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. The Kevenue Collectors. Governor Hampton has written the following letter te Collector lirayton : State ok South Carolina^ 1 Kxecitivk Chamiikr. V ( Columbia, February 1, 1878. ) Sir?Upon receipt of your letter, in which you offer to associate as a special deputy collector 0, ? t ,? some one named by myself, i referred the tuat, ter to the Spartanburg delegation, and I now enclose the recommendation ifiade by them. As they had to give grave consideratien to this subject some delay has occurred, but 1 hope that : the imndidate presented l is the necessary qual- , ificuliuns. If he has not, of course you will not I r%tnl? him, as lie in only suggested in order to 1 aid you in having the laws fully and impartially enforced. To this end I shall cheerfully lend all my iufluence, and in cases of the violation of j .'iff the law you shall havo every assistance from ?' myself. Thanking you for the evidence you have given of a desire to ask my co-operation in the discharge of yon* oiliciul duties, ? Jb very respectfully yours, J*? . Waiik Hampton. E. M. Braylon, Esq., Collector. iron'li.innit nominated is Mr. Starling I*. Snnford, of Spartanburg. Collector llraytou's reply is hh follows : U*itei> States Intkhmal Kkvknub, 1 Collbctor'm OrricB, Distkict or S. C. V Colvm in a , February 1, 1878. j Hit Excellency Governor Wade Hampton : Sin?I receivod your communication of this ' **^ ^Ur1*! (h#'7lat on., ? y&u iumw? ber, I etated that It would be nocvesury for mc to inako the appointments I alluded to before the close of Inst month, and had you been able to send mc the name of Mr. Starling 1'. Sanford v within that time t would have been glad to appoint him nnd assign him to the comiauiand of the force which I had been directed to organize. Uut not hearing from you I was obliged, at the last moment, to make an appointment, and accordingly commissioned ('apt. ('. (1. Ilolfinnn as such ollicet, and he has already gone to (Sreenville to assume charge. Of course, the deputies to be associated with him had also tn lie appoin??.! whinh 1r>nvcs>nta at this liuio without (V vu cancy, . 1 will, however, appdiat Mr. Sanford as one of the force, l?is services aud pay lo commence on Iho first of next mouth, aud a notice to that effect will be forwarded to him. The department at Washington approved my proposition to you, and was so desirous of securing your co-operation in its efforts to enforce the revenue laws in this State, with the moral ofTect which would follow, that I was authorized, in the event you nominated the men, to appoint eft# additional special deputy collectors, at a * * feiapenMiioa 0f $125 per month each, to con titue an indepepdeut force. This force would Lave been assigned to a separate field of duty wbero their services could have been tested aud compared with fhe operations of the present force. I hove (he honor to bo, very respectfully, your obediont servant, E. M. Ehayton, Collector. a. Principal and Agent. An Iuterestiny Decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in an Insurance case. In the United States Supreme Court on Monday last tho following decision was uunouueed : No. 150. Southern Life Insurance Company vs. McCain. Error to the Circuit Court for Alabama. In this case it is held that where the assured was not informod of the fact that tlie agent of the company had ceased to bo such, and paid !?* * mAnan ita PAOninf liw liim hoiinal tllA f?<im. patty. Also, that where (lie company so received money without at the time notifying the assured that the receipt no ana taken whs houmcient under tho rules and regulations of the company it could not ufterward rely upon the defect. No company. Bay the Court, can he allowed to held out another as its agent and then disavow responsibility for his acts After it has appointed un agent in a particular business parties dealing with him in that business knvo a right to rely upon the continuance of his authority until in some way informed of its rcvo cation. To this effect the authorities arc numerous, and the law is equally plain t lint special instructions, limiting the authority of a general agent, whose powers would otherwise be co-exttnsive with the business entrusted to hiiu, must bo communicated to the party with whom he deals, or the principal will he hound to the same extent as though such special instructions were not given Were tha law otherwise I lie tloor weald be opened to the commission of the grossest frauds. Good faith enjoins that thopriucipal should be held by the acts of one whom he lius ?VI: _I _ .1.11 i ,_;.u ...11.1.. 1. K:.. I I.:?. JMIUllVljr tlVUICU ' * I I 11 UI1IIIUI UJ w UIIKI III. Neither is tliero any doubt of the law as to the silence of the company after the receipt of the premium by the ageul with its knowledge. Affirmed. Mr. Justice Field delivered theopinion. - It is a fact well established l>y unquestionable testimony that Hall's Hair llcnewcr renows, cleanses, brightens, invigorates and restore, to its originol color and lustre, failed gray or discolored hair, cheaply, quickly and surely. The poorest people prefer to buy it and use it. rather than to proclaim iu n manner more forcible than words can delineate, through blanched locks or grizzly beard, that they are aged and passing to decay. A very short trial will convince the most skeptical that it does eradicate the scalp diseases which rob the hair of its color and life. Fori Scott (Kan.) Daily Monitor. Pt'ki'ari.su to Kkmi'mk.? New York, January 20?The Fast says the banks hcre,*or several of them, have, since gold fell below l.O'J, been buying large amounts of gold, thereby putting a part, and in some cases the whole of their capital in gold. Tina they have done so as to be in a position to encourage the use of gold among their customers, with a hope of creating such aa estendsd no for that metal in mercantile transaction! as shall make the transition front paper to a gold basis the mora easy when the proper time comos. *- ? Jt st So.? If by chance yon aro allowed to onter the composing room of a printing oliicp, and wish to make the priuters furiously mad, iiiKt fttuvitl 1?f?liin<l thorn it ml tiilL tn ilu-m tvliilu you read the copy upon which they are hi work. They arc generally tooj'olite to object to your rudeness, hut their wrath concentrates in tlie toe of their hoot, with an itching desire to put that, hoot whero it will do the most good.? Greenville Scut. The A'eowee Courier very sensibly condenses tho whole argument upon the Bonded Debt, in tlio following paragraph : 'The bond question is being magnified. Tho people want no repudiation. They will stand by the funding act of a former Legislature, in reference to tho antewar debt, and pay nothing hut (lit debt created by law since that time. Any obligation tainted with fraud should be rejected." The Journal of Commerce of last Friday says: The United .States prisoners who were brought boforo that court yesterday for sentence, unanimously requested Judge Bryan, in passing the sentence of the law upon them, to have them confined somewhero cleoother than in the Charleston ''ounty Jail, on the ground that ihey were no much annoyed ami pestered by ermin that they could not staud it, and were afraid of being eateu up. t^prdova, one of the worst of the Bio Grande outlaws, has been given up hy the Mexican authorities to th? Toxnns. I $he Wlfflilij Pinion ?inms. It. M. STOKKsT editor. r UNION, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1878. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 f'opr, onu year, is aovanck, f-2.00 X Copies ono year, " " S.75 5 " " " ? 8.50 10 " " " ? " 15.00 , ADVERTISING. ?v _ On* sqnaro or one Inch. Hrat Insertion, - - - $1.00 Koch subsequent iiiMrtlon, ------- 75 Liberal discount made to merchants ami Olivers advertising for six mouths or l>v I In-year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. " over leu lines, charged as Advertisements. . ttMX_ I Ion. Jus II. llion is on ft professional visit to this town, ? . The Spartanburg papers announce the death of I t one, daughter of lion. Chas. at Limestone Springs. - - ? The MofFett Whiskey 1'uneh Hill was killed, dead as Hector, in the House last Friday, by a vote of 54 yeas to 23 nays, on the question to strike out the enacting clause. Mr. J. B. Tolleson. one of the oldest citizens of Spartanburg County, after lying in a speechless, paralyzed condition for some time, died at his residence in that County last Sunday rf? H#oolJ>ts for 1876*: The Legislature has a joint resolution now before it, authorizing County Treasurers to review the tax receipts issued by the County Treasurers of Chamberlain's government for and during the fiscal year 1870. - ? The Louisiana Koturning Board Judge llradly has refused to grand the petition of the returning board of Louisiana to have their eases transferred to the United .States Circuit Court, but seerrveo to the board tlio right to take an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. ? ? The Cotton Marketltut little has been done in this market the past week. The roads are worso now than at our last report. Only 18.r> bales have been sold during the week, and prices average about the aamo. We quote the market at 10J. Judge A- C. Haskell. lias resigned his position ns ft p[ the State Democratic Executive Committee, of which he was the Chnirmun. (leu. Johnson Ilugood was elected to fill tlio vacancy in the Committee. A meeting of the committee will be held this week to elect a chairman. Grant Endorses Hayes. a i.... i. i i it* i i ... r a ik i m i iiua ihti'ii i i i ii > cu in i? iimiingiuu iroiii a friend of General Grant, wlio was traveling with him lately, and who reports that Grant entirely approves of Hayes1 Southern policy? thinks it was both judicious and necessary, and has no d< ubt of its complete success. - . . o Nsw Furniture ^toro. The advertisement of Mr. 11. 11. Porter, who has opened a Cabinet making and furniture store in the building lately occupied by F. M. Farr & Co., is crowded out tnis week. Mr. Por?? '? ? " ?>-lr?nan ami renairs all kinds of Furniture in the neatest manner. His stock of Furniture is of the most substantial and serviceablckind. He is an industrious, good mechanic, and should be encouraged. ?. Union Race Horses In the Charleston races last week we see that two horses from this County were entered for the ilandiiap slakes of $200, i. c., the brown oh -stnut horse, Torn liacon, raised by Mr. C. E. Sims, at Santuc, and Mr. J. C. Huntei'schosnut colt, (jovovernor Hampton. The raco was a sin le uashM for a mii*> and a quarter.? Eight horses were catered and tlie Union horses came in as follows : Gov Hampton, .'Id ; Tom Bacon Silt. The race was won by a chcsnut mare named Swannanoa. llcr name indicates her to be a Western North Carolina animal. It is is thought tliey are not pushing Tom liacon yet. Tho Prettiest Thing Out. Wc have just received from Geo. Harris & Son, Philadelphia, a few copies of the prettiest Cilendur we ever s*:iw. It is a finely executed Li thograph picture of a beautiful girl descending a mountain, Shepherdess stall' in liaud, j dressed in bright red, and waving her lint, api piroutl y to somf. frit ml below. We are so fond of loiking at pretty girls, prettily dressed, that I we have pasted one of the Calendars over our ' sanctum mantle piece, another over the ufhoe l mantle piece, I' r the bovs to look at, taken one j home for the good wife and children to admire, , and placed one in the Probate Judge's and Couni ty Commissioners, offices, for everybody to see. o lhtTii Lk.us lit K.sr.n Okk.?About three weeks ago. Itiehard, a colored man living on Mr. Samuel Raker's plantation in this county, fell into the tire while in a tit and burned himself so severely that death will probably result from his injuries, lie was brought to I ho poorhou.se last week, and is still there under the medical treatment of Dr. Darker. The poor man's legs are so badly burned that the physicians have found it necessary to amputate both of them.? AbbcvUh' Mrilium. - An Ol'traok Kxn.<u>r.i>.?Some time since one Pctcrman, a specimen Toiled Stales marshal, I published a hugahoo story about a prisoner I named Snow having been rescued from him by force at Seneca City. Mr. Coleman, proprietor of the hotel at that place, testifies that l'ctcrmuu went to sleep, and that no one knowing that tho prisoner was a prisoner, he walked off. When the constable awoke he found that his Snow had j melted, and lie concocted the rescue story to | hide his own negligence. : * 1 Nr.nroks orr roit Kansas.? lesterday afternoon f.vcnty-six negroes, exclusive of children, left (ioMtonia on the Air Line train, having for their destination the far oil State of Kansas, where they will settle for the purpose of engaging in farming operations. Very few of the colonists were from fiaston, nearly ail coining I from York and Chester counties, S. C. They were in charge of a passenger agent of the Atchison, Topekn and Santa Fe Railroad. Char. Obtrrrci', J :n. IK). f'nniMi Akkiiav. ?A ?li#T?cttlty occurred yes; terday afternoon in Mr. John Freel's res ten rant | : hetween Revenue Deflective Win. rpri i?< and I deny Moore, of this county, in which the lor- i , tner received a sccre cut on the sido of the I neck, nearly severing the right ear. Roth I parties were drinking at the time -/Ve+e/is J - Hr? Tfe Ciroult Judges. One of the gyeatest blunders committed by the Democratk^Lcgislature of this Plate was in listening to the cry of the extremists of the party, that the Republican Judge* had not been legally elected and, ifterofore, ebqi^ld be oustod. Upon a cireful watching of the progress of the maveqnJKm^re compelled to believe that it bad it* exclusively, among the members of the bar. And what gives it a more disagreeable feature is the rush of the bar to the Legislature deumuding the election of meu from their body xo fill.the positions. We have kno complaint to rnuke of the dcci sion of the niajority of the Hupreme Court. We believe they acted strictly iu accordance with tlio dictates of their own convictions. They tire not the mou to sacrifice conscienco to the extreme' wishes of any party or clais of men.? i>ui wrwi wo regret lsimumc t.egistaturc snou.u have thought a technical error iu the mannci of theinelection of sutlicicut importance lo disturb lit* workings of the judicial branch of tlx government at th.s time. We can tell the,Legislature now that it is nol the people of the State who are clamoring foi n wholesale ousting of the Judges who hare re signed thcit otlices in consequeuco of the dcci .siuuj>f the Supremo Court- We vantura to ??y thai four ffWu if t/io citizens of this tsuuty would sign a petition to reinstato at least twt of them, and wo are as much interested in tlx matter as any other County, now that the rota ti of Circuits is adopted. Wo are not afraid of any one accusing us o not being as full blooded-p straight-out dcinocra as any man in the State ;V>A when straight-out democracy demands us to turn our back upot men of 'be other purty whs did as much as anj democrats to elect the stiaight-uut ticket, w< arc constrained to believe the demand is unjus and unwise. It is estimated that Judges Mackcy aud Cooki influenced 10,000 republican votes to sustuiu tin democratic ticket, at the last general election.? While we think the number over estimated, wt ssk the Legislature aud every intelligent mat in the State whether Hampton aud the rest o the straight-out candidates would have beet "Vlnpldl fVi-n If I lthu.< Al>ii I mil. one l'ourtli of that number? Through the blunders of the democrats, tin republican party is now beings reorganized, am not with Carpetbaggers at its head, either, but with native .South Carolinians, against whom ti charges__of corruption have bcea made. Now suppose that Molton, Maekey and Cooke tak the held against us at the next election, o that Maekey and Cooke keep silent, cat we expect to elect a democratic State Ticket ? It should be remembered that lew republicans if aay, who voted the democratic ticket at li. last election renounced their allegiance to tli republican party and becamcreliablc democrats | They still claim tw he republicans ; and bavin; pushed the carpetbaggers out of their parts, an again anxious (to see their old organization rc ^ vived, and will vote us solid us over for it ut th next election. All they want is astute leaders We are truly pleased to sec the people inovinj right in tlie matter, even in opposition to so re spectable und influential a body as t lie members o the bur. The people will not sanction an act o political ingratiiudcnny quicker tliun they wouh an act of ingratitude of any oilier kind.? They know the democratic party is not so firmlj established in (lie State as to allow us to risl tlie losiug of any votes or any inlluciice. \V< h.ive serious iii.-Mii.-iiuis in our own ranks, nut it would be political suicide to drive from u: men ut ^tne oilier party who can materially help us. Their active cooperation with, or tlieii silent endorsement of the republican >ickct, at the next elect on would defeat us. We just suy what we believe, nnd wo hope the Legislator) will act discreetly iu the matter. -?; - l-'or tli>' Times. Tho Stato University. Lono Lkvki., Feb. 1, 1878. IlniTon Union Timks :?I noticed not long ag an article in your paper versus the Statu Uni versify rc establishment, now pending befor the l.egis nturc. The writer advanced no ver forcible reasons, aiul certainly nothing new. It lias always been oncof the ml cuptuniJum ai giinient vs. the Sotith t'arolina College, that i was an aristocratic institution, and not the pine for poor folks. 1 would he glad to see a list o the poor boys who have graduated at any of th other colleges in the State, arrayed in com pari son versus the old South t'arolina College hoys 1 have never heard any graduate of that t'ol lego say that he was conscious of any distinctioi being made between students, as regards wealtl or family. Some, yes, many, of tho most dis tingnished graduates of that college were poot boys. Von may look over the whole South, am you will find its graduates among the most dis tingnished citizens. Your correspondent allude* to the vicos of Columbia. ,\s to that, there i more in the boy than iu the college. If a hot has ft hankering after low company lie can lini it as easily in tho vicinity of one college aboui sa well as another. If lie wants to frolic aiu spend lilts money, he can always funl nniph room ait'l verge enough about nny institution k suit hia tastes. Human nature ia pretty mucl the same tho world ovor, and when you get ; crowd of young fellows together they will sitrt to plot mischief. It is argued (hat if the State aid ia given totlu South Carolina I'nivcraity it should also lie givei to till the other colleges. Per contra, it might hi said, if tho various sects were unwilling to sen< their sons to the Slate University they shouh support their own irslilutiona. For the las twelve years the other colleges have had l'ul swing and yet they are not in a prosperous con dit ion. Now, i??tho ground ho taken thai the finftti cial condition of the State will not admit of tlx reestablishment of the college, or that the provisions of the bill arc impolitic, it is a very different ipieation. All arguments directed to thai point (linnaci.il! or to the policy ct iimug. i . tinj. a dual University with the same curriculum I'm nil persons, irresputiv of cla- .< lor or previ ous Cor.ditioii. .ire pei-iin- nt a.i 1 ! rvi- n pectful consider.?t ion. lint ihcia:,rc if ! -, in the Legislature, as Mr. Hemphill of Chi i said of communist Hemphill, ?f .Abbeville. lias convinced ine more than ever of the necessity of Pic I'nlttwily. ^ Mooting of Stockholder* of Union County Fair Ground. At a meeting of I lie Stockholders of the Union County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, held at Union C. II., on Saturday, the j 2d of February, 1^78, fqr the purpose of devis. ing some mean* to liquidate the debt now being pressed agaiust the Association, Dr. A. W. Tliouison was elected chairman and K. It. ltuwls, Esq., requested to act as Secretary. Mr. Wm. Monro explained to the meeting that in 1870, a loan of $1,000 was obtained from Mr. Jus. A. Tucker, to complete the buildings upon the Fair Grounds; that Dr. A. W. ( Thomson, S. M. Ltiee, D. I*. [Duncan and himself, gave their note for said sum, with tlie uu( derstandiug that other names would be added to the note, and that, in addition, a mortgage of the Fuir Grounds property wns to be executed j to Mr. Tucker; nuilher of which had been done. That .here was now duo on said note about $1,58o ; that Mr. Tucker had placed said claim in I ( the hands of Attorneys at this place for collec- ( tion. The Attoruoys, however, had courteous, ly cotiscnlcd to allow them time to call a meeting of the stockholders of the Association and otiicrs interested in the enterprise, to devise some plan to liquidate the debt, and also time to Advertise and sell the Fair grounds, if no 1 <>ther arrangement could bo mauo Oy llio Asso- ! ciation to pay said demand. Mr. Munro further , said that tlie property of the Association, to wit: the Fair Grounds, consisting of 80 acres of land and the improvements thcrcou, was amj. ply sutlioient, if solJ, to.pay said debt. The t land itsolf cost ?900, which was njow price for it, aud that between ?1,700 and $2,000 had been x expended in erecting the buildings, fencing, &c. r Several plans had been suggested, for thepuy, nient pf the debt, and atnoug them was this t one : That fifteen, or any larger number of persons jufcrestcd in tho enterprise, and who would j feel secure in the investment, mirchnso the j property and pay oil' this debt of Mr. Tucker's. They could then hold the Fair Grounds as a , Joint Stock Company, and allow them N> b* nssd j as heretofore. This, though probably feasible, j- was not desirable* Miasoifht Fifsi, those of the original Stockholders who failed to como y into the arrangement would lose their stock; second, he was afraid that interost in the cnterc prise, on the part of the community at large, j would lag. lie thought it desirable that the whole county should be interested iu the eutcr0 prise, and an opportunity offered to all, and cspccinlly the old subscribers, to subscribe and c pay oil' the debt and save the property. r Mr. 13. D. Culp said, lie thought it would be a k great misfortune for the property of tho Association to bo sold and puss out of the hands of , the original stockholders?although there were 0 so few of them?the nmount of stock paid iu 0 not being much over $000. lie was afraid the cry would immediately he raised, "that it was ^ controlled by a few men in the town of Union." 0 He wanted the farmers and citizens all over the _ County to have and to take an interest in the c success of the County Fairs. The success met ; wllW \ici cluloi c tuWotl 1'ur llo, g t hcrefore, hoped an endeavor would he made to increase the subscriptions to the stock and thercj. by extinguish the debt. Col. 1>. 1*. Duncan offered the following rcso^ lutions, which were adopted : licsoivai, i nut ilie cuairman 01 tins meeting appoint a committee in eac'.i Township to solicit y cash subscriptions to the capital stock of the { Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Union County. Resolved, That said Committees, or their Chairmen. meet at this place on Saturday, the * 2;5d of February, to report the amount of cash r received by them. r Resolved, That an adjourned meeting of the Stockholders be also held here at the same time. 1 u Resolved. That if tin, amount of cash raised f by these committees should not be sufficient to ( u enable the Asssociation to save the Fair (.Srounds from being sold, the money subscribed to the I committees will be refunded to the subscribers. < The following are the committees appointed under the tirsi rcsolutiotion : l.'nion Township?It. I). Culp, F. M. Fair, John Itrandon. It. S. A. Pearson. Sitnluc. ti. P. Megan, \V. It. l>ri'0gs, ltcuhen Thomas, It. t'. Fair, Mr. A. K. Fant. u /'ix/i Dam. J. ('. Ilichrds, J. J. Welch, Da.. vid Thomas, 1*. P. Hamilton, Jr., W. M. Knglisli. Goshen Hill. I). P. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, J. C. Hunter, It. 15. l.yons, Hobert Meaty, Jr. t Dross Keys. J. It. Miutcr, Seaborn Millard, c 1). II. Sheldon, 11. J. Iletsill, W. II. Norman. I Uii/iiii.iiillc. It. M. Itobinson, J. F. Norman, Judson A. tlihhs, Asa Smith, Jasper (Sihbs. e ./ tiirsvi/le. F. W, F.ison, T. I,. Humes, It. 15. Foster, II. F. Means, W. J. T. (ilenn. i. I'inckne;/. J. C. Farrar, F. It. t'udd, II. T. Mailman. T. N. Kelly, W. A. Moorehead. (lottih t/snllr. S. S. Walker, A. A. Sarratl, J, " It. Jclfcrics, W. A. Wliisonant, Mr. Wade Fowler. * Drm/fonril/e. J. M. J cileries, F. (1 Hriggs, \ L' L? !. 1. 1/ t\ ! I .. 1. .. li I'll j\. r. r>imin, i. \i. i*;ii ii.iiii , .luuu j >;irn 11111. r The meeting adjourned to meet again on the 23d Fcbrcary, instant. 1 * II K. HAU LS, Sec y. ? I ! Heavy Judicial Loads. The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston Xrti's nmt C>'trier gives the following humorous j description of the dilliculties 'encountered by ! Judges Mackey and Cooke in their hopes of rcI election . It is amusing to hoar Judges Mackey ami ' Cooke speak of their chances of re-election, and 5 the dilliculties under which they are laboring, i Judge Mackey says: "l wouldn't for the i world say anything against Cooke, hut the fact ; B is, he is a terrible load for me to carry." "Ami besides," says lie, "we are not all on the same c footing. My claims on the Democratic parly i are uiHptPstionable." Judge Cooke, on the ulhb hand, says : "This opposition from my circuit I has done me an immense sight of good, it has I put my friends on their mettle, and they have t taken oil' their c aits and arc working for me 1 tooth and nail. I would not have the slightest doubt of my re-election if it was not that Mackey is such a heavy load for me to carry. It is hard to make the people see that we are by no > ; means in the same boat, and that my claims up- j j on the Democratic party arc undisputed." There is very little doubt that the delay lias | I proved very unfavorable to both Judges .Mackey r ar, I C . I.e. d: pile the goo I huiuoied \icw that . ( .In i .i' 'lackey lakes of it. vi/ ; "Thai the dc- , lav i highly proper, i:: order lloit (tie onndi* i i ?:e< iu iv 1; ii c C." opp rtunity of studying up : a I :t.e lav. A :ie i a.nr now -tan I toil a b. |y. I i.c . i. .1 ' I v 11 I lie la* elect i< n i ' of \ ai. i t ko, ? i ns a li Itly, I It o , , t j Senate are in deadly opposition to their re-elee- | t I lion ' I ? For the Tim'sw . The Chostor Narrow Gaugo Road. Jan. :ilst 1878. Eihtob Timk3 :?IVhat hns become of tlie Jnion and Chester Narrow Gauge? Have tlite teoplc grown faint hearted or have the S. C. R. V, O k C. R. R. & 8. U. & C. R. It's, reduced rnnsportation charges to a fair line ? A Narrow IrfGfcWroad to Chester would ccrtaiuly bring ibout a good deal of intercourse bolwcen secions of this State and North Carolina, now alnost entirely cut off, and if such a line were :onstructed, as a matter of course almost, would ollow an extension of the line to Laurens ?. II., or some other Western terminus. If the itatistics furnished by the Chester llcportcr, as o the saving in actual money to the people of Chester, on freights, can be relied on, I don't ice how or why your people should give it up. Ono thins is certain, tho business of Union jnnnot compete with other points possessing dieaper transportation ami other facilities for lrnwing custom. Whatever affects the raer:hauts, also affects the fanner. The merchant ;annot sell his goods (rfcheap ns merchants at )ther points, unless he has equal advantaged, uid the farmer can't afford to buy unless he can tell his produce at prices such ns he" can g<?t iluwImrR It, ronniroa no grQat ukiU in oyfiber- m in to find t^iat oat. After nil, it a question of profits. Will it pay ? Will it pay belter to build a narrow gauge, which will give you a choice of routes, or submit to the|"unjust ^taxation of the old Roads? All the people in the countjr arc .interested in it. Kvcry dollar takcy^oq^of the county impoverishes it, to say ntJflring of the waste of time and wear and tear of nnimnls and wagons. The more prosperous the village, the bet- A ter able its people are to pay good prices fer w country produce, and the more prosperous it is the better able it will be to sell goods cheap, and tho better market it will always be for everything grown by the farmer or manufactured by the artisan. \ notice that a billl is before the Legislature to tax drummers from other Slates. Upon first glance 1 thought the idea a good one. It would seem as if lliov slmntil n?? ???"? <" ...... ? ? ? merchants did ; but on reflection I nm not so sure of it. If it is intended to benefit Chnrlcston, would it not be better for Charleston to remove such restrictions upon trade as embarrass her prosperity ? What about the iniquitous It. It. discriminations? What about the tax of wharfage (larger in Charleston than any where else, it is said) the drayage, and other incidentals I have heard our merchants talk about. Ought not the Reform to begin in Charleston. PARMER. l-'or the Times. Examination of Teachers. The Hoard of Examiners will meet at Union C. II. on Friday and Saturday, the lbth and l'Jlh of January. All persons who expect to teach in the Public Schools will meet the board at that time. A. A. JAMES. Sell. Com. U. C. Mil. Editor : A case of some interest to tho free school public is pending hero, in which tho meaning of "the above notice is involved. Tho facts are briefly as follows: At a meeting of the Trustees held on the ult., three persons applied for the same school ; of this number only one had a certificate from the present board. One of the others had neglected to attend ihc meeting of the board, but lield a certificate from a former board ; t lie other had never taught and had no credentials. Under these circumstances number three had n > claims whatever, and so the issue lay between number otic and number twoWhile Trustees A and 15 decided that number ane, having been properly examined, could be selected, C, in presenting the claims of number Lwo, contended that it was unnecessary lor a person who held a Teacher's Certificate to be .'xamincd again, but might lake the School, and have the old certificate revised some ether time. 'flic Trustees failing to agree, another meeting was appointed. At the next meeting one of them failed to attend, ami, of course, the two could not agree, consequently the school is witliMil n teacher, and the teachers without a school. ? Mr. .lames lias been written to and tha Trustees are awaiting his instructions. We hope, however, he will consider tlie matter of sutlicicnt importance to make public his explanation, as his decision will aficct other schools and tench* crs. TAX PAY Kit, . \Y attinf! rott Cos rt km a rion.?Washington, January '2S.? In the Judiciary Committee, today, the ease of Mr. Northrop, nominated to bo United Stales hist riot Attorney for South Carolina, was discussed briefly, hut was laid over at the request id' Senator Patterson, who wrote asking that no definite action he taken upou it until he was able again to take his seat in the Senate. This lie hoped to do in a few days, and it is inferred that lie has given up the trip to Pennsylvania which he had contemplated.? What has induced him to clinngc his mind is not known definitely, but it is considered probablo that his action is to some extent influenced by a report which lias hoc it current here for a day or two past, that (lov. Hampton had forwarded "o the Democratic Coventors of Maryland, Delaware and Ohio, through which States the Senator would have to puss n route for Per.iisyN vania, requisitions f >r his arrest, on the same charges which were brought against hint some, time ago. In the meantime, the friends of Mr.. Northrop are doing their utmost to have him. confirmed, while Judge Carpenter ami his sup porters arc confident tliut lie, anil not Northrop, is (lie corning man. Tntitini.r. Km kits or War.?London, February ! ? baroness ISiudett font tea has receive" I I lie following telegram from llio relief agent who 1ms been with Suleiman I'nslin, dated linlipuli, January I!0: ' ! have arriveil here, after h march with the army to the sea. I will stop here to relieve 7,000 refugees, who are in great distress. 1 have seen a vast number of refugees all over the country "lying from colli ami hunger. There is a great movement p?erds tho sea. T.ie refugees arrive perfectly destitute, having generally lost half of each family. It is tuitions moving without the means i f trans|"iiiati?n and without homes to goto, Knglishtiuti eat.not imagine the srfl'ering, destitii'iou ami ruin ol the-e last thtec weeka to nu inr.o rr I tin 1 ii: lustrums ? e.., !o." "j A di .paleii from I'.iebmnnd, Vs., savstlen. iler gl'll I'., .lot.li.-oll i.as I'OIISt tiled lo Mill lor l'(ingress from liie district now occupied hy ^ lion, fiilhrrt Walker.