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THOMAs DOWLIR0. Auctioneer.

THOHAB DOWLlE0, Auctioneer.
rHB FAST SAILING YACnr AMERInus.
COMPL1TE II LIVERY PARTICULARS, FOB
SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
On fkIDAY AFTERNOON, September ~
22d, 1876, At 8 O'Clock, ct tbs foot of nth ~
street wharf, shall sell the above frst class
Yacht, complete In all its appointments.
Terms cash.
repi6 ats THOS. DOWLIH0, Auct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-18
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
Raising Money in Mexico.

Gen. Lebarra has q way OF raising
money for carrying on the war in Mexi-
co that has the merit of Effectiveness to
say the least. Recently the general gave
the merchants and business men of
Matamoras peremptory order to meet
him at his Office at 4:30 o'clock. He in
formed them, when they met, that the
object of the meeting was to raise $780,
900 to pay his troops and place the city
in state of defense. He offered pre-
MUM of thirty per cent. in custom
house bonds, saying it was q friendly
offer, and if it was not accepted ne would
raise the money by force. and not scru-
pie to use severe means; that If neces-
sary to seize the merchants to effect his
object he would do 80. He said he had
the interest of his government in his
hands, and he would subserve them at
all hazards. The merchants present
were then called on to subscribe to the
loan. Wien Senior Antonio Langoria
was called he said he was unable to sub
scribe. He was Immediately confined
in the artillery quarters. He can be re-
leased by subscribing $4,000. Ten
thousand dollars was demanded from
the house of Don Francisco Armedias.
The manager of the firm was an Ameri-
can citizen, and was in New Orleans.
Over $17, 900 was subscribed. This sum
falls short $4,000 Of what is needed
now. Gen. Lebarra says he will call for
the balance in fifteen days or go mad
dition to this forced loan, the Mexican
government has levied tax OF one per
cent. upon capital, property, etc. The
American merchants have subscribed to
the loan, but, in view Of the ulterior
measures on the part Of Gen. Lebarra,
they have applied to the United States
consul for protection.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
George Francis Trains Assets.

George Francis Train was examined
in the New York marine court under
what were called supplementary pro
ceedings, as to the property his credi.
tors could reach. In his examination
he said "I reside at No. 81 Lexing-
ton avenue I have wife and three
children I am in no business at present;
I have realized large plofts on my lee
lures throughout the country as Presi-
Dental candidate, and expend in chari-
ties and promoting my welfare as q can
didate large amounts; I have not lee
tured for the last five years have no
personal property, except my clothes
and watch, which is worth 500; l have
no jewelry; I pay $40 per week tor my
board have no income my wife has
an income in her own right; fifteen
wears ago / settled on my wife 500, 600,
being commissions made by me fol
NEGOTIATING the original bonds and pur:
chasing the iron for the Atlantic and
Great Western railroad company; my
wife now pays my board I have assets;
they consist of claims against corpora
tions." His assets, he stated, consisted
of royalty on 1900 miles Of railYay al
80, 500 per mile, build in Birkenhead
Darlington, and elsewhere. England
etc, in 1850, $4,000, 900 ; q claim agins
the British government, 81, 600, 600
claim against John McHenry for nego
tiating the bonds of the Atlantic anc
Great Western railroad, and other claims
amounting to $50, ,000, 900. Hisreal estat.
hesets down in Omaha, Chicago, Counci
Bluffs, and Columbus, at about $l3,
600. 600, but he has no faith in rea
estate
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
Impeachments by the United States
Senate.

There have been only six lmpeach-
ment trials before the United States
Senate, and but two persons were ever
convicted. The first case was that OF
Senator Blount, charged with treason ID
17c8, but there was no trial, the Jurls-
diction of the Senate being denied on
the ground that senator was not an
officer of the United States. Judge
Pickering, of New Hampshire, was
found guilty Of drunkenness in 1908,
and removed. Judge Humphreys, Of
Tennessee, was impeached for treason
early in the war and convicted. The
most celebrated trial. down to President
Johnson's, was that Of Judge Ssmue!
Chase, of Maryland, who was impeached
in 1904, for political partisanship In the
trials of Fries and Calender tor libel,
five years before. Chase was Federahst
and these men were virulent Democrats
at q time when the press was vastly
more bitter than it is now. The trlal
was the great event Of the day, but re.
sulted in acquittal. Chase was one OF
the sipners Of the Declaration and q
GREAT spirit. Having once ordered q
Sheriff to summon posse and take some
rioters to Jail, he was timidly answered
that no one would respond: "SQmmon
nae. then, and I'll take 'em," thdndered
the Judge. Aaron Bur's trial, one OF
the few famous American State trials,
was after the expiration Of his term OF
Vice President, and before a jury on an
Indictment for high treason, of which he
was acquitted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
How to Hang Pictures.

No picture ought to be hung higher
than the height of the average human
eve when the owner of the eye is stand
irg. If the picture is portrait, or If it
has human faces in it, it's eyes should
look as nearly into ours as possible and
if there be no such simple guide, per-
haps good rule will be to have the line
that divides the picture horizontally
into equal parts level with the eye. II
one stal is in hanging pictures with the
determination to place them 80 that they
can be easily seen and enjoyed without
stretching the neck the least, or stoop-
ing the body, he will be pretty sure 20
do well. In remote farmhouses and
country taverns we often see pictures,
particularly portraits, skyed as high as
If their owners had been academy hang
ers, and the painters young rivals of a
school. I suppose the reason is that
the simple hearted owners think pic
ture such precious thing it can't be
hung too securely out of reach of med
ding hands. They are often not clear
in their minds as to what picture is
meant for, and, not finding in it any
practical relations in human life and
society, they treat it with reverence and
put it where it will disturb them as little
as possible. But as the people come to
enjoy pictures and get some intellectual,
spiritual nourishment out of them, they
want them, as they want their books,
where they can see them and use them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
Centennial Notes.

It is officially estimated that the
whole amount of goods placed on exhi
bition will exceed forty thousand tons ir
weight.
The opening ceremonial on the tenth
of May will take place in the space be-
tween memorial hall and tho. main
building.
Governor Connor, Of Maine, has ap.
pointed President Chamberlain, OF
Bowdoin College, orator of that State at
the exhibition.
The people of Ellenville, N. T., pro
pose to fit up and anchor near the Cen
tsnnial q canal boat, to be used as q
boarding and lodging boat.
The boating men Of Pittsburgh ap-
pear determined to be well represented
among the four-oar crews at the Gen.
tennial regatta. -Four clubs OF that city
have already selected crews.
Norfolk, Virginia, has organized q
Centennial walking club, which pro-
poses to start on the first Of May and
walk to the exhibition, passing over, in
it's route, the principal civil WEI battle
fields of Virginia, Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
The scene inside the main building
has much the appearance Of q town OF
respectable size, with streets laid off at
right angles, and with dwelling houses,
summer paviions, cathedrals, gloomy
prisons, Norman castles, round towers,
alhambras and wigwams in the greatest
variety, and forming a most e1traordl-
nary contrast. It looks exactly as
though a host of architects had origi-
nally begun some Bsbel-like consruo-
ton, but were suddenly drawn under
some mysterious influence that caused
them to erect, with divers tastes, those
plain, picturesque, antique, gay, SOM
ber, massive and fairylike structures
that already place the visitor desiring to
view the interior of this building in just
the same difficulty as would be expe-
rienced by man posting himself on the
threshold OF the Continental Hotel In
order to obtain birdseye view OF
Philadelphia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
A Smart Child.

"Jack," screamed a bright eyed,
golden haired, fair faced little girl of not
more than six summers, to her younger
brother, who had dumped himeelf under
the wall, where he was digging sand
with a strip Of shingle, "Jaok, you
good-for-nothing little scamp, you are the
torment of my lifeG Come right into
the house, this minute, Or I'll take the
"Why, Totty," exclaimed her father,
who chanced to come up at that moment,
"what in the world are you saying3 1s
that the way you talk to your little
brother9" "Ch, no, papa" answered
the child, promptly, and with an inno-
cent smile. "We were playing keep
house, and I am Jacks mamma, and /
was talking to him just as mamma talked
to me this morning. I never really
spank him, as mamma does mo some
times"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
A Domestic Sorrow.

Here is characteristic conversation
which occurred some time since between
certain Mrs. Smith and a Mrs. Jones,
The husbands of both belong to the
Blank club, and upon q certain occasion
the two wives met and talked over thei,
grievances. Said Mrs. Jones "My
dear, do you know that I am unhappy9'
."No, dear, I had not the remotesl
idea of anything of that kind. You are
living in such luxury and ease that
supposed you to be the happiest o.
mortals." =. ...'..-.@l - .. ..-.., >
"Oh, no, I never think Of that for
am too, too unhappy"
"What makes you SO unhappy"
ooh, never mind, dear; it does moi
concern any one in the world but my
self; but I am dreadfully unhappy. ]
suppose I am the most unhappy person
who lives" -.
"Do tell me what it is T.
."Well, my dear, If you will know, il
is this: My husband goes out and stays
all night long at the club, and plays
cards. Amt that dreadful 2" -.
Mrs. Smith gazed at Mrs. Jones very
calmly and placidly and pityingly, and
then remarked: "My dear Mrs. Jones,
I was absolutely frightened-l was
alarmed. I shuddered for fear you were
about to relate some terrible mystery.
You are not half as unhappy as I am. !
am tho most unhappy, miserable woman
that ever lived" r. ,".--.'" s.'
,"What!" said Mrs. Jones, "you un-
happy, and so much admired and caress-
ed by society9"
eyes !; the most heart-broken woman
you ever knew.
"What can be the cause of thisf"
"Wen, I'll tell you, my dear. You
sec my husband goes out and stays all
night, and-well, he stays all night and
tries to play cards, but can't. Those
other fellows beat him every night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
AbOut Cabbage Seed.

The case of Richard Van Wyck against
Richard q. Allen and others was argued
before the general term of the court Of
common pleas. The appeal was by the the
defendants from q judgment for $4,000
had against them in the court below.
The plaintiff, who is market gardener,
purchased from the defendants one and
one half pounds of what were represent
ed to be seeds of the Van Siclen early
fiat Dutch cabbage. After planting ne
found that the plants never headed and
were of no use. The main question In
the case is as to whether, without any
express warranty and on mere repre-
sentation which they supposed to be
true, the defendants can be held liable
for the damages arising directly from the
use of the seed. The jury in the trial
term 81 the court answered the question
in the affirmative by giving judgment
for the plaintiff. Decision was reserved
BY. the general term.-NesU York Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
"I have" "

"I have" ... -......
"Well, if you are to have the picture,
I want you to sing me. song now. You
will do so, will you not2"
"Oh, yes, willingly" =
She began one of her wild strains, and
the dwelling was filed with melody.
This had not long continued before
the door of the study Was opened, and a
Lady entered the room. She was pale,
and staggered as if suffering from great
weakness. She clutched tho back Of q
chair for support and then asked, in q
faint voice: "Who is this singera" +:
To have answered in words would
have been useless, however, for her eyes
had fallen upon the face Of the child /;
and, with dull shrek, the mother fell
fainting upon the floor. -. -...r&
In an instant, Katie, or Oracle, as was
her real name, was by her side. As she
gazed upon the marble face, she ex-
claimed "Oh, this is the other pic
ture !"
"Can you imagine who it isl"
"Not my mother! Oh, tell me, is it
my mother9" ... ... .
"It is" ,.- ., .... g
Joy never kills: The orphan child at
this moment gave vent to her feelings in
sobs, caresses, and words of endearment;
and it was not long before the mother
was fully conscious of her great happi-
ness. -,
Those twin portraits had been the
means of uniting those loved ones, who
had been so long and cruelty separated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
A Fatal Mistake.
M wow drink moderf

A man may drink moderately but
steadily all his Life, with no apparent
harm to himself, but his daughters be-
come nervous wrecks, ,hissons epileptics,
libertines or drunkards, the hereditary
tendency to crime having its pathology
and unvaried laws, precisely as scrofula,
consumption, or any other purely physi-
cal disease. These are stale truths to
medical men, but the majority OF parents,
even those of average intelligence, are
either ignorant or wickedly regardless
of them. There will be chance of rid.
ding our jails and almshouses of half
their tenants when onr people are
brought to treat drunkenness as a dis
ease of the stomach and the blood as
we'll as of the soul, to meet it with com
mon sense and physician, as well a!
with threats of eternal damnation, ane
to remove gin shops and gin sellers fo'
the same reason that they would stag
nant oonds or unclean sewers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
A Novel Gun Carriage.

A lsuehable adventure is said to have
befallen q certain committee, just before
the commencement of the Abyssinian
expedition, who, in the exercise OF their
duties, visited Woolwich to inspect o
new kind of mountain howitzer. 1t was
proposed to fire the guns off the backs
of the mules that carried them, bywhich
plan it was thought great saving of
time might be effected. A donkey was
accordingly procured for the expert
ment, and light gun strapped firmly to
O cradle resting on the pack-saddle, so
that the muzzle of the weapon pointed
over the donkey's tail. The gun was
loaded, the donkey turned with his tail
to an embankment, and the usual prepar
ration made for firing by means Of Ian"
ward and friction tube. At this juncture
one of the committee suggested thatthis
mode Of firing might derange the aim,
by the Jerk Of pulling the lanyard, and
Il was arranged to fire the gun by q
piece of slowmatch tied to the vent.
This WAS done, and the match duly ig-
nitei, Hitherto the donkey had taken
rather o sleepy interest in the proceed
ings, but the fizzing of the match on his
back caused him to first prick up his
ears, and finally to turn round, in a con-
tinued effort to see what was going on
behind him. The members of the COM
mittee were utterly dismayed by this un-
expected conduct. In vain they at
tempted to dodge the impending dan
ger; which ever way they ran, the
donkey was sure to head off in new di-
rection. The noble chairman, who was
too corpulent to run, flung himself on
the ground, end calmly awaited ms fate'
It was an agonizing moment; then
bangi-the shot went harmlesaly rico
chetting away in one direction, while
the unhappy donkey turned q complete
somersauit in tile other. The subse-
quent report of the committee was not
favorable to the new method OF firing
mountain howitzers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
" The Boys.''

"The Boys"
Are We "the boys " that used to make
The tables ring with noisy follies ?
!. Whose deep-lungd laughter oft would shake
The ceiling with Its thunder volleys3
Are we the youths with lips unshorn,
At beanty's feet unwrinkled suitors,
Whose memories reach traditions morn
The days of prehistoric tutors?
"The boys" We mew-but who are these
Whose heads might serve for Plutsrch'
sages,
Or Fo1s martyrs, If you please.
Or hermits Of the dismal ages?
"The boys" We mew-can these be thoee7
Their cheeks with mornings blush were
painted;
Where are the Harrys, Jims and Joes
With whom We once were well acquainted ?
II we are they, we're not the same;
If they are we, why then they're making;
Do tell us, neighbor What's-your-name,
Who are you1 What's the use Of asking7
You once were George, or Bill, or Ben;
There's you, yourself-there's you, that
other;
1 know you now-I knew you then
You used to be your younger brother!
-Okuer Wendell Holmes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
Gifts to those In Office.

The GALAXY, in speaking Of late af-
fairs at Washington, says: Not very
long ago it was not only permitted, but
expected, that every man in office should
profit not only by the salary OF his
Office, but by presents given to him IN
consideration of the use of this infu-
ence in favor of the giver. No suitor
went to the bureau of an official person
without q present in hand, and the
promise of more if the influence asked
for and exerted was efectuaL These
presents we're of money, jewels, and
other articles of luxury. Game was
given in small matters: and the poor
gave poultry and eggs. Old Gobo, in
the Merchant Of Venice" says to
Bassanio: II have here a dish OF
doves that I would bestow upon your
worship; and my suit is," etc. We
read, too, in grand old story, how the
head of an Eastern family, hardly yet
tribe, wishing to propitiate the prime
minister of one OF the kings of Egypt,
said to his sons who were going before
him "Carry down the man @ present,
little balm, and little honey, spices
and myrrh, nuts and almonds. The
name Of the prime minister was Joseph.
This custom was prevalent until within
little more than century, in govern
ments of the highest class, and among
gentlemen and noblemen Of the highest
character. such gifts were not regarded
as bribes. as they would have been il
given to a Judge. Until recently, all Of.
fetal posts were regarded as places OF
profit; and it was not expected that an
official person would work for nothing.
The discovery of the proper law of &C.
ton under such circumstances-that an
official person, as he represents the
whole nation, should be entirely unin'
fluenced by even the prospect Of gain.
ia, as we have already remarked, aresult
and q token of the moral progress OF
our own times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-04-26
Truth Stranger than Fiction.

The Ashville IN. C.) Pioneer says.
A number OF men met at house on
North Tow river, Mitchell county, for
the purpose of general spree. As
usual in such cases, quarrel ensued,
and in q fight between young man
named Davis and drunken companion
named Tooley, the former was stabbed
in the abdomen, and portions Of his en-
trails protruded from the wound. In
this condition he was placed in blanket,
o pole run through loop in the same,
and the ends shouldered by two men,
who attempted to carry him where he
could get surgical aid. The path led
along the side of rugged mountain,
and they had borne him some distance
when the knot through which the pole
ran loosened, and the wounded man was
thrown down the mountain, his intes-
tines catching on bushes and winding
around him as he rolled down it's
precipitous side. He was alive when
picked up, and his friends carried him
to q house in the neighborhood. We
are informed that an old midwife was
called in to attend him. She pushed
back the entrails and sewed up the
oriAce with packthread. Later in the
day DR.. Dugger arrived, who gave it
as his opinion that the operation had not
been properly done-that Davis
paunch" was not in the proper posi-
ton, and that some Of the minor entrails
were missing. This he ascertained by
giving the patient several hearty shakes;
Ie said "the sound was too hollow. !"
At this order the man was again ripped
open, while parties were sent in search
OF the missing entrails. They found
several of these indispensables to the
progress of digestion, and hurrying back
to the house, handed them to the NJ: D.
AS they were very dirty, he rinsed them
in cold water, sprinkled little salt over
them as q preservative, and then put
them in the patient. The wound was
reserved, and when our informant left it
was thought that Davis would recover.
If he does, life insurance policy would
be the greatest extravaganza he could
indulge in.