Abbeville press. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, May 01, 1868, Image 1
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
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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
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