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Bight Tilings Well Said - AX ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO TH! MEMORY OF FALLEN" COMRADESSpeech of .Jiidirc Hc'iowaii at the Re ii!iion of tl'c Twelfth Son Hi Carolin Regiment, Yorkville Anjuid 2(J isse. J'Viriufx and FcHntv Citizen* Oi account of the position in which now find myself, I have hesitate! whether I oulrht to appear before yoi to-day, but when r remembered tiia these* a re my old comrades, who neve failed to come up to time; whose kin< invitation I accepted more than a yea ago, I concluded that nothing shouh prevent me from fulfilling the engage ment as best I could under eircum stances of great pressure. The battle of Clneronea had beei lost and Greece conquered by Alcxan der, and he had turned his resistles career of conquest upon Asia, whei Demosthenes, in the last greatest ellbr of his life, made that splendid apos trophe to the forefathers of the Athe iiians which will live as long as lan guage shall endure. Taunted l>; yl&schines with the failure of his measures in resisting Alexander, the grea orator, standing on the defensive, will the dignity of conscious patriolisn and all the enthusiasm of his nature exclaimed, "If the results had beei foreknown to all, if all had foreseei them, not even then should the Com . monwealth have abamloiml her de :e |,.?l r??r;ii-(l f?r irlol'V ?Mgll, U 5I1C ....j . for ancestry or futurity. As it is, sin appears to have failed in her enter ?>rise?a thing to which all mankind i iable if the J)eity so wills it. J>u never, never can you have dom Wrong, O Athenians! in uudertak iny the battle for the freedom and safe ty of all. I swear it by your forefa thers? those that met the peril a Marathon?thoso that took the field a l'latea?those in the sea-tight at Sala mis, and those at Artemisium, am many other brave men who rc|M>se ii the public monuments, all of whon alike as being worthy of the sam honor, the country buried! Justly For the duty of brave men has beei done by all. Their fortune has beei such as the Deity assigned to each.' Let 110 one suppose that it may not b proner on the part of the living a well as useful to those who are to com - 1; rcvinmK,.,!n#?r aiicr us, luaigiiaii/.twiu admiration, and love of comrades who died in obedience to the com mands of their State only for the ion eon that the struggle in which the; fell was unsuccessful and their cans was a "lost cause." It is not just a! ways to judge from the event. Sue cess is not the infallible test of right For some far-seeing purpose of Provi dence many honorable dibits in th history of the world have been allow ed to fail and end in disaster. Heue there are occasions in the nflairs o States as well as of individuals, whei . iiigher considerations should govern than those touching the mere chance of success. Undoubtedly theseshouh be considered in all questions of expo diency, but still they are comparative ]y insignificant, when they come it conflict with the principles of eterna ' truth, justice, and right. ?Leonida and 1>Im little band, in order to defeu< theirState from invasion and conquest advanced beyond the limits of Sparta took post in the mountains of Tnessa ly and there died. So far as the resul was concerned Therniopyhe was at unsuccessful battle, but in thewhol range of liistory there is no account o men more deserving of remeinbranc* and honor, and no monument eve erected has had more influence in in ppiring devotion and thrilling witl sentiments of patriotism the heartso men, than that with the simple epi . taph, "Stranger, tell it at Lacedeinoi > that we died here in obedience to he: ? laws." CONFEDERACY FAILED. ' The effort on the part of the South voro States to establish a separate (?ov v ernaient failed. We do not propose t? ' 'TOalvff any reference to the reasons fo vtiidteng that effort or the causes of it: lailirre. These would be interestini /" Amoft. but not annronriate here. Iti: -enough to say that South Carolina, ii * common with the Confederate .States 'tinited in that struggle. As a sover eign Kir te and the common mother o .' US all.-fehe reared aloft herstandan * . 'and eaifad upon every son of hers t< i-support her standard and to defeiu ?: Iter soil. That standard, then, as now <;had upon it no stain of dishonor. I ^would liave been treason to disobey Every loyal son of Iters buckled 01 ijiis armor and answered tlie summons - Jin doing so, who will venture to saj . J that they were not in the l ine of dutj -and honor? The whole South, anima \ted by the same spirit became an arm ed camp and made a defence which as tonished the world. After varyinj fortune of victory and defeat; at ter super-human 'efforts, on the par of our whole people, men, women, ant children, the banner of the New Stat went down forever. / The armies of the Confederacy wen surrendered. That of Northern Yir ginia folded its battle flags and wa -parolled at Appomattax, April U, lSOo und the relics of that grand old arm; wended their way, as best they couhi back to their desolate homes. Thi was the closing act in the long blood1 drama. It has often struck me tha the soldiers who ha?l composed tlia army, which then suddenly ceased t exist, presented one of the most touch Jng scenes in all history?one Jit fk> the greatest master-piece of the poe or painter. Veterans of the war sprinkled here and therewith raw bo] recruits?victors of a hundred fieldsjiow disbanded .-?without a genera to command or an army to muster in and without a cause to defend or gov ernment to serve:?orphans, indeed without guns in their hands or organi zation of any kind, with no banner Hying or drums beating or any of tin "pomp and circumstance of gloriou war''to which they had so long been ac customed :?their property destroyed their country in the possession of th spoiler, and themselves under th ban of treason, without bread t eat, and almost without hope in th heart, strangers in the land of thei birth, penniless, friendless and home less, trudging their way on fool through mud and mir?, over hill an dale, back to thn places in the f:i South, some in one .State and some i another, which in happy days ha tlwii r Iinmft: "Whore otico their pleasant hamlets slooc Were heaps of ashes slaked in blood. GOOD CITIZENS. Most of tliem finally reached th places from which they had gone fort full of buoyant ioy and hope, bu oh! how changed. The land ha been swept as with the besom of tit fctruction. We promised at Appomal tox to support law and order, to Li quiet, good citizens. Under the great est provocations and exasperations w have done it, and mean still to do s< \Vo have accepted the results i the war in good faith. Our State in common with the other Souther States, has relapsed into her forme condition of union under oue govern went, and we are firmly resolved t do nothing to disturb the harmony c that government or to retard its pros perity, but on the contrary todoal that in us lies to promote both. W I J * - ? Krt t /^l, can tlltf wunu l?i w uuwa iuac vn soldiers of the Confederacy have bcei as faithful to their obligations in peaa as they were to what they con ceived to be their duty in time of war As common citizens of a common gov ernment we ask the rights and privi leges which belong to citizens and w< nsK no more. Give us thisand we un dertake to maintain that banner o stars, which is our banner; and if neces sary to defend with our lives this country, which is our country. Foi the performance of these things then ere the strongest securities. 11 is bot 1 our interest and our duty. We pledge a word which was never falsified ant we give a hand which has never be> trayed. We are resolved to do oui whole duty as good citizens withou any mental reservation, qualification or condition whatever. But while this is true we can no consent to dishonor the cause foi which we fought or write "traitor" or the graves of our dead companions (Jod forbid ! We are not conscious o liaviug done any tiling which sLoulc c j.yui^v?wjtsga n i i? m *T?e Xeat-^T^UI^^WAXK^TTJ . " " " '"V i. j inducc the feeling of guilt. "\Vc know | it . that we were honest ami followed lion- h est convictions at the risk of life and di all that life holds dear. Devotion to ai the death has generally been regarded a jas the highest evidence of sincerity s and in all ages and countries has made c . martyrs, patriots, and heroes. Weill claim the right ot individual judg-; n ment, but yield, the same to those who tl '? diller from us. We respect the opiu- n J ions of others which have been hath-1 1) Jed in blood, and we demand the same b I for our own, tried in the furnace! e: I "seven times iieated," without shame; <1 i or self-reproach or sense of inferiority | p i! to living mau. We claim the privi-i t( I- lege of exercising the common rights; & 1 of humanity. We claim the man- tl i- hood right to remember those?llcsh j 1 of our liesh and bone of our bone?j li . who struggled w ith us and for lis, to; it . spurn all imputations upon their hon-jsi or or patriotism, and to hold them in is i our heart of hearts forever, whether j 15 . they are stili living, and hobblingjw si about aniiini; us on crutches, or lie in ; .M 1 ' 1....I ....I., l... Hi. i ii i ] tinKnown graves, mmiwu ?mi:? .v ... .. t tie grassy mounds on mountain sides; di or by lonely brooks, in dark glens or, tl . unbroken forests, from '.Jettysburg to 1st . the Jiio (Jrande. | I" Yi TWKLVTir RKOIMKXT. I j( ?j My friends, This is the 2'Hli day of j h J August: ? the anniversary oflS( 'the formation of the Twelfth Ke^i-jn: iinent South Carolina Infantry, in them '!great struggle to which we have refer-, |< i red. It is also l?v a striking coinei-1?;? Idence the anniversary of the battle of! ir JChurubusco in Mexico, where South I ]j j Carolina was well represented, and the| JJ first eolonel of the Twelfth Ke^iment,' tl . i Ceneral Dunovant, distinguished hi in- j w ~ I self. We are here as survivors of tiiejc ^ Twelfth Regiment for the first time|T J since the war?after long separation : _ j we have met to shake once more the! j hand of fellowship,?to look into each others f:icc.s,?to talk over the past,?to J t j learn how many have fallen by the 1 t j way,?to call the roll, and, if we can do ? J no more, to drop a silent tear to the!" i j memory of comrades who have recciv-j ! ed their furloughs. }n , It is well! For some lime after the|s< t. war, from the peculiar condition of 11 i the country, it was not considered pru-j,( j dent for the failing party to have re- 11 ciifvivinf* <r?l 11 i ni'< nf f 111? ' > I war. It might have had a tendency jc< I to keep alive the passions engendered , P s! by the f-trife, which nogood citizen do-1 j! J. sired. It might have been supposed to 1 , be the beginning of anew rebellion, j ^ .'! Hut that condition of things has hap- t! '! pily passed away.-I hope the time j" , has cimie when we can have re-unions! " ' I of old Confederate soldiers in peace *' Maud without creating the least suspi-j _ don of want of fidelity or loyalty to j'1, ! the government. As I have cl>c where j * said, the just and brave every where,; J1 * i and especially all the old soldiers on j L.; both sides, whether they "worethei"1 _ i blue or tlie gray," respect honest con- j111 L. vietions baptized in blood. I venture;111 j*J to predict that this will be the univer-! 11 I sal voice of the whole country and ofja| | the world as soon as the clouds of NV i prejudice aud passion shall have rollj i ed away. 11; J Such'meetings arc not only crcdifa- )v _ | ble to the sentiments of the heart, but " * | are pleasant socially and may he use- j u I fill. They aftord an opportunity to re-'01 _ ] fall the scenes of the past, to recount: n] I j the incidents of the march, thei^' ! bivouac and the battle, "hair-breadih ' j 'scapes by Hood and field," and to per-, ^ ' j form the grateful duty of twining.^ j |cha])lets for the beloved dead. "The " , sad sweet offices that breathing owes to!.. I breathless humanity, can only dignify j1 j-iand bless." It is useful to record witlij01 , j public approbation deeds of patriotic'.. rj heroism. .Such demonstrations perform I:. .[the double office of eulogiutn and ex-,!! (I hortation, of rewarding past perform-! I fiance and stimulating future effort.!. . j Exhibitions of this character hcaj? live ' , [coals upon virtuous ambition, and ex- j ?. pjcite in the citizen that glowing mili- 81 : tarvspirit, which, notwithstandingoc-! I casional sucers at "the chivalry," we i11 j believe to be the very soul oVinde-ij1' - j pendencc and liberty. j -i I congratulate the survivors upon:. > | this demonstration. | r We have present as the principal ' s i figures iu the picture our kind ho.-ts, ^ jjlo whom we are indebted for this' . - I pleasure,?the battle scarred veterans: I I rp... .inu 4l... 01 ? 01 ilie gioriouj?tun 1 iaiuii, iuumhk tjn, j lirst to lead the way in having a re-' union of all the survivors, as it was1 f the foremost in the charge in many a! i well fought field. Welcome, friends!;. > No association produces deeper senti-1 / 1 j mentsof afl'eetion than that of brother! ,! soldiers, whose common toils and Puf-i?, t|ferings, common hopes and fears,!: common triumphs and disasters, unite ! i; in bonds of affection which can be. ^ .'broken only by the strong hand of J'; I death. Welcome, comrades of the : n lines and tented field in times that;.', -j tried men's soulssurvivors not only! V -{of the war but of lost hopes and deal, -i friends, whose erect forms and beam-:., zjing faces arc sadly absent from this . * i pageant. j ' t We are thankful that you at least jy 1; are with lis, that you have comedown ' e to us as the connecting link between!/, J this and the past which must ccr-V c tainly hereafter be regarded as the ne-! roie generation. j J s | We are thankful that you have been I >,{spared to us and allowed to behold ' v i litis day to witness the restoration of j, , | blessed peace, and your children, al-i s| though much reduced, beginning lo ' y j enjoy the prosperity which llows from .| t: good" government, and to receive In! 11 your own persons the thanks, admira-' o; tion and love of a grateful country. L -} We have present, also, the remnants ; riof all the military organizations I < t ] which were in the war from this coun-l , ity, who are here in sympathy with; ; j the survivors of the Twelfth, to join ,| -; iall the duties and enjoyments of! lithe occasion. York County sent to.j ,' the war more men than were consid-: V( -jered necessary in the days of Wash-I . ;; ington to make a respectable army in ' - themselves. As well as J can ascers'tain she contributed to the Fifth Regi-i^ ejment three companies, to the Sixth' s three companies, to the Twelfth three, - companies, to the Seventeenth four , j companies, to the Eighteenth three'o1 e companies, to the Twenty-fourth one j e company; largely to the celebrated " battery known as "Hart's llorse Ar-,t|, e'tillery," to the mounted Hampton Ik i' Legion, and to Black's t'avalrv; mak-1 '- ing at least twenty-one companies,1 J.J t, J besides unorganized individuals who m d'went into other commands and ren-'4'.1 r; ilered st-rvice conspicuously in the itn-' ,V, n ; mortal defence of Fort Sumter. These c: d companies with recruits from time to110 time would probably aggregate two! . ! thousand sonsof York, who left home' 'i and friends and perilled all unon the A ' field of battle. Glorious old county,' j populated to a large extent by that! e! hardy Scotch-Irish stock, which in all Cl h J ages and countries, has been distin-i?. it guislied for tenacity of purpose, devo- 11 (1 tion to the principle of liberty, and J* >-! gallantry in the field. True to her , t-i historic name and her character as the! e 'defender of thelled Rose of York, she! J-*! t- presents to history this roll of honor,: e which adds even to the fame of a " ). county, which includes within its >f limits*King's Mountain, whose glory j J' >, is as firmly established as the everlast-' . n ing foundations of the mountain on v r which it was achieved. j ^ i-i It would be inn>oss,blo on anocea-j, 0 sion of this kind to give anything, if like a history of the Twelfth Kegi-j .rt i-jment or tell half its gallant deeds. |. l'That would require a volume. If 11 ej we were to undertake it we could not n5 \ escape innumerable sins of both com-l ^ 1 j mission and omission. It is to bej 31 honed that the Survivors'Association ' tn -. will collect the facts for some future ji,, . | historian. It would be a ricli subject <J| -1 for pen or pencil. Surely there will J" -j arise some descendant of the aotors to ti< j record their achievements. We can ; -(only state in goueral terms the exact,fj fi truth, that the Twelfth Regiment was'in - one of the finest of that immortal ?" i army commanded by the peerless Lee, r distinguished alike by its good eon-|?i t duet in camp and its gallantry in the J"" i field. It was composed of ten com- j'J *j panics, one from Iliehland, two from nr I i Pickens, two from Fairfield, two from ,^r - Lancaster ami three from York. Or-jJ,1,' r ganized originally by the election of *; t It. (J. M. Dunovant as Colonel, Dixon , H. Larnes as Lieutenant-Colonel andjp? Cadwallader Jones as Major. I have; an t always thought that the good conduct; Mi rj of the regiment and its remarkablej ft" i steadiness under fire, were largely due' be . to the high soldierly qualities of (he t gentlemen named as its first Held ofli- /prf i j oers. Col. Duuovaut hud seen service(fifi twtmmmmaiaam mm ?awmmmm nmm wn 1 Mexico. Licu'enant-Colonel Barnes :ul a remarkableaptitude for drill un< iscipline; and Major Jones in ton< ml hearing was a horn soldier. It i great mistake to suppose that any as chit ion of men without disciplim in make a good reuiment, no matte ow brave ihe individual member: lay he. Citiz.-n soldiers fre-di Iron ic pursuits ?>f civil life, especial!} ced tin1 iron hand of discipline. Col unovant soon resigned and IJarne L'catne colonel and he devoted all hi: ipacity and energies to the care am iscipline of the regiment. In tin rogress of the war many change: >ok j 1 lace from casualties, promotion: e. Other good officers coinniandei ie regiment, Jones, Miller, Jiookter lyhurn, C'arrand Hell, hut it is be eved that it never lost the e!Iect o searly training. The lirst iiupres 0:1s are always the most la-ting. I unnecessary to say that the Twelftl cgiiuent was' in every battle ii Iiich I he brigade was engaged iron [cehanic>ville to Sutherland's Sta <>n. No one knew it better than I it!, and I always regarded it one o it* best regiments in the ('onfederati rviee. (Jenerallv selected for th< i>st of greatest danger, thegallan welfth never failed. Some genera lea of the services of this model l eg nent may be formed from the simph atemeiitof the casualties in its com landingoflicers, which is noexagger ed expression of the comparativ< isses of 1 lie whole regiment. Threi >lone!s fell at the head of the regi lent while leading it to viotoryarnes, Miller and Bookter. The Twelfth was always a part o ie brigade known at lirst "as (iregg's 4 ! 1 - ? * ! ..-1 - ~ C LJ,... I 1 men wHscoiiipiiscui'iiiia'^vui o?uu arolinians, viz: the First, Twelfth hirtcenth, Fourteenth and Orr' .cgiment of Itifles. Tin-: old brigade. This brings in view the old Jirigade i it.s presence let us pause! Tha orious body of men with whom, b; ly ami night, in summer and in win ;r, in scorching heats and in col< tin, sleet and snow, in jov and ii ?rrow, in victory and iii defeat w lurched, ru tiered, Ji lingered am light. Who, that was a member o iat command and now survives, cai ?call without emotion that little l?n impact body of brothers as they ap cared in the camp, on the march, o 1 the deep column or the lengthcnc< no of battle? Memory delights ti ring them hack to me at the hour o ay-break, when tliey were in the ac (" breaking camp and renewing f<> ie day the business of march in; nd fighting. The whole scene is be ire me. The gray streaks of morn ig are just appearing in the Fast he tield and stud' arc mounted, ear the strains of Seagle's band am ie drums beat to arms, and 1 see tin liferent regiments forming am lurching into line. The Jirigade a1 i organization has ceased to exist - has passed away forever, but then *e memories connected with it wliicl ill never die. The Brigade was formed about tin liddlcof June, 18(52, while the arm} 'us before Richmond. It was placet i the Light Division of A. P. Hiil hieh was a part of the famous corp: f Stonewall Jackson, who in hi: lardics never seemed to remembe hcther he coinmanded infantry o ivalry, and hence known as the"foo iva'.ry." This corps was part of tin rand oh! army of Northern Virginia hieh as Swinton the historian says ['arricd for four years the fortunes o le Confederate South upon the point: f its bayonets." The old Brigade was present at al ic great battles of Virginia from tlx rst struggle before Richmond unti iey fired the 1 ist shot at Appomattox : is not believed that any vimila >dy of men fresh from the comfoifc !' home, ever fought more battles, as steel in gaining more victoriesagains iperior numbers, or endured mon i the same period. Their record i: i>t inferior to that of any military :>dy ever organized, not excepting nil of the OldUuard of Napoleon o lat of tlie Tenth Legion of C;e?ar bis is making a strong statement bu e believe it can be maintained, li ireeyears, wlio.sesummers were spen i constant marching or fighting with nt supports, reserves or reliefs, am hose Virginia winters were passed i? mstant exposure and unremitting >iI, five reginn nts, never having fiv< lousand men in the ranks, lost it vttie 1290, from disease 1129 and Iron iseharges for disability 1151 men i iking the startling aggregate o iore than three-fourths of theirorig uil number. It is matter of recon d;en officially in the last days of it Kistence, that very nearly every mat ten In the ranks had boon woundei nee, twice or three times, so that ii io little remnant of true men, win ood firm to the last and witnessei Ihy huge eclipse" of Appomattox i crc were move near# than musket is .tid at that time the Brigade was 011 f the largest that was surrendered are informed that there was onl; ue larger, and that was another Souti arolina brigade then so well and gal inly commanded by General Join iratton. During the winter of lSfio-l th rmy Jay on the banks of the Kapidai 1 Orange County. J t was a hard win >r. Many had fallen in the prcviou impaign. The end seemed to be m carer. The clouds were gathcrin; lick and fast and as misfortunes al ays come in battalions, it was claim 1 that the three years term of servic f the soldiers had expired. Jn thi mergency, in one of the darkes ours of the struggle, the members o le old Brigade voluntarily came for ard and unanimously re-enlisted fa ic war. This act thrilled thewhol rmy and inspired fresh courage. iglier exhibition of self-sacrifice, de otion or moral courage, was ever giv j ny men. 1 tie i onieucrate L.'on ress passed resolutions of than Us, th riginal manuscript of which, by th indncss or a friend, is now in nv ossession. thanks of confederate congress. Enrolled Joint resolution of thanks to tin iicers and mon of Metiowan's Brigade. J'csolcctf, by Hi"1 {'oucross of the Confede) ?: states, Hint the thanks of Congress ar i<?and an* hereby tendered to cut's Kitles le First, Twelfth, Thirteen 111 and Fourteen 11 eiiiinents,South Carolina Volunteers, c.iin >siii!r MeGowan's Krlsrade.for their patlioti votioii to (because ol Sotttheru Indepenil ice, as manifested by their recent action aniinousiy reiterating their deterinlnatioi i serve <iurin*r tin- war; in thus rcnewinj leir pledges. after nearly three years of at ions and gallant service, they have met th ipcctatiou of their eon itry and arcentitlei ?its approbation. TII??S. S. IHk'ol'K, Speaker llousiof li<-pr ^i-n ativcs. It. M. T. lll'NTKK, President pmi, of tiic Senate, pproved, February 17, lt'01, .) i-:im:us )N Davis. Tin; cj1 lapse of Hip Confederacy utne .suddenly on the hattlelield, am 11 that account the otTieial reports o le operations of the last great cam aign of 1S04-5 never saw the light tul some of them were never made had thought that it would be inter sting to give some account of one o te most remarkable campaigns o hieli we have any knowledge,?tha onderful wrestle of the gladiators it le ueaiu sn uggle iroiu the wilderucs ) Petersburg, but the subject is to< ast. J cannot, however, resist tlx Muptation to give nn extract of (Jen Wilcox's report in regard to "tin loody angle" at Spottsylvania. JI i< ;pori was lost with his baggage utile lnul previously given ine a cop^ l his own hand writing of so mucli i related to our Brigade, which \va reserved, and is as follows: KXTRACT ltKl'OKT OF CKXKRAJ. WIT-COX. "Artillery and infantry liring was still hear* the leit ou Kwell's front ami this contlnu g with increased violence, the Conmmndiu! uncial directed ine to send n Brigade to t in i])|?ort of that i>art of the line. McGowan'! *ig ule was ordered and reached i;s destinu stiaml went into action about. flU or Id a. in Mnsdireeted by Major-Ueiicral I lodes It tool(Sitloii on the right of his lino In support o urrls'H (Miss.) Urigade, and to ua<ist in till g up the pap on the right, causf'd b.v tin )iture of Johnson's line. McUowan'y Ilrig le was on the left face of tlie salient, whiel id been held by Johnson, its right resting iout one hundred and fifty yards froin tin lleut now hold by the enemy, whoalso occu eil near one hundred yards of the right fac< the salient, in getting into position thi; li?ade was subjected to a terrible tire of bot l: tlllery nail musketry, and lost severely inong the wounded was lis cliivalric com under. * * * * ' I'hu report then goes on to speak of llio op itlons In other parts of tlio Held In which e dlU'ererit Brigades of the Division were gawd and then a train returning to McOow'* Brigade eontinlies.) As previously stated iClowan's Brigade had been ordered to rein con partof Kwe'l's line, and put in posiat on tlio left face of tlio salient that had on held by Johnson's Division. This ISrige was in part intermingled with Harris* lunde, but extending beyond its right and sting against a traverse one hundred and .y ,vurU-> from the salient, the enemy being 51 on the cither side of the traverse nnd cxtendI j ed to thesaiient and then ilown the right face [ II for a hundred yards as thick as they eouM j 3 stand. In front of McUowun was a ravlrC j hihI iiine v.oods, this also occupied hy the; '' enemy in very strong fore*. "! Kiom Sijv, to H) a. in. these two brigades re-j j hiained in this position without supportorrer j lid lill 1 o'clock the next morning,and nil j this nine under an incessant and heavy tiro! *;of inn-Ut'tr.v. On partsof the line the opposl inir lorces were separated only hy tin- parapet ' of the rifle j'its; pistols were used freely hy the I oflleers; the nmskets of the men would often I toneh, and frequently the aim of the rifle s ; would ho checked hy a hlow from the hutt, or I s I a punch from themnzzleor sin opposing nun j ! from t tie oilier side of the InvaMwork. mir ' | men had the direct lire in front, and n raking ?? I lire from tiicfr right Hawk ami rear. There is ^ j no parail'*! to tills ti'.'ht at the t-a'.lcnt in this ; j war, nor any tnal I know recorded in history * j si nee t lie iniroiluet ion of tire arms. Kor eightI j een hours there was no mis;tension of the j musketry lire, cartridges could he brought to 1; the breast works on tliclel', and then passed " i down to the rl^li' hy h ind. and this was done f Mil o ii-nien were withdrawn about l o'clock . in tliol morning to the line in the rear con"jsi runted while tlie light was going on in front, i j The enemy had disappeared from this part of II tin1 liii.-ai day-litrht, and had probably retired . ; a'oout the same time that we did. To appr<-elate properly the severity and In1 : tensity of the lire on this part of the line, I - j mav lie excused for reporting the fnoi that sevI onil small trees were cut down hy the cont lnrj lied striking of the enemy's musket bulls; ' | Ihese trees were ill rear of our line and one of i them an oak twenty-two inches in diameter. ' it was visited afterwards Ity the Adjutant tieneial of the luvlsionand hv one of my t j n'.thx tie cuiiiji and me tsureil. It hud mined | much of the day and the pits were on some _ j partsof the line over ankle *lee]? In water. " | This was reddened hy 1 he Itlood of our fallen J ; f'Mill <11111 iiivni; < >,< ,? . sar.v to remove the rii-jul from Hie pits lo Rive ' more space for the living. The hrljU'le lo?t '! many liravc iiioii and ^aliiitit olllccrs In tiiis I? protracted ticlit." ? Where nil did their duty so well it is *,hard to discriminate, but truth re-j<iuires that we should make one distinction, which I am sure no one will re f j gard as invidiousor uujustand that disi l i net ion isin favor of theprivatesoldier i None deserve so much commendation, i none so covered themselves with glory * as the privates, those hardy men who carried the muskets and bore the heat and burden of the day. They fought not for distinction, ollice or fame, but I j from devotion to country, the instincts .. j of manhood, and the love of their .I dear ones nestling in their distant 1! homes, from whom often came to them , | ill the Held the wail of sorrow. The el monument to the Confederate dead, II which proudly stands in the shadows j-j of the Capitol at Columbia, erected by , j theadVctioiiate and pious gratitude o) jiiioble women, whose inspiration (J _merit is infallible, has elevated in the j., highest place, upon its very summit I ; the life-size statue of a private soldier. : ?a brave true-hearted "Johnny Heb" l ' with all his "accoutrements on," muflj i ket in hand and ready for duty. A r j little bronzed and worn, but looking r i every men a man, mere ue sumus ' | Highland <lay, in fair weather and in J foil), in rain, hail, sleet ami snow, as | was the habit of tho original in serj i vice. That soldier is the representaj: tive of men as noble and true as ever J took the field forborne or country, and j at the same time the correct expression I of tlie universal judgment tiiat the s privates are entitled to the first honor, \ and that he is the right man in the " right place. The battle flags of the regiment did R not aflord space to inscribe the battles . jin which they were engaged. Omitj! ting many nameless a flairs the regi; incuts were entitled to have inscribed ' i upon their banners, Meehaniesville, ^ Gaines'Mill, Frazier's Farm, Slaughter Mountain, Second Manassas, Ox _ 11 till, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, < Bottelers Ford,Fredericksburg, Chan^'ccllorsville, Gettysburg, Snickers "iGap, Wilderness. Spotlsylvania Court ' House, Jericho Ford, Second Cold J- Harbor, Kiddle's Shop, Petersburg, jWeldon Jiailroad, Jones' Farm, Deep ~ j Bottom, Fussell's Mills, JJeanics' Stai tioii, Gravelly lluu and Sutherland^ , Station. 1 The names of their dead would fill jail the tablets of Westminster Abbey, 'r and although they were without coro^! nets or armorial bearings, truer men *! never lived, men who are entitled to [jreceive from their country some such recognition of their truth, virtue and ^ fidelity as the ^roat Abbey gives to , England's immortal dead. 'r To speak only of the officers and ? atafi*. There was the first grand old 1 i commander ? "Brunswick's fated .* chieftain." Maxcy (iregg was a perfect type of his state, linn, unyielding , ami sometimes apparently stern, but always just and conscientious, lie j united the firmness of (,'aln with the courtesy of the chevalier Bayard. r:A lawyer by profession lie was always inclined to a military life, , ;in his manner and modes of thought lie was a soldier. He was : a good disciplinarian and a stranger to j.! fear. He had rendered service in j Mexico as Major of the Twelfth TJegu' lar Infantry and was the very first to ' j tender his sword in the war in which he fell. His heart was thoroughly in . the cause and his spirit delighted in ' I the light. The soul of truth and hon| or he never spoke more sincerely t ban J j when he sent the well known dying declaration "Tell Gov. l'ickcns that if ': I must die, I die cheerfully fur South (* j Carolina." L'j The lirst field officcr, whom the i Brigade lost in battle was Augustus IM. Smith, tiie dashing Lieutenanti Colonel of the First Regiment who "ifell at Cinines' Mill, June 27, 18(12. i Wealthy and prosperous, he was not I ofnly willing but eager to risk all In sustaining his State. Young, hand' some and always splendidly mounted, he was known as "the Murat of the 11 fl 1 < " Tiifli?nnooil on flip liinvii. ^ling of the butt 1 e he should have rc' | uiained at his quarters, hut Ills impa"itient spirit could liOt he restrained "land he fell one of the earliest and 2: most loved and lamented victims of \ the war. Next in the order of time is the i name of Jehu Foster Marshall, Colo"Inel of Orr's Regiment of Killes, a ?j lawyer and politician, the darling of I the people, representing Abbeville in D j the State Senate, lie had seen service "I in the war with Mexicoand was men*) tioned by General Quitman for distin'jguished gallantry at the Helen Gate 0 j in the assault upon the City of Mexico. He fell at the second battle of Manassas, August 25, 1S62. South Carolina sufFured fearfully in that battle, losing six Colonels, Means, Moore, e Gadberry, Glover, Lead better and . Marshall, aud even in such a galaxy, u: she lost no more devoted son than .(Marshall. i.: Memory calls to mind your own lac: mentedColonel Dixon II. Harnes, who j* | was as amiable in private life as he was j impetuous in the field. Wednesday ;j morning, September 17. l<Sf52, the j" I Brigade was at Harper's Ferry. The dj famous fortress had fallen, but orders : came to proceed post-haste to SharpsI burg. The day was hot and the road I was dusty, hut the march was hastenLrnl 4 1... .1 t U S ?1_ I it.. 4 I . >> | uu iiiiu iiiu iiuuuie quii'K uy iiiu inuii| dors of the distant battle on the banks f; of (he Antietam. Tlie Brigade ar 11 rived not a moment too soon, and, ' worn and weary, was thrown into position to resist a think movement the!) . i taking place. The Twelfth made one j of its impetuous charges and Colonel ' Barnes fell. No braver soldier or f 'gentler knight ever bowed his proud f i crest in battle. 11 The campaign of 1803 began with 1' the battle of Chancellorsville, May .3, s; where the Brigade lost two Colonels,? 1 i O. E. Edwards of the Thirteenth and pj James M. J'errin of Orr's Rifles. Col. : Edwards was popular with his regiB j ment and devoted to their comfort. 3 He was commanding the Brigade ?J when he received his mortal wound. ' j He was distinguished at home, having 1 i represented Spartanburg several times ? | in the Legislature, and in the army he fell at the post of duty. IIow shall I speak of his associate in death! ' From long personal friendship coin" meucing in boyhood and extending through college*, a partnership in the ' practice of the law and intimate asso ciauon mrougn me juexican war, i I j cannot irust myself to speak in fitting rj terms of my life-long friend, the devo* ted patriot, gallant soldier and Chris tian gentleman, James M. Perrin. J II can only repeat what Mr. Caldwell in * j his truthful and excellent history of - the Brigade says of him. "The pub-j ' | lie trusted him, his friends loved him, J his lo.ss was deeply regretted through-' . out the Brigade, and his memory nev-j ; er ceased to be cherished." Far in advance on the picket line,! i close under the thunders of Gettys: burg, July 2, fell Capt. W.T.I J Haskell, commanding the battalion of sharpshooters, a modest, gentle, unas" suniing youth, highly educated, both . j in head and heart, kind to others, unsparing of himself, with a body that j never tired and a spirit that never I quailed, no braver man or morclova able character yielded up his life that bloody day. As the war approached its close the death sliot? fell thick and fast. The j Winter Camp on the Rapidan was abandoned May 4, 1804, and the last j great campaign was opened by the | battle in the "Wilderness, May 5, where the gallant Colonel John L. IMiller of tlic Twelfth fell; and the j sound of the cannon in the Wilder! ness had scarcely ceased to reverberlate, when Col. Ji. T. IJrockman of the | rThirfffiitli nml T.inntpn.'inf-f \iln?pl i i \V. P. Shooter of the First, yielded upj I their livesat Spotsylvania on theniorn'ing of May 12; Major T. P. Alston : commanding the First, fell at Jericho | Ford May 21st; Major \V. M. Haddon | commanding Orr's Rifles at Deep ]>ot-i j torn July 28; Colonel E. F. JJookterof I the Twelfth at Jones' Farm .September 30; and on the extreme right of 'the lines at Petersburg, in the marshes | of CI ravel ly Run at the very close of the war March 21), 1865, fell C. W. McjCreerv, Colonel of the First. In this last long death struggle, none were [present but the ever fuitliful and all these were soldiers, whose devotion to , duty was as true as the tried temper of : their own bright blades. There was auother who deserves : mention here, Abner Perrin, ambitious of military fame, like young jNorvalhe "had heard of battles and I longed to follow to the Held some warlike Lord." He came into the service | as a Captain in the Fourteenth, rose to be its Colonel, commanded the 15ri<r-! tide at Gettysburg, was made a Brigadier and assigned to command a Brigade of Alabamians. "When the sa| lient in our lines at Spottsylvania was j taken, his Brigade was one of those I Hung into the bloody angle to recover jthe works. He knew the peril but : was resolved. Going in he met a ! wounded friend to whom he said, /'When you next hear of me I will be dead or a Major-General." So saying ; he rode into the boiling, seething vor; tex of blood and llamcand in a few 1110i men(s fell covered with blood and ra diant with glory. A State which could produce such j men as these, and they were only representative men of the whole Brigade, {owes it to herself, to her character and to her citizens yet unborn, to enroll < their names and keep their memories ever fresh and green. i Wlint lull lows irrniind wlinrp lir>rnr>!s ?1r>r>n? "Pis not the sculptured piles you heap! In dews tliat heavens far distant weep Their turf may bloom ; Or Genii twine beneath the deep Their coral tomb. Hut strew his ashes to the wind j Whosesword or voice has served mankind And is he dead, whose glorious mind Lifts thine on high ? To livo in hearts we leave behind Is not to die. ! The Press and Banner. j ;Ry Ilusrh Wilson and II. T. Ward I aw. | W ednesday, August 25,1880. Colonel Aiken Re-nominated. I From a telegram received last night we 'are informed that Col. D, Wyatt Aiken, is 'again nominated as our Representative in Congress. Tlio Convention met at Newberry Court House last night at S o'elo rk, and remained in session one hour and a half. On the iirst lmllot there were thirly-t'.irco votes cast, of which Colonel Aiken received twenty-seven, and C<>lo nolWallaeo, of Colnmhia. receive 1 six. j Afterwards the voto was mado unani inous. | Tiiis is indeed a compliment to Colonel ; Aiken, and must be gratifyibg to him, as , it is au evidence of the high esteem in ' which lie is held bv his constituoncv, and assures him of thn general satisfacj faction that his Congressional labors I have given to tho voters ol'the Third ! Congressional District. . "Rings," "Cliques," &c. The following from the Gniulen Jonr: nal is 11 sample of the "stock in trade," I which is so often made to do service in ' the absence of substantial facts: "We have been asked time and again i why it was there was so little enthusiasm | in the Democratic party in this county this year. It is because the masses of the people are sick and disgusted with the way they have been treated by the 'ring.' " "Ring"' is an indefinite or imaginary ! quantity and is generally used in an insinuating way, but worded so vaguely ; that nobody can take hold of it. If there : is a "ring"' at Camden, or anywhere else, as the Journal assorts, it should give the names of those composing that "ring." Or, if it cannot give some definito infor! mation about the "ring" it shoul I not ! refer to its existence. We have become J very tired of "cliques" and "rings," in a general way, and hope to see less of them i in the newspapers, unless the remarks in (the future arc more specific than the}* ! Iitit.n Imnn in ?l.n i.nct ? The Colqnitt-Xorvrood Business. As our readers arc aware, the Georgia State Convention failed to come to a unanimous agreement as to who should be ! their nominee for Governor. The two| thirds rule was adopted which gavo oneI third the power to look the business of ' the Convention and seven more than onethird favoring anybody to beat C'olquitL voted for various other candidates, and finally when a majority, nearly two-thirds, of the Convention refused to be governed by the dissenting third, they put up ex| Senator Norwood as a minority candidate. : Governor Colquitt at everj' ballot received moro than a majority of all the votes, and should have been the nominee of the | wholo Convention. Thoro are two sides to every question, but wo are decidedly in favor of the man who receives a majority of the votes and wo hopo that 1 enough good Georgians will stick to I t,, I,!,,-, Wn nMciimn ?1,nrn ' will be some tall pulling lor the negro vote. + 4E> The Xcw Kailroad. Elsewhere we publish an article from the Associate Jtcformcd Presbyterian in reference to the now railroad. We heartlily concur in the opinions expressed by our respccted neighbor, when he says that the proper way to build it is by taxation. Wehavo only to notice tho difference in the price of the sandy ridges on I the Saluda Side and the price of the rich Savannah lands to bo convinced of the great benefit to be derived from a railroad. Seeing tho advantages It takes 110 argui ment to convince our friends as to the icour.se which they should pursue. Tlicy Went Hack on a corpse. ! Butler Clinkscales, a colored man died here last week. Wo learn that for sonic reasons his race deelinod to accord him an j j honorable burial. They would not dig his grave, furnish his collin or bury him. J litis said that the preacher refused to hold religious services. The Town Council: ! furnished tho collin, hauled him oft' in the : i cart, and put him in his last resting place.' ; J t is alleged as a roason for this unusual. : proceeding, on mo pari 01 mis coioreu : neighbors Is, that the ilcccascd did not belong to the church, and had in his lifetime refused or neglected to pay his debts. Colonel Aiken and Colcnel Wallce write spicy letters, which will bo very! genera 11read. In another column we j givo a sample letter from each of these gentlemen. They possess at least one virtue. They are short. Our friends from tho country have our; sincero thanks for thoir favors in the wa}'of news from their respective com-j niunity. Write often, gentlemen, in n ... ..... ? A Selected Sermon. THE LIGHT OF THE LORD. Sormon by Itcy. Win. 31. Taylor, D. I)., Pastor of the Broadway Tabcrnaclc Church, New York City. (Christian at H'orft.) Tlin r,nn'. is my Light.?I'salms xxvli. 1. Under the shadow of tlml Venerable abbey wlioso ruins the genius (if Walter Scott has endowed with a ( irra11(1 i tir which no lapse of time can now destroy, j there is a mod' st monument elected over the grave of i Sir David I?ri'\e.iter, who, as many of you may know i was one of I lie greatest physical philosophers of his j ilav, mill one of tlie founders of tue British A&sneia- j lion for the Advancement of Science, in his early life, liko many others, lie was more Intent on the prosecution of his researches in his ?wn chosen Held I of inquiry, than on acquainting himself with Ood asl he is revealed, through .losus Christ, his Son. liut, as years passed on, ho was, in a remarkable manner? which has been fully described in her memoir of him I by his daughter?brought to tlie acceptance of tine j Saviour as bin lJedeeiner and Lord. That, however, j did not withdraw li'in from science. It only sent; him back to it with new Interest and enthusiasm, and. like Faraday, in another department, he prosecuted his studies in the investigation of light with all tlio more z.-St, because h?* bail learned to rail (Jod his Father, so (hat s?mo of his most valuable discoveries were made after his conversion to Christ- When he died, though he was Principal of i!ip University of i Kdlnbiirgli, he lay waiting the will of God ^ith all the humility of a Utile child, and gave directions that on Ills tomb.n.'sociutiiie his faith as a Christian with his work as a pliiioS"pher. theso wo'ds should he engraved, "The Lord is my LlghL-1 I looked ?n that grave ?lnnc only .1 few months ago, anil, thorn;!) I was by no means i;ixi-!iri'>lc (o the architectural beauty ami ar-] tfotic perfection even of the ruins which hivemade the name of Melrose f?inotis the world over, yet 1 nm not ashamed to confers that I was I'nr more deeply in terested in iliat simple inscription than in the delicate tracery of the atone carvinjf in tlie abbey windows, through which the western sun was shining in its setting loveliness, for the one spoke to tue of tho ilead and buried past, but the other of the deathless and unfailing future of the life that Is bid with Christ In God. I thought, then, that some day I should preach from that expressive text, and this morning I have determined to attempt to set before you something of tho instruction and support and comfort that have come to me as I have mused iijioii it. The Lord ht-re is Jehovah, and the Jehovah of the Old Testament Is the Jesus of tho New. So I shall not seek to treat the words from the point of view at which tlie psalmist Mood, but rather look at them as they, have been for us illuminated and interpreted by the fuller revelation which we Row enjoy. Light Is that which enables us to make ours-lves acquainted wiili those objects that are perceived by the eye. We may set* the light Itself, inucrri. l>nt it Is valuable to u? nol for that al.iiie, but nlso and chiefly because in It. or bv It. we behold ail other things. So the text mean? tli.tt Jesus has hroeght to lid nlight in which (lie soul >-yc can t >ke cogniz ncc of things which else hadbeen unknowii to lis. Nay. lie lms not simply brought us that light?he is that il.'ht. What ho is, as Well as what he lias said, ami what lie lias done, and what he is d'dng now, nre llfrht to tis. His Person Is a revelation to us of Hod according as he has said, "lie th it luth seen me ti.itIi seen tiie Father." llis words are a revelation of truth, for he spoke that nhtcli he knew.and testified that he had s en. llis work Is a revelation of life, for he eaiue to earth that we might have life, and might have It more abundantly. His resurrection from the dead Is a revelation of immortality, for he has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Thus, this ec<Uitic appropriation. In my text, is tho soul's believing answer to the Saviour's ' I am,-' In t ose divine words whk'h he spake when In: opened the eyes of the blind man?"1 Mil the light cf the world." " I!ut we may not linger on tiu r? generalities. Let me seek, rather, to branch out the thought, which I have no* expressed, into a few natural and appropriate pnuicttlats. I. In the first place, then, I remark that Jehovah lestts is our light, because he has brought knowledge for our Ignorance. "That which doth nuke manifest is light." 1 do not think we nre suiliciently alive to the extent of our obligation to the Lord Jesus 111 this regard. We have been so lo:;c accustomed to the lustre of his beams, that it is dithcult for us to estlinato how much we owe to It; for the truths which we tench to our children In our homes nnd Sunday scl.o >is. as elementary matters, were far beyond the reach of the full grown and educated minds'ol antiq nity. Look at the Instruction which he has given us concerning (!od. By that one utterance of his to the woman at the well, "Hod Is a spirit, and they that Worship him must worship him in spirit and In truth, for the Father sceketh such to worship hint." he threw a Hood ol light "poll questions which had puzzled even the wisest of the ancient heathens. He showed at onco tho ahsurdl y and the sinfulness of idolatry and polytheism, and so laid the axe to the root of that mythological tree, which is at onco the (.InM-nf thn Ht..r .tor.*. anH the slmmeof the iclieioli <>f antiquity. lie condemned, ns Irrational and absurd, the se nsuoiisness and sensuality that (lia^rsiced Ilii' worship wh'ch was otfere.l In the Fsgan temples, and stamped mere outward formalism as a mockery of I (toil unit a snare to men. Nor is this nil. Delias 1 taught ns to know God through himself, Tor as we I tnny examine the sn:i s fely only when no look nt It I through acoloted medium, so we can contemplate | Gml securely only when we b.-hidd lilm through the 11 ini.1111tv of Jesus. The perfection of ricity Is merely Ideal to lis, and lias little practical hold upon us, so ' long as we think of God in his invlsibl majesty. J!i.t I it becomes tangible and practical to us when wo bei liold it lncarn ittd in Christ. He bus shown us what holiness means for men, in his life ns lived on cnrtl), and described for us by these evangelists. In Ills hatred of sill, and love ol the sinner; In his scorn ol hypocrisy and delight of truth in theliiwaid parts; in Ills denunciation of the oppressor, anil his pitv of the oppressed; in the rectitude of ills chatactcr anil the tenderness ot his heart, he has shown us as much of j God ns man can know in this present state. And if we are not now idolaters like the ancient Greeks, or I pantheists like the modern Hindoos, we owe it en! tirely to the light which Christ has shed for us on the ! spirituality, omnipresence, and supremacy of God. j But, more than this, and most of all we arc indebted to him for the Ideas we have of the Fatherhood of God. I Tliit. Indeed, was one main and distiiictiue characteristic of the light which he brought us concvriiing the Dei'.v. and the other things which he taught us about God weie designed to lead us up and inlotnat. Even iii the *ei iron on the Mount, which do da so much with law, It is remarkable, ns a illst nguished preacher ha* recently'shown, how freijuenilv this reference to Guil ns Father was made by him. Il wu are to let our light shine before men, it is that our Father who is in heaven may be glorilled. If we arc to love our oneuiies. It is that we may be the children of our father who I* in heaven, and who maketh his situ to rise on ' the evil nail on the pood, and ser.deth rain on the jits' I and on the unjust. If we ttre to be period, it is as nur I Father which is in beaten is perfect. If w* are In pray. It is to onr Father which Is In heayp*i. If we j are to last. It Is to our Father which sce'u in secret, i If wo are to cast off : 11 nnxlons cart1,1? is becaneeour Father, who foodeth the fowls of tue air, knoweth what things we have need of, an.', will not forget his ehlidron. If we ure encniira^. <1 to bo instant in prayer. tills Is the argument w'tlt which the command is enforced: "If ye then. evil, know how to giye good gifts nnto your cuildron, how much wore shall your Kiilhai wh'ch U In heaven give good things tu theiit that asV: hlui." Thus.nil through that swinging discourse, the thought of God's Fatherhood tuns like a golden thread, and the affection of our beaits Is eni Iis\tl on the shirt of our obedience. He would teach J us not to be in constant dread of God, but to regard him as our nearest and dearest friend; nut to think ol htui us one who is ever set unitizing our conduct, that he may llnd a reason for puni-diing us, but as one who is c*geriv anxious to help us, and who is on the wutch for the tfrst motions of our souls toward bi n. Nor was it only In that sermon that this purpose was man' ifested bv liiin. It was. indeed, one of the great purposes of liis coming to the earth to proclaim this truth, i ""d sometimes, as in his parable ui' the prodigal son, ! It wr.s taught by him in the tenderest and most pathet' ic manner. And in hi? own references toOod, wheth' er in common conversation or in loftiest devotion, the same truth is prominent. We get at the Fatherhood ui (? (! through the brotherhood of Christ, and il we arc delivered :rom tint sh.vish fear wb'ch turned Goil into the spectre that li'iunted our moments of self-examination, and have been led to think of him as our Father, with all the attributes of human fatherhood, elevated, snblitned Inlinitlzed?in one. word, deified, we owe it to .lesus Clni.C Weil, therefore, may wt say of him in this regard, "The Lord is my liuht. ilut the correlative of tho fatherhood of (hid is the brotherhood of men and for that, too, as any one may see, we are Indebted to the Saviour, lie taught us t"> sty not merely "my" Father, but "our Father," ami that gives n right of brotherhood with us to every fellow until. t>o Wf are l*d to love our enemies, to honor all men, to niit tin- HullVriii'.' iinil the sorrowful, and to cultivate all forms of practical beneficence. Ami thus [as I have more than once lately had occasion to gay] the Lord Jesus linn put the benevolence into our modern life. Not because we are all children of Adam, but because, if we would only avail ourselves of the privilege wh.ch he oilers, we may all become sous of God, does he comma d in to love oeo another, and by his parable of the Good Samaritan, expounded and illustrated (us that was by his own life sell-denial and death of self-sacrifice he has given all the needy v.'liom we can help a clnlm upon our assistance. If, therefor*, the civilization of these days is distinguished by more care for the aged and the weak, t lie sick and the suffering. the orphaned and the forlorn, than even the highest refinement of men before the advent ever attained, the source of all this Is to be found in the revelation which Jesus gave In his life and teachings of the brotherhood of men. 11. Hut I go on to remark, In the second phce, that ! Jesus Is our light because he brings pardon for our guilt, lie came not only to illuminate tlie intellect, but also to pacify i he couscienco. For the great reason why men were slow to realize the Fatherhood of God lay in their guilt. They had broken God's commands, awl they knew that ho ts Judge as well as Futher, and both continually. Thus, the Fatherhood for them was, for the tline being, lost siirbt of In his judicial aspect. They felt that they could get at the Fatherhood only through some satisfaction of the J mine. This is no inert- r< llncmcnt of theologians. It iaa simple statement of fact. Gladly would men have gone back to the old home in his love, If they hail not seen that the gate wasiruardfd by the cherubim and tlaming sword of his Justice. They knew something of hts FatherbiMid, for now and then their poets sung of it. But evermore the question pressed for an answer, "How shall man be just with God And they vainly sought to llnd the solution in sacrifices ottered on theirtemple altars. When Jcmis came into the world victims were looking daily in temples, not alone at Jerusalem, but all over the world. Animal sacrifices were universe-!, and everywhere they were at once the rxpression of a 1 want and the confession of a failure. They gave Inarj ticulateyet powerful utterance to the longing of mens souis for reconci'iatlon to God, while their continual repetition acknowledged tint they who presented thi-iii could notrest long in their offering. lint when Christ appi nred ho gave himself a ransom for many, or I - . <? wi.wl wot lihn fnrtli tw n nrn. ! pltlation for tin, through faith in Ills blood to declare | Iiis righteousness in the remission of ."in." and it was at oiieo recognized,by those who knew nini anil be' llevcd in him. that Ills sacrifice met the case, tor his | resurrection from the dead demonstrated that It was | not only thoroughly perfect, but also infinitely meritorious. 80 it came about, that without any positive command to that effect, animal sacrifices were discontinued wherever the I/wd Jesus wus received as the Saviour, for when the son arose, men put out their pale, glimmering, and then useless lamps. And now "through liim fs preached unto us the forclveness of sins, and by li'iu all that believe are justified from all I thintrs." Forgiveness of ?lns! how much does fhat j imply, and ivhat light there Is to the darkened spirit in the words! Now we may look again on the lace or [ our Father without any fear; now we nny enter tho old homo without let or hindrance from any qunrttr whatsoever, for he has finished transgression and made an end of sin, and made reconciliation for iniquity. and "belnc justified by faith we have peace with Ood through our Lord Jesus Christ." If. therefore, wo are not now approaching Ood with burnt otlerings, with calves of ayear old, like the ancient Jews; If we arc not now giving the fruit of the body for the sin of the soul, like 'hat old king of Moab, who took his eldest son. and offered him up for a burnt offering upon the wall; if we arc not now seeking like the Indian fakir to purchase our forgiveness by our torture, we nwi' it nil to hiio. who through tlit* eternal Hnirit offer cii himself w Itliout spot unto God, ami thereby pureed our consciences from dead works to servo the living God. Looking, then, to his nt.inemeiit and oil its reeulta wo may surely say of him, "The Lord is my 1 Light." I III. Hut IErcmnrk, in the third place, that .Jehovah-1 Jesus is our light because ho brings guidance for our ! perplexity. AV hen one hut lost Ills wav Inn dark night, | there is nothing so welcome as a light, and when Vo . are uncertain ns to what wo ousht to do in r given ; case, there is nothing so usMul to us as guidance. i Now this is precisely what Jesus gives. In his p>?- j cepts we hav? great principles which are avnilaMe for All times and circflmstances. Ills words are not like I the directions on a finger-post at a crossing, or the j indicators on the cardinal points on a church spire, | which nre correct only for the places in which they ! stand, hut rather like n pocket compass, by consulting ! which we may discover precisely how we ought to t shape our course anywhere. It we wish to know how j to conduct ourselves toward others, then here is a util- j veral and always applicable law: "Whatsoever yo j would that idcb elioulJ do lo you, do you even w to, . ' * >/ . T^'-" v ?r? Ibefr.and if we wont to learn bow tn speak safely through the world, here Is tbo wished-for principle : "Watch and pray lest y? enter Into temptation;'' wblleif vru tiro * troubled regarding matter# of prn- J donee, orbulness, tben we have tbe assurance tbat Ills Spirit in within ti??, anil that h:s providence Is with us. and over us, and for us. and so wu may go trustingly forward "step by step." sure that all things nre oun-. He Is on tbe throne of the universe. He who loved P Us and died lor tis U ordering all things, nnd wo may be quite certain that be will "lead nsln tbe right way, . that he may bring us to t! e city of habitation.'' Tf.c mariner knows where he is iiy marking wb re upon II the map the line of latitude cuts the line of longitude, J both having been discovered by observation. And if we mark where tbe lino of Christ's precept Is intersected by tbe opening of bis providence, we may also tl discover where we nre to go. while if it should be, as sometimes It is with tn<- mailt,er, that we cannot do 0 as We will, gel that result, by reason of cloud or fog. v tben we may co qnletly and slowly forward, remem- u berlng that he is ut the helm, nnd will steer us right, j | 1 well remember my ttrst siill up our magnllK-ent I K, llttd<on. 1 was delighted with the precipiu tts ale (J rnptnessof the Palisades, ami the spacious sea ir.to |( which utter a while we steamed, surrounded by heights tbat In some features reminded me of scene's n in my native land. But :<s I looked round and round, t< I could not make out where the river entered, and | n wondered at what point wo were to pas* up Into its i y channel. I could not hive found ii, but up in the v helmsman turret the pilot knew nil about It, and as we I " steamed on her steered its In. 80 It is with Jesus and I f our perplexith s. We look tills wav and that way,nnd j a can see no channel but If we will go cautiously, and ! \ bellevingly, and prayerfully forward, we may rely up- j 1 on It tbat he will ste'er us through. We may not see j how at the moment, but by ami by. as we advance, | j the light will fall upon us. and we shall discover that t all Is well. We may not know the way, but we t know liltii, and we can leave ourselves wiili htm,sing- f nig the familiar song: ] He leadeth inc. O blessed thought, 0. words with heavenly eomfortfraugbt, Wlmtr'erl do, where'er I !? , Still 'iln Ills hand that leadeth inc. The I.oril Is my light for guidance. IV. Once more. I remark that .Jesus Isonr light bo cause he brings comfort fur our sorrow. Man is born nnto trouble. Manifold arc i he borrows of humanity. | Pain, and loss, and bereavement come In one furm or other to usnll.and Ihoiyrh that isi>erhnpsan exaggerated view of the case which speaks of this world, as a "vale of tears," yet somewhere or other In It there Is always some one Weeping, and evermore we may hear "thustlll, sad music of humanity." And there have been many would be comforters; but alas! like Job's three friends, they have mostly ended by aggravating the bitterness of the experience which they tried to remove. One speaks of the commonness of the suffering, as if the knowledge that it has come to others could make onrs loss severe. Another tries to make j iiizht of it, and to reason u* Into the conclusion that we ought not to feel It; but st deism is not deliverance.and concealment of otir misery Is not relief from ! it. Another prescribes mirth, nnd amusement, and! music, and what not, thereby mocking the misery which ho seeks to alleviate; while otheis would Send | us .-uray to other lands, in the vuln hope l bat we may forget ourselves In locking upon tliclr gorgeou* Innal? scipcs, or climbing to the summits of their lofil.st mountains. Vain, hope 1 said, for everywhere we take I, ourselvts with us. and external nature, no matter wnat j its variety may be. is nfler all at such times only the mirror that reflects ourselves. Others, avsln. with ' truer tenderness, emtio to soothe ns with their sympa-1; thy, and to cheer us with Ihelr companionship; but they cannot put herrt into ns. They st lid i n the out*! side of us, and whatever their own strength may be, >, they can Impart none of It to us. Bit when Jesus re- j veals himself to us, h" brli.es the light of consolation. \ for he has been a sufferer before us, and lie shows ns how trial Is a discipline for nfter strength, and sorrow Is the mother of higher joy than without It we had known. By his nnv. Illng to us of the Fatherhood of God. he lets us s.'e that onr afflictions come from a Father's heart, and are designed for the d< velopirg and maturing of the peaceable fruit of rightcouS'iess, and so he teaches us 1o forecast the years And find in loss a gain to match Or s'retch a hand through titno to cotcb The far-off Interest of tears Moreover, ho comes to us by his Holy Spirit, and does for us what no human friend can effect, for ho pn's strength into its, he work?out faith inu?.and develops pn'iehCe and peace, so that we can enter Into me meaning 01 ram wncn nc i-ays; tioi oniys", oui | wo glorv In tribulation also. Knowing that tribulation worketh patience, anil pn'ienceexperlenc.?, and ex|icrience hope, ami hope mnketh not aahamed, for the love of ftotl is shed abroad In our heart*." N->r Is thin yet all. for by his revelation of the futnre life, he brings in the glory of eterni'y to restore tlm balance of tihie, and let us see th -t heaven Is an Infinite compensation Tor (he sorrows enrib. so that ag-dn with Paul we recken that "the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory tint shall be revealed in us," and affirm that "our light affliction, which Is but for a moment, worketh out for ns a far more exceediug and eternal weight of clary.'' Thus he glveth songs to us in our sorrow, and put* a hope Into our hearts that mav well enable ns to endure all trial. And In the dark hour of bereavement bis nivlnc words, "In ray Father'* housi' ore many mansions, if It were not so 1 would have to'd yon; I go to prepare ri place tor yon. and If I go anil prepare a place for yon. 1 will come again and receive you to myself, | that where I am there ye may be also," havo more | power to uphold us than rv'l that bnman philosophers, whether ancient or modern, have ever written. They sustain ns under th? loss of our dearest friends on earth, and they prepare us fur our own departure. W hen he rose from the tomb, hn -passed though Its further portal, and left that open so that we may clear, iy see the light beyond, and when he ascended upon I high lie took possession of heaven In his people's ] name, and gave thetn this as theassurance of I heir en* trance on It: "Father, I will that they whom thon hast given me be with ine where I am, that they may behohi inv glory, which thou hast given me." Absence I from the body, therefore, Is now for them "presence with the Lord." To depart Is now for them to be with Christ, which Is Infinitely better than earth, and so "to die is gain." There are few sadder things in Unman literature than the letters Which Cicero wrote to his Iriend Atleus when his beloved daughter d'ed. That was a sorrow that had no hope. Hut when we , weep over our Christian dead now. we liava the assurance ot their wel are. and the anticipation of reunion with them before the tl rone on high. And alike i.s un expression of his own faith In the hour and artl de of death. and as n It gary or consolation to the friends whom he W isleaving behind him Sir Tiivid Brew.-ter nsn Christian, coulil bnve lined no loftier language than tlmt of rny text, "The I.ord Is my light" and by having it ii|i?ii his tomb, ho showed that Christian* hope is -trongestjust then when, apart from Josu-, htruan experience Is darkest. But now n word n'\i,be persona' pron >nn i f my text ' The I?ord is my light." Wo obtain this lii.;bt Cy appropriating it to ourselves arid using it fir our own purposes. JesusU a lig*>t, until 1 open my he:irt in faltn to let him into it, and th--n he becomes my light J ?as lunch mine as if thire were no other in th-- iiMI verso who could lay cl.iim to 1dm but myself, and yet i he may be km much every oilier believer's as he In I mine. Hebec*>t?ie? mine when I acc-pthli luslrc and j I use It to dispel my lgnor.inc.\ to illuminate my pat) way, and to give me consolation; and while I thus apj pro| riaie him, each of vou, yen. every one who hears j the Gospel, is w?rninteii>and welcomed to do the same. Who dares claim a monopoly In the sun? and yet do j wo not all utiirui that lie Is our own ! "This Is my ( sun," the lark m:iy cry. as It springs with the dew drop s'.lil ?im>u Its wing, to greet luni wlih Its earliest ciroi. "Tills is my win," the flower may say, as it unfo'ils its petal* to us morning beams, and exhales the fragrance of its incensc on the cellar a!r. "Thl? is my i uo," tlie student may exclaim, ns he r'ses to take his I place at bis d> sk, unit put breathing thonelits In burning words upon the pace that lies before hiuj "This Is my sun," may the tired Invalid sljli <ut after the tossinna of the nit'lf, as she greets (he welcome radl-1 I ance that comes ill tlirough the easement. "This Is \ my sun," the poor.-st man that walks tliestieets may j 1 exclaim. "No man can prevent me from enjoying his! li?htnnd heat. Thank Cod for its radlai ce. which i ' eiiuies to me without monev and witliout price, a gift1 ' directly from h)shand." And so we nny each say, if! we will, of Jesus, lieis my Hcht, appropriating him all fur ourselves, and yet leaving him nil for any other who may chonso to* claim him. Wilt yon, my hearer, thus make hint yours today, by using him lo meet the U' cessltles that may ho on you ? Are you feeling the burden of the mysteries by which existence here Is onvironc'l, then go to him for knowledge, and you! 1 will receive enough to light your path, though not to | sntisfy your curiosity. Are you laden with the s. nse of your guilt, then po to him for pardon. Arc v.?u ' needing direction, then goto him lor that leading which he has promised. Are you in sorrow, then re pair to him fur consolation. And having tone to hltn, keep near him. As the heliotrope turns ever to the sun, so let your faces bo ever directed to Christ, and 1 then all shadows will fall behind you. As the astronomer follows the star, and keeps It always lo si^ht, so let It be your care to follow Christ, Siekby patient study of the Scriptures, by faithful obedience to the Saviour's eomui >nde, and by earnest prayer for his ' blessing, to keep always In "the path whleh he opens 1 up fo.' you, and then at Inst y->u shall reach that place 1 wliere vou shall see clearly in the immediate ; resence of Jehovah himself, and cha'l say with a fuller uiei.n-' ing limn we could put into the words, "The on eatth I Lord is tnv light.-' May wc all at last enjoy this beatillc vision I Our Railroad Meetings. \Aasoctaie Jlc/ormc<l Presbyterian.] On last Thursday nil of I)ne West and the surround Ing country turned out to meet tho railroad men at Grozcy Springs. This meeting was a grand victory for the grnnd seh- me. Almost every one In the township was out and cave the speakers their undivided attention Maj. Ilrndley was master of ceremonies. Col. lJowen, of I'irkens, President of the ro.nl, was tliHt introduced to the audience. lie stated ) nt some length the tlrst steps that had ever been t?k| on toward* opening up whnt has dearly b< en shown I to be one of tile grandest outlets fur this whole Sonth! ern country ; what tlio company proposed to do ?fcc. | LIou. W. C. lJrown, of Helton, one oi the Directors of the road, came next, declaring the feasibility of the i road, the amount of means that ft would require to build It Ac. Mnj. Bradley was next on tlio list of speakers. lie gav.i the farmers a pood old familiar t'llk ; Illustrating the necessity of this road throush this particular country ; encouraging th-tn to take } hold and posh this road right through. They would never regret it Prof. Hood came mxt In order to do I the calctll iling of the cost of the road, and the great: benefits this section of eoui.try would derive from the I necessiiry reduction In freights if tM? roul was built. | Capt. M. L. Bonham, jr., then pointed our the great belli fits our county would get trom the building of tills 10 d In an edii'ca ioiinl i-oint of view. T he great iiumbcr of people travelling over this road would | naturally be induced by this great country of jyurs to j stop over and look round, and thus by the n.itural oribrof things settle down with up, tilling our schools and colleges, Ac. j This speech concluded this part of the entertnin1 ment. A barbecue and picnic was served. The | large table w as laden with a bounteous supply of proi visions. The Due West Cornels were on hand discoursing sweet mus'c. This part ot the exercl-es ut I all sncli meeting? is not by any means the least feat| ttre of the occasion. Oiir'banddld gowl service in the days of'Tti, and are now willing and waiting to help along the cause of nny good and great object. All they"need Is a little encouragement. ^ This was the freatest day little ilroggy Springs has ever IihcI. Everybody left feeling well satisfied" with the reception they received at the hands of the olever I people of Long Cane township, and feeling also that j these people are bent on having the railroad through I their township. Long Cane will do her p?rt by the ; road. May success attend her efforts. This meeting j was one of the largest and inost plonsuit of all, TIIE MKITTING AT Dt'E WEPT, The railroad meeting at this place lust Friday was not as large as was hopud for. Hut those that were i oot seemed thoroughly enthused over the briirht tiros i poets. Prof, Hood, iu Ills happiest manner introdtfc! t'd each speaker with a complimentary wnrd ?s to his ! fitness to say something worthy of tho attention of | the ami lonco. C?l, IS. K. r.owen, President of the road. ITon. W. C. Brown, one of the Directors, Ma). W. K. Bradley, an indefatigable railroad worker, lien. 1J, K. Hemp-1 ' | hill. Prof. .1. N. Young. and tho editor of tho AxwiI ate Jicfornifil Vrciibi/terimu made speeches, setting forth the advantages lo he derived from this route Ac. We were informed that it will lake ojijy <.">0,000 to , grade tho road from Helton to Trickciu on Uie Greenwood anil Augnsta Kallioml. The assessment for I Due West is f 15,000. No one will deny tho necessity I of having the road by tills route. It was proven conclusively by tho Illustrations given that we are bound j to dwindle into iiu-lgnlllcance if we do not bestir ourselves now. If this Is the tact, and we cannot deny it, wid we let slip this opportunity. Are you willing to live forever in this dm mailt state?shut off almust entirely from the outside world? If not, let it he known by a liberal and fnll support of this great nt'iiuiur. iv n ini nn us in n.iv imw mu jvijuin-n amount shall be rained?whether by taxation or by subscription. Taxation of eoursn Is the only fair ?vay, but If it can't b? done that way try sumo other. \\> must have the road. Let something ho dono and douo at oncc. The Chinese Commission. ? Advices rocelved from lion. Win. II. Trescott, announce tbe sale arrival of the members of the Commission at Shanghul, after a pleasant trip from san Kranoiseo. The members are all in good healtii and have entered ou the duties of the Commission, ureextille female college. 'o Restriction of the Usefulness ol this Superb Institution. It Is so common for editors to exhibit tonv er, and to attribute bad motives to those ol s who may take a different position, that II s truty refreshing when one sees an articlc ike the f llowlng from the HnplUt Courier 'lie Courier is a high-toned paper, and do ervc* to be read by every baptist family in lie state. That paper says: "Our estimable friends of the Abbeville Proi ml Jt'inmr, wishing, perhaps, to repeat a fu orable comment upon the Greenville Kenale College, publish our remarks upon this institution of learning?which we said "de erven recognition at tiie hands of thelJaptlsti f South Carolina"?and then procecd as fol i)ws: '"We see no reason forrestrlclingtheuseful icss of socxccilcntan Institution exclusively o the Baptists. We were very much please! t what we saw ami learned of the colleg< ip'hen on our recent visit to Greenville, and re have no hesitation in saying itsescellcnc< deserves recognition" from all, of wliatevei nth. who have daughters to educate, it ha: , fine corps of teachers; Is lo-nted in lul lew of tiie lilue Itidge and all its surround n.'s make it tin inviting place to educatt oung I.idles whether they are Baptists or not Abbeville always s^nils her sons and da ugh ers to the various co.leges upon the merits" o lie Institutions, and nui because tiiey may In 'till particular forms or creeds of rill^Iousbc ief.' "We heartily agree with our contcrr.porar; ,hat there Is -no reason for restrlctlngtiie use 'ulness of so excellent an institution exc)u lively t<> the Baptists," jmil we lia.e never In .limited tho slightest desire for such result ion. The Greenville Female College stand lpou Its merits altogether, ?uid we have yet ti earn that any "particular fornix or creeds o -cliglous belief are taught in the institution I'lie instructors arc not all Baptists, am Many of the students every year are from al icnomluattons, while no one lias ever hinte< hat Baptist doctrldcs are especially tmigtal \nd vet the Greenville Female College is real ly a Baptist institution of learning, lor it wa rounded by the Baptist State Convention, an lias been under ttie control of the Baptist dc nomination since that time, llence, it canno lie improper for a Baptist newspaper, whlcl circulates almost exclusively among Baptlsti to commend an institution, which was round ed and has been mainly suppoited by our d< nomination, to the favorable recognition c liaptlsls especially. This, too, without touct Ingupon creeds or forms, or saying a wor that might be Justly construed into any r< strlctlon of Its Inlluence or nsstuincss ns ai 'educational institution.' Our good friend were t(mi litisty In their criticism of n sintfl phrase, and upon reflection will doubthf irjree tlmt there was absolutely no Impropii ety in thence of the term 'Baptist' by us i this connection. But we ault leave to cori e< the Press and Jiamur about what Is Implied 1 It-t concluding sentence, as to Instilling "nai tlcular forms- or creeds of religious belief." J may be new to our excellent contemporary and yet It is not too lute fir even the I'riss an Manner to fl ml out that tho Baptists haven creed except the Bible, and Indulge In n Sonus' save those taught as obligatory In th New Testament. m Many persons who rake through another c laraetcr with a fine took comb, to discover fault, could find one with less trouble by g< lug over their own with a horse-rake. JVW^SlSS ABBEVILLE, S. C, KEEPS on hand a full assortmont of COI FINS?from the cheapest to the be* llcarse will attend funerals, when deslret He will also Contract for th Erection of BuildingsITc Is ntrent. for the wile of Sash, Too; Blinds, Moulding". Stalr-ralllngs, Floorlnj and everything pertaining to house bulldln April 7th 18S0, tf eTwTlawson&cql HAVE JUST MANUFACTURED A Large Lot of Quart Fruit Tiu Cans, AT very low price. Tin Roofllnj? done wit bestchnrooal tin at i0.75 per square, cus July ISM). lorsiLT Blue stem Seed Wheat, Red Rust Proof Oats, 0:lt Meal, Wheat Bran, Bolted Meal, Pearl Grist, Flour-all grade! Java and Rio Coffee, AT ? ^ T T1TTV? A TT ii. is. u. binvan.1, T> ETSTTIST, Practical and Operat-iv* HAVING nttendcd the Ix'ctnrcfl of tl Pennsylvania College of Dental Surge! oirers his professional service* to (he publ ns a Dentist and Oml surgeon. Calls throu> the country attended to. All work warrui cd and charges reasonable. ItcMdeiicc 5 tulles east of Calhoun Mil South Carolina. June 1(1, 18S0. On Ei A COMPL ( You have but to look Large and \ Prices always guar your wan W. JOEL S] March 31. ISO ^ KTCTW < A MAGNIFI ( mm Mil \ Complete i Cunningham HAVE on hand a lar Familv Groceries CORN, M BACON, LARD, FLOUR. March 10, 1680, . ]_ ? SWEET MASH Corn Whiskey I L. H. EUSSELL f /"VFFERS to the public superlorSwectMash . i_/ ColtN WHISKEY, vrlileli he gun mil tee* . I to be the best and purest whiskey that ha* ever been offered In this market. A most de1 sirable article for invalids and others. Call mid sample It. i March 2Uh KiSO,8m. ; Riding Saw Machines. , T*I1 K subscriber, ncent for the wile of W. Wfc . 1 Jiostwlck & Cos HIDING SAW MACHINES in Abbeville County, will exhibit . the same In operation and furnish circular, . Ac., on application to him at Abbeville Court I House. | J W. Lesly, ! April 21,1880. | BRING YOUE WOOL ; -TO: QUARLES <fc CO., : Highest Prce Paid n Cash. May 10th 1SS0, tf NOW IS THE TIME \ TO SECURE A FIRST CLASS ' T ' ij |COOKING STOVE. a :0. r: f HAVE only a limited number that I will . I trade for oais or sell on time to good par* ',/ ties by paying one-third cash. Aly stovesui* ? too well known where ever they have been ' intr oduccd to need an explanation. 1 keep constantly 011 hand a lull supply 01 Mr.son's , IMPROVED FRUr ? . u The two quarts are only worth $2.50 per dor > cu. The one quarts, SI.73 per dozen. Also a good supply of TIN CANS, that I sell at the r astonishingly igw price of seventy-live ccnts [ per dozen. Any one can seal them and warranted not to leak. Send In your orders early. 1 only charge twenty cents per gallon for t; .A. 1 KEROSENE 1. warranted 110 degrees Are test by W. M. Bird & Co. No charge for stopping leaks in cans. e ESTIMATES MADE and bids given on rooflngand guttering In o out of the county. Work In copper, zinc ro and galvanized iron n specialty. 58 Thanking you for past favor* and soliciting" 8 a share of your patrmiaxc In the fcturo 1 am your obedient servant, . A T CDDAIrC ' /la Ua kJX UULLJj Greenwood, So. Ca. July 39 '1 OB, S. G. THOMSON, , P DENTIST, - ABBEVILLE, S. 0. tfi??OFFic over Emporium of Fashion."S* July 7,law. lyr. BONESET BOURBON TONIC. I^HIS Tonic Is recommended for Indigestion amt Its atteiiilanI ills, and as a preventive of Malarial Diseases. The material usod In of the hiphost gratlc of excclleucc. Nothing out a tine old Kentucky whisky can produce u richness of flavor and a generous stimulant ellect like this. Nothing but a blending or homogeneousand wholesome tonics in Just proportion can produce so gratefula stomachlens this, which Is the Finest, the most whole some, and the bot toulc lu the world. Fof 3"'?" J. Knox &(5o, April 20, 1880. 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