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The Press and Banner. Bj Hugrh Wilson and H. T. Wardlaw. Wednesday, May 12, 1880, The "Herald" of tto South. For ability the Charfc&cn JCws and Courier is unsurpassed ito tne South, and for enterprise in collecting news it approaches something nf the greatness of the character of live ATW York Herald. The aptness and peculiar fitness with which the headings of the articles in that j paper are gotten tip give evidence of rare j talent, an<t "thn mechanical execution of j all the w*;>tk on the paper is a marvel ofj perfection in the- "art preservative." Its correspondents are ubiquitous, and] the Ncn>* and Courier as a rule is equally correct, Just and prompt, in keeping j abreast with tho current events of the J times. Whether its reporters are at the | Court in Pickens, or witnessing tho do-] ing* ol' the mobs in Spartanburg and in j f.'oltoton?in reporting the facts in Kdge- j tiflf 1 or rocordimr tlie nranks of JJald | Mountain?in interviewing Redmond, the outlaw, or in jotting affairs at Washington?in chronicling the strides which 'capital and industry have made in crect-j ing- faotories along the 1'iedmont belt, or! in stating facts as to the prosperity of the' fanners on the islands along the coast?! in throwing light upon the alleged ill-! treatment of the State convicts, or in fol-1 lowing dusky emigrants to the jungles] of Africa?in putting into print the pro-! feedings of the Legislature, or in repro-| dncing tho jargon of a negro conven-j tiou?in presenting the claims of tho suf- j fering Irish, or in commending to our no- j tice the noble seif-sacrifico of the unlet-[ a 1 1 ?in rfan li M(T I lereu UIIU umuiviui nv^iv? 0, with the bonded debt of the State or in! handling railroad kings?in giving a full | record of every-$ay occurrences at thct State capitol, or in exhibiting a map ol'j the busy life in the Citv-by-the-Sea, the> Jfcics and Courier is all that could be dc-1 sired by the South Carolinian. In addi- j tion to this, it is a powerful political ally I and an invincible loe. . While saying all this truthfully and j sinccrely we think wo may bo excused! for otfering this great paper a friendly criticism. It should, in our opinion, quarrel with its country cousins with less bitterness. While we presume that none of them would claim to havo anything like the influence of our city neighbor, Jyct \ the kindly offices of a country editor win- j not fail to be of worth to a paper like the 1 jYctcs anil Courier. It should possess at j ltotft th2 respect, if not the good will of! theoountry editor. In a tilt for saying! tatt and bitter things, if tho city editor! shrnild come off best, what does he gain ' by bo doing ? He has left a thorn in tho! ilesh of his vanquished foe, and tho op- j poraniliy Will III ill] juuuuuukj {Iicwuvi itself for retaliation. Wo soc evidences j of this in the fact that a number of thoi country editors have reproduced in their papers the reccnt bitter article of the Register iti reference to the News and Courier. On tho other hand, we will sav for the I Sea* artci Courier, that as far as our in- j formation extends, the State has never j had a city daily which has been more j courteous and liberal to the rural press of i -the St<Ue. Liberal, in that nearly all of tho country papers receive this magnifi-l ceut daily in exchange for their weekly I papers. Courteous, in that tho News and ] Courier has been ever mindful of the lit- j tic notable events of a country office, and j has always found time, amid the hurry j and bustle connected with the publica- j tiott of a dally paper, to award a just mede | of praise and commendation for all efforts j at progress and improvement on the part of the country press. For our own part, J we think the country press are greatly! indebted to our great metropolitan daily, j not only for its liberality and courtesy, I but for the example of its commendablo i enterprise. In this connection we wonld state that we take no stock in the petty spito which I we sometimes soe put forth against the Nevsa and Courier in referring to its advocacy of Chamberlain in 1876, before Hampton was nominated for Governor. No fair-minded man can blame tho JYetcs1 and Courier for this course without vls-j iting the same sin, if sin it be, upon a very large proportion of the most res? pectable and the most patriotic men of the State. We know of our own certaiu knowledge that some of the purest and most sagacious Democrats in South Caro- j llna favored the opinions then ex pressed by the News and Courier. Un- j til a coniitry newspaper can show that it > has done a tithe of what has been done, by the News and Courier for the Demo-, crmtic party, we think it would be good t manners for that .paper to Rilent on thej subject. We have at times held different' opinions from those advocated by thei JS'ewa and Courier, but wo havo never! been reduced to the necessity of attrihu-j ting bad motives to it, or any other newspaper. Aon rtilo wp fnar that sums of lis arc a little sensitive, and take exception to the course of a brother editor where no die*! respect or unkindncss is intended. What They Say in Texas When a! Stage Breaks Down. A correspondent writing to the .-Imociate Reformed Presbyterian some of his . reminiscenses of a recent trip across the' prairies of Texas when going to Presby- j tery, among other things, says: "After plodding through the mud, per- | hapsa mile and alialf, and feeling relieved j that we were on trotting grouna, and our j spirits raised at the thought of making; our fifteen miles before dark. But alas !; a little jolt of the vehicle, broke not only j our spirits, but our spring, which caused : the lamentable cry, "Aint this bad !" ] "Whata pity," "What shall we do." But! we, with the baggage, were soon deposi-1 ted in a house near by, and the hack was | taken back and mended. Alter an im- j patient waiting of three hours, we were I again reloaded, and no sooner started, | than the cry, "broke again." Our steps! were then retraced, at a little more than] a "snail's pace," and we were in Corsicana for the night." It will be observed this party of gentle- i n>en, expressed their disappointment at the breaking of a spring of their hack, in tHa very mildest terms possible?"Aiut this bad !" "What a pity!" "What shall we do." The idea of a man in Texas using such weak language on the occasion of snch a disappointment is almost incredible, but as the Presbyteri'on is a religious paper, and as we presume the author is a preacher, we accept It all to dc as true as gospel. It will bo noticed however that at the ~r.sw-.rwi Vironkinc of the sDrinir that the author entirely omitted to reproduce what was then said. This wa* well. For we have no doubt the stage driver's language, at least, would not have been good Sunday School reading, Official Power. From the many notices which we seo of Democratic clubs endorsing tho present official incumbents, while putting forth earnest entreaties for their re-election, wo are led to ask -if many of the oflice holders of the present day have not their con stituents by the nose? As between Democrats and good citizens we think there should be no anxiety to show a disposi-4 * - M*/% /xfO/fl.il tiAH'or Tlifi lion tO trUUIViO L\J vujvini ^/v ? fact of the accident that a man happens to hold an office Is not eridence positive that there are not other men in tho 8tatc just as patriotic and as efficients Grant on Losing- Ground. Grant Is losing ground on the home-1 stretch in the race for Presidential nomi" nee of the Republican party. See article elsewhere, reviewing the situation in the K publican ian?p. Samuel J. Tililcn. jg< The newspaper reader during the past 0 liroo years cannot fail to be struck with ai wonder and amazement when he recounts d the number of statements, comments and P speculations that have been indulged in C during that timo in reference to this dis-'sl tinguisked old fossil. When we say " distinguished wo do not mean to say j v that he is distinguished for any nicr-!a itorious act that he has himself per-! formed, but we desire to convey,'* tlie idea that he has been distill-jc guished for his own self-imposed so-; elusion, and for what has been said about j him in the newspapers. Within the past' threo years this wealthy citizen of Now i ti York has not been seen upon any of tl?c: r< public drives; nor has he made a speech jt< to any public assembly, neither has hole been seen by any considerable number of! tl his fellow-citizens. Ho has cut himself! o off from the world as completely as if he! c: had entered a nunnery, and the world Jil l-nnn-1! .ilu.nf nulittln (if tli m nu it. W tltlWS 1 U of ft nun. Long ago some one published 11) tiie Presidential candidate as u shrivelled ti paralytic. Aftor all thecountry had been j r flooded with that account, and t ho public! a were anxiously waiting for an invitation j h to attend his funeral, some enterprising v newspaper reporter claims to have seen j C aiul interviewed the old man's hostler, d butcher, oreook,and straightway he went p off and wrote an immense deal about the w man who has not been seen for years, J d and whose physical < ondition to this day j ii seems to be {is great a mystery, and as e< difficult to find out, as it is perplexing to b locato the whereabouts of the body of the j j late A. T. StewarU For our own part, we are as much interested in one story as j another about Tlldeu, but always feci bored ut the sight of his name in print. Wo wouhl as soon think of supporting a A. T. Stewart for President, who is not * more dead than Samuel J. Tildcn. "Wo *, believe, however, that it is generally con- r ceded that the latter has not yet been fburied. While this is true, tho former t' lias boon taken from his grave. Under v the circumstances, tho conditions are c about equal, and we would as soon have ^ one as the other for President. And the advocacy and the olection of oither ap- r pears to our mind, to bo equally ben?fi- F eial or calamitous, as the public may re- ^ gard it. t The Question of Nominations. Wo think it necessary for the good of the Democratic party in Abbeville County that there should bo some change in the . mode of nominating candidates to till the various oltices within the gift of the people. If the County Club will not consent j for a "scrub race" at the primaries, which will give every man a fair chance, we think whenever a club cannot unanimously agree upon a single candidate that tho minority should withdraw and form a separate club, when tho minority, as c well as the majority, may have a repre- '' sentative at the primary election. The t primary election is intended to ascertain thn nf tliA nonnln Hilt, if ji fpYV I clubs are to select tho candidates, how is \ the choice to be aacertaibed? Under the < present system there is less fairness 1 than in a county convention. Under this j system a single local club chosc one of t * O j their own members, and tho voters ofj? every q^tlior soction had no alternative? > 1 they were obliged to vote for him. That j J system permitted perhaps fifty men to! ?elect the candidate for whom tho whole ( conn ty was bound to vote. c The plan of the minority club worked j ( well in Abbeville, and we see no reason! c why every club should not follow suit | j and divide when the minority are dis- ? satisfied. A very small minority form- ( ed a club at Abbeville Court House, and j J their vote in the county club has 11 been respected as much as that of the j' majority club. Except toobtain the pri vi-; r lege of bringing a favorite candidate for-)' ward there seems tons to be no heocs-|t sity for new clubs, and.if a "scrub race" is;t permitteed at tho primaries, we Would ] an vise uiamo new organizations pciorin ed. In the first place, wo object to the nominations by clubs, because of the possibil- | J ity of "log rolling'' between clubs for the j, electioh of their own candidates, and to; * tho disadvantage of other candidates who , Will not, or do hot, go into combinations'} for their own elections. 11 And in thosecond place, we object to the nominations by clubs, because such sys-11 tem prevents many candidates from com-1 "t itig before tho people, and tho will of the J great masses may be thereby defeated. : Alston's Murderer. j, From the Georgia papers wo see that f the courts have refused to grant any J| chance of relief in that channel to Ed- j ward Cox who has been found guilty of I * the murder of Bob Alston. It is also j ii stated that tho influential convict now ox-j!, pects Executive clemency from the new t Governor who is to be elected this Fall, j J It is ho seldom that a man oi Cox s stand- > ing is allowed to be convicted of crime, r the public will watch with interest any ,J action the Governor may take in his be- j half at the instance of those who wear the purple and are admitted to the iuner temple. . Ex-Governor Brown who has a contract with the State of Georgia for the services 0 of those who arc sentenced for life, lias C had Cox examined by four physicians j, and it is alleged that this man will bejf found physically unable for work, in the!}; coal mines, and that ho will be allowed! to go to work on the farms, contrary toih the provisions of the laws of that State j j,1 regulating the services of life-term con- i victs. lie proposes to pledge his honor j' not to mako any oirort to escape if ho is not culled as the common felon, and his * lctiiiuj la c.vpcuivu t\j livu Iiuai ij> jjiiu. *' Of course, no one will, think Cox has been | j, 1'avorod in this action. His avoirdupois j '' is said to be about 250 pounds, and be-j1 fore the comnyssion of the act for which i he is imprisoned, his physical ability to cope with any man was undoubted. It j might be well enough for the Legislature j j to pass an act excusing him lrom the fc wearing of the p.ison garb, and nt the , I same time granting immunity from the r ! ordinary prison iogulations. If the Leg- j r islature would do this much the contrau- ' * tors would certainly give him a clerkship j i with good pay, so that his imprisonment " | need not necessarily bo a hard one. In ; v mentioning this case the Georgia papers I ^ often refer to Cox's family in some way, 11 which of course will excite sympathy lor j ( Cox. While this is true, the public has j nearly forgotten the fact that his victim [ r | left a widow and a family ot orphans, j ? |; t Practical Preaching Without Pay. ( < | In the past, occasionally sparccly set- t ' tied communities in this county have had j j I great difficulty in securing the services i' of competent and acceptable preachers, jj To supply in part this irreat need wc 1 | propose to furnish frequently to such of I ! the families as subscribe for the JVe.t#! ! j j and Banner, copies of excellent sermons from the great masters, which may be j ! read around the fire side to every mem-: I ber of the family. This advantage will. I be highly appreciated when it is remem-1 ! bered that this privilege is gained with- j I out any cost whatever. The trouble and i exposure of the family, the worry ( of stock and the wear of vehicles may; thus be savod and often a better sermon ' will be read at home than would have been heard at church. Our readers, wei know, will thank us for giving them the; opportunity of reading the sermons of Talmage and Beecher. They are! of the great master intellects of the * American pulpit, who preach the gos- j a pel of love aud ChristianityJJundorstand- j h ingly. Tho presentation of their ser-;^ moos will go a long way to make! p ood any deficiency our readers may xpcrienco from lack of sermons on hate udenternal punishment, or creeds and) ogmas, which tho ordinary orator but1 oorly understands and in which tlie real hristiion takes but littio interest. We liall in the future make aneltbrt to furish a sermon as often as circumstances til prcmit, and in this way-, our readers j Ithough thousands of miles away from 10 pulpit will have in theif own liou.secld the choicest Jof Ameiican pulpit loqucuco. furors' Certificates fof Taxes. 3?cIow we copy an act of the Legisla-1 lire in reference to receivr.bility of .ju-i r?rs" certificates for taxes. There seems j > be an impression abroad that jurors'j nrtilieates arc preferred claims, and that J lie Treasurer is authorized to take money j ut of the Treasury to pay them. From a | ;ireful reading of tho act wo think that I - - . I : will be seen tliat the Treasurer is 1101 uthorized to pav oul money for tliem, ;it is instructed to Vreceivo ilio pav cerllcates" in payment ot "taxes duo the [ speetivo counties in which the services re rendered." A speculator,for instance, as no right to have such diims paid beond the amount of his taxes due to the ounty in which the services were renered. To allow such certificates to bo a referred debt, the collections for May ouUl bo absorbed, an injustice would be 0110 to other creditors, and the evident' ltcntion of the law would be disregard-1 [1. The Act is as follows. Read it and e your own interpreter of-tho language: in Act to make the Pay Certificates of Jury Tickets for Attendance upon the Circuit Courts of the Stato Receivable for Taxes Due the County in which said services arc Rendered. Suction 1. Re it enacted bj' the Senate nd House of Representatives of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General issombly, and by the authority of the jmn, That the pay certificates of alljuors and State witnesses in the Circuit "ourtsol" the Stutc- be, and tho sati?o are erebv, mado receivable for taxes duo he respective Counties in which the serices are rendered. Provided, That said ertificates be lendercd for the taxes of the iscal year in which the same aro issued r the next tinea I year. Suction 2. That the County Prentiers are hereby required to receive the ay certificates of the aforesaid jurors and vitnesses, whenever presented bj* any larty holding the same, in payment ofi axe's due to the amount of such certifiate. Approved December 20, 1878. mi..*n?i; 1110 Iiuil^iuua y\ vuvx, iVHAT THE METHODIST GENERAL" CONFERENCE DID YESTERDAY. lishop Simpson Preaches to Eight Thousand People?A Notable Sermon and Splendid Music ? Important Ac. tion of the Conference on Saturday. (iVcwj aiul Courier.) Cincinnati, May 0. ? The delegates of the ;cneral conference of the Methodist Church igaln occupied nearly all of the pulpits iu his city and its suburbs to-day. At 4 o'clock his afternoon ISishop Simpson preached in ilnsic Hall to an audience of #,000 persons, md hundreds were unable to gain admittance, -lis theme was the growth and ultimate triirnph of Christianity. As he showed the dc:lineof all other systems, and their inadequa:y to the wants of man, and lectured the glo'Ious achievements of Christianity, he so carled the sympathy of liis hearers that 'Aniens" were mingled with spontaneous ap)lau*c. The entire congregation joined In he singing, which was led by twocornetsund iccompanied by the great organ, producinga rriind ell'eet. A Recitative and Aria by Mrs. )ext?r was also upphutded. [leconciliation and Reunion Between the North nnd South Agreed upon. Cincinnati. May R.?At the session of the icneral Conference to-day the report of the! loinmlsslon on formal fraternity with the I 'lethodlst Episcopal Church South was read ! >y Gen. Clinton it, Kisk It recognizes the :hureh South as a legitimate branch of the Uethodist Church, and fixes rules for the dcerm ination of the ownership of ciiurch propirty which lias been in dispute between the wo bodies. Dr. l'ierce, of Virginia, moved to :onslder so much of the report as related to a nrfj.in church in Ylrclnia. This brought up i he (tu'jstion whether the commission had II-1 nil Jurisdiction over the matter, or whether ts acts were subject to review by tho Confer-1 nee. After a long debate the vote was taken. | ind it was decided that the commission had inul jurisdiction. The report of the corn mis-1 ;ion on the ecclcsiastieaUiodc was referred to! lie committee on the ecclesiastical code, with | nstructions to make curtain vorbal changes, md the Conference tiien adjourned. Proceedings of the Southern Bnpf.ipt! ConvcHtiotfDiscussinc the fllissions. Lexington*, 1Cv., May 8.?To-day has been | >ccupied with the reports of committees and speeches on the various subjects presented' Villous tlie speakers were Dr. Tychenor, of Vlubama.on missions in China; Dr. McDonild, of Richmond, on African missions; D.f. kVliarton and ISroadus on a resolution coninending Dr. Tapper's new book on the hlsory of foreign missions of the Southern taptists, and Dr. Cliatnbliss, of Cliarieston, in the mission of the Chinese in California. V lesolution was adopted inviting tlie cenral committees of the Woman's Mlssloniry Societies in the several Suites to report heir work annually through the two boards if the convention. An animated discussion irose 011 this resolution, in which the Itev. dr. Stout and tlie Kev. Mr. Strickland, >f South Carolina, took part, advocaing tlie measure. The resolutions passed ilmost unanimously. The committee on the esolutIon proposing to consolidate the two ioards or Hie convention reported iiavi-rseij, i unl the report was adopted. The committee m time and place of next meeting recom-| nended Columbus, .Miss., tlic usual time, and j Jr. Landfill)!, of Savannah, as the preacher if the introductory sermon. The report was idopted. The special coinhilttlcon the death | if Dr. Jeter presented through Dr. Hroadus | , short but tnstefui;and appropriate tribute to bearcat and good man. The mass meeting ast night Was addressed by Drs. Winklerand Uirrows In speeches of great abtlitv. To-| light, a mass meeting in behalf of foreign nissions will he held. All the sessions of the ' 'onveitflon are attended by vast crowds far! ieyond the capacity of the spacious edifice. lints About Selling Tobacco to Em-1 ployees. Washington*, April 27, ifcso. Ion. ,V. C. Butler, United States Senator, Washington,/). C. Sik? In reply to the letter addressed to you m the Kith instant by Mr. John Ferguson, of irecnvilic, S. ('., and referred by you to ine, ii which he asks whether "it is lawful lor a ilantertobuy a box of manufactured tobae0 at a price, say 3-")cents per pound, and retail hesame to tenants and croppers on his own iind at a greater price without paying special ax. I would si^y that a planter who makes uch sales incurs special tax as a dealer In toiticco; (See..'t:.N-l K. X., 8th sub-divlslon.) and if le fails to take out the requisite special tax tamp prescribed by the law, renders himself iablo not only to payment of the tax, but to Ine or Imprisonment, or both, at thedlscrelon of the Court under See. :i;J42 II. S. Di the case of the United States vs. James lewbold, in the United states District Court, Jastern District of North Carolina. April 21st, j S7!i. as reported to this ofliee by District At-j orney Alberton, May 12th, IS70, Judge Drnoks icld that where a planter sold tobacco to Ills lands ox employees, with or without protlt, without paying special tax therefor, the sellng was a violation of the law. l'espeetfully, Gukkn 15. Raum, Commissioner. A Strange Coincidence. In four gentlemen entered their son? at loardlng. school at Cokesbury, ?S. C. They lad been for years intimate frlendsand clergynen in the Methodist Church, These boys einalned at this school, room mates and J lassmates, for two years, and entered Wofr>rd College, standing relatively tlrst, second, | bird and fourth in a iargeclasx. They remain1 ... .i.i. r..nr vonrs ivf.ro room I nates all the time, graduating relatively first, econd, third and fourth. They then entered i law oiliec in Spartanburg and studied law mdertiie same chancellor. The war broke uit, and at the call for troops they all enteral Jenkins' Rifle Regiment from South C'aroina, and were messmates in one company, icing near the same height they stood togcth-1 r as comrade* In hat tie In this regiment. Vt the second battle Manassas, August, lXfit, I list as the tight, was over, and these young I nen had gathered about a spring to refresh bcmselves, u shell from the enemy.s battery he last shot tired, exploded in the midst of hem, and killed the four on the spot. They ! ire hurled on the baitle-tleld, and sleep to-j ret her in the same grave. Their names were | Papers, McSwain, Smith and Duncan, and hey were the sons of Iiishop Capers. Rev, Drs. j UcSwain, and Smith, of South Carolina, and j lev. Mr. Duncan, of Virginia, the last being! i brother of Row Dr. Duncan, of Randolph I Macon College. Tim grave is inafked by a i jrnnite cross und enclosed with an Iron rail-1 ?? The Convention of Stockholders of the| Vugustu and Knoxville and Augusta and: ircen woou itanrmuis was nriu utn; iii-tm; | o ratify the agreement lor tlie consolidation | )f the two roads under one management, j "ixteen South Carolina stockholders were jresent. headed by Gen. P. H. 1 trad ley and | Senator J. .Maxwell. The agreement was i "ormally ratified, and the election resulted In | he choice of Kugene I'\ Verdery, of Augusta,; is president, and I'. II. Bradely, of Abbeville,1 is vice-president, and sixteen directors, ten | rom Georgia and six from South Carolina.' I'he latter are as follows.* H. II. Middleton, [ M, Ituckhaiter, J. <J. Maxwell. T. K. Hi ley i <. I). Nelll and A. M. Aiken. A resolution ; vas adopted atithorzing the director to issue 750,000 of bonds, and the work of building the j oad will be pushed forward rapidly. They i ixprct to complete the road to Greenwood , vlthin a year. Death from a Hat Hitk.?Harvey P. j "ersuson, of Kdingburg, Indiana, about, six J veeks ago caught a common house rat In a lour barrel, and endeavord tosmolherit with j i meal Rack. In the struggle for life the ro-; lent bit liim on the thumb. The wound was j , mere scratch, and healed up in a few days.. I month had not elapsed when the thumb I lecame ?ore,and his whole system was tilled j rfth poison. Afer enduring intense pa'n I lck-Juwset in, and was followed by hydro-i ihobia. ending In death on Tuesday. 1 Getting Weighed. INEVITABLE SCALES INTO WHICH EVERY MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE MUST FALL. A Babylonian King1 Who Carried Things lo Extremes in Trying to Please His Wife ? The Man Who Thinks the Sabbatli a Vulgar Interruption and J)riims for Customers? A Sight for the Whole Universe. Upcctal lo the (hurier-Journal. Bkooki.yn, April 2.1.?Services in the Brooklyn Tabernacle wore opened this morning with the singing of the hymn: "Jesus shall reign where'er tbo sun Does his successive journeys run." Dr. Tnlmage preached the following discourse, taking lus text l'rom Daniel, 5, 27 ?"Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting." llis subject was Men. Churches nnil Nations Weighed. Babylon was the paradise of architecture. " Driven out from thence, the most .laborate structures of modern times are only the evidence of her fall. After the sito'of Babylon had been selected, 2,000,000 of men were employed for tlio construc tion of the wall and principal works, j iio walls of the city were sixty miles in circumference. They were surrounded by a trench out of which had been dug the material for tho construction of the city. There were twenty-five gates of solid brass on each side of the square city. Between every two gates a great watch tower sprang up into the heavens. From each of the twentv-live gates on either side i' street ran through to the ^ates on the other side, so that there were fifty streets, each fifteen miles long, which gave to the city an apjjearanceol* wonderful regularity. Tho houses did not join each other on the ground, and between j them were gardens and shrubbery. From house top to house top bridges swung, over which the inhabitants were accustom to pass. A branch of the Euphrates - U whi?|, o WClll llliWU^U IUC VllTV) WTVI tf ?? i bridge of marvelous structure was thrown, and under which a tunnel ran. To keep tho river from overflowing the city in times of freshet, a great lake was arranged to catch the surplus, in which the water was kept as in a reservoir until times of drouth, when it was sent streaming down over the thirsty land. A palace stood at each end of the Euphrates bridge; one palaco a mile and three-quarters in compass and tho other palaco seven and a half miles in circumference. The wife of .Nebuchadnezzar, having been brought up amid the mountains of Media, could not stand it in this flat country of Babylon, and so, to please her, Nebuchadnezzar, had a mountain four hundred feet high built in the midst of the city. This mountain was surrounded with terraces, for the support of which great arches were lifted. On the top of these arches flat stones were laid; then a layer of reeds and bitumen; then two rows of bricks closely cemented; then thick sheets ol lead, upon which the soil was placed. The earth here deposited was so deep that the largest trees had room to anchor their roots. All the glory of the flowery tropics was spread out at that tremendous height, until it must have seemed to one below as though the clouds %-cre all m blossom, and the very sky leaned on the shoulder of tho cedar. At the top an engine was constructed, which drew the water from the Euphrates, far below, and made it sprout up amid this garden of the skies. All this to please his wife. I thinly she must have been pleased. In the midst of this city stood also the temple ot Jielus. One of its towers was one-eighth of a mile high, and on tho top of it an observatory, which gave the astronomers great advantage,as, beingat so great ft height, one emild easilv talk with the stars. This temple waa full of cups and statues and censers, all of gold. One imago weighed ft thousand Balylonish talents, which will bo equal to fifty-two million dollars. But why enlarge? The city is besieged and doomed. Though provisioned for twenty years, it shall fall to-night. See the gold and silver plate Hash on the King's table. Pour out the rich wine from the tankards into the cups. Drink, my Lords, to tlio health of the King. Drink to the glory of Babylon. Drink to the defenders of the eity. Drink to a glorious future. Startle not at the splashed wine on the table, as though it were blood. Turn not pale at the clash of the cups, as though it wero the clang of arms. On with the mirth ! A Thousand Lords Reel on their chairs, and quarrel and curso. .The besotted Kingfsags back on hi:* chair, and stares vacantly on the wall. But that vacant look takes on intensity. It is an affrighted look. As Jje gazes t*ic lords ga/.e. Every eye is turned to tiie wall. Darkness fails upon the room. The blaze of the gold plate goes out. Out of the black sleeve of the darkness a finger of (iery terror trembles through the air and comes to the wall, circling about as though it would write, and then with a sharp tip of llame engraves on the plastering the doom of the King: "Weighed in the balance and found wanting!"' The bang of heavy fists against the palace gates is followed by the crashing in of fhr? floors. A thousand ffleaminc dairirern strike through a thousand quivering hearts. And now Death is the King and his throne a heap of corpses. An unseen balance had been set ufcin the festal hall. God swung it. Nebuchadnezzar's opportunities on one side of the balance ami his sins on the other. Down went his sins; up went his opportunities. Weighed, and found wanting. There has been a great deal of cheating in this country by false weights and measures. "The Government appointed commissioners to stamp the weights and measures. Much of the wrong has been riglitod. I speak of another kind of scales. We all have been in the habit of making mistakes in our weighing of men and things. There is. indeed, only one pair of balances absolutely perfect, and that is suspended from the throne of God Almighty. Other balances get out of order. The chain breaks or tlie metal is clipped or tho equipoise in soirfe other way is broken, and a pound docs not always mean a pound, and you pay for one thing and get another, fiut the balances of God never lose their adjustment. With them a pound is a pound, tho right is right and wrong is wrong, and a soul is a soul, and eternity is eternity. God has a bushel measure, a peck measure and a gallon measure. Whenever a merchant measures a bushel of wheat, or salt, or corn, God weighs it immediately alter him. The merchant's measure may be wrong, but God's measure is just right. If a merchant measure a gallon of oil and does not give the proper quantity, God measures it for him and says: "So many drops too few. Recording angel, write it down.'"' If a fanner comes to town with apples for sale and he does not give full measure, the apples are immediately put into God's peck, and record is made of twenty apples too few. Wo may cheat oursel ves and wo may cheat our neighbor, but in the last day we shall find thai what we learned atschool in our boyhood is true, that twelve ounces make a pound and 2,000 weight make a ton amlTiS solid leet make one cord of wood?no more, no loss. But I a"n not now to spenk of the weighing of coffees and sugars, but of the weighing of principles, cf individuals, of churches and of worlds. Many suppose that sin is imponderable; but it is heavy enough to crush a wj>rld. Yea, our earth itself is to be put on scales, with all its mountains and valleys and seas. You would think that the Alps and Pyrenees and Himalayas and Mount Waslnnitons and all the cities on one sido of the scale Would ("rush it. No! God will At last see what opportunities the world had, and what opportunities is neglected; and he will sit down on the whito throne to see the old world weighed, and will see it riso in the bal UIIl'U llj^IILUl UlilU <1 It'iUIIUl j Mlill LIU Will cry out to his messengers who carry tho torch: "Burn that world. Weighod and found wanting." Godisevery day estimating churchoa. lie puts a great church into the scales. Ho puts the ministry and the choir, ami the grand structure, that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, on the same side, On the other.?Me of tho scales ho puts the idea of spiritual life that tho church ought to possess, or brotherly love, or faith, or sympathy for the poor. Up* goes the grand meeting house with its minister and choir. (Jod says that a church is of much worth only as it saves souls; and if, with all your magnificent machinery, you save but a handful of men when you might save a multitudo He will snow you out of his mouth. Weighed and found wanting. God is also estimating nations. He put the Spanish monarchy in the scales and found it unsutlicient to cast it aside. lie put the French monarch, with his Empire, in the scales. Napoleon cried out: "See what I have done to enlarge the J?. T ths nf i)im ill U?i X AilUIIVU U|7 VilU kIV/4 1\'U \J? the Champs Klysecs; I enlarged the Tuileries; I built tho guilded Opera House." Then God put on one side of the stales the Emperor, and the Boulevards, and the Champs Elysces, and the Tuileries, and tho guilded Opera House, hut on the other side of the scales he put tho man's abominations and tho outrages bo had committed against tho French nation. Down went the sins; up went the Emperor, with all his surroundings. "Weighed in the balance and found wanting." J5nt 1 want to become more personal. I have heard persons say that ministers ought to deal with things in the abstract; # and not be personal. What success would a hunter have if ho went out to shoot deer in the abstract? Ho puts the butt ol the gun to his breast; hiys his eye* along the barrel; takes sure aim; draws the trigger, and crash go the antlers on the rocks! What if a physician called into your house should treat your ailments in "the abstract? How long before the in? 11am mat ion would heal or the pain be assuaged? What folly to talk about sin in the abstract when you and I liavo in our souls a malady that must be cured, or it will kill us, miserably and forever. God lifts the balance this morning. Judgment day is coming. Everyday is a day of judgment. Wearethis moment | being canvassed, inspected, weighed, j Hut do not let us all get on the scales at I once. We will take one at a time. Who | will get on first? Hero is a volantccr. Ho is a moralist?as upright a man as there is in Brooklyn, (Jet in, brother. What is it you have in the bundle? He says: "It is my reputation for morality and uprightness and integrity." Leave that behind. It is not fair that you carry a bundle witn you. Wo just want to measure you. Have you slandered your neighbors? You say. "Never have. I slandered them." What outrage have you committeed against society? You say, "None"'. 80 far, so good. Have your thoughts always beon right? You answer "No." I put down one mark against you. Have you served fiod as you ought? "No" Another mark again! you ? Have you loved the Lord Jesus Christ with all your soul? "No." Another mark against you. Como now, be frank. Havo you not, in ten thousand things, come short of your duty ? "Yes." TI.a.. r .1 |AM Jl ui'ii x |iul uwwu ion iiuuu.^um iiiui rvr against you. Bring mc a large book, in which I may make record of your defect.' and neglects. Do not jump out of the scales until I have examined them. You stand on one side, with all your kindness and charities and conciliations of behavior. On the other side I put just one weighl By tlio deeds of the law shall no liesl: "living be justified." Down goes the weight, up go your good works. "Weighed in the balance and found wanting." Who will come next? -Here comes f formalist, who gets on tho scales?a man whose religion is made up ofgenuflections aostures and outward proprieties. Brother, what is that you have in your pocket 1 Ho says: ''Jt Is a Westminister As somby Catechism." What is it you hav< in that other pocket? Ho says that is ii the Heidelberg Catechism. What is thai you have Uuder Yonr Arm ? Ho says it is a church record ? Whal arc thoso books I see scattered around or your side of the scales ! He says thej arc Calvin's Institutes. My brother, w< did not come here to weigh books however good they may bo. We want or this scale nothing but your ."soul; 3'oiu orthodoxy won't save you. " Mon hav< gone to ncll with a catechism in eacl pocket. The forms of religion are onlj the scaffolding for puting up tho spiritu house. Alas! if you have mistaken th< the scaffolding for tho temple itself "But I crose myself ever so many times,' vou say. That will not save you. "Bui I read a chapter over night before I go tc bed." That will not save you, "But ] sit at the communion tablo." That wil not save you. "But my naino is down 01 Tno uhnrch book." That will not sav< you. That will not save yon. "B11 I have been a professor of roligioi for thirty years." That will not sav< you. I place 011 your side of the balanc< all tho edicts, all the religious counsels all the communnion tables that were evei luiilf nnrl mi f lir> fit.hnr sirln nf f ho linlrmi'i I put this hundred pound weight: "Hav ing the form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof From such turn awuv.' "\Y eighed iu tho balance and found want ing." Hero comes a worlding; you can no mistake him. His eyes, his hands, hit heart and lull of business, stocks, divi dends, per centagcs, scrip, "buyer tei days" buyer, thirty days." His happi ness is successful bargain,; his eternity so many feet front by so many feet deep lie wants to go to Heaven, bccauso when there is so much gold it must be tha I "money is easy." Tho mosttromendotn 1 question ho ever asks himself is, "Hov low can I buy those goods, and how higl a price can I get for them." The day ii full of push and din, and ho sloops am sweats under a night-inaro of dollar* The Sabbath is a vulgar interruption, ant he hopes, on his way to church, to drun up a new customer. Day by day ho ha: been weighing confections, weighinj fruits, weighing meat, weighing ice o; weighing coal, not knowing that he al the time was being weighed. I pilo u| beside him, on his sido of tho scales, tin ! hogsheads, and the barrels, and tin ' money vaults, and the store-house, am j tho cargoes, but all these give to tin worlding no additional weight. At '>< i very moment we wero congratulate., I him on tho line stor<\ and the full-blood led stock ,and tho princely income, Got niwl tlin iimrnlu were lonkimr immi tin I scale and announcing the solemn ti nth j "Weighed in the balance and found want ing." Jiut I must go on faster nnd look nt th Inst scrutiny, We uro.passing on, heed less ol'the most astounding considerations In a moment the ground may breal through and let you fall into the grave The pulses of life, now so regularly drum tning in the march, any moment may er.< l halt! On a hair-hung bridgo wo wall over the bottomless chasms. When w go to bed at night wo know not that w shall seo the day dawn. When we g< forth from our homes we know not tha wo shall return again. Dangers lurl about your path, and are ready to breal upon you from ambush. Inn momen the door of eternity may swing open am ! invisible ushers conduct you in for rowan j or for retribution. A crown of glory i ' being burnished for your brow, or bolt ; arc being Forged For Yonr Prison. 1 Angels of light are making ready to shon j over your deliverance, or fiends'of dark I ness reaching up their skeleton hands t j pull you down into the ruin conaumat Suddenly tho judgment will bo here The Angel, with one foot on tho sea am the other on'the land, will swear by Hin j that livcth forever that time shall be u< longer. Ilark ! I hear the jarring of the moun tains. It is the sotting down of the bal lances. Look ! thero is something like : flash from the cloud. It is tho glitter o the shining balances. All the unfor j given souls of the earth must get into tin i scales. They may struggle to keep out j but God will*put them in. Let the uni verse look on and see tho last great weigh I ing. Tho world may have weighed then ; and pronouneed them moral. They maj I have weighed themselves and given i | asclf-gratulatory decision, but now Goc I weighs them in unmistakable balances On this sido of tho scales are placed thi souls of the upardoned?their wealth al I gone; nothing remains but the nakec souls of tho unforgiven. On the othe sido of the scales are placed wasted Sab baths, misimproved privileges, disuegar ded sermons, innumerable opportunitie of pardon. Ilark ! How theseales com down on this hist side, lond as thunder I God, looking at tho b&lanco, Khull an nounoe, in the presence of man and devil and cherubim and archangel, while groan lug earthquake, and crackling contiagro tion, and judgment trumpet, and ever lasting storm shall repeat it, "Weighei iu the balance and found wanting." "But," youusk, "how, if wo repent to day and come to ' God, will we a la^t bo weighed ?" Yes! There is n< escape from tho scrutiny. The wicket have been tested and driven awajr in thei: wickedness, now let the righteous get or to tho balances. "Oh," you say, "let oft': i cannot stand tho test." Get in yi righteous! "What ! with all my sin ?' | No time to discuss tho matter. Tho bel | of judgment is tolling. The balances ari ; adjusted?get in you must. All your op ! portunities of being bettor and doinj I moro good aro placed on one sido of thi [ scales, and you got in on tho other. Yoi ; aro too light to bridge tho balance in youi favor. On your side are spread all thi 1 kind words you over spoke and all th< Christian deeds you over did. Too lirffi j Vu Ori your sido nre put all yoar prayers ! nil your roputation, all yoiir faith. To< j light yc.ti Get ou this side and yo mar 1 tyrs who went through tiro and lloodi Wicklillb,- Ridley, and Latitner. Tot light yet! Come, angels of God, and ge | on tho scales, and sec if ye cannot turi | tho balance in favor of tho saints; for th< righteous be banished with tho wicked Too light yet I But at this point Jesus, the boh of God; steps up to the balances lie puts one saccred loot 011 tho Chris tlan's side of the scales and they trembli and quiver from top to bottom, lie put: both feet on, and down go tho scaiea or tho Christian's sido with a stroke tha sets all the bells of Heaved a chiming This Rock of Agfis is heavier than ail} other weight. Jlut Oh Christian 1 you mny not get of so easily. I place on the opposite <tcal< , all tho sins that you ever committed ant' ] all the envies that hates and ihconsisten I cies of a lifetime, but altogether th?? dt | not budge the scales. Christ, on youi , side, has settled the balances forever ! There is no condemnation to them tha fare Jin Christ Jesus. Go free! go free j Sins all pardoned, shackels all broken prison-doors all opened. Go free ! go free! Weighed in the balances and nothi ing wanting. It is said that the wheat crop from D.'ilton tc T.oudon, Tcun., never looked more promising than at prcHctil. The yield, without an acel dent. will be greater than for many years pre vious. The iron works, ten In number, situatci | around Rome, are all in full bluet. ABBEVILLE COLORED SCHOOL. Quarterly Review. HISTORY. I. Whore and when were the first Soutl I Carolina settlements made? I '2. How long wore North and South Cal1 ; olina one Province? I .3. When was Virginia founded, and j whom was it settled ? ,j 4. When and by whom was Now Or j leans founded ? ] 5. IIow many wars had been waged be II twocn the French and English up to \~~A land out of what did tliey grow ? (5. When did the French and India! ,! wars begin ? I 7. Give the principal actions in tin French and Indian ways? 8. When and by what treaty was i closed ? 9. What dirt this treaty establish ? 10. What is the date of American In , dependence ? , II. Mention the different placos wher the Continental Congress met? 12. When were the Articles of Confcd oration adopted, and wheu were they rat i ilied? 13. What is the date of preliminary, aril i what is the date of the final treaty ? ' 14. Mention the principal battles of th Revolutionary war and tho results, i 15. When and where was tho first Pres , ident of the United States inaugurated ? i 16. During whoso administration di< il.- c nfin 1 *. - 11. . ilie w?ir ui 101^ uuuur, iiiiu nai* ? iw tu s cause of the war ? 1 17. Give date and cause of the Mexicai war ? i IS. Who were tho commanders of th i opposing armies? [ 19. What is the date of the Emancipa i tion proclamation ? t 20. Name the Presidents of the Unitei i States, date of their inauguration, term , of service and States from which the; > were elected ? i GRAMMAR. i 1. What is a letter? 1 2. 'What is a vowel ? A consonant ? a. What is a syllable? 1 4. How many parts of speech are there 1 and what are they called ? > 5. What is a noun, and how many kind J of nouns are there? 0. What is a sentence ? 7. What is the difference between ad * jectivesand adverbs? ^ 8. What are transitive and what are in ^ transivo verbs T t\ \\7i.?i :? ? 9 *7. T T 11UI/ to U |7iM b|V'l|JlUI i 10. How many participial has transit]v ? and how many have intransitive verbs ? i 11. What is the antecedent of a relativ ' pronoun? i 12. What is a phrase? 13. When is one noun said to bo in a? i position to another? r 14. What is a word? J 15. Into how many classes may word i bo divided as regard to their origin ? ' 1(5. Name and define their classes. 1 17. What is meaut by analyzing J word? . 18. What is spelling? ' 19. What is the subject and what is tb t predicate of a sentence? ) 20. What is punctuation ? Name th [ marks used and give rules for use < 1 each? > GEOGRAPHY. ? 1. What is Geography? t 2. Into how many branches is geogn j pliy divided ? j 3. What is Mathematical Geography ? 4. What is Physical Geography? J 5. What is Political Geography? . G. How many and what arc the mo tior . of the earth? 7 7. How is the earth's surface divided? , 8. What lines or circles are usaall drawn on maps, and what arc their uses 9. What is the difference botwoeu m< j. ridian circlo and a meridian? 3 10. What does the tor m meridian mean 11. What is the circumference oi.' tli j earth ? * n12. What is the diameter of the earth 13. How many diameters have thoeart ' and what are their respective lengths? i*i WI.Mf iu Irhiiriiinlr> iiiul how man t kinds of longitude ure there? s lft? What places have 110 longitude ? t lfi. Whit is latitude, and how man 1 kinds of latitude are there ? H 18. What is the greatest latitude a plm ijcan have and what is tho latitude of place ? ] IS. Whero are latitudes marked o , maps ? s 11). Where are degrees of latitude an , what is tho length of a degree? j! j 20. What are zones ? j 21. What are oceanic and what are coi: , tincutal rivers? L> 22. What is a river basin ? e 23. What is a watershed? j 24. What are waves ? 2f> Name the highest mountain rangi j", in tho world, location of each, and the in of Mountains to man. 1 ARITHMETIC. J 1. What is quantity? , 2. What is an integer? .1. What is a fraction ? 4. Express in figures, Forty-seven bi lion fifty-nine million ninety-nine tlioi sand and forty-seven. ft. Bought a farm for 3o,G70, and sold ' for ?I>,M)6, and divide tho net gain amor 6 persons; what does each receive ? * 0. If 05 barrols of fiour cost $422.,5 * what will lft barrels cost? ' 7. How manj' pounds, English currei cy, aro there in li!74:$ farthings? 8. How many grains, Troy, aro there i 72 lb., 12 07.., 1ft pwt., 7 gr. ? <i Hmv innnv shinirlos will it take I ' cover a roof, each of whose equal aides . 3<> feet lung, with rafters IG feet in lengtl , supposing ono shingle to cover 27 squai j inches? , From 71 lb. of silver there were mad 20 lb., 11 07.., l.'t pwt., 1-1 gr., of plate, whi quantity remained ? II If 15 carpenters can bnildabrldf in R0 days when the days are 15 h'oni long, how lon^will it ta'ke20 men to-buil t the bridge when the days are 10 hou: - long? 0 12. A merchant buys a box of sugi e containing 475 lbs., for $50; ho sold J of i. at 8 cents per pound, and H of the remaii j der at 10 cents per pound; what is tl 1 value of what still remains at 12V com o per pound, and what-does tho nricrchai make on his bargain ? 13. What is the value in whole numbe; - of J of a mile ? b 14 What is tho amount of a note f( f $325 dollars from June 5, 1849, to July - 1851, allowing 7i per cent, interest ? 3 15. For how long a time must ?<380, I Ion interest at 4 per cent, to amount i -15720.GO? 16. Ten men engapjo to build a house i i 63 days, but 3 of their number havir f jaken sick, how long will it take the res t tg complete the house ? 1 17. If 8 men spend ?64 in 13 woeki i. what will 12 men spend in 52 weeks ? b Second Class. [ GRAMMAR. 1. What do wo use to express ou 8 thoughts? ? 2. Of what arc sentences made up ? 3. What is a word of one syllable cal ed ? s 4. What is a word of moro than thr< "! syllables called ? 5. What is a noun? " 6. llow many kinds of nounsare then J 7. What are proper nouns, and ho I ill use uiey uu i:uiuiiiciicvu i *] 8. How many properties have nour 1 and what aro they? 3 y. How many genders are tliero? 1 10. How many cases are there ? r 11. When is a noun in tho objectn 1 ease? i 12. What is a personal pronoun? 3 13. Name the simple personal pr< nouns? 1 14. How are tho compound persona 0 formed? 15. What is a relative pronoun ? ? 1(J. Why are the relatives so willed ? 3 17. What is an adjective pronoun, an 1 which of them are declined ? r lb. What are words that affirm callec 3 ID. Of how many words muy a ver 3 consist? 1 20. How many properties havo vert and what are they ? ) GEOGRAPHY. 1. What is a continent ? 3 2. Ilow many continents are thore ? t 3. In what part of the Western (Jonti i nent is North America? 3 4. What is a cape ? . 5. Where is Cape Comorin and int , what water floes it project? . 6. What is tho difference betweon i -1 C'ontioet and an Island? 3 7. What are the names of the natorf * j divisions of land ? 1 < 0. >> mil tiru pumiuui ui viaiuiia i t y. What mountain ranges are tUerc i . sbo Eastern Hemisphere ? r JO. How many oceans are there? 11. Wnat gulls are there on the Easter F: Hemisphere? ) 12. What are the names of the naturs [ i divisions of tho water? -I 13. What is a sound? ) 11. What is a sea? r I 15. What rivers are on the Eastern Con . j tinent ? t| 10. What is a Peninsula and how cm jyou tell a peninsula from an Island? , 17. Of what does Is'orth America form; ! | pari? i 18. Whfft raugo of mountains are in tfr I Eastern and what range in the Wcstcri I part of tho United States ? ) I l'J. What large lakes lie on the North '! crn boundary of the United Suites, an< " j which of them is tho largest? "| 20. What are the countries of XorH I; America ? Mention tho capital city o j each. * 'J11. J_.'J ?? Correct the spelling in the sentences: 1. A rightful air. 2. Ark of a circle. 3. A bear nrtn. 4. The bow of a tree. ">. A deer price. G. A sight for a new church. 7. A glairo of light. 8. A great feet. !?. The bird due away. 10. He rote 1 a letter. ARITHMETIC. / 1. What is a unit? 2. What is a number ? 3. What is arithmetic ? 4. What is an abstract number? 5. What is a concrete number? , (>. What is a sign ? 7. What is a rule? 1 8. Express in figures, Four hundred fifty thousand thirty-nine. 2 0. What is the sum of one thousand six hundred and titty-six, eight hundred and ll nine, three hundred and ton, and ninetyfour? 10. What is the difference between two ? million seven thousand and eiuhteen.and one hundred five thousand and seventeen, e 11. Multiply filly million ten thousand seventy, by sixty-four thousand. 12. flow many bushels of oats at 40 ,? cents if bushel must be given for 1000 bushels of wheat at 7;"> cents <t bushel ? i 13. If 250 bo multiplied by 25, the product diminished by 1?2.3, ancl the remaine dor divided by 3o, what will be the qUOfin.if ? - "14." A has 8120, B $210, and C 33S4; they agree to purchase tows at the highest i price per head, that will allow each man e to invest all his money, how many cows can cach man purchase ? , ii. 15. How many days work, at 75 cents a day, will pay for 115 bushels of corn at 50 0 cents a bushel? 1?5, What is the sum of 1252, 9G?, and 483? 17. Add together 5.018, 171.10, S8.133, d 1113.G, .0045G, and 14.178. 8 1H. From 81.35 take rt.07885fi. y 111. Multiply eighty-seven thousandths bv fifteen millionth*. 20. Divide 183.375 by 489. My Wife. , BY MIGNONETTE, 1 I have not found her. but I know That somewhere 011 the fruitful earth * The sturs of love and Jc.v have suns; Their welcome to her happy birth. I have not found her, yet I know llow ywir by year the gentle clays Have led her up, through light und shade, The lovely heights of woman ways. I ilreiim her oyes fire softly ilnrlt. Hut whether dark or heavenly bloc, 0 I know the light within them is My life's North.Stur?so bright and true! e I dream her mouth is sweetly proud. Roticcnt?since It waits for me; And 'round her brow her brown hair lies, i. In perfumed wavelets, light and free. Of voice, and hand, and lightsome step, The bllssfuf kisses of her mouth, 3 I dream?as one who, winter-bound, Dreams ever of the radianl South. I have not found her, yet I shall, a Though fate seems coldly todelor; She is my own, and I will keep My life all pure and true for her. in mm i- . IX accordance with the Supply mil, approved February 20th. lfW, the 1 reasurer's of-1 lice will be open for the collection of Taxes is from May 1st to June 1st, 1SS0. The rate per centum of taxes Is as follows: y State purposes 4% Mills, ? _ County (current), .1 " 3- County, past Indebtedness.... " Schools - 2 " 9 10 Tbtal W/i Mills. 1 Poll Tax one doJlar. % h Tax payors hnvc tho privilege of paying In two installments, the first Installment In May . and I ho second from the 15th of September to J the 31st of October. They cau pay all In May If they desire. " . If the first installment he not paid in May a y ^penalty of live per centum will be added. ; Taxes *e payable In the following kinds of; to funds aim no other : n Gold and silver coin, T'nited States Currency and National IJ/iiik notes. n All information desired us to taxes freely given by mail or otherwise. J. W. Perrin, i- 71 County Treasurer. Treasurer's Ofllcn, ) >s April 7, ISSi), It. / i0 State of South Caroliua, County of Abbeville. IN Till-: COMMON PLEAS. 1- 1 ! summons ? fou kk1.tkf. ? f Complaint vol' JSC?tc</J it Wm. P. Kennedy, Archibald K. Watson, ig riuintiirs, 0^ * against Eli7-ahol.il Raskin. Mary Hester, Ann Mc1" Comb. M. O. Taggart. J as. Taggurt, Jane E. Tait-uirt, Eugene C. Taggart, IJlla M. Tagiu Bart, James E. Taggart. Win. 8. 1'nggart, Tho nas 0. Taggart, John L. Taggnrt, lienk ry H. Taggart.'Hurn well L. Taggart, Minnie L. Taggart, Defendants. u I To the Defendants Elizabeth BasUln, Mnry ' Hester, Ann McComb, M. C. Taggart, Jas. e| Taggart. Jane E. Taggart, Eugene C. TagI gart, Eila M. Tacgart, James E. Taggart, le J Win. S. Taggart, Thomas U. Taggart, John ;lt, I I.. Taggarl. Henry It. Tassart, Barnwell L. I Tuggart, .Minnie S.-Taggart. , 'o! VolJ ARK HEREBY SUMMONED andreL I I quired to answer the complaint in this , | action, which is liled in the oflice of the Oterk I" of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to rs serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their oflice. Abbe,r I villc C. II., H. f'., within twenty days alter the .. i service hereof, exclusive of the day of such 111 service ; and If you fail to answer the com1 plaint within the time aforesaid, the plain 10 j tills in this action will apply to tho Court for ts the relief demanded In tho complaint. ,V Dated April 5th, l:?l>. 11 I'AltKER & McC.OWAN, Plaintiff's Attorney. rs! >r I , I To Ann McComb and Eugene C. Taggart, ab"*> j sent Defendants, TlA KE NOTICE?That the summons in this )6 I case of which above is a copy with the eonilo j plaint, has this day been tiled in the office Jof Clen; of Court Common Pleas for Abbeville I I IVinntv. Stmit.h f':irr>lInn. ln PARKER & McGOWAN. | ig April 5, 1880. 6t lllPllil - SPECIA1JI0TICE. - Not in Store, Anil lo Arrive, .? The Largest Stock, The Largest Stock OF 'o Dress Goods! * 3 Dress Goods!! ls Dress Trimmings! Dress Trimmings!! d Millinery! Millinery!! b Rufflings! ?s Rufflings!! i juaueu ; Laces!! Gloves! Gloves!! 0 Hosiery! # Hosiery!! Ladies Shoes! | Ladies Shoes!!, n Ever offered by us to the ? LADIES OF ABBEVILLE. J /^UR STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE. WE "|\y take this opportunity of thanking 1 our friends and the public generally for the j liberal patronage bestowed' upon lis in the' past, and Will spare no pains to merit a con- j | tinuance of the same. Respectfully, j R, M, Haddon & Co. j j aiflrcn iv, lau. ,J " btJT AI.TNEN HUIT inmie up fn eiezant style,! as chcap as material cau be bobghi for j i anywhere else, at the Emporium of Fashions.-j April 7, 1SS0. | Presbyterian Hymn Books, t'l i T Com mi tiro's 1,1st Prices, nt " A. C UN XI is* Oil AM & TEMrLLTON'S. On Exh A COMPLE' OTh You have but to look, t t Large and W< Prices always guaran your wants w. jumj sjdl March 31, 18S0 . j . m.i l'- , ? Scott's Cod Liver Oil Emul- | sion. \ CAMMS' COD LIVER OIL EMULSION. Pure Cod Liver Oil. Pure Mult. Edwin Parker. April 7th 1880,2m _ _ ~ R. W. Cannon, ABBEVILLE, S. C., [ ^GEXT for 1 SWEEPSTAKES SEPARATORS, BIGELOW ENGINES, FABQUHAR SEPARATORS, BUCKEYE REAPERS and MOWERS, And all kinds of plantation machinery, Belting, Aose, Ac. Terms liberal and good dlsca tints for cash. Cull or write for circulars. March 31 lShO Effervescing Solution. ClITRATE MAGNESIA. I ? / EDWIN PARKER. t Mnrch 32, 1880. i SPRING BEDS. 1TIE "146" price from 83 to SO; the"Invis:orator" S3. The price of the above Bed* brines them within the reach of all persons; place t hem on all your beds for the comfort of yourselves and your friends, for sale at r _ J. D- Chalmers. iiiarcn in, icvM/, u "last of the season, ONE CAR-LCAB . Ill III, Just Received by benj. s. barnwell. : March 31, 1S80. Livingston Indelible Tablet. ' fiiTTK host known combination for lunrkincr 1 any cloth fabric. Edwin Parker's. Mnrch 31, ISfiO. VALERIAS ARCARNUM. < FORbeautifying and preserving the com-! plexlon. Hc-iuoveji frccltlcs, pimples, tail I and sunburn. 1 Edwin Parker. March .11,1SS0, 11 State of South Carolina, i County of Abbeville. Probate Court?Citation for Letters of Admin j Istrntlon. ! IJy J. Fuller Lyon, Esq., Probate Judge j I "TTTHEREAS, Martin O. Zeigler, as C. 11 W C. P., 1ms made suit to nic, to j ". nnt liiin T.ntn?r? tif Administration ofi the Estate and ell'ects of A. A. Wilfiams, j late oi' Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admoni is!i all and singular the Kindred and cred- J itors of the said A, A. Williams, de-j ceased, that 'they be and appear, before | me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at! | Abbeville C. JL, on Saturday the 8 day of' I May, 1880, after publication hereof, at1 111 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause j i if any they have, why the said Adminisj tration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 30th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eightv, and in the one hundred and fourth year of American Independence. Published on the 31sc day of March 1880, in the Pretm and Banner and on the Court House door for the time required by law. J. FULLER LYON, Judge of Probate. _March 31, 18S0, fit. ffcnmiMrn 1U UUtfiiUJJULUU No. 2 Granite Range, DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE. WE hnvp in Store ALWAYS a FULL and well assorted stock of goods, to which ] wc Invite your attention. We guarantee ( quality of Goods also prices. Give us a Call. April 7, retso. CHILDREN CARRIAGES" ' MARULK TOP TABLES. Marble Top Jlu- j reaus, and Chairs of all kinds for sale i cheap at J. D. Chalmers. Merch 10,1880, tf BONESET BOURBON TONIC, nUIIS Tonic Is recommended for [ndljresiion ? X and Its attendant Ills, and as a preventive of Malurlai Diseases. The material used is of the highest grade of excellence. Nothing out _ _?.? Aim lM'.ulncn 1L tllllll'DIU l\l'IU(ICI\i nmnn; v?t? richness of flavor nnd a generous stimulant effect like this. Nothing but a blending of hotnogencouHnnd wholesome tonics in just proportion can produceso grateful a stomachic as this, which is the Finest, the most whole some, and the best tonic in the world. For sale by J. Knox & Co. April 26. 18S0. New Lot of Hand Made Shoes JUST received and lor sale by QUARLES & GO. April l>>, 1SS0. GOOD MEAL. IF You want good meal send your corn to Chfpley's mill at l>h<i?nix. Corn "chopped" for stock, at the twentieth. The mill I grinds on Tuesdays and Fridays. .March 3. 1SS0. :im. j CLOVER SEELS. i i K sSjd/oihim?S iSfUX < VEK I. __ February ii. i.vo. Edwin Parker. I SEEDS~ !) umlFlo\\\-r%ccd*''Cclcbratcd G:ir^cn IjJ __Febnmry ll, mso. W*n ^^kor, SCHOOL BOOKS' l AT I ai February Ji, i&S^W^n barker's. j 0 4 ibition! [E STOCK in hods. . o see that oar stock is ell Selected. teed. Call and get Supplied. ITH & SON. mm: < Take Notice. JPECIAL IXDUCKMF.NTS offered to C.nb*. j Cheaper than last year. Htnndard Brands Flilch have been largely uiwd and teated. Jive us a call before buying elsewhere, It may ie we can save you money. w. JoeismitUtt son. January 28, 1S?0. mm rHE Guano Companies all report their stock of \cl(l Phosphate VERY SHORT, nid feartber will not ne able to supply the lemand. .r PAYS, YOU KNOW It doe*, iccause you have TRIED It. Come in and get vbat you need before you are shared out. W. Joel Smith A Son. January 28, 1880. SPRING BEDS PHE "Invlgorator,'.' $3.00; the No. "140" J Sti.OO. The above goods are very low In price?get one aud make your bed a comfort it J. D. CHALMERS. Feb 11,1880, tf ' Mantua-Making -BYMISS LYDIA TAGGART, -AT- " . RRTirr'QHnTFr. WJLIV VIU k/HVl MM I ^HK Is now prepared todo all DREHS-MAKn IN(i In the best and Intent ftylc*. Batl?factlon guaranteed, or no charge. CUTTING A SPECIALTY.' April 28, 18S0, tf f >RGQUET SETS. at S1.75 eacli. U EDWIN PARKER. Aprlh 21, 1880. Holme's Linimment or Mother's Relief. FOR expediting confinement, nlw>, Brad? fields Female Restoi^tlve Phllotokeu, Jlarks female pills, <tc. EDWIN PARKER. Aorlt 21,1880. E. T. VIETT, MONUMENTAL MARBLE AND GRANITE \VOB KB, " J Office 49, Workshops 57 Broad Street CHARLESTON'S. C. April 21,18SO. t;: . Riding Saw Machines. rpIIBsubscriber, agent for the wile of W. W. 1 Host wick & Co's HIDING HAW MA- ? CHINES In Abbeville County, will exhibit the same In operation nnd furnIM] circular* Ac., on application to him at Abbeville Court House. J W. Lesly, April 21,1880. Be Wise. SEfTRE at once on<! of tlie Blood Pur!Acre and Summer Tonics, to cure the variau* approaching diseases, and then you will not starve so many of-the angels of the earth, "The M. D's." EDWIN PARKER. April 21, 1880. Special Notice, THE Ladles will find many new slmpes In Hats, by calllugat once on R. M. HADDON & CO. April 21, 1880. Special Notice. OUK Stock of Millinery and fancy good* In still very full, besides we arc receiving new goods almost dully. The ladles will find our stock complete In every department. It. M. IiADDGN" & CO. April 21, 1880. Fresh soda crackers, fresh gin*- . ? gcr snaps, at QUARLES & CO"8. s * Aprl l-ti, 1S80. w ^ Notice to Trespassers. I HEREBY forewarn all persons from paw Inj? over my land* other than by the public roads, as all such Intruders may expect to sutler the penalty of the law. ROBEIOT McADAMS. April 14. 1880. 4t , , tor rHE Latest novelties In Dress Goods. WhltoGoods. Laces, Trimming Silk, Buttons, r. t ??n Mitfa fi]av'/k Tfn?lorv_ PHUSt, 1 IJIWU', 'nrasnls, Ac., be sure to look, befoi e purcbilsng,ntthe Emporium of Fashions. April 7, 18S0. THE GEISEE GRAIN SEPARATOR, Stands Pre-eminently above all others in Merit. ~)ERSONS desiring to buy the Best GRAIN SEPARATOR In the world or the heat ii proved PORTA MLK STKAM ENGINES lould cull on tnc before purchasing. JOHN KNOX, Agent. April M, 1880, -? * lake your home lovely and attractive. HAVE the largest collectionsofbenutllfc pictures in itic wnoie country; spienaia , Icturcs with IVi inch gilt, and walnut frames y ul pictures for-it) cents and upwards. Ful? no of mouldings forframerf, also, large lot of val Frames, all sizes. J. D.-CHAllSIERSV March 10,18S0, tf 1