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"?_ uf_ f ou.i ?*? THE FOOTSTEPS OF FATE. * ' Terrible Spread of /Ac /-'ever Among Inland Village*. N?:w Orleans, S(p(?ntber 23.?The Howards yi's'.-viliy reported 371 eases and the Young Mens Oistian Association 47. Twenty-live cases arc reported at Water Valley. Forty-four deaths and 1!?4 new eases arc reported lor the 21 hours ending at noon to day, uud 7,1172 cases and 2,0I I deaths to date. There were 10 deaths from noon to t> o'clock and 117 new cases reported. Of tlie latter 53 date as far hack as a week and moro, 1)4 date since September 20. Seven are at the St. Vincent infant Orphan Asylum, 12 at the Camp street Female Orphan Asylum, and 12 at the Asylum for Destitute Uoys. Two Days' Keforts fuom Memphis.?Memphis, September 22.?Seventeen Howard physicians report 114 now cases. Drs. A. (i. Wendell. of Minneapolis, and M. T. Keating, of Now York, have arrived. The fever has appeared among the children nt heath Orphan Asylum, a mile north of the city. Of forty inmates seven nave been attacked, the weatner is warm again. J.orisvit.LK, September 2".?Fever patients from points tliis side of Memphis continue to arrive. Ten were discharged from the hospital to-day. There were niuc deaths during tho week, and forty sick remain' at the hospital, ull refugees. There is not a ease among our citVj&ySrpnnmigr -ttc nave plenty or nurses for the present. The disease prevailing is yellow fever, but very mild. The eases to date in Lnbodieville and viciuity number 150, of which 30 have died. Molly Springs, September 22.?Since our last dispatch there have been 32 new cases and 0 denths. Hut six physicians ore on duty. Cairo, 111., September 23.?A telogram from Martin, Tenn., says the condition of things is deplorable. Thcro have been two deaths in the last twenty-four hours, and eeveral others are down, llickman, Ky., reports 1 deaths and 10 cases to-day. Baton ltougc, Septomber 23.?New cases for the forty-eight hours ending at 0 o'clock this morning so, deaths 3. Canton, September 23.?New cases 23, deaths 1. The weather is cloudy, with some rain.? There is uo abatement of the fever as far as new are concerned. About two-thirds of the whites have had the fever, hut a great many uegocs have not yet had it. .. New Orleans, ?wptemlipr 23.?A letter from Plaqocinine says tfmflnd total number of eases of fever to date is 175, deaths 05. The fevci is spreading in rear of tlie town. Several families had every one down, some from live to ten. Hcrilaudo, Miss., September 23.?Throe new cases of fever wcro reported yesterday, including l)r, Powell. tlrand Junction, Tenn., September 23.?T. E. Jones, president of the Howard, has been taken down. Only thrco white men remain on thqir feet. There were three new cases and three deaths yesterday. There arc forty casci on hand. A doctor was captured on the down train. We ai-c in need of blankets and necessaries. Columbus, Ga., September 23.?The Eagle and Phenix Factory have sent one hundred pairs of their blankets to the Memphis sufferers.? They had previously given ?1,050 cash to the strickeu cities. "THE REPOET COURTEOUS." OOYLU.NOB, MAMl'TON's REJOINDER TO GOVERNOR Columbia, ST C., September 24.?The follow^ ing letter has been addressed by Governor Iluiuplou to Governor lticc, in response to that receutly received from liiui: State of South Carolina, "j Executive Chamber, v Columbia, S. CH September 24. ) Ilis Excellency Alexander II. Rice, Governor, , Jioslon Mass. : Sir?Owing to my unavoidable absence, your letter refusing to surrender lliruni 11. lvinipton, a fugitive from justice arrested in Massachusetts, for whose delivery upon indictment regularly found against him here for a crime committed in this Stato, I, as the Governor of South Carolina, made demand npon you, astho Govcr- ! nor of Massachusetts, in accordance with the i '* ifii *n?i nCutvy.dlAUifiA States and the act of i mained unanswered. 1 regret"Ttrat tne-wnei Executive of tho great State of Massachusetts should have committed so flagraut a violation of the supreme law of tho land, a violation irrepar- i able iu its nature, as the State suffering thereby has no possible redress, dlnd you confined 1 * yourself to giving a simple refusal to surrender ( the fugitive. I should m#l*o i. -pon your letter, a. the disregard of the Kxecutivo authority of one State concerns the whole l> ?ou L??. ? ,C cDited Stfttes ; but inasmuch as n you have seen fit to base your action on the if ground that in your judgment thenl.^j., r^ curing: the indictment ngai?st Patterson,JJ'arker / and Kimpton, "does not Appear i'.Hi purpose oft ry i n ^.S^H^TOrsTtucracnt is entirety unwarran- f ted, and to. repel the unworthy imputation, as I do with indignant scorn. 1 J I am your obedient servant, Wade IIamiton, Governor. . h HAMPTON 1H 8UMTEK. I His Pathway Strewn with Fiowehs. c Si'mteii, Seplenibcr *il.?The meeting here to- c . ... day was very largely attended by the Red-shirt Democracy and colored people, and rivalled the . grand gathering two years ago. Over eleven * imudrcd wearers of red, white and colored o shirts were in the procession, and between three ii thousand and thirty-five hundred people gatli- ^ cred about the stand. Governor Hampton was welcomed with every manifestation of euthusi- P astic affection, his pathway being strewn with j flowers and the cheering being almost continuous from his arrival to the beginning of the . speaking- The Governoi, Senator Butler, Attorney-General Youmans, J. E. Bacon, Esq., J and J. U. uibbcs spoke, and were listened to It with grcpv'nttention. Sam Lee, a Radical lead- n er, proposed asking the Governor questions after the conclusion of his speech. Lee is an especially obnoxious man, and his aim was so cvi- ^ dently to interrupt the meeting and annoy the d speakers that only the persistent efforts of the 9 Governor and .Senator Butler saved him from , being very roughly handled by the infuriated crowd. The excitement was calmed, however, *and Lee was taken on tho stand and protected j until tho conclusion of the'mccting.. All passed off well, and the Game Cock county is crowing loudly. The review 6f the military by'Gen. 8 Kennedy and staff took place in the evening.? b The Governor has rettrrned to Columbia.?Cor. p JVsws and Courier. a A Fatai. Accident.?Brunson,S. C., Sepfeni- h her 10.?Mrs. Edward Anderson, a lady three 9 miles below here, was on her wav homo with four children, riding in a carl, yesterday evening, when iho horse look fright near Browning's 0 mill and darted off, upsetting the vehicle, slight- b ly injuring herself and fatally wounding the b, eldest child, a girl ten years old, from the ofTects ^ of whic)^ sho died in about three hours. The other three IHtlo ones escaped without Injury. I1' ?-Cor. Neu>?. and Courier. ?. .? tl % ? t * , # / * ?ht <w.ltrlili> Union. ?imts. K._M. STOKES, ]Editor. , UNION, FRIDAY, SBPTKNlBBft 27, 1878. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 f'opy, *iio year, in advaxck, $2.00 2 topics (ifio ycav.11 " 8.75 ? .. .. .. ? K60 10 " ' " " " 13.00 ADVERTISING. [ One square or ouc inch, lirst insertion, - - - $1.00 Knell siilwequont Insertion, ------- 73 l.ilieral discount inailv to merchants and others advertising for six months or hy the year. Obituary Notices of ton lines or loss, inserted free. " " over teu lines, charged as Advertisements. | Jol. J. II. lliou in in town on important professional business. Tho Game Law. For the information of ninny anxious enquirers we state that it is unlawful in this State to kill any kiud of game between the 15tli of April and the lljth of October. Tho penalty for disobcyiug the law is heavy. , Admitted te Bail. Anderson Harris, who killed Henry Smith in a difficulty on tho Mt. Tabor road, two weeks ago, was takcu before Judge Wallaco, last Wednesday, on a writ of habeas corpus, and admit|r -* a? a__?a i- jl - . q ruatv . ? Commnnlon Services. The sacred ordinnnco of the Lord's Supper will be administered in the Presbyterian Church at this place next Sunday. Religious services, conducted by Rev. James Wilson, will commence tomorrow, Saturday, morning. .The Jewish New Year's Day. Tomorrow is Raushhoshonah, or the Jewish iMi suu), wuicu is ouscrveu ny tno llabrcws-all over the country as a solemn holidy. In accordance with this custom the stores of Messrs. P. M. Cohen and P. Moses will be closed ou that day. - > Hampton's Greenville Speech. We consider the speech delivered by Gov. Hampton at Greenville, the ablest, most timely and effective ho has yet delivered, and we intend publishing it in full next week. We ask the colored people, particularly, to read aud consider it wjell, when it appear*. Well Dono Union. The total contributions of the citizens of the town of Union to the Yellow Fever sufferers have reached the very respectable sum of $'2"5. Considering the number of inhabitants and their aggregate wealth, we belivo the little town of Uuioii has done as well as any other place. i Mrs*. Bohopp&ul's Bakery. I We are pleased to sec that this excellent lady ' is receiving a stock of Canned Goods, Confcc- ' tionaries, &c., at the old stand, and has commenced the Bakery business again.. mrs^B. is one of the most industrious and deserving women in town, and we hope her old friends and customers will encourage her by a liberal patronage. Her advertisement will appear next week. ..? Foster & Wilkins goods they ever had. Among the rest of their handsomo things?not excepting the clerks? we noticed some patch-work calic), which looks exactly as if some nice old Lady had been at work gathering up patches and sewing them together 1 for years ; but on examining it we found it was 1 all woven together at the mill in one piece.? ^ Ladies go and sec it. The old Ladies' occupa- 1 tion's gono. < ? .? t State Agricultural Society. Wo acknowledge the receipt of a complimentary Ticket to the Tenth Annual Fair of the 1 State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina, to ba hel^ in Columbia ou the a L2th, 18th, 14th and 16th of November next, for D ft nil ii ||l iliufPl'flMf flUTf "T_ Tb?3- wj * Accompanying the ticket was a copy of the * Premium List of the Society, of which wc shall d ake occasion to spoak fully hereafter. si to and 8oe JProf. Ryan. l' To-night our citizens will have an opportuniy of witnessing one of tlio most novel and lirth inspiring exhibitions over presented here, wo may be uilowod to judgo from the very Je< voraltlc notices lve bavo roa.l i" ^ ,nd elevating, so that no one can have any good ^ eason for not patronizing them. * ti udge Wallaco at Home. Wo aro pleased to meet upon tho stcets the *w ;euial fnco of our noblo Judge, although we iardly think be looks as well as when he left to C< ntcr upon the arduous duties of the lower Ciruits. At the request of tho bar of Clarendon &i ic adjourned Court in tluit County until tho first w londay in October. Of courso lie embraced tho st pportunity to run up homo, naturally prefer- A ng Uuion, as a resting place, to any other t< lounty, although he is delighted with the peo- u ile he has mot with while on the bench. h ro Court at Laurens. a We learn through the Lauronsville Ilerald k hat in consequence pf tho severe illness ot ai udge Shaw, no Court was held for that County t< ist week. Tho Clerk, although ho had received g1 o instructions from tho Judge, adjourned the tl !ourt sine die. We understand the Judge is still &o ill to transact any business, which is un> loubtly the reason why the Clerks of the Courts F f this Circuit have reoeived no instructions h rom liim. It is not at all probable that any gl Jourt will be held here in October. ft ? 'here's a Truth Out Somewhere. On Wednesday last there was a report on our 01 treots that cotton brought lb conts in Hpartan? T urg (lie day before. A responsible gentleman assiug through Spnrtnnhurg on Tuesday wrote U business letter to a firm in this town in which it e started that cotton was bringing from 0} to ia 2, in Spartanburg?the same price that it tt rought here on that day. With the exception n< f a few first days of the Benson, \cotton has n| roQght as much in Union as it has in Spartanurg. Why will farmers mislead their neighors by such unfounded reports and induce ^ iem to trare! 20 or 80 (biles to raarket< wlien ;a tiey can do ns Well, if not better, at home. n " * Cotton Weights?Oar Jlorchants- * Ve wert informed a fct^days ago that a false and malicious report is being circulated through tho Conn I j that Cotton weighed upon the Union scateo aoqiftifnca loses 15 or 10 pounus. Wo uuhoeitotinglfeata to that the Union Cotton Scales | nee as^tytyPttpd sfair as any scales that ever Fairbanlis allowed to leave his Factory, and that Mr. Jmiif4 Font, our Cotton Weigher, not only knows his doty, bit is as honest and conscientious s plan in its performance as walks in any part of tlio*iftate. If ho has any r,reference it is for <lie farmers who bring their Cotton to him to weigh ; but he has no preference. Knowing his duy be dares to do it faithfully. Besides, wc kntw the merchants of this tow* too well to believe there is one auiong tlicm who would for a niomtit countenance so gross a fraud upon the turners. They would oust the weigher the moment jjiey suspected him of such a dishonorable act. ? I.nst yelr nn intelligent farmer made a somewhat siiuil* complain t-> v..,, and wc asked him when ho wd^hed his euil<>n at the gin and when ho sold it. lja reply satisfied us?and wo soon satisfied hiin^-how tho diacrcpency aroso. Ilo weighed at tja gin just after four daya of rain, doors as welnSnout of doors, was tilled with moisture, on/uftcr the cotton had been exposed fer live days? a\vo|u dry atmosphere he brought it to markefand found it did not weigh as much asatihogjl by 10 or 12 lbs. ou thebaic.? Being a fai man, he readily accepted our explanation I nd wont away satisfied. Again, \ o open are our Cotton buyers aud merchants that, instead of ;'Setting the scales" to allow or tho usual "break" of 41bs, the scales are lulauced the same as those used in the stores, am tho 41bs "breakage" is opculy^akeu off after tie cotton is weighed, so that the farmer can s<o tho transaction. * As we lmve often sail before, the Mcrchauts of tho towp of Union are as high-toned, honorable men as can be found anywhere, and some business transactions wo have known in other towns would not be tolerated by thaui. When a person buya of or sells to them he cau rest asshred * oT receiving i.imtu ulmr iirr-vwnwe^ for. There's no short weights, short measure, or inferior article substituted, to niako up for boasted low prices. Wc kuow this is not the popular opinion in the country, but we.know it is the truth, and vie further know wcare only actuated by a sense [<n justice iu telling what we believe to be the Muth. That they charged high prices far their tlteir goods, in lien times wc do not deny, but Wicuyt was a nj^itual understanding between uvcr and seller | and a most astonishing feauly,of most of those transactions ^as, that many\uycrs appeared more eager to buy, if on a credit, at those high prices, than they are now at low prices, for cash ; and then many thought it was no ??ime to attempt to evado paying for what'thcy purchased?in which a large number ??'aaa . tulttln failusa of o?.wva ana other unforeseen occurrences, a large number were unable to pay at all ; so that tho losses materially reduced the profits. We don't think our Merchants arc as enterprising as sonic wc hear of, who buy cotton at more than tli^y can get for it, and sell goods be'ow cosi. We, however, have reason to believe .bat even in this they aro actuated by tho lion jiuoie ucsiro to keep up their reputation and :redit by paying their debts and avoid disasrous failures. ..ot us Havqyt Town Clock. Ouo great want of this burg is a town clock, f nd wo uro assured our Town """"?[1 acet the wishes of a largo citieus if they woul<approp|j^ft povtio, oT tho pare th?ArtT^nw>u^^f they fiutl they cannot ont ihCT^^oufdjJf- necsssary, we are confiLibscriptione obtained onough private link the Counmake up the balance. We ie matter, b\^Cil should make the first move iu ag what i^M^fcalling a public meeting and stao wa^^flPwas able to do, and consulting as to 'l;^^^^^^Pl?;,Pi,"moals*and to Church, and wb to at either place half an <$?Ww!28|or to? soon ^'an at the right time, y any oth4LPersou, timo piece. We hare ailroud tiine^^Ni^'?^' time, dial time and me for drinks at w? nwilly mixed up?particularly^^ the latter, liiph in the tinm most people cariN^i*?"** ohen's Advertisement. ' Of course everybody will road Philip Cohen's 1 lvcrtiscnicnt, and, of course, everybody will 1 ant to go ayul pee ijlicthcr^Plplip iutends to and up to what ho says in his advertisement, | ud that is just what Philip wishes every bodv 1 > do. Ifo'J not ilie mau to say one thing and J lean another; but sticks to his word as an onorable man should. When lie says he's got large stock of goods you can safely bet that < e's got 'ein, sure ; and if he Bays he will sell i cheap as anybody, it's no use hunting round { >wn or going to any other town, expecting to i ct goods cheaper. You can't do it. Philip has le goods and Philip is not going te keep them ing, if low prices will sell them. Expecting to do a large business with the t aruiers he has employed Mr. J. A. Drown to i eip mm ; ana Mr. nrown says he would be j lad to show his llrowu's Creek and other , -iends how quick heean wait on them and what heap of goods he can sell them fot the small* it amount of mono?. 1 he YeUssr Fever.*; - d We regret to learn from the last reports that 1 10 Fever scourge is increasing and extending ' h terrible work into the interior towns of Lou- ' iana, Mississippi, Tennessee and points upon te Ohio rivor. A few days ago Use eheorin^ sws came that it was decreasing, but it has 1 gain assumed its most virulent form. Dxbt or TUB'S. C. Raii.hoai>.?Tho mortgage i ebt of the South Carolina llailroad, according > Judgf Bond's decision rendered at Baltimore, r .add', its floating indebtedness i early ll/JnO/tHH). * - , 1;. #J a .# Nomination! la Other Coantiei. P' York County-?At the nominating contention s hehl on tIxo 23il the following nominations were ' mode: For tho legislature, Peter Uurrisou, ! Chas. Green, Col. A-Cownrd, 11. P. Mnsscy? ( School Coinmiseincr, Robert Lathixni. Judge of ? Probate, Andrew Jackson. County CoinmiMiuu^> 1 ors, A. P. Lindsey, Jas Scoggins, W. W. White. 1 All the nominees are new men, except Mas- , sey and Latham. - ? i Spartanburg.?At the pvimary clcctiou held i on tbo 21st, tho following nominations wero made: For tho Lcgislat ire, John Dewberry, , Gen. John C. Anderson, John 11. Clevclaii, J. i W. Carlisle. Judge of Probate, G. W. Nichoris. 1 Ilad our friend Farley beon christened John ' instead of Hugh, he would have stood a better , chance for a seat in tho Legislature. Ilugh'll | do better next time, perhaps. Marion.?The Convention nominated, on tho ' 23d, the following: For tho Legislature, Col. , J. G. blue, Capt. R. II. Rogers, T. C. Moody, Dr. W. M. Davis. Judge of Probate, John Wil- i cox, Sr., unanimously renominated. School coin- ' missioner, Rev. T. P. Lydc, jr. Whioh is tholPrice I ,?f 'ait are at a loss to know ut which .price to sell our crop at. It won't pay to Bend it to Charleston for wo find tho market report of tho same date in that city is inorc than Jc lower thau tho editorial prices at Spartanburg. In tho Kditoriixl CAliimm nntlnn ?l Sn?rl?n. burg, is quoted as ranging from 9 J to 10.90,? an awful wide range?but in its regular market quotations the same paper of the same date reduces it to 91 to 10. At the same time the Charleston quotatious of that date are from 10 to 10|. Wo would hate it badly if wo sent our* cottou all the way to Spartanburg expecting to get over J more for it thcro than the Charleston market, and then find out that it was all editorial gas, that wo could not get moro for it there than iu Union, as a gentleman of our acquaiutauce lias done. The question beforo the club now is, "which are tlio worst liars, figures or Editors ?" * " Returned From Markot. Two by two our merchant are returning from their Fall visits to market. They all tell us they have purchased heavy stocks, and if wo may judge from those already arrived, we can safely say Uie stocks of goods of all kinds in this town will not only bo very large, but the most elcgaut and appropriate ever Wrought here. We ( think the styl# of Dry Goods aro beautiful, while the prices aro astonishing low. .Messrs. J. is. Colton and R. T. Gee, have returned. Messrs. J. W. McLurc au<i Thos. McNally are on their way home, anil Mr. D. B. Gulp left here on Wednesday last, to lay in a large stock. . Hampton and Vance at onr Fair. A North Carolina paper tells us that Gov. Vance lias b?eu invited to meet Gov. Hampton at the union, S. C., jfptottlliirff Fair, and ad- P dress the people. We liopo the report is true and that both those great and good men will be with us at that time. ? For the Times. Cedar Blulf Club. A meeting of this Club wuslield on the 14th inst., and wus addressed bjfcDavil Johnson, Jr., Esq., in a very able and appropriate speech.? Mr. Johnson earnestly appealed to the club to : stand by the whole democratic ticket and to | kcepthe unity of the spirit of democracy in our I UrfTks. llis speech was well received and did < much good in urousihg tlr% ~?mbers of the club 1 to a senso of their duty in the coming ( On motion, Mr. G. C. Greer was appointed Treasurer of the Club. Mr. J. C. Bobo offered the following Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That wc cordially endorse Olfaction of the Stato nominating Convention, in putting the Hainn ticket before the neonle airain that served the last -term, and we* will use our best I endeavors to reelect them. __a .? 1 raridat. uorr ^ On motion, the club adjourned to meet on the Saturday before the fifth Sunday of this month, ^ at 3 o'clock, I*. M., and the members gcuerully are requested to attend, as it is expected that businoss of great importance will have to be attended to. SOB. SANDERS, Pres'l. J. C. Bono, Sec'y, pro tern. I The Death or Mas. Samubi, McGowan.?Tho sudden dcntli of this accomplished and beautiwil' be a source of grief far and wiun over the SUMO. It liad ii.-i .1? was in any afcngor before we wcro suddenly informed of hot death.. a There was no more at>f" tractive lady than Mrs.' Mctiow^n. ^TI*o sccon^ daughter of the late Judge D.Tj. WariTThw^ one of our great men of a former day, and the beloved wife of Qen. McQowan, she had long been '' blessed with a distinguished companionship * which redounded to the reputation which her own grace, beauty and eleganco as well won for her. Wo feel assured that there is no man in the Stato who doos not feel the deepest sympathy with Gen. McGownn and his most interes- * ting family, in thoir overwhelming bereavement. Mrs. McGowan has been for many years a mem ber of Trinity Episcopal Church, Abbeville, 11 which her late mother, so universally beloved, a did so much to build up. It seems hard to re- 11 ilize that the beautiful and giflod Susan McOow?n sleeps with the dead. Yet we must all pats j away like her, and after a little whilo we shall be gathered together again, when the trumpet shull sound and we shall know death no more 1 ? . * Objection a blr Cotton Daooino.?The Charleston Exeliange has issued a circular, warning planters againsPusing the new style of flax bagV...Tjiey give several good reasons for doing so, particularly among which is that cotton is badly stained where this bagging, when wet, toaohes it, thereby lessening the prlco of the cotton. The circular closes as follows : "On and after the 1st October next, buyers and consumers will olaim the right to rqjeot all ootton coverod with suoh bagging, and the expense of pieklng the bales and re-oovering them with sound merchantable bagging, will fall heavily on the planter, who will be the only sufferer. "It is, therefore, suggested that the planters 1 discontinue the use of tlnx bagging of the above,. description, which cannot be too strongly condemned." ? J * 1 J r? Kind anuTruk.?-The New Vork L'uaunp 1'ost iays : The fact is that with all the unstinted ibcmlity which has been and is ponriug out uoncy like water, thorc is still lamentable suffering for want of ntoncy in ull llie yellow fever jitics. The distress is not merely tlrot of?perlons with tho fever in their houses. Tlie class ;o, be vaiiejupl includes not only the poor, as wo jrdlnarily use that word, but everybody. wko4p ? > ? tcpeudent for support upon earnings of any sort, because all business is nt an end in tho stricken cities, and all earnings are stopped.? Men who inordinary circumslauces are accounted thrifty ami well-todo?lawyers, clerks, salesmen, shopkeepers?aro left without resources, with tho means of livelihood cut oiT, and all these men with their families are in a slato of Icstitution to which such men in ordinary circumstances never conic. Into the ranks of tho poor aro thus thrust tens of thousauds of perIflllU telm nwA ??aI i1.a..-1.* U1V ituk muu&ui ui commonly, even as possible subjects of charity. The uecd is overwhelming, the helplessness appalling, and in the ordinary'courso of naturo tlie cause of all this suffering must continue its activity for five or six weeks yet at the least Every d>llar that pky can spare is sorely needed, and liberally as good people hove everywhere givon to tho cause, they must give more liberally yet, clst? all the horrors of famine will be added to thus* of pestilence. \ What is Coming.?The fashion-man of Lon* : regret should the prophecy come true: I believe there will very soon be quito a change in the shapo of dresses. I see a groat inclination to quit the closo fitting fourrcaux cotuincs, and quite expect this autumn to see either crinoline again in full glory or some new substitute, as I am convinced a complete revolution in costume is coming. Fashion often jumps from one extreme to the other. It is cortaiuly almost an impossibility to go much further in tho presont style of tight-fitting costumes ; then, again, tho short round skirts are most unbecoming if mado close-fitting ; so I am decidedly of the opinion 4 that dresses will be made very.full-skirted and puffed out, Empire style. Ladies that are, as we say, birn failet, will bo grieved and dismayed at my prediction, but, as compensation, thin or rather "slender" ladies will be delighted at the idea of tho artificial appeudages, et cetera, which itio next fashion will bring. Tub Trade i.v Dead Bodies.?Cleveland, Ohio, September 22.?The excitement over bodysnatching was increased yesterday by the discovery in the vat of the Homoeopathic College -1 of the remains of Mrs. Affgfcline Higbynf CTnr- *" rcttsvillc, Ohio, an old and esteemed resident of that place, who died on the28d of August. The college authorities, hearing of the intended search for the body, had the remains taken to an undertaker's, properly dressed and coffined, and delivered to the friends. The chief members of the faculty were arrested, but released on hail. The case of the college janitor and two men, supposed to bo the prime movers in this business, came up in the Police Court yesterday, and was continued until Mouday. Great local cxcitcmeut has been produced. . ? - Re-elected.?At a meeting of'the Stockholders of the Spartanburg and Ashcville Railroad, held at Hendcrsonville, on the 18th, all the Old officers of the road were reclocled. Vie learn that a meeting of the Directors of tho road will be held in Spartanburg early in October, when some important changes in tho management ofthe road will be made. A Uiouteolh L)kcisip*?Boston. Soptcmber .. . 28.?UcifcirtUatOT Commissioner flaMett g?rw\ ' wl decision to-day in tlio caso of Henry Parr, ordering his disclinogc. Parr was engaged with others in the capturo of the steamer Chesapeake in LliA nnma nf !?? ^ 1 1 ** - ~~ ...c v^umvueruic uoYcrnmcut during (lie late civil war. Tlio commissioner ordered his discharge on the ground that his case was covered by tho general amnesty proclamation of December 2o, 1808. A little son of Mr. J. A. Giles, near Rock Mill, in York County, was bitten by a highland moccasin, a very deadly snake. When his father saw tho bleeding foot of liis dear little boy lie instautly snatched him up, and applying his >wn lips to tbo wound, sucked the potson and relieved the sufferer. The experiment was bold md dangerous, but was successful. The soak* ?os killed, and the father is uninjured? Tub Goon TttfK - ' Wood gives it as his opinion tliaT-Wo eve ot a trcmeudous reaction in trade, and that tilO greatest prosperity the American FC0Pl9^HPBP^!^' have known is awaiting tliem. ,?*"' ?.?^ flfhjour* Ex-Governor Sam Bard, well**^. :a naiist in the South, died of yf?* f^?r ton Rouge * FOURTH ANNUAL FAIR OF THE ft n it v m v oil" ? i/ v v h * > i a i n i\ssuii'lATION> rc be held at Union, 8. 0., on the 29th, 30th 81st., of Ootober, 1?78. FIELD CHOP DEPARTMENT. John It. Minted, Esq., Superintendent. 'or the largest yield of lint cotton on ten acres $10 " the largest yield of lint eottoa en five acres ? " the huacflt yioltj of oorn on 6 acres 6 ^WrClargcst yield of coru on I acre ft Some preuiiums for corn on bottoms and upinds. ; 'or the largest yield of Wheat on one aore ft " the largest yield on ft birmoro acres ft * " the largest yield of t]|pfs on one acre.... ft " the largest yield o^onts on ft or more acres....'. /? ft 'or the largest yle^Iof field peas, plndars, ' sweet potato^; on one acre 9 Competitors ?/r the above orope must hand in ? the coromiUeo a written statement of the kind nd quality mt the land, the kind and amount of innure ocfortilizcrs used. r samples or field crops. lest bushel white wheat ....$1 " red " r.... 1 u ii bread Corn 1 ? ' Mixed " j ii a Oata, 1 ?*" ' ?* Barloy .* I " 1'indftrs 1 " 1'cns } A .jn-jjsljr.otrew? J M " bushel sweet Potatoes 1 " " Iriah " 1 " ? Turnips ? 1 " six atalks cotton 1 " Bale cultivated Iiay - 2 " ? Native Hay ? ? ?? Cotton 2 '* Specimen of pumpkins ... 1 HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT. W. A. Niojioijion, Ksq., Superintendent. lest jar ot Specimen of I.ard $2 < ? < " Butter...... 2 * r County raised H?vn ............... 2 <