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Th? Army Bill Maaotavro. The Republican* OutJlunAcd and Routed, Horse, Foot and Dragoon*. \Vasuinoton, June lu.?The wisdom uml ox* pediency of tho plan filially agreed upon hy the Democrats in Congress of conceding all the appropriation* necessary to the uninterrupted support of the Government have been fully vindicated by the ovents of the past few days. til k baimc'am m arc grievously disappointed and arc apparently confounded hy the results of the unexpected success of the conservative element in the ranks of their antagonists, which success, as they understand, has deprived tkein of the advantage they have confessedly hold so far in the long . Congressional skirmisk, anil, which they hoped ? t with reason to muintain throughout the main battle yet to come off in the country. til k dkmocracv have themselves had a narrow escape, seeing that the plan of action which has proved so effective was adopted, ns I ntu informed, by a bare majority of one, or two nt farthest, in the vote ** '* ?ln?*S if oil liv thin of I no caucus. nv.i .v ...... ?... v small majority to grant tho appropriations, including that tor tiic Army, tho ICndiculs wcrv thereby deprived of tho entire fund of campaign material, which they had been heaping up for weeks past, avid they now stand amid the ruins of their labors as bewildered ns so many spiders whoso common web has beeu swept away by one fell stroke of a broom. Til K CIIV OK "IlKVOU TION" has been silenced so completely that wo hear not even a faint echo of the terrible sound in the halls of t'ongress, or from the smallest newspaper in the most extreme corner of the "aroused North." t'onkliug, Garfield, ("handler, I.ogan, Blaine, Fryc, et nl, put all their eggs into thu! basket, and they have becu badly broken and scattered. TtIK ARSiY ntU, i will not only be passed, but passed cheerfully, and so fur all the members of that misused organization, far from feeling any ill-will towards the Democracy, that party is in high favor for having rescued the troops from being forced into tho degrading and unrapulnr service to which the Itndicals would haircagain assigned tlicm. ? IIIC r cuerui aumivi a vvvu! .?.? Soulh Carolina Stnte-IIouso. a tittle over two years ago. in the capacity of Radical constables, one of the officers on duty sai I to mc, this is n.VMSKtl |)IHTY WORK," as it und< ubtcdly was, and his men shared his very strong and candidly expressed opinions.? The Democrat- a renewal of such duty being imposed upon them in the lirsl instance, having granted the supplies in the second, having continued some hundreds of promotions, and having justly redeemed a popular officer, tien. Kitz John Purler, from the ignominy and disgrace heaped u(ton liitn by the Radicals for years together, can now safely count upon the army and its friends for their warmest support in the present emergency. TIIK HAl/U'AI.S sec and understand nil this so well that they were yesterday driven into a most imprudent and inconsistent step in an endeavor to redeem their party from well merited reproach nt the hands of both the soldiers and the people of the country. This step was nothing less than an unsuccessful effort to capture the Democratic hill and rush it through ns a Republican measure, or, failing in this, to put the Democrats on rcc ?: I--:- ...... I.Ill oru us opposing mvn "mi ............. ibc Radicals lo carry this point that immediately after the passage of tlie legislative bill, and in the absence of Mr. t'lymer, who had the army bill in charge, ami who did not design reporting it until the judiciary bill was acted upon, Mr. Kyan, a Republican member of the committee, hastily moved its passage under a suspension of the rules. The Democrats of course resented this nttcmpt oil tho part of the opposition to take control of legislation, and in order to avoid a vote upon tho measure, as proposed by the Republicans, insisted upon and carried nn adjournment. Ryan's bill, it should be remarked, was in lolblnn verbis, the same as the Democratic caucus bill, and was framed, therefore, for the 1 purpose of restricting the use of the army and droops at the polls. This move on the part of the Radicals was tantamount to an acknowledgment of their defeat upon the whole question, ' and is so regarded V.y the Democrats, who are naturally elated over the route of their ad versa- ( ries at litis critical juncture, it has been becoming more and more apparent each day that 1 lie Radicals were illy satisnca wiin inc position they had assumed, auJ with the prospect of dbpkat at ti1b l'oi.i.s >wliich it entailed, ami they have only been waiting an opportunity to change their base. If it he true, as is claimed, that the Republicans cannot now refuse to vole for the Democratic cau- ] cus measure when it comes up regularly, Democrats will have carried their point at last niter the long, doubtful and dangerous contest, as it 1 is not probable, surely, that Mr. Hayes will veto a bill which his friends in the House were willing to vote for in a body, provided only it were introduced by one of their number. It is of in- | terest to note here, again, that the Democrats made Asorur.it x arrow bscapk in this same matter of Hyatt's bill. They barely succeeded in avoiding the ltndical trap by carry- : itig the motion to adjourn, which followed the i introduction of ltj an's bill. Four Republicans j voted with the Democrats to adjourn, and the j motion was carried by a majority of four. If i the Republicans bad voted solidly, the Demo- | orats would have been compelled to vote against ! their own bill.? Cor Xtwa </?</ Courier. ' ? KtN.i s Mocntain (V.STr.xni \t..?The Charlotte | Observer publishes a card from the committee say rug cnat ine meet rug advert (serf for July Z-Vh I was originally intended to tie merely initiatory i in character, and that at that meeting it was ex- i pecte 1 to pass resolutions looking to a general j representation at the centennial. Rut this meet- i ing having already assumed proportions far l?ey ond their expectations, they extern! through that paper ft general invitation to every county in hoth States of North am! South Carolina to hold meetings ami send delegates to the .July meeting, and they ftssure all friends of the King's Mountain centennial movement, everywhere, that they will he welcomed, whether as visitors or delegates, to that meeting. Senators Vance and Sutler have signified their intention to be present. The committee are Messrs. W. T. K. Bell, It. F. Dix.m, T. J. Walker, W. A. Mauncy and J'hilip S. Baker. Tiir Cotton Crop.?Washington, June I I.? I lie".urns to the Department of Agriculture indicate an increase in the area planted in cotton of somewhat over'2 percentage. As complied with the average of 1H7S, it is as follows: North Carolina, 17 counties reporting 100; South Car- j olina, 1H counties 100 ; (ieorgia, 71 counties 10'J; ; Florida, 1'2 counties 07 ; Alabama, '2S counties i 101]: Mississippi, .#'.? counties 100; l.ousiana, 1M counties OH; Texas, AH counties 107 ; Arkansas, j 10 counties 101 ; Tennessee, 17 counties 10.1, ? ; The average condition is not so high as la*t year, i being !"5. while in 1H7H it was !?'.?. The stand is generally good, hut some two weeks later. ... C'nors in Hrarrut I lie crop) ihroiglioin this county are good, and especially the cotton , though the hopeful planter thinks the corn will , conic in on a long stretch with Hying colors.? We imve jii'-'t had a heavy shower, which was . mueli needed throngh-ml our county. lie SBeehlg Union Slime? K. M. SToFeH, Editor. UNION, PKIDAV, JUNK 20 1870. TERM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION* 1 Copy, out* year, IN aUVa.nck, $2.00 2 Cuiiics one tcm, " " H7J ft ' ? ? ? 8.S0 14 ? ? ? ? ? l.VOO ADVERTISING. ? _ On# square or one Inch, lirsl insertion, - - - $1.00 llarli subsequent insertion, ------- 7S Liberal discount made to merchants and others advel ti-lii/ lor six months or by the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or less. Inserted free. " " over ten lines,charged as Adrcrtlsi incnts. Rov. W W. Duncan. This truly eloquent Minister of the Gospel i spending n few dnys with his relatives and tin erotts friends in this community, and will prcaci in the Methodist Church next .Sunday morninj and evening. Pioture of Jndge Wallace. One of the most perfect and best executei largo size Photographs we have ever seen is tha of lion. Judge Wallace, now on exhibition a the Photograph tent of Messrs. Michael & Sib belt. A Dimo Reading. We arc requested to say there will be a dim reading at Col. Young's on Tuesday cvenini next, the '24th. Selections from II. M. S. Pinafore, and oth cr attractive music is promised. . . ? ? ADoputy Coroner. S. S. Stokes, Ksq., has been appointed Peput; Coroner of this County by T. J. Greer,Coroner The law requires that all inquests shall be held by the Coroner or his Deputy, when thene cessity occurs within fifteen miles of the resi lotion n*? ntinunniiA nf Ailliitp Teachers' Convention. We are requested to give notice that the Teach ers' Convention of Union County will meet a Union C. II., on tjntunlay, the-8th inst. A1 persons who feel interested in the advancemcn of education arc invito! to attend and becoin uieinDcrs of the Convention. A Good Cow Wanted. Having had the misfortune to kill our cow h too much kindness, we would like to buy anotli or. She must be young, gentle and not too hig priced, with a young calf. We would like I get one similar to that of unfriend's, which give one-half butter and the other half milk, an lots of each. It. M. STOKKS. St. The Stato Press Association. We can say but little this week about the fiftl annual meeting of the l'ress Association of Sout! Carolina. We lost four days by attending it and can't get over the effects of the truly joll; good time we had. The meeting was one of tli most pleasant, harmonious and business-lik meetings yet held by the association and we he licve it will prove profitable to us all. We hav this to say of it, we challenge any State in tin Union to present, in the same number of F. litor and Publishers, more talent, morality ami tru manhood than met last week in our Press Asso ciation. The many courtesies and the whole soulcd hospitalities extended to us will neve he forgotten l>y the members. A synopsis o tvliiil ii'/i on ? nil.I Iiniin.l l o f aa Imirr f.nv flii-i its ......I V..,. .... . ......... .O ..... * .? sue but we hope to give it next week. . ? . - Iho Cantata Last Wednesday. The Spartanburg Musical Association is enli lied to the thanks of the citizens of Union for tin exquisite entertainment they gave litem lasi Wednesday evening. We sincerely regret thai circumstances beyond our control prevented oui attendance; hut it is the united opinion of al who were there that it was otic of (he most dc lightful entertainments ever given in this town The ('ant at a of "list her the Beautiful Qpeeu" wa performed, and from the commencement to tin end the attention of I lie large audience wa: held captive. Kvery part was rendered will remarkable accuracy and case, disclosing ar amount of intelligence and study that would hi highly creditable to the most popular profession al operatic performers. We hope they will re peat the entertainment, and that soon. o Two Sudden Deaths in One House. On Tuesday evening last llio people of ou town were startled by the announcement tha Mr. W. L. Palmer, a highly respected citizen n siding about > miles above town, had dicl at o'clock. Mr. Painter was Ink tit sick in the tiel the day before, no doubt from the effects of th snn, and went to his residence at dinner tinit telling his family that he was feeling quite tin well, and laid down. Finding he was gcttin worse Dr. A. \V. Thomson was sent for. A that medical skill and kind attentions could d to relieve Mm was of no nvni), Ami After a fo hours of intense suffering death came to his r< lief. In the death of Mr. l'altncr Union fount, has lost one of its most unpright citizens, ah one of its host and most successful farmers. Mr. Palmer was a Mason and was buried i the Village (Iraveyard at the Presbyterian churcl with Masonic honors by Union Lodge, Wcdnc ilny afternoon. SUDDEN DEATH OF MltS. KELLY, When the funeral procession of Mr. Palme was about to start front the house his Mulhct in-law, Mrs. Kelly, an estimable lady, age about b'J years, who a few moments before n| pcarcd in usual good health and had been acti\ in assisting the family, suddenly dropped den while talking to a member of the family. Thu while the body of Mr. Palmer was on its way i I he graveyard his mot Iter-in-law, who was appa ently in perfect health when lie died, was lyin a corpse in thehonse, awaiting the same sail rite It was a sad and terrible double hereavcmei ami has enlisted for the family the most came sympathies of every member of our coinmiinir llow solemn should he our reflections. Fun days ago these two respected persons wer in the full enjoyment of health ami earthly hop hill to day I hey are gone from us for ever an their ho lies lie cold litnl silent hetiealh the Sir Should not these t wo solemn warnings impre upon our hearts the wisdom and force of tl llirine injitnefnn "Prepare to inthy find. June Ttrm of Court 1 Promptly at y o'clock on Monday morning ~ last Judge B. C. Presslcy and Solicitor B. W. J _ Ball were at their rosts and the proceedings of the June term of Court for Union were commenced. Tho Judge thought it unnecessary to 1 charge tl?^ Qraud Jury, staling that that duty ' had been ably discharged by the Judgo who ' prcceeded him on this Circuit. He thought it was not oh|lgatory upon them to visit and inr* spect the County offices and institutions at eve- T ry term of the Court and mnke a formal present- I s ment, but if they considered it necessary to ex = amine any or all of them they could do so. 1 Judge Pressley is one of the ablest men now f ? - I upon the bench ns well as one or the most courtcous anil pure christian men in the State. A large amount of business has been accomplished, ^ both in the Sessions ami Common l'leas. Tho 1 following are the sessions cases and the (lis- 1 posal of them : ' J Stnto vs. A- K.Harris, for killing J. II. Smith f t last September. Not Guilty. * t State ts. Charncr Gist, Assault with intont to * kill. Guilty of on assault. 1 State vs. W. Vinson, assault with intent to kill, and assault and battery on M. M. Sumner. Continued. 1 0 State vs. (feoFg^Davidite*!; Cow stealing?nol ^ S pros'd?Indictment amended ana tlio case 1 continued. 1 Stale vs E. Hobson and Jns. Comer, killing 1 sheep. Not Guilty. State vs. Walter and Columbus Moorcbead, ' y for removing fenco intended to enclose cattle. Continued. , A few cases of larceny were continued. The Court will adjourn to-mmorrow, Satur. day. For the Times. An Effort to Please "Reform.'' Mr. Editor :?In your last issue 1 find a communication over the signature "Reform," whith, 1 think, calls for some notice from me, ns in that I ?... ?,,t l.v n?ma ?u n Inronl In t ....n..v I ..... v...., .v -be shot nt, logollicr with a scattering blaze at the whole Grand Jury, of which 1 hare the lienor to be Foreman. This chronic grumbling correspondent of yours, Mr. Kditor, must be a y man of bad heart, for lie can sec nothing good i- in the act or intentions of a public Otlicer, and h has a chronic suspicion that nil of them are 0 downright dishonest or guilty of malfeasance in s otlice. 5So notorious has he become, as an illd tempered, discontcutcd, suspicions and jealous individual that I have not met half a dozen persons who think his remarks are worthy a ^ reply. He can't hide his long ears when 1 lie writes?they will stick up nt every bray 1 His eye-sight is remarkable. He can see farther and more hidden sights behind a mill\ stone than any man I ever knew. There nre i two ptsitiens, 1 think, he would fill to per- ' fection?a police detective and a standing ' Grand Juryman, lie can ferret out more ( ^ crimes without finding a criminal and iimtg ine more reform in public offices than any other mau could think of. Either one of those e . I positions would prolong his life many years, as | he could satisfy the cravings of his nature by | i prying into everybody's business (except his ! ' own) ami could give free vent lo that disposi- ( lion to snarl nnd growl nnd complain which , alone makes life tolerable to him ; so let hint growl, it does himself good and can do no Harm 1 to any one. As to his uncalled-for attacks upon ' the County Commissioners nnd Mr. Hill, the j i! Clerk of the Hoard, 1 have nothing to say, only I so far as he couples my name and the Grand I Jury of which 1 nm Foreman with them. No | r doubt those gentlemen will act as they think t 1 best in the premises. < The Jail seems to engage his special attention, lie wants it fixed up in style, nnd complains | s that the Grand Jury don't examine its condic tion. He appears to be in sympathy with its 1 s inmates and wishes it made secure as a place li of refuge from the sneers of the outside world, i Is it "superstition or presentiment" that makes , b this model man of Reform so anxious about the 1 i- comfort and safely of that final retreat of all - evil thinking men? Don't bother about it now, Reform, a snug and secure spot in it will be prepared, as a tempory lodgment for candidates for r the Lunatic Asylum. You'll be safe ami cotnt fortable. The indecent and insulting allusion to the nc< tion of the Committees of the Grand Jury is so ,1 palpably false and malicious that I am at a loss e for dignified words sufficiently strong to express my contempt of tlie falsifier who penned thein. I simply pronounce it an multigated pcr? version of the truth. The insinuation that the II Grand Jury showed favors to any one is only (( what might he expected to come from one who lives entirely within his own shell and breathes s_ continuallly an ntmosphorc of distrust, Buapiy cion and jealousy. )0 That Mr. Mill wrote the Presentment of the Grand Jury, I do not deny ; but the "prcsumpn lion" of Reform, that the notes, &c., were left I, with "Mr. Hill, to be used as ho thought proper" is another downright falsehood. Mr. Hill wrote the Presentment in the .lury room, in the prescnccof the Grand Jury, ami according to the reports handed to nic by the Committees. Mr. r Hill made no suggestions, hut wrote it as the .. Jury dictated. I asked Mr. Hill to write it he(j cause lie knew the form of getting up such docj. umcnts, he having performed the same duty he ,p | lurVi iiiumiiut ui inv; ? 111 j riiuw it ii j i ii i n | l(| about drawing up sucli an important report ami , H all were reluctant to attempt it. Hesides, it is along established custom of Grand Juries to ' call upon sonic one outside of their panel to r* j draw up their Presentments. If that cxplanag | lion is not satisfactory to lleform, lie cnu come s i to me, personally, for further information, as I j do not intend getting into newspaper discus. ! I si.>11 with hini. j If Keform wishes to he a Grand Juryman, a ' y. I f'ounly Commissioner, or Clerk of the Hoard? I ir | ami I believe he will not stop growling until he | does get mi ollice?in the name of all that is truthful, peaceable and rr/nrnmhtf, let us he charitable ami save his intellectual faculties by nl giving Itiin something. \\ hot say you, Iteforin, ' i ; to taking charge of the Poor House Voii could there put a slop to the sisters and '.lie cousins and the aunts of any family being pen,e sioners upon the County. I'cspccifullv. W. T. r.KTSII.V.. Presentment of tho Qnind Jury?Jano Termt A To his Honor 11. C. PllF.SSLEY, Presiding Judge. on In accordance with our duty and tlie sugges- mi ion of your Honor wo have made nu exauiinn- re ion of the Jail nud beg leave to make the fob II' owing report. dc the jail. in We have entered the Jail nnd upon our exami- a rntion think it is sufficiently ventilated for the an >risoiiers?much more so than would nppear th rom the outside. We are informed that a con- th rnct has been entered into to re-cover the Jail la is was rccotnmcuded at the March Term of the lo 'ourt. li< a new noAii. uj Tho Grand Jury have had brought to their til lotico the fact that n large portion of the Tax- w >ayors are desirous of making it public road cr rim the main road at T. J. Harris' rcsiilcnco ui ind ending near Sardis Church. The Grand vi Fury would, respectfully recommend that the cs Commissioners carry out the petitiou of the m axpaycrs. ai Tile court house. vi Wo also recommend and strenuously urge v tnd insist, inasmuch as the Court House lias at last been mndo croditablo to the County, that all 0 meetings and gatherings, of whatsoever nature n itnl in it ntlmrtlinii fur imlininl nut* ...? ..? J 1 II poses bo henchforth prohibited. o Thanking your Honor for tlio courtesy shown us we reapedfuly submit this, our report. \V. T IIGl'SILIt, Foreman. |j ? d For the Times. Aro Our Criminal Laws Effective 1 Sl Mb. Kiutuk : ?According to promise I now y proceed to review certain laws now in force in g, in lhis Stisto : About two years ago our l.egis- 0 lature passed an Act entitled, an Act to utilize I he convict labor of the State. The main pro- n vision of eaid law is, that the Hoard of Direc- ci tors of the Slate Penitentiary may lease or hire the convicts to the highest responsible bidder. || I suppose the Directors to be the sole judges of who ore responsible. We also have Criminal H| Laws in force in this State which declare that if |, persons commit certain crimes therein men- M turned, they shall be punished by confinement 0 in the Penitentiary certain periods of time, va- \ rying according to the enormity of the offense, n and left generally to the diserctiou of the judge i, who passes the sentence. Now, it seems that the law under consideration annuls, to a great t, extent, the penalties aiiucxcd to our criminal t| laws, or so uiodiliies them as to render thcm in- || effective. So much is it the case that the Pcui- n tentiary has lost most of its terrors to the mal- |, efactor. It is a fact worthy of note that few () men ar too mean to have friends, and if those u friends happen to he adjudged responsible by the || Directors, then the convict stands a fair chance t, of not being punished for his crimes, rendering c null and void our whole criminal code, so far as ,1 his case is concerned. ti If the convicts arc hired to those whose only f, motive is to got the benefit of their labor at a j cheap price, ilie ease is altered but little. A e great part of the punishment is line to close ,i confinement?to being shut out as it were from 0 ill intercourse with the worbJ. Man is natural- g ly a social being ami when yon close behind him p I he heavy prison doors and be hears their gral- u ing hinges speaking to him in doleful tones that |( lie is done with the outside world until he pays f tlie penalty <iue for the crime committed, then, j> if be is not dead to all feelings of humanity, an 0 indescribable horror shakes his guilty frame.? r When evil doers fail to have a wholesome dread |j [if the strong arm of the law, then an increase n nf crime will he the natural result. t, To prove that crime is on the increase we b need go no further than our long, tedious ami expensive criminal courts. Just think of it! If the little State of South Carolina was divided ( into two Judicial districts and two of our best p fudges were to commence holding Court on the i, 1st day of January and keep in session contiuu- |, itisly until the last day of Decent her they would 0 lardly be able to clear the sessions Dockets of ,, lie Stale. Itcsides, numerous minor causes are ? lecidcd in the Courts of over 2">0 Trial Justices. ,| l'liesc are startling facts. Many say all this in- ]| urease of crime and litigation has been caused u by the war. It is true tlie ctfects of the war || lias done much to bring about this present state -i. of affairs. At flic close of the war a set of sj lying, dishonest, wicked inen seized the roin? h of government and enacted such laws as suited t| them to carry out their purposes of plunder ami t? oppression : The tendency of these unjust laws m lias Seen to corrupt and demoralize the people. J lint why. I ask, have not these obnoxious laws h been repealed ? The government is now con- fi trolled by professedly honest men. And why w are not proper steps taken by our legislature looking to lite calling of a convention for the n purpose of amending our constitution? i-egis- w lattices, like iudivi luals, commence retrench- p mcnt at the wrong place. It is often the case |, when men aro "hard up" they will refuse to c renew their subscriptions to their family paper, a but continue to spend, from $10 to a year h mi mmiiiuvo Hii*i [irMHun^ i??r n p If, for one dollar saved to the Shite by the r hire of convicts, three have to he f>ui<l out to i .holies, Juiies, Sheriffs. Constables, &c., to y' execute the laws, it is certainly poor retrench- |, merit. It is observable that there is less ener- /\ gy nii'l prcscrviinco on the part of odicers and |, citizens to tiring offenders to justice than form- |t crly. Men say to mc often, '! sec no use of f, putting ourselves to lunch trouble to tiring the a violators of law to justice ; if they are convicted t, and sent to the Penitentiary prohahly they will | lie out in a few days." Now, if the law has the t least tendency to increase crime it should he repealed. And now, Friend Stokes, if your cor- Ji respondent should have another attack of that < old disease you call riicnrfhca srrihrii>l>, the a Homestead will receive his attention next. A e few local items and I close for the present. p Farmers have hoen busy during the past week n harvesting their wheat and oat crops, I think an average crop has been produced in this por- d tion of I lie County. More grain has been do- , | stroyed by rabbits this spring than usual, ow- c ing, I suppose, to the scarcity of dogs in this a section. Crops nre suffering forjrain hero. The | northern portion of the Township has had re- c freslnnjt showers during the past week. < niton j ,| is small l?il tin; plant looks healthy ami is | growing, whore properly worked ; corn is not looking well, ami must fail rapidly unless it gets rain soon. H. 1?. p - c Fink (5h\in I'ttopa.?The crops of ?nia'l grain h liar.-csted on the farms arouml Winnsboro this c season have been unusually fine. Of wheal, .Mr. \V. 15. (larrlson made 270 bushels on eight f acres?an average of 510bushels to the acre ; ; t' Mr. (i. II. MeMusler gathered '50 bushels from ! f one acre; Abraham Monroe, eolordl, 21.1 luish- p els from two-fifths of an acre: ami Fre.l. Steele, ti colore!. 551.1 bushels from an acre ami a half, u Of oats. Mr. J. F. McMa-tor made 2u't bii.-hels tl from four acres, ami Mr. I>. 15. Flenniken !m0 1: bus'iels from twenty a?Tes. Other persons ha* o c m i'le i-ipially tine crops. 1ml the grain h is n -t v yet In en threshed, ami no evict icport can lie < in i'le. \\ c "hall be "lid to lief* fcjln lli' ih. j e W'?i?n?/?or?? .Via.* >" { i I' Fiendish Act Summarily Avenged by an Indignant People. Below we give nit account of the hanging Of c John J. Moore, of Spartanburg County, for urder and rapo upon the person of a poor but spectnble young lady by the name of Fanny eaton, on the 5th inst. We omit some of the stalls of the crime as being too revolting and, our opiuion, until to nppenr in the columus of journal (lint reaches the homes of virtuous id refined people. We take the account from c Spartanburg llcrald and with the Editor of nt journal would have preferred that the villi! had expiated his crime upon n legal galws ; at the same lime we are impelled to l>cjve, from the many outrages committed of late >on defenceless women and little girts, that e law is too tardy itu 1 uncertain in dealing ith the devils who commit them. Our moth s, wives, daughters and sisters, of all ages, e not safe from the polluliou of the lecherous Mains now infesting the country, and as icapes frotn jails nro frequent and punishent by law uncertain, we are inclined to wiuk . the decision of Judge Lynch iu such nggrnv ed cases nnd where there is no doubt as to the ictitn being the t ight man. Au iirqucst held by Trial Justice T. 1*. Gaston vcr the dead body of a white woman found ' ear John J. Moore's distillery, about thirteen dies above Spartanburg, developed the follow ig facts : Miss Frances llcnton, a young lady f good character nnd respectable family, from 'ickcnsCounty, camcon foot to thchousc of John . Moore on Thursday the 5th inst., to iuquiro rhere Mr. Paschal O'Shields a relative of tiers ved. She stayed there to dinner and after inner John J. Moore started with her, against cr protest, to show her the way to Mr. Jollcri>n (/Shield's house. Her body was found on unday the 8th inst., by parties noticing buz- jH nrds liovering around the spot in the woods idy about a half-mile from Moore's house. The ody was iu an advanced stale of decomposition ud partly devoured by the buzzards when disovcrcd, lint it was plain to be seen that she luul con outraged, and shot in the breast nnd her iront cut. The verdict of the Jury of Inquest was that he had come to her death from the wounds lentioned, and that the jurors believe that tho ^ lOllll'IS WCIB 111 II If I CM l>y WCftpUIlS 111 IIIC llftltUS J f JiiIiii J. Monro. Upon this finding John J. loorc whs arrested Monday night, Uih inst., ml brought here :in<l put in jail on tlie 10th ist. Further fuels having since heen discovered milling more*conclusively to convict Monro of lie diabolical act, public iniligiintion rose to the ighcsl pitch ami on Monday night a body ot* lounteil men, estimated at between two ami three umlrcil, approached the town about 11 o'clock at iglit. for the purpose of taking John J Moore in and hanging him. News of the approach of lie body of armed men was whispered about jwn late in the evening ami considerable exilement was created. .Sheriff 1 hoiupsou cueavorcd to gel up a posse comilalns to gnanl lie jail, and a collision being apprehended, cfirls were made to induce the mounted men to esist from thc-ir purpose. Their minds, liotvver, were made up and they rode into the town, nd surrounded the jail, demanding the prisner. The Sheriff, finding that he could not et up a posse coinitatus sufficient to protect the risoncr secretly took the prisoner out of jail, nder guard, and had carried him off and socre;d hi in just outside the limits of the town.? he mounted men searched every cell and room i the jail, ami upon being satisfied that the prisner had heen carried off, they scattered in evcy direction and continued their search until liey found the prisoner under the Chinqncpiii resile of the Air-Lino Railroad, one mile front nvn, where Sheriff Thompson had left him in and cuffs under guard, with orders to take the irs on the 12 o'clock train towards Charlotte. Taking possession of the prisoner they rallied heir forces and rode through town with their ris mer and carried him off to the spot where e had committed his diabolical deed and hung iin, we are informed by a person present, at b 'clock this (Tuesday) Morning in the presence f about one thousand persons, among whom ere two sisters of the ladv whom lie had nuir ercd, who arrived from 1'ickciis yesterday.? le was permitted to take leave of his family nd was placed in a buggy under a tree to lie limb of which a rope was tied and adjusted round his neck, lie was then given perinision to speak and made a few remarKS, denying is guilt and saying "that lie didn't blame them, inking as they did, for what they were about, > do, but hoped that after he was dead the right inn would l>c found and they would say that oliit Moore, for once, spoke the truth." When e closed his remarks the buggy was driven rom under him and his body hung until life as extinct. Thus ended the career of John J. Mooie, a inn of notoriously bad eharact r?perhaps tiic 'orst man that ever lived in Spartanburg t'ounr?a man who, himself, had admitted that "lie ad committed every crime known to the law, xeept suicide." It is a monument to the penco nd law abiding character of our people that ho is been permitted to live in this County, inilicnlcd, as he lias been, in so many crimes and asealities. There is no doubt of bis lieiug guil y cm ilie luminous crimes lor which no lias uecn iimmnrily executed by oitv incensed cilzcns, nnd * e litiv received bis jus! deserts none loo soon kltd yet we regret tlmt the lawful gallows lias cen rhealed out of its victim. Convinced of is guilt and believing that he deserved such a ite, and even a worse fate if possiblle, we made 11 honest etroll to prevent it, not for bis sake, iiit that the law might be vindicated, believing hat it would have a better effect upon tliecouiiry nt large that such a fiend should be tried, onvieteil and hung according to law, however leinous thu crimes of which he was guilty.? iimilar efforts were made by others but of no vail The men who came and took him off and xccnlcd him were prompted, we know, by the est of motives. It was no excited mob of men, inder the influence of li?|iinr, but was composed* f some of the best incn in tlie county who were Ictcriiiincd to rid this comity of a villain of i|io Icepest lye. While we think it was wiv.ng in*auso the law should take its course under any nd all circumstances, yet. we are free to say I...I if i ......i. i..... ............. t ?I.. ..... .. ........ ...... V..I ....-I J mi 1111> i >1 (7 111 1111 v use, it was in this one, nn>l I lie hanging was lone publicly by unmnsked men, in open ilay-? i|r|iI, in I lie presence of a ih tu.saml spectators, e TimSrMMK in Smith Ctnni.tsn.?Tlic Chareston Cotton Kxelinngc reports from thirty oiititics of ilie Stale show, with seventy-two cllers roeeived, tlie following concerning ilie ollon crop up In ilie 1st of June, IRT'.i : Acreage increased "> per cent. Weal I or less ' avorable from fifty replies, favorable ftom eighecn, ami four same as last year. Stands good rom forty and bad front twenty-five, with rcorl of worms from five, ami three need leplanlng. I'rops arc reported from four a.s three reeks later, twenty-one *i.s two weeks later, liirteen as one week later, eleven as same as i*! year, tan one week earlier. Condition o! rop g.>ad thirty eight, ha I and small twenty, ' r\ gca--;, t'oirtccii. 1. 11 r gin 1 in sixteen | uses ami scarce in .sixteen, fertilizers ? in* re ise iVoin ful ly three, decrease ??nd ? ame an \~i yen from twenty nine.