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I ? I Tl The Press and Banner.' Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1879.' The Sunday Excursion. Last Sunday the Greenville and Colutn-j liia Railroad ran excursion trains from j Greenville* Walhalla, Abbeville, and Col- j uinbia, and intermediate stations, to the | camp meeting which was being held at | Sandy Springs, ten miles above Ander-j son Court House. About one hundred j tickets were sold at Abbeville. At Hodges the Abbeville train was met by I the.Columbia train, which was crowded, and the numbers were increased at every station until the destination was reached. The'train from this end of the road when it reached tho camp grouiui consisted m i eleven coaches, which were filled to a jam. The day had little tho appearance of being tho Sabbath. As a soldier during tho war, and as a citizen during the campaign of 1S7G, we have seen some pretty rough crowds, but wo think the crowd x>n Sunday was equal to anything that wo have ever seen. A number of the excursionists had procured bottles of whiskey for the occasion, and as tho liquor began to have the expected ell'ect, the legitimate results followed. Desiring to see come relatives at Honca Path, we got off the train at that point, but we learn that the conduct of some of the parties on the camp ground was reprehensible iu tho highest degree. Along tho route as the train neared Sandy Springs it became noisy. Although ladies were on the cars tho languago indulged in by somo of tho men was profane and obscene, and their conduct was otherwise disgusting. It is said that sonio one on thctraiu shot at somo negroes standing by the road as tho train ' A " L.nr>on r>f nrnnpifttv anil do |HlA3CVIi i& ii OCIIOV \s* 2^* v^ ? rency was offended by the improper treatment the negro women rcccivcd on thq train, while the very air was polluted with tobacco, whiskey and coarse language. On the grounds within a short distance of the stand much disorder, loud talk, firing of pistols, itc., are reported to have taken place. At the railroad where tho train was unloaded is a crossing for vehicles. A largo crowd waiting for tho departure of tho train were standing there in the afternoon. A number of mischievous boys stopped passers-by, cutting the harness of their horses, taking hold of buggy wheels, or making other interruptions. A negro man with a white wife said to be from Klbert county, Georgia, was there. The boys took hold of them, knocked their heads together, cuffed and beat the negro until lie was prone on the ground. Afterwards regaining his feet he ran off, and was shot at as he went. In the above we refer to tho conduct of comparatively a few persons. The great majority of those present were quiot, decent and well-behaved, but there were enough of uncontrollable spirits to desecrate the day, and to bring reproach upon the crowd. If Robinson had advertised his big circus at some point on , the road and run extra trains he would not have drawn a moro irreverent crowd. If we are to take the conduct of the crowd on ?unuay us inuiu?ing wc are approaching 3 fearful state of mor- , als in this country. We have heard some attach blame to tho Railroad authorities for the running of the ttain, but we think this is all wrong. The blamo is elsewhere. Many good men believe that there is no inoro harm in running a train to carry people to church, than there is in running private vehicles, for tho same purpose, , the only differcncc is, in tho greatly increased numbers that go on the train. The railroad authorities in running the , train only ahswered a public demand, nnd ofTored tho accommodation at a lowprice, for which surely the public should" not be ungrateful. Wo cannot see how they can be held at all responsible for the conduct of their passengers. The blame canhot be shifted to the Railroad authorities, but must bo borne by the country at large. To prevent a recurrence of so disgraceful a frolic on Sunday would it hot be advisable to hold campmeetings entirely on week days ? The Bridge Across Saluda. Much interest in the lower part of the County is being manifested in reference to this public work* In conversation with Captain Mattison we learn that h bridge at 8wansy's Ferry or at Boaeman's Mill will equally benefit the two towns of Ninety-Six and Greenwood, and that the preference that either town may have for either place should not be a cause of complaint from the other town. It the bridge is built at Botteman's Mill a new road will bo opened to Sims Cross Roads. This will make the bridge about equidis- * taut from Greenwood and Ninety-Six. If it is built at Swansy's Ferxy, the benefits i would still bo equally distributed be- 1 tween these towns* ( At Swansy's Fertj the stream is"150 i feet wide, and to bridge it there, will require two piors about 24 feet above the 1 foundations, with about 75 foot of bridg- j ing on each side. At Boncman's Mill the stream is 190 l'eot wide, requiring three piere for a bridge at this point, 33 feet j above the foundations, and as an approach on this side, about one hundred aud tifty feet of bridging. The tirst crossing on the Saluda in this County is at Erwin's Mill, where a new. and splendid bridge is being built; live miles below is Maddox's bridge; six miles further down is llasor's bridge; and from this bridge to Smith's Ferry is eight utiles. No other public crossing is to be found on the river uat.:l Neely's Ferry is oanhftd turpi va milp.s Inwfir dr>\vn Vivo miles b^ow Neely's Ferry is Swansy's Ferry, and four miles below Swansy's Ferry is Watt's Ferry, which is four miles above Island Ford, on the Abbeville and Newberry line. From this it will be seen that all the bridges arc in the upper corner of the County. It would seem but fair and j ust that the interests of the lower part of the County be served to the extent of at least one good bridge conveniently situated. "We have no doubt that the citizens of Greenwood and NinctvSix will act harmoniously in agreeing to designate a place for the ercction of a bridge. Half a loaf is better than no bread, and a bridge anywhere is better than no bridge at all. , The County Commissioners are willing to make an appropriation, if the citizens on this side will make a liberal contribution, and provided, also, that the County Commissioners and citizens of Laurens will do the same. We know nothing certainly of the fetslings of the Laurens Commissioners, but it is feared that they may not be as willing to build the bridge as our Commissioners are. One of them it is said is a merchant at Cross Hill, who it is thought may not be anxious for the bridge at Bozeman's Mill. Of this, however, we have no direct information, and it is quite possiblo that the Laurens Commissioners are aa ready to build the bridge as we are% The Savannah Valley Bailroad. There will be a meeting of the corporators of the Savannah Valley Railroad at Anderson Court House on Wednesday, I the lBt of October next at 10 o'aluek A.j M. The friends of this important enter-! prise are requested to be present. As the Abbeville townships have already voted the tax, we hope those who have charge of the enterprise will look after tho interests of our people in the matter. Colonel Pope of tho llcgi&tcr writes a two-column paragraph on common sense. f * > \ Investigating the Treatment of Con Ticts. l^vcr sincn the Greenwood and Angus ta ltailroad company has had the poni tentiary convicts at work grading tin line ol' that thoroughfare, tho air has bee: more or less charged with reports o cruelty on tho part of the manager towards thoso in their keeping, anc periodically expressions have beei given to the feelings of philan Ibropists both i:i tho newspaper and in tho courts. The readers of th< iVc.w and Banner have not forgotten tha more than a year ajjo, wo went to Gen iJradlev the .Superintendent of tho worl on this sido of the river and had a Ion; interview with him on this subject, ii which he stated many interesting facts ii connection with tho treatment of the con victs then engaged in the work* It wil also be roineinbored that Judge Kcrshav ordered acommitte from the grand jur to visit the stockade and report upon tin facts of the case. Their report was no tnado until after the adjournment of tin Court, but our readers will retnembe that the report was submitted to writinj although we believe that the report was never mauo 10 me court as uirrauu u_< Ilis Honor ; but it was published in th< village newspapers in connection witl the presentment of tho Grand jury, foi the September term. It will not be forgotten that that repor exonordted the railroad authorities Iron all blame or cen-ure in the premises, anc since then the question has been com parativelv at rest in Abbeville county but from Columbia just now comes th< news that the attention of the State au thorities has been called to tho fact of i startling mortality among the convict! employed by tho road, and that the Governor and tho Directors of tho Pen!tenti ary arc mvdt incensed at what they con ceive to be a great wrong, and that thej are now taking active steps to investi gate the truth or falsity of the ugly ru mors. It is also stated that serious charges will bo preferred in court agains some of those having control of tho con victs. Wo seo it also stated in the news papers that out of some two hundred con victs about one hundred have died with in the past twelve months. We are una ble to speak of the grave charges in thii specification, but this we do know, thai tho death-rate up to the time that we in terviewed General Baadley on tho sub jeot was reported to be very small in (loci!. Th? reports as circulated are a dis grace to the State and a reliection upoi the humanity of the gentleman who havi charge of the laborers. For the justifies tion of tnese good and public-spiritec citizens who are giving their own timi and labor to tiie pressing forward of : magni tit-en t enterprise which is|to bene tit not only Abbeville county, but all tin upper portion of the State, as well as foi the vindication of the good name of i proud Commonwealth, theso matter: should bo investigated in the courts o the last resort. The reports as circulate! are damaging not only to the Govern ment, but may be construed as a personal imputation against the officers of th< State no les-s than against the lessees o the convicts. The prisoners should b< treated humanely. Their employers an entitled to justice. That the corpora tors of the road are engaged in the con struction of a great public work is n< rpnsnn that the idle nublic should unjust ly blame them and excite prejudice ugainst them in the eyes of the worlc and in the estimation of our own Stat< officials. Then in tho name of, and ir justice to tho corporators of the Green wood and Augusta Railroad, let the Governor, or the Directors bring their charge; in the courts, whero false accusations may be set aside by the facts, and tlx character of upright men be fully vindi cated. These whisperings and occasiona allusions in the newspapers to this mat ter, have been going on long enough For the sake of tho good name of tin State, in behalf of humanity and justice as well as for the repelling of tho implie< imputation against some of the best citi zens of Abbeville county, let the inves tigation come. We have no doub that the}' now desire it as they did a yea airo. General Bradley then told us that hi courted investigation, and that even member of the board of Directors \vu anxious for all the facts to be known o all men. Let the authorities either inves tigate or cease to cast their imputations More Ugly Rumors* That our friends of the Greenwood arl( Augusta ltailroad may know what is be ing said about thcui in Columbia, we oopj tho following paragraphs from thi Charleston News and, Courier. The state ments they contain are news to us. W< were under the impression that every thing was moving on smoothly with tin convicts. * "Columbia, September 18.?The tent! monthly secret session of the hoard o directors of the Mouth Carolina Peniten ,vou hold in to-dav. 1 Littij "w "v,? called a.s usual, and sent in in3- card a; the representative of the News and Cou t ier, and it was returned to me with tin endorsement that tho meeting was of i private nature, and no representative o the press was to be admitted. Enougl is known of their proceedings, however to justify me in saying that tho principa subject of discussion ttas the terribli death rate and the alleged bad treatmen of the leased convicts, and especially those hired by the Greenwood and An custa Railroad Company. About on< hundred out of two hundred and twenty five are stated to have died within the las year." "Oot.cmbia, September 19.?The boan of Penitentiary directors are still in ses sion with closed doors. I learn to-drn that charges of cruel treatment of con victs will be brought against some of tin lessees, if not at this at some future meet ing and that at least two judges in tin State will take cognizance of this shameful matter, and tfiat they will do so ji obedience to a request made some timi ago by Governor Simpson in a cireula addressed to the Judges, asking for sta tistics in regard to the increase and de crease of crime in all parts of the State.1 It seems from the followihg paragrapl which is also from tho News and Couriei that there is a probability of a persona difficulty growing out of this matter: "The board of Penitentiary director has adjourned and its members hav< gone home. In connection with tho in vestigation just held by this ooard I an reliably informed that high words passei between Col. Lipscomb, superintenden of the Penitentiary, who objected to th investigation, and Gen. Tillman, who wa in attendance. Both cf the gentlemei are known to bo men of unquestionci courage, audit is possible that tho em of this ugly business has not been reach od." Monday's News and Courier has th following item, Hcttllig Col. Lipscom right on tbe record : "A blunder of the types in onr Colum bia dispatch on Saturday did grievous in justice to Col. Lipscomb, in represcntin him as opposing tho investigation of th alleged bad treatment of the Penitentiar convicts, when, in fact, he is exceeding^ desirous that the investigation should b thorough and searching. It gives us groi pleasure to set Col. Lipscomb right upo the record." Second to no Paper in the South. Our friend Colonel Pope of the Itegii tcr is a good judge of newspapers an knows how to say a pleasant thing, as th following will testify: "Mr. W. C. Benet, the talented co-pditf of that Htirring and able weekly, tho Al bevillc l'ress ami Banner, paid us tl: compliment of a visit the evening befoi I last. Mr. Benet and his senior, tho vet* I ran of the Carolina press, Wilson, ln? I well bo proud of their journal, for it second to no paper of its kind in tl South which reaches our table." - . Tho Anderson Journal will pleaso tal notice that men have been shot for lei oiTences than that of throwing "Colonels at the heads of privates. The Failures in Charleston. J A The suspension last week of the firms' -1 of James E. Adger <fc Co., and George H. J Ed - j Walters, following so close on the failure j a I of Geo. W. Williams <k Co., has caatalj^"1 ij gloom over the commercial horizon of|wn f Charleston just at tho time when her bus- i s iness prospect* wero brightening. Com- , ? < 1 lag at the very beginning of tho busy I 1 season, just as the crops are on tho way xnj - to market, and when merchant/A are male- JjjjJ a ing preparations for the fall and winter uci e business, the failures, to be regretted at a"t t any time, are peculiarly inopportuno at j . this juncture. But the cloud lias a silver j0pi i lining, and the gloom will immediately I ^ be dispelled. Unfortunate though the kei 1 failures are, the commercial integrity of ^ i the suspended firms is unimpeached, not mc - | a whisper is breathed about dishonesty. nif 1 And tho other mercantile firms ofj i- Charleston are still able to maintain the J up ir supremacy of our commercial cnpital A imt uho liinnt simnlr the i na L'ltlllU tv/ ouui t ./..v |* t j City by tlio Sea, but tho Queen of tho c Sea. Let our merchants and farmers re- tin sch r member the strong tacts exhibited by tha ex S New/t and Courier in tho tabulated states merit of the business condition of Charles- 8tl ton. As sure as tho News and Courier ^ i said it, tho tide has turned in tho affairs on i of Charleston which is going to lead her ^ r on to fortune and assured prosperity; to and it was only to be expected that some t of her inercantilemen would, like Moses, # ill< i find themsolves unable to pass over into ,\n 1 tho promised land. |*J to 1 Result of the McMnch Trial at Laur- ?r 5 fh? ens. m< t Tho famous case of the State against tin s McNincli for the killing of Kilgore, oc. copied five days of the Court lsust week. \ . Tho trial commenced on Tuesday. ^ . Considerable trouble was experienced iu ?<;l . empannelling tho jury, and the panel . was not complete until after two days' cat . time had been consumed. The counsel ^ u for tho defence exercised to tho full ex- f?>r 111 t tent tho right to "challenge,'' and to put un( _ jurors on their voir dire. Many were tin- |*1 . able to swear that they had not express- ha . ed or formed an opinion in the case, and . of course wero ordered to stand aside, the . The case was handed to the jury Satur- ^ s day night, and in a short while a ver- til t diet of "guilty of manslaughter," was fot . rendered. Tho public was disap . pointed, great indignation was felt nd< r\f Htfl iiifv Ivnn.hinfF r? ,|?l/ HJU ? J... J, .J c vc I was freely discussed by the by-standers, vii . and nt one time such a result was deem- fr\\ j ed probable. pit r. As a general ru]e we believe that juries . discharge their duties correctly, but wo F" I fear that sympathy for the living may air 3 sometimes lead them to forget the enorj mitv of the crime which has boon perpo- be . trated against the dead. The safety of 3 the citizen depends upon a just enforce- an r ment of tho law. i ?.[ i The Brjco! Murder. ret f "Giro a dog a bad name and iiang him" for I is a proverb peculiarly applicable to the JoJ - Southern States in general and to South m( - Carolina in particular : witness tho com; ments of tho Northern press on tho mur- mil f derof Bryce. A foul murder it was, and an 3 the perpetrator will soon pay^the penalty L'ni ? with his life; but tho Northern nowspa- ta' persseeinit much more than ordinary - murder:?they see in it the climax of po> litical persecution and have catalogued it - in the gallery of the horrors of the Bloody i > Shirt. Even fairminded and sometimes {* l impartial iournals like the New York oci ; Herald can only sco this Bryee murder f'JJ t through a Bloody Shirt, bloodily. There ?el . is no use arguing against sectional proj. udices. The Northern mind hits two fix- tin lie 5 ed opinions?that there is a civilized sei * North, and that there is a barbarous 3 South. Nothing we Southerners can do of - in right in Northern eyes : nothing done *{J 1 in the North is wrong. The South lias re? - got a bad name. The pious North?why, art . m ?rder, adultery, fornication and all un- Hn j c'o<tnnoss have lied away from it and left wi t it pure and sweet. Thero is another 1 proverb, you see,?"The man who has the wr - name of rising with the sun may lio in - his bed till ten." sit t *?, co 1 pa - T.nttor on HfL'h School cn ! !?.?. 0- 8[) 3 Education. lex >' Wo take pleasure in earnestly com- ex H mending to the attention of our readers ^ and of all interested in public education spi ' the letter wo publish in to-day's issue from the pen of Mr. Benj. R. Stuart, prin- t.h* cipal of the Charleston Graded Iligh fr'j School. It is a valuable contribution to ||c 1 the literature of public education. No trt i subject is engaging the attention of the 7 thoughtful men of our State at the pres- tin j ent time more than the pioper distribu- JJij . tion and application of our enormous ab j public school fund ; and we think Mr. i Stuart's suggestions as to the establish- an j ment of Gradod High Schools iti every county, to be supported partly by fees and Jhj j partly by the school furld, admirable and tin f practicable. Nor do we see any coustitu- t!'Jj 1 tional obstacle to the establishment of tlo 1 such schools. As Mr. .Stuart points outf ' our Constitution plainly recognizes the th 2 existenco of schools supported "ill part" "J \ by the public fund. 'This recognition pei | should d<j away with any constitutional or objection which our school authorities ^ 1 may have hitherto entertained against mi 3 such a system of schools. The letter is n.1} t 8lU . full of practical and wise advice and it sld 1 will command the thoughtful attention of 3 our legislators and educators. m< ; en * wl Death of Thotaas M< Cox of Greenville. g}' J Yesterday's Greenville papers bring - the sad intelligence of the death of Mr '! Thomas M. Cos of tlio firm of Gowor, 3 Cox <fc Markley. After a long arid pain- an - ful illness ho died oh Monday 22d inst. ? The high praise which both the Green- th< ' ville daily journals pay him is justly th< b due to him. Wo knew him Mrell and m( r were proud to be countcd among his jn " friends. A sincere Christian, a business man of sterling integrity, a genail and llti cultured member of society,?thO town 1 of Greenville may well mourri her su j loss. Christ Church, too, will miss J," Thomas Cox, the church ho loved so JJJ' well and served so faithfully. Those pi! * only who have seen him in his beautiful j1^ s home surrounded by his family can tell a l i how heavy is the loss sustained by his Cl! 1 [wifeand children. Ho was about sixty- to: p| five years of age, and had been actively s i engaged in business ill Greenville since co J j 1834. ^ ed [ | Grant at Home* m Genctftl Grant has returned from his 1>n 0 [ extended tour. Ho arrived In San Franb j cisco on the 20th instant. That city was wild with excitcment over the event, ahd ar extended the distinguished gnest every "I conccivablc hotior. _ ap 1 w sii o Interesting Article. al y In another1 part of this issuo of tho p Pres* and Banner may be found quito a of it readable article from our old friend "Ex- m n Abbevillian.'' Wo hope that our f>ub* scribers may l'ead it. Fi ? V( Graded High School Needed in Every County in the State. itors Prexs and banner: Ientlemkn The republication of Mr. 1 net's late able address on State education In nnhlet form, and distribution by the Ab,'1 tie Teachers' Institute before whom It 8 delivered, to every member of our LegUure, I am persuaded, will do great good. It in extraordinary eyc*opener that Is erectly sded, and I take the liberty of calling for republication In a more permanent form, 11 am not. In favor of embodying all of Its cgestlons In anew school-law, for I nm op*ed to any change of the law as It now nds with respect to rnaUliiff elemtntary edition, as far as t he State undertakes it, al;ether free. It certainly ought soto remain ogether free forever. And when State funds > insufficient to support an elementary 100I for the entire year It ought to bo kept pn as a perfectly free school so long It is so supported. Its patrons then taking ' burden of its support oft' the State, and ?plng It open as a pay school, under the ne tcacher, Tor the rest oft ho year. It is, >, not atall impracticable, by an arrange>111 made at the beginning ot the year, for ite funds to support the same teacher four >nths at one locality, and four months at other, as done In the sparsely populated itricts of Sweden. \Vh<m however, we pass tothe higher grades of Instruction, to what jroperly denominated 8ec< ndary education ?n the policy of "using state funds not as a y-all but as a stimulus to education"' seems nost self-evident, and more particularly in a present financial and social condition of ?people of South Carolina. The demand of iooI rces equal to at least one-half of the penses of such higher grades of Instruction not only altogether jusi out uusouueiy neewry to securing efficiency. The State Contution speaks of "schools supported in loleorlnpart by the State." The School ,v, as It now stands. gives no option and no coumgement to this lattcrnnd mnch-needclass of "schools supported in part by the ite." If the Legislature could bo brought see this and to reflect upon It, It would euxvor to carry out the clear meaning of tho nstitution, and would cctise to obstruct iiit fncts to be presently mentioned plainly Itcnte as the popular desire and will. An nendment would be passed, this very win, by which as much as fifteen hundred dols would bo set apart, out of tho present 100I fund in eaeh County, and appropriated iikl in establishing nt suitable localities, nded High Schools, on theexpresscondltlon it such schools should be kept open for ten tilths of the year, and that as much money juld be collected, dollar for dollar, by tul11 fees paid by the beneficiaries of such iooIs as Is contributed towards their suppt by tho State. 'cry soun {-(Helent tcacliers. secured and initiated by better pay, would greatly com nd and render popular the whole public tool system, a demand would be created for II higher College and University education d additional local taxation for cdulonal purposes, than which nothing ild bo more hateful and unpular at present, would begin fo seem lti no localities, J list, reasonablennd expedient, is policy of using State aid "as a stimulus [1 not us n pay-all" In secondary education, not a new one. It Is no mere experiment w for the flrst time'to be tried, llcsldes vlng many successful examples of Etirom practice and precedent-for centuries In favor, it is actually now in operation In j organization of every State College and ito University in Vmerlca, without a slnele lept.ion. It Is the principle on which the ,v High School of Charleston, which has ne so much useful and noble work, was inded, and now continnes to exist, and In nwkwnrd and Inconinlete wav. so clearly Is sic a popular demand for lis immediate option, it hits been acted on, almost con train our present school law, in the towns of irk, Chester, Hock Hill, Winnslioro, Blaekle, Alkeu and Abbeville. Who, then, can ubt that It even already commands the al>st unanimous approval of the whole peos of the Stale? Nevertheless, the statesin who first embolics it in legal form, will eatheacrown of laurel round his brow, r the advantages of such an amendment the school law as has been suggested, an lendmcnt In aid of, and supplementary to, d In no reppect antagonizing the present e school system exactly as it stands would offered, on the same conditions, to ail classand colors of our citizens, without danger abuse by any, while stimulating the purest ibition and the best aspirations of all. Respectfully, yours, feKNJ. R. STUART. I thank Mr. Stuart for his complimentary luestthatl should publish In pamphlet m my address before the Abbeville Teacbi' Association: and I shall take his suggest* i Into consideration. Meauwhilo it gives } pleasure to see so omtnent an cducator as . Si tort showing so deep an interest In a IjJect which has been neglected too much d too long?namely, this questionHow n we distribute and use to the bestadvan;e the public school fund of our State ? W.C. B.] The Dulles of An Editor. [Sumlcr IVaJchman.] The first thing an editor should understand that his paper- although private property, private property hired to the public to do "tain work, and is not like his horse, his gey or his pocket-knlte, a thing to id ton friend or use In accomplishing his tlsh ends whenever desire prompts. The ] :il understanding or implied contract beeen an editor and his subscribers is tluU for , ( amount of subscription money paid Vim, i agrees to watch public affairs for the sub ibers, and to the best of his ability to keep id subscribers informed as to what trans cs in the world generally; and on account his superior sources of Information the I bscribers likewise expect htm to give IhCm ebenefit of the conclusions lie reaches In ;ard to matters of public concern. For all j which he is fully paid when he cets the lount charged for subscription to Ills paper, ppose now, after this contract Is entered in, the editor sets to work immediately to 1 to up his own interests or those of his i ends? Docs he not occupy the same posl-| in as thnt of a field-hand, who receives his ijjes to work my crop and pocs at once and cs the same to work hi* own"! Certainly he es. Then assuredly one of the first requles to a faithful carrying out of the above ntract Is the complete subordination 011 the rtof the editor of all private und sclflsli ds to the public good. As an editor lie t>uld have no "personal friends." He shou'.d >k upon every man in public life, as simply lublfc servant of whose deeds the people pecthimto Inform them, truthfully and irlessly. The servant who deserves praise ould receive it, if censure he should not bo ured, 110 matter what the editor's private Nations to him may be. The readers, he 11st remember, arc not very anxious that 0 editor's private friends should hold public ices of honor and profit; hot that thecounshould have efficient and honorable pubservants. Consequently the subscribers? j readers?are treated with unfairness and lachery when an editor withholds what ho ould publish, and publishes what are un icor pervoncu rvpim'tiuiuuinui uic , et of public servants whose welfare ho shes to promote. His duty Is to lay before ? readers nil the Information he can feather out these laborers In the public vine-yards rhethei such Information be pleasant or pleasant reading; to those of whom 11. speaks d leave the people to make uo their Judg>nt from the facts as given. Ho can draw > own conclusions and let them go for what cy may bo worth to bis readers, but his <t duty Is to give tliem.the data upon which jy can base their owu conclusions independtdf his. 'he newspaper Isa medium ot communican among all thecitlzens In tlio community Avfiich it circulates, and every citizen who ?ires to be heard, and will couch his oughts in decfcnt language, and makes his mmunicntions reasonably short, should allys be allowed a hearing through ticwspar columns, free tif cost, hbwever adverse bis jwh may be to those the editor entertains, perchance has been advancing. Just in proportion as a newspaper Is oneled in Its publications, Is It. ih bur Juclgent, worthless as a newspapen It should vays give its readers a chnncfe to see bdth ics of overy question by allowing notn e a hearing through Its column. And If an it-or dlscnnrges t>iis duty falthflilly. Ills ills, whatever they be, will be In a grtjat insure, robbed of their power to niirm. His ors and fallings, as a writer and a thlnkfcr, 11 do bat little In misleading his readers, bejse those who entertain antagonistic views iiis will correct any falso Impressions his ltlngs may have made upon the public nd. If an editor Is truly falrmidded?seeks icGrely the public good?Is earhest In the rstiltof truth, ho is soon recognized by his tders as one worthy of their Confidence, d then his opportunities for doing his felv irien real service Is unbounded. Kvery sek (1/his is a weekly paper) he is allowed 8 privilege of going into almost every me In the county and communicating his jughts and sentiment* to almost every smber of the family?and if those sdntl;nts are pure and elevated?if ho is fearless exposing error?bold in upholding the ;ht and suppressing the wrong, always inci dlllgentln establishing Justice and pulig down prejudice, what an Immense lountof good lie can accomplish in the urseof tlind? Rut if the editor seeks in ad to impose bis friends upon the public, carry out his private enterprises to the gleet or detriment of the public weal?if life' Inisters lo passion, strengthens prejudices, iters little factions and strives to keep alive rtisan acrimony and hate in order to "make <! jjnpcr reaaauie." (as lsoiusncumiieu uj i-u11s tn^y shtiuld do) his paper Is a clirse, not dossing to the people among wheftn It clrlatos. I'here Is always room for difference of oplnii?difference of opinion Is Incident to the flrmlty of the human mind?but there Is iverany room for hatred and 111 -\r111 on neurit of these differences when honestly enrtalned and respectfully expressed. The Itor should fill Ills columns with different, telllgent opinions on the same subject, but ;clude, as far as lu him lies, all that may Ultatc against truth/ or fostef prejudice ahd , .sslon. $30,000,000 for AflicHcau Grain. London, September 10.?'The Daily (ttamlxl in its financial article this morning says: t is estimated that the maximum amotintof ild required to redress the balance of trade ;ainst Oreat Britain for present and proactive imports of grain and cotton Irlllprobily exceed six million pounds." \Vahhinoton,September 10.?The secretary the treasury issued to-ttay a circular auorlzlng the treasurer of the United' States id the assistant treasurers at Boston, New nrh, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Cincinnati) ilcafcOj St. Louis, New Orleans and San ranclsco, to pay out gold coin, as well as sll;r coin and notes, upon current obligations the Government, and upon advances to sburslng ottlcors as may be convenient and actlcable. St. Pktehsbuho, September 19.?M. Danltr, an eminent. Russian englncor, has comenced a work by which It Is Intended to lite the Black and Caspian sens by connectig various rivers* Large parties of work0ii have been dispatched from Astrachan. New York, Septetnber 10.?Mr. Langstaff i his appeal for funds for the work of the owards at Memphis says! "Tho amount retired to provision those living In wimps who innot return to their homes until the epl3inlc ceases, will not be less than 5100,000. tic amount required to continue the work ' tho association cannot be definitely estlated. We bellove that about 800,000 will be ceded. Exit the Equinox.?The rnln continued ? fall all day yesterday, and up to 8 Pi M. l.i.'O iches ot water had fallen. Tho wind which intlnued to blow from the northeast had loderated to twelve miles an hour, and the onu signals had been ordered to be takou jwii.?Xma and Oouricr, Monday 22. Charleston Is now in a ferment over the I Democratic nomination Ibr the mayoral? P: f'nnrtnnv urfl fhn rjinrlirlates I ,J ly. o?.u ?...A v JO and a bolt is threatened under certain in contingencies. }',! 'r A Bloody Revenue Affray* 1 n 10 Columbia, September 22. ? Collector jj re Brayton received a dispatch from Spar- qi 3* tnnburg this afternoon which stated that w iy special doputy collector and United States j <*' is deputy marshal T. J. Davie was shot at I ie half-past 5 o'clock this rfterttoon by J. B. Panther, while serving a belich warrant m issued in North Carolina, but which had :e been made serviceable in this district by tc [Judge Bryan. Panther was shot in the 1,: log by a negro, and is now in jail at Spar- ^ ?"|tauburg. Davis's thigh bone was btully I broken. d< ? J X y .J George Eliot and her Worl THE TRUE STORY OF HER YER REMARKABLE LIFE. A Strange Platonic Marriage ? Hoi Slie lias Earned a Quarter of a Mil lion of Dollars by Her Ten ? He Marrellons Mind. ' London; August 30.?It i?eemstobo genei ally understood?Indeed, tl:<?o in a posltlo to be fully Informed state It as a positive ftu ?tlmt Marian C. Evans bettor known t George Eliot, has published her lust bool and has, so fur as the public la concerned, ac nally withdrawn from literary life. If tli be true, It Is a very Important literary even for she Is Incontcstably the greatest livln writer of llctlon In this, or probably In an country. She Is often spoken of as the mw gifted ot women novelists, which Is moi than unlust?It Is absurd?since thero is n woman to compare with her, aud since gen us has never been and never should be coi sldcred sexually. 8he Is a master, und mighty one. llor novels aro totally unllb novels generally in spirit, aim,character an scope. To mention tnem in connection wit the llctlons of Mary Broddon, Mrs. Henr Wood, "Ouida," Mrs. Beecher Stowe, Mrs. It bccca Harding T>avls, or any other English ( American feminine author. Is little less tha grotesque. They huve no kindred with tli high-colored, morbidly sentimental, leveris stories of. DeStael and George Sand, two i the most eminent women of literary Franc In no sense are they romances. They are si] nally philosophic; they are studies of an l'rotu life?cxiructs, as it wore, FKOJt THE 80TJL OK HUMANITY, revelations of mind to mind. They are in tl: same vein as Balzac and Thackeray, and y< very different: they aro in some sense uniqu and seem destined to long-continucd fume. George Eliot's novels do not live, what wi live in literature? They are condensations i Lhoueht. nicturnH of t.hn rfinl. n.n?l models i nervous epigrammatic expression. Georj KliofsJUMt-publlnhed work, "Life and Opli 1oj?? of Theophrastus Such," a scries of an; lytic essays, has not been written, as mau think, since she produced "Daniel Deronda The essays have been done through a series i years in the intervals of more protracted? not more uerlous?labor, when she hud lelsui and was In the mood to do them. They ai subtle and sagucious, iih all her porforruana arc, and clearly indicate tho authorship < "Adam Hede," ' Mill on the Floss" and "Fell Holt." 81ie has definitely announced It. 1 ui derstund, as her Until publication, so that hi extraordinary literary career may be said bo closed, making this a fit time to review hi professional and private life, one of the mo extraordinary lives, on the whole, of on writer of the present time. Notwlthstandlr her very wide Aime, hardly anything has bee known of her personally, so that any and a details of the woman have a double interet It Is singular that the every-day existence the greatest and most renowned of Engllt novelists should be as hidden from the ma of her readers at homo as though she were dweller In the heart of Africa. In no blogr pblcnl record with which! am acquainted cf any details of her antecedents be found. 81 scum* from the beginniug toliaveshruii from publicity, even u> the extent of concea Ing her proper name. Qeorge Eliot and wb she has written Is her entire history, and have been told that she once said to a frier that, when she was buried, she wished on lier pen-uamc to be placed ou a slugle slab. 31A HI AN C. KVAUS was born in a town In Warwickshire, In mat respects the most Interesting county In Gre Britain, for It contains Ktrntford, Warwi< Castle. Guy's Clllt", Ken 11 worth, the qual; old tower of Coventry, and many other hi toric places and monuments. She is tl daughter of a country curate who, liavii nothing but his small salary and u number children, hud not the means to give her sui an education as her precocious mind and co: splcuoustalcntsdeserved. While ho wasd bating what means to adopt to sccure tho d sired end, a brother clergyman, a friend his, possessed of a handsome independent became Interested In her, nnd asked theprli lege to take charge of the training of her 1 tellect. Tho privilege wius granted, nnd, th the purpose might he more conveniently ar thoroughly carried out. she was virtual adopted by her clerical friend and went tor side under bin roof. There she bud the be tesichers procurable, nnd, us she. was torturi by on Insatiable thirst Tor knowledge, shell proved astonishingly, nnd ut eighteen hnd o quired an extent und variety of culture sin us few person* of either sex attain at that ug Tho more she know the more she wanted know, and she amazed lief masters by HER QUICKS ESS, rROKCJTDITY AND ORIG NAL1TV. She got beyond them erelong. and at two! ty-two resolved to come to London, havli demonstrated her remnrkablo capudty write lo everybody acquainted with hi Tboy all agreed that literature was hor voc lion, and that it would be a sin again nature to preveut her from following It. S] wished, rroroorer, generous a# hcrbenefact was, to be Independent, and she wax confide that this great capital would ultimately lnsu her the independence which sh^crnved. SI was near Ik r twentv-thlrd year when she <] elded to make London hor home, und It h continued lo bo her home over since. Marli Evans came here with a lew letters of inti ductlon. nnd began at once to write for tl periodical*, not the merely popular but (I Intellectual sort, like Fra*er, JiUickwovd ai the leading reviews. Instead or verses, storl and sketclu-s, to which the feminine inlnd addicted, she produced TIIOUOHTFIJL, SOLID PAPERS, demanding erudition and research, such are usually cnllcd of a masculine order. Aft a while sho became a regulur contributor the Edtuburuh and Westminster. few pernor ?au.. l.AA/lllAr uuano/iflniv fhn/ l?o />? tti t i*l h r*t?VC UIUvmwi,p?0|/vv?ii6 wi>??? ?.?w. w..?.?v Lion* dime from a woman. As she had i general reputation, lier earnings were sma but sulRclent to defmy lier expenses In tl economical way she lived. She did her he work for the Wetlminster, because she w more In sympathy with Its spirit, from tl outset thoroughly independent and libori and because tier welcome there had been c< dial and generous. So sincerely was she a predated that, during the temporary abscn of the editor, she acted In Ills stead, and dl chargcd the arduous duties of thoposition e celluntly. She was barely 27 at that tin and tnat a woman could be capable ofed Ing the Westminster, at such ati age, proves what a high order of mind she must ha' been possessed, Her first sustained work w a translation of Strnuus's "Leben Jesu" (LI of Christ,) which appeared in IMS, succccdi soon after by a translation of Fonerbacl "Essence of Christianity." Her. English vt slon denoted conclusively her accurate know edge of German and her poHer over lier on tongue. She continued to furnish articles to the be order of magazines and reviews Air a numb of years, rarely. If ever, venturing upon !l tlon. lier papers were then of so phllosoph a stamp tnat nobody would have oxpceti that she would have dcvoloped into a nov? 1st. She was .17 when she published, uud tho signature of "George Eliot," a scries stories In llUickicood bearing the title "Scenes of Clerical Llfe?" They were mnrki by a fresh, nicy, vigorous style, and spcedl drew attention, for they proclaimed tho u vent of A NEW NOVELIST OF SIGNAL ABILITY. The signature was generally understood boa psoudonym, and great curiosity was ft to learn whom it concerned. Was lta mau woman ? Most persons decided that It was man ; that no woman had such grasp strength; that the diction was unquestlonab masculine. The year following the admli tlon for George Ellotgrcatly increased by tl appearance, in numbers, of "Adam Bedd which galnbd vast success in the inogazlu nnd had an immense sale when put bctwc< covers. The story placed her among the fli novelists of tho day, and rendered Geor a nuinn MivniierHnnf. fhft TTnift Kingdom, and introduced her, I believe, your Klde of the wnt*r. The work was in <11 time t run kin tcil into French and German, ai hus since been done into Spanish, Itnllu Dutch, IUieslun, and other modern tongtn It brought her the acquaintance of a numb of literary men (she hod always been -shy ai hud sedulously avoided society,) among the Herbert Spencer, George Henry Lewes, Die ens, Adolpluis Trollope, Thackeray, Matthc Arnold, "V.'ilkle Collins, Leslie Stephen, ai Charles ltclide. Spencer and Lewes wero pi tlcularly Interested in her, and a close int< lectual friendship sprang up between the] Spencer informally Instructed her in bis sj torn of phllofebphy, and LowPs added large to her stock of culture by bis own dlverslfl attainments; Spencer, albeit a philosopfc bachelor, WISHED TO MARRY TIER, it is said; but she declined his propoa Lewes was strongly drawn to her through 1 tellectual sytnpatliy, far more so than he h ever been br believed he ever could be to ai human being. He said that they needed 01 another; that ho felt he could help her much as she could help him; that their mln were correlated "and mutually rcsponsh Lewes would have been only too happy make her his wife. But there was an ob?ta< in tbo way of their nuptials then or at ai other definite time. There was a Mrs. Lew already, ahd. what was worse, although s and Lewes did not live together, she con not be legally sot aside. \Vny ? He had mi Med years before a woman whW It .id very 111 In common with him, and, ?i tie learnea i late, with whom he had still less. He, bci of stole mbuld. bore the inlsfdrtuno uncoi plalnlngly, trying to soften the unavoldal disharmony asmuch as he could. Shercbell violently against lier lndlscrcet accoptam Unable to be fond of him, she \rn> so ran repelled that she drovo him by her express! of repugnance well-high districted; for 1 like most men of artistic temperament, w extremely sensitive, and capublo of gr< spiritnul suffering. After two or three years of discord, she it another man who was very attentive to h i she was then handsomoaud had an attractl figure, and she was so moved by hlsatt?ntIo that SUE RAJT AWAY WITH JIIM. Lewes was greatly relieved. If he had be orthodox he would have thanked the Lord J his deliverance. Ashe was a rationalist, regarded his wife's elopement as a hap coincidence. Mrs. Lowcs's lover presonl grew tired of her and abandoned her. Th she repented and sought her husband wi pathetic contrition and plenteous tears. J was generous, chivalrous, tender-hearted; had no love for her, but, fearing that s might go to moral perdition, ho nobly and the faco of publlo predjudlce, and what knew would bo a Jeering world, took I back: replaced her In Ills home. He bellev that he had done his duty; he was truly o man In ton thousand. Ho lmdsacrlflccd hi self for what seemed to be her good. Bcf< the year had passed Mrs. I/Owes who had sumed her old attitude of opposition and < fiance, repeated her offence. Hhe ran aw again. Whether she a second time repent and begged a second lime to be restored marital favors, I do not know. It Is notlil ly, had she done so, that her liege would could have pardoned her. He felt that ho h had enough of wedlock; that henceforth ec bocy would bo forever alluring. Ana it wm have beefy doubtless, under ordinary clrcn: stances. Jiut meeting ieorgo Eliot, was r to his mind, an ordin 11 ry circumstance. J had no passion for her, no romantic attai ment.no sentimental prejudice. He Itfv her Intellect; HE WORSHIPPED HER GEXIT7H; he knelt tit her mental shrine. But ho cor not marry hor, and without marriage socl< and custom forbade them to be close compt Ions. The law here, and with you, too think, will not grant a divorce under any t cumstancos where disloyalty had once be condoned. He had condoned his wife's clff ment; for her second olopetnent lie had legal remedy. Whut could, Vvhat did he d He submitted the matter after due reflecti to tliclr tommon friendly entirely uonsclc _ that George Eliot would, by living with him, i plaoo herself under ban ; that alio would expose herself to misunderstanding, to harsh comment, to cruel criticism; that she could hope for only the recognition and esteem of i the few. Their mends were amon? the best and most Intellectual persons In the Unitod Kingdom. They discussed the question from every side, and Anally (ptve thcltf vordlct In favor of " v 17 a spiritual rrsjpx I" which the law, through a technicality, wonld r not sanction. George Eliot and George Henry Lewes went to reside under the same. roof, and until his death, nearly a year ngo. thf.y were the best or friends, the most sympa? thetic of comrades, the most harmonious of " literary co-workers. They lived in a quiet '* quarter of the city, near Regent's Park, In a ~ modest but comfortable and elegant hpme, * full of books, pictures, engravlngB. bronzes. r brle-a-bac, and other objects of taste and , art. , l' She never went out socially, but she re5 celved Sunday evenings during the season * with her friend, and they who called were al most always people of some kind of dlstlnc!* tlon. It was deemed a privilege to go, and a ,? numbor of cultured and liberal Americans J* have passed delightful hours there. George Kllot II ves there still; but Sunday receptions J* have been relinquished since his death, and 9 nro not likely to bo resumed. She now Bees only a very small number of her nearest and oldest friends. Lewes's death was a terrible y bereavement to her, one from which she will hardly recover. He was a great stay and snpport to her: ho encouraged her to write; was " her best and most stimulating critic, and It is no doubt on acconnt of herloss, so severe and irreparable, that she has determined to o i lay aside her wondrous pen IC- She isnow 50 and childless,and, though it id may not be called so, hers is a most melancholy widowhood. Bhowas always referred to, while he lived, as the wife of Lewes. She never was bis wife; site could not be, for Mrs. '? Lewes proper still survives. Bin frequently contributes to longevity. George Eliot's writings have been vory profitahle. Their value In the market has rapidly Increased. For "Scenes of Clerical Life" she received but ?.300 (SI J00;)for "Adam Bedo" of she got. all told, ?3,000 (815.000;) but something C? lens, I fear, for "Mill on the Floss." "Romola" U" perhHps her most artistic and one of the most ft" interesting of her novels, to cultured people, lias never been fully appreciated. Its earn . lngs have to date, 1 am told, not been much ?.1. over ?2,090. 8he has cleared from "Middle11 march," issued by the Blackwoods in eight re dl visions. Hie enormous sum of ?3,000, and for rc "1 anlei Dorouda" about the same. 'Silas Marner," one of her strongest stories, was P? not very profitable, wblle "Fell* Holt," not ix at all equal to it, Rave her six times as much money. Her poetry?she has Issued six vols' umcs?has not been liked, nor doos It doservo w to be liked In any measure with her novels. af Still she prefers her poetry, an# would ratber 81 be rankod as a poet than aflctionlst. Heren'y tire earnings nave been about $?50,000, and she could make a contract any day for a new :f} story for which she would bo guaranteed $10, 11 000. HRR M05EY-MAKIKG POWER ill in not excelled by that of any writer in Great ss Britain. a In her case genius has been rewarded, a- Georgo Eliot is ono of the most learned anin tborsof her time. The amount of her acle qulrements Is wonderful. 8ne Is mistress of ik French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, has tl- a tolerable acquaintance with Romaic and at Russian, is up In all the sciences. Is a .critical I Latin and Greek scholar, an admirable histoid rlnn, an archeologlst, understands music, ly painting and statuary, and Is a brilliant conversationalist. Beauty she has not and nothing llko Jt. Some persons count her very plain, even homely; others hold that she has iy a vory interesting face. Tome sho is in no at wise remarkable In appearance; sbo docs npt :k look a bit like a geulus?geniuses seldom do. i nt Hhe has grny eyes, rather large featuresabunis dant hair streaked with white, a medium flg>e ure, neither stout nor slender, and a pleasant ig well-modulated voice. She has been exof tromely industrious In her profession. She :h cotnooses rapidly often, hnt corrects with n- great cure, and frequently injures her health, le- not robust by any means, by her excessive apc plication. She Is a pronounced Rationalist in of belief; In most respects a wonderful woman, jo. and surely ft prodigious iutollect. n ^ an interview with hates. ? He Talks Abont the Political Future ?| Grant, Satiated with Honors, not n- Likely to be a Presidential AspiX rant. !<* CnfcrxNATi, September 13.?A correspondto ent hiul a short talk with the President to-day on the political future, and first asked In reII itnrd tothenccup?n(^ of the Presidential sent, and particularly of G ran t'? prospects. "Gen. Grant will soon be hack axaln In this country. Do you think. Mr. President, he will iff be a candidate for the Presidency for the third to term?" Jr. ,I don't think he Isneeklng arenomination si- or d#*lren It. Gen. Grant ha* enjoyed the *t highest honors the country cunld bestow 011 I'? one of her citizens, and I lhlnk he is not deor sirous of havlnethem repeated. He wns unfit doubtedly the ablest general the war prodhcre ih|. His management of the armies under tic til* control closed the war of the rebellion, 'c- After thnthe wns made General of the Army, ? snd then twl?e elected to M10 Presidential ui chair. Since his retirement from the Prcsl0 dentlal office he has travelled abroad extcnl*c slVcly, and every where he linn received nttcnI"4 tlfins of the most, gratifying kind, sncli. in id Wet as no American citizen ever received In 7* foreign countries before. AII this must be ex's treinely pleading to Gen. Grant, nnd T doubt whether he would l>e willing: to enter Into another contest for office. I have no informatlon from him, but I believe that he would much prefer to lake some reposo, keeping out ?0 of politics for the present" Ifl, Tt LDEM'S CltAKCKS. u- "bo you think Tllden will bo tho Democrnt><> le nominee next.vear?" II. "Everything points that way now. Andyct. I,fi Mr. Tllden has nianv enemies In hlsown part.v. I think he would bo theeaslestmiinbeato'n the Democrats could nominate. The attitude of Tammany towards him In the New *1. York Convention shows that lie is notable to )r* keep bis pnrty in line. There 1$ a Suspicion P- of trirkerv hnnelmrabont Tlldert amomr those c? who have hwn hi* followers. r/v>k at.Howltt, s- who managed hi* campaign ttireo years aeo. x* nnd Dnvlil Diylloy Field, who went to Conic. pros* for the pui"j>o*c of tnklncr dhnrcre of lit* claims?both are now opposed to hltn. That Is the way It seems to an with him. T7ls most ve valuable nlllPH In politic* dosert 1dm." w "Do you regard lilm a* a manor ability?" ftj ' ! do, undoubtedly. T think that lhdrr> arc few men who ore hlacqnals in organizing and 1 8 conducting a campaign." (r* "Whom do yon regard a* the beat man the Democrat*could pht forward?" .. 'n "I think Senator Georce Pendloton Is their most Hvallabte.man and theirstrongest. He has been before the people an ft nat ional er eharnctpi' a lone time.. ni? abilities are of the flint onlef, and hehas fewer enemlesthan any "J public rityn in the party. Tlinrmnh is a man l*' of groatanlllty, hut, he ban enemies right. f,_ here at. hi* own hom<i. On tho whole. I think er Pendle(bn the best man the Democrats could ?[ nohilnatc." , "l THE NATIONAL BA^KS. ly "Do you think the national bank^qnestion, J. wnleii aippears to bo one of the Democratic issues in this Statejust now;, will bo mado a national Issue it) tho next campaign?" "No. The question that will bo all-lmportto ant In tho next campaign will be national snilt pfemacy, not national hanks. Tlie national or banking system Is so much superior to any a Slate or private 'banking system that the or coun try has ever enjoyed that It will not bo ly ready to give It up, no matter how much It a- may be attacked by politicians. If it were fa? abolished State banks would spring up all over the country, because some banking system is necessary to the wants or the people, 3ii and every system except this has always rest suited In a wild-cat, Irresponsible currency, gd With the national banks Issuing the paper ed money thereisabsolutosecdrity to the holdto nr? nnd no dnnirer at anv time of their notes ue becoming depreciated."" id ? u? Senator Vance - 'His Views Regaider the Next Presidential Ticket. "What do you tblnk of Mr.Tlldon's chances y1 for the presidential nomination ?" fc- "I think If the South has Its say he will ncft sw be nominated. He has been wouderftilly 1(1 mixed up In trickery and mean transactions, ir- Toput him in tho field it woold bo necessary >1- to keep men constantly on the stump defend?. lug him all through the South: I do not wish >'*- to do understood as saying that be has no ly chance for the nomlnutlon, forlf the majority cd should choose him the South would nttt bolt, tic It would lay aside all personal feeling In a campaign and would work together lor the tlckot. It would be with us a oholco between rtl two evils, and rather than live thrtiiigh an' other Kepubllcan administration we could J stand Uncle Sammy. Yet his nomination would be a deplorable event, and I hope we Bhall bo able to do better." us ? ds " Oar Public School System. [New* and Courier.] ;lc The Winnsboro News, in tho course of a kind ly but careful criticism of thoj-ecently publish es | etl address or W. U. Bonet, i-;sq., or Aooevmc, lie on publlceducation, characterized Mr.Benet'a ild suggestion of a fee bill Instead of land taxnir tlon ft# Impracticable. The Abbeville Jhett Lie and Banner, of which Mr. lienet Is editor, reoo plies by instancing the case of the Abbeville ng Graded School, which Is supported partly by n- the Public School Fund and partly by school ile fees paid monthly by the parents and other cd patrons. The school had on Its rolls 125 puce. plls, and was kept opon ten months, the exch penses amounting to SI,?00, of which the Pubon lie School Fund furnished only JH80, while ic, the fees collected from the patrons supplied 'as the balance of 81,'4'JO. The other Public Schools :at in Abbeville County were closed for lack of funds at the end of four and a half months, let Commenting on these fucts the Press and or; Banner says: vo "The neopleof Abbeville, by paying up their >ns school fees, kept open for ten months a much better school than the public fund could pay for, and yet obtained to a greater than the full extent the benefit of thut public fund. What P" the peopio of Abbovlllo have done, the people of other towns and villages In South Carolina ne will do. They will pay school fees for a good school. We believe that the colored people are not averse to paying school fees, indeod we can point to more than one colored school 117. In Abbeville County keptopon longer than the "c publlcschool term by fees voluntarily paid, ,{j? ouesuch colored school being in our town. No doubt there uro dlfllcultles In the way of a , fee-bill system; but we think they are not more numerous than those attending a local I**! tax system; and no one can complain of the hardship, injustice anil oppression of school n . fees, whllfe he can well and Justly so complain "'* of a local fax.- Under a feo bill system those ?nly have children at school have to pay; 4 i under a local tax system all owners of properv-' ^ hftV0 ^ and In this State the class that a?. j has most prefpferty has fewest children." The srtccePS of the Abbeville school speaks | well for the Intelligence and public spirit ol ?? 1 community, and the opportunity is open , | to every community similarly disposed to go I and do likewise; but the question remains j whether, in proportion to (he cost, as much is '\a ! done for the promotion of the cause of public I education by the volunteer system of AbbcP?I vllle as by the local taxatlbn system now In - ] iorce in i/uunraioii, n m uui u?cunu ,7 the fee bill graded schools are better than our cu unassisted public schools, hut are they better school!) than could be obtained by local taxation, and Is the cost more equltablv dlstrlbulU ted? This Is the question really to be decided, >ty and its practical decision jests at Inst with in- the voters of the HWte. The people on whom I ] school taxes fall heavily are in a small mlnor ir. Ity compared with thos(> to whom fee bills 'en | would bo either an Impossibility ora-?ery sept. > rlous burden, and. therefore, wo ha^e little nt,! doubt that the decision will be In fav6rof )oo ? cal taxation, without any regard whatever to 0u the abstract question ol th$ rotative advan)ub ' tages of the two systemn^ Our Ex-Abbevillian Again.?? , pow A MOST INTERESTING LETTER. Sd on* . ?nt Reminiscences of the Older Time? Cba Onr Scotch.Irish Forefathers?'Their wfti Religion, Education, High Character ttdd Peculiarities. * THE SAMP LI FAMILY. j.^*1 Among the first settlers of the lower batta!- sam ion of the Saluda regiment, were Alex 8am- sugf pie and John Neely. Both were Irl?bmcn, ter the former born In County Autrlm In ibe rak< year 1720, the birth place of the latter not re- ed I membered. The impression on my mind Is, law that Sample first settled in Virginia, near the the Cunninghams about the year 1750, and removed with them, or by himself through their ? Influence, to South Carolina; and when it is 41 known, the attachment between classes and yul! Presbyterians in those uays, the fact* stated are not hard to believe. But whether they "}* come together, or flrst met on Saluda, they {J* were neighbors, and a friendship existed that !, ended only with death, and which was not J*1?; allonated wholly by the issues of the war of Da0 the revolution, on which whey differed. There C J is a tradition in the Sample family that one Vv" of the younger Sample's and Swansey (an aii- PJ"1 ccstor of the Blake's, I believe.) oftne Whig theJ forces being caught on furlough or foraging, by the command of Major William pr a"a Bloody Bill" Cunningham, were beaten be- P'0' fore the Major knew it, when he only detain- nn? ed Sample a short time and released him, but *e(" offered no protection to the other, who wo* SJ further beaten and left for dead; but be wai taken up by other comrade, and recovered. i?f The elder Sumple was an invalid prior to tbe J revolution from a rupture produced by the Le"J kJck of a horse and added to his age was un- Hv*J .fitted for a soldier, and took no active part in \?? the war. Hlssettlement was on the west side 'f31 of Saluda, opposite the Cunningham estate and divided by the river. He owned a fine tract of land, which prior to bis deatb in 1819 a"V (in his 09th year) passed into tbe possession of J*?* her sou Alexander and whose death occurred m 182L when it was purcbu*ed by ten of the sons of the latter, and after the death of one no.; of them was owned entirely by the other, who sold It about 1837 and removed west. I will remark here that a dense brake of vines jH* and cane on Samples land was one of tbe re- 6(11 treats of Major Cunningham and men, and many years after tbe war this dl3covcry was q made In clearing for cultivation, and tbe ta- Wh ble (of walnut) round on whloh be and others bly ate and drank. It wan taken poxsessiou of by the Samples, and In 1889 belonged to John N. ban Sample n son of Alox. who had it ro- ?jpi duced In elzo to obtain soundness of wood, itfe betnerrotten in Dart and much worm-eitten. hi* When found it was said to have been long pos and narrow and in a bad condition from the ?* f damp air and lack of sun which bad befeljen ftn(i it in its imprisonment. When I last saw It xie 41 years ago It had been reduced to the size of dec an ordinary dressing-table. On the removal ron of the owner from the State many years ago, Mv lie gave it I think to bis Iriend and noighbor James McCraeken, and It Is probably now in 0f < the vicinity of Ninety-Six. It would be re- rjc| garded-by many us a valuable relic or dark 0f j and early days. poi A. Sample, sr., left 4 sons and a daughter or ?t? two, out I do not propose to follow the females x as such If they remain single leave no record, Nc< and If they marry they lose *tlioir Identity, ter except us connecting links. The boys were fi?n William, James, Robert and Alexander. Wll- ed llam, I think, or his family, emigrated earlv Wh to Indiana Territory. Of James lean tell Vill nothing. Robert was drowned In Wilson's 401 Creeh, having fallen In a lit of apoplexy, as f0U supposed. If my recollection Is not at fan It. wjj Robert and Alexander aijily loft soils who re- aU( laafued among you, the sous of Robert being am John and Daniel.- The latter removed many years ago to Greene county, Alabama, where ho was living at an advanced ago In 180:1?1 s T now deadperbaps. John died In Abbeville byt nmny years ego, leaving one son and several kni daughters who are still among you. wt Alexander Sample, junior, died 011 Saluda, cbj as heretofore stated, in tho year 1824, leaving for; live sons and Ave daughters, the sons being the named respeotlvely, John 2*.. James, Isaac, lap Washington and Samuel. Washington was toil killed nt Lod's in Abbeville,- Jaly 4th IBM, lie' while charging* cannon. The occasion was a otli celebration, and Win. L. Yancey, then a col- tnL lege student was the orutor. Salutes were be- call Id* flred, which ceased af- the wrong time, Oal when Hample ran up and ascertained the St, cause to be that tho sun bud become so hot die that tho gunner had become frightened and aft refused to act. Sample rebuked his coward- ma uess, seized the cartridge and applied tho rod, thl bnt ere it readied Its position an explosion we occurred which tlo: BLEW HIK almost TO ATOMS. Ho died in a few hours. Samuel theyoungest jtis studied medicine, and on receiving bis de- t>vr grees practised at White Hall In l?w and the od' \-ear prccedlngor following, when he removed Htl to Holmes co? Miss., nnd in lens than a decode tlu till his surviving brothers nnd staters follow- we od him where they became again a power In Th the lnnd. A mfbre substantial family woo dy never raised In Abbeville. They knew the <xr questions of thfduy, nnd, though, no office pot seekers, they wftre early sought by such, wiio hud to nave answered for tbem, If they did hoi not know, the Jeffcrsonlan test, before they no would listen to hlrn. All of the men, except boi Washington, who was tall and slendor, were vli large and portly, as uLso their sisters, and the tlu four men In their western homo was above tlx the average of the Hancock Co., Geo. Jerfy rel of 340, avoirdupois. James,.' ar. one time, evl reached nearly or quite 300 ponnds, and wns bel active witliul. While living near Stoney roi Point he was without his knowledge elected \Yi Justice of the Pence, and It being n hlsrh duty cH* of tho citizen to neither seek nor decline orflea, he qualified at once. Soon after ntupnb- |10 lie Catherine nn affray occurred In his pre*- 001 encc In which a number ware engaged, and, ng< ns In duty bound, be commanded the peace full In the name of the State, and hy virtue of his ( office which, not belug Instantly obeyed, he jat enforced the peace hy strewing Ihem rlitht an, nnd left. After his removal to Mississippi,tie vk was in a ware house at Yazoo City attending to thosale of his cotton, and sdme offensive nh languago beins given him by a sampler, In co' consequence of his objection to the manner ol cai cutting, ho slapped the samplcf.on the ftice sai with the bock of his hand. The sampler mi went off and wns seen soon after hy the wnre i lionscman returning with fifteen others im around with no rtflTOKS, UOWTE-K NJVJW A*h STICKS ^ and supposing their object to he to attack he Samples' tho keeper locked them out. They mt demanded admittance which .Sample Instated Wc should be given them, but the wnro house* yo man refused. Sample then proposed that If do< they would lay uown their pistols, knives an and sticks and divide themselves Into fours wl ho would fight them in the same number of ed pareels^and this they declined. The inter- dl? vcntlon of parties, however, brought about a an settlement without bloodshed. They were.all no m^sl substantial farmors, Including the Doctor, who also, while attending to a large prao- hel tlftc, plaptcd largely. All accumulated means nu: largely and died between 1*50 and WW). Jumns sdinnln nurchosed on n credit a lame tract of land af $30 per ncre In 1SH7, which the ornsb reduced to fo, and he hnd to way rflU In cotton ' at fl^e conts. Another ex-AubevilHaunumed 'J , Sims, an oldSirceder, was caught Ip the same rPj flx, Hnd though scores of others were alike caught, tlicy stood their ground and paid out ?P ?while "G. T. T." or "Q. T. H." were marked r on thedoorfoot8oroll,ornejirlyso,of othera. I learned this In their vicinity und from their rr neighbors 37 years ago. Indeed, from the tie- jr, coants, the recent negro exodus from the J"1 same locality was a smalL circumstance com- ML' pared with the heglra of the debtor class to- * " ward the closing scenes of the "laws delay" ?/; In MisfbilBpl. The demorallzatlnn and din- {~r portion following the financial crash of 1837 ??. was equal to that produced by and succeed- rJ lng the late war. The Samples' with their ro- *"*. bust frames, healthy looks and temperate habits, were a short-lived "race," all died between 35and 65years bnt one, John N., who on, died at 08. The men were live and warm politiclans, as In every thing else, and were anti- 91. Nuillflers in South Carolina, but In the west <j?! ultra democrats, and subsequently secessions. "J* and on whose shoulders stood Quitman and ll* Davis. Dr. Sample was a leading politician. mover ami marker, and the lost political act t of his life was us'a representative of Missis- ?hi Kippl. In the Baltimore Convention of 1860 th( which nominated James Buchanan for Presl- m, dent. jw THE XKZLYS. lnl pa The Neely's who are placed along side the fai Samples In this account, are Justly so for their ed to-settlcment, the'r nativity, and their simi- tli larlty In faith and politico, coupled with the ial marrying and cross-marrying in the families. m< The wife of Alex. Sample, Jr., wan a daughter In of the original Neely, and one of the latter's Tt grand houh. Major Charles Neely, married bis da cousin, a daughter of Alexander Samplo, Jr. te< The original Neely had several sons, one of thi whom was Joseph, who settled and lived to de old age aud died In Lanreus, about 1830, near W the Junction of Reedy and Sdlnda Rivers, tel where he owned the ferry. He tea one son, fel Young Neely, and a daughter frho married wi Dr. Joseph Anderson of I?aurens,-a respectable as practitioner, but more noted ns a local Mcth- we odist preacher, mi ocncrU. William Neely, lm another 6on, was ono early settler of Ala- hii bantu, living and dying in Shelby county, hi: leaving a number of children. Another son clt was John, James or Robert, or something else, tie who lived and died Qn the original homestead tli near a place called Cork, where the roads to from Ninety-Six to Stoney Point and from or Greenwood to Neely's ferry intersect. He was ho the father of William, Jubal, Charles. Cntlett ry and Oswald, all of whom attained manhood pa in Abbeftlle. They were the sume in natu- sti ber as the Samples, their cousins, and Just ric like them except that the Neely's were lesn nli corpulent and were of more sprightly Intel- Tb Icct. All of them recolved common school an education, the best In their day, except Sam- toi uel Sample and Oswald Neely, the younger of po each family, who obtained the benefit of the on Rev. Dr. lieaman a iter ne came among mem. iri Dr. Sample was a classmate or Judge Thomas pii Thomson.at Bcomnn's sch&Ol, ana for whom cu he formed n most ardent att^fchmont, and pre- rit dieted nearly SO years ago that he would come d.*i to tho very end and fate tjfftt has bcfullen ha him?asentence to the bencfr'or his acts. Of Jui the Neely brothers, William settled early in tic Louisiana and died many years ago, a large p]< sugar and cotton planter; Jubal, I think, pr died In Mississippi, after a life of success, ih measured by human standards. Cailett an wrestled early and often with John Barley- sel corn, and John whipped him, on the east side to of 10 in Mississippi or Louisiana, is my ac- at codnt. He possessed a remarkable talent for ki the production of doggerel poetry-, and which, sh when under the spiritual Influence of his f>at- th , ron saint, he let on In caricature of.4ns own so .family and others, much to their discomfort, tri But there wns no remedy, and they had to en- ne , dure what they could not onre. Charles, who an was the eldest or second, In the order of i ft-c births, remained many yea*s In Abbeville, th He was a local political leader and hostile to tu; Nullification. He talked on all occasions a l and took the stump, perhaps.- He was a brave m< man and feared nothing. He commanded, lie ' 1 ininK, [luring mo t'xciieinuui in nunuiut- uu tlon, the lower battalion of the Haluda regi- we mcnt, nnO during the hitter part of It, when tin his number of "union men." "subs" or "sope- stc ' tails," hn?l become thinned out to a heavy for minority, from conversions under the polltl- | as cal preaching of notably, David L. W'ordlaw i dr and others, and hearing that the Nullltlora tei I would he around at a battalion drill, gave so- sti cret orders to his political men to come well! of around. Or, It may have been that Ward law j loi was to speak and that some threats had been ; col made by the Is'ulllflers if the Union men ap- ch pearea lor HiHpuMiuon, aim rucciy mm uui) .in meeting tlie demands of a threat. I am! de stating Independently, ns I, a.Doy then, re- | d6 member at the time, and will bo glad If In er- ' do or that old citizen, notably Dr. E. 11. Cul- ' die houn, will correct It. For some criticism. In ; ha this connexion, by 8. A. Townes, then editor j da of the Abbeville Whig and South A'u/liftcr, > nit i Neely, after giving him notleo, attempted to I pu cane him in his omce. Townes drew a pistol lat an Noely was deliberately advancing with on- foe ly a small cane, and as he was in the act of vii striking, two law students, one named Vanci nn a nephew of Gov. McDuflle, seized, his coat-jthl tall and drew him back, and as fa* 6lru*kv it; l rt of bismark}.Tawne* flrod and woundleeljr In the bnauit, aud withftBprinf dlrti clicd inflicted scvernl stabs. Just then tin erfulJohn Alton Intervened and uerad them. Nocly hml to bet hauled boaK always complained of foul play. Town* ctirlnif aa editor gavu the pistol a? a pre* to Jolm AUetL ?nd it waainberlted bj m,H. Allen,t?ltor. ,11 waflfc lodlflerenl pod flint apd steel fireworks, compared i the lmprovotaent in weoponaoi ther moresooft^day.-X bad-JKlen seen It I remember soon after- the Banner operr ome one took otTetuja^t tlvjradlUrf, for re UK to publish, I believe, of whlch >e Jo ,_J me confidentially and sho\r e<t mo tba: e old pistol as his meanaof defbtme. ] jested and tbld him whore lo borrow a bet one, and thought to myself, If that ole s had been any account It would bave kill leely, and you may not find a braoo o students uud a man like your fittber a right time and place, SfAJOB JTKELY. ajor Neely was a candidate forSherlf lug theNulliflcatlon period, and was de ed. His party wus in the minority, bu manly traits and noble qualities drew ti l scores of friends who would, perhap ecarried him through, but. ln th^heato canvass he fell Into the most intemperate its. and the effect of stimulants was u :e blin. He never mint rented Ms wife an< dren, and tbey bad not the J^aat fear o iVbnttOe Samplo orotlier8fflW? and tooi m away vietarmU. He remained hi 111 ;le and invested a large! snm In povdei soon was beard the saund resouna of ex rtons. He employed masous 'to blast tlx e rdek In his vicinity, as may beplatnlj i to this day, with which be purposed U Id aroand him a fort, to be called For iir, for the purpose. as he suited, of "keep the damned Sample's away from him.1 oonverted hisboaselnU> an armory of dc ?, and for a wblle would let none of th ily connexions enter, except B. fcan ey, his brother-in-law, (their wives beini ers.) The Bam pie*' would not let bis fern return; and Ncely recovering somcwha tme thoroughly dlxgosted with hirose] put off to Arkansas, where be reform? le claimed and returned lo a year or t# [ spiritedoff his family wltb their consem bitterly opposed by her relatives. Hedlt raver, become a sober man agal n and wa I to be prominently spoken of forCongrei he timeof blsdeutb, about l&tO. One X sons is said to bavo become a distinguish awyer In Arkansas. YAITCKY NEELY. swald Yancey Neely, the yobngesthrothe ewe grandmother was a Yancey. And probe "a relative of Win. L. Yancey, 11 veil t nhood in Abbeville and removed to All na, from thence to Kemper county, Missii pi, where he lived the greater part of hi and died some ten years ago. He rcsem i much In appearance Wm.L.Yancey,w> sessed not a little of his vim und Mint in orator. Bnt he was a scientific, devote I successful planter, and so was' absorbtt lived near gcooba in a magnificent res: ice with grounds, fruits and . flower* w gedby bis taste mostesqulslte.andownc eral plantations, oue of them on the Yazo rer. from which the Yankees took800 bal? jotton. The war with all Its losses left hti i, and Just before bis death bewasrobbc WO,000 Id ciiah. He took great Interest 1 iucs and represented his County in to te Senate daring and before the war. >, he account here given of tbe Samples an sty's has nothing of special remark or 1ji est, bat what might be stated of naraerofc lilies who once lived and exercised a ttiart Influence for good or evil among yoo, gen ose names have become extinct in Abb-, le. The name of Neeiy disappeared ovi rears agivaod only a single Sample can t nd, Capt. John B.t of Greenwood vlcloltj 0 is a great grandson of the original AIM ier (or *'I>an-8an" as be was better know oug his descendants.) THEIR RELroioj*'. \'k:l lie original Sample and Neely were Pre< Brians of tbe strictest oC the sect. Tbe dw the Bible as expounded through tt sstminster Confession and adjunct Cap soi,?they believed it as tile church I to and doctrine established by Christ an ! Apostles, and could toll how,, during tfc se of centuries, and the dark, ages, an apo Ic succession, a gospel promise, of "true b irers" was kept up by the Walaenses, an icrs scattered in dens and among mow ns of Switzerland and Germany?a sort tie sub-murlue telegraph connecting wll Ivln and John.Knox as Is-Liverpool'at! Johns. K. B. They believed that Chri d for ouly a few on the reasoning that onl ;w true believers to whom promises wfc de were apparent, and foreknowiDgs ngsasHewatd domn any, tbo few tbi ro saved were the elcct bt-fore tbe foqrtd ns. Tbe lost were the multitude Ho passt beyond their reach, perhaps, bnt in slgft 1 their reward, upon bis glory and the t'deserts, was eternal punishment wll iajfkletln and brimstone. They saw tt k*entcf Methodism and recoiled ItOsasai tuto of works forteith, their idea belt it an ounce or faith and sound" belle vii II presented was worth pdUnds pf work a Cokes, Asburys, Dunnelleys and Dunn i, with their grave visage and shad-bell Us and mutton; leg pants impresses (Imj souably, but tbey didn't like their bros chingandworklng?they were not of t? usebold of faith us tbey apprehended, an t therefor? within the covenant. Tremeii rjustOO years a^o hearing a Calvinlstlc d ic, her pastor, caution a grand daughter. : original Sample against eucOuragirient 1 3 works of camp-mectlugs and periodic: Igloiu excltcmcnt*. as having ho good, b II in them, no substitute for Jhithand sour loving, and could return from their lor raf&nnd llpd *Wong their descendants H fstiulnnter Confession exchanged forth ciplinc and Epiccopal Liturgy they "won .siiociccd.conld they hear {flat among tl use-hold of their own foith, m*ny hi nc to believe that hell had no Are, but tl jny was of the soul, they would stamp it i so, unices wey Knew now it really was At and could they have been present at tl c Centennial celebration at Cedar Sprin ti sec and hear a representative brother.? led ohlyby the singing branch of worsht iko bauds with blm of works and reco :e bltn and bin an brethren und neither tl renautor grac^ they would have safdijt tell what?may be, "an ?yli day> b: -ely come," or perhaps, "wodjdti'f leave nuto too soon." :be original Sample* and Neelys And the mediate descendants |?eld the Daptlvt .1 tnf tho true faith, notwithstanding the h held the came views on predcstluatl< d .deerecs, ttnd held more stalwart* wl Id so Tar to Include tho everlasting pants ntof infant* for the sine they might mid hnvj committed had they lived uth, middle or old ape. I uever heard tl elrlre preached, hut fifty years ago I he*: old divine who years before liud. if mat tncssca and oral testimony Is tobe beilo preached it until outside pressure and tb itnrhauce of female mothers of his tio< lsed blra to desist. 'That the doctrine wi I heretical is proven by tbo faet that 1 il other of the same expounding were n Id to answer before the cborch iribi Is. DANCING. mother matter worth stating in this bo uion is, that the original Samples and N? and their immediate proiteny' were jv posed to dancing, as their dnuchtara we teelally fond of dancing and indulged ofU all proper occasions, whtcb satisfies tn it the church was silent at thatday.ss th< ow no such words as disobedience to tl things or the cltnrch and of parents* Bi in it should be stated that the only chani :n was the oldfashloncd reel wherethe.oi conduct if any was with the tips of tlngei e round dance with arms at will on tund tbe waist bad not then sprung, as a wards in the lower dens nnd salons of Ps and introduced on this side of tiie watt jold man he would havo been whd won ve encountered the daughters and muc >rc tho old fotk at home, with a round dan iposal. Tbe round danco of 40 years at ly.and the Methodist harmony and pt idlngatthesigbtor thought of any sir dance ha* certainly worked new light < ifuslon on PreabyterianlMD, until th< :med scarcely to know wbat 'to doabu EDUCATION. mother matter, too, proper to be stated 1 it the original Samples and Neelys ar ;ir immediate descendants entertained tt ?tadvanced ideas of their days on the so t of education which was that only tho tended for the le<al, medical aiid pulp rsnlb required classical cdocntion. to t meror mechanic, money andtimeexpen abbve reading, writing and arithmetic e rale of three and gfttinmfir, (tttfdut t! Iter, opinion was divided) wis time ai >ney tfirown away;and they didn't belltf being tnx&d to school other men's cbildrc to scboM master was abroad roach In tbo fa, and sncb convictions were not calcn! to bring blm. Another idea, hnwev< nt was of incidental benefit was, that thi mandcd an educated 6Iergy to expound lc illy, to be able to exhort to repentance,,ai 1 bow much religion he had, and how 1 t, dldfr't atall ainswer their demands., Th mted an educated clerxymffu, and whosu little aboat bimsclfas possible.'and * >re 6t> posed on principle to a clergyman 11 X and supporting his family tfnUroly < i crtigretfatlon, he was com pel fed to tn vielr otherwise as the W'adoell*, Beania it. and their predecessors could tfaVe tcs s, and teaching was all they confd do, ai us many an Abbeville boy win abducted 1 a liberal education without the intcntl foVethought of his parents, John C. 0 un would no doubt hav6 been lost tobfsl but for the clrcnftistance thai the fiunl stor was compelled to splice an lnrafflde pend by teaching. Home may soy that o ill Calvlnlstlc ancestors were financial] Sgardly, but It was not that ?ltogetb< >ey considered it (tnelr cross to pay 15,1 d 820per head of family, and thatihe pa r should boar his part of the cross by ?fi rtlng himself as near ta he could, for wit t that he could not come up through grd bulatlon. They regarded ft totally out ice, if^not sacrilegious lor a minister to f fortlatb money. If hi could marry it (ai h men's sons were rarely called fn the ys.) well and good, afid If so his flock shou vc the benefit of smaller contrlbutloi tt enough to show the relation ahd connt m between people aod pastor, The Sai 2s and Neelys were in full appreciation a: set ice of the highest charities of their daj l'V never failed to gtte a pcor stranger ftx d iilght's lodging ffraHt. if be behaved hlr If. and it was no uncommon thing for the pl&w out of the grass, per self or oy prox ilck male orwldowed nolghbor. Theywe nd and suffered long and bowed sfrbm' rely to all afflictions of the good Lord, b ey were plain spoken people ond the mo fn the degree of piety (a commcndaf itt'in those days) and ifrere apt to tell th< ighbors their wliolt mind about per?o d things?Uiey were quick to reseat an i mt, and whoever smote one of them t e cheek was sure to receive a smite. in i rn. And if, In this acconnt. wblch efplaii arge class of others of the day in religloi irals, manners and sentiments, any deflc >n or short-coming of scriptural fnjunitk detected, It must be remembered that th< sresound In the ftiltb and true bellevei ey read the scriptures with the' westml :r key in hunds, kept holy t^e fjabofct irt& the Lord and kept his cOhimandmen far as In thiin lay and taught their ch sntodotbi same,and fearfully did th< i#?H r\f tho I.rtrrl* Hlu nmunr tn ncAtifA find rl oy, His great Af<i*rCy In tli6 clcctlort 6T ni the Aihim family after hli great transgrfc 1, were the projective themes of fatally dl urse and loiprcsgloft. They taught the lldrcn and enforced parental 6uedlenc ey inculcated honesty In thought/ wor p.d, chastity and circumspection; and unto others as they would haye others unto theft].- And there Is abundant e\ nee today that those sub^tantlhl tieachlni ve borne fruit an 1 aVo' still In bfeariux.ti y as seen most notably in a locaj.pabl itlnient that enforces m6St certainly tl nlshmcnt for morel dellnquences and vli Ions of law, whether committed In bar >t or high heel quarters, which estlmat tue and high qualities at their par valu d makes the commission of a mean or lo Ing so scorching te the perpetrator that 1 beuotttted by eceklngr a home anyyhc: - ; i. I more cnilcnteued, and a Christianity Jinpret . nated withhlgberuiid broader conceptions of t Uic atonement than aupenrcd to Uwrlr minds. i|AU honor to them I u l|t Bobby Battam and wire seem to be fonrotl ten In conMctteo with the Haraples and Nee? It*, and asan attache. Is Bobby Batmm and 1 n|s gude Wife, (ElWT I think her name wan,) t They loved the ISeelya and at most adored the r Samples. The true spelling of the name was ; probably Bertram, a name of distinction at i one time In Ireland, but they were willed /and J"*?. answered as nbo'/e noted. They caine from r the same locality Of the gatneles, and frpm a - v/ namber or circumstance* not worth mention-' Ing tbey must have come over to the early a/sOf the Inst century They became oommms^ ed ofa small piece of land adlaloinglueSnm* r pies and lylnjr about a mile eau of Cork. ^ t nochlldiae*, and hated nagur*. Tb'elr tuual ' V* > help a poor orphan boy or girl they wonld < i take and rah^and when be or ?Jmwbw up f and lea, they would procure anottien They b Cook thertJeld alongside of eachottttr, fliidno 1 ) other bad more of the nativeand kindly frait* i of the earth for sqstenance than they, and t UiriCt- and economy . were *&Hr irttrawtaF C Their yard abounded In chiofcens, dock.i, and s turkeys, their pens contained sows and pits, v V their gartonTwheat and corn, their dairy, * - milk and butter, their larder floor 803 five 8 gallon gourds.of the sweetest laid,'their T smoke house, hams, sides, fowls and levt, and 9 In season sausage aad cbftUtDg*. Cn some . t place or another weru barrels and kegs. On * the adjacent grounds green apple and peaek,, . " trees and In fitting seasons the frnlta tft&reof - wore uncu hi umii pan an<l me DWlOet (M B also of sarplns corn) were sent over to Al?*k , e Samples distillery to bo converted into spirit* I as no one considered It wrong at tbat day for * ; a high cbnrebman, as Sample was (and also I an elder, I tblnk,)toaodispMe orthe<Mtt^las II rrnlts of bis own and neighbors fields. J BOBBY'S PBAYB8. i Tbe tract of Batram and wife wm nriliuid,. W?> ' I, and to be prepared for tbe dispensation of ? providence fn the matter of reaaonv.tUer n?- . m ually rentedapleocof bottom land froih tbelr . . v'. >f neighbor, Beasley the batter, In rellgibn B?v? (- tram and wlife wsre Coveoanteraof tbe.bUmfr^ and sCttoteatlype. fhey attended dlrlne service mostsolemnly and orderly or remained ' at horn* reading tbeir Btble with adjaiietc; r wttboat speaking of worldly aflkira, cracking nau)lie,or?t*<:blngaweedtbrap,"and tbelr o meals were of cold food prepared tbe day-b?fore. Tbey were honwrt. fhlthful and tro? In ( all tbelr relation*. Their Oilth wa? unbllme, iS and a resolution ot tomUy worship - equalled byfeW^and they bad a way of asking d the Lord plainly for Just what thfcy wanted * ayd wben they wanted it, and If He destined > a to answer In their way, their faith satisfied ; I. them that be did it in His war nnaeeir by I- tb?n?rbOt all Tor the better. Twice a year al-? ** '* way* and sortie times oflcnev. they wooid seta ale apon a^Une to hate a season of [lower] wsplrltnaJ lndulifer.ee. "Elsee" wooWareanjrd^ * the fttir Week* cooked rations, and "Babbert" n woUKtttavfty* barrel, keg or Jag In rendlne* -1 d Tbey. would begin ona Monday, would be at ' n the hlgheitWt on Wednesday and reach d 'a cool by Hatcunday night, all so*4|nsted as not . to Infringe on tbe Holy ijabbatb. Than, aftert d a rortufent wltnln a month, tbey wonUl set i- uportaday of testing, humiliation and pray*. I*, er, In wblcbnotacrnmb of (bod or Oropof' > liqnld waifaSren between son and siin. The 4 day woaapent In reading tbe BIMe and ask-> * Waus and others, interspersed with prayer* ,/ff T, of their own. At tbe. ttine of one m .these . -;i?' flatlngaaltmg dry spell was In cobtlnnane*. A n andin eaobof the gnde man's petitions be & *wft* IVw to auk thaa: HGort? I>oord IIit' plat# * * v x.-%* t \ Ye. Yemajr pan* over the Basely Wtom. . batdoaude Latyred slnd a refrisblna shoor y upon thaB^^ofei^i^lilin Vw' 1 ,ai awfttwiiwn, dh; itvrj twni onn( iootui ?' two Ktido <nnd liefe the old woman n w?? alw*y#te make her pant, and for whieh I j} he^panswi,) "YU, good Lard and a nubbin for ? ^Tt^pmfrjwawetw widely anewetrt, bat ? wbfther according to the asking I Am not m ablotontutiv Fifty yeore ago, and tho last I ww of carried to their btkn* by 'f an node, where they embraced me with ca- . v> l, rea??;exeh?{Vnlng? "An Sallie'iebeJT thoreay id feitro,*jBurty. g?r),?liewMa?ida oat* by-?e ?f ye^roatOnc, may tho good Lord pre?ervo 5; and keep ye." On wbteb wore the writer . Tlie noocdpt I have of thete worthy Wtleonx ?* If. thai they pawed away ?omeforty-flvd Jl yean ?co and near together, u they ofl*n KPv pmyodfor, and that IhoYr remain* repose or Lr< ??g2 j; have turned. J*\4a$t itt the prltato hartal >h ground orui^tpriginal Satnnlen and Keelys, Ie whOHO retrial nr?:ropo*o near tbeip. ? MrT;tn-rifr-iirin-i n 5 : ,4 5 Tax Notice. ?z+T' ,- '*'' V/< d 3- TltBAStRER's OKFifcE, Srf August 27th< 1879. at TN ftccdfrirtnce with tiie Supply Bill, ap-' Id X proved December 24th, 1878, nolle? id ? lioreby giytiii that till* offi?# wilJ be opeu ic for the collection of Tuxes Monday, liHli September. and Will remain oDen until Ot^ber 31st, except the days included in la ttfe scttedale of appointments rtiJide beS">wi j<* The .Kate Per Centum of Taxes is a* . t n" _ , P. Follows: ?e State purposes,..: Mills. w County^. 3- " a Fast indebtedness, i i u ir' .Pubiie Feuce, ;.? } j? Schools^..., .:..2 " >n ? Ij h ToUi!, .....j?* *......I..... Mills. or Poll-Tax, $1.00i ^ In all eases where the May' Installment h rd hit# not been paid a iy 1 v- Pen?lty of Pith Per Centum k will bearded toiuiid Installment. " All Tasos redliiitiidg dnpnid on (fee l?fr oi day of November-will incur a Penalty of Fifteen Per CentatA, n? and will be eolldcfced by distress or tfiber- if ?- wise tiutil l&th November; after that dite tb6 Codrtty Treasurer will prt#wed to edllSct by leiy and sale & provided by '.y law. * 't Tflxe* are Payable in j? the following kinds of Fuuds and ntf other: ' ';V.- '11 ? GcM and SUver C<->1n, r" United State# Curtforfdy, dftd ia Nattonrtl Bank Notes,- and for Courfty $, Taxert idry and Witnesses' Tickets. iti Parties liable to T\_ i .a r#n tdt ey and ttftisiftgor (tilling to pay . tbo samd Q* will be indicted before a Trial Jawtice fot a mlsdettieanor and upori&mivictlon shall la, be fitted flotmorethacf ten dollars, beaidfc? |? costSj or by imprisonment fn the Courft^ b- Jail noi rifore than thirty days. St la Order to Attommodate af the'Ta*-tyaye'ra who sell theirproda'tfe on w the Hne of the Railroad. 1 will attend at id the fdUcwirig" places at the times deaig*e nated. To wlf: ^ *o At Due Wetet, Monday, 22d September: At DbnaldsftlW,- Tuesday , 23d Septem9y bfr. AfcHodges, ^edfresday, 24th Septem-' <, be rber, from arrival of dotftf train to same JJ hour next day.' ey At Greenwood, Thnraday, 25th Septemin ber/frbri* arrival of dovfrr train to sn-ne' ^ horfftfeitdiy. m U- At Ninety-Six, Friday, 28tb September, from arrrvtrl of dowtf train to same hour' n- . on next da/. nJk* Ufl1aW/tA g\t lK<i fintA frvVm fKft 1WW iqJ J.UV UOMUUV V? ?UV MiMV ?VIM ?MW ly of SfeptemrWrr to 31st October, I will be In ur the oflBrce Iff tbo Court House. All information as to* Taxes freely given" MO by mail or otherwise; g J. W. PERRIN, 3* County Treasurer. ko- Augtfst 27,' 1879, 12t ad | CHEAP CASH STORE, I mu, t nil. iV- uilili W 1UVIV1VU11* ut J lil Tie New Mdrcfiaats of AbbeTfite. !fr >' ns A RE no* rWclvtftj; a complete aicl irii-" g. A intone aWrek of ! GROCERIES, iy ' r*. P- , ?AND? I DRY GOODS, *a- 7 # ,ip|of all styled, pflccs aud quality.- Best'calico at Accent*.' , a' No one vln regret an Inspection of the?? to new gootlsYfof prices as low os they Carl be tO BOld- . ' rl- - Respectfully, '? Hill & Thomson. ,e August 27. 1879, tf ? SILVER SOAP. o, -AT,o Edwin Parker'^ J re Aug. 27, 1879. o I