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lie Press and Eannei Hj Kug-h tVilsnii ami H. T. Ward la' Wednesday, Jiily 12. 1865 Fttvlsi) Mission?. It seems necessary at nil times for o people to have one thought which sh: predominate in a large degree over all tl others. In fact wo must fcYwaVs have Iiobbv of some sort, and an escape for tl exuberance of err natural feelings, well as an excuse for the expression jrnpulses which are ordinarily Yee^rfniz* ;is the nobler promptings of tho l.'-gh <'hrisiiar. spirit. How often we follow phantom and a delusion we shall not r t'jjiipt to s.~y, im: shall we undertake 'make an estimate of the imiouT.t ol rtioi ( v we throw away annually i^nler I hoiuvt but mistaken conviction'that v are winning favor \vit!? the Lord, ai thereby laying up tu'asii.es it*, heave which inay he chequed upon at an oppo time moment. Superstition is a powe JiH h'ver with which to operate on tl Vninds of the people, and their wid spread lac;; ?>f individuality of thougl together with any significant appeal fro the preacher for monty from his Hot which holds out the hope of a glorin reward, or tint tors their personal vanit or appeals to their church pride seldo fails to induce the naturally kind heart .open his purse and part from the rear ? ash, to be spent in a cause which I imagines a good oik-, but which in renlii i<i a mere phantom, and tiie misguidi citizen is induced to waste the mont which is loo often greatly needed fort) omforts of his own household. Just at this tiin?-the .Mibject of "foreij: missions" is being pressed in our churc cs to an apparent neglect of the wcigl: ier matters of the law. It seems th ?ach church organization is striving t "the credit of giving tho largest at noun of money to "foreign missions," and" turn each little church with its ciios* expounder of the gospel, is ambitious make an ostentatious report of liberj ity. With this spirit pervading our who pc-ople it seeuis that our ministers arc li tic more than pecuniary agents for tl vnrious enterprises; and as a cons tjuence, they devote much of their valu blc time, in the pulpit and out of it, 1hc collection of money from their po and superstitious parishioners, who they may make believe the Lord lov them more dearly if they deprive the families of comforts, by giving reac money to "foreign missions." Chari brains at Dome, ana a man inn l?c just before he is generous. How c ten do these ministers of the gospel a cept offerings from men who cheat the creditors to that extent, and how often ( c.ir citizens wrong their families mere to gratify a foolish church pride in su parting ineffectual agents in China ai other countries? In our opinion the ministers of the go pel arc now perpetrating a great wroi on our people by the constant appeals fi money for''foreign missions," and by tl Wse of their personal and official infl cnce to induce our people to part wi money needed for home comforts. It i in our opinion, a waste of both men at money to send thein to China. It m: found very grand for a very small squ: of the fifty millions of poor people wl inhabit the United States of America undertake to Christianize tour huudn 'millions of Chinamen who live on tl opposite side of the globe, and who ba< not changed their morals, manners or r ligion for a thousand years, and it m; "tinge liie cireams 01 mnxucs on me su 1'oct of church pride with the most d Jightful hopes, but these hopes can nev be realized. They cAri'not by any posj bility impress tlieir own religious vicv upon the people of China, and this effo on our part to change the settled eonvi tions of that people, reminds i of the cflort of the gnat to lead the el ])hant. This vagucrv which has now so strot n hold on the people of the United Stati may he accounted for ou the ground th Visionary victories, and glorious repor from foreign countries arc pleasing to tl ear, and have the effect of lulling 01 own consciences to an inactivity ana tack of personal effort to maintain 01 <JVVU II1U1\ JUUlii pui u v VM tiiaiavi.Di nuu keep alive in our own hearts that pract ral Christianity which should po.*ern ot every day actions. Christianity is cm jiently practical, and the work of in pressing its precepts and enforcing i truths upon the hearts of our own peop is n<>t to be neglected. The fact is not I 1)0 denied that there is a wave of infidel ty which threatens to sweep over this an other religious countries. It is also /art that people of every nationality an CVOry religion are now flocking to ot chores. If then it is a fact, that wo ai threatened with infidelity, or a lessenin rS rmr r^litriniiQ *nn I whilft rfip.pivir ftneh a host of strangers both to our civi ization and to our religion, would it n< l>e well to call a halt to this head Ion Waste of money in the vaiu effort 1 t'hrhtidttise a people who are initnici ?nd who will in all probability neve accept tho truths of Christianity. W should first of all, look alter the religio Slid the morals ofoup>own people. Thei arc millions of people to-day on tli American continent whose souls are g? ing down to perdition, and we think 01 teachers of Christianity ought to see their relief before squandering thousanc upon thousands of dollars in a futile e fort to Christianize the Chinaman. We would say this: Let our ministei take the life of our Saviour as their gui(i in their every day affairs; let thei preach a little of Christianity, pure an simple; let them teach and practice cha ity of thought and speech for their equa ns well as their superiors, and fort! poor let them with open hand or wi willing heart contribute and sympathise Let lis by all means endeavor to ptiri this great stream of corruption that constantly pouring into this count from the uttermost ends of the earth,ai let us keep our own citizenship in tl faith. Let us remove the beam from o iare of our neighbors and fellow-citizei After this is done, tho Indians, the Me: cans, tho Egyptians, the Turks, and t Chinese may receive attention. The Killing of L. TV. R. Blair. In another column oi tho Press a Banner may be found some statements reference to the killing of Major L. W. lilair, one of the leading malcontents, Greenbackers, of this S'.ato. Wheth the killing was justifiable or not, one two lessons are taught in the traged That in this country no man need seek be a bully, and think to escape the pen: ty which reckless exposure too eft brines. We take no stock in the sta ment about the "band in his bosom" a 1 he "advancement" business, That ii fctory which is too often told, and it m be in some instances, to shield an arm coward from tho just penalty of the la This statement or words to that effect t about stereotyped and we feel sorry tl these words should have been used connection with as brave and as gallan man as JJJair's slayer. Whether the ki ingof Hlair is justifiable or not, we i disposed to think that, outside of his pi sonal friends who knew his real woi and appreciated his fidelity and princip the public w ill not mourn his death. It may be said by some that Ulai slayer was quick in shooting, but it mi not be forgotten that peaceable men; ways suffer if a more bloody adversa shall have an even chance. Nobody e\ thinks r.f giving a known bully a fi chance, and it is owing to this reason tl men of tho greatest daring are often ki ed by those who are least suspected of i seutment or violence. In saying th we would add that we deeply ?vmpathi with any good and peaceful citizen w feels placed in that position which wou impress him with the necessity of slayi a neighbor. Oscar Wii.de was in Charleston li w eek, lecturing to the good people in t City by the S-ja. While a large numl of the newspapers have ridiculed hiut,1 believe that this eccentric visitor will much in directing attention to a subj< of vast importance in the culture a iuppiness of the pcop c. ' tmmmmwwxaammtaammnemmmm i? ti i9*LumuummuLn r? Dr. Furnian's Attack on the Stat Uuivorsity. I T!i(? ?lev. James C. Funnan, I). D., hs ! written for the Baptist Courier, seven \ nrik-ios which are distinguished for neitl j or fairr.osi nor good English. In the le: | tor.-} themselves may be found ai tea; j sonm evidence l!mt a higher education : nr , needed than can be had at Ftirman L"n ill j vcrsitv. The public as a rule have a jus lie j appreciation of true merit, and if I-'in :i man University Jiad that merit, we ai lie perfectly certain that its Professors, il a;- "cacheis, and its friends would not fe< o! . ailed upon to strike an unfair blow at .VJ.istcr college, nor would the friends c er. Fur man University feel called upon t a i make annual contributions to support .t- '''Allege which they have already so libei ft) 'idly endowed. fs-J speaking of the act of the Gener: in i AsSS'ifcMy in re-opening the State Un '.'0, versity the t?.?A\ Dr. Furtnan says of Hi id j Legislators: "It would not have bee n.; "difficult to ascertain tiVc public wish o r- j "the subject." is this not tlie role mot r- of the demagogue than of one whose ait 10 is, to bo right. Is it not better for Legb e- tutors to be right than (6 b'e popular? ] it,! it not better for them to be right than t m ; become the willing dupes of jealous of rk : ponents of higher education, who w'Oul usj destroy a better College in the vain hop y,! that til3 public may bo forced to patror in {izc an inferior religious institution ? ] to | is in our opinion a subject of regret th: ly i so learned a man as Dr. Furman, who i lie'supposed to bo governed by the highe: tv | rule of right, should advocate tho squm id | itigof the actions of a Legislator by tli >v j lower standard. lit." Says tho learned Dr. Furman: "State cannot provide for the introdm jn j "tion of the religious element in her ir h- "stitutions of learuing without infrinj. it-1 "ing, by implication, at least, on the sej at "aration of church and State." We pr< or suuie the learned Doctor, when bo sai ts this, had the carrying of his point, mot in prominently in View, than any desire t in make a fair and impartial statement of to fact. His argument on tho rtligiot tl- point applies as well to tho coinmo le school as to the State University. Tli it- religious instruction* as everybod lie knows, is left to bo determined by tru> e- tees and teachers. a- Dr. Furman has much to say of rel to gitfus instruction in denominational co or leges. To thai we have no objectioi m The training of young men to mak es preachers seems to be the highest ainc < ir Furman University. To this we Iiav Iv no objection* But it is impossible t ty crowd every young man of the State lnt st the pulpit. Other pursuits of life nee >f- educated men. The country needs th c- development of manly men. Men wli ;ir can lend us to a higher life ; who can er Jo ter life's arena, in generous rivalry, an l3'- by their biglior education, by their loft p- ambition, and by their superiority in a id the manly qualities, may become a prid to their State, an ornament to their cour s- try, and a benefactor to their race, lp As a matter of fact, the South Carol in Di University will take very little from tli tie lenominational Colleges. There are a ?- waysa great number of young men to-h tli educated who will not go to these insti is, tutions. That our denominational co id leges do not answer the public demand i iv made clear in the fact that our youti id men can be found in every part of tL 10 country, seeking education in college to out of the Statev ?d The State University, like the conr In mon schools, is intended for the benet re of all the young men of tho State, bi e- more especially for the benefit of tli iv young men who cannot afford to go 01 b- of the State to be educated. The rie e- parents of this State can send their son ? > 1! 1 X -.-.11 riM?? Q/M?t CI luro.iu (() uimuiii uuuujjeo. x1ic ouul ;i- Carolina University is intended to giv vs .heir poorer neighbors a clmnco to get a rt ;ood au education, and we regard it littl e- setter than a positive insult to the poc us boys of the State, to attempt to fctrik e- down the very College which is orgat ized for their especial benefit. e* Political Meetiugs. a The County Executive Committe ts mako some important announccmcnl 1( this week in reference to political meol JI ings which are to be held between no' n and the twelfth of August. The citizen 11 of the respective neighborhoods wi [' take such notice as they may think th importance of the occasion demand; Jr This is a campaign in which nothing i 1 to bo accomplished as against the com " mon enemy. It is merely a contest be |s tween friends for preferment within th 1 partv line. Let our candidates enter th to " iace in generous rivalry, with the detei 0 initiation to submit to the decision of th majority with the best grace possible ^ The people are verj' sure to vote righi Let us all avoid unpleasant personalities .o and let no man inject a sting into hi speech. Let the people not forget tha ^ the best man will very likely be mos polite, and that it is in koeping witi )t Mie dignity and character of the peopl of this county to vote according to th convictions of their own hearts. Let ev il ar^' v?t?r d? a little of his own thinkinp and make such a choice between tho can e didates as will best subserve the publi interests. The programme, as prepared l\v th lC Executive Committer is remarkabl because in making appointments they g on to say which of the clubs are to b k represented at each meeting. We tbinl . the time and place only should have tool j- announced. What objection, for in stance, can there be to a member of Lon ,s Cane club meeting with us at Abheville l(. If there is none, then why exclude hir by implication ? Why may not citizen ifj from all parts of the county attend *eac r anil every meeting, if they choose to d i. so? H tl, The Governorship. ;e As far as we are able to learn there lis fv been little developments within the la.< week as to the probable nominee for th rv high office of Governor. We have hear the name of Congressman Dibble mer l,e tiotied in connection with the office, an U1 he may be a strong man before the Norr jj. inating Convention. But viewing tt ,s whole field, and comparing the differci cj. candidates, we are still at a loss to kno I e how wo are to do better than to contlnt in office the present incumbent, Governc lla^ood. He is a solid, firm man, wfc ...... l.n iirtnn axil it. t?,n UUU UO ? w ... V,..,V....-fc of bis duties he bus heretofore ke' strictly within the line of duty. V ^ have no objections to urge against at of the candidates. Any of them wou suit us, but wo would ask our delettat cr to the State Convention to begin to thir or of the matter, so that they may not go Columbia without having thought as , how they may vote. alen [e_ Dk. E. II. McBride has sold or box< . his stock of goods, and closed his stoi sa with the intention of seeking a ne av home. The Doctor came here sever in\ years ago without money, but by indu NV try and attention to business, ho has a ^ cumulated ready cash, and established ,at j good credit. We trust that he may pro j j per as well in his new home. t a * ' SOUND DoCTltlNE.?The Cincinnati Enquir 11- opens the eyes of its Xorth western con temp lr(? rarlcs by asking them, ? jrrojio" of the disin sal of Flipper and Wl.lUiker frcin the arm 2r- this very uwk ward ijuestlon: "if the ve ,.t. tlowerof the necro race, under circumstanc so exceptionally favorable, lack the virt le, and honor which aie required in the maliit nance of civil society, what shall1 we pre< cate of the untaught, the tempted, the soddi r'si mass In those districts where they constltti ./the great majority of the population ? Al ,stl what must be the condition of the proper u]-1 and the Jeopardy of life In a State where j i the powers of government arc turned over ry.'them? Yet this is precisely the entertal p. i ment the Republican party invites a lar i portion of the white people to,and prole tir surprise and indignation when the baimuet 1 waste, license and anarchy is declined, i i course the negroes will not oc permitted ll-'?ule ?ny community in the United Stat< I The whites will find the means to prote > themselves,and at the sftmctlmc the negro< is. from the utter political Incapability of fl blacks and the lunatical folly of their dlsta e > pretended filends, and In this will ultimate ho nave the approval of the American people The Enquirer understands the situation. Atlanta. Oa., July 5.?Col. A. K. Lamr ? editor of the Macon Telegraph, and his fricn i Col. E. B. jacket. were arrested about ml ! niuht last night in tire Atlania and We Point train on the presumption that th< were abeut to cross the State fine with Col. he P. Howell. ?ditor of the Constitution, to fight duel. An attempt was made to ariestO Howell and his friend, Capt Harry H. Jae ivp son, but it has failed up to this hour. Col , t?M? Irfunur and Saeket were bound over th ;l" morning In bonds of S2,000 each to keep tl ?ct peace. mi Branches of the elder bush hung In a roo u 111 clear 11 of files. It hasan Oder which tl insects detest. 1 I I ;e IN MEMORY OF REV. JOHN' McEEES.1 | I lR 1 Funeral Sermon by ReT. J. R. Riley, Delivered Jnne 7, 1S82. j "The Lord ! ? niy poitiou. aalth xr.y sou!, I Ih'Tflerc will 1 Ixijfo in him." t-1 It If? very so!(iC!ii ninn rr.ni;cs khv ro? ! <4 .!eiils tits to liis funeral. -Men generally Jeavc the disposition "t their mortal r-main* unit:! is j tho riti * and ceremonies connected with the j . I ob-equcs cm v incut upon thu cuaih j '"Jot tiie body to t ho superintendence o? i 3t | their surviving friends and relatives^ Most ! men UlSlllie lO aimeiuaitt iinur ue.-iui wj m contemplate, any of the end circumstances p connected with it-. The reason of this doubtless, in I lie case of many, Is owing to a feeling s of unpreparedncss, of which they arc con>] .clous, when their minds are directed to Hie ??bjcct of their own deatli. They feel that u 'his is an event for which they are not ready, , and the serious thought of it gives tlicm n j vind ol uneasiness, and they seek relief, l>,\ | o ounlshing the unpleasant subject from their, ' minds. They arc unwilling to meet death.' and tills make them unwilling.even to think ' *-' of it as a re ilil.v, that niu-t occur, sooner or j later In their future. We d<> not say that this I feeling is peculiar only to the impenitent, to il'those who have made no preparation for . Id-'ath; hut there may lie some degree ot iton ; the part of good Christians. Though tln^v lC may be ready for death, so for as any preparation is concerned. They may have made n i ncaee with God, and may he living by laith , n * In Him, who is the resurrcciion and the life,! | and hvi.v have no fears nor misgivings, as to1 e, their llnal destiny, when their is directed to,, ; t'ie p.omlses, yet when their minds arc tnrn1 c I away frmii the word of grace, to a future j-it.ial like that of death, thev do not realize1 - - ' I . W l.llr, ' [ S isfn]i)iii? grnci* 111 rvici'vin;v tw n. s| with regard to their past trials, their ox peri-' o ence Is a verification of the promise, "My; I grace will be sufficient for yon." anil as your > , day so shall your strength be. They can look !, d;hack and say In reference to their trouble.! j The Lord has bc.-n my helper, lie ha? made . iC every Jot and tittle or hisproniisosgood to me. | i_ But when they contemplate a future ordeal,! they often lo*e s'ghf of the all sufficiency of j [t | Divine grace. which has sustained th-m thus ! . | far, and they begtu to fear that the coming j trial will be too great for them. In the con-1 is temptation, they let go the ground of their; , trust. Thus It Is. that many good Christians i >l cannot think of their approaching dissolution } f- with a Cairn and peaceful mind. They tin vet trace f<?r eeery present exigency, iml they i 'C have not grace for the future trial. They have j not dying grace. Doubtless thl< is the rrason. i that one's own death is not a pleasing thing j A iu contemplation, even t^ the iHlcver. ana i the consequence is. he hikes no thought As to | * the disposal of his body aft?r death, or to any l- circumstance connected with his funeral. r This is ordinarily the case. Hut there are instances, among ' Christians, especially tho?e, ). who have made great progress in the school j of Christ, thatthey see Ihe sufficiency Of di3" vine grnCc, not only when reviewing their J experience, but they have a strong conviction ! that no trial In the future, for which they will 'G not have the needed sustaining grace. They 0 i'an look forward to the last great trial in the life of faith. In the fullest confidence that a nothing will be wanting for their sale eonduc,s Hon through It, Such christians can think of j th?dr approaching mortality, with as much ! n calmness as any other ftjture event. They can give direction as to every minute pnrtlcular. 13ecause.it Is a change, for which they ?c ? l/.n fhnf. will not V m r I'l'imt'iiHio "i 11 piv ? " Tail them. So it was with him. whoso fun oral J* vrc now attend. Such was his faith, such was I iiis experience of grace, that with a composed i mind, lie could arrange for his own funeral ' with as much detail, as iic was accustomed to j. do in reference to the services of an approaching communion. We are to-dny carrying out ). Iijsown request. The very words wiiich conp stitute the ground of our reflection upon tills occasion were selected by him. and in obedl)f ence to his request. I make these words the text of the present discourse: Lam. ill. 21? p "The I,ord Is my portion,salth my soul.there0 fore will I hope in Ilim." While these words were not designedly selected by our Brother, ? as expressive in his judgment of his christian ^ character, yet his life is a most striking verlilcatioti of the truth, that the things of time ie and sense were not his portion; but that his 0 portion, that which lie earnestly deserved, that only which gave him satisfaction, that in I- which ills soul took delight, that which clicerj cd his heart, that which to him was para0 mount to all other acquirements and pos?esV <ions was a senve of GoTs favoi and loving T. kindness, tiie one Irtueed was his life, that " wiiich quickened him and caused him to le move In such beautiful consistency along the path of duty; the other was better than life tc I" him. He would much sooner have consented to give up all the enjoyment resulting from the use of creature good, yea, even life itself, ia than to be deprived of a sense of Clod's loving p kindness. Hence he could truly say, "My portion Is the Lord" or "the Lord is my por-1 1- lion." He did not mean by these words to I _ -ay. that lie recognlzcs the Lord as the source "" of nil good, of every blessing, iniu every goou i- and perfect trift came from Him,that we arede . pendent on God for all, that we are nil that we '* have and nil thnt we enjoy. It was not the is "ecognltlon of this truth, thai prompted hint lo appropriate the words of the Prophet, but g he meant that there Was on the part of his ,e soul, a dally nnd constant feasting on the bread that comes from heaven, that hidden is manna, of which the world knows nothing. 1'hcro Is n communion with God on the part of the believing soul, which in the satlsTao i- tion It affords, tar surpasses all other enjoy. merits. It is this that makes God's word 11 sweeter than honey; even the honey-comb. il It was this made David say. "The law of the Lord is my delight and in bis statutes doth I ie meditate day ami night." No lan^ua-ze can ,t describe the blessedness which the Christian experiences, in the manifestations that he has li <>f the I.ord, In his meditations, and in ills communion with the Lord. It cannot be made Intelligible to the impenb Kent and unbelieving. It Is only known to him who has taken the Lord for his portion. e The argument by which the believer would persuade others and convince them of the blessedness of communion with God. is that >e of experience. His language is conte and ,r taste and s?e that the Lord Is good. It Is this experience that croates in the believer a Ituno gerlng and thirsting for God. As tke hart . panteth after the water-brook, so pnnteth my j soul after Thee, 0 (Jod! My soul thlrstetli for God. for the living God. It Is not the torms or modes of worship that satisfies the genuine Christian. When he attends the services In the sanctuary hedoes not seek his enjoyment In g >lng through with the appointed means >e of grace, however beautiful and well conducted these may be. These do not satisfy him. -8 It is the God of the ordinances, the blessed > Redeemer, he seeks. The one, all pervading purpose of his soul, is to find the Lord, and to x nave those gracious manifestations which the world does not and cannot receive. The lanb sua;e of his Inquiring heart Is, "O, where |] Shall I una Jllin, tliai. J may enjoy nunc in | the tokens of ills favor, more of the grnco and ** comfort of His spirit, more of the earnestness of His glory. O. my brethren, this subjective conscious enjoyment of God, constitutes tlie *> food, the strength, tlie Joy, the life of the soul. , This 1? the portion of the believer. What a blessed portion. No worldly estate, patrlmo) ny or inheritance, in point, of real, intrinsic value, can be compared to it. It Is truly trun^ seendontal in excellence. Noarithmetic can e compute its work. He who has tho Lord for his portion is rich indeed. It Isaninherl'* tuncc that is incorruptible.undeflled.and that e passeth not way. No clrcumstances.,nor condition, nor tria], can destroy ilie believer's tenure to this portion. It is an everlasting k portion, and his enjoyment of It iseveron the increase. The losses, afflictions and bereavej, menus of time,only give us a stronger hold upon this portion. Death introduces tlie be8 licver to a higher and fuller enjoyment of it. it fie is then brought into the immediate pros ence of the Lord, and it Is this presence, this Immediate presence of the blessed Lord, the h adorable Itedeemer, that constitutes the happiness of heaven. While in the world, the e believer, cannot have a full fruition of his ? portion. He enjoys the Lord through 111e.Ua, through the works of nature, but more espe cially through tlie means of grace. In th se ? he has his greatest enjoyment, but he only ? sees God through a glass, darkly. They sus pect enough to make them long for greater n measures of the divine manifestation^. Hut In v inc.* woria 10 come we snaii sec rum us nu 10. There will be a direct and Immediate enjoyment of the divine presence. This Is the e source of ttie happiness of heaven. There, e there will lie no need of nny intervening media through which to transact the divine pero factions to our souls. There as we stand around the throne, singing the new song, each 0 countenance reflecting the divine radiance It that proceeds from the central place of glory, each heart will be full to the over-flowing n with unspeakable joy; There will be 110 room [. 'or those perplexing thoughts and calls that so often distress us here. The presence of & God will cause every eye to sparkle with Joy ? and fill every heart with perpetual Joy. O, can we think what it will be to be permitted n to stand In the presence of Him, in whom Is s the embodiment of goodness, mercy, love, long-suffering, omnipotence, &c., in infinite h purity and perfection, to see all the natural 0 and moral perfections, blended In sweet harmony In one pure spiritual being, and that being on Ihe throne ot the Universe. This would be enough to fill the soul with happiness, but in addition to this to have his re- j splendent countenance beam upon you and hear Wiin say, I am yours and you are mine. US 1 am your God forevcr.and no power can well ? separate you from nic. Where I am there you shall be to behold my glory and to reign e with nic forever and ever. This will be honor. , This will be glory. This will be happiness too u overwhelming for mortal minds to perceive j. or mortal fiames to endure. It Is well for us . that while on our nether pilgrimage, we only (1 catch glimpses and havi- foretastes of IIIni, l_ who It to be our everlasting portion. The Lord is and ever will be the all sufficient porIP tion of Ills people. There Is an interest, that the believer has in God, that Will never be taken away or destroyed. The christian's w portion is as secure as God himself, and his ,e enjoyment of It does not depend upo.i any relation or condition In the world. A man inny ir possess a greater worldly estate. It may seem _ ample for all his wants, yet because of a want of health or some other condition. It may not ;e contribute to his enjoymenr. Hut with regard . to the christian's portion, no circumstances. I'1 condition in relation to life, can destroy his *0 enjoyment of It. Neither life, nor death. Neither things present nor things to come, 'j not weight nor depth, nor any other creature M can deprive the believer of the enjoyment of [that portion which he has in the Lord. I t'8 Though I lose all that 1 have in the world, i ik I Though 1 lose my rights as a free citizen of the! | commonwealth. Though I lose tnv 11 velI-1 to | hood, so that my usual avocation will not fur-1 lojiilsh the needed sustenunce for myself and > those dependent on me. Though 1 lose my j health, so that none of the things of time can contribute to my comfort. Though every I sense becomes a channel, through which bod-1 sd "V I'ft'n Ik communicated. Though 1 lose my j friends. In a word, though all be taken away I '?? in which, I was wont to take delight. There I ,w j Is one Interest of which I cannot be deprived, j 1 have a portion, so secured, that the causes ; ill thnt work destruction among material things j a. only serve to strengthen the bond ot security, | and increase my enjoyment of It. There is no: ,C- security like that by which the bellver holds ! that portion, which he has in God. It is 1 a j vouchsafed to him by almighty power. The S-l Lorn has In accordance with the stipulations | of ah everlasting covenant, that can..ot be set' I aside, nor rendured null and void, by any pos-1 | slble contingency agreed, to be the portion of; | the believer. Such is the relation between : er ] God and the believing soul, that the one Is the j j source to the other of the greatest and highest j , ! good. He to whom God Is a portion, can nev- j ?> | er want any good thing. , My dear hearers, when we begin to think of; <:H j the interest that every regenerated soul has ue In God, it so transcends in value all temporal u* | good,nil earthly portions, thut language fails | us, even to express the faint conception we | | have of it. It is so great, great in Intrinsic , worth, t<r the believing child of God, that eye , i has t.ever seen anything like It, nor.has ear l3[ i heard of anything thnt will compare with It. ! nor has It ever entered into the heart of man j to conceive of anything that would be a faint "" I likeness to the believer's portion. We shull Ke not attempt to say what it is. It is enough to say that It is the Triune God, God the Father. | ?[ God the Son, God the Spirit. All three in one , . are your portion, If you by an appropriating j 10 ! mttli are laying hold on the mercy of God In | iH; Christ. If you have a faith that has enkinct, died in your heart a holy and fervent love for the Ivord Jesus, then you can say?the Lord Is , my portion, llut what it is to say this? What it is In all the extent of Its meaning? There Is In the very expression a helgth and j i depth, R length and breadth of meaning, that I cannot be measured by htiman thought. Ilu-1 _ man science may In some measure compute (+' the extent of the. visible material universe, d- but ail the combined Intellects of all the snscs lfit of the world, cannot begin to estimate one-1 half the reality of the glorious privilege, of| ;v soul, who can in truth say, the Lord is x my portion. My friends, if you can say tills,' ,1 vou can say more, than if yon could claim k the world with all of Its treasures as your hernl itage. If the Lord is indeed your portion, yon j ? asTiislgniticantos you may seem In your own I ip eyes, or those of others if In life and in death ! say, as did our deceased brother. The Lord is : my portion, you are of more interest in the] m eye-'of heaven and regarded with greater fa-1 110 vor by the God of heaven and earth, than if ' all the honors of the world possible for mortal man to receive were crowning your brow, thel May you all be of more interest in God's eye9 j to I and more commendable to His loving kind prei Jiesw than ir you liul the commendation of all > ject good men of the whole church, and even the onlj signature of angels to your crieJentlals fur thai moral worth and itiVjunty. \7hnt this por- ll'e tton Is to you now, while in a state ol grnc.e, He you cannot be*;!n to tdl. Every grace, every whj e;nn!yrt. every litpe of heaven, all that you of I; are now us a ChrU. tun. n>sd all tiia? you shall pro' ever be a* the redeemed of tin Lord. All Is did involved in this portion. If you can estimate how the worth of a redeemed soul. If you can say wer what It I.h to be )4\ved forever, then you tell tlm some tiling of the worth of the portion yon trut have in the Lord, but Just as inconceivable as and is mat ioy. whicti eye natii not seen, nor ear scm hoard, nor hath it entered into the heart oi wui man to conoeivc, so unspeakably great is (lit sucl worth of the Christian's portion. Thank God -ahl that this portion was nut only c'almcd by the 'tea Kev. John Mo Lees, n nl claim or evidenced to i"g be Ills, by his life, but that it is his honor. H* iu 11 has only been advanced to a tulle** possession till ind a greater enjoyment of it. What a mod-' prci orating inflivnce this thought ought lo have I Our upon the grief ocusionod by ills death. | fi'ie 2>iiubtless this was in his mind, "when lie call- the ed a beloved son to Ms bedside, and requested | sail! lilm lo tt-]| Brother I want him to!day preach my funeral and I desire him to use; tow these words as a text,"The Jjord Is my por-' lacc tion.saitli my soul, therefore will J hope in e!3c liim." \Vc conceive some such retlectlons as how these passing through his mind. "I am con-: pit scions that the dissolution of myb >dv is near lie :it hand. I know that the members of my be-1 \Vh loved family will be almost overwhelmed by a me tide of grief at my departure, but really their j frrti grief ought not to be immoderate, for death Wh will be no loss to me. It will, It is true.sopa-1 me rate me from some of (lie enjoyments of time, | er A but that which I prize above my highest; con earthly Joy. 1 will still possess. If Is painful J beei to me lo think that the hearts of those why j me were so near and dear to me during my earth- i befc ly sojourn will b^ torn with grief, bat they ?dn ought not to grieve for me. for that which I j bur shall gain in the way of a stronger hold upon ' thr< a greater enjoyment, of that which constl- me, lutes my chief portlo:i, will far more than ; frot compensate for all tlmt I leave of the world j yon In dying. I want my friends to know that I; sen do not regard the world, nor no part of It,! not none of itsrelatlon-". nothing that, it ever gave j 'no me or can give a* iny portion. I have an In-! finitely tetter portion, a portion that never j day has failed me. It does not fall me now, while; prh I am passing through the dark valley, and a'{ > day earthly helps are fes: giving way. My chief! "ro portion Is increasing in Worth to my srtnl. | I'licn te!i the preacher to say to my doAr ones, | Ohr The Lord Is my portion, and wi:n my iasi. uy j intr breath, I commend this portion to tlicm., t-mt It is a t ried portion, a never-fal'.lsg portion. nn j don everlasting portion." And another reason j ttiat \\c may conceive that our T'rothcr had in : y:,f! selecting these words, grew ont of tlie con-1 den sciousnees ol' the relation lie sustained to the;'"' ' people of Green wood, and especially to those |'{nc of his p utoial charge. He ha? been an tin-j {" de'r-shepherd to you for thirty-six years. The turi greatest cills ho ever felt wire In regard to ''as you. your spiritual and eternal interest. The 'nftl greatest responsibilities he ever felt werej'elt tliose that pressed unon his seul, while he was Ke& endeavoring to discharge his duty under God, one to yon, as your pastor. And, now. as he was P'e: about to leave the scene of his long and faith- SH(' fnl labors, Ills thoughts naturally turned to owi you. He felt that you. too, would grieve ati yit his departure. To yon, lie says, through him [ "c that speaks to you, "(Jrieve not at the lcs? of ?',c your pastor. I cannot recount the burdens J"S that I have borne, while try 1 tin to save you In ' '1" the I?ord. You know that nr-y labors among ""d you, were not called forth by any worldly consideration. It was love for you. the peoPie of my charge, that, stayed me for so many npl years In your midst. Such was the hold JL1? strengthened by time and association,that you had upon my aft'ectlons. I could brook a Vl Hie thought of being separated from you. Por My attachments to you were strengthened J w and hallowed by scenes of affliction and be- J)1ar reaveinents, many. I have burled the fa- J,lie, ther's and mother's. I have tried to point !1RC the bleeding heart to the h iltn of G'leau. f Jon have labored to bring the wounded spirit to !n the Great Physician. r-ro' My work among yon has been the constant JVi" care of souls. I have tried to do all that. I ov have In obedience and subserviency to the lor. . , M,? and IHPSSfll lUrtMfl, IU nil: fciu.11. Ii-?u 'J. v..^ . Church, recognizing His grace as theefflca- , P clous cause of all that has and been nceoin- ls 'J plished Tor your good,through the instru- llof mentality of my ministry. If you havere-|Prp c.Mved any good at my hands, if your hearts j1011 have been edified and comforted. If those wtio por have been ndded to the Church are of such as lor shall lie saved ; if there has been any growth Por In grace on your part, any consolations through the preaching of the word. In n word, If this much beloved pastorate h-is In any sense ticeu benefitted during my connection with It, it is all due to the love, the mercy and the grace of God. He was my strenuth and portion during my ministrations among Th' you. He too is the portion that satisfies and supports me nrtw?in tne greatest trial?in death. Now, when I look back noon my la- \ bors here. I desire no other reward than that ?iv which I now enjoy. The Lord is my portion. tjie I crave no other portion. He 1s my portion rr and will be my portion forever. This Is (,?i enough, it is entire uatlsfactlon to me.and my p,.. last prayer for you, tho bel<5ved people of my m,v pastoral charge is.that my portion may be ? .vour portion In life, In death and In eternity. r, May we not thus Interpret ills thoughts In se- ,in| leetlng the words for the text on the occasion of his funeral. Knowing him as we do, we tj,e can say with certainty, that it was sentl- a:)P menU like the above that directed his mind to the text. In reflecting on his past life and labors, lie sums uw all In the words. The I/ord ;n',r Is my portion. Whatever ina.v have been his or? thoughtsns to what he had done In tlie world, f and a? to what he had been in his fimiiy. in society, and In the f'hurch, and whatever j.()U may have been the thought* and feelings by i,y which his mind was agitaled, in view of thut if(l trial he was about to experience in time, there ,]?? was one thing that supported hiiu, that gave seii composure and satisfaction tt? his soul. It },.u was not his past Christian consistency, not that moral integrity that characterized him pur in all the r< lationsof life, not t iat place he oe- [|ie enpled in the esteem of all who knew him, Kpi! and in the afleCtion of friends; not that spot- a"1( less character that, he had ever maintained; t|ie not thai Influence he exerted as a Presbyter; ,.on not the work that he had done as a pastor; {? j not any record thaL lie hail made as a man, a bac Christian and a minister of the gospel. wa| While much could be said to his praise In all Ha these respects and many others, yet It wa? j'n not reflections upon these that ever afforded him satisfaction In life, nor would they com- aj } fori him in death. There was only one stay ure and support to him, and to this his thoughts in<, > ?,X onmiro In lh? hid I*. -in, i con diet, as lie wan about to grapple with lliel[he hist enemy, his thoughts turned as they were snr wont to turn, in all the labors and battles ot JiL, life, td that which had never failed him, and ! amj he gave vent to I lie inner workings of tils sou I j wiJ( In these words: The Lord Is my portion. HOW beautifully and strikingly do these words express what the life of the Itov. John _ McLees cannot, (ail to teach to those who T knew him, and with what impressive force these words ought to strike the minds and ^ar hearts of those tor whoir. he labored In season and out of sea?on. You, my dear friends, for ft0" whosegood, for whose highestsood, for whose f',t! spiritual and eternal welfare, he gave himselt to spend and be spent. If I were asked to *"ui point out the \jork he did, the work of Ills life!10 * my mind would turn to tlie people of Green- tlnl wood, to those that have made up the congre-| |uei srations of the Rock's and the Greenwood;1"1' Presbyterian Church, since the year to' le,U the present. The. history of the Church durIng this period would show In some measure Tlli" the fruits of liis labors. Tlie number that In J ,,uc all these years, that were added to the Chureh , ' that were baptized by him. would make u y?r< long list of names. Many of them are cone to 1 their eternal home in clory.and have nl- pn' ready been placed as shining stars in the fr'" crown of his rejoicing. Many otliors have waI gone to other fields and are living in other sa}v p;istota'es. Home are here to-day as mourn- . J( ers, around the bier, that contains the mortal Jlc<j remains of a beloved pastor, whom God lion- JH or<>d in making him the channel through l?" which the bread of life was conveyed to yo ir (y 1 souls. We can only sej a part of his work In ^im this way of viewing It. The gre iter part and L) the whole work, In all of its bearing, will be disclosed in eternity, but how beautiful, how } becoming the close of such a life, of such n nor man, to hear him say, ail that I lived for, a 1 }J'as that I ever desired, in all the labors of my 'lrc life, all that I shall ever want-I have?The I ."re Lord is my portion. IIow consonant with the [,lH 1 life now ended?Just like that beautiful eon- "r? sisteney that marked all that he ever did or i ever Raid. If you had before you a connected -"''J and truthful sketch of Ills life,ntld you were ,as' to try to net at its real plgultlciince, what is ?iru its language? What it pays to you and inc. | We would have the picture of a man whose " chief controlling aim is to enjoy God and glo- ?'ttl rlfy Him. Its only true interpretation, its jl emphatic utterance wouui iw-iucuimsi-v: my portion. Look at what pari you please, | ^v" you near the same response. See litui when a}tlix young man, denying self, sacrificing every I ",x prospect of woridly gain,in older that he may I w?' prepare himself for the work of the ministry, ami, me thinks, you hear him say?The Lord i is my portion. This Is enough for mo. l<ook | "J*/ at iiiin preaching in the face of a providential j J Ku affliction, which in the Judgment of his best llle friends would prove an insuperable balance in j WBI the way of success. See him by dlut of;'111' well directed energy and applied diligence, anJovercoming this obstacle and becoming such an acceptable laborer in the Lord's vineyard, uni that he is invited to some of our most impor- ft,u taut pastorates, and the language of his life is c" 1 ?The Lord Is my portion. Sec him after he "n ii>is become set I led, as a pastor evincing by j }>as his intercourse with his people, while others! ,un around him were taken up with the things of I j)as time and sense, and making these in some tfie shape their portion. His was another kind of cuu portion. We think there is not one in his pastorate who did not believe that he had a A portion which Is not of tills world. This p -r- , , tion was the dally food of his soul, hy it his ', ' spiritual life was nourished and supported. "J'' 1 his i? the living bread. The life that It iui- " p irts and sustains is Immortal. On this por tion tiie soul can feed, when the appetite of ? the body falls to relisii the proper nourishtnent. In sickness, when the life of the hody :}}!) Is almost gone this heavenly portion contlntm* i,, (tnt>nrt Knirfiiiiil vi'.'or and strength. , It is h consciousness of lliis that comforts the j -fli. heart of tho afflicted and (lying Christian. ' When earthly portions are receding and los- ' ing their attraction, the divine portion im-! ; parts a satisfaction that far transcends the . highest earthly joy. it is this that enables ( the believer to give up willingly, all that is i J: Inc.dent to time and sense for his portion, ho j '' knows, will go on Increasing In the satisfaction that It gives when all earthly comfoits T are gone. What are trials ? what is death to , * him, who post-esses this portion. Afflictions * only Increase the enloyinent, tho portion, he j has in tho Lord. No wonder he often exclaims, Whom have I in heaven butThteand , there is none upon the earth i desire beside n'. Thee. O, what a wondrous provision of grace j'' that trials, However severe,are the occasions of Increased religious enjoyment: becauseL,.* tliesoul takes a stronger hold upon the ever- ! losttngand never-failing portion. Our Kroth-1 . " er, In liis greatest trial, conscious that earthly i hj portions wete no more to him felt, that he { had more than enough to compensate tor any ,r and every privation to which lie might be j |h subjected In his sickness and even in his]',: death ; hcnce, ho exclaims?The Lord Is my " " portion: You who feel this bereavement j ? . most, let me point you to the portion thatjlj,, sustained him. It is a tried portion. It comforted him. it will comfort you Make the I A? Lord your portion,and iu ttie darkest hour j when the dreariness and darkness of aflllc-I ' tions shuts out all the lesser lights; then your | heart wilt be cheered by your ncver*falling . H": source of Joy, and you can sing? I j.L,| Source,of my llf", refreshing springs, igrti Whose presence In my heart sustains me; trh Thy love appoints me pleasant things, cul Thy mercy orders all that pains nie. he If loving hearts were never lonely, goc II all they wish might always be; latu Accepting what they wish for only I >in They might be g!ad but not In Tnee. {,jlt Well may Thy own beloved, who seo I -va In all there lot their Father's pleasure, but Hear loss of all they love, save Thee, Ijei Their living, everlasting pleasure. ty, Well may Thy happy children cease sali From restless wishes prone to sin; . Ha And In Thine own exceeding peace, Dei Yield to Thy dally discipline, tha We need fes much I lie cross to bear ! Mr As air we breathe?as light we see; ; hot It draws us to Thy side in prayer, cul It binds us to one strength In Thee." What shell I say? What can 1 say of Rev. John McLces as a pastorand preacher? I can I not speak of It, for he was my pastor as well ) as yours. What he was in this relation you ] nil know. Such he was to you and to me. that | A ills very name will never suggest anything to i sidi us but what, is pure ami lovely and Chrlst-jln like, and while our hearts mourn at the pot thought that these places that have known j toll film so long will know him no more, forever, |ace We ought, to thank God that It has been our j ed ' privilege to have such a man to live among ' the us as pastor. If I ever kriewa man whose lifo \ froi whose every day walk and conversation, as Oal well as Words In the pulpit preached Christ ]tw< and IIiin crucified, that man was the Rev. the John McLeew, anil how touch of the li?pe and * Iot ties of heaven,-we cherish Is due to Him, to 1 mo tits ministrations. <vlll only be disclosed In; on the life to coine. 1 ho Impressions made upon ] ia-2 us, In our youth, not merely by hi.i preaching j wo but by his living Christ.- Who cun estimate con r influence, in giving shape and direction life, in its hearing oil eternity. As u ichcr, lie was truly evangelical Tne sufouiiittor of his sermons was the gospel and Itie gospel. lie seamed ever to realize i his \yorlt was to make known the way or TI ami pCdC-3, through t he Lord JVdu* Christ, never preached a sermon In wliL-h the ' of salvation was not pointed out. If any i* lie tr-ms tail to avail themselves of tlie . vision of grace, it will uot be because fcc A not plainly and uircitlonately show them r they might ho saved. His<11-courses e not only clear and Instructive; Out at * es they were peculiarly impressive. The 'm h that he preached warmed his own heart be: as a consequence the conclusions of his cx nons wcrb characterized with a ferVor th&t be med the heads of his hearers. in ere was 1 a manifest earnestness In nil that he j-'ft I that he coul I not lull to Impress the rer. Ills preaching was peculiarly cdlf.vanil comrortin/ to believers. Th.cy that ?" i?er for splrllun.1 food were always bountiy led when they heard Ilrother McLees ] ich. As an Instance, a very intelligent sic Istian gentlemen, once on a visit to 111 uds In this coiniiinnity accompanied me 11,1 Chulcli on Sabbath. After preaching, 1 on I to him. how did yoil like the sermon to? lie had been accustomed to hear In the 1 n, where lie resided, one of the most popus preachers of the d t\". the faine.of whose str luence was irt all the land-. I said to him 1,1 , does our preacher compare with Jhe pulorator that you hear every w6?k 1 Said in substance, "There Is no comparison. -'V at I heard to-day Is wdrth more to me, did more good, than all that I have heard wr n the eloquent nmn to whom you allude. ,,n nthe said did ine good, for it Always did aI' good to hear any one speak well of Hroth- en [cLees. He continued t6 say by way of mi iparlsoif. The great preacher that It has He ii my privilege to hear often, never did for w whatyoUr preacher<|id to-day. lie placed wl >re gio beautiful pictures that excited my ilra'ion; but your preacher to-day fed my on igry sioul. The other, while he ploased me w' mgh the sense of tlie beautiful, starved but to-d.iy yonr preacner gave me bread n heaven to eat. O,said he,I can't tell '()l wliat I have enjoyed today, iudced the ol] non was a feast of lat things to me. Ho J only fed me for to day, but he has (riven J1* enou;h lor many a day's Journey. I will 'o' y with me much that I have received to- J 1 . Sfiid he. I shall ever esteem It a great th ,*H6ge that I hnvc heard your preacher to." There was always spiritual food In 'll tlier McT.ees'preaching for believers,ami ive olK>n thought If there was a profe*sln>; t'1 Istian who was not benefitted and did not m strergthened by attendance on his minisJons, that there certainly was room to bl. Ihegenuiueness of his profession, If he '* no reltsli lor such spiritual brejid. If it 011 i not nourishing to him he was sick or ,le d. There was no appetite or no hungering cu ils part. There are those here to-day who >w something experimentally of this feed- ln . They have been led In the green pus- m sand uesldethe still waters by him, who w' been the under shepherd to you for so ni ny years. You well know what a loss you it to be. If on any Kabbath, yon did not to hear him. You m.iy have hpard some else, and while you may have been ac >scil lor me umc, yci none i-uum hick w..*. .. h satisfying portions to your soul, as your i mucli beloved and now lamented pastor. ^ shepherd Is gone and the little mourning k are left without a shepherd to give them i llvlug bread, and to lead thein to the II vfountains. But so thoughtful waa he of se whose souls lias been his care for years I years. such was his tender and oflfectionregard for them, that before he leaves ni he reminds them of n portion that will lh fall thein. fie often by word and exam- 1" tried to win your heart to this portion lf> i experience for a long life among yeu was ar erlficatlon of r,he satisfying nature of this to t.lon. and as he crosses the stream that for dr hlle separates pai-tor and people, he culls at k as It were to thein, and sets to his seal, as last act-of a dying pastor, that what he wi I preached to them was truth tested by a In g attliellvc experience,anil verified even c<i the dying hour. Hear, 0 bereaved and 1" ,it?led hearts, hear It you, for whom his life ; devoted to a constant unceasing work of Q. e. Hear the last text ot your beloved pus- H give It a deep lodgment In your minds, cu I while the memory of the preacher last let ?' reach to your hearts. It Is this "The Lord "( iy portion, salth mv soul, therefore will I >e In him," and this is the sermon It tli aches to you. Follow in the way that ci ir pastor nas gone. Make his portion your tion, and then too like hlin. when you en- re the valley you can say, "The Lord Is my ni tlon, salth my soul." y< THE CAMDEN HOMICIDE. f.i e Killing- of Col. L. W. R. Blair- pi the Evidence at the Iiiqnest. ct correspondent of the GraeniilU News m e< the following statement of the origin of ii difficulty: , seems that on Saturday, the 1st. Instant., e: . Blair went to a meeting of the Bculah el nnciatlc Club, (of which he wtis once a w mberand fr >in which he withdrew In 1?80,) or led with a Winchester ritie. ni i order to avoid any argument or unpleasness, Mr. Halle, who was called to the h ir, caused the persons whodesired to enroll vi mselves as members of the club to come it rt from the general crowd, anion;; which b< Blair was one, as all partiej Heme, for the di pose of prcscrvlnn tne unanimity of the tr i:tlnz ; and did by that means succeed lu di mizlnjc the club peacefully and quietly. w have been informed to-day that Col. Blair fl >wlns that Mr. HiUle, who II ves some miles tl Hi of this town, was in Camden, wan seen ai a gentleman on the road by which Mr. tt lie must return to his home late on Sun' tknl ho fhon nrnfPHaod h I 111 - tv ' as feeling aggrieved at the treatment he al I received the day before at Beulah. meeting of the so-called "People's RI?hts" lr ty was advertised to take place to-day at h Court House, at which Col. Blair was to ci ak- About 10.15 this morning Col. Blair el I Mr. Halle met at the door of the office of County Auditor and Treasurer, when some (c vernation ensued. In which Col. Blair wild ai lr. Ilalie, tiirtlic (Halle) would lave to k down, as ho (Blair) was "cock of the ol k" today, and afterward* cursed Cnpt. v< I le for "a d?d liar" andaltemotcd to strike di i with a heavy hickory stick, w.iicli ho Ituaily carried. Capt. Halle was unarmed st he time, but stepped back lrtt<? the treas- ol r's office and spoke lo several parties say- tl . ''Blair is after tne to-day." or something "i hat effect, Col. Blair waltine at th6 door in h meanwhile. Capt. Hatle then took upai\v nicer repeating rifle and walked to the I ?< ir. Col. Blair ran his hand in his breast si lareutly In the act of drawing a pistol, areupon Capt. Ilailo tired upon him. r( d< THE INQUEST. h lie following is a summary nl the evidence w en at the coroner's inquest as given iu tile nden papers: i>. McDownll, being sworn, says: I was ug 1o tha exprcs otllee. I saw deeeised on w street. I saw him attack James L. Halle speaking to him In a rude manner and ? king his linger in his face. Deceased said e' laile, 1 understand you have been cltcula- " ! rumors that i have been holding night etlngs wltli negroes, ana yr?u areauanini?' . I am cock ol the wall: ai:d ruler, and ln(1 to ru'e. Mr. Halle then went In the tax Ie ce. Deceased followed hlrn to tho door. rr lie shut the door,. I.saw Halle come out. leased was standing at tho door ? ilb his P' id In his brea-st. Deceased Raid tc> Halle, 4,1 ire he went In the tax office, 1 am armed. 01 >w Ilalle come out of the tux otilee wllh a i in his hand; he stood on the street In <?1 it-of deceased. Ilalle was walking b:u.-k- 'c dand deceased coming towards talui. I r,i ' Halle shoot deceased. js-e McLendon, being sworn; says he saw { [' e.ised standing ou the street with bis hand J'j lis breast; heard him talking, cou!d not what he said. I saw J. L. Halle ronie out he tax otilee. I snw Mr. Hallo shoot one J" o. I then stepped into an otllce near by. 'n r. A. A. Moore, being sworn, Bays: I was 111 sing by the tax office In my bugey. I saw st .. Halle Are at Major L. \V. R. Blair. I was 8' near enough to hear any words. Deceased jj| i facing Mr. Haile when the first shot was d. Deceased turned half around and Halle tl the second time, and In quick succession "F fired the third time. When the first shot, d I stopped niy buggy and before I could "J1 out of it the two last shots were llred. c' |or Blair was in the act of falling when the I? shot was fired. He fell across the side r< in of the street. I saw the weapon In Mr. lie's hands. It was a breach-loading rlllc. nl *. J. Muiphy, being sworn. Kays: I was idlog in ttie street. I heard Mai. L. \V R. Ircull J,L. Hs.lle a d?n liar. Mr. Halle K'' ed deceased to take It back. He replied. I ' [ 1 not do so. Mr. Ilalle then went Into the ?l: office. I saw Mr. Halle coine out of the J? office with a ride In bis hand. I then ll' ked away. |11 r. A. W. Burnot, being sworn. Fays: I was 111 sing by the tax otllce. 1 saw and spoke to /. Haile, who was siandltlg on the street. " iw Ilalle and MaJ. L. NV. 11. Blair meet on Jv sidewalk, facing each other. Deceased { ' ^ gesticulating with one hand, his other J" id m his breast. Mr. Haile turned away la 1 went Into the tax office r. A. A. Moore, belug sworn, says: lex- 11 Ined the dead body of MaJ. L. W. II. Blair Jf I found five bullet wounds. One shot pu?s- ll, lirni,?li tho honrl frnrlnrlni? the fifth rib. 1?' other passed through the stomach ; a third i f sed through tlie lower lobe of the right I K, fraciurlns: the eighth rib; the fourth ?' s,)d under the right shoulder blade, utid | J1 liftli was In the left side. The wounds < fl ,sed the death of MaJ. Blulr. J tl bout lialf-pnsl 10 Major L. W. R. Blair, Ihe ill hinder of the so-called Greenback party, d irot.ehcil Mr. James Halle, a Democrat, tt 1 said In Hubstnnce: "I understand that,11 i tu.ve been saying taat I alii Hated with neu?t<-nii iiBirni nlnht meptlnirs. If sol T i si re a damned linr." tfajor Blairadvaueed >11 llulle In a threatening manner, placing I T hand In his bosom, nnd said to Halle"! armed." Mr. Halle was unarmed. The lor stepped. Into the county lax office, and, slug a repealing rifle, returned tothestreet. jor Blair repented the language already T >ted, and approached Mr. Halle in a threatng manner. Mr. Halle raised the rifle and >t Major Blair dead; he fell covered with od. Mr. Halle promptly surre dered hlmr to the Sherlfl, Mr. Doby, and was con red, under a strong volunteer guard of P He men, to the county Jail. P he body of Major Blair wai carried Into P i town hall and laid upon Ihe floor. It pre- t< ited a most ghastly appearance. tl te was ii tall, thin man aged about sixty- P with long uncombed and dishevelled ?> Ir, a long shaggy beard, very dirty In his ti son, and with nails resembling tliti claws a.n animal. w lis face was livid and his head was thrown )k on one side. Ills shirt had been opened (8 i his hairy chest showed two or three h undo. The blood bad formed a pool under ?' right arm, and the whole scene was shock- (S : and painful to contemplate. n 'he coroner Is now summoning a jury and n ! Inquest Is to be held at noon. Mr. Blair s a widower with several children. He o ned a valuable piece of land which he rent- tl out for 81,000 per annum. Severn! years > he was tried for the murder of a Mrs. tr ung. He had had a difficulty with her son Ji J went to her dwelling accompanied by ft' w ;ro man. Both Blair and the negro were j C ned. The negro was Instructed to.shoot[II y one who showod himself at .Mrs. Young's j " ?r. The unfortunate woman showed her-i di f at th<! door, when both Blair and the nei tired and Mrs. Young fell dead. Blair wax ! si ?d for the murder, but, owing to the di 111- IT ty of ascertaining who fired the fatal shot, was acquitted. His private character was | Ij >d and he was a man of some intelligence! ai J of unquestionable cotira/e. He was a lit jor In General Uagood's Brigade during, t) i late war and was a gallant soldier. Hejvl s regarded In this county as a brave man ei Iu bully. He on lastsaturduy attended a I re inocrallc meeting at Beuluh, in this cnUn- tl armed with a Winchester rifle, and it Islet tl attempted to overawe the meeting. Mr. m ile was in the chair and organizing the rnocrat.ic Club of the precinct. Finding | re it Blair whs bent on creating a difficulty . Halle adjourded the meeting and wentlcl ne, which ended the meeting und the diffi- CI ly at the same time. Tl tl An Honest Colored Maiu [Alktn Recorder.] few dnvs ago Mf. I>. Curry, who reps about ten miles from town, lost, wmfe Aiken, two twenty dollar bills from his I'l :lcet. As soon as he discovered his loss he D 1 the colored man, Charley Oats, who had cr ompanled him to town, wnnt had happen- n> Hid requested him to go back nnd look f6r Pr in, as lift thought he had dropped them ce in his pocket when Jie drew out Ills pencil* h< :s i in mediately started qack, and found the ) bills wrapped together snugly, lying In cr middle of the street, where they had been Kt more than two hours. Oats cfld nothing J" re than whnt was right In returning to his hi ploycr what he had accidently lost, butthe 0r I of the matter Is that very few of his color P' nld have acted as honestly. He was, of irtse, liber;>lly rewarded by Mr. Curry. # Steamboat Collision. tlGIC TERMINATION OF A FOHR1 OF JULY EXCURSION. Steamer on the Ol.Io Elver Sank Number of Ltres Lost. Yhkkling, W. Va? July 5.?3 a. M.?It possible to ascertain nt. this hour the nun r of persons drowned by the sinking of tl curslon steam-Scloto after Ihe latter ho i>n In colltftlon with the steam tug Joh mas near Mingo Junqtlon, Ohio, last nigh pt. Thomas' son Davy Is mlsslngand atiec nd, Aanie unknown, was drowned from tl lolo. Tl>e rest of the crew Is safe, the fir in taken out of the water being Chafl. M y, a watchman. flie Lomas struck the Scioto on the pn la about fifteen feet from her bow and mat :ir>ce hole throueh which the hull till rapid! il she sank lit once. The bout Is now lyli the bottom of the river. The water In tw ;t deep In her cabin. Jharles Fa^e, of Marietta, Ohio, stoker < jistant engineer of the Scioto, said tb< irted from East Liverpool at fcW o'clock? e inornlntr with a large excursion pari 10 were off for a Fourth of July frolic, ar nt tuey went as fur down the river i mndsvllle, arriving there about 1:30 In tl crnoon. After lying there about two hott ! started for home, stopping at Wheellt d Martin's Ferry. The people, hailed us 8 mg the river but tho captain' suld we hi ongli on board nnd he refused to take ar Lire except at SteubeAftvllle, Ohio, who vcral came aboard. At the time we collldi Lh the Lomas as near as 1 can Judce fro lat 1 henrd people saying we had on boa ) persons at least; and possibly 500. I w wntch nt tho tl(rte ot the accident at len the boats whistled for passlriu I notlci at. there whs xomethl nj; torontf, but thougi tilling of It., and stepped out on the dei ru second when I saw the Lomus nigh u us. t rushed back lo rav engine and obeyed tl 11 to go back which was Immediately f< ived by the bgll to stop, arid tlieri seeing th e boat was fA?t sinking, the engineer und rewiiMKiii iuiu liiu river, iiicu iiunun y coat. When I got back the ?kI fT won II of fear-h trie ken people that I knew juld sink, bo I Jumped Into the rlv?:r t o We<t Virginia, shore. In looking urotii e as I swam I saw that the water wns blai 1th huiiiHii beings und the expression elr fuce* was frightful beyond dexcriptio en. women and children were crying pil sly for help and Rome of the screams so u rved me that I could scarcely swim. T rrent wns strong and I struck out ii!l n ight diid soon got out of sight 6( the cro\ the water, there being but two bo? 8 ne e who managed to reach the shore in safe itii little help from me. We swam nbnut lie altogether and when we reached I ore it was almost impossible for any of stand Up. As to how many were iost I ci rin no Iciea, nor do I know what caused t cldent or who ifl to biam& Latek.?It Is now believed that the losa e by Hie sinking of the Scioto will not e ed twenty. Commercial Trareler arid the 0 Crops of Abberille County. 1 Anderton Intelligencer.] \ commercial traveler, whose homo is is city, returned from a trip down the( mbia and Greenville Railroad last We oking care-^vorn and disconsolate. frlendli id forsaken?as though he was almost rea give up in dispalr and quit the business ummlng. He is usually a most vivaclri id lively man, and can keep up Ir. spir ;ainst great odds and In despite of wl ould generally be considered the most t <? DM4 /<ti> itnnu ha WIIOAU >me and los his equilibrium, it came al>c this way: As before stated, he went down on the C , ft. It. on business, and atuHtatlon beli odijes got off of the trnln and with sanii ao In hand walked Into the store of one s customers, uud extending his hand, sal food morn I dr. How are you to-day T" "Three men In this neighborhood mude t lousand bil.shels of oats this year!" exclal I the merchant. "Well that was certainly very fine yield (piled the commercial traveler. "Is th< 3l something In iny llnte that I carl la 5ur order lor to-day f" * "Without a doubt, the oAt crop has snv lis country from bankruptcy!" respond le merchant, with considerable emphasis. "It certainly has been a great relief to 1 rmers," the traveled remarked^ sllgh rused. "Oats are good for horse*, cows, chicke ?ople?gond for everything," said the m innt, excitedly. "But what's the matter, my friend, did y ever make any oats in this sectlou before iquired the traveler. Artfo. nuto I MmtlBn nHo f\t no h cclftimed the merchant, pushing lip oevesund advancing towards the travel lio nervously picked up hi* samplo case a lade for the door, concluding that It woi til be prudent to remain longer. As he eutered the store of anoLher enston e was greeted with. "Come In; glad to i?u. One mm) Iji thin neighborhood ini n thousand bushels of outs, and In old j 2Allle couhty ihere has been over five hi red thousand bushels harvested. The coi y Is safe for auother year," and he cji :>wn with a Mow upon the traveler's Ik 1th his hand that almost felled him to I oor. knocked the cat off the counter w te yard stick and kicked It out of the dc id turning to the traveleraijaln Insisted tl ley ought to take a drink togother. "No. I tlmnk you," ruplled the travel Ith a puzzled ulr. "I thought I might ilb to sell you some goods to-oay. "Nothing pays better than oats. Theci i this county this year is worth at least th undred thousand dollars, and next year < od will be sUll blircer." remurked the rr mnt earnestly. "Did you never make any oats here ire?" asked the traveler, exhibiting so anoyance. "Five hundred thousand bushe's of oats Id Abbeville county I" shouted theinerchi eliement.lv, and with a kick hesout his lit >g howling out of the door. 'i lie traveler grabbed his sample case a ,'irteil for the hotel, and on t'.ie wny met Id colored woman, who carried on her hca n bucket, and hs she asked, with a urn: Say, boss, you want some ulce, ripe ont1 e 8hcx?k as If seized with an axue, and oi hen whe corrected herself by saying, "oh. )me bluck berries?'' did he recovcrlrom i iock. "Anything. Aunty, hut oats." he promp jsponded, and hurried 011 to the hotel, at i Dor of which be met the landlord, to win esald: "My friend, I want a room quick ant to reRt." "Say, Tom, here! give this man some oati lonted the landlord to a IG-year-old dark "Outs! oat*! What do you reckon I wj 1th oais!" screamed the enraged traveler, "Oh, no! I meant show him to a roc real heavens, the oats'! Ten thousand bu k of out* made on one farm in old Abbevl lis year, stranger. The oats, the oats!" "Oats! oats! repeated the son of Ham as ilded the exhausted man to his room." ' Great heavens, the oats.1' sighed our trn r as he stretched himself upon his bed pose. Iu a few moments Tom returned wltl itcher of fresh water, and remarked hs it It on the stand, "Boes, here's ?ome fr< its I fotch yer." "Oats? oats? * What do I want with f? its!'' stormed the traveler, sprihglng to I eland letting fly a boot Jack at the head itreating Tdm. Scarcely had his nerves become quiet wii ie dlllner bell rung. With misgivings As le propriety of the venthre, he slowly nis is way down to the dining room and toob at near the door. As one after another rai no me rooin 110 couiu see piaimy uepici i every countenance the evidence of a nap jart within. Men looked at each other h nlled, and Just as ouf traveler began toc< atulute himself upon at last finding pie it company, lu rushes Tom and Inoulr ioss, have your outs fried or scrHinbled ?" "Have iny oats fried or scrambled? Gr< IOOU8." "Kive hundred thousand bushels of 01 nde In old Abbeville county this year." < aimed the landlord, as he walked in a >ok bis se tt at the head of the table, wh >in explained. "Oh, Boss, I mean eggs." "Give ine my oats hard boiled and my et iw, you skunk, If I must eat oats," was t infused answer of the confused traveler. And then the company, with an air of 8t tlsfactlon, proceed to devour the content! le boan*. not neglecting to tboroui<hly p. ie stranger in their gates as to the purtli .rs concerning the flue oat crop; and i aveler, in turn, becoming more and ra< srvous as one after another would thrust t i fori nation upon him. But all eyes are turned toward the door ie big fat cook makes her appearance, a hen she remarks, with a broad smile, "J eard dat Mr. Jones made lour thousa jshels uv oats on ten acres uv ground," I .udlurd comes down with a terrible Mow i 1 tbe table with his fist, sends the dishes r lng to the door, our traveler grabs up I irving knife, bucks up into one coruer ie room, while all the house becomes a set ' tumult. Our little man detles the to hllo the excited Aobevllllans shout, "H ih for old Abbeville county. Oata, mllllt f oats I and tbe country Is safe for one m car." And one by one they file out of I >oin, when in comes the good lady of I uuse, charges the traveler with. Iiavl roken her dishes and threateus him w ie policoi But he escapes to his room, gathers up uster and wimple case, and as he walks < > meet the up-miln the lust sound that bret pun his ear Is ihe sweet voice of u sw mlden as she sweetly sings, "Com! brough the?OatSi" HE REGISTRlriONOF fHYSICIA AND SURGEONS. he Workings of a Law Which is I just to the Medical Fraternity. Marion Star. On the 17th of December, 1881, an Act ? ussed by the Legislature requiring evi erson lawfully engaged In the pruellce hysic and surgery within the Slate, to rei :r ou or before the first day of June, 188"J, 10 Clerk's olDce In the county where he ractlclng, his name, residence and place Iri.h, together with his authority for so pr clng physic and surgery! The Act further provides that any pen ho shall violate this Act, Is guilty of a ir emeanor, punishable by fine not less th oO, (Ifty dollars, nor more than ($200) t andred dollars for the first ofTuncc, and ef ibsequent offence by a flue not less th 100) one hupdred dollars or by Imprlsi lunt for not less than (30) thirty days, i lore than (AO) ninety days, or both. The fine, when collected, shall be pnld 1 iie-half to tnc person making the complal le other half Into the county treasury. Dr. Fred. Green of Columbia failed to ap] > be registered until after the first day nfie, the time limited In the Act will hlch such reglBtralion could be mode. 'I lerkof the Court thereupon refused to all le registration, and the application v mde to Judge Wltlierapoon to compel him [) so. Judge Wltherspoon refused the appllcatli lxtulnlng the ground of refusal by theCle he Judge says: "The writ of mnndainux Is resorted to me ' lo compel action and coerce the perfor ice of a pre-exlstlnc duty. In no case d< havo the efleet of creating any new authr r or of conferring power which did not p lously exist. The fact that a party aggrl< 1 has, by neglecting to pursue his statute tmedy, placed himself in such a posltl lat he can no longer avail himself of Its b< Its, constitutes no ground for Interference' andamus. "The rule must be discharged and the w 'fused. We hotlce that several practicing pby ans in our coiinty hnve registered In c lerk's office since the 1st day of June, 1U lie time limited In the Act had expired,-a lelr reutstering after the time had esplr 111 not avail them. A Freak of Lightning During a thunderstorm on iheiKnd of Jill Khtnlng struck a tf'ee uftder which Mess ean <t Carson, with thclf machinery, w< iguged In threshing oats. Nearly adoz en who were at work around the mach! y were stunned, but all soon recovered ( pt Jllson Grant who, having received ;avler stroke remained in Pifeless state I veral hours. Ills feet were burned to isp, but he is now thought to be out of df ir. A colored man was qulto soverefy I red by a falling limb, which the llghtni ?d rleft from the tree. Theaccldmitoocurr i the prlmlses of Mrs. Attaway. Trees ari otectlon from the snn, but quite the revet regards the electric fluid.?Edyrflrld Mo r. Republican Revenge. J 1 Ha H PROMPTED BY THE REDlSTRICT- In* IXG OF SOUTH CAROLINA. dor a The Programme of Unseating South- ^ ern Members of the House of Rep- f Js resentatives to be Poshed to Com- in i a itlpfinn Rpforfi Adtmirnnienf. doi [iV, G. G. in Newt rind CbuWcr.l ^ " Washington, July 0.?Representative Hub- vin ^ bell, chairman of the Republican managing 0 ,e committee, declared to-day thutassoori as the! ()f ?.# appropriation bills were disposed of the con- <.m ~ tested election cases of Smith vs. Shelly of,0"' Alabama. Hesslnghaus vs. Frost. of Missouri, i 1? rl and Smalls vs. Tllfmnn of South C'Arollua je1 would be called up by the House and acted iy upon before adjournment. Heretofore the I RepuDlicati membersof the elections commitlee have given the contestees the strongest assurances that they would not be disturbed 3r this session. * <5 kV This determination s^ems to nave been vei*y * T recent, and a Republican who ou?lit to know 1 ; tv assures ino that it Is caUs.ea by tfte action of V the South Carolina Legislature I'ri, redfitrlct- S ?s Ing the State so as t'ri give the Republicans on- ( ie ly one district Our. Democratic con tes tecs ^ai r8 are to be promptly attacked aft to a measure \ lz of retaliation. Jf. however, the Senate had .11 not dawdled so long and adjournment had (*o td been had earlier in next week, as at first In- ? 1V tended by the House, nothing could have been ne: -p done. As It Is the House will have several ( ,d days to spare in which to persue their unseat- / nl iugprogramme. The Republican organ here 01 rd denounces the elections comittlttct} Apr Its tio tardiness In trying to se&t the contestants, ha mentioning Calkins by name. u>( ii The sub-committee has not yet acted on ... Pettlbone's report, one or two members being c ' ,1, absent. If the managing committee order It, * as Is nrobable. thev mav. to snv? the mirlv. r?v ( p" port fn favor of Lee, iidtwlthstandingde'clara- As He tlonfe 16 the contrary. ? }l- . THE RIVER A5JJ HARBOR BILL, C|, as reported to the Senate lo-day. leaves the ( 1 appropriation for Charleston bar at it came as< er from the House, whlnh non-action was anil el1 paled'. Th? only addition made wttsannp- i?1 ,'t proprlatlon of S'20,000 for continuing the lm- >i"l or provcment. ol Run tee River. Th'c adoption of i (he recommendntlon of the coaimltioe by iHe m< Cl1 Senate being a foregone conclusion, nothing ?> was attempted by amendment, and theSoutn Carolina clauSei pnfised as reported. i,ne rtOS. Sen! h. iiiLL. gj jy Qa wr What Henry Grady Has to Say of the Ca lf, Great Georgian. Ca he I called to see Mh Hill last Wetek, ahd as ev- (?., us try word that comes from him Is precious ttt t\. un his peopld, I venture to record my Imprcs- zi he oions. Mr. 11111 received us In his library, He was sitting In an e?t?y chair, but sat crect. Dt of A white bandage pissed ovttr the crown of his x* head caught the Jaws firmly aiid covered his wounds from sight. The upper part of his body showed no emaciation, but his legs bad r ft# thinned considerably. In talking Mr. Hill Is ^ Hl as graceful as ever. He uSes his favorite gesturo? putting his hands together by Joining Le the tips of the fingers and tnumbs^-a* much as ever, arid gestures qtolte freely. He has a g' in habit of touching his head Just back of the *a Wound every few minutes, and tapping It ?r ek gently. The.saddest thins about Mr. Hill? |?l ?S8 sadder even than the limping speech?Is the ^ dy pained and strange expreMloh of his eyei; of They *tare at you In a strained and flied way; his as If they were Impelled by some other power Its than that which dirccts his xpeech or ges- A1 tat tnres. What Georgian dues not remember I'1 ry- how these same eves were 1H the old days tru- < i er- ly the windows of .hi* soul ? Hotor their lights Bl >ut and shadows varied wish his every mood. H?w thtey flashed with Ills ftngter. sparkled Pr . A *lth his humor, or melted with bis pathos-. XI 3W Now they are two great gray orbs?fixed, urt- Fc pie varying, slow to move?manful In their quiet of resignation, and yet mournful beyond words; ? U : iiit11 4UC9UUUIII9, uut liuw cugcr; iiuu ?iy|?r?i* Ittf, and yet not weak. It 1m as I1 the marvel- |J en ouh springs that moved them hhH been pal- f] m- sled, and beyond their Impulsive depths ? ' stricken life wns moving uneasily. .oijess." ture has Its reflex In them, no word Its i inphaere sis. no sentiment Its Interpretation; and the ike only change that comes to them It. wlieu, through pain or sympathy, a cloud sweeps ed over the olenr gray surfive.and a tear gatherled Ing beneath the lids rolls down the pallid cheek. n he V t'y The Enlarged Faculty of the CniTersI* ns. ty of South Carolina Organizing for cr" the Coming Session. on J. C. II. in News and Cburier. 7" Cotxmbxa, July a.?There was a full meet; .? ing of the facility of tli* University of South J/. Carolina Ut the College llhrary at II o'clock nl8 thl8 morning. All the professors w<*re present J-v and after a very full and free conference a in.a. committee, consisting of Prolevsors Joynes, LI,U Sloan and Woodrow. was appointed to prepare the courses of study and plans for organ^ lzlngthe dIflerent schools In the University, to be submittal to ft i adjourned meeting of J4?? the faculty which wlil bo held at 5 o'clock t< morrow afternoon. Another committee, conslstingof Professors M^Bryde, Sloan and Daun" vis, was appointed to arrange detnlis of dlsclJn? pllne and Internal regulations for the governmentof the Institution. There was a full interchauae or views an'd opinions between the members or the 'acuity, and the meeting was [Pr; characterized by great harmony and a very _ rittt cheerful spirit with regard to the prospects of X . the University. It is not certain what tho * lv* committee on organization will recommend, De but the sontlmentof the biculty is stronglyln . _ favor oflrtrgeiinU liberal coUrscs ol study, tne '"P object being to make the University equal to * ree any other institution In the Mouth. It Is i ot 3ur Improbable that the committee may recom,cr" mend elective curricula, but no plan has yet . been agreed upon. DC" An Invitation was extended by President , me Miles to the entire foculty to dine with him tlilx afternoon, and at 1 o'clock the meeting ro^ adjourned until to-morrow. Tblrigfc ore already beginning to look brighter about the ,lle old College grounds, and the sentiment . among. the friends of the Institution Is groto- L: inn jng stronger every day that the University is 'in about to enter upon acarcerof unexampled prosperity, honor and usefulness jiy Geraninms fur Wint<tf Blooming. b f1"; Some may doubtless think that the subject llje for this article Is entirely out of seuson, and | that is perhaps the reason so many people are iho unsuccessful with plants as winter bloomers. I'liey do not know that almost nil plants, to have them do well In winter, must huve spe 1 clal treatment during the summer months. Wo want blossoms and well tornieil plants lUtwinter decorations, and In the cultivation of ?1: geraniums, I have found the following to be a lul good wuy u? obtain them : Not ull the varle' lies ure good winter bloomern, but some kinds g 1, are to be specially rtecommertded for that pur- " ,i" pose. Plants lifted from the garden which e have grown to a considerable size will dlsap. point you by taking a long time toiecover ne from the efl'ecU of lirilug, If they do at nil. U Is better to take young plants* thin month, fi?r Bome In June and some even as late as JUty; 10 Then we huve blossoms In November, and all durlug the winter, until Lime to turn Ibera V* out In the garden in the tprlng, for summer _ >sh ,)loomln^ v A. ssh llnsiness Notices. | 'of Use the patent tin can for saving to-j j matoes and potatoes the cheapest and ' en beat, 95 cents ber dozen, at H. >V. Lawson & Co'8. A : a Glass fruit jars?"Improved Gem," at i V ne H. W. Lawson *fc (jo's. j 1 oj f py Best Machine Oil at 64 cents per gallon nd at II. W. Lawson dcCo's; ^ Best Kerosine and Astral oil at H. W. e8 Lawaon A Co's. TunNiP seed fresh for 1882, at H. W. Lawson A Co's. ll8 Brass and porceHaa kettles,' at H. W. sx- Lawson <fe Co h. n?l Fly fans and traps at H. W. Lawson of Ue & Go's. gj jgs LadIes in need of Worsted Dress lie Goods, all coldra with trimiugs to match will tiiid them rtt greatly reduced prices, fci |0} at the Etttporinm of Fashions. mt Silk parasols, fans, and other desirable 1 "he K??^s are now beirlg offered cheap; at )re thr Emporium of Fashiohs. be If you want a cheap, stylish ladies or misses hat| crill at the Emporium of n(1 Fashions (ne*t door to hotel) and you i?t will be astonished at low prices, they can | ud now bo bought for to reduce stock on I :hc hand. | at- Beautiful dress ginghams all colors * .he now reduced to 12J cents, at the Einpoof rium of Fashions. >U6 ivi) Another lot of handsome colored ur- muslins, white Indian mnslins, corsets ins ruchinp;s, lihen lilsieni from $i up, to arLlic r've wee^ at "*0 K,r,P?rium of Fash Lhe 10n9? | "6 The largest stock of black and colored | 11,1 silks ever offered in this market. Now 1 1,1a being sold at very low prices or made up I 3ui to order II. M. Hauddon <fe Co. eet *'0B uew K00^8! latest styles and lowl?g est prices. Call on R. M. Haddon & Co. Just received 15 doaen ladies hats and bonnets. All the new shapes for SumXS mer R. M. Haddon ?fc Co. Just received rnfflings cream and white laoes, flowers feathora <fcc\, R. M. HadT don <fe Co. n" Just received another lot Japanese parasols. fans tfce.. It; M. HaddOn <fe Co. Just received 50 pieces ribbons aJl the' new shades ibr Summer R. M. Haddon <ft ?roJf Co. {is- Just received 5 dozen linen ulsters R. In M. Haddoii A Co; or For the largest stock and greatest variac ?ty of dress silks, black and colored watered satens, brocade silks and all the 'on novelties in dress trimmings at lowest ^ prices call on n. M. Haddon A CO; wo Wk have just received another lot of -J kch thoso beautiful white lawrs, "Lerion De, g Daca," French muslins and other desira1 j 10P ble white and cream wash goods for sum1 mcr wear, R. M. Haddon A Co. the Tue largest and most attractive stock L" ' of millinery ever offered in Abbeville, at;It ply prices to suit the times* When you m of come to to\Vn, dotiH fail to see our stock. tia R. M. Haddon A Co. touw Ladies Underwear. ? Look at our wi ^as stock of ladies underwear, bought direct i m t0 from the manufactories and will bo sold jls in, very cheap, by R. M. Haddon A Co. I rk. The largest stock and best assortment foi of ladies goods "exclusively" in the up-1 1 m. country can now be found at R. M. Had- [ ten don A Co., old stand next door to the poet ch ?ri- offl.ee. ' jou ly,' Patterns! patterns!?A watlt lotig | >ry I felt can now bo supplied. Buttoric A w, on i Co's patterns for sale by R. M. Haddon ; w! ai1"' Jvst reteiveD.?10 pieces black cashrlt mere.- The best 50c. cashmere in tho j yU , market can be found at R. M. Haddon A j " s|- Co. iur w2. Summer Sii/ksl?The largest stock of| nc| sumfner silks \to have ever offered, with 6(1 i trimmings to match. R. M. Haddon <fe Co. ! i I Fort tho best assortment of millinery {?j (goods of all descriptions and at lowest fin nc, I prices, call on R. M. Haddon A Co. est " Lapses SucrfcH! For a" good shoe and a en R??d fit try our custom made shoes, j In- None better* R. M. Haddon A Co. nn ?x" For the largest stoUk and greatest v" ror variety of slUt tfnges, laces Ac., for dresses i a j call on It.- M. Haddon A Co. j '"*! Lawn Tenis, Searsucers A Dunborton ? "! muslins. for summer dresses, just received ; ed bj' R. M. Haddon A Co. J jj! For the best assortment of dross goods A ' and dress trimmings to match, call on R. ! M. Haddon A Co. ] 'or witegoods of a'l the newest fabrics, b foreign and domestic, call on R. M. Ki ddon & Co. *** 'or "Notengtiam Lace" for curtains' T)r< nrhito and Ecru, call on K. M. Had- I r &. Co. or ladies neck wear, tics, fisehnea,! poo!) Qings, collars Ac., call on R. M. Had-1?" tl' *co. : on tlie latest styles and lowest prices j nillinfry, call of send to It. M. Had-! i & Co. 'Rtjrtous Coffee Pot, try if and be conced'tbatit is tbe beat. Smith & Son. A of the largest and best assortmsiit millinery goods in the up-country at itii it Son. jk p| 3leoant lino of straw goods-, for ladies | U I Misstew At Smith Son. I c''"f ... . . : , | or in $UY your underwear At Sirtith <x Son. dprsf s. a s. ar. Hrjirtj^Vr?\Vhat 'eta the letters S. Vfc S. C | mean? ? ^ | ;itizen-Smith A Son, Merchants. 1 Stranger?What do they keep? Mtiren?Everything you, your wife, ng)it6r6 and boys wear, besides every- p_i ng tbat is feriowh as House Furnishing odS. Stranger?Do they do much of a busies? 3itir,en?Why, my dear sir, they do one the larjitfst." They carry more liwes of rtds than any other houne in town? vittg a Grocery Store, a Dry Goods >re and A Millinery Department, all mplete. Jtranger ? How are their prices ? Mtizen?1They guarantee them as low arty-. Stranger?1)6 they keep fteady-Madc ithing? A Citizen?Yes, a large and handsome ZaL lortment, also of hats both straw and |l t and eVervthiug ih th'c Geilts FilrUlsh- |T fr Department; yr Stranger?Then that la the place to get 3% p-wants supplied?at Smith A Son. Fresh Groceries. ain arid Mixed Pickles 1 - TI 10* Chow;, T" .uned Corn; p0) 7 nned Okra and Toma- lies nned Peaches, [at Smith & Son. mined Pihe Apples, ied Appjtfft, ied Peaches, ied Cherries. Stationery. the1' T>.^. , A? >:e Paper, M gal Cap Paper, io)k Cap Paper, .ncyffox Paper, iatSraith <t Son. i velopes, \ ' lhber Erasers, eel Erasers, , 9iac per Clasps, Ac. ^ Ik Par.isdU, 1 ... poca Parasols, nf| nbrellao, } at Smith <t Sou. [I| >n Umbrellas, I | iKgy Umbrellas. j | ide of ihe Ktt'chen Soa^.-) J[ 1'e SuperiorPollshtnst Sbnp, ^ at SmltliA Son. >r Scouring and Polishing.) M & COMPANY l, Hardware Merchants. Ac cot i>rc HEADQUARTERS FOR lie] ANIEL PRATT COTTON GINS tor feeders & Condensers.!^ tin HE BROWN COTTON GINS, FEEDERS I Ju AND CONDENSERS. sItl tee ... . (i n :iIOFIELD COTTON PRESS, ENGINES ^ AND GIN GEARING. eg r- by > T; GRANT'S PATENT FAN MILLS. 1 tlx AGENTS FOR ALDWIN FEED CUTTERS, k" am BURRALL CORN SHELLERS, (ty THOMAS BRADFORD & CO'S, w|! CORN, WHEAT AND FEED MILLS. tlx .. " . ed "B FOR SALE; an, IN BRISTLES, BABBITT METAL, j tl,-< BELTING. MILL STONES, MILL PICKS, Co AND FULL LINES OF HARDWARE. Ta STATE AGENTS FOR emp's Manure & Cotton Seed Spreader tmAOtw oent of the labor. Mid double* the valm thn Manure, oua load ipreid In one-tenth the tiroa meflttinv the cr>p ni? much bp wo pltrhrwl ont by ind. Indlapenanhlr w the Mower nnd Itear*r. i [ the qfltton pectJnn? It will ??ve the labor rf half a win mln. 8prcads Mnclt. Marl, Aoho*. Lim6. Cotton: 1 ?d, etc., broadcast or In drills. Kor illustrated cata> I joe and fall particulars addraaa j SEND FOR PRICES. | HART & CO., Charleston, S. C* jun e h, ink, ii | INPflRALLELED c SUCCESS L OPTHE A ntiteSewiDgMacMne iHE WHITE SEWING MACHINE, the ? best In the World. It has an oscillating lf-threadlng Shuttle, a Self-setting -needle. j Is adjustable 111 nil Its wearing uaris and ade from the beat of material. Its boblns n be filled without removing work or atchments. It Is so simple In construction id light running that a child can uselt. It II do the greatest range of work. It has the i nst complete set of useful attachments, it T1 far In advance of any other sewlnc ma- I | Ine. It has been thoroughly tested lor four < ars in Abbeville county. It is warranted I r five years. Remember no machine is genuine or w?rnted only those sold by our authorized deal-1 ?. And those pretending to sell our Ma-1 ines. Needles or Attachinents outside of r Agents are frauds. Mr. J. L. Simpson is | ronly authorized dealer for the Counties of, __ Jbevllleand Uuirens, and no Machines are irranied except those Bold by him or those, ?l lom he may associate with him in the bus-: V ess.- Respectfully, j 'HITE SEWING MACHINE CO,! CLEVELAND, OHIO. _ H' will fllE ladies, and those persons who wish to lYIei y Sewing Machanes, are respectfully lnvit- of K to call ut Mr. Barnwell's, where they wllllstor d the only genuine, warranted and cheap-itlie ; Machines, samples of the tiie Machines Ft irk, needled and attachments. OH 10 cents! r bottle. VII persons desiring to communicate with! s oh the subject, will address me at Abbe-1 7" J, L, SIMPSON. uly 13, 1HK1. ly. . A Stereoscopes p ND Stereoscopic Views. A fine assortl ment both Foreign and American, at J. D. CHALMEIW. Haroh 29,1SS2, tf L>i ARBER SHOP.-J ______<j m UHARD GANTT. I* now prepnrod to da MM nil work In tils department in tliC lies' ^M ner and ai roa-orinMc chnriros. Monthly mien shgvinjr. hair outline nnd sham atr SI jier month. R??f?s h<>ncd acd p?; flB u best condition f>-r 25 rpnis inch. >p under the I'ret-i and Larttttr office. rchlo.18SJ.tr ~H. G. SCODDAY, 1 ttorney and Gnunselbr at Law, I Anderson, s.to. I *- I" ..^/Aa.ilAnn 1 OAM'tAAO tf\ ho nB P IVIW HIS .-v. ? .. BI- v.. .... ..v- ?_ Izoiih of Abbeville. Pprtlcs drulrlnf to tilt with Mm, mav do 8oal ?ttCh so>-'?/r>n e cwiiii for the County, or by letter at An>n C II; iic 15.1881. tf "* PEAKE & BRO. -AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS? lipse Traction &nd Portatable Engines! E WAYNESBORO ECLIPSE SEPARA TOR, SAW MILLS, COTTON GINS. Al HE AMERICAN FRUIT DRYER. Purwlttblng the ttbovGcaticlre& SPEAKE &M0.. Kinard's Tt 0., 8. C. r. JOHN KNOX is onr only agent to soil Eclipse Engines ?nd scpiiralors and srieau Fruit Driers In Abbevlile Couuly: SPEAKE A BRO; arch 29,1882,12ni ChromoS, f,ARGE lot of new Chroiiios 22 * 28 and <h x <w,; uu exnioii'uu unu jor bhic, uv ieacbal W. P. WARDLAW. pril 20, 1881. ^ r . *rTTT "* ST ACCORDANCE \VITH THE t to raise supplies for the fiscal year nmencing November 1st, 1881, ap>ve<i February 9tb, 1882. Notice is -eby given that the Treasurer's of2 of Abbeville Criulity; III be opeii the colicction of taxes ONDAY, M&Y 1, 1882, i will remain open until June 1st; rhe rate per csntUdi of titles is as lows: 4*?i vr\/\a/4t ... ? J3 mlfla J 14% IV JiUI UiltlW* ,'ouuty current....;:::;..;:; :3 '* 9 Deficiencies.. 14 fl| Schools 2 " S Total 11} mills. 9 ?oll Tux $1. - SB 'The taxes ] be collected in two H bailments, viz: The first*instal-H >ut shall be due aud payable from M } first day of May to tllfc first day ofB ne, 1882, and the second installment H ill be due aud payi ble from the fif-H nth day of September lb the thirty-H| it day of October, 1882." H penalty of five per centum attach-H to the first installment if not paidH the first day of June, 1882. ffl Tax-payers can pay all in Hay IfH ty tiesire to do Kb. BB CaxeS are payable ih the following? id of funds and no other: Clol^^H d silver coin, United Slates Cnrren-M National Bank Note*, and CnupontiHj lich shall become payable during^E ? year 1882, on the valid Consolidat-^R Bonds of this State, known as^H I row n lionus," also jury ?.;eruncmcs?| J the per diem of State witnesses in^H Circuit Courts will be retfeivad for^| ur.ty Taxes not including School^Bj J. W. FERRIS, I County Treasurer. I Treasurkk's Office, HE April 5, 1882,4t H unningham i it jn -?AND? SB templetomI .-HAVE RECEIVED THEIR- |H Ipring Stock! -aud arc prepared to serve tiie public? HH m GOODS! CROCKERY, 1 rROCERIESfl HATS, I iFS, BOOTS. AND MIM pril 5,1SS2, tf XL, CLARK, I R THE GOOD OF THE CRAFM ? vtnnn mA r?TVV? tlAVK aWU;LUtlJ 1W vil I J-I whole attention to my 8hop. I shall gi^^M 00D ATTENTION. If nny person wlsl^H| .0 Lave his WATCHES REPAIRED ^|j rig them In. I have all the tools .hjid mH| als to do it up In the best of style and flfljH lowest rates possible. If you want yot^^H :k repaired bring It in and 11 will be doi^BH it. If you want your Hfl JEWELRY MENDED H ;ig iton. If you want your SEWING MACHINE MEKDE& sis the place to get It don* In thebest ^IS ;r. You can baveitny piece made uew, old one repaired. If you wantyourgno ol repaired this Is the place to have e. All these articles will he repaired best of order at the Lowest I'rlceS. HQ >ve ine a trial aud satisfy yourselves^^H IMS CASH. M JOHN I CLARK. B8 New I Din mm IT.P.Wardlan H BBEViLLE, S.<fl| IS opened a new stock of FURNfrtn^l^n over the store of A.M. Illil & scfti; I^HK he pleased to receive a call from iBB ids. UN stock consists of etery varic^H^B URXriTRK Usually kept In a llrst-cl^^HH e. All of wliicii Is uttered at prices to ?^^Bb times. H|^H :b.23.1881. tf H90| ivr oticeTI NY person having demands asalrist estate of GEN. JAMES GILLAM, cut ihem to the Executor, and those Led to tne estate will please pay up. R. C. GILLAM, Executor,^Mj eenwood, May 10.1SS2,3t Hh jUM