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Senator Butler's Reply. The New York Sun has a correspondent at Charleston who of late has been writing to that paper the most unfounded statements of what has occured, what is occurring and what will occur, in this State, in political affairs. His stories arc often so outrageous by false that we have never published but one of his letters, and regrot publishing that. Hcseems to take especial delight in placing such men as Gov. Ilautptou, Senator Butler, Members of the Investigating Commit tec aud other h ttored and honorable men in this State, in the most suspicious light before the readers of the Sun. \Yc have not the least confidence in anything he says, for we believe ke tries to evade the truth as much as possible when speaking of Democratic men and measures in South Carolina. The fo"owing reply to one of his letters, in which he on gcd oc tator llut lcr wiiii try ijr 10 in ccc t"e Jtivvs .paling Committee to J:-. <?*.i ,o he p'n.-ocat'.uus agtinst the ilii'lio..* t u en's, aiw, also that he (Senator IJuilcix h-o? ?n:;< ia-e>. a "S.ate Warrant" during tl e ; i i- e !rands, discloses the ex--'mug 'hue and brands his state a i \?1 ' niuiioe ti'i . falsehood : i sm1 einher '-i, 1S17. Cup,'an .fi .. ( .t.pjnnis Depot, S. C. Mv UrA't . : *o- le-.orwf the 10th inst,, was received last n'.gk; 01 an' return from f Ai'^cm coutla ? ( ' >011 e ich>::e a lo" <?:' .September 2, from Charleston to rhe cw Vo 1 . written, I presume, by the correspondent at paper from Charleston. i . widen ; :j u-.i-i" ' > appear that I advised the i.iscnir.:u:.uticc ? .nw prosecutions against the I adivtti e\-n ' 'a'-, \ it It sundry detail. Von say that the toadiig ?>." this letter "produced a ?' ho -ra it: dread throughout the State an 1 tunny <i von-- (mv, most devoted politic ' an-; \ r n.i.r friend* arc deeply exercised ove. it. and lug nic < "b aud it in the most pith e and decided in;; acr." I proccoi ;t.?- it by .iriry that whoever says, or int: : . .?.s. ' '-us .v. have advised the discnr.tinv. ten'' the .it-', p-osccutions is a liar, and whoever lus'evrs it a simpleton.? Now, 1 tlii. , the b'.u tding part has hcen done, and for the public;-/, 1 will have to depend upon you. This Utter to the Sun is written, as 1 am informed, by a I'.udical ex-oliicial of South t'aro una, now .tving in t narieston, who got iiis position by treachery, sustained himself wiiile there by duplicity, and having beta misted on account of his imbecility and venality, now Becks to IBUkO Si llVlllj^ IIUil <ltiu>lvr. Tlio lolltl' which you enclose is a specimen of his capacity in that line, and one copied in thu Jounml of CiHioinrrr, of the 12ih instant, wherein he relets to my having purchased a "^tate warrant," is another. I never before heard of such a paper as a "State warrant," such as lie describes, and the statement is, therefore, a lie mode of whole cloth. It is bad enough to be villified and traduced by ltadical political tradneers, but when one who Las tried to do the best he could for the State and the restoration of good govcrinciit, and who feels that while he docs not preictid to have been entirely unselfish, yet he made some personal sacrifices for the public good, has to he subjected to the suspicion of his friends, who ought te know that such statements are false, is somewhat discouraging. I do not deny that 1 have exerted myself earnestly to secure my seat in the United States Senate. I have felt that it was my duty to do so, hut I l.ave made no bargains to secure my elcetivu, ns you i>......, ....i .-nun iiuuc'iu get my seat. My being s ited may not help the 8tatc in the estimation of some, but the seating of iny competitor would no doubt bo regarded bv all as a riihiic calamity. If 1 am to succeed, 1 must be allowed to do so in tn; own way, and not turned n?i.!e by every licing si ribb'.er, who sees t'.". to slander uie: if not. I bad tie;tor abandon the lield. hi 1 eitlier let orbin I ko the scat or smno other liich'tiniid enter the field. I do not mean l?v this that I am beyond or above criticism, lr.it i do mean to say that sits piciotf and ?h,o:t,is'' based upon sucli siuli a* timf contained in I lie enclosed letter to the Sim, which is IV.'se in every essential panic ' st- so far as ii relates to me, is diy-us itig and absurd. 1 have had nothing to do with the prosecutions of 'he 'li'ical e dais. it is not iny business, and i have purposely avoided a" connertioti with :!iem. I h.-.vc express I my opinion to mcmb'-rs of I lie cotiuuii'-o and to (icncral C'oitver, the A'' ney ' "eiicvitl. as to t!.c Manner of c.>ti 'noting ill >so prosccu.ions, and s'lall exercise ilia. privll-.go again whenever iny judgment lends me to do so and these gentlemen are trilling to hear me. 1 thin!; the. committee of investigation and the Attorney-General have done well, and are entitled to the highest commendations for their service. hut I certainly have a right to an opinion. My being a Senator elect, surely does not deprive me of this. If it does, the Senator elect may go, and I will maintain my right, and if scurvy scribblers misrepresent iny opinions and actions, and friends suspect or doubt them, why 1 can only despise the one and pity the other. You need not have apologized for having written ino as you have. 1 should have felt hurt had you rot done so, with the information in your possession. 1 beg that you will give this letter w latever publicity you think the occasion reipiircs. Thanking you for your kindness. I am, very truly, your friend, M. <\ BITI.KI5. A Now Southern NotoI One of the most faithful pictarcs of southern life that lias been drawn of late years is "Thirty-four years," by John Marclnuoat, recently published in Philadelphia. The scene is laid iu South <'arolina, near Spartanburg, and the writer though employing the form of fiction, is evidently narrating the actual events of his own experience. Southern society in its various Aliases before, during, and after the war. is <la picted l>y no unpractised hand and by one who is desirous of telling the truth without malice or undue sectional feeling. Altcmpti g ne dis guise of liia warm ntTection for his nativo State and his deep sympathy for her manifold injuries and sufferings, the author seems fully alive to tlie heltcr qualities of the Nerthern character introduced into hia novel, and loses no opportunity of doing Jus:ice to them. "Thirty-four years" will bo read with interest by every lover of truthful, unaffected .larration, come from what quarter he many of this great country. The Christmas scenes will awaken many tender rceolleetions of a by-gone tims of mirth and abundance, Such as we are sot like to see fer years to come, and no citizen of Richmond or of Virginia wiH read the heartfelt anil oloquent tribute to Virginia hospitality and kindness to the sick and wouuded Confederates without tho liveliest emotions. No tribute se glowing, yet so condensed, lias appeared within my knowledge.? I, , in the Richmond State 1'f.kitkntiarv IrvMs. I'h? total number of prisoners in the penitentiary is fid7, whereof I ?'.> are working at Mr. John I'. Seegors' plan- ( iati<>n at. tircenhill and 1M) at (ireenwood, S. < building tho tirccnville and Augusta Railroad, leaving a balance of -?0!s at the institution.Rrytet. - i 5$hc MUtIiIi] Simon <?imcH. R. M. STOKES, Editor. UNION, FRIDAY, SKl'TKM IJKll 28 1S77. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 <'o|iv, one year, in aovanck, s'i.00 2 Copies one year," " 5.50 5 11.00 10 " ' ' " ' 20.00 ADVERTISING. One square or one inch, ticst iu.sertian, - - - $1.00 , Each subsequent insertion, ------- TV, Liberal discount made to merchants and others adverr tisinjj lor six months or hy the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. " " over ten lines,charged as Advertisements. Most of the Merchants have returned from ilie North and are receiving their New Goods). . + . ?.. Judge T. J. Mackcy will address the citizens of Union upon the subject cf a Narrow Gauge It ail road, on Monday. " We omitted the name of Mr. Keubcn T. Gee, of the firm of (ice & Humphries, iu our notice last week of the merchants who had gone to New York for their new stocks. O We notice that the down train 011 the S. U. and t\ Railroad has changed its time of arrival and departure. It now arrives soou after H o'clock and leaves for Alston at one minute after 5'. Dinner at Alston. The rains of last week did some damage to tliejCotton in this recion, but they wore very timely for all v^fnter growi crops". l-*r 11.51 past week the weather has been delightful, and Turnips, t'loverand Lucerne arc growing finely. 8?!A. If nothing serious interfered, our esteemed fellow townsman, Mr. Johu llodgcr, and his good wife, sailed from Glasgow for home last Saturday. May they have a quick, safe and pleasant trip. They will be in Union about two weeks from now. . fltar Vfc uve iaioraicd l>;f most reliable men that in many portions of this county the August drought cut o " the co,.? i crop over one-half, while it injuicd the la'e p'nnted colli fully as much. Un '0 li e 10th of August the prospect for l.o.h t ons was never better. BQA. ' :?C" e is :> .our-ycar old girl in Kentucky that weighs i1' lbs, measures t'J inches across tbo cacsi iii i is i'u i'cci eight and one-half inches iii./i. lies' cs aF ibis there is a thick gj-ow.li u. . iivcriui; her whole body, jvilh wiiis\crs itiiv. ii nruistaclic. I'rcsiilcnt Hayes ami party arrived at Atlanta, Geo., I.ist Saturday. Mayor Angior gave tlteui a formal welcome for the city and Governor Colquitt for the State. From 8,Ott() to 10,01)0 persons were assembled. We hope they won't come to Uniou without giving us a week's warning. Hp-*?" Mrs. Ilesa linger, formerly Miss Kosa Wright, is can visit to her relatives at this place. Mrs 15. has been for four years on the l'l ins in Dakota Territory, where her husband, Dr. lluger, is now stationed. W? are glad to liud that the lilcak atmosphere of the Northern frontier has proved so beneficial to her health and spirits. Jt^? As 110 one has.ans.vereil the cauuivv-vu? our friend about thcciiTtivatiwn of Orchard Grass, w? are led to suppose that no one in Union County knows anything about it ; or, if they do know, they either eaunot or will not tell. We would publish u'i ii'vcle upon the subject, but one-half of ..or I'ar.rers wouldn't he'leve it ? t'icy Would call it '-hool. farming." ? Mr. f~'. D. 11:iin >(on lias presented us with a iiaudsome ' atalogc of the Van Lindley Nursery. Mr. II. is now canvassing this ''minty and will call at every residence before lie leaves to a; crimen 1 the packing of the orders j he receives. Vie have never heard any coinp'aiuis made that all orders given bail were not filled exactly as requested. We advise these wiMiing fruit tree. 10 order through biin. A gentleman brouglit into our ollice last Tuesday, two very line Vain I'olatocs which ho said were raised this year on the farm of Messrs Uice t'oleman, on Dutt Mountain. Wahaveno right to say they did not grow away up there, hut if l/iry </iit the sweet Potntoe conies to maturity earlier and grows larger on the snow-capped hills of North <'arolina than they do anywhere else. No doitlit it is outt of the results of rapid transportation. - B*X- It ev. 1'. .1. Shaud, I). 1)., the venerable and beloved Rector of Trinity Church, Columbia, is on a visit to his son. It. W. Sltand, Esq.? This faithful servant of the .Most High, although in his 7Hllt year, is looking hale and hearty, and we sincerely hope his life and health will he long spared to ininistor to the tlock he has so faithfully aud acceptably served for over forty years, lie held Divine services in the Church of the Nativity last Sunday and preached an impressiveserinou from the text: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, hut my word shall not pass away." ? Mr. \\. A. Moorcheud, one of the most successful and enterprising .Merchants of this County is how in Charleston, purchasing his Fall and Winter Stock of Goods. Mr. Moorhead is located at Mt. Tabor and always keeps a full stock of all kinds of goods to suit his customer.". On leaving us at the cars he assured us he intended to bring prices down to a living profit, and was determined that his prices should not drive good customers to Spartanburg.? When his stock arrives he will inform the readers of the "Times. ' Such Merchants as Moar head are a blessing to a cuuety. The unwelcome news reached here last Monday, by telegraph, that Re*. Jas. A. Duncan, D. D., President of Randolph and Macen College, at Ashland, Va., died at his residence in that town that morning. Dr. Duncan was the brother of Rev. Wallace Duncan, Professor in Wofford College, D. P. Duncan, President of the Spartanburg and Asltcville Railroad, and D.Orsey it. Duncan, tho efficient Chairman of die Poard of County Commissioners of Union County. Mis Put her is also a Professor in Woll'ord College. Dr. Duncan was one of the ripest scholars and purest Chrislians in the South. < ?n receipt of the sad news in br llicis immediately started fur Ashland. That "Speech of the Occasion." At first it whs uot our intention to notice the , ill-timed and, to say the least, ungenerous speech , of Mr. K. II. Hobo, at the l^aurens ltailroad ] meeting, supposing that that portion of it in ] which he spoke so snceringly of Union was not \ endorsed by the other members of the Spartantorg delegation, as some of them volunteered, ( ^Hlvtiiiie, excuses to members of the delcga VP^oin Union for it; but when it was endorsed ana caned "ttie speech of the occasion'' by a Spartanburg paper, we thought it was time to I notico it. 1 !f tlie "occasion" at Laurens was intended to give the Spartuuburg delegation an opportunity to belittle a neighboring County who had subscribed more money to build the Spartanburg and (Union and the Spartanburg and AsheTillc Railroads than Spartanburg itself bad, then Mr. Hobft's "was (he speech of the occasion." If the "occasion" was intcuded for interested parties to make wild assertions, without being governed by facts, in regard to the cost and financial condition of certain roads running through Spartanburg, then Mr. Hobo's was undoubtedly "the speech of the occasion." Hut the speech was characteristic of the treatment Union has heretofore received from Spartanburg, particularly since we saved to Spartanburg tjtvc Spartanburg and Aslieville road by a sublet ' "? &,UOO to Spartanburg's $ lot),(HA). Vt is not the first time wc have felt it to be our duty to notice ungenerous slurs from Spartanburg upon Union. While we have no disposition to open old sores, we cannot forget that although Union subscribed more money than Spartanburg to the building of the S. and U. Railroad, and afterwards bad the magnanimity to add $160,000 te her Couuty debt to secure the building of the Spartanburg and Asheville road, because we complained of the outrageous freight discrimination made in favor of Spartanburg against Union, upou the former road, the Editor of the Spartanburg Ilerahl snecringly told the people of Union to build a competing road of their own if they expected to get relief. Unioa lias dune more to buibl up Spartanburg than ihc people of that County lias. If Union bad refused to subscribe$160,(HK) to the Spartanburg ami Aslieville road, the people of that County well know that the road could not have been built. For all this, Mr. Hobo tol l the meeting at Laurens tlint lie believed lie bad heard of n little place called Union, somewhere in the State. Yes, Mr. Hobo lias a personal recollection of Uiiieu, and he will not forget her as soon as Union will forget him. Now mark the contrast : While Mr. Hobo's speech was, at (he lime, received with "repeated rounds of applause," Mr. Sband's well considered and. instruct ire remarks quietly and indelibly imyfesse'l the assembly with the conviction that he was imparling sound practical inforiuuI lion, without in the least disparaging the claims I nf nlll.ox It.. .Ill ........ l- r. i of applause," but for I lie practical good of I lie people upon any route tluit might be adopt oil? whether Tin l'nion, to tlreenvillc or to Spartanburg. Mr jShaud could not tr? *0. Cm: uiUeula-. llic I'nTTlifivu of the "occasion us to drag in ungenerous rental ks toward any people or locu'ity. 'the result is, Mr. llobo s "speech of the occasion." like a wild blast, has passed out of hearing and almost out of mind, while Mr. .'hand's speech was so peculiarly appropriate and applicable o "the occasion" that it has almost revo'iilionized the ideas of the people in the upper counties upon railroad ma'.ers, and the great truths he therein uttered are being accepted by all. We now hear nothing about Mr. Hobo's speech, but bote is what is thought and said by tbe I,aureus people about Mr. Shand's effort : The recent railroad excitement here sutlers no abatement. I find that in the recent railroad convention die speech of 11. \V. Shnnd, Ks<p, of Union, in behalf of a narrow gauge railroad has muds a very impression, and won tor him av-euviable reputation amongst tbe solid men ofXur county. It has made several 1 know of put 011 their studying caps. To our middle-aged bachelor friend Faih.kv, of the .Sy?o/7</;i. we would say that while we acknowledge that years are creeping on us fast, we are not so bid ytl that we cannot appreciate the respect due to older men. In our life we have s.eeu younj and middle-aged men so full of self importance that they thought themselves such prodigies in intellect and social standing that they had no respect for any one else. (JtjY~ The Mount Vernon Hangers is the name of a Cavalry Company just formed in this County, with U14 following officers : ('apttin, W. A. UKATY. 1st licut., I.evi W. Smith, 2d Barn err, 3d y Thomas Crock en, Fifty-two names arc now on the roll, and new niettrhtv.r ni gilded to it at each meeting, i In the lust election Campaign the Mount Vernuu Club was the strongest and most energetic club in the County, and the Hangers were members of that club. We think the company hns done well iu the selection of its officers. Captain Bcaty wn? a constant anl faithful worker in the club, and gave to it ii ost of the spirit it evinced, and we are satisfied he wilt be as acceptable and efficient in his new position. We expect to see it the "crack" company of the County. The Cotton buyers and merchants of the town of Spartanburg are not content with the Hailroad advantages they enjoy over us, but in their manner of purchasing cotton they open the way for dishonest men who have given liens to Union .Merchants for supplies to defraud those Merchants out of their pay.? Initeail of buying like buyers in other markets aUd recording the names of the sellers and narking the bales as others do, they buy by numbers and give no marks by which a Union Merchant can afterwards claim cotton that really belongs to him under a lien. It may be called ' sharp practice," but it does not evince a spirit of honorable intention. llrO,. (Ion. McClellan was unanimously nominated by a convention of tMMi delegates as the Democratic Uandidnte fur Governor of .New Jersey. Tiik No-Fenck Law Needed.?The Columbia jorrespoudcnt of the Charleston News and Courier gives the following practical and forcible illustration of the imperative need of a no-fence law. In connection with this cuse we ask u perusal of the article on our first page, headed "Fence or No Fence," which will give the laud owners some wholesome instruction in regard to their duly in the matter. Similar cases to the following occur frequently in every county: The necessity for the adoption of the new fence law was made plainly apparent by the results of a trial which took place iu Columbia on Friday. A planter, a few miles below Columbia, having been subjected for some time to the depredations of a number of worthless liogs belonging to a family of negroes living ncur him, gave warning that he would kill them if found nguin in his fields. The warning was unheeded, aud tho animals being again found iu a corn field a few days afterward, he ordered them shot, and one of the hands in his employ accordingly shot and killed four half grown porkers, not, however, until they hud destroyed not less than fifty bushels of his finest new-ground corn. His fence was in good condition and it was evident that the herd had been deliberately turned into the field for the sake of the pasturage it afforded.? The owner of the hogs at once swore out a warrant against the employee who had done the shootiinr. and the next dav a trial iuslice in Co luuibia lined liini $10 for the offonce, the costs in the case amounting to nearly as much more, all of which the planter had to pay to keep his aguut out of jail. Two other hogs were wounded at the same time, and the next step in the nll'air will he the prosecution of the planter on Thursday next for malicious mischief. The trial justice who heard the case is a well known lawyer of Columbia, and presumably decided the case in accordance with the strict letter of the law. His character for integrity precludes all other inference, but what nevertheless are the results of his decision? As the matter stands they arc nearly as follows : The planter has suffered actual loss, amounting in the aggre gatcto ovcr$l'X>. lie has been compelled to pay a line of $H). and costs to t ho Amount of nbout $8 more, lie has lost much valuable time in the attendance of himself and of his hands at court. He is now to he subjected to further trial and additional expense, which is likely to be considerable in amount, to defend himself against a serious charge preferred hy idle and irresponsible negroes who were the real offenders in a half dozen instances, and whose loss, about six dollars at most, was the result of thsir own carelessness or possible knavery. If all litis is in | accordance with "law," such n law, concocted as it was by negro legislators, for the benefit of negro vagabonds, should be wiped from the Statute Hook, and one of vastly different purport be substituted iu its stead. Instances like that above mentioned are entirely too common. - - BJMX- We regret to state that the Yellow Fever is still raging in the little City of Fcrnnndina, Florida. S. T. Riddell, Mayor of the City and Chairmnn of the Hoard of Health, has issued the following appeal for assistance, in money or supplies : Do a it it 01* Health 1 and Sanity Committer, > Fkuxasdina, Fi.a., September IS, 1N77.) It is with profound gratitude that we acknowledge the receipt of many generous contributions from Savannah, Jacksonville, Starko and other places, which donations have thus far enabled us to supply the wants of our poor mid alleviate the sufferings of the sick ; but iu view of the fact that many of our citizens have left our sirigkeu liiv. and that, therefore, the burden of providing for the large number of poor and sick devolves upon the remaining few, and also for the reason that the medical gentlemen now here announce it as their positive belief that the dreadful disease in our town will not be stayed until after frost, we reluctantly ask our fellowcitizens who may read this call to moderately aid us in our trouble. We do not desire more than what is absolutely needed, anil in nril?t> la ?.t.'<i!r> 1I...1 -...I ..,-,1-: ? more, would usk tltut corporations, associations and private individuals, who desire to extend a helping hand, may be pleased to notify us of the amounts of moneys or supplies by Ihcm collected, ami give us authority to draw upon them as our necessities tuny require. S. T. ItlOOKI.I., Mayor and Chairman Hoard of Health. Attest: F. H. Grossman.\, Secretary Sauitary Committee. -- ? Red" The following rule adopted hy the Hoard of Directors of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange will no doubt be the rule in all other markets, and we suggest to our 1'luntcrs that they take warning before another slice is taken from the proceed# of their cotton crops, after it gets to market: "That from and after October 1, 1877, all bales of cotton delivered in New Orleans?the sides of which are covered with strips of bagging, denominated 'side-pieces'?shall be subject to an allowance to I lie buyer of three pounds per bale for each and every bale so covered." ? - > tnif" The otfice of Secretary and Treasurer of the S. U. & 0. It. It. has been removed to Spartanburg. We regret losing so good a citizen as F. li. Counts, but we could not help it. Mr. J. M. l'owell lias been reinstated as Agent of the Kailroad at this place, and if you have any business with liim he makes you talk through a hole in the wall, lle'stlie most retired man in town. - - ?# Have you consumption or any disease of the throat and lungs, if so, call at your Drugstore and get a trial bottle of Thrush's cure., trial size 50c., large $1 50. For sale by all druggists & by Messrs. A. Irwin & Co. Union. ?_ - _ . A Pionbep Stakt*.?Wc learn that K/.ekiel Mayhcw, a colored man with some little cdueation, and formerly a school teacher in Cane Creek Township, left for Liberia on Monday last. As we understand he is sent out to view tlie promised land, and is to return and report his observations by the first of nest year. Our natural sympathy tor the colored people would lead us to advise them to stay here among th >ir friends, and not to emigrate to a country whoro the natives live principally us snakes snd bugs, lint it scents that evil ideas have crept into their heads through the teachings of disappointed negro office-seekers, and if nothing else but Liberia will serve them, then we wish them a safe journey?the sooner they go the better for the South.?Lane<1 tier Ledger. ? A eon of Isaac W. Finney, Esq., of Laurens County, met his death from hydrophobia on the 7th instant, after an illness of two days. The cause of the hydrophobia wns the bite of a dog indicted on both of this young man's hands, on the second .Saturday in July last?nearly sixty ,luv, .....I ..II r.? -..:i ?? .?j" move- ???? imi ir*i i wi cm ?iuiigc<|ut'iiuua li:i<l boon forgot I en ; though at the time it was believe 1 to bo a uiad <log, and the |>rcenntion waff taken to a iintnon a physician, and huvc the wound* thoroughly cauterized with nitrate of silver. The youth was afoul If* years old. m _ , -, fk ' Last Week's StornL ' ukstkuction or tutors in X"i.*iiama. > Chattanooga, Trn., September 2!.?The * abundant crops of cotton, corn anil fodder in the Valley of the ltlack Warrior, Alabama, hare boen entirely swept away. The riven suddenly rose sixty-three feet, which is within two feet of its height in the terrible freshet of June, 1872. .The planters had just commenced picking ctftton and had not hauled thocorn and fodder frem the fields. It is estimated that 30,000 bales of. cotton have been destroyed. Most of the planters are ruined, and it is doubtful if Ibo actual necessaries of life can be secured now.? The Town of Tuscaloosa is about at the head of the devastated section and the merchants had advanced heavily on the growing crops. til k oalk at oai.vk8ton. Gai.vkston, September 20.?The following is the estimated dninago by the late cyclone around Galveston : The government works in Holiver channel, including a poition of the lloct,. $15,000. The Galveston, Houston and Henderson Hnidroad loss of track and the liny ltridge, $20,000. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fee Kailroad loss of a track and bridge, $20,000. Cotton press, $18,600. Uncompleted buildings in the city, $2,500. Hath houses on the beach, $3,500. Twenty small schooners capsized, loss, $5,000. Private buildings and properly, $10,000. Total loss, $1)4,500. tilk km) of tub cyclonr. Washington, September 20.?The cyclone ll.al K.,u ? ? < * W.uw K/Miiunjr Iiuo wvtll 3V 3CWIX 111 tilt VIU11 States, has moved to the eastward, and is now central in Southern Georgia and Northern Floridn. It can no longer be considered dangerous. It is attended by Northeasterly winds and rain. No Excuse fob Any One Bkiku out of Employment.?Our attention lius been called to some new and useful cooking utensils, recently invented which make baking and cooking a pleasure, instead of a dreaded necessity. One of which, the Patent Centennial Cake and Bread Pan, mude of ltussia iron, is so constructed that you can remove your cake when baked, instantly from the pan, without breakiag or injuring it, and you cau remove the tube, and convert it into a plain bottom pan, for baking jelly or plain cakes, bread, etc. Another?the Kitchen Gem?a plated wire boiler or steamer to hang | inside of an ordinary iron pot, for boiling or steaming vegetables, etc., which when done, can W' be removed perfectly dry, without lifting the heavy sooty iron pet o(T of the stove, avoiding the danger of burning the hands with the steam in pouring ofT the hot water; and the vegetables cannot pottibly burn if the water boils dry, as the steamer does not touch the bottom of the pot. These goods arc sold exclusive by through agents to families, and every housekeeper should by all means have them. A splendid opportuuify is ofTered to some reliable lady or gentlemor^ffltt^H canvasser to secui^^e^|flH^^^^^^^| etc., - - ? We publish the tisig columns for pay, and seldom troubleou^^^^^^^H selves to enquire as to the qualities or merits of the wares advertised, further thun to assure our- ^ selves that they are legitimate and respectable. But when an article performs miracles in our midst, transforming the old to young, in appearance at least, we cannot pass it by unnrticcd.? U's. 1 r ? ??? miuw 01 people wno, years uge, wore gray headed and who now wear dark and glossy hair. } IIow is this? It evidently is not colored, for it lias a perfectly natural appearance instead of ' the harsh, dry, staring look of hair stained with nitrate of silver 01 other common hair dyes.? No! it has been restored to its youthful colsr, lustre and vitality by the use of that wonder of wonders, Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair llenswcr. It lias many imitators, but tliere is nothing like it. The test of years only increases its fame, while its imitators die and are forgotten.?Boston Daily Globe. ?? ? BrtiU On Tuesday last, about ijoon,- a Are broke out in the conservatory above the Model room of the I'ntent Office building at Washington, and in half an hour the cutiro upper portiou of the West Wing, floating on Ninth street wns in flames. The finest collection of UfAaels in the world was destroyed ; many of them dated back to the earliest days of the Patent Office. Chief Clerk Lock wood, of the Interior Department, states that the fire originated from spontaneous combustion among a lot of nonpatented chemical materiul stored ip the attic of the Ninth street wing. The damage to the building is variously estimated from $300,000 to $500,000, while tliut resulting from the loss of models and other valuables connected with the Patent Office proper is almost incalculable. Many of the clerks are at work to-night to nssort the papers which have bsen injured by wuter. Arrangements have already been made to construct a temporary roof to the building, and the debris is now being removed preparatory to its construction. Court at Newiikkhy.?The Newberry Herald, of the 'Jth inst., in speaking of the recent court nt that place, thus alludes to the presiding Judge and the Solicitor : Though suffering from indisposition, Judge Mnckey occupied the bench for twelve successive days, Sunday excluded, ef course, giving the closest and most earnest attention to the trials in every case, small and great, and deciding disputed points of law with a readiness and fairness that gave satisfaction to all, and won for him the respect and admiration of the bar and citizens generally. The Solicitor, Col. Hall, had his hands full ; the criniinul docket was extremely heavy. His labors were severe and con'stani, but were performed with untiring zenl and energy, and with commendable ability. Although not an orator, hia logical reasoning and intimate knowledge of the criminal law inake him a very effective speaker, arid few are the guilty that escape him. It ia the general opiuion here that not a aingle guilty prisoner did escape him. ( Go tor tiikCottontoth.?Mr. Trustee, silversmith of our town, this spring gathered enough wheat off of three acres to keep his family in flour VI inv join, llll'l jr CI TTC IIIITC HCCR fllFI) catling themselves farmers dr:ve tlieir wagons to tha front doors of our stores and carry off flour in broad daylight, at fourteen dollars a barrel.? We believe the farmer who don't raise his own grain should he turned out of the grange.?Abbeville J'rrx* awl Hanntr, A Sai> Srinm: in Sprtanhi'iuj.?On Monday evening about l<> o'clock .Mr. J. Maud Klford, the only son of our esteemed citizen, .1 M. HI ford, l!s>|., siiot himself through the heud with a pistol, causing death in about fifteen minutes. Mr. Klford was a most estimable citizen, and the circumstances connected with bis death have cast a deep gloom over our community Sjiarhm.