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1 ^ Souyk Caroling in Congress. Senator Hampton'* Credential* J'retmted ?South Carolina'* Ol<l iVot Claim Defeated?Corb n Celt Hi* S8,tKX)^ r" Washington, Maith.Sc?Yesterday, just after 2 o'clock. Senator Botler 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 Cnroliua, Mr. Kdmunds said, "is that nil," but soon found that there was another paper prepared in duo torm, aud lie thereupon gruil'ed as tho'cMrk read it. Blaine, who sat near "St. Jerome,as they miscall Vermont's bitter Senater, immediately advanced to tha Secretary's desk and iuspected the certificate. Hoar, of Massachusetts, did likewise, and each, no doubt, found that it was as handsomely gotten up as such papers are in New England. DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS DEFEAT SOUTH CAROLINA'S Jl'ST CLAIM. South Carolina has not to blame her representatives in oil her branch of the Congress for the defeat of her just cluim of nearly $.100,000 for advances to the General Government during the ?vnr of 1812, for they did their level best in and out of session for it. In fact the able report of Mr. Evins on the subject of these advancos, and the mode by. which thoy were settled in part, was used by Senators Butler, Withers and others, in their fight to get the claim through. Nor have you to thank tho Republicans for your defeat, for Blaino and Dorsey voted for it in committee and then again in committee of the whole. The following Democratic Senators voted that it was not in order because it was gen cral legislation 011 a general appropriation bill, to-wit: lloyard, Mcrrimon, McDonald, Salusbury, Kernati, Barnum, Eaton, and.others, whose names 1 do not recall. Now, as the vote stood ?ayes 28 to noes 31?any two of these Democrats could have kept tho claim of the sundry civil appropriation bill, and the House would liavo readily concurred in it. This bill, it should be remembered, like the river and harbor bill, was passed under a suspension of tho rules in the House, and Messrs. Evins and Aiken could not, ns they intended, move to insert this claim ns an amcndmcut to the bill named. Your correspondent sees plainly that it will pass at no distant day, for there is no reason to prevent unpr<>judicod Senators from treating South Carolina aud Virginia as a Republican Congress hM'' i M a fe't c* .a" * I rl' ^ciuocr"1* Zach Chandler, true to his hostility to the South, cd in the nttnek on it, and remarked to Don Cameron : ''I defeated your father thirty years mro. mid T will now defeat von in this verv mat tor." Pennsylvania has a claim similar to that of Soulh Carplina, and it was embraced in the proposed amendment. ConniN made a noon tiiinq of it. I predicted (lint the friends of Mr. Corbin bad no idea of ousting Senator Butler, but that they were after spondulix, and they got it. Bight thousand dollars was pretty liberal pay for the work he did. Senator Hereford was only willing to allow him attorney's fees, and Senator Hill thought !?r>,OCO more than compensation. But a Radical Senator had previously remarked in private, in the heat of his indignation at the idea qf tho Senate fulling into the hands of the Democrats, that when they got control of Congross they would find the treasury empty, and this libornlity to Mr. Corbin was in keeping with this prediction.?Cor. Xcict and Courier. Who jfaraoaea rsmutua? gov. stml'sox knows nothing aliout it. Columbia, March 8.?In regard to the Associated Dress dispatch to the effect that l'attcrson lias received a formal assurance from the attorney-general of this State that all proceedings against him have been discontinued, your correspondent made inquiry to-day of Governor Simpson, who replied by an emphatic assurance that he knew of nosucn promise or understanding. Attorney-General Youmans is in Charleston. the attorney general knows nothing adolt it. An r* ?1 VAi.ma??a niltA i a in ilm Alluriltj UCIlvmi I uiiiunuil, "..V ... ... .... city, was visited hy a Keporter for tlio tfcwa and Courier yesterday, and requested to state the terms upon which this amnesty had been granted to Senator Patterson, and the reasons which had induced it. The attorney general stated that the announcement contained in the dispatch was entirely new to him, and that he had ueither written, nor authorized to be written, any such letter to Senator Patterson, llo was totally unaware that any such amnesty had been granted, or that the Governor had any intention of so doing.?Neics and Courier. STAttnasa Nkwb fkom Orroon.?San Francisco, March 6.?A Portland, Oregon dispatch says : "A few days ago Father Wilson, superintendent of the Yakima Indiau Reservation, received orders to have Chief Moses in readiness to go with other prominent chiefs from the Amatilla Reservation to Washington. Moses looked upon the matter with considerable suspicion, thinking it a device to get him out of tlie lndiauTerritory. To remove this suspicion, Father Wilson gave him a furlough of thirty days to visit his people. Moses left the reservation last Thursday. He had keen nbsent about throe hours when a crowd of citizens ur-. rived from Yukimn City and the Fort Siiucne accncv hendauarters, headed by an officer with ft warrant for the arrest of Moses. The grand jury of that county had found fin indictment Against him as accessory to the Perkins murder. Moses lias gone direct to his oamp beyond Priests' rapids. He is doubtless aware of the intent of the people, find will prepare himself accordingly. Any injudicious or precipitate action is likely to involve the country in ft relentless and bloody war. The situation is one of great peril, and war with the Moses baud aud other Indian tribes is considered inevitable. Wno Am: Tiiky??The most absurd falsehood that the Washington special correspondents have yet gotten off is the statement that 'conservative Democrats in Louisiana and South Carolina and independents in other slates are 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 Georgia we should say that James Longstrect was one of the Louisiana conservative Democrats. Or, if Mostly lived in South Carolina, wo should say that he was one of tlio conservative Democrats of the Palmetto State. Any man in those States who favors tho retaining of these outrageous laws is of the Longstreet aud Moeby order of Democracy?that is, his Democracy is so thin it is covered up completely by the titles and emoluments of Radical ollice-Loldiuix.? WiLminaton sTar. V IIadiral r*n,n;nisR Convictkil?Charleston. March 5.?JMm II. Peudergrast has been convicted of libel before Judge Mackey, at Kingstree, and sentenced to two years' hard labor in the penitentiary, or pay five hundred dollar* fine and coats of suit. Tho libel consisted in the publication in tho Westorn Republican of last November of a letter charging the managers of election at Kingstreo with stuffing the ballot box and charging certain citizens witn voting moro than once. Pendergrast. was one of tlie principal witnesses before the Teller committee at its recent eession in Charleston. i ?? ij m i i i *** Sliw Siilcclth) eluicn Stones. ~rTm. STOKES, Editor. UMON, FRIDAY, MARCH 147l879l T E RMfTo FSU BSC RIPTION. 1 ropv, one year, is advance, $2.00 2 Copies one year," " 3.75 5 ' ' " ? ? 8.50 10 M " " " " 15.00 ADVERTISING. Olio ?qnaro or one inch, first insertion, - - - $1.00 K.ieh subsequent insertion, ------- 75 Ioln-rul iliscouut made to merchants and others advertising for six months or by tlio year. ^ Obituary Notices of ten linos or less, inserted free. " " over ten lines, charged as Advertiseuieuts. If you read this on Thursday evening, go to tho Concert nt the Court House. Rev. J. M. P. Otts. This able minister of the Presbyterian church, in now on a visit to his friends in this, the Coun ty of liis birth. ? Sentonce of MoNincli. Judge Aldrich sentenced Alfred MoNincb, who killed young Kilgoro at Laurens, to be buug on the 4th Friday, the 27th, in June. Tho Stook Law Unnoticed. We find that many in this town are not conforming to the provisions of tho stock law. Cows and hogs are still permitted to run at large on our streets. Lost Monday we saw a half starved cow eat about thrco pounds of cotton from a bale on a wagon, and on parts of Main Street the hogs are rooting up the side walk. Is it not the duty of tho Town Council to see that the law is enforced ? Col. R. A. Alston Killed, In a difficultybetween Col. R. A. Alston and a Captain E. S. Cox, at Atlanta, Geo., last Tuesday, about the sale of Senator Gordon's interest in a convict lease, for which Col. Alston had a power of Attorney, the Col. was shot in the right temple, from which he died at 6 o'clock that evening. Col. Alston was a native of this I State, and nt the time of his death a member of the Georgia LoglalatjHro. Tho Weather?Farming. The sound of the plowman's voice is everywhere heard. The weather, for ncaly two weeks has been most propitious for farming operation? ?dry and pleasant?nnd most, of the farmers are taking advantage of it Many are planting corn on (lie uplands. So far March has been as mild a s a cooing dove, and the peach trees arc getting into full bloom. Garden work is being pushed forward. Potatoes, Pons, Onions and Winter lloots hav generally been put iuto the ground?or shoulo be by this time. No doubt there is plenty of garden seed for sale by our merchants, but "you can't povc it by the columns of Times." The Agricultural outlook is fair, providing an untimely frost don't nip the buds. Important Decision. from tlio Circuit Court of Union County, the Supreme Court have recently made a decision of considerable importance. They hold that an act of the Legislature exempting "one-third of the annual products of agricultural laborers," is unconstitutional and void ; that the exemptions allowed in Art. II, Sec. 82, of the Constitution, can neither bo extended nor restricted by the legislature; that no article of personal property is exempted from attachment, levy or sale, except "ho tschold furnituro, beds and bedding, family 1 iKf-lfir Orm "nrto wA/vntio J "i Tt&vw, <* >"? iiii|jivnicnls, tools, neat cattle, work animals, swine, goats, sheep auil necessary wearing apparel." In the case decided, they hold that cotton, seed cotton and corn are not exempted articles. They were not in this case the products of a previously assigned homestead. A Sad Suicide. About half past lire o'clock last Tuesday eveuing this community was thrown into great excitement by thcannounceiuent that Mr. O. U. IIGraham hod committed suicide by shooting him selfiu the head with a pistol. For some months Mr. Graham had been confined to his bed by a severe attack of paralysis in the lower part of his body and legs, but had so far recovered as to to able by the aid of a crutch aud stick to walk up town, and not more than fifteen minutes before he committed the sad deed we talked with him on the street about the act latoly passed by Congress to pay the veterans of The Mexican war, aud he appeared in his usual spirits, lie was then on his way hoine. On entering thejhouse he stumbled ami was Assisted to a chair by Mrs. Kobinson, his mother-in-law.? sue then lurried from him and immediately after hoard the report of a pistol. On turning to him she found a pistol lying on the floor beside his chair, and that Mr. Graham was shot. The ball entered the bead just behind the right ear and passed through to the skull directly opposite. An inquost was held by Trial Justice Stokes acting Coroner, nud the following verdict found: And the jurors aforesaid upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid O. B. 11. Graham came to his death by reason of a gunshot wound, entering tlie right side of the head and passing through the brain, and that the same was fired from a pistol in the liund of the said O. 11. 11. Graham. Mr. Graham was a bravo confederate soldier. During tbo first year of that sanguinary struggle he was iu Co. A. 5th 8. C. Infantry, and upon the reorganization of the army was attached to ether commands and served until the close of hostilities. lie was also a veteran of the Mexican war.? IIo belonged to a Georgia Company commanded by Copt. Holmes, of Maoon, and served during the whole of that war. At the time of his death he wa*4he Coroner of tho Counnty, to which office he was elected at the last general election. For somo weeks he had been quite despondent ; fearing that he would never recover the use of his limbs, and there is no doubt that he committed the sad net under an intensely depressed state of mind. He leaven a devoted wife and two small children, for whom the sympathies of the whole community are deeply moved. ago. He said he woe a witness for I prison*, and Qilea was in fault, but prisoner oughtiflpt to havo shot him> Satnbo said all were ' oa hiin^llbat he hit him with n mil and was 0 going to hit him again when he broke end ran. 0 The testimony was hero closed, and the argu- 8 ment was opened for the defcuoe wm opened ' by Mr. C. C. Culp, followed by Wm. Munro and Col. McKis$ick, Solicitor Hall made an able v and just effort for tho State. The judgesummed v up the case in n very impartial and dignified ( charge, nnd submitted it to the jury.. After an ^ absence or tig fit minutes the jury returned with n a verdict of NOT GUILTY. ? We cannot close the report of this trinl with- 11 out noticing tho great abilly displayed by I the Attorneys for tho dofcnce. It was the ' firsc effort of Mr. Culp, and wo express the ' opinion of all who heard him in saying that his I speech wns a tine effort, both in matter and man- > ncr of dclivciy, jind indicated a mind of far t more than ordinary capacity. I We have no room this week for a full report ( of tho otlihr trials, decided. In the case of Tho r Stato vs. George Hughes, colored, for the killing ( OI B CUWrCQ mail nv ^ % % m il I Pit n >.* ' 11 Proceeding# of Court. The onse of thfe (Stave vs. Anderson Harris, for. the killing of Henry Smith, wo# called on T^hnrsdjiy. . ^lorj^mpbcr of witnesses were examined anl^bxwWMlvo i^nments made by Mr. Shand and Col. Ition for tbo dofenco, and the Solicitor, assisted by Xlios. S. Moorman, of Newberry, 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 011 Saturdny were unablo to agtee upon a vordict and were discharged. Wo are Informed that the jury stood 7 for acquital and 5 for manslaughter. As the case will be tried again, we think it prudent not to give a full report of tlio testimony givcu. The next case was that of the State vs. David Wade, colored?\rson?the burning of J. C. Fnrrar's Gin House. Solicitor, B. W. Ball for the State, and David Johuson, Jr., for the Defence. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty but recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the Court. Tho State | Murder Robt!^Clark. j*~"Gilos Thomson, col'd. Solicitor Ball for tho State : Kion & McKissick and Munro & Munro for tho defence. Soritv Bkaty, col'd, sworn. Lived with llobt. Bcnty last year. On 1st March, 1878, prisoner said that Giles Thomson had told a lie on him. That ho had told master ho was going to take the mule from him, and said he would kill him if ho was the last nigger. He loaded his pistol. Saw prisoner shoot deceased. They were both tending a farm on Dr. Beaty's land. Saui. Bcaly and Wade Wood were tliero. Deceased was shot half an hour after the pistol was loaded. Prisoner shot deceased twice. II. S. Bkaty, M. D. Siw deceased at the inquest. lie was 18 or 20 years old. Was mortally wounded in upper part of right lung, also also in right arm. Wound in lung caused iqtcrual hemorrhage. Samikl Bkaty, col'd. Prisoner and myself Tented togetnfcr. * r<BW tlie difficulty at tbo lot, about noon. 1 asked deceased to swap mules. Prisoner said deceased had told a lie on himself and mo. Prisoner got a pistol out of a trunk. Prisoner said, let's get after deceased about tho mule. lie asked deceased why hetold that d?d lie on him. Deceased said I ain't talking to you, and cursed* Prisoner pulled out his pistol and shot twice. They were about 6 steps apart. Deceased died in a few seconds. 1 did not strike piisoner, nor was he cut. 1 knocked the pistol up when lie pointed it at me. It fired and I took it away from him. Am cousin to deceased. Waob Wood, Col'd. Wnsiulot. Heard Sambo ask deceased for mule. After dinner deceased said Master says you work your own mule.? Prisoner asked deceased wliy lie told tho old man that lie on him. Deceased said he was not tnUrtWT to hif~ t . ' 'v.. ?-i? talk, Prisoner taen shot deceased twice, and then jumped tlie fence. I did not strike prisoner. A in brother-in-law to deceased. Testimony for Stato closed. For. the dkfkxck. Robt Clark, Defendant, sworn. In 1878 lived at. old man Ileaty's. Wns a general hand, upon wages. Met deceased and asked if he would change mules. Deceased and Sambo catnc behind mc to dinner. As I went out of the stable 1 went towards the gate. Sambo said to deceased, what made you tell such a lie on me to mister. I said if you do it again somebody will be hurt. I turned to go to thcstublo when deceased hit mo on the head with a rock, and I shot at him. Sambo threw a rock at me and I dodged it. Wade was fixing u knife up his sleove. Deceased was trying to get up a rock and I shot at him. He raised and said "1 am hit. Wade Muck his knife in my sido and cut at me again, which number my hand up mid the pistol went off. Sambo called to Wade to hold ine and said, Bob I'm going to kill you.? lie put the pistol in his pocket and struck mo twice with a rail. 1 rati and jumped over the fence. Wus hit in the head with rail.? I got the pistol from off tlie fire board?not from the trunk. It was Torn llcaty's pistol. I had my own pistol with inc. I carry it every day, I wus expecting a fight when 1 went to tlie lot after dinner. No one was present at the fight but myself and three colored men. X. Deceased was hauling rails. I was plowing with Sntnbo. I shot with Tom's pistol because it was handiest to get to. Deceased coca' tnenced the fight. They had a difficulty with mo twice before. I did not go to Bcaty's becauso I was afraid they would kill me. Sainbo took the pistol whilo Wade held ma, [and snapped ft several times. I was advised not tc give inyself up to tho Sheriff. Thus. L. Bl'kukhs Saw prisoner 1st March, 1878, pbout '2 1'. M. Ho was bloody?cut in side aud had two or three gashes in his head.? [Here the prisoner showed the marks of the wounds.] Prisoner said he was going to town to give himself up. 1 advised him against it, considering tho fix he was in. X. 1 was on the Coroner s jury and did not tostify but told the jury what 1 had seen of it. 11. II. Bunogss. Saw prisoner on day after tho shooting, lie had three wounds on his head, one in his sido and a out in his hand.? His clothes were very bloody. X. Thos. Burgess is my father. I married prisoner's sister. I got his clothes but gave tliem away, m 1 (lid not like to see them about the house. The negroes had a difficulty with prisoner torao time before. That was 6 or C years ago. ' fie tYved with me. They had sticks and rocks and threatened to kill him. Mas. Bkokmrll. Saw prisonor the day deceased was killed. I dressed his wound. His clothes were very bloody. I only saw the wound in his hand. < Lkmurl MoDamiil. Saw prisoner on day of the killing, between 2 and 8 o'clock, P. M.? lie was very bloody. Had one gosh en bis hand, one in his side and several on his head?one very bad. I did not think the man could live. I was in my field, plowing, when prisoner onmc to me. Ho staid at my house that night. Jim Bird, col'd. Knew Sambo. Saw him ir slaughter was returned. ' In the case of The State vs. Jmncs Turner, for I the killing of James 11. Peako, the verdict of the jury was manslaughter. We will give a full report of this trial next week. The Court will adjourn to-morrow. ' Presentment of the Grand Jnry. ^ Tub County ok Union, \ t State ok South Carolina. / To Ilia Honor, A. P. ALDRICI1, rrttiding Judge. j The Grand Jury have had in consideration the various mnttcrs brought to their attention, ( and beg to report as follows : Public Buildings : 4 Tho Court House and other Public Buildings are with some exceptions in good condition.? Tho sash iu the building needs some change , whereby the ventilation of the room would bo improved, nnd the Grand Jury would respect- ^ fully call tho nttcntion of the proper authorities j to tho subject. The roof of the Jail is in , need of considerable repair, nnd n new one in ( fact would be best. The inner condition of the ^ Jail is good. The prisoners arc well cared for, . and comfortable, except as regards warmth.? The Grand Jury would recommend that the ne' i cessary steps be taken to remedy this want. PfDi.ic Okkioks. They have visited the different offices, and find (hem in good condition, as far as we arc able to judge, from so short an examination as they were ucccssarily compelled to make. -Vj Toou II o car. They have visited the Poor House and find that the buildings, (G) six in number, are generally in good condition. There is some repairing needed about the roofs. The siiperiutcn. 11.,Bailey vil.iiHi,rvL'H cummiindatiuji for the inanuer in which he conducts the business and manages the farm. The inmates arc well cared for. There are two of the number. Miss Henderson and M?sa Vanderfurd, the Grand Jury think, and areiuformcd, ought to bo sent to the Lunatic Asylum. Gamdlixg, Illicit Traffic, Conckalsd W batons. The Grand Jury would respectfully call the attention of Public Officers to the practice of Gaming, Illicit Traffic in Spirituous Liquors, carrying Concealed Weapons, and other offences prev^Uuit in the County, and would urgu them to a rigid enforcement of the law. Koads and Uhiduks. In various sections of the County the roads are reported in bad condition. The County Commissioners' attention is culled to this, and particularly so. The bridges known as Gist's, Ueaty's and Hamilton's, are reported in lad condition, and ou^ht to be repaired at once.? i Discrimination. They liuvc been informed that there was some discriinatioti in paying creditors of the County , by the old or retiring Hoard of County Comuiis sioncrs. financrs. The finances of the County havo bceu well managed, ns far as the Jury liavo bocu able to learn, both by the old and tho now board. Annual HE POUT. The Clerk of the ltoard of County Commissioners informs us that the Report of the Coramissioncrs, required annually by law, could not be tiled ou tho loth of November, as the tax books were then open and no settlement had between the Auditor and Treasurer of the Couuty, whereby the credits of the Treasurer could be known. Briihie Contracts. ' The Orand Jury are informed that several bridge contracts have been let out by pvovioue boards of County Commissioners that a great inauy of the citizens of the County disapprove of, and tho Jury niemtiou this that similar 1 acts may not be done by others in public 1 office. Gates on Public 11oai>s. The Grand Jury are iufonued that there arc sevoral Gates erected on the Public roads in some sections of the County, aud recommend that the same be removed at once. The Grand Jury appreciates the change in public affairs, And take pleasuro in seeing the Hon. A. P. ALDiUCH ngain in the judiciary of thefltato. W. 8. BKT8ILL. Foreman. ? A Tr.snesskr Outba?jk.?Nashville, March 5. ?The Amrrieai will publish to-morrow the following information from Coffee County, in this State : On Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, n party of six or eight masked men called at the cabin of an old negro, Abe Woolen, living in the Ninth District, eight miles from Manchester, and demanded admlttanoe, which being refused, they set fire in two or more plaots. Finding that he and his wife and four children would be burned if they remained, the old man rushed out, and was seized by the maskers, who carried him about one hundred yaids and shot him to death. r A Flood im tiis West ?Cincinnati, March 8. ?A Freeinont, Ohio, dispatch says recent rains ( have swollen the Sandusky ltiver, and the ics ' gorge below the oily remaining unbroken, the water is flooding the town. The residents on i Front st. are using ftkifls to get at their house*. / 7 # j: ^ _ ' v a\ Tof. R. J. Gonzalez. From New York, Practical Tuner of Tipc and teed Organs, and PiarofortCs. A few remarks n t'.io importance <#f hating Organs and Planfortos kept in parfact order bj one thoroughly killed in the construction of tko Instruments. i lundreds of Organs ar.d Pianofortes are sadly r\jured from being tampered with by persons ?ho are unskilled iu their mechanism, and rho are tempted by curiosity to take them apart, merely to see how they arc made.) Professor onzalez respectfully informs the Ret. Pastors, >lso Families hating Organs and Pianofortes, lint ho being a Manufacturer of these Instrunents, is fully prepared to attend to Tuning, Icgulnting and Repairing, as ho is always proided with all the Essontial parts of Mechanam connected with the above Instruments.? Vofessor Gonzales also wishes to state that ho , s in possession of hundreds of Testimonials rora Ministers of tarious Denominations who inte purchased Organs fYom him. or had their )rgnns Timed and Repaired by hint, so thai he nay oo retted upon to do such work, so as to insure entire satisfaction in nil cases. As hU stay la. iki? t* limit?<1. OrdsS" eft at the Post Office or Union Hotel will receive prompt attention. * For the Time*. The Thornwell Orphanage. Mn. Editor :?Mr. Thos. 0. Scott, who lins jccu spending a few days in our town solicitng contributions in behalf of the Thornwell Orphanage, local el at Clinton, in Laurens Coun,y, left last Tuesday, pursuing his mission in llio direction of Spartanburg. Mr. Scott expressed himself as being highly gratified with liis kind reception among the good | coplo of Union. His success in receiving donations Vom both gentlemen and ladies exceeded his ixpcctations. The citizens in general, irrespeo,ive of denomination or occupation, were ready ,o lend a helping hand to the Orpbau's cry. A jommunity ho generous he has seldom found.? The various contributions he received from tho good people of Union amounted in value to some Ifty or sixty dollnrs. All theso gifts go direct[y to the support of the Orphan Children. The Thornwell Orphanage seeks not only to give tho :hildren placed under its care food and raiment, but a practical education and sound moral trailing. The boys are carefully taught somq trade; '.lie girls, under the supervision of the matron ind accomplished teachers, aro thoroughly instructed in all kiiitds of work pertaining to u household and domestic affairs. Thus it may easily he seen, how great nrfc tho vlvantagcs derived by the little boys and girls at this noble Institution, and such a cause the generous and high toned people of Union know how to appreciate?a cause that looks to the deration and improvement, both mentally and morally, of tho poor Orphan. In I his way society may he improved mid tho church blessed by fitting those for usefulness, who othcrwiso r r-, ? 0 " out alife of wretchedness and woe. B. ?. ? For tlie Times. Letter from Brown's Store. Mu. Editor :?Though 1 have not the pleasure of a nersoual acaiiftinlnnrn veiili imn ns ? long-lime reader of yonr paper permit nie to trouble you with a few thoughts from this region. 1 suppose the past week has been a stirring ono in your town, in consequence of the many important criminal casos to be tried at the present term of Court. It is, however, very cncotiragng to Iho prisouers to feci that there is little danger of any ono being hung iu Union; It really looks odd, as wo ride over the county since the fence, or stock, law weut into operation, to see uo slock on the publio highways. We farmers are jubilant over it?with a few exocptions. llut, 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,wo. shall have quiet and happy times?at least un til the candidates start again. The colored people in this section have settled down and gono to work better than for several years, apparently with the intention of making something for themselves aud their employers. Our friend, Dr, J. D. Orr, made a flying visit to Atlanta, a few days ago, professeily to buy a bill of drugs, but roturned with a life partner, not in his professsional duties, but in bis domestic affairs. Tiiis addition to our community was a Miss Gillespie, and wo all think she will prove quite a valuable accession to our eociety. Qur community has met with quite a loss in the removal of Mr. R. K. Brown ' > Hampton City, on the Airline Railroad. Ho is an excellent and gentlemanly-merchant and We all wldft hiin pones and prosperity wherever he may go. Two young icon, Messrs. J. It. Littlejohn and It. A. Jones, havo taken his place and opened a large and finely selected slock of goods. Being young, good looking, and having for sale goods, to suit the Ladies, their store will be an attractive spot for young ladies, and they arc bound I to do a good business. This is an awful scrawl, but it's ray first, and 1 will try and do belter next lime. DICK DUNQA9. Not Guiltt, but hk Stolk the Floto.?A . correspondent of the Charleston A'ejes Hurt Courier, writing from Edgefield, gives the following account of a trial for barglary and the ctirious but significant verdict of tho Jury ; It was a cane in 'which a colored man was in* dictod for burglary, and it was proved upon (he trial that Jhe accused colored the mill house of the prosecutor through a hols made for the purpoos of letting the shaft of a wheel pose 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 tho same hole.? The prisonor wss defended by Major Krnest Qury, who took the ground that the State had ? failed to make out a case of burglary, aa there wns no m-raking, winch was essential In all esse of burglary. His Honor sustained the position taken by M>\jnr Qary, and instructed the Jury without noy argument of counsel that they could not oenvict the prisoner as he was only indicted for hnrgnry. Tho Jnry retired to their 0^0 room and brought In tho following verdict t? "We find for tho defendant, but wo believe be stole Ihc flour."