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in your paper oft ho 20th insi/l diiT hdl^sco tho article of "H. K.,'" but wm anuutd with ::$:&& u ?* tlie public, that the general impression that, in the discovery of tho phospbntic deposits iu the streams on uud near the coast of our State a mine ^f^vatdtli ivm been/bund "suflicieut to pay the State ?fcbt', nhtf, possibly, to buy tho Slate of Ueergi* for eettUttg ^mrposss." in aU ? fare*, and to .prove it "U.". informs "11. Jth" th*t some of these ueposits have proven so worthless, or, in his own words, "sO unprofitable that litfc charters iu one or two instances have b^ea suitrended." . : '' u,- >ri or' "? f'i Now, iu the language of to '!llr TJ./.' lei me^say to "II." tjiat "I cannot say yvhc(re _ your correspondent Ph. ) got*|>{3 fufOrltiallpft, but I'uiii quhc sure tliat he ('H.')! is mistaken so far as the price of the rock in Cluirlestou is concerned," that is to eaj?>if?4li/ alludes to river., rock, which is the '^oao,',' 9*": rock, of contention. In the first place "the dear people" wlM"ftrc licensed to dig rock by the Companies',1 after furnishing their own equipments. Hats and " t?ug?, are .compelled to sell to tbo Companies at stitch prices as the Companion may dictate, while the Companies have nothing but capital used to bi^y^roqk, aud their charter granting them the*right to dig and mihe in eerJ tain localities^ and that the price now paid is $:),60 per ton, nnd that at no time within the past two years havo they been paid more than $4.50 per ton, ("aud the writer has had occasion to know.") Now, as to the one or two instances wheic charters have been surrendered, permit nie to say that I know of but one, and that was the Jicunfort nicer Comptiut^ About which so. much fuss was made at the tunc, and that was surrendered upon the ground UyU the time alloivcd, ten years, was m t ertongh to guarantee the Company to put in machinery, &o? and the day that the Hoard of Directors resolved to. Surrender the charter, one of the Directors said to the writer that if the Legislature extended the time to twenty years, that it would be a matter of consideration with them, &o., &e. Their was the troublo?the time. They wanted'In ore time, and thought they could get it by surrendering.. Is "11." and the. people nwarcj that of the millions of lona of rock .lifted Jby the "Cooaaw". and "Bull Kiver" Companies, not an ounce of it is used in the United Stales ? Arc they aware that uvcry poual of this rock ts shipped to ( L'.uropc by an English firm? Is "li" and the people ware that the Coo saw Company's stock * worth to day $8UO.OO for $100UO, and that, (he Coosaw Company pays a ouartkiu.y mviiu:m? of "Hiper entl.. and docs not "11" agree wfth us, that at this rate, there "has been discovered a mina of wealth sufficient to pay the Statu debt, and possibly buy the State of Georgia for renting purposes ?" If the State had practical and cuterj rising officials with an eye single to the benefit of the Commonwealth, a gicut deal might be done. Let me refer you, Mr. Editor, to the communication from Charleston to the New Yprk Sun of the "1st inst., aud the editorial comments upon that article, and in litis conucotiou ask you to publish that article and the . editor's comments, for the benefit of "Jl.*' and the "dear people." Oh ! what a pity it is that the people of South Carolina do not read and think for themselves. Then titer might learn tc/iut J'eru had dune for herself trifh her Guano, and what impoverished South Carolina might do for herself, with her vast deposits of phosphate rock in the beds of the streams of the State, eoen after teUiji</ to our otcn farmers at cost, hut, alas! no follow in the footsteps of I lie despoil era whom \vc have, by the blessing of God, dri,ven from our land, and, like so many JShylocks, execute iho lesson which they taught ns. They bad Radical rings, and we have Democratic rings. They carried on their villainy with nn open high hand in the bread glare of day ; \vc do it in a very polite and cltivalric manner, under cover of night, and there is, nftcr all, but little to choose between then, and there will not be, until we get rid of ambitious politicians^ Respectfully, yours, Charleston* Rock. -? ? A. Word About Newspapers. m- <e\~ \ ?i- s- ' - ? hv uuiuvoiiiic, 19 tllv uksl iu icl fly a few sharp pointed and well-aimed arrowsat bores and dead-beats w ho are always to be found wherever a newspaper is published.: The following is to the poiut, 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 thai ii so little understood; and about which there are as uiauy erroneous ideas as thnt 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 Ilia world. A great tnany very good people seem to forget that newspapers are business enterprises. They ignore the fact that a newspaper tuna is tlesh and blood, that he must cat, drink, wc'tlh, live, move, and have a being as any other 'human biped. They seem to forget that ho Ints'iike passions, like necessities, like cares, troubles and anxieties with other men, llence, when lie differs with them, when he expresses an opiuion in opposition to their own, with warmth and vigor, they are ready to denounce him, and seem as much astonished as if an angel had tiown down from the out-posts of heaveu and pelted them with a brick-bat. He is expected to be above and beyond the small weaknesses of humaifitr. and soar around in Mm plv?inn grandiloquent genius or leisurely browse in the vernal pastures of pure wisdom, and see every* thing as everybody else sees it, and reconcile the vest differences of opinion iu imperious thou* sands. But U Is not In this albne that'the world mistakes us. Very many, very good people, good honost souls, who would never think of asking their grocyr to giva- them a dijue's worth''. </ cheese, will ps)( n newspaper 011m u> sacrifice bis fpade,i>ay my printers to set up his typcj and wfenr dirt hih Wi.vtcriitl to do tbcfn t sel-vicC, and oxpeot l??m to acquiesce, as a mnlter of course. It is astonishing how many peoplo have axes to grind which from their standpoint are ''matters of public interest," and woe to the poor,editor who cannot see it in that light. There are two or three things which njtfny good, honest people need to be educated to un-' tiers land. One is that editors are human. They ore liable to be mistaken, add are entitled to (be Same charity as other people who may do likewise. Second, thai they cannot live on wind nnd tflcep on fencto, and must be paid for'-thelr stock in era/In tVn Mt>? ? ?? ? w- . v ww ? mviciiiniv wr mnj other business nun. Third, that ? newspaper does not bcloag to tba world at large, but to its ownera and conductors, and tliat it cannot be made n. sluice-box through which to flow all the surplus bile of a community or the trashy ofFsloughings of the brain of erory nincompoop who itches to see his name in print. When these wholesale truths nrc thoroughly imbedded in-the teachings of our civilization, tbVtr^will the editor's luilleniiim begin to draw nigh shd' the war-dance of delight will swing corners and! chasscz around the editorial tripod, the scissors) will cut tlio double-shuffle, and the paste-potweep great tears of unctious joy. tuns or BUBscjurxioii. advamck- u J)HS ftiHtSS 10 " " '?* I. ' H ' 13.O0? ADVERTISING. On* square orone inch, ftrst insertion, - - - $!.00 Each subsequent insertion, ------- 7.1 Liberal discount made to merchants awdjothcrs ivdTertkiotf for six months or by tho year.- ? Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. ? - orer ten lines, charged as AilietO*I ,;.. . . Strawbon ies la Charleston. ! They are eating Florida ttirnwborries In /Char* . lesion. Well, our* are in fino ftlootn, and. if the May froetdtVr/l coma we shall luxitriate on, Htrawbei rids and ('roam, too, in n few weeks, f ?' 1 1 1 ? W* 1 71 v " New and:Faahionble'Millinery. :71 '< Mrs. JJ. Uicliarda ie now receiving a very large .i/Clr -(V.-. 1 e 1:-.-" <nyv^< vi inn i4vu iMiiimuuie inuiwarj, iv lotions, l'luraes, Flowers, &c.. which fcbe prqposes to sell at the lo west possible prices. ' * Special Koiice. ' Next Monday la aalesday and we Arould inform those indebted to us (hat no mad in this Couply is in want of money more than the Editor of the Uni6n num. Some peo$lo majr call this a dim, but we only call it a hint to come to the office ucxt Monday and pay as much as you can, ou what you owe us. m An Aged Citizen Gone. Mr.| Alexander Meador died at the residence 'of his brother, Ml'. John Meftdor, lu this doubly, Inst Tuesday, the 1st, st the advanced age of 70 years. Mr. Mondor had been deaf and dumb all his life, but notwithstanding that affliction was1 ia very intelligent man, And much tespected by all lils friend and acquaintance:). Serious Aoeident to C. E. Sims. Wo regret to leant that Mr. C. E. Sims, of Santuc, met with a very serious accident last M6ndny, alius Gin IiOuse. It cpfibars that lie was descending from the Cotton Pres9 vlien one of the steps gave way and pracipitatod him to the ground. He won taken up in an unconscious slate, and upon examination it was found thut he had received great outward arid inward bodily injuries, from which it is feared ho will not recover. A Difficulty near Joneiville. A correspondent at Jouusville kindly fuvnishes us with tho following accounts of a difficulty that oecurcd niyir that town:? "A difficulty &ccurre?l neak here on Mu?> diy last, between Monroe.Wbtilock, white, and Henry Pater, colored, in < which the latter was shot in tho thigh, the ball passing round the bone and was takon out on "the opposite side by Dr. W. 0. Southard.' I hkvo riot learned the cause of the difficulty. l*ater is Buttering very much from tho wound." || . i r?~?W?- ' ' A Serious Runaway. On Friday evening last as Mrs. J. P. Molvissick was going froiu towu to her hom6, about three miles from bere, in a buggy, tho horse became frightened und ran furiously up the roodi A gentleman attempted to stop him near the Presbyterian Church when the uuiinal ran up a high buuk on the si le of the rood, throwing Mrs. McKissick out of the buggy and seriously injuring her left side. Fortunately no boaos mm viuhou, uui 1110 iouy nas i>ccn confined (o tho house ever since, scarcely able to walk. The Weather. The weather for the month of March was \ somewhat remarkable here, Scarcely any rain fell au 1 not until the lust two days did we have a true apecimen cf an old-ioehiouei March ! wind. Nearly the whole of the mouth the days were warm and the nights quite cool, often bordering on frost. It was notquck weather at* would puth-vegetation, consequently our gar dens ard St little backward, and the corn planted early does not show Well. It has been it good month for work, however, which will "tell" hereafter. There is on old Proverb running thus : "A. fog in March brlncr* a frost in \1n.v " ^ ?, ? -?.?J * If that Is verified look out for a frost In May for we had frequent fogs lu March. A fine rain fell here on "Tuesday. . -J i il *# Stop the 81ing Shot*. If there is a nuisance in this town tiiat should be suppressed, we think it is Hie uso of sliug shots. Last Saturday evening, just after dark, while a number of colored boys and men were passiug down Main Street to a Hot supper, given iu the public school House in rear of the Tinsley residence, a stono was sent from one of those sliug shot uuisanocs through our kitchen window, with sufficient force to either kill or greatly iiyuro any person whom it might have struck, even at thst distance. The Town Councilsof other towns have taken active measures to stop this dangerous miisunoe and we suggest that Mir efficient City Fathers consider the matter. Vie could state a number of instances in which misohiof lias been done by them lately. ??:?? ? nm A Destructive Fir?. . , , ;j AJbout iniduicbt on Fridav 1?rT of l>r J. F. Nonunn, on Fair Forest, with all its oontenia, including every garment of olothing except wlint the family had ou, a very fine Piano, all the furniture, the Dr's. hooks and accounts and a small sum of money, . the smoke house, with nearly a thousand pounds of llaccn and other provisions, wore entirely , destroyed by Arj. The fire commenced in a room above where the Dr. and his wife were* sleeping, and when first discovered It had made-sueti headway that ; the family bad barely time to escape before the roof fell in *nd there was no pdBsibte chance to eave anything. Mr. John N. Ifentd, it boarder in the family, but ab#et* at the tlme.'ldftt all his clothing except whrfit he hbd wltli-him, besides some valuable papers, among them severtll belonging to his Father's estate, ot which be is the Executor. We sincerely sympathise vHth alt the sufferer*,h"! are gbul'to'Mchnl thnl rtio tWctor has I determined to rebuild his dwelling at once. 111is^the c^ccI! "cn^i^ w/iqA SeorttarjMMd Treasure* of thk 8. fc. mm w. njjraPl" * frieudi&oii IUA-M#*INm| gl*d to?nlK? gaiwfepw < iu our aauctqn^^^nb knu.w a Tiait from him alwaa Coanfltt Ska war of news. Ho inf,?.i^ur?WfSJfcJTf?r <uau***;??.; and A. K. K. to Ilendereonville had been let out to Col. Potts, the large*! and moat energetie l^Uroad man ijn Uye South. - Uoder the contraict the'Col. is to" bile the1, road completed and' the care-rtmbldg to thM point In 60 days, which will be about the 1st of June! The Spartan says: "Friday morning about nifty hand* left thieplace far the head of the read, and S*ta#< day six carloads of Iron followed and Nine more carloads went up yesterday, 'making fifteen in oU,"1 which is about dtie foiirth irOn cnongh M completing tho road to Henderson. A new engine and two coaches have been "ordered, and will bo on hand for the summer travel." ' Onr Aore and Half. Wo commenced cutting Lhe Lucerne around our garden beds about tea days ago, and.our cow is gelling fat em it. We expecc to feed her well upon that alone until the clover ia ready to out. Upon one and a.half acres of land we hav? clover aqAfbpoaM enough to feed ? o^/r, a lorge'garden'fcr Bamner and winter vegethbles and routs, and a rossting-ear patch. Last year we raised enough Sweet Potatoes to last us until about the ntiddle Of February. Onr Irish Potatoe crop was not good that year, but wehad Ar.Alinll tOiLnl lot* It Miniatt Ami W IV - ? uuinii?iw iu ily consists of five white?full grown and hearty caters?a small fatally of colored?pretty good eaters,'too. If we could afford to buy and keep a horse and wagop to make manure, wc could do better than that upon our acrc-and-half. The Union Nurseries. Wo oall the ntteolion of ottr eitiltns, both in town nud Country, to the advertisement of Frederick Lucher & Co., who hare undertaken to establish a Nursery right among us. Mr. Luchur is an Intelligent and IndfeittWuns gentleman, a native of Switzerland, who has married and settled in our midst, with the Intention of making an honest litlng and establishing nn entcrpriso that will enable tyo people to procure Fruits Trees, Evergreens, Flowers, Plants, &c'., at boino, instead uf lending their mqdey out of the County and State for such lyrticloa." *i\'c hope the pcoplo will encourage the cutcrprisc. As soon as we are ablet we. shall visit tuel'r gnrdeus as we hear they nro woU Worth a visit to theui already. , Apologetio. 'd t A tow days ago in looking over some papers in the pocket of a coat wd had laid aside for a time, we came acrosa a very interesting communication giving an account of the closing exorcise of thaAsburySeminary 011 tho 7th *'af Mis mouth." Wc regret exceedingly our neglect in not publishing the communication, fop we have reason to know that thr Asbury seminary, prasidod over by Prof. N. G. I.iltlejohn, deserves ' to be kuowu all over tho State, and should not be slighted, by us at least. We would publish the communication now, but it does not inform us what month the occasion occurred, and it raaj be so long ngo that its appearance now would look ndieuloue. ?.?. -? ?., ? The Home Circle, is the name of a well edited and handsomely printed paper just started at Charleston by Mrs. M. K. Uriiton. As the uuimj indicates, it is intended U> l>o * Journal that will interest a#tlr elevate those who compose the home eitoles of our State and Country. In the number before us there is etklcnce of much tact and ability, and we are satisfied that it will only require* fair share of public support to make it a most valuable and Interesting family Visitor. As It Is elited and published by a most oxcellent South Carolina Lady, we Hope the Ledies of the State will at once set to work and encourage the enterprise by sending her a large number of subscribers. Price $2 per afinutn. Offering Rewards. hi*- -i A scamp lias been swindling a Columbia Hank out of a sum of money, and the Governor has offered a reward of $100 for hiB apprehension. That's all right, but if the fellow will only keep off the railroads nod away froOt county towns a few days lie will be in no danger of being arrested, for but few who lite five miles from a Railroad will ever eeethe;Governor*a Proclamation, as it is only published in the Columbia and Charleston dally papers, and we doubt much if a dozen copies of either of those papers are taken by persons residing over that distance from & raibyad. Baptist Chnreh Improvements. The improvements now iu progress on the Baptist Church, bid fair to make that building an ornament to the town and eery creditable to lb? Congregation. The steeple has been covered with pointed shingles, which gives it a unique appearance, and the Painter has already shown wiifd. an improvement even one coat of paint will make on a dingy looking building.? THb work is taing pushed forward as fast as pettibie. ? ?/. ^ . .: %<r ./.. , kc Murdrr or A Khli4tjcKY Jrboa.?Frankfort, Mareh '2(1.?Judge 9. M. Elliott, of the Court of Appeals, was assassinated to-day in the street, in front of the Capitol Hotel, by Thos. Buford, or llenry County., Judge Elliott had rendered atf opinion adverse to a case Buford had for some Ifftte in Oourf. Bnford loaded a doublebarrelled ehottona and waited fin- Kllw.il in ??? to dinner, and walked up and ahot him through tho heart without warning, killing him insUptjr.' TheasMMln was arrested, and is now in Jdvi.' "HffW WgVeat excitement and a strong feeling against hint. Buford, after his arrest, atknowladgtot that' the other barrel of the gun was loaded .for Judge JPryor, and he weuld have killed mm also had not some children heen in the way. tfc is a brother of.tien'. Abe Iluford, of Woodford Connty,"'' Sconn onb Mown ran tub Pistol,?little Hopk, Ark., Apfil 1.?At Texarkana, on Friday last, Sam. Crowley, a freight conductor op the Texas Pacific Railroad, shot ahd killed Thos. flanks, a saloon keeper and ex-Siate ftenator.? Hanks had thiealened to kill Growler oo sight because he had given away ring pledged for n debt several months ago. ? of th*? Ard*af|ud,j4 J. ljt. EUldltfoF l*e , CouH oApp Js A ^eWc^% Thiis&ilrooiots j crfrre ifltAtotiBlrfte^K Jlv4^in thesfto**swf t Frankfort, Ky; and for what7 Because in the | j assassin in a law suit which had been tried and 1 decided ngainst him twice before. A ftew days 1 ago Col ICA.pVlston was hunted down and j shot in coM blood in one of the publio offices at < Atlanta! Geo., because ho would not violate aeon- \ tract he had mado in tho 'merest of his client. ' Again, a Texas desperadq, occupying the position J (Jit railroad dcteolive, insults la ladjr at a rill- ? road Stntlpn, auil when remonstrated with by I tho ioily'a friends shoots down one, Mr. B. C. ' Porter, and dangerously wopnds another. Following qui^k upon, each v'hertii# recitals of , these awful crimes have been published in a^ ] most every paper upon the American Continent, ' feeding tho morbid taste, so fearfully growing among the people, with that ex.citiug, lawless and demoralizing food upon whioh it thrives I and becomes debasing to humanity. To .add to the terrible effects of these criraoe upon tire already vitiated minds of the. people they were wantonly committed by men who moved in sooial spheres siove what may ba cVllod Ch^ ordinary classos of society, and theif own weaUbi assisted by that of their friends, together with the prestige of family and'high social, .political; and often religious position, are to be amid lavishly to shield them from the merited punishment Of the law and the demands of justice, peace and morality. Jf.t. u tl 80 common is the escape of such hlgh orlml naia irora the punishment due thalr crimes, (hut already we hear of bats being made that the murderer of Col. Alston or Judge Kilibtt or B. C. I'orter will not be hang?that Imprisonment only, nnd then, by the powerful influences ere havo staled, a pardon, will bo tho result. Tho people are becoming agitate-l at thnappareut leniency shown to crime in high places, and are fast getting |o believe that wealth, family nnd position s?curo immunity from punishment, while those in the ordinary walks of life, passeeeinga^ititer of. thon* (Nssstiges to.plead f.r thcui, are made public examples el for similar affenens Com nut tod,by them. ... '4'liiy ia a sod condition of mipd for the people to be in, and augurs no g<yod for .the trwurlnHity end morality of eur country in tho future. If left to.grow it ie likely to devetope the poisonous ft-uit of communism in ita most-deadly form. But how are \*c to turn the tide l-rSomething must be done to ntuy iho red> bond of the murderer mil sthp the' commission of other heinous crwdca, we euro not by Whom committed. Fhc peaceable- nrrd law-abiding citizen, of any and every clnss and condition, irrost be made to feet assared that his fife, bis person ani property are secure from the attacks of the violent and lawless of every grade and1 positron;, and to Oils' the bench, the bar and tho juries? generally representing every condition of citizenship?must combine in ono houesf and do- . termincd effort to'houorthe Jaw by'enforcing.its penalties and making it bear with ecyral force upon cvory one who sli.xll dare to violate it,j howevfr high or low his position iu society, I If we go on murdering.at tho pace wenywimw travelling, without, the law entarposiivg its-powerful arm to suppyeya the crime, our Judgff* J.u-, rors, Lawyers and common citizens will Win: danger of the assassin's, bullet whenever lUay ,dai'? dischargo Uioir duties in ncootylsuce wish , Ifiw and the conscientious convictions, cf duty < to society and their fellow uion. In shorty when , we look upon the record of crime for tlie poet month, all over the country, wo shud'ler at tho thought that murder -is running rampant over the land, ami that neither age, sex nor condition, is Security against the murderous attacks of tha viblent ^genteel" assassin or Cie low-bred arid debused desperado. ' -!?r-1 . For ?ho Time*. Oadberry'* Grave.?The Fir it Besponae, Unto*, S. April 'I, l^tG. Mr. Editor :?I am glad to eee tlmt ydAr correspondent "Lionel" lias renewed the subject of a Monument to Col. Cutdbcrry. The neglect of his grave has long been a reproach to his Itegiment. 1 would suggost a meeting of the survivors of his o)d Regiment, the 18th Si C. V., under the auspices of his successor, Col. IV. I{. Wallace, for tho purpose of raising a subscription to erect a suitable Monument over his grave in the Presbyterian Church yard.of this Town. d remember his devotion to the "Lost Cause" and was a witness to his gallant conduct on-the ! fatal field of the 2d Manassas, where he lost his life. Although not a member of hia Regiment, 1 will cheerfully give Five Dollars to aid the cause. . ,!* . fVunit'V A - a a ? ?.> M ?>|| All!*, DIIOOTKUS. i IIantet> anftthltn Burnt.?Bt. Louis, March 27.?A Fort Baott'-fKanun) dispatch anye that on Tuesday Jtill HoWard, (be negro who cruelly [ and diabolically outraged Clara l'ond, * little girl only twelve years old, was discovered in an old mine, six miles from the clly.' The prisoner was tnken to town And lodged In jail. The exoiteraetit WW intense, and threats of | lynching \vere tnade( The crime Was so horrible a& tq be without parallel in criminal his' tory. I.nst night a crowd of fully one thousand, accompanied by tldrfy masked tnOu withdrawn revolvers, took him from the jail, died a rope around bis neck aud dragged him ive blooks, and finally hung him to n lamp post on the corner' of the public square. After the body had been hanging about fifteen minutes, the cry was raised, "Burn him} burn him!" aud the crowd took the bedydown, and in'rfpltd of reeistanoe and objection on the part of the mora awlm and peaceable portion or the crowd, they rootled and burned It in a firs of dry goods boxes and <;oal oil, qn^id demonstrations that rivalled Pandemonium- ' " ?j ?- ;a about Tim CJowbt,?rOf the. ess*, dignity and general acceptability with whiob ll|a Honor Judge Wallace presides, we can hardly speak la too eethtbsadatony terms. The preraptoas*. clearness and directness of his oharges and r.ul? ings facilitate greatly the dispatch of buskiess, and to tiffs fhot, as well M to the unusual intelligence skid dear handedness'of the gentfeMtn composing the juries, is largely due thf grAWtying progress already made in disposing of the work of the General 8essions.-wj|f<v?on Star, cctly ^j^MjYthe jl^L. corner of ions of^^^^nieiTanirtbenBBistanco rendered ?y the oolored population saved us*Crout a ter:LbltFOon flag ration,,MIlfl& habitues of the Comtiy&sl dteli'd?MpeH|?g nten from Atlanta, Halt 1 more, I'hiladelpfilu and New York, aided ; greatly la saving the goods of MoMahsn, Morgan and Davis, who occupied adjoining floors. Dicitsen $ C*..'a InfMn ?Wck aqd FUtakcs. was E'23.500,0U?insurance and goods saved $17,100,HOT McMnlion, Morgiiil Trid "Davis Were >nly patdhtHj insured,TA)Ut sivod half, of their goods. Walters' drug, store and T. W. Davis' istablishments wcre.ajtvcd by the strenuous ex* rtlVns of the flrcmeh aiid cilHens. The City >f Greenville miraculously escaped w terrible jontliigration. Dr. Mauldin, our Mayor, who jwned the block burned, was two-thirds insured. Mr. Not wood, dentist, lost $5,000. Mr. llroad?way, phbtographert lost $200. ; L Tho Oreeuvillo, jffici of Tuesday says : A little mor^ than two ) years ag\ our people member well, (lie great conflagration which ifoittrAyCd flie Optra House Rlock, J. I!.. .-ATor&Aa & Co.'A store anil the Mattldln residence, with their contents. * On night before lastvths story wan:repeated, and jat this writing tlu> /splendid Mauldin ltlock, corner Main and Washington Streets, is in ashes?a mass of ruins and smoking embers, that tells the oft repeated tale of the incendiary's torch. '- ,J ' iff he* building was deoidsdly the handsomest in ^ ? *. Greenville and was the property of Hon. W. L? Mauldin, the Mayor,, Tlip ground floor. epibrac*t| thp stores of E. 13. Dickson ? Co,, and AjcSlabon, Morgan & Davis, whits the up^or flabr was divided into StAcls, a lodge hall and "sleeping rooms. The front up-sSnirs rooms saaro occupied as dentalu)9>()tnf: hy Dr, J. Vf. Norwood, who had Ihetn-bandsomely furnished and fitted up for his business. The large room adjoining, An the North side, tfras tho art gallery of Mr. J. 8. Broadkway, and the tplendid hall In the ??r cna or me building eraa used by tha Matonic U'.uv bodge, UeunoU, Chapter, Coed Tempi^ and Knights ?f U?tt?r. Nothiug contained iu any of the upper rooms was raved. ", * * ?: ? Actios or fir* Joist c'avcis.?Woahinftotr, March 2ft.?A join Democratic caucus efttesatexB and Keprcectstotivesi bold in the Hence today, determined, , fitter more than two hours' discussion, to introduce tire army bill with the bill passed by the House last session, including the cfassto prohibiting tliC presence of troops at the pelift. Chalmers, chairman of the House caucus oviutoittee, presented the report as SflegrapUud last night. An attempt to inaugurate jndoyeadeul action was rejected. The legislative bill will be introduced by Atkins, of Tenntitoo, nntFVrlll embrace peattienlly the same provision, IcSoepting corfaki clauses of thet Federal election la*s. The proposed repeal1 .will proy.td* fttF the appointment of two aupeiyiaors,representing the two political parties, with power restricted to witnessing.atpl challenging. That chief snpemritors and depniy marshals'be abolished, together with the power,.to arrest nAw vested it) the former ofiieer. , A provision will also bo iuoorporslnd by.the sppointntcnt of two supervisors nt every .voting precinct of tbw United States and ndi merely in cities,bf 20,000 Jtrhabfraihs/us rioif provi?le<f;,J : ' ! . '.A Tjcnntrto tfxoaK.-t-Wa Jpnrp t|uU the rain storm on Saturday evening, 22d ull., was very destructive) income sections 01 the couuty. In the neighborhood of Cninty ( reek Church miles of fencing was blown levet'wifh the grtuitd.'~ On the plantation of Mr. J:'II. W. Stevens, in the Waxhaws, ?h&alarm partpok somewhat of m hurricaue, blowutE down houses and. twistimr oft the to.ps of large trees. The truck of the hurricane was from west- to east, ami extended only about 40P jar da in width. Singular to state, yet we arc informed that no lives were lost'. .' Slrl Jolrh biHtdrt was tdicffitVgcorn ift hie crib When the slorsr rtn?ek the howso, carrying otf the roof end scattering the timber in every direct ion, >ct ho received but slight injury. A ^titbit, coulniping two mules, was leyeled to the earthy yei'tfie mutes (Jamo out unhurt. At tbi.e place the rarri fell in'ierfdnts for about fifteen minutes, and-the wind blew wielt great velocity, iand wes very destructive tit lawny hoe (run [treiys, We proeuiue, from the. judical ions, tbot the.storm, was pretty general throughout the: county.?Lbkcatter tedder.' J-L-'-'H-ii.-.#..? Cauottx* Gwt.W.?The hrit issue of the Chcraw A'twasaya c "lh ewer mi*Q, situated about twenty-sight miles from. Cherow, in thieeouaty, is now the serene of operations of a company of Northern capiialils, who have recently had their attention called to the rich deposit* at that place. Cetttly tneeliitiory i? befog put ?p far the par past) of work fog lire mine oetn intensive scale,. //Tit# gtaUefpen who. have the matter in hand are.pnvwl**' ge abend persona, and: they expeel to begin work in earliest as soon As. 1 he necessary -machinery esn be pat in plnaw Wntl iniirtrA dbttitted lb do Ike worii.p Ope hundred thousand dollars has slrewdy been placed ({ ttli disposal of the Qtaoogors, with thy ab3n . .ranee that more in forthcoming if .naceesary,?. This mine has been worked on a smalf'sfoW ?l l? i - -? - ^ tvi viwiviv, nnu iius uvea muna rcry proDtiDre, Tiie Law asd Akux-tket.?At Ikelate term o?court (or Chester County eight persons were. K(resented by the grand jury for edullry, and, le Solicitor wits recommended to bring thorn to. trial. These cades came op under the late rtet of Assembly and are only (lie bogluntng of thei, /|| end. The prevalence of the great crime of adultery, and especially among the Colored people, is one of the alarming signs of the times, and but for the iuterventlon of restriotive legislation and (lie stern enforcement of th^ law. In every fuse, and without regard to raee or color, will .end in the overthrow of all social order and pe*ce, ?od foroe upon the .oountry a licentious and lustful population, neither knowing, dpipg or caring to discbarge the high duties oflionbrable eiMtetiship.?<ASbttnJle ifrdium. Th a DrpLORAni.n CosnmoH.?The ehutchca seem to bare given Arfcona op to the de*U.<lv The Prvsbytorian Ohureli at Prsacolpis isflhouj a pastor. Tke;M*|Ue4tst $9Ufh iq iu tire same condition, and.Parson Wrlalit now ii.? ??: apons\hility of afi our'soiiJs thrown on his inSi; rldual shouhtVrs, atid thd hunjon soon must ho more than even he cart hear'. The last Presbyterian minister we had hero thought we were an o\? fully wicked set, and predicted for us Iho fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the last pastor of Hie Methodist South persuasion concluded befbre he left that we were past praying fot.? Atiiona r 1 * 1 * ? " " 1 m |f AlM*nder H Stephens was to step Into one side of a large pair of scales, and all the ^ medieit.es he has swallowed daring the toast Aft ran ypars were to bs suddenly dumped Into tha other side, the. shadowy, statesman would shoot up like a bal'aon. Ue has takon eight hundred end ?? *!? nl?? 1? I ? 4 ? -* 11 ? , --?, j-?- w? Hifuiciav, and (hat h e shot Id now weigh s1x|j-fl?e pounds, Instead of steeping with his fathers, fir little host of e miracle.-?AWrietoiee JJtrild. ' "A>\ " i" ~-r~ <ie' rn?. . Huang* at) Wpip* Aslmv,?Ingsrsoi, Onl., March .Zflvi-This afternoon, Reuben Smith while hitting.asleep in a chair lit the Riyal Hotel was kicked in the fhee bf Charles Moore, 'billing him instantlr. It is supposed that the set wa? prompted bj an old grqdgf,