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ih? o. ft A RAIlROAD. /' . '! -Ilif if .1/'.. j'tu - of fircric cr, >\r. Judge attorney for il*o Georgia m< Ninth Carolina creditors of (iie Npnrlanlmr,} e Asheviiic Railroad, representing 5*>CoO,OOt/ n g'l<l bearing I"t -*t niorlgsgo bonds, lias lilcil i I>ti 1 in t!io Lnitel Slates court in iliis city ask in, f.-r n foreclosure of tlie mortgage on ilu voa t, for an onlcr restraining all parties frou interfering with the properly of (lie read am for the nj'poiutineni of a temporary receiver loi tlMj suiue. The railroad having filed an answer throng! its president, Col. 1). H. Duncan, admitting tin allegations of tin hill as to insolvency, .Sic. Judge liynuni applied to Judge Dick of tin Vgiitii States Court, at Greensboro, night befon last, and the orders asked were grnjted. Jtt !gc. Dick thereupon appointed Col. Jauiei 11 lerson. tlie present superintendent of tin > ad. temporary receiver, llial is, to act in tt.ii c " icily till fbe Hr-<t Tuesday in December, a w: u !i lime tbo Federal (Vnt will fncet in :bi: city, Col. Anderson being required to give i li/'id of .>It',lMK) for the faitlifill discharge o his duties, and for the return of all money tin tn?y e'too into his luinds. D baa been expected ever since tbo. meeting <i II.e creditors and \l'reclor.s at Spnrlanbur; on Tuesday, tiio doth nil., thut the road woiiU eventually go into the bands of u receiver, bu liic method uf proceeding is a little surpri* ing 'Hie nctioii on the part of the foreign creditor* so to speak, lias taken the matter entirely on el th" hands of the State courts, and thus nl |>roc. 'in" igsinst tlio road on the part ot th< Ashevillc creditors, con tractors and others, ivil ? Charlotte Observer. Tiik Elkctivk Fbancuisk.?Washington, Oc tuber HO.?Publicity has already been given ti the suggestion that some day in the not remoti future the Republican party would be dispose-' to uikc the elective franchise from tho colorei people. Honest Republicans in Congress or on of it never mado any secret of the fact that tfii real object of the party in conferring negro suf l'riigo was to strengthen and perpetuate its hob noiii lu this the Republican.' "I""' ? "? B" - have b'-cti wofully disappointed. Tlic pruciica, result of their efforts lias been to give to then opponents thirty-five additional votes in the electoral colleges and in the lieujo of Kopresen # tatives. The deliberate manufacture of whole aale cslnuinies upon the South in thin and in former campaigns iamiot mnkc a solid North although it has been carried on in that hope.? The next move, therefore, of the discomfittc<i lb publicans will be to take away the boon whicli they conferred upon the negro. Hy advices re ceived here to-day from J5,uth Carolina, it T .learned that Uor. Hampton, in a late speech tifbcT.Vi *beoti approached by proini ncut Republicans, among them a brother-in-law of a Cabinet officer, with propositions to deprivt the negro of his vote. Such propositions wer? of cvur?e indignantly rejected by Gov. Hainp ton. "If Gov. Hampton consistently can do so lie ought t? givo the names <>f these Republican: to thepublic.?Baltimore Sun. ? - A >int'i'* >ua.\vsrThls community wai shocked last Thursday morning by the puinfu tidings of Mr. John A. Thomson's death at hi: plantation in the country tlic night previous.? The citcuuistiuices of this sad providence are ai follows-: ' On Wednesday night, accompanied by a no pro boy, .Mr. Thomson started or a 'possun hunt but had not g< tic far from the house <\het his iwtuiiions cunc and falling to the grottui fnc? downwards lie diol without a struggle.? The alarm was given and his wife going to liiu r- - t ..turned his body only to find that his strou; nmnly heart had ceased its pulsations forevci au l tli.it he was a corpse. Gut in the night with iis sombre shadows for his shroud am by f u" a eurtaiR, without a "last farewell or a ..igir sirupgle ! < went straight to his re war! .Mr. I Itoin-oii had been for some liar sabering from a sensation of suffocation but 111 oi:<- bad nuiicipntcd so suddenu teriniuation o ' " ..1,1 -i? I l,.c a d rotcd wiu-;u. 1 four bright children to kuov iiis loss. J ft- was (he oldest con of .In lge ""mm son . ?r?<I \vi>" very much bel >vcd l>y all win knew liiin.?Abbtville. M<<hum. s11 - ut in iii.f i'uimk.?New York, November 1 ?A dispatch lYoin 1'i-n Jurvis gives nn account of li rrihic crime committed at Thompson, I'y- ''ivlyin'.n. where Miss llcuiictt, a young ) vicin.TVoema fo have liau BlfadH'iA'Tiuauk-Avh". vtli?ifr """OM a i'1111; evidences of ihe crime in the lifeless victim or the sihool room floor, and her written ntory or th? blackboard. Fcxnr RnTRini TKiN.?Savannah, October lb On Tlui: lay last, while tlie wife of lloustfi Ueinei e, a j ' inter in Dryun County, fifteen mile; lrc -i ibis t-iiy. was returning from a visit to i nv/'ihor. she was followed :-y a well known ne pro n ime.l Giles, who heat her anil nlternpied ti a.i.ipe live, but w.ts prevented by the timid; ur.iv.tl of a gentleman. The negro tied In' \v?. caplure-1 mi f'riday, and while lie wus in charpi i v nistably .\lr< Ucincre shot hint and ihri t #m1v .isR-rT himself. The negro died thi , ? ' morning. .?. A jpi?i!i ilr.roin ?An association has bee: foroi o-l in Cngland entitle I: "The Cliitteli i. Mo1**ml I'.!tir il an 1 Mourning Reform As-ocia :ii , . to encourage the ad union of such obscr v:i.i--f ii arc consistent with ilia hope of n res ui i icii . to etor* a. hie. and to discourage feast in/ v- ri the 11.?y* of biirjai and all useless mid ex truvagnni expenditure in the ooflin anil i's fur niu.re, ami in the wearing of mourning. l'i;. i'm:ii.it to in: vr riti: Statu Faiu.?Tin re' . ! rated i>r. Carver, the greatest of America! iiiarksineu, is heading to wants t'oluinbia, am wi!. probably lie here at tin- approaching StaP lair. The woiulerfttl feats of ibis man in marks iii inship have given liiiu a world-wide repiua tion, :... 1 he ill be welcome i to t'oluinbia In ail ,.eop!c wh take an interest in such mutters i> Tiik I.miiks wii.i. siit lit: t?i ru'ini:.?The la dies jf the Smith Carolina Moinunent Aeiociii lion having been debarred the privilege of con du ting a rcslaurnul at the State Fair Ground* have determined to conduct a* affair of theii own in ihc ci!y of Columbia during Fair week and will gratefully receive any contributions n the shape of poultry, eggs, butter, harus, pick les. Ac . No Lij n Law Nkm Yn.iu. Ii would be wel enough Tor the fanner* io remember thai tin lieu i\\ expires by limit-ition January 1, lbT'.' it is ;<>t likely tli..I tlie law will bo re enacted till I our l''?i :nrr> sli'inM et about f.repuring to tin* i ii'in?.?e liy joitl.ng iu u heavy eroji ol when ull'l oats. ? . . It i-i ?i 1 that the wi.i'er schedule <>f passcn ger trains on liie through lines', whieh goes iui effect on the 10th < t' November, is to he ver la*5' 1 here will he, for if>*lstnc", only tlire eloj.s helueen Charlotte and Columbia on ih night train*. lo-v.il : \t Ibck Mill. ( In'ifv nnl TVinti*bWV o he (Mftccltln ?nion SElnM. i;. M." STOKES.' Editor. . I UNION, Fill i) \Y, NOVEMBER 8. 1878. TEEiin OF SUESCRIFHON. I I 1 ('i)|)v,q||it Vrur, IN APVAM'K, 52.00 2C.. .I vc.ir," " 0 " " ? ' H..K) i 10 " ' " " '? 15.00 ? ADVERTISING. _ ^ I Oik1 u)unrc or one inch, lirst iiucrtlon, - - 51.00 11 .ahMqiifnt insertion, ------- 75 r T.tbcrnl made l.? merchants ami others adrerlininu for six (jgiiilo or by the year. ? . Obituary Nuffcersjf ton linos or leas, Inserted free. " '* .?*er ten tinea, charged an Advcrfbte1 mont*. j Special Term of Court. Mr. Holt, the elficient Clerk of Court, infonus in lint t'lieif Justice Wilhml has ordered a s|>c3 c'fil term of Court to be held for this County, ' commencing Monday, December JO; Ju?lge . Wallace to preside. Tao Carolina Review, | Is the numo of a handsomely gotten up domi o vatic paper just started at Lancaster C. II., by Messrs. 15. F. Welsh o: J. J. Hull. The first ' tiumher is before us and gives token that it will j be conducted with ability, energy and tact. The l editors have our best wishes for success. Death of Mrs- Linder It fs our sad duty to announce this week the I de,itli *f Mrs. Cornelia binder, which sad event "ceurred at her residence on the 1st iust., aged 1 I'd years. Mrs. I.indcr was a lady of most cstii.1 .1 .UM III ' ? nrmr ' nnn " iHTT GcgfcnT ly" felt among a large circle of frinds and relatives. Change of 8ohedule. > The schedule on the S. U. and C. U. II., was 5 changed on Monday last, but we had not time J to change the table this week. The cars, will , arrive ami leave Union as follows : Down Train ? arrives at 8.10 A. M., and leaves at 8.85. Up Train arrives at -1.40 ami leaves at 5.15, P. M. 1 Passengers by thb down train will take diuuer I at Saluda, at '2 o'clock, P. M., arrive at Spavtan* burg at 5.40 the same evening, leave the latter > place at G the next moruiug and take breakfast at Union, liy thq up train, dinner at Alston, , remain all night at Spartanburg and breakfast the next morning at 0.10, at Saluda. ? i Glorious Work in Charleston, i The following despatch was received in this to wn on Wednesday, consequently it gives many ' hours later news from Charleston tliau the daily ' pipers of that date Chnfolu':'' *" r Cii vrlkstom Xov. G. 11. W. Sii isi)?l'stimated democratic majority ; iu Cliarlcstou, about 1,000. r. it. DAWSON. The democrats of Union and Charleston have shown in (his election how easy it is to kill out and bury beyond hope of political resurrection t all who oppose their unit ad and determined I prrpose of securing good and honest government. Union and Charleston are r^h^lthy counties for Independent and 'Radical fyfudidates to run at large in. * -v ?? ' ? First Fair at Newberry. Wc have received a neatly priuted pamphlet, containing the I'rcmium List'of the first Fair of the Newberry Agricultural and Mechanical Society, to be hel l at Newberry C. II., conimenc! ing en tiic 'toi\i and ending on the 'Jlst of ibis. , in #ntli. In days long sync, when the venerable I and jeyd Judge i? Ni >11 lived and was tin- mov1 ing sj.:rit in all such beneficial organizations, e we took great delight in attending the annual Fairs of ilie N swberry Agricultural Society, for they were always delightful occasions. Newb.*ivy i< one of the finest counties in the Stale ? has as line lands, lino Farmers, fine Stock an.l as rr?o'v w.iinon and we are confi lent will, . I tin or Hie new management "t Iter s. cicty, make as line an e.xkibiiii r. of her productions as she ever did. It would give us much pleasure to be present, but fear it will be impossible. ? . e. We'll tako that Bet. el, ' V" "r Wilson, of the Abbeville ^ I tins not been in our office but once in eight years i I wager a nickel?tbo largest amount of actual ? cash in the Treasury?that the editor of the j Time* hasn't read two columns in the /V"...5 and : Rs.fntr in six years. J)o you take the bet j Ves, we'll take that bor, and as proof that v,e j have won, we refer yuii to (hcissnc of the Time* i of Sept. I'J, in which you will find nearly two Columns taken from your enormous sheet and ?\ o la .i I ihe whole inside of llio I*. and IV thai . I w - ---- - . week. We Irate to ! list you in one bet, but as i 4 you bantered, it's your fault. Sen<l the nukel (h; argii the mail, nt once, or bring it over,? ( ' You've been rutting at its so often the past six f i ven t that we tire gin I yf t!ie chance to hast up j the whole concern. ' Tito Election Roturns. 'S'h i following is the Result of the election held in I'liion t unity, on Tuesday November oth, 1XTS. Statk OrricKtts. i! uujitdn 2,MO, Simpson 2,7'.'* ; Willis 2,7'J<>! l.eaphiirt 'i.T'.'ii i i'ouin in 2,7'J'>: Moi.-'c !2.7 I Tlionipson ?,7' '?">' llixgooH 2,79ti Knit foMJUEss. j Ev.ns 2,MOO Ion Sr.x.ixoR, I)ti.iorrtt/'-\ I IhtJicnl. Jeier 2,7Sd Tench 1 ,-r>24 Kitrn KS KXT.l ti v r.s. McKissick 2,730 Long 1,.781 Richard* 2.092] doings f 1 .Vim SliMnd 2j>72l Llttlejohn 1 ,-">0'.i .It i'lik or Prorate. 1 , Johnson 2,">20 15u!t Ijit't Ri imoi. lint mission*nit. .Norman , m mines i r. I'oiMV t'uMMHSIOSr.lt.S, ' Koliinson 2,871 Rollins 1,">71 ! Jeter '1.7*1 Tusker I, *>< ! (ion Iclock '2,71" Si mi n 1,117 CnttoSKtt. o y I (!r,tli iin 2,7'JO Diuvkins 1 h; e ! Highest on I'rmneCiTlift ticket over liigli0 j i i on i.i'lieil tickM l.'JId 1 | t.oue?l on lleinocrntio ticket over highest I on itnlical ticket 8^(1 The blostioa Throughout tho State. Th i The reports receive 1 here front all parts of j J the Slate, tip to the hour of coing to press, are ! to of the most cheering character, and we may t las truly say tho Democrats of South Carolina have t!i: "covered themselves nil over with glory." I wli Aiken in the third, Kvius in the fourth, Till- ' tttr tuau in the fifth, and there is tut little doubt do that Richardson in the first and O'Connor in the cln second district have all been olectod to Congress, tlu Besideaj^is, the Aym>*<"><l Courier says, wo have It carrieaevfery'fcotuity in the State, except Beau- an fort, so far as telegraphic reports were received up to early Wednesday morning : coi Aiken County, gives ",000 democratic major- tin llj, ugainst 800 two years ago. tw Abbeville, rolls up *l,oOO majority for the wliolo Stale nu?l County democratic ticket. lei Anderson. A full voio polled. The probable id< democratic majorities in the County are, Stale or ticket, 4,500 ; Cougress, 3,000; County ticket, hn 8,000. "3 Iteaufort. This County, as was expected, 1 li from its dense negro population, has gone He- by publican, but by a very decreased majority. be JJarnwell. This good old County gives the democratic ticket 2,500 majority. The white and colored democrats burned Smalls, the negro cjl candidate for Congress, in cfligy, after the j>olts j.u were closed. jm C!cd.i*i- r..ukuta vioxws heard frota ^ t but the douyVsralic gains ht thosu Kov?? indicate sa, 3,(XX) doafhitfiiiajarif cs( Chester. "Count on Chester for a democratic ^ci mnjority of at least 2,000. Her people go to otj rest to-night with renewed hopes." So writes jta correspondent. du Greenville. Sends, her greetings with 3,000 C;U majority. wi( Fiyrfizld. Only 3,000 mnjo'ity is claimed in ^j,e this County, against we can't tell how many in 1876. _ n* Fairfield. Tho Democratic nag walked over ' the course without opposition, nad negroes voted l'l!1 the ticket t?y hundreds. *~UI Wo Hampton. 1,200 democratic majority is claimed for this County. Kershaw gives at least 1,000 majority for the 'uu UlIU IIUKt'l. j Marion is put down for 1,500 majority. Newberry. The regular democratic ticket has j.^( been elected b^ over 500,majority. sat OfaligfEinrg. News from all the boxes, iudi- tr?i cute a small democratic majority. llu Oconee. 2,000 majority is coufidently expectod from this County. ,ii? 1'ickens. Radicalism and ludependentism was an killed dead, in that (|ounty last Tuesday. j'1 Richland. At the eomuiittec rooms it is cstimated that old Kidilaad will be good for 1,500 democratic majority. Spartanburg, ltolls up the haudsouic mujori- w' ty of 8,600. Sumter, goes largely democratic. he lor*. No oppositiou to the democratic ticket, tri Williamsburg. The news from this County o th gives assurance of a democratic victory. Darlington lias gone democratic by 1,000 majority. w' The only disturbances reported throughout 1H the Sti\tc wer^ ctmsud by <^qpuly,U. to. AU*ai>wU aud one ltadical Supervisor. A more peaceable in, oVetion was never held in any Jdt.Uc, not with- m: ' standing great efforts were made by a few Had' c.ils at j-'Uii" ot the polls to raise disturlances, jg0 | for the purpose of starting the cry of iutimuii- a!i d it'jn. ! >' - ? si: . A lairaoulous Escape. no I On Friday morning last one of the most inir- tin aeulous escapes from an awful death v.c have ar 1 seen recorded lately was made by .Mr. John j Risen, upon the railroad just opposite .Mr. UJ1 Nicholson's warcinui-c. an Mr. Jason had been drinking freely during the *r day and ou his way home, about 12 o'clock, l'1' in getting on the railroad track fell and uncoil- va| .?cirm?lv laid Jherc and went to sleep. About . let below came /"* "ft ?uu. I ? and in turning the short curve afe' I ^ struck and passed over j in time to revcVe the em^^^vcccd l,im vcrv alow at tin- . '*'* !. I ' It,il11 Mtoo if |1Ar ?111 I cv.s ttmck hi in. I Jo was taken ^^LJllS , Davis' Imi* room an 1 Pr. FL S. Benty sent vlbr. j Upon examination it was found that he luuiy-e- fo' j ccivcd no fatal injuries. His lie.. J was lifuiscd, J tlie sidu of one foot badly crushed, bis bach I an 1 arm considerably bruised, llo was taken 1 liiunc tlie next morning, and we learn is now so | nearly recovered that lie can walk about. How ',u I ( I lie escaped being crushc I or mangled to death I I . . ? In is truly miraculous. j;i * <* - st; Oar Proposition for 1879. Now that tlie election is over it is our wish to \ enlarge the Times and make it a more interest- Jc ing family and general newspaper than it lias nt ever been. To do that, however, will require a I ' * ...... "" considerable increase in our subscription li-t. ; ,, and in brdcPMo incite an interest in our tichnlf I'. we make the following proposition to those w o xv! feel inclined to help sustain a lir.st class paper ; j,' in the County. j ;ir Ten copies, an 1 a copy of Godey's I .a- ' le dy's Hook to getter up of club, for one ,n vcar. $10 UO Five copies, and a copy of Gody'a Hook I,; for one year. S ">0 2 copies and one copy of Lady's llook one year > 00 | j" 1 c.py and Lady's Hook, one year " -o j In ?ach case the cash must accompany the or- I ilt der. We cannot doviatc from this rule, under i ill any circumstances, as we have to remit the ! Zv nionev for the l.adv s Hook before it will be i ' a ! m ill . i | ; The Oil City ftTrn-k says a citizen of Hint I place is preparing a wash for the scalp that will j produce n luxuriant growth of hair on a huh/ j < </// '< . Thinking the information might be val- j J." ned in these parts, we give the inventor the I ' benefit of this notice "free gratis for nothing." '' ? Hfh/ffltld Monti /'. i . , 'h I?kti Kit 't il \ n Simons.?John Chan bet lain j : l swore in open Court in New Vnrk, a low <lays ) ago. that lie and his l>r< tlier pai ! (Jen. Hut lor I 1 wliiie he was in command at New < cleans SI,- I In *00 per month for the privilege of keeping their i vo faro hank in full blnst. | fa > Election. 1V<- have thought, it would be more acceptable our readers to give as much ?>f the result of t Tuesday's election throughout the Si '.to ' tit any lengthy remarks of our own upon at lias been done, even in ourjowti county, d the lesson taught by thvactiou of the pseudeinocratic candidates opposed to us, in pio- I> dining themselves no candidates, but telling j radicals they would serve them if elected, is a lesson of more importance to the party d State than may at first appear. The election was peaceable throughout the n uuty. We have only hen id of one light, and it was solely upon personal grounds, and he ecu white fiieu. A liotcable feature at every box was (he sul1 stubornucss of the negroes. They had ev* antly been well drilled. They would not talk even drink with a democrat until after they I' id voted. Many of them who had voted with before, voted solidly against us last Tuesday, icy had been imposed upon in souio way, but whom it is pretty well known, ami they will made to feel it hereafter. - la Southern Christian Advocate. Came to us last woek much enlarged, and anged.to an eight-page folio sheet. The en- U -gcinent was promised by the enterprising bliahers soon after they assumed coutrol of it. Walker, llvaus & Cogswell arc nevcr^ lislied ifith anything that coincs ffim thoir s ub'isliment until it is equal, if not a ITtfte Iter, than any similar production from any icr establishment in tho whole country, and the Methodists of the South will concentrate :ir patronage upou the Christum Advocate wc g 1 assure them the publishers will respond l.h the largest and best Methodist paper on i American continent. Try them one year. ath of Mrs. Zeb Vanca. V private letter from Charlotte iufofms us it Mrs. Vance, wife of Gov. Vanco of North rolina, died at llaleigh last Sunday morning, i sincerely sympathize with the bereaved fauxin the loss of so gentle, true and good a wife 1 mother. ' \ Woutiiv Thiixitk.?We veutu.ro to print i following private letter from Judge Aldrich the editor of the llejistcr, iu which a most iug ami desei"(iI'( tribute is paid to the heroic iritice of Lieutenant Hcnncr by one of the lest men in Carolina. Our readers will saneu every word that is written, and it will be xtifying to receive a more substantial token of sir sympathy for the family of the gallant sol- 1 r, \>nu |#utuuii mii in me t.iu^u \ji 111;111<11111, i d lea behind hi in the tender love of wife mid lie ones, in order that lie ujjglit be iustruuieii1 in furnishing relief to famishing thousands. ie letter of Judge Aldriclt is as follows : Winssikmu), S. 0., November J, 1878. My Dkar *n :?If all persons in the State 10 can spare a dollar, or even ten cents, will ntributo to the fund for the support of the fo and the education of tho children of the roic Lieutenant llcnncr, it will be a graceful ibutc to the memory of a man WI19 was gallant war, true in peace, and instantly recognized e fraternity of the whole people when the ttlc was done. 1 have been holding the courts in the dirlricts J icrc Lioutenaut Bonner was stationed siucc ace was declared, anil learn that lie cauie here 1 zailnut soldier,frank and generous, with not a WWf reproach, not a spark of enmity, uieet- I g our people as a true man and honest gentlem, performing his duties courteously, kindly, d, above all, justly. 1 lie has laid his life down to aid tho stricken litth. It was a martyrdom that compels our ectionatc recognition. I!0 fought us for four mr years, an I now, with tliis lever plague 1 ring him in the face, almost certain de.yh, : the death of battle with its light in his eyes, ' ider its glorious excitement nnd t!ie cla n el' ins, but the silent creeping death of the peseiico that wnlketli in darkness and is not lid at m'nldny. racing such a death lie vol leered to hring succor to oar stricken people, i fell a martyr in the cause cf humanity.? id so lie died for us. Oh ! what a reproach is is to a'l the bad blond that has been stitrcd ] by mere venal politicians for personal aducemcnt! If the settlement of (lie war had been 1 to (lie men who fought it, thousands like the x')* lUnnn*. vuaiaiiitina till* unlliliit. \iQo\ilt* ainst whom they battled, would have bridged 1 er the bloody chasm long ago. It only in edthis fever stroke of death, which lias tilled N r land with gloom and unutterable woe, to show ' ^V'^dih'/rhVrrr^Tn ~ 'loping that my example will be fffcnerally lowe 1, 1 enclose this modest coniributioii. \"ery truly yours, A. Ik Aluricii. To Co%. J. A. lfovr. l>:.?ru or I! \ is is v IJa-sktt.?The famous race tso Marry Bussed who lied suddenly in New rscy 011 Sunday last, was of Kentucky stock, s sire being Lexington and his dam Canary rd. As a two-year oid lie won the Nursery 1 ikes at Jerome Park, the Kentucky slakes at roioga and tho Central stakes at Haiti more.? a three-year old he won the Belmont and the t onic ut Jerome Park, the Travel's and Kemier uiv uviovjr I'vi i?r ill- .* I vd 1111H H? ( i 1 j irk, ilie Dixie ami tlie ltowic slakes at Haitiarc?the latter four mile hen's. Ajs a four nr old lie wmi the Westchester cup at Jerome irk, the s.ir.ato?g\ .-lakes, the Saratoga cup, in It.ch lie dofentf-d Longfellow, having a lew l.s previously heen beaten at M?nin unlit irk hy the latter. Me was beaten by Mmieliist an 1 hv True lJlue nl'l*rward, ami his ii er becoming ha'l in his ran- lie w.i- re e 1 (o the slit 1. He was one ol' the hamliiost horses in America, being a beautiful ihlen chestnut, with two white stockings beml, ami a trifle over sixteen hands high. - A Vkit 11 mti.t: Wn.ii Man. ? A veritable wild an, captured in the iiiotttitains of Tennessee, on exhibition at l.ouisviilc. His whole body eoverud witli a lnyvrof scales, whicii drop off regular periods in the spring ami fall, like e skin of a rattlesnake, lie has n heavy owth of hair on his head, and a dark, reddish aid about six inches h ng. His eye- present frightful .appearance, being at least twice tho of the average-sized eye. His height, when Hiding perfectly erect, is about six feet live cites. 11 is entire body must be wet at interand, should this be neglected, lie begins iiuc liatcly to manifest great uneasiness, bis -'i heroines teverisli, and hij suucrings can- | t ho alleviated until the water is n|>|>1 ie>(. lie ii away when hut five years of arc. and since at time has lived in the mountains of Teiinese. . o . Tiik h \:: m Uvkii. <ien. Joseph II. Johnston is thus far received the highest tiumher of tes for a gold-mounted sword lit the Collie Ital I ir in New York; ms A v; AT THH ot/W/j Ami lift/ llxhi!A'ii>U of Of /nun C'tur>/ A'jri\:itll)ir<0 em! fhtthift:/ Is- ^ sucinti'jH, \<>o. !i!). i?<) nitt/ .'51, i#76. THOUtU'CII Bit Hi) IKUISL'S. est Stal.ion, J. ('. Hunter " ' y years old Hubert Beaty Jr. ' " ti years old Hubert Bcnty Jr. " A*r ut.'i Mare and Coli 1. t'. Iluutcr - ? " Filly years old ?. C. Hunter MBAVV DHAFT IIDIHSHS. ? ? ' 1- 1 *1 T? 1 iC-l t-r.'y t u:i i i I'uupMifa I illv, *) years old T. 15. lintes Filly 1.tear old J.T. Douglass '* ' Filly _ year old W. H. llriggs w " bullion 2 years old .Seaborn Dillard ?? 3 ' " Asa .Muiili " Colt 1 year old ). T. Docgluss LIGHT D11A FT HOUSES. lest Stallion 11. O. ltico " Stallion '2 years old,...Master .1. F. Norman " Itrood Marc B. G. Wilburn ' lirood Marc and Colt J. T. Douglass " Filly 3 years old \V. Y. Dillard 41 Filly 2 years old F. M. Lobster 4 Filly 1 year old F. M. Lobster 44 Gelding any age W. II. Nance 44 Gelding 2 years old G. It. Whit tier MATCHED AND SINGLE HOUSES. est County liaised Matches ...T. A. Keller 44 single Harness Horse S. M. lticc 44 Saddle Horse County liaised. ...C. M. Hailey 44 Pr. Match Horses, open to the world 44 ^aifile Horse, open to world...W. II." Nanco Special Premium of J. C. Hunter for Colt by his Stallion Got. Hampton J. T. Douglass CATTLE. est Dlooded Hull T. II. Jeter 4 4 44 Cow T. 11. Jeter 44 Heifer 1 to 2 years old T. II. Jeter 44 Native Hull . A. II. Foster 44 Hull under 2 years old T. A. Rice 44 Cow S. M. ltico 44 Heifer 2 to 3 years old J. 11. Minter" 44 Heifer under 2 years old S. M. Ltico 44 Cow Milked on the grounds Dr. A. W. Thomson 44 Pair Oxen W. A. Hcaty FIELD AND MILL, argest yield of Cotton C,2701bs lint on 10 acres J. It. Minter 44 yield of Cotton ou 1 acre, 8831bs. lint.. J. 11. Minter ^ 44 yield of Cotton on o acres?3.3701bs. lint '. .J. It. Minter 44 yield of Coru on 1 acre?100 bush, on uplaud W. A. Hcaty 44 yield of Corn on o acres?410 bush, on upland G. H. Ilogau 'op corn J. P. Jolly lest lield Peas J. II. Steoduiau 44 Specimen Germau Millet secd....S. M. ltico 44 0 stalks Cotton J. It. Minter " Totton seed b. J. Kay " Specimen bus. Corn J. B. Stacdman" Specimen Wheat S. M. Rice" Specimen Oats G. li. Ilognu " Specimen Barley J. B. Stecdman " Specimen llye J. B. Stecdmnai ' Specimen of Binders Willies DiPanl " Specimen Turnips J. R. Minter* " Specimen Irisli Potatoes J. B. Stecdman " G stalks improved Cotton I. U. Minter " Bale Native liny J. B. Steedmnu" Specimen Bumpkins ...J, Siuclnir .argest and Best Variety of Field Crops grown by one Cultivator J. B. Stecdman test variety Tobacco Homo-made . . J. 11. Steed man. .argest Exhibition- oIL CoaMNMd&bto articles . > exhibited by one Planter J. B. Stecdman lest Specimen of Sweet Potatoes, T. M. WkilesiJes, ' Specimen Bus. Meal, T. M. White-sides, HUGS. 111. KMC or ANY EsTAIII.IStlKI) Blll'.F.O. test Boar, i year old I. D. Smith ' Sow 1 year old and over 1. U. Minter ' Sow and Litter not less than o any age or breed II. L. (toss " Killing Hog John Rodger ' Native Boar 1 year old J. Broxic Jeter " Native Sow and Pigs J. 11. .Minter SHEEP. , lest Long wool buck IV. 11. Briggs" line wool buck .* 11 C. Pari* " l'e-!i of Ewes not le-s than tl B. Fnrr GOATS. test thoroughbred bue-k !. L. Sims " pr. of (trades J. 15. Stecdman I ECU.AM CAT. AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT DEPAii-TAl .*TT. w??iirnT)titor J. E.'Lfpusey . " I llo.ke i Ion Gird wood ?v; MeClellan " 2 " " Gird wood Mctiojl.in " -t " " Gird wood & Met le'lnn " Shovel and Combination Plow..T. A. Tinsley Anti-Morse power friction llorse pow.o, !>r Ginning Cotton, .Cc G. W. .McLaughlin " Pit I Cutler (iirdwood iv McClellau " Sett Double Harness.... I. G. Harlan " Sett Single Harness I. (J. Ihuluu im rvrn/i t it iti.it i nTniKiw,. U. K. I! wvi.s, Supcriii cndetit. >c. t Ulackborry Wine Mrs. J. T. Douglas ' Strawberry Wine Ann l'risock (col.) " Chery Wine Mrs. M. .1. Clark ' drape Wine Ilitta (iisl (col) ' Fruit Aci'l Mrs. 11. T. (Ice " Cherry !'> unce Mrs. .1. C. I'.irrar " Specimen of Lard Mrs. (i. lb Koon " County raise.1 Haiti Mrs. 11. lb Koon ' Specimen <>t' Fuller Mrs. S. M. nice " l.hnt' of Urea l Mrs. W. T. Thomson " l'.-nnd Cake Mrs. Maty Fun I " Specimen lioii.c-nuule Soap, Mrs, M. Long " " Vinegar, Mrs. Sallie II. Fison " " Canned Tontatoc", Mrs Dr. bawls ' " " Dlackbcrrirs Mrs. II. T. Oct " " " I'cachcs, Mrs. I)r. Haw Is ' " fjuince Jelly Miss Lottie Kints " " Apple .Icily Mrs. Dr. I'.uwls " ' Peach Jelly Mrs. 11. '1'. (lee " " lllnckberry Jelly, Mrs. IV. A. Nicholson " " I'ie Melon Jelly, Miss Clarat'olield " ' Cherry preserve*...Mrs Dr Itawls " " Strawberry preserves Mis. S. M. Itico " I'eur preserves...Mrs. M. S. Clark " tjninco preserves..Mrs. Dr. Daw's ? " Waterniclon preserves Miss Missouri (list, (col) " " Sweet pickle Mrs. J. K Cclton " specimen sour pickles....\lrs W T Thotusott "" jrVF.NII.r. I'.XIl Il'.ITlON. lest Apple Jelly Miss Ada Tucker ' (Irape Wine Miss Aureiia nllis " Watermelon preserves ? !iS.dlie Mix ('III l.l >i: I.N S K \ 111 It IT.-*? II11N i?I* \ IS 1.1; I NT ION. .cificii I'r.-ib AJ'l'lo .lolly Miss A<l:i Tucker ' " " " " Agues Kico Ii<>NOi; \ 151.r. MI'.STION. :ii?e specimen lluinc-tnu'lo Ink i.Mrs. ('. 1'. Jcier I