The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, September 10, 1875, Image 2
Mississippi Negro Rict.
V:i K>wuii, Sept. n. ? Aft tsiri. edition of the
/tc.'iilU given the Pillowing account of how the
iliytiirlfcince fti Ciiutcn < rijj:iia'e>l. I'wriiciiiar*
i f the rut ni Cliitto'roti S*'niday evening have j
I>ccn variously Mnif l. After hooting all the .
siutcmeutA, ?) think the fol'o wring u about cot
reel:
"There in a law prokibditig the wile uf ti<|itcr
lit < Tin tun. Some voting meu from 1'aymotid j
brought A IhiIiIo witii thorn, ami while the speak- i
itig was going on, Mnrlin Sivclly ami Some of I
hia friends wenl o!F u ehort di>tuuc? to take a ,
drink. A colored marshal for the occasion tip- I
proachoil ihvttt, and forbid their draining. This l
order wrs not regarded, md when tin* marshal |
at temple. I to take the bottle out of hiti'lly < |
bunds, HivcVy struck him ovet the le tJ will. it. |
Senator ('aid well. colored, atari* I I" settle the
difficulty, and vj?s followed liy some twenty no
ypjeji, whom he ordered bitch, but about lit1'
more eatttc rushing on. Some one lire I a shot,
which w is followed by a general tiling, and n
stamped* Siv.lly tired alt llie barrels of lib"
pistol, mid ilie negroes then demanded his sur- .
tMtiler. Il? rurr-.'tiilcicl and. tie up his pisiol i
lifter wl.ioli he wast shot uti 1 In- htniitb knocked (
out. II was lii nt rotdic t ol 1 is clothing, and i
n finger was cut otr in order to get his ring
'I )i i> i li lit rint.? I ? > - I - I' I i 'I. - ? 1 - - ' bill v.. ' 1
yard. and *l?ot killed tiiio in the presence ol '
l>is family. Kriink Thunm-.soii, n pr< i-ini I
young lawyer, was Kbol I'i <tn ids lior*< a utile
and tt Iriif lYiun iltt- .si no !' the conflict, and
after falling the savages drive their knives i*i???
I.is body iii ijiiiiiv (laces .1 ?hn Ncnl w is fa fully
shot in tlx} I of I lung, ii llii! town, and Vwldy
Hit serious! / in rIi hand*. Four negroes w ? j
found lead <?n 1 lie tie! i, t --o mortally wounded.
Si\ a-lditiirtnl negr< - have Seen r.iuiid dead i
altout' liiilon since. The whit" men of i.nton
were organized ir mire f>v "!l protection, under I
l.'ol. Harding, and telegrams .-cut here tot ftvs.s- ]
Una'. Fifteen minutes after llie receipt .?f I In ,
first de?;.ili u. 1 >0 men ?vore re.idv to innrelt, ,
and took n special tiain, vhich reached Clinton
lit 7 o'clock. \t?ont III m !" k more icinforce
moots canto from .fnck*-"n. Tlic tools wen- !
picketed luring tin- night, hut .ill t inger being
npi urently over, most of the citizen. returned
to iheir lioaies lit Vick*httr|r, leaving thirty men
on guard under CapC IV. II. Andrew*, ('apt.
And reus returned iviili the men this morning,
and report* till i|iiii-t a> ''Union and lid-sard*'. !
The train fioia.1 aoks ni .*> uurdaa night, with r<- !
i'lfoiceniin's for < Union, vvas died into frmn (lie I
side of 'In road, and obstruction* wrc al?o
placed on the 'rack.
Important C.ipturo of Two Villains- A Neatly
Worked-Up Case.
It a II he remembered tbat on 11?o 24th of |
,'tily lift, tin* pnsscngct tram nit ?t?' Air-Lilt'
road, uhoiit three miles fi rm Spun v city, wan !
thrown from the frnck hy men a* ur .i rail plncc 1 j
i lie root i ?the engineer, Richard Chatham. :i I
highly re*root-d citir.cn ot OreotiTillc County, I
Wing fatally in Tired, and the engine and ><\ j
era! cars completely wroukc f. The conipai.y at [
once secure I the terrier* Cant. II. Mlcv. !
<>f Spartanburg. who bar fn I hp six wci'lid |
boon tpiinlly working up (ho niit'??r.
fin Wednesday night hi- effected the arrest <>f
the two perpetrators of i ho f)c-:> IimIi at.-. the
modus operandi was unh|uc. < apt. \lley soul
a "French gentlonuwi" do mi on ;hc train, and
at Sctiecn lie inv? 'cod h tinsel. in ri row will* the
conductor >> as-*ex erely beaten an! put off of |
the train. Tilt? boning was no sham- it war i
genuine, n* tl.o "Kronoli gentleman's" appear- |
unci! to-day a ill testify.
lie muttered vengeance, but event t<? work at j
fcnccn -keeping i i almost daily 'omniunicutinn !
with ("apt Alloy. Ily Wednesday, the 1st inst. j
sufficient evidence to convict .1. Siui'h, .tills i
charged section master at Seneca, and j
llanthcr, a former section hand, of the horrid ;
crime. They were both arrested be.ore they j
had any .suspicion that they wore even tduuh wed. |
After arrest, both pnrtic s worn a illing to .sing." j
ami Kant her diil confess- living all of the do- j
tails of ihe iriiiiHartion.
Itcvcngo wus t|?e motl " 1,0
win the plannor C !., tJtecrahlu p'ot. i . itHuic !
' t!.. y /uiesaion b'- " *" " - *- ,,
of fimpio c<i? lt iioo ? 001 vmt.
E. II Ntttfh, Kh(]. ri||icrrioor. ul r'enooft, <;I
lite, Air-I.ino road, worked inO>t energc'i rally in
this matter, and rctnlerei. efficient aid to ('apt.
Alley.
We arc at a >tuo bias to determine which to 1
admire u mt Captain Alley's ingenuity and '
skill, nr the Trench gentleman's" endurance
It is presumed that the-e men will hang in a '
short time. -'?rrv??Y/r .V > $.
Axutukii 1'amf I'romviit.r.. ? New York, September
1. ?Tlie// ra'd e l: irially discussing the :
feverish and panicky fee'ug prevailing in Wall
>treel slock market, cautious speculators against j
a probable panic ami another black Friday, The !
stork market just now . ir an unnatural condition.
A black thunder cloud bangatbrentening- t
ly over it. Xoho ly wants a panic, hut thn way 1
to prevent it is to leave events to bring their na- j
tnral ron.-r i.ieiiees To tamner with the market f
to IioIhIvi' ii 11 n artificially, may put ??ff the evil I
ilay for a little time, but onlv to make a crisis 1
when it cornea more fatal tin 1 most lisnstrous. I
The cloud t.iay not h irst, bul it may and it is [
.sure to burst at an unexpected moment.
? ? Important
To .Medical Students
The Trustees of the Lortsvtt. ,r. mi.mcal Cut.
m.iik {f.ouisville, Ivy.) lav, in accordance with
the provisions of their charter, established a j
Beneficiary System, whetvby any young mnu i
studying medicine and being unable to pay tor |
hie eelucathn, may receive a Beneficiary S< hoi-nrship,
which relieve.* him of payment of the
l'rot'e-sors' fees. The public wilt he pleased to
learn that tiiis well known College luis abolished i
nil fees lor its diplomas; tlic Faculty being thus
wholly uninure e l pecuniarily in the result of
all ctaininntl >ns fir graduation K >r partiou1'trs.
address Bear, ot I/> tlsville Mc ileal College,
lfi.'i Second *'reot, Louisville, Ky.
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Tut: Oil ciu.k.*t?>\ Ki.u ftos. ?Governor (.hamberlain
has appoti.;od .Messrs Reuben Tomlinson,
8an>tt"l Lord, jr., and John A. MushingIon
the connnissioiiers to conduct ihe elect vr. |
tor mayor and aldermen of Charleston, winch 1
will take place on the (ith of October next.? i
Those appointments will be highly satisfactory
to the public, for the character of the commissioners
guarantees what has rarely teen had in
South Carolina of late years?absolute impartiality
And fair dealing <n making ine arrangements
for and in conducting the election.?
C'i'irlta/ori A'ttrx <m / Courtt,
Tiik Cai.ihuim v Klkctios. ?Han Francisco,
September fi. -The vote for C tvernor as far as
vetumod is m follows: Irwin, Democrat, 4-1,tHRl;
l'lielps, Republican, Bidwcr, Indopendent,
lS.'aR.V The Legislative returns are
nut I'nniiiti'is bill tin- Item no-it s will bii'. ii an i
overwhelming m *i??riciy.
Drynnt the regular Democratic candidate, was
elected Mayor h> a small majority.
Dr. A. M. Snider brought hi town for iniip'"- I
tio". a splendid otter, which he ha I fairly run
down and killed. He was a vanning big fellow,
and tlio Doctor, being anxious to take hiin alive,
rati hint for a long time through woods and water,
hot was finally compelled to kill hint ?
Ora'iyrbunj Wtr*.
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Discussing the Into Davis-Kimball affair, the
Umdon Jieritw posts its readers thus: Jefferson
Davis, the American rebel, lias been invited
o add vers the Winnebago natives. N 11.?The
Winncfartgue- tire a trihe of Indians, formerly of
Wiaeoriann <taio, but now removed loan agency
in Nebraska slate."
One of the foremost of those Hor.kford fsiiati
o.s who howled so vociferously because Mr. Davis
had promised to address tne farmers of
Winnebago, was Mr. N. 0. Thompson?a Georgia
negro trader, who sold out bis stock ill trade
and migrated to Illinois just before the war.
Tint Or.'iroia War Ovkb.?Augusta, September
J.?The grand Jury of Washington County,
before whom the alleged insurrectionists were
Cried, made a report recommending the discharge
of the retraining prisoners. All the
prisoners not indicted aero discharged.
(The (Urterhly irtnion $imes.j
It. 51. vroklis, Editor. r
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l.MON FRIDAY, SKITEMIlflH 10. Ih7f>.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
oni frtr, |? tbvattMC, " ?;.II0
! I ujii"< '.n- y? )?r, " " V.V>
" " 11.00
10 " ' ' 20.<I0
\iiy |m >? > 'titling ii* * hih of i??i <?? tnort. t h" f Mil
in < ?'int.Afn". ,? Itf or?f??r, w II Iw ? Tit** It to a <.o|.y x! m
fur gvillnv nil tO'" < Jul*.
ADVERTISING.
)n? > or ??? <. fir?l in... Hon, - M. "O
Kuril siiK.injii.jui iuvrtioii. ------ 75
l.ll.-ial i|i . ?u;)i mi-mI-1 t . nifivlixnti ami "ihw? 'I''T- )
It-ln.f for ? mill- >r In the jrrar.
OMl in< Nnlw nf t"i 'In.?< in.ftlcn fi?N
" nrcr ten liiiin, eii?rn<tl *t A'lti ll?" i
units
ftti y* I'otton i-i nj.euin;; last in this Cuiirity. I
mi I |'.cki;?n )i-ia i i uniemtni, lull the fir*! K.i'i (
has i. it liicii urutiirhl ii>. i
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\ I i s -? I!! I on K. IKdes hn 'ecu i|ipo'iiio<l |
!*08t Mi.siiw it Kltn June 1 hi pluco of
William Sirn. i, resigned.
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Tlic Co'n in Inn /'Arm/ iliw Ltril. It ??c?nBioii- j
ally show* sign of li e lor n day or two, ami
then (ny* hack oxhiustod
BMX. F our ol>iN1 i'cii in Iitipin Parish, l.n .
were j .i gnol on tin -i inai from eating
f'roiieli Worm bcizrug-' They died in a few <
Ik ii r i.
flsT:** 'I lie f'orunri io/ji.oVk ustosta'e ilmt ih" i
up|'ointment of Mr. W illiam Mil! n- deputy Cor- i
oner win in consequence of i l>o resignation of .
Mr. William II. If.
CbjV Tlia members of the Me-liu?l "h ciety of I
I nioii ( ounty ."I onlil tioi forp. i Mint llie regular 1
nociing of the vocicty will be bold on next j
Tuesday, ihe Ifnli. A full ultcinluaci is d??- I
sited
?
C?nr friend, William .S.tn lore, will tier ;pt
our thanks for ilie fir.-t treat of new Street I'o- j
tntois The;, >vore reecirod last week, but ue ,
neglene i i . noticethem. Tre.y* were truly a treat. I
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flf'iu Mr. J as. T. Wells. I ho former efficient j
I'ooh Keeper of the Columbia I'hn'im now occup:e?
1 aim Ur position in tlie Columbia Keym/tr
off; i whir!: N *>ifhi Knit evideneo tlir.l. iho lie;/iitrr
is on n firm footing
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, We a- Knowledge the receipt < ' tiniuiitntioti
'? join lie HchuCten V?.-ren in a i >
t>e In id in Columbia "ti the 12th, l-'.th und 1 lt!i
nt ii"\i re inth. We whsl! try to put in an up
put-Alive on that occasion.
?>nr
Mounlniu visitor*, II I. (Visa and
l.ady, und Cil Jos. V Ciiat, have returned lookin"
hair and iienrtv Then hi-.-audit homo i sue
timen ol Mountain Cheese, which is e pinl to
"Knpii ?ti Hairy. ha 1 a delightful trip.
The Trie! Justices liavo been kept busy |
all tins wet k, and Inive ? >i k enough i. afore
them to occupy their tituo for three days next
week We don't kno.v exactly 'toe ntuelt nulla
bona cost t the County w ill have to pay, hut ?
rough fti ens )inis it hi
'
M c arr reijtteslod t i tat< that lb I/. <L
>1., M 1*. llix, will \i. it I'ru lone" Lodge at
Ji aesvillc, on the lAtli: Cross Key Lodge on
the l?'lh, mill Union Lodge on tV 1 Til* inst.
The brethren of these Lodges will take due notire
thereof and govern thernselvc.t accordingly
?lrft Tho nads noiLr tho su,.eri, don of r.
' It Smith, in tlreenville fount v. n t- .on |
perfect condition that Mr S Invites owners of
trottin^ liorwiw #?% mai iKrt *? 1 *
over them \\c arc moro practical in Union?
draft horses are tried over our road-.
t&ctt.. Wo thank the mcinbiTH of tho .^il- i
ver Cornet lloiul fur the delightful tjcronatlo
the.y jj;ave ua tut Monday ni^ht. and euu ratiilut
? thetn upon the very marked
gfess they have made.
3*4/" Our merchant* have commenced going
to ntaiki't for their Fall and Winter Stocks.
Messrs. (ice .V llitmptiiios, who intend open
ing in the Hotel building, are now in the Mar
ki t and their good* will ho hero in a few days.
Mr. Fric.dbergor and ('apt. A. It Foster !ef' the
early part f this week.
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. M'o see by tho ijuironsville lit raid, that
lion. James Farrow, who has been living :br several
yeat * past in Kansas City, Mo., has been
ilecfed l'reeidcnl of lite Laurensvillo Female.
College, ami has nocepted tho position. This i? I
a good selection, and we honest'y believe will j
iduiiA (li*? I '.\ll trn tinnn i\ linn anil fnKiMM-ni < 1
fooling. We uro pleased to hear of *u< "i citlxeii j
refurnitig to their n.ttivc .State.
rii Tamrcnsvllle Female College will be open- J
ed i. the third Monday in tetober.
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Mr. Samuel S. Stoke* lias been appointed
\geut for Union County, for the Columbia
Rrjiatrr, o straight-out, spicy mid nblo Democratic
paper, published at the Capital of the
State. Persons wishing to sustain a reliable
Demjcrntic paper at the seat of our State government
have now an opportunity of doing an.
Mr. Stokes will l>c found at fbc office of lite
Union /' m-.s during business hours.
trans or m umthiti' x.
1 copy. 1 year $7 fH?
I ' G months i oO
I 3 monthi ? J 71
'l.tJUO acres of the celebrated Rollmg
Mill property, including the shoal, mill jite,
Sic., in Spartanburg County, have been sold to
"The Knglish Manafactiiring Company." who
intend purling up at once a large Cotton Factory
and Calico Printing works. This, wo consider ;
the most important,step yet taken in this btafu
towards establishing Factories, and developing
our rcsotiroee.
Once commence such enterprises and the upI
per Counties of our .State will soon be musical
with the whir! of spindles upon . he great num|
her of valuable water powois dotted all through
! them.
Joe Crews Shot.
j The (ircenville A'rws of yesterday morning
brought n detailed account of the shooting
of Jo? Crews and Charlie IJoliio, on
the road from Laurens to Newberry, about
4 miles below Lnureus. The shooting was
with a double barrel shut-gun. Five buck
shots-truck Crews ?one about the collar and j
two on ouch side of the buck bone. Dr.
Dunklin, who attended rho wounded parties,
does not consider Crews' wounds dangeVoos.
While we candidly eenloss that wc have
no sympathy for Crews, And have been npprehousive
that such a late would overtake I
him, wo were in hopes his punishment wou'd
como from n decree of law. Wo have nc\
cr known violence to correct an ovi!. hut it
generally aggravates it.
Tin) Southern Lfo Insurance ?s^aay
1 be advertisement ot thia hoiepfoc **"I ftl'
Jre?3 to the people ?f Itnion, spphsfei'1 out col- j
utnn* itij we invite all our rosier* l?4-v* 'hem
a ca efu pertiA.il. \\ < ca . cwld bulli4'*to wrhot
is said in either, ;uj the \ d dress ?*ts vrth fully i
the 8t.itma and objects of the 1 o.opati/. hut wc i
n.-e impelled to speak ot 'lie mortis of 'his Cow- ;
J?any m they appear to us. It will he soon that j
Ik rile of infers and Trustees, rompf**'! of the |
very he* inen in his town i?nv<- been jOrnted to i
look titer Die interests of cvor} pn ic,.' holder, J
so that iLoi-.- can lie no epprehepsiwa ?>*! fraud j
will l.< coiuuiittcd. Ite-aclcs. the < oinp*n/Itself j
hit* pieced safeguards at < . cry point, only to j
preset vc itv integrity mid protect .is i iter eels,
by seloeiing (lie host men in Ihc South <> nannice
:t? afloir?, hut alio to protect those who invc-t
their mm ey in if, by iuveslitig nil it* pro*
iiis of tli" I'retuiiiDiH derived from jn'j.'bi uf
residents in this .Suite, in ileal Kelatu uj<1 such
other securities a* are safe, in South t'?r?lifi?.
It is u tried safe and liberal home Inst.tuliou,
which, it su'itaiurd :u- it certainly d esc was. will
diffuse immoiiM) benchtHto tin* Sou I Lorn ?eoi?b-.
and boo t > an ii.titiuion iti whioh lb y will
for' a laudable motional pride.
V e t.iii point to instances within the lord ra
of Lni'iii 0??nnt\, where widows and fit eric's!
cl ildrcu are not nly now iu r.oiufiirtnVr cir- j
emus niter* but li.tvi' iron aved >V in ; ?.*?
want, ly the prndei I utiiinnl investment, Cor a
lew years, of u piii til nut from the fulitr'i
earning*. in this Tory I oiopany. livery li ad of
u family slmuM ltiivo his liV met red ft/" Iht
i c ndii i f liia \vifu und childieu. Ilv> vould
] hc.'cr alisGcl with himself .\&d tuu rorM
it lie knew flint he hud thus lunde pr'wisio* for
th so dour one* tt honic after death ho i Writ
from ih< tn tho manly t.rm that suppoUod tloti.
rite innn who ! >vci Ills family and uro-il I ): o n
li V < '' misery it' ho "upposed theji would \?fr nne
uhjcols of charity tfler h!a death, have ii the
Life Insurance a certain preventive front pith
humiliation Then, we ??y, let every in;.;;?
particularly every pixn man---take o?it a p- cy
on liia lite for 3?I,0??M, or as much moo
as lie fee 1.1 himself able to pay the premium a.
A no table case just occurs t> ui, where a '.ilo
insurance policy saved a fieo farm for the vido\v
ami f nii minor children The hushmd fiad
borrowed $"?,000 to buy ;>iri ook he faj ut ; id
gf>' >-i mortgage ou it. In I luce yen-' he pV.\;
V- >?'() of the borrowed money, lie died a on
afterward. I is life was insured lor $d,0>X).
whit It tvas paid to (1 e widow and enabled iei
o pay off the mortgage and run the fur: 1 ike
uoxl yi ar without giving a lieu. Innuui ni-el
iiuliuitd of this kind iin he found iliroM^Le.o I
the Eolith.
U?"fp. We would cuP 'ho attention of t!
lUihond authorities to Sho very disagree b?r
inconvenience to which passengers gelling m
and .if th.* r-rtt-h .it ;Iiim d?iinl ?iw # fi.*? . i.
ed. >iost of the time 'hey hove to w alit in uur i>
for io.dc distance ' got ' > l'tl' depot platform*,
and v\? have known it to ho impossible to
there, in cuiist'i|nonco of freight cars .-landing
on the track, (t seem? to in- ihat a gap conl<!
ir" always k j?t between two freight cars?if ii
is nocissnry to keep them .'funding >? 'he
track--to itt coin:. oduto those going to or from!
the p.n?eiij,er ...i. ? r. *'*. b^ye >n-*
?"licin " an* one cui\?ioctet ?i;4 the depot.
Such nn tvirungouien? during the en.. .-nd'
i. i.?ir >t...i ?),.> ..reive ar t
leave e ery day would mi incur ten iiiiu.urs later
anl would .-how some little respect for tin
Convenience aril coin fort of passengers. I-as(
winter a lady wa* compelled to tramp tlirougt
the n u l an 1 rain for some distance, in getting
from the cars, which made her sick for some
weeks, and a lawsuit for damages was spoken. of.
We na*o heard great complaint about thic'
matter, partieularly from strangers.
ttr<\, In the r-j >rt of the 1 nterricw with (lev.
i'linrubcrlr in which v\a published last wccl that
goat'eniiin iny:? :
"I confers, however, that i ant not so mm t ,
interest oil in what is past and gone as 1 t.tn ' i
what is present mid coining." ' I
la that expression the (lovcrnor sets the j?r?-1
cedent that the nfticial* if one a -I minis! rat ion |
re.I interest. -) in punishing tlm rascals who hath 1
robbed and disgraced the State under a pv*\ ,v.'. ^
administration. In other words, if the, olftov.'e :
i?t* Mr. ( liiiiiilii i Iuiw'a liihitiiiNl.'-'jinu vi i I
pi ?equally as p -eat rflmal* us those ?m Tt'l j
Moses, tlio miceei .lnig ulministr.vtion would 'h |
feel any intere.-i in bringing them to jti.stioe.
that course is In be followed, we nee no
for punishing official rogues, but m the otiwf I
haul it nee in? life offering immunity fi >th pt<t?islnnciit
for official mealing, because Ih ? 1
of one officer is seldom discovered until hi* si
cesser ftmls u oik.
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. h'ftioo Wright .Sullivan has bo*
in the Ibmitenliurv an J JhiL out Cb&ra
\
Mackry has liberated other men arifes*:j
under the charge of being connea K*1
the murder if l >r Shell, they have
induced to deny that Jon Crews inmito'Vl
tliem to cjiumit that terrible deed, and >
der affidavit* accuse Mr Wfifch. Shjdt \ . i
len L'inl. I'etei tive Alley, A. M. ifofV
of having iut inundated And bribed sW*
implicate Crew s. Nobody hat lug 1 '$ '
knowledge of the character of Crew* i)
be deceived into believing their lout jtMimeat.
Wo know the gentlemen thejr
euso of bribing thorn t.x> well to bo'evy
thev would resort to nnv such dishonoi Mc
means to convict the nuibt uiiuiUi?;iied
cai in the State.
.m
The Charleston Daily ?xpr,?* it tav |
name ef a new paper Just started in th
It assume* to * 0 independent in poiiliss, p.y. art-]
vocalc* the election of tien. John 2
the Conservative candidate for ita^d . r?lV'4 j
large, well fillfd sheet, a id giv >a f r*rtia$.
ing a valuable ad lit ion to ike joun^st*"
tilate. Wo are not la favor of in
tads, under 11.o exiettlng condition of ?<V.r! '?
cal nlTalrs. It is too iudotiiiite a pf&' *
paper to occupy, and carries w;
that "aircnmstances nifty determine WjHy, i
u will he found." It dote not
thai any settled principle wiU gnflTTft
ill the future.
*aT We have not heard of so many I
and suspensions of large 1*> inks, Br?lBy?^y j
cantile and Mechanical firms, f<>r ruaa
have been reported f?t the North the
The telegraph of the 31st nil., rspsgit f'^*re*
and suapensiona of parties whoso ^ (lities
amount to $1,000,000. Financial afiV.i^lhe
North look squally. O
M
OI K MM II, t'OMX V
Aaumuat.?Saleriay, ho * general tiling, is * i
pretty lively time wi;h the merchants this time 1
of the year, but tho Salevlay in September vill
be loug remembered ns the dullest that has
"ooraeiik ng for some time." There were a urea*
many people iu town, but very little money
afloat. John Barleycorn had his any with a
great many, but nobody whs hurt by his influence.
There was one lit'le skirmish, but the
Sheriff, in his usual prompt and decided way,
put i st ip tu it brfiro anybody was hurt.
StiKHirr's Sai.ks.?The sales by the Sheriff
were very email. Only two tracts of land sold, 1
as follows . All the Interest that .1 l. Situ* bad j
in 1<X> acres of land .sold fit purchased '
by J It. Stcedman.
Two hundred and foity-funracres of land, be- ,
longi.ig t > the Batate of Mrs. Mary McDowell
Black, sold for SI,IL'i.GO--j nichased by John
A. Black.
Wkhtak great complains. about the stench
that arises from the vicinity f th butcher shop
and hope the next I'ouncil will iro i ? having the
rMisai.ce abated Wo >1 >11 i think a .slaughter
pen lion 1(1 be allowed right in tac cer ire of the
town, as i Is considered very nalicnitliy, iv? well
a.- unpleasant. We hope the Hoar ol* Health
w !l take sonic net ion in the premises. There i
h. 3 a nuisance in the rear >t the llix h we.
which Dinkub the passing t'roui Main street to |
I look or street disagreeable, and should be aba- 1
ted.
Tiik H::?!tim Mux's Lo.m ivi. I'l.m?Thing- ,
carta lily had a gloomy appo uvatice h.st Monday j
morning, for as "1 e Local" was strangling along ]
hunting "Local Dots," he espied a group of
gentlemen sitting on the ltinil cr nam* the Bank
on t SLppasiug thai lie might lie able to glean
something rliat would be interesting > the readers
of the Timks, he straggled in that direction.
Sure enoii'/h, lie did hear something that o ltd
not only i ' rest them, hut cause soino surprise
Lie. On or arrival at 'lie pile of lumber wo i
were informed by the Chan man, who. by the
way, was thu .Senior, that the object ot the meet- (
ing was to organize a Loafing f lub, a id the i- i
| itiatiou fee w is a ?hew of lobacc". As rvc ilid I
not etiew wc had to take a "back scat.'' \\ liile
sitting Itiere a lle.sol'ttion was intrn ha cd provi- !
ling thai onl}' olio no mbor of any /.'( > ?r*.? firm ,
I ho allovrod nlmillanrt <>, of course, gave |
I way t > 'lie Sin , feeling satisfied tn.it lie > old :
fill the position will more grace and dignity.
The membership cm dated oi tluev merohintb,
two doctor*, me lawyer and. for a time, too
printers The subject of discussion was ilie
lei >c of the roof of the new buildings on the op- j
podle side of the Urcct.
I'fhe tjluh meets daily, from 9 A. M. to 7,
T'. M. Bring a chew of tobacco tun be tiitiaf
d.
i
Fiu:its.?Them were two Jitt'c fight- i?? t v-vn
' this a?'ek?one in Buckets'' and one in *ltit.
Tiifi settlement.
M <; mi ion.?It i.s suggested t>y a tleman
that (lie next Town (""oi m il erect .Martin boxon,
I to en murage these useful l>ir?l- ?r uii't Town, oh
, thry iknlMj the different inserts, particularly
j the gnats, which tire very troublesome these dry
' dsys
I AiiKRfTHenry Fan a yonr.g col<>red hoy
*,tn -oiiuu'ttM* '<j ^ad rn WocIhm,, ;v f
ne y .est rroiii M T j ]{ J[ftvr , M,};
fli s Ore.- V lis oar ran o,i i,lt. ^. .|lr
.o-ver switch, nt*?* the street crossing, tast lintsday,
by which tno Up-train wa- ictftined about
j nn hour. Nodamage Ion.*,
i Vwk MoMtval the Building ind bitn A>v?cia'ioa
was hid off at ^ I .'AT ot the monthly meeting
<-iuetida\ night Inst,
t'ov.soii. Mketim>.-?Tbo Town 'Vuincil tnet
li^il Titr.Htiftjr nitrld, and adjourned fit*.
t l.nj- S' cm to he anxious to throw off their 'otfioial
robes."
Main trukt presents a lively and busy fig*"
1 at this time. The ring of the i.urniner and trowl
el Hounds cheerily upon our oars, while :ho <;vy
| of "more mort" and the quick movements of
About thirty mechanics and laborer.- give nu|
uilit tkable evidonc t at the town is improving.
Mr. Grant is pushing 'lie three stores on the
J. h. Young comer rapidly, and they begin to
1 fn u V. o a truly handso nc addition to the town.
. Ma Tasssn, of Spartanburg, hus about 1">
' han le actively employed in building a large two
story brick buildiug in rear of the hole', for a
Milliard room, Barber shop ami Servants' slceping
rooms.
> Thk dwelling bouses of Jlcv. B. G. Clifford
and .Mr. 11 M. Grtnibnll arc also going up fast.
Those houses were framed in Charleston, by Devereux
Brothers and :tu? nl?iw nw.n.i?,. i.?
BfiE?\7 ? - - * ?" ~ f
, huodaouir and convenient dwelling- to adorn
| ti>At portion of our Main street.
. _ - m - - Our
Charleston Advertisements.
Our columns begin to shown disposition on
the pari of the Charleston Merchants to put themselves
to some trouble and expense to secure the
traiie. of this County. M e arc truly gVul to see
this ipirlt, and it will give us great plessure to
I know that our cit'som* return the compliment by
I making that City their seaport market IVc think
they should do so; and we also think the Charles- j
to-. Merchant.) should show a greater desire to
i?t?yrt our trade than hey have heretofore.
.hose firms wo think wi rtliy the * .oifi '.Wee
and patronage of onr oil irons, are
I Mksbrs. J. H. Caukki*. A Co.
| 'These gentlemen are sirangers to most of our
' people, but we learn they are prudent, reliable
! and bo no ruble men, in every respect worthy tiie
Confidence and patronage, of lite public.
Mrmnrs. IV. W. M'nn.ntN Co.,
arc gentlemen well known throughout this and
rung States. Their reputation as Cotton)
Vac era and Commission Merchants stands equal j
with any firm in the City for reliability and
V empiness in all their dealings. We hope our
people will give them a liberal trial.
A. 11. Mrci.tr.aN
needs oo commendation from us. lie has enjVftd
h iarge business from the best men of this
County for many years, a-.d the best evidence
he enjoys their confidence uUo, is in t he fuel
Hkfti iKftu r?!tnw 1a ksrwx K 1 ? - -L Sl * -
!> <! -MTHMfii UTII una good
f+.port, ' an*1 tf',1 ?? they nr.er hare cuase to
Cor ihe Tlnn-n.
V Mil. KuiTOH )"tMt Vretfk'* "' J'l MKS*'
mfuwt appeared ou a ticket prop-sci for
vhe iiott Town Ooiincil, I appreciate the
tool will n|' those friend* who put it there,
hut mtttt reapeotfully decline. One term
tn that positiou entitle* a man to u breathing
*poll. Jlespeotfully,
l>. A^TUWNHKNP.
W abiihutu*, September 6?The Treasury
Department lit?x advices of tho arrival of a res el
in jLo Delaware Bay Irom San Domingo with I
j-cllo-r ferer on board
I*iir ti?c " uo<.
Idle Moment* in an Old Library.
NO 13.
Jvim ( ige. ot u? lie was c< itnnonly called,
' old Jolm;,' wmi native of t'.umi/ Vutrim,
Ireland. He emigrated t<? S >uth t'aroliua about
1784. with hi* brother*, Mat;he'.v mi l James
They began life j>c<l tig dry gooda, first with i
pack, her w th t. horse nnJ then with a wagon.
They wen v ; successful, and were soon able to
open n store in Union run! nm? t a fortune. In
those lavs it was an cm matter, com pa i ative'y,
to make money, and as (.Sold an I Silver wis the
only currency, it was vto/nv/, and tree frcui the
fluctuations of nit irredeemable currency.-?
baleaday iuiJ Tuesday of t' uirt were the carui
ral Java. Kvcryboily tuineilout, and the street*
w ere full. The women euied to consider tin ir
presence In lispciisahic to 'be ml ministration of
justice. Th 're wra* a grout rage for drc?*. and
at that Iiin juror * u rc t casslr ere half eh. iks
prevailc I among the omcu. It v.as nut .ncoinmon
to sec tin? gwu:.d entered with red clonks,
from the top ol tnc ! Yuith-utse Mil to old Molly
hourio, while a:;xt? ?nc-1 along the lints of
the rugged street - stood the wagons and packs
of oM Jol.u 'Inge, (.Inge. Matthew tinge,
I?an Mc.Mnhati an I Jumes Mel.tire, OAposiug
their goods tor sa.e.
Jehu tinge was it. expert s llcsmnn. An anecdote
illustrative of )ii.n tact ' told 'f him: A
Ranker had .'ontid his way to I liion at>d ha 1 expose
I his ware- f r -rile. Mr. tinge discovered
that there was 110 new .it miction which drew
tin- people around the yuukec's -dund. Nearly
nil the pu'oh i-es of the merchant.- at thai (tine
were made ?u Pi.ihilelphio. Mr (?*ge, leaving
somu one in charge of hits goods, slippetl into
the < rowd around tlie van nee' - .stand. nud soon
fonnil out tl it the ehnriu was in ti e yankee a
goods 'icing fron "New York --a new place.
He went hack and soon afterwards called out,
"now la lies and gentlemen, let me show y-wi
something worth looking at.: Here's a ca.-o of
goods fresh from Vnld Ireland, jist walk up find
take a snili' of the salt ather. will ye?" It is
unnecessary to say the Irish calicoes had n run
after that.
Mr. tl-xge was. in Ids yettth a very handsome
tillow. of prepossessing manners, genial di.spo|
sition, full i.l anecdotes, nick at repartee, t
graceful dancer, a glorious singer, and always
; rea lv lor a convivial entertainment of r. v kind.
Nearly half a century has parsed an i we still
retain t're^h in our mem' ry the rich toucs of his
\ -.ee n the old Scotch Ballad? \l? have never
1 heard ? nything more touching than his rendering
of
"Poor Totu Howling. Ihc darling of our crew,"
<>i more mirth provoking than his
"Honnic Maggie hauler."
| It was the custom in these day-- for gentlemen
J lo nmet at each other a houses .met supper, and
i yj'vi. .? ii 'i h i irs ui idling niuril'n. mi whim r j,
! discussing public matters, and singing old ual!
lads. "I ncle .John" was always a trump on
| such occasions anil led the em ir or 'he solo.
| The party nearly always woke up with " \uld
r. ing Syne." or '-Wife, hiidreu and KriuuJs,
j all joining hands, auil wit.!, their whole sv ul oni
teeing into the spirit of the song.
J Many antcdolw are tohl illustrative of his
ready wit. lie once sold u woman a sc; of cups
and tf'/*', *?> '' ?' o ' .* v*i< 7"
wfiui then? "FitUb, toy leai nadiun, jin bring
ihern back anil I'll gic J*c the wovth o' theui.'
Voire enotifin, ttiey broke, and the n.raa.s
brouglit iheui back. 'Aell Mr. (Inge, huro .i tho
, cups nud saucers- -you know what y?u told
inc. "Faith, madam. an t what was that?"
"That you would give l.ie the worth of them '
"And what arc they worth?"
"Nothing ut all, sir."
"Ami wns'nl iliat jist what 1 was gi ing to
give ye. '
On another occasion he met a woman riding
>n tho country, when the following colloquy occurred
:
"Hood meriting, Mr. Gage!"
"flooa morning, ntadatn."
j "Well, now, Fin not sure whether this is you
or your brother?"
"I faith, madam, and it's my brother."
'Well, I beg your pardon, I thought i: was
you."
M.vnv anecdotes are told of him in connection
l with his ovc-neer. Ony ttneale, which are rich
' in humor.
! Mr. Gage married first in Ireland. His see!
ond *vifo was from tho city of "brotherly lore"
?a very beautiful woman, who did not live long
after coming South?died of consumption. His
third wife was a daughter of Hessian Johnson,
of Union County. He left i largo fumily, who
are scattered over the South-west. He accumulated
n large fortune?owned that portion of ihe
square now owned by Mr. Grant, half the square
East of it, and a large body of land N'orthof the
I Tinagc.
! ile was a kind, indulgent luiher, a good neigh|
tior ami an liouosvt man. IIU Library companions
indicate very plainly his tastes .
Shakespeare Cavallo on Magnetism ; Uaoieay's
Revolution ; Tom Jones ; Sterne's Works;
Life of Catharine 2nd of Russia . Lord Chesterfield's
Works ; Washington's Letters; The Tatler;
Life of Washington, tkc.
Kef (lie Time*.
Air Castles on the Farm.
Fair Forest, S. C.
Mr. Kihtor have read a great deal in
your paper about "Manufactures." "A Farm
that docs pay," Sowing Oats, ' Jtc., which is
very pleasant reading, and will tickle the fancy
of mint ready lo build air cast I or; but the question
is, dou't wo a'.l build too many of those ens"
lies? It is n great ilea' easier for a mnn to sit
down and write what ought to be done? than it is
to do it. You may be sitting on the Bide-walks
of your Town, and hear inen say that we can
make from three to five thousand pounds of Cot
ion per ncrc; if so, why not do it? I Am (old
tlie Mississippi and Rod River Volleys never
moke more than from fifteen hundred to three
thouann 1 pounds per acre. In (hose valleys na
ture has planted the soil fr.-ni three to five feel
deep, with ulinnfo end ail to suitNow.
please tell ino how are wo in the upper
Counties of South Carolina to raise more than
they do there, unloss we pay inoro than the
whistle costal ! can, and will admit, that Mmu
factories ought to he built, an 1 should spring
up in and around all our Towns, and on aC good
water ptlvilcgcs, and such must and will he tin
enve before we, as a people, become Independent. {
hut when I read or hear of a man aukiug $840
on twenty eigliV'icros of poor, hilly upland, '11111
one small tuulo and Cvo s.pall phiMren r.nd himself,
1 think ho has forgotten, or don't know how,,
to calculate. That will do to talkjdxuit. hut it
will not do to calculute on. TL^p^ticle brings
t?. tnind that I heard a good pne-legged soldier
jay the other day, a man of undoubted YCf-?clty,
j he I. i t a neighbor rlio raid lie would itiaksot1
eutton ha > ot Cotton anl Corn enough to do
i liiir. two y !? -, v. ith one horse and ??ue hand,
ox opt auiue i> < i nration in Dip Spring with tw
, horses and a few da\ * hoeing.
, Now. Mr h^iitor. if suoh bathe ease, the wri.
tor of this might just a-, well quit, for he hug
about two hundred acres in Cotton uses fire
I tons ot liiuiun, and lias had (ho most of his fna
i worked well, anil if he pets aevcnt-live hales of
Cotton. weighing four hundred and fifty pounds,
i lie will be satisfied. My farm won't pay Tho
! writer is woll acquainted with lie uhovo farui?
; the writer s lautl i> thought to be the Lest?and
I I kt. >w it to be best; and now what is (ho
1 mutter? Don't the writer prepare his land,
pi inland work right? Or can't he build air
castles to suit the times. 1 don't oxpeet lo have
j any corn fi r salo. neither do 1 expect to have
j more tlinn will do me tho farm year, if that.
Son' tiling is * rong. Tlie truth is, such air
i .'a.it!? ? should never go to the press, for yaukee
; speculators !n cogitate over. If sttch he truo,
you in I me, Mr. Editor, are living in the best
| kim! of a County in the world, and don't need
J hi;. Vh IJr.e U. U.; we've got at home all wc
I need, and Mr. Oat-suwor can gel ns much Cotton
j as he wants without buying it, for .vt will have
to sell and give aivny. Is not this all good news?
Cotton to give away; urn enough lor two y ears ,
and Teas for sale; what a happy dnyr '. just come
J in all at once.
Mr. !!di!.?r, 1 fee! much beD.-r since I saw
j y " r paper of the 27th August. I was about to
?|v.it tiiki' g it, a* my time I tbiuk will he out on
| the '.'Gth inst; but 1 can't do without itjust now.
! The las: issi e was worth the price. Such trood
j news and glad tidings all to conio just as the
i writer was about to despair ! Oh ! what ft han|
py and prosperous time ! I do wish some of
I those />?,?/ far uers would coiuq and take fine of
, my land and pay such rent?$7.50 per acre !?
! 1 have no more news- your last issue will do me
I until it comes again?if you will siill send it t v
meon fid. Yours, ?kc.,
FARMER.
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Tho Spartanburg and Athevi'.lo Railroad.
We give below a synopsis of the provceitings
of the annual meeting of tho Stockholders and
Directors of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Caorgia Railroad Company, licld at Kuoiville,
on the 1st Intl.
It will be seen thst the new President of the
S. and \. It. K., Muj. P.ui.can, "Via there looking
after tlie interests of his road, nr>d that lie
j received great encouragement from that t urii
pany. Mr. Duncan further informs us that bo
j had assurance from a responsible and reliable
I ..I ii- u i? t? __ ? i. "
, f (Wimviru >?:uiiuv l.. 1. V. mill VI. l\. n.,
j that when the S. and A. road is ready to lay
| down the ir??n that article be forth com Lug
')u<? Ic.it life ibe ru&duti >n of the Directors,
must impress the iieople of t.liarieslon with con*
' fiden v in the desire of the people :?1\ along the
! line to ui.'iko that city the gr?>tit Ocean outlet
from the West, it, ihst they spenk of the S. and
! .v. route ?S the ihoritti nnd cheujtet route tn
j Chi'Irtion. No other point on the seaboard is
| alluded to, and we believe no o'her point will
be thought of utiles* Ohm-lesion foolishly gives
our route the cold shoulder.
The report of the President was r?iwt, and. on
motion ad. t led. '
v/ji iiioii.yu ti e eoovoiUioo went. into
' (Ion of I!u.ird of Directors. "
Mr. .1 Mouroe Meek jfur 4 l,,e fMWwiug
renoluliun :
JtitoUfd, rival U|? lueor'"8 directors be requestod
to declare 'Mend to toe stockholders
at the earliest day consistent with good faith
and the financial ability of the Company.
The resolution vmih carried,
i On niction it was ovdered tlntl the usual nnuiher
f copes of the report be printed.
The Chairman introduced Mr. L>. II. Duncan,
President of the Spartanburg and Ashesilln
Railroad. Mr. Duneua said the road he represented
needed no introduction here ae it Lad its
birth 3'> yearn ngo. At the meeting in iSSC.
the route by which they intended to connect
Knoxrillc and Charleston was the sauic as that
presorted now. anil no good reason had since
why it should not continue to be tho
route. Since the war the building of tho road
hud bee:: revived, aad that hy u people with
scarcely a dollar of money for the work. A
considerable private subscription was tccured,
and surveyors were put in the field, and the
road was located. Ily n report of the eugiuecr
it wins found that ?710,000 will complete tho
grading between Spartanburg and Asheville,
' and lie considers ;t a very reasonable estimate,
j One tunnel of one hundred anil sixtv-fiva feet ia
! nil thai rill be needed in the tunnel line. Only
: $710,000 to corny let e the grading of this conI
nection 1 Will 1 he people of South Carolina,
I North Carolina ami Tennessee stand back a id
I not take hold of such an enter prise? What
I would he tlic result? There is not a thing
I raised in this country that is not needed and
will find ready sale in South Carolina They
i had given out a portion of tbo work, and it hoe
i been completed. The resolution* passed by the
, meeting of stockholders of the East Tennessee,
| Virginia and Georgia R. R. encouraged tliern
1 very much, and several of the Counties subscribed
.5100,000, and one County $150,000.?
There is needed a subscription of $260,00(1 to
reach the Henderson County line, which tbov
must reach before they can make the Henderson
County subscription available.
lie also gave sorao fact* and figures au to the
p-esom prospects of the enterprise, which t?o
! find embodied in tho report of the former Prss'
ident of that road, Mr. C. 0. Meraminger, read
! at tiic stockholders' meeting, August 10th, 1876,
[ handed to us by Mr. Duncan. The facts aro aa
I follows ;
A more economical plan of construction, too,
has been devised, and the estimates herewith
submitted show that the remainder of the road,
as frir as Swanuanon Junction, can bo constructed
ut seven hundred and ten thousand dollars
($710,000); tlitis mating a reduction in tho
whole of about iwro hundred thousand dollars
($200,000) on the figures of last year's estimate.
On the other band, our nt$?ns, instead of being
diminished by the railroad catastrophes in
other sections of the country and by the amount
already expended on the road, are materially
increased. The people in Smith Carolina having
been fully awakened to the neoewity >f doing
the work themselves, have con e up most nobly
to our aid. I'nion County has subscribed one
hunbrtd and fifty ($160.00(1) and Spartanburg
one hundred thousand ($100,000); and If to
these be added the subscription of Henderson
ami Ituncombo Counties in North Carolina of
cnc hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) each,
and the amount of good private subscriptions,
after payinn existing ' ?? ? '>a nrwt 1
. . ? ? \?J ?" ,;
we have remaining nsneta to the amount of fit* N
hundred thousand dollars (^600,000) to carry
on the work l'ho result it ?hil* InM year we
undertook a work to coat neltalj ono.5 miJjUou
dollars ($l,000,(?0rt) with nssvtf aroorifctiai to
one hundred end twenty-eight thousand ddUM-s
($128,000); ?hiw year we flti l Ourselves supplied
with five hundred thousand dollars ($MX),OOOd
to accomplish a work to cost only seven hundred
and ten thousand dollars ($710,000).
Mr. Duncan In the course of his remarks,
| raid that in speaking of this rottte, the ktrpunge
of Uor. llobt. Y. llayne Is as tme ttvday a*
when spoken, in -IHHf+J. FTt> said : "It eat>- ^
not he doubled that tntt'r irf'too route by which
a railroad can I* carped Icygss the Ulue Ridge
at a cost fur construction anything like ?t] [ual to
that of the route wlilch passes along Ihe Valley
>f the French ltroad River. After a laborious
anil patient investigation, wit 'a all the lights of
thorough explorations and reports by engineer*,
:hc uiiauimuus concinsiuu has been reached that