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? Ills Press and Banner.! i Bj Iltiirh Wilson and H. T. "Wardlmv. . " "Wednesday, Sept. 29. <1880.: The Last Primary. * Trtecloetion last Friday pasyC'l ofT without' ntlraotlni; much attention, or oro.itlas muoh j Interest In any way. there wervnot more than ! ..'l^ ,i?. ,,?lls ltvi, Illkll Ull' PI'IIKMTIIIV >UkiiK>? , - , reference to the tabulated statement In another column it will toe well ttint I<r. M. ('. Tag-1 yart was nominated for the Lower House o(| *" ' the Wneral Assembly, anil that Mr. W*. It. | McKtnnoy, of Ninety-Six was the lucky man j I ' .. in the race for County Commissioner. The! ^ ability .-viul tlic jr.Isnity of the successful] ami uHsuepvssful candidates were no nearly | on a par that many voters were unable to; choose between them,'and let the election |>assf>tr without appearing at the polls. Wc Ikivc heard no word of dissatisfaction among our people. They like the primary ? plan of making nominations and will pre. , svnt a solfil front in November. We know nothing qf any Independent candidate. . Among the candidates for tlio Stato Senate we observe tne name or ourold friend Colonel ltobert A. Thompson, oneuf the edltorsot the JCcourc Courier. Wo know tlie Colonel well, and we can safely say that 110 truer or better j Iteprcscntative will be in the Senate. Jit> is j . able and cl?-ar-he?ded. and never fails to ' wield a powerful Inllucncc for good wherever i 4 lie may be. The people of Oconee cannot do j liettcr than to clvct htm. This Is tlio tcstimo-1 ny of one who has known him all his life, and ! who has found him always equal to any occasion* Oconce will honor Itself In honoring liim* Opinions of Hon. D. TVyatt Aiken. Mb. Knrroit : I am again in receipt of The Gouth C\\rvlina A(p~ic<iUwixt, for which fiiul cu, closed an annual subscription. Would that every former in theStatccouldbeluduced tosend you an equal anionnt and for the same purpose. It 1? a shame that the farmers of South Carolina do not sustain an organ, thron gh which they could weculy communicate wit h e i?h ot her upon topics not only pertaining to the farm, out relating to the general welfare of the agricultural intrreMs of the State. * South and country. They hav.' never done it , _ . whether they will ever do It. Is a question for the future. It is no less shameful, and to jne a matter of profound surprise, that the farmersof South Carolina will conituuc to be such devotees tocotton and plant so nmnv. acres of Upland conn The latter, undwr the most favorable circumstances costs more than It is worth, and there is not a prospective fori time in tlie former. If every acre of upland now In corn had been sown last foil in red oats and perhaps a few acres of the present . cotton area also, and at least one?third the cotton area planted In sorghum this last spring, the State would have been infinitely hotter ott next January than it can now possibly be. I have In the past published so fre' quently my thoughts upon these two crops, (oats and cane,) mat I hesitatingly send you the following report of a portion of my . oat crop, harvested In May and threshed out about the 14th of July. Early in September, IS70, I started four plows, (simple shovels,) "running round" the otton in a Held of forty-two acres, behind llu'se plows followed a man sowing, broad-cast over the cotton red oats (as nearly as I could gauge it)jat the rate of two bushels to the acre. behind the sower followed two more plows with sweeps, giving a simple furrow to the row, and covering theseed almost as f.ist as they were sown, before sun-set of the fourth day the Held was sowu, with about ninety bushels of oats. Last February, I gave the contract to pome t women on the plantation to knock down the cotton stalks ih the field forSKk The last week in February, I hired a hand i to broad-east two tons of superphosphates over the forty-two acres, the fertilizer, roll-1 ' * > I .,t h?v?|j..ictln>r fruit lnir mc S72. During the latter part of May, 1SS0, during i my a'lscnco, my son had the field harvested in four days by four cradlers, four binders and one to shock. In Juno, threo hands. In three ? days, with one four-mule train, hauled up the crop and studied It where 1 wanted to house the straw. Three weeks ago, I was two days and a lialf threshing my crop, and would have done it In one ilay ami a half, but for an accident to my thresher. I will, however, estimate the cost of threshing at one-eleventh of the crop, us public threshers would have taken the Job at that rate. I measured tip at the thresher 1,2>K) bushels. "good measure, running over, pressed down." Ax\, and pack ad away in the Khcaf In the crib lor fall feed int.* what was es* timated to be 250 bushels. To bo sure not to go beyond the nrt yield of the crop, I will estimate It at 1,350 bushels, and I know it mud'' more than that. Now let's aggregate the cost of the yield and learn whether there is any money In a red oat crop: . fi plows, -1 days, SI'/J per day S .*50 00 J man sowing 4 days, at 50c., 2 00 Hi bushels feed oats. at. 5t'c 45 00 | Knocking down cotton stalks 10 10 Fertilizer aud broad-casting T1 00 4 cradlers, 4 days, at SI.50 each 21 00 4 binders, I days, at Si each 10 00 ] man shocking 4 days, at $1,50, til*) 3 days hauling up crop, at SO, 18 00 ; One eleventh, 122 bushels,for threshing, at 50c., CI 00 - S2SI 00 Now if 1.350 bushel cost ?'2SI, what does one bushel oost ? My arithmetic makes It a frac UOI1 l? CUtJ OIIC CCUIS, I diu IVIUU? Idlv at fifty cent* per bushel, purchasers furnishing sacks; ami every ten bushels as I measured tiiem from the thresher, gains a bushel when sold at the standard weight of:}2 pounds to the bushel, or the difference between the thresher measurement and sale by weight pains enough to pay the toll for threshing. Take another view of it. If my crop east, me SlNl, that is.lust ">US bushels of oats, at 50c. . ]>er bushel. Deduct thisamountfrom theerop of 1,H>? bushels, and I liave 7S2 bushels of o-its, or S5II1 ns the net rent of acres of land for a single year, besides this, I have housed and penned straw thnt I would not take 5s>0 for; and my land is now in stubble ready for the fall turning, which! hope to give it if we have rains In September and October. If this crop were an unprecedented one, or my first. or an exceptional one in this section I might feel disposed to boast ofit: but it is my fourteenth consecutive red oat crop, each of which paid about as well as this, some far better; and I am satisfied it is not equal to the crops made tills year by some of the farmers on the Saluda side of Abbeville County. It will be observed, too, that 1 haveestiinated the labor all through at Its highest market value, whereas nearly nil of its was done by my own mules, and by laborers on my own farm, some of whom were wages hands, some tenants and , aportion hired as above estimated, ^f I could get the ear of every farmer InSouth Carolina, 1 would say to him, "(jo you, and do likewise." Very respectfully, D, WYATT AIKEN*, The State Capital. Cot.rMKiA, September 23.?The American Union Telegraph Company has engaged n section of the otlice occupied by Slebels .4 Kzel 1 ] PJ7 Kichardson street, and Its agent proposes to take possession on the first of October, when the fitting up will be proceeded with I have reason to believe that the Western Union Company in pursuance of Its late pol lcv.T.wilI open nil office here of the Atlantic and Pacific Teleirraph Company, which iscontrolled by It, and that It will maintain ltso'.vn VHti-s;\vbilcusing the Atlantlcand I'acificllne to compete with the American Union on the latter's schedule of eh;inres. It Is certain that, the telegraph tolls will be greatly lowered when Columbiahas three ofllces within het limits. The superintendent of education has awarded, after two days' consideration of theseverwritten examinations tendered, I'eabody scholarships In the Nashville Normal College to Messrs. \V. W. Evans of Marion, ,f, C, Jtuchanan of Kalrfield, I). K. Arthur of Lexington. These scholarships entitle the winners to free tuition In the Collegennd two hundred dollars a year from the I'eabody fund. The Columbia Bonrdof Trade iscirculatlng Its pamphlet setting forth advantages of Columbia as'a marketas fast as copies can be printed. Seven thousand five hundred copies! arc to be struck off. Considerable increase of trade Is felt from the action of the railroads centering here In . selling tickets to the city good from Saturdays to Mondays Inclusive at one fare thus enabling country people to make their purchases here at a small expense or travel. The board Is now endeavoring to arrange that the tickcts shall be good f"r any days of the week. This in a hint to Charleston. A sjiecial rate of $,? for the round trip has been promised visitors from Columbia to Atlanta on the occasion of laying the cornerMone of the Memorial Armory there, October JMh, The Governor's Guards Is theonly military organization which has as yet decided to go. 1 wo convicts were received at the Penlten-1 tiary this evening from Fairfield. Tli?r.. w,<r? tu>v~<>n deaths renortcd In the! rlly for this week ending to-day?whites two, colored five. Hancock is a man of destiny. In 1SH8 Garfield brought a bill into Congress to drop the i junior Major General. That was Hancock It passed both Houses of Congress and was signed >?y President, llefore it could be carried into etteet' Geo, H. Thonuis, the senior Major General dh'd,andllaneoek uolng upon grade was; no longer the Junior Major General and no the law could not reach bun. Then the Hepublk-ans. .still led l?y Garfield, passed an act reducing the Major Generals to three. This was ; signed by the 1'resident, but before It could i be carried into etlcct Meade died, and the Major Geuerals were reduced to three by God | Almighty. Finally, a law was passed author-! lzinu tbe'i'resident todroptho Major Generals i llefore it could bo carried out, and Hancock j dropped, Halleck died and Hancock becoming the Major General, he could not be dropped.; The man who survived all these atttemiits lot retire him cannot be retired. The man who led j them?Garileld?will, as a fitting consumma-! tion of Ilia act, fall a victim to ms lmenum i victim. Hancock will be elected President.! (iavtleld will be retired.?Louisville CourierJournal. Row Oats.?There is no surer crop grown in tills section of the the.State than the Hed j Kust-proof Oat, if the ground in properly pre-j pureannd the seed properly put in; and no crop in more profitable, it comes in Just at the time when corn is scarce nud dear, and! has been pronounced better summer feed for j work animals than corn, us it is lest, healing, j Th<-erst of growing a crop of oats Is almost [ nothing,compared with the cost of producing a crop of com. All that is required is, to put 1 the si eel in well end harvestihg the crop; and alter tne crop of oats Is ?>lt a good crop of cow I pe a* can lie made on the suhie land, for feed 1 or to he turned under so as to enrich the soil, t Some farmers in Abbeville last year made < more from their oat crop than Irom their < cotton crop; and we have now for sale In this I market hundred* of bushels of oaut purchased ; from Abbeville farmers, From the I'Cgliining I of next month to the m'ddle of November Is I Hie Oent time lbrsowing they will si\oa tood ? Hte for cows utrly lu the Spring.? I'mui I T./iics. < Tlic Flcccy Staple. Tne New York Crotiiclr reports tlio rfceipt" of the seven days ending last Friday night JTtl lust., at lu2,6!l? bales u^ai list 70,!):C{ fort lie sam< week last year. Totals, 1S.">.i?u, against l'JU,9tf last year?shovvlnr again of W.1-J3 bales. The interior port business of the week wm ns follows: lteeicpts, lil.KJ-l, agalnstl">,!>:>:! las year. Shipments, L7,">I7. against ."iti.-Wi lasl year. Stock, .'5S,iKt|, against il.NiMJ last year. The visible supply table showed, on Friday last l.'JH0,073 hairs of cotton in slgnt. a^ainat same date la-t year, t,'Wl),47X tin ye ir before,ami 1,172,11:) in lH76at same date Tnese tlgnres show an Increase on the vis il?'e supply ol last year of .'JtlS.iivi bales. Am they show u decrease on the visible supply It 1S77, at same date, or.H'I.O-W bales. Last Krlda; inlildllng upland was quoted in i.lver pool a 7 :M<>. At the same date last year the quote Uou was (> 9-ltl, lu ls7S. ut same date, the quo tatlon was 6 7-hi, and In 1>77,OH-lti. Theweath er during the early part of the seven days which ended last Friday was generally ralni thoughout the cotton region, but more favor abletn the latter part of the week. In Texas, at (ialveston. they had hard show ers 011 ttvedays of the week, and a ralnfal < i - i up oti on piuius were an si"ipi)''u m loaves by the worms, but it was Mill said ?> much Co!ton would bo raised lis could b picked. In Indianoiu there had been 1,50 ?> rain, and cotton whs ^tripped, but would d< well it the bolls did not rot from damp wcath er. In Corsicana tliey bad a deluge. All th streams weVe out of their banks, and 4.19 c lain had fallen during the week. At Dalla' there wh* l.lu of rain in three days. At Hren ham,2,91 of rain on four days. In both pick ing had been interfered with. In Waco, thor had been nurd rain on three Jays, and a fal of-'.O S. At Xew Orleans, there was very little rain but In shreveport 3.32during the week. Koad in bad condition. Iu Mississippi, at Vieksburg, rain on four days. ISoitom and top crops will t?e poor. At Columbus, rain or three days to t he amount of 2.01!. Crop serious ly damaged. Nothing from Arkansas. It Tennessee, ut Memphis, Very little rain, bu people despondent about the crop. The estimates of yield had fallen from 2 (which is called a conservative estimate) ti ,")i per cent. At XashvlMe they haw hndt slight frost. Crop reports less favorable. In Alabama at Mobile, they hail rain 4 dayi with a fall of 3.06. Much damage from rain worms, rust and rot, but still crop account' were pronounced more favorable. In Mont gomery, live days in which light showers fell Picking progressing finely. In Selina, Ugh rains oil three days. In .Madison Florida, rail on four days, Much damage from the lati storm. As to Georgia, Columbus had one rainy day in which 1.02 of rain fell. Macou had rail on one (lav. siivununn nan ruin oil uirce u.iji and a totarfailof 1.H7. AUgusta had light ruin on three days. Picking going on finely, an< crop hurried to market. The Chronicle, figuring on the Agriculturn Department^ last report, finds it, with th exception of the States Jof Tennessee am Alabama, better than last year, ami in mos of the .States considerably better. "If," say the paper, "we add to each the Increase in th acreage also it would seem that on the first u -September, according to the departrnen reports, the yield promised to he considerably larger than the crop last marketed". The table of the department figures, as sum mod up.shows an average condition ot H7. against ill.I last year. But the whole story lie in the duration and character ol the pickini season, of which we have had so far only fiv to six weeks. When we get into tho last o Octobcr.we may begin to talk. Rules for Preventing: the Spread o rnvAi* lli*ntrn nil far A Vf VI J VIUIIU MJ/ ?V? Popular Use. The means by which typhoid fever may b< prevented from spreading are very simple very sure, and their cost next to nothing, They are founded 011 the discovery that pol non by which this fever spreads Is almost en tirely contained in the discharge from tin bowels. These discharges Infect: 1. Tho air of th< sick room. 2. The bed and body linen of th patient. 3. The privy and cesspool, or tin drains proceeding from thcrn. From the privy or drain the poison oftei siwik* into the well and infects the drinkin; water* This last, when It happens, is of al forms of fever poisoning the most deadly. In these various ways the In lection proceed in;; from the bowel diseases often spreads th fever far and wide. The one groat thins: to altn at, therefore, I to disinfect these Ui?charj;es on their ver; oscHpe from the body, nnd before they are ear ried from tlicsick room. Tills may be perfectly done by tho use o disinfectants; one of the best is made of greet copperas. Tills substance, which Is used b; all shoemakers, is very cheap and mny be ha< everywhere. Apoundand a haltofgreen cop peras loa gallon of water is the proper strength A teucupfulofihis liquid put into the nlghtpai every tlmebeforo It is used by the patient ren ders the bowel discharge perfectly harmless One part of Calvert's liquid carbolic acid li fifty parts of water Is equally ellleaeious. To uisinfect the bed and body linen and tin bedding generally! chloride of lime or McDou gall's or Calvert's powder.Is more convcnlen These powders should besprinkled by mean: of a common dredger on soiled spots on thi linen, and about the room to purify the air. All articles of bed and body linen should bi plungwl Immediately into a bucket of wato containing a tablespoon ful of chloride of lime o r.MclJougail'sor Calvert's powder, and shouli be boiled before being mushed. A yard o thin wide guttapercha! placed beneath tin blanket, under the breech of the patiient, bj effectually preventing the discharges frou soaking into the bod is a great additional safeguard. The privy orclosct.andali drains eommuni lcatlng with it should be Hushed twice Uuilj with the green copperas liquid, or with cur bolicacid diluted with water. In towns;and villages where tho fever is al ready prevalent, the last rule should be put- ii force for all houses, whether there be fiiver.ii them or not, and for all public drains. In the event ol death the body should be placed as soon as possible in a coffin sprink ICU Willi UlSlIllL'l'lllMU*. Jfriiny UliriiU jrs Ulllll accounts desirable. As the linnds of those attending on th< sick often become unavoidably soiled by tin discharges froin the bowels; they should bi frequently washed. The sickroom should be kept well ventila ted day and night The greatest possible enre should bo tnkei with regard to the drinkinc water. Whoro ii the slightest risk of its having become tnintet with fever poison, wnter should begot fron a pure source,or should at least bo boiled befor being drunk. Immediately after the illnes: Is over, whether ending in death or recover; the drosses worn by the nurses should b washed or destroyed, and the bed and roon occupied by the sick should be thoroughly dlslnfectcd. Tiie^e are golden rules. Where they ore ne? leeted the fever may become a deadly scourgt where they are sttletly carried out it neve spreads beyond the person lirst attacked. \v. n. ?Tote.~Dr. Budd's own practice was to plac In the sick room, or close ut liund a Inrge eai lllleil with the mixed solution of cabollc acli and sulphate of iron; to keep, the night-pai alwuvs charged with it, and after each us ot the pan to pour upon the discharge a quail tity of the solution sufficient to insure th disinfection of what had been voided. Calvert's liquid carbolic acid, which Is refei red to, is about the same strength as the acl States Pharmacopoeia, ami; tlic latter ma: be substituted for It. MaeDougall's powder contains about thlrtj three per cent, of carbolateof lime, tifty-nln percent of sulphite of magnesia, the rest bei?i water. "Culvert's powder contains from twenty t> thirty per cent, of carbolic acid mixed wltl the powdered refuse from aluin works.' These "powders" arc favorite dlslnfectan <om,>our.us in Great Britain,Jatnl can be ob tallied without difllculty, but J>r. Budd aji pears to consider the chloride of lime fo dredging purposes equally eflicacloust liomns II. Unco M. D., In the Boston Medl cal and .Surgical Journal. Direct Trade with Europe. Itlmslong been theambitlon ofCharlcstot cotton merchants to transport the staple di rect Irom this port to Ku rope instead of send limit by way of New York, the transfer ex penscsat the latter port and the extra co-t n the longer transportation being Just so mucl to be deducted from the price that it was pos slble to pay in this market. Iununierahli have been the ell'orts to establish regula steamship lines in connection with our rail roads, but from want of capital, or energy, o for some other reason, these attempts havi always fai.ed. The necessities of trade havi however, brought about what had failed o accomplishment, and, without any parade o fuss, or chartering of companies, direct trodi between Charleston and Kurope has been act ually established. The experiments made foi a few years past in bringing steamships ti this port to load with cotton direct;for Liver pool proved so profitable, and the margin ol fered by tlie price In Liverpool is so evident that up to September 2i this year we have al ready in port eight steamships in this trade with a tonnage 8,<>70, whereas last year up ti the same dutc not a single cotton steamshl] had arrived. Thecnectortnis additional iransportauoi is felt, in two way*. First and directly in keep ing tiie price of cotton here lit close proximlt; to tlie price in New York whereas fora larg' part of lustseason, for want of freight room til e price was depressed so far below tliat o New York as to put this market at a dhadvan tage. Secondly and Indirectly an a cons* quence of the better price in Increasing then ceipts of cotton. It Is t rue that the seasoi has been very enrly, but this alone is not sui tick-lit to account for the treat increase of re ceipts up to this time, being 57,?'>7 bale against 3:2.701 for the same period last year, o nearly twice asmuch. Of course so dispropor tionatc an Increase in the total receipts o this season over the last is not to be expected but wlih continued transportation facilitie there Is uo reason why Charleston should no secure a larger share of theeotton receipts.thl year than was practicable in 1S71C The benefits to be derived from this dlrec trade wilh Kuropo are so numerous and s great, that while they deserve special atteu tion and thoughtful consideration they cai be but briefly alluded to here. First in im portancc to Charlcstou is the active and pre tltable employment of all the money whicl tiie banks and factors can command in mov ing the crop to this city. In former years i lias been necessary to employ our limited ear ital in assisting to move the crop to New Yorl but this year we have needed all and mar than we could command for our own trade. Next must be considered the addlliona trade brought lo our market by the addition al cotton, for wherever a planter sells his pre dure lie is likely to purchase his supplier Again, we must not forget tiie extra employ nient given to other laboring classes and th money thus acquired and spent in the mids of us. A secondary advantage is the oppoi tunity given for the importation ol" foreigi goods at low rates of freight, no far most <; tho steamships have come over In ballast, on ly one bringing a cargool cotton ties. But 1 is evident that any inward cargo would b better than none, ami that it only lies witl our merchants to take advantage of the oppoi tunity at their command. Looking outsid of Charleston to the territory with which thi eitv >loes business, including South Caroliw and large portion* of lieighporlng States, th enhanced price of colton adds to the wealti of the people, and the benefit of a near am profitable market is not. 10 oc ovtr-csunmn'c This subject is especially worthy oftheserl ons attention of the fanners of the State. A1 tilings being equal, It is to their advantage t< deal wllli Charleston in preference to nion distant markets. They gain In their jxissagi money to and from Charleston, and jn th< freight 011 their goods from Charleston, am xll that they do to build up Charleston re Jouiids to their own benefit in enabling L'harle.-ton to contribute a larger proportioi to t he expenses of the.Sjate government. It is evidently, there/ore, a subject of con jr.itu.ation to Charleston and her cuslomeri that her large cotton trade has at length fore ^d direct trade with Europe, and It Is to th( interest of every one that this trade should bt ;ontiuuci2 aud enlarged. - - ii Jftew Methods of Teaching.)' ?I i ? THE CLASSICS AND THE BOYS. , i i Essay Read Before the Teachers* As j j sociation at Greenwood By Prof. E. ! [ j L. Patton. < i! Mr, President, and Gentlemen of the AhOn-1, >.' ''(tic Tvuchcrt Astucialson : To every citizen of t J South Carolina. It Is truly gratifying to obseive the j) 1 progress recently made In the education of her peop e. j, l ] if the construction of n railroad or tito erection of a |, f | factory is a just cause of c m.'ratulatlon, with how , t 1 much greater enthusiasm should we witness the I | progress \>T leatnlNC. the general diffusion of know-11 i- ; ledge, the ttvirnl ami intcllicln.il elevation of our peo- j , - j pie, the establishment of schools and colleges, US', . ] centres of illumination from which light shall radiate j ; I to every county and township in the State ? It Is a , - I s nircrid peculiar gratification that Abbeville County, ( j which may be justly called the A ttlca of South Carolina. | | '? i Is. man;testing so much Zealand activity in the cause of j , .!? I.lrtliidace I , 1 | oltlCHllon. ?l la uiiiim m.. ? , ( , J of John ('. Cnlhiiuii, the great Aiiiui icuu Statesman, | ? should foster tlie nurseries ?>f science niul literature, j < f Iroin which other sons shall go forlli to Illustrate her I, I" honored name. Mo, e particuaily, Mr. 1'reslilent, j, > |>erniit ?ts to congratulate you on the organisation of!, i- tlilt 8 >ciety, known as tho Abbeville Teacher's Asso-1 j L* ciatien ; andyon wit! pirdon us for adding i hat it ha*! j . if been singularly fortunate iti the character anil ab'litv i, 5 of its officers, "the President, ami ,his associn.o, Use I, - (,'huli in m of the Executive Committee; the one | "native ami to the nwrior born," the other an adopted | j e cliixen of South Carolina, of whom shels jug'!y proud, j, I Mr. President, when your speaker cast a furtive |, glanreatthe published programme Some days since, j j , and rend the names of the gentlemen expected to! S participate in these proceeding*, ho must confess to a j t feeling of trepidation and alarm at tho thought of np- j | > pen ring in such a presence. Hut the interest which he 11 > feels in the objects of your Association, and a desire t i- to lu ar the distinguished gentlemen who have honor-1 I i ed this occasion by their presence, so wrought in him 11 t that he got the better of his constitutional reserve ; j t and he now ventures, with extreme diffidence, to offer t 0 some suggestions on "'New Methods of Teaching," the j t ? topic fissioned htm in ti e programme of to-day. t t We have the very highest authority for asserling i i that "there is nothing new under the sun; bur, like \ I k every other general statement or proposition whether t inspired or uninspired, this language must not be In- I terpreted with too much rigor. If the author of the - sentiment were 'living t?-day, he would have, in the t Mariner's Oompiss, Telescope. Printing Press, Steam i '1 Engine, Sewing Machine, Electric Telegraph, and t ' tunny other Inventions, ocular anil tangioie (evidence ; 2 of SDiiio tbini;n, at least, which. In the ordinary sccep- t tatlon of the lerm, may bo called new. Not only in < ? Astronomy, Navigation. transmission of inteU'gcnce, i 1 multiplication of books, btlt ill Agriculture. also, the I ' most astonishing urogress has been made. Tlic inven- 1 s tion of the cotton pin has been followed by a complete i J revolution in the commercial world. Again, if we t coinpxr d the upper and nctlior millstone of more i 1 primitive tltnes with file Steam Flottr Mill of to-day. I e I we shall Immediately dls'-ovfir the immense {superior* < J Ity of the latte-. But In tho Keaplng Machine, we I t shall find a still more striking illustralIon of progress. ] " With tiie Bid of tliis device, a delicate woman will c mow a Hold of ten or fifteen acrcs in one day, not only I without fatigue, but with as much comfort and satis- I I tloti as if she were sitting In her own parlor, or riding i f in a pleasure carrlago along tho tnblic highway : and | yet she is doing the work of five or six robust men, I - armed with the ordinary scythe and cradle. i " It would be very remaikable. Indeed, if in thecultl- ! f vation nt the intellect, as well as o> the soil, new and 1 J improved methods had not been dlocovered. Such a i P fact would crea-e a shrewd suspicion that the all-ab'f sorbing question of the day Is, "What shall we eat, or i what shall we drink, or wherewithal shall we be cloth- l ed J" Education,' as well as Agriculture, is, in the I f strictest ?en*e of the term, a tentative, or experiment- I al science, and hence, In the one Case as well as in the | other, we may reasonably expect new metlimls to bo i tried anil adopted. And this expectation- hai been abundantly confirmed by experience. The ce'ebrated I ? aphorism of Lord linc m, homo miniate interpret-11 ' que naturce. etc, the key-note to progress and reform j i in physical science, has ulso given increased momen- i * turn to the philosophy of the human mind. It has ' suggested new expedients in the art of Instruction. < L> Last week for Instance, in the Female College at i ^ Due West we had cn entertainment In vocal and in- < 5 strumcntal music, given by a lady who was blind 11 e from h-r birth. Te do not profess to bo a very comc potent judge In such matters, but we know" when we are pleased. So as th? whole performance was I it ami hartlcularlv the beautiful I ? and pathetic song;; suggested by her own calamity, tho I 1 burden of which wns, "I nm blind, I an) blind." Her voire secmwt to lie Well cultivated, r.ml slie bnd n ;1 '* touch which Indicated tho ipconipiished pet-former, jj e But tho sequel was still tuore "wonderful. A volume I' as larco as that described in the "Collet's Saturday ' ? Night" whs opened at mndotu, when she rend, with I' ^ surprising fluency, the Interview between Christ and |' " N'icodcmus. This volume contained only the tioepels, ' but we were astonished to learn from her own lips j 1 r that she hmi lead tlii whole Bible four times! Audi) how was this miracle accomplished ? By the simple J o>pedieit of raised letters, which she had learned to distinguish by the touch. To tho blind, the Hook j ' " of Nature inay still bo a "universal blank,'' but the M * great volume of inspiration it nolionger illegible. All M honor to tho inventor of the alphabet for tho blind 1 " | The Bible can.now bo rend without eyes. This is one 11 ' i of the "New Methodsof Teaching," and illustrates the 1 I spirit of progress more than tho most brilliant inven-1' I lions of the age; making the pageof revelation luminous even to tho blind. And If this unfortunate ' I j could be reached; instructed in ail the branch-' ' J j es of a liberal education, who will deny that methods 1 ; I may bedUcovcred, which shnl! greatly facilitate the acquisition of knowledge in the case of others who , havo never been deprived of sight? Nevertheless, 1 L on the very threshold of our subject, wo shall be met 1 , by the stereotyped objection, that there is n > royal j1 j road to learning. If the purport of this wise saw is I f that to kings, and.emperors, as well as to the meanest j1 J of their subjects, the Hill of Science is dillicult and 1j . laborious in the ascent, we havo no hesitation in , J ' subscribing to It as a familiar truth. Frederick the j Groat was an eminent soldier and statesman but, asfcwe I learn from Macau lav, a very indifferent poet. If it means that, in the acquisition of knowledge, earnest j' * perse veiing effort is Indispensable; that tho most ' [ richly endowed intellect is not cxemjited from the j ' necessity of labor; that, in this rcspcci, Sir Isaac!1 Newton had no pre-eminence above the rest of man- j ' *i fc!uu, we again yield a cordial and unhesitating assent. 1 If, however, wo aro to understand that 1 I one road Is as plain, direct, and free from obstructions 1 , .is another: that, wiili tb? requisite amount 01 moor, i nil methods of teaching are equally cflVctivei'or, ad-j T tnittin^ the po>sibiltsy or improvement, that this ait i 1ms long sinco been brought to absolute perfection ; if ? this I# the meaning of the dictum, we rrject It as not " only false, but palpably absmd. ' lit opposition to the New Methods, it is urged again " with greater plausibility, that thoy cannot be retarded as important, because tho most eminent scholars of " the pant wefo wholy unacquainted with them ; that as linguists Milton, Erasmus. Dentley. Ilallam. Parr, and scores of others, were superior to any avlio live In this . . boasted age of Improvement. However solid this ob-} jectlon may appear, It will speedily evaporate In the i cruitble of sound logic. The Athenians, to say the! least, wrro as cultivated and refined ns any people in! modern times. The accomplished historian Maeaulay i ' describes Athens us one vast univrraity. And yet! . the printing pr?ss was not invented before tho fifteenth . century of the Christian era! Would the author of 1 this objection dlsparaee it as a useless invention be-1 cause it did not contribute to the Intellectual supretn-1 ? acy of ArlMotle. whom the great'Italian poet hails us l' ' the master Intellect of tho human race? Or, because j 1 th? illustrious countrymen of Dante discovered the ' New World in an ordinary sailing vessel, won Id he 11 _ venture to allirm tliat there was no demand for the I * .. magnificent ?tear*-ship, which makes the passage oil1 j the Atlantic In a week or ten days? Or, to oome still1' . j nearer home, would be complain of our distinguished !' , | Itepresentative in Congress,forgoing to Washington j . | bv steam, instead of taking a seat In some lumbering 1 ? old stage-coach, because, forsooth, ('alhoun and Mc- ' Duflio at one time performed tho same journey nuc._ cessfuly In that primitive conveyance? On the conf trary, if our captious friend himself hsd occasion toj1 visit Columbia, you would expect to (find him at J1 . Hodges, *ir Ninety-Six. or Greenwood, ready to take] advantage of the New Methods in transportation,'1 wlii'-li have harnessed ihe iron horse himself that J " coarser of enteral race, "With ncck in thunder cloth- 1 ed, aud lone resounding paco !" A word of caution may b.> necessary hero. It ' would be extravagant to assert that the -'Sew Method* . of Teaching-'are as far superior to the old us a rail- : road to an ordlnarjr highway; or printing press. ' . throwing off, with almost the rapidity of lightning, ] hundreds an<l t_ousands of copies, to the s.'inil like K itj/lus of the ancients, requiring weeks and months _ to produce a (ingle copy. The design of these illus- J tnitioDs Is (Imply to show that there must be a fallacy ~ in the argument, however specious, which would dlseard New Methods because so much baa been ac- I cotnplished by the old. Wo are now prepared to make a still mnro important concession, that no method, whether new or old 1 1 will be complexly auccesful without tuct and enthu- ' " siasin on the partof the teacher, in combination with I " anothor quality ?hch wo cannot belter describe ' " than by-culling it personal Magnetism. Assuming 1 ' that the teachcr is competent, these qualities insure j ' success, whatever method he maj choose to adont. " Who has not heard of the celebrated school at Will- ! e ington in this county, organized uml conduct?d by Dr. r Moses Waddeli; a school illustrated by such names * as Calhoun, McDudie, Wardlaw, and Legate?Hugh ' r!8winton Legare, as a scholar without a superior. B | scarcely an < qtial In the whole country, North or South ? To this personal Influence of lir. Waddell, 'I more than to tiny superiority in liis method of tenchr ine, should we nttrilmte these splendid results; reL> suits which entitle him to a monument from South' r Carolina, or at least,from the descendants of his illus-1 r trious pupils. There Is another mmio, still more 9 familiar in this division of the county ; a name limjr ~ and Intimately associated with the Cckesbury Con;* feretice School, and, subsequently with the South Caro' itua College during the time of its greatest prosperity ; " a name still held in In affectionate remembrance by ' every puj-H?the honored name of Matthew J. M'lla Hams. ?Ve havo been Informed that he possessed, in P a remarkable degree, the quaility of which we saek and to which wo doubt not, he was largely Indebted 1 for bis enviable reputation as a teacher. In many re" spects, no two men could have been mores different y than Drs. Tbornwell and Kllett, '.h? one Profesor ot e Moral Philosophy and hvldcnces of Christianity, the other of Chemlsty and Geology, in the South Carolina '' College. In hearing a recitation, the former was ro" mm kably qu et and reserved ; the latter indulged In copious remarks and illustrations ; but each possessed '* | a large amount of that mysterious force, or mngnotlc '' | influence, which no student was able to resist, and j r* which, like the magic of Shakspeare, could not be " copied. More than thirty years have elapsed since it I s was our priviloge to sit at the feet of the*- distinguish-! r cd men; but we (till feel the inspiration of their genius as when, surrounded by our beloved class | !' mates, we listened with eager and rapt attention to I their words of wisdom, which were "as goads and as I R mils fastened by the masters of assemblies." But alter all these admissions and qualifications, it 6 cannot be denied that one method of teaching Is superior to another, and that education is progressive. 1 As a familiar illustration, take the science of Oeogra- ' phy. We do not allude to the fact that our knowledge of the earth's surface is vastly increased ; that to the 1 spirit of adventure we are indebted for the dis I CO very Ol ll new nmiu, uwi iiibi cuiiiilieilis, hiiik | " i sineo illscovered,have been recently explored; tVnt I i the intrepid inarinerhas penetrated the Aretic Ocenn, < | in quest of u more direct |>n?8agc. that the waters of t ' ! the south Pacific fire now a* familiar to him ss the i Gulf of Mexico or Mediteranean Sea. With these | * i discoveries we are not ut present coiicerncd. Wo i e i have reference to the vast improvement in text-books. . I The genius of Cowmodoie Maury has made tlm study I of Oeography as fascinating as Gulliver's Travels or l " I the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. Instead of plung- i *" J ing at once into the intricacies of the Science, the i [* ; mysteries of latitude and longitude, the learner is iu- ] | troduced to the subject by easy and delightful stages ; i ? I obstacles vanish at his approach : and almost uncon- ' . ' sciously. he has made tho tour of a continent, or circumnavigated the globe. i ,( | In the study of Arithmetic snd English Grammars [. t the same method is pursued. The judicious teacher is J1 t1 exceedingly careful to adapt his instruc Ion to tho 1 I An..??iiu ??f tlm nMt<l**nfL which 1m vorv ftrcjiruf^lw ! I [j | guagcd. instead of a olnglu unwieldy volume, cor,-j . ] tainlng nil that In known on Oio subject, without much | o ! regard to order, we have a beautiful series of text-books j s j admirably adapted to tiio ago and capacity of the ! 11 i pupil, llow refreshing the contrast between the j 0 1 obi Federal Calculator, for Instance, and tile Arithiue- I [1 j tical works mI l'ro.Vnser Venablo of the University of ] j Virginia orMauray'aoctavoCnmuiar, valuablens it Is |. i ami the care ully graded series, which has taken lis i- I place! The pre?ent method of teaching the languages 1; goes far towards a realization of Milton's beau ideal, :> i as delineated In the famous TractteonEducation, but | u J which be never reduced to practice of sp-cch. "If 9 j after some preparatory coniids by their certain form6 j B J got Into memory," he observes, in the quaint Jinglish j J j of the Seventeenth Century, ' they Were led to the | praxis hereof in some chosen short book lessoned j thoroughly to them, they might tben'o tbwlth proceed j [ to ieurn the substance of good things and arts in due | order, which would bring tho wbo'e language quickly .' Into their power. This I take to be the most rational! I! and most protltable way of learning languages, and j .; whereby wo may best hope to cive account to God of > our youth spent here In." If we mistake not, tbero I' Is found here tho gertri of that New Method in teach-1 j lug Latin aud Greet yUlch Is now w populor, and | * y which wo wotilil ?o earnestly rccntnmcml?tlio nsoci-11! ition, from ths very IIrut, ur theory ami prastlcle. i o Ind inasmuch ni the subject assigned lis I he Programmes ts one which n volume c could not exhaust, wo shall devote in tl :heremainder of this discussion to the consideration o >f n single fentnre?the NewMe-.hml of Teaching the n Languages. We have nn additional reason for coniln- d ng our remarks to this branch of the subject. As t some of the Association are aware, the life of the p writer has been devoted cbl*Sy to to the study of the u :lasslcs; and without alt', cling the role of a superior linguist, he basune claim, at least, to your attention I uid confidence. fi n teaching the langnarcs, it is not pretended that S the idea of combining theory and prHCtlcp Is of recent r irigln. Such a preierslon Would be the height of ii irrogance and absurdity. Every I.ntSu or Greek t Hithor furnishes u praxis on the principles of the f language. Tint boy'who reads Ciesars Commentaries r; ,s making a practical application ol his knowledge, as t well as he w ho translates on tire blackboard an ex-| e Mcisefrom the Gnvk >>r Latin I'rose Composition. ji But we do insist, most strenuously, that the method s low Invogue makes this feature much morejproinimnt 1t According to the old method, the Grammar was first j a [ laced in the bunds ol the tyro, and alter some wet ks j o ir months of patient drilling in Declension and ' c Conjugation, mid fn coiiniilt:intr to memory mv u Uulcaol Syntax, lessons were assigned jhitnjin some f !reek or Latin imtlior, as :in exercise in Translation ; h it (he conclusion of which, he was required todtcline <1 loino noun or adjective, c onjugf.te sumc verb, and In v itlior case, to account for s ine pnrticnlnr form, cl Manifestly, wo have a cornblnutlnn or theory anil s iractice. Kyi-ry chapter, pnragraph, and sentenre s ven, furnlshm a copious exercise on tho principles t >f the language, ns laid down in tho Grammar. How d Ikh, wc miy very pertinently inquire, does the r Sew Method differ from the old orin whnt does lis ii 'otinted superiority consist ? In our humble juignent, it is entitled to the preference on scvoial nc- Ii :ouuts. ( In tho (lrstplnce.it I*emphatically snd prcmlnontly c ho natural method. It Is a remarkable and most sig- r dllcant fact, tint', nt the nee of MX <n seven, a child is t ible to speak tho vo.naculnr fluently, nml with some e li ttree of propriety He .expresses hitnsilf without a testation, on any subj'-ct wl,h which he is acquaint*-''. ?' He will entertain you with a copious narrative of his (. hildish exploits. Ills tongue Is as tiimblu its light- a lint'. The words |mur forth in a continual stream, a I nil I the (oretls copia rticrncti Is < hocked b j the o :etitle admonition, my child, you talk too much 1" He * ins neverseen an English Grammar, lie cannot dls- a 'ngtiiah between a noun and a verb. He It:.# learned ti he language by hearing it spoken, und by speaking it h limseil', ! A missionary is sei.t to Egypt. As soon as he nr- o Ives at his pkee of destination! ho purchases an Arabic Grammar, and, with commendable revolution, r iddrcsscs himself to the task of acquiring the Ian- I rutigo. At the end of some weeks or months he has t Jiatle scarcely any progress. He now begins n course e if reading in Arabic, but with no better result. II" I c s readr to abandon tho mission In despair, when for* 11; unately, It occurs to him that titer* is n better wny. t Ii lie goes out into the streets, and hears the language j ? spoken. Ho sees the Hashing eye, the vehement ges- | tl .Iculatlon, the smile of intelligence. Ho ventures to j I; nidi ess one of the natives, and succeeds in making jr ilinself understood. He goes through the same, p:<?- j I M-tH eve.-v riav. and Is astonished to discover that he | li s acquiring ihc language much more rapidly than by loriog over Urainmnr an.I Lexicon. We shall find illustrations much nearer home. In :he preut in .jority of cuses, tho French or German mmagrant, when landed at New Yoik, does not I lnderstnnd a syllable of English, llo Is iiB inuch n ier|ile.ted as il he were set down in tho streets o| ] d I'ekin or Canton, hut the acquisition of the languaeo j n is u necessity. He must sneak English, or not nt all. fi Horecognizes the fact, and at the end of n few years, p ne can bo distinguished from tho native American jnly by a slight trace of the foreign accent. I Un the other hand, It is a notorious fuel that year* I ire spent In reading Or?ek and Jjttin without so jo much ns approximating such a result. So far from * being able to converse flue.tly in those languages, | f the stud?nt would be very much embarassed or com-! * |detely nonplused if required even to read fiom sotuo ' s tuihor not lidd down In the College curriculum. | v These farts are sugjrestive, as well as stubborn. It I Is natural to Inquire, why arc these things so? And J t the answer is obvious, that a language is much more j P :asily acquired by writing and speaking it than by i t Military study or poring over text books. The New I C Method then, has thisndvantage over the old, thatj^ lb ovo usque ad malo, from the beginning even to , * the end of (lis literary course, the s'udent la compell- I d to write and speak thelitnguag*: in other words to r follow nature. c "First follow natnre.and yonr Indcmentframo ' Ity her .lust standard, which Is st'll the some; Unerring nature, still divinely bright, , One clear, nncioutided, universal light." ^ 1 !n> New Method Is superior to the old( because Itj vqufrcs the student to translate fhmi Knglish into ! t Stuck or Latin, ns well as rt'cc versa. If trantlstlnc n nto the Vernacular Is highly beneflelal, as all a idmit, the contrary process must be still more so, be-11 ause it requires a Nrger expenditure of labor. It," ivas the opinion of the lute I>r. Thornwell, and It't would not be easy to fii.do more competent judge,1 <i that the study of the languages was Invaluable, us , i famishing the best possible discipline ^r the mind.1 I l'o this eminent authority may be added ilint of Sir '| William Hamilton. As.ilro.nly observed, the .New, Method finnlshcs copious exercises In translating from, as well as into, tiio vernacular, thus r?'?|0triui; a jrenter mental effort. and Increasing, In the same proportion, tho utilty of the study. If this exercise Is not peculiar to the method which we advocate, It is mud-- s<> |iromiiieiit thutlt may be justly regarded as the differentia, or characteristic. The Nnturul Method, us wo may rightly enll It,, holds the more difficult subjects in reserve. As the, skilful commander will not discourage his men by forced marches, or attacking the enemy at a disad-1 vantage, so the teacher who Is not a more cmpiiic, j will advance his scholars very cautiously, surveying j jvery Ineh of the ground, and avoiding obstacles, is far ns possible, until his raw recruits have gained I strength and conlldeneu. What could he more un-i philosophical, not to.*ay obsnrd, than to advance tho: itudent,at a single stride, from the rudiments of [iramm.tr to thn Georglcs of Virgil; according to I Dryden, his translator, the most difficult of till ti c j l/itin poets? Many a lad of more than ordinary' promise has found the Hi idee of Caesar a veritable : I'oili Asinorum. and sat down In despair on the , auks of the beautiful Ithlne. As the result of tho ! ild method, the student (In the phraseology of the lllgrini's I'rogres.*) was sometimes 11 nnderinc In : .lie Plough of Despond, anon tumbling down tLe Hill, Difficulty, and, Dually, bound hand and foot In the "iktle nf (Jhilit T)eso?ir. Hot in th? 1 mtriiase of Mil-! ;on, wh<>?e prophetic vision anticipated the ltni>r<ivo-1 nrnts of a later age. the New Method conduce s him j :o a liill.-ide, mid pdnta out "the rl^ht path of a vir- ] .lions and nnhJo education; laborious, indeed, nt tinIrst ascent, hut else so smooth, so green, so full of roodly piospect and melodious sontids on every side :bat llio harp of Orpheus was not more charming." Another striking advantage of the New Method j " >ver the old, Hps in the fact that the les-oti, or praxis, i 1 s always designed to lllu^tiate some specific princl- j 1 ^le. That principle Is, first of nil, clearly enunciated, j t :Uen exemplified in a Model Sentence, after which j lie Student Is required to translate into <Jr?ek or " Lit in a doz<n or morn sentences, all In illustration of: I hat particular point. His attention Is thus called to ] n t acain and again: and he mu>t ho "impenetrably ! J lull^ indeed, (as was very unjustly said of Gold- | * imlth by one of his teachers.) if this constant repetl-; n ;ion makes no impression on his cranium.?for in c :he language of the poet, "GhUu cava! hipitlcm,! ' ion ft xctl saepe ottleildo." According to tile i 1 iiethod formerly employed, he repeated niemonler , ^ loino two or three paces of the Grammar, then read a i r chapter of Caesar, or an Ode of Horace, or n passage ] from Homer, without any Oi finite purpose, or tcrnii-! " nusad qncm. To borrow an llliistration rrom a favorite [ < ktlthor, tho natural result was that the student too ' iften bore a sulking rcfemblance to the figure of M. n Oeorgn on horseback?always mounted hilt making ' ti<? progress. The lesson of to-day was a duplicate | ? ?f the last; and this humdrum process was continued 1L rrom week to week, from month to month, and from j' fear to year, until the stomach of the master, as well;? is of the scholar, revolted at this "lenten entertain- j ' ment," this crtimbe repclilu, or stale cabbage, ol h the Iloman satirist. r The improved method, on the contrary, makes a c change of programme evtry day. Instead of a weari-1' some monotony, there Is always an vxlillaratlng sens? | 1 nf novelty, accompanied with a conviction that tho study of the nncient classics Is n initio of Intelleetual wealth which can never lit) exhausted. Bnt It is quite [>o?8ibl?, ?e apprehend ,to exhanst the patience ol orr respected audience; and wo shall, therefore, notice ulily one other advantage peculiar to this method. "Heading," says the oracular Lord Verulam. ' makes ? ftlll man. conversation a ready man, and wrUing an I'Xsct man." A knnwiodgo or books supplies food [or thought, social intercourse gives fluency of speech; : l?ut to think and speak accurately, frequent use must be made of the pen. As Cicero It is tersely expressed It, Mayulcr dicendi stylm. This capital advantage Is secured by the method which we so strenuously ndrocute. The blackboard Is a sine qua j ion, or Indis[leasable adjunct. '1 he student not only reads and speaks the language, (and we have already insisted on the great Importance of the latter.) but, as In the pal' ice of Uelabar.zar, ho traces the the mystic character* nn the wall, to be scanned by the critical eye of his professor: and sometimes the interpretation Is, "Tesel, thou art weighed In tho balances, and thou ?rt found wanting." Neither should wc overlook the mechanical facility which ho thus acquires In writing Greek. He soon It-urns to forin his Alpha, Beta, rjama, as rapidly and easily as the letters of the English alphabet, and with a skill and beauty which would have excited the admiration of some old amanuensis. Hut, it may be asked, aro there no objections to ;hls method which you so highly extol ? Wo do not ] icsitate to answer In the nfllrtimtlve, but In tho ian- I ;uttge of the counting-room, we deny, must strenu-1 j. tusly, that they constitute nn offset. "There are ob- . ectlons ugalnst a ptewUMl,1'says the celebrated Dr. , luhns'iii, "and objections against a vacuum, and yet c jne of Ihem uiust be true." li no method of tending were adopted, not absolutely Ireefrom objection?, iur schools and colleges would toon bo closed, anil II ? mr Superintendent of Education would find his of-1 Jj Ice a sinecure. If tl'e student is Incorrigibly dull or |.[ die, this method will not make him a scholar, for the ! n rury obvious reason, If you will Indulge us In a very I D loinely Illustration, that it Is Impossible "to make a ? illk purse out of a sow's ear." If he expccts his 0 :lasMiiate to do the woik for lilm, or resorts to any {, ither subterfuge for the purpose ol avoiding labor, rblch Is the price of excellence, the New Method \vl 1 ? >e as ineffectual as the old. Those who have had any xperlence in teaching the languages need not be Inormed that one of the most serious obstacles in the vay of success, is the uso of translations. The stu- . lent soon discovers that a translation is J k labor saving machine, and loses no j | Ime In providing himself with an Inter(near Horace or Virgil, which he affectionately calls ils pony, and ou which ho rides very comfortably, ind quite at his leisure, through the Slough of I)oipond, and up the Hill Dllliculty, secretly corigratu- _ atlng himself no doubt, that he has at last discovered ] >1 i royal road to learning. To this objection, the New J tMliod Is not so obnoxious as the old, because the luucer of detection Is, necessarily, much greater. 1'he student is literally driven to the wall, and thus Jecomes the target of every eye. But if there is , ;ood reason to suspect that ho has copied Ills exor- J) ;ise, let the professor, in dictating a sentence, add T| >r omit a word, or m ike some other slight change, mil the effect Is magical. The most ludicrous inlslakesare rnad? by the student; the eyes ol the pro- r Vosor twinkle with lll-conccaled luer.lment; the sig- . aal, well understood, is followed by explosions of t laughter on the part of the class, and, like one of old, t jur hero begins "with sbauio to tuke the Jowest j ? itfat!" t But we hasten on to the consideration of some Itn-1 ? lroveinent# which are still practicable In the metliuii j under discussion. Aiming these, the experiment of Dr. Sauveiir, and eminent savant of New York City,! Is worthy ol atu-iitloa. This ingenuous Frenchman ' takes a sentence from some Latin author, for exam-j [jle, the Commentaries of Caesar, nnil by new comhi- j nations of the worils , which are sometimes slightly modified constructs a great variety of oilier sentences, ullirmutivc, necatlve, exclamatory, and intorrogutive. j 1'he rnriety of combination in truly surprising' It; would be impossible to five a just conception of this | method, or rather modification of tbe method which tve have been discussing, without making copious extracts from the book, which would consume too much | nr your lime, un uie ouior nanu, io-<|uoie a meagre i I sentence, which wo happen to remember, (for wo j i liuVi', unfortunately, mislaid the book.) would bo to j Inn tale tin* mini, who wishing to sell his house, carried about with biui a single brick as n specimen. On this r>lan ho Is now engaged in teaching Oreek, Latin, Hebrew, Sanskrit, and how many more,or with what result, wc are not prepared to say ; but a very cursory examination has satisfied us that hiB method Is not I * imly a new departure, but one that may lead to the most important refults We have just received from the publishers, flames Je Company, New York, a"Kirst German Book,'' by Prof. James A. Wurman. As muy be learned twin the lltle page, Prof. Woriuuli does not claim fur his methjd entire originality, having borrow?d his id-a from Ibe celebrated I'estalozzl, but there at e some features ivhlch he insists on a* peculiar, or distinctive. Tho Irst ol these and the only one to which we Ht.all reer, is teaching the language by direct appeal lo lllns rations. The idea of pictorial Illustrations is nulling new. They are found, ill the gre.'itvst profusion, J n every prluier. But :?> teach n language by an up?e<.l to the organ of vision, without u vocabulary, sltber at the end of the book,or alter every lesson, ie student knowing only tbe alphabet,Is, we are inilined lo think, something now under tho sun. On , his principle, the juer'.et tyru is dcltghtvd to find 1 Iiat ho can read, almost wltbont hesitation. mm ne hundred pages contained In thu "Hnst Girm look." If to any this statement should nppenr? I redible, we noiild remind him of an Incident whi lie pious John Newton relates of himself that wh n board of n slave ship, he read Horace from begl ilng to end without a Grammar or Dictionary, or u erstanding a word of Latin when he began, lie mn ho poet Intermit himself. An<l this is the phlloi by of Prof. Wurman's method, with tho assistau f illnsttstlons addressed to the eye. Finally, on this branch of our subject, If Greek .atin were made tho medium ot Intercourse betwe irofessor nud student, the advantages of tho Ni ilethod would bo largely Increased. It would endered still more Interesting and Instructive. T lours of patlunt toll which the stndent has devoted he preparation of his lesson, must detract sutm-vvl rom its novelty. He his made himself perfectly nillar with it. In all its details, lie Is prepand ranslate the most diflictiit sentences Imiimmptn, ell r at his seat, or at the blackboard. This thorou reparation, which should bo Insisted on as indlspc ah;e, Is sometimes attended with a frellng of sat y, since It is proverbial that "Ihe full soul loathi n honeycomb." Resides, there is a vague Imp esel n the mind of the stndent that his tiisnhas been i omplMied ; that so far as that lesson Is concerned, ms nothing more to learn, the recitation being a m? rin. And It Is but fair to add that the profess imself is no struneer to this feeling But If he it ressed tho student in Latin, the attention of be rou'd he Immediately aroused, and all sense of mil issipated. Atlho same time, the recitation would till more Instructive. If as we have endeavored how, to write Latin Is so Important, how much mi u speak I:; to make it a conversational medium; to i ress the student In that noble Innguage which or rsonnderl in tin. Tt..n t- ?i-- ><? imnurtnl Tully! Is there snch ? remit attainable ? We have no h lotion In giving anatlirrnative answer. In Arnol !reek and Latin I'rose Composition, we hate t lite of Ariadne, which will inf llibly lead to 6ticl csult. It is attained without difficulty, in teachi In- Modern Languages, and, with n" correspondi ft'ort, why should it not be In this case? And tin i-sureilly it li>a consummation devoutly to bo wU d. It would lead to a revolHtlon In the study reek and Latin as taught in our American col let nd universities. They would no longer be regard s ilead lani:uaf,vs, but Instinct with life. Tito stu f tlie classics would agiiti he pursued with as inn rdor And enthusiNxm as at the Uevlval of Lettei nd the salutary effects would be apparent In the p lit, at the bar, in lh? editor's sanctum, ami In i lulls of Congress. Such a result would nrnke t iew Method complete, as n?arly perfect i.s any wti f hutiiun Ingenuity can be. The New Method, It Is hardly necessary to ndd, d< lot preset Ibo tho reading of Greek ? >a^ln authors; Far ftoiu it. On tho c r?ry, tho masterpieces of ancient I rature ate read with greatly increased Interest 'I ritical study of the languturo has given the ynutl ectter relish for tho intellectual banquet spread I lire him In the pages of Homer and Virgil. lie Ins to aprcchite the curiam jclicUan, or exquis ellcacy of thought and expression which charucti tes these masters of style, and efttt almost hear I oar of the sea in the polvphlosboio thalamic* he former, or the whistling of tho wind# In the ?l Hits of tho latter; Una Kurusqtte Notn?qno rttnnt, creberque proce'l Alricus, ct vtistos volvunt ad littora lltictus. In Ersklnc College, the Oreek and Latin Pri '(impositionalternates with the erltieal cxamlnati f some ancient author. Itlsposslblo that the s ent nifty not read so many pages, but ho reads w iiueh creater intelligence anil MinrenlKitiin a lit*lit nr which we think, hi* is indebted to tho l'roso Co million. lint what of the New Method of pmnunciatio n the Hi's I ph.cr, It is a misnomer to call it new. lie Tractate "n Kdueatlon, which wo have qnoted ! ftvn, Ml I toll indicates a preference for the I tall especially In the Vowels, for we Kniilichmcn bel ?r northerly, do not ope* our mouths In tho cold i rldo enough to grace a southern tongue, hut are t crve.l l>y all nations to speak exceeding close and rard;so that to smatterLAtln with an Kngllsh nion s hs III a hearing ns law French." In Pope's bunci here Is an amusing passage which t-liown that 1 ihilolo^iiiBof that day mooted, with ho little Intert he important (|iicsllon^wlicther we should "give 'ioero to 0 or K." Wo object then to calling It n< nit have no objection to tho thing lis. If. If any bo r sins to give up Cicero to K, we shall not compla Ju',??io/o lutio. we have wlih Milion, a dceld irelerelice lor the Italian as the standum of proni latlon. In this respect, then- Is considerable latitc n Krsklno College* but a student Is never allowed uakea false quantity. lie must not any audita, i5 rcla, accenting the first on the antepenult, and 1 ecnnd on the penult, under penalty of our sere d iloAtmro, In taking leave of the snljoct, we shall briefly gl he resulis of our own e*|?erlenco in studying eoi f the Modern Languages; and in doing sis we >!i ppeal to that charity, so beautifn|:y'describ> d by nsplred npost'e; one of whose characteristics is. tl it thlnketh no evil"?always gives credit for I nost generous inotivo. Soon after bidding adieu >ur Alma Male)\ tho South Carolina College, purchased a copy of _ "Ollendorff's New Method ..earning to Itead, Write and Speak tho Italia: I'llls we studied privately, with great inli ?t, and. we trust, not without profit. Soon after. fiiim cl the study of the language in Ya'c Col ege, oiinectlon with French. The method or Signm- 1 tertl, professor of Modern Languages. was substi tally Unit of Ollcndoi IT. These exercises wore trit jiersed with conversation, which was mostly 'rer.ch. Altm-spendiug five months In this way, etnrned to the South.' With this preparation, end in six weeks the Orlando l'urlo?o, an Italian e n four large volumes: in two weeks.aa well as ii remember, Ml of MeW-staido. another volumim KM-t; in about the same time, the Inferno of Tint nany passages of which still linger In oitr tnemn 'specially, the terrible inscription ov?r the gale lell, the.conclusion of which is**AIi hope abandon rim enter hero,"and the opening canto, in which met represents himself as bewildered In a path! orest, anil vainly attempting to ascend a mount chine summit. Illnminen by the rays of the morn un. Is guardi>d by a panther, a Hon, and she w rom which truly formidable trio be Is resell, d by ipportune rrrival of Virgil. And Just he* a It oec o us that this passage Ua verv fine lllustrutlon ut llltlcultles, pcrplexlticsand dl>couragemonts, wli ttelul the student who follows the '-Id method. 1 s-mblance is so perfect that wo ask your peru Ion to quote it: "in the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in ? gloomy wood, astray <iono from the path direct: and e'en to Wll, It were no easy task. li"W savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to r-tneml'er only my dismay Ilenews in bltteruesa not far from death.'' Carej's Translator The Xew Method Is. emphatically lu diriviu, (a\ path direct.1' ISut to return lr<>m til's diercsalo n French we read the Comedies of Mollere. L rage.ues ... \ oiu.ire, aim niucr aiiiuora, transim he Ninth !' !>'; of Fendon's Teleuiaqun out of niclnul Into Italian ;.t a single lesson. These tbli rc iiicntliinul asan illiirtratiun of what may be aecdished by ayoungmjn ?t studious habit* and oi mry capacl'y, who takes advantage of the N >! tliod. We arc cv.nici.ms of no other motive, i houl.l llwre even seem to be a want of modesty, ,re persuaded that .in audience so intelligent anil . riminiling as that which we have the honor to i Ir.ss, will give us the benefit of iho cliivalr.iu-.sei nvnt?llonUoit qui male pensy, "Evil he Dm that evil thinks." But wo must bri;;? th einarks to a close. Mr. President, the census reveals the surprU ,nd most gratifying fact that the population <>f So.'arolina is nearly one million. The tide which I iceti roll ng westwmd for so many years Is arres nd actually receding. The mountain is coming ilahomet! Kmlgraiinn has been changed to inn nation . a change of only one syllable, but the did :nco Is imm.-nse. The Immigrants are not numen nit It Is the advance guard, the "baby finder < f the .nt tna>e of thlnifs to come." We bid than wclcoi vhelhcr from New El gland or old Knclrtnd,froin ; . a Scotia, or luo land of Walter Scott. There iioiii for all. Sir, we havo a magnificent country , dimat* mild and talubri>>rs. a generous soil, > 16 <!l n abundance two of the great commercial staples, veil as forests of ''murmuring pine.'' which speed epalr the ravages<>f tiio plough,ntford an inexhain ile supply of fuel, and add indescribable charm to andsciipe. lint til.-*.* things aro not her glory. They c.ini nake her truly great. Wlu.t Is It that thrills leart at the very mention of Scotland ? It is iioral nn.l Intellectual greatness; her glorious lit.1 ure, her colleges ami universities, her poets and p .......I..... l.?. l>.n....... . .i.iw|ilicir, iivi uiiiiij,i ibuvo all, the Groat Unknown, or Wizzard of Sortli! So it Is the virtue, Intelligence and patrl sm or b?r citizens, tlwt has made South Carol ruly great, a bright particular star In the galaxy states, There Is only one way In which this bone lofiiiIon can be maintained, Iler people must be icated. The needs of knowledge must bo scatte broadcast from niouatain to seaboard, from the 1 raiinah to thu Wateree. We are constitutionally sanguine, but, sir, it w ireason to doubt tlmt South Carolina has a glorl< uture; h future more glorious than all her past. 1 rery mlsfoi tunes will make her great. From the r ,lo dancer she is already beginning to pluck tho fli ir of safety. "What though the field be lost? All lot lost" "Peace hath her victories no less renov d than war." And we have met to-day to colebr >ne of these bloodless victories. South Carolina i irecla'es as she never did before, tho Importance iducatlon ; and we rejoice that she Is represented ine so energetic and public-spirited, so Intelllgi lid devoted, In a word, so well qualified to super end this great and important Interest; and w? he iy pledge htm our hearty sympathy and coopcratli mtll every citizen is redeemed Irom tho reproach ^nnrance,and the priceless boon of educatlou I OIUUS "As broad and genera! as the ciislngnlr." Let our Senators and Representatives, whetl itate or National, our editors and publishers, c jwyers and physicians, our farmers and merehan lie ministers of Christ, that serve tho altar, and aim 11, let teachers themselves catch the spirit of i rovementin education: and South Carolina n rise from the dust and humiliation of defeat, a lit on her beautiful garments, and shine forth tore than her original splendor. "ABBEVILLEGraded Schoo WILL ItE-OI'EN rnesflay, Septemte 21st 188 D. B, JOHNSON, M. A., Principal diss L. WHITE, i Assistants diss S.. LIVINGSTON. J Assls,;ants? rHK Scholastic year will consist of t months of four weeks each divided In wo sessions as follows: A Paying Session wenty-cight weeks (wltn fees ;us below,) ni l Free session of twelve weeks, paid for 1 ho Public School Fund,?Free Session to 1 ;lit on the first Monday in April, 18K1. Fees for Paying Session. 'ritnary Department, 810.50, or S1.50 j nonth. ntermcdiatc, S10.35, or ?2.7"> per month, ligh School, or S3.7f> nor month. Fees to be paid monthly nhd prompt 'Cone but pay scholars will he admitted on tin nod durhm the Paying Session. The fees are the same In amount for t ear as last year's rates. The apparent1 :rcasc on the monthly fees Is owing to t 'roe Session when no fees are charged. The above rates are lower than at any sir ar Institution In the State. No extra cliai s made for Mathematics and Languages. W. H. PAKKKR. President Hoard Trustees w. C. Hf.net, Secretary. Abbeville, Sept., 8, 1SS0. -tt H. W. LAW SON & CO HAVE JUST MANUFACTURED A Large Lot of Quart Fruit Tin Cans, A T very low price. Tin Hoofllng doncwi f\ hest clmrcoiii tin at 56.75 per square, cas July l*sa. cow roor. v ; IIEAT UKAN ECU SALE I!Y li. \V. BAKNWEIL Hay 1189,-5, tf I Adaer College. II* O O nn t The Fourth Scholastic Year -WILL BEGIN TUB? or 5 Last flinty in Septemlier, Neil. IO TT IS IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS BE .?t 1 present tiro first day. Apply for ciitnloguc . ? 10 JOHN R. RILEY, ] g Chairman of Faculty. I if- August 11,1880,2m. ( air| - , on | J | DR. D, JAYNE'S & SON'S,; [Preparations. ui JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT, Jnync's Alternbe tJ tlve, Jayne's Hair Tonic, Jayne's Carmlnto ative Balsam, Jayne's Tonic Vermlfutre, ire Jayne's Sanative Pills, Jnync's AgueMcdiul cine, Jayno's Liniment. Z Edwin Parker. Aug 25, 18S0,2t ? Town Council Election i a riff up ?i*t h- * N election for Intendnnt and four Varof A dons for the town of Abbeville, for the elite,, suing year Is hereby ordered to be held In the rd courthouse,on the (jg SECOND MONDAY, 13th SEPTEMBER, ws noxt. Polls to be opened at 6 o'clock n. m? i ?l- and to tie closed at fi p. in. or Managers?Jones Miller, Amos Morse, Keltic ly Bowie. rk By order of Town Council, < T. I>. Quiarles, ' ui- Secretary. lit August 23, 1880. ho ] *" Notice ,')e To the Ministers of all Denominations In ;te Abbeville County. .he "VoUR attention Ih respectfully called to the i r,r J following resolutions adopted at the la.st m. meeting of the Abbeville District BibleSoclety, held July 2Stli 18S0. Jitmlvr.d, I, That the ministers of the Gos19 pel of all denominations, in llio county, be requested to preach In their respective ue churches, as early as practicable,a sermon in on advocacy of the Bible cause. til- ltKMjlvnd, II, That a collection for this cause Ith be taken up in each Church and forwarded to 111 J, F. C. DnI're, Treasurer, before the next ru- meeting of the Society. L. \V. WHITE, Cor. Scc'Vy. A. D. 11. S. n? A up. 12. 1880. tf , In Five cent Cigars. njf r/l'LVS, BOMBAY, BELLE OF TIDEWAilr Mi tor, Tourist, nnd Log Cabin Clears. I1*" Expectkj>?'"Lone Fisherman's" and Aeh- , me Cigarettes, at EDWIN PARKER'S. ltlJ Sept 22, 18800. ml ___J ? GREENVILLE I MILITARY INSTITUTE.: in. W rr?HE THIRD SESSION OF THIS INSTIA tlHlon will open on the fith of September, l(Ju next. Corps of experienced instructors. For 1 ,0 catalogue apply to 1'" CAIT. JOHN II. PATRICK, Greenville, S. C. ls August 11, 1880, tf ? try T? s i on can Buy 1st (/ the A READY-MADE t CLOTHING, it HATS AND BONNETS, s BOOTS AND SHOES, ? AND | OTHER ARTICLES r AT PRICES tiui That will make Money, SUMMER CALICOES, at 6cts from 1 B. W. BARNWELL. lis" Sept. 15. State of South Carolina. County of Abbeville. Probato Court?Citation for Letter*ol Administration. [' By .T. Fuller Lyon, Ksq., Probate Jcdrk n- W^EIUiAS, Ezekiel Harris has I the VV nimlo suit to nio, to grant him inir Letters of Administration with will anlI"" nexed of the Estate and ellccts of John McClain, lute of Abbeviilo County, do1j|I ceased. t-w These are therefore to cite and adinon?'<!' ish all and singular the kindred and crcd"? itors of the said John McClain, de| ceased, that they he and appear, before ,ti. I me, in the Court of Probate, to be helu at to j Abbeville C. II., on Tuesday the 28 day of ' ?? j Sept., 1880, after publication hereof, at I j 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause ,',h i if any they have, why the said Adminis b?* trntiun should not be granted. i?<l Given under my band and seal, this 15th day of Soptember, in tlie year ol' our Lord one thousand fight hundrcd and eighty, and In the ti- one hundred and fifth jrear of >.?e, American Independence. *" Published on the loih day of September * 1880, in tiui VrcHnand Banner and on the |ne Court House door for the timo required an by lav*. Hy J. FULLER LYON, J{f" .T udgo of Probate A. C. September 15, 2\v 1 SPECIAL NOTICE! SI Fall and Winter 1880. lot-1 rpo arrive In the next ten days, the largest in" | 1 Stock of Millinery, Dress woods, Dross ?r[ Trimmings, black and Colored HIUck. Ladles i ro* i Cloak!", Ladles Dolmas, Misses and chlldrens ! Furs, black and Colored Cashmeres, Zephyr rc''1 Shawls, mid the greatest variety of Worsted, ja* I <ftc., ever ottered to the Ladles of Abbeville. Our stock has been selected with the greatest trc | care and bought almost excluslvelyfor CASH. I,,#! thereby enabling us to sell at the closest flg'er' urcs. | R. M. Haddon & Co. is; Sept. 15. I J. Knox & Co. by | 0 re,n ! /"VFFER. for sale the celebrated of; bel c rt i lilt r-t | "Stonewall uigar ,erl The best Five cents Ci-r.ir brought to this 'tuJ" j market. Al*o a superior lot of Z \ Sw?et Mash Corn Whiskey, in nd And a very fine article of RYE WHISKEY. ? Sept. 8, 1880. tf j Notice! WILL be let to the LOWEST BIDDER; on Thursday,, the 7th of October next, the OllEltUILDIXG OF A BRIDUE at A. .T. t'llnkscales' Mill. Plan and speclfl' cations gl von on the day of letting. 8. J. HESTER, County Commissioner. Sept. 8. isw>. 4t en NOTICE TO TOURISTS & HEALTH SEEKERS, j nd Summer Schedule to the Mountains. >c- Spartanburg, Union and Columbia, and S. & A. R. R. Spahtaniiuro, S. C.. July 10.1880. )or AN1' AFTER THE AIM>VE DATE THE j |\7 following Schedule will be run. over I these Roads dally. Sundays excepted : UI' TKAIN. I v.: Leave Alston 1.00 p. ni or j Leave ITnion | Leave wj>jirt?ini)ur>r 4.1:1 " lie Arrive at Hendersonville, 7.1(1 " In- Close connection is made at Alston with lie train from Columbia on Greenville ami Col I 11 mmII Jtionu. Al I.UIUIIIUUI, roiMllUM/H ir. | ni-; made from Charleston, Wilmington and Au ge! gusta. At Spartanburg, connection Is niaile nl Air | Line Depot with trains from from Atlanta I i. and Charlotte, also with .Stage Line to Ulenn Springs. At Hcndersonvllle, connection Is made with J a llrst class Line of Stages to Ashevlllc, arrl-j ? vlng there the same evening; itfr Parties desirous of visiting (Vesar's ? Head or other points of interest can be provl | ! deil with first class conveyances from the Llv-j ery Stables In Heude/sonvllle at reasonable! rates. TRAIN SOUTH. ! Will leave Hcndersonvllle, 9..10 a ni ( Sjartauburg, 1.10 p m Union 2.50 p m A'rive at Alston -1.4.1 j> m I These KoadB are In excellent condition, fnrt( | niched with first class Coaches; provided with I, j all necessary appliances tor safety and comi fi rt of l'asscngers. At Spartanburg and Hen? ' d ramvlllo the Hotel accommodations [are now amnle for a large increase of travel. Tliejr will bo found well supplied with good j Mouutalu tare at reasonable rates. j JAS. ANDERSON, Superintendent, J v ;V' * ?> .;\1 WpT Treasurers Office, August 30, 18S0. [X accordance with the Supply 1JII1, approved February 20th, 1SK0, notice is lerchv given that the Treasurer's Office )f Abbeville county will be open for the collection ol' Taxes Wednesday loth Sep;ember, 1880, and will remain open until 1st day cf November, except the days included in the schedule of appointments iiade below in this notice : fhc foatc per Centum of Taxes is as Fellows: Slato purposes, 4? Mills. County, 44 Past Indebtedness, 11 44 Schools 2 44 Total lli Mills. Poll Tax, ?1.00. In all cases where tho May Installment lias not been paid a Penalty ol Five Per Ccntnm will be added to said Installment. All Taxes remaining unpaid on the 1st [lav of November will incur a Penalty of Fifteen Per Centnm, ind will bo collected by distress until loth Jav of November; alter that date the County Treasurer will proceed to collect [he same by lovy and sale as provided by law. Taxes are Payable in the following kinds of Funds and no other! Gold and Silver Coin, United States Currency, and National Bank Notes, Jury and Witnesses' Tickets will bo t^ken for County Taxes as provided by law. Parties liable to Poll Tax and refusing or failing to pay the same will be proceeded against as for a misdemeanor, and upon conviction "shall be lined not more than ton dollars, besides cost, or by imprisonment in the County jail not exceeding thirty days." In Accordance with tho Act of Assembly, approved December 23, 1879, which requires County Treasurers "To attend at certain places for the collection of Taxes," I will attend at tho following places on tho days designated. To wit: Nincly-Six, Monday 27th September, 10 .'30 a; hi. until arrival of up train, Tuesday the 28th. Greenwood, Tuesday 2Sth, from arri-| val of up train until same hour Wednesday 291 li. Hodges, Wednesday 2flth from arrival of tip train until same hour Thuisday tho COth. Donaldsvillc, Friday the 1st day of October. Due West, Saturday tho 2nd day of October, Long Cane Township on Monday the 4th October atGilgal church. Smith villo Township at Evan's Mill, on ; Tuesday the 5th October. White Ilall Township at White Hall I Wednesday the 6th October. Indian llill Township at Chiles' Cross Roads on Thursday the 7th October. Cellar Springs Township at Cediu Springs, Friday the Stli October. Abbeville C. II. Saturday the 9th October. Diamond Hill Township, at Wni. Wieklift'c's, Monday the 11th October. Lowndesville, Tuesday the 12th October. Magnolia, at Hester's store, Wednesday the 13th October. Calhoun's Mills, Thursday the 14th October. McKittrick's Mills, Friday the 15th October. The balance or the time up to the 1st November I will be in the office at the Court House. Tlio Tnx mvers of Lowndesville. Mnir nolia and Calhoun Townships arc notified that the S. V. 1%. It. Tax will be collected at the namo time. All information as to Taxes froely given by mail or otherwise. J. W. PERRIN, County Treasurer. Rcpl 1, 18S0. lit N~f )I,DA Xn~KXl'KE; IK.VCKD BOOKkecperanU Salesinnn would lllvCtool>taln employment in Abbeville for the coming season or longer. Apply to .1. \V. Mrrt*i.i.ocir, Or to M. (>. Zelgler, Clerk Court C. P. August IS IMSO.Jtf BONESET BOURBON TONIC. Tonic is rcconimended for Indigestion! and Its ntteudiint Ills, :iud as a preventive! of Malarial Diseases. The material used Is of the highest grade of execllencc. Nothing out ii firm nlfl k'ontnnlrv wMmL'v nsin iuvnIiicp fl richness of flavor ami n generous stimulant effect like this. Nothing hut a blending of homogeneous and wholesome tonics In Just proportion citn produce so gratefu I 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, 1880. I Valuable Books. Q'NEAL'S BENCH AND BAR. Edwin Parker. Sept. 8.1880. A7B7CTLINDSAY7" DENTIST, Practical and Operative, HAVING attended the Lectures of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery offers Ills professional services to the public as a Dentist and Oral surgeon. Calls through the country attended io. All work warranted and charges reasonable. Residence 5 miles cast of Calhoun Mills, South Carolina. Juno 10, 1880. PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, Periodicals, Newspapers and Music State, County and Railroad Officers and business men generally, supplied with blank books made to any pattern. ? ljlj laiiiiut'n nitii: imjii [lining i r.iuiMiA k.'AIjS, NEWSPAPERS, MUSIC, Ac., which tlicy desire to transmit to their posterity, should HAVE THEM REBOUND. Which will preserve them and will make them look almost as well as new. Old 1 looks.Ac., should not only be rebound, but the current literature of the present day should be put in a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done In the shortest possible time, with the best material. In the most handsome and durable style, and at a price which cannot bo duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, Statiovkh, Hook Bindkh and Bi.an Hook Manukactuukk, No. iv) .Main Sticket, COLUMBIA S. O. ABBEVILLE High School. Assistant Teacher Wanted MALE or FEMALE.?Salary Send testimonials, stating age and experience,1 before vJiith September, to J. F, LYON, | Secretary Hoard of Trustees. | Sept, 15, 21. AUTOMATIC 1 PENCILS, with movable leads. EDWIN PARKER. Mry 10,1SS0,lit 1 1880 OPENING!" 1880 FALL SEASON! "W"e Would call the Special .Attention ? OF THE ? IADSES OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY TO OUR FALL AND WINTER STYLES OF MILLINERY, JEWELRY, RUFFLINGS. LACES. TIES, VEILINGS, FANCY RIBBONS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, REAL HAIR GOODS, FURS, &C., -I ALSO, the greatest variety of DRESS GOODS, ALPACAS; CASHMERES, Black and Colored SILKS, Black and Colored SATINS. Black and Colored VELVETS, FRINGES, BUTTONS, Zephyr SHAWLS, CLOAKS, DOLMANS, &c. Our Stock is almost twice the usual size and we cordially invite an inspection of the same. Don't forget n m HAnnnii o. nn n, lTl. nrtuuun at, uu. FALL GOODS. FALL GOODS. mm k TEMPLETOI. Are now opening their large assortment of PALL and WINTER GOODS. THEY HAVE PRINTS, in all styles, COTHING, in great variety, DRESS GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, all kinds and prices, CLOAKS and DOLMANS, in varied styles, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, &c, 6c. tro GIVE THEM A CALL"*? ... w.-pt. y. ;s'? tr On Exhibition! A COMPLETE STOCK OTT1 mm no mmn i;iiiiik ill 111 J U III II UtlllilUUH UUUIfD.. You have but to look, to see that our stock is Large and Well Selected. Prices'always guaranteed. Call and get your wants Supplied. W. JOEL SMITH & SON. * / 'i ttt tt mrrrrm-n rmvrnruT VY. II. II II & lilJIMJ. Druggfisfs. - > NO. 812 BROAD ST.. AUGUSTA, GA. REfifKCTFtjr.r.Y r?AIJ, THE ATTENTION OF THE MERCHANTS, PHYSICIANS, Planters and people eencrally ta their lur^c and complete stock of Drip, Msilcims, taicals, Paints, Oils, Yanisles, IMoiGta, to which thev nITVr nt prices as low aR enn he found anywhere in thl* country. In addition to the nbove.'the.v niso carry the larjjc-t and best selected stock of Fancy Goods and Toilet Article* in the South. Mil. I>. H. L\N*D. (formerly HnrrcttA Land) will be found in this hou-e nt nil tlmo>, and will be cla-1 to meet his old friends. [August 25,1880,3m. TRY HEME FIRST. BEIW ^S*-m S CONGAEEE fci ?" A ?- ?^ -mt -9 'wr ~wr *Tk "W T n May 10th 1&S0, tf III III || Si fill \ NOW "is THE TIME lllUll si Willi 13, tosecobeafirstclass j innv ,i f n \ mm .^683^* Ml\ flLJUAiUlDUIl, PROPRIETOR. <|11P^||||^P*| % REDUCED PRICES: ^ VERTICAL CANE MILLS, x,i?t of PHces. OOKING STOVE. | 2 Rollers,m incnesaiamcicr, c > >!?< U " 12 " " ?<w :0: '2 " II " " 55 00 3 io " (M) <)i) I" HAVE only a limited number that I will 3 ] { < 70 00 L trade for otus or sell on tiro# to good par' 3 u ii u so 00 tics by paying ouc-thlrd cash. My stove* ar? too well known where ever they have been , , . ... n-i4i.-? introduced to need an explanath ui (Ybo\ eprloescompleto with Frame itlion i keep conbtantl} ou hand a full supply Oi Frame,?10 lesson each Mill Mason's HORIZONTAL?3 Roller Mil IMPROVED FRUIn r The two quarts are only worth S2.50 per doz ? __ . ? en. The one quarts, 81.75 per dozen. Also * for Steam or Water Pot?"- good supply of tin can8,th?ti sen at tuo astonishingly low price of seventy-Jive cents per dozen. Any one can seal them and warmer* ?150. ranted not to leak. Mend in your orders early. n , tt _ . n i only charge twenty cents per gallon for Send Yonr Orders for a. 1 kerosene warranted 110 degrees fire test, by W. M. Bird Vn piiiir?oforstonnlnir leaks In cans? Cane Mills ESTIMATES MADE in and bids given on roofing and guttering In o AJNLI out of the county. Work In copper, rlnc ; and galvanized Iron a specialty. r m XT i.?_l - Thanking you for past favor* and ftoIlcltlDg BVrilD iL6LLl6S a Share of your patronage in the ftiture w u j am y0ur obe<ilent servant, L J. SPROLES. -d D. B. SMITH, Agent. I ~Greenwood, So, Ca. ? J, J, CLARK. I For Tie (M of Tie Craft I 1\ FINS?from the cheapest to t!ie best. T HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY H Ilcarso will titlcnd funerals, when desired. I whole attention to my Shop. ,1 shall elvo 9 It (iOOl) ATTENTION. If any person wish' He will also Contract for the estoimvehis Erection of Buildings. Watches Repaired Ilrlnc them In. I have all the tools and mn-' Ho I* nconf. for the sale of Sash. Doors I toriais to do it up in ine oest or style ana at ly Blinds, Mouldings, Stalr-riilllnjrs, Floorings the lowest ratt*s |K)s.sIi>ie. If you wnnt yotu and everything pertaining to house building cloek rcM ?aireu brliy it In and it will be done April 7th 1880, If rlgi?t. H yon want your . JEWELRY MENDED "R?'RR'F'RTIW Bring it od. If you Want your r? ,.L. ,r SEWING MACHINE MENDED l public that he has recently removed his Tonsorlal fixtures to "ICnox's llall," North- 1 his Is U>e piaccto #et It done in the best of oast corner public square whore no win oc ?* <><;?. v*.?? pleased to meet ami lie of service to all in the oM one repaired. If yott wantyourgtin or search of theaiil anil assistance of a Ilrslelass pistol repaired this is the place to have It M'-'l Tonsorial Artist to render their outward ap- done. All these articles will be repaired lu pea ranee about Mie head and liiee more deslr- the best of order at the Lowest l'rlces. al>lo to loo'c upon. Satisfaction lu every par- (Jive me a trial and satisfy yourselves? ^^1 tlculnr and prices to suit the stringency of the TEltMS CASH. J Utiles, Very respectfully, ?A.... ? _ _ __ I Richard Gantt. JOHN L. CLARK, I 11 ALL. January 1L', lbT'J. tu j