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I l .till J l.n ' Governor Hampton's 8pceob M Blockville. At (ho coitclusiou of Gen. Connor's oration, and as soon as (ho applause which followed it had died nway, a hundred voices called out Hampton." The cry soon became general and I tic Governor, finding escape impossible, came to (he front amid a perfect thunder of cheers and a shower of bouquets. After assuring the audience that he came to lliaekville merely as a looker on, and not as a speaker, the Governor said: "And I am sure that 1 could say nothing belter than to repent the remark made by e. gentleman, who was once called upon to speak alter liurko. He got up and said: *1 say ditto to all Mr. Burke has said.' Now 1 would say, to-day, -ditto' to everything that Gen. Connor has said. I would sg^ , to you that when I sat here and listened to: the advice of that man, who made as great sacrifices to become a candidate as any man in the State, who came in and devoted all his time nnd energy and great ability to the cause of freedom n:<i Home rule?who, when we were successful, g'vc to our government tliut sound judguicnt i that conservatism which have marked his course throughout; when 1 heard hiin givo to the people to-day, and through them to the whole State, those pregnant words; when 1 heard him tell the youug uien that there was something more than office; when I heard him . led the people to scorn the ofhee-scekers and to look for men who subordinated self to the feelit'o of patriotism for South Carolina; wlicu 1 heard him appeal to you to tend the beat men to i'.r Legislature ; when I heard hiin tell you of the struggles we had goue through, utid the grave responsibilities that rested upon us as the \ictars of this campaign, 1 felt that if there was one man whose voice should he tho exponent of .lie scntiipcnt of tjio best people of South Carolina, it is the man who has just addressed you to-day. [Cheers.] If I could reinforce anything that he has said to you 1 would tell you that the dangers are still impending. I would asare you that the. victory is not get icon. I would toil you that upon your conduct in the next twoyears depends whether the fruits of that victory shall be enjoyed by our children for generations to come, or whether you will allow it to pass l'roin you like a worthless bauble. I would tell you that it depends upou you whether you will serve God or Mammon. It is for you to choose. If you listen to demagogues, if you listen to men who subordinate everything to office, to wealth, to place and to power; if you will hcarkon to extreme men, who will tell you that tne glorious platform of 1876 was very well as a promise to he kept only to the car and broken to thoJmar^.jf you listeu to those men, then I any at tgell at once relinquish the fight, for South Carolina will soon pass agmn under > \ ru'n au<* t0 U,e ru'n frog which she boa just I emerged, and tii As of "ItJSO wo sTwrtl ftof^^TdSfTWy own WwWlr 1 but we, the people of South Carolina, will be the cnusc of breaking down the Natioual Democracy. [A. voice : "We will never do it !"] You have it all in your own hands. You claim to be the banner county of the State, and your claim is not without right. [Cheers.] You carried your election by an overwhelming majority, because you cartie before the people, white and black, rceognizing the rights of every citizen and saying, "You shall all be equal under the law." You went to the colored people and (old them that their rights would be protected. You told them that we nad pledged ourselves that the Constitution and laws of South Carolina should give equal protection to all.? . You appealed to them to come and help you work out the redemption of the State. They came by hundreds and did help. And 'now would you turn back upon them, and, after trying for ten years to convitico the colored man that liis true interests lay with the Democratic party, would you say, "Now we have no use for ?. , ytnrJi .1 ou^eqprr noc tui* ocu vWc-pnumry e!ectio?s." If this be the policy of South Carolina then am I sadly mistaken in the people of South Carolina and the people are mistaken iu juc, because I can carry out no such policy as * k I - I / ... J. 4 ... . * . I 0-l? V L <? /!. i *i?i(u iracreyou yui mz m loiu. 1 Iiuve not deviated one iota, and despite the criticisms against me, 1 defy any man to place his finger upon one single act of mine that is not in strict accord with the policy of the Democratic party in coavcntioa assembled in 1870. They gave inc a chart and compass by which I was to conduct the campaign. Taking it as my guide, I went before the people, black and white, and in the name of the people I held up that platform and 1 said to them: "Ilere is what the people of South Carolina have said to the world: 'We have accepted the National Democratic platform, which recognizes the equality of every citizen before the law. We have adopted our own platform of 1876, which endorses the ua-1...? .1 i . II Ituuui ptaiivnu uuu guaittiuuvo rijuuuijr iu Ull men before the law.' " [Cheers.] From where the blue-cupped mountains k iss the sky to where old ocean rolls upon the coast, from North to South, from East to West, I went before the people, while and black, and told them that if they elected us, they would put men in office who would recognize all the pledges and would carry them out in good faith, and I -tell you tho men you hare placed in power? Hugood and his colleagues in the State offices? mould cu, their right anna off before they would violate their pledges. [Prolonged applause.] It' it is thought that wc can he successful in this election by fraud, (a?d I ' mors Hooting throughout the Stare occasionally, intimating that we had the machinery of the elections iu our own hands and that we could count in anybody we pleased,) I tell you, people of ltarnwell,-and people of south Carolina, that if you once countenance fraud, before many years pass over your heads you will not be worth saving, and will not be worthy of (he State you live in. [Cheers.] Era id cannot be successful because tlio chosen sons of South Carolina form the Returning Roanl now. The men th.1t-you have placed there as representing the truiii and honor of South Carolina would die b -fore they would perjure themselves bj placing men wrongfully in office. [Cheers.] You can carry the election by standing squarely on the platform of 1876 ! Display that banner again ! Call upon nil the citizens of South Carolina that want honest government to rally to the standard, and my word for it, you will carry the State, and carry it overwhelmingly! [Cheers.] Is it not better to fail in doing right than to succeed by doing %orongf [Yes! Yes!] You can succeed by carrying out the principles y?u have solemnly initiated, and in no other way. t Do that and if I can aid you Again I will do it. but f can only assist you by standing upon the pi at form of 1876. If you are to inject into it any new and abnorrent principles?if you are to go b?ok upon all pledges that I have made to the people?if you aro to say that the colored men that have sustained us are no longer to be cjtiziens of South Carolina?if you require me ?rwi ~t-? ? ..! ?*? I *" PS" " ' I of that sort, then, my-friends, much as I would do for you nod for South Carolina, earnestly as 1 Wiuld desire to spend or be spent in her service, willing as I atn to give even iny life for my State, I should have to decline. I would give my life for South Carolina, but I cannot sacrifice my honor, no, not even for her. [Cheers.-] I have no fears for Old Barnwell. I -Know ?)fe will do her whole duty. Already the key note has gons forth announced from yooir. convention. Already bare yon placed yourselves ' 'right upw the record, and I am sure that you will find sister counties enough coming up shoulder to shoulder in the Convention, soon to ' be held, to declare that the faith, honor and , pledges tnadi in '76 are (0 be held intiolate in * ' * I '78. IT (his be done thon shall you soon see a Dt people prosperous and u free and diseuthrnlled State. [Prolonged cheering.] rc <Jhc "SGlccltlu tflmon ?tmrr>. STORKS, Editor. dl UNION, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1878. oo TERM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. ~ B; 1 Copr, one yenr, IN ADVANCK, (2.00 . 2 Copies one year," " S.7.1 P1 5 > H i> u " CO One square or on?tuch^m?nserUon, 4 - - $1.00 Each subsequent insertion, - - - - - - 75 Si Liberal discount made to merchants slid others adrcr- (j, UainK/oralJ^Mnhte ooAgUie year. toSBrn s or less, inserted free. cl oyer Tvaiuncs, charged as Advertise- ,, inents. II ~ TO CANDlDATESr ^ In order to give every man an opportunity to put their names be/ore the people, as 8C candidates for office, we have reduced the as price /or Advertising to $3 for KACII name 'J( announced No name will be published tin- le til the printer's fee is paid. This rule will al be strictly enforced, so that it will be useless h for any one to scud us names for publica lion icil/toiit sending the money with the ?<| order. (o Weekly Keport of the Thormoraeter. cc |8 a. m.|2p. m.|6 p. m. a' July. Thursday, 11th ~ 86? I 90?~90? 01 Friday, l'2th 83 I 90 I 91) " Saturday. 13th 88- 92 90 m '? Su-.lay, 14th 87 90 85 _ " Mouday, loth 82 90. 90 " Tuesday, 10th..... 80- *90 90 " Wednesday, lilli.. 84 90 89 Some thermometers, in more exposed post- n' lions, indicate from 2 to 1 degrees higher tcmcr- <p attire. No rain the past week. n( Oallman's Barbeoue- ^ Don't forget Hint II. T. Gallinan gives one of ft his glorious Barbecues to-morrow week. rc lo Asiatlo Cholera. (o Several cases of Asiatic Cholera have been reported in a town in Connecticut. X Protracted Meeting at Sardie. oj A protracted meeting will commence at Sardis Church to-morrow, Saturday, 11 o'clock A. M. T< Kev. Avant, assisted by other ministers, n< will carry on the meeting. ?c too. . tfa ^BeWaanc Oault hai'lefl with us the largest Sj Onions we ever saw. One of them weighed fc, over a pound and was as odoriferious as b, well worms can't staud it. 0j The Last Day. w llcmeiubcr, tomorrow, tlio 20th, is the lost Jay for making returns of taxable property to Rl the Auditor. After that 00 per cent, will be P' added to the taxes of those who have neglected to make returns. Buncombe Put in the Shade. . Our young frieud, Miss Eliza Ann Koon has sent us the whoppinest Cabbage we have ever f seen in these parts. It is 87 inches round, stripped of all loose leaves, weighs 7J lbs, and 81 is as hard as a bullet. If we were a young man we would ask Miss Eliza to conie and make our cole-slaw for life. ^ ? .. . <4 Surrendered. ,1 Mr. Kohcrt Clark, the young man who killed ^ a colored man, in a rencontre on Mr. Booty's i( plantation last March, came in and gave himself up to the Sheriff last week. He was badly j wounded at that time, and his friends thought it best for him not to give himself up and go to ^ jail until his wounds had healed. 31 The Revenue Murder Cases. 01 The decision of Judge Kershaw, in refusing S to transfer the cases against the Revenue cfii- vi cere, for killing Ladd, to the United States Court, w is an able and exhaustive document, and gives fi general satisfaction. ct U. S. Attorney General h??*ni has instructed iv M>tj. W. E. Earle to appeal from the Judge's de- at clsion. b Col-R. J. Gags* S It did our heart good to meet our' good and E true friend, Col. 1L J. Gage, in our Office yesterday, and to notice how kindly old father time R had treated him. He looks about as young as >' he did when he left us, two and a half years ago, * and maintains the same genial and vivacious v spirits which ever made him welcome in every si household hero, lie conies to spend a week or a two#upon his "aalitra^bodtiO- IT * among his many relatives and associates of 1' "auld lang sine." He has established his head- n quarters with his brother, Mr. C. C. Gage, n Child Found Drowned. () One day last week, as Mr. Nolnnd was examining some fish Imps in Fair Forest he noticed 1 something lodged against the willows or brush in the stream, which, upon examination, proved to be an infant child, between four and six months u old, that had, apparently, been in the water two h or three days. A coroner's jury was ernpan- " elled, and suspicion was fastened upon a woman who had passed through this town some days before, with a child in her arms, inquiring the ^ way to the Fair Forest bridge. She was aires- 0 ivu iidu ceiuniuicu io jnu. one insists inai sue n is innocent of the crime, that the child she had b belonged to a relative of hers ; but as she can- ^ not produce the child, circumstances arc strong ], again81. her. a The Carolina Military Institute. f We refer Parents, Guardians and others in- 0 tercsted in the proper education of the youth i: of this State to the advertisement of the Carolina Military Institute, located at Charlotte. This a Institution is presided over by one of South f Carolina's ablest and noblest sons, Col. J. P. * Tiiomas, who for many years was a Professor in J the South Carolina Military Academy, at Colum- j bia. We know no man to whom we would mere 2 willingly entrust the moral, intellectual and physical training of a son. His long expert- u ence as a teacher of Youth, his pure christian i ,? . ?.l (k? v. ?-! A A! viini(>V/iti ?uu iuviuu^ii dluv1ui oinj;, tvuiullou i] with great energy and iine administrative quali* Li Aoations, preeminently fit him for (he poaition of a Principal of such a nlble Institution. We are o pleased to learn that the InitUpte is in a flonr- p iebing condition and increasing yearly in jiae- y fulness and prosperity. r iath 6t Viaoent Farr. This highly respected colored inon died nt'his sidence Sunday morning, after a lingering >11!ss from Consumption. , Vincent t^ts a good man?honest, quiet intrtriou^and obliging?and cohimandeil tho nfide noesntf respect of the whole community. y tndun^ and economy he purchased a very essnnt hoitlf tyfrtch he had improved and made iroforttbl?y but just as he was about to reap rofits fine orchard and garden,>be was rtclcen <W?? by sickness, end"%plng featured mt his labor if life wai nearly ended, ho conuded to sell it and convert it into money for ic good of, his children. The death of fow apen, wblto or colored, i this community, would- hardly cause more irrow and regret thanVras shown by the large isembly of the raopt^bspcctablo citizens, of >th races at his funeral, lie leaves five helpss orphan children?their mother having died >out two years before. ard Times. If it wero not that we nro always looking for the good tlm#c coming," we should be inclined i give up and "go West," or to some other rich unlry. The sight of a dollar in this imme.iie rcgiqn is about as rare as angels' visits. The ltlook (for tho next three 01 four months is vful dark. What we aro going to do, fr-'ra in tft "rtmkl 44* SianWr iaa'drtiulMi ystory.- Everybody appears to bo in thosamc x?at any rale they all swear to us that they haven't got a dollar, nud won't liove one'til sxt Fall." We are fully testing the fattening notifies of promists?an article we determined at to take at the commencement of the ycur. 'e have on hand a good supply of that doubt* il commodity now and cannot possibly make torn for any more. It is hard for us to sw.ilw them and our printers peremptorily refuse i take them, they arc so indigestible. eep Your Premises Clean. Housekeepers should be careful, at this time ' year particularly, not to allow any decaying ?gctuble matter, or anything else that will emit axious fumes likely to generate disease, to ucimulate upon ^cir premises. The "sickly sca>n" is no# upon us, and although wo claim iAt tUoAtusuof Union is one of the heaihicst tots in this or any other State, the best way to sep it sd is to be careful not to induce sickness j permitting stagnant water, garbage or fittli ' any kind to accumulate in, under, or anyhere n?<r the houso or yard. A board of Health is a somewhat expensive ljunct to a Town Council, and sometimes nneasaut visitors, but it is probable that it may i deemed advisable (oappointonc in a few days, j lookout housekeepers, if you don't wish to > hauled up before the "Aldermanic proporons" of that august body, for unclcanuess. * he Weather and Crops. It is now nearly three weeks since we had ifficieut tain in this neighborhood to "lay tlie ast," and the field crops and vegetables arc be inning to suffer greatly. We arc pleased to iaru, however, that in some sections of th< oujpiy the cvope-havo In r.l li nr i nrla t Yiov aha ah ffnx! n > AB K.i.1 'Siiot worse than those in this immediate Ticin y. If risin does not come in a day or two tht >rn crop will be seriously affected. The heal uring the day has been very intense. Narrow Escape. Miss Julia Malonc, daughter of Mr. Timothy [alone, made a narrow escape from being soriisly injured, if not losing her life, last Friday he had started on horseback fr >un Mr. W. E. Da is' to go to Mr. W. II. Norman's near Cross Keys hen some loose horses came running up ut t irious raio which frightened her horse ait tuscd him to run away. Finding she could ot st'p him she jumped off and injured her ilf badlyr. Fortunately no bonos were broken IS* ol.o tuaa I.A. I 1 ? J u? out ???.> tvuuucu ig uor uuu iur iuoiu Uft}B he is now fast recovering. S xearsiofl^Frem Charleston. We see it Announced thnt the Sonth Carolim .ailroad will sell tickets from Charleston anc itermcdiate points to the heads of the Green ille and Columbia and Spartauburg and Ashe illc ltailroads at greatly reduced prices. Th< tie of Tickets will commence on the 20tli nd o ?i'2otli# instant. Tiotoeti for fifteen days from the day o icir purchase. Columbia and Union are no lentioncd in the price of tickets, so we suppose o tickets will be for sale at those points. 1 ill continue to be so with Union until the Chcs :r and Uuion Narrow Gauge road is built. [sj. Woodward Withdraws. We are truly pleased to find the following it lie A'cnm jg'd Courier of the 15th. The field i< o\v clearjor Col. Evins' reelection, and he wil ave in opportunity to show what "come opt" icre is in htV, by Tils course during a second erm : Mnj. T. W. Woodward, who had been nomina ?d for Congress for the Fourth District by th< 'airfield Democracy, declines to be a candid..l< a the ground that the safe and general iucli ation upon the part of the people of this 8ut< t> re-elect incumbents who have proven faithfu o their trusts is shared in by th j voters of thi 'ourth Congressional District. He adds: "Ii caving Hie coast thus clear to my old frienc nd classmate, Col. Evins, and tendering mj ongratulations, which he knout can only coiu< roin my heart, even under present circumstan es, I also take occasion to say that in 1880 lit nay look for opposition. Mr. It. B. Lyons, of Union, with bis bride >lias Hlmmnni at fti?vl?ut/?n . ? -? .fVM ? UK . ew day a in (he city, on their way to the raoun sins, where they will visit ell the principa daces end return to their home in Union et Go hen Hill. We ere informed the young men o Jnion are fur Unjop, Jtul not to a man.?SptighU )aily. Now, Dob, that was a wean trlok you served s, in going off end not telling the home folk, het you were going to get into the Beuftd<c ien coil. Welt, pre forgive you this time if, llk< ittle Pickle, you will promise to "neve* do s< ny morel" but we osn't help thinking yot ught to be punished a little. May young liom ull your hair end whiskers end do many ethei enng lion-like gets around your homestead tin emeinder of year life. ,? A- Lie Oat of Whole Cloth, It lias cotue to our ears that there is a'report through tho count/ that we refused to publish tho communications ef an individual, ad tattling the repudiation of the State debt, because tho writer was not a subscriber to the Timet.? While it must be apparent to an/ fair minded map thai when an individual wishes to use a newspaper, by and through which he expects to'accomplish any personal ambition**>V to gimtify a personal piquo he may havoyigainst qpc or'mere persons, common deeenc/ wouW (irstdemnnd that he should contribute to tjie support of that paper; but wo have not exacted it of any one who. may wish to vcntilato thfeir ideas through our columns. Tho Times b< ing the only paper in the county, w? have opened its columns to friend and foe, only demanding that a proper respect for the feelings and interests of others shall bo observed. However pernicious and demagogical we may have considered tho communications alluded to we have nctor refused to publish them, aud we pronounce flic report a falsehood We only regret that so fine a t.'liristian gentleman as we know our correspondent "Husiness" to bo. should take his cue from a man who, afior taking good care to coiicct? thropgh tho Sheriff's office?evcrv dollar of an/e helium debts due himself, now cries out for the rcpudi,.?tiou of the public debt. You cui't disguise the ear marks, friend "Business." Tknxksskk's Exasifli.?Governor Porter, of Tennessee, has addressed to a citizen of thnt State an open letter reviewing the growth of the public debt, and stating that its amount on the 1st of January Inst had reached toe magnificent proportions of $*23,212,600. In this letter he points out Hie effects, in Tcntiestee, oE-jjurt. the sort of repudiation Hmt ia. exempted in-tttmth Carolina: "I am clear in the belief that our financial condition is the great barrier to prosperity. It, has destroyed-Stnte and municipal, nn<l serious* ly affected Individual credit abroad, and lias broken down nil confi>^nce at home.A The banks and individuals wiio hoM money lock their vaults and refuse all nccommoJnti< ns to the borrower, under the belief that, when public4 obligations arc disregarded, a scheme will be devised by which individual'contracts will be ignored aud avoided with tlie si.mc facility.? This want of confidence has locked up millions -of currency, which, if it could be placed in circulation, .would go very far toward the relief of 1 tho people of Tennessee. The holder of even i idle and unemployed money esteems it now ns more valuable than any species of property, nnd he cannot be expected to change his opinion so long as tho tenure of property is made doubtful by a disregard if obligations. We have en i ample margin, inside of which a settlement can be made easily and acceptably to all concerned. , Of courso this will be burdensome to the. taxpayer, but we owo tho debt, and debts uro always troublesome and never paid conveniently, and it is well, enough for the people to under. staud that whatever settlement is made money will be required to meet the undcrtnk:ng, aud this money will have to como from the. pockets of the taxpayers of the State." | ? ?? Pnocscoixas Against tiik Sot tii Carolina ! Railroad.?Augusta, July 12.?Tho People's - Savings Institution of Charleston, through F. II. i Miller, their attorney here, have taken o\lt an 5 attachment against the South Cnrcliua Railroad, on a judgment for about seven thousand dolr lars, obtained some time since in the South , Carolina Courts. The judgment was for the bal. mice due on a loan to the ruilroad, secured by , collaterals,, winch, when sold, produced less than the amount due. 1 The attachment proceeds on the ground thai the railroad is a foreign corporation under the laws of this Stale. It has been levied on the real estate of the railroad in this city, and gar' nishmcu.s have been served on the Georgia Railroad nud the Charlotte, Columbia and Augus Hiiiroad, and upon the agent of the South Carolina llailroad. The attachment is returnable to the October term of (he Richmond Supe? rior Court. The service was perfected on Tuesi day, and the facts were made known to-day.? 1 Xetpa and Courier. ' A Total Eclipsk or tiik Sux.?On the 29tl; - of this month will occur tho most intercstim ( and important astronomical events since th* transit of Mercury, It will be a total eclipse o; the sun, visible over the whole of the L'nitct Slates, beginning in the Eastern States about t quaiter to 6 o'clock in the Afternoon, and end ( ing about half-post 0. The central line of the eclipse will pass through Alaska, British Amcr * ica, Montana Colorado, Texas, the Uulf of Mex - tco and Cuba. It will be observed in this tract . by many astronomers, with the special object o viewing the corona and the halo which have np ' pcared to surround the sun during the moment: 1 of totality. The eclipse will be partial in tin f Eastern States There will be no other tola f solar eclipse, visible in this country, until aftet t the close of litis century. 5 Death of an Old Citizen.?The death of Dr t William F. l'ratt, which occurred ia this towi . yesterday morning at '2 o'clock, has caused sad ness this community. At the time of hit death our deceased friend was the oldest nativt male citizeu of oftr town, though only in hit ( sixtieth year. Though lame from his infancy and an invalid for many years, his success as t 4 man of business has seldom been equalled it I this community. Stripped of his means by tb< late war. and twice since suffering heavy lossq I b* the destruction of his house nnd goods bj fire, he yielded not to reverses, but still persis led, and by his energy and enterprise, nguir - built up a handsome estate. Tho hs.iof suet 5 a man must be felt by our eotiru people?bui s his friends will long remember his warm hear! and superior mental endowments.? Ntwberri i Herald, 1 _ _ ; ? ? mail kobnr.iikm ik Tkxas.?The mail wagor , between AAonctt And Ma'On, Tctos, wan stop I ped bjr * gang of men A" rid ay night, and tlx r mail bags robbed of registered packages. Tlx . balunce of the mall was not toucned. From tht . tenor of the questions asked the mail driver by . the robbers it is supposed that they were waiting for the paymaster who was to havo taken the regular stage but did not. , The western b> und stage from Mason, Texas t was stepped on Friday night by the same gang that robbed the eastern bound mall. This ii I the fourth time the mail has been robbed at tht - tame spot within two years. f .y ' A Pmknsylvakia 8torm.?l'ilLtburg. July ft ?A severe thunder and rain storm yesterdaj I caused great damage in the suburban districts Heavy washes oocmred on the West I'ennsyl 1 vania Railroad, and the wind upset many housei - and laid waste the fields ef grain. At a Qermat . Lutheran picnio on the Western Fennsylvanii Railroad, a few miles up the Alleghany, a tret fell en the nartv. killing ten and iArl?ii>l> in. 1 juring fifteen. The VesUl oil work* (it Negley'i I Run worn struck by lightning nnd destroyed. r TTmrt Wren 11 ABORT).--Henry WUe, tho mur i doror of ftrown, wu hanged *t Welteiboro or Friday last at 12 d'clftck M. bead Shot With a Bile. Dr. W. P. Carver, the nan who cab put a bullet through a silver quarter while the dbin is flying through tha air, is now astonishing the New Yorkers by exhibitions of his skill. The New York Tim.t soys : The scene of yesterday's shooting is worthy of-.description. A small woodeu shed, with a bar in one corner; in front of this a table, oft which were four rifles, several boxes of cartridges nod half a dozen seore-books. Fifteen or twenty feet in front of this, again, a barrel and a man, the man taking the glass balls out of lh& barrel and throwln^MMtHrf'IW^air, and Dr. Ajarvcr breaking them with the bullets as fast us they appeared. Somebody was always at work loading n ritlo. The marksman could fire them faster than the loaders c uld load. And they were the most remarkable rifles?brcoch-load*, of course. When they were opened at the 1 one cartridge was shoved in alter another, till it seemed as if the first one must eurely be somewhere up by the muzzle. , Ulr. Carver's costume has nothing to do with nis marksmanship, and his shooting is strictly business, lie seldom misses what ho fires at. Most of the tiiuo was tnken up in shooting glass {bails, filled with feathers. The balls weronf I lip thinnest film of glass, slightly tinted, so as. to be seen easily iu the air, mid, when they broke* the feathers scattered in. every direction. *lho uiiun iirv uiruuii uuutu -V iwi miu inu uir, uuu the marksman was not more than 16 yards from them at any time. It was noticeable that the shot was iuvaribly fired just as tho upward impetus of the glass ball ceased and it was about to begin its Tall This close glass-ball shooting did uot give the idea of remarkable skill, prob ably on. account of ti*e short distant^.> though the average was 0 hit out or every TtT ~ It looked much more wonderful when the nssisa taut threw tho gluss balls as far as he could and 01. Carver broke coch one ns it flew, the d'.strfncO being not less than 100 yards. Several coins were shot, straight throifgli tho centre, as they whirled in the air. , * "* >v One of thjt.tnost-'Astounding of Dr. Carver's .feats was his hitting a bell-metal ball when it was almost out of sight, up in the air. The ball is so made that when the bullet strikes it, it rings liko M aswall gong. The assistant threw this ball muny fl . JUu^s ns high as he could throw it, till, some times, it could hardly be seen, but every time tho marksman brought the sound out of it. He also cut in two nil the lead pencils he could induce JJtfl^pcctators to throw into the air, and he f dirtfl succcrssfully at a large nuirifllr of unused cartridges. When the assistant threw two glass balls up at the same time the rifleman, with n double-barrel weapon, first broke one and then the other, without making a single failure. The two requisites for good shooting are of ^course nn immovable rest foi the gun-stoek and n steady baud and urui fir the barrel. The secret of Dr. Cnrvar'a wnnrfoifnl marksmanship may be in his immense and perfectly balanced body, which stands firm as rock. With a steady hand also, such a man maj do almost incomprehensible things with a good rifle. His body sccnm able to withstand any attacks of nervousness ; yet when he miss, a shot he is "very likely to miss the two or three succeeding ones, a sure sign that the miss flurries him. Another of his peculiarities is he aims with both eyes open?so that ho cnu keep an rye on the Indians, he says, whilo he is firing nt a buffalo. Charleston-Made Wagging.?Some weeks ago the beginning of operations at the Charleaton'llngging Factory was formally announced. Since tlint time the work done has steadily in-, creased in quantity and improved in quality,, and what difficulties the Company had to contend with are virtually overcome. The chief obstacle was that the young women who arc employed lupl.no experience whatever in feeding and directing the machines. This inconvenience the Company cheerfully bore, in prefcience to bringing down operatives from the 1 North. It was the determination of the managers to give Charleston the full benefit of th? new undertaking by employing Charleston pco! pie. 1 The Company is now fully equipped. It is an accomplished fact. Yesterday the first sale 1 of Charlcslou-made bagging was effected, twelve hundred rollt being purchased by Q. IV. Williams 1 & Co. This is a concrete fact of the most cheering kind ; for, excepting the cost of jute aud other materials, the whole proceeds of the sale of the bagging are earned and spent in Charlcs* ton. There is plenty of idle capital in thi? State, and the success of the Bagging Company ( should lead to the establishment of other factories of different kinds. Who will start the cot; ton mill that has been talked about so long?? , The SDartanburor and Ashp?ill? H?ilrn?/t nm | jccted by Kobert V. Hayne, approaches compleK lion, and the water problem is solved by the experiments at the new Artesian well. These had been topics of discussion for more than a quarter of a century. A cotton mill is next in order, and far easier to accomplish.?Netti and Courier. ' ? f IxPEPKNIiKNTlSX IN SOUTH CAROLINA.?And ' all ovoi South Carolina independent candidates 1 are poppiug up their heads. Men with neither | patriotism nor judgement, and forgetful of tho ' darkness and gloom of tho long night of lladir cal rule from which their State has but rfcently emerged, are arrayiug themselves against tho organization of the party of law and order, and seriously threaten to imperil its success in tho 1 coming eleotion. This is shameful and criminal, and as a result it is not to be wondered at that ' the Republican party, which was so severely ' crushed by the Hampton victory, is again show* * 1 ing signs of life and activity. It is wonderful > that men will be so reckless of the public wea) . ^ ' in Rppl inff tVlA atrllifipnlinn o - ? ' I - e a - - fv'?>""? "uikii ?. lion. If South Carolina should agaf& full into( the hands of her enemies, or if the good work , which has been inaugurated bj the uemocratid ' * administration should be checked or undone, aii indignant people can have no two opinions astd where the blame properly belongs.? Charlotte Observer. A PnosricKous Entrrprisr.?The annual re* port of the Augusta (Go.) cotton factory for tjiq fiscal year ending June 15, exhibits a prosperity almost exceptional in these days of businetq and industrial depression. During that period, 770 looms turned out 14,777,337 yards of cloth." Tho mill consumed 11,810 bales of cotton, at ari average of 10 02 cents per ponnd. The sales of geods amounted to $885,033.41. The nutn' bor of operatives employed was 640, whose wa* gcB amounted to $162,000. The mill paid four 1 dividends at two-per cent, each, paid off $7,000 of bonded debt and carried $26,470 to its buf^ > plus, increasing that amount from $280,65^ Jq I $260,020. During the twenty years of jtq ejist1 once, the Augusta factory has never failed to > pay a quarterly dividend, except on one occa Ion. Thirty Ykab* Aao.?1TJily dpy |l?irty years '* ago?12th July?the veterans of Company tl., of the gallant Palmetto Regiment, returned to " Columbia from the gory Aelds of Mexico, where 1 they added luatre to the already acquired fame 1 of South Carolina's soldiery. Sixteen of those k old veterans yet live in the city, and oocasiorial5 'y "fight their battles o'er again."?'Cot, Refit? ttr. What is a Communist f One who hath yearnings For equal division of uneqnal earnings > , Jdler or bungler, oy both, he is witling To fot-V. oat his penny and pochet your shilling. I A'\. v'V* - > j.