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\ The Press and Banner.!' ABBEVILLE, S. C. < Or HUGH WILSON & W. C. BENET. < *rr.j Oft 187ft < weuucsuiijf ,vuuv?wt .v.^ The Commune tbe Dancer of the 1 Dav? * The European Congress is now silting In Berlin, thinking that it is alono con- t corned in shaping the future destinies of { Europe, and there the British, the Bussian, the Austrian and the Frenchman are amicably endeavoring to adjust the inap of that continent, as if they alono w?re the motor powers. The international exhibition at Paris is peacefully exhibiting tho fruitsof peace, aud its promoter* think they are thus satisfactorily facing the problems of the hour. And t 'n this country, from New England to New Mexico, Democrats and Republi- L cans are busying themselves with Potter investigations, presidential titles, and the f possibilities of 1880, as if these alone j olnbo TTcrO in South! WtiO LUC 1SOUW Ul ovunvt ? Carolina we are making our nominations ^ and squabbling over Conservatives and Straight-outs, Democrats and Radicals, j Just as if no other forces wore at work than those that are concernod with our next election. Meanwhile there comes up from the four corners of Christendom a constant murmur of opposition to all j the powers that be, whether they bo Emperors, Kinprs, or Presidents. That ^ grumbling and murmuring emanate ^ from the followers of and believers in the Commune which like the pestilence that walketh in darkness has over-run and infected the whole civilized world. * <1 This Communism, this new political doctrine, mav ho defined to mean the c absoluto equality of all men, and the equal right of all men to possess equally the accumulated property, real and per- t sonal, which the centuries have amassed, not only what John Stuart Mill calls the j. unearned increment of landed estates, ^ held by the aristocracy, but even the vast hoards of capital which tho labour, ener- j gj', and intelligence of commoners have ^ amassed. In Russia, Communism takes ? tho form of Nihilism, and as such it threatens to undermine the throne of the ^ Czar. So strong is the Commune there ^ that a girl who three months ago openly ^ tried to kill the chict' of police for no reason save that he was a government of- { licial, was acquitted by a jury and made a heroine by tho people. In Germany, Communism is known as Socialism, and thero it has twice tried lately to assassinate tho Emperor not because he is wnworthy of his high position, but simply because ho stands in the way of the levelling doctrine. Tho bloody orgies, wor- ^ thy only of pandemonium, which Paris saw and shuddered at seven years ago ? while tho Commune temporarily ruled j the city, have for a time weakened its ^ power in France. In Britain, it takes the ^ form of strikos and trades unions and in the light of day it sets lire to factories and ? dwellings of capitalists in Lancashire. Has the Communo raised its head in this . hind of the free and tho bravo? Let the !, Pittsburg and Baltimore riots of a year ago tell their bloody tale, and tho recent ^ demonstrations at Chicago will confirm ( It. Hero as in Europe the destructive dor.trine has its apostlus and disciples. Citizen Schwab and others unblushingly j preach that those who have should, must and shall give to those who have not. t~ Land-owners, capitalists, employers of labour, must bring together all their ac- e cumulated wealth, place it in the hands j. of a communistic committee, and let all men partake thereof, sharo and fare alike. ^ Mischievous and fundamentally erro- v neous though its doctrines are, wo can j understand the existence of tho Com- t mune in Eurupc where in every country t there is an aristocracy with its vested in- ^ torests, and whore a dense population cannot comprehend how the land belongs j to so limited and privileged a class, some of whose time-honoured titles cannot ^ bear inspection. But the growth of the j Commune in the United States is incoin- t prehensiblc. Ilero there is no titled ar- t Tho wp.ilthv Americans of ? J' ~ " " I this generation arc the children and j grandchildren of the poor, and their children and grandchildren will in due ^ course of time run through and dissipate t the hard earnings of their fathers and Join the ranks of the commonalty. Here t with a few exceptions the wealthy de- ^ serve their wealth as the legitimate fruits ^ of long-continued and self-denying in- ^ dustry. And we may add that hero, with few exceptions, the poor deserve their poverty as the legitimate result of idlenoes, extravagance and lack of energy, g for here there is land enough aud to spare j if tho poor will only go in and possess it. fl The rulers and statesmen of Europe and America are much puzzled and perplexed j, bout the commune. It belongs to no a nation. It disregards all national ties. f It blots out all geographical lines of do- * raorcation on the maps. Religion, patriotIsm, pride of birth, all are ignored by the j communist. Russia may tight with En- t gland, and France with Germany, but the commune in all four countries is one r and indivisible and its members n are brethren. Therein lies its terrible c power. Like a great underground, inter- c national league, it aims to subvert ali t nationalities and realize that most Uto- t pian of all dreams, a universal republic, t and world-wide commune. ( Happily in the South the communistic doctrine has not many adherents. But still its presence is felt. Here in South Carolina it does not take the form of communistic division of property, for there 8 is not much property to divide; but it dhows itself in communism of political power. Hero the cry is not tojtake lands and money from tho rich and give them to the poor, but to take all political power from those who are by ability and training the leaders of the people, aud give it to one of the people themselves, no mattor how corrupt and iuoompetent he bo. Some of our newspapers have gone so far ok to say wo have not and never havo had leaders of the people, and they call upon us to support candidates for office not because they are best fitted for the position but because thoy are of the people and make no pretence to be able to load them. This communism of political power and office and social position is the worst of the fallacious dootriue. It is playing havoc with the destinies of South Carolina. It is sending to our legislative hall men who are utterly unworthy of the seats once adorned by men whose names are historical. The social and political landscape, like tfce natural, has its towering mountainpeaks, its lesser hills, Its i valleys and pUlns. This upstart commu nism is trying to reduce' all to one dead, monotonous level. Men seek for offico, not because of their fitness for it, bnt be- ' cause they are of the people, are poor and cannot otherwise make a living. And of ficial incumbents are told they must vacate these offioes. not because of their incompetency, but because other men believers in the "rotation of office" system, desire also to put their fingers into be publio pie, and pull a plum thereout. It will take the united efforts of all the best men in South Carolina to oounteraot the influence of this pernicious doctrine. If it is not successfully met at the hustings of the ballot-box, it will fill our capital with a body of self-seeking and needy demagogues, ignorant, unscrupulus. i and unworthy. It behooves ua all high or low degrees, or of no degree at all, to in&ke common cause against the common j enomy. Go to Due West next 8unday to hear the Commencement sermon. \ ' * .1 '4:.0 V : " Instructing Senators and Representatives. The right of constituents to instruct j Senators and Repreeentators to the State , Legislature lias of lat? born much dis;ussed in Abbeville county. Upon this ' inostion, like all matters of public interest, we shall put ourselves upon record J >y expressing what wc believe to be eor ect principles and the proper rules for >nr ^lidanoc. j In a purely Democratic Government the j wople themselves meet and transact < heir own business, but in a Republic : he Government is conducted by a Repre T\ Tlio arcriimPllt I I tCT4lU4 ICT' JLA;ill\A.lttv j * ?*vy ? hat Representative* should bo govern- 1 ?d by a majority of their constituents is 1 lot good logic. In Abbeville county the I, legrocs, who are clothed with all the t -ights of citizenship, arc largely in the 1 najoritv. If this rule was observed our f lelogates would act in accordaneo with < heir wishes, and the whites would have 10 control whatever. Senators and j Representatives should be chosen for heir superior ability and intelligence, i or their fairness and decision of charac- ' er, for their good judgmont and clearless of thought. They should be men who j vlll, according to their own convictions < ?f right, discharge the important pub- j ic duties devolving upon them with nnwerving fidelity, 'regordlessj of public < :lamor. ' The people of a particular location have i right to request ccrtain local legislation, j n such matters, for instance, as laws i granting the opening of a public high- 1 ray, or requiring the construction of a j ?ridge across a stream, the erection of , ountv public buildings, the incorporation 1 if a town, college or manufacturing com- j >any, the chartering of a railroad route, j r a request to allow the citizens of cer- 1 ain localities to tax themselves for spe- < ial or local reasons, the delegato is the ' pecial Representative of that comrauni- ( y which may make requests of him as to i he above and kindred matters. Beyond |1 he necessary attention to these matters ; ie is not a local Representative but a tepresentative of the whole State. Tho local club at Abbeville Court louse, for instance, has no more right to nstruct tho Representative as to what ictiou he shall take upon a question involving the genoral interest, than they lave to instruct the delegates from < Charleston upon the same question. It s denying our Representatives the right o represent the State fully if we forbid ' hem to vote as their conviction of right hall incline them. When we adopt this >lan of instruction and our Representaivos shall accede to it, thoy reduce them- ( elves to mere puppets to bo moved j vhen others pull the string. A Iegislaor who is at all worthy of the offico, and : vho is on the spot whero he can or has ( icard all the evidence and the argument >ro and con, is more familiar with the ' nets, and is capable of voting more intel- . igently than those of us living a hun- j Ircd miles or more from the capital, i 'here would be as much reason in re- , [uiring a jury to render a verdict bofore J icaring the evidence, as there is in a com- I fluuity who know little, or comparative- ' y nothing, instructing an intelligent and , ntelligent and able Representative on a < ubject which it is his duty to examine i nto careflilly and then act with all the . acts before him. , When a representative is callcd to vote | ipon such questions as tlio "Public * )ebt," the "State University," the "Or- J ;snization of new Counties," the "Elec- | ion of Judges," the "Election of United i States Senators," or the ''Levying of Tax- J s for Denominational Colleges," lio rises , ligher than the local Representative. In [uestions of this character he represents < he whole State and should act for the ' rholo Stato. When the contemplated j egislation affects a principal involving ( he welfare of tho entire State, wo con- ' end that Abbeville has no right to ask to j laveit put in such shape as to please us, egardless of the interost of others. Leg- ] slation should be for the general good, 1 nd not for the benefit of a few to the 1 lamagc of many. If the local club at | Abbeville should feel disposed to express I heir want of confidence in our Represen- J ative by directing him how he shall vote , ipon questions of public interest and i nstead of resenting the insult, he should acrifice his manhood by saying to the 1 ieneral Assoinbly that he Is not at liberv to vote according to his convictions bejause of instructions given him by conititucnts, ho is in our opinion, in the vrong oince, anu snuuiu iiimiruiHu;^' vacate for a better man. The Rcpresenative whose hands are|tied, is in an unsnviable position. A Representative that is relieved of reponsibility by instructions from contitucnts is a mere cypher, while ho who acks the manhood to act according to his iwn his own convictions, but on the othr hand seeks to follow the popular wave, s|as unstable as water and as uncertain -s the wind. Such an one is far below ho standard of an Abbeville county leadir, and does not approach our criterian >f a strtesman. We want men in the ..egislatuae who will assert not only our ights, but their own as well. The constitution has imposed upon Repesentatives the duty of electing judges, jid the wisdom of the provision has se- < ured to us one of the finest officers that iver wore the judicial robes in South ; Carolina. When a Representative seeks , o smrK me responsioimy uy msiruvions from constituents be violates his >ath to snpport the constitution. Edgefield Enterprise. The Edgefield Advertiser continues its leries of excellent portraits of distinguished men. So far it has given Goverlor Hampton, Senator Butler and Senaor Gordon, ail capital likenessos. It iow aunounces that about the 1st of July t will begin the publication of a series of biographical sketches, giving, in synopiis, the lives of many prominent and dis;uished sons, dead and living, of South .arolina, and more particularly of Edgelekl County. In connection with these hnrn will BniKur n-mk n nortrft.it of lie individual whose life is sketched, lone in the highest style of modern photographic art. From the great and good men of tbo past, such selections have been made as John C. Calhoun, Gfeorgo McDuffio, Judge A. P. Butler, Chancellor F. H. Ward law, Governors Pickens, father and son; Governor P. M. Butler, colonol of the Palmetto Regiment; Senator Louis T. Wigfall, Judge O'Neal, Gen. "Waddy Thompson, Gen. James Jones, Edmund Bacon, Esq., alias "Ned Brace," of the "Georgia Scenes Maj. Jack Jeter, Hon. Preston Brooks, and others. Later they will take up such men as the Hon. J. P. Carroll, Governor M. L. Bonhain, Gen. Abnor Perrin, Gen. M. W. Gary, Gen. H. G. M. Dunovant, Uens. Kershaw, Kennedy, Logan. Conner, Wallace, McGowan, Hagoou and Bee, dfce. The Savannah Weekly Newt. In the issue of July 6,1878, will be commenced a new serial by the popular Georgia authoress, Mrs. Ophelia Nisbet Beid, entitled Mrs. Dare. The Weekly News in not only the largest but the best weekly published in the Southern States. It is well edited, and contains an immense amount of reading matter, and its typographical execution is unsurpassed. Printed on new typo, with a clear, olean impression, it is a pleasure to read the WEEKLY NEWS. It is a NEWSPAPER in overy sense of work, and contains the latest Telegraphic and State News, Markets, etc., a|Literary, an Agricultural and a Mill' .iry Department, and is suited to the taste of all who desire to keep up with what is going on in the busy world at home or abroad. Its news is always fresh and ontertaining. Subscription, one year $2.00; six months, $1.00. Specimen copies sent free. Address J. H. ESTILL. Savannah, Ga. The Celebration at the Fort. J1J Last Tuesday, (the 18th) was a memorable day for* Ninety-Six. Besides the Governor, tho Lieutenant Governor, 8U General Moise, General Bonham, General ^ McGownn, Colonel Cothran, Judge Cooke, and other distinguitthea guesta, there were perhaps the largest crowd of ladies and ^eDtlcmen present that ever assembled at the "Old Fort." The meet- * . ing was not intended as a political gathering to hear political speeches, bat nad for 1 its object tho commemoration of the ninety-seventh anniversary of the great struggle which took place on this ground during tho war for our independence. Abbeville County is proud of tho Old Fort, its history and its traditions. Last wis woek we failed"to get as full a notice of no! the meeting as we would have boen glad fatl iohave had, and hcnce supplement that AV notice. pasi .The newspapers have been full of their nPP accounts of the mooting since then, and for ihero is littlo new for us to add. For thin J" * reason we will crave the indulgence of mr npiirhhnrH if we should extract from | staf jo me of their articles, paragraphs bettor pro jxpresaed than any we might write. for In our notice last week we unintention- fgfj illy omitted Capt. Hampden Brooks' beautiful little speech in introducing Tex Lieutenant Governor Simpson. The atre Daptain will excuse us, a3 wo intondod to Arc make an impartial report. The Ninety-Six Guardian, with their iow iccustomed energy, printed a large and arei interesting supplement on the morning the :>f the 18th, from which we make various ??P. extracts, tliat may be found elsewhere in jje^, ihis paper. plo< Tho Journal of Commerce says that "the exc" celebration was the grandest that has PloJ been seen in the Piedmont section for :Il? row [he The Register says: "A largo a com- ?on Portable stand was erected In a very shady nook of the fort, and was tastefully gar- P?1' anded with evergreen. From it was hustended the old Hag of the Orr Rifles, in pro which were twenty-eight bullet holes, Jun md from beneath which seventeen men P"> had been shot down. The staff had been broken twice. This flag was in only one pfty fight, but the above evidences prove it to con have been a pretty severe one. A largo *lni banner was hung in front of tho stand, an which was inscribed in letters made of avergreen "1781, Greene; 1878, Hampton." There were exhibited on the stand Is e old hatchets, tomahawks, etc., mado of Oi stone by the Indians. There were also on exhibition cannon balls, grapenhot * iind other war materials which had been Btlp taken from the walls of the fort, some of Moi which wore carried away by the Colum- l|c bia boys as souvenirs. "The tnanagers, individually and collectively, aot thG commiuoes, ine ranruuu ui- curi ficials, and all others who had a hand in The the conduct of the celebration, deserve and fully meritod great praise for the unmai'red success ot the celebration of the iaW ninety-seventh anniversary of the battle fur of Star Fort, near Ninety-Six, on the 18th T1 of June, 1781." The Anderson Intelligencer gavo some and Interesting dota jf the occasion. That Fet paper among other things, says: "The the military review at the Star Fort at Cam- P08 bridge, near Ninety-Six, on last Tuesday was a great success. From three to four tho thousand persons were present, and nine the companies of the State volunteer troops o?n participated in the review. The clouds which had been threatening rain dinap- Jgu peared, and tho day was beautiful and the bright. The music was furnished by the am< three bands named, and was very tine. It did miitth to enliven tho occasion, and it is a source of gratification to know that vie! the compliments paid the Anderson Pal- ma metto Band fully warrant what we have per Uways claimed?that it is the best band Pro in upper Carolina." ^ The Keoicce Courier says: "The Star tlor Fort Celebration was a grand success, moi nntwithatAiulinir tliA rain, which fell in Pro :orrentsduring tho morning. The inUi-l^or ary companies from Edgotield arrived I ^1 ast night, and for their entertainment reir *as given a banquet in Johnston's Hall. Tai 3en. Moise, having arrived on the after- 8( noon train, was the life of the evening. This morning the visiting companies Qn i from Columbia, Newberry, Abbeville oft md llodges arrived, and there was a re* 4 rand display when Governor Hampton 3merged from the ears. Tho grand projession marched for the old Star Fort pri< ibout 11a.m. It is variously estimated npei that there were from four to five thou- 'nci jand people present. But for tho rain, iwice that number would have attended. t|n, The affair was well managed, throughout, full uid everybody was pleased." Oi Among thenewsjuiper men present we Api jbserved, Mr. W. H. Faber, of the Aujusta Evening News, James T. Bacon, por Esq., of tho Edgefield Advertiser, Col. A. Mai S. Todd and Mr. R. R. Todd, of the An- qua icrson Journal, Col. A. M. Howell, of the Greenville New?, a reporter of tho Ander- mr) jo* Intelligencer whose name we have sta< forgotten, a reporter of tho Newberry nlcl Herald, whose name wo never knew, I* Mr. W. D. McDonald, of tho Register, who represented his own paper, and fur- an(j nished quite a creditable account of the a m jreat commemoration day, besides giv- 0<*e ingan occasional glance for the benefit of of.1 tho Charleston Journal of Commerce, Mr. ^ C. McKinley of the News and Courier the furnished an elaborate and an interesting O report for that paper, including a chart of tha the grounds. It seems to us that it ?[.* would have been a good time for the press JnD association to have held a meeting. law The Greenville News reporter besides the furnishing interesting statements for the froi Keowee Courier nays in his owu paper: "Following tho speeches was a graud pre picnic, aud everybody was filled, and Ii many baskets of fragments wero left." lat? Speights Daily Newspaper, Spartan- |"a burg, says: "Gen. McGowan and Judge Cooke p0s were called up and responded in their hap- tho piest styles giving a most befitting finale Cor to the great day of the old Fortat NinetySix, wo have all heard of so often. The mj( military now re-formed and marched con back to Ninety-Six, all the visitors van- aec ishod like a ?weet dream beneath the ""j1 smiles and waving hankerchiefs of the ^ beautiful women of Ninety-Six, and the ma wild huzzas of their old companions? trni sic transit till next time when every car body and his wife will be present. Sine f?" cheers for 96 and tho Star 1? ort!!" to ( The Anderson Journal says: "Anticl- Oor pating the grand civic and military dis- A play that was to take place on Tuesday at "ot the celebration of the ninety-seventh an- HJ* niversa^y of the day upon which Gener- in < al Greene made the final assault upon the wb Old Star Fort Ninety-Six, (two miles the South of the present town,) we went down on Monday to look around the his- ^ toric spot before the multitude would der gather there, and we found it trul}' inter- tint osting pastime examining the old fort J?1 and its surroundings," Ian per Not the Voice of the Club. ato bel We havo been requested to publish the dti followlngcommunication, whichexplains itself: the The action of a portion of club No. 2, E"i Abbeville, C. II., on Thursday night last, ?OI as to our choice for the Legislature is in tbe opposition to the opinion of the majority fori of the clubs and therefore we have with- r'u drawn from it. In other respects, it is not our voice, and the nominations of $?.<5 of county officers on that occasion was A unexpected to most of us. hlb H. G. Scudday, mi' A. W. Jones, ^ . , inC A. S. Osborne, vid H. H. Norwood, J,har L. K. Bowie, poi Geo. Shillito, T. S. Parker, act W. E. Bell, S. H. DuPre, ^ H. D. Wilson, Ma Chas. D. Allen, JjjJ] H. P. McElrone, qui E. L. Wilson, J. C. Wier, asF T. O. Enright, S13) i T ha! ivouert juhot, j*.f J. N. Wallace, c?t _ _ _ ro I Eugene DnPre, ^tr T. M. Christian, th? W. S. Cothran, wll S. S. Marshall, P. D. Mazyck, mil H. T. Wardlaw, ^'( G. C. Cobb, Ion James Taggart, pot J. C. Syfan, J"1 S. O. Thomson, Ue J. B. Baker, Fe< William Stclts, J. S. Hammond, E. G. Graydon, 8ta G. D. Graydon, [?< Richard Hill, at A. Rosenburg, ^ W. T. McDonald. die I-hare signed the above paper subject tc the excontlon that I did Know or had ma reason to believe that nominations would Fe< be made. I was not present at the moot- the ing. Ellis G. Graydon. 'r*( ? Tb cxi Health is the greatest blessing. No eol child can bo healthy if worms abound in ted its stomach. Shriner's Indian Vermi- _ fugo will destroy and expel them and bring the blossing so long sought. roo No Opium ! No Morphia or other dan- yai gerous drug is contained in Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup, for the relief of Colic, Teeth- da: ing, etc. Price 25 cents. * wli le Work of Congress JHMARY OF THE PROVISIONS >F THE PRINCIPAL ACTS OF THE SESSION NOW CLOSING. i Loos Liit of Hilla from Which a new Tariff Act is Conspicuously Absent. ^ * Special to the World. 'ASHIWOTOK, June 17.?The adlournmeni Jongress to-morrow after a session of vcrj Itlng debate, If not of so important 01 e action as might have been desired kes of interest a review of its work, 01 lor of the most important of Its work ;l" extra session, called October 15, 1877 one or two bills of any consequence wer< ied, the principal one being that making roprlatlons for the support of the armj the year ending Juno TO, 1878, which failed he Forty-fourth Congress on account o Senate's refusal to accept the section pro Iting the use of the army In the Southern .en. The bill, which was ultimately ap veil November 21,1877, omit tod that wc i, but included a provision that cavalry men is might bo recruited to 100 men it i company, and that a sufficient force uld bo employed for tho defense of tb< an frontier, provided that the array'! ngth should not exceed 25,000 men. Th? ny Appropriation diii ror ims-y leaves wi< ugth unchanged, bat reduces the allow 0 for quarters and abolishes all extra al ancet, as those for fuel and forage. Ther< to be no promotions during the year 01 staff, nor on the line above the grade o lain. The force on the Texan border re mo, and the potie comUatiu section Is adde< taring that It shall not be lawful to em y the army as a potte for the purpose o cutlng the laws, except where such em rment may be expressly authorized b< Constitution or act or Congress; th< ncy appropriated shall not be used to pa: expenses of troops so employed, and per s wilfully violating the act shall bo pun :d by a fino not exceeding 810,000, or lm ionmont for not more than two years, o h. The position which the Democrats oc led during the last Congress U thus ap ved. For the navy for the year endini ie 30.187H, a Deficiency Appropriation ac vide* 81,446,038.16 for pay fcl 1,053.53 fo gman Brothers, <tc. That of May 4,1878 the incoming fiscal year, appropriates fo (active list) 83,822,876; retired list, $640,400 struction and repairs, $1,.500,000; steam en ecring, $800,000: Naval Academy, 852,56*1 rlnc Corps. 8014.000; civil establishment ,000. After July 1 there will be no appoint ats of clerks or secretaries from civil life se on a crulseare to continue till thecruls nded. a the financial question the first act wai t passed over the President's veto Feb ry 28,1878, making the silver dollar of 412JIns a legal tender, except where expressly lulated by contract. To the Internationa aetary Conference to establish a bl-metal standard, a commission composed o ?srs. W. S. Groesbcck, F. A. Walker an< iben E. Fenton, has been appointed. Tb further provided for the issue of sllve ilflcates based on deposits of silver coin > act of May 81 prohibited the cancellatioi 1 retirement after that date of legal ten s?, and provided for the reissue of notes re rood or received into the Treasury unde . An act approved May 2 prohibited thi ther colnaec of the 2u-cent silver piece, be Pacific Railroad legislation comprise! act approved May 7, providing for the II dation of the Central and Union Pacific 1 Western Pacific to the Government rnarjr I annually there shall bo carried U credit Oi lueauiKuiK ruuu 101 una yu? e one-half of the compensation for service dered to tlie Government by the Centra :111c, not applied In liquidation of Interest company adding 31,200,000, or so much o sum as In necessary to make up the 5 pe t.of Us net earnings payable to the Unite* tea undor the net of 186i and the whol learned by It as compensation for service dered to the United States, together wit! sum by this act required to be paid annt to 25 per cent, of the whole net earn s for the year ending on the 31st of Decern next preceding. The Union Pacific Is u In one-half or the compensation for ser i?s to the Government, and 8350,000 or s< cb of It as Is necessary to make up the cent, of the net earnings. Penalties an vlded and the reservation of Congress t eal the act Is made. be Indians are by the Army Approprla i bill left under the charge of the Depart nt of the Interior. The act of May 27 ap prlatcs for the bureau for the next flsca r about 85,000,000. The Sioux for their suf t and civilization receive 81,125,000, c Ich not excoedlng 8190,000 will be nsed t love the bands of Red Cloud and Spotta I to convenient points within the Slou: irvatlon and for their settlement thereon act npprovod May 8 provides for the cor dation of tho Colorado Utes In one agenc; ^he White River and the extlngulshmen heir right to the southern portion of theli srvatlon in that State. tie bankrupt law Is repealod by the act o ,e 7, tho repeal taking effect .September! ? Instituted and pending Jn any eour jr to which dato not being a fronted. In re st of all pains, penalties and forfeiture lrred under existing acts before Keptom l, or inurraiivr, uuucr uu; jjiu>igiu?i u i kept In force, <tr., the acts repealed con ie in full force and effect till the cases ar v disposed of. r acts affecting navigation, one approve* -il '29 provides that when a vessel leavesai looted port for the United States some rep sntati ve officer of the United States at tha t shall Immediately give notice to th< Ine Hospital service, which shall mak ,rantlne rules, not In conflict with Stat nuulclpal regulations, to prevent the In luctlon of any contagion. Local official be clothed with the powers of Unite< tes officers on application of State or mu pal authorities. i the diplomatic and consular service fev nges wero made by the act of June 4. Th slon to Greece was accidentally omltUx : a new one to Columbia provided for, witl ilnlster resident at $7,500. All consular oi re ilre required to fUrnish to the Secrelar; he Treasury as often as may be requlre< :es current of articles usually exported V United States from the places at whlc! y are stationed. f acta concerning the District of Columbia t of April 23 forbids the sale here of pollc; ottery tickets under penalty of line or lm ionmcnt; another provides that deedt rtgnges and other Instruments which b; are entitled to be recorded In the offloo <j Recorder of Deeds shall only take effec n the time they are delivered to him foi 3rd; and another appropriates 375,000 fo relief of the District schools during th sent fiscal year. i the postal service the act of May 17 rcgu !? the advertising of mall lettlugs. Befor king contracts for Inland mail transporta i other than by railroad or steamer, th itmaster-General Is to advertise for pro als once a week for six weeks innotmor n ten state or lerniuriui uuwiipapcrr ) tracts aro not to take place In less thai ty days after the first publication ; sub lng or transferring contractu Is not per Ltea without the Postmaster-General' sent, and In lawful cases of thla sort th iartment shall retain enough to pay th i-contractor, unless there Is satfsfactor; donee that he haa been paid. The Post ster-Ocneral may, where it is desirable ke contracts for not more than four yeart nsport by water of malls between Amerl ports, but no contracts for new water te mail service shall be for a longer tlm n a year, or than two years, when tbey ar orclgn ports, unless otherwlso ordered b; igress. 8 to the public lands one act provides thn i(!cs of contest under homestead, trcecul e or preemption laws shall be publisher i newspaper In the county where the lam sontestU situated. Another provides tha tre a person has made a settlement unde Preemption law and subsequently inged his filing to that for a homestcai ry upon the same tract, he shall be entl 1 to have the tlmo to perfect bis title un the Homestead law oomputed from th e of his original settlement under the pre ptlon laws, subject to all the provisions c i law relating to homesteads. The act c le 1 allows homestead settlers on publi ds whose crops were Injured by grasshof to return within three months to th mdoned lands without their original right ntr affected. The act of June 8 authorize zons of Colorado, Nevada and the Torrito i to fell and remove timber on the publl naln for mining and domestic purposet provisions of the act not extending t Iroad corporations, and penalties bcln vlded where timber is cut on the publl naln not In aeoordance with the terms c act. Another act allows cltlsens in Call nla, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Ter >ry to buy unsurvcyed public lands not In ded within any reservations in quantltie , exceeding 160 acres to any one person a 0 per acre. .11 works of art Imported for permanent e> iltlon or the Improvement of the art* o >nce will, under the net ot June 6, be ai tied free, though Individuals must giv ids to pay the duty in case the article luldbesola. Another act of June 8 pre ;es that section 1,880 of the Revised Statute ill not be construed an prohibiting territc 1 assemblies from creating municipal coi atlons and conferring on them the power iessary to their local administrations b rter general or special acts, nothing in th having the effect of creating any prlvnt hts. Another of the same date provide Circuit and District court* of the Unite* ites at Toledo, dividing the Northern Dlt ;t of Ohio into two divisions. That c ,rch 18 makes persons on trial In Unite ,tes courts, courts-martial and court* of lr Iry competent witnesses at their own re Bft, but not otherwise, a failure to mak ;b request not orcatlng any precumptlo ilnsttbem. 'or the armament of seaooust fortification 5,000 are appropriated, and for torpodoes fo rbor defenses and experiments and Instrui a 950.000. the latter aura only to bo used 1 npllBnishlng and maintaining torpndoe be operated from shore staslons for the dc uctlon of an enomy,* vessel approachln t sboro. Bidders for asmy contracts ma; required to give penal bonds that the II enter Into oonracts agreeably to th ms of tbeir bids within sixty days, or otL rtso pay the penalty. An act of June ikes any assayer or superintendant ofi lit an assistant treasurer without addition jompensatlon to recolve gold coin or bull i on deposit for special purposes Indicated he District of Columbia J" provided with -maneut for of government by the act c ie 11, a board of three Commissioners, one army officer, being appointed by the Pre< nt with the consent of the Senate. Til leral Government is to pay half of the ea lses of the District ahd the interest on th > bonds. Colleges for scientific purpose i permitted to Import alcohol on tne term nt toned in section 3,297 of the Revise* itutes, giving bonds in dne form. Te: insand dollars bave boen appropriated fo i erection and raalntenahce of pler>ligbt the entrance of the jetties in the Bout ss. The Secretary of War Is permitted t ne 500 stand of arms to Territories wltbou nlnishing the quota to the States now ar nired by law. Till the formal organizatlo Alaska customs officers for tbat distric y take tbeir oatbs before the Judge of an leral Court. By an aet approved April { s Secretary of State is authorised to issu j passports to colored citizens who wish t to Brazil to engngo in work on rallroadi Is act having tieon passed because slavor sts in the Brazils and American negroe ng there desired tbe protection of the Un Rtxif/ia ho Laurcnsvillc Herald of the 14th Inst ten that the first train on the T^Hnreus Ra2 nl ran to the river, within three handre "ds of the depot on the 8th, delivering mal 1 passengers, and that hereafter they wi! i regularly to and from Raid point on Tuo ?8, Thursdays and Saturdays, until otbei ?e ordered. A Good Speech in Congress by Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken. MR. AIKEN. Mr. Speaker, since tta< I House has had the In torn al revenue bill un dor consideration more tlian one member hoi Intimated in bis remarks that there were sec tlons of tbe Union in which the people soem ed to oonsldor these revenue laws so inimical to their Interests, that they assumed it a prl vllcge, if not a duty, to resist their enforce menu Of course these insinuations were sc l many Indirect assertions that there still lin' gered a disloyal sentiment among the State) of the Soatb, which pervaded the popalai masses.. Sir, no Impression could bo moro erroneous Perhaps the constituency of no member upon . this floor has been more frequently nccused . yes, and punished, too, for Inductions 01 . these laws than those whom I have the honoi ' to represent, and yet I assert boldly that nc ; section of the country is populated by a more law-abiding loyal constituency than my owe * district. ! Bat, sir, they are loyal to the Government ; ?both State and national?and not to the re ! publican party or those hirelings who obej . the behests of its minions, I am satisfied , that if tho Administration could see thos< creatures who execute the revenue laws lr [ South Carolina as we see them, they wouk repudiate them at first sight. Tlicy are not worthy of affiliation even with the republl< . can party. Who they are or where thej . came from few men soem lo know or care ' Suffice to say they are men of no cbaractei ' and destitute of every Instinct of an honest ' heart. And yet such men are lnvariablj /*hmon hv t.hn onnninfAAo nf ' 1 VMW-V- -?J VI VUU & 1COIUC1J U IA , execute those nefarious laws among a peoplt I upon whom they have been colonized. Ke mote from the appointing power and amena " bio to men higher In authority but of llttli r more character than themselves, at least ii , the letter, they throw aside every legal re , straint and become a law unto themselves i oftentimes assaulting, robbing, and murder * ing their oppressid victims with Impunity, f Gentlemen say there Is no necessity for thi resolution offered by the memberfrom Maine , [Mr. Powers,] because it simply reassert L what is the law. Ifwhattbo resolution pro . poses is existing law, it is not that law whlcl . Is execnted by the subalterns of the Rovenu* . Department. Only two days ago I receive) . the following letter from a farmer friend o P character and Integrity in South Carolina: . Mr. Brayton, the collector of Internal reve nue for this State, has recently dccided that 1 was a violation or the revenue laws for plan > tcrsto keep tobacco for their hands, sellln . ltto them without profit, to be paid for In tb fall out of their share of the crops.- As this I ' a vory important matter to planters and thel r employees, I thought It best to write you upoi I the subject. This is the second time such a report ha ' como from South Carolina to me, and when '' tlest made Inquiry about it I was toldthatth Commissioner of Internal Revenue has rule g that a farmer who buys a box of tobacco npo: which the tax has been paid can without vie 0 lating law sell It to his employees. I hav . seen a ruling to this effect In manuscrlp / from the Treasury Department; but, sir, ? would aslc what is this official ruling worth ! 1 those to whom it is Issued can and do vlolut . it almost everyday with Impunity? t When I read the letter of the law I an \ somewhat lucllned to forgive these official e for their abuse of authority, for there is a r amhlguliy about it that should not bcallowo to exist. There should bono law upon' ou statute-books which concerns the geners . public In tholr dally avocations that has sutll . clont lock of clearness about it to prevent r proper construction by the humblest citizen s I hold in my band a pamphlet procured fror the Treasury Department entitled Revise s Regulations, concerning taxes on tobecc< . snuff, and cigars, and on a page 5 I find thi c paragraph: Farmers and planters for selling tobacco c 0 their own production, or tobacco received b . them as rent from tenants who have produc s ed the same on their lands, are not require 1 to pay special tax as dealers In loaf totacbo. ^ And yet, sir, the very noxt paragraph soyi ,f If, however, the farmer or planter a hall Bel T dlrectlv to consumers, he becomes liable as j retail doalcr iu leaf tobacco, to the sprclal ta: e of #500. fl And It is upon the construction of this lal ti terclauso that these devils In human forr [t presume to Impose upon the ingenuous farir i- er. who, remote from any manufacturing ei . tablishment, frequently depends upon tli Q leaf tobacco grown upon his own land as - commodity with which to supply the want ^ of his employees. 5 Sir, If the law exists to-day Allowing fat a mere and planters to sell to their employe 0 manufactured tobacco which they had pui chased, and upon which the tax had bee; r paid, or' leaf-tobacco of their own raising ? why does not the Commissioner so instruc >- hla collectors? It is evident from the lette 1 I have read he has not so Instructed the co >. lector in South Carolina, nnd he may cor if strue herein Washington till doomsday with 0 out exacting obedience from them unless b 1 issues his orders directly to them, which h c does not do, but awaits for the individual Of grieved citizen to appeal for a constructlor and oftentimes rod-tapolsm prevents his con Y plaints ever being heard. t, Mr. Speaker, onr. revenue laws may be al r that this Congress desires them to be. but ur less they can be more honestly administers if and humanely executed, they will be a sourc 1 of trouble for all time to come. I have chai t actorlzod the men who cxccuto them In m i. district on outlaws. Sir, they arc worse; the g are a band of thieves and murderers. The editorial fraternity of South Carol In f are a body of as honest, intelligent, truth - loving citizens as can be found In the Unite e States. Latterly, scarcely a paper receive from that State but that narrates some dei 1 perate act committed by these men, not 1 i accordance with law, but Indcflance of lav - Only as late as the 9th of the present mont t four of these revenue officials went to th a house of a widow lady living in a mountalr e ous section of the district I have the honor t e represent, and brutally murdered her son, i- young man of twenty years of ane. s I take the following extract from the newi 1 paper published at the county seat of th [. county In which this deed was committed: It appears that the young man was stand r Ing, or rather leaning, against the door-facln 0 when the revenuo officers rode up, orwalke 1 up, (we believo they wero walking,) and dc n Ilbcrately shot him dead on the spot, wltnou a moment'R warnlngoran intimation of thol y designs. The young man fell out of the doc i llfclesfl, when the officials said to hlR brothei o "Who have we shot ?" The reply was, "Yo li have shot my brother." The officers the turned and left the bouse, but conceale t, themselvea on a small hill near the house 1 y the brush, and remained there for Rome tlmi i. for what purpose Is not known. They the i, went to the atore of Mr. King, some fou yr miles off, where they endeavored to hire >{ conveyance to Eaaley Station. Mr. Kin t told them that he could not carry them tho r evening, but If they would wait until inorr r lnghe would carry them. This they aui e hoy could not do, aa they had business c importance to attend to and muatgotha . night. They then hired one mule from hin e and Kane rode rapidly for the station, paa8in .. through this place by a back way about dual* e and arriving at Eaaley Just in time to tak - the nine o'clock train going North. He gav e a negro ten cents to carry the mulo to th i. lifery stable, with instructions to send I a back to Mr. Bnyllss Hendricks, at this plac< b where the officials had told Mr. King they d< - slrtd the mule to ride to. a It appears that two shot* were flred at Lade e the flrat taking effect and killing him, whll o the second missed. From thla tact, and th y fact that Kane rode off Mr. King's mule an . leftlmmedlatelyonthetraln.it is suppose* > ho did the killing. The other three w?n i' across the country toward Greenvlllo on fool [. and at this writing wo know not where the, are. a It will be seen that the man who most prot a ably did the shooting took the first trail y "going North." and no doubt to-day is hen assuring the department of the imposslblllt; t of enforcing compliance with the revenu . laws in that disloyal section. His confodem j tea attempted also to leave the country, bu 1 later Information advises me that seeing ,t Ku Klux In the trunk of every tree, the, r went only to the adjoining county and de y llvered themselves up to the sheriff. If the; i are Innocent officials, the surmise may 11 . least be excited that they would havesurren . dered in the county in which they wero at e tempting to execute tho law. y Now that this House has stricken from th if revenue bill the amendment of the gentle if man from North Carolina, [Mr. Vance,] th c case which I have Just recited may present a: h opportunity for a conflict of authority b< e tween the State and Federal courtjudget 8 That the United States Judge will presume t s attempt to transfer this case to his court fo trial, I have no idea. That he would hav c done so two years ngo, there can be no que; i, Hon. But, thanks to the invincible will of o brave and honest people, the State of Sout! g Carolina has been reconstructed upon a ftrr o democratic basis, and no longer will a sordl if and corrupt Foderal Judge be allowed to exei I- else arbitrary or despotic power, as be ha frequently done in the post. The Judicial ermine has fallen upon pur in and noble men in that State, and the vile* ? criminal need not fear but that he will gc every consideration that the law allows. T -- say that these revenue officials will have Jui ir ticedone them would simply be insurln I- their speedy execution, In my opinion; an e If resistance to their arbitrary exactions i ? the performance of their omoial duties b k disloyalty, then, Mr. Speaker, my constltuei cy are of ail men most disloyal. H- . _ P Care For Hydrophobia. e Editor $ Pre** and Banner : ? Deur Hlrs, I have In my possession a reclp f for the cure of Hydrophobia which in said t a be infallible by people who have seen its vii ' tue tested. The history of the receipt is as fo >f lows: My great-grand-father, Dr. Rlc a Swcarlngin, who was a physician in the cor '* tinental army during trie revolution is th !* discoverer of the receipt; he periormed man c cures on people bitten Dy rabid animals 1 n Virginia where he settled before tbe revolt tlon. After the war about the year 1784 b s migrated to South Carolina and settled 1 >r Edgefield county at a place called Pin > Woods House, now a station on the Columbi n and Augusta Railroad, where lie resumed th s practioc of medicine. He made a specialty ( v diseases of a chronic character, and I do nc g care what physicians may say to the contra y ry, cured every case of hydrophobia trcate y by bim, and he treated many cases; this cu e be vouched for by sevoral old people, now ll\ \. lng. but like tho dlscovorer of the receipt 8 will soon be no more: my father Is ono of tho a number. I could give names of others t credulous modern physicians, who I do no expcct to believe me, who have seen person 1. treated successfully for hydrophobia by Di a Sweurlngln's formula. Drs. Vermento an if Robuck, read medicine under my great ). grand-father and learned the art of curln i- mad dog bites. I do not know whatever b< e came of Dr. Permento but Eyekil Robucl : settled In Augusta, Ga.. In its early days, an o practiced medicine there for many yeari m There are several old people in Augusta noi s who can testify to the emcacy of Dr. Sweai d Ingln's receipt as administered by Dr. R< n buck. Dr. R. died about twenty-six year r ago, ana Knowing ujih remeay wu?? bbuidi m before bis death, wrote It out and gave it t b a Mend to give to tne world after nls deatl o Through this friend of bis I have obtained a it exact copy of the remedy and hearing tha i- several people in the violnltg of Abbevill n have been bitten Is my reason for sendln it this communication. Any one wishing t y try the receipt can got the formula from m 10 by coming to ray house at McCalla's Mill o e Rocky River. My father can tell you < ~ miiiiwn?nillr,lhln i>nrfi# hv this ri t. cl'ept! y Very Respectfully Ac. * J. C. SWEARINQIN. 1- , , , The committee of the A. K. & G. R. R. D rectors, appointed to solicit additional sul ! scrlptlons to the capital stock of the compi d ny, went around yesterday morning and, w 11 understand met with gratifying succcss. E< II ery eltlcen in Augusta should feel an intei t- est in a road which will be of such great bei r- etlt to our city, when completed.?Chronic and OnutituttonalUt. Means* Chapel Heard From. The Means Chaple Democratic club met at t the Chapol, June lo, at 2 o'clock, p. m.. Preel- R 5 dent J. T. Lyon In tbe chair. Notwlthstand- c Ing the determined opposition on the part of c ' amujorlty of the club, atthe outlet to nomi- d natlng more than one candidate for the begin- J: - lature, tbe nomination* given below will g I show to what extent their opposition was c carried out. In addition to tbe nominations d - given below It was with some difficulty that ii > the club conld be restrained from nominating b a candidate for Sheriff, such was t heir mania \ i for nominations. In fact there lsbut little left v for other clubs to do, which are as follows: & For the Senate,- Hon. J, C. Maxwell; for tbe fi . House, General S. McOowan, General It. K. j i Hemphill, Hon. W. K. Bradley, Colonel J. H. y , Rico, and Prof. J. P. Kennedy; For Judge ii r of Probate, J. Fuller Lyon: for County Com- II : MIssloners, Jacob Miller, T. M. Jay, and A. J. a > Ferguson. Two or three efforts were made o : to nominate a candidate for School Commls- v i slooer, but It was posponed until our next p meeting. After tho above nominations were o I made, the following resolutions were offered e and unanimously adopted: n Whereas, the time approaches for the elec- 8 I tlon of a member of Congress from Third a ? Congressional District of South Carolina; c i and, whereas, tbe present Incumbent, Hon. s I D. Wyatt Aiken has, by his manly, consistent L and statesmanlike course excited our admN . ration and deserved our endorsement, be it n?i Thnt. we. the members of t r ivctvivvu) ? * ?** .. , Means Chapel Democratic Club, do hereby r nominate Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken for re-elecl tlon and hemby request tho delegates to the r Congressional Convention from Abbeville > county toca?t their votes for our nominee. 3 JUtolvcd, 2d. That It Is the seuse of this . CInb that the party should designate to tbe - Governor proper persons to All all offices, i now filled oy appointment, by voting fbr them i In their primary eloctlons. 8. W. COCHRAN, if Secretary. i Commencement in Doe West. : The presentation of Diplomas by the Lit. erary Societies of Ersklnc College will be at i 8 o'clock, P. M.f Friday, 28th June, in tlieir re~ spective halls. * Tbe Bacealaureate sermon will be preached ,f on Sablxith, 30th June, by Rev. S. B. Jones, D. D.,of Pendleton, S. C. The contest In declamation between mem bers of the Sophomore class, and of essays be. tween members of the Junior class or Ers.. klne College, will be at 8 o'clock P. M., on 5 Monday, 1st of July. i . The Board of Directors of tbe Theological r Seminary, will meet at 10 o'clock, A. M., on n Tuesday, 2d July. Tho debate between membora of tbe Senior . class In Ersklne College, will be at 8 o'clock, j P. M.,on Tuesday, 2d July. e Wednesday, 3d July, will be Commencoment day In Ersklnc College. n Forenoon?Addresses by the graduating v class; Baccalaureate by the President, lie v. q W. M. Orler.D. D. ,i Afternoon?Anniversary oration by Hon. I M. C. Butlor, of Edgefield S. C.; Alumni of If Ersklne College meet at 6 o'clock; Alumna? c of the Female College meet at 5 o'clock. Night?Alumnm essay by Miss Katie K. n Patton, of Due West, S. C.; Alumni address 8 by Rev. G. D. Phillips, D. D., of Louisville, n Ga.; presentation of Medals for excellence In d scholarship, and report of committees on deor tarnation and essays. Thursday, 4th of July, will be Commcnce. ment day In tbe Due West Female Collego. a A reception will ?>e gives in the Doe West Female Collego at 8 o.clock, P. M., on Thnrs? day 4th July. d + m. i Notes or Ninety-Six. -* From the Guardian. Y MattiizW I/ove.?This notable fellow was >- hung by the people ot Cambridge Just after d the Revolution. He wa* a noted homo thief aud abuser of women and children. He was Indicted and tried before Judge Bnrke, and. II under the terms of the treaty with Great a Britain, released by order of Court. As soon * as the order was read, a party of citizens, headed* by General Win. Butler, of famous ^ Revolutionary memory, took him In tho 11 court house out of tho hands of the sheriff, >- and claimed him as their peculiar property. - He was mounted on the saddle horse of Mrs. ? Butler, carried a few hundred yards, and & swung by the neck to a white oak limb until * he was dead, dead?in this partioular, at least, fulfilling the requirements of the law. It Is " said that Mrs. Butler never would mount that * horse again. The old oak now lies on the ^ tide of the road, a memorial of the stern Jusn tlce of those noble men and a warning to evil f. doers. Judge Burke was so alarmed that he t tumped out of the court house window, got J nls servant and horse, and never pulled roln until he had placed thirty miles between i- himself and Cambridge. He told the gentlei man with whom he lodged that if he bad not e left "they would have hung him too," and ho o doubtless carried to his grave refreshing f* memories of Edgefield Justice. ! Rev. James w. Colkxax.?Thts venerable gentlemar. who Is on tho grounds to-day In >< comparative vigor, belongs to another century. He was born in 1791, and his mother !.* resided at Cambridge during the siege. Ills " memory Is stored with incidents of the locall. tv, and we welcome him as a golden link to J the past. He Is a Baptist clergyman, and was J born near "Sister Sprln*rn." At thin church y be was converted, baptized and ordained nrty years ago. From that date until now he has ministered to the same church without any j Intermission. He has baptized and burled two generations, and lived a blameless and _ I honorable life. His old age should bo made JT green and flourishing by the ministrations or " the children that havo grown up under his ? Bplrltual care. c Married.?The little blind god, C'upld, In i. connection with Hymen, has recently worko ed a change In the life of the whilom mute of a our bnchelordom, and converted hlmlutoone of the civilians. leaving us still en uncon%. verted Slonx. On Thursday, 13th Inst., at tho e residence of Mr. Q. M. Walker, In Columbia. were married Colonel R. F. McCaslan and |. MIhs Rosa V. Walker, of Nlncty-Slx. Our K friends havo returned and recelvod the con<j prratultttlons and good wishes of tho people, i. But for ourBClves, we desire again to nay, with it sincerity and oarnestness: May peace and lr happlnoss follow you all the days of your ir Uvea. i*. The Sieok.?Greene had le?s than 1,000 u men of all conditions. Cruger had 650 men, n most of them regulars, and holding a strong d position. The siege lasted twenty-six days, n The Americans lost 185 men; the Brltlih lost 85 men. It Is remarkable that only one ofn ficer was killed on each side. The Americans r lost Captain Mark Armstrong, and the British a Lieutenant Roney. f Old Ninety-Six.?The first settlement at this point was about 1750. The first fort or j block house was built by Captain Francliand the Oowdies for protection against tho InV dlans at that time. The old Palisade Fort, a . little north of the Chiles house, was built In ' 1778 by General Williamson. The Star Rep doubt was thrown up In the winter of 1780-81 ' by the British. The various forts were con-1 e nected by covered ways. e Casibridwe a Court House.?In 1769, unit der the "Circuit Court Act, for tho accommo?, dation of the people," Ninety-Six was made a }. Court nouse. It was one of seven oourtl houses. In 1798 they were sub-dlvhied Into 1 I, twenty-four court houses, and three years e later one was adled, making twenty-five e courthouses. 1 ? t Lotvndcsvillc Will Make their Nomiy nations. Editors Frets and Banner : u There will bo a meeting ofthe r,owndesvllle , Democratic Club at Lowndesvlile on Satury day tho 2t)th Inst., at 1 o'clock p. m. A full o attendance Isdesired as nominations for the different office* will be made, delegates appointed to the County Convention, and other B business of Importance will be transacted. | v By order of the President. % J. W. HUCKABF.E, Secretary, y *?. i- The Reason For Not Investing. A gentleman Informed the Canvassing e Committee yesterday that so many of his | x. houses were vacant he could not subscribe to e the stock of the Augusta, Knoxvltle and D Greenwood Railroad. The Increased trade j. which will certainly come to us after the road , Is built will cause a demand for vacant houses o and stores, and our property owners should ir study their interest by lending substantial c aid to the only enterprise now before our pcopie calculating to be generally beneficial.-a Chronicle and OoiutitulionalUt. h m * > m d One of the Best Papers. r* The issue of the Pre** and Banner, of the 8 12th Inst., commenced tho twenty-sixth vol ume of that excellent paper, it i? ceruumy e one of the best papers In tho up-country, and it ita editorial and local departments reflect much honor upon the editors. Messrs. Wilson ? & Benet.?Xinety-Six Guardian. 9" ? Fearless Expression of the Right. 0 Tho Press and Banner has entered itstweni. ty-sflventh year. Very long ruay It wave and make Its favorable Impressions on the public mind in the fearless expression of the right and suppression of tne wrong.?Neivberry New*. ? Court Week.?This is Court week at Edgee field, and a largo number of citizens passed o tbrongh Johnson on their way thither. One farmer, whose every row Is his own to plow j. and to hoc. and who was drawn as a Juror, exe pressed tbut there should be a board of equalization established to equnlp Ize the per diem of different occupa y Hons. "For instance," saia nc, -nicn go iu q the Legislature in tfieun'Hter, and recelvo five dollars per day for their services, while I am e taken from my crop in the mlddl e of June, with u tno grass threatening me on all sides, and no y oue at borne to work, and all for the pitiful a sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day; e and I run told It is doubtful about getting ,f ovon that." And he took a freshjehew of to,t bacco and rode on.?Edgefield Monitor. JJ COMMITTED FOR GRAND LARCENY.?On a Monday last Trial Justice Vance committed n to Jail Deputy United States Marshall Wil[' Ham Springs, to await trial at the approachlngtermof court for grand larceny, in steal* ing a watch, the offenco having been commlt? ted on 8unday last. He was permitted to give 1 a bond of 8600 for his appearance, but in de8 fault was turned over to Jailor Henderson. r: He is the same person concerned In the out? rage upon the premises of Mr. Bell of this ^ county a few weeks slncc.?Enterprise and S Mountaineer. k Bail Refused.?Judge Kershaw has refusd ed to ball Hugh P. Kane, Wm, Dunham and i. Geo. W. Moore, Revenue officers, chargcd v with the killing of Aaron Ladd. and has bailr od Robert Scruggs, chargcd with the same of* ' >- fence, in the sum of 81,000. >8 On the Air-Line visitors will pay full fare o coming and return free on certificate of the . College authorities that they had been In atq tendance at commencement, and that they t had paid full Dare coming.?A. R. Prubyte e nan. g Most of oar formers bavo made large yields o of wheat and will have enough Hour to live e on the present ycur. Bo much for planting n plenty of small grain. > CONSIGNEES. Express.?c Haskell, C C "VVardlaw, Thos Cothrun, J W McCaiia, V E Moore. Hemphill 1- a H., W P Wideman, W A Lee, tt 13 Jones, M > C Stepher, L Thomson, J T Kobertson, T liai ker, E Huckabee, K D Pickens, It D Bruce, A e Small, BC Wilson, J Fucher, Buckhannan <t t. Nunnally. r- Frbioht.?Medium, T J Brough, W H i- BroughJM O McCasiun. J V, Schroder. Wardh law <& E7 J D Chalmers 4 Co TS Gordon, Thos Young, R W Cannon, J W Rykard. ,, A C0MPLIM2*T TO JtTDOE TII0M80JJ.?The 'larendon Prets ?pcak8 as follows of this dl?- ' Ingulshed citizen of Abbeville, JudgoThorns Thomson, by his bearing on the bench, arrics one back to the palmy days of South i fcrollnaJudicature, when an O'Neall.a Warlaw and a Withers graced and adorned the xdlclal ermine. It Is a hnppy oireum- < tance for restored and rejnvenated South , Inrollna that the bort leeal tolont within her ! omalu is now being called iuto requisition : n her courts of Justice. Judge Thomson was orn amid the cUuulc hills of Scotland. Vhen quite a child bis parents emigrated Cp dSouth Carolina, landing and tending foil omc time in the . city of Charwston, ana rom thence removing to Abbeville County; udge Thomson has been a resident of Abboille for over SOyears, his present ture exceed- , ng somewhat 63 years. In all matters of pubic enterprise looking to the welfare or his dopted country, he always boro a consplcuusand energetic part, and thus succeeded, in pinning and retaining the confidence, resiect and love of his fellow citlxens Ho has ?en rewarded at length for his patriotism, nergy of character, and great legal attainments, by being called to the bench of the itate, a position which ho unquestionably dorns, nnd inspires tho belief that the JadIial ermine has indeed fallen upon worthy houlders. The Doe Went Bible Society held Its annual neetlngon the 12th. Rev. J.N. Yonng preachid an excellent and appropriate sermon on ?it . *7 liflin t owl (<, ect." The report of the Librarian and Treastrer showed that the Society had not been alogctherldle, although all had not been done .bat might nave been done. The Treasurer ran directed to pay over the ftinds in hand, ibout thirty dollars, to the Abbeville Bible Society. A committee consisting of Dr. Joyce, Rev. W. L. Pressly, Dr. Miller, Prof. Lowry and Prof. Lec, was appointed to rcprelent the Society at the annnal meeting of the Abbeville District Bible Society in July. Another committee consisting of Dr. Miller. Dr. 3rler, Prof. Leo, Mr. B. 8. Galloway, and J. I. Bonner, was appointed to supply any destitution of the Word of God that may be round to exist in the surrounding country. Rev. M. L. Brown of Cokesbury. was elected to prench the annuhl sermon before the Socle* ty next Judo, and Rev. J. L. Patterson as his M tern ate. The old officers of the society ware ron tinned for another year.?AuodcUe Reformed Pretbylrrian. T. C. GDWER &"C0., Greenville, S. C., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN DOORS, SASH. BLINDS. MANTLES AND SHINGLES, STAIR "WORK, JEWELS, HAND RAIL AND BALUSTERS LIME, CEMENT AND LATHS TEMPLES IMPROVED PO - f i CELAIN LINED PUMPS, r: \ Sewer and Drain Piping. rr?HE most complete eptabllshment in the A Upper part 01 me nunc inim triiii.ii m procure BUILDERS MATERIALS. Glass in any quantity on band. Send lists for estimate*. Thankful for the liberal patronage of Abbeville County conferred in the na?t we respectfully request a continuance of the same. T. C. GOWER & CO, Greenville, S. C? Nov. 14, 1877,1'jm PENDLETO FOUNDRY & M/ AUGU9 HAVING bought all of Mr. Cooper's comph pared than ever to furnish IRON AND keep for sale Plantation Steam Engines, Mills, Grist Mills, Thr< Powers, Gin Gearing, chinery at 1< SMITH'S CELEBRAT For Hand, Horse, 8t TO THE My customers know that I have heretof in style, quality and pi iocs. The time has coma when these good the North and West. I do not go backwards but continually new styles. I have made reductions in pi pense to place in your hands a Price List 1 I respectfully invite you to call and exai ing elsewhere. Orders by mail will receii It would make the list too large to descr Bedroom, Parlor Suits, Dining Room, Offi Secretaries, Dwarf Libraries, and Book C'i this list contains only a few of the prices < PARLOR SUITE3. -Six Chairs, Haircloth Reps, $21, $21, 3J-S. PARLOR ROCKERS.?Carved Top, Hair Cloth or Itcp. SV.OO, 311.00, $14.00,317.00. MATTRESSES.?Straw nod Cotton, $3.50, $4.00; Shuck and Cotton, $3.75, S4.25; Cotton Sfl.tW SIDEBOARDS.?Marble Tops. $20, 325, $30, $35, $40, $45, $50; Marble top* upwards to 3150. PARLOR SUITS.-Seven pieces, Hair Cloth or Reps, $45. $50, <60, $70,SW, $k), $106, $125; Nine pieces, Leather or Cane, S150; Elglit pieces, Flue, upwards to $450. CHAMBER SUITS.?Imitation Walnut or Oak, $20; Ten pieces, solid head, carved top, 324, $2H,$34, $40, $45, $50. DRESSING CASES.?Ten pieces. $40, $1.5, 5.50,855,800; Ten pieces Walnut $70, $W, $90, #100, ten pieces Walnut upwards to 3000. CHAIRS.?Cane seat, per half dozen $5.75. Cane seat, Dining half dozen, $8.75, Cane seat bent Dining per half dozen $10.00, Split seat per half dozen $3.50, Best Cane seat, $1.75, Wood seat, 83.25. ROCKERS.?Wood Scat Arm, $2.00; Wood Seat Nurse, 31.00; Cane Seat Nurse, $2.50; Cane Beat Arm, $3.75. WALNUT BUREAU SITITS.-Ten pieces, enclosed Wash Stand, 335. 345, $50; Ten pieces, Marble top, enclosed Wash Stand,$45, $50, 355, $80, $05; Ton pieces, marble top'upwards to $125 xr" /Ixororrfl Af n U UUUt^U 1U( ItUI^UV, UiMju^v V* Thanking you for past favors, 11 October 31, 1877, 12 m. toz: Steam I tweisttt Of which are Now f in the County of fair Prospect ot a fore long. A Terms canb plyii I Oct. 31, 1877 tf. . Or. H. D. \ D E N r ABBEVILLE, S. C? Offi HOLIDAY THE LARGEST IN THIS nAvaTUTTwa nr rnva nnr.T.Q PTlEKfl U^ESE WAHE7*FANCV SIIAKEft ANL> II RUSSIA Leather Ciooods, Walnut Brackets, CORAL and Plated Jewolry, Ties Gloves, ? Collars and Cuffs, MILLINEliY &c.( ai Tour Inspection an _A_t ? Ootobcr 31,1877, 12 m. 43 Different kinds1 AF DRUGS to arrive, at PENNEX'S on or 1 U before Ba&rday, noxt._.)Wlicnj.>ou call I !or PILL8, PLARTEM, PWFUM1B. PEP- I PKH-S, PAkAOORIC, Ac., to,you an have J ttaem ftwlhe money. vC V J Youn truly. v, W. T. PESKET. I Jan nary 30, 1H78. k_ BUCK WHEAT . AT TVD V DAUTTPTJ 1/U| JUi a *i ivjin aTITI June 12,1878. J.- F. C.' DuPREi | TRIAL JUSTICE, Abbeville C. H., S. C. 1 i NY boalncM ^entrusted to hie care will re * tv celve hl< prompt and personal attention Ayer's L Sarsaparilla' Jfc For Scrofola, and all scrofulous diseases ,Eiy- jffianL sipelas, Hose or 8t An|EFaB thony'g Fire, Eruptions wn and Eruptive diseases R9u of the sk.n, Ulcerations (MH ?* the ^ver5 Stomach, i Kidneys, Lungs, Pim- J jMMWjkBk pies, Pustules, Boils, b nH| Blotches, Tumors, Tet- * ter, Salt Rheum, Scald i Head, Ringworm, Ulcers, Sores, Bheuraalism, Neuralgia, Pain in the " Bones. Side and Head, Female Wenk ness, Sterility, Leucorrhcea. arising from internal ulceration, ana uterine disease. Syphilitic and Mercurial diseases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emaciation, General Debility, and for Purifying the Blood. r ThisSarsaparillaisacombinationof . vegetable altcratives-Stillingia,Man- * drake,Yellow Dock?with the Iodides h of Potassium and Iron, and is the * most efficacious medicine yet known for the diseases it is intended to cure. Its ingredients are so skilfully combined that the. full alterative ' cffect of cach is assured, and while it is so mild as to be harmless even c to children, it is still so effectual as to purge out from the system those impurities and corruptions which develop into loathsome disease. The reputation it enioys is derived . from its cures, and uie confidence t which prominent phySiciaitt all over t the country rejjose in It prbyes their t experience of its usefulness t Certificates attesting its virtues i have accumulated, and are constantly being received, afiti as mauy j of these cases are publicly known. 1 they furnish convincing evidence of the superiority of this Sarsaparilla over every other alterative medicine. So generally is its superiority to. any other medicine known that we neeji. J do no more than to assure the public that the best qualities it has ever possessed are strictly maintained. PRE TARED BY Dr, J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Practical ami Analytical C hem lit*. f>oi.ij '?v at.t. nm-ocipts rvrnvwiiFne. j N&BROS., 1 LCHINE WORKS, j TA, GA. ] :tc stock of pattern*, *c., we are better pre 1 BRASS CASTINGS, of every descrlpUon, and Cane Mills, Evaporators, Saw ishing Machines, Horse and all Plantation Ma- ( \nTAt Vfitiaa /ITCLH AliVVBt EDCOTTON PRESS. i tarn or Water Power. PUBLIC, Augusta, Gam August 1, 1877. ere led tho "Furniture" trade of the South, s can be purchased as cheap from me as in ratso the standard of my goods, and add rices wherever possible, and spared no ei- 1 ihat will help you to purchase goods. nine my stock and prlcos before purchasrc as much attention as if given in person. < ibe and copy all the different prices of co, Standing Parlor and Ladies' Desks, vscs, manufactured by me, and therefore, )f goods kept by me. BUIIEAS.?Imitation Walnut and Glass 87.75, JD.75, Walnut and OtafB, $13.75, 117,50 Walnut quarter .Murblo nud GIhsk $19.00, S24.t? SJs.'iO, SU.00; Walnut full Marble and Gluu and upwards to$100.00. BEDSTEADS.?No. 1 Bed 52.25, No. 2 Bed 82.75, No. 3 Bed Solid Head, 4 feet, C Inches high 33.75, No. 4 Solid carved top, oft. 0 in. high 54.00, No. 5 Bed Solid carved top. French $8.00, No. 1 Bed Walnut, carved top, U feet hign 87.75, No. 2Bed Walnut, volldlicad, carvcd top 8 feet G in high Sa.75. No 3 Bed WalnuL ?olld i/m 7 ft In hluh 811.75. No 4 H?*l {Valnut, soUd'head, carved top. 8 foot6 iu> high 314,00. WASHSTANDfl.?Imitation Walnut 81,75, Walnut enclosed 84,00, Walnut Marble top S60o WARDROBES.?Walnut 817, Walnut two drawer* *ilH, Walnut two draworsdrop handle* carved top J522, $.30, Wnlnut two draw, drop handle, carved top, fancy panels$Xi. TABLES.?Round or Square 81,60. Walnut centrc, draw$.100, Walnut Centre Marble top 27,00, $3,00,81,00,312.00,818,00,820,00,825,00. - TOWEL RACKS.?Walnut 50, 51.00, 81,50, 52,00,54,00. SOFAS.?Lair* Hair Cloth or Reps, carved top 818, $22, 524, 730. TETE-A-TETES.-Tcto 815,00 516,75, 819.75, 521,70. igremain, yours respectfully. G. V. DeGRAAFv ER'S 1 ' ::'i iti rvvnnci 1 ' THREE ITorking Successfully 1 Anderson, with a is many more bePrice List and o had by apigr to t. TOZER, COLUMBIA, S. C. ! < M II ( 1 VIL.SON, nsT, ce Over the Post Office. ST GOODS C STOK EVEB J CITY: l AND GERMAN FANCY GOODS, JAPAN " fDIAN WORK-BASKETS. Wall Pockets, Mottoc Frames, Ac. < Silk, Linen and Embroidered HankercMefa. ^ < t, unusually LOW PRICES. id Orders Solicited, | J". H- TBUMP'S. NO. 220 BROAD STREET. ... , , GE]SrT3L,EMElsr M Beqerted to Tib Nrtee JI MM J AVE ? fall (apply of .. SUMMER UiXDERWEA READY-MADE 8HIRT8, LINEN COLLARS ?nd CUFFS, FANCY CA86I MERES. Ready-Made SLOTHING MTC**" d^trMCIoit-fSpteM stt 1A 1 J lion U called to tMlratock FARCY STRAW HATS OW-QUARTERK^ ^ BTA$D-MA r Different Strict and ftaaUtle*. warns beothersB May I, lg73, tf. _ I WELL-DIGGING. I GEORGE GAILY, M experienced JT dlmer, la now prepared to do in a w<H xan-llfce way all kind* of work In w? H" "I N, B. AU order* left with Alfred Elltfl 'own Mar^l^wlll be promptly at tan deiB ALSTOHJffOUSE. I File Misses OatJ rAKE pleasure Inannoanctacto old frlJB and patrons that'tftey ?tl)t keep "H klatoQ House" open for lfcrtr-'accomodaM nd will endeavor.to make tbem "fe^H iome" u often aa they are kind enougH " CABFEKm. I not? ,5 3 ' ? " _i_? B L'UW UUWIOI^ UOU MIT W I1UH that he is prepared to do all kfl ?f H I Carpenter's Work anfl Building. 9 Hi 3ealRo repairs Cotton Gins, Thnufl md Fans. A fall supply of Gin MafeB llways on band. Farmers are reqneS a faring their GinsnpearlylJi (be sefl o allow time jto hare them properly Alfco Agent for the Tsylor Cotton fl he Brooks Cotton Press, and aU kincfl iubber Snd Leather Bblting. H D. B. SMITH, 8 AbbevMe C. H? S. fl PLANTATION SCPPtll CONSTANTLY ON HAM Dors, oats, meal, flour, ba MOLA8SES, 8ALT, 6UQAR, COK FEA in large or small quantities. PI JTOCKS, PLOWS, HOES, AXES, TR 1A1JI.N8, Ac., Ac., GUANO ON BEST TEW ALL the -"Tints and (MccnattlM of farmer carefully considered and prep 'or. Spec! U Inducements offered the pla Bofbre making yonr arrangements dsew rtveus a rrlnl. We will exert ourselr live entire untliifactton. W. JOEL SMITH ft S J?n,IS,1878. ' : TAN YABD. TiHE undersigned now bare In sveee 1 operation, a good tan yard, at Don rllle, where hides of erefy description be bought. For dry bides we pay 13 e tor green bides, 6 cents. HAWTHORN 6 HODGE Jan. 31, lm.878 flanfed goods otf all kh VJ ai Cunningham & Tempieton aH Jane, 6th 1877 tf Wfl New Good! just keoeiveI ^ NEW lot of jg HATS, LACE, COLLARS, OUFFB, VEIHH Miss B*meyl in ii| WOULD rcspccttfeUy Mk tn?att?>ntlc^B tho Ladle* lolo their Frc*h.Supp^B cboioe EH Print*?. 3h Printed Muslias, I White Victoria Lawns, I White Piqnes a Bleached Long Cloths, Hamburg Trimmings, &m May S. 1878, if. . H HOLMAN'S LIVER PAH No Humbug for M Chills and Dyspepsia. I At DR. E. PARKElB March 2S, 1878-tf. J CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLEl p AV15 Justrcceivea a Ufftiw?i a* n CROCKERY,I SAID MADE SBOH Spring styles, at 96.00, H SPRING PRINTS; BOHESBUNS,H February 27,1878?IC. B Notice. I Hodoes, S* C.. May 2f> lflH rvham It may concern. The folloHD fcrtWLe?of nnotatmcd freight, hnvinflfl asiMd la ttw-CnnpMTl Depot at tbU mrmiTtnKUU, will, an less prevl|H charges pa^H J>?SMa?Lfc?s?IAfctjMfctW antlon on lAytbolSsktepal topay I CMt Iron fawtjiiLJ. M. Hac^B i Boa BAtteviOoMtdM^kJ.^ WMk&y. QH ) Fan Mill. Co&slgnee, Di W. Ai<k#a. ED t Grindstone*- Cooi?J#n?e,. L. Q. Robe. BH I Biuret ViuegMt CoMifiaee, W. A. MoorfH J Kaxe? SoapvOoaslgnee, W. A. Moore. M?y29,J(rT8{5tt. Eg '&&? notice! TREAVGTRXB^ Offichk May 27, WF7ITH a view, to accommodating? V) many of the Tax Payers oiH bounty as possible.. 1 will roceiv^H May Instalment of Taxes, until the <^H )f Saleday J une 3d. ? No Taxes will b? received after^B J me without affixing the penalt^H ElVE PER CENTUM on the firstH italment. Bu j. w. perristM County. Tre&surH May 27, 1878. M