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f ;i- * . -!, ~_ L How to Pay oun Static 1>kbt.?Putting o State debt lit'ftte rough at S7,000,0t>0, nil tol to meet Iho Interest on (hit nt 0 per cent, v must pay no less than per itiintim. Th la tlie same as giving up 10.000 hales of colic per annum or some 700,000bus. ofc.irn at OOcen per bushel. Should wc continue to pay this intci est for twenty years we s)>?o 1 (MM i ? ~ n?7w;- i business accoSJWUlfllllvllH.VVWlH^'fJftUf? all, ii cultivates a high valuation of tlie States's obli gations. Franco lias set 'lie world an cxaniph In this respect. She puts Iter paper up in tin market for her own people and thus recover: faster from financial disaster than any othei part of the habitable globe. South Carolina when she makes JoO.OOiJ hales of cotton at !? !.' on the hale, puts $20,(MX),000 of commoditiesqi the world as good as gold. Now in twenty year! this reaches S ltXI,(MM),(itH). It seems to us plnii that our people can allbrd to own their own | a per and stop this $8,OUO,OUO interest money t. home. io which our intelligent menu 01 me auuc vi 11 c I'rcs mid llonnrr very Aptly says : We tako llie above from the Columbiit licj-dec The policy suggested is the only wise one for tin welfare of our people. Hut tlie great troubli is, that so far as we are aware, none of ibex bauds are safe from despoliation at the hands o the llepuilintors. There are citizens in ever) cjunty who would he glad to invest in Stat? bonds and keep thc]intercst|nl home, but as lon^ as there is such, a spirit of llcpudiulion, capi talists arc afraid to touch them. As for our selves wo do not know which of the bonds art good, and which are not. We hope that tin liHjutfr may wi;ic tlie promised articles on tin 'subject. ? . . A Dkcimion o.n tiii: IIo.ukstkai>.?Tlie ease o Fannie 1'. While against William K. Itoach am Francis Arnold, involving the construction o the !5'.M Section of Article 2 of the State t'onsti tution, in relation to homesteads, was tilcl yes tcrday morning. Messrs. Sloan and M nller rep resented the plnintilf, and Mr. Monteith repre seated the defendants. The household furniture of (lie plaintiff h:t< Y>cc it levied on for rent, and even I lie bed sls< slept in taken from under her, upon the theory that such furniture was not exempt from levj nnd sale under the homestead laws, because slu was not the owner of real estate. His Honor Judge Mackcy charged as niattei of law that it was a great mistake to supposi that the ltend of a family could not claim i ho no: lead in personal property unless he ownei real estate, lie said that it was generally sup po?ed that the case of Duncan vs. Harnett wa so decided, but that an examination of that cas< would show the contrary. That case, he said merely decided that the head of a family cotih n.it evo'iiiii ii.'i-ieiillnrai nroducts from lew am sale as (lie annual products of liis homestead unless lie owned tin; land on which sucli ngrlcul Iucal products were raised. The trial of I he case resulted in :i verdict foi the plaintiff for 9700.?Columbia Ilcyistcr, Xo vember 'J'!. - ? lh'r.i.no'/.r.i) Nr.uuoes.?The Itnloi^li (N. ( Mechanic ami Farmer, of Friday last, says: ' I( would be worth a hundred thousand votes foi the Democratic party could each Northern Stan have a du7.cn representatives to walk our streetand visit the colored people's fair, to see the battalions of well armed troops (awfully bulldozed, they look to be !) to see the (lovernor, si Democrat and cx-Confcderato, riding in a fourhorse barouche, to open the proceedings ; to sec the street corners crowded with noisy and well dressed negroes, w ith glossy stove pipe hats and big gold watches, to see the creditable disj lay of farm, field and shop products, to see the swarms of excursionists from all parts of the Slate?in short, too seo what the Kadieal sheets style "the poor, down-trodden, robbed and intimidated negro'?a:-: we sec him in our midst." . ?. Let Him Ai.one.?The Sumter Wiitrhinan gets oflT the following at the expense of General U. It. Hemphill, of the Abbeville Mnliiim : General It. It. Hemphill, of the Abbeville Mrilium, is still raving about the "up country and the low-country Democracy," "Radical debt," "Straightoutisni," "purity in politics," "the people," &c., and so nc of our exchanges hre coming down pretty heavily on General Robert R. Now we think our brethren of the quill should indulge the General a great deal. He does not wish to he misunderstood. He stands now "fairly and squarely" on the Democratic "platform," and lie is right to let it tie known, far and wide. Hands olf, gentlemen ; General Robert R. is making a noise within the Democratic ranks, so that ho inay cosily prove :m i'IiK: sltoiil 1 he ever ho charged with having been in any other ranks. The Fc.voe Law.?We heard a great deal said by our farmers on this subject lately, and we have no dmht, as the Legislature is about to meet, that the discussion will tie renewed. It is maintained by many that the cost of fences is very great, and thai the enclosing of stock instead of crops will ho a great saving both to capitalists and laborer Without advancing any opinion ourselves upon the merits or demerits of the proposed law, we believe the Legislature made a botch of it at the last session. To give some townships the right to pass the law where a neighboring town: hip does not, does great harm in necessitating the building of township iciitva air i ?;no. mi' uiw unjoin iu ??i" general one way or die oilier. The last act w is a compromise, a botch, ainl, Ilioro'.'orc, an injury. ? OrdnjcKtirj Tune.*. - - . M vunnt'.s Di.v ii.Mii.M-.?On Ibiiulav last n roach lunl been cli ilereii on i!io f!. .V A. Kailroad, by an invalid lady, who de-ire I lo reach her Innue in South Carolina on I hat day, ami a negro boy named Henry Nowlan I, who recently came from Abbeville, boar lc I the train, without ticket or money, ami was put oil at I'lat Hock. On Monilay following. Newlund, with an accoiuplice, (i.i-toii llrown, younger than himself, were delected in the act of driving spikes between the ends of rails, on the trestle, a short distance from I'lat Hock. They had also removed b dls from the rails. They ran when they were discovered, hiu were afterwards arrestcil hy Marshal 11 King worth ami brought hefor.i lis..uire I'att.ni, who conniiiitcd them lo jail in the default of!?l,'M'D bail. ? //?;/ / r*?nnUe Courier. e> r.<n.i:o\i> Ai . nu.vr. ? Another accident occurred on the lircenviilo and Columbia llaiiroud yestcrd iy, near l happeil's Depot, sixty-four miles above I'oltir.ibia. about noon. The engim . tender and two stock ears were thrown from the track. The engine crossed a trestle forty feel lung on the ties and stringers, while the two stock c irs crusse I on the stringers. Kngiuecr Holland was thrown from his engine, but was only slighly hurt about the head an 1 knee. The fireman leaped from the engine and was unhurt. The train ran some distance after leaving the track before it was checke I. The cause of the ncci lent was a defective rail. ? Cut. K"ji"t- r. - Mr. I'tstmi's Ft statu..?A large number of persons assembled yesterday afternoon to pay the las! < lloc- of respect to the remains of Mr. I). I leal he ile i t iicr. I lie funeral took place at Trinity Church, but rjuilo n large manlier ut relatives ami frien-ls fillnweil the hearse from the residence (< ihc church. '1 he Coventors ij.iirls were out in force in lull uniform ami porforniC'.l (lie military ceremonies cuslminiry on llje decease of a comrade. This being ine fir.it death which has occttrre 1 among the members of ibis comjiariy sinct the war. tlie* circumm.nec a I li-i jiccui.w si.leimiity to their lcolihgs ou the occa ioii.?('?/. /{- /i.'-r. Ttii: I)i vrn or Mns. I>n i:i \s. ? l.on<!on, Nov< saber 1i'i. I Im- (iti'fi? announces thai (lie wi 1ow of Charles liickcns died at tier residence in (iinueater Crescent, Kegcni's I'ark, l.muion, this iio.fiin ', after a lingering ilim - of eighteen months. w jj ?nioit : I'l'Vi ;T',KKS ' i^.5K5 SE. year'S X01f- f2oo 0 "> .. " ;; " 3.7.-, 1 j"K; ' ** i".i2 t A Liberal Proposition. - *" V, We make :ho following propositions for tub ' the year 1RR0: Tlic Union Timks nnd American Agricultn' ri?t, price $?> AC, for $3 00 r Any oM suhstibcr renewing nnd sending iih :i now name, the above papers to eucli, ' price $7 00, for 6 00 t Take Particular Notice. > We shall discontinue sending llieTim ks to nil subscribers in arrears on Ihc 1st tiny of Decern1 bcr next, irrespective ol parties. Cotton is, and has boon for sonic weeks, bringing agouti price, and by the 1st of December nbout all the crop belonging to those not utile to hold under the hope of better prices next spring, will have been sold, and if the small sums due us arc not paid then, we shall have poor encouragement to g've further indulgence; an I it is self evident that those who are able to bold their cotton must surely be able to raise two dollars to pay the printer. ' K'-,X? A tire in New York last Tuesday burned 'JUO horses. Their cries were terrible. Mr. Win. filler lias just received a lot of splendid Apple lluttcr, Jellies, and canned goods.? sells cheap, nnd whit ho sells is good. C The Members at their Post. I All the members of the Legislature from this f County went down ou the train on Monday ' morning, to be promptly in their scats at the opening of the session. 9 Charlotte Booming. I A gentleman who stopped at Charlotte two ? days Inst week says the merchants of that city , are n juicing over doing a larger business than ' they have done for some years. . ? . ? Tho GovornorV Message, i' We are not utile to give our readers the message this week, but it will appear in our next. I It is a very able and practical documcut, cm bracing all the financial, agricultural and in4 dustriul interests of the State, and is well worth * reading. . 0. I Death of John Gregory. On tliursiluy last, Mr. .lolui Oregory, a man . well known in this t.'ounly, died at tins residence of liia daughter, Mrs. Samuel llarlan, l'roui pneumonia. lie was a man of unfortunate habits, but honorable and harmless in his intercourse with his fellow men. lie had received a lino cduoa) lion, but, like many others, his gonial social 1 qualities and generous impulses were prostrated hy irregular habits, and ulniosl his last words , were: ".My life has been a failure." "Plain Facta'' Our correspondent over (lie above signature bits the nail square on the bead this week, lie tells ilie Merchants and Factors of Charleston sonic wholesome truths to which they must give heed if they expect to recover the Cotton business they have lost. From "Fair l'lay's" standpoint he can see and hear more of the causes of complaint against the Charleston market than is ever told to the merchants and Factors of that city. Incendiary Fire. Wo regret to learn that Mr. J. 'I'. Duncan, living near Kosehorough, in Laurens County, just over the Union line,dost his corn crib, with six hundred bushels of corn, hy lire, on Monday night last. It was the act of an incendiary, and we sincerely hope the scoundrel will be caught and made to "stretch hemp." These tires arc again becoming frequent and when the perpetrators are caught no jury should "recommend them to the mercy of the Court." To Shippers by ExpressWeare requested to notify all persons shiptnug packages to cities by express, that cadi package must have the street and number of the house under the name of the persons to whom it is Si'lll. Tlic limo in now at hau<l when a large number of packages will be sent to private individuals, by Kx press?some of llictn containing perishable articles?and unless the packages are a 1dressod so that the Agents will know exactly where to seinl them they will very likely remain in the ollice until spoiled. Those seuding articles by servants, or other parties, should be particularly careful, as there is then no chance . f collecting the matter at this ollice. . O . Iho Lato Snow Storm. The snow-storm of the llhli, seems to have been one with peculiarly Southern proclivities | and "local attachments." In this State it coinI pletely ignored the Northern and North-western section of it. We learn that it did not visit Spartanburg, lireonville, Walhalla, and oilier places lying North of this latitude, while from a few miles above this point down to Charleston it was the earliest niid heaviest snow storm known f>r years. At Alston, we are tohl.it fell from three to live inches deep and the depth gradually grew less uuiil about live miles above here \\here it stopped, disappointing the boys ta .leiicsville of enjoying the fun of a sleigh rile and a snowballing If (lie Clerk of the weather takes many more such freaks the whole country will be looking to Charlesion and Key West for its supply of ice. Next Monday. | The large amount of valuable property udverI tiso I for sale next Monday,?salcsday ? by the ! Clerk, the Sheriff, lixceutors and others, will no : d ?ut>t attract an unusually large number of cit ; iicim, from al 1 parts of I lie Cm.lily, to town, ami wc hope !liorc who are ii? 1 c<I to us will avail themselves of ilio opportunity to make settlements, cither in person or l>y sending the money l>y neighbors. We shall rrgiel discmitmning the Timis I so many .subseribei s as we liml in arrears upon our hooks, hut our necessities will compel us to ilo so, if those arrearages are not paid before our I next issue. Allh nigh most of the cotton in I lie I County has been sold at high prices, ami the ! n:??* w.ather during the Fall has inercied the crop to far more thin c\prcte?l, the past t..o months have been the most discouraging to us, financially, of a'l the year. There appears to he no disposition to pay us, therefore we have no encouragement to ghc further indulgence.? : Wc shall make no distinction?the licit and tho poor will fall under the same stroke. We find ovci I'l' i hmt h '>l names on our list in arrears, i and they are a heavy load to etrry. i i r~ 1 L ^ lenience of / viCourl, pasecd * >'. nn0*? Oiat ',e m ^ I ' ?S for th? criuic of i.tw?H",r" FriU?y j J[ * ,? ,A8t' esecu" - J? 'sc Thomas ??'i. , ? ?nc* <* th# ProP* ^:'rTck?? ""I Ijv [!.? >-" U^^?r th?,ropo was fastened about bis neck. We wJJHwlte^ if Jto bad anything to say. His only reply was to ask* if tbcro was a minister of the Gosfccl present. Rev. U. I). Smart, I'astor of^l^B My E. Cburclt, (wliile) who bad been very attentive and kind to bini during all bis imprisonment,bad left bim v....j ......vii nuii- ucivru, unu winnvi present wiien asked for by the doomed boy. Holme* was then placed under the scaffold wlicu the prVp knocked away, his body swung convulsively dor a few see v and his spirit entered eternity. The deed committed t?y Holmes, in our opinion, is one of the most heinous and unpardonable of all in the catalogue of crimes, n?d while his age?about 15 years?has been urged by many in extenuation, the circutnstnifcos under which lie committed the terrible ollctsc was most revolting and brutal and displayed in hiui a debased an I inhuman heart. One peculiarly unnatural fcatnrc^n Holmes' trial, confinement and execution, is (he fact that neither his \iother, Father or Sister over visited him, althoiigh they live in town ?nd he had scut for his Mot lft>r*rtvo or throe Thiher/n i?.?ulr> an.l - ?;-*Kr " sue liiin. . We purposely refrained from gij^ng unusual prominence to the occurrence in our columns, preferring not to cucour.ige the morbid appetite of tlie people, usually so gross upon such ucca sions?particularly with the colored class. The salutary efTecls of private executions upon a community was most apparent. There was no excitement and we could not discover that the melancholy occurrence had attracted any unusual number of persons to the town. ? Treatment of Convict Laborors. The able and reliable Reporter of the Charleston A 'fir* aii'l Courier lias been interrogating the convicts whoa few weeks ago^verc returned to the l'enitentiary from the Greenwood nnd Augusta Railroad, and if one-half of what they told him l>c true it is a disgrace to the State not less than to the parties who had clmrgft of the convicts. It is true that tho stateinenUL&f partics living along tho road'sdnfewh es tho horriblo statements made by the convicts, but there appears to he so many corroborating circumstances in faver of some of the stories told by the latter that tve are led to coincide with Mr. Williams the reporter, in the following : "1 have been given several pieces of information intended to prove that tiikokhckhs or tiik pksitkntiauy, failed to do their duty properly in visiting the convicts, Ac. All of these 1 have omitted, for the reason that their neglect or lion-neglect of their duty lias, so far as 1 can sec, nothing whatever to do with the management of the convicts here, by those in charge of tlioin. Figures and facts, and the unavoidable deductions therefrom constitute the entire scope and inteuliuu of this report. IN COXt'l.t'SION [ would say that (he convicts now at work with one voice state (hut there lias been a vast im provciucnl in their condition during the last inontli or more. They have apparently nothing now to complain of, the quarters being comfortable and not crowded, the food abundant and nutritious, and their general treatment humane. The difference in the death rate shows that there has been a vast change for the better. There is one question which has suggested itself to me throughout, and to which S have not yet any satisfactory answer, w.'irrr trer? the Coroner and Trial ./n.tflrr.t of I'ldgetichl all this time, and why did they net lake steps to investigage a few of the sudden and (within the meaning of the law) violent deaths about the road and stockades? If there was ill treatment would not that have speedily stopped it? It certainly-looks as though they have been exceedingly derelict in their duty. * * I The Legislature. This body convened last Tuesday, and from I he proceedings of the first day we must believe I that the members arc determined to make the session a short and busy one. Our own members have set a good example in lltat way, as the following extracts front the procodings will show . I1oc.sk or Kkimikskstativks. Mr. 11. II. llicc?Hills to amend an act enti. tied "An act to punish persons for the removal or secreting of personal property levied on by the Sheritf or other officers ' to provide for a graded school in I'liiou County. Hill, by Mr. McKissick, to amend an act to regulate the costs of plaint ill's' and defendants' attorneys and costs and fees of Clerks of Courts, &c. Among the now members appointed to fill vacancies on committees we seo that Mr. 15. IIllicc is placed on the committee on the l.miatic j Asylum and tiic committee on the Penitentiary. The unfinished business of the past session was put in propel* course for early completion. Conn Worn*. ? l?r. L. S. Douglass has shown a! ihis otlice n piece of genuine cork uoo?l, grown in the neighborhood of IHackstock, the first specimen we have heard of in this county. -{'Iiishr Ui-pnrhr. Col. .!. II. Kion, of Wi.msboro, lias I lie cork tree growing finely on his premises. When at our last four; lie told us that he at first had ; four trees but gave one or two to some friends and he thought they were all flourishing, ily re?|iicst he sent a specimen of tlie hark?which, we believe is (he part of which the ordinary corks are made?to the Agricultural Department at Washington, where it became quite a curiosity. What cannot the Southern States produce, i if the proper enterprise ami energy was perais1 lenity unl intelligently applied? . . ? Death of Mr- and Mrs Ueorgo Harlan. It is not often that death calls in such rapid succession for two who have lived together up? n earth so maii^ years as lias the venerable couple wl,,..,n .......... I..... I .i.s- - .= ...IV.V ntlliivvi 1IV.CI lll*> 111)1 I ur. These age1 i.pie had Id-en lying siek in l!.e siuiio house for some lime, until lust Saturday, when death relieve I Mrs. Harlan of all earthly -tillering; and on Tues lay following, the spirit ot' her husband xvas called to meet his devoted earthly companion in eternity. Mr. Uurlan was about T-"> years old, and Mrs. Harlan nhout f-0. . ?>. IMm:i <-r lli:v. Ilrnw, Ai.t.t .v 1). I).?Cincinnati, November lb.? llev. I>r. Ktltan Allen died ! at Newport, Ky., yesterday, aged 84. lie was | one of the oldest bpiscpal ministers ill the 1 *nij led States. in *' 1 lie American ISaptist Missionary I'nien Ins I jju-l ^ ?*iit fifteen mi sionnri'3 to In lia to :? - - i~t ' in the ?oiiversr.tioii of the u nices to Chi ".-ti- . unity. ' For Dm Times. Will Farmers Spin Tholr Own Cotton. The reluctance with which fanners give up old opiuions and persistently travel in the old ruts has been embalmed in the old story of the boy who would carry the pumpkin in one end of his sack and the rock in the ' t^Jier bocause his duddy had done so before him. ^yubtless many of the old women of Union Coutfly will remcmbcibhaVing seen in their youth a little machine whetjgp the cotjon Svas put, in the seed, and canioout on spools as thread at the other end. It was turned by hand and accomplished very good. work. And no <Joubt many a oneJuui wondered why the machine went out of us^H was not improved upon. [ The answer might he, the gonitis of our people lay not in the way of invention. We are slow, very slow, to take up new ideas or to get out of old ruts. Maro than twenty yeHrs ago a Mr. llenry of Mobile, a merchant, wo beliovn, invented sonic vcry*Vnuple machine by which cotton in the seed could be concerted into thread I nnl .......It ut-SII I.. Ilo v..v..,,v , ....V. UVV.V<|UIIIIIK "'""I on... ... ?.o management. It was tested by some of the h^l planters in Mississippi, and pronounced ft success But from some cause (lie machine failed1 lo become popular and was soon slowed away in the great lumber room of Southern inventions. Since the war a new candidate for popular favor, under the name of the "Clement Attachment," has loomed up, but whether it is Mr. Henry's machine or a new idea we are not informed.? It seems, however, to have taken a firmer hold upon the popular mind and to be in a fair way of revolutionising public opinion. The little milKattiyefliniDStcr, Oconee County, S. C., has by its execlleut%ianagement and its good yarn, attracted attention iroui abroad. A committee of practical gentlemen have been sent from Atlanta to examine and report upon the enterprise, 'and this means business. You may rest assured whenever the Atlanta people take hold of anything there is something more than talk meant. The Mditor of the Spartanburg Ihruhl has also beeu tempted to go over nud- took at the Westminster experiment, and has been convinced of the practicability of manufacturing our cotton on t lie farm. Mr. Win. Gregg, of Grauitcillc memory, always maintained that it was the policy of the | South to manufacture yarn, lie said that llie South should not only supply Northern but Kuropcau manufacturers with yarn, If four or five farmers can combine and put up a factory by which their seed cotton can be converted into yarn nt a profit, it is certainly a progressive step. The mere saving iu bagging, lies, transportation, to'say nothing of the stealing and risk -of fire, is worth noting. tScvernl of the Clement Attachments arc now in successful operation in this State, North Carolina ami Mississippi. In Union County there arc any number of water-falls adapted to running machinery? ihe raw material at haul and the laborer waiting only to be called on. A little enterprise and public spirit is all that is lacking. KNTKUrillSK. . ?. ? For the Times. Why tho Cotton Don't go to Charleston. Mil. Kioto it:?That wide-awake, enterprising paper, the Charleston .Yrits ami Courier, has hccti industriously interviewing the leading merchants and factors engaged in the Cotton business, the wharf owners and Kailroad officials, us to the cause of a decline iu the cotton receipts in Charleston. It docs not seem to have occurred to any one that one of the most important* fitetArs in the problem had not been interviewed ? the planter or country merchant. These gentlemen complain that they have been driven to sell to Agents of Northern houses, near home, or to^ship their cotton by the Air Line, not only account of facilities and economy, but because iiLCharle >11 they tin I they are tlccccd, iu going mrougli.iho hands of the Factor* K'j ov j v.>tni V4i^ii aiiuu a* |iaiciiin^r. ill" surutiee, druyagc, storage, excessive .sampling and commissions. Tlie bill of particulars found attached to a sale of four or five biles of cotton which runs tho gantlet of a Charleston Factor will deter any man fitout a like cxperimcut, and lie will feel inclined to sell his cotton us near home as possible. It is very plain, from the reports of the different parties interviewed, that reform is needed in Charleston as to wharfage, dray ago, pressing, rebate, &?. I have heard country merchants and planters declare that they would never submit to the charges made in Charleston. If Charleston wants to retain her trade or to get hack what she has lost, her merchants must make up their minds to be content with smaller profits. The fact is patent that while the farmer has grown poorer every year the cotton Factor lias grown richer. l'l.AIN FACTS. ? For the Times. A Heavy Fall on tho No-Stock-Lav/ Side. Mil. I. in to u : ? I have been a .Slock-Law advocate all the time, and am satisfied that when everybody gets fully ready for it, harmony will prevail; but I was not fully "confirmed" until Monday last, so I'll just tell you how it was : Von see, or know, Fin a great hand to stay at home, hut business called me across the County line into Cross Anchor township, Spartanburg County, and while quietly ri ling along?close to the County line fence?not thinking of dead cattle or hogs- not being accustomed to such things on the highway about home ? mind you, I say nothing about tho dry pastures--ivhcn suddenly I spied a dead h<>g on the roa I si Ic, a solitary buzzard holding ; i* impiest over liim The buzzard "rising to explain," my marc changed direction without notice, dropping me head foremost in the road, soiling my new clothes, and giving me a considerable .jolt. I was alone, you see, had nobody to talk to, had nothing to do but to think, brush the dirt oil', remount and goon my way r'./'oWm/ i?) 1 was li! c ! he "lit tie boy'' in the fable: "Sorry and glad hat h. Sorry 1 had got such i fall, but glad it was me, instead of a lady. Sorry I was outside el' $' ck I.me, ami glad of the prospect of soon getting into Stock I.aw territory again. ' Sol only had to watch for dead stock and buzzards until 1 crossed luiorcr into I,aureus County, where I iiguiii uiHivr>w? #<'//( aim icii safe ?in.iking iny way home quietly williout further dillicnltv. Now, you needn't go ami loll this lo them Spartanburg IMitors, localise I hey have no stuck law in Spartanburg, ami might lain!. I \\ i-. takitijj s'nUs in their approaching eoiitct < n (lie question of Fence or 110 Fence. Hut I'm "e.>m ' firmed," any how. (j. . s. Now is the time to pick out a mcr Chri'liens i or New Year's present for your wife or daughter, and what Weill 1 In; prettier, in >re serviceable or more highly appro--' ii< 1 than one of Mrs. limit s Loutiifiil hats. Ho au-l si.-r v. hat a splendid stock she hn? g !. * ????????? Kur tin- TiirW^W ? THe Graded ^School System Wanted. Mr. Euitou :?It id gratifying to learn that' an earnest effort will be made by our Members of the Legislature to place old Union on some tiling like a footing of equality with other communities, as regards educational privileges. licyond question our good town can show ns many children as any other place of its size, in or out of Hie Union, and her lads and lasses can't'be beaiqg by anybody else's,. cither.? Thett,%tl them have wfair chance?donU lot t'lem be "forced to grow up iu ignorance or go elsewhere t6 school. Such a course will show a great want of economy, to say nothing of (lie higher motives of natural affection atid the pubTUej^e arejiver two hundred children Tputliut'of two miles from her Court ^^i^vvho could and should be taught iu her schools?and would be, cruld we have such a system, as Ute'wnuts of these coming men and women need and the liii'liest interests of the community demand?a system that would render the teachers less dependent upon the pa'routine of individuals and at the same linu?- bring llietn under the influence of a public opinion controled, as it would be with us, by men and women of culture and refinement, in till classes of the community. And a bar and a pulpit nf fording bright examples of what superior eduction united to moral worth cin do in elevating the men above the range of tho jjierely casehunting pettifogger and the pifithl role of being the mere rilntiug mouthpiece of sectarian bigotry. * Now, is not the time fully come wli^, every consideration of public and* private gttad conspires to demand a nc>v departure? No reflection whatever is intend :d upon the teachers now in charge of the schools. They are.doubtless well qualified. Dut the standard should be raised. The (leaded School, with Teachers having suflicieut and stated salaries, and pupils so classed as to cuable them to receive A^lpurron jfiui insldfctlon ill tlr^most effectual manner, should take their places. Hut, above all, let the now departure not become a cause of strife aiid-c*aU*nlion, hut let a spirit of mutual respect and cofTciliationr uuitc ns >-:ore firmly than ever in seeking a common [ {jrtoil. I here certainly is no occasion Tor a display of dogmatism of I lie Dogberry order. PKO 150N0 PUBLICO. . o l*or the Times. West Springs Items. Several eases of measles are reported in our community. Our stubborn man has at last found a peer in a person too stingy to have good health. A sermon was preached in otic of our neiglii boring churches a few tsibbaths ago from the text, "lie sure your sins will find you out.''? Tito next week one of the members of that church hal a lightuiug-rod put up. Tiic members of the West Springs Sewing So ciety deserve all the credit that can lie ascribed j them for the success they attained in the manI agcmcnl of the il t-Suppcr on the night of the i 21st. The tables groaned beneath such a bur den of delicious delicacies that the gastronomic proclivities of the daintiest epicurean might have been fully saiiat d. After supper, when the "inner man" had been fully refreshed, the grab-bag was opened, which added no little to the enjoyment of the party, 'i lie net proceeds, amount in , to !?o0.00 were not large, but satisfactory, considering the weather and the short notice given to the public. Upon the whole tv# mti>t pronounce it a success. Winter lias come at last, and with icy fingers i has ruthlessly stripped both sprig and tree uf their beautiful summer robes. The leaves, ; browned and seared, scattered here and there ; by the chilled November winds, liavc lost their ! recent beauty and freshness : an 1 they tell to us, j with a silent, sober speech, a solemn talc. The dismantled trees, admitting lite rough winter j blast among their nude braches, speak of a cold I sad and disolhto day in the life ofhis^yftf*Tfh,' the winter frost that robs the leaves of their gladness is jiot less cold than the ingratiI . . . . . .. ' I (inu in mi; worn, ami mil* cuuiy wind that 1 bares the trees is net less rude than the storms j 01'1 age sometimes f reed to bullet. For t tie Times. Mi:. Kt?:roll: ? I. as n-.i il, will t e at dear ulil j l-'isli ham on the lt!i .Sunday in December. A I fence of some sort is ?;fcatly needed around t he i ".sleeping places'' of revered friends who await j the resurrect ion I rum p in t hat ohl ami u eii known grave yard. We will try to see what those .titcrcsted .will give to place a substantial ami sightly fence of wood. stone, or iron, aroitml il. 1 may he able to spend a few days in. the ol>l ; neighborhood then, and ask the cooperation ami advice an I sympathy of all concerned to altuml, or send their representatives, ami let us "have a mind to work." it is late to do it, but not too j lot\ Lleccmlur 'JXtli is the day for preaching, ; and I expect to l>u there, rain or shine ! I hope to meet many?white and colored.? Don't forget the object of this special service, my friends of the yootl obii/././.t in the Fish Dam, Fork, lireetilnicr and fSantuu Country*. .1. \V. IvKLLV. o "flux*. McCiowax's Faik."?In the Yorkville correspondence of the Columbia llcjistcr we find the following amusing reference to the closing scene at our last Court, when Judge I'ressley with wonderful modesty refused to allow the Abbeville liar to compliment him by their spokesnian ; lien. Mctiownn. Speaking of the close of Court in York, where Judge Wallace presided, the correspondent says : "At the close id' the term one of the members of the bur pleasantly remarked, "thatj warned by (leu. .Mctiowan's late, the lips of tbis bar I were sealed," which caused a merry laugh from both the bench and bar." O ' Postal. Dors.?The following comntcieiul papers, &c., by recent rulings of the Post (tllice Department, are admitted into the mails as j fourth-class matter, that is, at one cent per j ounce in nnf-alml envelopes : Printed papers of legal procedure filled out ! in writing, deeds, way bills or bills of lading, j bills, invoices, bank u dices ami the various documents of insurance companies. Anything added to the above in the nature of j personal c:rn sp iirlence subjects it Io /< //<r pus | lage. Hills which ?re receipted, or have any ( ' credits on them whieii gives tliein a money value, and statements of account, arc also subject | to Itllr.r rates. .?. P.".ini.ivc vtir. (1 a,mist,i:t'.s to Aivmiat.- \ leading firm in this city baa entered suit tor .>7'J,O00 against the proprietors of the I w > planeij a! ginib'ing sa'o .ii<, the amount s :c I for, i r a portion of it, being al'cg d to have b en lost I at various time - by young m u in whom the prosecutors are interested. The action i-. brought under the law which provides that money won at gambling shall, upon proof, be restored fourj fold.?Sows awl Courur. ? i i iu?ri.< is <11 \ i.i.vni i litis. -.*-':ui I'miK'isco, November I. ? Nous 11 v I lie sioainer Xt'clurn \ i IV.iin Mii/.iill:iii iutlioaUv- mi ini|te'ii!iii^ revolution | I in Mexico. <ion..Je.?us lli.inir./, In< ( ; <.ii'iiiiiie.I i nil I some iiS" liis f ?rc ? have c > 111 ct? I ai I'.'-ann i ('oiu"ir?li:? Cnpn'.n, sixty miles JVnm Ms/allan.? | Aiiul Ikt-'.ialI force has pronounce I ai i 'asnla i in lliu Stale of' Sinalou. Tlie insnrjrenfs have! nlxi) pronounce! nl I.opaz. wheronl >ui ont linn* ; ilivl ami fifty men took j <> a^-ion of the tov.n, ' seizeil on aii iliearms which wore ncecssiltlc hii ! J le!i for the iircrior. ? Sm\i.i. T?r.\\ii ?. ? A ini11:i111l'o (.ivniela struck i . ? > . i ai c;- i.iih'm lUMiVr l iri'l'll* villi?, "Ti ilic U'lli iti't., with 'ii n.-irnti.-i r< -'ills. 11 ^tfiji-U tin' 11 \v I.i ii'li 1. >I'll rrrclr I :111 i i ? rip'l i a .v.iy "lie Motion ol' I iii> r ml' .-ni l ll,i* gaMc cml of lie l>tiil<liti?. I lip family t ani iyi- iviii ?i??- j in .!i-I.i .1 licynii'l : v; ill'. 'I li" '1 il'nl liir'jjv w.p; ! hiicuImI ihjr.iv I. Snip of llip Ihi.i >|i.rl< j ivi'pp Ii ii i*l. I ii'ji'o |iii"- :i i I oi!<h unv r.,i-|i. I j oir lour mill fikc le t ii u ii:;: ."101111! L^XZkjji Speculations. The^ffelligent Columbia correspondent of j the Charleston Sacs ami Covrier thus speculates 3 upon some important matters that will be acted on during the present session of the Legislature : Columbia, November *J4.?9 1*. M.?Luter trains have brought many members of tlto Cened"al Assembly, and tlrerc is now a fair prospect of a quorum in both houses to-inorrow. The representatives from thc<,uppcr portion ot the fcttatc arc nearly all here, but I have seen none of the Charleston delegation as yet. The general sentiment appears to be overwhelmingly in favor of adjournment by tluyldd of December, although a few seont dispodWSo deprecate what they style a hastening of C'e^uhlic business. There is .ittle or no excitement over the elcc-^ nf -IlKlil l R of tlio SlLlll'tMlin Tl.? .-A F probabilities) uro now that Mclvcr will be quietly elcvatetl to the Chief Justiceship without 4 trouble. Who will succeed him as Associate is a question to which no answer can l?e givcti now with any assurance of being even probably correct. , A There is a vague intimation that the plioephnte ^ question will be brought up again, but'*n what form or by whom is us yet uuknowu. Tlio pro<Labilities of a fight over the convict farming are becoming stronger. The subject will certaiuly be biought up. It is probable that nil attempt will be made, during the present session, to change the existing laws regarding the collection of taxes and * reyoli^iqui/.e the present system entirely. \Vhnt> siiccysEiP^tejpcet it is impossible as yet to tell, One of^WKhngcs proposed is the abolishment, of the ollicCr;? county nuditqp find devolving tint v duties on the treasurer, which will decc^si'tnto? au amendment of the Constitution. A. 11. W.4fc^^ $10,000 I'tiiR.?\\ ilihington, N. C., November ? 'v uirgc lire ocvurveu ncre cariy iiusn mi- MM ing, which TcslWjSitl Uulville & Co's. stci.m saw?^^81 mill, A1 toller & Price's susli nuct Mrnfl fucj^fy,o, i large lot of timber, b'J5 casks of spirit turpe*tine, nbout oOO barrels of rosin belonging to Alex. Sprunl & Son, besides a front of ? ii;u i 111; hiss ''KRU'g'i'i's nearly ^-iU.UUU; insurance about ?20,000. Alex. Spruut & Son only were fully insured. fun Homkktkai),?We hope that some member of tho Legislature \\ill introduce* nn amendment to the Constitution, to bc*prescnled to th^^t voters at the next election, which will secure th^^B homestead exemption in personal property, to^^ those who own no land. We believo it is true that the Supreiuo Court has not yet decided tho question, hut there seems to he little doubt in' the minds of the lawyers that when the question is presented, the court will decide adversely tothe interests of those who own no land.?.16licci/le J'rest and Manner. List of Letters Remaining in the Post Oflicc at Union, S. for the week ending Nov. l'Jtli, 1879. Fowler, \V i.; Moore, Lark in J.; Su^cp, I). R; i Saycr, Dan and Tom. J AS. II. GOSS, 1*. M. . **-? Consignees per Express at Union, S. C., NoV. 26th, 1879. lion. W. H. Wallace, C. P. llrown & Oo?, A. ^ Irwin, Gibbes & Co, li M Griinball, 1) P Duncan, C C Whiteside*, N W Taylor, Gibbts it Co, W 8 Gregory, Thus Comer, S M Wood, CT Scaife Mat Lison, Mrs. It W Slinud. F. II. COUNTS, AgH. Tho Markets. . U.vtos, Nov. '27.?Our market the past week lias been quite brisk, with prices ruling a shade higher. The following are the prices paid the past 0 days: 7 rriuuy, ->ov. IV.j (rtJUJe' ^ . Saturday, Nov. 122 1 OA (W)ll5 ? Monday " 'J I lot (;?>''l> .a Tuesday. " ti-~? 10A (" 1' ii Wednesday, " 2'> 10A ^ Il j "* Tluirday, " ?noon -.11 Sales foi* ilie week )*?'.) bales. r M,.i AM- -1.wiKawMiiliccng-u.ii. rj g ,; low liiiiKlliliK 111..: 1 <.niTTr.;.. ,i? ! ' New Xiick, November .!" ?<"i'Hou I ; sales (iii'J? ^ 111i ! 11ii: uplands i_':t,: middling Orleans t-' v-, Futures I i-IommI liarely straily ;>a! - li.-.iMin; N?vi iiilwi'l'2.!!riul'J.38^ I) mil r l.'.aTa ; Jaiut.i \ I J. I 'mI J "in. Xovi oilier < uiiun <|itiot ami steady ; liiiiMling ii|>liiiiils li ; in i.lilii nv; iirl,aii> fi".,; sales 7,000. r Future,i ? iii'i| eliea|i r, lull tin- ilii luu' lias since lieeli J particularly r cuveriil ; ii|i|ainl-, low. ' Wiiat is tiik Math it ?Why so pa'e, so Inn- . guid ? Arc yon sick ? Kvidcntly, your liver* is not doing its it(9^-. Yon cannot live in coin- ? , fuit or jieaee nilVfl you are relieved. Go to the i nearest drug store and liny a bo^of d)r. Gildor's l.ivcr I'ills. A lew doses will restore you to perfect heath, and gi.e a rosy tint to your cheek. Oct 124 . .;ld Ifm .\o( ice 'i'n TropastKcrs ! Vl.f. persons hereafter found riding or walk" . ing, hiintiii^ birds or any other game upon my premises, will he prosecuted to the extremity of the law tnnde and provided for such Irespass. T. M. \Y 11 IT KSI DM. Nov. 28 48 4t Administrator's Notice. ^VplTlt'll is hereby given that I will, on the a i "ith day of January, 18^(1, apply lo' Hon. !>. Jchnson, Jr.. I'rohatc Judge of Union County, for a final discharge as Administrator of the Kstnte of .Mrs. Ilosa 1-'. Turner, deceased. JAS. T. IXH (il.ASS, Administrator. Nov. 128 48 4t DISSOLUTION. rnm: I.aw partnership heretofore existing ttn-JL 'let' the lirm name of Townscnd & iStokes is | this day di-colved l?y iniitnal consent. Tliis dissolution docs not tilled unfinished T5itsi ines. Union. S (' \'?u <>? i^to I). A. TOWNSKNI), S. S. STOKK3. Nov *JS 18 2t Improved Cotton Seed. | I IIAVK silmiil lnii bushels i.f tlie I.oui.sina* | 1 Cluster Cotton Senl which I will sell at rea; soaable price. The Cotton from this.sceil brought | <|tiarler of a cent more lliari any cotton otVcre<i at ' I'nion last week. A supply wi'l lie foiiml at \V'I', (iraliani's Grocery store at I'nioii ('. II. J. I). Ul>AIIAM. Nov 21 17 21* FRESH SUPPLIES. DKKSS coods, KKNTCCKY .1 KAXS, HOOTS AND SHOES'. J r LO IV I'lt/CES. uin: & M. i.i vk. Tlio State of South Carolina. I corxvv or rxiox. I Iii the Court of Probate. r.Y UAVIO JOHNSON, .11!.. 1'm|., Judge of Probate for Vnioii County, il ldlliAS, r?. II. Uico,. lias mndo T T miii i>> nil- to grant liim liners el ielinu|^^ i-tratinn of i lie estate and cllcels of M SAiJIiY MY VI5S, deceased. ^ 'i he c :ii .., therefore, te eile and admoni-1) all / tliel -iuyulnr ill'' kindred and creditors od^/io s 11 * I MKS. SAi:;{\ M\KISS, |||X,d. ilinl llicy l.e and a|i|'i .r '.CeiH1 me, in il.e i ..ert el' I'riihnte, In l.e hold at t'l.ion Coin t House, on the Hth d ly of Ucoendice, IS7'.', next alter publication lierei.f, al 11 o'clock in the forenoon, in shew enn-e, it any they have, why iho said AdinioD* ti .lion should iioi he granted. i.iven under my hand, this 'JOili day of N?* vi .id i r, An.i i lb.mini I v7'.'. I?A \ .I11 UN SON. .1 letge of probate. Nov. '.I 17 "l