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MORNING,- MAY 4, 1871. ig:'..the latest apt ointments from j FPMBVi& ' " ? . recritive Department, we ndtace tho name ?ffrfefcJonn ft-G?rdy, 'of Brashyfi Creek, as T^JE?^rorAndersoaOo,anty. ..jjBgr* The next sitting of the Circuit Court j for Andenon will begin on the second Monday in June, instead of the fourth Monday in this month, S3 will be seen on referring to the offi? cial announcement in our columns to-day. ',; J^*"^.are'reque8ted.to state that a meet fug of the ladies of Anderson will be held in Masonic Hall on Saturday afternoon, at 4 o'clock^ to make arrangements for the decora? tion x^^nf^denitesoldicrs' graves on Wednes? day nex^MayilDth. - -V ij*f? ? O + mm ? ?S?* Persons interested will not fail to: pe? ruse the Act to amend the charter , of the town of" Anderson, published in this issue. vThe powers and duties of the Town Council are considerably enlarged, and evil-doers will be made aware of this authority to punish ail dis? turbances and crime. ...--*?m South Carolina Monument Association. It is stated in our exchanges that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the Bazaar for the benefit of the South Carolina Monument Asso? ciation, which .was advertised to be holden in Columbia this week, has been postponed until sometime in the fall. Due' notice of the time appointed will be given to the District Mana? gers, and the public promptly advised. Pic Hie at Perryville. The young gentlemen of Anderson, Pendle ton, Walhalla and Perryville have arranged for j a Pic Nie at the latter place on to-morrow, Friday, May ?th. Au extra train will leave the depot at Anderson immediately after the arrival of the regular down train, to accommo? date - the excursionists, and will return in the afternoon. We are indebted to the Committee of Arrangements for an invitation to be present. The Telegraph Line. We are gratified to announce that the tele? graph line, now being constructed along the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, will bo brought directly to Anderson. Enough wire has been purchased to complete the line to this place. After the connection has been made between Anderson and Columbia, the line will be rapidly completed to Greenville and Abbeville. ^University of Virginia. Tho catalogue of this institution for 1870-71, embracing a full list of professors, instructors and {indents, together with a statement of j terms of admission, courses of instruction, ex Wm?t*h &8 has been. received. Thenumber of stadente in attendance is set down-- at 447, of which, number twenty-four are registered "from South Carolina, Among tho latter, we observe the nsimes of Edwards B. ? Murray and James ' L. Orr, jr.. of Anderson, and E. M. Taylor, of] ftf?leton. Personal. '%e New York Tribune, in order "to ascertain the true condition of affairs in South Carolina, has sent ono of its reportorial corps from Wash ington to discharge this duty. Wo had the pleasure of meeting with its representative, Mr. S.nalley, last week in Colombia, and found hitt to be an agreeable," cultivated gentleman, IVttiioded and honest in die expression of hie political opinions, and clearly intent, upon pro? bing t& the bottom the misdeeds and irregular? ities committed iri the name of Republicanism in South Carolina, as well as Co get at the true sentiment of the native white population. Mr. Smalley came to Anderson oft Saturday last, and* remained as the guest of Judge Orr until Monday morning, when he went to Greenville. We shall present to our readers the impressions reported to the Tribune, when his letters'come to hand._ For the Anderson ItrfeWgencer. Public Meeting. A?DEEfsON, May 1st, 1871. Pursuant to previous notice;, the citizens of | Anderson courrtry convened in the Court House this day, for the purpose of arranging to be represented in the May Convention. The meeting was largely attended, and much inter? est manifested in the proceedings. Upon motion of Col. F. E Harrison, the organization of the meeting was effected by calling the Hou.^ J. P. Reed to the Chair and requesting W. J. Ligon to act as Secretary. The Chairman briefly.and forcibly explained theobject of the meeting, and urged the ap? pointment of delegates to meet our friends from all portions of the State and consult over the fiscal condition of tho commonwealth, and impossible to devi?e remedies for the aggrava? ted evils under which, the tax-Daycrs are now groa^ng Mr. James A. Hoyt further explained the object of the proposed State Convention, and moved that this meeting proceed to appoint! two delegates and alternates, which motion was unanimously adopted. After some discussion as to the mode of se? lecting delegates, it was agreed to receive nom inatioiis and elect by ballot. Tellers were ap? pointed, and the ballot resulted in the choico of Messr?. John 3. Sittou and James A. Hoyt as delegates, and Messrs. J. P. Reed and F. E. }3arriHon as alternates. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. J. P. REED, Chm'n. "W. J. Lioon, Secretary. Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The stockholders of the Greenville and Co? lumbia. Railroad met in annual convention on ..Thursday last, in the city of Columbia? A jnajority of the stock was represented. Hon. James L. Orr was chosen to presido over the meeting, and C. V. Carrington, Esq., requested to act fs Secretary. \V' ? A communication was received from Rev. Sidi.EL 13rownev Superintendent- of Missions, suggesting the propriety of erecting a suitable chapel in the vicinity of the* Greetfvffle aii'd ColumhiaJRailroad depot. inX'olumbia, for the accommodation of tho employees and residents m that locality, and asking the appointment of a coBimittee4o confer with..hhT?^jrvthe subject. Messrsi Patterson, Hurley^.and Crows Were ap? pointed-said committee.. : j The officers of the Road not being prepared to submit their reports, the meeting adjourned until 10. o'clock, on Friday morning. . On re-assembling at the appointed time, on Friday morning, the report of the President and D!rect?r?,%ht>wing the improved and im pro>ring*conrlitaph:of the affairs of .tho Compa? ny,jraa road and'".accepted. The report of the General Superintendent, with t'toncfeompanying tables and statements, was also read and'fronted.. The stockholders then went into an election forProSdent, Vice Prir?idanty and Directors for the ensuing year, Which'resulted in the unanimous re-election of Frederick Bush, Esq., President, and Col. Jo1!n J. Patterson, Vice President. Messrs. J. L. Neaglc, J. J. Patter? son, 13. H. Kimpton, N. G. Parker, Joseph Crews. James L. Orr, H. T. Farmer, F. L. Car dozo, G. W. Waterman, T. Hurley, J. M. Al? len; and Thomas Dodamead, were elected Di? rector. This list includcs'all of tho former Board of Directors, except Messrs. J. W. Harrison, D. M. Porter aud A. J. Ransier, who have been, supplanted by Messrs. Thos. Dodamead, J. L. Neagle and If. T. Farmer. Col. J. P. . Reed afterwards addressed the meeting, on the subject of the advantages to the road and this section from a connection with tho "Atlanta and Richmond Air Line" Railroad Company, at or near Anderson ; and offered resolutions in regard to the same, which were approved of and referred to the Board of Directors for action. After passing the. usual resolutions and a complimentary one to Judgo Orr, Chairman, the meeting adjourned. The re-election of President Bush gives gen? eral satisfaction. His dealings with tho public have been courteously discharged, and among the officers and employees of tho Road, Mr Bush is deservedly popular. Having the assis? tance of an experienced and most valuable Su? perintendent in the person of Col. Dodamead, we trust that the administration of Mr. Bush for the second term will yield practical results of great benefit to the citizens of this section and the State generally. Wo understand that enough iron has been recently purchased to re? lay about forty miles of tho Road. Superior tact and management is being displayed, and every caro and precaution is taken to insure safe and certain transit of freight arid passen? gers. Every one will unite in tho wish that a steady perseverance in the right direction will bring us a first-class thoroughfare and a remu? nerative prosperity to the Company. Tiew Publications. MODERN DOMESTIC COOKEBV. By Mips Theresa C. Bsowsf. Charleston: Edward Perry. 1571. The publication of this work h..is been anx? iously expected by the friends of the author, and \ro are gratified to announce that it is now ready for delivery. It is a collection of receipts suitable for all classes" of housewives, together with many valuable household hints. The contents arc admirably arranged and classified, and each department is introduced by practical remarks and observations of tho author, upon tho particular sobjeet presented. In addition to its intrinsic worth as a guide and assistant foVall housekeepers, this book commends itself to our people as the production of ah Anderson lady, whose experience and that of others in the science-of cookery are herein embodied;? Tho volume contains SGO pages, and has beon issued in the best 6tyle of typography. It is handsomely embellished, and in every respect highly creditable to the publishing house. -^EAPLT LIFE, CAMPAIGNS AND PUBlJlC SER? VICES OF BOBEBT ?. LEE. Bx a DiSTixomsnRD SoOT&aa JoroKAi-ttT. Nwr YotIc : E. B. Treat <fc Co* 1871. Everything relating to the pure and Bpotless chieftain, who?o decease created a void ?ri Southern hearts none other can fill, will be pe? rused with, intense, and saddened interest.? Hundreds of our readers knew him as the gal? lant leader of Confederate hosts, and reverenced his noble character as a soldier, gentleman and Chrilcian, ever steadfast amid tho direst calam? ities of war, and grandly, sublimely heroic in the more peaceful avenues of life. But all this has passed away, and only his memory ia left for Uii to cherish, aud his great deeds to recount and emulate. Hence, the records of his life will be faithfully perused by the generation which surrounded him in tho hour of greatest triumph aud witnessed the mournful event of his death. The work before us contains a clear, graphic and connected account of the life, public ser? vices and death of this greatest general of mod? ern times. It is from the pen of a gifted Vir? ginia author, and is replete with facts and in? cidents never before published, and obtained from the most authentic sources. But this is not the .full scope or' tho work. The gresfc ser? vices of Geu. Lee, duringtho Confederate war, are intimately associateu with other names "which the world will not willingly let die." In this volume the autlior has sough t to group the brilliant galaxy together, and by presenting a full record of tho battles and heroic deeds of his companions-in-arms, only add lustre to the achievements of the peerless commandcr-in chief. There arc about fifty biographies, in? cluding nearly every commander of distinction aud names dear to cadi portion of tho foruisr Confederacy. The author has been abundant? ly assisted in bin labors by tho notes and mem? ories of living General.-; and ;u stylo aud ex? ecution, he has produced a work which we ven? ture to say will take rank with the best biog? raphical literature known to the world. In short, the author's design has been to assemble tho most remarkable characters of the late war, and to perform a work in which the scholar may recognize themes of interest, and those yet living on the rcviio* ??f the great conflict find many subjects uf tender and ennobling thought. The work is sold exclusively by agents, and is comprised in one large royal octavo volume, embracing 850 pages, neatly printed, on good paper, from new type, and furnished to sub? scribers in cloth at $3.75, or in library stylo at ?5.00. We are indebted for our copy to Mr. Daniel B. Armstrong, of Honea Path, who is canvassing this and adjacent counties, and wishes to obtain subscriber* at the publishers' prices'.) ?esjdes this work, Mr.i Armstrong is the authorized agent fojr_a large number of val? uable publications,' all of which will be sold on the sanio'liberalter^ns/. Republican Testimony. The Spartanburg Spartan contains a letter ifromBtr. Winsmith, addressed to the editor of the Columbia Union, on the subject of taxa? tion and the May Convention. His statements are reasonable and conclusive, and they are rendered more valuable from the fact that the writer is one of those few native white persons of respectability connected, with the Radical party of this State. .Dr<, Winsmith' says: It is the amount of taxes collected,; and not the rate percent, of taxation, which materidly concerns the tax-payers. If the rate of t- Ka? tion should not even have been higher-than in former years, but should this assessors have been goaded up to assess property at twice, thrice, or, even four times aalnuchas formerly} it is easy to see that the aggregate amount of taxes will be twice,thrice orfourtimcsasmuch as before. And this is the thing complained of now 'r the tax-payers cannot bo deceived.in this matter, and they feel and comprehend it in its true light. I see from the Comptroller General's report, for 1856, that the gross amount of taxes paid into the Treasury that year was $582,744.14, which amount, it appears, was quite sufficient to carry on the government at that time. But as that was before the war, allow me to call your attention to report of Comptroller-General for the year 1S6G, and, by reference to which report, you will see that the gross amount of taxes paid into the Treasury for that year was $419,668.75. Under this state of facts, Mr. Editor, how can the tax-payers fail to exclaim: "How can it be possible that if only ?419,088. 73 was paid into the Treasury in 1866, and found sufficient to carry on line government, that they shall be called on to pay more thari four times that amount in the spring, and also required to pay a like amount in the ensuing November ?" I have heard only one reason given for the collection of this second tax during tho present year, and that is "that the people can pay more easily in November than in tlio spring of the year." That is a great mistake, as it has been proven, by long experience, that tax-payers can make their payments more easily from the 1st of March until the 1st of June than at any other period of the year. Bui; should the Leg? islature come to the conclusion that these pay? ments can be more readily made in November, just postpone the farther payment of taxes un? til >iovember, 1872, and I feol confident the tax-payers would be satisfied with tho arrange? ment. Truly the enormous amount of taxes already collected this year will be quite suffici? ent to keep the government in motion until November, 1872. And let me beg you, Mr. Editor, not to in? dulge for a moment tho belief that opposition to the payment of the November tax is only entertained by a few persons who control pub? lic opinion and tho press in the several Coun? ties of the State. So far from, that being the case, this opposition is almost unanimous, -and the call for a convention meets with concur? rence of tax-payers almost without exception. Nor is it because this proposition for a conven? tion was made by tho "Chamber of Commerce," or "Board of Trade," of Charleston, that tax? payers approve of it; but because the proposi? tion was in accordance with a well matured and fully developed sentiment of opposition entertained aluiost unanimously by tno tax? payers of tho State. The convention, Mr. Editor, will be held. I hope tho delegates selected will be prudent, dis? creet men ; statesmen imbued with principles of justice and actuated by a patriotic -devotion to the interests of the State, ready to approve the right and equally ready to rebuke corrup? tion and wrong. Letter from Gen. Gary. The Columbia PkasnVt recently published a letter from Gen; M. W. Gary, of Edgefield/ad drosscd to Col. E.' 0. McCluro, of Chester, couching - the action and purposes of tho May Convention. Gen. Gary is at present sojourn? ing in Arkansas, and fearing that business en? gagements .would detain him beyond the time fixed for the CoLveution, he has written this letter for tho satisfaction of frieuds who desired to know his impressions in regard to the proper course at this juncture. It will be seen by the following extracts that his expressions ate just, sensible and moderate, fully according with the views expressed by this journal, and calculated to evolve practical, wholesome'relief for the people. As this gallant gentleman ia so well known to many of our readers, the extracts will'be perused with interest: Since leaving home, I have interchanged views with quite a number of distinguished men of the Democratic party, and with persons of ?nancial reputation, and I find that a mis? apprehension prevails as to the object and in? tentions of the people of our State touching her present indebtedness. Ah I understand the resolutions of the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce in Charleston, they refer to any future indebtedness of the State; but the im pression is abroad that they look to a repudia? tion ol' the entire State indebtedness. I fully appreciate and endorse the feeling that has prompted our taxpayers to give warn? ing to the party now in power, that any addi? tional indebtedness, created by corruption and fraud, will ndfc be paid. According to the best information which I have been enabled to obtain, the present bonded debt of the State is about $9,000,000, and it is claimed by tho party in power that about two thirds of this was in existence anterior to their inauguration. How far this may be absolutely true, I am not prepared to say. If the taxes were judiciously levied, and the money arising therefrom appropriated to its extinguishment, instead of going into the pockets of the thieves who arc robbiug us under the forms of law, we could soon pay;it; or, at least, mectthe inter? est due thereon even in our impoverished con? dition. "Repudiation, by either States or indi? viduals, is a vor}' dangerous alternative, and should bo resorted to only to prevent a more direful calamity?the confiscation of our lands and the expatriation of our best people. We have lost all save honor in the lato struggle for constitutional liberty, and before we part with that, wo should sutler aud enduro until the keeping the public promises "are more honored in tue Breach than in the observance." T, therefore, think that the proceedings of tho Convention should be regulated and controlled with prwlonce and caution, i think that sub r tanlial assurances should he demanded from the leaders of the party in power, that retrench? ment.'economy and honesty should govern tho future financial policy of the present adminis tion ; that taxation will be reduced to a rea? sonable standard; that the present indebtedness should not bo increased, and that the collection of the present taxes bo postponed until the people make another crop. With some such assurances we can afford to bear for a time the ills we have "than to fly to others wc know not of." Interview with Governor Scott and Mr. Chamberlain. Tho correspondent of the New York Times, who has recently visited Columbia, reports an interview-with Governor Scott, from which the following is extracted. The correspondent says that the chiof object of his visit to the capital of this rebellious State was to interview the Governor, whom he regards as "the best abused man in the State." Ho thus reports the conversation on the Ku Klux measure just passed by Congress: "Do you expect that the Ku Klux Bill will help you any?" '' Yes, if properly carried out and not merely used as a threat The difficulty with the Ku Klux band is, that if aia-eotcd.after anouixagCy it is impossible to convict them. in the State Courts. No jury'would dare to convict thom, and their friends are always ready to prove an alibi in their favor. What .we need is to get them tried in the United States Courts." "This so-called Kii Klux difficulty hua as? sumed a new phase, has it not?" "Yes, instead of confining themselves- to a persecution of the blacks, they are now deter? mined to punish all, white or black, who are known.to bo Republicans. What they mean to dp is to control tho next election, and they will do itytoo, unless checked now. You see daily 'nonces of men who renounce Republi? canism forever. It is done at the command of the Ku Klux Klan in order to save their live?j As I said before, it is impossible to.get any one to testify against these men. .1 receive letters constantly from men on the ofher side, politi? cally, stating that they do not dare to testify against the perpetrators of these outrages." "One more question I should like to ask, sir. Why does it happen that almost invariably the negroes^ in electing one of their own race to office, select tho least intelligent to represent them?" "I do not think they do, as a general rule. But the negro is bound to have office. 'When they smell hlood they are in for it.' The most intelligent of tho colored race to-day are those who were formerly 'free negroes.' They are conservative in'their politics, from a variety of causes, and they formerly owned slaves them? selves; at least many of them did. Now, the other negroes, the masses of them, hate these 'free negroes,' and they worship republicanism, a3 . being indebted to it for freedom and the ballot. So strong is this antipathy on .their part that they would sooner, vote for a 'Con? servative' white man than for a 'Conservative' negro. So they select those whom they con? sider as the most intelligent among them?'but the best are pretty poor.'" THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'8 VIEWS. Hating gone through the Governor, the cor? respondent of the Times next turned his atten? tion to the Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, Attorney - General of the State, whose views are given as follows: Mr. Chamberlain thought^ it still an unan? swered question whether Republicanism in South Carolina must not be considered as a failure so far. ^ The situation was grave, and the only salvation of the State lay with the men of intelligence and education in tho State itself. Could they be brought to try and rem? edy tho evils, to appreciate fully the condition of the negro ami accept his suffrage, their in? fluence over the black race was certainly 3uffi dent to bring them into the Legislative coun? cils with tho remedies which they could best administer and suggest. Brains and the confi? dence of the intelligent portic# of the citizens was what the State most needed. The last Legislature was ignorant and openly corrupt to a degree that was disgraceful. Adventurers in search' of office, unprincipled men left behind by the dissolution ot tho Freedman's Bureau, and who there acquired an influence among the negroes, plundered the State Treasury for their own benefit, and cared little or nothing for the weal of the commonwealth. Honesty of purpose, unless combined with the ability to carry it out, did not amount to much. It was time, he thought, that the conditior of the State as it was, uncovered by any partisan veil, should be understood at the North, and with the undercurrent of discontent and disaffection which rcudercd everything uneasy, disquiet and unpleasant, it might be well to consider wheth? er tho temporary success of a party should not yield to the actual needs of the Stato. As to tho General Amnesty Bill, it would have a good effect, sinco there would not then be over fifty men in tho State disqualified from holding office. There was no disfniacbiscnient in the State. - ?q '? e?. - ITEMS OF STATE NEWS. ? Mm. Goodwin,"daughter of James E. Ha good, Esq., of Bickens, died recently; ? The residence of Mrs. Mary Baker, near j New Pickene, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 21st. ? ? The Greenville editors have been supplied with cherries,' ripe and sweet, grown by Maj. T. G. Croft in that vicinity. ? Capt. F. W. Dawson, editor of the Charles? ton News, has gone to Europe, and will be ab? sent until tho middle of July next. ? Tho Laurensville Herald has received a specimen of lucerne, grown in that county, three feet in height. ?Gen. Albert Pike, the distinguished Mason, lectured in Charleston on Monday night, on the 'Tbiloaophy of the Higher j ? George W. Waterman, Esq., has been elected treasurer of the Greenville and Colum? bia Railroad, Dice Reuben Tomlinsou, resigned. ~ In a fight between two colored men at Buck Swamp Bridge, Marion County, a few nights sinco, one of them had his throat cut from ear to ear. | ? A.M. Riser and Wm. Heniry Henderson, convicted of robbing tho mails, have been sen? tenced to ten years' imprisonment, each. The former was recently postmaster at Newberry. ? A subscription list has been started in Union to obtain funds for the purpose of pur? chasing a home for the widow and child of G. M. Stevens,*who was murdered on the 8l3t of last December. ? E. C. McLure, Esq., has determined to revive the Chester Reporter. Mr. McLuro is a gentleman of ripe culture and a ready, effective writer, and will make his paper worthy tho pat? ronage of the public. ? Tho Camden Journal contain*1 an account of the killing of Charles Saxon, by Kent Whit taker, near tho race course in that town, from which it appears jealousy was tho cause. The murderer has been arrested. ? ? The Darlington Southerner says: Tuesday night, as we are iuformed, a company of dis? guised men approached the house of a colored man, near Ltlingham, and called out a person from within; two persons appeared, one was told to go back, the other was takou a short distance and hung near the railroad, where ho was left hanging by the party. Tho body was brought up to Florence on Wednesday evening. We enn get no names nor further particulars. ? The Abbeville Press and jJanner says: Under an order of Judge Orr, issued upon the exhibition of additional affidavits, alleging new circumstances nf guilt as well as the inadequa? cy of the bond given, both in amount and in the solvency of the obligators, the Ou finis have bren re-:irronted, and not giving bail, were committed to jail. Albert Hambliu was also arrested under the same order for complicity in tho robbery, aud required to givo bond. ? Tho Grceuvillc Enterprise advocates as a remedy for Legislative abuses a property quali? fication in all voters for the members of the State Senate. It says that the proposal to se? cure minority representation is a good measure aud ought, to bo carried out, but this alone would not relieve tho State. Hence, our co temporary argues that it ought to bo linked with that other provision which requires the possession of taxable property lo entitle the For ths Anderson Intelligencer. Practical Education. Though most parents desire that their chil? dren should have a practical education, yet but few, comparatively, take steps in the right di? rection to securo it to them. A child is not educated so much at 9chool as at home. It is not at school a child is educa? ted?there ho is only prepared to educate him? self. With parents more than teachers rests the great responsibility of educating the young. It is at homo that learning is best exemplified At school children get a theoretical knowledge? at home a practical knowledge of things. It .13-from parents themselves that children learn the most important lessons. One lesson tahght by the parent is worth three taught by the teacher. A child that has been taught at home makes rapid proficiency at school- A child that has been neglected at home does not often learn fast at school. Let the teacher try to illustrate anything, and to such a one it will seem obscure, and it is next to impossible to make an impression. Then let parents awake from their indiffer? ence in regard to the education of their chil? dren. But some are ready to say that their pressing business will not admit'of taking t?te subject.into thehv-hands personally. So they entrust the tuition of their children entirely in other hands. Such persons ought to reflect. All of their toil is for tEeir families; but how will the property which they hav? accumulated benefit their children if they have not a prac? tical education? To accomplish much, parents should commence instructing their children while they arc quite young. Let the mother teach her child to spell while at home, and not send it to school to be pent up a great part of the day, as soon as it can lisp a few words. By sending a child to school while it; is too young may cause it to have a repugnance to learning ever afterward. Nothing is more important for a child, while it is spelling, than to learn the Key to the Pronunciation. Teachers often do not take the pains to teach it to their pu? pils. When this is the case, let parents under? take to teach it to their children themselves. Soon after they commence spelling, most children begin to read; but not half of them make good readers. To learn to read well re I quires much patience and labor, and often in this particular the teacher fails to do his duty. Children aro not apt to be interested enough in reading to learn to read well, unless thoy have something purely adapted to their tastes something that expresses "Child's Ideas in Child's Words." As soon as they can read well enc ugh, en? courage them to read newspapers, periodicals, histories, biographies, &c. Give them a chaste literature?a literature which tends to make good impressions on tho heart, as well as to entertain and instruct the mind. Get a Pri? mary Dictionary purposely for them; help them to find words' when they aro at a loss as to the definitions; have regular hours for them to study; make it an cnteftaiument more than a task to study. When these hours come, for? get your arduous toil and business transactions For a few moments, throw your whole son] into these juvenile exercises, and be a child for a short timo. As soon as they grow large enough to have some idea of business, give them bttlo practi? cal sums to work out. An soon as they learn to write, give them your business notes to read; let them practice on these until they can read without your aid. In a short time, by theso means, they will be able to read any piece of writing with facility. Before they commence the study of English Grammar, havo them to study Analysis, which will give them a pretty good knowledge of words. If these preliminary steps have been taken, they will make great proficiency in the study of Grammar, and hi a short timo will have a pretty good idea of the rules of compo? sition. As to the study of Geography, it will bo a delight to them, provided their stock of infor? mation should prove to be pretty good before they commence the study cf it. When they have gone through with these studies aud understand them, they arequalified for common, practical business, but it is desi? rable that they should malte further advances when means will admit. A TEACHER. Belton, S. C. nEMS-EDITOSIAL A3TD OTHERWISE. ? A Minnesota man has recently settled in Gainesville, Ga. ? Nearly 2,750,000 immigrants havo landed in the United Stales during' the last ten vears. ? Bolster, of : Washington, who killed another gambler, has boon sentenced to bo bung July 9th. ? Morton, the colored mail agent on the Alabama ana Mississippi Railroad, has Icen re? moved. ? ? The National Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association will meet in Washington on tho 24th of May. ? The official majority for Lyon, the Re? publican candidate for Associate Justice of tho Wisconsin Supreme Court, is 11,(534. ? Hon. William Law is-the oldest member of the bar in Georgia, and probably in the en? tire South. Judge Law is 83 years of age. ? The Pennsylvania Democracy propose to ignore war issues aud tight the coming political battles upon live issues. ? Georgia is to erect a monument to the Confederate dead at a cosi. of 850,000. The comer stone is to be laid on the Fourth of July. ? Gen. J. D. Lnbodcn, the Confederate cav? alry leader, was married recently to a promi? nent Virginia belle, Miss Lockett, of Wuhlen? burg. ? John P. Hale, believing that his recall from Madrid was owing to Charles Sumner, re? fused to see him when tho latter called the other day. ? Mr. William K. Emerson, whose death has been already announced, is the ? fib promi? nent manufacturer of pianos in Boston who has died suddenly. ? A gentleman at Norfolk, Virginia, has one hundred acres cf strawberry vines growing this spring, aud he expects to pocket $10,000 clear profit. ? A fight took place between tho citizens and the outlaws in Robeson county, N. C, on Thursday last, which resulted in "four persons being killed. ? Joel Perkins, convicted of incest with five daughters and murder, in Connecticut, harrbceu sentenced to imprisonment for life. It was proven that ho was insane. ? Gen. Duff Green, now residing at Dalton, Ga., has a lawsuit against tho Pacific Railroad, of which he was one of the original corporators, involving several millions of dollars. ? Tho census returns of Chicago, just com? pleted, show the total population of that city to bo 298,977, of which 15~>.420 are natives cf the United States, and 144,057 foreigners. ? Gen. Jordan, who, a year ago, was the principal commander of the revolutionary Cu '< ban;!, i~ now engaged upon magazine and news j paper writing in New York. I ? It i? stated that the late William Gilmore Simm-5 died considerably in debt, though be? fore tho war he had a handsome oroperty, es? timated to be worth from $250,000 to $300,000. ? The trial of Mrs. Fair for the murder of Crittenden, in San Francisco, resulted in a ver? dict of guilty, and the pres?s of California unan? imously endorse tho verdict. ? Congress has virtually ordered the rebuil? ding of the Catholic Hospital at Charleston, S. 0., in consideration of the kindness shown by I that institution to TJuion niekand wounded soi I ?li?jrs i ? The question of woman's right to vote un? der the fifteenth amendment ia to be formally brought before the courts by the ladies whose ballots were recently rejected in Washington. ? The Georgia case, recently argued before the Supreme Court of the United States, in? volving the value of notes for slaves, will net be decided until ariother ease from Arkansas ia argued, which will riot occur until December. ? The Legislature of New York has passed a law which provides that no druggist shall es? tablish in business, or shall employ any person to put up prescriptions, who has not first pro? cured a certificate from a medical board 01 ex? aminers. ? Under the act of Congress granting pen? sions to soldiers and sai lors of the war of 1812/ and to the widows.of such persons, passed-in February last, between eighteen and' twenty thousand claims for pensiona have. thus, far, been presented.. jt,?. ? General Sherman is now traveling throrifjh* the South, without escort. The MobUe Regis? ter warns him against the Radical Ka Klux; who would not hesitate to kill him, or any other man, in the dark, to make a little capital for their party. ? Merchants, bankers aud business men generally are complaining a great deal about tho number of counterfeit ten dollar bills, .na? tional currency, now being circulated in Au? gusta, Ga, The citizens of Savannah are like-" wise excited on this subject. ? Hon1. Wm. M. Evarte, late Attorney Gen-' eral, has no knowledge of .the publication that he is to succeed Secretary' Fish, and intimates that he would decline any position in Grant's^ Cabinet. Secretary Fish will retire from thef State Department on the l3t of Jane*. : ? The New York Herald says tho prospects of the Democracy for carrying the next Presi? dential election depends "upon the Southern members, as the party in the North and the Congressmen from all sections, as shown in their address, are on the right track. ? The leading doctor in Orange, N. X, is' Miss Fowler, a maiden lady of about 40. Her income for several years past, from her medical practice, has ranged from $15,000 to $18,000 a year. She is a sister of Fowler tho phrenolo? gist, and practices on the homeopathic system, ? Three men entered the house of an old citizen near Bedford, Pa., and while one held him down the others put hot coals on his legs, compelling him to tell where his money was. kept. This ia another Kit KIux outrage, and Gen. Grant ought to send his soldiers there im? mediately. ? Tlie SparUr.br.xg Republican says: A gen-' tlcman, resident in this county, is distinguished for the most remarkable length of beard that ever grew from human chin. We allude to Mr. McCarley, who resides at Walnut Grove.. Hb beard extends to or below his knees, and yet he is six feet in height. ? Hon. James M. Mason, formerly United States Senator from Virginia, and more recent? ly representative of the Confederate States in Euglaud, died at his residence in Alexandria, Va., on last Friday night. He has been suffer? ing from general, nervous prostration for some time, and was uuconscious for several days prior to his death. ? The Vicksburg Herald advises the Demo? crats of Mississippi to probe the Ku Klux stc ries set afloat by Radicals to the bottom by bringing beforo the grand juries every citizen of Northern birth, every oflioial, national, State, and municipal, including uiembora of the Leg? islature, and every Radical editor, to testify what they kr.ow as to the existence of the Ku Klux. This it> a good suggestion. ? Tho totttl spatial tax of New Oilcans-* State, municipal and federal?amounts to thirty-three dollars upon every man, woman and child within the city limits, or one dollar moro per head than would be requisite if im? posed upon the country at large to pay off tho entire national debt in two years. That ia what Radical rule iu the 8oolh means. ? Gen. Capron, tho Commissioner of Agri? culture, reports that tea culture is fast becoming a feature of importance in the Southern, and South western States, and that in a few years' enough tea will be grown in those sections to meet the home consumption. Over forty thousand tea plante have been distributed by tho department, nearly all of which flourished,, and now the seed from plants raised in South Carolina are being sent cut. THE MARKETS. AKDKJISO.N, May 3,1671. Co rroN.?To-day, middlings command 12>?( to 12^. Cn.vHi.EbTOX, May 1. Cotton quiet?middliri)^ 14. * Nkw Vohk, May 1. Cotton Irregular and nns?tUed?middlings 14j?., OSIT?ABY. Oa Saturday, 6th April, tho grave closed overtSo rfrf mains or Col. DAVID L. DONNALD, of Willianuto?; 8. C On the previous Wednesday he bod bomi attending to. his usual duties as Merchant aud railroad .tgeat. The sudden blow had not only fallen on a manly form, which gave promise of a long lifo, bat or. ft zuas for whom tho whole community entertained profound .respect. His high integ? rity and Ma readiness to ser?c others, had given him such a place In the public conf.denca, that, to the shock of bojv prl?o occasioned by Ms dead, was added ^olsnant feeling* of a groat I053. He ?ad one of ihono mcu that cannot .^bo roraoved without belli;: missed?missed in public life more deeply missed within tho sacred circle of home. CoL Donnald was a man of manly bearing. Prom a volun? teer private of the Palmetto Bcg?nent In the Mexican Wir, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, and received a gold modal ?s a reward for Ms bravery, in our lata un? successful war for tho Hborfy of the South, ho was twice wounded, and was promoted from - the Captaincy of tho company he had raised, to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 2nd Eiflo Regiment, S. C. Volunteers. Ec bad just entered* his 47th year. He leaves behind him a deeply bereaved wid? ow and eight children to .mourn an irreparable loss. Thoso who knew htm most Intimately, believe ho had rested his hope on the Saviour's blood, and tho renewing work of the Holy Spirit. Hij funeral sermon was preached by the pastor of t'je Wflliamston Baptist Church. His brother Masons com? pleted the Interment of his remains with their wonted ceremonies. J. CF. . THE TOgCJUST NOW"? IF YOU WANT A PRETTY DKESS, A BEAUTIFUT? II AT OR BONNET, A DRESS, made up in the best stylo, In short, If yon want anything In DRY GOODS, MILLI? NERY of "?XES8 MAKING; or, should you want sam? ples of I>/7 Goods, send to JAMES W. FCWLSB, Proprietor "Emporiea of rashiec," ABBEVILLE, S. C. His fltock tw never so attraeMve, especially in Dress Goods and Millinery. Ob, tho HATS an beautiful, and so becoming. Mrs. CAIN certainly has exquisite taste No wonder, though, for<ibo was in busiuoss for years in Baltimore, ord done the fashionable work of tho city. And then, you know, she visits Baltimore twice a year. No wonder she Is so well posted; and really I have seen moro handsoraoly dressed Ladles in Abbeville than any place in the State. Upon asking : Wbore do the Ladies of Abbeville bny their Millinery, and where do those haudsomo Dresses come from ? I was answered: From tho "EMPORIUM OF FASHION." PaonABLV some persons may wonder how It is that so small a Towu ai Abi>evillo can Siid does support such an eotalilisunieui as tho "Emporium of Fashion !" Ho* it is that the patrons of the "Emporium t.f Fashion" always look so stylish ! Ian:wer, bJ< inso I cs-.j'. ?;. the '.'est ial onj In ?ho Millinery and Prti-^ Mu'.::?,; D? pirtmeats; be? cause 1 have pTcry fiKllity f - : ti:work In tLe boot style, and ? tag Agent tor \l. Buttc-rick Co.'scelebrated Patterns, >is -a<.:i a.- befog a branch of Mtuhmc De'jnorest's, of New York, receiving her rrimnicd Patterns every six? ty days. My prices are rtor. oxtrevognni The patroua^o of tho Up-Country fa solicited; I premise satisfaction in every case. When Goods do n??t wdc, they can be returned. Vn ordering Ua's or ?onneta, sta*o tne color you wish to pre? dominate I mi an j st wh.i< 1 have said. Every word Is !ru;h. Us-h-ffntil:-. jam:, v FowLim