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rT5; vX * " " ~ ? 4 ' " Lmmmmtemimtmaamumm larror'jwwiwjMB Tile Press and Banner i-.. . . Wednesday, Dec. 31,1879. * i _ The Compliments of the Season. As Christmas is devoted to gift-giviti; ami good cheer, so New Year's i>av is so apart to well-wishing. The passing aw.a, of the old year suggests reminiscences c the past, very mueh its is done in the ens of each particular man as birthday nfie birthd.i.v comes round. Tlie mind in vol untiu i'y and naturally reviews the scene of tlie past twelve months?of joy am sorrow, of sunshine and shade, of famil; births and family bereavement-, of tlx new friendships formed and the old friend * ships now sadly elosed in the grave, <1 nil the tips and downs, the successes am - * failures, in business, in politics, in socia life. One feels that he lias come to an * other milestone in the march of life, am he looks back to the milestone he passc< one year ago with mingled feelings c gratitude and sadness,?of gratitude t - .... / -. r..: i0 ?ll tl, Heaven arm to laumui uu-um blessings ami pleasure which he has en joyed on iiis journey,?of sadness as h looks around and misses the faces of lov . - od ones who began the last year's coiuv by his side but never reached its close* Put he looks forward as he reaches tli new milestone, looks forward liopcfulb and trustfully, for tho heart of man i naturally full of liopo. And as ho cheer himself with encouraging thoughts a the threshold of the new year, ho bid: his friends tako heart of grace, and with words of encouragement and well-wish ing ho greets his family, his neighbor! and friends with "a Good New Year." v The new year hides in it wo know no what,, but it is as inanly as it is Christian t< conlide in providence and to advance int< the unknown future with good heart am hope. And nothing is better fitted t< begfn tho new year hopefully and huppih than to hear from all wo meet on the firs day of January the cheery greeting of "a Good New Year." To ono and all, tho Press and Bannr *f>ndn the compliments of the season Much in to he accomplished in ISM) o : . ? grave importance to this country uu< <- this State. Let us Iwlicvo that all will b< well done, and the belief will help t bring about tho well-doing. May the in dustry and thrift of our people, farmers laborers, merchants, professional men, al who work with head or hand, be reward ed bountifully. May war, pestilence an< famine come not nigh our borders durin; r. this new year of grace. Let us cast asul all gloomy forebodings and go forward in to tho new year with cheerfulness an< Cpr;" trUSt. v_ V" Tlic future lildes In It Darkness and sorrow; jj. We pre^s still thorough, r * Naught that abides in it ^ jDauntiugus. Onward! ??? m * Christmas. "A Christmas gambol oft could ehccr A poor man's heart through half the year.' This Christmas week in Abbeville ha. been noted more for its dullness than fo: its joyousness. That kind of Christiani ty which would sluitolT all youthful en... ^ Joy men t and honcKt mirth, and make u go about the streets as mourners has s< lar gaincdjf>ossession of tts its to deny t< "the youthful members of society mucl of the innocent amusement mat uiuku our own homos attractive, and the dwell ' ing* of our neighbors inviting. Ou. fathers arid vur mothers when they wen young had their dances, or amusement to their heart's content. Do any of u: hope to be better than they aro by deny ing ourselves the pleasures natural t< youth? "VVordly amusements are nov almost invariably more prcached agains from the pulpit than the most crimina violations of the laws of God, and througl the efforts of tho pulpit in this directior nearly all social meetings have been dis continued in this community, and in con sequence, our youug men are sent int< r the streets and highways to meet that so cicty which should be avoided by everj imttJier's son. Tho result of this misdi rected energy of the pulpit has been quitt pcrccptiblo in Abbevillo. With perhap; only A fow honorable exceptions oui houses which formerly entertained ou: young people aro now closcd to them and instead or cultivating those socia ties that elevate and regulate society many of out young men aro compel lee to find their amusement or companion* in the street, the billiard room, the barroom, or elsewhere. Our own notion is that every household should be pleasan " and attractive for tho young, and the fact! will bear us out in the assertion that thosi young men who find home enjoyable ari less subject to the temptations which be , sot boys in the street. Take care of you: boys, and make innocent fun and atnn.se ment for them at home. It will improvi their manners and protect their morals Away with that pernicious prcachinj -* * which would surround our dwell ingfi and fill our souls with tho ai of chiirnel housos. Truo Chris * tianity not only admits but invite: sunshine into the heart and also fur nishes a thousand just reasons for tho ol< well as the young to be thankful ant joyous. The Scriptures in many place i. would lead us to belicvo that we should b ? joyous. And in no sentence in tho liibl docs it condemn dancing. Anjr effor therefore to provo it sinful by the Scrip ture is a distortion of the facts, and a pre sumption on the hearer's credulity. Am those whoso doctrine would change us in to perpotual monrnors, whilo quotinf . and misinterpreting scripture as au thority for the suppression of joyous ness would do well to read tho words o tho wiso man who said, "Add thou no nnto his words, lest he reprove thee, aru -thou be found a liar." + v - Special Providcnce. The Richmond train carrying thirty ot more pieachers from Virginia Confer once, at Norfolk, came near delivering them in the Appomattox. The engine rar ofT the track on the bridge, and hunt over,th<! edge, looking like a touch o the hand would tumhleitinto thestream Had it fallen the passenger care woulri have been dragged alter it.? Wesley at Advocate. * But the train did not fall and nobody was hurt. Special Providence, was ii not ??Associate Hcformed Pi-esbyt&ian Wo were recently on the train. It thoi passed over a bridge without any acci dent or delay at all. Was this not also i special Providence? If a special Proyi dence then docs it not seem that editon arc more carefully protected from dange than are proachers ? If not aspecial Prov , idence, does it not then teach Railroa< authorities tho danger of taking too man: preachers on board at once ? ^ I Dou't, Please. We would make a special request o ministers of tho gospel not to follow thi c.\aiiipiu oi mo veurgia siuicsiiian in ai fixing their names to certificates of tin efficacy of patent medicines, about whicl in reality they knew nothing. We wouk advise our clerical brethren to allow tin medical fraternity a chance. One othci remark we would especially warn th( public against all quacks or receipts ad vertlsed to havo beon discovered by missionaries while preaching the gospel tc the heathen. All offers of ?04 a week bj distant parties, and all receipts and medicines to be given away, are to be shunned as you would the direst plague. No matter how respectable tho paper in whicl advertisements may appear. Interesting Reading. This week we give one of Talmage't sermons, which we know will be reac with interest by all of our subscribers . We hope to publish either Beccher's < j Talmage's Christmas sermon. The Christian Union. |"No This paper edited and published by 5 Henry Ward Beecher and Lyman Abfeott the J '11 Park Pla ;c, New York City, at $o.00 a'8W?j year, is ono of the best papers that eoines;."l(jJ.'j to this ottice and our readers will find it din well worth the price asked for it. While | TI r it is a religions paper and contains,!*^"" t i among other valuable religious matter jjuos y j the sermons of Henry Ward llecehcr, it.ity, ,f also gives an exceedingly interesting ?'(*' c statement of all important political or r secular news during the week. It is Re- .r,.^ _ publican in politics but is devoid of that: slee s I senseless bitterness to the South which1 iin v j I characterizes .some of the Northern pa* wjn v i pers, and does not object to giving both for (. j sides of all important subjects a fair hear- ' No .1 ing. For instance, last week that paper l,ea' l . , eert: if!contained Governor Drowns reply to 0j(|1 11 Miss lJarr'scharges of cruelty to convicts, nun ill at work in the Coal mines of Georgia.! ''xei - i In the editorial remarks in reference to 11 the matter the editors of the Christian i | Union, alluded also to the statement pubif lished in the Charleston Xrwsoml Courier o in reference to the treatment of prisoners e ' at work on the Greenwood akd Augusta j jj -j Railroad. The Christian Union seems j ^ e1 not to attach any particular blame to; ^ -! cither the Georgia contractors or to tlicj 0 i Greenwood and Augusta K at I road dircc-;^?'" i tors, but seems to be very much opposed ] ? c I to the whole system of hiring out con- j of f | victs. From a religious or humanitarian | ^ s j standpoint, the ('ftri.s(i<in Union, has this I cj ? to say on the subject of hiring out wi" woo, tjvicts- ! Sen: < If the object of punishment is to gctii j out of convicts the greatest amount of la- j _ i bor at the least cost to the State, the sys- j este< tern of hiring out convicts to the highest: entry * j bidder may possibly achieve that result;! (ra ', but if the object of punishment is the re- j ' t! formation of the oll'endcr and the protec-1 11 1 tion of the community, a system which time ? j herds criminals of all classes and charac- Wcll 11 tors together, and places thetn under the,, 11 almost absolute control of contractors'! who have no other interest at stake than j t'ns to feed, clotho and house them as cheaply i fron * as possible and compel them to do the j frt.q 11 greatest possible amount of labor, is lit-1 ... t! tcrly subversive of the true ends of pun- siasl jishinent. It would be impossible to cor.-j iceive of any system less adapted to re- j 'due r form a criminal, and nothing short of j have . j public execution could exert a more bi n- ] une tali/.ing influence on the enthv commit !0>? i ' nitv. The system is utterly and irrcnie- i vict< * - - I . 1 Uiinbly bad. Convicts should bo compoll-1 11 * e|ed to labor; but tliev should be kept u?i- for ,} 1 dor the control of Stato officials whojerni should be responsible to the people ol'' ?ttei " the State for the administration of their j Cha i, trust; and though under Christian ami j M:ren I i humane men a system of hiring them j 'er, I out to the highest bidder may be relieved j the ~ i measurably of its inhumanity, it isoncj0,'d< 1 essentialIv inhumane, and always con-jpstu j; tains the possibility of such barbarous! 8id 1 B j inhumanity as that 'which has leeently P08t | shocked tlie people of the State of South j by i Carolina. To go back to such a convict' fP,ei .1 system as this is to ignore all the labors I of John Howard and Mrs. Fry; it is to j roll transfer the barbarities of Siberia to thejfluc; heart of American Christian civilization.1 ! folU ? ~ jTue Legislative Blunders ? Three Black I ^')tl i Mc< Crows. jJills Last night's News and Coterie and jJl"d , Iicgixlcr contain accounts of three strange! mistakes made in tho Supply liill as rati-j stun * tied. They are : I and 1 I 1. The State levy of 4J mills, although I |^0,j 'the Senate had advised 42 mills. The 10/- 0 ! copying clerks had inserted 4? mils, and ! cred | as such the Bill was passed and ratified. I m?ul ^ i 2. By a similar blunder the $3,000 levy j j in Charleston County for the Fourth j then | Brigade S. C. V. was incorporated in the'serv ", Bill and ratified, although this appro-1 ",'ul] " I priatiou had been vctad down by the Leg- ,, ,fR jislaturc. of o Cl 3. Bv a sin of similar omission the si . . , ?, . r* . ?l SWIW jspecial tax of Marion County was not. |JC;U * j stated, although tho engrossed bill had mail " j stated it at one mill. swe< >j These are three grave and startling j 1 | blunders, the first especially so, as it af- i ttro, j fects tho whole State. Abbeville Countj*, <ii * for instance, is thus taxed 11] mills in- w '.'* 1 stead of 10}. 1 No doubt there was great haste in our ' j legislature during the last few days, and sess: * I great haste often means less speed; but j } | why didn't some one detect the tliree er- j tj,m "' rors or any one oT them at the third read-' fur 'ling? * lwhil ' The Constitution requires a bill to be. i | passed by both houses. These were not. i jits ( i; Are they valid ? It any tax payer re- j any r i fuses to pay his tax on the ground of un- evei I i coin r | constitutionality, can he be compelled? jf w * | If tho Bill as ratified is not law, can it! oleel ' be remedied without calling an extrases- j Cire ? sion of the legislature? i ' 1 We are puzzled, and, no doubt, our leg- j fcej '1 islators as well as our readers are puzzled in v ' to know how this Gordian knot is to bo ' M [untied- Sc. i **" ' Clin! j Letter From Colonel Aiken. of G , and Washington, December :M, 1S79. meT] To the Editors of the Jfcivs and Con- hn.v< r ricr: To annonvmous braying I have no j a L?a . j rooly to make. jdivi JL > just uuhwl jul \n juiimiv viiviv.i.ji.1 a ; try D am not averse. Hut when I read over that j nuif. column of editorial opinion which you . tomj r have paraded in your issue of the "2d, j pCt i 'jmethinksl see a veritable Ingo in theisnoc " j party, with whom the wish is father *to dam r j the thought ho expresses. tran - i I take no umbrage at your thus vcntil- nioe 3 ! atiug the "Aikeu Idea," and will en- racv ! courage you by ev*ry means in my pow- serv " i er, if you will only write a few more ed- jj 1; itorials like that in the same issue, lieadijed: "The Grant Movement. Shall the cortI ! South Capitulate or Fight?" clus sj You stand in that editorial upon my vjte D] platform. Speaking of the Democratic 0 j party, you say, ' they m list choose a man ' k ! whom the North can trust," ?ud that "the sacr I only way to win is by choo: ing a eandi- win ' I date in whom the North hrs confidence." jjow -'I have assorted that n^ par (mm under . | i the banner of Pemoe?\.cy can command _ i the confidence of 'lie Northern people. "! Neither Tildeti, Hendricks, Hancock nor * j Bayard can secure enough Northern elec-! total votes, in my judgment, to ensure .' him, when backed by an entire Southern 71, j vote, an undisputed claim to the Kxecu-! title.' tive Chair. Is it treasonable or even im- I to as 11 politic for mo to say so ? If so, then I j f(?r e 1 am both impolitic and tiaitorous. "Vvbl I I am not called upon to nominate a ijjiu Prtsi lential ticket, but I believe there Jobn are men in the North of sufficient purity Tboi of character and weight of brain to be- j Cupt come the people's candidate, bo they | ' ! nominated by even tlio Democratic Con- a?il i vention, and who would govern this cenc< ' country for the benefit of the wholo conn- t,,e 1 >i try, and not simply for the aggrandize- $ incut of their party. While I do not q? f| think either of the aforementioned men broil I could effect this end, I would be sanguine Carol i j of success if such men a-, Horatio Soy- us t j riiiiur, of New York, or David Davis, of i Illinois, were placed in nomination. inost I desire to publish just here some Con- reus. t jgressional facts, with which you may be, days but I fear your readers arc not, familiar, k'icv i j The Senate of the United States is com-, , _ I posed of 7tisenators, 42 of whom are Dom- i ui.stii iocrats, and 30 of these 42 are from the i portf 1 j South, not including Delaware. So that I !' ! -1 in this Democratic Senate two-thirds ofin,{\" s the senators are from the South. 1 Cam i In the House there are 293 members, of' p.: whom 148 are Democrats, and of these I his q * 1148 DomocraLs 98 arc from tke South, orj^i'05' 1 very nearly the two-thirds proportion J,vo" v! there is in the Senate. The Forty-fourth J Congress was the first since the war that' er-ln I was Democratic, and in that body thejlci, ? I South had a majority of the controlling! b.cen ! jxirty. Now, search through the legisla-! "J .| tion of the intervening period, and show i i me, if you can, where in any single par- froiu 3 j ticular a just share of legislation wasjvalu< - awarded the South. $.'5,200,000 are voted | 31 away annually to pension Northern sol- fJ-Vc-n jdiers, and not as many hundreds for j Wltli 1 j Southern men, who fought the battles of j lUii 1, the country in Mexico or Florida or the j 3, Indian wars. $27.000,000are appropriated . , I annually for an army in which there is j ,?v I not a Southern oflieer. $20,000,01(0 an-jon b 'Inually for a navy similarly composed, i great : From ?7,000,000 to*$0,000,000 go annually ' J .' for the improvement of rivers and har- j, j bors, three-fourths of which, if not more, tyof are expended lor me improvement <n;nn>o r'Northern rivers and harbors. And so the of tin !enumonition might he continued, ad in- ,licr 11 flnitnm, illustrating how a Southern con-; i trolling influence is exercised continually1 Inc 0 '! in v Democratic Congress to l'oster and The I i build up the already prosperous North at cd m j the expense in part of the impoverished {South. And why is this done? Simply 11|10 j, that we may pin our faith to the fragmen-; I tary remains of a party that has forfeited j My ; our allegiance because it lias long since 1 f?!'vl I forsaken the paths its founders trod. i ]([ "P i In years gone by the very cynosure ofitimt. ,! tho Democratic party was Free Trade.: tho A r' To-day tho chief leaders of the Northeast- I Caw' }eru Democracy uro Protective Tariff men.! '^n<^ . V\ i public monoy for internal improvoits," was onco the war cry of tbo Doracy. Gradually, as I havo shown, Democrats vote Vway millions at a op to improve rivors and harbors. \ I to-day tlio Democratic party is all ft on that all important question?the 'tncvor National finance. icso aix) facts, stubborn facts, and : T wing them to be true and hurtful to South, f believe we should break e from this subordination to a minorand for so saying I am by tho Press iieStrtte to beYuled out of public life, wiec have I been honored by tho peo?f the Third district with a seat in L'ou;s. My only recompense has been u vi pi ess vigilance over their rights, and j li intiring ell'ort to gratify their wants, si liel'ress is an index of tho popular T , all this is no adequate compensation a mistaken counsel. If so, lie it so. to wail ot dissatisfaction shall ever be III <1 from me. Dut one thing is very; ai nin, tho thumb screw of popular oi lion shall never extort from me a re-' hi ? " i<>iis_ sett led and i ft! (i in mind after maturo reflection. II Your obedient servant, ei ]>. WVATT AIKEN. di SENATOR MAXWELL. jj; Citizens of Greenwood Serenade{"i [in, and Ho Makes a Pleasant leecli.?Prnisc to llutlor, (iary, j io itliran, Aiken, MeGowan. }a in pliinents to the People?Honors to]g< Red Shirts?A Just Recognition '!' the Magic Influence of Music. j t.", i Saturday evening n large concourse I Jjitizens, accompanied by the Green- p] tl Band, repaired to the residence of C itor Maxwell, to render no ordinary V >r to ono who stands high in the C( ;ni and confidence of his eonstitu-ls1 \ The music was simply neplu/t uV j just such as the band never fails to L( ish, and was loudly encored several' V is; but it was to hear Senator Max- h I on the political situation since the ^ filiation of his legislative labors, that body of citizens had assembled in ii t of his hospitable home, and after j |j uent calls, he appeared amidst cnthu- q :ic cheers, and spoke as follows: | u! 1/ Friends?Four years have elapsed j"' e the campaign of'7f>. Many reasons r< 3 been given for our great and almost xpeeled success in that campaign. .V elleetion I have concluded that our n: r?..*r ir.iL. fn tliA fitl LtUMiwv /MinoAl!* fl< t, To n common desire in every heart i ai more honest, purer, and better gov-1 \v nent. Next, To the great injustice | ti inpted to be saddled by ex-Governor h: mbcrlatn, upon one of Carolina's ?r test Statesmen?(ieneral M. C. But- A and his friends?in connection with fi Hamburg struggle for life, liberty, r< ;r and peace. Next, To tlie great im- j e1 is. given to the common and univer- aj desire to shake oil'the shackles im- tl :d by scalawags and carpet-baggers, | a tho grand meetings and grand con- a] <t ot Chamberlain and his crew at <- ? cfield by Generals Butler and Gary, sj owed by a similar and equal con- tl it at Newberry by Captain Lipscomb, s< mel Aiken, and Col. Suber, and still ct >\vcd by. a Walterloo defeat on Bigjol sday at Abbeville, given by Colonel1 s( iran, Colonel Aiken, and General jowan, to Chamberlain, Jloge, andjiw ;on. Next, To the great enthusiasm ; h confidence inspired by Hampton's is lination and to tlio magic hope and j n :ess that followed his eilbrts on the h np. Next to the magnificent splendor I tu dazzling array of our glittering j <>i ps and columns of red shirts. Next, ai ic inspiring strains of the brass bands! tn ur country. Many have claimed the u it of our success, but among tho;li iv claimants, the music has never re- i ei od its clue. I have never heard ajh iker, talker or writer, attribute tojal n tlic great credit they deserve for 11'< ing so faitlifullv and successfully. In i u opinion they added as much to the;}' lusiasm of our meetings as the mag- tl enccof our red shirt#, the eloquence: e: ur speakers or the* marnctism of our ] ? ers. Music ever adds courage to the III ier in his charge, gives additional! ity and power of conquest to the 11' ilen at the piano or guitar and is the! I' itest comfort and the highest compli- u t to any public officer, who has at- e; pted todischargo his duty in the in- v it of his country. tl mtlemen of the Band and Friends, I icl not attempt to recapitulate to you a cool night, the work of a democratic J li ernment. I will not attempt to re-|I ! the acts of the previous or recent tl ion of the General Assembly. Much j ci been done of which we approve? k h that wo disapprove. Tlio legisla- t! hits been kind, Just and economical il all races, classes and colors. And tl e objection may be raised to certain ai of local benelit, we must rise snpe- tl to local prejudices. If an act bene ai Charleston, Richland, Abbeville or id other County, city or village, it will G itually redound to the good of our g moti State. As to our own County, d e have done nothing more than to t< i Aiken to Congress, Thomson to the d uit Bench and McGowan to the Su- n no Bench and Cotliran to Solicitor of S F-igli111 Judicial Circuit, we ought to y that Democratic cflort has not been li ain. ci y friends, in conclusion, I will only a s upon you, that wo must lmve two of w dements, that added most to our sue- a in '76. We must have good County n irmans. \V? cannot, fnrtrpt. thr> worlt , tl ary, Cothrati, Iloyt, Lipscomb, Bnil|h others in'76. Wc must have Chair-id i as efiieient in'SO. Wo must also | a: ; united action in '80?we must actusjci nd of brothers?we cannot afford to! si de on men or measures. Our Conn* Peace, Economy and Justice to all j c it be our watch word and any one at- c [ding a division of party because hislp measures or his pet friends can iiotjp eed, should bo forever politically o ncd. There should be a free and tin- o idled vote of the people?of the I)e- o nu-y?and to the will of tlmt Democ- tl all must bow, assent and actively e e. a is speech was warmly applauded and P liallv endorsed by all. After the con- p ion of his speech all present were in- j t] d in to a board of ample, generous i v liring cheer. Bacchus had an elogant ^ ilice, for the little brown jug, and o of delicious vintage over /lowed the tl 1, and tho straight democracy v led everj' oblation. Quid Nunc. " h An Explanation. 11 bv ex-a11be villi an, [, o multiplicity or confusion of military " s applied to the ovd-slgned, Induccs me g k a small spacc In the i'rest and Ilanncr '] xplanation and defence. The "Captain" I lC derived as commandant In 1812-3 of the ?eville ltitlcmcn," (a nullification organ- 1' on.) as the successor of C'apt. Lero.v J. o ison, who was the successor of Capt. n nas Thomson, who whs tho successor of i,, . Thomas Parker, who, if not theorlglnal | ? Llie successor of (.'apt. Alexafider Howie. j i, "Colonel" is an Alabama consummation,' 1 limine.. I.il? ? .. ?,i..lnlo_ l/il e, or as my old friend of your vicinity, y Hte John , would have dubbed it, "u ," I will relate the whole truth as it was v is. " becoming a citizen of Alabama, my tl icr-in-law, a fresh transplant from South ! tl linn, tool; me around and introduced mc 1 'f s friend "Captain I'. from South Carol iexpecting them, no doubt, to open their . at t lie title. An occasional one did, but S1 .dropped their countenances: anil the o; in was more fully comprehended a few tl later, when passing a crowd the few who n, i- nit* saluted me with title, Anions them i J, ;i l'ine.v-woods sovereign and represent!!- j man who snid something I did not hear|fe nelly, but which was thus afterward re-j id to me: j s.?"Who and what did you call that I" ?" | ai plainer.?"That's Captain P. from South ;? llna, a new comer among us." . *.?(Drawingdown his wool hat, rolling , , old to the other Jaw and cocking his open j11 fter me) "Well, well, blast my gizzard If ; n idn't eonio here with a bigger bandit*i (J that, I'd a staid tliar orgonc further on." I d still more : A few days later my broth-j ' ' -law's brother,an original settler and soltaitl old ex-South Carolinian, who bad so long away as to have had every parti- T r military polish and enthusiasm rnbbed ai ,nd out. blm, took out his brother and : id him thus: "Thomas, you are fresh: South Carolina and don't know the tin-' "} is of military titles In Alabama; we've j " r had parades here,and there Is no rank ! Ui below Colonel. You have done your ; d an irreparable Injury by starting him j 'Captain'." I there I was and how could I help it ? ! eral months later my friends. Colonels | C and R?g, (and who can doubt their good |... ') finding a vacancy, obtained without:. , ; now ledge, a paper, mostly printed and;01 iue paper, bearing tlio Impress of tlie tl: . seal ol the State, dated April 18th, IN#!, lij reading in part thus : "I. IJeiiry M. Colgovernor of the State of Alabama, baviill eontldencc lti the ability and integri- ni ex-Abbevilllan, do hereby constitute and j;i hit .'hi m Deputy Quartermaster General <;n riiviuinn nf Alnhnmn with link or Lieutenant Colonel; mul com- w I and require that lie be obeyed nnd re-1 y ed accordingly." llut.as no oneeversaw j tc n duty, but lew know the fact ns it Ik. j tii uto war, however, has somewhat rellcv- in e, as, besides several others in the counvo eminent lawyers of my vicinity ns al- aJ e Judge of 1'mliate are ex-Oaf>talns of <*" ute war and accept the title with coinpo- ot Alabama promotion Is associated wltli no * ce required or rendered ivs yet bnt of tain" calls to mind several hundred dol- ' jxpended.tlmedevoted,labor performed; cl< old oak tree (woodman spare It !) near! to ilston House the town commons, Mc- m s old Held, Morr< w's old Held, Shlnburg, . more than the average, lu Ita day, of old 1 glory. y< ? Twenty-Four Hours. BSORBING ENOUGH RELIGION TO LAST AN ENTIRE WEEK. he Shower of Chaff Tfcftt Would Fly Oat of tlie Church's Hoppcrcd Whoat What Astonished the Country Merchant Who Went to Hear a Sermon in Totviw M r. Talmago took his lext from Procrbs, iii., O?"Thy ways acknowledge im, and He will direct thy paths." His ibject w;ts "Religion * in Ordinary hings." A man cannot be so much of Christian on Sunday that lie can afford > be a worldling a!l the rest of the week, 'asteamer put out for Southampton id go one day in that direction, and the her six days" go in other directions, how nig before tlio steamer will got to South* npton? It will never get there. And lough a man scoui to be voyaging heaviward during the holy Sabbath day, if, tiring the following six days of the eek, he is going toward the world, and iward the flesh, and toward the devil, 2 will never ride up into the peaceful irbor of Heaven. You cannot eat so iiicliattho Sabbath banquet that you in afford religious abstinenee the other x days. Heroism and princely bahavur on great occasions are no apology for <:k of right demeanor in circumstances (significant and inconspicuous. Tl'.c muine Christian lilb is not spasmodic. dps not go by lits and starts. It toils on rough lioat and cold, up stoop mouiiinsjund along dangero.is declivities, its re on the everlasting hills crowned with ic castles of tho blessed. In the first lace, we want to bring the religion of hrist iido our ordinary conversation.; .'hen a dain breaks and two or three j illagcs in Massachusetts are overwhelm-' 1, or an earthquake in South America) callows a whole city, fclien people begin ' > talk about the uncertainty of life, and j ley imagine that they are'engaged in iwitively religious conversation. >*o. ou may talk about these things, and j live no grace of God at all in your heart. I >'e ought every day to be talking about j sligion. ] f there is anything glad about; , anything beautiful about it, anything; nportant about it, we ought to be con- j uunlly discussing it. I have noticed j iat tnen, just in proportion as their j liristiau experience is shallow, talk; jout funerals, and about grave yards, j id tombstones and death-beds. The sal, genuine Christian man talks chiefly j iiout this life, and the great eternity be-1 ond, and not so much about the insig-l ificant pass between these two fesl31 ices. And yet how few circles there j e where the religion of Jesus Cnrist is! eleotne. (Jo into a circle even of Chris- i ? 1? irtv ! an jjuuj'iu, u uviu <??i j'Yf | ilarity, and talk about Christ in Heaven j id every thing is immediately silent. | s on a Summer (lay when the trees are i ill of life, chatter and chirrup and car- j >1?a mighty chorus of bird harmony,' rery tree branch an orchestra?if a hawk i j pear in the sky every voice stops and; le forests aro still. Just so I have scon j lively religious circle silenced on the >pearuncoof anything like a religions; mversation. No one had anything toj iv, save, perhaps, some old patriarch in ; 10 corner of the room, who really thinks >mething ought to be said under the cir- j uinstances, so he puts one foot over the! (her, and says, "O. yes I that's so ! that My friends, the religion of Jesus Christ ;something to talk about with a glad j eart. It js brighter than the waters ; it' i more cheerful than the sunshine. Do! ot go around groaning about your relig-! ?n, when you Ought to be singing it or' ilkingit in cheerful toncsof voice. Jlow, rten it is that we find men whose lives re utterly inconsistent, who attempt to | ilk of religion and always make a fail- ; re of it. My friends, wo must live re-1 gion or we cannot tillk it. If a man is^ ranky and cross and uncongenial and I ard in dealing, and then begins to talk bout Christ and Heaven, everybody is spelled by his whining tones, "Wo are liserable sinners," "The Loid bless: on," "The Lord liavo mercy on you i leir conversations interlarded with such i xprcssions, which mean nothing but; uiting, and canting is tho worse lbrin of ypoerisy. Agaln.I remark, wo must brinir the region of Christ into our ordimiry em-! luymcut. "O," yon say, "that is very! ell if a man handles largo su ins of mou-j v, or if he has an extensive trallie ; it is ery well for the importer of silks, fori ie bankers and shippers, for the Koths-; Irihlsnnd the Barings, but in my thread-' nd-needlo slorc, in my trimming estab-; shnient, in the humble work in life that am called to, the sphere is too small for > 10 action of such grand, heavenly prin-; iples." Who told you so ? Do you not' now that God watches tho faded* leaf on j ie brood's surface as certainly as lie d oos 10 patb of a blazing sun ; and the moss j rnt creeps up the sides of tho rocks maku j much impression upon God's mind asj 10 roving tops of Oregon pin e and Lob- ] non cedar ; and tho alder crackling un-1 or. tho cow's hoof sounds ns loud int -i. ii. i ou s uar ;wi mo mi.ijj ui ? ? ui iu o . ration? Where have you anything to, o in life, however humble it may seem i ) be, but God is alwaj's there to help you; oit? If vour work js that of a fisher-; lan, then God will help vou as lie helped ' iniou when he dragged Gennesuret. If] our work is drawing water, then He will J elp you as when lie talked at tho well j iirb to the Samaritan woman. If yon| ro engaged in the Custom Houso, lie! 'ill lead you as He led Mathew, sitting' t tho scat of customs. A religion that i;t] ot good in one place is not worth any-1 ling in another place. The man who I as only a day's wages in his pocket asj crtainly needs tho guidances of religion, h he who rattles the keys of a bank, and < onld abscond with hundreds of thou-i amis of dollars. There are those prominent in the' hnrches who seem to be, 011 public oc-j asions, very devout, who do not put thoi rinciples of Christian religion into | ractice. They are tho most inexorable! f creditors. They are the moist grasping j f dealers. They are known as sharpers n the street. They lleece every sheep 1 liey can catch, A country merchant i oines into buy Spring or Fall goods, i nd ho gets into tho store of one of these! rol'essed Christian men, who have r#allv o grace in their hearts, and he is coiiiletely swindled. Ho is so ovoreome lint he cannot get out of town dnring the feck, lie stays in town over Sunday, ;oes into some church to get Christian onsolation, what is his ainasemcnt to nd that tho very man who hands him lie poor-box in "the church is the one klio relieved him of his moneyl But ever mind; the deacon has his black oat on now. He looks solemn, and goes oino talking about "tho blessed ser ion." II tuc wneac in uiu uuurrin*? .'crc to bo put into a hopper, the first urn of the crank would make tlia chair y, I tell you. Some of these men are reat sticklers for gospel preaching, 'hey say: "You stand there in bands nd surplice and gowns, and preach? reach like an angel?and wo will stand ut hero and attend to business. Don't lix things. Don't get business and reliion in the saino bucket. You attend to our matter, and we will attend to ours." Itey do not know thrt God sees every lieat they have practiced in the last six cars; that ho can look through the iron alls of his fireproof safe; that ho has iscounted every dishonest greenback ?at they have got in their pockets, and mt a day of judgement will come, hose inconsistent Christian men will sill 11 the Sabbath night in the house of God j uging, at tho close of the service, "Rock | f Ages Cleft for Mo," and then, when} le benediction is pronounced, shut the ew door, and say, as thoy pass out: Gyod-bye, Religion, I'll bo back next uuday." I think that the church of God and the abbath arc only an armory where wo re to get weapons. When war comes, if man wants to tight for his country, he ocs not go to Troy or Six fliold to do bate, but he goes "there for swords and uiskets. I look upon tho church of hristandtho Sabbath clay as only the lacc and time aud where and when wo re to get a lined for the Christian con iet; but the battle-heltl is on ivioimay,; ucsday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,j id Saturday. "St. Martin's" and "Leu- j r>x," and "Old JIundred" do not I nount to anything unless they sing all! 10 week. A sermon is useless \vc ean ike it with us behind the plow and the innter. The Sabbath day is worthless it lasts only twonty-fouj hours. Again, we need to bring the religion of hrist into our ordinary trials. For souro losses; for bereavement; for tioule that shocks like an earthquake and mt blasts like a storm, wo prescribe roKious consolation. But, business man, for tho small anoyances of last week, how much of the ace of God did you apply? "O I" you i}r, "these trials* are too small for appliition." My brother, they aro shaping our character; they are souring your rnper, they are wearing out your paenec, and they are making you*less and *s a man. I go into a sculptor's studio urn him shaninc a statue. Ho has a jisol in one hnnd and a mallet in the hor, Hint he Rives a very gentle stroka? ; iek, click, click! I say: "Why don't in strike narder ?" "0," ho roplies, hat would shatter the statue. I can't ) it that way." So he works on, and afr a while the features come out, and 1 rerybody that enters the studio is tanned and fasciuatod. Well, God has jur soul uuderprocoss of development, fv".'.V . > - ' .. - -*' " .. ** \j . ., *; "> ' /V '. . . ..} ',.v and 'tis the little annovancos and vexations of life that aro chiseling out your immortal nature* It is click, click,click! I wonder why some great Providenco does not come and, with one stroke, prepare you for hoftven. Ah, no; God says that this is not the way, and ho keeps on l>y strokes of littlo sorrows, littlo vexations. until at last you shall bo a glad spectacle for angels and for men. You know that a large fortune may be spent, in small change, and a vast amount of moral character may go away in small depletions. It is the littlo troubles of lifu that are having inoro effect upon you than great ones. A swarm of locusts will kill a jrrain field sooner than the insertion of three or four cattle. You say, "Since I lost my child, sinco I lost my property, I have been a dilfercnt man." Hut you do not recognize the architecture of littlo annoyances that arc hewing, digging, cutting^ shaping, splitting and interjoimng your moral qualities. A rat nniv sink a "ship. One lucifcr match may send destruction through a block of store houses. Catherine do Medicis got her death from smelling a poisonous rose. Columbus^ by stopping and asking for a | piece of bread at a Franciscan convent, i wrtc led to tae discovery of the Now I World. And there is an intimate con-| neclion between trifles and immensities, between nothings nnd evcrytttings.) Now, be careful t? lot nono of these annoyances go through your soul unarraigned. Compel them to administer to your spiritual wealth. The scratch of a six penny nail sometimes causes lockjaw, and the clip of a most infinitesimal atmoyanco may damage you forever. l)o hot lot ahy annoyance or perplexity come across your mind without making you better. Again, wo must bring religion of Christ into our ordinary blessings. When the Autumn comes and tho harvests aro in and the Governors make proclamations, we assemble in church and wo arc very thankful. Hut every day ought to be a thanksgiving day. \Ve tlo not recognize the common miseries of life, Wo have tc see a hlimlman led by his dog before we begin to bethink ourselves of what a grand thing it is to have eyesight. We have to see some ono infected by .St. Vitus'dance before we are ready to thank God for the control of our physical energies. Wo have to sec some ruined man hobblingon his crutch or with his coat sleeve pinned up, before we think what a grand thing God did for us when He gave us the healthy use of our limbs. Wo arc so stupid that nothing but the misfortunes of others can rouse us up to our blessing. Ah the ox grazes in the pasture up to its eyes in clover, yet never thinking who made the clover, and as the bird picks up the worm from the furrow, not knowing that it is God that makes everything, from the nnimalcula in the sea to the seraph on the throNe, so we go on eating, drinking and enjoying, but never thinking, and seldom thanking, or if thanking at all, with only half a heart. 1 compared our indifference to the brute, but perhaps I wronged the brute. I do not know but that among its other instincts, it may have an instinct by which it recognizes the divine hand that feeds it. I do not know but that God is, through it, holding communication with what wo call ''irrational creation." The cow that stands at this hour nnder the willow by the water course, chewing its cud. looks very thankful, and who can tell how much a bird means by its song ? The aroma of the flowers smells like incense, and the mist oozing from the river looks like the smoke of a morning sacrifice, O, that we wero as responsive ! Yet who thanks God for tlio water that gushes up in the well and foams in the cascade, and that laughs on the rocks and that patters on the shores, and that claps its hands in the sea ? Who thanks God for the air, tho formation of life, the bridge of sunbeams, the path of sound, the great fan on a hot summer dny ? Who thanks God for this wonderful physical organism?this sweep of vision?this chimcot harmony struck into tho ear? this soft tread of a myraid delights over the nervous tissue?this rolling of the crimson tide through artery and vein? this drumming of the heart in our march to immortality ? We take all these things as a manor ot course. lint suppose God should withdraw these common blessings! Your body would become an inquisition of torture ; the cloud wonlil refuse ruin ; every fjreen thing would crumple up, and th" earth wonI?1 crack from under your feet. The air would cease its healthy circulation ; pestilence would sweep, and every house would becomo a place of sculls. Streams would tirst swim with I vermin, and then dry up and thirst, and hunger, and anguish, and despair would lift up their in scepters. O, compare such a life as that willi the life you live this morning, with your families about you ! Is it not time "that, with every word of our lips and with every action of our lives, wo begin to acknowledge theso every day mercies? "Whether yc oat or drink or whatsoever you do. do all to the glory of God." l>o i address a man or woman this morning who has rendered to God a slnglo offering of thanks? I was preaching one Thanksgiving Day, and announced my text: "Oh ! give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good ; for his mercy endureth forever." I do not know whether there was any blessing in the sermon or not; but tho text went straight to a young man's heart who sits in this assembly to-day. He said to himself, as I read the text/'O give thanks unto tne Lord, for he is good/' "Why, I have never rendered Him any thinks. <>, what an ingrato I have been.' Can it be, my brother, that you have been fed by the good hand of God all these days; that you have had clothing, and shelter, and all beneficent surroundings, and yet have never offered your heart to God? O. let a sense of "the divine goodness shown you in its ordinary blessings melt your heart; and if you have never before uttered onoearnest note of thanksgiving, let this bo the day that shall hear your song. What I say to ono I say to all in this audience. Take this practical religion I have recommended into your cvery-day life. Make every day a Sab bath, anil every meal a sacrifice, aim every room you enter a holy of holies. We all have work to do; let us be willing to do it. Wo nil havo sorrows to bear; lotus bear thein. Wo all havo battles to light; let us courageously light them. If vou want to die right, you must live right ^"egligenco and indolence will win the hiss of everlasting scorn, while faithfulness will gather its garlands and wave its scepter and sit upon its throuo long alter this earth has put on ashes and eternal ages have begun their march. You go home to-day and attend to your little sphere of duties. I will >;o homo and attend to my littlosphere of duties. Every one in his own place. So our every step in life shall be a triumphant march, and the humblest footstool on which we are called to sit will be a conqueror's throne, ? The Carrier's Address. A merry Christmas to you all, And cl;e a good New Year ; Lo, regular as Spring and Fall, Your Carrier doth appear. There be three things you can't escape? They put all on one leval,? And these be Death, in gruesome shape, Duns, and the printer's devil. With Santa Claus. my jolly chum, Who makes our Christinas merrier, When tlowcrs aro dead and birds aro dumb, I speak, your Christmas Carrier. I greet you all, from grey-haired sires, To babes iu cradle rocking ; May each ono get what he desires, Hot punch, or well-lillod stocking. The Prcsti and Banner I have brought Around each Wednesday morning, To rich man's homo, to poor man's cot, Both windaud weather scorning. Thro' cold and heat, thro' snow and sleet, In Winter and iu Summer, Trudging full oft with weary feet, I've been a constant comer. Unknown, unnoticed, all tho.vear, Working iu noiseless manner, I've brought you news from far and near In the good old l'lensand Banner. Jt told you all tho County's news, The births, tho deaths, tho marriages; And where to buy whate'er you use, From brogans up to carriages. I brought 3rou news from evory elimo And politics in season, And now 1 comoat Christmas timo With rhyme as well as reason. Now Christmas, blessed timo of mirth And joy, has come again. And sweetly whispers "I'eaco on earth, And eke good-will to men." Then lot us all cast caro asido And for ono week be jolly, Nor cloud the sun of Christmastido With gloomy melancholy. Pence and goodwill and love attend Each homo this Christinas morn, The poor, and him that hath no friend, Tho widow the forlorn, Whc.i sitting by your sumptuous board No gaunt wolf near your door, Mind this?ho lendeth to tho Lord Whogivoth to the poor. So give the printer's dovli his duo And fill his heart with pleasure, And ho will pray that Heaven bless you With plenty beyond measure. On all this land mav blossings fall From the North Pole to the Isthmus; A good New Yeap to ono and all And eke a merfy Christmas. | i \ A Big Talk With Hampton. LIGHT THROWN UP05 DIVERS HARK SUBJECTS. The Proposition of Jndges Settle and Denny to Sell oat Chamberluin in 1876--Hnmpton'fl Rcply?Tlie TVny South Carolina was Carried Three Years Ago?Tw? Policies for 1860, conciliation or Fraud?Five Thousand Dollars that the National Democracy did not Pay?South Carolina Hears the Whole Cost <>f Her Delivcruuce--A Final Word to Gen. Gary. [.Ycii'.t anil Courier.) Washington, December 21.?The evident and widespread interest which has been mallI tested In regard to the matter of an alleged bargain for the withdrawal of the Tililen electors from the Democratic ticket in South Carolina during the campaign of 1870, induced me to apply to Senator Hampton, a few days ago, for a statement of the actual facts in the ease as known to him. In tho course of several conversationssliicehad with him upon this subject, oilier facts were broughtout incidentally, which I requested to be kIlowed to make known also as throwing new light upon a subject In which the people of tho State will always/eel the deep1 est iiucnm. The following narrative Ih the result of my application, and must ho understood uk presenting only the substance of his replies to my numerous Inquiries. THE CAMPAIGN OK 1S;0. Senatornarnpton *ald that. In the absence of all his papers, and alter so long a lupse of j time, a gre.it many details must have escaped I his memory, and lie con Id, therefore, only plve! the general facts as far as ho could rccoiloct them. I regret exceedingly, he continued, that these questions concerning the Tildcn matter have been reopened. 1 can see no good that can arise from the discussion at a time when the Democratic party in South Carolina requires to be united in order to be successful. .My position with reference to Its duty and interest lias been that all the gentlemen who had been nominated, cither for Governor or fir any other olllce, for the next canvass should have their names fairly brouuht before the public and presented to the Convention. The duty of selecting the standard bearers would devolve upon that Convention and Its action should be binding. I have not expressed In publlcany preference for any man In the.State to till any particular otticc, and have only indicated, la general terms, my views, that we should hold to the policy which was so successful In 1S70. It is 110 lon?cr an experimental one; It is the only one that law ever carried the .State? the only one that couid have earrlcd It,and is the only one that can carry it in future. TWO WAYS TO CAHItY THE STATE . We have a majority or miccn tnousanu colored voiers, and it must be palpable to every sensible man that there are but two ways to carry tho election. Tlie tlrst is to sccure enough of these colored votes?us wo did In l?7ii?to give success to the Democratic party. The second is to suppress that majority by fraud. Between these alternatives I think there can be no quest ion, not only as to the duty, butthe wisdom of choosing the first. It Is the only one that has been successful; It Is the only oue that Is right or tbutcun be made right. My belief In the canvass of 1876 was that by appealing to the colored people, and showing them that their interests were identical with those of the whlto people, we could secure the allegiance of a large numberof llicm,and the result Justified that belief. Many colored men in every county exei ted their best efforts to promote the Democratic cause, and hundreds voted the Democratic ticket at the eiec-1 lion. My hope was that when I should be Governor the administration of the laws would bo so impartial and the Improvement' in the affairs of t.ie State be so marked, that the colored men would recognize the fact that their interests were Mirs, and a large number of llicm be thus won to give tho Democratic party their cordial and steady support. That tills hope, too, was Justified Is proved by the fact that the Republicans placed no State ticket in the field in ls7X. and gavo me the n-saiance?which was the strongest inducement to me to become a candidate again? that it I would allow my name to be used there should be no opposition to me, and it was further proved by the lact that nearly Jo.inio negroes voted for me In the election of that year. There ore only about 75,'JOO white voters In the State, and as there was but one ticket and It received over l'-U.OOO votes. It is manifest ihat nearly +3,001) colored men voted with us of their own good will. I believe that by pursuing In '78 the same policy as in '70, we would be successful, and we were so, Kit A t'l) ami ITS CONSEQUKNCKS. I As to the other alternative. In the first place, It would l>e cleitfly wrong; and in tlic next place, would ultimately react 011 our own people to such an extent thateverything like purity of elections would become a larcc and mockery: ami. In the third place. It j would inevitably subject all who perpetrated I any framl to prosecution and punishment j liy tlic United . Sluk'nliovcrnmcnt. For tlicse 1 reasons, while not expressing a preference Tor | any particular men as candidates, I have I thought It of the last consequence that we 1 rhould nominate a ticket fully representing i the conservative Ideas ttiat gave us succcss In the canvass of IS70. These being my general J views as to lis policy and recognizing the absolute necessity for our party to remain unitled nnd harmonious. I have earnestly ilcprerated and do (lepreeatv all agitation that | could tend to disintegrate the party, and all I issues which would seem to be mere personal j ones. TIIK ATTACK ON HAMPTON. Acting upon these considerations, I have I studiously refrained from replying to any of the attacks that have been inadc upon myself, and I should have remained silent so long as they were routined to South Carolina or were given currency only in that State. I'.ut when the charge was made dlrectlv by lieu. Gary in the .Yew York Herald, that I had proposed to him to "sell out Tllden;'' that "the shameful proposition" had been made by me with a view to seem ing my own election, and that I hud neeu unfaithful to tlio Democratic party or Mr. Tllden, I thought It Incumbent upon me. In Justice to Mr. Tllden, the Democratic party, and myself personally, to pronounce it untrue, as I hare done. The same charges had been made by "A Tllden Democrat," In an Augusta pnpsr, in January, 1K77, and were promptly refuted by Colonel A. C. Haskell, chairman of the Stato Demociatlc Committee, and Geticral I Me(iowan who related what really had oCeur red mid exonerated mo from nny possiuic imputation of infidelity to the National Democratic party. Colonel Haskell was corrcct in bin statement, then |)i)bli*lu!(l, that I had written to Mr. Tilden concerning tills very matter, asking wiiat were his wishes on the subject, and expressing our willingness to withdraw our electors if there win nny possibility of our canvass iniurinz the National Democracy. Hut at no tlmedld It evcrenterlntoconsldorai tion to form any alliance, direct or Indirect, I with the Republican party. Alt th >t was | said or done was in the interest of Mr.Tilden land the Democratic party, and with ills I knowledge. Not. hearing from Mr. Til leu in reply, I wrote to Mr. Marblo, who answered promptly, saying that we had conducted the j canvass well, and he hoped we would continue it on the sumo Hue. HAMILTON'S DISINTERESTEDNESS. : In further evidence of my disposition rCI garding this matter, it should be remembered j that before I was nominated In IN7H I declar| ed in the Convention that I considered It of more Importance to secure the success of the National ticket than that of the State, and that If any of our friends thought my nortiU nation would be prejudicial to the National Democratic party I would not accept it. I urged the Convention not to nominate mc under Bitch circumstances, and withdrawing from the body in order to leave them entirely untrammelled In their action, did not return until the nomination was unanimously tendered to mo. THE ABBEVILLE CONFERENCE. As to this specific charge or time and placc Col. Haskell gives the explanation that at the ! mass meetihft we held In Abbcvlllo the exec utivc committee sent word to us t hat a proposition had been made to them concerning the withdrawal of the Electors, and one of committee, Col. J. A. Hoyt, came up to conJ suit wltn us In reference to It. Neither Judge Cooke norJudge Muckey had eversalda word to me on the subject. Judge Mackey had not yet so much as announced his adherence to our party, and if I reinembc r aright. was not at Abbeville, Judge Cooke, as Is well known, had only Joined us that afternoon. Coming i out to our meeting at a late hour he announce led from the stand for the first time, tlmt he I proposed to sustain our ticket. No one know j of his position towards us until that moment, and he certainly took no part In any consultation. I do not know by whom the proposlI tion was made to the executive committee, ; andj had even forgotten who brought It tot us, mitll reminded recently that it was Col.Hoyt. He can give the facts, There was 110 "meeting" hold that night, and, of course, I did not oreslde over any meeting. (Jen. Toombs, lien. McGowan and myself were together In Gen. Toombs's room, but Instead of ottering us 510,000 If we would consent to withdraw the Electors, Gen. Toombs readily ofl'ered unconditionally to give In S10.00, out of his own pocket, to aid us In our canvass for the whole ticket. The proposition concerning the electors was discussed amoug other matters, and we came to the conclusion, as Gen. McGowan has announced, that we would not entertain it. Nothing moro was ever said about it, and the character of the canvass was not changed in the slightest degree. The Presidential Electors accompanied me to evnrv meeting that was held in the State, and the two tlckcls were curried as far as possible together. THE DISCREPANCY IN THE VOTES cast for Mr. Tililen mid myself can be accounted for In two ways. In the first place the returns for the election of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor In South Carolina ar? required to l>e sealetl by the managers of elcc Hon to bo opened only by the Legislature, anil did not, therefore, go beforo the Uctumlnc Hoard. There was no chance of tampering with them, whllo tho vote for Presidential Electors wus canvassed by that board, which was composed entirely ol Republicans. Another very good reason for my vote being ; larger than Mr. Tllden's Is that mnny white | Jlcpitblicuna, as well as some of the colored ones voted for Mr. Hayes and the Democratic State ticket. Republicans of character in Columbia, Charleston and .Beaufort voted for mc, and tlio difference (ubout WJU) was even less than wo expccted. oen. oaiiy's last interview. In his last interview Gen. GaiJ^changes th< issuo and attempts to prove that there was a cotv saltation at Ablxsville, which has never been dc nied. I have said simply that tho charges that J made tho proposition referred to or that I hai proposed in any way to sell out Tilden, or that ] was unfaithful to the National Democratic party, were utterly aud absolutely false, and I reiteraU it. Gen. Gary also says in his last intorviow thai his statements in the first, in regard to the meeting at Mrs. Norwood's, have been "corroborated by Gen. McGowan sinco the appearance of m> reply to him." I have Just received tho following telegram from Gen. McGowan. (copy.) "I have not seen but have heard of Gen. G? ry's card in the Herald. When diroctly interrogated I stated what I have before stated in rrn fatter, that a proposition was made through th( Executive Committee which was brought to ua al . H i. i ' l ' I Abbeville and promptly declined. That tbe ca.vVA8B went onjprecisely as it had done before? not one vote being affected by the rejected prop* osition. That I knew Governor Hampton to D6 as true to the State and tbe Democratic party at* any man in South Cartflina. I am out of politics, and caunot bo induced to appear in print, but I thought you should know tbe whole truth. Samuel McGowax.'* OEN. OAllY says again that he "submitted to bo gagged in ft 1876, and be dictated to by Hampton where andj I ] when I should aud shouldn't sj.eak." The exec- Hi utivo committee, however made the appoint- Ml ments, and I bel.eve selected the speakers. I had I not indicated to them anything hi reference to it, Jl and if they did not invite Gen. Gary to speak, they must have had some very good reason for not doing so. If ho did not canvass the State, it was not from any ad?ice I gave, and if ho wants ^ information upou this point, tbe committee w could doubtless give Win very satisfactory reasons 1 why ho was not invited to duso. As to my "taking the initial step" in opposition to him, it is well ktio'.vn tliut daring thu whole of my term as Governor, Gen. Gary made constant and unwar- Bi ranted attacks on me in the Senate, and where he ? knew I could not answer tbein, and I have never answered him except cu two occasions. One ot those was in Greenville. In reply to his remark in substance, that "the next thing wo should _A l>?*r <if thn Ilnmuhiii Doinnprntfv wotild bo tL&t k ? they were willing aud dining with tlie colored __ brothers and sinters," I replied art nearly as I can * ? remember, "that if lie had said that 1 wan _ _ doing anything to lower tho standard of tlie Democracy lie had said what was impertinent aud pi uatrue." If ho had not intended to make those reflections, ho could havo declaimed them, which f ho never did. Tlie people of Greenvil e had real- 1/1 ized that Geu. Gary had dono much harm to our Tin party, and though the chairman of tho execntho committee wrote me to go tin re and endeavor to in correct the injury which I did. THE BEPUBLICAN PBOFOSITIOJt TO BELL OCT CIIAllBEULAIN. In farther evidence of the fidelity with which ' we sustained tho Democratic party, I may relate what has never been before published, that when Judges Deuny and Settle (Ilepublicans) were in Columbia, and the question of tne recognition of /V our government was in agitation, they said to ine at one time that if I wuu'd, on any public occa- Qj sion, say that I thought the State had been carried for Hayes, the troops would be removed and Ol I would be recognized. My reply at once waa w that '*1 would uot do ho to be made President of the United Stated, but that if those two gentlemen, who had access to the returns, which we pj had not, would take Gen. Gordon and Bradley *; Johnson and go over the retnrns with an expert, fr I would then say ju*t what the returns allowed. Judge Settle laughed and said "We have had 111 one deal with that pack of card* and have thrown it away!" (Meaning, evidently, that they had U already gone over the re: urns and were not satislied with the result.) Geus. Gordon and Johnson u will doubtless ri-member this incident. j ANOTHER EVIDENCE Off wa? this. There waa no question of my election Wli because wo had received exact returns from our own canvassers, and wo knew that when the votes were counted before the Legislature, they < would show a majority for our State ticket. But -? when some of Mr. Tilden's friends came to Col- m umbia and de.-ired to briog the questiou as to | the Presidential Electors before tho Supreme j Court, we employed coum-el for that purpose, ' and several gentlemen borrowed $5,000 from the bank on their individual notes to pay them for their services. We were urged to do this and were assured that we would be reimbursed by the National Democratic Committee. That money has never been repaid. It is of interest to state in this connection that this sum, and for this legitimate purpose, waa what Geu. Gordon alluded to in ono of the now famous cyp1ieb dispatches. a The lawyers were employed in Mr. Tfldcn's r interests alone, and we rather weakened than strenj;ihened our own causo by taking any part iu the caso. _ It in a fact which should 1 e distinctly stated 1 j that daring tho whole of that important und try- E [ ing canvasB which wan ho earnestly prosecuted in B the interest of the Democratic party we Hecured E not one single dollar of aid outside of the State. I The whole exoeuses of the canvass was Lome by " our own peoplo. an Ennon connzcTED. In conclusion, Governor Hampton de?i ea n.e: F to say (an I should have done of my o.vn knowl- J ! edge) tbat the telegraph o|x?rator errtd in 1 i ! reading of the diipatca which was seut to the I New York Herald iu reply to Gen. Gary's first I interview. Governor Hampton wrote : "It was o I believed then, as it is now, that this article, if ! uot written by Gen. Gary, was at least inspired Q by him," Ac. Tho operator made the sentence read : "He was behind them as he ia now," Ac. /> C. McK. V THE SUM "FOR 1880. * ' The srn will deal with the events o' the i year 18J-0 In lis own fashion, now pretty well I understood by everybody. From January 1 un > tit lkeemher ?1 it will toe conducted as a news ! paper, written In the Kiigllsh luuguage, and j printed lor the people. i As a newspaper 'I hk Sun believes in getting ' all the uews oi the world promptly, uud presenting it in the most inelll^lbte shape?the ; shape that will enable Its rentiers to be<*p well _ j abreast of the uge witb the least unproductive u , expenditure of time. 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The year lfriSU will he ono li> which no patriot-1 I ic American can nll'ord to close his eyes t > pub-! 1 He affairs. It is Impossible to exaggeraio the Importance of the political events which It has j in store, or the necessity of resolute vigilance on the part of every citizen who desires to preserve ihe Government mat the foundeis gave us. The dt bates and aci? of Cot gress, the utterances of the press, the xcitl g contests of the Republlcau and Democratic parties, now , nearly equal in strength throughout the counl try. the varying drift of public sentiment, will itll bear directly and effectively upon the twenty-fourth Presidential election, to bo held In November.K. ur years uu?> next November, the will of the nation, as oxpmsed at the polls was thwarted by an Hhi-mlnatlo conspiracy* the promoters and bentflclaries of which still hold the offices they stole. Will the crime cfi 1876 be repeated In 1880? The past decade of years opened with a corrupt, extravagant, ami Tmolent Administration luuenched at ^V'oshington. The Mux did something toward dislodging the gaug and breaking its power. The same men are now Intriguing to restore their leader and themselves to piaccs from which they were driven by the indignation of the people. Wilt they succeed ? The coming year will bring tho auswers to these momentous ouestlons. 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The price of the W'kkkly kcn, eight pages, I llfty-six columns, is $1 a year, postage pai.i. For j clubs of ten sending ?10 we will senu an extra j T | copy free. j ll Address I. W. KNGLND. ! j Publisher of The Scn, New Yor k City. State of South Carolina, j I lo Abbeville County. H | IN THE PROBATE COURT. In rc Estate of Nathan Calhoun, deceased. ~ Petition for Settlement, Ac. "VTOTJCK is hereby given that Robert C. Cal11 hour, Executor of Nathan Calhoun,deceased, has applied to this Court for discharge, from his trust. i It Is ordered, that Tuesday the 27th o( Jan-! nary, 1S80. be fixed as the day for the settle-1 . | ment of the said estate and discharge of the . executor. 11 J. FULLER LYON, f '' Probata .J mitre. i I Kcc2n, ism, tr " " | it Coinpliimt lor Relief. . ! Lewis W. Pcrrln, as Administrator of Estate of T. C. rerrln, dec'il, j I?r vs- ! ?Vi J. 12. rerrln, and others. | 1) Y order of Court the creditors of the estate 1 < ''< of Thomas t'. l'errln, deceased, are re^ ; rlj quired on or before tiie 23d day of JAXKARY { next, to present and prove tlielr demands against said estate before me at my olllee at ; Abbeville C. H.. .S. (;. On tliat day a refer- ] 3 cnee will beheld under and in obedience to I . said order. EDWARD NOBLE. ft! ' Referee. iS December 23. 1S79, 5t WJ : STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, f . County of Abbeville, IN THK 1'UOIIATE COURT. | ( , In the matter of the estate of T. 15. .Scott, de, ceased. NOTICE Is horcby given that S. R. Morrah,' Executor of the last Will ami Testament j j of T. II. Scott, deceased, has applied to this j Court for a discharge from his trust. I ? It is ordered that Monday the 26th of Jan- | w . -nary 1880, be fixed as the day for the settle-1 Jl . mentof the said estate and discharge of tb# . Executor. 7 J. FULLER LYON, J Judge of Probate. VI JJtJv, vill U vl iwlUi J i i , "FOR SALE! -A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ^ BY ST. JOEL SMITH & SON. 4 |FE RESPECTFULLY ask the inspection of onr Stock. J V It embraces nearly everything usually wanted by e TRADING PUBLIC. We have boughtlargely. We are lling at reasonable prices. We do not propose in our adirtisement to represent every article known to the Kerfa&jM .ntile profession. Nor to raise the usual cry of "Cheap $ leap! Oh! so Cheap!" But we do wish in soberness and ,v! J nth to call the attention of all those wanting FALL AND ^ INTER GOODS to our Stock, which is new and attractive \\ many of its features. S TO CHEAPNESS, LET THE PEOPLE KNOW IT/NE GUARANTEE PRICES AS LOV AS ANY IN THE MARKET OR MONEY REFUNDED. ur Stock of DRY GOODS is larger than ever before ur Stock of DRESS GOODS, substantial and reasonable* ur Stock of CLOTHING, we fear too large, and must be lold ' Kentucky Jeans and Fancy Cassimeres over seventy-five eces, prices from 12i to $2.00per yard., Boots and Shoe* om $125 to $9 00, embracing ladies' Fine Shoes, Gentle-* | an's Hand Sewed Gaiters and Batcheller's Star Boot and rogans. Hats and Caps from 25c to $4.50, Full line of ? roceries and Provisions- % ,ook through our Stock anil n?c It. It may be wo can Rive yon satisfaction, certainly nor JI brt on our part nliall be spur tnl to do bo. Highc-tt market price given for cotton and nl- v lyn in the market* Very respectfully, W. JOEL SMITH & SOU. 'M )ct. 8,1879. tf PTT1 I . T% . 1 White Brothers! ARE NOW RECEIVING iN EXTENSIVE AND ELEGANT 01SPLAV | il amito ma pHEIR Stock is Complete in all Departments. L An inspection by the public is respectfully elicited. Prices are low ana wun suca a oiock % t Goods as they offer, all in search oj Her' handise of any kind can be satisfactorily sup* | l ed WHITE BROTHERS. Oct. I, 1S79, tf " 0 E BRUCE, AGENT; IAKERY, CONFECTIONERY AND RESTAURANT, ; MAIN STREET, ABBEVILLE, S. CL Fresh Stock of Goods Always on Hand. ^ READ, CRAl'KKRS, W TOMATO CATSUP, IC/TBLUEING, STARClL .'^1 /,. I J ? vnnrxKS. s alMONJ^-VflOUR. .RICK. HUIT CAKES. O CHOW CHOW. m MKAL, GRITS! IXGER dAKra, ? JELLY, CITRON, L, COFFEE, SUGAR, .'A E A CAKES, "^'RAISINS, CURRANTS, " BUTTER. CHEESE, M UGAR CAKES, SEEDLESS ItAISINS, (/) BLACK WE LI/8 SM(V >m ROP CAKES, wI'ICKLES, NUTS, U KING TOBACCO, ? AKES.op aM, KINDS,j",PEPPER SAUCE, BEST CHEWING, J INGER SNAPS, j^PEA NUTS, ?CIGARS-NO BETTERAN DIES of nil kinds, ; POTTED HAM, GUARANTEED HA-* ^ ANNKI) HOODS, CO: TO MA TOES. 15 KEF, VANA FILLED, Ac* IE. FRUITS.- (GINGER, MUSTARD, H Call and see tbora for INE APPLES, J FRKSH CARAJIKLS, t~ yourselves. a PPLES, PEACHES, M|SALT. SODA, -< All the above Goods Guaranteed FRESH, 'ft August i:?, ihTD, tf ZTm Kurz, PRESERVE H Aoknt fob Abbeville County. v alii* ^ >1ik celcbratPd sinclair cutter, No a V 14 A JLIUUiidf sTTL Periodicals, Newspapers and Music 1 State' CoaDt7 111(1 Railroad Officers aD(* business men generally, snp^BsSBBuy ^*e(i witl1 ^}00^s ma<^e *? A LL families have OLI> BOOKS PERTOIV -5gil B WMC^ 4. NEWSPAPERS, MUS1C,4CL I By Ji Ky ^h Id dcs,re 10111111511311 to their poster* am alL HAVE THEM REBOUND. Which will preserve them aod will make [flKSB jgpM?B^aT\ them look almost as well as new. ^88'ESiSa ^ Old Books,Ac.. should not only be rebounds. but the current literature of the present day should be put In a durable form for preserva-* x This ciin be done In the shortest possible itime, with tho best material, in the most ta V V^vSnJI^N^s*", handsome and durable style, and at a price' ?Ja ^ . VJ ' which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by **. . jP These Machines are unlvcrsallly acknowl- E. R. STOKES. 1 Iged to be the best manufactured, for cut- _ ? ' ') x -H ng Hay, Straw, Fodder, Corn Stalks, Sucrnr Stationer, Book Bijtdkr asd Busdf \ 2 me, etc., and for Strength and Durability Hook Makpfactcbkh, we no equal. 350 FIRST PREMIUMS. >0. 15j Main Stkext, c? 2 OLD MEDALS at tho World's Fatr of Par- T a *** - 5 , London and Moscow, besides thousands of L>U1j I ; iVl rS | {5. I stimonials from Iurge stoek raisers, livery ? , a. ! abies and farmers. *5* SEND IN YOUR ORDERS AT ONCBr x3 Samples to be seen at Kurz & Bruce's Boot, _______________1 ioeand Harness Establishment, Abbeville, yurt House, So. Ca. Dec 25.1S78. ^11 j r y ,>.3B3 ?URN WAGONS, ^PStore. ? The Best in (lie Market! ..-nnfiiT i t n n , iiliii! Map m M OOML9&CBM J.W.ROBERTSON, B ~ I I ASJust received a car load of these cele I .A] 1 ATI brated wauons, which lie is ollerlng at AM U, V VV vvvUl - v w prices. All sizes?from one to four horse* (/ e also has Implies and harness. October 15, ls7U, 8m. AND | (]LABK JSELI'TKEbestgo()d& fl For Tie (M of Tie Craft Lowest Prices^ HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY whole attention to my Shop. 1 shall (rive a m . (i<^)l> ATTENTION, If any person wish- E7/| D g A Cj li | wTii p a ' Ult LAjn ! W StCJieS tiGp^irSU. AUR GOODS were purchased In Northernf V lug them in. I have all the tools and ma- j V/ markets FOR CASH and selected with rials to do it up In the best of style and at j <?Ke tin a call and we guarantee Goods' e lowest rate* possible. If you want your and prices. We keep a General Stock. -4 >ek repaired bring It in and it will be done Sept. 21,1879, tf ;lit. If you wnut your JEWELRY MENDED ____ . _ . |l Bring it on. If you Want your ffTxllt? fil*0'S SWING MACHINE MENDED w?t.,.n ?,pwlfuny ?k tbe olleil?on of m In is the place to pot It clone In tho best of " Buj ers to tlielr dor. You can have any piece Ainde new, or odt t?\TTYrn arrnn^ no ;'old one repaired. If you wnntyourifun or ui L1VIN.LF1.1J olUUJx UJ: itol repaired this Is the place to have It ne. All these articles *111 he repaired lu -y -J * best of order at the Lowest Trices. Jl M. m a > 2-M.wTu g "M -iM Jive mo a trial und satl?iy yourselves? T "MS JOHN L. CLARK. ^ady-Made Clothing, I anuary 22, 1870. tf. ALSO, * ? mm MaJA Qlii?4n ! [arshall P. Deflru&i Attorney at Law, ail U1MM *1 ABl*bVILLk C. J&t S. C. Oetober 1, lO. M