The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, February 16, 1877, Image 2
THE FE-L1N0 IN WASHINGTON.
WHAT TilK llli?T INTOilMKU OOUHI-.'U'O.XIKXTS SAY
AS To Til K I'ROUABtK FINAL UKSUI.T.
Wasiiinhto.x, TliursJnjr Night, February 8.?
Tho situation to-night in ay b? summed up ms follows:
There is a very perceptible increase of
* eontideiioe among Republicans, which has been
strengthened to sonic extent by the ruling of
tho Coiiiuiis< ou to-day. In fact, there are but
few members of that party who do not express
their decided conviction Unit Hayes will be the
next President. It is to be uotcd>hotfever, that
among tho exceptions are to be included some
of the most sagacious of the Kopuhlicnn leaders.
These latter, and Governor Morton is one oi
I hem, say unhesitatingly that they consider tliv
ruling of the Commission as a great point gained
for tho Republicans, but they do not yet look
upon the final result as a certainty. Tiio mast
of tho Democrats, who of couiso arc as unthinking
as the mass of tho llepuhlicatis, nnd equally
juiup to party conclusions, tiro undoubtedly dcsp
n lent, though at tho suiuo timo they have bj
110 means abandoned hope.
One very essential element which contribute:
to the discouragement of the Democrats is ilu
fact that otic of (he loading counsel on tlieii
lnL-iw n irtauiiiiv viciv nt' I heir nrosneiMs
winch view, however, was really entertained bj
liiiu prior lo (lie ruling of the Commission. Oi
the other hiunl, one of the ablest of the Demo
cratic members of the Commission expresses hit
opinion that the Democratic case has a betlei
prospect than the liepuhlicuti case. The stun
member says that he believes.) ustiee llradley wil
try the cttse as a judge and net as a partisan.?
It is significant that the entire foundation fo
Hepubltcau coufidouco and hone is predicate
Lt-v ?jiiuiii|niuu lintl J I111 ICC x>ra<llt'jr mm V,
a partisan and not an iuipnrtiul arbiter of jus
ticu.
This much may be said as between the t\v
cases. As now known, there are not likely l<
be less than a dozen cases of law and fact pre
settled for the determination of the committee
If the Democrats sustain a single point thcircus
is won. If the Kepuhlicaus do not ninintaii
themselves on every point their case is lost. I
the llepublican tssuuiptioti is correct, that th
case is to he tried and decided on partisan con
siderutions alone, then, of course, there can b
no question that Hayes will conic in. If, a
the people believed, and which belief lay at th
bittom of (lie popular demand for the passag
of the electoral bill, tlio title totlio l'resi lency i
to he passed upon by the application of the pi in
ciplcs of law ami justice, which are understood
to lie the iiui'tispring of judicial action, then i
is in tliu last degree indelicate and improper lb
one party to the contest to be claiming a verdii
in advance.
It is proper in this connection to suggest tint
implicit reliance neeu ma uc piuccu 1 it account
purporting, mill falsely purporting, to reprcsci
accural el) the expressions of members of th
Commission iu secret session. It is gratify in
to j iI*mv ?! ivint'CI >1 U1 IIIU UVUl ui tu?>l v >* |
the almost entire abstinence from speaking eve
to their familiar friends of their confidential d<
liberations, have shown that iu this iiuportaii
respect, at least, they recognize the obligation t
their judicial functions.?Cor. Hal 11 more Sun.
Stronger Cases for tho Democrats.
WA3Ut.xc;roN, February ft.?The weakness i
the Dcmocrat'c claim as to Humphreys, the a
leged ineligible doctor, was so apparent th:
it is a wonder that the question was ever raisei
Certainly tlie ohjeeting to this vote must ha
been made without due inquiry into the fact:
The only purpose that can he imagined is tin
it was desired to get lite tribunal committed t
the principle of iiiqiiiiing into such eases iu 01
dcr to make a sure tiling of it when l.evisu an
I5rewster, in Louisiana, and Watts, iu On got
are under consideration. Humphreys did m
hold the office of shipping commissioner wlic
the election took place. All investigations, liov
ever, serve to increase the strength of the Lou
siuria ineligibility cases. If Levise's vote i
counted it will he in defiance of notorious fuel
rendering him ineligible. Judge Trumbull an
Matt Carpenter arc hard at work on the Louis
mm uitiitv* Tljwy lay nft'ii! tl?a
constitutionality of the returning board iaw.Tlie
claim which Carpenter says can he fully c;
l.ihlishcd is tiiat t he returning hoard had no rigli
to canvass the returns of a Presidential elcctioi
that the hoard was illegally constituted, and th:
the canvass was in many respects conducted i
violation of law. Carpenter says Louisiana w il
elect Tildcu beyoud a doubt.
WHY Til K KLOlllllV CASK WAS I'll KSKNTKO.
In convcrsation to-night one of tliu cniiuci
counsel for the Democratic paity said lie ami h
associates had hesitated about making the poii
as to the ineligibility of Humphreys, because, o
the facts, it was so much weaker than three c
four cases of the same kind, which are inre.scrvi
but they made it in deference to some leadin
Democratic lawyers. The counsel regard tli
Oregon and Louisiana cases of ineligible elcctoi
as impregnable, and believe the Commission i
tinW z'tiiikiiiil I Hi 1 lo fl?<? iiiMiu>tnln I linu will n.
vance wlien these are considered. They are m
at all apprc tensive about the electiuii of Tihlei
ami they only fear for Hendricks, an the inwi
they dread is a failure to elect hy the people hi
cause of the throwing out of one or mere volt
hy ineligible electors, in which event the ilout
of Representatives will choose the President.Cor.
I'hiladctplua Tunc*. >??>
A Possibility of a Change of the Democratic Ta<
tics if Louisiana is Counted for Hayes.
Washington, Friday Night, February 9.?Tli
Democratic members of the Commission, an
indeed all well informed Democrats, considi
Tilden's cause very far from lest by the result <
the Flor'nlaconte-t. The l.outsianucase present
several strong points not heretofore laid befot
the commission. Matt Carpenter and Trttmbu
are thoroughly prepared, and though the forme
is expected to make the greatest argument t
the controversy, a principal point of it will I
that utt lcr the statutesof Louisiana creating tli
returning hoard the power to canvass the vole
for Presidential Klectors is not given them, an
it should therefore nave been done by the (lot
eruor and other o the era minted as canvassers ut
tier a proper law.
The leading Democrats held a conference l<
night to discuss the situation and arrange thoi
tactics for the future. It is believed they hav
changed their views, l'crhups they may con
elude if Louisiana is given to Hayes by a part
Vote in the F.lertoral Commission to object loth
vote of every State that comes up afterwards, s
anv'iivoi cli. irti t't :if/I'eyw.'iVMTV'j'.btfuE
tion in December. The time is so limited thi
is entirely practicable, as the house must sepa
rate and discuss for two hours every such case
Cnder this state of things the president of tin
Senate would hold over, and wotlhl he notin;
president until his successor is elected "ti t!n--III
of March, an I that >ucccsior would probably In
.Morton or Sherman.
I'roin a men:hot* of the Commi-sion I lean:
thai the day w is taken tip in discussing the ef
feet ot the ijiii v"i /*i#/# </ proceedit gs, the subsequent
logislet.011 of Florida, ami judgment ol
its Supreme t.'oiirt. The eligibility question
came up first. an I the Republican members said
as they lia 1 voted not to take up that question
at all they would like to hear what Judge llradley
hod to say. lie would like to hear argument
before giving his opinion, ll was ?o this point
that llnynrd an) Hoar principally directed (licit
arguments. Finally Jgdgc IJradley decided
against Humphries, and gave an opinion which
the Republican commissioners construo as preclu
ling any hope tor the Democrats upon any
other eligibility caso ll at may be raised. Hut a
Democratic member says he did not so construe
it. Thurman offered a resolution declaring
Humphries ineligible, but it was at length decided
by a unanimous vote to drop Humphries.?
Unyard's cheerfulness Is very apparent, and
Abbott nnd Tliurtnnn arc hopeful.
A new oasc of ineligibility in Louisiana has
been quietly worked up, and it may stagger
Judge llrad ley in spite of his bitterly Republican
wife and Morton's and flat field's bull-dozing.
It is positively assorted that Joseph, Republican
doctor in Louisiana, served a term of three
years in the penitentiary for burglary.?Cor.
Jdcfi .iiond IHj/ki fch,
tlov. Hampton has commissioned A number of
offices of the Military Companies of Columbia.
? -?a-'- ? -out- 11.?-- ' - - . J
#ht twlffhlg (lliiion !$imcs.
K. M. STUKES, Editoi*. i: 11
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UNION. PHI OA V FEBRUARY l?i. 1877. fc
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ?
1 Cupjr, one year, im auva.u k, 13.00 m
i < umm nn? year, " " 3JO
5 r. .. .. .. .. 11 .oo w
10 " ? ? 20.00
ADVERTISING. s<
Ooa square or onoTncli, tlrst iuscrtlon, - - fl.oo |<
Kaeli Milmequeut Insert iou, - ------ 73
l.llK'rnl discount made to merchants aiul others adrer- H
lisliiK for six months or l>y the year.
Obituary Notices of ton lines or less. Inserted free.
" over ten linos, charged u Adrvrthe o
> llients.
Uu~ 20 per cent ail'lition il for ailvertLseinrnts ordered l>
1 not to Mitpear In consecutive issues.
H-Su Over hM been collected by Qot. (
1 Hampton's Agent ill Newberry. b
it
r Dr. John II. Davis, one of tlic oldest
ami most valuable citizens of Laurens County,
died, on tho 8th inst., aged 80 years.
fror The r. ami Jury of Uicbland bus found P
r a true bill against John U. Cochran, republican '
; Senator from Anderson, for the murder of '
' Thomas Dent, in Columbia, last fall. *
?ka>- The dwelling house of Mr. T. C. Perrin, .
* at Abbeville, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday ,
e morning last. Cause, defective chimney. No .
1 insurance. t
.?
r t&r The quo warranto case of Connor vs. El- 2
I liott, for the ollice of Attorney-General of the I
- oi.i., u? >??r?r(rd to Mr. T. I. Arthur, 1
wi.li powor to issue subpoenas and subpoenas I
, daces tecum. Thirty days is given for the report, t
I
fp-ajy'Tlic Greenville A>? * lias deliberately come
to thcconclusioti that theouly thingsthis country .
c needs now, is more immigration, more railroads, ,
'J more honest incii and two more Democrats on the j
,, .Viitivn it Ilrturniny Hoard.
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J. II. Itunkle, ex-Solicitor of the ? ]
e ,
s Circuit, committed suicide in Fine a saloon, Co- <
e lumbia, last Saturday, by shooting himself in I
e the head. Iluukle was about 110 years old; a I
* native <>f Ohio and n brother-in-law of Kx-Con,1
grcssman lio?ro, t>f tlie :id District. ;
* *
Btii- Vi c give as much of tlie news from Wash I
inglon as we think will fully post onr readers '
upon the condition of the Presidential contest,
d No one can at present tell how it will result?
'1 except, perhaps, Judge llrudlcy nn.l his politie
cal wife.
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i? Thomas It. Aguew, brother of "John i
? Agnew, .Mayor ot uoiumtua, nas uevu nt^ua8?a
!- a hankrnpt. liis liabilities foot np ?884,000,
11 while his assets arc nominally ? ICO,000. Agnew
was a large grocery Merchant in Vesey
Street. New York.
. o
&"?!>"* Kggs arc selling in Charleston at from
it 'JO to 'Jr? cents per dozen, and meat from 8 to lo
p cents per pound. Considering that the Charlcse
ton butchers cut oil' all the superfluous bone on
* the meat, it is but very little, if any, more than
o we pay here. Pggs are selling here nt 'JO cents,
i-- and not very plentiful at that.
fi'tf* The Greenville Xcics has made its ap>t
pearance with more than usual regularity the
n past ten da} s, and the result is, it is eagerly
sought for on the arrival of the morning's train.
s Through it we get nearly all the telegraphic rcis
ports ami the cream of the other news found in
d the Columbia papers of the same date, hut rcccived
here in the afternoon.
? In ouTTnsVffe spoke oV fflflHPfh IVlft"
* bar & Smith, and it has been suggested that as
,. there are so many Smith's in the country we
it should tell which Smith it is. The suggestion
" is good, and in order to dear up the mvsterv wo
11
inform the public that the full name of the firm
is N. 11. A. Dunbar and J. Drayton Smith.?
,i There may be many Smith's in the world but we
is arc confident there is only one N. II. A. Dunbar.
u U?9u Mr. Win. A. Couvtcney, of Charleston,
,r has solicited our young friend, Laurie Voting, to
L>' act as Agent for the Lee ami Hampton Portraits
lC for Union County.
s Laurie has placed specimen copies of these
ls Portraits on exhibition in the window of Foster'"
& Wilkins' store, and has already a numbenmT,
4Hh?pi.i|>|ti<a W'n fiilvtvo ftonnlp fr/?m flio nnnti.
(> ? ... ,
si try to see Laurie when tlicy come to town mid
secure a fine portrait of each of those loved
s chieftains for a very small amount.
?e . .
~ CtriT* Senator Nash, Chairman of the Hoard of
Trirstectrf>r thfc cfffWcd Orphan Asylum, called
on (low Hampton last week for pecuniary aid
ie for that institution, and (he Governor gave
d Nash a check for one dollars. We are
'* glad '.lie Governor was aide to respond to the
s call so promptly and liberally, and wc hope
e Senator Nash will he as ready to recognize
" Hampton as Governor, in the Senate, as ho is
'j. when the Orphans of l is own color need ussisie
tance from the public Treasury.
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^ Our friend, 11. W. Tinsley has just reccived
a new supply of spectacles, and says he
hts^omc that will almost restore sight to the
l" blind. He intends sending a pair to llradley
and Garfield, of the Electoral Commission, with
)r
the forlorn hoj>e that they will enable those
o Commissioners to discern the difference bet ween
l* the true vote of Louisiana and the false count of
^ J. Madison Wells ami his returning Hoard. We
0 know Tinsley has some powerful spectacles, but
1 we fear no stteh spectacle will be, " 'nthat
commission, tor lucre are none so tilind as those i
* who will not recognize the rights of the people
above party interest. ]
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t I he Grand .and I'etit Jurors of this
\ County, drawn on the i!Oi It it 11 , have, no doubt 1
; been apprised by the Sheriff that their atten- 1
dance will be required by Judge Northrop at J
Court next Monday. The Judge is anxious to '
please al! parties, if he can do it "within tlie
l i Statutes," while < ttr new Solictor, Col. Hall, will (
1 be on hand as a terror to all law breakers. It j '
| will be pleasant to have, once mote, a sober and 1
honorable Solicitor, and to feel that every otlieer '
I of the Court, from the Judge to the constable, '
will do tlicir duty faithfully, irrespective of
political or personal entered or bias. The day ^
of bribery and corruption, in the Courts of this '
Circuit, is, we believe, gou r ever, and with 0
it is passing away the inclination to commit
crimes and nets of violence which at one time t
filled pages of our session docket at every court ^
an l kept up continual distrust and insecurity 1'
in llio minds of all classes of tlicpcople. Stern ?
justice in our Courts, tempore 1 with mercy, |
never fails to command the respect and even j i!
! obedience of the most hardened criminals, and i ''
is over nmre potent in preventing crime and ;
maintaining the peace titan too great leniency j c
toward evil doers, or the general belief that iitoi.- 1
ey can purchase the nccpiital of a culprit.?
Keep our ( nurts pure, and just in its udininis i
tratsoii of the laws, and tlir people will he j Sl
pure, orderly ami prosperous. tl
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The Eleotoral Commission.
From thy Just we hate had very little fulth iu
te Commission created by Congress to decide
pon the coutested Electoral vote*; but wbafeffre
>und that the Senate had elected Morton and
arfietd to tint Commission our faith iu it/ as a
on-partisan tribunal, became still weake , for
o kucw then that trickery aud pai isan 1
chcines, entirely unbecoming a tribunal enrus- ]
:<J with such moiiicntous national inte esta,
muld be resorted to by the Kcpublican m^)<kutt| *
f that body, and the wishes of a large innjtmty
f the people, as expressed through the ba'lotox,
would be ignored by such extreme partialis,
nud the party whip would coutiul the
oniinission. St ill wc hoped that the rrpresenttives
of the Supremo Itvnuh would riat above
II puity considerations, that the commisiioncrs
husen from that dignified position would bring
o the great work only the spirit of justiie and
decent respect for the plain voice of th? peoile.
Hut this hope was almost blasted whin we
I r.._ I ...I ..ilAnta,l I
Iradlcy as their associate upon the Cotun ission.
Ve could not forget that Bradley was chosen as
. partisan judge when the discussion ujon the
egality of the greenback issue was to >e deciled
by t 10 United States Supreme Court, audi
te has continued a warm supporter of tie party)
hat placed him upon the bench ever since.?j
s'or was that the only cause for our fear Wei
icard from the best authorities that Judge ilrad-|
ey was a warm, persona), as well as poUical)
riend of (jot. Hayes, the itcpatjlfaMu csadJMItJfc
or President, and, furthermore, that he had ex-'
tressed more interest in the election than anj?
tther Judge on the Bench. Taking all these
hings into consideration we had strong rensous
'or our misgivings that the Commission would
>e controlled more by party prejudice than a regard
for the expressed will of u majority of the
people. As we said before, the Commission wns
oo strony Republican in its feelings and ifterests
to give much hope that it could rUo abofe parly,
even upon such a grave question.
We, however, have not given up the contest
yet. Wiser heads than ours seem to thiwt that
Louisiana and Oregon will present stronger arguments
for Tildeu than Florida did. ' It docs
jeem to us that no man of ordinary intellect and
respectability can read tlic infamous frauds so
incontestably proven against tlic Rcpullicati lteturtiiug
Hoard of Louisiana and brieve tln.t
Hayes received u majority in that Slam, and we
don't believe a inaioritv of his own nkvlv will
? V -- i rv
V)U SUlioftvvl If liv iukva li'm ovul no I'rcoi Unilcr
such infamous circumstances.
The Commission is now in session upon the
Louisiana vote, and we cannot better explain
the present situation of the Electoral dispute
than by giving the following from the .Yews and
Courier :
Tlic count has now reached Louisiana,
and it', as is probable, the party division in
the Commission remains as heretofore,
Jml go Bradley must decide the vote of the
tftalo. The case of Louisiana differs in
many respects from that of Florida. In
the latter ease but one set of Klectors voted
on the first W ednesday in December, and
but one certificate bear* the signature ol
any person claiming to IulGovernor of the
Statu :it that date, lu iamisiana bbtli sets
of. uieu claiming to be F/ftctors uA-'t. and
east their votes on the day appointed by law,
and both received certificates frouikpersous
tiovernor of the State, it
may J)e tTiftt The CouInTTssioii. tlTaf IV; to saj^
Mr. Bradley, w ill feel called upon to decide
who was the legrtTl i ovct tn?r of Louisiana
on the tilli nl December. There arc other
phases of the ease which make it different
front that of Florida. liven the eu*cs ol
allcgad ineligibility tire different, JVout th_fact
thtit Brewster and Lovisee do not claim
to Lave resigned their offices before the
election. The Louisiana ease wilr present
several new points, and it is very far from
certain that the decisions thus far made
settle the final result.
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Our invaluable fcllun-townsman, Mr.
Raines Grunt, exhibited on our streets last
Wednesday a contrivance tor a tirecngino, which
is simple and inexpensive, and we believe 'vc.ibJ
prove elKcicut in ease of fire. It was :iot!ii.._,
more nor less than an iron Force I'utnp fastened
into a hogshead with arias attached to work it.
Willi about twenty-live fee: of hose he threw a
pretty good stream of water to the cone of Mr.
McNally s two-story store.
Many ellorts have been made to organize a
l'ire Company in this town, but the expense of
purchasing an apparatus has heretofore stood in
he way. Mr. Grant has now overcome that objection,
ami we hope the citizens will give him
tangible encouragement iu his laudable eil'ort to
introduce a plan that will give sonic security
against fire.
Wc think the town Council should consult
with Mr. Grant about it, and the citizens?particularly
tlie property-owners?should call upon
the town ollicials to move in the matter.
We shall speak of Mr. Grant and his improvised
fire engine more fully hereafter.
?
l>r. .1. 1'. Thomas, Gov. Hampton's
Agent for the collection of the ten per conj contribution,
reports thai he has collected n little
over S?'J,t>tH>.
While this is doing pretty well, it do* nut
Mine up to what waft exp. .u., ot- p(lp...
W liilc ijiiito a number of colored republican s
have promptly come forward and paid the Hampton
tax, th -re are a number . f the largest white
lax payers who have not responded. Sunly
hey will not idlow colored republicans to thus
how greater fealty to the Hampton Government
than they do?
'1 he !>i ctor has tilled his appointments through*
nit the County, but will keep his books open
luring Court week in tin: Commissioner.'!' ollicc,
where lie will be pleased to give receipts to any
lumber of tax payers who may wish to sustain
he Coventor mi l government chosen by a maority
of the people. F.et is all go up ami pay!
Ye would not have (iov. Hampton think that
he people of old Union had "g-?ne gone back
in him" on any account.
Washington, February 1?A dispatch to
he Commissioner of Internal Revenue front
igeut Chamberlain, dated CartcrsvilltvjJa., remits
tliat a raid bad been made in the rftirthwn
nt' of that State, and 3d stills destroyed ami
I arrests made. Lieut. Mclnlyrc, of tho 2nd
nfantry, was killed in Log .Mountains by HO
licit distillers, who attacked the government
Jtco under covet of night.
If the killing of Revenue officers and soldiers
infinite, it will be hard to find men willing to
isk their lives hunting for illicit distilleries.
When you see a cat put up her Lack and j
n.irl at a plate of suit saves you tiflty know
li?>y :\0C genuine.
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Union and its Drawbacks.
' n
j The stagnation of business and the scarcity of
oney iu this section is truly alarming. Our
merchants are doing almost nothing. No trade
o^nes here, soto what is forced through liens,
lid the merchants have to kaep a Arict watch
f?r that in many cases, or be in danger of losing,
frag ous pass this towa, from below, and go to I
Spartanburg to sell cotton and buy supplies,
while from almost erery other part of Union
^uunty the towns adjacent county arc rccicviDg
a large amount of cash trade.
Why is this? Why can the Cotton buyers of
^ 1 f - nr.il anil <r,w,.l?
V|".II?UUUIS F.V !>? ? IUI vyytw ?
cheaper than Uuion? These are questions that
the people cannot answer, consequently they
have come to the conclusion that the merchants
of Union area set of sharpers and swindlers.
>Ve do not expect to answer tliein to the satisfaction
of all, but we will make such statements
as we are satisfied can be rubstantiated.
A farmer bought a barrel of Molasses in Spartanburg.
Tho merchant charged him for 46
gallons, but theguager's mark (which had been
eraced) only called for 42 gallons. The excuse
of the merchant, when his attention was called
to it, was : 'Oh ! T. does so, nud wo have to do
it also, or we could not sell as cheap."
Another cose is similar: An Agent from
Spartanburg called on our merchants and proposed
to sell them a car load of Liverpool salt at
a very reduced price. Tho salt was ordered,
and iu due time it arrived; but upon examination
it was found that ?ach suck was nearly. Uft,
lbs. less than the usual weight of Liverpool salt.
The result was the Union merchants would not
stoop to such a client upon their customers, so
notified ti e shipper that the salt was at the
Union Depot, subject to his order.
These are t lie only cases, of thatch-ir<tcter, that
have come plainly to our notice, but others have
been mentioned.
Hut Union lins another and, we think, a
greater enemy to its prosperity. The freight on
a car load of merchandize to Union is just three
times as i. uch us to Spartanburg?28 miles above
us--on the same road. lly the published rates
the freight on a car load of Molasses to Union
is $99; but to Spartanburg?28 miles beyond?
it is only $83. Our merchants now ship their
goods to Spartanburg and back for one-halt
what llicy would have to pay if the car stopped
at Union, on its way to Spartanlurg.
Again, cotton is shipped from Spartanburg to
Charleston for much '.ess per bale than from Union,
Tor no tliun Viccuv.et. ilichnrvi ta
a icat/ station. This is a great drawback to the
business <4, Union, and we cannot help thinking
that the discrimination in freights between tin
two points is unjust and extraordinary.
The Town and County of Union lias done as
much, if nut more, than any other section, to
ward the interests of thcSpartanburg and Uniot
Railroad, and il docs seem hard now that tin
road should be used as a prominent means o
injuring our IraSc to build up the interests o
an adjoining con ?* We fought hard to secur.
the $1-*.0,000 s Ascription front this County t<
the extension of the road, and secured it. It wai
the most liberal subscription, all things consid
ercd, made by any other county, but we had lit
i lea that the roffl which would receive tin
greatest benefit from that extension \#tild s.
f ir ignore our claims as to make such a ruinou
discrimination. In *he building .of the Spar
tanburg nr.J Ashcville road Union has receive.
j.iiu,. j.encSt. ^Nearly all the uioue,
has jiocn spent in Spartanburg. We do no
complain of iliat, for we knew from the tirst Ilin
it would be so, but we did rot anticipate tlia
ouf liberality would be used so pointedly and s
tlagrantly to our disadvantage.
We have no idea that anything we might siv
will have any effect upon those who control tli
Spartan! urg and Union Railroad, but it is pos
sible that the bare mention of the difiicultic
under which our people are suffering may arous
to some ctTorl to relieve themselves.
While it i3 an unpropitious time to call upo
the people of Union to build a railroad, still w
uiiiviv: 11 i iiv:ii vmi> tusniuu^iv ;4ii?i i.iiiii.M
make some move towards establishing a coinpc
'tug line of transportation. A charter for
I road from Chester to Union lias been granted b
the Legislature, and the merchants of Chestc
arc anxious to have that road built. They state
ready to subscribe liberally toward it, and w
ask them to move in the matter at once. A1
that Union can do, by individual aid
will be cheerfully and promptly done. Our pec
pie feel that they must have another railroa
outlet, or their properly and business will l>
completely ruined. Will the merchants of Che*
ter and Union give us any encouragement t
keep the matter before the people? J et us boa
from you, gentlemen.
.
A Shocking Murder
Was commit ted (jp Friday last, near Jonesvillc
by a colored man named Waties Gist, upon tli
body of his aged Grandmother.
The circumstances, as they were reported t
us, are as follows: Waties is undoubtedly crazy
lie has been in llicStatc Lunatic Asylum at leas
once, lie says the Lord commanded hiui to kil
his "Granny," so lie built up a large lire inth
tire-place, then took the axe and "chopped he
head in two," and then put. her on the fire
where she was found by a brother of Waties.?
I lie body wus almost Ijuvnn.t oj? when fvotud
Waties was arrested and brought to jail the fol
lowing day, and appears as unconcerned nbou
the horrid crime lie committed as if lie had onlj
killed a mad dog.
Since the above was put in type we liavi
learned that Waties' lunacy is spasmodic, am
in his lucid intervals, since he has been in jail
he has evinced intense anguish for the crime hi
committed.
Tiik VotiKvtt.i.K Fxyrimat's Position.?li
the last issue of the Yorkville Eifiuirrr, aiineitr:
a nulice from J. U. Wnttcrson, former Countj
Treasurer, informing llic people of York Counn
''that lie is ready and desirous of receiving thcH
Slate and County taxes for the year 1S77. It
tlie same issue of t lie Enquirer appears an edi
torial article advising I lie people of York to re
spond to this ea'l, and urging tliem to pay their
County taxes promptly, o:i the ground that tin
educational, charitable ami penal institutions o!
the County are, or soon will be, in a very iinpe
eunfbus condition.
, It is easy to understand that Chamherlain'c
appoinltee should l?e ready to gobble up the
money of the taxpayers, but we confess that wc
arc somewhat at a loss to understand how ike
Yorkvillc Enquirer, a paper which is supported
by ihcjaxpoycrs of York County, can advise the
people to recognize the Chamberlain usurpation.
11 savors very strongly of treason. The I/ampI
u !h thl, published nt liock Hill, gives the
ring of the trite metal, when it says: "Wc advice
our people not to pay one cent of t ixes to
Mr. Watson or any one els who now ignores the
II a in pi <>n government and prefers allegiance to
thet hainherlaiu usurpation.? {'Intel'*!o i .Imttnut'/
Commerce.
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FLORIDA GIVEN TO HAYES J
On Urouutls Fatal to Hb? Chances for the
White House. I
a strictly i'arty vote. g
Wash i.nuto.n, February U.?Tlio Grand Commission
has decided to give Florida to Hayes, r
but it is claimed that the conclusion was reached >
by two Republican members of the Court upon '
grounds fatal to the tiuul successor their parly. I
.Neither party is quite happy over ilie situation. <
The Commission continued in session until 1
half-past 8 o'clock. Each of the fifteen mem- <
hers made elaborate statements of their views >
of the case, aud the following resolution was
adopted: 1
lit solved. That the four persons, to wit: <
Fred. 0. Humphreys, Charles W. l'earce, ffm. <
11. lloldeu and Thus. A. Long, ureduly appoin- 1
ted Electors of President aud Vice, l'resideut
for tlio Elate of F'lorida, and that the-votes cost
by the ntoresam lour persons are me voies provided
by the Constitution of the United States.
The vote in detail on this resolution was as
follows:
Yeas?Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen,
(jartield, Hoar, Milier, Morton and Strong.
Nays?Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hunton,
l'ayne and Thurmau.
In the case of 11 mnphroys, Judge Clifford was
of opinion that holding the office of shipping
commissioner would have rendered liini ineligible,
but that his resignation of the office beforo
the election was valid, and in this view of the
caso action on the objection to his vote, iuade
by Senutor Jones, of Florida, was abandoned.?
These proceedings will be preseuted in joint session
to morrow, when the couut will progress
to Louisiana.
In the formal report to the joiat session, the
Commission will assigu the followiug reasons
for their iteoisiou:
^ Jh'irst. The Commission, exercising the powders
or OOltl houses muter tho"l?rr, rtml huvitvjc i
examined all the certificates and papers relcrred
to t It out, liud that they have noauthority to hear
evidence aliunde, or, in other words, to hear evidence
outside of the certificates of the Governor
of the State of Florida, fouuded upon tlie
determination of the canvassing boardas to its
vole.
Second. The Commission cannot consider as
cvideucc any acts of the Legislature or courts
in determining whom the .State had appointed
as Electors after the day that the said Electors
gave their votes.
Third, iti regard to the alleged ineligibility
of F. C. Humphreys, there was not sufficient
proof that he held office ou the 7th of November.
The decision of the commission was formally
reported to the Senate and that body imuiediate.
ly repaired to the House.
The following objections to tliedecisiou of. the
Commission were submitted by .Mr. Field todlie
1 two houses.
niu iuituwiug uru ino uujvviiuua duuiuiuuu ujr
1 Mr. li.-ld:
! An u'tjcction is interposed by tiio undersigned
> Senators tuid Representatives to the decision
linule by the couitiiission constituted by the net
entitled "An net to approve and regulate the
' counting of the votes for President and Vice
- President, nud the decision of questions arising
i thereon, for the term commencing March 4, A. L).
j 1377," as to the true and legal electoral vole of
' Florida, ou the following grounds:
1st. The commission determined that the
' vote cast by 0. H. Pearce, i7. 0. Hutnprcys,
b W. II. ilolden and T. W. Long, aselectors of
} President and vice President of the United
States, in and for or on behalf of tlie State of
5 Florida, is the true and legal electoral vote of
' the said State, when, in truth and in fact, tiic
i vote cast by Wilkinson Call, J. K. Youngc, llob,
ert 1.. Ili'itoii and Kobcrl Bullock is the true
ami lawful vote of said Stale.
0 lid. For that thesaid commission refused to re
a ceive competent and material evidence lending to
- prove that . II. Pierce, F. C. Humphreys, W.
j 11. lloidcn and T. W. Long we e not appointed
electors in the manner prescribed by the l.cglsme
?f 'In Wliiia. uLjj^wrida, but were dasig-.
f nateil ns electors by the returning board of said
t State, cotruptly and fraudulently, in disregard
t of law, and with (lie intent to defeat tlie will of
the people expressed in the choice of Wilkinson
0 Call, J. K. Younge, U. C. Hilton and Uobert
Bullock, who w ere legally and regularly appoiu
y ted electors by the State of Florida, iu the niatic
tier prescribed by the Legislature thereof.
3d. For that the decision aforesaid was foutided
upon tlie resolution and order of said coins
mission previous'y made, as follows:
c Ordered, That no evidence will be received or
considered by the commission which was not
submitted to the joint convention of tlie two
" houses by the President of tlie Senate with the
c dill'ereut certificates, except such as relates to
y the eligibility of Humphreys, one of the
electors.
4th. l'or that said decision excludes till the
11 evidence taken by the two houses of Congress
>' by tlte committees of each houso concerning
r frauds, errors and irregularities committed by the
(j persons whose certificates are taken as proof of
th'ir due appointment as electors.
otli. For that the said decision excludes all
II evidence tending to prove that the certificate of
I, Stearns, Governor, as also that of the board of
. Slate cauvssers was procured or given in pur.
sun nee of a fraudulent and corrupt conspiracy
to cheat the State of Florida out of its rightful
c choice of electors, and to substitute therefor
i- those who had not been chosen as appointed
0 electors by said State in the manner provided
by the Legislature thereof.
1 tith. For that the said commission refused to
recognize the rights of the courts of the State
of Florida to review and revise t lie judgment of
flic returning board or board of canvassers, rendered
through fraud, without jurisdiction, and
' rejected and refused to consider the action of
c said courts, after their decision that l'earce,
Humphreys, lloldcu and Long were not entitled
0 to cast the electoral vote of llicStateof Florida;
which said decision w s rendered by a court of
said State, lawfully brought before said court,
which court had jurisdiction over the subject
matter thereof, and whose jurisdiction over the
said l'earce, Humphreys, 11 olden and Long had
attached before any act was done by tlieiu as
electors.
7tli. For that the said decision excludes all
evidence tending to show that the State of Florida,
by all the departments of its government?
legislative, judicial and executive?had decided
as fraudulent till the certificates of Stearns,
Governor, as well as that of the Stale canvassers,
upon which certificates the said commission
has acted, and by means of which the true
electoral votes of Florida have been rejected,
and false rues substituted in their place.
Hill l?\?r fliill flit* Piilllit of tlizi viilnw Pntirt><i
, Humphreys, 11 olden and Long, for President
e and Vice-President. would lie a violation of the
constitution of the United States.
Signed by Senators Jones, t'ooper, Itanium,
Keriian, Saulshury and .McDonald, and Keprei
scntativos Knott, Field, lloluian,Tucker, Thoinp*
son, Jcnks, Finlay, Snylor, Kllis, Morrison,
' Hewitt and Springer.
L Upon returning the Secrotary of t!ic Senate
read the objections submitted.
A motion l'or a recess to Monday wns urged
by the Democrats,, but was lost by 20 to -14?a
. strict parly vote.
Sherman offered the following:
p h'r.tolred. That life decision of the commission
upon the electoral votes of the Stale of Florida
stand as thejudgmeut of the Senate, the ohjeo!
lions made thereto to the contrary not witlistan 1,
>"S,
Adopted by a strict party vote,
llccess to 10, A. M., Monday.
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Tiik Ohkhon Cask.? Prominent Drtnocrats
say the couimiKsioii lias adopted a line
of procedure that must throw out the vote
of Watts, the Oregon post master.
Alexander 11. Stephens funis sweet solncc in
' listening to the obituaries which are read to
him by his private Secretary as he sits propped
up by a bid .-'tor. They do him more good than
I the doctor s stuff. I
L Slashing Rebuke to Wsak-Kneftd Democracy
Washington, Feb 12.? Mr. Csrr, from Mr. jfl
terr s old district, iu the course of hi" speech, 7 jjfl
>uiu:
Floridn should have been returned fdr Tildcu $5
ind Hendricks, but, sir, hi the?ssie time, 1 hold
hat the democratic majority of this house has
to uiornl right to complain 'hat this commission
1 as rendered a partisan decision in reporting
he four electon.1 rotes of Florida for Hayes and .
IVheeler. While 1 assert thai this decision is M
contrary to the facts, and contrary to the will of ?!
i large majority of the people of the United
States, i as boldly asseit that the Vrong is
chargeable iu s cause fart Iter back than the
commieeion. The wrong rests upou Ihs shoulders
of those who established this psrtissn tribunal.
When the democratic majority of this
house adopted this law, with the full knowledge
that a majority of the commission would be republicans,
govcred by republican instincts,cou- j
trolled by republican interests, warper! by republican
biases, moved by republican motives,
they deliberately abandoned every claim which
the democratic masses asserted to control our
national affairs. The commission have done no
more nor less than what ouuld or should have
been expected or required of them. You erected
n political tribunal, invested it with political
attributes, and gave them political questions
to determine, which tliey have settled from a
political stand point, Being Republicans, they ;
believed that the Republican candidate for the
Presidency was and ought to be elected, lu
making their declaration, they have been true 4
and faithful to their political sentiment*, education
and assertions. No legal wrong can attach
tothenifor this; but when you as Democrats,
dcliboratcly put such power over such questions
in the hands of a tribunal, so constituted, you
committed a bold nnd during wrong to your
pretended political conviction, nnd assuredly to
.-your political constituents, whose political sentiments
and rights you betrayed nnd abandoned
to your political adversaries. 1 rise to remind
the Democrats, that in common decency, your
votes on this measure have estopped you from
interposing even one word of criticisUt against
the decision of that tribunal."
Ile concluded : *'L denouue* the majority of
this llouso as being responsible for the wrong
and ignoranlly or corruptly recreant to the confidence
which had been reposed in them, and
faithless to the trusts confided te them." Applause.
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While a hill relating to the Frcedmnn's Bank
was under discussion on Tuesdny, Senator Cameron
took occasion to express his mind freely h
in regard to the employment of sevcrul commissioners,
at an annual compensation of $:;,0W
each, to settle the affairs of that bankrupt institution.
He said lie was epposeu to paying large
salaries to these commissioners to enable them
to live riotously nnd fare sumptuously, while the
poor negroes who deposited in the bank are
starving.
Dae of the rankest offences of tirantism was .tfj
the plunder of the Frecduinn's Bank, and the
commissioners who now have control of its re- *1
maining nseets seem determined to use them up
in expenses and salaries. The head of these
commissioners is John A. J. Creswell, formerly
Postmaster-General, in which office he acquired ^
a reputation for assisting straw-bid contractors
to swindle the Government, which seems to have
recommended him to Grant as a suitable person n
to be intrusted with the care of what was. left
of the freedmeu's funds. Creswell holds one or
two other offices, besides running a bank of his
own in Washington. He is simply a pensioner
upon the poor defrauded negroes.-?JS'eto York .'
Sim.
As ot.t? Nkoui.ss.?I have in my employ, as.
nurse, an oi l colored woman who says her noma
is Polly Sumter; thai she tvns the servant of old
Gen. Sumter, aud a grown woman at his death;
that after his death she remained in the family
of his only son, Col. Thomas Sumter, and nursed,
his four children, whose names were Titos. Do- JH
Large, Francis, Sebastian and Brazilian; that she
was brought to this State before the war by \lr. % fiflf
John Joseph, aud bought by a speculator named
Draper Dixon ; that her prayers uro 'that sho jBj
may live to sec Iter young masters and mistresses,
her old Carolina homo and ^ber on+y d?uglit<*r, ?
| F.inda, before site dies. She further sqys her
daughter was carried to Virginia by Mb. John
i Bruomfield, and that site would like to know if **5
j she is still living.
This old woman moves about quite lively, and
I her memory is splendid.
Virginia and South Carolina papers would
' confer u favor on this old woman by publishing
the above.?W'. 11. S. in Montgomery (Ala.) Ad~
rcrtizcr.
Mu. Tildkn's view's.?Washington,
February 0.?'Jorcruor Tilden said yester- JM
I day evcuing to a personal friend whom ho
had r.'(|ucstt'd to go to Washington : "Say
to our friends that they have no reason to :-y
be depressed if the Coutuiission decides
u^hiiisi in1; i/uunui tivjr in mi: aiui iuu uuac. mm
1 expect the decision will be adverse, but
do not encourage despondency. The lose
of Florida will not surpise tne, but there tig]
are other points upon which I nui confident
the Democracy will succeed."
Mr. Tildcn is represented as talking as
unconcernedly about the final result as > .?!
though it were the caso of ''John Doe
against Richard Roe." Yet he said, "1 am
a fatalist in so far as L believe, as the representative
of the Democrats, the fiual do- |1
cision will be in our favor."
An 1 NRi.iniULK Eukctor.?Washington, February
10.?The committee on the privileges and M1
powers of the House examined Postmaster General
Tynor, who produced from his files ull papers
hearing on Walts' resignation, which show
Watts resigned by telegraph November Id, and
telegraphic acceptance was sent by the Postmas- JH
ter General on November 14. Watts' written jh
resignation to Special Agent Underwood was not
received at tho department until December 9.? hm
The record of the department show that Henry
W. Hill was appointed Watts' successor Noveiu- ?
her 2ft. Hill's bond was fowarded to him December
11, and was returned approved Januaiy
53,1877, on which day his commission was sent
him. A special ngent took charge of Watts* vjl
ottice November 11, receipted for all government
|?ro|?eriy uud rontovutl (lip juwi nHi/ o to on^llipr
building,
St'ddkn DKATHS ani) Ml ItPKIt in and
Audund At; oust a.?Agusta.Ga., Feb 12.
?(justav Stoepel, (lormuit Watchmaker,
\v;i* iiJiiiKi UlMu nt ms uru un.s morning. iiu
died of apoplexy. To-day Patrick Shea- j
halt fell in the canal and was drowned.? ?
Mose Sullivan, a colored constable, was shot
and killed in Hamburg by Kdward Ivey, #
colored. Mitchell Ulair had his throat cut
by Samuel Stuart in (iranilcvillc and died. - '.m
lioth were colored. Liquor was the cause. 1 ?
On Saturday night 11. Kozier, a merchant
of Sparta, was waylaid while going
home from his store, lie was struck with
a slung shot, and robbed ol a hundred dol
lard and his watch, lie has since died.
Mil. Tii.okn's I'i tirost:.?An influential l)cniocratie
cliairman of one of the lending investigating
committees of (lie House remarked tonight
that if the final decision of the electoral
count should he adverse to (iovcrnon Tilden,-ho
will not nccc|>t the result without further testing
his rights in the courts. The Inst section of tho
comi'tomisc hill provides that cither of the parties
in interest, notwithstanding tho award of
the commission, shall not be deprived of nny
rights now possessed under the constitution or
the laws to try the right of the Presidency by
an order in 700 warranto or otherwise. This
chairman says that .Mr. Tildcn will certainly
I begin the biggest law suit of the century to obj
tain the ollice if ho is declared to have been dc->
j tented.?1 i'a*fiiii;/toii '/' try nun / > .Vt if Vork '/'ribun
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