The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, February 07, 1879, Image 2
"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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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j Che Hlnhlg ftliiion Simts.
K. m7 STORKS, EdltorT"
UNION, PRIDATI FEBRUARY 7. 1?78L
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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of tite nioft instructive, entertaining and valuable
newspapers.
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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
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For the 'fiJjiti.
B li.dicg Bridges.
1 built stone abutments on the piling wooden
foundation pla.t on Fair Forest, near Gen. T.
Glenn's, a short 'Instance above the Count/ line.
The situation ha 1 no iiser-i fWi^etiion at a depth
of some fifteen feet, tiie mire soundings showed
the bunks to be very soft, sati'ljr and deep. The
many bridge builders around that place, Frank
West, James Williams, Mr. Ilare, Mnj. McDowell,
Gen. Glenn, and persons generally, strongly
asserted that these stone abutments, could not bo
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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
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.( iiii- iiii-ii-ii. tin |ii11a-1 in iiij'iimrli more subiii.
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i-i hi i I iii Itnl limn will Huy, In invest so
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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