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The Stato Orange. M tsrru's OrncE. ?t.vtk Gu*s?k, 1 ciiari'kll's, Nkwdkuuv Co., Jan. 6, 1880./ 15y resolution anil request of the executive committee of tlie Stale <jrange of South Carolina, approved aud endorsed at tltis otlicc, tlie next annual meeting of tite Stale Grange of South Carolina will he held in Charleston, instead of Columbia, on tfecsday, the-id of February, ISrO. j This meeting will be one of the most important j ever helJ i.t this State. Questions and matters | of*\nst interest and vital impottauco to the! (truer, to agriculturists anu to tlio whole conn- | trv, Will 'bet con.si dered, acted upon and deter- j mined. It is most desirable nad I most earnestly urge that'Cv'eiy representative entitled to a voice and vote be present. Lot every Grange be represented and by all mentis every county. If there is no l'uutoiia or live" tirnngc, then revive a "doriunui*' one and let it send representatives.? I'csides, I invite, request and most earnestly urge every "master, past master and their wives, if of the degree of matron," to attend without regard to whether their < J ranges are "dormant" or not, ( 'whether they indivtlually are "clear upon the hooks" an I in possession of the tin- i written work. I assure tlier.i arrangement will he made for all to participate iti nud hear all discussion, &c. Tlio Action of the National Orange, lately met iu session at Catiandaigun, N. V., on many questions and our own peculiar surroundings, make the consideration of many matters imperative upop us, as patrons, farmers and citizens. 1 Matters of business and trade are to be considered, determined and arranged that will be beneficial, linnnciany, 10 any Patron or tnrmvr q-arrangements that will, if successful, remove entirely tlie ditlieultics of l'ntrons desiring pccuuiitry benciits through the CI ranges. Let every Patron come who can and who feels any interest in hia wife and children, his business, his dtuteiaud country, and he will l>c amply repaid by benefits received anil iluty done. The best a*rinn"Ctreut will be made with railroads and liotoliT J as. X. J.irscoMB, M. S. G. Conuulssjiax O'Coxsnu's Exertions rou Uuk Relief or the Swindled Colored People. ?y\ Washington letter, of Thursday, to the Ital'tiniore .i/ar/'ic'w/i says; "Mr. O'Connor, of rfouth Cart/Una, to-day presented a petition signed by one thousand of the citizens of Newborn; praying for the passage of a bill introduced by him last l>ccetuber to return to the fi'Qodiaen of the South their savings deposited in the l'recdman's Savings ami Trust Company. Tltcbill is how in the custody of the way3 nod liiotnS com'afitlec, and will piobably receive some attention soon. Unless this is done, Mr. O'Coulior will, nk the first opportunity, offer a resolution. to.abolish the commissioners, of wlmin there J'* Tyu- * v-11 '"i-w u.... ?yt:?.v'fur iftlimfuts"latel^ nothing at al.. In the meantime, the unfortunate depositors arc unable to obtain any r.viief. u\s their loss was occasioned by the ae tioii of Congress, so by act of Congress, XI r. O'Cujiuor believes, redress should come. The bijl provides that the commissioners shall, with in thirly days after (lie passage of the net, file in t lie itfico of ilie secretary ut the treasury an inventory of the assets of the company, and that sixty days afterward the secretary shall sell the sar.se out at auction, and that out of the proceeds of such sale the bona file depositors arc tube paid. As these assets are not siitlicicnt to meet the liabilities of tbc company, the bill further provides that ?10,000,000, or so much thereof aft ijcopjfury, shall be appropriated for this purI ose. The only quibble to be made by tlie opponents ol4 the bill will be on the liability of the Oovernttient, but Mr O'Connor is confident that he has a good case."' . C lw.vr Last.?Walter 8. Lynch, who was niresicct in Atigusia m tlie instance of the Southern Express Company, and wlir lias been in custody ever since, was released by order of Judge Encad on Saturday . lasf. The Express Company it will be remetn bered'brought a suit in trover, as it is called, against Mr. Lynch, and claimed in it that on Moveipher 1S7S, he was entrusted as its messenger at Vcmnssrc, S. C., with a package of money 'valued at S'Jo,0<)0. and that instead ot delivering it to the coniicolkig messenger at Augusta he converted it to hWowti use. lie was arrested when the suit was brought, and uutler thc law required to give bond in double the value of the properly or topioducc it. lie failed til llrt'lilltl I" fl.iimiiin lii.,1 It ....... 1 ... I ~1 ... - - .....x., v...........0 ? ???, .v ?? *.-? i<jsi, una w!?s placed in jail, where he remained until tlie trial took .place in October. At the trial the jury foun J a,verdict in favor of the Express Company, whereupon the defendant moved for ft discharge, wiiich \Vit!j refused on the ground that the twenty dnvs fixed by the jury within which the properly-might he returned had not expired, and because the defendant had not accepted the verdict in the trover suit, which found that he had converted the package. After the twenty days expired lie again applied for his discharge autl agreed to accept the verdict against liirn as final; not to move for a new trial or to make any effort to set it aside. The Court then heard evidence <W? -tC. his flhilit v t ii j. witit, lU. iis accepted by liitn, and, after argunicul, passed the order discharging him, as before stated. The cake will be taken to the Supreme Court 011 appeal. o .Atrsr Point and Anna rot. is.?Congressman If. '.Vyatt Aiken, of the Third Congressional l>istidcf, informs the Columbia lleijixttr there will lit no vacancy in the Naval Academy at Annapolis mil Lit .lime, l.HS'J, provided the present cadet front tJtat district pa-sen his examination. A vapancy will occur in the West Point Academy in 1881, at which time John C. Whittakcr, the present representative of the third district, will graduate. 'Congressman Aiken will have the appointment to West Point, and states that he ?*?.? uiv.v4 tin va.iiiiiiiuwou some lime nCXi 311111incp. A Can nv I'irf. is CiiKSTKit.?Chester, January ?The confectionery store of II. C. Uothrock was discovered to be on tiro last night at about half j>ast 11 'o'clock ; and had it not been for the quirk work of the fire company, (lie principal pari of our town would soon have been in 1tamc4. The fire originated in the inside of the ffor*}, is supposed to have been caused by nils nni?ng the matches. The total loss is nboul i-1, "00, covered by insurance.?Wars anl Cctirirr, lM*i:init>k ami St'iniik.?Lyons, N. Y.. January ?A terrible homicide and suicide occurred here today. Miss Francis llovcy, a very highly respected young lady of this place, en- i tered the store of her fithcr. a hat and fur deal- ! rr, nnd in a tit of supposed insanity shot him, j the ball penetrating his left temple and produc- ) ing instant, death. Then reloading t!io pistol, . she went up stairs and shot herself in the same j place. Miss llovcy is slowly sinking, und there tire no hopes of Iter recovery. A lhlO.il IN PlIIXTIXfl l'AIT.l! 1'finllntr r.nnon - e ! ~c" >* sharing, the fate of oilier manufactured articles ui ilie present lime in experiencing a very decided lioom. A continuance of the rise in price which litis been going on for a few months pan trill seriously contract the profits of pub- j r.rlnirs, unless invention shall come to their rescue in the meantime with cheaper methods of production ami new fields for capital.?Hi. I,ouin Ulohc I>tmorruf. PAniskm;, inn lntsit Patriot.?New York, January 4.?A public rccopti >n was tendered Mr. Purncll. tke lri?di Agitator, at Madison Stinuro ftyirdep to-night by the Irish*American ! clf'i'/ens tif this city. Nearly eight thousand 1 person* w?re present, including many ladies ? jlcn. Tliiirlow Weed, Judges Giiderslecre n'ul A!ker, and many other prominent citi.ens, li -d Rents ou tl?e platform. Judge Gilderslcevc p;omdtvl. A Fatai,Pnii ur Pis vsti:b.?Cincinnati!, Jannary 7.? A Fnion < ity, Indiana, dispatch .says ili't tlu'u/idgo over a swollen stream gave ? y <>i? the < l??elsiid, Columbus, Cincinnati and In- j (liannpolin Kaiircad, nix miles ia*t of that plai n, ( |."CfSpifstintr flic or pine and eleven freight c rs into the stream. Three tucn were killed. ? - a ?ht WM& Htmon SKmcs. 4 U. MrSTOKES, Editor. i UNION, I'lM DAY, JAM'A III 10 !sV. , TEUM8 OF SUBSCklFiiOW. " 1 1 Oo|?t, oik- year, in aovanvk, #2.00 2 Come* oik; year." " ? ! 5 " ? ? 8.50 . 10 - - ? 15.00 ' -ADVEUTISINO. i Orio s^uareer ouo Inch, lirst insertion, - - - SUM. lCin'li .Milwi'ijuont insertion, ------- 75 1 l.ibvral discount made to ineiohniits and others advertising for xix months or i>y the year. Obituary Notieeaof ton linos or h-ss, inserted Tree. I " " over ton lilies,charged na AdvertIselucute. I A Liberal Proposition. 1 AVc make the following propositions for tlic i (lie year 1880: The Union Timks and American Ayricultu- ( rial, price $.1 GC, for ?3 00 Any*old subsriber renewing and sending us j\ new name, (he above papers to each, < price 00, lor 5 GO ftfcjy-One of the street lamps exploded last ' Monday night, blowing the glass encasement 1 Into smithereens, and arousing the sleeping ' citizcus ail around. o E^? Farmers who are so fortunate as to have hogs to hill arc complaining of the unseasonable weather for killing. They tell us hog? are"eating their hepds olf," and unless the weather turns cold enough to kill pretty soon there will be no cheap bacon this year. Our lively friend, Charley Farrar, who represents tlie large Grocery establishment of Austin, Nichols &, Co., of New York, is in town. He always brings something new and funny from Gotham, to amuse the Merchauts and their clerks during the dull summer season. Tho Times Looking up. The number of new subscribers received tliis month, although not large, is quite encouraging, particularly as we learn that two or three good clubs will be sent us soon. - - ? Child Burned to Death. On Tuesday last a small colored child was burned to death on the premises of Mr. .1. \V. Vinson, a few miles above this town. We have not heard the particulars. Removal. Messrs. 11 ice & McLurc have moved their extensive Stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, &c., into tho store laleiy occupied by ? ... Hotel. Eobbory. On Saturday niirhl Inst q?m<, ??? . -o ~ Messrs. McCrory & Hill's Grocery store, through the hack window, and stole two sacks of Hour nearly half a b ?s of Tobacco, some pickles and other articles. No clue to the robbers yet. Child DrownedOn the CI instant, Uothwcll I.yles, a small colored child, was found drowned in the mill race of Goaty's mill. He had not been missed long by his mother, nud thero is no doubt he had wandered to the race and fell in. - - o Church Accessions. ^ Since the first day of 18S0 ten persons have joined the Methodist Church at this place?live upon Profession of faith and five by letter. This is a good commencement, and we hope tnc ? ji ...jutiuue during the year. o Eiokod by a Mule. Charley Coleman, a blacksmith in the employ of Messrs Allen & Kobinsun, while shoeing a il crsc en Monday last was kicked on the hg by the animal and severely injured. '1 he tail end of even a good tempered Horse is as unsafe to play with as an unloaded gun or pistol. L Fatal Railroad Accident. On Friday last, as Munro ltabb, a brakeinun ori the fc>. U. and Railroad, was passing along , the top of a car just as the train was going under .Smith's Bridge he was knocked from the car by the bridge and so seriously injured, that he died < at 2 o'clock the next morning A Cold Snap. After days of fog and rain, we awoke last 1 Wednesday morning and found the atmosphere , cold, clear and bracing, with ice upon stagnant ] water. It was the second instalment of anything like winter weather we have had this waiter, and overcoats were generally worn for the first time. The cxtraordnary mild weather has played the mischief with the trade in winter clothing. Miss C. M. Reed. We aic pleased tolcarn that this most estimable Lady niitTaccomplished Teacher, well known in this community, has a nourishing school at Gaffncy City, in connection with Mr. W. F. McAr thur. The people of GafTncy will soon find they 1 lmve secured a great prize in the person of Miss lteid, particularly as a profound Teacher, who will, if they extend tin cneoHragenicnt she nier- i its, build up a first class institution among i them, Tho Air Line lleilway. We return our acknowledgments to that elegant gentleman and perfect llailroad official, Col. G. J. Forcacrc and the efficient and worthy Passenger and jTitket Agent of the Airline Railway for an Annual Pass over their road.? We have also the pleasure this week of publishing the schedule of that road, which will obviate the necessity of friends in the country writing to us about it, as they have done frequent- ' ly of late. i itev. It lb SmartWe are truly pleased at the action of the Conference in returning Rov. It. P. Smart to this Station, ami sineerely congratulate the cougrc- | gat ion in his charge upon it. lie has dune much noble work in this community the past year and his faithful labors in lliu cause of his Master have been greatly blessed. IIis pure christian walk, combined with a very high order of talent and gcniulily of disposition command for hi:n the love of our whole community. Good Fertilizers. Our,energetic townsman, Mr. W. A. Nicholson, offers to our Farmers the best and most reliable fertilizers now in the market, and wc advise ali who intend to use such stimulants to cull upon him. 'i'lio extraordinary crops of oats and other small grain made in some parts of the Htnte, by the application of the "Ashe Element," and reported to the public by first class pracli- ' cal farmers, slump it ns decidedly tlio best fcr- j tilizcr that can be used on those crops. We j have a small patch of oats put in with the "Ele- j ITieiit." that attracts the alter,lion r.l' miov one ! pushing our rl welling. They are taller and have , a healthier color than any oats wo have seen.? | Oar only fear ia tlint tho open winter has caused them to grow too fast and they will be in the 1 joint" when the frost cornea. If so, they will ! ho injured. Hut wc shall try the Element"-1 . ngain in February, with another sowing, and ex ' peel then to reap a magnificent crop, - - I I u 1 , Grant's Southern Tour. 9 No mau of ordinary common decency and self espect could have expected the respectable peo- ft ilc of South Carolina to aid tho Grant furore u which the toadies and oflice-sceking radicals, n Sorth and South, arc trying to get up. South c Carolinians would degrade their manhood by Ji showing any sign of even respect for him, and we regret that in his passage through the State c ?ny white democrat had even curiosity enough t to step aside to look at him. We thought so t little of the man nud his coming into tho State >1 that we did not even publish his advent to our a suoscriuers. lie snout.i nave neon perimttcu to > pass through the .State without the slightest i demonstration from any one, but more particu- a larly from any democrat. 11 is present position I entitles hint to no more notice from us than a would he accorded to that other cxollicial nnd t coequal in fraud, Uelknap, and his past treat- fl metit of this State certainly can give him no c claim to our respect. Let those who had any t hand in swelling the "boom" in this State look 1 upon the following accurate picture of ihcin, 'I selves as drawn by a Northern man and soldier 1 and reported to the Charleston Xcws and Courier, t and if they don't blush, their faces arc too black to show it : f His (Grant's) recent progress through the ? South was closely and curiously watched by boih ( parties here, and while, perhaps, tho demonstra- ^ ttv.io nv. w ?- ?V- a....nt amt pnmi, lar character ns to merit the foolish expectation* ' of his friends, there was I A UKNKRAL FF.ttI.INfl OF DtStU'ST ] among the friends of the .South in view of certain "receptions" and other expressions of a toadying spirit which were needlessly foisted upon him. Mr. Hayes left Washington to nvoid entertaining him, and the only nttcutions shown him during his slay in this city, where lie is best known, came from a few chronic oflice- ' holders with whose names and fame his own is | indissolubly connected, nud who expects to ride into power and profitable employment yet as the first result of his expected nud ardently desired rc-clcction. 1 have said that some of our Northern friends were profoundly ashamed of some incidents of ( his trip from here to Savannah, and 1 desire to repeat the words of one, an ex-ollicer in the ' Union army, upon this subject, whose remarks to me I r.ytiirto.J wiping for tins occasion.? I He said : "if there was anything the Southern men were distinguished for before tho war it was for their chivalry, dignity and high souse of propriety, sucti conduct as some oi mem have recently exhibited towards Grant is calculated to coir promise their whole honorable rcv..i X'?> Southern man can gush over ihis follow [sif) wuiiuut exciting contempt in every honest and lionorablo Northern mind. 1 They show that the North not only whipped < them in the rebellion, t ut humbled tlietn, and | every demonstration they tr.nkc over Grant and ^ his lieutenant, Sheridan, is as humiliating to us as it ought to lie to themselves. It is pure toad- ' ying and is so regarded t?y the North, not wit listanding all that may lie said in approval by Grant organs. And as for Sheridan, lie ought to lie detested at the South, after his conduct in 1 Louisiana, quite as much as was llutlcr. who ! characterized the women of the South as prostitutes. It seems as if the South has lost, all its , spirit and nearly all its self-respect." "Ill KT-KATIXU." I have repeated the words of this gentleman verbatim, because tbey are brief enough to se- 1 cure wide circulation and are plain enough to ; t.? .... I...I ii * -- -i ' ......viaiuun. iimv mr nicy are ueservet our people can judge lor themselves; for my own part I ntn tree to siilil that since my resilience ' licrc where all parties anil peoples ami sections i are roproscnteil, I have never fell that I hail oc- . v?"%? ' > ashamed of toy own section, or people or party, save wnen enwet uT.?r. lo ?xpUiu ' sonic utterance cxprestiinft almwt out. jeetion to Northern domination, or some evidence i of a crt'.slieil ami pusillanimous political spirit . wlticii is happily confined to individuals, but l should he eradicated altogether. The State Lunatic Asylum. We have received the fldtli Annual Report of . the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum for the f:s- I cal year 1878-70. We condense from th report the following interesting facts : t At the beginning of the year there were nr.- ( dcr treatment 331 patients?230 white Mid 101 , colored. Of these 'JO were pay patients and 311 State patients. During the year 1GJ were admitted, making the whole number treated 4113. There were discharged . by recovery 40, by ' ramoval 5, by escape 3, by death 01, and by re- j lease on trial ?making altogether 118. There now remain 37A patients, of whom 181 ate males and 1114 females ; 252 arc while and 123 are colored ; 352 are State patients and 23 pay patients. There have horn ml mi t ted from the beginning of the Institution, iti 1828, 1,701) Males and'l, 544 Females?Total 3,25:5. Of these 023 males and 471 females have recovered. Five patients from Union were admitted during the past fiscal year?1 male and 4 females. The work accomnlislied hv this m.l.lo lOiilnn ihropic institution since its first establishment 1 entitles it to the lasting gratitude and most benevolent support of all christian people. I Its present efficient officers arc giving the greatest satisfaction. ! Ilio FI7 Ruining Wheat. . ! We regret to learn from some of our best far- 1 mors that the Hessian Fly is playing havoc with 1 the wheat and oat crops in this county. Our j friend If. C. Lawsou, on the Meadow Woftda 1 farm, tells us that ten acres of wheat that looked most promising two weeks ago now look like a field of stubble, livery blade has been , destroyed. Will some friends in different parts of the ouiinly vuii'l >iu monthly or weekly reports of the condition of the crops. Quarterly Conference. Tiie 1st Quarterly Conference of llic Methodist cliurck of this place, (lie present year, will lie held on next Saturday and Sunday ; ltev. J. M. Carlisle, 1*. E., being present. The Friday before each Conference is prescribed as a day of fasting, and the l'astor will preach this morning, Friday, at 11 o'clock. ? Ciiaiilehton, S. Jan. 2d, 1880. We take pleasure in informing our friends that ('apt JAMES 1*. (II 111>S, well known to the merchants throughout the Stale, has associated himself with our house, where he will be glad to see his fiicnds. Very respectfully, JOHNSTON, CHEWS & CO. , Jan 0 1 'It i - Tun wiviimniy I'l.trTins. ? Nnwherrv. Ini.n- i nry 13.?The following gentlemen have been ] elected intendnnt nr.il wardens of (lie town of i Newberry for the yenr 1880: Intcndnut, 1*. I'uol. >\nrdens : J- II. McFnll, D. W. T. Kih- i ler, Gcorgo I.ungford nn?l D. M. Ward. Tlie election passed off quietly. i Oarfiki.i) Ki.rctkd Sknator.?Cinolnnatti, i .Inntmry 13.?Garfield was elected United Stn'es Senator to succeed Thiirman by the Ohio Legislature to-day. The vote ttood in the Assembly: i Oartield 'JO, Thurinrn 13. I t Sudden I'katii. ? Inane Greer, an aged and ' respected citizen of Spartanburg County, was 1 i found dead in his field last week, whither he { ' had gone to work. Tho t'oroner's verdict was t death from natural causes. i - o Money in the Treasury Again. The Hoard of County Commissioners met lust londay, but there was no money in the Treas- ' ry again, greatly to the disgust and disappoint?cnt of a number of County creditors who had ( ome from a distance fully expecting to get a i irgo nai t, if not all that was due tluiu. This ry oflLo money in tho Treasury is getting too J ouimon and unaccountable, and we would like , o know who is to blame. It docs seem to us < hat the Treasurer lias hail time since the clos- 1 ng of his books ?over two months ago?to make | , full report to the Commissioners at least upon ( lie lax for county purposes. The executions ssuod avc almost entirely for poll taxes, which ,rc applied to (lie School fund alone, and certainy the county creditors should not bo made to .wait the uncertainty of the collection of the vhole of that tax. There is great complaint, itul not without cause. A claim against the lounty now is about as unreliable as such claims vcrc six and eight years ago, and nobody will my thctn unless tit the most ruinous discount. I'hc worst of the tnutlor is inost of those who told them tire poor men who cannot afford to nnko such a sacrifice oti their labor. The Commissioners say they could not demand i report from the Treasurer until the iotli, two lays after their last meeting. Then, iti view of lie pressing demands of creditors, why did :hey not appoint a meeting on or immediately iuim rtiiu uv?irj ??>v Ticttsiinjr (U IIKI'I I he in, instead of waiting another month. There is a want of system somewhere which should be supplied. Joncsville News. KniTOU Timks:?The beautiful weather which we experienced during the holidays has passed away and now we have tlie consolation of en* joying a "drizzly drossly" mixture, accompa. aicd with those delightful London fogs, oil a small scale. The holiday season passed off quietly and nothing disturbed the serenity and quietude of Joncsville hut chicken fighting among the iporhnj fraternity. And now every one is settled and about ready to commence operations with King Cotton. Fertilizers have commenced to arrivo and it can be only hoped tli.it I Hoy will be beneficial during the coming season. The Joncsville Academy opened on Tuesday, last under the management of Miss L. C. llailey and it appears that the Board of School Trustees of Joncsvillo Township are determined to always employ a first clais teacher In that school. With the facilities of the railroad and the good character of the town, there can hardly be any doubt but what Joncsville Academy will rank second to no school iu the County after a lew more sessions. A small fracas occurred on Sunday morning in town, between two colored ineu, and with lite promptness and efficiency of I lie Town Marshal, who is always on hand, like a "picked-tip dinner," they were both lauded safely in the calaboose. The Photographic gallery of Xesbilt & Whitlock must be doing a thriving business of late, judging by the crowds of vehicles and people which arc constantly about them. We dropped >u the otber day to examine some of llicir piclures and found it loo much crowded to sec what we wanted to sec. We did wish lo have jurphiz in ono of the groups which the artist cen -%? I ? ?>* "o ^?? ? n U ? .~l.l tel olf the picture, but our services were de dined, the Artist informing us it would damage the camera. We secured, however, one spend id pictuieof ore of the groiipisls and felt happy. On dit?the ladies of the M. K. Church of Jotiesvillc arc engaged in making preparations for nil till! 1*1*1 Aininmi t eitlmi* ? II.st ... , - U.,|.|,i| VI | Valentine drawing, to conic olf shortly. Wo irusl it will be the former, as our appetite Ibr iiirkey is fast improving, ami your corrcspoiilent will sure to be round, just in lime. junius villi:. VistTiNt; tiii: V? iiai.k.?The whale was still the ;roal attraction yesterday, and with better arrangements and an adequate police force everybody had a full view of the wonder. I'robnbly 5,01)0 persons visited the shipyard during the lay, and the display of pocket handkerchiefs was the uiott general and extensive ever known in this community. It is a known fact that any Miitnal is unpleasant while undergoing the pr? >f its composition, and in litis case the extent >f lite unpleasantness was in exact proportion lo lite size of the subject. There was so much >f it that it spread through lite entire neighborhood, and lite inhabitants thereabouts dined upiii and breathed and drank of?stale whale, it was rank and smelt lo?the third ward, and all lie visitors carried away greasy, oJ.o ous reminiscences, and savored of whale for the remainicr of the day. There was a universal wail, so lo spcuk, in (lie households of all those who went within speaking distance of the dead monitor. The police Were instructed to remove the nuisance, but for once ollictul utterances were not respected by the force, which fotiud itself in a ipiuudary between orders on one side aud several tons offish on the other. Clubs were useless in tlie face or on tlie face of (his trespasser, and lite Main Station had no space to accommodate it as a prisoner, even could transportation lie effected. The huge bulk was finally run out on tite railway aud submerged late lust evening, awaiting iurlhcr orders. The tlesh will lie "tried out." ami reduced to oil as soon ad the necessary arrangements can be made. The lisli was caught and killed oil the 7th Mfot., and (lie hunt atForJod grand upoit In (lie i people of Charleston. The hunt began with j three boats and before it ended four steam lugs, (ifiy or sixty small row boats and some small suiting craft had taken part in it. When cap- j lured the fts'i measured forty or lifty feet long, I ten or fifteen feci (hick, and it was estimated that it would yield 5>til)0 or $800 worth of oil I Tub (Jhkf.nvii.i.b Thaokoy.?The Greenville A'tax of Friday contains the following particulars of the recent shooting affair in that city : "It was announced yesterday morning thnt one of the sons of Oliver (J. Koss sad a Miss l'ainter would be married last night. The father said if they did he would kill his son. and prepared for the occasion with a shooting-iron. The mar- J riagc look place. Hoss heard of It, and it was reported to the brother of the newly-married man thai the father had opened his trunk, and was culling his clothes to pieces. Accordingly, the single (loss and young Mr. Knight, repaired to old Koss's to see after mailers, went up stairs, aud was followed by I lie father, wiio gathered his sou by the arm and tired away, tho ball entering just ever and above I tc left breast, mid passed round the fourth rib, and is lodged somewhere under the left shoulder blade, tbus preventing un entrance into the lungs, which no doubt would have been immediately futal. [)rs. Horry and Gluzcucr attended, examined and dressed the wound. Old Koss is on I lie icout. The affair took place on the factory hill in this city about 0 o'clock last night." Col. G. J. Foreacre called on Treasurer Hlns unguino ana puia tpuzui.nu pntn a no taxes on [lie A. & C. Aii Line lload for tbc years 1877 mil 187H. This will help our County out conuderahly. livery one will rejoice that this mater has been settled. Hereafter the Air i.ine lax business trill move cn with an little friction ts the trains which elide by us every (lav.? Spartan, ' J Iho Extra Sossioa Question. < Columbia, Jauuary 12, 1880. lover nor IT. J). Simpson: Hut?You arc aware that the validity in part ' >f tha Supply Act of the Central Assembly re:cntly in session is the subject of much public liscussion. As the executive officer chiefly charged with , carrying cut the law, it appears to ine that my , sonucctiou with the matter is solely ministerial, , ind that my duty in tho absence of legislative i>r judicial action is to execute the law as I tiud It in the Statute Hook. lie fore notifying the tax officers to proceed 1 beg to ask if you contemplate Convening the General Assembly in extra session for such nctiou as it may deem proper in the premises, and in the event that you do not, recognizing tiie gravity of the duty imposed upon ine, 1 would be glad to receive any suggestion you uiay think proper to make. Your obedient servant, Johnson IIauood, Comptroller-General. V lM?l .'llUA, U III! llti > jr lOOUl Comptroller Gencrrl Johnson llayootl: Dkah Sik?f 11 regard to your note of this morning asking if I had determined to convene the General Assembly in extra acssion on account of the alleged invalidity of the recent Supply Act, which fact you desire to know sons to guide your own courso in your instructions to the county taxotliccrs, 1 have this to say : While having a very decided opinion as to the validity of the act in question, yet 1 am aware that this opinion being the opinion of an executive officer would not be authoritative or final, nor would it control (he Legislature even if I were to con??.,n it nn the suueosition that the Act is invalid. Such being the fact 1 think it would be unwise to take any step in that direction before the Act had been passed upon by judicial authority and pronounced invalid, either in whole or in such substantial particulars as to render sonic further legislation immediately necessary. This not having been done I have determined not to convene the General Assembly under the present state of facts surrounding the Act, and in advance of a judicial determination ?3 above suggested. In view, however, of the gravity of the matter, the great probability thai the question, if not made now will be made during the collection of the taxes, thereby impeding such collection, and also the great importance of convening the General Assembly at an early day, if it is to be convened at all on this subject. 1 have no hesitation in saying that the question ought to be riisgd at pnee, and lb? A9'. p:\sscd upon judicially at the earliest moment. If pronounced by the Court valid, then you would have 110 ditlieulty in your way ; if invalid, then the "extraordinary occasion" referred to in tho Constitution authorizing executive action would arise, and 1 could net. To tlie end, then, of having the matter settled at once, I would spggcst and advise that you assume the Act to be invalid, and that you notify mo of your intent ion not to proceed thereunder. This being done I think that the attorney-general, nn lor my direction, can iiislituc such proceedings before the Supremo Court now in session as will authoritative!v settle the whole question very speedily, nri?J uinko the way clear for all parties. Very respectfully, \y. i>. slmi'son. Coi.r.uiuv, January lo, 1880. Governor 11'. I). Simpson : Sin?Yours of i his date received, and I accept and will net in accordance with your suggestions, and for the purpose of having the question of the validity of the Act in question settled judicially, 1 notify you that 1 refuse to take any steps as comptroller-general thereunder. Very respectfully, Johnson IIaoooii, Com pt roller-t ieneral. (\,i,umisia, January 1 5, 1880. lion. Lelloy / '. YouMins, Attorney-General South Carolina : 1)kau Slit?1 herewith enclose you certain correspondence between myself and the coinp' troiter gonciai as io ine proper action to oc token in regard to the Supply Act of the last session, and inquest you to take such proceedings as will in your judgment most spec-lily lead to a judicial decision as to its validity. Very respectfully, W. I). Simpson, Governor. ?? - ? A Dknsk Foil.? For several days part the movement of vessels oil' our haibor has been interrupted by a heavy fog. Yesterday forenoon it showed increasing volume, but several deep vessels which were ready for sea proceeded dllWIl lll<> bav l.illlilii. llinl it ,i.lirt.> .... .....1 ?, ?^ , | { > * ""v " ""b"' "b,M UI' ,MI" tlrit they would tie able to clear the put, hut after proceeding nenr to (lie entrance ?1* the bar it was found impossible to go out.?.Win and Courier Idfh. A similar fog pervaded this part of the Stato, at the same time, but not so dense as that of Charleston, although it was heavier than had ever been seen here before. ?? . o . A Tr.Rimti.k Tiiac.kiiy in 'lY.x vs.?Galveston, January?A Touet' special front Cambridge insane, went to the residence of J. N. I.add, ten miles east of there, and shot him dead without the least provocation. Thence he went to Samuel Tulibs' house and shot him five times.? Tit litis is not expected to live. Stay then went to Logan's fat to, informed I.ogan ot what lie had done, and before he could be prevented pi teed a pistol to his own head and blew out his brains. An i.Mi'ottT.vNT Uaii.noan Move.?Savannah, January ti.?An important railroad scheme was arranged to-day. K. W. Cole, representing the I Nashville. Cliattanooca and St. Louis ltoad ami Jos. E. Drown, representing the Western and Atlantic llailro.nl, connecting lines between Atlanta and St. Louis, made a contract with the Georgia Central lUilroad, by which the lines of the latter and its steamers pass under the control of tlio joint management of the two first named companies, thus giving a through line from St. Louis to New York via Savannah. ? - . o . . Defalcation ami Si'Iciuk.?Frauds on the Nc.v York 1'roduce Exchange, said to amount to $:M,OUO, have been discovered. 'lhe defaulter is llcnjamin I!. Dogert, who Iia3 been treasurer of the exchange for many years, and was a highly respected merchant in ?horn general confidence was felt. Ilagcrt did not appear at the Exchange or at his olliec after the discovery was | made, and died suddenly on Thursday aftei noon at the house of a friend. It is thought that being unable to bear his disgrace, he may liavo committed suicide. _ - - a - Mississii't'i's Sknatoks.?Jackson, Miss., January Id.?Senator Lnmar, who lias been here several days in tlio interest of tjeii. Walthall, was stiickcn with parulysis on Sunday night.? Senator Lamar's physician says that It's condiis serious hut not dangerous. His attack is belt,,.,.,,] ..... 1. ..v.v? ... .... 'W.ig'/, nui |>ai IIIJTSI9. The Democratic caucus, in session last night, adjourned alter twelve ballots for United States senator, the Inst standing : liuvkdnle 04.1, Walthall .38 j, Singleton -10, scattering 4. Durkdnlc received 08 on the sixth ballot. - -- - Death ov Frank Leslie.?^Ir. Frank Leslie, the well know |>ublishcr, died in New York Saturday evening, in the o'.'lh year of his age. He attended to business at his residence during the respites of his last illness,up to Friday last, and was dressed Saturday morning and moving about the house. Ilis sufferings had been caused by tho pressure of a tumor in his throat oti the windpipe and (esophagus, which prevented frco breathing, and nt last suffocation ensued. ? Death op a Prominent Charleston!an.? Charleston, January 12.?Col. A. (). Andrews, for many years President of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce and prominent in connection with llie const survey and othor useful public enterprises, died to-day, aged (id. A Dipt roa tup. Trearcht.?Colouel Q. J. Forcacrc, of the Air I.ino Railroad, brought down yesterday and paid over to the Treasurer the money lor the taxes ou his roa<! fir 1877, 1878 and 1870.?Columbia Rtg'sltr. $ -.1-1 -1. ?- -j-1 --LX ...? - Son. Chamberlain Refuses to Recognise the An* thority of Acting Governor Lamson. Augusta, Mr., Janunry 13.?Tiro following itrders hits just bccu issued : Executive Dkpaiitmbnt, 1 Augusta, Mi?;, January 12. J To Josliua L. Chamberlain, Mnjor-Gencral couniianding : Having entered upon the duties of Governor of Maine under critical circumstances, it is important for me to understand whether you are prepared to recognize my authority ns such. Respectfully, James l>. Lamson, Governor of the State of Maine. Augusta, Maine, January 13., To lion. James D. Lampson?Sir: Your inquiry virtually calls upon me to decide a question of constitutional law which is a matter falling not at all within I lie province of my department. The Constitution declares that tho justices of the Supicmo Judicial Court shall bo obliged to give their opinion upon important questions of law nnd upon Boletun occasions, when required by tho civil branches of the government, hut-lhnt privilege is not accorded to the military department. Supported by a do* nioinn nf tin* I'nuW I should ohov u ifh mt ;l liin incut's hesitation, but solemnly believing that it' at this juncture I abnuilon tuy trust there will be no barrier against anarchy and bloodshed, I cannot under the present circumstances recognize your authority as Governor of Maine. There arc two ways of settling the questioh tion now at issue?by following stiictly the constitution nnd laws, or by revolution and blood1 shed. In this alternative, and standing where L must be justified by God and man, 1 can only hold fast in my place and implore those who bay, |iower to do so to decide these am&lions by appeal to tho peaceful course of la^P*' *??.l. J. L. CllAMUF.ltI.AIS'i MajorGcncrali Orville D. Baker, counsel for the Republican Advisory Committee, lilts made a report to tliem in which lie takes the ground that tho Sia'e has no legal or ncting Governor; that Lamson was not legally elected President of a constitutional Senate ; that the Senate was not a legally organized body, and never had a quorum, and that the term of office of the executive committee, secretary of State, trensnrer and other State officers expired on Wednesday, January 8? and all those offices arc now vacant. Tub Dbaui.ocic is Maink.?Augusta, Mo., January 11.?Kbenczcr Sproul has brought suit against E. T. I'hillsbury, proprietor of the Maine Standard, for libel. The action is based on an article in Pillsbury'a paper charging Sproul with bribery. It is intimated to-night that the programme of the Fusionists will be to have either Eugene Hale or Professor Young arrested by tho sergeuiit-nt-aruis and brought to the House to make a quorum. It.now seems utterly impossible to get a quorum without the aid of the Republicans, anil the failure to do so thus far has only strengthened the Republicans in their position. The Fusionists will exhaust every means of legally electing the Governor and Council, but how such an election can be had, or how if hail it will bo regarded by Gen. Chamberlain, is not known. There is a general impression that iho members from the disfranchised cities will soon he allowed to take their seat3. Prominent Fusionists applied to Gen. Chamberlain on Saturday for the discharge from duly of the Augustapolice in charge of the State-House, expressing the belief that the public property was not in danger. Gen. Chamberlain replied that if lie discharged the police he should order two companies of militia to take their place, and the gentlemen thereupon withdrew their request. Wiiitkwasiiinu Si:sato 11 Bi.aini:.?January 11.?The agent of tlie Associated Press nt Augusta, in explanation of the circumstances attending Mr. Blaine's denial of the char go of complicity in tlie bribery of the Fusion members, says Mr. Blaine's house lias been constantly tilled every day from breakfast till midnight with a crowd of lifty or one hundred persons, and has been the general headquarters for Republican members of the Legislature, so that Mr. While's alleged call there, if true, is without the significance it might otherwise have had. Mr.White denies seeing Mr. Blaine during the entire day in question, except while the latter wait passing hurriedly from one room to another. - - - o Now Laws. Ax Act to amend nu Act Kntitlod "An Act to punish Persons for the Removal or Secreting ,.r i .... ..... .. ..... . .VJ.V..J IVHCII m'Ull l.jr Ilie OIICTitl' or other officers," being Act No. 40-1, approved November 10, 1874. lie it enacted by the Senate ami House of Representatives of the .Slate of South Carolina, now tact ami sitting in General Assembly, uud by the authority of the same: That an Act entitled "An act to punish persons for the removal or secreting of personal property levied on by the shcritt or other otlicers" be hereby amended by striking out thu proviso thcteof, so that it shall hereatlcr read : "That whosoever, with intent to defraud, removes or secretes personal property which has been attached or levied on by the shcritf or atiy other otliecr authorized by law to ntukc such atished by iu prisonmeul in the county jail for a period not less than sixty days nor mote than one year, or by line of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred." Approved December, 11, 1870. An Act to Regulate the Recording of Deeds and other Instruments in Writing executed without the Limits of this State. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That any deed or other instrument in writing executed without the limits of this State may be recorded in the proper othce within this State, if the same be proved iu due form of law before a notary public: Provided, that such notary shall attix to the attestation his official sen), slam pi d thereon ; and provided further, that tho official capacity ot tho notary public Hhall be certified to by the clerk of a court of record of the county iu which such deed or other instrument in writing was executed. Approved December 18, 1870. /in :\rr 10 rroiitoit the Kuniiiug of Freight Trains uud (o Regulate U>o Running of Passenger and Mail '1 rains on Kuiiday. lie it mortal by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met nnd sitting in (Jeneral Assembly, an J by the authority of the same: Suction 1. That front and after the passage, of this Act it shall be unlawful for uny railroad, corporation to load or run any train on any of tlieruilronds of this State on Sunday, except, such trains as carry the United Slates mail, Sue. 2. That for each violation uf the provisions of this Act the railroad company so offending shall forfeit to tho State not less than five hundred dollars, to be collected iu any court of. competent jurisdiction. Approved December 23, 1871). ? - ? Rc.Monsor Wab in Kt'itor.? London, JnnunrjK 10.?A dispatch froiu Uerlin says the (Governments of Austria ntul (Jet many are about to communicate with that of St, 1'cicreburg regarding the concentration of Russian troops in Poland. If the reply given be unsatisfactory they will adopt defeit: tve measures. ucitrian Disiuvst or thk Fkknch.?Loudon, January 12.?A dispatch front Uerlin to the ........ <!.? ? - ? - ..... . n?; J mill ^illllVUIIir 1I11VIII lun IS I10W OL'ISg paid there lo developments of affairs in Fruucc. li was hoped that lime would remove national antipathies, ami limt war miglit be altogether avoided, but this liopo has been much shaken by recent events in Franco. The new French Cabinet and particularly M. Defrcycinel, the Premier, is mistrusted, the latter being regarded as the crcnluro of M. Uuu>bc(U. ?? Jkff Daviu Aoain Rfi'Rikvkp.?Auolher respite was granted lo JelT David to-day until September 17, and in tlie meantime cither a molion for a new trill in his cn.-e will Iki made nut) A beard at Abbeville, or Commutation of H'IiIcDCO granted. A