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ca^??i??? aawiKi ?i mh? The Press and Banner. 4.BBEVILL1', St. O. ' \ BY HUGH WILSON. \ TijfrMs?Twe Dollars :i voar, in advmuT [ | $r Two Dollars ami Fifty Cunts, if payment is delayed. Anvkktiskmkxts will he Inserted at ] the rate of One Dollar per inch for the lirst insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Greatly redueed rates will he piven to i those who advertise by the quarter or by the year. <? Ail obituary notices, tributes of respect, ami other matter of a personal or private ; nature will be charged for at the usual advertising rates. Nothing which may be written in malign shall uDtuiiir in these columns at any , priec. Our Job Department i?? well supplied with material for Job Work, and our assortment of new job type is as good us can be found in any i country otttee. The Proprietor is & practical printer and will give bis personal attention to this class of work. Our work compares favorably with tho same class of work executed anywhere, and js always put at the lowest living rates,Wednesday, March 21, 1877. i i i New Election in South Caroling and Louisiana* 1 A parly of Republicans' under the , lead of Senator "Jlojjest" John Pat- I terson, are attempting to induce the ; President and his Cabinet to favor a , new election for State otticers and < members of the legislature in tlie States of Louisiana and South Caro- , ilia. Tliis proposition however, i seems to find very little favor in Wash- 1 iugton with the Republicans and none at all with the Democrats. The J Southern carpet-bag Republicans talk blatantly about the fairness of the 1 plan and all such buncomb as is usually indulged iu by the defeated dissatisfied party. The Democrats would be great fools to consent to any such plan for several reasons. To hold a new election iu the Spring would disorganize the labor of the country, and the result, as far as the material condition of the country would be, that we would make half a crop, and business of every kind would be paralyzed. The Democrats have nothing to gain but everything to lose by a new eleci.iMI/i fl.o PaiMiKlinonc fhrAiiffh HUM, nwigc UIO *fct^uw??v??nu, ??.. --O" fraud or by treachery, might gain something ou us. We have had arbitration enough for once. Let us hold to what we'w?got. McGowsu for Chief Justice, The Spartaiiburq IIerahl has a proper appreciation of our distinguished townsman and nominates him for the high office of Chief Justice, to All the place made vacant by the death of the late Chief Justice Moses. Gen. McGowan would honor any office within the gift of the Legislature and will be sure to secure the aupporfc of many , A?w,Auf o^t?A/?ufna Wo fiiliir prwlnrst* rui licil (IV * * 'VUH r7? ?? V .M..J ? the Herald's article and reproduce it below : McGowas for Chief Ji'stice.?The death of the late Chief Justice Moses will devolve upon the Legislature the duty of electing some ono to till the vacancy. With all due respect to other gentfemeu who may be mentioned lor this high office, we "respectfully suggest the name of Gen. Samuel McGowan, of Abbeville, whoso profound le^al acquirements are well known to all intelligent t i.izens of the State. We need for this office one who is at the same time a learned iurist, a man of unspotted integrity, and a thorough Carolina gentleman. In none of these respevts has Clen, Mcliowan a superior in the State." Bully for Georgia! Newspaperdoni in lower Georgia, says Aiken, in the Char lent on News and Courier, has recently had muchj to say upon the question of the exodus i of the nejrro. Many think, if he were] to leave the State entirely, "the white people would go to work." Well, if ' that is the ouly means of indueiug j white men to work across the Savan- J nah, there will be many an idler-in J the old Empire State for, lo! these c many years. , I Others contend the negroe's are j gradually vanishing; while some t think the race is booked for a good j long eojourn upon the farms of the 4 State. Several correspondents have agreed "there is no mondey inlthe ne- | gro;" to which a Mr. Smith, (quite a i well-known name iu Georgia) whom J the McDulfle Journal vouches for as a j most intelligent and successful "far- t mer," (an altogether unnecessary en- ' dorsement if we are to credit his asser- t tions) replies in a communication, < from which we take the following ex- j tract: < I sav we can be an independent people ] Cnittf ?mi)lovm(>nt. The race is I' here among us, and if we would we can- ' not get ri? of them. They will not die out as our Northern friends and some of our own people thiuk. I believe that the next census will show an increase. Then tho only alternative left the land-owner is to give them full employment, and then ; tliev will steal less, be more law-abiding I and better citizens. Let me give you the result of my crop mado by Cuttle*. I'll give each farm sep- ' arate, beginning with tho one horse 1 furms: j Wes' made 20 bales cotton; DeLafayotto made 19 bales; Virgil, 19 bales; Jim, ; 14 bales; Henrv, 124 bales; Sehron 12 ' bales; Sam 11} hales; Granville, 11 bales; ' Henry 10 hales; Tom, 7 bales; Jerry 12J ' bales'; Andrew, 12$. Two-horse farms?Daniel made 22i bales and Nace 24. My own crop and Boms patclif** made 20 bales,-making :2V5 bales, an average of nearly 14 bales to the plough, having run 17 ploughs. I made about 1,000 bushels ' corn .nd 25,000 bundles oats. 1 Your readers may ask if it is profitable 1 to raise so much cotton. It is to me, and as one of the tenents has come up and re- | . reived &>0 while I ain writing this article I have concludod to refer to my hook and see how much cash they have received. 1 I tind nearly $2,000 in ca*h, l>esides $700 1 worth of mules. The balance of the half ] of their crop has gone to support them ' and pay their share of the expenses ofi1 the farm. You can see from this that i there is Home money even to them. Ii1 think this is a little light in the direction 1 of independence. i do noi llllcim iuw year u> niniunif.xi cotton planting, or to discourage the pro- 1 tluetioa of cereals, for I intend to in- j ereasc my oereal crop tliis year, and ?lve j ( it ruore attention; and with better prepa-1' lion and more cotton seed, I expect a larger yield and a more favorable report j1 roin uiy nextfrop. J When ami IIow to Eat Fur it.?The!' Medical Journal says: When frnit dors 1 harm it is because it is eaten at improper j times, in improper quantities, or before' it is ripened and lit for the human stom-1 neh: A distinguished physician ha* said j that if his patients would make a prae- j tice of eating ji couple of % >od oranges before break last, from I'Vbruarv to June, | his practice would be gone. The prin-Ji i'ijjal evil is that we do not eat enough of, i fruit ; that we injure its finer qualities'< with aftgar; that we drown them in1' cream. We need the medical action of i the pure fruit acids in our system and their cooling, corrective influence. T---II -.nil - wm*MakmmmMm&SOk I Attempt to Burn Cnmdcn. Policeman (Jiuduer in the town of Camden on Saturday night, stys the Journal, while standing at liaum's corner, saw a match strike in the rear >f Mr. D. R. Kennedy's store, on the west side of Broad street, Tn a few moments a blaze appeared but it was promptly extinguished by Mr. Gardner, who deserves credit for his watchfulness. A lot of old papers had been placed under Mr. Kennedy's store and then fired. In a short time, except for the watchful eye of the policeman, the whole building would have been in flames. Certain parties are suspected of having committed the outrage, and the town council are endeavoring to ferret out the perpetrator of this attempt to burn the town. If 3uch an attempt had been made in Abbeville, does anybody suppose that Anybody would have been awake to put out the Are? The Difference. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian in speaking of the late fire in Newberry which destroyed the hotel and so many stores, carrying distress to so many unfortunate people, makes use of the following kind words: "It seems like a great calamity, Such a (Ire is a calamity at anv time, but just now, when it seems so difficult to live in these Southern States, to be burned out of liouse and home is a peculiarly sore trial. Several of the sufferers In Newberry ivere our special friends. To them and to ill who suffered from the tire, we would jxtend our cordial sympathy." Iu 1870 when our-hotel, the Court House, and a considerable number of stores were burnt, and women and litlle children were sent barefooted into the streets on the coldest night of the winter, the remarks of the Presbyt> rian, it Meatus to us, were somewhat JilFerent. The Presbyterian had friends in Abbeville equally as coidi(il and earnest as any now in Newberry. The Charleston News and Courier thinks that we ought to have a Secretary of Agriculture in the President's Cabinet. Three years ago the Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken advanced, through the columun of the Jtural Carolinian onH Kofnra tKa flro ri nrou nf hft AAlin. try, the creation of this department. Latterly the National Grange and several State Granges have taken action favorably upon the same subject, and we trust their voice will be one of pdtency and influence with the Congress of the United States. Now that Col. Aiken is a member of Congress he may be able to get the question squarely before C'ougress, Expenses tbat May be Saved, The expenses of ginning, baling, forwarding aud selling cotton, and the expenses of the manufactured goods when returned South, and an estimate of the enhabced value of the cotton when converted into yarns by the machinery of which the Clement attachment is an important part, is thus described by Col. F. E. Harrison, of Anderson County: Take a bale of cotton on a farm near Anderson, and see the expenses, <fec., in ponding it by way of Charleston to Boston, Mass. Hauling to Anderson, sampling, weighing, deduction of two to four [x>uuds from weight, profit of purchaser, freight and insurance to Charleston, dray igo to cotton shed, storage, insurance, leep sampling, commissions for selling, jjeneral average account, brokerage for buying, deep boring, second weighing, repairs, dray age to compress, compressing, drayage to steamer or depot, freight md insurance to Boston. To these add waste, drayage and stealage, all the expenses, speculations and peculations of Lhe guerillas of the South, and the great jotton rings of the North, and also the expenses In our seaport towns, (where it is recompressed to be shipped to Europe,) :he expenses and profits of the shipment, ind tue expenses after its arrival there until it is sold to the manufacturer, who buys only the net cotton, (not the bagging and ties,) at his own price, for "Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Ac., take the surplus crop of the world, fix and control he prioe tnot only there, but in every,cot x?n mart. Europe, China and India pay gold for >?tton and fabrics shipped from Fall Riv?r, Massachusetts, and other places. The Planter gets receipts from his merchant or a year's supply of provisions, farm x>ols, <fccM and is fortunate if the recipt is n full to date; the negro, for his share jver and above his scant food and clothes, jets jewsharps and ginger cakes. Who <cts the difference in exchange between lie nations, the margin of 14 per cent, beiironn 1*111 r\ onrl nof ii\nol hon L' n/ttAQ Tf , ?? VVU KUIU (UIU uctun. ttwwo t A. 'J probably is one of the perquisites of 'middlemen," exceptin sm-h instances as 'Fall River Manufacturing Company." Now, if to all these you add the expends, profits, <fec., of the manufactured ;oo<ls returned South, you will have some ilea of what ''middlemen" receive, and rt'hat the "new drocess" will save to our impoverished but still beloved Southland. For instance, take eight of the above wenty-fivo enumerated items of expense m cotton in transitu from the field to New England, viz.: Ginning $4; bagging ind ties J2.50; freight to Charleston <$2; jommissions 91.25; brokerage 75c.; storige f>Oc.; compressing 75c.; freight to Boston $0.25; total $18 per bale, which on 1,4000 bales amount to $75,000,000. The item of seed is worth $5 j>er bale as a fertilizer, equal to $22,000,000, and docorticat d more than double its value. There can be no com petition awav from ;he cotton field, for seed cotton will not ix>ar transportation, and none other can be used. The crop of 1875 is estimated at 4,400, jvo uaies, 01 wnicn me oouin consumes iliout 200,000, the balance was shipped North and to Europe, tho average price rt'aa probably about ten cents per pound jr $o0 per bale. The enhanced value of jrudo cotton, when converted into yarn, is estimated at from 100 to 125 per cent.; into shirting and sheeting, 200 per cent.; into prints, still more, and into flno muslins, 300 to 400 per cent. Theso are gross profits, but if the South made her machinery, furnished hor operatives and fed Lhem, thev would be net to her. Dropped into Eternity. Aikkn, S. C., March ft). On November 2,187K, two quiet Germans, Haussman and Portmann, living Pour miles from this place, were murdered, their house robbed, set on fire and burned to ashes, with the bodies. Suspicion attached to five negroes?Nelson Brown, Lucius Thomas, Adam Johnston, John Henry Denis and Stephen Anderson, who were arrested. Proofs were accumulated that thoy were the right parties, and they finally made confession. They also confessed to burning the Baptist ' Church at Aiken and murdering a white man named Levin, and other crimes. On January 5 they were tried by iijury composed of twelve negroes, convicted and by the Court, sentenced to be hung on the 16th of March. Yesterday Governor Hampton respited Anderson for thirty days. Thjs morning the execution of the four?Nelson Brown, Lucius Thomas, Adam Johnston and John Henrv Denis took place in the presence of u\>out f>,000 people. The Sheriff had a poxae of 100 armed men guarding the pallows. The prisoners were attended by preachers of their own color. All the criminal* addressed the crowd, confessing the murder and each confessed his share in Ihe crime. The drop fell at 121 o'clock, and tho murderers expired al-j most witnout a struggle. me crowci; then disj>erBecL Perfect order prevailed.! ?Columbia IUgi*Ur? Every man likes honesty in one way or another. This man likes to see it in an-! other enjoying the sight of it as that of a j coatlv luxury ivhich he cannot afford to indulge in; while that man. wiser and truer, having lost all else, hugs it as his priceless fortune, and gloats over it as [lis secret and pu ifieing treasure. ..rt.'i iMiiiii- 'iii u"r riiiiTiiifi ii>? i am ir rr Kellogg to the Rear. THE ULTBAS DEFEATED ON THE LOUISIANA QUESTION. The President only Waiting for the ? Senate to Itetire?Patterson'* Laat ? Effort to Make Good his Five - C Os I - U..KAv4?An I<nn. 11 I t'arf) Ul ItiUUpJ I9VM vvu- I i fronts linn?The Wheeler Mission . not Favored by Mr. Hayes?Ntmi- . nations, Confirmations, Ottice-seebing, Arc. ^ [By Telegraph to the News nn<J Courier,] tl Washington, March 14.?At length ^ the bittor contest over the Louisiana Wen- 1( atorship has been virtually concluded, ? and by common consent the seating of A Kellogg goes over to thejnext session. An g extra session of Congress will not be con- 0 vened before about the tlrst of June, if at * all. d In the Senate Messrs. Anthony and ti White were appointed a committee to c wait on the President and inform him F that, unless he might have some further e communication to make, the Senate was ti ready to adjourn without day. They re- a turned aud reported that the Senate, in '? extra Bession, would not be required 0 longer than Saturday, or possibly Tues- 0 day. The Senate then adjourned to 12 to- 8 morrow. v Simon Cameron has formally vacated v his seat in the Senate. It is supposed tliat t liamblin will succeed him as chairman h of the committee on foreign affairs. a The Cabinet meeting did not commence Jj until hall-past 9 o'clock. The postpone- f ment is said to be attributable to the ab- 8 sence of Evarta, who had a heavy retain- a or in the Vanderbilt case. The Presl- a dent's Southern policy, so far, has not yet " ripened into any plan. a Intense interest attaches to the meeting, 8 but It is mostly artificial. Some twenty 4 legitimate newspaper men were on the v qui vive, but none of them have obtained c anything important. jN otiiing uennue was roacneu. iues?r?. Schurz and Evarts had not prepared ? their tests for the civil service, and the ? question of an extra session was postponed for future consideration. The purpose of the President appears to be to postpone any definite action as to Louisiana and South Carolina until after the adjournment of the Senate, which will take place on Monday at the latest. The President does not now favor the Wheeler commission programme, nor is he committed to the new election plan. Ex-(iovernor Pinchbaek, of Louisiana, had a long interview with the President. Pinchback is quoted as saying that Justice to the whites and mercv to the blacks forbade any support of Packard's government. President Hayes replied: "I think I soo my way clear to secure harmony and peace among the people of your State.'' Senator Patterson has submitted to the President an elaborate pian for a new election, which he (Patterson) favors. The pressure in favor of the new election plan is becoming earnest from the more Radical Republicans. It may be said that Hayes is not committed to it. He and his advisers are reported as not seeing how it can be done without Federal interference more in discord with the spirit of the inaugural than the use of bavoncta. Ex-Senator Robertson, of South Carolina, accompanied by ex-Congressman Wallace calle^ on the president to-day, protesting against Senator Patterson's projkosition lor a new election, on the ground that the substantial and industrial interests of South Carolina would be materially damaged by such election. It was further stated to the Presdcnt, that none of the Republican members of Gongress from that State had been con- [ suited on the subject, and therefore it was , in the nature of an independent proposi tion on the part of Senator Patterson, utimnlntfwl rmrliunu hv Mr. (!hnnihf?r ? ^ lain. Mr. Robertson stated that the solu- ^ tion of the South Crrolina complications t could be accomplished bv more simple j means, namely; the withdrawal of the troops from tho State Capital, when the , people themselves would actyust the diffi- J culty. The President received Messrs. Robertson and Wallace courteously, and j said that as natives of the State they y would at all times be welcome, * _ Judge Advocate General U. M. Dunne v writes to Gen. Sherman that supplies for t the army, under a foroed constructic l of t the statutes, cannot be purchased in advance of appropriations. Under certain . exceptional circumstances, officers may ( borrow money to pay off the men. The ^ opinion is positive that the proper main- ( tenance of the army requires an appro- . priation by the end of J une, and conse- | quently involves an extra session of Con- r gress. f The Cabinet did not discuss Southern . affairs to-night. The civil service and ar ; extra session of Congress have occupied , their attention. There was a full Cabi- c net. and the meeting lasted until mid- 8 night. The detail* are inaccessible. J Among the visitors at the White House, 1 to-day, were Senators Bock, Gordan, 1 Burnside and Jones, five colored men " from Virginia, and thirteen colored pro- 1 feasors and instructors from a Maryland seminary, * r Two Baltimore delegations, one headed 11 by the ex-postmastor-general, favor As- f kew for the Baltimore postmantership, v which the President has decided to givo 8 to Gen. Tylor. * J Nine colored men from North Carolina 1 ask for the appointment of Col. B. I). Mc- ? Lindsay as commissioner of agriculture. ~ Tliejr petition closes: "For God's sake J and the peoplo's sake let it bo recorded in 1 the history of the government that one v request was granieu." The commissioner of internal revenue \ has issued a circular to collector in tiie J South, to the effect that the ordinary mean* of collecting revenue in portion* j of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee having failed, ho wishes the collectors to avoid the use of the military as far as f possible, and he therefore assigns throe ' deputies for each collection district, these t deputies being specially designed to sup- t the illicit manufacture of spirits and to- t bavco. s It is reported that Schurz has tendered cl the position of assistant secretary of the ti interior to ex-Senator Henderson, of t Missouri. This is the Henderson dis- t missed as assistant counsel againet Bab- ^ cock for reilections on President Grant. d Attorney-General Devens accorded the 1; Louisiana Republican's a prolonged in- t terview. They seem well satisfied with n the result. t The new postmaster-general is so over- " wneimnoa wnn tetters 01 au sorts mat it t is useless to attempt to reply to any of ii them at present. tl Capt. F. W. Dawson, of tho Neivs avd t Courier, of Charleston, S. C., is at Wil- 11 lard's. Archibald M. Hughes has been nomi- p nated,.attorney of the Middle District of p Now York. * ? ? 4^ THE IlINUOF THE TttUE METAL What Governor Hampton has to Say (J About a New Flection. ^ Columbia, March 14.?T called on fiov- t crnor Hauipton to-niprht, in common t with other momberH of the press, to ob- f tain hw sentiments in regard to tlie pro- s posed new election. He responded to s iny inquiry with the emphatic statement, t that he would not under any imaginable, 1 circumstances, consent to a new (election n or anything in the nature of a com pro- a mise. He had been elected, he said, by rJ the voice of the people, and as the stand- t ard-bearer of the people ho was detor- e mined to maintain their cause, and hold t on to tho last, regardless of consequon- L cos. e The Governor added, that if Mr. Hayes would consent to a new Guliernational election, but under no other possible circumstances would he do so.?New* and ijuwnvr* t i Thk Procrastinating Poi.icy of r thk President.?New York, March 15. ( ?The Herald, in its leading editorial of t to-day, headed uWhv Docs the President i HesiUtle?^', says: f'From the moment . the President makes an Explicit declara- * tion of his puipose to recognize Governor Nicholls and Governor Hampton, the op- J posing factions will see that further re- 1 sistance is vain, and will quietly disband ? and disperse within six days, and from 8 the time there will be no protenso of j ! more than one State government in Loni- J sianu or South Carolina. Doliiv only 2 feeds false hopes in the rickety organiza- ] tions which cannot stand alone." t ' c '\ An old writer savs:?Read not books alone, but men, amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything question- ? able tliero use the commentary of a se- * vcro friend rather than the 'gloss of a ^ sweet-lipped fWterer. There is more 1 profit in a distasteful truth than deceitful * sweetness." 5 Beautiful Thoughts. ?nnday iu the V&lljey, - J5 J? Tt wn<4 a beautiful, bright morning, and 11 nature proclaimed that it was the Sabath?the clay of peace and rest and worhip. A holj- stillness brooddd in the air, nd enveloped thffmonnUwns and tlieval?y. The hum- of ^toil?tne lowing of ords?the warbling of birds?all werfc i ushed. Not a sound, or an eeho, broke ; pon the heavenly repose. The breeze j wept stealthily through the air, and rusled not a leaf, and snook not a flower. : 'he babbling brook and impotuous river 1 ;ttored their chafing currents. The cas- I ade and tnc cataract mumea tne roaming loods that madly leaped down their rug- i cd walls. Not a cloud flocked the azure 1 f the heavens. The sun shone with a I oft, rosy light The sky was darkly, | eeply, beautifully blue. Iho very moun- ] ains, in their grand loneliness, seemed to | atch the inspiration of the scene, and liouslv lift their frowning summits highr and nearer to heaven. All the crea- 1 res of God?man and beast, mountain 1 nd glen, earth and air?blended Into one 1 aajestic worship their voiceless tributes 1 f homage and praise. The very air glow- ' d with devotion. As I stood, the solitary peqtator of these silent worshippers, I ^as recalled from my wanderings and my ^orldliness by a summons mightier than he warnings of the pulpit, and my mind nd my heart were filled with reverence nd awe, and adoration and love. Here, ii the quietude of this secluded andpeaceul valley, amongst these towering peaks nd dark glens, I realized with a vivid nd startling consciousness the presenco, nd the might, and the majesty of God. ^mples and churches, rituals and creeds nd choirs?all the solemn services of the tuictuary?seemed but the pious minis * xl. 1 ry ui vnai umjcnuu auu uuuui nwinuip rnich nature's works igutely render to lature's God. Not he who jjpvcs tho most to the hurch, or subscribes loudly in pauses of harity, whose name is praised for his belevolent gilts not he always possesses in ts serene beauty that pearl of great price, inselfiahness. Seefthat lonely woman in wonder tenement house, watching over a lick neighbor in the silence of tho night, rhen the world is asleep and unconscious if the waves of sorrow rolling over it? xpocting no return, for her neighbor is as K?or as herself. She will receive the" revard at last, when perhaps the giver of housands will be classed among tho selish ones of earth. I suppose a mother's ove for her babe approaches the nearest o our idea, of unselfish human affection. iVhat sacrifice will she not make for her ;hild, the little helpless being that can five her no return ? When pain enwraps ts little frame, how strong she is to carry lie poor suffering one, nushing in her lever-wearying way tho pitiful cry of listress; not thinking of self; that bought comes when care and watching ivail no more, and she sees her darling ying in its cofhn, tho baby soul gone Tome to God, to a deeper, sweeter love sven than a mother's. Begin the education of tho heart, not vith the cultivation of noble propensi:ics, but with the cutting away of those ;hut are evil. When once the noxious lerbs are withered and rooted out, then he more noble plants, strong in tlieinlelves, will shoot upwards, The virtues ike the body, become strong and healhy more by labour than nourishment,? lighter. 1 I ^ I The White House Whitewash, A correspondent wishes the receipt jiven some years since for the whitewash isi*d on the east end of tho White House. ?\?r her benefit and the benefit of others, t is repeated. Take one-half bushel of lice uuslacked lime, slack it with boiling vater; cover it during tho process to ceep in the steam. Strain the liquor hrough a tine sieve or strainer, and add 0 it a peck of salt, previously well disolved in warm water; threo pounds of ground rice, boiled to a thin paste; onelalf pound of powdered Spanish wldttng, ind one pound of clean glue, which has )een previously dissolved by soaking it veil,'and then hang it over a slow firo in 1 small kettle within a larger one tilled vith watejr. Add live gallons of hot Waerto the mixture, stir it well, and let If tand a few days covered from dust. It\ t tumid be put on hot, and for this purpose | t can be kept in a kettle on a portable | urnace. It is said that about a pint ofi his mixture will cover a square yard up>n the ontsides of a house, if properly ap-1 jlied. Fine or coarse brushes may be lsed, according to the neatness of the job equired. It answers a? well as oil paint or wood, brick, or stone, and is cheaper. '.t retains its brilliancy for many years, ["here is nothing of the kind that will rompare with it, either for inside or outide walls. Buildings or fences covered vithitwill take a much longer time to >urn than if they were painted with oil mint. Coloring matter may be put in ;iid made of any shade desired. {Spanish wow 11 will make reddish pink when itirred in more or less deep according to he quantity. A delicate tinge of this is h verv pretty for inside walls. Finely tulverized common claj-, well mixed vitii Hpanisli brown, makes a reddish tone eolor; yellow oehre stirred in nakes yellow wash, but chrome goes fluher, and makes a wlor generally esteemd prettier. It is difficult to make rule*, tecause tastes are different; it would be >est to try experiments on a shingle andj et it dry. Green must not be mixed' vith lime; it destroys the oolor, and the olor has an effect oil the whitewash diicli makes it crack and peel.?Xew Vork Tribune. .tife Insurance Legislation Asked j for. A communication has been received) roin a correspondent who signs himself '.Fair Play," in which it is stated tliat hose insured trom lire are occasionally reated unjustly by some companies, and hat legislation, which will fcive the in-; ured lull protection, is needed in Uana- j la. Jie objects, among other thing*, to! ire "insurance complies being permit-1 ed to make a contract to insure a certain | roperty for a fixed sum and receive the iremiuui therel'or; and after a tire has iOstroyed the property, and consequent- j y the actual evidence of its true value, j Uat thoy should then doubt the correct-j iess of the valuation and refuse to pay | he amount for which it was insured." The companies," ho adds, "should value he property l>etween the dates of roceivng the premium and the handing over of he policy, and when the latter Is given iiitiu milium i)u xju luiniui uuuut puirutted to be raised on the subject." Our orrespondent asks the Government to >ass a general law which will give full rotection to the insured.?Montreal WLti ens. Lime the Fruit Trees. It is good timo to sprinkle lime about he fruit trees, grape vines, and fruittearing plants genei..ily. About a peck s the proper quantity lor each full-grown pple or pear tree, but twice that quantiy will do no harm. Not the health of lie trees onljr, but the quantity of the ruit also will be greatly benefitted by! uch a treatment, especially if thero is ai uperabundance of vegetable matter in | he soil. On newly cleared lands, and nw stilF lands, a trial of this is recomnended. Fruit trees require much potmIi to preserve them In health and thrift L\hls the lime will Hupply. It is one of ho best things to rostore trees on ini]k)vlishod lana that have become bark>ound and covered with moss. If vou 1 mvu uuv iaio iuur, uw man, wi iwnua, ur von planter in small quantities. Wonderful Succcrr. It is reported that Boschee's Gernanfcjyrup lias since its introduction, u tlie United States, reached llie im-' neusc sale of 40,000 dozen per year, i )ver 6,000 Druggist have ordered thisj nedicitie direct from thw Factory, at! Woodbury, K, J., and not one has re- J >orted ft single failure, but every letter ipeaks of its astonishing success in suring severe Coughs, Colds settled on he Breast, Consumption, or any di?-i ase of the Throat and Lungs. Wej idvise any person that has any predis-i )osition to weak Lungs, to go to their | druggists, W. T. Penney, and get this' Medicine, or inquire about it. Jtegu-! ar size, 75 cents; Sample bottle joints. Two doses will cure any! ;ase. Don't neglect your Doctor \Y.! L\ Penney. 3in. j Be sure and call for Dr. Bull's Cough j Syrup, if you are troubled with a had : Jough or Cold. It will'giveyou relief, 'or sale by every respectable Druggist. )ne bottle 25 cents; five bottles for a.OO. * A Pacing Racc. 1 $..???jr BY A If? EX-ABBE VILLI AN OF ( OVPB FORTY 1TEABS, fr ti- la t ?r ~? I From 1S80 to about 1848 thora used j to trade in stock to South Carolina a Kentuckian named Wm. Myers, com- J monly, and by himself, called Bill ( Myers. During the last years of his j trading he made Abbeville one of his points. He was a jolly and rollicking fellow, and besides those looking to ' his coining for a fine horse or pair of, them, his arrival was hailed wi'.h joy by the "boys," for he was "one of them," although in bis last visits he had reached his over fifty birthdays by several. He was full of jokes and atnripn fpllinir tlipm w^ll without. ? 0 ? * " I at all times, special regard to truth ; so that he secured the title and answeredto it of "lying Bill Myers." He used to tell of his first introduction in South Carolina and avowed his readiness to swear to the truth of the statements. His first visit was in 1830 during the height and excitement of nullification. He was at home a Henry Clay Whig, but in South Carolina abroad he was like St. Paul?"all things to all men" to advance his cause (to wit selling fine stock.) He supposed from his reading that South Carolina was*all ??ullifier and he came down to be for a season one of them. He crossed over the Saluda Gap and his first stoppage was at Hodges,; where he found a crowd, and raising his hat he sang out, "hurra for Nullication," and the first he knew a huge fellow bawled "hooray, for Ben Perry and the Union," and struck him. He got out by "explaining" from a severe thrashing. He concluded he had got the wrong end of the sto^y, and prepared to correct himself at once. Gloing down into Laurens he came upon a cross-roads store and grocery where he found a crowd assembled, and alighting and walking in to the "wet" end lie shouted, raising his hat: "hurra for Hunry Clay and. the Union," which brought in front of him a flinty little fellow muttering between his teeth, "wheo*ray for Jim Yarby and nullification and dang your buttons," and gave him a dig under the chort ribs. Quite astounded again he asked leave to make an explanation, which was that he "was a iNuinner an over," ami wmon ne confirmed by a treat to all such, After those two lessons he never developed his political states until he had sounded the locality and then he fell in with the majority, looking well always to his personal safety. Myers dealt only in the finest stock and fhis customers were the aristocracy who always had opinions. He always had fine pacers and trotters, and to introduce them he was neither averse nor afraid to stake a little on them. About 1843 he brougfit, with others, a pacer for whicli be asked $300 (and I think sold him for that to John Campbell Martin) and challenged with nim, for apace for any distanceor amount, any horse in Abbeville. The challenge was accepted for fifty yard* by two nabobs and patrons of the "short turf' from upper Trickem. one of whom was Eli .Jenkins Davis, a prince of that realm, with the privilege of substituting a f>acer with two legs and two arms, a nige fellow with bare feet and coperas breeches, named George Washington Scogglns, present. The gallant Kentuckian "did'nt want a sofer bet." The stake was $25 on each side and would have l>een any higher amount the TrickemiteS could have borrowed. They piled all they had or could get. The ground was measured in the fiat on the Anderson road above Judge Wardlaw's. At the signal Bcoggins struck on his hauds from a leap ten feet in front, threw out his long legs (frog fashion) and gave a squall from which Myut's charger, ridden by himself, ran back, and before spurs could briug him again to the starting point the stakes were won by the man-pacer passing out. Tiie Kentuckian threw up his bat ucciaringtte nau never won a race that afforded him half the satisfaction as losing that, and asked leave to add to it a gallon of peach brandy, which was granted. He said Abbeville was renowned for her Calhoun and other great men, and now he could add his personal testimony to its justice and truth. It was said by him that he hired Scoggins, and took him to Edgefield and won back with him double his loss in Abbeville. * * * Mixed Farming.?Farmers are now trying mixed husbandry, instead of risking their whole crop in oue or two staples. It matters not botf small his farm may be, it' he works right and luiH a few cows, plenty ot sheep, and shepherd dogs, a few hogs, - fowls, bees, a few horses, an orchard, a good garden, with small tields of grain, meadows, and varied vegetables; nothing issurer in the future than that he will not only make a good, comfortable Jiving for his family, but he will soon be surrounded with all neeoeu comioris anu luxuries or lire ; and litis loo iu the face of hundreds who tell hint all the while that farming and especially mixed farming, wou't pay. This plah gives something for use and for sale each week in the year, adding comfort and money t'> the household, and employing the whole available labor every day. Whenever a farmer, in such a home, begins to feel he cau And nothing to do, he may be fully satisfied he Is 011 the down grade.?JturalHun. Rkstorinq Worn Out Soils.?A farmer who will exhaust the fertility of his land by raising any crop until it go longer yields a fair return for labor expended in its culture, deserves no pity from anybody. Such a system of farming is lar too common, but none the less a disgrace to those who practice it. We will also add that a man who undertakes to make farm* ing pay, while depending upon commercial manures purchased in the market, is pretty sure to conto to grief sooner or later. There are far belli r methods of restoring fertility to worn out .soils, and it is rather strange that * I I .... I I . uur lauueia uave uut teaiueu uieui ue-, lore tills day. Keep more stock especially sheep, raise green crops to turn under, ulso roots to feed the stock, as welt as soiling cropB, such as diill corn, millet and clover, all which wll tend to enrich tho farm instead of making it poor. I Manure in Liquid Form.?"We wish it were possible for us to impress j upon every agricultural reader of this journal, the great value and iuipor-| tauce of saving and using liquid fer-i tilizery, such as may readily be pre-i pared at home, and applied with little trouble?especially to garden veg-j etables, strawberry beds, flower bor-| ders, eio. One of our exchanges, in alluding tntlii* matter, recommends a simple and cheap apparatus, similar to a large lye vat or ash hopper, which tilth*? h/i Hlit.il i it tKo tifAikAfMnn r\t IIIHJ u*., IIIM II III blio |JI vp\/| VIUU Wl two bushels (more or less according to ?ize of hooper), of stable manure, a half bushel hen droppings, one peck good top Hoil, half a bushel of new allies ; then set the hopper to running by pouring over the whole hot or cold slops, soup suds, and the refuse liquids of the household. In a week or two slip the com post, and run the liquor through again. After extracting (as you may think) all the virtues of th -I eon'ieiiis, Hie latter maybe used hrj mixtures with other compost, or applied immediately aH a fertilizer, mid | will prove equal if not superior to al- ; moat any fertilizer you can procure.? j Kc>ifin-/;i/ llomr Journal. R. M. Haddon & Co., WILL OPEN IN A FEW days an entire new stock of roods at the old stand of ' McDONALD & HADDON. IX connection with a spendid as?ortment of Dry Good* and Groceries there will be au elegant stock of Millinery Goods, under the especial Bharge of Mrs. R. M. HADDON. bo well known to this county ns a Jadv of skill and taste. Our expenses will be ? light and we are determined to prove to our friends that goods can be sold iboutas cheap In Abbeville as Augusta. Greevvillo or any other inland town. Respectfully, E. M. HADDON. 1 March 14,. 1877. tf. Mrs. M. M White A NNOUNCES to ber,frlends that /m she will have a full line of Millinery about the first of April, at , Un O dmnlta T?anera AHhatrilla H f! L11*| H UiUUiW ?MWV V W| ^ And has the pleasure to say to her f frieuds at Due West and Greenwood, r that she will establish brances at those points, and will keep all the novelties' c of the season, which will be arranged to suit customers by competent milliners. Respectfully, Mrs, M. M. WHITE, Maroh 14,1877. tf. lVotice. ALL persons holding claims against the Town Council prior to 1877, are required to present them, forthwith to me, for registration. By order of Intendant, W. H. PARKER. T, P. QUARLES, Secretary. March U, 1877. 2t. $23. 1WILL GIVE TWENTY-FIVE dollars for the apprehension, with proof to convict, the porty who furnished the auger, by which Hampton and two other prisoners escaped from j jail on the morning of the 6th instant. < J. Y. JONES, Sheriff A. C. March 14, 1877. Sheriff's Sale. BY virtue of a decree of Court, I will sell to the highest bidder at public outcry, within the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, on Monday tne za or April next, tne 1 following described property to wit: All that House and paroel of land situate lying and being in the town of , Abbeville, fronting on the Public Square, bounded by lots of D. O'Neal < and L. D. Bowie, being the lot purchased from T. M. Christian and J. B. Wilson; levied on and to be sold as i the property of Mathew McDonald at the suit of the estate of Dr. J. J. Lee. Terms, one third cash, remainder on ' I a credit of twelve months with bond and mortgace to secure the purchase money, Purchasher to pay for papers. Solu at the risk of former purchas- ' era. < J. Y. JONES, Sheriff A. C. March 14, 1877. ] READ THIS. ( Read Slowly, Pause Frequently, ' Think Serlonsly. EASTMAN'S system of Book Keeking and all styles of Pen iwurL' taiiirhf hv Pr/\faobnr PVPPV Young men prepare yourselves for a ', business life. No branches of educa- j tion, ot greater value to you, than the commercial. And if you have been thinking of attending a commercial college, remember I teach the same course taught in the college and for . much less money than the cost of at- , tending the college. When you make application for a situation you are not ' nuked where you graduated, but what you know. Young ladies when writing to your ? your ? friends, you know? you have often dropped the pen in despair, because you were unable to write with graceful ease; and thebeauty of your composition is often lost, by your ill shaped letters. J. C. M. PERRY teaches his students to write rapioiy unu graueiuny. mr? 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I PILL8 I TUTTS 5 - ; PILLS TUTTS AS A YAMILY MEDICIHB : PILL8 | TUTT'8 : TUTT'S PILL8 ARB THB J PILLS | TUTT'S BE8T?PERFECTLY HARM- PILLS I TUTT'S : LESS. : PILLS tutt'8 ~ i pills ' TUTT'S i ~s PILLS , TUTT'S 5 SOLD EVERYWHERE. i PILL8 TUTT'S 5 PRICE, TWJSNTY-FIYB CTS.: PILLS TUTT'S i PILLS j TUTT'S j" - J PILLS r TUTT'S : PRINCIPAL OFFIC B s PILLS TUTT'S i 18 XTBBAY NTBKET, 1 PILLS 1 TUTT'S 5 HEW TOBK. t PILLS 1 TUTT'S ? PILLS : UMi TUTX S EXPECTORANT. This unrivaled preparation haa per-: formed some of tne moat astonishing ] cures that are recorded in the annals of I history. Patients suffering for years from j the various diseases of tne Lungs, after i trying different remedies, spending thousands of dollars in traveling and doctor-', ing, have, by the use of a few bottles, 1 tntirtly recovered their health. "WON'T 80 TO FLORIDA." Hew Tone, AurMt SO. ZS7S. D R. TUTTI Doar Sir t-Whw la Aiken, last winter, X need yom | Xxpeotorant for syr ooujh. and mll?d mar* benefit j from It than anything I erer took. Z am to well that i t will not ro to Florida next winter a* Z Intended, j and ma oa? doaen bottlaa. by axpraaa. lor aom# frtonda. AUTItHD UUBHLN9, 133 Waat Tiurty-flrat Btrert- r Boa ton, January 11,1874. 1 Thl? oartUlM that Z h*ve raoommended the dm of j Dr.Tutt's Expeotorantfordlaeaaeeof the lung* ^ Tor the paat two year*, and to my knowledge many : bottlea have been uaed by my patlente with the hap- , pleat reaulta. In two oaaea where itwM thought oon- 6 firmed consumption had taken place the Xxpeotorant ! effaoted a oure. B. H. SFBAQUI.M.D. " We oan not epeak too highly of Dr? Tutt'S El" "1 psotorant, and for the aake of (offering humanity J hope it may become more generally known."?CuiilJ- ^ Tiif AnvoctTr, * Ijv DrusrsrieU. Trico SI.00 Established DART &i: BI -> '* i, (A* A. DA Builder LightCa: NEW HAVE o? Manufacture work expressly foi rom long experience are tliorougl nents of the country. The work itself u >wn recommendation, and renders a detai We also manufacture the CELEBRAT; DEXTER ? is exhibited at the Centemal, where ft t? JR. The bent, easier and most durable For circulars, <fce., apply as above. Oet. 1,187G, 6m Dr. H. D. ^ DENT ABBBVI3 OFFICE OVER THI Bept,28,1875,-tf THE PEOPLE'S STORE, At No. 1 Granite Range, Abbeville C. H? S. C. 1 An Invitation to A.11. j COME and examine my Stock, (I* will make it to your interest,) consisting in part of n-ipacuo, itaiiuuc*, 1 Bleached, Unbleached and Checked Homespmis, J 6}@14c. per yard, Woolen Jeans, 12i@50c. per yard. SHOES, BOOTS, HATS, HEADY-MADE CLOTHING, BACON, FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, AND RICE. _ These goods were bought at the low- k ?st figures, and I will sell them cheap for CASH. I also buv and ship cotton. E. A. MAES. Noa. 27,1876, 3m CUNNINGHAM I AND ; TEMPLETQN A 4 RE Constantly Adding to Their ' Y Already Varied Stock of General Merchandise, rhoy Beceive this Week t SUGAR, COFFEE. 1 CANNNED GOODS 9 of all Kinds. ic 11 And next week, a full line of j-j DRY GOODS, ' P Boots and Shoes. Nov. 22, 1876, tf CARPENTRY. The undersigned hereby gives notieo M hut he in prepared to do all kinds of Carpenter's Work and ^ Building. . 3e also repairs Cotton Gins, Thrashers tnd Fans. A full supply of Uin Material dwavs on hand. Farmers are requested o bring their (Jin* up eHrly in the season o allow'timo to have them properly prejarod*. 8j Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, ? ne JtrooKs uoiion rrcua, nnu an kiiioh oi *, Itubbor and Loather Boiling. P d. b. smite, ?! Abbeville C. II., S. C. " CUNNINGHAM AND 1 TEMPLETON ? ti Have received and open- o ed their large Stock of all kinds 01 >f goods. Dry Goods, J Clothing:, Boots, Shoes, ] Caps, h Hats, 1 hardware, ^ Crockery, ?! Saddlery, &c. J ALL AND SEE FOR YOUR SELVES. Oct. fl, 1S7G 2(>-tf AlSTOBMaOUSK. J 1&7W7. * pt F"he Misses Cater. 111 EXPRESS thanks for past patronage and solicit a continuance of he snme for the present year. T,"tK r>irtf ???wl IVunuipnf IlUl 11 Jit'^llllU n??u ? rs will be accommodated. Jan. 3, 1S77. ? 1^1 DOZEN CANE and CANE- i iZa HACK ROCKING CHAIRS ? t J. I). CHALMERS & CO. / Oft. 25, ISTfi, tf O < m L1856. I 1TTWA* T\fi B Jo? ^ f ^ 96 rriages I IN", CONN. I p the SOUTHERN MARKET, nn jQ lily conversant with the require- H sed in every Sou 'hern State i? its K9j led description unnecessary. SB WAGON, I ?k the GRAND MEDAL of HON- 8 vehleie-iu existeuee. H VILSON, I 1ST', I LiIjE, St. o. I I POST OFFICE . 9 CONGAREE I ROW WARM I 11IU1I II UHI1U, Oblumtol?f 0. O. mi mm, PROPRIETOR XAJflTFACTURKR OF S T E A. M IN6INES AND BOILEfiS,. Iron and Brass Castings of all description* morle to Order. o x ' "WAS awarded tho first premium . costings at tho State Agricultural and Lechaulcal Society Fairs, hold iu (Jolumla, November, 1871, 72 aud '73. Circular Saw Hills of all sUea. ' Iso took the FIRST PREMIUM at tate Fairs held November, 1871, '72, 73Manufacturer of ^ . iRIST MILL IRONS of all sizes.^ Por Sale. Giu Gearing of the following sizes : foot wheol and pinion &0 00 I ?? " " 32 00 *? " " .. 35 00 ! " " ' 46 00 I " " " 50 00 "itli Bolts-^.50 Extra for cach set. Anti-friction platen and Balls for Cotton ress $10.00 ana $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbsville, 8. C. Dec. 10, 1875, 3.">-tf . GOLDSMITH. P. ?IND. Goldsmith & Kind, 'ounders And Machinists (PHCENIX IRON WORKS), COLUMBIA, 8. C. Manufacturers of Steam Engines of all zes: Horse powers, Circular and Muley nw Mills, firist and Sugar Cane Mills, lour Mills, Ornamental House and Store ronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Imlements, etc. Braia and Iron Casting* [ an Kinas njiiuo io orueron luurumur*, nd on the most reasonable terms. 'Also, tanufucturers of Cotton Prcsttes. Notice. LNNUAL EETURNS. A LL Administrators, Executors, "V. Guardians and Tfuatees, who are Kjuired by law to make annual rejriiBof the receipts and expenditures f their respective estates, will do bo at nee, or be subjected to a rule. J. FULLER LYON, Judge of Probate Court, A. C. an. 10, 1877. _ Clearing out Sale. rWILL sell without resorve, the entire contents of my two Hut [ou*es, consisting of over THREE HOUSAND PLANTS, many of liich are rare and valuable. Balance 1 hand first of April, will be closed it at auction, of which notice will be J. F. C. DuPEE. Feb. 7, 1877. tf. NOTICE. O LLL persons having claims against the estate of JAMES C. WILARD, deceased, will present them ily proved to the undersigned. And rsons indebted to said estate will ake payment without delay to THOS. THOMSON. Administrator. Abbeville C. II., 13th Nov. 1876. Nov. 12 1876. Mattrasses. LNEW ami Splendid lot CTRLED HAIR MATTRASHKS. J. 1). CHALMKRS & CO. t. ffj, 1876, tf