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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
Augusta Evening News.

A little stranger appeared in Il Of
flee some days ago among our various
exchanges. 1t was very nicely dress
ed and quite good-Iooking, and bore
the name "Augusta Evcning Ncws."
We don't know its paternity: the
little advepturer came to US fnthered
10y nobody, All that we cal gather rs
to its whereabouts and belongings is
that ''for the present the editorial and
business rooms of the Euening News
will be at the store of Mr.. James L.
Cow, on Broad Street." 1t may be q
founding for all we know, but some
body's son it must be; and its father
needn't be ashamed to own it. 1t is a
well-formed, healthy little fellow. and
gives promise of growing to be strong
and vigorous. Its claim for recogni-
ton is based on AL "endeavor to sup
ply a vacuum in the newspaper circles
of the city, and which the times and
the growing Importance Of Augusta
imperatiyely demand" We kindly
greet the little stranger, with a there's
to you and your families: may they
live long and prosper"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
A BLOODY Penal Code.

Our criminal code and its statutory
punishiaents are engaging the attention
Of our people and our press moro earnest
ly nov than eVer before. The prevalence
and increase Of crime, and tie seeming
inefieacy of punishment as q check up
OH il, are the subject of daily converse
ton and newspaper comment. and all
unite with voice In calling ON the
Legislature to pass measures that Will
make crime more abhorrent and its pun
ishnent more prohibitory. The whip
ping-post, the ehain-gang, the penal
colony, and an enlargement OF the list
of capith officers, are being advocated
and demanded. There has been 10 doubt
an alarming iserease lately in the NUM-
Der of crimes more or less heineus, and
the temporary alarm oeeasioned is likely
to hurry Us into the adoption of inpro-
vised and ,short-sighted e~Npedients that
will work permanent harm to the State.
A measure was introduced into Il Leg
islature last session and Will come up for
discussion this current session urging
the raising Of arson, burglary. and rape
into the rank of capital offences, to be
punished as murder is. That murder
should be punished 'capitally some hu-
'Iuanitarians deny. butthe preponderance
Of authority in all times and peoples is in
favor Of taking the murderer's lifee
and society surely should claim and ex-
.srcise the right it comedies to the indi
'yiduals that compose 1.-THE right to tax:
life in self-defence. But humanity and
justice cry out against the in1ic:;on of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
The Presidents Message.

The Presidents Message is unmer-
cifully long, and u notice of it will
he delightfully."- short. 1t occupies
nearly seven newspaper columns of
small type. 1t defends Hayes
"Southen Policy" aud gives excel
lent reasons for the withdrawal of
troops from Louisianaand South Car
Dina. 1t discusses the currency ques-
ton and advocates reconciliation Of
silver within very safe limits and OPP
poses tho repeal Of the resumption
law. 1t recognizes the necessity for
reform in the Civil Service, but is
rather hazy as to the mode. 1t pro.
nounces our foreign relations peaceful,
bat secs possible trouble on the Mexi-
cali frontier, about which Hayes
though not bellicose is quite firm. II
says a good word for the Paris EXhi-
bition. 1t recommends a duty on tea
and coffee, with the view of removing
all other internal revenue duties ex-
cett those on liquors, tobacco, &c. 1t
includes in its encyclopaedia embrace
the public debt, the shipping interests
the Army and Navy, the.Post Office,
the Indians, and many other things
too numerous to mention" 1t is q
sensible, statesmanlike document, and
as to its matter it will give satisfaction,
as to its leugth,-life is too short for il.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
Was it q Secrct.

Associate Justice McIVer was OH
Tuesday 18th, instant, reelected to his
office for a full term Of six years be-
ginning next July,-at which date
will terminate the partial term he was
last year chosen to serve, Judge Nc
liver is well-qualifed for the high po-
sition, and no doubt deserved re-elec-
ton. But in justice to himself, to the
Legislature and to the country, it
would have been better if some pre-
monitory notice Of the approaching
event had Ueen vouchsafed. The NOM
inati0n was Announced the II day !;
close on the heels of it am the cleo.
ton the next day. The news came as
suddenly and as unexpectedly as thun-
der in q clear sky. The election of an
Associate Justice is \ matter in which
the public are supposed to be interest
ed and such an event ought not to
occur in a corner, like the act OF a
close corporation. Our rulers should
take the people into their confidence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
WhinnInc.PoSt and Chain. Gang.


Our exchanges have of late tccmcd
with leaders and letters for and against
the re-establishment of the whipping
post and the chain gang. Their disputes
have gone beyond the limits of the State
and the press of distant and melancholy
Maine has taken up the wondrons tale.
That something must be done by the
Legislature is certain that the boSt thing
possible will be done, we hope. Punish
ment ought to be r~eformatory as we'll as
retributory, and u prisons and pcnitcn-
~tiaries ought to be made sclf-supportins
bv turning the labor Of convicts and
prisoners to good account. TO this end
the chain-gang and penal colony are adj
mirably adapted, and ought to be put in
practice. Our prisons at present are OK
pensive Injuries, where the inmates fare
sumptuously at the public expense. 4
.iudicious system of utilizing tho work of
their hands is imperatively demanded.
Us to the whipping-post, it is being Bit
terly opposed as a relic of barbarism, and
strenuously advocated as the proper and
et1ectual punishment for all minor Of
fences, including even petty larceny.
Both sides have gone to the extreme.
The whipping-post can be used without
barbarity, if limited as a punishment for
certain well-defined offences. The Levitt
ical theory of an eye for an eye and Il
tooth for a tooth underlics all systems of
punishment. There is and ought to be Il
certain affinity between a crime and its
punishment. For offences against the
person, the person Of the offender ought
to suffer; for Offences against property,
tho property of the offender ought to
make restitution, ard that his labor may
be utilized, he ought to be pat in the
chain-gang or penal colony and there be
made in some measure to repair the iniu-
~ ho has done to society. Thus for lar
cenics, grand and petit, along with i'm
prisonment there ought to he hard labor;
and for assault and offence against the
person there ought, along with imprison-
ment, to be corporal punishment. Some
years ago the use of the whip was revived
in Britain as q punishment for wife-beat-
ers and garrotters. Nevada Furnishes
wife-beaters with the whipping post.
and South Carolina would do well to es-
tablish the whipping-post as a punish
ment for violent assault On the person,
for garrotting and for wifo-beating; but
not for minor offences and larceny. As a
salutary punishment for offences against
the person it needs no defence; but rs a
punishment for offences against property
1t must he condemned as barbarous.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
Broader General Hemphill.

Governor Hampton has been pleas
ed to appoint r. r. H%emphill Esq, of
the A66evile Medium, TO the hOuora-
ble post of Brigadier-Gcneral of the
ninth regiment of infantry. We coll
graduate our representative on his
promotion. Gen. Hemphill is the rep
~resentative not only of the people but
OF the press: and Governor Hampton
is wise and right in recognizing the
services of the man who represents
1.-THE fourth e,tate"-lhe Republic Of
Letters. These are the days when a
Stanley penetrates the wilds of Africa,
and u Forbes braves the bullets and
cannon balls of the Turco-Russian
war; and it is meet that in
South Carolina a representative of
the press should be deemed worthy to
fill u high and honorable post in the
military. We thank Governor
Hampton for the honor he has done
the press; and we felicitate General
Hemphill, and are ready, quill in
hand, to quell his foes, Or die by his
side.
The Presidents book, which he calls
his message, was circulated III pamphlet
form in Washington, and a bulky pamph-
let it was.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12

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employed: cleansing the stomach and
bowels, and even the blood. In small
doscs.of one pill q day, they stimulate
the digestive organs and promote Wig
orous health.
AYERS PILLS have been known for
more than q quarter Of Il century, and
have obtained q world widc reputation
for their virtues. They correct dis
cascd action in the several asSimila-
tive organs Of the body, and arc SO
composed that distractions within
their range can rarely withstand or
evadc them. Not only do they cure
the everyday complaints Of every
body, but also formidable and danger
u diseases that have bafilcd the best
Of human skill. While they produce
powerful effects, they are, at the same
time, the safest and best physic for
children. BY their apcricnt action
they grippe much less than the olnmon
purgatives, and never give pain when
the bowels are not inlmncd. They
reach the vital fountains Of the blood,
and strengthen the system by freeing
it from the elements of weakness.
Adapted to all ages and conditions
in all climates, containing neither
calomel nor any deleterious drug,
these Pills may be taken with safety
by anybody. Their s~ugar-coating pre-
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them pleasant to take; while being
purely vegetable, no harm can arise
from their use in any quantity.
PREPARED By
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Practical and Analytical Chemists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
Elections in Columbia.

Col. A. G.. Haskell was elected As.
Justice, vice Wright, resigned,
Hon. w. II. Wallace, late Speaker,
was elected Judge of the Seventh Cir
ruit, vice Northrop, resigned, =
Leroy +. Youmans, Esq, was cleo
ted Attorney General, vice Gen. Con-
ller, resigned.
Hon. j. G. Sheppard was elected
Speaker Of the House, vice Wallace,
Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12

The Rcopee Courier endorsed our
of Hon. +. A. Conner, and
our editorial on the Supreme Bench.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12

The News and Courier stands OH the
same platform with us about Reputation
Ind q&otes ourswords thereanent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
Tree IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT"

"Tutt's Pills are worth their wcightin gold."
REV. I. r. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
tecnth century."-REv. F. r. osGoOD, New York.
"1 have used Tutt's Pills for torpor OF the liver.
They are superior to any medicine for hillary dis
orders ever made"
p. CARR, Attorney at Law, Aususta, Ga.
"r have used TUFTS Pills five years in my family:
They arc uncaualed for cos.ivencss and biliousness."
r. r. WILSON, Georgetown, Toxas.
81 have used TUFTS Mcdicinc with great benefit"
W.. W. MANN, Editor Mobile Register.
1--WE sell fifty boxes TUFTS Pills to five of NIL
others.,-SAYRE & CO., Cartersylle, Ga.
"Tutt's Pills have only 10 be tried to establish
their merits. They work like magic"
w. H. BARRON, 96 Summer ST., Boston.
'"There is no medicine so well adapted to the cure
Of bilious disorders as TUFTS Pills"
JOS. BRuMMEL, Richmond, Virginia.
AND A TH6QSGN Nd MORE.
Sold by druggists. 25 cents a bon. Office
SO Murray Street, Ne,o York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
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Attorney at Law:
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12
Cathartic Pills,

For all the purposes Of Family Physic;
and for curing Costiveness, Jaundice,
Indigestion, Foul Stomach, Breath,
Headache, Erysipelas, Kheuma-
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Biliousness, Dropsy, Tumors,
Worms, Neuralgia; as q Din
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-13
GENERAL Ne VS..

Last Sunday was the third anniversary of the
death of Charles Sumner.
The Great Eastern steamship will be employed
in carrying cattle from America to England
A convention of Edinburgh physicians has been
called to consider the blue glass cure.
Senator Davis of Illinois weight 400 pounds)
has just been surveyed Tor new pair of spring
pants bridgeport Standard.
Miss Anna Dickinson bought upward of 800
books, relative to Anne Boleyn, when she was
writing her drama on tina. subject
The thirteenth anniversary Of the death of
Komei Tenno. father of the present Japanese
Emperor, has been celebrated with great pomp
throughout the empire.
A line Of canal boats six miles long passed Sche-
nectady last week. They we're loaded with blue
glass for the use of men who expected to become
Tlden's private secretaries. -DaHbury News.
Nelson's flagship, the Victory, is still preserved
in Portsmouth hsrbor, England, and is one hmm
bred and eleven years old. Patriotic John Bull
won't allow her to be broken up. She is the old
est craft he owns.
There is said to have been remarkable subma-
rine volcanic eruption in Kealakekana Bay, near
the entrance TO the Bay of Honolulu, on the 2Sh
of February. The most remarkable part of the
story, however, it that the lava stones two feet
square, which were thrown up from beneath the
ocean, were red hot.
Dean Stanley said recently, speaking of Milton,
that "he was not mentioned by Clarendon, the his
torian of his time. This seemed curious; but it
had happened over and over again, and was al
most law, that the most eminent man Of his
time was hardly ever mentioned by the chief his
torian of the time"
New York city is in danger of destruction I'M
less the tide is soon turned. While there are 4S9
churches, chapels and missions, and AIS Sabbath
schools and 500 day schools in the interest of in.
telligence, morality and religion, there is active
opposing force of S,403 liquor saloons, with nu-
merous evil accessories, corrupting the innocent,
betraying the Ignorant, and impoverishing, debas-
ing and running the bodies and souls of men.
A curious experiment with the magnet was re-
Gently tried in London. A boy had broken nee
die in the calf of his leg and before resorting to
surgical instruments il was decided to try the eff.
feet OF powerful magnet in Withdrawing the
steel. After number Of experiments, in different
positions the needle was drawn near the surface
on the opposite side of the leg from which it en-
tered and was easily withdrawn.
The Universalst states that a deceased Metho-
dist physician, who lived for many years near
Huntingdon, Pennsy lvana. has left by his viii the
following bequest; ITO the proper authorities Of
the General Convention Of the Universalist Church
the sum of $500, to be expended by the said con-
vention according 10 its best judgment in promot-
ing the knowledge of the Fstherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. This is stated to be
the first bequest Of the hind from Methods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-13
n Singular Phenomenon.

SAN FRANclsco, March 9.-The Honolulu Ga
zete Of Feb. Is contains an account of a remark
able submarine volcanic outbreak in Kealakcaka-
ia Bay, near the entrance to the harbor. The ma
tves report that the eiupto on occurred at o'clock
on the morning of the oath, appearing like innu-
mefable red, blue and green lights. In the after
noon several boats visited the eruption. cruising
over the most active part, where the water was in
'tate Of peculiar activity, boiling and appearing
as II passing over rapids Blocks of lava two
ieet square came up from below, frequently strik-
ing and Earring the boats. As the lava was qaite
SOFT, no harm was done. Nearly all Of the pieces
on reaching the surface were red hot emitting
steam AMI gas, strongly sulphurous. rumbling
u use was heard, like that of rocks in freshet
eausea no doubt by the eruption of lava from Il 9
sup nsf1ne crater, which is supposed to be a crack
VI lhe Oh rupture, extending at least mile from
s9ore. Another rupture, doubtless continuation
VI the submarine assure, was traced inland from
shore nearly three miles varying in wittl from q
Few inehts to three feet. In some pl. c.s alter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-13
POLITICAL.
Judge Devens is a bachelor.

Judge Devens is bachelor.
The ProhbtioBists of Rhode Island have nom
mated the republican nominee for Governor
General Van Zandt.
The bill for compulsory education has passed
the Ohio legislature. The law will take effect on
the lst of next September, and compels all chill
dren in the State between eight and fourteen
wears Of age to attend school at least twelve weeks
in each year, not less than six weeks Of such at
tendance TO be consecutive.
Congressman Beebe, who sprang into notoriety
and on top of his desk at the same time, is speak
ing for the democratic ticket in New Hampshire
lie will find room enough among the granite hills
to spread himself out thin and add to the repubi-
can msjorty. Tribune.
The appointment OF Mr.. Key to Cabinet posi-
ton causes division among the democratic papers
of Tennessee. The Avalanche regards it as evinc-
ing a strong determination on the part of the
President to concilate the South and restore peace
aud prosperity 10 the country. On the other hand
the Appeal criticses his acceptance very severely
and regards it as a desertion of his party.
In order to check the patronage of opium dens
BY whites of both sexes, the board of supervisors
of San Francisco has passed law imposing fine
of not less than $50 more than $500, upon any
keeper who permits white person to smoke IN
his place declaring it TO be a criminal act for
white person to be found in den, and imposing
a fuc of not less than $50 therefor.
Nasby's grief when he learned that lIayes.h
been inaugurated could only find expression in the
following "Sam NV Agony I'm the dust nv
hoomil ashen are we. Ashes we throw upon our
beds by the scutt,efull. Hair a 9TH we wood wear
next to our skins, actooally, eff we Good git any
one to trust US for a supply. Wood that gon
about nearly naked wuz proper mode Nv express
sin greet, for then we Good 90 into the deepest
kind Nv mournin without changin our costoom.
There be three things witch are too wonderful for
me, yea, four witch I'm best # know: Wat the
dlmocrisy wanted Nv High Jnt Commishn at all
WHY it didn't hev a dimecrat High Jnt, eff it he'd
TO hev one. Why it didn't bust the concern afore
it wuz eveiastinly too late when it found it wuznt
a dimecrat High Jnt. Why wuz Gust with
men in the leadership witch hedn't cunnin enuif to
win by strategy, OR courage enuffto take by force.
For three things democrisy is disqsieted and four
which nearly killed it: Tiden, Hewitt, Pelton
and Field. When | think Nv the docy NV these
men, witch we trusted, and into whose hand we
gave ourselves, lift up my voice and howl with
King Lemyooes mother, Give not your strength
TO old wimmen.' Young ones take away strength
but it returncth old ones destroy by their coun-
sci, and i: is irrtreevsble. Ef theyd he'd ez much
sense ez they he'd money, we'd never bin made
Nebuckhedne zzers Nv, an bin turned QUITE grass
in this way"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-13
A Voice from Massachusetts!

Every age has its real prophets, every
great pc ople its heroes. Amid the moral
agitations and revolutions. the thrilling
and important events, of the last halt
century in this country, one always true.
far seeing, and brave, has been and is
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. To the cow
srdly proposition to surrender the Repub-
lcans of South Carolina and Louisiana
to the White Leaguers and Wade Hamp-
ton rife regiments, and "leace That 10
stand which was best able 10 stand IF useJ'
to this heartless, Satanic ayowal-Gar-
rison. the prophet, the patriot, the brave
old soldier of Liberty sends out his indig-
nant remonstrance. His words cut like a
scimeter. His thoughts. all aglow with
m,ny sincerity, sweep away the fogs
of doubt, the nauseating haze of turnkey
ism, like the strong, serene, winds from
the mountains, and enable the American
people to see at glance the real issue
presented. His is the voice of that other
Boston-the Boston of Warren, Oils, and
Paul Revcre-of Josiah Quincy, the Web
ster of 1880, of Horace Mann, and Chas.
Sumner-of the Massachusetts, of the Rev.
olution, of lS6l-the Massachusetts with
which the true men of all lands and all
Safes are ever in accord-not of that Mas
sacluselts which is always ready to COM
promise, to mouth the soft elegancies of sy-
cophancy. and cry ''peace at any price"
and that too when truth aud frmness are
the only agencies of genuine peace.
God Bless OLD LLOYD GARRISON
whose soul is always young and always
true, whose heart is always warm, whose
head is always level on all questions Of
Human Liberty and the Nations honor