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did ilie commissions foot up?'' What did he cure about these commissions, unless he had a personal interest in their amount ? No, Chamberlain kopt in the background, as far as he could, and pulled the wires or employed kimpton to act as his prosv. It is loo preposterous for him now to pretend blindness and innocence. WHY PACK Kit S ATS II H TELt. In 1871 u civil actiou was brought against nie before a mixed jury, Judge Carpenter presiding, to recover $450,000, of whiob amount it was al> leged I bad defrauded IlidStnle by funding coupons wrongfully detached. The sole witness ol importance to the prosecution was a former clerk of mine named Ladd, who sworo that 1 told liiin on? day at dinner that I had funded that amount of coupons for Scott, Neagle, Kimpton, Chamberlain and myself, lie did not say that tho proceeds were delivered to Chamberlain as well as to the others, but that Kimpton received tho ti m ah n iv 1111 * 11 it \rntt iiDtlpi'vinnil lio \v:i* In ms count for to Chnroberlain. Well, tlio jury sat on the trial about two weeks, nnd finally n greet I together that something must be done : so they brought in a verdict against mc for $75,000.? Assuming for the sake of the argument that tiie verdict was legitimately rendered, why wero not indictments drawn against the others who were impeached by tlio same testimony? If Ladd was to be believed, all concerned in this transaction were equally guilty and exposed to prosecution for their share in it. llis evidence, if it affected one, it affected all. These statements will be denied, of course, but I have endeavored to state the plain facts as accurately as 1 could. 1 do not seek to deny or extenuate the part which 1 took in this ring corruption. I frankly admit these acts of mine in South Carolina, which I now bitterly regret and which I would give much to he able to blot out. I can only say that 1 went to South Carolina an honest man, and succumbed like others to the great temptations in my path. IVc were surrounded by enemies and were obliged to maintain out places by the exercise of all the power w ich w< could get into our hands. With the power nnd opportunity presented to its, surrounded as wt were by an array of unusual temptations, temptations such as few men ever bad presented tc them before, it is uot strange, perhaps, thai rings wero formed and corruption reigned as it did in New York city under the Tweed t ing.? So far, however, us uiy official action as State Treasurer in concerned, I deny that there arc any irregularities in my accounts. There was no plundering of the State Treasury excopt that authorized by the Legislature. I paid sucb claims as were audited and presented in accord ?: i. i i.. I i. _ n.AU<. iinco Willi !?? , till!. IIIU UUUK9 ?CIU liillCIUIIJ kept and no irregular purulent* niiule to any person. Tlie suit brought against me was foi funding coupons after 1 left (lie office of Trcasurcr, and tho accounts which 1 delivered ovei to uiy successor have never been inipeached. After the election of 1871! I remained in Columbia on private business. 1 begun the practice of law in Major Melton's ofiiee, and continued as a student there until I went, to Kuropc iu 1874. In tlie full of 1874 1 came North and settled iu Jersey City, engaging in business in New York. For the past two years I have tiicd to live an honest and Christian life and to help the temperance cause and other good measures as far as lay iu nty power. 1 do not wish to conceal the record of uiy life in Columbia, but I desire also tlint the life which I liarc been leading lor the past two years should be considered when my case is passed upon in judgment. XII K It IXU I'IC'lURKO IX I1F.TA I ?.. 1 have no respect for the men with whom 1 was connected for six years. Chamberlain impresses me as a cold, reserved, calculating and unscrupulous man in his ambition lor power, place and reputation. Iu his conduct toward li? I?ob lionn an wall aa Ivaao Cnrdozo I believe to be an oily, plausible, intriguing, unprincipled follow, and it seems like ?y that lie will be shown up, in the present investigation, in his true light. Frank Moses is agood-natured, easy-going man with no principles in particular and little pretensions to any. 8o long as his father was alive he had no fear of any prosecution, and so was more open than some of the others in his un derhand dealings. Kitnpton is a fit ally for Chamberlain, exactly the man to have been his most intimate lYicu ! jd college, itiul lie has worked in close accord with liiui. They were not warm friends, be cause each was loo sellish to care much aboul anybody except himself. 1'atlerson was an active member of the ring and is dipped as deep ns any of lliein. lie ninj succeed in suppressing the investigation so fit as he is concerned, backed by the inlliience tvhicli lie can control, but the suppression of cridcu g is the only thing that can save him from indictment. As to the present condition of South Carolina, I certainly think that it is better than when in the hauds of the ring. Wade Hampton I believe to be an honest man and one who will try to do his duty by all classes of the citizens. 1 have no doubt that many colored votes were east for him at the last election. Many of the blacks had become disgusted with the ChamberlaiD government and the wholesale plundering that was going on under the ring, and whicii Chamberlain, at least, did not interfere to pre vent. 1 am convinced that the determined struggle which Clinmberlnin made to retain lih post as Governor was due largely to his rooted dislike of having the now administration overhaul tho record of the past eight years. If immunity front suspicion or direct charges could have been assured him he would not have held out so long. The control of the State is now so entirely in Democratic hands that the Itepub licatis have practically no cliaucc of political success for years to come. The parly was trusted with the reins of government and misused its trust. All people have lost confidence in the integrity of the llepublicnn leaders, and the party, as a polical organization, has fallen to pieces. A Shamkh i. Monopoly.?The freights on merchandise over the Northeastern Railroad, (lie Wilmington Columbia & Augusta Railroad, and the Clier.iw and Darlington Railroad?especially the latter, are certainly outrageous. Recently Mr. Welsh received a barrel of whiskey from Wilmington, and was charged $2 52 freight.? On Wednesday of last week lie received another barrel from Charleston, tlio same weight. and size, and the freight on same was $3 GO. Such charges and discriminations as 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 estublisli a wagon train, as in olden times, to the cities.?Darlington News. . ? A Boi.t. ? Columbus, ()., September 14.?As the premium horses were being exhibited at the State Fair Grounds this afternoon, a powerful black team broke loose, and running among the musicians, knocked down nearly every moinbcr 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 furious rate, creating the greatest consternation among the immense crowd of people in attendance. After desperate efforts the teams were recaptured before causing any further damage. * .Iacksonvii.i.b, Fla., .Sept. 11.--One death from yellow fever last night at Fcrnnndina, and three new ruses to-day Nurses and a doctor arc en route from Savannah. Weather reported unfavorable v<?hc $01 celt I ij alnion ?imcs. B. M. STOKES, Mltor. __ e UNION, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1877. 1 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Copv, one j?'ur, in auvasc;:, $:s.00 2 Copies one year, " " o.-V) r. ii.iki 1 10 M ? " ' ' 20.0!) 1 1 ADVERTISING. One square or one iiit'u, tii . i.ne.-.ioiK - - - $1.00 I Kami bUbse^noat iiuvn^i, aA -- - la I.t'oerai discount iinulfi to mot vWntsaiKl others adter- ? lU!n<; >or six taontti* or by the year. . Oouaa.'jr Notices oi* ten Mif-or lis , luv*. let! f.v*. " " over leu Hues, ctiar^cd as Advertise- 1 UlClltS. We learn tliat Messrs. Spears k Collon , intend opening a regular urocery store ia llieir new buiidiug. ] . a . The mutual report of the Clerk of the ' Town Council is unavoidably crowded out this 1 week. It will appear in our nest. < i All vhe stores, except one, in the new ( block have been rented. It looks as if thai is to t be the business part of (own hereafter. * , UrSJu. Wc learn that II. F. Li.jjs has contracted with Mr. (!i;i<it lobu'-hia Hue brick buildi 13 ' on his lot on Main tjivcct, opposite l.ice, McI.ure & Co's. store. V 1 i'rs. '1 honi-on & Cibbcs and 1*. M. Cohen 1 i are now bit 'ding s. ores adjoining Messrs Spears t & Coltou'/iiew building, on the burnt squaifc. | t Mr. D. T. Mack has the contract for the brick 1 work, and we know it will be done well. I Huf" Wo ;r c tcqucstcd (o siiitc that Miss Id? I liobeus, of Ashevi'.lo, X. C., will t he charge of 1 I (It 1 Music (.' ass in the t.itn c Ac.tuctny on o.- | 1 about the 1st of October. We I cava that V. s , . I obet is is a very stipe ior pet ibt titer aud TouchCl* t Tit rash's lung llestorer, is the only sure cure for consttntplion and all lung nfl'ections. Ho- 1 stores lost voices, &c. Call at youv Drug store < J and get n bottle. Price oOc., large siro $1 ."?0, I 1 For stile by all druggis' & by .Messrs. A. It- | win & Co. Union. 1 9 |< What we want in this town is a few.Mer- j j i v.nxno itiiu nuuiu uo a.msii<*u in ina.ing rjuicic ( | sales and small profits. The repeal of ilic lien ] law will tiling competitin, and Merchants with , limited capital will have a chance for a share of ( the trade, if thev will adopt that system of bus- | iness. ( 8c&? Dr. Jasper (iibbs. n native of this coun- 1 | ty, died at his rc-idcuco in .Mexia, Texas, on ' , the 110th of last Month, lie loavs a large faail ily to mourn !iis death, lie retugeed from Louis- 1 ' iana during the war and resided uoar Co; ton (lit!, ' J in I'T'ucstouc County, until this year wlicn he moved to Mexia. We are informed that a hail and rain storm visited the neighborhoods of (ioudeysvillc, ^ Lock hart. Shoals aud other places in this County, on Tuesday, the 11th inst. The hail stoues ( were very large?some seen as large as a goose j egg?and did some mischief to corn and cotton. I The rain was the most severo known for thirty ? 1 years. , ? 1 ' j We arc pleased to lea n that Mr. Stark < I W. Poricr has rented one of il.o new stores now < being completed, in which lie intends to open a i general Meteiiaudisc business, i-.ark is ouo of i ! tbe cleverest tneu in in tlie cotiu.ry as well as ' one of tiie most enterprising inc.chants. We ; most cordially welcome liini back to his eld hoiue. where he has a host of .'i lends. 1 ? i I 8tv?r? We hope tlio Farmers, Mechanics and everybody cise, with their Wives, Daughters, Mo- I (tiers, Sisters, Aunts a:id (irauduioihers, aiegot, ting some!hing ready to exhibit at the next Fair. < r Last year we heard at least fifty persons say ] they could beat anything that took a premium I 1 in the various departments. Now, wc would ( like to see you do it this year. The only way t to make a creditable exhibition is for every one i to contribute to it. i Our young and weighty friend, J. C. ' llix has left its and gone to Columbia, lie is | now in the Dry floods house of McCrcory & Dro., , w here they sell goods so low t hat the Clerks can't rest. Jack has left lots of Lady frieuds here > and an innumerable number of old associates ' who will rejoice to hear that he is increasing in | riches but not an ounce more in flesh. All the t folks from Union will call to see him when they ' visit Columbia. A young^nian by the name of J. Mad* | isou >Villurd, after sulfering iuinense pain for r three days, from "inception of the bowels," died . in this town, on .Monday night last. I IIis case should be a warning to all persons ' J against irregularity and imprudence in eating. , It seems that on Friday lie eat nothing from t morning until late in the evening, and then he ? eat au unusually hearty meal of very strong food. During that night he was ia>tcn sick and although all that medical skill could devise was ' administered to him, he lingered on in cxcruci- 1 atingagony until death relieved him of his pain. . .. - i Sk&~ Next Monday week, the 1st of October, i the Fall term of Court will commence, Judge < T. J. Mackey to preside. Wc expect to sec an I unusually large number of the good citizens of thccountry in attendance, for at least two or three days. We notice Mint the subscriptions of quite , a large number of our subscibers expire between the middle of August and the middle of Octo- ^ bcr. In most cases whore they have expired during the past six weeks we have continued to dink ino jmjior, unuor mo counueni ucnei tnat 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. - 1 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, for full instructions : How to prepaie the land; the time to sow ; how much seed to the acre, and any other matter connected with the cultivation of that . grass. Will some one give our friend the information lie socks? No doubt it would be of heneiit to others also. c / I What a Bailvoad and Faotory Would Do. It stems like a waste of time to nsk the Southrn people to sacrifice something at the present o secure a great and permanent good for the uture. If it were proved to every Planter in Union hat by building a Narrow Gauge. Railroad from iere to Ctnter^ey would save two dollars in reivht Cotton tltey made nud ear peirnPr^WfciyTTnn^; ilicy bought, hot one >ul of fifty would subscribe two dollars lowar I jui'ding the road. They would all say, "let t lie own of Union build it, they are most interescd." And while it is known to every man of intcligcnce that the Planters pay Irotn live to ten lollars per bale, l'dr etrpeuses ou cotton before l reaches the Nortiie n Spinners' hands, you :onld not induce ten Planters in this County to subscribe for one share of stock to establish u :o..on factory ju their own Couuly, to save liose expenses in the i'uturo. IV c had hoped the Cranges wouM (a' c this natter ia hand, but so far i'.io members bavo silly ..tlkcd aboatit?tlicy have done nc.hiug.? 3uv.ii v nicrpvises would domo'c practical ;,ood o t'.ie Planers,1'inn all the essays (tint have jcen vv.-i icn iiu^l all the S..ttc nu<l Couiuy i'ui.j )rci, or to be. heltl. They would save money lo bo T'lantcvs aadiiiuise n move libe al and eu(fvpiTrit'gaJilR^uong the whole popuhtCio.i. MoO.bOO wor'.l pay Union's si .i-e of (lie Union an 1 Ches or load and so far bui'd a Uotlin Factory that capitalists would co.no fnvw.i d :.id cj;.i Icte it ami put i,i successful opc alon. And from iliac one Factory would spring uir a do.cn oilie , ' i a ve'-y siiott .'mo. And iio.it these onv psnu'a.lon would iucreusc ia nua:bci'S, our p'ope .y incieese in value. wltFc jur la:.es would nr.ie:'t"y decrease. And while all these benefits ivcc beinj; 20tietally dif'nsed the I'acto'.y i elf tvou'd pay the stock!i. lusts from ten la twenty per cent., as all other tr'outhei n Factories are now doing. ... Ci?/* The Snake crop sce.ns lo bo more abunlant this year than usual. On Monday moving last, as Mr. Carey ViiHard was sliuc..i ig lot n a Pilot Snake bit hi.it in tlie band. A. er tilling (lie Snake Mr. Willadcame io town and. mder sdoioe, oonmmnccd taking Whiskey Mi l :ouliuued until lie was completely under the inluence of it. His aimed was imicli swollen up o the elbow, lie sutlercd great pain until laio u the afternoon, whcu lie appeared to be much jcticr. On Saturday a colored man Lrcught to our liiicc a snake six feet four iuches loug, of tho 'coac'i whip" species, which lie had killed ou Mr. Mel.lire's fartu, after a hard fight. It was in ugly looking reptile, sure. O.i the same uay we saw a young Moccasin, >n Main Street, which had been killed in Mrs. Arthur's garden ; and on tho next day auoihor if the same venomous snakes was lying dead ou lie side walk in front of Maj. Slccdiuan's dwcling. next to Mrs. Arthur's. I'ersons from the country tell us that snakes ire uiote numerous than ever before, particularly along the water courses. Wc can partly ticjount for their being so numerous in those totalities, by tliefacl tiiat the long drought had iried up all the small streams and tliey no doubt [ought the larger water-courses for water. ? he Railroad depot lias been completed far enough to remove the Agent's ulli-n into it md to receive goods.x> We consider it imicii improved in every respect. We understand that tiic cotton Platform is to bo removed to the Mast side of the track.? Whether that will be uu improvement or not is louhtcd by a large number of citizens. In the plat of the town there is laid down a street running diagonally across the railroad lot to Mr. Uulp's dwelling, and for years it has been talked iibcuf opening that street, but not wishing to iiiterfcro with the arrangements of the Railroad tlie Tow 1*0^11 rrtlIs liavo never exacted it. The r...nunn< I'".--. ? rva?u. vuuuuii uie ucung in Uie same spirit, anil will cooperate with Mr. Anderson, of the railroad, in giving every convenience for 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 apart a room in the depot for their convenience. This makes it necessary to r:iu 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, we should think, less convenient to unload. The first number of "The Southern Hebrew" is before us. It is a well gotton up folio and gives promise of being u very useful journal. This being the only Jewish paper published at the South, it should receive the uuanimous support of the Jewish population. If weare uot mistaken "Wllie man, we know the Editor, Mr. Hkrman Jacobs, lie was unco the ellioient book keeper in the oflico of the old South Carolinian and Palmetto JJanner, when published by Dr. Gibbs, iu Columbia. If that is the man, we :au safely say he is n man of superior intellectual abilities and one of die most reliable men we ever knew. The Snui I ue a success. ~ - - - - We had prepared an article on what tlio Sjuirliin calls "lltr speech of the occasion," deli voted at the i.aurcns Kail road meeting bjr E. II. Koho, of Spartanburg, but recent publications Froin parties who attended that meeting, even from Spartanburg, discloses the fact that whilo Mr. Kobo's wihl assertions of the condition of sertaiu railroads running to Spartanburg and Itis attempt to belittle the County of Union tickled the self-importuuce of some of the Spartanburg delegation4. the speech of K. W. Shand, Ksq., froJ^Pr^little" county of Union, was lie only one that left any impression upon the tolid, thinking men of that meeting. Next week ac shall publish what is said of .Mr. Shand's ipeech and also say what we think of Mr Kobo's busillaniinous remarks. ? ? (lone to Market. Capt. A. IT. Foster, \ M. Cohen, .1. W. Mcl.ure, J. E. t'olton, and d. 11. Eriedberger, are now in New York, pur nosing their Fall and Winter stocks of Uoods \ \ I What Could ba Done. Probably uo section of country pessesses greater natural advantages for prosperity than this little'' County of Union; and wo are satisfied that no people upon the face of the globe have greater.incenti/es to utilize nil tho natural advantages within their reach thau the people in the Cotton growing States. For years the cotton brokers of the North have beon drav^tg the strings tighter and tighter around tho necks of tho cotton planters, until now they not only so control the price of coltou as to keep it below the actual cost of product iou, hut actually demand that the bagging nud tics, purchased from tho Northern manufacturers, shall be thrown in?deducted from the weight? therobv coinncllimr the nlanter to incur the ox pcnse of from $1 to $1 50 per hale, for which tlicy are to be nllowed nothing. The Southern Merchant, when ho buys gooJs ut the North is charged for every box in which his goods nro packed, but the Southern Planter must pact and con lino his cotton, under railroad restrictions, for safe transportation to the Northern Brokers, at his own expense. The tiadebetween the North and Soutli is a one-sided affair, in which, un ler the present dependent position of thoSouth, ivo have, npparantly, 110 voice to change. if something is not done by tho Planters of tlie South, and that very soon, J'ucy will iind thcthsclvea so completely in tho meshes of 4h^ Northern t'otton Brokers that tiiey wiil not be able to extricate themselves. By a little sacrifice and a moderate amount of enterprise tho Planters conld change all this, aud not only be perfectly independent of those who arecrushiug tliein, hut 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 wo say we have natural advantages which, ifu<i:i;iod, would enable us to spin every pound of cotton wo raise, and secure to the Planters not only g >od prices for the t.iw material but in addition the profits which the Not hern Spinners now make upon it. Thcj could do away with the accumulating costs of coiuiutssiuis, drayage, slot-cage, wharfage, &e., 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, Neat's Shoal. Trough Shoal and two or three other admirably adapted looulties for Cotton Factories, from the most extensive to a moderate capacity of power. It is from far less uaiural advantages than thescthat tho North- I crn Urol.evs and Manufacturers oblaiu their power to oppress the coltou l'lamcr, and it is to these natural advantages that every Pl.iuter must look for lcdrcss from the grievances now oppressing him. It will not do lor any one to say tiiat lie is not interested, and therefore should ii.t be expected to liclp establish Factories and build sucb roads as will iusu'c easy and quick access l j them. Every individual in the County is deeply interested in any enterprise that will contribute to the prosperity of the whole County. We care not how far or how near a Planter may reside to where a cotton Factory c ;ti bo located, i.i his County, he would receive benefits from it, and should consider it a duly to do ull in his power lo ensure its establishment and success. What! a Factory at Lockliart or Murphy Shea's, that would opin a market wke.e a Planter, /.on an;/ pc.of ihr Cut:.n>/, could obtain almost Charleston prices for his cotton, :i:id where lie could dispose of his surplus produco at fair prices?such a Factory of no benefit to a Planter living ten, fii'.cou or twen.y miles from it ? No man of intelligence and thrill will say so Unfortunately there are too many men, either so parsainonious or so narrow minded that they will not assist any public enterprise, unless they think it will benefit themselves fully as much as any one else, and is located near their own door. They have no idea of its being their duty to aid such enterprises, even in proportion to tho benefits they know (bey will derive front Iheru. There are nten in this County now?and Union is not unlike other Counties in that respect.? who would refuse to give five dollavs to support an enterprise that they know would raise tho price of cotton half a cent a pound, if that cute, prise was located ten miles from their plantations. Their sordid actions of a citizen's duty never pet mils them lo contribute a dollar for the general good, particularly if they think souie one will make a dollar more than themselves out of it. Such persons retard the prosperity of a community more than ary other class of citi/.ens, and, generally they aro pretty well-to-do in this world's goods, but at the same lime they are 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 iu commercial bondage. If they will unite together and show adetcrmination to be no longer the "hewers of wood and drawers of water" to the Northern Cotton Brokers, Speculators and Manufacturers, hut commence at once lo assist in buildiug 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 expenses, before it is made into cloth, they can get plenty of assistance from capitalists to helD them. But if they will not move to help themselves, then they must ozpect capitalists to continue to invest their money as they now do?in channels that only oppress and impoverish the Planters. "Choose ye which ye will serve." *0* ? Tiie New Town Hai.l at Aver.?This elegant structure is now complete. In beauty of design it surpasses anything of the kind in the Elate. Cor structed of brick and dark marble, it is as permanent as it is charming. Ths English architects have adorned it iu subdued colors, which please without tiring the eye. Dr. J. C. Aycr built and gave it to the town in acknowledgment of the distinction they conferred upon him in taking his name. Although it is a generous gift, still the hearty good wishes of a whole pooplo are of greater value, and the generous donor has doubtless aecurcii them.? tho:on (.Vact.) Journal. ?* .>? ?3?1?;?- Sfeci* *jSil 1 Tits Eastern \7ar. JQI l.onjlbN, September l>.? A bispa.ch H Petersburg says, ilie Russian Police bavo djsetfuUi < ^'"aeMB rod a conspiracy to assassinate theT'/.ar on ll^K. battle fi^ld. * A dispatch from Ihzerouni states that the %u Turkish offensive movements in Armenia are ** progressing tiivorabv. Dispatches tlirough ^ Turkish sources from >humla claiui that Ostnan * j Paslia lias defeated the Russians at. Dubrick.? The Russians lostsevc.nl thousand uicn nud nine fll ^euus. The Kussiuu batteries in tlie Scbipka * oP russ are gradually. disappearing under the heavy shelling from the Turkish guns. * It is stated tlio Russian General l.cvitski, thinking that General Skobeloif liad a sullicieut force to defend the southern points at Plevna on Wodnosduy, refused to furnisli him with reinforcements. This proved disastrous for the llussiuus, resulting in the recapture of the forts by the Turks. The Russian advance lias received a severe check, and they have not yet beoy ablo t? resume tho oi.'ensivc. 1 he Turks are now bombarding tlio Grivi >:a redoubt, which General Wclleslcy repot is is heaped full of dead Uus siaiu wml Roumanians. Dy tlie latest news received we iindihe Turks arc still victorious in almost cve.y engagement. It is evidcitl, lioxvever, thai llie war will not bo * ended soon. The Hussions ate now Li 1 aging the Imperial Guard into action, This portion of lUeir military ibices has been hold in reserve until their cause bees me desecrate. They aro also preparing to 30 into winter quartets. While . it is generally believed in this country that (he [ Russians will nliintiTciy doieul the Turks, by 'force of nuinbevj and superior resources, it is our opinion (hat so long as tbo contest is waged on Turkish Boil the Tu. Us occupy tho advantage grouud. So t'.tr that has bcou (ho case, while the Turkish forces have been handled with much greater skill Iht.u the Russian forces. A Chwiioc dor Piovrmen. The wide-awake Sect etary of our County Fair -<w lias handed us the following for publication 1? Uuv.muND, Va., Sept. 13, 1877. Mr. D. 1*. Duncan, Sec'y Union Ayricultural Society. Dkar Sir :?Your favor of the 10th is at hand We will gicc you a one-horse Watt Plow to ho given to the best Plowman with one horse, and a two-horse plow for tho best 1'lowmun with two | hotses. Let us know .vlien you want them shipped ai d we trill got tlicni up in good shape. W If you desire any more to ofl'er for Premiums we will let you Lure them at the Factory prices, as per price list, with a discount for th& object. Yours truly, Watt* Call. It will thus be seen that Mr. Duncan is moving in all directions to make the next Union County Fair a glorious success. His whole heart and energies aro engaged in the work, and if the people will do only half their duty toward it, we can safely predict that the little County of Union, so despised by itailroad orators of adjoining Counties, cau and does do more for the material benefit of tho State than those counties that makes greater pretensions to distinction. Mr. Duncan also informs us that he has discovered some omissions and errors in tho Pro miuiu List heretofore published, and will provide us next week with a corrected copy for publication. Tiik Imsolk.ncc of Oifick.?Yesterday afternoon two professional dead beats, known as spotters in tho llevenue Department of the ^BH| United States Uovcru .lent, went into a saloon kept by a respectable citizen, and demanded an inspection of the cigar boxes. 'J he clerk com- \ plied with their demand, and showed up the cigar boxes, which were (bund to be regularly * stumped. One of these oiiicers then proposed * to have drinks "011 (lie house,'* a proposition which tho house failed to agree to, whereupon the other beat remarked, never Uiiud, 1 know the old , and I'll have liita up in loss than a week. It seems to us thai a littlo civil seivice reform might be applied with advantage ia this direction. And in this couneetion here is a still more aggravated case which occurred in Anderson County. The Anderson Intelligencer says: O11 last Friday morning a parly of P.evenua oiiicers visited the store of Messrs. Smith & Sloan, of Pendleton, and at tho time of thoir eutry both of the ptopriclors were absent, and nun-vioi-k uau gone iuio a back ruom with a customer for some meal. When tLo clerk returned, the oilicois a3ked to examine tlie tob&eco boxes, which was granted, and they were found to be properly stamped. The proprietors lutd by this time returned, and the officers 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 anywhere. The license was seen in the showcase the dny before by several customers, and the suspicion that it was removed by the detectives is vary generally indulged at Pendleton. The gentlemen composing the tinu of Smith & Sloan stand as high as any in the State, and no person would doubt for an instant their statement of the matter, besides which is the statement of some of their customers who noticed the license thm e the day before. The circumstances of the transaction are all f|i against (he detectives, who ought to be indicted in the State Courts for lareeuy. The revenue "officere of South C'urolina are generally of a class of men who arc a disgrace to tlio public servico of any State. If President Hayes wishes to ingratiate himself into the people's favor in South Carolina, he can do so more speedily by removing thehufamous gang of revenue officials and detectivss who have worried aud oppressed our people, lhau by any other single act. A Slander Corrected.?We see it going the rounds in the State press, tbat 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 are 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 thestook," and the election pnsscd off quietly at every precinct. We beleive that Lancaster has as good and thrifty * colored population as any in the State, and they will prove their freindshin in nA?# by casting their suffrages fer none but '.onest and intelligent Democrats.?LaneatUr Lsdger. i An Insurance Adjuster went toseea man whose \ house had been destroyed by fire. Kaid adjuster, "How did this thing happen?" Houseowner?"Don't kiiow?it's a mystery." Adjuster?"Well, I know." House-owner?I.et's bate . it, that's just what I'd like to find out." Ad- / juster?"It's friction." House-owner?"Friction ! friction ! What's that ?" Adjuster? "Why, friction is the result of rubbing a $1,000 policy on a $000 house !" A Thrifty Colored Farmer.?Jack Wilson is a colored resident of Meriweather Count* Oa who ha* bought nnd paid for seven hundred ACT OS of land since i he war. lie will urtko this >4 year sixty or seventy bales of cotton, 1,">00 ar bushels of corn, has ten or twelve mules, nil in tine condition, and raises his own meat.