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1 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, August 6, 1879 The Literary Club. The regular mooting of this cltil> was licli last KriiUv evening ut ( apt. L. \\\ White-! - ' \t P L W. IlCllet, IV*!}., v.... 1 lK'Hruhl Ks<i.,Seo\v. Several visiting gentk ft men were elected honorary members. ],. \\ Perrin, Ksq., being the essayist for the even B Ing, the President asked liim to proceed t< K the reading, .Mr. l'errin tool; for iiis subjec be National Amusements,''and treated it, in ai H elaborate and interesting manner, giving lii history of many of tlie old lirociaii, lloinai and other games of antiquity, and spoke o the ditlbn-Mt games and amusements of th present day, t>oth ln*thls country and else where. He expressed the Idea that all othe Uf nations had what might very properly hi called "national games;" out in Atnerle; Jherc mo national game, from the facl that the people of America wer composed of people from every other nation *nd that no one nationality had sulllcicnl in iluence to impress their peculiar inliucnc ?l?n H'holii Various gentlemen entered into thertlscuj Rion of this interesting subject. Among oth crs, General McGowan spoke of the necc-ssii; of amusements, and expressed regret to so" so little amusement among our people. Al work and no play made Jack a dull boy. II Jillutlt.'d to what Afacauley in Ids History <i Kngland says of the i'uritans, on this sttlj ject: "Public amusements, from the masque which were exhibited at the mansions of tin great down to the wrestling matches am grinning matches on village yreens, were viy orously attacked. One ordinance directei that all the May-poles in Kn^land sliouli forthwith be hewn down. Another proscrlb tsd all theatrical diversions. The play houses were to be dismantled, the spectator* lined, the actors whipped at the cart's tail Itope-daricing, puppet-shows, bowls, horse ...1,1. (Vi.'ti.ll v* urn racing, wen- ivsiuu ? ' lit boar-baiting, then a favorite diversion o liitfli and low, was the abomination whicl most strongly stirred tne wrath of the :iu *tere secretaries. It is to bo remarked tha their antipathy to this sport had nothing it common with the feeling which h?s, in on own time, induced the Legislature to interferi for the purpose of protecting beasts agains the wanton cruelty of men. The l'uritai hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pail to the bear, but brotMC It tjurr plcti.vn r to IJn spectators. Indeed, he generally contrived tt enjoy the double pleasure of tormenting botl spectators and bear.'' -Mr. A. \V. Lynch had but little to add to what had already been said. it seemed tha the essayist hail omitted to enumerate tiu "tournain.nt" in his list of games, ltbeim one which called into exercise knightly gal' lantryand manly effort, deserves to be men Honed, lie had listened with mueh pleasuri to the essay and the discussion Which line: followed, and regretted his inability toatteni our meetings regularly. t'olonel lothran tliouglita just equilibriuti should be observed. It was error to go intc excesses of amusement, and it was equally er roueous to banish all amusements. He gavi Several illustrations which gave force and weight to hisopinions. \V. II. l'arker, Ksq., believed national amusouiouts affected the character of its sub Jects, and thought the essayist would hav< discussed thesubject in mai ngui. .mmwh; tue peculiarities of American amusements hi thought the circus was exclusively Aiueri. Call. \V. C. Benet, Esq., corrected Mr. Parker in the assertion that the circus was exclusively an American institution. H?? had attended *ci reuse* elsewhere, but he would say that tin best circuses were in the United States. Mr. W. A. Templeton was appointed essayist for next meeting, with Dr. il. D. Wilson as ul termite. TllK Amler*on Journal, whose editor has often Riven evidence of genuine humor. ha> this to say in bis last paper: We have frequently had controversies with our contemporaries ttiat were profitable, and have often "enjoyed au exchange of pleasantries with our friends of the press, appreciating; to tlie fullvst their wit and rejiartee, and being able to reprint their remarks adds to the pleasure ; but when one descends to the vulgar, inelegant and disrespectful in an elfbrt to be smart we can only consider ourseves "out." Mkssrs. PkBruhi, and McKi.koxf. will \;liuih swords In the Jackson Literary Society ^Saturday week on tlie subject, "Is there mort to be ad mi re-i than condemned ill the char nvcter of tju-en Elizabeth ?" The election ol o'.licersat the last meeting resulted as folViws: T. P. Cothraii. President: J. s. Perrin, VicePresident; Patterson Waruiaw. Secretary: James Chalmers, Treasurer, M. P. JDoBruhi Librarian; Melvin Winstock,Censor. Thk Penny-Reading club held their last rr.eetlug at Mrs. Norwood's last Thursday night. Among tlie visiting gentlemen pres''flit were Major Hugh S. Thompson. I?r.Miles, Mr. Ancruin, A. W. Lynch, Esq., Prof. Mar chant. Col. 1>. W. Aiken, Dr. (Jrk'r and Prof, Hood, the last two of wliom mvorea me ciui by reading some choice selections. The pen ny-rcadingR are indeed pleasant, and well attended hy our citizens. Tn v' Sunday school celebration look place nt (Jilgai last Friday. !S. C. Cason, Esq., war orator of the <iay. lie gave some wholesome ?<Ivise to all both young tind old. Kvn:-ybod\ Whs pleased. Three hundred persons wer< present. )>r. Edwards of J)ue West, exorcised his class in singing, to tlie delight of all. A beautiful pic nie dinner .was served to all. llev. Mr.?itiey spoke la the afternoon. Ouapkk.?None of your pour snipes, not withered grapes, nor green grapes, but grape? of the sweetest sort. fronr^Uesweetest hands, at t lie promptingsof the sweetest little heart "That e'er the sun light, fell upon." That's thekindot juicy, pulpy products of the vine that we are talklngaboiit.nnd is the ltisclous fruit upon which we have been luxuriating for the'past week-. To the lair little donor we would say, "Here's my heart, take and seal It," Ac. Rktitunki).?Mrsv > ?. M. VV'ardhiw, I>. A, Ward law, J. L. Wardlaw, W. T. Magill. William Whorton, Samuel Wborton, .lame? SViison have just returnded from l!a!d Mountain and Tabie Hock-. They were gone twe weeks,and had a pleasant tri;% KOli GltKKXVILLK AND MEAN.? Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Chaitnfcrs, Mr. Lewis Ilainey. Miss Jane Kaincy, Miss Aylett Chalmers. Miss (,'elia ("haliners and Mr. Janice Chalmers expectto start /or Greenville and Ctesar's Head to-tnori'ow-. THKPlc nic at Clear Sprinjjs Inst Satnrda.v was a flash on account of the rain, two tiddlers and a half-a-dozen small boys composed the party and as there is generally very little grub in such constituents the meeting adjourned riw (lie. Miss Ivy Pkkkix. one of our most charm lng young ladies now on u visu to .miss lie Glbert in the Bordeaux settlement. A brilliant success attended tlx; exhibition glv? n by ttie ladies in that neighborhood last wecu, Miss Gussik Ilooii one of into West's inosi intellectual and accomplished young ladies i> on a visit to her recent co-graduate of the Ke male College at Due West, .Miss Addle Lowry, in the lower part of the county. Mk. El'okxk Wilson returned from Ala batna yesterday evening. .Mr. Wilson Is oni of our best young men, and is deservedly popular. Ky energy and strict atteutiou u business he will succeed In life. Professor and M us. Lowry arid Mr. Pel den Kennedy passed through Abbeville las! Thursday on their way to Lcwlsvllle. llev. <"alvln l'ressly and his family accompanied them as far as Long Cane. Dk. J. B. Auger preached at Due Wesi last Sunday night on the subject of the "As1 tension of the Saviour." An excellent ser inon. He is helping Rev. Mr. l'carson al Greenville tbis week. Mr. Wilijk McGowan we hear Is qniti Unwell tip at Cashier's Valley. Too liiucl seining was the cause of it We hope there i! not hing serious. Abbeville is the pla^e foi health after all. Col,. R. II. Temple, the newly appointed Superintendent of the <}, & C. H. It., took con trol of the Road yesterday. Major Huge: took charge as Freight Agent on the 5th in slant. Seven prisoners are now lu the Abbevill. jail. Two for burglary, two for larceny o roasting ears. The others arc serving ou sentences from Trial Justices courts. Miss Katie Patton, of Due West, am Miss Sallie Wldeman, of Long Cane, went ti "Winnsboro last week. After a few days Mis Patton will go to King's Mountain. Rev. T. M. Galphjn Is expected to pas through hereabout the l*th on his way bad 1o Louisville where he will continue his thee logical researches. Mns. J. M. Dyson* died fit. her husband' home near Ninety-Six, hist Friday, I6ivini;i husband and Ave small children to mouri her death. TiiEdwwein the Allen ease which wa heard before Judijc Fraser at the Fcbruar, term has been tiled in the Clerk'soflicp. Mi?i Ivy Perrin and Miss Mclver, wh have been on a visit Miss Sallie Gibcrt <j Bordeaux are expected home to-day. Colonel Jok Thomson has finished dig glng a well for Mr. Harvey Wilson. The Col onel Is a splendid well dinner. The Immortal "O. P. H." was In town o Saleday hist and looks smiling over the prot pucts after the tine rains; Mr. Andrew Watt of Mountain Viewhas the finest barlfey seed, wbl'ch he oll'f rs i"o sale at the lowest prices. 2t General McGowan left last. Monday fo WhiteSuipherSprins.s, Virginia, where h will spend two weeks. Lambert Jones, Esq., of xcwherry, wn In town last Sunday, vlsltlug his daughtei Mrs. L. W. White. Mrs. Frost, of Charleston, is on a visit t< her father, Dr. E. Parker, of Abbeville, Wli Is quite sick. Mrs. Patton, of Newberry, spent last wee! with her brother, Rev. W. M. Pressley, o Due West. Miss Rebecca WinstocK; of Charleston, i ol> a visit to her sister, Mrs. Vlsanska, of At bevllle. Mr. Richard Hill's bugjry horse ra aw.iv last Friday. A brdkeil shaft the re rpltT Mr. L. ti. or^FiNleft Abbeville Inst Mot day for Virginia, where he bxpeets tostiil stw rights. Misa MoRSfc of Alabama, Is In Abbeville o a Alslt to her grandfather, Mf. John While* Rkv. W. M: Pressi?y will preach at Unlo Academy hear Level Land, next Sunday; "Mn. KtTRTZhas a bone felon In the palm c the hand And Is Compelled to quit Work; Mrs. Djii Bo^xeb Is in CharlottC. Th Doctor will go there this week. Mr. A. M. Aikex, sy stirring man of GrCei wood was lri to\Vri Monday. Mr. W. Joel Smith arid family will lcav o-day for Asheviile, N. (': Br. WiiiSo?* went to Greenwood vestcrda on professional business. II. C. Collier. Esq., of Atlanta, is oh a vli it to friends In toWh. .MISS hirFIE 1'KBSSI.Y, IS visaing rviuuw on Long Canb. Dk. PajIkkk Is sick. Its Prtstiico Always Delights Us* [Lancaster Jlevirtv.] ACCEITKI).?The amenitc honorable of on esteemed cOhteruporay, the I'rcxt and fianne for Its absence is accepted. Its presence a ways delight ns; for it contains more read in if mutter than any other of our country ej changes. The helstnnn, too, Is clear hemic and writes with directness. May its lianru. ever wave. Greenwood Notes and Comments. |j BY QUID XUSC. It iscnongh to soften the heart of the J _ implacable oftii-ial to be compelled to pass: sentence upon n dirty negro lor stealing soap.. | Kuril was ttif anomalous position ill which I Judge Tarrant found himself Saturday. The i j testimony developed the fact that several [J boxes ot lye with a lot of s soap were lilehed i at some time from J. H.Oldham'* store. This ) 0111111 verous iiieonsisteiiey?stealing theprin-J [?i pal and iuctor?did not by any means invite: V i official leniency, so he was sent tip for thirty j days. *' j Wo areglad to lcnow that the little child ofj llev, Mr. .smart is in u lair way to rapidly re-. '* cover. I' I?trge numbers will attend tlie mass meet-1 'l ing; :ii Ninety-six on the 7th instant, for the 'j promotion and advancement. of educational e interests. Ii is gratifying to note the interest I '' manifested hy the general public in enter- h I j prises of this character. Ninety-Six deserves t( v I dUt i trellis lied credit for thus gallantly lead- i' * j ing oil'in so noble and worthy a movement. " r It is only by the m<itual exchange of though) d jatui the counsel of men of ability, experience !' II j and mature scholarship that we may expect '1 lo have these interests safely guarded, the ri e populace aroused lo a proper appreciation of " their magnitude and tiioir essential identity I" '*! with good institutions recognized. u L' Kev. Mr. Smart, former pastor of the Moth- " odist church, spenta short time in town last " !* week. o 7 Numbers of drummers are beginning to ju^t " >' in appearance, representing various branches w of trade. s' 1 The rains have been general and copious, ci l" ii?,i; viirorous and luxuri- ' '' ant. 11 '* The farmer who does not now plant plentl" fully >>r those crops which may yet be produc- J1 [" cd. such as pwis, turiups, millet and corn for- 11 1 I age, thus curtailing the drain oil the corn r i crib justly deserves to be called thriftless and J*. ; I improvident. 1 The hot weather has taken the starch and w " energy out of a great many stalwarts, who *{ " hang around the ragged edges of the shade, 11 * playing drafts dexterously plying the jack- [I1 * knife, or discharging the whole duty of man. 11 " analyzing their neighbor's character. ; The council has wisely interdicted the prac- ' ' tied if bathing in the railroad tank. It was J 1 ' not only an indecent practice,the bathers, as " * alleged, freijuently resorting tt? the place be- J'j 1 I fore t hose residing adjacently had retired, but I is a tlaurant infringement on the rightsof the J'1 r ! company, which the town authorities should j for many reasons feel bound to protect. We '' I referred to this matter several weeks since, _ ! ! but thcuuthoritles arc disposed to be extreme tv II in the exercise of their legal power. !'i A lot of clothing for the convicts employed j1; ' on the Green wood and Augusta Kail road, has I been recently made up here under the direc- j'1 tion of the managers. ! Municipal ordinances pasted up by autliori- '" J ty of the council were torn down and adviso'r ry notices couched ill obscene and oll'cnsive " ' j language substituted. This action was no ' j iloubt provoked by strictures on the conduct t-' ' | of a few hot-spurs whoscdcporlmeutdemnuded otlicial cognizance. ! j Now that farm labor is' nearly over, mer- n( II cantile interests stagnant, the professions at CI law ebb, in fact, nothing in any direction ' I profitable to be doing, there is actually some ' j talk of devoting tills protitless leisure to the q, ' service of God?oven n revival is thought of. w - Theabundant rains, notwitnslanding other p| I dlsnsters that may be apprehended, have in- [n II fused the farmers with new energy. Under i the austere vicissitudes of the few past years M they have certainly become the most patient m . | and philosophical of men. bearing adversities r(J with unbounded roriitudc anu imuroKi-n hi ergy, receiving blessings anil prosperity with j,', ' gratitude anil humility. w A sneak thief visited the poultry yard of (; | Mrs. Capt. Waller, for the purpose of purloin- m | ing a splendid gobbler that perched low, but [V ; his turkey ship, objected and he compromised ! by taking his tail, where upon the gobbler so w liloquizcd. lie tliat steals my head, steals nf ' trash. Hut he who tllchos from me my ac 1 handsome tail, takes that which enriches him not, but makes me ugly indeed. pt While as a whole the citizens of Greenwood } aie not surpassed by any town in industry, v.i Intel iigence and honesty, yet in some very fj | important tilings, they show a culeapahle de- \ t grec of apathy. No town has a brighter fu- of ture.yet!f she supinely folds her arms and |e ! waits lor a spontaneous in Mux of treasure and to j prosperity, her poverty and dwarfed propbr- J-,, i; iions will he monuments of her indolence. :;ller climate, inhabitants, tine educational ,n . sites, orthodox society, good market, enter- sj, , prising merchants?all should be advertised. j1( The ltev. A. W. Lamar, agent S'ate Mission | Hoard, will preach in- Greenwood Daptist ! Church next .-uuday at 11a. m. and 8 p. in. I The pews in the Iiaptist Church undergoing i renovation will be ready for use by thai r.. I lime. \y, r ltev. II. C. Smart will commence a meeting i <n at Ninety-Six on Thursday next,-which will !l( ! probably lie continued for several days. !tJ ; Apropos of the fence law -- A Newberry ,] niaa's lields were lirok?'ii into by thirty odd j,j hogs belonging to a neighbor. The t respassers j , i were impounded and the owner notiilcd. | He ignored the notification and allowed thetii ,|, .' tocoinc to sale, when they were bought in by m ! (lie injured farmer in self-defense. In a shorl Sl |i time the hogs resumed their nomadic |*oclivities, breaking down fences and returning to m( | their old home, remorselessly invading corn- S!1 .! lields and garden, and they were again thrown s(] . j into the pen and bought in by the original j proprietor. He congratulates himself on get I titig even WIUI Ills menu oy mis loriunati; ieJ |prisal. 1 j A shrewd rus? was adopted by Mr. Voo who ; j doesn't believe t he fence law applies lo gouts, ' 1 whieh nothing short of ;i Chinese wall could v 'slop. A colored 111:111 had put Hp two of the*e ' vagrant fellows worth about SI.VJ and asked twice the amount for their redemption. Mr. 1 Yoe reported that his gouts h:id been stolen, '7 ami knowing the party that had them in j dump, he intended to prosecute him forthi with if thcanlmals Were not returned. The , negro walked five miles that day, returned , the goats ami was willing to eomnound on j tlie most favoraule terms. Thus the fence ;j law is a most admirable one, working well in > j all its ra 111 ilications. The cotton crop isscrionsly threatened with : rust,some tleldsbeing already blighted and f., the prospects of anything like a fair yield destroyed. The forms are also rapidly shedding from the stock rely 111c on the probabi lilies of 1 a second growth, which is liable to bo over- tli , taken by the frost. fo ' ?ws Front Ninety Six. ,V,' [From our own CVrrespiiiuleiit.] * N Ninktv Six, S. C'., August 4, 1S79. Editor* I'rcss mut Urtmicr: lii : On last Thursduy, Laurens and Abbeville ie I united together and gave a big barbecue at in liozeman's Mill tor the purpose of getting ?( everybody together to consult about the m . j mailer of buiiUing a "Free J.ritlge" across jh II rsiiuda river at mat place. A large crowd hi . were in attendance, speeches were delivered tli by County Commissioner, U. M. Mattison, Tl luvoring iliesciivme. lie Said iliut it whs ri niucii needed by botb couuties.aiid should be If ] built and could be built at a Ut\ of of a mill (Y> ' | on each county, lie said mat a iirst ctass w biidge could be built tor $.MiO at Iliat place, ai I Mr. Ltceuiaii, County CommU-.ioner of Lau- ri 1 11 reus, was next, called upon, ite came forward - and said Unit Cup I. Mat Usuii bail spoicn all sa ' thai was nccessary, and that lie agreed with "j ' him, that the bridge was a necessity and sv > 1 should be built. Capt. Mcriowan and others tli spoke lavoiing it. Let the mailer be referred Tl j to the County Commissioners of bo tli coun- fi< > ties alia we ure sniisneu mai we snau soon j have u "Free Bridge" across Pallida. 01 > Heavy rains have fallen throughout this pi section ami from what we can learn from lar- en I mers generally, plenty will be made to T1 pay all expenses tins year. Most of our far- hi ' mers have wheat and oats a plenty, and more Tl I corn will be made than was expected. 0< Miss l.izze Orchard ol Columoia, is visiting tb the family of Col. T. C. l.lpscou.b. al ' Ninety-Six has just relieved herself of a tl hard case, Bob iiomtield, colored, wlio be- rn lieved that bacon was too high at 7 cents a si ^ pouud, and so he tried his hand at hog steal- le ing from Col. \V. U. Hic'e. Suspicion pointed, 911 j at LJob. lie was arrested, tried, and louiid rc 1 guilty,sent by Trial Justice Uodgus to juil to ! await the next session of court. fc We were pleased to see our elllclent County ir Commissioner, Capt. <i. M. Matu&ou, in (own ii last Thursday-. Preparations arc actively going 011 for the tl ' mass meeting to be held here on Thursday, tl The 1'rats unUJiurtmr shall iiaveafull account st next week. s An election is being held here to day for h ?1 two wardens, to liil places of Mr. 1?. L. Bryan c ' who has moved away and Mr. II. It; Turner s 1 resigned-. X. Y, Z. ni Gkekxwood, S. C., July 31,1S79. s Jidihrt Frew and Jiuimcr-: ' 1 send you the ages of twenty-seven in . number of the white citizens of Urceuwood, .1 s over sixty years. I would give the name 01 >. : each, with age annexed, but for some spright i- ly widows and widowers nnio>i? tliciu, wlioljj ure getting tired of living in single blessed- }! s ness and illicit thereby have their matrnuo- . x niul prospectsfrustrated. i If iliu longevity of lis citizens is a Just eri- " terion, by which to Judge of the hcalthfulncss ^ . of a place, Greenwood will compare lavora^ bly with any town In the .StutG of the same V ? number of inhabitant*-. J would here remark too, that none of tlie^e. are transient o citizens,and with the exception of oncortwo, . if have lived in the place from ten to forty }> years. 1 One Si years old. One 7!i years old. Two.. i%. 7S years old. _ One 70 years old. v . One 75 years old. *" Olio 74 years old. u Two 73 yearn old; v , Two 7- years old. ti r Three 7(1 ycArs old. fi One .'. O'J years old. y r Two ?s yeni* old. < e Three 07 years old. t One ; Go years old. ii Two.: 01 years old. I * Two o:t years old. o *' Two.... 02 years old. v One 01 years old. li r> One 00 years old. ? o Please give this an Insertion In your paper f< (f you think your readers feel any interest in i fi l, | such things. Vours respectfully, 11 f K. li. CALHOUN; 1 11? i | a s Largo quantities of new cross-ties arc bolus! r '* t Rotten tiud placed along the Blue Itidgc ltail- J v road from \valhalia to Anderson. The ll'?/.' i ? n ! htil'a (Jourier suggests that olio hour's tlinv be- 0 ; ?wo..n WnlbulIn and Anderson could be sav- 11 ed If the road-bed of this road was put in a f , lirst-elass condition as it Ought to be. Two 0 J I hours and ten minutes is the time allow.id ? | for running between these two points, a dis- n tance of 34 miles! Think of It [?Anderson ? n j Journal. n It Is aremarkable fact, not hitherto known, " I that the sun never sets on the territory of the i United States. As its last rays gild the Aleu)f | tien Islands in the west, and warn the fisher- ? 'man U> pull his boat ashore, the morning i] e j dawn sees the wood chopper in Maine begin-!' I nlng to make tt?s woods echo with the stir-]" ring music of ms axe. 5 i-j if Kkad the little story in another column, of a ? how a poor girl was courted, educated and t | married and fell an heir to a hundred thou- i ! wmii itoiiiirs. , >' g?????? 111 1 <] Don't JB<?e Deceived i ?BUT COMB AND? !j ' LOOK FOR YOURSELVES:; A1 T the longllst of desirable and useful ar-|t ttcleS to be sold at greatly reduced prices ! I j Worsteds ^orth 10 cents marked down to 25. . u Worsteds worth 30 cents marked down to 20. j ? Worsteds worth 23 cents marked down to IS. ' , I Worsteds worth 20 cents marked down to 15. *' j Now is the time to get bargains. :-\ ?B-TEUMS CASH. j rj K. M. Haddon & Co. [ j July2,IsT'J. o i [iOn^strect on the War. ^ O i the i ("mil LX INTERESTING TALK WITH THE n.tu (JAI.LANT OLI> SOLDIER. I tro;, by n L Frank Criticism of Military Men ami: mad of the Operations on Both Sides-- j J,1,'"/ IVhv the South was IJeaten Too! ,,si,c * ever Much Individuality in the Ranks and then Inellicieiicy at Richmond?His I'sli- {'""j mate of Lee, .Johnston and Grant? '''i""1 , . Wild Some Stirring Reminiscences. that [Letter to the PhU'i'Mphia Times.] 'ViTm Oaixksvim.k, <Ja.. July li).?rr you should In,.M' appen totlnd yoursHfln this little mountain >wn?and you could not well find yourself! si<le, 1 a cooler plac?ai.d you were to drop in : t. 'rhci 10 dingy postotlici?and you could not well j rop in at a dingier one?you would, in all OI)).( rolialiilitv, meet with a surprise when you ! ;?|^<>h n|tiirc(l for your letters. Instead of the hur- ikiiii cd, pert and iiniuisitivoappnrition that pops n,,. f p at the call-hole of the average country | .,|,01i itstolliec, when a strange voice is heard, you 1 eapti ould he confronted with a deliberate ami j t.,j oble face. Through the little window you j ouid see a la rue. well-shaped head, a l?:*ir! As M I' bravo. frank gray eyes, a strong, expressive tliut louth. massive jaws, silken moustache and ] ?s hislcersalmost as whiteand worn as Hum- j,a,|, <les, the whole tine In tone and fibre, aristo- tlieii atlc In every detail,and carrying a singular npresslon of power and dignity, you would lvn be looking Into the eyes of the mostae- "'W >:npllshed soldlerxm the Southern side of I Sout ic late war, the man that led the Southern! oops in the first real baltleof that gigantic j John rugirle, Lee's most trusted and host oved j pllsli eutenant, the "bull dog" of the Army oliduee irginia ? (Sen. James J.ongstreet. Von cord mill \i-ateh him with interest, remark hisjderfi liking likeness to King William of Prussia, | 1 <!<> mule him for liis courteous reply to your in- hantl itiries, ami then stei> out, and inquire aboutj paigi im. i deep (Jen. Longstreetis a Georgian. It is true | sonn lat lie was born just across the line in South | on <:< urolitia. l>ut his family i? OJeorgian and Ills quai nine has been In Georgia. The liongstreets woul nve always been considerable people of in- had lllgencc and authority. They have been tiint stingulshed In the pulpit, on t he bench and Pick i letters, .Judge I/ongstrcet Is the author of the I ' the "Georgia Scenes,"' the best character dltln icteh book probably ever produced in this the \ iiiutry. (Jen. f.ongstrcct was born In 1*20, drive id entered tin: West Point Academy when Gem was IS years of age. In 1S4U lie gradua- of m d and entered the army, lie served with men stinetion in the Mexican warand won two if he wet promotions, lie was made captain for ham' rallant comftict" after the battle of Churu- souli iseo, breveted major for gallantry at El ordii olino del Hey, and was "distinguished" in turb en. Scott'."?>Kleial report of the assault on Lee n licpultcpec. his 11 A MAN Iiottx A SOLIIIKi:. wftHI It will l>o seen, therefore, that lie has had mam ntliing but military training and no expert- ?\v ice save that gained on the battlefield or in Xort imp. lie is a soldier by instinct, education, -G: net ice and habit. There is no man whose posst ii ii ions on t he conduct of the war have more ' Itself eight with thoughtful and competent peo- skilll e. Of unusually strong, broad mind, hav-lavon g devoted his leisure to the study of war as j neve science and his business hours to the pros- extni :utIon of war as a fact, being so tl oroughly lie u ilitarv in his habits that the soldier always trath ise above the partisan, and gave him clear- stucli cd rather than jaundiced vision, his opin-1 conei nsare entitled to weight. lieyond this he ergie as the most intimate friend, probably, that terril en. Lee ever had, and he had the luck, or strati ! luck.of being the chief actor in at least nothl .o of the decisive battles of the war. hand I had the pleasure of a long and easy talk ami 1 itliGcu. Longstreet concerning the conduct bcl'or the war?its decisive battles, its leading "W :tors. Its blunders and Its brilliant points. war? Said (Jen. Longstrcet, erect, military ami "Gi eelse in his manner, but courteous always* tcndi was paymaster in the United States Army anyv hen the trouble between the States began. | men had the rank of major and was stationed at' that i ew Mexico. I viewed from my distantpointl were Observation the agitation of the Southern | chart sulci's with impatience. I was devoted i on u~ the Union and failed to' see any cause I ilno i r breaking it up. When secession was j chars 'coniplislu'd, I iield on. I had deter-1 a vol ined to remain where I was if scces,! battl in was peacefully accomplished, of which* j drov< iwcver, 1 had little hope. My relatives in theN i-oruia wrote me urgently to come on at sion ice, saying that'all the good offices were serve in;'taken up." I replied that if there wasjeoun1 (Ins? to lie any war it. would last lor several! qt,fr< jars, and that in that time every soldier the b ould find his level, and so that I? mattered and | tile whether he commenced at the top or |ul Jo; (ttom. At length Sumter was tired upon, with id then I knew that war was inevitable,! fore t id felt that, my place was with my peo-jdoui c. I rositrm-d my position and came home. J anyl; ivas at once made brigadier-general, and ij ay say that I led the Southern troops in'* , e'lirstbattle they ever fought, and cornnnded in the first field of victory that, the nihern tiajr ever lloated over. 'I his was t he '* S^tir at. i'.lackbnrn's Ford, usually known as were ill lUin. Tyler attempted to force a pas- close sic. but. tny brigade repulsed him hand- wt'ck inr'y." I mo>;t ' Were you tnueh elated over this victory ?" | 1,1'c " "I was proud of it. of eourse, l>ut I diii "not 'dm in in the wild delight that followed it. 11 ?vcr hail any doubt, that onr people would Menu nkc co<)d th:ht< rs, but I knew that, the issue day, nst at last be put upon organization. Indi- "ll dual bravery amounts to nothing In a pro- once acted w.t. Kvcrything depends upon with ganization. As I feared it would he, the <-vt>C. aillu rn armies were never properly organi-1 until d or disciplined. The Northern armies men ere moved like machines and handled like gene; achincs. A spring was touched, I lie whole ?ecs ass moved regularly and promptly. 'With us was I wa? di(itrent. There never was a better retro my than thearmyof Virginia.but it lacked for h ic machine-like harmony of the Northern been mles. We had t'?> much individuality in Oenc ic ranks and inefficiency at Richmond. Thej 'V'pJ ivernment, was to blame, I think, for the liles ck of organization." ^/"V vai.ok ok the Ttioni's. ami I "Did the Southern troops display morcvalor the r an the Northern troops?" blooi "I cannot say that they did. As I snld be- s:tte re. individual bravery amounts to very lit- pi-op j in a bat tle. Men must be fought in blocks man id masses, just as parts of a machine, cove: early everything depends upon the corn- /ant? under. If the men have confidence in him cut t id in bis movements, they will stand by m to the end. They will actually come ti? | nml 1 pi safer In following liiin. no matter where ?-|ptc; i> h-ads, limit in breakingawity from ltltti. A e<|iui >nd general can take an army of Chinamen i jjiusl id whip an army of Knglishmen. II the latter | how Improperly littn<ll?*<l.' Xo matter how j i-ned ave men arc. tlu-y will not fhiht if they feel ({en. lat they an- In doubifui and unskilful hands. ?,iei) ills principle explains the wonderful viclo- n or< esof the 1-Yench under the first Napoleon, awfli n eeneral can only inspire his men with lliej elatt elliiK that iiu knows what he is about, he I jcuwi ill have good lighters. lie eatv put them I strea lywhere on any lield, and in the face of any tvhei ! I and i "I was once dinimr with Horace fireelcy," I i,c. w id the <ifctieral, becoming a bit discursive, nndi tnd he asked me if it was not necessary toj mum rear at your men and 'whoop them tin,' sis, stnnt le saying noes. 1 replied that 1 thought not. I |)Um (tore is nothing 1 i k e q u ie,t a ssu ra n ce rinrl con- c<i?rn letiee. A general need never be noisy, and I 0j- th think quiet troops are the best lighters. I > reml ice sent out a brigade to occupy a certain ! Wnu! tint. As it was mounting n little crost, it-1 inrik mie full upon immense masses of Federals, thep lie men were panic-stricken, and thought I >If y< td madea mistake In ordering them forward ,if liey baited irresolute, and then dropped rVad iwn upon the ground. It was Important. t*<*itc lat they should advance and make a feint, unco .least. I. therefore, rode quietly through that icir ranks, on to the crest, and there halting |J(J w ly horse, adjusted my glasses and calmly p|tn irveyed the scene In front. I turned care- f,kw ssly around, and hs I expected, there was 5ran tV brigade at my back, every matt in position r()nf< sidy for anything?confident and assured. t'tiiii "Hut were nv>t the Southern troops, in de- nwj,j tiding their own soil, inspired by stronger <p(rj lotives than the Northern troops, who were ] ,V'-re itruders?" d'tsb 'I think iiTJt. Tlie sentiment In favor of ii. ITiiimi .'nut the memories that elillir about i .i'.i ... 10 old llac wore just as strong, if not | vnti<> ronger, Mian tlie love of the soil of tlie: tatesand the feeling aroused in defending jj, f>ines. There were thousands of men in very .State who turned against tiieir native y1L.y lates in deference to this love of the Union, or ej, nd joined wit h the Federals in invadidg their tlt! v urn homes. It is impossible to over-estimate e]h'ev ie love that the Federals had for the Union hayu ud tlieold flag. It was a love that was Mini itli the Revolution and cemented with the|$?t c lood of our fathers. I remembered myself j, iat after the iiattlo of Chattanooga Men. reckenrldire made a speech congratulating {,,, j,J is men at being able for theflrsttlmc in their j . j, V(-s to sleep on the battlefield, and he said lal they had to thank me for it. The next .y tll ay some one remarked that I must feel very i loud of this. I replied t hat the war and all mnected with it filled me with inexpressible sl?pV idness, and that I felt Justas if I was being ongrauilalod over whippingmy own brother. { .,i(, he truth is, the soldiers on both sides wore eortJ erved by lolly and desperate emotions, and |j knew from the first that there would lie ?Y, 1 eioism displayed by both armies, and that u.rol lie struggle must be prolonged and strcnuus-" conn TUB DECISIVE I5ATTI.ES. Cf'llS' "What were tlie decisive battles of the of w . nrV" J'01" "It is my opinion that we were whipped not, . lien we failed at Gettysburg. After that. Kjf ' re nail oniy n cnuinT, .incr jsragg ? iiinure ! r> follow up the advantage at Chattanooga I novt iltthatonlya miracle could save us, and B'M ou kno'v a soldier does not rely to any great siJcc xtent oh miracles. You see, as regards Cet- in*ysburg, we had staked a great, deal on the Pr'C uvasion of which it was the turning point. I'M v t had bren decided that we must make au AS ft fl'cnsive campaign. I did not favor the In- way aslon of Pennsylvania. My idea was to rfcve iurry the army, then concentrating at Jack- tp 'd mi, for the purpose of succoring Vicksburg, sliba >rward t?t 1 tillahoma, where lJragg was con- i routing l'oscerans. and to send my corps to p lie sqese point. With these combined forces losct'J^s might have been easily crushed. ' ^ ml wSTii our grand army we could have wept through Tennessee and Kentucky and J]', lierecdOhlo. By sending this great force. -J . i ltli prestige of victory, through Tennessee J, ' n<l Kentucky we would have won over both f, f those doubtful States. I found, however, ' "V hat Oon. Leo had his head very much set 011 nvading Pennsylvania. I agreed to his plans. nly making olio point, viz: That, we should icveh attack the I-cdemls, but force them to , tUu'k us. I rehiembcred Jackson's saying: ? We sometimes fait to drive tlie enemy from h 't position. Thty always fall to drive us." TJIK SOUTH 1SKATEN AT GKTTY.SBUKG. laVii "The invasloh was made. Its wise plan was sent hanged by tlib battle or Gettysburg and we ship irere forced back across the river. I felt then the hat we were beaten. I considered it simply nos i question or time, unce alter mis was mere f;"' l chance (a bare chance) Of saving the Con- of c< ederacy. This was alter the battle of Chick- prt'f mauga, whlcji was in many respects the most com >rliliant victory of the war. The enemy was i" 1' uore thoroughly put to rout here than before t'JI,! >r since, ir tiiere ever was. an occasion that tile lemanded pursuit pell-mell this was the tiirie Ia 'lie Federals were rustling back on Chntta- pnij Kioga In the utmost confusion. It was a1 lira) iright moonlightnightand our people we're Arm nxious lo pursue. Wo might actually Alb uive entered Chattanooga with tho llylfig ball 'ederalsand tiius recovered the key to Citor-: the la and East Tennessee, tJeu. Hragg declined pra; o follow lip his advantage. The enemy ml- S*he ied, reformed, and Brjurg was driven back to 1 ' is >llssionary ltidge. 1 had a talk with Mr. tillc Javis short lyaflcr Chlekuniauga. I told hiiti <>' hat there was nohopufoathe triumph or our tail urns. JJe was very much discounted, and ng Inally grvw pelulent. Jle said he never re- <1 is[ nembered having seen such a movement as u ti i proposed at Chiekamauga. I replied that If <i ric iis memory would carry him as far back a.< t he tlrst Manassas he would see such a move- a dv ueut. He replied very tartly, and we bad he c sharp words. These were arranged, ever, aiul we parted on good terms." on say, (Jcneral, that organization wstt ileflciency of the military system of the fcderacy. What was the Jaultof Its ojieais?" hietiy tills?the failure to concentrate ps. The government., moveri doubtless desire to protect our soil as much as poskept our troops scattered, and thus e them incllleient. There was scarcely a j when we had a really _-arnd army at any point. The policy or the Federals, and chilly <!en. (iranl's policy, was to mass ything available at one simile point, and ilrivestralirhtet it. Of course our govuent disliked to h-ave any section of the ederacy at I lie mercy of tin; federals, 'efore our men were scattered over our le extent of territory. ! do not think our best generals even comprehended necessity of concentration of forces. relied too much on the vnlor of their They seemed to forget that where [, cautious generals commanded on each numbers must triiiinpii over valor, e was a notable instanceof this at Fort nelson. (Jen. Albert Sidney Johnston. >f the loftiest souls that ever lived, had it. men. Of this force lo.OOl) were at nelson. l.*?,'KMi at Col uin bus a ltd 15,000 in rout of liuell. Grant. lisvlng a force ot t :;h.i'.hj men, foil upon Donnelson and ured It. Had Johnson either concentratis force sat honnelson or in frontof iineli iniii have crushed either Grant orBit-H. was, Gen. Grant told me afterwards he was as badly whipped at. Donnelson ie Confederates were, if the Confederates nnly known it and been able to act upon knowledge." JOE JOHNSTON THE BKST OENF.UAL. 'ho do you think the best general on the hcrnsideof the war?" am inclined to think that Gen. .Toe iston was the ablest and mast accomed man the Confederate armies ever pro-! d. He never had the opportunity aeed to many others, but he showed wonil powcrasa tactician and ft eonitnauder. not think that, we had his equal for llingan army and conducting a cainii. Gen. Lee was a treat leader?wise, and sagacious. Ifis moral influence was . thing wonderful, Hut lie lost his poise Ttain occasions. No one who is acntod with the facts can believe that, he Id have fought the battle of Gettysburg he not been under great excitement or lie would have ordered the sacrifice of ell and his Virginians on the day after mule; He Haiti to me afterwards, 'Why 't you stop all that tiling that day ?' At Vililcrness, when our lines hail been n in, and i was Juki getting 10 me man, ral l.ee put himself at the head of one y brigades, mid leading it into action my pressed him back, and I said to liim that would leave my command in my own Is I would reform his. lines. Ills preat ose masterful within him when a crisis saster threatened. This tended to dishis admiral equipoise. I loved (iene-al is a brother while he lived and I revere leinory. lie was a great man, a horn <r, a wise general, but I liiink Johnston he mostaceomnlishcd and capable cornier that we hau." ho was the greatest general on the hern side?" rant?incomparably the greatest. Ho ssed an Individuality that impressed! ' upon all that lie did. McClellan was a | ,rul engineer, but never rose above the ! ige. conclusions of hiscouncil. Sherman | r fought a great battle, and displayed no lordinary power, llut Grant was great, nderstood tiie terrible power of eoncen>11 and persistency. How stubbornly he : to V'icksburg and to Ulchmoud. lie ^ntrated'ali liisstrength, trained his en-i s to a. single purpose, and then delivered 3le sledge hammer blows against which t-gy and tactics and valor could gavail itiir. He knew that, majorities properly led must triumph in war as in politics, le always gathered his resource together e striking:" hat was the most desperate battle of the Jttysburg?as far as my observation cx d. There lie , er was any fighting done here to surpass the battle made by my oil the2d of July. 1 led 12,(MO men into charge. Over one-third of this number killed or wounded. These veterans fed the whole Federal army, entrenched crest, harassed on eaeii Hank until the ? (? Ktri'tehed. and at last I found myself ;l?g 50,000 entrenched men In thefuen of caiioof artillery, with a single line of l\ My two divisions encountered ami shack the Third Corps,the Fifth Corps, Ixih Corps, the Second Corps, one ill viol' tlie Twelth ami Pennsylvania lies. As they broke line after line llicy entered new ones and telt the steady shock :xh troops; The Federals contend that ulk of l>ee's army was in this charge, jut the strength of Hie attacking column iMi) men. when it was only my l-.ow, 2,0110 of these knocked out of ranks bell ey had hardly started up t he siopc. J it think ttie records of the war win show liing to approach tins work." THE SlTllUENDKK AT APPOMATTOX. id yoil agree with Lee as to the necessity c surrender at Appomattox?'' lid. For some time J had felt that we lightingugainst hope. I kept my lipsj d ami fought ahead in silence. For the . preceding the surrender I fought ulwithdulcensing. I was covering (Sen. ; retreat, while Gordon opened a way for in front; I had Field's division, all that I left. The Federals pre.-svd upon us re-] essiy and we lei I back, righting night and | inch by inch, covering the slow retreat ir wagon trains. Our lines were never broken or disurdeeed. My men fought the tliK-st regularity and'heroism. W'lierI placed a brigade, tliere it would stand. 1 ordered it away. _< I was umon^ my constantly, so that [ Knew nine 01 uio> rul situation. Early in tlie niorningGcn. I 'ent forme, i?nd 1 atoiiee went toliiin. He in drop Coilet-ni, He stilted tome that his nt had been cut off and it was Impossible ini to escape from tlie circle that had drawn about him. 'If that is the case, iral,' I replied, 'you should surrender the \ if escape Is impossible, not another hduId he sacrificed.1 Gen. Lee then bo0 talk about the distress and trouble fi surrender would bring upon hiscountry nis people. 'That eunnot be put against iseless shedding of these brave men's 1. If you arc satisfied that, you cannot the army It should be surrendered. Hie 1 e will know thai, you have done all that can do.' He then told me he had dts-i red that there w ire heavy masses of iu y in front and that he could not hope to hrough. It-was a terrible moment for I.ec. Having l'ou^ht for years with high lofty purpose, having won victory after iryand made a record for his army not 11 ed in our history, it was hard that he : surrendei everything. I cannot tell you my heart went to him." (Jtnt the moisteyes and t ho llue voice, grown husky, as Longstreci went over the story, did tell "I tell lien. Leo ane went hack to men. icred tiring stopped. I stood quietly ting events. Suddenly a horse came bring down my front. 1 looked up and i smart, lookingotlicer, willi yellow hair tiling behind him, hurrying forward to e I stood. He was In great excitement, irged ills horse to where I stood. Then reiiehed him suddenly to his iiaunches, iiiid, in n somewhat violent tone; 'In the e of Gen. l'hll tsharldan I demand the in, surrentlerof thisariny!' I was not in a or lor trillingjusi then, but I replied as lv as I could : '1 am not the commander Is army, and If I were I should not surer to you,' meaning of course, that I d treat with the proper authority. 'I i< thedemand,' Ho rejoined, -simpiy ??r urpose of preventing furl Iter bloodshed.' >u wish to prevent any furilier shedding ood don't shed any more; we have aly stopped,' I said? still keeping cool. He rated his demand fur an immediate anil nditiohul surrender. I then notified him he was outside of his lines, and tiiat If as not more courteous i would remind of this fact in a way that might be unuintto liim. I then explained that Gen. it and Gen. I,ee wer? t hen engaged in a rence that would probably settle every;. He grew pleasant then, and after tie galloped of). He was a bravo and led young fellow, but my old veterans not In a mood to humor him when he ed up to us that day. The surrender fell inorccrushing effecton my troops thau iy In the army. They were in tine coti11 and were liushed with victory. We thrown back the Federals day after day ey pressed on us?punishing them when came too near ami stunning them when ctmrged lis seriously. Enveloped for six Uhl.duys in the continual smoke of batre had little idea of what was going on fliere, and when we surrendered 4,001) inets to Gen. Grant we rurrendcrcd also Federal prisoners that had been plucked if his army during our retreat. Still, we ad the most perfect confidence in Gen. > ability and heroism and we know that id done all mortal man could do." id you say to (ten. Lee when parting him that you regretted yc'ti had gone |iie war ?" 0, sir, I said that, before I 'Irew my sword n I would be sure that it r>ould be neees, I did not believe, and I do not now be* !, that the war was Justified 011 either It is a terrible thing and should be re d to only in absolute self-defence?just as ng In private life. Besides, I;had fought he time, knowing that our plans were ig and believing that we could not sue. 1 saw our forces scattered overfi vast itry and along an endless lino of sea 1. while Gen. Grant, with the true genius ar, massed his energies upon point after t and crushed us inexorably. Wtlll 1 did and do not regret iny services. I founlit my people. 1 fought. steadily, uncomllngiy. as best I knew how, and there r was an hour that I would not have ly laid my life down to have secured the ess of our cause. No, sir, I regret nothI only did my duty. The war was a vous error?an error of both sections and r'hleh both sections have deeply atoned: >r me, I only did my duty in iui humble , as a man and a soldier, ami the samft rent., devoted sentiment that Impelled me raw my sword lilled my heart when i thod It forever." iik lt.avtxo sorruEr.x gexf.hai.s. 1. I*. W. Alexander, who as "P. W. A." the best known of Southern war correslen ts, lately pave me reminiscences oi , Longstreet. He says the night "before jattleol'the Wilderness he slept in the e room with the General. After he had ! t/o bed Gen. Longstreet came in. He resscd and then kneeled by his bedside engaged In the most earnest prayer, le his words were, notaudlble it could he that ho was very much directed, wan ally "wrestling with prayer.'' He renet! upon l>is knees for a full half hour, Alexander . atchliiK him by the 8tarUght crept through an open window; By the , It is a notable fact that the South? sh, reckless, imperious in all licr ways? her armies to the Held under the leaderof God-fearinji,God-seeking meri. while doeorious and straight-laced North did ucli thing. it may be that the land oI lment believed in prayer, while the land >ld reason ; U its trust In artillery, and I'rreri that lis .Aiders shoulil look to the lition of their troops rather than Indulge ctitions to the Divine Arbiter: that, after Is saiil to give victory i<> mo sine naving most- men and tho heaviest puns, !C, .Jackson, ami Lounstreet were men oi or, In the fullest sense of the word. SK was baptized In the presence of Ills y. Ewell becamc a devout Christian, crt Sydney Johnson never went lntc Lie without going down upon his knees tci Lord of Hosts, Gordon was a devout ami j-er-ioving man. Neither Gen. Grant, or rinan, or Sheridan, or Hu tier?but, then, Important,ufterull, to look after tho artry. I'll, I.ongslrcet wsS a leader great in dok. lie never went into camp without seepersonally that his men were properly jo.sed. His orders to his troops were que and in viviu contrast to the line rhets and stirring appeals usual in such papers, illled his orders with practical hints and ice. As for instance: "Hefiieinber though ilery noise Uf buttle is niubttcrrifyiug uml seems to thrcalen universal ruin it is not so destructive us it neon in mid few soldiers are slain after all. Tlio commanding general desires to particularly impress tlio fact- Let oiiicorsnnd men even under lite most formidable Slro preserve a quiet demeanor; keep cool; oiie.v orders; lire low. Kememberwhile you are doing tills and driving the enemy before you, your comrades are supporting you on either side and are in turn edging on you." lie had the mo.?t wondertul Influence over iiis men. They would follow him anywhere. (ion Toombs once said that Longstreot was the only .Southern lien oral eapahje of leading an army of 7ii,UOi) men into l'eunsylvauia. I since the war Gen. Longstroet lias been iivinu'in comparative ?|iiiet. Some years ago lie wrote a letter advising ti?; South to accept. tin- situation mid make the best, ot it, mat subjected liuii lo considerable abuse. Latterly, however, this lias ilied away, and lie is restored lo Ins old place In the hearts of his people, since the wisdom of his advice having been proved, he is allowed eredlt for purify of motive in giving it. lie lived In New ('rleans for some years, and was unlucky In a commercial business. Mo removed toUainesville, (in., some years ago, where he boughtu sheep farm and a large summer hotel. He was made postmaster, without having applied, upon the death of the old postmaster, ills hotel is managed by his son and nephew, ilis salary is about?*.!,(XK) and he Is allowed an assistant. His health is trood, but his right arm is paralyzed, the etf-ct of old wounds. He is quiet, self-possessed and kindly?a great favorite with the townspeople. He has a charming family, a fair competency, a peaceful home.and will probably end a life stormy, potent and terrible to the highest degree in a placid and grateful contentment. II. W. G. WIDOW DORSEY'S WILL TO BE CONTESTED BY HER RELATIVES. Tile Suit Only Delayed by ft Present Lack of Necessary Funds - Text of the Will?The Property Given to Jefferson Davis as "In my Eyes the Jlisjrhost and Noblest Man in Existence" - (Jen. Clias. E. Daiilgrcn's Reminiscences of the i'outh of Mrs. Dorsey, his Step-Daughter. [.Vein York iwi.J The will of Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey, of Iionuvoir, .Mississippi, bequeathing ail bcr large estate to Jellorson Davis. Is as follows: iSK.vuvoiu, ll.vunjsox County, .Miss., January 4, ieVS. I, Sarah Anne Dorsey, of Tensas Parish, La., being aware of the uncertainty of lite, and being now in souud health ol mind anil body,Uo make tnls my last will and testament which X write.sign and seal with my own hand, in Use presence of three coinpetent witnesses, a* 1 possess property in the States of .Louisiana, .Mississippi and Arkansas J owe 110 obligation of any sort whatever to any relative of my own; 1 have done all 1 could for tliem during iny life. I, therefore, give and bequeath all iny property, real, personal ami mixed, wherever located and situated, wholly and entirely without hindrance or <iuulliication, to my most honored and esteemed friend Jetrerson Davis, cx-President of the Confederate States, for his own sole use and benefit, In fee simple, forever; and I hereby constitute him my sole heir, exccutorand administrator. If Jellerson Davis should not survive me, 1 slve all that I have bequeathed him to his youngest daughter, Varina. I do not Intend to share in the ingratitude of my country toward the man who is, in my eyes, the highest and noblest in existence. In testimony whereof I sign this will, written with iny own bund, in the presence of W. I.. Walthall, K. S. Ilewcs, and John 0. Craig, subscribing witnesses, Vesidents in Harrison County, Miss. S All AH ANNE DORSEY. The will was probated in the Second District. Court of New Orleans, on July 15th. and as Jefferson Davis presented It for probate, that act. is deemed to be a notice that he intends to accept the bequest, to the exclusion of the natural heirs. .Mr. Davis has accordingly entered into possession of lleauvoir, Mrs. Dorsey's beautiful home on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico,of the plantations at Elk ltidire and Elliston, in Louisiana, and of lier other property, the whole representing a fortune of a quarter of million of dollars. Under the laws of the Slate of Louisiana (and the laws of Mississippi are similar,) the beneficiaries under a will enter upon the property bequeathed as so<^as the will is proved to lie the last will ofiAc dead person. If a contest follows, the caWP must be tried at a Circuit Court before a fury, and If the will Is set aside in favor of other heirs, those who have had the benefit of the property In the meantime must accou it for its rents and profits. Col. S. Percy Ellis, of Ilrooklyn, the brother of Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey, has received a copy of llni above will, sent to hi?n by Jefferson Davis, with an accompanying letlcr. which does not. contain any intimation that Mr. Davis does not intend to fully enjoy all of the property which tbc various nelrlcctod relatives of Mrs. Dorsey confidently expected would be divided among them. ('ol. Ellis has fully determined upon a contest of the will, which will be hesriin so as to Ret the case before the fall Circuit of the Louisiana Supreme Court if possible. Mr. Ellis, his sister, Mrs. Inez l'eekham. Ills sister-in-law, Mrs. Appa11 ne Ellis, of Philadelphia, and his half brother. who will nil appear ns contestant, arc unable I<> meet the expenses of a contest, a* they have all spfl'ered a reverse of fortune I lteeanso of the war; hut it Is expected thai they will be able to see.lire sonic lawyer who | will take the ease on a contingent fee, so that , the contest, will not be delayed. Mr. Ellis Ik | engaged in the preliminary work of the contest. He Is determined to prevent JcfTerson Davis from entering upon the peaceful possession of the inheritance, toa share of which hf believes his children are entitled, as they had been selected by Mr. Dorsey before his death o receive some of the property from Mrs, Dorsey's hands. Mrs. Dorsey's stepfather was the wellknown rebel Gen. Charles O. Dnhlgren, tci whom she was Indebted for her excellent eduI cation, as (ten. Dahlgren took an Intense | pride In hercarcer up to the time of her mar| rlage, and bestowed money freely upon her, | Hen. Charles G. Dnhlgren, who Is the brothci of the late Rear Admiral Dnhlgren, the In. ventor of the Dnhlgren gun, is also ^resident of Brooklyn. He was a General In command of the Confederate army in Mississippi, nni! 'tad charge of the fortification of Vicksburg butas he differed with Jefferson Davis about the conduct of the war, he was removed frym that.command and afterward he Joined tJit a my of the Tennesseo under Gen. Brngg Gen. Daiilgren was found yesterday in his office at 117 Broadway, where he is now r lawyer, having in his time been sailor,soldiei banker, planter, civil engineer, and railroad builder. He is tall and gray, and although now nearly 70 years of age, possesses it powerful frame, a steady step, and r clear eye. Perhaps no man in New York if more rich in reminiscence and can nt the same time make the story of what he has seen and experienced more interesting. Gen. Dnhl rren has a deep, long scar on both sides of hi.1 left hand, where in lighting nduet with howlt knives, he clasped the keen edge of hlsantag I onlst's weapon to prevent a thrust into hfo bowels, and held 11 so hard that the blade cut through his hand andsevercd his little finger Jle carries two pistol balls, received in duels in ids body, one lodcing against his ribs. Twc other balls, fired to kill him, have been re moved by surgeons. On top of his head; toward the left side, is a scar made by a bowii knife, and on the left side, beneath the scale i-i the broken tip of a bowie knife, which i> fastened Into the skull bone, and was left here in a desperate duel. When tlio memories of tlie girlhood of Mrs. .Sarah Dorsey crowded upon him, ns lie told of her life. Gen Dahlgren's eyes tilled with tears, and hi slopped at times in his story to stay his emotion. "The Ellis family," snld Gen. Dahlgrpa comes down from Capt. 1'erey, an English capiatn, who came over to Quebec early ir tae history of this country, and while lien t ?ok advantage of the gran Us of land his cotm try was making, and settled in the South. Hi was of the famous English family of Percy's and Mrs. Dorsey's mother Is the direct de sccndent of this Capt. Percy. There is some tiling unbalanced about the family, and then have been seven eases of mental derangement in their history in this country. There Is i creek in Mississippi named after Capt. Percy itnd one day he was found in it with a (freight of iron about Ills neck; James Brown, whf was his descendant, was once a United State.' Senator from Iiouisiriha, and was Minister ti Prance. He committed suicide by openlnf an artery in bis foot. Anotherdesccndanl was a victim of Idiocy. Mrs. Dorsey's grand mother died insane in my house, and then arc three other instances I could name. Tin family has been marked nt times by person! of high common sense anil steady mind. Mj wife was one of these, and so is her daughter Inez Peckham. Mrs. Dorsey had the family characteristic, which was impulsiveness Once started, there fas no holding her. He: mind was marked by that want of steady hal ance which is needed In a safe, sane and pru dent person. "Mrrf; Dorsey's grandfather was Col. Join L. Ellis, who wps a rich planter near Natchez and was colonel of the regiment that wa raised when there was a difference threatenci ??(./u-mm theSiiiLiiiarils and Americans atte the cession of Loulsinna by Nopoleon to t hi country. ,lie died In WIS, and his widov had two children, one of them being Tlioma L; Kills, who was the father of Mrs. Dorsey and a (laughter who married Dr. I,a Koclit ol? Philadelphia, a Wrest India refugee. Mrs Kills then married MaJ. N.A.Ware, a Xatche; lawyer, and afterward hnd two daughter? one of whom became the wife of Klisha War Jleld, a Kentucky planter,and the other tlx wife of Harry Lee, who now lives in Wash ingtc/n County, Miss. Mrs. Wariiold was a: authoress, and I think she wrote a hook en titled 'IJcativoir,' from which tho pluntatloi was named. ".Vow Mrs. Dorscy's father, Thomas I Ktl.ls. married Mary M. llouth of the l'crc; bl'.ud. Her brother. John Routh,wasone o the largest planters in the South: He died ii ]#{$, on Ijukr St. Joseph, where ho. had gon to buy another plantation. He left four cliil dren? Sarah, Stephen, Thomafl and Inez; who were ali small when. In 1840, I marriei their mother. I was born In riillndclphlit and when I was a boy I was In tho iiav; with my brother John, and Farragut wa our commander, but my mother and siste needed support, anil I left John, aftenvari Admiral Daiilgren, at wa, und crime hbmc I was raised up In the United States Jinn I; and was sent to take charge of the Vlcks burg branch of the bank, and there I wa when I married the widow Ellis. Siio bor me seven children. Two only survivcMortiiuer and Charles. Two perished in th war. "Mrs. Dorsey was, I think, one of tho mos remarkable women of her time. She was i ' little girl when I took charge of the family ' and I discovered that she had a wonderfu . intellect, which I determined to develop, spent a fortune doing it, but I never regrcttci tiie result. She took in every study and ever; accomplishment. I have never listened ti ' such a sweet musician oil't he stage. I ha< 1 lloehsa, the great harp-player, teacli her oi the harp, and I purchased 'he instrtimen ' that he played on for her. She exhausted th p daiicing master's skill, slielearned so rapidly aiid when she had encompassed about every thing in tile range of an ordinary education 1 I p?i*. her through a course of law and book keeping, with as happy results. When sh ' left my hands she hadn't an equal in tin 1 South. She was not a beautiful woman, bu 1 she trad plrasant features, a fiuo llgnre, am those peculiar feminine \vays!that. go so far it > making up a woman's attractions. She wa Impulsive, and It look not only a stroll p arm but. a steady one, to hold her. Wltn he tendency to net by impulses, added to lie ' energy and her intellect,, when once she wa started in pursuit, of an object, it waft liki 1 trying to r?*in in a whirlwind to stop her. "I WHS opposcu ro IIITIHUM U^i; iuiu.m ji.i el W. Dorsiy. i(n wits n lino man, anil hi father was Chief Justlcc Jlorsoy, oi' Mary | liiiid. but lie was inactive, ami it was l':fci tJwcUtllug the living to the dead to many sticl \ an animated creature toa man of phlejjni?i temperament who was ho many years I i senior. When she asked me my opinion j gave lior an honest, one, and It offended li j perhaps, for after her marriage I did not I much of her, and I did not see her for twen j live years before her death. "It. is a mistake thai. Jefferson Davis kn I iter father and mother, and that the famll | wore linked by ties of old association. 1 wife did not know Jefferson Havis.and wh Mrs. Dorsey may have made Ills acq ualntai j in Kngland, or through correspondence d linn the war, iny belief is that she did i j make his acquaintance until after the w I and very likely not until she invited him | jienuvoir to live. It Is doubtless her impul that led her to oiler him her residence for ??,l il??o lli.il t..rl li.n bestow upon him till her fortune." Ocn. Dahlgreen declined to speak for pi Mention upon the merits of the proposed ei test, owing to liis personal hostility to Jell son Davis, which, he said, would make in?i iente any words characterizing Mr. Duvl conduct in making liis home at Benuvoit* a in accepting the fortune of liis hostess, said, however, that .rellerxon Davis posses: in Unite tact, and cunning; that ho was i lsiied and persuasive in his speech, but ways knew when to stop talking. "Do you believe there wiil be a contest the will ?" Gen. Dahigreen was asked. "I have no doubt of it," he said, "I si pose that will be on the ground of undue liuence. The heirs who would receive I property and who will enter into the cont are Mrs. Dorsoy's brother,Stephen P. Kl of Brooklyn, her sister, Mrs. Inez Pecklui and her niece, the daughter of Thomas Koache Kills, who died a confederate soldi leaving a wife, Mrs. Appellne Kills, a nil of Gen Meade, now In the Philadelphia rx ofllce. Then, under the laws of Louisia my sons Mortimer and Charles arc heirs, half-brothers, and will Join in the contest.' "Where will thesuitbe begun?" "In New Orleans, as the bulk of the prr erty Is In Sonislana.and the will has hi ofl'ercd for probate there. If the will Is aside there, thejudgnreut will be followed Mississippi where the Beauvoir pfcmtuti Is." "Do vou anticipate that. Jeflferson Da will hold on tn the property?" "If Wade Hampton was thconeconcenx said Cien. Dahlgreen, ''lie would destroy will and divide tlio property among the he He Is the soul of honor, as was Ills father fore hlni." Mortimer Dahlereen, who now lives In Louis, Mo., a half-brother of Mrs. Dors lived at Heauvoir for two years while Jefl son Davis was a. resident there, and 1 charge of Mrs. Dorse.v's business. lie left place some time ago. because of a dispute Is said to have had anout Mr. Davis's cont ued presence at. Heauvolr, while his (Davl family lived in Memphis, and about the ? trol Mr. Davis, in the latter period of his s there, began to exercise over the place. > Dorsey received only two visits from >1 Jefferson Dp vis during the stay of the Presidentot the Confederacy at fieauvi While there Is itoi In the minds of her ri tives thcsllghtcstsnspieion of Impropriety connection with J ;tterson Davis's proloni presence in her home, It was characteristic her, they say, to be indiscreet enough to courage his residence there, regardless of opinion of her friends as to the wlsdhm such a course. Morllmer Dahlgreon will an Important witness in the contest. What a Great Man (lid Under Slmil Circnmstanccs. [ TYinmboro JS'cu-x and Hirald.j Mrs. Dorsey's brother. In a conversation gardlng licr devise to Jefferson Davis, s that If he possessed the spirit of Wade Han ton he would tear the will up and let property g<- to her lawful heirs. This Is an tiislon to the circumstance connected w Senator Hampton's father. The first Wi Hampton desiring to observe the law of ] mo-gcnlture, left his fortune to his son "Wi (father of the Senator) and. making little no provision for his daughters. Colo Hampton tore the will up, thus allowing the other children to share equally with hi O THE COURSE OF TRUE LOYE TH DID RUN SMOOTH. How a Poor Girl was Conrted, E< eated, Married and Fell Heir to llnndred Thousand Dollars. That "truth Is stranger than fiction," t "luck Is a fortune," and that "the coursc true love never did run smooth" are trite f accredited sayings, to all of which the w er's experience of many a day authorize full endorsement, except as to the last, i by substituting, as In it. M. s. Pinafore "never," "hardly ever." lint to the story: Just after the shoot end of the late unpleasantness, the wr! heardAnic morning a tap at his door, folli ed by a tap. tap, tapping at his passage d< Rejngdeuuded of servants, except such as could claim in his family, and being him more eon venleut than any other, ho nnsw ed by advancing and opening tlie door, passage door. Without stood a man of parently, some thirty winters, attired seedy citizen's black, but otherwise, with loss of limb, bearing all the marks of an Confederate soldier. He bore thelmpressi fore front of an educated gentleman with accent slightly foreign, but rendering ev ; word in the plainest English: and he t addressed me: "Pardou me. sir, for thus Interrupting y< but let me present you my card," which r thus; ''Henri Paling, piano tuner and rep er. Terms reasonable. All work guar 1 .teed." I replied dolefully: "My dear sir, we ha' piano which is sadly out of tune and som thcstrlngs are broken; but bread before i sic. always " Mr. P. bowed himself out and managed ' live somehow until the owners of cotton gan to set a market, when his suit was plenlshed as I saw him again. Passing, about the second stage of his j gress, a field about ten miles from this c he noticed in a field near the road, a wli 1 and her daughter laboring for bread. ' daughter was about fourteen years of i ' with hoe In hand, pallid cheek, brilliant i and feeble frame. He followed them to tl Ill-fared home and aided them to the exter ' his means; ealled again, again, and oft and, after a season, he proposed to the dan; ?...It I. mi.inu fhot 1 [after marriage, she was to ho educated. , I ceremony was performed, and while mother was provided for, tho wife, (In fut : was sent to the female college at Mnrlon1 best in the Ktate, where with his mei ! worked out by his instruments, she grad >' ed at the end of four years, being t ran fori in the meantime Into a stately woinai 1 form and figure with glowing cheeks;' thus returned as the wife to her husor 1 .She developed a superior talent In draw 1 and painting,.and by the further aid of r ' tors In the Arts, obtained through her 1 1 band's means, she lias attained emln( ' and employment for portraits, in oil crayon, suflicient to not only support her 1 but Ilenrl and her mother ia case of mis " tune. But the Interest culminates in the seqi ! Some four months ago, Ilonrl received a tcr from his birth-place, Rotterdam, Holli ' that by the death of ? relative there was 1 hlmSlDO.OOO.or nlore. Ho went over in J last and reports back to his wife that it It and to come on. She, with her own mei 1 procured an outfit, and a few days ago t ' the cars for New York, and at tho time I ' this she Is reclining in a atate-room, or sc.' ! In the mirrored and carpeted saloon of ' occan steamer, on the way to Join her 1 1 band. - With their historical information and ci ; vatlo. to understand and enjoy tho phi soencs and works of art of the Hid wo ; they will see much of them berore tncy turn to make their home lti Alabama, ant ' live, love and enjoy each other as fortu children. .. KX-ABBEVILLIAi ; gkkknvtlle, Ala., July 28,1870. BIRTHS. i At Greenwood, August 3, 1879, Mrs. E Buckheit, a son. < MARKHT REPORTS. i I New Yokk, Augusts ?12 ni. ? St< ! strong ;| money 2 (nt ' ), cold 1.0(); exclmn , long 4.80%; short ; State bonds dnl , governments lirm. Cotton dull; sales , middling! upland 12J/I; middling Orleans f Futures tinner; August 11.43: Septen 11.38; October 10.09; November 10.51; Dee > ber lO.l'.t. ^ Lori.svn.le, Aug. 2. ? Flour quiet 5 Wheat firm; corn duller; Oats firm; 1 T 10.25; bulk meats higher; bacon nomli clear sides 5%; whiskey active. auou.sta, August 2 ? Cotton stea middling 11J4; low middling 1; good o: r nary 11; net receipts 1; sales ?. Charleston, August 2.?Cotton quir . middling llj^; low middling 11%: good i nary 11; net receipts ? ; sales ?. E2I ! iiotel-arrivals! Alston* House.?W L Miller, J 1? Bon ' W C Iladdon, M B Clinksealcs. II B Bon II D Lindsay, I'rof Win Lowry and wife, s C Pressloy and family, S Kennedy, Le Abercromblc, E K Miller, Due West; 1 Minnie Co wan. Dr A T \Vid<*man,Bold lira ' T A ('ater and wife, Tho#'ork; l>r J T Bas .T T Baskln, Jr., Monterey: J II !?ask!n,M F Gibcrt, Lebanon; Miss Nellie Pressloy,; Kmma Xcll, I'eiiJtrJsprings; w w .mgg.i, Ui a villi;; C W (Jason, Dry (irove. $5 REWARI v ??? ' A BLACK LEATHER POCKET-IK r. A has been lost by A. JOHNSON In town of Abbeville or bet ween Abbeville I White Hull alone the public road. It 7 tains 825 000 or more, and notes. The fli J will he given FIVE DOLT, A IIS for the tie !! ry of wild pocket-book at this olllcc o j, owner, j A. JOHNSON >. A tiff. 0, i?S>. o : AMiripiirSocii A MEETING of the Directors and Sti holdrjuof Abbeville Agricultural Sot ft is requested nt Abbeville C. H. oil FRII loth AUOL'ST inst., at lOo'clock A. M. St holders niity bb represented by proxy In I tins:. A fli 11 attendance is requested :w l I nmju of linnorthncf. connected with the < j linueil existence <<f the Society will Do <> beforo t!ic nibctlnjr. I James S. Cdthran, Presiden t AugustIjsTU, tf i NOTICE - ? o , 0 rebuilding of DAVIS'S littlDOF t ,V lilttlc Ulver, will lie lot fp.tl>?,lb\vest 1 dcr SnSnlurday, tholitli of August next. s Samuel J. Hester, ? Co. Con ? .Jtlly 0, lSTO. o - ItXarshall P. DeBru Attorney at Law, 4 ?1 A KJJIOVI IjLK v. n. s. v. iBKll B WALHALLA, S. C. ijc 7 1..,' OUIE NEXT SESSION I5EOINS SElTEi ur- i bcr lltli. BOAKD linU TUITION low* lot thitn any other first-class Institution. Ii nr, structioii thorough; rllsoipllno parental: ml to Itory drill dnlly. The ollinntc is mllcl in wli tof .m.l Itracinir in Hlltnllier. I*'* ??? " ??'J Ills t FACUI/rV. ,t0 REV. JOHN it. UILEY. Chairman, . and Professor of .Mental and Mora! .Science. A?- ]?. SLOAN*. ?"* Professor of Mathematics. ft W. W. LEOAUE. Professor of Natural Science. Is? REV. II. STItONti. ''rt Professor of Languages, American an , Modern. !C;' s. i?. boozer. , Professor of Preparatory Department. ,l1* August 0, 1879, tf t fiie Savannah Valley Railroai inLlie ? , est Official Report of the Result of til lis, nn. Election for the Railroad Tax in ia ler, Lowndesville, Mngnolin and DCC )kt- Calhoun Townships. Office of County Commisstoxkrs, . Abbbvii.t.b c. If., August 1,1x70. THE Mnnugers of Election appointed to coi duct the election In Lowndesvlllc, Ma nolla and Cajhnun townships, for the rnirpoi " t of ascertain Inir the voice of the legal vote I,! of said Townships as to subscription or r subscription to the capital stock of the S vannaii Valley Itallroad. Election held Jul vIs 31st 1879. The Managers report as follows: J.OWNnKSVII.LK. !<1" Subscription, 278 'he No Subscription, 01 I in. be- Majority for subscription, 217 MAGNOLIA. cy' Subscription 119 or- No Subscription, 109 lad ?the Majority for subscription, GO he CALHOUN'SJ,"" Subscription 1#8 No Subscription, 21 ["J Majority for subscription,. 107 Irs. appears irom mu rutunm ui jinuii^c ex- that each of tlic above named townships hai air. voted for subscription. It Is declared that tt ;[!k. result of the election shows that a majority "in the legal voters of said townships declare I [jeJ favor of subscription. 3 of A protest being presented by eleven vote on- of Magnolia Township to set asldo the elei the l'on upon eight separate counts as to sal 0f township. After examining the teatimon bc the election was declared valid. By order of the Hoard. [ar G. M. MATTISOtf, Chairman. August (!, 1879, tf - LANORETH'S TURN!! (lid 5 SESIEiO. Ith ?; We have Just received a full supply of 3 Landreth's Turnip Seet all 1 lin. BL< J0M8D ALE, SWEDE, ii UTAH AO A, STRAP LEAVED, GARDEN AT RUTABAGA, WHIT E-FLKSliKD rUUPLK TOP RUTABAGA, HANOVER, LONC4 FRENCH. SWEET GERMAN, CHO NAVET, POM EH A NI UN, WHITEGLOBi ln. YELLOW ABERDEEN, AM HER 1,1 GLOEE. YELLOW KTONM, a WHiTE.EGG, COW HORN, SEVEN TO P, NORFOLK, L.i <?C., &C.f | H. W. LAWSON & rtt- _J uly 23, 1^0 tf for f1 REENVILLE & COLUMBIA RAJ LIU) A tn? 7 SUMMER -SCHEDULE. Iter On anil after Monday, Juno 2d, 1870, tl )w- PassengerTrains will run as follows dull >or. Sundays excepted, he VP. self Leave Columbia at. 10 .15 a f,r" Leave Alston 12 20 p t',e Leave Newberry 1 33 a aP" Leave Hodges 1 27 p >n Leave Melton B03p out Arrive at Greenville 7 80 p ex; . nuw.v. *n<' Leave Greenville at 0 45 a nn Leave Helton ... ? 8 25 a ory Leaves Hodges " fl 55 a "us Leave Newberry 12 45 p Leave Alston 2 17 p >u: Arrive at Columbia 3 45 p ANDERSON AND BLUE RIDGE BRANC an- I'P. Leave Helton G 03 p ?0,J Leave Anderson 0 50 p eo' Leave Pendleton 7 45 p niu" Leave Perryvillc '8 20 p . Arrive at Walhal In 9 00 p to be. nows. re- Leave Valhalla 5 15 a Leave Perry vllle 5 55 a >ro- Leave Pendleton 0 40 a I * t? T A?u1/.rcAn ..... 7 JV) ft low Arrive at Bel tun 8 15 a LAURENS BRANCH. Cvo' Laurens Branch Trains leave Laurens C. hcl'r at7.3Ua. m. and Newberry at 1.-I0 p. ra., i it of Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, en ; ABBEVILLE BRANCH TRAINS. ??LV Abbeville Branch Train connects at Hodj 'r>o with down and up train daily, Sundays ? ^f'e cepted. Leave Abbeville 8,:i0 a. m.; lea l,1<* Hodgos i,:jo p. m. ?hV> tTp and down Trains on the main st< "*,nc make close connection at C'olumblia with t ftn?> np and down ilay Passenger Trains on t luu." South Carolina Rallrondand with the throu neu Freight Trains, with Passenger (Mr attach! 1 l" on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augu! ft,\a Railroad, and at Als'^n with the trains of t l[ia* Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Rnilrn 'lnB for Union, Spartanburg, Iiendersonvil nas" Asheville. ?fcc., ?Sc. 1US- THOMAS DODAMEAD. :nc? General Superintendent jabkz Norton, Jk., General Ticket Age sewing machine mend* ii.di This is the place to get it dor lay* in the 1 Best of Order Von can have any any piece made new or t old one repiureci. ji you wwh )<mi ku>> ,,1.. pistol repaired tills Is Is the place to have cs done. All tlicse articles will be repaired ;r]j' the best of order at the Lowest Prices. jr? Give me a Trial and Satisfy Yoi ?*'" selves.?TERMS CASH. JOHN L. CLARK. an 22, 1879. tf. :fl BUM I MMM, %. & lbor em9jDR. JAS, L, SHERIDAI jp Druggist & Clismist, t.._ TR OFFERING KIS LARGE AND WEj >rdi- JL selected stock ol = DRUGS, MEDICINES, n?. PAINTS, OILS, nor, s Toilet aii Fancy Articles, ft neli kin. Low down for CASH. rn .1 Ai-so, een- A 'ot flno C"ttrs nn,l Tobacco. Your pntrfrnugc Is respectfully solicited, = JAS. L. SHERIDAN. ^ April IS, 1870. 3m. iiueuiui uler -AGENT.? II vo I to No. 2, Granite Rang* II Buy and Sel i! Por Cast ^ck_ STAPLE AND FANCY MY GOODS, ^ CHOICE FAMILY ?ROCEttlES S ALSO, :,n": A GOOD LINE OF CONFECTIONARY, laiu CIGARS, A SPECIALTY M t ' ?My motto is "Liveand let Lf%'e."? GIVE ME A CAU MANTI'A-MAKING executed with nt I ness iiihI dispatch nml upon Ucasona | tcrm'f, by tu" Mrs. M. D. McDonali March, 12, 1ST 3. ?. WANTED. Kptictnnvnssi'is toe]ij?nge in a pleaMnnl i t^nCjiuldc'Imsincs. Good nu'n will jtynd t A ffiTc chance f> make money. Sr.ch \ W please answer tHs advertisement l?y let ! enolosii!^slainr>. fi?r reply, stating what bi j ijfs- llicy havj: i/i fii ciisasrcd in. None those who m<::ui business need apply. AddrcSf! KiNLKY. JIAHVEY ?S CO., OH. 2. ls"7S. I v | Atlanta, G .FINE MILL.1 Til inn j. T ? AS .TITST HAD TTIK MILL ON* CAL- ^h'J II homi'Mfrpek, eight miles wes'., of Abbe- ftj ^ villo Court House, put in Hue repair byone of-the best mf'.l Wright's in the country. With n new bolting cloth, a line new water wheel ori) land improved machinery of every kind, he cannot tail to please all who may favor him j , with their patronage. AM hensks is a fair ln . I trial; when he will guarantee satisfaction in 0(i. | both quantity snd quality of yield. . nin. id July2,1?7'J, tf SPECIAL MENTION! ^ K^im.xi uu'hm in nnnxs. uum coior- "?v* cd and white,at .. no i Lj W. Joel Smith & Son's f.*t] I June 23, 1*79. tlili ' GO TO DUE WEST " -AND HAVE YOUR- g Watches, CMsani JeielryFiied gj TjKIXCi permanently located at Due West, ' O I wish to call t he attention of the people Jj of Abbeville County, to the fact, that I am rj prepared to do all kinds of work on Watches. ' Clocks, Jewelry, Ac., in the l>est style and for rt less money than any other wntch maker in T,.I theXtnte. All work guaranteed to give entire |\ ,J satisfaction or no charge. J. M. VISAWSKI, _ Feb. ID. 1879. tf Hue West, S. C. t Dr. H. D. WILSON, . ?0? ' DENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. n 4f3F" Office; Upstairs over the Post Office. J June 'Si, 1871). tf. o c Whooping Cough Mixture. '? * long wanted cure at o' A . EDtV'IX PARKEIVS Jane 25. 1K79. s Kfbtice. "" ? y < . HPIIE rebuilding of the bridge at Fair's on \ I Little lliver, will be let to the lowest bid- iJder on the 13th df August next. Plans and specifications will bcglven on the day of letting. <i. M. MATTISON, P July 10, 1879 County Comminslouer. I. Carpentry. i XlIE undersigned hereby gives notice that Ju I he is prepared to do all kinds of CARPENTER'S WORK K' A "NTT* * BUILDING. B! He also repairs COTTON GINS, THRASHERS, AND FANS. A full supply of GIN MATERIAL alvriiys on GE hand. Farmers are requested to bring their Gins up early In the season to allow time tf have them properly prepared. Al*so agent for the ^ Taylor Cotton Gin, atJ The Brooks Cotton Press, I JO And all kinds of RUBBER and LEATHER J. y, BELTING. , D, B, SMITH, m ABBEVILLE, C. H., S. C. T m * i r. mmm,1 m ^ ? NO, 3, GRANITE RANGE, S AKhmille C. H..S.'C m~ ' - in Is dally receiving his stock of m m z Spring and Summer \ inn ml >m 04 ho lsj he tMf ?h il I GENERAL MERCHANDISE. 5 c JK5-The most pcrfect, stylish and complcto int lot of ID Ready-Made Clothing .. ie r cvor brought to this rrnrkc't? chcnip, substan- I tinl and fashionable. Remember to call on ' P. ROSENBERG, ho ; lO or Xo. 3 Granite Range, Abbeville, S. C. In April 14, 1S70. o^ Jjj "If 11 STB, o Between White's Block and sc ? eh Ethe Central Hotel. T? VKRYTHING In tho DriiKlInc at reasonPi able prices. Give me a call. E. H. MeBRIDE Agt. ' SOMETHING. N ATTRACTIVE AND NEW ~ ) ?AT? rx CtiMaii & Taipei la's I w Ca coi clc . A Five Cents Counter! t iC, lOOO Useful Articles at FIVE Cents Apiece! J For CASH Only!! f Just the Tiling for Hard Times!!! gi1 Tunc 35, Iff9. DRESS GOODS. T ? /"\F all kinds itowsellingotFnta.stonIshing * 0 V/ ly low figures, at the X. Emporium of Fashions. Ju no i">, ls79. ns . H. D. REESE, } i Vatcl Maker M Jeweler, * 1 ABBEVILLE, S. C. 1i_ II/ILL be pleased to serve his frlenda and tV the public with the best of worli In his "Q llneat the lowest prlees. ('nil at the store ol " Messrs. Hum we II A Co., where he may al;. ways be found during business hours. April !), 1S70. t Notice to Creditors! c. Ttiosr, holding Claims ngafnst t"he Estate of Thomas J. Hill,deceased we reqni'Sted to meet me In the Probate oJlice at Abbe* vllle ( fjurt House on Friday, the 2}th of July . next for the purpose of canva tslnz the said n '** .?n?n<I,ni ,?i ! is t'lHini> n uii u van tvy an v?u ij avtuvinuiii. v/? l(l(. suiil estate. bl<- W. E. WALTERS, JA(Tmllih;tnUorof Estate of T.J. llill July 2,1S79. o *.MILLINERY! fflUMYH icr n . mil TUST receiver! another eti>sc of n<.vr nml drills >1 sirable Millinery jrooris?shapes of vlll Hnts and Bonnets. Tie;:. Jabots Kuininss, ter, Flowers. Fans, Kan' (Jirilles, I'nrasols. ?w. usi- We are also ottering sow bargains in t!iis<li~|* but partment. ; ** n.*r -r-r -t l o_ rt- 1 j\. m. naaaon o: o<?, " I JulyL', 1ST!). > I MeCorde Colic Mixture. For Ildhsfea) Mules and Cattle. ' J fie undersigned baveljcwi fippojatctt Mrif* nth for the : llE;"jm Infalliblecnrejfpp coHc In Tlor^ff li'x or cattle. ;T!ii#/Pfcpiii:atl<)h;%n(k putt led June<90,<1800, anil,,}n ilieAhort 'tlhiB , w ich ha* elap^d slncb Krwatlaljied a rcpiK' on ini<<nu:>l<nt>y. any. patented fne/llMne Lhe globe.., AVoJi^y.e Jh.qurppBscsnloi) te??., oniias frohi nunmrouS jbuiiionfe who'have jit: . .. ; :/ : Imve had two, occasions ito ukp JfcCordi! le Mixture In eases that,.se6nied desperate. * puoccs? Hi cniiiig wds apparently iuagle?* It Is administered without rrptfole or de- ' Is speedy In action, nntf Is *> vallo that every person wlic< h^rneS. mtles should lieed jt at Haird.' .. , ,I>,.L. WAHDVAW.fr law Mr. MeCor-J nee Jns rtiodinltie, 6ti a' re that had been trav^llifti^find.^rtjr.selzr' vlth cramp eullc. The animal .wax drop? . if down f cquently njid In tfp^at mln. ft? ion time afu-r the hu?dlclne wa? ?lven-rlii' mlnutos. at the ftirtn?st,?the animal vya?j er. and in an hour I saw the anltnnl hnr* ted ami driven ?<fc;and learned; ntly she performed U'e journey and had. noru colic. i ? "iff v i . . TIIOMAS T]tI05CR0N; f Imvp had oil? oflr:ix!on Ip u*e Mrf'ord'e .Mixture. It wu? very effective and'I lb Is Jin excellent medicine.', i, h. MCGIOWAN. jrSdleAt Abbevillei>j*? '? i? bit! E. PABKEB. arisalebyT. Bnker Lownjlcivlllc, K K. H. Edwiirds, Due West. 1 ^TERPRISE GEOCEEY; ro. 6, Washiti&ton Stirbet; Here ton fill M GfeeicfT LOUR, MEAL, GrRITg, RICE, COFFEE, SUGAR) COBACCd, CIGAfeS, SODA, SAifi BACON, LARD, CRACfiERS and CANDY. Well Selected- Stock Of ANNEDGOODS TiJj of which w'Jl be soli^Jow for CASH. -Tup of MurKct paid for coaotry prodaM.' Respectfully. J. R> NORMS. V Cm o obertson, Tayloi1 & Co: SUCCESSORS TO^ ... SO, W. WILLIAMS & CO. \ lolt'dn Facldrs, Wholesale fafocen, -ANDNERAL COiMMISSlOfl JIERCHAtflS 1 and 3 Hayne Stteet, CHARLESTON, S^CJ. '111 give all business their most careful 3ii Hon. Consignments of Cdtton Sdllcited. illy 23,1879, tiixi v J. Kurz, AciENT tOB ABBKVIIiLECOUHTYv HE eelcbmted SINCLAIR CUTTER, NO." SIX and EIGHT. xdSSikt* ills JIML -O.H'1 J JVOBM riiese Machines are universality seknowl-I Keil to be the bestj manufactured. for cuty lg Hay, Straw, Fodder, Corn. Stalks, Sun^. ne, etc.. and for Strengtl*. ana Durability ve no equal. ..560 FlflST PREMIUMH." H>D MEDALS st the World's F^lr of Pnr,r London, and, Moscow, besides thousands,of stlmonlals from largfe stock misers,'livery ibles and farmers. Samples to'be seen at Kurt &, Brueft'Ji Boot," oe and Harness Esl&bllsb.'iieht, Abbeville/ ? art HVtne. So. Ci.' Dec.25.18nJ.' "11 A PnaVi itlliVMA nnrll ail tit mc vasii tjiuic auvr Buy your Gtfods Cllfeap. f pi (EG tonnnonn<?toill that they are d*il/ ~ > rccrfvlng their pring k Summer Stock nslsttng of . . IY GOO J 8, .NOTIONS, HA??; ^LOTII- " INO, BOOTS AND SHOES.' . IVewonh* call fhc Attentfofc. vf the iadWr" our stock of HAMBURG EDGING. ur Grocery Department' fnll and'complete. , ,, . . . ?> { jive u$n cull nnd 0c convinced that we *ell eaper ihau any one else.'" , Respectfully,' HilL & Thomsofi. Vprll 10. IS7!) t Coin Pursed TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. ' . ... EDWIN PABKEB.'' ' tprlTS3,187?, tr* Bissolutiofi, HE partnership heretofore exUting i twceti NORWOOD & .lONES, Dealer* 1* . . nenil Merchandise, AbSevill? C. H., SO* . hasthfs Jay been dissolved. t(y. nmt?nt usent. The bpslness of the old firm will be >se<J oat by Norwood Iiros. . V . H. H. NORWOOD. A. "W". JONKS. Abbeville,l8. C., March ir, 1ST9. NEWPIRM. TIE undfcrslgtoed hav* this day f&irlmeu *, ?' copartnership under thc/flrm Duma of . j HtWOOD JiKO'S, a? K-jcCsKor/i to Nonvpoa Jones, and \HT1 begflad to have the public ,'c us a cill. H. H. NORU'OOfD, . ... -J. s. NOHWOOD. vbncvlllo, S. L'., aiarcn n, ia.u. VI THDKAWA't. ' IAVINO sold my entire interest in the tirri'i of Norwood a. Jon<?? to Mr. J. H. >rwood, I lieir toretafn my thanki to tho hi I h for the libera! patronise extended to and desire to commend tQe new firm to elr patronage. . . . ... A. W. JONES. Abbeville, March 11,1879. _ )unnmgMm & TempletoH !ave opened theft Sarin# > Stock consisting in " part of" \LI COS?, .. . /lTTT?>?tr TTA^fTft'DVV v,i l iV- ?v o ?'? i NAINSOOK, .. ... CAMBRICS, PIQUES, LAWNS, LEACHED AND ... .< KROWN IIOMESPUN", HAMBURG EDOtNCr, ... . CLOTH TNG, ' SHOES, AC, Call and examine. March 1!), 1S79. _ BOOKS > A s if ;.'l .. i 1\\?TF.$." A Story JIf. A \ n.? i T.itvi mi..; Character. lly EDWIN PAHKEKv Feb. Jit. ISTO.ti" ' . v "*