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The AbbeviUe Frees. Abbeville, S. C. W. A. LF.E. EDITOR. j TItrpp Dollars * y?*ar in ail villus . vr No 8ul>?? p?piioui tnkcu fur a ?!ior!e4 ltne than *ix mouths. I *-i- ' I ^11 J Friday, January 22, 1869. j ftnmigration. ?*v? Imlebtad to our friend. Mr. John Gray, fbr tin ablo letter, addreasto him, by Col. P. AV. Aik?n, oi our District, oa tho subject of "Foreign Immigration," and which we publish on our first pag?. Tho letter seta forth clcarly aud forcibly tho inducements, material, social, and political, which this country ofJera to immigrants from abroad-, and commends itself to tho careful perusal of landowners hero, as well as of those v.-bo seek homes among ue. Mr. Gray, to whom tho letter is addressed, in well known to our citizens, and has been long identified with hie adopted home in the .South, first, by a residence in our towu, and now in tho village of Due Wept. He is a Scotchman by birth, and for some time paet has been in correspondence \*uh relatives in fcnntinnrf Kuttincr before them the great inducements -which the South presents to those seeking homes. Hehas a brother connected with the Seed and Agricultural Warehouse of "Alexander Cross & Sons," Glasgow, who has bc6ti urging him to have a letter prepared1 of tho character of that which we now present to our readers, promising to havo it published in the Glasgow papers, and that of tho adjoining shires. This brother writes, that scarcely a day passes, but that his House has enquiries ir.adc uf them, as to "ivhtra is tho be-jt place to go to." Mr. Gray h>\s been doing his bast to answer iuoso enquiries by setting forth th'j claims of the South, and by furnishing to the extent of hie power, a full aocount of our climate, coil, atid productions, and other ad vantages, material, civil and social. His efforts have provoked onquiry and awakened in.erest, and have prepared the way for the publication of the present letter which presents the argument fully and elaborately, and must hate its duo effect upon those who control the laborers, mechanics and shepherds of Scotland, in inducing them to come to the South, instead oi going to the West, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. Our friend writes thus hopefully o: the good results which are to follow from tho publication of Col. Aikiu's let tcr in tho Scottish papers: "Being raised on tno beet agricul turai District of Scotland, to wit, Ber "wiokshire. whoro mv father is nov living?most of my relatives aro ii fact. If you will bend me a dozen o; eo copies of tho Pi tas, you will ai< materially in a work whieh we mus come to sooner or later?white labo: for this latitude. I have a ncphev liviDg in Yetbolm, whoro all? . "AmouKft the Cheviot HilU tboy feed thci If shepherds aro wanted that's th< place; and by inserting Col. Aikou' letter in the Berwickshire Adverlito Kelso CAro>riclep Ac., in the heart of tb< garden of Sootland, good miglxt r>i done, the bent class of laborers wouli be obtained, and what, with my broth er's efforts in the Went, to ivil Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, Ilewfrew shire, much might be accomplished Yon know, friend Lee, I havo livoi fiftoen years in old Abbeville, execp on Intfinest olsewhore, Virginia for in stance, and I oan safely say, there i not in my experience, from the torri< to frigid zone, in my estimation, sue! a climate a* South Carolina." Oar readers, we feci assured, ar< prepared freely ix> endorao the stato ments of Col. Aikin's latter, and t< join in the warm cnlogiam which frien< Gray pay* to oar own sunny South We may not go as far as the Boh tonianai, and believe it to be the (<hui of the Universe," or with the Celes tials, suppose it to be the only favors spot Of Heaven, bat still wo canno help thinking, that few countrioe sur pass oars in the lavish endowments o nature. In some one natural advaft tage, or special characteristic, othoi lands may vie with ours? or surpass it There may be a climate as delightful and a soil more prolific, but few conn tries can present tbat rarer oombina tion of climate, soil and variety o production, together wifch advAntogci social and civil, with which our owi ?avor*4 land la blabbed. Nature bai dome aocMthinff far nm n*4 ? ? ? bst sUowsd to achieve oor d?itiny sad wiHfats work with * spirit & all eogrpningarSta with oar opportotti tios, wi bH ? bright fhtara in More As* firststop io ths right diroctioc ws mast bring iaferiign labor. T< do this ws ttSst swtfksn sympxtBy a horns, st tfc*ssaa*tuttsrtbst we etfer tilt** s&qvtiry sbrosd. Aikib' letter; ws ligilg?sj witi gtffcrttv pre lasts-U?fc Sbjsutft. Itistsf?i?fti*thp8' msnifcW ^raotsfrss wWofcr' thl eo?Uf |MMt? io Us tatnigvsat link IMA .MW AK. Km WM itii ??i 11 * - ? ? ? - w*m VI be ifyimirti^ tad at tbe^atft* t4m< ?2S|8J?ii?S ^ ***#*? tiut *SI Wtd tptmhjr tb ib* l&tni gnat, toUiu?U aiwigBaf. Wi will hot pr*Und t< - *44 UK?*irm%**t iki*?p*kt ?lk stgnkm iff! iMtWlkt t&*u*-mia9iwr&'wtbd f-\ii ii rirli-rtrtl1 linrl-*vi*rtKii sidcr that, for a sum of money which J would be required to pay his passage to n home in the West, he may purchase n de*irnl>le farm hero, and he cunuot hesitate between the txro. In the vay of iudneeinont, weoftor to. tin immigrant, more substantial advantage* and at a less price. Let oui ! land-owuoi-s olfor cncouugemcnt In i I the way of cheap farms; lot our rail-j 11 u.tuo i vuuve mo rates oi travel, and i let us ono au.d t\!l le^d aid and sympa- j thy to tho work. Let us organize j Neighborhood Clubs, District Socie, tieSj undState Conventions, to carry on the work. Lot ns ealist tho eo-operajtion of all sections, and secure tho uid 1 of the Slate. Other States arc moyjingin this matter, and other'Districtsj arc taking tho lead of us in the work i of organization. Let us leave for the1 j present the barren arena of politico. { ' and direct our energies to the development of that material prosperity, : which noeds only tho strong arms and |stout hearts of tho "many aproned .sons of toil," to restore our wasted; land ruined fortune?, ar.d to build i*>i i I isomething raoro than our former] .greatness. Death of James Augustus Black, Esq, It is with feelings of profound 4 . sadness that we announce tho death of one well known t<* us all?James Augustus Black, Erq.?who died ! of pneumonia i.n Columbia, South j Carolina, on Tuesday, the 19th jinstant*. Only n few weeks since we j were ca'.'icd upou to chronicle the death '.of a gifted nephew?Joseph F. Black, Jr.?who was nipped in his budding . promise, Jike some fragile flower, which | had yet Bcarce sipped the morning 'dew. And now the uncle is taken in ! the prime of manhood and in the vigor iof his faculties?taken from the busi'inesfland bustle of active life; from its (absorbing earec and engrossing interjesto, to meet the changed scenes and untried realities of the spirit land. About a week a^o he bid us adieu on a visit to Yorkvillo to arrange his business as assignee in bankruptcy, with the accumulated nnnprnof wpk!" , - J"1 * " jof daily labor and nightly toil, prc'pared with his accustomed neatness jand fidoliry?with his credentials as j representative from Abbeville to the ! j Legislative body in Columbia?with I tho accounts of the District officers, > and charged with various commissions f from friends. Wo can bear witness to ? the untiring assiduity and kindness of heart with which ho undertook tho fj discharge of these offices of duty and ' friendship, and the fidelity and prompt" ness which ho brought" to their pcr" formanco. But alas! death came to * release him from earthly engagements, "! to sunder all ties of human affection. 7 land to blast all hopes of worldly II ambition ; to afford another lesson ol I r' the frailty of life, the transitory nature * of its enjoyments, and tho vanity oj Hit* anticipations. * rj We have not tho materials, nci v thor would time permit us at present, to enter upon an ox r tonded biography of our departed friend.. He was a nativo of our Dis triet, and here survive a mother, si ? brother and sister, and other near '? relatives to deplore their untimelv s loss. He was of a distinguished Revo s lotionary ance^y, a grandson o. i Joseph Black, for many j'ears a Stat( i* fienator from Abbeville, and one of i numerous family long identified with - our District and State. Enjoying the 1. advantages of an excellent early oda 3 cation, he studied law in the office ol t Chancellor Caldwell, of Columbia., and soon found oongenial efnplbyment and s fn.l scope for his habits,.of systematic i arrangement and methodical industry i in the Secretary of State's offlco. His familiarity with the records of that 3 office, and his excellent business oa paeity led to his selection as the 5 Agent of the Stato in prosficuting its 4 1.?!? < * xiovujuuunary claims against the . Gen oral Government, and but for the - breaking out of the war these claims > i would have boen fully adjusted.' Dm* ing the war ho was clocted to the i honorable and responsible office ol t Comptroller General, the dntidg ol - which be discharged efficiently and f faithfully. Losing in the general - Wreok his offico and his booka, . and r the we-ll-carned fruits of manyjfeRrs . of labor, ho returned to hid* native , Distriot to repair his shattered fortotnee - among -the friends of his boyhood Daring th* paBt twelve months he f resided hero as tho general aesignpe b in almost all the cased in bankVuriteT i from oar Diatri&t; and to b theiedatios Were "promptly, faithfollj 9 aad effloio&fclyperforrtfed, U -jHiyUg V toft-a fefcbla tribute to k tndsstryafld bnsli>e*9 eapti6ity.'jIr;^ r Oordaccttsefl frieridpofctessedl^^x ' eminent degree all the chlir&fct&ri^ili i? trait? of h!s fatniiy?qaickn'ertls ? bfe'ptio^, VBUritivtfnesa * VBfippWditiifn*of- character t* a jntt Bense of nrnnn*tv ir'rri**k/?n? '* ?< w ?Jr*Tr**vVI JSW 8 hfMTt, qTr#bttlty*6fT??per. and gretj * suavltr of manner, " To fcwto'* tfc| > [d cff Mr Bnrfc, | :, iu (ndeod piado td 6s Wyed-' > men indeed id *ttie StAt^ j i belisr* Cfcat tf^'man Ufm. <?r ajar k n > ettajJt. oitelroh >o . ? _, . , .... . .-. |, wha could only entertain for liini; .entimeuts of tho kindest aiul jnost: appreciative regai*d?-a friend.sbip ccnxQiited by tho kind offices of a lifo-i time?a chiirity the most benefioent?j :v devo ion the most uusclfhsh?"pass-, ing tho love of woman." Ask tho| -vi i o w-su iciirn movner 11 mere ever : lived a kinder or more devoted son ? ! Ask the bereaved brother and sister! how much they owe to the generosity j of that hand, and tho sympathies of that heart? Ask those young rela-, tives, to whom he was the confided' counselor and tho trusted friend, i whether ho ever turned away froru I their appeals for sympathy and ad,-i vice? * Tho funeral of tho dcccj?.3cd took place at, tho Presbyterian Church, in Columbia, on Thursday, the 21st inst. Corn and Cotton?r,ur Danger. We append from the Charleston yews a very excellent article which urges m;.o;,i the planters' the necessity oP u cul livating plenty of provisions [lilst, and then a moderate crop ol" (cotton." Its suggestions our planters I would do well to heed and ponder, land then reduce to practico. The J eft cot of tho policy reco mm ended is to furnieh us with a full supply of i breadstuff's, at the same time that it 'does not dimimish the income from j cotton. How hard it is to realize | that "the half is sometimes greater |than the whole;" that tho market i value of an article depends upon its scarcity; that not the < books of the (sybil" merely, but all things else !increase in price as they diminish in number; that cotton is not exempt :from the law whioh governs all commodities. Read the articlc weekly and j practico its suggestions daily: The cotton crop of 1808 has been a God-send to tho South. "Wo have money in abundanco, our credit is rapidly improving, the chains are broken which bound us, our future is bright with hope. And yet all this will be an evil, rather than a good, il wo do not preservo in that wise agricultural policy whoso first fruits wc ! now enjoy. ! Our danger is that the plan tors may j be tempted by high prices?the result of a moderate crop, growing trade and : reckless speculation?to pitch huge | crops of cotton. Each man who sold ! ny>land cotton at 25 or 27 or 20 cents ia pound, doubtless wished that he had .j twenty bales instead of ten, or a hunidred in place of fifty. This feeling. however natural, we must conquer or ' be undone. .We havo made monoy by the cotton crop of 13C8, because cotton was not i our fir9t and principal earc. There had been two seasons of anxiety, disappointment and loss, which forced ,j me planter 10 acknowledge mat tijs [only safety lay in securing, at any J cost, what broad and meat ho required Tho dullest and most wrong-headod i could 600 this necessity, and, as a con i Eequonco, tho South produced all the ' breadstuff's eho needed, the corn crop Ii of South Carolina alone being 2,000, JOOO bushels more than it was in 1867 j Cotton was a secondary consideration j with the planter ; but the two and-a I half million of bales which from the jcrnp of the year have still brought us J moro money than four million bales j would have dono at the prices before i tho war. Had the whole strength o: l|tho South been directed to tho culture 1 i of cotton, the crop would have beer three million bales or more, and tboi: j, our fortunes would have been staked I upon one cast of the die* prices would have fallen nnrl t.1i? nnv/ilmcn nf "Woof jern grain would have swallowed uj I the greater part of tho net proceeds of onr cotton. As it is, wo have beer ' i independent of outside help. W? ' havo not eaten into the morrow, wt have not boen obliged to tbrow oni cotton upon tho market, and we ap1 proach another season with distended purses and tho fairest prospects ol 1 huoccas. i But the lessons of this year and oi the years which have preceded it will ,j be worse than thrown away, if high , prices induce our planters to make cotton their king and not their slave. The first labor, the first thought, the first pains, should be given to wheat, corn and Drovisious : and ihnn. and not before, might* the reign of oetton bogin. .Wo should h?ve the befit seed, bo as to improve tho ate.ple ; fertilizers | Bhould be nsed freely, bo oato increase | the yield per acre ; no moro land , should be {Ranted than can be enltl. vated regularly , and we}],- And a [ cotton crqp made in this manner will k repeal-the Lesson of 1868, and realize \ for ue far more tjian a larger t yield at lower pricoa with:inilhons oi dollarstopay *w*y in baying our daily L bretf* : : s m? Anere ??, we jrope?t, bpfc.on* ?afe " >, plan : Pleniy .of prppimona jfrjt and tltxt li a.mtferote erop.qf. eotto?.< If otfr plantk to tbtV ; policy, they, will \ ?Iftbeydo aot, they will t ?IW?dly , day w be?* b^tioeiro y Y> become suddenly wealfcfcyc*&&?i E|hflp.to l>?ip oi ! fc*denCe ftnd ??ipman ' - --i' Our Court* The Court of (a oil oral Sessions for, our District convoned here on Monday last; the Court of Common Pious on the Wednesday following. Ac cording to the present law tbov artdistinct Courts?tho criminal nnd civil jurisdictions being kept separate ? though administered by tho sumo Judge. Three sessions are held regularly in the course of tho year, on the tbird Monday, autl on tho AYednosday following in tho" respective months of January, May and September. If the criminal business is not idispatched in the fir6t two days of the ! week, the session of that Court is | : continued at tho discretion of tho {judge, and may be prolonged for two 'weeks or more if necessary. | Abbeville, Laurens and Spartanburg | form the Seventh Judicial Circuit, of i which tho lion. T. O. P. Vernon, of | Spartanburg, is the Presiding Judge. It was his Honor's first appearartee ' here in a judicial capacity, and with ihis ability, patience, courtesy, and [fairness of mind, we have no doubt 'that he Avill make a very acceptable (presiding magistrate. In his charge ; to the Grand Jury, he expressed his sconfidence that the public sentiment , of so intelligent a District as Abbe ' villc would sustain the administratior ; of justice, and that, the juries of th< country would lend him their earnest jaid in bringing offenders to justice [without "fear, favor or affection," an< 'without regard to race or color, oi any political or partisan bias. ! "With the exception of a few hour jspent on Monday in tho call of tin ; Civil Dockets, and the disposition o j the unlitigated business of the term , the Court has been occupied entirely with the State eases. The State i II * _ i 1 - wen represented uy our young trioiuJ ;ir. L. MeGowan, Esq., who makes hi \dibut hero as a prosecuting officer, am 'is winning golden opinions for the zeal . I tempered with mercy, the fairness am efficiency with which he discharge ilhe delicate duties of his otliec. .! The Grand Jury is organized for th 'whole year, and from the amount c {business which has alroa y como be 1 fore them, avo judgo that their posi , Ufon promises to bono sinecure, i ! number of true bills have been fount ' for offcnces, presenting every grade c J guilt, through a varied catalogue c ,[murders, larcenics, and assaults am i batteries. As usual, the freedmei I figure largely in these trials, and on of the most remarkable features c these proceedings, is the carne6tt.ee with which their employers have su tained them in their defuuee, and th ,!ability and zeal with which thoy hav i! been defended by Counsel. | No bills of indictments havo yc been given out against Col. Aiken, au' >|1Iobst6. Dondy and llodgen. So fa .1 . i t ? i .? jiitj wo nuve xjcihu, mere xa not a part olo of testimony which oould sustai I a bill of indictment against these gcr tlemen, beforo a Grand Jury. Th > reason that wo have heard assigne ? for the delay, is the sickness of To bert. Chamberlaiu, the Attorney Gei eral came up on Monday's train, bu i roturned the next morniug. lie e: pressed the opinion, we learn, that th s Governor would veto the bill for th > change of the venue, should it pass th 5 Senato. s In tlio case of the State vs. Itichar [ trimn, lor tlio murder ol~ Aloxaudt > Chiles, both colored, after an able d< i fenco by Col. Thomson and Gen. M 1 Gowftn, t&e prisoner was found guilt I of manslaughter. ^ In tho caso of tho Stato vs- Richar Ely, for the murder of Harvey Hou ' ton, both colored, the prisoner aftc * an elaborato dofenoe by General Mi 1 Go wan, was convicted. : The juries were drawn under th i supervision of J. A. Lolnnd. Ksn.. b , I ' " appointment of the Judge, and ar distinguished by ev*n more than thei ' usual intelligence. Juries now ele< ^ thoir foremen. Win, A. Giles, Esq., i the foroman of the Grand Jiirv. nn r G'apt. Jas. T. BarneB and Hugh Wil I son, jr., of tho respective pettlt jurio: I *' * m m . Masonic Female College. ? B reference to tho advertisomont in an other column it it will bo seen thi the exorcises of this well known inst tution w,ill be resumed on tho 1st ( February next. Tho trustees hav been so fortffnate as to secure the sei vices of Col. 6- B, Jones, a gentlemai of established reputation as a scholai and successful teacher, assisted by ai ablo corps of instructors. The mod orate rates of b?ard and tuition, th healthiness of the location, and its n Jigious and aocia' enrroundiqgs, pr< , sent, a combination of a<ivantagoi which ara'not ercehed by any eimila institution of the coup try, p,5 'f?. ' ' ' wr Tab Abbeville CommitIkb.?\Y learn that the committee appointed a ' the public meeting on Sale I>ay laso 'jpmltyg oti,?ol & A. ink;' Dr.' 3 Jamcjs afcC^lan, Esq., had an. lntoi J Viaw Vilk, the Governor during thl Ttf tjiffiifl llWliip ^ flm'wM n> it'rlu:. idmmmi 'niiii'i Senator Sawyer and Southern Loyalists. During the debate on tho Sue Murphy case in the United States Senato on Thursday, Senator Sawyer, of South Carolina, read n\i argument in ; lavor 01 tne bill. 1 Ho was not quilo flalisfied of the jloyalty of Miss Murphy previous to j the arrival of the United States army in Decatur, and as she was thou only sixteen years old, ho thought it very 'doubtful that bhe hud formed any! j opinions on the subject of loyalty or J disloyalty ; but on the general question of tlio right of loyal Southerners to bo compensated for their property i taken and used as hers had been, he j felt very strongly, and he had been jsurpri.ed and shocked by the ground taken by the opponents of this bill. . lie would not undertake to controvert the legal propositions or arguments of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. I... - - . Mimner), or the Senator from Oregon, i,(Mr. Williams.) Tho loyal men ol 11 the South might bo proved, to tho (satisfaction of those who desired such proof, to have been public enomic.i * during the war, but he had entertained i: a different opinion of their position i| and character. The Senator from t1 Michigan (Mr. Howard) had spokcr -1 slightingly of the Southern loyalists i their sufferings and their sacrifices s'.but if he had happened to live, for j t while during the war in a rebel State , he would undoubtedly have come to ! 1 j different conclusion. r j Mr. Howard said he had not intend jed to cast any slur upon the loyal moi t; of the South?nothing could havobcei p J further from his thought. fj Mr. Sawyer, was glad of it ; but tin J language of the Senator had givei ,r{him the impression that he value* ? lightly the sacrifices of Southern loy jalists, and, indoed, rather envied then cj for the advantnges of their position, j | The argument of the Senator fron I ! Massachusetts (Mr. Sumner) that loya 3 : men at the South during the Win- wer B'public enemies, might bo unanswera i ble ; but ho appealed to that Sen a to c! to say whether the conclusion to whiol his legal logic had led him was no i revolting to his sense of justice ? I jtho loj-al people of the South wer J now, and had been all along, publi ^[enemies, why had the Govern men rrnade a distinction between them am the disloyal d-iring the war? Th r, i Government during the war did no U I ^ jdetermino who were its friends bj y I law. Tho Union men of the Soutli j.j who adhered to the Government, di< not hesitato about their duty unti they could consult FufTbndorf. Th Union prisonors at the South had no found it necesSary to read Vattcl ii order to ascertain who wero the* J friends. The policy advocated by lb ^: opponents of t his bill was most unjns I and unwise, and bo hoped it would no ,r | bo adopted by the Government. i-i The following Companion cjworo elected, Saturday 16tli, 1869, t d I servo tho ensuing Masonic j*ear i: 1. Aurora Chapter, Millway. S. C.: j. R. J. Robinson, High Priest, it II. M. Jordan, King. t, M. C. Taooart, Seribo. l0 J. C. Chiles, Captain of Ilost. l0 V. Griffin, Principal Sojourner. lC O. Henderson Royal Arch Cap tail J. F. Lvon, G. M. 3rd Veil. A W. J. McCain. " 2nrl ,r J. L. \Vnitk, " 1st " 3. W, McCain, Treasurer. c. J. K. McCain, Secretary. y Eertilizers.?"Wo direct attentio d to the advertisement of Messrs. J. W Trowbridge & Co., who are the agenl ;r fbr the sale of the supcr-phosphat< C!- and other improved fertilizers. Th great meritof these fertilizers is, tht e that whilst thoy yield a speedy returi y they add a permanent value to th >e soil. TJioy are also ofl'oring the be* ir Peruvian guano, it W I ? '8 W We direct attention to the ac d vertisement of Wm, JR. White, Ai - signeeof C. V. Barnoa, calling a inoe 3- ing of creditors ou sale-day in Febri ary next, y i The Soutuenn Cultivator.?Th it January number of this sterling jour i nal has been received. The tabio c ^ contents presents a ploasing variety e whilo the letters of Mr. Dickson ar "" Invaluable, d ? ? m f> A Washington correspondent wr a tingon tho 10th inst. says: "Froc tl^e remarkable condition of retioenc< 6 General Grant seems to have posse 5 to that of a man who has his owi '* views, and we know human natur '> well enongh to be aware of the fine r that, a man haviner views is verv an to oxpreaa them- - AYitbia the l&afefou days I have met three prominent gen B t|emeti who have bad fcftlfca W?th Gen t Grant, and each one, without. evei i> giving me the topics of discourao, aaj \r. tbpt he eppke frepiy andat, length i The Praaktent elect <haa certain tyorJ - on hand that he cannot accomplia) p wilhoiHt,.:conaaUaUon, and, being i I ?n.:uu u. ? ' - wiiojut, prypuflBB ID WW***.-, **P?:. to , MMOmp)Jiak! &l J; fa&ilppkt** .??<* m? <*r^.; &? * <* p get a cla? to his ftdvisere, and hearing | o|l^7oom ^ r^ 11 ~| | , Mtgifc^if T >liVi i ijf^ tA&WiMI 'T belief of the shrewder set, silled through my own opinion, aryi at the present writing the Cabinet stands as follows: Stanton as Secrotary of State ; "Wells, Secretary of the Treasury ; Wash Inline, Secretary of the Interior; Schofield, Secretary of War ; iSelienck, Secretary of the Navy; |Greeley, Postmaster General; Edj ward:? i'ierrcpont Attorney General." j j The. Virginia Republican Slate Ccn-1 ! tral Committee are called to meet on j | January 27th, to consider the proprie-i I ty of euUitiK i^icw Stale couvention-: It is understood that the new convention is to consider the nomination of new candidates for governor and other ofliecrs. Notice of eon test has been served on all the new Louisiana Congressmen, to whom certificates have been issued, except that of L. A. Sheldon. , ....jm IT" . . . _ CONSK1NKKS. ! The following named jiorsons have i; freight in the Depot at Abbeville. ; J II V? ilsnn, W D M.irs & Co, C V I , Barnes, W HlVnnall.S L Jones. II EXPRESS ?W D Mars & Co, J A i Taliuadsi??, II W Lawson, Se;?l, S:jrn & Co 7 . .; L>r Ried, Win Rii*liHrr]?o?i, J W Thomas D. R. SONDLEY, i ' Agent. ) J ^ aj JJARKi'.TS. J AnnKVJLLE, S. C., Jan. 22. j j Sales of tho week 120 bales at 2-tv ?:io -f, cio-sing ncuvc at -i>. j Columbia, January 20.? Sales o 2jcatton to-day 230 bales?middlings 1 27 Sc. J Nkw York, January 20.?Xoon.? - 353- Col Ion firmer at 29?. i 7 P. M.?Cotton more active ant dccidcdly higher?sales 4,200 hales, ai i|29Ja29}. Corn steadier?Southerr 1 j white 95; 97. Gold 35]. sj Baltimore. January 20.?Corn dul ?prime .vhite 85 a SB, yellow 85 j i'. 88. Oats dull, at 70 a 73. 1 J CrTARi.ESTcfjr, January 20.?Cottor t; Ae. better?sides 800 hales?middling! f" 28; receipts 1,027. e Augusta, January 20. ? Cottoi C morl'nf o .4vonr>A/l Kril/lni?o ^ "?v | i.VW M\l ? 4UJVVU ilVlUWO TUi V III II j?sales 475 bales; receipts 1,13C I j middlings 27} a. 27*. c[ LlVEiirooL, January 20.?B P. M.? t i Cotton firmer?uplands on apot anc pj afloat 118; Orlcsns llf. II TO ^PLANTERS. . ?t :0: fi ?| I have just arrived u i with SIXTY head of fine ! Kentucky MULES anc HORSES, which I wii! offer for sale-a few days in ABBEVILLE. Those ?. w i s hing to p u rchase I would do well to give me a call. W. R. Doty. Jan, 22, 18G8,39?tf T. , YICK'8 a fim&h mim o t FOR I 8 6 0. l, 'THE FIRST EDITION OF ONE HUNX drei Thousand of Viuk'sII Unarmed Cnt alogue of Seeds and Guide in the Fl-?wer 0?r jt deii is now published it makes a work o 10 1 pigrs. beautifully illustrated, wi>h ah<>n 160 Fine Word Engraving* of ^Flowers nix .Vegetables. and an Elegant Colored Flale, j. A Boquet of Flowers, It ia (he ino-t beautiful, as well as tlio moa i;i.?l rnctive Floral Guide ptilditlied, pivini t- plain And thorough direct ions for the Cuhur< , of Flowers nnd VeL'etnb'es. Tbe Floral Guide ia published for the benefit of my customers, to whom it in sent frei without application, tiul will be f<*rwar<lfd t< all who apply by mail, lor Ten Cents, whiol 0 it not half the cart. Address JAMES VICK, >f Kuchesier, N. XSan. 28. 18C9. 39?tf NOTICE! rj A LL personR having demands again s l\. t)R. C. V. HARNES, prior to tin * >)?.i 1 one J..ill 4i rviii -jni n-'uu, wii! nicri nic ni nir d buville Court iluUse, oo Sale Daj in Feb t ruary, next. . . < t W.R.WHITE, r .. AMtgoee. ,j Jan, 22,1866, 3Qr-2t . MASONIC . ; FEMALE fiOLLESE, ' COKESBTJBY, S. O, ?t, i ' : " 4 3o i icW-j '* .' * ' ^ fTIBS ExeroiMS in iliw,0^iJ^?i?iP fe I -A. fe?ufne?i tbe FJftST ?f- FSjB^iU* } / : * ' iiLii'1l__ iirftittlf **' j>Jrf5SR*>*o ^?T ?JCITKJN ^ te# ^ !U f frJWp'j ^ffo-A f. jr. (MJgtY, Swetsry. J*o.?2, 18M. lis mw i :o:? BAUGHIS CHICAGO _ CALDMET MILLS L i ... rl"MIRSK Ferjili/U?rs <via l>o rpcnminrmloil nn pi> 1. QUALITIES ?| Bono, an well no (lie vnpid civ T'lie liot'is ?> nil Hipm! manures is Bone, wliivli, with iliu j:iBuhilik' mineral uulstuiic'cs uliiuli aic lb now iu llig market. PURE PERUvl FOR S.-1LE BY TROWI Jiin-.ary 512 I860. 33-If Eighteen S Thankful for the ronage bestowed c | past year, we hope ition to continue to We shall adhcr< CASH system, proi mcrs as good barga jin any House. W> lies, hardware or Ci i;assured wc shall I in Fancy and St: Millinery, > lioes, d i We are now selli \ Flannels, Linseys, ( at reduced prices. i1 ask all to call on u FOWLER & 3 January, 15 18G8?38 tf ; ?fetiij] ' RHODES' SUPEli PHOSPHATE, The 01 ORCHXLLA GUANO. , T"> IIOORs* M ANUKIC, in it* prepniatiou, i* mi IV Colton, Ci-rn, When', Tohici'ii. I'utatiw* nu partm?<i.i U cnndii'-ted hy Frederick ltlett. one of id tlie Uui'ed State*.. It. ih endorsed, npproved, lien i. Cliettiia'M mid AgricullueiMR in the $piiUi<-rn : qnalitv." always reliable. productive of larj-* or" tl.o high perc<-ninue of "Tium Fei.lili/.ini? I'rinei F-ttttora acceptance, mul 7 per cent. interest until "AA."?A fine Bin! (iiiano, rich in PhoFplial*s i iltne. PERUVIAN UUAKO, warinuted pure, a priuca for cusli. B. S. RHI PJ0J8. 13<>8, 84_--3m XJ^ITEX) STATES INTERNAL REVENTJE. V i * ( Assistant AsEessor's Office, ( ABBEVILLE, 8. C., ) \ January 14, ISfif). ) < M ? T T " " ; a ijXj persons, farmers, Merchants. ? x\_ Mechanics, Lawyers, I'hysi- ' cians, Manufacturers, and every other f braneh of business, will come forward ? and make their Annual Returns , > for the past year, 18S>8. The law re- ( i quires ail Returns to bo made by the J ' 10th day of March, 18C9. t * All Executors, Administrators, ' * Guardians and Trustees are required J by the United States Internal ilev- ? enue Laws to make Returns of all r Estates in their charge FORTHWITH \ or they will bo LIAB LE TO THE ( PENA*LTY of the Imw, which will / be ENFORCED. 1" All Manufactures, Mills, Jacks and Stallions are to bo returned. ? S. L. JONES, Ass't Assessor 3d Div., 3d Dist,, S. C. Jan. 14, 18G9, tf - Notice to Commissioners of * Roads and Bridges, Abbei ville County. S. C. j A MEETING of tlio GENERAL ? BOARD of CommisaicHiers of t z Roads and Bridges ivill lie held ?t Al>be- j, 1 illeC. If. on SALE DAY IN FEB - KUAliY NEXT. A full attendance t, 1 is expected, nuil assessments npade for the t i present yoar. Tho old Commissioners will continue in office until newly appointed Commissioners are installed into office. L. C. CLINESCALES, Chairman Old B'd Coin's, i Jan. 4, J869, 37, 3t ... ' , ASSIGNEE'S: SALE. l HI ?7+ T pi Notice is hereby qivek, that 1 will sell at (ipb)io outcry at the Villpca of Greenwood.on TUESDAY, 4be {2 1 February pext, all tbe REAL ES TATE lately o*i.ed by JAMES BAILEY % hh& embraced ip the conveyance to me as ri ? J S. P. BOOZER, ? Assigaoo, M * fth Jan., i860. 4t ^<i. . U; ..I-'.. : ~?V t', ^^ excels*- of this Institution will W'&-' ^ oi^^3r4-?rS^etii? V shhbhBM * ,- 3AMD5|X B. joites, Jan. II, lHt, M?if * i rum BLOOD MANURE, BONE DUSTfseesinp tlie PERMylNKNT IMPROVING" i|)-|iro?lucinir ^fTVctf of l'cvtrvian Unnnn. us is wt-ll known, coinpHVe* muitt InvoraMy e bates of nearly ail iltv Sup?r 1'hofipkaU:} 0. IAN GUANO. RIDGE & CO. ixty-ninc. 1869 very liberal putin 11s during the by strict atteni merit tlie same., e strictly to the raising our custolins as can be had e keep 110 grocer ockery, but rest keep every thing lple Dry Cxoods, rr l/V. ing Dress Goods, . Cassimers,. dtc. We respectfully s? M DONALD. isams rb. d and L<in<gEstablished Slmidiivd Mnoura PERUVIAN GUANO, i _ ,, # i*ie rcjuauy ttoapiHU for forcing large crop* #* :) other root. crop*. The Manufacturing Do" the iiiomi skilllul Clicmijlc ami Munnf.ieiur? r< * P'l'l f,ntiR!r)Piid?l l>3f nil of the mo*t pi on i? Sluts#. ' If, cnu l>c relied upon jm uniform m >ps, iinil unveiled by ui.y in the mirtvt, in pies." 1'rice $.77..VJ c:i;<h, or $*j.5 lime witU 1st necfiiibor, CilCIllLLil GUANO, iiul Alkaline ^altH. Piiee ?36 chpIi or #40 nd ul ways ou huuj. i'UrjiUlied at murkitl 2TT & SON, Adonis. (Ml ARLRSTON"; R . CO r ! CO WIS g* r-sT >?oopq-s-f ?? yj_ CJ&-,?. % ? ^? cq r~3 | S* c -3 ?^ w rr^ . j a oo a ?z h.HH Sq:? s ^ro^Sg^l . z s 2 zr =*> ^ -s ~ m ? ?> CX3 -a | v, 2 ?? iSsg.g^ ^ o? ?pg A. frrt i 2 ? P* a s-g =?'fiMssaSii < %*<?H g=; h-h<s g -2? 2Lj Hg fe. nas|s?. p> t-^sl.?a .J: ?^ ? -* s?f?3 rr. "3. ? ? 3<f "Sd ^ *%* WTO \.TY WIPE, the Inta Mib, CIIARw, LYJL L0T1E IRVINE, and myt>*if,. iave Bcpnni'.ed. Tliero was a rnnrri/iga^ etilemcnt betveen us?, by which each waq . o retain tlieir own property, I.therefore. ;ive notice to ?U, that my wifq io.not my pent, nml ha* po right to raal*#. coptfacta . o bind me. Those who credit hf?r mu^:, to it on the faith of her separate,property. 0, VT. CROipR. i a icftn o> onnuary ?, pl^?06 DISSOLUTION 0F; Copartnership,. CHE Copartnership heretofore eslMingbn- . twren 1I10 opacrBiptnrrl, under the nrnme nd fltvlo of "IVIER * MoDON'ALI>." h.. , ?y bct-n diwelved bv mgtaM'cOflMQt. . i| The fttock o? hand will be.replenfelied, and ie business will bn cctatf fitted by MV IroDdlfi T D. with whom .wilt counU, iind towhora debtor* wilt &n/y n;*k? iym?Ot. '.:'v v JNQ. A, WXER, M. MoBONALII, /no. 4,1869, *Wtf. r> ; . ; -4), ~?'?ft ? ' J':i i", _ ; r? I10 Due Wo8t Female College. PHTS t4 one of most- flookishujg,Inatitft* L ttou* in th* 3t&U>. P.ftpflB^ee+iveffikMay mo. and charged from lima ?)f i ' J Tuition?iDoludiitg Latin *na Pxaanb, fU.OO >r wonth. lionrdifif?, fqcladiag red aud ashin#, tu.Q?pernioptb.., . Ml ,no 1 too,- ^ ft t 1 ''ifljrftSi'' .V'l'''flii'ifJ