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fhe Press and Banner. By Hugh Wilson. Wednesday, April 13, 1883. The EHjjlUh Land Mortsjase Company. As onr rentiers know, we stated our objections at the time to the passage of the hw authorizing English capitalists to come here with their money, to take mortgages of onr farms, and to make ?>f South Carolina another Ireland for British Lords. We utter tlie words of 'prophecy, when we say that n largo par cent, of the deluded citizens Who consent to becoino the slaves oi these foreigners will lose their t:uri;s. A farmer in this country, w ho has not brains and energy enough t?? evade the moitghging of his lands might just as well sell cut at once. Farming will pay thoso Who Work, but those who loifvr about, and waste their ..Iirl til ion III tu?f tlir>5v lanil witbrnort fcngeij will most surely grt to the bad. *Fhose of our citizens who, by mi^furune, should bo compelled to borrow money, had better go 'to a neighbor for it-, or to a store for ?t liert on tire crop. Jdortgages are dangcnoiis, and we warn our people against giving them. Better live hard, work hard, and wear a Georgia an minor suit, for a snort time. , Mr. J. C. F. Sims, living six miles below Columbia, made last year with seven iuule* on two hundred acres ol land one bundled fifty-four bales of cotton averting .WO pounds to the bale, or, reducing the I>ales to the standard average weight, 171 bales weighing 450 pound* each. Besides this Mr. Sims made on the same land an abundant supply of corn, fod<lor,: *>ats, sweet potatoes and other food crops. vriiis is good farmin.?(\}la)/ibta Corrc-i Upondcnt .Wim ?Ktl Courier. Mr. Sims bi'gan lifo alter the. H*ir a roor man, without. JHU'.-PitpTtTTf nf any ! KiiuL_..By tfrTTt" of hard work, economy; ^trtTskiHful management ho has become | -the owner of one of the finest farms in j the State, and is one of the wealthiest j farmers in Kichland county, and as good ?man as can be found anywhere, lie: Reserves his good fortune. Farming does i fay those who make it pay, as Mr. Sims f xloes. ?Xewberry Observer. Unsafe Doors. in another part of tho fJT.ts and Ban- '. t/-r may be found a communication, and | an editorial reply to the same, from tho! Charlotte Journal-Observer. Much thatj that paper says of tho opera house in | Charlotte will apply to the Court Hou?.ej i Abbeviie. The doors open inward,; and are always in tho way of the audi-j cnce at the conclusion any exercises that j in ay be hud. In case of jKinic tho shut-i ters would inevitably be closed, and noj V>ne could predict the result. Aside from i any danger attendant upon the present; ii^ncinir of tho courtroom doors, they j ?=>-" -> , should be, changed, as a matter of con-} venience and comfort to our people. We j never go into^te crowded courtroom! without a thought of tLe serioin consequence* which follow a panic or the! Alarm of fire. Five dollars could not be j bettor spent than in changing the hang-1 iugs of the courtroom doors. Bk. Exensc Us. Just now Hoir.e two or three of our! I journalistio brethren seem anxious to quarrel with us. As a rule, we try to be; Accommodating, but in this instance we really cannot gratify our brethren. We j entertain no unkind feelings towards any j brother editor, and therefore cannot join j in a contest of vile personal alm.se, and | we leel perfectly assured of our position before the good people of Abbeville, and, for this reason, have no inclination to go on the deiensive at this moment to meet and rcpuise unfounded accusations. - "The article from the Lauren.willc Tier-1 <ihi in reply to the Keoicce Courier is in j *ueb striking contract with the vindictive j and ill-manuered articles which too often j Appear in the country press, that we j transfer it to our columns, because of its: dignity, fairness, and gentlemanly bearing. We think the Courier, when it j reads the Herald'.* article, will feel heart- j ily ashamed r.f the manner iu which it j so recently treated us. - *._ flENry l>. iUCI'.V.MKL lia* UUCII iiu5i.I- | uated fur Governor of Georgia, to /ill the! unexpired terra of Stephens. Messrs. Wardlanv >k Edwards have! ju??C roceived a more complete slock of; goods than ever, as will appear liy their; advertisement next week. In the moantime, their friends and the public gener-i ally .vill tind it greatly t<? thtir advantage to call and examine their stork, which' they are determined to sell at the lowest Jiving ligures. Tub ladies will please not forget that i Messrs. NVardlaw <S Kdwards have a large; line of goods espet ially adapted for tlieiu. ' livery lady should call to see them. -<w- , IIOW MeDEitJIONT CHEATED TIIE PEOPLE OF CHESTER. j, Fainting Himself elf for n Mannfac-J! tercr of Machinery, when he was: "*** ^s>**mi?-?-l>ru?Mner?Organizing a t'ot- ; ( tou Seed Oil Mill Company and I Getting Himself Klectcd President j1 Charging Two Prices for the ."U:i- j chmery and Pockctins the Mo n e y ; < ?The Kenl Manufacturer Appears aud Opcus ihc People's Lyes. l.Vw* and Courier.] ( Columbia, April 11.?I have beon furnished ( %>.v a prominent citizen of Chester with facts | which repeal the otherwise mystical mean-!, lug of the arrest of the presl<k>ut of thei, Chester Oil Mills for robbing Ills own mill. , \V. J. MclJernmtt is a Canadian by birth and i? paid to hfrve been formerly the captain of n j i Mississippi River steamer. 11 ? went to Cheater from .Memphis when theChester oil Mill], project was in its incipieney, and represents! 1' 1tlm>elf the head of the tlnn of \V. J. ljcr-l inott A Co.. of Memphis, manufacturers ol j cotton seed oil inlII machinery. He obtained!; the contract for supplying tho new mill with ! machiney at a cosi of over %^5.'k>0. He had | jjrevlou-ly furnished with machinery a mill | ?tt Hawkmsvitle, Cia. He remuiued in Ches- j tcr while the mill was being put u;>, ai:d I gained the contldcncc of its ?tockholders so I thoroughly that he succeeded in getting him | elf elect*!.! pre-.ident of tho coin puny short! j .afterward, lie had in the stock of thei the mill which is beiicved to have been received by him In part payment of his con-J tract. The mill heiran operations and Mc-j Dcrinott worked up u boom lor it by representing through a publication in tlie Ch'ir- \ Inlte Journul that It was making twenty-five I per cent, profit, while In truth it was losing' money under ills management. Altera vhil" m Mr. Mllburn. of Memphis,president of the} Mllburn Iron Works, visited Chester and! entered suit against McDertnoU for?ls-50"j <!ue liim on the machine y with which the i Uawklnsvllle and t'iiester mill- liaM been j supplied. Milburn, It seems, employed Me-' Dcrmott to Introduce the machinery lor him. I ?nd McUermott collected the money and kept j It, representing to the purchasers that he was j the real manufacturer. And then it leaked | out ttint the mill, which McDerinott had rcp-i Tesented us a "JO ton mill, turning out ftVlgal- j lensof oil daily, coul-l only turn out .'{>0 ual- i lonsaday. He chcated not only Milburn but Hie stocnouiers wno. 01 course, anew in.in- | ing of i)iI milts. The stockholder* further' UMertidnol that Mel'crmott had sold them j the machinery at double tho market price; That Is. its capacity was lialf what was j-iiar-l an teed. The elevator, for instance, which j >Iel)ermo!l Iton^lit for he sold to the' company j675. and Jnother detail* the swlnde j was the Ka111o. The company rc?|iieste 1 Mel>ermott to resign, and his resignation was to date from midnight <>n Saturday, the 7th in-i plant, llefore d.<y on Sunday morning?a' few hours after this?the watchman of the! mill discovered McDermott removing the patented valves without which theoii presses j could not be opened. lie was arrested for) this offence, as slated In the county papers, and held for grand larceny, tho valves having i been ecreted and bei r.* valued at ?I'K). On! tlie day (.Monday) he was ai-o taken with a , bail writ for SJ.'Hdt damages done to the mill.! }le failed to givehail, and was put In.jail, hut i on the following day, l>y lodging securities in * the bands of ceriain gentlemen he succeeded | In bailing himself at d departed forthwith from tMiest'.'r. McDermott is eviilentiy a' thorough rascal. Six daysa'ler he was elect- j ?d president of the mid transferred a I hut; ono share $6,1)00 in stock to a man in Georgia, j This stock i>t a latter d ty Mr. Miltturn en- < deavored to have held for Ids debt, and it was then discovered that McDcrinott had out-; wlttcd him. When decapitated. MeL>erinott; essayed revenge on the company by stealing and destroying the machlueey. The people of Chester have had a Mid e.xperienie with this bustling stranger, hut the stockholders 1 ore not as badly off as the might have been bad he remained with them a little longer.; The mill, honestly conducted, will doubtless, be a paying concern. It Is now In good hands, and this result Is to be Loped for. The Louisiana Election Cases New Orleans. April 14.?In the; United States Circuit Court to-day, j Judge Billing* presiding, District At torney Leonard moved the Court to as-; sit?" the balance of the election cases , now pending for trial. Judtre Billings; replied that these cases had drawn aguinsthis time considerably and that other business of the Court had to be; neglected on that account. He >rave the history of the cases tried and the enormous* amount of labor and time that was consumed with the trials and the legal exceptions and objections. Be had no objection to assigning the cases, but he stated that he would not try them. In other words, another Judge would have to sit. The impression prevails here that Justice Wood of the Surprtme Court will preside if the Department of Justice desire the trials to proceed. ; ?i in tMAnmmmmmmwsmammammcma Brook!vu Taliemaclc. * i THE EYE. Sermon, by the lie?. Dr. T. Do Wittj Tahnage. ; "Ho tfiat formpil the ey?, slsall He not' see? 1'uAiM XC1V. l>. i The imperial organ of the system is the 'eve. Ail tip and down tho" Bible God j honors it, extojs it, illustrates it, or arl reigns it. Five hundred and thirty-four i times it is mentioned in the Bible. Omnipresence?"tin* eyes <>t the Lord are in every place." Divine care?"as the appl< ol' tlie eye." The clouds?"the eyelids ol I the morning-" Irreverence?"the eye tint mouketh at its rather." Pride?"Oh, I how loft v are their eves!" Inattention ?"tho fool's eye in the ends of the earth."'1 Divine inspection?"wheels full of eyes."! Suddenness?"in the the twinkling of an ; eye nt the hist trnm p.'* Olivetic sermon! ?"I lie li!*htnf the body is the eye." Thisi morning's text?"He that formed the eye, j : shall He not see?" Tho surgeons the doctors. the anatomists ami the physio.o-! gists understand much of the ulories ofl the two greut lights of the human lace; but ths vast multitudes goon from eraille to g<r?ve without any appreciation of the two groat masterpieces of the Lord (Jod! ! Atmiiihty. If (tod had lacked anything j of infinite wisdom He wonhl have failed i : in creating the human eye. We wander j through the earth trying to see wonder- i fill sight*, but the. most wonderful si ?ht that we oversee is not so wonderful as the | I instruments through which we see it. It j j has been a strange thing to mo for thirty | years that some scientist, with enough el-] : oquenee anil--^jTrietiSTn." go j 'through tho-country with illustrated lee-j turcs on yanvas thirty feet square, to; starile, au;{ thrill, and overwhelm Chris-, leudotn with tho marvels of the human j eye. Wf. want the ovo taken from all ii.sj ' teohtiieiilities, ami some one who shell j ; lav ashio all talk about the ptorygoniaxil- j I hiry. tissurcs, atid the sclerotica, and the j ! vliiasma of tiie op:ie nerve, and in com-1 moil pa'iance, which you and I and, everybody e:tn understand, present the,' subject. We have learned men who have j' been telling us what our origin is and j what we were. Oh ! if some one should j come forth from the dissecting-table and , from the classroom of the university and take the platform, and, asking the help of. the Creator, demonstrate the wonders of; what we are ! i If I refer to the physiological facts sug-!1 gestcd by the former part of my text, it, is only to bring out in a plainer way the j theological lessons of the latter part ofj! ||||> l/lvl tli if Cill'Illu/l llin BV(1 sll.llli! he not see ?'' I suppose rnv text referred j' to tho human eye, since it excels all oth- i1 ers in structure and in adaptation. Thej1 eyes of tish. and reptiles, and moles, and |! bats, are very simple things, because they ,j have not miichto<lo. There are inserts '1 with a hundred eyes, but the hundred!' eyes have less faculty than the human j' eves. The hi ick beetle swimming the.' Summer pond has two eyes under water j and two eyes above the water, but tho i! four infertile arc not equal to the two hu-1 man. Man, placed at the head of all liv- j' inn creatures, must have supreme equip-)' ment, while the blind tish in the Mam-;( moth Cave of Kentucky have only an tin- |1 developed ori>an of si?ht, an apology for;1 the eye, which if through some crevice of t J the mountain they should >ret into the 1 sunlight, inmht bo developed into posi-i* tivo eyesiirht. In the lirst chapter of < Genesis wo lind that God, without any;' consultation, created the light, created j I tho trees, created the lish, created tlicj1 fowl, but when lie was about to make mantle called a convention of divinity, ! ' as though to imply that all powers of ' Godhead were to bo enlisted i:i thoj-' achievement. "Let us make man." Put ' a whole ton of emphasis on that word j' "us." "Let us make man." And if God 11 called a convention of divinity to cerate i' man, I think the two treat questions in ' < that conference were how to create a soul j1 and how to make an appropriate window ' for th it emperor to look out of. i I See how God honored the eye before He . I created it. He cried until chaos was i r-11 ridiated with the utterance, "Let there be ' f liu;l:t!" In other words, before lie intro- i duced man into this temple of the world ' Ho illuminated it, prepared it for the eye- j t sight. Ami so, after the last human even has been destroyed in the linal domoli- t tion of the world, stares are to tail, and < the sun is to cease its shining, and the ' moon is to turn into blood. In other j* words, after the human eyes are no more ; f to be profiled by their shining, the chan- t deliers of heaven are to bo turned out.11 God to educate and to bless and to help the I human eye, set in the mantnl of heaven j1 two lamps?a gold lamp and a silver lamp ? ?the one for the day and the other for the t night. To show how God honors the eye, t look at the two halls built for the resi- t denee of the eyes, soven bones making'a the wall for each eve, the seven bones J? curiously wro.ight togother. Kingly pal- , f nee of ivory is considered rich, but the i halls for the residen *e of the human eyes ; i are richer by so much as human bone is! t more sacred than elephantine tusk. See a how God honored the eves when He made a a roof for them, so that the sweat of the;a toil shonlil not smart them; and rain'c dashing against the forehead should not JI drip into them; the eyebrows not bend- j( ing over the eye, but reaching to tho right e and tot!ie left, so that the rain and t!ie j a sweat should he compelled to drop upon n the cheek instead of falling into this di- i t viuely protected human eyesight. See 11 how God honored the eye in the fact [ire- t; sented by anatomis's and physiologists. t that there are civrlit hunoivd contrivances in every eye. l'or window-shutteis, the e eyelids opening and closing thirty thoii-iv sand times a day. The eyelashes so con- r strueted that they have tiieir selection as[ i t<> what shall be admi.ted. saying to the e uust, "Slav out," and saving to tlie light, ' c "Come in." For inside curtains Use iris.jt r?r pupil of the eye, according as the light e is greater or less, contracting or dilating.; a The eye of the owl is blind in the day-le lime, the eves of some creatures are t Mind at night, but the human eye so mar-;?l veh.usly constructed can see both by day ; t md by* night. Many of the other* crea- f lures uf (iod can move the eye only from t side to side, but the human eye so mar- J f vclously constructed ins one muscle to',\ lilt tho eye, and another muscle to lower - p the eye and another muscle to roll ittojj: the right and another muscle to roll it to in ihe left, and another muscle passing j" through a pulley to turn it round and , r round?aneinborate Hearing ot six mus- I f rlcs as perfect as (Jod could make them, j ( There aho islhu retina, gathering the rays | v r?f light and passing the visual impression h along theoptie nerve, about the thickness jn t?f the lampwick-passing tho visual im-j I pression on to t!io sensorism. and 011 into' s the soul. What a delicate lens, what an j exquisite screen, what soft cushion, what T wonderful chemistry of the human eye! jr The eye washed by a slow stream of inois- j v ttire whether wo sleep or wake, rolling s imperceptibly over the pebble of the eye a ;uid empt; ing into a bone of the nostril. ;j A contrivance so wonderful that it can ? see the son, ninety-tive millions of miles! c away, and the point of a pin. Telescope |h and microscope in tho same contrivance, i t The astronomer swirls and moves this t way and that, and adjusts and readjusts t the telescope until he guts it to tho right ( j focus; the ndcrosoptst moves this way | \ and that, and adjusts the magnifying;] ?lass until it is piepared to do work ; l>ut 11 the human eye, without a touch, beholds the star and the smallest insect. Tlie.i traveler among the Alps, with one glance, ji taking in Mount Blancand the face of his 11 watch to see whether he has time to climb: c it. ! | Oh! this wonderful camera obscura j; which voii and I carry about with us, soj| to-day we can take in this audience, so j t from tin? top of Mount Washington we j 1 can take in New Kngland, so at night we t can sweep into our vision the eonstella-1 \ lions from horizon to horison. Sodeli-|'t cale, so semi-inlinite, and yet the light it coming ninety-Jive millions of miles at' ^ the rate of tw ? hundred thousand miles a! > secoi'd. is obliged to halt at the gate of the; j eye, waiting lor admission until the port-1 ( culiis lie lifted. Something hurled nine- t tv-tivo millions of miles and striking an 1 j instrument which h is not the agitation of | even winking under the power of the '< stroke. There, also, is the merciful ar-' ( rangeinent of the tear eland by which |( the eye is washed anil from which rolls ; the tide which brings the relief that < comes in tears when some bereavement i j or great loss strikes us. The tear not an i augmentation of sorrow, but the break-1 ing up of theoretic ot frozen grief in the ! warm gulf stream of consolation. Iilea- ! paeity to weep is madness or death. Thank God for the tear glands, ami that the crj'stal gates are so easily opened. Oh ! the wonderful hydraulic apparatus, j of the human eye. Divinely constructed vision ! Two lighthouses at the harbor of} the immortal soul, under the shining off which the world sails in and drops an-j rlisr. What an anthem of ppjiso to God J is the human eye! Tne tongue is speechless and a clumsy instrument, of expres- J sion as compared with it. Have you not | seen it Hash with indignation or kindle I with enthusiasm, or expand with devo-j tion, or melt with sympathy, or stare with Iriirht, or leer with villainy, '?r droop with sadness, or pale with envy, or) tire with revenue, or twinkle with mirth, | or beam with love? It is tragedy and ! comedy ai:d pastoral and lyric in torn. Have you not seen its uplifted brow of| surprise, or its frown of wrath, or its eon- [ traction of pain? If the evo say one; tiling and the lips soy another thing, you believe the ove rattier than the lips. The ??ves of Archibald Alexander and Charles G. Finney were the mightiest part of their sermon. George Whitetield enthralled great assemblages with his eyes, thonuh they were crippled with strabismus. Many a military chieftain has with a look hurled a regiment to victory or to death. Mai tin Luther turned his great eye on an assassin who came to take his life, and the villain fled. Under the glance of the human eye the tiger, with tive times a man's strength, snarles back into the African jungle. But those best appreciate the value of the eye who have lost it. The Emperor Adrian by accident | put out the eye of his servant, and he said to his servant: "Whatshall I pay you in, money or in lands? Anything you ask me; I am so sorrv I put your eye out." But the servant refused to put any financial estimate on the value of the eye, and when the Emperor urged and '.'rged again the matter, he said: "Oh, Emperor, I want nothing but my lost eye." Alas foi those for whom a thick and ira penetrable vain is drawn across tlio faro I of the heavens and the fact) <>f one's own j kindred. That was a pathvtie see no t when a blind man lighted a torch at night ] and was found passing along the high-j way, and sumo one said, "Why do you i carry that torch when you c-an't see?"! "Ah!" said he, "I can't see, Kit T carry ' this torch that others may see me anu pity tnv helplessness and not run mo down."* Samson, the giant, with his eves put out by the Philistines, is more helpless than the smallest dwarf with vision undamaged. All the sympathies of Christ were stirred when lie saw Hartimeus with darkened retina, and the <>nlv salve lie ever made that we read of was a mixture of dust and saliva and a prayer, w ith which He cured the eyes of a man blind from his nativity. The value of the eye is shown as much by its catastrophe as by its healthful action. Ask the man who for twenty years has tint seen ihesun rise. Ask tho*man who for half a century has not seen the fare of a friend. Ask in the hospital the victim of ophthalmia. Ask the man whoso eyesight perished in a powder blast. Ask tin liartiineus who never met a Christ, or the man born blind who is to die blind. Ask him. The Uarl of Bridgewater, in his Isitit IV i! 1 ;lll< 1 testament, benueathed $10,-! 000 for essays t<> he written oil the power i and wisdom ami goodnessot (iodas man-! ifested in creation. and Sir Charles Hull, j the Hritish surgeon, fresh from C'ornnna! and Waterloo, where he hail been tending! the wounded and studying the formation ' of the hiiman body amid the amputating! horrors of the hatllelied, accepted the in-1 vitation to write one of those "Hridgewa-1 ter Treatises," and he wroto his hook on j the hitman hand?a hook tiiat will live as j lontr as tlio world lives. This morning,; in my imperfect w,;v, I nave only uiiiieii: ai n'le splendors, the glories, the wonders,! the divine revelations, the apocalypse* oi l the human eye, and I stagger hack front j the awful portals of the physiological miracle which must have taxed the inire-j nuity of a (?od, to cry out in your ears i the words of my text, "lie that formed! the eye. shall lie not see?'' Shall; Ilerscln'1 not know as much as his tele-j scope? Shall l'rauuhofer not know as' much as his telescope? Shall Swammer- ] dan not know as inn.has his microscope?} Shrill Dr. Hooke not know as much as his; micrometer? Shall the thing formed' know more than its master? "He that; formed the eye, shall He not see?" The recoil of this question is tremendous.! We sta.>d at the centre of a vast circuin- j ference of observation. No privacy. On j its, eyes of cherubim, eves of seraphim,! ryes of archangel, eyes of f?o?l. We may ; not beahle to see the inhabitants of other; worlds, hut perhaps thev may be able tosee us. We have not optical instruments strong enough to descry them ; perhaps; they have optical instruments strong! enough to descry us. The mole cannot see tlio eagle mid sky, hut the eagle mid j sky can see the mole mid grass. Wo are j ible to sen mountains ami caverns 01 an- j uther world : hilt perhaps the inhabitants j >f other worlds can see the towers of ouri [ ities, the (lash of our seas, the marching! if our professions, the white robes of our I weddings, tho blauk scarfs of our obsequies. It pa?ses out from tho guess into (lie nositive when we are told in the Bible j that the inhabitants ol other worlds do oine as eonvov to this. Are they not all j ministering spirits sent forth to minister; to those who shall be heirs of salvation?! But human inspection and angclic inspec- j ion and stellar inspection and lunar in- j ?pection and solar inspection are tame as j compared with the thought of divine in- j >pection. "You converted mo twenty j rears ago," said a black man to my fa- J her. "How so?" said my father. "Twcn-1 :y years ago," said the other, "in tho old j school house prayer-meeting at Bound) Brook yon said in your prayer, 'Thou, j .Jod, seest me,'and I had no peace tin-! lor the eye of God until I became a I Christian." Hear it. "The eyes of the' Lord are in every place." ""His eye-1 ids trv the children of men. "His ?yes wore as a flamo of fire." "I, tvill guide thee with mine eye." Oh he eye of God, so full of pity, so full of j lower, so full of love, so full'of indigna-j ion, so full of compassion, so full of! nercy! How it peers through the dark- j less! How it outshines the day ! How t glares upon the offender! IIow it teams on the penitent soul! Talk about ho human eye as being indescribably ivonderful?how much more wonderful! lie great, searching, overwhelming eye!! if God? All eternity past and all eter-i lity to cnmo on that retina. The eyes' vith which we Iook into each other's!, ace to-day suggest it. It stands written j' wico on your face and twice on mine,! mless throng!) casualty one or both! lave b?en obliterated. "He that foruiad j he eye. shall He not see?" Oh, the eye | if God? It sees our sorrows to assuage j hem, sees our perplexities to disentangle' ( hem, sees our wants to sympathize with ;, hem. If we fight Him back, the eye of! n antagonist. If wo ask Hid grace, the' ye of an everlasting friend. You often' ind iu a book or manuscript a star call-1, ng your attention to a fool note, orexpla-| lation. That star tlio printer calls an as- ! erisk. Rut all the stars of the night are!, asterisks calling your attention to God, j ,n all-observing G^d. Our overv nerve;, i divine handwriting. Our eve'y tntis-' lea pulh'3* divi lely swung. Our every ( one sculptured with divine suggestion.! )ur every eye a reflection of the divine| ye. God above us, and God beneath us, j, nd God before us, ami God behind us, , ud God within us. What a stupendous! hint: to live; What a stupendous thing'i odie! No such thing as hidden trims- j xession. A dramatic advocate in olden j| iines. at night in a court room, perstia- | led of the innocence of his cliant charg-'. d wit'* murder, ami of the guilt of the. witness who was trying to swear the , inor man's life away?that advocate took ip two bright lamps and thrust them; Ifiso up to the face of the witness, and;, ried : "May it please the court and iron-; letnen of the jury, behold the murder- , r!'' and the man, practically under that , wful glare, confe<sed that In* was the!, riminal instead of the man arraigned at' < ho bar. Oti, toy frionils. our most Iii<l-', len sin is under a brighter light than;, hat ; it is under the burning eve of God. j ] To is no n blind inautstumhlinglhrongh he heavens. lie is not a blind monarch eeling for the step of His chariot. Are on wronged? He sees it. Are yon i, ?oor? He sees it. Have you domestic? | lerturbation of which the world knows', lothing? lie sees it. "Oh," you sa.v,[j 'my affairs are so insignificant I can't; ealize that God sees me and sees my af-j, fiirs." Can you see the point of a pin?i 'an you see the eve of a needle? Can; mi ?er> n mote ill the KUnilCUni? Alld ', ias God given you that power of minute j' bservation ami does IIo not possess it'i 1 inisolf? "lie that formed the eye,j hall lie not see ?" i Dot yon say, "CJod is in one world and | am in another world ; fie seems so far . iff from ine, I don't really think IIo sees; vhat is going nn |? ,nv life." Can you! ee the sun ninety-five million miles' way, and do you not think God has as! irolonired vision? But you say, "There j re phases of my life, and there are eo|-i, irs?shades of color?in my annoyances j, md my vexations, that I don't think God i an understand." Does not (?od gather! ip all the colors, and nil the shades of, tolor, in the ruinhmv? And do you sup-1 >osc there is any phase or any shade in'] ,'our life that lie has not gathered up in , lis own heart? Besides that, I warn to j, ell you it will soon nil he over, this: itruggle. That eye of yours so exquis-j tcty fashioned and strong, and hinged ! md roofed, will before long close in the as-t slumber. Loving hands will smooth j lown the silken fringes. So he giveth; lis beloved sleep. A legend of St. Fro-! obert is that his mother was blind and to was so sorely pitiful for the misforuue that one day in sympathy he kissed jer eyes, and by miracle she saw every-1; hing. But it is not a legend when I tell rou that all the blind eyes of the Chris-; ian dead under the kiss of the resnrree-j ion morn shall gloriously open. Oh!; vhat a day that will be for those who1 vent groping through this world underj icrpetiial obsenralion, or were dependent i m the hand of ;i friend, or with an unecr- i am stall" felt their way; and for the! iged of ilim si^ht, about whom it may' ue said that "they which look out of the w indows are darkened." when eternal; lavbreak comes in. What a beautiful! 'pilapli lliat was fur a tombstone in a1 Ktirupean cemetery: "Here reposes in iod, Katrina, asaint, omhty-ttvo voarsof i?o, anil bliinl. Tlio litjlit was rosturetl Lo her May 10th, 1S10." To a Bridegroom. [IMrolt Free I'rcxs.\ You having won A precious wile. lleir Hiis in min<l Ever tlirotigli life; Easier lost By far l? levn Tha* love is won. Thp sldll Is not. To win. Inn. Itoeo; So measure well "Each word ami deed, That love depart Not from her heart. They learn who heed. Jfo weddinc cift On you conferred fan ever do For her and you One half the rood Of thl? one word. This watchword?Love. A charmed plant. With watchful car? 'Twill llfe enchant. The sun and dew For It shall he. The sunny face. Forbearance truo. I know your heart Deal* ever true. And Justice lends Her aid lo you. f.mirinecc Is vonrs. A lover's crown It now secures. Henri's U itit? nro you, And *!io i queen. If well yon hold No one can ste^il Yonrerown8 of cold Of wenlth untold, In woe or weal. Wedded, Indeed, Are thus** who love. God bless your home; Send from nbove The light Dlviuo, Which mnkes home Heaven And Heaven borne. , ?, , Put(iug OIF the Trials. "BREWSTER, ATTORNEY - GENERAL," IS WILLING TO WAIT. lint District Attorney Blcltoti, After! SiiKgu&tirg the Postponement o' the ttU'ctiou Cases, in Indeci'lcsl i Whether his Fiery. Unturned Spirit; ciiu Brook Delny. It was whispered anions; tlio knowing; ones on Saturday evening Unit ? tele-l graphic eoj respnndenee had heen going! on all day between District Attorney Mi 1ton ami Attorney-'Journal Brewster look-! ing to tlio eontinnaneo of all the South j (Carolina political eases until next fall. The matter was kept very close, and the! exact condition of the matter euuld not he ascertained until yesterday. It appears that District Attorney Melton telegraphed to Attornev-f Jeneral Brewster on Saturday that, in view of the deficiency in the appropriation f<?r the payment of Government witnesses and other expenses connected with the trials, ho recommended that the eases hn eon-1 tinned to a special term to be held in Ootohcr next. Attorney-General IJrewster upon the receipt of this dispatch, telegraphed to .1 udge Bond at Iticluuoiid com in unicating the facts to him and asking his opinion ahout the matter. In replying .Fudge Bund approved of the continuance of the cases, hnt opposed a special term, recotii-l mi/liii:* Iluif tlio crises he emitilined b*' the regular term in N<>vonil)^tIoxt. ' Tlio views (if the at^tfTuTv-general, it] appears, < ??i^WiTTi those of Judge Bond, and. -ii, is understood that he has^ rc."?.'iiine!iil"(l that the eases be continued to tlie next November term. A reporter for tin; AVif.s- and Courier, \ with the uhove Iticts in his possussion, j called on District Attorney Melton at his oiliee last night, and after informing him of what he had heard asked if he knew! anything further. The district-attorney, who is excessively cautions in his conversations relative to matters eonneete.i wil!i the business of |?h olliee, did not go into tlie details of the correspondence between Attorney General Brewster and himself, loit in substance said that such a correspondence had taken place, but that no definite understanding hud yet been arrived at ami would not bo until he could consult Jnetie Bond, who is expected to arrive here this morning. The district attorney says that he is opposed to a continuance to the regular term, as it will not nive him time enough to try the cusps in the way he desires. lit; has no desire to press the trials now lie says, both in consequence of Iho want of funds and the inconvenience to the defendants and witnesses in having to leave their homes at this season of the year, but says that unless a satisfactory understanding is arrived at between Judge Bond and himself as to tho time to which the cases shall be deferred, lie will insist upon briniring them to trial tomorrow morning. The matter therefore remains in doubt, but will probably bo settled as soon as Judge Bond arrives hero. Kx-Congressman Benjamin Butler-! worth, of Ohio, who lias been appointed special assistant United States district attorney, to assist District Attorney Melton in the prosecutions, arrived here yesterday afternoon. If Judge Bond reaches here this morning, as isexpected, the matter will probably be brought up before him in the Circuit Court to-dav, in order that both defendants and witnesses may get back to their homes without further delay. Although the proposed continuance of the eases is based on the ground that there is 110 money to pay witnesses, it has been pretty well understood f.?r sometime past that there is nothing in the eaves, and that the Government has nothing to gain by pressing them to trial. A Drentn of Home. One night, lying: on my lounge when very tired, my children all around about me, in full rompand hilarity and laughter? on the lounge, half awake and halt asleep?I dreamed this dream: I was in I a far country. It was not Persia, although moro than Oriental luxuriance crowned the cities, ft was not the tropics, although more than tropical fruitfulness filled the gardens. It was not Italy, although more than Italian softness tilled the air. And I wandered around looking for thorns and nettles, but I found that 110110of them trrow there; and I saw the sun rise, and I watched to sen it set, bull it sank not And I saw the people in holiday attire, and I said, "When will (hey put oil'this and put on workmen's garb, andjagain delve in the mine, and swelter at the forge?" But they never I not nfV flif! Vnlirliiv attire. Ami T ic'in. rlored in the suburbs of I ho fit v to find' tho place where the dead sleep, and I looked all along the line of the beautiful | hills, the place where the dead might | most blissfully sleep, and I saw towers! and castles, but n<?t a mausoleum, or a] monument, <>r a white slab could I see. i And I went into tin chapel of the great! town, anil [ said, "Where do tho poor I worship? and where are the hard touches on which they sit? "and the answeri was made me, "\\ e have no poor in I his i coun'rv." And then T wandered out to (lnd tho hovels of the destitute, and I , found mansions of amber and ivory and. i;old, but not a tear couhi I see, not a sigh nould I hear. And I was bewildered,and j I sat down under the branches of a great i tree, and I said, "W.iere sun I? and J whenco coined all this scene?"' And! then out from among tho leaves and up! the flowery paths and across (lie broad streams there came a beautiful group throngingai!about me, and as I saw them fomc I thought I knew their step, and as j they shouted I thought I knew their voices; hut then they were so gloriously j ;ir rayed in apparel such as I had never! before witnessed that I bowed as Strang- j or to Granger. But when again they clapped their hands and shouted "Wei-j come, welcome," the mystery all vanish-1 e<l, and I found that time had gone ai.d eternity had conic, and wo were nil together anaiu in our new home itt heaven; und I looked around and I said, "Arc we :i 11 here!" And while tears of gladness were running down our cheeks, and the branches of tho Lebanon cedars ivere! dapping their hands, and tho towers of j the great city wre chiming their welcome, wo sill together besran to lean and: shout ami sintr, "Homo, home, home,; homo !"?1)\\ Tnhii'if/c, in Frank Leslie ft Sunday Maynzii c for May. Tlio Rock Hill ITcrnld gives some !?ood advice to til.'; farmers and against I tho ruinous policy of planting cotton to i 111o exclusion of all oilier crops. Tlicj Herald says: "Two years ago the conn- j try seemed in a hopeless condition, o\v- ] in}; to debt and the failure of tho crops, unil the year 1SS1 went out under the most discouraging circumstances. In-j stead of being sellers our people were all: buyers of the necessaries <.( life, and j from October of that year until October last year, as we have iaken the trouble to' ascertain from the books of our iner-1 rliants, 30,<MK> bushels of corn and about! 10,000 bushels of oats were brought to! this place and sold to tho planters. They | knew tho remedy, however, and last; year they went to work with a determin- j ntion to make something to cat lirst ami! cotton afterwards. To-day nobody buvsj corn. Every crib is full. To-dav nobo.lv: buys oats; our people are sellers, and ofj I... ..I.r... I.. i IIIU Icl^L iJl'J I I Will iV'UIX ; Hill alone exceed :t:i,<)'.)<) bushels, and j t hero arc still a ualfdo/.cn car loads in the j hands of our merchants. These are facts which our fanners would do well to study. Let us nut step backward. lieniemberj that well tilled etibs and smoke-houses j an? essential to our completo prosperity i and independence. Experience has shown that a people who neglect these] things and persist in the folly will onlyj involve them deeper in the quagmire of debt and dependence. Improved Machinery and Common Sense. [Otrolinn Spartan.] In advocating the use of improved] machinery on the farm, it is our inten-j tion to stir up our reading farmers to, think a little on this subject. It'your | farm be very hilly, rocky and stumpy and you have nothing but wcakani-i mats to do your plowing, you need no j improved machinery. You do not! anything much, except to get away from that place. If you have level or rolling land ami one horse, you cannot use heavy machinery, and there is no use to buy it. Study carefully what ] you need and what you can use and then secure it. Anything that lij*lit ens your labor, or enables you to do in six hours that which before took j twelve, will prove a great benefit toj you. The tanner should also study ; the nature of his soil, and plow toj suit it. All lands with a red or yellow clay subsoil need turning and subsoil-1 ing. Sandy bottom lands and upland with a very porous gravelly subsoil! should not be turned over, unless! such land have a large crop of vegetable matter, and the turning should, be just enough to get this under the surface. Suhsoiling this land docs no good. It is most gratifying to know, that our fanners are thinking as they ; never thought before. Even what > you would call common, uneducated men arc applying brains as well as muscle to their farm work. ? ?? Improving Ski:i> Corn.?a writer in the Farm inf/ World says : "I see many farmers telling how to improve corn by selectingseed. My plan is to select one ear of corn that exactly; suits my fancy. Prepare a rich spot of hind oil-*<>iiie distance from any growing corn ; lay oil'the rows four feet! apart and plant 2 grains in every hill, j Shell first from the butt end of the ear aim! begin to plant as you shell oil", and keep on until the ear isail planted. By this process you will be able to tell what partof the ear will mature lirst and the part that, will make the Lest corn with very little trouble and in a few years you will have pure seed corn. In cultivating I thin every hill down to one stalk ; keep the ground mellow ; keep ofF all suckers and shoots except, one to the stalk. i * ?r- V * \ : - . . , ; ' V TIic Virtues of Hot Wafer in Cases of Consumption and Dyspepsia. A young man who was compelled to resign his position in one of the public schools of this city because lie was breaking down with consumption, and ! who has ever sineo been buttling for life, although with little apparent i prospect of recovery, wjis encountered J several duyy ago in a Broadway rest.'.urant. *'I see," he said, "that yon seem surprised at my improved appearance. No doubt you wonder what could have eau-ed such a change. Well, it was n very simple icmedy?nothing but hot water." ' * ' A iA.. Ol) '" I 101 wiiirr t "Tlml's nil. You remember my lolling ymi that r luii 1 tried all of the usual j remedies. I consulted some of the I loading specialists in afloctions of the | lungs in this city, and paid them large {lees. They wont through the usual course of experimentation with me i under all sorts of medicines. I went I to the Adirondack* in thesummerand to Florida in the winter; hut none of jth.'isc things did me any substantial good. I lost ground steadily, grew to ; be almost a skeleton, and had all the ; worst symptoms of a consumptive | whose end is near at hand. At thai juncture a friend told nie that hp .hud ; liet"jd _<^ureajb(4tfgeife elect oy drinki "I consulted a physician who had I paid special attention lo this hot water cure, and was using it with many patient*. He said .* "There is nothing, yon know, that is more dillicnlt than I to introduce a new remedy into medical practice, particularly if it is a very : simple one, and strikes at the root of |erroneous views and prejudices that ; have long been entertained. The old ischool nraclitioners have tried for j years to" cure consumption, but they , are as far from <lc?in?r it as ever. | "'Now, the only rational explanation of consumption is that it results from defective nutrition. It is always |accompanied hy mal-assimilatinu of j food. In nearly every case the stomjaeh is the seat of a fermentation that ! necessarily prevents proper digestion. The first tiling to do is to remove that | fermentation, and put the stomach into a condition to receive food and j <1 is pose of it properly. This is efleciiedhy taking water into the stomach as hot as can he home, an hour hefore each meal. This leaves the stomach clean and pure, like a hoiler that has heen washed out. Then put into thcstomnch food that is in the highest degree nutritious and the least disposed to fermentation. No food anjswers (his description better than t< 11der beef. A little stale bread may tie Ieaten with it, drink nothing but pure j water, and as little of that at meals as possible. Vegetables, pastry, sweets, tea, coffee, and nlchoholic Ihjiiorshould I be avoided. Put tender beef alone Jnito a clean ami pure stomach three times a day, and the system will be | fortified and built up until the wasting jawav, that is the chief feature of consumption, ceases, and recuperation I sets in.' I "'I'Kof ronenn ?n nr i m nif. T I hejran by taking one cup of hot water an hour before each meal, and gradI nally increased the dose to three cups. , At first it was unpleasant to take, but j now I drink it with a relish that I I never experienced in drinking ilie ! choicest wiie. I began to pick up im! mediately after the new treatment, and pained fonrteen pounds within two mouths. I have gained ground "teadily in the trying climate of New j York ;'and, I tell you. sir, I feel 011 a | sure way to recovery." Here an old gentleman who had been [standing near, and evidently listening ! to the conversation, turned to the [teacher and paid: "This remedy of hot water drinking has attracted my ; attention for sometime. It has heen I of immense service in relieving me of a terrible dyspepsia that tormented me I for many years. I tried numerous [able physicians, and there is probably I no medicine that is prescribed forsuch an ailment which was not given to me; but none of them gave any permanent benefit. Hut the simple1 remedy of drinking hot water, accompanied by rational regulation of my diet, has cured me, advanced though I am in life. It \.as not tlie dieting alone that did it. I had tried that before. It was the use of hot water that cured me, for that made it possible to derive Loitofii fiviin m \ 1141 i<*miia f liol. I h*i Vl* also found tliis treatment of great benefit in kidney diseases, which are largely owing to mal-assimilation of food." The teacher listened very attentively to the old gentleman's remarks. "T am glad to learn that your experience," he said, "agrees so fully with mine. I have become acquainted with various cases in which this simple method of treatment has fleeted per mancnt cures after all the efforts of the physicians had failed. I am convinced. simply from what I have seen, that, almost any disturbance of the human system that results from disorders of thestomach can heallevated, and, in most instances, cured iu the same way. The very simplicity of the thing may cause some to hesitate about attaching much importance to it; but. like the proper ventilation of your dwellings, it may prevent, disease and effect cures where all the drugs of the pharmacopoeia will fail." Death of I>r. XV. H. Watson. [S'thnl'i A rr/iu] Tt. is our sad duty to chronicle the death of Dr. \V. Henry Watson. He died at his borne iu this village at six o'clock Saturday morning. For severul months his strength ha<? been feeble and his hca'lh declining, but not I it I i I a week before his death was it discovered that his end was so rapidly approaching. He was about 44year.sof age, was horn in White Hall Townrt " ? if.i? si....! r.._ snip of a lamiiy uisuuguisMtMi mi their integrity, business capacity ami courage. The \Vat?on families gave character and thrift to this section of Abbeville and won laurels for rshall's Company in the Mexican war and for Benin's in our late civil war. He received his Academic education at the historic Barrettsville Acandemy an institution of learning supported and patronized by Brook's Barrets, McKellers, Watsons, Caldwells, firillins. Pcrrynmns, Cress wells, Toll?erls and others. Tois Academy nourished for years, under the charge of Profs. Reid, and Urnerthoth Northern men) under whose discipline and teaching many young men were prepared forEiskwie, Fnrnuiu, Mercer,and the South Carolina College, and many young ladies for the Female Institute at Anderson and Barluimville. At this Academy, \V. Henrv Watson as a hoy, was noted for his high manly and truthful character. Mis e cation was completed at the Furman University, leaving before graduation. After leaving Furman lie read medi cine tinder those successful and accomplished physicians, doctors Marshall and Tajrirart, at White Hall, and graduated at the (.'harlestou Medical College. I)r. Watson having ample and handsome means, did not on graduation, devote himself actively to his profession. In January 1801, Dr. Watson married .Miss Annie, an attrnctive daughter Maj. Peter McKeller. Some month* after marriage, he enlisted as a private in Perrin's Company in Orr's regiment. 1 n this company was four Watson brothers; truer, beiter, I:River men were not enlisted in Lee's army. One of the four brothers. Captain Charlie K. Watson cotumanded the company at the surrender. During a part of the war Dr. Watson served in ranks and afterward:* served in the medical department at Regimental Krignde and Division Head-quarters. In lioth military and medical departments lie was true ami faitiiful to duty. In camp and in battle he was ever true, ready, willing and brave. Since the war Dr. Watson has divided his time between his profession and farm. For years he has been a member of the Mt. Moriali Haptist church and after moving to ({rectiwood about lN7tt, he connected himself with the Baptist church at this place and Inn been one of the regular attendants at I'rayer meeting, Sunday school and preaching. In'privale life Dr. Watson wnsquict. reserved and modest?in Professional life, high and honorable?in fri.nid-j slim iriiit find f.-iiilit'nl?iii character: at gentle as :i woman, yet as linn and | determined as a lion. As a christian, liislife was exemplary ; as a neighbor, kind ; as a father, j indulgent and tender ,* and an a lius-j baud, affectionate and devoted. Our community, a heart-stricken wile and j four daughters, three brothers,oije sis-l terand many friends mourn their loss. with him "to die is gain.1' ? - <*' Columbia, April lo.?Tho Hevv George Howe, I). I)., Ti. L. 0., died al j his residence in this city, at half-pa*t n o'clock this afternoon. Two weeks ago to-day Dr. Howe was thrown from his carriage and his leu broken. Hej was doing well, and his recovery was; hoped for until yesterday, when he had I two nervous chills and thenceforth he' sank rapidly. II is relapse was so sud-j den that absent members of Iiis family could not be summoned in time to reach here before his death. The Opera House?Protest of the Proprietors. 7b the Editor of the Charlotte Daily Journal Observer: Sir: In the fcsu<> of your paper on (he morning of the Oth Inst, there inan I article upon ihc "Opera House" writ-1 ten in a manner ami style entirely (in j our opinion)'uncalled lor* Interior i ativelyspeaking, why did you use the! langiiMgo: "Dangerous Fire Trap," j and further the following: "\Ve| think it a duty of the city uuthoritie.s intake tins muucr in naim mm u> mm-; bid exliiIiitlons of any kind in the op-1 era house until belter facilities of es-j cape are provided." "We give notice; now that we will persistently warn : the pulilic against going there until something in tins direction is done." This opera house was built in the year 187:5 under the supervision of an architect, who had come from New York city and had furnished plans for ilie construction of large buildings adapted for the purpose of public en-j tertainmentfl, and the owners of the[ property were particular in guarding| against fires taking place in the build-; jing. Therefore had the heating audi lighting arrangements so constructed j j that fires might not occur, and t lie J i egress <: f the house altered so as to have [bo{J}-Wa3rS"of exit, provideifwiih large j double doors opening out on the street: j entrance; thereby in the event of a i panic occurring either by fire or any j other cause, the whole house could be jemptied in live minutes or less. I You might as well have called the j nit en t ion of the authorities and warnj ed the public against going in any one of our city churches when crowded, i There is as much danger in case of ! panics in either the Second PresbyteSrian or M. 10. church aj the opera house. It. has been the intention of the owners of the property to make (this summer) alterations in the stage and to give a rear entrance and exit from tho building, and the owners j think you are two severe and hasty in jyonr editorial remarks, and that you jyhould have seen one or the other of !them before writing on the subject. | We are therefore driven to the couclu[sion that you did this in order to inijure the opera house and property. If ihe public should take your views it is I ?i l I'Pinl i; iliuw> it ii d will orevent nersons from visiting this place of amusement I hereafter, solely upon your piesnmpition tnat there might boa fire-panic or I some other panic in the near or far J distant future. Now, as you have brought these charges, which hnveheI come I he town tal k, we respectfully jask that you make them good or mod|ify them. When the owners of the property are convinced that there is danger such as you allege it will not be necessary to call upon the authori. ties to close' it up, they will dosowithjout any demand from any quarter. Sanders <& Wadswokth. The Editor's Reply. We publish the foregoing communication a* an act of courtesy to the gentlemen whose names are attached to it and for whom, as we have already 'said, we entertain no other feeling | than one of kindness. But these genjtlcmen have made a mistake. The | Journal Observer is a new paper in I Charlotte aid these gentlemen, like [others, will find that it has opinions |of its own, and i.s not at all afraid to ;express them, whether they are j agreeable to individuals or not. The ' Journal Observer said that the opera ' house is a dangerous fire-trap. Is this j true or false? Let the community [judge. The proprietors admit the I truth of it by declaring their intcnI .i,? Tim Sit. ; llt/II 11/ lllC a uv ? : tiinnfion in the onclti<linir part of the {letter that I he ed'tor of the Jourmtli Observer desires to injure the busi1 ness of the opera house is ridiculous. J The only possible object we could /have had was the protection of the f people?I he women and children who go there to be entertained, u:id not tu be burned , The "charges" brought by this paIperagainst the opara house were, that , it was not a safe place in case of fire, or :a panic. Are tliexe "charges" true? |That is the only question. Everybody knows they are, and the fact I hat 1 the proprietors have made an nnfortu! nate investment in the building ought j not to stand off the possibility of a masj Micro at any time. We don't know ! I lint it will be any consolation to ; Messrs. Sanders and Wadsworth to I know it, but this is not the only public nuisance we propose to call attention toin Charlotte, and we might as j well say that our personal regard for individuals will not in the least degree 1 affect, what we have to say in regard I public matters. We are very sorry if iour criticisms shall offcnd anybody. ; but our grief at it u ill not prevent us from discharging what we conceive, and what every impartial citizens eon;cedes, to be our dity. Any attempt to bulldoze ih will not be resented?it will be laughed at. ! Give us a good opera house, gentle| m?Mi, with si ch ange t.) escape in 'rase !of lire, or else <|iiil the business. That | is nil we, and I lie public demand, and I if you don't do it. your opera house i will be unattended? and^ don't you : forget it. .?9?* A Hint 1o Husbands. | One of the first and hightcst duties which u good husband owes to bis {wife is to provide a maintenance for | her in case of his ileal,It and not leave j her to the charity of the world with no experience to fit her for a position I where she can earn her own bread. Me should explain to her exactly bow I his business affairs arc arranged, and i what his income is, so that she will i not go into expenditures beyond his 'means, and incur a censure site did | not deserve. Il is not enough that a i woman has sufficient to eat and drink and wear. She should have an niterJest in her husband's business and a [stated portion of his income to expend las she deems best. It is she who reg ulates the household expenses, and if I she is a trusted and confidential partj iter she will soon feel a natural pride ! in having the debt and credit accounts I prosperous, and in saving a small balJanceeach month from the domestic joutlay. It seems, however, as if just the opposite were tie rule in this , partnership for life. The wife is ton often an unpaid domestic, doing more work than one hired girl would be ; willing to assume; doing it more satisfactorily and getting her board and lodging only. If she wants a dollar ' to spend she must account for it, and after years of servitude as wife, mother, cook, nurse and seamstress, the i husband dies some day and leaves nothing but a confused family, who find out for the first time what business means. With health and strength, lighting at fearful odds of i?, no ranee and experience, I hey may win | through, but how can a man die in I peace who knows that he is leaving ^children to the ha:d, bitter strujrirle .with poverty? He has paid church ; tithes and aided the widow and the - ' i ?? . I l. i t lameness, nut negiecieo him hum ; How can lie anticipate the joys of i heaven when the innocent ouch he ! brought into the worhl will be in dan* ger ot loosing it? He does not intend : to he unkind or sHUsh, hut lie consoles j himself with the thought: "Their j mother will take cure of litem," and so leaves the burden on the shoulders |of a weak wont n It is nil wrong. |The girl who has enough praetiical sense to ask in the rosy day of life's Iyoung dream when an enraptured jlover asks her to share his lot: "Is I there a house on the lot?" will be a .happier wife with the title deeds to i that house iu her pocket than if she had taken hint on the strength of sentimental promises. iu the fond days of early wedded bliss the husband j frequently asks his wife to promise : that she will not marry again if he tdies. One of the most sensible answers we ever heard of was that of a |young wife who said : "I will prom-! ise you solemnly never to marry again , if you leave nie comfortably provided I for." We have only to look about us every day to see cases of culpable neg-j - 1 * u'liif U'nttl. i : J lift.*nrt4 ;umi iimiihiui^kiiim ?w... en are filling the business ranks andj educating themselves loin* independ-! cut so (bat when the labor of bread-; {winning is thrust upon iheni. they 11 hey will have some litnos for their j work and avenues in whieh to tiud it. i Mill it is due to every woman who is a i wife to be provided for by her husband with a respectable and consistent por- j tion of Intestate as a testimonial of his true regard for her and her own worthiness. More Kills. Cavins, March 30th, 1883.. [ Mr. Editor: Sir?Seeing the rat j stories in your paper, the empty corn ! cobs in my crib set me to thinking about nils, and on the Hilh inst., I put an old molasses barrel, with one head out, in my crib, tilled it about oiie-j third full of water, then put a little wheat chafl'on'op of the water. The next morning I took out 52 dead rats ;! the second morning31, and the third j morning 7, making !)<> rats caught in' three nights. After that I could lieitii* er see nor hear any rats about my crib. j Now, sir, if any of your readers cun beat that, let us hear from thetii., 8. E. MASON. 1 Adgpr College. > [LuurerivtUc Herald.] Our valued colemporary, the Keoivee Courier, in it? last issue, and which we reproduce in another column, complain* that our nrticle relative to Aduer College, "was calculated to do serious injury." to said iustiiu- j lion. We supposed, when we penned 11 (lie article, we were merely stating facts. Our (information came from aj source we regarded entirely reliable? . from one who is now and has been for |' sometime, a resident of the place andjj patron of tlie College. Hence, we i'e-1, jiarded him a friend to the institution.! We did not give the name of our iu?;< forniant, because -?uch publicity, under ' such circumstances, is not usual, as ] ourcotemporury knows. < A? licftiru Hinted, we sunnosed onr I r information correct, and even by our cotentporary's own showing it i.s not very wide of the mark. The main fact in our article?that the College is In "a great strait"?is admitted. Wu took no pleasure in stating tnis fact, hut expressed regret that such was true. We regarded it our duty to give | the readers of the lfcrald?and especially to all whom if might more im! mediately concern?certain facts in our ^possession, and \ye did -so.. ,_Ws ; learned that certain citizens of this 'county.had signed endowment bonds, land we merely suggested to them ? provided our information should be correct?"that it would be at least advisable that these parties thus signing should suspend " not absolutely refuse i altogether, "further payment of interjest until some proper and official explanation is gi ven, emanating from the Hoard cf Trustees." We so advised or (suggested because we did not regard it a violation of good faith to withhold ! the payment of said interest, inasImuch as the consideration?the institution itself-had, or was about to fail. I The College was at least in precarious j if not in a moribund condition. We did not suppose they would ca>'e to further contribute to the maintenance of an institution seriously if not fatally crippled by internal strife. Many of the readers of the Herald take no other journal. We had no reason to suppose they were fully posted as to the I real condition of Adger College, as we j had refrained from publishing any! thing regarding the heated controver|sy between the several Professors of | that institution, while it was in progress. After the smoke of the battle ! liaiI lifted and its results anil true con Edition of the College could be more J clearly seen, then we did venture to make the suggestions alluded to, of which our friend of the Courier complains. We made the suggestions for what they were worth. If it was "the unkindest cut of all" to thus admonish'those we regarded interested, and likely to lose Jf they further contributed* until a reconsiliation should he had, he it so. If it Injures Adger College to have the facts regarding its condition published, it is its own misfortune and not our fault. It may l?e thought that it was not our journaltic province to have said anything about the matter in question. We think differently. Our reasons for such ac'ion have been fully given. We will say to our friend of the Courier that if lie had reproduced our article in full, instead of making fra^-! rnentary extracts therefrom, it would I not have appeared in so unfavorable a ! litfht, and 11is readers could have been I belter at>!e to judge of it fairness. We {think it certainly would not ha\e been | understood as au intentional effort to injure the College?"to destroy it in the movement of its greatest strait.'' It has been our pleasure, at different rimes, to speak kindly of Adger College, and its professors. We entertain the same sentiment still. * * Interesting Service. [Chatter Reporter] At the Presbyterian church last Sunday morning, the paster, Rev. G. A. Trenlmlm, in a view of his resignation and his early removal from Chester, ! preached a sermon reviewing ami | i smnminir no the resulfsof his six Years! J" n l ?. I pastoral term in this place. The text ! was from 2nd Thessalonians, 2ml chap! ter, 1st verse. The following interesting statistical information, taken verjhatim from the sermon, has been kindII v furnished us by the pastor, at our j request : "In June. 1877, one month after my graduation at Columbia Seminary and ; my licensure by Charleston Presbytery, I was invited to supply this pulpit for six mouths with a viewtoacall to the pastorate. Accepting this invitation, I entered upon my labors here on the 10th of July, 1877. On the 23rd of September of the same year I was j elected pastor, and a call placed in my ! hands and acsepted by me, at a meet! ing of Bethel Presbytery on the 12th of j October following. On the 23rd of : November succeeding I was ordained and installed pastor of Ibis church,| which consummated the happy rela| tiou between us. Thus within a few ; months of six years have passed away since my "entrance in unto you." "45 persons added on profession of | | faith, 32 by certificate from other j churches; total increase in membership. 77. ! "Eighteen have passed by death in ; the upper sanctuary, liG dismissed. Ill ! transferred to retired roll, 1 suspended. I i When I begun my labors here I here i i were 1 -19 member:), now there are 17 on j the roll. j "9 adult baptisms, 43 infants, and 'two deacons elected and ordained.? i Contributed to Causo of general Vnevolenro, $.1,791 23 CunvrreiriuioMHl expenses, 4.033 40 | Support of the pastor 6,US') i Presbyterial assessments 106 40 ; In aid Of needy members, 240 00 j Making grand total of 5Hj257 37 c? # English Newspaper Mortality. f Fall .Vail Gluetic.\ j Every one can name Emrlish news-l 'papers which, whatever their minor ! errors in taste or discretion, dodiliirently strive to observe in their publici functions a rule of conduct in no mate-! ' rial respect less strict than that which | a gentleman sets, or should set, before himself in the intercourse of private life. That they never on any occasion | fall below their own adopted standard - i. 'iM.n : ii wouid in* urn iiiiii'H iu . iiv iin" : nionsely greater tlilllonIt.v of th? con-1 dilioiis. as compared with those of j life, under which tlicy are called uj>on tto practice tlie virtues which they I i strive after is enough in itself to excuse! a certain percentage of failures. It is) not to he expected that a man's duty! i toward his neighbor should he uuer-i riosrly performed when his neighbor | i* literally the whole world. The mere! I numerical probabilities of shortcom-' ! it:g are thereby iudetinitely increased, and shortcomings, of course, there are. But the point is I lint with Kng-. t lisli prints of the kind of which we ! speak these occasional lapses from i ' principle are recognized ns the exceptions tliat they are, and they excite a surprise and expressed disapproval, I which are in themselves the most Mattering testimony to the general good conduct of the offender ill the particular instance. In other words, we posjsessin England a elsiss of newspapers wIticti, though not absolutely innocent | of the prevailing vices of journalism j ; are yet so rarely guilty of them as to ; warrant us in describing tliein broadlyj !as free from those vices altogether. j j I " * j Local Option in (Jcorgiii. [ yorkri'le Enquirer.J : (Jeorgia liasa local option law which was passed at the hist session of the 'Legislature. It permits each county to vote no license, ami in case a majority of the voters so decide, the (iovcrnoV is required to proclaim iirohihi-j lion in that county for two years from ! date of liis proclamation, when the! vote is to he taken again, ruder this Act, a lively campaign is in progress , in several counties, while a large iiumher, in which elections have already heeli held, have voted ill favor of pro- j hihiiion by surprising majorities. ,< The .-xtlanta correspondent of the 1 I.oit is villi- Cotirirr-Juunml mentions ' as a strange feature of the campaign < the fact that the counties which are ' adopting the prohibition platform are ' i.I i ; UMI*e W 1111*11 \>WUIll 11 il * IS WWII llllDl \ .-V- j |??'i!tr?l (<> dn so. Thus lCmauual! Kiiiugiiam, DeKalb, and other ?jnict j ami orderly communities are takingi no part in the struggle. Spalding' county, where more murders have! liven committed during and since the' war than in any other half dozen, and where drinking is universal, has joined the temperance column. Clay-! ton county has long been notorious nsi a resort of desperadoes. Last week1 the county voted for prohibition by| over six to one. i'auldiug county has j also voted into line, and a more drunk- > < en county than Paulding, the cone- ' spondent says, there was not in (jeor- ' gin. ] We feel sorry for Vanderbilt. He t has to be bothered every quarter by a i check from the Treasury Department for over four hundred thousand dollars, j' inteiest on his forty odd millions of U. ' S. bonds. This is what a man gets for ? uot being poor like his neighbors. * *? . ????H W? Ihe Place to Get What' You Want! i MSTIAN&WILSON1 ALWAYS in storo, a complete sto<-k of; FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED iOODS and CON FECTION ICR IRS ofj, ill kinds. The b<'?t and cheapest CI-i JARS and TOIJACCO. The FINEST j IVINES and LIQUORS. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey | For medical purposes a specialty. Also,' Choice Liquors of any kind lor medical purposes. j (Jive us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed, i CHRISTIAN & WILSON, Abbeville, S. c, Kov. 10.1881, tf Y T/ ~~lTrir ti. miujk wo vu. ?agents tonMR. TOM YOONG'S PURE CORN WHISKEY THE host and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this market. Juno 22, 1881, tf GTFTANDEBSON. Bricklayer anil Plasterer, OFFERS Ills services to tho people of Abbeville. IIIk prices are reasonable. nnd Ills work is guaranteed to be good. Give him a trial. Oct 4, 18S2, Cm H. D. REESE, ABBEVILLE, S. C., Repairs watches, clocks, and Jewelry In ihe best manner at the low cm prum Long experience and dose application to business merit consideration from ihouc having work to be done In Ills line. He keeps Jewelry and Silverware for sale. Feb. H, lH&'t, 12m BARBER SHOP. RICHARD GANTT. is row prepared to do all work In his department In Hie best manner and at rca>onai?le charges. Monthly customers shaving, hair cutting nnd shampooing SI per month. Paxors honed and put tn the t>est condition for 'ih cents each. Shop under the Frets and Banner ottlcc. March 15,18SJ. tf Dr. H. D. WILSON, 0 D Jm NTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. -SflOfllce; Upstairs over the Post 01Ilce."CO L. W. PSBRIN, T. P. COTIIKAN PEERIN & COTHRAN, Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C Marshall P. DeBruiil, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. 3. C. h.gTscddday, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ANUEKSON, S. O. OFFERS III* professional nervlccs to the citizens of Abbeville. Parties desiring to ciisuM with him, may do so at each session of Hie Court for the County,or by letter al An- j dnrsnn C H. Jui.e 13.1881. tf ? -A o a g 3 S . X 0 r-H * i 0 o 1 Oil 15 <8 ? Zz % B ? ? ^ NO w &a 6 ? !_.? 0 * J 2! ? I fLj s a *2 w d & h! *25 ? W r * ?s is <ri s 2 e4 T 5 ?T3 pE4 T ^ ? ?5 3 J I | Ff"^ (H (3 t 0 ^3 O Si k. I 03 ^ S I? ^ i / s o cj i O o > ft [^ o "E ? 53 r h Lj05 0) p S> * ? J ji ; s S I S? m a j /5*V "wo r*l 'rt Uy c.. ^ 11 r i H3 Z * s ~ ! o ,o ? 32 3 w > * ? "to 0 rn 2 W i ft s (X i ? W ? i s w S c CQ q H ! ? M 3D I > S3 d ? ! 2 w ^ o a ? i I *31 fi | LIME! LIME! , I 'I'HK lunlorsignt'it hoes leavo to say to tlie 1 1 | ulillc Unit ho kc'i'" always on Imml a j p.oil supply in' lYi'Mi ami wvll I'lirnt I.IMK ill , Ills k i. n t it I Jill ions county. at ilio (?. W. Sill- i livan i'l?l kiln, lit miles uesi of {.aureus toiirt Mouse, u?lli'? from Kuv In li'se on Saluda. '.'4 i miles north-east of Al'lu'vilio I'i'lirt House,! whli-li t will-i ll elienp f irriish. -"> cents per Illl-liol III M Per loll. lfl?li|l> wiMmijj I I..IW o:i ii get their orilers (I I It'll at any time. I also w ii mil I it to ho its kiioiI it" not better, than Miii In- tot elsewhere. 1 .ime l? the host fertilizer ever tisi'ii. I have toaitisiinil can ildltcr I.ltno at any ilosiioil place. Aileron* J. ]>. M ASTKI IS A CO.. Itrewerton, s. i'. Sept. ISM', lim R M. Hadon & Co. I HAvK cut an archway In the rear of their I s?t??ri*ami now occupy all tlie space for-j ittcily oceuptcil hv Jtis. A. Itowlc. with ample run in, Inrri'iiM'iI tin till li's, we will he much I hotter prepared to son ootir irleiuls this spring than e\er. K. M. ll.MU'ON iV: CO. j Feb. issrt, tf NOTICE PLASTERERS! j SI'AI.KH hlils at rate per squareyard will he i recflvetl until .Mot April next, for nitiKh-i i'iisiIuk the hi It k work i>l ( alhouii's Mills i lirlilye willi a iltiriihle eoat of plaster ami ee 1110111 ? lilt' Will K U> HI' |'!l III mi ll|M>n ! 11^- | moment tc he made 111 lor It is finished. The ; lilds will ho opened at Abbeville 'ourt Hou*e j hi .Monday,-d April, is>;f. mid the contract, 11 warded to ttie lowest responsible bidder, the ! rlisht belli:; reserved to rejeet anyatulali hids.! Iloiul will he rei|iitied for the due completion: >f the work. Hurtles may have I heir l'lil.i ivllh the Clerk of the Hoard at Abbeville C, j II., or send them to the undersigned at l)uc \VcMt. W. T. COWAN, County Commissioner. ! March 11,1SX>, ;?t I'lli.MITIIE. 1 < BO HKDSTKAI18 to hand this week, 24 MA1TKRSSKS, 24 Hl'HKAl'S, * 36 (.'I I AI US, j 24 SAFKS, jj VII will he sold al low prices lor CASH. j I. D. CHALMERS & CO; March II, IW, tr I DR. F. F. GARY HAS moved to Abbeville for the practice of medicine, ond oflvrt lilt prorutstdotml services to the public. rails during the day may he left at tliff offlic ?>r Col. Eugene 11. Gary or at llio farmer rrsldenee of Judge McCJowun, now occupied by Dr. (Jury. . 'r^9 Jun. 31, 1333, 12in "1 J.KTJRZ^ Boots and Shoes. Ear- I ness and Tanyard. BEST material nsed, flnc workmen employ cd, custom work made promptly, and at Hie lowest bottom price* forcajih. Hides always bought ut the highest market price for cash or In exchange Tor leather or work, January 28. 18#0, ly. M< U. PARKElt W,C. McGOWAN. PARKER & McGOWAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, J AliBEVILLE, C. H? 8. C. 1 tf? ILL practice also In the Circuit Court* ?i fl > \ the United Stutcs for South Carolina* H Jan 7. 1880, tf >v. jTrogersT I Merchandise Broker, H Dealer in grain, flour, meal,^| HAY. BRAN AND GROCERIES. All communications either by wire or mall an wered promptly. J. B. ROGERS will attend to otttcc business when I am absent. ^^9 W. J. ROGERS. Jan. 10,1882, ly Buggy Cushions. 1 JUST received a Job lot of Bursty and Cur-- 9 rlaje Cushions, wblcb will be sold very low for cash at the CINCINNATI REPOSITORY, T. IWrtria ? ? nftOllte . Jan. 17, JS83. tl 'W LOOK ODT FOR THE 1 Savannah Valley Bailroai \A 'I'llERE will bp a inns* ni^cMnc In the 1 est of the Savannah Valley Railroad. 10 o'clock A M. on tbe following days, and at I tho followinjr ulnce": I On the 3rd day of April, at Lowndesvllle. I On the 4th day of April, at Riley's Cross I Roads. I On the5th day of April, at Mt. Cartnol. On the 6th day of April, nt Bordeaux. Everybody IsInvltml In come. TheTreas. . urersDf the Company will be present at the above places. and all tax-payers are requested to lirlnts their Ridlroaa Tax Receipts and huvethem cunverU J Into stock at that time. J. E. BREAZEALE, Secretary 8 V. R. R. Co. B Anderson, S C., March 13,1883,2t Silks and Satins. 1 rpHE largest Mock of Silks, Sal Ins, Ottoman 1 Silks Brocade Silks, Figured Silks. Ac. All colors to be found at 11. M. HAPDON A CO. March 21,18S3, If * . ^ . ; Baskets, Baskets, Baskets. < i N great varieties at. 1 R M. HADDON & CO. March 21.1883, tf - Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. T A DIES Flnnktinou Cl.li.l-" **< 1_ ? 1 v."? r* ? r ?hv ohiifi9 "a j Ladles and Children'* Hllppcra 1 It. M. HADDON A CO. March 21.18S3. tf J Tinner Wanted. 1 \GOOn Journeyman Tinner can got * Job 1 by application to H. W. LWV80N & CO. Abbcvlile, 8. C., Dec. 27, 1882. A CAR LOAD OF STANDARD COOKING STOVES TO arrive next we<k. Will be sold low for cuah or oil lime to rcfpoiinlble parllca, A. J. SPROLES & BRO, Greenwood, 8.0. ' A Feb. 7,1SS3. flm ' Children Carriage^. RATTAN, new and pretty atyle*. Alan, a lot of Soy8 Wiiuoiis?Iron and Wood, at J. D. CHALMERS & CO. March 11,18S3, tf CELF-RAISING Bnckwheatat 0 CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON. March 11,18*3, if Just Received. \ OVER lOtl BASKETS-Lnnch Bnaketa, MoRaaL kct BiiskeiM. snicoel Basket*. Key Basket*, Nursery Basket.*. R. M. nADDON & CO. Feb. 23, 18S3, tf ^ x&ororsr | SUBSCRIBER#* to the ftr.ek of the A. 4 F. ^ B. V. R. R. are notified that the Ifat* hav? 1 been plaood In oar hand* for collection. Partli s in M-rears will save co?u by prompt payment to PARKER & McGOWAN, ? Attorneys. 5$ March 14,1SSJ, 3t " *4 %. ' IF you want a nice Sprlne Suit rail on CUNXIVGIIAM & TEMrLETOX. March H, l.v?3. If Paragon Axle Grease. I'THE best In market. Which 1 will fell 1 I eht-jip 10 dealers l>y the p:?-fc?se. Retail J i price 10 cents, or three lor 2> cents at the Al*> I ; Ion corner. - THUS. BEGGS. [ March It, IS*, tf 1 CINCINNATI J BEfOSnftl i SMfffTTTP C n ?X jjjuu V ijulxi, ui v* t)ersons wanting 1 wagons, buggies, harness, whip*. HALTERS, buggy cushions, axi-e grease, i'low gear. RIDING BRIDLES. h a m e strings, 4r., Will i!o well to c?II bffore purchnsJug, as I will t:o: be undersold. THOS. BE60S. March 14, 1$S$. tf FBI' TREES] J. H. O'Neall, OF GREENWOOD, t OKXT. FOR THE RAGSDAT.E RROTHt\ er* Nursery,of Jamestown, N. 1* UikInc nrd.rs irmn the citizens of Abbeville ? county for all kinds of FRUIT TREES, VINES. PLANTS, 4c. lie is representing one <>f tin* most reliable Nurseries in the Southern Mules.and nil persons In need of good trees should tjive him their orders. All persons who fall it: see him may send their orders to lilni at Greenwood ? J. H. O'NEALL, Greenwood, S. C. March H, 1SS3,3t Administrator's Notice AM. persons lndebte-1 to the estate of Reu? hen Jones, deceased, will make payment without delay, and those having demands uaalnst said estate must present the same to me before the day of settlement, April 7th, 1SS3. M. G. ZEIGLER, C. C. P. and Administrator. March 7,1883, tf SCHOOL CLAIMS~ I'UK subscriber will be In liis olllee for the purp >se of registering School Claims on Ihe following days, namely: On Saturdays, :4in .Marco, 11 in siprn, ijiu jiuj, unu i?ci j jalcday. E. COWAN, .School Commissioner. Marcii 7,1If IMPORTANT TO Fi^S! ?OLUHLK PACIFIC Gl'ANO, iCO lbs. midO dlinjr cotton. ACID I'HO.SPIJ ATK, 300 lbs. middling cat on. J. R. SHEFFIELD, DonaldsviJle, S. C. March 7. IS-'."?, ft * State of South Carolina,, Abbeville County. IN THE PROBATE COURT. ^ il. G. Zelirler, C.C. P. Administrator Petitioner.?Petition I'orSettleinehl and Discharge. J TICK is heretiy given that M G. Zelgler, 1 ll C.C. P. Administrator of the estate of I itcuhen Jones, deceased, has applied for set* I .lenient of and discharge from said (rust, Ordered, thai Saturday, the 7th day of April' iext, be fixed for settling the said estate and' 9 'ranting the discharge ss prayed for. J. H'LLKR LYON, Judge Probate Court. H March 7,1S.S3, tf fl