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"I Ths Press and Banner.; Wednesday, Nov. 8,1876. {' Minting the Votes. CoNCeM is expressed in sonic quarters uuout the method \?f counting the votes for ^'resident ami Vice-l'resident, upon the idea Hint the election will tv vloso and may be attended \vi<4t jK???iWo dttivper. Tliis anxiety is imsplacvik U'.vso tears may be Ui*ttrvinsed, 1-n 1-hr1 U'.sL place, Mr. Til\jen'* majority 'of Slates in the eiectorial eoWejrtva^l of the uomilar vote. too >u,-gC U6 to'furnish no pretext foHSi^mte. liij,iat.C( the Constitution pnivnles t, 1(J onjy existiiir mode by _ y c election shall be formally VtV*' ' J f"'* after all, it is nothing ihan a verification of a result alwr.Uy determined. That clause in the C oustituiiou is explicit enough, when not broken into fragments. Tt enys, Article 11., Section 1: '"The electors shall meet in their respective Slates, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one nt least shall not lie ?n inhabitant of the #ame .State with themselves. And they shall make a list of all the persons votvil for, and of the number of votes to. <*ch; which list they shall hign v.'rtily, and transmit sealed ii. <i.. of the Government of the t tes, directed t?> the I'resi Senate. The President of vK?1l I,, dm nrr>upiij>>> (it' 1 in- , > . and House of Representatives. >; -.i nil the certificates, and the Yuic> sn.J>''then be counted." The i'C of March 1, 175)2, was passed to Wtrff :his clause into effect. It provides how the electors shall be chosen, wheu they shall meet, and to w lioni th'OM^ccititicates shall be sent. A1m>, that Congress shall be in session on tti<> second Wednesday in February ' jftjfthe purpose of counting and dt-clatlug the vote." The practice has iieeti for the two Houses to meet in Wfnt session on that day, and for the l&nate to appoint one teller and the ;Kouse too, t(> record the votes as read Vrom the certificates of the electors, <\vhicll had Uwu previously "uirecieu to the President of the Senate." On the tilt) of February, ISOi, the Republican Congress adopted a joint rule which placed it in the power of either House to raise objection to the counting of any vote, and declared "no vote objected to shall he counted except by the concurrent votes of the two Houses." It is easy to see that with a Republican majority in the Senate and a Democratic niojority in the House, very serious difficulties might arise in high party times like tiie present. This joint rule is now dead, as the Hoiwu at the last session refused to readopt it, and with very good reason. So the count will take place under the constitutional provision above cited, unless the two Houses should come to an agreement as to another mode, which is hardly probable. While no trouble is to be appreheuded, the desperate Republican leaders who have -control of the Senate will stop at no means within reach to retain power. lSloody Threats. Now that the election of Mr. Tildcn is assured beyond any reasonable doubt, the Republican managers, who cannot bear to loosen their grip on the Treasury, or to have exposed their still concealed rascalities and robberies, begin to threaten resistance to his inauguration. They employ the iunguage and breathe the fanatical and foolish spirit of the most violent class of the secessionists of 1801 in regard to Mr. Lincoln. Blaine, in his speech at Buffalo, told tlie people that if New York voted for Tilden he would be certainly elected, and then asked : ''Will you allow him to be inaugurated in that event?" A prominent speaker, who had thor..n.riiiv imiiivMsscd his state, recently -? > went to Washington and admitted that Tihlen would carry it largely. J$ it, said lie, "before lie .shall be inaugurated the streets of this oapotal will run vvi'li blood." The .St. Louis Globe does uot mi net matters, in giving utterance to the purpose of tho?e for whom it speaks, v hen ii says: "No 11nil elected by the prooess resorted by the Democrats of South Carolina will cv<r Lc allowed to laki inn fttui oh President of the Lititen Stuf>s. This is our deliberate judgment." We advise these persons to keep cool and not to let thdir angry passion* ri->e. It will be hard to resist the inevitable result which is now foreshadowed Samuel J. Tilden will be eletted President, and the four millions ol voters, North and South, Kast and West, to whose suffrages he w ill be indebted for the office, will see to it that lie is inaugurated on the5th of Marcli, 1877. The officeholders, the Rings, the jobbers, the thieves, the carpet-baggers, and the rogues, who have had lull swing for more than fifteen years, and liavo run this Government like a olo.se corporation for their own profit, leaving to the people the privilege ot l>avine whatever taxes they imjKJsed, will die hard, of course. But they hud better not try a rebellion to retain jkjssession, or threaten to break things because they are to be turned out. Some of the usages of Mexico cannot safely be tried in 'he United State*. We are a law-abiding people, and our habits is to submit to the decision of the ballot box, even when it is notoriously slutted, a* has been the llej>ublicaii practice for rnauy years in .Philadelphia and all over the South under carpet-bag rule. Nobody fears thut Blaine would lead any resistance that he might incite. He'is no more dangerous now to the reformers than he wart to the rebels during the war, when he hirrd a substitute who was finally brought un in jail, while Blaine himself expended his patriotism in the lobby, and jobbery illustrated his sense of publicduty. When Calhoun threatened nullification and violent opposition to the execution of the laws, Gen. Jackson did not hesitate to say he would hang him as high as Hainan if an attempt wus made to put these menaces into execution. Blaine will take good care never to get his neck in the halter if he can avoid it. But some of his deluded followers may get into an ugly scrape by this sort of vaporing, which is intended to intimidate the weak mid ignorant, ji tney are wise ai all they will accept the admonition to keep cool, and be prepared to se? our Uncle Samuel inaugurated like all his predecessors in the Presidential ofllce. ?At w York Hun. Life in the lil nek Hill*:. A telagnun from Deadwood, September 11', say9: Deadwood City is located in a ravine, about six mi leu long, and not wide enough to allow of more than onestreet. Great- towering hills, covered with thick, heavy timber and immense iioulders rise on each side. White wood and Deadwood creeks here uni:e and form a stream which llowq on to the Big CUeyennp. I was not 8iirp,*i.-" ?' or disappointed to find the hon.e- it mere shanties, or at the best. . .. .o log cabins with canvass cei'i'v Only a minority of the intiainta:.'i shave; fewer still wash; Jong ha:r teaching to the shoulders ; a face w?* masked with a beard, the exposed j .its coaled with dirt; a dirty lhtnnet >uirtof uncertain color, possfl-:va i rof soldier trow.se is held to the hi]: l>y the pistol belt, and tucked iia<? u ;-iiir "/ long-legged, hard-leathtr Ihhu.- ;.i)d some jmrt of a hat makes up lheuwrage inhabitant. Thehat.it is tx> be presumed, fails off occasionally, ami stx'ii accidental removal is what 1 he citizen of the liiliii understands hs undressing. Ti?e chief attraction of the city isj gambling. Faro is the prhn-ipnl game I although you can hazard your dust on 1 rondo, vingtutn, rougo <?t noir, cassi- j no, Otiiloruia Jaek, euehre, roulette, keno.or the stray trick. The play is* invariably fur duct. Do jvki taftvyou toss your little .buckskin bag to the dealer who produce** a delicate pair of scales, and after weighing out sLhe tslake throws liiat-k the rest.. Twenty dollars per ounoe w 4he uniform value; allowed for dust. Anotlxer feature o! j U?e play is I be preneuee of female <k*alers. i saw wveral t*i like -eitjy, ami ! iheir expert manner of hamlltag the j Aiud?> i-ouid not be surpass* d. - The Synod of South Carolina. AVifor J'rcxH and Jlannrr : I The Synod of South Carolina licit]: i its annual session nl Camden, S. C.! j The opening sermon whs preached on ; Wednesday evening, October ,2T>th, I?v j j Rev. K. H. Jiuist, of Cheraw, from | Psalm 72: 17 first clause. At the organization there were p resent twenty-eight ministers, and twen-j ! ty ruling* elders; subsequently six j I ministers and two ntliugeldersappear-| I "il. making fifty-four in all?not hallj ; the members being present. Rev. J.i j Douglass Harrison was elected nioder-, ator, and Itev. Jas. S. White assistant J ! Clerk. There was a general disposi-1 jtion to postpone all important matters! I until the next meeting. The question j of reajusting Preshyterial botlliduryj lines was so disposed of. The society j j for the relief of superannuated minisIters, &c , reported, and the same officers were reappointed: T. C. Perrin,! ) President; J. M. Itaxter, Vice, Presi-j ldent; R. II. Ward law, Secretary; [Thomas Thomson, Treasurer. The stated Clerk was directed to prepare, by the next meeting, a revised roll of Elders and Deacons. Fifteen hundred dollars was assumed by the synod as ? !*? /?*i t ovnolitiK nf JK'l MtillU Wi 1 liv tUUVllb V?^V?r>vw ilie Theological Seminary at Columbia for the year 1870-77. This amount was apportioned among the Presbyteries as follows: South Carolina Presbytery ; Bethel, $AK); Harmony, $175; Charleston, $150. The institute for the education of colored ministers, situated at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and under the care of our church, was commended to the care and support of our people. Place of next meeting, Columbia, S. C. X. TWO CiEKMANS ML'HDEKED. The Most Horrible Crime Ever Kuowu iu Aikeu. Discovery of the Schutzcii Uniform and Valuables of oue of the Victim* Horror and Indignation of the Community-* The ."Murderers Discovered--First Fruits ol' llndicul Teachings. [Hjirrial Ih*patc/i to 7'hc Sewn <ind Courier.'] AlKKN, S. C., November 8.?The community were terribly excited and shocked at*1110 news of a triple crime committed about live miles from town ImsI ni?rht. Two valuable German cit izens were murdered, all their money, valuables and property were stolen, and lUt'ir hou.se, wit.li their bodies in it, was burned down. The murdered men were well-to-do Germans who came here about seven years ago for their health. They purchased property, built up a mill, and made valuable improvements. The elder, Rudolph Hausmanu, w?s about .sixty years of age, and the younger. Fritz l'orthmann, al>uut twenty-live, l'orthmann ran the mill and acted as general agent for Hanstnanu. Both lived together and alone in a one story house. ! The nearest person to them was a white mau employed at their milt, who lived thre? hundred yards off. i When he started to work this morning he found the house burnt to the ground 'and the charred bodiesof thetwo men ! lying near the door with an axe by ; their heads. Both ineu'were well sup: plied with lirearms, and it is supposed 'that a stealthy entrance was made j near daylight through the window, and the men killed with the ax*1, as i no shot was heard, and their white employee, who was up until two this morning, neither heard nor saw anything to alarm him. In the house of different negroes on the outskirts of the town the property of the murdered me/i was found, i including the Schitlzen uniform or the younger, and his pistol, shotgun, clothing, valuables, <t*o. Several pieces of furniture belonging to theAiKen Uaptist Church, lately burned, I was also found, proving, beyond doubt | that it was an act of negro incendia; risni. Some of the clothing was iden| titled as that of Mrs. Parkinson, whose ! house was plundered a week ago. In I each house from one to three govern! inent l ilies were found secreted, i Adam Johnson, in whose house i most of the property was found, is an jescaped convict. There is, doubtless, Jan organized band, of which he is believed to be the leader Warrants were issued for his arrest and that of . his supposed accomplices. This is the i most heinous crime ever committed ; 1 here, and one of thoseries that isjusti j ly attributable to the incendiary teacli lings of such characters as Dr. F. A. 1 ' D.wlS.inl ,.,llwli J I'll Ullt'l", Ul U IIIU9U1 y <b lkUU4VUt I, date for the Legislature. 1*. ' An Appeal to the Democracy of Abbeville. i On Wednesday, the 18th instant, l? the day of the Hampton meeting at . Edgefield C. II., Mr. John (Jiliuer, u native of Abbeville, but for the last three years a citizen of Edgefield, was returning from the meeting to his home in company with some neighbors. When a few miles out of town two men riding in front were lired upon and one wounded by a negro in ambush. A few minutes later, Mr. Ciilmeraod two others riding up were tired upon and the above named instantly killed. He was a very peaceable and inolteusive citizen, a member of a Democratic club and wholly unarmed. He has left a widow, (for many years the subject of affliction,) and three children?the two elder daughters and all too young to do much towards making a living. They are left without means. Their friends can do little for them, it is believed that Kdgelield will do something for this bereaved and destitute will not the clubs of Abbeville raise a pursf. for that same worthy object? Let it be ours to relieve the widow and the orphan while a righteous CJod avenges the innocent blood of the murdered (Jilmer, who fell, as is believed, by one of Governor Chamberlain's armed militia. The remain* of the deceased, accompanied by a number of the citizens (tf Edgefield, were this day brought to Cedar Spring, where the I funeral took place and the body was deposited in the tomb amid lite tears and anguish of sympathizing friends. U. T. SLOAN, j Cedar Springs, October ilOih, 1870 Thf: 1>jo Show.?As the time apI proaches for the coiuingof old John, jgiefit anxiety is evinced among his patrons to hear llie oplnioh expressed by our exchanges. From among a j host of laudatory notices we clip the following from the Home JjuUjj At? <> , i at which place the Big bhow gave its exhibition recently: "We were fortunate enough to be numbered among the four thousand! under the large tents of Rubii^on's I circus, menagerie ami aquarium yes- j tenlay. Howe did well in this city ! but Itobinson did better. 10very avail-; table space was occupied by anxious, | con tiding spectators, nor was their jconlideiicc wasted on the desert air. j I Everything was so glowingly portray-j |ed 011 the boards in the city really existed under the immense tents, j Beasts, birds, reptiles and members of! [the tinny tribe from all countries,: were presented to view. The ring! ; performance was equally as good as the menagery. Vaulters ami riders, j idancers, ai:d singers, and above all' j Lowly the clown, were all there. The ; ! letnale gymnast, ami the child ccjues! trian, were especially good and caused 1 ! much applause. It is needle.-* for us | to advise our friends not to fail to see , Old John's show, lor everybody well ! knows that he is to be relied on. In! [conclusion we mast state that the pet-! j formance was chaste and orderly in ev-; jery particular." j Pretty.?In answer to a call from itheladies of Columbia for eontribu-i I k: :.. ?i.? i* j : i\ .. . 1 UOIIS 111 lilt" WHY ill UeCOrullOUS ICi|" UIC 1 j Hampton festival to be given in Co-! lumbia neat Saturday, the ladies of' Due West have prepared a beautiful! shield tt jiich is to be senr down to-day j ?Thursday. 11 is about four ieet long i and three leet wide?is made of bluej silk, with a beautiful wreath of white j flowers .around the border, with a pal-j, inetto tree atul our Stale motto on one!) >iile, and "(Jod save our country.!' llamptoji and J)ue West"?on tliej otlvex side. i t is an elegaut pieeo of j j work, and does credit to ihe ta?te ofi, our good ladies.?-1. Ji. J'/xifbyttriciH, j' Nov * j j Sow ontsand barley. I. ?MW?gi 3? mmtaom " n ??? ?nn ? Hints (or the month. It is useless to tell the fanner Hint, in the Human calendar, November is the ninth mouth of the yeur, and heuee the name, for he would he sure to inquire, then why should we not change the name and eall it according to our own division of time? This may perhaps some day he done, but it jutlices lor the present that the name be Latinized, and not Americanized, and so we will call it November, ami advise our leaders that it is to them as important a time as any other mouth in lilt- year. In many parts of the South it is really the harvest mouth. Corn, potatoes, peas, and cotton are chiefly liar vested during November iu many sections, and where most of these crops are harvested earlier, the great staple iof" the South, during this entire month, uhitens our broad acres, ami should now be gathered as rapidly as possible. Doubtless, every farmer will lend his entire energies to this end, and hence we will give no further advice upon this point. The Fall hits thus far been dry, too dry to sow small grain upon well propared ground. The excitement of a national campaign has prevented the possibility of diversifying our labor us we would otherwise have done. The election will soon, however, be over, and let the result be as it will, we urge our readers to Met to work immediately thereafter, and sow yrain, and continue t" sow mini t li l ist nuts. it. d <;?.- wiil succeed admiral)!,*. SuWII ill!\ i:iM I Ills ll.l-lll II. .?. ! ief, -<ii ?v.-:i i-M-paie<i. I idled red land > I i ill >ve e'j.ialn ? Imuuerative. ii\v w.ii <iisapp<iiii n?one as a soiling erop, if the land be made rich enough. tint do not believe that because rye wnl grow au;? how*'as hii:li as the tence," that therefore a high fence around u thin piece of land will secure you a good crop of rye. Fertilize \vell, and sow one bushel to the acre, and all the Spring, before any other green food is ready, you may cut daily heavy and nutri'iious feeding from asinall patch of irye. It will give a greater quantity | from the same land than barley, but. a> a food for stock is notso nutritious. lint what shall we say for wheat? I In our last number we gave our reasons for determining never, if possible, to buy another barrel of Hour, and this being the course laid out on our farm, we advise every farmer that has an acre of red land on his farm to come to the same conclusion. Manure well with cotton seed broadcast, say forty bushels to the acre, and turn over witli one-uorse iwisiers n uie laud lias been in cultivation the past season ; next sow the wheat, previously soaked twelve hours in a strong t>olution of lluestoue (one pound to every live bushels of wheat,) at the rate of one bushel of the soaked wheat to the acre, and plow in with scooters, and brush the lund us soon as the wheat is plowed in. If the land is in grass or stubble, turn under with a two-horse plough, scatter the cotton Seed, sow the wiieat, and cover with a draj; drawn the same way the furrows were run. This in i either ease will leave the land liti order for the reaper. The result Will depend upon too many I contingencies to anticipate the net cost of the crop. Jint cost as it -may, if the farmer gets back any tiling m all above the cost of his cotton seed and bushel of wheat per acre, it is simply that much pay for his labor, and one bushel may possibly pay him fairly for that; three bushels will pay well, and live bushels will bo an extra crop. The cotton seed, wheat seed, and rent of land, we estimate at live hu.-hels. Ten bushels then will be the crop that yieds five bushels net, to be given in exchange for the labor ol preparation, sowing, and harvesting. Sow wheat, and eat your home-made Hour, if though it be not quite equal to the best St. Louis. if the potato crop has been gathered, bank them carefully, as has been I done all over the South for half a century, twenty-live bushels in a bank, leave an air hole in the top of each bank, and cover the banks with a I plank shed. We once saved a beautiful crop of potatoes in a cellar by simply sprinkling them with cotton seed. We ate potatoes till May following. The next Fall we tried tin I same experiment, and the crop rolled before C'ristmas. We dug a large crop once in November, during a drizzling cold spell, the !entire crop was put in the cellar, and isprinkled with dry sand. We ale potatoes till the next Summer. The ! next Fall we dug a crop in clear, beauUitul weather, and housed in the sami I way, and lost the most of them, i Last Winter we put a crop in the eel! lar and did not even cover them. I Thev were sound till we ate the lasl | onelu May. We have much to learn ! upon the subject of digging ami hous| ing potatoes, and would be glad to get I the experience of our readers upon this subject. I The Winter is about begun, and il <an old saying?that a heavy crab grass !crop forebodes a severe Winter?he } true, \vc may look out for freezes bej fore another Summer's sun oppresses, j Then if the Winter is to be cold, are ! you prepared to meet it? And if you I are, will your stock be able to answer as you do? Have you an "abundance of forage? Have you a line turnip ! patch for your cows and sheep? Have iyou good shelters for every animal on {your farm. Or do intend this Winter, as you did last, to allow your cows to turn their rumps to the wintry blasts, I .. i ?I.I,. ^ JIIIU UIIK1C UVVJJ ill llluu illivx IIJUII1IIV, j to stand shivering in the coupons, where you have turned them ait nightfall, without raising the question, is il profitable, is it humane, to treat dumb brutes thus? The cruelty imposed upon dumb brutes by Southern farmers is unaccountable. It is an expensive system, j beside being cruel, and we cannot understand why they do not see it (o be their own interests to tifiord better I protection through the entiie Winter I lor every head of stock they own. The time was when we would have counselled care of the hands on the farm, by providing them with comfortable quarters, good clothing, heavy shoes, and a plenty to eat, but (cmj)oru mutantur. Many a barefoot and empty stomach will be the precursor of fatal sickness this Winter, and jrould the colored population of the South but know their own destitution jit would be the cause of direful lam'cntion amongst them. Jkit as they are Ishmaelites, indeed, they have only to grin and bear it, whilst all other people stand aloof and say, "it's none of our funeral." Look after the wood pile, and have a supply of woodcut up and housed at least for your wife's bed room, if you want to have quiet in the family. Don't postpone this work for a cold or a rainy day. A good warm room, or a good rheerful tire, are eillu-r wonderful promoters of domestic happiness. II you iioirt tieiieve a, asa your win*. ?liuruL Carolinian. Inhuman*-Puss Them Aruuiul. On the .'lolli till, a most inhuman * in tragi* was ptirpet rated in this c* > u 11 i.v, some twenty miles from this place and near the (j rectivilie line. Mrs. .Mary Uraddock?a' widow lady and about To years old, and Miss Martha Stoddard?about (id years old, live by Iliemselves on their little farm. On the evening of the day mentioned. Miss Stoddard was returning from the spring when she was inhumanly beaten and left for dead. Mrs. Braddock, who was an invalid and going on crutches, was beaten in the same man-j i?er at the house and left for dead.'l She received three blows on the head! from an axe. Money was the object of this inhu-j man outrage. The perpetrators got: about GO dollars in currency and some silver. In the currency was owe jij'ty j ilolhit' bill. Hopes are entertained j that both the injured parties will recover. One of them?Mis* Stoddard; ?basso far rallied that she is able totalk. She says the deed was done by une Bob Simmons, a colored man and labored on their little farm. Oallardj iiiiollier cohthj man <m mc muu is i suspected of being an accomplice. The whole country Is on the search j [or Bob Simmons who has tied. ?Siiu-i moiiH is about -0 years old, weighs j ihout 140 pounds-?5 feet,8 inches high ; ?black?heavy-built,. anil lias a scar' >n one side of his head.?LaurcnsviUc [ Ikrald. I ! ?" ~ ; i i S? ; c r. I < < '0 ' I j_: 1 ] it | Wiule Hampton. |?"t; titi | J>. II Cliambisrlaio.: 71 I cl | W. 1). Simpson. jr?-j ' 3:^ j It. H. Cleave*. j< *| -=---==j?yj It. M. Sims. \?%\ j .?=_!_ S.*-<, 'Zp j Henry E. Hay lie. I* x.j ? j Johnson Hugood, js?! SfjJr j Tlios. C. Dunn. | j ? I S. L. Leapheart. i c - I I g ?; ?? | Francis L. Cardoza,j^Cj ! ? ? j James Conner. j 2 5j f; ' Hohi'rl H. I^lliut i. :! !i: . j w? ... : i tr ! ^ I i ! \V v: . n ' I Jalilf.- Krlti!.-?iy. i - g ' iJuj _ _ - ---. I | D. Wyntt A ikon. , ? ? | Sufe ! L. Cass Car].outer, j f M ?bl |T"=: tmmi fcs J. S. Colli ran. | -zx'. & 2i?-- ^ 5u w ! Absolera A-BlyMie.j 2 ' ^ jgjyl. ~ fcj S "X | John C, Maxwell. 1 2 >J l' ~ I ^? ?5 | t. Ji. lojuen, ; f-. i ? I W. K. Bradley. ! j soj. | cr1 111. R. Hftnophill. j o ! i= KTc^Tor. I| ? g ? fcjwm. Hood. , c | ^ ?T. L. Moore. I tt 3 ? g " *. i ~ h u g& hv.M. Pope. g ^ ! % ^ ?? I II. A. Widetufiu. | 5. ~ 1 ~ p S:? | Isaac H. White. | | go g? B. F. Porter. I p5 ! ! )~j || |_\Y. II. Heard. |_j p u? I 15r iro I J. Y. Jones. I 2 P* ifiw. a coffin. jfL P i | ^ 5 -J_M. a Zoiglor. j c ? w !*r ! 1*^1 ^ t\S I L. L. a tiffin. I I ? |Ig g j SjgXJ. Fuller Lyon. j S.c : g Sir. 15. Minford. j "I" ! ! Q^; ; ?SJLJohn A. Wier. j 5 2.| ?rt I t. M. Christian. ! 4- | I ^ _ i' o-l-S. NV. Cochran. 3 ?' j inliH. H. H. FuHoj^ iij i - - J Robert .Tones. ! x I ' ri : ijl M. Mnltison. | ^ ; ? i I - I jzH-'-R- A. SIcCaslan. I ? j 1 & M-- W- H. Taggnrt. j 5. j Oi | J' I Lewis ('lay, r ? c , t; A- I I ^ I ?2J A.Ji. Griffin. _ |' ? ~J_Donioera(te. j JE | W 1 : ** ^ i ! Republican. I il A Prayer For Our Country. BE MBRCIVUL, O OOP. [ Our Southern sky has lost its nzttrejiue, i Ami threat'nlng clouds obscure our South' I crn sun, j Bright stars which o'er the world a lustre l threw, ! Are passing from our heavens, one by one ; ' .So from the depths profound to thee we cry, | Look now upon us with a pitying eye, Be merciful, O God. A dark,rough path awaits our weary feet, i And rarely do we hear a kind God-wpeed! I A host pursues with horse and chariot licet, j To Thee alone we look In this our need. Thine is the hand, and thine the power toMtve, ! Open a pathway through the tlery wave, lie merciful, O God! Wc ask not that thy vengeance overtake, | Those who despoil us with such ruthlessn ess ! J)o as tliotl wilt with them, btttO forsnke I Us not, though we deserve not that Thou I bless; | Guide Thou our country when her day is bright, j And be her rear-guard through the gloomy I night, lie Merciful, 0 God ! I>n 0AXi.tr.ii rw)n.l ,Yiu.nt I.nmo* I And hi* through whom alone wc humbly I plead; j IIo too know persecution, urief ami shame, 1 lie too died, that th?; fetter'd nii^ht be treed, ' Ilefore 't'hy throne ami Ills, w?* lay our wrong i Ami with lite bioud of lov'd ones cry, "How Ions!" lie merciful, (> God! j Duo West, if. A. Ii. Do Tin; figures, "77" stand after 1} our name on the paper? If not see I U) it ut once. Don't let the Post Mas| ter know tliat you are behind with ! the printer. if ^ I Of It neighbors of the llcyMcr negi leeted our request to send us ltie clec! lion despatches. i The devil will surely get the man who ! refuses to pay lor his paper. Remember j this. # | MASONIC DIRECTORY. Cliiiioii Lodge No. 3. A. F. M. W. il. PARK Kit, W.\ :d/. J, (J. WUSMAN.SKV, .Secretary. Meets 2?l Monday in every nionlb. : Hesperian Ciiaptcr No. 17. R. A.M :J. F. C. l)t:PltK. M.\ K.-. II.-. IV. J. I). (.'ilALMKKS, Recorder. Meets 3d Friday niyhL in every ! motiiii. BeSaassnre CoEDCii No. 18. R. & S. ffi !J. F. C. DuPJiK, T.\ 111.*. M.-. J M. (JAMiiKELL, Recorder. KTotice. ANY one having Lund Warrants that they wish in lutve located in Florida, would do well to come and see me at onee. I will start down there for that purpose about, the :iotli instant, and have facilities for select-1 in>r good land that few possess, and1 will do !t on as reasonable terms as I any one. JOHN" C. KPHER. Lowndeaville, Abbeville Co., .S. ('. Oct. 14th, 1876-iit FURS. IT^OIi I^adios and Misses in sctls or sinfjlr. Alsu extra *ize capes for ladies cheaper than ever offered at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. Oct. 1<>, 1*70. A Popular History. ? History of the United States from 'he Ahorlgln- J nl Times to the Present Day. liy John Clark Kill path, A. M., Professor of 'Hlftojy I and Heiics^Letire*, Indiana Asbury University. Royal octavo, illustrated with Maps, Charts, Portraits and lilagramK. Sold only by subscription. Price, Sa.HO. I Jones Brothers it Co., Cincinnati, .Memphis I aud Atlanta. r Iu its clear and racy stj'le, in it3sum-| | niary of all the tuftsin convenient space, | in the neat aud attractive binding and | j makeup of the volume aud the mapaand j I . . . 1 .1 H,?J cnarts which am wic cAini^aiiun text, in short iu nil respects which make j u good book, this work must tuke the highest rank. What we particularly admire la the able manner iu which the writer closes tile history of the several men and coloui?s with short and "meaty" para graphs, iu analysis of character aud motives. As an iustauce, how much more clearly aud forcibly, is the condition of the colonies at the beginning of the Revolution, set forth iu this brief extract, thau in the ordiuary lengthy dissertations on the subject: "Such were the American colonics?such the people whose budding nationality wis now to be exposed to the blasts of war. These people, whose ancestors hud been driven Into exile by the exactions or European governments und the bigotry ofeeolesiutical power, bad become iherUb'ful proprietors of the New World. They li iti fi.t.iy won it from s;iv!ix<- man mid *av i-;.' I II . v !i'! ; l j* :i , i h.'.i ; I I . . . .\ i:.t>y t r : : i ' : -III. v. ;. o u. \ . . \t > !. ; 4 . \. I til III. Ii i i|t? ill Ht I'M. . v - ? .. .. . i v:..,,. i..: | iii'i .' *,> ; ' ri'sl, ;rol-i r i ol ii|t: tin . jtiiiilioiis hi tin- (. rettchl stud I lie hopes of I fillui"', oraiik i:i (lie spirit of !?ii)Cirt\ iiiilii ilieir ^oii.8 were pt*rv:tdeci witii licr ctiltiiiu.ijs.si'iioi.',?won ii iw ready when Uie iron ht*moi opprL.oion was .set upon iheir cherished riifli:-. to draw the vindictive i>w?ml even ntulnwt, I!. veiuralile monarchy ??f Khglitud."' Tuu heroic explorers, the '?r-i\'? . iiiU'itk'rs hi Aiiionou'.i t.'oiu.uutt ve.uit he warriors and slatesoien of me luliod, ilit iul. ptiou of our coi.sli n i' iand the srrowtn ofa mUiUy nation u*? ?l?r it. 8Uivi> r.iii'se are Iwmtiiv the pen of ueo.in SVhili* ?-? *.v"<>is!io??/-i jtinpii* fiH ar-h ? *? ! t of sHiirnnei't wti >-h - 'v . >' ? the w iinit*uo'J' !: < r!t-' it i i o fhe pJ'iios.?pi'?;?M .!' :ti ienl ihrt?t|,tfh-?;i! itll I ' Willi an ardour patriotism. The progress we have made towards "a more perfect union" is tindy shown in the author's closing comments, from ^l*a A\l Iaii/i tup W11 it'll wc cAuaui vi ic iwuwH lu^ "The Idea that flic United State*nre on- .Vn/lon and not thirty-eight nations, is the grand cardinal doctrine of a sound political ftltli. Slate pride and sectional attachment are natural passions in the human breast and are so near akin to patriotism as to be distinguished from itonlyln the court of higher reason. Rut there is a nobler love of country-a patriotism that rises aboveall places and sections, that knows no County,no state, 110 North, noSouth. hutonIv native laud ; that claims no mountainslopc; that clings to no river bank ; that worships no raiig6 of hills, but lifts the aspiring eye to a continent redeemed from barbarism by common sacrifices and made sacred by thesheddlng of kindred blood, such a patriotism is the cable and sheet-anchor of our hope." These passages illustrate the spirit and finish of the work better thiiu we could by our brief couunnut. The work is adorned with portrait# of all the principal men in our history, topographical diagrams showing the vicinity of all impoitunt battles, nmps illustrating the condition of the country from time to time, and chronological charts which show at a glance the conned ion of contemporary men aud events It is elegantly printed on line calendered miner and handsomely and substantially bound. Tlie publishers lmve, iu the make up of the book, illustrated the I perfection to which the art of book making has attained. Altogether an exceedingly aide and valuable work, it should lie rend and studied by ever\ citizen who would he informed of the history aud greatness of hiscouniry and his dutv towards it. , - " TiiLul c 11 I:o] uf.. I At a meeting of Eureka Lodge No. ! 4i, A.-. F.*. M.\ October .ith, IS7U. the lollowing resolutions were unanimously adopted : Wiikkkas it has pleased the Supreme [ Architect of the Universe in His wis Idoin to call our beloved Worshipful j Master, Dr. John A. Stuart, tothe (jrund Ludgeon hi h, eternal in the heavens thus removing from our midst one oi the In ightest jewels in the diadem oi j earthly Masonry ; Ifc&olrcd, that by the death of our behoved .Master ami esteemed brother, the Craft has iostone of its brightest lights, a most zealous advocate, a warm sup I |??rier and tried orother; the cominuni :y one of its most e-tiuiabie citizens, ind the (-hurcli one of its strongest pil , jlars j lievolved, that our earnest sympathies I lie teiideivd to tne .dliic.ed and bereaved j family otouruepuru ti oroiuer, uy wnostt death an alfectiouute husband ami tender lather is torn from uit-jr midst. | Hcnolvcd, that we bow in humble sub tuition to the wiil of a ! eniyn Providence, l>y who.-e ?i?eree iiur worthy 'j brother has eeusid his labors. licxufceil, tliat llie member* of' tlii.Lodge wear the usual badge of mourn ii.g for Hi riy du.>s and that our Lodge Room tie diaped for tile same length oi unit. licxoliicil, that a blank page in our miwute b'joii be inscribed to his memory. and tliat a copv of these resolutions lie heni to the f illily of our deceased brother and also a copy to the county papers E. S. IIai.k, (Secretary. Probate Court?Citation tor Letters <>l Administration." BY THOMAS B. MiLFORD, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Francis E. Gray and William 11. l'enmil have made suit to me, to grant tliein Letlets of Administration of the Estatt and effects of Margaret Widetnan la!c of Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all ami singular the kindred and Creditors of tlie said Margaret | Wideman, deceased, that they be and I appear before mo, in the Court ol j Probate, to be held :it Abbeville C. H,. : 011 Thursday the Oth of November ' next after publication hereof, at II J o'clock iu the forenoon, to show j cause, if any they have, why the said I Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and sea!, this twenty-fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventysix and iu the one hundred and first year of American Independence. I rUbllKhed Oil I lie --Jill tiiiy ol Drift" ; ber ami 1st ??f November 1870 in tin1 Abbeville J'resn and Ji/anicr, and on | tin- Court House door for llio lime required bv law. THOMAS H. MILFOIII), Jj JVii: OK PliOJfAT!:. J October 25, 1S7U. -t The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF AJJP.EVIIJ/E. j Probate Court?Citation for Letters of Administration. 15Y THOMAH 11. MILKOKI), EHQ., Probate Jndye. ' \ II ERE AS, Oeorye \V. IJnweii I * maue sine to mo, to jjraiu ! him Letters of Admini.-tration of (he j Estate and effect* of Enoch M. 15o\v! en, late of Abbeville County, dccca*| ed. These are therefore to cite anil admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Enoch M. Bowen, deceased, that they he and appear, before me, in the Court of I'roimte, lt> be held at Abbeville C. 11., on the 27th day. of October inst., after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any thcyl have, why the said Administration i should not be granted. THOMAS U MILFOItD. Judge ok I'kouatk. j Oct. 18, 187ft, Ui. 1 [ COMMITTEES ON PREMIUMS. The Chairman of the different Oommltftees will please report to the Secretary on j Wednesday, tlie first day of the Fair, by ! 10 A. M. tor instructions, and all mcmI burs ot' committees who may bo unable | to attend are requested to give notice beforehand to the Secretary that vacancies I mUy be tilled. FIELD CROPS. Win. Wilson?Class Superintendent. I G I' O'Neall, It \V lladilon, Chairman. W 1) Mars, J W Perrin, G W Conner. ; HORSES. James Pratt?Chuss Superintendent, j J II Vance, S G Major, Chairman. It W Lites, j John T Lyon, 11 A McCaxlan. SADDLE AND HARNESS HOUSES. W S Jlichardson, John E IJradle}', Chairman. James A ltied, J W Dendy, Asbury Latimer. MULES AND JACKS. W J Smith?Class Superintendent. | hi CO Willi, .Ill-S 14 >> III1U, Chairman. J T Parks, Jas S Wilson, Edwin Calhoun. CATTLE, SITEEP AND SWINE. A. M. Aiken?Class Superintendent. J F C DuPre, W P Andrews, CJiairnian. (1M Mattison, C C Law, S J Hostcr. POULTRY. John Knox?Class Superintendent. W T Henderson, 1 >r I' H Adams, Chairman. W E Cothran, N T Sassard, A ii C Lindsay. .MANI*PACTU11RS WOOD, TIN AND IRON i; iti'it'iii?Class Superintendent. . >' . .la- N Conhran, ; '.I.til. J S liihert, Ai' W A Uliuk. J id:' .si'iC MA.NlfKArrUI'.lio AND TAIL01;INU. P II j.-adiyj'?Cl:u? Superintendent. i'i' A'.tue, l>r J i'llaskin, Chairman. S F Gibert, C A C Waller, Wm Hood. LEATHER. I ] ' A Connor?Class Superinlondont. ;l j- Fuller, J Kurtz, James W Fouohe, l)r J W Thomas. FA T<J II, CROCKET AND NEEDLE WORK. (.fa*. .1. Wideman?-Class Superintendent, i Mi's F 1'" Gary, Miss Ella Cobb, Chairman. Miss Ella Vance, Mrs (Jcurpio \\ iiite, ML-s Lizzie Chiles. T M Dendy, Secretary. WAX, liAIR AND SHELL WORK. A. ii VYardlnw?Cla-s* Suporintoiulent. | Mim E A Woodwar.ljMivj Annie Law, Chairman. Mu>i Minnie Lindsay I Mr.- J M Uml'i ? Miss Alti.v B-iMiiu. E ii Li:u_v, -v . .1y. .. . i VI, | : SIviis'-oo;.^ si.t.iUOi;, Mi.-i Aiurs.ta:. .'<! ( ' M.i.\.MjY-i Julia Zejjjlfcr. O. T. Caihoun, Secretary. llOt'.-U'.liOI.D I?KVABTMKNT, "A." J 1' Young,?Class Superintendent. Mrs S F Uibert, Miss Eliza Calhoun, Chairman. Miss Mary Lipscomb Mrs I II Pen-in, Miss Ellen Parker. M P DeBruhl, .Secretary. "II." (PHKSEHVKS, & %) Mrs A E Lesly, Miss Lucy Whlto, Chairman, Miss Mollio Lites, Mrs.I H Oldham, Miss M L Smith. Mru E Noble, S C Cason, .Secretary. "n." 2 (noKLKs. &c.) Mrs A B C Lindsay,Miss Li la Norwood, (Mmtrmau. Miss Minnie Lomax. Mrs J S Oothran, Miss Lizzie Chiles. W C lienet, Secretary. "e." J S Cothran?Class Superintendent. MrsII T Tustin, Miss Name White, Chairman. Miss Miiggie Haskin, Mrs T P Quarios, Miss Julia Smith. E Nol)!o, Jr., Secretary. WINJiS AND APl'LKS. TCPcrrin, J F Leo, Chairman, Dr F F Gary, i J VV Trowbridge, Augustus Mars, A Request. IIOUTIClJI/rUKKT.. j H ZHorndon, <i Mel) Miller, Chairman. Prof. J 1' Kennedy I LOOK FOR THE | Big Watch. i Watch Shop and Photograph Gallery. j TIIE undersigned beg leave to inform the people of Abbeville and vicinity that tlievare prepared to repair YVatehes. Clocks, Jewelry, die., at short notice anil low juices. Also all kinds of pictures taken in the latest style, linest art and exceeding low prices. Call at WILSON'S GALLERY and see. Reese & Tribble. Oct. 18, 187K, tf j CUNNINGHAM AND TEMPLETOH MAVE RISC 101 VEI> AXI) C) P2Xeil their large Stock of all kinds ol goods. Dry Goods, Clothing-, Boots, Shoe.., Caps, Hats, ! Hardware, Cjockery, Saddlery, &c. CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. Oct, (i, 1870 26-tf j " STEAM "T Planing' Mill, COLUMBIA. S. C. I F.W. WING, Proprietor J MANUFACTURER OF jSash, Blinds, Doors, !\TO0Ur AND j nnm? ironnox U\J\J ill JL' IIU.'J JJKJj JIbsMb Pivot Blinfis and Shutters | PILASTERS, Mantelpieces, iMOLDIKGS, BRACKETS, 'Handrails, : ! Newels, | Balusters. !M fork of all Bescrlption.; ! All Work GnaraDteed a No. 1. May i!H, 1 S7"?, lyr. T, P. duarles Has Cash in hand to BUY COTTOIST. Try him with your samples. Oct. 11, ISTU-lf j W. U. DJCiXVXiX, A t t'o r ne y at Law, Abbeville, S. C. j Sept.l.'J, 1S7(>, tf i O^era Flannels. SAQUK^j for Ladien Misses In pretty patterns, cheaper than ever ottered, at the 1 KMroitlUM OK FASHION. s2?l3.X3.r,sd IS THE DA Absolutely th " OXjj33 " iFC Enterprise fgnHIS Mammoth Show comprises B aud Aquarium. There is al*o u SStrictl Among tlie illustrious and World-Fa daring, iinished and giM^eful Equestri LAKE, the moat cbarmfi.g and dashii been eqiuilleil- JOHN (JOVVLOVV, coi living. FftA-tCK ROBBINS, the Peei ! led and remarkable Light Rope per fori ; FRANKLIN the thrilling.Trapeze I'e I STfCKNEY : Miss CHRISTINE and (GEO. SLOW MAN, the great English i Rider, and others, equally well and fa\ ; Notice in addition to the Artists alio' j secured the celebrated MARKS FAM. | Premie ^PIE CJrU Who will positively ap; Ttr:n ; VV 1J.J. ypvcmlicrl, 1&7G, 2t I" CONGAREE fHOH wins, Oolum'oia, S. O. PROPKITHTOR. MA HU ! 'ACTVREIt Of S T 35 A M ENGINES AND BOMSS, I Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions made to Order. O IWAS awarded tlio first premium castings at the Slate Agricultural and ! Mechanical Society Fairs, held in Colum1 bin, November, lr>71, '72 and '7-';. Circular Saw Mills of all sizes. Also took the FfltST I'RHMIUM at Stale Fairs held November, i!<71, '72, *73 Manufacturer of ORIS! MILL IRONS I of all sizes.} For Sale. Gin Gearing of tho following sizes : y feet wheel and pinion., $:!() 00 10 " " " .52 00 11" 44 44 35 00 12 " 44 '4 }."> 00 14 " 44 4 4 *,() 00 Witli Hr>It:? $<!.">() Kxtra for each set. Anli-t'rietion plates and Halls for Cotloji Press $10.00 and $12.0') per set. D. 2. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville, S. C. Pee. 10, 1875, 3":-tf Insurance Hotice. i~~ If AY K aeeeptcd tlio ngoncv for several SOLVENT FIllK INSUKANCK COM l'ANIKS, as follows: ! Old North State. Royal Cananian, Merchants and Mechanics and Commercial of St, Louis, and will insure at the lowest rates eon jsislont with si sound business. l'atronage of the public '. > solicited. Oilieeat llio Law Ollieo of Messrs. l'er[ rin it (.'othran. L. W, PERllIN, Agent* April 12, ISTit, 5J-lv THE ALSTON HO0SE, 0 , 1876. THE misses twrEii STIEE* keep "Til E ALSTON HOI'S I/'; open for both permanent am! transient: Hoarders. Tliankftil for pasl patronage, they hope, l?v renewed energy; and applieation to burinei-s, to merit a good share of patronage. Jan..), 187 5 4;)-tf D2. JOHN S. TH0S5PS0N. . DEXTioi', r?iv..vu iii^ nrofi'ssional servieOH to the fit izens oi' Abbuvillc and the surrounding country. Office?Over Ciiizens' Savings JJunk, AIJDKVITiLK, P. C. 1 1st~y9 IN"O"VO33 vr nrvrit> nr.tj mttn n/ 1 ?lA.2iV ? \JIX A?iJCj \j\ I # \ 3 Largest Sh( ? <?> :0.0s: WORLD'S K THE GREATEST AMUSEMENT ol the Centei among its most Promiuent Features, , Grand and "Moral C o/ ? - . ,med Artists in this Department are: an now living, and the Champion 801 ig young Horsewoman in the professior needed by the Public, the Press and the less Rider, whose reputation is world-w nor. HERBERT BROTHERS, the A'? rformers; Miss JENNIE TOURNOR, six other Lady Riders; JOHN "\VIL8< Ulobe Performer; NONPAREIL LEW orably known Artisls. ve enumerated, the Management takes 1LY, among whom is the r Equestrienne of the 1RMING MINNI! [)ear in Iter perilous Equestrian feats ibit at NINETY-SIX, NOVE Establish ! i ^ ^ l I (A. A. | Build (LIGHT C ! ! NEW HAY i ' "C Tf iyJ.ANUFACTUUE work exprc-slv .from long exj>eri?nee are thorn liients of the country. The work itsel [own recommendation, am! renders a d< | \Y? also manufacture t!ie C1CLKJJK.' Id e i tee . | . | now on exhibition at the Centennial. vehicle iu existence. For circulars, &c., apply as above. J Oct. 1, 1370, 6m | ! Dr.' H. D. ? D E 1ST 1 Eg S3 IT I' OVER TI j Sept. 2S, ]ST"),-tl" CABPEHTRY. ~ ' j The limlorskrwd hereby irive.s notion | thut Ik: is prepared to do ;tlI kin.Is of 1 Carpenter's Work and Building. Ifo also repairs Cotton (''ins. T!i)*;\-;!iors j and lam A lull supply of <>in .Material always on ham!. J ama is aro rcqii'sted to l>rinir tlieir (Sins npoaily in tho season I to allow time to have theui properly pro-1 pa roc!. Also A^-nt lor the Taylor Cotton Cin, rIn* Crooks Cotton Press, ami all kinds of i'nljhor and Leather J.oltinir. D. 13. SMITH, Abi? liffc c. jr., s. cv .'i. oo.'.JisM 1TI!. r. KI.NI> j Goldsmith & Kind, rounders And Machinists: (I'lliKXiX Utox WOKKS), COli'MllIA, S. C. M ooii'i. tiirors of Steam Knjrmos of all sizes : ! lorso powers, Ciivnlar :tiul Mnley I Saw Mills, Urist and Sntrar ('am' Mills, Flonr .Mills, Ornamental IIons-:mdStore i'p.jits. Iron Kailinj;1'.. Agricultural Iniplements, etc. l5ras.s and Iron (.'sistinprs of sill kinds made to oi'der on short notice, and on liie most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses. Marshall P. DsBruhl, Attorney at Law, AlJliKVILLE C'. H., S. C. OlTico of W. .A Lee. [July 10,'7G. itoer lO. )MING OF m on Earth. ri: : ' :. <[ j. r #* ^ t " * V ; ; ' . , f, ?}* ^POSITION V* H *> ' fit inial Year. a Grand and Unixersal Menagerie, ?irous. Mr. ROBERT STICKNEY, the most neraault of the World. Miss EMMA i hi?r cli.illencre Manage Act lia# never Profession to" be the greatest Clown ide. EL NINO EDDIE, the unrivalcrobatic Wonders. LAZEELLE nnd the Aereal Quoen : Miss ROSALINE JN, the Four-Horse Bareback Rider; IS, the wonderful Negro Hoy Bareback pleasure in announcing that he has World, 2 MARKS, at each Entertainment. MEEK 17. j ed 1858. aw&gaa&gaB REYNOLDS, DART.) prs of A MIA GES EX, CONN. o for the SOUTHERN MARKMT, iifrlily conversant Willi the rc(j? i:t'f used i!> evwry ?v>u horn State i.? i:> . tailed desKrintion utiti erssory. ;tei> WAGON, The bwt, easiest and most durable % WILSON, M 8 T , ie post office. ! Barnwell &Co. 4UK DAILY RECEIVING ADditions to their Stock, consisting of STAPLE BBY GOODS, Hats and Clothing, BOOTS AND SHOES I! THEY KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, ALSO, A FULL LINE OF Groceries, Eacou and Lard, msai ana riour, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrup, A FINE LOT OP iSUGAR CURED HAMS I! Oct, 5,1S7G 2G-tf