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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-20

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
ZACH. CHANDLER.
A Large Patch Of the Bloody Shirt
DISAPPEARS.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-Donn Piatt, Zach
Chambers old enemy, n the man Chand-
Ter once tried to shoot, thus pays hls respects.
to-day, TO the memory Of the Michigan sena-
tor:
ut is universal law OF legend and history to
cloak the dead with charity, and therefore.
the deceased cxemplar OF sectional hatred
will not Incur q verdict Of strict justice IN Ills
epitaph. In some respects he might have
been u Jolly n good fellow, butuli wiio love inc
spirit of union and reconciliation wnlch
should characterize the conquest achleVed py
the great civil wnr over the sectional institu'
ton or slavery, and appreciate the acceptance
OF the result, will only regret, IN the same
communion of charity. that sudden death
md not repentance, has bound him over to
keep the peace. Znchariuh Chandler was o
man OF intense extremes. He was extreme as
u friend and extreme as an enemy. Whlic ne
possessed some fine traits, he WIS invested
with Il multitude Of evil passions. Inat lie
was uniInpcachably honest is generally pc
llevcd: that he was bluntly braVeis unoouot
ed but when strong attributes, snch ms nc
possessed, oil tend ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS inc El-
rantic god Of self is wOrshipped to the detrl.
ment or all the purer deitics known IN LIN.
mythology, as It is now come to be. OF noblcr
existence and human welfnre-thc worshiper,
whoever he may be, or however eminent In
life. when life ends, leaves a name behind par
rem of respect. Chandler dead is or more ser,
vice to humanity than Chandler living, anu
the only genuine regret that VIII hearse ms
funeral, barring the family .aff1iction mot Is
ever sacred, will be the hypccrlticai tear.
dropping of the ultrn Radical party, who feel
his loss because by 1t q large patch OF the
bloody-Xhirt disappears.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
The Greatest Question Before the Amer
lean People.
lNcW York sum-

The General who wilfully blinds himself to
the strength OF the enemy Is to DO accounted
among the most foolish OF men.
In politics, as In war, the true policy is TO
justly estimate the contending forces and to
see things as they actually exist. The cleo.
lions which have just taken place In several
States show conclusively such an augmenta-
ton OF Republican strength as TO render al.
together probable that the Republicans WI!
be able to elect their candidate for President
next year.
The creates. question-the oneigrcat question
-no,p before the country becomes, who hat candi-
date shall DC.
tits not, by any means, n mere considera-
ton of personal preferences or personal an.
tipathies. One new and threatening element
is brought into the choice.
Mr.. Conkling. We suppose. is out OF the
fering severely from a chill, and the people
experience q chronic chill toward him..
Either Mr.. sherman or Mr.. Blaine could
probably be elected.
Eiccting a President a third time you'd DO
an innovation on the customs OF the country,
established by the Revolutionary fathcrs-an
innovation OF the most alarming character,
menacing the overthrow Of our free in
stitutions and the establishment OF a mon
archy.
Grant has already enjoyed oil the civil hon
ors and more than the military honors confer.
reu upon George washington, inc rusleT ol
his Country. But Washington was modest
and retiring, while Grant Is pushing, ambi-
tious, selfish, grasping.
Should Grant be nominated, the patriotic
the Democracy, If guided by wise and concil-
iatory cOunsels, and thus amn!gamating
with themselves the best elements OF the
Republican party, to elect their own candi-
dnte.
Anybody, everybody against Grant Ia the
motto Of true and enlightened patriotism.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
The News and C0urier...Literary and
Journalistic Enterprise.

The Charleston Ners aAd Courier an
nounces a new romance, "An Arm for q
Hand, or Loves Sacrifice, )" by the author
of 'Ashurst," to begin in the Weekly
NewS. December 3. 1t also offers SlOC
and S25 for two more stories, the latter
sum being offered for q story for chill
drcn, to be published in the Weekly
Ncws. Nor is this all. In yesterdays
paper it informs the public Of its deter
mination to issue a Sunday Ners which
is to be "wholly independent of and dis
tinct from tho News and Courier"
Judging from the prospectus and the un-
surpassed ability and energy of the edit
ors and proprietors we have no doubt the
Sunday News will be worthy of the Nems
and Courier of1ice-and no higher compli-
mcnt is needed than that. We congratu-
late our contemporary on its praisewoI-
thy desire to encourage the growth OF
South Carolina literature, and on its far
seeing and well-directed journalistic en-
terpriSe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
The Wreck Of the Champion.
[NeU York SUM-

At this time of the year thousands Of Sun
readers nre getting ready TO seek refuge In
Florida from the Icy blasts of our Northern
winter. Naturally the news that Il steam
ship we'll known to many OF them in previous
years has been suddenly sent TO the bottom OF
the Atlantic comes home to them In al I'm
pleasant way.
1t is clear, us we said yesterday, that for
the disaster as Is now possible the public
must chiefly look to the officers OF the surviv.
Ing ship. the Lady Octavia. The first officer
OF the Champion, who was in charge at the
time OF the crash. Ia dead. The Captain had
zone to his room some tive minutes before,
and his first glance, when the cry OF sail
ahead u brought him running out on deck
showed him that the collision was Inevitable,
and ear;s ne re 1T stS once gsye cal all n MS st., thoughts 10" Yshnss and ef
There should have been three men on the
deck Of the Champion besides the first officer
whether they were where they should have
been or not remains to be ascertalncd. The
nance Il one Of them, the man ut the wheel.
appears In the list OF the saved. It this time
we nave not obtained his story. lie may bo
able TO throw light on the disaster and the
responsibility for 1t. II the lookout was not
at his post. or II this man at tho wheel had
run forward at q sudden to assist in
handling the sail, the fact Is an important
one.
Thu Captain Of the Lady Octavia says there
could not have been any lookout on the
Champion. and that the Champion altered
her course, or sheercd, just before the crash;
His testimony on the latter point Is confirmed
by his first mate and boatswain, who were on
deck Mt the time LIT eye-witnesses Of what
happened. Another eyewitness, the lookout
Of the Lady Octavia. processes to be able to
clear up the mystery aud fix the blame where
1t belongs. The chances are that his testi.
mony will prove less important than he fan.
cies It.
When q sailing vessel md q steamer run
IN to one another, the natural presumption Is
that the Ia alter Is Mt fault. By sen law, the
sailing vessel, being less easily handled, has
the right Of the road, and 1t is the steamer
that Is bound TO turn out. The Captain Of the
Champion expresses the opinion that the
Lady Octavia could easily havd kept clear
This opinion should be taken for what 1t Is
worth. On the other hand, 1t appears that
the officers OF the Lady Octavia had no pre-
vision Of what was going to happen until the
Champion Sheered-a minute before the two
vessels came together.
Had the Champion been q water-tight com.
pnrtment vessel. rs the Lady Octavin IL, md
az we are informed tho newer steamers OF the
Charleston line are, she might have survived
the shock.
AS 1t is, the gross carclessness OF 8 INT per
son or persons yet to be ascertained has cost
thirty-three human lives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
She Greenyille Daily.

Our old friend the Greenville Daily
NewS calue out on Sunday with a new
name as we'll as with a new editor and
proprietor. tits now called the Green
oilc Daily. We welcome its reissue al
ter its brief suspension, although we
should have preferred to see it bear its
old name. The editor, Mr.. Reilly, makes
a modest but hopeful ''announcement,'
part of which we quote:
"With this issue of the Daily we II
nounce Il temperance in the field OF
%iournalism, which we have ever loved.
A Accident, and the misfortune Of war, (be-
ing manned in both hands, caused our
retirement; and although We will not
take u place as of yore before 4 "full
casc," we hope to make out our case to
an indulgent public, by directing the
course of our little bark and avoiding
the shoals and quick-sands in which
many of the craft have been wrecked"
We wish the Daiiya long and prosper
Gus voyage, and hope its editor will he
able to steer a safe curse between the
Scylla Of debt and the Charybdis of
newspaper quarrels.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
Shall Insurance Companies be Requir.
ed to Perform their Contracts I?

In some of the Southern States laws
have been enacted which require insu-
rance companies to comply with their
contracts in compelling them to pay in
case of loss by fire, the full amount upon
which they receive premiums. Such a
law is greatly needed in South Carolina.
We are unable to sec the justice in allow
ing companies to receive premiums OH
large assurances against loss, and in case
Of loss, pay Il sun much smaller than
that upon which they have received a pre-
MUM. a law Of this kind would save
our citizens from loss, in that they would
get whatever they had expected, or it
would have tho effect Of preventing an
ovcr-insurancc and thus taking wrong
fully from the insured a premium which
will never be paid. The demand for q
law for protection in this source is igreat,
and any member who would secure the
passage of such Il law would be entitled
to the thanks OF the State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
Card from Col. T. ]. Lipscomb.
COLUMBIA, s. c., Nov. 18th, 1870.
he Editor Of the Press ana Banner,

=. u, NOV. l0tn, loI0.
To the Editor Of the Press ana Banner,
Ab6crite, s C.:
SIa-In your issue Of ihe 18th instant,
there appears a communication headed
"rhe Railroad Convicts.-The Defence of the
Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Directors
How the Convicts have been Cared For
The True Inwardncss Of the Penitentiary In
vcstigation," dated October q, 1873.
In this communication 1t Is very vague ms
to who Is charged with enmity, conspiracy,
opposition. to the Greenwood and Augusta
Railroad, and false charges and accusations
against its Directors.
SO far as | am concerned. I assert. that
acted solely as an officer Of the State, in the
discharge of my duty, and that alone. !
therefore say, that If anything was intended
to assert or imply that l made false charges,
or acted from improper motives, l hereby dc.
nounce that much Of it rs utterly untrue and
maliciUusly unjust.
Nal. w. X. Bradley, whose name appears
among the signatures. asserts that he ala not
sign IL. nor did he authorize any one else to
do so for him. Whether other gentlemen
may havc been misrcprcSented In the same
way l nave no means Of knowing.
r. j. LIPSCOMB.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
Steamship Dumping Into al Ice
berg.
rNeU York SUM-

But for the modern improvements in ocear
steamship building, last Friday evening
would nave witnessed q tragedy far exceed
in horror tho wreck of the Champion.
On that evening, off the Banks Of New.
foundland the swiftest Of the European pas
senger steamere leaving this port plunged
head first into ar iceberg. Luckily 10 one 0
the 300 men and women on board was killed
and the riZonai Is now safe in port awaiting
repairs.
Had there been q fog at the time, the affall
would be less surprising; but from the nc
counts now ut hand 1t appears that the night
was clear. and the Captain Is quoted as asking
his men where their eyes had been. ThaI
was a natural and pertinent question unde,
the circumstances
1t has been asserted that there was no look
out on the bow Of the Champion ut the time
she ran into the Lady Octavia, or the Lady
Octavin ran into her. Our correspondent al
st. Johns telegraphs that there was no watch
on the bows of the Arizona ut the time she
struck the iceberg. n Is q point to be in
vcstigatcd.
When - flrst-class ocean passenger steam
ship, on q clear night, bumps into an ice
berg, both the owners n tho public have
M obvious interest in getting at the bottom
facts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19

Let us see now what we were producing
chiefly in 1850 n what we are to-day.
In cotton we were making In 1850 not less
than S53, 4l2 400 pound) bales. We are now
producing not less than 100000 600 pound)
bales.
In 1850 we produced 100000 bushels of
corn. We are now producing not over II ,W0.-
OO0, and in 1869 we did not produce S.0O0.0U.
in 1870 we made 10000. Our production to
day cnnno be FIR short Of two aud one-quur-
ter millions OF bushels.
In 1850 we were producing SOO,0 900 bushels OF
oats in 1870 we made 6O0,OOO. We are now
doubling this amount If not more.
In 1851 we were producing lis, Nvo.0 900 pounds
OF rice; In 1871 we were producing 81, 00O,OW
pounds. We are Inclined to think 40,0O0,0O0
pounds Will cover our rice production to-day,
and 1t must reach that In view of largely in
creased area Of high lund rice.
In 1860 we were making 4.ll5,M bushels OF
sweet potatoes and PIG, QUO Bushels Of Irish po-
tatoes; In 1870 wo were making but Y3W,OU
bushels OF sweet potatoes and 5000 OF Irish.
recovered our potato crop Of 1850. II 80 much.
In 1850 we were making l,7O0,UOO bushels OF
field pens in 1870 we were making but 49,, 600
bushels, and we believe II we reach 70U, QUO
bushels In our production to-day 1t Is all we
do.
In 1850 our slaughtered animals amounted
to 81, 900, 900 In 1870 10 s.. 100000, expressed In
gold. We believe that we have recovered up
on this production by some 81 .ON, 900 that Is,
we possibly have sunk some $500 ,0O on this
produ elton, which IL equal TO sinking the pro-
duction OF 5000 bales Of cotton.
We find the products OF South Carolina
manufactures In 1850 stated at s7.045,0 900; In
1850 Mt $780, 900. and in 1850 Mt So, Sc0,OUO; and
reducing the latter amount to gold ut 80 cents
on the dollar, we show some S7.sOO,00O. This
industry has been much enhanced iattcrly. SO
that we may be snid to n fully recovered
our production OF 1890, II nouc OVERCOME 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
How to Pay our State Debt.

Putting our State debt in the rough at
s., 900, 600, alltold, TO meet the interest Oh
this at 6 per cent. we must pay no less
than $500 600 per annum. This is the
same as giving up 10000 bales of cotton
per annum or some 100000 bushels OF
corn at 50 cents per buShel. Should we
continue to pay this interest tor twenty
wears we shall have paid SS,4OO,O 600 or
200, 900 bales of cotton or l4,0OO,O OO bush
els of corn in interest on the debt. 1t
seems to us that, if possible, every peo-
pie should be the owners of their own
State paper. 1t tends to build up the
credit of the State, to makei its paper good
before the world, and it thus makes such
paper the best of collaterals OH which to
get business accommodations. And,
above all, it cultivates a high valuation
OF the States obligations. France has set
the world an example in this respect.
She puts her paper up in the market for
her W people and thus RECEIVERS faster
from financial disaster and revolutionary
throes bar any other part Of the habita-
bile globe. South Carolina when she
makes 45O, 900 balea of cotton at S45 on the
bale, puts so, 1000, 900 of commodities on
the world as good as gold. Now in twen-
ty years this reaches $500, o ,OOO. 1t
seems to'us plain that our people can af-
for" to own their own paper n stop
this 81, 1905, O0G interest money at home.
VS. take the above from the Columbia
Register. The policy suggested is the
only wise one for the welfare Of our peo-
pie. But the great trouble is, that so far
as we are aware, non of these bonds are
safe from despoliation at the hands of the
Regulators. There are citizens in every
county who would be glad to invest in
State bonds and keep the interest at home
but as long as there is such a spirit of
Reputation, capitalists are afraid to
touch them. AS for ourselves we do not
know which of the bonds are good, and
which are not. We hope that the Regis
ter may write the promised articles on the
subject.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
FATAL EXPLOSION.
The Boiler Of q Locomotive Bursts,
killing Three Men, and Terribly
Scalding Two Others.
Columbia RegGEcr,

S6NSS
About 7 o'clock yesterday morning. engine
Il attached to q material train on the Green
willie and Columbia Railroad exploded, :near
Donalds station, killing the engineer, William
Mlllignn, the colored fireman. William john
eton, and q young white man named Greer.
who lived at Homes Path and ran q station
airy engine ut Donnlds. Greer happened to
be near the engine when the explosion occur
red. A colored man, named Henry Tallcson,
was fatally scalded. Section master Farmer
was also very seriously burned. and It was
feared that he could not recover. The train
had bSen moving along the track in pursu.
ance of Its business, had stopped awhile TO
pick up some material, and had moved OIL
again.
The explosion took place just as the engine
haa goL in motion. The crown sheet lust
over the fre-boX was bursted. This threw the
engine up, turning 1t completely around, and
throwing II about twenty or thirty yards
from the spot. The tender was left standing.
The track was torn up. crossties moved from
their places. and the Iron, which was heavy,
broken In two. Mr.. Milllgan's body WINS
thrown about forty yards Off. Mr.. Greer's
was found near where the engine fell. John
sons was thrown back OH one Of the flats.
Mr.. Mtlligan left a wife and m adopted daugh.
ter. Johnson left q wife and severll small
children. Greer was unmarried. The bodies
or the three men were sent to their respective
homes-Milligan's TO Helena, Johnson's to
Bolton and Greer's to Honea Path.
The boiler and Its mate, which killed Engt-
neer John Lane three years ago, were made
by the Norrlses OF New Jersey.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19

WASTED.-Five hundred new subscribers
are wanted for the Il. x. Presbyterian BY the
first of January. There are about ore thou'
sand families in our Synod that do not take
their church paper. Is 1t any wonder that
the church finances are in a bad condition:
Induce the people to read the Pres6Wertnn
and they will know what Is wanted and they
will be ready TO help-to help the pastor, to
help Home Missions and Foreign Missions
and every other church interest.-A. X. Pres
byterian.
Next week Mrs. r. w. Brice, widow OF the
late Rev. Il. w. Brice of Chester, is expected
In Due West with her family. She will occu'
ny the Bonner house In front of the Male Col
icgn. She comes to Due West TO educate mel
Younger children-fve are already graduate
OF our Colleges. She will meet Il cordial vel
come, and we hope will find her stay In Iu
! West pleasant, whether it be long or Short
Il. II. Presbyterian.
The man who tried to run n newspaper t.
suit everybody died IL tho poer house man!
years ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
"Gen. McGOMan, Fate.N

In the Yorkville correspondence of the
Columbia Register we find the following
amusing reference to the closing scene at
our last Court when Judge PRESLEY with
wonderful modesty refused to allow the
Abbeville Bar to compliment him by
their spokesman, Gen. MCGOWAN.
Speaking of the close of Court III York,
where Judge Wallace presided, the cor
respondent says:
AT the close of tho term one of the
members of the bar pleasantly remark
ed, that, warned by Gen. McGowan's
fate, the lips Of this bar were sealed
which caused a merry laugh from both
the bench and bar"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19

BERLIN, November l5-DIphthcria Is gain
Ing more md more ground In Russia. The
disease has attained such frightful proper
tons in some regions that tho mortality ex-
cecds the births.
CINCINNATI, November l5.-A special from
Memphis states In regard to the reports Of the
fever having again broker out there that on
ly two new cases have occurred in the city In
the last ten days, and that no alarm Is felt.
or these two cuses one caught the fever while
visiting an old case and the other from a house
not disinfected.
ST. LOUIS, November ia special from
Sherman, Texas, says w. p. Greenlaw, II OF
the wealthiest and most prominent citizens
OF that place, committed suicide last night by
taking morphine. The cause is said to be a
criminal intimacy between hi, wife and Rev.
Conrad Haney, Il noted and eloquent minis
ter.
WILLIAMSON. s. c., Nov. 12.-Maj. G. w.
Andcrson's store was consumed by fire this
morning ut 3 O'Clock. Nothing was saved ex-
cept about one hundred dollars worth OF
cloth. Ayoung man was asleep up stairs and
narrowly escaped being burned. No insu-
rance, loss, Sl2,U0U.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
The Homestead.

We hope that some member of the
next Legislature will prepare an amend
ment to the Constitution, to be present
ed to the voters at the next election,
which will secure the homestead exemp-
ton in personal property, to those who
own no land. We believe it is true that
the Supreme Court has not yet decided
the question, but there seems to be Ittlc
doubt in the minds of the lawyers that
when the question is presented, that tho
court will decide adversely to tho inter
Csts of those whoown no land.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19

The General Assembly meets mex,
Monday-the fourth Monday i'll Novem'
Der. Now that the Bond Question is q
dead issue we do not know how u leg
~islators will be able to make the session
either long or lively,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
PROPERTY OTHER THAN SLAVES.
Increase.

increase.
In other words, in a single decade we more
than doubled our property other than slaves.
South Carolina to-day7 The census OF 1870
puts 1t Mt sos, 000, 900. Our assessed valuation
now is some sl3O, 1000. 1000, and the true yalua
ton to-day can hardly exceed $50, 900.
That is, South Carolina has sunk
In slave values. .ss257 ,0O0,00
In other property ...".....m.......... lOO,OOO,GO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
What South Carolina Must Do to Catct
up with its 1850 Production.
columbia Pegistcr.l

What was South Carolina worth In 1860, ant
what Is she worth to-day3 What was SHIT
doing in 1853 and what is she doing to-day?
VALUE OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROP
ERrY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
LAURENS BRANCH,

Laurens Branch Trains leave Laurens c. H
at 1000. m. and Newberry at 400 p. m, dai
ly except Sundays. .
The up and down Trains on the mar
stem makec close connection at Columbia with
the up and down Day Passenger Trains 0I
tho South Carolina Railroad and with thu
tn rough Freight Trains. with Passenger Cal
attached, or the Wilmington, Columbia ant
Augusta Railroad, and at Aston with TIT
trains Of the S~partanburg, Union and Colum
bia Railroad for Union, Spartan burg, Hen
Jacksonville, Asheyille, &C., &c. -
r. H. TEMPLE,
General superintendent.
J.P. MEREDITH, Master Transportation.
JAbEz NORTON. JR.. General Ticket Agent