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Destructive Freshet in the Millway
. section-Crops Submerged and
Ruined-Farming Prospects
MILL WAY, S. c., !
.Jnne I'd, 1873. !

Editor AJberilk Press g. Banner:
Our section of country was Wis
tied on last Thursday with one Of
the most destructive rains we have
had in years-some of our oldest
citizens say they have never seen
the like. The destruction to the
growing crops and lands has been
immense - rivulets looked like
creeks and the branches sweileo
themselves into the position o1
rivers. It extended from Harris
burg to Winter.seat and from
White Hall to the Wideman old
place, now owned by L. W. Lyon
ESQ. Hundreds of acres of bot
tom corn was.washed up and liter
ally ruined, and thousands of rails
carried completely of-some o1
my neighbors have been hauling
out cross fences to replace the lost
ones as time could not be spared to
90 to the woods for them.
The blow falls heaviest upon
some of our oldest and best citi-
zens, Capt. W. S. Harris, A. J.
Weed and W. G.. Keller, Esq.
Their principal crops were made
on branch bottoms, and they are
ruined. Mr.. Weed had a portion
of his in wheat, it was very fine and
gave promise of 40 bushels, it was
completely submerged for hours
and left covered in the mud, not
even fit forhorse feed. The streams
effected by the rain We're Beaver
Dam, Coleman's Branch, Reedy
Branch, Rocky Branch, Rocky
Creek, Callabas and Chiles' Branch.
The damage done to the uplands
Observation-Disclosures fields were
washed broadside, and corn and
cotton swept out. by the roots. 1t
poured for more than an hour with
unabated fury.
Although our crops are mangIed,
our fences gone and lands badly
washed, still we have a great deal
to be thankful for-there was very
little wind and no hail, The crops
generally are grassy, more so than
usual-harvest will soon be on us,
and if the rains still continue, our
farmers will have to wage a good
warfare to contend. successfully
against General Green. Wheat is
tolerably good-oats very fine.
Success to you and your paper.
. g. Yours as ever, ..'...
"HARD LABOR"
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SAssARD & Co.-These gentle

SAssARD & Co.-These gentle
men have a choice stock Of Provis'
ions and groceries which
they have just received and
will sell low for cash. They will
be found in the new store next dool
to 3Trowbridge & Co.'S, in Cothrar
& Wilson's Range, and are liberia
and accommodating merchants
Call and examine their stock, ano
they will make it to your interest
to purchase.
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RoADs.-We are requested tt
call the attention of the County
Commissioners and Road Overseelt
to the condition of the public road
between the "Anderson Place.
and VIM. Wicklife's near Centre
Vile. and also from Wicklife's tc
the latter place. They have not
been worked for several years and
are almost impossible.
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ne. The Rev. j. I. Bonner
President of the Due West Female
College, preached two able and in
structive discourses in the Presby
terian church here on Sunday last
morning and at night. The Pastor
the Rev. J. L. Martin, a late dele
gate to the General Assembly, il
expected back with his family thit
week
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10000 ACRES. ! ).
Chea % Farms.

The cheapest Land. inmarket for
sale by the
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.
In the Great Platte Valley.
100000 Acres in Central
Nebraska.
Now for sale in tracts o: forty acres and
upwards on five and ten years. credit at
6 per cent. No advance interest re-
quired.
|. Mild and healthful climate, fertile
soil, an abundance of good water.
!: The best market in the Westi The
greal mining regions of Wyoming, Gu.
orado, Utah and Nevada being supplied
by the farmers in the Platte Valley.
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"IRELAND FOREVER. "-President
MacMahon, of France, belongs
to a family who came from Ireland
We are told that the MacMahor
family descended from Bryan Boru
who was King of Ireland IN 1Ol4
Thus the genus of Ireland is illus
trated even in France, and the de
scendant of an Irish Monarch pre-
sides over the destinies Of France
-Carolmian.
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Cool WEATHER.-During satur
day and Sunday last old Boreaf
seemed to have regained his sway
and threatened destruction to the
growing crops. The weather, how
ever has again moderated, and
promises something more seasona
bic.
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CLos1Na OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
BY notice given by the Board Of
Trustees of this Township, we
learn, that the public schools were
closed on Friday last. Reason, a
lack of funds.
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RAspBERR1Es. - Our thanks are
due to Mr.. J. F. G.. DaPre for {
present of some delicious raspber
ries-sweet and juicy, and over
flowing in their profusness. Mr.
DuPre brings these, as he does
everything in his garden, to perfec'
ton. -
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The MoDnc WAR seems nearly
ended. Some nineteen braves, twenty.
three squaws, and thirty children
have been captured. Capt. Jack has
escaped with few followers. Gen.
Davis has been employing the rene
gade Modocs to capture him but
without success.
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s- Mr. r w Tomlinson

% Mr.. B. W. Tomlinson, for
a long time filling a responsible
position on the staff of the Charles.
ton Ne1cs, has been compelled by
failing health to tender his resigna.
ton. He is an able and accom-
plished member of the profession.
and we trust will be soon enabled
to resume his active connection
Herewith.
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Mr.. and Mrs. W. Joel Smith
and their son J. Allen Smith, leave
to-day for Atlanta, Ca, the latter
to enter the we'll known business
college of that city. The college
has a high reputation and we trust
that our young friend will find il
such, as to make his stay both
pleasant and profitable.
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Soldiers entitled to aGHome.
stead Of 160 Acres.
The Best Locations for Colonies.

Tn6 BHSC IUCdCIUHS IUr VUlUIlH& !.
Free home for all! Millions of Acres
of Choice Government Lands open fol
entry under the Homestead Law, neal
this great Railroad, with good markets
and all the conveniences of an old set
tied country.
Free passes to purchasers Of Railroad
Land.
Sectional Maps, showing the. lard
also new edition of Descriptive Pam
phlet with new maps mailed free every
where. Address O. r. DAVIS,
Land Commissioner tU r. r.. c..
Omaha. Neb
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na% We learn that our fellow
citizen, Col. D. W. Aiken, has
purchased the Eason House in
Cokesbury, and contemplates va.
rious improvements to the premises.
He intends making a permanent
residence there, for the purpose o.
educating his family.
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Final Discharge.

NOTICE is hereby given that Henry
II Riley, Administrator, and NJ.
P. Edwards, Administratrix of the Es-
tate of James NJ. Edwards, deceased,
has applied to Chas. w, Gufin, Judge
of Probate, in and for the County @
Abbeville, for final discharge as Ad
ministrator and Administrative.
It is Ordered, That the 10th day OF
June, A. D. 1878, be fixed for hearing OF
Petition, and final settlement of said
Estate.
J., G. WOSMANSKY,
G. G. P. A. G.
Nav 10, 1873, sat
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SODA WATERFOWL friends want.
ing something refreshing in the
way Of a pleasant drink should 60
to the establishment of our friends
J. B. & W. j. Rogers, near the
McIlwain corner. They will fur.
nish you the best of soda water
Call and Judge for yourselves.
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aa% The communication of oul
friend "Policy," has been received
but is unavoidably crowded out
It will appear next week.
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CoTToN. - An Abbevilie CORE.
spondent of the Charleston Mews
estimates the area planted in cotton
to be one-tenth greater than in
1872.
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No. The Charades that were to
have come off on the 18th inst,
for the benefit of the Methodist
Church have been postponed.
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.DENTAL.---Dr. Thompson requests
us to say that he will be absent from
the village during the week, re-
turning on Saturday.
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CROPS. - The stands generally
have been good and the seasons
favorable. The farmers are, how
ever, in some sections very much
in. the grass, which they are
fighting vigorously.
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New Advertisements.

The following is the list of new adVer'
tisements:
Fimily Groceries-Sassard q GO.
Situation Wanted.
= Cotton Gins--J M Matthews:
Notice to Road Overseers-W + Nc
Kellar.
Dress Goods-Emporium of Fashion.
Citation-C w Guffin.
Stoves-H w Lawson & Co.
Garden Seeds-Parker & Perrin.
Soda Water-J B l. w ] Rogers.
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Total, 10000 Gifts, all Cash, $5OO,0
: Only few tickets remain unsold, and
they will be furnished to the first appli-
cants at the following prices: Whole
tickets, $40; halves, SIS; quarters, $3.50; +;
II wholes for$1O9; Sc for $500 113 for
1000, and s575 for $4,000. For tickets
and full Information, apply to
THOS. E. BRAMLETTE, 6
s.. TnuioviIln XVI
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AN ACT to Regulate The PubHca-
ton Of all Legal and Public No.

tees. -
SECTION l.. 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
duty of the Attorney General, the Comp
trolier General, and by the Secretary o.
State, conjointly, to designate, by pub
lie notice [in] one or more newspapers
in this State. in which all legal notices,
advertisements, or publications for the
State, of any and every character requir-
ed by law to be made public, shall be
published; and said Attorney General,
Comptroller General, and Secretary of
State, shall have power 10 make such
changes and new designations, from
time to time, as they may judge that
the public interest. requires. 49,
Sac. 2. All State and County Officers
and other persons are hereby required
to furnish to the newspapers designated
under this Act, for the State and for the
representative counties, for publication,
all legal notices, advertisements and
publications, of any and every character
required by law to be made public; and
no legal notice, advertisement or publi-
cation required bylaw to be made pub.
lie shall have any valid force or effect
unless published in the newspapers des-
ignated under this Act; and no publi-
cation, of any character in any newspa-
per not designated under this Act, shall
be paid for from the funds of this State,
or of any County: Provided, That the
said officers mentioned in Section one
shall have power, in cases requiring un-
usual publicity, to order publication in
such newspapers, in addition. to those
designated under this Act, ss by and
with the advice of the Governor they
may select; and bills SO incurred shall
be audited and paid in the usual mau-
ner.
Sec. 8. All Actsand parts of Acts in
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect from
and after passage. Jan. %, 1872.
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New. Advertisements,
$500 ,U0o CASH
! GIFTS TO BE PAIDsIN FULL,
The Third Grand Gift Concert
IN AID or THE

Public Library OF KY.
Will be given in the, great hail Of Libra
nv Building. at Louisville, on TUESDAY,
jULY 8, .is73, at which time TEN
GIFTS, amounting to
grand total of S5O0.00O, ALL CASH, will
he distributed by lot. TO ticket-holders.
No reduction in amount of gifts at this
distribution, but each gift will be paid
IN. FULL: - ~
OFFICE OF FARMERS AND DRoyERs' I
BANK, LOUISVILLE, KY,
April Z, 1873. }
This is to certify that there is in the
Farmers and Drovers' Bank, to the
credit of the Third Grand Gift Concert
for the benefit of the Public Library OF
Kentucky, Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars. Which has been set t-apart by
the Managers to pay the gifts in full,
and will be held by the Bank ana pald
only.
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OFFICIAL.
State of South Carolina.

State OF South Carolina.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, [.
Columbia, Jan'y 13, 1873. !
The Abbeville. '.PRESS AND
BANNER - is hereby designated
as the Newspaper for. the publication
Of all Legal Noiices and Official Adver-
tisements for the County of Abbeville,
under the Act, approved February 22d,
1870, entitled "An Act to Regulate the
Publication of Legal and Public No
tiCes," and the Order heretofore issued
designating the A66eviKe Mediuns is
hereby rescinded.
SAM'L w. MELLON,
Attorney General.
8. L. HOGE,
Comptroller General. :
II. E. HAYNE,
- Secretary of State.
I certify that the foregoing is copy o
the original on file'in this Office.
II. E. HAYNE,
Secretary of State.
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s. 81 ,ss9s $sssss; s; s;!S,y & Ts:E *
young or old, make moremoney'at work
for US in their spare moments, or all the
time, than at anything else. Partieu-
lars free. Address G. STINSON q CO.,
Portland, Maine. 60
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-07-12

THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. (.
RAFFLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Widows and Orphans of the Southern
States. aa
DISTRIBUTION No. 4z6 EVENING, July IL.
So 76 "a A ss 6s 20 10 So SO 81 66
DISTRIBUTION No. 427. MORNING. July H. y
d Ia d ) q II 76 4 35 rs 81 IA go IS Q l6
Witness my hand. at Richmond, Va, this 18th
day of July, 1873.
SIMMONS Il CO., q. q. TOMPkINS,
Managers. Commissioner. l
CERTIFICATES OF RAFFLE can be pur.
chased from Captain w. /. DABNEY, at the
Branch Office. No. . Twelfth street. three doors
from Main af
d z WILL PAY FOR SIX COPIES OF
DC the WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL for
one year. ~
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The Conservative press of Virginia is
seriously dlstarbed over the exposure of a
new Radical trick, which has for its object
the election Of the Republican ticket next
fall. We are chagrined to find that the ex-
posure occurred through the columns Of
The Republican. for we have always prided
ourselves on the strict secrecy which we
preserve regarding the private affairs of
the party. We have known for weeks that
eighteen or twenty thousand blacks from
the district have been provided with rations,
&C., including razor in each boot, for the
campaign in our neighboring state; but
we have refrained from mentioning it. 1t
seems, however, that we did inadvertently
allude to the fact that colored woman in
this city gave birth to four babies at one
confinement. Here is the trick; but we
hasten to relieve the anxiety of our Con-
servatiye friends by the statement that one
Of the babies was girl. On mature re.
Election, however that doesn't make any
difference. When she is dressed in male
apparel, without chignon, she viii MAKE
as good voter as Extra Billy Smith him
self. Washington Republican. T
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THE Limestone (Ala.) News. Demo-
cratic organ, feels compelled to say "that
if it can do any better, it fights no more
under the Democratic flag" 1t adds /:
"There is not scrap of the old Democra-
tic banner left big enough to darn hole in
the seat Of pair Of breeches." Worse
still, it declares that one s'had as well sing
hymns to dead mule as undertake to re-
concile the animosities engendered by last
years folly" Evidently The News has a
full knowledge of the situation, and gives
good reasons for its present attitude.
With clearly ascertained Republican
majority of $4,000 in Alabama, 1t is pro-
bable that these assertions are right, and
that, SO long as our friends remain true to
themselves and their principles, we will
retain control of the state.
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PROPOSALS
UNITED STATES ARMY BUILDING. l
OFFICE OF COMMISSARY
OF SUBSISTENCE,
NEW YoRR, July 2, 1879
SEALED PROPOSALS,

IN DUPLICATE. will be received at this office
until IL o'clock m, August 2. 1873, for furnishing
for the United Siil es Army FIFTY TIIOUSAND
POUNDS OF TOBACCO, with the power OF
increasing the amount fifty thousand pounds
il desired by the Department.
The proposals will state accurately in detail
the quality and kind OF tobacco, its history, IL
any, as TO its keeping qualities in hot cimates
and in transportation; of what Leaf. as to stock,
year, and curing the wrapper and filler is made !;
whether the binder Is usec what casing is used
and when, where, and how TO be manufactured !;
in what kind of package put up for shipment,
and whether machine or hand made.
The tobacco to be made in pings, weighing full
one half pound each, and to equal the best grade
of army or navy tobacco not 10 be lower in
quality than the samples TO be seen at the Office
of the Depot Commssary, New York city.
The tobacco to be packed in boxes, (caddies) 10
contain twenty one pounds, net each, and the
boxes to be packed in cases, (eight to a case
headined.
Samples five cases packed as above required)
of the tobacco proposed to be furnished must
accompany the proposals., and be referred TO
therein. No conditional future perfection, To
equal sample grade, will be entertained. The
samples SO furnished will be paid for at fair maj
ket rates, If deemed of sufficiently good quality
for sale to troops, if the proposer so desires.
An officer OF the army and an expert Will be
the leaf, in the course of manufacture and when
shipped.
Two sureties who will agree to guarantee the
execution of the contract, according to its true
intent and meaning, and who will enter into q
bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars to that
effect If required, will sign bids as well as the
TIE right 10 reject any and all bids is reserved.
WILLIAM w. BURNS.
y2-6t Major and O. s. U. S. A.
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e I
The New York World insists that the
Democratic party still lives. At the same
time the Chicago Times insists that " the
professional Gabriels are vehemently blow
ing their trumpets to raise the late Demo-
cratic party from the dead" Ithas no faith,
however. in these Gabriels. and laughs to
scorn the blasts Of their trumpets. The
party is too dead, even for Gabriel's horn,
/" Though they shrek till doomsday.' il
says, (" and their horns till the sky cracks
with the hideous noise, they will not bring
the dead to life." Here we have differ.
ence of opinion that is perplexing, but,
remembering the electoral vote as counted
last February, we are inclined to think
that the Times is right.
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FOREIGN.
SPAIN.
The Republicans of Spain Sack ana
Burn San Guesa.

The Republicans of spain sack ana
Burn san Guesa.
BAYoNNE, July l2.--The Carlist forces
which captured San Guesa, in Navarro.
were soon driven out by a force of Repub
cans, who afterward sacked the place,
burned factories, and insulted women upon
the pretext that the population sympathized
with the Carlsts.
MADRID, July l2,-O'Kelly is at large
in Madrid, under British guarantees.
Z The defeat of the government troops
under General Cabrinetty, by the Carlists
commanded by Saballs, is attributed to
lack of discipline. The troops which were
captured by the insurgents surrendered
almost without firing shot.
The minister of war, in the Cortes, con-
firmed the defeat of the Republicans near
Ripall, and the death of General Canbri-
netty. He also confirmed the reports OF
lnternationalist excesses in Alcoy. The
body of the mayor Of Alcoy, who was
assassinated by them, was dragged
through the streets, and the mob yelled
continuously. The collector of taxes was
also assassinated and his body similarly
treated.
BAYONNE, July l2.--Adyices received
here from Carlist sources state that the
lnsurgent chieftain Sierro, with band Of
500 men, including so cavalry, had crossed
the river Ebro and entered Old CASTLE,
where he is organizing risings of Carllsts.
There is much agitation in Burgos, and
many Of the inhabitants of that province
are enlisting under the banner Of Don
Carlos.
Several bands Of Carlists have appeared
in the province of Leon.
There are three chiefs in Galiacia each
at the head Of an organized force.
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lICHMOND VA. SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 12. 1873
Iterns.f

THE CITY COUNCIL will hold its last
meeting before the summer recess mex
Monday evening at o'clock. ssB
JOHNSTON, THE NEWS DEALER, has
the New York Evening Mail which contains
the drawn numbers Of the last Kentucky
lottery. ASTON
r. F. WALKER, esq.,, state superintend.
ent of public printing, advertises fol
proposals for reprinting volumes X and Xl
of Leigh's Reports. kW
A NUMBER of ladies and gentlemen
excurted up the canal last night about 81
o'clock as far as the three-mile locks and
returned about IL o'clock, all being highly
pleased with their trip. 7
DONALD WINSTON. son Of Joseph
p. Winston, esq, O wholesale grocer and
commission merchant of this city, has been
appointed to West Point cadetship from
this district by Congressman j.. Amber
smith. ~H aah aa1ilHE IHsfr
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DoGs-UNLICENs DOas.-Since the
city council has voted to take recess, after
the meeting next Monday evening, until Sep
tember, we ask in the name Of the lao.
abiding and dog-tar.paying citizens of this
community if nothing can be done to rid
the city OF the many thousands of unlicens-
cd and worthless ours that prowl around
both day and night. Is the dog ordinance
defunct? If not, why is it not enforced I?
We hope that Mayor Kelley will look into
the matter, and if necessary bring it to the
attention of the city council, SO that they
can take some action thereon before they
leave us for the summer season.
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WASHINGTON.
Items.


General j. Ii. Baker, commissioner Of
pensions, has now disposed of nearly all
the applications for pensions made by sur
vivors of the war of 1912. under the act OF
February IA. 1871, some thirty thousand
cases in all, and less than a half dozen
examiners are now engaged on the
remaining cases, in which the claim
ants are endeavoring to furnish proof of the
services alleged. As fast as the evidence
is received it is being applied. Commits
sioner Baker has displayed an unusual de-
gree of promptitude in disposing of this
work, which proves both a saving to the
government and a source of enjoyment to
the old soldiers.
The work at the Philadelphia mint is
now being carried on night and day, with
two sets Of hands. Great demand is being
made for the new trade-dolar, and an eff
fort is beng made to supply all acquisitions
promptly. The coinage Of other coins is
also being done as the circumstances re-
quiTe.