Mm,, Tho most slmplo and efficient Family Machine* ver mado. Special prices to purcha*erii living rhere we have no agencies, ana to clubs. Great adnceiQcnte to those buying to sell again. Hen*I or Circulars. ] HjLSTJTACTCRBD BT THS . ^TADTTWriTl OTlTT7TVn If 1 nlJTWTl flfl l/UU-Iill OU OU W ill u iHiiVJ.LLUl.LJ VJU.J Florence, Mass. [t mo ALSO JOIX TEZ BE3S 8IATZ3127 THS U.'.ZZTZ I PRINCIPAL AGENCIES: , JHIOAGO, 60 Lake fit. I IEW TOEK, 39 Union Square. tOSTON, 476 Washington St. 'HILADBLPHIA, 1123 Chestnut SL Canniniliani & Templetoii j1 SAVE ON HAND A FULL STOCK! of Groceries, Jorn, Bacon, Lard, Ham, Su-j gar, Coffee, Rice, Molas- j ses and Flour. i Prices Low as the Lowest. Feb. 7, 1S77. D. M. Feny's Celebrated Flower and Men Seed PARKER & PERRIN'S. |] Feb. 14, 1S77. ff. Griefs Farmer's Almanac, For 1877. For Sale at PARKER & PERRIN'S. THE LADIES ! ^Y7 Il'fi fln<1 greater bargains ini Millrnery, Dross floods, Cloaks,; lanni'ls and all kinds oMiuavy goods,! t revious to sprinjr purchases, at the j EMPORIUM OF FASHION. ] Jan 31, 1S77. tf. [J Black Alpacas. ? ANOTHF.lt lot of our superior mini oU, 70 uuii So, just received at "1 iu i J KMI'OIM I'M OF FAS A ION. a Jan. 17, IS77. 1 / / /' .11*. II Establish mwrnnammmmm DART & B (A. A. ; 33uild< LightCa NEW HAY < n/H* ?M ANUFACTURK work expressly roin long experience are thorn nents of the country. The work itsel >wn reeonimcndation, and rentiers a d< We also manufacture the CELEBRj DEXTER is exhibited at the Centeniar, where it 3R. The best,, easier and most durab For circulars, &e-., apply aa aJjoveOct. 1, 1s7(^ Ghj DpTH D7 DEN1 ABBEVI OFFICE OVER T] Sept.23', 1875,-tf THE PEOPLE'S STORE, At No. 1 Granite Ranger Abbeville C. H., S. C, a j^n Invitation to .Ail. COME and examine my Stock, (1 will make it to your interest,; consisting in part of Alpacas, Calicoes, Bleached, ttnbleached and Clie<fcec Homespuns, G]<5:14e. per yard, Woolen Jeans, 12l(2/>0e. per yard. SHOES, HOOTS, HATS, 11EAI)Y-MA DE CLOTH I NO, BACON, FLOUR, SUCMR, COFFEE, AND RICE These goods were bought at tlie lowest figures, and I will sell tlieni elieaj far CASH. ( 1 also buv and nhip cotton. E. A. MARS. Noa. 27,187G, 3ni COWNGHAM7 AMD TT&ADI CTfiM itmrLUUH \TtE Constantly Adding to Theii Already Varied Stork of General 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. 'SI, 1S7IJ, tf CARPENTRY. The undersigned berebv gives notiov! Ji.it lie is prepared to do all kinds of Carpenter's Work and Building. ITenlso repairs Cotton Gins, Thrashers him runs. j\ iun supply 01 vtih .uuiuiuii il ways on h:iml. Farmers are requested ,o bring their (Jins up oarlv in the season ;o allow time to have them properly prewired. Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton (Jin, he 15rooks Cotton Press, and all kinds ol [lubber and Leather Pelting. D. B. SMITH, Abbeville C. Jl? S. C. DON INGHAM AND TEMPLETON HAVE RECEIVED AND OPENed their lurge block of all kinds )f goods. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Caps, Hats, EX n t?/l rrrn va ixajL u?aiv/j Crockery, Saddlery, &c. L'AT.L AND SEE FOK YOUR SELVES. Oct. R, 1S7G 20-tf ALST0N_H0tTSE. 1877. Plio Misses <Jater. KXJ'IiKSS thanks lor past patronage and solicit a continuance of lie same for the present year. Roth Regular and Transient Roardtrs will he accommodated. Jan. 1S77. DOZKX CANE and CAXK9 RACKROCKIXC CHAIRS t j. i). cijalmi:r8& co. Oct. 2"?, iiiTfi, tf I ed 1856. I REYNOLDS, I DART.) 4 % I 3TS Of 8 ~ I images EN, CONN. 5 fortheSOUTHERN MARKET, an ughly conversant with the rcquiref used in every Sou'hern State is its jtailed description unnecessary. , \TEL> WAGON, tooTc the GRAND MEDAL- of HON' Le vehicle iu existence, WILSON, riST, LIiE, S. O. 5E POST OFFICE , CONGAREE IS WORE '| Columbia, 8. O. I YATT1T I T ni; ft 1711HT1 JIM ILiMllilf, PROPRIETOR. MAJirFACTDRER OK STEAM : ENGINES AND BOILERS, Iron and Brass Castings ? of all descriptions mado to Order. O I WAS awarded the first premium easting at the State Agricultural and Mechanical Socicty Fairs, held in Columbia, November, LSI I, '72 and 73. Circular Saw Mills of all sizes. 1 Also took the FIRST PREMIUM at Statu Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '73 Manufacturer of GRIST MILL IRONS of nil sizes.) IT" o i* Sa 1 ?. (Jin Gearing of the following sizos : 9 feet wheel anil pinion $30 00 10 44 " 44 32 UO 11 41 44 44 3H 00 12 44 '* *4 .. 45 00 14 *" 44 44 50 00 With Bolts $?J.;>0 Extra for each set. Anti-frietion plates and Balls for Cotton P-oss $10.00 and ?12.00 por set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville, S. C. Dee. 10, 1875,35-tf 1 M. GOLDSMITH. ^ r, VIKD, ? _ Goldsmith & Kind, Founders And Machinists (PHCKNIX IRON WORKS), COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of Steam Engines of all sizes: Horse powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills, j Flour Mills, Ornamental House and Store -j Fronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Implements, etc. Brass and Iron Casting* of all kinds tnatle to order on short notico, and on tho most reasonable terms. Also, . manufacturers of Cotton Presses. * Notice. ANNUAL RETURNS. ALL Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Tfustees, who are required by law to make annual returns of the receipts and expenditures . of their respective estates, will do so at i once, or be subjected to a rule. J. FULLER LYON, A Judge of Probate Court, A. C. "Tan. 10, 1877. Clearing out Sale. I WILL sell without reserve, the entire contents of n)y two Hot Houses, consisting of over THREE THOUSAND PLANTS, many of which are rare ami valuable. Balance on hand first of April, will be closed out at auction, of which notice will bo given. J. F. C. DuPEE. 1-YI>. 7, 1877. tf. NOTICE. o? ALL persons having claims against the estate of JAMES C. \V1L- ^ LAltL), deceased, will present them duly proved to the undersigned. And persons iudebted to. said estate will make payment without delay to Til OS. THOMSON, Administrator. Abbeville C. H., 1.1th Nov. 1S70. Nov. 12 1S7G. Mattrasses. ANEW ami Splendid lot CURLED HAIR MATTRASSES. J. I). CHALMERS & CO. Oct. 2"), lS7ii, tf