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The Political Caaea. Motion to Quash the Grutul and Petit Jar;/ Panels ?JutLje Curtis, of A etc York, on the Bench at a Spectator?The District Attorney Proposes the Tut Oath. The United States Circuit Court was convened nt Charleston at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, 8th inst., Judges Bond and Bryan presiding, and during the day's session Judge Curtis, of New York, occupied, by iuvitation, a seat upon the bench. The court room was crowded with a large and mixed, audience, the greater portion being jurymen, witnesses and parlies accused. As soon as the last notes of tho crier's voice died away tho Clerk of the Court proceeded to call over tho names of the jurors summoned to attend. General James Conner, one of the leading counsel for the defense iu several election coscb, then rose and said : "If this is the proper time iu the practico of the court we take exception to tho entire panel of the grand and petit jurnra Wn have matin the oliiection in a aincrle caso only, vix: that of the United States vs. John J. Dargan, but it will be found to bo equally applicable to all the eases which will come before the court at the present term. We therefore beg leave to submit our objections in writing as follows:" Mr. Julian Mitchell, of counsel for the defense, here read the paper, which after a preamble, sets forth the following objections : "And hereupon tho said John J. Dargan challenges the array of tho said panels, both grand mair |n??jurvis, wmmk. ..:.L u? nnd petit jurors to serve at the present term of the United Slates Circuit Court were not drawn in accordanco with law in this: "1. That the said grand and petit jurors were not selected and drawn in accordance with the order of Circuit Court, dated 23d December, 1878. In this that all of the commissioners designated by the court did not attend to perforin the duty devolved upon them by tho court, but that A. Illy tho, ono of the commissioners designated, did not nttcud or participate in tho selection, and that tho duty devolved upon him was performed by A. M. Ilooxer and J. E. Hugo oil. "2. That the said grand and petit jurors were not selected and drawn in accordance with the rules of the Circuit Court for this District. In this that the order of the court should have provided for tho selection of GOO names, and that the box cannot under the rules be filled up from time to time by partial selections, but must bo exhausted and then re-filled. "o. lliat the said grand and pent jurors have not been legally served. That several of the jurors, grand and petit, who aro returned by the marshal us personally served or served by copy left, were in fbet served- through the pest office. ' 4. That one of thecoramisioners designated by the said order of the 23d December, 1878, to wit: Absalom Dlythe, -was not a person residing ^ In the Eastern District of South Carolina. "5. That the citizens selected by the said commissioners were not selected from the several couuties comprising the district of the State in which the trial is proposed to be had, and in which the said Joliu J. Dargnn resides, and in which tho alleged offenses were said to have been commuted, viz.: the Eastern District of South Carolina, but a portion of the citizens so selected wcro from couuties within the Western District of said State. "And this ho, the said John J. Dargnn, is ready to verify; wherefore ho prays judgment that the said panels may be quashed." A. G. Maguatu, Jas. Connf.1i, Mitchell & Smitii. Sworn to by J. J. Dargan in tho usual form, before E. A. Marshall, Notary Public. While, at the suggestion of the court certain amendments wero being prepared' to this paper, District Attorney Northrop said : lu the interim, may it please the court, it may be proper that I should niovo the court in a matter in which I deem it my official duty to act, namely, the swearing of the grand and pet it jurors, section 8'Jl or tho revised statutes of the United States reads: "At every term of any court of tho United States, the District Attorney, or other person acting on behalf of the United States in said court, may move, and the court, in their discretion, may requiro the clerk to tender to every persen summoned to serve as a grand or petit juror or venireman or talesman in said court, the following oath or affirmation, namely: 'You de solemnly swear (or aflirm) that you will support the constitution ef the United Stales of America; that you have not, without duress and constraint, taken up arms or joined any insurrection or rebellion against the United Slates; that you have not adhered to any insurrection or rebellion, giving it aid and comfort ; that you have not, directly or indirectly, given any assistance in money or any other thing, to any person or persons whom you know or had good ground to believe, to have ioined. or to be about to join, said insurrection or rebellion, or to have resisted, or to be about to resist, with force of arms, the execution of the laws of the United Slates ; and that you have not counselled or advised any person to join any insurrection or rebellion against, or to resist with force of arms, the laws of the United States. Any person declining to tako said onlh shall be discharged by the court from serving ou the graud or petit jury or venire to which ho may have been summoned.' " This section, as the court sees, makes the administering of the oath discretionary with the court, tiection 822, which is mandatory in its provisions, reads as follows : "No person shall be a grand or petit juror in any court of the United States, upon any inquiry, hearing or trial of any suit, proceeding or prosecution based upon or arising under tho provisions of title "Civil Kights," and of title "Crimes," for enforcing the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution, who is, in the judgment of tho court, in complicity with any combination or conspiracy in said titles set forth ; and every grand and petit juror shall, before entering upon any such inquiry, hearing or trial, take and subscribe an oath, in open court, that he lias never, directly or indirectly, counselled, advised or voluntarily aided any such combinAtion or conspiracy." Judge Bond?Well, Mr. District Attorney, let us get through one thing at a time. Have jruu ?ujr rc|ii/ iu ui>KU IU iu? ODjecllOIlS UieU Dy the other side ? District Attorney Northrop said : "Nearly every point ninde here was decided by the Chief Justice in the Kllcnton coses. I hove not had a oopy of this paper or been advised in any way of the movement I hod the natural anticipations of such a difficulty an a District Attorney might well have had under the circumstances, but as the fight is made right here, I would ask your Honors to allow me time to file aa answer and prepare myself on the points raised specifically." Judge Bond?"Is this paper sworn to t" Gen. Conner?"No, sir ; but it can be sworn to in a few seconds if necessary. We considered that the points raised were legal questions, depending upon the orders of the court and the construction of those orders by the court." Judge Bond?"The fact as to where Mr. Blythe lives is not a legal question." General Conner?"The order of the court establishes that fact. The order of the court reads : 'That James E. Hagood, Commissioner si Charleston, A. M. lloozer, Commissioner at Columbia, and A. Blytlic, Commissioner at Greenville, shall select two hundred additional iisines, Ac.' " Mr. Julian Mitchell?"The return made \>y Commissioners Ilagood and Boozer also establish tho facts stutod in the objections filed. The rctui-u reads: Names of persons selected as jurors by Commissioner Ilagood under an order of the Uuited States Circuit Court, for the District of South Caroline, dated 23d December, 1878.' Then follows a list of n>no hundred names." Tho return then goes on: "Names of persons selected as jurors by Commissioners Booser and Ilagood from the counties assigued to Commissioner Blytbe under an order of the United Status Circuit Court dated December 23, 1878." Then follows a list of fifty names. Tho return then goes on : "Names of jurors seleotcd by Commissioner Boozer under an order ef the United States Circuit Court dated December 23, 1878, examined and approved by the Commissioners appointed under an < rder of tho said court, and delivered to the Clerk of the said court at Charleston on tho 28th day of February, 1870." Then-follows another list of fifty names. The return is certified to as follows : "Charleston, February 28, 1879. "We, the undersigned Board of Jury Commissioners, having examined and carefully prepared the foregoing selection of names of porsons for jurors, the aarn j is hcroby approved. "Albert M. Boozer, "J. E. Haoood, "Commissioners." Judge Bond, turning to tho District Attorney, asked if he desired any time to prepare an answer to thn obicctions filed, aud if so, how much time ho desired. District Attorney Nnrlliron rnnliml lliat tin would like to havo until the next morning. The court gra/ited tho time asked for, and the juries were discharged until 10 o'clock next morning. Meeting or Enohek Pbesbytert.?The new Presbytery of Enoreo, which was established by tho Synod of South Carolina, during its session here last October, met in its lirst regular session at Laurens, C. 11., on Thursday evening lust.? The meeting was well attended, every miuister on tho roll, but 0110, being present, and nearly all the churches being lepresented. The llcv. A. A. James, of Fair Forest, was choseu Moderator, and Itev. li. Q. Clifford, of Unionvillc, Assistant Clerk. Business was dispatched expeditiously aud satisfactorily; and the whole docket was eleured and the l'rcsbytery adjourned Saturday afternoon,-beiug in session just two days. The greatest harmony and good foeling prevailed throughout, aud many pronounced this the most delightful meeting of Presbytery they had ever attended. The good people of Laurens ilia nr?ro uubuundcil in tlitir huapitalitj', anU i seemed greatly to eujoy the meeting in their midst. Borne of the matters of interest dono by the body wcto the following. First of all tho Presbytery adopted a Manual, containing a Historical sketch of tho organization of the Presbytery, a Directory of the Ministers, Churches, Elders and Deacons, the otlicers of the Presbytery Ac., aud a set of standing rules for the guidance of the body. According to a provision of this Manual, the Presbytery appointed a Board of Trustees, to consist of three Deacons, who were to securo a charter and constitute the body corporate of the Presbytery, aud have the supervision aud control of all iuvestcd funds. Gen.-J. C. Anderson, of Nazareth, Capt. F. M. Farr, of Unionvillc, and Mr. E. C. McLaughlin, of Spartanburg, were elected to compose this board. Tho new Book of Church Order, sout down by the General Assembly, was adopted by a vote of eighteen to thirteen, Itev. A. A. James and Col. T. J. Moore were elected principal Commissioners to the General Assembly, which meets in Louisville, Ky., the lotli of May; and Kev. K. 11. ltcid and Elder W. A. Nicholson, Alternates. Candidate T. B. Craig, of Laurens, was liceused to preach the gospel, llev. J. G. Fair was received as a member of the Presbytery, aud accepted a call to become the Pastor of tho Laurcusville Church. llis installation was appointed for tho 1st Sabbath in May. llev. It. H. ltcid and Hon. J. II. Evins were elected Trustees of Davidson College. The next meetiug of Presbytory is to be held at Fair Forest Church, on Thursday before the iniru oaooatti m ucloUor at 11 A. M. L. The Mechanic's Lien.?The case againt the Piedmont Manufacturing Company, which occupied the Court for several days, was brought to a close yesterday, I. M. Bryan, Esq., argued on the side of the petitioners yesterday morning in a masterly speech of three and a half hours length. The Judge's charge to the jury clearly poiuted out its duty in the matter by requiring them to follow the Btntute to the letter. The statute requires that all just credits must be given on the petitioner's claim, which had not been done in this case. The jury found for the defendaut. This is a law which has been iu existence in this State since 1800, though, it seems, was for a long time overlooked b?' those interested. As it stands on tho statute book the laborer's claim for wages in erecting a building holds good ns a lion upon the property, whether or not the owner has settled with the contractor. Unless the contrncto^>ays his laborers, the latter can by complying with the requirements of the statute, recover the amount due him from the owner. We agree with Judgo Eraser, that the law is a hard one and the petitioner should be held to the strict lotter of tho law. . - ? The Tiirouoh Day Trains to the Up Country.?We are authorized to say that the Ureenville and Columbia and tiouth Carolina Hailroads have made arrangements to run through trains from Charleston to the up-country, leaving Charleston at live o'clock, or hulf past live, in the morninc- nnil PnlnmKi? ># l.oir --- ten. There will be no change of cars at Columbia. This is a decided improvement upon the former through day schedule. The present intention is that the new schedule shall go into effect on June 1st, but both companies say that they can if necessary, dosignate au earlier day. It is not doubted that they will find it to their interest to do so, inasmuch as the restoration of the through day schedule will give equal satisfaction in the low-oountry and up-country, and bo valuable for business purposes as well as for travelling for pleasure.? The break at Columbia has been a serious disadvantage to Charleston, and it is hoped that it will be practicable, as was done before, to continue the through day trains all the year round. Newt and Courier. Fine AT ClIBBOKBB FoKi> Iuo.v Works.?We regret to learn that the fine old mansion at Cherokee Ford Iron Works, occupied by Capt. F. 0. Latham, Agent, was accidentally destroyed by fire at 2 A. M., Friday, the 11th inst. The flames spread so rapidly that Capt. Latham only succeeded in saving some of his clothing and a few articles of furniture. The Are is supposed to have originated from a coal dropping from the cook sieve. Loss of building and fdrniture, &c., estimated at about $2,000, bnt the loss of (he books and papers of Capt. Latham ftnd of the company, which wore all destroyed, were a still greater loss.?Spartanburg Herald. Manufacturing F.nterprise at the North has a hopeful look." The Lowell Courier says the great cotton mills there expect a busy summer though the rise of raw cetton rather disarranges oaloula lions as to prices. The I.owiston (Me.) Journal reports revived business activity in tlist important. manufacturing place. f" f t %hc "SSfttWa tSnion <$imcs. ' B. H. STOKES, Editor. J UNIONT^ RFD A Y .^APRIL' 18, 1879. , . TEHn Of SUBSCBIFTIOlf^ ? 1 Copy, one yet, is advamck, $2.00 i 1 C^glMujjha y?jiiJ[ . . 3.75 10 W-?? , Ons square or one fficlv^qU^nacrtlon, - - - $1.00 < Kach subsequent Insertion, 75 Liberal itlacount made to merchants and others adver- < Using Tor six months or by the year. , Obituary Notices of ten lines or lees, Inserted free. " " over ten Hues, charged as Advertise- ( meats. ttg~ Mr. and Mrs. L. R. McAboy have opened the Piedmont House at Spartnnburg. They will make that house a favorite for travellers. Saoramental Meeting. A Sacramental meeting will be held at Mt Tabor Church on the 1st Sunday in May. The preparatory services will commonce the day before. Oar Cotton Market. Cotton bas now got to a paying price, and those who have ftny on hand will be well paid for holding it. Last week 50 bales were sold at the advanced prices of from 8@10} cents. per Our fcfrmds must excuse us for not no- I ticing some fadlrs this week. Our paper was full before they come to hand. That beautiful bouquet of Fldwers and Evergreens will receive its proper liotiee next week. It was elegant. Instruction in Musio. Mrs. F. E. Gsss has moved her flno Fiano to the Music room of the Female Academy, where she will give instructions in Musio to the pupils of the Academy end any other young Ladies who may desire to take music lessons. Mrs. Goes is acknowledged to be one of tho most thorough and competent music teachers in the State. - 1 Woathor?Fruit, dto. We have had some good rains since Monday; in fact a little more than was wanted, as it has stopped all Farm and Garden work, except putting out Cabbago and Tomato Plants. All vegetation is growing finely now, after a perfect stand-stilt of three weeke. Wo are now satisfied that about one-fourth of a crop of peaches may be expected. In some places there will be none. Quick Travelling. On the 1st of May a fast mail train will be put on the Air-Line ltailroad that will almost "annihilate time and space." This train will put passengers from New York to New Orleans through in Jifly-otie h'ourt, and from Spnrtanburg to New York in twent-four hours. Tho Spartanburg Herald says : "This will bo quite a triumph for the Air-Line and will make it the great through route for passengers as well as for the mails, being several hours shorter then it is possible for any other line to run from New York to New Orleans." The Treasurers Acoount Closed. Dr. J. P. Thomas, our County Treasurer, has made a full and satisfactory settlement with the Comptroller General for the collection and disbursement of last year's Taxes. The Dr. might be a little slower than some Treasurers, but we doubt much if any will come out better or more correct in the end. Tho Dr. informs us that he is now ready and will be at his office in tho Court House next Monday, to pay out all the money in his hands due tho county. I ? ? A Fugitive Arrested. Chief Deputy U. S. Marshal, C. M. Barns, of Western Arkansas District, arrested, on the Oth Inst., at Hcndersonvtlle, N. C., a man by the name of U. M. Cooper, upon a bench warrant issued by Judge Dick, for the murder of a man by the name of l)ennellj, at Cuddo, in the Indian Territory, about 4 years ago. Cooper is a Photographer, and was in the aot of taking a picture when arrested. No doubt mauy of our people will remember him. lie was here about two years ago, and opened a gallery in the skylight building opposite Messrs. Rice A MoLure's Store. He was thenexoited upon anew plow he hid invented. He had a half-breed Indian woman for a wife, and two children. Faster Sunday In tha Church of the Nativity. Unusually large congregations assembled in the Episcopal Church of this town last Sunday at the morning and evening servioes. In the absence of the Pastor. H??. -I. IV xt?f!..i lough, (he impressive services prescribed for the day were conducted by the Lay reader, Mr. 11. W. Shand. We eannot too highly praise the tasto and skill displayed by the Ladies whoso elaborately decorated the churah. The pure white flowers, interwoven with evergreens, seemed to us peculiarly appropriate to the alter, while the chancel, reading desk and body of the church pro Bunted one harmonious and delightful floral speotacle. We have never before seen so much taste displayed in the decorations of the church, and the whole did the ladtes great credit. A Two-Tear Old of the Period. | It's a poor rule that won't work both ways," , so thought a little two-year old boy of this town a short time ago 1 Uis mother had warned him not to chase the ducks, but this fun was so eongenial to him that he either could not or would not keep from it until the mother, as in duty bound, drew him gently towards her and tried the virtue of peach-twig oil upon him. After that performance was over she told him to oome and kiss her and say he was sorry for what he had done. Thltt was the plan our good mother adopted, and s^a^obmany a kiss from us ia that Wr.ii t> -i?j \? ? .. ?j iku, uiuu; piuuu m tow ICOOnil, DO doubt thinking it m adding insult to iqjury to b? compelled "to kiss thtone that smote him," but all at once hia countenance brightened, he raised his face and his little lipa pressed his mother's as he said, ''Ma I's sorry." Again there was a moment's pause when the little fjllow turned a commanding look upon his mother and said, "Now, Ma, you come and kiss me and say you'se sorry yon whipped me.'' If lionny Johnson lives and don't get higher than Judge of Probate he/will disappoint us sadly. leeds From Walking too. Wo aro glad to boo that an amendment to tho egislative bill baa been agreed to in tho House, 'directing the Commissioner of Agiioultttro to ^ inppljr a reasonable quantity of seeds and lb rubs to the Congressmen for distribution imong their agricultural constituents." For years lArge ainodnts of money havp been expended in introducing seeds, shrubs, &o. from rther countries, intended for distribution among the people of this country, but the system adopted by the department heretofore has been to send the seeds to one individual in a County, and in most cases that individual has appropriated all the seeds to his own use and the people have never had a chance of testing them. It has been so in this County, and wo are told it is the same in other oounties in this State. While we object to nu indiscriminate distribution of those seods, we contend that there arc more than ono person in each County who are uot only capable of testing the adaptability of crops to the soil and climate but would be williug to comply with tlte terms of the department and report the results; and our Congressmen can and do know, as well, if not better than any one else, who will be most likely to do the most good with the seeds. A Fire. Early on Tuesday morning firo was discovered issuing from the Parsonage of the colored { Baptist Church of this town, adjoining Mr. A. D. Spears' premises, and before help oould arrive the whole fabric was in ashes. The house was occupied by Pinkney Fant, muuDiiiuuo uuu wonnj coioreu man, wuose wife, some weeks before, had removed lo her father's, in consequence of severe sickness. Ali their household goods were in the house, and were moro valuable than is generally fwuud in the houses of the colored people, together with a sum of money which they had saved from their hard earnings to buy a home for themscWc.-i, and if these things wcro not stolen ihey were burut with the house. That it was the aol of incendiaries there is no doubt, as the foot tracks of a man and woman were very distinctly seen the next morning, evidently going low a nil and coming from (lie house. The loss is very great to the church, but groatcr to Pinkney and his wife, as it was their all. Thoy are industrious and dcscrviug people, and we suggest that something be dono to reimburse them. The Election Trials. We can only give this week the result of two trials before the United States Court, now in session at Charleston. Tho first day's proceedings, which we publish in another column, will serve as an index to the iniquitous courso afterwards pursued by Judge liouJ and District Attorney Northrop. We will try and post our readers fully next week. It is evident tho juries have been organized solely for the purpose of convicting all who are tried fur pretended election fruuds, and is a disgrace to the country. a For tlio Times. The Fenoe Law Defied. Xlr 1? i - ? Mfiivn * |'i'U|f\J0U, iur III e OCUCtlL or farmers, to give you the result of an experiment 1 made last season witlx Crab Grass. 1 prepared one-half acre?to sow Millet. That is, 1 broke well with bull-tongue plough, applied 2 two-horse wagon loads compost, composed of stable manure and woods mould, broad-cast, cross-plowed, and sowed the seed. It proved a failure ; no Millet came up?seed bad 1 suppose. 1 recollected seeing in an agricultural paper that crab grass hay making would pay, if the land was properly prepared. Here was a fine opportunity to test it. 1 harrowed the land and Wept ell stock off it from the 20lli of April.? On the 10th of September I piowcd the grass, and after the hay was properly cured, there woe hauled from the lot 3,100 pounds of fine sweet hay. Now, sir, this lot was, four years ago, old field red land. It had been sown in Oats, turned under; sowed in Kye, postured and turned under ; planted in cotton, with some manure an 1 lOOJbs. of Acid, then followed the above crop, qr* Sir, as we now hare the stock law the above is in reach ot the very poorest mau that runs a farm. Leave off plautiug just one-half acre of that cotton lanu, treat it just as you do the rest of the field?prepare it and manuro it just as tho rest of the field?and if, instead of the belding for cotton, you will give it a good harrowing and keep everything off of it, 1 assure you it will make enough good sweet hay to keep your horses and cows for the next season, and pay you better than any other half acre in tho field, according to the labor bestowed. Crab Grass is the natural, spontaneous growth of our soil and mowing it off does not injure the land, provided the land is not forced to make two crops in one year. It is the practice of some farmers to cut the crass from lands after a heavy wheat or oat crop, late in the season; , this is, in my opinion, wrong; it is simply robbing tlia land, for the mowing must be so late in season that nature cannot again clothe the land with vegetation. The lot 1 speak of was mowed | the 10th of September, just as tho seed of gross ( was in a dough state. It is simple?try it farm- | ers?is much cheaper than com fodder, and my stock devour it eagerly. W. J. Bewaukofthk Wasukrwomam.?A few weeks 1 ago a well know., resident of this oily lost a favored child Ly scarlet fever, and every effort to And the manner in which the little girl contracted the fatal malady proved fruitless until yes- 1 terday, when Sanitary Inspector Vansant, of the health office, discovered that the oolored wo- ] man whom the afflicted gentleman employed to wash the family linen had the scarlet fever in ] her family, and the supposition was that the clothing was infected while at the colored woman's house. The disease was communicated to the little girl in that manner. Perhaps numerous similar cases. hitherto unexnlained. had their origin in tlio una way.?Baltimore Her- ! aid. . A Dbmant> for Cniarss Lauor.?San Francisco, April 11.?The following card is furnished . for publication : "The Chines* Six Companies are daily in receipt of applications for laborers 1 to go to Southern States, notably Mississippi and 1 Louisiana, to take the place of negro labor now emigrating. The officers of those companies wish it to be expressly understood that they , hare no control ever their people's labor, and , have never brought, or caused to be brought, < one of thoir countrymen, and have never eontrolled their labor or collected their wages in any manner whatsoever, the press of California \ to the oontrnry notwithstanding. Signed: The j Chinese Six Companies." ?w Homdat i* Nsw York.?New York, April 11.?Good Frtday was appropriately observed, and business at the Stock, Produce and Cotton < Exchanges was entirely suspended. For tb? Times. North Paeolet Vcws. Atbil 15th, 1870. M?. Editor I hare concluded to give a few nee from this section, mainly to say that we itinera oeer here are getting alohg finely with ur preparations for the next crop. 1 have ever known so little rain fall at This time of fie year. Since the 1st of January just enough .as fallen te keep our lands from getliug too har?^ o plow. Everybody seems determined, if poaible, to raise a larger crop this year than fofiicrly, and, as a general rule, the laborers have inlered iuto the spirit and are working well, toth white and colored. But, Mr. Editor, there ^ s a practice over here, among the merchants md at Qaffney City, of drumming the planters or their orders to furnish their lahorors with vhat they may need during the year. They are tffering for the same from 10 to 10 per eent. dis:ount on such orders. Now, it eeems to me, his practice is very unjust to the laborers, as a najority of thorn have to go in debt for the most >f their provisions and clothing, and I have svery reason to believo that a number of our jest farmers compel their laborers to trade with .he infkchant who allows them (the farmors) the largest discount. This order system places tho person holding tho order completely at the mer:y of the merchant and stimulates no competition to sell goods cheaper. I was told by a reli* iblo gentleman that he saw a tenant holding one of these 10 por cent, discount ordors pay $2 50 Tor a pair of shoes that he was satisfied did not oost the merchant more than $1 25, as hs had bought for cosh the identical tame shoe for $1 35* Now, I suppose that everything else is sold on the same proportion, except, it may be, some staple article that every one know the price of. Dsu't you suppose this is common all over the United States, and do you wondor to hear of the negro exodus along the Miss issippi, and of socialism and communism in the North T My opinion is that it would be well for us farmers to lake a different view of the situation and let th? merchants who rosy offer this liberal discount to us know that we hare more interest in the future welfare of our community and laborers than to sell them out in that way, but will i trade with the merchant who will sell the cheap- " est, thereby crealiug a more contented disposition among the laborers, for I am satisfied that the ono who has the most money at settling time are the best satisfied and will work tho better the next year ; and by so doing we will stimulate competition nmong the merchants to sell cheaper where they knew they would bo sure of their money in the fall. 1 know some merchants who borrow money at 12 to 15 per cent, to buy goods and then allow the farmer 10 to lG.per cent, for his trade, and they teem to prosper. 1 hear of another accident from carrying pistols. A son of Mr. T. J. Hughes, near Wilkins* villc, while coming from a neighbor's house the other night, his pistol, which he was carrying in bis boot leg, went o(T and shot him through both feet. I hare not heard whether the wound is dangerous or not. FA11MEU. Brown's Store, April 10, 1879. The only news I can send you from this region is that times are awful dull, but 1 suppose you have enough of that news from every other part of the County. We are now rejoioing oTer the receut change made in our mail facilities.? Heretofore our mail day has been Monday, but it is now changed to Friday, and we receive our always welcome visitor, the Union 7\met on the day it is published. We, however, think we mifrlit i? : * v..0? ?v <? *? iimii micu ft WCCK, QUI Will Hot grumble much. The thanks of the people of this section are due to Mr. G. \Y. llonncr, of Jonesville, for his efforts in securing the change. We would respectfully call the attention of our worthy representatives in the Legislature, Mr- Shaud and Mr. McKisick, to the fact that the term of office of Trial Justice, T. J. Orr, expired some time ago and noappointment has been made since. Permit us to suggest that Mr. T. 1). Liltlejohn be appointed in his place ; not that we have anything against Mr. Orr, but Mr. Liltlejohn lives at a point more convenient lo a large majority of the people of this township, and 1 am confident his appointment would suit everybody. 1 see you announced the marriage of Mr. R. C. Liltlejohn to Miss Lynn ; well, you ought lo have been at the party given the young couplo by Dr. C. M. Liltlejohn, on the 11th. It was a grand affair, and has never been surpassed in the up-eounfry. The old "Nott Gold Mine" is to be opened again by a company of gentlemen in your town. The machinery is on the ground and will soon be at work. I will tell you more of the particulars hereafter. DICK DUNDAS. The Election Trial*. a case decided bt tub tacked jury against charleston. Charleston, 8. C., April 15.?A verdict of guilty was rendered this morning in tho case against Kerrigan for assaulting a United States supevisor. The next case was the charge against Liobenwood for assaulting on* A w nr??n ' ? less fellow, whom to know was to despise,} whilst acting as Deputy United States Marshal at the Palmetto Engine House, Ward 8, Charles* ton. Judge Dond saw that there was nothing ia the case, and was absent from the court room during a part of the argument. Judgo Bryan charged the jury. A verdict ot not guilty was rendered, but it look some time to reach it, as the jury seems organised to convict. The next case was that against C. A. Levy, a colored man, for voting more than once. This case is now being heard. No case frem Richland er Sumter will be tried soon. Charleston, Barnwell and perhaps Colleton will occupy the time of the court for the balance of this week. On Mouday next the coses from Williamsburg will be taken up. There is no oause for uneasiness.?Special to Columbia uegitter. List of Letters Remaining in the Post Office at Union, S. C.% for the week ending April 17th, 1879. Miss llsttie Bnrrham, Rev. R. L. Ostell, Farrow Foster, Elvira Ritchards, F. C. Hasted, E. A. Stokes, Mrs. Janie Little, ^Miss Leathee Sherland, JAMES H. GOSS, P. II, - - ? What Sooth Gabolisa Mkmdkbs Sat.? Messrs. Evins and Aken assure tpe this morning that they have no idea that President Hayes will veto the army bill, and yet I have met no Republican who agreed with them. Iu regard to Corbin they sfty they hnve not yet encountered a Democratio senator who would vote for his confirmation. They are highly amused at the declaration of Administration people who lay it ia a peculiar case. Brutal Mdsukr r>? run c:?.i ?? ... w nvwaiti VlUUinilflUV April 11.?A dispatch from Now Albany, lnd.w lays that DAvid Mauok, on Wednesday night, murdered his wife by blows with a pole axe while she was asleep. 8arah VanghAn, who was living in the fnmily, hearing the shrieks of Mrs. Mauok, rushed to the room, whorcupsn Mauck struck her blows that will probably prove Tatal. He then fled. A largo party are pursu* ing him. Dkath or ax Aosu Lady.?Abtoville, April 11.?Mrs. Ellon L. Parker, net Frost, widow of ihe late Thomns Parker, died to-day at 1 o'clock P. M., in the eighty-third year of her age.