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The Press and Banner.' Bj Hugh Wilson and H. T. Wardlaw. ^aes= i Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1881. Stolbrnrtd and Aiken. On last Wednesday Colonel Eujene li. \ (iary, attorney for Honorable D. Wyatt j Aiken, went before United States Commissioner F. II. Eaton,at Columbia, in pursuance of a notice that fjtolbnuul would at that time and place tiike testimony In the election contest. Before proceeding to take testimony the attorney of Mr. Aikon tiled a number of objections and exceptions, on the following erounds : I. Because tbe plaintiff's notice that ho \could take testimony was served on defenduritot Washington, D.C.. on the 2Sth day of January, 1SS1, and doo<< not allow the defendant sufficient time by the usual rouie of travel to attend, and one day for preparation exclusive of Sunday mid the day of service. II. Because the persons mentioned in the notice aforesaid for taking depositions in this varenre not competent for thnt purpose. III. Because the names and places of residenc; of tlie witnesses to be examined are not specified and set forth In tlie same notice. IV. Because plaintiff took testimony at places where lie did not allege in his notice of ct thnt thori' xc!i?i finn.l violence or llle guilty of any kind In conducting the election. V. Because the testimony heretofore taken was not eon fined to the proof or disproof of the facts alleged or denied In the notice of contest and answer thereto. VI. Because the questions propounded to the witnesses were not reduced to writ Inc. After Colonel Gary hud filed the aforesaid objection and exceptions the attorney of fc>toltirand asked that the taking of further testimony be postponed until the succecdlng day, tin account of sickness. On the succeeding day the attorney of >rr. Aiken again appeared before United States I'rtmmissloner F. II. Eaton, but the attorney of Mr. Stolbrand again auked that the taking of testimony be postponed until the next tiny. Tho attorney for Mr. Aiken went before the >ald Commissioner the third day. and before proceeding to take testimony, he filed objection and exception on the following grounds : I. That plaintiU Stolbnuid had failed to serve notice of contest within thirty days after the result of the election had been determined by proper authority. 'i. Because a United States Commissioner is not competent to take testimony in such cases. 3. Because copies of contest and answer thereto were not filed with the Commissioner, so as give him Jurisdiction to take testimony. Two witnesfes were sworn before Commissioner Eaton and testified iu substance as follows : A. W. Curtis, sworn, testified that he was a supervisor at Gadsden precinct, in Uichlund ?->unty; that he was admitted to the room xnd kept a poll list; that nearly WX) Hepublican votes were oa*t: that there was 11T> ballots in the box In excess of the poll list; that these were drawn out and destroyed; that 120 of theni were Republican ballots; that his Jlsl corresponucu Wlin mat Kept i>y uie managers; that no one was deprived of voting at: the polling place,and that a full colored vote whs polled there. Mr. M. A.Sh-lton, sworn, testified that he; was present, off and on, dining the day of election at Ward 2 in Columbia; that the; poll* were opened there at 5)4 A. M.: that he. saw Cnntaln Little, United .States Supervisor, eorne down and go into the polling plac-j; that he heard the town clock strike 6 t\viec; that morning; that there was no disturbance at I he polls; that It was the quietest election lie ever saw; that he (witness) wasone of the K&jriSS-enumerators of the last census; that there, "Were between 2,10-1 and 2.2H0 more colored men ?vcr 21 years oid in Kichland county than i there were white men over that nge; that t!:e ! majority of the colored people in the county i re principally Republicans; that he did not' be'ievc KM of them voted the Democratic] , ? thket; that lie (witness; called himself a ?tn?ichtout Democrat; that he thought Mr. ! l>cnt ran between ">U)and6^> votes ahead of, I the Republican ticket, as that many Demo-j crats voted for him; that while ho win present at the p^>Us_h?jiitw-iio tissue balk>Uv(^| and #h? thattbejr were hot submitted In writing. Mr. Tlobbs gave notice thu't ho would txke _? ? .?r,i unfit FnKrnarv 14 KV1 J1U lll'fic ivoumvu; UIMM ? V?M(%> j which time lie would commence to take testimony at Newberry. -p' The Savannah Talley Railroad. . . iV The collection of the first installment of - taxes due the Savannah Valley Kailrond. ' -without the penalty, was completed on last L , Tbosdiiy. The total levy for the townships r . \rjtH S7.il 1,56, of which sum S4,i?2i.32 has been ??llected, leavintr unpaid The totai l?vy tor the town wasS4,W>.27, of which abefff ? "VsSV i^lSl.OO has been collected, leaving, unpaid "' * about ?2,-llii.27. It will, theref<>?frt>#' seen that nearly oneJjaJ/'i'fflfie' laxes due have not _ ? b^wrntfilT and it Is understood that Ihcre will r l>e lltlnation! upon it. Those who have refifed to pay are confident of bavins the subscription set a*tde, while the railroad auth orities are equally certain that they will t'eable to collect It. The issue "Will have to be decided by the Courts. The above from the And<T.ion hUe'ligtncer will be found interesting readingto citizens of % Abbeville county who have paid their taxes. It is counted strange that the citizens of the ntm uhlr?h iu 1 r? !?n thp torminnc nf 1 ho rAn H and which is to be most benefited by It should refuse to pay their pro ratashare of the tuxes. Abbeville has never been as demonstrative rs Anderson, but. so fur as we are informed, our people with very few exceptions have paid the Railroad tax. Treasurer Perrin has collected $5,374, and nearly nil of this money has gone forward to the treasurer at An derson. Contracts for grading sonic twenty miles of the road in Anderson county has been given out, enough perhaps to absorb the whole of the taxes paid. The Code Commissioners. The Judges of the State, to whom tlio T,eRis* " lature delegated that power, elect-'d the Code Commissi oners last week. \V. H. Parker, Esq., of our town belujt one of them. Kach of tbe j gentlemen e?ec*ed to perform this important j work eminently qualified for the efficient i ~<M*charge of the duty assigned them. >obctler man for the position could have been found In this section of the State than Mr. I'nrker. lie is a lawyer of lone stand Inc. j painstaking and industrious. His familiarity j with the needs of the people, combined with j Ms practical common sense make him fully qualified for a most acceptable performance of the du*y of codiflcr. The Charleston Sens and Courier says: * "Tbe Code Commissioners chosen on Thursday. Messrs. Simon ton of Charleston, Parker! <-f Abbeville, and Hurt of York, will work well lotrether. onmNnlne every quality or experi-j ? T1CP. Industry and knowledge of the law nec-i essary for a "correct and lucid compilation of i the laws of the State. Mr. Parker was former- j ly the partnerof fien. McfJowan, and stands ' - high at tho Ahbcv'lle bar. as Maj. Hart does! at the York tiar. Col. Simon'on Is not only . one of the leading lawyers of the State, hut j lias a rare quickness and clearness of appre- ] bension which will he of great value in the or-1 derly arrangement a* well as execution of tho | important work tobedone.'' Presentment of the Grand Jury. The jrrand Jury's presentment for this term ! of the court will be read this morning, and j will include the admirable find most satisfac-1 ry report of the County Treasurer. The Pm- j bate Judge will also make a good showing of the conduct of bis office. The grand Jury is somewhat disposed to complain of the condition of the public roads j ^vhich is about the only complaint they will likely make. Thc'Orand Jury sent a committee of their ?^ body to the Poor House, and will report the inmates well eared fornnd in a healthy condition; the bouses in fair condition, though ; some repairs, now under contract, will put them In good condtlon when completed. The Inmates speak In kindly terms of Mr. Miller, the keeper. The Grand Jury, as has repeatedly been done before, will recommend that the commissions of the Count j* Treasurer be increased from fSOO toSl.200. They find his office in excellent condition.and that he is a capable and j an efficient officer, and they speak in the highest, terms of his superb report, which ap! pears elsewhere in this paper. They find that ?hc Jail needs repairs and j will recommend that the County Commis-; sioners have tho needed work done wi I hoot i unnecessary delay. They are much pleased J with the manner In which tbc sheriff has kept thejail. All the offices in the Court TTouse are reported In good condition and the papers well kept, find the Jury express the opinion that we have jitver bad a more efficient set of officers than ! ct present. Dealh of Mr.jor James M. Baxter, j Major Baxter, of Newberry, died at his home on Inst Sat unlay night. Major Baxter was a prominent member of the Newberry bar, a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church, and one of the most influent ial citizens of that section, taking a loading position, iu all that perUilncd to the best interest and welfare of the community In which he lived. A good lawyer, he devoted the best part of his man-, hood to his exacting profession, and worked | hard for tho comfort and happiness of ills family, hut the inost prominent characteristics of his nature, were his gmial disposition, and generous hospitality. Nothing appeared I to give him greater pleasure tiian to please and be of service to bis friends. Only last Christinas he was on a visit here, when he termed to be in cscclicut spirits, and in robust health. St. Valentine's Day. Next Monday is St. Valentine's Day, ami we presume that the usual number of comic ami sentlmen'al cpist!es will be sent and received through the mail*. There Is alwnys n pleasant association for the young connected with this day, and we would bo glad to know lhat some arrangement will be made to entertain them. Ll:e at best Iihr lew enough of Joys and for this rwis.-n we think It well enough to add something to the sum of youthful J. ys and pleasures. Below we furnish extucls, giving some facts In reference to the observance of ?t. Valentino's Day: | Saint Valentine, according to some ecclesiastical wrlte:s a bishop, aeeordlng to others a presbyter, who was beheaded at Home in the ! rolKii uf tiiu emperor Claudiusa'id was enily canonized. Wheatle* says that St. Val| entiue "was a man of most admirable part*, land so famous was his lo\ean 1 charity, that i the custom of ehoo>iusJ Valentine* upon hifnci l vui i trhipli iv villi tivni'i K(>il Tnoif its rise I from thence.' utners derived the custom from I birds being supposed to select their inatoi on ; t'nis day; others from a practice prevalent in ancient Kouieatthefcstivalof tlic Lupeicilia j during the month of February, when, anions I other ceremonies, the tunics of j mini; women | were placed in a box, lrom which they were i taken by younir men, as chance directed. Tlx I pastors uf the early church, finding It itnpossi; b.etoextlrpate this pagan ceremony, changed jits I'orin. it was the custom on theewoi j Feb. 14, St. Valentine's liay, to have the name.* of a select number of one sex put lnto sotm ' vessel by uu equal number of the other; and j thereupon every one drew a name, whic h foi the time being was called his or her Valesr ! tine. The custom of choosing Valentines exj Isted very early. I'reser.ts of gloves, carters, i and jewelry were common as valentines.? i Ameiicmi EneyeUi/xu (ha. I Valentine's Day, the 11th of February, is ! or more carieetly was, celebrated in Kngland .Seo: livid, nnd in dillercut parts of the contl neat, particularly Lorraine and Maiue in | Krauce, by a Very peculiar and amusing ctis torn. On the eve of St. Valentine, a nutnbei ' of young folk?maids and biicheiors? would j assemble together, uud inscribe upon lit tit j billets the names of au equal number oi maids and bachelors of their acquaintance j throw the whole into a Receptacle of souk I sort, and then draw tliem lotiery-w!se?care : of course, beir.g taken that each should draw tiw. /itxhi.iiA 'I'll.. inn. j dra vn became one's valentine. Of course I besides having got u valentine for one's sell 'one became, by the univor.-iility of the practice, some other person's valentine; but, a.< j .Misson, a leimed traveler in the early pari , of lastcentury, remarks.'the man stuck last cr to the vulen'.inetl.at had fallen lo hun, tiian 1 to her 10 whom lie hail lullen.' These imngi! nary engagement*, as may readily be supi po?ed, often lead to real ones; because out necessary consequence of them was. that l'oi 'a whole year, a bache.or remained bound t?i the service of his valentine, somewhat al'tei ! the fashion of a medieval knight of roinnnot I to his lady-hive. At one perioil. It was customary for both sexes to make each other pres! ents but latterly theobligation seem-- to have been restricted to youug men. During I lie j lota century this amusement was very j opui lar auiunc the upper classes, and at many ! huropean courts. 1- rotn 's Dairy, we set , that in Charles II.'s rel^n, married us well as single people could he chosen. | '1 ne connection of the custom with St. Val 1 online Is purely accidental. In the iegendsol theditlerent saints of that name recorded in I the .1 eta Sanctorum, no trace of the practice peculiar to the lith of February is found. Ii j has been sugue-ted by Mr. l>ouce, in his Illtix; trillions of Shtiteqmaic, that the custom may i have descended to us from the ancient HoI mans, who, during the Luptrculin, celcbiatcd : In me month of 1-ebruary, were wont anion); other things 'to put the names of young women into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed;' aud that tin Christian clergy, muting it dimcuit or impossible to extirpate tins pa gun practice*. gave It at least n religious aspect, by substituting tlie names of particular saints lor those of the women : and it is ceriainly a usage more or loss widely extended In the IJonian Cat hoi h Church u> select, either on St. Valentine's Day or M>meother, a p.ttron saint for the year, who Is t*rini<l a valentine. But it is far more probable that the custom of choosing valentines is a relic of that nature-religion which was undoubtedly the primitive form of religion in North-western Europe?as elsewhere; and that It sprung Irom a recognition of Hit peculiarity ol' the season. Hence in Hallcy's Dictionary the followlngexplanatIon Is given: About tliis time of the year the birds choose their mates, and probably thence came the custom of the young men and maidens choosing valentines or > pedal loving friends on that day .'?Chamber's Encyclopaedia. M'c rail attention to the short story puVp lished this week entitled "Colonel PXwaon'i Romance." It shows with wj^Jfcrful force and unerring accuracy h of heart attachment* that AxaJ^Umiens areafrt^tc form ^gfi^flHIBorroboratlng that veraclouratjvl"'Mark Twain," in "The Innocent* Abroad." Those who have read "DonQuix otc" may imagine that they know cxactlj how the Colonel's love aflair terminated?ami i that isjust where they will got fooled. Iteati it and see. Treasurer's Report. TBKASVUErr!?-OPFKrEr ~ A"Bhkvii.le County, February 8th, 1881. County Treasurer's Report to the Grand Jury, February Term, 18S1. Gtrflemen?Owing to the fact that the I r tax executions against defaulters for th* fiscal year, commencing November 1st . 1S70, and ending October 31st, IS80, arc it , many instances still in the hands of the , deputies, and to the further fact that bi j order of the Comptroller General, th( time for the sale of delinquent lands has i in accordance with a resolution of th< Legislature, been postponed until aftei I the 31st day of May, the Treasurer can : not make a full report of the collodions i of the taxes for the last fiscal year, i The following, however, is a report Uf to the present time, and very nearly covers the whole collections, thero bcin^ very little still to be accounted for: Am't taxes collected for State...? 21,202.4; ; Am't paid State Treasurer as per his receipts 21,186.8i Bal. duo the State ? 15.GI Am't collected for the County I for current expenses $ 13,384.0] I A rAfM f rnr? i Plorb nf fnnrf j and from Trial Justices 250.0( ! Total received ? J3,634.0] Am'tpaid Co. Corn'rs orders 13,595.07 Hal. due this fund $ 3S.9-I Am't collected lor County for special pnrposn $ 6,718.21 On hand for special purposes at atsettlem't with Coinp.-Gen.. 913.57 Total for special purposes ? 7,631.78 Am't p'd out foi spec'l purposes 5,746.55 Bal. on hand spec'1 purposes..? 1,885.23 "The balance left on hand of this fund was by joint resolution of the Legislators transferred to the fund for the current expenses of the County for the fiscal year 1879-1880, and the County Treasurer is now paying this upon the orders of the new Board of County Commissioners. Ain't collected for schools ? 8,917.50 Am't polls collected 5,429.00 Am't on hand for schools from last year 1,222.80 Total for schools 15,569.30 Am'tpaid on School Commissioners orders 15,645.55 Am't over-paid for schools 76.25 It is proper to state that in tlio above report no account is made of the com mis ajuua uuu m.i iiiuvuuuiy i re;i?iirer ior coiletting the taxes, but the penalties collected for non-payment will about off-set i the commissions. ! For the present fiscal 3'oar tho i Treasurer has received from the five retailors of liquor in the town of Abbeville in accordance with recent legislation ? 500.00 From Trial J ustices 29.60 520.00 Am't p'd on Co. Com'rs orders 240.50 Balance on hand for present fiscal year 2S9.10 Respectfully submitted, J. W. PERRIX, County Treasurer. The SavaDnah Valley Railroad. Editors /Vw and Banner: I am authorized 10 ask you to give notice in your paper that there will ho <t meeting ol the citizens of Calhoun township 11L Willington H'liool house on Friday the 1-sth of February, at 11 o'clock, and In Ilordeanx town>hip at Liberty Church on Saturday the 19th of February, at 11 o'clock. Thes? meetings are o*l.ed in the interest of the Savannah \ alley Kailroad, and all panics who feel an interest in the enterprise are respectfull.\ Invited to attend as matters of Importance will come hefore the meeting. The president and some of the directors are expecten to be present. Fit LI. Stock.?Seal Mellwaine have Just received hy the carload, Cincinnati Buggies, I'haetons and Double spilnt; Wagons, which they will sell low down lor the money. These vehicles ure built of the best material, and in the latest stylos. They aro cheap, durable, 1 good, and worth more than the money that [ will buy them. No such bargains in ibis line j were ever ottered to the Abbeville public beI fore. Come quick, before they are taken, for lany Judge of good work and material w ill buy lon'el^ht. tf | COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. J Brief Notes of the Work Last Mondar i ? nad Tuesday. ? Abbeville, Monday, February7, 18S1. Although there wax a large crowd of people 1 In town, there was an unusually small attend- y nnce upon the opening of the Court this t morning. Only about one-half the benches |on the left were filled, while not more than <, | one-fourth of the benches ou the right of the h i a'f-le were occupied. j Even the attendance nt the Bar seined , [smaller than usual. There were no visiting j | lawyer?, and some of the young members of ? j our own li.tr were absent. Besides the-e Mr. '! Hurt, who has so long boon an ornament to j c , I the Court, was absent on account of the bad j ( I weather and his feeble health. fi ;] At ten o'clock Sheriff DuPre escorted Xlis Honor Judge Kershaw to the Bench. I 8 , 11 It M....I1I I.V.. 1-niiil ..lll.lni.lt TiiH/tp A It. .1. Sproles, of Greenwood, to the elfeet HiathlH o business would.sutler materially If ho were j required to serve. He therefore respccts'uly I us Red to be ex e used. r ; The Court ?Private business must be subori dinateu to the court. The application Is re? C I fused. i <1 I IMPORTANT RUM NO AS TO DEMTISTS. t II W. C. Benet, Esq.?I would submit an affl; I davit by I>r. 11. P. Wilson, dentist, who bus _ '! been drawn as n petit Juror,setting forth that ' 11 be Is a surgeon-dentist, regularly licensed. *. holding the diploma of a legally chartered , collegc of dentistry. It Is maintained that as i "a licensed, graduated dentist, I?r. Wilson , 1. .should be exempted from jury duty; that his J "lease conies within the law which exempts "surgeons regularly licensed,'' (Gen. Stat..120;; I ' | which was amended at the extra ses>ion of ,| ISSO so as to include"liccnsed pharmaceutists. | j " apotbeeerles and druggists." It is contended j J that dentistry Is as much a branch of the ] t medical profession as the specialty of the eye j i I i and ear, that It Is that branch of the profes-l slon which made a specialty of the tooth. Judie Kershaw?The Court rules that this] view of the act Is rluht and that dentists are: nvontnf from Inrv ilntv under tlio termsof the law. 0 Solicitor (Yithran ? Juror Loroy A. Lee, ! whose mother is quite sick, asks to be excusi ed from serving. ills mother Is loo sick to be moved to the home of his brother at UreenI wood. The dwelling house of this Juror Is a | <urroun>kd by tenants on the Luirens lands. | n As wo have some murder ciisi s to try, I tliink j i we could not we.'l excuse lilin Just now, but a i little later I ho|>c that your Honor wlllcxcu.se j c I him from attendance upon the court, e I \V. C. llenet, Ksq?Juror J. M. Prultt asks t to be excused from serving. iJc is a school i; trustee In Ii'.k township. The Court?Let that fact appear by affidavit v ' I and he will be excused. o ! The affidavit was then rend, and Mr. Prultt was excused from further attendance. The grand Jurors were present and occupied seats on the left of the liar. His Honor re[ quested Mr. Latimer to act as foreman, when 1 the Clerk was directed to organize the Jury, I1 which In composed of the following iiuiucil v citizens: GKAND Jt'ItY. .lames II. Latimer, W. V. Ciinkscales, Foreman. J. D. Ilrownlee. R. F. Key it'Ids, W. \V. Sprouse, 1 John \V. Howlaud, C. II, Latimer, Key Drown, J. M. Miller, S. It. Marshall, A. M. Make, .1. \V. Matllson. 1). 1{. Williams, H. L. Cllnltscules. James Rrvan. K J. L. llughcy, It. J. Xlckles. I r change ok jrnOK keushaw. c Gnitlcmm of l/tr Grand Jury? M.v charge to you to-day will be necessarily P brief. My physical condition Is such as to | prevent an elaborate charge. Although 1 am 11 iiuite hoarse fioin cold, I will endeavor toglvc j ' you such Instruction as will enable you to v perform your duty, even If Instruction were ' necessary. |1 Your duly is two-fold. As the grand repre- v sentalivc body of the people, coining from all v ' portions ol the county,you are supposed to be intimate with the condition of the county 8 and familiar with the grievances us well as j J the needs of your citizens. The proper ad- r ministration of the law is of the utmost JLfii-' porta nee, and especially is this true of Those ' laws which atlcct thecltlzen In his everyday I life. There area large number Qf these iaws, | and it is your duty to see that they are faith-' fully executed and observed. A grand juror !1 Is an important olficernud in that capacity lie: lis to confer with his fellows as to the eoinli- J ? I Hon ol the'couiity, compare notes,and 111; I evil exist?; you w:ll present the fact In you.* if SWYCTal presentment ut theclosecf your du- ' Jrtiesfor this term. It is eminently proper for , ...... 1,1,.- ..II uiw.t. Il? .... ....... 1 j vw vviioimv.1 *?i? piiuii ?io uitij ruttb | i die trell-belnir of society. Outside (if this du-1? . tv you arc voted with the authority, and the'' Court enjoins upon you, the supervision of j1 the public otlice*. The various ottlces pass tin- \ i deryotu notice, and are to receive your care- j J Ail attention. As a rule, whatever is every-1: body's business Is nobody's business, but ij' woi'.'d call the attention ol' the grand Jury t*> j' . the fact thai they .ireconstituted for tin- pur- J1 pose of attending to those mat ters which the I ' private citizen would not feci called upon to I 1 perforin. If any tiling worthy of act ion comes | I to jour noticc it Ik your duty to bring it to 1 . the attention of the CourtJ The public builiUft^s are to looicO'latter. The. 1 prisoners -your Jail are to receive ylfl'F at- j 1 tentiou.-and you must sec that they are rea-! * sonQ(?iy comfortable. The poor house must i ? -fievlsited by you, or by a committee of your I j body. See that the Inmates are provided]} with the necessaries and comforts which ud-jl vunced Immunity demand. In many cases the humane provisions of the law are not as fully carried out as they should be, but I bone | j in tills county that the requirements of the 1 j | law for the proper aire of the inmates of this ' \ Inst! t ii t it an are uiseiv and ludleioiislv com- '. plica with. In some counties It Is feared that j > <1ue importance is not given to Iliis;( matUr. lint I hope that you will tinil; f ' a different state of affairs here. In i} , <otne counties, by a proper managementof c the poor farm, the inmates are rendered ai-11 i most self-supporting. You will give this mat-it ter due attention. j The highways and bridges of your county ;; are too Important tor you to forget. The com-: r fort and well-being of your people willde-!? mand your attention to this matter. 11 Your duty ordinarily and primarily, is Iim ' pa's upon all bills which may be handed to !< 1 you by the Solicitor. To declare whether rcasouablc grounds for the charges exist. When twelve of you come to the conclusion that probable cause exists, you will find a trueblll, . out if twelveof your number fall to agrcisyou will find "\o bill." The manner ot your procedure will be to taUeonc bill at a time, turn j tothehack of Ihelndlctment wiieretbenames 1 of the sworn witncfses will be found. Begin . with the first witness, and If his testimony satisfies you. find a true bill. But ifho does 1 t not give cvklence of u probable cause of ac-j tlon, you will examine others. It you are not i o.. I I ) i o InctltnnMi. ,,f , K a ... I .. I 4 that there Is a prooabie cause for action, you will find "No bill." Examine no more wll- ' nesses than me necessary. ' j The first bill before you Is an Indictment for I selling property under lien. The statute ' " makes tills an indictable offence. The party ' j wlio sells property upon which there Is a mortgage or Hen commits an otlence which Ir punishable by Indictment. If property has a . I lien upon it at the time it Is sold, and the ven- 1 dor gives no notice of the existence of such lien, he takes ad vantage of the purchaser's igi notance. The cecond bill to which your attention is asked, isan indictment for grand larceny?the' ' stealing of money or goods to the amount of ' twenty dollars or more. The otlence charged 11 ' here is the stealing of a twenty dollar fold piece, and a five dollar currency note. The third case, is a charge of larceny from | the Held. The oiletice In thiscase doesn't differ from the offence of grand larceny, except that it Is Bic-ling from tho field?no matter how trilling an amount. W'e have herean Indictment for assault with intent to kill. It Is not necessary for you to p'ss upon the "intent." The petit will pass upon that. You are only to pass upoti the fact whether there was an assault or not. When you consider tbc bill charging larceny of live stock you ara to do so without regard i to the value. You will be called upon to consider nn indictment for malicious trespass?Injury to house. Trespass must bo wanton injury. There must be something to indicate a malicious disposition?general or particular. If a man tak< s an ax and destroys or defaces property, it Is evidence of a malicious inient, whether there be grounds for personal ill-feeling or not. The next case is one where homicide is charged. Grand Jurors are not to take upon themselves the Justification of the accused. If the party came to his death at the hands of ihe accused, it is your duty to present the matter to I lie Court and not smother it in the | Jury room. Though it is in the province of; the grand Jury to find "no bill," it in better to n have the matter brought into Court. It is! dangerous for the grand Jury to undertake to j so into the merits of the case, and throw a| * case out of Court. It is very difficult sonic-1 ? times to know whether a homicide is excusa-1 ?, ble or criininable. It is better to give all per- ^ sons charged, the opportunity of an acquit- ] Uti. if Innocent. "i With tlie recent laws passed by the r.egisia- j J turo I uni not very familiar, but I presume I that you have seen a number 01 tlicm In the! newspapers. The Court doesn't deem It necessary to deseant on the new laws. I will, however, take great pleasure In answering f any questions by the Jury, and In giving them ; J, viirh information as I inav bp nlilo. As von l! Hie no doubt awnre, among the Important | new laws are: Tho ilitellinur law; tnecon- " coaled weapons law; the license law, which i ? almost entirely revolulionizes the law in re-1 P Hard to licemc for the sale of intoxicating ! " spirits. License fur the sale of such spirit* Is j| now restricted to the incorporated towns?the t ? efl'cct of which is to submit to cornorated , !, towns the entire control of the traftic in whis-! JJ ky. This is an Important chance In a law : V which very nearly a fleets society in general..' Some wholesome regulations as well as some , restrictions, were thought necessary by the ' j Legislature. That body thought to remedy | I some of tiie ills under which we were laboring " i by restricting the facility with which lntoxi- j }! ! eating liquors could be bought. I Another important act by the last 6e?sion of! j the Legislature was tho passage of a law to I h J punish personsforcutlclng laborers to violate j i, their contracts. Tills law lias been thesubject J' i>f criticisms, able and conservative. It has i , always been punishable to entice away la-!j] 'borers Iroin the service of another.:' i Since the advent of the new order of things \ j In this state, I am cognisant of the tact, thatiM a gentleman was sued in our courts for S1U0 . I damages, because he employed the laborer of ? | another. The matter was earnestly contested . and the defendant was made to pay a finoand heavy costs. Tiie enticing away of a man's . laborers Is an unneighborly act, and in viola- ] _ tlon of civil rights. Whenever a laborer agrees to do so, he should give his services, i, i But this law is to punish a man for enticing a! ! laborer to leave your scrvicds. ]<y it he is _ ! punishable by indictment. There are some amendments to the law to _ punish peri-ons for living together in adul- ^ tory. There Is no material change In the law, and the amendments are merely to define the meaning of the old law. u Another law, of which I iiad made a memorandum on my notes, is the one in reference | to the sale of seed cotton. It is an amend-1 ment to make the meaning of the former t, dear. Owing to the construction of the old I j law its meaning was somewhat- doubtful. > , The ne w law on the subject Is merely exnlana- .j | tory. The law Is really tho same as It has i been. ft The hours of (he Court will he from ten o'clock In the morning un'll half-past one t o clock, when a recess will be taken until ? three o'clock. Upon assembling at that hour, the Court will sit. until sunset, except when otherwise ordered from time to time, ltisdc- f sirablc that you he In Court at ten o'clock in the morning, and at three o'clock In the after-' j, noon. ' f, RESUMING TJIF. BUSINESS OK TIIE COURT. j 11 I Mr. hollcltor-I see a grand Juror in tiie j v unm who lives In ti remote corner of the aunty. I desire th'it he De sworn. The Court?The Clerk will administer the nth. It. 11. Hemphill, Esq*?Juror? iMincr acsires o Oe excused from attendance upon the court ochuso <?r the Illness of hi* wlie. The Court?The Juror will be excused for his term, ami this term only. 'the Court?The Jury will now retire. When ou have found a true bill, you will return to he Court room. Mr. Solicitor?This is Sale Duy and I would sk your Honor to udjuurn Court at twelve 'cincit, In order tliut the Bherlfl may make lis olllelal Mies. The Court?The Courl will cheerfully comily with tills request. The Coiirt-TheSUtengnlnst Ahram Martin Mr. Solicitor?This Isa ca<e In which n new rial was grunted. We wish to dispose of the ase. if the witnessc* are present. The Court? By agreement of counsel, n day oiild bo s?ot for the trial.J Mr. Solicitor?This Is a casein which a new rial wa? frnmt^d, and I presume the counsel ar prisoner Is ready to go on with the trial. D. H. Magi II, Esq.?I represent the defendlit In this ease, and would propose toco to lie trial of this ease upon the re-asscmbllng f the Coin tat three o clock. The Court?Docs the Solh itor aeret1? Mr. Solicitor?That hour will suit me. I am eiuly. The Court?There Is no business before the Jourt. Mr. Solicitor?I would ask your Honor to irgaulzc the petit Juries. The Jurleu were hen organized, as follows: T?PTrT TI-1? V vn 1. \ r. Qnarles, foreman..!. \V. Chile*, I. .1. Sproles, Oliver Kennedy, .ouls A. Harney, Wade l'errln. ocl S. Bailey, W. It. Crowther, '. 1'. Scut, Jan. 1). Fooshe, . W. Cllrkscalcs, C. L. Ulliikscttles. pktit jury so. 2. i. \V. White, foreman.W. IT. Frazler, unics II. Carlisle, F. W. Blythe, . B. I'runks, J. J. Bh?k, . \V. HucUabee, Jus. A. Reld, \ W. IL Xance, W. M. Hieulns, 5. C. Kay, I.eroy A. Lee. The Court?Gentlemen of the Bar. Is there ny busines to which yon desire to call the i tent Ion of tho Court before reccss? There being no response a recess until threo i'olock In the afternoon was announced. After ICecess. February 7, .1 r. m. Tlic crnnd jurors wore In their place', and fier returning their finding in the coses subnitte<l to thi'tn at. the morning session, a lumber of other bills were handed to them. The case of the state against Abram Martin, barged with the tnurderof his wife, wascalid, and upon motion of I). H. Maelll, En)., he trial was postponed until to-morrow uoruiiiK. The <-ft.se of the State against George Young i ns culled, hut lie was in jail, and no member if the liar appeared for him. Charged With Iloasc Breaking. The case of the State against J. Flnekney 'ueker, charged with breaking and entering lie dwelling: of Mrs. Eliza Taylor in daylight eas then called. P. H. Magili, Esq.. said that he was Rorry hat he was not ready to fjo to trial, lie had ieen unable to get his witnesses. Solicitor ;othran objected to a postponement because he defence had made no showing of any cviIcnceof an effort on their part to i.'Ot wltnesss. The Court then said that unless evidence if an etlort to get witnesses was shown, that hi- oaye would be brought to trial. The jury >ein*j sworn Mrs. Taylor was put upon the tand and examined. Afterward Mrs. Galy was also examined, when the State anlounc' d iliut 110 more witnesses were to be xamlned. Tlie testimony tor ine maw pro\t:ii unit, irosecutrlx locked her house, and went from totneon the31st of March, and when she retimed, she found defendant In t he houke. l)eendant proved by his own testimony that he in* expected that morning, and that Ijo-Raw he ladles coming from opposlte^Jirectio j.and hat prosecutrix opened the '..ack door,a little rhlle betore he got to t!'C house, and that he rent In at the back d?ior which she opened. Mr. Magill and Solicitor rothran each made hort speeches, when the Jndi'e chanted the nry. 'After an absence of a few minutes they Ciurned a verdict of not guilty. ieorgc Yoiinj; Pays Dear fur a Mat* ton. The State against Genrpe Young. Indlctnent for larceny of live stock. The defendant was indicted for stealing a hcep, the property of Mr. Thomas Gordon, ilr. Gordon swore that he had missed a sheep in November5th, ISM); that he eot Infoimaion that the prisoner had stolen it; got a earch ivarrant; K. U. lladdon executed it. n Jantjnry Mr. George Hell came to him with irlsoner and said the la'ter wanted to eomiromise the hitter by winking for blm twelve nonths; prisoner said nothing. K. H. lladdon says he was hunting; on the light of Novemb. r 5th; Ills docs found the nt railH 01 H SIK-eji-, ni:tl IIII,\ miiMnru I1IIVA1 rorn that spot to within two hundred yards if prisoner's bouse. On the7th of November earchrd the house and found three-fourths of he meat of a sheep; saw lit pasture place vhere sh?*cp was caught. State closed. The defence testimony: theprlsoler ltiul.JW counsel; he had asked Mr. Bon"UH'some titne ago to defend him, but not behgahle to make tlie littlo arrangements relaive to lees which are usual between client md attorney, Mr. Bon ham declined. But at he trial, out of charity, Mr. Bonham at the line represented him. but it was of uo use; he Jury found iiim guilty. THE SENTENCE OK THE COURT. George Young, stand up. You have comneuced an evil course very early In life. But liope the punishment which I shall Inflict vlll Induce you to retlcct on your past contact. and causc you to reform, so that when rou come out of the penitentiary you wili let ither people's mutton alone. You have a atnlly, 1 believe,and I am sorry for them. I tave no doubt they need your services. I lon't know, however, that you are Indusl iotis. As a rule thieves are nut Industrious Jeoj'le. You will go to the penitentiary, but : hope that you will come out a bettor man. Nothing I could now say would do you any food. The sentence of the Court is, that you e confined in the State penitentiary at hard abor for one year. The convict in this cane vii? a black negro, W|K) came Into Court with)Ut llrst teeuring counsel. SECOND DAY. Ibram Martin Pat Upon Trial loi His JLifc. iis attorney pleads not guilty because ok tjin insanity ok his ci,iknt. Tl'rsoay Morning. Feb. 8, 1881. Thecaseof the Stateagainst Abrarn Martin, jlmrged with the murder of Ills wife, Cindn Vlnrtln, was called. P. H. Mnglll, Ksq.?I desire to enter a plcn >f not guilty, becausoof the Insanity of the >risoner. empaneling the jury. The Clerk proceeded to call the jurors, as follows: J. J. Bass, prisoner objected. T. P. Quarles, prisoner objected. .Tame*: Stclfer, When this Juror was called D. II. Mnglll, *sq., said he would like to know fiom what mil of the county he came. The prisoner hen objected to his beln? sworn. F. VV. R. Nance, prisoner objected. B. F. Bass, prisoner objected. M. M.Srawright, sworn. L. W. White, prisoner objected. IJ. C. Kay, prisoner objected. J. R. MeComb, Joel S. Bailey, prisoner objected. W. M. Htgglus, sworn. A. J. Sproies, prisoner objected. J. B. Scott, prisoner objected. W. A. Frnzier,sworn. Wade Perrln, col., prisoner objected. W. R. Crowther. sworn. Jms. A. rarlislo. prisoner objected. J. W. Chiles, prisoner objected. Tamna M Vnnxhft RWnrn. Oliver Kennedy, col., prUoner objected. J. B. Franks, sworn. Miles T. Moore, prisoner objected. J. W. Huckabee, prisoner objected. B. L. Cllnkseales, sworn. Jrunes A. Held, sworn. Win Wilson, called, but did not answer. J. W. Cllnksc*les, prisoner objected. F. W. ltlythe, sworn. Louis A. Itamey, prisoner objected, J. L. McCord, sworn. B. It. Jones, called but did not answer. P. B. Smith, sworn. B. C. Kny, sworn. The Court?W. A. Frazler will act as foreinn. Alter the last Juror was sworn the Clerk ailed the roll, as follows: V. A. Frazier, B. L. Cllnkscales, foreman. James A. Held, I. M. Seawright, F. W. Blythe, V. M. Hlggtns, J. L McCord, B. Crowther, 1>. B. Smith, ames D. I'oosho, B. C. Kity. . B. Franks, THE TESTIMONY. Dr. J. P. Ncel, the first witness for the State, ras sworn, und said : Lives n<>ur Mtllwuy ; Is a physician by pro!ssion; knows Abram Mariln, theprlsonerat Do bar; was culled to see his wife Cinda, on lie morning of the 10th of last July; she as then in a comatose condition from comrcsslon; discovered by postmortem exam! iiiion; sue nan rucoivtu nv? uiuno uu me ead, supposed to have been inflicted by an x; one of the wounds was about three Inchs long, the other was about two Inches long; o depression of the skull, but a depression of he florh. Afterward examined the head of eceased. found clotted blood on the brain, "rarture internal. The flesh woundft were vldently committed by an Iron or other hard iiHtrument, Cross-examined.?His narrow skull Ischarctcrlslic of idiots. He had a Kilter who Is iot "brightcould not fay the prisoner is an iiot, but he is not bright. Capt. \V. E. Cothran, sworn, snld : Abram had been In his service years; o lives In a house about a hundred yards rom his house; first heard of the wounding f his wife about daylight 16th of July; eard Ah ram's eilesof distress; went to tnc lace; found her lying on the ground, under , tree near Abram's hojse; Abram said llinb ad fallen on her; thel:mb wasaNpanlshoak, nd the tree under which she and the limb ay was a red oak. At this point the witness ommenced to state something of his confesion. to which D. II. Maglll, t>n., objected. Cross examined?The confession was made n the afternoon. The only Inducement oft'erd was to protect him from violence ; as soon s he became convlnccd that lie was guilty, old Abram he might as well confess. TheCourt?You said he mlghtjust as well onfess. Witness?I promised to protect him, would r.vent his being lynched. The Court?Had the defendant heard those uinors. Witness?I donot know, but suppose thathe lad. Bollcitor?I would like to know If this conesslon was before he was arrested. Witness? He wasnrrostedearly In themornng; Immediately afler the arrival of the Trial ustice. The confession was not made until ute in the evening; the defendant has never cnled tlie crime slnco lie confessed It to me. Solicitor?Ila vo you since then asked him bout it? Witness?I have not. Hut in speftklng to iltn yesterday, he said he didn't know what uade him do it. J). H. Maglll, Ksq.?Why did you say that, ou would protect the prisoner from vloencc. Witness?I had heard rumors of lynching; ie looked upon me as a friend; he has been a iltliful servant, had noticed a change In his nanner previous to the 10th of July last; he ms more InatLcnlivo lo buisluess than ever J before; lie nnd Ills wife, so far ns I know,liny j Uved together peaceably, perfectly peucec ivinslon Chiles, sworn, let loo?e a volum of testimony, very little of which was heari j by thin scribe, when nuked how fax it we | Iroun the Spiinlsh onlr. tree to where the liir?' ! wu& lying, he Bald, "It wu? uowh&r thai abouts," PHOPOSITIOn9 Of LAW. Mr, Xlazlll?May It please your ITonor: Bp f>re I address the Jury I desire to obtain th Court's assent to the following propositions c law: 1. That the plea of "not guilty by reason c Insanity" Is not one of confession and avoid ance. (Wharton on Horn.Sec. WW.) 2, That It Is enough for a prisoner, who set i up the plea of Infinity, to establish l?l? de I fence by a preponderance of evidence. Wliai I on Honi. 6U7,18 N. Y. 82; state vs Lnwranct I 57 Me.: Loelfner vs. State. 1U Ohio 8. Thai wlien any evidence tending to over throw the presumption of sanity, Is giver: the Jury are to examine, weigh, and pasii up on It, with tho undcrsUndlng that, ftlthongl the Initiative In presenting the evidence I taken by the defence, the burden of proof up i on this pnrt of the case, as well r* upon tli other. Is upon the State to establish the cor dltlons of the guilt. state vs. liurtlelt 43 M H.; State vs. Garbiltt 17 Mich. 4. That a prisoner, Indicted for murdei though the proof should not establish a totii want of responsibility by reason of insanlt] yet, if It showed thut his mind wasi so far In paired as to render him incapable of a deilfc erate. premeditated murder, should be cor vinted only of manslaughter. 4.1 Conn. 511 Whnr. on Horn. Sec. C6< and 584. 5. That lr the Jury are satisfied that Insnn! ty exists In a degree, but entertain a reasoni ble doubt as to whether It exists in such a de gree that tho prisoner should beheld totall; Irresponsible, It Is their duty to acquit him < murder and find a verdict of manslaughte Whnr. on Horn. See. &>8. ti. That where there Is a reasonable doubt n 10 one of the facts essential to establish gull 11 Is the di; tv of tho Inrv U> nrntilL State vi Anthony C'al. I That if a prisoner, charged with murde be proved ix> bo of pood character uii a man < ptace, mc'i good character may be sufllcler to create a reasonable doubt of his guilt, a though no ouch doubt would have exlHted bt for such good character. 47 Ala ouilty or murder. Mr. Mnglli's propositions of la^ were ni cepu-d by Mr. Solicitor Cothran as good lav and tlia Court also held them to be good. Th Court read from tne manuscript of the abo\ during Iisr charge to the Jury In this ens which charge seemed to lean In mercy to tli prisoner, who is evidently a man of wea inihd. After a short absence the Jury biougl in a verdict of guilty. Joe Armstrong, Charles Pepper,, an John Young In Court. ti1eiu attorney objects to their bein put upon trial because ok irregularity In preliminary poceedinos. Solicitor Cothran?" May It please tli Court, there Is auother murder case to t i tried, and I would like to have the prl?onci j arraigned so iliat thcal torneys for the defenc I may hiive uu opportunity or teeing the li ' dU'tUlenl." Tne prisoners Joe Armstrong. Charles Pei per unci John Young, charged with themurdi or William Maddux, were p.aeed In thedocl Colonel Orvlile'[. Culhoun?" May it plewt your Honor, before t he prisoners are arraigns I would like to btlng to your Honor's attei tion certain facts connected with tills eas The (irand Jury has found two true bll ugalnst the prisoners nt the bar: one for mui der, ntidonc for assuultand battery with li tent to rape. Now, your Honor, tho_Dr^??6t lngu In these cases are vorjucesrarlLiiblc. have made diligent Inqsil-y. and do not Im lleve that any prfihrilnary examination lit tieen held In either ense?In fact, theprlsonei have not been arrested upon the charge of a sanlt and battery wltli Intent to rape, bi while they lay in Jail under the charge < murder the other charge 1s brought again! them, and without any preliminary cxumini tlon, or without theireven knowing that the were charged with such a crime; a true bill found ugainst them,and they are now expec ed to stand their trial for a crime which the did not have notice of before they were a ralgned at the bar. Tills, may it please th Court, is not fair to the prisoners, and Is cm trary to the spirit of our laws and the Const tution. It Is not right that a citizen slioul be snatched up on suspicion and imprisonc without first allowing him a prelimlnur hearing." Colonel Calhoun then read section fl, pa-, 179, of the Revised Statutes, and contend* Hint that section made It the duty of ever trlid Justice to hold preliminary cxaiiilnatloi In eases of felony when brought before then and that no trial Justic e had a right to linpri | on h person simply on the written uttidaviti ; a prosecutor. He then said: 'I shall make? motion first, that the pri oners be allowed a preliminary hearing; an if this motion is refused, I then make am tlon that the ease be postpoued to lliene: term of the Court." The Court?The prisoners cannot hnve preliminary hearing after a true bill hus bee found. Mr. Solicitor, what have _you to sn in opposition of the second motion? ~ Mr Solicitor?May it please the Court, will agree to postpone the trial of the char* I for murder, on condition that the ease for n sanlt and battery with Intent to rape, I tried. I Colonel Calhoun?I refuse to ngrce to ti I either of the cases at this term of the ("our j We have had less chance to prepare a dcfcni In the ease of assault and buttery with Intel to rape, than In the other ease. The Court?I will postpone the murder ens Mr. Calhoun, and you can prepare your af davits In the other case ly* the tluie we rcac It TO NRXT COURT. The awe against Charles Pepper, Joli Young anil Joe Armstrong for the Mjvlik murder wuk continued, iw was al<o tlic ch against the wine parties for assault with 1 tent to commit a rape. Albert Ynrbrongh Fonnd Gmlty ? Selling Cotton Upon which there wns a Lien. ! The ease of the State njjalnst Albert Vn ibroug'i. Indicted for selling properly und lien, wasealied. Mr. Noble uppenrcd for tl the defence: Mr. Solicitor i.'othran for tl I State. The Solicitor opened the ciikc with btief explanation of the recent Act bearli Mr. (r. A. Douglass proved thnt the dcfeni a lit had Riven him a lien on liis crop to ? cure the payment of a ton of guano fnrnis ed. In the fail Yarbrough to!d Mr. Pougla , he hod sold one >>;?Ic 01 "Hton, but he In more on hand. Mr. Dou;.. solfeiC'l to scr lilt wagon fur it, but the dJiundant said it \vi not ?cce<Miry. I lo;ind out soon after lie ht : no cotton, but that lie had sold it. Jones Miller?I am a merchant In towi was in business last fall with A. W. .lone I bought one bale ef cotton from Albert Yn , brouuh. He did not "ay it had a lien upon I Crass examined?I am not positively c: tain I bought from Yarbrough. I settleil wil . C. \V. Outlln forlt, but think Yarbrouyh so it. A. W. .Tones?Guflln bought some goods th Alfred Yarbrough got. 1 understood that v bought a bale of cotton from Yarbrouf though Guinn sold tlie cotton. Yarbroug had no account In our More. Mr. Douglass recalled?Ynrbrongh told n he had sold one bale of cotton to Jones Mill* C. \V. (Juftlii?I live on iny sister's farn 1 Yarbrougli worked with my brother fi : wages ; after the latter's death I took chart 1 of hi-t business. Yarbrough owed my brot er and I did not allow him to have any of U cotton. Did not know Mr. Douglass bad lien on the crop. Cross-examined?Ynrbrongh had an lnte est In a seven acre crop. I did not allow hi; to have anything to do with the crop, bi o?,,? It </> I. Mill,,, In ?,, ,,1 brother's account. Mr. Noble was hoard for the defence, M Solicitor Cothran Appeared for the State. A ter the Judge's cnarge the jury took U record, nnd soon after returned a verdict i guilty.. Mr. Noble gave notice of a motion forne trial. A Stray Ball ('reatefl a Eislnrbanci The Slate against Richard Klrkpatrick?Ii dlctment for assault and battery with Inter to kill. Solicitor Cothran for the State. A1 Cothran for the defence. The testimony was v luminous In thlseas Mr. Klrkpatrick did not deny the assault, bi ills defence was that Mr. Itoblnson, the pros cutor, was In his yard using abusive and vl< lent language In the presence of his Tamil, and that he ordered him to leave, not doln it. he threw the rock and struck him. Th SUUe showed that Mr. Robinson was at tl defendant's to secure his bull taken lip by t> latter under the stock law; that the first ai gry words came from defendant, and content ed that lie used more force than was neressar, The Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Odds and Ends. TKl'E BILLS. The Grand Jury found true bills In the fo lowing ci-ses : The Htutc against Marshall Davis, assail and battery with intent to kill. The State against John W. Fell, niullcioi trespass. NO HILLS. The grnnd Jury found "no bill" In the fc lowing cases: The State against Marshall Davis, larcen Irotn the field. The State against Jacob White, grand la ceny. The State against William Donald, murde BENCH WARRANTS. Bench warrants were Issued for Joli Adams, Oliver Mays and Lydla Adame. SET FOR WEDNESDAY. The trlnl of the case of the State acnlni Henry Kilcy foj assault and buttery with li tent to kill wns fixed for to-duy, Wednesda; PURLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. List of Successful Candidates. White Teachers. first oradk. Miss Lulft Brown, Mrs. M. M. Russell, Mrs. L. A. Parian, Mlsa E. W. Wilson, Miss Isabels. DuRose.P. B. Carwllo, Mrs. M. V. DuscnberryJ. N. Carwlle, Miss M. B. Edwards, B. W. Cobb, Mrs. J. H. Jones. J. C. Cork, Mrs. Mary F. Johnson,Petor Glbert, Miss N. E. Keller, J. M. Grlcr, Miss M. L. Lipscomb, Vincent Griffin. Ml.?s Alice Loi.'un, Jns. L, I.esly, Miss C. M. McAllister,W. L, Miller, Miss A. L. Marshall, C. P. Pressly. Miss Mary Rogers, second orade, Miss J. Ella Jones, Virginia McCnsIan, Miss F. E. f>rennan, J. It. Mil ford, Mrs. M. I. Harkness, Newlln Mercer, O. R. Will taker. Colored Teachers. second orade. Jano A. Reynolds, W. T. Flnlcy. third orade, Mrs. Jano Younff, J. A. Chiles. Teftclicrs will apply at tlis* School Commit sloner's office for their c? rt.ifioates or inclof a & tamp If they wish them sent by mall. E. COWAN. School Commissioner. TonActO and Ctcjar.s.?Mr. James M. Law son hns just received a lanro supply of tli best cigars and tobacco, which he is retailln at. low prices. He keeps the headquarters fo such gouls, tf I Col. Pawson's Romans: c s SARAI AND HENRY'S BIDE POR t LIFE ON AN ARAB STEED. The Patronymic of a Migrht-haTe-bcen p Possible Emperor?His Trarels in a Foreign Land ? He Falls in Lore |f with a Bedooin "Pride of the Valley"?The Tragic Eudin? of His First i- and Only Lore Episode. '* CHAPTKB 1. ' THl FROXT ELIVATIOM OK COLOMKL fAWgOX'B FtOURF I. AND DK3NITT. J" Colnnol Pawton wa? the bearer of more dignity than ' any in in In America. He wae t-vldenily built lor th? j" purp-ar. In two regpecta destiny bad callrd him a# ll I van*u ^uf'icuu ??uuajiurw? mj mc swu oi war ana ic ? the sent of empire. !n war he won his title. The an!' thorities were struck with bis commanding aspect and ' gave it t*i him purely no that account. Hlsseatol empire was the seat of his pantaloons, and unlike th? | renowned Frenchman he carried his throne around . with hira wherever he went. And there waa a weighl ' about that throne of which the Emperor of Kranct l" could never boast, even when at the climax of bli '* greatness. It was a weight of two hundred and flftj * pounds. ? Yoa might imagine from this account, uiy reader , that it would be dltflcult for the Colonel to sustain an) thing m?re than his own peraon. You might fancj |* that an addition >1 weight of dignity, would make hint ponderous. But otiserve the fallacy of human lancles It rested upon him a? lightly as the atmosphere. 1 I never pressed upon him at the rate of more than flf teen pounds to the square inch. And the Colonel wai | as unconscious of It as a new-born bobe. Indeed I 1 I was like the atmosphere in more respects than one ' It was necessary to his llle. He breathed It, he hathei In It; he waa saturated with it; it ebbed and fiowei through every pore; it rolled In streams through oyel and ears and note, as well as from bis lip*, and hi must infallibly have died without It The Colonel was a tall man as well as portly. Hi stood *U fret two Inches in bis stocking*, If he evei did such on undignified thine as to (tand In bis stock ln?. Ilia features were rather large and. aa might b< srtspoc'ed from the atmoaphere and other pressurei 5- which they sustained, rut her heavv. A single clanci e, at them would convince the moat fncreduloua that hi ie always carried behind them matters of the graves c Imjiort'ince. His Jowls always sleek as a shaven hog; C, at Kllline time, weie slightly pendant after them mne ic of a pair of saddle bsgs unite full at (be bottom; an< k beneaihthl* chin there was a ilsss ot solid flesh tha H Irresistibly suggested the idea of a suppressed goitre The Colonel's eyes were his heavli-st features. If hi stomach Is not to be nunied under this head. Tbei d expression was nearly akin to that of a doruinn snake's, only wfihout toe glliter. and they were over hune bv a pair of e> ?lids wlthont a crease or wrinkle q atid only a single fold, deep and heavv like the fold o a rhinoceros hide, just above the lashes. Though scarcely more than forty five, tbe snows o lime had f.dien thickly on his head and made It whit nml bald as the domes of tbe Yo Semlle. If yon cm imagine the man in the moon with hi* chin drawi 10 down and his summit rendered slIghLly conical an< >e an ii.funL moon in the creso-nl shape of its infancy r? thrown into shadow hy the (treat moon's greater bill :e Uancy. and cilnglng crab like about.hlscerebellum, yoi it- will have the Cotonel's Tisage to a dot He bad tali of thepirson that his chief objection intellectually I [> that functionary was that he wore bit breeches to 51 shot t and had too much hair on his face. Tbe tmmol retorti d that he wor.- bis breeches a great deal ionjte >e th in the Colonel did, and that he objected to tbe Co'o nel chiefly, bocanee be wore bis face too long, am hadn't enough hair on hi* bead. C. Ton might su|i|ioec from ihese remark* that the Col Is onel ard the parson to rl'Hcnle each nib r* er. You.-l.nig!it suppose fr in tbe description giv^i J* thftt the Colonel's appearance might provoke a smile 1- But witness ogaln the pronenass of the human mini I to err. Tbe Colonel was superior to ridicule. H 5- stood like his prototype, the moon, two hundred an W forty thousand miles above the rest of the human rac P* 8'id you could no luoro kindle a smile In his prenenc s* than you could start a fir.- with icicles in a snow hoi it in the polar regions. He w?s the inost serl"ll.? tna >f that history Ins given u* since the royal mourne 't who "nevrr smiled again." There was a frigidit; n- about his countenance that marie It gleam, shiny a* I y whs. with lis tn?re warmth lhan a block of Ire; nndh Is |?iri- an air of gloom as heavy and as lasting us an arc t- tic ni^bt. ! v ?IC CHAPTER II. V THE 8A1IX, OOSTINTf-D, WITH A MSTAPHY8ICAL CLACS ATTACHED. J Now gI?om. like sneezes, la very catching, and as y consequence I have seen a whole company oppresse by the Oilo .el's entrance. and finally completely ovct ;p whelmed, although ibey fought agMn*t It like we mu Id ernble sinners U^bt auxins eternal darkness For iny y self, for I was personally acquainted with the Olone ih I was never *afe for a in.-m-nt after he came in slghl il| There was qo escape but In fllph'. I might kick an s- ?trugg'e and agonize. I mlk-bt make an attempt at pf joke or a varn or a smile, but they were nlways feebl ones. My wit and mirth went out like a puff i S- smoke, as though I had b en a candle and thu Colon* id tny grandfaiher'e snuffers. (>. And yei, that pi lom was not tbe slm n pare nr'icli it and that was what always vexed me most. It wu like the |:l<>om ol my friend Torn Jones, w hen Mn a O'Brien told blin how her "poo-er ould raon wa in dhrown-ded"and bowmiechlldherbawledai thesolgl ,y of 'uiii." It woo the same as tlmt I have ortHT Seen u a funeral when the -friends of the family" wish to h? I ioteh ll-fii-TJltvr TtHHMfht dfwrrow for the loss of tb e "de ir deceaKed." Or such a* might be seen spring t n- the countenance of an Indifferent "member" when th >C preacher atiddeidy said to him, "HrotherSkamper hoi is your soul to-day ?" It is nut an assumed gloom, bn y one thnt Is thrust npno you by the force of circum 1.1 glances, arid acts there like a straight jacket tnakin :e ; you feel to the last degree uncomfortable. It does nil make you a hypocrite N?cm?c hypocrisy is a volunU ry affair, but It makes you i'ei-1 as If you were liri c. cousin to it, and as If you were to that extent iinpoi tt- Ing on society. ill Another effect of thn Colonel's solemnity wasequn It grjye, but somewhat of a mure metaphyseal k!n< ft was tli* suppression of human nntnre. Wlielht one inin has the rlubt to squelch another by the av in fulness of bit presence, 1 will leave lor profoundt ,x philosophers to discuss. 1 am speaking no* pnrel <e of the phenomenon itself. For that hnma-i nature wt u* brow beaten, pressed down, rqueezed Into the snixlloi pogslbie compass, and to a certain extent sillied w? perfectly apparent. One could not by any cuntnvanc of menial or physical, bo altogether him*-If. lie mui be more or less of loo C-olonel. He must view cv?ry thing and everybody as II wera through sm< ked ciasi i-s. lie must imbibe gravity and dlsllil It again. H r- must tone down his Imagi'natinn.control his ton?u it circumscribe his t ouithts. quell bis spirits, shut on ic! all the ' alr7 nothings and innocent frivolities of lif io 1 un ii he Is for all the world like an unborn chicken ei n lirely bound up in his shell. ig Now, while a shell Is a rery convenient thing for a occasional retreat wben one is in a reticent mood. It I i- not desirable for either a permanent or a lengthy res 10- deuce. Kveu a properly constituted chicken bnau di 11- sire to get out of one occasionally, and when he i ,*t j out he rarely?ho "never, no never," ha-dly cver"-d< id aires to return. II* prefers a sphere for the proper dl id play of his feathers, and for tbe exercise or bis wing itS roam for the expansion of his intellect and hia "grei iu | u.uiw3u..inur iiiiutiiiiiixf. ann ii coii'Ki-iib are t I nil in tb? line of our ford-fathers as the philosophy < J; ; the d?y would lend a? to siipp'tre, tt Is easy to accoui if.' for the nalurnl piopenslt} of man not only to cuineut r- of hi* shell but as a rule to remain out. It. He has a craving for space and air, anil all that latl :r- tU'la and freedom of action, which or all spheres ol ti :h ciety Is lca>tt<> be sought for In the limited quartet 111 and chilling atmosphere of tho grove. And this suppression of human natnrr Is to he del at recaied still further for the consequences it entail Fi; With the cramping of man In bis essence corner it ;li cramping of man In his appurtenances, b|s hopes, b ;h Joys, his aspirations, his affections, bis Impulse Tuey are dlsflgnred by Compression, and confos- d ti lo intermixture to the mnall area in which the) are cor I. flned. 'Jhey are cnrUlM until they are reduced I I: the condition of a rabbit ut Its last extremity. Aud 9" It seeins to any one a trivial natter for a man to t ;t; contracted thus for an houroran evening, which is a h- of the Colonel's rmnnany. that social life might ceei te to Impost-, 1 am sure It Is because ho has nut give ft tbo subject due consideration. The Colonel Is lond of society. Possibly because tt r- law of t quallzitlun must be maintained and society I m not fund of him. It is not one hoar or one evenln it that we ore vlctlmlit d. but many. Wbut then nui iy we expect from this frequent entoml-ment*? Wba but that wo be nece-sarlly blndorsd in runnlntr tb r, race set before ns, that wc fall behind In the develoi f- ment of our powers, andean never again bupe tocatc ie up with ourselves. Df It bus been said that a Georgia mountaineer, rldln oae day to a rendezvous of th? "moonshiners," an w over taking a Methodist circuit rider mounted on horse of the "Gothic'1 brsed that inured painfully o B Its wuj, asked him with friendl v Interest what was hi business in those parts, "lam a follower of th n- Lord." replied the preacher. "Well," said the moun it talncer, ,-my friend, >f you don't ?wap horses with m r. you'll never catch up with him In the world." And as Mr. Wei er observed "that's Just bll." Tb ? presc'ier was losing time l>y beeping company wit >t such a bea?t. And with us every hour In the Coli c- nel's company Is a slice out of our life; a perished op > portunity. a lost bopo. To trv to regain it we migc V, ns well try to catch the whistle of the winter's win >R that has passed through tbe keyhole and died, ie Yet ulter all this Is really a trivial matter when cor treated with the loss ol a man's Identity. I huveval )C that in the Colonel's pre?ei.ce one could rot l?e alio l>* gether one's self. And what can you deduce from thi J" but tbe loss of Identity ? My m- mory revivi s a storj y. which I must have heard very shortly after I was 1m.r about a Ur. Mann who visited an Insane ?s>lum. an was accosted there by a lunatic who proposed a flgh' "Oh no," salil Mr. Manu, "It wouldn't be lair for ine t flgnt you, because I am too mean. 1 am a man h name and a man by nainre." "So am 1" said the luui '* tic. "I'm a man, and I'm a man beside mvself Let' we two tight you two." Trtie logic, Mr. Lunatic 1 j man who is nol himself has not only lost his Identity but he is one of your brothers after the mind. If not al 1B ter tbe flesh. And heboid the crowning calamity r %ne i.iiioiioi b oppression i ne rung inn neignnors f their Identity, which Is the only tiling one n.i$ht re >1- gaid ascertain tn this world or tho next; and be ruin tbe costliest gem which man has ever boasted. H y dora It with one Btroke. He does It with perfect un concern ; aud be gazes on you In your wretchi-diies r- with a face aa stolid and an eve as cold its though b really meant to do no wore than finish out the eve r. nliifcBut only think of it, yc solemn, vlssged soul I T who were made to hare llie sunlight of the skies for n ever dwelling on and radiating from you, hut dofy th purpose of your boing and carry midnight on you brow?; yo who have made your dignity tbe over-maa terlng object of your lives, until it clouds tbe land scape all around and makes you verv Princes ol th Aweltill Think how ye chill and bllgbtand bluatyou fellowmen, until tbey stand before the social world a stunted, daft, misshapen creatures, ashamed that the; are whutthey are, but jNiwerleas to change. CIIAPTEB III. A HI5TOEY THAT FMBESSES A THRILL AND A DKEA1 CBABM. But there may be excuse for tbe Colonel's dignity for he was a man with a history. Not a very long oni it Is true, for his best years passed after bis hlittorj wus completed, hut one with a thrill and a dreai charm about il that might well causa it to make al impress upon a life. In early 7ear? bo bad an ambition for travel, whlcl bis father, a wealthy Southern planter largely giatl fled. Aud It was only in fulfillment of long and arden dreams that Henry Pawson In the year of grace 186! satlud from the City of New Orleans on "The Cres cent" for tbe home of his English ancestors, ilavln| a healthy iear of unearthing some "poor relations," ht has'enod away from England, and afier a l-rief Journej on the continent, ht- embarked for Alexandria, Intemi ing to travel leisurely thence through the provinces o Syria and afterward far tip Ihe Nile. It waa durln* hit* wanderiigsln the hentitlful vall>-y of the Jordan th it he strolled one nlpht to the rlvcrV side wbile tho moon shon. full upon th* water. Th< wind rose Just enough to move the boughs and grassei Into a whispering rompanlonshlp to the young Atner ienn, and Henry might have spent an hour musing or the scene and the marvelous history to which thi land gave hlrtb. Suddenly he b- canie aware that na turi-und history were not h s only companions Ab sorhed as he had herti he hail not heard i>oft foot-falli behind him; and it seemed Itke a vision nfsonto sacred hour of tho past when he saw the iorm as it were <> an anifel pictured In the waving waters before him lilt t the vision lasted only for a moment, f?r Henry re membered that the visiting angels of our day are ohU C 1)11 mini after all; ami be turned to meet an Arab gir whose half-fallen hair and ,iiowlng rot>e, worn as tin pictured angels always wear It, had made the illuslot h success. She was quitea picture In herself. Arabia had senl . the younic traveler one of Its gems. t?bo was ratbei ; tall and beautifully mould, d. Ilor large dark eyt-i ? shone lustrous In the moonlight. Her d?tk browi ^ j hair hung in pic'uresque folds about her neck; aui! r | the necK Itself, revealed bv her garments falling lu? I upon lKr busoin, coinbiota with features ol raw clcw nets and regularity to form an fm*c? which an older heart than Henry's might have wort-hipped. She was the first to *|xsik ai Henry turned to meH her; ami she spoke with ?oin-im[>nti<v cr, uHaa tlia Christian found m7 necklace?'' she a?ked. "I have not b?.en so fortunate"-Henry an?wer*d, '.'Bat I urn more highly favored, fair maiden, I have found the owner." 'The Christian trifles with me" she replied. "Bat then be looks *s though lie may be kind, t think be treats me so because ne ne*A s*f iny necklace. And (Uil It wai s? beautiful. It's pearls wereAlrer thnn mc moon npinere;?pointing hit linger uirwoni?iu> ?n d wis brighter than the stare: and It told of my ?ther's victory,for he won It In battle when it belong ed to the queen of his greatest enemy, and the chi.-fvaln wure it ecttMVetVm hi* nrm wben hi went out to ' flght. fur thore, he told his queen, It would b? Mfe." "Oh, yrs, It was to beamlful. and I was walking hers by the river side when the dews came down, and I beird a ringing sound as I turned away,but I thought It wss only the silv. r buckle on toy sandal striking a.-slnst a stone; snd wben I stolv to my father's tent and clssped my bands as I bowed to Allah befors thdreams should come, my h inds pressed close upon my breast, and my precious m-cklace whs gone P1 An<t she clasped her hands again and tho fc-ars stole dow* ber cheeks, snarkllng in the moonlight more brilliantly than the jewels in ber lost treasure. CPAPTEK IV. a xkoklact, a kiss. axd a maidiff who ooclb car nit rsrr to adyantaoc. The sight was too much for Henry's sensibilize* He wu touched by thedepth and simplicity of her sorrow, and he was chermed by tbe giaca of her fes Qres as they tilled with varied animation at the sense and description of ber loss. He whs fairly captured; and would willingly bare bowed In truly oriental fas- ion to place ber foot upon his neck and profess himself her slave. But be wisely forebore such demonstration, a-id only p?-rmltted himself so much of eastern extravagance as to say: ' If 1 bad a thousand nocklaces I could have no greater joy ?han to lay them all at the damsel's feet, or clasp them on* by on* about her throat" Oat take tohrage fur a while, and ft may be that wo shall And tbe tost one ycti "1 will help you. If 1 may, as y<u search among the grasses." "Ohl wlllyouf sbe exclaimed. "Then come; and it tnay be that the lli?ht which sh>nes from heaven will * snow us wnere 111?." Ana wun gracnui m<ivemrni or ber band ?he brushed a tear from herfice and walk' ed on looking eagerly npno the ground. r "Lei Us speed, lei us speed," sbe criedi "lor I mn?t * b?. back again or my father may Hnd that I am gone, 8 and bis eye wilt b? full of fire, and bis I - [ will shake ' with tbe storm, because I am In the night alene." 9 "And where are your father's tents, and what li bis ? name f 1 "His tent* are ererywhere that It pleases Mm to 1 plane them J b it now they are across tbe bi 1 where J tbe smoke mores to tbe eky, and bis name is, Prince ' of the Wilderness P 1 "*And may I ssk his danshter's namef" "Ob, j e?; tne Christians are full of questions as tbe desert Is full of Mtid, But it * 111 not lielp to And my r jewels" And there was a gleam of Coquetry In ber 1 eyes as she turned them full upon Heary. "How can you tell?" said be, "who knows bnt the ' maiden's name inay be the magic word that w 11 break ' the Spelt of lorsf" . 'II It may then I will sprak It," she replied; and ' raising her fixure t?its fullest height, with an air and f a look of solemn grandeur, more real than she dream1 ed to make it; sbe stood ami wared her bands as some J fair enchantress of a by-uone age. Then sbe paused; ' and bringing her palms together che refloated quickly, * "Sural I "<ar?i I gire me my loci treasure Saral. And " her hand fell suddenly by ber side, and sbe abandoned J herself to as merry a p<.l or laughter as erer rang ' upon the pinto. 0 But it was scarcely flni'lied when a glad exclama* n tlnn broke from Henry us he stooped to examine some1 ihlng glistening In the mi.onilglit, and there enelrr cling the foot of the Arab beaatr was the cureted ' necklace, as safe and as free from injury as though It ' hail nerer been lost. llenry raised it jo.Ul4UBpb M the maiden Unfiled - ,irl..r ..nil Hnrlnpfnv<tlMfi.?? hmr MIL haaaid: "T?l ' ?' Lwaa r.ght T^nrlsSA tbtta' ?u mile la J-& n name; and now I will claim thereward wr mi wto' duni by ssklng'u>4)MpUw nc?klaae laitaplaM. 1 "Praise U> Um PrufAet, >o? were right," aha anil awered. "aM yon were Tery kind," t> e added slot* d I'ljr. "to help tne find it." Aiid yon may place 't on 0 uiy neck ; but only speed for tbe siars more fast and 1 e must go." \nd she aligh'ly bowed her head while p Henry put the n.cklace on ita lovely resting place, aln thoiifb be diil not "speed" aa he in>uiil have d -ne, and r being perilously neir a handsome cheek, be fell a vicF tin).and gave b< r a stolen colute. 1 .-he raised her eyea wiib a reproachful look, and fled " away like the wind. CHAPTER V. rna Dtcfn os tub maiden's ciikkk, and now xn* lilt ciia8ki) it a wat. e Henry thonght at first that he would overtake her ; bnt thinking again, thut he might nronae her feats, a ?nd remembering tbe "Prince of the Wilderness" he (1 restrained bis urdor and turned to pace the liver side ' once more. And be |ince<> in that snot, aa tbe fair i Arabian inlzbt bave ?ald 'till tbe sun had come," f r - sleep had fled from him wlib her Tanisbing furui. He 1, had his moat entrancing day dreams there In tbe "stili lv nlirht." And when the dawn hud risen and be d sought some rest, It was only In fitful snatches that he A got it, and thi n It was mintiled wlih vitlons of Orients Ul loveliness, and brace If Is of pearls. and fair en* ,f rbantresaes, until be mltfbt have thought tbut thai Ai>t )| Arabian ni?bt of his was the whole of thu thousand and one In tbe story hook. e; 0i? tli*- evening of that day of broken ?fjt btrtongbt ? the riverside again, In h..pe tha-rtefarfy of hls'in-ams i. would reippear^.-tftiMiff'oiily met wltn disappoint,ii inent, njjl-fCTUrned to h:s solitary imaginings which It- ^ftfsVeied again and again around the figure of the Arab it girl. On the fallowing day he was more success'ul and o saw her standi'.g not far from the spot where tney had o inet, engaged In conversation with a woman of ber e t Ibr who was much older and for lean enchanting. ? Thi-y parted, and the woma* went her way toward the it encampment, while Saral turned bur face towaid thu i. water. Henry was snjn at her aide, when ahe turned with a ,t itartled 1o<ik at him and then at the failing form of i. hor chap<-ron<*. The latter was disappearing beyond .1 the hi.I. although but? moment belore, with one bnckI ward glance, abe hud taken Id the situation behind ber. |. (tarsi's face resumed l a composure, aa ahe said, "Oh, j. It Is the Christian. 1 did nut rx|>ect to And him here .r again or I should not have coine. My cheek Is burnlug now In the spit where the Christian's lip* I'.ave .r touched, though 1 pressed It ha-d with the aatid that v night to wear the stain away." is "It Is the maiden herself that has brought me hero," ,t said Henry. "1 have seen her In tboug;it froui the l8 hour we met, and 1 could not rest till 1 should see ber e once again." ,t "Beware!" idie answerod, raising a warning hand. _ "The Arab's aniter is fierce, and his hand Is strong, and his steel Is sharp. It Is death to betray an Arab ,, maiden." P And well he might beware, for an Arab lorm waalrIn; close to the ground on the farther brow of t. e bill, p and an Arab h-nd waa raised above it, anil an Arab ,* eye was peering through tbe scrub at the pair by the water sloe. n ''Ills death to be without tliee Saral," Henry said "1 would sooner botray tuy life than thee. Come to . iny home beyond the een, and bo mine, aud I will be thine, forever." "Is It true f' she Mid. "The Christian Is Jesting with me. And should I be the light to his eyes, ana the honey to his lips, and tbe Jewel of all h'ls ti eaaures ?" "It Is true aa the Christian faith, fair Saral" "Then It Is Islae I" "It la true sa the heaven hover u?." "Then swear by tbe heaven and all Its lights." lt MIswi-ar by the heaven anil Mil ita lights." ' 1'ben Sural la tblno," she said. extending both her hands, Then Henry clanged tbrm to bis own and , kissed tbe ap-turtied face and It reaUd iigbtly on bit g breaat. The twilight bnd come as the lovers talked togetb r>. or. and the darkness ? n gathering fust m they walk, ed hand In hand lower t the encampment, iu They had nvtred the foot of the hill when suddenly j, a dusky figure ruse, aa It were, out of the very ground o beside them, and Henry's throat wasgrasp<d m a j shriek bnrat forth from Saral. In that Imp taut however, Henry clenched bis hand, and wlih a fortunate powerful stroke. he laid his asIf aallant out upon tbe ground. The man waa atunned, * and In hia h md waa a knife half drawn, which but for )| tome catch in Ita fastenings would doubtless have laid n Henry where tbe Arab was, with bis llle blood stainD ing'beplain. A moment more and Henry bad seized tbe hand ol ie Saral and harried away he knew not where. Nor did |g ho go too soon. Tbe shriek ol tb< frightened girl was borne to the Arab cmnp, and its men were quickly on )t the bill-lop and quickly down Its side, where they ^ found their fallen comrade striving to rise. Little by ie little as his svnses returned his sury was told. But h an hour had passed, and almost a* long was c >nn:el b taken a:td prep ration mode for a search. By that time Barul and l*Henree,"as she fondly callg ed ' im, were f?rawny, borne by the wings of fear and d love, and the back of an Arab steed. n CHAPTER VI. ? tbi ruonT. taz pursuit, and tub tksbiblk dii* ncnciation or "tbe ruint or tab vali.bt." 6 On they went, and the stare flew by, and the horseman's whip 1 shed sharp In the silent night. J On they went, and the burse's hoofs eklmmed light aid awift over tb fading ground. 0", onl and the trees seemed bowing in solemn '* homage to the speed of the chevalier. 'J On, onl for love and frar are moving swifter than the doably laden steed, and the lash is repeating its w?.rd of haste witb shan*r and sharper tines, and the 'J voice of devotion and the arm of streng'h are pressing their cheer npon the tr mbling mulden'a beatt. But hark I Wbst Is the sonnd that c<>mel faint and 8 far like the echo of tbelr borses fleetest s'epsf Can ' It he the pursuit? The traveler* pause to dispel tfielr fears. ! But the ecbo lives, and grows, and Is rapidly drawI; Ing near. On, then, again good steed. And tbe l?sb rings oat " in sharper acceni than ever before. On I nn 1 fo- the ech" la growing louder still. ^ Throw, only for now, a livelier powerinto your flag, ging limbs. . On t on to tbe r?ek that tbn rising moon reveals In f the p aln ahead, and there may be a refuge in its wel . come cnwinw. Abut It la hero. Hist, poor heart. Bo stillas your '* riders rest.ai.d only breathe no louder than the tbrob8 blngs of tbe bearta you're borne, and all may yet b? 6 safe. Bo still, the pursuers eome. Nay, they are here, * and may heaven pity the fugitives. e Alar-1 the hi'rses aby. Tbe moon has panned the summit of the rock uiid ^aral'? form stands figured In its light npon the ground. e A ball was ins'-anUne-tis, and the riders as quickly threw themse.ves from their saddles, when as Ilenrv 0 loosened his bold upon Pars! to gnutp her more tightly r stllli she rushed to a dirty wizen-faced Aral' with ev|* ery demonstration ol joy, and flinging her arms around hint cried; "There is the Christian dog, my hns.'wad. e He would steal the "Prido "f the Valley" to make her r a Christian. But take his gold, and bis life, asd I * shall be avenged." ' PoorHenryl with hia back agaln?t the rock, and his defenceless arras across his breast. The steal of the Arab's sciroetar Hashed in the moonlight, and Henry lay senseless and scalpless at his feet. He was robbed, and two days after, when wandering d with hairless crown and drooping eyes under the burning btin, be was found by some English travelers, the solitary romance of his IIfo was ended. ' It is well that it was so; and that be lived and died a bachelor, for the loss of bis hair and the droop of his eyes were permanent; and it were a thousand pitli a bad he bequeathed to the worlds race of l'awtons as bald and gloomy as himself. A FERTILIZER FIRE IX CHARLESTON. The Wando Works Totallj Consumed. f Ciiaiileston, S. C., February 5?The works of the Wando Manufacturing Company, on Ashley Hlver, nine miles from this city, were 1 totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The Are ? originated from an unknown cause In the acid i chamber of the building, and as there was a . I Blight Northeast wind blowing, the whole i! works were soon enveloped in flames. Eighty i I operatives on the ground did all in their pow. J er to stop the progress of the conflagration, . but the Intense heat and suffocating lumes of 11 the burning sulphur prevented anything eU'cc! tual being done. The buildings and niachlnf! ery were valued at and the works . and material on hand were insured for SSI | in tne follow.tig companies; North Hrlilsli land Mercantile, Hamburg, liremen Williams11 burg, Tradcuien'n, .St, Nicholas. Hrltlsh-Amer* can, Hoy a I Queen, Underwriters', London i iand I^tncashire, Continental Fire Association | Commercial Unlou, LaCaisse Generale, National Phoenix, Citizen's, Lorlllaid*. and! r; Liverpooland London and (ilobe. The works ! i and machinery are a total loss. The damage I i to the principal fertilizers and material on 11 hand U not (nought to bo very groat and the i r | sal vago will probably amount to 75 or SO per i 'cent. i Talmage's Sermon. ANTE-MORTEM GODLINESS* Discourse Bjr Bev. T. DeWItt Talmft^e On Sunday January 16.?Subject! Pnififlo and Vlfltnrr wOO*v T1VIV1JI Text: Uenesis xxxli. *6: " Let cue go,for the du breaketu." The Uust rose fram a travelling herd of cattle, ?n< beep, Mid goals, and cauu-ls. 1 uey urc the present Jacob sends to fain the gocx will ol bit offended brother. That nigin Jamb halti by tbe brook Jabbuk. Util th-re U no rest for the we* ry uiua?no shiuing ladder to let the angel# da* u tnti bis (lieuui; but a neice coinbat, tuat lasta until morn lug, with an unknown visitor. Tuey eucbiry to thro* tie other. he unknown visitor, to reveal Ms stipe rlor power, by a touch wrenches Jacob's thigh-boni from its Racket, perhaps maiming him for life. A 01 tbe morning sky clutter* ? f purple clouds begin ti brighten, .Jacob ares It is un angel wkb wboui be ba buvn o/nteuillnjc and not one ol his brother's coartjti tors "Let me go," cries tbe an gel, lifting blmsel up into the Increftsiiig light," the day breaketb.' Yon see, in the Urst place, tbai God allows Hlspeopli Sometimes to get into a terrible ytrucgle. Jacob wa good man; but here be Is left alone in the iniduigh to wrestle with a tremendous influence by tbe brnol Jabbok. For Joseph a pit ( for Daniel, a Wild beas dm; for David dethronement and exile; for John thi Baptist, a wilderness dletabd the executioner's ax ; fo Cetera prison { for Su Paul, shipwreck | for Jobndes oiate Patmos; for Vashtl, most Insulting cruelty; fo Josephine, banUbment; for Mrs. blgourney, tbe sgo oy of a drnnkard'swife; for John Wesley, stones burl ed bran Infuriated mob; for Catherine, the Scotch girl the drowning surges of tbe sea; for Mr. Bums, tb buffeting of tbe Montreal populace; for John Brewr ol hiiinburgh, the pistol shot of Lord Claverhouse for llurh M. Kali, the scaffold I for Latimer, tbe stake for Christ. the eroa* F?r whom tbe racks, tbo gib bets, tb? guillotine, tbe thumbscrews f Fur tbe ?on and daughter* of tbe Lord Almighty. Borne one Ml to a Christian reformer, "The world i* against yon. Then, be replied, "1 am against the world." 1 will gti further and say tbat orrry Christian ba his struggle. This man bud Lis combat In Wall street this one un Broad streetithls one on Chestnut street this one on (State street. Wltb financial misfortune yo have bod tbe midnight wrestle. Kedbot disasters bav dropped lot your store from loft to tbe cellar. Whi you bought y.>Q could not sell. Whom you truste flea. The help yoa ejcp:cted would not couie. born giant panic, with long arms tnd grip like death, too bold or you in an awful wrestle from wblcb you bav not yet escaptd; and It Is uncertain wheih-T It wi throw you or >ou will throw it. Here Is another sot in struggle with some bad appetite. lle~knew n< how stenltblly it was growing upon him. One boo he woke up. lie suid, **For tbe sake of my soul, ? my family, ol my children and of my God I must sto tills." And. behold, be found biitikolf alone by th brook Jabbok,and it wu midnight. Th*t evil apnetli seized upon bim an i he seized upon it; and, oh, tb horror of the conflict! When once a bod habit bat routed Itself up to destroy a man, and tbe man hat awurn tbat by thu help of the eternal Ood be will d troy it, all beaven draws itsvlf out in a long line < light to look from above, and all bell steichet itself i myiiniuons oi spue 10 iook up iroui oeneain. i duv r?n uien ra ly betnselves fur nurh a struggle, and tbe have bitten tbeir lip and clenched their flot, und crl? with a tii<Kxl-rcJ earnestness and rain of scaldin tear*, " God help me 11 From a wres'le with habit I have seen me i fall bac defeated, calling (or no boip, but relying on tb-ir ow resolution. They have come into tbo straggle, an for a time It kerned as if they were getting thr uppei band of their babit But the habit rallied again it Interna; power and lilted the soul from its standlni a. d with a farce borrowed fiotn the pit hurled it ini outer ilarfcni so. Klis-, 1 suw the auctioneer's mailt fell MUHpieurcs and magical instruments, and tli rtafc t'bo{?M<7 o? bis larnily parlor. After a while Sw him Uli into the ditcb. 'then, la tbe mldnigb VM tbe flWIdren were dreaming their sweatei flrwim and Ubrbtlan boureb?lds were silent wit sJamtor, sflfri-wstchid, i beard him gir - the sb*i Shriek that folluwrd the stub of bis own poniuid. II fell from an honored social position; lie leil from a fan ily ciicle of wlcb once he was the Kiandcstattractioi be I'ell from tbe bouse of God, at whose altars he In been consecratedbef.ll?forever! But, thank Go<l, have olteu Seeu a better termination than (list. I hai seen men pre|uue iboms-l ven for such wrestle. Th< laid bo d of Uoo's hell* as they went into tbe C'>mba Tbe giant, Habit, regaVd by tbe cup of many dlseip U?us, came < ut strong and defiant. They clenchtThere were the writbiiiot and distoitlons of a feu I struggle. But the old slant lie.an to waver, and la?L, in the midnight. wi:h none but God to witnei by the rrook Jabbok. the giant fel>, and the tiMimpba wrestler broke the darkness with the ory, " Thanks I t? God who giv. tb us th- victory through our Loi Jt-su* Christ. There Is a widow s heart that first w Ursolated by bereavement ard since by the nnxletl nd trials tbat carue in tbe support of a family. It a sad thing 10 see a soun contending fur a llvrlibw under disadvantages; but toaee a delicate woman wl helpless Utile uues a> her back, fighting thegLnu poverty and sorrow, is more afT. ctlng. It wan uo bm Lie home, and p:tsi>ers-by knew not that wlihln tho four walls were displays of courage uibre admlrab than tbat of Hannibal crossing tne Alp?, or in tue iu of Theruiopy ?, or atBal?klava, where ' into the J.v u( death rode tb?- si* hundred." Th ?- heroes hud tl world to cb>er_tbrnum.i but there were none to a 4>i&ud-rt*H?Jirgie In tbat humble home. Blie Tinrn for orea', for cloth ng, for Are, for shelter, with acbli head and weak side and exhausted strength, throui tlie long night by the brook Jabb<ik. Could it be th none would give her help? Ilaj God forgotten to I gracious? No, contending soul. Tbe miilnlgbt air full of wings coming to the rescue. ?he bears it no' In tbe sigh ot tbe night wind, in therlpjdeof thebrcx Jabbok?'he promise made to loi g ago. ringing do* tbe sky. '* Thy fatherless children, I will preser tbeui alive; and let tby widow* trust In me." boil one aald to very poor woman, " How is It that In eni distress you keep cheerful f She stld: " 1 do It I what 1 ca l 'crow-prayer*;1 when 1 had my renu p <y, and nothing to pay It with, and bread to buy, ai nothing to buy it with, 1 used to sit down and cr Hut now I do not get discouraged. If I go along tl I street. when I come to* corner of the street, fpi ' the Lord bulp me' I tben go on tinlll I come to a other crossing of a street, and again 1 say,' the Lo help me.' And to I utter a pra.v er at every cros?ln and slncc 1 hay got into the habit of faying tb? crosvprayers, I have htm able t>> keep np toy counei Learn again from till* sul.ji-ct that people Eoir timet are surprised to And oul tbat ?bat they ha bi-en struggling with In the darkness Is really on atii of b.essing. Ja? ob 'ound in tbe morning tbat tl strange personage was nut an enrmy but a Ood-d patched messenger to promise pr?.-ptrity for blm a: for bis children, fo many a man at the closc of I trial bna found ?ot that be has been trying to thn rtowu his blessing. If yon are a Christian man 1 m go back lo yoor history and find that the gra?d< th'ngs that have ever happened to you hare been yo trials. Nothing short of scourging imprisonment a shipwreck could have mode Paul what he was. When David was doelnx from the wilderness, pt sued by bis own son, he was being prepared to bco.r | thw sweet singer in Israel. The pit and the dange were tbe best schools at whlcb Juseph evergrn>lnst< The bnrricane tbat upset the tent and killed Jo chlldri n prepared tbe man of Uz to write the magn! cent [xioui that has astounded the ages. There is i way to get tbe wheat out of tbe straw, bat t> thn j it There is no way to purify the gold but lo burn Look at the people who have always had It their <>' w y. Thry a--e proud, discontented, oaelcs* and t happy. If you want to find cheerful folk go auto those who hnro been t>ur1Hed by the Are. After L'i (Inl had rendered ''William Tell" tbe live hundred tline, a company of music.>ns came under his wIndu in l'arln, and serenaded him. They (ml o|x>n hi* hn a golden crown of Inure! leaver. Bat amidst *11 t spplaa^e and enthusiasm, Rossini turned to a frie , and raid: ' I would give all ibis brilliant acetic fo few day a of youth and lore/1 < ontrist the mrlancl ly fit-line of liossini. who bail everything that tl world could give him, to the Joyful e.i[>erlence of In Watta, whose mlsfortuues were Innumerable, when mjb: The Dill of Zlon yields > A thousand sacred sweet*. Before we reach the heaven >y fields, Or walk the golden street*. 'Then let our songa abound, And every tear b? dry; We're marching through Emmanuel's ground To fairer worlds on bl^b." It Is prosperity tbat kills ana trouble that sav Wlill<-1 e I* 15 ltes w ere on the march, amidst gri ! privations and b^rd-lilps. they behuved well. AJi | awhile they prayed for meat, and the sky darken j with a laive flock of qnslls. and those qu-'lla fell ! g eat multitude nil about them; and the israe lu i t and ate and stufTe.l tiemselves until Ihey died. ( | m v friends. It Is not hardship, or toil, or starvation ll I Injures the soul, but alundant supply. It Is not t j vulture of trouble tbat eats up the Christian's life; 11 tllf QuailsI l on win vn uuu uui uiai jour mi night wrestle by the brook Jabbok is with an aigel God, c mr down to b'?w and t? save. Learn again. that while our wrestling with tront may bo triumphant, we mint exjiect tbat it will leu it< mark nrxin us Jacob prevailed, bat the angel tone ed him and bit thigh-bone sprang fmm the socket, ai the g?od man front limping on bis way. Wr mn carry tbrou-h this world ihe mark of the c^tnb: Whai plowed those premature wrinkle* in yonr fie* Wb t whitened your hair before rt wa* tlm<- fur fros What siloneed forever jo mueb of the hilarity of ym household? Ob, it Is becaui?e the angel of troub haih touched you tbat yoti go limping on your wa; Y<>u need not be surprised that those who have pass* through the flro do not feel as gay as ontw they dl Do not be out of patience with thi<M who come ont< their despondency. Tb*y may triomph over the lose, and yet their gai tsbafl te II you thnt tbey have bee tronble-touc hed. Are we stole* that we can, unmovei see our cradle rifled of the bright eyes and the swei lips? Can We stand unmoved and see oor gardaiis < earthly delight Uprooted? Will Joans, who wept bin sell, be an.-ry with us if we pour our tears Into th graves that open to swallow down what we lore best Was Lazarun more drar to him than onr beloved d?a to us? No: we bavo aright to weep Oar teai must come. They full Into ftod's bottle. Afflicu ones have died because they could not weep. Than Qod for the sweet, the mysterious relief tha- comes ( us in tears) Under thin gentle rsiu the flowers t comfort put forth their gl*om. God pity that dr withered, parched, all-summing grief that wrings! bands, grinds its teetband bites its nailslntotbeqntc! hut can net weept We may have found the cuifo: of the Cross, ana yet after show tbat in the dark nlgl and by the brook Jabbok we were trouble-touched. Again, we may take the idea of the tett and ai nounce the approach of the day-dawn. No ode wi ever more glad to see the morning than was Jacob a ter that night of struggle. It is appropriate .'or ph lantbropUtaand Christian* to cry out with this ang of the text: " The day breaketh.11 The worldly pro neets are brichteninc. Popery has had Its strongei props knocked out. The tvrahu of the earth aie ~fal ing flat in the dust. The Chnrcb of Christ is rising u In its strength to so forth "fair aa the morn, cltar i the tan. and terrible as an army wltb banners." Cli yonr band*, all ye people; tbe day breaketb. Ti Mgotriea of tbe rartn are perishing* Tbe time wi when we wtfe told that If we wanted to get to heave w* mnst be Immersed or sprinkled, or ire must belle* In the perseverance of the Saints, in falling away frot prace, or a liturgy, or no li'urgy, or we most be Ca vinlsts or Armlnians in order to reach heaven. W have all come to confess now that these are non-estei tials In religion. During my vacation last gammer I was in a Presbj terian audience, and It w?s sacramental dav ; and wit grateful heart I received the holy communion. Onth next>al>bfltb I was In a Methodist Church, and sat at luve-feast. On tbe following tt.ibla'h I was is a Episcopalian Church, and knelt at the altar and receii ed the consecrated bread. I don't know which servic I enjoyed the moat. " I believe in tbe communion uinls and in the life everlasting." * Tbe day break eth," And I look npon this andience I seemany who hat passed ihf-ugh waves of troublo tbat came up high* than tbelririrdle. Id God's name, I proclaim cesutloi of hostilities. You shall not always go saddened an heart-broken. G?d will lift your burden. God wl! | bring your dead to life. God will staunch the heart" bleeding. 1 kuow He will. Like as a father pitietl | his children, so the Lord pities vou. Tbe pains r earth will end. Tbe tomb will burst. The dead wl] rise. The morninir star trembles on brightening sky Tbe gales of tbe Kan begin to awing open. The da; breaketh. Luther and Melancthoo are talking logetb er gloomily about the prospect* ol the Church. The; rould see no hope of d* iveranoe. Alter awliilo Lli tber got op and said to Melancthon: "Coma, I'hillf let us sing the forty-sixth psnlm of David. God is ou refuge anil strength?a very pleasant help in trouble Therefore, will not we lear, though the earth be re moved, and though the mountains oe carried intoth midst of the sea; though the waters thereof runram In- troubled; though the mountains shake with swell lac thereof.' Death to many?nay to alt?is a struggle andtwree tie. We have many friends that it will he hard t< leave. 1 care not how bright nnr future hope is, it Is; bitter thine to look upon tiiisfuir w> rid and know tba wi-shall nsverngnln see Its blossoming spring, its fall Ing fruits, lis spmkllng streams, and to say I'arewel to those with whom we played in childhood, or eoun seledin manhood. In that night, like Jacob, w? maj have to wrestle, but God will not leave unblessed. I shall not be told in Heaven that n dying soul cried tin to God for liolp, hut was not delivered. The Isttici way b*. t imed lo Lc -p out the tun. or a book ?.-t fo'diu 1 WmSR f i the light of the midnight taper, or the room may b? j filled with the erlea of orpbanag* and wldowhod,*>r the i Church iif Chtitt may uii.nrn over nor going; batif Jesus Cills, all is well. The strung wri-slllng br the bniok will case. The boon of dea<h"?night will mm along: one o'clock in the morning?two o'clock?inree o'clock?four o'clock in the corning. The day breaketh. I So I wonld bare It when I die. I am In no ha?te to bo gone. I hate no grudge agalnrt this wor'd. The ' ! only fanlt 1 have to And ?lth tbla world it that lttrr?U ine too well. But when the time cornea to en I want to he ready?my worldly affair* a 1 lettM. If I bar* 7 wrongfii other* I want to be ?nre ?f their locgl re on*. In ihat lost wru*tlinit,my arm enfeebSd wiib ?iekom 1 and my head faint* 1 warn Jeans bemlilo me. If th?ra I bu bands no thl? side of the flood strctcbedoot to bold I me back, t want ht-atrnly hands at< etched <>ot to draw me forward. Tuen, O Jesus, help me on tnd help ma up! UnfearinK, undonbtlhfc may I step right, oat tn? to the light, and be able to lookback to mr kindred and friends wh? would deUln me here, exclaiming: "Let me gov The day breaketbt" VALENTINES. JAMES H, LAWSON HAS on exhibition and for sal*, a beautifal asxortment of VALENT INK* ot every kind, shape and variety. Call and see ibem. Jan. 20,1881. at State of South Carolina. i. County of Abbeville. c COURT OF" COMMON PLEAS' J Andrew B. .Wardlaw,' John O. Edwards, as ll " Wardlaw A Ed wards, * Plaintiffs, ? | ; COPY SUMMONS. i against u (roa relict.) Thomas Grant Perrln, S Mar; N. Perrln, Lew e fc is Perrln^ James H. e 1{ Perrln ahd John G. il ' Edwards as Admin* ir ? lstrator, Defendants. I' ? TO THE DEFENDANTS, Thomas Grant ? Perrln, Mnry; N. Perrln. Lewis Perrln, ?; James H. Perrlu, John G. Edwards, as Ad0 mlnUtratori U yOV ARE IIEREBY 8UMMONED and re>' J quired to answer the compWint In thin ?? ictton, which Is filed in the office of the Clerk ? >f Common Pleax, for the said County, and to y <erve a copy of your answer to the said com-' <i plaint on the subscribers at their office, Ab? K ucvllle C. H.. within twenty days after the scrvtce hereof, exclusive of the day of such * M-rvfcc; and if you foil to answer the cum' plaint within tho time aforesaid, the plain<> olff in this uctlon will apply to the Oonrt for r* ihe relief demanded In the complaint. * PARKER A McGOWAN, ? Plaintiff's Attorney. *> Dated, Jannnry 4, 1881. _ " M. G. ZEIGLER, C. C. P. (US.) ii* ' TO THE ABSENT DEFENDANTS Mary N. , Perrln, Lewis Perrlu, JamesTIv^ecfl^-1 TAKE NOTICE, That the Sontmom of k which the above Is a copy, with the foro* 4 ' liilnt. has this day heen filed in the office of j ; tie Clerk of the Court of Common Plea* for Abbeville County. 1 PARKER A McOOWAN. '* * Plaintiff'? Attorney, January 5, 1881, At. iimrin; m 'J AVE A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED ? 41 stock of I DRY GQODS, u \ 5 -ANDi GROCERIES; ? ?and the newest style* of? t EADY-MADE CLOTHING, | BOOTS, SHOES, I Hats and Gaps, % WniCH TUEY SELL CHEAP. [; Oct 6,1880, tf J.FVMILLER. J. C. MILLER. llh *""" m ^ ir- : n. | MILLIBR0TH1S I WILLOPEN = On First Januiav h, > ary Nxb, 10G-i lOOA. M. fat ifi | A Splendid -New Stock of ilr I General 't ar I Merchandise. i>r |r ? I Dec. 29. 18SC. tf |i FURNITURE! FDRNITHBI!! If } Robert Jones, Ninety-Six, S, C, tt It. f\FFEHS to the public a complete and se-f n 1/ lect stock of lurnlture of the very best a make. Wlnhlnz to discontinue business lit this place, I will close out my stock ut rock ?. hnttnm ti^nrfs. (live me a call and be con' u vinccd. t- ROKERT JONES. , January 12, 1881, ______ s " Dr. H. D. WILSON, i dentistry,; Abbeville, C. H., S. C. j. JS-Office; Upstairs crrer the Tost Office.-?*' 8 WM. H. 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