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The Army Bill Manaatrre. The Republican* OutJluuKed and Routed, Horse, Foot and Dragoon*. Wasuinotox, June lu.?The wisdom and ox* pediency of (ho plan finally agreed upon by the Democrats in Congress of conceding nil the appropriations necessary to the uninterrupted support of the Government have been fully viadi-> cnted by the events of the past few days. thi radicals m arc grievously disappointed and are apparently confounded by the results of tho unexpected success of the conservative element in the ranks of their antagonists, which success, as they understand, has deprived them of the advantage tlicy have confessedly held so far in tho long . Congressional skirmisk, and. which they hoped with reason to maintain throughout tho main battle yet to come off in tho country. the democracy have themselves had a narrow cscnpo, seeing that tho plan of action which has proved so effective was adopted, as I am informed, by a bare majority ot one, or two ai innnesi, m inn -roie of the caucus. When it was decided hy this small majority to grant tho appropriations, including that for the Army, tho Radicals were thereby deprived of tho entire fund of campaign material, which they had been heaping up for weeks past, and they now stand amid the ruins of their labors as bewildered as so many spiders whose common web has been swept away by one fell stroke of a broom. THF. CRT OF "nKVOLUTION" has been silenced so completely that we hear not even a faint echo of the terrible sound in the halls of (Congress, or from tho sranllest newspaper in the most extreme corner of the "aroused North." Conkliug, Garfield, Chandler, Logan, Blaine, Frye, et al, put all their eggs into that basket, and they have been badly broken and scattered. THK ARMY BILL will not only be passed, but passed cheerfully, and so far all the members of that misused organization, far from feeling any ill-will towards the Democracy, tliat party iJ in high favor for having rescued the troops front being forced into the degrading and unpopular service to which the ltndicals would ha^T again assigned tliein. When the Federal soldiers occupied the Mouth Carolina State-House, a tittle over two years ago, in the capacity of ltadicnl constables, one of the officers on duty said to me, this is "DAMNKIl UinTY WORK," n.* it iinilruhtcdlv was. and his men shared his vory strong and candidly expressed opinions.? The Democrat* -pguj-ca a renewal of such duty being imposed upon tlicin in the first instance, having granted the supplies in the second, having continued some hundreds of promotions, and having justly redeemed a popular officer, Gen. Fitz John l'ortcr, from the ignominy and disgrace heaped upon him by the Radicals for years together, can now safely count upon the army and its friends for their warmest suppert in the present emergency. TIIK KAtriCAtS see and understand all this so well that they were yesterday driven into a most itnprudeut and inconsistent step in an endeavor to redeem their parly from well merited reproach at the bands of both the soldiers and the people of the country. This step was nothing lc3s than an unsuccessful effort to capture the Democratic bill and rush it through as a Republican measure, or, failing in this, to put the Democrats on record as opposing their own bill. So anxious were the Radicals to carry this point that immediately after the passage of the legislative bill, and in the absence of Mr. Clymer, who had the army bill in charge, and who did not design reporting it until the judiciary bill was acted upon, Mr. ltyan, a Republican member of the committee, hastily moved its passage under a suspension of the rules. The Democrats of course resented this attempi on the part of the opposition to tuke control of legislation, and in order to avoid a vote upon the measure, as proposed by the Republicans, insisted upon and carried an adjournment. Ryan's bill, it should be remarked, was in tntiilrm verhit. the same as the Democratic caucus bill, and was framed, therefore, for the purpose of restricting the use of the army and (troops at the polls. This movo on the part of the Radicals was tantamount to an acknowledgment of their defeat upon the whole question, and is so regarded by the Democrats, who nre naturally elated over the route of their adversaries at this critical juncture. It lias been becoming more and more apparent each day that 'the Radicals were illy satisfied with the position 'they had assumed, aud with the prospect of DEFEAT AT THE POLLS * which it entailed, and they have only been waiting an opportunity to change their bnso. If it be true, as is claimed, that the Republicans cannot now refuse to vote for the Democratic caucus measure when it comes up regularly. Democrats will have carried their point at last after the long, doubtful and dangerous contest, as it is not probable, surely, that Mr. Hayea will veto a bill which his friends in the House were will ang to vote tor in a uouy, provineu oniy it were introduced by one of their number. It is of interest to note here, again, that the Democrats made another narrow escape in this same matter of Kyan's bill. They barely succeeded in avoiding the Radical trap by carrying the motion to adjourn, which followed the introduction of Rj an's bill. Four Republicans voted with the Democrats to adjourn, and the motion was carried by a majority of four. If the Republicans had voted solidly, the Democrats would have been compelled to vote against their own bill.? Cor Neu>a and Courier. Kino's Mountain Ckntknnial.?The Charlotte Obterver publishes a card from the committee aay fug mill tne meeting iijveruscd rurJnty IMffi was originally intendod to bo merely initiatory in character, and that at that meeting it was expected to pass resolutions looking to a general representation at the centennial. But this meeting having already assumed proportions far beyond their expectations, they extend through that paper a general invitation to every county in both States of North and South Carolina to hold meetings and send delegates to tho July meeting, and they assure all friends of the King's Mountain centennial movement, everywhere, that they will be welcomed, whether as visitors or delegates, to that meeting. Senators Vance and Butler have signified their intention to be present. The committee are Messrs. W. T. R. Bell, B. F. Dixon, T, J. Walker, W. A. Mnuncy and I'liilip S. Baker. Tnx Cotton Caor.?Washington, June 14.? Returns to the Department of Agriculture indicate an increase in the area planted in cotton of 8omowhatovcr 2 percentage. As compared with the average of 1878, it is as follows: North Carolina, 47 counties reporting 106 ; South Carolina, 18 counties 100 ; Georgia, 71 counties 102; Florida, 12 counties 97 ; Alabama, 28 counties 103 ; Mississippi, 30 counties 100; Lousiana, 18 counties 08; Texas, 58 counties 107 ; Arkansas, 40 counties 101 ; Tennessee, 17 counties 108.? The average condition is not so high as last year, being 06, while in 1878 it was 00. The stand is generally good, hut somo two woeks later. Cnors in Sumitk.ii.?The crops throughout this county arc good, and especially the cotton ; though the hopeful planter thinks the corn will come in on a long stretch with flying colors.? We have jii?t had a heavy shower, Which was much needed throughout our county. ?hc ??fthla tRnion SKmcs. 1 H. N. STOKES, Editor. UNION. FIUDAY. JUNE 80 1879. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION i 1 Copy, oue year, is advarck, 12.00 2 Copies one year," " 11.75 i 5 " " - h.fto 10 " " " 15.00 ADVERTISING. One square or one Inch, tirsl insertion, - - - 11.00 Kacli subsequent insertion, ------- 75 Liberal discount made to merchants and others advertising Tor six months or by the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or less. Inserted free. " " over ten lines, charged as Advertisements. Rev. W. W. Dunoan. Tills truly eloquent Minister of the Gospel is spending a few days with his relatives and nu* erous friends in this community, aud will preach ( in the Methodist Church next Sunday morning ( aud evening. Pioture of Judge Wallace. Oue of the most perfect and best executed lnrgc size Photographs tve have ever seen is that of Hon. Judge Wallace, now on exhibition at the Photograph tent of Messrs. Michael & Sibbclt. A Dime Beading. We are requested 19 say there will be a tfim? reading at Col. Young's 011 Tuesday evening next, the 24th. Selections from If. M. S. Finafore, and other attractive music is promised. A Deputy Coroner. S. S. Stokes, Esq., lias been appointed Deputy 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 the necessity occurs within fifteen miles of tho residence or prescnco of either. Teachers' Convention. Wo are requested to give notice that the Teachers' Convention of Union County will, meet at Union C. II., on Saturday, the 28th inst. All persons who feel interested in tho advancement of education aro invited to attend and become mutiihcrs of the Convention. A Good Cow Wanted. Having had the misfortune to kill our cow hy too much kindness, we would like to buy anothor. She must be young, gentle and not too high priced, with a young calf. Wo would like to get one similar to that of a'friend's, which gives one-half butter and the other half milk, and lots of each. It. M. STOKES. 25-3t. The State Press Association. We can say but little this week about the fifth annual meeting of the Press Association of South Carolina. We lost four days by attending it, and can't get over the effects of the truly jolly good time wo had. Tho meet ing was one of the most pleasant, harmonious and business-like meetings yet held by the association and we believe it will prove profitable to us all. We hove this to say of it, we challenge nny State in the Union to present, in the same number of Editors and Publishers, more talent, morality and true manhood than met last week in our Press Association. The many courtesies and the wholesouled hospitalities extended to us will never be forgotten by the members. A synopsis of what we saw and heard is too long for this issue but we hope to give it next week. The Cantata Last Wednesday. The Spartanburg Musical Association is entitled to the thanks of the oitixens of Union for the exquisite entertainment tliey gave them Inst Wednesday evening. We sincerely regret that circumstances beyond our control prevented our attendance; but it is the united opinion of all who were there that it was ono of the most delightful entertninnients ever given in this town. The Cantata of "Bather the Beautiful Qpecn" was performed, and from the commencement to the end the attention of the large audience was held captive. Every part was rendered with remarkable accuracy and ease, disclosing an amount of intelligence and study that would be highly creditable to the most popular professional operatic performers. We hope they will repoat the entertainment, nnd that soon. ? ? Two Sudden Deaths in One Honae. On Tuesday evening last the people of our town were startled by the announcement that Mr. W. L. I'almer, a highly respected citixen residing about 3 miles above town, had died at 4 o'clock. Mr. Pnlmor was tak in sick in the field tho day bofore, no doubt from the effects of the sun, and want to his residence at dinner time, telling his family that he was feeling quite unwell, nnd laid down. Finding he was getting worse Dr. A. W. Thomson was sent for. All that medical skill and kind attentious could do to relieve htm was of no avail, and oflor a few hours of intense suffering death came to his re- ' lief, in the death of Mr. Palmer Union County 1 has lost one of its most unpright citizens, also one of its bost and most successful farmers. Mr. Palmer was a Mason nnd was buried in 1 the Village Graveyard at the Presbyterian church, with Masonic honors by Union Lodge, Wednrs- 1 (Jay afternoon. SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. KELLY, 1 When the funeral procession of Mr. Talnicr ' was about to start from the house his Motherin-law, Mrs. Kelly, an estimable lady, aged about fi'2 years, who a few moments before appeared in usual good health and had been active in assisting the family, suddenly dropped dead while talking to a member of the family. Thus, while the body of Mr. I'almer was on its way to the graveyard his mother-in-law, who was apparently in perfect health when he died, was lying acorpse in the house, awaitinir the same **<1 rii?? Il wii a sad ami terrible double bereavement and has enlisted for the family the most earnest sympathies of every member of our community. ( How solemn should be our reflections. Puur 8 days ago these two respected persons were in the full enjoyment of health and earthly hope, c but to-day they arc gone from us for ever and g their bodies lie cold ami silent beneath the sod. ' Bhotild not these two solemn warnings impress Cf upon our hearts the wisdom and force of Use 4 Divine injunction "Prepare to meet thy flod." Fune Tern ef Court. Promptly at 0 o'clock on Monday morning ast Judge B. C. Pressley and Solicitor B. W. Sail were at their Posts and the proceedings of he June terra of Court for Union were comnenced. The Judge thought it unnecessary to iharge th^ Qraud Jury, stating that that duty tad been aply discharged by the Judge who >receedcil him on this Circuit. He thought it ess not ohQgatory upon them to visit and in* ipect the County offioee and institutions at eve y term of the Court and make a formal present* nent, but if they considered it necessary to examine any or all of them they could do so. Judge Pressley is one Of the ablest men now ipon the bench as well as one of the most courteous and pure christian men in the State. A. large amount of business has been accomplished, both in the Sessions and Common rieas. The following are the sessions cases and the disposal of them : State vs. A- K.Harris, for killing J. II. Smith last September. Not Ouilty. State VS. Charner Gist. Assault with intent to kill. Guilty of an assault. State vs. yr. Vinson, assault with intent to kill, and assault and battery on M. M. Sumner. Continued. State vs. cSo^g^TDavhUlll; Cow atealing^nol pros'd?Indictment amended ana the case continued. State ys E. Hobson and Jas. Comer, killing sheep. Not Guilty. State ys. Waiter and Columbus Moorehead, for removing fence intended to enclose cattle. Continued. A few cases of larceny wore continued. The Court will adjourn to-mniorrow, Saturday. For the Times. An Effort to Please "Beform." Mr. EniTon :?In your last issue 1 find a communication over the signature Reform," whith, I think, calls for some notice froin me, as in that article I niu singled out, by name, as a target to be shot at, together with a scattering blaze at the whole Grand Jury, of which I have the honor to be Foreman. This chronic grumbling correspondent of yours, Mr. Editor, must be a man of bad heart, for ho can see nothing good in the act or intentions of a public Officer, and has a chronic suspicion that all of them are downright dishonest or guilty of malfeasance in office. So notorious hns lie become, as an illlemneroil iliurniitouf oil miHnio.innn and ionlniia r , , 1- ,? * 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 he writes?they will stick up at every bray His eye-sight is remarkable. He can see farther and more hidden sights behind n millstone than any man I aver knew. There are two ptsitions, I think, he would fill to perfection?a police detective and a standing Grand Juryman. Ue can ferret out more crimes without finding a criminal and imng ine more reform in public offices than any other man could think of. Either one of those posl(ions would prolong his life many years, as he could satisfy the cravings of his nature by prying into everybody's business (except his own) and could give free vent to that disposition to snnrl and growl and complain which alone makes life tolornble to him ; so let him growl, it docs himself good and can do no harm to any ono. As to his uncalled-for attacks upon the County Commissioners and Mr. Hill, the Clerk of the Hoard, 1 have nothing to say, only so far as he couples my name and the Grand Jury of which I am Foreman with them. No doubt those gentlemen will act as they think best in the premises. The Jail seems to engage his special attention. He wants it fixed up in style, and complains that the Grand Jury don't examine its condition. He appears to ho in sympathy with its inmates and wishes it made secure as a placo of refuge from the sneers of the outsido world. Is it "superstition or presentiment" that makes this model man of Reform so anxious about the comfort and safely of that filial 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 ike Lunatic Asylum. You'll bo safe and comfortable. The indecent and insulting allusion to the action of the Committees of the Grand Jury is so palpably false and malioious that I am at a loss for dignified words sufficiently strong to express my contempt of the falsifier who penned them. I simply pronounoe it an unmigated perversion of the truth. The insinuation that the Grand Jury showed favors to any one is only what might be expected to come from one who lives entirely within his own shell and breathes oontinuallly an atmosphere of distrust, suspicion and jealousy. That Mr. Hill wrote the Presentment of the Grand Jury, I do not deny; but the "presumption" of Reform* that the notes, &c., were left with "Mr. Hill, to be used as he thought proper" is another downright falsehood. Mr. Hill wrote the Presentment in the Jury room, in the preseneeof the Grand Jury, and according to the reports handed to roe by the Committees. Mr. Hill made no suggestions, but wrote it as the lury dictated. I asked Mr. Hill to write it because he knew the form of getting up such docI mant ha kautnw nawfnwnaail I La u?vii?0f mv iir?*aug |/vi iui uivvi uao nnuiu UUIJT UC* 'ore. No member of tlio Jury knew anything ibout drawing up such an important report and dl were reluctant to attempt It. Besides, it is i long established custom of Grand Juries to mil upon some one ontside of their panel to I raw up their Presentments. If that explanaion is not satisfactory to Heform, he cau cone ;o me, personally, for further information. as I lo not intend getting iuto newspaper discus* >ion with him. , If Reform wishes to be a Grand Juryman, a bounty Commissioner, or Clerk of the Hoard? >n?l I believe be will not elop growling until be loee get on office?in tlie name of all that is ruthful, peaceable and rtformablt, let ua be ibaritnble and save his intellectual faculties by living him womethiyf. What say you, Keforin, o taking eherge ef the Poor House T You outd there put a stop to the sisters and (be ouains and the aunta of any family being penWmers upon the County. Ileapectfully, W. T. BETSILL. Presentment of tho O^nd Jury -Jane Term. To hit Honor li. C. rilESSLEY, Pretidwg Judge. In aooordance with our duty end the suggestion of your Honor wo have undo an examination of tho Jail nnd beg leave to make the following report. tiir jail. We hare entered the Jail and upon our examination think it is sufficiently ventilated for the prisoners?much more so than would nppear from the outside. We are informed that n contract has been entered into to re-cover the Jail as was recommended at the March Term of the Court. a nkw noAi>. The Grand Jury have had brought to their notice the fact that n large portion of the Tax payers are desirous of making a publio road frtro the main road at T. J. Harris' residence and ending near Ssrdis Church. The Grand Jury would, respcctfuNy recommend that the Commissioners carry outJ,he petition of the taxpayers. TUE COURT HOUSE. We also recommend and strenuously urgo and insist, inasmuch as the Court llouso has at Hast been made creditablo to the County, that all meetings and gatherings, of whatsoever nature and description, in it, other than for judicial pur. poses be henchforth prohibited. Thauking your Honor for the courtesy shown us we respcctfuly submit this, our report. W. T llETSILfc, Foreman. ? For iho Tiuiofl. Are Our Criminal Laws Effective 1 Mn. Editor : ?According to promise 1 now proceed to review certain laws now in force in in this State : About two years ago our Legislature passed an Act entitled, an Act to utilise the couvict labor of the State. The main provision of eaid law is, thnt the Hoard of Directors of the State Penitentiary may lease or hire the convicts to the highest responsible bidder. 1 suppose the Directors to be the sole judges of who are responsible. We also have Criminal Laws in force in this Slate which declare that if persons commit certain crimes therein mentioned, they shall be punished by coutineiueut in the Penitentiary ccrluiu periods of time, varying nccording to the enormity af tho offense, aud left generally to the discretion of Iho judge who passes the sentence. Now, it seems that the law under consideration annuls, to a great laws, or so inoditiics tlicm us to render tliem ineffective. So much is it the case that the Penitentiary has lost most of its terrors to the malefactor. It is u fact worthy of note that few men nr too menu to have friends, and if those friends happen to be adjudged responsible by the Directors, then the convict stands A fair chnnce of not being punished for his crimes, reudering null aud void our whole criminal code, so fur us his case is concerned. If the convicts are hired to those whose only motive is to get the benefit of their labor at a cheap price, the case is altered but little. A great part of the punishment is due to close confinement?to being shut out as it were from all intercourse with the world. Man is naturally n social being and when you close behind hint the heavy prison doors and he hears Iheir grating hinges speaking to him in doleful tones that lie is done with the outside world until he pays the penalty due for the crime committed, then, if he is not dead to all feelings of humanity, an indescribable horror shakes his guilty frame.? When evil doers fail lo have a wholesome drend of the strong arm of the law, then an incrcnse of crime wyi be the natural result. To prove tlint crimo is on the incrcnse we necu go no runner imui our long, lemons ami expensive criminal courts. Just tliiuli of it! If the little State of South Carolina was divided into two Judicinl districts and two of our best Judges wcro to commence holding Court on the 1st day of Jnnuary nnd keep in session continuously until tho last day of December they would hardly bo able to clear the sessions Dockets of the State. Kcsides, numerous minor causes are decided in the Courts of o'-er 2/0 Trial Justices. These are startling facta. Many say nil this increase of crime nnd litigation has been caused by the war. It is true the effects of the war has done much to bring about this present state of nfFuirs. At the closo of the war a set of lying, dishonest, wicked men seized the reins of govorumcnt and enacted such laws ns suited thein to carry out their purposes of plunder and oppression : The tendency of these unjust laws has Seen to corrupt and demoralize the people. Hut why, I ask, have not these obnoxious laws been repealed ? The government is now controlled by profossedly honest men. And why are not proper steps taken by our legislature looking to the calling of a convention for the tmrnose of nmendiuer our constitution 7 Lecis Inturos, like individuals, commence retrenchment at the wrong place. It is often the case when men are "hard up" they will refuse to renew their subscriptions to their family paper, but continue to spend, from $10 to $'25, a year for Tobaceo and prjbnbly more for Whisky. If, for one dollar saved te the State by the hire of convicts, three have to be paid out to Judges, Juiies, Sheriffs, Constables, &o., to exccuto the laws, it is certainly poor retrenchment. It is observable that there is less energy and preservnnce on the part of officers and citisens to bring offenders to justice than formerly. Men say to mo often, -'I see no use of putting ourselves to much trouble to bring the violators of law to justice ; if they are convicted and sent to the Penitentiary probably they will be out in a few days." Now, if the law has the least tendency to increase crime it should be repealed. And now, Friend Stokes, if your correspondent should have another attack of that old disease you call racorthct $eribendi, the Homestead will receive his attention nexf. A few local items and I close for the present. Farmers have been busy during the past week harvesting their wheat and oat crops. I think an average crop has been produced in this portion of the County. More grain has been destroyed by rabbits this spring than usual, owSnff I ail nnrmo Ia ( Wa Iiaa wot I u /.T it/wva In ?b> ri 1 " ?? ""ft" section. Crops are suffering forjrain her*. The northern portion of the Township has bad refreshing showers during the past week. Cotton is autall but the plant looks healthy and is growing, where properly worked ; corn is not looking well, and must foil rapidly unless it gets rain soon. C. B. 11. ? #.???.? Fix* Graix Crops.?The crops of small grain harvested on the farms around Winnsboro this season have been unusually fine. Of wheat, Mr. W. R. Garrison made 270 bushels on eight sores?an average of 00} bushels to the acre ; Mr. G. II. McMaster gathered 89 buehels from on* acre; Abraham Monroe, oolored, 21} bushels from two-fifths of an acr*: and Fred. Steele, colored, 81} bushels from an acre and a half. Of oats, Mr. J. P. McMaster made 200 bushels from four acre*, nnd Mr. D. R. Fler.niken 900 bushels from twenty aores. O' her persons liar* made equally fine crops, *>ut the grain has not yet been threshed, and no einct report c*p b* made. Wo Minll be glltd" to hear froth' fheih.? Wmntboro Newt and Herald. i - mmmmnrr. m i* *." iwl . * * A Fiendish Aot Summarily Avenged by an Indignant People. Below we give au account of the Imaging Of one John J. Moore, of Spartanburg County, for murder and rape upon the person of a poor but respectable young lady by the name of Fanny lleaton, on the &th inst. We omit some of the details of the crime as being too revolting and, in our opinion, uufit to appear in the cola inns of a journal that reaches the homes of virtuous and refined people. We take the account from the Spartanburg llerald and with the Editor of that journal would have preferred that the villain had expiated his erimc upon a legal gallows ; at the same lime we are impelled to believe, from the many outrages committed of late upon defenceless women and little girts, that the law is too tardy nn 1 uncertain in dealing with the devils who commit them. Our mothers, wives, daughters and sisters, of all naes. are not safe from tho pollution of (lie lecherous villains now infesting the country, and as escapes from jails aro frequent and punishment by law uncertain, we uro inclined to wink at the decision of Judge Lynch in such aggrava'ed cases and where there is no doubt as to the victim being the right .man. An iiiqucst held by Trial Justice T. P. Gaston over the dead body of a white vpnaan found ' ' near John J. Moore's distillery, about thirteen w miles above Spartanburg, developed the follow ing facts : Miss Frances 11 cat on, a young lady of good character aud respectable family, from Pickens County, came on foot to the house of John J. Moore on Thursday the 6th inst., to iuquiro where Mr. Paschal O'Shields a relative of tiers lived. She stayed there to dinner and after dinner John J. Moore started with her, against her protest, to show her the way to Mr. Jefferson O'Sliield's house. Iter body was found on i Sunday the 8tli iust., by parties noticing bus- ' znrds hovering around the spot in the woods only about a hulf-milo froiu Moore's house. Tho body wns in an advancod stale of decomposition and partly devoured by the buzzArds when discovered, but it was plain to be seen that she had been outraged, and shot in the breast and her throat cut. The verdict of the Jury of Inquest was that she had come to her death from the wounds mentioned, and thai the jurors believe that the wounds were indicted by weapons in the hands of John J. Moore. Upon this finding John J. Moore was arrested Monday night, Uth inst., and brought here nnd put in jail on the 10th inst. , Further facts having since been discovered tending more-conclusively to convict Mooro of the diubolicnl net, public indignation rose to the highest pitch and on Monday night a body of . mounted men, est i muled at bet wceti two mid three hundred, approached the town about 11 o'clock at night, for the purpose of Inking John J Moore out and hanging hint. News of the approach of the body of nrmcd men was whispered nbout town late in the evening and considerable excitement was created. Sheriff '1 hotupson endeavored to gel up a ponte comitates to guard the jail, and a collision being apprehended, efforts were innde to induce the mounted men to desist front their purpose. Their thinds, however, were tnndc up and they rode into the town, and surrounded the jail, demanding the prisoner. The Sheriff, finding that he could not get up a jtotu eomilaiu* sufficient to protect the prisoner secretly took the prisoner out of jail, under guard, and had carried him off and secreted hiin just outside the limits of the town.? The mounted men searched every cell and room in tlie jail, and upon being satisfied that the prisoner had been carried off, they scattered iu every direction and continued their search until they found the prisoner under tho Chinquepiti trestle of the Air-Line liaiiroad, one mile from town, where Sheriff Thompson had left him in hand cuffs under guard, with orders to take the cars on the 1*2 o'clock train towards Charlotte. Taking possession of tlie prisoner they rallied their forces nnd rode through town with their prismer and carried him off to (lie Hpot where lie had committed Ids diabolical deod nnd hung him, we nrc informed by a person present, at b o'clock this (Tuesday) Morning in the presence of about one thonsnnd persons, among whom were two sisters of the lady whom he had murdered, who arrived from l'ickens yestordny.? He was permitted to take leave of his family and was placed in a buggy under a tree to the limb of which n rope was tied and adjusted around his neck. He was then given permission to spenk and made a few remarks, denying ' his guilt nnd saying "that he didn't blame tbemr thinking as they did, for what they wore about to do, but hoped thnt after lie wus dead the right man would be found and they would say iliut John Moore, for once, spoke Hie truth." When 1 he closed his remarks the buggy was nriven from under him nnd bis body hung until lifo was extinct. | Thus ended tho career of John J. Mooie, a ' mnn of notoriously bad clinract.T? perhaps tho worst man thnt over lived in Spartanburg Counlr?a man who tin.l ?<ln.ln?il >..< ?.U? 1 had committed every crime known to the law, 1 eicept suicide." It is a monument to the peace and law abiding character of our people that be has been permitted to live in this County, implicated, as he has been, in so many crimes and ' rascalities. There is no doubt of his being guil1 ly of the infamous crimes for which he has been summarily executed by our incensed cilions, and' * he hns received his just deserts none too soon.And yet we regret that the lawful gallows has been cheated out of its victim. Convinced of liia guilt and believing that he deserved such ?' fate, and even a worse fate if possiblle, we made an honest effort to prevent it, not for his sake," but that the law might be vindicated, believing that it would have a better effect upon the coun?" try at large that such a fiend should be tried,convicted and hung according to law, however' heinous the crimes of which he was guilty.?? Similar efforts were made by others but of no;' avail- The men who came and took him off and' executed him Were nrnmnloil iv? Inn* ti? it>?' best of motives. H was no excited mob of men," under the influence of liquor, but was composed of some of the hest pic* in thdcqunty who were determined to rid Ibis county of a villain of tjnfdeepest dye. While we think it was wrdrtg'he^ cagse the law should take its course under an/' and ail circumstances, yet we are free to say thntif Lyuch Law over was justifiable in any ease, it was in this one, and the hanging wan' done publicly hy unmasked men, in open .day-* light, in the presence of a thousand spectators, Tttx 8tapi.it is Roctii Ca*oIiii*.?The Char-' lesion Cotton Exchange reports from thirty' eounties of the State show, with seventy-tan letters received, the following concerning ti\e ' cotton crop up to the 1st of June, 1870 : Acreage increased 5 per cent. Weather less ' favorable from Arty replies, fbveraWefVom eighteen, and four same as last year. 8tands good ' from forty and bad from twenty-Art, with report of worms from Are, end three need replant-' ing. Crops are reported fVom four u three weeks later, twenty-one *ts two weeks later, thirteen as one week later, eleren as same as last year, tan one week earlier. Condition of erop?goed-thirty-eight, bad and small twenty, rery grassy fourteen. Labof good in sixteen eases nnd scarce in sixteen. Fertilisers?InJirenso iVom forty-three, decrease ahd stttnc as sst year from twenty-nineT