The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, April 02, 1879, Image 2

Newspaper Page Textr ' The Press and Ba By IIUGII WILSON & >V. c. Wednesday, April 2, Nn>igntlon of the Savannah Appropriation Thcrcfo Now that a favorable report hv hopovprniiH'iit enititut improvement of the navigatio Savannah River above Augusta, remains to he done to secure a appropriation for carrying tlii worthy and important plan iut Xion is to have that report rein ft supplemented by petitions add: Congress from citizens along tii 'and contiguous to the river. Th *b'f'fflo Press and Jtanncr will r 'how favorable the report of the ? was, and the dwellers in the i "be up and doing in ter, leavihg!fr.o*hing undone wh their duty as Y.*Cll as their intero They ^est know'-fbe-desirability great value of havrvgthc Savani navigable above Augnsta, and u them and urgd fhem ~*J. 'frame potitions to Congress askfihg fo propriation. The petitions si forth clearly and conclusively ti tages that would result from s provement, the present remote comparative inaccessibility of _i e which Would In glUlt U1 wuuiikt; ? up, and other public benefits til; ucerue. We have repeatedly shown columns the incalculable import V&'roro to the upper Savannah *unt such improvements a? we re ed by tho government engine lasting out the channel and winged dams, the river would safely and constantly navigable, ^advantages resulting from this ment be over-estimated ? Th transportation would be immens ened, how industries of nil kim be encouraged and stimulated would thus bo possible and i that the qnarrics of valuable si abound in tliat region would be ed, how the vast and various nil posits womd be worked, not to the valuable agricultural pri 4| * 11 ' l.ncn W1UI WUUIU lUCU l/b av ]y conveyed t<> market. Think the incomparable water-power o or would bo brought prominent! notice of capitalists*. Ttre rcasoi dueements to movo in this m numberless, and our people v themselves to blame if before ti shall have passed the upper .s ltivor is not ? navigable stream, Wo ha\-e goxl authority for st; the prospects were nooil for se handsome appropriation from ] gross, but the unfortunate and i Illness of Mr. Carson proven lot' oouraging report from being j the hands of the Congressional tee in time for action. Other strong probability was that the s; gross that voted &J50,000 for the ton jetties would have voted a for the Savannah Hivcr navigatr ator M. C. liutler introduced at session ah amendment to the K Harbor Hill calling for S'H'.OOU the work, as-General (.Jillmore 1 mated that with that sum heconl plish important results. Hut av gineers' reiK>rt failed to be subn time, the proposed amendment at that time pressed by Senator Before next Congress mc the dwellers in the va 1. .1 trie upper rsavamuwi hum duty in getting up and sigi litions, and we know what wo s we confidently state that an ade< propriation will be voted for the a nient of the Savannah. Our \v?i indefatigable Senator, General will then be reinforced and seco Henutor Hampton. With these l men and true to take in hand am I this measure, in itself one of tr ing and unquestioned importai cms is assured; It has been the pride and boas South that it has pot eared to ask sidies. We'l and good ; but t subsidies and subsidies. We h no Southern man or Southern tion will ever knock at the door gross as John Koach of Phihulel like an unblushing and professio dicant. He asked for half a mill steamers between tho United St Brazil. In other words, he be government to assist him in a spoculation, the public benefits from which were invisibly ron inappreciable.- Congress wisely perly refused to give him one But when a measure is submittc* gross looking solely to public i ment, to overcoming natural dis gesand developing natural ad1 and not to the pecuniary profn man or corporation? then we s: uidjT or appropriatfon for auch a should be demanded even by the otivo South. And when Senate or Senator Hampton asks for sue propriation he need not think h ing for any real John I'oach or Col. Mulberry Sellers, lie is sii ing a public duty, asking for mo kind of appropriation the South asked for tho only kind she < ask for. "What Does the Columbia ] .Hoiiii?" It affords us pleasure to exj" ' satisfaction with the answer ma Columbia Register to the questioi to our eotemporary last week, swer ends with the queslionPress ami Banner answered J*ress ami Banner is answered, |? swercd well. Tho pood temper dor"displaycd by the Register ar the emulation of all journals th: asked to rise and explain. W have preferred illustrations rat definitions of tho some of the ej objected to; but we compliment ixter on its moral courage in rec; /'breed of cattle" phrase. Tho of the word "Massachusetts" sal ]y explains "the impious blut which was not clear enough bei which misled more people t Our purpose in asking tho Jssorved. Our reason for sock our difficult}* and hesitation in 1 that a newspaper so loi>f? nnd known as a conservative and hi: nl should seem to have joined t of the demagogues. We tire j the liryinler has so frankly exp position, and that while doing y shown that it is possible for joi engage in a "sharp but not i 11discussion without introducin . personalities. Neither the mar the politics of our State will be by journalistic disputes if our will only First flinke hand* before they b Then giye each other plaguy kii With all the love and kludnes* of i ^ ^ Congressman Aiken's Sp< "We print in our columns tli | ing a capital speech made by on i diate representative, Co). D. \V ken. It is full of instruction ai inent, and is, as we might oxpec right aide in 01 position to mon If you waut s Larciiin in a oue a:.d ;wo l.:Hc caii iagi-, caii Heal, at tho old stand of Seal Work custom made. [ I -I.UlX'1'. .-i.fyT . II?-l-ITIM IJCT I ' ! Qjjgj- Change your Schedule. The recent change of Railroad schedule is a great benefit to the travelling j BF.NET public. One ean now leave the extreme ] . terminus in the up-country and reach Charleston at ten o'clock p. m. on the ' ' same day. Cannot tho schedule he still, further improved so that like?i;o<>d rule} Ri\er? jt xv j j j \vork welRroth v.ays? It is a matr. ter of the tnir.rtn ftiiponanee to the uphas been country, *.o tli" reading public and to the rs for the ' merchant*, to have a daily mail from; n of the Charleston. It is absolutely necessary . alt that tlint tin* morning train should leave sufiu-ient' Charleston at (3.45 ? Would i*. work hards praise- ship if it left Charleston at *> o'eluek nr o I'xeeu- ev? n " o'elork a.m., thus making o<;u?recti and neetionat Columbia w ith the (Jr.-enville 1 reused t< i ;>ud Columbia liailroad at an h>'iir sn ili<? ;' e line of; iontly earl/ to permit the up train t<> ivaHi e roa lers < Jreenville and Walhalla a; a r? asmuMv j emember! early hour ? We believe it eon hi lie done. j : jncincers ' We know it is neeess ;rv. We d<? not mi-' 5 savannah) derstand why it should be regarded a j this mat-j matter of supreme inw?ortanec to makeji ieh it is 1 *?o close a eoniioetion at Columbia with j st to do. I'he Columbia, Charlotte and Auirusta < and the j liailroad. Tlrosujrjjosfcd eh:tnj;eof selied- { ijib made! 111? would still preserve tiiat desired eon- < c look to I nation and secure :i connection equally J and sign j desirable which is now impossible. What 1 r an np*! do superintendent 1'eck and receiver Coll- i lotild set; no say to this ? V.'lint says the Churles- I ic advan-1 fv>i Xeus at ut Courier ? That journal. < inch im-j knows the value to itself of its leaching J ness ami j its subscribers in the up-country <>n the the re- j on the day of its publication, and its up- ' > opened j country friends know its value to them. ' ;it would j .?">* ; ; i An Excellent Sermou?Capital 4tC"|l A, in Christian. <, m thes< IJ :aneeandl It is not often that we print a sermon, , vallcv of i but we cannot refrain from placing be suggest- j ft're the readers of the Press'tint Jianner': ers. Uv theadniirable sermon recently preached ! j erecting j '>y otir neighbor, l>r. (irior of Due West, ; be madeI 0,1 the occasion of the dedication of a; Can the 111 ew church at Chester, We are sure our J improve- readers will thank us tor publishing it. , ink how ' It is what a good sermon .should be,? ' ly cheap-! short, to the point, pithy, eloquent,. i Is would j thoughtful. j* , how it' We copy it from the Chester Jieportcr ' I nevitable iwhich it had evidently been printed j, one thai from the manuscript, and we are glad to;* .develop-i observe that the frequently recurring t ,neral de- word, "Christum," is always distinguish- ' speak ot: ed by a capital "C." Of all ihe vagaries i Kluctioiis > in the history of English spelling and i J soeheap-! style the oddest is that religious papers j < also how | have set the example to the profane press ' ^ f the riv-j of spelling 'Christian" with asmall "c,";jj Iv to the;''ke any other common word. Such | is and in-1 words as Mohammedan, Ituddhist, Ar- 1 atter arejminian, Pelagian, Calvinist, Lutheran, i .ill have] Catholic, Protestant, Episcopalian, Pre.?j ' ve years! hyterian, Methodist, IJaptist, et cetera, et i Savannah ! ceter't, et cetera, all are spelled with ini-'j ' " ? - .. ; tial capitals. is it ucchu.-m- nn; iting that: "Christian" is so commonly used ? We . etirin" a'need not discuss the subject: it needs , J la^i Con-1 only to induce a moment's rellection t?> c Lintimelv ' expose the blunder, We are glad that , 1 liis oil-! I>r. Crier shows his reverence, not to;' daced in 1 speak of his knowledg of grammar, in, i Commit- ( spelling the word properly. i j wise thej - uneCon-IThc Chroiiiclc" and Constitutionalist t Charles- j ?The Editor and the Judge. like sum , ^ certain "Judge Gibson" has written { m. Sen- ;1 V(,ry violent letter to Patrick Walsh of I the last j|i(j ^Up-tlsta ('ItruYiiclcami <.'<>nstHutionnl- , iver and; J<(^ blotter full of bullv-boy brag and; to berin ; (j,rcntll?j*ro bravado, bv no means sugges- 11 lad j ijve of judicial coolness or learning. All; daecoin-; a^ol,{ wliat ? The recent Atlanta mur? the en- (jcr jm]i:r(.,i 0ur co-temporary's local ed-!, nitted in not ^jr Walsh, to write up and pub-'? was not; jjH)ijjst of all the outrages and crimes'* lluller. # coiiimlttcd in McD.ulHo County during a j > >ets lot period. Mr. Walsh was mortified ; ( llov ol wjIon })0 saw it in his paper, and made 0 their j iloJJorable amends for it. Ati<l this c ung P?" | "Judge" bounces down on him with a j ay when ict(cr a column long, which smacks more : piate ap-1 of the so-called Code fX Honor than of: j improve-: tlieCodeof Jurisprudence. The "Judge"'j < irthv and | reprcscnLs)the people-a numerous class?! j Hutler, | >vlio are self-constituted "indues" of<4 nded by l newspapers and know better than any' \ wo good j editor how a newspaper should be con-; J 1 lurther j (juctcd, what should be published and i anscend-; vvjiat should be hidden, and when and to J lee, sue-1 w)|Jlt extent the truth should be told. < { Our able co-temporarv is a match for the; J t of the; "Judge" and all the "Judge's" following.' I for sub-' lie does not run his paper for "Judge" or i here are! any other man. but tor the public who!' opo that! are greater even than the "Judge." He! corpora-j is his own "Judge"'of what shall appear!] Of ( Oil- ! Ill ins columns, sum \\ new lie re.i.>V!? u> in;; pliia did,' so Jio will coa.sc to publish the excellent I nal men-1 journal that now cynics from him to the J lion dol- i office of the iVess ami Banner. j line of j *?> j ates and j The Fisb Law. eged the j ^\*e have recently been requested by! i private scverai frioruis so give them correct infor- [ to result j ma(jon as t0 tlic Fish Law and its appli-1 lote and I eation. For the benefit therefore of our; a,id I>r?- j readers, we publish the full text of the'i bawbee. |aw M],jch they can read for their own .1 to ' on- satisfaction and guidance. As we underinpio\c stalJ(j tj,c j.nv< no fishing with seines, nets ,i \nnta 0r ;il,y (]cvjc.(> f,,r the stoppage or collect | kaU ^es'jj?gof fish, which obstruct any portion t of an\ , a creo|. or other stream of water is aln a sub' i jowcj froin Thursday sun-down to Tucs-: purpose j gun-rise. The law read as follows : j conserv - j wp|lC11'e shall be a close time in all the! 'r lhitler croekS) streams and inland waters of this , h an ap- State from the setting of the sun each | 0 is act-' Thursday until the rising of the sun o;i j *letitiousi Tuesday, during which time all seines, J u I nets or anv plan or device for the stop-j uply do- j page or collecting of fish which obstruct! ney to be! any portion of any creek, stream or in- j -the onlv! 'alu^ waters, other than a dam for manu-! . j faeturing purposes, shall bo removed j ever lrom SHj(| (.rt.(.)<s, streams or waters ; and ;ver will. fhe owner in whole or in part of any such ] i obstruction, plan or device during the; I period aforesaid shall bo deemed guilty; i of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction | Register j thereof before any Court of competent j i jurisdiction, shall be lined in the sum ofj | two hundred dollars, on?-half of which j ires* our; shall go to the informer and the other | de bvthe' to l'lc < <)UIlty in which the case shall 1 * ' be tried, or imprisoned for a period of not; ii we put I iess than three nor more than six months, The an-1 or both, at the discretion of the Court try-! -' Is the! inK the case." j ?" The i ,<s>' i . ; Oration on Washington's Ilirthand an-! . . day, by Hon. Ilugh S. Thomson. < and can-1 " e worthy! ^ e have received a handsomely print-, it may be, ^ pamphlet, published by the assoei- j e should ationol graduates of the South Carolina ] her than j Military Institute, containing the anni- j rithets we | vcrsary oration delivered in < 'harleston on 1 the IU fj-1,he --d February, by lion. Hugh idling thej^' rhompson. It was delivered under! u/l.litSnn I the auspices of the Washington l-iirht In tlslactori-1hmtry of Charleston who hail devoted J ) blood," itl,at day to an to resuscitate th(! old * tore, and ' itadel Academy."' and who had invit ban our-:ed Major Thompson to plead the cause ' j so dear to the Cadet* and to the State, j ; question T,)e address was worthy of the day, the \ ,jnir Was subject, and the orator, and it is now put 1 believing in pamphlet form by Walker, Evans it ! so well j Cogswell, who turnout such work as 1 ?h journ- I'wcll and as beautifully as any house in < he army the world. jj jjlttd that j Kuinous Fire iu (Greenville. < laiiicd its ! 11 o it inv! At fwo o'clock last Monday morning , ' '^fire broke out in the lately built andji lrnals to handsome Miinlilin Block in Greenville.' natured" In spite of all efforts tci check it, the (ire, g vulgar had Its Way and completely destroyed!] all the stores and oflices in (he block,! ' namely: the stores of H. I*. Dickson A:, damaged Co., McMahan, Morgan <v Da.vls; the;, journals rooms occupied by Dr. J. W. Norwood, I dentist, J. S. Broad away, artist, the Ma- j I sonic fraternity, the Good Templars and I j locks Knights of Honor. Total loss,!. ? brother. ^3,123.000; insurance, ?31,375.00 ; net \ i loss, ?21,750.00. The lire brigade saved it I neichborim? linildintrs. Inoendiarism is'' jech. | given as tlio cause, just as self-defence is is morn- pleaded tor homicide. No accidents happen no\v-a-davs. r liiime-j " m yatt Ai- , Largest ninl Ilest. id argu j The E<fgefield Monitor, an excellent part, on the . J . . , ' .. . . i per and a good judge whereof it speaks, says : ! "The Abbeville Prrsx unfl Bnvuer is one f ]*) ?.*?')11*>tv rn !' t 'i'!* f. u lo tli*s ul* *,\ iotiice?and one ui ihu best. ' | * gjK"' ' Egos arc scarce in Abbeville. . . Stem-. The Cln.rch of Christ. j"?? jwlilc CTS FOUNDATION, ITS UNITY, ITS j PERPKrUITY, AND ITS IK TRIUMPHS. ,>< ?; i (ii ui SFU.>H? IIV IlKV. W. .M. I). 1).. ' we h At Iho Podictttinn of the N'cw As- | will oil fn socialo It (.'formed I'ri'sbytoriJin , fea|Vj Church :?t Chi-Mcr, S. C.?.March 13. i r:' ' x.rr yr<y ; l.v <. T.:\T? "Tpon inis rock I will hulld HiV'"''^.! lili:ell : itl.il ti.e u"i 1 s "'I llvlI -lliiil lint J !?'- J k'at. j?ji:?ilist i'."- Matliew \vi: ! ?. m' h iif :ili the o;inioae \v in- ii entertain. 1'ino arc so imi-ortuht as ! lie;!' religious opin-1 'aVlj s. Ill all ai." s mi-n havcditl-'icd iti their | !'" .J -i-ik-nuJ:<- Hr.ii i |<ltit* theories. >?uc* gen-} .\ elation 't:is s|' < ?!I;ii -<I. e.mi<-.etly embraced,' mil rfaiousiv d'tomled sonic system <>| phi- i 1 losophy. Aimtlif r Muvi? ils atnl cuiili/sls thf t '.I!'."' aipposed i-siaJiJis hod truths --It may be over- \. ,7.s throws them. Yet another follows,'*' tn<I 11n? worfc of demolition mid neon- '"'"I i'.i iictioii goes on. Ail this is not u 1th-. mt a protraetcd simple, involving con- . .j ,iiivi rsv. sharp ami obstinate. Indeed J ** "' tic conflict of opinions which lilts mark d tlio introduction, (lisst'inination and fj'v ' leeay of various systems ?>f ;diili?ophy. Is i 'y- .? tin* of tin' most instructive features of lin-)*. , nan progress. It reveals at out:-? the intense reaming <if tin- hummi mind aftertmth, and ! '1 .'J ts piiwerlessness to leach it after the most .'J rodigious t-liiirt. No endowments of genius, ! noacquisition ol sttulv?laboiious, protract- VV: >d uinl proi'iitnul?have yet answered sal I Mac-1 ' only, huh pendent of Kfvelalioti, l'llaie's i Ij' 1_,!* >e. rchfltig question to our Saviour? I V,, "what is tur in ?" jofth ^"ain hastiecu the endeavor. Hut interesting J lt> til m .ire these revolutions of thought, with: In :heir niutiit:o!is in systems of philosophy, ' .v y ret ti.?y do not in '.crest lis so much as those dis- j ussioiiN which relate especi;t!iy to theology.) \\ v aroconcerned to know the opinions of! As it nen Willi respect to(>od; the views they en-: socio crtain "f hl? existence, character, perfection jand: ind works, l-'or around these ideas, as true; with ir ial??'. are cite ti red man's highest interests, erkn n these ideas are c >rrcct, they lead to peace j or th out joy everlasting; if false, they crush be- I I'. I icath a moii!ilu:u weight of .superstition? "the hey ruin. There Is ! palit - ' hans Vo liLKMI.NT IN MAN S NATl'ItE So I'OTE.M J j ]( As 1 UK ltdi.tuiot s. I e\\r; [t underlies all its most intense neti vities. j and i IVhat ?-lse stirs so pio.oundly liis emotions, ' ever m^a^es so exclusively n is affections? What [on . ise nerves to sdf-sneriieih;: labors?such mi- i i'ani .sampled hero:.?m ? Wlmt religion has not lion a ts thousands of martyrs?iiu'ii who count-! ion ii "d not their lives dear for what they be-|not|> levcd to be iin.st tacred and precious; destr ;rnih? j Ho of nil religious opinionsof men. none arc'sailc* to important as those which relatu to .lexis icon It ,'hrist. I'nuer the old Testament dispensa- .away ion, stamlinuus the centra! tigure of proph- answ . cy, lie how s'amls the central (i^ure of his- ate ory. From the tail of the human laeo, And 'hrist hasbech thedesire of aH nations. >'o signa natter how thisdvsiiv has hodied itself forth the -whether in the creations of a beautiful mv- who hoiojiy, or the t;i'o.?s ami repulsive idolatry j w ill >1 superstition?the faei remains that there j chur< vcre yearnings after a daysman, after some ranis niuhiy deliverer, who should hear our sins; may tint curry our sorrows, since his advent, <h:-J nomi ;piteall the controversylfrhich his elaiius'tinet liave awakened, notwithstanding all tin: di-; serve i*!'i'siiy of opinion that prevails in rehTcncc i clccti o him, it isstiii true that man looks ;u Mini | in th tint his work as presenting the only satisluc- tatio ory solution of thy dwsliuy of the race. It cue? ,vas a maltvr of soliei tudo lo our Saviour.) tho e n t tic nays of liis iiesii, that men should yonc nive co'reel < pinions about iiiiti. ilence | oven lis ii..j;.iry-- " t it is 1 "whom say ye that i am?" lord \h men dillered nl>out liiiu then, so they do W u Hill?some holding that in* was 11 mere man, Koi imply an enthusiastic .li-vri-h patriot; oili- 'of th is thai lit- was a hold impostor; oIIhts agnin ! hihI i hat lie wuv molt' than liumaii, hul less than ] It* )> livine; and others that he was truly (Jod, ' teiist tmt truly muii. Ail ihe.*e views ami morel thim lave lieeli avowed ami dell'lided. Tills que.s- ' facto ion as lo who Christ I . and what lie is, can- ter's int L?e *hut out or retired from the consideru-. Son ( ion of men weary and heavy laden. Jt can-, true, lot I'e lunislied.liom the guilt-stricken m ind. vine t must and will Ue answered. He has so ob- ' aecoi ruded iiimselt' upon the thought, upon the i up, i listory ot the world: he has so impressed his ' Coul Ue, his doctrines and his sayings, upon tlie Wha leart of childhood ami age. the learned and , lend he unlearned, that the day is coming, as one j and: irediets, "when tlieliiMory of Christ will l>c i you < lie history of humanity, and the biography | all tl >f Christ tile life of the world." To the inquiry of our .Saviour, here address- i . . d to the disciples, "Whom do ye say that 1 I mi?" Peter answered without hesitation' . . * ind with marked clearness and emphasis: 1 ' 1 not 'TIIOl* AKT Ttlt; ('II I! 1ST, TICK SON Ot Tilt: , IjnoV i.ivim; unu." (conic A'itli reference to this declaration, as we unlersiand it, ourKaviour littered these remark- ' ible words: "I'pon this rock I will build my 1, ,, 'liurcli: ami th? gates of heil shall not pro-' J.'V rail against it." i-iomlhesc we infer? .! ? V l-'irst, that the truth revealed to Peter isftin-:ll"'' . .. I. COllS .lit II. en 111 I lu incifij I'lmirim' m mvuiuicii. | . 1'hc church is built upon il. The church is . lot a voluntary association of human wis- j lom and expediency. Il is not u union of.;',',' lie moral ami virliioiisc:i.iuciits ??f society to j 11 vork out some benevolent design. Il is not | i natural allilialiou of those who have >i11:i- j 1 lar ui'Miis, tastes and purposes. fommendu-j Die ami useful us are these combinations of | V. . capital and moral power, the church claims : he sanction ol a higher, holier origin. | t IS ' . J savii IN OKCANIZATION IUV1XKI.Y AITOINTEO, nisei vith nil its law* and ordinances and the ! J'e cruiA of membership prescribed. Its ineiii- ! swer jers arc those, ami those only, who profess j "s I" aith in Christ; faith in Christ as the Ales- j l'' i.ili; as the Saviour of men whose blood | word leanseth from all sin. Not that there was no ^ hnreli liu.'ore Christ came. It ha?l been in ' 'Xistem-eages before his advent, its fuuda-j !s ncntal principle, however, is the same in ' ioth dispensations. to wit: faith in the .Me*-! iaii, ami thai tiie .Messiah was to he cut oil", I saul nit not for himself. In illustration and proof: if this, turn your attention io that cuiiiiuem-j native and typical least oft he Jews, IT . * r?)<t. Tin: l'AssovKit. ! crusl lore, In the slay ing and eating of t!ie pas-'thev hal lamb, and the sprinkling of tin* blood, ^ ^ oil have symbolized loose great fum!amen-| al truths underlying the covenant of grace. I ,:l? n this OliI Testament trail suction you have j I'1!0*" he theology of the New summarized. Here' v'"'1 vas a renewal of thai covenant transaction j j0' * ( v'hieii, hundreds of years before, had been tiade with Abraham?an evcriasting cove-''.1'"" lant which was never to be annulled; and j iciiec believers, to this day, arc called j 1S,;J 1 liinurmoi .vuiauuiu. niv grcui ci'miaij ruth in j tnenl 1 lltrr s THIS JEWISH ORDINANCE i |jjU1,1 sshndowed forth in tlie blood of ilic spotless as an nmb, shed and sprinkled on the door-posts. | Ilcat lore is liiat germinal idea which subsequent <iiic; Icvch^jiments wen; to make clearer .and char-1 olhei r until the revelation was compU ted in the [it; ft ,atub of (ioil expiriug on the < niss. Jilooil,: Hint, ilood is the one cry of the g'ispel, whether the t resented in tyjieand proplu ey, or on Calva-I y. And all who participate in the bcnelils if this sacrilicc?who seek just iileal ion and aneiiticatioii through the blood of the atone-J nent?must, possess faith in the Christ, the p ,ilf -on ol tiod. In the exercise and profession , ' if this eonimoii faith, a eoimntiuity is form-j . . d, the root Idea of which is fellowship witli j*."' irethrcn In and through Jesus Christ. j jicst's cukist is land*, he foundation stone of the spiritual temple.! ?d hj Hp is Hie head of the spiritual body. He is j I giv he central sun of the new heavens. Upon 1st. Iiis work as 1'i'ophct, i'ricst and King, and chap ipon that alone, the church re?ts. Every de- by tt lominatioii or sect, is. therefore, to be tried the p >y this !*\st. If it hold to Christ as the luedi-; ihg r itor, the 4iod-man mediator. If it cling to This lim as the Alpha and ? niicga of theology, as ahsei he sum and substance of all creeds and* eon-; -d. essions. then, though there be wood, hay ed. tod stuhhic, the foundation is sure. And ant n vhalevcr ei.-e a sect mey believe and defend : thert is ! to yo fUE FAITH ON'.'K IIEI.IVKKBU TO THE PAtNTS. i tlial uiwever It may fortify itself behind 1'resby-i l!l,*\ erianisin or Episcopacy, or Independencv as j Jf!".!' ?f divine right; however justly it may claim :, . , hat it has the only scriptural mode of wor-j ,. ;hip in its khwwy Kituaiisiu or l'uritan sim-! dicity in its hymn-singing or psalm-singing; i 1 lowever clearly it may prove that it has the, >nly Reriptural mode of baptism in spriuk- if''.,,, ingor immersing; yet, if the members in!,e"0( larticular build upon tlirse tilings?if lheyisi,,1K nake these the articles of a standing or fall-1 ij'"M ng church?then in that day which shall try js ;very man's work, of what sort it is, it shall jul. .. tc made manifes^that tills is a foundation of;'. v:l : "For other foundation can no man lay ! 1 7, lian t i;at is laiil, wliicli is Jesus Christ." Ami, N . , icnee we remark? i r,.'i heeoud. That tills truth is fundamental to j 110 ! wortl v:>ltv or the citfKcir. oral l, ["here are many denominations of Christians; sons iiid while we oftentimes lament it andspcak foren if it. as u *oi-e evil, certainly it is. not neeeskar-j -lib ly so. .May it not l>e true that these ditfereti- | to rei :cs, proi?riy held anil coutemled for, are of only caI advaii'.iige to religious progrcks Truth,; for tl vhich, perhaps, would not otherwise he; spell [no.vn at ail, or hut obscurely apprehended,I good s brought out Cicarly and distinctly. It it m;i s well said: "The world is educated by op- stud; osition, and it is more than douhtlul wheth- spell rr such n world as it is could he educated in I iilh my other wny." (>rtain it is, that those vi- ' rupli, >lent attempts to bring ahoul visible unity, tleog (\ liich nu intvnipfiate zcuI frequently insists mith .ipon, do more haim tlinn good, by making learn proininetit, dilh rciices which are only subor- l<..-so linate. \\ lu nevcrstich atteinpts are made, I rccit' there is of course, a discussion of the points son*, nvolvi d in the proposed union. This at once and i rings to tiie front the dlslinciive principles (ith ?the pocnliar tenets?of the seels. Many ; gram liotly contend for them as vital under the jits A lispaingiiig assaults of those who any, ontemii. tlieiu as merest trillcs? who sevci ?tigmati/.e them as puerile. And thus,them it happens tint in this stormy con-, class iroveiky, a fictitious iuionrtauce is giv- turn! [ n to diU'ereticts which all admit, in the* aiiiiii.T uioini>, :iru uoii-o.sciiuais. j lit? entl cei l, ilt-sircd ;tml sought, will never come about liy slate -iich methods. Jl" it come at ail it will be ttie slate result of a larjter knowledge, a broader char- Huvi Ity and a more enlightened zeal. class I!ut these denominational distinctions do seem not efl'ict the essential unity of the church, si^n rut: rumen is one in ciikist, tictli <o Ions as Christ is all and in all. And !!! "! kvlwrever the Christian recognizes in bis leilow the badge of true discipleship?wherever lie Bees the image and superscription; of [lie i'nster?then his heart Al once:, j.1 responds with a cordial love, a gen- < i*' " nine sympathy, . which mali?s nil J .* Uhristians kin indeed, lie asks not his lKM,c iintecetlents; b'* Hiieage, his social position,! the value of his estate, or his nationality, it, Is enough if lie tlnd (be marks of a common | faith; enoufih if he it'scM'ii, even in faintest i , u' Iiact>s, Hie lineaments of the one altogether '?Ah^iiillonal, social, civil 'Jlsi'nHtbjis are J' lost in tins common service, citizenship <tn<l heirship, line in thU fundamental print'- , ....... \ iI. ii... i 1.111. M.'ilintrir Ucilffincr, \w haven |>iMtlurin ii|?>n wMeli ill (He Iiuum IiukI of liiitli can sluud. M > ki'hii liuvi-i> Ix.iut v.liich links Uwthcr ull who |"'r.v jiaini ail evaiigclicul creed. \Ve have , It. Al A f LOHIOL'S TKUTJI, I Is'ill 'lie sum <i!i!. Ct* o il>c faith once do dhs iivi-icu u> ilu- .1.1141 i>. What an ai..mating oi^on Inspiring thought it is. that amid all the dlf.. In for "erenc** of rucc, cunditlon, government.|Sine I all the diversity and apparent anlagoi of religious belief, yon have here h doc?a itoetrine, too,so important and vital, it is earnestly embraced by the Knropeisiatie, the African and the American, lerieii and tin- poor, the learned and the urne.l, l?y 1 episcopalian. Methodist, liapind l'resbyierian ; a doctrine which ral0 its defence those wiio are in cvery1 1st- as wide as liie poles asnndcr. II A'ould kee tin* cbe.reh. ihe whole ehureli, I its length and brend'h, rank and tile, 'hailing in urrtnd arr?y and stirred to e fervor, lei It be said t hat .lesns of Nazi is a blusphciiicrand impostor: let it be I'd that he isa divine Saviour in whom ave redemption throtiu'h his blood. Willi leart and one voice they cry: "So, this is iod; we have waited for hint: and he save ns. 'i bis i? tin* Lord ; we have waitir him : ?ve will be glad and rejoice in ills itio'i !" riiK l'KiM ,;rn rv ok Tin: rumen. Ird. And henc we remark again that .loctrine is fimdainciH; 1 tot!".' perpftiiif the church : "Thf gales of hell siiali you understand the ox press inn "the i of liell," us rel'orriu,;' to the power of i, thft: tho declaration is thai the learfu' . o.> wnieh death is ever making shaf' Hoot the existence of that organization upon the rock of ?'hrist Josti'-. 'lVuc ii it those ravages are sweeping; fo sweephat one ncni-i.i! ion goelii ami another lit. IKiitu jsthc great destroyer, lie tim temlcresi ties, breaks the strongest hineiiis,an<l reiuls in pieces the most >a?:t associations, tirave after grave is eil tintil the chronicle o| mortaiiiy, as :i in the scripture, is: "Ami Joseph and his l>roit;ren, ami all thai genera' Ml no tminc plaee. Soon one (jeneit. now so full of aeiiviiv, so linsy with >'ans ami schemes, Willi its discoveries inventions, wish lis speculations as to spirit and ilie future life, will have passvay, leaving hot a solitary survivor of 10 millions that now throng tiie highioitaith. itut the "church alddolh lor* " heath may sweep away apostles, irs and Ilie primitive churches, hut all are tilled up: and the King of Terrors is led of his victory. Many stand ready ' huptizi-d for the'dead. So that the lite e visible kingdom, so lur from yield inn e power of the grave, perpetuates itseit ITA1.1TV THAT H LOOMS IN ETliltNA I. YOt'TII. flaws on it broadens mid deepens, until t.v, tin- family, tin* State?until science ?rl?feel its bounding pulse ami tliroli it> divine energy. Tin- church can ncvicnv tlif weakness ami decay of old a^e, c corruption of I lie grave. Iiowever, you understand I lie expression Kales of hell." as referring to the princiics and powers of dark nes>, which is perthe common view, then the declaration at the church shall victoriously resist y iissutilt hy 1 lie great adversary of (iod nan. Whatever may lie his migliL hownumerous may he his legions, no^veaprtned against Zion shall prosper. f-'ays ti: 'To the son of man was given doiniund glory ami the kingdom; his domias mu everlasting dominion which s11; 11 ass away, and his kingdom shall not be oyed." w desperately this kingdom has heen as1; liow fiercely this dominion has heen Med! Is this dominion passim: ? Let the records of the church er. These assaults are as desperand fierce to-day as they ever were, us they have failed?failed utterly und illy?hi times past, so now we may feel most perfect assurance that Ue dwells in the midst of Zion, prove her defence ami helper. The ;h may become corrupted with error; heresy may prevail; the love of many wax cmd: congregations may die; deviations dcclinc and become "totally ex; bin there shall be a seed somewhere t<5 the Lord? a rein nun). according to the ion of grace. And there is everything e word and promise of tiod, in the cxaln and headship of Christ, in the experinf Uod's people, and in the history of hiircli, to make it sure and manifest beI the possibility of cavil that < hris| will urn and overturn, until the kingdom of tvorlu shall 1ici;i?iii? the kingdom oi our and S:iviour Jesus Christ. NUEKKI.'l. TltirSJlM! o." THE CHlT.fH. irtli. One other thought. Tlio history c church in its long struggle with evil inbelief, in its wonderful triumphs, in resent all-pervading influence, its in ly aggressive work; we nay. in these :s wo have ttic strongest ami must satisfy historiea1 proof of the truth of i'econfession: "Thou art the Christ, the >f ?;?>.!. ' If tin* tln-ory of naturalism be if then- lie nothing supernatural and diin Jesus of Nazareth, then how do you tut lor that church which lie has built iiiid which is possessing the world? il the hiiuihlesnn of carpenter do this? t mortal has gathered, preserved ami cxcil sueii a soeiety as that which confesses tdores the l liti.-t of the gospel? When oiislder all the dilliculties and Mini u|> ic improbabilities of the case; thai the o PI'os t N(i Ki.r.M i:xTS daism and heathenism should yield to upreinacy and unite in llini: that all power of strong governments could suppress the sect; that an mini and unlearned man should bethe founder of a system ohalng the attention and commanding oina^c of tilebrightest intellects of anor modern times; that this system Id become as it is, tiic most important r in the civilization of this enlightened when these and many other facts are idered, then he who issatNlied with the tnatioii that it is the natural product of ly human energy under the earthly conns of tliw birth and life of Jesus of Nazi is credulous indeed! 'J'hvrc may be ! who profess this creed, but the world never embrace it. w much more rational the faith of the stinn, who accepts t'hrist as the Son ol as well as the son oi man: who refers to ine power; wisdom and love, the works h be performed; who sees in t'hrist the iur, (iod t lie i "realor, omnipotent and omen). If then, we be asked, "What think Christ ; whose son is lie?"?we may anby pointing to the church, appealing to ist Hinl present, saying. "No man can esc works which thou doest:" or in the s of the ltoman sohiier: "Truly this was on of <<od." tally: ]ilcsM-d is the man to whom Christ caled bv the .spirit as the Messiah. This eternal to know the only true (iod ami i Christ whom he has scut. 'I lie Saviour : "No man cometh unto the Kather but e." This is not an arbitrary arrange .. .M:in s couscicncc convicts him of sin ves th<* siniht farther and farther from He is terrified at bis justice. Fear icsout till luce. lie feels himself upon c."?e of lAW.MNi; AJIYSS, SO I>A!:K AND DICKP lie shudders as lie looks Into it. Self-re. lies and terrible forebodings 1111 him indescribable anguish. Hut when he ioii in Christ, lie is reconeilqd. When iisatirrd that lie whose law henas violai his Redeemer, then coiiseience is paeiItsaccusing voice is hushed, and there >eace that pasxeth all understanding, sis no fancy. It is not a mere senti:. These faei.s of conscience ol' the sindis<|uiet and alarm,'and of the t'hriss peace and joy, at e as well established y facts of reason or of tho sensibilities, lien altars, pagan sacrifices, attest tiir ami i,'iiristian experience confirms the . Seek peace in ('hrist, ami you slial I tlml if ne is the Prince of l'caee. Seek life in , ami you shall lind it; for he is the way, rulit and the life. d Aduce from n Colored Tcncher to Colored Teachers. rs J'rcsx atnl Iluttncr : iidially ask for this a place in your widerciilated paper, us 1 have been respectt'uliieiled by some of the colored teachers is county to give them a terse, explicit lonipreirensive description of the tneth' which my school is conducted;?hence, e '.In m I lie lei lowing: l'eruse economically every morning a tt r in the Testament, this is best done ie tutor reading every other verse, while upiis reau in concert the others. ]I?vead, then repeat tin- "Lord's l'rayer." done call the roll and mark tardy and it scholars. Have your scli'.:til Ihcro'.ighly classiflAs tiie atiec*.'diniis arc the most depend>n tije the teacher for intellectual food, fore call this class to recite tirst. fall it iiir recitation bench ; then have the one i" most familiar with his alphabet, reiletlieni while the others look on. Thus inue tohave them reiterate by turns, unicy all shall have gone over tiieir nlphawiee. Then have them reiterate in conFinally designate with a ferule test lei J'ne fourth class or those beginning tu , lifiiiK the next most dependent lor infood, sliuulil recite seeond. For the r reasons assigned the third class, or : spelling ami commencing to read, Id recite third, the second class, fourth, the lirst class tilth or last: for as a class nces It becomes naturally more indcei.t in thinking. Have the fourth class and pronounce not in concert, hut by ; tor this will render the most ditlicult s familial* to it. Having spelled and ounced distinctly and correctly all tlie ix assigned as n lesson, then have it spell v the same lesson in concert. Two lesfor this class arc suilicieiit,?one in the oou, the other in the afternoon. . As die third class has just commenced nd, have it read by turns A. >1. and spell the words attached to the readinclcMsoir lis purpose, for licing more familiar with sny than reading, this class can get a very sjiellim: lesson in the afternoon, though i.v he somewhat fatigued from previous ring. Two lessons per day, reading "and nig are *ullicicut lor this class. . Have the second <-lass recite its fieogv and reading lesson A. M ; bcci-use the raphy lesson must be thoroughly coin d to memory to lie of any avail to the ler. 1 lavc this class recite each of these ns by turns, if Jyou have time. Have it e its Arithmetic, spelling and other I exit' any, 1', M, by doing sums on theslate reciting an oral spelling lesson. . Have the first class recite its liistory, imarand Geography lessons A. M, and rithinetie, Spelling and other lessons, it 1\ M. Assign as a history lesson, six or i paragraphs to this class and requite i to be com i.i it ted to memory. Have t his recite History and (irammar lesson by -J tint t lie exercise which is appended to irammar lesson should t>e reel led in coiil-'inally have this class do sums on the before going to recite and present t c s for examination when culled to recite, unexamined the slates, then have the to spell, and after this have the first and id classes repeat the dcllnitinns, tables, and rules of the portion of the arithmeicy have none over and also an exercise plying the same. Kvcry Friday evens set apart for writing. 1 have my jui pi Is i. ??v>,f.tlv ji? herein deiiieled. exeelit i I have a very lew, then 1 have them re ntirely by Minis, which will vo them ctical knowledgetil" their various studI if mv met hod of teaching a recitation h is indispensable. W. \V. l-'lt AZ1 Hit. Abbeville to tnc l'rout. s.-rs. It. M. llailiion ? Co., of Ahhcvillo, xti'iidiim their business in every direeami they have facilities for so doing, r magnificent display will captivate (lie ts of the ladiev. It will he s"cn 'it unoi'i' nun refer to iheir advertisement) that invite the Indies from every nook ami erof olil Abbeville to be present at the il opening of spring and viitnhiT inillU (,'ootls lit thfelr Te<n?il?i?f Kashloru Mis: I. il'iildnn, it lady or ncJciiowI'idged taste, whose word is law i'i fashionable circles, charge of that department where the Inmost do congregate. Go to the grand ing. Letlt rs will be answered.Riving full rnatlon. Rani pies ton t oo application.? tyQir. Guardian, ; Down W'itli Monopolies.!^ ? IE ' AN ABLE PLEA FOR CBEAP SEW- fJ? ISO MACHINES. !Em j ! thfSpeech of Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken in ,l,V ^ pAn(rl?flOO Mor/ih /1t)i IftTQ ijin!) j.uail/11 iiu, iv? i m?,? j Will 1 Icon I pric On the Petition ol the .McKay Sew- sum i iiir Machine Association asking km < Intension of the MatliicK Patent. i Itut Mr Speaker, there is perhaps no one i><t-' nixt pioiiient dial portrays more beautifully tlso t otlx ' progress of inventions in this country ami i jj iJi?* inveutive genius of ilie American mlml; ben iiiau tin- McKay sewing-machine. it is an nor implement emu pi ox ami yd Minple; there is an ; tittle ttiat is automatic in it, ami yet it has!thr< 'only to lieguided in its movements, when it tl0| accomplishes work that can neither be enual-jsvst til <>r Mirpasseil ny tlninosl skillful median-: , ie. This machinc comprises perhaps tifty j toltl I .itctits. the results of as inan.v combined in- , I t? lhv:s, tiii* coutrolling one of which will ex- prm ! pile during tin; current year. The purpose of! nott ttic petit.ion now under consideration is to.se-! vcai ! cure a new lease of life to this controlling i jIHt( patent, ami thereby Vfyiitin'.le to its owners : csnj the privilege of levying or Imposing a specl- . t wo . lit*,I royalty upon every pair of shoes thi; j |>|i(> : sole* of which have hetn scwcil to the uppers -j-jjj. ; by any one ol" the twelve hundred machincr. !*?? < now in operation throughout the I'ntrci'I States. _ ! orb] Anterior t i tlif war there were Very few j hove shoo manufactories. All shoes were ! paf. : made by hand, the material oi" which they I '|j . were made being cut out and distributed . g-^i | among mechanics who did most of tliflr (CU\ worlc al their homes. The demand, however,! f,,ri. was greater than tin- Ripply, and il^e thought-1 arjs ini American mechanic soon proved himself1 (.0jv i:f|iial to tlie occasion, invention, protected spe; liy the wise provisions of our organic law.! cint v\*a> not lone in substituting niaehlnery for'rc.,| muscle,and foremost among the minds that ',,th< ; contributed to this end was one L. It. Blade, I5i ' who in I>IW secured letters-patent upon 11<( A MATH INK loll UOTTOMI NO HOOTS ANIJ Me I SHOKS, ;aVe Wiilioul being perfected, tiiis machine was 1<0Y sold to Mr. Gordon McKay, of Cambridge.! Massachu>etis, a shoe manufacturer, in .,er uhose employment lived a Mr. It. It. Math-|Lpr lies. This employee being a man of peculiar-1 [j, , iy inventive powers, was assigned tile duly of; j|(S( : working, and, if practicable, perfecting ibis j J machine. lie nave it constant study for .>0? | muny uiont iis; anil .so closely did he apply I {t) ^ | himself that an idiosyncrasy was produced t nv , that resulted in his committing suicide. i 1 During bis employment by Mr. McKay, Mr. | ot*| Mathies received wages that averaged oi per . }je ? ' day. and in August iMi'J, wan awarded letters-; w||( | patent for an improvement upon the McKay . nf ( , machine, (the Ulade patent.) As soon as this j j1()S was done McKay proposed to Mathies to; join hiin in the manufacture of shoes. The ; ; proll'er was rejected, I\l??thics preferring t< ; [j^r sell his patent, which lie'did, In the spring of I lM>i, to McKay, ! ,nil, FOK SO,000 CASH. ! Ilii'l In October lxtKt, the same year he sold his pat-! "'J1 ent, and before it bad been satisfactorily test-! . v cd by tin?purchasers, Mathies, in a lit of ab- > '"'-I i berratioii committed suicide. j c" ' Mr. McKay continued to improve this ma-'j'i'lj J chine, and finally- organized a company,! "e*" ! known as the McKay Sewing Machine Asso- <>xtl eiatiou, who built these -machines and soldi them at about the cost of manufacture to j J shoe manufacturers, exacting a small royalty of from one to three cents upon every pair ot j slioes made Upon them. IJef j Anterior to IMH) the life of a patent wns by j ! law limited to fourteen years, with the priv-j ilege, how ever, of an extension for seven | years under certain conditions. The patent I of Mr itiade, which is one of the controlling I ( , i patents in the McKay machine, was issued J r(.s'. j in l.-itio fir fourteen years, and extended for < olt: ! seven, and will therefore expire iu issl. lC(tj' Since lM>J tiie life of a patent is legitimate-! ||n j 'i' . I thir SEVENTEEN YEAKS, ! CXe without the implied condition of extension, j 'J 'The Mathies patent, which Is another con- 'L trolling patent in the McKay machine, was _ : issued in ISii- for seventeen years,and will ex-1 !,vt" pire next October. Though ail these patents !1 , are owned by the McKay sewing Machine ' Association, theapplicatioii for theeMeusiou ( | of the Mathies patent U brought in the name i 'lcl of .Miv. Manville, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, l'V" who was the widow of the inventor Mathies. i '|'s and the reason assigned why the extension i bhould be granted is that Ssi.UlfJ, the amount .'J'? : paid by MeUay.to Mathies lor the Invention,! 'j1'1 was Inadequate compensation for the ineiil-. *V | cuiable mivantages resulting to the puliilc : from the useof this patent. It will be ob-; I served that the patent was granted in An- , gust. Isifj; the MVtiHI were paid in the spring;?. '' of iMw, before the utility of the patent was i f:''! I thoroughly appreciated, ami in the fall of' Y'0 tliat same year the patentee commuted sui-! , " . ! 1 he THE M KAY SEW1NC-MACIIINl". I p|.t as a? present built is about six feet high, and | i weighs over tour linndred pounds. licforc| the i n veii t ion s of Mat hies w ere a I tachcd to j . the lilade Machine it was about one fourth '' that size. The inventions of Mathits were 1"|!.' an automatic slick and a "revolving horn.'' '[_ III ton which the .-hoc is hrld while heinj; ' .v" sewed, the sew being simply thill of nt-. ,lS? tu<-11111c 1 In* soles to the il|uf the shoe. Air. .NloKa v orKaui'/.cd an association, which In altempliu;; to perfi el :ii>?! utilize tlie Ma- , I hies in von! kiiis incurred u debt of over Si"',- .Wi,: ink b. f uc they succeeded. Ami, indeed, they i were utterly ignorant of the advantages of,' these two inventions !? . ' las I t'ntii. a nnt NKn.N* kmim.ove j somewhat recklessly hold u shoe upon the horn iiiiil math* the successful effortoi sewing j entirely around the sole witnoul removing | A j the shoe from the horn. licforc this the shoe tint Was sewed from the heel to the toe, taken ; Mil In ill i the hum, turned, a ltd sewed on tlie oth-1 < > I i !_' ! or side in tin- same way. This hold operative, in liocan at the heel, sewo{l to the loo, lielil the'pro ! shoe steady, turned ihtrhorn, and sewed back not i again l<> the heel. From that moment the gaii Mathics invention hccainc in valuable. 1're-' ed i I vious to that time forty pairs of shoes a day hie 1 was an average ts.sl; upon one uf these ma- the chines. Soon one hundred pairs were sewed, j par and to-day six hundred paiis is a moderate! tioi ; task ; ami one man has bccifc known lb sew ' tor! ' the sole to the uppers of j am i ...ii NINE JICMIKKH I'AlIt.s (if MIOI'S j in Ion hours. Ii is nowhere recorded that Mathies luul tlif ! most distant conception of tin* value of Ills' i patent. Indeed, ii was not until one-third: j : lilt- life Dl the luv. tiIioti hail hern expended f,, tiiat tlie capacity of this machine was vliscov- i , ered t<< hr measured by tin: endurance of the operative, ami not by the ingenuity of the In! vention. Kxperienee, aided hy I lie walehlul- j s nessof (he host mechanical talent that could! he procured, proved the value of this wonder-! j ful machine; and Mr. McKay and liisassoci- ! i atos, W illi cointuemlahlo persovoraiico,' con-j s; 1 till lied to employ the host machinists lo niter, I : adjust and simplify It, until its capacity farj i exceeded I he must sanguine cxpeeta Jons of;,, ! its fabricators. \ViUi this nmchino a single: j operative can give employment |to one htm- j i died nun and women in preparing I lip uppers' 'and soles; and therefore can only ho protita- ( by used by factories. Xoone man would he; ! warranted in investing in this machine, though it is hy no mean* hijih-prieod,(costing I c(> : only about for It would of necessity be! i lil'.e a creator portion of the time. [ i Mr. McKay and his associates ,lost no tlimn t In discovering the fact that there was mil a| I fortune in the sale of these machines. atid's j therefore adopted the policy of IlEMAXIHNfi A UOYAI.TY ' upon each and every pair of shoes sewed by I nny oneof the machines they manufactured ; 'and this royally was made so small that itj .. could not have an appreciable etlect. upon j t' thcprlceof shoes except to the wholesale deal- ( | \\'e are assured that !<"> per cent, of I lie man- i ''.'. I , ufacturcrs who use tho.-e machines anil pay!JV!l1 the royal ties exaf ted by the McKay assoeia- j i tiou are in favor of having this application | "f" ...I H...* Ilw.l K'Ml paradoxical position of the taxpayer asking! <",'~ . lo lie taxed. \\> arc told that I It i* association j i owning the machine incurs all t lie expense ofi ( keeping the machine in order: that tlie.v send i |nu . salaried "visitor*" at their own expense peri- j j*cl jodieally to examine and repair all the tna-i|j,p ' chines, even thoke operated in the remotest jl,lc states; that I fie intricacy of the machine is' such that only the best mechanical talent can I i by constant Inflection familiarize themselves 1 'with the machines sufficiently to property | | adjust ami repair them; that the machine can II he operated by an unskilled mechanic with- > as t ; out his discovering the fad th.it it is out of "h.i j order, and that in this condition it will as vvli; surely do bad work as that it will do perfect, j vill ' work when In perfcct order; that the inferior on | work cannot be discovered until the wearer | of the shoe discovers to his own chagrin and ? to tlie injury ?f the reputation of the ma- tl1|l chine. , j When told all this, Mr. Speaker, we agree "W|. ' with the maniifaelureis thai, they should at (|,r least appear liberal In their advocacy of this w.i. self-imposed taxation. ISiit, sir, when we re- ?Mj , member that in these shoe manufactories the ,)V ; system is so perfect that every branch of the ?j|( t rade is really reduced to a science ; that, for instance, the soles themselves are weighed J< and valued according to weight; that the up- "!l1 persand lining ami binding and eyelets,and '["> even the thread, are all estimated as constltu-1 ting such <i proportion af the aggregated cost I w?' ' of < ueb pair of shoes ; (hat the labor is paid i''h ! for by the piece, and that the vcru waste of 1,1 Hi., is made to become a source 1 j of revenue to the manufacturer, we may very well conclude that j' Si 11L can rnr.r. to a cent ' ti01 I the cost of a pair of shoes or hoots, when com-1 j,,r pletcd. and ttiat to this aggregate there never! n* ? ; fniIs to be added the amount ot royalty he as- |)aj 'siimes to ailToeate, but which we sec veryjon. clearly ire must and docs necessarily exact; j^u i from the wholesale dealer. i 1 Mr. speaker, allow me to Illustrate thin! " idea. In Albany, New York, there Is a shoe, manufactory that throws upon the pub- ' w?' j Iic markets annually nine hundred thousand ; ?pa : pairs of women's and Misses shocsntaii aver- "'rl age cost of a few cents overa dollar per pair.! ' An average royalty of one and three quarters ; T cents per pair is paid on these shoes for thejeth useoi the nine Me Kay machines upon which ; tisc jtlicy are manufactured, aggregating the, win , handsome sum of Sl'i.T'iU. Now, sir, can any J ly 1 j man here or elsewhere for one moment be-j 7i lieve that this Arm would pay annual.. Mint; (.(?. ; sum as a protection against the possibiii of. sen i some manufacturers giving a bad name to machine-sewed shoes ? No, sir. These man-! , 1 iifacturers know full well tiiat every cent of J this royalty is paid back to tliein by the par- ] Jl"1 j tics to whom they sell, and hence their tidvo- ''J1' ; cacy of its cou ti nuance. I vbs | To my mind, Mr. speaker, it Is apparent' A j that If every patent Included In the machine I Tin i had expired, It or something better would still | nui 1 be used ; these same "visitors" or some oth- catl ] er substitute would still be employed, and ami ! that, too, at a lesss expense, than the aggrega-' this 1 tee royalty paid by the manufacturers; aiul ly ? . the McKay Association, whl?*h has managed | win Its Investments so wisely, would continue to I be t 1 have an opportunity to manufacture shoes as j by ' j well as build machines, while.the public j It. j WOUI.I) HE SAVEIi THE MALE .MILLION OF [ II noi.i.AKS j ina" ! now annually paid as royalty to this McKay 1 inti Sewing .Machine Association. ; sav The orluiunl lllado patent, Mr. Speaker,! ino; which Is the controlling one in tills machine, : che ha* a lease of two more years of life. It the ly, Mathias patent is denied extension the Wade site patent will protect this association for that length f)f time. T't Uj!s material age. when ! | progress is the walch.word of the mechanical J-'101 world, wliocan say that ivithin <be next two t,Jcl ' yeaas a better than Mathies will.firrt ofc fotirul J1'01 to anticipate the expiration of the HZafifc pa-1 J'"1" tent and htiiid us a machine still more per-,J'K ' feet than the McKay ? I use j, True, this machine has revolutionized thojraU i lufacturo of shoes. It has virtually closip the old-fashioned shoe-shops; thrown y the awl, the bristle, and the shorl-lifsbench; it has multiplied the laborers, Iniked each one's power to producc, and 11 him better wages; it has Kreatly reduc- i the wholesale price of shoes, and probably ;n lis better shoes by re toll tor the money, beytflid this It has IN NO WISH ltF.NEKITED man or woman who buys a pair of shoos [ roar. A pair of men's hand-m;:.de shoea v,9 that eost. Sl.-V) was Just about such a of shoes as those machines turn out toarid are sold by retail for S3.5n, A pair of nan's shoes of excellent quality, in 1HT)9, Id be bought at retail for S"-'. The ordinary :e to-day Is perhaps a little more for the ic quality ?>f shoos. The present style. 1' ] lit. Is he.rvler, may be better made, and tains far more stoeK than the shoe of 1839. . .Mr. Speaker, this Is simply fashion, eh we all know Is fickle and changeable | as destructive of capital perhaps as any j | prone thing. I, r. speaker, no one questions the infinite < ellt this machine has been to the public, | would 1 by any means characterize it as', oppressive monopoly if It were not that!) nigh It there Is established a monopoly!, autielpuled nor warranted by our patent , em. No one call doubt this. \ le McKay Association, Mr. Speaker, I am j , has lest than SIIO.Q.N) Invested in the ( iiufaeture of these machines,and yet. they | j>ose to pay to the former Mrs. Mnthies, S Mrs. Man ville, SW.IKH) for a lease of fourij rs und a half of life for her controlling j lit, for you will remember that the asso-j| on controls the Blade patent, which has | and a half years yet to live, and this ap- j atton Is for an extension of seven years. [, s association must have absolute control ; | r snnip necessary production from which knowcertainl.v they will realize an ex-! j tant annual income, or they would not,) uise thev could not, be so liberal to this , ntec. ley not only propose to pay Mrs. Mnnvllle kkj, but they will incur all incidental ex- , tvs If this extension |s secured. Where-] such liberality, Mr. Speaker? Can It. efrom the fact that the patentee Is to ree this amount as a charity? No, Mr. ;ikcr, It can only exist because this asso- ; Ion are absolutely certain that they will ize an immense annual income at some , r-r expense than that of the association, | lit, Mr. Sneaker, as a further inducement : secure the extension of this patent the vay association have intimated that the rage ai.ty of one and thiike-quartehs ok. a cent pair will be rcduced to perhaps one cent pair. I>oes (hat not assert this assoclai to he a vast monopoly ? And If so. Is it ticurc protection to such corporations that (.' institution confers upon Congress the cr to protect Inventors fora limited time he exclusive right to their Invention*?! no means. r. speaker, to my mind it Is prohlemntl-1 whether congressional protection could! liven Justly to the unfortunate Inventor I i. either from choice or necessity, disposes i lis property before its utility or success | been tested and secured. And surely, sir,1 in nowhere he shown even by Implication ! I this protection is justly due to a corpora- j i or association who have been and are re inland for some time yet will receive a st exorbitant Income from their' In vestit In the inventions and discoveries of ers. i conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I assert thnl If ; House can favor the extension herenskor there cannot arise a case In which the Meant should not be encouraged to bee that there was always hope to secure au iibion of a patent. YESTERDAY IN COLUMBIA. 1' David Respited Again?Tl\p Belief in his Innocence. [AYu'.t and Courier.] ji.VMiiiA. March ill.?The (iovernor to-day ilted Jeff David until the 10th of October, it-count of the evidence recently discover* ti Anderson t 'ounty In regard to the Frank-1 murder. Tills makes the tilth respite In: i case, the last having deferred the day of i cution until the 11th of April. will he remembered that Iiavid lias pro-; ed his innocence from the outset, even upthe gallows and with the black cap drawn | r his face, lie was convicted upon pure-! iii'cumstiintial evidence," and tlie confesi i>f other parties recently published In the rs'tml Courier absolves him from all parpation in the crime for which he was counted to die. It is now very probable that innoconcc will be soon established held doubt, in which event Jeff will owe his solely tn the exertiofls of his counsel, Mr. let of*Abbeville. In Justice to Mr. lteiiet it uId he related that he has conscientiously j otrd himself to the humane and apparly hopeless effort to save his client in the . . "of strong local prejudice, and atconsider-1 i' pecuniary expense to himself. Governor , iiipton's action in so frequently respiting doomed man has also been bitterly coil-1 uned, but has been clearly justified uy the i il>t of Ijavid's guilt which has existed since | day of the trial, and now bids fair to give ee to assured innocence. "t TJtot*i;i!t it worr.d come." he superintendent of the Penitentiary, Col. seouib, who hns narrowly watched Ids >otier while under his charge, lias repeat-1 y of late declared his liciief in his Iniio-j ee even before tl:.-confession of the par-j . in Anderson, and he now expresses liini' as beintr eonlident of it In view of David's I duel ami cnnvcisatlnn when the fact of! coi.fession was made known toliiin. This I ?done a few <la.vs ago. when the ohl man i st inU> tears and exclaimed. "Thank God, j i\e been praying to him to clear nic over j lt I have been here and He has dune it at :! 1 thought it wunld come!" , Lodimnnt. bout thirty years ago, perhaps, the Chrlsi veop'e in the neighborhood of Calhoun's Is, in Abbeville, concluded that they ;ht to have a place for preaching, a church, that vicinity There were a tin in her of (casing Christians in the community , hut enough of any one denomination to or- I l/.c a church. A union church was proposiikI determined upon. SiM>n u coniformhouse of worship was crectml. The use of house was arranged according' to the comativc numbers of the various denominais represented, as follows, viz., the I'resliylans were to occupy the liouso on the lirsf 1 third Sabbaths of each month, the Met lists the second and fifth Sabbaths, and the itlsts the fourth Sabbaths. The arrangeiit work Inirmonloiisly for years, tint Illy the house was abandoned by all denomIIOI1S. .Iter the war a number of Associate Reined Presbyterians moved Into the vicinl- j and one of tliein feeling the necessity for aching Ili the neighborhood, took it upon nself to see. personally, those that were I living of tiie original subscribers to the ction of the church, and gut their consent lie occasional use of the house by an Asso If Itelormcd Presbyterian minister, Dr.] ;ui. The arrangement was accordingly otiliI into, and some interest was manifested I the part of the community. In the course ! Iiin** an Associate Reformed Presbyterian irch was organized there and a number of I so who had enjoyed other church connec-1 us went into the organization. Two Presi-rians and one Associate ilUiforined Pre.sorlan were elected ciders, Hcv. A. L. iterson was called to he the pastor, and ac-! ilcd.^md has been laboring there and do- j : a good work in the community ever since. Presbyterians kindly relinquished all ir claim upon the church, and all those 0 assisted in lis erection have done the j lethiug, and the arrangement continue* be agreeable to the community, we here.?.-J wirintc Ueformtd I'rcsbytcrian. The Cowardly Hull)*. 'hen society frowns with tlie proper seity upon the cowardly bully who goes to! 1 fro in the earth continually seeking' wis, with a revolver strapped around his ' IM, and when human life begins to eoni-j ud a higher price In the Courts than iti s now?that is lo say, when murder bes to be paid tor by the life of the murder-then will the carrying of weapons stop ire summarily than it will in thu meann*. What this country needs is not soi eh the taking away of pistols from Its cit-j is as the sure and speedy punishment of; so citizens for any improper use mado ofi in.?Vh'trlnUc Observer. A Uig Pnper. [ Greenville Advertiser."] ' Hugh Wilson can fill up so large a paper j he Press and Manner every week with the j tppeiilugs" of so small a place as Abbeville at would he do were he to remove to Orccnc? 11 would take a paper as big as a wagcovcr to twll all he Mauled tosay. Hlomcn.l In n mrv nnticnnl uncr by tin* "f'own Council last Tuesday, olorcd woman was charged by the police li disturbing the peace of the town by owing rocks Into a dwelling, breaking idows, Ac., on which charge she pleaded lly. The Council, however, heard testlmoand decided she was not guilty and dis?sed the cage.?-1 ndmon Journal. -a David, who Is confined In the ncnlten-l y under sentence to he hung on tlie Jlth of April, has been respited nntll the 10th of October next, on account of evidence j Ich tends to show thai he Is Innocent.' i counsel, W. C. llonot, Ksq? him worked! this man's behalf with a persistency ! ich deserves his undying grattltude.?ci>-' ibia Register. rnator Hampton h?.s been placed on the ; imitleesof Agriculture. and Transporta1 lloutiis to the Seaboard, and Senator Hut-J on those of District of Columbia, and Civ-] service a.id Retrenchment. The former ned gentleman was not In attendance up-j the Senate upon its organization on the! i Inst. "e believe It whuld )jc a wise thine: for the ; [Mature to repeal tno lion law. It might i k hardship Ibr a while, but would in a! r r>r twomsnlt In mneml irond. tiotll to the ' ncr and to the m ereh a 111.?A"ewbeiTy Her-; lie foolish 1111111 foldcth his hands and say: "There Is no trade, why should I adver- i ?" 15ut the wise man Is not so. lie iiopeth it tip In the newspapers, and vcriie draweth eustoiners front afar ofT. ho ltluc Ridge Hailroad now makes closo i neetlon with tlie Air Line ltailroad nt; ieon City. This is a great convenience to travel ling public.?neowec Courier. he stock law Is so rigidly enforced 111 the; r that several parsons have taken down j fences around thtlr front yards.?Charlotte ervcr. pril is no leisure month for the farmer. > plow and the harrows are at wow, ma- j e is wanted in the fields, fences are not yet t He proof. Early crops require putting in I the farm stock need much more care at < their season of Increase. If not promptind closely pursued now, the work of tlie iilc season will be delayed, and there will j .he unpleasant necessity of being driven ; work, rather thun the pleasure of driving j irei> IIf.i.i'.?Secure their good will by. ami generous treatment. By proper) nugemcnt they may be led to take an i rest In the work. A skillful man will e tools, economize labor and time, much re than the extra wages. Good help is^ ap at any price. Pay a hired man liberal-. and he will study your interests aua i k by you through thick and thin. dnes.?Allow none to bo wnsted. Hreak | in in pieces, with a sledge, moistening! in with diluted sulphuric acid. If conve-j nt. and thhiw them into the heap of se-inanure, where tiiey will soon decay, round bones or sa wings are accessible, them In preference to any patent Arepaon. Buckshot in (Le Heart, Ag A DECISION THAT COST THE j JUDGE HIS LIFE. A writ, wlio roc j )11i 11<-L fi> rhe Assassin Pillows His Head with; His Hal, and Bids Him Die | SS r i ,, . i ly covere Like a Man. jricii ?>n> I liair ail I j (i)|H rcsj> Kentucky's Bloodiest Trnscdy in the sutlercil Annul* of Crime. j ft'el un,J .. w > .. . i mas# or i Fra^kkout. Ky., March 'JO.?Kentucky ' ctll |n ot1 tiiiK hud tlic misfortune to contribute many | u,.njer!i jloody tinged lot to the annuls of American i ?( ?rL.en :rlme, bill it iR certain that her own mien-1 acr*J. fru, liable record of murder* furnishes no paral-! seeding, iel to the crime that was committed litre to-1 j,, w, j| lay, for tidisappointed litigant. angry at a j sowed < udiclal decision, weqt out gunning lor the Un u Weel IudgvK of tlio Court of Appeals and succeed- unm the :d in Assassinating of them, Judge John M. lis strong L-Uliot, in front of the Capitol Hotel, of tills' increase! jity. Colonel Thomas lluford, of Henry | lo sevt>r; L'ounty, lias for some time had a ease of much ; jn rood i importance to him pending in the Court <>( eultivuK \ppeuls, and the case wus decided recently dinary it by the eourt adversely to Uuford, and Judge j ConIiden Klllott delivered the opinion. At one o'clock i drilled i the eourt adjo'irnei^, and the Judge went to; profusely [he Capitol lI<Mel to dino. Chief Justice l'r.v- Jiftytwo or arrived at the hotel the tirst of any of his j gingie colleagues, and spoke to ltuford, who was sit-1 U1,t. uti j ting <m the porch,and at that time uunrmed. i CJ| \0 j| In a little while Judges Elliott and Hines fol-! 0(}ru,inl\ lowed the Chief Justice. In the meantime 1 non Uuford hud left 'lis sent nnd procured a I ighoul Jouble-hurrdlcd shot-gun, and with a game | plant li ban over his shoulder he looked as thouuh he : I.t? , was starting OM u1^ innocent gunning cxpedl-. 0|.s MS %v lion, .1 udgc Elliott met him at the loot of the lands of massive .stone steps of the liotel, and remark- j |iaVe ed pleasantly to the discomfUtcd suitor: sims. tj, "It is a line day for sniping.'1 rnisli'i" "Yes," replied Uwford. "won't you come |0fa and take a dHpk ?" 11.ustiolH < This InvMarion Judge F.iiiott politely de- [ allj .?jU| dined, and bowing to Judge illncs, who was' in,j a|?? going elsewhere, turned and Hurled up the j vcrv j|tt stops of the hotel, liefore ho hud hnlf reach- U|?derat ed the top Hulord deliberately levelled tilK; trimfHH *? gun at Judije Elliott and, firing, the load ol, wen . passed through the leftside of the Judge mid lwo jlu.f, lodged In his heart. The gun being loaded : ul jcilhl t with buckshot, of bourse the Judge lell dead. KO<Mj l(li iiuford placed his hat under the heud of his ; JLrout si victim and said: j |,,c|les j 'Now die like a man." : of| the r. The assassin was immediately taken it' cus- l(u. tody and the dead Judge's body was carried . P|()\v or ! into the hotel, whei*i the other Judges and his ; ?ar|? u numerous friends ya-thered around it. When truj tu'iK brought before Esqiblre Uwynn, liuford l??s*! the who! bionately kissed th'-j barrels of his gun which ; wm, ,,r he had taken from the bands of a bystander. Si,rci! (,.t In the Jail he said: ' I makes e "I Intended the other load for Judge Pryor, otf |,y sj but ehanged my m'.iid," | ished. I The excitement here Is beyond all prece-1 tiu.r ,)CH dent, and we are well accustomed to It at; i,ot|, lro that. Threats of lynching have been made >j,ecii nm| but nothing has bwn done up to 11 o'clock, iKUan? The suit was brought some years ago in 1 nmiinuoi Ilenry County to enforce a heavy lien on liu- j t|1L. ,jlst lord's farm. Judge Pryor, now Chief Justice, I cr {U! was Circuit Judge'of ttiat County at the time! j jmv, and decided the ease against Unford. The do- J Coml'rtv cision meant his utter Impoverishment. A i ,,rows fu rehearing whs grouted and a change of venue! utterly i was taken to Lexington, Knyette County.! cd t,.. fr, Judge Hunt decided ill the same way. On \ 0f ^pri| anneal to the Court of Appeals the murdered ; lir()" l(1I11 Judge Klllolt allirmed the lower court*. A Jr",ak"e it rehearing here was also granted, liut again,' Clj jnlo, n lew days since, the court re-MJlrniPd the | ,ucIjotl case, Judgc Cofer writing the opinion tills ! time. Bulbrd's purpose was to kill all who had decided against hi in. Jiulgw hlllott, though not esteemed hy the ! heiich and bar ns a very learned Jurist, has! n |s n, had a long and creditable public carter. IIc | V0Ur\V), was born in Scott county, Virginia, May lfi, j J,f uu.?t. IslU, and his people moving to Kentucky L.vt.? u, when he was a boy hewas educated in the |?mis t, public schools of the state. Having studied thm or law, he was admitted to the bar In 1?M. Four : wj,eJ, y, years later he was elected to the Stale I,cgis-j waM luture, where he served until his election to j t|ln't Congress In 18-Vi. He was in Congress three!..,,,, mu terms, and during the last, two terms?the | ya,|oll { Thirty-fourth and Thirly-llfth Congresses? ptured I wits chairman of the Committee on l'ublic |U|.n Expenses. He was also a Representative |j,|t|mv from Kentucky in the First and Second Con- ; as t|a.y federate Congresses. > lo Ul Chiel Justice I'ryor, whom JJtiford said he ' t.roJI sh( had also Intended to kill, has sat upon the j fair it'im bench of the Court of Appeals for several! c(j lt (nl years and is known to be a learned, honora- j 0jble and upright Judge, enjoying the court-1 XVC).,js donee and respect ol tiie bar of the wlioic on (|)0, Stale. The only matter lor rejoicing in the j j, wuH|, whole dreadful business is thai Judge 1'ryor ! es*u?iot escaped the sad fate of his colleague, Judge | |n(ls( j-n Hlllott. . . ! Very w On Ills way to the .Magistrates oincc, or jum i v,.,r,;i.,i, before hu started for it, liuford handed a let-' t?-r to the deputy sheriff, addressed as f<il-j | lows"Whoever may get tins nolo 1 ask ' i0MVL.u s earnestly to deliver it to the person to whom | ,|?W1, ?i U Is directed." rivers, Capitol IIotei., March 2tj, k<79. \....... \ Whatever may happen to me 1 desire that: .... my niece, Annie (?. \S a I lace, shall have eve-1 ry'thing b till In equity and in law that he- uruVeiii louts tome. I only ask that my body shall I ? j, jc.i, belaid by my sister, Mary F. Huford, whose' robbery and assassination 1 wish !< try and ' avenge. TllOMAS llt'FOUl). rr" Oil THE VF.UniCT or TilK COllONEK'S INQl'KST. Mlfts III "We, the Jury, find that the dead body now j .l' before us is that of John M. Klliolt. of lioyd ' Jf"*. .]] county, Kentucky, ?vlw> was at the time of hl*j "ill death a Judge of the Court of Appeals, and 1,ovv resident temporarily at Frankfort, and was! slues, \ killed and murdered in said city on the Itjih | wcie ni inst,, by being shot through the body by j'dtogt Thomas lUifoiu, with a double-barrelled shot- hinds. I gun." | are still Ilrrald C'orrf'pontlcnt Interviews the ! fnel'inc Prisoner. wliVmii In ten minutes alter Mr. litiford was taken Wcll as to Jail the Herald correspondent called upon | beggar! him and held the following interview forMIln "Have you any objection to talking witli | tmsliels tnciupoti the subjcct of the killing of Judge ' clover i Klliolt 7" J to he pi "None in the least. I will tell you all about! under c He then entered Into llic particulars of the j Aet'iii'al*i land suit lately decided against him the! unlike Court or Appeals, cnuuc-u nuimu, mumm.-.-j sm)..)n t rotor, vs* Guthrie. lie went over Hit' whole; ground, said lii.s sister, Mary 1-'. Uuford, had ( 0' liven robbed and murdered by the decision of, um the Court or Appeals. I then asked tiiiu to inl j-lvc me the particulars of the killing. |3 THE STOKY OF THE K1I.MN0. "Oh, that Is easily told," said he. "I made) up my mind to kill hint. I thought on Mon- A T.I.p duy 1 would kill both him and .Indue 1'ryor, rt to pi and took a walk to see If I eon Id not save May. N Pryor on aeeount of his ehildien. 1 finally allowoc coueluded to do so. Twelve months ago. in "Rrr March or April, I eanie to Frankfort determined to kill Judge l'ryor and had twentyfour buckshot in a llannel bag for him and ' somebody else, but 1 changed niv mind." ; "Well, why did you change your mind ?" | "J udge l'ryor knew all the particulars of my ; jjar(.| ease. He knew how my fistcr had been | .1 wronged and could have controlled the duels- i Ion, but the case was not yet decided and 1 de-1 termined to wait." "Tell me about the killing of Judge Klll? rn/-. , otl." '{) \ "1 made up my mind to kill liini, not be-! v/ k cause he was the first to decide the ease j against me, but because he gave rue a Judas) L-i^u iia. mimn fo jniMif!er the decision and T* WT said, 'Colonel I tlitl nil I could for you.' I knew ' JL (_ <) Unit was h lie. I knew the profession was: against inc." j Jt.VniMNG ON HIS I.AWSVIT. j S.\ Here hu wont again into the particulars of J 2Vf < the ease,and, upon bellivf asked to tell about: the shooting of Judge Klliott, said"My gun J was loaded with twelve buckshot in each bar-! rel. I thought this morning I would go snipe, hunting. 1 met Klliottanusaid to him,'Judge' S.A I believe 1 will go snipe hunting, won't you goi *r, along?' lie said,'No.' I then asked him if; lie wouldn't take a drink, and raised my gun ! SA and pulled the trigger. It went oil' elear as a ' -?r, bell." j "M( nn was sor.KY. I'e:,p;'1 ... .1 ...1,1 them fn "He fell upon the pavement, and ther. I was tlouod sorry. I leaned down and placed my hat un- ! der tiis head. 1 wished to treat him with a*| much courtesy as lit* had shown in theroh-j bery and assassination of my sister by his de-t cision. It was the most Ignominious game; that my gun ever killed. I was arrested then, | and gave the Sheritr a letter to my niece, An-! Marel nic 1'. WaJlaee. You can sec the letter. I j simply gave her all my estate In law and eijui-; _ ty. and asked to he buried by my sister. I did II not intend to kill Judge nines or Judge l'ry- II or. 1 killed Klliott to try my case, to show If that they could not rob and assasslnato with1 IB impunity. j Ml0 TO nis HISTEKS CRAVE. "Ijist week I was down in Henry, and 11 knelt on my sister's grave and swore to gain ! this wise or die with her. 1 know what I have j r 11 done. I made up my mind, and 1 am ready i to lake the consequences. I had a pistol in; my ]>oeket, and 1 intended to use it If the shotgun failed, but it did not fail.'' J'UHI.IC FEKMNG. The announcement of this horrible tragedy j t_rrr. put an mil to all business in the city. TUv>\A]1'' streets have been crowded with people all I *. 1,1 the afternoon, and It has been seriously ap-1")!'! n prehended that ther# will be a riot. Tlit * Hheritl lias summoned a large hoily of citl-1 !,s ,H r:i ---- ? i. best iru zen* to guard liicjtui, imu mc nuiiua ?ni?v-| been nottlled to lie in rcadi ness In enso of an cver>' r outbreak. Judge Elliott was universally pop-! ular, generous and kind-hearted to a fault.) ills wile was In the hotel, and her distress) Jan. 1 was heart-rending. Hundreds of citizens have calicd to view the remains. The shot; i 1 took effect In the right side near the lower; 21.(1 II. riband passed through to the other side. Death was almost instantaneous. The Court! of Appeals was adjourned until April S. out of. A respect for the deceased. Tho burial will] /\ ?. probably take place to-morrow afternoon.' .... Governor Met'reary will have to make an ap-. ^ 11 polntiuent on the Appellate Uench, the Ad CAKEEIl OK THE DECEASED. | Chief Justice John M. Elliott wns horn iniputiii3 Seotteounty, V?., May l(i, IX-H). While finite < young he moved with his parents into Ken- ; tueky, where he received his education at the. Sept," public schools. He adopted law as his pro- 1 I'essloii, and wns remitted to the llnraud com meneed practice in lS^.'l. In 1.S-J7 he was ft)/-, member of Hit SUUe House of ltepresenla- I .11 ti i tives, and In I8.*J Was chosen by the demo-1 uu 1 eratic party a Representative to the Thirtythird C'omrress. lit received at tills elec(U?"f J j-j a vote of aga'nst 5,."fit! for the wnig cmi- r i 1 ti. dldnte, Pierce." lie was re-elected to the Thlrty-fourUi Congress with 7,o?ti voich, i\nd i to the Thirty-tiftli with 7.470. Ills entire i IJ |\ I, term of xe: vice lit Congress lasted from l)e- UliJU cember 185S, to Mufph WW. He was also a I , representative from his State to the Kl^st anil i . Si Second Confederate Congress. He was nub-! sequeutly appointed to the offlco he held ftt ! the period uf his death. ?? ?*? ? riipk Having had tf?n years experience as a liquor ! pealer, and belngl'nhiillur with all the hrnnds,! besides having a practical knowledge of what1 AXOT Is choice, he Is fully able to supply all who wish h pure article cither as a beverage or for I SF medicinal purpose.*, of anything they desire i in his line of gooUn, which consist of the following: ltye Whiskey, Port Wine, iClIllE liourbon Whlsluy,, Madeira Wine, Corn, (sweet ana sour Sherry Wine, M.ircl mush,) Malaga Wine, Crystallized Corn, Catawlm Wine, N. K. Hum, Scuppcrnong Wine, LVntenulal Uum, Claret M ine, Uld Crow Whiskey, Lincoln County Whs'y : nn,i Irish Whiskey, line Impotredj ? ri Gill. Champagne, Frcuch Brandy. A_ co TIh* above goods will be sold In qufletltleiB Wlicrf. o salt purchasers, at prices from two to tell , p d Partfos ft'e.' 1 ring Christmas suppllos will do i |J well loglvc mea call. a. BEQUEST. I Jau. 1 ricultural Column. 1 Pearl Millet lor Forage. rr In ihe SouthernJ^tantrr and Ftirmrr onitm-nds the cultivation of penrl j I ? r forage, having trlril it successfully I 3 cays: II \vh from einht to ten feet high, put* I erouH Icrvc* utnl produces an ear or I g twelve to sixteen Inches lonp, close-, i g (Jail nronndlt*entire periphery with | ** seeds; llic stalks arc r.\rely over' licit In diameter nt matiuity, mid In I ect compares favornoly Willi Indian hen used for forage, the plant Is not I to grow higher than from four to nix | 111 tliiH Mate presents nil Immense] w/i ucculent forage. Three crops can be | III e.season from the came land. Peter III on reports a yield of ninety-five tons ' P J I and sixteen tons of dried fodder per' || II n three ciittin js, I 11day* from date of V \J Pearl millet should be thinly drilled I repared land about the tlist of May. _ >n 'JUtli April, and tne plants were up I J t. but they niude but little progress! ground became warm. If the ground I and well manured, the drills may boj 1 in proportion to want of fertility ! ;il feet. The crop should be kept;^? irder by small ni?uld plow, hoe?r' V At ir, and a large yield of forage, on oriiid' with but little manure, may be; tly expected. The seed should br | n thinly, because the plant tillers i r. The Jiurul yew Yorker, reports plants weighingpounds from u i 2 cd. I did not cut any millet for for-! 2 wuntod it for seed, und I am inclin-i 2 link well matured scud cannot be j 3 raised after one cutting in this sec-1 s ! 3 d be glad to see an analysis of tills | I UJfelllJ IMUIHIUU.ipilllU.I 1 UltfV ?V| A Kn1 iloubt/, It In beyond price to our farm-1 e can grow any <|uantlty of forage on moderate fertility. grown Spanish chtifas for two sea- TTQ ey are valuable for hog ami poultry | From digging a measured portion of J nd estimating the last year, was 155 f( >f tubers per acio. 1 know that hog# try are excessively fond of cliufas;; it their great nutritive value their is j le doubt: they are easily raised on : e land, and stand drought very well. | lion lil l>e planted ljxiiu inches apart; jrepared land about the 1st of May. ies deep. The seed should be soaked i welvc hours before planting, and one; ?er be put in each hill. Tlie seeds. ~ owiy but surely ; and if planted two. (Jo cep, the weeds and grass can be hoed l?ws, if necessary, without disturbing J . leaving the space between to the j harrow. After the weather becomes! icy semi sprouts all around the ecu* j r (each sprout having a tuber), until I le space is tilled and the lol covered een bush-like growth, from two to I :t high. This upper growth, it Is said, j ood, dry feed for cattle, and if grazed j ?eep, the yield of tubers is not dimlnltnow but little about harvesting elrl millet or chul'as for seed ; they are ublesmme. 1 scraped out my millet I separated the ehulasfrora dirt with sifter ; both crows, however , can be il in the main, without much laborby cutting in the green state, the otli' ruing in hogs and chickens. 4 cultivated a few stools of prickly since the spring of 1.S7U I think; it: rpi ixurlantly on very rich land, hut lsi j[ jusulted to moderate soils, it is kill-i (jon jst, but can be cut about the middle'cn>i for forage. I do not think that stock con' i of it, und I have not been able to ^los useful, i do not think it can be currood hay, at least I have not been able it. A. II. l'EUKIIlS." a \\ lint Your Land Needs. TI r>t guano, cotton seid nor compost that I rn-out po??r ianils need, tliough either ' No! properly usud will make good crops, | & .1 on very poor land, but what your glv< eed Is vegetable matter. You know should know it, for you know that >u tirst cut down the forests the land "A ,'creil and rich with the vegetation d been decaying tli?.t for ages, and tt st have noticed, If you had any obser- ? ' it all, that as tills vegetation dlsap- TT lie soli grew poorer, until you had to II .> Held out as too poor for cultivation. Xoi > lands are not so plentiful and cheap pul: used to be, and you have been oblig- us * ke It in again. In doing so tlie first! the >wsyou tli.?t It recuperated somewhat I ade a better crop than when you turn- A i. noes hoi null iaci give you uiei wlmt 11 net'ds ? While It lay out tin* Vf lid grass grew, died and dissolved up-1 IS oil. If It should lie out long euouitl) I II 1 get to be iu fertile as ever. Hut y??u J U tiliord that?you need the land, and : Vi id .someway to restore fertility sooner. | ell. Now go to work to reproduce that j ne matter, and your design will be aciu the most sensible and practicable i r. If It is too much to haul in muck,! md grass from the great abundance of. bout your grounds, branehc?, creeks, nd uncleared lands; goat it anothcrJ Mailt yonr level lands coating them; I ,tely with the best inanur s you can j JL .1 .set I he hillsides in grasses that Willi l washinglicrmutlu will do it,) from | make hay? but don't pastille to be ^ I clean, for remember that your object j JE )nuluce vegetable matter from the soil, i teieut classes uutll > oil get one that! e purpose. Sow down ami grow every | Ii;it will rot iii-on and stimulate uici - wiilnrow rlcli..* every year. When .sides are sale bring the level lauds, j you call cliaiiKn and plant on the hillvliieh von could not do while they ude and poor. The granites chii be ns-' A 'eat advantage In restoring worn-oul ! >ut not much If pastured. I-'leld peas | I more advantageous if the vines arc j led lo lot upon the surface, and we are I to think mat one crop of pea vines, /V d hy one of corn fodder, plowed in,! W ike the land producc one crop about as! It did when new. Indian clover, or M lice, has the reputation of restoring i nes in a single year, equivalent to fifteen j ten . of cotton seed per acre. This weed or) s grecdily devoured by stork, and has I JJJ anted but once If the laud remains j :ultivntion. It I#. perhaps*, the cheapII fertilizing agents with which weare iled, and where used ok a renovator, j tilt-grasses, may be grazed without de- J I 1 g its agency?Southern Farmer's Month- i I own Taxes, j er?on-5 liable to town tax are required | \y the saineVin or before the tlrstdayof \ " ext. Positively no further extension F I. I at order of Council, | r T. P. QUARLES, Treasurer.; f li 21, 1S79. ! ? NOTICE jP' SCHOOL TEACHERS.'A. I.T, lio in rnV oftieo :it Abbeville I urt I-Iouso on the following days; Tl'IlDA Y. MAIK'II 29, Tl'IlDA Y, A I'll II< 5, L . IN PAY, AP11IL 7, | 'i: TUliDAY, AI'KIL 20, )NDAY, MAY 5, | ?"> Tl'IlDA Y, MAY 31, i"','1 >NDAY, JUNK 2, | Di, Tl'IlDAY, Jl*NK2S, ; } )NDAY, Jl'LY 7, ! \ irr.s having certificates will present1 4< ir registration on the days above men- -> DAVID CRAWFORD, ! | School Commissioner, A. l\ 1< ill Guardian Copv. I 1 21. 1870. * tn_ ; j; I ll LI JK IJllJJU V VI <40| ; vril i oin i s< Door Delete Central House. I Kui |by the in i ! few | qui INVITE Yoril ATTENTION Tojl'ni ir.stock of Mpri'hiiiullsp, which is full i miplete in cvory department, nil i*t\ k'? ofl'erat prices to suitthr times. <?lvc 1 ill ami lie coftvhieeil. We keep the I hhIs ntid giNinuitrn satisfaction in! L-spcet. Respectfully,' | R. M. BILL & CO. j * 1ST5, If j rinistrator's Notice.' ] , persons indebted to (he I>;?te if, 'ilOMAS C. PEHHIX, deceased,! Ti lake immediate settlement with run ministrator, a.s alter reasonable ;JUli >nccall delinquent's claims will be nn] nit. jJU LEWIS W. PICK KIN, Administrator, j '11, 1878. tf uiiigham&TempletonjA2 I holi E rrrrlToil FIVE POZEX Of, MX use ciejfant j ftncl AONDRIED SHIRTS," ' ' the beet matrrlnl "nnd fully made' uplocc. ? MEAT! BUCKWHEAT I M I IKK L??T OF THAT POPULAR. ^ '-K IS ING HUCKWJIISAT i FLOUR AT imgham & TempletOn's.i^ i 19. ISTfl. J Tiiimhftr. I* persons in nml of LUMBER t^ould nnuli mo before purchhaslng else- j i. V. HAMMOND. I .5, I871'j I jj \i < Pil RY HOME FIRST. CONGAREE il WORKS; Columbia, S. C. II Mil, PROPRIETOR. REDUCED PRICES: ETICAL CANE HILLS, List of 3?ricesKollors, 10 inches diameter, $35 00 12 45 00 )4 " " ...... 55 00 10 * eooo " 12 " ' 70 00 " 14 " " ...... 80 00 re prlceseomplete with Frome "WI thou Frame,Slu lesson each Mill RIZ0NTAL?3 Boiler MiU >r Steam or Water Power, $150. M Your Oriers for ne Mills AND - Syrup Kettles TO D. B. SMITH, Agent. Dissolution. IK partnership heretofore exUtlnc: be^ tween NORWOOD A .TONIX, Denier* Irl oral Merchandise, Abbevlllo C. H., 8<?. has this day hetn dissolved by mutual sent. The business of the old firm will bo cd oUt by Norwood Hro*. II. II. NORWOOD. A. W. JONES, bbevllle, S. f\, March 11,1879. NEAVFIRJI. IF. undersigned have thli day formed a copnrlnershlp Uhder the Arm name of R\V OOD HRO'S, an successor* to Norwood on en, ahd will be glad to have the public e us ?i cull. II. II. NORWOOD, J. H. NORWOOD, bbevllle, S. 0? March 11. 1879.TITHDKAWAL. AVING sold my entire Interest In the flrin of Nofwood A Jon.** to Mr. J. H? wood, I beg to return my thank* to the .lie* I'or the llbemi patrnnnco exlcnded M ind desire to commend the new Arm to Ir put roil uce. A. W. JONES. ouoviiie, MHrcn u, io<?. mylBS -AGENT.o. 2, Granite Range. Buy and Sell por Cash. STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES. . ALSO, GOOD LINK OF CONFECTIONARY. CIGARS, A SPECIALTY!! ?My motto U "Llvo anil let Live."? IVE ME A CALL. [ANTPA-MAKING eiecuted wlUi n?it< s mid dispatch and upon Kcafobubltf in*, by !rs. M. D. McDonald. [arch, 12, 1671. " Baker & Confectioner, N Miiln Htreef, next door to J. Kurt's IliKit rnd SIum" Store. rult, Hri tid, I'akfs and Cntidle* to be had nil times, frcHli and nwret. GIVE ME A fci. ntidj-e treated riplit. ARTY-CAKES furnished to order. C. E. BRUCE, Ch S. 1ST0. uiiLicTsciTooL Fum pportionment for the re Bpective School Districts For the Year 1879. W. Prkuin. Ksqm County Trcmurer: ...... w?,r> in o/n?nril?ni't? with thefCfllllni^ nts of tile School Law, I nmkc to you tlio IowIiil' statement of the several aniolinU : of the Public School Fund which T have ixtrtloncd tothc respcctlvc School District! Abbeville County. ,*r. Poli Tax. Two-xim. Tax Totai?. tfSi. 528.35. 8M.3S. 301. 704.55. rv-. aa>.65. raws. 213. .W.Hi) 595.80. 300. <71,90. 771.9Q; 294. 440..VJ, 20a. 4W5.75. 74K.7->, 177. <*} *? 2i i;. IS'J.W). S?7.!?. ) 214. 422.40. C16.40. I 453 1009.30. H62.W. 270. 424.05. HW.O,. i! 371. 532.95. ?O.S6: I 30S 4X5.10. 79S. 10; 387. 49S.no. RS3.30. <?.30. 800-'W. d 4544. 8296.20. 13240.20. rom the above respective nmounU, thfl tool Trustees of the several School Districts 1 deduct ten per cent for expenses of til* t wltf be observed th?t the total School ll(l this year Is less than that of last y?*r nearly S*J*K>?.??0. This is accounted for by reduction In the assessment of real esu?Va '\snkeiy tJhat the Poll-Tax will >? ? hundred dollars more than th? amount ?ted above. If ho, the Trustees will h*v? icly notice. V?ry Respectfully. DAVID CRAWFORD, School Commissioner, A. 07 [arch 25, 1*79. j-Guarilinn please ctT>y< Extra Court. he following order was pawed at tbeEetv ry term of t.'ourt (14th ult.) by bis Honof Igc T, H. Kroner 'ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Abbeville. X THE COURT OK COMMON PLEAS. s* extra term of the Court of Common Pleas for theCwunty of Abbeville to bo len on Wednesday, 2Nd I>ny of Aprfl :t, at 10 o'clock, a. m., for the healing of li causes upon the calendar of said Court, nay be <ft*poaed of without Juries, Is lierijrdcred. T. B. KUASFU, Presiding Judge. : o. * II ffitereMed pnrtle* will takfc du? notlca oof and be In prompt Attendance. Judge ser will preside at the extra term. M. G. ZEIOLKR. Clerk of Court. Clerk's Office, > arch 26, 1879. / Five Cents. lautiful Apjoi*, 5 Cents, at P. Rosenberg's. arch 29; j87'J. ANNOUNCEMENT. ISS RAMEY will on first of April bo found at the Emporium of Hanhlon*, pre-' eil lo cut. fit nnd mitkf- dresses In the latsiylrs. Full lino of Patterns ttn hand, arch 10, lSTS.

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