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Hampton in the Sonata. Wasiiisotom, June 6.?The Senate, by vote of yeas 28 nays l'J, took up the bill reported yesterday by Senator Bayard, froui the judiciary committee, relating to juries and to the repeal of Sections HOI, 620 and 821 of the llcvised Statutes. Senator Hampton, of Soufli Carolina, after briefly supporting this bill, proceeded to speak upon the general political issues of the session. ? ' He could uot claim te>spook as the leader of his. party, nor would he try to shield himself from the consequences of his actions behind any party. If the policy supported by him was revolutionary and treasonable, he was a revolutionist and traitor, llut what policy is before Congress worthy of such a charge ? Continuing, Senator Hampton said : By no vote of mine will the appropriations necessary for the efficient maintenance of the army be refused. It is competent for Congress to declare under what limitations and conditions appropriations shall he made. The form in which this is done I regard immaterial. In my judgment !l ? 11 1 ? ?a mlliorn in ill* trpflfrfll II YTUUIU HUTU UCVU Uioi w ? form, but to secure unanimity I shall acquiesce in the decisions of the majority ; but in no event can I consent to aid in disbanding the army or impairing its efficiency. It is the army of the South as well as of the North. It is the array of whole country. In its history from the days of the Revolution I have some reason, by right of my birth and blood, to be proud. In the late civil contest on many bloody tielda I tested its valor, and no word or act of mine shall depreciate its valor1 and lesson its usefulness ; but because I so regard it no act of mine shall teud to degrade it. I will not so legislate that against its own honorable instincts and traditions it shall be an instrument of tyranny in the hands of any factious parly, or any unscrupulous Executive who may desire it. Nor shall 1 assent, because of any difference of opiuion between the minority and majority, to close the courts of justice or embarrass tho life of the Government. The Constitution has provided means by which an appeal to the country can be had, and it is for tho people to decide whether the Presidential veto has been wisely used to defeat the will of Congress, which represents the majority of the people. . ? Senator Hampton proceeded to say that he had no intention to embarrass the Administration, and, although lie considered the provisions of the bill just, lie recognized the ditlicult position in which the Kxcculivc found himself, lie said that his people remembered that in a critical period of their history, when any injujlj; cious action ?auU bonsihiction of his duty removed United States troops from Louisiunu and South Curolinn, and thus enublcd the people to restore their local government to those who represented the popular will. For this wise and patriotic action he was grateful, and while it would be his duty to oppose the policy of which the l'residcut was the representative, that opposition would not bo captious nor such as to drive the President into coalition with thoso who would madly trample on the rights of the people in their struggle to retaiu power. Senator Hampton said that his party was denounced for wishing to restrict Fcderul use of the troops, hut men high in the Republican par- I ty, whose words lie quoted, had also pointed out and denounced the danger and abuses of such use. It was not the immediate action of the army that he feared, but the ultimate effect of its misuse, and he would oppose any legislation giving the General Government power to interfere in any way with elections, llettcr have turbulence in one or two great cities than tnilli(ury despotism in the whole country. It has been complained that Confederate otlicers were sent here as legislators. Nearly every man in the South bore arms, and she could hardly be blamed for trusting her interest in peace to those who risked their lives and fortunes for her in war. He thought that if the North had honored in like niuuucr those who fought her battles, the legislation of the country would not be embittered by the revival of sectional hate. If the North was sincere in inviting the Southern States to return to the Union, she should be glad they sent their best and most honored men to represent them. The South hud no apology to make for the past, and to recall that past now is not in the interest of that harmony for which (he whole country longs. The Mouth asks to have stricken from the statute books laws which are the product of distrust as much as were the armies and natives. If you asked, us, said he, to come back as Slates, treat us as States. Join hands with us to establish Nutioual liberty as understood by our fathers. tsenator Hampton's address aroused frequent applause in the galleries. TUK UKHAVIOR or Tilt: RADIl'Al. LKADKKS WI1I1.K II K SIMKK. Washington, June 5.?The event of to-day at the Capitol was llovcrnor Hampton's speech upon the political issues of the session. As he has just delivered it, 1 have had no opportunity of hearing more than casual expressions of opinion in regard to it. All of these, however, have been of the most complimentary character ?the wisdom, moderation and justice of the views it presented being well calculated to elicit general and sincere admiration and respect. Perhaps no better evidence of its worth and weight could have been afforded than the unwillitig and rude tribute paid by t'onkling, and protracted by him throughout the short time that the tlovcrnor occupied the tloor. The senator from New York may be classed as a gentleman under a liberal construction of the term, but that he is not a gentleman he loses no opportunity like that presented to-day to assert in the plainest manner. While (Governor Hampton was speaking, and while every other person if Yccted to be writing a letter, occasionally varying this very diaphanous performance by stopping to spenk It those around him, or hy rising from his seat and walking about among the desks to converse with his admirers on the liepublican side. At one time while lie was engaged in writing his endless letter, tiovornor ilauipton said in the course of his remarks that he did not thiuk it wise for the democracy "to do anything which would lie calculated to drive the President into dm ranks of those who woitld trample upon him and us alike." t'onkling was not so husily engaged hut. that he heard this, as was clearly evidenced by the manner in which he tossed his white woolly head and wrinkled his snce-ring nose, until the corners of his nostrils invaded the proper domain of'his angry eyea. You see Mr. t'onkling does not like Mr. Haves ?ii\ce ll?e Iaii?i- mioliroil 1.;.., in (lie matter of the New York Customhouse appointments, and this delicately equipped shaft of Senator Hampton went straight to his sorest spot. Logan, Maine and Chandler all had urgent business in the cloak-room, which apparently kept them occupied until about the time the Governor finished.It was made known yesterday that Governor Hampton would speak to-day, but'it was an nounced that he would not commence uirtil 1 o'clock, at the expiration of the morning hour. The greatest interest was manifested on the announcement, and a little before 1 the crowds began to stream into the galleries and soon tilled tbem. l'nfortunately, however, the morning hour expired by half-past 12 o'clock, for lack of business to occupy the full time, and the greater portion of the audience only arrived in time to Ml hear his concluding remarks, greaiiy to their ? disappointment. A Urge number of order* for the speech have already been handed in?before it is printed? t! and it will be widely circulated throughout the |i North and East with the happiest result*, as ^ every one believes. ' Many members of the House left theft* own *' hall to hear the Governor's first effort, and a hi number of senators congratulated him upon the li floor immediately following the close of it* de- ^ It is very evidert that, despite his modest dls- ni claiiner to the contrary, made in his speech to* y< day, Senator Hampton is regarded here in Congrcss and in the North as a natural and rccognixed leader of the National Democratic party. ? Cor. Xetc* arut Courier. ms I -.. . . . ai 8th# tffnitm SEimea. 01 ? - II B. M. STORKS, Editor. - ? "UNION, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1879L li TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ~ _ 1 Cnpr, one year, IN advanck, $2.00 r 2 Copies one year," " 3.75 n 5 ' " " " " 8.50 10 " " ' " " 13.00 t< ADVERTISING. ?, One square or one Inch, first Insertion, - - $1.00 Kach Nuheequent inner!ion, ------- 73 0 Liberal discount made to mere hauls end others adrerlislng for six months or by the year. * Obituary Notices of ten lines or lenx. Inserted free. .1 " " over ten lines, charged as Advertisements. ti The First New Wheat. 8 Mr. Joint liccknell, tve learn, brought the first "turn" of new wheat to the Union Steam mill n last Tuesday. Mr. 11. informs us that his wheat f, crop this year is the best he has had for many a years. c Picture of the Confederate Monument. We thank Mr. W. A. Reckling, Photograph ' Artist of Columbia, for a fino Picture of the 1 Confederate Mouumcnt, lately unveiled in that city. Persons wishing pictures can obtain them 11 of Mr. Reckling. I A 4tb of July Excursion. f Wc arc requested to state that an Kxeur- f sion train will run from Union Depot to Hen- s dcrsonville, N. C., and return the same day, t on the 4tn or Juiy next. ? "v ? Sad Aocident. e We nre truly sorry to learn that on Wednesday morning last, Mr. If. If. Robinson, one of ^ the Board of County Commissioners, had his arm so dreadfully torn by a Threshing Machine. It is feared the limb will have to be amputated. A Our sympathies are with Mr. Robinson. II A Treat in Store For Union. .( We are requested to annouce that the Spartanburg Musical Association will render Cantata ' Esther, the Beautiful Queen," in this village ^ on Wednesday night next, 18th inst. The pro- ^ ceed of which, will be for the benefit of Wofford College. Wc bospcak for tlicni a lnrge au- ^ dicncc. School Claims Previous to 1877. ai Mr. Norman, School Commissioner of this be Couuty, requests us to state that there is a sum di of money in the hands of the Treasurer to be so paid upon school claims dated previous to the w year 1877, and he wishes all persons holding a such claims to present them to him, so that lie to will be able to pro rate the payments. A Good Crop of Oats. We are informed that our esteemed friend, Dr. Wade Fowler has just threshed out over four hundred bushels of pats from six acres of laud? 6Gjj bushels to the acre. The land was well prepared and the oats sown in the Fall. We doubt much if ouo out of twenty farmers in this an rVmntv nolo ll.nl ? twenty-five acres. co _ _ .je J. H. Rodger's Stoves. fr We arc glad to find that our enterprising (j( young merchant, Mr. J. II. llodgcr is meeting ^ with great success in his stove business, lie . sells the very best cooking stoves now made, and can supply them at any price, from $10 60 aj upward. Ho has also all kinds of Hath Tubs of ^ the most approved patterns and very cheap.? Kvcry family should have a bath tub, and use -r it, particularly during the Summer mouths. Bad Case of Wife Whipping. w Sam Harris, a somewhat notorious character a: in this town, on Monday night last most bru- ai tally beat his wife, because she tried to induce tl him to leave a woman he was walking home a with. They are all colored. Sam is a dangcrI ous fellow, using his knife freely when in a difficulty, and it is hard to got a colored person ^ to make affidavit against him, through fear that ^ he would take blooJy revenge afterward. ? * The Through Schedule restored. s We arc pleased to state that the through schedule from Charleston to Hendersonvillc, in p on a dav ha* bnuu restored, and the down train i passes Union at 10.50 A. M., and the up train fi at li.Ud P. M. We hope the temporary change j has not materially affected tho travel on this line, v It is the plcantcst, cheapest and quickest route s ll.n XlnunUin. ?~.l -II .1-- u . - w ...v ...V...IK.IUO . ? an mi; ouiiiiiivr rcsgns in I the upper part of this State and Western North 0 Carolina. The Striking Mania. ' The laborers employed by the contractors of f this town are 011 a strike for an increase of wa- 1 ges and the ten hour system, and the cry of ? "Mori" is heard no more in our streets. Wc (| thought there was some deviltry up, for the t bells of the colored churches have lately been f heard at unreasonably late hours a never failing sign. Well, a few convicts from the Teniten- j tiary would soon set the machauics to work y again. n ~ " 1 A Handsome Safe. o Mr. W. A. Nicholson has just received a large and handsome new safe, which wo think is the ^ f] most complete affair of tho kind wc ever saw, |, ii measures -) 11 'Z luclics high, :> ft 2 in. wide t and 2 ft 8 inches deep, and weighs 3,00()lhs. P It was mnntifnctured by Hull's Safe mid ' J v Lock Co., at Cincinnati. No doubt there are j, men who could '-break into" it, but how they would go about it is a mystery to us ; and as for ' fire injuring its contents, that appears to be ita- y possible, unless the whole massive concern is literaHy melted up. eaefc the Childrea Music. If there ia one accomplishment more effective tan any other in elevating the laate and purifyig the morals of young people we think .that :compliahtaent ia music, and wherever it ie at i within tbesenge of possibility parenta should ave their children thoroughly taught this deghtful art. 8how us a family iu which the pjf as well as tb* girls are conversant with tusic and, in ?nc coses out of ten, we will show ou a moral, ^ptelligent, refined and united ome. In the present poverty of our people but iw have the means of giving their children the ivantages of a musical education, and knowing ad appreciating this want, Professor (lensalet, ne of the most thorough musicians in thecoun J, who is now spending the summer months ith us, is organizing a Society for the instruc' on of those%ho are desirous of receiving thorugh instruction in the art of singing, and he roposes to teach the Society without any remueration. At the and of the course it is the insntion of the Professor to give a musical entertinment, introducing a programme of Oiatorio, ******* I* fla ewaJ en/I HalU/l oftlrtr?l inn* wltlMl rill coaviiiM the residents of our little town o: lie importaMe of having the children instruc sd in the Divine ait. enator Hampton's Speech, We shall publish next week the whole of Sen tor Hampton's admirable speech delivered be ore the Seuatc on the 5th inst. It has crcatec very favorable sensation at the North and i.< onsidcrcd one of the most effective democrath ampaign documents for 1880. The two Caro inns might well be proud of their represents ives in Congress. While we have thought that the democrath unjority iu Congress should unflinchingly adliert o tho terms prescribed in the appropriatior lills vetoed by the president and go to the peo tie upon the issrie thus made, it is probable that roni the Congressional standpoint, a more couervutive course, by the Southern members par' icularly, will have a very salulory effect upon uv minds of the people at the North and sccuri he election of a democratic President in 1880 i-hen all the oppressive and unconstitutionn lcctiin and jury laws complained of can be re >ealed, inspite of the base efforts of the Radical! eaders to continue the unrighteous scclioun trife aud animosity they are stirring up. ?. in nil! an A Waltlifnl nffi... Wc are truly pleased to inoet again at ou luilroad depot the genial face of our old favor e officer, F. II, Counts, who is now the Hail )ad and Express Agent at this place. Mr. Counts lias proven himself to be one o ic most competent and trustworthy Railroai licials in the country. For more than fourterr ;ars he had been (he Secretary and Treasure! the Spartanburg and Union Railroad and dur g the whole of that time a strict annual exninntion of his books, by one of the ablcsl >ok-kcepcrs in the Stato, could not discover a scrcpcncy ta the amount of five cents. Foi >mc time his office has been at Spartanburg bile liis family remained at Union; (tils was great inconvenience to himself and annoyanci his family, so he concluded to accept a some lint subordinate position and return to hi: >me and old friends at Union. Mr. Duls, of Charlotte, is now the Secretary id Treasurer of the S. U. and C. and S. am , Railroads, with his office at Spartanburg. 10k Out for Them. The people in neighboring towns and settle cuts should be on their guard against twe ung men who arc travelling* through th< untry, selling "pinchback" and other comnior welry. They were in this town last week and om the crowds that gathered round tliem, w< ink they did a thriving business. They boar :d with Mrs. Davies, an estimable widow Lady ho has leased the llix House, but on Mondaj orning the scamps were "non est inventus,' i the lawyers say, not having called upon Mr? avicsto know the amount of their bill. They c both quite young men and respectable look ig. One of them is a printer, we arc sorry t< ty. Any young, healthy men, as they are ho would swindle a widow Lady out of $17 i they did, should be dressed in Zebra clothinj ad made to work for an honest living insidt te walls of a penitentiary. It is thought the; re on their way to Anderson. . Competent Druggist. Mr. A Irwin has purchased the interest o (r. R. W. Tinsley in the Drug business hereto ire conducted under the firm name of A. Irwi; i Co., and will continue the business at the oi (and. Mr. Irwin is a competent and careful Druj ;ist and, withal, a most excellent young mar n whom our community may place implicit con ulence, and we nsK Tor him a liberal share < mtronugc. No young man is more worthy an re know not one who is more entitled to th upport and encouragement of the people i Jnion. Let us help the worthy young men c ur community. Quick Work ani> a Larue Croi?.?Tho fo owing communication from Mr. J. M. Crawford nc of our most enterprising farmers, shows, a le well says, what can be done in South Caroli 1a at farming, that much undervalued branc if business. On Saturday the wheat was grow ng in the field and on Monday it was on th linncr table in the shape of bread. The yield oo, is something encouraging, being 2 U bushel roin half an acre of laud?equal to the rate o 7 bushels per ncre : Kdifor Register : We had on our dinner tahl o-<iii'r (.Monuay) oreau made from wheat ttie ras growing in tho field Saturday. It was eti nd threshed Saturday and ground into flou his morning. The wheat was fine, without ru* r smut, and a good yield harvested?23$ busli ushcls off of half an acre. I manured th round with 200 pounds of ash element, by rt ucst of Colonel Taylor, Inspector of Phosphate *st summer, ami sowed down with peas, and i lie fall plowed the vines under with a Iwo-liors ilow. In November I laid oft" 100 straight row< en inches apart, and planted it with a peck c rlieat dropped by hnnd. I worked it well wit ilow and lioe, with the above result. A half.acre adjoining was sown broadcast wit hrce pecks of seed without the ash element e incs. The yield harvested from it was 11 msliels. llespcctfully yours, J. M. CttAwronn. -? For the Time*. fcfr. Editor:?3ome of our Tax-pnyers have been looking over the last report of the County Commissioners, end ere anxious to learn how it ( is that tome satire families?including even the nephews and nieoes?are pensioners on the bounty of oar County ; and, as the Clerk of the i Board has, as usual, neglected to itemize his accounts, they are thinking seriously of seeing the grand jury next week, and having an investigation into affairs generally. They are not satk isfied with a bare statement of the amounts paid Torn, Dick and Harry, but desire to know . whether the County has received a quid pro quo for the many thousands paid out. This is a very natural desire on the part of our backwoods tax , payer ; but it betrays a lamentable ignorance of the manner in which things are managed in the present day, to expect the grand jury to waste , their valuable time on such trifling matters.? But if they had plenty of tiuic to cxntnine the books of the Commissioners, courtctv would prevent tliem doing such an unheard of Ihiny. It would be a terrible breach of politeness, and , those guilty of it would never, no never, get to f be a Clerk, much less a County Commissioner. jui jrin.iu n uuiu run uujr hulii i n%. unwv ihc rest of us, all of thein expect to get au office "in the sweet bye ami bye." You, dear souls, would bare the whole jury overhaul all the books nud records in the various Couuty Offices, make a searching and thorough oxamination, and then you would havo tlieni ' give a correct and truthful report of their findings ! A very little forethought would convince you of the impropriety of such a proceeding, as it would be intuiting in the highest degree to tackle the offices in any such manner. The gentlemen of the Orund Jury, out in 5 (leorgia, have adopted a much easier and nicer 1 plan, one which renders the thing pleasant and agreeable to the parties concerned. Hero's ' how it'a done : A committee of three members arc appointed, ( sny, to examine the books of Ihc County Come missiouers. These gentlemen arc good friends ?"hail fellows well met"?with the Coinmisj aioncrs and their Clerk. They go down, or up, as the case may be, knock at the door and hals loe to 11. II. opens the door and replies with I another, and wauLs to know what the they want with Aim; but without waiting for the answer invites the three in, Lands over his books and telfs them to pitch in. The polite reply to r B's. invitation is an "O.' II?1, wo Jon't know - nsthing about your figures, and don't care a " picayune ; but we want you to write out our Presentment. Here's the notes, fix it up to f suit Yourself and it'll l>e nil IllinLv llnvn it I ready by 10 to-morrow, tlie old Judge will be i looking for it sharp. Exit Committee No. 1. While committee number 1 are examining (?) the books of the County Commissioner, No. 2. are hailing the superintendant of the l'oor t House. Mr. 11. Strumitis, reports everything in t and about the poor house farm in a prosperous, r thriving and galnrious con lit>on, specially atul , generully. Ity this time everything has been i thoroughly examined, ererpt the Jail, and a con! ferencc is called lor the purpose of comparing notes. > It is said?with I don't know how much truth ?that the grand juryman has a singular and f unaccountable aversion to Jails, and while it is 1 very common to see them go in under the escort of the SherifT, not one of them was ever known to enter ane voluntarily. And tradition has it, that once upon a time Col. Macbeth offered a"Y" to a certain foreman of the Grand Jury to get him to examine our jail?it had become so insej cure the prisoners themselves rebelled at the I carelessness of the County Commissioners for not having it repaired?but neither money, entreaties nor threats prevailed with the simple foreman. Don't, Col., don't ask me to go in there, he exclaimed. Tell ine what you want , done and 1 will report it; but 1 can't go in the jail ; I'm going to stay out as long as I can.? r Was it superstition or a presentiment ; on the nart of this conscientious juryman ? I can't ^ vouch for the truth of the story, but it u probably true, becaftsc grand jurymen have many f # I strange superstitions, and peculiar notions. ^ One of the strangest, perhaps, of all manifests , itself when the jury closes their committee la^ bors. Is it not a little singular that for the last two years, ami perhaps four, the Clerk of tiic Hoard of County Commissioners has been called upon to write the report of the Grand Jury ? f The task was a pleasant one, no doubt, hut was " it either right or proper for Mr. Kill to have 11 anything to do with it? Complaints had been made against tho Commissioners, and full notes of the facts were taken by the jury. These >" notes, I presume, with the names of the coinh plaiuants, were delivered into the kcoping of Mr. Hill to ho used by liiin as ho saw propor.-Now .Mr. Hill was, and is the Clerk of the board, and is paid by them to keep tlieir books. "The e servant must obey his master," but wo fail to see what obligation lie is under to the Grand Jury or llicy to him. If Mr. Hctsill didn't carc to write, why didn't I- he get some of his fellow members to do it.? ' Thcro were plenty of good men on the jury 3 who would havo undertaken the task and nc1, complished it to the satisfaction of the cili*en?, r- Then why, we would ask, did Mr. Itctsill, the e foreman cf that jury, go to the Clerk of tho ' board ? s The Grand Jury cannot afford to .show favors. They must act without fear, and render a corc reel and truthful account of all the facts I ronirht it ... . ociore tiicin. 11KFOKM. r *** ? it Df.atii ok Dr. Darby.?A private dispatch i- received in this city announced the sad intellie pence of the death of this distinguished physi! cian in New York city yesterday afternoon, '.hli. >s About fifteen months ago he was engaged in 11 dissecting a body for Iho instruction of his class 10 ofstudents when lie accidentally received a slight ?, wound upon his hand from the same knife that ?f hau been used in the work of dissection. The h body had not been subjected to the ordinary process by injection of substances into the nrtch ries to prevent decomposition, and consequently, ir the virus adhering to the knife being absorbed t into hia system. Dr. Darby soon after became ill from the effects of tins accident, and it was ultimately tbc cause of bis untimely dcxili,? I Col. Rr/jtufrr. ' - ? - - - r - For the Times. Oar Brown's Store Latter. Mn. Eoitou :?"Honor io whom honor is hie." Our efficient County Commissioner North if l'acolet, Mr. W. L. Ooudelock, has done his vhole duty In the matter of road duty, as tho rood roads through this section attest. It is list delightful after a week's hard toil for the * 'hurch going peoplo to drirc to their places of irorahip;, no Woken vehicles, no frightened laUcs, no'fired nhd worried horses on Sunday, ire some of the consequences of a faith fill bounty Commissioner in a community. In a former communication mention was made >f one of our schools in this vicinity. We take pleasure in the honorable mention of Mr. J. F. lirown's School, North of Tpickety. This js tho ihird 'yenr Mr Drown lias had charge of the School it that place, and his popularity ns a teacher increases witli the length of time he is nmong us. While on this subject, il will be proper to menlion the efforts of our school Trustees in this rownship to build good school houses and judiciously locate the schools, so ns lo have fewer of them lit more clligiblc places, and Continue theth lonircr than heretofore. This change will be A good one, as il will reilucc tlie number of schools anil by the rip;lit location giveall an opportunity of attending them for a longer time, with the sauid expense to the county. Heretofore we hare lind no school houses ; hence sometimes two schoold hate been very nenrly together in one locality, while in others they have had none. Thanks to Mr. JelTcries for the idea?hope it will be carried out. Our friend "Dick Dundns" is certainly a fast man in some things; hut this is allowable in his case, and in fact a sort of necessity, for it is only in this way that he will ever accomplish the object of his present efforts?matrimony.? But lest he thrusts his lance at me I will not say much nhout hint now. especially as he is it congenial sort of fellow. Now, "Dick," let me tell something about our next pic nic, and I'll not interfere with your connubialitics any more. There seems to be some excitement among our colored friends over here about IVilch Halls. I don't know what they are, Mr. Editor, and ask you to explain. Editors ought to know everything. Some of our young Drs. nre experimenting, may-be they can tell us. OCCASIONAL. A 0itkat Stoum in Kansas.?The storm that hurst over Knnsns on the evening of Decoration Day seems to have been of a very furious nature. It is said to have extended over a tract of ono hundred and fifty by one hundred miles, and to have worked its way in those doubling spirals common to what is called a cyclone. Fifty people nre reported killed by it and a great number wounded. The destruction to buildings and cattle is described as enormous. Details nre given of a most extraordinary not to say incredible character. Thus, alternate houses within a hundred yards of each other nre alleged to have been cither uninjured or utterly destroyed. The hurricane is doclared to have been visible to the eye, "funnel shaped," according to the dispatch of the Herald, moving "with terrible velocity, at times close to the caith, then bounding upward and almost disappearing. The air assumed a thick sulphurous smell, and the electric currents could be plainly seen and beard snapping like gun-shots." Koine observers were near the house of a man named Harris, and wo are told that "they saw Harris's residence drawn iv/ mc luiica. ui me eiuuu couipieiciy out 01 eight, find in n few second fulling timbers rained upon them from till directions." The situation of these observers must have been fur from agreeable, and, indeed, it is not easy to understand hoiv they should subsequently have been in a condition to tell tlioir story.? The line of the tornado is described as extending from Lee's Summit to lllue Springs.? Throughout this track great trees have been "wrenched off like pipestcms, ponderous rocks hurled hundreds of yards, all vegetation burned and blackened, * * fences and houses scattered in profusion in horribly mangled masses." The account of the state of unhappy persons who were killed is more striking still. "All the bodies were covered with thick, bluish, sulphurous mud. The clothing was stripped oir or torn to shreds. Shoes were lorn off, and the bodies burned and blackened fearfully," Horses, cattle and hogs were caught up on Mr. Harris' place, and carried long distances and dropped crushed out of shape. At intervals the cyclone would abandon the earth and riot at a great height in the air; but anon it would descend again nnd set to its work of destruction with tenfold fury. Nothing, however, was blown over; thai which wus attacked, whether a house or a sheep, being invariably caught up in the, air, twisted and wrenched into fragments, and then dashed down again upon the ground. Tho day was one of intenso heat, nnd through all the evening and the night there were violent electrical demonstrations, but little or no rain.? From the statements we have quoted it is manifest that the lilim-ii-min wli/vi.1.1 !>/? "V J.t wuuuiivvt* on? of the most astonishing on record ; ami additional particular* will he anxiously looked for, such as shall either confirm or correct an account the details of which are so marvelous, if, indeed, wc should not say so unprecedented. It Wii.i. not Wouk !?It is said, hy persons who can hardly he called disinterested witnesses, that the State of South Carolina is ascertain to go Republican in the next election as Iowa or Massachusetts ; nod that the Democratic leuders have become so firmly convinced of this fact that a compromise has been talked of hy which the electoral ticket, and the first, second and fifth congressional districts shall he given to the Itepulbicuns, while the Democrats hold the State government, nnd (he congressional scats from the third and fourth districts. We should imagine that for either party to :uch a bargain it might lie much easier to promise thou to perform ; without, indeed, the leaders of both sides join their forces for the purpose of "fixing things" alter their own minds. Free government at the South, from whatever point of view considered, is something which does not improve by close examination. Fct'lmps it would he better to have the State go one way by nteaps intimidation, thnn to have the spoils divided by a fraudulent arrangement.?Koston Herald. We can assure the llogton Herald man that the democrats of South Carolina have done with compromises and mixed tickets. They will take it straight or not at nil w? .??..i i - V tuuhi H KC IO Know tlio democratic leaders who are so firmly convince! that South Carolina will ns certainly go Republican as Iowa or Mnssachuscts. They would soon be taken out of the "lead" and put under the saddle. 8isuri.ah.?We are informed by W. O. Field who says ho has tried the experiment many a timo, that ynu may strip tlio pollen, or bleom, clean off of a head of rye, and within fifteen minutes it will he in full bloom again. This is singular, and lliono who have rye can rntisfy themselves ns to the truth of this statement.? 1'ickent Srnlinsl. ? Shockino Pkstii.?Wilmington, Pel., Juno 8?While Mrs. Ilonora l.aeey was driving from this place to her home in Chester County., Inst evening, the contents of the carriage, cotton and straw, were ignited by a match, and in an instant the whole interior of the vehicle was in a blaze. The horse becoming frightened ran away, and before it was stopped Mrs. I.neey was literally roasle-l alive. She died early this morning.