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Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-18
BY w. A. LEE AND HUGH WlLSON.

ny with poor Eliot Warbulton, and
the gras had not then covered his
grave. 1t is situated in a remote cor
ncr of the church-yard, far removed
from all other graves. 1t is not
raised mound Of earth, but is even
with the surrounding ground, which
is, for some distance, especially luxu-
riant, the hcrbago being rich and a.
bundant. Numerous attempts have
from time been made by somc who
arc still alive, and others who have
passed away, to orin grass upon that
bare spot. Fresh soil has been irc-
quently spread upon it, and seed of
various kinds have ben sowr, but not
blade. has there even known TO
spring from them, the soil soon be-
came smooth, cold aud stubborn clay
With respect to the unhappy Witness
cs, it appears that ParIier's ancestors
had once owned Oakficld, and chat he
had hoped by getting rid Of New
ION, 10 remove the main obstacle there
was to his reposscssing ii, and that
Pcarcc had, at the lime OF Mr. Nor
ris' death, aspircd to the hand OF his
daughter, in whose affections he felt
.he had been supIantcd hy poor New
ton. The former soon left The ncish-
borhood. became q drunken and diSso-
lutte man, and was ultimately killed in
some limo works, while in the act Of
blasting rock, Pcarcc grew sullcn
and dispiritcd, his very existence
seemed Il burden TO him, and, as the
old sexton OF Mont somcry express cd
it, che wasted away from the face OF
the earth" 1he Season Ticket" IN
ihc Dublin University MagoSine.
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The Cotton Prospect.

From the Red River country come
very favorable accounts Of the condi-
ton and promise of the crops, both
cotton and sugar. But these advices
are exceptional. Along tho Missis-
sippi: from the Red River up, the
season, as ,far as we can learn, has
been unsatisfactory in every aspect,
and cotton is backward and unpromis-
ing. And the same may be said of
tho interior Of North Louisiana in
general. In fact, the tenor Of the re-
ports received from all parts of the
cotton-growing belt Of the South is
such as to forbid the expectation of as
large a production of cotton as the
breadth Of land and the amount of
labor devoted to it induced the COM
mcrcial world to anticipate at the
opening of the season. 1t is believed
by many that there will be serious
falling off from the result of the pre-
vious year.
At al: events, there cannot be, in
tho opinion of careful observers, the
least excess over that. There IL some
degree Of consolation in the tendency
that this prospect will have to keep
American cotton up to fair prices.
For, in spite of Senator Sprague's
unhappy conviction that India and
Egypt will drive American cotton
from the markets unless the South
can obtain more labor for its cotton
fields, there is no reason to suppose
that the demand for the products of
those fields will fail simply because
tho aggregate supply is diminished,
especially when the acknowledged
superiority Of this cotton is consid-
cred. As long as Southern agricui-
ture can afford, with the labor that it
has, to produce anything for COM
merce: it can afford to produce cotton,
unless causes should supervene to put
an end to its successful cultivation
under any. circumstances.
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OPIUM IN AMER1cA.-At q recent
meeting of the New York Farmers'
Club, MIR. w. G. Wilson, of Vermont,
Interested the club with an account of
some novel experiments of his in
poppy growing. He has made opium
for six years, and finds it wonderfully
profitable. On square rod he raised
two and half pounds, which he sold
Tor $40 apornd. This is ut tho rate
OF $4,000 per scre' On an area of
five PAGES by 10 he grow ses worth.
Another year from 20 square rods he
TOOK 46 pounds of opium. Planting
on a large scale, he. gathered $40
pounds from six acres in an unfavora-
Die year. The poppy is sowcd and
cultivated like any other crop. Just
before the seed -pods,are mature, a cut
is made near the pod or on it's under
surface, and milky sap exudcs,
This is gathered the next day, and
another small incision made. When
'he Stalk Is pretty well bled, Wilson
cuts off the stalks, capsule and all,
and. grinds them in mill of his inven.
non. Lie uses alcohol with his pum-
ace and obtains juice which he
DRIES away to q gum on carthen
plates. This gum-opium he mixes
with the milk opium obtained as de-
scribed.
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A New York letter says: "There are
signs of coming oppositions te all life
insurance companies, which, under
the plea Of mutual" draw numerous
members to their concern, but, never
erlbel' 81, manage their bns,oess as that of
II close corporation. The Mutual Life In.
'Surance Company, OF New York, the
largest IN the city, held an election: of
directors to-day, and for the fret time in
the history of the constitution, there WAS
an opposition ticket. 1t was not success.
fuI, simply because the matter. had not
been csnvassed before hand. OuIy this
morning advertisements calling upon
policy holders to exe else their right to
vote appeared in the daily papers, but too
late to have any practical effect. The
movement is significant, however, showing
'bat the haIcyon days Of mutual insurance
companies are approaching their end"
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VOLUME XVII--NO. 8.

generously; starving, and thus dcgra-
ding two ministers; an old and new
school Presbyterian high and low
Episcopalisn; northern and south-
ern Methodist; an open and close
communion Baptist; fe upon ye men
Of Israel! "To what purpose is this
wastc" when there are so many
fields white unto the harvest without
one solitary laborcr to put in his
sickle to save the perishing grain.
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Don't Stay Late Tonight.

The hearth. of home is bean i,g
With rays Of holy light,
Aud loving eyes are CLEANING,
AS falls the shades Of night;
And willie thy steps are leaving
The circle pure aud bright,
A tender voice, half griesing
Says, Don't stay late Tonight"
Ths worll in which thou movest,
Is busy, brave aud wide;
The would Of her thou lowest,
TX al the ingle side;
She waits for Thy warm greeting,
Thy smile is her delight,
Her gentle voice, enlrea,ing,
Says, "Dou't stay late to-night."
The world-coll-iuluman-
Will spurn thee if thoa Gall;
The love OF one pure woman
Outlasts and shames ,bem all;
Thy chil,;ren will cling round thee,
Let fate be ta'k or blight;
Al home no shaft eau wound ,hee,
Then, ''Don't stay late Tonight"
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Are Ministers Well Paid?

EalPs Journal Of Health says: "The
clergy of this country, men Of culture
and classical education, do not aver
age salary Of six hundred dollars q
ycar-a san less than New York
drayman, hod-carrier or omnibus .dri-
ver demands-ycs, demands; while
the mass Of tho clergy receive their
pay from hands. which give it as
gratuity. Ninc-tenths of those who
do not pay tho preacher in tho round
about way Of pew-rcnts feel that it is
SO much given rs charity. 1t is an
outrage against all intelligence. A
merchant gave his porter eight hun
dred dollars last year, and on getting
him o wife he said to him recently:
Patrick, You, can't support o wife
and child on your salary, you must
haye q thousand after this" There
are many book-keepers in Now York
who worl. from ten TO four, and get
two thousand dollars q year. The
Presidents of insurance companies,
Of even moderate standing, get five
thousand dollars a year. Some get
fifteen thousand, and give. about two
hours day to their duties. The
managers of a sugar refinery gets
twenty thousand dollars q year. The
Erie Railroad bas paid its President
twenty-five thousand dollars year,
and yet if q clergyman made Of great
er talents, of a tenfold.higher cutture
and moral character, 10 paid four. OF
FIVE thousand dollars a year, itis coun
ted Q large salary. ,!a@. vi a"2g@ 24I
rs There are .thoussnd,of Of places in the
United States where there are toe
many churchos; by threefold and even
more. THERE'S many avillage which
has four or FIVE churches where there
ought to- be butt one congregation
one good sized house you'd hold
eomfortab]ys all who rattende the FIVE
., eleas loss tor the church Of fou,
clergy men ;itthere is no such .waste d
Ipower in- tho snaanageinenta dfs tbul
banks, our railroads, our insnranot
companies, and our mammoth bust
1Iness houses, There ought to be som,
! I,femedy for these wastes studied But
iG The flight sof Tho fact that many. :,
]swidow,smits fs Sontribatsd ko5 ppa,
] a3these;fivs men fsI doi1g the Worl
4 which sAsf aoaha. tiosbssssr sand 1h6f'
i saail d fshssh a adilat yaas athsr rAsuise
d wasks sns sdnt thsjs Fl II IL assls 6aA pagp
'tnys saving Nc fiSely Hfonoanas I'll
i lshappesaR asttrags apdaassiisho honsat,
i iltaAaS ohm ehss dla RilIa6I
Il abk kgs
81 to SHgtai 60 8 hl5
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ney would become so great that an
important rise would take place in
the autumn, were trade to improve
to any extent. The commercial mind
has, has however, been 80 unsettled
Of late by tho unexpected movements
from to ~ per cent, that business
men are not likely to extend their op-
erations.
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MRS. BROWNS MISTAKE-A HINT
TO MOTHERS.
BY MRS. EMILY THORNTON,


"Mother," said Willie Brown, one
morning, as with a qHivcring lip and
heavins bosom; he opened the door OF
the family sitting-room, where his
mother, a carc-worn, irctful-looIiing
woman, about thirty-ivc years Of age,
sat sewing, "Mothcr, I have broken
my new velocipcdc; but J."
"Brolcn your new vclocipcdc !" in
tcrruptcd the mother, anSrily, with
out noting his ushy p;1encss aud ayi-
ta'cd appearance, or even glancins ut
the countenance OF her gricvcd child,
and hastily said, "You litrle imp, you,
I will teach you to bo more careful
hercaftcr!:'
Throwing down her work, and
crossing tho room as she spoke, she
seized the poor boy by the arm and
passionately boxed one ear and then
the other, with quick, hard blows.
After cxhausting her strength III this
violent manner, she dragged him
towards a lounge, and, shaking him
rudcly rs she seated him uron il, she
left the room to look after some
household duty, saying, as she closed
the door:
'Now, stay there! Don't you dare
to so out Of the house again to-day!
Mind what tell you, sir"
Willie did not answer; the violent
excitement which he had undergone
previous to entering the house. and
which his mother had not given him
an opportunity to explain, together
with the rough usage which he had
received from her within, had entirely
taken from his little tongue the power
of speech, aud his head swan, and his
his breath camo heavy and thick. so
that he could not utter word. This
dreadful feeling lasted only for a mo-
mcnt before he closed his eyes, and
his head sinking upon his bosom: the
poor boy fell over upon the lounge,
pale, senselcss, and cold.
1t will be readily seen from The
above, that Mrs. Brown was woman
Of violent temper, which she had new
er cndeavorcd to bring under proper
control, and which often carried her
far beyond tho bounds Of propriety.
She did not, as wife and mother,
sufficiently guard against this evil,
which served to render her husbands
home unhappy, and her children
wretched and miserable. . She was,
indeed, careful housckeeper, neat
and regular in her duties yet, in her
violent temper, lay grievous fault
Eunregarded and unbroken. She new.
or cultivated the generous feelings OF
loving heart; never sympathized
with the trials of childhood, for oven
: infancy has its little burdens, which @
thoughtful, tende; parent can greatly
alleviate. mol sternness and hasty
! temper; was mainly apparent in th;
everyday domestic life Of this errins
, woman. Alas how many such home,
as hers there are scattered over. % .ou,
: [country, which a, few efforts at sell
control could so easily change am
. make happy.
lis Yet Mrs. Brown possessed man,
Il = taaI Z e.
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Hi'o e"PioyeeS VI Cue prlnGsnOpS
at Lodi: New Jersey, who habitually
drank vitriol aud alchohol, mistook
arsenic for vitriol in compounding
their beverage and died. in conse.
quence. ,..- -.-... ..., ........,
The Japanese colony that recently
arrived Ut San Francisco, have pur-
chased land in Colorado County, Cal
iforniaz for the purpose of cultivating
silk and tea. They are pleased with
the location.
Information has been received from
reliable sources in Havanna, asserting
that the Cubans are engaged in an
active offensive movement, and were
never in better spirits or more SAN
guine Of success. 80 ." So = -
Forty thousand beef cattle bound
North have crossed the Brazos River
at Waco, Texas, the present season. a
Four thousand crossed in two success
sive days. "'.i: ''237' ~ ''NE'1'.>'
A, member of Congress advertises
in a New York paper? 4 4 csaaadetshjp ap- AZ
pointment to the United States Naval
Academy for sale. ,..,
The wheat isnow being harvested
throughout the upper, portion of
Georgia, and it is said that the gener-.
al yield will surpass, for quantity and
quality, any previous crop, grown
there for many years past a.a !.
Mr.. James, the Buffalo boot maker
who, / sent. Grant those a''inaagura-
.tion boots" has not.received any &of.
fee, aud has sent in, tho bill sto his
members Of Congress. a1sassy Cd:
Almost Ginmediately after the sill
ver-bouud tie WAS laid and the golden
spike driven.ina the Pacific Railroad,
theyowere quietly taken up again, de-
posted with NevadaS silver hammer
in q car and: sent to,s San Francisco,
while; e;ascommonawoode O. tie@was SUBJ
stituted, and the Slast iraipa secured
toiit by5atcomnon iron spike. t"u-
seSii.bsr Siabosrress + esh assh nom rom the II
Pacific have already made their ,ap.
peaaaranNee aaaINe. in II N New Orleans, probably
+ tie fererpn,plsrs p,ul'rrs a,l.j IF their saes who
win dock to the sugar and ,riee fields
| of the Pelican Efata hv wau of the
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Political MARTYR-Gov. SCOTT, OF

POLITICAL MARrYR-Gov. SCOTT, OF
SoUTH CAROLINA, EXPLAINS WHY'RE
Is GovkRNoR.-Being introduced,
while in Cincinnati, to tho gentleman
who signs himself as above, and being
impressed with his fine appearance
and pleasant manners, we wondered
why man who compolled himself
so agreeabIy could findthe amount Of
pure brass necessary TO fit him for the
position Of carpet-bag Governor. To
satisfy our curiosity on this point we
approached the subject as delicately
as possible, and after politely explain
ing the favorable Impression he had
made upon our mind, we said to him !:
j., "Now, Governor, we woulds really
like to know how you,,~a native Of
Pennsylvania and citizen of Ohio,
can have the cheek-excuse, the slang
phrase, but il is expressive, and not
intended 10 ofend--to SGT yourself up
as Governor ofstha, proud, aristocratic
State of South Carolina, and wear the
honors and temoluments of the Office
without blushing.'., 'n4ni'r'u otjs
"WelI," was the answer, "I have
no doubt that from your standpoint I
must apgearsiin n most unensiable
light-very much like a scoundreI, in
fact. Butefthis is my side of the
story: / wasttaken to South Carolina
against uty>wiH, having been captured
during fhea war; liked the State,
and at the close Of the war Invested
>largelySain realo estate and settled
among tha Carolinianss Il did not de-
sire the position of Governor, and was
induced to take it. only by'the'earnest
entreaty'of many5of the patiys 'citi.
gems, 9WhotumsreIy preferred mes"tu
other acarpet-baggers. ''I am now q
bona s citizen of; the'State, andaanl
here -totadyance her interests by &C.
curing % possible, another railroad
oconndet etion.w with the North and West
--Rqsie Essst tKsutaskiea, 2ssA uls.'s
| sAil- etI! 10 stc'
It reported that . clipper shiT
With Sght hundred Ineh, commanded
by WE. lHurdnsy, Of Cincinnati
sailsd bsatarday9 to join'ahe gubahl
undsy Cespsaesit The men left Nes
York Il oensSs, . ostensihty 9Sria ii
exogl the ifbhing banks, esns
boardsd me elippsr below she4ight
ships lost lofs them iwefsa iWesteRl
naen A6d Had essrvsd under Shsfa1ai
| oeI Ih0nass. siiEEs tqasd egew a3ssai 4
| ,sSal .ss 3 49, 4 " sts'l
The osfolk papsrsreeord a shock
i find pAsisid TAAdasghte
'faE oha asxsy, N stoneresseb
Il adqoes aa naap name,
III III: ddsped edsatghi
u Il p eassRerstesal
! sv Ia ahot, hin slsa
~ ohi RerrySl.
/ m th althsfs s3isI
I'M M kele I'D @ & iisT fSi
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Ynuauiahcd i'm the struggle 70
LIfc.o

Vnnauishcd in the struggle for
Life"
The last native man of Tasmania
ivan Diemans Land) Is dead, and the
English doctors had lively sqnahble
to get possession Of his bones. These
are now, of course, Of great value as
relics and specimens of an extinct race,
and hence the medical fraoas. They
had formally been bequoathed to one
institution, but a doctor belonging TO
another managed to beguile away the
guardians of tina dead, and chopped
off and stole the head and hands of
king Billy" as he was called, substi-
tuting the corresponding members of
defunct Englishman TO hide the cheat.
This case is striking illustration of
the effect of the Anglo-SaxOn civilizs-
ton on conquered races. Sixty.six
years ago when England took posses
sion of Van Diemans Land (as n penal
colony the natives were numerous and
powerful, Numbering many thousands.
But by means of force and fraud, hcen-
tiousness and whisky the English set
tiers managed to thin them out 30 that
in 1857 they numbered only three hun
dred. In 1860 but fourteen were left,
and now the "last man" sleeps with his
fathers-minHs his hands and head,
which are put up in whisky to crafty
the scientific curiosity of ais extermi-
majors. Our red men could read their
fate--if they could read at all-in this
short story. How many years will 1t be
before we will be preserving IN liquor
or embslming our last sboriginef Not
a century at least.-Dispdtch.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-17
Ano,bcr Of John Brown,s Heroes

From the Detroit Advertiser, June sth
The verdict in the case of DR.. John
Dow. of Battle Creek, was rendered, at
Marshall, Michigan, on Saturday alter
noon, the Jury finding him guilty on the
charge of procuring an abortion. boy
has repeatedly said pending him guilty
on the trial that, if convicted, he would
neverbes sent to the State Prison; but mt
tie attention was paid to what he SAID.
On Saturday evening it was discovered
that he was labOriDg under the effects OF
some stupefying drug and was in dan
gerous condition. Physicians were sum-
moned and he was soon relieved. 1t was
found that he had taken large dose OF
morphine.
At 9 o'clock Sunday morning he took
another large dose of the same poison,
and up to midnight of Sunday remained
in an unconscious condition, with the
chances pretty even as to whether he
would live or die. Ii is not known how
he obtained the morphine.
This man boy has led quite remark
able life. He was resident OF Kansas
during all the border-rutlian troubles,
was connected with John Brown in
some of his schemes, and was proml-
nent Free State man. He was once
caught by party of Missourians and
taken over the line, and lodged in ST..
Joseph Jail, where he would soon have
been disposed of had not band of his
friends carried the Jail by storm one
night and liberated him. He has been
reident of Battle Greek since those
eventual times, and a practiciHg hom9o-
pathic physician, but has not borne the
best of characters, being notOriously
wicked man, while there have been
many suspicious of his being quite ex'
tensively engaged in the horrible bust
ness of an abortionist.
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General Debility is Natures
Appeal for Help.

Thousands of persons, without any speclhc
ailment, are tho victims of lansuor and lassi'
tude. The unthinking are apt to cOnfOund this
species of merton with laziness whereas il
usually arises from want of organic energy,
for which the subjects of it are no more respon.
siDle than the near. lighted are for their defect
i've vision. Such persons, although they may
DO free from pain, are as truly invalids, and as
rauch in need of medical aid as il they were
torlnented with tho pangs of acute disease.
They require TONIC and ALTERATYE, that will
rouse and regulate their torpid organizations.
In cases of this kind HOSTETTERS STOM.
ACH BIrTERS produce an immediate and
most favorable effect. The debilitated and de.
spending vdlotudinarian, who feels as if he were
but half alive; who shuus company, aud has no
relish either for business or pleasure, is meta.
mOrphOSed, on q briSf course Of thus most potent
regstdble iRplgerdnt, into quite different being.
The change effected by the BI1TERS, in his
bodily and mental condition, is a surprise to
himself and to his friends. He mOpes no longer;
the active principle Of life, which seemed TO
have died out Of him, is re.awakened, and he
feels like a new man. Remembering that de-
bility is not only an afilctiOn itself but an
imitation 20 disease time should be lost in
recruiting the broken.down system with this
choicest and NEST potent of all TONES AND
NERvINES-
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THE PRIZE FIGHT.
Refsrss,. Deeision-n1eCoolo. wiuu

Referees DecisiOn-viAc Winner
ST. Louis, june 15.-The following
will be published tomorrow morning
~, Valentine Mckinney, give my de.
cision in the late fight between McCoolt
and Allen in favor of McCoole, a foul
being committed by Allen on McCoolt
in the last round by gouging his eye.
LSigned. "Y. MCKINNEY,
Referee
IL seems TO be the very general opin.
ion Of those present at the fight, and
competent to judge, that there wa:
neither foul blow struck nor any goug'
ing done by Allen. 1t is also quite the
general belief that McCoole's friends
determined from the outset that Allen
should neither win the fight nor get the
money. 1t is freely said thas NC.
Coolies friends acted in the most
shameful manner, displaying knives
and pistols with the view OF III
timidating Allen, and in other
ways showing that they intended T. 70
have everything their own way Inc
rome ia stated to have been cut as early
as the sixth round, but as Allen was
evidently the master of the situation,
neither he nor his friends made point
of IL. The conduct of the whole affair
was 40 outrageous that it is denounced
by many of the ronghs themselves, who
saw that prize fighting is sunk 30 low
that IL is swindle and a cheat, and a
mere struggle for spoils. The second
round was not in favor OF McCooie as
previously reported, but on the contrary
Allen punished his antagonist severely,
and from that time it was evident NC
Coole was no match for Allen.
In the third round McCoole lost con-
troll of himself, became angry, fought
wildly, and to the end of the battle was
at the mercy of Allen. Persons who
have witnessed many fights say they
never saw a man whipped so quick.
When the rope was cut on the last
round, McCoOle's friends crowded in
the ring, and with pistols and knives
drawn, demanded of the referee q de-
cision in the giaRt's favor, and it is said
by some that Mckinney declared for
McCoole, but this is stoutly denied, and
it is now stated that Mckinney was
afraid to decide in the ring against a
foul, for fear of being killed on the spot,
That the whole affair was one OF the
most brutal character, and predeter-
mined design that one man should win
and the other lose at all hazards, there
is scarcely doubt.
ST. LOUIS, June 16.-Challey Gala
CHER has challenged Tom Allen to fight
him for one thousand dollars. In his
challenge Gallagher recognizes Allen as
the winner of the fight yesterday, not
withstandingthe decision of the referee.
ALI the accounts published this morning
scout at the idea of Allen committing a
foul on MeCoOle.