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Pile Press and Banner. Bj Hnijh Wilson and H. T. Wardlmr. "Wednesday, March 31, 1880. Important Acts and Some Corrections. We have carefully examined the recently published Acts and Joint Resolutions of 1879 and Extra Session of 1S60, and we compliment the Slate Printers, Calvo A l'atton on the workmanlike way in which they have performed their part of the work. The publication is "designed to form part of the Seventeenth Volume of the Statutes at Large, commencing with the Acts of 1879;" and it shows that the General Assembly which sat during the regular session of'79 and the extra session of '80 did a great deal of good work. We need not enumerate all the list ol Acts and Joint Resolutions passed. We - ~e simply single out tuoi>? ui ^ucmi ?..w peculiar importance to the Commonwealth :? An Act to prevent and punish the intermarrying of races:?which has our hearty commendation ; provided that the white man will be blamed much more than the black man who violates this law. An Act to authorlzo sheriffs to appoint special deputies without the approval oi a circuit Judge a great convenience to sheriffs and the public. An Ai-t to anforee the use of a uniform series of text-books in the free public schools of this State. This act appears to lis to be a blunderbuss loaded with blank cartridge, insomuch as it fails to impose a penalty on "any teacher" who may "cause to be introduced into his or her school any text books not prescribed by the State Board of Examiners." The phrase "it shall not be lawful" will hurt no offending teacher, especially if that teacher bears in mind that the "State Board of Examiners" is itself unconstitutional. Several acts were passed "to enable" various young men under twenty-one years of age, and various other young men wlio bad not read law "for the full term of two years in a lawyer's oliiee to apply for admission to the Bar." * J ?1 to An act to alter ana amenu SUU11"I1 XIV/A chapter CXX1I, V, part III, of the General Statutes, relating to the place of trial of civil actions .-?which strikes out that part of tho said section that made it possible for a trial to be had, by consent of parties or by order of Court, in the wrong county. An act to require Railroads to furnish consignees an itemized statement of freight charges, and requiring them to settle according to the Bill of Lading. An act to prohibit the runing of freight trains, and to regulate the running of passenger and mail trains, on Sunday. An act to amend Section IV, chapter CIV part III, Title I, of tho General Statutes;?by which tho time is extended from "five" to "twelve" months;?why, we can't tell, unless it be to enable Governor Simpson, Chief Justice, elect to hold office as Governor until the end of the campaign of 1880, An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the costs of Platntiffs' and Defendants' Attoneys, and the costs of fees of Clerks of Court and Probate Judges, Sheriffs, Trial Justices, "herein inentionod;" which is in the main a return to the fee bill that obtained here before the war. A very important Act is the one entitled "An Act the better to protect those who make advances for agricultural purposes," the text of which wo shall print hereafter. "An Act to fix the time for advertising personal property before sale," fixes that time at fifteen days. The " Act to amend Section 371, Chapter III, Title XI, Part II, of the General Statutes, in relation to the service of notice of appeal on Courts of Trial Justices,"' should refer to Chapter CXXII, Title V, of Part III. Another correction is neccssary in Act No. 106, to suit the edition of the Revised Statutes of 1873. In the sixth line of said Act, the phrase 44 first line" should be 44 second line." The Act refers to stealing crops from the field. We have noticed only one typographical error in the whole volume, viz.: on page 192, whore "personal" is spelt 4,persenal." In all other respects and with this insignificant and harmless exception, the Acts and Resolutions are admirably set forth by our State printers; and their Import reflects great credit on our Geue?ral Assembly. 4^ * The Way to Relieve Ireland, The distress continues in Ireland, and the generous hearted in every section of the United States are contributing every day to the relief of the distressed. In our opinion, the best way to give reliefpermanent relief-is to transport a large number (if the poor to thiscountr.v, where they will become useful and profitable citizens. The young Irishman who comes to the United States seldom fails to make a competency for himself, and as a rule this class of immigrants are more thrifty than our own people. We have thousands of acres of good land which they could occupy with advantage to them and profit to us. We would like to see some one take the lead in this matter and raise subscriptions to bring immigrants to Abbeville county. Mr. Malcorn Erwin, of Saluda, has the respect and confidence pf our people, and no one could render us and his fellow-countrymen greater service than he could in this matter. He has relations and acquaintances in Ireland who would take much pleasure in assisting their poor deserving neighbors to the benefit of any contribution that may be made for their benefit. It would be a profitable investment for our people to send for some of the better class of the poor, as it would not be twelve months before many of them would purchase small tracts of land. With moro demand the price would rise, and landowners would be largely benefitted. Lot every land-owner respond to this appeal bv a liberal contribution for the purpose above indicated. The best Irishmen in this county approve of the plan, and believe with us, that St is the only practicable way of giving relief to the destitute of Ire* * Minn tt'O av fun/1 iana. oy huu|ilui? iui.i piau relief to the needy while benefitting ourselves. . Desecrating the Temple. "J. B." In the Associate Reformed Piesbytcrian of last week, among other thing' comments 011 the vulgar practice of chew ing tobacco in church. Wo rogard it a; positively impolite to chew and spit to bacco on the floor of any building in th< presence of ladies, and a hundred folt more so, when in a house dedicated fo. religious worship. "J. B." says : The floor of the church bespatterec with tobacco juice, very much to the in convenience and displeasure ot the ladiei whose dresaes are ^soiled therewith. T< our tobacco chewing friends wo wouh way, have you no hearths nor floors a home upon which you can discharge thi superabundant saliva, is there no opci upace out in your yards, or 011 the high wav, or in the open field, where you car relieve yourselves of the constantly accu mulatirig liquid that you must servo tin carpets and floor of the Sanctuary in thi: wav? If it were put to a vote whethe gentlemen should be indulged with thi privilege of chewing tobacco in thechurci Hud discharging the liquid of their mouth: ?n the floor where they sit, the ncgativ* ^ould prevail with an overwhelming majority. The women all over the conn try. Would, with one voice, say no, no, tlx non-chewing gentry would of course sa^ the same thing?while many even o those who jndulgo in the weed woult vote the saaio way. \ * U Carolinian's'' Ilecent Statement about Texas. We are in receipt of a copy of the Tyler (Texas) Weekly Courier, of March 20, which publishes a portiou of "A Carolin! ian's" recent communication to the Press j and Banner in reference to Texas. The I editor of that paper in very emphatic j terms combats the statements by "A Carjolinian," and in this is supported by Mr. I W. A. Roberts, in a communication to I the Courier. On ali questions there is of I course a diversity of opinion. We cannot think that our correspondent would (wittingly misrepresent Texa:i or any oth. er country, and we know that the editor jof the Courier does not want to do our correspondent injustice- In reply to what I that paper .says about the heading, wej | would state that we added that as being j tlft sentiment of the whole pieeo boiled! , down to a few linos. "A Carolinian" was j not to blame for the heading, except in soi far as the communication itself warranted j iit. The editor of the Courier, no doubt j i has often been impressed with the necessity for a "taking head" to long pieces.. * fin iniifhl A ^ruilt OUtlfc 11IVU ICAcW V.III.I.-V ..v, liurt by dozens of articles in iittlo coun' tv papers. Our Texas friends need have! no fears from a stray artiele from an] | anonymous writer. The editor of the | Courier thinks Texas the best State in j .I America. We think Abbeville the garj den spot of the world. For a little ditFerj ence of opinion we need not entertain unj kind feelings for each other personally, j There is room enough for us all. Let's smoke the pipe of peace, brother. * , The Negroes Preparing for the Cam, paign. ? In our local columns we give a siinima ] ry oi' recent workings ol the Radical ring-] I leaders in Abbeville County. It seems | that they have taken new courage and are preparing to enter into the campaign with ! spirit. The reports which we give elseI where in the Press and Banner is hearsay, but the facts stated are believed to j be true to the letter. We are sorry to see i the negroes disposed to disturb tho quiet and peace of the Count}' in an effort ; which must be fruitless so far as any good i to them or to us is concerned. The personal hatreds between the raews which : will be engendered in a heated campaign J [ will most likely result in evil to both ! races. It is folly for the negroes to undertake tho control of the affairs of this : County, and any effort in that direction ! will not be for the public welfare. Grant ; and his soldiers might possibly carry the | State, but his minions cannot give us that vw.n/tr* anrl rminf- nnw pnmvnd hv both I'WWW VJL.VW ..vr ? - V ? 'races in South Carolina. The failure of j the Republicans to execute the laws in i the past, t^e recent lynch ings, and the present universal disregard of human I life, has well-nigh demoralized our peo' pie. and in a heated campaign, by the negroes against the whites, we shall expect life to be taken. For instance, if a negro, I holding tho highest honors of the party, can openly threaten the life of a white) ! citizen in case the Court did not punish j him to the extent of his ideas of justice; j or at another time uso the most offensive ! words known in the English language in reference to our ladies, is it any wonder I if he provoke violence ? Is not t ho existence of such provocations and threats to be regretted ? The result may be that j somebody may be shot by somebody. >*o More Cheats to be Advertised. j The News and Courier, in closing a j i recent editorial, has this to say: Hereafter 110 lottery Advertisement of any j description will he published, on any terms, in the Aeu'.t and Onirirr. We go further than | this. We will not knowingly publish any j advertisement whatsoever that appears to us ! to be a cheat, a swindle, or a fraud. Nor will we publish any advertisement that evidently is, or is shown to us to lie, conducive to lmmoral and criminal conduct. We arc aware | j that it will oftentimes ue auncuii 10 leu I precisely where to draw the line between I what is actually a temptation to wrong-doltig, I and what simply elves an opportunity of I wrongdoing to those so inclined, f'hereare 1 many things which are injurious In tlielr , abuse, and not otherwise. We hope, however, that an honest determination to do fort I the public what we would desire tolinvcdone ' ! for ourselves will save us from falling Into | t irremediable errors. For twelve years in ! good times and hard times, the people ofl South Carolina have given their ronfidoncc 1 to the .Yeti.t and Courier. This confidence we i have striven to deserve by laboring dllliirent| iy to promote the moral industrial well-bej ing of the State. As South Carolina prospers. ' we shall prosper. As abuses are corrected ! and the tone of society is restored, our work | will bring us a larger return. It is with this: I hope, and with a desire to use aright our | manifold opportunities, that we make the 1 new departure we announce to-day. j The resolution is a good one, and one | which we have been trying to cany out. Wo shall hereafter exclude from our local columns, or rending matter, adverj tisotnents of patent medtoines. Such advertisements may appear, but they will j appear as advertisments in tho advertising columns, without the seeming en-j ! dorsemout of the editor. ,j The Democratic Strength in 1SSO. Under the above heading wo pnblish I elsewhere in tho Press and Manner an ] editorial article from the World, in which J that paper makes some interesting state; incuts. It will be observed that in enui merating the votes of the South that South Carolina is credited with pne "Independj ent Democrat." We would bo glad if the j ; World would give the name of the "Independent Democrat" from this State, as Ve are certain that each of our five Rep-1 J resentatives were the regular nominees I of the party, and were elected as StraightI out Democrats. If any of our members j have wandered off after Strange gods we should know it, and will bo very much j obliged to the World for his name. Even I | supposing tho World to be mistaken in |"its statements, the article will well repay' I 1 u purustti. The Blue Ridge Railroad. j Our readers will find in another part of j the Press and Banner articles on the I above subject, from the Oreenvtlle Kew8, {and the Anderson Intelligencer, and but j for the fact that tho paper containj ing it was misplaced, we would also give ' an editorial from the News and Courier, discussing the same matter. If the view j taken by Mr. Earl bo the true one, our j people would do well to look into it as I affecting tho Greenwood, Augusta, and , Knoxville Railroad. Wo have no in for-I i mation which would throw additional | light on the matter, and of course the ! readers of the Press and Banner are as [competent to mako surmises as we are. j The articles referred to furnish to those 1; interested some "food for thought." Tho Anderson Intelligencer thinks Hon. P. Wyatt Aiken was recorded in very bad comp-iny when lie voted to lay on the table tli j Rill to prevent political contribu! tions being assessed upon attaches of the 'I General Government. We think so too. i dnlif tin i.iIim llciiwicriils vnt.eil with J hirn^ Messrs. Felton, Morse, and Wells. ' We take the above paragraph from the -1 Aiken Journal and lieview. Wo think 31 that it would bo nothing but justice, if 1: that paper would copy Colonel Aiken's r explanation of the matter. The paragraph above, without his letter, which wo published last week, puts our Congressman - J in a bad light belore the public, when his s! explanation of his vote has generally I [been accepted as all that could bo deair t j ed. 3 ? 1 -I In May the Greenville and Columbia Rail, | roud will run u fast schedule for passenger I JrpnnvillM und Columbia. * i making the time between the two cities In a about six and a bull hours. Under the adSi mi rable management of Col. Tern pl?* this road r is being put In splendid order, aud will soon , rank as a first-class road in every respect.? " Greenville yews. s Car town has been flooded this week with , Life Insurance Agents and drummers. We ' bear It hinted that the Council have set ' aside next Wednesday as a day of free shoot' lng for our boys, with the hope of getting rid i of the nuisance.?Oruvyebury Deinoctat. r i Mr. D. W. Thomas of Warrenton reports ' j his fine fields of wheat as ruined by rust. The Presbytery of South Carolina will meet J at Willlaniiiton thcTib of April, CONDEMNED TO DIE. The Results of Drinking Whisky and Carrying Pistols. Thomas White, a white man, several I weeks ago, on the streets of Spartanburg, while intoxicated, by some strange freak, shot and killed Pet Williams, a negro, without provooilion. The Spartan in noticing the Court proceedings reports the ; following melancholy facts. One cannot i but feel sorry for the execution of a murj derer, but something must be done to j stop the reckless taking of life. In the .case of White the jury did their duty, and i the sentence is just: ' There were three murder cases tried at this court, a very unusual thing for Spartanburg. Bobo <fc Carlisle defended j Thomas White and John C. Paris, and ti.f'lnv/tianri and Bomar dfc Simp son defended Aaron Massev. White shot down Pet llawkins, colored, 011 the streets of Spartanburg. The strange thing is that he did this without knowing Hawkins, or without having any provocation to shoot him. It may never be known what was the secret spring in his mind that caused him to do this deed. It was a terrible deed, and the penalty is also terrible. Paris in an angry scufllc killed Jack Williams, Williams making an attack with a gun. Paris in the scuffle jerked the gun from William*, and struck him across the head while lie was rising, which blow caused his death. Aaron Massey killed, by shooting, his half brother Tom. They h kotfinry trnnu anH Wt?ru uut nuuiui^, ijvm >?< ? ?*? ?...?. m talking over a settlement they became a little excited, and tho gun of Aaron went off and killed Tom. It seemod to bo a clear case ot accidental killing. When tho verdict was announced Aaron felt infinitely more happy than he did when Leo's army surrendered, and freedom was bestowed on hiin. THK SENTENCE OF WHITE. Friday afternoon the prisoner was brought into Court and placed in thedock. A dense crowd packed the court-room at the timo. Judge Wallace, feeling the awful solemnity oil' tho occasion, said: " Thomas White, stand up. Have you anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on you ?" For the first time during the whole tri;al the prisoner showed some agitation of mind. His voice was a little quivering and he said : " I can only say that I am [clear of the qharges against me. I am not guilty of them. I am innocent of it. In rriy conscience before God I don't feel that I done this deed. I don't think it right beforeGod to put mc death for what I did not do." These were about his words, uttered with not so much connection as here expressed. Judge Wallace then said about as follows : " Unfortunately for you, Thomas While, a jury ol'your countrymen have declared you guilty, and it is my painful duty to declare the judgment of the law. * ? ..a. i..i. i 1 ao not fJUIllNU juu, UHU mo JU1J uwn not punish you. The jury have found, after careful investigation, that you killed Pet Hawkins. On that record the duty, painful as it is, devolves upon me to pronounce the sentence of the law. I cannot find it in my heart to add one word to the keen distress you feel. All men must die; but wiien you, a young man, full of life, just in the vigor of manhood, come to die a felon's death.it must penetrate you with a degree of distress which cannot be expressed in words. It must occur to you, as it must to every man, that if you had not had a pistol in your pocket?" Prisoner: "I did not have a pistol; before God?" TT U!- ntm riwre ilia iwncu mm v\> i/o o?lent. Judge Wallace was patiently waiting to hear what lie had to say. "If you had not bad a pistol in your pockct, and been on ttat fatal afternoon drinking liquor to excess, Pet Hawkins would not have been killed, and you would not be hero to receive the sentence of death. Pet Hawkins' death and your approaching death are traceable to the common practice of drinking liquor to excess, which praotice proved an fatal as if you had administered strychnine to Pet Hawkins and then taken ityourself. Examples are of such frequent occurrence in South Carolina, whero the free use of whisky, joined with the practito of carrying concealed weapons, briDgs many men to danger and death, that, it seems to me, all irood men ouuht to endeavor to con centrate public opinion so as to chock these two evil practices. Thomas White, I regret that it is my duty to give it as my opinion that you will bo obliged to die. II seems that you have nothing to do but to make your peace with that God whose laws j-ou have violated. Let me, who would do everything in tenderness, exhort you to save yourself from a more dreadful punishment than the law can inflict. I will not protract this fearful scene. The sentence of the law is that you bo taken from the place where j'jpu now are back to the jail, and there kept in close confinement until Friday, the 23d day of April next, and that, on that day, you be taken from the jail to the place of private execution, and there between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. M. hanged by the neck until you are dead; and may God have mercy on your soul." Railroads in Georgia. [Greenville i\Vu>.?.] The Atlanta and Richmond Air Line has purchased the rutlroad from Knoxvllle to Mayesvllle, and n road to Rome will be built, .Seeing tho above apparently authoritative statement, and learning that Major Karle, the .Solicitor of the Air I.lne In this .State, had returned from Spartanburg court, we asked him if tho statement was truo. He said he had no doubt of It, as the negotiations had been pending for some lime for the road from Knoxvllle to Mayesvllle, and that the charter in North Carolina is in friendly hands. The I road will be built to Jit. Airy, Qa., without | delay. | We asked him how this would affect the roads of our .State, and he said, " I think not detrimentally. The Air Line Is not inimical to .South Carolina or Its Interests, as some Interested parties desire to make ltappear. Tho owners of the Air Line are men or large means and 'investors.' They look at such : matters in a practical, business-like way. The line will be completed from Knoxvllle to Louisville, and this will make a competing line with the Chattanooga route. You can readily see that this will bring us nearer to Louisville.and it will bH In the interest ?f the Air Line to bring this traffic over its road and to points along it. Charleston and intermediate points will get their distributive share, instead of its going down the Georgia and Central Road." I "flow will It aflect the Rlue Ridge?" [ " In my opinion, fatally." State Democratic Convention. The Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee has Issued the following circular to the County Chairmen uuder date i of March 2.5th, 1880 : I "In the recent call for a convention, to assemble on the flrst of Juno next, the State [ Executive Committee, among other things, | desired to summit to tne convention iweu, when It assembled, the question whether the nomination of theStutetlcketshouid be made I then or at a subsequent time* Had the committee omitted lo name, among the objects for which that convention was called, the noinlI nation of Slate officers, they would, practicalI ly have assumed to decide the matter In favor [ of a second convention. It Is Important that this view of the action of the committee should be presented to your respective Counj ty Conventions when they assemble to select delegates; and you are requested to lay it before them, to the end that the wishes of tho party may And expression, and tho delegates be advised of tho desire of their constituents. | Unity Ht>murinony are paramount to every ; other consideration. The committee ba* implicit faith that the action of the convention, whatever It may be, will Insure the success of I the Democratic party." Sr.hool Rooks. ! We desiro to call the attention of School Teachers to the list of llooks approved by the Ktnte Hoard of Examiners, In accordance with tne provisions of an Act of the Legislature, approved last December, and which may be found forsaleat Dr. Parker'* store, Abbeville; Reynolds' Series of Headers. Davidson's History of South Carolina. Swlnton's Primary History of the United Stfttos. Swlnton's Condensed History of the United StaU-s. Swlnton's Outltne of History. Swlnton's Word Primer. Swlnton's Word Hook, Cornell's First Sj^ps in Geography. Cornell's Primary Geography. Cornell's Intermediate Geography. Murray's Manuel of Geography. . Murray's Physical Geography. I Kobinsou's Arithmetic. I (|mickcnbo8' First Lessons in English Gram] mar. I ijuackenbos' Illustrated LessonB in Our LanI guuee. liuackenbos' Course of Composition and I Rhntorle. Webster's IMctionnrles. Appleton'H Series of Writing books. Wattoker's 3,(WO Practical Words. The Largest Mortgage on Record. I A mortciw for 31,600,000?the heaviest ever recorded In Sumter county?was In the offlcr of t he riork of the Court on last Saturday. It wan executed by the Wilmington, Cotumbln and Augusta Railroad Company, to the Safe Deposit and Trust Company, of Baltimore, and was being conveyed oy aspeclal agent, forthe i purpose of being recorded In each county ol this State In which the mortgaged property Is situated. ?Sumter Tntc Southrutu "Love Me Pauling."?All singers and their "Sisters and their Cousins and their Aunts," will siilg this charming new song written by I. Edward Orchard and Just pub; llshed by our great Southern Music House, i Why? Because not one new song out of a thousand Is so pleasing and it* popularity is i only a question of time. In sentiment, meloi dy and harmony, It satisfies both singer and hearer, and once heard wiil bo called for over aver again. For soprano or tenor. Easy accompaniment. Elegant title page. Ask your music dealer for it or send 10 cents to the pubj lishers, Luddcu & Batet>, .savannah, Ga. Science and Revelation; OR THE HARMONY OF NATURAL AND REVEALED TRUTH. An Essay Read Before the Abberllle Literary Clnb, bj W. A. Lee, in Jnlj, 1878. Buch In the theme upon which I propose to offer a few brief suggestions to-night, without aspiring to be either very original or very profound. "Truth is catholic and nature one." If there be a God of Natureand Revelation; a Being All-Wise, All-Merciful, and All-Poweriui from whom emanated as well this universal frame, as the canon of Holy .Scripture, It ia reasonable to suppose that tho utmost HARMONY AND CONSISTENCY should exist between the two?that the cor respondences should bo numberless, and the discrepances apparent rather than real. Assuming that THERE IS A NATURAL GOVERNOR OF THE UNIVERSE, Bishop Butler In his "Analogy" shows clearly the harmony between the chief doctrines of natural religion, and the course and constitution of nature; the doctrine of a futuro state, of a state of probation and moral government here; of rewards and punishments In this world, which can only find their com punsnUon and adjustment In the next: At the same time that he holds that revelation was necessary, ns well to confirm the truths of natural religion as to Inaugurate the Mediatorial scheme, without which natural ro* liglon would have been powerless Ui save man from the slavery of hi* appetites. It Is not the design of his great worfe to prove the truth of religion natural or revealed, but rather to show that "every difficulty In religion emerges first in philosophy," that every objection which may be urged to religion applies as well to the course and constitution of nature?that there are problems pervading both which are Insoluble: mysteries which derive their existence rather from the limitation of our faculties, than from the lnherentconstltutlon of nil things. The origin of evil, the existence ofJpuln and death, the Irregularity and Inequalities which mark the natural government of the unlvorse, all present DIFFICULTIES AS FORMIDABLE as any which have been urged ngnlnst the dogmas of Revelation, the doctrine of the Trinity, the scheme or the Incarnation, or the dealings of God with his chosen people, as dlscloked In tho pages of Holy Writ. Shall we discard these latter because we can not comprehend them ? for tho same reason, we shall doubt the evidence of our senses, and putting away from us a belief In the mighty agencies, which are all around us, cling at last to a cold and cheerless scepticism. We are finite beings placed upon a spot. "Won from the dark and formless Infinite," And how can wo hope to comprehend THE PLANS OF INFINITE WISDOM, or unravel the Intricate combinations which make up the warp aad woof of tho Divine Administration. The origin of evil, the freedom of\the will, the accountability of tho creature, are problems alike of Keason and Revelation, and whether they shall ever be solved tn the light of reasou, It is clour that we have now no faculties to determine them, and that he exhibits the hlghtof folly who rejects, because he can not comprehend. The distinction is cardinal In Philoaophy as In CoxmoD Sense, betwecu what Is ABOVE REASON AND WHAT IS KEPUONANT TO IT. Thero la nothing clearer In the philosophy of Sir William Hamilton, than that there are conditions of thought distinct from conditions of existence. These last may bo met and satisfied, and yet existence be beyond the range and limitation of thought. Thus It Is impossible to conceive of an absolute commencement of ezlstenco or of an Infinite non-commencement; the Infinite and the absolute; poles of the uucondltloncd; yet ns contradictories of each other, one or the other must be true. Knowledge then Is no criterion of the truth of existence. There are mysteries In the Bible, as wo have said, as THERE ARE MT8TERIES IN NATURE, but nothing repugnant to the course nnd constitution of nature; marvelous correspondences. which show that they must both nave originated from the same wise nnd beneficent Creator, who alike in nntureand Revelation has sought to promote "the greatest happiness of the greatest number " We ao not propose to dwell upon those correspondences, but rather lo notice some of the apparent discrepances which exist between Revelation and ot.,!,nnv iiTnnvnvv A'STi THE TKLlUa \JS uavmvvi*, KTHNOLOGY, arising not from any contrariety of statement In the Sacred Rccord, hut froin an Imperfect Interpretation of Its meaning. Thus wbeu Galileo, announced his adherence to the Corpernlcan system of the revolution of tho eurth and other planets, around the sun. Papal Rome und the whole ChrUuaii world were In arms with all the thundent of ecclesiastical censure, to defend the truth of Scripture and punish the heretic. But they fought a windmill of their own creation, and wuged * conflict with a doctrine, which the Hible neither lAUghtnor galnsayed. The Scriptures wore not designed to teach THE FORMULAS OF SCIENCE or the dogmas of philosophy, but they adopt tho:>e popular current expressions, which deal with the pheuomena of actual life and make up Its dully speech. The Ptoleinuic system nas been discarded, but though we i .u?? utiinri* istill, and that the Hliun, IUUV HIV ouii , earth move*, yet the language of philosophy and common life deal* with the visible anil the apparent, and is the same as that of the Sacred historian. Again, a similar shock though In a less degree, was given to the religious world, when the early discoveries of Geology showed that thlsenrth (which before tho nays of Cuvler was thought to be only sis thousand years old) was one of remote antiquity, consisting of stratified rocks, the slow deposition of superincumbent seas through the countless years entombing the remains of vegetable and animal life existing long be/oro tne ad yen101 nun. x>ui. NO ENLIGHTENED THINKER now controverts the cardinal truths of Geology, or supposes that he haH any warrant lu Scripture for holding that It* origin wi.s only coeval with man, or that it did not pas* through all the changes which Geology shows have boen written bv the Creator upon the everlasting rocks. Even more surely than the common observer can determine the successive years of growth in the plant, by counting the concentric rings, or the natural progress of animal life in (he process ot dentition, the Geologist can measure the slow progress of growth in the earth's crust, the successive deposits through counties* years, of sirnta on strata through the raleozoic, secondary and tertiary formations, bringing to light the remains of varlom forms of extinct life, until at laM, wc have tho earth a* it now is; still the sport of tin elements, and still going through the slow process of growth and decay, t Tho correspondences between Geology and Revelation give a ? "a Ttit> or-nr t?*r n r ?t a TP. stkux* gurrvui iv ina ment. Among these Is their agreement in the find that the earth has been submerged, thai Geological changes have been owing to thi agency of water and h?at. that these change* have been gradual, that man was the luteal creation, that all existing species of plant* and animals are of recent orizln, and thai the final catastropho of all tilings will b( brought about by fire. The faet that the re mains of man nave been absent from th< earlier organic relics, aflords a very lmpor taut contribution to the truth of that Scrip ture record which represents Ills creation, aj the crowning work of the days. The supposed discrepancy between th< teachings of Geology and Revelation, relat< 1st. to the age of the world, and 2d. to tb< period when death wob introduced into th< world. As has been stated, the facts of geology In relation to the age of the world, arc en tirely inconsistent^ with the common Jnter f(reunion 01 tne jiokuiu mcvuuui., nmvu ts the time of creation to six ordinary day* and the Hga of the world to six thousanc years. Some theologians would bridge ovei the difficulty, by maintains contrary to al the analogies of nature, that the varloui strata with their foeslllferous remains, wen brought Into existence at once by tbo tlato Almighty power. Others would attrlbuU the formation of these works to tbe action o Noah's flood, despite the evident tact thai they were the deposit of still waters, anc contain no remains of existing species, anc besides present strata from seven to tei: miles in thickness, which could not hav< been formed in the short period of the flood Others have held that these fossillferoui strata were deposited In the Interval of sixteen hundred years, which intervened be tween the creation and the delude, thougt lu a period since the flood of twice tbe length the deposit* of alluvium have been onlj one-thousandth part a* great, as that of th< whole fosslllferous rocks. Some regard the SIX DAYS or CllEATION AB jVA8T PERIODS 01 TIME of indefinite length, or as the representative! of such periods. This view is held by a lnt< writer In the Edingburo Review, who present! & striking pnrallel between tbo Geologlca periods, ana the days of creation as delfnea ted by the pen of Moses. It is also sustalnei by tbe weight of many distinguished names both in this country and In Europe, and bj many of the cosmogonies of tne heather world. But many objections exist to thli theory; among others, that the same wore in Exodus referring to the act of creation ii used lo designate a literal nay; ana again that as existing races aro not to be founc among the fossils of the ancient world, th< description of Moses applies to them only. A theory of Interpretation however which certainly agrees with the facts of tieolo gy, and seems most naturally to be deducec from the Scripture account of the creation holds, THAT M0HES MERELY STATED THE TIME 01 THE ORIOINAL CREATION by the term "In the beginning," and after i long period, sufficient to meet the demandi of Geology, records the work of six natura days, less than six thousand years ago. Thli theory has been held by some of the earl) fathers of the Church, Is now sustained bj the majority of Geologists, and Is reconclla ble alike with the faota of Geology and As tronomy. A modification of It was proposei by the Rev. J. Pye Smith, distinguished ai well as a philologist and geologist, who In ai able work urges that the original creation o i matter was at a very remote period In th< , Indefinite past, but that the six days of crea. , tlon as set forth In the Sacred record, wer< , occupied In preparing only a portion of th< earth for our first parents, and that the floot | of Noah was confined to this portion, anc >| has left no trace of Its effects which can bi distinguished from those of previous and I similar floods. This opinion though sustain i ed by great, learning and ability seems to b< too visionary to meet with much favor, olthei I from the Geologist or theologian. A second discrepancy nas been supposed u arise from the common Interpretation of th( Bible, that DEATH DID NOT EXIST AMONG THE INEEEIor ANIMALS until the Tall of man, whilst Geology showi that majority of animals died before thai time. A sufficient answer to this objectlor would be, that the reference of Scripture if to the human race, alone, as is shown by the contrast drawn between Adam and Christ 1c bringing death and life upon the hnniar family. Another Bolution of this difficulty has been proposed In this, that death vu Introduced in anticipation of Iho fall of man, and thus may bo regarded as an eSect of the fall. The conclusion then which la drawn from the whole matter Is, that there Is no w! collision botween Geology and Revelation, cr but thut the progress of Geological knowl- m adge funlshes additional means of lllustra- fU ting tho truths of natural and revealed re- D< Uglon. Is Passing on the tb DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONONT, ?? we are met by the objection that amid the ^ myriad of worlds which Astronomy tells us cr people the Immensity of space and In com- N parlson with which this earth Is but an ,v atom In the vastness of creation, man and his abode furnish object* too Insignificant 80 and contemptible to receive the care and attcntlon which Revelation assigns them In ... the schemes of Providence and Redemption. ... That objection was met In the Astronomical rj( discourses of Dr. Chalmers with a power of _ thought, a breadth of reasoning, a beauty n, and variety of Illustration and a glow or jlo- p| quence, wjiich leaves nothing to be added to r, tne Scripture argument. That argument Is 0l based upon the fact that whllBt the telescope ,e unfolds to the gaze of the astronomer, tho ^ display of unmumbered worlds, pi THE MICROSCOPE LIFTS THE VEIL **1 which conceals the myriad tribes of Insect life; and whilst the rolling spheres testify to " iho power and wisdom of the Creator, the ni tiny Insect and small animalcule, that float 8fi In every breeze, people every leaf, and crowd Pl every drop of water, are equally tho objects of his beneficent care. 8uch a conception furnishes new and brighter views of the "i Divine attributes, and fresh sources of con- ?r solatlon to the devout Chilstlan. That this a? nnminnKai*oH ti/nrldu ha* hppn UAlprtPf! W as the c? tli theatre of the wondrous scheme of ftr redemption. bf Is altogether In harmony with that view of the Creator which represents hlin as exercls- P inga minute superintending care, throughout S? the wide fields of existence, and selecting any ir' snot for the display of his grace: at. the same J1.' time that thero Is nothing to circumscribe the work of redemption or limit Its blessings to a single world. Christ assumed the nature J* of Abraham, but there Is every reason to be- }y lleve that the Modintorlal Kingdom Is not ,l confined to this earth, but embraces thrones, dominions, principalities und powers, strech- 5* Ing out through the wide range of cheated J? Intelligences. the discoveries of modern astronomy jt open up the most enlarged views of the im- (v nionslty of the universe, where suns and sys- e\ tems people the linmcasuraCle fields of space ni and extend hi endless succession beyond the v< power of finite thought to conceive: but with ci the power of the Creator, they exhibit every- w where the display of the same wise and mln- M uto superintendence extending "to the smallest an needing its care aud to the greatest as tl not exempt from Its power." qi i,0f the harmony which exists between ei the science of races ! ?! and the teachings of scripture, r?e huve left ourselves, but a brief space w of time for comment. The Bible declares, 8? that "Eve was the mother of all living." and -i that "God made of one blood all nation* or tt men to dwell on the face of tlio earth," and a) we believe that science teaches the unity of gj the race, and we adopt the conclusions of Ii Prltchnrd and other distinguished ethnolo ei gists, whodiscard as well the assumption of an Indefinite number of separatocreations, aa thutof the evolution and transmission of A species, maintained by Darwin, Huxley and others. A THE IMMUTABILITY OF SPECIE# p Is the cardinal doctrine of the best schools of q scientific thought, held by such men as Curler and Agasslz, and fortified as well by the k history of existing species, as by the testimony of the fossllliferous rooks. Darwin jj however tenches that as certain varieties may y be produced In the domestic animals by hu- m mnu art, so nature gives birth to varieties m which submitted to the law of natural selec- >' lion, and preserved If useful and rejected If unprofitable are transmitted from parent to child, and thus after long years of develop Ti ment give origin to speclcs. In the struggle t? for life "the fittest survive," the strong encroach upon the weak and the qualities which > v give the pre-eminence are perpetuated. \V BUT DARWINISM 18 A MERE HYPOTHESIS I requiring countless years for Its verification, and disproved by two established fact?,* 1st. The tendency of nature to revert to its prl- ? niary types, as seen In the lmpotency of ny- d< i brlds (that Is the offspring of different speIcles) to perpetuate themselves. 2d. The fact .. | that species In the process of change ha vp ' never yet been found In the fossllllferoua rocks. We aro told In the Sacred Record, that vGod created man after his own Image, and ? sclenee supports the affirmative, and relieves r' us of an antiquarian scarch among the prlmeval apes for a progenitor of our race. SEPARATE AND DISTINCT CREATIONS of the varieties of the human race, seem T alike opposed to Science and Revelation, and we may well conclude In the language of Dr. r Prltchard; "All the diversities which exist V. i are variable, and pass Into each other by in] sensible gradations, and there Is moreover , scarcely an instance In which the actual transition cannot be proved to have taken place." ?. | The causes at work aro fully equal to the productlon of the phenomena, and as nature al- A I ways employs tho fewest and simplest means, J, I we need not resort to unknown, wbon known {agencies are all sufliclcnt. T We have thus seen that whilst three of tho ! most importantof MODERN SCIENCES PRESENT NO REAL. CON- R FUCT to the claims of Revelation.apparent dlscrep-1 k unccs have arisen from the lack of knowledge, I V < which subsequent research hnssufllced to dls-j V , pel. Hence we may conclude in language ori h i the (rubor of modem philosophy. "A little | r> ! philosophy lncllnpth nwn's mind to atheism, | ! out depth In philosophy, brlngotli men's; ; minds about to religion." If these sugges-jT i tlons should awaken discussion and provoke . I enquiry, they will have accomplished their j,. ! purpose, una repaid the labor ol preparation, j, ^ v THE PRESS ASSOCIATION*. * An Anticipated Excnrsion to Cincin- 11 iiati?Characteristic Liberality of the Air-Line Railroad. [Greenville JVeuw*] tl The Executive Committee of the State ri Press Association held a meeting last night C( i In the otlico of the Jlaptist Courier. It was de- . i elded that the annual meeting be held oil f1 I Thursday, 17th day of Juno next. As our } I readers know, the Association will meet in 11 Greenville, and our citizens will give the M | members of thn press a cordial welcome. 111c [ la thought that arrangements will be made P for an excursion to Cincinnati during the ? meeting of the National Democratic Conven- j1 tion, and an Invitation bus been extended by Col. G. J. Foreacrc, of the Air-Line Railroad, requesting the Association to make free use: ' of that line in any way that It will suit their }' convenience. This is In keeping with the " liberal and progressive management of the P Air-Line. The time named for the meeting | c : of the Association will Include our com-j? I mencement week, when Greenville will put , ' I ton its gayest attire. 'j The Bluo~~Rl*d{f<r Railroad. ^ lAruicriwti jmeuifftmccr.} ? ^ The many minors circulating about the 1|. i Ulue Rid^e Ru 11 road are very perplexing, c" I and frequently excite our citizens with grave |<j , alarm, lent the coverted prize be grasped 1 , from our section and from this State; It tali t well known that the Air-Line Railroad Is c , figuring to control certain links In the chain n !_ with a view of blocking any movement for v , Its completion. Home weeks ago It was posl; tlvely unnouneed that this Itoad hud control { , of the charter In North Carolina, but this was f [ promptly ascertained to be a mistake. Now j . the rumor comes .that it owns the Tennessee v , end or the Itoad, with all of the chartered t privileges in that State. We do not believe t . this rumor, because It would not secure the * , Alr-Llne against the building of the Blue \ \ Ridge Road to the Tennessee line, and there ] \ procuring another charter to Knoxville or r some point on the Cincinnati Kouthren Road, i TheHtate of Tennessee wants an outlet, and ? wodld cheefully grant a new charter if neees- r sary, and would nirtlu. be willing to help In f the completion of the Ru If it were built to i - the line of that State. This link would also j do tha?Ur-Llne no good unless it can coutrol r the intermediate link In North Carolina. In t I purchasing the Tennessee end of the Road j r from three to Ave hundred thousand dollars t I would be necessary, and the prospect of any t 3 return to the Alr-Llne would be too vaguo f i for them to undertake it. While It ta proba- r I bio no actual sale has been made, still we i * have information that Influences hostile to ( f the Blue Ridge Road are at work to defeat I t any possibility of Its contraction, and the I I friends of the enterprise should be arranging I 1 for a consolidation of all the charters and i an onward move to Its completion by a com> blnatlou of the owners of all its links. ?? Lynch law at the South. { [yew York Herald. J , Do the Southern people realize what an un' desirable reputation they are making for ) themselves in America and Europe by the frequency with which they indulgo in lynching parties 7 The operationso( Judge Lynch r have occasionally been tolerated by respectable people, but only when the local courts were believed to bo venal or the prisoners to ) have so many friends that a rescue was possli ble. In none of the cases reported from the t South during the past few months have these I conditions prevailed. The culprit* have al ways been friendless negroes charged with I atrocious crimes which any court could be , I trusted to take full cognizance of. aud no po- i r lltlcal or social Influence could be suspected 1 11 an favorluk the prisoners. These lynching* 1 11 have been simply manifestations of ungov1 erned rage, expressing Itself through the fe- 3 i rocity and cowardice of mob law, the lynch- 1 , ers thus becoming as villainous In the eyes of t I tho law as the wretches upon whom they ex- 1 } ponded their brutal fury. Will mocourtspay 1 f attention to the lynchers themselves, and 11 1 purge Southern society of the class of ruffians j 1 who are disgracing their section and nation ? 11 1 0 Court at Pickens. |r [Pfcfctna Sentinel.\ j J Court for this County convened on last Mon- t 1 day at 10 o'clock a. m., His Honor Judge it t Thomson presiding. Tho question ofthele-j\ 1 gallty of the Juries was called to the atten- 1 i tlon of the Court by Solicitor Cothran, who 1 r r lu his lucid and forcible manner, reviewed all t r the law In connection with the drawing of Ju- a ries, and read certain decisions bearing upon p the (|uestlon raised. The law as read by Mr. g I Cothran requires that thejuries shall not be t 1 drawn longer than twenty days prior to tho \ 1 silting of the Court, and ho stated that the r f'jurors then In attendance hHd been drawn t 3 twenty-six days previous to the assembling of s the Court, which In his opinion was fatal to ! li i their legality. The Judge then asked for the] k s opinions of the other members of tho bar,: c I when Major Earle stated that he was of the j t 1 same opinion as that ot the Solicitor, that the 1 0 s Juries were illegally drawn. Judge Thomson 1 s I decided that the objections raised wore good I li anil that the lurles were illegal: "in fact." IF 3 said he, "theyuro no Juries ut all, for theyi t r were summoned to appear when there was no' C Court to be held." The Juries were then din- c ) chanted, His Honor stating to them that lie't! s would probably allow them otio day's pay. v The Court of Common Pleas was then opened ! ti t for the trial of such civil cases as could be dls-; a posed of without a Jury. There will be. wo ! tl are Informed, an extra session In May, when ;a i the criminal business will be disposed of. i fi I Judge Thomson has won golden opinions j n t from the bar and the people wherever he has 1 a ( presided, and Is evidently the right man In 17. s the right place. Solicitor Cothrun Is as dill- i tl i gent and handsome as ever, and will mnko.li i one ol the best Atloruuy Generals South Car- L ' ollna has over had. | h The Democratio Stregrth in 1880. [Xew York World,] We wonder how many of the Democrats ho discuss ho peremptorily what the Deraoatlc National Convention at Cincinnati list do and what It must not do have carelly and patiently considered where the jmocratlc strength was In 1879 and where It likely to be In 1880? That In relation to e whole Union the Democratic majorities e chiefly In the "solid 8oath" most Demo ats appreciate, but how many Democrats lequately realize the way in which Demoatlc majorities arc distribution, among the orthern States? This distribution" as be, cen the East and the West, Is certainly an iportant element In the problem to be Ived In June at Cincinnati. The object of ie Cincinnati Convention must be assumed be a consultation for the purpose of devlag the best means to secure the election of a mnocratlc President. The convention will ally have little to do with the election of embers of Congress, excepting so far as the atform adopted may be a test of Democratmembership. Undoubtedly an out-andit soft-money platform at Cincinnati would nd to defeat In New York any Democratic ndldate for Congress who stood on such a atform. Naturally "the Pacltlc coast" or lie Misslppl Valley" or "the Great West" r>uld like to lurnlsh the President. The 'estcrn States have more local pride in such alters than the Eastern States have. Wo e nothing in the East like a desire or a irpo.se to push a Presidential candidate erely bo can mo he Is a citizen of an Eastern ate. Eastern Democrats do, however, we Ink, vory generally believe that the chances our getting a Democratic President and a emocratlc majority in the next Congress 111 be better with an Eastern Presidential ndldate than with one from any other porjn of the. Whether Eastern Democrats e right or wrong In this belief will certainly !, or at least ought to be, a critical point for scusslon at Cincinnati. If the wuole op>sitlon to the Republican party could in ich and every State be concentrated on a emocratlc candidate. It appears from the jues of the elections of 1879 that the Repnb. an candidate in 1880 would secure only urteen States. But all the Greenback vote not a Democratic vote. Of sixteen Greenickers in the present House of Representaves. nln e are classed as Republicans. Tbej jposltlon to tho Republican party in the astern States is not now tainted much or riously with Greenbackism. In New Yorki le Democratic dissension grows wholly out Mr. Tilden'scandidacy. In Massachusetts is only tho Fancuil Hall organization ?hich represents some 10,000 votes) which ren Beeins to advocate Mr. Tilden's noml ntlon, wlille it is beuoved tnai 1110 iiw.ua iters who followed General Butler now ocipy very much the same political position ith the 77,56<l in New York who followed r. Kelly. People in the East have no doubt whatever lat the "idea of New York" about flnanclnl uestlons will, if typified by a popular East n statesman, give to the country u Demoatlc President in 1881 and a Democratic mjorlty In Congress. Vvheuce comes the Democratic strength liich to-day controls the House of Repremuutves In Washington? Primarily lrom .he solid South"! Rut how is It as between le "Gieat West" and the East? The figures e worthy of serious attention. Let us bell with "the solid South,", and give to the idepo ident Democrats and the Greenback's all that they claim : SOUTHERN STATES. labama? Democrats 7 Democratic Greenback 1 rkanmw?Democruts * elawa.'e?Democrat 1 lorida?Democrat* 2 eorgia--Democrats 5 Independent Democrat* 4 en tucky?Democrats 0 Independent Democrat 1 ouslaua-Dcmocrat* 6 aryianil?Democrdtn . 5 lsslssl pp'.?Democrats - 6 Issourl?Democrats 12 orth Carolina?Democrats 8 iuth Carolina?Democrats 4 independent Democrat. 1 ;nnessee?Democrats - fl ^xas?Democrats - 5 Democratic Greenback - 1 irKinla?Democrats 8 :ait Virginia?Democrat# a ital 100 Lot us now compare the Eastern with the 'cHtern State*, including under the latter Nlgnatlon the Pacific States: EA9TEKX STATES. . alne?Democratic Greonback. 1 iiKsncuxetta?Democrut. 1 innectlcut? Democrat 1 ew York?Democrats .1... 9 nnnsylvania? Democrats 8 Deinocrutlc Greenback 1 cw Jersey?Democrat* 2 Democratic Greenback 1 otal 21 WESTERN HTATEfl. illforn la?Democrat. 1 llitikla?llottinnrnN 5 democratic Greeuback 1 ldlana?Democrat# 6 Democratic Greenback 1 [in nesota?Democrat 1 lilon?Democrat# 11 regon?Democrat 1 I'lscontln?Democrat# 3 otal 30 RECAPITULATION. epubi leans 131) rpubllcan (ireenbackers 8 asusrn Democrats 21 astern Democratic Greenback 3 /extern Democrat# 28 r"estern Democratic Grecnbackor# 2 outhern Democrat# 82 otthfrn Democratic Greenbackers or Independent#. 8 otnl We well understand that In order to secure ic election of an Eastern candidate he must live the prestige of Western assont ami .Yfitvru popularity. Hut for that matter Western candidate must be enthusiatically dopted In the Kast. Let u# have a calm and at I en L examination of the situation before je Cincinnati (.'onvcntlou assembles. Judge Kershaw on Lynch Law. Last yt-ar tlio Governor Issued a circular to le Judge* and Solicitors requesting tUem to tport ui'on the condition of the criminal itlcndnitfof their respective Circuit*. With considerable unanimity, it Is said, (ley reported that crime was generally greatr decreased from former years; but In relaion to crimes of violence and bloeai there as a marked increase, attributable to two uuses?chiefly the growing habltof intcmcrance and the custom of carrying conceald deadly weapons. These, no doubt, are the ultful causes of crimes of this nature, Infmperancc Is a subject which experience caches cannot be successfully dealt with by jgislation. Laws may be passed rendering I. more or less difficult to Indulge the habit, ut none have been found adequate to supress It. The remedy must be found In the reation of a sound public opinion. When' vcr It shall become sufficiently disreputable ? drink io excess then drunkenness will beoino loss rare, liut there would be no difculty in suppressing, by law, tha habit 01 arrylng concealed deadly weapons, now sr revalent. .Such a measure was considered y the Legislature at the reccnt session, bui L seems to have failed to become a law. This i greatly to be regretted. It would be dlfll ult, If noi. impossible, to say how mucn the fate Is Injured by this custom. In an eco omical point of view, which Is the lowesl hat can be taken, It Is thecause of heavy pe unlary loss to the people, on aacountof the -- -? ?-? n luniuer OI pruM-uuuunn ill uiv w? ?.? ?*>, w /Inch it Is the prollllc source. Aside irom this, the reputation of the 8tat< s made to sutler nil over the world hy tlx requenoy of crimes of blood. The tide o mmlgration which would rtaturally turn towards this most favored region of our coun ry Is diverted to other and more orderly sec Ions not naturally so attractive. Men of sub tanco and character will avoid acountrj vhero human life Is cheaply held. Hut lh< iioral Injury done to the ataio Is ot lntlnitslj nore consequence, great as these evils ma\ le. There lsalwuys an Inqusltion for blood ,nd the very land is cursed for bloodgulltl less tolerated by the people, though the l'ear ul reckoning be beyond human recognition Excuses are made for this habit to the ettec hat the ?ondltlon of society here renders 1 leccssary for the people to bear arms; tho he characterof the political relations exist ng here, and the peculiar aggravations at ending ull differences liable to arise betweet he races, divided as they are. not only It >olltlcs, but also In soclul condition?the om ace being mostly proprietors and the otbe nostly labordrs. between whom, as in al ?untries, there are antagonisms, likely t< ilsturb society. All these are urged as a Jus Iflcatlon. Certainly noneof these causes an "ffli'ipnt. to tnstlfv the custom. Observatloi caches us lliul arms are seldom used on oc aislons of great public disturbances; usuall; ,hey are employed In private quarrels, am >fleu between people of the same socla itandlug. and even between personal friend vho suddenly quarrel, generally over thel sups. If all are disarmed It will be admltte* ,hat the supposed necessity would cease t< jxlst. In times of great excitement and vie ence that might Justify the arming of tin )eoplo, they could carry arms openly, Tn vlev >f all men. The constitution of theUnlter Itates guarantees this right, and it would nol vhen demanded by circumstances, be objec Jbnable. The appearance of arms thus open y carried would tend to preserve the peace is all would be put upon their guard. It is v >e hoped that the Legislature will yet act up >n this subject. I have Invited your atten ,lon to It because wo are all responsible fo sorrectlng public opinion In relation to till mportant matter. If it should please you t/ nake any representation to the Leglslatur n regard to It, It Is In your province to do a n your general presentment. In addition to this, I deem It my duty to cal rour attention to the growing dlsposltlor Manifested of late to fset aside the admlnle ration of the lawB and to execute summar; ronuMtirf unon evil-doers, under the pre? lure of populur Indignation excited by crime >f a certain character, whose atrocity Is sup >oscd to place the accused without tne paleo egal protection. However well-meant by th< ictora In these deeds of vlolenco, they an jevertheless trampling upon the sovcrelgi ittrlbutes of the State, bringing Justice lnti iontempt, abdicating Christian civilization md disorganizing society. Such acts are no olerated in any other civilized country. The] irlng shnme and reproach upon the Htuti rhich condones thein. Ourconsiitutlonsauc uws entitle the vilest wretch accused of th< nost abhorrent crimes to a fair and Impartla rial in the courts of justice, in order to insun a well the protection ol the innocent as tin lunlshmentof the guilty. With nil the sale uards afforded persons charged with crime he history of criminal Jurisprudence every vhere abounds with instances of innoceni nen who have fallen victims to false accusa ion, mistaken identity, or plausible clrcuin tances. With au Infuriated crowd to accus< 9 to condemn. When an autocrat whe :nows no law save his own will drugs an nc used subject to the scaffold without formal rial, the world thrills with horror at the act f barbarity and tyranny. Why should the lmllaract or an exciieu popumcu wiiil-u ?h> U.eH alI taw be regarded with more favorl low many In number must be the minister! n sanctity the act of ruthless vengeance' lontlneil at present to one class ol crime, hicfly, who shall Buy how long It shall Mop here? Vindicators now of public Justice, ho can say that they shall not become In line exetutloners of private malice? Above 11, where now, In relation to crimes like hese, Is there ground to distrust the faithful dmlnlstratlon of the laws which alone could irnlshan excuse for such acts? These are latters which should engage the attention nd solemn consideration of every good citlen. If any number of men may get aside iu law in one particular, they will violate It 1 others, Crime cannot be half licensed. ,ct us hope that we hate seen the lust of xuob iw in bouth Carolina. >g= ggg Millway Items. Doctors |Pressly and Neel and Capt. R. J. Robinson were elected Trustees for the ludian Hill Township stock In the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad. The vote was small but the choice good nevertheless. It Is said that they will urge the establishment of? Depot ut or near Chile's Crota Roads. Pretty much all the wheat In this section It seriously Injured by rust, and some farmers Intend plowing It up for a cotton crop. It la true we have more or less rust every year, but the oldest Inhabitants never knew It to appear so early as this?therefore the apprehension that the crop Is a failure. Oats on the contrary look very promising. Capt. Lites Is the "wner of a horse of an accomodating appetite?he will eat anything that comes bandy, from a home troft or a corn cob up to a turkey gobble. Never since reconstruction, until the recent election of Dr. Neel to the unexpired term of Judge McGowan in the General Assembly, has any citizen of the contiguous Townships of White Hall, Indian Hill and Bordeaux been honored with an office by she people, notwithstanding the two last have always polled a Democratic majority; have never produced a white radical and have some as good men as the good old county aflbrdv We nupi; uuwctvi uiui mc nine uao wuic vuou modest worth will be appreciated and rewarded. If the farmers of this Congressional District do their duty to themselves, their country and tc Col. D. W. Aiken, he will contlnuo to represent them la Congress. When the time comes, be sure to send a good sprinkling o farmers to the nominating convention. - ?\ j Presbyterian Hymn Books, AT Committee's List Prices, at CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON'8. Lace Goods, LACE CURTAINS, Marseilles and Brocade Quilts, low. at CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON'8. TRY HOM_E FIRST. CO!N" GAEEE III WORKS, Columbia. S. C. ii nn, PROPRIETOR. REDUCED PRICES: VERTICAL CANE MILLS, List of Prices2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter, {36 00 J ? 12 " " 46 00 2 " 14 " " 56 00 3 " 10 " " 60 00 3 " 12 " " 70 00 3 " 14 " " 80 00 AbovoprlcescompIetevrlthFrnme Wit boo Frame,510 lesson each Mill HORIZONTAL?3 Roller Mill for Steam or Water Power, $150. Send Your Orders for Cane Mills AND Syrup Kettles TO D. B. SMITH, Agent. Spartanburg, Union and Columbia and S. & A. R. R. ON AND AFTER THE 1?T JANUARY. 1880, passenger Trains will run DAILY as follows, Sundays excepted: DOWN. Leave Hcndersonville - 5.00 a.m " Spartanburg 9.30 " " Union 11.20 Arrive at AI?ton 1.30 p.m Pn*?engers by this train from Hendersonvlllc make connection at Spartanburg wltb passenger trains on the Air-Line for Charlotte and Atlanta, and connect tit Alston with , G. and C. trains In both directions for Greeuville Hnd Charleston. CP. Leave Alston 2.20 p. m " Union 5.10 " Arrive at .Spartanburg ...7.00 " Leave Spartanburg, via ?. and A. roud 12.30 " " Tryon City - 5i<0 " " Saluda 3.35 " " Flat Roclt <J5 " Arrive at Hendersonvllle 4.30 " Connect at Alston with O. and C. passenger trains from Greenville and Columbia,connect at Spartanburg with through night traiu on Alr-Llne North. J AS. ANDEKSON, Superintendent. Atlanta & Charlotte. Air-Line Railroad (I UHAiMiK Uf MWlEil/uiiri. Atlanta, .Ga., June 3d, 1879. ft tassenoeb derabtmext. >1 On nnd after Juno 1st, trains will run on 11 thinroadusfollows: Day Pusaenaer Train. M (EASTWARD.) "I ArrlventGrcenvllle, 10 45 ft. m. ' Leave .. 10 47 a. m. (WESTWARD.) 1 Arrlvcat Greenville,- 4 42 a. m. I Leave Greenville 4 14 p. m. : Night Pas?enqf.b Tbain. r (EASTWARD.) , Arrlveat Greenville, 10 47 ?. ni. : Leave Greenville, 10 49 a. m. f (WESTWARD.) ' ArrlvontGreenvllla 3 92 a. m. Leave Greenville 3 34 u. in. Local Fbkioht Tbain. (EASTWARD.) ' Arrive at Greenville 7 38 a. m. [ Leave Greenville. 8 30 a. m. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Greenville 8 54p.m. Leave Greenville 4 20 p. m. Connecting at Atlanta lor all points West and Southwest. fv>nnpr?iinir ?.t charlotte for all Eastern * poluts. : Through Tickets on salo at Gainesville, Sen. eca City, Ureenvlllo and Spartanburg to all points East and West. G. J. FOREACRE, General Maibeer. * W. J. Houston. General Passengeranallcksl J Agent. ; BAEBEEING. 5 - rPHE undersigned respectfully Informs the e I public that he has recently removed his i Tonsorlal fixtures to "Knox's Hall," Northh east corner public square where he will be T pleased to meet and be of service to all In 1 search of the aid and assistance of a firstclass 1 Tonsorlal Artist to render tbelr outward ap? pearance about the head and face more desirr able to loo'< upon. Satisfaction In every par1 tlcular and prices to suit tbe stringency of the 3 times. Very respectfully, c Richard Gantt. I KNOX'S HALL. ; BALTIMORE MILLINER. ' UAVING secured as our Milliner this sea0 IT. son MRS. KUTTER. a lady of finest * taisteand ability, from one of the first estab' llshmenls In Baltimore, and ourstock being r more extensive than ever, we can certainly * promise our Lady Friends everything new ^ and stylish, and as to prices and quality, all ? we ask for Is a look to convince. Can guaran3 tee satisfaction at the very lowest cash rates. 1 Respectfully, i- jas. A. Bowie, Agent. Emp. of Fashions. 8 March 24,1880, tf !J, L. CLARK. I For Tie Gooi of The Craft ! T HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY ' L whole attention to my Shop. I shall give ; It GOOD ATl'ENTION. If any person wishes to have his i Watches Repaired "ri-xr thom in T have all the tools and ma j | terlaTs to do It up in the best of style nnd nt > the lowest rates possible. If you want your . clock repaired bring It In and It will be done I right. If you want your i JEWELRY MENDED ! Bring it on. If you Want your : nnwriTP MAPimn? MPWDl?!! 11 DJ!i TT 111 U UlilUHlll Hi lriuu urn; i i! This Is the place to get It done In the best of M order. You can hiivenny piece made new, or the old one repaired. If you wuntyourgun or i pistol repaired this Is the place to have It i i done. All these articles will be repaired In i tne best of order at the Lowest Prices. i Give 1110 a trial and satisfy yourselves? ! TEKMS CASH. JOHN L. GLARE. J January 22, 1S79. tf. On Exhibition! A COMPLETE STOCK; ?OF1? SHIM 111 SI ran MBS. * You have bat to look, to see that our atoek it Large and Well Selected. I Prices always guaranteed. Call and get your wants Supplied. M W .TORT. 81WTTTT & SON. J March 31, 1880 * 11 MO SPRING Mft 1 iuuv kj?- lvj.11 mil lewu : ? ANNOUNCE THE RECEIPT OF A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF n n l spnnguooas, ' CONSISTING in part of CALICOE8, LAWNS, 8WISSr ^ CHECK MUSLIN, PIQUES, CORDS, STRIPES an<L ' MARSEILLES, GRASS CLOTH, KNICKERBOCKERS, DELAINES. CAMBRICS, &c., &c. The latest novelties in Notions and Hosiery, Embroidery in a vareity of patterns, Tasso Edgings for Linen. Suits, Feather Braid, Novelties in Fans. A. Full Stock of BOOTS and SHOES, j HATS in Straw, Wool and Canimor. Ill ?Ye!r?Before?!ej>ub1,c. lfffill^flTDM J inc. i*cnv.r.K X1JLJ f I JL 111111 3B. C. MolANE'S _AT_ 1 rri-EHRATED $ LIVER PILLS, _ P j FOR THE CURE Or A0D6rti JOU6Sr u t i*r#?r rnmnlaint I i V? v\.? \^viaij^*Mu??v DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEAD ACME. General Faraiture Dealer. Qultes In Walnatand ImlUtloa of different \ r ... J ftwblonable wood*, tod detached pelcr*.. Si symptoms of a Diseased Liver. ttsyf ?* JL J r tures framed to order in (ill or walnut. Far* PnlturerepalriDgand nptaolxterinf done to orAIN in the right side, under the ^r? K?*"<?d burial ca*e? constantly on } r .1 -1? band. Flneoll cbromoe, mottoes.curds, rings,. edge of the ribs, increases on pres- picture furnishing of all kinds. All orders;ure: sometimes the pain is in the left 2?5ipH' N#w boM*? ne,r a * * * .. joooij low priccj. tide; the patient is rarely able to he on the left side; sometimes the pain is JtOOOrt J01168) felt under the shoulder blade, and it , _ _ Ninety-Six. j frequently extends to tne top 01 tne a shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken ?=? ^ ? for rheumatism in the arm. The tf a jE^lj J^Zla stomach is affected with loss of appe- _ - - . vv i av^.. TT tite and sickness; tiie ooweis in gen- JJUULB UUU OAU6B) nnr> eral are costive, sometimes alternative _ jj with lax; the head is troubled with 11088 nflU l&Iiy&rCl. pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy tjest material utd, ant workmen employ' sensation in the back part There & At generally a considerable loss of mem way boofbt at U>? bjifaftt mmrktt prtc* tor j i # < CMft or ID XCOIDfl Bf iMUlIf Of WOfK? ory, accompanied with a pamlul sen- jaoomry a, 1000,ly. nation of having left undone some thing which ought to have been done. f||T I IT A I 41 IT 1 IT A I A. slight, dry cough is sometimes an I] I 1 ft,111 I I]I 1 II |[ I l atteld.an.L . M&1!! II111IIII DI A11III weariness <tuu ucuunj , iiw 14 vmuj v< w ?* * * v * *< w ^ v w startled, his feet are cold or burning, and he complains of a prickly 'sensation of the skin; his spirits are low; Jafce gQffcg I and although he is satisfied that exer* ri?? wnnlH lv? h*ni?firial tn him v^t CPECIAL INDUCEMENTS offered to CInb?, cise would DC Denenciai to mm, yet 5 cheaper than but year. 8tasdard Brand* he can scarcelr summon up fortitude Which hare been largely used and testedenough to try it Id fact, he dutrusts everv remedy. Several of the above XWT T**l OmU1? A. oAM symptoms attend the disease, but cases 1 ** * DllUfcii fir hvu? have occurred where few of them ex- J*DQ>ry Rted, yet examination of the body, -p. TMlTinTl \ after death, has. shown ftie liver to II I 1 1/ It' li' |j' have been extensively deranged. I J || jij ^ AGUE AND FEVER. Dk. C. MCLANL'S LIVKR PILLS, ? Mhithf "Jlj JjfelBr, cases or Ague and Fever, when , ' taken with Quinine, are productive" of at the stork of i the most happy results. No better p ftonturAll cathartic can be used, preparatory to, He W e JjBTIIWCllj or after taking Quinine. We would iifill alway. hare on band a Tmriety or .dvise all who are afflicted with this disease to give them a fair trial. expected, Call and MC tbem. For all bilious derangemenB, and ? a simple purgative, they ire unequaled. log to the trade. Town Taxes. l nc genuine wc ncm *?k^?i w?au, ? -w v w w w ?, Every box has a red wax teal on the lid, *ith the impression Dx. McLani'j I.ivkk i'li.LS. ? ll persons liable for town The genuine McLahu's Livx* Pills bear A ft* 1 W'TfJ10 ti,elr ?lorn* he signatures of C. McLani and Fleming Vn uxw m^ the lat day ot !kos. on tne wrappers, next May. By order of Town Council, Insist upon hanng the genuine D*. C *r n At] l Q| PQ IcLani's Livx* Pills, prepared by Flem I r mUAuUEjj ng Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market bein/ TreailUfir TOWH Council. ull of imitations of the name McLan* March 10 So lm n*tUd rtiffci Jntly but same pronunciation ' : ????Rolo fiMflntrillo f. Pnlnmhio BaillHMfi / Jno. M. Younjrand 8amuel Pressly, Executor UIOOUIlllO (X UUIIUUPIU IlUlilUUU* 4 . i,^ of James P. Pressly, Deceased, against John ?I? f. caihoun. Beduced Bates. < Judgment of Foreclosure. /AN and after February the 20th, the follow"DY virtue of a Decretal order to me directed, V/ ing tickets will b* placed on sale at all In the above stated case, I will aell to the ticket offices on line of ibis road, vis : highest bidder, at Public auction, within tne ROUND TRIP TICKETS from any station legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House to any station at the rate of FOUR CENTS on Monday, the.lfth day of April, A. D. 1880, per mile, oountlng dlstanoe both ways. Good the following described property, to wit: FOR TEN DAYS, including day of sale. The All that tract or parcel of Land, situate, lr- round trip tickets good for threedays at threoIngnnd being In the county of Abbeville, cents per mile will be kept on sale a* hereto* South Carolina, and containing fore. The rate for children between the age* TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY above rates1.*?1" 7<*r*,w111 ** hal/ of | acres, more or less, and bounded by lands off TEMPLE, J. E. Duliose, B. E. Glbert, J. F. Calhoun and _, -Pfllnt.f'?den.t others. Jabu Nobtox, Jb., General Ticket Agent. Sold as the property of John F. Calhoun to ? . . satisfy claim of the above plaintiff* and costs mvTAV A O TLTT _1 li ijhuii and to perfect Titles. THIHW AH UDCKE1T. TERMS?CASH. Purchaser to pay for pa- w " w v * * * ) P6rS' J. F. C. DcPRK. I WATCH MAKER AND JEWELER, I Sheriff Abbeville County. March 1. 1880, NINETY-SIX. S. C. DEALER In Clocks, Watches, Spectacles, Fine Jewelry, Ac. Goods guaranteed to i u L11! UfVI' A 'I'll KN be such as represented. Ord?|s froaa abroad OJLiWAJ A V A*** v???? promptly auenaea 10. Goodrich, early rose, and peer- Febii.iwo.tr H LESS, at Cnnningham & Templeton s. CHILDREN CARRIAGES I March 10, 1880. _ Vf ARBLE TOP TABLES, Marble Top Bu- fl I s- iiL^aua, and Chain of all kinds for tale M ICe J>CBl IB mo vusnyv... TUST Received, One Cane Mile* ihoe?. Dt WlialmerS. V J U. M. HADDON & CO. Merch 10,1880, tf Kj J