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In the future. As mat hematics As one ot the cxact sciences, nnd as the public at large feel a treat Interest in the welfare of tho College, we have thought that li was probable that an able ?- nnd efficient Prorcssor would tie appointed to f this Important office. Veliopetosoe Erskine f College rise to the dignity of an educational I Institution of ahtgh order, and we hopetosee the Board of Trustees advance themselves to that enlarged selfishness, which will enable t hem to do the College the greatest good, even if they should electa better mathematician from outside tho Associate Reformed Church than they can find among their own number. Orecrmood Xotes and Comments. BY Qrm NUNC. I conld not. p<>rhnps, more Interest n large number of your local readers at the conclusion of the present yearand upon the tapis of entrance up<?n a new one, pregnant with hright prophecies of success, than by presenting a summary of Greenwood's mercantile business and Its Invle^nted commercial iiopes. A more energetU^ttful Indcfatigahly K InduBtnViWktViii'meircmilnrcan no where ne . 6 found. Without exception they belong to J n that most ancient order of nobility?the work* ing order. The austere commercial vlclssiB tildes through which the maximum of busl3 tiess men In the South have been compelled | to pass since the war, have shown the sterling f Hurt of which they arc made, nhtl nowhere more distinctively tnan in this village. Like ^ the fabled Anteanus, they have been refreshed K ?>nd re-vitalized by contact with the earth and ^ I?eri strong to follow hope. wl>lcl>, like the ) an as It moves westward, casts the shadow r>f enr burdens behind us. Eight stores, with miscellaneous stocks of dry goods andgroceHes, two drug stores, not to enumerate two or three penny shops, comprise the mercantile business. We first step Into Hodges <t Lee's, a new Arm, but one In which we find a strong combination of tact, vim and business qualities. Mr. Hodges possesses that exceptional business endowment, of being hll men's epitome, while Mr. Lee is a real typical merchant. They carry an excel lem stock tina nave naua i fine run since opening. They also keep a select Inventory of fresh drugs and medicines, to which Mr. Lee, whois an experienced drug^^^^tristand pharmaceutist, gives his personal atTheir stock, business, integrity and jBK^^MEb>Tt>rlces all Invite custom. M?^??JB8s*xt look Into the capacious bonne of J. gB^??ij&$jBfrttiam, a veteran In the ranks. Here von HMK&' "'HMftin ter Mr. I^ca Oldbam.a eenlal knight of gg| gHfrard slick and ribbon,and notllke a great ^^^ TWKgjFwlth qualifications no longer than the . . nm. nor broader than the latter. But few hien have worked harder and achieved more satisfactory results than Mr. J. H. Oldham. Through all these Fall months his store has been the center of remarkable activity, and the bulk of goods sold is simply immense for a retail establishment. The lien business, as with all the other merchants, has been a leadins: feature of this house during the summer months! and nothing more truly reflects the financial status of the merchants and the general prosperity of the farming class, than the . exhibits madein the mercantile ledgers. You fihd herealarge and.skillfully assorted line of merchandise, at bottom prlccs. With him, as with all who make the etrort Industry, method and fair dealing have brought large and profltahls trade. The neatly arranged stock, i general system and courteous salesman nil plensantly Impress you and otfer a strong in' dncement to go back again. Messrs. Lewis & Nichols next step forward, With the cdrdlal bearing of the true merchant and welcome you Into their mercantile hive? and yon don't find any empty com belt heritor crones. Pr. Lewis?the senior member fcnd king bee?can diagnose your wants as readily as he formerly did, the most complex maladr and post your account with greater dexterity than he once noted medical briefs. Mr. Nichols, the Junior partner, is a yonng man whom strong Individualism and distlijgt tlve personal enet^.i^fcj^ jro^Kftna^e, rtVTced closely. Their bus/ ma'nly on a cash basis, is ^ ji#*Tng, due largely to the fuels that 37""' ^Kitisfled with short margins, keep an Jll quality of goods and etlect quick % trade emporium of Bailey, Barksdale A next Invites attention. Mr. Wtn. Bailev, *?f the Arm, is one of the oldest and ^^gjtgful merchants in Greenwood. His *"^lnUince with the business in ^inns, eminently warrant the \ whlr*h hnR follovv^l <112 tho * of his indomitable Indus*?le Is a younjj innn of tine } full master or the commerand brim-full of push and 'ley. the third partner, 1r by 'o"walt for Blucher to come fhigton In the mean time he ' rim for action,and knows a cfl'ectual. This Is a strong \ an enormous business. <oish for their Riock, by ^ntls secured, which intheir customers. They y*he best kind, style and va/il^DftTlsclncsln the first rank : 'J'chantR, They both possess ?X?nce and business cnpuclty, and actively to bear in their business. , . /..tiven full corps of good salesman, keep e. .* . ^<Iand a complete invoice of every kind of >,^^merchandise, and hava proven themselves "ypijt. champions in the lo-.v jirlce competition. vtf Their business has attained a magnitude - ^ which in but the befitting result of the energy and perseverance enlisted. A liberal standard of transactions, exceptional quality of goods and hard pan figures, always draw a mammoth trade to this store. With them, as with all, no difficulty has been had In making full collections this season. Not asingle lien foreclosure has been noted among any of them. Messrs. Elmore & Duckett who recently em oargea in nusiness, nave started with nne prospects. They both possess the requisite enterprise and ability to Insure success, and already have a large line of customers, attracted by their extra terms and exhibits of varied merchandise. Mr. W. <}. CaLb^tin salesman with them ts a valuabl?-s;'tachc. Jhelrstock Is full, comprising e?"Cry thing In the ordinary mercantile cata&?ue. Mr.C. A. C.Waller Is a CCaipatern or the energetic merchant. AJJf.er varletv of merchandise Is not otHrTT^en, than tills his sheives. First-rate calcify, patient Industry, with broad buifo.-ss policy, have broopht a steady, lticra^Tevojuuic of tn?de. By adopting the rl*n of .-hort marclDsand quick sales, he has ^^-"inot nyrked success In always keeping fully abrefSt with the tlmes,-and securing to his customers the benefltsot all declines and prot?'c'nig them against the advances which folio* as Inevitable contingencies of the buslTViss. Like most of the other merchants, Mr. \'aller has been an Important factor In the cotton transactions of the year. Such men; constitute the mercnntllenerve, life and brain j of the country aud collectively make the nation'* wealth. Messrs. lien net Reynolds. Jr. a Co., are' among the list of olu established merchants her? Mr. Reynolds I* a trained merchant, well qunUfti-c' bv experience and education, nnd so Is Mr. C. O. Waller, the silent member, who will not >ufl'er one iota in comparison 'with the very b?.-st in the ranks.?possessing: extraordinary tact and energy. Close atten- j tlon to purchases, an open eye to the de-! niands of the trads, and the best goods in ull [ the dlflerent lines, are the secrets of their! enormous fales. Tlielr commodious building ! Is always kept filled by renewal. Their trade i ramifies through u larjce area of Laurens /.nd | Abbeville, showing; a handsome annual fiscal ascrecate. Mr. Robert Johnson, a most excellent salesman and busluew man, is with this house. The two drug stores kept by Dr. E. R.Ca!V?/iiin o?>H Tw? li* fl Pnrku qpu troll I with choice drugs. medicines, chemicals and paints. Each make a specialty of compounding proscriptions. They, with Mr. Lee, fully meet all demands In thts line, and enjoy extensive and profitable patronage. I should leave this business resume Incomplete wore I to omit Mr. A. J. Sproles, tin manufacturer, and merchant. By dint of industry andcloxe application, be has created a lucrative buslncKS, and enjoys the confidence aDd well denerves the support of the public. The entire mercantile fraternity seemed to have adopted the motto engraved upon a shield on the cft;st ot tho Northman'* pick-axe. "I will either find a way or make one." Greenwood hott two bar-rooms, kept by Sir. T. F. Riley and Mr. T. N. Dendy. Mrs. Georgia Williams is the proprietor of a millinery store, and keeps on hand the latest styles and novelties In fashion. There Is within the incorporate limltsagood" steam, grist and saw mill. j*ln, brick manufactory, etc. Also a carriage repair shop and several smith shops. A competent, attentive barber, of either color, would be well sustained at this place. I might add In conclusion J that every business house in town takes the | Pitu and Marnier, and are proud to recoil)Ize i It as the banner paper of the banner county ;j and if I am not under a mloupprehension this ! olllce numerically leads tlie subscription list of your sterling sheet. AUGUSTA A>D KNOXYILLE Looking After the Iron for the Road -The Work To Be rushed KapiUJy ^-Forward. This afternoon rresldent Verdery, of the Augnsta and Knoxvile Katlro:*d, will leave for u trip to the North and West for the purpose of purchasing Iron for nt least thnt portion of the read from Augusta to the river, nnd probably lor ten miles on the other side. Tills action has resulted from the recent sale of bonds of the road, enabling the officers to go Into market with the ready money forthe ^ purchase of Iron, It Is not yet settled where the Iron will be bought, as that will depend upon the price altogether. Mr. Verdery will visit Cincinnati, on his tour, and make a 'tract for trucks and five hand cars, twelve irs und six box cars. The wood work for n?, which will be used as a cunstruc-1 _ .will be executed at the establish-! "mpson Jt Hemdel, of this city,! >nce of the force of the road! Savannah river bridge, i as been ordered, but in Miand engine will be cllon train. ' 4. to the rlvor the *yiU be carried . >. .1*v V-: ' v ? * *v "tire road 5 'i work-I j nbat> 4 ??>ti I ? tfi I- 4 - & f 'v 'J: tlcmcn composing the "Homejr.ss" of the sh Club a most bountiful collation ,>as prepared; ol through tbe skill Hiid exce llent Judgment of "< the JCommlttee of Arnuv-jemttiUs the whole ar was perfect, lu all the appointments; and through theability and peculjur fitness of lhe (J] accomplished President for ^residing 0:1 such n< occasions the affair was onoof unprecedented success, and reflected the^reat'jst credit on m all concerned, and to nun* more so than to w: the President. >lr. Beue? being the criulnat- n' or of tee Literary Club, md the President of Jr the "Honicliss," has ciutrtbuted greatly to Ik the social enjoyment of our citizens as well as to the cultivalion of a literary taste i among the mcmbcis <>'the( iub. Niucty-two persons were seated a, the table, about one- "" half of whom were Hdles. th The programme, <mhracing near?y nil the fe speeches, Is as follows ; Our Guests?Tne Abbeville Literary J,, C'lub. ?lj rr.tokf.n by w. c, hexkt, enqv ^ I Ixiflira anrt Geitfrtnrnf For the second time re I (i..yp .the Rreu lienor And equally great tli pleasure ol pVca'fllngnt the bahtjUet of "The v< Homeless." and I rise togive you all, Ih the h< name of "The Homeless." a henrt.v welcome, fr and to express otir thanks and pride at seeing h< so many friends around this board. Oneyear b: ago to-night, oh New Year's Eve, 1R79, we believe that our guests, and we know that we of of "The Homeless," spent a happy evening In yl this hall, while we sat the Old Year out and at saw the New Year in. It Is io-nli:ht our earn- k< est desire, although snow atul Ice encrust the ni ground, that you, ladles and gentlemen, who '-c have honored us by your presence, will have tli at least as much enjoyment as wo had one pi year ago. ti< It is, perhaps, necessary to explain to those bi who were not with us last. New Year's Eve who "The Homeless" are nnd what our in name Imports?a name unique, we believe, a among the names of the clubs and societies of m the world. "The Homeless" are a peculiar sti people. First of all and necessarily, we are cc members of the Abbeville Literary Club, to Onoof therulesof the Club is thatench mem- ol b^r in turn shall enter.'aln the Club at his cl house, those meetings being held monthly on pi Friday night before the full moon. At each cl Iliet'llllX tin.* vim.-. > >.. ,v- ? low-memlieis?a supper which, according to li the rigid and wise law of tho l luh, must not ci go beyond the bounds of frugality. Those ?i meetings. thanks lo the untiring hospitality li of our fellow-hiemhers, are held with unfail- ti ins regularity, and most delightful gather- rr lugs they are. g< Hut there arefonrteen of us, members of the in Club, who, though willing, from various t-r causes are unable to act the host at those w meetings. Last year we banded ourselves to- tr eether.a Club within th j Club, and without fe laws or by-laws, and witiiout. formal christen- e< ing,;we called ourselves and Were called l>y e: others "The Homeless;" and, as a small re- s< turn for the kindness shown us by our well- ol housed members wc resolved to give a collation on each New Year's Eve to the Literary tr Club. Some of us are young and some of us w are younger; some of us are married, some li unmarried, and It Is said that some of us do ai sire lo be married. Ji Helng as lawless as we are homeless, we do not at our annual collation conform to the t! ru!c6 of the Club. In place of essays and lit- t< erary discussion*, we have toasts and sentl- h moiits. While not loading a groaning board o with orofusion of delicacies, wo still take the a liberty of exceeding the frugal limits of our i tl Club suppers And, above nil, we break the|o stern rule of the Club which forbids thc[f-> presence ol ladles. And lovely woman aids s and abets us In thus violating that law. lor 1J the hands of maidens bean titled this hall lor tl us, und the housewifely cunning of notable a nut Irons adorned for us this table. d Thus have we met to-nbib^ With store of Indies,al*>So 'oon / JO sa Aiiwcv, in}J*"?icc >sn tbo niKiir^U^M and icIclcs are nnngTnb from tho envesTwej shall all spend thls^ew Year's Eve pleas- t antly and merrily too ther? f In mirth that, after, no repenting draws. t Having thus given a reason for our name and J1 for this our local habitation, suffer me to offer 1 you the tirst toast, the toast of this evening? 11 "Our Gnests?Tho Abbeville Literary Club." 1 Being a member of the Club. It docs not become me to say much In its praise; and I shall s content myself with expressing tne honor v and pride which wc of "The Homeless" feel In 11 being members of such a Clltb,?h Literary Club composed of members of all the learned professions and of representatives of the press, and of trade and commerce,?which has > on its roll of about forty members venerable t men who lived under the third president of g this republic, and young men who cast their b first vote for Hancock;?a Club at whose monthly meetings old and young enjoy to- t I former being willing to spend tic leisure of I their mellow aire In tlic company of the v voung, whilst the latter are grateful for their good example ami for the encouragement. t< they give to diffident youth. a It Is a great pleasure and a high privilege o to go once a month to the Club meetings, to a Learn from the wisdom of age 11 Aud be cheered by the sallies of youth. '< The motto of the Abbeville Literary Club Is ji "Exto r-erprtua." In asking you, ladies and gentlemen,to join with me ih a bumper to the ? toast I offer, we of "The Homeless" and, I am . sure, all of you will also join with me In wish- u ing that the Club may be blest with long lite > and prosperity, and that its porpctulty for r generations to conic will justify lis adoption of the motto. Esto rcrjtctua. In this world of (( ceaseless mutability, and in this youthful republic in which every ten years' space marks ( changes social, and political, may it bo true of the Abbeville Literary Club that while other " ' things may change, whlU-a Garfield may come , and a ilayes may go, while generations inay J. come and generations may go. U will go on , forever, with tb/s toast I couple the name of the pre*Ment of the Club, Mr. l'arker. 1( 1 KK51'OM)tlJ IU ii X n , il. i'AiuvLik, J Afr. Trehidnit ami Gentlemen of the "Home- j lets: As the presiding otllcer ol the Literary : j Club, It is my pleasing privilege to respond to V the sentiments Just expressed. I .. When I survey this hrilllnnt assembly and I remember my distinguished friend, who tl Is- f charged this duty u year ago, I wish the tusk > had lallen Into abler hands. j, In behalf of the Club. I reciprocate your cordial greetings, and while extending to you the congratulations of this Joyous season, I feel'., sure that the members heartily unite with me j ? In the earnest wish that the shadow of the "Homeless" may never grow less. }j Were I to give vent to the full expression I of my feelings for the members of your association, and ofmy admiration of thier brilliant | K success 011 this second occasion, I tear, as was !.' remarked on a former occasion, by a revered and loved member whose absence we so much regret, a stranger might suppose we were a "mutual admiration society/' a sentiment as forcibly. If not as elegantly expressed, lu a homely phrase, familiar to us all. Three years ago this Club was organized with the desire to promote literary taste and tr culture, and, at the same time, to encourage ol social intercourse. While not aspiring to tl equal those well-known Clubs of farmer times, w to which a Johnson, Addison, Tope,Campbell, v! Shakspearc and others added lustre, and w whose memory has been transmitted as a part s< of the history of their times, It ha? pursued et the even tenor of Its way, contributing to in- '> tellecluul as well as 6ocl?l enjoyments. ? Adopting for its motto in 110 pretentious 11* ppirit, but on the principle that small things | di may be likened untogrcat, the wordsEslover- j tl pctua, consecrated by its usane by some of the : ai distinguished characters referred to, we at ei least indulge the hope that it may survive for I many years. It It may not be inappropriateon this occasion w - - >i ... . .........r ?i.A .1! si I HI rt'UUl llllliu DUU1C Ul tuc nuMJCVbn uifvur>?r j ' ed, the entertaining essay upon the origin anil jei history of clubs; instructive essays upon tl j Americanisms and English spelling, on the d political problem of the socialistic tendencies tl of ihe times, historical reminiscences of Ab- o bevlllc county; philosophical disquisitions oil U the unity of the races, relation between sci- C euce huu religion, whilst food lor thought was e< provided in lighter themes, as Newspapers o and their influence, power of Association, uses a of Adversity, purposes of Memory,and pleas- A I uresof Imagination, besides others, and the o tine Arts found a votary, who portrayed the h distinguishing merits of Michael Angelo as o an artist. Mr. President, the "Homeless" have gener- tl ally been the subjects for the care of the phi- tl lanthroplst, the tender thought of Woman st andof Christian hearts, but it has been re- a served for the "Homeless'' of the Literary Club to throw around the name, the halo of ^ pleasurable associations and sweet memories, ! long to be treasured, and in the name of the a Club and this array *1" giace and beauty, us- rj seinbled toadd charms and refining influences II to your banquet. I big to express the wish <1 that the New Year, now near ut hand, may t> ha+c In store, for each and every member of 6i your association, blessings brighter than the s' last. p it Our Hosts--"The Homeless." o n J'llOPOSKD BY MAJ. A. B. WARDLAW. ii ZZMr. VrcsulnU, Ludicx and Gentlemen: This ?s the second elegant entertainment for which H wo are all indebted to that oil-shoot of the s? j Abbeville Literary Club?"The Homeless." oi Homeless! ii must be a misnomer. How could | d' I Homeless ones spread sucl) a feast? Howie* | could they so well knoWj how so well to mln-1 sj isut w> mi me wants orineir guests? jicn, i ' who ciin so elegantly ami bountifully provide : <>l for friends should themselves be the caterers | n for happy homes?but we cannot afl'ord to lose j ir one of the "Homeless," unless each should c? provide a substitute equal to himself. Noth- c< ln^ succeeds like success, or no one who was a w ?;uest of the "Homeless" at their tlrst enter- P alnmcnt Is willingly absent from this. Never was anything of the kind more thoroughly ii ! enloyed, or more generally talked about, anil pi ' this, we feci, will. If possible, surpass the otli- w ; er. No one but regards It a privilege to bea sc ' guest this evening, then ni "Heapon inoro wood,.the wind is chill f,1 But let it whistle as It will We'll keep our Christmas merry atill." As the representative sir, of the Abbeville u Literary Club, and, 1 feel that 1 may add. of all i f; yourguestson this Joyous occasion. It Is my ' great pleasure, nay more, it Is my privilege to j \\ propose Our Hosts?"The Homeless." J<>to i n ferptluu. 'jti BESI'ONDED TO BY W. C. BEN KT, KSO.. Mr. Wardlaw, Ladies anil Oenllcmm: In the Dame of "The Homeless" I thunk you, ns K, well for the kind and Haltering manner in which the toast in our honor was proposed a* >< for your cot dial reception of it. find no word '. 'teen spokeu In our praise, your presence here night Is Itself a groat and valuable com rill-! a[ Aa president of "The Homeless," It p, J^ccoine me to fay much more In r<*- j lj| "V toast thau to thank you. Permit j w -never, with reference to the wish t)1 -less" may live'for ever, that H, on one condition?that It irsonolly, but to our or- u. r ust if not all. feel ?j, 'obit here as IiobU ^ .. . , : ' * ** . life itself. When Regulus was taken prho- of ? *r by the Carthaginians lie was, after several wjj|, ?urs captivity sent to the Romans to effect p.,st t exchange of prisoners with a promise on .,ovc s part that If unsuccessful he would return. nrou istead of counselling the Romans to inake ??j ie exchange of prisoners he exhorted them K|()ri it to do so, remarking that they had In Im- j,nvt isonmentsevenil young and prominent Car- jftjn, la-rlnian generals who might still he of j),flatly years service to their country, while he \\'| ns old and his days ol usefulness were well ?(1jr2i gh spent. It. wus with difficulty he could irav rsuade the Roman Senate to heed his gen- j?ur( oils counsel, but they at last consented, and Hj(j0 i returned, according to promise, to the ene- \n<| y to suffer a most cruel death which he knew jjv|r valted him. tIiis Bo. too, did Socrates manifest a love for hi* nnr'? >nntry stronger than a desire to live; it was the!aw among the Athenians that whenever the niwa iest of Apellodccked with laurel thcTheorls, eic". ie sacred vessel which carried trie ycariy 01- Inn rings of the Athenians to Delos no criminal y0H] lonld be put to dentil until Its return. Soc- nf oi ,tes was condemned about the time tills sn- oorn, eil vessel was decked with laurel for Its de- he fo irture to Iielos, and thushis sentence wasreilted nir about thirty days, During this time r^a] is friends Importuned him to make hisespe Which could hare been effected, but he fused, saying he would rather die In Athens inn live any where else. When the sacred >ssel returned from Delos, he drank the fatal Hillock In the presence of his sorrowing Wi lends with us much apparent pleasure as if with ; were quailing his Hist cup of wine at a fortl i liquet. and The net Ion of Loonldnsand his famous band afres Spartans in defending t he pass of Thermop- the 1 ae furnishes a striking illustration of this datij; lachment, and t ie conduct of Arnold Win- cour allied, in grasping witn extended arms, as with any of the spears of the Austrian* as he by a ill t. In order lo effect a breach in their rauks linn, irotign which his countrymen might enter, all, esents <v he:nit I I n 1 picture of heroic devo- dmif on, which should tie held In sacred remetn- falri ancc by all country-loving people. Is ye When the ground near the I-'orum in ttome, plac i one night, caved to a great depth and made hom large chasm In the earth, the Romans were wor< iiich frightened ami consldere J itomlnonsof how ime great evil about to befall thcirclty. They clati insulted the augurs and soothsavers, who save ild them that the gods demanded a sacrifice man ' what was most precious to Rome before the of I insm would close. They cast into the gulf peeu reelous Jewels ana vaiuauie articles, oui uic <"<; i lasm still yawned, At lustCurtluscame for- our aid dressed in complete armor and remark- less, igthat the manhood of Home was most pre- the I ous. He leaped into the gulf and it immedi- horn :e'y closed. Twenty years ago when the potlcal chasm widened bet ween the North and ic South, t he tocsin and war drums that 3/, tade the welkin rim: were ominous that the pr"or xl of war demanded a sacrifice of what was ?Jm( lost precious to the Palmcttostnte, and thou- Qf ^ mds of her sons willingly went forth, who ,pin ere immolated upon the altar of their conn- nl)(j y before the political chasm closed. The >n, cling of love for the PnlmettoState, display- spnt 1 by her sons, whenever duty called Is not Dnss ^celled by any instances In history, nnd her jldiers have ever beeu unionist the bravest rons' r the brave. aMlj But we are not confined in one illustration jnv > the deeds of mcu; there are instances where i(K.,| omen impelled by love for their country, CAn uve exhibited 011 the Held of battle courage c|lll] nd sagacity. Amongst these are numbered ?^c [wn/il1 Arc, Doadicea and many otliers. I)ric Mr. President, we may Justly be proud ol t|,e, le contributions our State has made to his- 0))C jry. In glancing over it* pages we rind that t|)rf er citizens have been elevaled to tlie highest uUJ1 dices in the General Government, and have wm Iways retlected honor from their high posi- ,nor on. Hon. John Itutledge of our State, was onj. neof the seven Chief Justices of the United i)U?v f ates, and Hon. William Johnston from our al,, tate, ?l-o occupied a seat on the Supreme WC1. ench of the United Stales. 1 am glad lo my wjjj Hat the characteristic of the little ermine in cm| Mowing itsell to be overtaken and put to nmj eath by its pursuers, rather than sully its te)s (juutlful white fur by crcnping through the of 1 possessed by these honored sons of ?ri. they the ermine |)UR| at" : """ roin our o-WflvWnnty. Ministers to some of ron he most Important foreign courts of tlie ^ut rorld were sent from the Palmetto State, nnd (zer he character of her citizens In every depart- c('?r nciitof life has made her vory name sugges- t[,e lveof chivalry, culture and refinement. ITmi As we are to have a response from one of npp ioutli Carolina's noblest and most n 1 fie<l hoiik |j0Y rho will do ample Justice to this subject, I ju t iow give place to hlin. . ?,.()l KBI'ONDED TO BY COfc J. 8. COTHRAX. all(J an Mr. President: My distinguished friend, pric Ir. Hurt, who was assigned to respond to let I his sentiment. Is not with us to-night. Ire- ban ret his absence very much on your account, ncn ut a great deal more on my own. The fact is, I responded to this sentiment at tI he meeting last year, a fact, which I have no eari outit you all remember, and more than that, 1 a III have no doubt you all remember every i the pord I said tin 11, /en, If you will east your eyes uihW the card of dlst uasls for the evening you will see thet 1 am }>rli sslgned to speak "to the liar;" and as I have lion nly two speeches In me, the one to the JJar, *elv nd the one of last year, and the liar being so ' trio mporlant a factor in the State's greatness 11 of t par Iiiat it 1 attempt to respond Tor the State won nit also for the IJur I might be caught In the poll ix of the man who "got two tales mixed." If prii on will therefore kindly excuse me Irom this tint' need) 1 will tell you the anecdote, 'l'o begin thel hen, in the most accepted manner, ''once any pon a time" there was a man who prided tliei linself very much upon his tlectness of Jooj. ?rid le said, when lie was young lie co(ild outrun thei ny man that ?ie ever saw ; that lie once ao- higl iially rm ??<>? /; and caught a deer. Seeing hjifi rcxpression of astonishment in his hearers, will e enplained thusly : You must know, he as t< lid, that there was a great snow on the non round, far greater than the one Just alluded reco by my friend the Associate Justice. It had finei uowed and snowed and snowed, and then beai liere eaiae a light rain which froze upon the and now. Just enough to bear a mail's weight, | uno: ut through which the sharp hoofs of the ispet eer plunged at every Jump; thut he wasilstli a.i.i rr ?( 111, l.ic cwlhn <11,.I /.r.i.lln Mr,,,,, I.In mnr lioulder to cut apiece of wheat, when the for eer crossed his path, and throwing down Tho is cradle lie to->k niter it, and after running belo . nl)out llirce hundred yards, the deer plung- the i m into the snow, belly deep at every Imp, be ii nil he skipping alonvc on the crust, lie actual- tlicl i caught it. Onoef the most incredulous of love Is hearers said lo him, "Look here. Mister, lh iiln't you say that thing happened as you Ihor etc going to the wheat Held ? Did you ever A st now such a fall of snow in wheat harvest 7" fiual he narrator replied, "Did I say that it hap- nati ened in wheat harvest ?" On being assured Ings int he had so said, lie replied, "Well, gentle- the: ten, the fact of the business Is, that 1 have toll jtten two tales mixed." Lest I get into a com inUar fix, I beg you to excuse me from mak- this lg any attempt to respond for the .State. ever of n The County. call It is llvll rnorosED by maj. o. t. CAi.not'X. j,inc Mr. President, Lndien and Gentlemen: I rise "''' > propose Abbeville County, the birth-place '.A f eminent statesmen, judges, lawyers, and ie home of culture and refinement. When e look back and view tho history of Abbe- Sl, ille county, and learn through its pages u" hat her sons have accomplished, it must J??r md a thrill of pride through the heart of ev- m,'f ry true Abbevlllian: they have climbed },nr i?h on the ladder of fame in every depart- J1; "J lent of our government. She has furnished 18 > the General Government one Vice-Presi- P?l.u ent, u number of Senators and rcpresenta- ,, ves, Secretary of Statenml Secretary of War *ylv! nd possibly some of ner sons have tilled oth- t,,m* r offices In the General Government wlioni c{iU!i cannot call to mindj She bus furnished to H"'1' ie State two Governors, as well as others f11"1 ho have held Important, positions in the y,)m late Government. What has, probably giv- onr' ti this county more distinction than any- ,'P?!1 ling else is the number of Judges it has pro- Jc'' vced and tiie high reputation they won on j-? J11 ie bench. This is a part of the past history l'?^P f Abbeville county, and I am proud to say . -*} ie fame which the great men of the past ,l? fj' ive to this county, is still being well guard- Pusl J by her sons of the present day. The voice >eJ f one may bo heard in tho halls of Congress, 1 notberfor a short period held the oflice of 110111 ssociatc Justice of South Carolina, and two tliers now grace the bench of the State, one eingupon the Supreme Bench, tho other upn the Circuit bench. Mi Not only have her sons climbed high upon the ie ladder of fame, but to whatcvei height not' ley have climbeu they have Mood out ns tee t Lars nfi bricht or briirlier than the crreat liirhts Mr. round thein. ? " poss When plants like Webster, Clnj* and Hayne that ere In the Senate of the United States, hurl- ever their thunder-boltsof logic and eloquence nul t each other, Abbeville eotinty had her rep- Cler esentatine there, and none of those great I n< ghtsoutshone the son of Abbeville. When thov I'Neall, Harper and Dunkin graced the spcu ench of theState, Abbeville had her repre-1 kno jntatives there, and their decisions to-day ispeu liow that they were the equals of those great no len. Abbeville has not b.-en prolific In mil- that ,nry geniuses, but in the last war she produc- on t tl twoo, Gen. M. W. Gary. who roso to the est s ink of Major General and wlie now resides sir, i Edgefield county, and General, now Judge, In i hmuel McGowan, who rose to tho rank of rect rigadier General. The gallantry cf these tlcc ildiers was ever conspicuous upon the field I dc r battle and their military ability was never mod ?ui|tid. Hut If her sons hare never climb- tues 1 high upot. the ladder of inllftary fame, as hold ildiers they have always dono their duty. |>hic hey have lought hard upon the battle fields ilici r Mexico and the soil pf Virginia and Ten- of ir essee have bech drencned with the blood of The; lanyof her noblest sons. Wherever duty the < illed them they were prompt to go, and I tain >uld mention men from our own county ustc hose i!eeds upon the battle field won the serv talse of the whole Virginia army. the < To speak of Abbeville County and not men- us d on that remarkable man Dr. Waddell, the The; rlncipai of the old Willlngton Academy, hear ouid be a great omission on my part. This I'res hool Is frequently called the cradle of great- prea ess, owing to the great number of distill- | hum fished men who got the ground-work of city ieir education theie. That school alone Is jolt' itflclent to give to Abbeville County great jagal stinetion. Under that great teacher men;over ke Crawlotd of Georgia, I.egare, of Charles-j siuci >11, Judge Cheves, who was born In our | ister urn County, McDullle, Calhohn. tiie two shak 'ardlnws tiuid otii? r distinguished men got | in oi icir early training and t-olid foundation, i 1'res l.erc It was I hat t lit* lire of ambition and pa-. conn iolism wax kindled, and that strict inte/ii- J r>eop ' wiih implanted in those great men which ni tl ade them *h:nc as Jurists, Governors, Sen- need .oix, nnd as Vice-President of the United now UIch, and two ol their number almost reach-, men 1 I Mi! high position of President of the i will nltcd Stiit< k. It Ik the character of those j wish cut ni'-n which ever sineo their time lias shall iM, its leliectlon upon the succeeding gener-1 preai iloiiM noil made them feel as if they had a'swee piiliilii.il to Mistaln. And though since KK! iey have piiMM-d away, we have had no men i.o eon Id ml tliolr places, yet the lire of am-1 Mr tl'in nml paii'lotlsni winch they kindled some ill hiii'im, which 1h nIiou ii In the fact thai | time t houm still on-uplcd IiIkIi iiositions in the g? ntl ate and nation. With these great lights ed to lining around lis, how can we, the young j virtu eu of Abbeville Couutv, fail to see the path 1 nmli ^ ' ' X-: > am ?y t>lrth. It is my home, and I love her 1U the affection or u son. I am proud of her gj, history. I Rrn prouil of her now In her rty an<l prostration, but when I look g|( nd me I rejoice to see that there Is hope |n life In tt-o old land. History has made a ous record of her past. Her great men K, ; left ns standards \s hlch have been mnln>il tn Mm nrmont.. nnil ivn must, see thnt i.i are never lowered. s< do may not be proud of taking as his Sll e a Calhoun, a McI)ufHc,n Xo>de, a Ward- y( amongst the dead ; and of the living, a , who like yon mighty c ak on the wayIs a living representative of the past. Vi then Mr. President; there arc other men ni ig to-day, srinl?5 of whom are around w table, who hnvti already written their ^ es in fame, not only In the county but in {tate and whole country. Abbeville ha.? n, ,ys been distinguished for her beautiful. {,t int. and refined women, anu I see around t,i to-night fit representatives of the past. (,< ug mon. look well to the high standards t.j Ir early history. From your ranks must Ki i the great men of the future, and It will iryou to say whether Abbeville county j|, I still maintain the high and glorious al rd of Abbeville district of the past. fr sn Tlib Town-. ci at rKOI'OSCD IIY Mil. B. niLU Ul ihnve listened with pleasure,commingled ,c pride, to the beautiful sentiments called .. i by the toasts to the Stale and County, j' imvB leit me Jinnies 01 patriotism minne . ih within our bosoms, when reminded of " iltfh privilege which wc, as the sons nnd ^ [liters of south Carolina and Abbeville 'V ity, enjoy?the privilege of claiming these, i nil their glorious records, as ours?ours :'J It the Inws of inheritance. South Cnro- NS Al>l>cville county: numes ever dear to us rccrennt, indeed, would be Hint, son or " :hter, who should do aught to tarnish tlielr * fame. Hutdearas are these to us nil. there *' t, another place more dear still, and that ?: els our immediate home. "Home sweet *{ e; there is no place like home." Truer ! In never vet hath man spoken. Home! musical the word ! What hallowed asso- !F oils around it cluster ! No other name, perhaps, that of mother can cause so y vibrations In the human heart, as that ^ ionic. Such being true, I feel that I am *V illnrly fortunate this evening, In having ji >leaslng duty assigned me of proposlngns "j next regular toast, the home or t he "Home- " " the home or refinement and hospitality, "! (mine of brave men and fair women?our {, ic?the dear old towu of Abbeville. iEPLtKD TO BY MAJ. A. IJ. WARDLAW. h . President: Incllnallon would lmve ni npted me to decllnerespondlngtothesen- t( mt Just proposed, ha l I not felt that a son )c bbevlllc, who should fall to at leastat- it pta reply, would be recreant to bis duty, v unworthy to claim It as his native placc. n letnwnof AbbcvillcwiiseVtabllsheda>ithc tl of the District Court in 17711, and having u <?d her four score years, would by reason t ?e, were tlu-rc not other and still greater tl ons, be entitled to our respect, veneration Ci love. How different the Abhevillcof to- ^ from the Abbeville of my earliest recol- tl ons! Others here present, besides myself, 0 well remember when there was but one p reh within the limits of the town, when v Court House ami the Jail were the only tl k buildings of which itcou'd boast, when n Htores could be counted on the tinkers of s hand, when the market wasona passed |> iugli,currying the cotton of thecouutry to ti uburgand Augusta, and returned loaded ? j supplies fortlic farmer,andi:o.>ds fortlie ii chant; when the stage coach afforded the a t means of public travel; anil when the s le of the driver was anxiously listened for ti lirht. as announcing the arrival of the trl- d kly mail. After came the Railroad, and n i It, many changes. Our churchcs have in- ti ,<ed to four, the square has assumed a new i y greatly Improved appearance, brick ho- <_ storesaixl lawofTlces havetaken thep!aee h lie old wooden buildings, new and elegant t at<2 residences have b ?enerecled.r."!~~??i9f iness have multiplied to meet thexa^l Jti.v f growing H ade, dally. ; i^T-jph gives \ an- now a jia.-~>ff'rfnon Willi all parts of t r'-ayllweit world, the cotton of the Mir- t ndlng country no lo iter pastes through, a Is now sold here; here supplies and fertils sire obtained, and our old Town has beic a lively center of trade. Surviving all vicissitudes or time one crand old landrk still remains?our magnificent oak?so roprluU ly rcrcrred to by my lriend Col. t 'ertson. A large tree, when the first cabin i heTownwasbullt.it has grown with its, ^ wth. and strenpthene l with its strength, I i still It stands, an ornament to the placc. |? object or admiration to strangers, and or _ lcand veneration to our citizen*. N'nvnr I h Ihe utilitarian spirit <?l llieagc jiiy vandal j i<ls upon It?long limy it live :i silent wit- i, i of g||fc?w. 'lie future of h BBPBP^Trho Town was men j lesipaTiiotism and solid worth. II Is not v >.t le remark able that t lie first child horn In | placc became Its most distinguished citl- ? , the one to whom the people of his native rict ever looked up with confidence and . Ic, whom they dellghtVd to honor, and In j, oring whom they honored most them- .! es. I might call over n lone list of ilWis- * us worthies, whose lives eonstltuto a part 11 lie history of our Town, and whose reputn-l c i is our Inheritance. Men, who, scoi nlng i | c.v and everything low and mean, inadci lciple their guiding star, and a sense ofj^j v their motive to action; hut oi the dead j ? r own deeds are u more (it ting eulogy than ,] words of mine. The living speak for I ,| nselves. We/a ken lusl pride In ourirreat .. good men, wlno b.v their I cachings and by j ( r example coniriuirf?J so mne)i to tlint | ? i tone?tlint high standard of right?winch i ? been, we believe Is now,find we trust ever1 >, be,characteristic of the place. Abbeville, > its men find as to Its women, is second to f, e in patriotism, and we glory In our war ,,, rd. we refer, too, with pleasure to the re- ' Hi il laste of our people, as shown in the .] it I ful g rounds surrounding our churches private residences, to their genuine and 0 Btentatlous hospitality, to a general re t for religion and lo/tho kindly feeilnzex- u ig between the dlfterent denominations, lifestlng "how good and how pleasant It Is el brethren to dwell together in unity." u ugh the privilege to spealc for the ladles |, UK to another, I lecl that a;iy response lo D sentiment proposed by my friend would ? iconinlcte withoutat least u reference to r wide-spread reputation for "all that Is ft ily and beautiful and good." n it, sir, with much of which to be proud,Is L e not one thing in whi:h we aro lucking? n rainier first visitine our nlace. and unae- .. Intcd with our splendid wsir record, might h irally ask, Did Abbeville make no oiler-! 0, to the Lost Cad.se? In other villages of]T South I sec beautiful monuments erected | tl ie memory of the sons they gave to their j f itry, liut here I look in vain. My friends, | f ought not so to be. No nobler soldiers i. ' marched to music than the gallant band >. ten and boys, who left Abbeville at the ? of their beloved Mouth,and did not return ! lt a matter of history that five Colonels,all j ? lgat the tlmeon thestreetrunning by the ?, e where we meet to-night, and almost' tin a stone's throw of each other, Ialil down D r lives in the service. I'errln, Sirakl is, | r, igoe, Marshall and Smith; as devoted asj D t lie whole Mouth, the same can not be tru- v >id of any other city, town or hamlet itija its borders. In nil from Abbeville who j 8 the grey, the feeling I am a South Caroinwnsaione more strong than that other .. kindred feeling, I am an Abbevllllan. It ,v le to ourselves, it s due to our children, It .. ie to these men that their memory be per- ,i ated in enduring marble. Theaccidrnt lilure but makes the duty the more I in pere, the more sacred. Let us then determine J some move shall be made In this holy J, ie, and that It shall go on and on, until we ir 1 have proven ourselves worthy of our b( uit dead, until there shall be erected In ol Jer square a monument, a memorial to children for generations to come, a monu- n t, whose very existence shall proclaim, w it,oh! stranger that we died in obedience ti nty, at the call of our country and from tf to South Carolina and to Abbeville. [j, y friends, we all love the old town: welove ? ecause of the hallowed memories of the /r ; we love it, becauseof the associations of ... present; we love it, because of the hopes ? iio future; we Iovo It, because it Is our u The Clergy. PROPOSED BY H. C. CASON, ESQ. \ President: The pleasure of proposing tU Clergy 1ms been assigned to nic. I have "t been able to understand why the commit- hi in toasts selected inc for tills purpose, for, ?' President, there are gentleman here, who hi ess more of the dignity and appearance of tl: brotlierho'Ht tlian I do. I suppose, how- P? , thutthecommittee. believing in the eler- In fitness of tilings, concluded that as the nj jiy had recently done so nuicb for me, that " jw should do something for them, even fo igh It be only a good word spoken. In cc king worthily of the Clergy, I should not hi w where to stop, nndlf 1 felt disposed to t* ,k otherwise than with praise, I could And w place to begin. I think, Mr. President, |8'; the worst aspersion I ever heard cast up- 1"' he preachers, was. that they were a mod- nl iet of men, as modest as women. I wish. h< before this splendid presence which has n ta worthy member of the Clergy, to cor-jth such a mistake, and not allow such injus / oil to be done to so noble a ciass of men, fo* m > not believe that nnj body thinks t lift esty is one of their most prominent vlr- dl ? The Clergy .like the wives of our houre|s. are good, exceedingly good, In* their p>' es, but arc very bad when they get out, of n( r places. Above all, they should be Men ta reproachablc character; above suspicion. y should possess characters as spotless r.s f" jrlven snow upon the everlasting moun- 11 top, the purity of which abounds about )v vnight. There is no class of men that de- J" e the respect of their follows more than I,u L'lergv, and, sir, I rejoice, as I know all of 1?( o, that no men are more highly esteemed. {" v deserve to be worn In our heart of 'e e nil ivn rln mn uli* An. ??. I h: Ident, in sending his disci pits/forth to :U eh glad tiding of feood thing* to <?ur fallen I h< lanlt.v, hade thorn, if they should enter a Itv and should not be received by 1ft, loshakc I tlie dust from their feet, as a /testimony {J* nst it, and to depart therefrom/ Although i11 eighteen h unci red yenrs ha/re gone by, c< b that Injunction whs given, tVie true mln-! n s of the gospel are nerer (tompelled to Ul ;e the dust from their feet us/a testimony ur day against any city or p?ople. .So. Mr.! ?' ident, we need the preachyrs, and there ! J'1 us a tlinr. in thellvesof mo^tof the young | b< ile that they are especially needed, and * ' lie same manner that the/Texas traveler sj led a pistol occasionally, * ory badly; and " to my brot her"HonielcMi," using ft senti- f( t nom the beautiful song/NftDcy Lee. We! 1 drink a health before wL go and it is my i w that before another occasion of this kind r< . coion, you may all/havo neeil for tho w cher, and that you m/?y meet a mate as e< t as Nancy Lec. / J1 i PONDED TO BY ItEV./FRANK It a I.T.AM. w . Pi-rxideut, 1st dies (jentlcmen : I feel h : dilfidence in rislngitorespond to the senilis Just ottered, imperially because tho w eman who ottered Jtiioin has been pleas- ; tl ascribe to the order which J represent a , s le which there iiuf be some dlniculty in In ing you fully av/aJfe ol at this tiuie. But' 'l ould go hand In haud. e" If It should be thought that there are occn- p :>n?, *uch as this, on which it Is unbecom- ?< g In the clergy to be present, I can only say ut such a sentiment Is a reflection upon the vl >od Judgment of your community. ' < If It uhould bo snlil thai the robes of our m gh olllic should not be linilod In the dust of pc culur or convivial associations, I can only cu y tlint to term our presence here, among Kl >u, a trailing of the robed of oflice In the be 1st, Is an Insult; to the Hociety of th? lomeless," to the members of the Abbelie Literary Club, and to the lntclllgena' id moral sense ot the people of your town ho are so largely and handsomely reprcsentl here to-night. pli If it be thought we should be burled In arcc night, we will respectfully decline. If It (j, : t hought that we should hide our faces from ie world, as did the priests of ancient ,.r athenism, we will ajram respectfully dc- ftr Inc. We belong to a higher order or rcll- RC ous culture. It is not our province lo carry m oom into the society we visit. The fcun- m s'iit ol heaven should rest Upon our brows, iu hiruw kihju uucur iiiuj mu ajjiina ui *???? ^ lends-. The Sac rod Founder of o\\r Faith c(] iW fit to grace such occasions wllh hlB pres- n, ice, as Is abundantly testified by his presence cc , the feaiit In the house of Simon the leper, id at the marriage banquet In Caua of tiall- n< e. jn I am glad, therefore, to be hero, my rrielids, ^ at. I may have the opportunity of Impress- Rr ig upon your minds what I would specially ?r Ish you to remember, that the Clergy ure in 0j mpathy with every legitimate rank/calling w id profession In life, w>3 come from among v, ic laity; we were once one of them ourselves ni id we have brought, our interest in thdni 1th tin into the clerical office; and If in de- 0) :rlbln? tlmt Interest, I say that It has been ej iowii by what the(Mcrgy have done Tor the p orld, do not understand mo ns eullty of (y ly egotism on helialf of my calling, but as (f towing them Its members in the power of ie Master they represent and the sacred cause jr icy serve, lint it Is no more than Just to y icm to say thai they have been Instrumental i bringing the greatest blessings to our race, mt that race has ever known. They have i;en the agents and pioneers of that faith iilcii has pervuded civilization, and purified nd enriched and glorified it. Tncy have din- T layed a profound interest in every depart- " lent of civilization, of lubor and of culture. Istory lias enrolled in it,s annals the names " r tliose who were artisans. j>oets, phlloso- . hers and statesmen. I need not remind you 11 mt the architect of Christianity was himself' . carpenter, that Ills chosen aposues were umbie tlsherman, that the greatest of all of lese apostles added to the highest culturc ml refinement ot his day the occupation of a . mt-makcr. I need not tell yon that, the clei- " sal profession elves place to no profession In ? s character as a representative of progress. J t'ilhaChrysosiom and an Athana*lusamoug ,s orators; with an Augustine and, to span ie centuries, n Wilberforceatnoitg Its tticolo lans; with a lleber, a Keble, a W olfe. and a hlrlwall among .Its noets and literati with . ie noble structure of St* Peters, Rome, the ' it.hedrals of Milan and Cologne, the famous , .bbey of Westminster, and all the grand caicdrii.ls of dear old Kngland, as Its triumphs J fiirt; where by painting and scu Ipture, and !' lorious harmoniesof song, poetry has become j ocal, and the beauty of art is proclaimed to fic ages to come,?with all of the?e proofs of :s interests In humanity, the clerical nrofes- * Ion is willing to take its stand and be Judged ? y Its works. And therefore, I beg once more ' a assure you, my irlends, thatln every depart- ' ieiitof life, the Clergy are heartily in thought >i feeling and in action, at one with the laity. Hid so 1 return the greetings of him, who has poken asyour representative to-night, lex- J i'ud to every calliugand profession the cor- J ist 1 wishes of theCleigy; to lawyers, doctors. ? nercluints, to the military, and the press, and ' 0 any others who may be hero: and I call ' on ail at once lo witness and participate In a ' ereniony dear by all associations to all who ' lear me. I call you to a bridal, not on obc celebrated, biuon" " :** ?-alreailtt?r'l(ii elebraieilfr-r-r??VKT> be tlireuglic/i^the centuies to come, by ihe Orient High l'ricst of the Jniviirsc, tiie bridal of ull classes and occupa- . ions of mankind; and. I say, ''Those whom iod hath Joined together let no uian put { isunder." 1 i The Bench. J pnorosen nv tiios. p. cotiiiiajt, esq. i Mr. President, 'I/idie* and CJenllmi n: The ] ivesof great men make up a Nation'shlstory. i trltain by her Slmkspeare, Milton, Macaulay, i Iddison ami Scott, has attained the foremost i link amoni; the nations of the world In let "is. France by her Napoleon stands as the ;littcrinti embodiment of military fame. He . t whose "touch crowns crumbled" has left In : ho canopy o'" Franco a lu-tre which time can ,t lever dim. The capital N surrounded by thev 1 nude laurel wreath speaksgsnndcur Inllsilf.f^ As with Nations so with States?each hasit^0' lliistrlous men to look back to with prldc._ i'hose achievements give complexion to thel *( lissorv. The "mother"of Presidents which v* ,11 dellglit to honor bearsupon her proud < utchcou tlio noble name of the Father of H i ,'ountry and his Illustrious successors In jj, ilghesl omce in tiie gilt of the Ameri nAr icople. on And South Carolina points with prideU*'0 sln iliih and noble one's who have worn her;'"* ,)(.] ial ermine. Those loftiest sped mens in rue man who hold unwaverinely these?*' ; ft.| us'ice between man and fellow-man rw'"> IKte lead yet speaU and who will continue tdH*M't Ye o long as "rankling cares annoy'' aii'rm'c <rr< liscord sepuraies man and man. i'tire., lignifled, Impartial, learned, a nalion'i?ri?5 (.j.. iot illrmc South Carolina's. What eKiCOulc wc 'uroilnians do than lay at thelrslmiGMlp arJaiidsofpral.se. Those whose ro^vs ?; nf) rllten on oirr lieirts need not be uieHloyd ere and to this assembly. l!ut there was a Mine when Purltv vflled101" ice, when Justice sheathed hcriiwnnd, wie" "" arrowing. both gave place to villainy A liort Ignoble reign?soon to bo nflurcj.roin le (ablets of our memory, when Jnyaf flirre- 1 ( million swallows up the rem?mbr?ce of hei ur misfortunes. In the ancient city of rompell, nowmrled cnciith the aslies of Vesuvius, tftcf was a triple dedicated to the Goddw* lr? whore iiormlttes unhenrd of were pmetlcf. where ndcr the gurb of religion,&j)lJab?Vesture. Ar ypocrlsy practical upon the ?qper?tr.ion of a nn ?"plc who were In those dnyi i* f.lucatlon c_ nd refinement unexcelled. / nu The priest at the holy shrine wasArbnces? ro( dark and treacherous Kgy](tbwv-who?e ca- of icitles enabled him tosecuj; hifown greatess by lils country's ruin, bay n'ter day his cfarious offices were perform*!?violating io purltv which should attniJ even lo n eathen shrine?probablyliiimo^llnc victims fills own kind unon tljt; un&Howed altar, lie rumblings of Vesuvius wee unheeded? lose warnltiKs at it wire toiim to desist? '11 like sounds of sweet niusi upon his ear >r they were mistaken by tie populace for is miraculous power. Hut -he day of rctrlutlon was at hand. Those rumblings were nearer, deadlier than ifcforV and u 11 wasswal iwed up in that terribleenption which made great city literally tf^lvlrs tomb. Even in . is sacrificial robes't rjh?,altar, the terrible ( irtiKjunke c;inie, tb p>-/ir above him snap- sl, ed asunder with a wriblfcrash and descend- tl, lg upon his profitie ground him to mvder. , j! nG In the history of 8?uttavarollna four j-ears mi zo, there were prints rrtnisterlng at herju- cj, Icial nl(ar hallowci bythe memory of John- wl in, O'Neall. Harptr a>J the Wardlaws who ?i( nheeded the wiinlnffounds of a revolution {t) hlch uasliieviUible-:tre\olutlon which was ra le offspring of a jxcple goaded to despera- ?.r on. That revolution a*) came, and the Jew, the irpct bagger and .be Egyptian, without the ipaclty to be entHeJ totlicnameof Arbuces, ere wrested fron their places by the gathfrig storm of indication and buried forever fimeath the nslie. of that eruption ever mem- 01 rable In the hlanry of South Carolina. 8? And out of tlifchaos 1'hoenixlike rises the J'5J ew creature-/i pure unsullied Judiciary? hoRe comlng/ke the restoration of Charles [, Is hailed wish delight from the mountains > the seaboa/3. One of whom we have with }v sand who# we claim as our special proper- J? r; to him linccorded the honor of respond- eJ! ig to thetorstof the pride of South Carolina, w s In the p*st, so may It be in the foture, er Judlcla y in color and characte r pure and natal ned. BESPO^nED TO BY JUDOF, M'OC'WAN. J/r. I rd'dcnt, Mr. Cothran, Ladies mid Gen- J" ?wcti : Jc has seemed to me uiiiorlunate, on ich occasions as this sparkling with Joy anil jppinc'3, when all,ns in duty bound, make J*' l elloro for the time to drown sorrow and ' inlshfrom the mind all thoughts of toil and le bu?y out-door world, that It should hapin tf me to be reminded of the every day Pborol life in being expected in a grave and iprtfDi late manner to respond to the toast of },r I'll* Bench," which, not warm, soft and com- J" ruble like the wool-sack of the Lord Chan?llor. Is on the contrary, proverbially dry, J 1 ..ni.i a n.i thii. in inimiilHsil nnilnr 11 i?; present circumstances. with the ground >vered three Indies with frozen snow?the nooth surface of which is swept by the erclng blasts of a regular North-wester, id the thermometer down toG of Fanren* ;!t! Tills call to respond to "The Jlench," RC jder the circumstances, comes to mo like b, e schoolmaster's cry of "Books" to the a| lildren in the rnidsto! thelriplay. It haunts n] e as McBeth was haunted by the ghost of inquo, wiilch would never down at bis bid- jr nF- it What can I say of "The Bench," or of our C( stem of Judicature or of the Judges Lliat has t,l jt been said a thousand times before? Or- S{ in I am that tills oft-repeated toast to "The Kiich," has exhausted me?drawn dry all 0, y stock of ideas upon the subject-squeezed | ke a lemon! The only general observation hich occurs to ma at this moment about the jj idges and the lawyers as well, who are cerilnly tlieir half-brother, is, that whilst their :cupation is undoubtedly in a liigh degree itellectual, of all men in the world, they ad the most laborious lives. They work 8( ird, silently, and anxiously?delving in j vv 10lr otHces, communing only with their! w juks and the great dead masters of tho pro-,'r( ..... I ?.u?, T..r.l MB1IIII?ruining IU CV.M....O ........ lf okc facetiously called '"the gladsome light of: j, irisprudeneo. Home lingilsh lawyer im-: u; mrtalized himself by producing the mnnt | )nei?e ami happy expression Tor a fact ad-i(| ilitcd by all, that tliey "work hard, live high . j, nd die poor." | cj I won struck with one remark of my young ol lend, Mr. Colli ran, who, now a promising owng lawyer, bids fair at no distant day, to ? eeome a eoniniandliig fignre In the hardest a 'orked and noblest of all professions. He i u joke of the pnst corruption of the Bench In i ilsHtate. and the hue nappy reform in that' {( jgard. What he said Ms true, and pity It is w is true." lam sorry to confess that, tiiere ft 'as a lime in South Carolina when the eur- tj Jilt of Justice was poisoned at its source? a hen right wa? denied and wrong triumph-; p i?when corruption besmeared the seat of n isticeand the ermine was drudgled In the y u?\ <ti d hilp that people who. in cries of; rongi.nd utrage,can not appeal with eon-, to e i?. the court of Justice! '1 ne great and gloiious revolution of 1878 : ,r hen a whole people rose In their might and u ^rew off the hideous nightmare 01 oppres- ^ on, brought i o blessing to our people morn ir-reueliing anil beneficent in its conse- j, uences thau the reform la the Judiciary, j tl hinted t,heProbablllty of a young man's sing nt the by his capacity to drluk and Hi ;ep nlB fee' 1 A I give yo' thin sentiment: May the Abb*- Bi lie lilterO'Club realIxe In their organlza- a >n tliel* ?wn motto, '-EKt0 perpotun,'' and h tiy the' always have as members a set of M>r nomeless creatures who at every reirrMg New Year can by hook or by crook ve us such a splendid repast as we have /ore us here. The Bar. B tiTTAPARP.Tl HV Vn TVlTAtr tPTTfinV. A 11 Mr. Prrridcnt. Lnrllc* and Gentlemen: The ** easing duly nils been assigned mc of praising the Bnr?a profession for which I have a highest admiration. When a member of e liar rises to the distinction of a great law r he has attained the summllof human nbltlon. To reach that eminence requires t nius. and the development of the greatest f iturnl endowment*, the growth of n superior I anhood, and the cultivation of the highest i use of right and wrong. 8onth CarolllU. in * c years that arc past, has contributed to the iltntry many lnwyerswho have become re>wned, and I am proud to say that Abbeville mnly has alwayn furnished peers for the eatest. and best of them. It Is, therefore. 5t out of plStce in Abbeville, the nursery of wye'rs, to offer a toast in honor of the Bar. * rlth these men who have done honor to you. j id to me, and to South Carolina, I would as- ? iclale the name of one, the magic power ^ ' whose eloquence Is not unknown to you, ' ho, though not old In yfars. has adinced far on tho road lb eminence id distinction, whose great ability. hO?e legal attainments, whose unsullied larocter, and whose polished manners have evated htm to the highest plnne of ft nolile rofosslon; and who, by his splendid Ruccrs?, us conferred honor upon a county which els a Just, pride in all his achievement.". I j lerefore, in offering the toast of "The Bar." , itn with It the name of the orutor and law- j or \rr T S. f'othrnn. , REPLIED TO J1Y COL. J. S. COTHItAN. ' I Mr. Vrctident: In replying to the sentiment I liieli has Just been proponed, I am embnr- I issed as well by the unmerited allusions to i iy?elf as by the grandeur of the theme, i tandins In the shadow of the great names ' lat hove adorned the Abbeville Bnr, I feel I >ost sensibly tne great responsibility of the i lheritancc to Which we have succeeded. Ills our duty to maintain ns best, we can and > -) preserve with a miser's care, this rich log-) o rv. n It was a beautiful saying of Cicero's that the t obleness of I'lato In philosophical studle*. b Id nut deter .Aristotle from wrltlnir, nor dltf ? Lrlstotle by hisadmirabln knowledge and el' k uence extinguish in all other men the z*1 " >r those pursuits. . e Thus whilst we admire the?e most pe1??1 tl fiodcls there is still approbation to spa* for b hose which come short of them. c There Is something more heautifn*cvcn tl han the exquisite production of th ?'ohi v killfui sculptor. The ideal In the ' a 'hldias who wrought from th'.?Iur,*n t narble, tile Olympian Jove, was ni4"??*??'" e ent by fur than the statue itself thl leal in ? lie mind which guided liisart wn8/lor- beau* fi Iful than the creation of his han/'* s So my brethren of the Kar, ar1 especially j; 'on, my Juniors, let me call to>'onr remain- 11 trance llie giants who w?vc amongut us. u fhoso great men who have '"Iked upon the s nrtnntiiin inns of thf whilst ^tne n Iwe Vers"ln"the valli's be n?ve gazcu ai i hem In ?dmlratl<?J ??nd*"n^ri' ?' c vliom have been vailed ' ' J1 mine few remain v'IUi us'? J' ? Lhir C'C iter. a? well l> num^M11 every other i tense, have bee gntheed by tbe reaper int<> ? mmorlal Mien**. A8iril ^t^,W.?iV?\WfL(lna i!ere copylstsTf "hern 'but bikingo? our mod" Xhi ,'each/ng Professiu?._ ~[,j, rno.?c?n n* J- PF.nms, esq. ^ Educnt*)' Mr. Chairman; l< the antidote tl lor blL'(iL')fiU')erfll,t,on> n,,(l Idiiornntie. It f() ?xnand? 'e ni'nd. cultivates the Intellect, fa rcnnwi tl'^"tef, discipline* the affections, ni restrain/'1 Prosperity, compensates In ad* cr k'crslty'1 dignifies man and elevates him to n] ilo n,ion for which he was originally In- ? Lendi'', the con trolling Intelligence of the ivorlr' 'n motion ihe busy hum of p] l,0 #>?r>*. It develops the resources of mo- tl ihc.?rih. It lessens the i.' bors of the nrtizan. n !, ?tes and rotates thi* wiicelsof Commerce, s] J* charms lo the life of the professional tl Is the sheet anchor of the Govern- tt rHand of Society. And It hns spread for jji /his masnitU'cnt festive board and hns en- m iipassed ns wlih this uttrrctive urray of f? Mity and Intelligence, ti 'his toast was responded to by Mr, D. B. jj linson. '? - ? <L _j* ? ? mj v... t< >ilins inc ucuin ui iuu vriu icm, p 31 n. iienet said: 'jatlirx and Gei\l\tmcn: In the nameof "The li ihic?1?m>," I wish you all n happy Now Year. p: cording to our custom, the last two toasts "i the list, being peculiarly suited to tills tl geof our entertainment, vlll take prece- y nee of those that have not yet been offered. n the absence of ourdistingutohed frlendand ? low-member of the Club, the Hoh. Armi- el iid Hurt, who had the toast to "The Old If ar" In charge. and whose absence we all reit, allow incin his place to oiler that toast tlic still the bi-llM are tolling the knell of htecn hundredand eighty. Knowing full II with what eloquence nnd fitness Mr. rf wouT<^-fwm? jwrpoed this toast, I shall h tdaredo more than simply asfc you totfrfr/Ar the memory of The Old Year; and with the pi ist 1 join the name of our venerable friend g< d honorary member, Mr. Robert Wardlaw. n' ai BKPI.IF.D TO BY JIB. B. H. WABDLAW. tn 'he tolling of that bell which we have Just n ird, sounded the knell of IHe Old Year. n "Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, C1 Thou urt cone, and forever." 11 id with It much that was highly esteemed e> d fondly cherished. My feelings arc well vl pressetf In one of Tom Moore's beautiful ii >lodies, which about a week since, in his sj jin, I heard one of the youDg female pupils w our graded school recite: tl When I remember all ^ The friends, so linked together, fl I've seen around me foil, ? Like leaves in wintry weather. I, I feel like one Who treads ulone, J" Some banfjuet hall deserted, " Whose lights are fled. Whose garlands dead, c And all but he departed! c Sad memory brings the light ? Of other days around me. * }n a proper occasion and at suitable times, ch thoughts are salutary, but this Is not the ne. This Is not the occasion. This banquet II is not deFerted. It's lights have not fled. ^ ir Its garlands dead, and 1 see several around f, u not yet departed. Something of a more jt eerful nature is fitting to the occasion. I c sh, therefore, I could give you something j, jasantand Jocund: something witty. By- t. c-byc, brevity is tho soul of wit. and as I 0 nnot lurnlsh the wit, I will give you the j, ovlt.v. In Memory of Onr Loved Ones. * MR. BENET SAID: " a Txtr'ies and Gentlevicn: Even in the midst t our least it surciy ismeet and properatthlB ? lemn hour, when the New Year has Just t me In and the sound of the bells that rang e Old Yenrout In still ringing In 01:1 fare, to n Id to the tonsUs one which Is not Included In t e regular toast, but which will bo row I vert r Ith reverence and deep feeling, If not with t y. I ask you to drink, standing and in sol tin silence, to the memory of our loved ones r ho are now no longer with us, t The New Year. i ( PROPOSED BY W. A. I.EE, ESQ. } Mr. President: It lias been made ray pleas- ' gdnty to propose "The New Year." and to t 1-r.L-o nmin vim all Its choicest blessings, ' id among thes? perhaps not the learst, I ? ould be this night twelve months hance, to I' present at so grand a collation, to sit at ? i bountiful a board, to witness so bright an f ray of beauty?so inany sparkling and hapf fares. t The bell, that has Just tolled the death of ' ie Old Year, brings to the gentleman who J is preceded, sad memories of t he past, but | i me It strikes a brighter nolo and suggests ipplcr thoughts, suggesting those lines of ; eunyson: ? "Ring out the old, ring in the new, t King happy bells across the snow j i The old year is going, let him go, ? Illng out the false, ring In the true." f The New Year I There t? magic In the I >und; associated as it is, with all that is 1 right, and Jubilant and eihilerating?with i 1 that is radiant with hope, and joyous in ntlclpatlon. ' The New Yerr, rising like some Phoenix 1 om the ashes of the dead past; the inher- < or of all its gathered treasures and cherish-1> i gifts, and giving promlso of something no-11 [er and brighter?richer blessings yet inj* ore, purer Joys yet to be realized. * The New Year, radiant with the "golden!4 (halations of the morn"?we would not dis-1' L'l the bright visions that attend its coming, I p lift the mysterious veil, which shuts In the j < ' 1 - ti.o vrnn I f gills unu hlliiuut) n v/i tuv vw......e ^ v. . "Oh, blindness to the Future kindly given." [ j "Man never is, but always to be blest." 1 Bright and Happy New Year! We would ' ,111 Indulge the Illusions ol llop?, ami come i I hat may, we will strive to receive its gifts ' ilit gratitude, and to bear its trials with 1' jslgniition?cheered by an unfaltering trust, I > ml Ho who guides the rolling year, controls I < s seasons, and directs Its Issues, will order!* 11 things well. '1 Bright and Happy New Year! Standing'1 lis night upon Us portals, we will cast be-M ind u? the sad memories of the past, and itching inspiration from the surroundings I f the Hour?the genius loci, with brighter 1 opts and stouter hearts, we will lay our ills upon the altar, and consecrate ourselves < new to the faithfal discharge of the duties mt lie before us. ' M Bfight and Happy New Year! I would ' >uiile with tills sentiment the name of one! I hose genial and joyous temperament re- i < eels the brightest and most pleavintassocla-; * nns? whose brilliant past gives promise of < still brighter future?"first in war, first In < ca?e, and llrst in the hearts of his country-11 leu"?our own honored and beloved Judge I amuel McGowau. ] KKS PONDED TO 11Y JUDOE X'COWAS, | Mr. President, Mr, Lee, Ladies and Gentle len: At this lute hour I shall not infllctl' pon you another little speech. The toast sol rautlfully proposed by my friend, .Mr. Lee, |1 ii'jgests too many deep and tender thoughts if >r uie to touch upon them to-iiight. If even * m; Old year, you shall not go, be Art e frothed his bumpers to the brim ; th Jollier year we shall not see. vc it though his eyes are waxing dim, I nd though his roeshpeak 111 of him, m e was ?friend to me. pj Old year, you shall notdle: ar We did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die witn you, ar Old year, if you must die. la th e wns full of Joke and Jest, ca ut nil his merry quips are o'er. . si: 0 see him die across the waste ar Is son and heir doth ride posthaste, 8< ut ito'll be dead before. ct Every one for his own. gt Tli? night Is starry and cold, my friend, v< And the New-Year blithe anil bold, my friend, - m Comes up to take his own, tt to low hard he breathes! over the snow k heard JU-st now the crowing cock. hi he shadows flicker to and fro ; pi 'he cricket chirps ; the light bufns low: tc ris nearly twelve o'clock. tt Shake hands before you die. ui Old y?ar, we'll dearly rue for you: >1 "Whatls It wo ciin do for youT tr Speakout before you die. u ' b, lis face issrowlng sharp and thin.' Hack I oif friend Is gone, ui Uose up ht eyes : tie up bis eliin : V itep from t,>e corpse, and let blm In a ["hat standfc-h there alone, o And wafeth at the door. !< There's t new foot on the floor, mv friend, d And a n<w face at the door, my friend, w A new fa? at the door. c< The Press. 0 MWP08KPDY ELLIS O. OKAYDON, ESQ. Mr, President, Lariirx and Gentlemen: In rl?ng to propose a toast to the Press It 1* not my surpose logo intoadetalled account of Its orKin and its growth and development. It " teems tflbe conceded that It had its beginning n n the ynvtlcfler which reached only a favor- * ?d fewo' the wealthy classes and which had T aeen lnnse for many centurlcs, perhaps. The ? first ptwspHpcr, however, was published hot " mors /iian about two hundred and fifty years [igo Irtit it was soon followed by many others, u 1'ogive some Idea of their growth in numbers 11 jtis sufficient to say that In the United States ^ pone there are now over six thousand news- 1 npnrs, with a circulation of not less than liirty millions and an average annual issue e f over a billion and a half of copies. They I re devoted to Religion, to Politics, to Lltcranre, to Science, to Art, to l,aw, to Medicine, J 1 fact, we mighf say to almost, if not quite, C very subject within the range of human " nowledge. They gointoevery city and town C ? evcrv villnsro mid hamlet, veil, to almost O very fireside In the land. But, !\ir. President, c heir growth in power and Influence has not a pen lens remarkable. Any one may well M ruirt their favor, no one can a fiord to incur v heir displeasure, for while they can be of in- ?j Hiuable assistance to their friends, they are I blc to crush and nrlnd to powder those who " hrow themselves against them. All enlightned governments throw proper safeguards o round the liberty of the Frew. Hence the jutidersof our government with w'se fore- J licht,declared in the name Instrument which * uarantees the security of the citizen In his * [fa, his liberty, his property, and the pursuit f happiness, that the liberty of the Press J lioulu not he abridged. White this liberty J nay sometimes degenerate Into license, yet to 1 his provision of ourorganlc law is due much * if the sterling, manly, patriotic character of iur Press. May it ever continue to be what It J s now, as a general rule, the disseminator of iseful and reliable informati on, theedncator if the masses, the champion ?-f virtue, and the lefendcr of civil and religious freedom. RESI'ONOKD TO BY MR. H. T. WARM.AW. jl/r. President, Ladies and 'JenlicmenIt Is { isclesspjrp?"J*?,,^~-w-?nd to, Mr?-flraydonj(litij - *** -.ie> w. ...... ur Know more oooia^ swspapers that it ever entered my mind to J, inccive; but. I must thank him for the utdsome manner In which he has toasted ie proieesion. i nnve nave moae my calling r life; my diffidence us a novice in the pro- a. ssloni nnd the long line of distinguished ,1 iimcs In youth CnWIlttn, and Abbrvllle ..] >unty connected with the Press, all remind rj le of my Inability nnd unworthiness to rep- w (sent them on this ocsaslon. Mr. President, .1 one know belter than yourself that It Is a w rofesslon, the newest and younsesi, but not ie least powerful nnd Influential; for years i. was denied the dignity of being a proles- r. Ion, but it now takes It's merited plaee. In le front ranks of the most honored. The >ns of thousandscngeged In It. from thomost umble devil In the composing room, to the y lost cl ft ed edI tor In his sanctum, that most j( mnidable and terrible of nil the Interviewer, j le Indefatigable nnd brave reporter, stand- g, ig In imminent deadly pe 11 for news, bear u ig the hardships of the tented field for inter- ? ;tlng facts and seeking midst shot and shell 0 > keep the world informed from tlie front; n j, rofesslon whose representatives have trat- n ed through Africa and Siberia and gone to n ic very North Pole Itself, entitles It to the ^ lull preeminence accorded It. It is not my rovlnce or inclination. Mr. President, to c| maunlfy mine office," but! do verily believe ? lat the position of nn editor, is the most re- < xmslble in the world, for front as are his In- n uences for goi>d, so great are tucwor evil, If t, ilsdlrcctcd. "He should be unawcfr^jMjju. " nee and unbrlbod by gain, hew to tue ll^e :t the chips fall as they may." JJ The Merchants. ?' oi PROPOSED BY J. F. LYON, K9Q. tl Mr. PrMdent. TakHc* tinri Otrillevien: W< ave heard with in Hell pleasure from. wncd ^v(ife.vA?>nJvJUjd J. wj.w Srisc In my ? noo .111.1 In mi* fllfn to IntiTMlllPA 14. nlllfl.S Of ~ nitleincn, who really need no Introduction q , my hands, a class who arc not stranger* to ny on? of this presence, a class who are f?illlarlv anil favorably known to each and all p us. that class known as the merchants, the lerchants of the town of Abbeville, who are leorellc and who are the practical business ten, who the past year have sold In onr ildst, and to us goods to the almost In- 1 -edible amount of half a million Hollars, nd who will In their place this sea>n purchase produce from tlie farm= c rs of this county worth somewhere between 8< ,x and seven hundred thousand dollars, an ? icreaseof say two hundred and fifty thou- ft ind dollars over any previous year. And ? rhlle they arc not called profe.?ional men, a ley are more. Upon their shoulders, upon j, lclr honesty, capacity, and fidelity to the t u>lness Interest of the whole people rests In la^gA measure, the future prosperity of this r)inlty frit yearatocome. Assiicccm Isdoiihl- * . ssthe (rue standard of merit In a consldera- e Ion of this kind, and as nothInesucceeds like * uccess, and having a desire common to us all v ? hear from a successful man, I will give f, lace to one of the merchant princes, If not l( lie merchant prince, of Abbeville. In con- | I I .? ? I Iiv4>. *nn 4 rt rtffVk w a h<in I Ml tn tho m Pf. _ hunt# of Abbeville. Eminently and deserv- a dly popular and successful In the pant, may s hey attain at an enrly period that success i, fhich their merits bespeak for thein. J RE3P0NDKD TO BY CAPT. L. W. WDITK. In essaying a response to the toast proposed y my friend who hasjust taken his seat, lam r jrclbly reminded of those famous words o! r vpollos?''A'e tutor ultra crrpuUtm." W'nntev- J1 r therefore, I may Kay, which may seem to {; ave an air of egotism, I trust Will b^ accept- 11 d, not as violative of the proprieties of this J ccasion, but rather as a demonstration ot the 1 ?ct that the shoe-maker is only sticking to il? last. Nearly one hundred and seventy ears ago Joseph Addison wrote: "There are ' lot more useful men In a community than r erchanU. They knit mankind together in r .mutual Intercourse of good offlces, dlstrib- ' Ite the gifts of nature, find Work for the poor, J dd wealth to the rich and magnificence to 1 he great." c Now If these words were true of merchants 1 t the beginning of the Eighteenth century, iow very much more applicable are they to J uerchants at the close of the Nineteenth een* * ury. Since Addison wrote. Ffanklln has grasped the lightning's fiery wing." The 4 nanufactures and commerce of the world ' tave been completely revolutionized bv Ell J iVhltneys Invention of the cotton gin, of 1 vhleh Lord Maeaulay said, what Peter the ireat did to make Hu*sta dominant, Ell f iVhltncy's invention of the cotton gin has J nore than equalled In its relation to the pro rress and power of the United States: Robert 1 I'ulton has successfully employed steam In Its application to purposes of navigation, so that he vast oceans of the globe, instead ot being1 my longer regarded as watery wastes, are the :randestand mightiest auxilllarles to trade ind commerce. Morse has achieved the Wofilerof applying electricity to telegraphic com- b nucation, so that now the entire globe is al- 4 nost begirt by thlsgrandagency of national ntercourse. Since Addison's time have lived 1 .Van, Stephenson, Wyatt. Arkwrlght and i mmi l/i ?rhnm wb nwe ihc ercatest u tommerelul and social revolution in the enIre history of the world. Hy the help of nil hem? great men, and the still greater instrunentalltles of which they were the dlscover:rs, the commerce of the world has magnified in hundred fold in the last century, and the mslness of the nations of the earth which van counted by thousands two hundred years igo, ts now reckoned by as many millions. \V hile the flat of the Almighty which origlially rested upon the guilty pair not yet eijelled from blissful Eden, that man should >at bread In the sweat of his face, remains unrepealed. we yet recognizo the beneficence of in all-wise Relng In providing that all men ihould not be restricted to the same means of iecurlng bread. If we consider the different y>lllngs and avocations into which men enter or a livelihood there Is perhaps no one of hem that gives employment to so many as :ominerce. Surel> then commercial pursuits ire not f be despised. It has been well said, I :ommerce Is not one of the muses. It Is inenscly practical, and so made up of facts and \ Igures that it allords but an uninviting field I or the expansion and development of the jowers of Imagination/ "A bargain Is not so )eautiful a thing as a poena, an oration, a pic-! uicorn (light of eloquence. Yet the bar-| :ain holds no mean j?lace In the frame-work j <1 HUM present woriu. .nuuu as wc nuuuiu iu-i tret the departure from our wor)cl of tlie| joeni, the plclurc or the oration, that would lot leave mankind .so utterly at n loss as the loparturc of Iho less beautiful bargain. A'lthowt It we conld never behold a shop, a itibllt: c'tnvcyance, a factory, a ship, u railivay or au extensive town." I No one will deny that agriculture Is, to some , jx lent at least, the ground work of all tlici )lher professions amf callings in life. So lrt-: Iniatelyassociated fs agriculturewith com-, iierce thai Adam Smith in his Wealth of Na-1 ions says: "Flourishing manufactures and j :oinmerce are indispensable to a flourishing ? kartelllture, To suppose that the lattershouid ; xist without the former, is to suppose tlxit; here may be Industries without a motive, hat there may bean cft'ect without a cause/' Sir Dudley North in his discourses on trade ! niblished in 1W1 says: "There can be n? trade | Jiiprotltnble to the public; lor if any prove10 men leave It otr, and wherever the traders , hrive, the public, of which they are a part, 1t ,hrive also. |: But, >lr. President, I am perhaps prolonging I ny remarks beyond the modest limits which j ;ood taste would dictate. Permit me, sir, to I iay In conclusion, that merchants for the most i; t1 ff^^KmeeSnndofcbseo^wo an?the voluuti;r?, the soldierfhave ' A'? en essentially thfelMimpionsof ?e*< --.~ id the recipient**^ of their JpouT elc RmlleH. InVhulfof the-lnt of rV? ilunteers that I hav! the honor tfiand, 113i.ni thank these latUeK'irrp. ojkV their JJ? ^ any act* of klnaness and ger. and edge anew to them the loyalilleglice and love of the Abbeville t ur rhere prevails a custom, Midenf, ,v uj, nong the old soldwrs who *aw ;in the i te war, who in dead!/ battles "lace In l"n,.T e picture near the flashing of?i?" to , h . jit ridicule upon the militia. forget, \^.t r, that they won their own it fame " . id 'reputation in the ranks ofttlacn jlillery; they forget that th?r? and j * >mrade? who dle?l by their sire the . J ay, which waa distinctively thf of the D Th jluuteer. They forget that thdbefore te, , len, the militia service of tie com- rfii innded the beat talentof the cl. But VL, icy ridicule the service now, at! added *?r h i financial and political cau?es,iU-nlgh h lllod the spirit ol themilltlail have , k )pen for something bet Ur in thfe. The {" resent Legislature has tfiown osltion i aid and foster, the npiilt, aiutooisat le head of the system in this rfla grad- ?' ute of West Point, a veterun offer with toast [exlco and n hero of tli? lateivar. It W*n lay be that he will lnta*enew k> It. At pom ly rale don't let us make hiii futile fotu y ridiculing them. 1 I opine, Mr. President, that trie few of Bnt, i here to-night who knve not billed on n?ti i mourn the io*s of loved on?s (led In a use which we thought holy, pe memr/of their heroism and dealhae reooliC'.ion of their privation* and fnga and j, angers, aye, by tho very ieailrrow In banl hleh we hold their meroorievray tlilm jmpany not to Join In the criMtractlon M(] f tiie service in which they dM who The Ij?die#l| P10P03ED BY CAPTAIN J. jj,JJ Mr. Preiirtcnl, Ladtet and lljinm: I Net ave Uitcncd with great pleasAnight, as yoo o douU you all have, to ttfcy toasts to * rhlch have been offered nndptided to. ?1 hey have been proposed wfcess and if?j oou tas?, and th*y have becnonded taJ'i rith clojuence and feeling. Ibbjectso ? liese touts liave been intere^toaU * S| IIUU UCJ Mil uroil IK UD11U1** liat I woi'd be loth torlse at ate ho-r fr nadd onemore tolhe list, wc not tt?t 1 lie toa?t I have in charge is, ,11 tooH. I he most in.eres<tlng?is truly /kit of he J vening. I rise to offer the : of "'be |l Adies. . U, -w To this cv?ry other mast, bojlur L?erry Guest*," "Oar HonieloswtH," Our lounty," "Otr Town," "Ouergyrf'o. Our Judjjefc,'Our Lawyers/ Te*fler?. >ur Merchants even Our Edl' andnao#t f nil. Our ?ddiers, will wine ?ngue onfeps that Wiman, heavenU blowing, nd man's deanstjny, far tirijditbem _ ]1 In everythini that appeals le jsnrtas i-cll as to the heid. The subjef iif toa*t ?too dellcntenone for me to < uyreat it. Jvery man slnci the days of ja p* been ttracted by it?las tried to unU,diU It s to-night as 1 arresting, as tenre, and jt hard to andentand as ever.' ' Generally this ka?t comes flinfchellst? s a hint to modes, woman to,nUretlre. Hit we of the ' Homeless" ha to little ictual experience arvi enjoym* woman's oclety, seeing that w* hare ndewhereln he might reign a queen, havurved this oust of all toasts, to the Inst we mlghUl >ask In the brlehtnps?of her pee to the I rery end of our banquet. In thus placing the toast JLndk* at' he close I need hot remind jRt we but T] ollow Nature's plnn. For, aflaMys: r "AUld Nature swear* the boxcars, Her noblMit work she classed Her 'prentice hand she trie,inn,. And then she made the lasiO Mr. President, I could h? verted. ^ >ne, more worthy of toast, MCS^irs^WfreatO offer it. bt whatever istice lovely woman may foil towe at my unds, will be amply compcnsatlfor l>y iho irtunate gentleman who will My lu her ?me. I ask you all to drink a btimpeo) woman, nd in doing so the toast is not inflned to mt class only who hold the Mrts of the Hnmtilpvu' In fhratl Ki?t tn Olnlar ..w...v.vna VIII 111), UUb IU UJU?;r. OIOWI, nuihtflr, Wife?the sweetest ii dearest ords In our language, and wJjh derive leir sweetness and dearness froi those to hom they are applied. With the toast I Join the n^ie of mjr audsomu and talented young frl<id, Mr. W. . McUowun. RESPONDED TO BY W. C, M'OOtJ.jr, ESQ. Mr. President, Mr. Perrin, Ladittand Genemen: I have in charge to-nigf, the pef umanco of a perilous task?a taskas toitsel: clightful, but pcrliouH as to It* pr^able con quences. Who knows but that tie way li hii h I acquit myself to night kmy be a reat an event to meas to tlie yonir squire o ldcn time wheu lie entered the II: a to gall Is spurs of knighthood, and the t fftcnHv o ly task is Increased by the fliittcrZ?T~i7h pplied to me Ur my friend who prl1^^ JllBt. ioVi* hppl 1 cannot imagine why I should l,lr?|vwn hosen to respond for the ladles. Il?t th ot because I. being the youngf,!,exner Homeless" was thought to have Te,, lental knowledge of the subject oli?irntin )r the terms of high praise nn?l tl(P i.eari' sed by my friend i which touched l^orlftinf rcclndes such a u. Idea. You havel- mv a inde the mistake of over-estlmatil? ft nurk iicity. It requires the oloquencei ^ith a r a .Sheridan imbiied and lnfuself ? toi le sentiment, poetry and heart! ,.*,, hi bea on have not as to the heart?In mfcnlfatlo nd devotional Ihe shrine of beautiful wi inn I yield to no man?she is the work < rod? O Woman ! LoVely woman ! nature mac thee To temper man; we bad been brutes wltl out you, Angels ure painted fair to look like you : There's In you all that we believe of ileavei Amazing brightness, purity and truth, Eternal Joy and everlasting love." It has ever been the part of true man 1 on.e to the rescue of lovely woman?ev? Ittce thut incident in the garden of Ede rhen Adam responded for Eve?alorlL his e: mple in that respect was not the Jest. It lotil true, Mr. President, m my friend hi xld, that som* of the sweetest words of tli wicuage have been made so by Ibelr assoch Ion with tho sweet subject. Mother! The holiest of words/ All that! ood and virtnonsand sweet and happy clu round that blossoi name. All that has bee r?at and noble and heroic In tho history < DC wonu urew iu>|)iruii?.-ii nuui mo uuim, rhetbcr It appear in theftChleTemertsof it Trum which mrt'lo the Roman MjJron Coi iclln, when asKed for her Jewels, joint to hi llustrious sons the Gracchi; or itf <1m: linse feats of hcrolftm upon the bloody deld s when the Grecian mother equipping hi on for the battle, save this itrtaiorlai it unction with his shield: "With it when the battle'*done Or on it from the Held." Sister! Little less holy than mother. Ho nnny sweet sentiments till the heart at tt emembraticeof thin most confidential of r utlons. Companions of childhood- roclced I he same cradle and dandled upon the tan :nec?all associating with the common tie i notder. Theplaymateund associate of yout he confidant In all mutters of boyish loi ,nd too,the safeadTiserof grown-up manhoo As to the other two words mentioned by rr riend, wile and daughter, I feel some embu assment and speak with hesitation. I hio iodoul>t, however, of all that heiays. I ha< i sort of shadowy vision of the promUcd Ian Yith the Utmost sincerity lean truly say th am quite willing, at no distant day.tb owardly, shrinking, hesitating antlclpatic nay be swallowed up in glorlou* reality. My friend, however, ha* omitted one wor fhlch to the Homeless especially,is very aea raeun irfr, the Queen of Hear',* or ".Swe? leart."' Upon thin subject. Mr. President, lare not trust myself to speak, I have nelth vord, nor gesture, look nor sigh to erxpfe ?ne-tenth of what I feel, so I will only me Ion the sacred name. "There's nothing' lw o sweet in life as loves young dream. ( ichulf of the ladles, w<r thank Mr. Perrln t hegraceftil and beautiful manner in wblch I ins proposed our toast, and nt Ills requc irink to it a bumper brimming full. SECOND MEETING. After the ladles retired number of the gentlem pent so hour pleasantly around the board, wh peeches and merry-making was the order. We < leavored to make a full report of It, bat ran 01 hrow In sotne of the speeches, regardl'sa of theord Lt the cloee all Joined hands and sang *-Auld La lyne." MIL W. H. PAKXXR, JR., SAID: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the "Homelesi t is an unexptcted honor, 1 insure you,-tor!* called o respond to such a toast, before such an audience, lad supposed that a gantleman was never conMdei o be on bin oratorical legs, until be hod tested thi nembers In bis graduating si>eech, snd is I have I et passed through that ordeal, I very yaturally at steed that 1 was safe for the evening; so11 beg lo re " 9 to a foil exposition of the text to mv distlnguli d [rlend from Suwan-e, who has made bis craduntl neecli, has acquirtd as yon will perceives conside >Ie length of "oratorical legs." MR. U WASDLAW SMITH, SAID: Mr. President snd Chairman: My frltjfld, Mr. P ;cr, Is very much mistaken if he ?up?o??-s whet 'nung man graduates be Is ever thereafter ready t bin te s|>eiik on any subject; but I feet*7artlcnla ,'ratified that he hss turned over to me h subjest rhlcb I feel such deep Interest. Our people sregr tally arousing themselves from tbclr lor\7 letbar aused by the disasters of the laie war, an<ti are a? inonlnir thetr eves. tfr the eterlsstlne benefits ol borough and deep education. The lnl? fight In < >gisl?turo for a State College of high standard e be estaMishment of tbe South Carolina ,lTnWrral in the site of the old Soiltb Carolina Colleif-o, wblct be past, hag bc?n such an ornament to otirf proud State;' all show exclusively, that our pefpl e are re; :ing what are the proper st. pa to tbe mail tenance in enlinhtecwe and civilized nation. But the subj if a high standard of Education ia one of suchvi less, that lime will uotnllow me to (five to ll here >roper deserts. Allow me though, before I sit do1 o extend to the "HomeleM" our sincere I banks i learty appreciation, ol tbe honor they have eoflferi ly remembering us, In this their annnuhras t. Po mnslder It common place. If we say, we hai o enjo; lurtelvea imtnenii ly. This evening will e var be neuibered. us one of the pleasantest occasic ns of I nerry season, and can only say, that it the m ember he "Hoinelero* display such taste and elegan oo dov ntertaining'. tbeir future home* will ever b e sou itter, by their numerous friends as places afft udinj 'cry best and most elegant hospitalities. ? mr. acgu8tc8 w. 8mitii, 8aid: Sir. President and Chairman: I am cnlled < hi, as inly representative. t? respond to the toast fo rtbe (cultural (VflegiB af Soilth Carolina, former' y km is the South Carolina College. I must aay, \ [r. Pi dent, at first It did not come up to my expe ctn'ii >ut havii-e a very ablefacul y, there Is eveiy vaso hink that in a tew years ft will gi.ln the reLmtai i,id confidence of Its lllu>trious predeceswA-wl ins been tbe Aln.a Mater of all ouraocerU^^K Le hen Join In the tonst to the future pneH^B of ioutb Carolina Agriculiurjl College. Hit. am! I tr'?L, sir. In the riesrrutim^ie^^^^^^ 'fl| . (If tbry are not w>vr.) tl ? moral, ??d?l, ?lu* >1, arrl tinancinl point of vierr. tbe equal of ill . Again MMiing y?U of toy bigb appr??laiion^^|H08fe3|^B honor conferred, ami Willing ft* toe *Hom?-^B&HESMa|H II human heart can Wish, I gire plow to my :yoQDK Meotl, L. C. HaateJl, who can HI you S fl 'Ut rice, wr l. c. haskhl. ?in>: I PresMrnt and OenUrDvn t I highly appreciate J mur Mr. gimkina baa e?nf?rrt<1 on the and am Do I )llged 0) the " ii om.-Ie?" for lending me tbeirat* I ? ear for a few morani^a ( cannot imagine why R lid b? called m lo tel> tbe "Homeless'' snyming rice. It ft nnmairal to suppose that an oprvinan shonld be filing to sit and listen to ami tedloas account of the process of msklng md It is useless f<n/ne to eoter Into details when ss not know eren h?w to cook It > (upper was so h#dK>me, the toests to enter- 1 iK, though tbe ebe* of tbe "Homeless" so food, ! an surprised tofind, an am not able to realize It baa been 183 for soo.e two hours. Let me tbe 'HomelesVeoccess and a happy f*sw Tear, ^ a promise to tnike the flee. If yon will Chtten tbe ytfrrr the nextannnal aap|ier which I hope will % great a suece* a* this. ml jl.tiiue simxixs, said: l Pbkiiocnt.axd Gsxtlixsk: Although tbe ot the "rawer" haa been responded to, my d baa seen fllto call upon me aa tbe premium pkln Ukero Newberry. I thank bim tho* be >rsme, and 'trust tbe gentleman does Dot eon> mr crop rfclunlrely to pampkins and ealres. Sir. Present, like McOrrgor, 1 stand npoa my re heath, atd , . , "(V l it Alls mr heart with Joy T' meet such friends once more." * un bnt? farmer, ron gb and uncouth of speech, my I and h*rny band bespeak I nf my occnpntion. But tbo' l.atk tbe area words, the roaoded sentences the ?t??;r tongnus of my fhanda and kinsfolk ,m yn hare beard to-night; I hare a heart sir, J be?* warm with gratitude, and 1 assure Its Init <M>'h? have been stirred to-night injrtne "Huonlt'i" lire forerer 1 And God grant , m now stand upon the rery tbrrsbhold of the J r Tear, that |be last snn ot 1931, may set upon ' dearest wish and brightest anticipation realised i faIIest extent >, hank my (Hand, Mr. Wardlaw, for kindly eatllng i me, and drink tbe health of the "Homeless" and Abberille" with pleaaare and with pride. HI UHR A , CONGtAREE I Co umbia. S. O. Agent fbr gj CHAPMAN'S ERPETD1L I7AP0MTQS, ESTABLI8HM1' i.J iif 18*7 by Meaara.Oeo.^c/ma'n'ThtTJiuurnV*? Anderaon and purchased bme In the yeacl, lSjtt, and from that time tl now carried oST ? Kacceaxfully by myself. M'Mends ?nu cii*^ turner* will bear wlinen* olhe large and it** pcndouajobs executed by It was at py works where tne largest ai almost onlyjoo . of its claw ever executed 1-.his city wii^w, vis.: the making of the 1 pes for the City Wafer Work* In the year X. In the brjncu of BELL FOUNDING. I #1 aay that I jjovc made the largest bella ev?o?st !n the "tote, ??ii in raiDmbU. such a* the bcu ror me My stock of pattern* >r ARCKmSCTU RAL WORK COLUMN6forfStore ftonUs large and various, and lniAILJNGHrori?w? . , con lex, Garden* and Ceieteriea.L have^the largest variety and mo? modern patwni, many of these are patent! and I have par chased the right for this fiate. In the machine line i ^n^rnlshmyw f trons with STEAM E5G>*!? ?hd MILE^ ; of any slJieanddescrlptltt. My circular l SAW MILLS have carrla^T the prl*e?l ? ? ery State Fair hel^ln thjdTf. and tn fi i ? ' i ^ ( construction I have tak'; palps w 1 HlmDllclly|wlth |tb<l e ery sawyerwhoimderstJ^Ms^sInooi. ** The many orders 1 an^teadlly receiving for SUGAR CANE MILLfiCrove that the poblld * appreciate the mills of Qy make, and so It la e with my GEARING ? HORSE POWERS, '* GIN WHEELS, ORIS* MILLS and other J MACHINERY. n I have the mAnufccti(lng rltfht of many " PATENTS, euch X* casUirn for ROCK COT* T TON AND HAY PRE? aad three or follr ?" different FEED CUTTEtS and other Imple? menls. i. 11 I will be pleased to sencitiy circulars to any " applicant, together with '/Ice list or estimate. , My flrlces are moderate, did I assur* the pob141 He that they are lower wen than tboae of ' n Nmtbern tnuriufaotnrer?,?Dd that my work will compare favorably wth that of any othor er maker. Addros ie John Alexander, Conoaree Iron Wosir, Colombia, 8. C. Jfle Norti Carolim Fresiiytn I rs a x, RELIGIOUS FAMILY NEWSPAPER :r PUBLISHED weekly,and devoted to the Inn JL tellectual, Moral and Spiritual lnterestof F* the people. '* It numbers among its correspondents many 18 of the very beat writers of the Southern Pre*ie byterian Church. It is thoroughly orthodox on (jua^tlonn of doctrine, but frae and out* , spoken In Its views on al! open questions. It ls allows and Invites free discussion within tha ?* bounds of courtesy. '' In popularity tho PrrtbyUrian ls constantly ? advancing. It ls the LOWEST PRICED Pre*" byterian paper pubilstied within tha bounds le of the Southern General Assembly, Price per annum, 52.66; or for one year to sr any new subscriber, 52.1-5. For 5&Q0 we wiH z' send for one year to any new subscriber tb# North Carolina Presbyterian and tho American Br AgriaiUitralitt, the best illustrated AgrlcuN '* tural and Household Mng.izlno In the country. Address JOHN McLAURIN, Editor and Proprietor, Wilmington, N.C? Dec. 22,1880, U " State of South Carolina, >e County of Abbeville. ??? r^itm nt Ailnilm j, I'rooaivv/uuri?viwvivu iwi fQ lstrutlon. d. Br J. Fuller Lyon, Esq., Probate Judge. WJ HERKA8, W. 8. Richardson made null to J" ff me, to grant him Letters of Admlni*' 'e trutlon of the estate and effects of EllxaOetb k'e Day, lute of Abbeville county, deceased. These aie therefore# to cite and admonish ail andslngalaf the kindred and creditors of lU the said Elizabeth Day, deceased, that they bo m and appear, before me. in the Court of Pro. baU\ to be held at Abbeville C. H., on Wedne** day,the 5th or Janutify, 18rtl. after publication 'J' hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show :L* cause, if any they have, wh^ the said admln1 titration should not be granted. er Oiven under my hand and seal, this 21st *s day of December, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty and in the one htfftdred and U/lh year of ,n American Independence. Published on the 2id day of December,-1880, In the Pre.? and Banner ft 1*1 on the Court 181 House door for the time required by law. J, TOLLER LYON. Dec. 22, 1880, tf Judge of Probate. ? ITAnilTAAn llllAtn I Willi! ID X, ' ?g UAVE A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED il fctock of 3 DRY GOODS, iae * lot t ?AND? !gkocekies, r a "?rf -Mind the newest styles of? rl? , in ? ?- -- ? AtnnnvM a ?ADY-MAU? ILUlflintr, Z BOOTS, SHOES, I Hats and Caps, PCt X 1u WHICH THEY SELL CHEAP. wn, Oet t>, 1880. tf |" FRESH ORANGES this -FROM= COLLIN'S ORCHARD;?^ -ATthe E. PARKER. ?? Dec. 1,1880, tf <?na. ' 5? SYRTTP OF THE MM UYPOPHOSPHATE lime and soda. \bc! M EDWIN PARKER, | L'cc. 1. 1880. tf i