The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 04, 1879, Image 2
in your paper oft ho 20th insi/l diiT hdl^sco
tho article of "H. K.,'" but wm anuutd with
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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.
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A. Word About Newspapers.
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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.
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J)HS ftiHtSS
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ADVERTISING.
On* square orone inch, ftrst insertion, - - - $!.00
Each subsequent insertion, ------- 7.1
Liberal discount made to merchants awdjothcrs ivdTertkiotf
for six months or by tho year.- ?
Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free.
? - orer ten lines, charged as AilietO*I
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Strawbon ies la Charleston.
! They are eating Florida ttirnwborries In /Char*
. lesion. Well, our* are in fino ftlootn, and. if
the May froetdtVr/l coma we shall luxitriate on,
Htrawbei rids and ('roam, too, in n few weeks, f
?' 1 1 1 ? W* 1 71 v "
New and:Faahionble'Millinery. :71 '<
Mrs. JJ. Uicliarda ie now receiving a very large
.i/Clr -(V.-. 1 e 1:-.-"
<nyv^< vi inn i4vu iMiiimuuie inuiwarj, iv lotions,
l'luraes, Flowers, &c.. which fcbe prqposes
to sell at the lo west possible prices. ' *
Special Koiice. '
Next Monday la aalesday and we Arould inform
those indebted to us (hat no mad in this
Couply is in want of money more than the Editor
of the Uni6n num. Some peo$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."
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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 "
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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. '
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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.
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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,