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The Cotton Crop.

There is nothing in the report OF
the Bureau of Agriculture, just pub,
liShed. which encourages the belief
that the cotton crop of 1874 will
be large one. The main reliance o!
the Northern bears was the increase
of acreage. as compared with that OF
1928 from which they figured out
a crop of four and Il half or five snd
q half million bales, according to
their fancy. This prop is swept away.
The Agricultural Commissioner says
that enough lapd, planted in cotton,
has been abandoned "to bring the
acreage down TO what it was last
year." All, therefore, that we have
to rely Oh is Il crop equal in amount
to that Of 1928, if the season be
as favorable to the staple, and if the
labor of the country be as plentiful
and as efficient as it was last year.
What information have we upon those
two points?
In the first place the present season
has unqucstionably been, so far, less
favorable than the preceding season.
The Agricultural Commissioners ouly
confirms thSletters of private CORE:
spondents, :nd Of the acute CORE
spondents Of the News and COur'er, in
saying that the crop is from two to
four weeks late, that the wet weather
has given the planters more work
than they could do, and that cotton
worms and caterplllars have made
their appearance. Add to thesa facts
the further fact that labor is searer
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THE

to Abbeville. TEAS, COFFEES SU-
CARS, RICE. FLOUR, CORN, PO-
TATOES, BACON, HAMS, &c., &C..
can be had here at the old low figures.
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THE WRONG REPORTER

It is said that in moment of
temporary insanity, a Boston city
editor assigned a horse-racing,
baseball and aquatic reporter to re-
port, in half column, the Sunday
services at the church Of a sensa-
Itioual preacher. This is the report
he published, and for which he was
discharged
ad'he house met at 1890, g. m.
Prayer by the chaplain. The first
race was between the chaplain. and
the singers, it being a pretty even
match the two first heats; but the
singers got the best of the last three
heats. and came in on the amen
stretch two full lengths ahead, win
ming the last three heats and the
race-time, 500. Petitions We're
then presented for forgiveness and
other matters, and notice was given
Of special assignments during the
coming week for various objects.
The singers then sailed up to the
Judges stand, and after getting into
position, sailed away on the course
with all canvas set and a spanking
breeze from the organ, which drove
them along in fine style. The top
rugged yacht, flying the blue pen
nant, was we'll ahead at the stake,
and came home ahead of all the
fleet. The speaker then took the
floor, and announced his intention
to ask that the resolution of cen
sure that had been heaped upon
Ananias should be rescinded, and
proceeded to road the records OF
the case, from which it appeared
that Ananias had sold his house,
and had not given all the price to
the church. The speaker then went
on to say that no reason appeared
on the record for Ananias to. give
anv. much less all, of his property
to the church. and that he ques-
toned if any Of those before him
would do any more than Ananias
had in the same place. He then
went on to show that Ananias had
obeyed his wife in the matter, and
expressed the belief that few of
those before him could say as much
for themselves. After further ar
guments of similar character, he
moved that the character of Ana
Mas be, and hereby is, declared A
| bv the members of this house" :"
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Burnt Records.

AN ACT to Remedy and Supply the
Loss of Public Records, and tc
Perpetuatc Testimony in Regard
to Deeds, Mortgages, Settlements
and other Papers, Lost by Fire at
Abbeville.
Section l Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
Of .he State Of South Carolina, now
met and sitting'in General Assembly
and by the authority Of the same:
That any party to a record, plain
tiff defendant, assignee, or any person
having an interest in any judgment
decree or agricultural liep, the record
of which has been destroyed ~ fire
at Abheville. on the 10Th January and
18th November, 1872, shall have the
right to supply the same in the fol
lowing manner:
|. Sec. 2 That the party desiring tc
supply such record may, upon notice
of not less than twenty days served
personally upon the other parties ir
interest i, such record, make applica
ton to the Clerk of the Court 70,
leave to substitute a new record
which application shall contain, as
nearly as possible. state nent Of the
nlmes Of the parties. the amount o1
the debt. the entry of said Judgment
and execution; the names of the at
torneys of record. with such other
particulars as the applicant may deem
proper to his case; all which shall be
verified by the affidavit of the appF,
cant, or his or her attorney, according
to the hest of his knowled ge, infor.
nation and belief.
Sec. 3. That upon failure Of the
party or parties, served as aforesaid,
to answer such application, in writing
to be filed in the Clerks office within
twenty days thereafter, exclusive OF
the day of service, the Clerk of the
Court shall docket judgment for the
party fling said application.
Sec. 4 That if the party or parties
served with notice as above. file with
the Clerk of the Court, within twenty
DAYS after such service. excluding the
day of service, an answer to the ap,
n ication, denying. upon oath, the
applicants right to the relief sought
with statement Of the grounds why
such application should not be grant.
ed, the jurisdiction of'the Clerk OF
the Court shall cease, and he shall
refer the application, answer, and any
accompanying papers, to a Comm's-
sioncr, for whose appointment provi'
sion is hereafter made.
Sec. 5. That said Commissioner
shall take. in writing, all the testimo-
ny introduced by one or both parties,
according to law; shall hear and de-
eide the matter in controversy, report
his decision in writing, and, with it
return all the papers to the Court of
Common Pleas. From tho decision
of the Commissioner an appeal may
be taken to the Court by the party
or parties dissatisfied there rewith, as in
case Of an appeal from the decision of
Referee appinted under the Code. If
there be no appeal, the Clerk Of the
Court shall docket Judgment accord
ing.to the report and decision of the
Commissioner.
Sec. 6. In every case in which the
defendant or defendants in any burn
I'd judgment or decree shall he absent
rom ard without the limits Of this
State, in lieu of the service required
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The Shah Among the Women.

Next to the grass and trees, or
perhaps before, the women of En-
gland have had the honor to inter-
est the Shah. Regarding them
naturally from the Oriental point
of view, his Majesty has made a
number Of remarks which will
scarcely bear repetition in print.
The prevailing fashion of dress has
given him abundant opportunity
to compare their attractions with
those of his harem. For three he
is reported to have offered eS0,oOO
with the option of canceling the
bargain and returning to England
| if, after q fair trial, they disliked
Persia. One Of the ee.told me
she was inclined to accept if the
money could be settled on herself,
and if she could feel sure about
getting back. But think no bar
gain has been closed. At Lady
Granville's party at the Foreign
Office, on Tuesday night, it was an
American lady-or, as some say,
two or three fair Americans-who
had the honor to attract this noble
savage's. regard. At one or two
dinners he has found himself with
a lady on each side of him, and this
is a practice which he declares
himself unable to understand.
They, on the other hand, have been
enlightened by experience as to
some of the customs which prevail
in Persia, but, have hitherto been
unknown in England. One lacy
.on rising from the table found her
lap filled with morsels from the
Royal plate, which, as she sup
posed, he had found unpalatable
and quietly disposed of in this
way. Another beheld sundry vi
ands from time to time during dim
der transferred from the Shah's
plate to her own. There is even a
story that he took snch violent
dislike to spinach, when it was
served to him for the first time,
that he elected it from his mouth
on to the plate of his .neighbor.
But to all these, as to most of the
other stories, there is another side.
The charitable and well-intormed
explain that these contributions
were meaut as marks Of royal favor,
and were in the height of good
breeding, since among Orientals 1t
lis the custom to bestow on a guest
the choicest morsels from the hosts
portion, and a King always stands
;in the relation Of host to every
body else.
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Dream Voices:


Wearied and sad we sink to rest,
Worn from the fight of life;
And slumber, stealing DER the frame,
Gives rest from toll and strife.
Then comes, with gentle, noiseles
wing,
The angel of the night,
Filling the frverish aching brain
With visions calm and bright.
All sorrows in that peaceful sleep
Have, 70. the moment fled;
And in sweet dreams forms re-appear,-
Loved forms, now with the dead.
Scenes OF Elysian bliss float through
The network of our dreams.
And long-lost voices murinur low,
Like music of the streams.
n
The trance is DER; the echoinG voice
In silence dies away;
We wake, to realize again
Another toilsome day.
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To the Public and my
Friends Especially.

EEAVING made a slight change in
y my business, which will enable
nie hereafter to keep a more complete
Stock of DRUGS and FANCY ART!-
Giles, together with few other goods
which I have not heretofore kept, 1
beg to inform you one and all that am
still at No. 4 Whites Block, ready and
willing to sell and serve all who have
the money. l am compelled hereafter
to require cash for all goods on delivery
do not forget this, and when sending
orders and prescriptions, (Which shall
have my prompt attention) to send the
cash.
>.. W. T. PENNEY.
Feb 10 1S72-45-tf
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and more scarce and less efficient than
it was last season, and tho public,
who wear not the spectators snecta-
'cles. will see at once how poor is the
chance Of making crop equal to
that Of 1872-73 unless the rest Of the
current season be as extraordinarily
favorable as the season Of 1901,
when over four million bales were
made. .-
The bears and spinners may say
what they please about four and five
million bales in 1874. Estimates
are mere guesses at this stag, bnt as
things look now, three and a half
million ha1es will be nearer the mark
than four and half millions.
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Accommodation Train between Bel
ton and Anderson on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. Leave Belton at
$50 A. NJ, or ON arrival of Down Train
from Greenville. Leave Anderson at
200 P. NJ, connecting with Up Train
from Columbia.
THOS. DODANIEAD,
Gen'l Superintendent.
JABEz NORTON, GenI Ticket Agent.
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CANNED FRUITS - Canned fruits
and vegetables, says the N. Y. .T'ib-
une, are only partly cooked, then
placed in the cans, which are closed
excepting q small hole in the upper
lid. The cans are set in a heater,
where they are brought to the boiling
point, and retained there for a few
minutes until all the air in them is
driven out. and tho vacant space in
the can contains only steam, when
the hole is scaled by Il drop of solder.
The cans are t. en- -ir-tight and the
fruit retains its natural shape. The
cost of the cans depends much on the
method of their manufacture. In
the large establishments they arc
made so chcaply that a dozen cans
filled with vegetables are sold for less
than 50 wholesale Four thousand
dollars would. if we are correc. y in.
formed be required to start canning
factory, even on a small scale.
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A PRACTICAL Publisher. You
remember how widely read and how
erely-condemed Abbott's Life OF
Napoleon" was when it was printed
lin Harper's Magazine, and afterwards
published by the firm in. book form
Just after its appearance between
covers, a we'll known man of letters
happened to be in the publishing.
house in Franklin Square. and re-
marked to Fletcher Ma,per:
II am really surprised. Mr. Harper
that q firm of your standing and
reputation should put forth such stuff
rs Abbott has written about Napo'
leon. 1t is false in fact as it is in
rhetoric and morality. Take out the
lies and fsstian and there would be
nothing left. 1t is Il disgrace to the
art of printing and to authorship"
Fletcher Harper, who has always
had good deal OF quiet waggcry,
responded in this wise:
II am surprised to hear yon say so,
my dear sir. l have not read the
book, bnt am under the impression
that it is highly moral. Mr. Abbott
is cminently pious, and he has often
told me that he never wrote a chap
ter of his. Napoleon without kneel-
ing down and addressing the Throne
of grace for light and guidance in
his literary labor. And, moreover,
Abbott's Napoleon pays"
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ABBEvILLE BRANCH.

AbBEfIL bIsA-SSIIs -
Train leaves Abbeville at 9.15 A. NJ,
connecting with Down Train from
Greenville. Leaves Cokesbury at 2.15
P. NJ, connecting with Up Train from
Columbia. Accommodation Train;
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Leaves Cokesbury at Ills A. NJ, or on
the arrival of the Down Train from
Greenville. Leaves Abbeville at l
O'Clock p. NJ, connecting with Up
Train from Columbia.
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Flashing in their pearly sheen,
From the glorious coraline,
See those teeth untarnished!
White alike, the back and front.
Yes, by the fragrant Sozodont,
May heautys mouth be gar.
nished.
Spalding's Glue mends headlesS
dolls, &c.
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Eay" Connect ut Aston with trains on
the Spartanqurg and Union Railroad !;
connecting at Columbia, s. c., with
Night Trains on the South Carolina
Railroad, upand down also with Trains
going North and South OIL Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad.
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Greenville & Columbia r. B.
- go S. Co. g. - -
CHANGE OF sCEDULE.

On and after Thursday, September the
5th, 1872, the Passenger trains on this
Road will be run Us follows, daily, Sun
DAYS. eXeeuted
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Srcpmi Jtnii,r Class

The I>t premium in Grammar, Dictio,ru..
Geography and R"adiry; "A in Ari,Er",,'''
awarded to Miss Lola i'u!c:,thaI. ~'''
The ri premium in Caiccism, (srr.,,.-
and Arl' ln"tc awarded To Miss Pauline E,y'n'
Washington CITY. ''
The ID prcmiun In R"a,ing aini UuEo,.r.
ply, awarded Ia ANN" Belle Ho~r, W,.LI,''1"
ton city.
The lst premium in C9tnh>rr. o. ;ho,r,,1..
ID il Geography aud Reading, AWARDED, IL "
Mary Donnclly
The I'd premiu:.: in Rcali:,s and Caicyh -.
awarded to Miss Mary West. ''.' '''
The ID premium III Reading, Granrnrr q.
biography and Catcchl i'll, AWARDED To ii..
Katie Green.
The "a prcrium in Catcchisru Ecaiiu IN. ,,..
Orthography, awarded to Miss l.cE,ccc Green
-Ninim Class.
The LIST premium in CatccIiSm. Rc,Jirr -.
Orthography, awarded to Miss Katie WL
comb "
Premiums 10 Spelling to Misses Alice. Br,i,.
Ira Wlitcomb, Susie Eiclen. Annie N'i,I;@n!!,
and Mary Ann English. ''''''''''
Crowns Tor Superior Excellence Of D..nor,
mcut in the Senior Class, awarded to Mi><r>
Angela Ncvctt, Ami" Corhct, Sarah Nrau1ar
Mary Harlow, Rachel nugan, Lena t.,i.lrn
Mary Bartlc, Nellie Baggett, Maggie Maio.m
and Lizzie Walsh.
La the intermediate Class Misses I..,i
S;outenburg Julia Neyett, Rosie Mails. Nrg.
gle CaIlau, Omir Elclcu, Susie Daily, i..r.
OSulivan and Sarah Scott.
In the Junior Class Misses it"becc: Green.
Saliva Edclen, Minnie Travcrs, TIllic Cnarc,
Lola Frudcptha, Mary Donpelly, Ellie Brown
Katie Whitcomb and Annie Williams.
Honors in the Senior Glass: Misses Winai.
Wise, Mary Elelen, Mary Laliy, and Su>,
Nichols.
Honors in the Intermediate Class Nil
Alice Knight, laura Rock, Maggie SMl,!
Edith Ilichew. Eva llchcw. and Katie Dunn.
In The Junior Class Misses Bessie Barru;i
Mary Wcsf, ard E,ssic Elclen.
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CITY COUNCIL.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Common Connect.

At an adjourned meeting of che Common
Council, held June 9th, 1873 there were pre-
sent: Gccrgo r. Shinn, esq, President, and
Mcssrs Rock, Moore, Eichbcrg, Hopkins, Field
Portner, Beach, Hughes and Evans.
AN act to form u Board of Public Works for
the city of AexAndria, and to fix p special tax
for the Improvement of, the streets of the city, "
WAS read the second and third times and passed.
by the following vote: Ayes, Messrs Rock
Moore, Eichbcrg. Hopkins. Field, Portaer
Beach, Hughes end Mr. Prcs;dsnt-9. No,
Mr.. Evans.
Mr.. Hopkins moved that the thanks of the
Common Council be rendered the President and
Clerk for the efficiency with which those gentle
men had discharged tho duties Of their respc, tive
Offices. and Mr.. Eichberg having offered II rcso-
luton to that ctlcct which was seconded By Mr.
Evans, it was unanimously adopted, and the
President having thanked the Board for the
kind expressions contained in the resolution,
declared tho Common Council adjourned sine die
Icste. HAROLD SNOWDEN. Clk.
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its fnancas article to-day, the Baltimore
Sun says There is scarcely any branch OF
business that has not experienced more or less
disappointn during the last few months.
The expectations OF an active and prosperous
spring trade end in disappointment. The de-
preston is attributed in the first place to the
cmbargoes on transportation, in consequence
Of the protracted winter, and then to the
advance in the gold premium, and the strigeu-
cy in the money market. 1t is the opinion of
eminent fnanciers that no permanent and gene
raj business prosperity is to be looked for in
advance Of a restoration of specie payments,
and the final abandonment by the Federal gov
eminent of all attempts to manipulate the cur
rency. The gold premium was fraction high
or yesterday, at l55, and at least a million and
half will be shipped to Europe this week.
Though large amount will now come on the
market 10 payment of government interest, yet
the tendency is upward.
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The American Farmer for July has review,
by an able scientific journal Of London, Of Prof.
Campbell Morft's late work on Phosphate
Fertilizers, in which it is assumed that a revo-
luton will be effected in the manufacture of
artificial manures by the Professors method,
Another important paper is from the pen of
the well known MIR. Lawes, celebrated as a
manufacturer of fertilizers and as farmer in
England, who pronounccs the South Carolina
mineral phosphate, one of the best and cheap
est in the world.
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The Markets.

New YORK June Is --itpcks dad! and firm
tnl! quict ut log Money easy NJ 4,G Flour
quiet and unchsngcd Wheat quiet and iirm
Corn steady.
dated, 5iI; West Virginas 10 bid to-day. Cot
ton quiet. but firm; low mi,idInga l9ll9t. Flour
very jul. Wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn
white Southern steady at II; yellow Southern
dull and lower ut 60; mixed Western 80. Oats
steady; Southern l5sN; Western mixed 12.4"!!;;
do white At+45 Rye dali at 70a75 Hay un-
changed. Provision; dull and unchanged West
err Butter st,,rcn end unchanged.
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VA.
SATURDAY, JUNE Is, 1873

THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SOUTH. The Am
herst Enterprise discourses on the capabilities
of the Southern States, and urges the use ofour
own materials and products for manufacturing
and business purposes. The building up of
the home markets is the first desideratum.
Its remarks are we'll worth the consideration of
the Southern people and all who are interested
in the future welfare and prosperity of the
South. We quote Suppose all the cotton,
tobacco, aud grain are manufactured ION the
HILL" suppose the hides, horns, and bones OF
the cattle are converted into harness, shoes,
saddles, briddles, buttons, combs, No., II our
own towns; suppose the iron of Virginia, Ten
nessee, Alabama-of the whole South and
Vests turned into machinery and utensils,
from the steam engine to the nail, from the
coumbiad to the cambria needle, at home;
suppose the forests of the South and West are
turned to use at home, from the cedar bucket
to the livc-oak frigate. Our hickory will make
carriages, our sweet gum, lasts, our maple shoe
pegs If we work up all our wool and wood,
our iron and copper, our cotton, tobacco, and
grain; make and refue our own sugar; make
our own glass, carthcnware, and paper, what
need have we for other than q homo market ?
Our cties,can build their own ships, and trans
port the manufactured products of their own
back counties. Now what do VIC need? Pow
or. We have, from Texas to Maryland, the
finest waterpower, and abundance of coal, iron,
and timber. Capital? 1t will come from Eu-
rope, from the North (uile Spraguo with a
Georgian cotton factory and from our own pco-
pie, as they save little clear mony We are
coming to it.
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The New Hampshire Patriot has brought
forward General Winfield Scott Hancock, Of
Pennsylvania, and Hon. w. S. Groesbeck, Of
Ohio, as its candidates for nomination by the
Democratic National Convention for President
and Vice-President in 1876. The Martnsburg
Statesman dominates Mr.. Chas J. Faulkner,
Of West Virginia, tor next President. This is
taking the field early.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-28

The displacement, ola rail, evidently done
maliciously, on the Iowa division Of the Illinois
Central railroad, near Farley, Iowa. Wedncs-
nesday night, precipitatcd freight train from
the track. The engineer, and Fireman were
instantly killed and seven cars were wrecked.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-28

Paris Is now In the process of ''reconstruc.
ton" Twelve million francs have been voted
for the reconstruction of the Hotel de Vile,
and for the repair of the Tuilerles, the Consell
d'Etat the Palais de Justice, the Palais Royal
the Louvre, the Vendome Column, the bar
racks, &C., We may estimate that an equal
amount will have to be voted and expended
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A New York Time Washington special says
that Gen Belknap, after most careful search
of the records Of the War Department 10 order
to ascertain whether the allegation that some Of
them had been taken Is true, is unable to find
that any of the records cSlnmltted to his charge
arc missing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-28

The Conservatives of Frederick county, Va,
have appointed Delegates to tho Richmond
Conservative convention, and recommended
that some gentleman from the Lower Valley.
be placed Oh the ticket for State officers.
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q The Treasury Department has prepared o
comparative statement of appropriations made
by the last Congress for tho fiscal year ending
in 1873, and the fiscal year ending 1874.
|. There is an increase of $lS,OO0O,000 for the
&stter over the former, the entire appropriation
being Sl72,290, 700. The expenditures for
the Executive Department were increased over
100000 military establishment S4,0o0,000,
naval establishment s40OO,00O public works
sc, OOO, OOO legislative one million and third.