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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-04-28
BY AIADGE.

Tonight, In the grey, glooming twi
I - light, .,.' !
! When the shadows are falling without
=. I fancy see little children I@ ~
Hiding and running about. .s-o!
! Beautiful, sunny-haired children,
: With eyes liisesthe purple sea waves;
And yet it is years sincetI laid them
Asleep in their still, little, graves. r
My children, my precious, dead chill
| - dren!, ,..-,
! Tseern to count each little head; -
You are tAronging and playing about
I can no, believe that you are dead!
And yet In the bisterest sorrow '''
I've seen all my beautiful four, ~, ..
| Taken up, in their tiny, black cof1ns,
And rev'rently borne out the door.
But no;ssg te;pight ;yys you ar are "a all with your
Despite of these ,desolate years, :. ~E
And my heart slowly beats with ' q rap.
Untouched by the ehrism of tears.
My, Lou, and my Guy, and my Alice,
NV David, the youngest and last, .;,l
Are laughing, and fitting around
AS often they did in the past. .,,.: ~, '.''
-, -; G. :, -rI~ - T. :rM ~
The years fade away into nothings1 Il.
Since, here, in this very same room, IT,,
held little Lou, tin her spirit '','' =,
Went out in the shivering gloom. 7
And there in the low willow cradle,
Witch long has been put out Of sight,
One; dimpled arm tossed ON the pill
My:baby is lying tonight. '..'. 80. = :.
Ss-----
My Guy, with his sweet, -boyish laugh
ter, :..;....4 ,,,'; IL
Impaticntly springs to tnyside, - 9
And holds, for hismdther's undoing, +. !.
A top string all knotted and tied: i1i
And Alice. my two-year old-Alice,
,Withieyes, that are dewy and .rare,|4
Tiptoes till her soft, yellow tresses .
Just reach to the back Of my chair. q
I kiss my boys, azure, veined:t tenn
And note, with an anxious surprise, =,
A wearied look creep, der his fea-
lures, ......,,, -
And languidly sitin his eyes. -
I'm tired, -msmma; won't you take
me? ... --.. ..:..;.
I couldn't play top if tried" '.,' j.
All Guy, my little SON! thou a0er'
sI'knew itnext day when be died. %
And, Alice, my fair little daughter,
How we'll remember the day, -.
When they brought to your grief.strick-
enlmother =. .. .-
Her little girl drowned in the bay. T..
Yet tonight you are standing beside
me, ...-. % ,ls
AS I've seen you 80 often before,
Your snowy white robes half unfas-
Your little bare feet on the floor.
My David! the last of my children,
The proudest and merriest one,
Is.counting his gay-cofored marbles
My beautiful, bright little son! J.
His curls in q soft, golden tangle, j
Drift over lIis poor mothers knee;
His eyes, full of tenderest loving,
Are smilingly lifted to me. -,:...
Alas! all these beautiful visions ~.
Are sent but my sorrow to mock;
My" arms for long years have been
Their cribs have forgotten to rock.
But patiently wait for the future,
When, after this sorrow and pain, '-s
MY God, in his infinite goodness,
Will give ME my children again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-04-28

That two mills of the tax which the
County Commissioners Of the County
of Clarendon are authorized to levy and
collect for the fiscal year 1870, shall be
devoted to the erection of Court House
and Jail at Manning: Provided, 30
much shall be necessary.
Approved March I, 1871. 3
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-04-28

JOINT RESOLUTION to pay IVillianl
B. 1Inmons 1Wo Hundred and 7hir-
ty-three Dollars and FortyJour Cents.
Be it Resolved by the Senate and
House Of Representative of the State
of South Carolina, now met sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority
of the same: .
That the sum of two hundred thirty
three dollars and forty-four cents be,
and the same is hereby, authorized to
be paid to William B. Timmons, late
Sheriff of Darlington County, for the
transportation Of prisoners from Dar.-
lington Court House to Marion Jail, and
for dieting the said prisoners while Ell
route; the same to be paid by the State
Treasurer on the order of the Coy
ernor. .--
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-04-28

Alas! all these beautiful visions -.
Are sent but my sorrow to mock;
My" arms for long years have been
empty "...,5T-. o.. -. -
Their cribs have forgotten to rock.
But l patiently wait for the future,
When, after this sorrow and pain, -f
My God, in his infinite goodness,
Will give ME my children again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-04-28

AN ACT to Incorporate tho Whip1'cr
Gnards, Of Christ Church Parish. :
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting inGeneral Assembly, and by the
authority of the same; r.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-04-28

AN ACT to Release the Lien of the
State upon q Lot of Land in the city Of
Charleston, otUncd By the South CdroH-
na Institute for the Promotion of Art,
Mfchdnicat Ingenuity anN hatlust,y
and take q similar Lien upon the NeaU
Hall erected By sail South Carolina
Institute. -
SECTION !. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives Of
the State of South Carolina; now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same: -
That the lien Of the State OF South
Carolina upon the sum of ten thousand
dollars appropriated by the Act Of the
General Assembly entitled "An Act to
make appropriations for the year COM
mencing in October, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-two,n y ratified on 18th
of December, 1852, be, and the same is
hereby released, and the +Cenptroller
General is hereby directed to,entef salts
action upon the4mortgage T the lot5taf
and 'sittfitc on the east side of Meeting
street, in the city Charleston, executed
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Approved March 8, 1871.

JOINT RESOLUTION to Extend the
Time for the Completion Of Tic Port
Royal Railroad. :,
BE it Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority
of the same: ~"
That the time for, the completion of
the Port Royal Railroad, and every part
thereof, is hereby extended for the period
of two years from the passage Of this
Resolution. 2 .'TS
Approved March 8. 1871. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-04-28
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed by the Legislature
Session 1870 and 1871.
loFF1c1AL.]
AN ACT to Charter the Jackson6ore

AN ACT to Charter the Jacksondore
sEcT1oN 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same:
That the ferry formerly known as the
Jacksonboro Ferry, across the Edisto
River, shall be, and the same is hereby,
established public ferry, and vested IN
Thomas Grant, his heirs and assigns,
Tneor q term of seven years, with the priv
kS.legc of collecting the following rates
J If toll, to wit: For each carriage and
Sur horses, seventy-ive cents; for each
carriage and two horses, fifty cents for
each carriage and one horse. twenty-five
: cents for horse and rider, fifteen cents
for each horse, five cents; for each head
of cattle, five cents; for each head OF
sheep, goats, or hogs, two cents: Provl-
ded, That he shall have the said Terry
fully established and in good working
order within six months after the pass
age of this Act: and provided, further,
that should the said Thomas Grant, IN
the exercise Of the privileges conferred
upon him by the foregoing charter, work
daniage or ihjary to any person using
ss.sA sefSY, through negligence or dere-
LECTION of duty, se shall be deemed guilty
OF q misdemeanor, and upon ennYFcSSon
thereof, shall forfeit such chartered prl-
wileges.
Approved March 10, 1871. |
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
The Land Grabbers.

What terrible mockery was the res.
olution passed by the Radicals at Co.
lumbus, against subsidies of public
lands to corporations, in the face of the
facts in the case. In the speech Of Cen
Morgan, at st. Clairsville, ,on the Goth of
June, this wholesale land robbery is
briefy shown up. He says:
"These monopolists succeeded in OBJ
tanning from Congress, by means which
no one believes to be honorable, grants
of alternate sections Of land, in all forty
miles wide, and extending half across
the continent. This wholesale robbery
was the property of the people The
land thus given away was yours, land con
stituted the righttul heritage of your
children.
"since the Republicans have been il
power, they have given away to hand
full Of monopolists, two hundred mil
lions.of acres of land which belonged to
the whole people, and sufficient to make
six or seven States as large as Ohio.
"These lands belonged to you all, Re
publicans and Democrats alike, and they
should have been given to actual set
tiers, at simple cost, and thus secured
cheap homes for our industrious youns
men who are anxioHs to try their for
tunes in the West and South"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
The Solitary Lovers Bench at Sar'
atOga. 8
[eoEEtespondent New York Commercial Adve
tispr

l[coEtespondent New York Commercial Adver-
T. tiser.
One of the saddest discomforts 10
young lovers, newly married people and
yoting gentlemen who desire to get GER
tain young ladies "on the stlng," is the
absence Of benches in the park There
is only one bench where two persons can
sit and talk in tile whole enclosure. This
bench is in conspicuous location on
the hill, commanding all the approaches,
to be sure, and so situated as to incur
no very quick surprises on the part Of
the dog-in the manger pirates who spend
their time in watching hand holGing
beaux, or susceptible bachelors, always
on the point of proposing. Every lover
in Saratoga knows where the double
bench is Situated. You will always see
it occupied, morning, nJ3ti and night !;
while lowering around, within accessible
distance, will be half dozen couples,
waiting for the next chance to sit there.
Yesterday met an old Saratoga statis-
tician-a crusty old bachelor-who, un-
seen, has watched this bench fer thirteen
years. He has the name of every young
lady whose hand has ever been held by
couples sitting on tliis BehEh; the number
of kisses stolen Or given away, and the
names of the stealer and the stealee He
showed me his record book. Great
Heavens! What secrets were there
What flutter it would cause in Congress
Hall, thought, to publish them.
"How many young ladies have allowed
their hands to be held willingly ? asked
of the statistician.
eleven hundred and fifty-two," lie an
swered.
''How many unwillingly?'
"Three; but they had false hands.
"How many unmarried ladies' have
been kissed there ?" 'af sya
"Three hundred and ninety-one."
"How many married ladies have been
kissed there willingly?"
1.-TWO hundred and seventy six"
"Unwillingly9" ?"
"Two-by their husbands.
'How is the proper way to occupy this
bench with sweetheart ?"
"Well, saunter along with large daily
rewspapet,spread it over your laps, hold
ing it with one hand, while your sweet
heart holds it with the other This leaves
to each hand free under the paper
These hands will naturally seek each 9th
eli, and then y6u can sit and defy detec-
tion from the most observing. Such ca
ses never watch They defy detection"
Now, for the good Of humanity, for the
Beneht of scolding husbands, loving
brides. spoohey lovers, and tie great ar
my of firters at Saratoga, ] plead for
more benches in the park, more seats for
two persons, more seats close together.
Amen.
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"Do Not give Up.

A gentleman traveling ii the northera
part of Ireland heafd the voices Of chii'
dren, and padsed to listen.
Finding the sounds proceeding from
small building used as a school-house,
he drew near; and, as the door Was
open, he entered, and listened to the
words the boys were spelling.
One little fellow stood apart, sad Ind
ldispirited :,
"Why does that boy stand there I"
asked Tie gentiehiah. ),
"Oh, he is good for nothing" replied
the teacher. II There's nothing in him.
I can make nothing of him. He is the
most stupid boy in the school"
The gentleman was, surprised at tlilS
answer. He saw that the ,teacief Was
so stern and rough that the younger
and more timid boys were nearly crush.
ed. He said a few kind words to him,
then placing his hands upon the Eobts
brow of tile little fellow who stood
apart, he said: "One of these days you
tnas lie d fine scholar. Do not give up,
but try, my boy, tfy.n
The soul of the boy was reused. His
dormant intellect awokg A new pGf-
pose was formed From that hoar he
became studious and ambitious to ex-
cel And he did become fine scholar,
and the aathor of well known com;
mentary on the Bible; great and good
man, beloved and honored It was Df:
Adam Clark. lLI.t
The secret of his success is worth
knowing: "Don't give up, Bdt try, my
boy, try"
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NUMBER %
i Negro state.

AGlarleston Is. c. correspondent
Of the Richmond (Kv.) Messenger thpi
alludes to political affairs in the old
Palmetto State: :.
-Four, ,ffths of the members Of the
Legislature are negroes. wh9 bake
made from three to a,hdhdred. tN9g1
Isana dollats each. The Lie1tenaat
Governor and Secretary Of State ~:
mulattoes, and three out of the four
members of Congress range in coloF
from bottle Of ink to a dirty piece OF
sole. leather. One of the Associate y lis.
tices of ih6 Suprettis Bench 4, b, HscRR
that chalk mark on Els philaRtRrobiG
Iphysiognomy would look like light
house in fog, while the ponderous
gravity with which he listens to the
learned arguments OF the really leafhed
men of the State, who are forced u oh,
pear before him; HAS its equal only III
that ridiculous sedateness with which
you have seen monkey catch fiefs =;
The leader of the Legislature is Mlehl:;
gan negro, whose linguistic oiliness
quickly brought him to the dingy sur.
face and there he still floats in vanity
and wealth. He is called the "Black
Prince" and lives in a style about sew;
en- miles from Charleston, owns twenty
horses and mGtiles; WITH handsome car.
riages to boot; drivers with 4 f5otthaHI
and fires bottle or two Of champagne
with lavish hand to every sight seer
who has a curiosity to visit an ebony
| idol in his own home." Il q e .;
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ton; requesting the removal of the
Custom House party and the appoint
ment of true Republicans When it is
ascertained that the President indorses
the acts of the Custom House officials
Convention,onl then will they withdraw
theif support from, and repudiate and
Condemn, him.
On conclusion the resolutions recon.
mended that the President of the Con
vention appoint twenty citizens to visit
Washington and petition for the removal
of those named.
Herron's resolution respecting United
States Senator West to inquire into the
authority given the Custom House party
was. adopted,
This closed the business of the Con-
vention.
Governor Yarmouth was then invited
TO deliver an address and complied.
The city press denounce the action of
the Custom House officials. The sus-
pension of mercantile business yesterday
is characterized as a gross outrage.
To day the Federal troops were re-
moved, and business was transacted as
usual at the Custom House.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
Fem ale SbCiety.

1t is better for you to pass an evening
once or twice week in lady's drawing
room, even though the conversation i;
slow, and you know the girls songs by
heart, than in club, tavern, or pit of s
theater. All amusements of youth to
which virtuous women are not admitted
rely upon it, are deleterious in their ma
ture. All men who avoid female society
have dull perceptions, and are stupid, land
have gross tastes, and revolt against
what is pure.
Your club swaggerers, who are suck
ing the butts of billiard-cues all night
call female society insipid. Poetry is
uninspiring to yokel; beauty has nc
charms for blind man; music does not
please poor beast, who does not know
one tune froih another; bat, as true
epicure is hardly ever tired of water,
sauce, and brown bread and butter,I pro.
test | can sit for whole night talking to
well regulated, kindly woman, about
her girl Fanny, or hef boy Frank; and
like the evenings entertainment.
One Of the great benefits man may
derive from woman's society is that he
is bound to be respectful to her. The
habit is of great good to your morals
men, depend upon it. Our education
makes us the most selfish men in the
world We fight for ourselves, we push
for ourselves, we yawn for ourselves, we
light our pipes and say we won't go out,
we prefer ourselves and our ease and
the greatest benefit that comes to man
from woman's society is that he has to
think of somebody to whom he is bound
to be constantly attentive and respect
full.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
Dark Hair,

Dark hair, SO long neglected and de-
spised, is again in The ascendant. The
blonde is gradually fesuming her place
side by side, not above; the brunette
The blonde is now declared to have
maintained her rule so long by tafiety
of artifice, and can, now that der tuii
ming devices are known, be classified as
follows: The Gothic Irish (reddish) J,
the Saxon English dark Yellow, the
little ridiculous blonde (short, curly, gol,
den), the cephalic blonde (orange tint },
and the lymphatie blonde (pale straw
nolor) Amongst all these, the cephalic
orange golden las always been consid.
cred the most to he dreaded by men
who seek for peace of mind, ealuf life,
and happy end.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
Death of MRS. 4. L. va.iand,ehd II

CUMBERLAND, MD., August 13-Mfs.
Vallandigham, widow Of the. late c. L.
Vallandigham; died in this city at II 80
this mornitig.
DAffos; August ts.--A private dis:
patch received here to-day by John n.
Sprigg, Esq, from Cumberland, Ma;
announces the death at that place, at
eleven o'clock A. NJ. today, Of Mrs.
Vallandigham, wife of the late c.. b,
Vallandigham, of this city. Mrs. Val:
landigham was stricken down by the
sudden death of her husband, and has
been suffering severely ever since from
physical and mental prOstration. A few
weeks since she was taken to ,Cumber:
land, Md, by her relatives, where che
has continued to grow worse and xas
recently seized with an attack os dys.
entery, which resulted fatally. Her re.
mains will be deposited in . vault at
Cumberland and removed here for in-
terment in the family butyiffg. gfodnd 81
s6oh as the weather will permit. Mfs'l
Vallandieham was a sister Of the late
Hon. John V. L. McMahon, of Balti.
more. tgs3AF
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General Crook In ArIzOna;

At Fort D. j Russell, near Cheyenne
WHICH is no fort at all, but merely a
beautiful village of barracks, officers
quarters, cottages, and a long green
lawn. where band Of music plays eve
rvthing-I heard an account of an Off
Ger celebrated for Indian prowess. The
subject was the war in Arizona and
Crooks substitution for Stoneman.
"Oh Indian hunting is Crooks spe.
ciality," says one. "The fact is Crook
is nothing but afi Indian anyway. !
fhean that his mind, physiognomy and
education are all Indian. Look at bis
face-the high cheek bones, the contour
of the skull: and his manners-stolid,
separate and adverse to talk. He is a
perfect Indian in endurance He can
take nis gun and cross the desert, sut-
sisting on tie way where you and l
would starve. Perfectly selr reliant for
any venture, delighted with lonely travel
and personal hazard, carrying nothing
but his arttis, he will walk after trail
all day, and when night comes, NO HAT
ter how cold, he wraps iiftiself in an In
dian blanket, bumped up, Indian fash
ion, and pitches himself into heap OF
sage bush, there to be perfectly easy till
morning. He will follow an antelope
for three days.
He requires nothing to drink Of
smoke, and very little to eat. Abstemi-
6us, singular, utterly ignorant of fear,
and yet stealthy as cat; he rejoices in
exile, is shy of women and strangers
and when he was cadet he had all the
same traits The other day he departed
for Arizona with one soldier, his rife
afid two clean shirts the latter lie TOOK
to be presentable on the steamer His
style is to hunt continuous hiding pla-
ces by day for his command, and move
them upon the Indians by night, and be
can outwit the keenest Indian in the
country. When he was in command in
Oregon his wife, who bad taken the re.
sponsibility of following liiih, although
herself gently reared, shared his quar-
tiers out in the wilderness Crook did
not have ten dollars worth of furniture
in his quarters. Sometimes he would
remark, "Well, I'm going off," and he
would be gone week perhaps, scouting,
and return just when he liked, his wife
saying nothing. If Crook don't get
killed he'll clean out the Apaches, pro-
vided the politicians let him alone. He
ought to be kept in command there in
Arizona until the Apache question is en-
ded.-Cor Chicago Tribune
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An Incident of the Urbana CamR
Meeting;
Ffrom the Urbana Unioin.i !


An. incident Of the outside meeting Of
the Urbana camp meeting was q little
address by colored woman, Who Ed
tertained, and, it is to he hoped, i1-l
structed the crowd, by giving her folig-
ious experience on the tobacco question;
in manner altogether inimitable. Said
she: II thought | enjoyed my pipe and
MY tobacco, aad l thanked de Lord for
em while 1 he;,t praying Lord Jusus,
come into my heart. Then / thought,
what if de Lord Jesus open de door Of,
my heart, and / puff do tobacco smoke
in his face, what .then3 So then l
thought didn't you dfeam you saw an
open grave and head d-board and a foot
board TO it! And de Lord Jesus told
ME de grave is for de pipe and de to-
bacco. So Went ottt and dug de
grave in de yard, and buried de pipe
and the tobacco, and put up q heaf.
board, and a foot board, and / wrote
on de head board, Dressed are de dead
dat die in de Lord, and sheir works d.
follow dem.'" ao.s,
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Alexander Dumas, fills, assisted at
a grand dinner given in Paris before the
siege, and was particularly witty and sat-
irical In the course Of the conversa-
ton he happened to allude to rather
delicate subject concerning one of his
best friends. The latter called on him
the following day and mildly remonstra-
ted
Mon cher, you are very witty, con-
fess, and your talents in that line is
known; but, really, you are not, obllg-
ing, and 4 am sure you would sacrifice
your best friend for the sake of good
joke"
"Most assuredly," answered Dumas
"friends pass away, but good sayings
] live forever