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Gorgeous Flower Reeonstraction! our very |H ^Hi en Coroner This official iiiikIc appearance a week ago, provide! by upon the lately discharged resigned. from nioiintniii fastnesses of Saluda, negro, quite black, apparently about years^kage, is decidedly in gait ^^^^K^^itndrni incut,'iniil has a good countenance. It is said that he is as unlettered as any Hottentot that ever brought beads into Cape Town. As H^^BT Sheriff, of course he must conduct the Sheriffs B sales. At twelve M., there/ore, lie mounts the court house steps nud, in strange tone and parlance, summons an nu<liflgco The audience is not ?|ow lo gather. lor Aw Is ' >< t ' I up?n the ' tainted breeze. Ya^^^pBkiiows that tainted is the word! Whites aBBhgroos rush to the spot. And now Sheriff Carroll waves an Advertiser with a graceful semi-circular flourish nnd says : "(jcnilcuiniis, how much am I offered for dis fifty acres ob land?" Here Mr. John I?. Addison modestly explains from the foot of the steps that the defendant wishes further time, .....I tl.nl l.~ ... ..I. : :it;. - ( !<? Dinv iiv, no I'luamiii o , ! "> Willing - and requests llmt llio sale be discontinue*!. Of tIt 19. tlie acting High Slicritl' umlvrstunds not a single syllable, nod, raising bis voice higher, again says: "licntlemuns, how much is I otiered fur dis fifty acres oh lain! ?" The crowd smiles. A voice says : Twenty-five cents. The High Sheriff again says; ' (ienllcmuns, how much is I offered for dis fifty acres ob land?" A voice says: Fifty cents. The crowd sniggers1 and wags its head. The yellow boy from Ohio, who stands behind the Sheriff, on the topmost J ' step, with an open account book and a pencil^ reminds one of tlie ambitious but . nfortunate yoiitlt of Longfellow's "Kxcelsior." Again the High Slicritl' says : "Gcntlcinuns, How much is I offered fur dis fifty acres ob land ? How much? How little?" The crowd explodes, with aloud report, right and left. The High Sheriff's eyes become two saucers, ami his good nuiured face assumes the expression of a scared rabbit, lie casts an expiring look upon John Jones, the little yellow boy who is Clerk of the Court, his preceptor, ami wrings the Advertiser intoalcaii wisp. We feel deeply humiliated to gee what a lean and dirty wisp it ean he wrung into! ? Jesse has taught him according to his light ? Jesse's lights!?ami of course the tuition is feeble nnd unavailing. The crowd shrieks, streams, kicks! Nothing so ludicrous has been seen in Kdgeficld within the memory of man !-And now stage fright seines upon the High Slier- | iff, nnd he plunges madly down tlie lofty stone steps and is quickly hid in the lower bowels of the court house, oh, those bowels! What do they not hide in these days! Oh, that dirty nnd inexorable maw of Itmlical reconstruction. The yellow boy from Ohio plunges after the High Sheriff, and is also received into those screening and pitying bowels. Jesse enters into llie: maw and is swallowed up. The myrmidons all enter into the maw ami play with corruption. And the crowd continues to shriek, scream and kick. Hut under this irresistible hilarily--ainong the white people?there is a deep feeling of indignatioq and disgust?of unspeakable humiliation?of very intense shame- that we have c une to this, and must put up with it. Scott, ...........v.. ,.|U.1V.', ? 'U|iniin, l vII il K I(j t er fift ' ft f\l, ad infinitum, high uti< 1 low, small and great, I in the past and in the present, (tut upon the ' ivholu set of dirty and alien thieves 1 Out upon ' the disgusting and sycophant io twnddlc that is] now marking n great part of the press of .Smith j < urolina. (tut upon everybody and everything | in the remotest coniicetiou with such an infernal I state of deviltry. Railroad Pool Again. The South Ciirnliiiu Unit rood Refuse* to he 1 Whipped into Homes*?.1 /.ireh/ l\ailron<l ' lf'ir is J'mbnhle. ^^fiScTriiffneakcii out in rEgnrd to a lnte railroad meeting here pooling freights: In the convention the South Carolina road refused to pool Augusta with the Port lloyal and the Charlotte and Columbia railroads, claiming that these roads had no return to make, A very harsh resolution, threatening to charge local rates on all freight intended for the South Carolina road, and discriminating against it in other ways, was offered. The matter was referred, by Superintendent Solomon, of the road, who was in the convention, to President Maprath, who was in Charleston, by telegraph.? President Magruth promptly replied that the South Carolina road rejected such dictation indignantly uud defiantly. Then came a resolution and threat in double-quick time. A gentleman connected with the South Carolina interests suggested that coercion, as was suggested, could only be enforced through the Georgia road, and that the convention had as well understand that the Georgia road co-operation could nut he relied upon by the convention, as it was hound to the South Carolina road hy an agreement, with stipulated damages, etc., and was interested $oO.(HM) in South Carolina steamships. Whether this intelligence caused it we can't say, but the convention became more conservative, and buhl the resolution in abeyance, while the whole matter was referred to President Wadley, of the Georgia central, President Magrath, of the South Carolina, and President Wilson, of Hast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia?the three to meet at Augusta this week. It is said now that President Magrath did not put in an appearance, and that the wires have been busy tixing to fence the South Carolina in. The superintendent of the Georgia railroad was asked in the conventiou if his road Would help whip the South Carolina into harness, nivl is reported to have replied: "Wait and sec." Now the rumor is that all, the Georgia included, will unite to bring the refractory road to terms. The South Carolina works to Atlanta over the Georgia, and if the latter now goes into the combination Atlanta ration! nninv anv benefit frnin tlie war rates?in fact, no points can, save Augusta, Columbia, ami possibly otic or two unimportant points. President Magrath controls the road to Spartanburg, but if the Richmond Air Line isi in the pool, it will prevent the South (. , .Caroliua frotn working into Atlanta by that .route. Lively times nlic.ujLas far ns the South Cafolffia road exTemls its influence, iiu\v seems t probable.?Erchanyf. ? . . ? We learn tiiat Col. Thomas Francis (Jrcnckcr, editor of the Newberry IlrrnUI, lias secured the Agency for the Torpedo Chicken, which is just now attracting so much attention among poultry fanciers. This splendid invention is destined to create a revolution in the chicken business, and make the feathered tribe far more numerous than ever before known, since it is a sure and certain preventive agaiust the depredations of poultry thieves. It ia an exact imitation, of the chicken, made oI -Iron and tilings, and whenever it is touched by the wrong person, a torpedo within makes an explosion sufficient to arouse the ^icighborhood. In one instance, where an explosion took place, a certificate states that "the body of the machine was blown to atom*, but its two legs were found intact, tightly grasped by a fTige black liatul, which had beeu literally torn from the arm. Death never held tighter to a dead nigger than this nigger's dead hand grasped those two chicken legs." Col. (Irenekcr is the only authorized agent fir the State of South Carolina, and wishes to dispose of county rights upon reason able terms. Send him your name and post olticc. and enclose a tl.rce cent postage stamp for reply, wlien further particular# will he made known. Exchanges please copy. We copy, and claim a Spring t hicken. ? En. TIM i.*. ?? m An exchange says: "Miss Clara Hose, of 1'hiladclpiiiu, had 7# expended on her Latin, French and Gorman education, and then married a man who has to buy his butter half a pound at the lime." For our part, considering iter fatal facility f?r snatching u husband baldheaded in four different languages, we can't help thinking that she mariied quite as well as she had any right to expect. Che Jc'ifflilij (Union. K. M. STOKKS, Kdltor. UNION, FRIDAY, JUI.V Hi, 187.Y TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. i Co|?v,ono year, in ai>v.*n< k, S3.no 'i Copte* <inf year," " 1 ft !l " " ? li.oii 10 " " " " " '*0.00 v Any prrMin sending us a club of ion or more, the ra?h i accompanying tin* "alrr, will bo entitled to a copy extra for getting up I In* ('lull. ADVERTISING. One square or our inch, first insertion, - - - Slim Kacli Milisripiriit insertion, ------- 7."> i l.il>rr?l ilisrount made to merchants ami others advertising for six monlNe or hy the year. Obituary Notiees of ten lines or less, inserted free ( " orer ten lines, ehurged as Advertise iiienta. The re<l cross mentis "time near up the i hlttc cross means, "time quite up on?I no more ( papers until paid for." HMfc. There will be i? Barbecue nt IIchI/h Mill j i on Saturday, the 24th inst. I fay It is stntc'l in the Nov York papers that Thcmlore Tilton attended Plymouth Church and lislenc'l to a sennoii from Hccchcr. fay We unilerstaml there is Flour from New ( Wheat for sale in town : hut as wc nre not an t homed to say who linn it, tlie people must hunt it up. All we say is, it's tliar or thnrnhouts." , Mr. Wheeler will he in town for a few ' lays only, ami will he glad to Iuitc his friends I wanting pictures call immediately. tlallery over Foster & Wilkins' store * - - I jpftX. The Executive Committee of the Nation al Orange have agreed to move their Headquar- , ters to Louisville, Ky. The next convention of the National Orange is to he held at Louisville . on the 3d December. , JJtEJfc.. All persons having hysiness with a Trial i .Justice should demand of that functionary an J itemized hill of costs. Without such a hill you < arc not compelled to pay the costs. This is ac- ' cording to 'aw, and we hope it will be rigidly ' enforced. 1 IJflX. Our friend, II. II. Ihirgess, has our ^ thanks for a sack of Flour, ground at Beaty's Mill front new wheat. We have not tried it yet, hut it looks as good ns any we have used, lie informed us that his Mill is now in perfect or- ^ tier anil prepared lo grind first quality flour. - 1 Jfciy The congregation of Plymouth Church ] have unanimously raised Beecher's salary from t $'-'0,000 to $11)0,000 for this year. ? We hope this action of the Church will not t tempt other ministers to follow his example. | We don't like the precedent. .? IllUX,. Itain, rain, rain 1 Grass, grass, grass 1 1 is the ur<lcr of the 'lay in this .section. For ' over two weeks we have had hcavv rains so near 1 together that Iho ground lius hoen always too wet In work, and in the very best condition for ' tlie prags to grow rapidly, so that now nearly evcVybofly is "in tlic grass" badly?ami still it " rains. * i Strfi" N lint bus become of the ?p"wfy Tax <5 I'ni n ee hi uicetj ^ lugs of tic lax I nioti' in-, iw'd n-gulurly.? t When first organized, wo umlerstood that it was u to be a permanent organization, ami while there j may not lis much business to ilo at present, we ? think it wonM be us well to keep the assoefu- u timi in work in phonier.^ Tion of Ccnrral Asia. Ibipliiu^looksanxiouslp " upon ninny recent acquisitions of territory by n ltussia in the direction of Central Asia, There is some anxihly felt, lest a war between thhAe ^ two great nations should grow out of the present '' unsatisfactory .state of affairs. ' e jJtjy T he Columbia Convocation of the Epis- I ^ copal Chnrcli of this diocese will convene at this ii place in tiro Church of the Nativity next Wednesday and continue during the week. lit. j, Itev. Ilisliop Howe will preside. Hivine scr- p vices will 1>? held every iH?y, ami ot> Sunday the solemn rite of confirmation will lx? ailinin- J. istcred by the Hishop. ~ I" the case of the State r.?. Arthur I ^ Glover, for killing two n:eir hy the name of Go- /, tnillinn?father and sow? st Edgefield C. IE, i tried at Newberry lasS week, the jury, after lieing confined from- about dark on- Thursday j evening until nine o'clock Friday morning, >s could not agree, nml were discharged. We arc informed that the jury was the most intelligent v of any tfcttX,. In rcsponsC^I^Bwc request of the citizens of Cross Keys a^Btogansvillo Townships, I made !>y our corrcs|U^^^L last week, the Committee waited upon cf this town and 1 raised a liheral suh^RptiaSlo aid in rehuilding ' the Murphy's Mil^jBridflM. We suggest that a ( Com mi l tee he nppijmHJPrthc meetings on the ' 1 7th, to receive the subscription. 1 fl*#' We learn thuHjaR:nioti League la about I to he reorganized in t?jluu?hia, aud wo have t reason to believe the satao mischievouf political ( movement has been secretly set ou foot In this ( County. Some of the leadings RadijflLh*r? ( already taken to night riding. Jt niarSK be ( for that purpose, hut it will be rOfnetnbcw^Rhal ( the Leagues were organized at niglrttUttijflPnic j deviltry was concocted in their ntgln nfeetiogs j jR$0U A flrr weaffwl at the tomgley Cotton < tfllls, in K-lg. field County, eaosed by lightning t striking the wai-ehowe ami then spreading it8i-lf over every bole of cotton, attracted by the tics. The total losa is fOO bales of cotton and f>6 bales of manufactured good*. The damage to i lie building was about $1,000. A colored man, named Wright, Tost his life by over exertion in trying to save the property in the building. . . An iafkinoiis outrage urns committed upon a colored atem-wi named .Jane Bates, by n coloMNl man WMfe'l .1 ??l?n Gibl>?. on Sunday last, about throo auU-s from this place. Tha woman was on her way to tow n in a wuggfc And team driven by Glhbs, to remove her daughter, who was sick. When in a lonely ' place and at a great distance from any dwelling ' the villain committed the deed. The woman ^ was l>adly injured, especially about the face and neck, (iibha made his escape and bad not been . . . i arrested when our paper went to pros. L Mr. Geo. 11. Hancock, representing the i "Sunny Sovttb," a new and beautifully illustra- , ted paper, published at Atlanta, Geo., spent four days in our town the past week, canvassing for that paper and the Greenville .Wk\?. 'J'he ( "Sunny South" claims to be a true exponent of the literary, social and political tastes and talents of tin* South. It is the handsomest illus- i trateil paper ever published in the South, and from the sample we have examined, is cmiiicn tiyl worthy the Southern patronage. We shall speak more fully of it when we become better acquainted with it. Gov Chamberlain'* Can*e. One would suppose, on rendtag the fulsome laudations of Oorernor Chamberlain which have lately appeared in a number of our State exchanges, that certain Conservative journals are opposing the action of the Governor in his efforts to give the people of South Carolina fro yrarn of fair government. So far as we have read our exchanges wc have not found a line or word in any one of them that warrants such a conclusion. On the contrary, without any exception -have cordially endorsed his course. so fur as I lint course affected t lie State nt large; l>ul some of u.i have iivt fallen down an<l wurshipped liim; we liavc not filled the columns of our papers every week with fulsome adulations uf the Governor and those conservative journals that ussunic the chntiipionship of his adminisI ration. We have dared to speak and write of fnrral t'haniherlain ca^ply anJ according to ottr own convictions of what is due lo the people and Mr. chamberlain himself. Some of our exchanges tell tts "Governor rhaniberlairi is a necessity.*' Wo do notcnlorsc that, in full. Gov. <'haniherlain's courtt we grant, was a necessity, not merely for the good of the tax-payers of this Stale, bn| more especially for the perpetuation of .the Republican parly in the coyntry. The wires were worked in Washington, and he responded. The condilion of .South t'nrolina hegan to open the eyes of I he people all over the couuJj!^H|(ScortK|ttion of the Republican parly, and ueu rounded fears were entertained that unless a change was made - even a temporary one?in this State, that pary would surely lose the next Presidential clccI ion, and perhaps South Caroline also. We have no idea it was any love for tfce people of this hate that prompted the leaders of the Republican parly to demand the reform, although we icknowlcdgc that we are greatly Wiiefitted by it, ind arc pleased with it -even if itahould prove :o l?e tut a respite front t he former ^tfhmous rule rt'o would not plucc :i .straw artChambcraiu's path so loug as he continues in tho course ic has marked out. Other journals say the timesel^ulfed for speakng of Attorney-General (Jhamberthin's errors a-as inopportune. There we differ tridely. We bought then, and still t link, thl^Tftjje.was most propitious fur reminding him andihis. friends lint the odium of l.is former associations was aill clinging to hint; and as arrestfe of some of hose nssociutcs were about to commence, an opportunity would be offered him to prove his asicrtiuu that he was innocent of %ny of the fraud uid corruption imputed to him whit# he wofe Atorncy-General. For our part, wevlere sincerey desirous that he should prove bflSself guiltess of actual participation in those frauds'and lis champions said he could do so. Hut how Hands the case now. Parker, one of his nssociites, has been in jail for some weeks, awaiting a rial.^J^^^B^^mmmcnccd last week; the cvileii eft flpnaHnm has been closed; in tliut evilence it Ss (bund that in the division of tiic rciult of what is very avldeutly a fhm#nlcpt ?pecilation in bond Coupons, $.30,(W)iv was "set iside" for Attorney-General Chamberlain. It s true that the aame witness says, -klrc was not ware that Mr. Chamberlain lines* anything bout the transaction, or whether the received hrWr1 of ff, tlaTtnfiis feme would ha mixed up with it. w^.v tho'fol>wing, which we take, filial the Tcharleston m ics and Courier of the I'-hli. is- ar ? informed iat Mr. ChamberffelfiBphs, nnd is still absent rum the State: and ptrf.are led to infer that lie 1 arcs but tittle abontHne trial and the effect it fill have upon hltt official character, or the | meresis 01 ins oinic ; Governor Chamberlain is not here fu speak for imsulf, ami \vc feel warranted, therefore, in minting ail extract from a private letter,(dated lay 11, 1875, when the charge that Governor ' 'liambcrlain was mixed up with die qbupon v rands liad not been nmde/^ln t l?f lest er in (l incstion. Governor Chamberlain ?*id : "The /,<>/< coupon business, for which 1'inker is now itfld, was new to ?/(< 'till lust Februaryf J never 1 eard of such a transaction 'till then. Who were n it, 1 cannot tell, but I do bno-w vb) is not. j Now, we would like to take Gov. Chamber- < ain's statement as truth; but it docs seem 1 trange that he should absent himself from the t State, just at the time when he knew his name vould be ' mixed up with the coupon frauds" < indcr the solemnity of an oath. When we consider the utter indifference dis- t daved by tlie whole Radical gang when charges 1 if fraud and corruption are made against them, t dr. Chamberlain's indifference to the case now in trial ami his apparent dont-care style of renting all notices of his connexion with those 1 vho we must believe did commit fraud?, naturaly compels us to place him in the same schedule >f crime with them. Like Leslie, Whittemorc, Crews, Hurley. <7 iit mac genus, he appears not to care a whit for ho accusation* made against him, and w hile he nay ndt, like then*,- smile with childlike blandtess at the frauds they have been sccenory to, tnd claim pvtris* for their shurp practices, lie >ertaiu!y does not seem the least dhttrbed at lis name being placed in the sara#category.? Re evidently aims to have two yeavi of good retard, * flavwmorjp the wipe wt ail trasbs of the many prcviou?|^^of bad ' cord, and we don't object to that/^fc What we complain of most is the HftT -we nay say premature?and fulsome dtOsnsc of 3overnor Ohaniberlaiii, by some of .llgfcfcpers n the 8tate. w hile they are earnest snff persist;nt in their demands for the arrest and conviolon of every other official who acted with him when the frauds wore committed.'j Let us dcuaml of him also to cloar up, as far anThe can, lie mystery which shrouds his former course. If lie docs that, or even makes an honest and liold effort to. defend himself, 11/naif* will be more willing than we to try and forget the past; but until we have more reason for recalling the iccusations made against him before be was r. I .., .1 ... I J <?. ....- ...? ...... HMllv ,A ...... W""1""', "V *"V "? iWWJ ...... those accusations were false ami unfounded.-IVc endorse Wis course toward the State, asUovbut we object to his course toward many of the j Counties, for we think it shows^ conelusirely i ilmt the reform he professes to gtve is in* ! tended more to aflfcet the minds of outsiders than , to restore, practically, an honest and acceptable g. vernnicnt to the people of the Stale. In the! language of the Xrusand Courier to Comptroller j Dunn, "no public officer is too high for criti- ( cism." , A tragedy occurred in Athetilh, N. C.? on the 10th. A man named Hall hnd heett com- , milted to jail for the murder of his uncle.' Two j of his lirothers went to the jail and attempted his rescue, when t lie guard shot one of &cm dead and snapped his gun at the other, who escaped. < 1 A Severe Storm. Tlio .Spring and .Summer of this year will be long remembered for the frequeucy and severity of storms all over the country?in fact, nearly all over the world. Nearly every week the Timrs has chronicled one or more severe storms in this County ami republished accounts of similar visitations in other sections. Mr. C. K. bong sends us an account of a scrv i-,; storm of wind, rain and hail, which visited his plantation and neighborhood on .Monday of last week, lie says the wind was so terrific that it blew down all the shade trees around his house, except three, which were sheltered by the corner of the dwelling. It unroofed four houses, while Ilia dwelling rocked to and fro so perceptibly that lie expected momentarily to see < it demolished. In this situation, with the trees | falling around, it appeared as dangerous on the outside as within tho house. His spring and i the road to it were completely blockaded by i falIon trees of all sizes, and it required nearly two days of hard work to clear them out. The I hail was light at lii.s plantation, but it entirely destroyed two acres of cotton belonging to a neighbor a short distance from hint. 1 rtfl),A Hoard of Honor settled a difficulty that was getting very serious between I). MeLucas, Kditor of tho Merchant and Former, and \Y. J. McKcrrall, Kditor of the Star?both papers published at Marlyf^*'. If. > We have often thought if it was necessary to have two papers in one County town they should be Edited by one man. Hy that arrangement the Editor could abuse either paper to his heart's content and to the satisfaction of the most qunrrelsome of his subscribers, without endangering his corporeal safety. Couldn't we raise an excitement in Union, under such an arrangement? Wouldn't we get the two papers so near to fighting that no Hoard of Honor could prevent a clash of arms? And then wouldn't we divide the town on the merits of the two papers. Wouldn't it be fun to get into one crowd ami hear them extol the abusive powers of the Editor of the %tl*cace Maker, and then to hear another praise the finely drawn and elegantly writ ten* instills of the Editor of the Battle-arc. Wc just think we could get" up about twenty fights a week among the people and keep clear of danger ourself. It would bo glorious nil round. A mau may acknowledge himself to be a liar, ' scoundrel, a coward or anything else not conifdered polite in ganteel society, but he would net ?ny one else to tell him of it without a fight or a foot net?and 0110 is about as bad as the other this sweltering weather. ?* . -V change seems to have conic over the minds of tlie negroes of this town lately,^ Something or somebody is stirring up of suspicion and animosity against the tdmt people again. For some j^ears we have been gliding along together smoothly and ki?^-All bitterness of speech and act has been stffaiously avoided by both races, and the utmost good feeling existed. But of lato we have seen and heard acts on the part of the colored peoplo which incline us to believe that some devilish scheme is on foot to break up this desirable^ stateof^ncHnj*. Again we hoar colored jeaw' :rr ^ sing much unnecessary ill feeling. 1 here is an undercurrent at work t/- Jr V ' c peace prospsrli of our c Amnry, which will require the greatest amount ^ >f forbearance on the part of the white people j 0 SlCUV/ \ jfca)"' As many enquiries have been made of 1 ts as to whether any of our County funds were ' leposited in Solomon's Hank, when it burstcd, 1 vc made the necessary enquiry and learn that 1 1 small amount is in the wreck ; but it is coufi- 1 lently believed the County will not lose a dollar iventually. 1 Great inconvenience will be felt, however, ' tecauso it will delay the payment of County ' :Uiros until the Receiver of the Bank, T. C. 1 Dunn, unlocks the vaults and allows the Treas- < trer to draw the County funds. 1 We hope the failure of Solomon's l.ank will ' :ause ? law to be passed compelling County 1 frcaanrers to deposit all County funds in some 1 aound bank in the County to which they belong; or if there is no bank in the County, then in - x u i. .1 i .A ii.?t i 1UIUC SUUUU I Kill iv lUl.ll vu 111:1111*^1 111 llllli LUUUl). We iton't know that our readers will care muck about hearing it, but finding the following despatch in tire daily papers, wc take the liberty of inserting ft, to fill up the space it occupies: Loxo Hit a x?:(i, July II.? Mrs. Algernon .Sartoris, daughter of 1'resideiM Oram, gave birth, at 8.1") this morning, to a fine boy, weighing ten and a half pounds. The next thing that will exercise Grandpa Grant, will be to find a position for him. Fome olftce will have to be created, for more "pap" will be needed. We hope to hear that he inherits the military genius of his grandfather by storming the Sartoris Breastworks vigorously ad successfully, ? At j ?. <? . ' The Hotel RentedWc are pleased to announce that the Hoard of Directors of the Union Hotel Company have rented the Hotel to the .Messrs. Weiiu?father and Sons?of Ncwocrry, who will take possession on or about the 1st of Septe mber. We understand these gentlemen know how to keep a Hotel" in the best style, and will come to Union with a fine record of their abilities. They hare a fino field to work in, and it will only require strict attention and energy on their part to make it a pleasant and profitable undertaking. No More Election Money For the information of all whom it may con- j ccrn we publish I lie follow in" Idler from State I Treasurer t'ardozo : CoLt MHia, June JO, 1X7"?. j lion. II'. //. Wallnte Snt :?In reply to yours of the 27th inst., 1 i liave to inform you that I have only been able to pay one-half of the Warrants for Flection expenses, ami will not he able to pay anything more until the next collection of taxes. Very respectfully F. I,. < 'A It I)()/.(>, Treasurer S. | ( en. Frank I'. Illair, <lie<l at his resi- 1 deuce in St. ^.oitis, about midnight Inst Friday, : surrounded ny his family and a few intimate ! friends. A few days before his death he fre- J (jnently rode out. Ilis death was very sudden. | Doing* in a Trial Justice's Court. Not long ago a young man was arrested for throwing a clod of dirt at a co'ored woman who, he had reason to believe, had stoleu his chickens, and who, when lie forbid her coming on his premises, cursed and abused liim in a most infamous manlier. The clod lie threw did not even strike her, but she took it before Long, no doubt expecting to scare the young man into a compromise. This she failed to do, and after two trials, which cost the County nearly twenty dollars, a verdict of not guilty was rendered. Another cose was that of a young mun ar rested for assaulting a colored child who struck him with a switch while he was quietly sitting in front of a store. ltut one slap was given the child which left no mark, and in tivc minutes was forgotten by her. This was not the first offensive act of this samp child towards the young man. The ease had to go before Justice Long, and a verdict of not guilty rendered. The lather of the child acknowledged that lie would not have prosecuted the ease, but lie was advised to do so by other parties. Now, who were those other parties ? Did Long advise him to do it, when lie took tho trouble to ride a mile to the quarry where the father was at work, lire day the assault was said to have been committed? That c:isc cost tho County five or six dollars. Tl.crc have been a number of just such unnecessary cases lately, and tfe'lhe people have to pay the costs in altftofltcvery one of them it is lime to enter a protest against it. We have no personal ill-feeling against Trial Justice Long. On the contrary, wc have been his friend, and when he received his appointment from Gov. Chamberlain we were highly pleased at it. ltut wc cannot help thinking, from what we see and hear that ho is more anxious to make his office pay him well than he is to preserve the peace and harmony of the community. From what we can learn, his Court is a perfect farce and a resort for all turbulent ill-tempered colored people, through which the County will be called on to pay enormous nulla bona costs. .? For the Union Times. Mr. Editor :?We as a people arc very much disposed to complain and, if possible, to shirk responsibilities and let them fall on others shoulders. Now, sir, wc do net in the least ohiAJtM tf% ft ill?# Anil foil* rwllolam Kiif u-o iln not think It fair or just to bear the burdens that property belong to others. In a late number of your'paper we And an article over the signature J. It. J., in regard to that ^ mark on his paper. I should have thought your correspondent very reasonable and just in his complaints if he had not flown off at a tangent in the midst Of. bis complaints and found such serious fault (said to be within your knowledge) with the roads and bridges. Now, if we locate your correspondent correctly, from his place to Goudcysville there is about a quarter of a mile of public highway? of which your correspondent is the overseer? the balance of the way is a country road, partly through his place, formerly kept up by his good father. As to bridges complained of, we are at a loss to answer. If any subscriber crosses a bridge to get to Goudeyjvillo we are not aware p ^northern portiou^*lllc Countt and they? arc all in good conditionTo far as we know ? So much in answer to TQiJi nm' ~ ??ictn Now sir. tl-- nttcntio 1 to an order ri this issue from the County Coinmission:rs' office for the repairing of roads. No 'ounty can have good roads, on our system, uness all the good citizens, both old and young, vill lend their aid and mfluence, and stop hrowing obstacles in the way. Such as those: 'Say, arc you going to make us work the road iow V My hands have not the time to spare; ny hands arc too busy." "O ! the roads are inssable?they'll do. I can go over them." ? Koiv expressions like these are very common, tnd they are disatfecting in their nature, and io long as the proprietors of the farms continue lo use these and like expressions, and for every Frivolous pretext excuse themselves from road lull/, shifting the responsibilities on to other and less interested persons, our roads will never be good. The Commissioners have endeavored to nppoint good inen as overseers, so far as they could, and if they have fnilcd to do so at any point, information will be thankfully received and the remedy at once applied. In the forthcoming working they respectfully ask that all citizens who love to travel over good roads, will manifest a lively interest in the work, by their presence, influence, judgment and, above all, by the faithful performance of their men dull/. Let us for once redeem that character which has long stuck to us: ' Cnioti is noted for bad roads." ONE OF THEM. On a norm kn Attack kd.?Lai-urns, .Mass., July Id.?A met attacked Orangetncu returning from a picnic. A dozen Orangemen with ladies and children disembarked from the steamer at the landing, and a mob of several hundred Irish followed, shouting -and jeering, and finally throwing stones, tine tauy was sitiick inrec times andjbadly hurt, while others were more or less injured during the half mile walk to the station house for refuge. Four of fie men wore the regular regalia of tlnferJer and one of these was severely hurt and had'his sash torn off.? The mayor, with a squad j>f police, attempted to escort the fugitives home, but bricks and stones were showered upon them as soon as they left their shelter, and wounded every person of the party except the mayor, some of thcin seriously. The mob made a furious assault, Nearly "all the Orangemen and policemen were knocked down, when the latter drew their pistols and commenced firing upon the Irish, who shouted, "Kill the d?d Orangemen!" The mob scattered before the revolvers, and none were killed outright; but two men, one woman and a boy were wounded. The riot lasted two hours, along a rente extending a mile through the most populous portion of the city. ? #? Nkaiu.y a Riot.? Louisville, July 13.?A special from Chceksville, Tenn., says: Two Irishmen attacked a negro with knives. Next morning twenty negroes attacked the Irishmen, who took refuge in a grocery store, from whence they were taken by the police to the station for o,Tim nii/lil 111 ? ni'trroes assailed the grocery with pistols, axes iiikI stones, an<l nearly demolished it. Several disreputable houses were mobbed. In the meantime the friends of the Irishmen haltered down the doors of the calafrppf a and liberated them. A general riot WM Iwied but all is quiet now. N*ono were seriously hurt. The Beech er case has been a Big Bonanza for the lawyers. Mr. Kvarts received $'2"?,t>0<), Mr. Tracy ?IU,(HH>, Mr. Ilill !? ">,IW, Mr. Bench S">,IKKI, Mr. Fullertoii Mr. Morris :?2.n00 and Mr. I'ryor ?2,"?UO. Mr. Shearman refused to accept money for his services. 0 In Burlington, Vl., three churches recently were struck by lightning, and a number of persons who were at prayer meeting were knocked over. The lightning rod man should visit Burlington. Sparc the rod au l spoil the church. Meeting of County CommisaioneraCoom Commissioxfus Orrion, Union C. H., July 13, 1875. At a regular meeting of the Commissioners for Union County, held in their office this day, Hi there were present : Wm. Jetferies, Chairman, I>. 1'. Duncan and J. L. Strain. f0| f^e following accounts! wore ^nrolued, Audited ted paid : 4 vEjI James flfihr. hlnrUsmlthtlM* ft?f Pnnr II I! Turor and Witness TickJ. M. Fnnt, 'onSiebles fcee... 6.25 H. S. Heaty, Inqt&st 20.30 ^Kj9 Spears & Colton, Stationery for Audi '"Kfl iter's Office 11.10 fl J. N. Moore, Medical attendance, pris- ^ W. A. Unit, ('nroner's fees !.<?(> A. W. Churlcs. db ncct. Poor House.... 16.26 Solicitor's fees, June Term, 1875 175.00 ' Jolm I.. Young, Surveying Poor House j]B Sheriff's fees 432.05 Yjfljjl Sheriff, Dieting prisoners 77.50 "Al Charles Bolt, Clerk's costs 106.60 JHH George Green, Constable's fees 60.90 S \ I P. A. Cunimings. Trial Justice 85 25 ?i3U J. II. Williams, Witness Tickets 3.12 " Trial Justice fees 8.50 B. A.'Gregory, Constable fees 12.40 *T^H Charles Wade and others, Con. fees.... 9.60 H M <1 Long, Trial Justice fees 36.50 <9 A W Thomson, Medical Bill for Poor 'fl House, 1874, paid by W llill, Cl'k, 92.00 jfl A W Thomson, Supplies, Poor House, 240 02 jH J L Young, acct. $50.00, $25.00 paid, 25.00 / John Tinsley for services ns Coroner, old account, not paid 100.05 A W Charles, hands, Poor House farm, 59.45 Foster & Wilkins, (paid by Hill, Cl'k) 76.48 The Clerk was instructed to grant Tavern License to Cornelia l'uckctt, (the Grand Jury having recommended that she be granted Tavern JIH9H License) upon her filing sufficient Bond, and S|^H paying License fees. Sho lias complied with the requirements of the Law and pnid $260.00. , Bond of W E V Estes for Quart License, ex nmincd and approved. License granted. ? Notice of Sniirimihiircr Connl.w bavins vo1a,1 in I favor of .Subscription to Spartanburg and-Ashe- "t ' ville Railroad, by a uinjority of 1,0*26 rotes, re- , , ccivcd. Filed for reference. . JK The Board adjourned to meet again on the second Tuesday in August, 1875. ' W. Hill, Cl'k. W. JEFFERIES, Chr'n. For the Times. v Mn. Editok :?It will not be denied that the < agricultural condition of the Southern States is it' worse than it was at the.close of the war. The farm buildings are in a more dilapidated condi- ; tion, the fences in a worse state of repair, and the soil more injudiciously cultivated than un- > der the old system. Labor is scarcer and more ^ unreliable ; millions of acres have been turned ,V,, /. into Common ; less attention is paid to the coin- ? posting of domestic fertilizers, while millions are annually paid out for Quanos, Phosphates, V-j! Cotton focd and all manner of fancy fertilizers, We rniqgf' fewer horses and Mules, yet send ' v thousands of dollars every year West, for fa*. ' jdiocp. Tv c'grovj Je?s jL-nrfaTood 'care of what weilo goSHF1*11 Mlluu.We are * VX Jess?Mfhtoin The beginning of the year to the ' ."V end of it. We work hard, give liens n?r vu. Pm supplies, live high on INestern bacon, corn, and Hour; buy gew-gaws, jimcracks and fineries jftM from the merchunts at long profits; drink whiskey at ten dollars a gallon, pay high tuxes, and when we close up at the end of the year without a cent in our pockets, curse the hard retimes, and say that the farmer is the worse imposed upon man in the world. Now, who is to blame for this state of things? We have no right to complain of the merchants demanding long profits, where he runs risks. If we were to pay cash for all we buy, the merchant could afford to sell at lower profits, and it would be all the better for us ami him. The "credit ays- ( tcm" is nml ever will be one of the greatest ob- * stacles in the way of agricultural improvement. One of the most difficult lessons for the Southern people to learn is 10 save what they make. This is the outgrowth of the credit system, which has always prevailed in a planting community, where the proceeds of the year's labor always came in bulk, not in small amounts, like it does where people practice a diversified in- i dustry. We have not learned the useful lesson, "take care of the dimes and the dollars will ** take care of themselves." We have not realized the fact that the plantation system is a thing of the jHitt. We have not realized the fact that we arc a poor people, and that the road to prosperity will never open before us, until wo practice the true principles of economy,?not to spend our money before wc make it. It is an old say- c'wE ing, that "any fool can uak? money, but he is a 4 . wise man who can save It." "I have found the Philosopher's stone," StM Mr. Randolph?"It is pay as you go." It should be the motto in- ^ scribed upon every farmer's banner ; it points out the only road which leads to thrift and independence. "PAY AS YOU GO." + y. Thcni?ek asi> Liohtsino.?We hear of an unusual number of accidents?unless lightning hits accidentally on purpose?resulting from thunder storms and strokes of lightning. Within the last week, Mnj. Kirby, has had n horse, Capt. Trimmicr a cow, and Hev. James Smith a cow killed, and several trees l?avc been rent by tho lightning, all within the incorporate limits. We hear that three cows were killed down at . ^ Maj. Stroblc's, and Mr. David llolcomb, whir? riding a mule, near Cross Anchor, had the mule .1 1 1 1.: ...kiln I... xunu ik.nx. H111UM 'U'tlll UUUVI JIIIII, "HIIU nv ???? ununu some twenty feet and arose unhurt, or at leas^Bj^BM able to gel away front that place in n hurry Collector Carpenter, of the Third South liua District, reports to the Internal Kcvenue B office the capture of five illicit distillers, the seizure of four distilleries and the destruction I of one still, lie says that within the past forty B days, he has seized fifteen distilleries, captured I ten men and destroyed u large quantity of illi- 9 cit whiskey. I And all this was accomplished without theaiti jfl of Federal soldiers and without a fight. B . - -? ? / iB Business is very dull in New York. There B arc more emplv stores on Broadway than have . B ' ? 1 - H nt*rn kiiown n?r }i-ms jum, uiiu vwu mv ^wui- . missioncrs of Emigration ore suffering from the prevailing torpor. Tlie ininiber of immigrants wlio Inivc arrived there during the past six , months is .'?<>,.'iOH, a falling off of lift,60'2 from j the corresponding period of last year. There are indications of a serious outbreak in i t'hina against foreigners. The American Mission at Kit-kiting was attacked and sacked by a I mob on the 1st of May. The trouble arose from the disappearance of a boy, whom the t'hiistians were accused of spiriting away. The boy has nut been found. . 'i