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ABBEyI1IE S. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8, 1872


was drowned in the Savannah river,
! batl sonde fishermen picked him up
and Brought himIto; the next attack.
ed was Sam Rights bull dog, Lock;
he got shot by Jim Griffin, and died,
and II wilt not surprise ! me Il if I great
many, more ja :areS Il 8 attacked before, long
1 The afops here are tiFrst-lraate; all cor,
planted Carly aid Veil worked is
good, Very. good corn planted late
(and the most corn here, was planted
very fate) and half worked, will make
nothing. Six weeks ago cotton was
more promising than 1 ever er saw it.
We all tboaght our fortune was WI made,
h but alas for human hopes and expec.
I tations'l' Man, poor, h man, H. proposes,
but God disposess Ii rust, the cater
lpinar, and; six.weeks drought have
blasted alIour fond hopes, and they
}lie' Ike 'withered leaves > upon. the
ground. Cotton is nearly all open,
and viii all Be in market before
christmas except --:3: ---:--;; -; be
will be able to hold his for the rise, in
the spring; the general impression is
amongst the 'neighbors, that he will
make at least one bale and q half, but
I doubt that very much" ''i
"A word as to Young & divers cele-
brated Merchant Mills. 7 am sitting
right now On the piazza in front Of
the Mill (nearly, and hear its click
fclack and see wagons and carts and
Lhorse!!bo5ys(D and infantry going and
looming" All you have to do, is carry
your corn or wheat 81 any other Kind
of grain, and before you can, walk to
the still-house hard by, and get a
drink, your grits Or meal or flour is
ready. " If we had more Of Yodngs'
| land his like, the country would not be
Fdraped III modrnfng as she is now, as
from early dawn to dewy eve he is
hard at works 1WhilstEL am no pro-
phet, I say Tom Young will be the
richest man 10 Abbeville District, (of
course,4 except, .rogues and robbers
and public plunderers,) in twenty
years; mark it. * So Q no 5
hope you are we'll. I have the
kindsst eehngsforsoh men ana the
most of women, but there are two or
three men I, hate and several other
things. First and foremost, I hate
and despise Old Greeley and ] will
hate him. whilst I live, and curse him
when I die. He robbed me of hun
dred aiggers; he stole from me fifty
thousand dollars. ;As !to wearing a
white hat ! would go barebeaded first.
I will ~tarh 5of any niger on my
plantation for wearing one; not that
I hate Grant less but Greeley more;
they both deserve s dampation and
they will both be damned, mark what
tell ,yon. Ifjthey are not I / cannot 7. y
see tie use Of keeping up the institu-
ton. Excuse me, I have again
violated my golden rule, but will do
so'no more, but I must say I wish
they both were id; no, no, I was
on the eve of violating again; for
fear will seleseaby wishing you long
lifaand every thing you wish.
LOWNDESVIILE.
P. S. I know you think il is good
policy to- take the least of two evils,
and wisdom dictates if we fail to get
what we want, to take the best we
csnT get. + doubt very much the
policy Or good senso,of taking Gree
ley in preference to Grant-he never
would haze been heard of, but for
Greeley's folly and fanaticism; he
! is tho head and. .front-tail and all of
the radical party, Thirty years ago,
he was laborinp aIShe, laughed and de.
spised, and spit; upon for advocating
the abolition; Of slavery, but he labor
ed on with all his might to accomplish
his favorite hobby, andrhe Succeeded
freeingthe niggers and as surely as
be is elected, his next move will be to
free alE the mules and Jtarn all the
hogs out of the pens; for he
believes God made all equal; and
don't care q fg if kesdoes, for I was
aesera great admirer of'the mule,
and I don't care much for, hog-meat'
Now, Gen. Grant is q gentleman
born, gentleman's, son, and educated
gentleman, and tho he lent his
great name, to the party. forapurposee'
he, despises, that party, niggers,, scala,
wags, carpetbaggers, and all and l
bslieveas allhis JIiass S felix's lare tpFovi-
ded for, he will administer thea:gov-
ernmsHt tsttsMhm Greeley, forthey
say, Greeley has angreat many kin