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. ?V> Flain Talk from Tilden. Wasiiisuto*, February 21.?Tl>? following despatch wns received to dt*y by Senatoi Kernau from Mr. Tilden: New York, February 21. The lion. J'i tnem Jkern&H, Washington : A telegram to the Associated I'ress, published this uioruiug, states that a harmonious agreement tins been brought about between the Senate committee, of which you are a member, and a committee of the House, by which it has been decided not to go into i n examination of my bank account on the one hand, or the account of the chairman of the llepublicun national committee ou the other hand. 1 repudiate any ^TSudh an ngrcemerjt, and disclaim any such im muuity, protection or benefit frotn it. I reject the utterly false imputation that my privatebftnk account contains anything whatever that needs to be concealed. Under the pretense of looking for payments ill December, the demand was made for all payments after May and all deposits during nine montliB. The bank was repeatedly menaced with the removal of its officers and books to Washington. A transcript of entries of private business trusts and charities containing everything but what the committee was commissioned to investigate, but nothing which it was commissioned to investigate, because nothing of that sort existed, has been taken with my knowledge to Washington. Of course there is no item iu it relating to anything in Oregon, for I never made, authori/.cd or knew of any expenditures in relation to the election in that Stuic, or the resulting controversies, or any promise, or obligation, or negotiations on that subject. Mr. KUis, the acting President of the bank, himself a republican, some time ago told the chairman of the committee and several of its members that there is nothing in the account capable of furthering any just object of the investigation. I fern also informed that a resolution was pas?d to summons me as a witness, hut have received no subpoena. I had written before this tclcgruui appeared, requesting you to say to the committee that it woidd he more agreeable to me not to visit Washington if the committee would send a sub-committee or hold a session iiero, hut that otherwise 1 should attend uuder the subpoena. As to this arrangement now reported, T have only to say that I can accept decorum and decency, bat not a fictitious equivalent lor a sinii iar grnul of secrecy to anybody else. 8. J. Tildkn. .. Judge Bkaj>lky Plainly Hcbuked.?Washington, February 10.?The liveliest passage at anus in the commission occurred after the several votes on exclusion of evidence had been taken and the commission had gone into secret session again to pass finally on the vote. Morton had moved tlint the vote of Louisiana be counted for Hayes. Hunton moved to amend by inserting the word "not," and l'ayne got the floor. Ilcliad been aching to relieve his mind all day. His first words were not altogether Amicable, and Morton undertook to get hint ruled otr the "floor. Clifford ruled that l'ayne was entitled to the floor, and then he let loose the vials of his wrath. With a flush on his pale face and liis slight form straightened to its full height, ho told Morton ami the infamous eight to their teeth that-their gag-law could work no longer, that partisanship had done its worst, and now he proposed to have his say. Thereupon he proceeded to declare that the decision of the commission was an outrage on justice, nnd that while the decision might possibly he acquiesced in. it would never satisfy lite people, and would rcturu to plague its inventors. Tlieu turning full toward Bradley, wlto sat cowering across the table, Payne went on in a reproachful voice to say tit :t neither lie (Payne) nor the country expected nuything but partisanship from tlie rest, but that from Bradley lie had expected something else, attd the oountry had expected something else. Rradlcy pleaded that I'nync ought rot to hold him more responsible thnn tlio other seven, hut l'aync told him he knew the responsibility when he accepted the position, nnd he had proved recream to his great trust. - o Mu. Hewitt's Impression?A Charge IIk will riteken Against Mr. Hoar.?Says the Washington correspondent of the New York World: "Am ng the speeches which "will he made in the House will be one from Mr. Hewitt, who will speak as a member of the committee engaged in drafting the compromise bill, and who will charge that the republican members of'thc committee, and Mr. Hoar in particular, gave it as their opinion and expectation that the commission would go behind the returns. Mr. Hewit will claim that Mr. Hoar promised that, his personal influence should be used in this direction. Should Mr. Ilonr deny the bad fnith as charged upon him, it is understood that. Mr. Munton ami Mr. Springer both stand ready to corroborate Mr. Hewitt's statement,and it is not improbnlle that Mr. l'ayne will support them. In the caucus which prececdetl the passage of the 1 ill Mr. l'.it nc gave it as his understanding of the position assumed by the Republican members of the committee of .-even that thecommission would go behind tlie returns, and this fact is considered as another proof of the snbst; ntiai accuracy of Mr. Hewitt's impressions." The Republican party is set over against the people of the South more than ever. There is now an irrepressible conflict between it and everything honest nnd intelligent in the Southern Slates. The carpet-baggers have won the election Tor the party by frauds which the whole party approved of, and the eai pet-bnggers will, of course, demand their share of the spoils.? They will be entitled to n share of the plunder by that code of honor which should prevail among thieves. It will not do for Mr. Hayes, after receiving the stolen goods, to turn round with an affectation of superior piety, and hand over the robbers to punishment. The only theory on which the success of the Republican party can be justified is that the carpel-baggers l,.....~l.l. : < ? I ? .. v. v. uvuuinun', niuucciii miu wise ? more sinned against than sinning. The new administration will, therefore, he compelled, in order to be consistent, to establish their reign and extend its benign influenco. How can Hayes do anything tending to discountenance Packard of Louisiana, since to denounce Packard is to own that he himself is a usurper ? Iftlie Itcpublican Governor was fraudulently elected, then the Hepublican President will be fraudulently elected. There is no getting around this simple conclusion. Hayes and Packard are bound together, like the Siamese twins, by a vital tie.?,V. World. Death of a Well Knows Hotki.l Kekpf.r.? Mr. Joseph Purcell, who will be remembered as the pr< prietor of the Mills House, died at the Roper Hospital yesterday, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. He had been in the hospital for several months, going thence from the Almshouse, in an enfeebled state of health and mind. At one time, while at the head of the Mills House, lie was believed to be a man of consid erable means, and held a large interest in the Mills House, an f also in the Charleston Hotel. He has been in very reduced circumstances for several years, and Jacked even the means of personal support. Mr. I'urcell was born in Ireland, and came to America wbon a mere boy. He began life in New York ns a waiter in a hotel, and served in that capacity in several hotels in New York, Washington a< d cfbewhere. He was a steward in the Charleston Hotel, and afs ' terwnrds rose to be the bend of the Mills House. He leaves a wife in New York.?Xeirt and Courier. Ltvtxa os Dkai> Mix for Twklvk Days.? Boston, Fcbuary *21.?A letter from the western ...t ..r a?>-- i ? *? - " ... mum ic|iun9 111I- ints i>i me i>rnmil bark Maria, ('apt. Grayson, from Doboy, Ga., for llelfast. Two persons found alive are all who tuirvived. They were Ihirty-two daya withoul waler or otfckr food but their iload compatiions. Twelve died before the rescue. Chamberlain has not collected ono dollar of tax.in Anderson County. It is said he has collected S(?00 in the Stale. Wo would like Ao know how much of that was paid in hills of tie Mate, bonanza warrants, &c., ?9. f SHw "TSHfchtB tRnion Siuits. R. M. HTOKKS, Editor. UNION*" FRIDAY MARCH 2. 18TT TERMS OF 8UB8CKIPTIOir 1 Copy, one year, is advance, 83.00 2 Copies one year," 44 ~ 5.150 H u " " " " J 1.00 10 " " ' " 20,00 ADVERTISING. One square or one inch, first insertion, - - - $1.00 Each subsequent insertion, ------- 75 Liberal discount made to merchants ami others adrcrUsing for six months or by the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or loss, inserted free. 41 " C)TOr lull line** fhfir.rml menU. Mfir 20 per cent additional for advertisements ordorcd not to appear in consecutive Issues. drunken man, on Sunday last, by the name of Putnam, shot and killed acolored man, in Laurens Counly. a. i. . . i . W3JU The Congrcssionnl Committee, after thoroughly investigating the returns of this State have reported that Hampton and the whole Democratic ticket were elected, with tho Hayes electors. IRSJU W? honestly believe the bondholders have got such a firm grip upon the government tlint it will require the prompt and united efforts of the tax pnj'ers of the whole country to defeat them in any clectiou hereafter. A destructivo fire occurred ut Camden on Tuesday morning Inst, which destroyed a number of buildings on Main street nnd their contents. The loss is estimated at over $50,000; about $40,000 insurance. Supposed to be incendiary. u ft?"" The people of Colleton burnod Grant in effigy at the Summcrvillc depot on the night ol the 22d?Washington's Birthday. They disregarded the infamous order that the people ol South Carolina should uot celebrate that hallowed day with becoming honor. gKaJT" Jndd's Photograph Gallery now open next to tho Post Office, Union C. II., for six weeks only. Pictures of every kind taken equal to any made in the State, and at much lower rates than in llie City. Examine specimens and call early for sittings. * Promise; of good behavior towards the South hy the Ilaycs administration are plentiful, but we want more than promises before we can believe that the party who can deliberately and maliciously steal the votes of two sovereign States for party purposep^^vill act honestlj^tc any one. .? Docs nny man suppose that Jlayes will be so ungrateful to the members of the Louisiana Returning Hoard, Zack Chandler, Cameron, Morton and the rest of the thieves who worked up the job of stealing the Presidency for him, as not to give tlictn such prominent positions in the government as will enable them to do again for the party what they have so unflinchingly done for him ? We guess not. Staff' Mr. S. S. Stokes "fleshed his maiden word" before Judge Northrop during the present term of Court, and although he is "bone ol our bone and flesh of our flesh" we think he acquainted himself very handsomely. We hnTc now a Lawyer and Trial Justice in our family, and the first thing delinquent subscribers know wc shall give him a number of hard cases to manage. Sain is a close collector. On Mondayevcninglast, about 7 o'clock, while the clerks were at supper, a colored man, named Fred. Gist, wrenched open the back doot of 11. F. llawls & Co.'s Grocery store and stole a quantity of goods, and deposited them in u small house on C. L. Allen's lot. Mr. Allen discovered them before the thief had time to take them away and notified tho Town Marskal, who soon arrested the rascal and lodged him in jail. ?. Bey- Wc received last week from our friend, llev. J. T. Jeter, of Santuc, two of the largest hen eggs we ever saw, one of thein was cracked when ,*e received them, so wc took a look inside and found two yolks, each as large as is usually found in an ordinary egg. We did not weigh or measure thein. Wc have kept one to set under a hen; but wc are told they will not hatch, or if they do the chickens will not live. We shall give it a fair trial and report. ? Bay W'e regrot to announce the sudden and unexpected death of Mr. G. 8. Noland, Sr., one of the oldest and most respected citizens of this county, which occurred on Monday morning last, in the 73d year of his age. He was taken sick about three o'clock in the morning and J1.1 -1 1A --- I '* * " uicu ui iu oiciock. lie was Unricil in tlie Presbyterian Graveyard at this place on Tuesday. A more extended uotice will be published next week. ? - Hk#" Mr. J. \V. Ferguson has retired from the editoral charge of the I.nurcnsville Herald. Mr. P. is a forcible and fearless wiiter and the press of the State has lost one of its ablest and most elegant editors. We sincerely wish him prosperity at the bar, to the duties of which he is now devoting his attention. Our old friend. T. 15. Crews, now takes the editorial chair and has.our most earnest wish that he will have a pleasant und prosperous journey on "the sea of journalism." There are few better men than Tom Crews in this Country. The latest news from Washington, up to the night of the 28th ul.'., announces that the vote of South Carolina was given by the commission for ilayes and Wheeler. The count was continued until Vermont was reached. Objections being offered to the electoral vote of that State it was referred to the commission. We see a strong effort is being made to delay the count until after the 4th., so as to throw the elMtion into the House, but the majority against it is BO large that we do not think it will succeed. The probability is, Hayes and Wheeler will be declared elected by a majority of Congress to-morrow ; but the people will not be satisfied. The Proprietors of the Spartanburg Herald have reduced its size, onc-eightli and it! priceone-fourtb. The reduction in size we think a good move, but, unless the Herald enjoys i larger circulation und advertising patronage than moat country papers we tbink the Proprie tors will find themselves losers by the change However, it is none of our business, and we onlj wish till concerned may live long and prosper. Mr. James L. Sims, of Charleston a practice Printer, has purchased a one-third interest ir the Herald. This change will do nioro fer th< prosperity of the Jlerald*han the reduction ii price, :E*?ry paper should be owned, in wholt or id part, by on industrious competent pructi cal printer, to whom the whole management o! the practical business affairs should he entrusted Dong' n?ey the Herald and its proprietors ns|( the banner of sound Democracy. ,, - .* *1 If - The Court. A large amount ol business has bead disposed of since our last, on the Sessions and 'Commos jy Pleas pockets, and the Court is stift to session. p On Tuesday Judge Northrop delurered sen- w tcnces upon the followiug parties wbe bad been j, found guilty of the crime charged against |] them: .. ol S'.ate ts. George Smith?Arson?10 years in a the Penitentiary. p " dough Tulley*?Stealing Qeyton?18 p months in the Penitentiary. ft " George Fant?Grand LareenpS-twa< years in the Penitentiary. t " Lewis Dawkins?Assault, with intent t| to kill?6 months in the County Jail. ? " Holmes Mqbley?Selling Liquor with- U out License?30 days in Jail and a u fine of $.'>0. v ft " Danison Fowler?Ilorsc stealing?4 p years in the Penitentinry. n *It will be remembered that wo noticed this t< matter some few weeks ago. Tho famous Jerry & Talley, school Teacher and a regular Radical si runner for Mobley, was, no doubt the instigator u and main perpetrator of the theft, but, ns usual, ft lie made his cscapo aud left his brother to suf- ft fer the penalty. x< Solicitor Ball has been ycry successful in con- p icting at this Court. We belicye he only lost tl one case during the term. While he has been p energetic and persistent his course has been c courteous, fair and just to all and very accep- p tabler; -1 lis Iks case of Geofge Smith* far tba ,* Judge very properly took the view that the l, crime of Arson had become so common in other tl sections of the Stnle that no one felt secure at s night from the torch of the incendiary, and he u was determined to prevent a similar condition h of society in his Circuit. The sentence in the case of Smith, may appear severe, but it is not p more severe than the magnitude of the crime i demanded. While the County of Union has j been pretty free from incondinrism, we com- 0 mend the action of Judge Northrop in nipping r it in the bud by setting before those inclined to t commit that crime tho fact that they will find no mercy, if convicted by a jury, from him. p Taken all together, we think tho piesent session of our Court will have a very salutary in- f fluencc in suppressing crimes of every charac- 8 tor. r 1 m > Our Halo School. ? * In consequence of failing health llcv. B. G. a Clitrord was compelled to give up the Male 1) ' School of this town at the end of the last'session,' c in consequence of which the school has been o ' closed for some weeks. c 1 The Trustees have now prevailed on Major a Townscnd to resume the duties of I'riiioinnl nf V llic School, which ho rendered so acceptably to the citizens for many years previous to his be- i ing admitted to the practice of law. Rather r than have the school closed Maj. Townsend hns \ consented to assume the duties of Teacher until j the Trustees can secure a competent and experi- j ' enced Principal?at any rate for one session.? f i Of his fitness and ability it is needless for us to j spe.ik, for he is acknowledged to be one of the best disciplinarians andTeachcrs in thccountry, f and we hope parents an<l guardians will embrace o i the opportunity to place their sous and wards under him. \ As will be seen by hi* card in the Times, the t Major will contiuue the practice of his '1 fession. r t Where to Buy Groceries. ^ 1 Mr. James II. Rodger announces this week 1 that the people of Union may discover something 1 , new under the Son of a respected old citizen, by a calling upon him. Well, James is one of the e cleverest and most deserving young men in this " County and we hope tho people will show their I appreciation of his worth by giving him a good s share of their patronage. We are confident the Ladies will patronize him, because they always I prefer trading with handsome men, and Jim can r 'take the rag off tho bush" every time in that ? line. We arc truly glad to see the young men t of the country coming to the front in our mcr- e cautile affairs. * *. . . v Sab" The Radical majority of the Commission has counted the whole vote of Oregon for Hayes and Wheeler, and the Radical majority of the ^ Senate accepted the Count as decided. Of course, this was expected, after the tremendous fraud in the Louisiana case. We may c now safely say that the corrupt Returning Hoards ? of Florida and Louisiana, endorsed by four Jus- [ f tices of the Supreme Bench and four of the ^ bloody-shirt members of Congress, hare elected ^ a President and Vice President of the United 1 States, in defiance of the voles of over a quarof a million majority of the people. And yet the peoplo nro counseled by >,on-tax-paying j bondholders to abjectly submit to it. The spirit of the American people is stultified by a toon- ? eyed oligarchy and the llcpublic isshaken to J its foundation. ' f B?3u We learn through the Columbia Rtyitltr j that on Thursday Inst a small colored boy, named Willie Glenn, about G years old, disappeared very suddenly and has not boen seen or hftord of since. A large number of people searched the country for miles around for three days. It is suspected that the little fellow has beejt^ouly dealt with by an older brother, who has a bad character. Just before going to press we were inforntod thnt the child was found yesterday morning dead in the woods, about two miles from where its parents live. A Coroner's inquest was held over the body yesterday, but we have not heard the decision. . tar On Monday afternoon last, as Mrs. S. W. 1 Porter and-Mrs. C. W Boyd (widow of the la- c raented C. W. Boyd) were riding in n buggy, | on the Spartanburg road, nbout two miles above ? this town, the freight train on the S. and U. R. c K. came in sight somewhat unexpectedly, when ' the horse took fright, wheeled around and ran ' away. Mrs. Mfter jumped from the buggy and , , was but slightly injured, but Mrs. Boyd, who ] , was driving, held to the reins manfully until ' tho buggy struck a tree, when she was thrown ' t with great force upon the ground and received , ? considerable injury. The wonder is that she was r . not kMWrr-WV Ms glad to state thet^iar inju-' ' ries are not considered dangerous and stop is r doing well. \ B)a#~ It is reported that n colored man on 3^ I 1 It. M. llobinson's place, near Fair Forest sbo^ \ i another colored man on Wednesday night. We I ? have not learned the particulars. 1 Notici to Claimants.?Mail contractors whe i ? perfoitned ninil service in the State of South ' - Carolina during I he years 1859, 1800 and 1461, i f can gain valuable information by applying in 1 . person or by letter, to John T. Sloan, Js., Atj torney at 1aw, No. 1'2 Law ltange Columbia,,^-!" C. ? Columbia Register. t > '1 A t. , ' y:>mr'4 $ ** *| $ > Tho Qnitry Sold to tho Bondholders. From the lights iiow before us, we suppose on T londay next the great fraud of robbing the fcople of these United States of the Presideut t?d Vice-President whom they hate fairly and oneatly elected, will be consummated, and layes antf Wheeler will be inducted into the fflces which belong to Tildcn and Hendricks. w nd from all we can see and hear llio fraud will q ass unrebuked by the people. The leading p rcsses of the country have all along aided the mud by counselling submission to it. Unfor- q inktely for the people the leading newspapers T nd politicians of the country hare fallen into B; ie hands of capitalists, politicians and rings, 0 ho own the larger portion of the Bonds of the f, nited States, and upon which they pay no u ixes, but draw tho interest upon those Bonds on the hard earned taxes of the masses of the ^ eople. Those Bondholders, through the press ? nd Congress, have, from the time that the lie- o jrning Boards of Louisiana, South Carolina c nd Florida first met, been counselling peaceabls ? nbmission to the f.-auds committed upon them, (] ntil now the lamentable fact stares us in the j tee that the people are educated to submit to p raud, to sell all their rights as American citiens and jeopardise the very existence cf a lie- f ublican government; and this not to protect j liemselves or Republican institutions, but to rotect the bloated Bondholders, under the speious plea that it is solely in the interest of T e eace. So long as the Republican parly feel safe 8 gainst the uprising ?f an indignant people, so ^ sng will its lenders continue to rob the people, 1 lirough Returning Board frauds, and high- ^ ounding Commissions, of their right to elect ' "icn of their choice to fill the highest positions k a the government. Some may admire the moderation of the peoilo of this country under such intense provoca- J ion, but we cannot look.upon the whole affair- f rith the least degree of complacency. On the a ne side it is a fraud upon every principle of f iglit, justice and Republican government; on s he other it is abject and cowardly submission, v letokcning a moral and political depravity un- r lecoming the people of a great nation. I When the campaign opened last suromor, the Northern Democracy called upon the South to train every nerve to carry the election for the p 'arty, promising us justice and equality in the p ;overnment. The South arose from its lethargy c ud responded to thatcali tfs no people ever did lefore, and after one of the hardest struggles vcr engaged in, and in defiance of the bayonets f the opposition, presented, with a solitary cxeption, a solid 1-llecloral vote for Democracy ,nd reform. But how have our efforts been regarded? ii The peculiar position of the South made it * inpolite, if not absurd, for her to demand the ' ccognition of the victory thus fairly and nobly n von, and she naturally looked to her Northern ' arty allies to take the first step towards resist' ng the schemes, so openly and flagrantly set cu out by the defeated party, to defraud the pco- r ile of the lawful rcsults^of the election. c The North has refused to resist the great t rn id, and again the South is left to the mercy t f her most malignant enemies. t Again newspaper writers cajole tlio South with vhat may be termed- problems of the policy sf i he incoming administration toward the South, t is the old story repeated; and what makes He sTory the more unreliable is the fact that all hese fair probabilities' come from outsiders? nen who have no authority to speak with the ? east certainty upon the matter, or aro editors ? iud attaches of newspapers owned by Bondludd- \ is. Their whole object islull the people to 1 , peaceful sleep until the robbery is made com- < dcte and resistance impossible. And they have 1 uccocdcd. ( To our mind the only course for the South to I uirsue hereafter is to act independent of any 1 iiilional party. She has 138 electoral votes, <1 vhich she can throw into the scale of any party 1 hat she believes can and will give her the great- < st relief. . m i The National Democratic party has proven un- 4 vorthy our support or confidence. We plainly 4 von the victory for it, but its Northern leaders ' iuve allowed our enemies^o wrest tie results 1 rom the hands of the people. We can have no onfidence in it hereafter. It lias lost the golden ' pportunity to restore itself to power and res- ' uv iiic i-uuiury uoui anurcny anu ruin, it tins 1 irovcn loo weak and embecile to grnpplo with 1 rand and corruption in high places, and the South will never again inakcsuch a struggle for 1 t as she did last Fall. 1 While the ltepublican party can never secure 1 he support of the intelligent Southern pet$le' here is now great danger that our citizens will icrcafter evince but little enthusiasm in the Section of any candidate for office outside the State. The policy will bp, "elect good State oficers and leave the election of 1'residcnt to i-audulent Returning Hoards and uncoustituional Commissions." ? The Immortal Eight ?8888888b88888888888888888Gqp88888#8? , 8 URADI.KY, HOAR, 8 8 8 STRONO, "KUMl'KDS, 8 8 ' 8 1 8 MILLER, OARFIELP, 8 8 8 8 MORTON, FRELINOHC YBEN. 8 ?888888888888888888888888888888888888? Who Preferred Party to Country. After Mfu Foster, of Ohio, had finished his ulogy on Gov. Hayes, the other day, and told he liouse he would "administer the government 10 patriotically and wisely as to wipe awuy any md all necessities or excuse for the formation if parties on a sectional basis/' Mr. Sparks, of llinois^got the floor and replied iu these scorchng words: "The gentleman from Ohio has given us quite i little dissertation upon the patriotism of the tepuhlican candidate for th Presidency, and le tells us that he will make an excellent, good 'resident. I doubt the patriotism of any man vho will take the highest office in the republic vhen it is thrust upon him by fraud, and thia nan Knows, ir lie get# the ^'residency, tt comes rTttwrby snd ihroagh trtunsgtftswr frKitd." ??? ? A New Inimistbv.?Wc hate received a bunch >f cotton yarn from tho new machinery owned >y Colonel F. E. Harrison at Andersonville, which woe mode directly from seed cotton, thus laving the trouble of a separate process for and spinning.# The ginning, sardm^Hjte^ming is^ll dong with combined macbfnerW^HMMMCoiiplishes a very great advantage. fiv^Nprimriuade by Colonel Harriiion'H m*( anhvrj % of a Ino quality, and may i be sfUlCjdf persons who eall at this office. We wiU fraryglve a more extended account of this i frtwpeyess of spinning oottoa thread at another Ucny-AndejjQM. InttHiytncer.) I vj Jl ? ? Presentment of the Grand Jury o the Court of Qeneral Seeeione of Union County, February Term, 1877. o His Honor L. C. Nohthrop, Tretidiny Judy " of the 1th Circuit: ^ In accordance with our duty and the sugges- * oils of your Honor, wo Lave, as well as we cro able, considered the public affairs of the ^ ounty, and beg leave to make the following ro- 1 ort: 1 we find, on recommendation of a fotmer rand Jury, a Committee was appointed to in- ' cstigate the condition of thfc'County Commis- N loners office aud report the result to this term ^ f the Court and, as this body has been in- 1 >rnicd, such investigation has not been had, we 1 rge the necessity of the samo. * Upon an examination of said office by this ody we find a balance due the County by the 8 'ounty Treasurer, for the fiscal year ending ' 1st Oct., 1875, of $1,508 88 which the Treasurer 1 laims was deposited by him in the Hardy Solo 1 ion Ilank, in Columbia; we also find a balance ' uc for the fiscal year ending 31st Oct., 1870, of >345 24, and we suggest proper steps should be eken to collect the same. The duties of the office have been well per- ' ormod by the present and the recent outgoing ] ioatd. The office presents a neat appearance. TUK SCHOOL COMMISSIONK.U S OFKICK, re are glad to repert, has bccu well kept: how- , ver, we find that there are soino outstanding chool certificates for the last and previous ears, which we understand would not exist if he funds appropriated for school purposes had icen properly applied, and we hope that when lovcrnor llamptou succeeds in organising our itatc government, our Legislature will make , orae provision to meet these claims. rCOLIC Bini.iuNOS. ] ^?We suggest that the necessary repairs be made o tho Jail, and that the Public Well beropaired 1 ,nd kept in repair by tho County Commissioners, or the convenience of the Jail aud Court House, nd that some arrangement be devised to pre- 1 cm (iciouna iiuiii untieing u priTHll] unci 01 inc liches on the Host nnd West sides of the Court louse steps. trial justices. ' The books of the Trial Justices of this County ( irescntcd for our inrpection seem to be well end iropcrly kept; but we urge upon them the necssity of curtailing their nulla bona accounts. i Tit K ROADS I re in as good coq^itipu as could be expected, \ iter the recent severe spell of weather. tiik poor lions. We are pleased to report th&rtlic Poor House s well kept, and that the inmates arc well pro- 'j ided for; but would recommend to tho County 'onimissioncrs that they have the insane pauper ,t that institution examined and senttothc State lUnntic Asylum. tiie cotton and corn traffic. Recognizing the evils that arise from the uuestrained traflic in Cotton and Corn in small piantitics, we respectfully suggest the necessity >f some wise legislation to prevent and check lie evils to society growing out of such trnnsacions. Thanking your Honor for tho courtesy shown is wrt respectfully submit this, our report. 8. M. RICE, Foreman* - - " 1 ho Supreme Court Can't Agree. The Supreme Court of South Carolina has had k caso-nf habeas corpus before it for many weeks, uid tho people have been auxiously awaiting its lecision^ as upon that decision depends who the Supreme Court recognizes as the legal Governor if the State. Unfortunately, a day or two bc'orC t'.iC Court was nronnreil In rundpp n it?i>iui..r r - ? - -r "* "" ~ WM? ?hief Justice Moses was suddenly stricken down >y paralysis and could not appear upon tlio Jeuch, which left the matter in the hands of lust ice Willard, white, and Justice Wright, >ltck, both, heretofore having deoided in favor >f the Wallace House. Last Sunday, we are nforinud, the colored Justice was closeted ull lay carousing with Gleavcs, Dunn, Elliott and kilters of that sort, and the next moruiug it is -eportcd that he said it would be more than his ife was worth to decide in favor of the Hnmpon government. Messrs. Gleaves, Minton, Elliott, Purvis, and others of the ring have been with him constantly since Friday last, appealing to his race feelings and his fears, and using other means to force him to decide agaist Governor Hampton. They accompany hint up to the very doors of the court/root^ and use all sorts of ineuns to prevent him from agreeing to a docisiou. Having secured his inaction to-day, Bowen, Dun'n and the other conspirators have put off for Washington, leaving Gleaves tt al. to stop the wheels of justice. Justice Willard stands tirm in his former position that Hampton received a majort^of the voles and is, therefore, the Governor of South Carolina. The following is tfee latest phnse assumed,by the Supreme Court on the matter: Columbia, S. C., Feb 27.?The Supreme Court room was packed this morning in anticipation of jfeftlsion of the Tilda Norris habeas cor put case. m n o'oloclf,- Jpsljcea Willard and Wright, the tatter colored, the former announced the Courf^offflMMp# recess until 1 o'clock, for consultation, the crowd thea dispersed, A strong guyd of negroes, special constables, is stationed across the hall in front of the Justice'* consulting room. A deep and subdued excitement prevails. The Supreme Court was thronged again at 1 o'clock, awaiting the decision. The Justices met in tho consultation room and remained there one hour, when they appeared on the bench and announced that they had been unable to agree on a decision, but might probably in a few days. ? ? ; Going to the Supreme Court. Wasuinutom, February 21.?A prominent New York Democrat lias justinformed your correspondent that Mr. Tilden, though very guarded in his expressions, is averse to the policy of delay, and believes that the appeal of the Democratic party from the tribunal to the %mntry should be taken in another form. He intimated that some time in May iWTilden would test the Supreme Court on th# question of jurisdietiaa in the matter of quo war-., rants directed to Hay el, in order to put the entire court on record, ae the Ive Judges in the cidee to take jurlsdlothjn^Tfl^WK^sJffl^Kf a proceeding to cito Hayes to show cause why he should*hot vacate the Presidential office, which, if sustained by the court, would onen a case for the introduction of evid ince. In ffi^ort, to take an appeal from the tribunal to^ie full bench of the court. w This appeal will involve a construction by the oourt of the o^ctoral bill, and will raise the question whl?er the decision to exclude evidence was in pftnper construction of the bill itself and of Ihdf Constitution. The case, In any or all of lis plans the ntutHlTfTTi of sustaining ui fPfMlng the action of tho tribunal fa.rl^eforo the full Bench of the flupreipe lOUH. ^ ' * ' . '* A .4 ; |lt> MASONIC TBIBUT^Bi 1HE VKWEKABLE JAjifKA O^BT Jamks Ohr, the subject of (his Obituary, died t Ilia rt?aitli*nn? hmk u n ? ? - ?. ?! WIIV9TUIV, O. v.? UI1 I HO >(h of December, 1870, in the 94th year of his ge. Tbe deceased was born in the town of Ayr. Scotland, on the 1st of October, 1783. In 1803 te entered the militia of Scotland. In 1807 olunteered in Portsmouth, England. In 1808 rent to Portugal in Wellington's army, and was n all the principal battles of tho Peninsular ear. He remained in tbe army In #5jfein and Portugal until 18l) when his regident was sent tome to recruit. He was ten years and ten nonllis In the regular army. In 1810 ho enlist* d again, but bought his dischargo in 1810. He was married to Martha Shirley in 1817, md came to America, and arrived at Union C. H. 9th November, 1819. His first child was >orn in New Brunswick, 2d of June, 1819. The >ther ten at the homestead where the deceased ived. He joined Ayr St. Paul's Lodge, A. F. M., in L801, and was deuiitted from the same 2d Nov., 1816. He joined tha fraternity at the age of eighteen, a privilege which tho Masons of Scotlaud allowed to those about te join the army.? Thus this worthy aud venerable Brother flouted to tho breeze the standard of Masonry Tor seventy-five years. His membership was in Ihe sutne Lodge that ftio celebrated Poet, Robert llurns, had belonged to. Two years before his death he joined^pto Presbyterian Church at^acolet Mills, ami died perfectly reconciled that he had a home pre pared for him eternal in tho Heavens. Thus tbe patriotic citizen, the honest and industrious yeoman, and the staunch iriend of Masonry has laid down his trowel and other implements of Masonry, and gono to realize the virtue of those lessons which our order so forcibly teaches. ,t Likewise, may we who survive the venerable Brother so circumscribe the acts of our lives lhat there may be after death a happy and everlasting re-union in the Temple and City of our n^.i And further, to show forth our esteem for the deceased: . Jifsolved h(. That wo tender our sympathies to the bereaved family, and blend our sorrows with theirs. Resolved '2d. That a copy of this notice be sent to the bereaved family. * Resolved 3d. That this Preamble and Resolutions be entered upon the Records of this Lodge, that the memory and deeds of Ike deceased may be transmitted down to successive generations. Resolved 4/A. Thill a copy be sent to the Union Times for publication. G. W. BONNER, Chairman. , Prudence Lodge, No. 139, A. F. if. Joucsvillc, S. C., February *24th, 1877. ^jj Who is the Fifth Judge 1"?Things not Gene- ' rally Known, ^ Washington, February 19.?It is a graljRnistake to suppose that Mr. Justice Bradley is the /J fifth judge in the so-called Electoral Commission, or, iu other words, the umpire holding in liiB hands the destinies of a continent, and able to award the Presidency to whom he likes. Mr.* Justice Bradley is not that man. The fifth judge 1 is John A. C. Gray, of New York, assisted by Col. Tom Scott and Cortlandt Parker. When, at the private solicitation of Pariter, Mr. Justice Joe Bradley assumed jurisdiction at Newark^ of the suits purporting to hinre been brought in Texas, which suits, fraudulent and corrupt and collusive us they were at every step, and toundtod mainly upon unverified petitions, resultod^Mpaeeping the vast property of the Mem- v<? phieJEttW^ Railroad Company into the hands of Ortfyia receiver, and then into the hands of Scott as purchaser?when Joe Bradley completed this in lam j' in the secrecy of Parker's botflf office, we say, he ceased to be his own iuan, and became forever the man of the men who owned and used him then, llow, indeed, was he ever to recover his independence ? If John A 0 Gray were to take any of several little bundles of papers, neatly tied with red tape, and open them before Mr. Knott's committee, Joe Bradley would doubtless be impeached in five hours, and before the 4th of March k? might be burled from the highest place to the lowest dentil over reaoH*fl Kv ??? !...?? ? ??uu ittuva iviiii JUUgC. But Mr. Gray lius not chosen to use his power that way. It would noVtie well for Col. Scott's Texas-l'acific scheme to hav?? M,r. TiUleu in tho White House, and ho Mr. Qrty'bu advised Mr. Justice Bradley to go on ancF aeat Itayes. U will be a crowning mercy if they do not conclude the whole matter "in chambers"?that 1s in N l'arker'b bock office?just as they did the other job, without notice to anybody concerned. ^ I repeat again, the real name of the fifth judge is Gray. It was judicially decided many * ' limes before the war that all the faculties of the slave belong to his master. Judge Bradley can exercise no faculty on this unconstitutional Electoral Commission which is not under the supremo control of Gray, uray is tho fifth " ? judge, flo will award the Presidency according to his g:>od plcasuro, and he will award it to Hayes, because Mr. Tilden'sinauguration would -io be very bad for subsidy jobs in general, and jk the Texas-Pacific in particular.?New Y?rk * jfl s^. ^ m A New Move is Colleton County;?House- < burning and all tninnAof stealing bos been of frequent occurrence for the last few months in this county, from which the people, both white and colored, have suffered considerable loss.? The citizens of Koger Township, irrespective of color, assembled at Appleby Church on last Tuesday to consult together with a view to their j comm'ouSvplfjre. Speeches were made by Dr. W. M. Shuler, Rev. Morris Stnirt, colored, London Green, J. Glover and others. The greatest harmony picvailed. A mutual protection society was organized by the members signing a pledge to aid each other in delecting erime and in bringing tho offenders to jnowee/ W. M-' Shuler wns elected President; Thomas Bryant, L. Green and J. Latson, Vice-Presidents, and Adrien Appleby and A. H. Murray,Secretaries. Suitable committees, consisting of threo white and three colored members, were appointed for every pert of the township, whose duty it is to iiives<igste all cases of crime ip theif respective divisions. The society adjourned to meet again on the 2d day of March.* IlttAiM.KY CoKNMutD.?The case of Justicw Bradley is indeed, a most pitiable one. $onfttimes during the discussions of the commission he was completely cornered by other members. (pi l- * ? -* * * ' vhob ne wim iMjring down ine opinion that it was not competent to go behind the Governor'* certificate, Senator Bayard put to him the queation : "Suppose a Slate should elect double the number of elector* to which it is entitled, or the electors of a Slate should vote for an alien for President, would inere be no power to remedy this?" Unable to reply, Judge Bradley hung down his head in his abject partisanship.?Baltimore Sun. 'lOeASPi.*TJtP."?W hen Caaanave, an igne- ^ IMnMWPMVim^llUna returning board, testified before a Congressional committee, he was much sneered at for saying, in apparent ignorance, that the election returns^were "contabulated." Hut he spelled it better than he knew. "Contabulate" is a genuine but somewhat obsolete word, and means "to floor with boards." Ho that Caeanave used the right word in the right plaee?his returning board j J having decidodly "floored" the evident design * ^ of the Louisiana voter*. T iintint r? February 28.?The funeral of Itev. Bernard Kernan, aged 08 years, the oldest Catholic priest In the world, and for fiftyfour years pastor St Mary's Church, of this city, took place yesterday.