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??????M?? - * J?????? The Press and Banner. rj ABBEVILLE, S. O. BY HIGH HUDSON, jl Tkhmu?Twp Doilars a year, jn adyanc | f or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if payuicnt is delayed. t Advkkjisements v- ill be inserted at the rate of Oue Dollar pur inch for the lirst insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. ^ Greatly reduced rates will be given to those who adv&rtise by the quarter or by 1 <the year. Ail obituary notices, tributes of respect, .and othar matter of a personal or private i jiature will be charged (or at the usuai t ^advertising rates. tl Nothing which may bo writton in mal- i jce shall appear in these columns at any i price. t Our Job Department j m well supplied with material for Job Work, ana our assortment of iusw job t type is as good as ean be found in any 1 eountry offtee. The Proprietor js a practical printer and will give hits oersonal h attention to this class of work.. Our < work compares ravoraoiy wim mv class of work executed uuywhere, ami i<> always put at the loyost liyiiJJS ratos, Wednesday, April 4, 1877. The Troops to be Removed. "Our Governor" At Last, "Washington, April 2. The formal order to General l?uger to remove the troops from the State IIouso at Columbia to their camp is being prepared by the Seeretaay of War, but will not be sent toRuger or made public tin to morrow. General Sbetman was closeted with Secretary McCrary for some time before th? preparation of the order was commenced, which j will be in the nature of* despatch tn rjruieral Ru<rer:and not a general order, through th# usual military channels. It is generally believed the order will not be sent until submitted to the Cabinet to-morrow afternoon. Chamberlain, up to 4 o'clock, did not beli*ve tlie conclusion to remove the troops from the State Housa had bedn reached. Whon ho had official confirmation of the fact, he said : "It ends the struggle, and makes Hampton practioalljr Governor." Chamberlain dines with the President to-night, and leaves for Columbia Wednesday morning. When Governor Hampton was informed this afternoon, iu advance of the official notification, that an order would be issued for the removal of the troops from the Sute House, ho exprossed himself much gratified, but said it was no more c ilmn ho ftxnected from the princi- r pies announced in the inaugural ad-|j dress. He was somewhat interest- e cd to know whether the order ^ would take immediate effect, as he t wished to bo present in Columbia t when it was executed. However, 1 as a precautionary measure, he \i would at once telegraph to friends [ in Columbia his earnest wish that t there should be no outward demon- t stration, such as might disturb the * public peace, and he was satisfied t his advice would be respected. Ou t the withdrawal of the troops from J State House, he would direct that a ( guard of two unarmed men be sent there to guard it from improper in- i terruption, and be thougnt such t force would bo sufficient for tbe purpose. Ho felt satisfied there ^ would b? no disturbance, and that . the people thooughout the Slate would tjike courage to repair their shattered industries. He called [ this afternoon to take favor of the I President, and thank him for the ( withdrawal of tbe troops, repeating } the assurance given in his recent t letter, that all should share alifce * in the protection of the law, and t rot doubting his ability to preserve * tho peace. He does not apprehend that Mr. Chamberlain will take ^ any action with regard to the cub- | tody oi the State House. Cover i nor Hampton leaves to-night for Columbia. It seerr>s to be under- 11 t stood that, io accordance with Gov- i ernor Hampton's wishes, the order ^ will not reach Buger until Wednes- t day. a Those Mysterious Letters. t Telegrams to the Register. Washington, March 20. " John Young Brown publishes the fol- ^ lowing letters in connection with a narrative of events pledging the President * more strongly than the letters themselves : IIocsk of Rkpbksentativks, Washinoton, February 2ft. ? To IIoiu John B. Gordon and llun. John { Young Iirown: * Gentlemen : Referring to the con- y vernation had with you yesterday, in * which Governor Hayes' policy as to the s status of certain Southern States was dis- 1 cussed, we desire to say in reply that we * can assure you in the "strongest possible 1 manner of our great desire to have adopted such a policy as will give to the people of the States of South Carolina and s JLouislan." the right to control their own alFalrs la their own ways, and to say, fur- j ther, that wo feel authorized, from an acquaintance with and a knowledge of Gov- ' ernor Haves and his views on this quesion, to pfedge ourselves to you for him ! hat sucn will be his policy. t CHARLES FOSTER. Washington City, February *27,1K77. j 'lo Hon. John B. Gordon and Hon. John Brown Young: Gentlemen: Referring to the conversation had with you yesterday, in which Governor Hayes' policy as to the status of certain Southern States was disx*ussed, we desire to Bay that wo can assure vou in the strongest possible manner of our great desine to have him adopt such a policy as will give to the people of the Stales or South Carolina ana Louisiana the rijiht to control their own affairs in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the* United States and the f laws made In pursuance thereof, and to ' say further that from an acquaintance with and knowledge of Governor Haves 11 aud his views we have the most complotc !( confidence that such will bo the policy of !J his administration. Respectfuliv, 1 Signed STANLEY MATTHEWS, * CHARLES FOSTER. J *->- . ? j <j Time is taonev, but health is liapph- \ ives?. If .you have a bad cold or(> coagh, use I)r. Bull's Cough Syrup, it ^ will ^ureyoH. Price, 25 cent*. [< "Washington, April 2, 1877, j L'o Hon, W. D. Simpson, Columbia, 5. C. : Everything satisfactorily audi! tonorubly settled. X expect ourj* )eoj,le to pjeselve absolute peace md quiet. My word is pledged for ^ hem and Z rely on them. WADE HAMPTON. joyerjior iu rr djuiujiuu, ., felcgrauii to tJjo lU jtistcr, Washington, March 2ll, Governor Hampton, accompanied by Vttorijey General Conner and Senator sleet Butler, with the committee of Char- J eston capitalists, arrived liero this morn- 1 ng, the welcome to Hampton from Riclinond to this point being as warm as fur- ' her South. There was no public recep- ] ion, and the party went quietly to Wil- | ai d's Hotel. Tlje following letter was addressed to ' he President by Governor Hampton this noming: . WiLunu's lloTKr., Washington, March IS.?To the President?Silt: Iu 1 sompliance with your invitation, I am , jere for the purpose of uniting my eforts with yours to the end of composing 1 he political differences which now nil- 1 lappily distract the people of South Car- i >lina. I beg you to bolicvo that my anxety to bring about the permanent paeiti- ' ation of tliat Suite?a pacification in ( vliich the rights of all shall be safe and he interests of all shall be protected?is is sincere as I /eel assured is your own 1 or the accomplishment of the same ends. ( viy position for years past in reference to he political rights of colored citizens, and 1 ny solemn pledges given during the late ahvass in South Carolina that under my . idministration all tlioir rights should be J ibsolutely secure, should furnish a sutli- ' :ient guarantee of my sincerity on these < joints, which appear to bo the subject of tf>eoial anxiety. I have the honor to ask * it what hour it will be your pleasure to 1 eceive me, I I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, WADE' HAMPTON, ' Governor of South Carolina. The President returned an immediate i mswer by Colouel Rodgers, his Private ' Secretary, and Governor Hampton, ac- I sontpanied by Senator Gordon and At- : orney General Conner, waited on the . President at 1 o'clock, < i ?? | Houfle-Warming at Due West. , * I The Due West congregation visited . lie parsouage last week carrying to ' heir pastor some three hundred dol- 1 ar's worth of valuables, as a work of i heir esteem. This was a house-warm- ! ng which did credit to both pastor and people. Rev. Mr. Pressly, the pastor, ] s oue of the best men we ever knew, ; md we are pleased that the people of i [)ue "West have given this manifesta- 1 iou of their appreeiation of his servi- 1 :es. A correspondent of the A. 11. P. i ?ays: ] The AmelianSocioty of the Female Cologe presented a tine family .Bible, and ] ,he students of Erskine a cloth coat and l jold pen, A variety of tilings were piled > tp in front of the house on a stand and i )ii the spacious earth. Everything use-1 < ul lor a family seemed to bo there. It|i vould bo l'ollv to give a list of the goods. kVe saw articles of comfort for the body, 'rom the crown of the head to the sole of he foot. Also to occupy any place beween the head of the family and the rouugest child, or between the'garrct and he back door of the culinary department. V.bout ?SU0 worth of goods lay promiseutuslv around the door. The pastor and us family seemed to want an explanation if the strange phenomenon. Dr. Grier arose to explain. He told the )astor timt it meant good. That it was a louse-warming or donation party. That he people of the community desired to ixpress their high appreciation of his serices in this way. That the people would oon disperse and not consume what they jrought. The pastor then said that he appreeiaed the girts, for they were given because le is a servant of Christ. Dr. JJovce told us how these things vould warm the house. He did not hinK strange that the pastor and his l'amly seemed a *ittle embarrased. He bought that ho could not stand such a lisplay at his house. He also said that heir pastor had often told them plainly >f their faults, and he supposed that hereifter that he would be even more bold md tell them more sharply of their sins. Dr. Bonner njade a few pleasant renarks, but differed a little from l)r. Joyce, and was of the opinion that he rould deport himself finely even if his >wn house were warmed. The speeches were interspersed with a rein of wit and suitable tlioughfs of charty. The Due West Cornet Band feasted our :ars with the sweetest music." ? . lumpton En Route to W ashington. Special Despatches to The Register. Wilmington, N. C., March 28. Governor Hampton passed through his city safely this morning. Wilniingon turned out en mux.se to welcome him. ie was greeted with music and hearty heeriug. The old hero was introduced o the immense crowd by Colonel A. M. Vaddell, and made a short speech, sayng he was going to Washington, but not o ask recognition of the President. He vas elected by the people, and would laim their rights. General Butler was hen called for, and spoke briefly but veil. u. t Goldsboro, N. C., March 28. i Me and Governor Hampton are all t ight. There is no compromise in us. i iVe are met at all stations with music, < >ig crowds, handshakings, fair men and i irave women. Everything is lovely. I Vliunde. * Cuthbkkt.* > "VVkldox, X. C., March :iS.. ( The train bearing Governor Hampton I tnd party arrived ut 3.45 P. M. They ] ook dinner at the Weldon Hotel, and 1 ipon coming out the Governor was I greeted with cheers and repeated calls ^ or a speech by an immense crowd. At- 1 er getting on the train for Petersburg he ] urned and from the platform said : < "Friends of North Carolina, I once < bought that I had rather meet you than i my people on the laco of the earth; j >ut to-day you are the worst I ever saw > -you have been calling and stopping me ( it every depot on the road. We of South 1 ,'arolina fought the same fight last November that you did in North Carolina, 1 ind won the same victory, but have been i lelayed in enjoying its "fruits; but they I ire ours, and we will have them." < The Governor was met by large crowds < it Goldsboro, Magnolia, Wilnon, Rocky; < Hount and Halifax, the people greeting I lirn with cheers, rushing to shake hands < vith him and bidding him Uod speed, i iny of these scenes would have been < tufficient to dispel any doubt that may j >xist in President Hayes' mind as to the j: >roper course for treating South Caroli- 1 ui. E. W. PETERSON. < Wilmington, March 28. < The following is Governor Hampton's < speech: i "My friends, I go to Washington siin- i 3ly to state before the President the lata 1 hat the people of South Carolina have 1 ileeted me Governor of that State. I go I there to say to him that we ask no reeog- j lition from any President. We claim < he recognition" from the votes of the i people of the State. I go there to unsure I lim that we are not fighting for party, 1 jut that we are fighting for the good of < he whole country. I am going there to ] lemand our rights; to take nothing less, < so help me God. I go to tell him the con- i lition that South Carolina has been in for < ,'ears past; that our people have been un- ] ler disadvantages never encountered by i my other people on this continent; that < hey carried tne election ; that they were inccessful, and that they propose to enjoy < he fruits of their victory." < Goldsboho, March 28. 1 Hampton and party passed this point i it noon. Two attempts were made to de- 1 ay the train by misplaced switches at i Pimmonsville and Florence. At Wil- ] nington and Magnolia the citizens tame t >ut in great force and cheered enthusi- t ustically for Hampton. Bands of mpsie, t landshaking ana handkorchiof waving I accompanied every demonstration. Gov. 1 Iauipton briefly 'addressed the crowds i i rom the platform of the car. The gistU >f his remarks was tiiat, having been j 1 leeted Governor of South Carolina, and 1 >eing recognized by the people as such,' 1 le intended to exercise his right. Histi 'isot was merely a matter of personal f f ourtosv to the Pre.sident. | j iastcr Sunday at Trinity] W Offerings to lie Risen Lord :he work of woman, tee last at the cross, the first at the sepulchre. [ JIE SEUMO.V--THE Mt'SlC-TIIE ATTENDANCE. T L ?m..o T'ol-Uv nilil flip Lllht fnUiJUil^ U U.-i uium Mxv. .... ICpiscopalians, on the day previous, jeautifully deeurated their church preparatory the celebration of the resur ection of our Saviour. The day wtu beautiful and Spring-like and the atendance was full. The Episcopalians never fuil to commemorate this occasion with more or ess zeal and fervor, the pleasure of tfhich is always heightened by the iresence and participation of their jrethren of other denominations. Whenever their own church is closed ;he Episcopalians never fail to attend )ther houses of worship, and if for no )ther reason, they are always glad to A'elcome their brethren of the other :hurches into their temple which has jeen dedicated to our Father. The Hector, Rev, John Kershaw, preached from I Cor. xv: part 20? 'But now is Christ risen from the lead,"?with more than hij ordinary earnestness and animation and with iiis usual clearness of thought and aeauty of expression. The full text of :be morning sermon is as tonows : "Christ is Kiskn I" Such is the glad shout thut encircles the earth to-day. Wherever the sun leoks down?from the frozen North to the warm and genial South, from England to Australia, from Russia to Japan?it witnesses to-day tho celebration, by nearly three hundred inillon people, of the resurrection of the Saviour of tho world from tho dead, fo those who have been brought up under tho sacred influences of this lioly Church, it needs not that I should speak of the reasons which induce us to honor this day of days to all Christians, which commemorates the supreme fact of their redemption from the power and dominion of death, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from tho dead. For his rising again is at once tho pledge and promise that "as we have in Baptism been planted in the likeness of his death, wo shall also be in the likoness of his resurrection"?for as you haye heard to-day "so many of us as are baptized into Uhrist Josus. were baptizod into his ieath which he died to sin," and so we being baptized into a belief in the saving ind redeeming power of that death as a propitiatory otl'ering unto God for our sins ?being baptized into that death so as to partake of its benefits, which wo do by ho grace of God imparted to us in the <acrairieiit?being baptized, moreover, Jito conformity to that death, so we, in L'hrist, in his Church, are dead to sin but ilivo unto God?death hath 110 more doJiinion over its, we are "new croatures"? partakers of Christ's resurrection life ind God's grace. Our former man has :ieen crucified with Christ, in order that his sinful body might be destroyed?that lonceforth we should not be slaves to sin,:' but children of the living God, leirs of immortality. Oh! adorable nystery of the incarnation and tassion, he mystery hidden from ages and gener itions?thiiigs which the angels have desired to look into?now made manifest to lis saints, "to whom God lias made tnown what are the riches of the glory >f this mystery," which is "Christ in us, ho hope of giory." The Passover onoe "lain, the lamb' of God which tuketh uvay tho sin of the world, crucified but iseii from the tomb, the Incarnate God low by his spirit in all his faithful people, he life of their life, the soul of their soul, ;he hope of their coming glory*, uoa i ias made him who knew no Kin, to be sin "or lis, that we might be made the righteousness of God in hiin?our sins laid ipon him?his holiness imparted to us? .ve dead in sins but made alive again out >f the fulness and life of the Eternal Son )f God. "Jesus and the Resurrection!" he same theme upon which the' Apostle " readied to the Athenians more than Eighteen hundred years ago. Jesus, the lope and saviour*of sinners, the expiaion for our sins, the Mediator between ?od and man?our Intercessor and Advocate in heaven, who through death has jpened tlie kingdom of heaven to ull beiovers?this is the grand, immortal heme which to-day we dwell upon. HOW UIFPKRENT NOW ho s ;eno. and circumstances from what :hey were when the Nazarcnes were but a lespised sect. See how the tender shoot ikon pnnt. downward and borne fruit ipward?then, Christianity numbered its idherents by tons?wow, one-fourtli of 5arth's inhabitants own its sway?then, he christians met at night in aii upper ooni and with closed doors?to-day ten ;housand temples are crowded and ten .housand altars spread, while million ,'oices chant "Christ our passovcr issacriiced for us, therefore let us keep the feast" The church of Christ goes on conquering ind to conquer?she may be hated now by iome, but she is no longer dosniscd?for o-day, she is the greatest of all powers ipon the face of the earth. Look back at he small band of simple, ignorant lishernen who had confessed belief in Christ is God, waiting in doubt and fear, for the csurroction?see them when thirty years iflerwards they had convinced almost the nhabited earth that Jesus who had been ;rucified, had risen from the dead: they naintained that testimony with the sacrifice of every worldly interest, through suffering, persecution and- death itsetf: :hcy proved the reality of his rcsurrueion by the supernatural and miraculous lowers which they exorcised iu attestation of it and by which they established ;he christian religion throughout the ivorld. And yet, men would have us beieve that these despised refuse of the jcople, forged the strange unnatural story jf their Lord's resurrection; that they . onceived the bold and hazardous plan of Attacking the religion of their forefathers uid of the whole world, by forging the jtory that their Master who had been iTUcifted for high treason, between two :hieves, had risen from the dead. FANATICS AND ENTHUSIASTS have encountered the most severe suffer-* ing in defence of their orrors and belief, but the world may be challenged to proluce an instance in all its history of men encountering persecution and death in 1 cfcnco of a story which they knew to be false and which ihoy could have no eon- j jeivable interost in maintaining. It is mere trifling to sar> .hat they were doceivjd into believing it to he true, for there is Absolutely no reasonable ground for such i subterfuge. He was seen too often, iiandled, heard, and seen to eat by his dels iplcs?by over live hundred brethren at :>ne time arid afterward^, from the midst jf the Apostles he ascended up to Heaven. If human testimony can establish a Fact, the fact of the resurrection is established. It was not one person who saw liim alter th^ resurrection, but many? they Haw him not separately but together, not only by night, but by day?not at a iistance, but lace to face?not once, but many times?they not only saw him, but I touched him, conversed with him, at#with iiim examined his person to satisfy their loubts. These particulars aro decisive, [t is true, they rest upon the credit of sur records?and if this be explodod? upon precisely the same grounds can tha credit ot all history be exploded, for the particulars of Christs history are better Attested tlian any of his contemjKjraries? . specially the fact of his resurrection. IT IS THJE I.AST KKFUUK. jf a hardly beset mind to denv the fact if the resurrection because of insuflieient *>stfmony and it is suicidal to all tostifhft froHif r\f fKn (vnarwil W \4VMJ ?"V V. K..V ftvn|7v* listories. A greater difficulty still renaiiiK to the unbeliever. How M-as it jossible except upon the supposition that he work was of God, upon whatconceivtblo ground could it bo held, that these welve men, simple, ignorant, without jower or position, were able to establish jy the mero force of ingenuity and cunnng, a gospel that combated tho inveterite prejudices of the Jew, the prido and earning of philosophy, and overcame tho idolatry, superstition and lust of the leatheu world? Sensual pleasures, the nailed hand of force, the cunning of 'rami, were the means used by the fa-1 nous impostor Mohammed, to e.tablishj his religion?but the self-denvjng, humII- s iating, peaceable religion of Christ, could j v have been raised triumphant oyer all, I i! 011J3" by the arm aud power of the Most 11; High God. As is reported to have been t said by the Great Napoleon in his exile h "Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I 11 founded empires; but upon what did ive \ rest the creations of our geniun? Upon a force. Jesus Christ founded hi# empire f upon love alone, and at this hour millions f of men would die for him. It was not a ' day or a Oatue which acniuvtju mu wjumph of the Christian religion Ln the f world. No! it wasa long war, a contest 1 of three centuries, begun by the Apostles v and contiuued by the flood of Christian j generations. In this war, all the Kings e and Potentates of tlio earth were 011 one j side?on the other I see no army, but a 1 mysterious force. Some men here and 1 there scattered in all parts of the world c and who have no other rallying point f than a common faitli in the mysteries of i the cross." Upon the very CHARACTER OK THE RELIGION ITSELV Upon the testimony of the sacred narra- , tives and the results accomplished even before one of them was penned, to say * nothing of all that was uone within a century afterwards, we may confidently base our belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ?declared to be the Son of God with" power by his resurrection. And we may rejoice, yea and do rejoice that bj' it we are certified that God has accepted tho sacrifice which tho Saviour made and that we bv incorporation into his mystical body, the Church,?have the promise and pledge of our own immortality and rosurrectlon to life eternal? < they are sealed to us?becauso he liveth in us and we in him?death is vanquish o<l?"wo uro more muii vouquciuin through him that loved us and gave himself lor us" This is what wo celebrate here to-day. And we make liore alao < A COMMEMORATION OK THE GREAT RES- I URRECTION to como?we look forward to the time i when the dead of all ages shall bo sum- i moned forth to moot the Son of God > coming in tho clouds with power and groat glory?we cclobrato the glorious day when all the doaid in Christ shall ; burst tho cerements of death and stand triumphant before God?when we shall ; meet our holy dead after that great victory which shall east death and hell in the lake of fire?and we shall bo reunited to thorn?we look for tiie time when we shall meet our blessed children whose bodies now lie in the dust?when fathers j ayd mothers from off whose faces all tho furrows of tears and troubles shall have been smoothed away, shall oome to greet us with a holy kiss?when wives and husbands from whom we parted with a pain which seemed like to rond the strong tissues of life itself, shall haste to meet us aud bear us up on high, Yes, we look for the NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH, wherein dwelleth righteousness?and for I the Holy City, tho new Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband ?we are listening to hear the strains of seraphs music, and tho great voice from heaven saying, "Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them and they shall bo his people and God himself shall be with thom aH their God?and he will wipe away all tears from their eyes and there will bo no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain i'* iL " ? i?/? c?r\T\?* " ?J or, uiu iui mm nuuj^o mu ^uuv( OH ! THK ItAPTUIlK OK THAT HOUR, thccestacy of that joy: To pass through tho golden gates of the heavenly city, and view with unclouded eyed the glory of God?to quaff dee^ draughts of tho water of life at its fountain head and pluck the fruit from the tree of life as it grows by tne liver's side; to kneel in adoration before the throne of God and tho Lamb and see his face forever.* My beloved people, look to what an unspeakable glory you aro failed?to what an inellable height you are to be carried by virtue of your UNION WITH THE RI8EX < HKIST You have received the spirit 01 adoption; whereby we cry "Ablm Father. Tho Hpirit beareth witness with our spirit, that wo lire the children of God. And If children, then heirs,4ielrs of God, and Joint heirs of Christ? since we have sullcred with him that we may also be glorified together." "What shall we say then to these tilings?the overflowing love of (iod?the boundless mercy of the savior of sinners?the inconcenvable glories thut shall be revealed In us, if wc are faithful." If (iod be for us. who can be against us (nnd Crevall?) He who spared not his own son, ut delivered hliu up for us all, how shall h?* not with hlin freely give us all things. W! o shall iny any thing to tho charge of God ? elect? It Is God that. Justlfleth. Who Is he that condemneth ? It Is Christ who died, yea nithcr Is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God?and who maketh Inter cession for us : who snail separate us irum the love of Christ? Khali tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword f Is'ay lu all these things wc are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I ain persuaded thi t neither death, nor life, nor angels, hor principalities, nor things present, nor things to coine, now powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which Is In Christ Jesus our Lord." Koiu. vlil.31-.J9. "i,et it be counted folly, or phrensy, or fury or whatsoever It is onr wisdom or our chjiifort : we care for no knowledge but this? that man hath sinned and God has suffered : that God hath made himself the sin of men and that men are'made the righteousness of God (Hooker.) 'That there is no condemnation to them that mo in Christ Jesus"?und that "the spirit of him who raised Jesus l'roin the dead, shall also quicken our mortal bodies, and that "we shall reign with him forever." If heretofore you have lived too much in and for this world and its deceitful pleasure?cut it off, for it is a MILLSTONE ABOUT YOUR NECKS. Have you 110 time to spare to work for Christ?to save souls?to prepare the way for his second coming? If you have time, are you using it, diligently employing it?knowing that the timo is snort? All you that hear me this day while ye rejoice in celebrating this day of days? look ahead?rejoice indeed, but "pass ine time of your sojourning here in fear and trembling"?rejoice, but think not all is done when you have rejoiced. You have no time here for quiet, restful enjoyment. You are still in the enemy's country, the Egypt of Satan ; not yet "fully delivered ?multitudes of your brethren are still under his bondage and yo arc hastening on to the last Great Passover?when God shielding his own with the arm of his power, snail smite the nations and the people who forget him with a rod of Iron. Therefore prepare lor what is coming on the earth?eat this pussover with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet and vour start' in your hand. It is the Lord's I'assover but behold ho cometh again not as before to smite Egypt, but to judge the earth. Already we seem to hear the muttering of the thunder of that great and terrible day of the Lord and see the Hash of the lightning as modern history illumines the pages of the apocalyptic vision and tells of an early end to the present order of things. The cup of this world's iniquity is well nigh running over now ?the sleeping dead are even now moving uneasily in their graves and earth's million hillocks begin to heave and prepare to cast thein up. I it is time for us to AWAICE OUT 01' SLEEP. to be up and doing. Look at the ungodliness all around you, look at it in yourselves. Are you, are you children, husbands, brothel's, sisters, fathers, mothers ?your friends, your acquaintances, prepared to meet that day and to stand before God ? Then, why are you idle?the vineyard of the Lord is open for you to work 111?there is enough for all to do. Do not conceive that I and my brethren in the ministry are mono sent toao me wors.? You, each and all of you have a mission to work for Christ--a8 much a mission in your sphere as I have in mine. See, therefore, that you set about accomplishing it, sleep not the sleep of aeath. Awake ere that day dawn?walk in fear and trembling, hastening on as you are, to the great and linal resurrection morn, the Plaster of all ages?the universnljudgment and Eternity. Year after year as woj listen to ihe GLOBIOT7H STRAINS wlikth (celebrate the Lord's Resurrection welind ourselves wishing it may not be; over too soon?apd regretting "that nn-; other year must pass ere we here it again, j We decorate our Doautiful temple, we of-j fer to our Blessed Lord these trib-j u"? , ? . our songs of thanksgiving that wo h?vo| been elected to 80 high an honor as to bo i called the Sons of God through Jesus | Christ our Lord; but let us reflect that possibly we shall hoar the strains of rejoicing, and sing them to the glory of the 1 risen Redeemer, never again on earth, i That "last enemy that shall be subdued'* j is waiting for all*of r.s. As I look over! this vast assemblage I know that there i some * ^ some packs here that i sham. mish, '! if I am spared to celebrate another E?s?-1 tern morn. There are places tilled to- i day whose occupants in another year will ? be?where? Certainly not hore, but < gone to await the summons of the lust I trump and the great resurrection. Some * will riHe to eternal life, some alas, it may. 3 bo, to eternal death. Great God! what a. < thought, that some here to-day, seeming.1 < Iv so happy, ho contented, so self-reliant .H r> cnrelesH, yet it may be, f:ice to face, % .'ith the second death, from which there b 3 no resurrection! Plough to still the mating of every heart?awful enough to A ireak down with a mighty surge the fee- li '1a Kninnnw) a4' ftmn nnd onnun uml curAAH ft,1 is on to the brink of the eternal worlci, si i-here time, all time, collapscs and dies t] way, a nameless thing, and sense fulls a * >alsied paralytie on the threshold of in- d inity. IIS ONLY JKSUS CnRIST WHO CAN SAVE 8 us r rom that fearful doom. By the power of a lis resurrection ho can lift us up and set i' is on his throne in heaven. "Ail power <las been given him in heaven and in g iarth." He wills that where he is, we e nay also be, if we are his. But if not t lis," then as far as hell is from heaven, so c ar shall they be removed from him?dis- r twners of a Fathers love, rejectors of a s Saviour's sacrifice, spurners of the Spir- c t's grace. ? a M ? * r lames Patterson Pressly.; i c 1 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF j HIS LIFE. J A REMARKABLE FAMILY :'In the Sight of the Unwise he Seemed to Die, but his End was Full of Hope." Rev. Jam 03 Patterson Pressly, D, D., lied at Due West, Friday night, 31st ultimo. lie was bom near Cedar Spring Church it the "Brick House," in 1808, and consequently was in the seventieth year of of liis age. Ho was the son of David Pressly who married Jane Patterson. Ilis father was a man of influence in his day, and his mother was a most remarkable woman for her intelligence, energy, piety and force of character, and raised* a lamily of children that would be an honor to any parent. "When these children wore growing up there were fewer facilities for education than we now possess and it was with the greatest efforts that the Doctor's parents were enabled to give each of their chil- . (lren a classical education. They commenced life poor, but by their frugality and thrill had, before their death, accumulated a handsome estate.. The oldest of the family, and brother of James Patterson Pressly, the deceased, was Samuel Prossly, who graduated at a College in Kentucky and studied medicine lu Philadelphia, came home and married Elizabeth llearst, settled at a placo now owned in part by William Caldwell, in tlio lower part of this county, where ho had an extensive practice and made a handsome property before he moyed to Wilcox county, Alabama, in 18&?, where he died soon after, perhaps in 1837. His oldest son, David, is'now a minister of the gospel in Htarkville, Miss. A secondnon, Joseph, was educated at Duo West, and after graduating in mcdicino becamo a' prominent physician of Wilcox, Ala. A third son, Cornelius, died in early life. A daughter married Rev. Warren Flennikm who sottled in Chester, and she is the mother of an influential family of children. A second daughter, Eliza, married Rev. Hugh Haziett, of Alabama. Another daughter, Sarah, married the Rey, John Mil hp, of Wilcox, .Alabama, who iB1 now and has been for manv years, oi.e' ol the most prominent and influential j members of tho Associa.o Reformed j Church. A.iother brother o." tho dcceascd wa* R?v. John T. Pressly, D. D, wliorecei\o 1 his academic course of education from .hj celebrated Dr. Waddell and was a class-mate in that school of George McDuflle, Jas. L. Pettigreu, Judge Wjfrd- j l:iw mid Judire Lonjj.strect. He after- ! wards graduated, at a "Northern College, :>nd subsequently studied thc< log/ un* dor Dr. John Ma.-on in New York. 1 e came I a?.i atter aeoom. lis dug Ins the< logical course, and sciuuU on the plaee now owned by Dr. J. D. Ncel, and be-, ^Hinothe pastor of Cedar Springs Church in ISiO, where he remained until the Fall of IB&J, when he was elected Professor of Theology in the Seminary at Alleghany, Pennsylvania, which position he occupied until he died in the year 1870. He left a son, Dr, Joseph Hearst Pre>sly, D, D., pastor of the church in Erie, Pennsylvania. His oldest daughter married the Itev. John Steele, D. D., a minister of the gospol in Mb&ouri. A most promising son, just after completing his ntornry education died before entering upon the active duties of life. His daughter Mary married a wealthy merchant of Alleghany. His youngest daughter, Miss Linn Pressly, is living in Alleghany, Pennsylvania, with her sister Mary, auu is regarded as one of the mot-t intellectual and accomplished young ladies of the city in which she resides. The oldest sister ox mc ueveuaeu niu*riod a Dr. Brown and moved to Prebble, County, Ohio, where they raised a large and influential family of boys and girls.! The next sister, Mary, married the; Rev. Joseph Lowry, and settled with her husband in Jefferson County, Georgia. She is the mother of Prof. William Lowry, of Duo West, and of the Rev. James Lowry, of Dallas, Alabama. Her daughter married a prominent citizen of tliat county named Patterson and they have two sens, ministers of the gospel. The third brother was Dr. George W. Prisdy who received a liberal education, and alter graduating in the literary com s j, ho studied medicino und graduated in 1825 under the celebrated Dr. Rush, in Philadelphia, a most distinguished physician of his day. He came back to Abbevillo County, married Isabella Hearst, the sister of the wives of his brothers Samuel and John, and settled on ibo public road about four milei above C'eaar Springs, where he built and occupied the dwelling locently known as the ''Red Houso." Heat once wcntirtoalargo and lucrative practice of medicine, and I was at the same time successful at farm- J ing. After selling his farm to Dr. Red, i who succeeded him in the practice of inodiolno, ?nJ after living at several points in the neighborhood of Cedar Springs Churoh, ho linally settled on the place now owned by Dr. J. D. Neel,, where he lived until he died in the latter , luirt. nf 1870. j Another brothor* William, graduated at Miami University, Ohio, lie is now a prominent merchant of Monmouth, 111., and is the only brother still j living. Last of all wo come to the deceased, J James Patterson Pressly, who has for; the past half century 1 ibored ass'.duou. ly in the pulpit, in the recitation room, in Hie; ordinary pursuit of life and around thei family circle for the advancement of the j cause of the Redeemer's kingdom. He iocjived his primary education in the "old field schools" in the neighborhood of his father's residence, and studied t>.e classics under his brother Johu T. Prohs-, ly, at Union Academy, which was then located on tlie'placo now owned by James H. Wideman. Graduating at Miami: University whon he was quite young, he ! returnod to the scenes of boyhood, stud-' ied theology under his brother, Dr. John T. Pressly, and was licensed to preach the gospel at Cedar Spring by the Second Associate Reformed Presbytery about the year 18U8 or 1829, when ho was not quite twenty-one years of age. He soon aitor- j wards married Jane Hearst, the niece of the wives of three of his brothers, and moved to Wilcox County, Ala., whore he was installed p?stor of a church, and continued his labors at that place until 1839 or 1840, when he was elccted to the Greek Professorship in Erskine College, which place lie held from that time until the day iiis death. His first wifo died in a" few months after marriage. His second wifo wax Eliza Young, the daughter of Esquire Samuel Young, onco a prominent citizen of this county, then living in Wilcox, Alabama, liy this marriage two children were burn to them?a son and a daughter. The daughter, some sixteen or eighteen years ago married S. Watson Reid, Esq., of North Carolina, who had graduated at' Erskine College a .short while previously. Slio afterwards lived with her nusband in North Carolina, until she died some five i>r six years a<o, leaving a family of small children. His son, Samuel, now lives in tho neighborhood of Due West. I). Pressly's last and third wifo was Marv Young, the sist?-r of Professor J. N*. Young, of D'to West, and of Rev. James L. Youinr, oi Mississippi. Hy this lu.it marriage he had three sons ( md* one daughter. Two of whom have jtudicd theology and are now ministers if the gosjjel, tilling appointments in the ' State of Kentucky. The third and last ' ton is a member of tho Senior Class in ' Krskino College, and will graduato at the I coining Commencement. His onlv>< laughter l>v thiH marriafro married thojj Rov. David Prosslv, of Mississippi | > ? -here she is now liyiog with het bus* and. When the Theological Seminary of the ssoeiate Reformed Church was estabshed at Due West about twenty years go he was elected a Professor in that intitution. which office he held in connec- T on with his Professorship of Greek in Irskine College until the day of liis (H eatn. From, the foregoing sketch it will bo een that Dr, Pressly was a member of a emarkable family, and it is needless to rid that ho possessed in full measure tiie uteliectnal endowments, and moral and 'hristian graces, for which it was distinuished. Enjoying the benefits of early ulture, and a thorough course of instrucion. he improved his natural gilts by _ lose and assiduous study, and reaped the 1 ipened fruits of a profound and varied cnolarship. Called to the Professorship >f Greek Litorature in Erskine College, Lo lillod the position witn pre-eminent 1 ability, and enjoyed the unbounded ad- J| niration alike of professors and students or his familiarity with the ancient class- w cs, and tho ease with which he unlocked heir hidden treasures. His disoriminatng and appreciative mind comprehendid in their full beauty the master pieces >f Grecian genius aud reproduced nil hoir graces of thonght and expression, n torse and vigorous English. The literil faithfulness of his translations of the lassical idioms, into appropriate Anglojaxon'was remarkable. The students all ~ -espected him for his learning, and loved lim for his blunt kindness of his nature. One of the most profound thoologicans >f his Church, and gilted with a clear inellect and well-bulanced judgment, he jxercised a deserved influence in an ttie :ouncils of the Associato Reformed Jhurcb. He liad thoroughly mastered ts doctrines, and was prepared to mainaiu a rigid adherence to its standards. As a preacher he was noted for the thor)ugh preparation of his sermons, and for he solid thought, and weighty and convincing argument which alwagp characerized his pulpit efforts. He wa? hence _ ilways listened to with attentive interest md profit. A man of high character, unbending ntegrity, and blameless and irreproachajlo life, possessing all the Christian jraces in full exercise, he was the model )f the Christian professor. Endeared to a ill classes of the community his death :ias been the occasion of widespread sorrow; Jand whilst the] immediate family it has brought the pang of a profounder ?rief, yet alike to the church, and to tho College and to tho community it lias come to aroutto a sense of profound bereavement. Long may we cherish his memory uid ovulate liis virtues. , ] Wonderful Success. * It 1m reported that Boschee's Ger- " man Syrup has since its introduction n in the United States, reached the immense sale of 40,000 dozen per year. Over G,000 Druggist have ordered this medicine direct from the Factory, at Woodbury, N. J., and not one has re- 1 ported a single failure, hut every letter. J speaks of its astonishing success in curing severe Coughs, Colds settled on the Breast, Consumption, or any disease of the Throat and Lungs. We advise any person that has any predisi o .itiou to weak Lungs, to go to their D uggists, W. T. Penney, arid get this a Medioine, or inquire about it. 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Patients suffering for years from the various diseases of tne Lungs, after trying different remedies, spending thousands of dollars in traveling and doctor* ing, have, by the use of a few bottles, tntirtly rtcovcrtd their it alth. "WON'T 80 TO FLORIDA." . DR. TUTT1 Dear SirWhoa la Alksa. last winter, Z qm4 jrows Xxpaotoxaat for my oough, and realised more benefit1 from it than (aythiac Z ever took. Zameowell that ! Z will not go to Tlorida next winter M Z Intended.! ] Send me oca doaea bottlee, by ?xpr?w. for ?on> | f Meads. AZJrUO UUBJUAO, ? US Weet Thirty-first Street- t Boatoa.Jrauarrll.U74. t Thii oertifiee that Z tow recommended the nee of j ] Dr. Tutt'a E x p e ctora n t for dlaaaaaa of thalaaca for tho put two yeere, and to my knowledge many t bottlaa have been oaad by my pettente with tha bap- ] pleat reaalte. In two oeaee where It w*athon*ht confirmed ooneamptioa had takaa plaoe tha Bxpeotorant affaotad a oura. B. H. 8PKAQUB, 1LD. "Wi oan not epeek too hlfhly of Dr. Tlitt'S El* peotorant, and for tha cake of coffering humanity hopa It may baoome more generally known."? uai*- | tiab Advocate. Sold bv Drugzlsts. Price 91.00 BLANKS Press & Banner Office. Itont Liens, Liens on Crop?, Lien on Crop rind Bill of Sale. Mortgage of Persona! Property, ( Mortgage of Real Estate, Title Deeds, Sub. Tickets. Sub. Writs. Summons for Mon?y Demand. Copy Summons for Money Dem an READ THIS. ~~: i Read Slowly, Pause Frequently, Think Seriously. ( EASTMAN'S system of Book Keeking and all styles of Pen work, taught by Professor PERRY. Young men prepare yourselves for a _ business life. No branches of education, ot greater vulfte 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 nt- lending the college. When you make 1 application for a situation you are not .1 iskcd where you graduated, but what a i'ou know. * A Strictly C Desire to Notify my Friends ess AT T! OLD STAND OF QUA I Sell my G CASH 0 Take no Risks?Have no bad Debts, a] Astonishing; 1 [only ask of Purchaser* a fair trial t ill be best subserved, by buyiug AT TE Cash H April 4,1877. tf. Establish^ DART & R] (A. A. D; Builde] LightCa NEW IT AVI oMaNXJPACTURE work expressly f< rom long experience are thoroug lents of the couutry. The work kself i wn recommendation, and renders a deb We also manufboture the CELEBRA'J DEXTER a avIitKltoil at tlio Pcntoniu? whom it t/ )R. The best, easier and most durable For circulars, &c., apply as above. Oct.'l, 1S76, 6n> rHE PEOPLE'S STORE, At No. 1 Granite Range, Abbeville C. H., 8. C. o A.n Invitation to All. DOME and examine my Stock, (I will make it to your interest,) onsisting in part of Alpacas, Calicoes, (leached, Unbleached and Checked Homespmis, I 61@14c. per yard. Woolen Jeans, 12J@50c. per yard. SHOES, BOOTS, HATH, READY-MADE CLOTHING, BACON. FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, AND ] RICE. J These goods were bought at the low9t figures, and I will sell them cheap or CASH. I also buy and ?hip cotton. n A TUT ADO JCJ. a, ma no. Nna. 27, J87G, 3m j CUNNINGHAM . > AND ' TEMPLETON' \RE Constantly Adding to Their i Already Varied Stock of Geuer- I .1 Merchandise, ' Phey Receive this Week JUGAR, COFFEE, s CANNNED GOODS j of all Kinds, ! i y And next week, a full line of DRY GOODS, Boots and Shoes. Nov. 22, 1870, If CAEPENTRY The undersigned lioreby gives noticw hat he is prepared to do all kinds of "] Carpenter's Work and Building. Ie also repairs Cotton Gins, Thrashers lix(1 Funs. A full supply of Giu Material f ilways on hand. Farmers are requested < o bring their Gins up early in the season j o allow time to have them properly pre- ] >ared.. . Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, J he Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds of j liubber und Leather Belting. 0. B. SMITH, Abbeville C. I!., S. C. cwningham and templeton Have received and opened their large JStock of all kinds jf gooda. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes , Gaps, Hats, ( hardware, j Crockery, Saddlery, &c. 2ALL AND SEE FOR YOUR SELVES. Oct. 0, 1878 28-tf Mattrasses. i A NEW and Splendid lot CURL- I flL ED HAIR MATTRASSES. } J. D. CHALMERS & CO. 'J /"k-i Ot 1M it KJVl* it 0 fa DOZEN CANE and CANE- 0 I M BACK ROCKING CHAIRS ti t J. D. CHALMERS & CO. Oct. 25, 1870, tf ash House. that I have Resumed busiTTI BLES & PEBKIN. oods for INLY. ad can and Will Sell at jow Prices. o convince them that their interest IE !ouse. T. P. QUARLES, Agent. d 1856. -mm. I ETNOLDS, 1RT.) rs ot rriages SN, CONN. >r the SOUTHERN MARKET, an ;hly conversant with the requireused In every Sou 'hern State is its tiled description unnecessary. [*ED WAGON, >ok the GRAND MEDAL of HONvehicle in existence. CONGAREE mi wk Oolum"bia, S. O. PROPRIETOR. ' MANUFACmtEB OP STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, Iron and Brass Castings of all description* made to Order. o [WAS awarded tbe first premium castings at the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society Fairs, hold in Colu'ni>ia, November, 1871, '72 and '73. Circular Saw Mills of all sizes. Uso took the FIRST PREMIUM at Jtate Fairs hold November, 1871, '72, '73Manufacturer of GRIST MILL IRONS of all sizes.* For Sale. Gin Gearing of the following sizes : ) foot wheel and pinion 830 00 0 4 4 4 4 44 32 ?0 1 44 4 4 44 35 00 2 44 " *4 - 45 00 4 * 44 50 00. tVilh Bolts ?6.50 Extra for each sot. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cottoti' ?re."in $10.00 and $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville, S. C. Dec. 10, 1S7.5, 35-tf A. UOLDSMITH. P. KIND. Goldsmith & Kind, Pounders And Machinists (PIKENIX IRON WORKS), COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of Steam Enginos of all 1i7.es: Ilorse powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Ornamental IIous* and Stor? Fronts, Iron Railiugs, Agricultural Implements, etc. Brass and Irou Castings >f all kinds made to order on short notice, ?rwl />? tlin mnit vfwisoTlublfl t??rTllS. 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 once, or be subjected to a rule. ' J. FULLER LYON, Judire of Probate Court, A. C. Jan. 10, 1877. NOTICE. 0 A LL persons having claims against A. the estate of JAMES C. "\VILLARD, deceased, will present them iulj' proved to the undersigned. And arsons indebted to said estate will nake payment without delay to THOS. THOMSON, Administrator. Abbeville C. H., 13th Nov. 1876. Nov. 12 1878. Clearing"out Sale.^ rWILL sell without reserve, the entire contents of my two Hot douses, consisting of over THREE THOUSAND' PLANTS, many of Hiich are rare and valuable. Balance >n hand first of April, will be closed iut at auction, of which notice will be riven. J. F. C. DuPRE. Feb. 7, IS77. tf.