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1 / .Drought Lb. finUXorala*rriAakr?pt0J Kola. 1/ half thai is told of the drought in Cnlifor* uia in trua, iia worst proportions base bean assumed in (hot Slate. Mr. Leandcr A. Darin, of . i his city, who has just returned from the l*acific . coast, brings trust-worthy information. Me says that, although tho California newspapers hare only just begun te report Ilia condition of tho agricultural districts, they hare been aware of the facts since the closo of the winter. Mr. Dcrin passed through tho San Joaquin Valley, which is the great wheat producing section of the State, lie not only heard from the people there the truth about the drought, but he obncrr.ed its rarages for himself. The entire great rallpr, reaching 300 tnilcs into the lower portion of the State, is bone drj. The rainy season, which should hare set in in Norember, did not begin until late in January,- and then, instead of raining incessantly, ofteuTor weeks at a time until the latter part of April, there were only light and occasional rains, and the dry season set in much earlier than usual ..In the winter mouths as much rain falls in<Califoruia ns our lands rcoeirc during the entire year, and after April they got no rain until.the next wiuter. The conscuuenceis that now the ?o?l in nriJ, nod there is no hope?even if it were not nlready too late?/or any rain for months to come. The fanners of the San Joaquin Valley have raised wheat almost exclusively, and 'nave tried to cultivate too much land. They have become entangled in debt, and nearly all the land in the valley is heavily mortgaged. In putting in the spring crop the farmers were obliged to borrow the money used in the purchase of seed and the payment for labor. The grain grew two or three inches in height ar.d then, the rain ceasing, it withered and dried, and the land is now barren. Intelligent men who are conversant with the facts prophesy that nine-tenths of the faimcrs will fail and be utterly ruined this year. It is almost certan that hundreds and hundreds will starve to death unless sustained by charity. Some are out of enoney now. 'I saw," Mr. Bevinsaid, "in the foothids and in the valley hundreds of dead and dying sheep, and the bones of sheep and cattle whitened the fields." Mr. llollister, the famed sheep king, who owns 50,000 sheep in California, told a friend that if 5,000 remain alive next spring he will consider himself very fortunate. Friedlnnder, widely known as the grain king, who controlled All the shipments ef wheat from San Francisco, failed recently by reason of loans made to farsncrs.?.V. 1*. Sun. .?. - The Stamp Swindlers. Washington, May 20.?Ever since the new mode of compensating postmasters of the fourth class by commissions on the amount ol sales of stamps, stamped envelops and postal cards was adopted, it has beeu a source of endless trouble to the postotfice department, and has made work for every special agent who could be spared to look after the frauds which the system makes easy of perpetration. Hundreds of postmasters hnved>een removed, and, to make the punishment greater, their names have been furnished to the picas lur puuucaiiuii. nnu yei ho strong la me temptation that all the efforts of the department have proved unequal to the suppression of the illegal traffic, and there secins but one mode to put a stop to it, vis., bj a repeal of the law and a return to the old method of adjusting salaries on the basis of the stamps, Ac., actually canceled in the respective offices. As an illustration of the manner in which the present law operates the following facts will be sufficient : A special agent, who has been engaged in the Southwest for some time past, sends to the department an affidavit made by a merchant who is engaged in regular business in that locality, in which he states that he has received very large amounts of postage stamps of the denomination of one, two, three, six and ten cents, from parties whose names are given, with the sum received from each. There are some eight or ten names given, with the amounts received and dates, &c. One firin alone, a member of which is a postmaster, has paid him $1,380 in stamps in value ranging from $3 to $200 at a payment. In every case where stamps have thus been used the rarty is either a postmaster or a member of a firm in which there is a postmaster. In some cases a discount was inavlo by the *?? - j ?? ????in ? iruui u ?o . ptr cent. The value of the stamps thus received by this merchant is over W $2,000, on which the government is unlawfully made to pny, in increased salaries, a commission of from $1,200 to $l,f>00, which goes into the pockits of these dishonest postmasters. As a .general thing local sympathy and difficulty in .obtaining the necessary evidence make efforts to the offenders, beyond removal, fruitless, nn^TVcn when a removal is made there is no guarantee that the new man will not trade more in stamps than his predecessor. Notwithstanding the hopelcssucss of the effort, the department cannot cease its efforts to suppress the Xrattic, but from the nature of the case is compelled to constantly pursue the offenders wherever their attention is called to irregular sales. ? Socriff.rn* Timbf.b.?The Knoxville Tribune wnrns the people of Kast Tennessee against the svanton destruction of limber, which is becoming more valuable, because scarcer, ever/ jear. The best white oak is worth in Liverpool about seventy-one cents a cubic foot, in our currency. Fancy oak, in billets suitable for wainscot, is worth much more. Qoed black walnut, of suitable sizes, is worth eighty-five cents a cubic foot. In January last, one hundred and forty-four logs from New Orleans sold in Liverpool at an average of $1 07 a cubic foot, American currency. Fancy walnut, suitable for veneering, sells for a much larger price. Ash is in moderate demnnd, hut tough or finely grained wood is always salenble. It is worth on an average about sixty cents^a cubic foot. Fine ash for furniture, wainscot, or parquetry floors commands much higher figures. Ilird's eye maple, such as is shipped from New York, sells at an average of $2 07 a cubic foot, in American currency. Hickory, if square, about twelve inches and upwards, is worth, for good quality, about 65 cents a cubic foot; extra tough for handles, spokes, etc , is of course worth more. One man writes : "I believe a satisfactory market for hickory can be had in this country. I visited a spoke and haudle factory in Pennsylvania, where the the hickory purchased ip the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, was costing $19 50 a cord." American timber is constantly becoming more valuable in European markets ; and vast sections of this country are nearly stripped of all timber. Tho time is fast coming when the man who owns mucb timber in a Slate that lies on tide water, and is permeated bj navigable streams, evill wnke up to And himself in possession of a crop ?nature's grandest ? that is a fortune. Our** ports of timber ure yearly increasing, and the rate of increase threatens a timber famine within ono generation. Do not, therefore, waste the timber of Georgia. It will turn to money much quicker than those think who hare not studied the question of supply and demand.?Atlanta Constitution. Con* rou VvnL.?The time was when corn was burned in Nebraska as fuel. We heard the Master of the State Grange of lhat8tate say in 1873, that he had burned more bushels of corn as fuel than be had pounds of coal or logs of wood during the twenty years previous that he had lived in Nebraska. Corn there was worth six dollars per acre standing in the field, with, perhaps, an nverge ef sixty bushels to the acre. A farmer in Central New York says, the best bedding for cattle or calves is corn cobs, that they will keep the animal clean, absorb hisdroppings and prove an invaluable fertiliser. Now do not those things seem strange to the Southern farmer? many of whom have, of Ipte years, seen ns many bales of oofton as they have hushala of ooru and ndlh *( 'wi are so soaroe that they have become ptftntel ornaments.?AVir* and Courier. What is Hayes' Houthsrn policy ? is (he inquiry when 8tonc is appointed District Attorney, Dunn offered the Revenue Collector's place, Worlhington held as Custom officer in Charleston and Chamberlain treated as an equal, and offered the Solicitorship of the Treasury ? If Hayes and Ch?mberlain affiliate, the South will have reason to suspect the President's judgment ami will be hard to convince of his hon dy. @he"?ltehlg Virion Sinn's. I j R. M. STOKES, Editor. UNTON, FHID AY~JUNE 1. 1877. TERMS OF SUBSCBIPTIO*. 1 Opjr, one year, in advance, woo "2 Copies one year, " " 3.30 5 r. .. .. 1100 10 " " ' ? " '0.00 AD YERTI8IH O. On# square or one Inch, first insertion, - - - fil.OO Each subsequent insertion, ------- 73 Liberal discount made to merchants and others advertising for six months or by the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. " " over ten lines, charged as Advertise inents. IV 20 per cent additional fcr advertisements ordered not to appear In consecutlvs Issues. The Union Times For Sale. BEING anxious to retire from the Newspaper business, I offer the Times for Sale Two industrious Printer.#, or a man competent to Edit the Paper and attend to the business of the office, with an industrious Printer, could make a handsome living out of it. It will he sold at a fair price and on accommodating terms. K. M. 8TOKE8, Editor and Proprietor. may 11 18 Another Kerolution is about to break forth in Mexico. t@r A henry frost fell at Marion C. H. on the 25th. This is unprecedented, thus late in the season, in that region. Wdff' Mrs. Sarah Crocker died very suddenly at her residence in this county last Sunday, of apoplexy, aged about 56 years. __ The fence Ian bill has passed the Legislature and tho question of fence or no fence will be presented to the voters of the townships and Counties. ? (gk. The lost report from the Bacon Market puts that article down } cent lower and still declining. Flour, also, has fallen 50 cents a barrel. The fishing party of which we spoke last week returned the next day. Result of the trip, 14 fish and a glorious nibble. The party got out of bait?fish bait?and concluded to return. Bgk, A letter received in town this week announces the death of Mr. Alexander Smythe, formerly a member of the bar of this county.? He died, at the residence of his Mother, in Brooklyn, New York, after a long illness. At the Hnmpton Festival Tournament in Charleston, last week, we notice that our young friends, W. L. Culp and E. J. Gage tied, on one each. No prize was awarded them although they stood head"?nt the wrong end. ttSf We will give one of Walker, Evans & Cogswell's elegant Portraits of Governor Ilampfor a Club of 5 new subscribers to the Timtt, with the cas'i; the same, with a portrait of Senator Gordon or Governor Vance, for a Club of ten. These Fortraits nre sold at $'2 each. 8^%, D. F. Whittemore, the most notorious by infamous of all the infamous Carpet-baggers that ever cursed this State has resigned his seat as Senator from Darlington County. Thanks to our energetic Senator, Hon. T. B. Jeter. . . The Spring term of Court for Laurens Countjr commenced last Monday, Judge Northrop presiding. The Iftrald says the petit jurors were drawn on the proper day and in the legal manner, and the Orand Jury of last year holds over, so there will be no informality, in that respect, to cause a postponement. HGT The jail has thi^tee^prlsoners In It?12 colered and ono white. Ncnrly all of them are lhere for petit larceny. The white man is there under arrest for violating the U. S. Revenue laws. Stealing cattle and hogs has become so common that it is dangerous to allow such animals to wander out of sight of their owners. war a correspondent at Mnrion thus writes to the Columbia Regi$ter: Within the "memory of the oldest inhabitant," this has been the worst year to get a stand of crops ever before known in this county, on account of the lateuess of the season and the bud worms. Wheat and oats promise an abundant yield, although in some sections affected by smut. The fruit crop promises a large yield. The notorious John B. Hubbard, with William Springs, Charles Fergusson and Frank Z. Moore, Revenue officers, according to an account we find in the Pickens Stnlinel, have again been behaving in a most disgraceful manner.? That fellow Hubbard is a disgrace to any community and should be turned out of office, if the authorities wish to have the laws obeyed and their commands respected. ? asr Mr. James K. Friday, well known by a large number of our oldest citizens in this county as a prominent Cotton Merchant of Columbia, before the war, died at his residence in that City last Friday, from pneumonia. His wife, a most estimable Lady, preceded him to the grave the day before. She died very suddenly from apoplexy. Mr. Friday was delirious from fever at the time of her death and continued unconscious of the sad event. Col. Aiken, in last Friday's Ntv>$ and Courier talks about an Illinois Farmer buying a farm in Alabama "that had been considered worthless, because it had been run away with the Meaux grass," carried there by Col. Johnston, from Monticello, Fairfield Co., 8. C. As we have never heard of the Meaux grass, we are inolined to think the Col. meant Means grass. If it is the Means grass, we don't think many of the farmers on Broad River, would oare about taking any more of it in ther'n." 1 . WST We *re glad to state that the Legislature has repealed the law levying a tax "for the relief of the widows and orphans of persons killed beoause of their political opinions." This was an Infamous law, passed, as it was said at the time,' for the purpose of punishing the white ptupic in mo uuuiiiivi nuoro uc^rurs were miiiuu during the Ku-Klux excitement. A number of able bodied women and laxy bays depended upon that fund for a support, and refused to work. In aome counties the tax was collected and no widows or orpbana could be found to receive it. ??. Our friend, R T. Owene' garden is a great bleseing to us. We get something from it avary r?4T. And ?nasally km ia. ahead af -'ail ether ooropetltors," either in time or quality.? Last Friday he sent us a basket of very fine Irish potatoes which was a great treat to us. Tbey .were large, ripe, and the first we had seen, Bob's a genius?good at the Drum, good op a joke, good with a hoe, No 1 with a I'aint Brush* apd I'M ? largo fiapiily of childreu which be is rising up |p the fear of the rod. We hope he will gqtytab and be President ?of a Master Painters's Association. t , ^ t II., Tki Johmou~ifle?. Quite a full and spirited awtisajfii held in the Court House last Satarda^^rSlUto adopt measures for the organisation or a Volunteer Military Company in this Township. ' The original intention of those gentlemen who were instrumental in getting up |he company was to embrace in its membership the young men of the whole Township, and hwlast Saturday that inntier was fully discussal, and it was decilid that thq election of officer#should be deferred until an invitation had *vt>n extended to the young men outside t,he corMjM limitjfrof the town of Union to join they might participate in the election of its officers. It was therefore resolved -that the full organisation of the Company be deferred to an adjourned meeting to be held tomorrow, Saturdav Aveninor. nL R o'i>l/u*k ?n I ilmi 4 ??, ?, W.? men in the surrounding country be requested to meet with them and complete % Military or. 1 ganization that shall embrace members from t every part of the Township. * t Wo think the postponement a very judicious t more. There are many young men outside of > the town who, we think, would be pleased tojoin, ] and who, we know, would make capital mem- ] bcrs?cither as officers or in the ranks. We are ' also pleased to see the spirit evinced by our young men to encouraging the young men of I the country to come in and mingle with thein < in such an organization. 1 While a good company could be formed in the < town alone, a much better one can bo formed if J tho young men of the country will come in nnd ] join with us, and we hope tbiy wlll%o so.-^ 1 Many are afaid that the meetings and drills may i be appointed at such times as will be incouvc- i nient for persons living out of town to attend them. We are satisfied that that matter can and will be arranged to suit all parties. Squad < drills cnu be so arranged that the country mem- i bers may appoint their own time andjplace, while Company drills cnu be made at such times when all can attend. Let us ree if wo cannot get up a Company, i equal in numbers nnd material, to any in the Slate. It will be far more pleasant and creditable than to be called upon to drill and muster with the motley crowd of which the regular Militia is composed. We earnestly invite the young men of the country to become members of the Johnson "Rifles, and assure them they will not only be welcome but share in all the honors. The financial and 'vag'T?yi " this section is really alarming. It will be five months before the annual monev commanding crop will be in the market. The first of that crop will hare to be appropriated to the payment of liens and for fertilizers, which generally takes all the Cotton brought in up to the middle of December ; so that we may safely say that we hare seven months ahead of extreme poverty among the classes who have neither given nor taken liens. Now, if the cotton crop should not turn out well?which, from present appearances, is very probable?what will be the condition of the people next year? \Vc have noticed the past four years that it re quires a month longer every year to pay lien and fertilizer debts. Four years ago cash from the sales of cotton began to circulate among the people about the middle of October ; three years ago it wns the middle of November before the farmers could extricate themselves from their l}en and fertilizer debts; two year ago it was 4">t until just boWTe'CTirialmsw^Qn -gg*- 1 in the circulation of money wns felt, and Inst year, it will be rrmembered by most pcrsous, during the holidays and for weeks afterward, money wns almost ns scarce in this community as it had been during the summer before. Taking the experience of the past four years?and we see no change in the indications?we have every reason to fear that the cotton crop of this year wiil bring but little relief to the people at large until about the latter part of next February?nine montht from now. What is left of the crop] after that time is all we will have to depend on for tlio next year's supply of money.? Sad outlook for Mechanics, Schools, Churches mud laborers. This condition of things is caused by the "all cotton"?one crop, and lieu system of farming. - Waif' The weather the past week has been very unfavorable to the growing crops- -We have had no rain for a month and tbe ground ha# become hard and dry many tnchfj.belpw th^surface, while the unusually cold nights have kept all kinds of vegetation frorti growing. Cotton is small and looking bad, with very poor stand*; Corn is small and at a stand-still. Wheat and oatl, we learn, are looking pretty well, but both want rain to make tlicm fill out. Gardens are "burning up." Peas aro "firing" badly, the pods not half filled; lieanft not growing; Potatoes not forming many tubers, while evert hing else is suffering in the same way. The only thiags that give fair promise of a good crop are the peach trees?they are full?but even they will sooq want rain. We fear the dry weather that has been so destructive to the grain cropr in the East, like a storm, has travelled this way. We see but little prospect of a change iu the weather. 1 SgL. The Rabies seems to be on the increase among the dogs and we refer our readers te an artide on our first page upon the cure of hydrophobia. We are not acquainted with the Elecampane plant, but we learn that it is common in this Country and most of our old citizens know it. We advise every family to have it in readiness for an emergency. If it does not cure it can do no harm, and it is certainly worth trying. KT- A concurrent resolution to adjourn on the filh last., was before the Legislature yesterday, l>ut we have received no report of the I action taken upon it. It is generally believed that the session will last from ten days to two i weeks longer. .? ? j a- The weather it getting hot again, and J the best way we know of keeping cool U to oaM en John Hart aad get him to make you a good iee<l Lemonade, or get a glass of his Sweet Cider with ice in it It's good, sure. JWu [t is reported that Governor, ftamp.oJ .Jamshhagewfc^toagUst of ?pp*nteWte. Hko presented to the Senate this week for retilodttomA new deal is expected. 4 '-1 j. Divine Services. Rev. J. Lowry Wilson will hold Dodne Services in the Presbyterian Church on the second Sunday of this month. Tho Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered aftartlhe ! morning services. Preparatory servlcoi wil be i held, commencing the Friday evening previous, I ' A I To the Peopla of Union. It bos neYCT boon our tri'sA to either sell oi liaoentinue the publication of the Timet. Out tason for offering it for sole was that probabl) t now Kditor and Proprietor would inspire tnor< merest among the people in its behalf. Suet o usually the oase. It is possible the people ol Union are tired of our hum-drum style of editing heir county paper, and a younger man, wit! nore talent and less attachment to a particulai ine of political doctrine, would be more likely 0 8'*? greater force and influence to the paper md attract to it a larger and more interested luppOrt. "We say "it W possible" that the ~pcv ile of Union desire that such a change shoulc >e made, because tbe people of Union do noi fire the paper the patronage necessary for iti mpport, and which we know they could give i hey felt any interest or pride in its continuance The fault is no doubt with us?we do not pub ish a paper to suit (ho people?and as we ar< oo old to imbibe new political doctrines or maki lomcrsaults to please the whims and notions o hose who desire to be considered leaders in tin noral, social and political circles of society, wi propose to sell to some oue who will prove mon pliant than ourself, in the hope that they maj je able to please all, and thereby secure to th< Times all the support that legitimately belong '>0 it. If that is given to it the paper can be con inued, greatly improved, and made worthy th abor, talent and undivided attention of a mon competent Editor. If, on the other hand, th people continue to show their indifference toth paper, by taking no intorest in the extension o itflRfbs^ription list and withholding the indiviTi noi support that naturally belongs to it, we can not promise that a paper will be published ii Union County many weeks longer. We confidently ssy that our subscription lis could and should bo double what it is. Outsidi of the County the Times is considered among th best County papers in the State, but here, a home, where it should receive its patronage, th moat frivolous and mean complaints are mad against it, as excuses for not subscribing for il We are corresponding with several partie who propose to buy, and we may sell to one o another, but we again say, wc do not wish to sell We would prefer to continue our connection witi it; but with its present support it is necessar that the owners should be able, during the pres enl dull time, at least, to bo their own Kdito and do at least two-thirds of the labor of th Aflii.. TU1. ? ~ A. A. ,1 ~ 1 VIIIVVI A ill J nc VUIIIIU1 UU, IICIICC n u jirupusc I sell to patties who ean. We, however, kno' full well that, under such an urrangcinent, tfi paper cannot be kept up?in the quantity of reac ing matter, at least?to its present standard. We have done our best to give Union a rci pectable County paper, and have the satisfai tion of believing we have done some good to tti County, for which but little encouragemen has been given us in the way of support. Individually we have strong attachments fc the County of Union, and would greatly regri leavirg her good people who have been so kin and generous to us. llut we are bound to ear a living, and if wo cannot do it where we ten we mutt do it where we can A little exertion in every neighborhood woul place the paper beyond the necessity for a chang and its interest and usefulness could be grcatl increased. We leave the matter with our sul scribcrs. ?' The Per Diem and Interest Questions. The Legislature is still occupm*' nnnn tWa .Vi ProbfWion WW Tax BHl^T' The la# cannd^ completed until the first is passed. There a two difficulties in the way, viz : the per diem the members of the Legislature nnd the rnatt< of appropriating $270,000 to pay the intere on the bonds of the State. Upon the per dicin there seems to bo a trial gular fight: One party thinks that $5 a day quite sufficient, another thinks that $500 i little as should be allowed for their services du ing the winter and present or extra session while ancther wants $800. For our part w think the members would do a good thing f the State, the democratic party and themselvc individually, if they would settle down to ll $5 a day, nnd come home. As to paying the interest upon the bonds, w think, under thecircumstances, that inny be vei conscientiously postponed until the next lev The bondholders are better able to wait for tl micrcnv upvn iiic uuiiub,?pinicuinnj ii n Legislature will give assurance that it ihall paid ti??i jyar?thaw the people are to pay now. There is much doubt as to the validity i a large number of those bonds, and as the Le; islature has appointed a committee to forest gate them aira settle which are good and whi< are fraudulent, it will be no breach of integrii to await the result of that inrestigation befoi calling upon the people to put up money to pt the interest. We agree fully with Mr. Withe spoon of York, who, in opposing that feature the bill said : He looked with disfavor upon any act thi savored of repudiation ; but while we guard tl integrity of the State, we must not crush 01 those whom we represent'. We must give tliei time to recover from the depressed conditk that the misgovernment of the past years hi placed tbem in?give them breathing time, ft asked for the people of the State just what an honest but embarrassed man might ask from reasonable creditor. Let us preserve our hoa credit and not talk so much about our foreig credit. The fifth seetion provides $'270,000 ft the interest on the bond* of the 8tate. Thle wi an especially objection able feature. Under the present state of our affairs is reasonable or possible that the people in th State can sustain this burden and live f Th? cannot, and he, for one, did not propose to in pose obligations which he knew it would be in possible to meet. If this bill passed in its pre eat form, York County would be called uponi pay 26 mills nest winter, out of one crop. Th would put one-third or one-fourth of the peopi of the State out of their homes. Besides thl the people have other obligations to pay bee id < these taxes, and it is unfair in the State to ask a a man's substance. Who knows whether thai bonds are valid or not. An investigation is d manded,and if there is to be an investigation wh be in a hurry to provide this money before n know what we have to pay. It is true thatlnterei will accumulate, but he did not ask the bon< holder to forgive us the interest; he was coi vinced that this interest could be funded an the burden thus distributed over a period of thrt or four years and rendered lighter tc the ta: payers. Why ignore all the rest of the debt < the State, and make an exception in favor < these bonds ? He closed a brilliant addroa with the assertion that he had a higher rsgar for the welfare of the people than for party, an was prepared to take the responsibility of vo ing against the interest clause. K. W. Shand, Esq., of Union, held three day' reference here last week as Special Keferee i case of J. H. Hunt vs. Wm. McClintook. Mi Shand in a young lawyer of flne promise, ar. presided over the Court of Reference with afeii ness and ability that wt iild reflect credit upen higher court.?Spartanburg fferald. f 1 ----- mrnmmm > * It Works Differently How. f The difference between a Democratic and r Radical Legislature is so plainly exemplified in j] ' the following proceedings of the House last week ^ > that it needs nothing from us to shew that the ii i dnys of bribery and other improptr influences ? f upon members of the Legislature, to pass laws jj 5 for putting up "jobs" for personal aggrandise- a I m?n? ?. r J- iLl- D.-i- rt i>- ? ???V 5VUV IWI V?C1 1U IUIB OIBVV. JTWr IV JB " ter is now languishing in the jail of Richland P r County. When it is understood that members 1 of the Legislature can make no more than the 1 amount allowed by law, for their services, none Dot l?uornKI* maa-vUt ?l?h to go there, I Mr. Youmans, from the Committee on Incort porntions, reported unfavorably on bill to char} ter the Port Roj al Improvement and General Shipping Company. f Now came a proceeding which shows pointedly the difference between a Democratic and a . Radical Legislature. s In submitting the report of the committee, Mr. Youmans said that the committee hod been 6 much annoyed by the importunities of the origif nator of the bill, Mr. Peter Papin. c Mr. Robinson rose to a question of privilege, c and said that he had found on his desk a printed circular on the subject of the bill, which, in B his judgment, reflected upon the committee.? f The language in the circular he objected to was b this: "The opposition from the Committee on 9 Incorporations seems very shortsighted or prejudiced in favor of some of their friends' suggestions that the proposed aims of the Port Royal u General Shipping Company would injure theinu terests of Beaufort." 0 Mr. Hamilton also rose to a question of privilege, and expressed his disapprobation of the c conduct of the orginalor of the measure, f Mr. Youmans rose to a question of privilege . and said : I wish to inform the House that its dignity has been grossly insulted and a fragrant contempt of this House has been committed by a one Peter Papin, in this, that the said Peter Papin, with a view of improperly influencing the it action of Messrs. Youmans and Verner, mem{ bers of the committee on Incorporations, before which committee are certain measures in which e the said Peter Papin is personally interested, t did offer to pny to said members something if e they would report favorably upon a bill to ohare ter the Port Royal Harbor and General Shipping Company. ' Mr. Verner?Ever sinoe this Legislature has s met, that individual has been here before this r House. In my nbsence from the committee a 1 report was made here upon this bill. The committee made a favoinble report, but the gentle" man from Beaufort, knowing that individual 7 ucner man uic resi ei ua, iuaae i minority rei port. Afterwards persons from Beaufort made ^ r statements to the committee, and gave us infor- , mat ion, upon which we asked that our report 0 bo recommitted. When it was recommitted we J o made an unfavorable report, and the bill was rem jected. Immediately another bill was Introe duced, and yesterday morning, or the day before, ( he approached several members with a third ^ '* bill. That matter upon which the committee have reported occurred upon this floor this morning. We want to teach such men that they cannot approach members with any such conduct as that. >e Mr. Aldrich introduced a resolution that the t, Sergeaut-at-arms arrrcst Peter Papin and bring him before the bar of the House, to receive such punishment as the House, may adjudge.? ' Adopted. et During these proceedings, Peter had been d sitting in a chair next to Mr. Hamilton, part of u the time standing at the gate of the inside rail^ ing. When the Sergeant-at-Arms started towards him, he smilingly came forward and met the officer about the middle of the hall. They Id came forward to the front of the stand, and e, there Peter honored the Speaker with an elegant military salute. ^ The Speaker said : Mr. Papin, you have been *" ordered under arrest to the bar of the House to receive such puuisbmont as ibe House may ad. judge for contempt of the House in attempting te corrupt certain of its members. Be .Peter repeated his military salute to the Chair ^ katl then made-one to the members, ana began : Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of the House? re The Chair interrupted him, and put the of question to the House whether it would hear ?r him. This was ngreed to, and Peter continst ued: I Swear upon the Bible aud everything that is sacred that the allegation made is a slander a* snd a lie. is Here the gavel descended, and cries of "Mr. |8 Speaker!" drowned all other sounds. Mr. Shcppard moved to withdraw the leave r~ to Peter to be heard. s, Mr. Heed opposed the motion, and wished to to hear wl.at Mr. Papiu had to say. ?p The motion was adopted and leave with drawn. *' Mr. Aldrich introduced a resolution that the t*o Sergeani-nt-Arms be instructed to take.Peter l'apin te jail, and confine liim there till tho end of the session. Mr. W. It. Bradley thought he ought to be fed r? on bread and water while confined there, y. Mr. Itecd said that Peter did not probably know that the rules of the House were so strict, ]4 and moved to reduce his confinement to four days and Mr. Gantt seconded and advocated the e motion. it Mr. Keith?I hope tl?? Mentation will pass of just as it is. If such action as this had been taken a long time ago, it would have been bet. ter. This man would hare known better than '* to do what he has dono. :h Mr. Hamilton moved to lay the amendment on ty the table. Adopted. re The resolution was then adopted by a vote of ayes 00. nays none. The 8ergeant-at-arms then conducted Peter r* Papin from the hall, who vainly insisted upon of "just one word, Mr. Speaker," and locked him up in a committee room till the hour of adjournment, and when the Speaker had signed the it warrant of commitment, he was carried te ml >e and left to enjoy his oftum cum dignilate. The House then resumed the consideration ol ,n Peter's bill and rejected it. le The Columbia Reporter of the Charles-1 iy ton Journal of Commerce, under date of the 26th, a says : Chamberlain is here on mysterious busi10 ness, some say to look after the bondholders' )r interest. He is closeted daily with ex-leaders m of the radicals, and it is said has made up n slate for appointmepts to Federal offices, as follows : For Collector' of the ftft.sf Charleston, J. O. ,y Thompson; Internal Revehne Collector, ?. M. i- Bray ton ; United States Marshall, Hardy Soloi mon. The latter has gone to Washington te look after his interests, and hears a strong letter of lj endorsement from Cktakrliln, le jQT* More Med Dogs. Ws sre informed that J! Isst Friday, Mr. M. D. Lee.fn Boganville TownM skip, killed valuable dog of bis own, after bee* ing assured that he was mad. J John Howard, living about five miles belew this town killed on Tuesday last a mad dog, after j. he had bitten several dogs and hogs. He felt so i- confident that the dog was mad that he killed all d the animals the dog had bitten. !^e On the same day a dog was killed on Mr. T. L. Homes' place, in Jouesville Township, that >f proved to be road. ?. - * , Tns New Revenue Collectok.?Washington, May 26.?Thomas C. Dunn having declined the appointment of Internal Revenue Collector for the district of South Carolina, vise Carpenter, resigned, Ellery M. It ray ton was to day appoins ted to fill the vaoanoy. n p- Fastest Time on Rr.com>.?I-ouisville, May d 24.?Tenbroeck to-day beat 1.41), the fastest r" timo on record, by 2 seconds. Tenbroook's record for one and one and three quarter miles is the fastest ever known. * .... wrnmm ... 1 * War GosMg. g Loxdox, May lib.-?The Tutus' TJttCliareal #r- , rapondent mji present indichUtaYst lengthen lie conclusion that no important event will ccur on the Danube till the wholVfrottt line in a position on tkn bank of the river. A etrong orpn will be formed on the extreme right, comosed of the Roumanian army apjd (wo flfoasiau ivlsons. Thin force will more up the Turkish ide of the Timoo, and turn the lefl'BankOf the lalkin line by a moTetaenCon Sopla and Philipolis. This column would nnee a fHfudlyWnnry on the right, from which to draw supplies. * A Turkish iron-clad dentroyed the eaftuworke t Nicopolis,l driving the Buulann^out, who left arty dead, i W^t9T. 'W A Vienuav dee patch* to the" fWei sdyrJth'o reclamation Or m uv\j n*> iwi.. l*kc vieidiun t> the popular demand, which has been growffrg ' ?" ? auder daily, that the Sultan will join the army. 'he proposal that the Sultan quit Constantinople ins naturally raised the question whether it'la afe to leave behind a Parliament which is be ominsr more difficult to manacre.' and which raoreover has the whole population of Constaninople willi it. It U no wonder, therefore, that Constantinople, during the lsst few days, has ?en filled with rumors of an impending dissoution. Constantinople, May 26.?A dfetachtnehl Of tussiana, with two guns, on Tuesday, attacked he Abschasion Tillages of Akaba and Ideak, near iatoum. The Abschasian chiefs assembled all heir available force and repulsed the Russians, vho lost 150 killed and many wounded. A lussian Major and four Captains were found unong the slain. The Turkish loss was seven tilled and eleven wounded. Vienna, May 26.?Thursday the demons! rnion in Constantinople assumed very serious proportions. Many thousand people, led by armed iofta8, presented themselves before the palace to lernand the dismissal of the ministry and recall >f Midhat Pacha.. , * . s. -?? Ebeebocm, May 26.?The Russian bombardnent of Karadagh and Takmas, the forts and mtworks of Kara, is now only carried on at inervals. The Turkish batteries are replying. Constantinople, May 26.?Intelligence had seen received here t lint the Russian bombardment >f Kara has slackened. The Russians continue :o advance on Erseroum. A battle is expected ibortly. The Russian attempt to throw a bridge pver the river before the Turkish line at Batounf was repulsed. Moscow, May 26.?Intelligence from Capatori> , in Crimea, announces that most of the families belonging to the wealthier class have fled to Simfloropal and other towns In the interior.All shops are shut. The roadstead is deserted,' ill the merchant ships having left. The smaller ressels have been sunk or hauled ashore. In the" town there is a perceptible waut of provisions.London, May 28.?Two young Russian engL~ racer officers attempted to reach a Turkish moni-' * tor on the Danube with torpedoes, bi t were dis-~ covered and driven off by afire. They returned' it 8 in the morning in two skiffs, carrying a chain of small torpedoes filled with dynamite, l'hey secured a chain across the monitor's bowr - ? ? ind fired it by means of electricity, when the Ifionitor disapi eared. Another acoount of the destruction of the monitor says it was onsof the most daring deeds ever recorded. A email detachment of Russian soldiers left the northern shore of the Danube in a number of email boats. The night being very dirk, tbey managed to surround the monitor before being discovered. When finally observedby the sentries on board, they were challenged*. The Major replied, in Turkish, "Friends. ' The Turks not satisfied commenced firing in the direction of the sound, but the shots flew wide.? During the firing several Russian soldiers' plunged into the water, swam silently to tho vessel and placed a torpedo in close contact withher bottom. After it hnd been securely fastenedy the men returned te the neighboring shoie.? The monitor was blown into the nir, and all oil board perished. The reported rising against the Turks in Milkens is officially contradicted. The Sultan lias not accepted the resignatins of lite Ministers of War aud Finance. Muliktar Pasha requires ad- ^ ditionnl force to hold the southern roads, as the- * Russians evidently intend to gain possession of , the river Arras or the Euphrates. Muhkta^- ' l'ssha telegraphs he must retire behind Erxeroum, as the Russians are turning the passes, .. . - =c= Est? or tub Kbbttckx LorrRKT Dl'SINBSS.? 1 ho Attorney-General of Kentucky hM decided thai all the Kentucky lottery grant" liar# expired by limitation, and Ilia} no valid grant now exlata in that Btale. Thia includes the Frankfort, Pa- _ ducah, llcnry Academy and 8heiby Colle|^^^flMtaH The managers have of and (here is danger of his army being cut off from Erzerouin. The Kussiuti cavnlry have already appeared on his flank. The AVict' Constantinople despntch has the following : The Turkish fleet, nnmberiug nineteen vessels, has arrived at Cre-e. It is stated Greece sent a note to the Porte asking that the same privileges be accorded toTheiaaly and Epirus as to Sclavonic provinces. The Porte replied that the privileges they had a right to were already accorded by the constitution. Greece communicated a second note, slating that as the present war uiigkt prevent the Porte carrying out the constitution, Greece demanded guarantees. The Porte has not yet replied to this second note. The jVews' Vienna despatch says Abdul Kerim Paaha, the Turkish Commander-in-Chief, yesterday informed the inhabitants of ltustcbuk, Varna, Schulmla and Tileslria that all persons whohave not provisions for at least six months must quit within twelve days. Keports from Athens indicate turbulence in Greece. It is cxpeeted the ministry will be overthrown at the Meeting of Parliament to-day.?? Activity in AMMenegro Is reported, with varied success. 6,000 Turks have set out to revietual ? Nicsic. The Russians seem to bo preparing to cross at Galatx. They arescuneing the river and a number of rafts have arrived, prepared for bridging. A great number of fresh troop are there to night. In the recent cavalry fight, tear Kara, 160 Russians were killed ; Turkish loss not stated. A special despatch from Coastsntiaople to Iho second edition of the Telegraph says all excitement has disappeared and everything is qniet. The eouncil of dar has asked Mukhtar Pasha what his plans were, lie replied that thsre waa a scheme in proeess of execution certain to insure success, and begged to be left alone. A cavalry fight took place near Kara on Saturday, between 2,000 Turks and 1,000 Russians. A heavy rain stopped the fight as soon as it commenced. The Timet' Rastchuk correspondent writes a* follows : The 20,000 troops of this garrison are the perfeetion of soldiers. They are brown, open-faced, big-shouldered fellows, perfectly resigned to any flat*. The Christians are frightened to death, lest soma imprudent member of their faithMMiA0taMida the spark which might light up sneoajHaroas would throw featok into.' the shade coMplotoly. Evan the consuls have to be eareftil for their lives. Proofs of the extreme and dangerous tension of the relations between Moslem and nen-Moelem could be given. Mr. Reade, the English and American consul here, who has nsver been accused, throughout the late troubles, nf kslno in in* >** ? ?/ ?"/ against the Turks, but who has been suspected A of lwiii| the other way, tbinke that matters I are as sericus ns they can be, and his urgent warninga>re ignored, be lb at Downing street and Constantinople. It is believed by some here that Russian influence in the form of money is artfully planning a dreadful outbreek, and that those aip no meads to the Turks who 0o not inrist dpoa a stop being put to irregularities, the firm repression of which wheuld give satifaetiou to both Mahommedansand non-Muaaelmen alike. Illness or De. Dan sr.?News reached Columbia yesterday that Dr. John T. Darby, of Columbia, at present a residept of the city of New York, | waslying extremely ill la that city. Our inform ant says that while in the diaseoting reom demonstrating to some ef the students, with the b?tfb. Irs slightly wsended btsssplfj seed the poisonous sfrus from the dead body entered the wound.?R efitler.