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Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-21
The Circuit Court e ABbsyills

A9esSAie
The May Term oftb Cipeait CONT
of<b5esille Vas opened on 1fonaag
last blythe Hon. T. PIP. Vernon, ,sthe
Presbiaing Judge efahe ,Ciscait, id9a,n
eloqhent and sappropfiate Naddrcss to
the Grand Jury, 10 which ho re-
minded them Of their gravo response.
bi!itieE-ah4 I'D Inc 1Esm. 3.
TO div5st Themselves Of aiI personal
btY srPeliticH prejpdifesFin the)disr
charge Of their delicate and responsi-
:biu duties
The .JHRiss oinwspited of adver be
agencies and anticipated obstacles, are
fully up tothe ,usual ntandardsof Ab,
,beyille Jurors. u, OF: :.the Is Grand
Jurors drawn but - wefo served ),
the rest being negroes could not Be
identified byotheir,'registored names;
lkcnoel there, were; no. blacks on otbe
Grand Jury. Il OF the lsPetit Jurors
only 10 were served for the same
reason,I and Of ,theseta three were
negroes. On each of the Petit Juries
there, ,!was one negro: The Grand
Jury, it. will bereeollected, serves for
the, whole lyear--its Foreman was
Wmr A Giles, Esq. -. Of, the Potit
Juries Mr.. F.A. Connor and J. r.. Tar
rant, Esq, were respectively elected
forelnen, g.. ":.r .; j..l J. .'.:s
:. AS usual there was large amount
Of business before the Court of Scs-
sions, and as usual Cuffee and Sambo
figured prominently. rs parties de-
tendant. The black element, too, pre-
Ponderated rather largely among the
spectators. Perhaps curiosity brought
some, perhaps the disturbed state of
the political sky brought others. This
is very much to be deprecated, and we
fear that: whilst the blacks arc muster
ing for the political fight, "Gcneral
Green and his army" will rout them,
/" horse foot and dragons" in the
cotton and corp fields.
Tho new bills found by the Grand
Jury involved no cases Of very aggra-
waited character. No bills were given
out against those citizens of our Dis
trict against whom charges had been
preferred of completely in the killing
of Randolph. The Acknowledgement
Chamberlain, it is said, was expected
up to attend to these cases, but did not
como, and We have our doubts
whether LIE ever will come. Tho
Grand Jury ignored" the bill cLarg-
ing DR.. n. c. Taggart, A. B. Kennedy
and John Brooks with the killing of a
negro at White Hall at tho, election
last Fall.
The State was ably represented by
the young Solicitor, II. L. MCGOWAN,
Esq, who tempers his prosecution OF
offenders with q proper degree OF
forhearanee and courtesy, but proves
diligence and efficiency by tho SUCCESS
which rewards his efforts.
In the case Of the State vs. Henry
Ey-who was convicted of murder at
the last Term, but through the effort.
Of his counsel General AcGowan, OBJ.
tained a now trial--the defendant
after an able defence was convicted OF
manslaughter.
In the case of the State Us. Burton
for Grand Larceny, tho accused va.
ably defended by Colonel Thomson
but WAS convicted.
The Grand Jury were discharged
on yesterday, after making AM able
prosontment, embodying some timely
suggestions on the subject of scaling
debts, &c.
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Anniversary Of the Presbyterian Church
@ Ia - at. Abbeville, 81 ..


The first anniversary of the regular
Organization Of & Presbyterian Church
i'm Misplace, was observed on Sabbath
evening last. "i..aHo o. " .t..,:,,..t ~%t
Ths Pastor, Rev. Dr.. Turner, de.
ivered'an impressive discourse from
the text:: isaiah liz 1-aAxake,
swaket put on thy strength, O Zion" J"
|After showing tho connection Of his
text with the magnificent passage
contained in the preceding chapter Of
the prophecy, viewing it as response
on the part Of the great Head Of the
Church to tho 'esrnest invocation of
the Church, AAwake, put on strength,
10, arm os the Lord ,''the Doctor dis
cussed the question: In what consists
the strength Of . church? Among
the points indicated we're, . recogni.
ton of tho leadership or Christ, based
upon faith in his Divine character
|strict conforinity In idodtrina1 stand
srds TO. The: piaihf and: pneuuivocal
teachings .of tho Bible---consistent
Christian character in4he ohicers: and
private members, and conservation of
heart and substance to the eservies of
the Savior. The discuaaion Of these
topics was followed by . vsry;earnsst
appeal 10 his pastoral charge to heed
the sxhortation with which his, text
opened. ,t4't5iJ,i jra4js; - s.,i5sfJ
80 At 4ks close o1 tths liscourtse tho
Doctor fecited 4sevsraa interesting
facts I'M iths brief shissorytSof i,ihs
Church. II wss,oresnixed With s8.
aasmbsra ttDufihe she yesf this nam. am
besshas btenzinnfeasSsd .by i& Nan.
heY Of hapsisnas 10; pupils hi, Sunday
School 30 f,tnunihsr 81 families, 90 !:
amonht' fscoatfibntions sto various
bsnsvoient purposes, eco: fbr IeoherseA
eetlonal y psrposaa, s5l0t drIFassors
sslAry, q 300 snalking ri a4SteI sof|
ALSO So, sss s5y
srE Eks nsssss wosna Nh 4BldkiaS|
by go f .tlsstl so5;Wasidb|
S ghkS Iii 10, a,iIl6l
ats y 61saira ai 81 q 5;ISs
&c ssp sins 80 SfI
The fHfurss
III ia & & sssss Silll sssl
bAissS MI MI
- 8 iys3yiZ s;atl
sals ss
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A NEaRo .sHeT.v1Ne hearnthat, a
nsgep Was shot; Gthough NOT, ,mortally
woou4ded,l at ,Lgwndssville, on satdr-
day The sth inst. "a A. young nmap
named McGpudcr,has been arrested
under the charge !oflhayiug commit.
ted the act.,; ,,i,>,n. .at,, o.u r,,,.l
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y .VT"sTI

> A- The late sActaf!the. Legislature,
ordering the forthcoming, il election,
makes so no provision for a. registration
of votes, and hence. we sieopc!udesAs q
matter of course. that the Maaagess
have no authority I.to2,egister, any
to- vote, whose name is not in THE
books actually: f before. them.s,nj - ma
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-21

/. @rL: L, ,Gufin, Esq, requests us to
notify Boards of Managers, that the
Book Of Registration, may be obtained
by application to him. .,;ola o!,;G!ao.r,
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-21

THE PREMIUM HIST AaATN.-Our
correspondent" "Curltaiw gives cx-
preston this week to Il timely word
Of encouragement and communication
in behalf Of the District Agricultural
Society; endorses the suggestions OF
=" Hosskin" and "John Berry," pro
posing additions to the Premium List,
and makes very excellent suggestion
of his own-that a premium he offered
to the farmer who shall obtain the
largest yield from the capital invested.
We have no doubt that his suggestion
will receive the, favorable considera.
ton Of the Committee. By tho way
as "Curltail" secms to be somewhat
of stickler for euphony ofcognomens,
(and seems to sneer at " Hogskin" for
. deficiency in this particularly would
it not have been as we'll for him to have
smoothed the ssperities, and straight,
ened the sinuosities of his own not
very cuphonious oognomen-"Cu Curl
'tail"--beiore he criticised tlIat Of his
neighbor. This, after all, however il
a matter Of taste, and liko ono
=" Who sees Helens beauty in a brow of Egypt,
our correspondent may make an issue
with us, and prove. to his own satisfac
tion, at least, that his is vcry sweet
name. We have no objection to either
name, particularly as they have been
made tho vehicles of some-xcry usefu
and interesting suggestions, and be
sides have an agricultural arom.
about them, and are so suggestive O.
peace and plenty" hog and hominy'
as to be really refreshing. Let u.
hear from you again, gentlemen, and
choose whatever names you please
you will be equally welcome.
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sa Sec adyertis!emet to Debtors by
J. K. Vance. . .,...... : ..,,.... ....,,,
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JUNIOR ExHBlTioN sAT ERaKaNRl
+ COLLEaE. III
~ shs,S ,&sA EI Ii

T. COLLEGE. SH
- .s,ssa, %sAA-s >sfsa :
sssrs fpdsbted 10 bur fiiend,
Mr BenIM. McG Gee,.wbo;was pres-
cut ON the >oecas sieD,> Rro!
gramm6 of exercises, which we
publish, of the Junior Exhibition
of ErskineeC College, on the 18th
fTHst== regret fEaf wc we're una:
|blsf9attsud;Rndst tlp more so as
our friend assures us that the per.
fefmabee wefe espSeeSciialfy; y; attractive
We necdedEho :assu1aiice that The
young men would acquit Themselves
with dredit'tothehlselves and Rono1
to their alma Nater.,ol = ,i',@ y!
|i"GPhiIosophy'of Thobght.--F. d. Aus
tin, Due West Sc. iHri Hh: .vi
|!"istray Thoughts ON the Beautiful
SIk j.! GlinkscaIcsj Level Dafd; s.. C.
f. The Fall, of "Maxfniliah.AJ. Nc
Jones. Allenten, Alabama a.: &C.,. .
instability Of EARTHLY Things.-Ir.
B. Jones, Newbcwy,' 8. o.. - j
Internationally ID. Latimcr, York
vile, s. C..,i1 .u". :..;H Ill -. ..,>
Vanity Of Human Glory.-J. B
Muse, starkville, mississippi.
Disappointmont.-T.~ G. Stuart
Ninety-Six, s. c.. ..,., .-l,. .....
Labor.-J.,h d. Talbert, EdgeHeld, S
C. ..,'.,. .:a -.
Retribution-Ja2 NJ. Young, Du
West, S. G. i3r4.t trr %. ..,
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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-22
A Lost Genius.

/ knew a woman once, gifted so ex-
traordinarily by God that she might
have been a florist, a musician, an
artist, a physician, teachers jan evan
gelist-since to the mastery of any
brought nearly equal power and pas
sion. Whatever her fiery mind fast
ened upon it fused into itself, nor was
there anything her cunning right hand
sought to do in which it did not ex-
eel. At fourteen her precocity was
so great that her father cut short her
studies, because she knew enough
for woman" and made her a teacher
in his school. At sixteen she married
young clergyman. Children came
fast. Her health gave way, but her
energy remained. She was never idle
a moment; but, alas neither father
nor husband, nor one of all her twelve
brothers and brothers Law, saw that
it would be better economy to give the
genius they were all so proud OF, mu-
steal or an artistic or medical educa-
ton, that she may pay with hear earn
ings some cOmmOner mortal to make
clothes for her little ones, than to let
her do it herself with the painful toll
of the needle. And she had been
brought up with too narrow vision
Of womans duties and destinies to
understand herself that she was vast
ing her life and abusing her powers
All her ready gifts were. in her eyes,
merely appropriate feminine accom-
Plishments, aud to make fame or
money out Of them never occurred to
her as a possibility, far less as duty.
And yet her mind was ever in fever
of desire. of invention, of agonized
craving for the realization of the
dreams of beauty, of benefieenee. of
friendship, that tormented her. The
music rang In her ears; the pictures
floated before her eyes; the fearful
and wonderful human organism haunt
ed her brain; the dread mysteries of
sin and suffering, the aWfulness of hu-
man responsibility, the glOries of sal
walton, burned upon her lips as she
taught her children their daily BIZ
BILE lesson; and still, nailed to her
chair, the swift needle went in and
out,-went, as it often seemed to her,
through her delicate lungs az well as
through the cloth, uutil ut nine-and-
thirty the struggle ended; the body,
after long paroxysms of exquisite an
gulsh, gave up its stronghold on life,
and the rich soul exhaled away to
heaven, rejoicing to escape from the
bars against which it had so long
beaten its bright wings in vain. | saw
her in her coffin, with an expression
of freedom and exaltation upon her
marble features that seemed glory
reflected down from her now triumph
ing far off spirit, and | resolved to
remember the woe and early wreck Of
her thwarted nature, and never cease
until | saw some better way for wo-
men than this which can so horribly
waste and abuse their finest powers
atlantic Monthly for February.
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intellects of that nation are contrib
utors, and all of the articles possess
originality and merit. The last num-
Der of the North British ReUieao con-
tains but seven articles, but all of
them are very meritorious. We give
the titles of the papers as follows
The Right Hon. Hugh Elliott; AL
fred de Musset; Our Indian Railways;
The Poetical Works of Robert
Browning; Wishart; The Amazon /;
Mr.. Bright's Speeches-The Elec-
tons. LEONARD SCOTT & Co., the
American Publishers of these reviews,
are prompt in attending to all sub
scriptions and orders sent them.
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meets. here, and it could meet in no
place more worthy. After a most
careful canvass of the city, only sew
enteen children could be found who
were not connected with some Sunday
School. What other place of like
population - twelve or fifteen thou.
sand = can say as much?
X. is also city of churches and
meeting houses. They have no less
than nine churches and sixteen Sun
day Schools.
Here l met S. w. Reid, Esq. a
noble Christian worker aud the prince
merchant In the pork line, who | un-
derstand weeks ago netted the hand
some little sum of forty thousand
dollars in a simple exchange of the
commodity. was interested also In
an interview with Samuel Lippincott,
coach builder, but now making a
speciality of velocipedes, which are
becoming IT the fancy" in Richmond,
though he expects to make his head
quarters in Indianapolis, where he
has more orders than he can fill.
was surprised to hear him say that
the utility was the chief recommend
alton of the article. He believes it
will be blessing to tho working man.
The labor of propelling is compare
lively nothing, and after the mo-
mentum is acquired is mainly of the
arms and not of the feet, but when
once skill is acquired there is labor
to neither arms nor feet. He told me
of two men in France who had trav-
eled eighty miles in from daylight to
o'clock in the afternoon, and were
not overwhelmingly exhausted at that.
He says working men will be able 10
live in suburban houses. where they
can have pure air for themselves and
families, and by the use of this non
| consuming horse, reach their place OF
labor rapidly. and without the fatigue
that many of them now experience 10
walEing one and half or two miles
But [ have made my letter too long
Yours truly. NJ.
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PostpOnement of Henderson County
Land sale.

YKVME UNDERSIGNED, WHO WE'RE
IL appointed Commissioners by the Ken
lucky Legislature TO superIntend and con-
duct the - Henderson County Land sale I"
of VIM. McLain, Esq, take this method OF
announcing to the public that the drawing
OF prizes in the enterprise has been post
poned until the LIST day or September, 1869
When, on the list of october lasL, the enter
prise was laid before the pubic, ib was
confidently expected that 1t could be con-
cluded by the l4Lh of January. 1863, the
day nxed for the drawing; but several
causes, none of which were anticipated,
ana which eould not be controlled by the
properly, combined To prevent IL. Among
these We may mention the failure 10 OBJ
tain printed matter at the time contracted
for, the extreme. strlgency of the money
market, aud the distrust in the mind OF
the people of enterprises like this, induced
by causes which are ye5 fresh in the recol-
lection of the public.
Though tickets are now being rapidly
sold, a sufficient number have not been
disposed OF. to justify a transfer of the
property without bringing loss upon the
owner.
The farming lands embraced in the en-
terprise, nearly eight hundred acres of
which are cleared and tilIable, viii be
rentett cut for the present year-lS6Y. Good
bonds for the rent VIII be taken. and these
bonds win iss assign 10 the persons who
draw the said farms
The money TOR the tickets sold is ia the
hands of the agents, and should any share
holder be dissatisfied with the postpone
ment, his money will be refunded on the
presentation OF his ticket.
The undersigned think it. will not be
amiss to say, in this connection, that hey
have no pecuniary interest III the above
enterprise, nor will they have in the iu-
ture. They viii not receive one cent for
their services. and they do not now, and
viii not at any time, own, hold, or control
a single ticket in the enterprise; nor one
dollar received from the sale of tickets Will
be used by them, nor can the owner of the
property touch. use, or control any part OF
IL until after the drawing takes place; and
should the enterprise, by any unforeseen
contingency, prove a failure, all money
received from the sale Of tickets will be
promptly returned on presentation of the
tickets To the agent from whom bought.
b. BANKS,
W. y. HOLLOWAY,
ROBERT L. GLASS,
Il. l.. STARLING,
GRANT GREEN,
1anII d&w w. $. ELANY.
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TIOKE rs, p e.


TIME DRAWING WILL TAX Il
N place at Masonic Temple, in Louis
vile, Kentucky, on the LIST day of Septem-
Der, 1863.
Agents will furnish pamphlets giving
description OF the property, and contain
ing the act of the Legislature authorizing
the sale.
Com 10 issioners who will manage the en-
terprise are named in the act of the Legis-
Iature, and their integrity and response
biliIy are endorsed in the certificates
(which win be found in the paInpnlets)
of Governor John W. Stevenson, Hons.
United States Senators. Hon. John f.
Bunch, Speaker of the Kentucky House
of Representatives. Hon. Archibald Dixon,
Joseph Adams, President OF the Farmers
Bank, l.. @. Dallam, President of the Ma
tiODal Lank, John IL. Barrett and others. of
Henderson, KY; Hon. w. K. Parrett, Judge
of the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judi
cIal District, and M. $. Johnson, Judge OF
Hon. VIM. H. Walker, Mayor, John s.
Hopkins, President First National Bank.
and others, of Evansville, Indiana, aud
many other gentlemen of position and
prominence IN Kentucky and Indiana
TICKETS can be purchased of
L. II. LYME, Farmers Bank, Hender-
r. r. B. ALEXANDER, Commercial Bank,
THos. +. <. BROOKS, Covington, KY. !;
JOHN q. LATHAM President Bank OF
Hopkinsville, Hopkinsville, KY.
James l.. Dallam, Commercial Bank, Pa
ac- books opened at these points on the
LIST of October, 1868.
PHILIP HORNBROOK, Esq, Water
Street, between Main and Sycamore, and
SEMONIN, DIXON & CO., No. = north
First street, will order tickets from the
Agents at Henderson, KY, for those who
desire To purchase. SEES dtf
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Beautiful and agreeable, all of which will
be sold as cheap rs they can be found any
where. ldel2
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CARPETS.
wM. X. FRENCH. cIIAs. RLINGELHdEFER.
CARPET WAREHOUSE.


WIN. e. FRENCH & CO.,
Nos. AZ ami 40 MAIN ST.,
EVANSVILLE, IND.
wwYHO WANTS A NICE CARPET
Wv at q reasonable price, ana no lron-
BILE about it2
Nov ~ the time 10 make your Wife or
Friends "A handsome Christmas Present, aud
at the same time make home as comfort
Low PaICES. GREAT INDUCEMENTS
AND GOOD ADVICE:
In order 20 reduce our stock before max
ing our annual invoice on January list,
i'0'' m So H FGSE NEXT 80 DAYS ga
to offer our Carpets al the lowest possible
figures that will pay cost, cf'7ta0e, ana ere
pe7ises.
Also, in order 10 give employment to
our Carpet-makers and UphOisterers DUR
ing the dull 4heasOH, we propose 10 make NIl
and tan dOllN all Carpets we Sell III Janu-
airy LIST FREE Oh CH A kGE. All goods
delivered free. All work guaranteed.
our stock OF Mattlngs, OH Cloths, VIM
dow Shades, Damasks, Lace Curtains Cor.
nices. Wall Papers, and House Furnishing
Goods, generally, rs larger Than all others
I'm that Incl now In our city combined.
we propose TO sell Them as low as these
goods arc Tefofted IN the United States.
What others can do elsewhere We propose
to do ia k.VanAVfile. " Every man 20 his
trade" City Business Is divided: Don't
go 10 a shoe store for putty or padlOclts.
Don't buy rice or fat-tall files I'm "a crock
cry store. Don't ask for mutton in "A 1niI-
l1nery shop. Don't think You can purchase
dry goo IA in "A drug y ore. Aud, abDve all,
Don't buy your q a X / II \ > IN "a ID *
Carpet-making for 30 days. is given Qr0tis
for fhe benefL of "AH gOIOHa II man csyJl-
Germ" GIVE US a call.
Evansville, Ind Dec. ], 1865 fde5
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OBSTRUCTION
Santa Claus

Is at hand, and every loved one expects a
valuable gift, buy Florence Sewing Ma
chine, which Is easier learned, less liable
to get out of order, and does more varieties
of work without change than any other.
Every Machine warranted to give katisfae-
ton, or the money refunded. PIlce S65 and
upward. Twenty pieces of Gray 1wilIed
Flannel, worth 40 cents, which we will sell
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Our YOUNG Folks, for February.
contains the fourth and fifth chapters
of Mr.. T. b. Aldrich's " Bad Boy"
The boy has already become very
interesting youth, Notwithstanding his
badness. The other articles are:
Among the Glass Makers" (part
second on blowing and pressing,) by
Mr.. J. 7. Trowbridge; "The Cats
Diary" by Mrs. A. NJ. Diaz; Navi-
CATION and Discovery before Column
bus" by James Parton; The Lost
Children, a Juvenile Play in Five
Acts" by Caroline IL. Jeveyi Tito
pia," song, set to music, by Edwari
Wiebe, the last stanzas of which tell
US of the makeup, location and boun-
airy of e" Utopia, as follows:
Every road by which you travel,
Every alley, lane, and street.
Paved with cream cakes, and Tor SraVet
sugar bOn-bOus, nice and sweet;
Bridges built with sticks OF candy.
Spanning every creek and stream,
While beneath them. nice and handy,
Boiled and Iried the fishes swim.
- truly lis a realm encnanted.
Filled with blessings rich and rare,
But to few w mo seek It's granted,
To secure dwelling there;
Without wings none ever found It,
You to get there needs must fly;
For a range of hills surround IL,
IhFee miles wide, of-pump kin piep'
This alone (not the pumpkin pie,
but the song) is, as the saying is,
worth the price of years subscrip-
ton; but good many of our staid
{and overstaid) old folks will think
that MIR. Parton's historical article or
Mr.. Trowbridge's descriptive sketch
Familiarity and invitingly instructive
as they are, are better worthy that
consideration. Well, well-they "navs
their money and takes their choice y
For our part we think almost any
thing in Our Young Folks . Is
worth the price and we don't pretend
to have read all the pleasant contri-
buttons, sung all the songs, guessed
all the enigmas, charades and refuses.
answered all the questions, or even
found out whether orr letters are yet
in The Letter Box" Let us look
again and see.
NORTH BRITIsH REVIEW. - For
solid reading the English Reviews
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Terrible Sacrifice

In order to make room for Spring Wear.
A complete stock OF Domestic Goods of
every popular brand, and ct the lowest
prices, can always be found at SchapKer,
Bussing ~ Co.'s, n os AZ and 40 Main Street.
IN short, they have everything to make
the ''outer" appearance
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Dead

Low at 80 cents per yard. French Shifting
and Dress Flannels only 90 ceats. Under
this city. An endless variety of Shawls
and Dress Goods. Our large stock of
at