Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ukn. M. C. Birri.kk 1* Wajwi nutok.?We copy tlio following paragraphs flom a Washington. letter to the (.'oIhiiiIma Me#itler, chftsd March 7th: "l^xniar arts swoPa Ih yWdefthiy to tho United States Senate almost unanimously, where his Conservative course vtillrtuderbiui a power. Ho has committed some grave errors, hut hi. let us hbpc, bound at the corp. Hill, too, will shtne tn the galaxy of which' the noble Gordon and Kausooi foriii so proud a part. * We Crtis*- that Gen. M, C. Dutlcr will be alk lothed to take hio'seat. This ixtau" egs of magnetism, as wo heard a great man say, and this Uou. Duller, with his elegant and dignified domeauor and fine manly beauty, possesses to an eminent degree. His mere presence here has already done more in bis favor than all the published statements in his defense. We must tell you an nnecdote of him, which illustrates the Individual power of the man. A queen of Wash ington society, tho wife of a high oflicial, who Was prejudiced against tho much abused South Uaroliniun, after meeting liiin hut once, exclaimed at a dinner party at her own house, when some nltusion was made to the Hamburg _ jr_:.. . v? - uuiiir; -nu i so nnlil a mannered man could never have scuttled a ship or cat a throat." ? AnJ he seems to thus impress alt who come in contact with him. Ilis first appearance in the Senate chamber produced an unusual sensation, ttnil tic is regarded now with evident kindness. "Wlijle, of Maryland, stands high, and we must add (inrlaiid, of Arkansas, with a rc cord ccond to none. Harris,of Tcnnessco, with the patriotic fire of a pure, upright and able man; Heck, of Kentucky, a statesman of long cxporicticoand acknowledged ability; Morgan, of Alabama a fine typo of the Southern geutclman and -"' f- * ?rood show Car the South upon tnc floor of the Fbnntff; ami with the matchless bayard, of Delaware ; Randolph, of New Jersey; Kcrtinn, of New York ; Raton, of t'onnccticut ; Thurninn, of Ohio?these constitute surely a splendid array of American statesmen ; and Roller, of tlie old Palmetto State, is the peer of any cf them in point of nbtlity, judgment and prudence, and will represent her in this angn?t assembly as she has not been folio ! these many years." ? - . Droi-I'KI) into Ktkhnity.?Aiken,S. ('., March 11">.?On November 2, 187<i, two <piict Hermans, llaussninti and l'ortmnnn, living four miles from this placo, were murdered, their house robbed, set on fire and burned to ashes, with the bodies. Suspicion attached to five negroes?Nelson Drown, Lucius Thomas, Adam Johnston, John Ilcnry Denis nnd Stephen Anderson, who were arrested. Proofs accumulated that they were the right parties, and they finally made confession. They also confessed to burning the Raptit t Church at Aiken and murdering a while man named Levin, and other crimes. On January f> they were tried by a jury composed of twelve negroes, convicted and sentenced to be lutnn ?? - - r> the 10th of .March. Vestcrday (.lovcrnor tlnmpton respited Anderson for liiirly <lays. This morning tlio execution of the four?Nelson Drown, l.ticiuts Thomas, Adam Johnston and John Henry Denis took place in (lie presence of about 5,000 people. The Sheri!!' had a jioxxr of lift) armed men guarding the gallows. The prisoners were attended hv preachers of their own color. All the criminals addressed the crowd, confessing the murder and acknowledging the justice of the sentence. Join st?>n insisted upon a son of his owner during slavery standing by him to the last. No ellort was made by the friends of the condemned men to rescue them, although threats were previously made. Kach confessed his shnro in the murder. The drop fell at I'd o'clock, and the murderers expired almost without a struggle. The crowd then dispersed, l'erlccl order prevailed. - - - AVno is UovKRNou?- Thomas <\ Dunn, who pretends to be the Comptroller (lenerul^of this Slate, without having been elected, wrote a letter to the Secretary of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company, of I'liilad- lphia. Dunn, in his note, says: Sin: Vouwill please fotward immediately the names of all persons acting as agents of your oompnnjr in litis Kinle llespcctfully, Titos. C. Dunn, Comptroller (leueral. The Franklin Insurance Company, of 1'niladelphia, couldn't exacily sec it in this light, however, and yesterday .Messrs. K. Scliring Co., fl.? ,v.UI n......... :.. - ?V aiivnu imurilliuu HgUUlM, 1CCCIVC I II?C following note, enclosing Dunn s nolo: I'lliu\i?t:r.i>iiiMarch Hi, 1877. Sf!iri:r/ ,y (' ?. (Justs: Unclosed i111 1 note from Tlios ('. l)iinn. Is ho t!ic proper person for us to report to? If not, we won't report. Very respectfully, J. Putti. xv, Manager. It is not necessary to add that Messrs. Sebring & Co. replied that Tlios. C. Dunn was tiot the proper person to report to. Who is tlovcrnor V?Journal of Commerce. Tut; Tut tii in \ Ni'Tsiiki.i..?(iovernor Chamberlain's predicament seems to he even worjp than that of Coventor Packard. Our Washington despatches give a statement of the situation in South Carolina, which shows that he is not able to preserve even the semblance of executive authority : he is simply a prisoner of State in his own oilier, protected ugaia0pt.'M|MMMl by Federal troops. Not only the people but the courts are against him, the authority of (Juvernor Hampton being recognized by the highest court in the State His own party are giving up the contest in his behalf, Itcpublicun white citizens acknowledging Hampton and Hepuhiie-m State officers accepting from him money to support the institutions of the Stale which the voluntary action of tax payers enables him to j provide. These are not the statements of Democrats, hut the frank admissions of P.cpublicaus, I and t icy may easily he said to put beyond a doubt the issue >.f the struggle in that State.? It is osly a question of time, and (ieneral Hampton is doing his l?est to hasten a decision by raising the point that Federal troops are excluding him from the State House, the control of which is l iglitfully hi?.? Xrw Tribune. ? Tub Physical K::\i:ht .?k Simiay.?Sunday is (i.id's special present to the working man, aid one of its chief objects is to prol >ng his life, ami preserve ellicient his working lone. In the vital system il works like a compensation poml ; it replenishes the spirit, theelasticity ami vigor, which the last six days have drained away, and supplies the force which is to till the six days succeeding ; and in the economy ot' existence, it answers the same purpose as the economy of income is answered hy a savings hank. The frugal man who puts away a pound to-day and another next month, and who in a quiet way, is puf.ing by his stated pound from time to time, when hegrowsold and frail, gels not oulv tin s tine pound hack again, hut a goo I many pounds besides. And tlie conscientious man, who husbands one day of his exi: lence in a week who, in.-lead of allowing Sunday to he trampled and torn in the lutriy an I scramble of life, treasure* it U|>?the Lot' 1 ..1 the Sun lav koe:?< il t",,i? hit.i, and iii length of day.; an I hale of age, gives it back it airy. The savin ; I uak of human existence ii the weok'y Sun 11y. Tiic melancholy news of llio death of the Uev. I!. It. Dickson, pastoi of the First Deformed Church of Mrooklyn, N. V., lias reached us, an I will fill with sorrow many hearts in this community. For many years, during and after the war, ho was the admired and beloved pastor of the Presbyterian Church of llock Mill. About eighteen months ago I o left Vorkville an I assumed pastoral charge of the church where death found hitn. We learn that his remains will he brought to Yorkvillc for interment.?Hock //<// lie,\<Ul. 1*. II. Swkkn'ky'h Itr.TfRN.? New York, March lb.?Peter It, Sweeney, one of the famous mentners of the Tweed ring, who has been an exile for five years, returned to these shores yesterday, in tho steamer Labrador, from France. The renowned ex-fugiiivu hast cue 1 a-horc on the arrival of the steamer, and taking n carriage was driven oil', hut where to nobody can find out.? F'.vi-wiiey was Commissioner ol' the Department of Public Works under the Tweed irpime, and flic prima schemer of th? ring. She (gUerhig Slniou <Eimfn..? IIT*1. STOKES, Editor* T~ UNION*, FRIDAY MARCH 28 1877. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. t Copy, one year, in aiivamck, $3.00 KViiiIu uno'vfnr." "? S.SO s IT .. .. u .. J |.?N> 10 " " " " " 20.0C ADVERTISING. One square or one tuch, first insertion, - - - $1.00 bull nutMcquenl <RMink>o, - - r - 7.1 Liberal discount made to merchant* and other* adverlifliui; for six iiiontli* or liy the year. Obituary Notices of ten line* or bus. Inserted free. " " ?ier ten line*, charged aa Advertise incuts. 20 per cent additional for advertisement* ordered not to n|>{M'tir Iii con.wcullfo issues. flttV" The extra session of the U. S. Semite adjourned tint die last Saturday. ?5>.? The Town Councel of Spnrlanburg intend to put the (junction of bar rooms or no bar rooms in that town to a vote of the people on the second Monday in April next. 9 Hell, the Democrat io candidate, has been elected to fill the seat in the House of Representatives made vacant by the election of I). II. Hill to the Senate. Dr. 11. S. Itcaty has put up a neat and substantial fence in front of hisdwclliug, which contributes greatly to the general appearance of that portion of the town. o lev Hampton savs that if Hayes will [ consent to a new election for President, ho be willing to have a new election for (lovernor, but under no other possible circumstance would he consent. Will the parlies who promised to keep up our wood pile please look over our fence as they pass and "govern themselves accordingly." The weather is very chilly and it is "cold comfort'' to try to collect money. Z'if" Stanley .Mullliow.s, the man who advised Chamberlain and Packard lo abandon their useless contest for the Uuvernorsliips of Mouth Carlina and Louisiana, has been elected Senator from Ohio, in place of Sherman, who is in Hayes' t 'abinct. 9 The 7'c hi jiff it iter Stum!.ml is a new paper just started at Lexington II. As its name ! implies it is intended to advocate tlie cause of temperance in the Stuto. It is handsomely gotten up, ably e lite I an I should he sustained.? i Surely temperance paper can ho supported in Mouth Carolina. No llr.t.ATtvK XKf.n Arrt.v.? Among tho unsuccessful candidates for the United States Marshalship for the Northern District of Illinois was a Mr. Still well, of Livingston County. The President told hint his pipers were iinex- j ceptioiiahle, hut there was otto insuperahle oh- j jectioii to his appointment to any Federal ollicc ; ?that was, his wife was a favorite cousin of j Mrs. Haves'." o - ? ? Up to the time of going to press there 1 was no change in the situation at Columbia.? The troops are still guarding Chamberlain's Constables and the Constables are guarding ; ! Chamberlain and the rest of the usurpers in the j 1 State House. Hayes is, perhaps, wailitig^o have a few of Packard's men killed at New Orleans, ' I and that will decide the iptestioti as to the re- 1 moral of troops. " * "... 1 Br s\? The itomnalum of C. M. Wilder, as ^ l'ostmaster at Columbia has been eonli >cd by the Somite. Wilder is a colored man, itul has , very prudently placed the business of his olliee iu the hands of Mr. I.eaphart, one of tin; best 1 nr.n in that city, and who has had tunny years ' experience in that ollicc. He \va the niatiagrr of the ollicc under the late .1. c. .faiiney. We , . . . . ........ i nave uijvor i?o.*.r<i any complaint oI J He :'o'.unibia l'osst utlicc since Mr Leaphnrt first luu'.v charge. 3 ? if" The Aiken Jdii.-.i i' inform in that the 1 nafe in the l'robatcJudge's oflieecf that county, I was broken open a short time ago l>y the newly elected IToltale .In Ige, Williams. Tho former ' occupant, Mcnry Sparnick, has not Itocn in Aiken ( since last July. At that time a warrant was : issued for him by Ju lge Wiggins. < The ./<mriKil says the safo should hurr con- ' tif'ri'- l onr S8.UIH), trust funds, or vouchers for t thb same, but tails to teli us whether any money I . i MrVTHWT,"T>fi " the evening of the loth iust, by Kcv. A. II. I.cster, in the Diuing-Kooui . of the new Union Hotel, Wallace Williams, the I Chief Cook, and II.na Sinn, ('uwiib.-rmaid. The nuptial vows, admi .i iered with marked emphasis and solemnity, were assumed in the presence of a t'oiisi Icrab'.e number f witue.;-es of both races, ami the mvadoii elicitc I a degree of interest which was highly complimentary to the bri.b: and bridgrooin. ? i "Till Hymen brought his love-delighted hour . There dwell no joy in l-Mon's rosy bower.'* | . O CJfiw Adam Johnson, Nelson Drown, John I Henry Ileitis and l.itcius 'fit uti 11, the f ur e?l. ' ored molt found guilty of the inur<!< r of the two 1 Hermans, llaussmcs a:: 1 l'jrtmann, in Aiken County, las: Fall, were hung at Aikeiioii Fii lay | the lt.th. A large crowd of white ami c.dorcvi people witnessed the execution. From the ( ( speeches of the doomed men on Hie gallows it . appears that Johnson and Frown actually com-] , milled the dvc 1 of murder, that 'Miouias struck , tlie men after lie thought tlicy were dead, and j j Denis, though present, aiding and aliening, did i , not strike a blow. They all blamed whiskey an 1 ( ba I company. I . Ogr? Wo have refrained from dunning < tir | subscribers as lotigas possible; but we are coin- I ' pclleil now to have money, an 1 again call on all 1 indebted to us pay immediately. Those who have requested us to send the] ?per under prom- | ise to j ay in a lew weeks, and have failed to keep t their j loinise, must ind he. urprise I if they fail 1 to receive a paper next week. We must rc?n; 4 hi or stop is tiiug the TiiufMid the cost of , paper is u material item of exnense evcrv week. 1 . l?y reducing our li-t uno or two liuudre 1 tho>e 1 \v!io havo not paid wesi.(ill s.ivclhnt much ex- 1 ' , \ pcii.se iiiilil we am I.titer able to give crctlii. - Nearly every one of those i:i arrears uro quite t responsible citizens and lionc.st men, but our necessities arc now an 1 their honest intentions, i to jxiy n! gome futun lime, is more injury than help to us lit this tun . | ? j Hampton's Portrait. ' We havo a few copies of the beautiful I lamp- . ton I'orlrnit issutii by Walker, i'.runs & Cogswell, which we would like to sell. We would also like to secr.ro ti good, active Agent to sell those portraits. We believe a man could make ' some money by thoroughly c:?nva*-ing the '.'"un- ( ty with them. ?r Bojilfy^Carjiliiia and Louisiana not to be traqjpft Wo ?lo not share in I he confidence of many good Dcnrocruls that Hayes is going to push a*14e the bloody-shirt sh Hikers who stole the im\jo?}t)r'*Of the eleotoral votes that elected him,and deQh^iqjW towards South Carolina and Lousinna. Hi in*)r, for a time, appear tqpgivc them the cold efcoulder, but when we see Butler, Hub Iugersol, BluLae and others of that stripe, suddenly ci^hifdut for Hayes, and promising him their hcnrtjJ?gfe| port, there Is something behind not very favor~b!? to the South. Hayes said, a few days ago, tna. no would remove tlie troops from South Carolina and J.ouisiana if ho could be assured th$t such a step could he taken without cndangerii g the peace of those States, Upon this hint t!ie Republicans of New Orleans acted, and immei iately held a meeting, at which they passed a resolution to "sustain Packard by force of armi '? and in oilier ways telling tlie President thatth y nrc determined that the removal of the trou4s shall endanger the peace of the Stato. through and delny for an indefinite time any arThis ltolc is sufficiently large for Hayes to cra?l lion in the direction ti' Justice to the twoStatel, if it is not thought quite sufficient to induce hin to change his Southern policy altogether. The New Orleans meeting has had the desired effect upon him already,?as the instigators of^ it intended it should,?and ho is now paving the way for bucking out of the fair promises he made, if the following is true : ? " nte^MMetav American UjkKAs yesterday announced to sevcrnlpoHul^Mhat called upon hitn on tlio subject, that thoyidministrution would tukctip the rival Southern claims at the Cabinet meeting to-day, but if thuopposing parties in New Orleans are as hot fir tight ns they arc represented, the fulfillment| of Itis generous and auiicuble intention may b?f dclaycd. At ull events, there can be 110 witl^lrawal of troops so long as ferocious threats till the atmosphere, and attempts are made to drive the President to reckless haste. The Southern Livo-Stook Journal. A friend has kindly sent us a copy of a very well gotten up journal with tho above title, published at Starkville, .Mississippi, and Edited by K. Montgomery. The specimen before us shows both tact and talent in the management of such a journal. The Editor is evidently capable of imparting much necessary information to the farmers of the South ttpou the subject of Stock raising. Heretofore we have had to depend en tiroly upon journals published at the North and other places, where the climate, food and advantages for stock raising arc very diifcrcnt to what they arc at the South, consequently our farmers have made many failures an I become disheartened. In the South, generally, a man would ho considered a tit subject for the Lunatic Asylum if he paid S:ll)0 for a cow, ?bOi) for a Hull, or !?'?U for a pair if l'igs two mouths old; but let an enter; l ising man risk his reputation for sanity by bringing such line stock into any Southern community, and see how eager everybody are to secure "some of the breed." The worst of it is, after they get "a start" they either don't know how or will not take care of line itock. Now, the "Southern /.iof-Slocf: Journal" proposes to enlighten Southern Farmers upon stock raising at: I iufu c a higher appreciation jf the advantages of having the best breeds of Livestock and the best \va\ to keep them for profit and pleasure, at the .South. Send S'J to lite llditor and try it one year. axon Fkkiui.i/.kuh.?The legislature of North ?*nrollnnrat trs-ru uw.'cm'u jmv-so.i "uu^t ;j establish a Department of Agriculture, Immigration and for the encouragement of .Sheep Husbandry," the Dili section of which requires i 1is of .- ".!> ) for each separate brand or quality if Fertilizers ottered for sale in that State. The lax on Fertilizers is pretty high and will be t basis of excuse for increasing iheirfpricc, which is now altogether too high for profit to lie farmers. We shall sec how the experiment works in North Carolina before endorsing or m lemniiig the law, because, from our standpoint there are two views to be taken of the t?o of mercantile Fertilizers: In the first place, natty have come to believe that they cannot make tot toil without ihem, mi l to such it has become iccotid nature to buy litem ; but a large itflfiubcr >f Farmers will say that, all things considered, hey are like the Indian's gun, "cost more than hey coutc to, ' but still continue to use them. It is expected to raise a revenue of from t.vlO,Mnt, to ->0,1 Hit I from tbo tax. If ilia taf.^11! *ut lie j'tioi so high as to coiaj el tlic farm era to abandon their use :.:><! ibreu them to utilize the fertilizing ingredients ib.mt their farms, which hey allow to gj to waste, it will prove a great eriiiaiient blessing to all classes of people in S'ort'a ( afu'iina. 1'nlil something is done to Mop the drain of money fioin the Southern States "or fertilizers, ('orn, tiacaii and other supplies hat can and should be raised upon the farm, he farms of the South will soon be owned 4>y * JL be manufacturers of fertilizers and inerclinms. it is fast coming to that now : an I none arito j'.atao for it hat the farmers themselves, who flpi ear determined to buy at exorbitant licit prices, lepen ling en high-priee I fertilizers to give thpm i crop, with the least labor possible, to pay out. ?* Ami 1 the uncertainties by wiii.lt our people are harassed and bedeviled we are always jlud to show them any ray of hope for the futile that may appear in the political horizon, ttthmigh we have but little faith in the stability jf llcpuhlicnti promises. If sonuTlung don't urn up to change I'rcsidcut Hayes, Southern polity the following may be taken wttlia greater legrco of confidence than any tiling we have re t I since his inauguration, because it is ileftuitc uid unequivocal. It seems the II liter of the ( liarloston A'nm nnl Coiinrr has been to Washington, it nil among lie thing* that he saw and heard there he says ; "A I'eiuocratie Senator who had read the I ntngitral Address, and had heard the kindly and iber.al declarations of lite President, was ttevcrlieless apprcdtcnsive that ho might not have mderstoo l correctly the purposes of the I'resiI-ill. lie, therefore, put to liim this'quo-lion : 'dr. I'residcitl ; V. hat is the ,v.w fun m of all this! f>o 1' iii> in l/iiio'- 11 tin / A */>.' 7- ' The* I'reslent, with earnestness and emphasis, answered: ft i/ofK ! This is given to the writer by the Senaor who asked the pregnant question, uud to vhoitt tlic momentous answer was addressed.? fhe public can rely 0:1 it that the President said his, and tiienio'this ! That sounds well, but why iWn'l he reinovo he troops from I lie Stale House at Columbia?? 1'hm is i*tV tliM^Bmcocssary now to 'YPfcrrfthc |teaj>lo of this State anil establish ft joaceable, (list and hon ruble government. It would not ake ten minutes to write the order, and in three icons all would be peace and joy throughout " out h Carolina. In the Senate last Saturday, the nomination >f Stone as 1 ?i-!i i?-t Attorney for South t'arolina van recommitted, and event over on motion of literal tiordoii. The chcif |>. inI ngnin-t him eenn tj b? his incompetency. PUBLIC MEETING. '' In accordance with the call made through the columns of Ifie TTrin last week, on Friday evening a largo assembly of tfertflMftts, Propertyowners, Mechanics, and Professional men, met in the Town ITnll to consider what steps cau be taken to'relieve the people of the county from the disparaging discriminations made against them iu the charges for freight on Railroads. On ipotion Mr. D. D. Culp, was called to 'Reside and David Jebnson, Esq.| requested to set as Secretory. The Ciiair, after explaining the object of the meeting, iu which lie very plainly portrayed the injustice nnd injury inflicted upon tlic Commercial, Mechanical, Agricultural and al! ether industrial interests at every, point along the lilies of our Railroads, requested Mr. Sliaud to favor the meeting with his views upon the legal points involved in the question. Mr. Shaud, responded and gave a very concise account of decisions of the Supreme and Circuit Courts of the country, upon similar cases lately tried. On Motion of Mr. M. L. Uoss, a committee of live was appointed to draft a memorial to the General Assembly of this State, setting forth the grievances complained of, and to take such other action upon the matter as they shall deem effective and proper. The Chair appointed Messrs. II. L. Goss, A. II. Foster, K. W. Shaud, Win. Munro aud Dr. B. F. Ilawls, said committee. On motion the meeting adjourned to meet ngnin tip#n tie call of Uie Cuuiuiittco. 31 10 31 O It I AL. To the Honorable, the Members of the General Astcmbly of the State of South Carolina. The undersigned citizens of the State aforesaid and residents of Union County, respectfully show unto your Honorable Body : That under Section G, of the "Declaration of Rights," in the Constitution of 1808, tho right "to petition the government, or any department thereof, shall never bo abridged" to the citizens of this State. Under this right, so guaranteed, your I.'ctitioners respectfully ask the attention of your Honorable Body to a grievance to which tho people of this County, and of oilier Suctions of our State, are subjected, and the most offec* live remedy whereof, your Petitioners have been advised, is in the power of your Honorable Body. Your Petitioners show, that from tlie earliest adjudications of eases involving tlie privileges and responsibilities of Railroads, the Courts of Kiigland and of this Country, have uniformly held that Bail roads arc C'oimivn (7im'e/v, and that there attaches to such Corporations all the duties of Common Carriers at common law. In a late American decision it was held that "* B lilroad Company is chartered, and is chartered solely far the purpose of exercising the functions and performing the duties of a Common Carrier." Your Petitioners further show, that Builroads are more than Common Catricrs ; they are Corporations to whom is delegated by the State a portion of her own Sovereignty?the right of Kinincut Domain?and farms or woo Hands, dwelling houses, even the ancestral homes of her citizens, the State gives these creatures of hers the right to appropriate to their use, at their own sole pleasure. Your Petitioners' further show, as they have been advise 1, that Railroads, being Common carriers, and hnvltTg had -conferred wpothilteiu these high rights, so delegate ! for public purposes and for the benefit of her citizens, the Sovereign State reserves to her l.egislatuie, in exchange therefor, the right to regulate these corporations, to keep them strictly within their proper limits. When l.ord Chief.Justice Holt said that "a Common Carrier exercise i a public employment',*' it was before steam had been applied to promote locomotion; but now, vvhero the Common Carrier has also accorded to him, for all his needed purposes, the right of Kmiucnt domain, it id a principle wliich cannot be questioned. Your Petitioner.* further show, that in a late well c Misidervd case, it was said by the Supreme Court of one of our largest Slates?"We arc of opinion CfKt i!ie Legislature has the clearest right t > pass an act for the purp -se of preventing an unjust discrimination in railway freights, whether iu between individuals or communities, an ! to enforce its observance by appropriate penulticsand it was recognized as a "perfectly well-settled rule'of the Common law, in regard lo Common Carriers, that they shall not exercise any unjust and injurious discrimination between individuals, in their rates of toil," or between Communities any more than between Individuals. Your Petitioners further show, that it lias become the practice of Kailmad Companies throughout tlii.- State, to disregard utterly their Common law liabilities, an 1 to discriminate unju-tly in favor <f one community at the expanse of another?to charge rates unreasonably high, and to art as if the only limit imposed upon them was their own mcasurcof the people's suflerance. In proof of these facts, and as an illustration of the length to wliich some of our I itaitroails nave pone?others may not iliscrimi nalo widely?we copy the Schedule of rates agreed upon, nn<l now hcinp c.)l'orco<l, l>y the j South Carolina llailroad t'ompany, the (irccni vil!e Columbia llailroad Company, ami the Spar tan harp & I uion lluiiroad ('otnpany?three Corporali011-1 chartered under the laws of litis i State. To this table we have added a column of distances: ?-* H 3 ra 3 IT"* O TT""1 A o rj r:. ^ ^ ^ si 'L <* He ? Z r <z'? 'l ? 2; 5 ~ ? g 5 > ! j I M M I I M M " M M i M M M I i I ? - 7 - L-i i 'S, L; li 7 7 !i !i Instances. : ^ ~ i - i 7 -1 r. -1 Im: j:: :: ri .i .j. 1; |g i_: ~ CO g r ,sl <! * I ~ - - - r , ._,j-d Class j ^ - J t -z -Z : : -S -1 -_1 2 "" ' ; ? , r -/ x -1 - i - i -1 -1 -1 r. r. i< i_?' '''* ' 'nss J ? | - -j -j r< g : r ~ k * -i? ' i'1 ( lass i " ~~ i. ; z, i. i- a. u. :: ;; ' *'? CI#M | 1 I i Flour |?cr i V> ' ' ;! I! I'. !' Z ~W ! 1 " 1 j Salt, per iZZ V< V. l\ ~ C i' i' ? c !! I; ; | " r. r. liiirnio, ion * I i" k! k' k' ~ ~ ~ic 91 'J.OiNllhs. 5 ' i I * ? "? lit ? 3 II I I ' : - . : i : ; 2? S5 ? nu' 11* | j t IS,<i(M)tbn. : 1 ^ our I'eiit i.uii'i'.s |'?vl111; I no sirpiiiiiviil can p< r , (ruyllic prievniice i?filie p'-oplei !' I'liiou County ! | 1 " . T ' .- 1 5 " " . . . P-f more fully (linn is done by this bare statement of the freight charges to which we are subjected. Ninety-nine dollars is charged for bringing from Charleston to Union what is carried twenty- J 1 seven miles further, over the s:\mo road, to Spar- 1 tanbarg for forty-thrco dollars ! The charge to Union is unreasonably high, or else Union and ' other points are required to make tip for losses * in the charges to Spartanburg ! As a consequence of this gross discrimination, our people ' are forced to make Spartanburg their market for 1 sale and purchase ; and our own couaty town languishes. Hut thy evil is more far reaching than 1 that: Our farmers and merchants have been driv- * en away from Charleston, the city of their choice, to Atlanta and other places in other States, be- * cause these Railroad Companies so discriminate in tlicir ireight charges that those outside cities attract our trade. Charleston, our own metropolis. is thus injured by the corporations of your own creation ! Is there ne remedy for this?? | If so it is ther true that the creature is more powerful than the creator; auJ in a few years South Carolina will find that she has given life to a monster that will follow her, oppress her and 1 finally despoil her. 15ut not so believing?believing that "it was never ii^cndcd or expected that these corporations should use their power 1 to benefit particular individuals or build up particular localities, by arbitrary discriminations iu 1 their favor, that must cause injury to other persons or places engaged in rival pursuits, or oc- ' cupyingrivnl positions," audtlio Supreme Court of tho UnU?d Statu, through her Chief Justice, having recently decided that n^Statc legislature ' has a right to regulate the charges ou all public ' business carried on within her limits, we have come to you for relief from this oppression. We respectfully ask your Honorable llody to 1 pass such laws as will prevent the so"*ral railroads of this State, under severe penalties, from making unreasonable charges, anil from so dis'criminating us to injure one Community for the benefit of another, and your l'ctitoncrs, as in duty bound, will ever pray, and so forth. Retolvtd, That the foregoing petition, after it lias been signed be put into thclniudsof the members of the General Assembly from this County, with tho rc-picst that tiiey present it at the earliest practicable moment. Iletolved, That a printed copy of the petition and of these resolutions he sent to every Community in this State, on tlie lino of a railroad, and at which there is no competing road ; and that such Communities at e requested to prepare similar petitions to-bo presented to.the legislature at its next Session. ilcsolceii, That a copy be published in the Union Times, and ilint all papers iu the State favor mis iu i uu ii'jjisiuiiv'i prnyeu ior, nc requested to bring the sauie to .he attention of their rc.nlcr.s. 0^3)^ In tlie presentment of the Grand Jury of Greenville County we find the following: The proclamation of Gov. Chamberlain, that there existed armed bands all over tlie State, for the purpose of obstructing the execution of the laws, preventing the exercise of a free ballot was untrue as to Greenville county. We present A. I>. Cobb, John P. Scruggs and Wilson Cook as exercising the duties of County Treasurer. County Auditor and Jury commissioner, respectively in violation of law, the said parties having been removed by bis Kxccllcncy Governor Wade Hampton. At the close of the Presentment, Dr. J. P. Latimer, Andrew Latimer, (his x mark,) Sam Jenkins (his x m irk) an I Edward Mack, attach their dissent to the above, "as being in our opinion beyond our jurisdiction, and we desire further to say, that we recognize fully the authority of this Ctnrt, respect its orders, and the officers recognized by it also. 15y that we must-believe that I)r. J. P. Latimer and the rest of the dissenters do not recognize Hampton as,< lovcffior, and wc suppose they liavo paid their taxes to the Chamberlain Treas* it ivr. Outt Disuuack in Co.xcr.KSs.?The Washington Correspondent of the Columbia l'-justcr thus pictures the ineu who have tlie effrontery to pre tend to represent the people of South Carolina in the National Legislature: The South at present furnishes to tlie Senate of the United States three of its finest orators ? Lamar, of Mississippi, Mill, of Georgia, and Morgan of Alabama. The latter is said to he surpassingly eloquent, while Lamar possesses^ degree of culture that few men attain. Patterson, tbe carpet-bag Senator.-J'^oin South I Corolina, remind.! us of a buud-waifeajr *t a hotel, as he moves anions the Senators, and one won- I tiers how lie ever got there with his miserable, sly, hang-dog look ami lying tongue. A worthy representative of a low class of negroes and scalawags ! And he dares to i isoin his seat and declare ho represents South Carolina ! Are wc of the Palmetto State so hu nbled that we must submit ever again to the seating of such another scoundrel as (his man? God forbid! Stand tirm, ye gallant followers of Hampton, and permit it not ! Insist upon your own Senator elect, and swear to abide by none other. Have you sutlered ; ranch, men <f Carolina, not to realize how these men, Patterson, Cochin and lliitlz, and such wretches disgrace you? Spew them oflt ; reject them as poison ! The colored men ! who hold seals in <'otigi ess and call themselves ; members from South Carolina do not, cannot, | falsify her as these white perjured villains do. | l>iti:\Kt:t:s A m:\i- is Nkw Ottt.r.AXs.? Xnc Or- j leant Mare/i 1">. ? Allairs hero to-night seem to j be shaping themselves for an issue soon. It is ! the general impression that the troops will be ! , withdrawn to the barracks next week. In that j event the programme of the Nicholls govern- , inent is to take possession of all the oiliccs in j , the State and go ahead, and leave the Packard government to die a natural death iu the St. Louis Hotel. Packard does not like this out- ; | look, ami proposes to force ati issue and compel ) | the President to take one side or the otliet. A i large meeting of llepuhlicnns was held at the | Slate Ilottse to-night, and besides adopting an j address to the people of the United Stales, pass* , | ed a resolution pledging each man present to ] ust a in Packard by force of arias, ami calling : on oilier Itcpiihlicuiis to do the same. A coin- ! , iniitce was appointed to commence enrolling men in the militia to-morrow. It is reported that j Packard has,the promise of arms and money from some r nice A change in the situation may be looked for next week. i j . . Senator Patterson says: "Hayes never could I have been President, damn iiini, without theni I i of us carpet-baggers. He never was elected, and . 1 we made a mistake in not standing by Tildon." , : In saying thus Senator .lolin was iuipmlent, liku- i wise inconsistent,-lor be told the truth, but be < voiced the sentiment of the carpet-baggers one ; ind all. ami presaged their fiituru action, when ' it another time lie remarked: I daren't to go ? liotnc. I daren't go to South Carolina without I pvotwut'i rn. Tliny trAitlil uKt\n( in#* nrwl W !?y 9 . t ilecaiiM' I inn It' the li*^liI fur I Irs fallow Ihivos. A11 I now lie is starling oft to conciliate tlic oilier i side. Well, sir, we'll have :i lively row in ilie \ pnrty insldo of n week." Tliero wns not Any* lliing in ilie lone of Irnllifnl .lolin to indicate llnil lie lind ii "hunkering" desire lo <:> i.? | ?oulli < u-dina, and llie dinners are lliul In- will 1 he id a very large sized emigration society. < .mposed of oilier people wlio won't stay i.l I home, if. under Hayes' policy, the Soittliern I mills of jiisheee are iiiiinii/./.led and allowe I (<> . .< Trinl (>ul iigiin t !i {awful | r.ifeui isr\ | ; ?_ - ' For the Times. x Fiora Brown's Creek. Mr. Eihtou?Youi paper of I bo lGtli inst., t a ou our table ; it is full of interest, and I always find time, or rather take tiu.e, to read the Union Times. 1 give it a hourly welcome to my Iresidc for three reasous : 1st, because it is our Uouuly paper; 2nd, it gires the County news, which 1 love to know ; I'd, mid last, hut not least A them all, because 1 think we should aid home enterprise. I hope uiost all the good citizens of Union upport the Timkj, but those who do not should _ subscribe at once. We know the times are hard and money is scarce, but it looks like, if othor papers are worth ?2.50 or ?3.00, our county paper ought to bo worth as much or more to every citizen of Union. Mr. Editor, I have perused your papor very near'y over and it is getting late in ,ho cveuing; so L will give you a brief sketch of the progress of Lhe fanners in this section. There is little being done in the preparation if the soil?more clearing of laud and fencing. L think the farmers, generally, are leaking for. ward to a more scanty season than this They ?re sowing a great inuny oats this Bpring.? Hardening is very uiuch retarded by tlio last cool and rainy] weather. Everylhingjuid everybody seetus to be late; but "a hud start untkes ? good end." 1 hope it will be so with us on t "Brown's Creek." r" Wo have Kngligh Peas, onions and turnips up( growing nicely ; also, have beans and Sugar-corn planted. '* i ^ As I do not expect to interest your fenders I will leave oil' until a more favorable season, llopo some of your subscribes will let lis hear from other parts of the County iu reference to its progress. A. N. B. Dkatu of Major Ukouoh Srauobn.?The death of this worthy gentleman occurred at his 4 rcsidcucc near Pendleton on Tuesday last, in the 81st year of his age. Major Seaborn was widely known as a public-spirited citizen, and was always foremost in tlie advocacy of whatever tended to the advancement und improvement of this section, lie was for many years the editor anil proprietor of the Farmer and J'lanter, which was published at l'endieton until 185P, and through its pages he became known as an agricultural writer of great proficiency and practical knowledge, lie was always tho promoter and advocate of agricultural organizations, and ^ was President of the Pendleton Farmers' Society for a number of years, nu active and intluential member of the old State Agricultural Society, and for the past tcu years nu honorary member of the Anerson Farmers' and Mcclinuics' Association. lie was a zealous Mason, and one of ' the oldest members of the craft in that portion of the State. Thirty years ago lie assisted to organize a Masonic lodge at Anderson, and was its first Master, llis services to the brethren are held in grateful remembrance. Major Seaborn held important and responsible positions at various times in his life, and we would be glad to receive a sketch of his career fioiu some of his earlier friends, who possess the requisite information.?Journal of Commerce, Drunkkn Kf.vknik Officials.?The police on Tuesday night, Glli inst., arrested and committed to the guard-house two young men connected with the Hcveuue service, named Springs, who were creating a disturbance on Washington stieet, in the vicinity of the Fx press Ollicc, being at the time under the influence of spirits.? When their arrest was attempted byCapt. Orcer and Policemen Watson and Cooper, Mr. Charles A. Darling, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, who has succeeded E. II. lhirton, (resigned,) came to tho relief of the Messrs. Springs : in consequence all three of them rested for the night iii' the calaboose. Next morning, upon being brought before the Mayor and a hearing given them, Mayor Cleveland fined Mr. Pariing > and each of the Springs' S20. Their arrest created much confusion in the streets. Upon the payment of the tines imposed, and their discharge from custody, they were immediately arrested hy Klicrilf Uilrcnth upon a writ sued out before Trial Justice Croft, for assault with intent to kill. Upon an examination before the Trial Justice named, Mr. Darling was discharged, and tlie other two bound over ih the sum of f?'-'*)<) each for their appearance at court for trial. They gaveas bondsmen,Thomas Rrinv and William Smith, both colored, and J. Minis Sullivan. Smith is regarded as I lie chief security.? (Sreenvillt Enterprise and Mountaineer. . Last Tuesday Florence was all astir, from the effects of a rabble of men and women, to prevent tlie transfer of a prisoner from Florence to Tiiumonsville. A collision seemed imminent for a while, and hut for the efforts of a few good men, white and colored, there would have been a bloody conflict. About dark, however, acrowd of negro men and wenches?about liftv in num b?r ??< looked the guard hoove, broke a liolc in * * (lie Willi and libotulrd lite pridonur. The iu-o??s which occurred upon our streets after this was a perfect disgrace to any civilized community.? They were completely in the possession of the rabble, who were yelling, cursing and shooting in every direction. For awhile the lives as well as the property of the citizens seemed to be in great danger, but a few determined men soon succeeded in clearing out the street. Two negroes were severely wouude I, but we have heard of no one luting killed, although we heard the cry of murder, murder, raised in several difrections. ? Florence Tiiihs. I.'. r L's F.xi? titk SuuriiuMt Question?But No Bauuain?The New York Herald concludes a good article upon this subject as follows.*?No conditions arc necessary to the liberation of South Carolina and Louisiana, and W9 believe none can justly he made. We hope, therefore, not only to see all yitrigucs, bargains and schemes for a compromise defeated, because they would defeat the most important result of un honorable settlement, hut wc hope sincerely that 1111 end of the Southern difficulty will he made without delay. * When Nicholls and Hampton arc recognized us (lovcrnors, men like Mr. Blaine will no longer have a pretext for attacking the l'resident in the Senate, nor a ground for their attempts lo renew strife. With 1'ackurd and Chamberlain will disappear the whole crew of Northein Moody shirt demagogues who have so long kept lite country in turmoil. And when the troops in Louisinn 1 and SotilhT'arolina are ordered no longer lopctforsn the duties of a local police, Iml to act the same hamulus part which th<y play in New York and Ohio, then at last we hall have returned safely l<> constitutional goveminent. 1' w i;n r Willi.k I'luiiTiNf". run "To.Kit."?Some if I humherlain's friends who are here pushing liis cause with tlie President got themselves into juiie a predicament nfier midnight on Saturday >y being :iin ng I lie participants in n faro game \t the "Club," one of the most notorious of lYashington's framing houses. Tlio police uiailo i |weU-dircclcd descent and captured, among jlliers, v;l at may be called a South Carolina dcl gntion. 't here were ex-Senator F. W. SawI'er, who was the Assistant Secrotary of the lYonsnry undor Richardson, and whom Uristow o> unceremoniously dismissed ; Judge Carpenter, ^ he "iron man" of South Carolina; or.c Con? 1 * f*t\ f.v.rrtv?fpAQtni>nn frnm tllC sitne State. 'Ihu police were even harder than isual on Iheso distinguished captives, for they ero kept all night iu the station house.? It titImr/loii htlltr to the 1}ic/twii l /Ji.*j>a(ch. A coits'. lcinLle row oivmrcJ al Ninclv-Slx on ast Sal hi day evening lxMwem a nnnilier of Ivmkcn wliilo men nn<l iiegvi'i's. Pistols nn<l .nivis were ilmwn ami some Mnotl was s|>illcfl, nil noiioiiy ?#.< i;ille?i. 'I l,o town lias no innr Irill ami li e ltw.lies <ln | . uy i.nieli .is tlicy lea^e.