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The Lien Law. < At this liino of the year ihero is general in- ( quiring as to the provisions of the lien law.? AVo publish it now lor., the information of thoso interested: Section 1. He it enacted by Mie Senate and House of Representatives of tho State of South CaroliAu, now tuei. and sitting iti CSencral Assembly, and by t,io authority of the same, That an Act entitled "An act to amend Sections 05 uiukOti, ChapterB'SS, of the Revised Statutes, relative to litis onvrops," approvotl Juno 8, 1877, bo, and the panic is hereby, repealed. Sec. 2. If any person or persons shall make 1 any ndvnnco or advances, either in money or supplies, to any person or persons who are ein- ? ployed or about to engage in the cultivation of = the soil, the person or pcrsous so making such 1 advance or advances shall bo cntittlcd to a lien on the crop which may be mado during.the year p upon the land in the cultivation of which the advauccs so made have been expended, in preference toall other liens existing or otherwise, to _ the extent of euch advance or advances : Provided, An agreement in witing shall be entered into before such advances is made to this cflect, 1 in which shall ho specified the amount to be ad- B vauced, or in which a limit shall he fixed beyond which the advances, if made froxn time to time j during the year, shall not go. Sec. 3. If any person making such advances shall make an affidavit before the Clerk of the Court of tho County in which tho crop is that t the person to whom euch advances have been c nmdc is about to sell or dispose of his crop, or in any other way is about todefoat the lien hereinbefore provided for, accompanied with a statement of tho amount then due, it shall be lawful for liim to issue his warrant, directed to any of the Sheriffs of this State, requiring them to seize the said crop, and after due notice, sell the same for cash and pay over the net proceeds thereof, or so much thereof as may bo necessary, in extinguishment of tho amount then due : Provided, however, That if the person to whom such advances have been mado shall, within thirty days after such sale hns been made, give notice in writiug to the Sheriff, accompauicd with an affidavit to this effect, that the amount claimed is not justly due, that then it. shall be the duty of the said Sheriff to hold tho proceeds of such salo subject to the decision of Court upon the issue, which shall be made up and set down for trial at tho next succeeding term of the Court of Common Pleas for the County in which the person to whom such advances have been made resides, in which the person who makes such advances shall bo the actor. See. !. That the above Sections shall bo subjected (u (tio piovialoua of tbo following Sections of this Act. Skc. 6. That each landlord leasing lands for agricultural purposes shall haven prior and proferrcd lien for rent to the cxteut of one-third of all crops raised on his lands, and cuforciblc in the same manner as liens for advances, which said lien shall be valid without recording or filing. Skc. C. That every lien for'advanccs and for ront, when the agreement is for more than onethird of the crop, shall be filed in the olficc of me ncgieier 01 .Mesne touvcjuucg iui mv vuuuiji in which tiie lienor resides within thirty days from the date of the lien, and said lien for rent I over one-tliird the crop shall thereby be made j valid; and he shall keep an index of all such f liens so filed, for each of which he shall receive ^ fifteen cents from the party filing the same, and 1 this shall be a sufficient record of the same. r n An Act respecting the filling of vacancies in County Offices. lie it enacted by the Scnato and IIousc of Rep- n rcsentatives of the State of South Carolina, now n , .met aud flitting in General Assembly, and by p the authority of the same: Suction 1. That whenever at any time any vacancy shall occur in any County otfice by reason of death, resignation, refusal or neglect to qualify, of the person elected or appointed there- n to, expiration of the term of office, removal from p the County, or from any other cause, the Gov- . crnor shall appoint some fit and proper person 11 to fill the vacancy so causod, and that the per- c son so appointed sh&li hold his office, in all ca- a scs in which tfio officer is elected, until the next j, general election for members of the General As- .. sembly, and until his successor shall qualify, ) and in cases of persons appointed until the ad- " journment of the General Assembly at the reg- tl ular session in 1880. Provided, That the Gov- ? crnor may for cause remove any person appointed by him under the provisions of this act. Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts incon- 0 8istent. with this act be and the same arc here- V V- 1 - .1 UJ , 1CJ.IWJ41CU. Approved December 20, 1S78. / Call for Conventions of northern Settler*. Ciiaulottk, N. C., January 17, 1879, J To Northern liorn dissidents of the South ami ex- a Members of the Federal Army dissident in the ( Southern States. At the convention of Northern settlers in the ? South held inChnrlotte, N. ('..January Id, 1879, v it was unanimously resolved that Northern born 1 residents of the South aud'cx-mctnbers of the j Federal army resiJont iu the Southern States meet in convention at tlio county seats of their respective couuties on the 15th day of February, ' 1879, to consider upon the preparation for pub* \ lication, through the press ol' the United States t and otherwise, of a papor setting forth the soil, climate, prices, case of making a living, and social treatment of the individual Northern man c in the Southern States; that these conventions t be held regardless of party politics, and that the D same uo exeiuue'i ns wen as an vexed questions. That reports or thoir proceedings be signed by ^ the members attending, and the same sent to " N. Duiuont, at Charlotte, N. C.; and further that t these several county conventions on February t 16, 1870, select delegates to Stnte conventions, to be held at the eapiuls of their respective States to consider the same matters, March 1, 1870, which Slate conventions shall also send * reports of their proceedings as above and shall also appoint ten delegates from each of the t Southern States to attend a general convention , to consider the same matters, to be holden at Charlotte, N. C., July 4, 1870, at noon, to which time this convention shall adjourn. t Will the persous coming within the purview f of the above resolutions please convene in ac- j cvrdance with it? N. DUMONT, 1 President of the Convention. y .?. A Ret.ic of tiir War.? A handsome silver mounted cavalry pistol, picked up on the Wil- 8 derncss battle-field by Mr. Louis Meitzler, of a this city, a member of the 8lh Pennsylvania Cav- s airy at the time, is something that ehould have been in the Loan Art Exhibition. It is a sixshooter Colt revolver, and has engraved on the * atock: "I. M. Listen,Company 0, Fourth.South 1 Carolina Cavalry." The pistol ia still in the u possession of Mr. Mcitzlelr who keeps it pol- r islicd up ao well that it looks almost ns "good ' as new."?Williamiport (f*a.) Oaiette and Bui- n It tin. b Tur.Fioiit run Bcti.kr'sSkat.?Washington, January 23.?The Radicals arc making hcreu- v lean efforts to induce Senators Patterson and j Conever to agree to vote for unseating Gen. Rut- , ler and seating Corbin. Scuator Hill has com plctel tlio minority report in this case, and will c submit it at the next meeting of the committee, 1j It declares that Puller's case is rtt adjudieala, d and that Corbin'8 case turns upon whether there was a quorum in the Chamberlain Legislature, * and as there was no quorum, according to their r own showing, there was therefore no election. 1 ?he 'fifllffMit Simon ?tints.'* It. M. SI'OKEsT Editon I ""UNION-, FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1879. ? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION1 Ojpy, one year, IN ADVANCE, 52.00 c 2 Conies onu rear, " " #.73 5 ' " 11 " " (LSO j10 " " " ^ .l&fHJ 1 ADFBRTIBIHO. One square or one- Inon, first insertion, - - - $1.00 * Each subsequent insertion, - -- -- -- 73 Uberaldiscount made to merchants and others adverirtilit; for six months or by the year. a Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, Inserted free. " " over teu Hues, charged as AdTcrtlse- 8 _,cn,s- c he Bridge Question. to Tito continuation of tlio article on Bridge t milding lias been unintentionally omitted this reek. #. Vho Wants Mules. Mr. J. II. Roberts has about forty very fine Kentucky Mules for sale, and he says he will ell them cheap and throw in a drink. * 'ury Commissioner. Acting Governor Simpson has reappointed dr. Asa Smith Jury Commissioner of this couny. Mr. Smith deserves the compliment?he is i good officer. . Pardoned. On tho 23d Governor Simpson pardoned Don-, lerson Fowler, of this County, who was serving >ut a scntcnco in the penitentiary for grand arceny. ? fho State Grango Will meet in Charleston on Thursday next, he Ctli. Tho Executive Committee of tho Agiculturnl and Mechanical Society of South Carolina will also meet during the session and irrange the details for the next State Fair. .?? Jonvooation. The annual convocation of tho third Missioniry District of this diocese will meet in the Ihurc'i of the Nativity at this placo next Wedicsday, February 5tli; opcuing services at 11 ('clock A. M. During the meeting Divine services will be held IVeduesday, Thursday and "riday, at 11 A. M. and 7 1*. M. . ftusieal Kntortatnmont. In a note from Prof. It. J. Gonralez, tho celcjratcd llaritonc Vocalist and Organist, from STew York, we arc informed that ho will visit Union shortly and treat our citizens to one or wo of his most entertaining and dilightful Sa;rod and Secular Concerts. Due notice of the lay will be given. . Fbat Tin Wedding. Those who attended the Tin Wedding at Dr. Joyd's on Wednesday eveniug can readily apirecinte our situation when we say we arc too all to give utterance to our delighted feelings his week. To do justice to tho occasion will equire at least half a column, and we just have iot got one quarter that spaec left. It will be s fresh in the minds of those who were present icxt week as it is now, and we are confident sost of them will then be bettor able to digest t than they nro this, Ujtysday, morning. larpentry and Building. We have upon our tablo a copy of the first umber of a monthly Magazine, gotten up, as Is name indicates, in the interest and for the istruction of the Carpenter, the Masou, tho abinetmaker, the Plasterer, the worker in Iron, nd of every other mechanical branch employed 1 building. It is handsomely gotten up, finely ? lustrated with all the modern improvements i every mechanical industry, nnd published at to low price of $1 a year or 50 cents for six s lor.ths. Wo think it should be in the hands of e , , . , ... o vcry lucciuinio 111 inc couniry who 18 desirous f being a first class workman. Send to David Williams, No 83 llcade St, New York.* L Ead and Painful &ocident. On Saturday lust, Edward Foster, son of A. I. Foster, a colored farmer, met with a serious ccidcnt, at^Ir. Garners Mill while ginning coton. It appears that Eddie was standing by the ;in when ho heard by the sound that the Gin vas getting choked. lie stooped down to reieve the saws from underneath, and while dong so the saws caught his hand, and cut off his econd and third finger nnd terribly lacerated his iand down to the wrist. We truly sympathize vith the young man and his parents who are uost excellent people, and Tery highly respcccd. Eddie is one of the most promising young :olored men wc ever knew. Industrious, genlcmanly and unobtrusive in his manners toward dl, and possessing an ardent desire to obtain a ;ood sound education he has employed all his ipare time from school at manual labor, to obain the means of attending the best schools in he whole country, and this accident is a seri uis impediment to his progress. L'flo Lunatic Asylum. We have received the 55th Annual Report of he Hoard of Regents of the South Carolina Luifttio Asylum, for the fiscal year 1877-78. From ixamination wo should consider it a very satisactory exhibit of all the transactions of the oficers of that institution. It appears from the nteresting report of the Superintendent, Dr. 1* 3. Gritiin, that at the beginning of the year there rere 800 patients in the institution?103 males ,ii(l 143 females, which was increased to 831 ,t the end of the year. Of these 230 are whites ,nd 101 colored. Only 20 of the inmates are upported by friends, leaving 811 depending ipon the Stato for all necessary subsistence. Of | 11 the inmates, the Superintendent states, only , C white males and 4 females, and 5 colored \ lalos and 5 females are curable ; 7 whites and i blacks doubtful ; 104 white males and 90 fe- 1 lales, 43 colored males and 42 females, incura* j lc. This table presents a sad picture, particu?rly in -the largo number of incurable cases t irhich, the Superintendent says, "can never be i ischarged except by death, and many of them, or years to oomc, must crowd the wards to the xclusion of recent and curable;caaes." Union , las sent four patients?2 males and 2 females? | luring the past year. If time and apace would i icrmit, we could present a sadly interesting sj- ' lopsis of tho report, but it would necessarily , >o too long for so small a paper as ours. I 'TlMMtohiflKi n g is in Chewing tha ^O^^BpRno remark rnado Tory often, and ^'4^jg?Tr<^ant.s, factors or Fertilizer maniftftuMMreaat there is as much money in makthere was when it was worth 10 entljti6wil^i. ^ fertjMj^the oase give us tho facts : What is 1^4^PmBfaheoD4itio|f of tkn country now ? 8 it fu'osperous ? Is it hopefu^\ l'ick up any village newspaper in the State .nd notice at what prico (ho plantations were old under the hammer, aud who were the purhasers. lu most instances the purchasers have icen the merchants, who had been "running ho farmer" until the cost would no longer pay hem to do it. There is no use in saying the arms were badly managed, or that the farmer vas obliged tohorrow money at ruinous interest, ir pay high prices for his supplies. This don't Iter the fact that tho farming interest is in a >ad way?that the fruits of their labor havo gone nto somebody else's pocket. It is a l'acl that nearly all persons who have armed on a largo scale have signally failed, aud f a man can be pointed out now and then, who km succeeded, it only illustrates the old dogma ?"the excoption provos the rule." Granted, f a man be out of debt?has money to command v. hat hejmods, hps good Joqd, rai%|3 hia^own luppH^^Uenda to his own business and praoiccs proper economy,?he may Bucceed, but rum wu are unving ut is 10 provo mat mo arniiug condition of tbc country is in a hopoes3 condition, and tilings must go from bad to vorso unless the farmers abandon liens and "pay is tlicy go." For the Times, rhe Fenoo Law, fto, in Goudeysvllle Township. Mr. Editor:?A little ripple has been caused n this township by tho passage of the fence aw." The opposition hold the late act of the Licgislnture as unconstitutional and declare that hey will not pay any regard to it. The friends of he measure?and their name is legion?arc mating all necessary arrangements to secure all he benefits to be derived from it. A few days igo while passing through the neighborhood, [ came upon two gentlemen who wore cutting l few "sjprub old field pines," off apiece of land hat never could have been cultivated without lie fenco law, and supposing that they were riends of the law I bailed them with a hurrah 'or the stock law, when to my utter astonishment hey let loose upon the friends of the law in ;oncral and the members of the lower house oi lie Legislature in particular, in language the nost vindictive that it was ever my misfortune o hear. This tornado of abuse lasted only a *cw moments, when it was closed by tho ridicuous assertion that the act had not passed the senate and never would. The cotton crop of lost year is about all sold ind at a very low price at that. Our people arc livided into three classes, to wit : 1st. An extremely few who have some money eft after footing up bills. 2nd. A few who have made "tongue and buotie 8rd. The large majority who are worse ofl ban they were twelve months ago. The question naturally arises, how or what ire you going to do this year? Well, from present appearances, we are going to do just iko we have been doing for six or eight years >ast?buy al' we can get upon Liens, Mortgages, Stc.. to make another bitr 7 or Ret*. cotton cmn ['his may sound rather harsh to "ears to polite;" >ut it is & fact, that for the first four to six nonths of every year the cultivators of the soil ire the most sanguine of success of any class >r profession to be met with. "Air castles" arise is thick as "Robins in the Thickety roost," ouly o burst and disappear with the opening of "colecting season." Then begins the scramble? ho aforesaid sanguine farmer discovering the not that at any other point than whore he hat een accommodated is the placs for him to sell hie :otton and buy his supplies. Hence so manj sheriffs sains under Lien, &c., executions. Yours Truly, JOE. >gal Attendants. The following gentlemen of the bar of othei sounties have been in town thr past week, t< nect Judge Wallace in Chambers, upon impor ant cases; Newberry, James M. Baxter. Qcorge Johnston 3eo. S. Mower and J. F. J. Caldwell. Spartanbwg, J. S. It. Thomson and John B Cleveland. Those gentlemen also brought Sher ff Thompson and Town Marshal Kimbrel will hem. Ivor coats Laid Aside. Since last Friday the weather has been mor< ike Spring than Winter. Fires have been pu >ut, overcoats and winter underclothing hav< >een laid aside, and it requires but little exer :ise to start the perspiration. It has been t ;ood timejosow Spring Oats, and some hart darted tbeir plows in the corn fields. Gardei tnd Orchard work has been pushed forward but we shall not be at all surprised if aotne o he very early gardeners hare to buy more sect o put in where they have now sown. Frosl nay kill and a long wet Spring may rot out th< teed already in the ground. Spring weather ii 'mighty unsartin." rhe ?lague in Bnssia. The telegraph makes the sad announeemen hat the terrible plague whidi deselated tin jlobo in tho 14th century has again appeared ii ho Eastern part of ilussia with virulenoe, caus ug intense alarm. In a short descriptioi ho disoase, which we find in the Charlestor ffewt and Courier, it says : "Person attacked with it are said to die like flies, and the igno ant nnd superstitious peasantry are so terrified >y it lhatq|Aay are thought to hare perished oi juro fright.*' The laat accounts stats that the disease 1 ipreoding rapidly and the people of Moscer tre becoming greatly alarmed. Cot.. KbitKs Libbl Suit.?New York, Janua ry 23.?in the trial of Col. Keitl's suit for libe igainst the New York Timet to-day, Mr. Choate Tor the defense, contended that tho article di< not refer to plaintiff, but to one Thomas Keitt ilso known as Colonel Kcitt. New York, Jan. 24. The jury in the abov< tult. this evening rendered a verdict for thi [daintiff for six cents. sjBws=^rfh=aawwtasat=afrfcaaM ~l^r frr?rTfa= ^ t For the Tluiee. "What are Ton Going to do about It?" Mb. Editou ?Havo tho farmers of our County noticed that tho manufacturers of what are I called "commercial fertilisers," have hold a I contention and agreed to advanco tho price of i their compounds? ' ! It is oven so. They have dictated the terms { upon which they will deliver their fertilisers, j and the price they will allow fof our cotton. i It is a little singular that this movement i should be made at-a time when cotton has run dowu to such a point that many farmers are 1 doubting the propriety of investing money in i fertilisers at all. I have seen no farmer who i does not admit that it is a losing business to i raise cotton at present prices. Merchants and ( fertiliser men will tell you that there is as much i money in farming as ever, because provisions i and dry goods are so very low. It will be found te bo a fallacious idea, when you como to analyze it. The wonderful improvements in machinery and sharp competition have reduced the cost of different manufactured goods. The facilities of tranportation and competition of diiforent Railroads have revolutionized trade, and tho makcts of every nook and corner of tho country are filled with the products of the soil and factory. But no corresponding improvement baa bean made, in cheapening the production of a bale of cotton. We pay higher taxes to State and County ; we pay very high for our labor, such as it is ; we ptfy for money a runious interest, and high prices for all extra work on the farm. We pay higher blacksmith bill ; repairs of all kinds cost more; we have introduced no labor-saving implements, If wc cultivate moro land to tho mule, it is done at the expense of oilier work, or badly done, and we pay for fertilisers made at the North (mostly) thnt wo know nothing about, moro money per acre than our old time farmer was willing to . givo for an aero of land. Very few persons, wben making their calculations as to what it cofcts to to produce a crop, put in all the items. They start out, as the land belongs to tlicm and is paid fir, as tlicy have the horse, wagon, &c., all their own, these items should not be put on the debtor side. Very few persons ever think of the amount they are risking, wiivn nicy put on lerimzers. llul let me get back to the fertilizer question. Thcro is only ono way of accounting for this combination of tho manufacturers, and that is, that they think the farmer cau't get along with out their assistance. Is this the case ? It is tiuio wo should know , all the facts. Now I know how hard it is to get .the frecdman to clear heavy woodland. I know how much easier it ie to cultivato thin, poor land, and how much easier it is to haul out a few sacks of fertilizer and distributo it than to make and haul out barn-yard manure. But is it policy to givo up so, and confess that we cau't live without paying Massachusetts, or New Jersey or Connecticut to make our fertilizers; without depending upon Illinois or Indiana for our corn and flour, Ohio for our bacon, Chicago for our soap, Pennsylvania for our farming imr plemcnts, and be on ? Are tho farmers witling to submit to be dictated to by the fertilizer men, or will they set up for themselves and do without, socner than submit ? I am gratified to see a move has been made in Georgia and semo . parts of this State to assert their rights. Unfortunately very little reliance, I am sorry to say, can be placed on farmers' retolutions, but I would be glad to see them stand as firm on this occasions as a STONEWALL. I i Tka-Growiko in thk South.?The Baltimore i Sun informs us that Mr. M. Gillet Gill: of the firm of Martin Gillet & Co., of Baltimore, left . that city on Wednesday upon a tour of inspection through the tea distriots of the South, for i tho purpose of inquiring into the practicability i of the growth and manufacture of tea in this i country. He bears with him the fallowing r complimentary letter from Wm. G. LeDuo, Commissioner of Agriculture: To tub GnowKRs or Tea Plants in thk South: The bearer of this, Mr. M. Uillelt Gill, of the firm of Messrs. Martin Gillett& Co., Baltimore, . has had great experience in the manipulating of l*n not nnlv tn Cliln* end .Tnniin tml Inul !>?!?? ' successfully manufactured tea of a superior quality from leaves grown in Washington and South Carolina. Mr. Gill visits the tea distriots of the South for the purposo of inquiring into ' the practicability of its growth and manufacture, and will cheerfully give valuable information to all interested in the growth of the plant. I trust this voluntary viait of Mr. Gill in the in, terest of American tea will be of advantage to those who have devoted theif attention to this most important industry." Among the places in the South where tea plants arc grown from shrubs sent from Washington 9 are Society Hill, Georgetown, Charleston, Newt berry County, and Columbia, S. C., Windsor, N. , C., central Georgia, Nashville, Tenn., Lake City, Fla., and near other points in the belt of South' ern States. Their value has never been utilised, 1 and tho intention of the visit is to investigate ? with a view of showing that as good tea can be ! grown in the South as in China. Tub Tkllbr CoMmrree.? Mr. M. C. Robertson, chief clerk in the Secretary of State's office, ' left yesterday for Charleston, in obedience to a , call from the Teller committee. The committee I had issued a subpoena duces tecum commanding Col. Sims, the Secretary ot State, or Mr.Robertson, to produce before them certain poll lists of Charleston County. Col. Sims declined to suffer the papers to be taken from their place among the records of theeffice, and sent by Mr. t Robertson a communication to that effect, adb dressed to the committee, and saying further that at. anv tim* whan tha Mmmlltn* wnnlii ' visit his office they ceuld inspect the papers there.? Col. Regitter. 1 . # ? i Penalty o* Election Frauds.?Jacksonville, I Fla., January 28.?In the United 8tat?s Circuit Court to-day, Judge Settle sentenced the Brevard County Canvassing Board, convicted of makiog I a false return of the election. Lee, the County f Clerk, was sentoncou to three years, and Wright and Johns, Sheriff and Justice, respectively, to one year each in the Albany Penitentiary. Lee B is also State Senator from Brevard County.? r All tho other election cases were oontinued to the May term of court. -?? ? ? ? Restored to thr Ministry.?Richmond, Va., 1 January 24.?East Hanover Prosbytery, to-day, i, by a vote of ftfieen to six, removed the sentence i of suspension froin the Rev. 'Dr. E. T. Baird, , lato secretary of the Presbyterian board of publication, who was suspended last year for al> leged irregularities in connection with tho funds i of the concern, and restored him to tho office of lie gospel ministry. *y For the Times. ? letter from Pea JUdg Dear Times A* every one looks forward to the end of the weok for the Time* to tag them the news from other parts of the County and all parts of the world, and you tell us that not one person in each towniliip can be found willing to contribute a few lines telling of what v Is going jn in the various townships, 1 will try and give Pea Ridge?the garden .spot o(.tb+ County?a shewing in your columns. At present there is not much news up here.? The few elear days lately have put the Farmers Lo work?some clearing up old fields for cotton, olhors cleaning out the branches te grow corn on the little bottoms, while ethers are turning over the land with the plow. Altogcthci matters begin to wear the appearance of beginning another busy year on the Ridge. Schools are opening, but not very flourishing Too many dead-heading on the School fund,? We don't need emigration from foreign parts up hero, for every few days we have a wedding, and, as a natural consequence, an addition to our population of a bouncing baby, in which I'ca ltidge can beat the world. If there should bo a big fight, a killing or two?your town is ahead in that?a wedding er two, a gander pulling or any other item of general informa* tion 1 will let you know. W. Cheap Phosphates.?We have received a let* t tar from a gentleman stating that as soon as ar* * rangements are completed a party of gentlemen intend to commence the manufacture of guano from pure raw bones, and to place it upon the market at a low cost, within the reach of all.? Our correspondent does not state where the factory is to be situated, nor give the names of the ...i.- > !* ?* * (tu>?ni(U mill UlC iv I.UUUUII II, QUI 8HyS lllll in a few days circulars will be issued explaining the vicns of those interested. Wo hope tho enterprise will be successful in supplying our farmcrs with a cheap and useful fertiliser, and will yield a profit to those who are to engago in it. ?Columbia Register. Another Fire in Chester.?A despatch to the Charleston A>tr? and Courier, dated the 28d , ays: Afirein Chester, to-night, between 8and 0 o'clock, destroyed Darega & Howe's drug store. The Btore was closed and the origin of the fire is unknown. Loss about $12,000; insured for ?10,000. Hampton, Vancr and Niciiollh.?The latest scheme on foot among the politicians of IiOuisiana is to send Governor Nicholls to the United States Senato. Hampton, Vance and Nieholla? the noble triumvirate of 1870 ! Hotel Arrivals. C. Y. Uichardson, K. King, F. C. Rantin, Ellison A Smyth, Charleston 8. C.: James Hall, ' Philadelphia, Pa; H. 1). Floyd, C. O. Kimbrell l)r. 11. F. Walker, J. S. Cloud, John R. Uolding, J. S. 11. Thomson, John B. Cleveland, W Wash Thompson, C F Waters, G E Norman. Spartanburg; Hal. Fetter, B Burncs, N.C.; C R Franklin, A M Boatright, Columbia 8. C : J It Mintcr, I A Hancock, D II Sheldon, J D Fleming, It F Montgomery, Jos. Gault, F M Whitlock, E T Sims. J E Jeter, J E Lindsey, F II Eison, JL McWhirter, County ; W G Wethsrall, T L Mount Geo. W Clelwothy, Jno. S Curie, Wm. H Forrio, Baltimore; Frank C Adams Winchester Va.; I> R Chapman, Chester ; R C Thomson, York; J 8 Williams, Glenn Springs; Frank S Smith, S. C.; 1 8 Marshall, Red Clay Ga.; L N Waters, Cohutta Springs Ga.; TJ Walker, Mnrysville Tenn; i J D Hennaas, Charlotte ; O Fglmpssf AOaata; - '" James M Baxter, George Johnstone, Geo. & Mower, J F J Caldwell, Newberry. The Markets. I UKOIN, Jan.30.?Our cotton market continues brink anil prices rule higher than last week. Bales, 425 bales, at Charleston, January 28.?Cotton qulot?middling 9% low middling 9% good ordinary 8ji. , | Naw Yoke, January 28?<5 P. M.?Cotton quiet: sales 626?middling uplands 9 7-1S; middling Orluaus 9 U-lfi; Futures closed quiet hut steady; sates 85,000?January 9.4tifa.9.47 ; February 9.4<kd,9.47 ; March 9.65#9.M ; April ii.KMU.H3; May 9.9st<49.99: June IU.IH9IO.U; July 10.21fa) 10.22: August 10.30^iil0.32. Liverpool, January 28?12 M.?Cotton aouiewhat easier hut not quutahly lower?middling uplands 5 5-16; | middling Orleans 5 9-16 ; futures weak. ' ' MARRIKD^ HARMON?HART. Married? otT th7~23d inst., at tho residence of the bride's father, br I lie*. J. B. Wilson, Mr. Pjnckney Harmon to Miss Lura Dban Hart, all of Union County. Buggies at Auction! WILL be sold on Sulesday uozt, a number of first class opcu and top Buggies?single and double-sealed. The; will be sold on time, for note and security, at 7 per cent? interest; but parties preferring to do so can pay cash. Jan 81 6 It Which Will You Do! WILL you pay without being sued or will you swear off your account?? 1 ain determined to have all who owe me do ono or the other, at once. . . . My books must be settled up. Duslness. H. J. THOMPSON. Jan 31 6 8t Sale of Ohoses in Action. ON Monday, the 21st day of February aaxt, & I will ofl'er for sale before the Court House door of Union County, between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clook all the choses in action belonging to the estate of Giles Sharp, deceased, consisting of notes and accounts due said deceased. A. D. SPEAKS, Adm'r. Jan 81 6 8t Administrator's Notice. ALL persons having demands against the estate of L. Gordon Biehop, deceased, will present them for payment, property attested, to the undersigned at. ouue. All persons indebted to said estate will make t rn m O/l ialo WAWnaAft* SAMUEL 8. 8T0KE8, Administrator de bonit mm. Jan 81 6 8t Lamp-Lighter Wanted. ANY one who will light the town lamp* at the proper time, keep them clean and extinguish the lights at the proper time, and obey all orders of the Town Council in relation thereto, can find constant employment by applying to the Council. Ky order of the Counoil. Jan 28, 1870. tt. R. RAWL8, Clerk. Jan 81 5 8t__ Notice of Final Bieeharge. BY permission of lion. David Johnson, Jr., Probate Judge of Union County, I will, on Monday, the 8d day of March, 1879, make my final rsturn and settlement, as Admlnistrater of the estate of QUes Sharp, an 1 apply for a final discharge from said administration. AU persons indebted to said estate must mafceppymeat on or before that day, and all petreorth baring claims against said estate must present them to me, properly attested, on or beforo that day, or they will be for erer barred. A. L>. SI'KARS, Adm r. Jau ?1 5 ?