Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Union to bo the Oredb Thoroughfare from the West to Charleston. New York, January '2'1.?The unusual demand, during the Sit few days, for South Carolina Kail road slock and unsecured bonds is explained at lust. A Syndicate of New York capitalists, prominent among whom are Samuel Sloan, president of the Delaware and Lackawanna Kuilioad, Moses Tnylor and Itichard Lathers, has been foruied for the purpose of taking control of the South Carolina Railroad and role ising it from the litigation which now keeps it in the custody of the United Stntcs Court, with a view to making it without delay the terminal link in the chain of roads which shall connect the great railroad systems of the West svjili the Atlantic soaboagd at Charleston. ^ ? If the pinna or I ho SynJtcato are cnrneu oui, the rood is to be managed with audi energy as will speedily render Charleston the leading shipping port south of New York. Sixty miles of road arc to be Iniilt imnicdiaily to connect the South Carolina Railroad via Spartanburg, Henderson and Wolf Creek, with the Cincinnati Southern Koad. A tleet of new and splendid steamers is to be placed on the Now York and t harlcslou line. Those, it is said, will eclipse those now plying on the Savannah line, und are intended, amongst other things, to accommodate the Florida tiadc. The Syndicate already own about '10,000 shares of the stuck cf the South Carolina llailroad Company, one of its members alone holding 110.000 shares. They do not look to any unfair combination with other roads, but expect to win success by dint of the completion of the shortest and must direct route from the Ohio Hirer to the Atlantic seaboard. They say that the March report will show the South Carolina Hailroad to be in excellent financial condition. This tifiernoou 1:1.50 was freely ollered for South Carolina Railroad stock, but holders were asking II, with a light olfering.?II. II. II. i/i AVir.t awl Courier. Tiik South Caiiolixa Kaii.uoah in Uknaxii. lurs, L I Hilly, x) II IMIill y *, ?. ,.IJ ?<|U>..V? to-day elicit the fact that two parties of capitalists arc in the tiehl endeavoring to secure the control of the South Carolina Railroad and of the Charleston route to llio West. Ono of the two parties is headed by Messrs. Samuel Sloan, Moses Tnylor and Stout. They arc buying up the bonds and stock of the road, with the intentions described in my dispatches yesterday. Thoy say, in addition, that ? canal will be cut across Charleston Neck, and the South Carolina Railroad have its terminus upon the canal, so that cotton and other freight will be transferred directly from the cars to the steamers and vice vtrsn. The ot'nci party is led by Messrs. Lathers, Martin and Tulmadgo. They are working to ward otl' the threatened sale of the road in consequence of the litigation in the United States Court. Their plan of adjustment, by which the creditors arc to make common cause, was laid before those interested last November. I have had talks with several of the leading members of the Syndicates to-day. They all think that the South Carolina Railroad will tie of incalculable importance in the future in connection with the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, or ns nn outlet for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, through the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. There is oven talk on the street today of nn effort on the part of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to complete their capture of the Nashville and Chattanooga road by getting possession of the South Carolina Railroad. Mr. Talmadgc, Sr., i* doubtful of the success of (he plan of reorganizing the South Carolina Railroad, subject to the first Mortgage bonds, as propose ! by Messrs. Lathers, Martin unit lalItiadgc. lie thinks that to day's prices of the stock and bonds are too high, considering the danger that the stock will be "wiped out ' in the l.'nitcd States Court in April, or after an appeal to the Supreme Court. The Sloau party are extremely reticent, and evidently do not desire to talk to outsiders.? There is strong hope, however, of nn amicable i, ?(rt*?KTV?d'tfA_and the effect of the operations of the two > To-day me ?n?oi? cock is lr>J.? lll.OOD .IIIIAr.. 1U:ai>.?Washington. Januaij Committee on the colored exo lus to-day examined J. 1*. Dukcrhart, of Hultimorc, the Southern Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Me testified that ho made several visits to North Carolina in the interest of this company, to secure as large a share as possible of the exodus travel, and effected arrangements with tlie local promoters of the movement, by which the Hultiuiore ami Ohio Road obtained the transportation of all the colored people who had gone from North Carolina to Indiana at reduced rates. In all arrangements the company agreed to pay Taylor Kvans, at Goldsboro, (the colored man who worked up the emigration) a draw back of one dollar per head for each full fare passenger, and fifty cents for each half ticket sold. '1 his was a well known standing inducement held out by himself and agents of competing roads to get men like Kvans, l'erry and Williams to get as large an emigration as possible. Kvans told the witness he commenced working up the exodus system mouths ago by means of mass meetings, secret societies, &c. While in North Carolina he had seen many circulars asserting that the colored people would find plenty of work in Indiana at wages from one dollar to one dollar ami fifty cents per day. l'erry and Williams also circulated reports that emigrants on reaching Washington would be provided with new clothes and transportation to Indiana or Kansas. The circulars included what purported to be certificates from North Carolinacolored people who had gone to Indiana, hat they found work, and advised their friends to follow. It is thought thai the exodus would continue as long as the negroes could raise money to pay the fare, or until checked by unfavorable reports from their friends at the other end of the lino. In this event, he would go to Indiana and try to secure them as passengers l.,?b ii.? l>..!>:...?>? i Jaii. Hiiiakinc; in Sivvutamu nr..?Spartanburg, January i-'o.?Five criminals imprisoned in the county jail at this place escaped about I o'clock on Saturday morning by cutting their way through the solid stone walls of their cell and letting themselves down to the ground, a distance of twenty-five feet, by a rope made of their bed clothing. The names of those who escaped were Mill .Moore and Mill Coleman, convicted of rape, Alexander lingers, for highway robbery, and Anthony Westlield and llarvey .Moore, for assault with intent to kill, all colored. The .sherill" discovered the escape about daylight and gave prompt pursuit. West field and llavey .Moo 10 gave themselves up, and have been replaced in jail. The others have not been heard from. The sheriff thinks that the work of cutting the wall has been going on for a month, the debris being hidden during the day under the beds and the hole being covered by a plank.? There were twelve prisoners in the cell from whicli the above named live escaped, but they were discovered before any more could get out. ? Cor. News <iml Courier. . o ? I>i:\tit or Mits. (h.oi l;n Sims.- .Mrs. Ann II Sims died at II o'clock on last Thursday mom nig, after an illness of twelve days, in the 81st year of her age. She was residing with her ' laughter, Mrs. W. T. Henderson, at Sims'Cross j KoaJs, at 1 lac time of lici* ilealh an t liatl been i twice married?first to Mr. (J. W. (loorc, of Chester sounty, in 1H1 f?, who <1 ic< 1 in 1821 ; nml then to Colonel Chmgli S. Sims, of I'nion connIt*. in 1*27. Colonel Situs tlie<l in ls.">2, ami in iMrs. Sims catnc to Abbeville county where j she livcl until her death. She was a Consistent | nicinher of the I'rcMiytorian t lunch ami ha<l been connected with it for the past thirty-four years. Amiable, considerate, kind and just, she \va beloved by all who knew her. She left a I a foe family of children, grand children and gia.il grand children to mourn her loss and emulate her Christian virtues.?Abbeville Mid tutu. S i large is the number of primary pupils at- ! I "tiding the line West female College this year i that th" uu'h'iriiii"> have fcuii I ii iictc: .;ary to finpb y an a si.taut.- .!" M n. 3thc "Sfilffhlg <ttnion Slimes. ' U. M. STOKKS, Editor. _ I UNION, FRIDAY, JANUARY SO. 1880. i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 1 Copy, one year, IS AHVASCK, $2.00 'i Copies one year," " It.75 ' 3 *.30 10 " " " " " 15.00 ADVERTISING. a One s<piarc or one Inch, tint insertion, - - - $100 Kach Mil?c<|uciit insertion, ------- 75 n l.ilxml discount made to iitcrchnnts and others ad ver- (] tLiilift for six mouths or liy the year. Obituary Notice* of ten linos or less. Inserted free. ( *' " over ten lines,charged as Advertisements. _ __ * 8*3^. Notwithstanding iJic eudjen flight of '' Kftin, the work on the handsome dwelling of v Mr. E. H. Wallace is progressing. - - r ffckjrTlie Charleston Weekly New has been t greatly enlarged, and is now one of the largest p as well as most valuable newspapers pub- v Iisliol in tliu South. For terms see advertise- r incut. I tij. B. A. IJurke, of the New Orleans I ^ Democrat, aihI Maj. II. J. 11 curacy, of the Statrs, fought a duel last Tuesday. Distance ten paces. Each fired two ehots. Nobody hurt, und the matter amicably adjusted. j The voice of Col. W. 8. Dognn is heard | on our streets again, advocating the claims of ' the Columbia Register. The Col. is a first rate | canvasser and represents a first class paper at ' the State Capital. A Miserable DayLast Monday was decidedly the most unpleasant day we have had this year. A cold rain commenced falling about 8 o'clock, with very high wind, and lasted until about midnight. We thought winter had come at last, but the next day was like spring weather and thentmosplicrc is now delightful. *. ? Whose Money is It. A few days ago two small colored boys wiio seen with more money in their possession than was supposed they got honestly and upon being iuternumled said thev found it. Thcv williinrlv gave the money to Mr. II. II. Harris, Town Marshal, who now has it in his possession. The owner can recover it by giving satisfactory proof that it belongs to him. - - Candidates for Governor. The following gentlemen have already been nominated, through the papers as eminently fitted for Governor of South Carolina : Johnson Ilagood, M. W. Gary, Hon. W. II. Wallace, B. F. l'crry, Armislcd Hurt, J as. Cothran S. Hobo j and Gabriel Gannon. If there are any more "fit and proper persons" for that position we have overlooked them. Hither of the ahovc gentlemen would make a good Governor. - - Tho Piodmont HeadlightThis handsome monthly journal, published at Atlanta by the Air Line Railway company, we think, is on our table and full of most valuable matter to those who are seeking information about the climate, soil, productions and advantages of this salubrious Piedmont belt of our country. The Headlight is sent nil over this country and Europe, and is doing a vast amount of good in bringing this delightful region to the notice of emigrants. Beautiful Pictures. We are pleased to state that Miss Rene liar* vefn just finished a course of lessons in ConplJt '* J-/ "frcp; rc^ to apJging out the picture in therbrightcst and ...?jt natural style. The coloring is in exquisite taste and gives to nu ordinary photograph a most charming and life-like appearance ; in fact, it completes the picture. We hope Miss Harlan will be encouraged and her work found in every house. A Boating Expedition. \V e arc informed that two young white men and a negro from this County have started on an expedition to Florida. That is not very strange, but tlicy intend making (lie whole trip in a small boat, and the last beard of them they were in Columbia making a sail for their "frail bark.'' We hope they will have a safe and pleasant trip, but we are satisfied they will Garner a vast amount of nau(ghly)cal experience before they get there. Tliey will find "plowing the sea" much more difficult and sickening than pi*, wing land. Blood Money. We call the attention of our colored citizens to the article headed "Blood Money." It is but one out of the many schemes laid before the colored people of the South by the Hcpublicari party to use them for party purposes, to clica' them out of their hard earnings nnd increase their prejudices against the white people of the South. The climax of villainy is about reached when such a large and rich company as the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad gives its aid to such tin infamous scheme for the sake of making money out of so poor and uninformed a class of people as the negroes of the South are. ? . .?. . ?_ ? Tho Maino Troublo. The latest news from the State of Maine is somewhat warlike. The Supreme Court Ims decided, unanimously, that the Fusion Lcgislntuie is xioi ft legal uoiiy. l in eals are made to an est the Fusion ollicials, ami the latter tloclftre that such an attempt will he resisted l?y force. A large number of Fusioiiists from other parts of the Slate had arrived in the Capital on Tuesday and a company of seventy-live men on the way. The Governor has heen urgu<l to call two organized Militia Companies and quarter them in a hall near that in which the Fusion legislature meets. We chilli he surprised if a drop of blood is spilled, after all the fuss that has been made The Radicals Organizing The meeting ol such leading Radicals in this State as Klliott, llowcn, Mackey, Moblcy and others, and the fact that ex-congressman Smalls is now stumping the lower counties of the Stale and gathering together the scattered members of the parly there, should he sufficient proof that the democrats will not he allowed to "walk over the course" next Fall. Mark our words, we shall have a hard fight to retain the State government in our hands, and if disorganizes and sore-heads arc allowed to interfere with the i unity of the democratic party, we shall l?e very likely to lose the State. In Fiiion County there is great danger. The radicals are already organizing, and we heard one id' them say they would he more united than they ever had been, i He said further, they intended to make a split in the democratic party by promising to vole solid for some diss Heeled men in it, but at the polls the radical vole would lie cast solid for r.i lical candidate. F ill into ranks, democrats, ! ! and lei the t-nch cf the shoulder l-j felt til!1 along Hie lino. '; 'his Delightful Region. Tl We really believe this is the healthiest and iteasantcst portion of South Carolina, and when 2C Is advantage in this respect are better known an ly strangers, we arc confident it will beootne an tn .Uracliou place for parties wishing to live in wi . section where there is no extreme of Winter ch r Summer and health, long life and success arc co ssured to houest industry. If an effort was ni nude by the large property holder? of this of Jouuly, we are satisfied that our popujpttion u| jould bo tioUva iy ? very anon^r?*<< liiion of Valuable and acceptable inu*igranls, bj rho would soon bring into profitable cultivation jn he thousands of ac.es of laud now producing s[ lothing to their owners, but upon which heavy ci axes have to be paid every year. The mana- is ;ers of the Air Line Railway are doing a great ol vork in attracting a population of solid worthy \Y icople front other parts of the world to the beauiful section of country stretching aloug the line 111 if that road, and it only requires the co-operaion of the people of Uuiou to secure a share of A" he thrift and wealth which >is so apparant w 'rom Atlanta to Charlotte. There is not an tore of land on that line and for inilcs back . .hat has not increased in value ten-fold the p [?nst three years, while capitalists mid good, per- si iianeut labor arc rapidly occupying anil ini" 11 u proving iiiu uuuiiujr, minting piupuuj 01111 iuuiu valuable an<l taxation lighter. c ... 1, Editorial ChangesWo regret to find that Mr. W. C. lionet has v tired troni the editorial charge of the Abbeville >i Tress and Jianner. Although his editorial Carcor has been quite brief, Mr. lionet has established j for himself an enviable reputntion as an"'inde- t pendent, forcible and profound writer. In his li retirement journalism in the State has lost one of c r its ablest and soundest writers, lie leaves our t fiiend Hugh Wilson at the helm, who is one of \ best and most enterprising conductors of a ? newspaper wo ever knew. Our sincere wishes J1 for the prosperity of all parties will always be j with them. 1 The Newberry News.?In our last we only t mentioned the retirement of Mr. Honhatn from ' the editorial charge of this able and interesting journal, but we find that his colaborer, Mr. 1 Simpkins, has also vacated the cditoril chair to * attend to his practice at the bar, leaving thc J News entirely in the hands of Mr. II. II. (Ironnckcr, its energetic proprietor. Mr. G'ennekcr ? is no novice in editorinl duties and will make ' thc paper well worthy tlie most liberal support j of thc people of Newberry. Mr. Simpkins is a ( young man of fine abilities and will surely take a prominent position at thc bar. Mty success attend both is our heartfelt wish. Onr Price is $2 a Year. We have not reduced the subscription price of thc Times, as some appear to think. As an inducement to those who do not take their couuty paper?and there arc huudrcds in Union who never have taken it?we have offered reduced prices to clubs of new subscribers. Of course, any one taking the trouble to get up a club is entitled to the reduced rate on bis own subscription. but we cannot allow him to put into tiie club au old subscriber. If he can put in one such he can include the whole list, and at once take the liberty of controlling the price of the paper. Another object in view was to induce the old friends of the paper to take some interest in its prosperity by using their inlluenee in a reduction in ihc"V>n<?f!' jpc will^Vcj^1^^?" club of new subscribers, wtowhs Again, the prices of material, labor and everything else employed in a printing office has risen since last Summer from 23 to 30 per cent, and wc shall be compelled to withdraw our club I rates after the 15th of next mouth. After that date each stf^cribcr, old and new, will have to pay $2 a j car. IV c see that a number of papers have increased the price instead of reducing. Important Business Called Him. .Mr. E. Kain, a contractor and pretty good Atchitcct, who had contracted to build two fine houses in this town, left very suddenly about two weeks ago and, although lie took with him about $1,000 in cash, forgot to pay several large and small accounts, and his creditors are now mourning his absence, lie has written to us twiee since he left?once from Chester and once frorr New York?and from his urgent request in both letters for us not to mention his sudden departure assuring us that lie would return soon, wc thought it probable lie would return and make all things right ; but the daily arrival of creditors from Charleston and other points and the large aggregate amount of his indebtedness, so far developed, leaves no doubt that he has "gone glimmering" unto some other country from whence no traveller of his stripe ever returns, wsthout the aid of the Sheriff. In his letter from New York lie tells us lie is going 10 mna, and promises, if we would not mention his ubsencc in our valuable paper, when / do return 1 will bring niy friend Stokes a box of llavannahs." As we don't smoke wo would prefer his bringing something to satisfy the cravings of his many other friends who are in i such deep distress at his long absence. " An Extra Session Called. ( Col. T. 8. Farrow, editor of the Spartanburg Herald, telegraphed to that paper the following from Columbia, on the '27th : The Supreme Court yesterday rendered a tie- ' eisiott in the case of Attoriiey-tSeneral, ex rol. ' r.i. Johnson llaygood, CoiiiptrnHcr-(Seiicral--pc- j tition for mandamus. Judges \\ iliard and McIvcr unite in declaring the act, as it stands, as invalid and of no force. Judgo Mcdowan dissents so far as the validity of the whole act is involved, and thinks the portion relating to the Stale tax levy of F{ mills and (lieappropriation for 1 the Charleston military could be eliminated, i leaving the remainder of the act valid. In ) consequence of the decision the (lovcrnor will issue a proclamation to-day convening the legislature in extra session on the 10th ol February next. A Radical Paper in Columbia. Arrangements arc being made to start a radical \lOV?in!inOP ill I 'i.tuml.ift VV . ..." * 1 '' .......... V, ......... .... II K lilllllUI. UCIICVC I ' ( dial any respectable Merchant or business man ! in dial lily will encourage such a sheet by giv- j j ing it patronage. The sad experience of die ! s pasl shout I certainly bo sufficient warning not | " to warm into life another such a viper. There's j but little radical patronage now worth spending j ( money to secure, in this Stale. The only object j r a democrat could have in view, in sustaining ' sueh a journal, would lie a ''fat appointment'' j in case a radical President is elected next Fall, j ; \ Tiif. Titki?mai. Hki.t. Mr. (Jorge Stt/ler, ; o mail agent on the S. \ A. Pond informs lis that i t peach trees liave been in full bloom for two or ' o three weeks in the famous thermal belt near o I'ryoii. A few blooms made their appearance in ' a l?cccmber, but it was aboii' the mi.Idle of .1 itut- t r trv that the Ire < were in fu'l bloom 10 Clement Attachment. In the Charleston News and Courier of the ith, in a good cut showing in detail all the parts ^ id working of the now famous "Clement Atehment lor Spinning Seed Cotton," which . ill give any ono a better idea of this maline than a description in words possibly uId. With the illustration, the enterprising ^ onagers of that paper publishes four columns valuable information, from many sources, o pon the practicability of the invention and the Ivautagcs and profits which would bo derived ^ f the Southern im iu?>o 11 o.?y would combine i every township and procure the machine to ^ tin their Cotton. The fullnwincr. wliieli ire ill from the News and Courier's long account, from Mr. 11. W. Grady, who, with a nunibcr * prominent citizens of Georgia, visited the 'eatuiinstcr Mill, in Oconee County : Arriving at the mill we found a modest lookig plaukhousc at the foot of a placid mill-pond itfering in nothing npparcntly from an ordiuaIr country grist-mill. The Strihliugs, soon had small force on hand and announced that they ouhi start the mill, llefore it was started the *o Striblings, who manage it, spent au hour escribing to the visitors every pnrt of the uiahinery, which was so simple that its very siuilicity required explanation. After every pos- ^ ible question was answered, the water was . irned on nnd the mill was started. The little till never behaved belter. The seed cotton led 0 tto the gin came out in the most regular and flecy sliver that could be imagined, and the crowd ad the besf opportunity of examining its work. "It was very soon evident that no one of the isitors had been disappointed, but that all were ti aorc than pleased. The main trouble that has >een seen in it up to this tirno, viz : the procurug and storing of seed cotton, was answered iy the ozperieiir.n of tlio StirihUna? A limiu hat had cost them $40 placed next to the mill lad held 70,000 pounds of seed cotton. A house osting $5S0 would more than hold enough to un this mill a year, as they could get seed colon from the fields for two months. The storage vas thus provided for. As to the purchase of ecd cotton, Mr. Stribling stated that he could ;ct iiny amount that lie needed, lie gives tho I arniers the casli value of their seed cotton?that s, what it would bring if ginned and sold as < int, and charges no gin fee, which is onc-twenictli. A farmer, therefore, who sells to St rib ing get his cash the day his Cotton is picked, ind gets one-twentieth more than he could if lie vailed for the ginning. Ho lias no encase ol muling to market, no commissions to a ly, &c. dr. Stribling says he could get ten times what le wanted. A glance at the seed as it comes 'rorn the attachment shows that every particle >f lint has been taken oil'. It is estimated that i Clement gin will get 8 per cent, more cotton 'roin a given quantity of seed than an ordinary gin. There is no danger of lire in storing seed lotion, us a (lie ?> ttt n.iati o?*.? op surface, leaving the mass uninjured. It is said that a single machine, costing So.oOO, will pay from $ 1,800 to 2,500 a year. Could money be made faster in any other investment? Leap Yeah Notes.?We don't mean those little nicely written missives upon gilt-edged paper which we often sec Hying from house to house in charge ot a fifteenth amendment, at a discount of 10 cents each, but those uncompromising and arbitrary strips of fancy printing which our friend Mr. E. I*. Wallace points at you with such a meaning smile over the llank counter. I.eap year makes no changes in the maturity of a note of hand. Paper dated on February 28, 1880, payable one day from dale, becomes due March 1, the same as any other year. In Indiana the question has come before the Supreme Court in respect to serving of process of 1870, the last previous leap year. The law there requires ten days' previous service for the entry of judgment. In the case before the court the jjidgment was premature if the 28th and 20th eouniuled as one day. Th" Y\ , v" '? ! "<IM. "t f'u.rimrv in every bissextile year must be computed and considered iu law as one day." ? For the Times. Jonesvillo Items. Eiiitok Times Not much of anything serious has transpired in Jonesvillo the past week, except the arrival of the ".Soap man," whose trade in selling recipes for making lOOtbs. of soap for the trivial sum of a dime, was brisk.? Mat ions and husbands were jubilant and everybody happy except the ir crcliants, who began to think that they stood on the brink of utter ruin and the quantities of soap on their hands would prove a total loss. Men, women nnd children, were rushing from one store to another in search of chemicals of all descriptions, from saltpetre to (Jelscmiiium, Sempcrvirens and ( ypripcduiin Ptibcsccns(?) until storekeepers and clerks were in despair, in continually hunting for things in their stocks of chemicals never heard of before. Business was totally prostrated ; every one, from Saloon keepers to even the Hoot Makers had soap on the brain, but like the borrowed axe, chemicals and all the ingredients would not bring forth the desired article, and with dire maledictions and muttered "lucres'' on till Soap-right men, the Joncsvillitesare satisfied that the best and cheapest soap in the cud is the manufactured article to be found in all stores. Since the departure of "Soap,'' business has commenced to look up and the cool weather setting in people have no time to do anything but attend to the fires. All the schools, I am informed, in this Township, are now open and the attendance has increased since last year. This is a move in the right direction and looks as if tiic people were taking more pains to have their children educated than ever. The common gossip of the town and county is the Hot Supper tit the M. K. Church, which jccorrcd too late for this communication to tell if; it can be only sur;ni-c I that it will be a ?rcat u flair. .MtNI'SVlU.i:. CitAKi.KsroN, S. C., dan. 2d, 1880. We take pleasure in informing our friends hat ("apt .1AMl)S l'. (SIIMIS, well known to the nercliants throughout the State, lias associated limsclf with our house, where he will be glad o see his fiicnds. Very respectfully, JOHNSTON, I'KKWS & CO. Jan 0 I It Mi.asi.ks in Si'AitvA.slit tin.?The measles ei nimio to prevail throughout many portion of the ' m,. 'i'. - i? i j . ? . ai ii? i ii.iivvii vurv | lick at Saluda uilli a relapse. IIis friends think . liin out of danger if lie will lake care of liiin- j tell'. Mr. frank Montgomery, second son of ; I.dm II. Montgomery, Ivsij., is (ji:itc low with meumonia resulting from measles. I.it tie Kllie 'ass, one of Mr. Oliver's ojdiaiis, has lieen sick ' or several days ; hut there are now lioj.es of his eeovery. After the Orphan Mouse was <1 it- ' landed Mr. Oliver kept two of tlie hoys in his , ' iiniily. Idlie was one of them. . w . t I I'.itai, Utti.tioAii Amiukni.?Charlottesville, 1 "a., January !id.? This morning a material train i n the Virginia.Midland I'oad at Itoekfish Sla- | ion. eighteen miles smith of Charlottesville, ran | If ihe traek at :? Inidge, down an emhiinkmenl i f lil'ty feel, killing Conductor Mahney Wilson i ml two liiakciiu'.i, an 1 sorimi'dy wounding I 'aj't. II. I>. I.ucket and si \ roa I loinds. .* \ . .it were (.oi. p!<l-'v wt,_ '. '( For tbe Time*. Reforest our Lands. "A tree in full leaf is a nobler object than a Kin;; 111 is coronation robes."?Loi:l> Macon. The scarcity of timber in the old cotton stntes I dnily becoming a matter for serious censidertion. The abolition of fences is perbnps the lost important step in the way of reform that us been nuide. Von not only do away with the lecessity of annually providing a large amount f the best timber for rails but you get rid of a ;reat det 1 of work which it is difficult to get lone. Few freedmcu like rail splitting. Secondly : It enables you to reforest your vastc fields. Keep the stock enclosed and the logwood, persimmon, hickory nut, walnut, l uiiuqunpin, uiaoK gum anil sweci gum win ue. [in to make their appearance. IJrooinscdge, triors and other grasses will take possession ho soil and bring it into a stnto of fertility.? I'inie, the great recuperator, will work wonders or us if wc will only study his ways. Every arincr should strive to reforest his waste lands, rhe china-berry, tlienilnnthus, t tat much abused rce, and many others, grow very rapidly, and if he seed were planted iu gullies ur.d waste places hey would soon act as restoratives, shading the ;round by their branches, fertilizing it by their caves and fruit, and by their roots spreading nit protecting the soil from washing rains. FOUESTKll. Suionu or an Kiuruit.?Sumter, January 22. ? Preston 0. Mood, editor the Clarendon /'rest uid teacher of a successful private school, blew lis brains out last night at Manning, where lie csidcd. It is rumored that the refusal of a fair laughter of Israel to reciprocate his attachment t Ko wauK llo iuuo nlwtit* *) 1 vnoro nl.l | uid was the son of Rev. Henry M. Mood, a disiuguished Methodist minister, and a most exemplary gentleman. The young man was talenled but erratic?some say not always sane. He was reckless ns an editor, and was recently challenged by young Charles Pool on account of newspaper remarks. Roth parties were willing to fight, but the seconds could not|agree upon the terms. Young Mood was well yesterday, atten dcd a parly last evening, ami killed himself after returning liuinc. He has ft large family conncction here. The sad event has excited much sympathy. The Mood family are remarkable for piety and worth, and have furnished several able members to the South Carolina Conference.?Col. Register. A correspondent of the News and Courier, at Manning, gives the following as the true cause of the sad event, and pays ft lilting tribute to the character of the lamented Mood : His tragic ending is directly traceable to a severe sickness sotue \ ears ago. It was menititrv 11vi vi.vA v.j -***- - *- ** *~ terrible attack?has been subject to epileptic fits. He was a bundle of nerves. Genius is olten-a fatal gift. Mood was undoubtedly a most brilliant man. His intellect of the highest and finest order. His morul character was unimpeachable. He overworked his frail body. Although quite young (2M) he had gathered a large library of choice books, which he had mastered. Those who knew him most intimately felt that this mental and physical taxation would end seriously. It did not corneas early as was reasonably expected. In short, the entire people are fully satisfied that the unfortunate young mnti took his life in one of his moments of mental abet ration. He gained tho respect of men by his purity of nioials, suavity of manners ami great tenderness of heart, lie loved books, children and nature. His love for his parents amounted to adoration. Tun Itkt'f iiltuan State Convention.?In pur sunucc of the call of It. H. Elliott, chairman the Republican State executive committee, con sisting of It. 1$. Klliott, W. N. Tuft, <\ Howrn E. \V.?M. Mackey, Sam I.cc, June Moblcy, W J. Myers, E. A. Webster, L. K. Miller and J. F ",v. .."he day fo holding the Republican State Convention to elet delegates from this State to the Republican Ns tional Convention to be held in June. Harr Noah, of Columbia, was elected secretary of t!i committee. 1 he Republican executive committee nppoin ted chairmen for the several counties, but with hold their names for the present.? Cor. .Was an Courier, '2'Jd. Rout s Census Takeus.?A llftrrisburg (l'a. dispatch says the latest swindle on the fanner is the census-taking." A gentlemanly fellot drives up with blanks for statistics of Hie furn ?bushels of wheat, number of cattle raised acres under cultivation, &c. Retwecn the tu Ides and the foot of the page, where the farme signs his name attesting the statement, is a hlan! space, whose existence is accounted for as alford ing room for miscellaneous information. In month more the farmer receives notice from neighboring bank that his note for Slot) is due lie knows nothing of the note, but invcstigalioi shows that the "census-taker" has tilled in Hi blank with a promise to pay, which, being not in the hand oi an innocent holder, must he pah by tlie unlucky dupe. PiinspKitHY in Mississii'i't.?The press of.Mis sissippi, without exception, chronicle much pros parity throughout that Stale. The Vicksbur| Herald says : ".Mississippi appears to be cincrg ing from (lie gloom of a long depression ititt the brightness of a permanent prosperity. A1 the productions are bountiful, prices are good old scores are being wiped out, and all the pen pie feel that there is -life in tlicold land yet ' A planter showed his books to a newspaper corrcS' poudent. in which, out of seventy-live names ol tenants, share-workers and hirelings, but out had failed to pay his bills ami have uioue^ ahead, and the reason he* gave for the cxccpti >r was that he had dabbled in politics last summer and lost his crop through sheer neglect." . O . Oi'K.xixu tiik Cami'Aiun.?The llcaufort Cmmil, of the 'J-d, says : "On Sunday last cx-t'oir gressinau Smalls addressed a large meeting ol over two thousand colored persons, by iuvitiv lion of the pastor, dev. Heed, at llospa Church, after services, tin the following Tuesday at (irahainsvillc, by invitatioii.be addressed a number of socicl ies there congregated at the niuii' versary of the Jerusalem Society. A large dill' iter was spread at the house of one Mills, and also a banquet at tlic church. We understand that a large meeting lias lieen appointed over on Si. Helena Island, at which Smalls is invited to address the faithful next Sunday." . o A f'oNiiur.ss.M\x'n P?i:sii;sation Cam.km Foil. ? A resolution was introduced in the New Jersey Legislature Monday, declaring that a decent regard for the opinions of mankind, as well as a manly respect for themselves, compelled the members n| that body to demand the immediate resign.'lion of t'liailes II. Voorhis, member of t'ongr-ss from the Fifth District of New Jersey. Mr. Voorhis, who is a Kepiiblieau, has been in licit"? uy iiii" graint jiiiy of l?ur<r?*ii rmmly, New Jersey, lor cuihc//.liiucut, conspiracy and forgery. ? I,oyi.i.\ \|i:s. Hicks. -The startling rumor of llie day is that Charles (?Conor is to marry tlie widow Lord, lately I licks. The ceremony lias, it is alleged, liceti deferred been us I lie Cardinal lias declined to pci Ibrni I lie necessary ccieinony, iicl both the widow and the lawyer are Ion higliioned to be married by anybody short of a Cardinal or an .\ri'liliis|in|i if there was one to be found. '!' course, y.ui remember ill about the l.ord Hicks cmbmglin the marriage of the parcnt in his second childhood, the row the sous sicked ti|>. I'si: u'i'Y t'i n\ Havana, January lift.? Ke ealed sli >eks of cat|p|iiakc have occurred durng the past, week in I lie Vuella Abajo Hislriet, Hid have been particnhirly heavy at San Chrisohul. The public buildings at the latter place hi: in ruins an I ?ov? nteen members of thec'.vil ' ar I havo hcon injun I 'a Pi'ling walls. Anotiilr Lirr ton COLUMBIA.?Au arrange- * I ment has been effected between the Hoard of * I Director* oi the 1'tDitenlltrjr and Messrs. Dolby bangs, the contractors for building th# fl Charleston jetties. At the last meeting of that board the bid of Messrs. Dolby & baugs to take E the granite for (his purpose from the p*nitentiury quarry was referred to a sub-coiuiuiltee of I the board, who have consummated the contract. The agreement is that all the rock needed for I the construction of the jetties is to be purchased from the State and taken from the peui teutinry quarry at -15 cents a ton, delivered on bonrd the cars. The contractors are to build a track connecting the South Carolina Railroad with tbo penitentiary. " " V? The Xeu-s and Courier says that the closing of ' J ihiB oontract renders available the appropriutidn j | of i?15,000 made by the Legislature to aid th^ construction of the Charleston Canal, by means I | of which it is hoped to bring the railroad direct to the water. The Slutc is to furnish L'tX) tons of rock per day, loaded on the cars at the quufrry in the penitentiary enclosure, and the South Carolina Railroad is to hind it at the water, 1 i in ilio lighters. Mr. wuuru u vuu uv ??HI..V.. v. 0 Hangs is coiitident I hut the first shipment of granite will be received in Charleston by the loth of February. Itk.ms fiiom Coi.r>iitta.?Columbia, Janusi* ry 23.?The up-freight train of the South Carolina Railroad, due here this morning, ran into a hand-car sixteen miles below Columbia, and the engine was thrown from the.track and considerably damaged. Mr. Shiver, the engineer of the freight Iruin. was the only person injured by the collision. A special train was dispatched from this city, and the connections made with1 but short delay. Gen. Bonhatn, railroad commissioner, is endeavoring to perfect an arrangement with the officials of the several railroads concentrating at) ^(P this point, by which travel and transportation of freight will be expedited. A sub-committee, consisting of members of me ncpuoucau 011a cawuvmo VVt ?as been authorized to proceed to Washington for the purpose of soliciting funds to start a Ro^blican paper in this city during the coming ca0. paign. ? Cor. Xcic? and Courier. . .* Rki'oktkd Discgvkiiy of Masonic Emblkms,? I.ieut -Commander (iorriuge, United IStatcs navy, telegraphs as follows in regard to the discovery of Masonic emblems under the pedestal of the obelisk at Alexander, Egypt: "Immediately under the pedestal of the obelisk, and in the east angle formed by the steps, I found a block of hewn svenite uranitc. foily inches in the cube, representing a perfect Masonic altar. Under this and immediately below 1 found a white marble slab, representing the apron, extending across the foundation of polished syenite granite, 102 inches long and 51 inches broad and U51 inches thick, the upper half hewn into a perfect square. At the same level and touching the short section of the square and in the west angle of the foundation 1 found another block of -n SSIW46 ipitykc.ilv regular in form, the ' and the foundation 0f ..hiol'i l,s,llnr a'?P8. white granite. Ucsi|cs(tf*',s ?0l,,P08ed of other less noticeable ni.? : ' our 1"*-'CC8 1 found signiticant emblems." ' r 0I,l? ^ut Penally A Minister Kissixu tiik CT * Vork Tribune states that the Kcv. New man, pastor of the German Lutheran* Hafcrone of the largest and wealthiest in lirookch, is in trouble, and has I ccn asked to resign by the trustees of the church, the charge being that on several occasions he kissed his cook, a young girl named Ida Stiggman. After submitting to the kissing for a while the girl reported the matter to her mother and then to the pastor's wife. I Finally the matter reached the ears of the trua, tecs of the church, who cited llaferinan to npi pear before them, but he only sent a long letter acknowledging that he had kissed the cook upon several occasions, lie declared that he did it out of pure christian motives ; he regarded her , as a daughter. This was not satisfactory to the trustees, in view of the fact that llaferinan had , two daughters already, and hence a request for his resignation, llaferinan is quoted as saying '. that if the congregation wished hint to go away r 1 ' '<> so. ;t JIo.MieihK.? rite Khowck Coiirirr states that. 1..I... I!...... ..l.l J. IIVMII 1/ltl IIVO, MII UIU Cll Itl'll V) I V 'VUllt't \ UHIH V, y but just ready to move to nnolhcr iStnte, his c wagons being loaded, forced a dilliculty on u young liiiiii, Milton W. \V. Nicholson. In the J'racaa the femoral artery of Homes was cut in i_ two |daces and he died in a short time. Assev,/ oral persons ran tip when Haines made the determined attack, it is uncertain who did the cutting. Nicholson surrendered himself to the j Sheriff and is in jail waiting an investigation. Barnes was drinking at the time ; the other pcrlV sons were all sober. ? .?. ? i Dani:i:iu?i?s Duk Uii.ui.? Philadelphia, Junti' ary 26.?Collector of Internal Revenue Ashworth, acting under instruction from Washing, ton, sei/.cd to-day the properly of the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad in this city to satisfy claims of the government amounting in the aggregate to half a million dollars. These claims \ arc for unpaid taxes upon notes of the railroad company paid out to its employees and circulated as scrip, which, under the government's construction of the law, are liable to taxation. * % ' Lv.vn Commission*:!! I.ksi.ik ?' "oi.imiii Jan. 25. ? An agent of parties in Kansas has been litre for a day or two endeavoring to induce the * State authorities to procure the arrest of C. P. Leslie, the notorious land commis.-doiier, who is 5 now residing near Topeka, Kansas. Application for a requisition was made to the ISovernor, but ' was refused, on the ground that no indictment ' was at present existing against Leslie in the ? Slate Courts.?Xrirs and Courirr. . o Accioknt on an Elkvatku Uaii.way.?N*.w Voiik, J an u ray 21.?At 12:110 this morning as p an emigrant train on the elevated railroad was , going south on eighth avenue, the engine jumped , the track, caused by a misplaced switch, and , fell to the ground, a distance of tweniytivc feet. Several men on tlio engine tell with it, two of whom were sciitusly and the others slightly injur el. ? Or it Bi.sath: Asyixm nml our State Penitentiary under 1 >? . tirillin ami (Jen. Bipscomb are I an honor to the Statu and to the Democratic party, and we give them this editorial notice bci cause we think our people will lie much grutigod to know that efficient and faithful ollicers are in charge of these important institutions.? Sumter \Vutchmun. .? I Dkatiis AMoMi Coi.oitK.n Bihuki.s.? A dispatch from Topcka, Kansas, says there have . licen a numher of deaths lately among the colI ored refugees at the barracks near that city.? Bodies have been left at the burying ground three or four days before being interred. The city ollicers have taken steps to prevent such neglect hcrafti r. . ? Dr.atii or an Oi.n Ci.K.nuvMAN.?Sumter, January'.!:}.? llev. Donald Mc'Jticon, D. D.. paslorof the Presbyterian church of this place for the past forty three years, died to-day at 1-o'clock, of a complication of diseases. M Vltlfl 10 J>. Mct'Ul.l.tKMI II A M lis. Married, on the I'dli iasl., at the residence of the Bride's Aunt, By Bcv. 'I'. .1. Taylor, Mr. B (?. MetTi.mmii and Miss Sai.i.ik K. II \u!:s, all of Union County. BAMB?MAY.?Married, Jan. 'J'Jd, by Bev. I ('. McSiiiiih, at the residence of tiic Bride's Mother, Mr. Josk.i'II Bamii and Miss Wii.i.ik. I Mi:viN M w, all of Union Coiiuly. MI I.I.BB ?Ml tSBBY.?-Married, at the rcsi li iioo ol*lilt- I'l l It-'s Mother, on Sun.lay the If'illi I ilisl., hy lirv. IS. I?. Smart, Mr. V I. Mill.Kit mill Min M \I. v S. .1 Momi.ky, nil of I'liion. WHI.CII SI MS.? Marrintl, ou llic "JTili inst., 1 at (lie ic"iiloiifo the hrhle's father, l>r. .1. I.. , Sims, liy Kcv. 15. U. t 'liflbnl, Mr. J ami.* S. Wki.oi ! to Miss .1 ri.i,\ A . Sims. I Consignees per Express at Union, S. C., Jan. 28th, 1880 Mis* Sullic Fnrrar, .1. W. Harris, F. M. Fair & I'd., I!. II. A-.-ini, .1. ( . Ilnrlan, II. .1. Ilmni' roil, T. M. \\ li irviilt's, Mrs. Il.l,. (Jo. s, J. U. St"t 'a in, M I' Nai l Ilk. I . II? ( HI NTS, Ajr't.