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? , A Gang of Outlaws in Pickens. * ?_ ? "rlKc (li:?AWS CJJASE THE REVENUE OFFICER* TO at K40LBY'H Comjmbia, March 13.?The following infor fc'Ation has been received by the Governor today coqgerniug the rescue of three illicit dislillcreffeoMiiicil in (lie l'ickeii* County jail. Tho report comes from the slicritf of-that county: Pickens C. H., S. <J?, March 11, 1878. To Hit Kxctlltncy (Jovrrnor Wade Hampton, Columfna, A C> ,-e Dear Sin?On lost Saturday, the Olh of E March, the special force of the United States revenue, under command of Capt. E. U. Hoffman, I brenglu into thin filace thi#e men charged with ^ Violating the United States revenue law, viz : Hiomas llccslcy, Milton Ktausill and James Stansill. They Were regularly committed to the l'ickcns County Jail to my safe keeping, and not P nut i4p.it ing that an ctl'ort would be made for their release by any one, I was taken by surpriso%y a pnfty of armed men, wlioeame to tlie jail (where 1 lhc) and forcod mcthrough threats lor my life (e release thy above-named liners. I was perfectly liclpfc* to resist them, they Jmving guns prcreisAcd at inc. They demanded end took tli? keys ol the jail from my, and 1, in ordor sate as many of tlio prisoners from being released or escaping us possible, went with them to the prisoners' room, when they released tho three uicu and took them oil' on horseback. Gap!. 11 oilman and special force, on hearing of what happened, came to the jail and promply offered his services to assist mo in recapturing the prisoners, but knowing they were too much * in the advance, audit at night, and not knowing their route, &c., 1 thought it advisahlo not to pursue. I shall make tlie heal effort I cau for the recapUu-c of tbo prisoners, and I feel it my duly to submit tl>v matter as it happened to you. i am very respectfully, your obedient servant, JoAU MAL'LOIX, S. I'. (1. Ill reply the Governor at once addressed the following letter to tbo sheriff. 5Statk of South Carolina, j J'lxmm'tivk ('llAMIll.lt, > Cot.i'MniA, March Id, 1K78. I My Dear Sir : Your letter of the lltli inst. lias just reached inc. ami I regret greatly to learn of the during violation of the Jaw which you report. Much actions will no: only bring disrepute on our people, but will ultimately rend on them. 1 shall expect you to use all the means in your power to bring the offenders to justice, and a reward shall at once be offered for their apprehension. If you kiotv any of the parties engaged in this net of violence, you will let mic know who they are. Senator llowcn, whom I have ju*t seen, concurs in my views, and he deprecates all such outrages as the tine which 'ins been recently committed. Our people must learn thnt the laws arc to be enforced, and llint all violations of them will be punished. Very respectfully jours, Wauk Hampton, J sab Mauldin, Governor. ItherMf riekens County. Cellaolor &. M> Hroytsn, after dispatohing the facts sf tho vntono to tko authorities in Washington, left at once for the sccno of the disturbance. Further information received this evening elates that the parly whioh rescued the illicit distillers from Dickens jail was composed of About thirty-live men under the leadership of the notorious Redmond, who shot Olfieer Barton a few mouths ago and who, it will he remembered. is a fugitive from North Carolina, where there is now a reward of $ 1,000 olfered for his apprehension as a murderer.' it is stated that aft or the rescue Redmond and party went to the house of Win. Gary, who has . incurred the enmity of the distillers by acting 1 * tho ^tirposo oT lrflling ^iim',l'niiic ScerlatiTing that he was absent on a raid with Deputy Collector Hodman, the rescuers started in pursuit, and yesterday chased llotVinan, Gary and a posse of seven men with them across tho country to F.aslcy Station on tho Air Bine Railroad, where they now are. Collector Ilrayton rccoived telegraphic orders from Washington this utorning to organize as largo a force as necessary, aud to pursuo and CfcpturC Redmond and his gang at all hazards. A large force is accordingly being organized in Greenville, Spartanburg and Dickens Counties to-day, to start in pursuit to-niorrow. As Rcdmouil is reported to have a well organized band, well armed and equipped, and as ho defies arrest, a collision is not improbable, C. McK. THE LATEST?REDMOND AND Ills C.AJftl TO IIK CAI'Tl?tEl> OK DRIVEN TO THE MOUNTAINS. Commiha, MmcIi Id?11 D. M.?The following telegram lias just been received from Collector Drayton at Spartanburg, S. C.: "Nothing important to communicate. Anion my way to Dickens County.,. " Deputy .lillson reports Ihat.Redinond, with thirty-five men, pursued the revenue force all day yesterday. Two additional illicit distilleries were destroyed. "The revenue force is being reinforced, and Redmond und his gang of jail-breakers will be captured or driven to the mountains."?C. McK. ?ill A'cics mid Courier. . A Vigorous Pursuit of Redmond's lianj and its Results. CoifMiUA, March 17.?The fence which star tea in pursuit ol llcdiiioml Friday night luis tmeceeUcd in capturing .six men, several of whom were Concerned "in the recent rescue from Pickcm* jail. Three stills have also been destroyed. The sliorifT of Pickens, who also went in pursuit with n militia company, returned to Pickens last night, bringing with him the Stnmills, two of the men rescued hy Kcdmond and iiis gang. They were recommitted to jail, and arc now securely guarded. IIkatv Snow Stoum am> Loss or I.ivr. Sherman, Wy? March 13.?Thursday, at midnight, i\ storm of snow nnd wind set in, cooling tlie country from Green hirer, Wyoinii g, io North Piatt, Ncbraekn?iiv linn 'red an 1 i.:iy miles. It was the severest storm - no tin- construction of the Union Pari tic 1'uilroad. Ii r .11 tinned without abatement 'ii! Sunday nioni:n<r making it impossible for persons t? go out without almost certaiu death. The bodies of several persons wtro found who died from exposure. Two soldiers perished between Fort llusscll and t'lieyenno?ndiktancoof three miles. Four men with an ox team were cauglit fifteen miles northwest of Uhoycnue, three of whom readied the railroad Sunday, terribly frozen, ami will probably ioso their feet. Tlip- fourth and the oxen perished. Three ranchmen were found dead a rliort distance from North Cooper Lake. One xanchman lost 10,000 sheep Hear Kghert Station. Many other cases are reported of loss of stock. Tho snow drilled in immense piles. Every cut in tlie railroad track was filled with snow, aud the sheds aro also full. The railroad company had their forces out hofore the storm subsided on ftundfty, nftd have been constantly at work *vith snow plows at different po*irttg, with all the men they could work. The different forces met at this point last night, having elearo I <">">tl miles in less than three days. All the trains will be immediately started, and no further detention is anticipated. The passengers were all V tuled where they could lie well fed and taken oare of. ? ?- ? She "Stttrehlii ?nion ?imts. K. M. STOKKS, Editor. UNION, FRIDAY, MARCH 82,1878. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. " " i 1 Copjr, one year, Is aDvamk, f2.00 I 2 Coj.Ies one rear, '* * 8r 0.73 6 " " ? ? . 8.50 | 10 " " " " ' 15.00 advertiHWct One square or ?no Inch, lirst insertion, - - - 11.00 lvu-h Milwoquoni liivrrMon, ------- 73 Liberal discount made to merchants and others ndrtr1 tLinc for ?ix months or by the year. Obituary Notice*of ten line* or lean, Inserted fre-\ " oTer ten lint*, charged as Advertisement^^ Good News. It is expected the Legislature will adjourn today, and front what we can learn no one will be more rejoiced titan the members themselves. - That Dam Case, Which occupied live days of the Court last week, resulted in a mistrial. The jury were out about five hours, but the Foreman reported to the Judge that there appeared to be no pros* peer oi outlining u verdict. ? Our Cotton Market. The Farmers are too busy on their farms to brin? what little cotton they.liavoon hand to market, consequently the receipts t.he past weak were small. Only ? "> bales were sold at last week's prices?7j(W 10c. J. T. Hill & Co. * t" Tbig old and substantial fira^ has just r^ttived <K#Jio,#f tbo finest stocks of evur this town, and they are selling aV prices. to the lowest. All know that whatcY^^^^P^k Co. promises, they will surely slick to, and as I bey advertise thai they will sell cheap, you can hot every silver dollar of the "now issue" you can raise that they will allow no house to undersell tlicm. Annual Mooting. The Annual Mooting of tbo Union Building and Loan Association will be held in the Court House on next Tuesday, the 20th, at 8 o'clock 1\ M. It is desirable (but all the stockholders should be present, as the reports of the President and Secretary and Treasurer will be made then; also the annual electiou of all the officers will take place. Semi-Woekly .Mails. After the 1st of April the mail from hero to Clinton will go twice a week, and efforts are being made to put a semi-weekly mail on the Goudcysvillo route. If nn arrangement could be made with I lie Cross Keys Mail contractor to divide that route, so that tbo mail would leave here every Friday morning, whether the mail from York reaches here or net, our Mail facili ties would bo greatly improved. Wc have us- I surancc that the division of the Cross Keys Moil would be sanctioned by the Postmaster General. Fino Woathor for Farmers. The past week has been line for farm and garden work. The air has been dry and bracing, and we understand our Farmers have taken advantage of it. A few more such days and all tlio corn will ho planted. A shower or two, however, would be acceptable just now. On Monday and Tuesday inornincsum hn?, rWhite Irosl, (but itTdid WulW Wo arc glad to state that an increased acreage of wheat has been sown fortius year, and it looks very promising. Incendiary FiroA tire occurred lost Sunday on Mr. If. I,. G >ss' farm, about 11 miles Fast of this place, destroying a double l.og Cabin and its contents, consisting of f>001bs Ilacon, f>0 bushels Corn, all the wearing Apparel, Household and Kitchen Furniture, which belonged to Lewis Walker a colored man. Suspicion was aroused that it was th# work of an incendiary, and circumstances pointed to Lewis Tucker, also a colored man, who had rented a portion of the farm, as the oue who committed the deed, lie was arrested last Tuesday and lodged in jail. ? Tha T?. T ...... Tlic lax bill which has just passed Ihc Legislituve levies a lax of 1.1 mills for general Stale purposes anil two mills for School purposes, making the total Slate tax GA mills, la addition, for Union County, it levies ;? mills ijpr general county purposes and 2 mills for past indebtedness. Added to ibis is the Railroad tax of :H mills, making a total of lo mills for Union County. Had our members domauded last year the usual 51 mill tax for county purposes and 2 mills for past iudehtcdiicjtss, the total levy this year for this county, would not have been more than 12A mills. The taxes arc to be paid in two instalments? the first in May and the second in October. A penalty of o per cent, uj on the whole amount of first instalment is imposed, for failure or refusal I to pay such first instalment. * A Reliable Life Insuranco Co. Amid the general crash of Life Insurance Companies it is a relief to find one which, -by its honorable dealings and judicious management stands sound, and firm against the shock. Such is the case with the "Equitable Life As( auranco Company.' at New York. While other companies have fallen, with disastrous results to their Policy-holders, that company has gone I steadily onward, establishing itself firmer and firmer in the confidenco of the people and gathering immense patronage, until now its accumulated capital reaches tho grand amount of $S2,0lK),0<M>. Mr. Archie R. Stokes has just accepted I lie appointment of Agent for litis county, and invites all who wish to insuro their lives, for the benefit of their wives, children, parents or frienda, in a sound company, to call upon him at J. T. Hill & Co's. store. - ? - ?? ? Faiitiiqiakk in Kknti < kv.?March 1.1.?A special from Nashville, Term., says a terrific eartli?|HaUc shock was felt at Colutubus, Ky., at I o'clock Monday morning. It awoke the residents of lite town and created considerable consternation. Pedstcads rolled across The tloors of rooms, and bnreans an<^ presses were thrown itotvn and broken. A portion of the Mississippi liivpr.bank caved in near the town, leaving one Oar Noxt Governor We regret to see a disposition umungjcertaia would-be leaders of the dcmociacy of llic Stat^ to prejudice the ntinds of the people against the nomination of Got. llumplon for reelection.-*? While we believe t jp*e etfofta will prove ^ilc we cantot shut our eyes to the fact tbutWey liavo a strong tendency to weaken the democratic pnrt^gJ|fcpspiring dissatisfaction and distrust. toiM|^^f ad in i nitration of wjiich Gov. tramp-*, tons^^^heud and moving spirit. So satisfied atw^^Wflohe renominlion of Wade Hamptog for Governor is imperatively demanded, to insure the success of the democratic party next Fall, that without his name at the head of the ticket we should enter the campaign dispirited by the conviction that the prestige and advantages of the campaign of 1870 had been literally thrown away to gratify the ambition and prejudices of a set of office seeking demagogues and extremists. Wo tell tlie people of South Carolina now, that either Hampton and the entire democratic ticket will be elected at the next election or a whole batch of demagogues or Radical officials will again get possession of Uio State. We must either unite again, as one man, and at the next election secure permanently the benefits of the victory of 1SIG, or we shall most assuredly .bo defiled. M 1 - ** "?*T10U9^Pco seeker may carp and growl Lie- . 9m of,<?>v.-Han?p*en as as he pie?es, but in the language of thederaocr?cy of Abbeville, as expressed in a resolution unanimously passed by all the clubs of that County, "the distinguishing feature of his administration, is pure Democracy, and lie who disregards it would rob the parly of its vital principle; that ilt Governor Hampton wc recognize a man of whom a century produces but one, rcarctt by Providence for a special purpose? our redemption?and to whom we look as the only man in South Carolina who can unify the Democratic parly. And wc most earnestly endorse the following, which was also unanimously passed by the Abbeville clubs: R.gnlvttl, That for this purpose, it is tlie duty of the party to nominate Hampton, and it is his duty to the State and to his people, to bear the Democratic standard once more, that wc p[?,yryfl ou^unity. The New Party. If anything was needed to corroborate our statement last week that a ring had been formed in this County, by disgruntled sorc-bead aspirants for office, to start a "Poor Man's Party," in opposition to tho regular nominations of the Democratic party, the evidence of the truth of wha we said could he plainly seen and heard upon our streets the day our paper containing that article appeared. It seemed to strikej* vital spot in the political hopes and aspirations of certain individuals, and vials of their wrath were poured upon us and our traitorous informants, iu wotds far more expressive than elegant. Wo now begin to see through that party grindstone yd guess pretty closely who arc turning and we hitcn 1 to keep a keen eye r*st expect any qiuirtcrs flLAsa airictiy juJ^ tonaru thfl|^r , In tuc mean time wc call upon all good men who can feel and appreciate the villainy nnd oppression which cursed the Slate under the sccvet oath-hound Union League organization, to put their faces as flints against any similar political party organized or advocated by aspiring but unfaithful democrats. The latter will prove not a whit hotter than the former. Strango Railroad and Meal Hours. In the Charleston Xews and Courier wc find advertised the "time tabic" of the Spartanburg Union and Chester (?) Railroad. It is a strange road to us, b it not more strange than the hours appointed for passengers to take their meals.? For instance, they arrive at Try on City at 0.27 in tho evening ami take breakfast ; at Spartanburg at 7.15 In the evening, (or dinner, and at AlstoiTaUli .50 for supper. It will thus be seen that by tho arbitrary schedule of the otherwise most accommodating Superintendent, passengers by that route get through tho world backwards, viz : they first take their supper, then dinner an-1 lastly they get their breakfast away up in the Mountains, about nightfall. It may be seasonable hours for fashionable City people to take their meals, hut it don't suit the avcrngo hackwoods folks, and we suggest*that tho meal part of the schedule be changed. At any rate, the passengers should be permitted to eat ono meal at least beforo the middle of the day. . o Tho Interonational Kurwtav Srhnni r^n^Anf;?? i This body, consisting of nearly five hundred Delegates from all purls of the United States and Canada, .will meet in Atlanta on tho 17th April, and continue in session three days. Distinguishcii.ijy.nday School workers will ho there. Col. Foreaerc, Superintendent of the Air Line lload, will give excursiou rates for eight or ten days, including the time of the Convention. The cheap rail road fare, the pleasant season of the year, the beautiful seenery along the Air Line, tho magnificent palace cars of that road, all conspire to make tlie excursion a pleasant one. Then a rare opportunity is afforded to Sunday School workers to meet in Convention an 1 exchange views and plans. Let all go who can spare the lime and money. This convention will not meet again in the South for years. . . Tiif. Mint at Woiik.?Philadelphia, March 11.?The first silver dollar was struck at .".IS this afternoon at the mint. The first twelve w ere coined from polished plnnchcts.nnd removed by hand from the machine to prevent abrasion. They weie enclosed in envelopes, duly marked in tho order in which they were coined. The first tviif UiTsent to the President, the second to Secretary Sherman, and the third to I)ireHoi? I.indcrman. This coinage occupied fifteen minutes, after which lite machine began running ai full speed, and finished about $2,000 before the hour of closing. To-aiovrow another uuir of dies will ho finished, permitting nnoth<V machine to go to work, and Thursday dies will be ^?afr nm .. - i?>?m ' _ -? 41 * Primary Elections * On our first page will bo fotihrt ft plan stuygested by the ^tatc Executive Committee of the democratic party, for the organization 6f Democratic Hubs in evet-y 4ountO*We hare no doubt that as soon ns the chain^p o(^ the County Executive CoinmitJjje returns from Columbia, necessary measures jHR be adoptod?for a tbojv ough^andjftompl^ftorganisation of the panj ^ro?4gbout (b^fCou^^ jfc, however, suggest that steps bo taken at once to organic democrat ic Clubs in overy township. In Abbcvillle, Anderson, Laurens, Orccnvillo and many oUicr Counties the work has commenced, andintJBse counties the pcoplo arc becoming enthused with ft natriol in il??t t~ - ? . w oiunu s<|uureiy nn'i unwavering in Ihe ranks of the democratic par- , ty. Through it, in 187t?, tliey achieved a glorious victory over infamy, misrule and oppression, such as 110 people ever were cursed with before^ and they will not desert it until the full fruits of that victory has been secured or its leaders prove falso to the trust committed to them. It will be observed that tho State Executive Committee recommends the adoption of primary clcctious by ballot, for candidates for county offices and members of the General Assembly. In view of the fact that a feeling of dissatisfaction with the old system of nominations is prevalent among the people, wo believe the a^optiflo of Primary Elections will be found the np>et just and^atisfucUnvj^ariMhat pan bo^Je-x vised.^ By It before any^nciuTmtion is niaTTk every voter in the County will have an oppor- . tunity of casting bis vote for the candidate of his choice, llis vote is carried into the County nominating Convention, and there eountsd far his Candidate. If it is found that that candidate has received the highest number of votes, after counting the votes of all 1 lie precincts, then lie must be doclared the candidate of the party at the general election. On the other hand, if that candidate proves not to be the choice of a majority of the pcoplo of the County, at the Primary Elections, it is a pretty sure indication that he would not be nn acceptable candidate under any system of nomination. At the Primary election every man votes just to suit liitnsilf. No party ticket is made up by a Convention, assembled at the County seat, for him to vote for. On tho contrary, every voter m u i riiiiury r.iecuon tens tun convention, by his rote, what names he wishes to he put upon the ticket to he voted for at tlie general election. Could any system be fairer? M? Judgo Wallace- ^ Iu the report of the St. Patrick's mnper in Charleston we find the following high compMmcnt to lion. \V. II. Wallace: The sixth regular toast was announced as follows : "The Judiciary?A wise, firm and incorruptible Bench the main safeguard of our. rights and liberties." 1 To this toast the Hon. W. II. Wallace, judge of the Seventh Circuit, was invited to respond. Having been busy with the engrossing duties of his position since lie had received the invitntion he had been unable to prepare himself, hut nevertheless he proceeded to deliver on the sp^r of Lb? uioniept a *PW<4i< wl??ch he .inigtit?4vcll have been proud after a week's preparation.?' Alluding brietly to the dry details of law, suggested on first thought by a toast to the judiciary, he soon branched off on the sentiment offered, and grew eloquent over the high mission of tlie judiciary to preserve that golden mean between liberty and licenso, which, while it gave to the individual the freest exercise of his personal rights, at the same time guarded and maintained public order and tranquility. Judge Wallaco was recoired with tremendous | applause, and tho expectations of his friends ! were fully realized iu his eloquent address. FtrsT Grx or tiik Campaign.?Abbcvillo, March 11.?The Democracy of Abbeville County met here in Convention to-day and organized for the fall campaign. Nineteen clubs were represented, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. The most perfect harmony marked tho proceeding, and the party in Abbeville presents an unbroken front. Col. Cothran having declined a re-election ns ennnlw J ? MCI1. I McGowan was chosen for that position by acclniuat ion. Resolutions were unanimously passed endors- . ing Governor Hampton's policy ns eminently wise, declaring that conservatism is pure Democracy, and thai it is tho duty of the party to renominate Hampton and his duty to accept the nomination. The Democracy of Abbeville arc determined to set ft good example of zeal and compact organization to the rest of tho State, and will frown down all bolters and "Independent" candidates.?Cor. JS'etea and Courier. Hampton IIkni#.\i;natki?.?After the election for officers at the meeting of the Duo West Democratic t.'lub, Professor Kennedy in quite n neat little speech nominated Governor Hampton for re-election. The nomination was seconded and the club took a standing vote. It wns unanimous: Hampton got every vr?tc. The voice thus expressed by the Due West club is the voice of this whole county. Wade Hampton will be supported for any office within the gift of the people. He has no equal 011 tho continent, ami although wo have frequently differed with him on matters of public policy we have never for one moment questioned his motives. He is a patriot in whom there is no guile.?Abbeville Medium. Aiiiip.vii.lp. Leads.?Abbeville. S. C., March 14.?A convention of delegates from all the local Democratic clubs met in the Courthouse today. The convention was characterized by enthusiasm and complete uninimity. Its action shows that Abbeville County is in accord with i Hampton and Democracy. Sixteen out of nine- i teen clubs represented. Three additional clubs I reported an 1 were enrolled; Colonel Cothran, former President, called the meeting to order, j and addressed the convention, declining a re- i election, (icncral S. McQowan was elected j President by acclamation. Desolations4wero i offered, complimentary to Ccloncl Cothran, the I retiring President, and adopted by a unanimous rising voto. I - i An Okuku to Postmastkks.?The following order lias been issued from the Postoflicc I>c- | portment and forwarded to each Postmaster:? ( "The I'ostnmstcr will suffer no person whatever , except his duly sworn assistants, clorks, letter | carriers and special agents, to have access to the letters, newspapers, (*r pickets in his office.? This prohibition extends to letter carriers and . all other persons who may he employed on olh- < cr duties than handling the mails. All persons, .? ? ' . r " ImIi ' . ^ a ?J ^ Ta Saq. Orrics County Com mis* ion an#, m . UiH?aH.,0..4M*rch l'.Hh 18/Pl ? * MY DxaR^Vox :?You ftiust really apnuaJ^r not feplying to youiffkvor of March tbe hi# earlier day ; but indeed iour\ "sMpatbW11' tcra|tiflfc, instructive iu)diwuusi?p> _ "weak, ailly aqd thin" tWht we CMMMQfttk%, ? tin idia moment to pjiss in our demttft^^ Na?^o?, <k iar, you inuel eur^lir hav&ttome ( roes a stray <mpv of the "'Vatler'hor perhaps m od^Plctter it "Jdnius,*' and in a bilHtas * moment you have imagined yourself the Swift of our "l'ojjuli;" but^ou?aro wfong, you aro hadlyhiiatakeu, Vox. Ut^ke the Old Dean, you are neittftr smart, brilliat^ sarcastic, nor, last but uoC least, arc you a bit witty. You are just aimply dis^ppoiuted^yoa want something and me L'opuli wu*fc appreciate^ jou are evil, and therefore to you "all thitijps arc evil." Your nature gives you no conception ofdthc maxim, "to the pure all things pu??,' so you haver become sour and bilious"; your liver linut be wrong, dear Vox?dare say yoi\ don't rcs^vsli. at night. Allow us to suggest that you tak^Sini- ^ mOns' Liver Regulator; get Mrs. l%x to^d^nre m you some light diet ; go early ty.fced, andrjae when well rested, (is the way tho JBB- give*it !) Don't travel on tho had ronds; get you a divan chair and he carried around, liko^^'ip," hand," and nerhans vou nmv live owf innv?ii.,.. half your days. Wo have beon a good deal puz*$??, Vox, dcu^ 1 to docide hethcr you wrote your KS^a ^0 advertisement" because yqp "tlrougTrtgit smart, or tor the want o^common sense," nniWlic more ^^0fl| udytin- problem, the more has it become "hidden away in efljiu^inrucr ;" so in vour next favor please giw ns tfH 1t>T\rr nation*** " ^ A ' Now ire can't think you ?toto dccciaMMQii Jp*> Irtn0in|*t40r^f^ ffnyrtiirffe siOTt'ntUrtt |le f 'y* article, for there is not^sptlniwhoK^fcW^olimfh a single Dractfcal common scidBfcdWtstjfcu, of , idea for remedying the evil you wouy complain . of. Then, again, the sentences, are correct, in ? the main, tlic orthography is good enough, and0 don't show want of sense why, fo%j|))e Jife of us wc can't tell, VoXjjlcar, (for we are your friends) all you (0rspT in trying to make a Johi#hehind of yours#lf ? ^ I.et *ua See if we can .possibly fcvrilc a few r-"} plaiu, practical, homespun, couimoq sense sen- * tcnccs whilst we have before us your "ra^ piece of folly:" ^ m ? # * Injfnuary various bad pfnees were reported on Roads and invariably thcqucstiofi was asked/ "can any thing he done whilst erything wim in such a mire?" And we found, in a\mom every case, nothing practical could^e d^ne until the weather settled ; and those concerned were informed th?t as soon as the roads wcro dry enough wc^would have the bad places ^kyorke<h, and as soon thereafter ?s practical hstvo the usual Spring working done. The law provides th?t tfioOunly Coiaroqujo^erashj^LeonHnission, , ^ from the citizcnsdinblc for Rublre Highway du ty, sub-commissioners, who sliall have charge of their respective sections of'thc highways, and work ami keep in good repair the same, when ordered so to do iby the Board, not cxcccdTng six days in one your. Now^prhen it comes to tho knowledge of the Board that roads need Repairs, is it impractical tW issue an order throng tho medium of the Timks? or would it be hotter to ride round and give each Sub a.personal no- ? lice? Would lie do the worl^nny better?, Thi^ "simple business advertisement" h#? givoo^saj,-. ?. iSfaction for the past three years?so far *' isfaction can be worked out of the present roatt law?except in sections where Vox or somjf qf - r * Mf* his Populi live, whose greatest splicitude^cems * . * to be to try all they can to thwart every plSln and simple elicit of the Board to do their duty * with as little expense to the County as possible. Again and again, have we read your favor, 4 dear Vox, in hopes of finding a single prnctical suggestion, a single horn <mwl^^t^haiig our L __ troubles, bbt n'othing but hpaPMHfpBui tho Board and slander lor the Grand Jury. Why didn't you call round at the oflicc nnd council with us? Von might possibly have madea suggestion. We arc told that in the councils of many there may be some good. The Board would have been obliged to you for auy practical idea ; and then we would have had nmplo lime to prepare for that "first Monday on the stand." Why not, as you appear so fonnd ef^ appearing in front, have addressed a conumini-f cation to thcSnb-Cemmissioucra, exhorting thcuV to obey the orders?instead of trying to make them have a contempt for the same?of.the Board, turn out with a will, and put the reads in good repair for the benefit of all. But this is not you. Unlike the good Samaritan, you prefer to pass over on the other side, "clearing your skirls," gloating in your vile imagineth u of "by the first Monday in March," seeing tl o "Hon. Board" down, and all the Grand Jury and the Court upon them. Poor Vox! how stillborn your hrobdingnnging-* effusion! Why not discuss tho many deficiencies of tlie present road law?those only liable for road duty from 18 to l-j, which in many sections docs not give asulTcicnt force to put and keep in good repair their roads in six days durincr the vear?tliA f??i the tools on the roads are not liable for duty? neither are any stock or wagons.. We have known of several Sub-Coniinissioners attempting to work roads with only liocs, and been told tho.^c owning slock would not send them on the road ; and 'tis a matter of record that this Heard lias had to pny for an ox cart to haul a few pine brush to stop a gully, and for a wagon to haul poles to make a bridge over a ditejt not more than two feet wide. Discuss these matters with a view to have tho* evils remedied ; make some honest effort for the true benefit of your county. Hut this, my dear Vox, don't seem to be your nature. It is much more to your vitiated taste and liking to get bchind a tree and throw dirt. And then, how cruel to he dragging your "filth and slime" over our little nice game?"sort of oloaring of skirts." Afld furthermore, how could you ! oh ! how could you, Vox, make this Hoard, of plain farmors, a pin on which to hang up before the eyes of the l'opuli your smattering of the dead langunges-?"/>rMfewifulmtn !" (what docs mean that. Vox ?) Oh fie ! for shame ! this unkindest cut of all, "ct you brute." In your favor, dear Vox, to Grand Juror, of March loth, we find, "a Hoard of Commissioners whose only ambition seems to be to draw their two or three dollars per day." Now, we don't know exactly what you mean by this, or whether it is really as mcauiugless as all you< have written ; but, as it is a sort of personal matter, thc^oard is forced to nut iisntr ?/.t?n^ on (he record." Ifyou mean io assert, to infer, to insinuate, or create the impression, that tins I?onr?l is drawing pay for services not rendered, is trying hy simple orders to make their ' Subs'' do part of their duties and pay themselves for it, or are trying to run the ollioc for their per? Bonnl advantage? if you mean any or all of these things, then you mean to assert, my dear Vox, what is simply a wilful, malicious, and unmitigated faUhood?simply this avid nothing more ? if (his is "treason wiiy make the most of it." in conclusion, vox, take I lie mlvico given in lie beginning ?keep cool, take some alterative, >r mild aperient, then write to us, write something worthy the attention of tiie l'opuli and the notice of THE HOARD. - ? ? CflKSTKU ('l)l XTY SuL'NU AS A DOI.I.AR.?Maj* Julius Mills, trensnrer, nnrl .1. M. Rrnwley, nnlitor Chester County, have complete i (lie first, settlement in the comptroller general's oflicc f> r