Ukn. M. C. Birri.kk 1* Wajwi nutok.?We
copy tlio following paragraphs flom a Washington.
letter to the (.'oIhiiiIma Me#itler, chftsd March
7th:
"l^xniar arts swoPa Ih yWdefthiy to tho United
States Senate almost unanimously, where his
Conservative course vtillrtuderbiui a power. Ho
has committed some grave errors, hut hi. let us
hbpc, bound at the corp. Hill, too, will shtne
tn the galaxy of which' the noble Gordon and
Kausooi foriii so proud a part.
* We Crtis*- that Gen. M, C. Dutlcr will be alk
lothed to take hio'seat. This ixtau" egs of magnetism,
as wo heard a great man say, and this
Uou. Duller, with his elegant and dignified domeauor
and fine manly beauty, possesses to an
eminent degree. His mere presence here has
already done more in bis favor than all the published
statements in his defense. We must tell
you an nnecdote of him, which illustrates the
Individual power of the man. A queen of Wash
ington society, tho wife of a high oflicial, who
Was prejudiced against tho much abused South
Uaroliniun, after meeting liiin hut once, exclaimed
at a dinner party at her own house,
when some nltusion was made to the Hamburg
_ jr_:.. . v? -
uuiiir; -nu i so nnlil a mannered man could
never have scuttled a ship or cat a throat." ?
AnJ he seems to thus impress alt who come in
contact with him. Ilis first appearance in the
Senate chamber produced an unusual sensation,
ttnil tic is regarded now with evident kindness.
"Wlijle, of Maryland, stands high, and we
must add (inrlaiid, of Arkansas, with a rc cord
ccond to none. Harris,of Tcnnessco, with
the patriotic fire of a pure, upright and able man;
Heck, of Kentucky, a statesman of long cxporicticoand
acknowledged ability; Morgan, of Alabama
a fine typo of the Southern geutclman and
-"' f- * ?rood show Car the South
upon tnc floor of the Fbnntff; ami with the
matchless bayard, of Delaware ; Randolph, of
New Jersey; Kcrtinn, of New York ; Raton, of
t'onnccticut ; Thurninn, of Ohio?these constitute
surely a splendid array of American statesmen
; and Roller, of tlie old Palmetto State, is
the peer of any cf them in point of nbtlity,
judgment and prudence, and will represent her
in this angn?t assembly as she has not been folio
! these many years."
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Droi-I'KI) into Ktkhnity.?Aiken,S. ('., March
11">.?On November 2, 187<i, two <piict Hermans,
llaussninti and l'ortmnnn, living four miles from
this placo, were murdered, their house robbed,
set on fire and burned to ashes, with the bodies.
Suspicion attached to five negroes?Nelson
Drown, Lucius Thomas, Adam Johnston, John
Ilcnry Denis nnd Stephen Anderson, who were
arrested. Proofs accumulated that they were
the right parties, and they finally made confession.
They also confessed to burning the Raptit
t Church at Aiken and murdering a while man
named Levin, and other crimes. On January f>
they were tried by a jury composed of twelve
negroes, convicted and sentenced to be lutnn ??
- - r>
the 10th of .March. Vestcrday (.lovcrnor tlnmpton
respited Anderson for liiirly <lays. This
morning tlio execution of the four?Nelson
Drown, l.ticiuts Thomas, Adam Johnston and
John Henry Denis took place in (lie presence of
about 5,000 people. The Sheri!!' had a jioxxr of
lift) armed men guarding the gallows. The
prisoners were attended hv preachers of their
own color. All the criminals addressed the
crowd, confessing the murder and acknowledging
the justice of the sentence. Join st?>n insisted
upon a son of his owner during slavery
standing by him to the last. No ellort was
made by the friends of the condemned men to
rescue them, although threats were previously
made. Kach confessed his shnro in the murder.
The drop fell at I'd o'clock, and the murderers
expired almost without a struggle. The crowd
then dispersed, l'erlccl order prevailed.
- - - AVno
is UovKRNou?- Thomas <\ Dunn, who
pretends to be the Comptroller (lenerul^of this
Slate, without having been elected, wrote a letter
to the Secretary of the Franklin Fire Insurance
Company, of I'liilad- lphia. Dunn, in his
note, says:
Sin: Vouwill please fotward immediately
the names of all persons acting as agents of your
oompnnjr in litis Kinle
llespcctfully, Titos. C. Dunn,
Comptroller (leueral.
The Franklin Insurance Company, of 1'niladelphia,
couldn't exacily sec it in this light, however,
and yesterday .Messrs. K. Scliring Co.,
fl.? ,v.UI n......... :.. -
?V aiivnu imurilliuu HgUUlM, 1CCCIVC I II?C
following note, enclosing Dunn s nolo:
I'lliu\i?t:r.i>iiiMarch Hi, 1877.
Sf!iri:r/ ,y (' ?.
(Justs: Unclosed i111 1 note from Tlios ('.
l)iinn. Is ho t!ic proper person for us to report
to? If not, we won't report.
Very respectfully,
J. Putti. xv, Manager.
It is not necessary to add that Messrs. Sebring
& Co. replied that Tlios. C. Dunn was tiot
the proper person to report to. Who is tlovcrnor
V?Journal of Commerce.
Tut; Tut tii in \ Ni'Tsiiki.i..?(iovernor Chamberlain's
predicament seems to he even worjp
than that of Coventor Packard. Our Washington
despatches give a statement of the situation
in South Carolina, which shows that he is not
able to preserve even the semblance of executive
authority : he is simply a prisoner of State
in his own oilier, protected ugaia0pt.'M|MMMl
by Federal troops. Not only the people but the
courts are against him, the authority of (Juvernor
Hampton being recognized by the highest
court in the State His own party are giving
up the contest in his behalf, Itcpublicun white
citizens acknowledging Hampton and Hepuhiie-m
State officers accepting from him money to
support the institutions of the Stale which the
voluntary action of tax payers enables him to j
provide. These are not the statements of Democrats,
hut the frank admissions of P.cpublicaus, I
and t icy may easily he said to put beyond a
doubt the issue >.f the struggle in that State.?
It is osly a question of time, and (ieneral Hampton
is doing his l?est to hasten a decision by raising
the point that Federal troops are excluding
him from the State House, the control of which
is l iglitfully hi?.? Xrw Tribune.
?
Tub Physical K::\i:ht .?k Simiay.?Sunday
is (i.id's special present to the working man, aid
one of its chief objects is to prol >ng his life, ami
preserve ellicient his working lone. In the vital
system il works like a compensation poml ;
it replenishes the spirit, theelasticity ami vigor,
which the last six days have drained away, and
supplies the force which is to till the six days
succeeding ; and in the economy ot' existence,
it answers the same purpose as the economy of
income is answered hy a savings hank. The
frugal man who puts away a pound to-day and
another next month, and who in a quiet way, is
puf.ing by his stated pound from time to time,
when hegrowsold and frail, gels not oulv tin s tine
pound hack again, hut a goo I many pounds besides.
And tlie conscientious man, who husbands
one day of his exi: lence in a week who,
in.-lead of allowing Sunday to he trampled and
torn in the lutriy an I scramble of life, treasure*
it U|>?the Lot' 1 ..1 the Sun lav koe:?< il t",,i?
hit.i, and iii length of day.; an I hale of age, gives
it back it airy. The savin ; I uak of human
existence ii the weok'y Sun 11y.
Tiic melancholy news of llio death of the Uev.
I!. It. Dickson, pastoi of the First Deformed
Church of Mrooklyn, N. V., lias reached us, an I
will fill with sorrow many hearts in this community.
For many years, during and after the
war, ho was the admired and beloved pastor of
the Presbyterian Church of llock Mill. About
eighteen months ago I o left Vorkville an I assumed
pastoral charge of the church where death
found hitn. We learn that his remains will he
brought to Yorkvillc for interment.?Hock //<//
lie,\<Ul.
1*. II. Swkkn'ky'h Itr.TfRN.? New York, March
lb.?Peter It, Sweeney, one of the famous mentners
of the Tweed ring, who has been an exile
for five years, returned to these shores yesterday,
in tho steamer Labrador, from France. The renowned
ex-fugiiivu hast cue 1 a-horc on the arrival
of the steamer, and taking n carriage was
driven oil', hut where to nobody can find out.?
F'.vi-wiiey was Commissioner ol' the Department
of Public Works under the Tweed irpime, and
flic prima schemer of th? ring.
She (gUerhig Slniou <Eimfn..?
IIT*1. STOKES, Editor* T~
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20 per cent additional for advertisement* ordered
not to n|>{M'tir Iii con.wcullfo issues.
flttV" The extra session of the U. S. Semite
adjourned tint die last Saturday.
?5>.? The Town Councel of Spnrlanburg intend
to put the (junction of bar rooms or no bar
rooms in that town to a vote of the people on
the second Monday in April next.
9
Hell, the Democrat io candidate, has been
elected to fill the seat in the House of Representatives
made vacant by the election of I). II.
Hill to the Senate.
Dr. 11. S. Itcaty has put up a neat and
substantial fence in front of hisdwclliug, which
contributes greatly to the general appearance
of that portion of the town.
o
lev Hampton savs that if Hayes will [
consent to a new election for President, ho
be willing to have a new election for (lovernor,
but under no other possible circumstance would
he consent.
Will the parlies who promised to keep
up our wood pile please look over our fence as
they pass and "govern themselves accordingly."
The weather is very chilly and it is "cold comfort''
to try to collect money.
Z'if" Stanley .Mullliow.s, the man who advised
Chamberlain and Packard lo abandon their useless
contest for the Uuvernorsliips of Mouth Carlina
and Louisiana, has been elected Senator
from Ohio, in place of Sherman, who is in Hayes'
t 'abinct.
9
The 7'c hi jiff it iter Stum!.ml is a new paper
just started at Lexington II. As its name
! implies it is intended to advocate tlie cause of
temperance in the Stuto. It is handsomely gotten
up, ably e lite I an I should he sustained.? i
Surely temperance paper can ho supported
in Mouth Carolina.
No llr.t.ATtvK XKf.n Arrt.v.? Among tho
unsuccessful candidates for the United States
Marshalship for the Northern District of Illinois
was a Mr. Still well, of Livingston County.
The President told hint his pipers were iinex- j
ceptioiiahle, hut there was otto insuperahle oh- j
jectioii to his appointment to any Federal ollicc ;
?that was, his wife was a favorite cousin of j
Mrs. Haves'."
o - ? ? Up
to the time of going to press there 1
was no change in the situation at Columbia.?
The troops are still guarding Chamberlain's
Constables and the Constables are guarding ; !
Chamberlain and the rest of the usurpers in the j 1
State House. Hayes is, perhaps, wailitig^o have
a few of Packard's men killed at New Orleans, ' I
and that will decide the iptestioti as to the re- 1
moral of troops.
" * "... 1
Br s\? The itomnalum of C. M. Wilder, as ^
l'ostmaster at Columbia has been eonli >cd by
the Somite. Wilder is a colored man, itul has ,
very prudently placed the business of his olliee
iu the hands of Mr. I.eaphart, one of tin; best 1
nr.n in that city, and who has had tunny years '
experience in that ollicc. He \va the niatiagrr
of the ollicc under the late .1. c. .faiiney. We
, . . . . ........ i
nave uijvor i?o.*.r<i any complaint oI J He :'o'.unibia
l'osst utlicc since Mr Leaphnrt first luu'.v charge.
3
? if" The Aiken Jdii.-.i i' inform in that the 1
nafe in the l'robatcJudge's oflieecf that county, I
was broken open a short time ago l>y the newly
elected IToltale .In Ige, Williams. Tho former '
occupant, Mcnry Sparnick, has not Itocn in Aiken (
since last July. At that time a warrant was :
issued for him by Ju lge Wiggins. <
The ./<mriKil says the safo should hurr con- '
tif'ri'- l onr S8.UIH), trust funds, or vouchers for t
thb same, but tails to teli us whether any money I
. i
MrVTHWT,"T>fi " the evening of the loth
iust, by Kcv. A. II. I.cster, in the Diuing-Kooui .
of the new Union Hotel, Wallace Williams, the I
Chief Cook, and II.na Sinn, ('uwiib.-rmaid.
The nuptial vows, admi .i iered with marked
emphasis and solemnity, were assumed in the
presence of a t'oiisi Icrab'.e number f witue.;-es
of both races, ami the mvadoii elicitc I a degree
of interest which was highly complimentary to
the bri.b: and bridgrooin.
? i
"Till Hymen brought his love-delighted hour .
There dwell no joy in l-Mon's rosy bower.'* | .
O
CJfiw Adam Johnson, Nelson Drown, John I
Henry Ileitis and l.itcius 'fit uti 11, the f ur e?l. '
ored molt found guilty of the inur<!< r of the two 1
Hermans, llaussmcs a:: 1 l'jrtmann, in Aiken
County, las: Fall, were hung at Aikeiioii Fii lay |
the lt.th. A large crowd of white ami c.dorcvi
people witnessed the execution. From the ( (
speeches of the doomed men on Hie gallows it .
appears that Johnson and Frown actually com-] ,
milled the dvc 1 of murder, that 'Miouias struck ,
tlie men after lie thought tlicy were dead, and j j
Denis, though present, aiding and aliening, did i ,
not strike a blow. They all blamed whiskey an 1 (
ba I company. I .
Ogr? Wo have refrained from dunning < tir |
subscribers as lotigas possible; but we are coin- I '
pclleil now to have money, an 1 again call on all 1
indebted to us pay immediately. Those who
have requested us to send the] ?per under prom- |
ise to j ay in a lew weeks, and have failed to keep t
their j loinise, must ind he. urprise I if they fail 1
to receive a paper next week. We must rc?n; 4
hi or stop is tiiug the TiiufMid the cost of ,
paper is u material item of exnense evcrv week. 1 .
l?y reducing our li-t uno or two liuudre 1 tho>e 1
\v!io havo not paid wesi.(ill s.ivclhnt much ex- 1
' , \
pcii.se iiiilil we am I.titer able to give crctlii. -
Nearly every one of those i:i arrears uro quite t
responsible citizens and lionc.st men, but our
necessities arc now an 1 their honest intentions, i
to jxiy n! gome futun lime, is more injury than
help to us lit this tun . |
? j
Hampton's Portrait. '
We havo a few copies of the beautiful I lamp- .
ton I'orlrnit issutii by Walker, i'.runs & Cogswell,
which we would like to sell. We would
also like to secr.ro ti good, active Agent to sell
those portraits. We believe a man could make '
some money by thoroughly c:?nva*-ing the '.'"un- (
ty with them.
?r
Bojilfy^Carjiliiia and Louisiana not to be traqjpft
Wo ?lo not share in I he confidence of many good
Dcnrocruls that Hayes is going to push a*14e the
bloody-shirt sh Hikers who stole the im\jo?}t)r'*Of
the eleotoral votes that elected him,and deQh^iqjW
towards South Carolina and Lousinna. Hi in*)r,
for a time, appear tqpgivc them the cold efcoulder,
but when we see Butler, Hub Iugersol, BluLae
and others of that stripe, suddenly ci^hifdut
for Hayes, and promising him their hcnrtjJ?gfe|
port, there Is something behind not very favor~b!?
to the South. Hayes said, a few days ago,
tna. no would remove tlie troops from South Carolina
and J.ouisiana if ho could be assured th$t
such a step could he taken without cndangerii g
the peace of those States, Upon this hint t!ie
Republicans of New Orleans acted, and immei iately
held a meeting, at which they passed a
resolution to "sustain Packard by force of armi '?
and in oilier ways telling tlie President thatth y
nrc determined that the removal of the trou4s
shall endanger the peace of the Stato.
through and delny for an indefinite time any arThis
ltolc is sufficiently large for Hayes to cra?l
lion in the direction ti' Justice to the twoStatel,
if it is not thought quite sufficient to induce hin
to change his Southern policy altogether.
The New Orleans meeting has had the desired
effect upon him already,?as the instigators of^
it intended it should,?and ho is now paving
the way for bucking out of the fair promises he
made, if the following is true : ?
" nte^MMetav American UjkKAs
yesterday announced to sevcrnlpoHul^Mhat
called upon hitn on tlio subject, that thoyidministrution
would tukctip the rival Southern claims
at the Cabinet meeting to-day, but if thuopposing
parties in New Orleans are as hot fir tight
ns they arc represented, the fulfillment| of Itis
generous and auiicuble intention may b?f dclaycd.
At ull events, there can be 110 witl^lrawal
of troops so long as ferocious threats till the atmosphere,
and attempts are made to drive the
President to reckless haste.
The Southern Livo-Stook Journal.
A friend has kindly sent us a copy of a very
well gotten up journal with tho above title, published
at Starkville, .Mississippi, and Edited by
K. Montgomery. The specimen before us shows
both tact and talent in the management of such
a journal. The Editor is evidently capable of
imparting much necessary information to the
farmers of the South ttpou the subject of Stock
raising. Heretofore we have had to depend en
tiroly upon journals published at the North and
other places, where the climate, food and advantages
for stock raising arc very diifcrcnt to what
they arc at the South, consequently our farmers
have made many failures an I become disheartened.
In the South, generally, a man would
ho considered a tit subject for the Lunatic Asylum
if he paid S:ll)0 for a cow, ?bOi) for a Hull,
or !?'?U for a pair if l'igs two mouths old; but
let an enter; l ising man risk his reputation for
sanity by bringing such line stock into any
Southern community, and see how eager everybody
are to secure "some of the breed." The
worst of it is, after they get "a start" they either
don't know how or will not take care of line
itock. Now, the "Southern /.iof-Slocf: Journal"
proposes to enlighten Southern Farmers upon
stock raising at: I iufu c a higher appreciation
jf the advantages of having the best breeds of
Livestock and the best \va\ to keep them for
profit and pleasure, at the .South. Send S'J to
lite llditor and try it one year.
axon Fkkiui.i/.kuh.?The legislature of
North ?*nrollnnrat trs-ru uw.'cm'u jmv-so.i "uu^t
;j establish a Department of Agriculture, Immigration
and for the encouragement of .Sheep
Husbandry," the Dili section of which requires
i 1is of .- ".!> ) for each separate brand or quality
if Fertilizers ottered for sale in that State.
The lax on Fertilizers is pretty high and will be
t basis of excuse for increasing iheirfpricc,
which is now altogether too high for profit to
lie farmers. We shall sec how the experiment
works in North Carolina before endorsing or
m lemniiig the law, because, from our standpoint
there are two views to be taken of the
t?o of mercantile Fertilizers: In the first place,
natty have come to believe that they cannot make
tot toil without ihem, mi l to such it has become
iccotid nature to buy litem ; but a large itflfiubcr
>f Farmers will say that, all things considered,
hey are like the Indian's gun, "cost more than
hey coutc to, ' but still continue to use them.
It is expected to raise a revenue of from t.vlO,Mnt,
to ->0,1 Hit I from tbo tax. If ilia taf.^11! *ut
lie j'tioi so high as to coiaj el tlic farm era to
abandon their use :.:><! ibreu them to utilize the
fertilizing ingredients ib.mt their farms, which
hey allow to gj to waste, it will prove a great
eriiiaiient blessing to all classes of people in
S'ort'a ( afu'iina. 1'nlil something is done to
Mop the drain of money fioin the Southern States
"or fertilizers, ('orn, tiacaii and other supplies
hat can and should be raised upon the farm,
he farms of the South will soon be owned 4>y
* JL
be manufacturers of fertilizers and inerclinms.
it is fast coming to that now : an I none arito
j'.atao for it hat the farmers themselves, who flpi
ear determined to buy at exorbitant licit prices,
lepen ling en high-priee I fertilizers to give thpm
i crop, with the least labor possible, to pay out.
?*
Ami 1 the uncertainties by wiii.lt our
people are harassed and bedeviled we are always
jlud to show them any ray of hope for the futile
that may appear in the political horizon,
ttthmigh we have but little faith in the stability
jf llcpuhlicnti promises. If sonuTlung don't
urn up to change I'rcsidcut Hayes, Southern
polity the following may be taken wttlia greater
legrco of confidence than any tiling we have
re t I since his inauguration, because it is ileftuitc
uid unequivocal.
It seems the II liter of the ( liarloston A'nm
nnl Coiinrr has been to Washington, it nil among
lie thing* that he saw and heard there he says ;
"A I'eiuocratie Senator who had read the I ntngitral
Address, and had heard the kindly and
iber.al declarations of lite President, was ttevcrlieless
apprcdtcnsive that ho might not have
mderstoo l correctly the purposes of the I'resiI-ill.
lie, therefore, put to liim this'quo-lion :
'dr. I'residcitl ; V. hat is the ,v.w fun m of all this!
f>o 1' iii> in l/iiio'- 11 tin / A */>.' 7- ' The* I'reslent,
with earnestness and emphasis, answered:
ft i/ofK ! This is given to the writer by the Senaor
who asked the pregnant question, uud to
vhoitt tlic momentous answer was addressed.?
fhe public can rely 0:1 it that the President said
his, and tiienio'this !
That sounds well, but why iWn'l he reinovo
he troops from I lie Stale House at Columbia??
1'hm is i*tV tliM^Bmcocssary now to 'YPfcrrfthc
|teaj>lo of this State anil establish ft joaceable,
(list and hon ruble government. It would not
ake ten minutes to write the order, and in three
icons all would be peace and joy throughout
" out h Carolina.
In the Senate last Saturday, the nomination
>f Stone as 1 ?i-!i i?-t Attorney for South t'arolina
van recommitted, and event over on motion of
literal tiordoii. The chcif |>. inI ngnin-t him
eenn tj b? his incompetency.
PUBLIC MEETING. ''
In accordance with the call made through the
columns of Ifie TTrin last week, on Friday evening
a largo assembly of tfertflMftts, Propertyowners,
Mechanics, and Professional men, met
in the Town ITnll to consider what steps cau be
taken to'relieve the people of the county from
the disparaging discriminations made against
them iu the charges for freight on Railroads.
On ipotion Mr. D. D. Culp, was called to
'Reside and David Jebnson, Esq.| requested to
set as Secretory.
The Ciiair, after explaining the object of the
meeting, iu which lie very plainly portrayed the
injustice nnd injury inflicted upon tlic Commercial,
Mechanical, Agricultural and al! ether industrial
interests at every, point along the lilies
of our Railroads, requested Mr. Sliaud to favor
the meeting with his views upon the legal points
involved in the question. Mr. Shaud, responded
and gave a very concise account of decisions of
the Supreme and Circuit Courts of the country,
upon similar cases lately tried.
On Motion of Mr. M. L. Uoss, a committee of
live was appointed to draft a memorial to the
General Assembly of this State, setting forth
the grievances complained of, and to take such
other action upon the matter as they shall deem
effective and proper.
The Chair appointed Messrs. II. L. Goss, A.
II. Foster, K. W. Shaud, Win. Munro aud Dr.
B. F. Ilawls, said committee.
On motion the meeting adjourned to meet
ngnin tip#n tie call of Uie Cuuiuiittco.
31 10 31 O It I AL.
To the Honorable, the Members of the General Astcmbly
of the State of South Carolina.
The undersigned citizens of the State aforesaid
and residents of Union County, respectfully
show unto your Honorable Body :
That under Section G, of the "Declaration of
Rights," in the Constitution of 1808, tho right
"to petition the government, or any department
thereof, shall never bo abridged" to the citizens
of this State. Under this right, so guaranteed,
your I.'ctitioners respectfully ask the attention of
your Honorable Body to a grievance to which
tho people of this County, and of oilier Suctions
of our State, are subjected, and the most offec*
live remedy whereof, your Petitioners have been
advised, is in the power of your Honorable
Body.
Your Petitioners show, that from tlie earliest
adjudications of eases involving tlie privileges
and responsibilities of Railroads, the Courts of
Kiigland and of this Country, have uniformly
held that Bail roads arc C'oimivn (7im'e/v, and
that there attaches to such Corporations all the
duties of Common Carriers at common law. In
a late American decision it was held that "*
B lilroad Company is chartered, and is chartered
solely far the purpose of exercising the functions
and performing the duties of a Common
Carrier."
Your Petitioners further show, that Builroads
are more than Common Catricrs ; they are Corporations
to whom is delegated by the State a
portion of her own Sovereignty?the right
of Kinincut Domain?and farms or woo Hands,
dwelling houses, even the ancestral homes of
her citizens, the State gives these creatures of
hers the right to appropriate to their use, at
their own sole pleasure.
Your Petitioners' further show, as they have
been advise 1, that Railroads, being Common carriers,
and hnvltTg had -conferred wpothilteiu these
high rights, so delegate ! for public purposes and
for the benefit of her citizens, the Sovereign State
reserves to her l.egislatuie, in exchange therefor,
the right to regulate these corporations,
to keep them strictly within their proper limits.
When l.ord Chief.Justice Holt said that "a Common
Carrier exercise i a public employment',*'
it was before steam had been applied to promote
locomotion; but now, vvhero the Common Carrier
has also accorded to him, for all his needed
purposes, the right of Kmiucnt domain, it id a
principle wliich cannot be questioned.
Your Petitioner.* further show, that in a late
well c Misidervd case, it was said by the Supreme
Court of one of our largest Slates?"We arc of
opinion CfKt i!ie Legislature has the clearest
right t > pass an act for the purp -se of preventing
an unjust discrimination in railway freights,
whether iu between individuals or communities,
an ! to enforce its observance by appropriate
penulticsand it was recognized as a "perfectly
well-settled rule'of the Common law, in regard
lo Common Carriers, that they shall not exercise
any unjust and injurious discrimination between
individuals, in their rates of toil," or between
Communities any more than between Individuals.
Your Petitioners further show, that it lias become
the practice of Kailmad Companies
throughout tlii.- State, to disregard utterly their
Common law liabilities, an 1 to discriminate
unju-tly in favor <f one community at the expanse
of another?to charge rates unreasonably
high, and to art as if the only limit imposed
upon them was their own mcasurcof the people's
suflerance. In proof of these facts, and as an
illustration of the length to wliich some of our
I itaitroails nave pone?others may not iliscrimi
nalo widely?we copy the Schedule of rates
agreed upon, nn<l now hcinp c.)l'orco<l, l>y the
j South Carolina llailroad t'ompany, the (irccni
vil!e Columbia llailroad Company, ami the
Spar tan harp & I uion lluiiroad ('otnpany?three
Corporali011-1 chartered under the laws of litis
i State. To this table we have added a column of
distances:
?-* H 3 ra 3 IT"* O TT""1 A
o rj r:. ^ ^ ^ si 'L <* He
? Z r <z'? 'l ? 2; 5 ~ ? g 5 >
! j I M M I I M M "
M M i M M M I i I ?
- 7 - L-i i 'S, L; li 7 7 !i !i Instances.
: ^ ~ i - i 7 -1 r. -1 Im: j::
:: ri .i .j. 1; |g i_: ~ CO g r ,sl <! * I
~ - - - r , ._,j-d Class j ^
- J t -z -Z : : -S -1 -_1 2 "" ' ; ? ,
r -/ x -1 - i - i -1 -1 -1 r. r. i< i_?' '''* ' 'nss J ? |
- -j -j r< g : r ~ k * -i? ' i'1 ( lass
i " ~~
i. ; z, i. i- a. u. :: ;; ' *'? CI#M | 1 I
i Flour |?cr i
V> ' ' ;! I! I'. !' Z ~W ! 1 " 1
j Salt, per iZZ
V< V. l\ ~ C i' i' ? c !! I; ; |
" r. r. liiirnio, ion * I
i" k! k' k' ~ ~ ~ic 91 'J.OiNllhs. 5 ' i I
* ? "? lit ? 3 II I I
' :
- . : i : ; 2? S5 ? nu' 11* | j
t IS,<i(M)tbn. : 1
^ our I'eiit i.uii'i'.s |'?vl111; I no sirpiiiiiviil can p< r ,
(ruyllic prievniice i?filie p'-oplei !' I'liiou County ! |
1 " . T ' .- 1 5 " " . . . P-f
more fully (linn is done by this bare statement
of the freight charges to which we are subjected.
Ninety-nine dollars is charged for bringing from
Charleston to Union what is carried twenty- J 1
seven miles further, over the s:\mo road, to Spar- 1
tanbarg for forty-thrco dollars ! The charge
to Union is unreasonably high, or else Union and '
other points are required to make tip for losses *
in the charges to Spartanburg ! As a consequence
of this gross discrimination, our people '
are forced to make Spartanburg their market for 1
sale and purchase ; and our own couaty town languishes.
Hut thy evil is more far reaching than 1
that: Our farmers and merchants have been driv- *
en away from Charleston, the city of their choice,
to Atlanta and other places in other States, be- *
cause these Railroad Companies so discriminate
in tlicir ireight charges that those outside cities
attract our trade. Charleston, our own metropolis.
is thus injured by the corporations of your
own creation ! Is there ne remedy for this?? |
If so it is ther true that the creature is more powerful
than the creator; auJ in a few years South
Carolina will find that she has given life to a
monster that will follow her, oppress her and 1
finally despoil her. 15ut not so believing?believing
that "it was never ii^cndcd or expected
that these corporations should use their power 1
to benefit particular individuals or build up particular
localities, by arbitrary discriminations iu 1
their favor, that must cause injury to other persons
or places engaged in rival pursuits, or oc- '
cupyingrivnl positions," audtlio Supreme Court
of tho UnU?d Statu, through her Chief Justice,
having recently decided that n^Statc legislature '
has a right to regulate the charges ou all public '
business carried on within her limits, we have
come to you for relief from this oppression.
We respectfully ask your Honorable llody to 1
pass such laws as will prevent the so"*ral railroads
of this State, under severe penalties, from
making unreasonable charges, anil from so dis'criminating
us to injure one Community for the
benefit of another, and your l'ctitoncrs, as in
duty bound, will ever pray, and so forth.
Retolvtd, That the foregoing petition, after it
lias been signed be put into thclniudsof the members
of the General Assembly from this County,
with tho rc-picst that tiiey present it at the earliest
practicable moment.
Iletolved, That a printed copy of the petition
and of these resolutions he sent to every Community
in this State, on tlie lino of a railroad,
and at which there is no competing road ; and
that such Communities at e requested to prepare
similar petitions to-bo presented to.the legislature
at its next Session.
ilcsolceii, That a copy be published in the Union
Times, and ilint all papers iu the State favor
mis iu i uu ii'jjisiuiiv'i prnyeu ior, nc requested
to bring the sauie to .he attention of their rc.nlcr.s.
0^3)^ In tlie presentment of the Grand Jury
of Greenville County we find the following:
The proclamation of Gov. Chamberlain, that
there existed armed bands all over tlie State,
for the purpose of obstructing the execution of
the laws, preventing the exercise of a free ballot
was untrue as to Greenville county.
We present A. I>. Cobb, John P. Scruggs and
Wilson Cook as exercising the duties of County
Treasurer. County Auditor and Jury commissioner,
respectively in violation of law, the said
parties having been removed by bis Kxccllcncy
Governor Wade Hampton.
At the close of the Presentment, Dr. J. P.
Latimer, Andrew Latimer, (his x mark,) Sam
Jenkins (his x m irk) an I Edward Mack, attach
their dissent to the above, "as being in our
opinion beyond our jurisdiction, and we desire
further to say, that we recognize fully the authority
of this Ctnrt, respect its orders, and the
officers recognized by it also.
15y that we must-believe that I)r. J. P. Latimer
and the rest of the dissenters do not recognize
Hampton as,< lovcffior, and wc suppose they
liavo paid their taxes to the Chamberlain Treas*
it ivr.
Outt Disuuack in Co.xcr.KSs.?The Washington
Correspondent of the Columbia l'-justcr thus
pictures the ineu who have tlie effrontery to pre
tend to represent the people of South Carolina
in the National Legislature:
The South at present furnishes to tlie Senate
of the United States three of its finest orators
? Lamar, of Mississippi, Mill, of Georgia, and
Morgan of Alabama. The latter is said to he
surpassingly eloquent, while Lamar possesses^
degree of culture that few men attain.
Patterson, tbe carpet-bag Senator.-J'^oin South I
Corolina, remind.! us of a buud-waifeajr *t a hotel,
as he moves anions the Senators, and one won- I
tiers how lie ever got there with his miserable,
sly, hang-dog look ami lying tongue. A worthy
representative of a low class of negroes and
scalawags ! And he dares to i isoin his seat and
declare ho represents South Carolina ! Are wc
of the Palmetto State so hu nbled that we must
submit ever again to the seating of such another
scoundrel as (his man? God forbid! Stand
tirm, ye gallant followers of Hampton, and permit
it not ! Insist upon your own Senator elect,
and swear to abide by none other. Have you
sutlered ; ranch, men <f Carolina, not to realize
how these men, Patterson, Cochin and lliitlz,
and such wretches disgrace you? Spew them
oflt ; reject them as poison ! The colored men !
who hold seals in <'otigi ess and call themselves ;
members from South Carolina do not, cannot, |
falsify her as these white perjured villains do. |
l>iti:\Kt:t:s A m:\i- is Nkw Ottt.r.AXs.? Xnc Or- j
leant Mare/i 1">. ? Allairs hero to-night seem to j
be shaping themselves for an issue soon. It is !
the general impression that the troops will be ! ,
withdrawn to the barracks next week. In that j
event the programme of the Nicholls govern- ,
inent is to take possession of all the oiliccs in j ,
the State and go ahead, and leave the Packard
government to die a natural death iu the St.
Louis Hotel. Packard does not like this out- ; |
look, ami proposes to force ati issue and compel ) |
the President to take one side or the otliet. A i
large meeting of llepuhlicnns was held at the |
Slate Ilottse to-night, and besides adopting an j
address to the people of the United Stales, pass* , |
ed a resolution pledging each man present to ]
ust a in Packard by force of arias, ami calling :
on oilier Itcpiihlicuiis to do the same. A coin- ! ,
iniitce was appointed to commence enrolling men
in the militia to-morrow. It is reported that j
Packard has,the promise of arms and money
from some r nice A change in the situation
may be looked for next week. i j
. .
Senator Patterson says: "Hayes never could I
have been President, damn iiini, without theni I i
of us carpet-baggers. He never was elected, and . 1
we made a mistake in not standing by Tildon." , :
In saying thus Senator .lolin was iuipmlent, liku- i
wise inconsistent,-lor be told the truth, but be <
voiced the sentiment of the carpet-baggers one ;
ind all. ami presaged their fiituru action, when '
it another time lie remarked: I daren't to go ?
liotnc. I daren't go to South Carolina without I
pvotwut'i rn. Tliny trAitlil uKt\n( in#* nrwl W !?y 9 . t
ilecaiiM' I inn It' the li*^liI fur I Irs fallow Ihivos.
A11 I now lie is starling oft to conciliate tlic oilier i
side. Well, sir, we'll have :i lively row in ilie \
pnrty insldo of n week." Tliero wns not Any*
lliing in ilie lone of Irnllifnl .lolin to indicate
llnil lie lind ii "hunkering" desire lo <:> i.? |
?oulli < u-dina, and llie dinners are lliul In- will 1
he id a very large sized emigration society. <
.mposed of oilier people wlio won't stay i.l I
home, if. under Hayes' policy, the Soittliern I
mills of jiisheee are iiiiinii/./.led and allowe I (<> . .<
Trinl (>ul iigiin t !i {awful | r.ifeui isr\ | ;
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For the Times. x
Fiora Brown's Creek.
Mr. Eihtou?Youi paper of I bo lGtli inst., t
a ou our table ; it is full of interest, and I always
find time, or rather take tiu.e, to read the
Union Times. 1 give it a hourly welcome to my
Iresidc for three reasous : 1st, because it is our
Uouuly paper; 2nd, it gires the County news,
which 1 love to know ; I'd, mid last, hut not least
A them all, because 1 think we should aid home
enterprise.
I hope uiost all the good citizens of Union
upport the Timkj, but those who do not should _
subscribe at once.
We know the times are hard and money is
scarce, but it looks like, if othor papers are worth
?2.50 or ?3.00, our county paper ought to bo
worth as much or more to every citizen of
Union.
Mr. Editor, I have perused your papor very
near'y over and it is getting late in ,ho cveuing; so
L will give you a brief sketch of the progress of
Lhe fanners in this section.
There is little being done in the preparation
if the soil?more clearing of laud and fencing.
L think the farmers, generally, are leaking for.
ward to a more scanty season than this They
?re sowing a great inuny oats this Bpring.?
Hardening is very uiuch retarded by tlio last
cool and rainy] weather. Everylhingjuid everybody
seetus to be late; but "a hud start untkes ?
good end." 1 hope it will be so with us on t
"Brown's Creek." r"
Wo have Kngligh Peas, onions and turnips up(
growing nicely ; also, have beans and Sugar-corn
planted. '* i ^
As I do not expect to interest your fenders I
will leave oil' until a more favorable season, llopo
some of your subscribes will let lis hear from
other parts of the County iu reference to its
progress. A. N. B.
Dkatu of Major Ukouoh Srauobn.?The
death of this worthy gentleman occurred at his 4
rcsidcucc near Pendleton on Tuesday last, in the
81st year of his age. Major Seaborn was widely
known as a public-spirited citizen, and was
always foremost in tlie advocacy of whatever
tended to the advancement und improvement of
this section, lie was for many years the editor
anil proprietor of the Farmer and J'lanter, which
was published at l'endieton until 185P, and
through its pages he became known as an agricultural
writer of great proficiency and practical
knowledge, lie was always tho promoter
and advocate of agricultural organizations, and ^
was President of the Pendleton Farmers' Society
for a number of years, nu active and intluential
member of the old State Agricultural Society,
and for the past tcu years nu honorary member
of the Anerson Farmers' and Mcclinuics' Association.
lie was a zealous Mason, and one of '
the oldest members of the craft in that portion
of the State. Thirty years ago lie assisted to
organize a Masonic lodge at Anderson, and was
its first Master, llis services to the brethren
are held in grateful remembrance. Major Seaborn
held important and responsible positions
at various times in his life, and we would be
glad to receive a sketch of his career fioiu some
of his earlier friends, who possess the requisite
information.?Journal of Commerce,
Drunkkn Kf.vknik Officials.?The police on
Tuesday night, Glli inst., arrested and committed
to the guard-house two young men connected
with the Hcveuue service, named Springs,
who were creating a disturbance on Washington
stieet, in the vicinity of the Fx press Ollicc, being
at the time under the influence of spirits.?
When their arrest was attempted byCapt. Orcer
and Policemen Watson and Cooper, Mr. Charles
A. Darling, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue,
who has succeeded E. II. lhirton, (resigned,)
came to tho relief of the Messrs. Springs : in
consequence all three of them rested for the
night iii' the calaboose. Next morning, upon
being brought before the Mayor and a hearing
given them, Mayor Cleveland fined Mr. Pariing
> and each of the Springs' S20. Their arrest
created much confusion in the streets.
Upon the payment of the tines imposed, and
their discharge from custody, they were immediately
arrested hy Klicrilf Uilrcnth upon a writ
sued out before Trial Justice Croft, for assault
with intent to kill. Upon an examination before
the Trial Justice named, Mr. Darling was
discharged, and tlie other two bound over ih the
sum of f?'-'*)<) each for their appearance at court
for trial. They gaveas bondsmen,Thomas Rrinv
and William Smith, both colored, and J. Minis
Sullivan. Smith is regarded as I lie chief security.?
(Sreenvillt Enterprise and Mountaineer.
.
Last Tuesday Florence was all astir, from the
effects of a rabble of men and women, to prevent
tlie transfer of a prisoner from Florence to
Tiiumonsville. A collision seemed imminent for
a while, and hut for the efforts of a few good
men, white and colored, there would have been
a bloody conflict. About dark, however, acrowd
of negro men and wenches?about liftv in num
b?r ??< looked the guard hoove, broke a liolc in * *
(lie Willi and libotulrd lite pridonur. The iu-o??s
which occurred upon our streets after this was a
perfect disgrace to any civilized community.?
They were completely in the possession of the
rabble, who were yelling, cursing and shooting
in every direction. For awhile the lives as well
as the property of the citizens seemed to be in
great danger, but a few determined men soon
succeeded in clearing out the street. Two negroes
were severely wouude I, but we have heard
of no one luting killed, although we heard the
cry of murder, murder, raised in several difrections.
? Florence Tiiihs.
I.'. r L's F.xi? titk SuuriiuMt Question?But No
Bauuain?The New York Herald concludes a
good article upon this subject as follows.*?No
conditions arc necessary to the liberation of
South Carolina and Louisiana, and W9 believe
none can justly he made. We hope, therefore,
not only to see all yitrigucs, bargains and
schemes for a compromise defeated, because they
would defeat the most important result of un
honorable settlement, hut wc hope sincerely that
1111 end of the Southern difficulty will he made
without delay. *
When Nicholls and Hampton arc recognized
us (lovcrnors, men like Mr. Blaine will no longer
have a pretext for attacking the l'resident
in the Senate, nor a ground for their attempts
lo renew strife. With 1'ackurd and Chamberlain
will disappear the whole crew of Northein
Moody shirt demagogues who have so long kept
lite country in turmoil. And when the troops
in Louisinn 1 and SotilhT'arolina are ordered no
longer lopctforsn the duties of a local police,
Iml to act the same hamulus part which th<y
play in New York and Ohio, then at last we
hall have returned safely l<> constitutional goveminent.
1' w i;n r Willi.k I'luiiTiNf". run "To.Kit."?Some
if I humherlain's friends who are here pushing
liis cause with tlie President got themselves into
juiie a predicament nfier midnight on Saturday
>y being :iin ng I lie participants in n faro game
\t the "Club," one of the most notorious of
lYashington's framing houses. Tlio police uiailo
i |weU-dircclcd descent and captured, among
jlliers, v;l at may be called a South Carolina dcl gntion.
't here were ex-Senator F. W. SawI'er,
who was the Assistant Secrotary of the
lYonsnry undor Richardson, and whom Uristow
o> unceremoniously dismissed ; Judge Carpenter, ^
he "iron man" of South Carolina; or.c Con?
1 * f*t\ f.v.rrtv?fpAQtni>nn frnm tllC
sitne State. 'Ihu police were even harder than
isual on Iheso distinguished captives, for they
ero kept all night iu the station house.?
It titImr/loii htlltr to the 1}ic/twii l /Ji.*j>a(ch.
A coits'. lcinLle row oivmrcJ al Ninclv-Slx on
ast Sal hi day evening lxMwem a nnnilier of
Ivmkcn wliilo men nn<l iiegvi'i's. Pistols nn<l
.nivis were ilmwn ami some Mnotl was s|>illcfl,
nil noiioiiy ?#.< i;ille?i. 'I l,o town lias no innr Irill
ami li e ltw.lies <ln | . uy i.nieli .is tlicy
lea^e.