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ii i 111mi ? <lid the commissions foot up?" What did he cure about thc<<e commissions, unless he had a personal interest in their amount? No, Cham* beilain kept in the background, as far as he could, and pulled tho wires or employed Kimpton to act as his prosy. It is loo preposterous for him now to pretend blindness and iunocence. WHY PACK Ktl SAYS II R I KM.. In 187-1 a civil actiou was brought against me before a mixod jury, Judge Carpenter presiding, f to recover $4otl,001), of whiob amount it was al> leged I had defrauded the State by funding coupons wrongfully detached. The sole witness of Importance to the prosecution wasa forinerclei k of mine named I.add, who sworo (lint I told him on? day at dinner that I had funded that amount of coupons for Scott, Neagle, kimptou, Chamberlain and myself. He did not say that tho proceeds were deli voted to Chamberlaiu as well as to the others, but that Kimplon received tiio amount which it was understood he wus to nc-? count for to Chnmherlaio. Well, the jury sat on the trial about two weeks, nnd finally agreed together that something tnust be done ; so they brought in a verdict against inc for ^ ?>.? Assuming for tlie sake of tlio argument that tiie verdict was legitimately rendered, why were not indictments drawn against tlic others who were impeached by the sumo testimony'.' If Ladd was to be believed, nil concerned in this transaction were equally guilty ni:d exposed to prosecution for their shave in it. llis evidence, if it affected one, it ail'cctod all. These statements will he denied, of course, but I have endeavored to state the plain facts as accurately as 1 could. I do not seek to deny or extenuate | the part wliieh I look in this ring corruption. i I frankly admit these acts of mine in South Carolina, which I now bitterly regret aud which , I would give much to he able to blot out. I can only say that I went to South Carolina an honest urnu, and succumbed like others to the great temptations in my path. We were surrounded by euetuics and were obliged to maintain our places by the exercise of all the power w'-icli we could gel into our hands. With I lie power and opportunity presented to tis, surrounded as we were by an array of unusual temptations, temp- : tations such as few men ever hail presented to them before, it is not stiange, perhaps, that rings were formed and corruption reigned as it did in New York city under the Tweed t ing.? So far, however, as my official action as State Treasurer in concerned, I deny that there are any irreguluritics in my accounts. Tlicic was 110 plundering of theSiato Treasury except that authoruou by the i.egtsuuure. i puta sucti claims as were audited and presented in accordance with law, but tlio books were carefully kept ai\d. uo irregular payments made I?? any person. The suit brought against mc was for funding coupon* after I left tlie ollice of 'ftcasurcr, nt.d tlio accounts which 1 delivered over to my successor Lave never been impeached. After the election of 187- I remained in Columbia on private business. 1 began the practice of law in Major Melton's oftice, and continued as a student there until I went to Kuropo in 187-1. In the lull ot 1874 I came North ami settled iu Jersey City, engaging in business in New York. For the pust two years I have tried to live an honest nnd Christian life and to help the temperance cause and other good measures as far as lay in my power. I do not wish to conceal the record of my life in Columbia, but 1 desire also that the life which I hare been leading lbr the past two years should be considered when my case is passed upon in judgment, rnr ittnit nett'rkt? in limit.. 1 have no respect for the men with whom I I was connected for six years. Chamberlain impresses mo as a cold, reserved, calculating and unscrupulous ntan in his ambition for power, place and reputation. In his conduct toward Ito Ivnu liortn lty^norSli|b)| na tv*ll uu Imun L'ardozo I believe to be no oilv, plausible, intriguing, unprincipled follow, and it seems like O mm iiv win uv ouviwn u|?, in mi; wivariu in* ? vestigation, in his* true light. Frank Moses isagood-nutured, easy-going man. with no principles in particular ami little pretensions to any. So long as hi* father was alive ho had 110 fear of uny prosecution, and so was more open than some of the others in his un- i derhaml dealings. Kimpton is a tit ally for Chamberlain, exactly the man to have heen his most intimate friend in college, and he has worked in close accord with him. They were not warm friends, hecause each was too selfish to care much about anybody except himself. l'attcrson was an activo member of the ring ami is dipped as deep as any of them, lie may succeed iu suppressing the investigation so far as he isconcerncd, hacked by the itiiluence which he can control, but the suppression of eviden ? is tlio only thing thut can save hiin from indictment. As to the present condition of South Carolina, I certainly think that it is better than when in the hands of the ring. Wade Hampton I believe to be an bonest man and one who will try to do his duty by all classes of tliu citizens. I have no doubt that many colored votes were cast for him at the last election. Many of the blacks bad become disgusted with the Chamberlain government and the wholesale plundering that was going on under the ring, and which Chamberlain, at least, did not interfere to pre vent. 1 am convinced that the determined struggle which Chamberlain made to retain his post as (Jovernor was due largely to his rooted dislike of having the new administration overhaul tho record of the past eight years. If immunity from suspicion or direct charges could have been assured liiin he would not have held out so long. The control of the State is now so entirely in Democratic hands that the llepiihlicans have practically no chaucc of political success for years to come. The party was trusted with the reins of government and misused ifht All nofiiiltt liiivi* 1n?f. ni.iilltliHU'A in i)?.? i r * ",v integrity of the llepublican leaders, ami tlie party, as a polical organization, lias fallen to pieces. . A Siiamkii i. Monopoly.?The freights on merchandise over the Northeastern II nil road, the Wilmington ('olumhia ,v Augusta Kail road, and the t'her.iw ami Darlington Kailruad?especially the latter, are certainly outrageous. Decently Mr. Welsh received a barrel of whiskey from Wilmington, and was charged S2 ~>'2 freight.? Mil Wednesday of last tveek he received another barrel from Charleston, the same weight and size, and the freight on same was SB GO. Such charges and discriminations us these are, without a doubt, shameful in the extreme, and unless a reduction in freights is soon witnessed, our people will find it to their interest ere long, to establish a wagon train, as in olden times, to the cities.? Darlinylon Xeu-s. ? - ? A Bolt. ? Columbus, I)., September 14.?As the premium horses were being exhibited ut the State Fair Grounds this afternoon, a powerful black team broke loose, aud running among the musicians, knocked down nearly every member of the band. The leader, the drummer and two others were much bruised, but fortunately not seriously injured. In the excitement six other teams became unmanageable and escaping from their keepers, dashed over the grounds at a ftivious rate, creating the greatest consternation among the immense crowd of people in attendance. After desperate efforts the teams were recaptured bef-re causing any further damage. e> .Iackaonvii t k, Flu., Sept. II fine death trotn yellow fevet l.iat irght ?t 1'trna .dm* and three new casts to-dav Nur*es and . dorter are en route treat "viv.ii.nah V\, e *a>p< *c t Mnfavoiab'e i 1 II I I 'I 1 n- 'p"1 1 - -J-l-l > $hc fllilfchlij islnion ?imcs. rTmTsTOKEN, Editor. UNION, Fill DAY, SKITKMBKR '2\ 1877. TEEMS OF 8UDSCBIPTI0N. t < o|iv, one y.iin auvaNi .., Oo.'tn 2 Copies one ?Mr," " 5.V) r, ? " ii.Do 10 ' " 20.00 ADVERTISING. One square o.'otu* bub, ii. . ! .iiv. Joii. - - - $1.00 Kacu .-.uliacriucat bwer.aMt. - w*- ? - T t I limitllicount maile to (ifitaunln uiiuoiiiei'taUfortin-< .o.-xix month- or by iiie ye.;.-. Oobaa.y Notices o.' ten thi" or lc. , t?) iV. ".v. ' ' over leu Shies, ctntr^cd ns Ailvertise111 Ills. BfOJu We learn that Messi s. N pears k Colloti intend opening a t egular Grocery store iu their new building. . a i-Jf" Tli? annual report of the Clerk of the Town Council is unavoidably crowded out this week. It will appear in our nest. - Bray A'l the stores, escept one, in the new block have been rented. It looks as if that is to be tho business part of town heteuiier. * Tp~5),_ We learn thai II. i*. Li 'ggs has contracted with Mr. Giant to bud.! a f..ie brick buildi >g ott his lot on Main t ;reel, opposite liice, McI.tire \ t'o's. st?.>re. k L-.?y I'fs. 'i honi-un ti Gibbesatt l 1'. M. Cohen are now hu'.diag stores tuljoining .Messrs Spears & Cuitou s* new building, on the b'lfftT >rrjrf*r e. Mr. I>. T. lilac'; lt.ts the contract for the brie!; work, and we know it will be done well. Wo a o tcoceslcd to slate that Miss Ids Cohens, of ,\s!ie*i!lo, >.. wli' ! ke charge ol thi Music ( ass in the una e Academy on oe about t!'? 1st of October. Me letr. .1 Ihut J ? 1 obet is is a very stipe iur pet ibt titer aud Teachcr. Thrush's lung Ilestorer, is the only sire cure for consumption and all lung affections. Uo stoves lost voices, fee. Call at your Drug siorc mid get a botile. I'ricc f?Oc., large sixo $1 ~>Q, For sale l?y all druggist & by Messrs. A. Irwin & Co. Union. 5 What we want in this town is a lew Merchants who would be satisfied in ma'.ing quick sales and small profits. The repeal of the lien law will bring compctitin, and Merchants with limited capital will have a chance for a share of the trade, if ihev will adopt that system of business. Br'**, ft", lasper tiibbs. a native of this county, died at his rcideuco in Mexiu, Texas, on the l!Oth of last Month, lie loavs a large fa.nily to mourn his death, lie rcfugeed from Louisiana during the war and resided near Co; ton Li :, in Freestone County, until this year wlicn he moved to Mexia. \\'e are informed that a hail and rain storm visited the neighborhoods of (loudeysvillc, Cock hurt Shoals and other places iu this County, on Tuesday, the IIlit inst. The hail stones were very large?sotuc seen as large us a goose egg?and did sane mischief to corn and cotton. The rain was the most severe i.nowu for thirty years. . e C??.? Me are pleased to 1 c.i n that Mr. Stark \V l'oticr has rented one of tl.o new sio"Cs now being completed, in wnicli lie intends to open a general Me cliandisc business. Si.irk is otto of tbe cleverest men iu i.i the conn ,y as well as one of the most enterprising inc.chunis. We most coidinlly welcome liitn back to his eld home, where he lias a host of .'i lends. . <?. We hope the Farmers, Mechanics and everybody cisc, wiili their Wives, Daughters, Mo (Iiet'.s, Sisters, Aunts ,t:ul (iraudmothers, uie getting something ready to exhibit at tlie next Fair. Lust year we heard at least fifty persons say they could beat any thing that too!; a premium in die various departments. Now, we would like to sec you do it this year. The only way to make a creditable exhibition is for every one to contribute to it. Our young and weighty friend, J. t.\ llix has left us and gone to Columbia. lie is now in the Dry tioods house of MeCrcory & 15ro., where tbev sell goods so low that the Chrks ciirt'l nut. Jack has left lots of Lady frieuds here and an innumerable number of old associates who will rejoice to hear that he is increasing iu riches but not aa ounce more iu tlesh. All the folks from I'uion will call to see him when they visit Columbia. ? .?. A young man by the name of J. Madison M illard, after sulfering inincnse pain for three days, from "inception of the bowels,' died in mi* iowii, on .iiouuuy ingiii last. Mis case should be a warning 10 all persons against irregularity ami imprudence in eating. It .seems thai on Friday he cul nothing lVoui morning until late in the evening, ami then lie eat an unusually hearty meal of very strong food. Muring that night lie was taken sick ami although till that medical skill could devise was administered to him, lie lingered on in cxcruciatingagony until death relieved him of his pain. Next Monday week, the 1st of October, the Fall term of t'ourt will commence, Judge T.J. .Mackcy to preside. We expect to see an unusually large number of the good citi/ens of thecountry in attendance, for at least two or three days. We notice .'lull the subscriptions of quite a large number of our subscibers expire between the middle of August and the middle of October. In most cases where they have expired during (lie past .six necks we have continued to send the paper, under the confident belief that they will be paid during Court week, and we sincerely hope we shall not be disappointed. We never were in greater want of money than we are now. About Orchard Grass. A friend, wishing to sow Orchard Grass in a rich piece of very open Timber land, of largo growth, requests us to enquire through our columns, of any one who knows, lor full instructions : How* to j rejiate the Ian 1 . the time to sow t how much eccd to the acre, and any ullur latter connected with ! ? .'. i. ii.n of t' at grat a. W ill - nic one i e m i Send i Ik* lnf??r? tnntion lieseevs? .No dot.V it wo. 1 1 h> o '. ? ci.t to otheis also. What a Kaiiroad and Factory Weald Do. U stems liks a waste of time to ask the Southern people to sacrifice something at the present to secure a great and permanent good for the l'u' ut e. If it were proved to every Planter in Union that by building a Narrow Uaugc. Kail road from here to Chester they would save two dollars in freight 0?'*"!"' Cotton they made aud let/pel* ctYft^tttftriy Thing they bought, not one out of fifty Would subscribe two dollars to win I bui'ding ihc road. They would allsav, "lelihe town of Union build it, they are most interested." And while it is Unown to every uian of intelligence that the Planters pay trout live (o ten dollars per bule, fdr ezpeuses on cotton beioic it reaches the Nortue n Spinners' hands, you could uot induce ion Tlanlets in this County to subscribe for ogc share of stock to establish u co.ion factory in their own Couuty, lo save those expenses in the tut tiro. We hud hoped the Cvauges wou'd (u'.e this metier iu hand, but so ,':r t'.io liictnbe.s havo only . alhed about it ?they have t'toiie no. ding. -Such enterprises would do nice practical :,oo.l to tlie l'l.i 'icn ,lhnn tt'l the essays thai have been w.i en aujl all the ^>.110 nud County i'.ii.j yet, or to be. held. They wot:'.I save money (o the ' lag c -s and indue a more libe al aui e.itdvpi irit'g'iyvlfl^oiorig the' whole popuhtfio.i. MbO.iiH) worM pay Union's si 10 o" lite Union an.I Ches er toad and so far bui'd a C011 ten Factory that capitalists would e > .to fhvw.i d I cad cj' 'cle it and put I. ' 1 succcis.nl 0[>c r.i lion. And from lint one Factory would tt.'ring ' half a do ten Foe . ' 1 a ve,-y shoit 'ate. And | 1.0.11 these out* vonp'aFjn would increase ia I lurchers, our ; ope y inc.en?c in value, while our litt.es would ni he v'y decrease. Aud while all these benefit j we1 e being genet --''y fused the Facto'.yi c'fwou' 1 pay the st.oci.!i?ducts from ten lo twenty per cent., as all other Foulhctu Factories are now doing. | _ ... t.?/" The SnaUc crop seems 10 bo in?i-e ahunI dant this year than usual. On Monday tuo 1ing hist, as Mr. Carey Vt Plaid was shuc..i <j coin a l'ilot Snuhc bit liitn in the hand. A. er hilling i lie Snake Mr. \Yi I hi d came iotown and. under idsios, commenced tid ing Whiskey ati 1 continued uptil lie was completely under the intlucnco of it. llis armed was niueii swollen up to the elbow, lie sutl'ercd great pain until late in the afternoon, when ho appeared to '00 much better. On Saturday a colored man brought to our 0 lice a snake six foot f.?ov im...? ..r .i.? - *"* > ""*b< "? ' coach whip" species, which he had killed on Ml*. Mel.me's farm, after a hard fight. It was | uu ugly looking repiile, sure. O.i (he saiue uay we saw a young Moccasin, on Main Street, which had been killed iu Mis. | Arthur's garden ; and oil (lie next day auothev of ihe same venomous snakes was 1 vim* dead on ! . ? j tlit* side walk in front of M#j. Steeduian s dwelling. next to Mrs. Arthur's. l ersons from tiic country tell us that snakes arc more numerous than ever before, particularly along the water courses. We can partly account for their being so numerous in those localities, by the fact that the long drought had dried up all the small streams and they uo doubt sought the larger water-courses for water. .?j fcij" The Railroad depot has been completed 1 far enough to remove the Agent's ulticc into it i and to receive goods.^ We consider it much Irn' proved in every respect. I We understand that tiic cotton lMatfur>n is to | be removed to the llast side of tho track.? I Whether that will be an improvement or nut is doubted by a largo number of citizens. In the plat of the town there is laid down a street running diagonally across the railroad lot to Mr. | ('nip's dwelling, and for years it has been talked about opening that street, hut not wishing to interfere with the arrangements of tho It ail road the TownT'tJfatictls liavo never exacted it. The present Town Council uie ai iimr ; > !,?* ? !.> ? spirit, and will cooperate with Mr. Anderson, of the railroad, in giving every convenience lor approaches to the platform. Mr. Anderson h .s complied with the request of passengers to run the passenger train on the main track, and also set upurt a room in the depot for their convenience. This makes it necessary to run the freight trains upon the outer track to load and unload, as it will be more convenient to the road to load from that side, hut, wc should think, less convenient to unload. Bh3!- The first number of "The Southern Hebrew" is before us. It is a well gotten up folio and gives promise of being a very useful journal. This being the only Jewish paper published at the South, it should receive the unanimous support of the Jewish population. If we are not mistaken Iff the man, we know the I.iitor, Mr. Hr.tc.wan Jacous. lie was once the ellicicut hook keeper in the ollicc of the old SonJi Caroliimin and I'almetto Ihtiuitr, when published by Dr. (libbs, in Columbia. If that is lite man, w e can safely say he is a man of superior intellectual abilities and one of the most reliable men we ever knew. The Souificrn Hebrew should | he a success. ivj" We had prepared an article on what tl.o .Vo.r.V'rt calls ",7/r speech of the occasion," delivered ut the I,aureus Kail road meeting by K. 1'. Hobo, of Spartanburg, but recent publications from parties who attended that meeting, even lroin Spartanburg, discloses the fact that while Mr. Hobo's wihl assertions of the condition of certain railroads running to Spartanburg and ; his attempt to belittle llie County of l.'nion lick- | icti inu scii-iuifimiiiiici' 01 some 01 iuc ,-sp.uaan burg delegation* the speech ol' IS. \V. ,>hand, | Kscp, frcj? ^fc,,little" county of Union, was ' ilie only one that left any impression upon the solid, thinking men of that luceiing. Next week v.e shall publish what is said of Mr. tShnnd's j speech and also say what we think of Mr Hobo s j pusillanimous remarks. <ione to Market. < ap* A. 11. 1'osiei, M. t'ohen. >1. W. Mci.i J. ii. t ?li?.n, ..i I |i 1'rie Ibciger. ire n .. i:i N . ' . gsm;' their 1 * . an i V tiocr " ot e ot j?.,s What Could be Done. Probably uo section of country possesses greater natural advantages for prosperity than this "little'' County of Union; end wo are satisfied that no people upon the face of the globe have greaterjneentiyes to utilize all tbo natural advantages within their reach than the people in the Cotton growiug States. For years the cotton brokers of the North have been drawing the strings tighter and tiglitejr around the necks of the cotton planters, until now they not only so control the price of cottou as to keep it below the actual cost of produciiou, but actually demand that the bagging nud tics, purchased from tho Northern manufacturers, shall be thrown in?deducted from the weight? theroby compelling the planter to incur the expense of from $1 to $1 50 per bale, for which thoy are to be allowed nothing. Tho Southern Merchant, wheu lie buys gooJs at the North is charged for every box in which his goods aro packed, but the Southern Planter must pack nod conlino his cotton, under railroad restrictions, for safe transportation to the Northern Brokers, at his own expense. The tiadc between the North and South is a ottc-siUcd affair, in which, under the present dependent position of tho South, wo have, npparantly, no voice to change. If something is not done by tho Canters of the South, and that very soon, Jhey will find I tliclhsolves so completely in tho meshes of tU* Northern Cotton Brokers that they will not be able to exiricato themselves, liy a little sacrifice and a moderate amount of enterprise the Planters could change all this, aud uot on'y be perfectly independent of those who are crushing them, but could secure a fair price for the stable, and make tire Brokers aud speculators dependent upon them for their supply of cotton. We speak for Union County, when we say we have natural advantages which, ifuiii<.ad, would enable us to spin every pound of cotton wo raise, and secure to the Planters not only g od prices for the iaw material but in addition the p, edits which the Not hern Spinners now ni..ke upon it. They could do away with the accuinula.'tig cists of coiuiiiisskiis, drayage, storcage, wharfage, &c., all of which they now pay, if they would unite in erecting Factories upon the splendid and inexhaustible watcrpowers within the county. There are the Lockhart Shoals, Murphy's .shoals, N'cal's Shoal. Trough Shoal nnd two or three other admirably adapted localties for Cotton Factories, from tho most extensive to a moderate capacity of power. It is from far less natural advantages than tliesethat the Northern Brokers and Manufacturers ob.aiu their power to oppress the ccttou Plainer, and it is to these natural advantages that every Plainer must look for lcdrcos from the grievances now oppressing liira. It will not do for any one to say that he is not interested, and therefore should 11 i he expected to help CS1..0 i.3'1 Factories and build such roads as will iitsu-c easy and quick access 11 .hem. livery individual ill lite County is deeply interested in any enterprise that will con.ribute to the prosperity of the whole County. We cure not how far or how near a Planter I may reside to whero a coilou Factory c .a bo loj rated, i t his County, he would receive benefits from it, at.d should consider it u duty to do all in his power to ensure its establish ment and success. What! a Factory at Lockhart or Murphy Shea's, that would open a mat tot who. a a Planter, t'.-o.a any jn .. o, ,'Jtr Cot:.could obtain almost Charleston prices for his cotton, and where lie could dispose of his surplus produce at fair prices?such a Factory of no beuc.it to a Planter living ten, fn'.ceu or tvven y mi'eti frotn it'! No man of intelligence and thriii w.ll say so Uni\ minutely there are too many men, eiihci so parsimonious or so narrow minded that they will not asoist a ty public enterprise, unless they think it will benefit themselves fully as much as any otio else, und is located near their own door. They have no idea of its being their duty to aid such enterprises, even in urononiou to the benefits they know they will derive from litem. There arc incn in this County now?ami Union is not unlike other Counties in that respect? who won hi refuse to give live dollars to support an enterprise that they know would raise the price of cotton half a cent a pound, if that enterprise was located ten miles from their plantations. Their sordid notions of a cili.ten's duty never permits litem to contribute a dollar for the general good, particularly If they think some one will make a dollar more than themselves out of it. Such persons retard the prosperity of a community inoiclhan ary other class of citb.cns, and, generally they arc pretty well-to-do in this i wot Id's goods, lnit at the same time they at e the , greatest grumblers we have. The planters can and must begin the work of extricating themselves from the hands of those who are now holding them in commercial bondage. If they will unite together and show ado termination to be no longer tlie "hewers of wood an 1 diawcrs of water" to the Northern Cotton Brokers, Speculators nnd Manufacturers, but commence at once to assist in building Factories from which to secure all the profits to themselves that are made out of their Cotton, by commissions, freights, wharfage, storage, stealage, and a thousand other expense-*, before it is made into cloth, they can get plenty of assistance from capitalists to help them. Iiut if they will not moveto help themselves, then they must expect capitalists to continue to invest their money as they now do?in channels that only oppress ami impoverish the Planters. "Choose ye whirl\ ye will serve." Titk Nr.w Town Ham. at Aymi.?This elegant structure is now complete. In beauty of design it surj n sos anything of the kind in the State. Constructed ?f brie!; and dark marble, it is as permanent n< it is charming. fits Knglisii architcrts havead> rued it in -tthtlued colors, which please with >ul tiring the eye. 1 >r. J. C. Aver imilt mid cave it to the taw n iti acknowledgment of ihe <)<'tinclion t hey coiCci red upm hi . in ta in * hi i it.ie, \ It hough it a g"iierous , ilt, i.'i the !1. ;i i' : "it wi-dies id ft el. < .pie tie of g ' *. illtO, " I the ;,*< . ' ills lift ' es then 'I ./< -in'. ?s?? ?t?-?- firW Ifl TiiaEastern War. jHf .SQ^H LajrfcN, iSepiember 16.?A dispu.cb f?Petersburg says, the Russian Police havo djsgovJ^ ; ^ ered a conspiracy to assassinate theTh.ar on llw, battle fi^ld. * A dispatch from lirzoroum states that the '^2 Turkish offensive movements in Armenia are progressing (Hrotabv. Dispatches through ^ Turkish sources from r-liumlu ciaiui that Osman r Jf r< Pasha lias defeated tho Russians at Dubrick.? jll^^ ? The Russians lost scvc.al thousand uien and nine flK ttuns. The Russian batteries in tho Schipka Puss am^ruduuPy. disappearing under the heavy shelling frotn (lie Turkish guns. ^*1 It is stated tho Kussiuu Gener.il Lcvitski, tliinkiug that General Skobeioil" had a suilicieut force to defend the southern points a! Plevna on Wednesday, refused to furnish hint with reinforcements. This proved disastrous ftr the Kussiuus, resulting in the vecaniureof the forts by the Turks. The Russian advance lias received u severe check, u:ul they have uot vet beo? ablo to resume tho o. 'snsive. Tho Turks are bow bombarding the Grivi xa redoubt, which Gene nil Wellesloy repot id heaped full of deal Hussions and Houuifcuiuus. By I he latest uews received we find the Turks are si ill victorious iu almost eve. y engagement. / It id evident, however, thai ihc war will not bo ^ euded soon. The Uussiaus ate now bviaging the Imperial C.....;d into action. This portion of their tnilii.it/ forces lias been hold in reserve until their cause became desperate. They are also preparing to go inlo whiter quartets. While ^Cl it is generally bcticvcd in this country that the Russians will i.liiru nC'y defeat the Turks, 1>J 'futco of nuuibcrj ut;l superior resources, it is our opinion that so long as the contest is wagod on Turkish soil the Tu ks occupy tho advantage ground, fc'o i.tr that has beau tho case, while (lie Turkish forces have boon handled with uiuch greater skill tln.u the liussiau l'orce9. a A Chance for Piovrnion. V, J The wide-awake Scctctarjr of our County Fair ^ h;rs handed us the following for publicutiou i* n.i;i uii.mj, v A., ocj)l. j-), jom. Mr. D. 1'. Duncan, Sec'y Union Agricultural Society. Dear Sir:?Vour favor of t lie lOtli is at hand We will yice you a onc-horso Watt Plow to ho given to the best Plowman with one horse, and a l\vo-horsc plow for the best Plowman with two horses. Let us know when you want them , shipped ai d we will got them up ia good shape. If you desire any more to oiler for Premiums we will let you have them at the Factory prices, as per price list, with a disccunt for this object. Yours truly, Watt a Call. It will thus be seen that Mr. Duncan is moving in all directions to make the uext Union County Fair a glorious success. His whole heart and cuergies are engaged in the work, and if the people will do only half their duty toward it, wo can safely predict that the little County of Uniou, so despised by ltailroad orators of adjoiuing Counties, cau and docs do more for the material benefit of the State than those counties , that makes great or pretensions to distinction. , Mr. Duncan also informs us that he has discovered some omissions and errors in the Pre ntiuiu List heretofore published, and will provide us next week with a corrected copy for publicai lion. The Insolence or Oitick.?Yesterday afternoon two professional dead bcuis, known as spoilers in tlio llevenue Department of the United Siaies Government, went into a saloon kept by a respectable citizen, and demanded an Afl inspection of the cigar boxes. 'j lie cici!. coin- , ^1 plied with their demand, and showed up the cigar boxes, wiiich weio Sound to be regularly stumped. One of these officers then proposed ' to have drinks "on ihe house,a proposition, which tho house fail 'id to agree !o, whueupon the other beat remarked, never mi -u, I know the old , and I'll have hitn up in less than a week. It seems to us ilint a little civil service reform might bo applied with ad1 vantage in this direction. And in this counec, tion here is a still moie aggravated case which in a nilrtviai, tl.? 1-1 -X ...IMVII'/W VVUII1 J, i (IV Auucrsuil Intelligencer says: On last Friday morning a party of Pcvenuo ' ollicers visited the store of Messrs. Smith & Sloan, of Pendleton, ntnl at tho time of their entry both of the proprietors were absent, and their clerk had gone into a back vootn with a customer for some meal. When tho clerk returned, the ollicers asked to examine the tobacco \ boxes, which was granted, and they were found , to be properly stamped. The proprietors had by this time returned, and the ollicers asked to see their license to sell tobacco. Upon looking in their showcase where it was kept, they found the license gone. It could not be found anywhero. The license was seen in the showcase the day before by several customers, and the suspicion that it was removed by the detectives is very generally in dulged at Pendleton. The gentlemen composing tlie firm of Smith & Sloan stand as high as any in the State, and no person would doubt for an instant their statemont of tho matter, besides ' which is the statement of some of their customers who noticed the license thet e the day be- , fore. The circumstances of the transaction are all against the detectives, who ought to be indicted in the Slate Courts for lurceuy. The revenue i ollicers of South Carolina are generally of a class of men who are a disgrace to the public set vice of any State. If President Hayes wishes to ingratiate himself in:o the people's favor in South Carolina, lie can do so more speedily by remnvinnr tlio infflniAuu " ??.?. ?P ...V .u.MMtvMa jS**Mr? UI I 1/tl'UUC Ulllt'llilS ami detectives who have worried and oppressed our people, than by any other single act. 1 . A Slandkr Co it it kit k i >.?We see it going tho rounds in the State press, that in the recent elections upon the fence question in this county the negroes made the threat that "the white people owned the houses and they the torches."? We arc authorized to contradict this statement and brand it as false in toto. On the contrary very many of the negroes voted with the whites in favor of "fencing the stock," and the election passed off quietly at every precinct. We belcive that Lancaster has as good and thrifty a colored population as any in the State, and they will preve their freindship in the next election by casting their stiff-ages for none but honest and intelligent Democrats.?Lancaster Lsujrr. An Insurance Adjuster went toseea man whose ^ house had been destroyed by fire. Said adjuster, " Mow did this thing happen '.'"' House owner?"Don't knoiv?i s a mystery." Adjuster?"Well, 1 know." lioiise-ownci ? Lei's havo it, that's just what I d like io find out." Ad- / jester It's tril lion.' Mouse owner?"Fric| tion! friction ' What's thai V Adjuster? j Why, friction i? th" result of rubbing a tSl.000 ! policy on a '>( <? house ! A Tim ii tv *'-.!. m< r'utMKit.?lack Wilson is a colored resident <!' Moriweatlior t'ounty, (ia., J who ha-- l.oi jdit nn I paid fir seven hurdled ni - of 1:u I a.-, it Win. Ilr w'!l i. .ke this j yen- isiy < fill-' ot i-iiiion 1 -,00 si ' ' i-'m- , kill <eu or tvidvc t.iul's t!' ii. Ii ic i ci u<? raise* his own neat.