The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 10, 1880, Image 2

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The Press and Banner By Hugh "Wilson and H. T. Wardlaw "Wednesday, Mtwch 10? 1880 S "Grant " ? " Imperialism M ?"Sonir crows*" Wo spp now a gmit many learned arti olc< on the subjects of "tf rant" and "Iin nori:?li?tm." In the first place it seems t< X us that n large number of the Democrat ic writers hit more exercised about wbi shall not bo the Republican nominee fo President, than who shall be the Demo eratic nominee, forgetting at the sanv time that we have little to do with theuc cepting or the rejecting of a candidate bo fore the National Republican Xominatinj Convention. Should Grant or anybody else seek to assume the Dictatorship o this country, wliat would hesciae ? If In and a coterie should take charge of th Capital he would do so at the hazard o his own liie. Would not tne ?iaie tmv ernmcnts immediately call the citizen soldiery to arms and crush out anysinal following ho might have. As long as th State Governments exist and the Govern ors command the militia we cannot b made the willing subjects of a Dictator The strength of this government is in th militia, and not in the regular army, nn< as long as this is true the States wouli very soon settle the question of Dictator ship with any man seeking to grasp th power. In reference to the hideous ghost o "Imperialism," which these frightene< ^ souls would hold up as a scare-crow t< their readers, and the learned allusion: which they make to Cromwell, to say tin least of it,are ridiculous as emanating fron men who claim common sense, and pre tend to keep itiformod as to tne public sentiment of the country. We know o nothing worthy of comparison to it, ex cept the absurd declaration of the Kadi cals, that if the Democrats came inu power, the negroes would be put back in to slavery. In our opinion these is abso lu'jlyas much grounds for the belief o onewtory as tlieotner. mere arc uu mr perialists in this country. There is not i single newspaper in the United Statei that advocates the chauge of our lorm o Government, and our readers may per haps recolllect how soon a paper, startec in New York a year or two years ago ad vocating Imperialism went down. Tha fact was significant of that other fact, tha ' there are no Imperialists in this country This country may at some iuture timeas Hume the Imperial form of Government but it will do so when there is a larg< element in the country desiring tha change, and not before. If Grant or any body else had been disposed to be Dicta tor of this country, his time was fi fleer years ago when there were a million o ?"".-irt.-o.-rnc?nnt now in n time o profound peace and unprecedented prosperity, when the army consists of onh twenty-five thousand men. To proclain a fear of Imperiamism ut this time is ii * our opinion to proclaim one's own lacn of a knowledge of the public sentimen of the country. The great danger which threatens thi.< country is in (he growing spirit of coin munism which would uproot the settled policy of the country, and lower its standards of excellence. Under the manj guises which it is presented, it has main advocates and .supporters in every section of the Union. Many reasonably intelligent and liberty loving people havt unwittingly given their support to sucl a party, under the belief that they were resisting imaginary wrongs. San Francisco and Her Tronbles. In San Francisco there seems to be o conflict between the Chinese, the labor lug whites, and tne new constitution, The city having elected a " Workingman's Ticket," with the avowed purpose of opyressiijg the Chinese laborers, many of the latter class have either returned tc their native homes, or are seeking employment elsewhere. The agitation has so disturbed the public peace and prospexity of the Golden City that many oi her wealthy citizens have sought or arc seeking homes in New York and other places of comparative quiet. The Chinese quarters have bee;i declared a nuisance by the Board of Health, and undei the Burlingame treaty between this country and China, by which the Chinese citi&ens residing in this country shall have all the privileges and immunities guaranteed to citizens or subjects of the most favored nation, the Chinese consul has appealed to the President of the United States for protection. The opposition to the Chinese exists only among the laboring whites, who would deny theso creatures a home in this country because they work at cheaper rates than the white man or white woman can aft'ord to work. Th# Constitution seems to be a bundle of blunders from beginning to end. Judge Pendv, in the United States District Court of Oregon, has decided that some of the provisions of that instrument which discriminate against the Chinese are necessarily void, and it is thought this opinion will be sustained by the Supreme Court of tho United States. Titus, Chapter 1. From private information received at this ottice, it appears that the Radical outrage mill is hard up for grist, when it is 8 *t to work to grind a political outrage out of a personal matter. We refer tc the recent wounding of Ah. Titus by oui young towustnan Eugene DuPre, which, it seems the Radicals are magnifying and transforming into a Democratic assault upon the Republicans of Abbeville county. We had forgotten, just as Eugene DuPre, and every other man in Abbeville had forgotten, that Ab. Titus wa> County Chairman of tbe Republican party. A* many of our readers are aware tht* dillicultv was entirely' a personal one in which the profane and insulting lan guage of Ab. Titus provoked a high spir ited young mau to make the assault Rut the forgotten fact that Ab. Titus till ed so high a position in the Republicai party gives the eager Radicals the exeusi they longed for, to discover "a politica marc's nest."' The sacred person-of Ab Titus, therefore, is made to stand for th Republican party in Abbeville county and any injury he may suffer is interpre ted as an attack by tiie Democracy. This surely, is sufficient guarantee of the re spectabilit}- and importance of the Re publican party in Abbeville county. The Two Thirds Rule. The newspapers and politician* are no\ discussing the "two thirds rule" whic lias heretofore governed the Nations Democratic Conventions in the nomina tion of President and Vice-Prcsidenl "We are of the opinion that the rule will and should be, changed to the majorit; rule. The national executive comrnltte reouest the various .State Conventions t give expressions as to whether the twc thirds, or the majority rule, should gov ern at the next National Conventjpn ? Cincinnati. The Stock Law in Georgia. The question of enacting a stock lu\ is agitating some of our Georgia neigh bors, and notably the people of Wilke and Klbert counties. The manly .vavii which the Washington Guzcltc speaks it mind on the subject is enough to com mend that paper to the raiders and vot ers of that county. If our Georgii neighbors want to learn the practical at! vantages of the law, let them send dele gates t<> some of the counties where th< law has been enforced for a time. *? MLil u__l The Slock Law. Tho "widow's cow," and tho threatened j I "division of the Democratic party," are ( I still made to do dutv iu the Counties c : (] where the stock law has been adopted or c * | is proposed. All this "scare'* business r -|w?s ptticticed in Abbeville> but it % J ineffectual. There is not a white j. I mail in all the County who would uo\v c vote against Democratic rule on account ti * I of his opposition to the stock law, There v "j were some men in this County who Were tj s' at first very much opposed to the law, q "! and there may be some who are still op- a 141 posed to it, but there is no man here who * r would vote airainst the Democracy on that , account. Our friends in other Counties i e, need have 110 fbars from those who inti- | mate such threats. The law will com"; mend itself, even to its bitterest oppo- v '1 nertts, as being just and equitable, and d ' ' tho friends of the law will be much bet- ? ter pleased than they hope to be. It is <j : only a question of time, as to when it ? e I shall bo the law for the State, with excep- v '! tionsonly where it is desired. d [ Murder in Wilkes C'otinf.r. j From the Washington Gazette we learn n that George F. Awtrv, alias John Tur- ti ? " ' ( ! nor, formerly of Johnson, S. CM was shct ^ i in the back from an ambuscade, and in"! stantlv killed, in Wilkes Countv, Geor- e e I j ? gia, last week. Thirty-seven shot took u j | effect in his back. The assassins carried ^ (the body of the murdered man to a deep d : ditch near by, on R. M. Barksdale's s ' plantation, and concealed it therein, v j-1 where it was found a few days after- a j i wards. The deceased is thought to have o I ljeen respectably connected. He was P s j said to be a very violent and dangerous jj I inon ot^/1 if ivj nil pcrar? hp ImH nnnfAsu. ? j ie^ to having committed murder in this d _ j State, and was then a refugee trom jnstice. fcj ,JIn December last he attempted violence 0 j! to tiic person of a young lady whoso father i< 1 caught hi in in the act, whou he rushed d I upon him, shot and cut the offender in ? j I such a manner as to create the impres- ? . jsion that he would die of his wounds, r . I The deceased was a young man of fine P J physique. ,, ? h J A. K. & G. R. R. u I ' r 4 We had a call last Monday night from d f I Mr. T. F. Riley, who has just" returned d | from Augusta, where he has been In the j 11 interests of the Greenwood and Augusta e Railroad. He reports cheering prospects i t? t'of getting an appropriation of $50,000111 ' from the city of ^.ugusta. If Augusta! j'( ] should decide to make this appropriation! r , the work of building the road will be ! e < vigorously pressed to completion. The j ? *|re-organization of the two companies, d 1 j will be completed on the 5th May, in a " Augusta. The preliminary steps, as fori", 'j as the Carolina side is concerned, wlllit| 1 take place at the different points as ad- j n f vertised elsewhere. Dr. Maxwell,* W. ji' ' K. Blake, Esq., Gen. P. H. Bradley, and " Mr. T. F. Riley represented the com- ? * | pany in the last meeting in Augusta. ! 1 j Murder Cases. tl ^ j The accounts received from the Courts I in the various circuits show that there i8 ^ } i little danger in slaving a fellow-man in ! w I any of the Counties, except Barnwell, j I [ where the juries did thoir duties. j born who shot Mrs. Cainpton as he rode si .by her door at Fair Play has just been n . convicted of manalnugMer, and the j1. I Moore's have been acquitted on the j, ! charge of killing Bryce. In other Coun- ; v , i tics the juries have been equally genor- J h Ions to those who have killed a l'ellow-L' , man, but the poor negro >vho maj' be id charged with the stealing of a little corn j b or cotton is generally Railroaded off to j ? tho penitentiary. ti lj The Cost of Living:. g, ' i The cost of living has been pretty thor- b '! oughly discussed by correspondents in i the Charleston Sunday News and the Au1 \ffusta Chroniclc and Sentinel. "APraoti- o jcalGirl," "A Theorizing Bachelor," "An ' Augusta Girl," and " Economizer," have each had their say, and last Sunday the it ' Sunday News tells " How to Feast a Fara- tl ' ily of Six a? a Cost of Four Dollars a j JJ. | Week," at the market, and of from $4.00! n j to $5.00 at the grocery, and itemizes the j j articles to prove the correctness of the | j calculation. All this is most interesting, i p and gives information and directs at ten-1 li tion to a subject of gretH importance to 01 our people. Q] Cf ' fri.. t-.i i tr.'ii. t a. a iiic interview tiiui ijougstreew ir We publish in another column General Longstreets opinion of Grant. It is b ' scarcely necessary to state that his senti- ol | ments will meet no endorsement lrom j| anybody in this section. The people of #| lhe South desire to see a Democrat in the si Presidential office, and will not be con- ,r I tent to accept any Republican instead ot L ! u thorough Democrat. This may be set t| down to be as true as preaching. hi TnK Republican State Executive Comj mi'tee has appointed a County Chairman Cj ;ifor each of the 'Counties in the State, rt > The list has not yet been published. i The indications are that "the party" are w ! mapping out a big joj, and that we are to have a lively campaign. k ?r GOOD BACKING. Je\ ] fr The >"evrberrY Herald Speaks its Sen- re t timents. ? J The last issue of the Newberry Herald. J J has the following sensible paragraph in tt | reference to Mr. Britton's resolution: j Considerable fuss has been made bell cause K. W. Shand, Esq., the Supreme ^ Court Reporter, had the last volume of p| ? the Reports printed out of the State. An ol j attempt was made by some members of sn , j the Legislature to require him hereafter '} > to give the printing of the Reports to n ' j printers in the State. ai i Mr. Shand had a uerfect right to have . I the printing done wherever he chose, and Vl ; we don't see how any fair-minded man ?j ' j who understands the conditions of his of- j lice and salary can think of blaming hitn j? - in the matter, lie gets a salary of $1,500; j p: . | he is required to have the Supreme Court j> Reports printed t he must turn over 100 JJ ' volumes to the State Librarian, for which tl " the SUite pays him $o00; all the other p ?j volumes belong to him. It is impossi- b e I ble to see wlitre the State's claim for the ?' printing comes in. His salary is certain- d( 1 iy small enough tojustify him to use the u i. utmost economy in saving what he can r< e of it. As to the $500 the State pays him w I for the 100 volumes, the State gets the ' books cheap enough. While the law on ? * | the subject remains as it is now the Re- y i, i porter is right to get the printing done ft _ j where he pleases, and he would be silly ? to have it done at a high price when he ? can get it done for a lower. ti ^ h A BREEZE IX COLUMBIA. r. , c v I News that Coiups in a Roundabout (, h i Wny. ? " | r j Cincinnati Commercial. d I Coi.r.MiiiA, S. C., March 5.?Three colored 8 j Repupltcan cluhs, with an membership of . t.! overmet in Columbia to-day, for the pnr- ,a . | pose uf reorganizing lor the Presidential cam- c 'i j palgn. The session wassecret, no whiles being K v admitted. The meeting aUffmes was stormy, K land it was thought that It would break up In CI a riot. ThenotoriousBeverly Nash introduo- J* 0 | ed resolutions commending Grant to the support of the Republicans of this county. which v i-I caused a long and animated debate, "and was " i filially voted down by an overwhelming ma* 1 [Jorlty. it Byron Wilson, mall agent, then offered , strong resolutions favoring Sherman, which were promptly ndopt?>d. ?jj Stlrrinc upeecbes wore made n^nlnst a third " term. Blaine was declared the second choice. J This meeting was composed of many lead- 1 ing colored inon of the State. Nhermlm has 0 V* develoiK>d remarkable strength among the . colored masses. It lfe safe to predict a Sher- * man delegation from South Carolina to the J" s I National Convention. | " . i a 1! The Xi-w Orleans Picayune expresses tliei1' s , opinion that the negroes of She South con-)'1 i sume in value per head yearly twice as much |!' * ij-ugar-unred hams, lobsters, sardines, tobacco i11 . and whisky as the miners, factory operatives i and poor needle-women ot the large cities of I 11 the North. And yet the af<t?vsald operatives v . | are taught to regard the colored brother as a I li | poor, down-trodden, starved v retch. I v " j (irant is scooping thebest pari of the North I ? 3 Carolina delegation. TbU lh poaching on the (.j I .Sherman preserves. |u Road Laws. Sec. 3. That for the purpose of keeping n repair highways, tho Countv tommissioncrs of each County shall ] livide the persons liable to road duty in ; ach highway district into convenient j otnpanies. and appoint (in overseer of! oads in each highway district. Whose luty it shall be to have the persons before lamed warned out to work tho said oads whenever he inf.y deem it hco fflpr.y to repair the wurnH He ?hall letcrndne the number of days for forking at ouch warning { i'rQvidvdy, That not more tllRtt tWClVe lays are required in a year. When tho .'(iiiiiiiissiniiflr haviinr ovufsiirllt of sito.h fictions gives orders to the overseer to vork the riKul and, lie neglects to do the ante, lie shall be deemed guilty of amislemninor, and upon conviction thereof 11 a Trial .Justice's Court shall be lined 11 a sum not less than five nor more linn ten dollars. SEC. 4. And person liable to road duty, vho shall have been duly warned two lays before the day fixed in his notice or such working stating the hour and ilace of working, shall be subject to the lirection of the overseer in charge. If ny person of the legal age refuso to i-ork upon highways and roads (having lo justifiable excuse) according to the lirection of the overseer, he shall be leemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, ipon conviction thereof in a Trial ustice's Court, shall be lined in a sum ot less thantive dollars, nor more than an dollars, or be imprisoned in the ,'ounty jail for a period of not less than ive nor niore than twenty days. Skc. 5. That on anj' extraordinary ocasion when any highway shall be sudenly obstructed by storm or otherwise, o us to require immediate lab*r to renove such obstruction, it slum be the uty of the overseer in whoso district uch obstruction occurs to proceed forthwith to have such obstruetion removQdnd for this purpose shall summon to his id a sufficient number of workmen to pen and repair such highway. If any flrunn oKall in oiinh oaac* nnrfnrm mnrp ay' labor than is required by iaw for he year, he shall be paid for'any such verplus. at the rate of one dollar per ay, bj' the (Jounby Commissioners, upon lie certificate |of the overseer showing hat such overplus of labor was perform(1. If on any such extraordinary occasjn the overseer shall, for the space of a ay aller application made to him for tich purpose by any citizen residing in is district, neglect to call out a sufficient umber of persons to speedily open and epair such highway, he shall forfeit and ay to the County Comrnissioneas of his 'ounty, to be expended in the repair of .ighwjiv, when and where necessary in is district, the sum of fifteen (15) dollars in lass the overseer shall show sufficient eason for sucn neglect the said fifteen ollars to be collected by an action for ebt, in the name of such County Comuiwsioners, as plaintiffs, before any Trial ustice in said County. If on any such -i. j: .\irauruinnr y wtcontuu unj pnou.. u?u.? 3 work on highways, after being sumrioned for the purpose of removing such bstruction by the overseer, shall neglect 3 turn out and assist in opening and epairing sucb highway, he shall bo deem d guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon onviction thereof in any Trial Justice's !ou:t, shall bo fined three dollars per ay, said fine to be collected ?ndexpened * hereinbefore provided in the matter f forfeitures of overseers. SKC. 7. The lounty Commissioners shall authorize tie overseer of any district to allow a lan, working one day, and also furnishig a horse, plow or cart, two days' labor nd one working himself for one day nd furnishing a wagon and two horses, )tiles or oxen, three days' laborSkc. 8. All able-bodied "male persons bekveen the ages of seventeen and fifty ears shall be liable annually Lo work on ie public highway and roads not lass lan three nor more than twelve daj-s, nder the direction of the overseer of the istrict in which they may reside. In arning men to work upon the public lads, the overseer shall mako out a list >r the warner, requiring him to give noce to each person the kind of tool he liall use in wprking upon the highways nd roads. And it shall be the duty of ny employer to furnish the overseer a st containing the names of all persons i his employment liable to road duty *!"? *? ? I Ka V?/"W ?* ? iitJlicvur uiw Niuir nunu mo ic^iihvu v? im bv said overseer upon tlie failure of ny employer to comply with such deliinri be shall be deemed puilty of a misemeanor and upon conviction thereof efore any Trial J ustice, shall pay a tine f ten dollars or ten days imprisonment >r every such ofl'cnee. Sec. 10. The overseers in their respecve districts shall have full power to cutu own and make use ofany timber, wood, urth or stone in or near the road, ridges or causeway, for the purpose of ^pairing the same, as to them shall seem ecessary, making just compensation lerefor'should the same be demanded; verseers shall not authorize the cutting own of any timber trees reserved by the wner in clearing his land or planted for le purpose of shade or ornament, either 1 the fields, around the springs or about le dwelling houses or appurtenances, or the cutting down of any rail timber hen other timber maj' bo procured at or ear the place, or take stone or earth from ithin the grounds of any person enlosed for cultivation, without the conjnt of the owner of the same. If any erson or persons shall by any means inder forbid or oppose the said overseers, r either of them, from cutting down and hca r\f finil\nr ofntin r eartfi in any or near said roads or luseways, for slight repairs of bridges >r the purpose of making or repairing te same, or shall in any manner obstruct le passage of said road, causeways or ridges, by gates,' fences, ditches or another obstructions, except where authored by law,* or shall hinder, forbid or ireaten any traveller from travelling iv public roads, and every person for ich offense shall be deemed guilty of a lisdemeanor, and upon conviction irreofin a Trial Justice's Conrt, shall be ned In a sum not less than five nor more lan ten dollars. Each overseer will be eld responsible for his division of road. Bates and Bowers Sentenced. On Thursday morning last W. S. Bates and jpers Bowers who were tried forniurderand und guilty, were brought Into the Court poiu to receive the sentence of death. Bates as very pale and nervous, and when asked j Solicitor Gantt, "what have you lo say hy the sentence of deuth should not bepass1 upon you," seemed very much moved, and ikl that If he killed Stephen Bush he did not now it, that he knew of, and bnd naught (iilnst him, and stated that he Was unpreired to meet his God, and hoped thi*t the jdge would give him time to prepare. Bow'f oft/imoil utrmslv /if nortro nhtiwo/l tnhnnnn eely, and had nothing to say, and was aupa ntiy unatteeted by the sentence, both ates and Bowers were addressed by Judue Idrich In the following touching language, hleh abused many to sorrow nt the sad conition of the two men, who are to be hung on le 28th day of March, the last Friday In the mnth: r'illlam S. Bates, Capers A. Bowers: You have been couvlcted of murder, and It. comes my duty to pass the extreme sen nce of the law. The Indulgence of bad pasIons, unbridled will, stimulated by the use f mean whiskey, have brought you to this id condition. In a long cxpsrience. I have ot witnessed a more melancholy sight. The readful oppression under which I now labor 0 doubt weighs down the hearts of all who re silently waiting to hear your tinal doom. Unhappy youths! Two young men in the ery prime of early manhood, fair to look up1 and, apparently possessed of all the quailes to make good and useful citizens, at a me when the .State needs the aid of all her his. how would you, even In a moment of isslou of plirenzy, hurry your comrades and elghbors. rejoicing in such. like themselves, ?an untimely death. This is your crime and ow, you stand at the bar of Justice, to hear le llnal sentence that will speed you to the resence of that Judge who, 111 thunder and i lightning, on Mount.Sinai, delivered to his nosen people the commandment, now the nmutabie law of civilization, "Thou shalt t> no murder." You have violated the law, ampled it under foot and ruthlessly and jcklessly slain your neighbors and victims, ithout the shadow of excuse. Your trial has been fairand Impartial, your junsei has made the best defence, and the lost earnest appeal, permitted, and a Jury of our country, after short deliberation, have >und you both "Guilty." Truth and Justice Dinpel nie to say. the verdict is righteous, hid these Jurors rendered any other, they 'ould have been false to their oaths and no rue guardians of the public peace. They ave done their duty faithfully, like true, rave men. who regard their obligations, and calize their responsibility to God and to Solely. And so, young ipen ! you must prepare for fnth ii Houth nf vnur own making, an ieno llnlous death, which you have merited by a ecklow vlolutlon of the law of God and man, elled without cause uud, so far as the proof oes. without inoiive. It Is not iu my heart to add to your conemnation anil lncreii.se your remorse by haracterizing these murders. May God thrive you. And lie will. If you ask Him wTth Incere, repentant, contrite hearts. Seek to lake your utonemcnt between now and the ay of your execution. You have the prom?e, that before the silver chord Is loosed, the Host sinner, though his sins be as scarlet, iay be washed as white as snow. Improve lie liouis now allotted you, byslncere repentnce, and ascend to God with grateful praises jr this Infinite mercy. There li no hope for ou in time, your fates arc sealed. He, alone an save you In eternity, if you trust Him. kiitl If you bow down with bumble, contrlto, cpentant hearts. He will receive you, and he prayer of the law, "May God have mercy n your sou Is," he answered. I willnot protract this painful ordeal,orndd t> your remoso. by recounting the facta which (impelled 1 he Jury to find you Guilty. These aust be lndell.lbly engraved on your heart*,! i)d I trust, will he sincerely repented, so as i r> fit you for the dread ehtuigc which now! waits you. May you so Improve the timeal-l :>tted, that wjion you come to die you can: opcfully say, Lord, receive my spirit. Charleston is exercised over anotherI hale, which has made Its appearance in the 1 arbor; but there seems to be doubts as to .bother It is notapart of the one that was aplurcd some time since and floated off, or, lie of its relatives that has died of grief., here has been a cominiltec appointed tocxuiiuc aud report- I mohmmhi General Lottgstreet for Grant. A Gainesville correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean has Interviewed Gen. Longstreet? und furnishes that pnporwlth the following a.s the result: t A "Whom do yoa prefer as Presidential can* dldnte, General T" I asked Gen. James LongstrCet. "First and foremost, General Grant,'' he replied with earnvatness. "Well, this Is reconstruction with a vom glance." 1 rcmnfked. "Yes," continued the General, "I adopted the policy Immediately at the close or the war. which only the slow flight of years Is imbuing Into lhe sentiment of the Southern people. To We tbe surrender of my sword was my l'ecoiiRli'llctlohi I looked Upon the ' I.twt Cause Rn totally and irrevocably lost, I adopted the principles of the Republican party. I threw myself Into sympathy with the irovernment Into which I had been admitted as a member. ?Of course, by this action, I sacrificed the esteem ol or the Southern people. In New Orleans, where I was then residing, I was lorced to give up my business, and the newspapers boasted that I had been driven from the city. In Georgia, also, I was lone made an object of public villi Mention. Hut 1 have stood firm to the principle I adopted, and to-day 1 am proud to see Indications that freedom of thought and freedom of suflrage are likely to have som? foothold In the Southern States. That Is why I an> anxious to see Grant nominated ;%y his nomination political Intolerance, the band that now holds the solid South together, will **?-? h/-. !? ?ama ClAiilkaon Ulutaa ui ti I nh otic Republican and one itlone can carry, anil that one is General Grant?North Carolina, Louisiana and Georgia." "Georgia?" I wild. Incredulously. "Yes." he replied, " it Is possible for Grant to carry Georgia. Why not? Almost half of the population of the Btato are nogroes, and every man of them Republicans at heart. Why, in fe free and fair election I believe thai the colored und white Republic*! vote wotild amount In Georgia to a majority." "Why, then, cannot Blaine and Shorman carry Georgia as well as Grant?" I asked. " You must know, If you know anything of southern politics," he replied, "that at election times the Republicans, here, both white and caloredjare subject to inconveniences'. The business man who votes the Republican ticket sacrifices thereby his business Interests and loses the patronage of the 8onthern people. The negro laborer?well, six.shooters are the inconvenienccs (but he sometimes meet* with in the exercise of his suffrage; but leaving that out of the consideration. It in hafd for him to And an honest way of earning his bread after he votes contrary to the wishes ot the men upon whom he depends for employmenL Let Klierman or Blaine be nominated and this state of affairs will contlnne: but for Grant the enthusiasm or the negroes Is irrepressible. They will risk their lives to vote for him. They have boron organizing1 club* In this State already; clubs composed exclusively of negroes, manipulated by no whlu polltlcians; und the sentlmont of these club> seems to be that tho negroes shall uct Inde pendently for Grant, regardless of the eflorttor the politicians to gain their proxies to th? nominating conventlbn. The negroes o: Georgia are a unit forGrnnt; butfor.Shermnn or Blalno there will be no such enthusiasm, and their nomination would enable tho Democrats of Georgia again to control their vote. Only give this enthusiasm of the negroes foi Grant fair play, and the white Republicans of In politics: they wlfl becomo earnest and sin cero, and the dismembered Republican part> will again be organized, and a power In Geor gla not to be Ignored." " Do you thiuk there arc any Democrat* In Georgia who will support Grunt?" lacked. "I think that the Independent Democrat* will support him If he In once nominated. My reasons for this belief are deduced from the peculiar phase which Georgia politic* have lately assumed. An Independent Dem ocratlc party han sprung up In Georgia In opposition to the regular Democracy. TbU new party, though It has many Democratic adherents, must win over the Kepuplican parly?ai present disorganized?In order to be success ful. The new narty is powerful In Georgia: there is no doubt of that; bat take from it thi support of the Republicans and It is helpless Now. next fall, one momh before the Presl deutial election, there will be a Slate election in Georgia. The Independents say they wll sweep th&Slate, from the mountains to th< tea. But if they be successful they must win the support of toe Georgia Republicans. Bu let us suppose that Grant Is nominated, am the Republican party In this Hlato is organ ized, as, In case of his pomlnatlon, It certain ly will be. The Republicans will hardlj make a spirited contest for the Slate officers that election will lie entirely between the or ganlzedand thelndcpendcntDemocrata. Bu. if tlits state of nllalrs lasts how are the Indc pendent Democrats to win (he Republlcai vote, the essential clement to their hope O' J success In the State election 7 I see but om way, and that is by their promise to aid tin Republicans by voting for Grant In the Presl dentlal election. This is all simply tfieorel leal. I have heard many Independent Dem ocntts lu Georcla express an Intention to vot< for Grunt if lie received the nomination in 1880. It In not to be overlooked that the or gmilzed Democrucy In Georgia is a power noi easily to be set aside: but with the en thus! asm for Grant among the negroes?an enthusiasm that will not be subdued?nnd with th? | extraordinary relations that now exist be tween the two wings of the Democracy, then is certainly foundation for the belief that it h possible Tor Grant to Georgia." I have heard General Longstreet's views re Iterated time and agalu by prominent Republicans here. The enthusiasm among the negroes of which he speaks becomes more ami more noticeable each day; with them It is Grantor nobody; among the whlto Kepubll cans the expression, " I will vole for the nom Inee," usually predominates over all prefer 1 cnces. A disposition to leuvethe nominal!" in the hands of the Northern States?th . states that wlJl elect?prevails widely. FIRE nTCOLUMBIA. The National Hotel Destroyed on Monday Morning. [Cohiiribia Yeovian ) At a quarter past two o'clock thlsmornln! the National Hotel, on the corner of Gerval: and Gadsden streets, was discovered to be 01 tire. THe alarm was sounded, and our fire men were promptly on the spot, and did effi clcnt service In preventing the Uames fron spreading, and protecting the surroundlm building. The Are had udvanced too far am made too great headway to give the Department any hope of saving the building, am turned their attention to checking the name j sufficiently to enable them to play on the twt buildings that were in the most danger. One of them was the vacant warehouse on th< west, and an outhouse of eight rooms In th< rear, both of which were badly scorched. an< were only saved by the most energetic efforti of the firemen. So rapid was the spread o the flames that very little of vha furnltuream household effects were saved, nnd that in ibroken ahd damaged condition. The building was erected in 1806 of the best timber and the most substantial workman ship. Mr. Joyner estimates his loss at 815,OOP, with an Insurance of S7.500; $4,500 of which If In Mr. Keenan's office, and $3,000 lb Mr. Swaf fluid's. The two steamers secured two plug.on Lady street, and got a good supply of water and threw full streams. Efficient servici was also done by the two colored hand engines, the Vigilant and the Enterprise, although they labored under the disadvantage of a short supply of water. The rnoeni* Hook and ladder Company was also on bant, and did good service. Our gy rnputUcs, as well as those of the com mnnlty, arc with Mr. Joyner and his family in this severe calamity. By energetic effort' the members oi the family all mode their es cape from the burning and are sttfo. Ther< were no boarders in the house. How the fire originated Is not certainly known, but It If supposed tlmt It caught from a defective flue So far as we have learn ad no suspicion Is hud that It was the work of an lncendlAry. Mr. Dickson Denies the Charge. [Laurensfille Herald.] The following card from Mr. E. B. Dickson will explain itself: Greenville,S. C., March l, 1880. Editors LaureruvlUe Herald, Laurent. 8. C. A copy pf yourlsBue of the27th of February, has been sent me. and my attention was directed to an article headed "That Cotton Business." I deny the charge made, (which J trust was made under a muapprtTicntion and hastily,) and will ask throuKh your next Issue that? fafr-mlnded public will suspend Judp ment on this case until I have at least bad an opportunity to vindicate my Innocence at the next term of your Court. Yours truly, E. B. DICKSON. W'c have no disposition to prejudge the ac cused. and cheerfully give place to his card asking ii suspension of public opinion regarding his case, until he has an opportunity of ? fair hearing before the CourL We asked tin same for him ourselves In our issue of iasi week. The "charge" which Mr. Dickson denlesand of which we sincerely trust be is no* guilty?was not made by us.eltherdellberate fy or "hastily," but by the Stntej and lnste?i<. of Its publication being "hastily" made wi waited an entire week rather than run the. risk of publishing a street rutuor to Mr. Dickson's Injury. We were, however, led into an error In stating that Mr. Dickson's tags were placed on the cotton. It seems his privatemark, only, was iound on cotton bales from which the tags of other parties had been removed. ? SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS. The State Convention Called to Meet at Columbia on April 28tli. [JN'eua and Courier. Com'stbia, March 4.?Under the order of the Republican State Executive Committee the secreUiry has Issued orders to tho chairmen of the executive committees of the several counties to call county conventlous for the purpose of selecting delegates to a Republican State Convention, which will moet here on April '2i. The numoer of delegates from each county Is to be upon the basis ot representation in the lower House of the Legislature. In 4lio Tlmn nf Cftinmdncdmoni, VIlHUgC 1U HIV A. ItUU v& VV>uu>v?w??vw*. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. The Faculty inaccordanoo wlthasuggestlon of the JJoaril of Trustee*) resolved at a late meeting to brljig off the Commencement In Krsklne College on the Inst Wednesday In June, Instead of the first Wednesday In July. This announcement will be of Interest to the public. The Society exercises are also thrown forward to Monday night, Instead of Friday night as heretofore, O. Carrying Concsai,ed Weapons.?The Edgefield Advertiser says that notwithstanding the Legislature of this State failed to enact a law against the carrying of concealed weapons, our citizens had oetior be careitll bow thoy step across the river Into Georgia with them about their persons. Kecently judge Eve, of Augusta, sentenced a citizen of Iidgegcld to a fine of 8100 and costs, or ninety days' Imprisonment, for this offence. After commending Judge Eve's action, the Advertiser uses thin plain, unmistakable language on the subject: "The custom of men going about with one, two and three pistols girt about their waists, or hidden in their pockets, Is dirty, coarse and cowardly; infamous, disgusting and ungentlemanly; defiant of tho laws of God, and human life, and of publlo and private peace." Tuk Game Law.?The extra session of tho Legislature has amended the game law so ris to tlx the dates for killing deer fraci the first day of September to the llrst day oi March, and the time for killing of turkey, partridge, dove, woodcock, or pheasant from the fifteenth day of September to tho fifteenth day of March. / * !?'?' - 1 l - i . T^T To-D?y? yr- I ? 1 Only from day to day The Mf? a *l*e man tpM? . What mat tor iftai&ona rtiaway , riars {loop or bjLve double (una? To digib t^e;unreal path, ^ Vfe loie the roadway hetfc, We swim the nver? of wrath i And tunnel tile bills of (ear. r Our feet on the torrent'* brink, ' Our eyes on the cloud afar, Wo feur the things we think, t Instead of the things that arc. 0 Like a tide our work should rlsa, V Each later wave tho best, To-morrow forever flies, ? To-day is the special test. ^ Like a sawyer's work Is life; t The present mnkos tho flaw, ^ And' the only Bold for strife Is the inch before the'saw. - ' ? ?Independmt, I ' e THE RIGOLETTA'S ENGINEER. I ? . i "Hetty, wouldn't you like to go J down on the engine to-morrow night?" r The speaker, a good-looking young fellow of nineteen, leaned against one c of the monster drive-wheels of the t Itigoletta, which stood puffing before p Stanton's {mpretentious depot. t The girl addressed looked up Into c his face, with a smile that displayed two rows of pearly teeth. .. , h "You want somebody to bother t you," she said. "Why, Jule, all the time I would be in the road, and John c would stop the Bigoletta, and leave s her in disgust. If you know what is I good for yourself, keep away from me'" v a He laughed, and said:.. "Yes, I know you'll go down. with y me on the engine. The ride iB so ex- I citing, and, just think, we will take a Governor Knox and his staff down to- c morrow night. John will be glad to have an angel on the engine, and a you know what Bradley thinks of l you." ( Hetty McFarland yiejded to the en- s treaties of the younjf fireman, be- ? fore the Bigoletta threw smoke rings r heavenward, and moved off like a a monarch. The sun was setting bohind the hilte v in the rear of the town, and the girl g waved her lovor good-by, as she turned toward her home. ,r V. f Fifty miles south of Stanton, in the I city of Hamilton, dwelt Hetty Mc- 1: Farland's unole, whom the girl had long thought of visiting.' Therefore, t to carry out her purpose, she prom- s bed to go down on tho Bigoletta the c following night. ' s 8he kneyv that conductor Bfadley would not object to her presence on 1 the engine, for he was the politest c conductor of the road, and was in- f debted to her for the many well-chosen' bouquets he wore during the flower I season. . : * Then, as Julius had said, a ride on d the engine would be so exciting, and t with such good fellows as her lover t and John Nixon, the engineer, she anticipated a pleasant time. t Wheffi the Rigoletta, oiled and pol- g ished till her machinery and mountings glistened like burnished silver l and gold, aguin roached Stanton on her c down trip. Hetty McFarland was prepared for her ride. Julius sprang from the engine, found her in a jllTy, and assisted her c to the little apart^iont which he had fitted up anew for her reception. t "How foggy it is.to-niglit," she said t to him. "There is a moon, but it does a no good." 4 "That's so, Hetty. We've got to t feel our way. You see, Governor Knox and his staff are aboard, and we f have been ordered to be very careful, a I spoke to Bradley about you going down with us, and ho said, 'Certainly,' c just as I knew he would." * Hetty was sitting on the greenplush cushion that covers the lid of11 the tool-box of the engine, and her lover, tulking, leaned against the jamb g of the door. , ; ]? "Excuse me for one moment, Hot- J ty," he said, and sprang from the engine and disupi>cared. ' t He walked about the platform, look- 1 ing for some person, whom it seemed ^ he could not find." " i "I don't like affairs to-night," he ?iid to himself. "He looked as If ho t had been drinking, and we want a y sober man to run the Eigoletta through 1 this terrible fog.,r Across the track and almost directly opposite the depot building stood a 11 groggery to which access could be ob-1 tained through a garden bohind it.) e This was not tho sole avenue of in- c gress, but it was called the secret way,! 1 and sometimes the employees of the ' road made use of it to procure a sly 3 drink. After a while the young fireman crossed the track and traversed 1 the garden to the groggery. Ho did not enter, for beyond the r fhrpahnlH nf Riwh n.' nlffw* ho hn/1 promised a fair young girl that he J would never step. He paused at the f door, which was open, and looked be- a tween the green slats of the shade into the room. t At the counter, with a glass of bran- s dy in his hand, stood the man for whom he had been looking?John 3 tfixon, the engineer. c The fireman's face grew pale when he t law him, and he said something which t Was connected with -Hetty McFarland'a s Dame. s He did not move until the engineer e emptied the glass and turned to go. Then Julius saw that his face was i Bushed, and he hardly looked like the e lame man. c He passed very near the young 3 watcher, whom the fog hid, an* a s p REENVILLE & COLUMBIA RAILROAD ? WINTER SCHEDULE. On ana niter Aionaay, ^uvuuiult oiu, ion \ the PuBKeucer Truing will run uh follows dally, Hunauys excepted. ur. Leave Columbia at. ~...12 00 m Leave Alston 1 .14 p ni ? Leave Newberry 2 34 p m I Leave Hodges ..... 6 10 p m I Leave Helton 8 33 pm Arriveut Greenvllie 7 42 p m j DOWN. K Leavo Greenville at fl 05 am * Leave Helton - 9 15 a in ] Leave? Hodge* - 10 38 a ni J Leave Newberry 111pm Leave Alston 2 27 p m Arrive at Columbia 3 46 p m ABBEVILLE BRANCH TRAINS. Leave Abbeville at. 9 20 a m Arrive at Hodges 10 15 a m Leave Hodges 5 15 p m Arrive at Abbeville 6 10 p ni ANDERSON BRANCH AND B. R. R. R. CP TRAIN. i Leave Bel ton - 0 40 p m ^ Leave AndcrKon 7 21pm Leave Pendleton 8 12 p m * Leave PerryvHIc 8 47 p m Leave Seneca City 8 54 p in Arrive at W'alhalla 9 27 p in DOWN TRAIN. T Leave Walhalla 6 00 a m J Leave Seneca City 6 83 a m Leave Perryvlllc 6 40 a m Leave Pendleton 7 20 am Leave Anderson 8 10 am Arrive at Helton 8 17 a m LAURENS BRANCH. I Laurens Branch Trains leave l<nurenB C. II f at7.00a. m.and Newberry ut4.00 p. m., dul ly except Sunday. * The up and down Trains on tbc mnln I i stem miuce close coiinectlon at Columbia with | ^ tho up ami down uny nuwrngcr athiu* uu i -the South Carolina Rnilron<l and with the! fi through KreijfhtTrainR. with Passenger Car J1' attached, on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and at Alston with tho 0 I trauui of the Spartanburg, Union nndColttmbin Railroad for Union, Spartanburg, Hen- P1 dcrsonvlile, Ashevilie, ac.. ?fcc. ! K. JI. TEMPLE, 1 General Superintendent. J. P. Mhkkpitii, Mauler Tran sjiortatlon. JxbEZ Norton, Jb? General Ticket Agent, r .... - Dlnute Inter tfr.s uhaking hand? with j' He letty on the engine. j laid For four years John Nixon had, to loo^ ill appearances, refrained from drink-.' Th ng. -Once liquor had cost him a good.j ongii itutttlon on (he road; but his reformA-.j last ion-was so wrong turn pniisuvyniujry tnan hat tho company encouraged him by- cruel estoring him to tho masttiry.of the but i ligoletta. "H Until that night no railroad man Julin lad seen him lift the glass.to his lips, j p^rh ,nd Julius Buird, after witnessing right ?hat he had, did not know what to do. rains Thero were precious lives on the bridf. rain that trip, and it would require now. [oo tl engineering to carry them Th hrough safely. Ho knew that Nixon of ag rould be discharged before tho train At ould leave Stanton if Bradley was in- thre) orined of his action. In such an to hi vent his duties would devolve upon "y he young fireman, who doubted his it toe .bility to perform them satisfactorily. ju ?he responsibility was great, and then whei ohn Nixon knew every mile of the feet, oad and he could not be spared. her.i After a long mental debate the fire- ?'<$ nan stepped upon the engine and sat jDg leside Hetty. He talked with . her head >leasantly, mentioning not his fears, nai3 >ut watched the engineer without ill easing. and The train moved off after its usual lalt, and was soon rushing-through ^ he dense fog. erin{ TVi o f*nrrin??r p/>nvArspH fnr A. f?w I <<o ainutes when he became sullen and Bf0p tood in the door with his back to the jj overs. . ' still "What's the matter with John?" com] sked Hetty, in a whisper. i?h Her question drew a secret from the an(j oung fireman's heart. In a whisper ^ le narrated the scene in the groggery, V01C) ,nd told her the engine was under the are of a drunken man. 5^ The fair cheeks grew pale at this, j0 nd Hetty's hand dropped upon her jjan( over's arm., ?q "John, we must take the Rigol^tta jujj, afeiy to Hamilton!" she said, with ^ Irmness. "Think! Our good Gover- jowc tor is on board, and there are women jn t ,nd children in the sleeping cars." enfTj He nodded, and said, "Yea, Hetty," ??j rithout taking his eyes from the en taeer. . . , W " "We ouizht to find sicmals in this ogl" she said, for, from her lover, letty hud learned much about the ron track. j^., "If there be danger we will find y hem," he answered her. The gover- ^ tor's presence Insures the extra pre- ^rm autions, and i expect to hear the ignals before wo reagh Hamilton. jt Vhy, in this awful fog, which seems ike a shroud of triple thickness, we , ., ouldn't see, a headlight flfty feet beore us." ; ; At that moment Nixon turned and ?j ooked at the guage. Mot Then lie threw open the rurnace | ... loor, "Wood!" he luconieally said to! ^ he fireman, who looked at Hetty and J ^ r uroed to the tender. "John, aren't *we going fnst enough j ^ 1 hrough this fog?" she said to the en* [ineer, in a soft, half pleading tone. "I'm the engineer of the Kigoletta," le answered her, not harshly, but with i , ^ - smile. j 'ju "But the Governor is on board." I .. "He's no better thuu John Nixon 1" j e "John, we might collide with an-! ^qu ,ther train." ! "In which event the Kigoletta would . >e knocked out of shape. I've run i hrough worse fogs than tins, anu, in , lower voiee as he turned away, j T1 I'll run as I please if wo burst the. sup] >oiler!" | on < Hetty with pallid face saw Julius | the eed tlxe furnace anew and reseat him- wine elf at her side. i the < The speed of the engine increased,' jawl ind John Nixon mad with brandy, bacl matched the i>ointers of the guage. \ jaw, "Why don't Bradley ring him down ! terie o slower time?" asked Hetty. ; of tl: "He's having a good time with the ing governor's party, and then he's got with ill the contidcnce in the world in! righ rohn." ' ; supi On, still on, through the cold fog i righ hat made Hetty wrap her shawl about! flng< ler shoulders and shiver, even then, j righ vent the engine, growing as mad as. the ts drunken master. . . . | the Suddenly a strange reportthat seemed then o, emanate from beneath the very | thus vheels of the engine fell upon the plac over's ear. jawJulius Baird sprang to his feet. drop "The fog signal!" he cried, andjyoui ookod at Nixon. ' ( , tinui "What's up young man?" said tho jbleei ingineer, looking at him with wild1 tinui iyes that would have made some be-jutes ieve that their owner was a maniac, will Sit down with your doll-faced girl.! that I'll run the Rigoletta." . j they "John, didn't you hear the fog sig-icutc lal?" said the iireman. j may "No, nor you either. "We're all ! The ight?" \ artoi "There! the second one!" cried be c rulius, as a report exactly like the the irst fell upon his ears. "That means rang top." | cont "If you're running this train I want; osee your commission of authority!" | Tb aid the mad engineer. ! publ "I am not running it," replied the worl routh, quite calmly. "You know the inch lode of the road as well, perhaps bet- limp er, than I do. You know all about one-] he fog signals. The first means run dain' lower, the second, stop, the third, earil inn at all hazards?there's dancer ble. ihead!" Wan "What's that you're trying to tell conv ne?" roared Nixon. "Curse your fog spec! ignals 1 You sha'nt dictate to me be- Clas] ause you've got your sweetheart with Clas] rou to-night. Now keep your mouth the 1 .hut, or?" In th Stop Chewing Tobacco T It may kill you. Use Lange'c Plug, n . substitute fur tohubco, JOct a Plug at Edwin Parker's. 3r0J Nov. 12,1870. 1RESII ARRIVALS THIS WEET7 : ?of? & IvE1 l/TILLINERY, Drrsp fioodx, ICId Gloves, M" VI Fancy Buttons, Trimming Silks, Silk fr; carfs, JnboU, Zephyr Worsted, &c., cheaper ,, ' , han ever. ' [7 -AT THE- Q the in CJ MPORIUM OF FASHION D. chcup Nov 12,1871), tf of the the f c Dr. H. D. WILSON, Tffi 0 ' G. A DENTISTRY, Ibbeville, C. H., S. C. Bill 3* Office; Upstairs over the Post Ofllcc. "i?9 Juno 35, 1879. tf A\ HOD(' Lively Times 1$ t/ close l gunrni AT our cu MONALD & GO'S, ...J IALIj and see bow they sell poods, and you C j will forgot it Is dull times, and think cot- U. >n hl'_;h, money tiush, und goods cheap. Her -on can buy all you wish at bottom > - . jures. We keep a full stock bought at " 1 widqiinrterfl for cash and we will sell as "pAf leap ns any one, If you .want good goods at * ose prices, give us a call and we promise to ease you. Respectfully, JNn|;; McDonald & Co. 0ct, Oct 22, lfr-n, tl never finished the threat, but i f his hand on a heavy -wrench, and I 3d daggers at the yo^h. f lL e lost word had scarcely left the '* leer's !'-lips when the third and fog sijjfcal sounded 'more distinct the oi'Hera. The" wheels had |y led the cup on the iron rails; | John Nixon'4^id no heed to it. | / ie's cruzcd with drink!" said \J is, moving back toward Hetty Mcmd, "and he's driving the train , into sonic terrible accident. , The i may have swept that river jeaway; we must be very near it " e minute that followed was ono. ;ony. the end thereof, the englnoeri x open the furnacc, and turning * ' is IIreman said: rood! wood! and bo quick about >!" ! ir 1 J 11U3 "was u'uvuig lliu cuoluuij, i Hetty suddenly |prang to her and drew a small revolver from \J jocket. i __ . top the train!" she cried, point-1'*"' the weapon at John Nixon's LA ['; "you will not obey the fog sig-. ?j ; you must obey me or die!" e drunkard dropped the wrench, erj stared aghast into Hetty's flash- Sui >> <* , : | . ie new situation seemed to be sob-, j him, top the train!" she repeated, "and it at once!" s put his hand on the lever, and 1 looking at her he obeyed the _ tnand. ie speed of the train diminished,1 it soon stood still on the track. j len was heard the rushing of mad ^ 38, and the shouts of men. . feared it!" pried Julius; "the ge over the river is gone!" CU1 hn Nixon stood erect with hia tid 1 on the lever, and almost sober. | on lo and tell Bradley," Hetty said to wh us who disappeared. j clo moment later the conductor, fol- ?rc id by several passengers and mea ^ heir shirtsleeves, appeared ut the . ne. thank God .for such women as jm Hetty," ho suid. "We are within rar ity feet of the bridge less abut- mc t. An instant more and wo would roc i been in tjie foaming torrent J" ' mi 3tty McFarland breathed a thank- an< prayer, and saw John Nixon re- arc ed from his post. ' 10 danger was over. A woman's1 * ness had saved the train and its ^ ious freight. i seems that a few minutes prion to tin explosion of the alarm caps the giy ge had been carried away by thro ful l waters, and the' signals were put life n to warn tho train. " nei t's the pistol you gave me Jule.' her thought I might be safez tll , it, and made me bring it along." i II01 le train had to back many miles, t-Q the river of course could not be 3ed, and valuable time, was lost. we tho loss was nothing compared to nb( ?ain. ! bee hn Nixon wns discharged, and be- rift o a confirmed inebriate. The old Set t eventually slew him. din litis Baird took his place, and ii W0) wedding that shortly followed was *0! iet one, the presents were magni- ^ it; They came from Governor ^. x and the railway company. j ? _ .. j b: NOSK HLUKD. ? : * tore are two little arteries which pre >Iy the whole face with blood, oiie ant >ach side; these branch off from ^ei main arteries on each side of the l-pipe, and running upward toward 81t: ?yes, pass over the outside of the ^ >one. about two thirds of the way jea I from ti.M chin to the angle of the b0t under the ear. Eac.li of these ar- coi 'S, of course, supplies just one half cig te face, the noso beiiig the divid- lie line; the left nostril is supplied wii i blood by the left artery and the aItl t nostril by the right artery. Now, *ur losing your nose bleeds by the ^ t nostril, with the end of the fore 1 ?r feel along the outer edge of the ta t jaw until you feel the beating of artery directly under your finger, jou same as the pulse in your wiist, ger l press the finger hard upon it, fre getting the little fellow in a tight of 1 e between your finger and the hir bone; the result will be that not a tur of blood goes into that side of face while the pressure con- f1* es; hence tho nose instantly stops ilingfor want of blood to fiow; con- cj0 e the pressure for five or ten min- wrj and the ruptured vessels in the nose iy bvthn^timo nrobablv contract so r.ln <j W w when you lot the blood into them ind will not leak. Blooding from a gi'e >r wound anywhere about the face Pa5 be stopped in th3 same way. ^01 Creator probably placed these *1" ries as they are that they might wntrolled. Tliose in the back of ^ head, anus and logs are all ared very conveniently for being me rolled in like manner. wit 1 _ j- old ie Oxford University Press has hei ished the smallest Bible in the *en d. It measures 41-2 x 21-4 x 1-2 es, and weighs, when bound in 11111 morocco, less than three and half ounces The type of this by little volume, though neces- ^ y very minute, is clear and legl- !n? The Oxford University Press |0i. shcuse has also produced two very r*11 enient clasps, which it calls re- 1? ;ively the "Oxford Suspension t^e and the "Oxford Enchained the V for suspending the book in eve atter casp around the wrist, and wit] e former to a lady's waistband, Tht .. - ! foil heo. Markwalter, ; squ MARBLE WORKS, j j??1 Strkkt, near Lowkb Market, | low ; arir Auousta, Oa. ^jrjc ? | Thr KI'S on lmnd and furnishes to order , onuments, TombsVones j{LI iurble Work In general. A large seleet-ady for lettering and delivery at short geei . Several hundred* of new designs In ..i-j ost modern styles Monument furnished cr than ever before in this market anil the] best workmanship, similar to that of tvia{ m federate Soldiers* MonuiiH-ntrecently u d by me in thin city. B C ch ^i>, 1870 moi w. h. iiaii.y, Beh L. IJAItKSDAJiE, J. S. BAII.T. gJjO CHANGE OF FHRIYf ' fVV DADF0T1ATP 9. Pfl besi LjUj i , DiniAouiiuiu a uu. istj 'INO ru rchnsect the interest of Mr. S. by . JIODUKS, in the firm ofBAII.KY, amc !KS & CO., we respectfully announce to brui biiethatWe have associated together * " purpose of transacting the same gen- DUt ereantile business. Ample capital, ex- I t purchasing facilities, I on v experience, l??, igures and good merchandise are our |" A1 Hecs of fair and liberal dealing with , thei stonier*. j Arn. 3 ALLEY, BARKSDALE & CO. gea Greenwood, S. C nurr , 1879, tf rjQ f ERMON PAPER," 2d3ed; E. PARKER. Neh '? m)'lt red, 1ER PAPER AND EN- able VELOPES. (VNCY BOXI-:.S, fron Wc to COc per bo JL , I VISITING C.\H1?S. Bull Edwin Parker. . c?m ? J871), tf ! / -M7v 11, \mm^ ?'v.y < warv otvv.omvi^ ? ,?i iiii j ANNOUNCE THE LARGE -A.SSOI Spring ONSISTING in part of C4 CHECK MUSLIN, PIQU lRSEILLES, grass clotb INES. CAMBRICS, &o.f &c. 'he latest novelties in Noti r in a vareity of patterns, its, Feather Braid, Noveltie A Full S SOOTS an HATS in Straw, Wo THE MAELSTROM AS XT IS. Nearly midway In London strait, a ge naked rock,! which might fairly called an island,, lifts itself above > waters, breasting the conflicting Tents caused by the winds and es. Between this rock and the cape Muskong is thej famous maelatorm, ich fertile imaginations have thed with many terrors. * Its geo? Lphical position is such as to expose o fierce J tidal currents, and, when sse are assisted by high Westerly ids, they are, no doubt, terrific, e bottom of the strait 'is strewn with mense boulders whteh are so arlged as to give the current a spiral ition, directed towards the isolated :k from the Northern side, which is ich increased in times of high tides 3 storms, when it whirls quite >und the island rock. Then it is ^ i it 11 Dccumtjs ruimy uullcuii/ iua its and vessels, without steam iver, to keep clear of the rocks ilnst which the wayward currents uld dash them. While there are at les vast and powerful eddies, ^jrhich e objects floating upon them a fearspiral motion," there is nothing e a vortex produced by a* subterram discharge of the water,, although s tumbling and boiling character, fit ! spiral current may submerge- tem arily objects drifting on the suface. doubt in the course of time the acu of the water has tended to level ,vn the bed of rocks, some of which, may presume, Showed themselves )ve the surface. This may have >n the maelstrom much more terc than it is now, and better justl1 the ancient lablo. -As it is,-in or,ary times, and in favorable ither, the lishcrmen do not hesitate jeek for fares throughout these was, which to strangers are suggestive the most terrible dangers, ? "-1 nmer in Norway," by V. Canton. ISMAKCU. ANJ> .nuLXiit AT HOME. Nothing could be simpler or moro isaic than the dally life of Bismarck i Moltke. Tue former, spends irly all his time ill the foreign ofiice Berlin, where tlie great chancellor i before a mahogany desk in a* ihioncd armed chair, with his secrey placed opposite to him on a ther bottomed stool. There are no l?nf fi / fkmiilnta, /IVO 111 Win* 1. Will I MUV ( VVIU^'AVW lection of pipes, helmets, boxes of ais, sabres and swords, and gloves about loose. A big sofa, upon ieh the Prince reads the papers er dinner, is a permanent piece of niture, and is also the new map of iaee and Lorraine. Moltke resides the office Of the grand stall of tho ny. The table around which tho ff assembles in council is heaped h maps, books, pamphlets, and rnals. A piece of shell is* the leral's favorite letter weight. Tho scoes on .the walls represent some the events of the war, and the hero nself is depicted under various cosnes. His bedroom, adjoining, is of nastie severity. Moltke is tall, n, slightly stooping; he is only lightened up on hoseback, and ( >n looks like a man of thirty. His se shaven face is very much nkled and his proiile recalls vagueC'tesar's. He detests civilian thcs, and regards the uniform as dispensable to his person. He is a at woifier and an early riser; scs sometimes as much as nine irs at his desk without taking anyng, save a glass of Bordeaux and a cuit; dines at two" and sups at ht. He is always punctual in Fariient, where his colleagues style a the "Great Silent." ijis amusent id to walk in the Thiergarten h his hands behind his back in the Napoleonic style. A Dane by birth, married an English girl who fell viotly in love with him. Her premae death in lbia came near killing L A SCK.Vii IN CAIKO. .8 we sit in our hotel windows awaitthe moment of departure, we ena last tableau of Cairo. A long in of camols lilos by, each one athed to the toil of the one procedThey march on errect beneath large.building stones with which yare laden. They look innocent, n sad; yet they are said to bristle h. rage if provoked beyond measure, jse have hardly passed when there ows a wedding procession. At the d pipes a piper upon a reed, which eaks mightily; then two drum's suuolv with ft rent volume what reed lacks in sweetness. Now follong lines of Arabs arm in i across tiie highway; then the legroom, bestraddling a donkey, ongs kiss his hands, and prophesy pincss. Now follow'women; thickailed walks the bride between two lesmaids, who support her, and n to address her with mach gestic;ion, as if to tease her; but perhaps r are giving her lessons in marital ;ters.- Four gaily decked boys bear anopy over her head, and she res with'the air of a stage queen. +V>nc?o tdfli innr n.nr1 uting, come the rubble; and the | little donkey boys, congregating umbers before the hotel, when not eging some easy-going excursiontako part in the merry procession pushing the bright little donkeys >ng them. The beasts take the at of the beating with gentleness, appear not to relish the fun. J raong the public houses of London eare 87 King's Arms, 23 Queen's is, 49 King's Heads, and 60 Queen's' da. The signs of the Koyal Oak J iber 2(5, of the Eoyal Standard, i*'i he Prince of Wales 49 taverns are I cated; to the late Prince Albert, lj to the Iron Duke, 26, and to Lord j ;on, 22. Among the lions are 74 2G white, 17 golden, and innumer- : blue ones. The number of Sara- 1 :'s Heads, George and Dragons, j te Swans, Bulls black and white, : 's Heads, &c., is almost beyond ! putation. j = 1 I ' . ' t-n?m?t - * - ***" ' * w'v '*" # M . liF EECEIPT OF A iTMENT OP Hij Hi f!HuOQu^r" ' - -U-.) Ir.'f. t- H !>/- . . .."I. lLICOES, LAWNS, SWISS* ES, CORDS, STRIPES and [, KNICKERBOCKERS, DE. * ' *-< vit w *Ur> <- ' * J TT " LUUB itLiu xiuBiery, xjwdiqjlq." , Tasso Edgings for Linen 8 in Fans. in*'ii >tock of ? , j. .. : ifold r ?? ?? MB'' . ; d SHOES. ol and Casaimer. " v Sheriff'? Sale, Wm, Chamberlain and Adeline Cbaaberteln against Cornelia Crawford. , Execution. ! "DY virtue of an executlo^ to me directed. In XJ thenbove stated case, I will sell to the highest bidder, at public auction, within tbo legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court Howe, on Monday, the fifth day of April A. D. I860, all the interest of Cornelia Crawford in tha , following Ileal estate, to wit: TWO HUNDRED ACRES, j of land, more or less, known as the "Fed Edmunds Home tract," bounded by lands of J. C. Jennings, L.Searles, JamesCallabaniet.af, ONE HUNDRED ACRES, ! more or les*. known as the "Johnson Place," ? hounded by lands of L. Searles, Estate of Fed. I Edmuuds, Deceased, and others, . ' r. TWO) HHNPRED AGRfife, /. ... I more or'lew known a? tbe "Fife Place" bounded by lands of Wip- Harmon. Harmon i & Edmunds and others; all being In tbe couni ty of Abbeville, State of Koutb (Carolina, on ! waters of LIttlfe River, waters of Savannah ; I Riven . Levied on and td be sold as tbe property of Cornelia Crawford-to satisfy the aforesaid execution and costs. , ... , ,0 TERMS-CASH. PDrchnsers to pay for par uers. * * , J* P? C? DuFBSt t rSheriff Abbeville Couaty. f>m March 1, 1880. . . . . r- ; Don't Forget rrO'look for ' JL.. i. ; >. *(<' w tint Miens M Alps WHITE BROTHERS. Oct. 15, 1870. co-j .. Notice, Annual Returns. .itiW iia 'i ?r-1 [ ' ADMINISTRATORS', Executors, Guardian* and Trustees are hereby notified thai re{ turns for the past year are bow doe npon their estates. They are requested to mak?them at an early date. "" % J. FULLER LYON, 1 ' 1 Probate Judue. i>/ j Jan 14,1880.tr/ / 3>.l. : *> ' l ) ,> <? V.t'.O- i, Central House. rpHE undersigned will hereafter be f>asd?t I the CENTRAL HOTEL, and will I personal attention and whole time to theln| .mvat and comfort of his poests, and will:do .til In hi* power to give satisfaction to those who may stop with him. I i J. A. RAMEY, Proprietor. : ,, January H? 1880, 12m | VI." , i Spartanburg, Union and Columbia and S. & A. R. R. ON AND AFTER THE 1st JANUARY, 1880, passenger Trains will ran DAILY ft* follows, Sundaysexcepted: tienry. * Leave Hendersonville...- 6J00 a.m * " Spartanburg I..',.;-;..;... P-3U "i " Cniou....?,. 1IJD J* Arrive at Alston ...... L80 p.m Passengers by this train from Hendemonville mahe connection st Spartanburg with ifc passengw trains on the Air-lane .for Char otte and Atlanta, and connect at Alston with G. and C. trains Jn both directions for tireeni vllle aud Charleston. i '7 i vr. Leave Alston. 2J30 p. m I " Union 5.10 * Arrive at Spartanburg 7DO I ! ?!iv? sjniirfnnhnrc. via S. and A. raid. "1 ,_.12?80 " " Tryoa City. .. 'J.0 " " Saluda 3.35 u 44 Flat Rock.....:. 4.15 a Arrive at Hender8c^ivllle___.___ 4.a0 * Connect at Alston wltb G. and C. pamcnxer tralns from Greenville and ColurrWa, connect .t Spartanburg with through night train on Air-Lliie fifortfi. JA8. ANDERSON, Superintendent. MOVED -TOBEQFEST'S STORE, EDWIN PARKER. TRY HOME FIRSXCONGAEEE, IROfl Willi * Columbia. S. C? mnv ii IV HMD JUflil iUJMillUJMlj PROPRIETOR. EEDOOED PRICES: VERTICAL CANE MILLS, List of Prices2 Rollers, 10 inehesdiameter,......$S.'500 2 " 12 " 45 00 2 " 14 " " 55 00 3 " 10 " " 60 00 3 " 12 " " ...... 70 00 3 " 14 " " 80 00 Above prlcescomplete with Frame Wlthon Frame,$10 less on each Mill t HORIZONTAL?3 Boiler Mill for Steam or Water Pow- ^ er, $150. Seii Your Oriers for Cane Mills AND Syrup Kettles TO D. B. SMITH, Agent, t ? Millinery! Millinery!! Pbzen Ladles Hats. Flower*, Ornaments' 1/ OulFa and Collars, Veilings, Corsets, &c. |tre( received and for sale, at P TVT Poililftn Xj Pa'a XV* 1UI UUUUVU U/ VV January 21, 18S0. "GIROND'IN" J^LSINFECTAXT AND DEODORISER, Edwin Parker, Jail 14,1580, tf