The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-29

SC.CST Is al llCOEFiSlDAe oAN ottShSAcA ,
who is always making fun of the PIN
backs.
Jefferson Davis recently informed. a
reporter Of the s.. tt.-IILsaiS -IILsstaiiS Republican
that during his whole life he had never
delivered written speech.
t;@THE augusta Constitutionalist says,
Ctthis heather practice of duelling should
snot be tolerated in civilized communi-
Ety." We fully endorse the sentiment.
Eighteen thousand bales of cotton
,.were shipped from Chester hetween Sep
,tember i, 1874, and Septembe l, 1875.
:Twenty-three thousand bales was the
! squantitXsper year before the war.
"a EKRIBLE storms haye swept the Cast
suf the Gulf OF Mexico. The toYn>,o
Bndianola, Texas, has been almost en-
s&irely destroyed, with the loss or lou
dives, by aa inundation from the sea. #
Judge Cooke, in card to the Green
4,ille Nesps, Sesies that he intruded him.
selfin Judge Msher's circuit, or that
4 She endeavored to influence the colored
members of the grand jury, as alleged
by Mr.. Aldrieh.
sAs the small boy tries these cool
nsornings to get this Falls feet into last
Winters shoes, he realizes feelingly
chat the feet have either grown wonder
fully i'm the last six months or else the
shoes, like Vance's catfish, have
s'swunk" to an alarming extent.
The monument erected over the rest
Ing place of the late Hon. James l..
Orr, in the Presbyterian Cemetery at
Anderson, Is one Of the handSOmeSt and
most beautiful pieces Of sculpture in the
upper portion OF the State.
'sThirty-nine lashes on the bareback
Is proposed in New Jersey for any man
who. accepts an office, the duties OF
which he knows himself incapable to
perform. Go up head, Jersey. And
bless God, ye public officials of Edge
field, that your lines have not fallen to
you in that level-headed State.-Edge-
.feld ADVERTISER.
A friend Of ours says, 1--WE don't know
whether the expression is original or
quoted), that "God has given unto some
men wisdom and understanding, and to
others the capacity to play on the I'D.
die" Anyhow it's good thing, and
we booked it.
Colonel J. P. Thomas, Superinten-
dent Of the Carolina Military Institute,
at Charlotte, n. c., has accepted an in
vitation from the executive committee
.of the Greenville County Bible Society,
: to deliver an address at the neut ami.
versary of the Society.
The BEST AND EARLIEST IS THE
CHEAPEST. - The merchants, cotton
buyers and business men of AbbeVllle
are respectfully informed that our mar
ket REPORTS reach Abbeville twenty-foul
hours in advance Of any Charleston
journal. No newspaper in the State
publishes fuller and more correct tele'
graphic market reports than the Regis
fer,-C0tumbia Register.
-: JEWISH YEAR.-The 30th of Septem-
Der, 1875, Is the lst day of Fishri in the
Jewish Calendar, and il known as New
Years Day, being the first of the Jewish
wear. The 9th OF October will be the
Day Of Atonement, which is the strict.
. est fast-day observed by the Jews. On
that day, beginning ut 6 O'Clock the
previous evening, they abstain from all
food and drink, until dark OF the 9Th.
PARDoNED.-The Governor yesterday
pardoned Charles H. Harris, convicted
at the May, 1875, term of the Court oI
General Sessions of Abbeville County
of grand larceny, and sentenced to SIX
months imprisonment In the county
Jail. The petition was endorsed by lead
ing citizens, Solicitor Blythe and Judge
Cooke, OH the ground that no criminal
intent was proven against him.
COLLECTOR CARPENTER states that
by q decision of the Commissioner oi
Internal Revenue, every firm which
paws revenue license to the United
States Is required to procure new stamps
ever time the firm changes. If a part
ner retires, or a new one goes into the
firm, this is regarded as "change,'
and new stamps are necessary. If Q
person disposes of his business to anoth.
er, his revenue stamps cannot be trans
ferred with his business.
THE PENITENTIARY.-A correspond
ent writes: Perhaps the most noticeable
feature about the whole institution is
the preponderance of youthful crimi-
Rals. In. the hasty view to be obtained
- "a each as they passed in review, it was
,difficult to detect the face Of all old man,
and I am satisfied that 80 per cent. OF
the whole number of criminals are un.
der thirty years Of age, 10 per cent. OF
these again being boys under twenty
wears. The whole number of prisoners
Is 3O2,. of whom twenty-five are whites,
and three are females.
President McCosh, in his opening ad-
dress to Princeton College last week,
says that during the time he has been
there, seven years, there has been re-
oeived in the shape of donations 81 ESQ.,
600; the number of buildings have been
doubled, the professorships increased
new branches Of study added, and the
privilege Of taking an elective course
given to the higher students, Already
l74 new students have applied for en-.
trance-l28 freshmen, IL sophomores. IL
Juniors, l senior and % In the School OF
Scince. g.. =.
The president of the British Pharma'
ceutical Conference, which Is holding Its
Twelfth annual meeting in Bristol, in his
inaugural address called for Legislative
Interference in the matter of patent
medicines which he remarked, are moi
patent. but secret remedies. He recon-
mended the appointment Of q commits
sion. to which the composition of these
specifies should be disclosed, and which
should exercise some control over the
evtravagant and lying puffs by which
their sale is extended, to the Injury in
nmany cases of the public health.
AGooD, SUBSTANTIAL DEMOCRATIC
OReAS.AA spirited letter appears in the
Auo,asta Constitutiopatst, written from
! Barnweil c. H., gpon the paramount,
necessity OF first.ciass, fearless and
honest newspaper In South Carolina,
.'If hine-tenths Of the white readers OF
this State" the writer says, "were called