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The Press and Banner. Wednesday, Augus, 29, 1877. Death From Hydrophobia. Bon Williams, a rospectablo colorod man of thisvillago, was bitten by a mail (log about nine weeks ago, but experienced yo inconvenioneo from it until lust Saturday afternoon, whon ho felt strangely in the bitten arm, and was ho much etTocted that he quit work before night. Sunday he felt a little better and on Monday morning went to work as usual, and continued to work until night, though not feeling well. On Tuesday morning, he was quite unwell and starteil A 1-!-. ? 1- !? ?* +/\ U) X1IS ? urikf uut w as ?wn wut^uvu w return homo, when ho took bis bod. Da?. Parker and Templeton were called upon at 11 o'clock, when his real situation was appreciated, and it was known that Ins days were numbered. Ho continued to grow worse until ten o'clock at night whon ho had the first paroxysm. In fifteen minutes ho had another, from which time the paroxysms increased in frequency and severity until ten o'clock noxt morning, when he died a horriblo death, after suffering tho most excruciating pain. During tho last fourteen hours of his life, he frothed at the mouth, attempted to growl or barkfliko a. dog, and would snap at the bed clothing or unwthiniT flint: i-rtinn npar lihn. Taurine his luciiF intervals he would warn his friends not to lot hitn bite them, and would ask them to hold him when ho knew the paroxysm was coming on. j For fifteen houn< before his death ho could swallow nothing, ami at tl;e sight of water ho would faint. He was perfectly conscious of his real condition except at times when ho had a paroxysm on him, and from first to last talked calmly of his Approaching t?ud. Before his death the llov. Walter Maxwell, the pastor of the colored church here visited him, and baptizod the sutterer, when tho dying man partook of the most comfortable Kacrament of the body and blood of our Lord and Saviour, fien was a member of Captain Ed Henderson's Democratic club at thisplaco, and tho Captain as a mark of his friendship for him, remained with him from the time ho first took his bed uutil his death. There is no truth in the ?i l.U lito Ponfttln TKn truth ri'jHiru iiuik iiu un u? . is, bo didn't bito anybody. TIiLh in perhaps tho first death from hydrophobia that has ever occurrod in Abbeville county, and it excited among our citizons tho "groateut interest, numbers of whom visited him. Tho fact that this dog, which bit Ron, bit at least seven other persons, whito and black, in this community makes Ben's death truly alarming. Town Council. With this iasuo is published the report of tho roceipts and expenditures of tho Town Council for tho past year which makes qulto a satisfactory exhibit. By tho figures it will be readily perceivetl tliat tho present council has done well. Heretofore tho receipts have amounted to alniut $2,000 annually, and yet there was a deficit. When the present* Council went into office they found that there were part unnaid claims, amounting to about fl.'iOO ana not a single dollar was turned over to the Treasury. With $1,(500 thoy have sustained the credit of thejtown, defrayed thoir own expenses, and actually paid over $100 on accountof the old debt. The present Council nave not oniy managed our finances well, but thov have made improvement*. Oursidowaiks are made respectable; the public souare has a cleanly appearanco; good order in restored", and everything glides smoothly on undor the management of ;he Council of our own choice. We believe that the :iuuual expenses of the town can be reduced to $1,000 por aunura, and the present Council aro the men who can ana wiil do it. We repeat "well done,'' and nominate them for re-elo?:tiou. Capt. W. A. Mooki', who was 90 severely beaton two weeks ago by highwaymen, is improving. The would-be murderers and robbers had, as they sup|K)sed, killed him, and had commenced to search his pwkets, when Mr. Hala Jones rode up. The thieves finding thev were about to bo di.?covored retreated, ieaving Mr. Moore in an unconscious condition. iiu ?> on uat i iuu uwmv ouu i/t* uoij mediately sent for. Wo arc glad to learn that Mr. Moore Is improving, and that tho thieves (ailed to get iiw money, though they took somo other articles from his pockets. **" Proofs moot incontrovertible aro afforded by exporicneo and observation, that early marriage Is beneficial to the health, and consequently to tho continuation of life in the abrogate, fanatics nnd others teaching to the contrary notwithstanding. So thoroughly convinced are we of tho truth of tho, above that wo intend at loast to court somebody. To Thk CouTjrr Commissioneus of Lacbexs and Abbeville.?As the Saluda is one of the hardest streams to bridge in the county, we suggest that thoy put up the noxt bridge with strong stono piers. This would be a more expensive plan at first but would bo cheaper in the long run,'as bridges nut up lu tho ordinary way seldom stand but a few years at most, on this river. Our neighbors and friends of the JjanrvMviUc Herald and the I\cktnt Sentins. I are disposed to joko us ou tho matrimonial question. All right, gentlemen; wo hope to stop that part of your fun l>efnre wo die. Should we ever suceood in inducing some good man's daughter to woar for as a bridal veil- and orango blooms, we'll invito you to witness tho realization of our brightest droams of future bliss. The arrow that was roeontly sent through the hoart of M. P. DeBrobl, .hKq., it in thought, will not prove fatal. It wait shot by Cupid. His arrows will not kill. If they would, Mr. S. C. Canon Would have long since been a corpse. Mb. and Mrs. W.Joel Smith, and the young ladies, after an absence of two mouths at Porter Springs and the mountains, returned to their homes last Wednesday. Our citizens welcome them back to the community which missed thoir proaenoa ho much. As wo were recently passing Dr. Wilson and one of the prettiest ladies in Abl?cville, wo heard ber say that she would be "obedient and duly respectful." The balance wo did not hear. The prospect for his future happiness is good. Sick.?The frionds of Mr. James R. Ounnigham will be ?orry to learn that he ho hasbeon quite sick for tho past week. We are pleased to state that he is convalescent with hopes of an oarly recovery. A vkrt interesting protracted meeting was held at Mt. Tabor in tho neighborhood of Dorn's Gold Mine last week. Several wore convorted. Revs. Elwell and Beaty preached. Col. W. K. Bradley, Mrs. Bradley and Miss Bradley returned from the mountains last Saturday, whore they bad l)oen sjK'nding a few weeks for recreation and pleasure. Miss Longfikli>, a very interesting and accomplished lady, from Atlanta, Ga., is now spending the summer in the neighborhood of Doru's Gold Mine, with relatives. It's a ncibaxce for thirty loafers to sit on the curb of the Public Will and discus* the propriety of joining "Captain" Thomas company, and scatter vermin. M. P. DeBrchl, Esq., has been employed to defend Rpnsev Cunningham for tho killing of Lewi* Prince, on the road near Lowndesville last week. Thk Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Trowbridge died last Thursday. A bright little child has gone to the arms of llltu who blessed little children. Mr. Mao Moskly came up from Hodges to Abbeville last Saturday with a ^spark" in his eye and a "flame" in his heart. Long Cane is responsible. Thk negroes are excited on the Liberia movement. We say, let ythem go, if they want tow This country is good onough for us. Thk young clerk at Mapleton made a powerful speech at tho celebration at Jbbtpublican last ween, una rewiyuu a nice bouquet. Pf-otbacted meeting commenced at Buffalo last Saturday. Revs. Lamar, B. F. Mdllor, R. N. Pratt and others will preach. If "Touriest" knew how much his articles were appreciate! by our readers, wo know that be would write again. Whitfield Dorn, Esq. was struck with Cupid's dart at Mount Tabor last week. True bill, L. W. Lyon, foreman. "? tt ixr t . >Kwri nnito iUHII. U. !. , Hick. She is tetter now. Long life of .health and happiness to her. Insure yonr Floor, Grist and Saw Mills without delay, with Conner, DuPro dt Branch. From tlio present out-look the Rcpn licutis me going to dig up Grant, anil ri liim for President in 1S80. Mu. Brooks Conner, of Cokesbnr is now taking lesssons in| Denistry fro Dr. Wilson at this place. The Lancaster Ledger says "tho Pre and Banner is ono of the best papors the Stute." Corrc \ Conner DuPre <fc Branch have pa $13,900.00 on dwellings alone, since Ai gust of last year, Mr. L. H. Russell is able to Wr 01 again. Ho has been contincd to his roo for months. Whex notatoes aro due. thev shoui bo kept 'in tho dark. "Light injur them. Tub "Independent Candidate" is tl evil which we are to dread in tho futur Many of oar citizens have boon corir ing. People moat havo something to d Dr. Parker's pills don't go foolir around, but attend strictly to business. Friend Stokes, of tho Union Tiim didn't ace that notlcc, suro enough. Mb, F. M. Godbold, of Cokesbury, on a vis?, to h!a mother at Marian. Eleven of tho sixteen townships < Anderson adopted the fence law. The Greenwood and Augusta Railroa is now in a fine way to bo built. We aro pleased to know that our "Cot tributed Locals" tako so welL Miss Janie Marshall has just r< turned from Charleston. Mr. L. W. Lyon is on a fin* road t matrimony. Crops on Long Cane are very fine. '? ? ??/? ,,o?-u 9 V* 11 * UUI1 b 2 UU ,-onu .. -j . ! Many turnips luive boon sowed. Due West Items. A religious meeting is being held a First Creek church by the Rev. W. F Walters, and will continue for tho re maindor of tho weok. Capt. P. W. R. Nance and Mr. Clarcnc Dunn have returned from Tennessee wit) a number of fine horses. Any youni men looking out for a wife should nov go to soe the Captain?about a horse. Capt. James Pratt, will go to Edgefleb county, during tho last of this week lie has business there?with a lady. Several of tho Masonic brethren wil attend a regular communication of Her mon Lodge next Saturday, rhebrcthrei will "perform" on soveral now brethrei at that time. R. O. was out at Little River chord hist Sunday. Mr. Hill McGhee, of Donaldsville, wa visiting his ladv-love a row nights ago lie means business. Success to vou Hill. The Lindsay gravo-yard is reported t ub as in a neglected condition. Mr. Ilenry McGhoo was recently "rus ticating" in* tho city of Greenville. Mr Jesse Milford went with him. The}' ro turned last Saturday. Mr. Joseph Ellis, a prominentciti7.cn o the neighborhood of Duo West, and on of the best farmers of tho county, was ii town yesterday. This is the lirst time h has been in Abbovillc for a long time. ifie public rnjul from Andy Clink scales' black smith shop to Little River i in a bad condition. Whoro is tho roa< overseer? Dr. M. B. Ellis, of Osvka, Miss., for merly of this county, wo are glad t loam*, is doing a largo practice in his pro fession. Abboville men always take; high stand. Ho will likoly return thi Fall on a visit to th6 place that knew hiu so woll in boyhood. Mr. Lawrence O. Iiobinson, son c ('apt. Hugh Robinson, will go to Green ville University on tho 18thSeptember. Look out lor Connor, Dul're ?fc Branch at an early day. Tho Baptist Singing Convention wil m?ot at Alt. Bethel in Goshen on th Thursday before the fourth Sabbath ii OUJIICU1UVJI Miss Laura Holstein, ono of tho faircs of tho fair, is spending her vacation a Mr. John W. Ellis, near Duo West. Mr. Bryco Clinkscalcs, is building i dwelling. There aro some pleasant re poits as to his matrimonial prospect this Fall. Mr. Winchester MeDaniol and Mrs. M P. Holstein, of Edgefield, visited rela tives hero last week. Mr. Robert Pratt, with tho oncrgy of i younger man, is rebuilding his gin house which was burnt hurt FalL Mr. Pratt ii one of the most substantial men in th< county, and is one of the pillars of th< Baptist church Mr. James McGhoc, of Edgefield, li now visiting relatives at Due \Vost. Mr. Chalmers has j ust ordered a largi supply of cradles, anticipating a hea\n trade from Little River this Fall. Mr. J. M. Ellis, has had such good luc] at courting, that ho is now rosting on hi laurels. At little River a very interesting meet ing has just closed, at which ten addi tlons were made to the church through i {trofession of their faith. The pastor lev. Richard Hurts, and Rev. J. li Strickland, of Andorson, conducted tin IVl V IWO. A protracted meeting is now being hcl< at Walnut Grovo by Rov. R. N.Pratt Rev. J. H. Strickland is assisting. ... DIt. Carmel Dots. A young lady near Mt. Carmel hold the heart of one of Georgia's noblo son.* We would advise her to accept when h proposos, for he is a excellent catch. A little boy went homo from the ta bleau, and told his mother, he saw: gentleman and lady in a carriage am heard them quarreling fearfully. Hi mother asked how he knew they wer quarreling. "Oh! says he they got fight ing mad." It was a love quarrel, o course. One young man says if a certain gir rejects him, ne is going to Texas. If re ports are true he had better go before h troubles himself to propose. One of the Mt. Carmel young ladies 1 preparing a tiat refusal for a gentlemen whom, it is reported, will propose to he soon. She says that she will send hir away from the gates of happiness, gazin back upon its shining portals, whenc< he ia forever an outcast. Sho should no be too precipitate. Another of the Mt. Carmel ladic quarreled wiui ner uwiu, tuiu sciit jul homo at the eloventh hour. But whil she was discarding him, two moi couples were exchanging vows of eterni fidelity. Mr. Reuben Smith is in trouble. liei attracted to Salem, Liberty, and to Gcoi Sia, and exclaims "Lord, what shall I do, ut before he knows it, he is oil' to Gooi gia. It is to be hoped that he will retur better satisfied. Mr. Sam Wells says ho wants to marr in tho Fall. Go it." That is a good id< ?suits our opinion to a T. Mr. Johnnie Cado, of Elbert Count] Ga., recontly created quite a seusatio among the Mt. Carmel divinities. Tho are almost frantic over his manly boautj A young lady near Mt. Cannel wi have a gentleman from Georgia to vis hof in fllifiiit tun ivnnlcii. Hfl mpjms bus ness. It is reported that there wore quite number of matches made at the Tableai We hope tliero will be a few weddiuf aoon. Mr. John Tarrant is thinking serious] of matrimony. If his lady-lovo shoul change her mind ho will dio of despai Should he die of despair, we would a* vue bU friends to keep him. Pe sous who die such a death, often awal from that dreaded sleep. To say the charades and tableaux at 3d Carmel wore a brilliant success, would 1 defrauding the dictionary. I have look* that venerable book through, and fail< to find words to portray the brilliancy the rostrum, and the ease ana grace wn which the actors and actresses appears and performed their parts. The mus furnished by Messrs. Wideman, Bradl* and others, contributed considerably the furtherance of enioyment. The was a large audience, which was ente tained until a late hour. In fact, th< seemed enthralled, entranced. It h boon said by a great many, that N Carmel could produce more beauty thi an v other neighborhood in the State, ai I think they might safely add, also mo intellect, aud taste, for without the t\ latter, the tableau would not have bo such an entertaiuing affair. And lai but not loast, too much praise can not bestowed upon the audionco for ti splendid order thoy preserved, throuj? out the whole performance. We wi the ladies of Mt. Carmel may always as happy as the good and beautiful d b- uprve, and that t Iio gentleman may bo ni blessed with long anil prosperous lives, happy homes, Ac. And may they soon _ gladden the lioarts of the public by anyj nouncing their intention of having an other Tableau. M One young lady in Mt. Carmol is rejoicing that every other young lady in the plaoo in engaged except herself. She is expecting scores of admirers, and has l" commenced washing in horse-raddish, 11" butter-milk, ?fcc., to remove tan, and is using some kind of hair rostorativo, that ut "beats hair ilo all to pieces." sue says, i m though, sho hopes none of Iter admirers will be over twenty-flvo years of ago, as [j she has such an aversion to old men. ?>s j Contributed Locals. 10 WlIO abe You GOUiO to marrt?? ? e* Who a man intends to marry, when be li t- intends to marry, what he' intends to v o. marry, is a piece of business that oon- t! !<r corns the public very little, yot we know is of 110 subjoot in which tho public ineddlo o with more. ii Struck by Lightmxo.?We are in- >' j formed that tho handsome young soldior f< of Monterey has been "struck by light- a ning. In the natural world the danger is o all over after you see tho- flash, in the 11 matrimonial or spiritual world, "tho ro- a d verso is true, but when you feel tho I' strokes of lightning shot from under the P dark eyelashes of a fascinating young ladv you are rather exhilarated?ith? her soft ?: tones of rejection which shatters your t< nerves moro comnlotelv than^ Uio loudest peal of thuuyer. lJew^w now you b o venture, young man. tl Qotton is oj>enirig rapidly. Wo saw a [I field in Magnoliiv ic/vrcw "davs ago, In which a go,->d hand would bo able to 0 gather one hundred pounds per day. ^ "" - " ?rt I. I I1U V'UUIIIV VUinmi^nmuiD uatv viv?vi- |j ed tlio hands'to cut the limbs which make r( traveling disagreeable, but they aro very C( it slow about it. We suggost that 0110 or ^ !. two of the overseers be llnod for neglect, a, i- and push the lmlance up. Q. In ct>ming home from the picnic tho fc e other evoning, two of the Abbeville boys S li got lost, ami went the wrong road, on ft i; purpose of course. They get out seldom, fn v and the}'are sensible in making tho roau ii as long as possible. w J The dinrer at tho Chappoll last Satur- h . day wusjspendid, and tastefully arranged. 'r Thanks to Mrs. Barksdale, Mrs. Liddell ^ I and other ladies. M Wh auk Dry.?The weather has been u hot and airy in this section for several i, i weeks. Cotton lias been ^ut oir one- V-, third. Wo hear this is tho easo in varix ous parts of the county. J". Wo still have twenty-six porsons in u| s jail. This is a fearful expense to tho a] , eountv, but it cannot b? helped at pres- p| cut. The colored people will break tho f1: ' law. There is only one white person y, among tho prisoners. u 0 The road will soon bo turned around pi the dangerous gully near Mr. Schruxier's d " at Lowndesville, who has kindly sold Ji the Commissioners a new road near his tl ' house, somewhat defacing his lot. It d: was thought at ono time an expensive st f bridge would have to bo built. An old la- b e dy was killed about three yearsago, by tl II falling in this gully. w 0 Stop thk Gulliks.?Commissioner oj Jones has purchased three new roads on - account of gullies during the last month. P s A stitch iu time saves nino. " Why do bashful young men and young t ladies at a picnic resemble oil and water? - Because they won't mix. tL (> A Fishing SritKK.?Mr. Albert Clink- a " seines, near Monterey, having somo re- t a pairs to mukoon his dam, let out tlio wa- o M Ut until it was not more than throe feet r( a doep near the fiood gate. Tho neighbors e hearing of it, went cn vuuts, and not less e, f than ten bushels of fish wero taken out. y, - This dam lias been standing only throe ft. years, and has never been stocked. fi, i, Mr. Georgo W. Speer, a neighbor rt says, is a monomaniac on tlie subject of N 1 sorghum, llis first trial at making syrup ? 0 resulted in hundred pounds of candy, al ! lie should have invited the entire county wi to a candy pulling. Ik t Sam Pressly was sent up for thirty days jV t by Justice Calhoun for assault and batto- * ry. His offenco was 'knocking an old P1 white gentlemen with a stick, when or- ^ derod to leave his orchard. s Bk Careful.?It is tho unanimous opinion of tho physicions that when you c catch cold you will have more or less fever, * with it. lThis season persons pulling fodder should bo caroful. aftor stopping, es- & pocially when their clothes are saturated 1 with perspiratiou. jjj ' Picnic at tiik cnarrkll.?A. pleas* ant and successful picnic came off at Lid- fo j dell's Chappeil, on last Saturday, adoui two hundred ladios and gcntleihen wero "j present. The fair daughters of Montorey, tu 3 Mountain View, Duo West, Lowndes- 01 ville, Abbeville and tho adjacent country, q< 3 wore out in full force. The only objec- lj( t tion wo find to picnics Is that tho young [JJ Kontletnan and ladies, who resemble ofi tc - and wator, won't mix enough. Tho boys fo 3 stand oft" and admiro the ladies. They * say, distanco lends encliantmont to the j" view. The ladies sit together and wonder if it is stupidity or iudifferenco with tho tli " boys. Practising no Fence.?A gentle' man in thia county, who is noted for his tj, q bitter opposition to the no fence law, has tl one about three feet high near his house, tti . Wo aro not very active in our old ago w 1 but wo will stako our reputation for ve- rj1 ? racity, that wo can jump it and nevor w touth a rail. Oh consistency ! cc Tho dangerous bridge near Swoarin- J? gen's Mills will soon bo repairod by Mr. C( Edward Sweariugcn. This bridge lias m 8 been in a dangerous condition for months, ni ' If it had not l>oon for the heroic ettbrts of M 0 Mr. Swoaringen and his hands during ,r high wator, some months ago, tho bridge tt - would have boon swept away. It was p< a saved by risking their lives, as the bridge j" 1 was liable to go at any moment, before s Mr. Swearingon swam in and tiod it to a tl o tree with ropes. w " "I Want a Better Lick."?Mr. K. of j*1 * Lowndosville, when he firs4 entered into t) tho sport of base ball, got it mixed up rl '1 with town ball. By the first strike he c( i* only knocked it to tho base lines. Ho 'r c stood still, the Captain says "Hello, why ?j dou'tyou run?" Ho replied, "you Just n, s hold ou; I want a better lick." c< i, Mr. Willie Johnson is one of the crack r catchers of the Lowndesville club. Mr. g, n Theodore Baker says a ball is hard to t\ g cctch. Wo think, judging by his action, tt i, ho takes some of them to be warm. ' tl >t . ? Echoes from Lowndesville. 01 ? Your dwelling or gin house may be ti burned down to night; then take a Poll- tl cy l'rom Couner, DuPre & Branch, and d feel easy. J Mr. J. Y. Jones of Abbevillo, was in t< town to-day. Ho is highly in favor of ?' ^ our anticipated Rail Road. Mr. Jones ," is a young man of much influence in this h country, aud we hope that he may inclino tl a number of other opulent and inlluen- tl tial men to advocate the grand enterprise Jj and lend a helping hand. ^ Mr. J. P. Pritchard opened his school o on the 20th instant, with a number qf Y pupils that arc sufliciontly encouraging to t( r, him. Mr. Pritchard is a lirst class in- jj 1,1 structor, an enterprising citizen, and i> y doserves much success. o Mr. Preston Allen has the best crop in tl the Lowndesville section, tho finest horse tl }t and buggy, and is "flying around" tho ^ sweetest and prettiest young lady on tho ? continent. May ho meet with the do- a a sired and deserved success. n * Mr. J. Y. Jones of Abbeville is a very clever and agreeable young man. lie is ^ >in1m.I'i + iul tn miiVa unnm u-mnftii vftrv. 'N ViUVl lUV^U IV uv*iiv II vawwM . J ly ver, happy. c ? Ono of our most beautiful and amiable ? [ youug ladies is in North Carolina on a *" visit to her rolativos. If sho doesn't rer~ turn very soon a certain young man in :o this section will have to be sent to Col- C umbia. 1 it. Our pastor, Rev. W. H. Lawton, has { je preached some very able sermons lately. 0 Mi He is one of our best men, and wo en- ii >d tertain the hope that he will be perma- t of nently located among us. ? ^ Rev. Mr. Swift of Elborton established ?? a Y. M. C. A. in our towu on last Sab,IC bath. We hope the young men will reW nounce their former nabila, such as fox ^ hunting, dancing. &c., and take hold of t such things as will improve their mental v r~ and moral faculties. ' p >y I It. We had tlio pleasure of meeting in our " in office last Monday our ablo (Senator, Dr. id J. C. Maxwell, of Greenwood. In an- j re other column appears the Senator's reply 8 s'o to "Many Democrats," in which ho de- J, bu tines his position on tho new county .J . < The new constitution of Georgia allows t sixteen hundred dollars as a homestead. i ]1. Cardoaa's furniture was attached at a sj, railroad depot in Columbia last week. 1 (live us moro economy and fewor new ,c-1 counties.?Aiken Courier-Journal* 11 ! The Oldest Church. : Phone Who Etc do A It Fifty Years Ago arc Uetting in the Garden of the Slpmbcrers, while the Untitling. Still Stands in all its Grandeur. rime has Done Little to Efface the Structure Dedicated to the ?Worship of Onr Father. Editor Press and Banner : The month oi' August Ls becoming em hatioaHy a month of protracted meetnga, ana it is eminently proper. After i'o have borne the "heat and burden*' of he orop season we neod recreation, and 11 what more pleasant and proiltablo way ould we spend the time, than in repairrig to God's house, day atlor day, returnug Ifim thanks for past favors, asking >r ti continuance 01 uie same oicssmgs nd seeking Him as 0110 chief good. All ur churches liavc had or havo such lootings in anticipation, and I for ono tn heartily glad that such is the caso. t is an omen for good. Although one rotractcd mooting had como and gone, till some of us thought wo nooded more ud wended oar way ono day last week ) Mount Moriah church. This is the finest church odifico in Aboville county. A large, brick building lat has been standing for more tlian half ccntury, and looks as well as it did tho rst time I saw it over 25 years ago. At no time it excelled in numbers, wealth ud influence any other church in tho >istrict. When the Wallers, Watsons, rooks, MeKellars, Uritlins, Dr. flaratt, Capt. Reynolds, and a host of others instituted a part of its membership, id Fathor Time has made sad havoc mong those noble familios. In looking vor the ohurch tho other day I saw only _ j ? J >ur OI 11 IB Hgwi plimit). ?11 r. UI1U lurs. . P. Brooks, Mrs. Agnon Koynolds and tiyor Peter MoKellar. Nearly all the imilles I mentioned liavo represontaves belonging to tbo church orGroenood. Sevoral years ago, a goodly nuiner (and among them some of the most iflucntial got letters of dismission and trmod tho Greenwood Baptist chnrch. [ouut Moriah has had the services of >me very efficient pastors, among others would montion Nicholas Hodgos, J. M. hiles, W. P. Hill, I)r. Wm. Williams, J. [. Dargan. Mr. Dargan was their last )?ular pastor. He is ono of tho most romising young ministers of his deomination, talented, woll oducated and x>vo all, modest and of unquestionable iety, God in His mysterious Providence [is laid His afflictive hand upon His oung servant, and disease has preyed pon his body until ho has been comslled to loavo oil' his most delightful uty, that of holding up a crucified 38us to a sin stricken world. Oh that 10 groat physician would rebuke his iscaso, restore him to hoalth and ren^th, and gladden tho hearts of his rethren at his going in and out before lem. Tho church at Groenwood not illing to seo hor Mother church gowithnt preaching,- gave up thoir pastor Rev. [r. Jordan part of his tiino, so he reaches to thorn now, Mr. Jordan comicncod his meeting at Mt. Moriah on nturday tho 18th. On Monday Rev. uther Broaddus fVom Ninety-Six camo t his assistanco, Mr. Broaddus is ono of 10 firwt preachors iu the couuty. Ho is native of Virginia aud rocoivod his hoological training at tho Seminary in reonvillo. As soon as he graduated he >ccived a call from the Baptist church at dgefiold, Court House, which ho accoptl, and served tho church for several ears. While at Edgefield ho married a lughtcr of one of the best men in Edgeold county. Nearly two years ago he wiiivfirJ a fuill from tho infant church at inotv-Six In this county, which he aciptod, and left Edgeliold, regretted by 1. I don't think I Ray too much when I iy evory man, woman and child in the >unda of the Edgefloid Association has kind word for Rov. Luther Broaddus. lie day I hoard him at Mt. Moriaii he reached two splendid surmous ou "Formal Salvation" and "Belief." MORE OR ANON. ard from Senator Maxwell* Defining His Position on the New County. liter Preu and Banner: In reply to "Many Democrat*" I would state ittt 1 have no hesltutiou in giving uiy oplnn, as to the "now Coanty." From the uumber of localltloa desiring to be rmed into now counties, I think it probable tat tbo General Assembly will leave the enre matter to a Constitutional Convontlon. [ie proposed county of<Nlaoty-8lx will proibly be a (allure, because tlioy will lack over ?o hundred square miles of the number rellred by the Constitution. It will probably : a failure, because the opponents of the ensure have worked wjth more energy thnn ic advocates and will have a majority of citl- I us In suld territory petitioning against Its rmation. Should the bill reach the Senate will certainly support It, if four conditions 1 c complied with: First, the vlllago of Nino- I -Six and tho Immediate friends of tho en. rprlsc must Incur the great burden, If not ic entire debt of building court flouso, Jail, u. If the alte was at Greoenwood I should rtalnlv oppose It unless this condition was 1 implied with, as I hold that the masses of lo peoplo are too poor to be farther taxed for ils purpose. The three other conditions are , lata majority of tho bona fide citizens of , ich of the comers (one from Abbeville, from iiirens and Kdgelleld) embraced In suld , >unty, muHt assent lu iu iormauon. it ould certainly bo unjust if the Abbovillo 1 truer objected to the movement, to force It 1 itoan alliance with a portion of Edcelleld id Laurens. And oqaully so with tho ' >rners proposed to bo cut from the two last 1 cntlonod counties. Each of tho three corors must huvo a majority of its bona JUU citiii*. Ifsoverlng a small portion from Abbovillo laterinlly effected the interest of the rost of 1 icoounty, as a representative of hor whole ?onle, I would be bound to oppose it; but I aid that It does not do it. It would not oratress, injure or cripple in any way tho rest ' the county. It woulcl'dotract nothing from io general prosperity of her citizens; it ould not depreciate the value of property id would increase taxation very Haiti/any. he county govorument would oo run with te same number of officers at reduced saloon and the expense of paupers. Jail, bridges. )urts, Juries and witnesses would bo reduoea i proportion to reduotion of size of county, mall countlos certainly docreaso the expense r individuals, and I am not sure that they do ot lessen the current annual expense of tho >unly government. There was a time when e "needed large plantations, hundreds of aves; but that time has passed. Wo want nail plantations of one hundred and fifty to vo hundred acres, oocupied by thrifty, indubious citizens, and we want our oonntry lickly interspersed with villages as sites of lucatlon and religion: and if this condition m be produced by railroads, court houses, or Lherwlsc, let us huvo them. If "Many Democrats" think that this seeon of Abbeville is opposed to small counties icy mistake. I know that there aro some, ho believe court houses, courts and all tholr ppenduges aro a curse and the farther you re from them the better. The great objection > Ninety-Six county has been a foarof inrcascd taxation and the local opposition of recti wood on aocountof commercial rivalry. During t ie agitation upon this subject, I ave studiously avoided saying anything int would prejudice any one against or for le new county, and have left the mattor to le opponents and udvocates of tho measure > discuss. ar ".>iany iKiinocniis uu\e ut nvc w fler to dictate to tho delegates from Abbellle as to the new county, 1 would be equally ce to suggest to them that they may be able j do tho people of Abbeville more sorvlee by ivcstlgating tho extravagance of tho I tad leal arty iu Abbeville and ascertaining if our wn people have In any way been mixed In jat extravaguuee: and also suggest to them !iat questions of far more vital Importance han tho "new counnty" will be before the leneral Assembly at Its next session?such uestlons ns the reduction of Interest, the repcnlug or 8outh Carolina Colloee, and the ajUKtmcnt of the public dobt. It seems to 10 it would be fUr better to be endeavoring to armonize any division of the poople likely ;> spring up on the lastthreo questions, than :> widen any broach that may exist botwOeh finely-Six and therostof the oountv, espelallv when those most Interested In the mator, both advocates and oppononts, sustain tio position I have taken. J. C. MAXWELL. :ard from Representative Hemphill. idUorPreu and Banner: In answer to the card of "Many Democrats" 11 your lost Issue, calling for an expression f opinion by tho members of the Legislature a reference to Ninety-Six county, I have hlstosay: If "Many Democrats" will give i* name, I can then determine whether an xpresslon of my views will be timely. UUDXiAi xv* nstdirniuu* Phop. Docket, of Greenwood, one of he most excellent scholars in the Couny, estimates the proposed new oounty vill have only about four hundred ana >ighty-five square railoa, or one hnndred ind forty miles less than the (Jonstitution.1 requirement. Messrs. Connor, DuPre <fc Branch iavo formed a partnership in the fire Inlurance business. Thoy are roliublemen. ...J '.. 111 liionvn vnnr nrnnnrtv for R small kUU WU1 1IK7UIW jrw?. rm~I J ? ionsideration. Sound Bleep Is eonducivo o health?insurance is conducive to lonnd sleep. Insukk your pin houses and cotton, ivith Connor, DuPre <fe Branch. Insure your dwelling, barns and stajlos, with Connor, DuPre & Branch, m ?-VW A v*5 .".'SW -i. O. P. II. \t,+. rJ * Qoick-Silver Wouldn't Run off Top of IIin Head?He is on tl Right Side thi* Time. A. Voice from Due West agninst New County. Editor Prent rm<l Banner: Since the feverish excltemcut of the "f anostloii" has subsided In this hiMtud egreeof considomtlori is mnnifostud in gard to the proponed "new county." w iko public mind Is relieved ullono agltu another springs up, keepinglt altf uys In "whirl pool" of excltcdiont. If wo hv voice lu thu contemplated Innovation, ossuro you that wo are reluctant to yield absent. to its formation. We fully aci with your opposition to this measure, hope you will persist, as a public beneftu in your endoavdrto preserve the beauty symmetry of thfr*AAhens of SouJ?i Carol and prevent, ifpoapiDlo, thoaccumulatlo additional tuxatiott. There 1b some "dftod material" about ancient "fort" tha^jrearo'unwilling to i arato from^nU wo tSQuUi~BPt well disp< wlth.cffperchtfrtceweSnouTffbefcomo inv od ln-another straggle to<tfeanse our cob government of corruption. We think A1 viiie had better remain Intact, until an solute need arises for an additional forun TUspeqseiustice. We can't conceive the) Eriofcy, utility or economy of having a c< oubo at every hamlet or cross road. Evi body's convenience in distance cannot supplied In thin particular. 8oineare obT] a ho Ir* mmntn inan/tnacihln r?nr n *?ra Imagine the fewer court houses In the cc try, tho better for the people. Wo hope honorable Senator ana Representatives weigh this matter carefully In an lmpai scale, ere the next meeting of tho Legislat and suffer no detriment to befall tho "ban county of the State." Wesuggest tho pro ety of getting up a petition in each town? and exhibit to the powers that be,tho nmo of op}>ositlon against it. If there Is no ac demonstration rnado by the majority of taxpayers in the oounty before the next ting of the law makers, Ninety-Six, wo 1 diet, will socuro the right of marking out territory from that honorable body at ensuing session, and hence will go to w In establishing a court house and its acci panlmcnts. The "bill" has undergone second reading, tho tug is principally o the fight has been made, and if tho vole the peopla don't clamor vociferously tl protest, why, our beautiful comity, ore 1< will assume a mutilated, haggard, and sh( loss physiognomy. 0. P. ] Inquires and Answers. No. 1. "Can you tell mo what will deal "the little green worm that occasionally 1 "cabbago plants? I have tried red poppei "decoction of tomato loaves, and am ] "trying a wash from boiled China bi "leaves." Answer. Wo do not bollovo In applyia wash of any kind to young plants to des' vermin, simply because in octl-experience wash is as deleterious to tho plant as worm itself. Wo havealways heard that the early bird that catches tho cabbago wc We. therefore, recommend an examlnatle the plants about sun-up, when every b?L worm on each plant should be caught killed. Any other plan, in our Juugm wlil fis often injure tho plant as the insect No. 2. "Can you tell us from experience "v*iue of the Chufii?" Ans. Wo cunnot, for slnco our boyhc days, when wo kept a patch for our own vote cliowlng, wo have not grown a seet the Chufa; but we occasionally see what deem extravagant reports about this ni; our exchanges, and have now before us a U from which the following is an extri "I saw tho Chufa advertised in the New* 'Qjuricr last spring, and it was said "quarts would plant an acre. I bought "ciuartsand I planted half an aero. The "uo not couio ui? reguiuny, uuu i ti auvu ' plaut live or six sued in a liill. My rowi "three feet wide, and hills flftoon lm "apart.?The plants have lapped In the i "and from tlic way they arc growing the "leys will in a few days be as densely cov "as the rows. From my limited experlc "I believe the Oiiufa is the thing from wl "our bacon can bo mado. I killed twelve! "last wlntor.and will kill twenty this," No. 8. "When corn grows ho tall that a "man with a three feet cane can't reach "top car, how iB the fodder to be gatboi "You have been through States where t "pay some attention to corn, perhaps you "advise us how to roach evou the ml "blades?" Answer. Well, did any mortal ever r! so much impudcnco! How tantalizing fellow Is. He knew we hadnt a rain In weeks, and ho knew our corn blades \ twisted Into whip-thongs by 0 o'clock in morning, and yet lie has the hardhearted to brag to us about his crop. Well, he cx< our sympathy, for we believe It Is tbo time we ever knew him to mako a good c though wo have known himauafarmi sort of kid-glovo farmer, for lo! these m years. And as wo know It comports with Ideas of oconomy, we advlso him to bu stop-ladder, hire two negroes to carry It the flold for him, and gather the fodder 1 self, and then he'll know it U well done. No. 4. "Messrs. Wilson A Rankin, of 27 "wald street. Glasgow, ask us If we over "forolgn seods, ana. If so, they aro willing "anxious to supply ua, 'choapfor cash,' ^ "white and black oats that weigh 45 pou "to tho bushel, wheat 64 pounds to the bu "barley pounds, and all kind* of peren "grtsses and vegetable seeds, as well aa 1 trees, sL rubs, evergreens," Ac., Ac. Answer. Wo never tried but throe kind foreigi. seed, and they made us a "bi "child." Wo onco paid $3 for a peel "Lupin"direct from Germany. Wo plai the seed, and that's the last we saw of th In 1806 we thought we would sweep wl 1 * AM ?/ ? new uroum. ?U ifuu^iib KU uiraicin ui l beautiful wheat from Canada. Wo kowc< on ten acres, manured with 200 bushel cotton seed and 1,000 pounds Peru' guano. Wo harvested 20 bushels of wheat. The next season we sowed bushel of this on a thoroughly prepared of good wheat land. The crop was not a Slohead. In 1800 or 1870 wo drilled a peel white oats received direct from Scotland, made Id bushels. The next year wo so four acres of the same and lost the entire < from rust. For one, we don't care to g< Tar from home for improvod seed. No. 5. "We sco a great deal now-a-days "about tho Jerseys, and occasionally we t "a man say something about his Aldern "Can you tell us the difference? Are t "not the same cuttle originally." Answer. Whether there bo two dlst breeds known as Je:seys and Alderneye are unable to say. Wo saw hundreds summer at the Centennial, and though t were generally known as Jerseys, wc w< occuHlondlly see a stall marked "Aldorn and we could see no difference between inmates and those styled Jerseys. Those tie come from the Channel Isles of Jei Aldomey and Guernsey, lying South of I land, which are too close together to grov any length of time two distinct speclcs of tie. But as the Isle of J orsey grows mc*c tie than the others it is no groat depari from cattle nomenclature to cull thetn all| seys, which are usually described as sn ragged-looking cattle, giving much milk, producing the oest butter, but tholr mil deficient In casein. Cows flbntlc and k The bulls are. however, easily made vlcl No. 8. "Which is tho best tlmo for killin clearing a new ground, summer or wlnto Answer. Wo know nothing about any r I ? 4 ?!.,* Innfl mh.llh.ll. IQIOIiUV iu cucvb upvit but iuuu nuvvuvi tlmbor be cleared off in summer or wlr Wo have cleared land more or less du every month In the year, and have never covered any dlfferenco In the crops becaui the clearing having been done at dlffe seasons. Home fanners contend that ta) off the timber when it is full of sap Is a he drainage upon the land. We don't k that thiB is the caso, for we have never h that the returnlning sap carries nutritloi the toil. Clearing land is a heavy Job, because chopping is very heavy work al bore re of courre will prefer to clear lan< tho winter. We believe It bad economy r a-days to clear land at all. No acre of timbered land can bo prepared for the pic at less than ten dollars (J10,) and if that n ey be expendod In subsoillng and ipanu an exhausted acre It is questionable whe the latter will not be as fertile and ax re neratlve for all future crops as the formi Honorable D. Wyult Aiken, in the New* Courier. Bermuda Grass. Eilltor Southern Farmer:?Often I have 1 astonished at remarks made by farmers, a1 tho terrible ruin brought upon portions ol country by the introduction of what is cs Bermuda grass. Much of tho lino land Middle Georgia was thrown out as utt worthless as soon as this grass made 1U pcarance. An acquaintance of mine sj several days with a number of hands In King up Uie room 01 uns grab*, wnicn whs covered oil a portion ol his land, and b them for fear it would spread and ruir plantation. "While at the same time he engaged with a plow in scratching his Just sufficiently deep to make It wash a1 while men are sending for Bermuda root set out for permanent mendows and past as they find nothing like It for that purj It has been a groat blessing to the old lam Oeorgla that Bermuda grass gained a: hold, for undoubtedly it has been the m of preventing thousands of acres from b washed away. This grass is very close tough rooted ; it is a fine fertilizer for cor cotton lands. The question is often us "Can wo get rid of this grass!" Certainly can by following a simple method. Take mules or horses, harness them to a firstturning plow and turn the grass complc under about September. After plough pulverize with a good harrow. Then with rust proof oats. During the winter 1 lv all the roots of the Bermuda grass will Harvest the oats the following June; then cross plough and sow on the furrow and a half to two pounds of cow peas to acre and cross harrow them in. In Oct turn under the oow peas with a two J turning plow with a chain attached, one to the end of the double-tree, the other t< beam of the plow, with sufficient slack c to draw all the pens and weeds under. II pea vines clog, use a cutting roller wi sharp edge; and you will tlnd a good oat wheat crop, and no neod of commercial i ures. Some spread twenty buBhels of cc Boed broadcast among the pea vines pro to ploughing. I have nad personal experl in subduing Bermuda grass, and know wl of speak. It costs much less than filling lies or reclaiming guided land. ltUKAL SOUTHEBN Ark You Insured??iSlnco 1871 Agencies of Conner, DuPro A lira havo paid over SIXTY-FIVE TH SAND DOLLARS, Firo losses in county. Don't wait till your property is bu: and then wish you had taken the ad of Conner, DuPro & Branch. The iWuch-tnlhed-of Republic. Liberia is n republic on tlic Western const ol Africa, extending from the Sherbro Hlvir, on the the North-west, near the South boundary ol the British colony of Sierra Leone, to the he Pedro Kiver, on the South-east, a dlsiUmc* along the coast of nearly MH) miles. AM the territory between these two points has been purchased from the original proprietors. In the f'earea ovit which the politicalJurisdiction'of the republic^ actually extended was estimated ut'J,700 Kiiuaro miles. The capital and tills largest town is Monrovia, a seaport /* with about i:?,iHW Inhabitants. There area onee great many rivers, none of which arenaviga?. a ble move chan twenty miles from their , r?- mouths. The largest and most. Important is hen the St. Pool j it Is half a mile wltf<5. and lias tlon seven feetof water at its frurath, and is navltho guble onto'eighteen milesA-om the sea. The JG a linwl AM #fim nnfiot In irrtiioiMTltf law nVH uftn<lv we except noli1 the capes, which ore elevated, aui In the South-east, where the shore is bald and :ord rocky. From the const the. lund gradually ana rises, until at the distance of thirty ntUes ln:tor laud It swells Into fOreat-covered ntris, and in and the remoter Interior Into mountain rtdgw Inn. divided by fertile valleys. The noil is genern of nlly good, though there Is some very poor land. Thero is litUe-ttwump laud, the couutho try being almost universally broken and sop- rocky or gravelly. Thfe climate is that eom>nso mon to countries near the equator. .. t J > . inty THERE AltE TWO SEAUON8,~ jbe- the wet and the dry,,the former beginning nb- with June and eniUag with October. ltaln. i t0 lulls .during the greater_pnrt of this season; pro. though not without Intervals of clear skies mrt ttnd successive davs. of flno weather, esper?ry_ clally in July and Araust. In the dry season be ralovte rare, thodfcn there are occasional 'ired showers. Tlio^averagj temperature ol the Ve year in ilonrjfcta.iS'SO deg., that of the rainy ,un. season being*?nd of the drv tfcj. The murour cury seldom rises above DO lu tlie 'shfifTe, and win never falls below GO. Jane Is the coolest tlal month and January the hottest. During,the ;ure hottest months, January, February and [nor March, the heat Is mitigated by the constant prj. winds,- the land breeze blowing from midship night until n?ar midday; and the sea breeze lUnt from midday until near midnight. The tjvc climate, both on the coast and in the interior, the 's ( It. DEADI.Y TO THE WHITE MAX, pre- and though less fatal, Is utUl formidable totho her blaak .uuin born aud lcaaed in t?mgyruto the -reffions. "Strangers, stxm after tlielr arrlvtll ork uro attacked with a fever called acclimating om* WU1UU OUCJUJ3 iu Uf UlUOt'U IIUW 1>J bUU MV(*V, the but by mlusuia, of tbc origin and character, ver, of which'llttlo Is known, and tliuvuctor's e of skill la often offfcull. This sickness indicates iclr ltsapproaeh by headache, pains in the biu#. >ng, low of appetite, and more or lens gastric fieipo limgement, ana rapidiydevclojw'fiito bilious [I, wmlttent fever. Thju sometimes yields to nilld treatment, and,the patient la then prepared to endurfl' ordinary exposuro to the - climate. Generally, however, tnedipcase assumes a terttory or other form pf intermlttr<w tentfever, accompanied by bll^s vomiting, cllfn a dull expression of the oya. and lUfTfe febrile p. a part>xyHmsiiat?nso headache and dellrihm. now ibis I8 called orry , ijitft . amucXn rr.VEit, and^matiy ofTts*chttractorisrics, very near isLJr-'ly resembles our yellow fever on'xhe coast, and Is about as faftil'<ta life. To thojvhite "jf man there is no acclimation lii Liboam?the first attack of fever does nbtrsecara himrrcrfn 11 j* subsequent attacks. To the natives tn"6 nx? GUmate 's not unfavorable; they are robust n 01 and have few dtseOa?ft, and many of them live and 10 u (jrcat Tnlm oil ftfhnathc ,ent, PttUTCJFtE ABTlCIiB O^ tXPORT. Malfe, rioe, wheat, barloy and oats, grow on the the highlands of the interior. Cotton, sugar catiaund coirae are also produced oud grow od'8 luxuriantly; tho former need oot tfc planted pri- more than every seven yqars, a^doften grows 1 of spontaneously. \ tiir population ittor of Liberia is composed of colored emigrants act from the United .states and their descendants (j/ifi who foi*m the ruling clans, and of uncivilized four native tribes. The loud population, accord/Ive ln? to the latest oillelal estimates of the seed Liberian Government, amounts to 720,1)00, of so to whom 11),000 are Amerieo-Liberians. The sare natives genernlly wear a single loose gar,.1,08 ment, leaving the head and feet bare, but the rou- colonists dress like Kuropeuns, and in Monall rovia are rather distinguished for dressing ered well. They are strict observers of the Sal>nco batb, and have mauy churches, which are lilcl'i well atteuded. There is a regular system of UOgS COMMON SCHOOia, . .. high schools and a college. The Methodist 1 rM' Kplscopal Church has organized the Liberia mission into an annual conference, with a ?a J missionary bishop at its head. Tho mission in 1S72 hud twenty-four missionaries, twenty i iin churches, fliteeu day schools and 2,'Iid uaie members. The Protestant Episcopal Church, i tho Baptist and tho l'reshyterian also have missions there. The native population under inai jurisdiction of the republic comprises a lor. variety of tribes. The Vays arefconsidered \,re superior to all other tribes in morals and in1,10 tefligonce. About thirty years ago, they lnnf>SH . _ J 1_1._1._i r I 4 ".7 vuiiwju nil ni)?uuuuii iui wail/Ui^ inuii jau^un^g 11,1,1 a8 they are tn coustant intercourse with _ hl the Mandlngos and other Mohuiumodau Pj til bos of the Interior, ~auy MOU A.3IMEDANI8M h& Is making rapid progress among them. The ly a Pcssehs, u tribe who live about seventy miles Into from the coast, supply most of the domestic llm- slaves for tho neighboring tribes. The greatambition of a Krooman is to irinrry many Os- wives; tills is said to bo tho chief reason why buy they wander from home and labor on ships, and Wlicu one of them has oarncd enough money ylth to inds duy a wife, I1?} he returns to his native village, marries, and P"*J romalnsawhilo atliome. When he desires ruu another wife, ho goes to sea again. As he , . grows old, ho retires altogether from the 8 ?? ocean, and lives in ease and plenty, supported urni. 5y ]nbor of his wlvos, who cheerfully work to maintain him in comfort. TheKrooa ilea are mostly idolaters, though they believe in lem. one BUpremo God. The Mandlgos are tho ? most Interesting and promising tribe in tho 11081 tAri*llnrv nf T.lhnHn Thov urn fnund nil thn ) Eastern frontier, nnd wero the Liberian Govcrnmont further to extend its Jurisdiction "J. over them, it might exert through them a one I,oworfuI Influonco upon tho Interior. The acre principal farming region sin- o Liberia is on tlie banks of the St. Paul Rivk of cr. The chief staple is sugar. of which the and crop in 1871 was estimated at 300,000 pounds, wed The Llberlans have built and manned about jrop thirty coast traders, and they have a number J so of vessels enguged in commcreo with Great Britain and the United Stutcs: a steamer cv"flld ory six days connects the Westcoastof Africa icar wfth Liverpool. The chief article of export is eys. painx oil, palm nuts, ivory, arrow root, colfee hey 0nd sugar. Commerce is carried on mainly with Great Britain, tho United States, Beiinct gium and Hamburg. Tho republic hrs con'w9 eluded "Wt COMMERCIAL TREATIES. >uld wIth Great Britain, France, Belgium, Dcnpv " mark, Italy, tho Netherlands, Sweden, North',, way, Portugal and Austria. Tho public ruvccn*L nuofrom lsftlto 1S70 averaged 8110,000, about " y Suo.000 of which was derived from custom duties. Tho chief Items of public expenditure irfor are those for the civil service, (540,000,) the maintenance of an armed force, (513,000.) and Catm the administration of justice (87,000.) A publie debt was for the first timo contracted in jer 1871, when a loan of So!*),000, at 7 per cent, inr.^jj terost, to bo redeemed in lllteen ycrrs, was lsj{n J sued in London. k Is THE CONSTITUTION 1*,J - ' ' - *- i'? ,uu* of Liberia provides ior wic iiuuukuuucb ????oils, lowing fundamental principles: All men K or are born equally free, In the right of enjoyr7,r Ingand defending life, liberty and the pur?.ir* suit of happiness. Al! power of the govornllie ment Is inherent In the people. Slavery lYor- shall not exist In the republic, or bo counterj"S nanced by any of its citizens. All elections "'"j shall bo by ballot, and every male citizen 56 ?; possessing real estato shall have the right of r.ont suffrage. None but persons of color shall be cln8 admitted to citizenship, a provision which Is ?vy Intended to be of but temporary duration, now xho Legislative body Is styled "the Legislaea turoof Liberia," and is composed of a Senate a and a House of Representatives. Eachcounand is entitled two Senators, who are elected for *'.a* a term of four years. Representatives are elect1 m ed biennially, every county being entitled to l0^: one Representative, and ail additional one for wc'1 every 10,000 habitants. The President is ?ugn eicctcd by th?f>eople for a term of two years, ion- -with the consent of the Senate, ho appoint# {".'"K the secretaries of war, the navy, treasury and tuer Htate, the postnuister general, tho Judges, and mu" many other officers, civil and military. The iT-~ Judicial power is vested In a Supreme Court anct and also several subordinate courts. Tho republic owes ITS ORIOIK to tho American Colonization Society, which, in 1S20, sent flic first colonists from the I it..itml Btoioo 11\ Mm Mlti>rl>rri Islands, who seen eventually settled at Cupe Mesurado in JS&i. l?out In 1S17, the Declaration of Independence was four in (id o ami a constitution adopted. The lirst tiled President was Jose ph Jenkins Huberts, Mini s of served four terms, from IMS to 1K"><>. During erly tiie administration of 1'resilient Itoyo, in 1X70, i ftp- a popular uprising took place in Liboria; the pent President was imprisoned, and executive dig- Committee entrusted with the government dis- until Mny, 1871, when the llrst President, J. J. urnt Roberts, was again plaeod at the head of the l his government. was ? - -> ' -? laud OBITUARY. way, - . . . -s ^ Mils. Maiiy Ellen Sullivan, daught>ose cr Albert J* Clinkacales, was born in ds of Abbeville county, S. C., Juno 3d, 1854, foot- was married to John P. Sullivan, of Lnu??ns rens county, S. C.. May 15th, 1S74, and 1in? died July 25th, 1877. She became a luomn or ber of the Presbyterian church when ked, about 10 yoars of age, all hough from a we child she liad realized a /saving faith in tw'? Christ, being taught this way of the Lord Italy ^y H P'0lls mother and this was her dvilng. testimony?that so long as she could sow remembor slio had had faitli in Christ, lear- The Providence that removed her so soon was mysterious. She had been happily r ono carried for about 3 years?left one sweet , the daughier behind and was, to all human ober appearances titted for a useful and happy lorse life; yet in all her afflictions slie never slhe ciu0st'i0,lc^ tho wisdom and goodness oJ hain Uod. Hor affliction?consumption?waf r the long and trying, through all of whicli th a she expressed unwavering faith in Christ, -and and longed to be with him. I visited hoi often in her sickness and found her firm, rlous faith strong hope and dying testimony s once blessod means of grace. The last time 1 here- visited her whilo she could talk: sht 8ul* pressed my hand and said, "I am almost EB> noine, and the nearer I got to the river, the more precious is Jesus. I shall soon be with Him forever." Such a life and such a death is a glorious triumph of tht "y}t blessed religion of Josus. There is a Homo for weary souls, this jjy 8jn auj sorrow driven: When tossed on lifo's tempestuous shoals, rned wiien storms arise and oceans rollvice And nothing's truy but Heaven. J. B. T. MARKET REPORTS. r CORRECTED EP [Barnwell & Co. . '* | Cotton Bayers nod Dealers in Gen< eral Merchandise. A nBEViLLK.?CoLLou middling. W*; hqggljpi per yard IflalfJ; ties, per bundle, 'ZJxmKM flour per barrel, 8.00al0.00; meal, perbusml l.U0ttl.2&; wheat, p?r, buatoel. 1.25al.50; oats per bushel, 75; corn, PQr bushel, 1,00; bacoi Hides, per potind^Diii)^; Bhouldera, per pouud 7aS; salt, per slick, 2.W. LotTiSvillK, August 25.?Flour steady?4 J)* a.5.75. Whoat dull?l.l5tfJ0. Corn, <Iullwlilte 4fi, mixed 40. Pork dull?12.W. IfiM meats flrin?5%for shoulders." clear sides H%. lit),con ateady-^fjaB for shoaideri and clcar rib; sugar-cured hams 10Ual2 Lard quiet?choice leaf, tierces 10M<% Whisky quiet at 1.10. QaKglagdull at 18%. 8T. LOUIS, August 25.?Flour Inactive and steady. Wheat lower?1.26a2fiM" Core Qrja ?mlxeU JWV. pofk dull ana IflworJobblnu 12.75. Lard dull?Winter 8JO. Bulk moat? unsettled?t>J/Gft7 for eledt-ribs and cleiu sides. Bacon uctlve shoulders 5%, clour rlt sides 7x/6. . /Vf'yW*' 2s?U HOTEL Altjkl^ALS^ Alston House.-J 0 JlVynn, J W Thompson, Atlanta; J Moulton, Knoxville; Jake Hftfer, E P liioiriaa, Ball; JDryfoca. Georgia; Mrs B P I'urkor,MlsK K C Parker, Colombia John rIL-ht, Forest City; E Shepperson; JJ C: J M Print,'mill way; Miss Laura Baakltf, Miss Annie Glles-Mlss Mag Boskin, Miss M E lias kin, Dr J T Baskin, and wife Monterey: JL Simpson, LOwndesvllle; Mrs E A Bidden, J xLlddelL^torm Hill; Miss Nannie Johnson, Rooky iUver; J E Caldwell, Mt Cnrmel; E A iSlars, Calhouns Mill; E . W Wilson, Ft PlfekenH; W"A Tenipleton, Greenville; J Y Jones, S C Link, City. CENTRAL HOTEL.?N M Backhalter, Nlnety-SlX; J .(^jZhpmnson, Columbia: I Rhett, C L Slmonds,CJoAwewton; LSheppanh Greenwood; W M Crook shrfnkC Atlanta; 8 V Thompson, .Baltimore; W P GoIhod, Ala; Eugene Allen, Florida; Dr Hi> Wilson, W< McGowan. City. COKSIGNSES. ^JCukioht.?1} W William*, D J Jordan, J fi HaKI>unn W R. Pnwfll W .7 Smith. T HaJccn R T Ofbrttoft, W D Man, W F Anderson. Extrkss.?JMss A Quffltt'B G Graydon W a WheSToiy E Cowan, Ben Partlow, J I Mllliin, A M BWPin.T A Andrews, AI Martin O R Horton, J AWlcr. Fresh Arrivals. ~\/f~OtTR$t?&<'G Prints, modium darl< ill Prints: in,, pretty styles, bleached and brown Horhaspuna, Spool Cottons, Spool Silks, black silk Dress Buttons, Rufflings and other desirable 'frtXKla, ai the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. FIRE! FIRE!! FIDE!!! rr>HE undersigned, havo this day nnitct Jt tliolr Agencies, representing FORTTi JA/UiiAXio unu ;vnot;u)t uui iuik a continuation of tho patronage hereto fore b<?g towed upon us. Wc le?l assured tba with our combined strength and experience we can ?ive entire satisfaction to our custom ers. Kates as low tho least. Olllco over I'os Olllco, Abbeville, S. C. CONNER, DoPRE & BRANCH. F. A. Conner, J. F. C. DuPke, \V T. Branch. [September 1,1877. August 2!), 1877.3m ^ TAX NOTICE. Treasurer's Office, Abbeviilt County. AUTHORITY having been given b] tho Comptroller Gcuoral of tin Stato, to tho County Troasuror, to use hi; discretion as to the collection of Taxei prior to tho 1st of October. I horoby giv< notico that niy. ofllco will bo open on an< after Monday, the 3d day of Sopteinborand remain opon for tho month except a stated below. In ordor to accomodate tho tax payors of tho County, I will attend at tho follow in*? places, at tho times, stated as follows Ninety-Six, Monday and Tuesday, 24tl and 25th September. Greonwood, Wednesday, 26th. Hodges, Thursday, 27th, Donaldaville, Friday, 28th. Duo Wost. Saturday, 29th. My olllco In tho Court Houao, will b open from tho 1st to 3lst October. Th Court House being the cotton market foi tho scfctlons of tho county not specific* above, lc is aeumuu auvmuiu mtu u other appointments than those abov enumerated, be made. Tho Books will close October 31st. A1 taxes not paid on or before that day wil bo liable to a penalty of 15 per cent., an* tlio; Treasurer will proceed to colloct th same as provided by law. Porsons liablo to pay a poll tax and fail ing or refusing to pay tne samo shall b doomed guilty of a misdemeanor, am shall be punished by a fine of five dollars or bo imprisoned in the county jail fo thirty days. Tax payers are notified to bring wit) them tho Receipts for tho Hampton an< County Tax, given by mo, as the sanv will be taken as money in tho payment o tho present tax. J. W. PERRIN, County Troasurer. August, 29, 1877, 8t. STATEMENT Of Receipts and Expenditure of th Town Council of Abbeville, Iron the 1st day of October, 1876, to tb 31st day of Augost, 1877.. DR. To amount received on account of Liquor Licenccs, $094 5< To amount received from Circus or othor Exhibitions, 49 & Tn mrirtiint rflreived from Dolin quont tuxes for 1870, 105 0 To amount received from tax of Heal or Personal Property, 497 2 To amount received from Coinmutatiou Tax, 165 0 To amount recoivod from Finos, Ac., 89 0 Total, ?1600 2 C'lt. By cash paid Current Expenses, present year, ?1164 & By cash paid Past Indebtedness,.. 425 8 By Cash on Hand, 9 5 Total, $1600 2 T. P. QUA11LES, Sog.-etary of Council. August 20, 1S77. tf. Town Election. AN election for Intcndent and four Wai dens for the town of Abbeville, to serv for the ensueing municipal year, will be liol on the SECOND MONDAY IN SEPTEMBKI NEXT, (10.) The pollH will be open ut o'clock, A. M., and close nt6 P. M., when th managers "shall forthwith count tbo votw and declare the election. i Managers. i Messrs. Anion Morse, \V. R. Wh itc and ] W. Hughes, are hereby appointed Managers and will conduct tlio election uccordlng t law. POLLS to be opened in GRAND JUR1 [ ROOM in Court House. W. H. PARKER, Intendent. I August 29,1877. 2t, Notice to the Trustees ii | the Several School Districts. , This is the year for making an enumer i ation of all the children between the ago [ of six (6) and Sixteen (ltf) years, resi > dent within your School District, distill ; guisliing between mala and femalo, whit , and colored. i The Clerk of Maid Hoard of Trustees [ shall return to the County School Com . _? -1 > nilSSIOIlf r, n I villi II wi uicimuK You must make tlie return to this ollie bjr the 25th Septonibor next. 'The Clerk of cach Board of Trustee , will call on mo for Books and Blanks. JOHN A. WIER, School Commissioner, Abbeville Co. August 20, 1^77, 2t. /' .. f5M " * ^ ' - '** * ?i?w5 . ' AGENTS WANTED! T7<0It this Cooi,)h^on?hvo, Superbly JUa* 1? trntctL HfUory of the present rnoonn| j^*eo,^to*AW? ' in Bulgaria; tbe Frlghtftil TorkUh Atrocl' ties in oiher places: the uprtaUto o<4*?4b(m|k* : es fiVHerzegovina. ItgfleaSbaratirrlngBB1 tie** *nd Thrllllnc Inofcfaftfw?e Witt, *qJf? 1 the most AclnkoW iiijBwun? ??? JmS age. Agente 6re mp if prompt^M ! **Mik> Af2&WUo(?r GRAXDCOMf BINATION Pae^PECmia repreMntiac ; 150 DISmtCF BOOKS I of univorsal Interest. JLt includes Agrtcttlta" -5*1, Biographical, Historical. Religious and i; Mlsotfluneous Works', with 8lz?, Title and 'Uecrlptlon of caoh BomL Bpecimeo Pagos Mid, Specimen Illmtrfltigim. Bales made from this I'pospkctus when all single Books > full. Also on oar ; Family B,bleS SV : Protestant nnd Catholic, With Invalufthto Hlastrated Aids atttttrterfe [ JHndlngs. lJOatyles. KuroriirtoaU ' othcrn and Indlspensible to evafK4a<nlly? * 7 jO- Particulars-Arte. Addfcir^~, 1 jng. e. potthuc co., pumttbem VHILADELPIA. August ?), 1877. tf. : ! CLOSING OUT '? COST FOE cm HAVING to v*egte the Store House now occupied fey t^HD l?t September next, M and being unable to get another, we offer our 'I VUU1C . STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE A.t Cost For Cash duly, UNTIL* 1st September next. Call and flecort bargains. Respectfully. I W. T. MCDONALD A CO. 1 August 22,1877. tf. ' SELLING OFF AT COST. I THE UNDERSIGNED would respectfully inform the citizens of t Abbovlllo county that he will sell out hia . entire and woll Selected Stock of t Spring: and Summer Cloth ing?Gents Furnishing Goods and a Nice Assortment of Straw Hats A.T COST. A FULL STOCK OF DRY GOODS, } Shoos and Groceries always on hand, which I propose to sell at very low figures. P. ROSENBERG, 3 Granite Range, Abbeville, & C. J July 4, 1877. t? B ??????????? 1 Landreth and Son's New 3 Crop of ^Turnip Seed i for 1877, FOR SALE BY H. W. LAWSON k CO EARLY Flat Dutch, Purple Top Flat Dutch, Pomeian Globo. Yellow Aberdeen, Amber Globe, Purple Top, Yellow, Ruta Rasa. 0 July 11, 1977. i To the Public. o 0 V HAVE removed my DENTAL 1 JL OFFICE to the room ou Um up1 per corner of Granite Range, over i Mr. Mars' store. JNO. S. THOMPSON, Dentist. 0 May 16,1877. 3 1; Marshall P. DeBrahl, 1 Attorney at Law, 1 ABBEVILLE C. H., 8. C. f Office of W. .A Lee. [July 19, MILES' GAITERS FOR LADIES and Gentlemen, just received by T. P. QUALE8. Juno 20,1877. PAPETERIE8,?Fancy Paper and Envelopes in boxen?25 cent* to 76 B cents. EDWIN PARKER. . Juno 20, 1877, a ! . R /QUININE AND SUL. CINCHONI W DIA with other recent orders of dnigs. edwin parker. June 20, 1877. ., . Canned~good8~of all kinds at Cunningham <t Teinploton's. ) June Cth, 1877. tf _ . -g ?) dozen cane an3 caneim back rocking chairs at j. d. chalmers * co. o Oct. 25, 1876, tf a Levi Levy, On the Dendy Corner, 0 TS still keeping a STABLE tor the feed1 nig and shelteriug of homes. Single 0 feeds 50 cents, throe feeds for ono dollar. Remember that this stable is kept by a Democrat darkey. ? 9 Aug. 22, 1877. tL SHERIFFS SALE. 3 0 T>Y VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO ME J) directed I will sell on Saleday in Septem5 bor next within the lesral hours of sale One Lot and Houses 9 thereon situate lying and beingin the town of Abbovllle on main street known as the James Shilllto residence, bounded by Bald main street, house nnd lot of John G. Edwards, H. \V. Iiawson and others, sold as the property of James Shilllto deceased at the suit of ii. W. Lawson. TERMS CASH, J. Y. JONES, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office, August 15, 1877. New Goods Cheaper Than I Ever. a t* r AM constantly reoeivln* additions to my ? 1 Stock. FAMILY GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, SHOES Ac., whtch I am offering at very low priocs for cash. T. P. QUARLES, Agent. August 22,1877. U. 3 VIOTICE?Is hereby given that application IM will be made to the Legislature, at its ? next 6C888iou, to charter PUCKEIT A TURNER'S FERRY, on Saluda River, at the original site of Swunuey'i Ferryi' PUCKETT & TURNER. August 22,1877. tt NEW GOODS,?New lot of ladles and Miswa HOSE at MISS J. E. RANEY, August, 15. 1877. EW CORSETS, HANDKERCHIEFS, Ties, collars and cuff* trilling, Ac., Cheap for cash at MISS J. E. RAMEY, 1 August 15,1877. jjouotonuBt 17ULL nnd complete lot low price Bedittads. ; The Best Five Dollar Bedstead sold iu . tlie State. J. D, CHALMERS A CO. ? Octobor 25,18?6, U. " TUQT RECEIVED at W. T. McDONO ALD A CO'S., Nq. 2 White's block, , 1 case Superior Jellies, 100 lbs. French ' and American Candy, Nuts, Chocolate, ^ Sugars, Ac. Our A. Roasted Coffoo is 0 tlie best in the market; try it. J TJARGAINS! BARGAINS J at W. T. JL> Mcdonald a cos.. No. 2 Whito's block, in Gents' Hats, Ladies' A Misses' Gailern, (small sizes,) caU and soe.