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So.i^h Caroiint in Congroaa. Senator Hampton't (Jredintml* Presented ?South Carolina'? Old IVar Claim Jtejcated?Curb ti Gelt Hit ?8,00<X Washington, March 8.?Yea(erJay, just aflor 2 o'clock, Senator Butler presented the certificate of election of Senator Wade Hampton. After the reading clerk, the worst in the world, had gotten through with the diploma like sheet of parchment, ornamented with ribbons and the seal of South Carolina, Mr. Kdtnunds said, "is that all," but soon found that there was another paper prepared in due form, and lie thereupon grunted as tho clerk read it. lMainc, who pat near "St. Jerome,'' us they miscall Vermont's bitter Senator, immediately advanced to ih? Secretary's desk and inspected the certificate. Hoar, of Massachusetts, did likewise, and each, no doubt, found that it was ns handsomely gotten up as such papers are in New England. lJKMOCUATIC nilENliS ItKFKAT HuUTII CAHOI.INA's JI'ST CLAIM. South Carolina has not to blame her representatives iu either branch of the Congress for the defeat of her just claim of nearly $o!U0,0'X) for advances to the General Government during the war of 1S12, for they did their level lie*! in and out of session for it. In fact the aide report of Mr. Kvins on the subject of these advances, and ( *i-' 1 wut n in rtikrl. i I llO uitiuo *JJ n IHVU ? m _ ( was used by Senators Hutlcr, Withers and others, in their fight I" get the claim through, j Nor have yon to thank tlie Republicans for your > defeat, for Maine ami Dorscy voted for it in committee and tlien again i:? committee of the vvliole. 'flic following Democratic Senators voted that it was not in order because it was gen cral legislation on a general appropriation hill, to-wit: liayard, Mcrrinion, McDonald, Salisbury, Kernan, Dartinm, Raton, and others, whose names 1 do not recall. Now, as the vote stood ?ayes to noes HI?any two of these Democrats could have kept the claim of the sundry civil appropriation hill, and the House would have readily concurred in it. Tins bill, it should be remembered, like the river and harbor hill, vvna passed under a suspension of the rules in the House, and Messrs. Kvius and Aiken could not, as they intended, move to insert this claim as an amendment to the hill named. Your correspondent sees plainly that it will pass at 110 distant day, for there is no reason to prevent unprejudiced Senators from treating South ' Wrulinn ami Virginia us a Republican Congress ity1?u *?/.& 55.1L1 D?inocrAl: Zach Chandler,true to his hostility to the South, led in the attack on it, and remarked to Don Cameron : ' ! defeated your father thirty years ago, and I will now defeat you in this very matter." Pennsylvania lias a claim similar to that of South Carpliun, and it was embraced in the proposed amendment. Counts mauk a c.non tiiiso of it. I predicted that Hie frieii'ts ot Mr. tornm na<i no idea of ousting Senator Butler, but that they were after spondulix, and they got it. Right thousand dollars was pretty liberal pay for the work hu did. Senator Hereford was only willing to allow him attorney's fees, and Senator Hill thought So,Oft) more than compensation. But a Radical Senator had previously remarked in piivate, in the heat of his indignation at the idea of the Senate falling into the hands of the Democrats, that when they got control of Congress they would find the treasury empty, and this liberality to Mr. t.'orhin was in keeping with this prediction.?Xctca and Courier. ? . > Who faraoaca ratiaioun? tJOV. SlMl'S'lN KNOWS NOTIIINU A1U:I T IT. Coluuibia, March S.?In regard to the Asoeiated l'ress dispatch to the etVect thai l'atlersoii lias received a formal assurance from the at tor- I ii'\V-gcncral of this State that all proceedings against him have been discontinued, your correspondent made inquiry to-day of llovcruor Simpson, who replied by an emphatic assurance that he knew of iiosucn promise or understanding. Attoruey-fleneral Voumans is in Charleston. THE AtrftUNKY GKNUIAI. KNOWS NOTtttNli AUOt'T IT. Attorney (ieneral Youtnans, who is in the city, was visited hy a Reporter for tliu AVws and Courier yesterday, and requested to state the terms upon which this amnesty had been granted to Senator I'altcrsoii. and the reasons which had induced it. The attorney general stated that the announcement contained in the dispatch was entirely new to hint, and that he had iicitlier written, nor authorized to be written, any such letter to Senator Patterson, lie was totally unaware that any audi amnesty hud been granted, or that the llovernor hint any intention of so doing. ? .Vcics nml Coiiritr. . ? . ? Sr a hti.ixu Nkws kuom Okkuox.?San Franeisco. March f>.?A Portland, Oregon dispatch Bays: "A few days ago Father Wilson, sit peri ulendent of the Yakima Indian Keservatioti, received orders to have Chief Moses in readiness to go with other prominent chiefs from the Amatilla Kcservntion to Washington. Moses looked upon the matter with considerable suspicion, thinking it a device to get him out of the Indian Territory. To rem it e this suspicion, Father Wilson gave him a furlough of thirty days to visit his people. Moses left tlie reservation last Thursday, lie had heen absent about throe hours when a crowd of eiti/.ens arrived from Yakima City and the Fort Siiyene agency headquarters, headed by an ollieer with a warrant for the arrest of Moses. The grand jury of that county had found an indictment against hint as accessory to the Perkins murder. Moses has gone ?fciHtcl to his camp beyond Priests' rapids, lie is doubtless aware of the intent of the people, and will prepare himself accordingly. Any injudicious or precipitate notion is likely to involve tlie country in a relentless and bloody war. The situation is one of great peril, and war with the Moses hand uud other Indian tribes is considered inevitable. o Wtto A it k Tiikv 1 he niest absur d falsehood that the \\ nsliiiigl'in special correspondents have yet gotten oil' is the statement that 'conservative democrats in Louisiana at. I South Carolina an t independents in oilier states tire not averse to keeping the supervisors' laws on the statute books." Please give the name of one of these Democrats. If lie had not moved to (Jeorgia we should say tiiat James Long street waa one of the Louisiana conservative Democrats. Or, if Mos by livctl in South ?'arolinu, we should say that lie was one of the conservative Democrats of the l'nlmetto State. Any m in in those State* wliu favors the retaining of these outrageous laws is of ihc Longntrcet ami Mushy or.ler of Democracy?that is. hi* Democracy is so thin it is covered up completely by liie titles and emoluments of Uadical oltice holding.? H'lliiiiny/oii Slur. 11 a iiii'Ai. l'r.n 11 it Kit Con vicrr.n. ?Charleston. March "?.?d*rhu II. 1'cudergrast lias been convicted of libel before Judge M ickey, at Kingstree. and sentenced to two years hard labor in the penitentiary, or pay five hundred dollars fine and cisis of suit. The libel con?i?te I in tbc publication in the Western Kepubliran of last November of u letter chat-gin/ the managers of election at Kingstree with Mulling the ballot box and charging certain tiii/tns \siih Voting more than once. I'etidergrasl was one of the principal witnesses belore lli? 'I'ellci ? mmiiiic at il* rccvi'! ?cnion in Charleston ! She S3* Ulnfttt Simes 1*. mT STOKKS, Editor. UaNlO-N, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1879. IKItMS OF !SUBSCRIPTION. 1 ro|?v, ono year, in auvanck, fJ no 2 Conies one vear, " " 3.75 5 " " 8.50 10 " " " " " 15.00 ADVERTISING. Ono square or one inch, lirst insertion, - - - fl.oo Kieh-uli- |ti<-itt insertion, ------- 75 I.il" i,.| < 1 iount mail.- to nicrcliiints aiul otliers ndve ti-iti^c lor six months or l>y tliu year. Obituary Not Ices of ten lines or less, Inserted free. " over leu Hues, charged as Advert 1st 111''Ills. If you read this on Thursday evening go to tlio Concert at the Court House. Rov. J. M. P. Otts. This able minister of I lie Presbyterian churcli is now on a visit to his friends in this, the Couti ly of liis birth. Sentoace of McNinch. Jndifo Aldrich sentenced Vlfred MeXincli. \vh killed young Kilgoro at Laurens, to be liung ui the Hit Friday, the 27th, in June. The Stock Lw Unnoticed. We find that many in this town are not eon forming to the provisions of the stock law. Cow and hogs nrc still permitted to run at large 01 our streets. Last Monday we saw a half starve cow eat about tiirco pounds of cotton from bale on a wagon, and on parts of Main Strcc the hogs are rooting up the side walk. Is it ne the duty of the Town Council to sec that th law is enforced ? Col. R. A. Alston Killed, in a difficulty between Col. 1?. A. Alston an a Captain 11. S. Cox, at Atlanta, Geo., last Tucs lay. about (he sale of Senator Gordon's intei est in a convict lease, for which Col. Alston ha a power of Attorney, the Col. was shot in th right temple, from which he died at ('? o'cloc that evening. Col. Alston was a native of thi State, and at the time of his death a member < the Georgia Legislature. The Weather?Farming. The sound of the plowman's voice is even where heard. The weather, for ncaly two wool has been most propitious for farming opentiot ?dry and pleasant?and most of the farmct are taking advantage of it. Many are plantin corn on the uplands. So far March has heen si mild as a cooing dove, and the peach trees at getting into full bloom. Garden work is bcin |Miauv:'i iui?aiu. i uiaion, I ens, I'llKMis iWl Winter Hoots have generally been jiut into tli groniul?or should be by this time. No duul there is plenty of garden seed fur sale by ou merchants, but "you can't povc it by the col iiinns of Tunis." 'i'lic Agricultural outlook i fair, providing an untimely frost don't nip tl: buds. Important Decision. from the Circuit Court of Union County, the Sti promo Court have recently inndo a decision < considerable importance. They hold that an :u of the Legislature exempting "onc thivd of tli annual product.; of agricultural laborers,"' unconstitutional and void ; that the exemptiot allowed in Art. II, tsee. 112, of the Constiiutiot can neither he cxteuded nor restriete 1 by tl legislature; that no article of personal prop.it is exempted from attachment, levy or sale, exoe; "4to isehold furniture, beds and bedding, fatnil library, arm, carts, wagons, farming iiupb nicuts, tools, netit cattle, work animals, swim goats, sheep utnl necessary wearing apparel. In the case decided, tlicy hold that cot tot seed cotton and corn nre not exempt; 1 article They were not in this case the products of previously assigned homestead. A Sad Suicide. Abmt half past live o'clock last Tuc.'day evet ing this community was thrown into great e\ citcmcnt by thcaniiouucement that Mr. O. 1L I (iraham had comiiiiite I suicide by shooting liiti self in (lie head with a pistol. I'or some inontl .Mr. tirahrtm had been con line I to bis bed by severe attack of paralysis in the lower part < his b.) iv and le ?s. but li i 1 so far recover;' 1 :i to I o able tiy the aid of a crutch and slick t walk ii,i town, and not more than fifteen mil ules before he committed the sad deed we talkc with li i nt on the street about the act lately passe by Congress to pay tlae veterans of the Me> lean war, and ho appcare I in his usual spirit lie was then on his way home. On enteric thejhouso lie stumble I and was assisted to chair by Mrs. Kobiuson, his inotherindaw.Slto tiien turned from him and iinu:ediately a tor heard the report of a pistol. On turning t hi in she found a pistol lying on the floor besi< his chair, an I that .Mr. Graham was shot. Tii ball entered the head just behind the right en and passed through to the skull directly oppi site. Aii iiiue t was held by Trial Justice Stoke acting Coroner, and the following verdict fount And the jurors aforesaid upon their oaths d say that the aforesaid O. 15. II. Graham came t his d>.ath by reason of a gunshot wound, cnlei ing the right side of the head and passin through the brain, and that tlie same was tire from a pistol in the hand of the said (). It. li Graham. .Mr. Graham was a brave confederate so dicr. During the lirst year of (hat sangitii ary struggle he was in Co. A. ">th S. C. lufautr) and upon the reorganization of the army wtt uuuciie i 10 oiucr commands ami scrvon limn in close of hostilities. lie was also a veteran of the Mexican war.? lie heloiiffc-l to a (ieor.;ia (Company conimaii'lei by i i;.:. Holmes, of Macon, an 1 serve I doriiij Iho wh ilu of that war. At the time of his death he was^ho Coronc of tlie f'uiiiiiity. to which oflicc lie was cleete a', the ia>t jieiuTsl election. For some \> ceks he had been <|iiite despot dent ; fearing that ho would never rooovcr lit n of hi - limbs, aiel there is no doubt that h c ununited the il act under an intensely dt I pre ? 1 . tatc of mind. lie leav - a <1 \ ite 1 wife an 1 two small chil j dren, br wl. m the ymp.itli ol the oh 1 Coiniini'iii\ iiredecplv in vc I Proceedings of Court. ' The cn8e of tVre Blues vs. Anderson Harris, for. the hilling of Ilenry Smith, was called on - Thursday. . ^iurstynuinbcr of witnesses were ezandned aui^fexnfWhtivo arguments made by Mr. Shand anil Col. Kion for tlio defence, and .he Solicitor, assisted by Thos. S. Moorman, of New berry, for the State. The case was given to the jury about 1 o'clock on Friday, but, after being out twenty-three hours, at 12 o'clock r- on Saturday were unable to agiee upon a vordict and were discharged. We arc iuformcd r" that the jury stood 7 for ncqtlital aud 5 for - manslaughter. ? As the case will be tried again, we thiuk it prudent not to give a full report of tbc testimony given. , The next case was that of the State vs. David l_ Wade, colored?Irson?the burning of J. C. Farrar's Gin House. Solicitor, II. W. Ball for the .Slate, au<l David Johnson, Jr., for the Defence. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty 0 but recommended the prisoner to ilie mercy of 11 the Court. The State 1 Murder s ?V _ L- u' Robt.' Clark. j Giles Thomson, col'd. Solicitor llall for the State : Kiott & Mclvissick and Muttro & Munro for the defence. 11 Sophy Bk.vty, col'd, sworn. Lived with ' llobt. Beaty last year. On 1st March, 1878, n prisoner sai 1 that Giles Thomson had told a lie 1 on hint. That he had told master he was go'' ing to take the mule from him, and said he c would kill him if lie was the last nigger. He 1 >adcd his pistol. Saw prisoner shoot deceased. They were both tending a farm on l)r. Beaty's ^ land. Sam. Beaty and Wade Wood were there. . Deceased was shot half an hour after the pistol was loaded. Prisoner shot deceased twice, q II. 8. Bkaty, M. D. Snv deceased at the inc quest. He was 18 or 20 years old. Was mor^ tally wounded in upper part of right lung, also js also in right arm. Wound in luttg caused internal hemorrhage. Samikl Bkaty, col'd. Prisoner and myself rente I together. 8.1 tv tlie ditbculty at tlie tot, about noon. ( imkod ilo.,r?n<i.il in ?w,u. innlm ; | Prisoner said deceased liad told alio ou himself ;s and inc. Prisoner got a pistol out of a trunk, is Prisoner said, let's get after deceased about the s mule. lie asked deceased why hetold that d?d g lie ou him. Deceased said I ain't talking to is you, and cursc l* Prisoner pulled out his pis o to! and shot twice. They were about <> steps g apart. Deceased died in a few seconds. 1 did d not strike piisoner, nor was he cut. 1 knocked e the pistol up when he pointed it at inc. It fired >t and I took it away from him. Am cousin to dcr ceased. ;- Wants Wood, Col'd. Was in lot. Heard Sambo * ask decease I for mule. After dinner deceased e said Master says you work your own mule.? Prisoner asked deceased why he told the old man that lie on him. Deceased said lie was not lalklua to hjf** P-* - - ' ' ? * *' *' ' '( talk. Prisoner tnen shot deceased twice, and . then lamped the fence. 1 di i ti *t strike prisit ? 1 4 t oner. Ata brother-in-law to deceased. ^ Testimony for State closed. tor. rit r. t?:::*::x?*!:. llotiT t't.AUK, Defendant, sworn. In 1S7S lived a! <>' 1 man I'eaty's. Was a general hand, ' upon wages. Met deceased and asked if lie " would change mules. Deeea ed and Sambo *% came behind me to dinner. As 1 went out of 1 the stable I wont towards the gate. Sambo.said *% to deceased, what made you tell such a lie on me to master. 1 said if you do it ngiiu soiueh i ly will be hurt. 1 turaed t ? go to the stable when deceased hit me on the head with a rock, ' I an I I sic t at him. Sambo threw a rock at me and 1 dodged it. Wade was fixing a knife up his "l sleeve. Deceased was trying t> get up a rock j and I shot at him. I'e raised and said "1 am hit. Wade stuck lii - knife in my side and cut it ntc again, wlucli lrimlict* my hand up niul ihe pistol went oil". Satnbo ctllcd to Waile to |. hold me and sai 1, Hob I'm going to kill yon.? i lie put the pistol in his pocket and struck ,s me twice with a rail. 1 ran and jumped over a the fence. Was hit in the head with rail.? af 1 g it the pistol from oil' the tire board?not from the trunk. li was Tom Ueaty's pistol. I had o my own pistol with me. I carry it every day. i- ! 1 was expecting a tight when i went to the lot d after dinner. No one was present at lite tight d but myself and three colored men. X. Deceased was hauling rails. I was plow* s. ing with Patnbo. I shut with Tom's pistol heiit cause it was handiest to get to. Deceased ciuf i menccd the fight. They had a difficulty with _ me twice before. I di I not go to llcaly's bef cause 1 was afraid they would kill me. Sambo o , took the pistol while Wade held mo, 'and lo snapped i! several limes. I was advised not to o gi*? myself up to the Sheriff, ir Titos, li. lit:utiles Saw prisoner 1-t March, 1*7S, iiboiit 2 1', M. lie was bloody?cut in side ami had two or three gashes in his head.? >s [Here the prisoner showed the maths of the 1: wounds.] Prisoner said he was going to town o to give himself up. 1 advised him against it, o considering the lis he was in. I X. I Wiis on ilie Coroner s jury and did not 'j i testily but told the jury wlmt I had seen of it. [_ II. II. I5i'iu;i:ss. Saw prisoner on day afur tho shooting. lie bad three wounds on Ids I- head, one in his side and a cut in his hand.? i- His clothes were very bloody. J, I X. Thos. Harness is my father. I married ,s | prisoner's sister. I got his clothes but gave e 1 them away, as 1 did not like to sec them about the house. The negroes had a diiliculty with prisoner some time before. That was .*? or G 1 years ago. lie live4 with me. They had j sticks and rocks and threatened to kill him. Mus, 1?:vks'K!.i?. Saw prisoner the day der ceased was killed. I dressed his wound, llis j d clothes were very bloody. 1 only saw tho wound in bis hand, t-! l.r.Mrr.i, Mi 1)\Mitr.. Saw prisoner on day of e the killing, between and ' '> o'clock. 1'. M. e He was very bloody. Ha l one gash on bis hntid, s- i one in his side and several on his head?one ' very bad. I did not think the man could live. I- 1 w.i in my field, plowing, w hen prisoner c tine c to inc. lie .- laid fit my house that night. ' Jim IJKi'.n, col'd. Knew Sauib\ Saw him in jail 3 weeks ago. lie said be was a witness for prisoner, and Giles was in fault, but prisoner ought not to have shot biin. Sambo said all were on him, that he bit him with a rail and was ' going to hit him again when he broke and run. ' The testimony was hero closed, ami the nrgu- ! uicnt was opened for the defence was opened by Mr. C. C. Culp, followed by IVm. Monro and 1 Col. McKissick, Solicitor Hall made an able and just effort for tho State. The jtidgesumtned up the case in a very impartial and dignified 1 charge, and submitted it to the jury.? After an 1 absence of ci<jht minutes tho jury returned with a verdict of NOT GUI LTV. 1 Wc cannot close the report of this trial without noticing the great obilty displayed by tho Attorneys for the defence. It was the first etfort of Mr. Culp, and wc express the opinion of all who heard hiin in saying that his speech was a fine effort, both in matter and manner of dclivcty, and indicated a mind of far more than ordinary capacity. IVc have no room this week for a full report of tho other trials, decided. In the case of The Stato vs. George Hughes, colored, for (he killing oi a cotoreu man at ?. of ?>?u slaughter was returned. In the case of The State vs. James Turner, for the killing of James It. l'cnkc, the verdict of the jury was manslaughter. We will give a full report of this trial next week. The Court will adjourn to-morrow. ? ? O Presentment of tho Grand Jury. Tin: CorxTY ok Union*, "l Statu or Sottii Carolina, j To I/is Honor, A. 7\ ALDlilCIl, Presiding ./ odjr. The Grnml Jury have had in consideration tlie various matters brought to their attention, and beg to report as follows : Prune lli ii.niNtss : The Court House and other Public lluildings a?*e with some exceptions in good condition.? Tho sash in the building needs some change whereby the ventilation of the room would be improved, and the Grand Jury would respectfully call the attention of the proper authorities to the subject. The roof of the Jail is in need of considerable repair, and a new one in fact Would be best. Tho inner condition of the Jail is good. The prisoners are well eared for, and comfortable, except as regards warmth.? Tho Grand Jury would recotnmen 1 that tlie necessary steps be taken to remedy this want. Pi 111.14' (>ltltv.s. They have visited the different offices, and fin I them in good condition, as far as we arc able to judge, from so short an examination as they were necessarily compelled to make. ? Poor IIoisk. They have visited the Poor House and find that the buildings, (0) six iu number, arc generally in good condition. There is soinc repairing ueeded about the roofs. 'J'lie superintendent. Mr. 15. 15.,Duiley..deserves eoniinejidutioii for the manner in which lie conducts the business and manages the farm. The inmates are well case I for. There are two of the number. Miss Henderson a id M>ss Yanderfor I, the (iraud Jury think, and areinfortued, ought to be sent to t he bunatio Asylum. Ga.'iiii.ixu, Illicit Tit vrric, C<<\ ;:al:.i> W IS.VIMNS. The Grand Jury w ml I respectfully call the attention <>f Public Olliccrs to the practice of Gaming, Illicit Trallic in .Spirituous l.ipiurs, carrying Concealed Weapons, ami other offences prevent iu the County, and would urge llietu to a rigid enforeeincat of the law. lloai?s a.nii Hut nuns. In various sections of the County the roads are reported iu ba i condition. The County Commissioners' attention is called to this, and particularly >o. The bridges known as Gist's, ISeaty's and Hamilton's, are reported in lad condition, and ought to be repaired at once.? LMscltl.MIXATIUX. They have been informed that there was some discrimation in paying creditors of the County by the old or retiring Hoard of County Comiiiis sioners. iin.vm'i's. The finances of the County have been well manage I, as far as lite .Jury huvo been able to learn, b-'It by the old and the new board. Asm ai. lit:i'onr. The Clerk of the Hoard of County Commissioners informs us that the llcport of the Commissioners, re.jtured annually by law, could not be tiled on the loth of November, as the tax books were then open and no settlement ha I between the Auditor and Treasurer of the County, whereby the credits of the Treasurer could be known. I5i; t net: Cox r it acts. The Grand Jury are inlbrnicl that several bridge contracts have been let out by previous boards of Coin.ty Commissioners thai a great many of the citizens of the County disapprove of, ami the Jury memtion this lii.it similar acts may net bj done by others in public oilice. Gaits ox lYm-ic Kotos. The Grand Jury are informed that there are * ?. II I'D I IVia'l '/II I IIU I ll'/llls IWil'19 III some sections of the (.'utility, ami recommend thai the same he removed at once. The (Jrond Jury appreciates the change in public all'airs, and lake pleasure in seeing the Hon. A. 1'. AI.LMlh'il again in the judiciary of the Stale. W. S. IlKTSIM,. foreman. A Tr.\Ni:ssr.r. () n:.u;r.?Nashville, March A. ?The Aiinririi will publish to-morrow the following information from ('ollce t'ounly, in this State : On Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, a party of six or eight masked men ealle 1 at tin- I cabin of an old negro, Abo Woolen, living in the Nintli histriot, eight miles from M inclicstcr, and demanded admittance, which being refused, they set lire in two or more |dac> s. finding that he and his wile and four children won! 1 he burned if they remained, the oi l man inched out, and was seized by the maskers, who eait ied him about one hundred raids and shot him to A Fi.oou in Tin; \S i -1 ( iiii-iii:i-\:i, March S. \ riTMnmit, Oliio, "li-cpuioli viy* recent rains have HW'.'lali '!:< Sa:nln?ky lliwr, nn<i llio ?? <* :i?v In-low lliui ;iy i ( :..linin g ii;|)ir'i!t',n, Ilie water is ll wling flio lown. Ilio re hlciiM on I ii' < '. !iii" ii nig .Mil.. ! (! i ul their hvu c Prof. R. J. Gonzales. From New York, Practical Tuner of Pipe and Heed Organs, and Pianofortes. A few remarks jn the importance of having Organs and llansfortes kept in perfect order by one thoroughly skilled in the construction of the Instruments. _ _ Hundreds of Organs ar.d Pianofortes arc sadly injured from being tampered with by persons who arc unskilled in their mechanism, and who are tempted by curiosity to take them apart, (merely to see how they arc made.) Professor Gonzalez respectfully informs the ltcv. Pastors, also Families having Organs and Pianofortes, that lie being a Manufacturer of these Instruments, is fully prepared to attend to Tuning, Regulating and Repairing, ns he is always provided with ail the Essential parts of Median ism connected with the above Instruments.? Professor Gonxalex also wishes to state that he is in possession of hundreds of Testimonials from Ministers of various Denominations who have purchased Organs from him, or had their Organs Tuned and Repaired by him, so that he may be relied upon to do such work, so as to ensure entire satisfaction in all cases. As h<? stay in iliia t-m? U limited. Order*left at tbc Post Office or Union Hotel will receive pi-ompt attention. * ? . . f or t lie Times. Tho Thornwell Orphanage. Mb. EniTOtt:?Mr. Thus. C. Scott, who has been spending a few dn3*s in our town soliciting contributions in behalf of the Thornwell Orphanage, located at t'linton, in Laurens County, left last Tuesday, pursuing his mission iu the direction of Spartanburg. Mr. Scott expressed himself as being highly gratified with his kind reception among the good j eople of ilt ~ Union, llis success in receiving donations from both gentlemen and Indies exceeded It is expectations. Tho citizens in general, irrespective of denomination or occupation, were ready to lend a helping hand to the Orphan's cry. A community so generous he lias seldom found.? The various contributions he received from the good people of Union amounted in value to some fifty or sixty dollars. All these gifts go direct iy to iiic support 01 me wrpuan i luiuren. me ' Thornwoll Orphanage seeks not only to give tItu children placed under its cure food ami raiment, but a practical education and sound moral training. '1 lie boys are carefully taught some trade; the girls, under the supervision of the matron and accomplished teachers, are thoroughly instructed in all kinds of work pertaining to household and domestic atlairs. Thus it may easily be sect., how great are tho advantages derived by the little boys and girls at this noble Institution, and such a cau.se the generous and high toned people of Union knowhow to appreciate?a cause that looks to the elevation and improvement, both mentally and morally, of the pool- Orphan. In this way society may be improved and the church blessed by fitting those for usefulness, who otherwise out alife of wretchedness and woe. 11. - e - -Fur I he Times. Letter frcai Brcwn'6 Storo. Mu. Mniiou :?Though I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with you, as a long-time reader of your pan or permit me to trouble you with a few thoughts from this region. 1 suppose the past week has hcen a stirring one in your town, in consequence of the many important criminal cases to he tried at the present term of t'ourt. It is, however, very encouragng to the prisoners to feel that there is little danger of any one being hung in Union; It really looks odd, as we ride over the county since the fence, or stock, law went into operation, to see no stock on the public highways. We farmers are jubilant over it?with a few exceptions. Hut, gentlemen, don't "mistake potatoes for principles," for with all your opposition you will never go to the Legislature. The dissatisfaction will soon be hushed, and then wc shall have quiet and happy limes?at least until the candidates start again. The colored people in this section have set lie I down and gone to work hotter than for .several years, apparently with the intention of making something for themselves ami their employers. Our friend, I'r, J. 1). Orr, made a flying visit to Atlanta, a few days ago, profes.se lly to bay a bill of drugs, but returned with a life partner, not in his professional duties, hut in his domestic affairs. This addition to our eommuuily was a Miss (Sillcspic, nnd wc all think she will prove quite a valuable accession to our society. Our community has met with quite a loss in q|p the removal of Mr. II. It. brown to Hampton City, on the Airline Itailroad. lie is an excellent and gentlemanly merchant and Wc all wish him pence and prosperity wherever he may go. 1'wo young men, Messrs. J. !?. f.ittlcjohn and It. A. Jones, have taken his place and opened a large and finely selected stock of goods, being young, good looking, and having for sale goods to suit the l.adies, their store will be an attractive spot for young ladies, an I they are bound to do a good business. This is an awful scrawl, but it's my first, end 1 will try and do better next time. DICK DL'NDAS. o Not (ini.ty. nrr iik Sroi.k tiik I'i.opr.?A correspondent of llio Charleston .W,< * awl Courier, writing from lldgcficld, gives tlio follow ing account of a trial for burglary and tlie curiouu but significant vur lief of Ibojnry : It was a ease in wlticli a colored man was indiele i for burglary, and it was proved upon tlio trial tiiat the accused entered tlio mill house of llie prosecutor through a liolo made for I lie purpo-e of letting the shaft of a wheel pass through, and after entering it, opened the door from the inside, taking a sack of flour, set it outside, and then made his egress through the same hole.? The prisoner was defende I by Major i'.rnest 'iary. who took the ground that the State had failed to make out a ease of burglary, as there was no breaking, which was essential in all ease of burglary. 11 i s Honor sustained the position taken by M ijor ijary, and instriiefcd tlie jury without any argument of counsel that they could in t convict the prisoner as lie was only i:i liete i for bitr-Mry. 'I lie jury retired to their I' III.II. 1 bloc'il ill til.! foilnwili;; vei.liel:-" v'i e t;n I lor t in ! ! ! i|it, but , I .-iic v e |i" iftlu H 111