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Hampton ia the Senate. wamiixqtox, June 5.?The Senate, by vote of yeas 28 Day* 19, took up the bill reported yesterday by Senator Bayard, from the judiciary committee, relating to juries and to the repeal of Sections 801, 820 eud 821 of the Revised Statute*. Senator Hampton, of South Carolina, after brieOy supporting this bill, proceeded to speak upon tho general politlea^feaues of the session. He oould not claiui tottpoak as fJbe leader of. hi* party, nor would he tfy to shield himself from the consequences of his aclioas behind any parly. If the policy supported by hiiu was- revolutionary ami trcasonnbte, he was a revolutionist and traitor; But what policy is before Congress worthy of such a charge ? Continuing, Senator Hampton said : -By no ote of mine will the appropriations necessary for tho efficient maintenance of the army be refused. it is competent for Congress to declare under what limitations and conditions appropriations shall be made. The form in which this is douo 1 regard immaterial. In my judgment it would have been best to adhere to the general 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 army 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 fields I tested its valor, and no word or act of mine shall depreciate its valoi*and lesson its usefulness; but because I so regard it no act of mine shall tend 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 party, or any unscrupulous Executive who may desire it. Nor shall I assent, because of any difference of opinion between the minority and majority, to close the courts of justice or embarrass the life of the Government. The Constitution has provided means by which an appeal to the country can be had, and it is for the 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 Lad no intention to embarrass the Administration, and, although he considered the provisions of the bill just, he recognised the difficult posi! -Ki?li ill* F.TMnitive found himself, lie said that his people remembered that in a critical period of their history, when any inuutt; cious aciion.aukwM bousiiuclion of his duty removed United States troops from Louisiana and South Carolina, and thus enabled the people to restore their local government to those who represented the popular will. For this wise and patriotic action ha was grateful, and while it would be bis duty to oppose the policy of which the President was the representative, that opposition would not be captious nor such as to drive the President into coalition with those who would madly trample on the rights of the people in their struggle to retain power. Senator Hampton said that his party was denounced for wishing to restrict Federal use ol the troops, but men high in the Republican party, whose words he quoted, had also pointed out and denounced the danger and abuses ol such use. It was not the immediate action ol 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. Better have turbulence in one or two great cities than millitsrr despotism ia the whole country. It has been complained that Confederate officers were sent here as legislator?. Nearly every man in the South tore arms, aad she could hardly be blamed for trusting her interest ia jence to those who risked their lives and fortunes for her in war. He thought that if the North had honored in like manner those who fourht her bat ties, tbe legislation of the country would not be embittered bj tbe revival of sectional bate. If tbe North was sincere in inviting tbe Southern States to return to the Union, she should be glad the/ sent their best and most honored men to represent tbetn. The South bad no apology to make for the past, and to recall that past now is not in tbe interest of that harmony for which the whole country longs. Tbe South asks to have stricken from the statute books laws which are the product of distrust as much as were tbe nroiies and natives. If jou asked, us, said he, ta eeme back as Slates, treat us as Slates. Join hands with us to establish National libert / as understood by our fathers. Senator Hampton's address aroused frequent applause in the galleries. TUE BEHAVIOR Of THE RADICAL LEADERS WHILE HE SPOKE. Washington, June 6.?The event of to-day at the Capitol waa Governor 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 unwilling and rude tribute paid by Conkling, and protracted by him throughout the short time that the Governor occupied the floor. The senator from New York may be clossod as a gentleman nnder 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 infected to be writing a letter, ocoastonally varying this very diaphanous performance by stopping to speak tc these around him, or by rising -from his seat and walking about amoDg the desks to converse with his admirers on the Republican side. At one time while he was engaged in writing his endless letter, Governor llampten said in the course of his remarks that he did not thiak it wise for the democracy "io do anything which would be calculated to drive the President into <Ik, ranks of those who woifld trample upon him and us alike." Conkling was not so busily engaged but that he heard this, as was clearly evidenced by the manner in which he tossed his white woolly head and wrinkled his sneering nose, until the corners of his nostrils invaded the proper domain of 'his angry eyes. You see Mr. Conkling doe* net like Mr. Hayes since the latter euehred him in the matter of the New York Customhouse appointment*, and this delicately equipped shaft nf Sanotnr (InmnlAn n?t?nf a*rainki Ia a""-1 pot. Logan, Blaine and Ohsndlor Mil had urgent business in the eloak-reoai, 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 announced that he would not commence until 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 toon filled them. Unfortunately, however, the morning hour expired by half-past 12 o'clock, for lack of business to oocupy the full time, and the greater portion of the audience only arrived in time to TeI?Uu oonoludiug remarko^groeu^T^Uei!r\ disappointment. ~ ' A Urge number oforderWor the speech hare already been handed in?before it is printed? I and ii will be widelv circulated throughout the j North and East with .the happiest results, as ( every one believes. '* . y. !$\ Many members of the House left thefr own 1 hall to hear the Governor's first effort, and a I number of senators congratulated httn upon the 1 Neor tai mediately following the close of its do- i Wvery?-V, "i ' It is very evidert that, despite his modest dls- 1 claimer to the eontrary, made in his speech to- ; day, Senator Hampton is regarded here in Coa-j J grcs." r.nd In the North as a natural and recog- ^ nited leader of the National Democratic parly. ?Cor. Alrw* and Courier. s ' ?he ISBttMg tBnion ?im?. ; ~ B. M. STOKES, Bdltor. r~'A UNION, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1870. IX&XB 0FSUB8CKIJPT10H. 1 Copy, one year, IN advance, *2.00 2 Copies one year," " MS 5 K U 'u '? U gjo 10 " ? ? " " ' 15.00 One aeuare oron?Rc5?K?l Insertion, - - - 11.00 Kach subsequent insertion, ------- 79 Liberal discount made to merchants end other* advertising for tlx month* or by tha year. Obituary Notice* of ten lines or leas, Inserted free. " " orer ten lines, charged aa ^dtertisement*. First Hew Wheat. : I Mr. John Becknell, wc learn, brought (he first "turn" of new wheat to the Union Steam mill last Tuesday. Mr. B. informs us that his wheat crop this year is the best he has had for many years. a. . Picture of the Confederate Monument. We thank Mr. W. A. Reckling, Photograph Artist of Columbia, for a fine Picture of the Confederate Monument, lately unveiled in that city. Persons wishing pictures can obtain them of Mr. Reckling. .# A dtbof July Excursion. We are requested to state that an Excursion train will run from Union Depot to Heni derso'nville, X. C., and return the same day, on the 4th of July next? F*** tam lV~ .? Sad Accident. We are truly sorry to learn that on Wednesday morning last, Mr. H. II. Robinson, one of the Board of County Commissioners, bad his arm so dreadfully torn by a Threshing Machine. It is feared the limb will have to be amputated. I Our sympathies are with Mr. Robinson. i - A Treat in Store Tor Union. We are requested to annouee that the Spar. tan burg Musical Association will render Cantata '-Esther, the Beautiful Queen," in this village on Wednesday night next, 18th inst. The pror ] ceed of which, will be for the benefit of Wof, ford College. We bespeak for them a large audience. .* School Claims Previous to 1S77. j Mr. Norman, School Commissioner of this 1 County, requests us to state that there is a sum , of money in the bands of the Treasurer to be paid opoa school elaimo dated previous to tbo year 1877, and be wishes all persons holding such claims to present them to him, so 'hat be will be able to pro rate the payments. ' A Coed Crop of Oata. We are informed that our esteemed friend, ; I>r. Wade Fooler Las just threshed out over/our . hundred buthdt of outs from ail acres of land? 1 1 * - s- ? wj ouBueip 10 mt acre, me itod *U well prepared and the oats sown ia the Fall. We doubt much if one out of twenty farmer* ia tbia County make that number cf bushel* on twenty-five acres. J. H. Rodger's Stores. We are glad to find that our enterprising young merchant, Mr. J. II. Rodger is meeting with great success in bis store business. lie sells the very best cooking stovea bow asa$e, and can supply them at any price, front $10 60 upward. He has also all kinds of Bath Tubs of the most approved patterns and very cheap? Every family should have a bath tub, and use it, particularly during the Bummer months. Bad Case of Wife Whipping. Bam Harris, a somewhat notorious character in this town, on Monday night last most brutally beat his wife, because she tried to induce him to leave a woman he was walking home with. They are all colored. Sam is a dangerous fellow, using his knife freely when in a difficulty, and it is hard to gat a colored parson to make affidavit against him, through fear that he would taka bloody revenge afterward. -? w The Through Schedule restored. We are pleased to state that the through schedule from Charleston to licndersonville, in ).?? ?--?n restored,.and the down train, passes tnrton at 10.60 A. M., and the up Ints at 2.03 P. M. We hope the temporary change has not materially afTected the travel on this line. It is the pleantest, cheapest and quickest route to the Mountains and all the Hummer resorts in the upper part of this State and Western North Carolina. The Striking Mania. i The laborers employed by the contractors of i this town are on a strike for an increase of wages and the ten hour svstem. and il* m , "Mort" is heard no more in our streets. We I thought there was some deviitrj up, for the - bells of the colored churches hare lately been 1 heard at unreasonably late hours a never failing sign. Well, a few convicts from the Peniten. tiary would soon set the mechanics to work again. A Handfome Safe. Mr. W. A. Nicholson has just received a large and handsome new safe, which we think is the most complete affair of the kind we ever saw, It measures 4 ft 2 inches high, 8 ft 2 in. wide and 2 ft 8 inches deep, and weighs 8,000!bs. It was manufactured by Hall's Safe and I.ock Co., at Cincinnati. No doubt there are man who could '*break into" it, but hew they would go about it is a mystery to us ; and as for fire injuring hs contents, that appears to bo impossible, unless the whole massive concern is literaMy melted up. reaek tli* Childrem *u?ic. ^ If there ii oa? acoompnshment more effective ' then any other in.elevating the teste end purify- be< ing the morale of young people we think .that Coi secoa^liahment 1? muaio, end 4hereve?4t Met '? 1 hU within thert|ehge of possibility parents ehonld ? ] have their cblforen thoroughly taught thia do* lightful art..' Show ua a family in whieh the 3? t^jff as well ?*tbh fdr)a are oonveraent with muaio end, In i|k? oaaee out of ten, we will show thi pou a morel, ^gteltigeat, refined end .united I*1 home. In the preoep^ poverty of oer people but, >>fi rew have thewieana of giving their children the P*' advantages of a musical education, and knowing and appreciatiag this want, Professor Oensalas, for one of the moat thorough musicians in the eoun- ?*( try, who is now spending the summer months P*. with oa, is ofjpniting a Society for the insthio' lion of thoae%ho are desirous of receiving thor- Pn ough instruction in the art of singing, and he proposes to teach the Society without any remuDeration. Ah the and of tha course it is the in- ^ tention of tha Professor to give a musical enter- T? tainment, inpoduciug a programme of Oratorio, wc Operatic, BMpd and Ballad aelections, which th< will oonvinegthe residents of our littio town of b* the Impoftafcja of having the children instruc- Nc tsd in the Wins si t. 1,1 (pl ' '?- flc Senator Hampton's Speech, We shsll publish next week the whole of Senator Hampton's admirable speech delivered be- ^ fore the Senate on the 6th inst. It has created a very favorable sensation at the North and is considered one of the most effective democratic ? campaign documents for 1880. The two Carolines might sell be proud of their represents- ^ lives in Congress. While we Lava thought that the democratic majority in Congress should unflinchingly adhere ^ to the terms prescribed in the appropriation . bills vetoed by the president and go to the people upon the lasts thus made, it is probable that, - - - u from the Congressional standpoint, a more conservative courtesy tha Southern members particularly, trill have a very salulory effect upon 1 ?rrads lit the people at the North and secure m the election of a democratic President in 1880, ~ when all the oppreaasire and unconstitutional ai election and jury laws eeaaplained of can be re- ** pealed, inspite of the base efforts of the Radicals c leaders to continue the unrighteous sectional *' strife and animosity they are stirring up. An Old and FalthftfiOffioer. a We are truly pleased to meet again at our I Railroad depot the genial face of our old Caror- n ite officer, F. 11. Counts, who is now the Rail- road and Express Agent at this place. o Mr. Counts has proven himself to be oce of si the most competent and trustworthy Railroad r officials in tha country. For more than fourteen 1< years he had been the Secretary and Treasurer of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad and dur- tl ing the whole of that time a strict annual ex- a amiiiation of his books, by one of ths ablest | book-keepers in the Sits, could not discover a a discrepancy ts tke amount of fire cents. For tl some time his office has been at Spartanburg, g while his family remained at Union; this wss tl a great inconvenience to himself and annoyance f< to his family, so he concluded to sccept a some- n wbst subordinate position and return to his home and old friends at Union. Mr. Dnls, of Charlotte, is now the Secretary a and Treasurer of the 8. U. snd C. and 8. and T A. Railroads, with his office at Snartanburs. ? " I Look Oat (or Them. . The people in neighboring towns and settle- ^ rents should bo on their guard against two ( joung men who are travelling* through the country, selling "pinchbeck" and other common jewelry. They were In this town last week and from the crowds that gathered round them, we ^ think they did a thriving business. They boar- f ded with Mrs. Da vies, an estimable widow LeJy, ( who has leased the Ilia House, Sut on Monday ^ morning the scamps were "non est inventus," as the lawyers say, not having called upon Mrr. ^ Davies to know ike amount of their bill. They ^ are both quite young men and respectable look- * ing. Ono of them is a printer, we are sorry to T say. Any young, healthy men, as they are, * who would swindle a widow Lady out of $17, * as they did, should be dressed in Zebra clotbiog and made to work for an honest living inside '' the walls of a penitentiary. It is thought they ^ are on their way to Anderson. 4 I A Competent Druggist. ? Mr. A Irwin has purchased the Ihterset of 7 Mr. R. W. Tinsley in the Drug business hereto- p fore conducted under the Arm name of A. frwin a A Co., and will continue the business at the qld ? stand. 0 Mr. Irwin is a competent and careful Drug- B gist and, withal, a moat exoellent young man, p ll^jrhom^mr community may place implicit con- ^ patronage. No young maq is more worthy end m we know not one who Us more entitled to the * support and eneeoragement of the people of * Union. Lot us help the worthy young maa of j our community. - >?. Quick Won* ahd a Lams Cnor.?The fob h lowing conusanioation from Mr. J. M. Crawford, 7 | one of our most enterprising formers, shows, as hs well ssys, what can be done in South Caroli- * na at farming, that much unde rvalued branch ? of business. On Saturday the wheat was grow* 1 ing in the Aeld end on Moudsy it wss on the e. dinner table in the shape of bread. The jhii, . too, is something encouraging, being 28 j bushels from half an sort of laud?equal to the rate of 47 bushels nor acra: * Editor Register : We had on our dlnntr table r to-da* (Monday) bread mad# Pram wheat that . was growing in the field Saturday. It was out and threshed Saturday aad ground Into tear this morning. The-wheat was fine, without rust or amut, and a good yield harvested?98} bush- r bushels off of naif an aere. I manured the g ground with 900 pounds of ash element, by re- o quest of Colonel Taylor, Inspector of Phosphates last summer, and sowed down with peas, and in d the fall plowed the vines under with a two-horse o plow. In November I laid offlOO straight rows, ? ten inches apart, and planted It With a peek of h wheat dropped by hand. I worked It well with b plow and hoe, with the above result. p half acre adjoining was sown broadoast with r three peeks of ssod without the ash element or tl vines. The yield harvested from It was 14} ii bushels. 11 Respectfully yours, u j. M. Caawroan. ( ' I.I.I I ? ? ?n1jt 4 - - Forth# Times. Mr. Editor s?Some of oar Tax-payer* bare m looking over the last report of the County maafesioners, aad are anxious to learR how it * that tfcme batir* .families?inoluding even the ' phew* and nleeea era pensioners on the ( jnty of oar County j and, as the Clerk of the ard lias,, as usual, neglected to itemise his ( .ounta, Obey are thinking seriously of aa^ng i grand jury next week, and baring an Ipveetltion Into affairs generally. They are not sat- i ed with, a bare atatemeot of the amounts id Tom, lyiok and Harry, but desire to know lether the County has reoelred a quid pro quo > the many thousands paid out.' This is a Very tural desire on the part of our backwoods tax yer ; but It betray* * lamentable Ignorance of ? manner in which things are managed in the esent day, to expect the grand jury to waste rir valuable time on such trifling matters.? it if they had plenty of time to examine the oks of the Commissioners, eourtety would prent them doing such an unheard of thing. It tuld be a terrible breach of politeness, and dsS guilty of it would nerer, no never, get (o a Clerk, much less a County Commissioner, i juryman would run any such risk. Like e rest of us, all of them expect to get an ofe "in the sweet byj and bye." You, dear eoula, would have the whole jury erhaul all the hooka and records in the various unty Offices, make a searching and thorough aminaiion, and then you would have them ve a correct and truthful report of their find' ga ! A very little forethought would convince iu of the impropriety of such a proceeding, as would be intuiting in the highest degree to ckle the offices in any such manner. The gentlemen of the Grand Jury, out in eorgia, have adopted a much easier and nioer an, one which renders the thing pleasant id agreeable to the parties concerned. Here's aw it's done: A committee of three members are appointed, ly, to examine the books of the County Comilssioners. These gentlemen are good friends -"hail fellows well met"?with the Coinmisonerl and their Clerk. They go down, or up, i the case may be, knock at the door and halte to B. B. opens the door and replies with nother, and wants to know what the they ant with Aim; but without wailing for the anwer invites the three in, Lands over his books nd telfs tbem to pitch in. The polite reply to Ys. invitation is an "0! H?I, we don't know thing about your figures, and don't care a picayune ; but we want you to write out ur Presentment. Here's the notes, fix it up to uit yourself and it'll be all hunky. Have it eady by 10 to-morrow, the old Jedge will be >oking for it sharp. Exit Committee No. 1. While committee number 1 are examining (?) he books of the County Commissioner, No. 2. re hailing the superintendnnt of the Toor louse. Mr. B. Stcundu*, reports everything in nd about the poor house farm in a prosperous, hriving and galoriou* condition, specially and . wwj nuo iiiuv tTcrjuuiig una ocen horouglily examined, eieept the Jail, and a conerence is called for (lie purpose of comparing otes. It is said?with I don't know how much truth -that the grand juryman has a singular and naccountable aversion to JaiU, and while it is ery common to see them go in under the escort f the Sheriff, not one of them was ever known o enter one voluntarily. And tradition has it, hat once upon atime Col. Macbeth offered a"V" o a certain foreman of the Grand Jury to get lim to examine our jail?it had become so inseure the prisoners themselves rebelled at the arelessoesa of the County Commissioners for tot having it repaired?but neither money, enreaties nor threats prevailed with the simple oreman. Don't, Col., don't ask me to go in here, he exclaimed. Tell me what yon want lone and I will report it | but I can't go in the ail; I'm going to slay out as long as I can.? Vas it superstition or a presentiment; on the art of Ibis eotueienliout juryman f I can't ouoti for the truth of the story, but it is probbly (run, because grand jurymeu have many trange superstitions, and peculiar notions. One of the strangest, perhaps, of all manifests utr >h.n it.. I.... -1 I .. hvm ?u? ju>^ viwoVO IIIVII UUlUiUIUW ??* or*. I* it not a little singular that for the last ?ro years, ami perhaps four, the Clerk of the loard of County Commissioners has been called pon to write the report of the Grand Jury! ? 'be task was a pleasant one, no doubt, but was t either right or proper for Mr. Hill to hare aything to do with it ? Complaints had been tade against the Commissioners, and full notes f the facts were taken by the jury. These otes.l presume, with the names of the comilainants, were delivered into the keeping of Tow Mr. Hill was, and is the Clerk of the board, ad is paid by them to keep their books. "The srvant must obey his master,*' but we fail to so what obligation he is under to the Grand ury or they to bim. If Mr. Betsill didn't oare to write, why didn't S get some of his fellow members to do It.? here were plenty ef good men on the jury rho would hart undertaken the task and aoomptished it to the satisfaction of the eititens. hen why, we would ask, did Mr. Betsill, the woman of that jury, , go to the Clerk of the oard f ' * The Grand Jnry cannot afford to show favors, 'hey must act without fear, add reader a corset and truthful account of all tho facts brought efore thorn. REFORM. Dkath or D?, Da?bt.?A private dispatch eeelved in this dlty Announced the sad Intelllence of the death of thia distinguished physilea in New York olt-y yesterday afternoon, Oth. Aboat tfteen moetha ago he waa engaged in isseoting a body for the instruction of hie elate fatudenta when he accidentally reoelved a slight roand upon hla hand from the aame knife that ad been oeed In the work of dissection. The edy had not been anhjeeted to the ordinary iroeean by injection of au'jstaaoes into the arteiee to prevent decomposition, and consaqoenlly, he virus adhering to the knife being abaorbed nto hla system, Dr. Darby aoon after became II from the effects of thla accident, and ft was Itlmately the oattee of his untimely death.? 7ol. Remitter. _ ! j m ... i iWlheTimw. Ou Brown's tiers Letter. Mr. EoiTon :? lljftDOr whom lionor is iue." Our efficient, founty Comoiissioocr Norili jf l'acotet, Mr. W. L. Goudelock, has done his whole dot/ lb the Batter of road duty, as the good rtada through this hectidt) attest. It is just delightful after a week's hard toil for the * Church going people to drive to their plaoes of worshipc. .no Woken yfebiclea, no frightened la(Us?k no tired ahd 'worried horses oa 8unday, are some of the consequences of a faithful 1 Count/ Commissioner in a community. In a former communication mention was made of one of our schools in tnls vicinity. We take pleasure iu the honorable mention of Mr. J. F. Brown's School, North at Ticket/.. This is the third year Mr Brown hashed charge of the School at that place, and his popularity as a teacher increases with tbe length of time he is among us. While on this sutyect, it will be proper to men* tion the efforts of our school Trustees in this Township to build pood school houses snd judiciously locate the schools, so as )o hnve (fewer of them at more- elHgildc places, and Continue theWt longer than heretofore. This change Will be A good one, as it will reduce the number of schools and by the right location give all an opportunity of attending them for a longer time, with the same expense to the connfy.' Heretofore wo havo hn<l no school houses : hence sometimes two schools 4 hate been very nearly together in one locality, while in others they have had none. Thankato Mr. Jefferies for the idea-r-hope it will be carried out. Our friend "Dick Dundaa" is certainly a feat man in some things ( but this in allowable in hit 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 litnce at me I will not say much about him now, especially as he is A congenial sort of fellow. Now, "Dick," let me tell something about our next pic nic, and I'll not interfere with your connubiqliticc any more. There seems to be some excitement among our colored friends ores' here about Witch Ball*, i don't knew what they aro, Mr. Editor, And ask you to explain. Editors ought to know everything. Some of our young Drs. are experimenting, may-be they can tell us. OCCJUMONAL. -.?. A 0nrat Stokm i* Kansas.?The storm that burst over Kansas on the evening of Decoration Day seems to have been of a very ftirions nature. It is said to have extended over a tract of one hundred and fifty by one hutidre-i miles, and to have worked its way in those doubling spirals common to what is called a cyclone. Fifty peer pie aro reported killed by it and a great number wounded. The destruction do buildings and cattle is described as enormous. Details are given of a most extraordinary not to say incredible character. Thus, alternate houses within a hundred yards of each other are alleged to have been either uninjnred tt utterly destroyed. The hurricane is declared 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 eatth, then bounding upward and almost disappearing. The nir assumed a thick sulphurous smell, and the electric currents could be plainly seen and beard snapping like gun-shets." Sonic observers were near the house of a man named Harris, and we are 101a inoi "tney saw Harris's residence drawn into the vortex of the cloud completely out of sight, and in a few second falling timbers rained upon them from all directions." The situation of theso observers must have been far from agreeable, and, iudeed, it is not easy to understand how they should subsequently have been In a condition to tell their Story.? The line of the tornado is described as extend* ing from Lee's Summit to Blue Springs.? Throughout this track greut trees have been "wrenched off like pipestems, ponderous rocks hurled hundreds of yards, all vegetation burned and blackened, * * fences and Looses scattered in profusion in horribly tnangled masses." The account of the state of unhappy persons who were killed is tnore striking still. "All the bodies were covered with thick, bluish, sulphurous mud. The clothing was stripped off or torn to shreds. Shoes were torn 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 cyolone would abandon the earth and riot at a great height in the air; hut anon it would descend again and set to its work of destruction with tenfold fury. Nothing, however, was blown over; that which was 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. The day was one ef intense heat, and 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 hurricane should be pronounced one of the most astonishing on record ; and ad I ditional partloulars will be Anxiously looked for, bucIi M shell either confirm or correct an account the details of which are so marvelous, if, indeed, we should not say so unprecedented. It Will sot Work I?It is said, bj persons who nan hardly be called disinterested witnesses, that the State of South Carolina is as certain to go Republican in the next election as Iowa or Massachusetts ; and that the Democratic leaders have become so firmly convinced of this fact that a compromise has been talked of by which the electoral ticket, and the first, second and fifth congressional districts shall be given to theRepulbicans, while the Democrats hold the State government, and the congressional seats from the third and fourth diatriote. Wa should imagine that for either party to huch a bargain it , might be. much aesier to promise tbaa to pert vi >n wiuioui, inaeeu, (lie loaders of both side* join their forces for the purpose of "fixfag things" after their own minds. Free government at the Houih, from whatever point of view considered, is something wbieb does not issprova. by close examination. Ferbape it would be better to hare the State go one wpr by n\P*M tit11 timidation, then to he*e the spoils divided by a fraudulent arrangement.-^Boeton Herald. We can assure the Boston Herald dibn that the democrats of South Carolina have done with compromises and mixed tiokets. They will take It straight or not ai all. We would li|s to knew the demoeratie leaders who are so firstly convinced that South Carolina will as certainly go Republican M Iowa or Massackusets.'' They would soon be taken out of the "lead" and put under the saddle. Hitorub.?We are Informed by W. G. Flel d who says he hsa tried the experiment many n time, thai yen may atrip the peileu, er blwn, olean ntnf ? ' ?? -&L' " ~T ?p -- ? - ? m? rifj WliOIl lllHi minutes li will be Id fall bloom again. Tills is alDgular, and those who bsvs rye ean satisfy themselves as to the I rath ef this Statement.?< Pickens Sentinel. Shocking P?*th.?Wilmington, Del., Jane 8?While Mn. Honor* Ucej was driving from this ptaos to her home ill Chester Connty., last evening, the contents of the carriage, cotton and straw, were ignited by a match, and - la an instant the whole interior of the vehicle was in a blase. The horse becoming frightened ran away, and before it was stepped Mrs. Eaeep was literally roasted alive. 6he died early thia morning.