X'KEXCII OKI)NA>CE.

The superiority of our service con-Btructidfc of heavy guus is being provednot only by direct experiments at home,but also by indirect means abroad.About the time when the lirst trials ofthe SO-toE gun were going on, a Frenchbreech-loading guu corresponding toout 0-inch. and weighing about 14ewt. burst violently at Gavre, whenbeing tired with its service charge ofpowder and projectile. The Frenchguns are constructed on a systemwhich, tc say the least of it, has novermet with any approval in this country.The body of the gun is of cast iron,the portion from the trunnions for-ward being entirely composed of thismaterial. At tne ureacn ena tno gunis lined with a steel tubo as far as thetrunnions; and, in order to strengthenit. according to the advocates of thissystem,a series of steel rings is shrunkon the breech, reaching as far as thetrunnions.that is, over the powderand shot chambers. Hero therefore isa combination of two treacherous ma-

terials, cast iron and steel, so that anyfailure in the soundness of any partmust lead to disastrous results. Whento untrustworthy material is added a

' o 1 -u 1 1complicated sysicra 01 uruucu-iuuumg,the wonder id not that guns so con-structed sometimes burst, but thatthey can be trusted at all. The gun-which failed lately at Gavre burst vio-lently, six men being killed and othersbeing injured, though the gun was notbeing subjected to any extraordinarytest, but was being fired as on service.Itisonlyfairtoconclude, therefore, thatthe guns in use in the French navybeing identical with that which burst,;are liable to behave in a similar man-ner. As far as the experience of fif-:teen years can be relied 0:1, no suchaccident can possibly happen to one ofourniueb-abused heavy guns when themost ordinary precautions arc taken.1'alLMuli Gazette.

A NEGRO CHIEFTAIN-.

>ne of the most remarkable char-acters who have influenced the historyof the region of country between Tim-huetoo and the West coast or Airica,was a native of Futah Toro, knownas the [Sheikh Omaru Al-Hajj. Hois said to have been a Waleen, a manof extraordinary endowments, of com-

manding presence, and great personalinfluence. He was educated by theSheikh Iijani, a Moslem missionaryfrom Arabia. Having spent severalyears under the instruction of this dis-tinguished teacher, visiting Mecca inthe meanwhile, he became profound?;ly learned in the Arabic language. Af-tnr tlia rlf»nth nf his master hs wonttwice to Mecca on pilgrimages. Onhis return to his country the second:tiiue, he undertook a series of prose-lyting expeditions against the power-ful Pagan tribes on tho East andSoutheast of Futah Toro. Ho con-

quered several powerful chiefs, and re-:duced their people to the faith of Is-!lam. He banished paganism fromScgo, and purified the practices ofseveral Mohammedan districts whichhad become imbued with heathenishnotions. He thus restored Jcnno andHamd-Allahi; and was on his way toTimbuctoo,about ten years ago, when,through the treachery of tho Arabs ofthat region, he was circumvented andkilled at a town in Masina. One of hissons is now King of Sego, another'rules over Hamd-Allahi.two of tholargest cities in Central Africa. Al-;hajj Ornaru wrote many Arabic worksiu prose and poetry. His poems arerecited and sung in every town andvillage from Futahtown, in SierraJjeone to Ivuno. His memory is heldin the greatest respect by all nativestudents, and they attribute to himmany extraordinary deeds, and see inhis successful enterprises, militaryand literary, proofs of divino guid-!Anee.

A STRANGE STORY.'

Mr. Sindall, who lives in Baltimore,'accompanied by his son, a lad elevenor twelve years of age, recently was at!the Custom House and in maritime.circles seeking for evidence that wouldconfirm a strange story toiu oy tno.boy. Mr. Sindall said that his sonhud been lost since May8,1873. The;ibov, whose story wa3 not very clearly;.told, said he was on the coal wharves,probably Locus Point, as a brig was;about to sail. The captain asked the;:boy to come on board, and go down asfar as Holly Grove, where he would;be landed. The boy consented, andthe brig started down the bay. After;sailing for a lorg timo the boy states'he was put on board of a large ship,where he remained in the capacity of;cabi#boy. He says Etlie ship went toChina, and ho gave some descriptionof the people he |saw there, but sayshe was not allowed to land, and hadnot been on shore for two years and.a half. The ship eame back to Balti-more, reaching here on Monday oflast week. The boy says he stole off,from the vessel and made his wayjhome. He gave tho name of the ves-:sel as the Pascaret, commanded by a!l/cipuiiu viuiuy uuu mao is uu ^ucu

named vessel in this port, nor hasthere ever been, so far as marine re-cords of the past disclose. IThe state-;ment of the father thut his son ha3been lost for the time named is doubt-1Jesd correct, but the story of the boyis not yet authenticated. . BaltimoreSun. iv

The Reverend C. Hamblin, who hasfor many years- .been a missionary!nmAnrr f o rv\ »/>/-! r» r. /1/v^l^ n

uujvn^ www i.io.'-'iiciiiiiiivutnis, UCUlciltTS

that the rose-colored accounts of theprogress of Christianity in the IslamicStates are false. "The delightful pic-!ture," he says, "of tho succcss of theArab missionaries in winning wholeAfrican tribes, elovating,. refining and.civilizing them with wondrous success,Js not very much more exaggeratedthan the tales of the Arab story-tej-}ers in the Turkish coffee-shops."

ITEMS OF INTEREST,A poor woman in St, Louis went to

a doctor the other day for medicineto check the appetite of hor five chil-dr-ea, she being unable to provide'/sufficient food for them.Ann Connolly of San Francisco, aged:

73, sues for a divorce from Henry Con-nolly, aged 75. because he broke thepromise made before marriage to quit;,chewing tobacco.Some Michigan doctors have come

to the conclusion that an agonizingcase of sore eyes afflicting a boy upIhere was transmitted by the sneezeat an epizootic horse,A sharp-pointed needle or awl

pressed into the head of a crab willJfili it Instantly. This is Mr. Frank 1,Auckland's remedy for the cruel pro-1 (<*58 of live crab boiling.The softer sex has reason to feel en- !

(Couraged. The last census showedthe number of idiots proper in the (United States to bo 24,527, of whom |MM5 were males and 10,042 females. jWhen Spain was active and pros-

perous, the breakfast hour was six orseven; honce the next meal, font \hours afterward, received the name of r''las once," Dr the "eleven o'clock/' r

From this expression wo liave our ?

word ''lunch," *

Some/?/the p»n working in Iloosac [Tunnejl during this season of short rAays never see daylight excepting on /

Sundays. They go into the tunnel.before daybreak In .the morning, and txlunot come out tilJ after dark The 0

pi//tie lop'U n|«ht to them, [

Tlie Press and Banner.W. ^V. LICK, Ktlitoi*.

Wednesday, July 26, 1876.

The Hamburg Affair iu Cougrcss.We publish elsewhere an abstract of!

i the debate in Congress relating to tliejHamburg aHair which arose upon theamendment of Smalls, a colored mem-ber from this State asking that no

troops be withdrawn from the State.The debaie shows the unenviable]

light which such attrocities reflectl»« mid institutions of

IIJH'II liio i'\- »| - .

the South, >nd tlie onerous taskwhich they impose upon our friendsout of the State by way of extenuationand excuse. We are held naturallyresponsible for the outrages which are

{committed among us, and the onlyway of wiping out the charge andplacing ourselves above suspicion andreproach, is to denounce the crimeand to lend our earnest aid in bring-inn the guilty parties to punishment.The lirst has been done by almost ev-

ery paper in the State, and the cry hasbeen taken up by Lamar and othertrue men of the South who very just-ly say that the news of the outragewas received with a thrill of horror inevery Southern community.As Mr. Lamar said, there are lawles>

men in every community who in no

sense represent its sober, law-abidingimasses; nud whilst they exist at thej South they exist in a greater degreej and exercise a greater control at theI North. For the acts of these men itis io'ly to hold the South responsible.We have denounced them, and it is

| the duty of every good citizen to lendhis aid in bringing them to punisb-ment. By so doing we vindicate our-

selves from the reproach of being par-ticipants, or of lending aid and corn-

fort, to the perpetrators.But why invoke the aid of the U. S.

jarmy in such case, sis dispatches totlie Northern journals say has been(lone by CJov. Chamberlain. Therehas been no case of "domestic vio-

lence," such as the Constitution con-

templates, which over-riding theState authorities and defying its pow-ers, has made a resort to the FederalGovernment necessary. There liasheel) no attempt yet made to arrest theguilty parties, and hence no resistancewhich could justify a call for troops l»ythe Governor. The whole power ofthe State militia is subject to his con-

trol, and until it has proved powerless.he has no reason to call for troops; and

| without such call Federal interposi-tion would be unconstitutional.

The use of the army, as Mr. Lamarsays, is ineffective and cumbe'some,and whilst its presence could be pro-jductiveof no beuetit, it would 011 thecontrary be the instrument of oppres-Ision and corrupt intrigue. Let Mr.Chamberlain spare no efforts to arrestthe guilty parties, and when he findsthat his process is resisted and thepower of the State government defied,it will then and not till then be timeto asli for troops.

Heed and Whipper.Since the qualification of Whipper

before Chief Justice Moses, and hisdeparture for Washington, there hasbeen considerable interest felt as to jthe result of the contest between the '

aforesaid claimant and Judge Iieed 1

for the judgeship of the first circuit. LThe term of Whipper, in case he be Jlegally elected, begins on the :iOth Au- Jgust, and the question of jurisdiction 1

cannot come oeiore una nine, me

next regular term of the Court at Or-angeburg will not open before the 3dMonday of October, and the issue can

only be precipitated by either of thecontestants calling an extra term ofthe Court, which may be done by giv-ing ten days notice. It is supposedthat Whipper will thus,make the issueat Charleston, and it remains to beseen with what success.A reporter of the jStws A Courier

has interviewed the sheriff, clerk andsolicitor, as to their action in case theissue is thus made. The sheriff Bow-en is a Whipper man and would sustaintain.the clerk, WiJliman, is in doubtas to his course.the Solicitor, Buttz,is the outspoken advocate of Whipperas the legally elected judge of the cir-cuit.urging that Reed was, by theterms of the resolution under whichthe vote was taken, elected only forthe unexpired term.that Gov. Cham-berlain himself in his message statedthat eight circuit judges were to beelected, after having commissionedJudge Heed for the unexpired term ofJudge Graham, &c.According to Solicitor liuttz, whom-

soever the sheriff, clerk and solicitoragree to recognize, will constitute theCourt, and will be so recognized bythe Supreme Court. This would seemto be a very ridiculous position, andwe suppose would scarcely be regardedotherwise by any one besides the So-licitor of the 1st circuit.

The Hope of the South.

The New York World in comment-ing upon the recent Hamburg affair,regards it as the natural result of thecontinued inisgovemment and oppres-sion, to which the South has been sub-jected since the war, and which havedriven the people almost to the vergeof revolution. The only hope of thecountry lies in a change of rulers, andwith the overthrow of misgovernmentat the South, we may anticipate thecessation of violence and the inaugu-ration of peace. The World says:"So long as Mississippi was controll-

ed and misgoverned by the negroesand their carnet-bair white leaders.there were scenes of violence ull overthe State. So in Arkansas. So in sGeorgia. So in every Southern Statewhere ignorance and corruption andirresponsible force made and adminis-tered the laws. And so there would fhave been constant scenes of violence 1in any Northern State under the like 1conditions. But with the triumph of Jintelligence and order, represented by Jthe Democratic party in each of these c

States, thorough and absolute peace 1was restored. Not Massaehnsctts nor fNew York is better or more peaceably *

governed than are Mississippi and »

Georgia and Arkansas to-day. The a

negroes have not less profited by the 8change than the whites. They are *-protected in every right and privilege. c

and the harmony between the races is Funinterrupted and secure. The con- ?trast between the past and present is jso strong, is so marked by the restored '(prosperity of the materiul interests of ^botli races and tho good feeling which *

nrevaila between thorn, niir? pvcrv eondcitizen of the United States, North orSouth,, musf hope for the regenerationof South Carolina by a like agency.This would be secured by a majorityfor Tilden and Hendricks and for theState Democratic ticket in November.And as with South Carolina, so withLouisiana."

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Gen. Butler's Letter.(Jen. Butler has written a manlyand defiant letter, published in the

Jourtiul of Commerce, in which hedenounces the false statements whichhave characterized alike the Attorneyi jtrue:i ui * irjHil'l, 11IIU lilt* UtTOUIIlS UIthe newspapers in regard to the Ham-burg affair, and solicits for himself andliis friends a judicial investigation.Hestates that the Hamburg militarycompany was an illegal organizationund had no right to their arms; andlie recites at length the grievance* towhich the white people of the townind the County had been subjected atthe hands of the blacks. Gen. i'.utlerdates that he did nothing in Ham-burg which he regrets, or for whicht>e has an afiology to make, and states:bat he would do again what lie did;hen. No one has presumed to charge)im with the massacre of the prisoners.

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The Chrtfrr Jlepor(er of this week,n speaking of the infamous senli-nents of the Charleston indignationnetting says truly, that if they areindorsed by the "negroes throughout

f^tate, ''there is no need of anyortber talk about, coalition." .Ourriend, we think, will find it hard to>oint out any need of it at all..Jteyii-cr.

Prof. J. L. Jones, late of the Cokes-iury Couference.School has been elect-d to the Presidency of the Columbia'emale College,

A Collision of Knees to be Avoided.In these times of heated political ex-

citement, when the passious and prej-udices of race are so easily aroused, itis all important that, we exercise a

proper restraint upon ourselves andavoid all occasions of collision. Tothe young especially, who need thecurb rathor than the spur, we wouldoiler the same advice. Let us keepour temper and not precipitate a con-llict of races. We trust that suoh aconflict may be avoided in the futureas in the past. In any event let usnot seek to precipitate it. We haveiwu iuuijv juifresib hc biuk« 10 ue ieu-

pardcd by rash and intemperate action.It is the part of true wisdom to bearand forbear, until ''forbearance hasceased to be a virtue." That timelias not yet come.

Republican Indignation Meeting inCharleston.

The colored indignation mootingheld in Charleston last week to de-nounce the Hamburg affair, was char-acterized by even more of the intem-perate bluster which might have beenexpected. As usual the passions ruledthe hour, and those who will doubt-less be the tirst to run away should afurlif oiiunc wore those who did mostto" provoke it. The colored peopleshould be the last to provoke a collis-ion, as they will certainly he the chiefsufferers; and when they threatenthe rifle, the torch and the knife, theyknow not what terrible engines of de-struction they invoke, to be turnedagainst their own race. It is no tiniecertainly for the colored people to in-dulge in threats.

THE HAMBURG AFFAIR IN CON-GRESS.

Speech of Mr. Lamar.

Washington, July 18..The pend-ing question was on the amendmentottered last Saturday by Smalls, of

i'a1J»ui »n onnnontinn WithQUUIU vai VUlUt, 111 vuuiuutivii If «VU

the Hamburg troubles, that no troopsshall be withdrawn from South Caioli-na.In the course of the debate, Lamar,

of Mississippi, spoke of the HamburgaQ'alras terrible and disgraceful, buthe denied that its circumstances werea legitimate subject of debate in theHouse. There are one or two facts,however, that gleamed indisputable.One of these was that a body of whitemen had, without authority of law,put to death a number of black menwhile prisoners.not prisoners in thelegal sense, however, inasmuch asthese white men had no right to de-prive them of their personal liberty.IT --- I . I- -» ! * « etnmr t r* 1» J o frliat". tinixc » isiiL'u iu saj iu uio pifivv .«w

excuse <*r palliation could possibly befouud for that outrage and barbarism.[Applause on the Republican side ofLhe House.] The South had its law-less classes, as the North had, withthis difference.that in the South theyflamed out iu different localities, andwere coulined to short periods of time ;while in the North whole countrieswere sometimes held in terror formonths at a time, and the State au-;horities defied. In those SouthernStates where disorders occurred, therewere governments of a peculiar char-icler and type. They were called Re->ubiican, but it was a spurious Repub-icanism, which had no sympathyivith the purpose and feelings of thejreat national Republican party. Itvas these State governments whichlad encouraged these disorders andhese murders by their inefficiency,heir inability and their cowardice.In reply to Garfieldrs as to whctliehe Hamburg case was sporadic or

ymptomatic, Mr. Lamar declaredlint there was not a community in theSouth which had not been thrilledvith horror at such occurrences. Heloemed it a wonder that society, 1111-ler the operation of goverumentsA-liich allowed such lawlessness totalk abroad in the land, did not go to>ieces.In reply to Conyer.s argument on

nst Saturday, Mr. Lamar declaredhat the use of the army had never>roduced any good effect in such cases,rhe troops always got there after the»ccurrence. The use of the militaryjower was an insiruiut'uk mat w«o m-

stfective, cumbersome, slow and al-nost useless, and in spite of the goodaith of the army officers, it had been:onverted into a monstrous engine ofx>litical oppression and corrupt in-rigue. It was the duty of Gov.Chamberlain at once to adopt meas-

ires, swift and vigorous, to bring toustice those who shot down thoseprisoners in cold blood ; and if he didhat, he would receive his (Lamar's)support and praise. If, instead of do-ng so, hewever, Gov. Chamberlainushes to Washington for the purpose>f making this occurrence the founda-ion for fanaticism and strife, he will;lot stop that disorder. Arnansas was

in illustration for the last two years ofhe advantages of good government,jndera firm and intelligent man.}ov. Garland.In conclusion, he declared that the

>cciirrcnce at Hamburg was a morbificdemeut, not sporadic, but unnatural,ind one that would disappear and un-ler good government.The debate wa«j further continued by

vasson, of Iowa, Hartridge, of Geor-gia, Hale, of Maine, and Mackey, ofsouth Carolina.At the close of the debate, Hancock,

>f Texas, moved a substitute forSmalls' amendment, to the effect thatio troops shall be taken from anystate or service where the public inter-,'st reauires their eoutinuence.Smalls accepted the substitute, and

t was agreed to by 8G to 83,

Sitting Bull as an Imitator of Napo-leon.

Sitting Bull was a convert andriend of Father DeSmet, who taughtlirn to read and write French. Helas always scorned to learn English,>ut is a fair French scholar. In theDakota lauguage he is also versed, andleclared to be a greater orator thankittle Pheasant, Chief of the Yank-on nais. Capt. McGarry says hemew that Sitting Bull had read theFrench history of Napoleon's wars,itid believes that he has modeled his;eneralship after the little CorsicanCorporal. Sitting Bull has never ac-

epted an overture of peace, the re-tort that he gave in his adhesion toSully to the contrary notwithstand-ng. He has always been an unre-

snting and vindictive savage.to theAmericans what Schamyl was to thelussian.

The Anderson Intelligenccr says oflie Hamburg affray. "We cannoterceive the justice and proprietyr^hich seeks to attach all blame to the'bites in this affair. The negroes^ere the accressors in the first in-tanee and placed themselves without ^tie protection of the law when they ^^fused obedience to the civil magis- ^ate. It was natural and inevitable ,lat such defiance would provoke a [ollision wilh the assembled whites,nd It cannot be expected that an in- j:iriated mob in any community will ve permitted to assert its disregard of cgal authority, without meeting re- aista nee from any quarter. c

The LouifsviUe Courier Jovrnal hits jjie nail squarely on the head when he ^lys: If, by some disastrous chance ®

ie State of Ohio, with all Its wealth *

id culture, were to be suddenly putuder control of a voting populationke that of South Carolina, there t,on Id be a procession of Kuklux thatould reach from Columbus to Cin-nnati, and Bircliard Hays and Iiich-"d Smith would be seen enthusi&sti- gilly riding at their head, "wuooping ®

n up." t|J. H. McDevitt, the runaway ex- tleasurerof Edgefield County, was ar- tl'sted in Tallassee Ala., laat week by N. M. Pruther, lieutenaufcof the Au- Cista police, wlio had a requisition eiom Governor Chamberlain, and will ui,ke the prisoner to Columbia to-mor- tl>w. McDevitt's father says he did fi3t steal the monev, but simply took pihat the county owod him.ciThe Newberry Democratic Conven-an met last Wednesday and elected.'legates to the State Convention, fa-cing a straight-out ticket.The Western Union Telegraph Com- tfcu absorbed the Southern and Atlau- es

% yvitlt a reduction .of rates. ei

Gen. Butler Strikes Back.A SEARCHING REVIEW OF THE

"HAMBURG HORROIt,"

How the Hamburg Record has beeuFalsified Intolerable Outrages

by the Negro Outlaws whoInfest the Town.

No Law for White Men in Hamburg*Edgefield, S. C., July 16,1876.

To the Editor of the Journal of Com-merce: The high joint commission,consisting of Wm. Stone, Carpet BagAttorney-General, and the MulattoAdjutant-General of the State, Fur-vis, have lately visited Hamburg toi nvestigate the "Horror," and theformer has made his "report." WhyGovernor G'hamberiain should havesubjected the State to the expense,and these two dignitaaries to thetrouble, of going to Hamburg, is some-what surprising, When we read the"report," and consider the data fromwhich it is made, the ex-partc state-ments of lying negroes and the par-tial, partisan and false conclusions ofits facile author, the suggestion prjses,why the affidavits were not writtenout inX-'olumbia, made to order there,aud sent by express to be executedwithout limit by the dusky affiants ofthat renowned rendezvous, JHamburg.This plan would have answered thepurpose of the outrage manufacturers,and their hireling newspaper cham-pions, just as well.

If this so-called Attorney-Generalhad been in pursuit of the truth, whydid he contine his inquiries to the be-sotted negroes, and a few perjurc-dwhite men who had instigated theminto an armed insurrection against thelaws of the country, the rights andproperty of its citizens, and the safetyand peace of that community ? Ifacting within the perview of the du-ties incident to the high position inthe State, to which the accidents ofwar have elevated him, why did he so

hastily conclude his investigation be-fore getting at the real facts of thisunfortunate emeute, and rush intoprint with a report pregnant with par-

5t-v nnrl fronr^nnf with tVlA nHfiPU^UUOUip, auu llttgiuuv IT VMV.

of Radical falsehood? [f liis hirelingchampions of the press had desired topresent to the public a'/rut/iful accountand a fair representation of the"Hamburg Horror," why did theiraccommodating reporters seek for pub-lication the statements of such wor-thies as "Dock" Adams, Prince Riv-ers, Gardner, and other negroes ofthat ilk, and avoid souurces of in-formation which could have throwulight, at lea^t, upon the subject of in-

Why should these champions ofRadical outlaws, these bolsterers ofthe .waning fortunes of one of themost infamous, imbecile governmentsthat the world has ever known, so

"swiftly denounce" the white menengaged in the merited chastisementDf this body of armed outiaws, ban-dits and robbers, as "fiends," "cow-urds," etc., and have not one word ofcondemnation for the outlaws, ban-dits and robbers themselves. Whyhave the editors and reporters of thesemalignant sheets lashed themselvesinto spasms of horror and shame andmortification at the death of theseirmed outlaws, and find in theirhearts not a feeling of regret or sorrowat the death of that splendid, fearlessuul honorable young man, McKieVIerriwether, who was murdered in2old blood by these same outlaws.I can point out just twenty mis-

itatements of facts in this "Report,"kvhich could have been easily avoidedf the doughty Attorney-General had;aken the trouble to arrive at the;ruth. As he recommends a judicialnvestigation, and sundry threats ofirrests have been made by certain val-ant knights* of the quill, who I pre-sume will volunteer to play constable'or that purpose, I will reserve my ex-josure of these falsehoods for that iu-|,erestiug occasion.Upon the heads of those charged

with the execution of the laws, restshe responsibility for this collision,[f it is true that Governor Scott placedhese arms and this amunition in tbelands of these ignorant people it wasi crime against them aud the whitepeople that he did so. It was a crimen Governor Moses to have allowedhem to remain in their hands. Andt was more than a crime in GovernorJhamberlain, in the light of his expe-dience upon that subject. It was a;ruel ana inexcusable wrong, an un-pardonable sin against the peace ofhe country and the Jives of the peo-ple, that he should have allowed theseruns aud amunition to remaiu in theirlands.The jurisdiction and powers of a

riial Justice are large and the resnon-libility proportionately Increased, atin important point on our border, liketiamburg; and a man of the greatestiiscretion, fidelity and firmness, couldind should have been procured to fill

» i i i. J C ll A. XL }_ne ornce; nut luuieiiu 01 mm, una

nan, Prince Rivers, wholly unflt for,o important a station, is the only act-ng Trial Justice in Hamburg, and Ijelieve the next nearest in AikenJounty is about twelve miles distant.Now, if there had been a Trial Jus-

ice accessible, who would have givenMr. Robert Butler justice, when, likei law abiding man, as he is, he appeal-id to him to protect members of hisamily against this so-called militia,his "Horror" would never have>een chronicled. *Not only does he not afford him pro-

ection, but the ruffianly constable ofhis Trial Justice, one Bill Nelson, a

ioppor colered negro, Insults me as hi*\ittorney when I approached him in a.

>erfcctly respectful manner, to in-inire about the whereabouts of the['rial Justice, in order to begin the in-vestigation. I was moreover baffledmd trifled with for hours by this Trialrustice and his negro associates, untilliia nrmpil nnmnanv of outlnwa hnriime to concentrate in their armory,vhere they could successfully main-ain their attitude of armed insurrec-ion, armed with guns which the same?rince Rivers admitted in my pres-ence had been taken from him byhese negroes without authority.The town had a negro Intendent,

legro alderman, negro marshals. Itvas almost a terror to every whitenan whose business required him f;o>ass through it. They had harboredhieves and criminals from every di-ection. They had arrested aud finedonie of the most peaceable citizensor the most trivial offences againstheir ordinances.some for drinking>ut of a spring adjacent to a highway..)ne young man was fired upon, thetall passing through his hat, arrested,"u(i6tu «» V'«=W « « « ">-«« ' "J U-vu,

ecause his horse shied on the side-valk. And an old man was arrested,usulted, and fined, because his horseurned 011 the sidewalk as be was inheaetof mounting. Market wagons,vithin five or six miles of the townlavebeen robued night after night, cat-le bad been stolen and run into thisdace and sold. Stolen goods haveieen systematically received here, thelarties knowing them to be stolen,^or uights previous to the collision,inoftending white citizens were halt-d by the pickets of these militiamen,rrned with State guns, and stationedn the highways. In one instance,Ive or six of them scraped their bayo-lets on the pailings of a gentleman,nd upon bin remonstrance cursed andbused him in the hearing of his wifend some visiting ladies. The namesr ail the persons can ue given.Why dia this Attorney General and

iiese "swift denouncing" newspapersot put themselves to some trouble to^certain the provocation on bothdes. That this was not a companytatemilitia, but a band of negroesrganized contrary to law, or withoutle authority of Jaw, who had takenle State property without authority,rnt "Company A, Ninth Regimentational Guard of the Btate of Southarolina," had been disbanded for sev--al years, and that this band hadsurned their organization without au-lorfty, that they had not only unlaw-illy and riotously obstructed theLiblic highway, but had broken up avil court, defied its process, and re-sted its mandates, and insulted itsSeers, and riotously threatened the Ives of peaceable citizens. *i

Whyao they not publish the fact ]lata certain white man. who lives in <

iat Town of Hamburg, and publish- ia Radical papar In Columbia for i

rcuiatlon in Georgia, was seen on the t

*

train going towards Columbia on thiThursday evening previous, and re

turned, as is strongly suspected, wit!ammunition for tbese negroes?Why have they not reported tha

this same man said to the negroes attcr the altercations on the streets 01

tho 4th of July, between this so-cplled Militia Company and young Butleand Get?cn, that "they (the negroesought to have shot Getzen to death, ant

beat Butler's brainsout with thebuttsotheir gupsand that he incontinently fled like a mischievous cur, wheithe storm, which he had brewed, bursupon the ofiending negroes.Why they have not reported all o

these provocations I cannot conceiveexcept upon the hypothesis, that the;are paid to lie, and to slander, an<

misrepresent the white people of thiState for political effect.They say that tho demand was mad*

upon the negroes for the arm? wjthouauthority or justification. Whj? ha<not any citizen or number of citizensthe right to demand them?.

i-Tince vera u x>i iguuici ui mujuiGeneral of Militia, had said publiclythat they were taken from him withoutauthority. These negroes had assenbled riotously; were in a state of arm

ed resistance to the laws, and any citizenor number of citizens had therighto disperse the rioters and suppress thriot aud to use just so much force a

was necessary to accomplish it, an<if every negro engaged in'the riot ha<been killed in the suppression, iwould have been excusable, if no

justifiable.The tribunal of the written law ha<

been applied to, and ignominousl;failed. Delay would have been fatato the safety of the lives, families aai

property of the unoffending, peaceable citizens, .prompt, anon, suurpumdecisive action was necessary; undethe dictates of that unwritten, iualienable law, known as self-preservationthe first of all laws. Some there ma;have been, who were glad of an opportunity to punish those who hud accumulated wrongs, insults and outrages upon them, such as I have enuineiated. I can sj-mpatize with theinif I cannot approve such a means o

vindication.I have upon a previous occasion ex

plained how and why I was irt Hamburg. I did nothing there which I rt

gret' or for which I have, any apologies to make, and would do again juswhat I then did.I might haye avoided the storm

- * * * ' 1 * 1 11

fleeing irom ic. auu coiiceiveu iuu

I bad certain duties to perform, andwas not brought up in-that scboowhich allows any man to desert hifriends and clients when they are iidanger, and their families and property in jeopardy. I am indifercut to thiopinion of those howling hypocritesand ask no favors at their hands, an<shall grant none. Their threats o

United States soldiers have no terrorfor me or the people of EdgefieldWe have had these soldiers with u

and have no objection to their cominjagain". We hive found the officergentlemen as a general thing, and tlxmen orderly and law-abiding, an<

they will do no paore tuan executf Hoi r nrilnru anH pnfni'HA InWR.I invite a judicial investigation, an<

am prepared to submit to the arbitrament of the law ; and such is the feeling as far I have been able to learn, o

every white man who is in any degreiconnected with the affair. The whitmen of this country have some rightiwhich the negroes aro bound to re

spect. They have no other feeling fothem, than kindness and pity. Kindness for their loyalty to our familie:during the war, and pity that theiwill permit themselves to be made tintools of bad, mischievous, designingwhite men and mulattoes. So lonjas they obey the laws, every honorable man of the country will feel bouucto protect and encourage them in happiness and prosperity.

\ery respectfully yours.M. C. BUTLEH.

A Hanging,REMINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE

BY AN EX-ABBEVILLIAN OF

OVER FORTY YEARS.

Abbeville in my day and before haca way of hanging folks by their neck

/s.vrlara «%-** 51 41%a n*«2 »->#«'

marrow was broken, or the windpipeso sprung and dismantled as to be total-ly unfit for future use. with such incidental effects upon the corporeal sys-tern as may reasonably be supposed t(follow. "Our fathers" thought theborrowing of a horse without theowner's knowledge and consent ancforgetfulnoss to return him, was sufficieut to entitle the borrower to sucl:artistic treatment as above mentionedand to him who took the life of anoth-er, except in defence of his own, tbe\with one voice, except a few personally interested to the contrary, said "ee<how his wind-pipe will stand th«rope." And they saw. I believe ouifathers had better ideas than their descendants under the influence of themock humanitarianism of this da}and age, and that their stern senti-ments and practice better subservedthe ereat ends of human law.the nrevention of crime and the safety ant

protection of human life. No "hardup" "or crazy" pleas were worth a law-yer's note-book or utterance.I witnessed a hanging once in t

graveyard about four hundred yardsWest of the public square. It was in1830, and the subject was one KindredKitchens, probably the worst manthat ever lived in Abbeville. He hadmurdered an old man of or near eigh-ty years old.his own age was be-tween thirty and forty years. Thevictim was acting as bailiff for Trib-ble's Beat and I think it occurred alTribble's store. The old man's offencewas levying on Kitchen's horse whilehe was in the grocery. He retook thehorse by violence, seized thte old manby the hair and drew his knife acrosshis throat, almost severing his headfrom his body, leaped the fence nearby, dropping the knife reeking withblood, and escaped. He was after-wards captured, tried and condemnedto rope stretching. To tell all the baddeeds imputed to this man would fillpaces and thrill the blood to write orlisten to them. The most brutal wasou one occasion coolly shapening hisknife to the keenness of a razor, andgaugeing the point between his fingers,seized his wife, telling her he was go-ing to see how near he could come tokilling her without doing it, and withher feeble frame in his powerfulgrasp, he drew the knife from ear toear, touchiug without cutting the jugu-lar vein. (Hold your temper ladies,he has suffered for it.) Yet this poorcreature.ciung to him when all otnersturned their backs and spurned him,did all she could for his defence be-fore the law and made the last appealon her knees before Gov. McDuffle,whose presence she reached on footand wearied to exhaustion. No onewould sign her petition nor loan her ahorse for that errand. On the fatalday she was present to receive his re-mains and give them a decent inter-ment.Tins writer tnen a nair-grown man

wanted to Bte a hanging and especial-ly to see that man hung, and to makesure work of it, as soon as the gallowswas erected, two days before, selectedas his seat a sapling within ten feet,and before the crowd assembled.notless than two thousand came, placedhimself in the top as a squirrel oropossum would have done. I recol-lect an over-anxious boy got very tiredin holding his position two hours be-fore the centre of attraction and es-cort arrived, and then a full hour occu-pied by religious services and thespeaker entitled to the floor. The lat-ter announced himBelf "prepared" togo, "and wanted to see and shakebands with all he had quarreled withand fought, and they went in shoals,I thought it would take all day. On-ly one stood back his brother-inlaw,Nat McCollister, and seeing himhe called him up and they madefriends (each bore upon his personDot less than twenty scars inflicted bythe knives of each other) this ceremo-ny over the speaker drew from hispocket some "poetry!" which he ask-;d the privilege of reading and whichnet no objections.all about his wifemd children. Prefacing his lines helaid; "Genteel men 1'am a gwine to

die and leave you. I have been a badman in my time and am sorry for it.I liav'ent treated my wife right inmauy respects, and she'se one of thebest weemun God ever made and hasbeen a mighty good wife to me and Iwill say on my dying bed this muchfor ber, and she will make any ofyou a mighty good wife, and I nopesome of you will find it convenient totake her for she is a good oowan andhandy and no mistake."The lines began:

"And ItH O doar wife I love you wellAnd all the children too:

l nope your soqi in unnsi axuy uwuu,And all the children's too."I can't call to mind the succeeding

lines b'it the above was repeated as a

chorus to the other "verses". Theproduction was lengthy, and the au-thor had to be reminded that only a

few minutes remained, when he wasadvanced a step forward and higher,the rope adjusted and after three blows(the two first missed) from a mallet inthe hands of Sheriff Taggart, a pinwas knocked out, a few movements ofthe body, then closed the worsted ex-istence of Kindred Kitchens.This writer did not recover from the

feeling for months: it was the lasthanging he ever witnessed or ever ex-

pects to, though a warm advocate ofthe practice. * * *

GONGAREE

MANUFACTURER OF

S T E A. M

ENGINES AND BOILERS,Iron and Brass Castingsof all descriptions made to Order.

0

I WAS awarded the first premiumcastings at the State Agricultural anaMochanical Society Fairs, held in Colum-bia, November, 1S71, 72 and 73.

Circular Saw Millsof all sizes.

Also took the FIRST PREMIUM atState Fairs hold November, 1871, 72, 73

Manufacturer of

GRIST MILL IRONSof all fllzen.)

For Sale.Giu Gearing of the following sizes :

9 feet wheel and pinion - $30 0010 " «« " 32 0011 " " " 35 0012 " " ' 45 0014 w " "

.. 00 00With Bolts $6.50 Extra for each set. -

Anti-friction plates and Balls for CottonPress §10.00 and $12.00 per set.

D. B. SMITH, Agent,Abbeville, S. C.

Dec. 10, 1875, 35-tf

EMPORIUM ~jOF FASHION,

Fresh Supply I

Ladles' Hutu, PlaidSilk Bcorfc, Flower*,Uibbons, liulilingH,White Lawus, 1'iquc,Silk Belts, «kc., re-ceived this week at

EMPORIUMOF

^ FASHION.

CARPENTRY.Tho undersigned hereby givos noticw

that he is propared to do all kinds of

Carpenter's Work andBuilding.

Ho also repairs Cotton Gins, Thrashersand Fans. A full supply of Gin Materialalways on hand. Farmers are requestedto bring their Gins up early in the season

to allow time to have them properly pro-pared.Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin,

> tho Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds ofltubber and Leather Belting.

D. B. SMITH,i Abbeville C. HS. C.

Barnwell&Co.Are daily receiving ad-

ditious to their Stock, consiat-iug of

STAPLE DRY GOODS.Hats and Clothing,

BOOTS AND SHOES!!THEY KEEP CONSTANTLY ON

HAND, ALSO, A FULLLINE OF

Groceries,Bacon and Lard,Meal and Flour,Coffee and Sugar,Bagging and Ties,Molasses and Syrup,

A FINE LOT OF

SUGAR CURED HAMS 11,Oct, 5,1875 20-tf

Dissolution.TIIK copartnership heretofore existing

between the undersigned, under the 4

firm niimo of DuPro, GambreilA Co., has i

boon dissolved bv mutual consent. JJ. V. C. DuPKE,JOHN M. GAMBRELL.

May 12, 1870-tf

White Lawns,ANOTHER lot of these handsome

goods, plain and striped, from25 eta. to 35 eta., just received, at the

EMPORIUM OF FASHION.June 14,1876, tf

Centennial

Transportation

ArrangementsOP TIIE

Great Atlantic

COASTLINE,i

yoR the\

Accommodation, of Vis-

itors to all Points

South.

The Railways and SteamshipCompanies between Augusta,Ga., and Philadelphia, compris-ing the

'

ATLANTIC COASTLINE, will during the progressof the

Centennial Exhibition

OF THE »

UNITED STATES,present for the patronage of thecitizens of the South, routes of

transportation and forms of tick-eta upon which to reach Philadel-

phia, that will immeasurably ex-

cel all other lines in point of

Direct Daily Movement,

Comfortable Accommodation

Variability of Transit,

Economy of Expenditure.

To enable this to be done, thecombined resources of the RAIL-WAY LINES SOUTH OFNORFOLK, together with thoseof the BALTIMORE STEAMPACKET COMPANY and theOLD DOMINION STEAM-SHIP COMPANY will be em-

ployed and the individual tourist,the social party of ten, twenty or

more, or the civic or military or-

ganization of 100 to 300, can

each be cared for in a mannerfKnf 11 onlio^n JL&Jttb Hill OUUDIJ tu^n ugonco.

Price Lists, Time Cards, andall needful information are nov\in the Lands of all Agents At-lantic Coast Line.

It will be to the interest of ev-

ery individual and each organiza-tion proposing to make this tripto communicate with the under-

signed.

A Centennial Exhibition Guide JBook as authorized by the Com- J

mission will be given to the pur-chaser of each Centennial Ticket.

Call on or address either of £Tthe following named agents, i

J. H. WHITE, Macon, Ga. y

W. J. WALKER, Montgome- i

ry Ala. °

H. V. TOMPKINS, Atlanta.L. REED, Savannah Ga,

Ed. J. DIVINE, Macon Ga.

A. POPE,General Passenger Ageut,

May 1, 1876, 4-4m I

SPRING, 1876.1* '^ , ,

M'DONAIMHADDONare now receiving their Stock

Spring Goods,consisting mainly of

Domestic Goods, Notions, &c.a larger stock of

SHOES AND HATS. '

than they have ever kept pefore.Always on hand the choicest of

FAHILT GEOCEEIES,Confectioneries, &c.

i#

CIOAES! CIGAES!!eW keep the finest and cheapest as-

sortment of CIGAE8 in town. Greatinducements'to cash buyers.offeredby

McDonald & Haddon.April 10,1876, 52-tf

Insurance Notice.I HAVE accepted the agency for several

80LVENT FIRE INSURANCECOMPANIES, as follows:

Old North State.Royal Cananian,Merchants and Mechanics

and Commercial of St. Louis,and will insure at the lowest rates consistent with a sound business.Patronage of the public is solicited.Office at the Law Office 0/ Messrs. Per-

rln ACothran.L. W, PERRIN, Agent.

April 12,1876,52-ly

TO THE LADIES!<» « »

1AM now prepared to exhibit thelatest novelties in

MILLINERY,j

and invite my friends and the publicto an examination of the eame. Feel*ing assured they will find it to theirinterest to call before nurchssinor else-where, as, owing to the scarcity ofmoney, I intend to sell very low forCASH. The

Dress-Making Departmentis still under the supervision of

MISS JANE KAMEY,who will be pleased to receive yourorders,>and will endeavor to give satis-faction.

Very respectfully,

UBS. M. M. WHITE.April 5,1876,51-tf

omn aoixiiua

PlaningCOLUMBIA. S. C.

F.W. WING, ProprietorMANUFACTURER OF

Sash, Blinds, Doors,WINDOW" MD

DOOR FRAMES,Inside Pivot Blinds and HersPILASTERS,mantelpieces, ,

MOLDINGS, BRACKETS,Handrails,

Newels,Balusters.

Scroll Wort of all DescriptioiAIT Work Guaranteed a No. t

...

May 28,1875, lyr.

BLANKSOF THE MOST APPROVED

FORMS,FOR SALE, AT THE

Press & Banner Office.Rent Liens,Liens on Crops,Lien on Crop and Bill of Sale.Mortgage of Personal Property,Mortgage of Real Estate,Title Deeds,Trial Justice's Blanks.Sub. Tickets.Sub. Writs.Summons for Money Demand.Copy Summons for Money Demand

rhe State of South Carolina,ABBEVILLE COUNTY..

rVo6a<« Court"CUalionfor LetterMofAdminUCn.

3y THOS. B. MILLFORD, Esquire,Probate Judge.

WHEREAS, Peter McKellar hasnade suit to me, to grant bim Letters*if Administration of the Estate andifleets of Miss Mary McKellar, late ofAbbeville County, deceased.These are therefore to cite and ad-

nonish all and singular the kindredtnd creditors of the said Miss MaryklcKellar, that they be and appear,tefore me, in the Court of Probate, toie held at,Abbeville C. H., on Yhurs-lay, the 15th day of July, after publi- <

ation hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore-loon, to show cause, if any they havewhy the said administration shouldlot be granted.Jiven under my hand and seal, this[rat day of July, in the year of ourjord one thousand eight hundred andeventy-six and in the one hundredthear of American Independence,Published on the 5th day of July,876, in the Press and Banner, andn the Court House door for the timeequired by law.

THOS. B. MILLFORD,Judge of Probate.

July 5,1876, 2t

JEWING MACHINE NEEDLES,5 and other attachments atJ. D. CHALMERS & CO.

March 1, 1875.

CHAIRS ! CHAIRS ! 8 dozen chairsJ received to-day. Rr-ttan 3eatsjlendid article, sold at low fig-urea.

J. D. CHALMERS <ft CO.

PARLOR FRENCH LOOKING. GLASSES, at

'

J, If. CHALMERS & CO.'S, *

-%&>

CUNNINGHAM* It g.k m

TEMPLETONhave received their

i i .»

whloh they are selling at low prices.Call and see them.Maroh 29,1870, 50*tf

Cash BayersWILL as usual find our prices as

low as the lowest, and ourStock this season having been pur-chased with special care, we are surecan oonvince them more than ever tohow much greater advantage a littlemoney can be Invested spoil theCASH BASIS. Give us a look §iforepurchasing and we will satisfy jp®

at theEMPORIUM OF FASHION.

March, ja, 1878,50-tf

BeautifulNEW PRINTS,

SPRING STYLES*AT

Quarles ft Perrin's.March 29,1875, 50-tf

CORN! CORN! IBED' OATS!

WHEAT BRAIST,FOB SALE BY

BARNWELL & GOJan. 26,1876 42-tf

MASONIC IIBECTOBY.

ClintDi Loftge He. 3. 11 1W. H. PARKER, W.'. M.\ rJ. C. WOSMANSKY, Secretary.Meets 2d Monday in every month.

Hesperian Chapter Ho.MilJ. F. 0. DuPRE, M.-. E.\ H.% P.'.J. D. CHALMERS, Recorder.Meets 8d Friday night in every

month.

SeSanssire Council No. 161&S.I <

J. F. C. DuPBE, T.\ HI.'. M.\J. M. GAMBRELL, Recorder.Meets 1st Tuesday night In everj

month.

Goods at Cost.All descriptions of Goods, ]

embracing

READY-MADE CLOTHBte,Boots, Shoos,

HOSIEEY, NOTIOHS,AND

rs wv tt /v a /\ -r\ /M

m (iDUDS,AT

COST FOR CASH,AT

Quartos & Ptrris'f.Feb. 1,187G, 43-tf

ONE DOLLARWILL GET THE

WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONP08TAGE FREE) TILL

1.1 IfiHMlamuury xo##«

ris the Leading Paper of the South.Ked hot Presidential and Guberna-

tional Campaigns opening. Every Geor-gian should take the '"PEOPLI/8 PA-PER." Several Serial Stories, by dis-tinguished authors, running all the time.S5U The getter up of A CLUB OF

TEN will receive thePAPER FREE.Daity, f10 per annum; 95 80 for 6 mos.;

$2 65 for S months.Send in your subscription for thia great

Political and Family Journal.

ruuiisueu at me uajuiai.W. A. HEMPHILL & CO., Publishers,April 26, tf.] . Atlanta. Georgia.

1,000 POTS.Choice Green and Hot-House

Plants.

CONSISTING in part of Single andPouble Geraniums, Single

Doable Fuchsias, Red and White Bego-nias, Heliotropes, Century plants, Nigh*Blooming Cereus, Cactuses, Ice, Air andWax plants, Vines, Sedum and Basketplants. Japouicas, Pine Apple, Bananaa.and fifty other varieties of plant*Mosses <&c grown from seeds and plant*obtained from the most celebrated Flor-ists in the United States. Plants ten inch*es to two feet iiigb in tour inch and sixinch pots, 15 cents to 23 cents each. Larzer plants and pots in proportion. De-livered free on board the cars.

, J. F. C. DUPRB

CUNNINGHAMAND

TEMPLETOKHave received and open-

ed tbelr large Stock of all kinds)f goods. I

Dry Goods,Clothing,

Boots,Shoes,

Caps,Hats,Hardware,

Crockery,Saddlery, &c.

:all and see for your-selves.

Oct. 6,1875 26-tf

EUGENE B. GAEY,A TTORNEY AT LAW, Abbeville£1l C. H., 8. C. Special attention toho collection of claima, [Feb. 9, lyA NEW LOT of Oil Window Shade*just received, with good fixtures.J, D. CHALMERS A CO.Oct, 27,1875 tf