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r Vie Press and Banner.'; Bj Hugh Wilson and H. T. Wardlatv. Wednesday, Nov. 24,1880. ! Hoi se Racing- at the Fair. The Christian Xciyhbor is opposed to the ' racing Which took place at the Fair, and; thinks If we can't have a Fair without racing, t wo ought to buve a funeral. A majority ofj public gatherings arc attended with more or j less evil. We cannot have a Sale Day, or a| political meeting wit lieu t somebody cctting' drunk with whiskey which was bought with i money that ought to liavebe?;:i put to a better j use. Would you ndvocati' the abolition of: S iie Day and political meetings because peo-j p!e get drunk uu these days? Our notion is, j . " that It Is better to instill into our peo;>le, R| " lii/her standard ot morals, and n<?t (to nwny. i with cither Sale Days, political meetings or j , Fairs. If our highly respected Christian brother will examine closely he will find that | * there were other and greater violations of; tho moral law at the Fair than horse racing, j All the editors, congie^snien, Governor?,' 4&ve boon kind enough to tell the Democratic | -JJPrty the cans? of their defeat, and havej . volunteered to give us some g jod advlc*. j . Kcader, octwecn you and us, it makes no j great difTorrnce whether Radicals or Demo-' " crat.? fill the National offices so long as we bavo good govrrnnient In Columbia, andj plenty of corn In our cribs. Serl?;u?-ly, It Is of' ^ . jno're importance to us to have comfortable! ./homes, than it Is to elect wire pullers to! onica, j nen lei every man iook lonisiann, his workshop, or his profession. Neglected j business is more disastrous to tlio individual,! than political detent at Washington. Work' hard, economise, buy property, and pay for it. | tjtop fooling around with pistolsand whiskey. * The Murder of William JIaddox. j Conflicting reports In reference to the kill-; hg of Mr. \\ 111ihin Maddox at ills home, near < >iaddox'K Mill, on the Saluda Hlver, in this I tounty, bavini; reached the village, a repre-j " imitative of the I'rc*n anil Banner yesterday i V cut to the scene of the uloody deed. 'i'lie dwol ing in which the deceased and his i ftimily lived i? a log house, with a framed 'shed room." The cracks between the i ?g> vomposintj the walls uro nicely filled with j Clay and whitewashed. No; with.-Undhig j * this fact, however, there arc enough openings j i ? to secure butiliient ventilation for hygienic; * '.purpura*, 'i lie bouse Is warmed t>y a tire-1 r>liuu> tlve or *ix feot in width, In which i\ lihtr- ! * lug tiro uu ihe colU morning wus a pleasing j sight toone who i)itd been in the weather for j . four hours. In t lie house were two beds, a; chest, a table, a cradle,a few chairs, and some , other articles. Some two years ago, the resl-j dencnof Mr. Maddox, \vfflcil stood between ; tills house and the public road was burned by i peri-on or person* unknown to this deponent,: and since tiiat time ihe kitchen lias been used as a dwelling lor the <lccea>ed and family, j I he house tins two outside doors: the IrotiL! ' door opening towards the public road, and the "spring uoor" opening on the opposite * side of the hotine, and in the direction of the; sprln* fiou' which they i;s<.d water. In uddl-j lion to these doors there is a door to the "sbed ; room," looking towards tho public ro;?d. j There Is in tho main part of the house a'Soft" I room in which tho step-son of the deceased ] slept, and which wus reached by meuns of u { ladder made of a tound pole split in two; pieces, when cross-bars were put from one to | the other. Mr. Vermillion ll\cd In u much larger house about two hundred yards smith-! Biistt Sarah Maddux, a colored woman, who j once belonged to Mr. Maddox, lived two huu- j ured yards south-west ot Mr. Vermillion, and i thfec hundred yards south of the dwelling of j ' .. t!ie decea-ed, i he lot, barn, staMes ?fcc.. nre | on thy opposite side of the load, all being , within a low hundred yards of tho twentieth : mile posfon the road leading from Abbeville | , Milage, at:u Known in inai section us me i "Cambridge road." ' . To chow how little Mr. Maddox suspected; tinnier, it is onty necessary t > state that be; , had n? fastenings to any of the doors of his house, except a' button" to cach with a screw I v thiough the cent re, themereturuiugof which I either reieuses the shutter or holds it us the j ?\ oas? may Jbe. Tiie doors not shutting closely | could lie opened about as easily from the out I side as the inside of the house. As a further { ev;d?nce of his fancied safety in tho honesty j ' of Ids neighbors and tlie protecting arm of the law to shield him from harm during the; -eilent watches of tlie night, we would mention the fact that he had no lock on unything " in the house except on the topof an oid chest, j ?- the hinges or which being broken off the lock j was substituted for them. Between eight and niue o'clock Wednesday j liliflitof last week,alter Mr. Maddox and his! faintly bad gone lo bed, a knock was heard ut! the door. Unsuspecting tlie approach of nny ; one with an evil intent, without hesitating! to asIc who was there, he rose from his bed, and opened the door in response to the knock.) Tbcee men were plainly visible In the moon- i ? light. One of them said, as he walked into . the house, without being asked to come in: I ""We ?ant you lo let usstuyall night with 1 you. Wo are wagoners selling whiaKey. Our! * . wagons are stopped up the road.'' Mr. Maddox then said: "I have no room to: accommodate you. My house was burned, * two years ago.'' Th? intruder then said: "If we cannot get I to stay all tiiglu with > u, gi.ve t:s some lire/ that we may build a tire at toe camp." At this juncture, owing to the unnaturul 'voice of the stranger and his general behavior, and the quick perception oi^a woman's iu-tlnct, Mrs..Mattox's fears were 1.roused, and shj began tocail her son. a lad oi twelve yeara. of "age who was sleeping up-siairs. bhe cndeuvorcd to awaken him for the up. parent, purpose of assisting Mr. Mmlciox in supplying tne stranger's request Tor tire. Cut <<Wi;ig to the fact th ?t h-.* w.ts * sound sleeper, he was nul aroused until a little while Inter. To tlfte stmngtr Mr. Muddox replied: "I am very willing to accommodate you to fire. The tire is in coas. Bring in a board or piece a .of bark on which to tarry it away." Intruder ihen stepped back Into the . yaidforu second. As he returned Mr. MadSgK' do* wa? atirrlug his fire, with tho tongs, ^V. wbfn the Intruder said : ""~<We would like to get a twen4" oiil To this Mr. Maddox replied: "1 can't seo fry well at night, and I don't care to do so now. It may be that 1 can change it for you iu the morning." s - By this time Mr. Maddox had gathered in the tongs as much fire as he could hold with thnm ?ifwl nfl'pi'in-r if to Iho vtintt h?? cuM "\Vo don't want fire, it's your money we want. And we intend to Imve it, sir." At this demand Mr. Maddox raised hin tungs as If to strike the would-be robber. He gave buck towa'ds the door, Mrs. Maddox , jumped out of beii, ran through the door Into tho "shed room." and out at the front door of that room, while Mr. MaJdo.\_ajid hisassnilimtswerein th tea ten I iig-tfTCI tude. As soon us Mr. MaddojUMttHnttowed his assailant to tlio -t)i>orf he w;wi shot and Instantly killed, falling out of the d'Kir, cleanup the step, w.ilch Is a big roek. his head making an indentation in the sand hh it struck the nmuud. About this time the little son appeared on the scene. As he ran out of the houso he saw *Cno!o 15iUy'' lying on the ground In frm?t nf t'lA <lfinr nnri (ninnoil nvpr Ititn lit* dill not then know whether he was dcaJ or ' -?*us playing possum, us ho frequently had f.iiieu down of late. After runln-z to the front gate In his fright he thought lie would return ami kco If the oi l man was really doad. Anting on this impulse he went back, and T turned him over, and becotue convinced that ri.-'" life was extinct. This deponent did not understand what brought out this expression Lut it in sjild (hut one of the uai.g mild homcthlng like thin : "if you don't behave yourself, we 11 shoot you, too." One of their number replied "Oh, no, he's a little boy. We musu't hurt hiui." Meanwhile J5T-. Mrs. Maddox was riming towards the the houses of Mr. VertuilUon and Sarah Maddox crying "murder, "lobbers." "They are killing "Cousin Billy." tjarah MndUox being easily waked nrst to respond to the call, and came running with all the speed .possible, meeting Mrs. Maddox half-way. Sir. Vermillion, not knowing the nature ot the dittlcu.ty thought it better to be a lttle deliberate In his movemei t'. After putting on his shoes, arranging his toilet, he hail a colored man to act'Oim<auy him to the house ol the deceased where he arrived, he thinks not longer than twenty minutes after the fSfrfc- murder. One of the party Is said to have been posted in the clilmmy corner guaiding the . "spring door," and the path leading fioni it fi?r the nurnose of shooilin: Mrs. Maddox . should she attempt to make her escape, but 5Cp' it Is thought. siie was not shot Irum the fact that she ran out of the shed room door, in an unexpected direction. PILLAGING THE PREMISES. Immediately after Mr. Maddox was shot the murderer."* entered the house, ransacked u set of bureau drowers, in the shed room and ?currled oil a little trunk. This trunk win .the same which Mr. Maddox rcscued from ,the {Lames when bis dwelling was binning vtwo years n^o. He then curried -tit into the yarden and told his wife to Kit on it, ?iind nol.lvavts it. The trunk being a heavy one, and ifctnemberring Mr. Maddox's words .at the lire, s<>mo are ot tiie opinion that tney ? 'thought It well Ijllrd with coin. After they & tarried it to the plum thicket on the , . 'nlde of the cotton Held they opened it and 'found that It containrd ttto noils. a lew . Thxs. atida number of underclothing for little children. The murderers got 110 iuon< y, a:id h* inras can be ascertained th*?y carried away 1. i ~ ~ l..nL- M.o Irimlr Tr^rx bwiileu chair on which was pliedsome quilts AnU clothing. At night the >cket book was Sat between the fold*, vhero It remained disturbed. There Is :iO truth In the report that the murderers uirried off Mr. Mfcddox's "land p.i per*." Tlicy were kept In tlie pine . rhest to which reference wus tuadeas having a lock but no hinges to its lid. Just here we would correct another report. 'I he murdorers have uot been Luck, as desperado***, and have offt'rod no further insult or Injury to anybody in that section. ON OCR AUEIVAL AT Till II0CSK we made enquiry for Mrs. Mnulox. but wan Informed that she U'usattheres deuce of Mrs. .Tayl'.r, a nille-und-a-lialf distant up the rond, where she has lived ever since the murder. Remaining on tlie place for ?t white we saw several persons who knew more or lesa of tlie sad affair, and the pumping process was com. meneed at once, ws may oe pardoned If we refer to one of the colored women who HM-mcd perfectly willing to tadc about ihe affair, aud seemed sorry that she cou.d not tell more of It. We believe she expressed herself truthJully and without bias. In speaking of - .? Mr. Maddox, she appaient'y did not mean uny disrefpect by *p. ak;ng of him as-'Mad. dox," without the usual prefix, and when hp?-aklng of the Indies who were present, or paw, or neaid i.nythlng of the difficulty, she merely said "Su-am," "Jane." or "Ann Maria,' asthc?ise might be. without prefixing "Mrs." or 'Miss" as is customary among poJlte people lu Hie most refined society of some (Mn tlons of the country. AN I5JPHOIIAIM.E 6TORY, It Is currently reported thHt two negroes now at lart-ft In that section of the county atI'-mpled to stetil a mule from the stable of Levi shaw, a teuantof Mr. William maimer. The story goc* that a colored man . about the roJFplexion cf a ginger cake, together with a Xiegm as black as anybody, went Monday moruins.a'xmt nine or fen o'clock to Levi Watson's stub!?, when his wi e u soovered them, she wante t to knew their bm*. ?. ?-. Thrv wanted a mulo and proposed to take U b; Ui|CV. Ihc mule kicked, the womuu uo; ~V . ' .V - r' - x" : - no *? mm iil? < UM?< ?mmm?3 " I eoyed :h?m off to the house. Then she slip-j ued nwiiv 110m them, bridled the Ijti-1 limm, rode off in a hurr.v. Ac.. ?ve. Although I this story seems to be exceedingly thin, there are quite a number of peruana who believe It. We \vc e to:u t!u:t about- one hundred men were in search for them Monday afternoon. Wo saw two small sounds yesterday who werej hi search of them. The community Is in such u state as to be ready to believe nearly any- j thing they may hear. THE OPINION ENTEKTAINED BY SOME is. that the pcoplo of that section are entirely 1 otT the track as to the roal permtrators of the crime, and It may be that reports are putin circulation to divert attention from theoul-i priis. There are circumstances which has led at least a few persons to have an opinion totally different from the generally accepted ; theory. Two yeirs as<> Mr. Maddox'* dwell-1 I tig ttfti burnt; three weeks before his death, j a new pasture gate which separated his ntock ! was cut to pieces and totally destroyed; last I Wednesday tilcht the murder was committed, i It is not Impossible for the same encinv to' have committed all these crimes. .Mr. Mad-! dox was a man who lived almost entirely to; himself. He was a quiet and peaceable citi-1 zen. Free from gossip. Always paid hlsdebts, I and In noway was ho nil aggressive man ln| the offensive sen<e of the word. It lsouropin-! Ion that if a detective were sent there lie j would sooti astonish the natives. AFTEK THE Ml'KDER, a well-^orn wool hat, on which was consider- j able cotton lint was l'oun?l under the body of J .Mr. Maddox. Iu another place, near the spot! where the trunk was recovered, a handkerchief was found with eye-holes and mouth-! hole, blacked around the holes with shoeblacking, and strings attached for the evident! purpose of tlelng around the neck. A pie'-e<>f iiistol was also found, which was carried to Mr. John Wilson at llonea Path, who pronottUced it a pice of a .Smith a Wesson pistol, of a larger size than Is ordinarily found ill' this section. j AT MK3. TAYLOR'S we were met by the good lady herself, who i is the only slst.rr of the deceased. Wo were | soon seated by a comfortable fire, wlien we: Inf'trmed her of the nature of our business, j She then reiuted the f ets substantially as we! h-tve tlvcn them, and she expressed and | seemed to leel an anxiety to have the tnur-! derers of her brothor cii .cht and brought to Justice; and Inquired of us what officer usu-! aliy ottered the row aid In such eases. When ! we informed her that the Governor of the Stale would, no doubt, oiler a suitable reward as so-)U as he was officially Informed of the) crime, she seemed greatly pieased. Iu a little while MICS. MADD0X CAME OUT, bringing in her arms an Infant less than a* year oM. .She is at least thirty yc ir? Mr, I MnddoxV jui^Sr, and by no means an ill-la- j vorcd Jndy.' Hie appears to hear her nflllc-i turn with ilie nerve of a stout heart, and wa* j w illing to i\npart any Information that she j could. The lact is. hMvever, that she *'(w so ba My frightened tint she was able to tell but little of the difficulty and the killing. Wo were Informed, though we did not hear Mr.*. Maddox speak as to this point, that TICK LITTLE CHILDREN WEltK EAST ASLEEP during the occurrence; that they lay in their beds alone, \vhi;e the mother went to Mr. j Verinllliou'* house, and during the tiino thut: the robbers were ransacking the house. j MK. MADDOX AND IIIS ELDEST DAUGHTER; slept in the bed facing the door, while Mrs. Maddox and tho smaller children occupied the bed before which the door shutter opened and partially sc reened from her view the various movements of the murderer. Mrs. Maddox was so much excited at the time of the murder that she was nnablo to rccoMcct whether Mr. Maddox and his murderer -had laid violent hands on each other, or whether Air. Maddox had only raised the tongs in a threatening manner but she seemed to think tnui ccr nu.-snanu ma uui hum- hi* n-a mnm, She was Inclined to the opinion that it 1* possible that Mr. Mucldox would not have been killed if ho had trlven up his money when the demand wan made upon him. "Rut," she added, "Mr. Mnddox wan not that kind ot a mun. He would defend his right* under any circumstances. We had very little money in the house. It took nearly all thnt he had to pay his taxes. I am sorry now that he didn't give them his money." TIIE LITTI.E BOY SIIOOTS. After the murderers hud accomplished their purpose, and had gone away, tho lad returnC'l. got his <iin and tired It off in the air, in an aimless manner. TRK ALARM was given and a great number of the neighbors came to thenotise in a few hours after the murder. The corpso was taken iu the house and cared for. RCAKDIKO THE BRIDGE. In a very short time after the killing an armed cuard was put at the bridgo to intercept any one who might attempt to pass. But no one came. SOMETHING OK WILT.IAM MADDOX'S LIFE. He was born within a mllo of the spot whore he wa? murdered. and had lived in tlint nelshbnrhood all his life. He was perhaps sixty-eight years of ace. He lived a lire of seclusion from nocieiy. and devoted his energies chiefly to the accumulation of wealth, and nev?r married until seven or elirht years aso, when he married his cousin, Mrs. Clara Brown, whose inniden name whs Jladdox. They have three children?the youngest being ten months old. HIS WRAI.TH. He died the owner of one of the best mills on the river, and Is said to have hecn the ovrn?r <>f two thousand or in'>re acres of the best land In that community, while he had thousands of dollars at interest. THE WON PER TO l*S will be, if the murderers in this instance do n->t set up and o?taUIsh a plea of self-defence. IMd not Maddox pur?ue his assailant? I>I<1 he not retreat 11* lie flred? Some Juries we doubt, would readily excuse a man for killing anoth! cr in n case of sell-dcfence like this. If our Juries do not do their duty better and more fearlessly we shall soon see this country going to the bad. HIS ECCENTRICITIES. Although Mr. Maddox's wealth in amount was equal to the rlchoM In hi* community, yet the poorest tenant on his place had as many of the comforts of life as he enjoyed. TRYING TO LIVE THK LIFE OT A CHRISTIAN. In his latter years he has Rtriven with varyj Ine success to live in accordance with the re1 qulrcments made of man by his Creator, and 1 i some two or three years ago he Joined the , Baptist church atTurkey Creek. Foronowho had livrd so long without the restraint* which ! the Church puts on nmn he found the Chrlt<tian'slife noeasy one. Hewnsalwnys regarded as an honest man. and never failed to pay every dobt which he may have contracted. AN ARREST. A negro mnn from the neighborhood of Honea Tath, whose name we have forgotten, was sent to Abbeville Jail two or three days I aso, charped with being one of the murderers, i Trial Justice Young, who committed him, I thinks there is very little evidence against | him. On our trip yesterday we saw one of I flic gentlemen who arrested him. He said it I was in evidence that the negro -was abcent I from home on the afternoon previous to the killing, and when he returned next day lie ! had mud ou his pantaloons. THE RABUN GAP ROUTE. 1 What is Sr.Iu by Railmad Men in Charleston of the Reported Jiew i Combination. ! The Northwestern railway combination,! I ! h a /,r ?irt I'Al/W1 ... I ! Atlantic connection by way of Rabun Gup, reported fiom Augu-ta in tlie A'eu* and Cbuj ricr yesterday, natuiaily excited some cuilos: ity in this community,although a diligent in-1 i qulry among railroad men tailed lo throw any I light upon ttie subject. j Mr. John H. Fisher, the Receiver of the J Souili Carolina Railroad, said that lie knew i nothing about the proposed combination and I could not tell what corporation or interests ' would be represented in It, or what I he poll] ey of the new route would bo If it should bo 1 established. When in New York recently he ! had heard Mine talk of a route being surveyI ed through the mountains under the auspices of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Liue Kail! road, but he was uuder the impression that j this survey wou:d not be the same route as i that likely to t>e followed by the new comhl| nation. Through what sap the Air Line sur: vey would be made he did not know, but he thought It would touch the Air-Line Itoud , somewhere about Mount Ally. The North; eastern Railroad of Georgia by whleli it is j proposed to make the new connection, runs from Athens, Gu., to Lulu, a station on the ! Air-Line Road. The length of the line l? ' thirty-nine miles, and the road Is a very good ! piece of property. It was finished about the > ear l->7ti. '1 he original design of the projec; tors of the line was 10 run It right through the ; muuuiHiiin, uui ?? IUV.JV W1 IUIIU.1 |>1 C V CI ICU I compaction. There has never been tiny har; mony between tiie Northeastern and the Georgia Koad. The (Jcorgla Komi has a branch : line to Athens, running out trom Union I Point for a di&tnnceoi aboufcforty miles, and although this is the terminus of tin Northeastern lloud, too two lines have ulwnys been in competition. In answer to the question If the combination Ik made what effect will It have upon Cbarltxton, Mr. Fisher said thai It would be a benefit to Chariei-ton so lur as the t.hlnment of Western produce Is concerned. If the ! Northeastern K'?nd should bo bought or conj trolled by the Georgia Koad and I ho new i combination should be made, it might or It J might not affect tho Interests of the Air l.lne i Road, but from the insufficient Information j now pOf?*eswd It would be impossible to form any coirect Judgment or draw any well defined conclusions. RAPID TRANSIT. A Donble Daily Fast Mail Servico for the South?A Gain in time of at Least One Business Dar. | WieniNOToN, November 20.?During the last ??- aonofCongreSsSupeiinUodtntTboiiip-on.of h?Kali1 way Mall ^rvicr. wrnt- a Utter to the Po-imaater I G- n-ral advocating an additional appropriation for tb? Southern lubt mull service. which letter wu fanemitu-d to Oongresa and appropriation made. U|i to the present time it has t-een im[? 8?lble to make arrangement* with southern lines to put it in operation. There whs a meeting today of Southern iuanarorB In this city, at which an arrangement wua completed; and liwasagieed to put 11 In effect on the j-jth instant. Jl> the terms of this arrangement a fast mall ""ill leave Boston at 6 P. M. and Now York at t 35 A. M , trriv?d at Wofhincton at 10.50, and leaving WarJiingto . at 11 A. M.. it will arrive in Richmond at !i. 46 P. M, Atlanta 0. SO A. M. and New l>r1 Ivans the following morning. which will be equivalent to a aavinc of one busim-a- day. lijr this rrangement I no', only New Orleans, hue all intermediate p >ints between Washington and New Oilcans, >*111 be benefited, as this line wid preform local service. The mail which arrives at Alanta t<v the present uiraiigenient at II P. M. will arrive at 3. SO A. M., and all othet cltie< and villages will reeelve a corresponding benefit in the saving "I time. N"t only will towns on the line of thin mute receive such benefits, b-it by Its Co nnections witb lnteral lines, the eliii-e rer. Ice in the f'outh will be greatly improved This tr.dn will be gr< atly Improved. Tilts rain will a'so, by conn< ctlon* from ICIchm--nd, ro' tinie South via the Atlantic Const Line via Wnli-gton, Chari.Aton and savannah to T ictisonvilb-, ilecreaainit time to the extent of or e business day o the cities named, tog- ther with their i inu-rmediate p->11118 and also to points on latent lines. I In addition to the above train, there Ir. atso a rpe-ial | fast'rain on tho Virginia Midland Katlroad between j Washington and I'anvill-. which leaves DanvilV at ! II). 40 P. M? on the arrival of the tra <i which leaves ; New York tt 4 I', m. This Virginia Midland special ! train arrives nt Dmville, Vu., at 7.45 A. M., In time to | connect with the Piidmont A?r Line tia'n ior he !8>uth. which, taken in c>nu?i:ti'>n witb o>her fast trains, g.ves the So- th .-rouble <lal 1 y fist mail service j that una i'p ssed elsewhere. The Southern HhIIj v,y ?isaag.is t.-ry kindly placed trains at the disposal of tti?- D- partineu', * hlch It j-romptl.i acept- j j od. ki.?wimr and appreciating the value <4 stlth . iervi?j in the pUruijt of the l'ooioilioe Depart I tucaL j William Mattox. A CALLED FROM HIS BED AND SHOT. Au Inoffensive 01(1 Man Is Murdered for His Motiey* Last Thursday morning tins cuiiiiimun? . was startled at the reception of the intelligence that Mr. William .Mattox, the owner of Mattox'a Mill, on Sa'uclu Klver, had been murdered In his own hou>c the night before. The T assassins, three in number, committed tills crime for the sole purpose of robuery, as it is w certain that lie bad no enemies. Aside from , . tills fact, tlie conductor tlie murderers, by I their action subsequent to the commission of the groatcst crime known to the law, proves I the inoiives. Mr. Mattox was one of the old- j -J est and most peaceable citizens of Abbeville js county, and hud within the last few years' |' connected himself with the Hapllst Church. In that neighborhood, now under the pastoral charge of the ltev. It. N. l'ratt, of this village. . lie was a imin of limited education, but of industrious und thrifty habits. Although lie '' bad loit much by the results of the w.ir, yet J he Worked wiih coinmcndable energy to re* ?? pair the looses which he had thus sustained, th unci at the tune of lilsao.tin mm mcciiiuuiuicu . another handsome eslate. lie was reputed . to be the possessorof a irtrueamount of ready cash, ami it Is fair to presume that his assail- t ants thought I hey would possess themselves .. of his money, and thus ia.;ke u near cut on ,.i the ruKjtcd road to fortune. '. The commission of this crime hns excited a dcop feeling of re ;ret that another deed, so .. outrageous should have been perpetrated within the bordeis of Abbeville county. IL , will be recollected that this is tho third In- , stance of the kind which has occurred In the county within tne past lour years. Under tho evil influences of the Radical political hacks, wi the Harmons, husband and wife, were slain hi In their dwelling, near Winter Scat by a coin- ru pany of blacks, after which they plundered the dwellings of their victims. The result of ? ! th'it crime Is well known to tlie pub.lcofAb- iNi beviile. Sis of the perpetrators were proven b? to be guilty at the Coroner's inquest. An In- ? , censed and outraged people tcok them from an the custody of the oblcers of the law, anu shot th them to death withlna qunrterof amlieofthe g|. scene of blood Inaugurated by themselves, te: wiiorft hi'v wure left unburled for several days be and became food for the fowls of tlic air. I pN Later, in December, I.*w7, the Franklins, aged j tM people, brother and sister, living alone on their -i farm, near Nlnet.v-Slx, were found murdered, In their house. They, too, were the owner* of largo amounts of ready cash, which they kept In their liousc. At the Coroner's inquest su?piclon was directed to Jell David, and his wife, colored people living; near. They were tried. The wile was acquitted. The husband wax convicted, of murder, but through ilwln< defutlgableenergy ol his counsel, Mr. lionet, the law has not bean allowed to Inflict theextrcme penalty on that man. Now we have to U' record the third and most- atrocious murder J*'1 In this county which has occurred anywhere wlihln the pust lour year*. In this case many "> ot our citizens have expressed the belief that, "f If found, the perpetrators of this deed should sutler death without the foriniof law. While we know that tho squ< amlshncss of Juriesand 'X1 the technicalities of the law have shlc'ded 1,1 " IIIIkii H'n tiniH'ln ?< ( rillllO mill i.ill- ill ed t>y the properly constituted authorities. ,ri Lot our people wait a little longer before tak- ?t mi,' the law into their own hands. I*"1 Since the above was put In type we have rej eelved the following testimony taken before THE CORONER'S INQUEST. fr< HUGH THOMAS, sworn, says : I and souieothers went along by the garden; lli found the trunk wide open over the fence; tu found nothing but what belonged to the nr house; 3 tracks went along the road; they ?c would not measure more than 9 Inches; I ui think odc a boot and the others tolerably y? coarse shoes; I noticed nothing peculiar about M the tracks; 1 did not follow them further than o? the truuk. tt< HUGH X THOMAS. ,n TURNER MATTOX. sworn, says: '? My mother woke mo up last night; I heard LI ajiun tire; run In with Mr. Vermillion; Mr. ?' Mattox wan lying on his sldo doad ; Isaw nor "I heard no ono when I came in: Steve Brown met lis; told us to go quick, Mr. Mattox was ?? dead; I met Stove up at the woods; had his '? gun with him. i wn? at the house about sur. down; wont home early; I said I saw a hat v like this one; Willis Keith had it. TURNER MADDOX. ?j WILLIS FELTII. sworn, snys: u, I got home from Mr. Kay's ut>out dark and stayed at home all night; Jim Aiiams, Laura g< Roheitson, were with me ail night; wont to th bed early; have an (>!d hat at home: this is u not my hat; had no pistol since cotton pick- nn lU?UUie: It V*HB it LM1 II lUKC uiniui, ua i u?>l7 . . SI, WILLIS FELTH. MRS. CLARA M.VTTOX, sworn, nays: 'o Abiut 8 o'clock Mr. Mattox vent to bed; In m I hour I retired; I did n >t tro to sleep Immediately; some one knoekcd or spoke: Win. Mattox opened door; soiuu one camo In say- in inn ho belongoJ to a whiskey wagon and ask- 'r< ed to stay all night: l>o ruplicd no; offered tilm some Are; he asked hlin to chaugo$20 l? bill; he replied no, can't to-night; he then said I want your money; Mr. Mattox drew tiie tongs on hiin; I ran out; heard a shot us I ran out; the mnn was medium helghth: I could not tell whether white or black; lie *' looked like a young man; I think there was " one on the steps; I don't recollect of bearing , any uog bark; we have a dog; no whiskey f" wagon passed yesterday; I ran down to Vcr- million's; when I came back tuool thechests were ransacked; one trunk gone out of back , room; Mr. Mattox whs not in the habit of 111 keening Ids nmnt y in the places Interrupted; Wi soveral shots were tired; no one wai. in tiie house but the family; the voice seemed to ine to be unnatural; as well as I could sec, m thought there was auother man tliei e. th ? 'T * I> 4 . UAIITlflY . vuaua v. Qf STEPHEN BROWN, (.worn, snys: I went to bed at 8 o'clock: heard mother w hollering; came down; two men were out in ?t ll?c yard ; 0110 ol them nhot otl u pistol; I ?uw c* only one man's face; hiH faco whs black; tie w i)ada cloth around tils neck ; they camc into the house; I heard them tearing up things iu 01 tliehouM;: the shot that kilted hiiti was before r? I came aown; Jio wtm lying at. the door; 1 bi found a hat under my father when I turned ?t him over; the man I saw was large nnd tail, gi X fouud a piece of a plutol in the tloor. ai STEPHEN 8. BROWN. d: I THOS. VERMILLION, sworn. Bays: b | I heard Mrs. Mattox screaming: thought P she said Are; heard her cry murder; conic ? quick they are killing cousin billy; my poor v children are over there; I came as quick as I 11 could; found Mr. Mattox tleid; heard no one after icHine; I heard a gun before I started; 'J Mr. Mattox was dead when I came; thero was 1 a whiskey wagou In this neighborhood a or 10 days uk.o; one of the men was heavy set; ' weighed lid pounds i guess; the oilier nicnuer named Tumor and Pro well; of the team one B< wan m gray homo and a mule; 1 don't know S who round trunk or tongs; we thought there 1 was three tracks along wnere the trunk were. TilOS. VERMILLION. #( the vekdict. ci State of South Carolina, 0 County of Adueville. 0 An inquisition indented, taken at;tbedwell- ': ing house of \Vm. Muttox. deceased. In Abl>e- Bl vilic county, the ifiti> ds.y ol November, A. I) * l.SfO, II. M. YoimgjT. J..acting as Coroner lor said countyffpon view of the body of Win. * \Vattos.^f Abbeville coiraty. then and there 11 belirg dead, by the oaths of E. B. Kazor, Fore- el man ; S. J. Uuits, \V. L. Latimer, J. It. Latl- J nter, L>. 8. McCullough, C. K. Harper, G. W. Jones, J. B. Cork, Jas. Cork, G. A. Moore, B.S. I' Owens, W. T. I milliner, beluga lawful Jury of Inquest, who being charged and sworn to In- ? quire, for the State of south Carolina, when and by what means tho said Wni. Mattox ? came to his devtti, upon their oaths do cay '* that the said Win. Matiox, came to his death on the night of the 17th ot Novomber, 18H0, in ? his own dwelling house, by a gun shot wound a In tho breast, inflicted bv unknown parties. And so the jurors ulor?saldt upon their oaths * aforesaid, do say tiiat the aforesaid unknown i ?! persons In maimer and form aforesaid Win. 1 MhUox then and tin-re lelonloufly did kill against the peace and dignity of the same suite iiforesuld. In witness whereof, I. H. M. Young. T. J., acting Coroner, unU Mio Jurors afort-tmld to this Inquisition have interchangeably put our hands and seals, the day and year above mentioned. IIENRY M. YOUNG. (L. H.] T. J. Acting Coroner. K. B. RASOR, (L. 8.) Foreman of the Jury of Iuciuast. S. J. UUR'IH, (L. H.J M. L. LATIMER, IL. H.J J. R. LATIMER. [L. H.f 1). S. McCULLOUUlI, IL. S.J (". E. HARPER, (L. S.I O. W. JONES, [L. S.J J. It. CORK, (L. S.] J AH. CORK, (L. S.) O. A. MO'JilE, (L. S.) 11. H. OWENS, (L. S.) W. T. LATIMER. (L. 8.) THE WESTERN CONNECTION. An Interrlew tvlth President Pkinizy of the Georgia Railroad?A Boom in Railroad Securities. Sut ill mi Auousta, Ga.. November 20.?I'rosldent i I Pliinizy of the Georgia Railroad, In hu interview to-day, suld lie knew nothing about the ' Western combination to obtain ahoutli Atlantic co u need on through Itubun Gup. Tnere 11 bud been no movement as yet on the j art ot { the Georgia Koau to put chase the Northmantern, but he lsjin luvor of such purchase which , must come sooner or lulcr. In sucli a cast: III. wiiH very probablo that a connection with the i' West could be mude via the Babun <ia;> tuwl r Kiioxvllle. The Northea>.tern Railroad hiua i charier lor a road to Kit bun Gap. Mr i'hlnlzy thought this connection would , be a great buuelli to tills toclloii. There wnn u bo-mi in securities here to-day, huge sules , or Georgia Railroad stock wore made at II5-M f ot L'eiitial at lwiy$ and or Memphis and char.e>etou at 11 to til. ' Fencing in their Railroad. 1 The Clyde line, running thr Green vlllo ond i O'luiiibla Railroad, eeeni determined to force I trutllc on their line. In pursuaneeof thlspol-jr Icy they have broken connection with the Air i Line Railroad ut Seneca and Greenville, necessitating the issuing ol the following order: I Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line R'y. General Freight Utticc. Atlanta, Ga., November 17, lhso. r Commencing this date the Atlanta and Char- p lotto Air-Line Ituliroud will decline to recelvo v any freight destined Tor statioiiRon the Green- * i vlllo and Columbia Kallroud. Blue KidgcKall- ? | road, Columbia, 8.C., and polnu on Wllmlng- I ' ton, Columbia and Augu-ta Railroad. * I This action Is forced upon us by the road'* I named refusing to pay charge* and receive ii such freight# from thisCompanyatGrcenvillo I ] and beneca.' R. D. CARFENTKR, o General Freight Agent. Due West Ahead. ? Master Charlton Todd, of this village sends n I us a large, fine sweet potato, weighing some- p i thliigunderfourpoiinds.?Lmirentvillv Herald. s I I/Ct Matter Todit and the lleralii hide their1 h j diminutive potatoes. Mr. G. Cade raises po-ll< ! felloes weighing ten and a half pounds, and 1> i then doesn't brag about them, either.?Prest ?i I and Banner. There Is on exhibition at R. C. tl 1 Brownlee <fc Co's, store a sweet potato weigh- b ! lng sixteen pounds, A blood red beet weigh- a I lng ten pounds anu measuring two feet from b end to end. A purple top turnip weighing 0 six pounds. These were raised in gardens in h town. We are not disposed to brag about ?< I them but only want to let you know that Due West Is still ahead,?Auociate Reformed B ' I'resbi/lerlan. I V I | w ; Rev. J. L. Brownlee, of Due West, was re-1 o ceni'y ordnineii atH mstaHod h.v the Presby-jei | teiy of South Carolina, at Honea Path, rt. C. In Is 'o * e. IrtMialitU, at an ear.y day, also 1 overth c'inrche.? 'it Mldv? atti \Vililain- bi stco.?diwciatc fr/ormcd Prc&iiman. 1 w JEFF. DAVIS. J II 'I Pipe of Peace Smoked with the Confederate Chief by the ChiengD Times * Commissioner-A Talk That Avoided all Live Subjects and Ended on a Salt I Deposit. I .Special Vorrctpondence Chicago Timet. \ f ti GOING TO BEACVOIR. ( M"S1lW>im CtTY. .MIHS., iXOVelHOer t>.?-narc you I eruiei Jeff. iMvls>" ( Mich was the Inquiry addressed to me by Jnilge v Hiker, tin* hlsiorinu anil lltetntor, a few hours befote ii-p.irted from New Orleaim. "Never," I responded with I'iniforical brevity "\Vlin !?liut I won't." will the Judge ''I'll spare mr fwoliiic, young man. At the sam? time, im yon e a j urnallxt. Like n.y advice ali'l ilou't leave the inib without seeing the most ren?wned of South-rn ell. To leave UiX'e without ?ei-llig Jeff. Davis Would like quitting Koine without seeing the rope." I a-seuted to tills lo-.-le. hut asked what p -sslble ex- c se I c-'iiM have ti>r troubling Mr. Davis, who had rsistently declined to be Interviewed for sevural J ars. , "Hang the Interview I" said the Judge with energy. *on biivn seen l.inc iln?you must see the head of 1 other fill*. When Tim are as old as I aui you will I pleased to remember thnt you met Davis, and form- ' your own impression about him. I'd godown wlih : iu t-i liestivoir ftstlon ieyself, but am detained by 1 isimv-s. However. I'll give you a note i f Ititrodueiii to Mr. Davis. You hid better stop at Mississippi " ty. becaiis you will not flud hotel accommodations lt< an voir." , Tills was all satisfactory enough. but I didn't like | ? Idea of burning up the head and front of the lute ' -ndiiiv Confederacy til his own ca He, slid, betides. lien I did And him. if. Indeed, I should see him at al! j uut could 1 say to the famous old gi ntieuiau f ' Its won't KAT YOU," t ii Judee Walker s tonlcal remark. ''Ton will find r m entirely free from huiUcur and all tl'at kind o< bbMi." | Thus braced up I took my le:ter of Introduction and J uted on the aMeriioon train of yesteid.iy tor this Int. The rain was falling In great, dull, spla?i;l'>g 1 hps. If the latter word aiipli-s to any liquid, and an ' whirled along the steel tail* of the New O.lo-i's d NWIiile iioad tbe cyprrstt swamps that fringe on J o > ust the L-iuialanan metropolis looked more ' n>my and sepnic'.ral than cVi-r. Perhaps that slnlsr-sppearliiR tree suits the history of a tsiate that has en swept by many a pi icue. South Carolina bus her 1 Imetto?Loui.-lann her cypress. Addressing her sis- ! r commonwealths, she tuny, like the dismal youth In 1 lokcby," deliver herself thus: I.et merry I'ntfland proudly rear Jler blended roses, boiignt ?o ibar; Let s>cotl..nd bind her tiounet Mil ? With heath and hsrebell stoeped In dew: | On fav. r'd Ki ln's canst be seen The leaf nhe loves, of emerald green; , But, sihtirs, twine no wreath for me, ( Or twine It of the cypress tree. , tt may be as well to remark, In this sol -nin Conner- I in, tlut ihe cypress wood is nb"iit the mi>?t useful of uthern timber*. It c.m stand out agaiioil wet and y rot better than any oilier kind of tree b-exus* tt ' ?v be called ainpliiblotis as a and. eon- ' quontly, sutfeis little if anything from droutb or 1 o'.sture. Toward n'g'.tfall wo hail e'eared the little penliuu'a Ing between Lsko Ponchari.alu on tho North Mil 1 t? Siilinil nil tliM .Smith eriiMitliii/ tha rhtnni'l e tioilt'-s nf water referred to and IVnrl Klwr, over (stle works nnil brldf.-s into Mississippi, where we 'U"k tlie pine for a ft that follow the llneof the Oulf rtnanya sombre mile, ran lightly over the lotij; Idge lit liuy tit. Louis, slid ARXIVED AT THIS TLACC im Trhlch I write, In th# midst uf thick darknres, about 8 o'clock. Mlsmtulppt I Ity is, like most of the towns ntong this le of railroad, a summer watering place. I wan (ornate In finding h vvry p<>otl hotel lu partial running d'-r. The .alii still f> II as though the whole broad tan were In the clouds. The wind blew In sullen i?ts, and the ruarol the ssvugs sti f, not a hundreil irdsaway, made a weird accompaniment to the storm. uSt Southern places are b*dly made up for wlnl?ruc muindatlon. Nobody need complain of thr Tentlla>n. A .Southern hotel la the winter seacon seems to e to bo all ventilation. Woe, In th? South, to the an who f els sure that the draught will klil hlin. ko bhakKpi ar^'B eowurd, he ill die a thousand atbs in about that number of minutes. Bare, board1 floors, coldlr whitewashed walls, raitlinr window ilttters?mil those nn> characteristic of the dvserteil ' aside hotels of tills replon. Dickens tul^hl huve 1 uiid In Mississippi City a pretty accurate MODEL roit ft LEAK HOU8X. ' rvertlieless?that i? nlvavs ? good mrrt to begin ft iragraph with?1 did nut f.ill to tnkc mv usual u'low* , ico ol? s'erp, although the Intoiinnl racket of ib" ele- ( puts are anything but n soothing species of Inllabv. This tiiotnl c 1 uaroae betlmea." and like the man of : i?irurtri flfld, cjiIIi <t for a liors.*. The animal was ere, but there wns t.o saddle. Therefore, I hid to ke ? spring waeon with the beast and a very hla-k J ni burly "nigger"'driver besides. 1 told this human ' owball where I wished to go and he grinned hu elv: ' tj wine to seo de Musnuh ? h? Weli, I worked I r him * year ago. but nltor Mrs. Horsey died, niy other went hotne.sah, and I (jlllt Maasab ji ff.'' "Wny f Didn't you like him,** I asktd. i ' Oyes, sah, yes, Indeed, sail; bnt after m? <de wo- , r.n left, I cot tlnd u' lonesome, and *u4 rath, r work nn de hotel, sab." Tuts retnl' ded me of that tender passogo from Lum- < rd's rickety "01 Sh;idy " I U< od bye, Mass'r JeT! goad-hyc, Mnss'r filepliont 1 jCxcuie this nlgcah for t-iklti' his haven'. "Drive ahead to Davis's plantation," I said, and we ere soon bowling Kastwurd over sandy roads mid ; rough the pine trees, which wore no. sufllcUntly tck to concern the Mississippi Sound, on the wateia ' which a ?;ray siubeam or two stnici-'lini:desperatewith the hoggish cluuds ihone iltfully. At era few ( lie? we wheeled to llie rleht and diove straight along ] e ? at beach, passing several planters maiiiionx, all rge wo den buildings with Immi.-ute purlieus, on our < i?y. The planters like to live , OM THR SKASIDt, it their plantations are back in the conritry for a ' ore -terllt s ill,esoupt for Hue tiees and sea shells, 1 an the coast of Southern Mlsidssippl It would be ' ird to discover. At Intervals, running Into the tea. were loni: plank ilk?,supported by fraclle tresilt work, with bathing ie<ls at the water itnnlnl. A lev Islands,uppnn-ml) ivered with acrngt-y timber,showed flatly a' o.e the uves to the cast and Eolith. At last we reached a Inn:* house, w th conimodlonii i jtbuildini:. and the usual adornments ol' private I sitleiices in this reeion. The prevailing c?'ur of the 1 alldt'i* Is white, with broad and high, brawn, woden epi. leading Up to the portico, and a veiaiidii ot ac-ful proportions, affording en. npe from the sun nd the benefit of the fresh tn breeze in the stifllag j t?ys 01 ouujiiicr. i lie grounu* wi re spacioiit> enousn i ut had a lll'.lt of that. bedraegbd look which follow* srnlstent ruin and tho melancholy decay of full .pp. allvoir Mansion, inherited by Jefferson Db.vis from Irs. Dorsey, i.i a typical Southern house, large, jiir? ir?r-qu<\ cxil, and situated enmm '.ndingly a hove the lit waUr. For a man who has drained to tin* dregs ie bitter CU|> minified of amtiiton and defeat, the exresident of the Confederacy may congintulate him If on having euccee ieil to an In inheritance so charmig. ISetore getting out of tny vehicle, 1 s> n: my leiiruf intro<lnetlon to the house by a servant, who >on returned, saying, that Mr. Dav!s invited me to ii In, and to wait tor a little while, as Le was tot ulte prepared to see tne. I "WEXT IN" seordlnjly, and watt nsbered Intia handsome parlor, rowded, a'tno-t, with faaliitimcn, engravings, ana tlier artisticohjtcts that attested the cultivated t.ste f the inhabitants. J partlcnlarly noticed a very well xecu cd steel engravtrg of Mr. Marls, which repre nted him as a young man, with clean-cut featuivt D(t a One, thick lu-ad of ha'r. While 1 -was wultlng for the dli:lngnirhed host two entlon on entered the room, and one, a middle sized, I Lout, iron-gray man, whose hair stood a pood deal on ' lid, Introduced himself as Joseph Davis, nephew ot etlorson. I pave ray name, and he introduced the Lher centl'tniin, a tall, thli.. somewhat handsome ert?on, boMerlng on old age. as General Adams. General Joe Davis?for he wore the gray during the ar?then said to me: "My uncle in busy with bis rmk, and burns the midnight oil a good deal lately. ?tides, he Is not well, and K consequently, a little ,:e In rising. He will bo In presently, however." Ge neral Adams said : "T?? Time* is a paper of reat enterprise. 1 read it a gres.t deal, lluw long ave you lieen Son'h t" 1 told him.and he wnsaVint to make some remark, hen the baby daughter of Gcnert.l Davis was brnupht ito the apartment, ?nd, in thenthusiasm crca td by le anpearence of tho prettv little thing, General .dims forgot what he was about to My. Pressuntly there was the sonnd of rather rapid ot steps, with a marital ring In them, in the hall, 'he door epened, and a man f l,hp?terfleldl.in height -about Ave feet ten Inches?sllgbily but hndsomely tillt, with tlnnlsh white hair and short, rnther fpirse, clumpy" white beatd entered, lils e?cs wero gray ilue, and the left had In it a slight cast, with some usnlclon of cataract. He saluted General Adams rlth courtly grace. 1 rose and he came toward me at ince, calling me by name, which had, of course, been iven by Jndgn Walker 111 the Introductory letter. T h<> Mthera relir-d. and Ur I)* I* who *ni miink. I ngaclgtr, seated himself, motioning to mo to do Ikewlse. Then, with the rierer.f.Hlin* politrnrss of hese people, he took a "fragrant Havana" fiom his revt pocket. handed It to me and rave mv hlf< cigar to Ight 1: with, which 1 did. It wits tfcas that I smoked THE OALl'?KNT or ruACK, o to speak with .Tefferi-on Davis. ' Well, sir." lie aald. In * fine..full, manly *oic?, of rreat sweetness as well, "1 ain very find to we you ttd hear from Judge Walker." 1 expressed my thanks, and, not belnca g<">d hand ,t diplomacy, of wlilrh the great rebel is a profound n aster, 1 re'n.arked : "The kindness of Judge Walker made me trouble ou at all. 1 have no di-aire to intrude tip^n you, nor ,in [ actuated by any vulgar curiosity. Tbo Judge ,nd myself thought, however, that, at the present :rlsia. you Diicht vivo expression to ^n e opinions hat wouid be s'ire to Interest the whole counliy. As am on a eeneral tour oi the t>oiith, a'd hi.ve carte ilancheto visit her distinguished men, 1 ould hardly ;< by Heanvoli without calling np?n you." Mr. Davis "smiled su|>erior" took a couple of Ion it >nfTs at hlsc-gar, p ked the l-lazing logs iipon the lenrth-stove and mildly auswered : "I chould be meet happy >o t?lk with you on general natters, sir. but 1 have strictly udhcred to the rulo if n< t allowing myself to be Interviewed on any lolltcal si|t>)ect, forreas'-ns or which I mn ju'e ynu lo not nm<1 10 h' ar explained. I am glad jon were rank with nit-, although no explanation on jour part ?as fecesrary to assure me tlinl you would not eek an ntervlew a:nlnst my Inclination. Judge Walker's etier was Kiilll.lvnt assuiance of that" "I am gl.nl yon view my presence In that light, Mr. Javls." 1 answered, "Naturally the country would Ike to hear Iri'Ui you. but since \ nu bave made Up 'oiirtiiltid not to apeak, that ends the tnatier," "Ibut'k you," he returned very polltrly. "I h?Te tot been very well, nor am I now, a^d 1 have been 'ktber occupied lately." "You are, I ui.drmnd, pr?pailng yonr memoirs, Jr. Davia," I vrnt'ired. "Yea, hut 'tin rutber slow work. 'Writing la not ny fm te." he answered, sml.lugly. "It keepa me up ate, and tny health knflers." I looked at lilin, but could fee nothing very lnvalMlikc in his aji|ivranee. With the wrwirr or tiiiike Kronx and tes w ntxhb ipon hla shoulders, Jeffurson Davis might easily ians for CO, or losi, bat for bis sunn what pale face and t'hilu hair. Ills volet- has ?Li]l the ring of youth, and Ithotivh aiwnya a aotni v.bat diltc.ito person. I am ure Mr. Davis Is a man o! immense vital power. 1 iiokod up i.t the eneravln? on the wall, and askud at vliat period ol bis life that was taken. "The picture from which It ?ut engraved," be reilled, **was t-ilten In 1865, when I waa In tbo War >opartment at Washington Thev*anted It to put >n Government warrants, I think." I said nothing, because in tbe Davis before ire hero wa* not the hlighieBl resetiiblai ce to the Davis f the picture. It looked, aave the mustache, much lo e Iiko the lato I'rot. (lustuvus Oi ary. I have ever seen an engraving, painting, | ortralt or ttbotoTuph thai gives even a tolerable idea of what leffer od Davia l ow looks like. Every repiesentntlon I ave ever i-een of the gentleman gave him a very a'lff iok antl hollow chi ck>. Thnre taken during the ebellii n im hatebi t-faced, with an unbecoming chintuft of the Lereotypod "Unele 8.tin" pa'tern. At tbe present me, pro: ab'y on account of cultivating bis anything tit luxuriant beard, Mr. Davis is not hatchet-laced at 11, The prominence of his nose and cheek-bones has een militated He does not look emaciated, either. >ii the contrary, hla proportion to his height. although e Is f.r Irom straight, Is admirable. lie hears himsir martially yet. with something of old West Point -where, perhaps, he used to r>atron!ze "Benny [aven. O-*?about him. and tbere la a ray of Rnena iata'sred glory u|hiii his brow, sh'nlng through the :ciirsed cloud of "reason and rebellion" that settled er him during that hateful atili'e between the gov rnitieiu ol the people and the faction o| the elave alder*. One coubl wish, In gazinu on hi* gray hairs, nit he hud died with Yell and Clay and his ether rave companions in arms on that mi-inoi'i<hle day, Ilea d?uutkbsly kbdlog Ulu MlseUtlppl tlflta, Uu ral ????I?p???? !e l orr brknn battalion!, hurlfd backcd tbe Mexltai iinccra, antl won the rough null ready praise o ^aclmry Taylor, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO REAMZK s he sat there near mo. mnokiiig trmmitlly. wltli tin iretemlous manner and his very simple nttlre, tlu be name o' J. fTi-rsitn DutrU a part < ( IiI-Iitv nn i-ould 20 down 10 Jxistor ly as that of the clitct Hcnr if tbo mightiest rebellion that ever shook iho worli liruiiKbout all th? akieu. He? that quiet. grac--ln umoih-ionrd, cordial almost raocinailni* elder!, ;<-ii tli-man?tbe otue dreaded ch*ef of the Souther: lave Confederacy I It Ytasdifllciilt, lnd> e?l, to r<-aiiz bat f-ict. My memory went bark over fifteen ye.ir to'he litne when mir rtalwart leu Inns, with bri?Di:o new, diiMy uniforu.s and pliiniui; muskets, trml, (I cheeiilv to buttle, elnt;ing with thu playlulnvs* t ohller spirit; We'll ban* Jeff Parii ?o n sour apple tr?e! We'll hanu J. It' Pavl*. to n sour apple trrel We'll hanjc Jeff IJuvlj to a sour apjde trie I While we co mnrelilnz on ! It wba a stup d refrain, <.'*peclnl1y n? the w-nr ippJ rrn ref-rred tu did not jrtnw In time for tho execnt'o md tin- neck of Mr. Davis It now encircled by (i &bli :ollnr Instead of ncolUrol hemp. How happy had Wen fur certain other gnvernmcrt iRiuillfd with mora justice ><nri fnr morn provociit'or, hey. like i.nrs, hiwl been less ready with the rope Jolard Would not be over kneelinc ?t tlie jtriiss-groiv roiich t at holds the hours or the stuile i t* of Wsrea miylng to the pxl of battles for * sharp bw.>r herewith to smite the ttaKsinn ; nor would Ireland ear* lie falling?tbeepit-iph unwritten?on ihe iintm ess slab tint hides the pulseless heart nf Emnet I Thrre could have been tm contrast physical as wr i mental, greater than thnt presented by the redckrtite cwe1m if the (treat Aoierlcnn war. Lincoln?toll. stra?cl|r ar^c-Juinted. plain, blunt, sometimes a little lilt couri ilso, honest, fervid, rough y eloquent?tho man of tl eople?tho type and thr champion of the tolling. y. utelli|:rnt. masses. Davis?graceful,suUle, polish* eldistent, harsh and haughty, too on ocraslons, a fl intj representative ot the high-strung planter an?to< acy find :he ghastly schism of seceesl n. VeL vvbo, In the brief years given to tbe career i nr.n, would not rath *r bo I.lueoln, lying coldly Ihei it Dak kldge, whlth-r the nfsassi tit's bullet huilc ilin, with the thanks ami the love uf it reunited pe?pl nil owln (.* his tomb. turn Jefferson Davis, with secei lion behind hint, and bemre bun hi* place in hisioi is the Lucifcr of the American republic. It Is n pit bat It tin.at bu h?, when bis tulentsand his oppurtun les are remembered. There is more moralising than conversation I Ibis Interview, which la only nr.luml In view i .be fsct that Mr. Dav'i was slow to talk tin any anbjei hat Interested the public or inys--H. l ie evid' ntl eared to say anything! that might lay a foundation t< lie noted ue??spaper Inter*lewer. Our cMP are no n thu main, overburdened with awakward hashfu us-, and although 1 found the sivnallmi unique, I di ml frrl in the Miglitcol. degree embansswd. 1 said to oiyscif; "II tlm old pi-ntleiiian don't tal le la. at leant, worth a |>r-.n plctuie." Said Mr. L)a\is, nfier * somewhat lone pausa, ' fa* much amusid when some of the New York pro unit theli junior members to interview me. It w i together too rich," I e contlmird, "bnt I lay back uy cuair and laughed at them." THE II KMOKY 0T THIS manner of discomfiting the New York lnrjntAlto -vtueiilly tickled Mr. Davis. for lie renewed his men nent, neighing coiiuuinedly." "Voii mum uudirimnd, Mr T)avi?," I remarkc that I am not interview iue you av nil. You may ci ny vlait one of c-Temou>, or any thing you please." "Ind?ed," lie Bald, merrily, "my remarks do n ipply tu your cn?e at all. Y?,u mu?t no: think becau I don't ci.oute to talk politics tlint 1 uui noi very gl; .o ? you, ver\ glad Indeed." "It is very kind of yon to Bay bo. but. lettingpoli:i slide, don't you think the country has improved ve touch materially of Into years f" Mr. I 'avlsasBumsil a very demure and provnklnp iniiox-nt loik sf he J ejoil ??!, '/* ] i.tr. in tin ai clrcuinstnnces. travel niuch, you hare n much brtt opportunity o' Judging ?hnt point than I have." -rhedevtl 1 b?ve," th-'Oieht I. "Well, this atsa aid diplomat will not commit himself even to an e preftMOii of opinion relative to the progress of t' ?uuth, for fear, I suppose, it might upset his p theory that seres-i'>n was the only salvation for Plx > i ry well. 1 iblliK I'll ixy anitu 10 una po.iie u jllpery scion ut the land of cotton." Animated by this retention I stood up and fal 'Since you nre not willing to tulk elihir politics i>ri (culture, Mr. Dntls, I'll take my l?avc. "I hope." ulil lie. "you don't think mo unwilling ipeak to you on other matt' rs. Keep your scat." then nr. sroxit a li:tlb ibont Lonlst.ina and par-lcularlv about the (alt d?p?i nn Avery'* IVaud. "That Is inexplicable " said I "on any theory that I huVe read. It Is ttiange the la ho salt nn the other 'ilund* of similar formalin Now, there fx .lotueihlng th it g olo^UtK iiilcht stoi with Interest, and, pvriiaps. they uileht be able in ive at some conclusion about It. It Is, I constdi one of the greatest natural curl sitUson the eonllnH Wet# vou ever In l'oland ? No. Well then- they ha mixes '( solid lock fall, juat ihe mine, lint the le lailon of this other one makes it so remarkable." Mr. [>avls became so enthusiastic on the saline an |?i:t that he 'It nnotliT cl|fitr, and Indulged a very ind artistic whiff at his cheroot. A penile knock catne at the door. and was follow r>y a lady In a rldinic habit. She wu? a vlrlt?r. and. I fear, d Mr. Davis imirht enlarge on salt until he ear down to salt h"it. corncd borf, and. perhaps. Silt b> rln*. I concluded It Mas the part of prudence to < ffr i masterl* retreat. II- ..HI ..?tl?. 1.. ..mlmlM x?lnil ,l,.rv,i-!,ir? >? [ had a p eijentiiicnt 1 h it b i eim te-y wa< *0 tnowh !?f tho Latin order, which expresses much unil men little, and, m my Interview* wltli HreMdi-nt l>l?x m Sitting Bull, noil- :r- f whom c?>nirl *jvsk a word Knplifh. hadI been cmiuenllv brief and Mtlsfactori thought I'd tnuke an exception In thr cwf of Ji ff.-ra |)avls. who kn -?? iheirtof usini: language to exi>rr Ills thoughts better than most mm, nod n- I aho< liandv and took what, I suppoi<>, will bo uiy lut far well of "Massa .T? ff." He came out 011 the portico to wavo me rood-t mil tbe Inst slirbt I li<ttl of him he wan standing Wl lilt hnnda behind bis back, like Xa|>olcon at ! Helena, looking nut niK>n the dull stretch of ten lyl lu t*urn the loot of his grounds and the Is'uniU I mit on tb? other rl'lc of Mitels ippl ?outid, hla u hite hi fluttering like a of truemn the November wlr ind an expression <m hi* keen fice w hich itecmird say,'I wond r, nov, tf that d?d Yankee corrcB|>p je'nt thought hi* c 'Hid Interview mc !" Let the readers ol tho Timet J ml go for themse'.T< ? - ?> ? The ICigrht Burial of Jesns The faddeft funeral procession that ever moved the face of 1 be earth was that which carried the bin uf JeMis fr?ni the hill of tbe crura to the tomb In t Eiirden of Joseph at Ji-rurali m. It was only a litl :oui|iuiy of mourners?a dozen inen In tbe prboft |x?>r and a- many ituni- n hi leara. They had onli lew rods to go, but the shades of evening were gal ern-j roui d them, > nd they needed torchlight hrfu their heavy ti Rk whs done Tliey sold little. for thi jrrlef wus too deep lor word", ni.d they did their Wu with has!e, l< st some rude nlgbt?wulkern from 1 totrn or 1 roin the cntnpr outside of thr walls shot ? e whatlhev were doing ar.d break in nnon ibelrsi lice of lovr nnd sorrow. 'i he u nib wan a natu opening in the limestone ledre rnt nnd elirf?> <1 ii ;i m-pnli hcr wherel i never wan ln-fore wait Lid. T body Unit 1 hey burled wm r>carr d with wounds?r received in battle or by accident, but mill as Ilw i 3.ct- tlpon those adjudged unlit to live. And yet the littln coinpnny ol mourners felt 11 with the burial of (bit body they t-urlod the denr< hopes nf themselves and o: ?'l mankind. The nfj that closed around their uncivil woik was to them t darkest that had e> ?r uprend its |>nil i ver the wur When they came out ol that rocky tntnh and rol e( greut stone to the dour, tliey felt that tl'? Inst act the wot Id's tragedy of struggle and ancrlflcc had en <d III despair. The one in whom they hud trusted I the deliverance of themwlves nnd the nations w dead and burit'd, and thry tell that thein?etr? and t whole bumm race might as well be dead and burl too. It Is ImfM'fslble for us to conceive thi* weight nf s< row that riktedon tl>-- hearts of that little company mourner* a* ?hey turnv-i th< Ir taces frum ibe roc .otnb and went to their homes that i ight For tin yents mobt ot them had been In the company of J iius, hearing his gracioui word* and wit'ossing ] mighty works And they had come to think tl notliinK conld be ton hard f r the power of lltm w could hush ttio storm and raise the dead. It Isn were ever to hnre a King worthy to wear the o o' of all the earth, if i;he natiioi.e wero oyer to be s; ird from woes worse tha i death, surely this Ji cus 1 given promise to bs such n King and itavionr. A now they had laid his d ail body In the tomb and n ?d a great stone to tin- door, and they were got home i darkness and despair, '1 ho spot where thnt burial wu mnde, ai d whi the ilgbtof the rcsnrrectlou shone on the tuird d has been the olijec: of search unit ol altered curl"8 forage*. 'i'lie first moridug oflor my arrival in J-. iialem I rose early, vhlle It was yet dark In my ato: mulled chntiiIn r. 1 hurried down to the norr nlrcet anil walked i-apldiy (in toward the Daman irate, which is In thr northern wall nf the city. Mi ;inic my saluaui t? th? Moslem guard, mingling in I crowd of stepberds ami their llo-ks, I patted ont 1i Hbe open country. 1 then 'orned a Utile to the rig walked a furlong farther, and cliiubcd a bigb. roui I'd and rocky hill. I hud started at th* early dawn. Tbe whole <1 lance thai I b .d walked was less than s. mile. Wi t reached tbu sumti it of the high pi ce a'd breur survey tbu land-cape, ihe risen sun was reddening I tops ol' tho Jiuleau liil.s with ihu ui' rulng Heht. A .1 n uirmbeied thai one of the evangt li ts says t the women went ant to the tomb of Josus on i mornlngof the resuriectinn ?'arly, while It was dark; aid aiiolhe iu.ys that they came to thv sep clierat Ibe lining ol' ihu sun. And I mw tbe real fur the two statements in the fact that the dawn iianterii lauds grows so swiftly into tho full day. the women biid na ked ha.f t .e width of the c Irum tbelr home to the gate, and then a fit long m to the garden of the sepulcher, there would bavu bi nmple t me fur tbu Eastern day to pass Irom dawr tunrlse. 1 have nfi>c<* become more interested In that mo ins walk of mine hi Jerui-alem 'ban I wan at the tli beciUhu 1 have come to think that thai baro, roum hill which I climbed may be th> holy mount which the cron* wu set up, and the eavcruou* open at its bane, which is called the grotto of JneStl may be the tomb wheie tbe disciples burled the b' of Ji/sus on ihe n'glit of ibe darkett day in nil lit If so, then the ground over which I iiis ed In i prnaeblng tbe liill was a pa t of the garden In wh thu risen .-ar.our u|>p>ared to Mary and said, "W weepest thou ?" and tho at first, In tbe biindneti a bluerness of her grief, knew nut ihat It was I Lord. Tills high place which I climbed answers to all I terms lined 111 tbe Uofpels In dene Ibli g the s-.-ene tin-crucifixion. It in wlthoul the walls of Jerunal as lliti city s:oon in me mwe ?i uarist ana as u aiai n?w. It I* nigh u.ito the city, so thai niultltn< could conio and go while .Tesu> wus banging still al on the cross. '1 he hill bears a remark able llkenrst a human skull, and Inus It may well burr received nnnir of Golgotha, -*tlie place uf a skull.*' Tho b!l nigh unto the peat northern road, which was cblel thoranghlaro for all travelers entering and If lii|f the city. The cross out up on that lilgb pi could bo seen and Its inscription read by all that pas on tho public road. It was so conspicuous that could he scon by multitudes nfur off. From Its su nil: one can survey the whole region from th Moi of Olives on tboeast to the hills of Judea on the *< Aid finally, tho rock at the base of this skull-shs] hi.I Ik cut into tombs Mich aa the rich used fur burial of ihe>r dt-ml In tbe duys of Chrst. There In no oilier place either within or without present wulls of Jei usulcni which so completely i swers to all the terms used by the evangelist* In i scribing tho scene of the crucifixion. Ileelnarn ted, therefore, In the sup osltlon that on tin: v< biil which 1 climbed at sunrl?c tbe cross was eet 1 and at its bs.-e, In some one of the many tombs tl now stand opt n and empty. tbe body of Jesus 1 buried, nnd there the devout women cauie on 1 morning M the resurrection. borne one of the gr Atones which now He loose upon tbe naked irrou limy have be? 11 the one which the angel roiled an from the dooi' of the s pulcher, and sat np.u it w a countenance like llghtolng and wiib raiment wh as snow. If itll this could be proved to the satisfaction of Inquirers, thi t roumle-. skull-shaped hill near tbe I maeciis gate uf J< rnsalem, with the cavernous opi log Nt Its fti.se. would be ?st<emed hy millions I holiest spot on the face of the whoieearth. I have no Impression that the msrb e vault, l'ghi with golden lum| s and fuming with Incense nlj and dny In Jerus |rm, Is llie setiuleher where (,'hr wub burled. I have entered tiiut eauiiy tornb ftg' Hnil again, and I have seen with silent wonders nuestitick attention pilgrim after pilgrim moving and ort on bending kmeo, Itlvsing tlie c?ld marble a bat hire the stone Door wit b tears. And whiie I 1 spectcd the shrine which hiui stirred the most devc fetllmgs of thousands a.id millions of pllgrii throu|;b euccps?l?o generat'ons, still I feel mys drawn n??n r to Christ by the desert*d Golgotha a the empty tomb outside of the gate. With that I c mosMully associate the tad nrocesiIon that uot slowly down flom tb. hill of the crufb, carrying t ai-cr-d b'.dv i.nd laying It dotvu teailerly an* wl many tears upon its stony bed, on that daik n'( when the hopes ol tho world were surfed and t lalth of tbe believing was shrouded In dreed I pen. While ihere Is so much superstlton left smo men, aud 10 uucb dls] oilUou to give undue lunjoi % I *n?A fn?m? farfl>*t fill of thfc anlrlt Hi df I f conawrates th. in. it would not bo (ate tor chilsten-l dum to know tbep.ruiiM tomb In which Christ wu buried. i. in r.nugb for us to believe and pjol<? ' tlmt the l'sinco of iliu entered the tuuib and to- k w * away its terror, and henceforth to those who lollow " ? . htm the grave is only a lodging-place for the night, 11 1 where the weury body rents while the tireless t*|>iril n J. walks with Jesus in the gardens of paradise, y HeaitlT Foi^oTrls. ? n ti o Augusta Chroniclc and Sentinel. rj * Ilere and th're In this country one meet* with a '1 ' female doctor, uetneun a woman who has studl. d ; V niei icine mid prnctic s It. Some of these women arc' 8 " Y<ry estimable, talented nml sensible. As it .tile, we | K do not tiko to see tbeui. mid much prefer the regiilir.ll male pr.tctltionur. l$ut some of th< IU u'is*er an ex- ! n ceileiit purpose, und it may be that, b ini ot a rather ! tl uiMcnl;ti? tnru ot mind, and not very prepossessing In j 1' i>p|K'Biance,they have not violated any of the conven-1 I' 0 tlona itles supposed to belong to their ? *. There Is ] v n one doctoroi till, kli.d named Alice U. Stockham, who! t ,t at all events, >s an adinlrab'6 writer upou s.niuy full- I g JeCiB, and a rei ent artlcleot hersu|H>n health for girls it , Is W">rtliy of examination anil reproduction. ''Or." K If S:oekham is |r?|>er:y alarmed at the prevailing I ,j weakness, lassitude and weaiine**. not to rpeik of riis- ? n ease nnd si.tiering, among so many girls ot the preset, t (v day in Aincrlca. It is | olnted out that these condl,j tion? are not geri< ral. but exceptional, For example, # the toiling ? omen of Kuri.pe are ternc ly interior in E. vig-ir to the men and their health Is phenomenal. It is | ii"t /upposed that all women should be thus rud.-ly 0 II brtugbt up, but it does demonstrate that the educa- c lion or tiaiiilng that makes lb m puny and fragile Is ? an error ?.n the extreme. '-Dr." 6:o<khnin contends ( that the American (.iris who laek robust! Hide co or ? ig and nbolemime health, are those chiefly who commit j \d errors of dress and lack physical exercise An exam- ? le pie is given of Harriet 11. smer, ot whoitc success as a r ?t sculptor every American Is Justly pioud, a striking | il, illustration of the p .w<r not only of developing pliys- | t- ical at I'tigtb. but of ovet coining adverse hereditary ( : conditions. When quite young her mother and elder r alsturs died of consumption. Her fat tier, whu ?u n af physician, cluIinoct that tliero was a wh*!e lifetime |i>r ?< r? Uim education of thu mind, but that the body (! vclop- j rt edln a few yeuis. With Oils theory h* guve Harriet ? to every facility for acquiring stieng h and endurance. r t- A biographer say: ''She ea. ly lent i.ed skating, rowing, y archery, shooting ar.d tiding. She became remarkable y f?r d:>rua'. bo'dtiess ?nd skill. She c uld trnmp wlih t- the hunter, manage hrr ?U*?il like nn A abian, rival the luost fearless In the chase. and (lie t.est marksman n with gun and pistol. bhe b>-th astonished and ai?rtnnf H herfriends by hrr feats ujiou and In the water. ns ct agile and varied as a nyiii;?h.' The author continues: ly " When nn tragi1 is dotio to mere conventionalities it is >r littie matter, providing there is no moral damage, so t, there is great gain to healtli." , I- It may not be in thtt power of all parents to furnish d tbilr daughteis with the means for l king such exerciser, nut the girls tl??insflves ought to find a mode of k, exercislns that will brlns: the roses of nature and not ' of art to the cheek, brightness to thu eyes, and thut f love of exloleiice which oniy comes fiom a glorious 1 is fullness of physical health Alnny tiir s,ni.fortunately, I ns study too much, have too much to study. as we have I In already shown, mid when?t lilstlie, Ins.cad of taking I (Xurclse, benil over novels nnd dawdle away their time < In frivolous Idleness or ui>>rbid day-drenmliifr. I We do not p'o ess to know anythins critically o( ra errors of fi-ma e dress, but "Dr.'' stuck h im Is an 1 r'* expert, and she says, we d >ubt nut with perleet seen- ' racy, that the ord.iur.v dress ol girls is insutllcleiit I A I'rottctlon from cold, If unequal iu disiribu<iun, and 1 >'l produces restrlctiou upon digestion, circulation and rr-piratlon. First, the shoes are ti/ht, thin, and poo- I sops a shape miiiely Unfitted for the use of the feet. I Hy these circulation is fmpedtd, nerves tortured, and J(' symioiMsm disease caused and agmvated. An elocutionist onro s?ld h? had flu command of the chest es tot,i s )f Ma bii'ts were tUht. This being true on ' J women enjoy health, or even develop the capacity of t_ their brains, if their sh>n e are not suiteil to tliclr feet ? v I'roperiy uasptiu unaerc owning win cue warmth to lb.! en'iru botly, and do awpy with the bands tbnt prcsi* upon the vtal organs. In Winter these slmnln consist of two suit', tlio one next the rp body of knit goods and over ti.nt one mad- of tl * having long sleev.-s anil hlub III the luck. Tradition h?* and fa.sliion have made the corset a seeming necessity ; ?'t und only one pus.M>8-d o strong common aenre will ie abandon It. It impedes respiration. inriktn^ oxygen ut tition of the blood linperiecl, restrict* the pruiusaes ol dlKestloti, Mini often catihei> permanent uifl.tmimtlo" d. and weakness. The eors. t, loose or tight, prevent*the or possibility of any exercise taken bavin* tlio needful effect upon organs ol i'.lge* Ion. Tut a stiffened b into Hage ever m loniely upon tbo arm and three month*' time tbe iwu-cies trill lie atrophied and weaken* d. Tbr "Doctor" g"C* a little further than we do when the aays : "Id somesrctloi.a it I* a fuslium lor girls o sign a pledge, *t'mpi-ratice men or no hu^mnd.?.' tV'ere l0- I a voting man 1 would m ike equally uj ctrontr a resro ntutlon netrr tom-irry a girl that wor* cot Act*.'1 We presume she i* right about the evil done by wearing '[)' corset*, especially, as la often the ea?e, they deg> lielo rate ii to "instalmentsoi torture;*b it youn* in<nare not marrying, ao o.dlnp to all authorities, lay and clerlt* ical, a> nunit-r u.-ly as tbey should, and so, wg tiiud Te dtaw the line a iittle at corsets, hoping that the marlo* rlncenb:> girls will bctquallly Inodeiate iu tormenting , thrin stives. b But "Doelot" ^tockhatn Is notlilm: If no' aprac'.ic 1 n,: re i rmer, and. recurring lo this subji-ct of ifcnt-lbclng she ay: The professor of natuial history In un loua college, a Udy, btcaine very enthusiast c in reB8 KArd to reiorm, dress goods, etc.. mid gave quite al. c ture nj>i>n Ibeir advantage# to ?tuilenia. obi- wa? u "r" petite woman ami (.i'll In Iiit chmil days and flrel cl year* of teaci Init i-lie c-illld not wuK 'iter three buck* without fallen# anil actual i-aln.'When It* r da*'a nl work w%s done ?he wait comprllid to bit-- a long n*?i lal being ui alilf t>? aee frit-lull or dmx'ri work. Konr r-* yeura pievlonsly, h- wever, slit* hud been Induci-d to adopt the ref-rm und-rwear, nl-o the skirt mtpported ?| l>y a wsUt, and the dre?? Itself mailt" Iooms and litrlit< ? ' well a? ahort enough to elenr mud In wulkittr. Hy "n thlai'hiinpeal?nc In the matter of drt 8? ?hehad Im coi. V ** able to walk ml Us without much lutlpi.e. Thl* la n?t an t-xiipcerated case. and thousands of tired, d. IIrate, n>rli'(* girls c m become ktronf tiwl u-ettd If thi ylpo ami tlo likewise. Kre? yourselves from t be trammel' of dn and lake vliror us mitaoor exerrUe. ,h What will make a Inaltliy boy will make n bei lthy kt- jelr'. XS'liat will makt-a ftrt-ns it an w|!t m-iki a rtronp !'* woman. Mr*. Stanton i-ay* "?he enrty 1 arned tba a 1r ulrl wanjjft as ito d an u box." lli-n'tb, not to raise '.r the queitit n i f ht-rt-d ty, w ill i'lve tn girl* fteedom, Inerc^se their powers t.f usefulness ?U'l give guldtn fruition In place of blighted hope*, n" We c-mmend these word* of wicdnin to our yourc lady reader*. Th?-y c-une from oi.e of tlielr own c X " who knows ' the ?ecr* * oi the eharnei hnUM-.'' Mm Ii that "he df elates la thoirutli. We tear, however, thai, like all trne t blurs, her advice wl.'l not be pfpnar, b cait.-ie It will not be fashionable. Hut at what fearful nn cmt will It b?- dcflctl. I SALE OP I VALUABLE 111. Wilt! Ini:it """ st rht L. W. Perrin, as Administrator, vs. M J. F. Perrin. and Olhers--Dccree. la T)Y virtu? of the authority conferred upon In Jt) mc, by ? decree rendered at the October d- term of the Court of Common PIpuh for Abbefor vllle county. In the nbovo *iat?d caw, by as Thomas J. Miiekoy,Presiding Judgp, I will sell be nt publlcoutcry at Abbeville Court House, on "d Suleilay In December next, within the legal hours of swlo, the following dcucrlbed rcul esar late, as wart of the estate oi Thomas C. Perrin, of deceased, to wit: >>> it? One House and Lot nis | i*t In the town of Greenwood, known as the Cobb bo lot, containing *n THIRTY ACHES, i** ail moroorlcss. Also nri ing The lot in Abbeville Village, re known a? the BURNT LOT. ancl bounded by | *y, lands of a. McGowan, Mrs. Norwood and othity ers; to be sold In three lot;.. Also, ruThe House and Lot cut In Abbeville village, known as the MOORE I16 LOT, containing nto lit, ONE AND ONE-HALF ACRES. 0(1' inoro or less, bounded by lands of W. II. Parlls Iter, Mrs. Tusten and others. Also, ho The Plantation nrl b*t or tract of land known as the COTTON LEV'he ]?i, place, located on Hard Labor Creek, conjet taiuiug ui'on TWELVE HUNDRED ACRES, In If in^rr or les*. bounded by lands of Mrs. Fanny :lty ]:/vrln, J. H. Wldeinan, J. A. Bannister and "r? ot-.iers. To lie sold In several tract*, contained! |n(t about TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY 11" ACRES, each. Also, The Plantation i?d on nr tract of land, known as tho WILSON I"? VRACT, lf?cnted on wuters of Long Cnno ?b, (,'reek, containing m?. FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES, ?p. Icb jnoreor less,bounded by lands of J. C. Doug-! by | luss, John Devlin und others. To be sold in m<l two or more tracts. Also, the Lhr ;u8 Eenainder in Dower Tract of ?"? laid off" lo the widow as part of the Fonvllle >'l? | Tract, bounded by landx of It. P. Cheatham, estate Alex. McCalla und oilier*, containing Ive '< no TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN ACRES, the 1 is more or less. Also, tho ibe !?i Balance of the Fonville Tract j nud | It of land, lying upon tho Mosoley Ferry Road j from three to Ave und one-half miles from ant Abbeville Court House, containing >?t. ><><1 EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES, the more or leg*, bounded by lands of estate L. P. the Guflln, W. 11. Brooks and others. To be solii ?n- in aovcrol tracts. AIko, doT, The Plantation Up. bat or tract of land, known as tbo Little Monnv*? tain Place, containing the st TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES, i lid ?y more or les?, bounded by lands of J. L. DrenKi nan and others. Also, the tract known as the ite Tusten Place, all )a- located one mile from AbbcvllloCourt House, ?n* containing NINETY ACRES more or less, bounded by lands of J. 8. Cothi?t ran and others. Plats of tho above described (in lots wlil bi: exhibited on the day of salo, J" TERMS: ? One-half e?sh, tho balance on a credit of ns twelve months from day of salo. The credit i elf i portion t<>be secured by bond and mortgage i i of the premises, to boar Interest from duy of i an j sale. Purchasers to pay for papers. Full pos1 session,given fin the first day of January, 18*1. I,e ! Earlier possession us far as practicable will be ' ih givenE I. W. PEER1N, * Administrator, Nov,. 10, l&O, if Mortgage. I In the whole range of sacred and profane tcratore, perhaps there Is nothing recorded hlcli lias such staying properties as a good lortguge. A mortgage can be depended pon to stick closer than a brother. It hHS a ilsslon to perforin which never lets up. Day Iter day It Is rixht there, nor doeH the slight<t lendeucy lo slumber Impair lis vigor in le night. Night And day, 011 the Sabbath, ndat holiday times, without one moments ime for rest or recreat.on, the biting olfpring of its existence?Interest?goes on. he season may change, days run into weeks, reeks into months to be swallowed tip in the . my inun of advancing years, but the niort- ' a^ustands up In sleepless vigilance, with the merest a perennial stream, ceaselessly runlug on. Like a huire nl^li:mirc eating out lie sleep of some restless *luml>erer, the unaid innrtzaue rears up its Kaunt front in erpctuul Torment to the miserable wcigni r'lio is held within Its pltllcMclulch. it ho.ds lie poor vtellin iti i!e relentless grasp <n a Inht; not one hour of recreation; not a mo iiciU's evasion of its hi leous presence. A cucral t-avngeof mo HTying aspect, while tho merest is paid; til. very de?llof hopeless deIructlou when the payments fall. A New Railroad Horcmcnt. AnGPSTA,;Novombcr 18.?Advices from Atantu Indicate that a movement i? on loot by , Northw extern railroad combination, with a upital of sixteen million dolla-s. to obtain , South Atlantic connection by way of lUibun Jap. it is wald that the connection may be nude by the extension ol the Northeastern uiilroad of Gem gin, which will necessitate , connection with ihe Georgia Railroad and n?y lansc the purchuso of the Northeastern {nilroad l>y the Georgia Railroad. It is beloved that the piesent management of the ji-orgla Railroad will not be ml verse to such a inrchase. proviiiod the stock can i>e bought at ? rcaonuble figure. It Is also rumored that verturoK may be made to tho Augustu and Cnox villc Itiulrouii, PflrWESf PAPER I TRY IT I LJLLU JJUU x ill UiL * ** * ** BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. 3Gth YEARFlie Scientific American. FIIE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Is a large Flrot-CKss Weekly Newspaperof Sixteen Padres, printed In the most bcutitlful style,pro finely Illustrated with splendid engravings, representing the newest inventions and the mom recent Advances In the Arts and Sclsnees; Including New and Interesting Facts In Agriculture. Horticulture, the Home, Health, Medical Progress, Social Science, Natural History, Geolinry. Astronomy. The most valuable practical papers, by eminent writers In ull departments of Science, will bo found In theScirntiJIc American. Terms, &.20 per vear, $1.01 half year, which Includes po-tage. Disro-.inl to Agents. Single copies, ten c<-ntn. Hold i<y nil Newsdealers. Heinlt by postal order to MuN> <fc CO., Publishers, 87 Park How, New,York. D HTCWTC I" connection with the r rt 1 LPJ I 0? &4enti/lc American, Messrs. Munn <t Co. are Solicitors of American and Foreign Patents, hare had-'to years experience, and now have the largest establishment In the wo i Id. Pa; enU are obtained on the bet terms. A special notice Is inade In the ikncnliflc Amertorn of nil Inventions patented through this Agency, with the name and residence of the Patentee. By the Immense circulation thus given, r uWIr attention Is directed to the merits of the new patent, ;;nd sales or introduction often easily eflccUd. Any person who has made a new discovery or Invention, c.in ascertain, free of charge, whether a patont can probably be obtained, iiy writing to Munn ifcCo. Wenlsotend frtc our band book about the Patent Laws, Patents, Caveats, Trade-Mark*, their costs, nnd how procured, with hints for pro urlng advance on Inventions. Address lor the paper, or concern I tie patent*. MUNN & CO., 37 Park Row, New York. Branch Ofllcc, eor. F. and 7th Sts., Washington, D. C. (Nov. 17, lisO.tf or Sale. ANEW nnd beautiful flrsl-ciass Piano from tlic McSmltii Musk: House of Greenville, 3. C., enn be ?een at .Mr. J. D. Chalmers' residence. C til and sue it. Nov. 8. WM. II. PAKXER W. C. McOOWAN. PARKER & McGOWAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, ABBEVILLE, C. II., S. C. \\1 ILL practice also In tlic Circuit Courts oi S } the United States for South Curollua* Jmii T. 1830. tf ~3T. K.UR21, Boots and Shoes, Harness and Tanyard. BKsT material u*ed, flue woiTmen employed, custom work made promptly, aud at the lowest bottom prices for cnsli. Hides alkni..i,i at tlm liivhmlt miirki't nrlco for cash or incxrimnge for Feather or work. Jan mi ry 2M. JS-SO. l.v. J. 8. COTHRAJT, L. W. I'EBRIK, T. P. COTHRAX. Collirau, Perrin&Cothran 7 I A.ttornevs at Law, ABBEVILLE. S. C. Jan. m, isso, tr "BONESET BOURBON TONIC. '|'HIS Tonic is rcconimended for Indigestion 1 and lis iittcndunt Ills, mid an a preventive of Malarial Diseases. The material used IhoI the highest cr>*ile of excHlence. Nothing out u fine old Kentucky whisky can produce a richness of iiuvor and a generous stimulant clf'cc!. like this. Nothing hut a blending ol honiogenoous and wholesome tonics In Just proportion can produce so grateful a stomachic n* tilts, which Is the Finest, the most whole lionie,and the best tonic In the world. For sale by J. Knox & Co. April 26, 1880. Valuable Books. q-neal's dencii and bar. Edwin Parker. Sept. 8.1SS0. baeberingT 'J'HE undersigned respectfully Informs the 1 public that he has recently removed lilt Tonsorial tlAturcs to "Knox's Hall," North east corner public square where he will b? pleased to meet nnd bo of service to all in search of the aid nnd assistance of a 'Irstclas* Tonsorial Artist to render their outward appearance about tho head and face more desirable to loo'c upon. Satisfaction In every particular and prices to suit the stringency of the times. Very respectfully. Richard Gantt. KNOX'8 HALL. TO TOURISTS^&HEALTH SEEKERS. Summer Schedule to the Mountains. Spartanburg, Union and Colombia, and S. & A. R. R. R}'ai?tasiu:ro, S. C.. July 19.1S80. ON AND AFTER THE ABOVE DATE THE following Scheriulo will be run over these Roads dally. Sundays excepted: up train. Leave Alston 1.00 p. m Leave Union 2.50 " Leave Spartanburg, 4.1.1 " Arrive at Hendcrsonvllle, 7.10 " Close connection is made at Alston with train from Columbia on Greenville and Columbia Road. At Columbia, connection is made from Charleston, Wilmington und Augusta. At Spartanburg, connection ismndentAIr Line Depot with trains from trom Atlanta nnd Charlotte, also with Stage Line to Ulcnn Springs. Atllendersonvlllc, connection Is mndcwith a first class Line of Stages to Asheville, arriving there the same evening. Or Parties desirous of visiting Ctcsar's Head or other points of interest can bo provt ded with tirst class conveyances from the Llvorv wiuiiips in Hendcrsonvllle at reasonable rates. thai* south. Will leave HendersonvllJe, 9.30 a m Spartanburg - 1.10 p m Union .'. 2.50 p m Arrive at Alston, 4.13 |> in These Roads are In excellent condition, furnished with first class Conches; provided with all necessary appliances lor safety nnd comfort of Pawioncers. At Spartanburg and Hendersonvlllc tho Hotel aircornmodatlons are now aniule for u lame Increase of travel. Th?*y will be found well supplied with good Mountain faro at reasonable rales. JAS. ANDERSON, Superintendent. Atlanta & Charlotte Air-Line Railroad CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Atlanta, Ga., November 0, 1880. passenger department. On and afler November 7th, trains will run on this road as follows: Day P(Mrngcr Train. (EASTWARD.) Arrtvo at Seneca 9 W a. m. Leave 9 30 a. m. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca, 7 02 p. m. Leave Seneca .. 7 03 p. m. NKJIIT PASSENGER TRAIN. (EASTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca, 8 .77 p. m Leave Seneca, v. 8 58 p. ni. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Senoca, ~ 6 25 a. m. Leave Scneeji 0 26 a. in. Local Freight Train, (EASTWARD.) Arriveaf Seneca 4 37 p. m. Leave Seneca, 5 00 p. in. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Seneea, 0 14 a .m. Leave Seneca 0 30 p. m. Through Freight Train, (EASTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca - 7 57 p. m. Leave Seneca - 8 10 p. in. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca 2 27 n. in. Leave Seneca 2 27 a. m. Connecting at Atlanta l'ur all points West and Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte lor all Eastern points. Through Tickets on sale at Galnesvlllo,Seneca City. Greenville and Spartanburg to all points East and West. G. J. FOREACRE, General Manager. w. j. Houston, General raasengcruudTicket Agent, : - - - > ' 'T ' ' v v-: ' . , . . Geo. F. ?, Wenck, M.D.ii Physician and Surgeon, AND PHOPHIETO!: OF DR. WENCK'S APOTHECARY, Oct 6.18M). N1SETY-8IX. 8. CnowTsthe time TOSECUREAFIEST CLASS' AVR onTy a limited number that I will do for wits ors-ll on tlina t > good par* I ptylng <>ne-thlrd cu?h. My *tovcs ?rc i 11 known wiioie ever they have bee:. ' oduced to need an explanation I keep constantly on hand u full supply . Maujns IMPROVED FRUI' JARS. The two quarts nreonly worth ?2.50 per doz en. The one quarts, 81.75 per dozen. Also a eood suyply or TIN CANS, that I soli at the astonishingly low price of nevpnty-Hve cents per dozen. Any one can sent them and warranted not to leak. Send in your orders early. I only charge twenty cents per gallon for A. 1 KEROSENE warranted 110 degrees Are test by W. M. Bird & Co. No charge for stopping leaks in cans. ESTIMATES MADE and bids given on roofing and glittering In o out of the county. Work In copper, rinc and galvanized Iron a specialty. Thanking you for past favors and soliciting a share of your patronage In the future I am your obedient servant, A. J. SPROLES, Greenwood, So. Ca. TRY HOME FIRST. CONGAREE nil WORKS, Co umbia. S. C. Jill HJHli. v ViAVI PROPRIETOR. REDUCED PRICES: VERTICAL CANE MILLS List of Prices2 Hollers, 10 inches diameter,..:.. 5S6 00 2 ' 12 " " 4500 2 " 14 " " 55 00 3' " 10 60 00 3 " 12 " " 70 00 3 " 14 " " ...... SO 00 AboveprlcescomnletewltbFrnme Withou Frame,510 lesson each Mill HORIZONTAL?3 R.ller Mil for Steam or Water Power, $150. Send Your Orders for Cane Mills AND Syrup Kettles 10 D. B. SMITH, Agent. DR, S. O. THOMSON, T"> TT. ?sr T Tf-T'. I ABBEVILLE, *S. C. tm.OFnc over Emporium of Fashion."ta ; July 7,1880. lj r. sweetmash" Corn Whiskey L. H. RUSSELL OFFERS to the public superlorSweetMaah CORN WHISKEY, which ho guarantee* to be the best rind purest wlilwkey that ha* ever been offered In this market. A mo*t de simhle Hrtlele for Invalids and othors. Co! ! I and Rnmpk* it. i March mh 1880,8m. ' ABBEVILLE, S. C. Kef:ps on hand a full assortment of coffins?from the cheapest to the best, i Hearse will attend funerals, when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of Buildings. He Is agent for the sale of Sash, Doors Blinds, Mouldings, Winlr-rnlllng*, Floorings and everything pertaining to house building April 7th II58U, tf ~Dr. H. D. WILSON, DENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. KS' Office; Upstairs over the Post Ofllce." ? June 25,137t*. N mm, dealer in mm b umm AND WHISKIES. A laroe assortment of havana Cigars, ! /V CORN and KYE Whiskies from 81.75 & $8.00, per gallon. SCOTCH AND IRISH WHISKIES, i ALES, PORTERS, BITTERS, APLE AND PEACH BRANDIES, IMPORTED fBSHGB Bft&HBT For Medicinal Purposes. February 25, 1880. Marshall P. DeBrubf, Attorney at Law, Abbeville c. h. s. c. Five cent Cigars. ZULUS, BOMBAY, BELLE OF TIDEWAtcr, Tourist, and Los- Cabin Cigars, i Exi'HCTKD?"Lone Fisherman's" ard Aclil me Clanrettea. ut ELAVIN PARKER'S, j Sept 22, 18800. ' i ' ? ,'v" *V ' V ' I a????? P. Rosenberg &Co., have Just Received one of the Largest and Most -.ui Afctrafitive "w*. ;; "-^ll Stock of goods ever brought to Abbeville. .. > " : -./HnSs The stock of - *n : ni^ltinn. UlUblUUg is immense and cheaper Than Ever. CALL AND SEE ITNotice. THE Annual meeting of the Board of Tras* 1 teen of Estate of Dr. DeLa Howe Witt b? held at Lethe on 2d Friday of November aext. A Superintendent and Teacher for the next vcur will bo vleeted. Br 01 der, VfM. H. PARKER. Oct 27, H , v A. B. C. LINDSAY, DENTIST, Practical and Operative, HAVING attended the Lectures of the ' Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery otters his professional services to. the public as a Dentist and Oral surgeon. Calls tbroagb the country attended to. All work warrant* ed and charges reasonable. Residence 5 miles east of Calhoun Mill*, South Carolina. , June 16, 18*). ' Spring Beds. ANEW lot of the low priced spring "Bed.,' Try one and make your "Bed" comfortable. Price SiOJ at J. D. CHALMKK8'. Sept 29, 1880. ' JTL CLARK;. For Tie (M of Tie Craft I HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY I whole attention to my Shop. I shall give It GOOD ATTENTION. If any person wishes to have his Watches Repaired Bring them in. I have all the tools and material* to do it up In the best of style and at -. ,1 the lowest rates possible. If you want jrooi clock repaired bring it In and It will be done right. If you want your JEWELRY MENDED Bring It on. If you Want your SEWING MACHINE MENDED , This Is the place to get It done In the best of order. You can have any piece made i-ew, or the old one repaired. If you want your gun ?r pistol repaired this is the place to have It done. All these articles will be repaired la tne best of order at the Lowest Prices. Give mo a trial and satisfy yourselves? TEttMS CASH. JOHN L. CLABK. January 22, 1879. t? You can Bay BEADY-MADE CLOTHING. HATS AND BONNETS,. . BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ABT1CIES AT PRICES That will make Money, SUMMER CALICOES, at Sets from B. W. BARNWELL Sept. 15. J. Knox & Co. I QFFER for sale the celebrated "Stonewall" Cigar I The host Fire cents Cljrar brought to this market. Also a superior lot of Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey, And a very fine article of RYE WHISKEY. Sept. 8, 1880. tf . FOHDn Have In store and to arrive, a Large and varied Stock OF DRY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HAT8, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, AND many other article#. nil of which will be sold as cloce Jor CASH, and upon * GOOD TERMS an any honsa In Abbavlll*. Give us a look and we will give you a bar' gain. We will ship your Cotton or buy it.-** NEW GOODS! At tlie McIIwaine Corner. iiita, HAVE received n superb stock of gnods of every variety and every quality. All in want of good bargains should call at once. Spet 29, 1880. j~d7chalmers PARLOR and OFFICE FURNITURE, LOUNGES, CHAMBER FURNITURE, MARBLE TOP TABLES, Ac. A FULL stock of goods alwnys on hand. My prices will be found as low as any other house selling sjinjc quality of goods. I wilt always represent goods lust what they are.[ ??eyt 20, i860, ' ''' *! ii - - - '