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Tho Legislature.
While a large number of very important v
measures arc before this body, we are not able ,
to report much work completed.
On the first day of its reassembling, Mr. II. '
W. Sliatid appeared and was sworn in ai a '
Member of the llous.c.of, lleppeseytuiives from s
^ Unlet CottWtjrt \
Among tlie hills uow under consideration in. 1
which tho people of this section feci interested
are the following:
lloporl (favorable) of committee on County
Odicers and ODices on bill to provide for the
election of County Treasurers and Auditors, was
made the special order for Wednesday next, at
1 1\ M.
Kill to protect crops in the hands of factors
against being levied on.
Messrs. IteltVurn, Allen andotliors ? Petitions
from their eoiistilU"uts asking the I.egMature
not to impose an additional lupinr tax.
Mr. J. .1. i I cm j*Ii i! I ? l>il: to unicinl an not oil- ,j
titloil "An act to reduce : i*<I tix (lie per diem
uinl mileage of niciiihors ?<( tlic tienornl Assembly,"
so a* to fix the pay of each member ut "
three dollars per day.
Ily Mr. Sliand ? Kill to authorize the appointment
of one a Minimal 'I i iai Justice lor the 11
county of l iiioti.
The Judiciary t'oniinillee reported favorably
on bill to prohibit one person from holding two e
or more Slate others. :l
Kill t6 create a mart ia'/e Iwc.liC law it\ this
? ~ umi^i " ?
Kill to regulate the costs and fees of plain
tills, defendants, elerks of courts sad other ot'i- j
cers herein mentioned, with i substitute pro- H
posed by the Judiciary I'ommiitec.
Kill to alter an I amend the school law of s'
South Carolina.
The consideration of the M licit whiskey
l'uni h bill was postponed to l?t f'chru.iry.
Kill to incorporate the I'nioti, Uallney t'ily i'
and Knilierlbrdlon liailroad Company, and liill j,
to antliori/e tlie formalioit'of and to incorporate
the tIreeiiville and I. ureiis Kailroad Company. 'l
liepoi l of eommitlee of e inference on bill to "
amend an act to alter and amend and act enti- e
tied "An act to revise, simplify an I abridge the
rules, practice, pleadings* and firms of courts
in this Siate," approved March Idtli, | C,'"J, nu l n
relating to executions, was adopted. |
Wc should think this is an itnp irtant hill, hut j
at we know nothing of what tit provisions are,
u ir the nature of the report of t he committee of' p:
conference, we are not tilde to enlighten our I
rcaYers iipun il. Several memorials ami j ?-li- j
. . v _ v. tioiin npunst an increase ?r me Uio-.? %.?.?. i .
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opposou lo the Model Whiskey I'niieli law have I
been intricliiccl.
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S\IT It l> A V, J A XI \ It V 11'. I S?S. IY
,i- " The House sen I lo i lie Senate llie foMuwinp: .
liill lo evleml the provisions of an ael to authorize
I lie Cminiy 'oiuiiiis.-ioners to submit lo J"
the i|tiuitic'l eleelors of their eoiiiilics a propom- t!
lion io alter llie fence laws," ami lo provulc for ,,,
elleeinal ino the same lo the planlal ioii> of cer- j*
lain persona name.I i herein : loll lo repeal -re- !
lions S, '.i, ami In of an ael to piovi'te for llie 11
proteelion of persons, property ami llie pnhlie j Ii,
peace, uprove'l March I, |S7I; j p.,
I he (' tin in ill ?>o on KoU'ls, l'oi.|oe,: ami ferries
reporle'l on a bill to a-illiori/.e all able h olid ,\I
male prisoners to lie employe I in labor oil romls |
ami streets. I ,
Mr. .Icier pave notice of a bill lo cbarlcr the | .
ferry at l.tickliapll's Shoals, in I ni n County, i '
. Mr. I'rascr inlreiluecil a bill to provhle IV.r a
j v..;,,: .i... ,....i ,,? ii.
this Stale. | o.,
The consi leration of the bill to organize ami 1
... W
maintain one I niversiiy or Collcpc for the while
ami one lor the colorcil youths of the Statu was
posiponcl to Tliiirs.lny. the Ulilt.
The Senate procce lcl lo the coiisi<ler.-ilion of
the special or ler lor I I'. M. -repm i i favorable) ; foi
of Coimniiicc on .Imliciary o:i coiiciirieiii lcso" ! si.
Iittioii ol innuiry as lo the constitutionality ?l 1
llie election for Circniut .Iml^esou the 1 li ?lav ""
of I'eremher. A. I>. |S7"?. " " j us
Mr. Campbell sai I llie <|He>-iion was now be- ! .
fore i he Supreme <' mrt. ami iie ihoiiphi il wotibl I
no: be respectI'ul for the l.rpUiaiure to pass up- !
on it at litis lime. j '''
Mr. tlary ilillercil with Mr. Campbell. Ilo an
s li l llie ranr was brmiplit before I lie Siipreuie .1(
C.nirt bv llie fr*u?ml? ol the Ualu.il .Imlpes mi j
I he tieueli, by makinp up a case in reparA Ij j v"
Jmlpi Shaw. Mr. liary was of opinion thai ii j
woiihl be well to relieve the Supreme C url of i\,
the ipiesiioii. If lite straiphont I'om .eraev in |
tended to oo hack on their pledges to relieve us j
111' Oirpl'l-hag government, 111* Was llul willing I<>
go hack wiili iiioiii. We have got ri i of Nor- | C!:
thr->|> :m I i 'arpenter, and lie xxa< l'ir getting rid e >
u t' I lie whole hatch o!" Uadioals. Ho lr> I lieen |( .
I.!'I I?V IllVlllhers of ilis profession I lilt llieiO
were iiicum Iuticcs g ling I i-lmwllial ludgeWil- Si
lard hi 1 lieeii In '?!?? I a- well as I lie Colored l i ill |
who vii with liiin. an I he >lid in i like a court
where a g >1 leu :ti gii'iiciit would prev til over
till el Iters. 1
Mr. I':tiu|'hell. In reply i Mr. tiarv. > ill his in
own x oiee w is peril i ps I he ti i -1 one t h >i w..s raised
as t iIi>-( insliiuiioualiiy ut ilie e'eeli >iiof \\ hip- ^
p 'rail i Mnse?; Inn lie insisted ilia litis vxa-a judi<
i d and not a 1 si at i ve '|U? - I i m. 11 i> l.ei i er lor ,l"
ii < i . carry on the -g ovcruiuriil hy coiisl il u'i >na! '
an 1 n a l>y revolutionary measures. 1'lie I'hief
.li|slie"W;s eleele I hy c >u-l ilul i >n li iio-ms.
would nit > ay thai lie w nil d i. i\e favored
hi - eleelioii; lull he is n ou the I'iiief .lllr(he of
the Stale, under the constitution. j ;M
\! r \V y 1 i' .-.ai I lie I h night the c ise hef re the
Supreme I'mui was instituied l?y direction 0f ..
t lie I .e ?i ! it life : that the Leg *lalltre II i I directed
the Attorney ticneral to iiniilue it. it his
recollect ion was correct, and lie thought it xvonld I Iu
lie di-e iiirieoiis at least fur the I.e..: 'attire to
net upon it. : t
Mr. Todd move I t> lay the matter <n the
tahle. _ ' 1 11,1
Mr. liarx ea'!e| the yeas at: I nays, which ieMilte
l a follow *'1
Yeas Ihrl. Ihnveti, I'ne';, t' antpl'cll, t'aniioii.
ancr. i >ker, '"nllum. r miiiO. t'i i.t?*n?I?*n, I'mi
in. I r i-er. '< ici. Kin-I' r. Livings on. \i i;inin*f. \
M ei-. 1)11. Uil.iaws. V. it ! ? i -1: in. W viie
L'l. ' ' 1
N-ivx ISiitlpr. <iary. Ilnuar-I, l.ir>c.>iiio I. 11 '
!n?i sj-: or i:r.ri;!>r\ iativiis. 1,1
M r. Slim 1 I>111 i i lis ilic ii mi- I'm- opi-tiit " ? 11
mi 1 clifiii-i I In* | >1!- it ccrl in r' I ii?:it : I > i. 1 i<> 1 na.in
ii I ii vi :i i I i 11 I An lie I 1-1 iiii- 11" | rule | ,f
l !; ? i 'Ii-'-iit a,i I I ni ui rai'.ro i'l : ;11 i mien I
M'di >a l'l i?r ll.e ?tn'U? !' I'l- 'C lai c. '*!
Mr. N\;i!H. of I lie i' >ui!iiii I V.'riciiliure.
si|liiniiii?l a liivcralilc icpirl on a liill I i | i led j,;,
ill" cimw injr < : !> < frmii Ix-in,; I??vi??'l nil. an i I.ill (|
I ? nmrii'l Iiic 1 \i- iii ' fence law.
A : >inl |v-<>!uti .:i i . allien I lit !l nl -ill '' '
IIH In I lie mcciiii.1 of I lie I iciu lal \ -eiuMv ui t lie
nexi l>mii;1it 11 fa- eon- l?-i- iti 11. I lr,-i r .i- ?K.
lilli III IM'ovi-lc < I'. 1* a biennial e?-lnli of I lie l.r ' .
1 V |
i ! itniv It w o lid well I liv I lie ni:al>ei
-. mi I elieiie I a -piriie I ! en -i m. '11
Till! ie lm I>>ll v. i- I. .!!' I t>\ a Vole el ".'i vn --II1"
to 7 1 n iv-.
I'lie i lien I ir licin eliviee 1 lit ?1 <r !
I i .ill " .1 el ler 1\ . I iI'll ii .. I In . w i- |-'
a i'll le- fill i'lll I'l'OI o III I I I nil allien i oei I ill"
In tlic criminal law, inn'-in i lie crime* of ar- n. - |
rape mi'l liiu/l:-.iy ?. jnia! i:t*- A Ini.x -ct
onriie ilifcil"*! i'i . HO? ins in v. i I 11 a ;-re..i 1 ilia
imnv ini'iiinf". > in'eiac! M 'Isil- i'o
1? i
aid, Durgan, H. 11. Hemphill ami several others
vcro opposed to llic measure, untl made nrguueHts
against its passage. Some of tlic.se urgu*
nents were neve! and forcible.
A strong array of speakers raised their voices
n behalf of tiie resolution, including Messrs.
dibble, llradlcy, Simpson, llaskcll and others.
'the debute was warm, when the
Ipeeker nuuouiraiL' (tv h&tfr'of adjourn^
uent had arrived^ House, wuulil
uke a r?!j|es^ uti^yyj^oda^ IHy'^h'ck.
(The fiOlcchlij c'lnion Jtimcn.
If. M. STOKKS. I'd i lor.
UNION, Killl)AY, JANUARY 2?. 1ST*.
TERMS 01*' SUBSCRIPTION.
1 < opy, oiii' year, is .uiv.i.vt ? ;, f'J.oii
1! ('n|iit .i one ye.ir, '* " 3.."in
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ADVERTISING
Oiie s<|M'iru ?r oil" iik'Ii. Ui-.i in > rtlnn, - - 51 .on
I..irli .nli ..'<|tnsii ii:sort ion,
bits* To I ili-.- ! iii iii .: !. iin'ii li.uit*. and oilier* udvrrsiu^
iur six iii<hit li. or Iiy llieyiar.
i military Not ir.'s ni i. ii 1 ii, ? in |, s, Insorti'il fri'i*.
" tiv.*r l> ii 11 ill's, harpist us Advorlisoli
ills.
L- i)'" Karr & Co., have moved into their large
ad handsome store.
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?' Our friend Mo*es is selling his winter
lothing an 1 Christmas Clouds awful cheap. Co
ii<l see.
r.
Notwithstanding llio very oud roads there lias
ecu a larger supply of colt. . on I lie market
If pust week than usual. Wo tpiolo !- !? bales
old, and prices ranging from 7.W ? l(>|.
o
j^jY" Strauss is selling nut the old stock
dug cheap" and those who want bargains "as
? bargains," should call soon, for he expects u
envy stock of (iroceries, Hour, 15icon, .^c.,
n I than "the o) I and now" will be so mixed
p t'aat be won't know which to sell the cheap<t.
R- ? Tim late rains have made too roads nliosi
impassible. The weather is now clear an 1
racing; but "ol 1 Probabililics" tells us to look
iok for the severest weather wo have lull this
inter; we therefore invito all who have prom>d
to bring ns woo l to dj so at once. We
ia;i't want um-li wood lin ing the summer.
?
peY* . '! he eejioei has 'Iml <*l. the late
ection for a itieiiihcr to the legislature in this
ouniy, Mr. Shaud, tlie regularly nominated
indidate, was elected by ??/ / lira majority.?
a w it listanding we publi. bed I be otlieial rcl urn
'oni each box, w hich gave Mr. Shaud m'jt /. ?/? <
/?/?./ . , //. ? majority, I ho Chestir I'rirfi'r
alone has corrected this statement, tlen*
emeu, you can bet oil l uioii being all right
>on the democratic ipieslioii. If "the hoys"
i rim two candidates, they only do ii to make
e race interesting, and even then they are
st sure that no long eared lla '.icnl is in the
Id.
oro Cheap Uoo.ls
S. W. I'urlcr informs us that he will receive
at .Monday, his ii; t supply of Spring Piints
r iMesstioo ls. Li lies go and examine iliein.
e has also on the road a new slock of (Iroceries,
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out. ii .... i -
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o
'a Can't I)o it.
A subscriber writes : ' l'le:i?o slop the Tmr.s,
...
in; snhsc 1*1 ii|ii>u is out." We cnii'l do il now
*
lend. W'c have agreed to publish ilie Tints
the whole of |s7S, aii'l could not think of
'i'I'ii1'' 1'''s early in the year. We have a
inher of 01 her subscribers left, and tiiey tell
to hell on' and not ?;< /< a day.
"
tnual Compliment.
The ever coiirlcous an.I cHie'ient Stipeiintennt
a."I Secretary ami Treasurer of the S. I".
I t'. It. It. have renewed their coin|>liinents i
n< in the shape of a voarlv Pass over thar
xd
We also aeknoe.lel'/e a siiiiilnr favor from '
!. 'I'hf.s. In. I.intend, Su; euitemletit of the
sr.K.K. ,
It is hnt sehlnni that we have time or i/i'.in to
j i.v the privilege of even a ride, hut the
mpliuienls are m-ne the less appreciated hv
I
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< J ml.; as Ousted.
tl.i Titos I i.v l.ut tlie .i.tnrem Petri do u le I
tinst the legality of the e'ectioti of .l.tlgc
iaw, wh ? w t' ele *ie I > t / . Tuts i-ion
v.dves the validity of the election of all the
renii .indues now on I lie bench, c\ccpf J tidies
r-haw and Wallaee. When the deeision was
mntneed .1 tldvf Towli-OMld, who Was hldimr
lift in I'liliuiihiii, adjourned thot'olirl r,Ur' #//?
I lie ini l-l of a ease.
The I < h'sllllv has appointed Tile- lav, the
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. lilt, 111 an I Sili oirouiis.
flier." i> a!- 1 III eil ll"! II t\V (III l".? ll I I ill'JMIU'll
lit I' .liiMicu U il'rrl.
N\ ar** tint r.-1 I; I i on I >r l!io extreae :ien
wliii'li sumo ili'in icrnis arc striving t> fnree
l.e'i ! iluiii l.?. \V > hope an 1 heVwe !': ii
:i:i I :ii > IciMii hi wil! iv ?m i!i- acija it'
it Ii i I v in lliis very iaipirPii: mailer.
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0 Savannah News\
ni'iii'f our o\< ha n /es \v ti n.' tin i - ma!
1' iii-i lor si:|.< r: ii- I < tin1 S ivami ill Weekly
ny. In fuel, we >loiil.l il" there i? any paper
Mi.lu"'l \otta or .""' mill thai emiiain* as iiiueli
ly i.ih.ahle aa l int. t - tin;/ leu-ling mailer.
? i" >; i '.< !'!r I!-1v: 1. spare* neither money
p liibiit* in irivin lit# ten let - of llio \ llio
S> ".in nil i!i? i I . " ' news in I relincl
rat ii re. lie i " inewhal eMraiagnnl in his
oinliliirc i ; original si irk Init then It#
I )i< v ery he. I ! I li ii hail of re i I in.4, a a I
re.i iel < he rn I i I i.'litly iinpre lie iii< elf a t e
III tin: li: -I I!?I i 1!iiit_ I.lies we line ever
I liasjit : i IIui ',i? I in liic .V# an ! in
lioxl IfMltf a HOW slnry of IIIIIISUill inerii will
t oiniaOlie I. 11 \ 11u waul a f.rst ciass familiar.
.paper of h iiue pr.nlu.ii >u. en 1 uvn !..!
i the >' i\ am ill II ' ' / \ > an I v en uill
vli i i'|s| llieaniele ymi wi It.
Ileie WIS i e i)iii|.i|i tl.llii.ll <i| 111 III \
I w i I a ' iiien i| I > I. ii I .lull) ll i>'I ' "ll
1 i\ : P -rii'"ii. I or i iinii.ami vl ihcni snhneist'
:u ae!i ! I i i a < \laynr'? oiliee w ( ii a
(' i i I - i III file V, i\ r pre.a: C'l
I I ll" I ' '. e |.;? il V. ' I I ' it :l e iIlM I'm" .
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Sale of the Faifc^ieonds^S
In order to correct a rrara\>ptehension among
the people ns to the ciroeMfttances which make
tlie sale of the fatr GroiJ^^'y^rty a necessity,
we will 8f^? thnt_5]j||^j^i'^. Tucker holds
a mortgage for a considerable sum,
yliic^tpPwjjujy^lThlgli rate of jntcrest, and it
IS Htrtwlwown 4 !? * ?1?A %??i 11 !?
lliadc. * ' v
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A meeting uf the Stockholders is called for
Saturday the 2d day of February, with the hope
that some measure may be adopted to relieve
the property of its debt, aud place its ownership
entirely in ^ho control of the stockholders.
A large mini I >w of subscribers have not paid
a dollar of their Subscription, while many have
only paid a portion. If all would comic forward
aud redeem their J^c Igcs in full the debt could
be so greatly reduced as to induce a few men to
carry the balance at the legal rate of interest.
Surely the pcoplo'of Union arc not going to
allow so valuable a piece of property to be sacrificed,
when a smq^l sum from each one who
feels any interest iu the agricultural development
of the county w. uld place the success of
the Agricultural Association beyond the power
of any one to interfere with. The properly is
worth every dollar of the money paid for it and
^r^JStiWejfefiVs ?u"ul ^rhibi.foni'm^o
upon it arc becoming more appreciated and apparent
every year. It will not do to let the
property pass out of the hands of the StockholI
ders. and thereby break up the Agricultural Asso!
ciation of the county, particularly after such a
; short last succor-fill oxistaucc.
Farmers of Union County, one and all, we
j entreat you to came forward and s.?\e vour'Asso
; eiali n and its i r- perly.
Merck,mis i>t' ilio t,...i of Ciiioti, you are
gieatlv interested in the Association/and we ask
you to stand i !o ! y side wisli ilie i'ariiitrs to
pi rpctuatc and make even more suecc-sful an
Association thit iias infuse 1 life ami enterprise
into all brinclm of our industry.
1 .mlies of I'niou, we liave never appealed to
yuit in vain, for any <-ause in wiiieh the interests
of your county were involve!. We have
|ii"re eoijJSiltaoA in ynil. in a on e of emergency,
' than in the men, an Two ask you to help save our
County l air ami the property upon which your
skill ami taste have heon annually exhibited and
l admired l>y thousands who have seen them. It
| yon will put your heads together you can do
| in licit towards i ciieving the Association of its difj
eulties. Make the young men lie'p you. You
alone can arouse them from the iudili'onncc
they have evinced in this matter.
Having stated 111e condition of t lie Association,
we leave the inaiti r in the hands of the Fanners,
Merchants and l.ttdics of the county, with the
firm belief that they trill apply asaillicienl reined
v.
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Agricultural Exchanges.
The Stint/tun (_'nliictii"r for January i< prom) tly
before us ami contains valuable iulbnuuti n
for the Southern Farmers.
The CaroHim /\irnnr tor January is a capital
niiniUT*r"N?fi(e Worth a whole year's subscript itn
to any one who cultivates the soil for profit.
17r/.'i Mai/iizinc. Although this is not strictly
1111 Agricultural work, it is sn none I., it ll ..I ii
should be in llie library i>f every family iii t!ie |
State. Il is (lie handsomest .Magazine el' (lie
kiii'l we ever saw. Vick lias expndud a large
amount of money, talent ami labor, in getting
out a work that will iin] art the most practical
information upon tlie cultivation of Fruits, Ycgegtablesami
Flowers. In these departments we |
do not know any wof!. that will give the same j
amount of truly valuable instruction that tve
tin I in Tick's handsome Monthly. See adver- i
tiseniento.
-<>* I 'm- Hi.-Tones.
Hows from Goudovsvilla?Iho Incendiary at !
Work. '
(incnr.y.vii.i.k, .Ian, lsth, tn7s 1
Mst. lintTtUt The usual ijuietude and peace- J
fulne.'H.-if itltr community was stirred, on We-l- i
nesday last, between It! and 1 o'clock, tiv tinreport
that the t>iiidmu*c of Mr. Win. livers
was on lire. ? pun arriving we found that tiic
(lames had gained sueli headway that there
won! I be no chance o| Mopping thcui. It wa
evidently the net of an incendiary, c iiuniitic l
too, in day light, and was ceriian)/ one of inmost
daring out rage? ever perpetrated on a
en-in unity ; all I well n was f-.r the guilty parly
that In- sueeeeded in losing his tracks ill the
woed, for in all pr-ibability Judge l.yneli
would have been called in h i I lie been c i iglit.
There had been no one in the house for lw.? or
tl.tee day*, and the gin h id not been limning
since tbe -d. of Dee. Tlic.se tacts, logulier i
with the running tracks from the house an I the I
s mie Had. found - lining to it, -g t.i prove conclusively
that it was tm aeciiient. The loss is j
v-ry heavy on Mr. livers, amounting to ah tit
SI lull, with no iii--uru!icc. Fortunately there I
w is only one bale of ("oil m i:i the house, but
ill.- j^iii iiml a iln.xlier ami I'Jin bnxiicls of
lo.i sec 1 wore 1 titt iicl.
I l.ar 1!v tliiiik. our [ aiplc are ready I'.tr an
hi lies* l:;\ ai pie?t ill. a a l :: i n \ of I he lowcV
c! ifsc.i \\i;i ii ir ily In* able I > jje. brea I a,;.I
meal.
livery niio I have le-irl e\prc-x an n;>in! in,
arc pleixcd liial tin* Iic?i la>v lia? bcrn repealed.
A very i u _e atn .unl i v\ :k ii has been ?i?W( I
ami v. are 1 .tkin ! rw id in a bciicr lime.
F.
o i
Science lia? ace >aijili-died no more wonderful
or gratify ill" rcsuil iliati liic perfection ol' an
ai:i lull' In I lie riiiiii:; : ?:/? > "I' appro lehin r a ;e.
S'liuci liiici It (ibliiciMle I hi* tell tale tracks of
lime, an l pivmrvu (lie iriiuril icbts nniciii~ nl
v<>nth in ripe obi a^e. ilall a II.nr I'.enee.it
I ali ihis, an 1 ii> | . d e I'fStitiii I< iii t-??ii
an I i ilace. 'Hie hvciliv* aim>: . I lie >:i-. .v< ..I"
Norway m l the peasants of sunny France nn<l
Si'iin, liml use lor ii, ami Iiml ineana i j{el ii,
ami il ilitcs ii"l l- a111>nint llieai. Tlie vvliilenin;.;
1 ( !?< n^iin rcninie llicir youthful 1 r, ilie
tltiti, dry, ami faded liaip heroine* hrij'lil ntrl
;_li y. 'I lie wlndo tipcat nice m i liaierel ax if
by in I'/ie. ami ibc man ( woman. wln>, belbte
?a< i ailed ij?e'|. ii iv. 11 - a- mi- in I lie
prune of life. f lieli r. mil H|x cliasef. s calilm!
|<a < i. im lie' I. an I (In-*. have pi in ! ilio
it iprcee lenli?1 demand iis.it i. w e\i-' I< r lie"
l.r-i an l only article ever nop . ! I iliai can
prod hop I hem in : plotting i . tfn i ;
i. inner A /' II . /
For the Times.
HARD TIMES.
These two little very significant words, so long
the captious to newspaper lucubrations South,
seem'to have found a habitation in a higher latitude,
where millionaire* were, not long ago, us
plenty as blackberries. Down here, irt the
Prostrate State," we have been so long accustomed
to the phrase that it has lost its significance.
Is there no rcmody for our Hard Times?
We can't charge ours to the "shrinkage of values,
breaking of Savings Hanks and Insurance
Companies," so much dwelt on by the Northern
papers. 1 uui not so sure that very much of it
! isn't our own fault. The cost of subsistence is
j not higher than it used to he; but don't we lay
j out more in dress and unnecessary iiululgencies
! than we used to do? liavn't we got used to
high prices? Haven't we got use l to going in
debt, and grown more indifferent, not only to
going in but getting out, than we used to? I
know some of ?nv neighbors who before the war
bartered homespun for calico and thought themselves
well dressed, who now won't go to church
without a bale of cotton on them?c I If cloaks,
I hats, v-1!*' dresses, and so on, to ray nolle
1 it.ir it.i. In.v..!. ?. I L- ....... - .1* :-l.
i ...-..-..-..j. . .... ... ... ..... ..v.6..
bors woo before tlie vv.ir woufl have dune with'
>!!'.' ' d\.re iliov w '"w
cy a( 7*| ev cent., nml now Ihi* "1 or per
cent, a small mutter. I I;now men who before
the wnr grew till their supplies ami oive.l nobody
nuil now gt\ w nothing but cotton nml
owe everybody.
Well what of it ?
It won't ilo logoon at this rate, that's certain.
Head the advertisements in the TiMt.s ?MicrilV's,
l>e!in<|tteiil t.i\ payers' list, foreclosures of mortgages.
\e. Don't this all mean ll.ir.l Times ?M j
' H it the reine ly. I'uy as you go. Dou't buy ,
any tiling you can do without. Aeknowleilgc j
you arc a pour fellow ami live up to it. Don't !
| pictemi to be rich ami live a sham, t'ut down
, expenses. hiop all the outgoings and save the ;
! iiieomiiigs. Don't believe cotton is ihclhing to I
| save you, but grow something that will keep '
your money at home.
l?e shy of fertilizer dedits ; they are the hard- ,
j est sort of ile'bis to pay. L'so only good seed, |
good implements ami g.^d judgment. Take a
| newspaper ; keep up with the times: avail yotirsell
ufiill improveuient.s. an I report your failures
a-; well as siieeef es to the Ti>tt>. Mr. .Sri.Kt sis
anxious to give l.is subse't'ibets ;t good Agrienlttt- '
nil paper. Helms had:vlarge and v.irie I e .pori- i
enee is a i ui: a ami can give v-m a good Ag
1 '
i ieiiltur.il paper, adapted io your s >i 1 ami elin:.;te, j
i it you will help him. Mow is t'ue time to reform, i
Now i . the lime to I ? _.in fail ling up our Indus- .
i tries.
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i i!i Times.
An Hymenial Occasion.
( tie of I ho j rettie-.-.i and most interesting
. . ... 1
I tn iri i.ige.s, celebrated in iiuli Carolina during I
t!io i te-'er.t century, was tli.it whicli took place
! it '1;ttis:i?>tillo, mi the W. & A. II. II., 0:1 '
I T nits 1.iy, the l'hli January |s7S. Tito contract i
ig parties were Dr. ('. Milton l.tlik'j iliu, a
|/.NvtwtuA j-tiji oit i'tn vi uniuil iMmilljr, nrVJ.,
Mi.-.s l.tilti Newberry, only daughter of llev.
Isaac J. Newberry, of the South Carolina ("on- j
fere nee. The riles were s Jctnnizcl at tho ;
Methodist < lunch, r.t eleven o'clock A. M.. pre- ;
I cicely, the llev. ti. II. Wells, of Ttinity, llasal y
St., M. li. t hutch, Charleston, ollici.it i tig. The (
bride ami groom were escorte 1 !>y six hri lestn
tills, ami groomsmen, in the following onler :
I. il. I'isher, l.sip, of N. C., an I Mis. llollii);
11co. S. Ilarr, Ksq., of King-tree. ami Miss lil'.a
Wri i v.; Mr. Hewitt an 1 Mi s 11. Fort ill: l>r. '
K. M. i.iltlcjoliti, of I nio i, ami Miss |). I'crrill :
Unfits l.itt'ejohn, liscj., timl Miss Parsons; Al- .
l. r! Voting, lisq., ami Mi-s Weils. The beautiful
ami aceoinplisheil hri le was in tail hritlal
costume ami wore the usual bridal veil, secured
liy it wreath of orange blossoms. The brides* '
ni ii ij were al - . most elegtutly as well us appro- I
priately attire I. alt. v.ciher [ resenting a uie.st
lovely scone, an 1 one tube rcntenibe: ed. The
ceretnony over, the happy couple with their
invited attests repaired to the residence of A. II.
Wrist >w. li aa uncle of t lie bride, where u suinptii'.us
bamiuel was spread with all tlie comforts
a:i 1 al! the liixuries tli.it coubl satisfy the "intii
i iii in" and served itt superb style, Several
j hours were enjoyed in the exchange of e ingratit'alory
uie- a.es, soeial conversation, ami conviviality
generally. The hri la! presents were
al-o e . iniitie i. Many of th.-ni were costly, as
well as beautif il, which the |brtuiiate recipients
tuii-i 1'if ever pri/.e. The newly welded am! their
iitteiidanis left the dweiiing in an atmosphere ;
v.-c.il with w'.-hes Ibr a h ippy lour, They left
on the Columbia bound train at l.l"> I'. M.. from
w hence they expect to vi-it several lui'inm of
int? ? ? -1 in tlie Northern hart of this State, after
wlm-h tlic\ will repair to {lie magnificent
cuuitry resMcnee of I?r. hillh-j >lin, near I'nion
11wln-re t liev cxpo-i to resole. We eonor.it- i
11":c* our I'liioii fiicmls upon so valuable an
acijiii as the brhlo is likely to heroine to
their society, aiel must coi'lially wi.-lihotli brhie
an I hi i legr huii, a long airl happy life. We iiiten
le I l > give tin- names of - one ol' the Most ?!islinguistic
1 on,-.; , prco-nt at the occasion, hut
mil-1 ilefer <n ncc -n j of length. Wc return >
in inv thank* to tin* gotoI people of I'mini'ii-v
lie, f<r courtesies cstciol I. for honors conferrc-J.
ami for their hos|ii:ality generally, ainl
as-aire I hem our short stay among t tin hi can
never he forgotten -y lis htii will ever lorni n <
height s| ot in our Mommy. lllii'A.
o i I
I > i: \ i n nr .1. Cut.! -liii s Mn.t.s. It is wilii
in I-, e s.ii r-iW ai.l j nil, tliii w c eh I onii-le the
I - .ih of I i ol i; hi I oi s which vol esciil uccurreil
at his i i-sj.lvnec near ii'tanluirg. S. t
<<ii I.i-i lh i;s| :y ;11 riti11 t'ipl. Mills v.as a
lawyer hy j?r >fe?? i-?:i an t i I for sonic years
in I :s ei-y. wl: re he ha 1 many w inn altiiircis ?
ami true fi icu Is. lie was a v mug i an of i
siron/ a'iaehhi<-iii. iloo feel ng ami iiilclleelual \
I'owi i ll.it ha i i t-en Iiigliiy colli valet. High- I
loin !. Ii-iiioi iitie. In ive, eliit ilric, an-l gencr- I
( lis in a fault; In- |> -rl i< iii.ni^ excellent i
li ,i: of e!i ii u-ii-r as an" in hi that we leivc .
e\ ei i,no >. ii. 'I h w i i. r < I I li. w as i-mh- n I i i
!<i:11 hy i: a 1 1 i :i- . ite a;i I uuiatcr, ; ( ,
lei 11 i rl-hi|-. i . I ic-iii - . f < 1 ii ?ii * u t
Vi" It is . irk iii wit, 1 1. ..ti nets, tin 1 !.i - . I
no' lo nature, will remain villi him n** lung tin I !]
life ll , .'IV, . j |
I
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For I lie l'tines.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTON
Ciiaklkston, Jan. 14th, 1878.
Once fnorc order reigns in Warsaw. The
crowd of noisy, dusk}' politicians, who for "so
long" have held their court about the corners of
ISroad and .Meeting streets, has collapsed. The
glory of Undicalistn has departed. Peace reigns
supreme throughout the City. Quiet people can
now walk down Kroad and Meeting streets without
the fear of pistol shots. Ladies and children
can walk the pavements without fear of being
shoved off or insulted by coarse abuse.?
Under the new regime wo hope for retrenchment
and rcf-'rin in every department connected with
the prosperity of the Old City.
The merchants complain tjiat money is scarco
and business dull. Com|^liti<m is great and
gimds can be bought at low figures. Credit is
pretty well played out and everything is being
conducted on easli principles. The best financiers
say iliey have never seen the financial coir
dilion of tin* country in :i more critical condition.
lior.- to make safe i invest in en Is is a problem
ii.it easily solved by the wisest beads. The
shrinkage of values in all species of property
at the North, and the wholesale bankruptcy of
l.ife Insurance companies and Saving Hanks,
tl?f? ,o ' 'tul'nu ntiil itiiinliititll inMii nf l iV \ t? | . , m__j
vs. capital arc telling fearfully upon the East,
and we cannot expect to escape harmless. The
South, however, is better oil than the North.?
Wo have conic down to hard pan, andean stand
the shock boiler thai, those worthies who have
been clothed in purple and hue linen and special
i tig for years past updti-Vfcniiii of others.
'i he great problem at the South to he solved,
it our Agricultural Prosperity; for turn and
twist the matter sis you may, if the Agriculture
of a country is not in a prosperous von.lition,
every tiling else must go to the dogs.?
Spasmodic ell'orls, by legislation or otherwise,
may keep tilings going for awhile, but ruin will
eume at last.
At the bottom of our troubles undoubtedly
ivsts that grim monster crc<lil, which will always
devour the fruits of the farmer's labors. Unfortunately
nearly everybody had to resort t? borrowing
money after the war, and more un- (
fortunately, nearly everybody kept it up. High ^
prices paid for provisions which ought to litr o
been pre luced on the farm; high interest for
liiiiiiev iii ihiv 1'i.r iinurwii.nl t..l...? i
. 1 ......
everything on credit, found the fanner at the
end of tIto year unable to pay out. Tito balance
of one year carried to tlie tie lit of another, with
high rat03 of interest, ami lite constant low
price of cotton ami high taxes, soon etuis in (lie
bankruptcy of the farmer. The farms lor sale,
the Sheriff's advertisements ami Auditor's list
of dclim|iicut tax payers, all over the .State, go
to show where the Agricultural interest of the
country now .stands.
it is much easier to say what ought to lie done
than to do it ; but no one can he so blind to the
situation as to argue that times will ever grow
better under the old system.
We must take a new departure. We must rereSOIYO
(VI Kwp U\lV Ul tmnif dV twiivmUD lea
every possible way. Stop all the leaks, and
produce every article needed at borne that we
possibly can. 1 know it will lie hard to come
down to this. It is so easy to go to the store
a.id buy what we want and hare it r/otiyetl, and
so easy to calculate the number of bales of cotton
/.< /. made ami the ri e in price which is always
in futures. Hut there is no ither way out
of liie vvil lerness. I'hint cotton only ns a secondary
crop, and there will be money in it.?
There is not too much cotton made for tlie world's
use, but it costs too much to make it. ami the
necessities of the. farmer force it upon the market
too soon in the season, so that all the benefits
of a rise go to the speculator.
I.ot farming onee more become successful and
ii will become ns popular ns of old, and the
thousamls of young men who have left the field
fir the count it will return to their old homes
mill labor to enrich and beautify them.
MOltI! ANON.
O
Has tiik Notnow Haiuk I*aii???So much
has lieen said liy some of tlic taxpayers of this
county about the havdshi|s, the injustice, of
what is known as the railroad tax collected in
this county?some saying it is 'money thrown
awav"?that we have thought it worth while to
publish the following statement I earing upon
this subject. The iaets and figures given below
were obtained from a source thoroughly reliable.
For several years the following has been
the average annual result of railroad operations
here:
Ibic Mi and bird brought to this market, 8 b!,pounds
; cotton shipped from t'hester, H?,imi'i
bales , guano Sim tons.
before the completion of the Chester & l.cuoir
Kuilroud the freight on the above mentioned
'inutility of bacon an I lard was ninety cents
per linn I red pounds, amounting to S 7 ,*>S'.t TO ;
since the eoiupletioii, fifty-live cents per linndeed,
S I.lidS 1.',?a difference of S'J.'.ISO S'.t.?
t tn cotton, he for e eoiupletioii, .SI To per hale,
amounting to sT'i.OOO: since i c.nn.b ib.ii s:t ".<?
per hale, amount in*; In .s."ii;,otiO? a ilillereiiec of
1,1 Mitt. Oil gusiiin, before Coin plot ioil. St'l <'0
|>or Ion, S I. Si mi ; since coinjilclion, !?4.*>u jar
ton -a ilillVrciiso Si.-tut. Tin. saving on sill
ot her <f,imls -lii|.|ioi| 10 iliis point may safely I?o
pill >1 iwii ill So,I HI ; making ii total grots savimr/nnnmilly,
in freights, of .S'J'.i.loll S.t. Now
what i|(> I lie |>e oplo of I lie county jaty for this
{rreai re.lnii ion Here ii is: Annual lax, .si?,Hill;
iiiiioiinl pail annually for retirement of
I intuit, o.titHt- total s 11 ,im it?. I telnet iug tins,
from tlie so'iJ.Mi s'., we have lefi.ns ;i net gainto
the las inert ami consumers of thin county,,
the snug Ii:|ie tuin if -Is.l.V) S'i. Those are
far'- all ! lor I heiii-elvft. 1,'rjnt)I
r.
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rho Chester Reporter.
Town Hi: i Ion . - The annual t lei t inn for lulen
linl an I Wsiialeiis of tlse town of Ihrslci*
a - It el I la.-l Mori lay. The I olio w in g is I lie is'ii!I
:
for Inieinlaiii .!. \pur-\ for Wanlces
T. N. Vmiti .1 iliti .1. IIciophill, .1. I!. yt
simril, J. I.. Ynngno.
I'\im. Aiii:av.- A i i IV:?111 * v occur roil one
lay lift week l.e'ween Turner Jackson a;ul
ii nuri' tiuleii, lioth while, iii which the latter
i-.at killel. r.nlh liv??l near tiosiclies IVrry iii
lie* : -1, iii part of I h i < county. .Int'l.soii has
i a ;:i r< 'te>l ami ? oininillc'l to jail at l.aie.nsor.
in: I'.'ttov lit I * :i ii n" the jnonilt of
* a i ii,: . r ti.e.n wo.i- ?.hippi I fja t:i this plaee
.vef I ' i hi; at. ' >lnii|liiii ,\ A u i t a I'.ai!
! . . hales i i' etoti ; over lit*- ? In-sler .V
a tioir I a;If >: I. , i I ales total lor the nmplh,
o?17 bale*. Shipments since : i-i.temher |s(,
O.C.'M |..|c: ^