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1 : 4, } rCT yz-wtrnammummmmMmaKm W J ae Press and Banner. 1/ Llv HtsjsSi "Wilsou. ! S V7edaesday, Karc-li 14, 1S83. Hp.*' Of lat? this town lias been infostec. Hp Svith begins of various kinds, apnitis: *11 of wh >m wo would warn tho public. Ono successful fraud comes in the shap< of a foreigner, :;s a pretended mnsiciat> f-* who claims to want t:> toa?li not onh innsle, but the Gorman and French lan gunge.*. T!>is fraud take* his pravcrbook along wiili him, and exhibits ii with the various letters which he has sne cecded in getting from \v*;i 1 known ciii 20ns of this Slate, who it seems are very Milling to give a stranger their endorsement that 1 e may cheat and beat otn pooploontof lodgings and money. Another of these creatures in ho shape of a woman, came along recently leading n blind hoy, and hedging money. Another was h hlind soldier, who was being led about by a fifteen year old girl. Another was a strapped preacher, who according to ills own story, had lelt hist wife, and had taken up the reputable business of tramp and sponge generally, i under the pretext of selling some pamphlet, which lie claimed to have written. In addition to these there are a thousand other calls for charity from boldface:! boggars, and they never fail to lind good-hearted gudgeons, who can be easily duped for a small amount. Now, we claim to have in our breast as much of tho milk of human kindness as j the average citizen, but we have no money i which wo can cheerfully give to such people, although we do got cheated oe i t Vaslonally. i. '1'ho foreign tramp was a hale, hearty 1 yj man, who instead of going to work like! an honest citizen, goes about cheating p?o- j out of meals, and taking in greenhorns, who suppose they are serving the j Lord by giving their hard-earntd money to such vagabonds. The woman who b?gs for her blind! child lias no claims upon our people, j The people of her own neighborhood would take enro of her and her child. If they would not, the poor-house is open to them, and wo think the inmate of a poor-house ten thousand times more respectable than a roving beggar. 2s"o blind soldier, who is worthy of thej flag under which he fought, should subject his little daughter to the in>ults of j the vulgar crowd, which sho is sure to meet. It may be set down as a matter of conjecture that when a prcaeher taken up the Lusiness of beggar, under t!u* prcteu je of Selling three cent pamphlets for twenty-1 five cents, that there is something wrong with hit;:. Very few good preachers of j moral character arc sent adrift as beggars, j And so on through the whole list. We would warn our people against them. We hazard nothing in saving that nine-' ?v_ tenths of them are unmitigated frauds. And wo ;>t.ite as a fact, that our people i commit a sin by encouraging such a vil-! luinous practice as that of begging. In some States tho beggar tramps have I become a nuisance, which ths law was compelled to abate. Tramps as a rule are | unscrupulous and dangerous people, and the Legislature should mako begging a 7?- i criminal o (fence, and all proper ollloers j should bo required to arrest them and! lodge them in jail preparatory to their I trial, when, if convicted, they should be sent to the penitentiary. m - Ctirreul Topics. The imposition on tho poor ir. requiring them :o work the ranis, the immense \aIuo of tlie whipping post, the pay ot, fefy school teachers, tho increase of the tax ?n industry lbr educational purposes, the appropriation of the public domain by - the National Congress to educate little; negroes, are some of the subjects that are"agitating tho minds of the editors of this! j?|? State, while a plan to convict decent: Democrats of infamous election frauds' receives the undivided and combined en-J ergy and ability of the educated negroes, j tluped Green backers, and vilu Republicans. Those patriotic Democratic j citizens who are so anxious about appro priating Democratic money to educate' their Republican enemies may learn aj lesson from the proceedings which have' *TT~' Leon lately going on in Columbia, is it the educated class of Republicans, or is it! ignorant class that are giving our pco- ! HgTtte trouble? For our own part we are' BSKorougbly disgusted with all tal:; ofspe-i WjM * cjal legislation for the negro, and we feel i Ks*3li|sU political legislation for the de-truc-! 1 tlcn of tlie lh-n.u.-ratk* party in tiieSwiitn ^equally vile. Why give tlje Repuiiii-; SSi^- CA'n party tiio use ot tiiu united ouues. pSSjq-CjfturU lo overawe anil tyr.iTisiizo tiio! Democratic party ? The* ucj;ro has been Mm?!' free for m^rly twenty years, and the lit- j gp^jfiJljlicau party lias been in power fur a I HKpiiougor period. I'hyn why nut let the ne-! Bl^lfjlwes and the Republicans taka care ofj 1 Rsllhoi11 ael ves ? A new generation lias pos-j Ry session of thiscountrv, and the freed man '.d&>3 has had time to educate and en-. ticb himself. Tiio moment tlioy were freed, thousand* of tliein were in better condition than were those whose servants! they bad been. '1 ho owners of r.laves in! thousands of instances were in dobt, i when the freed men had an even start in the world. Since 1SG5 the properly ofi this country has passed into new hands, j Thousands of white men who, ut the' close of the war, had if,tiling but their muscle and a worthy determination, are now the owners of property. The same is true of the colored men. II undreds of >T- | colored families in this eounty own land,' livo comfortably, pay their debts, and j have more credit than they want. The < >/.> Iv :ili tliis country, with-! in the last eighteen years, has passed in-1 to new bauds. Energy and business tact; lias been rewarded in tlie South, as it Iiilh j ' net been anywhere elso on the globe.,' But, why burden the eneigy and thrift! of tho country, by trying to educate the; "whole of a thriftless mass, who would be j worth nothing?even if educated. Ourj greatest men came from humble h??..os, j and possess the satisfaction of knowing J that they are or were the architects ofj their own forttiuo, and the winners of! their oivn education. Boys of real I worth, if they are ambitious, can always' hianage to get an education. For thisj reason we are opposed to further taxa-i tion on the energy and economy of tliei prosperous for the benefit of those chil-i dren w ho are not Inclined to help them-j solver.. Dfftlli of Dr. S. S. Marshall, of (ireen.: , rm,, I Tho older citizens of Abbeville count}' v.'ho knew our former citizen, Dr. Sam-] uel 8. Marshall, will be sorry to hear of,' Lis death. Ho was ki'Iod one day lastj week by the accidental discharge of aj gun while hunting on his own farm in j I'loi ida. Dr. Marshall was ono of tho most | prominent citizens of the city of Green-! ville, and took a leading part in whatever looked to tho welfare of that city. His; lino address, his upright deportment, and j his consistent warm-hearted genial na-l tnro made him the universal favorite-1 He possessed that peculiar temperament! which won to him a"l classes aud conditions of men, anil we presume that no' one, who know him, will fail toexperi-J ence a feeling of real sorrow at the an- i nouncement of his death. The Green- J ville New a of the 7th instant, is credited i with the following: "Yesterday our people wore shocked ' and sorrow-stricken by the sodden intel-j ligenca that Dr. Samuol S. Marshall was' dead. "About noon J. S. Marshall, his son, received a telegram from Greenville, Florida, annonncingsircplv that Dr. Mar-i shall had been accidentally shot, and re- 1 questing him to proceed at onee to the, scene or the accident, in company with . bis sister. Two hours later another message from the same point announced that . Dr. Marshall was dead. No particulars' of the accident were given. The family were not much alarmed by the first telegram, and the terrible news which the second one brought at most stunned them. I' The sorrowful intelligence was soon in ?very mouth, and every face gave evidence ot the eU'ep jrrief which it occasion- ; cd, forcibly recalling the ellVi-t prodm/ed by a similar ni<'Ksr.ge rcceiwd some < V months ago w hich toid'of the sudden end : : f ft' our trmst and must noblo 1 11 ~~ 1 sinco on a pleasure trip to Florida to the' plantation of J. Marshall, liix sou, who is a resident of that Stato anvl the owner of an extensive oranjje grove. The Doctor was cxpccted home in a day or two, and his family were looking forward with idiid anticipation to his return." fh's Funeral of Dr. S. S. Marshall. A special to the Sens and Courier from Greenville, on Sunday, says: "The funeral of Dr. Samuel R. Marsha!I of this city, w! 1 o was killed bv the accidental discharge i>f a gun in tlie bands of !iis son, John I?. Marshall. whom ho was visiting near (Jreenville, Florida, on Monj iay last, took place at tho Episcopal | -hurHi here this morning, the Rev. Kllison Capers conducting tlie services. Fully fifteen hundred persons assembled at iho grave to pay their last tribute of respect, and the occasion was indeed a sad one. "Tho particulars of Dr. Marsha IPs death are as follows! Jtist beforo his intended departure from Florida for his iminc in firoenville, In and his son, Mr. F. ii. Marshall, mounted their horsesand started out to shoot ducks. Mr. Marshall was riding about fifteen feet in advance of his father, with his breoehloading gun. chained with ,duck shot, resting across n'ie pommel of his saddle. The two had gone tiut a short distance when his gun was accidentally discharged by some inexplicable moans. The shot took effect in Dr. Marshall's right side. He was taken at once to the residence where the best medical aid, consisting of three physicians, was summoned. He was perfectly calm and gave directions as to d tossing the wound, expressing tho belief that it would not be latal. lie lived until 12 o'clock Tuesday, March <>, when he passed away, being conscious to tho last." The Saluda Argns. Last week's issue of the Sain/la Argus contains the salutatory of \V. K. Blake, Esq., who takes editorial control of that paper. Mr. Hlako's fine ability as a (irstcl.iss editor is too well known to need any commendation from us. We salute thee, Editor Dlakc. THE TARIFF BILL. The Cli.in:ros That Have Iiccn Made in t!:e Internal Revenue. Washington, March 5.?Thcsectlonsof the tantt'relating lo inicrnal revenue arejjlvcn below. The iviucMous of special latere*! are ih??eoii inifari'ii. The conference committee cnanucd iln; law sis it passtd the Senate in only lhre?* particulars, the most Importantlieinj: the change of ilaie when the reduction of the toiiacoi 'ax goes in lo etluct from July 1, ISs't. lo May 1: .Suction I That the taxis hcteln specified, Imposed by the laws now in force, he. and tin*sam*sire hereby, repealed, as hereinafter provided, namely: On capita! and deposits o! t> <nUs and hankers and national banking associations, except such taxes as are now due aid payable, ant) on and after the 1st, day ol July, !8<*. the stamp tax on hank checks, drafts, orders and vouchers, and the tax on inatcSCN icifumt-ry. medicinal preparations and oilvr articles lm|o<ed by Schedule A, iOllowing Seel Ion of the lie vised Stal ules: provided, that no drawback shall be allowed uponarilcle< embraced in said schedule thai hall he exported on and afier the 1st. day of July. ls&'!: provided, further, thai on and aft-r May 15. is.<{, ma'ehes may be removed by ! manufacturers thereof from place of Minimfaciure to warehouse witnln the United Stales w it bout attaching thereto the stamps required by law, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal itevenue. S;:c. 2. That on and after the 1st day of Mav, dialers in leaf tobacco shall annually t pay $12: dealers manufactured tobacco shall | ay Sil'J: ail manufacturer' of tobacco shall i pay S<l; manufacturers of cigaifi shall pay it?. l'eddlcs of tobacco, snutt' and cigars shall pay special taxes as follows: lVddlcs of thetirst class, as now defined by law, shall pay i >", peddlers of the second class shall l ay SI}, Iu*ddIersof the third class shall pay S7.1S) and peddlers of the fouth class shall "pay S&tiO. ltetaii dealers in leaf tooaeco shall pay and ;! ( cents for each dollar on the amount of tlu ir monthly sales in excess of the rate of VjCO per annum : provided, that farmers and producers of tobacco may sell at the place of production tobacco of their own growth and raising at retail, directly to consumers, to an amount not exceeding SilK) annually. Si c 3 That hereafter the special tax of a dealer, in mr.nulaciuied tobacco shall not be required from any farmer, planter or lumberman who furnishes su"h tobacco only as rations or supplies to his laborers or employees. In t'ie same manner as other supplies are furnished by him to them: provided, that the asj'-i'cKiile of supplies of tobacco so by him turnished shall not exceed in quantity 100 pounds in ano o.'ic special tax year, that is fmm tiic first day of hay in any year until the :#tth day of Aptil in the next year: and provided further, that such farmer. planter or lumberman shall not be. at tin? time lie Is furnishing such supplies, engaged in the general busimss of sclilm; dry goods, groceries or other similar supplies in Use manner of a merchant or storekeeper, toothers than iiis own em j Joyces or laborers. Skc. I. That on and after May 1,1S88. the Internal taxes on snutt. smoking ami inanufaclured tobitvo shall he8cents per pound, and on cigars which shall he manufactured and sold or removed for consumption or suieoii and after the 1st day of Ju'y, i8Kt, there shall be assess1d and collected the lollowing taxes, to be paid by the manufacturer thereof: On ci-ars of all d sol pi ions, made of tonacco or any Mil siituto thmfor, $S per l,WiiO; ot: eijaivites weigli;ng not more than three pounds per I.ivi, oj cents per J,0Uo; on cigarettes wckhin;; more than three pounds per 1.0 0, S-'t per I.im); provided that, on all oriuinal and unbroken factory packages of smoking and ni^nu'af.uie l tobacco and snuil', cigars.cheroots and cigarettes held by manufacturers or dealers at the time such reduction shall no into edect, oil whlcti ihctax has been paid, there shall be allowed a drawback or rebate of the i rnli Jtmount of reduction. Hut the same shall j tot apply in any case where the claim has not tieen presented within 60 days following j the date of the reduction, ami such rebate toi manuiuc: U'Cs may be n id in stamps a! are i . I > I .....I ......I..< .. I.a ..I I........I .... bnvk paid f?r si !e-s amount than il'l. ! NJ-.C. >. That on mil SifiCi" the passage oft this Act tvcry mai.uiacitn er of tobacco or; >iii;I! shall. In addiiion to sill other require nentsof law. print on eiiili package, or s?- J c.srcly iiOl.x ?>y pastimton each package con- j tniin.i^ t.iiif.rc > or siiiifT manufaciured by or for him, n Mi. J, on which shall be printed ' the mumhi-roi ihe manuiaetory, the district j and Slate in which it Is situated, si lid these j words: "Notice.?Tnc manufacturer of this. iO'iii: c<> has com; lied wi h sill the require-i niotils of law. Kverv person Is cautioned,! u:.d- r |n 11.ilta s of I iw, not to use this package: or tobaoeu u^hIii." Tiie Rebate on Tohnreo. Richmond, Va , March x.?prominent col!rc ln? oilici.TK oi theiuternsii revenue service j express the opinion that unless creat precau-' temsare tai.en to prevent it, the rebate al-! lowed uianiniu'turers of tobacco uiirler the! lie a' revei.ue law Is open to nuiny a buses. I The law provides that no rebate shall be ;il lowed except upon unbroken jaeka^es. I Some Interest, is manifested as to what the rulim; of the dcpaitment at Washington will be a* to what snail constitute an niioroken package. Unless this siiali lie clear, these colleetiui! otjleerssay that unset tipnlou.s mantifac'.ure'S indifferent parts of tiie country I m >y evade th'e la?v and secure the hejielH of the rebate. This miuht he ilone, I hey think, by lining discarded cigar boxes and including ts. in in tho:r seheduie of stock upon which lli'-y Claim to l>e niitb d rebate. I'he same ueviiv. it is thought, may, if the decisions of the department are not dear upon that point, bcUHid in tbe same manner with plus; tobacco boxes. The rebate section of the new law will entail .1 'neat deal of labor upon thee .Hectors in 11it? ni.?iu*'i> uuu iicvvsiuuio udUiliotiKl Uc;?uiii*H and clerks. The Political Prosecutions. [ Berkeley Gciz>-Ue.] We have it from an excellent authority that there are at least six special detectives in the employ of tin* Department of "Justice,') (Mod save1 lie mark !) actively engaged in hunti.'fK up and preparing testimony for the election cases lo be tried at the April lerui of the United States Court In Charleston. Some of tneoli cases will tie taken up, wftti testimony revamped; hut the main object Ik the trial of| new cases wl!h new \vitnpss?-s. The henchmen dI' ll.e AilminisLKTflon have begun wlih ' commendable prop#f>titude, knowing hy this! time that the-*m*riige Republican witnessI must hedrlW^fT for months hetore hand, or he will lncyfmbly confuse himself beiore thede-] fendwrTs sulicitors come to his assistance. Whether th5so six detectives are of the! sum.' f.aiig is Mr. William Fenn Snyder is notj known. They are probably acting under the i nulse of re venue oltlcers, and this disarms sun- i picion. Mr. Snyder is a lawyer anil special detective?at once a Brewster an<l a Vidoc?|;' an extraordinary comhinailon. and one hith- j erto unknown in South Carolina. Kxceileut' professions both, and apart, of (treat ad van-1 tiige, absolute safeguards to a community, but. wt.cn blended 'uto one, they are like those' substances of wiiich chemists tell ns, odorless ! t! eniselvc?. but, when mixed, sending forth a ' tench which disgusts the olfactories of every i honest man. Mr. Snyder was actively en- j gaged in Columbia for two months before tne ! A'i'tr.t and CbHrier apprised our people of his! presence, so well did he avoid observation. Should Mr. Snyder und his corps have, what ! they consider, the most complete and con-; vlndnj! evidence to establish the guilt of the' accused, it Is highly Improbable that any one ; will he convicted. Our people know too v.ell [ how much credence to put in the sworn testimony of a Badical witness, Mr. Snyder's sole chance is In the Juries. in view of this facl, and of the importance of preserving the purity of the ballot-box ; i and of the still greater importance of j erpet-' uatlng the regime of Brewster, Mciton & Company, we would consider It a graceful act lor the baby county of Bi rkeley to come to the] assistance of the Depart men I of Justice, ami j transfer to it the panel of Jurors drawn at the rcceni. ici in 01 liii-\ tin ri?an u iu men 111 si , being made to stand aside. It wnd tin* cardinal rule with our Berkeley ; Juror* to fnnno verdicts having no possible, c-iiincetioi) with the evidence a'lduceil. In-! tultutlvely, by some "hlirher law," they at-, rived at conclusions which have not jet' ceased to interest and astonish the good peo-. l>le of South < arolina. This system will, iu donbt, commend Itself to the astute .Mr. Snyder. In Its adoption j hangs Ills sole chance uf success. *?? Tkxas and If aims?A Virginian. who had i long resided In Texas. In h letter to the Rich-1 moned iSouth, gives his experience unci otiser-! vatlons in that country. Wc leproduce it for ] the information of such. If any. In South ' Carolina, who may be alllieted with "Texas! fever." "Texas does well enough as a field for able-1 bodied, resolute voting men who love hard 1 work and can stand a hard life, to sow their; wild oats and to get rough experiences; hut the same energy, the same capital, the same I endurance, (the same privations are impossible) applied in Virginia will build up a> treater result, and amidst the enjoyment of I a 1 that makes life worth living. For women . Texas Is llades. The life on a lanche mentis, I for a woman, the hardest domestic drudgery i ?no servants, no meat (tit fur humans), no milk, no butter, no reighbors. no doctor, no! chuieh?and a climate w hich drags down by j day and by niiilit, In winter ami summer;! and there Is no cold spring in the State that ! I have ever seen, and I have drunk of thei springs of the Kio ? rande from Its sources to| lis mouth?and no ice except from the Suachines In the towns. I know It all, because I have been thcie? bad a ranciie there fori many years, and ha\e ever since |sj(i iieen fa miliar with every purl ol the State. There-! fore, I say to younu men, if you can't rind; work among your own glorious people, don't | dia^ a pent:e girl out to share your rou^b fortune*, but mate with those who know no better things." A published statement shows that the e?rnlni.8 of tLe (:<luuilda und Greenville Railroad ' dn In* the third week In February. wer6320.2trj an incr.-aseof ?I.U4l> over the earnings of, the cortc ponding week last year. Thi? Kail-1 road has cut "'ow n wages so as to foroe n.ostj of its twiployecs to leave, nnd it is otberwlie) ecyuouiQT?i(. ' > 1 4 ] The Burial of Stephens. ; AN ItftfEXCfi Til HONG ASSEMBLE TO DO HIM I1030K. I I Geucral Toombs Pays a Trlbuto to Ilis Depart I'd Friend. [Atlanta Constitution, Qth 1 The Military. There wax universal praNe of (he military display on yesterday. Willi only two ilaj > in wiiich to'get up (lie dlspiay. the result wa.? -iiiijily marvelous. A.s It road sheet ?ns tilled from one end to (ho oilier with ihtnelCK plumes, ;:ay u-iiioinis, dashing aids. the gleam of sword and bayonet, the waving o banners, and valiant soldiers Hunching In plai?/;?nsi)f (weatie>. it wis a sight toxin* the most sluggi-h biood and <|U!cl<en the dullest heart. Ye?le:diy was a glorious day. but in : I <.n>ei:il seiiM! At;:ilit;i felt reKtMitlsiltile lot* its liHutr observed with proper dignity and ini l l>re-si \vnu-s. In the name of Atlanta, I licit, we thank tlie volunt< cr soldier** >r I In* State] 'or l lie superb display on \ o-t'Tilay. It wi.lj go very l;?r in establishing llio militia mi popular esteem and in bringing public opinion to regard it as it deserves. t'e-pite tin; f.ict that eaeli company hail its quartermaster along. every iiiemticr went J went foraging. They ?i I nod all over (lie city 1 Some went to hotels, some to restaurants, some to private ho tiding hoii-es, tint t! 1 * 111.1- ] Jority were made lo guests of Allan a people. In laet, hundreds 01 residences were thrown open, and a uniform, though its wearer was a total stranger, was as welcome us if he were an acquaintance of \ ears. The Colored Troops. There was 1 levencolored military companies in AU i'ita Thursday, and each one of j these companies won friends by their bearing I as they to.lowed the procession Thursday. 1 After the Ueorgai llnssars vvnt. I>y a coloreil drum corps ranie al"ii-c. Then c-iuie tliej Georgia Cadets, Captain ite.itly commanling. This company was thirty strong, and made a J good appearance in t heir iduc ttnllorais. Next came the ilouglass Light Infantry, of Augusta. I ilt was commaiiiled tiy apt. Cummings, and I was thirty six strong. The Atlanta Light In-! I fan try eatno next. It was twenty-two strong, land was commanded hy Lieut. Siinmonton. j J Til" Koine -Mar (Jtui'ds were twenty strong, J |a<id were under command of Capt. Hlggcnj bottom. The i'.ibh I'ouuiy Dines were thirty- j i six strong, and wore commanded by ('apt. S. 1 Mo-eley. The Oi| iiol tiuards wee twenty j-t-ong and were under command of Cap'. Wiiuhish. The Georgia Volunteers were! twenty-focr strong, and were commanded hy ! ('apt. Mcllenry. The Lincoln (Quants, ol Macon, were thirty strong. All of the coloreil companies wore Mile uniforms. and the trimmings only madca diiicrcuce in their apparet. | I'lornl Tribute. i Stephens (ire company Xo. fi, of Augusta. 1 sent a large pillow of white lio!d lilies, with ! "Stephens No. ti" in purple hyacinths across j the i-ico. A very handsome contribution was ; sent by the City of Augusta, which consisted ; of a massive coal of arms of Georgia, made of i while japonioas. liliies, hyacinths and Ivy ! over tlie central arch, reaching from the two ; outride columns, was "Constitution." worked jln purple hyacinths, and on the beam across j the three pillarsal the top was "Augusta," in 1 similar Icttors. The whole rested on a pedestal of moss and white camel las and rosebuds. '1*1* ? O mill i ntr Uuruifiri it ita v/ |iv iiiiip "v? * vi. ?n Arising. amid perfect si I enre, Senator Ool, qnlit e.tlleu tlif meeting t<> order by saying: j I.et. us have perfect silence. The simple services of tiiis hour will be opened with ' prayi rby l)r. Adams of Augusta. I l>'r. Adams. in u voice lull of emotion, pray ed iis follows: ] Let us pi ay. O, thou infinite, wise and good ' unit holy lieing; we invoke Thy presence and he-sinus at ibis time. We pray Thee to trail1 (|Uillze our mind*. and to influence our hearts, j (live us love for Thee. Hive us n recognition I of Thee. Help us to consent-to Thy will and [ to accept the ways of Thy providence, and so tit u-t >da.v lor the duties that he before lis. ! and grant that throu.-hout the whole of the ' proceedings of this day we may remember jour own frailties, our Individual rcsponslhili; ties, our obligations to tliem, the claim Thou hast u|ion ourselves, and upon our services, and emulating al' that is good in olhers, aim i at that high avocation and that, entire conse' craiion of all our powers to Thoo through j Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Prayer lly Dr. Talmage. ! From everlasting to everlasting Thou nrt j(Jod. The years of onrlife come and go and ! whiten tlie hair and slacken the step, and : rush us tottering into the grave, lint Thy years have no end. We bow before Thee tills afternoon to mourn a national calamity, ami . to escort this body to the grave. We thank j Thee for the life of this good man, the honesty of his precepts, the devotion of his life, the igenerosity of iiis manner and for the magnificence of his great soul. We thank Thee forall that he did for hi- native state. We i thank Thee for that which lie did for the j whole country. We thank Thee lor the example of his life in behalf of all posterity. ; Show us all that is cood of it. and provide us against all tha' is wrong, llut. Oh, Lord ! we ; want Thy comfort. We want it to come. flr*t 'of all. upon his bereaved kindred. He their (iod anil portion. Mny they realize that tins ! loved one Is only gone before to that land where (iod shnll wipe away all tears from j their eyes. Oh, (iod, anoint them with that everlasting halm of Thy love and sympathy, and hold them np and say unto them "when thou passe ill through the waters 1 will he iwith you, ami the rivers shall not overflow iyou." God grunt Thy blessing upon this ei'.vand thisNtate ami this country. May we | follow this uoud man so far as he followed that which was right. I pray that wc may consecrate ourselves to Thy service and learn the ; solemn lessons of this afternoon, and may we ;a!l loot; forward to that time when we shall f meet Thee. And when the toil of life is ended and wc have enter-d that assemblage with ! the ten thousand times ten thousand and the hundred and forty and four thousand, we i shall ascribe all praises to Thy name. I Mess till* s.ilemn. tender interview to the i:ood of ' our sou is, co with us to the grave, guide us by Thy counsel while wc live. When we are in ; darkness t eour light. When we are sick be our physician. When we are dying tie our life.anil when wearcdead hp our resurrection and the glory and the praise and the sa'vatlon. and the sonc shall tic unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Amen." ( 'etiernl Toombs' Specch. Senator Colquitt arose and simply said, "General Toombs." General 'I oombs stood sobbing for fully five ininuiUs before lie would proceed. For over twenty minutes his emotions were so great that lie was almost unintelligible. Jle then nerved up and said : Fellow citizens ; ( come lo mingle my tears with till tin-men anil women, ami even children of Georgia, not to make an eulogy. Ills ai-is arc written in letters oi (.old. From the accidents of li re. from the contiguity ot our Claces, natives of the same county, fioin simlulty oi tastes and pursuit? of life, more of my life litis been sp.-nt In the presence and closo contact with our Illustrious Irlend than w ith that ol any other man that Is living tir dead, from my infancy to manhood. In fact, his who.e life was an open book. Ho was more the child of his country than any man that ever tin allied. With ea- ly disadvantages to a decree and extent that seemed to fornid ?absolutely forbid by the hand of C?od?the vork that was before him, 1 know that be never counted on a day ol life for more than forty >ears. Like the faithful soldier, whenever the roll w:iscalled hisjinswer uas"here." I i a\I nit fitted himself for colP-ge, under the tuition ol' a man ol great Intelligence, one worthy to transmit, both his genius and his virtues to his descendants, lie did not. enter public life as early as it was my fortune to do. Educated and nreparcd lor co. lege at tbesaine i academy he schooled and entered the university of Georgia : came away in all In-r honors, with acquaintance and friends, without jealousy, ami with a store of knowledge that wa? fitfur the great events for w hleli Cod intended . Iiim. U'ln n he ciime olitof colloui! he went ' to the vocation <if his father?a teacher? a I trainer of youth. hotli troni necessity and of ; hi* condition, as well as his known fondness ' 'or learning. lie may have been improving iiis well stored iiilrnl when lie wa< imparting iiis knowledge to the youth ol the country. When lie wn* able to come before men lie was J ndmitt'-d to the har in his 21 year. U/idcr [one of the in ist illustrious of Geor./a's sons, I who was then presiding at th?- last eourt he j held in tlie county of i'.itluferro, the Hon. Wiliiutn 11. t.'rawsoid, tliename and synonym of all that was ureal and honest, and true, i and patriotic, who himself died like my III tustrioja friend, on the path of duty, going ; fr"in home to one of his courts 011 tlie clieult, '.is very advent to tlie liar was a success. They knew ills talents, they knew ills vir! tues, and lie was a leader almost from tils I entrance into life, and it was no small dls| tlnetioii to he a leader among such men. : Among the leaders of the har of the northern circuit. In which he was horn. In those ! days yon tlnd the name of our distinguished ! ? more than distinguished?one of the greatest ! men and best citizens, Chief Justice Lumpkin.! Mr. Cone, one of the most distinguished of nil [ the lawyers that ever appeared at the har in Georgia. Judge Ixing'-tieet. and among them some younger men, nearer hlsown age whose I future promise was then forseen by the*pub-j lie?names which their lives haveshowii were: worthy of glittering steel, and ills magnifi cent genius and character. But upon his retirement, from college those whoknewhis virtues and his character were earnest In their desires that lie should lake j i he sacred desk, lie said God had not called ; hlin. He took his mls>lon fiom the voice ofj God, M.'onsiencc." He always determined, from his cradle, to live f?r his country. His! maxim from early life was adopting tlie Ian-1 guage of the Immortal palriot. who gave his blood for his. and mine, and your ancestors,! 1 lint there was no subject worthy of the; human intellect but the well government ofi the human race. There was the Held to which I lie was called?the well government of the! human race. It was the sheet anchor of liberty and union. God was his ideal, the sheet anchor of human virtue, of human happiness ' and of all that was worth llxlng for In this! life. There was a wide field of unselfishness, ills daily life was a sermon. Kveryaetat the) bar, every act in the Court House prracheci ai sermon that struck deep In the hearts of n!l' that knew him. He had not Ifccii two years | at the bar until they said, '"The public need .you;" ami Utcy sen i Iiiin to the Legislature. | and there was spent the greater portion of his j life, lie needs noeulogy from tne. It Is written In letters of gold and light, all over this! country,nni] loved ami honored and admired ] and respected .by all Ms o| poueuts. He had : no enemies. A limn could not l>e his enemy, j for he <ould not reciprocate the feel Ink. I Whenever civilization extended his nmnc was known, early In his Ille, and respected where his private character was known, nml ' loved hy his fellow-men. Nobody can re-j count his virtues. Ills was one of the few linmortal natneH that were not born to die. i loath hud no victory, the grave was cheated.! of her right*, ns claimed. There was nothing, and when tie pa??ed from ttu? life to the hu|>plcr regions there was no king of terrors guarding the portal of his exit to u baiter world It was no terror to him; he was not there. He gently ceased to breathe. When he went Into pnhllelife l?e ei>ter<d It In the! most evenifnl period of the world's history. It S'-emed us If the Creator, about that, period, | had determined to op.*n all the portals ofi knowledge to man. and It so happened thai j his very entrance Into public lite was distinguished by one of I he greatest events tluit had happened In thlsorany other generation. Our system of Improvements had been con eel veil by wisdom. It was Incomplete. Ouri two great 001 potations, the Central and Georgia Railroads, had organized, hill there was one link missing. The savages hail ceased to occupy any por'lon cl our teriltory. In the yeur lsVi the territory of Minnesota gave to Georgia the supreme.actual domination over every inch of soil within her glorious limits. Hut the great trunk was under debate when,! In IKili. he entered the Legislulureof Georgia ; with no experience, as men thought. In practical legislation, but with his mind so Weil stored with knowledge that he was leady tor every duty. Ills speech In favor ol the state ap| roprb-tlon was remembered by all his contemporaries. 'J here were no white Inhabitants, or very few. 'J'hey had Just commenced to take i he places ot the savage men. That It was necessary to act, he saw In an Instant. with nothing of what men cull experience In this great question. There was not a mile of lallmnd in the Slate of Georgia. It could not move without this necessary adjunct. It was necessary toconnect, first, with the waters of the west, with the Tennessee ond then with the Mls-ls^lppl, and then with the bpttn?lie*s I'neltlc. known In the charter of Georgia as the Great South SMa. That icemotiihlc hltl was passed; that mon-ent of i life's energy and enteiprlse announced sue- 1 ces*. Alt his life was devoted to his country, to his State, to mankind. The next great , event In his life was when be was elected to i Congt ?6? in 1W3. We had already made light) < -W" * ' our polralt painter, nnd the question eime up of making Itthtnln^ our news currier. l'rof. i Mor>e, himself port and painter, hut whoso jKenins had expanded ;it tlic diseovory o< Franklin, he was not. ul'lo to carry out the gnat invention 'Willi ilio aid ol i oiwrt>?, ; which Mr. Stephen* Intultiiieiy saw? while I he was not a | ro!es.-or ot science, he was pvaejtlealy the most scientific man I ever knew unywnere, trom the valleys to tite s?ias~ the appropriation was made. In the next year he saw the first message that was ever carried, i announcing tosllus Wright that lie was elect ed Vice-I'mldeiit under Mr. Polk, whieh he decline!. I chanced to be In Wasninvton n: the llin*, Not as a member of Congi ess, foi he entered the Legislature a term before I did ulth--ugh I was tils senior. Having already made light our portrait rpainter, by ihe blessings throughout tlic world, then we accomplished, liy Ids aid, tiy his tar seeing sagaciiy In a <juci-tioii that was ureatiy disputed, am. one which some of the greatest scientists op posed?tlie possibility of carrying news beyond the ocean; and to-day it iswoithtlu while of any ot us to no'c that the very in Iterances f a in making cm lie instantaneously lamb I in Hongkong. There is nothing more j to ueeoinp.ish In that line. Lightning is our newsboy. \V!i?*ti he ent?red lit'o there weie hut feu- more Uian ^i.inipeople, and as he -.aani (ni.'i nf Hie I lll'<MUIfM 111* i;i>i. >-><> ' .... .... - . most enterprising, eneraelie people on the lace of ihe C'rili, as his fcllow-citl/.cns. Then with ili<> pa*t Improvements, take our transportation. the best cars and engines made to|day,ami there is not.a vestigeconnected wllh the whole sn'Jcct hut. what li.is been linI proved a hundred-fold uml'-r his .services, thus adding to our comfort and h-ii>pf uess. Kvery| thing that eiuets Int'i production.everything that produces. Is carried u lib a rapidity before unkrown in the hisiory of the world, to tiie uttermost parts or the earl h. TnehmMicrhood of mankind is established by the hless. Ins; of Almighty Ood in this last hair a eenlury. Fortunately lorthose who ch.mcj to lie horn in this aire. I know not \v iere It will end, and cannotconceive what more can l>e done. It seems that our kind Father d 'ferniiiied lo unlock all his secrets that will benefit the human race. It would tie impossible even for me, Willi tny sp rial knowledge, to | rei'oiint the ureal events of his Jile, beans'! he j did nothing that, was not either if.mil or great, land often tdemlid together. Modest, yen tie, I letined, with a heart big enough to control, | to take in a'.l human wants and all human I wo''8, his whole lile was spent in I he practice of I virtue.;!he pursuit of truth, liio worship of (iod, and doing good to mankind. Take him | as you pie.ise, mid one oi the greatest tests of | the real grandeur of ills character Is found in I his eventful life He was not always sncec-sI fill; a mati of no sternness, hut of a wili'lhat dared to do right, tof..|owhls convictions, I even In spite of his constituents; calmly Istudying, working out, what was best for the [human iiiiml The world was nor equal to i him; theworid was not worthy of him. Sometimes, In very I in iiorhi til political ?| ties'Ions, j Mr. Stephens differed from the people ol fieornia and the United S'ates, but he pursued the 1 even tenor of his way, tolerant of all differjenees, b- arlng malice to none, good will toall. I When the public had risen to Ills elevated standard, or dllt'.*red from ill m, notable like lie was to look Into f lie far fat lire, when his consiliuants whom lie had s*er\ed through life, ! when Georgia even tlill'cred from him, urace; fully lie bowed like a dutiful soil to a gracious I lather. | 1 will give you onenr twoof thefewof those | sreat Incidents. Upon one great occasion he j was defeated. He was sent from Taliaferro to the secession convention. The convention l.iiit^reii from him. There was riot a firmer member of Mint convention lor tlie rlglits of the states than Mr. Stephens. audit'hedid nothing olse in the world of (he kind, mankind ovvok him ii debt. that can never l>o paid. His book upon that subject Is already a text for all mankind. Wherever the Knulish language Is read there it is and even Kurope begins !o see that in confederation alone Is the happiness ot its people and the safety of the j nation. When he went to thut convention lie was hoiten by it. I will five you a few characteristics that marked the man thai ua* not horn to tiii'?-one of the few immortal men born never to die. That convention which had opposed his views that very night passed a resolution to call a congress or convention | for secession, and to elect delegates to t'onuress representing the Kighth District. DifI feeing liom him as I dhl I was at the meetluir. j Notwithstanding the convention had dllfered j from bim and carried the measure in spite of ! protests and eloquence, he was unanimously | sent from his old district, the8t.li, to t-ic SecesI nIom ('oiilti'ss at Montgomery. lie opp-ised ! the measure but not a human voice was rals? d against him. lie came into that very b>>dy, picseuted to them by his district in which lie I was horn. They knew hiin. lie went to Montjgoinery Of course, ihe extremes! of the exj treuies were there, many of them. Misname j was presented among these men, and many of that convention were new men. That convention unanimously elected him to the secmid ofllce In the glit of tiie Southern Con ledi eracy. He accepted all with good grace. He j was never chagrined, never fora moment? having hutoue guiding star, and that, "my Icountry! my country!" He went there, iserved his time under disadvantages which | would be unbecoming in me to allude to at 1 this time; served to the last hour, to the last | throes of the Republic ol the soutii. mere wn.1 no condition which could bring him to (despair of the Republic. Again, when tie ; was defeated In Ihese halls hy un Illustrious i citizen of Georgia. It was merely ti dill'erenee j between men. Whatdldhcdo? Theconvenj Hon of tlic 8r.ii District had already selected j Its d'-le^nlfs. He was out of th ? race. Alio! ] tItem were pledged 10 the four or live gentlei men aspiring to the place which lie held. My j Illustrious friend whose popularity was un| hounded, and whose merits scarcely le?s llm1 ited, the peer of anybody, the very nextday, , without even his knowledge or consent, some | of Ills irieiids announced that he would stand i for tlie 8th District, lie said that nothing could induce him to come In conflict with the ; many friends who were then aspiring for the j posit!'in. Not a man would present himself, I as you know, to tlicStli District lor any otliee. ; that was not his friend. He was too great for ; defeat toer"sh. He ?vas too great even when I the potential voice of the country spoke. It ! did not move him one lncn. Some of his I Iriends suggested to him ' announce yourself I before the convention." I think there were j seven candidates, highly respectable leaders of his?,Id District, Before the sun had set lie had not a competitor, and hcjweiit hack Into | his old place in the Congress of the United ] States without a councillor. Never dis cartjeuedtiy what s< cmed to l?c lullures?always ; for country, in otliee or out of it, lie once said ! to me: "i have a mission I hn\c been trying I to do for years. I want to write a history ol j the times. I wi*h to defend the principles ujij on which Georgia Jastlued her right to withI draw from tier sifter states." Ami vet tie j could not do it I hen, for lie was carrlcd right into it. I know that that book ? one-haf ol the writing, wi s made on a sick and dying bed. and when he signed the last page he said: "I thank God that I have lived to complete this work; my lllels ended." He was In I Jod's hands. He had worked for liirn while | weak, sickly, attenuated, not looking for a day of life; the child of the public, child ol j the country. Yes, the child of humanity. In ! my ion.: acquaintance with him I never knew j any man so un fortunate, even so wicked, that I could put himsc t out ol the pale of his sympathy and aid. He seemed to imitate, ami I i sny it with great reverence, theSavionr of the human race. He seemed to follow his Illustrious example, when llis apostle niidprtde' cessorsent Him word. "Aro you the Messiah, I or shall He yet come?" He sent, back a nies! senger who had witnessed his mlri-cles. He ' saw the dead raised, he saw the dumb speak. He said: "Tell John thl? Is a final test, :hat . h<- should know the Messiah." He said: "Tell ! them that thcgo*p. I is preached to the poor." I Ills whole life was devoted to Insiiuctlng. In i feeding and clothing the poor, without regard , to country, or sex. or creed. Even the person, a I vices, that his own purity never could re. strain, were not excepted from the charities ol his heart and purse. Very, very few public men have lived, or it secmscan live, not immediately under the seeming condemna, lion 01 his country. I There tire many more Illustrations J could glveyou, but it is unnecessary. He was too great for defeat. The countty could notspaie j lilin. The)e were casual dillcr< nccs of opinion, but never, never, one pang of discord. I bnd occasion to follow my owii dictates, but ' I never did differ fiom him w ithout doubt. ! He was not what, you call a stubborn man. I When lie differed in.in his flit lids in any : private or public matters, he sought to find grounds for his action, lie left, no pang beI hind, but was a brave, true and patriotic man. i I remember alter the n>il of the Confederacy , 1 told him of my ouportunities and arrant", i in cuts for going out of the country, and I {urged him to do ti It e wise. "No," said he. "I am old, WcVi/t in years, and bodily Inflrmli ties ol' Hii sorts," says lie,"I have done my ! duty to God ami my country. lain icany mr any trial which Iht> public enemy shall rsisign to me.*' He wits putln prison, KUll'erlng 1 litany of the indignities Hint i-ueh an estate j would produce tiny where, but with thetsniper of a stem, tilnnily and determine! elvll war j that brings these things In Its evil Irain. He looked It calmly In the lace. He viewed I them not with trepidation/ He viewed them ! not with linger,but. lie marched lo the prison i as lie did lo the grave, saying : ,-I am ready j to stand for trial whenover they order inc.'' I This maiked him to be a man; every one of I these c vents. Neither changilned by treaehe ry nor disheartened by desertion nor sensible j to resentment, the gieatsoul looked upon his | country with love and alfcctlon, and his last [breath was in hcrianse. The (lucsticn In his j long, glorious mid uselul llle was so perfect that 1 know nol where lo begin or where to end. except in justice lo you and to the audience, and it Is unnecessary, for I say every act of his liie is stamped with immortality. It is J slumped upon the hearts of the thousands of weeping people of Georgia; upon his sorrowing cou.itryinen throughout the bounds of his country. Ironi the Atlantic to the lactic; all look Willi love and admiration, and ni'iigle their sorrows with tiie people of Geoigla. Looking through his whole life, lake any point yi?u want of that glorious e.xlstam-c, and it compares with the Homtin Senate. When one of her greatest and best gcneials had lost a battle, and Itome was trembling almost under the sword of I he baiharian, her legions broken and scattered.shivering in tlie balance, Home Itself after centuries of triumph throughout the world; being defeated almo>t underher own walls, what did she do? She voted Ibis, the thanks of thcj Senate: "We have nol despaired of the republic." In everj crisis of this country In defeat, in the worst, defeats anil greatest dangers, the heart-of the nation?even oi his opponents ?could not help but admiie the man that "never (Uspaned of the republic." or human liberty. He went right back among the broken alters and overturned principles, and re-established and re-a-seitel them with a Jlrm faith undying. Ilts Idea was that there was life in the old land yet; that truth is imnioria1 and caniiot die. With that unbounded faith and confidence, having devoted his whole life, irrespective of the parsing events, to humanity, to that great cause of truth, Unci and his country, lie met the greatest uiislortnnc with a still higher and devoted patriotism. He strengthened his fame. Ills great heart rose with a nation's calamity, and he died thus for this country. These outlines marl; his character. You all know them; hence throughout this broad land c\ery heart Is in mourning. Throughout the wide extent of this country he bad opponents, but nol an enemy. He was not the enemy ol the North. Of course, his first sentiments were lor his own native land, lie was not an enemy of the wicked or the bad, but his heart, w.is broad i enough to cover e\cry human being's mlslor-' tuned and sorrow. Trutsing In I he truth. In his final t riumph. his lust work, Ills history! ol the United States, Is his monument. Ills ; Very lust effort, almost dying (domestic affliction previ nted me from coming), wis Ids sf Cecil in Savannah, which no man can rend ! without being wiser and better. He made I this grand commonwealth prouderand nroud- j er of Iter small beginning, and the noble pur-j poses with which thiscolony was ushcied in-, to existence by one of the most Illustrious of j all men that ever lived- (ieneial Oglethorpe,! a man who refused to draw his swoid to com-j maud armies against thecoloiiies?Hie author j or the colonics Ihiit weie building for huni-i aiilu ; thai were for the benefit of the poor,! where l bev could go and live, and 1 thank! (iod that lie illustrated the history of Georgia. I am proud of the humility ot her early origin. | I am proud of the great and gooci man who planted It. It was planted in tbe cause of, God and humanity, ami will stand till Ilcav-j en's last thundersh?k< s the earth below, ; Fur Mime timo a solemn pause prevailed.) All felt deeply with Gen. Toombs, his emotion and apparent aflection having won for 111 in their undivided sympathy. Snow and Slept in North Carolina. The Charlotte Observer snys t hat the tops of the cars that came In on iheCarollna Centrnl Railroad last night were covered with snow mid sleet. Ihey bad a regular old midwinter storm about Lynchburg day before yesteidny, and It is thc-ughl the outlook lor fruit iu this ,-eeiion next Summer Is not. as bright as a gold dollar. Piiomi'T AND Ivasy.?Tirusnrer J.W. Perrln r?r Abbeville made his settlement with the Comptroller G"neial yeste rday, the transaction occupying bui n short time, on account of the excellent manner in which thestatements and vouchers bud been prepared.?jRf(/-t(er Ml. citl of nil (>o I's saving Kins iiini tieanngs. Kedcini lion lsjnstonrdelivcrtilire fimii dead worksan<l our heinir iiiml** fiuitf1'! In living holy sitvice of the 11 vi .k God. (!od, our Father, Is himself l:oly. Holiness Is ills own great chnrsiclerlstle ?tnd the matter of liis chief deilght Such being Hit* ? ?? ?. It must I lie. mid Is. Ills great |'in po.se tinviud ns who I have received llie adoption of children t<: I himself. (/<) All this, we must see. Is as c*rlulnl.v true under this dispensution ns under 1 miy that has gone he lore. There emi he mi sense mid no way In which personal holiness Is less ilemmiileii now mid less ncetlllil tosal! vatlon thiin In mieienl times. If there were 1 miy illfleience In this matter It would be In Hit* contrary direction; for under former dispensations he people of God !rnew not his holy win and the motives for oh illetiee as fully a> they now do. Hut In fuel t.'iere Is no difference hetweeti enrlier or Inter dispensations | here. It whs true under Hie law and It holds 1 a* tlrtnly under the gospel that without holiness no man shall see the Lord. The deith ol Christ as our surety and the clear revelation of the rluhleousticsK wlileli Is by faith, were not d'-sIiMied to dispense In any measure \WT1? our good works,but most effectual y..f<tPecnre them. To feel more Indill'i reirf-joiout our own manner of spirit and U.'e because we have heard that Chri-t cave "himself for us. Is to make the Saviour given us of (Jod. the stone IoverwJurh'WeTafally stumble. Important, I then, us It Is that we try and prove our faith, It Is of cc)iial moment thai we extend the examination to our works. "These things I will that thou altlrm constantly that 1hey which have believed In God might be careful j to maintain irood works." I'onderlhe path of thy feet; He that kec prlh his way preserve th I his soul. He thatkeepeth the commandment !kcepcth his own soul; out he tliul dcsplseth j hb ways shall die. ? 4^ The Latest Adrortlshig: Dodge. \Luurcmvillc Herald.1 Twenty Cotton Factors of St. Louis send out u circular of "Advice to the South or more i articuim ly "To the Merchants, Farmcis and Tenants tif the Cotton Belt." The advice Is good, inula simple repetition of what many newspapers In ttiis Suite, and ; elsewhere lu the South, have maintained for j a long t'imc past? Indeed ever since the clo*e of tlie war?that "some change should he made In her manner of farming." The only drawbuck to the advice, given by tlnaeM. i Louis Factors Is that tlie Southern Cotton | planter may regard their suggest Inns? to raise more "hog and hominy" and less eolton?as too much like Satan lehuklngsln; and the sincerity of the aforesaid Factors, beyond I personal Interest, may bo <iucHlloncd. Hut In | order that our nailers may see that others | ho.d the same views we have repeatedly exI pressed, we reproduce the following paru! graphs Horn said circular: ! Your section posssesscs the finest farming .lands mid the most salubrious el I male In the l world, and should be to day financially indeI pendent; Instead of having to borrow on a ! crop belore it Is made, sln.Uid have her corn bins and larders tilled betcre commencing a ; crop. Compare your situation with the farmers of | the North and West. They by systematic lai hor me crowinu richer every vcai. while you j with |?aiiciil toil and close economy nre neither ho thriving nor pio&pcrous us you .should j be I There Is a cause for these trouble*,anil we, I us cotton nu n. whose interest is closely lilcnj titled with yours, believe ue aiv in a position j to note many ol theevils Unit cxlst.nml otter, j without presuming, the following SuggesI lions: i 1. The credit system, as nt present In vogue {throughout the South, is disasliotis to the planters and tenants, loivlng them to pny exj trawiguiit prices for "nil piles, and causing j their crops to be foncd lino market with such ; lapl'llty ami In such <|tiai.titles as to break : prices almost, invariably below cost of produci lion. ! t Alter noting for years the cflect of Inrge ' crops ol cotton, we lind that tlic over-produc-: tion of this staple is the key-note to the sllua- ' i tion, and we strongly advise all parties inter-, icsted in the prosperity ol the South to illsi courage the planting of a large neriage this j year, and devote their labors first to the rals-. I ing of giain, cattle and lious, and give I lie bal-1 I uuee of their time to the culture of cotton. j I This policy will lulng good icstilts in many i ways; lor instance, many small I'mms, and j I large ones also, aie so heavily in debt when I : their cotton Is ready for sa.e that they are; I compelled I o lei it go, e\ en though the price' Ik belo.v its Intrinsic Worth; while. If they j had supplies at. home, produced, and not j t.ou^ht on credil,they could all'ord to hold : their cotton until they felt jusiliied inse ling.! The price ol cotton to-day is fully IS per cent, be ow the average of the past live years, while, on the other hand, corn In .'M per cent, and provisionspercent, above thcnvcingc. Thus are you losers both ways. With the piotluetIon of enough provisions on each farm, cotton would become a surplus, and soon the incubus of debt would be lilted Ironi yotir people, and chcIi year would record rapid strides in wealth. Decreased | roduction of cotton, and Increased pioductlou ol bread, meat and other neces- j snrics will bring about a more prosperous eon-! (I It loo of nihil i ?> for the South, and Instead of. sherltl sales to satisfy the n orlgagcs that tlie : poor laborers must now give, we would see i grinding po'erty banished forever, and plenty would pour In upon you. We ask that the merchants and planters of eacli State; by calling a convention, or in some practicable manner,agltalo this t|ticstion until the Influence is fell throughout llto entile cotton belt. Due West Tlicoloplcnl Seminary. [.Associate Reformed l*resbyterian. I Dr. Boyce hns Just received a letter frotn Attorney .lames 1). Thornton, Executor of estate i cf Dr. McMillan, in wlili h he states that (he property w i lied to the Theological Seminary 1 I ? -..i.i i oi i n/u? tl.iu 1 mi* uurii sum UIIM ui wut? u c* a Ik to lie dt-ducicil u <;c>miiil>slon of $21)0, which : will given net sum oi'Sll.-lu to the Seminary. 1 'I'llIh Ik near the maximum fluurea ni\ e11 l>y Mr. Thornton In his llrst comiiuinlealiou.niid i leaves a handsome sum in the hands of the I Tr<m?urer. v 1 ? Is it Persecution ? I OR, IS IT I'CltE AND CXABCLTEtt-. i ATE1) THEOLOGICAL HATUUD ? 1 Those Terrible Episcopnliaus~Thc Country In (*ri-ut Danger?A lie* ligious Ncwnpuper llai?es the \V?r? Whoop, and all way Yet bo Safe. [Fairfield Xews anil Herald.] TM.-. Tjitl'tn* ntiuintlv imliM-hrri .v i 111 evident appro val. I lie following, whleti i3i?l previously appeared In IhvSouthern L'hritimi Advocate, over tlie signature of Traveler": "The bnnst of the ol?l South Carolina College isi'd to he, It was i-mliely uiidcuoini notional >nd wholly for the state, ami a show of laltli . was h id, in now and then a president or professor from the dlfl'erent churches being tound I among iis faculty, with inuny fioiri the wide, j wide world; but persons imisi. have been wilfully hi.uJ who eoold not discover ih.it. one denomination?scorning (hat term. and callling It-eif "the Church"?the leas:, too. In j numbers, and iulliicncenii.d wealth?exercised I a eoutroliing force over It. And during the j interregnum, when not in u<e for educational j purposes a tew occupied Ps unused buildi gs, no: owing allegiance to said Church, they had 1 to ghc place to others who did. And it is a ! matter known and read ol all men. that tieiir1 ly all tin' chief offices of the Male are this ! very moment tilled i?y lis adherent*, it. may j lie accidental, hut looks veiy like design, and ! certainly has hrouJit a strain on denomin.i{ tional esprit, that- it persisted in may make something ulve way some time." "Traveler" writes very loose English, and it j 1< not easy to gather his precise meaning It j seems, though, (hat he criticises the management of the South Carolina Cohere on tlie i ground tliiit church afliliation, rather than , lllne-s, Is made the gri.und of the selection of j professors. If the charge Is true, the Trustees have committed a wrong for which they should at once be relieved Ironi any further | connection with the institution. Let us look a little into 1110 facts | Professor John M. McBryde, the chairman I of the facility, is an Episcopalian. j The Kev. l)r. ,fames Wood row Is a prominent minister of the Presbyterian church,and i the i-ditor of those most excellent Journals, the Southern I'rnxhyterian and the /Southern I FrrxhytrrUm Kevi-tv. I I'rotess ir UenJ itiiln Sloan Is a Presbyterian, i Professor Wiulam liurney Is a giaduate of Davidson College, and is, we are informed, a | Presbyterian. i 'fiwi !>?? t?? r. p??*fon 1? n elrr irymnn of the Associate ili.T>rined Presbyte riiin church, ami was formerly u professor In j Erskine College. Of the religious preferences of Professor E. 8. .loynes, we are lint informed. j The itev. W. J. Alexander Is n prominent ami talented elernymnii <>t the l?>*i>tist church. Professor It. Means Davis I- a Presbyterian. II will thu?appear that "Traveler" has wilfully misrepresented the facts of the case, or Is entirely Ignorant of that about which he writes in such emphatic teems. In either jcasc his statements and insinuations must he repudiated by every just and inti-lilccnt man in South <'arollna. We liellcvc that he has 110 following among the .Methodists of the state, (and that they, most especially, will repudiate j the silly notions to which he gives vent. We c-iii only regret that such stntr should And a ! place in that most, admirable Journal, the j {Southern Christian Advocntc. ! There are certainly those who oppose the j South Carolina College. That opposition is no I new thing. It has shown itself, in different I forms and at different times, ever since the j establishment of the institution over eighty i years ago. Hut those who wish to see the ColJ lege e!o<cd ?re greatly mistaken If they lmagj ine lhat they can accomplish their purpose, If I at all, by resort in g to misrepresentation, sar easm, abuse, or the venting of some petty spite. "Traveler" has tried these methods, and we fear riot that anything but good ran come to theinstltntlon from what he has been foolish enough to write. Works Also. [Associate Rrformcl Presbyterian,] Since the days of Martin Luther, the doctrine which has hail most prominence in I eviimrelienl teiehing is that of justification by ' faith. In all the Reformed Churches, at least. mi other truth Is shorten nnu so strongly >ei forth as "that a man Is Justified by faith with* out the deeds of'he law." Constantly mid in every way, faith is hold up as the great Ihlng needful to salvation. On the part, now. ol neither preacher nor bean r can more emphasis be laid upon faith than is laid upon It in the gospel itself. In looking so continually, however, at Justification, we should romemi l>er that it Is not the whole of salvation; and In the stress we lay upon fa'th we should never forget that It is not all that Is neecssary at our hands. Because faith Is without works ;and In antithesis to works In the mutter ol jJnstitlcatlon.lt does not follow that such is j the fact In the whole business <>f savins rel 1glon. Allowing works of il.-htcousness no j place nt til I In our Justification before Uod, we are not to noon to the conclusion that the place they maj have anywhere In our salvation is but *econdary and of comparative in difference. This is a mistake, ll Is to lie fearled. Into which some among us actually tall, j Not over-estimating faith, they are. yet. underestimating works. Thus we not unfreI fluently hear it said that the good works of a 1 believer are designed to prov? his faith, Wot ks have their value not so much In themselves as In their hearing upon one's faith. In the evidence they furnish of lis genuineness, A man must have faith and now. and especially In the day of Judgment, must be aide to afford evidence that he has It. Ills works ol righteousness are what Is needed to do this? they do and will substantiate his r>iith.and his faith being proven his case Is well. Kver and anon, also, the Idea crops out. In various ways, that com. how under this dispensation there Is not the Mimeie>|Uiicnientnr the same necessity for personal Imllu'-ssas under the old. The law caine hyMosis, hut grace and ! truth by .Jo'us Christ. God's people are not ! j under so strict and exactlngan order of things us the.v formerly were. Chii^t has fulfilled , I the righteousness of the law for us and It is ! not demanded that in any sense It be fulfilled 'j in ourselves. Against such vague notions 11 I the relation of faith and works and a>I such insidious Ideas of gospel liberty. It behoove* us to beware. If we will relict a liltle wc d must see <rn that woi ks are not for faith but rniher faith for works. W hat would wc think J of Hie idea that I lie use or value of fiultlst" j show that the lr> c It grows on Is a go->d tree? I What otlic* object has one In planting anil cul'ivating n tree than to obtain this same ftuit? Is fruit ever for the liee 01* the tree always for the fruit t Anil whet less is one's personal righteousness or good works than the fruitof which his faith Is the tree? What j else was the l ord's purpose in uiving us faith j than to produce in uathese frulisof righteousness which are to the praise of his glorious j grace? Our pcr,-oniil holiness instead of hc; ing of any secondary consc'inence is the chlel I-and as nianl.'cs'lng his glory) the ultimate, TIio Trojans. rJ. B. in Associate Reformed. Presbyterian.] We have all our liven, especially during our ncudcniie and collegiate years, heen rending of ihe Trojans who figured iaigi iy some three thousand years auo In a war wltn the G ice us. We liave made our.-e.veS more or less fnml:J Inr wiili tilt? names of those old warriors, | l'rtain, Ilertor, l'arls In a contest witli Achilles and AJax, and oilier Greeks, about the aoI ducted Helen, while the story of the woodeh j horse, and the fall of Troy niter a ten years' : siege, Is no longer con lined lo eiassic.il iiteru| tnre We had thought that their names had I no existence except on the page of history, I until S ?me ten days in one of our little e.xcur1 sloiis. we actually happened on a community of them comfortably wstlid away down on the Greenwood and Augusta 11 It. in the southern part Ahbevilic 0?unty. I Although these people may be railed Tro- j Jans. ?\e ?aw no wall, lowers, fort Meat ions.! armed s< idiers, mounted artillery, or lnd-tu HI IN 1 111 I '4 III llllliruit; 111(7 CAinivino vfi *i iviu-| tiotiMtlp between these modern* anil lite ancients, more than exists between them and other nations. While they mity not be it warlike people after the manner ot their namemiUcs In i hcan.-ietU times, or aspire to deeds of knight-errantry as were common In the dark ages. yet, If need be, there Is valor enough in them to match any ei|iial number ot aggressors who through cupidity or amul* Hon might be Imlueed to attack them. Kellgiously considered these two peoples, the ancient und modern Trojans, are as wide as the poles?the firmer knowing nothing higher nor better than the heathen mythology j ?the latter possessing and availing Inem j selves of Christianity. These mo lern I'roJ tns are In the ad vance of| the ancient Trojans In having a house of worship lothe true and living OoJ, while lite latter had nothing but paean temples. The peop e of Troy anticipating a somewhat thriving places and popu otis village as the creature of an already exiting latlroad, and of an exptreled one, have, very wisely as | we suppose, Liven the clum-h a lair start, with the usual secular enterprise of the day? tiiat Is to say, they would not have their spiritual or church interests to suffer loss for the want of good beginuilK'. By tlie way. It was nut pleasure or business that took us thereon the 21th of February, but a wish tofullil a I'reshyterlal appointment, it being the purpose of the Presbytery to supply thai pulpit twice a month during the winter. Notwithstanding the Inclemency of the weather und the badness of Mm roads, we had the pleasure of addressing a go d congregation gathered up from the vl.lage and surrounding Country, Hoping that.this good beginning will be followed with a good ending, and that any distinction to which they may rise ina lulure duy uiaj be a very different tiling from that io which their namesakes, the ancient Trojans, attained, wo close our chapter on Troj. Sincerity not Enough. [/iMociafe Reformed Presbyterian.] It Is an opinion not uncommon in the world that "every man's religion will earrv till!) In heaven, whatever il may be In itself, ! provided he sincerely believes ami piacnees ' II." It is nut fo iinportunt what religious J truths we hold una ioI.ow as that we be j hincere. A man s conviction may in point of fact, be mistaken, but it' lie conscientiously I walks up to them It will be welt with Inm I hereafter. The idea simply Is that In the i things of religion results will tie according lo ' what we tliiiiIc of our creed and course o life rather than what these really are. Thl 1.1 en is contrary to all unalouy. As ro gards all other mutters, we see and know tha 1 the re-Miits of belief anil practice are atway I according to their actual character and not to | what their subject may Ihinx of them. A man's way of following his business,may up' pear to him proper in his circumstances, dlli! gciilund earnest enough, lint il it be in (act i dilatory ami slothful his burns will not bo tilled. The soul of him who is a sluggard, however he do not mean to he so, "doireth j and luith nothing." If a bank Is doing a wide 'and heavy business and Its paper running I high on the market, Ihe f.ict that we did not | believe It was Involved, and confidently Invested our lortiioe In Its stock, Will not keep us from belli;: ruined In its failure. If we are going to sea and take a ship that we are sure Is well tuilt and watoi-tl^ht, our honest hello. In its safetv will not keep u< Iroin sinking, If In tact the Vessel be not seaworthy. 1 n all ordinary things and respecting ail our ocular Interests, we know full I Weil that our sincerity in a mistaken opinion ' anil course will never save us from the proper COIISCI|UCUCCS IIICICOI, lllMVevur UISIISUOUS I they Hie. "The luw.s of nature tin not turn ' j aside to shield a mail from the consequence of error," because for?ooih he meant well. We ' may all. loo, by a little reflection see that this j order W things Is best for the welfare of all. | It is, at uny rule, the fact In regard to all our ; secular and temporal concerns that it docs j make u dltterenci; what we be ieve. it Is 1 I dispensable to success and wel.-being thut one ! be not only sincere but rir/IU. llelievliiLf and ! acting sincerely, wo must a so believe and do I corrcctly. Now, why should It be dlllVrent lu I respeei tos iritual tlilnus and the interests ! that are everia-'tin^ ? There are here also the ] true and rlulit, the false and wron*, with their respective consc<|ueiices. Can he who tiellevcs and fo lows the latter, by or for his sincerity have the consequences that, belong to ' the former? Can he who In the things of religion sows tares, because he thinks It wheat, ! r< ap wheat ? H?s who governs this world | coverns the worid to come. He is himself tinjchani{iu^ and the laws of his moral governI ment, by which our fu.ure destinies are dej tcrniined, are as regular and fixed in their | operation as arc the laws of nature. Shall it I not then torever be with one according to | what he r. aUy was here and not according to I what lie believed himself to be? fun it be well with him who was convinced he whs right, but. was In fact wrong? Ifsothe world to come Is a lower state of things th in this. It has no such connection between causes ami lheir effects. And we can not Judge Inielilgeniiy and with any coiifldeiice as to what to expect there. Lti?carding such notions and feeling as-ured that the direction of our course wllland must determine our lnmllin: place," we should I'C concerned. Ilrst, as to the truth of our belief. Is our faith the tal'h of God's word which is truth? Is the way, in which out of tins faith we live, the rijjht way? We may not rest satl.-lled In the ' thought that if we are wrong we do not see It I and are not purposely golni; astray. It is not i strange that we sl.ouid honestly think our be. Ilef and practice rinht. The simple fact that I \re have chosen them nn<l that they are sure ,tls enough to account fur thai. If Unit, how| ever, is toexctnpt men from evil consequences !j It will be weil with most people, llotnenihfr'! Ins thul there Is u way which sccmeth rinht I to ii man but the villi thereof is ilcsith?that !' every way of a man l? rL'ht in ills wn eyes'* I but that "the Lord Welgcth the spirit"?let us search nii'l try our ways. I'each ine," begg1 ed liavid. "good judymrnt and knowledge ' "search me O (Jod. and know my heart; try ' me and know my thoughts; and see If theic i he any wicked way lu me and lead me In the way everlasting." The Life of tlie Stars. r There Is no rest In nature?not even for the r bones of the ihad sleeping in llie narrow > streets of our cemeteries. Every atomof stone lor metal vibrates with a secret moveimntof ] lis own. Water and air and lire slumber not.; 1: the luce of the sky changes forever; the ' j tonus of the clouds never repeat themselves. I lieueath our own changing tiesb, invisible ' { aielili eels cease not to toil at their coral i>uiId 'I Ing of hone?tile substance of the very brain '{with which we think aie being perpetually 'iwoin out and nplacid; the protoplasm of | our blood exhausted and renewed. Never does the labor of form-en ation pau?e for an ' InstantOnd's Ko>t Is a meie anthiopomor' plilc fniicy;?'"weariness couieth not io Him norslcep" Who, asks the iJhiniavad-Glia. knoweih the puintai which life begins, or the moment of us ending ??we never behold ' either the beginning or the end; only Hie ' Miihll ii nr.em s to us?n misum-' iiiimi li-stii '! ti?>n. For there Is no beginning, nor ending; each hum;).'} .IJ/c- ls~fiOtriiv WTirR-1iP ! bt'^nn : ii Isonly one vibration of an rverhist1 Ing force. The power thug niuiiift*sLu<J lists nfcver commenced to act., never will ce.ise to lis?even when all the suns now hl.i/.im: In I violent Intensity shall have been burnt out. \ There Is no rest ! WlMt we call fixed stars are moving with rapidity Hint the human mind Is Impotent to conceive? with a velocity comimicd to which that ol the projectile launched by aritlcd cinnou is absolute hier tiu. Our own earth most travel nearly two,; OjU.UOO miles a year?l.USO.lKO mllrs a day! j Aicturus Is rushing through the immensities atn speed of jI.400,000 miles a day; and we ! have already spoken ot one strange astral sphere, a star of the seventh magnitude, (No. IKJo, G'ooinhridge) which shoots thn>u:h space at the rnteol twenty-one millions of miles in twenty-four hours, "Nature's culm" Is a tic* lion. The inmil'e nluhts roars with the parturition of nebu'ao pregnant with solar sjsttms?rages villi the agonses of dying sunn; uud nil the while that monstions belt of blazing spheres to which our own system belongs ischangini:shade like a scioll, is tearing its willing way through unknown deeps of darkness with the rapidity of lightnings? though we, like the creatures \vrl.:gllng w iihin n drop of water beneath the microscope, ' may not leei me nuge vibrations or h larger unWeise, may not tic con-clous or sounds too vast for our tiny brains to comprehend. Enormousun this astral motion Is.?rrn! as it is,?ill one sense it is only iel.itivo. Li t a star be launched through Infinity in any direction nt a velocity of t wenty million miles a day '?inter the lapse of twenty centillinn J years it ciinnot have dimmed its portion In relation to the infinite about. It. for I lie centre of the infinite Is ever.* where, the clrcuni-' feience nowhere.?to cue the words of liabe-l Itils. However swift a st ir's motion Is It. can ! move iron) notlhng? save oilier stars alto | moving; It can move toward nothing?save I other star? also moving. TerriUc asthe move: mentof a hundred millions may be, the mere idea of the infinite in which tliey swim renders that motion by comparison less than nothing! Relatively, however, we know what treniendlous energies arc being expended In s| ac<-; the heavens are monstrous with thrilling life as the microscopic drop of waier. What Is the impulse of that awful activity ? Must we continue to speak of dumb laws of attraction and repulsion, of electricity, of "Priiiiodinl force!' Why not call It Life? Why do suns rush to suns? Why do planets cling to their central siar mid moons to I mother planets? Why should there be so jstrange a resemblance between the movements of iii/n-ioriu and the movements of Ihe 'stars? tuns are probably scklng flood, seeking union, seeking to propagate their species like rutiferaand protozoa ; comets are perhaps j Ihe swarm pores of worlds; tu-bulae may be astral sperm cells. Primitive man In worshipping the lights of heaven as intxlliyrnl belims, perhaps came | nearer the t ilth than the hleraciies who founded the faiths that wl'l live. Yet, as In a I drop of water Ihe Innumerable organl>ms which people It are all developed by one and the same i.atural chcnii-try, so the counties s| liercs of heaven live Willi one universal life, through each sun over u distinctive llfcof Its own. All ihe stars are to the universal life only what the protoplasmic cells are to the lllc-hlond of man. What Is that awful universal life? We know not;? we ean never know?any more than the animalcule in hhrenberg's microscope could know Khrentierg. For unknown thousands of years iii-*ii ( have wept and wondered and prayed In vain I, to know the Impossible; and perhaps the ] Hiahanmns of India, the writers of the Ve- ( danta, have spoken ino-t wisely of all, when , they declared the creative power Name'e-s j iinil inc"uiipn'iiciisinii: ? i,?t in- | ( pnrllto, Kcyond the rnnj-'P of speech ami thought.? Invl-ihlc, Intangible, Unrelated, ('olorless, Kndless, .MI-pri vuilliiL', I'ndeeay- , Iiik,?SlUislrnle of aII.?AKHII. A!>HAK.\! whose thoughts arc Form*. Whose dreams are Worlds.?A'vw Orleans Times-Democrat, ( THE STORM. Wlggius Not So Far Out of tlio Way 'I After All. J Washinoton, March 10.?The crcnt storm ene'My. which first appealed at midnight on n the North Carolina coast, has pursued a .1 Northeasterly track and is now central near | Delewitrc Hreakwater. Iuinuerons Norihcasi j winds are anticipated to-day and to night on \ the New England coast, followed to-morrow e by cit-nrlng weather anu Wciileily winds. liosro.v, .Match ID?P. >1.?A special from Newport says: A tremendous sea Is running here. The tides are \eiy liljih and now rcacli lo the tup of the wharf plates. .Many resident* are extremely nervous. The surf mars us ii lias not done lor yearn and pott ting liock I.- sending up columns ot u titer to an unusual hi'luht. A telegram from Highland Light says the wlud is southeast and fresh. . '1 he Indications are that a heavy galo incoming on. j Better lute than never I Twenty years npo A nno'd man named Kerce and his son uero lynched in Worth County, tin., lor ciitle ~ Mealing. There In s never i.een a trial or the nmrderep, because as eaeh term Court rolled iirotind tor an Investigation of ilie case ilie court house ol that County ivith all Its records | have b? en burnt At this lerm of the Supe- J rlor Court of that County seventeen men of K eood suindlug are to be tried for tho lynching. Importance of the Publication of County Treasurers* Reports. A Forgery Discovered as a Result. Some weeks ajjO tho Treasurer of Richland, incompliance with requirements of the Act of InUI, published in low ItenUter his statement uf the disbursements on school claims',i giving the name* of all parties to whom payments had been mtuTe and the amounts paid to each; On examining the statement the School Commissioner discovered Hint Hie amount exceeded by S75 the amount vouched for In hlsotltve, unit lie Immediately proceeded to ferret out the cause dt t he discrepancy. It was found alter diligent search that the Treasurer had paid a eheclc for 37.;, drawn in favor ofSai-ah Allison, purporting fo be a teacher of llie Fifth School District. The cheek was apparently genuine, but u& no teacher of that, name appeared on the lists of tho Fifth School District, further Inquiry showed that the whole thi 11was a well executed forgery of the names of John McLaughI in, Chairman, and Da\e ltoi>ert, one of the trustees of the school uistiict, and also of School CommissionerSyivester. 'rrnfuiiirAi* lilltliou < niinot riwiill frnm whom he rci-el ved tlie chock, and the loss will Jail itpon liim. It Is certainly the duty of the School Commissioner, ilic rrca-tirernndother officers whose names have been forged to make every effort to discover the lorger and L>i litu him or her to justice. Ami the ca-e >ugnests that some ce.tiln method should be used by the Treasurer or other <list>nr-iiiv; oflicet* to enable them readily to trace thccheckH I uid by them to the parties who present them. Ealing at Night. Populnrly.lt Isihought Injurious hut unless dinner or supper tnive been late, or the stomach disorderi u. It Is harmless and beneficial, i. e? if ">ic be huntjry. Four or tlvft hours havInil elapsed since the last meal, Invalids and the delicate should always eat at bedtime. This seems heretical, but Is not. Food, of slmp'e kind, will induce sleep. A?lmals, after eating, Instinct' ely sheep. Hainan beings hccome drowsy altera full meal. Why ? Ileenuse blood Is solicited toward the stomach to supply the Juhes needed in ?!*"~<tloi?. Hence the I.rain receives less blood than during fasting, becomes pnle, and the power growsdormcnt. Sleep, therefore ensues. Tills Is physiological. The sinking sensation In | sleeplessness Is m call for food. Wakefulness i often Is merely a sympton of hunuer. Gratify : the desire end you fall asleep. The writer recently called, nt 2 u. m? ton lady who told him she was living. The body was warm, the heart doln.' honest work. To her Indiana'Ion, lie ordered butteml bread (hot milk or beeftea were hotter) to tie eaten at once. Obeying, the moribund lady was too surprised by a re> turn of life and desire to sleep. The feeble will be Mronger at dawn If they ent on going to bed. Fourteen hours Hebe tween supper and break last. Hy that (line the fuel of I he ijoily has expended. Conse | uuehny, the morning toilet lati^ues many Lei such ent at bedtime, and take a glass 01 J warm milk or beet-tea before rising. In I erea-ed vigor will be the result. "Hut tli< stomach mu'-t rest." True. Yet when bun' gry, we should eat. Does the infant's stomach i rest as long as the adult s? The latter eat) ! less often, mere.,;- because Ills food requires 1 more for digestion, seldom can one remain awake until lO.uior II p. in., without hunger Satisfy It.and snen will be sounder. During the ni-.'ht give wakeful ehlldrer food. .Sieep will follow. The sick should In varibly eat during the night. This Is Impera tlve. At night, the delicate and children inaj I lake, slowly, warm milk, beef-tea,?roat-mea gruel. Vigorous adults may also eat breac and milk, cold b<-ef. inulten, chicken anc bread, raw oysters: all, of course, In modem tlon. Do not eat if not hungry. Eat if yoi uro. Mr. Stephen's Religious Belief. A few momenta nfter death 'tad taken plaee some one remarked on the calmnessand tran mililty with which Mr.Stephens hud fnced I irom the first. Dr. Stelner said: "Much i man as Mr. Stephens could have faced anj son 01 ileum wim perieei eai nines*. Someone asked about Ills religions belief Dr. Melner said: "I wan with Mr. Stephens several years ns< when he was very low; lie.thought lie wasdy lug ami I was very fearful. I was going t< Augusta for the night when he stopped me He said. 'Doctor, I want you to>eemedle Except Toombs and my family, I think luon of you than of any man on earth. I wan vou with me when I die.' I agreed tosiaj with h I in. Shortly afterwards Dr. Irvlm came In. He suld, '.Mr. Stephens, I will go ou and see Ilarry and his family, and when come hack, It' you have no objection, I wll read a chapter in the lilble and will have i prayer.' Mr. Stephens said oulekly: "I d< I object and most decidedly. I have no objec lion to prayer, for I believe In it, but I do ob Jei;i lo ilealh bed repentance. I have made I ihe ruie of my life to live each day as If I were going to be my last. In the heat of poll I ties 1 may have sometimes forgotten myseil ; but I am 110 belter to-day, on my death tied t an I have tiled to be eveiy day of my Hit and I have no special pre. aration to maki and no>peclal pleas to oiler." "That was Mr. Stephens creed and belief, hcxrd him say on another occasion: 'Ken prayer means to throw y mrself at the feet o Jesus Christ and to pray trustingly. M< I prayer Is the Lord's prayer and the publican prayer.' Mr. Stephen's creed wassiniple.bu it would have sufficed to have carried hin without 11 tremor through the most terrlbl< death struggle. It wa< the rule of his life d live every day as If it were to be the last." Waste In Lands. More tlmn half of the land In occupation 1 wa-te. If I raise ?0 m^neis of corn per acrt and my neighbor raise hut 10. although m; neighbor may think he does well-?\vlilch h Ulll'K, IIIIU UI'IICI Ulllll in l wmmiiuii ij u,,r,v?)r I il requites double the amount of luud t equal my yield. Tills isagios* of interest urn I taxes ou half of my neighbor s land, or virtu ally so much wa-u' land. The dittlculiy i* I lii? laud Is but haif ft <* Jt. therefore, can d j but half the work. But, UMiully, land doe much more than this, and can be made to d mote In I lie other case. Thlsshous what ui enormous waste there is. Really, over two thirds of our land Is ld:e, the Interest, laxc and repairs lost,and this lo>sa constantdrait: And yet this Is not the worst; firmer* iast'-ai of dtsi o-ing of some of their land-*, or work ' ini! to its lull capclty what tuey have, gras | after more, thus liicicasliiii the waste, and .01 j often d> creasing the profit. With sometime . loss of the .and in the end, which Is usually j te.iet. If you mention improvement to then they know it all, and will even n-suiuc to in I struct you, assuring you that sane land 1 "loo 1 oor to doaiiylhlng with,'' and pleadin a lack of manure, or the t.10 ureal cost of ei I'li hlng the land with purchased manure* And yet It may be that round about lliem at tlrnse who never lack for manure, growln large and profitable eiops, on land originull, as poor as the laud they complain of. Good tillage and home made manure ar ! the most successful means of raising lull an 1 protitaiile crops. The management must b j to prevent not only waste In the land but II labor. In manure, and In many other way i that s< cm small, but In th ({aggregate, amonn to much. Tills must lie done, us the Javerag I p'otit per bushel or poundof produce Is nece; : sarliy small, Kcoiiomy Is a valuable aid ber its ir. everything else, und the farmer can mi , well practice it too mucin Besides, he mu.s I have knowledge and experience, not only i j a geueial way, but as dlrecliy applied to hi ! own land. He may grow larire crops?th largest, if you please?that wi.l cost inor | than they are worth, as Is often the oa^e will ] premium crops, or with corn grown lor m silo, or particularly where commercial fertl i lizersare used. The (i round, very highly am | deeply enriched. will lose some of Its inuntir i before 11 con lie appropriated. taking years i f rkJ It. u-lt))7nt7n,"NI^ "iTiroWii.iJ^d the risk | which accompany overgrown c'i i munure miKlit. oil the whole, have crown hi gO'id crops with less loss. The best Is?urn I this experience must largely decide? to uw manure enough to crow lull crops, ?rsuch a I will secure the nio?t advantage, all thing considered, In which case there will alwuyi I he enough manure left In the soil to favor thi l next crop, which may not need nddlttoua Icrilllty 10jjrow If, depending upon what li jtrown. some crops rei|ulrliit! le>s manure and to some extent of a changed character but there shouid always be enough to tax tin ! lull capacity of the soul, soil at the grcaieiiiroflt.all things considered, may be realized | what Is more than this is a waste, to some ex tent, of manure; what Is less Is a lack am Implies waule in lund.?F. G., in Cunnlri Gentleman. m maii, COjSTGTAIIEE IM WORKS. Coumbia, S. C Agent for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR. 'PIIK.SE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED? J in 1M7 by Messrs. (>eo.Sinclair nml James Anderson itml purchased by me In the year I,s.h;, ami from ihul time till now carried on successfully by myself. My friends and customers will bear witness ol tin- lar^e and stupendous jobs executed by me. It was at my works where the largest and almost only Job i>f Its oliiss everexccuted in tillsc*lty wasuone, viz.: tlit milking of the pipes for the Cily Water Works in the year IS5<. In (lie brunch of HELL l-OUXDINO. I can say that 1 have made the largest hells ever cast in the State, I Miii has the bell lor the City Hall in Columbia. My stock of pattern* for AReHITEt.TCUAL WORK. COLUMNS for Store fronts. Is birneund various, and in RAILINGS for Billconies, Gardens and Cemeteries I have tlie largest variety and most modern patterns; many of these are patented and 1 have purunused the right l'*>r this state. in tht* machine line I can inrnlsh my patrons with .STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS i>f nii> sl/.eand description. My CIRCULAR <AW MILLS have carried oil" the prize at ever y Stnte Fair bed In this city, and In their (instruction I ha\e taken pains In combine dmplicity with the most useful modern improvements, and may Hatter myself that my IKCCLAR SAW MILLS find favor with ev;ry sawyer who umlcrstands his business. The many orders I am steadily receiving for <UGAR CASK MILLS prove that the public ippreeiate the mills of my miike, mid sottis ,vltli my (SHAKING for HOUSE TOWERS, SIN WHEELS, GRIST MILLS and other MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing right of many 'ATENTS, such as castings for ROCK COTI'ON AND HAY l'RESS and three or tou'' liflerent FEE!) CUTTERS and other implcnellts. I will be pleased to send my circulars to any i ippl leant, together with price list or estimate, il.v prices lire moderate, and 1 assure the puhie that tlioy lire lower even Hum those of s'oithern manufacturers, and Hint my work! v ill com pure favorably with that of any utlir maker. Address John Alexander, Conoakee I hon Wouks. Columbia, s. c. For Early Spring. IUST RECEIVED-a very handsome line of Ladles Neck Wear,Collerelte. RussIiiks, ,aces, Embroideries, Everlasting Trimmings, :c. k M. IIADDON & CO. Feb. 28, If83, tr Just Received. 'AVER 100 BASKETS?Lunch Baskets.Mar- , / ket Baskets. Salctiel Baskets, Key Bas- , eta, Nursery Basket-". R, M. BADDON & CO. , Feb. 28, 1883, tf Hit The Place to Get What! You Want! . , . . . i CHRISTIAN&WILSON: ALWAYS iii store, a complete stook of' FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED' GOODS and CONFECTIONERIES of , nil kinds. The best and cheapest CIGARS and TOBACCO. The FINEST. WINES and LIQUORS. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey ' For medical purposes ft specialty. Also,' Choice Liquors of any kiiid for medical purposes. ' Give us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. CHRISTIAN & WILSON, Abbeville, S. C. Nov. 16.1831, tf J. Knox & Co. -AGENTStORMR, TOM YOUNG'S PURE CORN WHISKEY THE best and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this market. June 22,1881, tf ; G. F. ANDERSON. "DpipMottqii qtiH "Dlootorop | JJllULlUjUl UUU 1iUDllil011 OFFERS his cervices to the people of Abbeville. HIm prleps arc reasonable, and ! his work Is guaranteed to be good. Give him r u trial. Oct t, 18S2,6m H. D. REESE; J ABBEVILLE, S. C.. Repairs watches, clocics. and Jewelry In the best manner at the lowi est prices. Long experience nnd Hose appll* ration to business merit consideration from ) those having work t<> be done In Ills line. He i keeps Jewelry and Silverware for sale. Feb. 11, 1683, 12m i BARBERSHOP. [ MICHARD GANTT. Is now prepared to do IV till work In his department In the best . manner and at. reasonable charves. Monthly , customers Hliavlnir. hair cutting and shampooing 81 per month. Rasors honed and put In the best condition for 25 cents eaeh. Shop under the Preu and Banner office. March 15.1882, tf TT T\ TFTTT CAV t JJi XJL. IS. miiovii) r 0? DENTISTRY, j Abbeville, C. H., S. C, ,* -e?Ofllce; Upstairs over the Post Offlce.-O a t L. W. Periux, T. P. Cothbas \ PEEEIN & COTHRAN, I 1 ! .Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. Marshall P. DeBrabl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. H. S. C. . xsLixroisc's ! iOTEL TO LET. i L> 1J00M8 all furnished. Apply nt onee to 0 it JOHN KNuX. Abbeville, S. C., Sopt. 20.1BS2. tf H. G. SCUDDAY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 1 ANDERSON, S. Ct rtFFEUS IiIh professional service* to the clt^ " U Izciis of Abbeville. Parties desiring to il consult with him, muy do so ut. with session * of the ?'omt for the County,or by letter uLAu' Upreon t; H. " June 13, 1SS1. tf ? : SCHOOL TRUSTEES I. J -OFi ABBEVILLE COUNTY. 1* .School District? H No. 1?J. Frank Cason, J. N. King, J. R. n I Moure. ?- No. 2?C. A. C. Wuller, T. F. ituey, ?. u. ' Hodge*. e Nu, :j? M. B. McOhce, G. W. Conner, M. A. '4 Cns>>n. y N<>. 4?E. L. Waldrop, G. A. Moore, W. R. Dunn. e No. 5?II. M. Young, W. C. Brock, R. H. 'I Armstrong. c No. U?Thomas Mclhvnlne, A. F. Cftlvert, J. u E. Uldrick. s No. 7? W. E. Henderson, James Miller, W. t A. Lomux. e No. 8?K. W. Seymour, J. M. Prultt, T. J. * Hearst. e No 0-W. T. Bradley, G. M. Slbi rt, S. O. ' Young. ' No. 10?Dr. J. L. Presley, J. C. LI tee, A. K. ' WaL-on! 8 No. 11?W. A. Templeton. J. G. Edwards, J. e H. Uarksdule. e No. 12?Dr. J. II. Bell, J. E. Brown lee, J. D. 11 Alewlno, ,? No. 13-Dr. 0. R. llortnn, Geo. F. Burdett, E. I* \V. Harper. ? No. H?E. Calhoun, W. A. Lanier, Wm. e Riley. o No. 15?R. A.McCaslanW'.-P^kcnncjy. W. s R. S"'"~No. 18?J. C. Jennings, Jas. C'othran, Jr., \V. ? II. BrllL J E. COWAN. u School Commissioner. * Jan.3l.lSS3, tf | H Pi ? ? I R ; ? .i o s a ? I. .rH ? * rQ > JJ ^3 . J* Jl 1 ! I 0 3 ll 0 1 ? ? Ji $ 0 1 nfl 1} ffl 03 5 P _ * ? z i 7, o i m -&a s p 0 CO J i" P e ^ ! - fe J *2 W d [S u _2f ?" W ^ 0 55 II <11 n ffcj T ? S S J w ? 5 ? H w , H 5 B cc *W O e3 ^ rh ? 4 B d ^ ? I g g- p g . m ? ? 2 r d ; ^ g I _ s? s * M Mf w ? g. c Ui c i; U 1 S I ? Cg ? W * > rt s.s 5 ^ ? g 5 ? ' 5": g C/3 <jj . ^ . M CC . 1 > ^5 Cj U 1 gW-d 0 ? ? ? c3 ^ <j >> /S i O "S A LIME! LIME!, '1'IIF nntlcrslgneil Hors lcnve to sny 1o tlioJ 1 public (liiil lie Keeps always oil imnn a, good supply of fresh and well burnt LIME sit j Ills kiln In I Jin reus enunt.v. at the (?. W. S11I11xan old kill), l.'S miles west of Laurens Court I House, ') miles from Free bridge on Snliulu. 24 miles norili-enst of Abbeville Court Mouse, which I will sell eheap fur cash. i"> cents per bushel or ? *> per ton. l'ersons wishing I.lnie can get their orders tilled at any time. I also warrant it to be as good If not better, than j ran be not elsewhere. 1.line Is the best ferlll-; lzcr ever used. I have teams and can dell cer Lime at any desired place. Address J. D. MASTERS A CO., Urowcrton, S. C. ' i Sept. 27.18K2,12m I A R M. Hadon & Co. HA^'E cut an archway In the rrar of their T store and now occupy all the space for* A mcrly occupied by Jus. A. Howie, Willi ample room, Increased facilities, we will be much; better prepared to serveour friends tins spring | than ever. It. M. HAD1>0>' & CO. | Feb. 28,1383, It I : DR. F. F GARy TT AS moved to Abbeville ?qr>bt) practice/of JJ medicine, and offers iTTs profesivloma- *? . services to the public. CuliH during tlie day mny be left At tho office or Col. KugeneB. Gary or nt the former ' residence of Judge ilcGowun, now occuplcd by Dr. Giiry. - JJz Jnn. 31,1883,12rii ir. KtrH2s. sf Boots and 8hoeS, Harness and Tanyard. BEST material used, fine weiXmen employ ed, custom work made promptly, and at the lowest bottom prices for cnnh. Hides always bought ut the hlirlic*t market price for cash or In exchange tor leather or work. January 28. 1S80, ly. - ' WM. II. PA RKEIt W. C. McGOWA nT JPAKKEB&McGOWAN j ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, ' j ABBEVILLE, C. H.t S. C. 1 tl? ILL practice f?l*o In the CIrcn!tCoort?eK I n the United States for South Carolina* Jikll 7.1S?). if w. j. hogersT .. Merchandise Broker, DEALER IN GRAIN. FLOUR, MEAL,- ; HAY. BRAN AND GROCERIES. All communlcatlonh either by wire or mall nn- . Kwcrcil promptly. J. B. ROGERS will attend to otr.ee business when I am absent. w. j. rogers. Jan. 10,18S2, ly State of kSouth Carolina, ^ Abbeville County. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The West Point Engine and Machine Com- ? pany, Plain ntr, ami Inst ' J. W. Wells, l>efcndoht. A Copy Summons. For Relief. Complaint Served. To the Defendant J. W. Wel!s? YOU are hereby summoned and required to M answer the cinnpiant In this action, of which a copy Is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to tho said complaint on the subscribers at- their of- j flee at Abbeville C. If.,8. O., within twenty j days after the service hereof, exclusive of Che I day of such scrvhe; and If you fall toMiswer the complaint within the time aforesaid,the pliiintif] In this action will apply tothecourt 'j tor the relief demanded In the complaint. i Dated January 27, A. D. 1*3. M. G. ZEIGLER, C.C.P. (L. 8^ BENET. RICE & SMITH, PluinilfT's Attorneys, To J. \V. Wells, absent defendant? 1 Take not!?c that a snmrnonnnf wh'ch th? above Is n copy hus this day been tiled, with complaint In theottice-of tlie Clerk of the I Court of Common PU-as for Abbeville county. BENET, RICE & SMITH, -r; PlalutllT's Attorneys. - "?! Jan. 31, im, tf Sta;e of South Carolina, i Abbeville County. IN THE PROBATE COURT. _ \ In Ilie matter of the estate of Pallle IT. Clink cctilcs.?Petl i Ion for Srttle rn en t, N OTICE Is hereby given that John A. Bob lttkoii. guardian or Kaille H. Cllnfeacalo*, has appl ied to this Court for a discharge from , hia trust, It 1? ordered,that FrWay, the 9th day of March, be Ilx'd us the time lor settling tbl* estutcaud discharging the guardian. J. FULLER LYON. Judge Probate Court. ~"~-w Feb. 7, VW, It ' -3 ^ State of South Carolina, , Abbeville County. IN THE PROBATE COURT. Ex parte John A. Brooks, Guardian John Cv ami Naucy Pun?!ey. Minors. Petition for Settlement and Discharge.. NOTICE U hereby given that John A* A""" Brooks. Guardian has aimlletl for settle- ? menl and discharge in tt?o mailer of the . 1 lutes ??r John 0. and Nancy Pi;r*ley, Minor*. It l"ortle<vct Unit Saturday, the lOtli of March, . . be ilxcd fur said settlement tin-1 dlxchnnre. , ii FULLER LYON, L Judgo Probulc <>jurt.- M Feb. r, 18S3, it - /' /M citato of South Carolina, | Abbeville County. * -j IX THE PROBATE COURT. In the mutter of Hie estate of W. N. Blake, J Dt ceased. X \V. K. Blake and 11. M. Blake, Executors and ?, Positioner*. Petition for.Settlement and Discharge. VJOTICE Is hereby given that the above il mimed Executors of the estate of XV. N.. n<-Jj| Itluke, dcwu^cd, huve applied for settlement umi discharge. It Ik ordered, that Monday,the ?d day of April n?xt,be fixed for said seltlemont aud *S dlrti-liur?;o as prn; ed for. ^ ; 'a J. FULLER I/YON, . ? J Juugu Probate Court. Feb. 7,1SS3, tf Buggy Cushionir^ JUST received a Job lot of Fuggy and Orriave/4 ushions, which will be told very low for cash at the ? CINCINNATI REPOSITORY. ' X T. BEGGS, Agent fM,! j\m. 17, mi. tf iirat! i STONO! STONO! STONO T 1 * CID PHOSPHATES AND GUANO. The ? M tried and trusted friend of the Farmer*. Sec n!gii analysis and buy of ' . wH | JJErraVS. BttixWELL, Agent -?^1 Jnn. 17,18S2,2m j CUNNINGHAM j TEMPLETON, || -IIAVE RECEIVED THEIR- I Spring Stock, J ?ouil arc prepared to serve the publlo? j| DRY GOODS, CROCKERY, i| annnmmq 1 U&VVVUAVWMj . n HATS, 1 CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES. I April 5.1882. tf Hit* State of South Carolina I Abbeville County. COURT OF PROBATE. M. (J. Zelclrr, us Administrator. Plaintiff, iiK?iiiKt Elliek Robertson. Eliza Eolicrixon, Henry Robertson unil Eliza Robertson, DeSummons for Relief. (Complaint not Served.) !'<? tli<> Defendants ub'ive named, who are absent from tlie State: |NH \ OU ure he reby summoricdami required to I answer tl>e complaint in this action, of I^H vhlch a copy is Hied iri the 1'iobute Court, Hid to serve a copy oi your answer to the suld >mplulnt on the Nisbscritier av Ills otlice at * UjIjcviiic i:. ii. ?. v., wniiin iweniy uuj? m* t the sorvlee hereof, exclusive of tlie day of IH ueh service; ami If yon fall to answer the M| omplaint within the lime nlorcsaid, the ilalntitt'In this action .vlll apply totl'O Court or the relief demanded In the complaint. Dated Dec. 2d, Iss2. J. FULLER LYON. Judge Probate Court. flfl Dec. 27, 1882. tt Tinner Wanted. 8 a GOOD Journeyman Tinner can get a Job " \ by application to H. \V. HWSON & CO. Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 27,1862. > HE JIVISION OF TERRITORY || OFFICE OF Cot'NTV CoMMISSIONKltS. J^H A1IHKVILI.K C. H? Jan. 2, 1883. \T a meeting of Ihe Hoard, the following division of territory was made, viz: flfl G. M. Muttlson?Ookesbury Township. Dolialdsvll e Township. Due West Township. ? Diamond Hill Township. Magnolia Township. I.ownilesvllle Township. W.T. Cowan? LongCuue Township. BB Abbeville Township. Bfl Culhonn's Mills Township. Cedar Springs Township. flH Sim I ti v i He Tow nshlp. ^ J. R. Bullock? Ninety-Mix Township. (in cnwood Township. W lilt'' Hall Township. J Indian llill Township. M Bordeaux Township. 'WThe Supervisors now serving will report at f ice lo iliv Couniy Commls-ioners. whether f icy will continue lo serve fur the present J L*ur. liy order of the Beard. /jflH JAMES C.EltCB.leik. rCARLOADOF STANDARD^? COOKING STOVES O arrive next week. Will he sold low for cash or on time to responsible purlieu. A. J. SPROLES & BR0? Greenwood. S. C. ' Feb. 7,1?5,3m