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W. A. LEE. EDITOR.
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The True ause or the Late WarLetter
of Hon. A. H. Stephens,
The Hon. A. H. Stephens hap
addressed a letter to the National
Tufe/iinmrpr in vindication of the
*,l.W.Vy...V__. ^ r .
- ipjineiples of his great work agaiusl
;tbe strictures of the Hon. S. S
JSicholas of Kentucky. Judg<
Nicholas iu o communication t(
that samo paper had given the fol
lowing paragraphs as a condcnscc
. eumnjary ot the positions of Mi
{Stephens, as to the origin of th
vrar;
".Negro slavery was unquestiona
blv the occasion of the war, th
main exciting cause on both sides
but was not the real cause, tli
causa causans, of it.
"The war was inaugurated o
the one side to vindicate the rigl
of Recession, and on the otl
er in denial of the right and to r<
pist its exercise. It grew out <
opposing views as to the nature <
the government, and were und<
our system, ultimate sovereign pov
er or paramouut authority resides,
Sfnnliftno lino n r\orfr?nf. . vi frl
J. *. " x . o'
to use Ms time aud talents in se
justification as an aider of the rebe
lion, but he is not justifiable i
even unintentionally drawing upc
tbe orthodox State-rights prineip
additional obloquy by his at temp
to show that "opposing viewb"
., to those rights was the true cau
of the civil war."
^ Mr. Stephens objects to the p?
. agraphs as presenting a partial aj
incorrect view of tbe statements
his book, on the subject, aud giv
tbe following extract from his wor
ps embodying his real views: .
' Slavery, so called, or that le^
subordination of the black race
tbe white, which existed in all t
one of the States when the Uui
seas formed, and in fifteen of th<
when the war began, was unqu
tiouably the occasion of the w
the main exciting proximate cai
on both sides?on the .one as w
as the other. But it "was not '
real cause, the 4causa causcals,' of
That was the assumption of
Federal authorities that the peo
of the several States were, as j
say, citizens of the United Sta
and owed-allegiance to the Fed<
Government as the absolute sov
' ?ign power over the whole co
try, coiftolidated into one nati
The war sprung from, the very i
you. have expressed, and from
.doctnnes you have embraced
the, question .propounded to
; It grew out of different and dir
ly opposite .views as to the na1
of the Government of the TJn:
States, and where under pur sysl
ultimate sovereign power or
amount authority properly resid
"We do not see, however, that tl
is (according to Mr. Stephen's <
statement,) any real difference in
issues presented. The latter j
graph seems to be an expansioi
the condensed statement of the :
going. As expressed in both,
cardinal position of Mr. Step
eeems to be, that whilst the prote<
Of slavery was the proximate
excitiog canse of the war, the
cause?the "eatua cautant"?wa
.judical difference in theory, bfifc
the General .Government trod
fi.outhem States, as to the respc
powers of eaehi?whether soverei
is " lodged in the GenerAhGovernn
or him passed to.^tho whole peoy
- Abe Spited; S(*tesi as one aggn
mass, or still remaining to the p.
of the several States as distinct i
C#1 organizations." o?iJ i.irn >' '
But .\M>ta Stephens.. :objects
an intimation is con.v^yod in
condensed eitraofci^of 3u4ge $
lis, that die T^af Wats iifpitfora tid b
'Son thorn States, This he in dig
ijr'denie# arid elkbork&iy dispi
In this howcyer Mr. '6teph$rfs j
'ift\9^y.tof-rtAe,Jnjp a ^fajari of s<
for the pleaadfe' of knocking
. down. j It'fcOuId Certainly' not
keen the interitidn of
make any euch ebarc?e.'&Tld rs'd
^ot'dtdoeible from the feat^gr|f
' *** - <he! qtj^6n j
^s??ii&61i?y:jfe* lfr Wn#k*?tf<
4h? iwir/^Dd^ 'l?io4?oli!s1
x^f >t Imil A r .?* *r j* ?* </
cpH|P? ^ E"
question aa tothe true theory^!
ment, then the &m& |VM:WpM
hp I* responsible e? the aggn
am fptk-^i -kk io\
be trn?, ov?reignty r^dei iii
' ' ' " ' 'ilr* ? ,
nil" i ill ~ i) rrrniBii i m hh*i
our chartered rights. This Mr. Ste- 1
pliena hiina<df -acJmita-.wKeja_ hotro- marks:
. " . * :
" Hallam has "well said, that the
f a?feTC88ojr. iia a war is not . j first <
who uses force, by.t ^{ie fjirat nvlio^rpn- s
ders force uecoeaary.' And so the ^
facts of history will ever show how (
and by whom this lato terrible and
most lamentable war was inaugurated
??' well as by whom it was hegun.
'thoy will show who were the actual
aggressors, and who first violated the
Organic principles and Jaws pf our
American system of self-government
by the people."
As a matter of course, wo endorse
all the leading positions of Mr, Stephens'
groat work iu behalf of Stato
^ sovereignty, and are prepared with
' him to say that it is impossible " to
! name any single right of a State, or
t any single principle of Stato rights,
. under our eysteoi, which does not de?
nnnd fm> ita flviitnn/'n nnnn iKft nni'fiS
- -v- r?
) sarily admitted sovereignty of the
, several States 1 There is no such
1 thing as Stace rights without Stato
sovereignty. The Statos severally
e possess no power, nor enjoy any privilege,
by favor, grant, or delegation.
^ All their rights and powers, as well
those retained as those delegated, arc
inherent and sovereign. This is 'an
'? indisputable truth. It is equally true
e on the other side, that the General
Government possesses no power by
n inherent or soveroign right. All itf
it rights anu powers are niuu ny ueiega
l- tion only; and held in.trust bj* delega
j. ?ion from the sovereign States consti
tuting it. Of course I speak of mat
jj- ters as they stood 'ante billum.' "
Jr Sinco tho death of Mr. Calhour
v, tbeao positions liave never received :
? inope elaborate, able and concltisiv<
' vindication, than in the great worl
upon tho orr'gin of "the war betwoer
the States."
_ But why discuss these "dead is
,u sues ? " Mr. Stephens shall answer:
And now, Messrs. Editors, do yoi
le ask, Cui bono? WJiy so much writ
ts ten upon the dead issues of the pasl
as when questions of so much magn:
ee tudo of a practical character prcs
upon the public mind ? If so, iho r<
ir- Pi)' twofold. First, to vindicate th
truth of history, which is itself a hig
j duty on the part of any one who ha
it in his power to do it; and, in th
. second place, to show the people <
> these States, in this vindication, nc
only true cause, the real " causa cat
sans" of the lato war, but the rei
to I funsn nf tlmir ni'MOtif. fvnhlfiR. rrVi
>ut Federal machinery for tho last tc
OH 3'ears has been abnormal in its actioi
5Di It must be brought back to the JefFe
es- sonian doctrines, and made to confor:
ar> in its workings with the organic pri
18e ciples of its structure, before thei
can possibly boa return of the days
^ peace, harmony, prosperity, and ha
, piness which formorly marked o
course. 'J here ia no other hope f
nnnotilntinnnl liKoi-fw /in lliia nnr (>An
We nent. Judge Nicholas may " drea
rou dreams" about another constitution
tea, amendment, providing a new mode
iral electing the President, but the reir
er- dy lies in no such device as- that,
un- simply in bringing back the Gc
on ernment in its administration to orij
jea nal first principles.' This is to bo do
not by secession, however rightful a
jn efficient a relncdy that might 1
That is abandoned. Nor is it to be do
f.' by force or violence of any kind, <
oopt the force of reason and the po
;ur? er of truth. It is to be done, if at i
lte" at the ballot-box. Free inatitutic
torn are more generally lost than establii
par- ?d, or strengthened by a rosort
ea?" physical force. - Tney arc> eminen
bere the achievement of virtue, patriotif
own and reason. That our institotic
. the and' even nominal foi^m of gove
iara- ment, is now in great danger, the p
a . pf dont, sagacious, and wise evory wh
fore- virtually admit An able editorial
the your own paper, not long since, ]
hens the pertinent and grave questi
ition " Whither are we drifting? "
and To tbis question I take the occasion
real one to give you a direct and positive
js a Bwer. We are drifting to Consolida
veen and empire, and will land tbeire at no
the unt period aacertaioly as the sun will
Hive ibia day, unless the people . of'the sev
gnty States a?akle# to a proper app'reci&tio
lent, the danger, and save themselves from
>le of "Upending catastrophe, by. arresting
?gate pr?MDt tendency- of public affrjrb.
SO pie tpej can ptoperiy do only at ibe ba
toliti- bo** All fiiends of conui.Utionii Jib
<: in every section arid State, ruuaVjoniti
tb?if, tbia- grafrd effort. Ttioy -mast iserio
the (soaaider and even retontidtr many q
ic^p- lion#, to wbieb tbey have given bty si
y t&e atteolioa heretofore. Tbey mottacqi
riant- itHeowelveSi with ibe pritHMpleit ^f 'i
'ove'Bi 0ovetntn?ntj aod provide leourily lor
ioema future t>y*wdyiog a&d ooiracitog^e
,r,ftw"' rorf ibepMt. x ^
'lint T'f? VT?jf;
'frave L
ceaaLon of, Twnplww tQ^ay?Jj|ir
tarty l&iMPohntfk*
fafD **** &n? the magirf^e
and PWPP?4rfw?ri9g^vWto Wmm
i^'io HMlMNyft0<i $0ia hUted
te <df itf orowwlittf itmctodtfa
10 ?b *?Ml; W*?W, which uoyelty |>rov?
iced'; gmURplfMi?e. UQutm^itgih^
:tbe of march were beautifully .4#4m
'tbis '^he whole ASair -vrAi Agreed eu^
Xnv I
* Af)4 Gy?nt' ?h'd ' Peak^rMvi ;*rr*p?9it
>sfor, termfc.fbr thia'g^frwrf<?I^<wj|SH
who itttortptton dwUttg m
!d to engraved ufrctir iy
[*lio Republican aid tiie(HoiL) L. L.
Tbq last Issue off the Republican
jorU^ina thp fplibwing paragraph :
We notice i]r t'Hon. L.L. GufBn
is couutod out in tlio return-defeated
by five votes. We suppose
that the votes at the polling
placts where there was intimidation
were counted. W? ljad hoped
they woukl not be. isut the .Legislature
can set the matter right.
The General Assembly lias no fear
of the Democrats" of Abbeville
counfy. ' If, however, we have been
misinformed, i>nd tlio clcction ol
the Democratic candidate is fail
and lawful we uhall' acquiesc<
rrn.?
WllllUUb iV UJU1111U1* J. UU IUUJU1 I tj
must rule ia this land. J3u
we hope to Bee the matter invea
tigated by the Legislature."
So the Republican admits ft prim<
Jacie case against tho election of Gul
lin, but supposes "that tho votes a
the polling places whero there \va
intimidation were counted." Butsiq
pose, (as we asserted in our last issu<
and as wo are prej arid to prove,
that there was no intimidation ? Be
tho Legislature can "set the matte
right." This means tho seating <
1 Guflln,/>cr fas et nc/us ? a repetition <
tho farco of tho Charleston electioi
aud what has been again and agai
1 re-enacted iu Congress and the Siai
Legislature?tho seating of unsucces
l'ul candidates by the dominaut part,
' Tho General Assembly has no fear <
* tho Democrats of Abbeville;" and f<
tho very good reason that they lnu
Ma majority of Kepnblicaue, whit
1 ibey will scruplo at no means
2 maintain. "Tlio majority must ru
v in this land." So say wc; but in
I popular election, it should ^be tlio m
jority of Voters and not of tlio Genet
Assembly. What a farce to bold i
election?and then have a body
II bitter partisaus declare their Candida
elected, whom the people have deel;
'' ?d not elected. Yet this is just wli
l" they did in tho caso of the Char I
s ton election, and what they will vc
likely do in the caso of Guffin.
e
h
lS " iand for the Landless."
c
It seems that certain persons
,l Greenville District, who descri
themselves as "Confederate soldic
Democratic, moneyless, landless mei
>e recently addressed a letter to C.
n Leslie, Land Commissioner, asking
bo remembered in tho distribution
* jianus unucr uis supervision. j\
m how do you suppose this upstt
n* swelling with " tho insolcnco
rc office," answers tho appeal ? By
?f minding them that as Confcder
P" soldiers, they had better first applj
ur Confcderf^o owners of large tracti
br !and, whom honor aud gratiti
must prompt to a " free gift of a'sn
,n tract of land to every poor disab
al Confederate soldier"?by remind
?f them that as Democrats they have
ie* claim xinder the bill which they
" posed.
>v* Could insolenee gofhrthor? 13
51" is a penniless adventurer, who
ne mado the " feed and salaried" almc
nt^ of largesses extorted by legalized j
^e- bery from these very Confederj
DC~ and Democrats, who dares tell tl
that they have no claim ' to the dii
w* bution. The cool impudence of
*"? proposition, makes it absurdly rid
)Il8 Innn ' Hnmrnfint frtnld nnt mair
8b" more bo. And who is this ^Leslie
to presumes to talk of " honor and g
t]y tudp and obligation,"and to direcl
3m> distribution of other people's moc
,nB? We will say no more than that h
flift mnn wlin Hrflira o stated on
,ru" salary of $2,000, and besides $10
ero each title furnished (estimated
'n $10,000) for disbursing, $150,000
PQt annum in building up the Republ
0D? party. He is the man who talk
disinterestedness, philanthropy,
^ot all the gentle affections and ste
flD" virtues. O tempora ! 0 mores!
tioD
di?- r' * * ~
sei The Tax Assessment and
tral State Boabd.?The action of
u of State Board of Equalization in ra
tb? the assessment- of the real prop
tba of the State $49,046,063, and
Ibis tributing this amount among
illoi- several counties, as best suited
eriy caprices, has caused general disi
) in faction. The assessment in Orj
iusly burg was raised 300 per cent
[ties* Edgefield 150 per cent., in Abbi
light and soma other counties 100.per
iMini The gross injustice of the proce<
ibeir is'manifest* " A" may Lave rote
the bie property at moro than its
er value, yet' he mutt make up foi
deficiencies of h.is neighbor
has been assessed toa low.- A1
P*o- s^bjeot3d to''the safe* Prfoei-u
one Mle'. A pjptest Was;sent op t*
delegation: afcom -Orangebtu1^,'
Ptly protests haveboenmade elsew
gay But^bat will it avail? Money,
itY#r be bad,, afcd cbis is the shortest;
glee to jet it
IM * JnaagUt^ afc Hodge?
frot.ipplapeof J, Bodgare, re^i,
Gwh *<&
fepii*** removed, and J. JU' L.
Cuba.?Advices have been received
from Cuban Bourcep of; the .fight between
the revolutipniaty aud Spanish
troops, near Padre. The Cuban
troops, numbering about 2,0Q0, were
attacked., in entrenchmentsby tbo
Spaniards numbering nearly 4,000.
They were twice repulaod. Tho lose
of tho Cubans is less than 100 killed
and wounded. That of tho attacking
purty. is three times greater, flu
Spaniards retreated, leaving nnumbei
of killed aud wounded on the field
Tho result of this battlo has hpd i
most encouraging effoet upon the Cu
1 ban qrmyy which it is reported an
t gaining strength every day from th
F very best portion of tho peoplo c
r the is|and. Tho want of liarmon;
3 betwpen tho officers in command c
tho government troops in the field an
j. the volunteers who have taken poi
session of tho government of th
island, is exhibiting itself in tho d<
moralization of the Spanish troop
r and the large number of recruits .i
^ tho Cuban ar.my. This condition *
s things lias given now impetus an
' wtrongth to tho Cuban cause. Ha
ing no doubt of their ultimate sueces
a number of recruits, mostly fro
Virginia, loft Washington yestcrdi
!r and to-day, to join a foroo which
rendezvousing on the Southern coa
jf preparatory to joining tho Cubs
army.
[J;j Thb Cuban War.?AVaslringto
,e June 12.?The Cubans have de
s_ patctjes reporting that two expe(
y. tions, of over 690 men, with am
of ammunition and provisions were sa
>r 1}' landed, and have joined the p
re triots. The men are tried soldiers
ih the late war. Desertions from t
to Spaniards to the Cubans are causi
le frequent coll isionsljet ween thctroc
n and volunteers, whose animosities i
a_! irreconcilable. The Cubans ha
organized their forces into two an
an corps. Gen. Thos. Jordan coi
0< niands one. A battle between J
lte dan's and Lesca's forces are daily <
*r pectcd. Jordan has over $2,(
at \ . ... .v
Americans in his corps.
U8ry
?
FOB THE ABBEVILLE PRESS.
Til - IT.-. T
rii/TUU llftU iJU W liuca v
"We had tho pleasure on Satur<
last of attending a pleasant Pic-2
?f given by the young ladies and gen
'*>e nian 0f Lowndcsvillc and vicinity
r8> the Doublo Bridges, on Bocky Br
rj>" A few miles of pleasant riding s
P- bronglit us to the place of rondezvi
to | and introduced us to tbo picas
i of business of unlimbering our lines
nd hooks, and to tho other enjoy me
irt, terrestrial and aquatie. But wl
of the pastime was somewhat "ampi
re- ous," th3 success was principally
ate land. At least, as but few of
r finny tribe were hooked, wo Bupj
5 of tho young peoplo obtained compe
^de tion otherwise.
A delightful feast,prepared by "
led uij folks, * and spread in tho ploai
'n6 shade of the forest trees, was "a h
no in itself. It presented a little
?P" everything to tempt tho eye or grr
tho taste?substantiate and dait
.ere jn great abundance. As a mattci
1B course every noay aia it justice,
>ner joyed it and themselves,. and wc
r?t- up tl^e entertainment with a plea
ates chit-chat of fove, romance, po
lem aTi<j every thing else that was ai
stri- ing.
the A surpriso party at the house of
lieu- friend W. Y. C., of Lowndos'
o it with its gny beauties, sweet m
OJ V? n AM J rl/\1? Tif 1 A^of AinniuV
UliU uuii^utiui vuit*v/uni| luiuioL
rati- fitting close to the onjoyments oJ
itbe day.
itsy ? To our friends we extend our th
e is for favors kindly-extended aad
uual appreciated, and trust to have
for pleasure of attending again just
at another party. B. C.
per ,
ican ,
3 0f H?- In another column oar f
i* P.rAaa T?no^a" Avnnnfa OArmftnrVi
Viv/ji] JbWCtVlO VAVV|/I.U OMU1V ff M
the roseate hues in which our <
lD6r friend, "John Timon," has
sketching off the attractions of G
wood. They arc both "to therm
the born," and ought to be able
tbe justice to the subject. But gentl
ising like the knights of old, you have
>erty looking at opposite sides -of
. dis- shield. "John Timon," we opin
the been living on ambrosia in sweet
their demic Greenwood.
, '
3atis- ? Where the Attic bird
inge- Thrills her thiok-warbled note*, the B
., in long;
sville but "Cross Bonds" has, we 1
cent, beefo sojourning in dry, dusty,
iding mercial Greenwood, and has be<
irned bibing too much railroad smoke
irue that aocoonts for the sombre ht
the hia fancy. We are glad to hav
who both gentlemen as oorrespondon
1 are ' h k
stean jgf. A proclamation flrtotn the
'ith a quarters, announces the electi
Win. H. {Taggart andL.P. C
b4re; County Commissioners; fof 'Abb
*>? HoW Guffin managed *11^1
do "pot know. A convenient afl
?VOm Calhoun's Mills, we tnmta
i ' tb? work. Any jjnm\>dr yre an
1 av'Jil coming forth? S?J
- WW% &4b'tfo4i,' 'vV*' : * ' :*-* *4
^ TOTi ,tM 5#J d riii'i^iii/W'iif, v'lD^
tm* fci mother coJmsm M*. l
frttfto; 4attkk&tav ?*&<>?*#&
fWbueimw^t H,
from
? I
for thh abbeville press.
Brformation Wanted- H Mr.
Editor:?Mr. John* Tiraop 1
figures in the Press, and who is that '
| Mr. John Timon ? When asked echo
only answers Mr. John Timon. Is he
1 a stranger, man or a woman, after the ,
likeness of man, except beard? The
> citizens don't know Mr. John Timon,
and tn fact aro strangers at home, if
he tells the truth about Greenwood.
If Mr. John Timon -can rebuild and
1 moralize Greenwood so suddenly, and
make people believe it, we would like
0 for him to benefit Ninety-Six, llorn0
town and Cokcsbury instantcr. At
these towus bo could get a big fat
y job, whei-o 60 much is wanted to bo
quickly done.
^ Shattevfleld and White Hall in ruins!
3-1
Phoenix inundated!!
lO |
CJ Information wanted about Mr. John
3) Timon }!!
n Who struck Billy Patterson?
of This question has remained unanid
sworcd for much time through fear,
v- but now tho Government has removed
is, the obstacle, and tho answer comes
m ?A Frcedman struck him." Perhaps
iy a frecdman is Mr. John Timon, and i
is so, wo will tako no issue with bin
at about Greenwood affairs, but bo i
m silent Democrat.
Silence works wonders.
r>' Now, Mr. John Timon, you rc
~ what awaits 3*ou unless the naktM
truth is told in your futuro writing
nhnnt. rjronnwnoil.
felKy
MARBLE PLAYIXO.
a_ Greenwood is a mar bio play in;
town in the most worthy acceptatio
] of the term. To prove that I ami
nS earnest, if any village, with the sum
*Psj number of itlio men, will shoot ma
ire i bles against it for monoy, my pockc
.ve, book will bo staked on the rosul
xt I TUa nra UonnmA HH nrftl
"J i JL iIV> UH? V w ww |^. V.
m-leieut in tho refined art that plumpiii
or- out tho middler from "taw," is rule
3X- out and not counted a game. T1
)00 practice of marbles in that town
unparalleled in any scetion of tho la
Confederate States.
NOTHING .ELSE TO DO.
On approaching that beautiful pla
from the East sido our eyes fell upi
lay a raov^nS m*iss of men going hith
and-thither, apparentl}* mocking t
tje' insane asjlum, but on arrival fou
at them playing marbles.
ier< LADIES OFF TIIE FRONT STREETS.
oon To our astonishment and extrei
jus. mortification wo met t' e lovely a
iant beautiful young ladies of that to'
and wqnding their courso liomewt
nts, through unaccustomed streets.
lllst Something unheard of before?
llie ring oiocKaaea tue wbiks,
On Before the Btore-Iceepers door,
the Wickeduess uoiue men talka.
>08c Now please toll us how tho lad
n8a" can cross over the "round ring" wi
out knocking out tho men. Were
e not for tho short dress now in fashi
3ant serious trouble would arise botw<
ost the ladies and tho gamcsterR. H
' annoyii.g for a lady to push her w
over rings and through garasters
lties 0f the s? ore-keepers doi
r Again, ladies can hear easily, and
en" ungarded word might prove quite
m . somo to her refined feolings Grt
8ant wood once had able men with busii
etry habitg.
BlUS nTie.
x *i - 1 i ji.
rr lie, mvue yuur uubuiuu is muur,
> our Have your garden like your neighbor
... Young ladies, ask the extra alerk*
11 "Will they begin more noble work*,
usic,
led a If things progress, wo will w
f the again. CROSS ROAD'
anks Chief Justice Chase In Rale:
du'y ?A Washington telegram says :
1 the Information has been received 1
such 0f an unpleasant difficulty bet^
Chief Justice Chase, and the bai
Raleigh, North Carolina. The C
piAnrl Justice statos that ho -was sh
tat to "what purported to be a protest dr
other uPj aqd signed by many of the 1
been ing members of the bar. On
reen- opening of the court he addressed
inner mtmbers of the bar present, sta
to do that the court had seen the pro
omen anc* considered it a contempt, and
been the clerk would be ordered to a
the uPon ea?k member of the bar
e, has signed it, a rule to show cause
i, aca- *^67 should not be silenced until
purged themselves of the conte
This causod much confusion an
antaer lawyers, and they left tho c
to confor as to the coarse propei
think ^em. ^ke "Caiondftr was then ea
Co to- an(* 'be lawyers whose names we
>n im- *he Prot SP were not allowed tc
, and P?*1" ^ t^ieir ca80.B?
ies of.
e-yon' Hr, W. H. Rebeftspn, of Was!
ton, and Mr. John Tj?ler, of Virg
propose between them, thftt tho
head- servative men pf the South select
rtn v?f senators and i^nresentativea frot
Juffio, triotio-Btatesmen living intho N"
eville. ?n> States, and thus tljrow oyerb
ji we " the vUUnoas carpot~bagg?r an;
Id^vit fid*?, perfldiooa and treaoberotia e
a? did wag." . They contend that pne '<
p?6s? pri^T r&sidepc? in th? State to.be
>ktrki>l: rdsented Will meet' all 'th? reC
/|f.i mfent? of Vtjfy
' ; S fi&tto*. ' \
The Macon (Ga.) Post Office.
< '
Tho Washington correspondent of
the Now York Herald, writing under 1
Juto of tho 7 th instant, says: ^
Samuel F. Gove and George Ed- j1
wards, members* of Congress elect, f
but kept out in tho cold, from Geor-.]
gia, accompanied by Judge C. B. Cole,
of tho Superior Court of AJacon, in t
that State, mado up another delega- <
tion that waited upon President Grant
to-day.in relation to tho cas% of Tur- t
Hm nnlmxwl <> 11 Tv?r?nnf 1 v nnnnint
ed to succeed Mr. Washington as Post '
Muster of Macon. They went to tho i
President to protest against Turner's
appointment, and Judge Colo acted as 1
spokesman of tho delegation. He
void tho President that he expressed
tho feeling of all the white Itepublicana
of the city of M^con, which, he
said, was tho second in commorcin,
importance in the State of Georgial
when lie declaree that Turner's appointment
was not only distasteful to
. to the people of that place, but that
it would actually have tho effect of
ruining their business. ISfo deecnt
, wlpte Republican would tolerate such
5 a man as Turner in official position in
(' Macon. "If," said Cole, <4it be true
i that you, Mr. President, haxc appointi
ed this man Turner to bo Post Master
?jf Macon a? a rebuke for the outrages
and disorders that havo occurrcvl in thai
^ Slate, you havo selected tho wrong pla<;?
j for punishment. There lias not been any
outrage or disorder in that district, and it
seems extremely unjust that one place
should b<? pnnishod for t'ie f>in9 of another."
Ju'lgeColo went on to explain that
K Turner was such an ofTeiieivo character
iliHt his appointment would l.ave the efl'i-ci
n of diiving all decent whito Repnblicam
e : from Mucon. President Grant hoard tin
r" I Judge lo the close of hi* remarks wirh tin
inmost attention and respect, and then suit1
' tliat since the appointment hud been madt
be had reviewed ibe wboU case, reflociei
upon the charges that had been luadi
:(1 against Turner, duly weighed the reason
IC (hat had been urged by the white llepul
18 licans of Macon agninst Turner's appoint
*-e mont, and had finally come to tho conelu
sion that a thanufc should be made. II
had already informed Post Mastei-Genen
Co Creswell that Turner's appointment ough
r>n to be revoked, and, iu fact, steps had nl
er ro-idy been taken to notify Mr. Turin
he lhal ho neoJ not strive any further lo ob
mi tain bonds, as his set vices would not I
needed as Post Master of Macon. TL
delegation on hearing this were greatly r
joice-J. and after lIih <kinor iho President fi
tne . . . . . ;
Ins consideration and timely notion, left tl
White Iiou?e in the hicbest spirits.' It a
ivn , _ b .
ird ',ears Tumor, after receiving hi# a
pointment, endeavored in* vain to obta
the requisite bonds for the di-charge
Tl . -?r XT _ i_
Ins ouliea ns 1'oai iuasier. wuuuuy
Macon would go security for him, and
was obliged to look elsewhere with no In
tor success. So poor Turner, the aspin
ies gentleman of color, will have to aband
th- his hunt for Federal patronage iu Mac<
it and return again to the avocfltioo ol
on, preacher, which be would have abandon
?en for a postoffice.
OW ^ . ?
ray Crops.
in
3rs* Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken has favi
an ed us with the following clear a
ful- comprehensive summary of the cr
sen- pvospects in Abbeville. The letter
,eas dated Cokesbury, .Tune 7:
While in Abbeville village to-day
interrogated planters from all parts
; Abbevillo relative to the growing c
ton crop, and tho labor, &e., and n
very generally with replies such
rite the following:
1st. The area planted in the Nor
ern half of the district is no grea
than that planted last year.
[<3n* 2d. This area is very materially
duced by hundreds of acres being 1
30re ed out by lato frosts, recent fresh<
cen and in some instances, by being
j* .?^ planted in corn.
3d. In the western and souths
own tern portions more cotton was plant
awn but less must be made in conseque
u" of the effects of lato irosts.
3th. In the southern, southeast
' and eastern, about the same area 1
planted as was in 1868, but the I
t08t> frosts have had their effect there 1
t^at though in less degree than elsewh
ervo as this is the red section of the
trict' and the frosts were most <
^hV nn m>nv Innds
" ll'UWtlVU VU giwj
l^ey 5th. The general impression is,
mP*" bovillo will ruako less cotton thai
l0DS did last year.
IOQrt 6 th. The freed men are wort
f ^or about as well as freedmen can
^e(*> made to work, attempting in a 1<
re 1D way to do in five days what thd
* ployer thinks can scarcely be don
oi V r>f the freedmen stop W
Saturday bp 10 A; M.
blngr 7th,' Our corn crop looks heal
jinia, but 'lis Vety small and backwi
coi)- wheat is fine; oats, fair average; 1
their leyV comparative failure,?Vharh
n pa- '
orthv ' fl ?' *? ??1?
' * ' Tr y -*'l
>oara now. a. u> undq.r?
itljp Greensboro' (Qa.) Herald, of
Kialarr lOtt instant, eays: u We wo yee
day shown a fetter from &??, 4"
1 guiahed statesman, to a; friend
WTv heaJth.i81int^)rftyMi^f irtbftt he
o A: si* upmost Qfc theisd^wdrja#
'< ' tQ;bn?ine?i. ojThla^lrb*
rr- iimrthA Stftt^ia ?o/?iilvinwiUQr^U
, ; - ' i > >
t c?m??g
' * Payment'of Sfoty Taxes.
". ' ? * Tbo
Treasurer in paymont of State
i'axes in addition to bills receivable in
J. S. currencyj gold, and silver coin,
3 authorised to receive the coupons
rom Statq bonds for tho valuo ex>rossed
on tho face of each, via:
1st?Six per cent bonds issued by
he State, under an Act of 18G4, in aid
>f the Blue Ridge Railroad.
2d. Six per cont. bonds issued by I
,ho State under tho Acts of 1853 and
(855 for tho construction of tl\e new
State House, and six per cent, bonds
issued by tlio Stato under tho Acts of
September and December, 18GG, for
funding tho past duo principal end interest
on tho Stato debt.
All coupons that havo accrued on
bonds denoted 1st and 3d, on or be
fore tho 1st July, 1869, nro fundable
under the Acts referred to abovo, of
September and December, 1.866, and
are not receivable for taxes.
Coupons of railroad bonds bearing
tho State endorsement will not be
taken.
Mark Twain's Experience.?
Mark Twain writes as follows from
Vieksburg:
At dinner, ycrterday, I helped
myself to a piece of pumpkin pic.
The gentleman who had been bc
obliging to amuse me at an expense
of $75, observing me cat the pic
roso from the table with a lieav;
i\ i.:? c \\n.T i.?.
HUWtl VII llio YY 1IVJI1 Jl liUI
finished my diuner, and wal&ei
forward to the social hall, he ap
proachcd with a drawn Rowic-knif
and sternly demanded of me wlicr
I was from. I told him after a sligli
! hesitation, that I was born in A1
bemarle County, Va., and that
1 was a nephew of Colonel
5 He then said :
j I
| "If that is the case you may coi
"itinuo to live; but, sir, I thongl
* jyou must be a d?d Yankee iroi
*| the way you ate that punipkiu pi
| and iu that case, I should have r<
0igarded it as a duty to cut yo
jj! throat!"
i I thanked liim very politely f
- the high regard he had tor the pla
m of my birth, and my family co
?!nfiotinns. Tfp. then asked me if
>e took part in the rebellion. I sai
|L' yes. He inquired on which sit
I replied on both ; that I was vi;
Jr | ting a rciativc of mine by the nar
>e | of John M. Botts, at the time t
^ war broke out, and that I remain
P there until the war closed.
of seemed satisfied with my answ
;n aud asked me to introduce him
l,e Gen. Blair.
L.t He told the General that he w
ng the first man he ever voted for tl
on he had fought against; that
>n, South could never haver have b<
: ? conquered if he, Col. Jay Ilawi
ie^ I think he called himself had bi
m command, or it tncy naa
been like him. He had fclost v
heavily by the war. I think
said he had lost an uncle, a nigs
a watch, and thirty dollars in C
rederate money.
op .
18 A Washington dispatch to the 1
j York Times Bays: "New York h
' proprietors and railroad men and <
ers in this city remark that the tr;
0t from the South to the North has I
for the last few weeks larger thai
as" any season since the close of the
hellion. Nearly all these pooplo
of tho tourist, health and pleai
^er seeking class, and Washington
merely a resting place on the roa
f?" the various points of interest in
1 " North. This travel between the
3t8> sections is looked upon as an evid<
pp_ 1
that the Sonth has, in somo mea5
recuperated from tho effects of
war, and that prosperity is again
,e ' tnrning'to her. The number of 1
nC0 ness and land speculators going S
is also on the increase, and sca
srn' real estate agencies here are doii
wa8 profitable business in the salo an<
'ate cbango.of Southern property."
too. |
ore
jia. Tho Health Board of New 1
jU8. city, in conjunction with tho
Commissioners, bavo found out
not more than one ton of a (
t jt many samples of keroseno oil, t<
undor their order, can . bo consid
:ing 8n*? t0 burn. .Such a revelatio
be this should arouse a judicious al
Jose To meet tho general risk whi<
ettl. points out, good legislation is ho
?in' speedily.
ork f? 1
There have been1 many Snr
tby, schools organized in California fo
*rd; purpose of teaching the Chinf
bar- the Christian religion and our
'itQti language, Several of ^,hose have'
stoned, the teaohers assaulted ii
' street# and highways, and 0t>e ;0
Tile 8C'bcw)Ia and churches burned. '
'tlie tho prejudice iigaintf
.fUji1 Chinese is rery vjpletat^on ihef P
slobe. ^ vliaco 'oa Jih-nj I
jtjpr . WW
; ^!iRfl?L33yXs?CfT JllH/'iii
hi?. vKSfrnfe wiM
from Mojufco.'report,4|>e.idwcove
2*
Death of Mra. Coturak.?From lha
Rome Courier we learn tbat Mrs. EIIxrbutb
Francis Sproull, wif?^>f Col. Wade 8.
Coibran, of Rome, died on last Saturday,
aged fifty-eight years- Sbe was born in
Spartanburg District. Soutb Carolina, byt
Iiur resided iu Floyd and Cam counties for
the past twenty-flvo years. Sbo is represented
as having been a model wife, an
Hffticlionnte mother, a true Christian,.and
one wbojjnever turned a deaf (ear to ^tlie
wants of the poor,, or refused akiqd word
to the erring,
B?- "Wo had tho pleasure during"
the past week of meeting- in our
offico' Mr. F. A. DeFontaine, tho
Agent of that popular magazine, tho
XIX Century. Call at Parker Sc'
Thomson's, the agents, and got a copy,
A case roccntly came before thepension
offico where the applicant had',
served in tho Confodorate aud aubse-.
qucptly oulistod in tho. Union, army,
in which ho was Wounded. The com-,
missionor decides that by h.avipg been
1 in tho rebel servico the applicant, although
woundod in the Union army,,
is not entitled to benefit under exiBt
iug pension laws.
A Uealtiit Digestion,-?Life it rendered
miserable when the digestive organs are im?
^ paired. Food becomes repulsive; the body
emaciated ; tho mind depressed, and melon
choly broods over you. Tutt's Vegetubl?
Liver Pills fs the remedy for these ?vile; they
produce sound digestion ; create a good ?pp*?
2 lite, iinpait refreshing sleep and cheerfulness of
miud.
> This valuable preparation.for.8als by Parker
it <it Thomson and W. T. Penney.
' June 4. 1869?0-2t. /
^ MAHRIAGES.
e MARRIED, Juno 1G, 18C9-, by Rev4
o J. F. (Jibcrt, Mr. W. N. RANSOM
lt to Miss {JARAII L. STEPHENSON,
_ daughter lof Mr. Harmon Stephongon,
j all of AbbevilLo County, S. C..
K&3L, To the "happy couple, wo>
are indebted for a "slice" of the*
x nice cake, for which they will
lt! please acccpt our tbauks and best,
m
e' CONSIGNEES.
.
r The following named persons have
freight in the Depot at A fcbcvillo :
or A Z Bowman, Thos Young, Trowce
bridge & Co, Jay & Bradley, J L Lean_
ley, C Cox, McDonald, Norwood &
j Co, DuP-re & \Y, J E Bradley, W V
j CLinVseales, H T Tustin, H S Kerr, P
' M Mitchell, A L McCaslan, G A Yise'
anska, T C Haskell.
5i~ EXPRESS?J B Ilubbard, It A Menc
Caslin, W D Mars, E C Steel, G P
]ie Steifer, E 11 Miles, Miss M Graves, J.
J Cunningham, E L Patton, L G Bel
uu lot.
Lie D. E. SONDLEY,
cr, ' Agent.
to 1 11 ? 1 t
Markets.
>T?is ,
Uat New York, June 16.?Cotton firm,
the with sales of 4,800 bales, at 31 J.
jeu Charleston, Juno 16.?Cotton firm:er,
cr with 6ales of 250 bales?middlings
Ben > receipts, 140. ,
all Liverpool, Jane 16?Evening.?
ery Cotton active?uplands, 2IJ@I2;
]1C sales, 20,000 bales.
0 MILL NOTICE.
WE arc now prepared to grind
wheat and corn at our miM.
<?w Patron ago respectfully solicited. :
0101 Wilson & Hutchinson.
oth- june 8 18G9, 8 tf.
avel * ?; :?
>eon Teeth Extracted Without Pain.
1 at T AM nom prepared to administer K>
re- trous Oxide Gas, a safe anaesthetic, :
arc and remove teelb witbovt pain to tbe pa- ,
9tire l'ent? _.
is Wm. C. Wardlaw. D, D. S.
d to June 8 1809,8 tf , I ,
the NOTICE. " f
two , ; * .
jnce T WILL be absent from my office next
jure -JL weeki a^ter Monday 21st. I will be
, at Greenwood Tuesday and Wednesday
for the practice of my profession.
busi Wm. C. Wardlaw, P, D. S.
June 8 1809, 8?It
ouin , u.
r. WANTED !
1 ox- > r
WIJEAT, for wln'oh thji highest ?nar- ,
ket price paid iu CASH. OR BARTOR.
.
fork TROWBRIDGE & CO./ >
Fire June. 18, 1809, 8^lf '- ' ,J
5r?t DEPUTY :
38ted , " 1
rS COLLECTOE'S NOTICE.
arm. t i
jh. it " ' ' "I ">* >" 0,1 vtyi1*
edod nvmn>v flfli.TEfl'WHl'ft
V,' ^ * ,
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idfty-li 1 - ttvrhM'ili'Wil
rthtt Abbeville/0. Hi,
trUdn '*" ' ' V> V J."'-;*:f\ ' *5 ' t'SftUtiH '-iil
,me". \ -torn*.
own . ... .*7^J
' ' > ^.f Ik n'iiCy 'o
fist MiNflti
i'ihe "'' ' - .
atelflfo IS he*el^; -^iW to* tttl
:" that bn'tte a?ii-llii>,
' o:ly jrel8f ic(mtaitiiri^^fijtffflfffi'ir
flees moW 6* ^ 'of fco&N-WHISJUBY'1
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