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%Tie Press and Banner.ABBEVILLE, C.

Wednesday, May 31, 1876.

The Atonement.VERDICT OF THE JURY.

The Lynching of Six of the:Harmon Murderers,

REASONS FOB LYNCHING,

THE NEGROES NEGLECT THEBODIES OF THEIR RELATIVES.

52 Hours After Death Before Burial,

Knowing the great interest whichour readers feel iu this matter the Ju-nior went to the neighborhood of thebloody scene and gathered the follow-ing facts as far as developed on MondayJaat. The statements below are be-Jieved to bo literally true, and are, as

far t>9 we know, all the facts:The annals of crime will scarcely

furnish a parallel to the atrocity of thejnurder of Mr. and Mrs. Joliu L.Harmon at their homes in WiuterSeat, in Edpetield County, twenty-twojniles from Edgefield Court House andnineteen miles from Abbeville CourtHouse, on the night of Wednesday,(lit* i I IU 1USU

These people lived alone on the pub-iic road leading from Abbeville toEdgefield Court House, and were en-

tirely ignorant of any evil design uponthem. Beiug unprotected the uegroeshad several times robbed Harmonof his bacon and other provisions, andin the Spring he, by due courseof law, had the house of a suspectediiegro searched. At this Jhe lie*

egroes pretended to be very tuuehincensed, and being prompted by

desire for further plunder andrevenge concocted and executedtheir diabolical plan of the mur-

der and robbery of their former vic-tims.The oold-blooded murder and the

wilful attempt at arson shocked thewhole eommunitv and many of thebest citizens of both counties assembled jlit the house the next day (Thursday)when a jury of inquest was organized,which although they took a recess inthe meantime of two or three days,,did not render their verdict andadjourn until noon of the" followingWednesday.The proof of the guilt of those shot

was conclusive. None doubted. Be-sides the full confessions of two oftheir number, who implicated their.cou federates, circumstantial evidencejwinted unerringly to them as theperpetrators of the crime. The prob-ability of their not being punished ifsent to Edgefield jail was discussed.As few criminals had been punishedat Edgefield, it was their fear with aninsecure jail, the law's delay, a poor.Solicitor, the shrewdness of lawyer'sin decting flaws in indictments, thepossibility of executive clemency, thatsome gap would be left down for their.escape from punishment, and so they j.resolved that these offenders should.suffer for their crime ou the spot.When the Sheriff was kidnapped and.carried off there seemed to l»e no par-ticular leader.all were leaders.andmoved to-their deed of retribution bycommon consent.When the Jury of Inquest upon the

bodies of Mr. Johu L. Harmon and 1

Mrs. Catharine A. Harmon, reassem- '

i»led Tuesday morning, 2:1 inst., the 1

foreman of the jury asked the Coroner f

that Stephen Lake, who had been com- 1

anitted to jail subject to the further or-

*ler of the inquest, be produced to give ,further evidence. The Sheriff of the (county was then present and remain- (<ed in attendance until the close of the ^

inquest. A demand was made upou timn far Uie production oi «iepnen.neimmediately disputelieil his constablesfor him. Winter Seat is twenty-two«iiles from Edgefield C. H., and henceit was in the night of Tuesday beforethey returned. Stephen was on handWednesday morning, when the Courtmet at 9 o'clock, and announced hisreadiness to confess. As soon as the<'ourt was convened, Stephen was re-

called to testify. His testimony andconfession corroborated in the mainthe confession of Austin Davis giventhe day before. It is proper to addthat Stephen made his confessionwithout having been apprised thatAustin had confessed. Stephen ac-

knowledged that he struck Mr Har-inou the first blow with the dogwoodclub, and implicated as present Aus-tin Davis, Larkin Hollowav, JefF Set-tles, his cousin Marshall Perrin andhis brother Jessie Lake. Ho did notsoe the women. After recording hiscoufession the other four prisonerswere brought forward and in theirpresence he reiterated it. An oppor-tunity was then offered them to makestatements. i m-y nmuu nunc.

This was about 12 o'clock and theinquest took a recess for one hour, andthe jury retired to deliberate, andwhen they re-convened utl o'clock theverdict was ready for the signatures ofthe Coroner and jury. The crowdwaited with breathless attention theannouncement of the verdict and dur-

*ing tlie time necessary for the Coronerand each member of the jury to signhis nqjne, the silence was literallyjxiinfiQ.when all signtd, the verdictwas then read by the clerk, as follows:

STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA.FAycfield OiuiUy.

An Inquisition indented taken at WinterHeat, In the County of Edgefield the 18th tb»yof May. A. D., 187tf, before John A. Barker,"Trial- Justice, acting a* Coroner, for Baldcounty, upon view of the bodies of John L.Harmon, and Catharine A, Harmon, of Edpe-

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the oaths of James Callison, John T. Chea-thcm, A. L. Busbuell, William Fllnn, A. G.Spearman, George W. Truitt, 1). B. Harvely,W lley Hancock, Kphraim A. Ropers, C. C.Fuller, Lewis II. Kemp and Luther Shep-pard, b«ing a lawful jury of inquest, who be-luj? charted aud sworn to enquire for theState of South Carolina, where and by whatmeans the said John L. Harmon and Catha-rine A. Harmon came to their death, upontheir oaths do say, that tlit> said John L,Harmon and Catherine A. Harmon weremurdered in their own house, at WinterSeat ln'sald County, on the llh;llt of Wedncs-ncsday, the 17th May, A. IX li>76 betweentho hours of 9 and II o'clock; the Instru-ments used in the murdor bcinR a largo dog-w<»od club, a knife or knives, and a pinestick. Said dogwood club, knife or knives,and pine stick, being used by Stephen Lake.I-arkin Holloway, Austin I>avlsand MarshallPerrln. And so the jurors aforesaid upontheir oaths aforesaid do say that said StephenLako, ILarkin Holloway, Austin I>avis andMarshall Perrln were principals in the mur-der of the said John L. Harmon and Catha-rine A. Harmon.And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths

aforesaid do further say that JetTSettles, JesseJjike, Tilda Holloway and Betty Perrln, areaccessories in said murder.In witness whereof I, John A. Barker, TrialJustice acting as (Coroner of said Countyhave lnterchangabl v fixed our hands andseal*, this :Mth duv of Mav, A. D. 1876.

JOHN A. BARKER, [L. S.1Trial .Justice, &o.

JAMES CALLISON. JL. S.JForeman Jury of Inquest, Ac.

JOHN T. CHEATHAM [L S.JA. L, BUSUN ELL,WILLIAM KLINNT,A. O. SPEARMAN,CJEOROE W. TRUITT.B. B. HARVELY,WILY HANCOCK,KPHRAIM A ROGERS,C. C. FULLER,LEWIS H. KEMP,LUTHER SHEPPARD,

Tinmediately [upon the conclusionof the reading of this paper theCoroner rose from his seat andhanded to the* Sheriff who wasatAiidinir near, the commitment.Just as the Sheriff received it, twomen in mask threw 'over his head a

fcheet completely covering up bis headand gathering him on each side drag-ged him away and into the dwelling

« house near by. Whilst this was beingdone not a word was uttered exceptthe expression by Larkin Holloway,"My God! they have got the Sheriff."At the same moment the six prisonersAustin Davis, Stephen Lake, LarkinHolloway, Jeff Settles, Marshall Per-rin and Jessa Lake, who were presentto hear the verdict, were led off not a

word being spoken, no order or eoni-i mand being heard. When they had

been gone perhaps five miuutes a vol-ley of fire arms was heard apparentlyabout a quarter of a mil»off, and it re-

quired not an actual presence to knowthat the six had paid with their lives

e forfeit for the bloody crime they

had committed just a week previousthat very day. m

THE SHOOTING.It is said that when the crowd arr

ved at the place of execution near

pine field, the prisoners were immdiately arranged in Jiue fronting tlguard, and were told if they wishcto do >o, they could pray, when theimmediately knelt and all excejLark Holloway commenced prayinaloud, and he wanted to assert his ijnorance of the whereabouts of tLWinchester Kifle which it W£

alleged he had taken from [tliHarmons' home after the muider. He was notified that it wt"too lace for such talk now, if lie warted to pray to do so.to be quick abot

1 II H ICW imuuvwo uuvi who iuu

were told to rise, which they did, ail

instantly the tiring commenced. Atlie first volley all tell except StepheLake, who remained standing a fe^seconds longer than his comrades. Iless than half a minute howevtfrom the time the firing commenced all were on the grouui'The firing was kept up nintervals for some fifteen or twent,minutes, when the crowd left thbodies to be taken care of by others.Soon a number of negroes went t

see the bodies of the dead and 'returned in a little while reporting that onof them, Austin Davis, was not deacAfterwards some three or four shotwere heard in that direction, and wheithe place was visited late in the even

ing, it was observed that Austin Davisneau wassuoi 10 piuces. ai hum eun,hour owing to the warm weather, thHies had begun to gather about tiicorpses. On Thursday during thday some few negroes visited thplace and guarded the bodies untinight, when they were afraid to remain longer. Friday, the decayin;bodies were so offensive that no onremained with them, but in tho afternoon, live negroes came, dug a pi!and buried themALL IX OXK (iUAVE WITHOUT COl-

FIXS.The grave was some eight feet loujand near the spot where they paid tinforfeit of their crime, and was willenough for three to lie in the bottonside by side. Their feet were put together and the heads of the othethree were put in the opposite end o

the grave.their legs and feet beinjon top of the three first put in. Tindirt was thrown upon them, and i

mound now stands where those be^110a.CH SO laieiy siuuu hi uie.

The whole proceeding was conQucted in a most quiet way. The crow«

returning from the shooting made n<

effort at concealment.returned in i

body and slaked their thirst at th<well, and in an hour after the shooting, had quietly dispersed. No exujtation, no boasts, no throats beinglieard. Only one loud expression wa>iieard. One man with a musket inliis hand said to a crowd of negroejstanding some distance off, "you nig-»ers can go and

BURY THEM DAMN NIGGERS."The two women, Betty Perrin and

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jy the verdict us accessories were then:urned loose without as much as t

void of warning.showing, we think,i wonderful leniency on the part olhe outraged community. It was tingeneral feeling too of the crowd as-lembled that the verdict of the jurjndicated a determination on theii>art to give others who had been im-plicated by the evidence the benefit oljvery doubt.VXD THUS ENDED THE HARMO.N

TRAGEDY.rhe friends of the deceased were ad-vised bv bad designing people not tc:ouch them, and it was not until theime stated that they were moved b>setter counsels to bury them. The'eeling of the negroes in the immedi-ite neighborhood as expressed, is thai;he evidence was conclusive, and thaihe guilty deserved death. Thingsire now quiet, and peace and ordeiire again supreme.

TUB FIKST BURIAL PARTYvho wentto the place of the tragedj>n lliursday morning, removed the>odies some twenty steps to the shade»f some trees ami commenced to diphe very grave in which they wert

inally buried, but while digging c

uessenger who had been to trial jus-tice Kellar, returned stating that 11;hey buried these men without lirsllaving held an inquest, they wouldjeeorue liable to the severest penalties

the law. The work was stopped at>nce and the place abaudoned.The friends and relatives of the

Jead seem to care very little aboul;hcm. Many of whom never wenlirear the bodies of the deceased, anco ail appearances ieei as nine uoir

:ern about their dead as they could dtfor dead Indiauson the Black Hills.

BEFORE THEY WEKE BURIED,:he birds of prey had begun theiiwork of despoliation, and had eater:ho flesh from the faces, necks ancJjraniums of the brothers StephenLake an4 Jesse Lake, and when th<ourying party came the despoilers on

wing, who were the only witnesses oithis burial, sought refuge in the top!af the trees near by, ana stood in theiielevated positions quietly looking athe work of interment, which wasnot completed until dark. Thejmourned not for the dead, except thathey were, as they thought, deprivetjf the rich feast they expected to enjojuii the morrow.

SINCE THE BURIAtithe negroes have felt better satisfiecand tlie whites have felt more comfortable. As long as they lay exposetthe fact seemed to be a cause of agitation and excitement, but as soon a:their bodies were beneath the grounin. change came over the feelings o

nil, and everybody went to work with:i better will.THE PRISONERS WERE GUARDED

night and day by a number varyinjfrom fifty to five hundred men. Tinnumber was much greater than wa

necessary for the wife-keeping of th<prisoners against any efforts the;might make on their own beiialfv burumors of an attempt to rescuo»thenwere neiiru mm in uruer iu jjicvuihforcible release they assembled at thscene of the murder in great numbers:THE PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OK SA3

PERRY alias AUSTIN DAVIS.

On Sunday, 21st inst., a very slighclue was obtained as to the probablwhereabouts of Davis. He was knowionly by the name of Sam Perry up t<this time. A posse was organized antimmediately started for the BearcliWhen we consider the circumstancethat no one of the posse knew anything regarding his haunts, and n<one knew his name, we regard thspeedy success of the search almostmiracle. The posse got upon hitrack Sunday night near Edgefield CH., but by description aloneas there he was not known as SanPerry. They finally overhauled hinon Mrs. Pickens plantation, occupiesby Bostwick. The posse surroundeithe house he was supposed to be inbut upon entering "the bird haiflown". The woman in the housstated he had not been there in a Iontime. The posse had no light andconsiderable time elapsed before oncould be obtained.then a pair cman's shoes was found on the flooithis induced them to hunt diligentljand soon Davis was found under thfloor of the house. He was thus captured, and did not at all deny higuilt, but told where the watch, pistobracelets, buttons, &c., could be fountThey were obtained and the posse r<turned with the piisoner, fully r<warded for their long night ride. Divis stated that he would have been oDelore uay ior partsunKnown.mat nintended to do as .as Lark Hollowa>the leader in the murder, had advisehim, "to go, keep going and not stop.

SOMETHING OF THE EXECUTED.

Lark Ilolloway, the leader of tlidouble murder, was a prcacher in goostanding in the African Methodiichurch, and held religious services i

Liberty Hill on the Sunday follow inthe commission of this most foimurder. Ho.was the most iutclligerof the number and was the only ol

who seemed to have any appreciateof what the kidnapping of the sherimeant, and his exclamation, "MGod, they have got the sheritl !" w:

perhaps intended to convey an id«of danger toliis companions in ctlin

They, however, affected stolid indferenee and a want of appreciationthe situation. It is thought they fclieved the leading ofi' to shoot was itended only to intimidate and scareconfession those who had deni<their guilt.Marshall Perrin had been living

adultery with a woman for sever

years, and he wanted to assume tlministerial robes, and on the Sumhprevious to the murder, married thwoman, and applied for licensepreach the glad tidings of great io,and peace 011 earth and good willmen.Austin Davis, otherwise known

Sam Perry, it is said, was an escap<convict from the Edgefield jai

it | whence he made his escape winv waiting to be carried to the penitei<i tiary for a term of four years.«tt.t sentence of the Court for stealingn horse.,v We learn that Stephen Lake w:n sold during slavery for some oMens;r to a nmn in Georgia. Since emancipib tion he came back from Georgia,I. refugee from justice, for some crin:it unknown to us.

y We know less of the others but here that one of them held a high oftlce i

the church, and are of opinion tluo the other two were communicants.

THE JURY

1° labored assiduously for a week, anthe result in ferreting out offenders ithis short time is perfectly wonderfu

" and it is believed by some if the jur'j had taken a recess on Wednesday ir\ stead of adjourning, their labor\ would have been rewarded by sti^ further discoveries. There seems te be little doubt that a man by th® name of Cheatham and another b

the name of Chiles was present c

tiie murder of Mr. and Mrs. HarmoiThe parties whom the jury foun

^ guilty of being accessories were i>re&® entaidingand abetting,and participal

ed in the robbery.

had been in attendance for two dayand it is .said the pressure upon thjury for their verdict was strong, an

reports say that they would not havwaited much longer on. the juryThey intended to have the verdict o

the prisoners that evening.CORONER RARICElt,

with his clerk, were preparing somadditional papers at the table used bthe jury when the tiring commencedImmediately without being particuiaas to the mauner of his going, he bej?au to put real estate between himseland that place at the rate, it is supposed, of about ten miles an hour.

SIIEltlFF RICHARDSON,didn't tarry long after he was released, but made tracks for Edgefield ano snail's pace.

The Communion.

IMTEBTSTIKT, REFJGIODS SERV1CES AT CEDAR SPRINGS.

DR. BOYCE PRESENT.

The Cemetery and its Monument!.The Present Pastor and his

Congregation.Cedar Spring church, one of th<

oldest in tlie County, having passeiits centennial anniversary and nowunder its fifth pastorate, the chargeoRev. H. T. Sloan, hold its SprintCommunion on last Sabbath, wit!religious services on Friday and Saturday previous. The copious rains o

the two first UJiys, tne ousy seasotand the unfortunate excitement a fewmiJus distant, interferred somewhawith the interest of the occasion ; buit was, nevertheless, a very cjuiet an(and profitable season of spiritual communion and fellowship among brethren. The attendance was respectablethe order perfect, the attention marked, and the preaching of

KEV. J. BOYCE, D.D.

on Saturday and Sabbath was of i

high order, and the themes of discourse well chosen. The subject odiscourse on Sabbath morning was

that inexhaustable theme, "Behokthe Lamb of God, who taketh awajthe sin of the world!" A crucitieiSaviour «was admirably held up t<view in the proaching of the Gospelthon exhibited by signs and symbol:in the sacramental feast, of whlcl;Hikaa inM/iunf nntmniuiinqiiiu rinrfnnh

.one, very younr/, sitting down to thaitable for the first time.Then followed the usual recess

when the entire congregation seemeito partake of refreshments in Jitthgroups, through the adjoiuiug groveNone seemed to become weary; bureturning to the the house all listeneiattentively with interest to anotheexcellent discourse by the same distinguished divine. The meeting waia good one to the members.heartwere encouraged and hands strength

, onetl in the ways of the Lord.I" THE CITY OF THK DEAD

s immediately iu front of the churclr and within the same enclosure, hat become a populous place.a numbej of good;md noble names having beerf recently enrolled among the deadThe habiliments of mourning, sad an<

pensive spirits, and moistened eyestold a story of bereavements there

1 But the consolations of grace are ibalm for every wound. One canno

1 read the epitaphs which pious allec- tion lias inscribed upon the m^rbl* monuments around, without "beiuj1 impressed with the thought tliaf many of the beet and brightest saint» i.re sleeping there, to await the resur

tionfinn /\f thn inofVI VUV JUOI/l

THE PKESEXT PASTOK

of Long Cane and Cedar Springchurches which arc considered as oui

congregation, has preached Christ amhim crucified to this people iu thmost acceptable manner for twentyeight years, aud has baptized nearljall the young people of his congregatiou aud uearly all the old people twhom he first preached are now iithe spirit laud. Mr. Sloan is high],appreciated for his many pastoravisits among his flock, and few families have not been comforted by hikindly sympathy and spiritual advictWe had the pleasure of dining wit!

him aud his good lady on Moudalast, and, judging from the dinneiaud the appearauce of the attractivsurroundings, his congregation mm

promise him a big salary, aud thepay it in advance.

Items from Antreville.We learn that an effort is bein

made to form a lodge of Good Tenplars at old Union School HousiLike every thing else, that happens iour county, that is great, good c

praiseworthy, there is a woman at tlibottom of it, and it should receive tlisupport of every one in that sectioiIf they will allow a man to take"wee drop of the critter" when liesick, ieels bad, wants it or can get iThey may consider the reportercharter member.

I have lost the art of makinsomething out of nothing, thereforwill not give any account of the llr:pic-nic. Suftlce it to say, that it wasgrand failure.The liev. Mr. Wightman, of yoi

town, preached at Hbiloli last Sundayhis sermon was well received.We have inadvertently omitted

say anything about the Nation chirade which is in euibyo. The actoare rehearsing now, and sometinduring the Summer will give a granexhibition to the world. The enteprize is now certain of success. T1reporter should be admitted free fcthis puff.A beautiful young lady speaks

giving the Autreviile reporter a whirose-bud with the language "I am Uyoung to love." Well, she may Itoo young to love, but she is not" t<.young to break a poor man's head.

Mr. J. F. ('. DuPrk has taken tl:store recently occupied by Capt. Wi

islliams, and the latter will take the stoa on Washington street formerly occiP. I pied by A. Bequest.

The Abbeville Rifle Club.THEIR FIRST ANNIVERSARY.

Target Shooting--Speechen»-A Su-perb Supper--Dancing--and

a Good Time for all.

The first Anniversary Celebration ofthe Abbeville Itifie Club was observedwith becoming spirit on Friday last,and a target contest in the afternoon,and a speech from Col. Cothran and a

dance and supper at night formed theattractive programme of the occasion.The club is one of the most gallantand spirited organizations in theJState,numbering about fifty members, witha prospect shortly ot large accessions,unci armed with Springfield rifleswhich they procured at their own cost.We are glad to observe the growing

interest which is being manifested inthe organization, and trust that it maylong continue one of our most cherish-ed institutions. As Col. Cothran re-marked in his excellent speech, so farfrom its being an element of discordand a source of trouble, it is one of ourmost effective peaceful agencies,guarding against the very dangers,winch grow out of a lack of disciplineand a want of preparation. Our youthneed, too, the martial exercises which

:icnese organ izununs luunsu m muiuu-

I itary drill ami target practice, to nerve' the manly ardor and disciplined skill,

*_ upon which depend the security ofour homes and the preservation of all

II that we hold most dear.0 The target contest took place in thee field near the depot and furnished a

very exciting encounter of skill. Ow-ing to the showers of the morning the

, exercises were suspended until the af-j ternoon. When after a close and well

contested encounter the first prizef was awarded to Mr. Eugene Wilson,the second to Mr. A. S. Osborne and thethird to Mr. Henry Norwood. Thefull details of the contest wo publish

s below:

contestants.

J 15 BakerL K BowieJ It EnrightA W JoHesR R Hemphill....J C Hemphill....John H Hogan...J Y JonesR Jones, jrH W Lawson, jr..Jas M LawsonL A McCordJ F MillerG H MooreJ C MooreH H NorwoodE M Osborne

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At night a large and brilliant audi-ence assembled in the Court Houseto hear the stirring and appropiatespeech of Col. Cothran, which in itsglowing reminiscences of the heroicdead, and in its earnest appeals to thegallant youth of tlie corps to emulatetheir valor, and patriotic ardor, was

especially timely, eloquent aud effect-ive.Some good music from the Cor-

net Band formed a proper Introduc-tion to the exercises, and at its-closeCaptain It. ft. Hemphill came forwardand presented Col. Cothran to Hie au-

dience, as hia friend and formercomrade In arms, at a time when to bea soldier meant something, and sayiugthat he was as gallant in war as he isnow eminent in peace. This compli-ment was greeted with loud applause. {

Col. Cothran said that he had not iprepared a speech, but under the in-fluence of inspiring music and thischeering presence he would attempt to )say a few words. He believed it wasDaniel Webster who said that no jyoung man without fame should at- s

tempt to speak without prepara-tion, and if he had fame and at-tempted to speak without reducinghis words to writing he was sure tolose it. But he supposed that Web-ster when ho said this, had not just v

had three or four courts on hand, the fcnrirniiizuf.inn of about twentv Demo- 1'cratic clubs, and the management of c

{ a <7old mine. The gold mine was sug-; gested by his having just come from t'

there to-day bearing no sheaves. He fe'[ thought the Rifle Club a good organi-j\ zation and hoped to see its ranks aug-r mented ; its object as Ife understood it, 1. was not to bring about war but to sup-s press violence; the best way to pro-s mote peace was to prepare for war; c. that there was not music in the air but t

there was danger in the breeze; that twe must not in time of danger be like r

the ostrich that sticks his head in the 'ji sand and supposes his whole body to ns be safe; that the eyes of the conimu- e

r nity were upon them, and he felt sure jj that they would not be disappointed

in trusting so manly a compauy ofj young men. Col. Cothran then paid a ,

(beautiful tribute to the bravery 5

| and devotion of Abbeville's five Col- i! onels who had in the late strugglet laid their lives upon the altar of our ?-Icountrv. and then he eulogized Jo tho llost of Abbeville's honored 1

y privates ; said that alll could *

t not bo Colonels and Gener- Js als ; that by chance or good fortune 1

. some were elevated to places of promi-nence, while others as brave and self-sacrificing were left among the ranks; |that these gallant spirits who gave *

g their lives to their country were known* J

e to the members of the Ritle Club only '

j by tradition, and he felt assured that 1

e they would conduct themselves so 1. that others would speak of them as we

j now speak of those who went down In- the Lost Cause. Ho felt that l>e was jon his nutivo heath, and while ifalone lie might not be as brave aa heshould be, he knew with the friendlytouch of the arm of the youngest orleast boy in the club he would notfear; that the club was a nucleusaround which we might rally in caseof necessity ; we needed the organiza-tion to inspire confidence in ourselvesas well aa to assure those who wouldtrouble us of our ability to take care ofourselves; that it was prudent andwise to organize to promote peaceand to quiet fear ana disturbance;that this organization meant peace, nottrouble or strife; such organiza-tions are common in this com-country and always resulted ingood, and were never known tooccasion dissension among the people;they were united by the frieudlytouch of the elbow in a bond of com-mon brotherhood and friendship; hehoped to see other localities organizesuch clubs as this. He concluded bysaying mam ins remarks nau laneushort of what thej^ should be, that hewould be readily excused, as heknew that every man in the house washis friend. The address was listenedto with much interest, and cheeredat the close with much applause.After the conclusion of the exercises

in the Court House. The members ofthe club and the invited guests, ma-

king a brilliant company of one hun-dred and fifty ladies and gentlemen,repaired to the Concert Hall of theCornet liand, where the supper was

served, and where music and thedance kept up the enjoyment until12 o'clock. The supper was a bounte-ous and superb one, to which icecream, strawberries and cake furnish-ed their united, efficient and justly ap-predated contribution. To the tasefulnkill; and generous aid of Mrs. Chal-mers, Mrs. Coogler, Mrs. Lawson andMiss Jane Rarney, the success of thesupper were largely owing, and to themthe young gentlemen desire to tendertheir grateful acknowledgments. Theoccasion passed oft' very pleasantlyand will be long remembered by thosewho were present as one of the mostenjoyable and successful affairs of theseason.

The llcrald boys went fishing anddidn't get a bite. P. 8..Wrong.They did get a bite, apiece..Progress-ive Aye. From a tick.

THE CO-OPERATIVE PLAN.

A Reply to the Lancaster Ledger."About tho most Inconsistent thing we

know of is to see an article in n .'newspaperheaded "Encouruge hoiue Industry!'' andturn that same paper over and find that one-half of It is printed In New York, while a

hungry printer sits in one corner eating hisbreakfast out of the paste cup.".LuncaaUrLcilycr.

Oar esteemed neighbor, the Lancas-ter Ledger, takes occasion to makethe above backhanded fling at print-ers who publish their papers on theco-operative plan. We esteem theLedger as a good paper and its editorasafair man, and we think he hasmade this remark to disparage hisbrethren who do not do as he does,without reflection, for we are sure heknows little of the practical workingsof the plan which he does not, but inour opinion, should adopt. In thefirst place there are few men simpleenough to patronize home industrywhen they can get more for theirmoney abroad. We don't urge anysuch thing as "Encouraging HomeIndustry" when it does not give us as

uiuch for our money as otners win uo.We will now see if the editor of theLedger practices what he preaches.We have taken the trouble to countthe number of lines in a column ofbis paper and have multiplied thatby the number of columns or readingmatter set up and published in hisentire paper, and we counted theamount which we set up for our paper

the same date, (May 24th,) withthis result:11 columns in Ledger, 158 lines each, -- 2.21212 " Press <k banner, 234 lines each 2,808

Making in favor of P. A B..v <HW

Or about one-third more matter set up71 home for our second and third pagesthan the Ledger sets up for hit) entirepaper, and besides that which we set:ip, we gave the same week sixteen (columns or 3,740 lines of matter which (was printed for us in New York.Now who patronizes hungry printers (more, the Ledger or the Press and ]Bannert We leave him to answer.[n that issue the total number of lines r

)f reading mattter in the P. & Ji. was (» CIO O -no «»K!aU iifafa oof itn of»|WtO| ^,/UO UI HlliUU nv.10 OVV U|y uw

:iome and published on two panes,ivhile the entire copy of the Ledf/crcontained only 2,212 lines. Whojives his readers the most matter ?The subscription price of the Ledf/crs $2.20 and the Press and Banner only>2.00.- Why the editot of the Ledgerihould presume to say these unkindhings is more than we can see. Wejelieve that a majority of the enter-prising printers will adopt this plan.kVe have tried it and know thereofve speak. Since we adopted the plan>ur circulation has increased, and ourmbscribers express universal satisfac-ion, and within the past six monthsve have scarcely bad occasion to eraset single name, except delinquents,vho wo refused to credit longer, whileve never had as many accessions tohir list in the same length ofirue. It is the correct plan,md any such little flings at men whohoose to do business on a differentdan from the Ledger seems, to sayhe least, to be a little presumptuous..Ve care not how our brethren printbeir papers and shall not find faultvith them if they see differently fromlurselves, but we are so much pleasednth the plan, however, that wevould like to recommend it to ourrieuds, as we think we know that itv-ould be to their advantage.We ask in all fairness has the editor

if the Ledger any right to throwtones at us for our way of doing bu-iness. We have as much right topeak of the want of enterprise 011 theart of those who fail to take the ad>antage of the new plan as tliey haveo throw stones at us. We know veryew papers that set up as much matter.s we (io, wniiu we Kiiuw oi nunc

hat publish anything like as much asve do. Perhaps you will reply thatnore than half our matter is set up insTew York. Granted. If we cantest promote our own interests andhe interests of our readers by adopt-ng the plan, would we not be want-ng in business tact if we did not dot? Does the Ledger claim to be atetter paper than the Prew and Ban-\erf If not, why this fling? Untille sets up as much matter us we do weail to see, even from his own etand->oint, his right to talk of patent out-ides, and "hungry printers."

Sunday School Address.

A capital Sunday School Addressk'as delivered before the SundaySchool of the Methodist church onast Sunday afternoon by our towns-uan Mr. Milledge Galpbin, which didqua! credit to the head and heart ofho speaker, was listened to with;reat interest and has been the sub-ect of much commendation. Mr. G.s a young gentleman of talent andiromise.

The Progrc8ftivc Age publishes theonfession of William It. Thompson,he Ponmria murderer. He claimshat Alf Hoof and he are the only>ersons responsible for the murder,rhompson was hung in February.The atrocity of his crime was onlyqualed by the murder of Mr. andMrs. Harmon.

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Our friend and former attache inhe Press and Banner office, Mr. John2. McCracken made us a visit on

Monday. He is ill fine health andpirits and has been engaged in farm-ng operations since the beginning oflie year. Mr. McC. is a young man>f more than ordinary merit, and de-lerves success in whatever he under-akes.

Tiie young people had a pleasantnoon-light pic-nic at Cokesbury on

Monday night, at which our friend,Mr. Alex Chalmers, wascourted. Thisast statement, however, we makevithout Aleck's authority. So ther*oung lady needn't think he has told.

It comes with a bad grace fromsouth Carolina pa pel's, to insist thathe Governor Invoke the aid of theFederal army to quell the troubles onhe rice plantations. We will have?nough of the army without hasten-ng its coming.

Another law student, Mr. Magill. ofDue West, has lately come to Abbe-ville to study the law under the direc-tion of Messrs. McGowan & Parker.Mr. Magill is a young man of worthind promise, and we prophecy for himsuccess In his profession.Last week Mr. Ernest M. Gary, of

Augusta, Ga., was in our town andittended the anniversary festival ofaf the Rifle Club, contributing his fullihare to the general enjoyment of theevening. He is a law student in thejfflce of Maj. W. T. Gary.The very interesting article on the

"Abbeville Doctors" by the ex-Abbe-villiau is in type, but unavoidablycrowded out this week. Wo havemany other articles from the sameaourco which will soon appear.20 bushels of corn and 120 lbs. of

meat have been forwarded to the star-ving people of Adanis liuti, throughProf. Hood, by the citizens of DueWest.

** ' ' J t\ rv Afuur ineuu VUI. JU. yj. iiuuuiui.i, V.

Due West had the misfortune to losetwo mules lately. He attributes theirloss to the fact of his haviug fed themon burly with smut in it.Mk. John A. Gkujihs, agent of

Wheeler & Wilson's sewing machinesis prepared to sell fan attachmentscheap.a capital idea for hot weather.Miss Ejjza Aiken, after spending

a few months in Charleston, returnedto her father's in Cokesbury on yes-terday evening.The Rev. Mr. Martin, of the Pres-

byterian church, was absent on Sun-day last holding a religious meeting atEdgefield.The next monthly concert of the

Silver Cornet Band will beou Thurs-day night week.the 8th June.

Judge Maher discharged the juriesin Earn well for lack of funds *o paythem. '

| JDon't forget the Democratic meet-ing on Saleday.

The Lunatic Asylum.DR. ENSOK'S DEFENSE.

Last week a correspondent in theMedium over signature of a "Tax-payer", takes us to task for what wesaid the week before of. I)r. Elisor andthe Lunatic Assylum, and says thepeople are utterly ignorant of whatbecomes of the money. We refer himto the Reports which specify everyamount, to whom paid and for what

Eaid. We are not the champion of>r. Ensor, but we accorded the credit

which we thought due him. We be-lieved and still helieve he has donewell, but if he has not. let '-a Tax-Payer" show to the contrary and noone will be more ready to let the "iustnonenpa fnllntu fhn frup ovpnt." thanwe are. Dr. Ensor, we believe, liaswrought many changes for the com-fort of the inmates, and so far as we

know, he is the best officer of thegovernment, and we think he hasconducted that institution with morecredit to the State than has been anyother institution under the direction ofthe Government.* Below we give Dr. Ensor's letterand the communication of Hon. Ga-briel Cannon, of Spartanburg, who iswell known to many citizens of theState, and perhaps known to "a Tax-Payer."

Columbia, S. C., 1May 25th, 1870. J

Editor Prc88 and Banner:My Dear Sir: I see by the Abbe-

ville Medium that your kind words inreference to myself and the institu-tion over which I preside have stirredup the "bile" of some jaundiced fcl-Iaw tirliA nolla InmanlP ,ln fov nnvnr "

Do tell this poor gentleman not to getunhappy on my account; not to letthat old carpet-bag, that old worn out,thread-bare thing that has been kick-3d out and cuffed all over the fiouth-2rn States, in every political compaignfor the last eight years, nor even;hat "fine span of horses" aggravate[lis disease or he may shuttle off hisnortal coil beforo his time comes.Fell him to be cheerful and take a

rew doses of Dr. Schwackleheimer'sUlicuumtouchtun and forty grains ofjluc pill, and he will be all right. Iion't know that I ever owned a car-

u't-bag, but if I did, I'll bet I paid fort with my owu money, honestlyiarned. And as to horses, why can'ti man own one or two or even morevithout being a rogue? Why I knowilentyof gentlemen all over the State11o keep fino horses and nobody ever

;hiuk9 of charging them with roguery.Tne fact is, where I came from it wasather a badge of respectability than)therwise to be the owner of fineitock. I confess I am fond of thetnimal and I never saw the day after[ was old enough to get my leg overi horse's back that I did not have one

0 ride. And since I grew up to man-lood I have never seen the day that Ilave not had a pair to drive. Nowibout that landaulet a la AttorneyJeneral Williams, let me say that theiorrespondent of the Medium must be1 little near sighted or a poor judge of,'ehioles, for the only landaulet I haves an old brett that saw eight yfars ofivery-stoble service here in Columbia,jefore I came tiie owner or ti| ieu

ax-payer I will send it to Inm for>200, and pay the freight 011 it. Youee the truth is, I am not very heavym landaulets. My weakness islorses, and so long as I pay for themvith my own money and keep themit my own expense, I don't knowhat any body ought to cry about it.The Medium man does me too muchympathy in this respect. I don'teel that I need it. I rather like theorrel#, Talleyrand and Granger. Butet me Bay for the satisfaction of "Tax-payer" and all others who feel a simi-ar interest in my private concerns,hat all the property, of whatevertiud or nature, real or personal that Ipossess now, I owned before I evericld an office under the State of SouthCarolina; not even excepting the "finepan." If any one doubts this I referlini to the citizens of Columbia, thenost of whom have known me for theast ten years.I don't think I ought to say any-hing about my official conduct. Iprefer to leave that to the record ando those in authority over me.the'-legislature, the Governor and theloard of Regents. Hut I will sayhat any man who asserts that I ever

ippropriated a singl'j dollar of publicunds to ray own use fraudulently, is\ liar, and if he does not like thatipithet, hp can get any kind of satis-HCtion out of me that he may feellonstrained to demand.

Very trulv. yours,J. F. EXSOR.

Spartanburg, S. C\, \May 26, 1870. j

Editor Press and Banner:Dear Sir:.My attention has been

ml led to an article in the AbbevilleMedium, entitled "Dr. Ensorandthe?ress," which makes unjust and un-

varranted reflections upon Dr. Ensor,itid which is calculated to make falsempressions upon the public mind.[ tlierefore deem it fay duty, as a

nember of the Board of Regents, andihairman of the Auditing Committee.>f the Lunatic Asylum, to say thatleither the author of the article above'eferred to, nor any person else, needlave any fears that the money appro-mated for the support of the asylumias been, or will be, In any way wasted>r misapplied. Not a dollar of moneys drawn except upon the written>rderof the Board of Regents, not a

sent is paid out without their order,ind not a single item of expense is>rderedto be paid until it has received,he closest scrutiny of the AuditingCommittee, of which I am chairman.The Legislature appropriated $65,000

or the support of the Institution.not>80,000,.only $30,000 of which hasleen drawn. Every dollar of this hasjeen honestly and judiciously ex-

pended. The State Treasurer is unable;o pay the balance, because the taxlevy will not yield the. necessaryfunds, and this is the reason theasylumis out of money."Tax Payer'' can rest assured that

he money appropriated for the asylumis honestly and economically applied,[may add that no one who has takenmy pains to inform himself upon thissubject, can have any doubt about it;for the Superintendent's reports are as

full as possible, and as clear as theEnglish language can make them ;besides he has always published inthe newspapers quarterly or semi-mnual statements of his receipts andlisbureemonts. We, who know Dr.Ensor, have reason to have the fullestjonfidence In him, and believe himworthy of the high trust he holds.As to his private affairs, we do notbelieve they are any of our business,and wo therefore leave them wherethey properly belong.to himself.

G. CANNON,Chairman Auditing Committee.

A New Movement Amono theJews..There is a movement on footamong the ultra-reform Jews of NewYork to hold religious services on

Sunday mornings for the convenienceand profit of those who do not attendservices on Saturday. A number, ofLhe prominent members of the Tem-ple Emanuel and Temple Bethel are

organizing a society for this purpose,and propose to hire Chickering hallf-ii- n kIiiiiu nf nicftiiip and to emraireDr. telix Adler, of Cornell Universi-ty, a son of Itev. Dr. Adler, late ofthe Temple Enuinuel, as lecturer. Itis intended to nave the services con-

sist of a lecture and music .by an or-

gan and choir. The orthodox Jews,are extremely opposed to the projectregarding it- as a possible first step to-wards the substitution of Sunday forthe Jewish Sabbath, and the engage-ment of Dr. Felix Adler, who isknown to be a leader of the extremereform party, is taken as earnest of anintention in that direction. The or-thodox party has started a weeklynewspaper of a general religious char-acter to counteract the teachings ofthe ultra-reformers and to prevent, ifpossible, the organization of Jewishreligious services on'".Sunday..jVcwYork World.

Great distrust for want of food pre-vails iu Colleton County, when inthree townships over seven hundredpersons are without the menus of sub-sistence.

Abbeville Long Ago.Fort Charlotte « Vienna - A CJo<

Joke About a Gold ittiuc.

We have heard of Macaulay's Sanwich Islander, who is to sit on onethe pier of Westminister bridge, aimuse on the ruins of London, but vare not told what will be the charator of his meditations. No doubthe should give utterance to hthoughts, they will be in the wordsanother, "here once flourislxan opulent city, here was tlseat of a powerful empire; theseplaonow so desert, were once animated La living multitude." Ruin is simplruin, it will admit of no other defintion, whether we contemplate itthe fallen monuments of a once po;ulous city, the crumbling fort, the dsertcd country villago or the mou

dcring oak of the forest; it speaksuniversal language, suggests the sanreflections and teaches the same sai

impressive lessons every where. ^T1sites of "old Cambridge" and "Vieina" with their appendages, for"Ninety-Six" and Charlotte, are n<

exceptions; they are the ruins of 01"modern antiquities." We approacthem with reverence and take off othats in their presence. FortCharlotiis situated about half a mile below tl:confluence of Uroad and SavannaRivers. I have been unable to ascetain whero it wa* built, or from whoiit received its name. If left to coi

jocture, as to the tirst I would givea date anterior to the settlement ^

Ninety-Six or Long Cane. TtCrock Indians occupied all the coui

try South of Broad and Savannarivers, whilst the Cherokees occupieall North of these streams. Dr. Solin his search for gold visited this se<tion as early as 1540, and there is verlittle doubt, but that the fabuloitales which the Spaniards told aboithe gold hatchets and the bushels <

pearls to be found in the vicinitymade this an objective point witthem in all their subsequent confliclwith South Carolina and Georgia, iwhich the Creeks find Seminoles weithe allies of Spain. Soon after tlichange from the proprietory to oyfauthority in the State, an embasswas sent out in 1730 to explore thCherokee country, which penetratethe wilderness for three hundremiles from Charleston; an interviewwas had with the principal warrior!and a treaty concluded which "was tremain while the rivers continued trun, the mountains to stand, and tlisun to shine." For more th«n twent,years this peace was religiously olserved by botli parties, until the uifortunate difficulty which led to thLong Cano massacre. When thimeeting took place is itself a matteof conjecture. The Cherokee warricin his spcech said, "We have comhither from a mountainous placiwhere all is darkness, we are now ia place whero all is light." Whomore suitable place could have beeselected than the capital of the ouc

beautiful Xualla on the backs of tliSavannah, where stands that wondeiful mound commemorative of som

great event. But the fort itself is ilown best witness that it was built icolonial times, there can be no doubifind that it was built to resist an ene

my more powerful than the Indian>ire, I think equally certain. Istood on the ^Northern bank of tliriver, about fifty steps from the wateijd a level plain of rich alluvial bottoi:land which stretches for miles up an<Jown the river. On the receipt cthe news of the battle of Lexingtonwhich was fought on the 10th of April1775, the friends to resistance undethe command of Captain John Caldwell, a brother of Mrs. Patrick Callioun, took possession of the fort. OiLhe2d of August, 1775, the Rev. Williain Tennant, Wm. Hy. Drayton anothers, set out on a tour through tliupper country to strengthen the friendof resistance and to win over the wa

vering. On the 2d of September, Mifennan t lodged at the house of Pal

^ n -i. rriC'K 1_,UH11>UIJ Ut XJUIIg v^ancn. VII in

3d he crossed Little Kiver in a roraantic place at Hutchison's Mill, (no\Ualhoun's.) In his journal he speakaf the soil, rocks, facilities for facteries, &c.; reached fort Charlotte, aut

veyed the fortifications, magazinestores, ordnance and barracks; foun<the place very much out of repaiibut capable of makingjagood defensespeaks of the fort as being a largsquare, {it encloses abont one acre c

ground) with good bastions at eaclcorner, so constructed as to be able twork sixteen cannon, the walls wer

o^aiwi Iniil l'« ll'mn \ fflll faat hlffll

with loop holes to fight musketryliad a good well of water Inside, thbarracks would lodge two hundreimen, the gate of strong plank. H<jave directions about finishing platforms, mounting guns, disposing c

imraunitiou, &c. Sent for C'apfaiiWhitfitld to consult about cuttinjJown the. corn. Reviewed the soliiers and militia, discoursed on thgoodness of the cause, which they appeared to tike kindly; prayed witlthem and took his leave. In his re

port he speaks of it as a place ver;commanding and of the last importance. Such doubtless was the case iithe beginning of the war, but belli;out of the \ine of army movementswas never the scene of a 'remarkableconflict. A force was constant!;maintained as a protection to the surrounding country against the predatory incursions of the Tories. It inow a mass of ruins covered by thdrift sand from the river; a few feet csue angle is only standing to mar!the spot.

VIENNA.

The town of Vienna sprang up untier the guns of the fort, and at thcloseof the war soon became a placof considerable importance. Petersburg in the fork of the Broad and 8avannah rivers, Lisbon 011 the Soutand Vienna 011 the North were thrivals of Augusta and Campbelltownand until tbc introduction of cottonand the application of steam to riveboats, were in a fair way to bear o;the palm. Vienna contained a tobacco inspection, tliree or four largstores, two hotels, a physician, tailojblacksmith, tanner and shoe-makeiThe stock of goods kept in the storewere the largest ill the District at thtime; their customers included thwhole. country for twenty miltround, extending to what is now Atbeville C. H. I nave been told thatyoung lady, Miss Watt, afterwardMrs. Bowie, the mother of Mrs. Krbert H. Wardlaw, accompanied bHer cousin, wm. Jjesiy, j&sq., roue u

horse-back from a few miles nbovupper Long Cane church to Vienna,distance of twenty-five miles to dsome shopping; she bought an EasIndia calico dress for which she i*iione dollar per yard; among othepurchases was a large dinner dish anwater pitcher; she brought all homsafely ; Mr. Lesly assisted by carryiuthe pitcher by the handle. These pu:chases were made at the store of Ben,Glover. Henry Hester, the faiheriMrs. James A. Norwood, and WilliaiHarris, late of White Hall neighboihood, were his clerks.Captain James Calhoun the brotlx

of John C. Calhoun, and AlexandtNoble the brother of Governor Noblwere the other merchants. Dr. Caseyvas the only physician between tli.Savannah Kiver and Abbeville C. Hand such is the healthfuiness or tiuscction nt the present that there aibut two M. D's., on this line, one £

Willington, tiie other in a few miltof Abbeville, and but one from Wilington to Lowndesville, I feel vermuch disposed to enlarge upon thhand speak of the beauty, fertility annatural advantages of tills portion <

the County, but it would be a little 01of place. I may say cn passant thatyou take the "point" at Petersburg ia centre, and with a radius of temiles the circle will include as finesection for all purposes as can|be founany where.

It was at Vienna that Dr. "Waddientered first upon that field which aterward rendered him so distinguish*a9 an instructor of youth ; the Acad*my was situated on a high hill, to tlright of the main road. The JalChancellor Howie of Alabama, anGov. Noble, were his pupils at thitime. The Academy after a few yeaiwas removed to Willington ; the wrter lias seen near the spring a largbeach tree, where the boys had carve

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with theirjack knives, names whichafterwards were written high on thescroll of fame. I have heard manyanecdotes of Dr. Waddel and hisschool, but they have been so muchbetter told than I can hope to do, thatr am afraid to venture. One or two InSay risk, as I do not remember ever

having seen them in print. Therelived near Vienna a phlegmatic oldDutchman and his vrow by the nameof King; they owned a piece of verypoor and rocky land, but of this theycared nothing; the rocks had beeucarefully picked up and made into a

garden walk ; the garden had to be en-riched and produced the finest cabbage,they were adepts in the manufactureof sour- krout, their taste being sim-ple, and their wants few, they were

iiappy and contented. One day oldKing was delving in his garden, hemade the discovery that the rockswere tilled with a yellow mineral re-

sembling gold, he called his wife audwith an alacrity unusual in persons oftheir dull temperament jumped to theconclusion they had found a goldmine. They took for counsel William

on/1 Wtlliom "Minlinlo.

as mischievous young men as could befound anywhere, both with every bodyand particularly with old King andhis wife. Theyoung men could not saypositively that it was gold, It lookedvery much like it.they believed itwas gold, and if so Mr. King wouldbe the richest man in the neighbor-hood.he could buy out old Ben Glov-er's store. This was enough, the idea ofbeing able to buy out Ulover's storefilled the heads of the old couple tothe exclusion of every thing else, andthey set to work to realize it by gath-ering their treasure. In a few days Itcurne to the ears of Dr. Waddel, hesent for Calhoun and Nichols, inquir-ed into the facts, and fouud that theDutchman's gold, was only a worth-less yellow mica with which the rock9around Vienna is filled. The Doctor re-

proved the young men for deceivingthe old folks, ana insisted upon theirgoing at once and remove the impres-sion they b«ul made. The young menseemed to think they had done wrong,and begged the Doctor to speak to thesimple old man and his wife, that itwould come better from him, and thathe could take the sting out of theirdisappointment. To this he finallyassented and dismisssed them saying"I'll call round in the morning to eeeMr. and Mrs. King. Calhoun andNichols posted off to King and toldhim that the uews of hi3 good fortune

M,n follr nf Ihfl tnwn that. Dr.Waddell had heard of it and wouldcall on him in the morning, and try tomake him believe what he had foundwas net gold. "The fact is" they add-ed confidentially "ho wants to buyyour land, so be on your guard, butdon't ever mention that we told youany thing about it." The next morn-

ing the Doctor was Been, slowly wend-ing his way to the residenco of theold Dutchman, he found the old manin the house expecting him. Theconversation was opened by Dr. Wad-del saying "I have heard Mr. Kingtil*/- vnn think vou have discovered a

e gold mine on your land, and I havee called this morning to ask you to letr- me see a specimen of the ore. "Kinge put his hand into his capacious vestts pocket and drew out an ounce phialn tightly corked fllled with the preciou*t, dust, which he handed to him without) saying a word. The Doctor uncorked *

s the phial, poured a little of its con-t tents into the palm of his band ande continued jn a depreciatory tone "Jam sorry to inform you Mr. King that

n this isiiot gold, there is not a particleJ of gold in it, it is a worthless sub->f stance known by the name of mica,i, commonly called isen "I am as-

I, touished at you Dr. Waddel, you arer the lost man I would have suspected- of such a thing. My land is not forI- sale sir, 3*ou cannot buy my land Doc-a tor Waddel" at the beginningvof this j

speech the Doctor's neavy eye-Drowsbegan to contract, before its close theyhad briBtled into a cheveaux de /riseacross the upper part of his face.Just at this time olcf Mrs. King madeher appearance bearing a tin quartcup fillled with the shining dust, andwith an air of triumph she raised thecup emptying its contents on the ta-ble, anclwith a defiant manner ex-claimed what do you think of thatDoctor Waddel? Then throwing herarms akimbo assumed an attitudewhich proclaimed. nCs it peace orwar." This was too much for thegood man's gravity, gradually thtcheveaux de friac was taken down, aam i In tionroii tn rfnnln ftround the

if corners of his mouth and diffuse it-fa self over the stronglyjnarked feature?0 of his benevolent face, and in bise blaudest tones in which every wordi, was slowlv and distinctly enunciated; he replied, "what have I to say toe that? I have only to say»that those[1 graceless mad-caps Billy Calhoun ande Billy Nichols have been here beforer me," then turfllug to Mr. King hef said "I do not want your Hand Mr.a King', and you raadame will soon find1 the truth ^of the proverb 'that all it- not gold tbfCt glfstons.' I wish youe both a good morning."h I Universally Approved. . We i

h readily accord to the moat ultra mem-y bers of the party we have been fight*'

ing, and propose to fight to the bitter11 end, the credit of taking a right-% minded view, of the tragedy which'» transpired in Edgefield, ou Thursday.e The bitterest of our political oppo-y nents conceded upon the street yester-* day that the executed, confessed mur-* derers were justly dealt with. Laters information from Edgefield brings the® additional information that some fiftyJ colored men took part in the execu-k tion. We trust that the correspond-

ents of the Northern journals will layaside for once their prejudice againsta sorely oppressed people, and give,

" without color, the facts of this mostbrutal and fiendish murder of a de-fenceless, kind-hearted citizen andhis wife. The diabolical deed wa*

done while the unfortunate victimswas actually performing a kind act forthe treacherous villains who slew»hom Thn verv thoucrht of its attoci-

ffty is enough to make the blood curdie..Itegietcr.

The Girardey Fuse..A few dayssincein Augusta, Ga., Maj. Girardeymade an experiment with one of hi*rifle-shell fuses, prepared twelve yean?ago, during the war. It exploded in-stantly, as though prepared the previ-ous day.Maj. Girardey invented this fuse

during the war, and its excellencecaused its immediate adoption by theConfederate authorities to the exclu-sion of all others, so that the demandcould not be satisfied. Before ma-

chinery was put up for their manufac-ture Maj. Girardy made them by hand,and the fair fingers of his wife rolledinto shape many thousands that after-wards dealt destruction to the foe. Atest was made on one occasion, andone hundred and foriy-seven explodedbefore a siugle one missed fire. Theinvention was patented in France,but no steps have been taken to se-

cure a patent from the Uunited States.

The coming of Maj. Gen. Scofleld toWest Point as Superintendent of thepost is looked forward to with interest,and it is expected he will make radicalchanges in the general management olaffairs at the Military Academy. Thecadets are drilled naru cmiiy ior tut*

trip to Philadelphia. The corps willleave West Point on the morning ofthe 27th of June, on board a Govern-ment steamer, and will rcmaiu atPhiladelphia ten days. They will beaccompanied by the Academy Band.The cadets will number about 300, un-der command of Gen. Neal.

Probaule Eakly Adjournmentof Congress..The resolution provi-ding for the adjournment of the pres-ent session of Congres at 4 o'clock onMondav. the 12th of June, it is under-

a stood, Is the result of a 'conference ofd leading Democrats of the House, and

will prove acceptable to the Republi-el cau members of both houses, who aref- anxious to get through business andid adjourn, in order that they may at-e-1 tend the Republican National Con-ie vent ion, which meets at Cincinnatite on tho 14th of June.

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ISrs There have been serious strike?i- among the negroe laborers on the rice;e plantations on the Combabe River ind Colleton and Beaufort Comities.

4

Let an Publish a History of Abbe-

ville aunty.An esteemed citizen has pfomlsed

to give us some historical facts in ref-erence to the early settlement Of theSavannah side of the County, whichwill no doubt be read with great inter-est. As there has never been anv his-tory of Abbeville County publishedwe think the centennial year a goodtime to put all historical matters on

record, and any one in possession ofmatters of interest will confer a favoron the County by handing them to thePress and Banner for publication. Ifthe old people of.each portioa <of thecouuty would contribute somethingwe would be enabled to publish an Lit- '

teresting history of our county, andpossibly at a future day we may pub-lish it fn book form, that the historyof our county and the personal remin-iscences of our old people might neverbe lost. Facts and circumstances re-lating to the lives of our old and hon-ored citizens would be treasured bythe presen t and future generations.The Reminiscences of Abbeville by

a formor resident are, as far as weknow, remarkably eorreet and areread with much luterest.Let every one contribute something

by putting on record the facta thatmay be known to eaoli. if

I>ariagtbe past week at the meet-ing of the Presbyterian General Aa-

1 * l t» r t rti.

seraoiy in osvaunan, xvcv- j. ±j. yju-

ardeaux, D. D., was inaugurated pro-fessor of didactic and polemic theolo-gy of the Columbia (S. C) TheologicalSeminary. Dr. Stuart Robinson, ofKentucky, delivered the officialpledge and charge. Dr. Girardeauxresponded in a lengthy inaugural giv-ing the history or tine seminary pay-ing a beautiful tribute to Dr. Thorn-vvcll, and entering into a metaphysi-cal discussion of the Infinite.

The appointment of Cameron asSecretary of war, seems to be regardedas n|step to securing^the vote of Penn-sylvania, for the President's candidate,as well as a meaue of overawing thoSouth, by the use of the army in thetlife coming elections.The New York World, the leading

Democratic paper in the country haschanged hands, Manton Marble theeditor and chief proprietor having*old out to a company wit|i Wm.Henry Hurlburt, an experiencedjournalist as editor in Chief.As a valuable remedy for Dyspepsia,

Sick Headache, Torpid Liver, andBuch like diseases we can recommendDr. Bull's vegetable Pills. They arefor sale by all druggist at 25 eents perbox.

The Labor Supply iw Chables-ton..The City Council have resolvedto try the experiment of digging anArtesian well to supply the city withwater at a cost of §14,000 or $15,000.The cost of water works it is eetlmft>ted would amount to $500,000.Mr. W.'F. Osteodorf, of the firm of

John Hurkamp & Co., of Charlestonone of the most liberal andenterprisinggroceryehousee of that city was in ourtown Inst week lookinc After Lbe bu«i>ness of the Arm.

Thresher and FanFOB SALE BY

BABNWELL & CO.May 31,1370, tf

FINAL 1HSCHABGE.OTICE is hereby given that BotayCaldwell, Administratrix of tho

Estate of Willis Caldwell, deceased, hasipplied to Thoe. B. Millford, Judge ofProbate, in and for the County of Abbe-ville, for a final discharge as Adminis-tratrix.It is Ordered, That the thirtieth day

>f June. A. D. 1876, bo fixed for hearing)f Petition, and a final settlement of saidjstate.

J. C. WOSMANSKY,Clerk Court Probate, Abbeville Couuty.Office of Probate Judge,)May 28,1876, 4t J

To Arrive.LIGHT PRINTS, Bleached Home-

spuns, Linen Fans, Knittinga, Mil-linery, Lace and Silk Sear&, Veilings,fee., this week at the

EMPORIUM OF FA81IIOK.May 24,1876.

Land Sales.

In pccoriktirce'with-section 100 of "An

ict to reduce all aeteondrarts of acta pro-riding for the assessmentand taxation of

property into oneactaad-to amend the

iame," approved Harch n^tfi, 1874, the

"ollowing list of delinquent lands is

lereby published:

tlansom Ch&nyHic'd Davl»rhoi. RaidWalluco Re idlas. Malono3oo. Harrison*Mm. H. A. Allen

Mrs 8 A Alfi>n, 3!sl 1 1 10 34 8»frank Lomux 1 1 3 98 3 27tfre. M. A. Gary 3 1 1 13 20 10 80Uhas. Smith 3 140 2 55 57 46 47LiOwis Spann 3 1 2 51 1 85Eft J B Armstrong 5 20 1 32- 102Eat Robt. Hlnton 5 61 1 98"r»i54Darcus Mitchell .5 50 2 25 1 85SJary WilliamsTno M. McKay, agt

56

461500 6

1 22132 00

96132 00

Wlnney Chiles 6 46 256 256Est Jan. Erwin (J 125 7 29 7 02BaileyBoorerH&C 7 15 1 15 34 16 74Menacr Roberta 7 5o 6 15 6 3»W'm Booier 8 297 27 03 30 14W & A Anderson 8 178 13 20 14 40XC Cuddy 8 220 1 18 16 14 36W B Dorn 9 2025 1 56 29 46 06W D Koundtrcc 9 8U 682 587

Do* 9 86 6 44 7 13Gallic C. Williams 10 300 64 68 47 04:>co Mitchell 10 225 18 19 9 46N'ancy Botts 11 45 1 92 -1 83lohn Grier 11 1 6 60 6 30I R Hamblln 11 73 383 3 60Jbas A McClung 11 170 11 08 11 *Jerry Miles 11 1 1 3 09 2 18Sancy PerrySat Lem Reld

11 1 1 00 9511 750 48 78 46 56

Mrs. E. VaughnEst David Waro

11 ion 261 2 5211 145 7 56 -7 31

B. W. Williams 12 GOO 2 42 24 34 56Do* 12 600 2 39 93 3C 72

Eat Robt Boyd 12 1120 6 60 o 40R. M. Brooks 13 1 1 4 22 3 27

25 6813 4331 00um8 248 4a19 7

10 SI7 07

294 2510 OT19 9639 17H 6368 6533 9833 89114 0619 0220 12122 7129 687 err18 2412 6628 97ion6 65

IS 820 W85 3078 6818 8013 86

Ja». M. MartinJob. NewbySam. C. LinkHut*on Lee, tru»'e*Nick. BugKRobt. BlackIsaac Jenkins .

Jul. Mitchell, trm*Elijah TulliaW 8 ChamberlainEst Jos. Banks*fcjtt B. McKlttrlckKst Peter Smith*Bob. StuartEat Peter SmithPolly Ann CarrollEst Thos Petti ifrow

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45 4113 0278 32114 65

1 322801 06

52 876 75

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35 UP10 0674 77UM 721 262682 49

50 476 0018 6519 2D11 563 248 802 652#S7 68

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168 34234 428 7212 7710 22114 «19 3748 7862 7433 4612 98a 7#13 1913 4324 91

* For the year 1874.,

JN O XJ. i; n.Ts hereby given that the whole of theseveral parcels, lots, and parts of lots ofReal Estate described in the foregoinglist or so much thereof as will be neces-

sary to i>ay the taxes, penalties and assess-

ments charged thereon will be sold bythe Treasurer of Abbeville County on

MONDAY, June the 6th, 1876. unlesssaid taxes, assessments and peraltiai art*

paid before that time; said sale to be con-

tinued from day to day until erch tractparcel or lot is sold or offered for sale.

L. H. RUSSELL,County Auditor.

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