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THtlR^D?Y"? JAN?AKY ?6, WW. s^nrs-^ST^^-^-rr-i^-s-1 03? ??or subscription, $1.60 {>or annum) strictly in advance; or six months, 76 cents. fe}* Advertisements inserted at one dollar pev sonare of one inch \ or less for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent in sertion. (?T* Obituary Notices exceed ingnve lines, Tributes of Respect, Communications of a personal character, when admissable, and announcements of Candidates will be charged for as advertise ments. . (?y Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. OZr Necessity compols us to adhere strictly to the require ments of cash payments. Governor Hampton is still improving. ? i.i ---- The Whipping Post. Wo have Been a statement in one of our exchanges that a negro, who was publicly whipped at Bookhorn, in Upper Nnnseinond County, Virginia, on tho 26th ult., for steal" iDg ten dollars worth of property from a farmer of that neighborhood, of which offense he bad been duly conviotod and eontonood to rocoive thirtynnino lashes, wont home after the whipping, took his gun and blowed out his brains. Tho artiolo is headed "Suicide from shume," and cocotudos with tho stato mont that this tragic result will materially add to tho unpopularity of the whipping post Wbero does the shame como io? A man who can steal and not kill himself for nimmo of the crime, can euroly suffer tho punishment for his crime. There is greater oauso for sbamo in tho crime than in tho punishmont, and if the ?hipping post would always boar suob fruits as in the oase stated, Virginia, in a few years, would havo less rogues th n any State in the Union, and would bo none tho poorer. A little of tho same medicino, pro ducing a like effect, would rid our scotion of the loafing pilferers who Ho about all day and nt night rob corn cribs, smoke-houses und hen roosts. Who has any sympathy for such criminals in a free country, where plenty of labor nt fair wages cun bc had? Why should they be fed off tho bard earnings of tho honest laborers, black and whito, and if caught consigned for thirty days to a place of rest in our county jail, where i Jg und hominy abound and are furn.shed to them, ready prepared, nt tho expense of tho taxpayers. Little Delaware has stool; to tho whipping post as a curativo for potty thieving, handed down to them by their anees torn, hoary with age, and tound efficient by experience. They flog whites and blaoks aliko for larcony, and, lt is said, there is loss thieving in that Stato than in any Stato in tho Uniou. Virginia has lately re-enacted tho whipping post, and its establishm r,t in South Carolina has been largely discussed, for sovoral years. Petty thieving has become so common that society and nnd tho preservation of our pjuperty demands borne remedy, 'ibo present punish? mont is a farce, and wo must have a severe punishmont of sjmo kind. We aro not bar barous, wo hope but still if a fow of tho rogues could bo induced to leave tho country or butt ont their dishonost brains wo would bc botter off as n people. Cotton. Wo have hoard old citizens say tho price of bacon was a good index to the market value of cotton. Tho two articles rarely differ much in tho prioe obtained for them. During tho past summer bacon has commanded hero from I six to oight cents per pound, and tho cotton orop has vibrated between theso figures. Our farmers, accustomed to high prices, declaro they oannot grow cotton ut its present price, and assert that the cost of production is greater than tho amount ronlized from tho sale of the crop. They all look forward with tho hope every year that cotton will riso in prico, while for oight yoars it has uniformly declined. Not only is this true, but it is the settled opinion of many that cotton will con tinue to fall until it reaches five cents per pound. Tho Groonville News takes this posi tion and sustains it on rational grounds, lt claims that in five years cotton will not bring above six cents in Now York, which would give tho farmer hero about fivo cents por pound. It farther claims that cotton oan and will bo grown profitably at these figures, nnd that tho South will even then surpass the Wes tern States in prosperity, tho lattor not reali sing, above ox penses of transportation, moro than twelvo and a half cents por bushol for their oom, It claims that bacon is (.now -ene and a half to two ecu ts por pound lower than it waa before tho war, and ootton was thon no higher. The article olosos with tho following good but not pleasant advieo to farmers; "We do not proposo to go into this subject 'deeply,' but wo doeiro to warn our agricul tural frionds that they must 'lower their pegs,' and make their calculations, so ns to raise cotton at five cents, or 'go bioko/ Cotton must come down in tho same proportion with other things, and if they oan't mako it nt a proportionate prioe they had bottor raiso bacon at three cents por pound, if thoy think they can mako money by so doing, and thoy will not forget that slnoe tho lato unpleasant? ness they have paid fifteen ooo ts for tho greasy . stuff, and were not disposed to grumble. ?? The Southern farmer cannot prosper until ho makes his provisions at home and raises ootton as no incidental orop. Give any family plenty . of bread and meat and it is iudopondent. Cotton alono will not make him comfortable, * heoaueo ho must sell at other pcoplo's pricos and bay his supplies tho samo way. .'-.Jerusalem ie adding flftoen hundred to it* jfewiih population -t??ry year. ??oo'ml&g more common in 'ou* com munity .ban they were several year? ago, aod "oorcttifconsdonot care to proseou?o offandors, oven w hon ?hoy hnvo olear proof against them, lavery conviction lo each casos is bad at the expooso of tho county, and the punishment (f ) If worthy to be so called, is also imposed at tho expense of the county, and rather a relief than a hardship to the offender. Why pro secute? What benefit oan result from it? Rogues prosper and honest mon suffer, and unless a heavier punishment bo imposed, we see no protection for our property unless the people become lawmakors and law ocforoers themselves. In the past fow days wc have heard of four or five petty thefts, and no one prosecuted. On Monday evening a pano of glass was broken in tho jewelry store of Mr. Fisehesser, on Main street, and two pisr tols, boeides a number o." toys woro abstracted from tho shelf. This was done either in daylight or about dark and before tho window blind had boen closed, os tho blinds ou Tues? day morning were closed ns usual, with no signs of violonoe. Mr. F. thinks tho stealing occurred about dusk, wheo ho went to tho post office aud before ho had closed for tho night. During the samo night, somo ono bent the iron bar whioh held the blinds of tho window in Mr. Seeba's barroom, lifted off tho shuttor and breaking a glass took from the shelf a bottle of brandy. Mr. S. heard the breaking of the glass and thinking it was soine ono throwing nt his streot lamp, called ot them, which doubtless preveoted furthor dopredntions. Tho burned bagging and broken tics of two bales of ootton wore found a fow days ago in u field near Walhalla. This cotton had ovidontly boen stolon, tho ties out and the bagging burned, after tho cotton had boen removed. These thefts have been going on for over a yoar, and aro on tho increase. Whilo there is no remedy for thom in thc wny of proper punishment, wo may aspect this state of things to grow worso. Our Mail Facilities Have been greatly enlarged in tho past few years, and with a fow othor routos opened our citizens would nil bo in reasonable reach of a post office Nothing is of greater impor tance to a peoplo than perfect mail facilities, since tho mails aro tho distributors of private and public information of great value? Wal halla now enjoys three daily mails: Ono by tho Blue Ridge Railroad, ono by tho Air Line Road rta Westminster to Walhalla, and ono to Franklin N. C. We havo a bi-wookly mail from Franklin by tho way of Clayton, Qa., and several weekly mails, ns tho route to Cashier's Valloy. N. C., by way of Choohee and other offices; tho route from Walhalla to Piokens C. II., by way of Keowoe and tho High Falls; tho route from Walhalla to Walhalla, embracing Toxaway. Bar? ton's Creek, Riverside, Pulaski, Battlo Creok, Long Crook, &o. Besides these routes direct ly from Walhalla, other routes start at other points and renoh different parts of our county A now routo is now boing petitioned for from Westminster by way of Oakway, Bachelor's Retroat and South Union. This route would penctruto the richest nod most populous por tion of our county and should bo oponed, as it is muob needed. Tho division cf the dis trict pot all our mail arrangements out of joint, and it lins required timo and trouble to arrange thom. Wo oro now fairly on the road to a good system of mail accommodations which we hope to seo.fully porfeotod. And now that our peoplo hnvo hotter mail facilities wo hopo to seo tho subscription list to tho COURIER largely increased. Wo aro told by thc postmaster that Walhalla is now tho dis?, tributing offioo for four counties of Wcetorn North Carolina State Laws. An act to provont the charge of "Broakago" n the weighing of cotton. lie it enacted by tho Senate and House of lie preventatives of tho Stato of South Caro? lina now mot aud sitting in General Assom jly, and by the authority of tho same: That from nod after tho passage of this .ot any person who sholl put and mako tho ?hargo known os ''breakage" upon tho veighing of cotton shall bc guilty of n rn'n? lemcanor, and upon conviction thereof shall ie fined not more than twenty-five dollars or ie imprisoned not moro than thirty days, or loth, at the discretion of tho court. Approved December 20, 1878. An oct respecting tho filling of vacancies n county offices. lie it enacted by tho Senate and House of ieprosontotives of tho State of South Caro ino, now met and sitting in Oenoral Assom dy, and by the authority of tho somo*. SECTION 1. That whoncvor nt any time iny vacancy shall ocour in any county offioo >y reason of death, resignation, refusal or logloot to qualify of tho person olootod or .ppointod thoroto, expiration of tho torin of ffioo, removal from the oounty, or from any ?thor cause, tho Oovernor shall appoint some lt and propor person to fill tho vacancy so nosed, and that tho porson so appointed Khali told his office, in nil cases in which tho officor s elected, until tho next general oleotion for nembors of the Qonerol Assembly, and until lis successor should qualify, and in cases of tersons appointed until the adjournment of ho Goneral Assembly at the regular session n 1880. Provided, That tho (iovernor may or causo romovo any person appointed by dm under tho provision of this not. SEC. 2. That all aots and parts of oots aooneistont with this not bo and tho samo re heroby. ropoalod. Approved December 20, 1878, LU act to amend and supply an omission in nn not to provide for tho custody of offioial bonds of oaunty officers and for tho exami nation of the somo, from timo to time, ap proved Juno 0, 1878. He it enacted by tho Sonate and Honse f Representatives of tho Stato of South 'undina, now mot and Hitting in General Assembly, and by tho authority of thc arno: That tho following shall bo added ns a hird scotion of said act, to wit; "That it hall be the duty of tho oounty commissioners a each and evory oounty in this State to sake an annual examination into the suffi? olcnoy of ail the county 9??5o>d?.oopdfe ^tUil^ their roepeotive counties, arid wUbtUtou days thereafter ropo?f. io the Comptroller General, to bo laid botore the Stote boord for tte notion, according to the law, any that may lo their judgment be ineuffioi?utt Provided, tho flrst examination under thia aot shall be made on the first day of January, 1870, or within tea days thereafter: And provided further, That this not so far as tho said first examination is concerned shall not apply to tho oounty officers eleoted'at the genoral election in 1878. Approved Dooomber 10, 1878, An aot for the further protection of landlords in tho oolleotion of rents? SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tho Seo-1 ato oud Houso of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, DOW met and sit ting in Qcneral Assembly, nod by the authority of the same: That the lion provided for by an oot entitled "An not to eeouro land? lords and persons making advances," approved March 4, 1878, shall extend to nil crops raised on tho lands lensed by the land lords, whether tho sonro bo raised by the tenant or other person. SEC. 2. That subject to the liens provided for in said act and enforcible in the same way as therein provided, the landlords shall have lien on all the orops raised by tho tonont for all advancos uiado by tho landlord during tho year. ?F.c. 3. That in case any portion oi tho orop is removed from tho land rented or 1er cd and tho proceeds thereof not applied to tho payment of ront for tho year, or othor lions provided for in said aot nnd tn this not, and this foot shall bo made to appear by affi davit, persons holding Hens ns providod for by said net and under this act shall have the right to prooeed to collect tho amounts which will becorno duo for ront or advances in the samo way ns if tho samo had become duo ac cording to con tract before such rOraOTul, Approved Deoember 23, 1878. Au oot to repeal an act entitled "An net to regulate the granting of divorces" in this State. Bc it enacted by tho Senato and House of Representatives of tho Sta to of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by tho authority of tno samo: That all no>s and parts of acts heretofore passed, relating to thc granting of divorces bo and tho same oro, hereby repealed. Approved Decomber 20, 1878. An not to punish assault or assault and bat tery with nny firearm committed on streets or places of public rosort. Bc il enacted by the Sonate and House of Representatives of tho State of South Caro lina, now met and sitting in Genornl A seemJ bly, and by tho authority of tho same: That any person hereafter convicted of any assault or assault and battery committed by shooting with any firearm on tho street of any incorporated city or town, or in any place of public resort, ?hall bo punished by fino of not loss than ono hundred or moro than ono thou Band dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or by both nt tho dis cretion ot" tho Court. Approved December 14, 1878. COLUMIIIA, January 8.-In reply to a direct inquiry upon tho subject of tho order recently mndo by Judge Bryan enjoining tho State Treasurer from paying out tho interest fund, Governor Simpson enid to?day that he hopes Ibero will bo no ncccsity for calling thc General Assembly together on account of the injunction roccntly granted by Judgo Bryan. Ho seems to think that this injunction, when it comes to bo discussed, will bo dis solved in timo for tho relief of tho pcoplo. His view is that the Court, before it sots, must both have a caso and proper parties. In this matter bo is of tho opinion that thc parties applying for injunction have no case. A case could only ar'uo on contract, and ho thinks there was not a contract between tho Stato nnd tho bondholders in refcreoco to this money remaining in tho treasury. It was put there, in thc first instance, by tho State for its own convenience, and tho Stnto mu divert at its pleasure, especially as in this instance, when thc Stato ulso resolved to pr? vido for those bonds whoo they might be es tablished as legal and valid. Tho Governor supposes that tho holders of tho valid bonds, who aro moro deeply inter ested than any othor parties, will assist tho Attorney General in making a motion to dis solve the injunction. F At li PLAY LOCALS. Old weather prophets pronounce the weather, for tho past fow weeks or 6o, tho coldest wo have had for a number of years. A largo quantity of ico is reported ns hoing in Toguloo Rivor, moro than has been soon in tho rivor sioco tho year 1850. It was frozen entirol.v over during that yoar. At present tho ico is confined to tho eddy waters ilong tho bank and to rafts. Tho farmers aro expressing their fenrs ibout tho oat and wheat crops, especially tho formor, no it was sown Into in tho fall? They fear thut it will bo killed out by tho long and severe cold; but, then, if it docs not dio out lOOording to the prodictions of all the farmers, .boy will have u good crop; of small grain as rvoll ns a seasonable year for cotton and corn. Tho times ore protty hard heroin tho money ino. The farmers, to soino extent, hnvo hold ;hoir cotton, waiting for botter prices, but 1 ruoss that thoy aro endeavoring to got it in ;o market as rapidly as possible now. Tho farmers living in n straight naturally oaves tho merchant io a similar predicament; ilthough, I do not think that thoy havo any ipooial grounds for complaint, as they havo icon collecting tolerably well and have talton n oonsidornblo stray ooah, though nono of us tould hardly feel light without grumbling a ittlc. The whole world is oh ron io in that ino. Christmas was very quiet hero, and, in fact, ispooiolly so. Fair Flay is getting to bo a nodol town for sobriety and morals, owing in jurt, no doubt, to tho influence of tho Good fomplar Lodgo boro, which has hoon in suer lossful operation during tho past year. We ody hope that its influence will continuo to pttod, ?nd that &reiy Chi:?'.mai iu the futuro lt. orly a? last Christum?.J Tho hoalth oFonrcoromunlty isdlstrosslng ly good, eo far aa toe doctor? ats conoornod, with the exception of a fow oates of croup and colds among tho childroo. fair Play is one of the healthiest places in upper South Caro? lina. Oar town bas been improving very much within the past two months; tho Baptist Churoh has been repaired; the Methodists have ereotod a now church. Dr. MoCurry bas enlarged his dwelling, and Mr. W. J. Ilia will soon deoorato bis storo houao with a new roof. Tho 'Poachers' Union of Ooonoo will hold its next meeting at Westminster on tho first Saturday in April, and it if- to be hoped that the touchera will turn out in force, as it will be an interesting mooting. Maj. Charles Petty will address the Union, and also Dr. J. P. Smeltxer. Mr. W. J. Beard will read an essay, bosidoa very important business will he transacted, requiring n full attendance of tho teachers. Tho public aro especially invited to attend to hoar Dr. Smeltzer'a ad dress on tho relation between paront, tenohor and pupil. It ia a fruitful subject, and ono, too, that the classoa montiouod, should fully understand if we ox poet to have good schools among us. The Fair Play High School has sixty nine registered pupils and the number is increasing weekly. In a week or two thc numbor will not fall far short of ninety. Our modest but good Trial Justice has been kept quito busy fur tho past month. Ho says that ho docs not care much for the emolument of bis office, if ho can only keep himself out of a scrape by not doing something that is prohibited by tho law. Mr. L. L. Jerrard is acting ns solicitor in Judgo Soaborn's court with eminent success. Tbireo or four moro counties have thc fonoo law, now, and I guess it is limo for this eoo tion of Ooonos to fall into lino. As stated in your Inst weok's COURIER, it will not suit the uppor part of tho oouuty, but I think this section of it is adapted to it, and it bas boon fast growing in favor with the farmers of this section. Would it not ho a good idea for the lower townships to put the matter to the voto of tho people at an carly date? It is i something that is HUIO to como, and why not fall in as soon ns possible?. Wo should koop up with tho timos. This is thc ago nf im provement, and why not toko advantage of it? I 0 Wake Up, Democrats. The following circular, purporting to have been issued by tho Republican Party of tho State, has been handed to us by a friend, and wc aro informed it is being extensively circu lated among the colored people of our county. At thc head of thc circular is thc picture of a bobtail Shanghai rooster airing his lungs with a hearty crow. Tho circular looks to n warm contest in 1880, and whether it comes or not, our people should preserve their organization and bo prepared to meet any emergency. Wc deem it our duty to publish tho circular, but in so doing wo think it but justice to M. II. Bryce to stale that wc do not know that ho is tn sym pathy with thc movement, nor even that ho has ever seen tho circular or knows that his name is connected with it. He acted with the Pcruoorats in 187G, and so far as wo know in 1878, and it is justice to him lo be informed of the position this circular places him in, that he may, if ho sccs proper, defino his true position. This is a free country and every man oan boa Republican or Democrat ns he prefers, but as for us wo propose to work for Democratic rulo as tho only hope for honest government in South Carolina: Crow for tho Republican Party! Crow for tho Republicans in currying Now York, Connecticut, and Now Jersey! Crow for tho Republicans in carrying P?nn? sylvania, Ohio and Now Hampshire! Crow for tho Republican parly everywhere. Tho Republicans havo carried the follow ing Slates, by largo majorities: Penni} I vania, Ohio, New Hampshire, Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maine, Now York, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Connecticut, New Jersey, Vermont, Nevada. Wo givo this good news to you down-trod den Republicans of South Carolina. Tho Democratic party says tho Republican pnrty is dead; they will find, when it is too lute, that wo aro wide awake, and don't expect io go to sleep any moro until the Republican party is triumphant everywhere. Tho Re publicans of tho North will never submit to bc governed by tho red-shirtcd Democrats of) Sooth Carolina. The history of ibo Demo crutio party will never bo forgotten by tho Republicans. As it happens, we know some thing about the history of tho Demooratic party in South Carolina. They have boen anything to got into power. 1 will hero relate u little incident that hap pened in the North recently: Thero was a littlo boy who had :i pet 'coon to soil, and ho said that he wouldn't sell it to n Republican or a Oreen backer; soon a man carno along and said: "Boy I want to buy your 'coon. The boy asked: "What is your polities?" "I am a Republican." "Well, sir, yon can't get my 'ooon. Soon another man carno along, and ?aid to tho boy: "I want to buy your 'ooon." "Well, sir, what is your politics?" "I am n Orconhaokor, sir." "Well, ?ir, you can't get my 'coon." Presently a third man 0 came ulong, who was a Democrat, and said: P "Boy I want to buy your'coon." "Well, sir, " what is your politics?" "Oh, I am anything 8 to get tho 'ooon!" n That is tho woy with South Carolina Dem- n oorats. When tho war broke out they wero nil Secessionists, and got whipped in the war; and after tho war they ehnnged their names I tn Democrats, and run a Democrat against a R K. Soott, tho Republican candidato for li Governor, ond got beat in I8GH. And then r they changed their names to Reformers, and s run Carpontor for Governor, against B. K. d Soott, and got beat in 1870. And then they e changed their names to Bolters, and run for o (ji>vernor Reuben TomliiMon, against P. J, v Moses, and got boat in 1872. And then they A changed their names to Independent Repub- o heans, and run for Qovornor, John T. Oreen, 1 against .). H. Chamberlain, and got beat in t 1874. And then they changed their names t to Democrats, and run Hampton, tho fraud, g ngainst I) II. Chamberlain in 1870. So thoy aro anything to get tho 'ooon, or tho office. Ropublionns of South Carolina, stund up! Wo expect to soo that your rights are pro- ' tootod, and that in 188u wo will soo South " Carolina onco moro in the Ropublioan col um n. p Tho Republican Executive Committee in t Columbia have aeon fit, in tho closing boura of tho campaign of 1878, to appoint M. H. Bryco, a true and tried Republican, ns your Ropublioan Chairman of Oconeo County, s South Carolina. Republicans, turn your t attention to him for advice. Ile is undoubtedly t worthy of your oonfidenoo, and is all right, . and wilt bo on hand in tho campaign of 1880. ' Patronise bim in all of his business, and V don't allow him to go down under the heels of the ruffians (the Democrats); don't patron ito the men that would sink you down to the fi lowest depths of poverty, and koop you there, o You have hut to look around, and you oon ti see thousands of Republican* who have fal v ian under the hand of ?tranny *<Jd opprea iloU/by the' very men who ?lohn that they ought to rulo the destinies of the republic Down, down, down, with auch men. Ito pub licans to the frontl Teachers' Union ot Ooonee* In aooordanoo with a rosolutlon passed at the last meeting of the Union, the third mooting of the Union was hold in tho Oourt House at Walhalla,January 4th 1870. The meeting was called to order by the Preeidont, owing to tho inclemency of the weathor, and the small number of tenedero pr?tent; but little business was transaoted. Oo a motion from the Soorotary, Dr. J. P. Smellier was appointed to doliver an addross to the Union, at the next meeting, on tho ''Relation Botwoon Parent, Toaohor, and Pupil.? Major Charles Petty, of Spartanburg. will also, addross the Union and Mr. W* J. Board will read nn essay on Normal Schools, at the next mooting. Tho following names wero added to thc membership of the Union: W. L. Davis, Jr., W. W. Loathors, and J. R. Petty. Dr. J. P. Smeltsor moved that the mooting adjourn to meet at Westminster on tho first Saturday in April, at 10 o'clock A. M. adopted II. STRONG. W. P. CALHOUN. President. Soorotary. ELECTION FRAUDS IN TUB NORTH.-The Baltimoro American, an intensely Radical Republican poper, contains tho following, which is rattier refreshing rending in connec tion with charges of Democratic frauds at tho South: "Pittsburg should bo visited by all tho Con gressional Committee* who nro in search of frauds in elections. Thorn aro more eleotion frauds in Smoko City and moro political job bery to tho square foot than in any other city in tho country. But tho looal courts havo succeeded in nt least ono instanco tn ferreting the frauds to tho bottom and deciding an .dcolion in accordance with tho facto. In thc ildormaoio election last February tho ring Republican nominee was declared elcoted by dx votes, by fraud which Judgo Bailey, sleeted by Republican votes, deolared were a disgraco tn our civilization.' A d?cision was rendered Saturday dedaring tho Independent Republican nominee olooted by seventy nine rotes. Justino comos somewhat tardily, but it is gratifying to soe an election caso settled iquitubly onoo in a while, instead of by par ?an prejudices." It is not uncommon now a days for mar - nod persons who hato been divorced to ranko mw conjugal oxperimouts, and finally marry mo another again, and bo quite contented .vith renewal of their first matrimonial expo? .?coco. They cannot clcirly understand how ouch worse wives ?>r husbands they can got tntil they heve made a fresh trial' A man n Southern Indi inn rccontly separated from lis wife because soo had such a temper. Ho mid ho would ns soon live with tho dovil'e laughter; and ufter he had procured a legal eleu*o, lie removed to Ohio, and found on? ither partner fmin whom ho secured n di 'oreo in six months. Ile returned to Indiana ind resumed his wooing of No. I She rallied lim on his sarcasm, and ho replied that sho night bo tho devil's daughter, but that No. 2 .ms tho devil himself, and ho preferred, con lobiullitv, any moinbor of tho family to the loud of it. FORT ROBINSON, Nebraska, Jun. IO-Tho lostilc Cheyonnes imprisoned herc sinco Oc ober. having boen informed by the command ng officer that they will bo tnken hack to heir agency in tho Indian Territory, became ?orv sullen and expressed thoir determination O (lie before consenting to suoh n movement. V strong guard was placed over the prison oom. Lait night, whon noarly evory ono vas in bod, tho savages jumped through thc vindows of tho room and made for the prairie vhioh is ooated with frozen snow, firing on ho guard from revolvers they had concealed ince thoir capturo, wounding four, ono of vhom (lied and another will not survive a lay. Tho main guard rushod out, opened iro and shot and killed ovor forty. Ono lundrcd and sixty cavalry, mounted and dis nounted, are pursuing tho ileoing savages. PRECIOUS FKEIOHT.-On Saturday last, a ipeoial through train from San Francisco, to iew York, consisting of one ongino nnd six ara passed through this city over the Hudson tiver Railroad. The only oxcitcmont created ty thin special train was that the manifest ailed for six car loads of silk worms Tho rain arrived in Now York ofter dinner, whon ho suspicious movements of tho authorities ovonlcd tho truth concorning the real freight f thrco of tho ?ilk worm oars, whioh was hat they contained gold bars amounting to 118,000. consigned to tho banking house of ho Rothschilds. This valuable freight trnin an through from San Francisco to its desii lation without even causing a suspicion as to ts valuable cargo.-Poughkeepsie Eagle. lt h great nows from tho East that Sodom r.d Gomorrah aro to bo rebuilt-restored, ICI Imps, is a better term to UPO. An English ompnny is credited with tho responsibility f this oniorpriso, nnd there will soon bo city ?tn in abundance for sale, though not that ?articular Lot that wo road of in its oonneoa ion with tho previous history of this wicked (immunity* Busy commerce will take the lace of the present deadnosn of tho Dead leu, and tho hard-headed locomotive will lop in where the recalcitrant denkoy trod, nd attend io tho transportation sevvioo. The ow civilisation ?8 certainly becoming. WASHINGTON, January ll.-Commissioner taum has a tologram from Collector Gray, t Raleigh, saying: "A raiding party in Ston ey County seized oight stills in full blast and rrostod eight distillers. Ono of my porty was hot in tho head but not fatally." Ho has n ispatch from Collcotor Brayton, at Columbia, aylng: "I havo information of the soiaure, n tho 7th instant, of a blookndo whiskey rugan and toam nt Bonnottsvillo, and near Valhalla of two mules, twenty-two gallons f unstamped whiskey and tho arrest of 'homos Blakoly, of Rabun County, Ga. A ologram just received announces tho oap uro of the latter seizuro by a gang of Goor* ;ians." COLUMBIA, January 10.-Gov. Hampton ra* this morning transferred to an easy chair, nd eat for two hours in tho open air on bis loroh. Ile also wrote eovoral loiters during ho day, and is roported as being In excellent pirits. Englnoor Holley, having oomploted his urvoy of the Columbia Canal, has returned o the North, whenoe he will send his report o tho Canal Commission in a fow weeks. It s oxpooted to prosont tho claim and advanta* ?os of tho Canal in a strong light. To xas has 1,790 co nv i ot o of whom some 00 are koot in prison, and tho ro6t aro hired ut to work oo railroads and farms* Ono, indergoing a lifo sontonce, is hired by his rifo, nod mu? comfortably at home. w ann omaus. mo l?0 ooJorad Congressmen from. South Carolina, who ware oondldatos for re-election, htvoj lt is BSld, decided not to content tho Benia of tholr Democratic competitors who have bees awarded tb? oertifloatea of election. This Indicates that neither of them h^lnol'.ned to think he has ? good ojso. the scats of both Raine/ and Smalls In the present House are contested, and they nppear to think they will bo\fortun??to if they are ablp to hold on to them. It is said that Mr. Wm. II. Vandorbllt baa determined to build a magnlfloent residenoe corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-second street, Now York. He paid $200.000 for tho around, nod will spend $2,000,000 for tbe building, exoluaiveof the interior decorations. The new structure ia to be a miniature of the French Tuileries, and the Railroad king will live in as muoh style a? a king of France. GREENVILLE, Jan. 12-Walter W. Pegg, alf ht telegraph operator at the Air Line o (floe at tola place, was to-day found dead a fourth of < a nilla from the depot. The jury of Inquest rendered * YO rd ic t of death by aooldent or misfortune. Pegg bad threatened to tako morphine, but lhere was no evidence to tho effect ?hat he had , taken any or used any violenoe on his parson. WASHINGTON, January 10.-Before a crowded audience at tbe Woman's Righta Convention to-night. Purvis, a Philadelphia negro, denounced President Hayes and bia Southern polioy, and dcolarcd that tho Prosi? lent is hand in hand with Senator Butler, rrhose hand?, ho said, aro red with tho blood) >f tbe Hamburg massacre. Fred Douglass, lowover gave Purvis a handsome drubbing, md made a highly conservative epeeolv ivhich is muoh praised. BOSTON, January 10.-Smith & Forbes, joot and shoe dealers, of Oharlotte, N. C., ind Boston, havo made an assignment. Nothing definite is known in regard lo (the sondition of tho firm, but it is roportod their ?abilities aro $125,000, or $150,000. and issets nominally $10,000. Most of the in* lebtedness is to nouses in Boston and vicinity? - - ?*- ?? Tho contractors on tho Cincinnati Southern Railroad havo boon allowed until tho 10th of )ecembor next to completo the road to Chat' aoooga, Tennessee. _ Five emigrants, Clark and Hubbard and! lis wife mid two children, on route West from? 'herman, Texas, wore frozen to death on thc light of the 6th instant. Two hundred and sovontv?six thousand! lollara will bo paid to the families of deceased1 Cnights of Honor in Tonnessee. Final Settlement ?VT OT IC K ls hereby givon that applloatfoni wilt i bo made to Richard Lewis, Judge of Probate or Ooonco county, at his offioe tn the eourt ouse, at Walhalla, S. C., on Satwda*r?b? loth ay of February next, ot 12 o'oleok M., for faro to make final settlement of the estate of fnrvey Davis, deceased, and to bo discharged horefrom as administrator. YOUNO DAVI8, Adw'r. January 16, 1870. 0-4t Final Settlement. IVIE undersigned has filed his pot ilion in tho Probate Court for a Final Seulement of tho ?alala of Maldon Morgan, dcoeased, on tho 15lh ay of February, 1870, and fora Final d ?sch argo rom thc administration of said estate. ROBBUT F. MORGAN, Administrator. Jon. 16, 1870 0-4 I. C. MICKLER, WEST UNION, THELEADER IN LOW PRICES. -o:o STARTLING But nevertheless true, that tho Subscriber is now selling to his ustomcrs his Stock of Goods, bought sinco the Fall Trade ?pened. It is useless to talk about others oiling at lower prices and cheaper ;oods. Facts aro stubborn things, nd any person visiting WEST UNION yan soon find out by watching tho rowd, where to go for the Best Bargains n every class of 7RY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HARDWARE], HATS, GROCERIES, dbe. Any argument to the contrary s easily answered, in fact totally DESTROYED, iy looking into tho facts* A tre nendous assortment of VA SH POPLINS, ALPACAS, SUITINGS, CASHMERES, dec. Also, Largo Stock of j A DIES1 AND MISSES' HOSE,. GLOVES, FURS, UNDER VES TS, SHOES, HATS, Both trimmed and untrimmed,) RIBBONS, EMBROIDERY, And a Full Line of PLANTATION GOODS, DOMESTICS AND GROCERIES. Just make a bill, and by com? ?aring prices, &c, bo convince^ ?f tho above statements. JOHN G. MICKLER, WEST UNION, S. U, Doc. 26,1878 v G-2niq 'ii' '???'/) ?? J * : v i ' I, .. ... . /*., ,*