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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08

ALI. over the country the money
question is agilating the people. The
question is, whether we shall have pa
per money hat is of a par value with
gold, or whether the volume of paper
money shall be increased. 1t would
seem that the people of the South
should go with the inflationists. When
we sell cotton we receive currency for 1t,
and any of US would sooner get twenty
five cents pound in Greenbacks than
twelve and half cents in gold. The
mcanest money that we can get, 1t
would seem to US, is the morey for us
who have cotton to sell. A few years
ago when gold was at premium OF ~
or 50 cents, we received Is to p cts. for
our cotton, and all will agree that the
prices then paid were more satisfactory
linn tho prices now received for cotton.
REL IGIors MEETING AT DUE WEST.
On Saturday last there was q special
meeting OF the congregation at Due
West for the purpose of Ofdaining two
new Deacons, elected some few weeks
ago, Mr.. r.. w. Haddon and Mr.. H. NJ.
Young. There was good meeting, all
appropriate sermon on the duties OF
these officers Of the church, by the pas
tor, Rev. w. l.. PRESLEY. At the con-
clusion of these services u committee of
arrangements, consisting of the pastor,
elders and dcacons, was appointed for
the purpose of considering the rropriety
of making assignments of the expected
guests during the meeting of Synod,
which commences on Thursday before
the fourth Sunday of the present
month.
TRIAL BEFoRR TRIAL JUSTICE HAw-
ITHoRN.-Mr. Jas. Il. Todd brought suit
on last Saturday against his engineer,
Foster Chandler, for violation of con-
tract, in failure to obey the instructions
of his employer. There was much diff
Guilty in securing q satisfactory jury, as
both parties exercised their right to OBJ
iect to iurymen. A dozen or more were
Objected to on both sides. 1t appeared
on evidence that Chandler neglect
ed to do his duty, in not being
on duty at proper hours, that he
had neglected to obey orders, and that
he had been more than once found asleep
IIwhen running the engine. The SELL
tence of the Court was that Chandler
pay twenty-five dollars, or twenty-cight
days in Jail. The defendant gave bond
for money.
THE Sunday-school at Hopewell
Church is now in very flourishing con-
lition, and numbers between sixty and
seventy members. Mr.. NJ. o. McCas-
Ian is the superintendent, and the teach
ers arc Mcssrs. Wm. Wilson, w. E..
Link, II. A. McCaslan, j. r. McComb,
and VIM. NJ. McCaslan, and Mis-. n. A.
McCaslan, Mrs. \. B. G.. Lindsay, Mrs.
Il. A. Morris, Mrs. NJ. Y. Postell, anu
Mrs. Clatworthy. They propose having
Il picnic celebration in October; the day
. is not fixed.
WE had the pleasure Of greeting in
our sanctum Oh Monday lasl, Mr.. J. B.
Cowan and j. w. Mattison, of Donalds-
vile. These gentlemen are thriving
merchants, and will in q little while in
form the readers of the Press d. Banner
whence they can get the best goods ut
the lowest prices.
If you have not paid for the paper you
arc now reading, we beg Of you to lose
no time in doing so, as We are far below
Iour bottom dollar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08
Market Reports.
AnBEvILLE, September s, 1875

AnBEvILLE, September s. 1875.
NEW YORK, September 6.-Cotton
steady-sales ,254 bales at lag; conso!i,,
dated receipts $3.50. Flour dull and
and still in buy yers' favor-supertine
4.S5@ 5.50-common to frlr extra o.So@,
$50.
AUGUSTA, September 6.-Ootton 4ui-
et-middIiug 1873; low mlddilng l3l;
receipts l44 bales sales IS.
CHARLESTON, Sebtember 6.-Cotton
ouiet-.niiddling 13!al3s; low middling
l3}alss; good ordinary IS; receipts S'
bales; sales 50.
BALrIMoRE, September g.: Oats firm
southern 45a5l. Rye dull at 94al.m
Provisions strong and active. Mess
norl %. .OOa 1925. Bulk shoulders Sja3;
clear rib l24al25; bacon shoulders 10;
clear rib lOlalos; hams l5al5!. Lard
refined HALF. Coffee very quiet
jobbing sales at 81. Cotton quiet,
middliny lis J; low middling l44 good
ordinary III receipts 70 bales; sales 81.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08
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DIR. MARsuALL's LOss.-Our friend
and townsman, DR.. Marshall, has met
with Il serious loss in the death of that
faithful old watchdog, bob Tail" or
"Robert Narrative" as he was some
times called. 1t will be remembered
that the Doctor himself some three
months ago came near putting an end to
his existence; the work is accomplished
now, and we "ne'er shall see his like
again"
"No more that dog will bite the boys,
Well hear no more his wall;
He's gone where boys don't take old cans
And tie 'em to his tail.
He will not fight with billy goats,
Nor snap at bugs and flies
Some fellow filled him full of lead,
And grim death shut his eyes.
Gone to meet the sausage-maker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08
Obituary..

AFTER q period Of severe illness, and
after q hard deatll-struggle, silently
and quietly as if soothed by angels
lowering near, passed away our bright
our sweet little cherub.
Died, OIL the 4th of September, 1875,
ut the age of seventeen months and
eight days, THOMAS CHEVES,
youngest son Of ]. ]. and NJ. A. King.
It was sad to see him 80 sick, and sad to
see him die; but he is gone-gone
where the good angels are, and where
Jesus is-Jesus, who said, "Sutfer little
children to come unto me, and forbid
them not, for of such is the kingdom Of
heaven" r. Z. l..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
The -Alston House,
Ry THE MISSES CATER.

Geo w Clotworthy, d Wiss, L NJ
Tough, Baltimore, Md; Sanl'l Rosem-
banln, Live Oak; DIR Woodruff, Capt l.
Dawson, Charlotte, + c; w G Mcclellan,
Atlanta, Ga; F II Rahm, Richmond,
Va; w II Austin. J w Mattison, J B
Cowan, Donaldsville; S Carter, ,Lau-
rcns Co; J E Webb, S G.; w H Bailey,
w X Bailey, Greenwood; A NJ Erwin,
J f Wakefield, Centreville; G G Had
don, r " Had5don1,,, 5!1,,, Due ;e, West; S; J II L
Creek; L E Truitt, Wideman's, S c;
Rev Mr. Pearson and lady, Due West;
DR. J II BaslJn, Geo Speer, j L Calhoun,
Mrs A l. Clinkscales, Monterey; Robt
Winn, Miss Lizzie Winn, Santucky,
j + Everett, GAINESVILLE, Ga.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08
Wier'S Hotel.

List of arrivals since last issne:
ID Masters, B + Knight, Laurence
A B Austin, Greenville; w B Dorm,
Dorn's Mine; w w Sprouse: w Il
Robinson, Lebanon; r Il Hill, Ninety
Six; A J Clinscales, j D Sullivan, Mon
terey; r. 0 McAdams, Antreville; Jas
F. Todd, Due West; S r Morrah, Will
lington; + \ Mars, Calhoun's Mills;
NJ Gambrell, City; CP Walford, Rich
mond. Va; G II S Lanier, Augusta, Gin.
JOHN A. WIER, Proprietor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08
Consignees.

The following named persons havo
freight in the Depot:
Cunningham d r, CT Latimer, D B
Smith, e \ McClung, J w Power, J b
Moseley, J X Jones, w A Lanier, Per-
rim & Co, w d Mars g. Co, Bradley 4
Jay, Thos Young.
c. Y. HAMMOND,
Agent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08

WE had the pleasure on Monday of
meeting Gen. P. H. Bradley, one of the
prominent citizens and successful far
mers of the lower section of the Coun-
ty. He reports corn and cotton as suf-
fering from the excessive dry weather.
The General is strong advocate OF the
more extensive cultivation Of grain, and
his success gives force to his words.
Rel oats he says will pay three times as
much as corn, and requires only one
third of the labor. 1t is a sure crop,
and is our only depend ence, with labor
demoralized, and with our excessive
droughts. He advises our Southern
farmers to plant largely. The General
sees no immediate prospect or revlvlng
the Augusta and Greenwood Road.
That city has invested so much in the
canal that she is CRIPPLED in her resources.
She is ANXIOUS to .haye the road put Is
waiting for somebody else to build 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08

The following persons have packages
im the Express office.
CE Bruce, ] T Robertson, ] Knox, r
\ Andrews, a b Holcomb, J w w
Morrah, Bradley & Jay, ] Fl Britt, W
H Taggart, Thos Young, O H Latimcr.
Miss NJ Wilson, Emily Robinson, Il
Harris, Miss NJ and A Johnson, II l'a-
ker, Il w Mcmillan.
Z. V. HAMMOND,
Agent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08

! THE editor of the Press and Banner
Svouid be glad W hear from correspond
ants in the different sections or the
county every week. SEND US an the
Jews from Lowndesville, Phoenix, Mon
Sferey. Donalds, Long Cane, Lebanon,
White Hall, Due West, Cokesbury,
Greenwood, Ninety Six, and every
other section The shortest letter will
be gladly received from any quarter and
from everybody,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08
New Cotton.
NINETY Six, s. c.,

NINETY SIX, s. c., |
Sept. 7, 1875. !
Editors Press and Banner:
Six bales of new cotton has been re-
ceived at this place. Two bales sold
Sd, by J. w. Hill, for 1890.
Four bales sold September 4, by Mays &
Hill to Pope & Co., for 1870.
Yours, J. N. KING.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08
Married..

MARRIED, in the Episcopal church,
in Greenville, on the 9Th inst, by the
Rev. Ellison Capers, DIR. G. A. HEM
DERSON, Of Salisbury, N. c., and Mrs.
ANN J. IRVINE, of Greenville, 8. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08

Mr.. Theophilus Rogers and his son,
D. Rogers, passed through our town
on Monday from Georgia, on their way
to Calhoun's Mills.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08

STEAM POWER PRINTING.-Pam.
phlets of all kinds are cheaply and eXpe-
ditiously printed by Walker, Evans &
Cogswell, Charleston, s. e. Their
presses are in full blast on this class of
work, but still their faculties are so great
that there is always room for more work.
Proceedings of meetings, Conventions
College Commencements, Briefs, &c, &c.
are executed in the pest style and with
greatest dispatch. tt
How NICE!-A friend writes to us
from Glenn Springs that he ate Il ba-
mana for breakfast Saturday morning,
which was grown in the handsome gar
dens of Mrs. Zimmerman, at that place.
The plants are kept in the hot house
during the winter months, but are now
out in the open air, where this fruit ma
tured.- C0iuHtJiu Register.
ions TURKEY.-We never could see
why people constantly accuse Jobs tur-
kew of extreme poverty. "Poor as Jobs
turkey ia applied to every lout in town.
There is nothing recorded that his do
nestle fowl didn't scratch around the
house and get plenty to eat, regardless OF
the empty smoke house and crib of job.
Tho committee appointed by Bishop
Wjghtman to examine into the conduct
of the Rev. w. w. Hicks OH the night
of the 18th of July, met in the NJ. +.
Church at Live Oak on the 1st instant to
commence their Investigations. The
committee is com posed Of some of the
best men in the State, and we have no
doubt the case will be fairly heard.
The first bale of new cotton sold in
Ncwberry, was brought last week by
Mr.. Thomas +. Harman from Mr.. Allen
NJ. Nickols. Weight 5Ol pounds; price
Is cents.
SUPREME COURT, Tuesday, August
81, 1S75.-The Court was convinced ut i
\. NJ. Present-Chief Justice Moses.
No other Justice being present, the
Court was adjourned until Tuesday,
September 2S, II \. NJ.
Josie Mansfield passed over the Will
mincton and Weldon Railroad, going
North, some days ago. The news that
she was aboard preceded the train.
Iurboro Southerler says the excitement
along the line was disgusting.
"say Captain Williams" said a
soled-looking boy who came into his
store at Abbeville, one day last week,
"do you ever give a piece of watermelon
to a poor boy whose father IN mothers
dead, N who goes to Sunday-school, IN
has got sore heel?' The Captain was
deeply touched, and gave him 4 large
slice of q rotten one
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-21
An Old Danish War Galley.

recent issue of the London Times says:
About two and one-haf miles from Botley, on
the bank of the Handle, which runs out Of the
Southampton Water, there lies exposed at low
spring tides two hers oil old piles covered with
mud and seaweed, which have long been favor
able haunt of the cormorant and other sea birds.
i he piles extend from the waters edge for some
distance into the bank of the river id the direc-
ton of Swanwick, and according to tradition they
formed part Of the wreck OF Danish war galley
burnt and sunk at the time of the Danish IN Va
sion Of England in the year $40. Within the last
few days gentleman who has lately taken a resi-
dence in the neighborhood conceived the idea Of
raising the presumed wreck, and employed a
number of men in making explorations
When at depth of some eight or ten feet il
the mud, planks were folud attached to the piles,
and the shape Of the vessel was traced. These
planks were attached to the timbers in three
thicknesses, each planed to bevel and bent 10
the shape of the ship. The thickness OF the
planks was from to inches. and the mber,
fourteen by ten inches. The researches were
continued to the keel, the measurement of which
was found to be 100 feet III length. A quantity
Of cement was embedded between the keel and
tlmbers, and the pianks were cauiked with moss.
The timber appeared to be of oak, but the5color
being changed, it resembled coal, and was ex-
tremely hard otherwise it was perfectly sound,
and even saw marks were distinguishes bic in
places, the instruments used being OF much
thicker make than those OF the present day. 1t
is hoped that these examinations will be contin-
ued, and further information obtained respecting
his remarkable relic of past ages.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-21
The English Cottage Girl.

The cottage girl is always poor hand at her
needle, and has to be taught by the elder SER
wants when she first goes INTO her place Ac-
customed from childhood to what would be con-
sidered abominabis ind.osn,ey in higher GLASS
possible to allude to; running wild about the
anes and fields with stalwart young sesi
node the worse on and conmisera ted with rather
than condemned, what wonder Is 1t II the natural
result takes place?
The fairs have been credited with much OF the
mischief, and undoubtedly they are productive of
evil but if they are abolished the average would
In ali probability remain about the same. The
evil is inherent, aud does not depend upon CIR
cumstances. 1t is the outcome OF long series
OF generations 1t can not be overcome in de-
cade. Education will do much, but not all.
Youth is always led by the tone of the elder peo-
pie. Untll the tone of the parent is improved
the conduct of the young will remain much the
same. The more distant parish from town the
outlying and strictly agricultural, and there
fore stagnant, the greater the immortality. 1t Is
the one blot upon the character OF the agriculsu-
raj poor.
They are not thieves, they are not drunkards;
if thy do drink they are harmless. and 1t eva
porates in shouting and slang. They are not
rIotous, but the immortality cannot oe gains nd.
No specific cure for this state of things can be
devised; it must slowly work itself out u der the
gradual pressure of an advancing social state. 1t
will be slow, for up to the present the woman has
had but q small share of the benefit that has be-
fallen the laborer through higher wages. Ii
higher wages mainly go for drink, the wife at
home is not much the better. The women say
themselves they are better Off.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-21
The Song Of the Shirt.

An anecdote, which Mark Lemon loved to tell,
related to the period when Tom Hood became a
contributor to Paac.. Looking over his letters
one morning, he opened an envelope inclosing a
poem which the writer said had been rejected by
three contemporaries. If not thought available
for Panel. he begged the editor, whom he knew
but slightly, to consigu it to the waste-basket
as the author was ''sick at the sight Of IT." The
poem was signed Tom Hood and the lines
were entitled "Ihe Song Of the Shirt" The
work was altogether different from anything, tnst
had ever appeared in Punch, and was considered
so much out of keeping with the spirit Of the
periodical that at the weekly meeting it's pubiica-
ton was opposed by several members OF the
staff.
Mark Lemon was so firmly impressed not only
with the beauty of the work, but with its suila-
blity for the paper, that he stood by his first de-
cision and published it. By letter written by
Tom Hood to Mark Lemon, which we have for
the moment mislaid, it appears that the ques-
ton Of illustrating the poem was entertained and
discussed. The lines, however, were published
without illustration, except that humorous Dor
der of grotesque figures which made up
tPunch's Procession on Dec. 16 1843. The
g Song of the Shirt" trebled the sale of the pa.
per and created profound sensation throughout
Great Britain london Society.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-21
Restoration of Life After Freezing.

a friend residing in Baltimore had in his pos
session small alligator which had been sent
him from Florida Its habitstion was a Tub par
TALLY filled with water, kept outdoors. During
one of the cold snaps OF the past winter, IN the
night the water became completely frozen, i'm
prisoning the reptile in the ice, with but small,
portion Of his body protruding theretrom. 70 all
appearance the animal was as dead as one OF the
stuffed specimens seen in a museum COLLECTION
The want OF time precuding an effort for its ex-
trication in the morning, 1t was allowed to re-
main frozen, aud was soon forgotten III the maze
of the cares Of the day.
For forty-eight hours the reptile thus remained
frozen and lifeless at the end OF which time, be-
ing thawed out, vitality became visible, and n q
short time, with no evidence of having II the
least suffered by the long trigorifc confinement
Here is an ntance in which the vital spark seems
not to have been extinguished by the freezing,
nor the animals organism to have been mutt
lated but that vitality merely remained torpid or
dormant during the freezing, and ready 10 re-
spond to its functions whenever the animals or
ganism returned to It's normal condition
can Artisan.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-21
An Important Postal Order.

The following important order was signed by
The Postmaster General yesterday, and will be
Issued by circular to all Postmasters tomorrow !:
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.,
... Washington, May 8, 1875.
The treaty concerning the formation of Gen.
eral Postal Union, concluded at Berne, Oct. 9,
1874, between the United States Of America, Ger
man, Ausiro Hungary, Belgium, Denmark,
Egypt, Spain, France, Great Britain,
Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway,
the Netherlands, Portugal, Roumania,
Russia, Servia, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey,
having been duly ratified by the United States
on the sth of March, 1875, and the Publications
thereof by the several contracting States having
been duly exchanged at Berne, Switzerland, on
the Sd of May 1875, it is hereby ordered that the
uniform rates Of postage to be levied and COL
lected in the United States on correspondence to
and from the whole extent Of the Postal Union
embracing the above named countries, without
distinction, shall be as follows:
A. For prepaid letters, 10 cents per Is
grammes.
B. For unpaid etters, 10 cents per Is
grammes.
C. For postal cards, cents each.
D. For newspapers, If not over ounces in
weight, cents each.
E. For other printed matter, samples of mer-
enumerated III article of the treaty, cents per
each weight Of Q ounces or fraction thereof.
F. For the registration fee on all correspond
ence, cents.
g. No fee will be charged for return receipt
in cases where receipt from the addressee is
requested.
Fl. No additional tax will be collected in the
United States on the correspondence forwarded
within the Union by sea on routes of more than
300 nautical miles in length.
l. Az regards the amounts to be paid for the
territorial transit according to article 10 Of the
treaty, the United States claims for herself,
whenever the right of transit guaranteed by that
article is exercised, (even regards her transit
lines of over $50 kilometres, and excepting only
her great overland railway lines between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, expressly reserved
as continuing 20 form the object of special ar
rangements with the post offices interested) the
minimum rate of 2 francs per hlogramne of
letters, and 25 confines per klogramme of print
ed matter, etc., and is ready by increasing the
transit rates, as permitted, to francs and so
confines respectively, to meet the wishes of
those Departments of the Union which make the
same declaration in regard TO the United States
transit correspondence.
Z. The freedom Of transit OF correspondence
in closed mails, reciprocally granted in the exist
ing Postal Convention between the Uni sd States
and Switzerland, will be maintained.
L. The Union rates of postage hereinbefore
prescribed will be levied and collected on and
after July i, 1876, on the correspondence to and
from all the contracting States except France,
and on and after January 1, 1875, on the CORE
spondence to and trom France.
MARSHALL JEWELL,
Postmaster Geaersl.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-21
Please Give Ne Ny Dime.''

"Pn give you ten dollars to have that trai,
stopped ~ exclaimed Major D. A. Carpenter YES
terday to MI. J. y. Hoxsle, master of transporta
ton Of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georei,
Railroad. The eastward bound passenger tra;r
had pulled out Of the depot, and was rattline
through the yard, the bell ringing merriy Ms
Jor Carpenter stood within the depot. and M:
Hoxse was watching the fast recedinp tram III.
| request was sufficient for Mr. Hoxsie to act unnn
although totally ignorant OF the reason. and /
| freight engine standing near by shrieked shriIIy
| at the engineer of the passenger train. and the
alarm was taken up by other engines in the ward,
the train WAS motioned down bv every emnIoye
OF the company in the vicinity, and in thirty sec
onds 1t had come to stop, to the vonderment o+
the passengers and the uIiosity Of the engineer.
1t happened in this wise:
|. just before the train started man standing
ON the step OF one of the cars had ca led to him
little girl with basket of apples on her arm
and purchased dimes worth OF the fruit He
placed the apples in his pocket and lust then the
Tram moved OF slowly. Taking ten cent note
from his vest pocket he held it in his hand as
the train moved on, the little girl following i'm
ploringly along, and finally he returned the
money to his pocket and went inside the car,
The little apple girl burst into tears. Just then
Major Carpenter, head of the wholesale procerv
house of Messrs. Carpenter, Ross Go. Crossed
through the depot on his way to dinner. He
asked the reason of her tears and she told him
T" III give ten dollars to have that traia stopped"
shouted the major, who. though a small man,
has heart big as about. of-doots
The tram was stopped and backed into the
depot, and: with the majors protection the little
girl identified the fellow, who was made to give
her the dime. and then to listen to an opinion
about himself expressed in very vigorous Eng
lish by the thoroughly aroused major, who
would have liked nothing better then to have
given him sound thrashing. Officers Madden
and Cain were called, the fellow taken off the
rain, marched to the calaboose, and kept there
chewing. the end of his own dreary thoughts un.
to plu
promise that he wouldn't eat another apple for
wolve months, and released, taking the evening
reight train for his home, near Strawberry
Plains.
When Capt. Jaques, superintendent of the
abroad, heard the reason why the train had |
een stopped, his face fairly shone again with
leasure, and his ample sides shook with the |
it gave him