The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, January 16, 1880, Image 2
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."'
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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.
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.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.
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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.
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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.
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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<, ???
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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
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- ..... . 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