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^5"'-- < - Eft ' . r: ' >UL> > TtfWCT . -X , I The Press and Banner. By IIUGII WILSON & W. C. BKXET Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1879. TTi'? farmers aiul tho Guano Asitn-i tion. A very 'extraordinary agitation lias been "going on during the last few weeks among the fanners in some of our up-' country counties, notaMy in Anderson j and Greenville. The agitation is directed against tho manufacturers of fertili1 zers, aY-.ct has for its prime object the reduction of tho price of fertilisers. It seems that at a recent convention of the manufacturers, the price or fertilizers wh6n pnicl for in cotton was raised to such an extent that tlie fanners say they caunot and will nt>t pay it. The price demanded the farmers think amounts to a prohibition to buy. The manufaetu.UAFs"*" say that a ton of standard fertilizers shall be worth ,V?0 pounds of cotton when paid lor in the fall in thai staple: the farmers sav that it shall be worth 4VI or at most 500 pounds, and that they will not give one ouncc more. Sucu is the controversy, into which the cash priccof fertilisers does not enter. For be it remembered the cotton-option price is payable in the i fall, that is, the 5?">0 pounds of cotton represent the price of a ton of fertilizers sold on a credit of six or eiyrlit months ; in other words it is the cash price plus the1 interest, and as nothing is said in the} meetings of the agitators and the agitated about the cash price, il would seem ! that it is not considered exorbitant, and; therefore the agitation and combination i and indignation of the farmers are direct-1 ed against the interest on the cash price. 'T""1 flirm wmilil cr>r>m tr> 1... t!u> r.< sence of the whole matter when boi!oil j down?an attempt on the part of the farm-' ers to enact and execute an extra-legisla-< tivo usury law by which they may been- j abled to bwv ftrtilizcrson credit at a lower price than the manufacturers think i they can otter them,?that is, that they may be enabled to use capital, to borrow ( money, at a limited rate of interest. We have read accounts of the meetings1 held in Greenville and Anderson, we: have seen tho resolutions passed at those meetings and at tho Stat:* <S range, and we have read the editorial leaders j published in the few journals that sympathize with the movement, and we t have thereby become familiarized with such expressions as "greedy capitalists." j "opprossivo monopolists," "oppressed farmers" and other choi.jo extracts from tho vocabulary of Dennis Kearney. The action of the manufacturers is therein de- j nounced as a "public wrong," "a con-1 spiracy," "an attempt to levy unjust t ri!>- j ute," "a blow aimed at the best interests tif the torn m ou wealth." Whoso voice is that? Is not the sound of it familiar to ns? It certainly is not the voice of the j farmer, but is it not the voieeof the dem-j agogue and the politician ? Let the farm-: ers beware of such false prophets and distrust such guides. It is significant, that at the meetings of so-called "farm-1 * ers" the chair is usually tilled by some actual or prospective politician and the resolutions are generally moved and sec-: onded by legislators who on such occasions air Ihospeeches they delivered in the House on tho Bond question, tho Phos-1 pliate bill, or the Usury Law. The farm-, er himself is generally silent at those' meetings, which fact may account for this other fact that very little practical,! sensible speaking has been heard thereat. \Vo think we know the farmer as well as most men, and wo are sure that the sotmd common-sense of which he has a large ^ "share would prevent him from voluntarily joining any movement so communistic as this. Socialism and Commutoism find their disciples among the proletariate of tho cities, the army of discontented artisans. There and among1 these we are not surprised to find trades-. w unions, and agitators against the so-eall-; * ?d "tyranny of capital." Hut the farmer; to nr?f fhn min in ennnnrf cnMi flntnn. ! ??? gogic agitations : ho is not so foolish as; to try to destroy one monopoly by form-; ing another, to outwit one combination by organizing another. It will be a sad day for South Carolina when the farmers of thisState lend themselves as the docilo, facile tools of the professional dem-! agogue and the self-seeking politician.' Farmers have always been the conscrvav I . . tiveelement in the body politic, and it, will be a glooinjr day for this country' when they to any considerable extent act on the hidical teachings of unprincipled agitators. Into the merits of this controversy we shall scarcely enter, for its merits are in slsible. We are neither a fanner, an owner of phosphate works, nor a capitalist, nor even a professional politician, but we, a poor journalist, can see a simple remedy for all the ills complained of, and ! who cannot afford to go into debt in buying fertilizers on a credit,?don't do it. If you cannot pay c.sh for your guano and phosphates,??'? i't btiy them. Our, word for it yon will bo better oil' next fall than if you had obtained IV: tilizerson a credit even at 4.',0 pounds a ton. It isj not a very heroic attitude for tho farmer to assume, to stretch forth his hands and call upon his friends and his neighbors to ;V prevent him from going into debt, like' tho man in the anecdote who stood on the bank of a river and besought the passersr* by to keep him from drowning himself. : . The farmer has his fortune in his own hands to a greater oxtent than any other * \ man. lie knows from experience How small, of all the ills that men endure, * The part that kings Or laws tali cause or cure.j And ho will sell his birthright for a ! * mess of pottage on the day when he be-1 comes a member of a trades-union, when ^ ",4?!-h0 calls for laws to protect him from him-; " self, to keep him from going into debt.! * Better far for him to keep his glorious) privilege of being independent, and ot finding in the tillage of a generous soil a j ' relief for all his troubles. It is a matter of congratulation and satisfaction that the fertilizer agitation has not made much headway in Abbeville I .' - "County, thanks to the intelligence and independence of our farmers. ? (Since the above was written, a most} ' ' unpleasant and unfortunate dispute on j this subject has arisen between the Ncics: and Courier and the Anderson Intcllifjcn- i eer' We are taking no part in the dispute ' neither for nor against the one or the other disputant. And we give the belliger-! . * ents fair warning that we are not asking i ^either of them to step on the tail of our coat. We think the subject can be discussed without locking horns. As soon as personalities are injected into the controversy the main question is banished and lost. With reference to our Abbeville farmers we are glad to add that they are acting i * like sensible men in not buying as much guanffas heretofore. We have it on good . ' authority that not more than one-half of .- . last years quantity of phw^hate has been If ^Ught to this county this year. The j /iper kinds of phosphates are being V '* *. lght, and bought early, that the farmmay be able to compost it before use.' ounco of such action is worth a ton of ! gaseous agitation.) * Stock Law Arrets.?The execution : or tne oiock iuw uas neen emorcea wnn . great energy during the past week in our ? ' town. The town marshal and higcolor' ed posse, Manuel McKellar, have "waged r ' unceasing war nguinst all stray cows, calves, pigs, goats and drunk men, arresting ell and sundry and shutting them up in tiio calaboose. Manuel distinguished . himself otf Saturday by seizing an ob- , streporous red bull-calf by tail and horn |' and thus forcing him to go to the cola- j 3 * boose. 1 - i The Nigritinn l'roblcin?Sympos tic Negro by Ulnine, Lamar, Ila ton and Others. The Xorth Amcrictn Review for M; has u .symposium in which the t'oihn distinguished men take part: 151: Lamar, Hampton, (Jarlield, Step! Philips, Itlair ami Hendricks, ijuestions discui-.sed in the sympo* arc, 1, Oitirhc the Xejrro to lie l>isfrani ed ? Omj'ht he to have been Knl chised ? .V fact t > be noted here i:i | inj* is that in this discussion, us in all etissions on the same subject, win ill books on tho public platlbrin or the I'oor of Congress, and as in all 1< htlion on this subject, the negro linn the man who ought to be most intcrc is silent, inactive, and not c:?iish Hie <|iieslion is on" of pure sp? : ii i and tiie ncirro pa?si\- -iv ji- i;i<: pcriutcntuM to be l; ; ici?y tin;.dispul in his c"ijtorc vil>. Thvre is no ne^r Jiu* syi!i|?isiii!n. Tin1 nearest appr to one is WYiuloIi i'iiili|>s who seem hear a jrrndge ."'rainsi his Maker for intr condemn -d him to ho a white ami for having made him a little 1< than his Mack angels. The famous 1 ips, as a set-oil' to his white skin has tainlv a black heart?a phrase whiel apply tohiai i:i the same eompiiuieu way in which the old negro woniai Jamaca applied it to Wilbcrf'orce; higher praise Wendell Philips dees know. 'J he discussion covers sixty pago the Jtcvinr?is therefore too long for print and for an exhaustive critic Wejpresent <iov. Hampton's views ii other column and may next week i ."Senator Lamar's paper. At present can only give our readers a brief s rnarv of the views expressed. Hlaiue has the opening and the r< lie writes clearly, decisively, in ] iempei and in good English, ile swers both questions in the allirniu So little, however, has the negro, and simple, got to do with tiie matter in Mr. iilaine's mind, that all llm his opcnniir paper tiie real oltjo point crops out?the "incre:ised poli weight and influence oi' those ag.i whom, and in spile of whom, his franchiscment was secured.*' '*1 who erected the Confederacy" are einniv warned that "they will not be milted to continue in the enjoyiuen political power unjustly .seized." \ he calls "appropriate legislation" in l'orm of "iY.itntining aiul eorrcctiny r of National authority" will be ap| to free the enfranchised negro from power of "those who erected the Coi eracy." "Kdiets" is a very sugge word and brings up a vision of bayt and a Czar at Washington. Mr. I..:tinar writes the- best and i thoughtful paper on the Democratic and lie sols an example to the hot-lies of both sides of coolness, calmness firmness. The only foeman worth; his steel is Mr. Dlaineand we think in spite of the advantage of the reply Lamar got the better of his advert lie puts the whole matter in a nub when he says "I am of opinion thai make the negro a free citizen it was : essary first to take him from his ma: Then it became necessary to take from theparty ichich claimed his vol absolutely as his master had claimed labor. The next step will be to him as a class from either party and low him to diflbr and divide just as white men do." Governor Ilamptou's paper is thou fill, philosophical and kindly. It em! ics the views of a Southern man diss ated from the views of a politician, lay it before the readers of the Press Jtanner this morning. General Garticldand Alex. IT. Stop] on their respective sides are rather \v insipid and inconclusive. They bot astrnv in their facts and arc not very py in their fancies. As for Wen Phillips, his ravings must not in fair be judged by the standard applied to writings of men of sound mind, ramps like a bull in a chinashop, stn ing and crashing right and left, frotl at the mouth likea bedlamite, respec only one person in his monomania that person the negro. Mr. Montgon Blair is Wendell Phillips in a milder Democratic form, but nearly as viol and, being more sane and a Demoera is more dangerous to his friends, adds nothing to the controversy but virulence and his indiscretion, for w Mr. IJlaine punishes him well in closing remarks. Governor Hendricks brings good s and calm thought back to thesympos in a very able paper the burden of w is that "the negro must now mak own contest for position and po Everywhere the while race should him, lmt his reliance must mainly bo on himself.'' Mr. Blaine's closing paper is 1 sharp and in some parts bitter an jmrlc. lie notes the fact that "witl exception of Mr. Blair," all the wr "agree that the negro ought not to he franehised ; and this other fa<-t that these (Democratic) gentlemen were tile to the enfranchisement of the rsi and ho scores one for "the wisdom courage of the Republican party." makes copious extracts from thcvai "lilaek codes" to show the ncccssi negro enfranchisement which, he i was forced upon his party "by tin duracy of those who were in conti the South." lie does his best to what he cannot all conceal that, as Lamar says, "the Republican part; sires to retain the negro, not as a v but as a Republican voter."' The conclusion of t lie whole inatl that while we believe with Blaine that "no human on this continent is more < pletely guaranteed"' than the noj right to vote, we join issue with when he states or implies that whet negro votes with instead of again*. Southern white neighbor, it is a en unfair and illegal seizure of poli power. If Mr. Maine had lived it South during the last twelve year would have been convinced that t are some rights higher and more sa than even the "right to vote''?on them being the right to live in p< social, civil, and political and in eivi tion. And if ho thinks that the w Republicans of the North are to cla fee-simple in the votes of the negro the South, to the destruction of the pi prosperity and civilization of the So he is yery much mistaken. Governor Hampton. As to the extent of the meaning ol following paragraph we confess selves at a loss to form an opii ,,*t 2* :? maim r\r>r\ 1 lAxnil ItAtfAvrtl' >Y UUIJ it JS it'liitiuwivvi, uvt? vt v*, ing the Governor's recent extreme ness, that the Columbia and Charlo papers make so many favorable rej of his health, a paragraph like tlii calculated to cause alarm in the min< the people of the Suite. The Neiv.t Courier of the 19th instant says: "Accounts received from the Gove: since his arrival in the low country n his appearance here, on the 22cf, s very improbable. He continues wi and is subject to frequent attacks ol vere pain, although his Indomitable f< tude keeps him cheerful, hopeful au< general good spirits. The bad* *vea which has prevailed of late has ncccss ted. his confinement to the house; though he spends his time upon the ? za wlieuever there is a season of s shine." i. - ^ To the Pupijc-Itemembcr W. Roger's Cash Store when you an town and buy your groceries from 1 is he sells astonishingly low. Early 1 potatoes arc going fast, buy before t xre gouo. I iiinijDr. Iloyt anil the Tennessee Lcgislamp i ture. j The Rev. T. A. Iloyt, D.D., of '.lie first | ;ireh i Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tonnes- II A'ingjsco, ami formerly of the Presbyterian! line, Church ol" this town, recently preached ions, scruion on public integrity anil the neces- j ^ The; sitv for a public coiiseionoe and code of "* iuni coinmercial honor. Ho showed low dis-j his- honest dealing by a State has a baneful Van- influence on the people of that State,? >ass-: how repudiation by a Stale induced dis: dis- honesty ami fraud among its people. The I tlicr Tennessee Legislature then in session and ! on discussing the pu./lie debt question tried L-gis- to ccn?iire and stultify Dr. Ilovt and end-1 v;( [self, ed by maknigsiipieniejai-kassesof thcm-'"'i <ted,;selves. We print tlio resolutions in an-',,ti Ited. other column, We wish Dr. Ilovt's pul-: . .. .. .... * . , I i'oii, ! pit was 111 isoiun t aroniKU i nerc is ihhhi pn cx* for him or !iis like here. We can think oi'j {,'JJ ants no higher duly devolving on the clergy' sl?l 0 in than to raise their voice against dishones-1 oacli tv cither public or private. Tho people!?" s to itj' this State are in debt as a State and to a j hav- ureal extent as individuals. Jiecent tnan illation by its homestead law and the; N? >wer like has ollered a premium to private;^ 'liil- fraud ; and recent discussions in the<!eu-| lie cer-feral Assembly and the press would .seek :?f 1 we to tileh .South Carolina of her good name i in tarv and mak her guilty of repudiation. Tho \ lat ? of old liible doelrineof doing justly even toj and one's own hurt is forgotten or ignored, i im ; not j \\'c do not wish to make preachers poli- j ticians. I.ut we think it is clearly within : cai s of their pmvinrc to guard the public eon- j re-; science and warn the people against dis- 1 istn. honesty, to leave abstract doctrines and ti? 1 at;-'attend to llesh and blood life. A man j >rint versed in thcThirty-niuc Articles and at si: t we home in the Confession of Faith, t li um-1 learned in free-will, lore-knowledge, wt Mr. ctVeelua! calling and election, conditional i ply. or unconditional, wise in transit bstunlinn ! ti< Liood and the real presence, and familiar with j jail the JUills that over came from tlieil'j.' live. Vatican?such a man might be a splen- j (.0 pure did theologian but by no means a pious; J"*; even man,?for theology and piety are differ-jo 1 out things. Your theologian may carry j i;ti\*e: His theology ami at the siuno time carry jfai tieal a load of debt which lie never intends to; j"* iust pay. An honest man i* the noblest work j 1 en- of God and it is the duty of the pulpit as Kr*, hose j of the press to aid in making and keep-*Pj sol-j ing men honest. KJigion that does net:;,,, per- make a man pay bis debts is bosh. The j t, of: press will side with the pulpit oftencr if j im Vliat it leaves abstract and. intellectual subjects | the ami deals in subjects that relate to life, fin dicls heart and behavior. l,c,; died The yew York /[crahl writes as follows J*"' the on the Tennessee Legislature and Dr. j?, ,M- I lovl stive 1 jj-jtj Business for I'rcrtchers. Jjjj iic-ts? J it is to be hoped that the Kev. Dr. Iloyt, nu j pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, at pel i Nashville, Toilii., will hereafter understand idu inost! a minister's placc and business, and not at-lcit % i tempt to net tili:>ve tlieni. This divine so] Hit sine, |-ar forgo! iiiuiself last Sunday as to preach j tin ided! asrainst repudiation and the dishonesty of art , j Commonwealths. just as if religion and lion- At and , e-,|y had soinet!iiii<r to do with each other. | wi of l'r. Iloytsliouiil have known better than to tel | make such a blunder, for he. was once presl-'clc that tii-iu of the New York Hold Hoard, ami had | / , countless opportunities for learniwr that thcjnn only way to keep principal and practice | it i ary. friendly and harmless to each other is to di- oai . *jl | voice them, Put thoimh thi;preacher forgot tin ,1K " himself ami dropped hack into 'the antiqua- aft ; to | religious notion tfiat honesty is a virtue, the cal Legislature, which fortunately was in session ! mo ,,cc" j made haste lo stand between the Slate and 1 du stcr. I !,,e preacher's incendiary drivel, and it ad-! tin * ministered, by resolution, a severe rebuke. I sia han Now let i?r. Iloyt hasten to repair his error lain c (is '*y setting into sympathy with the times, no . There are plenty of subjects to preach about lea.' hia there are the various theories of inspiration j nu . 1 : of redemption, adoption and sanctilication; J pn free will and predestination have busied tin , al- , thousands of pnl pits for centuries, while the on words eoir.iki and nionoux are pood for centu- j pi>< Uie j ries more if properly used; there are thejani | beasts of Paniel, the Scarlet Woman of Heve-| to . , t lation?whatever could have possessed a j Xci I preadier to forsake all these eternal assoela-! pn bod-' ti?usof his cloth and waste a Sabbath hour! tin . by talking against dishonesty ??A Vie York \ eoi 50ei- Jlcruhl. i no We i * i ?,,</| Swear Not At All. |0/ i To nnrse in tbo nresenee of men is not i'V. iions, the most decent or gentlemanly thing a I ?" eak, | man can do, but to curse in theheariug of! SJ! h i a woman or a girl or a boy is simply aboni-' hap-) inably vulgar and indecent. AVe are j w<i idell | therefore disposed to compliment our' jj"' nossitown council and their efiicient town- gn the! marshal for their e(Vorts at freeing the j ^ Hej public square and the streets of Abbeville iiut ash- from this intolerable nuisance. If men j liing] will curse in public lot them do it behind ! set ting) their teeth and not inject their oaths and ; and vile words into the houses and ears of all rat .lery! who live within hearing. Not long ago a! tin and i foul-mouthed fellow who had taken too ou 8 111 lent, j much whiskey at the Court House loft 'j t, ho town shouting defiance to the town eoun-1 ["lr Tie ?-il, (about a quarter of a mile out of town) J csi his j in language profane, indecent, and villain- j hicli ous, which some ladies sitting in their pi-! in? his a/.za wore forced to hear, for he yelled it i J!JJ: 'at the top of his voice. Such a follow j eel onse' cares not a tig for the ten commandments j e?' inin hut he does respect somewhat the ordi- j J^1 bicl) nances of the town council when rigor- ?i?; o his ously enforced. The calaboose and a fine wer. i wiH do more to mend his manners than j tin help; anything that Moses and the prophets!"!' up. i have w:ittr-u. All the good men of Ab- j <>i" j bevillo county are on the side of the town j f^(, one. ' council in their endeavor to put down j {"<" ,] CT and punish public profanity and indc- wY , Hi,, cency. ^ ito].si ? *> o.\" , Charleston and C.reenville -- Low- or: (lis- Hu .ifiU Country and Up-Country. rja hos-! Washington's Day was a festive day in | l(.0 Charleston. Many strangers enjoyed ?n and l'10 open-handed and warm-hearted hos]f0 pitality of our Charleston neighbors, hut v"] ions the guests who were invited to tako the i,a I v of highest seats were the lip-countrymen the j says, Greenville (iuards. They were treated) set c oh- royally. We told you so. Why talk oi ^ ol of antagonism between up-country and low- ]>n hide country? The people of the two sections Mr.! have no antipathies. The soldiers of the j l.v r de- two sections embrace each other as com-1 J,'o oter, J rades. The statesmen and the represen- j ; tative journals of the two sections know i tin leris'no up-country and low-country, it is j Mr. ?nl.V the low, cheap politicians, and the t'o right | newspapers they control, that prate about | oni- antagonism and jealousy and opposition ow n-o's between up-country and low-country. t,,*] him | ? - ? o? J*"' 1 the Going into the Hands of a Rccciver. I ha i/liisj From the following paragraph, which thi ise of j wo clip from that lively journal, the I ^ tical ! Xewbcrry JVcwx, it will be seen that our . in i the friend Mr. MeSwcency, of the Guardian "jjJ s he is looked to go into the hands of a reeciv- th here jer this spring. We are ready to go in that cred I direction ourselves, tlie only diflleulty to of I with us is'in getting somo one to till the [i';\ we, j olliceof receiver : liza- j "Thev say that ere the spring is yc bite 'ar advanced, a newspaper man in Abbe- * 'J iin -t v''le will take that step Which in {m ; tliis.Stato can never bo retracted, namely, J?,lj ^ , matrimony. And it is not Wilson of the ))U aaee,! Press and llunner, nor is it any of the hu utj, ; stall' of tlie Medium, nor yet of the Pre-s- ?? buterian. Therefore, the young proprie- ,lr; tor of the Guardian must know some- ?'!, what of it." tei f the "l0 B'irnicell Sentinel of last week, has j ( the following complimentary remarks of sii lion our ,,e'Bhhor and brother editor. i " liiuo- Gkn. Rou't. It. II km en i t.l.? wl " : The able editor of the Abbeville. Medium, I" ! "I- nnd the distinguished representative from j st',{ ston Abbeville County, in the State Legisla-| jmi )0|tsi ture, has regularly resumed the practice J in of law, which he has not been able to ju". s 181 pursue for several years past inconse- tt< is oj; ()uchcO oi Ills editorial aim pumic mines. i tio and I ^'e predict for our honored confrere as j ext j much lionor and success in the domain of! f?;r jurisprudence as he has achieved in the (J*"' rnor | jield of letters and tlio arena of politics. I ladejwhen the people of Abbeville and thejjt.t. eem j up-country, and anywhere else about the! per enk, Suite, want a lawyer of integrity andi?s-'V ' s?- I ability to represent them, they \yifl find j J'.1'' ^'ti-lbiin in tlio person of (Jen. Robert It.! ,.,.,1 I hi Hemphill, ol Abb.villo C. II., S. C. I t.m ther | ;? I mil slta- ' hoc Some of our up-country exchanges arc dls- j |.U| j posed to speak lightly of the small type In ;,dl ua/.- j which the matter of the Abbeville J'rrsx and , 0( i Uli- Jiamwr is set. For our part, we rather admire j lull the enterprise and energy displayed by our j Woi neighbor, and tiiink that, sonic of those who | t.rc are so ready to criticise lis course might, with j benefit to their readers and profit to them- twe ' selves, follow Its example.?Anderson Intel!'.- stn i in geneer. 'i' lim. Mothers should never slap their children's ha> , I ears; it is hurtful. When you strike them, dec Cose take a switch and And the bump that nature Arr bov i provided forthepurpose. That was mv moth- our y J er's plan, and I .know whereof I speak.?J/u- red rion Star con Huton 01 Negro Suffrage. ' CANNOT BE HELPED, AM MUST 1IE GUIDED AUIGI1T. {iro Disfranchisement not n Que :iou of Practical I,oIilics--Moral i ivell as Mental Training the Nc< [>l the Freed men?Enfrancliisenic [?I" the Negro by the General Go eminent a Violation of the Cons tution. nr. Ifmnjiton ill the Xurth .imcrirmi Jiixie ii disciufiii-r the question upon which t . wssircuMccd, the limits prescribed me Milviiniiou |>ri'yi'in ?ii.? 111.,.^ v- ...... . re slatementof opinion. Kveii were tl rwise, my present condition forbids i enter into any extended or elaborate arjj lit. Mine miM lie, t heielore, simply sentalion in crude form t>l" tin.* views j'( lain and lutve entertained for some yei on the (.-lave <|iicstions submitted for "en eration. I slinil endeavor to write in rit. froe from ali partisanship or section ii, witli til.' sole purpose of promoting t ise of truth and tlie welfare of the win in try. "lie first ?!itesMor. *.i "should the negro .fniiieliisedV" There has I liilieii auil 11 of this snhject recently?ehielly at t irth?and many who have hitherto he : most earnest advocates of negro suli'ni ill 11 to think that the bestowal of this ?r ge upon hi in lias resulted in failure. '1 b-. 10 thus think suppose that the wlthdrav the right of sull'mce would at once rest' .> ancient and normal condition of tliii the country; would re-establish friendly ions between the races of the South; a so tarns ii would diminish represcntati mid lessen tlie Influence of that section tion aiatlairs. This latler argument, I i't to see, has had most weight with a lai iss. though it is inconsistent with a true a lliolic patriot ism? a patriotism whi iks to the srood of the whole republic, a t to that of a limited section, bit. whatever may be the motives of tin io desire the disfranchisement- of the net (. accomplishment of such a result has be ;idered impossible by the action of tlie I* mal and state governments. Croat a irt ling as have been the political inutatir the last few years, the disfranchisement e negro at this or any subsequent peri in Id be more surprising than any politli en I in our past history. The qiicsth ereforo, does not belong to practical pu s, and is a mere speculative one. Cons Inn it in tin' latter aspect, I do not liesiti answer in the negative. 'Whatever in vc been the policy of conferring the rij; voting upon the negro, ignorant and I nipetent. as lie was to comprehend tin; hi iiponsihility thrust upon him, and iviiab may have bceen the reasons which die 1 this dangerousexperinient, the deed I en done and it is irrevocable. It. is in i' part of true statesmanship to give it as possible I hat direction which will . .... i....... I tin. hn >Sl MC'IlUIK'Iill Vl Itu-v III..UM. lit i<*. low is this to be accomplished? iiy answer would lie, by educating flip r > "until lie comprehends the duties and inisibilitlesof citizenship. Iiy "edncivtio lonot mean the mere acquisition of le:vi :, but I apply the term in its broad is*. The possession of the rudiments ueation?the incremental training that tl plies?so far from being always benefit' its possessor, is often harmful. Jlauy r lately enfranchised citizens make t <t use of their newly aciiuired ability :d and write by committing forgery, a re al least, they have manifested a wond aptitude. Iiy educating them I me it their moral nature should be culiivati ri jkimsu, with their Intellect. This mo: ueation isof fr.rgrcatcrimportance than Lclleetual one. A man is not nceessiiril; Iter citizen been use he can read and wri r does the possession of these acquircmci ike him, as a matter of course, more '-oi lent to understand and discharge t ties of citizenship. I doubt whether t izetis of that State which makes Its bos it more of lis people can read and Willi in any other government are equal , in culture, and in statesmanship, to t hcuiansln their palmiest days, who \vi thout these accomplishments the most ligent and critical of political com tit in, s. Is the stability of our institutions depen the ii.tclligencc and virtue of our eitizei s the duty of every patriot to promote t lse of true education. Especially is ti ease with that unfortunate people wl er centuries of servitude, were sudden led to exercise the highest dut ies of l'r? n. They came to the discharge of tin ties utterly ignorant, with the prcjtidic habits and evil inculcated by a life very?merely children of a larger growl il, like all children, fu!i of credulity. It L to be wondered at, then, that they v.i iiy misled by the wicked and designi il who tloekcd to the South when she w strate. liut.in spite of the evil adv! \v have so constantly received, they ha the wliole behaved better than any o!Si >pie similarly situated would have doi il the whites of the South have 110 reas cherish any ill-will toward the blacl ir do they ; and the time is rapidly i aehliiK when the colored people will /! ir best friends among the thoughtful a isiderate whites of the South?a class means small at present, and which wing larger and stronger every hour. II s digression leads me from the discussi the question under consideration: audi rposo as declared at the outset, was only te my opinions, not to enter Into ar{ 'lit to establish them. * " .ih'nodv tiinrlo mV n null I IIV." I L-III.U J?.- , er to tlie first question submitted is easl liclpated; ii would be almost impossible franchise the negi'o, and, if possible, mid not be carricd into client. The Soil es not desire to sec this done, and withu ritid it win never be accomplished. Tiie 1 ?contributes not only to the wealth of t nth, but lo her political power, aiul she lispnsed to deprive herself of any of 1 vantages. Ls the negro becomes more intelligent, tnrally allies himself with the more cf vatlveof the whites, for his observatl >1 experience both show him that his int s are identiliicd with those of the wh :e here. /his is the Inevitable tendency of things y now stand at the South, and no extrai s pressure can chance a result which Is rcand iixedas: any other natural law. Tie opinions whirl) are announced abo ve not been hastily formed or recently c taineil. They are the result of very ea , nnd long re.'ieet Ion, and as an evidence is it may not lie improper, even at the ri appearing lo touch too closely on persoi itters, to state tin* position that 1 have < pied In regard to these iiuustions since t >scof the war. In IKlti,even before] hail ved my parole, I spoke and was the li hi at tlie South who did so, ton largo au [ e of negroes upon the changed relath Lweeii the two races, and I gave lo (hi sameadvice that 1 liave given from tl > to this. In IStiT, in the City of Colinnl: the earnest invitation of llie colored peo] 'ii i selves, 1 spoke to them again, ami up it. occasion advocated qualitled sullragc. ist be borne in inindtlialat the time l! is done some of the most prominent lead the Itepubliean party had taken decid mud against giving tlie right of sulfrago ; negro. It is unnecessary lo give all t IiuImi^mI mo ti? tiilro t! i ift ill rj is sufllelcnt to sit.v that 1 fully realized tl ion a man hud been made a citizen of I lited States lit; could nut be debarred t lit eii* votlngon account of Ills color. Su L'lusion would be opposed to the entire tl rot republican institutions,and I fores; it, unless the States, while they had t lit of regulat ing the elective fnmchi I'scribed the qualifications of their vole National Government would intcrvei d we should have universal su tirade for* 011 us, My object, then, was, by fixing ncatioiial (|Uahtieation as a perequisitc I ting, to allow the most intelligent of t loreu people to vote at once, and this wot ve been an Inducement to the rest of t e to endeavorto qualify themselves for t ainiiieut and exercise of this privilege . tiring the necessary education. Theadln hi of t lie limited number who would tl: ve been allowed to vote at first would ha oduecd no confusion in the machinery b State governments, and the relations ' cen the two races would have been frlei and harmonious; hut the course that I r intended was not adopted, and we of t litli have been subjected to all the liuntil in and crime brought about by rccoiistn it. As the negro is now acquiring eilin n and property, lie is becoming more c< rvative, and naturally desires to assist e establishment and inaintaiuance of go vernmeiit and home rule. 1 have endei i'd?and I think not without successtell hint here how to use the vote for ii good and the benelll of the political ty in which lie lives and with which his re prosperity is identified. The result I en shown in the last two general elect it this State, where thousands of negn ve voted with their white friends; and y doubt Is entertained of the sincerity i:: c voters, and any impartial visitor fn >rth will take the pains to inquire throui t. the state, I will venture the assertion tl every locality he will find as earnest, live, anil as consistent Democrats aine bcolored peopleas among the whites, a ese colored Democrats are generally anio b more Intelligent of their race. older these circumstances, as the negro tleavorlng very generally toqualify liintf the duties of citizenship, the wrong of t iiichistug him would be as great us that . ted upon us in the tlrst instance when u rsal sull'ragc was given to him while he w t utterly unprepared to exercise It. flic second question to witieh my attend s been invited Is, "Ought the negro to h: en enfranchised ?'* Jt may seem liiconsi t Willi the views I havcexpresse in the 11 i t of this article to say that I do not thi should have been enfranchised at the til tl in the manner in which It was done. 1 s-t objection is, that the mode that was p I'll, if not directly unconstitutional, w plainly extra-constltuti mal, ami 1 am |y opposed toany violation, direct or in :t of that instrument. Whenever a pol I party thinks It. Is necessary. In order to re its supremacy, to act outside of the ct tutlon, and this is permitted by the peo; thout a rebuke, we may be sure that ve entered upon that downward pla licli every previous republic ltas travel) destruction. The otilj- hopejof maintal ; our Institutions In their integrity is by let observance of the Constitution, and i i*ly should be allowed to remain a intuitu power which countenances in any main y violation of itssaered provisions, ly next objection to conferring suffrage< ; negro, immediately unou his einauci] n, was that he was totally incompetent u'ciseor even to understand the rights cc red upon him. The injection of such ss of ignorant ami untrained voters in body politic was the most perilous stra ivhicii our institutions have ever been su led,and the danger arising from this ( ihuu.I It wnu n crli IllU'Iil IliW IHM J W -? linst the whites ol' the South to disfra se them 111 large part while cnfranchlsii negro, and thus practically placing all tl lits of the former at the mercy of new ancipatcd slaves. All these <1 illicii111 lit have been avoided had partial sullra n adopteil In the tirst. instance, and the i ,ons between the two races been allowed tist themselves by the unimpeded aetii lJiturnl hm-s. This course would have be< nitely better for the negro himself; as iild gradually have trained him In the e Ise of the rights of freeman anil won re prevented that antagonism between t' > races which has resulted In so many 1 nces, to the Injury of the negro; hoso who assert that the negro shoii re been enfranchised hnve not hesitated hire that the Indian, the native freemen leriea, and the Chinese, who have sougl shores in such numbers, should bo deba that tight. There seems to be some li slstcucy in these views, and theadYOcat ^ V-:. . of negro enfranchisement should bo called on fp to show why tho privilege should be granted 1 toliim, the newly emancipated slave, and yet denied to men who have always been free and who possess more Intel licence. iD When the negro was made a citizen, it fol- ??'T ! lowed as a logical consequence, under the theory of our Institutions, that he must become I a voter. My objection tolils enfranchisement | therefore, Is conflncd to the time when and the mode in which this privilege was conferS" | red upon him. ? lls | I have answered these questions with entire tl( ] frankness, in the hope that such a discussion, sd ; free from political acrimony and partisan ?# i misconceptions, would encourage the cairn jand conclentlous"consideration of the whole v-. subject. Waih: 11am t'ToN. Ii_ I * ?#?? A3 IJuilding Uridgcs. (hrrr.ij)on(lviU Union Times. '"'i From a school boy to the present, T have ny been quite fond of the study of nature's laws,! ,v ( '" and when I began mechanics I made It al* ? a, point to study the science as well as practice lls | of mechanics, and read, more or less, several ll(-' American works on the subject. I think it a ivory material aeneieuoy in a workman to a j know but little of tin* science involved in his mi- j profession: for (lie lack of which ho is more us I loss liable to make serious blunders. With ll!* 1 my general reading in mechanics, Ions praca ] t i.Jo, ox tensive observation, North and Soutli, ul- j and conversation with the ablest Atnoriuan ho. workmen, and making bridges a sort of spedojoialty for twenty years, and seeing so tv?v/1 js( 1 dear as I do that progressive bridge work is j be 1 in, mnali want of our country, I foel to soine',,^ la-j fxtont that I owe the benefit of this export- ,je bo 1,-nee to this want, and oiler my services to ..-j' en ! this county In any way to extend*the greatest ar, ige; good to the greatest number. | wj iv- j 1 have bad very considerable amount of; (j, >so i stone work done for myself, at Oriudloand 1 jj, .'al, Trough Shoals, for various uses, by several j jj, >re (,f die very best masons In the two Counties.) on t's and the more I had done of It the more I 1 0f r?> j liked it, as it proved to be less-costly than I j l|1 nd ' anticipated and made the work so porina- ru. on \ nent. When one Is prepared with a good > |,^ in , 1 lerrick and other proper Implements, with ,,( re- j good workmen the Ftonc work goes on fast. 'go 1 < 111 I'acolet. Tiger and Knoree, thegranito can j nd . 1,0 boated to the bi^lge places, as it can tie ch I found in many places near to or 011 the side I w( nd j or bllitis of the st: Cams. di [ Before the war 1 went before the Board of I u. ise Commissioners of roads and bridges of this I tro i County, and got them tojfavor buildinga 00v- j,|( en erod bridge at (irindle shoal?, They ailvcr- Kj, fa- Used forbids, and no doubt it would Imve *mi nd been built but for the war. Two of the Coin- (j, his ' missloners examined a very line ouarry six f0] of j miles up the river on its banks, which can be .,0 oil j si lipped down without very great cost, by lw cal J having one Derrick to lay the stone in the j n, >n, j boats, and another to hoist it out of the boats 11? >11- on the abutments. I got an experienced j nc id- stone mason, Mr. 1'etree, to examine the sit- C|, >te juation and surroundings, who said a ouarry 00 ay 011 the river bank a short mile above the |',r 'bt j bridge, would do. The North side tliere is a jC| in- very deep sand bar, at 1- feet below water to j), gh j the rock, the other sidca gently rising granite W( ev-1 liill. one span 1)0 feet long will cross the ?t, la-1 river; all the rest of the bridge from that cut (|j, ias should be built of stone and dirt embank- ?K' >w j nient. Much of the dirt embankment could I i,r as j be used safely 011 the sand bar side, the slow I.... be | current admitting it; tliut being the concave |(<0 dy side of the .stream. II was at tills deep satul: fr< bar side my attention was called '.'0 years ago, w. to make a thorough investigation as to the jn ?e- practicability of building lieavy stone abut- I |lf re-1 tneiils on wooden ronndatlons. I decided th n" (hat it was, and all subsequent research to rj, *11- the present time confirms that decision. A sj, est bridge built on this improved plan, covered w< "f over with tin, could be well put up for S4.00U ?L. liis nt most and I believe, could be built for w< till 53,500. 1)C of The cost of covered bridges In Gcorela were pi, he about front 7 to 10 dollars per running foot, th to t The latter price would make the wood worU;.ul nd i cost $1.-100, ami I do think the abutments and j > | er* dirt embankment, can be done for 32,000, at | ~ a>l furthest, which would make a bridge last 50 Qf I'd. years with tin roof, wiiilethe cost of thepres-1 jf ral I cut bridge was Sl.sO?in '7U. calling for several J |,0 an , repairs sinee. The Gov. (iim bridge cost P2.S00 i jj, r a about the same time anil will soon need a I fU l<% new bridge. In I will mention Hint, where a river makes a I tri '"-'sudden bend against a granite hill, having | Wi he! a wide bottom on the other side, is generally C(, he j a cheap place for a bridge, and Is well adopted (u Jst; to stone abutments ami spanning entirely ' i^c across, as those places are rather narrow, and ! wi i? with our lamest freshets much of Its waters I or, be j pass over t'>e bottoms. The wood work, with- Su . out much ( st, can be strongly fasteneil down j j;r "l" to the stone abutments, lo protect them in j |K case of such freshets as '52. Tills freshet rose j j,,, I some live feet up on the Maxwell covered pi i bridge on Tugalo without damage. ! !in i)s> Before closing I will say that I introduced tw he the Howe truss at Trmigli Shoals In "7ti, and i w, lis iiiii well pleased with it, believing It. better W| \o. 1 than the I'tly, even after I had improved the fei i?y ! I'tly by tightening many of Its dead weight [1( i parts. Much further say that 1 never saw, iUj -*e! until very recently, the Minter bridges across< L's,.i Tyger and Knoree rivers, that, nature has j sti J1' i done much for those places as cheap crossings; ol] peculiarly adapted for covcred bridges spannlng the streams?Tyger calling for a !HJ feet ,i,, 'ru I span only, Knoree for 7*< feet only?both of "o . which can be built on stoneabutments cover- Tii 'as ied with tin roofs, for less than $1,000 each, j to I1'? j that will last fifty years. w< ve | My plan of introducing permanent bridges. ,j(1 |CI": would be to cheaply patch the old ones, to j >,c u;i keep them safe, and in the mean time mature jj; o"!the best permanent plans as the circurn- Un l{s?; stances of the different places will suggest. st. 'i'" Most of old bridges can lie patched up cheap-1 sa '") ; ly and made to last much longer by frequent- |,.| J1" j ly examining them careful ly by one of e.\pe-, p|. . i.VI...i l-.li-J.II.s III III.: I >,.II illIII-.111.1 "ilj.l ls ; I did this at (irindlc and Trough Shouts, mid i joi j have advocated this policy, to better utill,:e:su ?n ! the old bridges. l?y pursuing Il?is course the in; ! County Commisjiioners can have time to ,|4. ,(,[ school themselves lip to a safe progressive Cn >u" step in the Introductlou of the above suit- "ti gested perjnanent plan, or approximating to n" j it, step t>y step. In several places 1 think it rP| ''y j would l>e best to tins I build the abutments, ,?x '? I preparatory to the span bridge, keeping up fr, 11 the old oncacross tho water one, two, three I" ' or more year*. In .Spur}unburgCouiily, there "" I arc many places on strei-ms not measuring J0* more than forty feet across the watei and less that arc very well adapted to low bridges on ] ' s I stone abutments, which makes a very jxreat j,, ler; saving In cost rather than have t or ."> times |fl( that length from hill to hill standing on | 1C | wooden ti usscls. This plan there, gives, as 11 ,H. ,n- learn, universal satisfaction, but met with I W| on! opposition until people learned its utility by \ J'1'" i experience. This Connly, however, is much : {, " c less adapted to low bridge economy, hut yetj,.,. in some places on Th'ckety and 1'airforest it fr, ,,s will work well. If the Commissioners Will j lu, l,p" bring to thelraid the best mechanical expc-lw, us | ricnee of the country, in stone, wood, and i Iron, and move cautiously, so as to make as I -j-j vc ! few errors as possible, an improvement can I nv !l* j be niade In bridge economy that would sur- n, rti-j prise nearly all. I'.y this course less than , j,, i naif the cost of running tho bridges will snf-1 ;jr s* lice, or In other words the cost for the next ft. ,a' thirty years would he less than lull' of the! n, last thirty years, at the same bridge places. | ol, It would be well especially for abutments to iS.. ,v~ | be let on guarantee, as It is so easy and com- w rst tnon for the contractor to slight such work. f)jIteserve a certain per cent, of the pay until lki ,,,s | the work is tested by a good freshet. In con- c|: -In : nectlon with bridge improvement, Is a want, f(, ,u' in road improvement, which two wants, II jar ila, properly worked up, benefit the county be-; in l"c I yond reasonable calculation; its advantages j 1,11 i would permeate every class. Koatl improve-! v? !' mcnt has been another one of my tongu, studies, but as it would be very ditlieult to 1 os ''''s | make much progress in iliis, I will only say j ,n ed that our wise men tell us that good roads and . p, 1bridges are the best indexes of civlilza- Kf. ',e I tion. ,, A t5;! I respectfully propose that the thinking! 0f 1111 i mechanics of thpeountry. or others, may con-1 [j, 1,0 i tribute tlicir thought Mini influence in an cf-1 rn ,!t' i loll to bring about a sureessfnl bridge revolu(:" lion. Wc limy differ on many points more or I w u'" less, but thorough, honest, logical research, j P> i,w deliberation, debate and thought, will pretty t/i 'u'! clearly point the way to make safe steps in I w ><1? J this much needed want. So glaring has it i j,, rs.' beet) before ute for more than twenty years,! w ut*j| and I, being unengaged, offer my experience. ' l'd j to | lie cause, and respectfully solicit general j ri, ? > | co-operation. The saving that would accrue! J-,, ] from a judicious clicap repairing of the old j r(, l,(' I bridges, would be such that but a very small; ,,j ' d : increase tax levy would sutlice to build per-! (j, manent bridges, which would require, say J nl .lie rive or elcht years to pul them all up on the j '?>" durable basis. Respectfully. ; w , L. MeAUTilUR. r,, vc ? - U of EXCITAIILK STATESMEN. be- 01 id- I : The Tennessee Legislators In a Snnrl j Upon Their Honor?A Singular Res-; fr \\\\ olution. -IV in Xasiivij.i.k, February is.?The debatoubon ! w io<l the arrangement of the public debt has ereat- j iv- cd a great deal of bitterness. Yesterday, how- <" -to j ever, the quarrel reached the point of absurd- - 'o tils j ity by the House of Representatives actually j l)( so-1 passing a vote of censure upon the Rev. T. A. j w fu-1 Ifoyt, a distinguished I'resby terlan divine of:ln ias I this city. It seemed thatthe reverend gentlejus man In a recent sermon spoke of the liecessi-1n jes! ty of public integrity, as it exercises a great li | iiilluence on private honesty. The sermon of I was iin awe argument lor nonesi ucamig, aim i mi wus highly appreciated. The members ol '11 ^h- the Legislature, however, construed It inloaa i lat attack upon themselves, anil on the meeting ! t'1 as of that body, Mr. llall Introduced tint follow- Kr ing intc preamble and resolutions, which werei"' nd I passed! dl nig "Whereas, it is charged that Ignorance hasjCfl gained possession of the govermeut and con- 1,1 Is trol of the legislation of the State, and that 'i' self there is imminent danger of a great crime belis-' lug perpetrated against the creditors of the . in. j Slate and majesty of henven, by the igno- hi ill-1 ranee and dishonesty of the representative* as 1 of the people; and ?' "Whereas, some of the ministers of thegos. If on ! pel of Christ, in the city of Nashville, have 'J1 ive; tV?lt constrained by virtue of their otllce, as lil st-! an ambassador of the cross, to look after the < ' rst ' Interest of the bondholders and the rights of J'1 nk j heaven, in the matter of the settlement of " ipc the State debt; and, "i My i ',Whereas, the members of the House of'sp ur- | Representatives arc desirous of being inform-1 us cil as to the will of heaven and the wishes of i sl lit-1 the holders of the bonds of the State of Ten-1,u it j.1 nessec in reference to the settlement of this i er Itl- grave question: therefore, be It | W) "Resolved by the House of Representatives, | 111 ,n- j That the hall of the House be tendered to the ' 111 |i|t-1 Rev. T. A. Hoyt, 1). I'., when the House is I w we not in session, that he may enlighten thcjca no i members af the Legislature now in session as ed to their duties in general, and tiie state debt in- in particular, to the end that said Legisla i ture may escape the wrath of heaven, and no that, the ministers of the gospel far whom the lit House entertains the greatest respect and St icr reverence, by virtue of their holy otllce, may be secured once more peace and tranquility tin of mind and soul." ia- Upon t lie passage of this singular resolution ' to j Mr. Poston oll'ercd a companion document as m-! follows: ( i | "Whereas, the literary and debating society j th to of the city of Trenton, in the peace of this de in i State, having recently exercised Itself over thei X< li-1 proposition, viz : 'Resolved that(iovernor Al-1 mi x-! bel t S. Marks Is a humbug I and, ne lie "Whereas, the said city of Trenton has, up I tin n- to the time of entertaining such a monstrous I loi ng proposition asa question for debate, sustain- evi lie ! eda reputation equaled by none for loyally to I Sh ly I the powers that be; and, be: e's "Whereas, the discussion of such absurd | He ge and outrageous propositions is mischievous j till e-' in the extreme and highly reprehensible, eal- tla to | ciliated to 'throw cold water' on the spirit ot eft' >n 'repudiation,' and Injure the chances oficoi ... 1 v ri>r the I *ii Ited States Senate: there- ; tin It i fore be It bei x- "Resolved, That thtaforesald liternr.v socle- [ ne !il ty of thogood city of Trenton be hereby In- eri ie structed to cease from its labors on thlsquest nr< ii-' tlon, or its charter will,bo indignantly abol- cht lshed by this assembly." im Id This pfiVe rfsfc to a bushwhacking debate, tin lo which linally resulted iu the reconsideration esc of of the vote of censure upon >lr. Iloyt. dej lit This action has been the occasion of a great bai r- deal of comment, in which the pulpit critics stc i- of the Legislature come in for universal con- of i es Uemiiationi - crl, - - ; ' ii ' / ii ii n pir he Way it Should be Done 'AX PAYER" AGAIN ON THE RAMPAGE. 3 Shows How the Whole Bridge Business Should be Amended. VOTIIER LESSON FOR TIIE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. ilvantnscs to be Derived from Stick in^ an Advertisement on the Blind Side of n Tree in the Woods, or on the Inside of Somebody's Old Barn Door. tilors Press and Bmtnrr : V communication from "One of the Com* Issioners" and the Leader In your lust Issue mands a passing notice from "Tax Payor." 'ax Payer" Is aware of the fact that all men i> fallible, but denies that he is one of those 10 magnifies mistakes. lie voted for all of e present Commissioner's at primary elecin and stood to them at the "General El coin" they are his friends, personally and ly intended to "stir-up their in I mis by way remembrance." lie is under obligations to e Chairman of the Hoard for his courteous [?ly, hutmust still say a serious blunder has en committed with reference to the letting repairs on the Winter Seat bridge. TSio ,ender" says it would have cost the County eive dollars to have let out publicly the reIrs on saiil bridge. I cannot see II. It nihl not have cost the County any more an it has done, if it had been done proner. The action of the Commissioner reminds e very much of the man who locked his stu[ do.irafter his horse had been|sloien. You, r. Editor, have made a supposition, I will like one and let the public Judge between e two. When the Commissioner was inrmed that the bridge needed repairs, supse he had gone Into his ollice, wrote out o or three advertisements naming a day for e letting, asked some friend to takedown imlirli /Uul ?ll,l 11li.it IYI.ikI null. : places, (pons, ink, paper unci tacks are cup.) on the morning of the letting let the m miss I on or put In an appearance, examine Idge, state what is needed, ami proceed to : out to the lowest responsible bidder, ask ree disinterested neighbors to examine ?rli when completed and send up to otlicc Court House, a, eerlHlcate, approving or ^approving the same- What are the facts regards the Winter Scat, bridge? The Idge was reported as needing repairs, a conict was made between one ol the County unnilssioncr's and a man living it) miles >m the bridge. The contractor claims lit is to repair bridge according lo lift own dgment as to what was necessary, the plank i took otr was his own, and did seli thein to ree parties, two of whom had actually car;d them oil'. When the County Coiumisnierfor this division came down to Inspect ark he curried with hi in some neighboring ntlemen to assist him in examining the irk done. They found 171 new plank hnd en put on the bridge, and on examining old unk thrown otl'found 112 better plank than e new ones, the new plank were mostly snp id varied in thickness from % of an Inch to nches, making a very uneven floor. 'An ounce of preventative Is worth a pound cure," would It not have been much better the County Commissioner had come down lore letting. The Commissioner blames e contractor loudly. Is not. he also in for a 11 share? He says he thought he was dealg with a man who would do good work, ne work, square work, just such work as mid entitle him to hi* pay. "Where no unscl is, the people fall; but in the multido of counsellors there is safety." While upon the subject of brlgde repairs, I mid ask "one of the County Com missions'' who magnified the viiatnkc, when last mmer a lady was crossing the bridge at ad ley's Mill on her way to church, her irsefell through the bridge nnd precipitated r a distance of 1'ior -1) feet, and has criped her for life, need I mention more, time (I space fail me, but once more, less than o months ago.a young man and his sister is returning noine riding in a buggy, and ion crossing "Ulaek's bridge" their horse II through the bridge Into the creek, the irse died and the lives of the young man <i ills sisrcr greauy enuangercu. Hie County Commissioners are allowed a iled number of days (70 [ tun told) to make I charges against the County for their work (I ll'tliey tlnd after laboring hard and remilling their ussidultv, more work to do an can be done In said number of days, the ix Payers I have 110 doubt would lie willing have eXtnv pay legislated to them. A few ;mls as to the comity line fence and I am ne. Serious and great complaints have en made as to the mode and manner of leti?r out. said fence. If they had acted with i "eye open" to the inteivst of the County vera I hundred dollars could have been ved. The fenceshould not only have been out. l>v Townships, but at the ino>t public ire in fitcli Toicitshi/i on di d'erent days. I'he County line should h ive been run here letting. In one Township at least, a rveyor had to lie employed since the b'.uldg of fence eomtneneed. In coiielusiou I sire to return my thanks to "one of the unty Commissioners" for his invitation [? call at the otllcc'' but would bog of liim remember his otllcc is not liUe the Treasure, Clerks or Probates, local, but Is itinerant tending from Savannah to Saluda rivers, un the Anderson to tiie Edgefield lines. TAX I'AYEH. ?4B>? Physiognomy. popularly, this word menus the nrt of readg character by the means of Its simi in the e.althougli it bus a more extended meangin its original sense. There are many ople who believe heartily in Physiognomy, 10 do not understand and therefore do not predate in full the ciaitns of Phrenology, fact, there tire few who do not claim to reive strong and very correct impressions >m the general appearance of persons they ui't. To nil such, the complete and large jrk called "New Physiognomy," by SamuK. Wells, will lie specially interesting, lis work contains nearly .MM payees, with ore than a thousand portraits, including ft widest possible range, front debused and west grades of humanity. The whole onnd of character-reading is eovored fully eluding the general principles of Pbysiog uny, together with plcturesaiid illustrations the general forms of tho faces. For inmce, we have discussions on thechln, and liat it Indicates; of the nose with upwards seventy illustrations of this one feature 1 about the eyes, their language, color, and laracter; the cheeks and complexion; tin rehcad ; the hair; the jaws and teeth; neclf id cars; the hands and feet; and a mosl terestii.g chapter is that devoted to the ligns ' ( Character" in the actions, walk, anil lice. The physiognomy of the Insane, ant c exercises in expression, are both inter tingand important. The physiognomy o tlVrent classes Is illustrated by groups o irtraits of divines, pugilists, warriors sur oiis, Inventors, statesmen, actors, poets etc, chapter of special Interest to many is thai love-signs in the Hps, chin and eyes. Ii ic suggestions given hero were heeded any disappointments in lile might la redded. Comparative Physlngoiiy is als< ell illustrated. The book concludes witli ai [tended chapter on Character-Heading, con ining portraits of many men of the day lib brief sUelhcs of character, as Indicated i their physiogmies, together with a feiv ords biographical concerning each. This work must be of interest to the gene .1 reader, and is well worth the price askei r It, i>), and it Is sent by mall, post paid, ot 'ceiptof price by the publishers; and it. I sooll'cred as a special premium in connec ...1 n-ith tlinlr U'oll.kniiwn ninl linmila agazine, th.? Phrenological Journal. If yoi i not send the amount (?>) as above, \vi mild say, send 10 cenls in postage-stamp! i*Specimen Number of tlie I'iircnoloirlca mrnalnnd full particulars as to lYemlmi IV-rs. Address S. It. Wells it Co., Publish s, 7.17 IIroad way, New York. *<x> Cntawlm Indians. The Catawba Indians have ever boon tin lands of the white race and have lived ii cace with them. In the early settlement o ic eonn'rv, they were the friends of tin lilies. They fought in the American arinj it he revolutionary Avar, of 1770. Some fev ' them were volunteers in the late war. am light for the confederate cause. At an earl) >riod in the history of the country, a treat) as entered into with the Catawba Indians which there was a reserve of fifteen squart iles to the Indians. This reserve embracei: part of the counties of Lancaster and York iiown as the Indian Land. These land: ere subsequently leased by the Indians, t( e white settlers, for a term of years, extend g generally for ninety-nine years. The ate purchased the reversionary interest o ic Indians to these lands 30 years ago ant ants were made to those persons wholielc ic leasehold estates so that now nil the In an land,?except a small tract in York unity, reserved for the Indians for a settle' ent, are'?wned by the citizens of Laucastei id ^ ork, and are held as other lands of tin ate. The State appropriated annually twelve indrcd dollars, for the use of the Indians id in payment for the purchase of the lands ie purchase money of the lands under tin eaty has been fully paid, and overpaid bj e Slate. The State, however, still con nties an annual appropriation for them o ght hundred dollars, paid into the hands o c Indian agent, and by him paid out to tin idians. The tribe numbering about HO or7i idians in all, are now living upon this re rvetl tract of land in York County, some o: em work about in the neighborhood. Tliej ill make pans, pipes and pottery. They an >t Inclined nincli to farming. They are gen ally lazy and indolent, and fond of the "tine liters." Cramped by civilization, they art aking no advances towards Improveent. They have a language of their own hieli they speak among themselves.?Lun slcr Lcitycr. HANGING TIIE HUONG MAN. ill Another Cnsc That Indicates the Djinorr of Kelvins on Circumstan tial Evidence. >!,i-Miirs, Ga., February 17.?In tliejall of is county, under sentence of death for murr, lies a negro with a strange history. In tvember, 177(1, ii man named llolmis wa.? jrdered in the most foul and wanton manr. This negro, Sam Hall, was arrested 011 s charge of t>uing the murderer, and after a ig trial was convicted. The circumstantial idence was very strong against him, and erlir of Muscogee swore positively, to the of ids belief, to the Identity of thenegro. was sentenced to be hung. lie now states it iii Is7-J lie was sentenced to the peniteur.v for lifteen years for horse stealing. IIo eeted his escape in February, lf>77, and was nsetjuentiy in Jail in November, 1*7(1, when :murder was committed; This story lias en substantiated in a most complete manr, and the Innocence of the negro of the me of murder is clearly proved. The no?says that when he was arrested on the irge of murder he Eelt, as lie knew himself locent, that lie could not be convicted. He refore,declined to acknowledge himself an aped convict, until he l'ound that his life lended on it. Ho will of course, be carried ;k tojall to serve out his sentence for horse nllng. Had he not been In.lail at Ihc tiino the murder, he would have been huugfor a tnc he did not commit; t * N Dae West Dots. These are the officers of the Due Wes Lodge of Knights of Honor: Dr. M. A. Thomson, P. D. H. M. Young, D. W. T. Cowan, V. P. It. I), Nance, A. D. J. M, Cochran, R. S. A gnew, P. It. If. P. McOee, T. and S. Rev. VV. P. Pearson, C. J. R. C.. Dunn, G. J. 15. Todd, O. Dr. 15. II. Edwards M. E. J. 15. Todd, ) R. D. Nance, [ T's. J. II. C. Dunn, J Messrs. L. W. Pcrrin and W. A. Tcm plcton were here and organized the Lodg? the 18th instv We can all sleep easy nov with our lives insured. Melvin Clinkscolcs is the happiest mai on hog-skin, he married last week Three cheers for the fence law. Walter Cheatham of Liberty Ilill ii Edgefield county was here about tw< weeks ago. He i.sd business man. Cows are worth from one to three dol larsa head. Now the tanners will get i plenty of hides this summer. The fen? law is the best law that has been passet j since wood was burnt. Jl, Vv. 11II l\Ol:mvo U1U.U 1/1. ii'tn.uii! . placo while he whs absent fur the last tw< weeks. Misses Leila and Macv McGeo have re turned home from a short visit to tliei unelo in Greenville. There was a valentine drawing after th wedding and tliere were several heart made glad and souls made happy. On plate is always upside down when it rain down that kind of dumplings. J. M. Ellis is offering his shucks a . fence law prices. Ho will sell them 'low to you, yoh would think you stol {them. Mr. II. P. McGeo went to Greenvill last week. Mr. Riley Tailor's horses ran away witl I him last week, lie was somewhat bruis cd, though not seriously hurt. There is a lodge of Knights of Ilonoi i to be organized at Due West soon. Soiih i of the hoys say if they were married the; ' would join, but that is the trouble wit, II us. John R. McGeo has had eight poor oh cows in his pasture already, fie ha commenced early. He don't know whos } they are but wants his neighbors to kee i them otf his wheat. There was a four horse candy pullin | at the Latimer house a lew weeks pas! ! Everything passed off quiet and all nigh they "did not shake their feet worth ' cent. Simple Ashloy lost another child las weok, a boy about 111 years old, that is th : sccend one he has "lost lately. Dcat 1 caused from diptheary. Mr. RohcrL McAdams had a stroke ( paralysis about two weeks ago. He i , i. !i..? Iw. ie 1 slowly. If yon arc going nisirry and want ; first class pair of boots ? :?! 1 on James Mo (Jill at the old stornnt Dutj WeSt and b | will make them lor you at fence law pri 1 cos. ! Some of the Level Land Rangers havi | not built their pastures yet. We tliinl . they might as well build thera at ouce am be done with it. Piek Young landed last week Iron Mississippi and his brother Austin ha started West and went as far as Pit-ken sounty and stopped, he wanted to go aw a; crom the fence law. The patent soap man done a good bus iucssthrough thiscountry last week. Hi name is Snow b;it ilie snow did not com , until aftor he left, i Things in and Around I>ue West. [ lly an Occuxiumil (brrcspondtntt.] ! Due Wkst, S. V. February, 17, 1S70, IJue West and vicinity was all on tip i j too Friday last, on the occasion of th ' I second senii-annnal celebration of tin i Euplietniau Literary .Society of Erskin I College. The exercises of the evenin; > | were opened by an oration from Masoi i W. Pressly, of Coddle Creek, N. wh< acquitted himself very creditably. Tltei followed several efforts in declamation which gave evidence of good trainin; : and Inline promise in each individual llenr.v W. Allen, of Due west, "Sontl Carolina and Massachusetts;" Robert M ; Latimer, of Guntown, Miss., "Destiny o the Human Race;" Jioyco >1. Grier, o j Due West, "The Drunkards Wife;" (' | K. Todd, of Due West, "ltegalus to tl:< I Roman Senate." But the most interest j ing feature of the evening was thodebat* j on tho question; "Should Suffrage it i he several States of the Union berestsi -t od by a Property Qualiiication ?" Join II. Miller,of Camden Ala., and Jlenry D. Lindsay, of Duo West, were for tin aliirmative; and Charles P. Pressly, o Fraziersville, S. C.., and John A. John son, of Due West, were for the negative The decision was made by a committei in favor of the atlirmativc; butMr. John sou not being satisfied with the eltbrt li< had made proposed to "fight" tiie batth o'er again" on Saturdoy evening, whet I lenry Lindsay, for the iiilirmative, ant John Johnson for the negative, appearei on the stage, and after a hard struggle o two hours duration, in which each gen tleman had two showings, the connnittci ; awarded the victory to the negative sid< , of the question; and all the people 01 the other side of the Potoniuc, clear U| to where the niackeral and codfish live may take it for granted that ''free am s unrestricted sullfage" is a l'unddmcntn : I principle in and around Due West. ' The Mall was crowded oh Friday even | ing with ladies and gentlemen, and w Mcamo very near having an alarm of ? : well, it was nothing but smoke from th i| pipes leading from the heater. Do tel ' Mr. Lawson to conic up and llx it. 1 f old Hiram would give tho thing a fe\ f licks Acrcand daub it with a little so Mo there with his magic hand, it would all b right, take my word for it. !. The Euphemiaus have recently had new and handsome carpet laid in thei Hall and they hrve also had tho accom > j plished.Smith, of your town, to touch i 1 : up with the brush, and It wears tho a| ' pcarauceof a new establishment, outsid 1! and iu. j Well, Due West is fixing up. Pastur i fences are going up in every directioi j | and before next cotton picking ever , i body and another man's ?vifo will I) s singing hosannas to the Abbeville deli -J gation for having the manliness to pas the fence law, and it will be hard to lim 1 this time next year, a singlo iiulividm who will not say, '*1 told you so. I sai 1 all I lie time it was a good law, and ough i j to have boon passed years ago." " | We have a new organization here for .silver lornot Mann, witn .Mr. joim 1 I'ressly at the head of it. Tliat is a goo start. Tlioy have now (did I say new j Weil I'll stick to it.) Yes they have nei '! silver instruments. What* a blesse ? | thin^ resumption is. Go ahead, M , | Sherman, until every spring in the Uuil r | ed .States has a silver dipper attached to | j a silver chain for the accommodation c ' I the public. Then they have some of :i \ good musical talent here as can be foun j any where, and wo will have a good ban i At* least, that is the opinion of j I SPACE BOX. I Mill Way News. i The young people around Mill Wa II had quite a pleasant time St. Vaientinu' l evening at the hospital residence of Mi and Mrs. Jno. If. Chiles. Conversatioi: : music and innocent games were the 01 " dor of exercises.?Miss Janio looke . lovely, was as pleasant as possible, an succeeded to perfection in making lie JI guests feel at home and enjoy them solve; ) Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Sullivan and so ; of Fork Shoals. Green vine County, cam ' down last Saturday on a visit to relative j. and friends. Mr. S. returned on Mon f day. Mrs. 8. and the youug gcntlcma . will remain a week or so. Mr. Sulllva: )j is one of the proprietors and busines | manager of the Fork Shoals Factory am ! I is a gentleman of Stirling worth and gooi . busines capacity. ; Mr. Harry C. Moselv who Is kindly rc ;| mombered by many warm friends in thi :! section, was 'married last week to th ,! beautiful and accomplished Miss Lake c Phoenix. Our congratulations frieni ! Harry, and hope for you andyoureharm j itig bride a long and happy voyage ovo the sea of life. A young gentleman of this neighbor hood left iiis father's house one day las ! j week. lie travelled in an easterly direc I finn nnil Mt.vlnil himselt a book airent Suspicions are entertained by some tha tlio aforesaid individual is in search o . more light upon an important transactioi in the near futuro, Ah, Jake your bool ! agency is too thin. ;j A thunder cloud passed over this sec tion last Monday night, the first of tin lseason. Hope they will follow up sam< j path all summer. Rev. II. T. Sloan, I). I>., filled his pul 1 pit at Long Cane last Sabbath, notwith istanidug the inclemency of the weather, ! and preached a good sermon to a small I but appreciative eongregration. j County Commissioner Hester, has boci on the grand rounds. He spent last Fri ' day night at C'apt. C'othran's. On Saturj day he intcreiewed the Winter Seal i bridge in company with Capt. Cothran, J : W. Ervin, ami Robt. Gallagher. | President Bradley has called a meeting ; of the Directors of the (*. it A. R. R. on 'Thursday, the 27th inst., at stockade, I Business of vital importance to be attended to. A full board expected and desir' od; Cyclopedia of Literature. The now tight volume Acue Edition of t Chaudkh'h Ci*ci.opecia ok E.nglish Litkuatcke is meeting with the largest sale r/liich has probably ever been given to a work having only high literary merit and nothing of the sensational. A sccond edition of 5,000 copies one month after issue of the first edition. Volume 2, Just ready, gives the history and epitome of our literature, from the "golden age" of (iueen El I/.a both to 1700, giving in its 410 beautiful pages biographies of and choice selections from the writings of nil noted authors of that period, among which are Lord Iiucon, Sir Walter Haleigh, IHirton, Jilshop Hall, John Knox, Milton, Dryden, Jeremy Taylor, and others. The work is of such well-known excellence that every person of literary taste possesses or desires to possess some edition of It. This edition Is complete in eight handy volumes, excellent in typog" rapliy, paper and binding, revised to date, 31 and sold at prices so low. that a common f I question which the publishers have to an| swer is, "whether the price is for euch .vol i uinc or for the entire work?" It isonly sold 1 i to subrcribers direct, the large discount usu. ally given to dealers and agents, being allowed lo the subscriber instead. The publishers ] make special inducements to early subscrib1 ers, the eight volumes complete being sent ) prepaid, to those wliosubrseribe before March 15, In paper, for 8X50, In cloth, for $3.50, or in half morocco, gilt top, for $5.00. Specimen " pages are sent tree on request, or a specimen a volume for examination, with privilege of r purchase of the remainder, for nominal prl1 ces; in paper, 20 cents; in cloth, 35 cents: in half morocco, (tilt top, 50 cents. A Michigan Book Kxciianhk, Publishers, 55 Beelunan 3 Street, Mew York. The Wiic of Briguoli Secures a Divorce. i* In the Supreme Court of New York city, last Sal urday, the wife of Brignoll, the tenor, was granted a divorce from her husband on 0 the allegation that lie had during tho year s 1S7H broken his marriage vows on several ocr casious. Mrs. Brlmioli was a South Carollng Inn by birth, a Miss Sullie Isabella McC.'ullough by name, of excellent family, and a singer by occupation, and was married lo t Brlgnoli In Canada in 1H70. As Brignoli's r> farewell concert and benefit took place In New 0 York on Friday last, so that lie might take Saturday's steamer for London, It was deemed desirable to have the decree signed and 0 served on Saturday. Therefore it was done, Itis Brignoli's intention to remain across the waters. Mrs. Brignoll resumes henceforth li the freedom as well the name of her maiden hood. p The mining Interest is constantly Increasing throughout thlsentire section of country, c Several important sales of mining property V j have been made within the past few days In li | Kowan and CAbarrus counties.?Charlotte Observer, 1 i In Beaufort and .ITampton counties, HampJ ton being cut troin Beaufort, there were a few s days ago 4,000 delinquent |>ol 1 tax payers on el the books, all colored, and yet the colored p I children in those counties enjoy more of tlu I benefits of the school fuuds than the wiiiU ^ I children. P A disastrous Arc occurred in Newberry lasl ' [Monday night, destroying property to the 1; amount of S?!5,00tl, on which there was an ina surancc of SI5.0W. Tills is tlie third big Are Newberry has had since the war. I The doubting ones will now believe th< "mad dog stories*"' which have been handed 0 around for the past t wo weeks. Dr. Iilakt n killed his fine watch dog Wednesday morning, and we have his word for it thet th< f. canine was furiously "mad." A young gen11 tleman of our town pursued and killed one s near this placc Sunday afternoon.?Xiiu'ty X Six (Juanlitin. Judge AIdrieh In charging the Grand Jurj . | of Laurens at the lute term of court, repeater the oft-told tale of ills removal by military , authority This thing Ik getting to ben trill* '? | monotonous.?Greenville S'cws. n j McCords Colic Mixture. |. For Ilorses, i>lnies and Cattle. (1: The undersigned liavobeen appointed sol< ' agents for the sale of "McCOSDS COLIC MIX I TURK,"an infallible eure.for colic In horsei (l | mules orcattle. This preparation wrls bat .s' tented June 30, WW, and In the short tlim s which has elapsed since has attained a rcpii " tatlon unequuled by any patented medicim " on the globe. We have in ott'r possession tes timoniias from numerous persons who lsuvi . used it: I have had two occasions to use McCordi s Colic Mixture In cases that seemed dtfs^erate e The success in curing was apparently magic al. it is administered without trouble or de lay, Is speedy in action, and I think is so fnl liable that every person who niauages horsei or mules should keed it at hand. 1). L. WARDhAW. I saw Mr. McCord use his im-dicine on i | mare Hint Nad been travelling, am! was selz - ed with cramp colic, l'lie animal was drop ,, j ping down f ei|iicntly and in great pain. It , I a short time after the medicine was given?Ir L ten minutes, at the farthest,?the animal was u easier, and In an hour I saw the animal liar i ' nesseii and driven off, and learned subsC' i | <jtier.tly she performed the Journey and liar , ] no more colic. ' THOMAS THOMSON*. 1! I have had one occasion to use MeCoid'i , Colic Mixture. It was very oit'ectlve and ] ' think Is an excellent mcdiclne. ;! s>. Med owan. i; For Sale at Abbeville by W. T. PEXXEY. J.| DU. E. PARKER, . i For sale by T. Raker. Lowndesvlll'e, j Dr. E. II. Edwurds, l)ue WeKti *1 Having had ten years experience as a llquoi -1 pealcr, and being familiar w ith all the brands . j besides having a practical knowledge of -what ' Is choice, he Is fully able to supply all whe 'wish a pure article either as a beverage or foi ! medicinal purposes, of anything they desire I'in liis line of goods, which consist of Hit 1 following: J Rye Whiskey, Port Wine. i-l Bourbon WhlsfcPy, Madeira Wine, Corn, fsweet and hour Sherry Wine, "I mash,} Malagu Wine, ! Crystallized Corn, Catawba Wine i' S. K. Rum, SeUppernong \\ lnfej I j Centennial Rum, Claret Wine, J Old Crow Whiskey, Lincoln County Whs'j '! Scotch and Irish Whiskey, line Impotrcil '' Gin, Champagne, French IJrnndy. ii The above goods will be sold In quantities | o suit purchasers, at prices from two to ten II dollars a gallon. . .. l'artfesdesiring Christmas supplies willdc 1 well to give mc a call. - j A. REQUEST. IjTO MAKE MONEY 1 Pleasantly and fast, agents should address .! fin'lev, harvey & co., 1| Oct. 2, 1S7S, lyj Atlanta. Ga. j j _ . W.C.BENET. fi Attorney nt Law ,.! Law Range, Abbeville C. H. S. C. ,I! tf. :r ' ;:l 45 Years Before the Public. L' THE GEHU1ME "r 3B. C. McLAHE'S 1 i It! CEI.EDRATKD E! LIVEB PILLS, "e 1, FOR THE CURE OF VI _ . . , . ^ . e[ Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, |S DYSlErSIA AND SICK IIHADACHB. I. , ii lt' Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. h pAIN in the right side, under the i. 1 edge of the ribs, increases on pres(.J sure; sometimes the pain is in the left y side; the patient is rarely able to lie (1 on the left side; sometimes the pain is felt under the shoulder blade, and it J frequently extends to the top of the if shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken -s for rheumatism in the arm. The [J stomach is affected with loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels in general are costive, sometimes alternative with lax; the head is troubled with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy s sensi,f'^n in the back part. Thsre is r. generally a considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of having left undone some(1 thing which ought to have been done. ' A slight, dry cough is sometimes an attendant. The patient complains of "| weariness and debility; he is easily s I startled, his feet are cold or burning, - and he complains of a prickly sensa111 tion of the skin; his spirits are low; " and although he is satisfied that exeril cise would be beneficial to him, y<?i ll| he can scarcely summon up fortitude | enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts 3! every remedy. Several of the above e | symptoms attend the disease, but cases ' I have occurred where few of them cx1 isted, yet examination of the body, r' after death, has shown the liver to j have been extensively deranged. t| AGUE AND FEVER. * Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in tj cases of Ague and Fever, when 1 i taken with Quinine, ara productive of lithe most luppy results. No better ! cathartic can be used, preparatory to, -jor after taking Quinine. We would L'I advise all who are afflicted with this '' disease to give them a fair trial. ror all Dinous derangements, ana as .; a simple purgative, thfcy are unequaled. BEV.Utli OF IMITATIONS. i The genuine arc never sugar coated. 1' Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, with t<ic impression Dr. McLank's Livkk Pii.ls. ^ The genuine McLank's Livf.r Pii.ls hear the signatures of C. McLane and Fleming IJros. on the wrappers. <! Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. j McLank's Liver I'ili.s, prepared by Flem ' ; ing Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market bein( 'I full of imitations of the name McL<inet | spelled differently but same pronunciation 1 11 J. 1 GflOBWr Successor to GOODWIN & CARTER,! Greenville, S. C. ?., . HAS ON HAND 'it A Large Stock of GROCERIES, 'Z&Mm AKB COUNTRY PRODUCE AT. THE Lowest Prices. , - - ?&ritiXB( *~~~ - %f&jii^JK - ,-^r^c Orders wilt receiyo prompt attention and be tilled at .- ;r<>; > PRICES. I On day of nrtlvah ! Send for Prices ; J. A. .Goodwin! ! - . , Mr. George 6. Allen, J ' OF COKESBUItY, ~ I requests his frlendsio give him a call. , Jan.X, 1879, .tin. ? ; I TSTHQME FRSL ; CONGAEEE j olumbia, S? O. | proprietor/ j! REDUCED PRICES: VERTICAL CAKE KILLS* List of Prices- 1 . . 2 Hollers. 10 inches diameter, >8f? 00 12 " ' ?00 2 " 11" " ...... 55 (W 3 " 10 " 60 Ud-' *^?35 3 ' 12 u " ...... 70 OOV r i 3 * 11 " " SOW i Above prlcescomplete with Frnme VTIthort i Frame, $10 lens on each 3U11 ' H0RIZ0NTAL.--3 Roller Mill 3 for Steam or Water Pow- ' er, 3150i Seal Your Orders for. . ;| rKi,$fa Cane Mills AMD - : & ( * Syrup Ketiles " o ^ '1 D. B. SMITH, Agent. . 4j AbbeYjtleCH,SC J ' SALE OF TOWN LOT,? 7>Y virtue of the power contained In a cer? J-' tivln Mortgage <leod executed by James II; . j I'errin to me I will expose to mile at public outcry In front of the Court HonRe at Abbo^ vllle on Sale day In March nextall thntlotor parcel of land lying on the Pendleton Road In the town of Abbeville/ containing 1 THREE (3) ACRES ; more or less. bounded North by tlia lot of tbft I late Mrs. Suean DeHruhl, West by lands of | It. II. Wardlaw, South by the lot of Mr*. Eu-. I con la Robertson and East by the Pendlotod ! Road. TERMS.?CASH. . j LEWIS PERRIN, Mortgagee;., .->! Motioe. ! ILL beleitothfe lowest bidder on the. i t T 1-th of March next, the rebuilding of I the brldce at Uurdett's Mill. Specification* j given on theilny. Contractor will t>e requirea | ; | to give bond ami security for the faithful performance of the work. The traveling public are notified that wo ccrislder the old bridge I unsafe and persons crossing do so at their I own risk. i | JJy order of the Board. G. M. MATT1SON", Chalrinun of Board. | Feb 5, 1879. -it * COATS' COTTfoX?3 cchts a Spool. 1\ 1UWESBERG. ! .fan. 2). 1ST!). ; State of Soiitli Carolina, County of Abbeville. Is Tkobate Cor n r. ! In the ruafter of the Estato of DrnslUa * Franklin, deceased. Petition for Settlement and Discharge. 1 XT OTICE is hereby given that J. J. Cooper j iN and W. F. Smith, administrators of the estate of Drtocilla Franklin, deceased, have applied to this court for a discharge from j the said administratorship. I It Is ordered that the 3tn of March bo flxed as the day P>r the settlement of the estate land dtsrhiirufi of administrators. All per !?on8 having claims against the estate which have not been jrnld ny the administrators will present them on that i1?t; (L. S.) J. FULLER LYON, J. Pro. A. C. Feb: 4, 1879. BUCKWHEAT! BUCKWHEAT!! ! SFLF-RISING BUCKWHEAT FOR SALE AT Cunningham & Templeton's. January 2). 1879; Sheriff's Sale. John Knox ts. ?S. S. Martin. I Warrant on Agricultural Lien. BY virtue of a Warrant to nie directed In the above case. I will sell ?t Abbeville i Court House on SALEDAY In MARCH next, ! within tha locrnl hoars of sulc. the following , Personal Property, io wit: TWO BALES OF COTTON, lev'etl on as the property of 8. S. Martin at the Bviltof John Knox. TERMS CASH. J, F. C< DnPRE, S. A. C. Abbeville C. II.. S. C., Ilth Feb. 1S79.