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"A N?w DkI'AVti'Hk."?L'nler the atfroeMplioii, The Columhi'j H-yettr, of January 2K,hns Iu us 'juile an in:cr?M?finjjf article. The article in '|iiciti'JU refers to a return to South Carolina of the many thousands who left the State during ' the reign of corruption, au<l many of whom are now struggling for a hare living in the mulurinl district* of the Southwest. The writer nil twn in* love for his Slate and ( coplu in wanting llrct^ to return to thtir old homes and hue struck a responsive chord in our heart, for never without a feeling of sad?c*?, huve we seen any of our pco| le leave, uiel the old landmarks which hound in to a splendid an l revered past one by one disappear forever. We would gladly welcome hack the old citizens of Caroiiua who have found homes in other States, and would feel very proud in the thought that they est cent their native soil the best of all lands they have seen. T he at tide states that by fur the greater number of those who have emigrated would gladly return to their native State, if they had the in cans, and explains how the railroads, manipulated by "emigration agents," gave special fa CllillC.S 10 lll<:in ?o ii*:i -\n.xj ?j i t ?.?; ?. emigrant tickets, hut having reached their destination Weal, they could never return, if dissatisfied, except by paying full fare back. This baa been the rule up to this lime, but now a change seems very probable. Major Houston, of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Kailroal, has visited Texas, and after great trouble an<l opposition, lias succeeded in effecting an arrangement with the steamboat lines an 1 rallraads between our State and Texas, by which emigrant; can be ?ran-j "r'e ! here, at less iba/i the average rai?-s given t> Texas heretofore. The people ol South Carolina should all be interested in this iiiovcnieni 1 \>r many and obvious reasons.?I't^r-nrr Tun'*. Cominu ti mi: Si-1 t \< ?Senator IJayard and other a-tute authorities afiirm that there ! is an immense amount of gold an i silver snug 1 Jy reposing on ier hearthstone-, in hollotv trees, in o. 1 .?! i . kings hi I away Ier the caves of cottages, iii I [ its I ;iiel :<i gardens, and lockeo up in strong bo.v-s than any one imagines. All of these 1< j -it--, made when -peeie ar.d [. ipcr a'm s' nothing. are gradually being di a %it fortli from their h.lnig |.:acc"- an i re.su rrcced, m<1 now will couic in handsomcly t > fillj f/i- the scanty < .1: r.ey ? f the country. This i-: orie good that ha*- re-ulted front "rcsuiiij. tion. 11., eoj : ac that a I ij er dollar is ajoo i m one ol silver or gold, an 1 liaro no Iong .-r any m otive for r tiriag the latter. Hence many aturni i.c 1 corn w ;il hn 1 its way into active circulation again it. ! goc, its ''i-y rutin Is, j ay- j .ii.'rfM. enlivening trade, starting now C"T.l? i j.ri-es, an 1 a l l.lit; to tlie wealth an I j ros- | jierity ot tc coniuiuni'y. the uj ] iy from tan source alone, which hbLert . )r?* been left out of the account in a.l linunc.il calculation*, v.ill be very c jx siieranle. .?. f'osvttNTtoM oi Ji t?ii;s. ? In accordance with r.he a Jj. eminent, the general * .'ion of the! Justice .f the >uj rvme ' :it an 1 the Judges cf the ' ire .it ? .rts convened in ' olurnbia, in the .' uj rcine < ourt chamber, yestcr lay, at 11 , A. M. 1'resenf. < hicf Ju-ticc Willard an i A ciate J .slices Melver an i ila-hcll, i<I the >'uj rcmc i .art, an 1 .In lges I';- -! -y, l'ra.-er, llu ls,n, Ma.h'V ua I Wallace, >f the ' 1: :u;t I'ourts. ! ' \.l f Ji: ice Wi'.'.ard was at j ointe 1 chair- ! , man. an i the ' '.'.rk f the .vij-renie ' cuit re- ' , fjue-te i to act a" crc'ary. The following res.tion ;v ?-. a 1 . j tc I: That each ot the 'ircuil Judges le | rcj .c-.'e 1 to ca uj <n t '..en.1 :: of t he it ! in the several c.u in which they m iy !. ,1 1 j court, to hold ti.ee* ?:.gs for :l.c j.nr; se -uh- j tnitting to such < .rcuit Judge tlieir .-ug_c?:i ms j as to any alterations or amen iments to the ruler of j.rue:ice in the .-u| rer.ie, i ircuit an 1 It ' n- | Court*. and that at ti.e c' -e tiieir circuity the ?"ircuit Judge* 1 e rc juc-tc 1 to j re} are tiieir own | , suggestion", which, with the suggestions of the ( l.ir wlifill l.f? mi I.mi? !? 1 f. tit is I'lif j Vi'fit i f l -i? i r - UCXt L.COtillg. A Movki.v tiik IS> :iir Diukction.?Montgomery, January lb.? In the Senate ?>f Alabama the !" Ilow ing resolution was adopted yesterday: Whereas, interference by the ollicers ol' tlit Unite 1 Suites in popular elections is justly re- , garde 1 by the t coplc of the State as an evil of great magnitude; an I whereas -noli interference, in part, at least, is to inlhieiicc ami Control tlu- ' action of State- in 'electing electors for Prcsi- i dent ateI Vice-I'resi-le.at of the United States; , therefore, y,'e?o/( ' /, That the Committee on Foreign lie- ' lations he instructed to inquire into the expedi- ! ency of providing hy law for the selection of electors tor President and Vice-President hy the General Assembly until the acts of t'ongre.-s authorizing interference hy Federal uuth ri'v urc repealed. ? o ? Tiik 1.ikk or tiik Cot vritv.?The Richmond lUsf ttch takes a most hopeful view of the cjiiilition of the country ai.d its promises in the near future. We make the following extracts : ? There is .- > much of the < nver- itiun th.it has become fa liionahle c ncernit g har 1 times an I deft and taxes that the public mind has been inadvertently led away to a coii liii .n in which it is iusnisil 'o to the reality, We all ignore to a degree what is j end what -arr.'Uii.ls nc So it ever is. Men are pr. ne at times to look | on the dark- side and to desp.uid when they j should hope?to relax er.ergie., when of all times j they should j ut forth with sincerity the alacrity of their strength. . 9 . ITav.vky Tbkky An ms.?Yesterday in the Supreme <'or.it was heard a motion in the cases of Harvey Terry the F.ank nf tieorgctovvn. i A motion to set aside the sea vice of the sum- | nions fin.il been granted l>y Judge t'rcs.-lry, and | Mr. Terry appealed. The amount of bank hi:!.- i Involved was $:!(?. I'd I. The Supreme t'curt di.s- 1 missed the al lheal, on the eroutid that .I;-.d_-e . J? res nicy's orJcr was foiiti lei on a 'jiiestion .1 fact, that question being whether the person *cr\ e<l was I ho proper representative of ihc J?nnk. Mr. Terry appcard in pr> />riit /><i f mi. Mr. 15. < >. Tuiviimcii'I r-Htra.? Cot. lirjtttcr. Tin: Sr?'< k l.vw ix A r.i:t:i; vni.r.? Last M.milny ha 1 been :i< 1 vc?-t i?-cl Tor several weeks : s I lie tiny for (lie Anti-Stock Law ('oiivenlion I ? be hclil in (lie court house. About ltu) or lot) extrn Jarkeys were in town, ami a niiiiiber of our white citizens were hero, but as far as we can learn there were, perhaps, not muro than whites who came to attcn I the convention. No meeting was hehl, ii is sai l, from the fact that tiiey were without, a chairman, an I n >ne of their number propose! ta take charge of the xncctill? J'rf i< it: J I! tutor. f.r.o'- I'vvei.ti'\i. I.urmt.?Nr.w York, January ? Some of the morning papers publish the full text of I'ope l.eo's encyclical letter.?It is sai'l to have been written by tbo 1'oiiiilf hiinst If, iitul the Lomlon Stud//</".* I', imtm corrcspon lent say ii is a great "ubject ?.f Aiscussioii to-lay. Much of it gives reason to believe that tliere it to he a great change from the 1 policy of riim IX. Socialists, I'omm;ini--ls ami ' Nihilist* are aiialheinati/> 1 as a 'Ica'h-ilealiug I peon lint is creeping into all I he libri ? of human society. Tin: A iti.im.ios I'stsii:.?Alexandria. Jan. '.it.?'I be jury in the Ailmgihii ca-?- have relume! a ver liet I n- do- plaintiff ? n. I. ? for ihi whole i ropirly In f< <- I'h ?I .t'-.-.cl-tnt t I hive inovi-l I /i a n'-r M;-il . ^ j Che Hlnhlg ftliiion Simts. K. m7 STORKS, EdltorT" UNION, PRIDATI FEBRUARY 7. 1?78L TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Copy, quo year, III auva*cm, W 2 OililvKiihi! y< ;ir," " 3.7-5 ft, !' - \ Ul 111 " * % . U.Oe ADVERTISING. Oim s'jimn? or on?- Inrli llrst iiiMTtioo, - - f 1 00 y*ru ?hIh<i.<|>iciiI insertion, ------- 7-5 Liberal illjtcoiiut iiinl'1 to inert hauls aii'l oth* rs aciver1 Heinz for si* Month* or by the year. OMluiir/ Nolic.ru of ton line* or leu, inserted free. " ,uvi r ten ltiic-a, charged as AdvertUeinrtitci. K ... : . ? W o regret to state that Mr. S W. l'ortcr, a prominent merchant of this town, in lying cjuite sick with pneumonia at the resilience of Mrs. C (ioudclock, near Jonesville. ? Godey's Lady's Book. The February number of this magnificent magazine is on our tabic ami filled with everything beautiful, useful an 1 entertaining. It is like good wine?age improves it. ? The First to Reduce. We are truly pleased to announco that our enterprising and liberal young merchants, Messrs. F. M. Farr & Co., have determined to sell the Commercial Fertilizers for which they areagcntijl the same prices fhey we/c ftuLJ furiosi year J See their advertisement. a* And Now the Daughter. We "incerely sympathize with our friend, Mr. W. Jl ildwin in his late sa l bereavements. A few weeks ago death took from him his devoted wife, and on the 10th of January, on!y a few d iys after her mother was laid in the grave, his interesting daughter, Martha, age 1 10 years, was callc 1 from earthly matters ar, 1 her body Icposite 1 in the cohl grave by the si lc of her mother, N.xt Court. The next term of Court for this County will commence on the fir-t Monday in March, Julgo A. I*. Aldrich to preside. J 'ire ten eases o: capital otienecs on me j Sessions '1 tkot, which will, no doubt, occupy j llie time of the Court fjr two w^eks. There iirc , aho nn unusually large number of cases upon the ?'ornmon Picas (lockets, seine of them very important, The '.ourt will hive a long and busy session. Sudden Death Mr. Uerry 1'carson, a respectable an I industrious man, aged 1 years, living on Gilkey's i reek, after doing a hai l day's work, at plowing, on Thurs lay lasr, went home, eat a hearty supper, scute 1 himself comfortably in his chair and imme Lately fell forward into the fire.? N".twi:h-:Hiding every cHorl was made to re ,'.;ate liiin, lie li 1 not speik after lie foil an i lie 1 in a few minutes. .\ sudden attack of heart li-ci->. sai l to he the cause .f his death. ? c Death of a Good Lady. The Tiornwell Orphanage ir.et with a very great on the the loth day of la.-t month, by the death of its devoted tin I beloved Mutr n, Mrs. Mary J. Jacobs, wife of Kev. w. I*. Jacobs, the faun lor m I head of that truly philanthropic and ci.ii-'.iiin institution. Although only ' >'? years of age at her death, wc l.uhtmuch if any one Lady has ever accomplished more good christian work an 1 carried to the grave more [ tire affection fr m friends. Personal. We were pleased to shake the hand of the reived Mditor of the venerable Sj'urtnn?don't ransposc tlie adjectives?( apt. F. M. Triinmier, \iu> spent l ist Tuesday in Union. The Captain Iocs two things well?conduct a newspaper ami s a first rate Clerk of the Court. If ho d only ;et a nice young Lady to share the honors and tmolnnicuts with him, he could he recognized is a full-grown citizen. Such a clever man should not he allowed to "waste his sweetness uj?sn the '?sea of celibacy. Get married, i i.miv. i111 i v 11 j1'j i">- rt-i ei ^ wur sue 1:1 Homelike style. The Baptist Supper. We forgot t' mention, that the Hot Supper given two week- ago for the benefit of the Daplist ' liurch at tlii- place, was not only a very delightful affair but a complete .-uece-s. F.verything went f sat i-factorily and cverybo ly wetit away satisfied. The c >ngrcgation pr ?p ixe giving a similar entertainment on the Hr-t Tue- lav of t'onrt. The i object of these festivals is t > raise fan 1- to paint the church btiiMing, which it has wanted for sonic time. N <1 alone f>r the preservation of lite btiiMing, but for ihe respectability of the town cverybo.ly should lend a helping liaml particularly tho.se w ho tire fond of r .a-t Fig, Turkey aii'l pretty young la iics. They were all there tit the last supper ami a few of the same sort arc left for the next. That Tin Wealing. For the life of us wo cannot get up an article that, in our opinion, would < 1 o justice to the magnificent entertainment given by our esteemeil friends l)r. M. 1*. and Mrs. IJoyd, on the "J'.'th nil., the 10th anniversary of ilieir welding day?their Tin Wed ling. We can only say it was truly a deli/htful and grand .all'.tir, in all respects, an 1 did honor to the taste and liberality of the l>r. mi l his good wife. The supper tabic was undoubtedly the hand- itiic -t ever seen in this section, and everything upon it did credit to the culinary expericnnco of Mrs. showing conclusively that in t"ii year* she hail learne i how in please (lie Pr. ami his friends. The gifts were numerous?useful, ornamental an 1 appropriate?froin a tin-wire pot cleaner to a handsome tin elinmher set. While every one enjoyed a delightful evening, none appeared happier lhati the host and ho?tess, who did not seem to know (lie dill'ercnoc between the first an 1 (lie tenth wedding night. We sincerely hope they will live to celebrate their gulden wedding and enjoy it as much as their friends did their Tin Wedding. It is not likely that we shall he there. The increased price demanded fir commercial f- 11 i!: / er -> i - rand ilg our IT fillers I < liny less 11, is ia n and rely more upon home tin le manures - // t j Tfe* #*2tLer?Sickness. j 'Mrrom all parts of the .-tate. and. we can safe- | JJ */, all j>arts of the world, we learn that the I '''weather has been uncommonly changeable ever sufice the winter set in. The changes have been sa sudden and extreme that the thermometer j h<?, in many places, rarie 1, in (he short time of , .1 hours, from 10 to 20 degrees. The resSt has^bven much sickness from severe col Is, ! often ending in pn uemoni* and other diseases of the .ungs. .Scarcely a family in this town ? and we sec it is the same all over the .State? has escaped having one sufferer, an 1 often every member of a family has been attacked. These colds have all the symptoms of Influenza, which wa." ho j rtvalent and trying everywhere some years a/.. In .such trying weather, people cannot be tot careful in regnltting their clothing. It is esse ttial to keep the feet warm and dry luring iir! co. 1 weather?particularly when u it cold and wet?and the body widl protected. Il is often the ease that at a.hi Men change from col l to wliiji weather, persons drop oil a winter gamiest or two, for cotnfoit, hut it is a <Iungerous prtgticc. Hotter he a little iiiicoiiiI'ula hie from l.cal for a <luy or two. than run the risk of be.ug laid up in bod a month or two with a had case of pneumonia, which ho often ^termina^s in death. Keep yamr winter clothing on until the wilder is well over, 111A doiiyt undertake to keep up with the fashion of the weather. It is so fickle that you can't depend upou it an hour at a time. Bata ia the Meal Tub. One of tlic most successful rid hunts we've heard of for years, was ha 1 hy Mrs. Jacob Kiec last week, and we think she is entitled to a patent for her rat trap. Mr. Iticc is a Carpenter and, unlike the slmc-makcr who allows his wife to go tare-footed, he takes delight in having things comfortable at home, so far as his ingenuity an l labor can provi le them. His meal hiii is not so large across, hut it is deep, and when the racal is low in it it is death to any rat that goes down to it, for there's no chance for hiu. to jump out. One day last week, on going to t!ic bin, Mrs. Kicc was awfully frightened at seeing the bottom literally lined with rats; and 'Jiey become as much frightened at finding themselves in a trap, falling in sonic help a bloody battle commenced and raged furiously for aboit twenty minute?, when every mcalyinouthe 1 rat was a tempting morsel to any heathen ihinee, at t!ic bottom of the bin. There fell in that glorious battle seventeen voracious rats, an 1 not one got away. ? - ? - - Opening a New Trade. tin Wednesday last a car load of large Hlack Walnut b.gs from the mountains passed through here for Charleston. This is the first shipment of the many fine species of timber in which the mountains cl this and our sister State abound. We have always believe 1 that the magnificent timber of our mountains would become the most I roSta'do part of their productions, anl we arc ( pleased to chronicle the opening of a trade bel\ll? ?'? ttt'l ? t'idti Will eventually contribute so much to the- wealth and industries e>f both sections. In ti f>:?v years the buzz of the- veneering saw will be as familiar in j :ur mountains as the echo of the axe. The very 1 stumps from which tlmse logs were cut will be ! worth almost as much as the logs, in furnishing i the* beautiful gnarly panncllings as much admired in furniture. -Down on tho Phosphate Companies. The IIrectiville Xeus of Tuesday contains a long report of a spirited meeting of the Farmers of that County, held the day before, in opposi- ; lion to the increase of price now demanded by tlie manufacturers of Commercial Fertilizers.? ' If the Farmers of Greenville slick to the pledge ] they have taken, viz : "that we will not during j the present year, pay any additional rate, either j ! by exchange of cotton or otherwise, for the ' sumo grade of commercial fertilizer, above that p:i I by us 'Hiring the past year," there will not be many tons of the "commercial" stuff sold in <ireenville in 187'h Hut getting litem to stick is the rub, \vc are sorry to say. We tire afraid there arc many farmers who wouM give lent'His of C' tton, on a <y lit, rather than ilo without fertilizers. Tiik Hai'Iii tSuowrti or Tk.t \s.?The vote of Texas at the recent State election aggregated '210,81'J, an increase of tl'.t.i.ld over the President! a. election of 1^7'i, or 1 1, per cent., which the tia'.ve-ioii .V thinks, indicates a population in November hist of at least I ,t?K."?,OUU.~When it is remembered that a very full vote was j pclled a. the Presidential election, whilst at the j recent S ate election tle-re was bill little organ- i izcl opposition to the Izetiuicratic ticket, it is I sale to eutclnde that the vote of Texas has in- I ere:.-1 I oO.tMM) in two years, which in Urates ^n ! inerea-e if population in that time of between ! .jtjO.UUO and ! ?'),?> ;??. 8lSO: I.AK KA TAI.I I AH'iMi Xtt'lM, Oil Wi. 1 ties lay night eighty Wc-tcrn hog/ in pinnc j tier left .\ngit"ta l'ir lliis city, being 1, . . i changing cars there. They were placd m m open bote ear, with tibtiieiatii ventilate n. ; on ] arrival lure, on Thursday moriiing, they .> i< ! all follli'i de I I, being piled on the tioor III sot..' I places t III eo deep, foaming sit the moiitli, and all of llieir hoses pointing to mm of tin: ivvi j doors. Tliry worr |iiin:li:i >1 l<y I.. I'uiiiii'iii itni, , to 1(0 W*'d IIS Iliatllll'O. TliO In-in;' I to the chief of p iico, tn< :t-iii< -i won; t.ii.on to ensure tiioir hoing .i I to no oilier pu. |. , ?.\ i!..{ aii'l L'?urf r. o J?M? lif.t: t: \ v t. m ka r. Mr. .lolni.l. Il.-n i ron, u young gentleman, waiver illy known an l I.loved in our community as "Jolmiiio, <I |.u11 I ' tliis life, at lii i i I n - on '.In morning Inst. 1 twenty liv? ycui ilni i very lo 11;? ami wastin ? illnco I!> was '.Ik- < ' I est of tlie two sons of tin- lulu Col. Stuart ll o l i ; son. Tim younger, it will In- roiiicnib'-n-'l, was aciMentully shot an I killr I only two mmf , buck. This is terribly s i I. A ml an m\ I Mother nn<! an only daughter am now I< t> a. i.?in (lie world.? /.'// _.'/ !<l . I</r. rti'tr. . ?. When Cmigres pisse-l I lie pen-ion hill, |,y which from fifty to one hitmlrt-l ami fifty 101! lion ilollurs are lo lie spent, it was actuated more by political thnn patriotic coiim ierations I'lic pensioners are to some extent m111>|^iti tions. Why 'li I it not have fairness ami hack bono enough, n?ki the \N liniiiigtoii S'or, lo v i? a pension for the five or six thousand Mexican Veterans who served their e- iiiiIin faiihl'n'ly in tin: past, ami a Me l glory to the nam" o| an | Atneiican volunteer.' Tin1 win !< inovemeiit i-? . hi elccionot l ing - flicm Thr Oliut Ke?i:<k5t 1'ocxo it Lwt.--A j correspondent of the F.lj'fitld .1 deer titer, who i has been traversing the "aaud Hills ' of Kdge- I f;el?l. gives the following account of the "oldest inhabitant" of that County : Mrs. "Milly" Carpenter is now the oldest riprt/.u in .'ill I Sin- will !??? r?n#? Imn dred and four yearn old next month?having hee^ born in February, 177b, in North Carolina. Iler name before marriage wan Kirrifia Mhefield. Her father was a Virginian. IJoth of her parents lived to an advanced age. Mrs Hhefield, w'.?-n in lier one bun ired and first year, rent w >rd to her relatives in Kdgelield 'hat she could still "spin a gal's task. It has only been a few years "luce Mrs. Carpenter ?|uit weaving. ? .She told me that she hoed two gardens and an Irish potato patch last year. Mini was lit the woo I pile picking up splinters and chips when I rode tip to her premises, the other day. Her "in inner of salutation" wa? remarkably sprightly and dicei liil, for one who ha*, seen the IVosIa of over a hundred winters, 'tut of a family of live soil ', and one daughter not one ol her children is now alive. Iler oldest mm would have been b<t next .September, ami her youngest child would liavc been 'i7 next October. She lias lived in Ldgctichl 77 years. Iler residence is in the piny woods, mid about II miles .South of Ivlgelield V'illag . Mrs. Carpenter says she trusts in the l.ord, ami has no dread ot death A Ln ri.h IIamk tiiat Dm nut Win.- Sunday some wivgvmers 'from North Carolina remained over here. They euciviupcd on u viiuunt lot in rear or the New i ork JStoro. About urnniot twro negroes cumo 111> to (lie cnuip, uipl one of them exhibited some cards and Niii<I (?onc of the wagoners Hint there would he n sort of hottery hero to-morrow nhd ho could win ten dollars by drawing out a certain curd. The wagoner refused to have anything to do with the matter as lie would not hot. An accomplice then came up and said he would hot ten dollars, hut the first pnrty, not having so much money on hand, induced the wagoner to luud him six dollars. As soon as the game was over, and the money won, the negroes ran oil', carrying all the inoiny.? After dark they came hack, but on their return the wagoners arrc3tcl them under authority from the fShcrill*. As roon us this was done nearly a dozen others, hclaiigiiig to the same gang, commenced throwing stones, and attempted to get lip a general light in order to rescue thcarrcstcd parties. Marshal Taylor and Kiiuhroll were soon on hand, and they arrested Kig Valentine and l!obr. Allen and put them up for the night. Tliey were brought before Trial Justice l.eggc Monday and the third party, Morris Preston, was also arrested. They are all now in jail hound ?>vor to the next term of the County Court.?Sjxiritin. ? ? .?. In tiie Savannah Weekly News.?Of February 1st was commenced a New Serial Story of absorbing interest, entitled Wurpund Woof," by Miss It. J. l'liilbriek. This beautifully written intensely interesting story, illustrative of Soiitlu-ru character and Southern life in town and country, will run through several issues of the X'in. The II'etk/if Xctcs is one of the largest and handsomest newspapers in the country, being an eight page sheet .'J* by inches.?Another feature of especial interest to our lady readers i* its New York Fashion betters by an eccomplishcd lady writer, lis Agricultural Department, its careful compilation of tlie news of the day, foreign and domestic, its reliable market reports, e l.torial comments,and choice miscellaneous readings, make the 11 /y X-u-n one of tite nioft instructive, entertaining and valuable newspapers. New subscribers desiring ta commence with the new stoiy should send in their names at i once. Subscription, one year 52. II' I .'v AW* an 1 ; tiie S-iiiIi'iti /'/ ( /-.y' MiHih'i/ one years 5-tJ.o't Address .I. II. KSTlLfj, Savannah, (ia. Tur. Kniee.?A serious cutting atTray tcok ' place at Ninety-Six last Saturday between 1 >? A. J. Watts, of Laurens canity, and Mr. Thomas r. I'uckett, in which tlie Inter was seriously, perhaps mortally injured. The unfortunate I nll'air occurred in 1'ope's counting-r.una and or- ; initiate ! in a dispute between the parties as to toll on wheat threshed by Mr. I'uckett Ibr Mr. i Watts during the fall, one word brought on i another and tho"d d lie" pi veil by |?r. Watts which brought on the fight. I'uckett said that j lie didn't take such talk from any one and star- | led to turn upon iiis adversary who plunged his I knife into him. seriously cutting him in the ah- I donicn and producing injuries which may yet | prove fatal. After lie bad been cut Mr. I'uckett ! threw Mr. Watts to the Uoor and siezed him by | tlie throat but the parties were separated l.y j ?oiiie by.-tatidcrs. Mr. I'uckett was removed to his home at Swansey's Ferry irila wagon?. i/<//? a i//c Medium. "Tin: M vv or nir. Vint M \v, IStll."?"flordon'a March," )>y l'rof. Henry Selioellcr, of l>uitoii' tia., and dedicated totien. .lolin It. <ioruon, "The Man of the 1 titli May, istJI," is just received from the enterprising publishers. Admirers of "iSuliani tlor lon (and that eoniprises the S did Smth.) v ill be delighted with the life dike lit hograph that adorns t he iipcrh military title page, and the March itself lias the true musical iu-piruii hi. l'rof. Selioellcr eoiildii t write poor loii-io if lie tried and tliis brilliant March it win ;iy of its n unc and author. Itrass Itands are aire idy playing it and it wills.on be heard IV en 'Ini, hi b i.im.1.1 11, 1. ! ? 1111. I>y til M't in I)i:;ilciw, or MCII'I 10 , :-?:iils hi lli" jiiilili- in:r , I.Miiii.n .lc I'. m;?, Jvt vumrili, h i. m y't> Ml'.II J*151' U. 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Glenn, and persons generally, strongly asserted that these stone abutments, could not bo - a ?"? ? - ? -?- -? >'I I, oiciriiii^ HI iiu:y UO SUOIII IWO feet into (lie water's edge, resting on very deep, soft wand, 'I hc .lum-and < thcr freshets have not iiiovi I the abutments the eighth of an inch. Tho fli nt cost of Ihi.i improved plan wax no more than th<! ohl wooden |iluii, ivhile the future cunt to rehuiM the wood will not exceed one-fifth co-it, to rebuild on IhcoM plan. The Am leading want hi bridge economy in stone and dirt u.l'n I incuts, to shorten tin- hridgo aw uiiicli tie pructiblo hi ahove said , next to thin is stone piers, their distance apart to vary n;i tlio varied ciicuiu.-ilaiu'ea of the situation may demand.?' 'I'lie Iliivvo Trim, or the hull ice," or the Utley bridge, can he made to span from 60 to 1 00 feet. I have mccii many wagon bridges with 100 feet spans, the older on en built <>u the Lattice plan, ll^nmre receipt built on the ~Howo truss plan, which, for Homo reasons, I like heUcr than the Utly or tho Lattice bridge, and tidviae Its adoplion. Where tho situation calls for-i spaa 160 . feel, tho bottom cords, especially, should be mad o MB much larger; the braces, however, not to bo increased in suo but little, an it would givethom j an unnecessary weight on the long spun, they to bo much longer, the top cord to be much higher on long than short spans, and much less than the bottom cord in any length of span, as its functions require much less strength than tho bottom cord. When the lower cord is 11? inches square the top cord should be about 8 by 10. The usual practice, however, is 10 by 12 for the top. 1 introduced several of the Utly span bridges in Spartanburg County in 1870-G, but in every instance specified the top cords, braces, needle beams and short sleepers to be much lighter than Utly used in this County, to dispetiso with what I considered dead weight.? Sown after the freshet of '62, a Northern man built a sort of self sustaining bridge at the Hurricane Shoals, l'acolel llivcr, using very long, heavy and very Hat running braces, rising only about Ihl feet in -0; soon alter this the saiuo plan was adopted at two other places on the river, one close above, the other close below Trough Shoals, and all three of them were rebuilt anew on the same plan. It did badly in both the lirst and second building, as soon as the work began to get a little old, and it took twenty years to seltool ibese people, that th * plan was a very inferior one. I mention this to show how long a lime is frequently inquired to teach a people what is worthless or inferior. It is now entirely abolished, and liie once lovers of it can now look back upon it and their blindness. 1 never did like it, because the plan was contrary to the clear teachings of thescienceof mechanics. It is laid down by an able author that the strength of a stick of timber is us the square of the depth, directly as the width, and inversely as tlie length. 1 presume (he author means these laws of course only to apply to short length slicks, as the trdyht of one l'J or do feet long would so lurgly enter into it as to materially change the above rule. Therefore, it follows, according to my theory, that great lengths, either in a sleeper or self-supporting span, on the llowc truss, the Lattice, or the L ily plan, that all dead weight should be discuidcd ; that the dimensions and proportions ot the different pints should be such rise only as to p jrform the respective functions of the different parts. The bottom cords of any of the truss spans performs a dilforent function to that of the top cords.? The foot of the braces on the former strains tlict.i to make them longer, while with the latter tlio braces push to make them shorter. With litis difference, the bottom cords require to be much stronger to make them safe lrotu giving down or breaking. A very similar principle exists with regard to a sleeper !<? or do feet long. My theory is, that a sleeper of great lenght will be stronger to have the top edge not more than -f or d inches thick anil tlie- bottom edge 8 or 10. The elfect of weight on the under edge is to strain it apart where the break first begins, while on the top edge it is pressed together. Therefore, with these quite different functions, much loss material is required to perform the demands of the upper than the lower edge. Some may differ with me on this, but 1 am very sure 1 nut correct. I got out my Trough 81ioal bridge sleepers in this shape in ??1. Hut, however, the old sleeper bridge is in many places passing away, and 1 have mainly referred to it as above to calf attention, that a very similar principle applies to the Truss bridge, not to weight it down with disproportionate weights, Ac. If this be not attended to, with other defects in the planning, with sorry workmanship, tho material a little inferior, put up on wooden trusels and they on bad foundations, the money had nearly as well be t In '. a n in the i m-r or the lire. Hut, on the othor hand, Willi loin- abut incuts, and ill some ' pin- niono pin'i, wiih a Trios bridge oil this, i ./iii | .I,t will, nil parts well planned and tho oil ? ?11 nio |, would make a bridge that " i i l.i i l.i 111.1 y l.?l I it i . at ury ; w liilo I lie i ... . .. . . i - - . i > i111?Hi-Hi' 111111 nuinno ine cost .( iiii- iiii-ii-ii. tin |ii11a-1 in iiij'iimrli more subiii. t l-i f ? --111 I -I im il/- t, in r-iiiniTt inn witll ill l ij.i'l 'Ii-- /, ii ii I in 11 Ii innri't:\||||||"i I lio I rust lo i-i hi i I iii Itnl limn will Huy, In invest so mm ii ii. u lit i I j" ii 11 I il in liulile In w 11 Ii away, w-iiil-l iinl pay. In i eply In litis I hi-f? lo sny t IiIIt In nn i'll I III' inl-rliillilrs lillVO I (U'ViilC'l a lii/lii'l' -Ir/i nl iiie.inh ii ii I sillily, I lift ii lly II all I l-l, iii', iii nl lii'l Wails I s, I III* Ilk \VS of Will CI" ill in-.ii-iii, it 11 I in 11 ul It fully say llnil I have never hit I a |iii i < nl my n- -i l, In give wny hy tVeslicls, In i' I , null -linn -, nr mills, where I lie wnrk was -I n.- ns -111 ' ( i-I; when. Inn, 111111*Ii nl' il I hnvn -Inn nl I'll- inn l -liMii'iill |>lnees. In several - ims in -j -ilniii-'ahnl iiieiil-, in Sparlfinliurg t'ouili a- a- -I nn i, I hy (In1 June freshet in l.ni hi i viiy 111 iimee w a i nt\ ing In t lie very lie l- - 11 <i v. -ii I The iiiher I w-i i 'ntnniissinners re* -|-ie -ii -I inu i-i i- aiiiiiiu | hitim it11 I siieeilirations "l mi-ill Inil-I - hi i heir ill visimis, l>nl, very -iiangi-ly i hey saw In n-il In have mo to * in iii<* I In* H-iili, ii ii-1 | hey reeciveil lilt* i,i-i i i/ in in tvni K ; even went so far as l-i over iiile hy in rij < i-11 y I he e\ee|ilinn of s-irry I e. ni l. Ill line In i l/es Iielwt-Oll lis, wllit'll tlf -nil a', jnive way hy ihe fresh el. After this, lln'v it 11 -1 s-iine --I I ho l-ri-lgo eniil raelers eomhin-leil ii ii I | lai n I die fault in my plans, insiea-l ' iii ha I Will k, n ii <| in iii V Mll'lirise i liev tm-i i*i'ili'il 111 111 11 Iinjj 11111<-11 opinion tu iIx-ii* very crroiii' on* virw. I inriilluti llii* lit slmw Imw oasy it i< l"i' inI-ii nl' IitiiiI| i'\|n>rii'iu'i< niiil opporiuni* lii'H in iiicrlciiiiiM in In- giilliil wiili sorry work. I Imlilly rliilllrnof any olio to vlioxv, I'V ?*<>lii| Oll'lit i11 I llio In*?l millwri.'Ills ami slmio masons in ill* nr Spnrlaiitnir1.? IVunlit'* l lint liie I .? 5. ^ i nl iln^ ivi'ik stone work was in I lit* t'm-' i i i i i \ I v i ; I