Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Reply to oaf the Posy|Ata ftuestio# /ulitor (jfpMjtle Artca^? W hiU ilQ ufar city a few dtayaigo, I uoti*< 14<-'0""??"idHi*4, ova the lettar JfcaA;.m ro? to *OTA 1>./ In your paper of the 20th inst.~^ did not sec the article of "11. K.,'" but waa amused with * hw.ii. io. m the public, that tl.e general impression that, in the discovery of thw phosphatic deposits iu the streams on and near the coast of our State a mine \vi*\)tb bin* bean found "sufficient to pay the State <fcbt| and. pbssibly, to buy the State of (*eorgi? for routing purposes,'-'-is all is fares, and to prove it "JJ.'_' informs "11.1>.'' that some of these deposits have proven so worthless, or, iu his own words, 4,s6 unprofitable that the charters iu one or two instances have been sufcrended." riow, iu tue language ot "u. 10 it, i?., lei ute^siiy to "II." ijint "I caiinyt say where your correspondent ('" ') g"t his fnforfliatlpfi, but 1 am quite sure that he ('H.') is mistaken ho far the price of tha rock in Clinrleston ia concerned," lliat is to say, if 'li.' alludes to met rock, which is the "houo?V vr rocit, of cojufeulion. In tlie first place "the dear people" wlla ftrc licensed to dig rock by the Companies, aftwi furnishing their owtt equipments flats and tongs, are .^comptlUd to sell to the Companies at such prices as the Companies may die tatc, while the Companies have nothing bu; capital used to buy3rock, aud their cVartci granting thctn the right to dig and mine in cer tain localities and that the price now paid it 5?I{,f>0 per tun, and that at no time within tin past two years havo they been paid more thai Si.uO per ton, ("and the writer has had occa sion to know.") Now, as to the one or two instances when charters have been surrendered, permit me t< Hay that ( know of btit otic, and that was tin Jicaiifurt stiver Cotupuutu ^bout which so tuucJ fuss was made at the time, and that was sur rendered upon the ground ilijit the lime allowed, ten years, was m t enough to guarantee the Com panv to put in machinery, kc., and the day thai the Hoard of Directors resolved to surrondei tlic charter, one of the Directors said to tlit writer that if the Legislature extejiilcd the time to twenty years, that it would he a tnnttor oi consideration with them, Ac., Ac. There was the troublo?the lime. They wanted inore time, au I thought they could get it hy surrendering Is "11." and the people aware, that of tliv millions uf twia of rock .lifted by the "Coosaw" and "Bull River" (loinpanics, nut on ounce uj it is used in the United Stoles ? Arc they a wart that every pound of this rock fs shipped it Europe by an English firm ? Is " H" awI thi people us-ore that the L'oosow Company s stuck i. worth to-duy ?EUO.UO /br El<>0-U0, and tUut (hi C'OOSIIIC ColliJIOIiy JHIi/9 il Qt'AKTKItl.Y MVIUUNU o U)per cent., and does not "11" agree with us that at this rate, there "has been discovers a mine of wealth mitlicicut to pay the Statt debt, and possibly buy the Elate of Georgia fot renting purposesIf the Elate had practica and cuter] rising officials with an eye single It the benefit of the Commonwealth, a gicul dot might be done. Let me refer you, Mr. Editor, (o the comma ideation from Charleston to the New Vork fiiuii oi lire -1st ilist., aud tliu editorial continents upon that article, ami in this cotiuiotiott ttsk you to pubtish that Article and the editor's comments, for the benefit of "Jl." and tlie dear people." Oh what u pity it is that the people of South Carolina do not read and think for ihctiisclvos. Then titer might learti u/i at J'cm hail tloiie fur hcr.it-If with her (inana. and what impoverished .South Carolina might do for herself, with her vast deposits of phosphate roek in the l>cds of the streams of the State, even after tellin;/ to our own fanners at cost, hut, ulas ! no follow in the footsteps of the dcspoilera whom we have, by the blessing of God, driven front our laud, and, like so many Shylocks, execute the lesson which they taught us. Tltey liftd lladicul rings, and we have Democratic rings. They carried on their villainy with nit open high hand in the broad glare of day ; we do if in a very polite and chivalric manner, under cover of uight, and there is, after nil, but little to choose between thctn, and there will not be, until we get ri 1 of ambitious politicians. 11 espectfully, yours, Cttaui.kston Rock. A Word About Newspapers. The Gainesville, (Ga.,) Maple is the last to let fly a lew sharp pointed and well-aimed arrow sat bores and dead-beats who are always to be found wherever a newspaper is published. The following is to the point, and we move its unanimous adoption by the press of the country : There is not perhaps in the whole range of business professions or callings, one that is so little understood, and about which there are as many erroneous ideas as that of the conduct, privileges, purposes and rights of a newspaper. From it people expect more, and propose to pay less for it, than they would dare to ask front any other business in the world. A gvcnl many very good people seem to forget that newspapers are husiuuss enterprises. They ignore the fact thai a newspaper man is tlesh and blood, that he must cat, drink, wear, live, move, and have a being as any other human biped. They seem to forget that ho has like passions, like necessities, like cares, troubles and anxieties with other men, Hence, when lru ditfers with them, when he expresses an opinion in opposition to their own, with warmth and vigor, they are ready to denounce him, and seem as much astonished as if an angol had liown down from Uic out-posis of heaven and pelted thciu with u brick-hat. lie is expected to bi above and beyond tin1 small weaknesses of hu inanity, and soar around in the elysian fields o! grandiloquent genius or Leisurely browse in the vernal pastures of pure wisdom, and see everything as everybody else sees it, and reconcile thu vast ditiercnces i>f opinion iu imperiotu thousands. But it is not in lliis alone that the world mis takes us. Very many, very good people, good honest souls, who would never think of asking their grocer to give theui a dune s worth oi cheese, will ask a new spaper 01:141 to sacrifice his space, pay Tiis printirs to set up his type, and wear out his materia! to do them a service, ami expect him to acquiesce, as a matter of course. It is astonishing how inane lu-onln ham ;i*.w t<> grind which from their standpoint me "matters of public interest," and woe to the poor editor who cannot see it in that light. There are two or three things which njnny good, honest people need to he educated to understand. One is that editors arc human. They tire liable to he mistaken, and are entitled to the same charity as other people who may do likewise. Second, that they cannot live on wind and sleep on fence*, and must he pal I fir their slock in trade, the san e as a merchant or any other business man. Third, that a newspaper does Hot belong to the world at large, hut to its owners and conductors, and that it cannot he made a sluice-box through which to 11 iw all the surplus bile of a community or the trashy oilsloughings of the bruin of every nincompoop who itehes to see his mimo in print. When these wholesale* truths are thoroughly imbedded in the teachings of our civilization, then will the editor's milleiiiuni begin to draw nigh and Ike war dance of delight will swing corners and chaise/ around the editor! il tripo I. the scissors will cut the doubli-?diu)?1e, and the pavte j -t weep great tears of uuctious joy. '' - - ?*>! V 1 j #^ lalfdila .Suit* lin|5. \ B. M. srafB* Kfljlor^ S~~ h ^MHON, FUlD*f> AklLV#7'>. A I i TSKMS or BUBAC&ljPTXOHi i io " "' " " i3.<*r , ADVERTISING. On* ?<|nar?> or one inch, ftrst insertion, - - $100 Kacli nilwqurnl insertion, ------- 7-1 _ Liberal >||m unit made to merchants unci others advertising for six month* or hy the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. ? " " orcr ten lines, charged a* Advcrtlsci^ciits. , Straw barns* In Charluton. They ure eating Florida tiirnvrberries in Char lesion. Weil, ours are ia fine bloom, and. if the May fro El don'I come we ghatl luxuriate on | Strawberries and Cream, too, in u few weeks. , New and Fashionble Millinery. Mrs. II Richards its now receiving n very large stock of*how upd fashionable Millinery, Ribbons, Plumes, Flowers, &c.. which she proposes to sell at the lowest possible prices. * [ .... ( Special Notice. Next Monday is salcsday and we would int form those indebted to us that no man in this r Cuu.tly is in want of money more than the Editor of the Union 7Trim. Some people may'call c this a dun, but we only call it a hint to come to t the cilice next Monday and pay as much as you * can, ou what you owe us. i An Aged Citizen Gone. > Mr. Alexander Msador died at the residence 9 of his brother, Mr. Johu Metulor, in this Conn' ty, hist Tuesday, the 1st, nt the advanced nge ( of 70 years. Mr. Meador had been denf and dumb all ' his life, but notwithstanding that affliction was ' a very intelligent man, and much respected by j all bis friend and acquaintance:!. ? - - ? I Serious Aooident to C. E. Sims. W'o regret to learn that Mr. C. E. Sinis, of Satttuc, met with a very serious accident last ' Monday, at his Gin House. It eppoavs that he was descending from the Cotton Press when one . of the steps gave way and precipitated liita to > the ground. Ho wan taken up in an uncon! seious state, and upon examination it was found ' I hut he had received great outward and inward f bodily injuries, from whkli it is feared ho will , not recover. ? ) A Diffloulty near Jonosvillo. \.VIIV0|IUlltllMIb Ub tMHlUSYlMU KUIdiy 1111"II' islics us with tlio following account* of I a difficulty that oecurcd near that town: ? "A difficulty accurrcd near here ou Men diy Inst, between Monroe Whillock, wliile, 1 aud Henry Tutor, colorel, in which the latter was shot in tho thigh, the ball passing round I the bone and was taken ont oa the opposite side ' by l/r. W. (). Southard. 1 lihvo not learned the cause of the difficulty. Taler is sutiering very initcli from t!ic wound." A Derious Eunaway. On Friday evening last as Mrs. J. T. Mclvissick was going from town to her home, about three miles from here, iu a buggy, the horse became frightened and ran furiously up the road> A gentleman attempted to slop him near the Presbyterian Church when the animal run up a high bank oa the si le of the road, throwing Mrs. MeKissiek out of the buggy and seriously injuring her left sido. Fortunately no bones were brokou, but the lady has been con lined to the house over since, scarcely able to walk. The Weather. The weather for the month of March was somewaal remarkable hero. Scarcely any rain fell an 1 not until the last two days did we have a true specimen cf an old-fashioned March wind. Nearly the whole of the month the days were warm and the nights quite cool, often bordering on frost. It was not such weather as would push vegetation, consequently our gar dons aro a little backward, and the corn planted i early docs nut show well. It has V?een a good month for work, however, which will teH'' hereafter. There is an old Proverb running tints : "A, fog in March bring* a frost in May." If that is verified lookout for a frost in May for we had frequent fogs in March. A fine rain I fell here on Tuesday. < < - ? ? Stop tho Sling Shot3. If there is a nuisance in this town that shuitl 1 < i be suppressed, we think it is tlie use of sling i shots. Last Saturday evening, just after dark, I 1 while a number of colored boys and men were passing down Main Street to a Hut supper, \ i given in (lie public school llousc in rear of the , i Titisley residence, a stone was sent from one ' of thole siiug shot nuisances through our { r kitchen lo-v, mti, , jth >eo*. force to either i i i i kill or greatly injure -ay p^r^on whom it might | have ,-:i UC/C, e?on t..v. ..?-*r.'.e. The Town i 1 Councils of other towns ua*. .?ieri active mens- ] ures to stop this danger .* aui-ance and we suggest that our efficient I .ty Fathers consider tlie matter. M e c uld state a number of instances in which mischief has been done by the n lately. A Destructive lr'iro. About midnight oil Friday lust the dwelling i of J'r J. F. Norman, on Fair Forest, with I all its contents, including every garment of clothing except what the family had on, n j very fine Piano, all the furniture, tlie L>r's. | I uucks ana accounts una a small sum 01 money, j | the smoke house, with nearly a thousand pounds 1 of llacou and other provisions, were entirely j destroyed by fir.'. The tire commenced in a room above where j the I>r. and his wife were sleeping, and when ! first discovered it had made such headway that the family had barely tiiue to escape before the roof fell in and there was no possible chance tj save anything. Mr. John N. Heard, a boarder in tho family, but absent at the time, lost all his clothing except what he had w ith him, liesides some valuable papers, among them several belonging to his Father's estate, ot which he is the F.xecntor. We sincerely sympathise with nil the sulTorei-?, but are glad to learn that the T>oCt?r hat j determined to rebuild his dwelling at once. | to Hoadersoa ia #0 Day* SOnroM frtrnd K II. Counts, the excellent aod 4&*iqA Secrttarjrafend Treasurer of thk S. U. jji GK- a frieudlj'jcoU luA Mmare MJs glad to ?* Iris in our aiiucti^ (f 'ri know a visit from hiui alwae Co*of news. He iufoliaod ui toa'^^^Mflfin r*ct for *U&Mu*?4h? ? and A. H. K. to Hendersonville had been "let out to Col. Potts, the largest and most energetic Kailroad iuau in tl.o .South. Under tho contract tTic Col. Is to hatfe the'road completed and the cars running to that point in 00 days, which will be about the 1st of June. The Spartan says: "Friday morning about sixty hands left this place for the head of the road, and Saturday six carloads of iron followed and Nine more carloads went up yesterday, 'making fifteen in nlT, which is nbout one fourth iron enough for completing the road to Henderson. \ new engine and two coaches have been ordered, and will be on hand for tiic summer travel." ? ' - Our Acre and Half. We commenced culling the Lucerne around our gardeu beds about ten days ago, and our cow is getting fat on it. We oxpecc to feed her well upon that alone until the clover is ready to cut. Lpou one and a half acres ot land wo have clover aatb^Morne euough to feed a ci^t, a large gardcnTbVSummer and winter vegetables and roots, and a roasting-ear patch. Last year wc raised enough Sweet Potatoes to last us until about the middle of February. Our Irish Potatoe crop was not good that year, but we had enough to hist us until late in winter. Our family consists of five white?full grown and hearty caters?a small family of colored?pretty good eaters, too. If we could afford to buy and keep a horse and wagon to make manure, wc could do better than that upon our acrc-aud-lialf. The Union Nurseries. Wc uall the atteulion of our citizens, both in town nud Country, to the advertisement of Frederick l.uclier is: Co., who have undertaken to establish a Nursery right among us. Mr. Luchur is an Intelligent and industrious gentleman, a natlvo of Switzerland, who has married and settled In our midst, with the intention of making an honest living and establishing an entcrpriso that will enable the people to procure Fruits Trees, Evergreens, Flowers, Plants, kc., at home, instead of scudi.ig their money out ut 'lie County and State for such articles. We hope the people will encourage the enterprise. As soon as wc are able wo shall visit their gardens as wo hear they aro well worth a visit to them already. Apologctio. A lew duys ago in louking over some papers in the pocket of a coat wo had laid aside for a time, we came across a very interesting communication giving an account of the closing exercise of the Asbury Seminary on tho 7th "o/ thit iuuu//t." We rcjzrel cxcccUinclv our lieulcct in not publishing the communication, for wo have reason to know that thr Ashury seminary, presided over by l'rol". X. G. Litllejohn, deserves to bo known all over the State, and should not be slighted, by us at least. Wo would publish the communication now, but it docs not inform us what tu mth the occasion occurred, and it may bo so long ago that its appearance now would look ridiculous. The Home Circle. Is the uauic of a well edited aud handsomely printed paper just started at t'harleslou by Mrs. M. E. Drilton. As the name indicates, it is intended to be a journal that will interest aud elevate those who compose the home circles of our State and Country. In the number before us there is evidence of much tact and ability, and wc arc satisfied that it will only require a fair share of public support to make it a most valuable aud interesting family Visitor. As it is e lited and published by a most excellent South Carolina Lady, we hope the Ladies of the State will at once set to wotk and encourage the enterprise by sending her a large number of sub scribers. l'rice ?2 per annum. Offering Regards. A scamp lias been swindling a Columbia Han't out of a sum of money, ami ihe Governor has offered a reward ot' jlUO for liis apprehension. Thais all right, but if the fellow will only keep otV the railroads ami away from county towns a few days he will he in 110 danger of being arrested. f?r hut few who live live miles from a Railroad will ever seethe Governor*s Proclamation, as it is only published in the t'olurnbiu ail 1 Charleston daily | 'pert, at.d we doubt much if a dozen c ,pie? of cith'-r of ti. ,-e j \j < rarc taken by persons residing v.< r that di" from a railroad. Baptist Church Improve;/. ia'.t The improvement . t../> ., j. Itj.y.List (,'liureh, hi 1 tv * .?< i . / an ornament to the t . , v. . >> ; >/ ; . the Congregation, 'i?. ,s cretl wilit pointed ?n ig > v y >>< v unique appearance, at. t t c . v .? . t-* v shown what an improves. . ?>?v ?. * /w paint will make on a dingy < / The work is being public! 1,r**ri a? fast ;? . possible. Mrtinctt ok a Kkntickv .It - Frankfort, March "Jd.?Judge J. .M. FJIiott, of the Court of Appeals, \v:? ? assassinated to-day in (lie street, in front of (lie Capitol Hotel, by Thus. Ituford, of llenry County. Judge l.lliotl lind rendered an opinion adverse to a case Ituford had foi Hoine time in court. ISufor<l loaded a doublebarrelled shot-gun mid waited for Klliutt to come to dinner, and walked up and shot him through the heart without warning, killing liiin instantly. The assassin was arrested, and is now in jail. i* great excitement ami a strong feeling against him. Ituford, after his arrest, ncknowledgcd that the other barrel of the gun wn< loaded for Judge I'ryor, ami lie would have killed him al*o had not some children been in the way lie is a brother of (Jen. Abe Itulbrd, of Woodford County. o Sen UK on K Mutt p. ton Tin: l'tsToi..?Little Hock. Ark., April 1. At Texarkana, on Friday lust, Sam. Crowley, a freight conductor on the Texas Pacific Hailroad, shot an I killed Tlios, Hanks, a saloon keeper ami ex-State Senator.? Hanks had threatened to k'll Cmwley ou sight he ausc he had given away a ting pledged for a | debt several months ago. 'dWi i>wf iWh) iW~ Cm i"*^T fnrn Who arefnfe tptm the Murdeifr ? Id Aho^her column will bo ftutid ft ilalrmcal of th* nw:r lcr of ?udg^ J. 11. Elliott of the Court of gppMis of Keatackji This Atrocious cAni wWtoiMWrdhu n (he streets of Frankfort, Hy ; and for what? Because in the .ooiyscicntiew* dischaiue of their duties tlie Judof <nAl 6ourt ' hAtt tfooldod ad*er*oly to the. assassin in a taw suit which had been tried and decided against hlni twice before. A few days ago CoL R. 'A. *Alston was hunted down and shot in cold blood in one of the public offices at Atlanta, Geo., becnttscbc would not violate a contract be had made in the Interest of his client. Again, a Texas desperado, occupying the position of railroad detective, insults a lady at a railroad station, and when remonstrated with by the lady's friends shoots down one, Mr. II. C. l'orter, and dangerously wounds another. Following quick upon each other the recitals of these awful crimes have been published in almost every paper upon the American (Jouiinunt, feeding the uiorbid taste, so fearfully growing among the people, with that cxcitiug, lawlcrs ami uciuorauzing iouu upon wuicu it iniivua and becomes debasing to humanity. To add to the terrible effects of these crimes upon the already vitiated minds of the people they were wantonly committed by men who moved iu social spheres above what may be called the ordinary classes of society, and their own wealthi assisted by that of their frieuds, together with the prestige family and high social, political, and often religions position, aro to be used lavishly to shield them from the merited punishment of the law and the demands of justice, peace and morality. So common is the cscapo of such high criminals from the punishment due their crimes, that already we hear of bets being made that the murderer of Col. Alston or Judge llllintt or P. C. l'orter will not be hung?that imprisonment only, and then, by tho powerful influences we have stated, a pardon, will be the result. Tho people are beeomiug agitated at the apparent leniency shown to crime in high places, aud arc fast getting to believe that wealth, family ami position secure immunity from punishment, while those iu the ordinary walks of life, possessing neither of those prestiges to plead f.r theui, are made public examples of for similar offences committed by them. This is a sad condition of mind for tho people to be in, ami augurs no giwd for tlw: tranquility and morality of our country in the- future. If left to grow it is likely to devebope the poisonous fruit of communism in its most deadly form. lint hoy/ are we to turn the tide?? Somotlline IUU>1 b? done In sl-iv llio mil. Ii kr?l | of the murderer and .stop the commission of other heinous crimes, wc euro not by whom conimitted. The jrenceaWe amd lavrabiding citizen, of any and every class and condition, must be made to feel assnrcd that his fife, his person an I property are secure from the attacks of the | violent and lawless of every grade and1 positron; and to this the bench, the bar ami the juries ? generally representing every conditio*! of citizenship?must combine in one holiest aiul determined effort to houor the law by euforcing its penalties and making it bear with ciptal force i upon every one who sh ill dare to violate it, j however high or low his position in societyIf we go on murdering at the pace we are now | travelling, without the law cnterposing its powerful arin to suppress the crime, our Judges, Jurors, Lawyers and common citizens will be Li | danger of the assassin's bullet whenever tUny I dare discharge their duties in accordance with , law and the conscientious convictions cf duty i t<> society and their fellow* men. In short, when wc look upon the record of crime for the past month, all over the country, wc shudder at the thought that murder is running rampant over . the land, ami tiiat neither age, sex nor condition, is security against the murderous attacks of llto i violent 'genteel" assassin or the low-bre 1 and ! debased desperado. ? l'or the Times. Gadbcrry's Grave.?The First Hespouse. Union, S. c\, April -, 1S71'. j Mr. I'mtoh : ? I am glad to sec thai your correspondent "Lionel" lias renewed the subject of a Monument to Col. fladberry. The ncg1 c.-t of lii- grave has long been a reproach to his Ilegiiueiit. I would suggest a meeting of the survivors of Lis old I'cgimcnt, (lie 18th 8. C. V., in: ler *.li" nu"s}>ices of bis successor, Col. iV. il. Wallace, for the purpose of raising a subscription to erect a suitable .Monument over bis gravis in tlr; Presbyterian Cburch yard of this Town. J lemcml.er iiis devotion to tbc "Lost Cause ' ar. 1 a witness to bis gall wit conduct on 1 lie .*V il f.- 1 of tno "_'ii Mtwi.-ir-im, wbere be lost Ids A thooj?h no' a member of his llegimetil, 1 ?> '. i serf... / if *c fire Loilurs to aid tbc a . <? .A tW A J? ' -S -II \ it I * XilOOThllH. ' i t , k I'.' if r ur Loni?. March /. \ i .r IK it.w diSpifch n?* that .-. . .? . a/ it liowii'J, lb' negro who i i uvlly , I . . j outi I Clara 1'oirl, a little / .'. j ' j ear-, o.l, was <li covered in i.r. o'l /. i.e. i< n.i'.es from the city. Tbc prisor.'-r wis t ui-n to town and lodged {M jail. The e*citfcmeni was intense, nnd threats of i lynching were mude, 'i lie crime was mo horrible us to lie without parallel in criminal history. Last night a crowd of folly one thousand, , accompanied by thirty masked iiu*u withdrawn revolvers, took him from the jail, tied a rope 1 | nroiinu tns neck ami dragged him fiv? hlouks, ' 1111J finally hung liiiu to it lump post on the cor in1 r of l lie public square. After the body >j ha I been hanging about fifteen minutes, the i j cry was raised, "lbirn liini [ burn him!" and j the crowd took the body down, niul in spite of i I resistance and objection <>n the part of the more j calm and peaceable portion of the crowd, they roasted and burned it in a lire of dry goods i boxes and coal oil, amid demonstrations that rivalled l'lindemonltini* Amu r Tilr. I'm nr.?<M the ease, dignity and general acceptability with which His Honor Judge Wallace presides, we can hardly speak in ! too aotiiincndat ory terms. Tho promptness. ' 1 clearness and directness of his charges and nil> ings facilitate greatly the dispatch of business, , ' and to this fact, as \ve!l as to the unusual inlcl* ' iigenee and clear lieadedness of the gentlemen composing tho juries, is largely due thf gratifjri. ing progress already made in disposing of the work of the Hciicra] Sessions. ? s ? m i. m m* m\t Firk in vii.l%t? (WecnvIUe.B. HMnrch 31.?A tire alarm luitft nidil <l|vcfc>p4tl fire iu (lie dry gootfcvetore rffil. Dfckaiu S Co., directly oj%osita tlie U0imn?ciul HobI, comer of Main auaftVftMkiugtM st git-is, iu^'no Mauldia block?mMm bmmMAiic Ml&k The exer- * lions of (lie firemen nnd the assistance rendered by the colored population wived uwtroin a terxibl# Oou ting ratios, . ,'A'Ue habitues of the Commercial HStcl, oSspriAng men from Atlanta, Daltimore, Philadelphia and New York, aided greatly iu saving the goods of McMubon, Morgan and Davis, who occupied adjoining floors. Dickson & C'o.,'s 1ms, in stock at) J J-'ixtUKe*, was $23,000,00?insurance and goods saved $17, 700,00." McMnhon, Morgan ana Davis were only partially insureJ, but saved half of their goods. Willi era' drug store nnd T. W. Davis' establishments were.saved by the strenuous excrtibns of tlie firemen nnd citizens. The city of Greenville miraculously escaped n tcrrililo coiitlngration. Dr. Maulilin, our Mayor, who owned the block burned, was two-thirds insured. Mr. Not wood, dentist, lost $5,000. Mr. Broadaway, photographer, lost $200. i. The Greenville AVi<t of Tuesday says : A little more than two years ag \ our people reuieuiber well, the great conflagration which destroyed the Opera House Block, J. II. Morgan & Co.'s store and the Mnuldin residence, with their contents. On night before last the story was repeated, and nl this writing the splendid Mauhliu Block, corner Main and Washington Streets, is in ashes?a mass of ruins and smoking cuibcrs, that tells the oft repeated talc of the incendiary's torch. The building was decidedly the handsomest in ? > Greenville and was the properly of Hon. W. I<. Mauldin, the Mayor. The grouud iloor embraced the stores of E. B. Dickson & Co. nnd McMnhon, Morgan & Davis, while the upper floor was divided into olficea, a lodge hall and sleeping rooms. The front up-stuirs rooms were occupied as dental ppoms by Dr. J. W. Norwood, who lmd them handsomely furnished and fitted up for bis business. The large room adjoining, on the North side, was the art gallery of Mr. J. 9. lirondaway, and the splendid hull in the rear cn<l of the building was used by the Masonic UUv i??dgt, Council, Chapter, Good Templars and Knights of llouor. Nothing contained iu any of the upper rooms was saved. Ac-riox or Ttrr Joixi C'.ttircs.?Washington1, Mxreli 2t>.?A join Democratic caucus of Senators and Bepreseutativca, held in the llens-c today, detvrmiucd, utter tuoro than two hours' discussion, to introduce the army bill with the bill passed by the House last session, including tho classes prohibiting the presence of troops ut tho polls. Chalmers, chairman of the House caucus committee, prcsontcd tho report as tele graphed last night. An attempt to inaugurate independent action was rejected. The legislative bill will he introduced by Atkins, of Tennessee, and will embrace practically the same provision, excepting certain clunscs of the Federal election laws. The proposed repeat" will provide Cor the appointment of two supervisors,representing the two political parties, with power restricfcd t? witnessing and challenging, i l'hat chief supervisors and deputy marshals be abolished, together with the power to arrest ttaw vested in the former otlioer. A provision will also he incorporated by the appointment of" two supervisors at ovcry voting precinct of the United States and not merely in cities of 1X1,000 inhabitants, as now provided. A Trnitirio t)TOUM.-r-We learn (hat the rain storm on Saturday evening, U2d ult., was very destructive in some sections of the county. In the neighborhood of Cinnp Ureek Church miles of fencing was blown level with the ground.? On thu plantation of .Mr. II. W. Stevens, in tho Waxiiaws. the storm partook somewhat of iv hurricane, blowing dowu houses and twisting, oil" the tops of large trees. The track of the* hurricane was from west to east, and extended only about 400 yards in width. Singular to , state, yet we are informed that no lives were I lost. Mr. John biMuon was shellingcorn in his crib whou the slornt .struck the house, carrying off the roof and scattering the limber in every direction, yet ho received but slight injury. A stable, containing two unties, was leveled to tin? earth, yet (lie mules came out unhurt. At this place t lie rain fell in torrents for about fifteen | minutes, and the wind blew with great velocity, ; ni:il was very destructive to many line Crui'J j;trees. We presume, front the indications, that the.storm was pretty general throughout tll?r county.?L<tnc<txtfr l.tdyer. U.wtot.iN * lioi.li.?The last issue of the < heraw A'ms.says :. "llrower mine, situated about twenty-wight miles front Chcraw, in this county, is now the scene of operations of a company of Northern capitaliis, who have recently had their nttcutioti called to the rich deposits at that ('..fit... .......I.K..:? .... |n??Wi ^ \rjiij (11 (CIIIIIVI J 1.7 |HIO ?|? wr tlic purpose (if working the mine oi>/in extensive scale. Tim gentlemen who Inu'c the matter in hand tire energetic, gs ahead persons, ami they expect to begin work, in eavnest as soon n* the necessnry machinery can he pat in plnao and miners obtained tt> d? the work. One hundred thousand dollars has already hecn pluc<i<C at the disposal of the managers, with the assu rance that more is forthcoming if necessary.?. This mine has been worked on a small scalq heretofore, and has been found very profitable. Tit t l.ttv and Ant'1.TKHV.?At the late term o? court tor Chester County eight persons were. prcM'iitvd by the grand jury for ndultry, and. tin? Solicitor was recommended to bring thein to trial. These eases canic up under the late act of Assembly and are only the beginning of the, rfu end. The prevalence of the great crime of adultery, and especially among tiio colored people, is one of the alarming signs of the times, and but for the intervention of restrictive legislation nnd tin- stern enforcement of the law in every ease, and without regard l? race or color, will end in the overthrow of all social order ami peace, and force upon the country a licentious .ami lustful population, neither knowing, doing | or caring to discharge I lie high duties of honoriibtc citizenship.? Ahhevillf, M<'Hum. I . 1 In a Rr.ri.oittm.b Cosiiition.?The churches ' Ki>cin to have given Arizona up to the (]cvii..? \ The I'risbytonan Church nt l'rcscol' i.< without u pastor. Tim Methodist .Suu;h is; in the sarin; ; coiflitiou. an<l I'liptou Wright now hus the reI Hpoii'Mliiliiy of our soi'ls thrown on his imli' vhlnnl shoulders, n'nd the burden soon must he 1 moru tIihii even he can hear. The lost l'rcsbyI leriart minister wo had hero thought wo were j an awfully wicked rot, and predicted for ns the l fate of Sodom ami (Jotnorrali, and the last pas I tor of the Methodist South persuasion concluded before he left that we were past praying for.? Arizona F.nlrrfr\*t. Jf .\le:,andvr II. Stephen* was to step into ? one side of a large pair of scales, and all the ^ medicines he has swallowed during the past I tiftecn years were to he suddenly dumped into { tlie oilier aide, I'uo shadowy statesman would shoot up like a balloon, lie has taken eight hundred and severity nine kinds of medicine, ' and that heshoutd now weigh sixty-five pound", ' Instead of sleeping with his fathers. Is little short of a miracle. ? Xorri?l?wn Hrr.tlrf. -MritimREt) Miliar. A si. km\?Ingersol, Out., March ?This afternoon, Iteuhen Smith while sitting asleep in a chair in the Royal Hotel was ' kicked iri the face by Charles Moore, killing 4ft . him instantly. It is supposed that the act was prompted l?y an old grudge