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/ A Live Yankee Among the Rebeis. At a military supper given in Charleston at tho late celebration of Washington's birth-day, t ie following pleasing episode occurred : A detachment of the Washington Light Infantry, headed by Lieut. A. W. Marshall, and one from the Washington Artillery, headed by Lieut. F. W. Dawson, entered llw room to bear the ^reelings of the two conithaAds to l^teir fellow v so'iieie. Tito:y were captured and compelled I x explain"fho object of thenf visit; "which "^fhey1 did. This having been accomplished, Cipt. Brans announced ns tue next regular toast. -Tho Citizen Soldtcry of Massachusetts," which was received with hearty anplnusc, and which brought out Col. Hill, the assistant adjuniiit-gsnpral of the Old Bay State, lie said he had been called alive Yankee; he had lioa-d that Uhad been telegraphed to some of the Noithcrn papers that a live Yankee had ridden to-day at the head of 1,500 cu-rebcls. [Applauso.J He desired to state that lie was a happy Yankee ns well as a live one, [laughter,] that he had just dropped down into a nest of loyal Southerners. llnhnil lieeei- r..l? linllnr nv li?nni? iKnn when he was riding at tho head of 1,600 exrebels, and ho wanted the people at the North to know it too. [Cheers.] In his opinion wheu a man gets too good to asaoclato with such men as ho fuur.d in Charleston, such a tnnn ought to go into a swamp nnd hale himself to death. fCheers.] llo alluded to his visit to Fort Sumter n this same company, and to the fact that he had been compelled to evacuate tho fort ostritic the ^boulders cf u brawny son of South Carolina. He congratulated tho brigadtf upon twe splendid appearance thoy had uinde. If this brigade, he said, had the appropriation and assistance and oncouragement that the soldiers of Massachusetts had from the Stnto, there would bo no comparison between tho two. Somebody had said.or written that if Massachusetts and South Carolina were lashed together and thrown into the Atlantic Ocean there might be peace in this country. Ho bolioved that tho two States tog"thcr \v uld whip tho whole creation.? [Cheer?.] Here, then, is to South Carolina and , M ssRchusctts, shoulder to shoulder, and may the devil take the man who throws a firebrand betwocn them. [Cheers.] Gen. Capers: Boys lets give him a real old Rebel yell." The yell was instantly nnd savagely given, and Col. Hill resumed his seat, saying that he recognised it. ? CULTIVATION OF J'JTE. The Agricultural and Mechanical Society Offers a Premium of ?60 for the Best Bale. Skcuktaey'K v State Aok'l and Mhchamcal Society, v.r Pomabia, Newberry Co., Feb. 13, 1879. J la a revision of tlio premium list by the executive committee the society oflfers n premium of $50 for the best bnlo of Jute, not less than 400 pounds, with the mode of cultivation and preparation. The notice is given at this early day that planter^ may arrange their lands with a view to grow the crop and compete for the premium at the State Fair, to be held in Columbia, November 11, 1879.' ; James S. Murdoch, of Charleston, secretary of the committee on cost lands, appointed by the Agricultural Society of South Carolina as to result* of experiments in growing Jute in this country, reports the success of Mr. D. 0. Hawthorn, of Abbeville County ; that the product was sold to the Charleston lagging and Manufacturing Company and made into bagging, and is, in all probability, the first piece of cloth ever made from American Jute. Those who desire to engage in> this new enterprise should correspond with Mr. Murdoch, with a view to procure seed and directions tor its cultivation for fibre. Titos. IV. IIoLtowAT, Secretary. A Cry from Louisiana.?Washington, February 17.?The concurrent resolution of the Louis iuua acgisiuiure, prescnica to-uay by iMr. tustis in the Senate and referred to the committee on the judiciary, sets forth that the Constitution of (ho United States has not conferred the right of suffrage upon any one, and that the United States have no voters of their own in tlie States, but the matter of sutfrago is left entirly with I lie States themselves ; that sections 5,oUG and the others following of the Revised Statutes relative to supervisors of election, are in derogation of the Constitution of the United States; that the Federal Oevernment by these sections assumes plenary jurisdiction of the matter of suffrage without reforcncc to the ac'ion of the Sta'cs as such, and witliout interference on their part to deny or abridge the right of suffrago, and that the proceedings of the United States Circuit Court at Nc\V O 'leans in arresting persons and bring tiicui to that city for trial, were a hardship and pregnant with the gravest consequences, and that the pecple of the State could not but protest energetically against, such harsh and unwarrantable proceedings. PKMOCBATIC COXGBK93J1KS TO BK I.SOICTKD.? In the course of the discussion of the amendment to the legislative bill in the House on Wednesday, Mr. Garfield alluded to statements in print tliat the Democrats had determined to iorce an extra sossion, as otlicrwise they would not be able to organize the next House. In the printed statement u'.hided to it is said that several of the Democratic members elect will be arrested, tried and imprisonod for alleged violation of the election laws before next Do cciuber, and their absence will break up the Democratic majority. Such statements, remarks the correspondent of the Raltimorc St-n, nrc of course in a certain degree sensational, but it is believed that thcro is a partial foundation for them, and it is known now that a movement has been engineered from here to procure the indictment in the .United States Courts of at least one Democratic member elect from a Southern State. Thk Rf-mkhy.?If Congress refuses to repeal the laws which puts it into the power of Radical judges to appoint partisans to supervise tho election of electors of President and Vico President, *He Democrats oan find another remedy for the wrong. They need not provide for popular elections of Presidential electors in the Democratic States. The States whose Legislatures are Democratic can provide by law that the Legislatures of tlie several States shall ohoo.ie the electors. Twenty-thrco States have Democratic Governors, and a majority of the States have Democratic Legislatures.?Iltchmond Ditpatch. HY)*ons to TiittDiup.?Atlanta, February 21. ?The remains of General R. H. Chilton, en route from Columbus, Ga., to Richmond, Va., wsre received here to-day by tho Governor, Mfcvar artii nfliAv SIaIa nrwl /*!??? ???! ?l.^ military, and were transferred to tlio Richmond train. A large concourse of people witnessed the display. Honors weie also paid to the remains hy the military of Spartanburg and other cities on lira route through South Carolina. Chandler Sworn in.?Washington, February 22?flr.n atk.?Terry presented the credentials of Hon. Kechnrtah Chandler, eleeted United States Senator front Michigan. The credentials were read and Chandler took the oath of oflice. . ? ym.lovr \Jauk at Rao.?Rio Janeiro, February 3.?The yellovr fever is increasing. Deaths five to ten daily, ^ . ; . ... 4 ^ % L'L ^ -1? - 'II- "? III". i f "1*11 I ?hc "Mccltli) tRnion ?imrv E. M. ^TOKES, Editor . _ union, fuiday" February w. 1879. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ? > t Copy, on.- year, in auvamck, * 12.00 2 Copies oue year," " 175 1 ?' l. 6.90 f 10 " " " ? " 1 ' -i/Jft*) I ADYj&RTISXNO. A ! Ona squtWoor Mto Inch, tlrst iuscrttot^ Each subsequent insertion, ------- 75" 1.11k ral discount uu-.de to merchants and others adverUsing for six months or by the yeMY t Obituary Notices of tou lines or less, Inserted free. " " over teu lines, charged as Advertlsomehts. Further Appointments for Union. The Governor has made the following appointments*/ T. ial Jutlieej for Union County: Alfred U, Aughtry for Goshen Ilill and Jason M. Greer, Jr., for Goude/sviiie Townships. A Big Job in 8partanburg. The Town Council of Spartanburg is advertising for bids to build eleven stores, Mayor's and Police offices, Opera House and a Hotel w?th ninety rooms. That looks like a growing towi. The Newberry News. This ever welcome exchange comes to us under the able management- of M. L. Bonbam, Jr., aud L. >V. Siuikius. It lias bccumuch cn'urgel and now ranks among the ablest and brst county papers in the South._ Success attoud all coucaftaed;^ our ho^sst wlsti. V # - *-|| Can't Plow Yet. " | Jlist US tliafrmiind wnc rrdhincr In rrnnrl nnntlL I lion for the plow we received a heavy rain, which lasted all Saturday night, again retarding the work on the farms. But little plowing has been done, so far, and the farmers are beginning to get anxious to see their plows at work. Judge Wallace. Having gained a few days by closing out the Dockets of Marlboro' County, Judge Wallace is on a flying visit to his home, lie will leave for Darlington to-morrow and open Court for that County next Monday, The Judge eujoys tho best of health under the weight of his judicial responsibilities. More New Goods. We aro pleased to meet Mr. S. W. Forter on the streets again. He is improving rapidly nud in a few days 3lark will be himsolf again. He wishes us to slate that ho is getting in the biggest stock of Now Goods he has ever received and they will bo marked down to cotton prices, and that is pretty low. ? Call On Us NoxS Week. We expect to see a very largo number of persons in town next w?ek, and we invito those who owe us to call and n.ake good their promises. It will be a good opportunity for those who have promised to do great things toward increasing our subscription list to show what they have aone by sending us nil (he new subscribers tli y I have obtained. Ihe Globe Comedy Company . Has been delighting our ei(i:;ens this week.? Tluir performances have given geueral satisfaction anil full houscB have greeted them daring their stay. From what we can learn?we have not been ablo to attend?Ihe company is much above similar troupes that have exhibited here, both in their general deportment and theatrical talent. Lock to Your Chimneys. Last week Spartanburg came very near having n destructive fire from a defective flue in the Chimney of the New York store building, owned by Cr.pt. F. M. Trimmier. In consequence of llie flue being defective it was covered over two years ago. This was not known by the present occupants, and in putting up a cooking stove in the upper story the wood around tlie cbimnoy caught fi.o. The smoke attracted attention in time to save tho building. Tho Weekly Charleston NewsWe have received the two last numbers of this journal?the only copies we have ever seen of it?and pronounce it one of the most interesting and valuable weeklies now published in this Country. Its literary, Agricultural, Chess and news departments are filled with choice and truly instructive matter, while it is a large and handsomely nrinted sheet In n foi? we?tr? <? serial (ale of Southern life, written by a Southern author, will he commenced. Subscription price ?2 a year ; S?l for six months. . A Tax of 1 per Cent. The Spartnnburg, Union and Columbia Railroad pays a State ftnd County tax of 7 per cent, on its gross receipts. If that is not digging deep into the profits we would like to know what is. The tax is levied upon the value of the property owned by the Company, but it has to come out of the business receipts of the road.? No wonder froights are high. We hope the time is not far distnnt when the Stale will be in a condition to relieve all classes of people and business of much of the heavy load of taxation now oppressing them. 6 Highway Robbery at Spartanburg. On Wednesday night iast, Mr. Taylor, a phograph anist at Spartanburg, was knocked down and robbed by three negroes, while passing along a street in that town. The robbers made their escape. It is suspected that they are the fellows vriiw set fire to Morgan & Co s., store, and finding no chance to steal there they resorted to highway robbery. It we are not mistaken a negro strongly suspected of being con nected with the gang of burglars who infested this town a short lime ago is now living at Spartanburg. Kr. R. T. Stoltes. Representing that old and substantia! Baltimore Clothing House of Shipley, Boane ft Co., is in town, with complete samples of Spring and Summer Clothing. Mr. Stokes has been in the clothing business for some years, and is fully posted as to the qualities of goods and what suits this market, and we can Safely recommend him and tho house ho represents to our merchants. He tells us he can and will sell all qualities of Goods in his line as cheap as any house in the country, and guaranteo that all orders shall he filled exhetly in accordance with the contract. I f Ml i ii w I ii i Fyl at Spartanburg. vD Wedftoaday night Inst, nbout 0 o'clock, smoke xrns discovered issuing from J. Morgan Ik Cc/a. Dry Goods and Grocery 8tore, next door above the Spartanburg Court House. The alarm visa given and the fire Company promptly r'?spdp<Jed to it. ^On opening tho door it was diacottred that the fijg?traa aimtc<l under the bQU^Hpand^Rtust hmKfenvn the njt of an ibr. - - -T- * ?'* ? lugr^nu lUiU uur imurumui thattbhro had I tea no lite iu tho f ipr? that day and certainly tlieto wes nor chance for fire being at that point unless puri*o*e?y put thero, At one time, wo leain, theta srrmod to be no hope of snVing the t ild rj aiid its contents, out by judicious management and lrtrd work of the lire Cbmpany and eil'uecs, Ite building and goods wore saved?the latter, However, in a very damaged condition. Tho loss is roughly estimated at from $1,000 to $2,000. We learn that the slock whs only partly insuted. Vulgar Journalism. The custom of Editors calling each other liars 11 becoming more common than politeness or doccnoy will tolerate. Tiue gcntlenmu nover do it, and whon we find a man?whether Editor or not-*-ever ready to apply the word lie or liar to an adfersary, nine casos out of ten ho prcvos t^^^^bull^orone ignornanl of the common1 soond^low when uttered and leads vulgar in print. No truer ovidcuco of a low bred fellow could bo shown than tho glib use of the words "yon lie," ''liar," &c., and we find editors cvor ready to encourage their uso by applying it to a cotemporary who may dare to differ with them. Messrs. A"on & Hob'uson. Thmo industrious and worthy mechanics are striving hard to establish a business at this point' that will accommodate and provide for the me cnsmcai wants or every occupation. Thy aro especially prepared to make and repair any nrticlo or implement used by the farmers ; and they do their work well. They have.now on hand a number of finely finished and substantial one and two seated buggies, mado especially for lorg service over our rough roads. Encourage them by giving them your cash patronage. Their atock of 'Metalio Collins is very fine, and thoy are prepared to make common coffins at the shortes notice. .?. A Good Workmen. If anybody wants a real good job put up, la the way of Hoots or Shoes, there is no ninn in this Country can do it better than our l'.icnd J. P. Mullirax. Josh, never turns out a bed job. He always gets the best stock in the market nnd then he puts it together so handsomo and strong that it looks rs good as new ns long as it las.s, a .d it lasts so long that Josh seldom has (o make more than ono pair a year for a customer ?that's the reason why he don't get rich, lie's got a splendid arrangement for keeping boot3 and shoes from running over at the heels; and w: wouldn't bo surprised if he could make a pair of boots (brt would koep a man from "running over" to?. For the Times. Tosr Om ice, Unios, S. C., Feb. 25, 187'J. Mil. Eimtob:?In the Timet of the 21st of this month I notice a communication headed "MoIIPV Til l*r?ll "ll t 1 w? VInila " nn.1 ! n ?? * ?? hat some years ngo I induced the Post Otiicc department to make Union a money order office. My principal object was- to furnish perfect safety to persons rcmiting money through the Post Office. The only persona who now lose money transmitted by mail are those who are too niggardly to pay the small fee charged by the Government. I know noihing of the letter that your correspondent ciai.ne to have lost, but I do know that all packages and let.era mailed at this office are forwarded ns they are received. What fato befalls them afterwards, I havquo meant of ascertaining. ltespec'fully, &c., JAMES II. GOSS, P. M. o for the Times. Pedigree of Governor Hampton. Ma. Eoitou :?The lengthy description of the contest between Governor Hampton and Judge lfat?n,w.Lr no .... Ui.l. n.l !? ........ 11.1 i 11st., needs ho npology fro in the many readers of your valuable paper?especially those who favor speed races. We need not be surprised at the speed and endurance of Gov. Hampton, it' we refer to the rich b'ood which courses through his veins. He was sired by the celebrated race horse Planet, who distinguished himself at all distanees, and won for Ins owner, Mr. Thomas Ltaswell, of Virginia, in the form of purses, sixty-five thousand two hundred dollars. Merry Vave, the dam of Got. Hampton, is equally well bred, but was never trained. Gov. Hampton has started in thirty races, won ten, was second in nine, one in which he ran dead heat with Perthes, and was beaten for first money in deciding heat, third in three and unplaced in eight races. He was second best of Planet's colts, at appearing on the Turf in 1878, and lias won, exclusive of his Charleston race, $1,805. He was bred by his former owner at the stud of A, J. Alexander, .Spring Station, Lexington, Ky., who sold hiin, at the age of 18 months, to his present owner, Mr. J. C. Hunter. Yours, Truly, C1IEVAL. Rksionkd His Rrctouship?It is with regret we announce that the Itev. John Kershaw, Hector of Trinity church, hns resigned and will soon leave the parish to fill a similar position r.t lleaufort. His congregation regret to part with one who hns labored with tkcni so zealously and so acceptably for the past sevcrnl years, his ability and energy will ensure him great success in whatever field he may labor. Uood wishes follow hitn to his ney home.? Abbeville Pre*? A DJnntr. CoM'Mni \, Feb. 21.?Marion Sims or Woodworth, a negro truin hand on tho Charlotte, Columbia nnd Augusta Road, was instantly killed nt Winnsboro' to-day by being crushed between the tender and coaoh of the day train. The deceased was a resident of Columbia. Look Out fot Countkupkit IIai,f-Doi,i,ars.? A well-executed counterfeit ot the United States half dollar is in circulation, and its appearanco is calculated to deceive. When dropped on a bard substance it entirely lacks the ring of the pure metal. * + Tho Lenten Bsasoa. Lost Wednesday was Aslt-?lVe||nesday, tl?? the first day ?f Lent, aad Bervioc'i^ere hald ia tho Church of tho Nativity in this town, by H#v. J. D. McCullough. In (be Columbia lit jitter of that day wo find tho following interesting account of the origin of the word "Lent" and tho ancient and modern customs adopted by the churches wL.j^ohaervOtho Seaa^n : > k Ash-Wedueaday, the firsLdoy in Lent, oallcd by tho l'atlicrs of tho churoh caput jejunii, the beginning of tfi.o fast, or diet clmru>h, aoh-dny, in allusiou to tho custom, which still prevails in tiie Human Catholic Chut oh, of sptiukliiig tho head with ashes. Lent is a fast of forty days immediately preceding Easier. Tho origin of the word is uncertain ; some derive it from the Saxon iMCita, implying spring, or the season when liJPdays "lengthen;" others from the German leinen, to thaw. The object of the fast has also been disputed, but it is generally regarded as a preparation for Easter, nnd a time specially set apart for repentance over the sins of the past year; while the number of forty days devoted to it is thought to have reference to the Saviour's forty days' fust in the wilderness, to tho forty days' deluge, tho fcrly days' wandering of the Jews, the forty dnys grunted to the Ninehivites for repentance, or the time spent in fasting by Moses and Elins. St. Jerome speaks of the fast ns a memorial of the Saviour's passion. Acoording to the same writor, as well as St. Leo, St. Augustiuo nnd most of the fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries, it mg instituted b* the apostles, although ProCfctants tpmmor^y hold tha^'it Iras not established until tho second or third century, li Rectus to have boon obligatory as early ns A. 1> "it). At fust there was great diversity, in lite time and manner of its observance. Its duration w.-s sopn fixed by the church at thirty-six drflVS. to wllieh fnnr lil-aonnanit'tr ?il<lor' Aah-W'odnesdny is, t icreforo the forty-sixth day bchv.e E "lor, tho six Sundays which onto:tout, between it end tliot festival not being counted as pa t of Lent nor obsc-ved ns fust days. In the llomnn C tholic Church tho nature of the test is prescribed by rule. Only one inenl n day is allowed, and at this ibe use of flonli meat n prohibited; the precept of fasting a'ways implying that of abstinence of flesh. A sligh tjenc tion, however, may bo taken morning and even ing, the quantity of food not to cxcceed two ouuee in tho former case and eight ounces in the latter, Cut considerable modifications oT these rule: arc made in countries where, the climo.o or hab its of tho people render their observance iqju rious to health, and dispensations aro also he quently granted in favor of persons. In the Catholic Church in tho United States the use o! flesh moat is allowed several limes a week, ai the discretion ot the bishops. In the GrceV Church the rules are stricter, and there urofoui lentcn fusts in tho your. The Protestant do nominations which recognize tho season of Leul generally leave tho manner of observance to in dividual judgment. ??i?.. -* ; Lav items Count.?Tho present session of tin Laurens Court has been of the greatest interest the most important coses being tho trials of Alf McNinch, J. L. M. Irby, nnd John lllackwell for the murder of Win. Kilgore, on tho *Jnd day of December last. Tho cases weie severed, anc McNinch was put upon his trial on Thursday lust, oud alter a protracted hearing, with abb couuscl on both sides, the jury returned a ver uict of guillly of murdef In the first degree. Ii w 9 a hard-fought esse, the most distinguished lawyers in the State being engaged. Irby was to have been put upon his trial or o.nuiuay morning, as parhceps cruii'ius to tli( murder j but it was reported that he did not put iu iiis appearance. !bis. however, is net to be depended- upon. Mr. lrby wns out on bail it $3,000 for hie appearance, and we i-ather think ho did not skip. BlacktveU is in jail, and will take his turn it due course of Court proceeding. Thero is con siderable feeling cud excitement in Laurcus con cerning the case. No Fever is New Orphans.?New Orleans February 10.?Reports having^ been recently published of the existence of yellow fever it New Orleans, a statement is made tliut such re ports nrc untrue, no cases or deaths f. om yellow lever having occurred here during this year.? The statement is signed by tnuuy prouiinen citizens and officials, including Dr. Samue Clioppin, president of the board of health, Gov ei nor Nicholls, Mayor Pat ton and Perry Nngcnt president of the Cotton Exchange. Bii fKN r.t a Mar Cat.?Mrs. Haskell, of thi County, mother of Associate Justice Haskell wns bitten several days ago by a mad cat. Th cat was lying on tho floor !u front of the five and without any previous evidences of madness llcw at the tady, and it was only with assistanc that she was able to retnovo it. Finally it wa removed and thrown iulo the yard, wlieu it wa very violent. It is hoped that Mrs. lloskel may experience 110 bad effects from the attack o the cat.?I'rets ami Manner. llx-bunkcr Hardy Solomon, of Columbia, S 0.. wns not found by the messenger of the Pot tcr committee who went down after him th othor day. Mr. Solomon left Columbia abou two weeks ngo, ostensibly on *' tour iu quest o health.?Mhilod'lpitia 1'ii.ret. The sudden disappearance of Mr. Ilardj Sol oidod, of South Carolina, has caused a feelinj of profound relief in the White House commu nity. The Centennial Safe.?The Inrge iron safe known as the "Centennial Safe," on exhibitioi at tho late Centennial Exhibition, containing au (nrrrnnlta nhofArrfenlie !?/* A# I .?B. ?? Uiiiiii^umiici men of the couniry, in 1876, was closed to-de; st noon in the Htatuary Hall of the Capitol ii the presence of a large number of spectator! though no formal ceremony was observed. Th sole is to remain closed one hundred years au then to be opened. r?. i A PltOMI'T ASP CoRRKOT COURTY TrEASUBXS ? Mr. Julius Mills, County Treasurer of Chea ler County, settled with tho Comptroller Oene ral ln9t Friday. It is accounts were pcrfectl; correct, and his success in collecting the tax i spoken of as something remarkable. The por tion of the State tax for his county which re mains uncollected i3 almost insignificant.?Col Remitter. e Railroad Damaor Suit.?Baltimore, Febru ary 21.?In the Court of Common I'leas, in th suit against the Northern Ceutral Railroad, t recover $20,000 damages for killing Mrs. Burnt who wns run over by a train in June, the jury this morning, brought in a verdict for the plain tiff for $10,000. ? Oub Skrator at WoR?.*-8eni tor Butler 1 working most actively foa Charleston harbor.? While West Virginia without a mile of sea coai gets nearly $200,000 in the river and hirbo bill, as passed by the House, Carolina with near ly two hundred miles of sea coast gets on! $100,000. a For the first lime in Ireland, and perhaps i: Orent Britain, a patient at the Dublin inflrmar has been-raised from a death-bed by the injec tion of warm cow's milk into the veins. Th patient wns dying of exhaustion, and wa thought to have only a few days more of lift but is now rapidly recovering. ^ for the ThnX. A *?* Tr^f Mt. JojtsftL . Mb. EmtoAt?When 1 reccive'4BP Times, my first look is for,'ho neVvs from other parts of the County, |nd if there Is nono iu its eolumns I am not ifhtlsfled. -lint then I think, whose fault is it f The Editor cau't take a trip fgery . .week through tho County to pick up what is going on iu each towwfbiyv therefore, if some one, . don'tlwrite snd tell him there's no chance for him to get it. Ml Joy is not much of p pinco for news, but now and then something occurs out of the usual way, and I've thought that perhaps ? letter from hero semi occasionally would start sonio in tho other townships to do- ^ ing the same, and in the end we m glit mako the Ti-ties truly the County paper, in which can befoundall that traspiies in every townshipt besides, the opinions of the pcoplo of each township could bo expressed through your columns npo 1 any public question, and then we could not together undcrstandingly, so hero goes : Our farmers are busy at mork?some at one thing rnd some nt another. Most of them have to build pasture fences, and it comes hard on many. A majority of the people on the Ridge ato Opposed to the Stock law, but wc could not help ourselves after the Legislature passed it.? I think wc ought to have been allowed to vote on it. I hope the law will prove a good thing ; if it don't It must be repealed. * 1 saw an nrticle in last week's Times slating that a Revenue officer had been shot nearFiuckrcj Ferry, in Union County. There was a little scrimmage between a Moonshiner nnd a Revenue officer, in which the latter had a finger ( shot off; but it occurred iu Chester County, not Union. None of the citizens of the noighbori hood wore engaged in the difficulty, so I under' sl. nd.- I dou',t know the particulars. | I think our Legislators did a glorious thing ^ when they pnssorl the act requiring those who h . 1 puid their tuxes in Stute Bank bills, to pay in current money. < It must have hurt some peo- ? ' pie's feelings. I don't know whether there are , cny such in Pinckney township, but I can't help - saying that thoso Who pnid taxes in those bills ' did injustice to their fellow-citizens of the County. f Mr. Editor, please inform me who pays the ^ I costs for issuing executions against those delln: qucnt (.*) tax {.ayers who have m-'pti jro n ihe Tirc?v. *r /or /? > fa.ee 7 Surely it cannot bo t charged to tho County or State 1 If I was asked . who ought to pay, I should sny, the party who was the cause of the mistake?whether it bo the 5 Treasurer or the Auditor. I dou't wish to nu ke unnecessary complaint against any ono, but I learn (bat qnite a number of tax executions have been issued against persons who lmve re| ceipts in their pockets. , These errors may not r do any real wrong to individuals, but it is very i annoying to any ono who has paid his taxes to have - constable poke an execution at him, vir1 tunlly telling him that his properly will be sold for a debt to the State nnd County. All mon i are liable to make mistakes, but our officials 1 should be morocurcii't than any one else to guard iigiiinst mistakes p particularly in matters where , public funds are involved. No man can or wil| ; suspect our County Treasurer of being capable of doing a dishonest act. If all men were as 1 honest as he is, this would be a safe and happy woild to live in. I mc.ely speak of the matter to show that the people do oomplain of those errors : hut T hnv* novnf >>?-a ? -?? honesly whispered against either the Treasurer , or Auditor. Perhaps those oQicials can explain the matter satisfactorily. If so, they ought to r do it. T. t A Woman's Con. xhjion or Mubdkb.?Cincip1 natti, February 18.?Isaac Newland, a country merchant living near Fort Wayne, Ind., started ,, homo from Fort Wayue one evening in September, 181G, getting off the cars at New Haven, the nearest statiou to his house. His body was s found the next morning in a lonely piece of >, woods. He had been brutally murdered for the e money known to have been on his person when i, lie left Fort Wayne. Lost night, Mary Durrer, i, a woman of ill-repute, confessed that l'erry Trtp coy, John Garmeyer and herself murdered New* s laud, and robbed his body of $51. Tbey drove s out iu a carriage, and headed him off after he 1 left the train. Garmeyer is dead, and Tracty f is sorting out a life sentence for murdering one James O'Brien. Mary alao says that the same persona murdered a woman named Lizzie Early I. four years ago, she having incurred their eu* aiity. 8 ' > < I * Now, Who Wouldn't??We read, now and f Again, about the salaries paid to editors of the great dailies. For instance, Dana, of the New r'ork St'n, gets $11,000 ayear; Wliitelaw Reid, . of the. Ttibure, $12,000; Nordhoff writes for . tho Herald when he feels like it and is paid $10,000 a year, and so forth. Now, who would not be an editor? , Dut hold on. The Reporter receives patent i medicines, big wheat seed, apples, wood, (whet* ' - be can get it.) po'etoes, cotton seed, shuoks, 1 peaches, (sometimes rotten at that,) poetical ef* f fusions by tha quantity, original' ' atariee with* it out end, (at least without poiut,) any amount of i, newspaper and magazine selections, and aa tha e auctioneer would say, "many other artioles too i numerous to mention." Now, Just wouldn't yon like to be??Cbetter Reporter. ? # _ i. A Bloody Tycakt in Bukmaii.?Calcutta, Februory 20.?A report from Maudalay asserts i- that the King of Burmah has murdered all tha y royal princes and their families, and removed s the new ministers and replaced them by the - ministers who were formerly in office, thus re* i- storing the former despotio government. !. February 21.?Further intelligence from Mandalay states that great consternation pre* vails there in consequence of royal murders.?* >* The viotims numbered eighty-six. The details 6 of the affair are horrible. British interference 0 is hoped for by the .people to prevent further >i bloodshed. a i* Colonel P. Dona.,, who, with the single exception of Colossi Brisk Pomeroy, who is kno wn to have caught and eolsn alive more men, women and childr en t'uan any othor person in the re* - pnbHo. ia said to hkuroona to in 4 Missouri, recently. It appears that the Colonel r lind made some remarks about a leading lawyer ' of the plaee, named Cunningham. The latter y sol the Colonel in a tight place made him affix his hand to a most humiliating retraction, and then closed the "performance by using a Well seasoned boot. y ? * k Erath or Bishop Polry.?Chicago, February e 19.?Bishop Foley died a few minutee before 4 s o'clock this morning. The funeral serriees will i be held in litis city on Friday, after which the remains will be taken to Baltimore.