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liY i\| &} LBE AND HUGH WILSON ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1868. VOLUME XVI?NO. 2. wpawp? a swwmwawagBwrgTfeai 3a*griaPi i'ANDIDA'rKK. i! f55~ Tlia friends of W. P. GAMwYITlfcll re |iucti'ully nnuouuce lam a candidate for the tillice of Tax Collector lor Abbeville Wutrict, al tlx* ensuing flection* The of Cipt. W S. HA RUTS <v*|>ct:t*fully nuutfi' tirg Mm candidate for Tux Collector nt life il?xt Wection. The friends of WM. II. TAfSOART respoctfiillv announce him a candidate for the oli:eo of ti'ux Collector nt the next election. Jj}" The many friends of Ii M. SHARI* rc.?i>eotf?lly nominal him for th? ollioe of Tax vUolluotor lor Abbeville DUli-icl, at lite eu*u. ling election. The friends of J. W. JENNINGS ro' " I.:? - ?!.!??? r?_ f?_ fpCClIUIiy IIUTIIIIIUI e IIHU m uuuuiuaw lut Collector ut tliu next election. The many fri. aus <.f I* II. RUSSELL respectfully uiinouncc him ? c.-iiidid.ite for Tax Collector ut the next election. PST" We arc authorized to nmonnro PAVll) CRAWFOIU), a diiiiliJtli for 'l'ux Col 'lector nt the ciuuin^ election. * The friends of Capt. W. R. WIIITF respectfully announce him as a candidate foi Tux Colloctor. nt the next election. SHERIFF'S SALES! BY virtue of s>:tnd?y writs of Fieri Facias tc tin* directed, I will sell nt Alilicvi'lo I' II, on the First Monday iu SI ay n-.xt, tho folwwing property, viz: ltii) HcroH of land, more or less, tmunded bj landH of llosannn IJr any on, (Jeor^e A!?wi;n and others, levied on km the properly of J. T Kerr, ads. R. N. Wright. 202 acres of Land, more or Icfr, bounded bj lands of N. W. Ware and other*, levied on o the property of J a met, M. Yuudivef, ud?. G- il UnttiHon und otlierc. 250 acrue of Luuci, rooro or less, bounded bj lands of M. A. I.ni:e, 1'. IJ. Momune and oiliern levied on ah Uio pioperty of Emily Iioin, ads Thomas Thomson. air. tiara* of Lund, more or less, Dounueu o; lands of Daniel New, Mrs. Tmj lor and other. Aim., 5 acres of Land, more or lew, hounded l? lands ol Jutijcs l.riit, known ns tlie Mill Tract levied on us the property or 'lieitjiui.ju AliiKitJ. l ick, udd. UiUiixliT Allen umi others. CO seres of Land, uiorc or le#e. bounded b; lands of W. K. DSake, Jutnes linilcy und otli ns, levied on ns the proji-iLy of It. C. Gillan oil*. \V. C. liarrio and otliera. St Mi auroa of I.nnd, more or Iee?, bounded h lande of K. IV ltucliaiinn find othcre, levied u n? lh-< property of Wm. Uueha;iuu, aJa. Ju: llerudun aiid other#. acies of Lund, more or less, hounded b Inuijt of Jiunea r'uller, Nathan Ingram ut others, levied-011 a* the property of B. K. Mu ehiauin, add. J no. N. lJoii.don and others. :.0(; acl'i'i* of Lund, inure or I.-t-s. hounded I landn of M. l.lnsculnb, l>r. John llollnnd ui o?h?ro. levied un na the property of J nines U liard, adi.Jno N. ilerndon. 1 Mule 1-vied on as the property of J. Wj l'ower, nds. Win. II. PurUer and others. At J)ye Weht. on Thurfdny, the 5'Ji day May iiest, 'i B>-d.< r.nd Furniture. 1 lot ?...t- ,..,. i |,,t nf with <iv;iidrv oil: iirti{:l.-?, lev'w.l on :is t:iu property i.f lieitufi K. Wliii?. mI.s Tiionuw Craw ford. Ollico, ) II. S. CASON, April lit. liji'.S V 8. A. I). DuPre's Hotel L - ,-g fW~MIE fulwrriber wonbl inform liis frwi _l_ nnil tin; public tfcnernlly, t It at lie I opoued * Hotel ut tile Mt,I<Al!l'lN IIOL': ?>ii .Public Sii'ibip, v.-lii'ii? lie i:: prepared furnish und Lodging to ttic Iriivtl 1 > )L>lie. Hi* tubli* will be supplied with l.??t tlint the mnrko*. niF-ndp, and having n in* of tha D<tal CooVk in the countrv, h< f H?>urV<l tlmt h? cnu guarantee nnliafaclion thi? department. No pa-n? will be npared providing er?-r3'thiii? which can conduct to comfort of hi* triifft*. Tha public patron in respectfully solicited. J. F. C. BuPre, Agei April S, 181.B, So, tf llUil 7000 lbs. Iinoon, 200') lbs, clioiae F 240 Ibt, msurtod Candy, .100 lbs. l.ratlicr, 0i<0 lbs. cheese, ID bbls. Muluf! i.i.i- u?.... o KM* lSili l.i,I I?..rlr '> ilmkfi? !, 4 liftlf bhU.'Macktsio), J'J Kits ^ tTel, 'iTieritu'i Lard, Mu?!cnr< ni, Stnlo Or r*, Butter Clttckoltf, 3 tfuolis of t(ii> t.'i y M#t? ol Juvu Ci'lii-e, ?fcn., *c., junl rcc bud fur tale, low fui* CASmI uulv. JNO. KNOX & CO April 10. 1S69. 61. if REMOVAL. Till; auh>>uiilier luvs njovpil to Hie st( Mei'fi-s. (jtiarle* tic TIjoimou, wlie Will be plfiiwed lo etc Ii'm frit-lid*. Wituiief, Clocks ?'-d Jewelry opair li<>rl<-?t notice, and oil wyrl? warrant yiv** Buti*fucl<<>li. t2f Tel qjs Ciwh, JOilN T. 0\V Jan 10, 186S* 88, NOTICE THI rr^QE Notes anil Accounts of HOC X CHRISTIAN are in my hnnds for tioa. All persons indebted are re<juei . ohm fprward buJ settle, as longer mdt mdsm be given G. McD. MILLE3 Jan 17, 1868, 80, tf ""NOTICE. PERSONS wishing to raise crond will do well to send to l'Ulfc JACK, lie is in fine condition, and i ways be found, at the rtaideuoeof the i bpr. TEEMS: $8.00 'a teaton, or (riO.OO to iaeu W. 0. PUESLE"! Marah 1*, 1867, 47, Sra" W ft N T E /"TORN, PKAS, MEAL, FLOlTR, VV kinds of COUNTRY PltODt which we will wtehaage goods at oai JNO. 3KJP0X & C ' April 10, 18(18, 51, If NOTICE. PEMUS' & COTHRAN will bi Curolina Railroad STOCK AND BO! IV * s -j Aad bilteof-UM BANKS 0F THIS Si { Got. 0rr's Heresios. Mn. EniTOH : It might not ba unprofitable, before denouncing Gov. Orr'e alleged tergiversations, to reflect bow often, heretofore, ho has been denounced for expressing sentiments not at the time in accord - | ance with popular -ideas, but which, after wards, became part of the established public policy. Who does not remembor?when Jio took his bold position, in ltfOO, in oppobiton to the separate secession of South Carolina? I 1. ^?? ' I?a ?voo iliiimMnr*aA fnr Ilia UUW UU>j"?l IH?I J "OO uvuvuwwv. ,v. .... allegod recreancy to South (Jaroliu# fame nnd principles! Vet, what una tluj final action of the State ? While in Congress, lie labored sealou-ly to induce South Carolina to co-opurato with the National Democratic party. For this, he was branded as "in the wild bunt ' after oflice." l et, who will now denj* that iho overthrew of thu Democratic parly, m 1SG0, was the downfall of the Constitution ( of thu United States ? During the excitement about slavery "iu ihe Territortis," and " squatter Bofereign' tv," Gov. Orr was severely aud generally ' censured for liolJing tbo question to be a:i abstraction not worth contending for B 15ut opposite counsols prevailed, and whai was done to establish the " rights of slavery M uud of the South " in the Territories t" Upon the split in the National Demo?" m^rioo. V CrHUU V>UU?CIJUUII, Vtinuu uavn <m ^ ton, in May, 1800, to nominato candidate ; for President and Vice-President, hov " freely w:is Gov.Orr criticised aa to bis ino y tivos, us well as his policy, for not encour aging and rejoicing at the seccssiou of th ' Southern delegates! Yet, who now cai v | shut Lis eyes to ll;o fact that that split (b " I dividing tho Democratic strength) inaure iho election of Lincoln and the success c the Republican party ! 'r. Who does not remember the criiicisn upon Gov. Orr, in the fall of 1800, for snj i'~J >ns secession, instead of being "peaci il ful," would bring 44 a long and blood _ war ? " a. Who decs not remember tlio severe ces "J. suro upon Gov. Orr, during th? lull days of the Coufoderacy, for warning tl >rl authorities and ?f the Confcdorne ihat " (til U'Us not riyht with us," and i | wihliiug to make terms of peace in advau | j of our subjugation ! I | Who docs not remember tbe odiu i lietped on Gov. Orr, only one short yr ago, for being willing to accept a qualif negro nuffraye ? And yet ibis is now c II'ar ^lC P^an^'s pi a I form c,f the Den SF.t ' cratic jmrli/ of South Carolina, which .l" eludes four-fifths, or more, of the toh Ui? I population of the State! cw The swiftness with which events hi - ..... i? borne us, timo una ngain, 10 lue nppareu M advanced position takuu by Got. C l0ge should teach thinking men liow unwise well as unjust ilia to proscribe men (i. opinions sake. JUSTICli LU r/iccnis.] ^ ^ - Great Curlcsltios-'Tlio Ballot-bixoa fjroa c ington "County." f There wore to be seen yesterday nu | ing at lite office of llio Southern Ekjj Compnny, sundry small pine boxes, j 's'T* l>oltulC 10 l^e ballot-boxes from I its,-l ington " County." Tliey were curios W>ls. jn their waj. There was no hole for aok- insertion of the ballota, showing evida jJl'ee, that tbe boxes must have been ppen at eivuJ election, or that after the election, ballets were taken from tome c , receptacle in which tliey were first nositod. nerfcaps an eld !< (, *nd la up m the boxes whioh were sent by press to district headquarters. The lie tbe boxes were fastened down by man ire of & very small wire passed through gi re he holes in tbe box, and locked with pad of tbe size coinraouly used in the cot '"'J Qt for cribs audother outhouses, The pad * ? were old, and bad probably been ub< the farms of the managers in better t EX when they bad something more val ( to take care of limn freed men'a b? ? _ Despite tbe wire and tho big padlocki H 1 I lids were so loose that there would ^ t been no difficulty in slippliug ballots i "J them, and it would have been Almost < ly easy to untwist the wire, dampe paper whieb was placed across the t 'HR & of the box, and then open tho bos col lee- cb*nge its contents at will. The mai ted to koXea were a very ^ad bandwi j gcucc ^ ^ they could be made ou were, on ona box,?M Poll at 5 Shee'y's?83 rotes, David Derrick, ? We*sing?r,"?on tbe other*?** Sprinj Poll?225 vote*. Levi Drunek, Jo F render." For each of these, box* worth, including the padlock, more 25 cent*, it ia said (but the govern charged ?2 and the padlocks to be r SLEYS There wn# ft^? #n0,'icr box i will ?l- poll rejoicing in the suggostiiro us iubgori- "ruddles," which was similar to tl 'others in all important pnrtioulars. V. Caziarc" was written in pencil o r(X othur marks on all the boxss, whi( cumstauce was explained to us statement that the ballot-boxes hi been sent to the post commandant lumbia, who relosed to receive theno Df It would seem highly proper, in < . V eration of the importance of the oo n?d the exorbitant price paid by th ?nd all eminent for these Lexington ball rCE, for that (he padlocks, wires, marks, ih pricce. Rnj W'ashington to 1 i,v served emong the national ar?h '" mementoes of tlie triumphs of violence and legislative fraud error t ? ciples of liberty and justice once t aud boast of American government ;ti>, uy Soulh There is laboring in China one ordained tnisaionary, to ovi nrilliofc inhabitants. Think yjjV United States containing bat ilJrMj clergymen! Xn tho !Ningj>o thee* are $0 foreign mission* ordained native preacher^ a '1TC commnnicants. Nearly three I of these aro conncctod with A tf ?societies. i j THE LAND OF THE WINDMILLS. A. OAl'ITAL DESCRIPTION fOD. YOUNC BXADEILS. 'JCarloton" writers to tbo Boston Journal a Iottor in regard to Holland, which is a model in its way, giving to young readers a moro dcttuilo and vivid conception ol the geography ol that country thau they would bo likoiy to get from their regular schoul text-books. Wo copy a Urgo part oJ " the letter: Holland is a queer, strange, funny place, and the people are odd and curiouB. There are such scenes as can not bo found anywhero else in the wido world. Moat of the boyn in New England carry knives in tlieir pockets; and I dare Bay ihat thero is nol a lad among all of them who iua} read this lottor who has not whittlec out a windmill, or at least a whirligig I but thoro are more windmills hen than they over dreamed of?windmill i in the towns and citics, out iu th country, and all along the shore o l the sea?all in motion wheroccr thcr . is wind onough to turn them. Yes . terday I could soe noarly one hundre at a time. It was a gusty, brccz; day, apd the storm-clouds wcro flyin . in from Ibo Uorman ucean, ana uier 8 was a tremendous commotion amon t tho wiadmilla. Each ono soerned t . bo trying to whirl faster than tho otl . er. o Undoubtedly you havo read of tli n exploits of that crazy knight, Do y (Quixote, who saw a windmill an d thought it was a giant, and wont t it full tilt, and got tumbled into tl dirt by tho great fans, which wei is round and round just as if notbir r- had happened; but if ho were alive ; a- these days, and were to visit Hollar. y ho might think with good reason th the laud was full of giants. J* WIIAT TIIEY ARE FOR. er You wonder, perhaps, what tho pc 10 plo of this country can want of many windmills; but let mo telly ul that if it had not boon for theso mi cu in tho past there would bo vory 1? people in Holland now. The wii "n milld, in ono sonso, havo niado t country what it, is. e^ Looking upon your map of Holla )ue you will 8oo that the liver illii !?' which has its pourco away 60uth 111' tho conlro of Europe among tho mo lle tains of Switjsorlaiid, hero roaches 1 sea. Whonitgota within about < lVG hundred miles oE the aca it splits it l'y into a doson or moro channels, al *rr> which, after wipdiug and turn 1 ns through a great marsh, pour tl for wators into tho ocoao. liolla theroforo, was once a great raarsl bog. There aro vory low stono the country^, thero are no mount! or hills, but one dead level of m: >rn" land. Hundreds of years ago tho pei >ur- wji0 lived near tho mouth of ,ex- iihino saw that the marsh land itiei very fertile, for the silt in tho r lU8 brought down evory yoar irom Dl,J mountains made tho land very r - the tbey saw alao tbat if tbey could get rid of tho wator on the mar >th?r ? ... dt- tbey might lay out cabbage gar ckod and little farms. They oomme ex- by building dams here and there?[ on tho hrauch of tho llbiuo callci iralei ?ao<* place in time lock? known aaliotterdain; another or infty Amatol, -which was tho origin o lock* name of this city1?Amsterdam. ^ on all of tho dams in Holland camc uable bccauso ^o P00^ where in tho. illots. U8,ng wicked words, but be* i, the they huilt dams on*tho streams, bava the water soaked through tho%eml an<*er monts, and.evory rain mado their does wot; tboy dug ditches, ooutb whioh the water settled, and : and conceived tbe idea of baikling 1 k? on mi||B for pumping tbe water int ttbe"' r'vor' [ hara '^^oy 8?t one of tbe forces of r Jaeob ?the vrind?to work against ar S HiM foroo?tbo rain ; and as a gas't oi hn E. will turn several thousand of "'than jQ8t 118 e&8i,y a8 ^?eB 0n0, ^6* neciis conquered the rain?have forcc etarn- great river I&bine to quit tbe mi rora a and have begun to pump tbo ime of 4ry. *Louii That '8 meaning of all tb wrthe *nts swinging tboir arms froi h ?ir> end of the year to the other?d bj tbe night?-whenever tbero is a bri k1 firct alr> at GoIthk couhtry. To see the country as it is, i a omnt embankment aloncr tbe ot-box- ^ ***> against whtoh the balloU, always dashing. Walking Lkfi pre- the embankment you notice t ive's, as iand is ten, fiftoen, twonty, ?v tujlitary ty foet lower than the sou. 1 ho pride bar<My roal'20 that thcso ? , gToen wilb cabbages, turnips, rcuty. flowors and other vegetables about 0000 000411J 4 ory foar waV0B rolled mites and miles of the that veqpels once sailed whor eleVon houses now stand; tbat fiuhei district down their hooKs and neti "Tu! thoso meadows. Bat so it h md 7To .... -fourths ftnd tbo aU>ry of tho rise and merlcan and pumping oat of Holland the most interesting in all * M Mt ,, ,??1 It allows us what enterprise, intelligence, proscrvanco and hard work will accomplish. It would give you a strai.go sensation to sail up the river from tho ocean in a steamboat or iu a bhip, and litul yourself so high above the houses that you can almost look down tho chimneys, also to see cattle aud bheep fecdjingdowu below, and men catching llsb above. Were it not for tlio windmills, tho river, tho ocean and tho rain would J soon flood tbo fields and meadows and I sot all llio houses afloat; but, because | tho inillH aro always going, the boys and girls of liutcldatid tdeep securely at night, go to school, eat their three 1 meals a daj*, play in tho streets, go to church cm (Sunday, without ever dreaming of any danger. Once there wan tctrihlo disaster: a 7 ' , dam ?;avo way, and tho water came pouring in, covering tho meadows, ' drowning cattio and bheup, swooping " away iarm-houscs, villages and towns, destroying many lives and making sad Ijavoc. liut the people filled uj tho breach, set tho windmill? a going pumped tho whole country dry again j and over bince havo takon good cart to keep all .tho embankments stronj ^ and in repair. There n* a saving tba ? "eternal vigilance iB tho price of libor ty," but hero in Holland it ia tho pric oi' life. lieu are on tho watch all tin ^ time to sco that there aro no woai places in tho cmbankmouts. Tho; are paid by Government, and hav control of ull tho mills. They waj; 1,1 . . . ^ constant warfare with the ocean, at . coat of nearly tbroo million dollar it . J ! ever}- yc-ar; but, with tbo wind for a ally, they aro enabled to Keep tli marshes drained, and have traneforn \<r od the bo^s into boauiiful meadow in j pastures, orchards and gardens, an ? built villages and towns below tl level of tho sea. SCENES ON THE CANALS. Tho country is cut op by canals)0" somo deep enough to float tho large 80 of fillips, others email and narro1 ?u You seo hundreds of boats. Star l'8 with me on the .bank of tho great c -w mil which leads from the city of Ai "J- slerdam to tho ceoan and seo t he crafts. A boy riding a horse tro past us?the horao towing a teckschu nc^ ! cn, a packet boat, a canal omnibus nc> ! stago which plies between Anislerd: and tho adjoining villages. A m un* stands at the hcltn and his good w ^1C is in tho cabin dealing out bre; >nc choeso and beer to tho pasfiengc self wbo aro Gating, chatting, laughi 1 of and smoking. Tho boat skims ligli ing ovor tho water and is far down in 1 leil* I Knnil rif" 4.1m r>.innl nlmnnt. hufnrn x ISV"V. v* f-vw. w J bavc had time .to bco what tho pco 1 or ni\) up to on board. a in ilcro comos a lazy, lumbering or iins almost as broad as it is long, wit irsh Q,an and boy tugging at tho tow-li It is loaded will) mud scooped up fi tho bottom of tbo canal. Tboy tho taking it out into tho oountry was Hproad it on tho land. Ilcro is a f *ver -ily craft?a boat which is at tho si the timo a house?the ownor, with ich ; | vvifo and children, living on bo only 'phe lather is togging at tho tow-1 shes The air is tti 11 to-day, and ho is dons ijged to pull the boat along tho slrt ncod jf -,t WCre breezy you would sco -ono. hoist tho sail and go scudding av 1 tho '.vii'o has a long pole in her ha "WBS and is pushing with all her migh 1 *ko holp her husband; and their two < f the ^roa, a boy and girl, aro steering evuft. They live on board?cat >, liot nlof-ii in ft liLtlo clunn p.h 1?' habit LLorc thoy aro lo-duy, to morrow cause wiH bo at Haarlem, und tho day i ^ut ut Loyden, perhaps, and next i bank- wjjj jjo bore at Amsterdam again Sar* a cargo of potatoes, or of wood, jinto aomotbing else. Now a seho then tjjon a bargo, and thon a ehipwind masts tall as church stooplos?th to tho jors in the shrouds getting road sh&ko out the sails. On tho ba; taturo yond the grcon meadows ara jolhor drcda 0f boats and barges with ' wind aot t0 catch tho little breath of mills wiiich puffs in our faces. Hero < y havo a koat loaded with cahbagos?an d tho ioadod to tho water's edgo with trshos, n5p8?another filled with t?h< ocoau ^jer0 i8 a maiketman with chi and goose, which aro cackling iese gi- gobbling. na ono 'jko canals to a great extent n ay and 8trocta of Holland. In tho ec noili nf . ? % * "* ?. tuoy Qre inrongea with boats < ry description; and a month men womon and childron will b< macine m'n? UP an^ down these stroi ? akatos, having many merry i sbore t,hr0Qgh tho winter. waves ; along Daniel Wobster once rem hat the "Small is the inn that is rcqu en thir* patronize a newspaper, and um fou can wor<led is its patron. 1 care n< . humblespnd unpretending is tl jaraons, Mtl0 which he takes. It ia t i cauli- impossible to fill a ahoet with ] i, wore mattor without putting in it hat tho thing worth the subscription inland Every parent who?o son i* awt ' homo at school, should supp e farm-* with a-nowepapor. X well tf?i rmen let what a marked difforonoo the 3 above bctwoori thoso of my school mn as boon aQd those who had not a nnwftntnnn). Oi h?r JKinao equal, tbo first wore always i is one o J ^ jua^ jn (j0i)Ulo^ eompoaH history, goriorui inlolligoaco. * - ? - ? ? SOMETHING ABOUT BEARDS. t Wo can remember?and with not < much atretch of tbo memory citlior? ' when the wearer of a uioublucho waa 1 supposed io auvcrliso himself an a 1 rowdy, and when to allow tho iuco to go unshaven?savo perhaps a small portion of the chocks, which social i nv>.l <!/><] 4V,<m llm rro.nnvnl law?wan u* hull'or voluntary ostracism irorn all circles which paid duo regard to their own character or that of their associates. As to professed Christians, not to mention ministers, wearing lull beards, or tho som bianco of hair on tho uppor lip, tho thought would huvo been too horrible to contemplate. "Times change and we change wilh them." Jioaids have for i>omo reason, ! become a li.-cod fact, and are quietly accepted as.sueh, though, perhaps, not without some mental protest. Possibly California had something to do , with this, perhaps tho Mexican war, ; and Col. May's famous cbargo at l'os> 1 aca do la i'alina?who knows, or who , I can follow tho riso and fall of any I .. 1. ! M V A m 1/ .. ?l iaU tnttlrnti nH i*i J lilQIllUll ; illl JJU^IJDII wuivi! uivu? j butes the change of sentiraont in Eng. ; land to Lho return of tho bearded hot roes from the Crimea ; but in America - tho fashion dates anterior to that e event. This writer gives, in Cimscll'x a Mugaziuc, tho results of some anti<piac riau study on tho subject of boards, y from which we condeiiso a few passoe ges: o "Tho history of tho beard iH not an ft uninteresting Kubject of resoarch, COU' '8 sidering tho important part it hat " played in tho ttoiId. Most likely Tu o bal Cain drove a good trade in razors At all cventfl, wo read of shaving at i s, .very early period as an established d custom. J uboph, released from pris c on, could not think of going bcfori Pharaoh until ho had 'shaved liii beard.' Herodotus tolls us that th ? curly J'jgyptians always Bhaved, am st mado their slaves follow their exam tv. plo. Yot, with singular inconsistency id ihcso peoplo woro false beards as ia- distinguishing badgo of rank. Gren ai- personagos?kings and gods?wOr he grov.t boards; tho former a hug ts ttjimro miracle of curling lungs tho lalU il n large oiiu turned up at the end. Lilt or people had little beards according to the iin | littleness, a small tuft at tho extremity ar. j ilio chin ; while slaves, who were thougl ife i nobody, had, very properly, no beards ad, I all. J-ti their sculpture, tho Egyptians d rs, I pict their enemies with slovenly, untid ing | and contemptible beards. But the Nit tly | vitea grew the fiucit beards of louiote ai Lhc liquity. rou "The Hebrews wore hair on their chi pl? I ut not oo their upper chocks. . . They resented an outrage offered to t a^> beard as the most biiter iLsult possible b a enmity The Turks would lU0- ther bo publicly whipped aud branc om xvitU a hot iron than be shaved, while I are Arabs protect their beards as an artich religious faitli, because tho Prophet ne am* tut bis. llcnce a sultan has nerer kno ime ra?/or to his head, though ho is very p lieiilar about shaving his slaves in the nrd. raglio as a token of their servitude. inc. "Tho beard has been worn as a badg< royalty, of ecolesiastioal distinction, am ia.ni: . _ t ?? tl. 9 certain proiesoioDai nttniuiuouw. amv him p,euCjj tings were great on boards. S( vay* even wore theirs, like tbe old kings of ] n^8? sia, knotted with golden thicud, and 11 lo toned witb gold, lieing permitted toucb a king's beard was long held by ? 1*1C Gauls as a pledge of piotcctioa; and f ar<* long while tho sovereign used to p in* three hairs of his beard iu llio seal ol thoy l^ttws, iu witness of his owa baud a't01' chin. n cc^ *'King Robert of France, in tbe t century, used to wear bis long white I ?r ?* in battle displayed over biB cuirass ; on or, the eight of it frequently nerved bis 'ie?r ging troop?, and secured him victory 0 Sa'" his enemies. Henry the Fourth of Fi y wa* renowned for his beard, . . y o- \yj)Cn Loui3 iil0 Fourteenth adopted hun~* newr mode, tbe fashion grew general, 821''8 becamo usual for beaux of the peri< wind 0arry wbisker-wax in thsir pockets, to lomea eT Wlli, a small comb and brush, wl i?tbcr vvjt|J tjie;r mieireasos might arranga ^ur"" moustaches. . . . ieko MThe church has always had some and ak?u* beards. Sometimes it ' lowers have been enjoined to wear to give an air of gravity and patrh iro V, 10 wj6(jom to ecclesiaitic3; at other immcr enyjOUg beardless divines have been >1 evo- ijjjyjj'tfMt pride lurked behind ham honoo, oQ cLin. . . . The jfikim- Rnj xtomi&b Church have long b oLs on timos h>"??ntb(i3 very question. At thi of their separation, the ItomanuU down stringent rules about sharing, larked, the Greeks retained tkeir old patr; lirod to practice of beard wearing, and jnde< 'ply rc" feaaed tbemselvos much scandalized ^ 0W smooth-faced images of the saints icxt^to Roro'sb. Church. . . . The ' printed wnged long and bloody war with th _ l_ 1 ii J ouiuu? atans, simpiy Decauee luey reiuaeu i price, (.heir beards to match the pattern < iy him ^ ^artar Church, and the ol nembor brews trimmed their beards squarero was ed by ceromonial law. . . . toa who "The longest beard on record is 00being Mayo, a Celebrated German ; superior sufrnatnacl 'John the Bearded/ wfa ion and to fasten it op in bis girdle. Tt j ' very toll man, it recchgd the II. r .11' . n dull I vlien looso, so lliat bo couid step 011 it. [lie Emperor Charles tho Fifth used to livert himself by making John stand in :he open air amoag bis courtiers, that be might watch tbo wind make it fly in tbo faces of tbo lords, Of Sir Thomas More it is *nid,th?it on the Bcailold be saved bis beard by a joke. Tbo executioner bad already lifted the axe to fctiike, when his victim, looking up ior a moment, exclaimed ' 'At h-ast lot me put aside tny beard; that lias committed no treason, and it would bo uu injustice to puuibU it.'" THE BASIN OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. Tho basin of the Atlantic Occan is a long trough* separating the Old World from the Kcw, ancl extending probably irotn jtolo lopole. Thi.1occan furrow was probably ncorcdjnto tbo solid cruHl ol" our planet by the Almighty hand, that there the wa tens which fcho called sous might be gathered together, so ua to let the dry land appear, and til tho earth foi tho habitation of man. l'rom tho top of Chimborazo t< tho bottom of tho Atlantic at tb< deepest place yot reached by tin plummet in -tho Northern Allanti tho distanco in a vertical lino is tei miloB. Could tho wators of tho At lantic bo diawn oft", so as to expono t to view this great gash, which sepi rates continents and extends Irom tb Arftin t.o t.hn Antarctic;. it, would nri sent u Bconc moat rugged, grand, un imposing. Tho very riba of tho Bolid cartl with tho foundations of the sea, woul be brought to light, and wo shoul ^ havo presented to ua at ono view, i I the empty cradle of tho ocean a tho sand fearful wrecks, with that foarf 3 array of dead men's skulls, great ai chors, heaps of pearls and ineatimal stones, which in tho pool's eye, 1 j scattered in tbo sea, making it hid oua with sights of ugly death. The deepest part of tho North A % lantie is somewhere between tho . mud us and the Grand Banks. T it waters of tho gulf of Mexico aro h? o | in a basin, about a mile deep in t | deepest part. There is at inc oouc ,r of the sea between Capo Jiuco . Newfoundland and Capo Clear ? Ireland a roroarkablo steppe, whiel already known as telegraphic pluto e" RAW FLESH AND BRANDY IN T *v? TREATMENT OF PHTHISIC. 18[1 ' At a lato aeesion of tho Paris Ac cmy ol Seionco, M. Fustor prcsen ' a paper on this subject, in which addncos two thousand additional DC bos observed by himself and oth Tbo following aro tho conclusions led r,vct*at *n ^'8 PaP0*' ^ur ro^( can tako them at their owu val the . lion. "? 1. Tbo exhibition of raw beef vor mutton, and of alcohol in dosca v ing according to circumstances, rests tho progress of phthisic ot.lu-r eonsuinntivo diseases. Ui tho iulluonoe of this modo of tri 3 mcnt, strength iff restored, th? cc If ' ? tenance recovers its animation, a] tito returns, and tho patient g )m(J flesh, a fact of *hich conclusive ^er" dcncc is afforded by tho rncroas ^ut' weight. In a month, or oven in t 10 weeks, in sovorul of my cases, body gained four, six, eight, and or as much as twolvo pounds. naco 2. 'I'ho general improvement o: "u system, aided by appropriate ti all(^ mcnt of the leading symptoms, cl the hectic fovor, diarrhoea, and i .onlh sweats. eard 3. When these complications nnd yielded amendment of tho local dition of tho lungs, or rather d over od organs, sots in, and tho ad ranee Qf cicatrization can bo aecort by percussion and auscultation, the 4. The offioacy of the trcatmi till it not, bowevor, equal in all stag >d to the diseases in question. Iw a igeth-. stage tho improvement in gene bore? confined to a prolongation pf lif* their inevitable issue being merely poncd. tilting 5. In tho sccond stage only cj s fbL treatment bo considered as roall them, ative j provided, of course, a arobal hygenic precautions, I havo tw limo8 a former oocasion, are strictly led to ded to. Jsoipe 9. Of all tho atrophic dieen Greek which tho troatm'ent is appl een at ihat in which the greatest mea 5 time benefit is obtainable is pain i laid tuberculosis in all its stages; , wfails. however, highly beneficial in iarchal form of amomie, whother re )d pro- from btemorrhago or from e attbe torrbcea; at tho conclusion o: in the .affections, especially typhas i rartare phoid fever; in tho last stag? e Per- ctoraia, albuminuria, and di4b< to cut ia also frequently suocossful ii ordered miapaludal cachexia, chronic i d IIo- fever, and, in general, in all | corner- ted morbid conditions in whicl is obviously unequal to tbo c tbat of turo of Lbs system. painter, " ' ^ 10 used Scotlund.?A call Las been ejtl lough a Iietr. J who Laid law, of Po^b* to ground league and aiwiwor to Key, Drr >111 -ii ii>iihi ii -i nib n iiiirfniiwii i imii llow to Catch Hats.?For catching rats in a choap and ciloctivo man- j uor wo rccommend tho following: t Cover a common barrel with stiff, 1 stout paper, tying tho odgo around ] the barrel; placo a hoard bo that tho rut* may have easy accosa to tho top; sprinkle cbcoso parings or other "Iced" for the ralfi on tho paper fur several days, until they bogiu io begin to beliovo they huvo a right to j tliuir daily rations from, this Bourco. men place in tne oottom 01 mo uarrel a piece of rock about sis or aovon inches high, tilling "with water until only enough of it projects above tho wutor for ono rat to lodge upon. Now replace tho paper, first cutting ucrosB in tho middlo, and the first rat that comes 011 tho barrel top goo* through inlo tho water at;d climbs on . the rock. The paper comes back to , place and the second rat follows the s first. T.ien begins a light lor tho uncur.tic'iiii nf ll.n fin 1 llA j stone, the noiso of which attracts the > rest, who share the same fate.?Scicn r tijic American. 3 Ivf.ei'INO Buttkr.?At tho rocen meeting of the Dairvinons' AssoeiaQ fc> * Lion iri Illinois, President King remarked that ho had been a dealer in buttcr for thirty years, and considered that May, Juno and July produced tho best if properly ruado and put ^ down. Butter containing whey, or iiinu, or milk, will keep. It bhould c bo made dry, como hard, and will be j properly cured. Most peoplo sail too high. It should bo salted to tin ^ palate aud it will keep. All in cxcos* iJ of this is injurious. The milk,cream ?ind llin kiiriviiindincra of ihn hlitfei room, should all be puro, us loul odori are ccrtain to impart a disagroeabl flavor. Mr. K. slated that ho know i ^ man to plant honeysuckles and rose jo around tho place whoro his butte ^ was made, for tho parposo of givin o it an agrooablo flavor. This is pleasant concoit, whatever the influ enco on t5o dairy room may hav r- becn- . IIOW TO lilllNU IT AroL'T. "Wlj; -Id Dr. Nathan Strong was settled in llai ho |orJt he used, as was natural and prop during she sessions of tho General Cou in in the city, to seek to bring some of tl i'? distinguished divines of the State, by e ? id change or otherwise, to preach in his pn ttU. pit. This was done not only to grati and please, but also to bring a strong i 'HE 'l?'ous '"'hience around tho legislato wlio in tho?e slow-moving days, wou tho most of them, remain in tho city 01 the Sabbath. On one occasion Dr. 15 sad- lamy came from Bethlehem for this pi t a/1 r\/-tnn To iKa r>i nym i ? r* T i A v\?*a<xttin<l ItU X li IWG UJUIUlHjJ uo bo glowing sermon on the Millennium, ca- painted in warm and atlractivo colors, ers. ttate of the world when the great force: ar- evil should be in subjection, and "the v lors hbould dwell with the lamb." At the cl ua- he promised to tell them in the afiernt how all this might easily be brought ate and In the afternoon, the audienco g*tbe ary- with vague expectations of what was , ar- come, when he preached a faithful and searching sermon on the text, "Kxce] idor man be born again he cannot see the lei __a . f n _.1 9) - _ ? 1- - j l _ oat? uoiu ui vjrou, xu which no prussuu ui >un- with groat power, tho duty of persona ppo- ligion. - - ? 8 Tbue Courtesy.?Keal courtes; ovi- widely different from the court o of which blooms only in the sunshin hrcc 'ov^ l',c fimilo of beauty, vitt tli0 and cools down in tho atmosphere poverty, ago, and toil. SI cvelJ me tho man who can quit the brilli society of tho young to listen to f the kindly voice of age; who can 1 real- cheerful converse with ono of wl locks years havo deprived of charms. S . '' mo the man of generous impa night Who is always ready to help the ] and needy) show me the man have treats unprotected maidenhood a con- would tho heiress, surrounded by ' 'an Protection of rank, riches and fai ,3L " Show mo the man who never ioi vanco jor ah joBtant ih0 dclicaoy, tbo ained *poct, that is duo to -A woman, in condition or class. Show me su< col is "ian nntl y?u ?bow 010 a ge^tlom r na\-, yoa show me hotter?-you \ e' of mo a true Christian. ? third ? ? ..?. rcl 'is OrrosnioKs.?The Jaw begins j, tbo coromauds, nnd ends with blowings, post-' the blessings nro like inviting fruit ing upon lofty bronebe*, which buna m tho lure in its fallen state can never react ly ftur- Oospel on tho contrary, begin* with II the 1803, and cuds una precepts, iu clt on crarea justico; tli? Gospel deligl att9n-' merey through the satisfaction of j Mosw demand* obcdience?Jesus transgressors. What qualifies for th ,808 in j^qUBmje9 for other. licablo, if x^rd bad waited for man tc sure of bis sickness before He came ioto this toiiary his pride and ignorance would bav< |B him out former. God did not wi ' man's leave?lie did not wait Tot ovory need; and this should show us the suiting delight Christ has in earing thfc per ma- "How can I be pardoned 7" eays th f acute self-condemned sinner. 4 How can md ty- Pard?n^' ?<*y? God. How *8 this f , one looks at his sins, but God looks ot# lC?* Son's atoning blood. lt08 J It c ft pyio- a Straight Hist.?A clergy i lorvoua the eastern -part of the State, a few >rotrac- days ago, opened services by readinj h repair out explanation or comment, a v< ixpendi- ami correct local price current?ho flour, butter, meat, lard, eggs, <feo worthy and the pricos of sboea,c1otb .ended to aad miulina. Ho obtuaenesn couli l>e col- understand tbia straight bintr, and Qaodliab. rewarded by a liberal donation. 1 r The Cincinnati Pioneor Association Lava ust celebrated the eightieth anniversary of he settlement of tlio Stato of Obi?. Tb? irst emigrants wero a party from New ISnglnnd, under tbo leaderbhip of Rufus Putnam, who located themselves at the momh of the Muskingum river, on theflU of April, 1788. In December of the sawa year, Israel Ludlow, with twenty persons, iitndod oil tbo banks of the Ohio, aud founded the city of Cincinnati, the settlement being at Gist called Losantiville. Ilowr greatly, irorn llicso small beginnings, mo State of Ohio lias increased, statistics tell mure eloquently than any rhetoric. Th? population is 2,500,000 ; its annual crop of coin is 00.000,000 bushels, of wheat 20,000,000 bushel?, of oats 18,000,000 bushels, and of hay 2,000,000 tons; and the value of the real atul personal property of the ciiizona is $2,000,000,000. It has about LI,500 miles of rail road, representing a capital of $130,000,"000, and a baukicg capital of $12,000,000. Kev. Dr. Herman M. Johnson, President of Dickinson Collego, died on Sunday, at Carlislo, Ponn. Ho was appointed ProfeaBor of Philosophy and English Literature in 1850, and, after holding that oflloc for ten years was appointed Presideut of tho institution with tho duties of the chair of Mora) Philosophy. CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. [ The little ones arc going liome, ; God luket! whom he had given : Dealh'b ehudy vale they do not droad, ' liy living lmi;Js they on are led, J To yonder glorious heaven 1 i The litlle ones arc going homo? Their home beyond (he river* The Saviour meets them at the shore, 8 Nor will he leave them ever iuor?i* 0 At homo beyond the river. a g The little ones arc goiug home, Ccle?tial bells are ringing ; r They see the light that gleam afar, g Softer than Bheen of evening star, a Aud hear the angels singing. The little onoa are going home? ? List to their silent marching I They're passing through the gate# of go d. They're welcomed by the saints of old, Our love the river arching. iter Above the clouds, Doyoud the tun,' Their perils oYr, iC The rest Is woo. x' Ilalle'.ujali! hullelujah. Amen. ?Children's Prai?a. fy i ! i.=? rc IN BANKRUPTCY. rp? IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF l(1' THE UNITED STATES, FOR ''e1' THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH eU CAROLINA. ,f In tlie mailer or J. It. MOOUE.?In JJanb* ft rupley. Lie T^IIIS I* TO GIVE NOTICE, that on .1 JL the 17tl? day of April, A. D. 1868, m Warrant iu Bankruptcy lias l>?eti ixAixd oqt 3 of of tho District Court of the United Slates, for rtir the District of South Caruliuu, against the eatato 1 or J. H. MOORE, of Abbeville District, 090 who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon hi* jon own P#t'llon: That the payment of any debts, and the de? )tK livery of tiuy property belonging to said Bauk* red ruPl to him, or for hid u?e, and the trausfer of *ny properly by liim, are forbidden by law ; to That a meeting of the creditors of paid Bank* and ruPl t0 P^vo I heir debts, and choose one or more Assignees of his estate, will be held at pt a n Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden on the fill* :nfr day of May, A. 1>, IbUS. at 12 o'clock, M.. at h VORKV1LLE, before W. I. CLAWsSOX, Esq., lino one of the Registers of said Court. I re- By T. W. CLAWSON, Deputy Messenger. J. P. M. ErriNu, U. S. Marshal, as Measeuger. . ' April 23 26 It h, ATtrDVO icrs VUJUill X 1 > ol lOW W/ a^on^ you be disturbed from ^onr w T morning Hlumbc-r bv your cook iu tlio iant ]ji(c|ien Keating doui?U witfi the rolling pin, the to the tunc of "tit. Patrick's tiny in the uiorniold ing," whoa you can yet at MILS, SCWAllZ'S iom 1,1 at L?J, SELF-RAISING FLOUR, vchn Which SAVES TIME. t,ABOR, end makes the , IJIlST BISCUIT, CAKES, iic., aud put up iu 3 pack ages at 75 eta each. ' the nily/ "gets JUST RECEIVED'a Presh Supply of 10- (J French aud American Candy, Fig?, Raisaoy 'nB> Frunes, Jellies, Oysters. Salmon, Ix?b?ter*, U a Sftrd'nes> ttD^ * gfoftt many etherdelicacies, it L MRS. J. SCHWARZ'S ... Confectionery. with J lint April 24, 18C8, 1 tf h#Dg.. *1 THOSE ELEGANT H HATS ?Mlice. eeeks AND e one -1BONNETS!!! world, :it8bfouI They are the Handsomest I have see*! man's infinite * lost"? ?& TXTBERE did you get th?f?l" 6 poor "Get th?ml llow can yon aak - annli a miMtinn wlipu trnu linow that MIU. , _ SCHWaIiZ is the only roeognUed authority " A"? oa Bonnets and* Hate in Abbeville District f" i at 11 is Aod fluoh is the case. Her Hat* and Bonoete are SUPERB, and no mistake. - - * Mn !n PRICES VERT MODERATE. ' Sod- Ladies will do well to call early aad procure g, with* b.rgain^at ?? MRS. SCHWARZ'S | i, ABBEVILLE FASHION EMPORIUM. J April 24, 186S, 1, tt 1 i.I . >/r,> 11 niiiai