The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-08-25

esss "a f3i
success Is eVfd fdences that che American
peop]e appre ciate honesty il their rulers,
and that when they find. such they re-
ward them with their confidence and
support
Hon. D. NJ. Key, has been appointed
by the Governor to the Senate Vicc
Andrew Johnson, deceased.
Senator Key has been for several years
chancellor Of the judicial district in
in which Chattanooga 'is, and is ranked
rs one Of the best jurists In the state.
He has been prominent in the politics
OF Tennessee at various times, the being,
in the canvass Of 1872, when through
the demora!iZing influences Of the IA
nous Johnson Northumberland cou-
test, lie was defeated for congress byt
"Bi.l" Crutchfeld.
Senator Key is a man well advanced
in years, Of strong intellect, fine cduca-
ton and attaintmcns, and one OF the
most popular men in his section. The
governor has done well in securing to
East Tennessee the continuation of the
senatorial incumbency voted to her, and
in secuing one of its ablest citizens to be
the incumbent.
IMMIGRATION TO TIE UNITED
STATES has fallen off decidedly since
the financial revulsion of 1873. In 1874
it was less than in 1873, and in 1875 it is
less than for the corresponding period of
1871 In fact the number Of arrivals of
every nationality, excepting the Chi
nese, shows a marked decrease. and it is
thought that if matters do not change
the total number of arrivals at New
York for the year will be less than 100, 200,
whilst in former years it was sometimes
thrice that number. In June, 1875,
there came into New York 1889 immi-
grants compared with 20G02 in June,
1871. In the three months, April, May
and June, this year, the arrivals were
Is ,566, whilst In the same three months
of last year they reached 6S,055. There
was decrease Of one third compared
with last year, which itselrshowcd de-
cdcd decrease in 1873.
A daring robbery was perpetrated last
Monday night ut Pcndleton, by un-
known parties cutting open the door of
the Blue Ridge Railroad Depot at that
place, with an axe. The iron safe Of the
company was taken out and carried off
some scvcnty-fve yaadS to 4 more prl-
vate place and ritled Of its contents-
some ninety dollars of money belonging
to the GrecMvile and Columbia Railroad
Company and several articles belonging
to the agent and operator. Two trunks
Of Col. James II. Rion, Of Winnsboro,
had been left in the depot the previous
night aud were also taken and robbed OF
clothes belonging to Col. and Miss ltion
together with some valuable diamond
jewcry.
THE Grand Division of the Sons of
Temperance in South Carolina.conven
in quarterly session in Temperance Hall
in Anderson on Wednesday evening,
the llth inst, at $3.50 o'clock. The
Grand Worthy Patriarch, Col. ". Il.
Eeitner, and about forty delegates were
present, and the session, though not on
important one, was certainly very pleas
ant and harmonious. 1t adjourned on
Thursday afternoon to hold its next an
nual meeting with Palmetto Division, IN
Charleston, at which time matters of
great moment to the Order will present
themselves for solution by the represent
tatives who may be present from the va
rious Divisions. A mass meeting of the
Sons Of Temperance took place on the
next morning.
AUGUSTA, GA, August 1S,-There
was much excitement to-day in Wash
| ington and Jefferson counties on ac-
count of the reported attempt by the
negroes ut iusurrcction. Eighty arrests
were made, and the white military com
pan;es in those counties were ordered
bv the Governor te report to the Sllerll1.
The prisoners were all lodged IN jail
without resistance. The alleged plot
contemplated massacre of the whites
on the 10th instant. 1t is thought now
there will be no further trouble, though
the details are meagre and indefinite.
| General Shenck, U. s. Minister t,
England, has been using all old Ameri-
can anecdote to good advantage. TO the
wife of British cabinet officer, who as
sured him that "England made Amerl-
ca all that she is" he said: "Pardon,
madam, YOU remind me of an answer Of
the Ohio lad in his teens, who attended
Sunday-school for the first time, was
asked bv his teacher, 'Who made you :?
He replied, why God made me about
so long (holding his hands about ten
inches apart but growed the rest"
The losses sustained by the South in
! the civil war are estimated BY cores
pondeut of the New York Evening post
to have been 81 ,2S4 600, 900, independent
of the slave property, which amounts TO
s. 2OO, 900 900, making n total OF 81,
| OOO. .OCO. but this is below the mark, for
the correspondent estimates that HAD
not the war occurred the wealth OF Sthe
South, taking the ratio of the decade,
ending 1860 rs test, would in 1870 have
reached Sl5,3 ,0lO, 900, instead OF which
if fell TO onlv 5,452, ,00O, ,O00-a difference
of nearly $40, ,Om, O0O,O00.
THE sale of lots at Seneca City took
place on "Wednesday last, in accordance
with previous announcement, but owing
To the small aticnda nee and the cash
| PAYMENTS required, only Il few lots were
| disposcd Of, and none at less than $50
per acre. Besides, 4 heavy rain inter-
| irrcd with the progress Of the sale, and
notice was given that another sale would
begin on the 9th Of November next;
when investments can he nladc.-In-
d,2'Son I"fcN;ycN"rf.
The .Sy,rinIyc'd Republican declares
for Charles Francis ADAMS a~ Il ''crntcn-
NAL candidate for Governor" of MasSa-
chusetts, and says it wovld he Il step
towards making him President "rhi>
is pretty certainly Massach hu*et's' last
chance to furnish Il President to the
country during this generation, if not
for all time to cotuc. Political power is
steadily and swiftly passing to the West,
year by year. But MASSACHUSETTS,, it she
! chooses, can stavc oil the inevitable Il
! little longer"
Gen. Darlington has Il drama called
"Saint kitts,' adapted from Hooh'S
novel, "ralncy Castlc," which will be
! put upon the stage in New York. One
of the heroincs is a mulatto woman.