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T P"=?PagBIl? I . 'I HI' I IL?J^L 1?! The President'# Veto I?ug?, Wasiiikotocu April 29.?Tha arm/ appropriation bill was raturned to tho House to-duy with out the President i*l signature, accompanied by a message stating length the reasons for the Teto. The President says if the bill contained no other provisions than those for the support of the army it would fco^twJiU prompt approval, but it iaoludef flurtker legislation and involves questions ofi tna graveab character. He recites the statute now in force embodied in sections 2002 and 5528 of the revised statutes and aa/s the adoption of the proposed amendment tray be considered in two aspects : First, as it < affects the right of the United States government to use the military force to keep the peace i nt elections < second, as it affects the right of the government by civil authority to protect elections from violence and fiaud. He then quotes | and calls attention to sections 2008, 0020, 0030, ( 5031 and 0032 of the revised statutes, and section 10 of the army appropriation bill, passed June 18ll?, 1878, together with remarks upon ( the purpose and effect of the latter as stated in the speeches of Senators and Representatives ' who supported it. From these laws he says it I ....... il..m onn h* nn military interferonnn iippoiio ? * willi elections, and that, consequeutly, there is no necessity for the enactment of this bill. He then calls attention to the existing laws of the | prevention of discrimination on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, and to punish fraud, violence and intimidation at Federal elections, and says : "These laws it is the duty of the Executive Department of the government to enforce. The intent and effect of lh% sixth section of this bill is to prohibit all civil officers of the United States, under penalty of fine and imprisonment, from employing any adequate civil force for this purpose at the place where their enforcement is most necessary, j namely, at the places where Congressional elections arc held. If the proposed legislation ' should become law, there will be no power ves- . ted in any officer of the government to protect from violence officers of the United Stales engaged in the discharge of their duties. Their rights and duties under the law will remain, t but the national government will be powerless , to enforce its own statutes. The States may employ both military and civil power to keep J peace and to enforce laws at State elections. It is now proposed to deny to the United States even the necessary civil nuthority to protect national elections. No sufficient reason bos been 1 given for this discrimination in favor of State c and against national authority." With regard I to the manner in which it is sought to repeal the law authorising the use of troops at the polls, ' he says: "The object aimed at it is altogether fnrriirn to the imrnosc of an armv annroDria- 1 tlOn WW. "Ttrc frwrttm u ^f<?[.ii<? j tion bills measures not pertinent to such bills did not prevail until more than forty years after ( the adoption of the constifbtion. It has become ( n practice; all parties when in power have adopted it. Many abuses and great waste of public money have in this way crept into appropriation bills, Public opinion of the country is ngainst s it. The States which have rccentl*' adopted a constitutions have generally provided a remedy for the evil by enacting that no law shall contain more than one subject, which shall be plainly expressed in its title.? n The constitutions of uiore than half of the States d contain substantially this provision. The public welfare will be promoted in many ways by a 1 return to the early practice of the government nnd to the true principle of legislation, which ^ requires that every measure shall staud or full according to its own merits." He says : "This Congress has ample opportunity nnd time to 1 pass the appropriation bills nnd also to enact s any political measures which mny be determined ^ upon in separate bills by the usual and orderly methods of procedure. But a Majority of both E houses have deemed it wise to adhere to the t principles maintained in the lost Congress by a majority of the House of Ileprcscutativcs, namely, that the House of Representatives lias the sole right to originate bills for raising revenue, v and, therefore, has the right to withholJ the ap- , propriations upon which the existence of the government may depend unless the Senate and 0 l'vnawlanl olinll wivn (liate* nsoant I r\ an w lawSul.t t lion which the House may see fit to attach to the appropriation bills. To establish this principle is to make a radical, dangerous and unconstitutional change in the character of our institutions. That a majority of the Sennte now concurs in the claim of the House adds to the gravity of the situation but does not alter the question at issue. The new doctrine, if maintained, will result in the consolidation of unchecked and despotic power in the House of Representatives. A bare majority of the House will become the government. The Executive will no longer be what the framers of the constitution intended?an equal and independent branch of the government. The principle of this hill places not merely the .Senate and the executive, but the judiciary also, under the coercive dictation of the House. The House nlone will be the judge of what constitutes a grievance, and also of the means and measures of redress. An act of Congress to protect elections is now the grievance complained of. But the House may, on the same principle, determine that a treaty made by the President, wi<h the advice and consent of the Senate, a nomination or appointment of office, or a decision or opinion of the Supreme Court, is a grievance, and that the measure of redress is to withhold the appropriations required for the support of the offending branch of the government. Believing that this bill is a dangerous violation of the spirit and meaning of the constitution, I am compelled to return it to the House in which it originated without my approval." A Significant Contiiast.?Washington, April 28 A colored Republican from Columbia has been given a profitable position in the Capitol building upon Senator Hampton's recommendation. A colored Republican f.om Portland, Maine, informed me last night that when he applied to Blaine, a few months ago, for a similar recommendation, which would have secured him a place, Blaine reminded him that "the colored people have no political strength in Maine 1" and reeamsietved him to stick to his trade. The appointee in this instance was a classmate of l'rof. Greener in a Boston high school, and scored seventy-three upon a civil service examination in Washington before he applied to his senator. Senator Hampton's applicant confessed, in a manly way, that he had always voted the Republican ticket in South Carolina, but got bis appointment nevertheless. He says that he intends to write home to his colored friends that "The Democrats hsve doue more lor hfan already than ths Republicans did during the wiiuio iiuifj iiiv/ were 111 power. oomior Hampton baa obtained the disposal of four or ' live other appointments of laborers about the 1 Capitol, whioh he proposes to distribute among < deserving colored men from South Carolina.? | Cor. Newt and Courier. Wnolbsalk lloo Killing.?London, May 5. , ?The Daily Netoe says a cargo of hogs from Philadelphia was slaughtered at Liverpool last ' week in consequence of typhoid fever. Some 1 apprehension is felt lest this may lead to restrictive action hy the Privy Council. Will bk Badly Ciiawrd.?Fifteen car loads of tobacco passed through Columbia last Saturday, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, on their way to Savannah and other Southern cities, the cause of the large shipment being the reduction of the tobacco tax. t ?g?mmmummmp > i u m m iht "SSIccfttfi tRnion SKhicb. 1 B. M. STOKES, liiton ~ UNIONT FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1879. >" TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Copy, ouo year, in advanck, 92.00 2 Coiiles one year, " " *.75 5 ' " ? .. ? gj0 ,0 a a ?m u .< U.OO ADVERTISING. k _ Ons nqivnre or oile Inch, ftrst Insertion, - - - 91.00 Ksch luihoeqnent Insertion, ? 73 I,ll>eral discount maile to merchants and others advertising for six months or by the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or loss. Inserted free. u " over ten lines, cltargod on Advertise* meats. OglU Mr. Nat. W. Taylor has opened his Photograph Gallery at Nicholson's Hall, and invites the cilisens of Union to call on him. The jury, in the case of Poindexter, for the killing of Curtis, iu Richmond, Vn., returned t verdict of manslaughter and sentenced liim to two years in the Peuitontiary. Prioe of Cotton at Union. But lit tie has been sold, but we can safely say the ruling prices in this market arc from 90 10 80 100 Episeopal Convention. Tho annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of litis diocese will meet at Greenville next Wednesday, the 14tli. * jl . j Fh? Trial of Cox. Tho case of Cox, for tho murder of Alston, ] in Atlanta, was given to the jury last Tuesday sflernocn, but we have not beard tho result. p Late Frost. Q Heavy white frost was seen in many parts of . his County last Friday morning, and one genleman ihfurmed us that some forward cotton nras killed by it near Ooudeysvillo. fudge Wallace. It at home, looking somewhat wearied, but trccious littlo rest docs he get, for ho is almost laily called on "to hear argument," to "pass ?rder3" or perform some other duty at Cham- ^ >er8. Change in Tax Collector's Notice. We call attention of the tax payers of Dogansdlle and Cross Keys Townships to the change' n ttic navcTtioenicnt; made by the Tax Collector* >f the days when he will be with them to re- 1 :eivo their taxes. ? lalesday. Wc had to look at the almanac to satisfy our- ' lelf that lost Monday was Salesday, there were ^ o few people in town. Wo only saw one man hat had a dollar in his pocket, and he had to ^ tide, to keep thirsty impecunious friends from .sking liim to treat. It was an awfully d<-y and ^ lull salesday. Crs. Grant's Millinery. v Mrs. Grunt has returned, not from Kuropo, iut from Charleston, with a beautiful stock of t] dillinery, which is going off like "hot cakes." j| 'he styles arc the prettiest and sauciest yon ever i aw. No girl will look "homely" under one of Q dra. Grant's hats. It's awful tantalising to a t nan about our age to meet a girl with one of 0 hose hats on. t, .*. Jnvsiling the Confederate Monument. 1 No doubt many of our citizens are anxious to r vitness the unveiling of the Confederate Monu- u uent, at Columbia, next Tuesday, and we are 1 authorized to state that the fare from this point a o Columbia and return has beea reduced to ^ >2.75. The tickets will bo good to return for ' ive days from the 12th. This liberal reducliou ' vill make it a cheap trip?barring the milk g nineties. The Wlnnsboro News and Herald. We are pleased to find ihis favorite journal 0 ipon our table agnin. It lias always been con a lucted with marked ability and dignity, and its c present proprietors are infusing new enterprise 1 znd usefulness into its columns. We are also I pleased to see sujh undoubted evidences of 1 prosperity as it exhibits in its new dress and ' enlarged dimensions. We believe it is the ' ablest county paper iu the State, refleclimr in I he best light the intelligence and integrity of * Fairfield County, and her citizens will honor c liemselvcs in giving it their undivided patron- t! kgc. ^ ["hose two Littlo Girls. We ask pardon of those two sweet little girls vho left at our office last week the first treat of trawberries, for not noticing their kind favor d the proper time. We certainly did not inend to be so ungallant, but by some mischance he notice was omitted. The treat was highly appreciated by us and as we enjoyed it the right colors of the berries reminded us of the weet faces of those who sent them. We would ell who they are, but we are afraid that Miss {ill and Miss Thomas would not like our taking uch liberties with their names. ?# The Weather. So far this Spring has been quite remarkable or dry, cold weather. Vegetation of all kinds s very backward and plants grow slowly.? Vpril was cold and dry and the evennigs and norni jga up to this date have been cold enough to make fires necessary. We, however, learn hat all farm crops that escaped the frost last a week are looking healthy. 1 It lias been rery favorable for planting, and * ire learn that nine-tenths of the corn and Cotton ^ lias been plantod. In most places corn on the uplands baa received the first plowing. | Memorial Day, [ To-morrow, the 10th of May, Is the day appointed by the Memorial Association for deoorating the graves of the noble Confederate 8ol- 1 liers who were buried in the graveyards of the own of Union. The Association have made all aeoessary preparations for the occasion, and it ?n1y remains for the people to assemble and 1 ihow their love for the herolo men of the South- * evn Army who bravely fell in defending a eause we all believed was right by strewing their graves with sweet flowers and evergreens. We hope all who possibly can will partioipate in this eminently ' patriotic act. The ladies of our town, ever fore- 1 most in every good and christian work, have done and will continue to do their whole duty | and the men must not be found Indifferent to it? | ^ * E W? h?ve been faro red the past week with a erj ple&sopt visit from Mr. Henry Eubank, a be taleuleij correspondent and agcnl of the si 'olumbla.^pMtrr. Mr. Kubank is now doing o or IkmrRtfiuir gtrbkt we hapa. always thought p lie Columbia press sadly neglected, i. e., "writn8^Ut*" iiWfe|jU|2tnd unvarnished truth, the f han^raperM^Hhrantages t?e upper Counties >f this State poises#, In poiift of health,climate,- 0 toil and water powers, for the profitable invest- a nent of capital in .Agriculture, Manufactures * ind Mechanical pursuits. Mr. Eubank is one c >f the best, writers in the State, and the only q suit (T) we find with him is his unpopular style c >f utterly ignoring all sensational and high ool* 0 ired descriptions of "places and things" he ? vrites about. He seeks tho truth, and whatever c te writes can safely be received as nothing but n ruth. , * The Register is becoming more popular, as n t becomes more valuable to the people, every p lay, and we are confident the interesting letters o if Mr. Eubank, from every point he may visit, fa rill make it still more interesting and accepta- ? >lc. The leading paper of the State should be n ocatcd at Columbia, and wo oan safely assure v he people of this section that if they will give r ha their support, fls proprietors, llcssrs. Cafvo & Gallon, will take pride la mak- {j ng it just the journal they demand. b s Inmanity in Bulk. c It was somewhat romarkablo to find so few lersons in town last Monday, but what was ticking in number wt samply provided in weight, t s the following table of the weights of six men iving in the town and six from the country will ( how: Tows. CorsTt. No. 1 '275 lbs. 1 No. 1, 825 lbs. f ? 2 271 ' ? 2 800 ?? 8 270 ' I " 8, 800 ?? * 4 200 " " 4, 275 ? 1 ' 5, 245 " 5 270 " * 6, 240 " " 0, 260 ?' 1 iggrcgato 1,501 lbs. Aggregate...?1,780 lbs. Average weight in town, 200 lbs. " county, 2884 11 ?? ". of all 274J ? If say Ouurrtycan pick up in one d*y twelve icavier, healthier and better looking men than ho above, just trot them out before the weather ;cls too hot for so much human flesh in one ump to travel. o "Citiren." We think your remarks upon the action of the !ouuty Commissioners are well founded. We annot see why they did not meet the Treasurer ist Monday week, or assemble without him oon thereafter, and pay out the money now ping idle in the Bank, while so many creditors f the County, to our knowledge, are sadly in rant of their money. We can give you no reason why the report of he old Board has not been published, except hat the Clerk of the Board is waiting on the 'rensurer and the Treasurer is waiting on the 'Icrk. It is very natural for you to suppose hat the Report, should be made independent f the Treasurer's h:oks, and solely from the ooks of the Couuty Commissioners." You are >ot the only one who have made similar inquiics of us, and had you not written to ttrong pon the matter, we should have published rour communication. We will give you the mount contracted for by the Commissioners, to uild the fence on the County Hoes, under the ence law, as aoon as we can get it from the toard?we hope next week. lengress and the Veto. From what wc can gather from the Washingon reports, we think the democratic members f the Senate and Ilouse will decide first, to pass separate bill repealing the highly objectionable lames of the election laws and present it to he President for his sanction or veto; then >ass the appropriation bills. If the President etoes the first, it will at once expose the exrtme partiagp eplrit that actuated him in *elong the former bill, while by passing the approbation bills without those repealing clauses, he democrats will give the lie to the Radical ampaign cry that they intended to starve the overnment into acquiescence. That's the way >. luutg uuw, uut we urn willing to ici our uep- , esenlatives work out the problem according to heir own rule, hollering that from (heir standtoint they know, betler than any one-horse Jditor can, what is best tor the Country and he deroocratie parly. 'ine Jewelry, fte. Wc refer our readers to the advertisement of dr. James Allan, 807 Ring Street, Charleston, dr. Allan lias built up one of the best Jewelry lusinesses in this country, almost entirely upon i pure and undevialing character for honesty. Whatever he sends from his establishment can *e relied upon as being just what he represents l to be. He is one of the best Jewelers in the :ountry and a most accomplished gentleman. If rou have to send for any article in his line, you nay rely upon his promptness and honorable lealing ; if you go to Charleston ono of the most uteresting places to visit is Mr. Allan's Store, ie has a Red Bird that sings, by machinery, o naturally that you will think you are out in ( he woods instead of in the big oily of Charles- i on. Be sure anJ go and see U. 1 -? #? rhat Prise Story. , The weekly New* and Courier containing the first < nstalment of the sueoessful story, for which the 1 >roprietors of that paper offered a prise of $100 j n gold, has beon received and read. It is sailed "Ashhurst, or the days that are not," and vritten by Mrs. II. Hilton Broom, of Charles- 1 ? i We are qnlte pleased with the story, so far. ] t is purely a* Southern Story, and gives prom- I se of being of thrilling interest. Its style Is ' ihMte and pure, and evinces a high order of J ilerary talent in the writer. As the publishers liave printed a large number of extra copies, those who have delayed subscribing can be sup- 1 plied with the numbers containing the com- j fcenoduent of the 8tory. t&T The Merchants of Union are selling goods awful cheap, and their stocks are more compleie than ever before. yg Cow to Seour* Vow Postal Esutes. The Washington correspondent of the Nett* ' nd Courier, who is always ou the alert to find oinething of practical advantage to the people f this State* gives us the following fomuila of i roc ceding to obtan new poAnl rouU(^Hj^fc 1 Petitions are being constaotljp-jr*Ml9PRi$re rom different pointsof the StatM^tituRfor th'e stabliehment of new'postal route? ffime of hese petitions have yards ofi^gnatnrta attfiohed. btained doubtless with y.i n "Till latagfol ill rodbTfit jsd yet they are altogether UD^KtajA* It ts very enhj matter to have n neef fbtfoestab-. I ished betweon any two points whenever the neessities of the oomniunity authorise and reluire it. What should be done is briefly indiated as follow : Let some responsible person r persons draw up a petition, addressed to one f our Congressmen asking that such and such route be opened. Name the two points or plaes at the respective ends of the line. Also, how oany postoftices are needed or desired on the oute, the distance of each such office (if any) rom the one immediately before and the one iui* mediately behind it. Give the names of tho proofed post-most ers at all the points, and the name f each proposed postoffice. If the new route lies etween two towns which havo postoflices already stablished get tho approval and signatures of lie postmaster at each such postofflce. Nothing iioro is then necessary to be done besides forrarding the petition so prepared to one of the cpresentatiTcs. The postofhce department will nvcstigate the matter promptly, and will estnhivh.the desired route at ouoe if it is possible to lo so. Jt is not necessary to obtain any nam or of signatures totho petition,as they are nerer een after they lcare the hand* of tho petitionus. , Distribution or Skeds. The same writer gircs the following informaion about Government Seeds, &c. The fact has recently been made public that Congress has just increased the appropriation or the purchase and distribution of seeds to a ery large amount, and our representatives releive pecks of letters every day from persons at tome who desire to obtniu some of thorn. 1 am 'C<)uested to state that tlieappropriaton will not nko cfTcct until the first of July, and there wil> iven then he uo seed obtainable before next fall. Che last supply was exhausted in April. ? . For the Tiuics. From Brown's Store. Ma. Editor:?There seems to be a multiplicity of correspondents from this section of tho County, but I will nevertheless keep my promso, and let you hear from mo occmssionally. Farming interests are now looked after with incoming vigilance, and the outlook is promisng. IVheat crops are looking well, but thin n many plaoes and the acreage too small. Colon planting is now about over, and nearly a itand is up in some places. The fruit crop will >e very ngiu?not so mucli in this community ts has been prospectively reported by some of rour correspondents from oilier localities. It s pleasing to see the energy with which work s being pushed among us. Mr. N. Q. Littlejohn's School at Asbury Semnary is in a flourishing condition ; and with dr. Littlejohn at the head of affairs there, no larent need be afraid to send his son to that indilution. Hoard and tuition both arc cheap ind the school is in a healthy locality. With luch inducements, in these financially distressng times, it will certainly be sustained.' Doubtess the Principal will give us one of his annual sntcrtainments this year again, and wo hope to ice the Editor of the Timet with us on that occailon. OCCASIONAL. Easter Election. We neglected at the proper time to announce he result of the election for officers of the Church of the Nativity" at this place for the [?rosent year. They are as follows : 1 VarJeu*. R. W. Shand and Win. Munro. Vetrymtn.?J. W. McLtire, A. II. Stokes, J. M. Gibbcs, David Johuton, Sr., Dr. J. N. Mooro, I. K. Young. Deleyutes to Convention. R. W. Shand, W. Munro, J. W. McLurc, II. N. Griinbull. Til AM r?sl A T TUB Pa I I a WnahtlteriAn Maw R [a the House of Representatives, Mr. Ladd, of Maine, introduced the following bill, to prohibit military interference at elections, which was referred to the committee on the Judiciary : "Whereas, the presence of troops at the polls is contrary to the spirit of our institutions and Lhe traditions of our people, and tends to destroy ihe freedom of elections, therefore, be it enacted, bo., that it shall not be lawful to bring to or employ at any place where a general or special election is being held in a State, any part of the trmy or navy of the United States, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States or to enforce section four, article four, of the constitution of the United States, or laws mado in pursuance thereof, on application of the Legislature or Executive of the State where such force is to be used ; and so much of all laws as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.' Mr. Eaton introduced a similar bill in the Senate, which was also referred to the Judiciary committee of that body. A Rimarkablk Countkiifkit.?Money hnndlers will be iuterested to know that tlie secret service has come into possession of a most remarkable counterfeit. It is a counterfeit $20 United States legal tender note, and is calculated to deceive even persons accustomed to handling notes of that denomination. What makes It the more remarkable ia the fact the work on Ihe note was executed with a pen and ink. All I lis intricate figures and curves, all the heads, the seal, the fins engraving work, and even the fibre in the paper, are almost perfectly counterfeited by pen and ink. The signature of John Allison, formerly registrar of the 'treasury, is almost exact, while that of John C. New, formerly treasurer, perfect. The whole bill, back end face, is a wonderful piece of pen-work. The bill was detected at the sub-treasury in New Orleans. A TitjtNKL U.ndkr Tint Ska.?The greatest activity prevails in carrying out the preliminary measures for the construction of the submarine tunnel between Calais, France, and Dover. Enr land. No lew than 7,971 soundings hare been taksn, which have brought up 3,207 specimens ?f difTercsl geological formations. The tunnel, B" loh Is te be T2\ miles long, will be dog ough a stratum of gray chalk. *??? Whiskbt Kills Anothkb Wir?>r-Bridgeport, Conn., May 6.?At New Preston Hill, a mile north of New Preston, Connecticut, this morning, Egsbert Cogswell, aged 60, shot with a gun and instantly killed bis wife, aged 40. 11a then cut his throat, expiringalmoetimmediately. Cogswell was an habitual drunkard, and was crated with rum at the time the deed was committed, V ' *M I?- ** ^ *bk or ran Caucus.?Washington May lid, he Dtmooratio members of the House Co-day held a caucus, and, after an hdur's deliberation, definitely determined their line of actiog;in regard to the army appropriation bill, and agreed* upon the exact terns of the measures to he separately passed in lieu of the sixth section, it ^ being also agreed that all consideration of the remainder of the bill shall bedofcrred until this independent political measure shall hare been acted upon by the President. It will provide, in substance, that sections 2002 and 2003 of the rsrlsed statutes shall not be construed as anthorMugJke presence of United Suites soldiers at x the pdlls, fcxeopi under ordA-s of the PfreslBent ^ to repel armed enemies of the United 8tates, or ' In pursuance of constitutional requirements,^ upon the application of tlie I.egislntcKt of a State or of the Qovernor when the LegislVt|jtre cannot be convened, to repress domestio violence. The bill will bo accompanied by a short preamble of an argumentative nature, to determine the phraseology of which, and also toagnFn upon an effective title, consumed considerably^, time to-day. Among the titles suggested were 1 v the following : "Dill to pooled the ballot bol from military interference "Bill to prevent the army and navy from interfering with-the freedom of elections "Bill to prevent tho control of elections in tho States by the army and navy of the United States," and a "Bill to prevent the use of the army at the polls and to promote the freedom of elections. It U UnJ .1 ik.i ik. alii. c.-u. ..i ? i-.i > ..mil uvioiwu tuuv mv uuv iiuuujr uuupieu 13 ? "Uiu to prevent Interference by the army with elcc*' Lions." Tho action taken by the caucus is sub* stantially in accordance with an amended report presented to-day by the eommittee to whom tho whole project was recommitted yesterday. Tho proceedings are said to hare been characterized by a spirit of harmony and good feeling. ? . Two Men Burned to Death in Jail.?Galveston Texas, May 6.?A special to tho Weirs from Overton, says: J. T. Young r.nd John Hiley, who had been confined in jail for drunkenness, attempted to escape by sotting fire to tho building. The flames spread rapidly, and being unable to extinguish them, the men were both burned to death. Killed at a Church Door.?A special to the Xeict from Hempstead says : "As the congregation were leaving the Methodist Church'yesterday, Colonel Jarel E. Kirby shot and killed John Steele, who in a quarrel fourteen years ago shot and killed Kirby's father." A Mammoth Hotel at Spartanburg.?Tho foundation was laid in 8partanburg last week for the largest and finest Hotel in thb Stale outsido of Charleston. It is to be 22<r? feet front by 9 100 feet deep, to be three stories high, with turrets and towers, and to contain 100 rooms, and nine store-rooms, all to be finished off in first class style of the latest modern architecture.? Ilerald. .? Ltkch Law is Mississippi.?Memphis, May 5.?A special telegram to the Ledger from Slarksville, Mississippi, stales that Johnson Spencer and Newlcn Porter, the barn burners aud attempted assassins of Jordan Moore, a few days since, were taken from the jail by a body of armeil men Saturday * night, white and black, and liangod. m Yellow Fkveh?Waahinington, May f>.? Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Service, has received a cable dispatch front Hon. John M. Langatou, United States Minister resident at Ilayti, that yellow fever appeared at Port-au-Princo on the 80th ultimo, and that the steamer Andes left that port, bound for New York, on the 1st inst. Mu. II. K. Nichols diod at Cherokee Springs Thursday the 24th instant. Before the war ho and his brother were engaged in business in Columbia, whore they were highly esteemed aa valuable citisens. Mr. Nichols has been an invalid for several years. He was about GG years old. He was buried in Spartanburg Inst Saturday. OBITUARY. Masonio Tribute. Died, at Pacolct Depot, on the 2f>th of March, 1870, S. C. Thomas. He was a member of Prudence Lodge, No. 18, A.*. K.\ M.*., Jonesville, S. C. He was also a member of this M. ?. Church. He was taken sick vefy suddenly and died In a few days. In token of our respect and esteem for our deoeased brother, resolved, that tire following , preamble and resolutions be passed : Resolved, That in the death of oar brbtlier we have lost a good member and a staunch friend and supporter tyf Masonry. Rttolved, That we deeply mourn the loss of our brother and to express our esteem for the same it is ordered that the members and jewels of the lodge be clothed in mourning for 80 days. Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and resolutions be sent to the bereaved wife, and that we also sincerely sympathise with her in her affliction.. Resolved, That a copy also be seat to the Union Times for publication. f 0. W. BONNER, Committee: -I C. R. LONO, I R. V. COLEMAN. List of Lettars Remaining in the Tost Office at Union, S. C., for the week ending May 8d, 1879. Sarah Benson, A. B. Landis, Mra Elisabeth Murphy, Charly Thomson. J AS. II. QOSS, P. M. ^ Take Notice. ALL persons are hereby warned not to treipnss or travel through my plantation, except by tho lawful roads. W. J. TUCKER. Santuo, May 7th, 1879 19 8t Fans I Fans I 1 YOU can "raise a breese" at my Store thai will keep you cool all summer, by buying a fan from my large stock. I've got them of all qualities and at all prices 8. W. PORTER. May 9 19 t# * J siew Stock of Notion?, IH AVE just received the largest, the prettU est, most varied and cheapest stock of No> lions erer soon in \Jnion. dome end see foe yourself. 8. W, PORTER. Mey 0 18 tf Hosiery. THE eheepest end best, et S. W. POUTER'S Cheep Slere. ^ Mey 9 19 if dlores, ALL sites, ?n colors and *11 qnalltfes, at tbo lowest prieec, at 8. ft. PORTER'8 Cheep Stores May 0 19 tf Parasols. FROM a Caljco to the finest Bilk, *1 the very loweet prices, at 8. W. SORTER'S Cheap Store. Wr, May 9 19 tf ' * v.