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Union to bo tho Ore* Thoroughfare from the West to Charleston. New York, January 2*2.?The unusual demand, during (ho Sbl few days, for South Carolina Railroad stock and unsecured bondsis explained at last. A Syndicate of New York capitalists, prominent among whom are Samuel Sloan, president of the Delaware and Lackawanna Kuiltoad, Moses Taylor and Richard Lathers, has beOti formed for the purpose of taking control of tho South Carolina Railroad nndrcloising it froui 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 aviih the Atlantic seaboshd at Charleston' \ ? If the ptans of tho Syndicate nre cartied out, the rood is to be managed with such energy as will speedily render Charleston the leading shipping port south of New York. Sixty utiles of road arc to be built immcdiaily to connect the South t'uroliua Railroad via Spartanburg, Henderson and Wolf Creek, with the Cincinnati Southern Road. A fleet of new and splendid steamers is to be placed on the New York and t harlcalou line. These, it is said, will eclipse those now plying on the Savannah line, and nre intended, amongst otiicr things, to accommodate the Florida tiadc. The Syndicate already own about 40,000 shares of the stock tf ilic South Curoliua Railroad Company, one of its members alone bold ing 20,000 shares. They do not look to any unfair combination with other roada, but expect to win success by dint of the completion of the all or test and tuoat direct route from the Ohio River to the Atlantic seaboard. They eny that the March report will show the South Carolina Railroad to be in excellent financial condition. This afternoon 13.GO was freely ofTercd for South Carolina Kailroad stock, but holders were asking 14, with a light olTering.?II. II. II. in A'ewa and Courier. The South Carolina Railroad in Demand. New York, Friday, January 23.?My inquiries to-day elicit the fact that two parties of capitalists arc in the field endeavoring to sccuro the control of the South Carolina Railroad and of the Charleston route to the West. Ono of the two parties is headed by Messrs. Samuel Sloan, Moses Taylor and Stout. They nrc buying up the bonds and stock of tlio road, with the intentions described in my dispatches yesterday. They say, in addition, that a 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 vert a. The othci party is led by Messrs. Lathers, Martin nnd Tnlmadgc. They arc working to ward off the threatened sale of the road in couscqncncc 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 be of incalculable importance in the future in connection with the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, or as an outlet for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, through the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. There is oven talk on the street today of an 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 Cnrolinn Railroad. Mr. Talmud ire Sr U ilniihlfnl nf ilio siiwms of I lie plan of reorganizing the South Corolina Railroad. subject to the first Mortgage bonds, as proposed by Messrs. Lathers, Martin and Taltnudgc. lie thinks that to-day's prices of the stock and bonds arc too high, considering the danger that the stock will bo "wiped out" in the United States Court in April, or after an appeal to the Supreme Court. The Sloan party are extremely reticent, and evidently do not desire to talk to outsiders.? There is strong hope, however, of an amicable iwuuajiML. _ stock 18 15$.? BLOOD .uosb. . Rkao.?Washington. Januuij ... ~ . , Committee on the colored exo lus to-day examined J. P. Dukcrhart, of Baltimore, the Southern Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, lie 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 the local promoters of the movement, by which the Baltimore and Ohio Road obtained ?!.. ? -? ? - - 1 i..v <i?uspui tuiiun 01 an mc colored people who hail gone from North Carolina to Indiana at reduced rates. In all arrangements the company agreed to pay Z. Tayler Evans, 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. 'Ihis was a well known standing inducement held out by himself and agents of competing roads to get men like Evans, Perry and Williams to get as large an emigration as possible. Evans told the witucss he commenced working up the exodus system months 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 and fifty cents per day. Terry 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 Carolina colored people who had gone to Indiana, that they found work, and advised their friends to follow. It is thought that the exodus would continue as long as the negroes could raise money to pay the faro, or until checked by unfavorable reports from their friends at the other end of the line. In this event, he would go to ; Indiana and try to secure them as posseugers back over the llaltimore and Ohio lines. Jaii. Breaking in Si'autaniuug.?Spartan- , burg, January 25.?Five criminals imprisoned ' in the county jail at this place escaped about -i o'clock on Saturday morning by cutting their s way through the solid stone walls nf ?l.?G? and lulling themselves down to (he ground, a distance of twenty-five feet, by a rope made of their bed clothing. The names of those who 1 escaped were Bill .Moore and Bill Coleman, con- s victcd of rape, Alexander Itogcrs, for highway h robbery, and Anthony West field and llarvey ^ Moore, for assault with intent to kill, all colored. The shcrilf discovered the escape about daylight * and gave prompt pursuit. Westficld and llavey 1 Mooro gave themselves up, and have been re- p, placed in jail. The others have not been heard j, 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 T which the above named five escaped, but they were discovered before any more could get out. g ?Cor. Newt and Courier. a ol Death of Mrs. Ci.ocnii Sims.?Mrs. Ann II 18 Sims died at 11 o'clock on last Thursday morn- a| ing, after an illness of twelve days, in the 81st ol year of her age. She was residing with her daughter, Mrs. W. T. Henderson, at Sims' Cross ltoads, at the time of her death and had been ov twice married?first to Mr. G. W. Goore, of Wl Chester soivnty, in 1815, who died in 182-1 ; and go then to Colonel Clough S. Sims, of Union coun- an ty. in 1827. Colonel Siins died in 1852, and in 1855 Mrs. Sims came to Abbeville county where un she lived until her death. She was a consistent I"1 infimliAi* ? ? "* ...? i icnu/ivrian tnurcli and had is hccn connected with it for tlie past thirty-four Ka years. Amiable, considerate, kind and just, sho was beloved by all who knew her. 8he left wo a largo family of children, grand-children and great-grand children to tnourn her loss and em- in ulalc her Christian virtues.?Abbeville Medium. BOj ' "" **"" | po So large is tho number of primary pupils attending the Due Wost Female College this year r*' llmt tho Authorities have found it neccesnry to ftn< employ an assistant.?Abbeville Medium. alo ?hc lalcchlu "tttnion Swincs. R. M._8TOKES, Editor. uNioN7 Friday, January ?oni8o. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Copy, one year, is ai?vax<k, $2.00 2 Copies one year," " 3.75 5 " " " " " 8.50 10 " " " ? " 15.00 ADVERTISING. One *<|uiire or one inch, first insertion, - - - $1.00 Each subsc<|tient insertion, ------- 75 Liberal discount untile to merchants and others advertising for six mouths or by the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or leas, inserted free. " " over ten lines, charged as Advertiseuicnts. ^ ^ IQ^KoTwlhstanding tSe' audjten flight of Kain, the work on the handsome dwelling of Mr. E. H. Wallace is progressing. glayTito Charleston Weekly New* has been greally enlarged, and is now one of the largest ns well as most valuable newspapers published in the Eoulh. For terms see advertisement. JR3JU Mnj. E. A. lltirkc, of I he New Orleans Democrat, and Maj. II. J. lleitrsey, of lite States, fought a duel last Tuesday. Distance ten paces. Etch fired two ihots. Nobody hurt, and the matter amicably adjusted. B?5i_ The voice of Col. W. 8. Dogan is hearil oil our streets again, advocating the claims of the Columbia Iltgiater. The Col. is a first rate canvasser nnd represents a first class paper at the State Capital. A Miserable DayLast Monday was decidedly the most uuplcasant day we have had this year. A cold rain commenced falling about 8 o'clock, with very high wiud, and lasted until about midnight. We thought winter had come at last, but the next day was like spring weather and the atmosphere is now delightful. Whose Money is It. A few days ago two small colored boys wire seen with more money in their possession than was supposed they got honestly and upon being interrogated said they found it. They willingly gave the money to Mr. It. II. Harris, Town Marshal, who now has it in his possession. The owner enn recover it by giving satisfactory proof that it belongs to him. Candidates for Governor. The following gentlemen havo already been nominated, through the papers as eminently fitted for Governor of South Carolina: Johnson Hagood, M. IT. Gary, Hon. W. H. Wallace, B. F. l'crry, Ar misted Burt, J as. Colhran S. Bobo and Gabriel Caunou. If there arc any more 'fit and proper persons" for that position we have overlooked them. Either of the above gentlemen would make a good Governor. The Piedmont HeadlightThis handsome monthly journal, published at Atlanta by the Air Line Railway company, wc think, is on our table'and full of most valuable matter to those who arc seeking information about the climate, soil, productions and advantages of this salubrious Piedmont belt of our country. The Headlight is sent all over this country and Europe, and is doing a vast amount of good in bringing this delightful region to the notice of emigrants. Beaatifal Pioturea. We arc pleased to state that Miss Bene II arvef TT.iust finished a course of lusons in Conpljfc . frcp; red to apJging out the picture in thr brightest and "Si natural style. The coloring is in exquisite taste and gives to an ordinary photograph a most charming and life-like appearauce ; in fact, it completes the picture. We hopo Miss llarlau will be encouraged and her work found in every house. . A Boating Expedition. Wc arc iuformcd that two young white men and a negro from this County have started on an expedition to Florida. That is not very strange, but they intend making the whole trip in a small boat, and the lost beard of them they were in Columbia making a sail for their "frail bark.'1 We hope they will have a safe and pleasant trip, but we are satisfied they will Garner a vast amount of nau(ghty)cal experience before they get there. They will find "plowing the sea" much more difficult and sickening than pic wing land. ? Blood Money. We call Ihft ntlanlinn nf 1 ?_!? -- vi vui uuturcu CU1ZCUS 10 the Article headed "Blood Money." It is but one out of the many schemes laid before the colored people of the South by the Republican party to use them for party purposes, to client them out of their bard earnings and 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 llailroad gives its aid to such nn infamous scheme for thesukoof making mon- ' ey out of so poor and uninformed a class of ' people ns the negroes of the Soutli arc. t 4 The Maine Trouble. I The latest news from the State of Maine is c lomewhat warlike. The Supreme Court hns dc- 8 ided, unanimously, that the Fusion Legislatuie ^ s not a legal body. Threats are made to arrest he Fusion officials, and the latter declare that uch nn attempt will bo resisted by force. A ^ irge number of Fusionists from other parts of lie State had arrived in the Capital on Tuesday c nd a company of seventy-five men on the way. ' 'he Governor has been urged to call two organ- * ' ted Militia Companies and quarter them in n all near that in which the Fusion legislature 8I leets. We shall be surprised if a drop of blood ii i spilled, after all the fuss that has been mude ^ t! he Radioals Organising- ,c The meeting ol such leading Radicals in this ?' tale as Elliott, Bowen, Mackcy, Mobley and j8 thcrs, and the fact that ex-congressman Smalls ai now slumping the lower counties of the State id gathering together the scattered members ^ ' the pnrly there, should be sufficient proof at the democrats will not be allowed to "walk ^ er the course" next Fall. Mark our words, . iu i shall have a hard fight to retain the State vernment in our hands, and if disorganizes d sore-heads are allowed to intorfere with the lity of the democratic party, we shall be very ( lely to lose the State. In Union County there grcnt danger. The radicals are already or- m< nizing, and we heard one of them say they & ' luld be more united than they ever had been. 8" . ..M ' -* * * > c??-? tuniivr, tnejr lnicnucil lo make a split the democratic party by promising to rote 1 id for some disaffected men in it, but at the mo lis the rndicnl vote would be cost solid for P01 lical candidates. Fall into ranks, democrats, 1 let the touch of the shoulder bo felt all j)e" ng the line. arj - * This Delightful RegionWe really believe (his is Ihe healthiest and pleasantcst portion of South Carolina, and wheu its advantage in this respect are betterv known by strangers, we are confident it will beooma an attraction place for parties wishing to live in a section where there is no extreme of Winter or Summer and health, long life and success are assured to honest industry. If an effort was made by the large property holders of this County, we are satisfied that ou? novation could bo ??.vio4 lyr.m wry snon^M^MpEl^ga | dltion of Valuable and acceptable itnfingranls, who would soon bring into profitable cultivation the thousands of acres of land now producing nothing to their owners, but upon wbich heavy taxes have to be paid every year. The managers of the Air Line Railway ore doing a great work in attracting a population of solid worthy people from other parts of tho world to the beautiful secticn of country stretching along tho-line of that road, and it only requires the co-operation of tho pcoplo of Union to secure a share of the thrift and wealth which >is so apparent irotn Atlanta to Charlotte. Tlioro is not an acre of land on that liue and for miles back that has not increased in value ten-fold the pn8t three jears, while capitalists and good, permanent labor are rapidly occupying and im~ proving the country, making property still more valuable and .taxation lighter. .?. Editorial Changos. We regret to find that Mr. W. C. 1'cnct has tired irom the editorial charge of the Abbeville Prttt and Banner. Although his editorial darcer has been quite brief, Mr. Uenet has established for himself an enviable reputation as an^independent. forcible and profound writer. In his retirement journalism in tho State has lortoncof its ablest and soundest writers, lie leaves our fiiend Hugh Wilson at the helm, who is ono of best and most enterprising conductors of a newspaper wo ever knew. Our sincere wishes for the prosperity of all parties will always be with them. The Ntwbtrry Netcs.?In our last we only mentioned the retirement of Mr. Itonhiun from the editorial charge of this able and interesting journal, but we find that his colaborer, Mr. Simpkins, has also vacated the editorU chair to attend to his practice at the bar, leaving thc Ntiet entirely in tho hands of Mr. R. 11. Qrcnnekcr, its energetic proprietor. Mr. G'enncker is no novice in editorial duties and rill make the paper well worthy the moat liberal eupport of thc people of Newberry. Mr. Simpkins is a young man of fine abilities and will sftrely take a prominent position at tho bar. May success attend both is our heartfelt wish. unr mn li 9* a zear. We have not reduced the subscription price of (he Times, as some appear to think. As on inducement to those who do not take their county paper?and there are hundreds in Union who nover have taken it?we have offered reduced prices to clubs of nete subscribers. Of course, any one takiug the trouble to get up a club is entitled to the reduced rato on his own subscription, but wo cannot allow him to put into the club an old subscriber. If ho 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 sonic interest in its prosperity bj using thoir influence in a reJuclio~n~iu tfeeHp^^6^111%'^^^ club of new subscribers, tNUeqp Again, the prices of material, labor and everything else employed in a printing office has risen since last Summer from 25 to 50 per cent, and we shall be compelled to withdraw our club rates after the 15th of next month. After that date each st^cribcr, old and new, will have to pay $2 a j car. We sec that a number of papers have incteased the prico instead of reducing. Important Business Called Him. Mr. E. Kain, a contractor and pretty good Architect, who had contracted to build two fine houses in this town, left vory suddenly about two weeks ago and, although he took with him about $4,000in cosh, forgot to pay several large and small accounts, and his creditors are now mourning his absence. lie has written to us twice since he left?once from Chester and once frorc New York?and from his urgent request in both letters for us not to mention his sudden departure assuring usthathe would return soon, we thought it probable he would return and make nil 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 hns "gone glimmering" unto some other country from . whence no traveller of his stripe ever returns, CVflt hniH #?.-? ~ ......? ..... vi iue oncritt. i In his letter from New York he tells us he is going to Cuba, and promises, if we would not < neution his absence in our valuable paper, when t T do return 1 will bring my friend Stokes a box i if Havanuahs." As wo don't smoke we would >refer his bringing something to satisfy the ? ravings of his many other friends who are in c uch deep distress at his long absence. r t In Extra 8es*ion Called. t Col. T. S. Farrow, editor of the Spartanburg Ferald, telegraphed to that paper the following rom Columbia, on the 27th : The Supreme Court yesterday rendered a do- ?ision in the case of Attorney-General, ex rcl. 0 ?. Johnson Ilaygood, Comptroller-General?pc- g ilion for mandamus. Judges Willard and Mover unito in declaring the act, as it stands, as lvalid and of no force. Judge McGowan dissnts so far as the validity of the whole act is ivolvod. and thinks the portion relating to the tatetax levy of mills and the appropriation for " I(t ( MlOfloot ;,!l .. military oouid be eliminated, ir laving the remainder of the act valid. In |, >naequcnce of the decision the Governor will (( sue a proclamation to-daj convening the Leglature in extra session on the 10th ot Fchru y next. ?w Radical Paper in Colombia. Arrangements are being made to start a radiil Newspaper in Columbia. We cannot believe at any respectable Merchant or business man R. that City will encourage such a sheet by giv- hi g it patronage. The sad experience of the se at should certainly be sufficient warning not 'c warm into Hfc another such a viper. There's j','( it little radical patronage now worth spending f01 >ncy to secure, in this State. The only object re lemocrat could have in view, in sustaining ^a ch a journal, would be a ''fat appointment" *' case a radical President is elected next Fall. -? V* Til* TiirnMAL Bki.t.?Mr. George Refzler, on kil agent on the 8. k A. Koad informs us that tio Kelt trees have been in full bloom for two or off -ee weeks in the famous thermal belt near of ron. A few blooms made their appearance in nn< comber, but it was about the middle of Jauu- Ca| ' that the trees were in full bloom. cat The Clement Attachment. In the Charleston AW a and Courier of the 2Glh, is a good cut showing in detail all the parts and working of the now famous "Clement Attachment lor Spinning Seed Cotton," which will giro any one a belter idea of this machine than a description in words possibly could. With tho illustration, the cuterprising managers of that paper publishes four columns of valuable information, from many sources, upon the practicability of the invention and the advantages and profits which would be.derived by the Southern i*ru4?r? ;< tw*, would combine in every township and procure the machine to spin their Cotton. The following, which we cull from the News and Courier's long account, is from Mr. II. W. Grady, who, with a number of prominent citixeus of Georgia, visited the Westminster Mill, in Oconee County : 'Arriving at the mill we found a modest looking plankhousc at the foot of a placid mill-pond differing in nothing apparently from an ordinary country grist-inill. The Striblings, soon hnd a small force on hand and announced that they would start the mill. Before it was started the two 8triblings, who manage it, spent au hour describing to the visitors every part of the machinery, which was so simple that its very simplicity required explanation. After every possible question was answered, the water was turned on and the mill was started. The little mill never behaved belter. The seed cotton fed into the gin cnnic out in the most regular and fleecy sliver that could be imagined, and the crowd had the besf opportunity of examining its work. "It was very soon evident llint no one of the visitors had been disappointed, but that all were more than pleased. The main trouble that has been seen in it up to this lime, vix : the procuring and storing of seed cotton, was answered by tbo experience of tbo Sirihlina< A limine that had cost them $40 placed next to the mill had held 70,000 pounds of seed cotton. A house costing $80 would more than hold enough to run this mill a year, as they could get seed cotton from tho fields for two months. The storage was thus provided for. As to the purchase of seed cotton, Mr. Stribling stated that he could get any amount that he needed, lie gives the iurmcrs tno caaii value ot their need cotton?that is, what it would bring ir ginned nnd sold as lint, and charges no gin fee, which is one-twenticth. A farmer, therefore, who sells to Slribling get his cash the day his A>tton is picked, and gets onc-lwcntieth more than he could if he wailed for the ginning. Ho has no expense ot hauling to market, no commissions to pay, &c. Mr. Stribling says he could get ten times what he wanted. A glance at the seed as it cornea from the attachment shows that every particle of lint has been taken off. It is estimated that a Clement gin will get 8 per cent, more cotton from a given quantity of seed than an ordinary gin. There is no danger of fire in storing seed cotton, US u nic will detail viui i* una .w. ? . top surface, leaving the mass uninjured. It is said that a single machine, costing $3,500, will pay from ?1,800 to 2,500 a year. Could money be made faster in any other investment? Lkap Yhar. Notks.?We don't mean those little nicely written mitrivea upon gilt-edged paper which we often sec flying 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. R. Wallace points at you with such a meaning smile over the llank counter. Leap year makes no changes in the maturity of a note of hand. Paper dated on February 28, 1880, payable one day from date, becomes due March l,thosaincas any other year. In Indiana the question has cotne before the Supreme Court in respect to serving of process of 187C, the last previous lcapycar. The luw there requires ten days' previous service for the entry of judgment. In the case before the court the judgment was premature if the 28lh and 20th every bissextile yoor must bo computed nn.l considered in law as one day." Fur the Times. Jonesville Items. Euitou Timks :?Not much of anything serious has transpired in Jonesville the pnst week, except the arrival of the "Soap man," whose trade in sclliug recipes for making lOOlbs. of soap for the trivial sum of a dime, was brisk.? Matrons and husbands were jubilant and everybody happy except the irerchants, who began to ihiuk that they stood on the brink of utter ruin and the quantities of soap on their hands would prove a total loss. Men, women and children, were rushing from one store to another in search of chemicals of all descriptions, from saltpetre to Oelseminum, Scmpervirens and Cypripeduim I,ubcscens(?) un- | til 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 Boot Makers had soap on tho brain, but like the borrowed axe, chemicals and all the ingredients would not bring forth the desired article, and with dire maledictions and muttered "tacres" on all Soap-right men, the Jonesvillitesare satisfied that the best and cheapest soap in the end is the manufactured article to be found in all stores. Since the departure of "Soap," business has ;ommcnced to look up and the cool weather acting in people have no time to do auything but Utcnd to the fires. All the schools, I am informed, in this Town.1.2? " imp, are now open and the attendance has inireased since last year. This is a move in the ight direction and looks as if the people were aking more pains to have their children educaed than ever. The common gossip of the town and county 1 9 the Hot Supper at the M. E. Church, which | ccurred too late for this communication to tell < f; it can bo only surmised that it will bo a i reat affair. JONKSV1LLK. | Charleston, 8. C., Jan. 2d, 1880. ' We take pleasure in informing our friends iat Capt JAMES 1'. (HUMS, well known to the lerchants throughout the State, has associated 8 imself with our house, where he will be glad , > see his friends. r Very respoctfully, r JOHNSTON,'CREWS & CO. < Jan 91 4t ' * a Mkasi.es in spautanbcna.?Tho measles crn- J; nue to prevail throughout many portion of the " junty. Mr. Oeorgo Tanner has been ?nr? - -- J ck at Saluda with a relapse. I(i8 friends (hink in out of dauger if he will take care of hiin- ' If. Mr. Frank Montgomerj, second sou of ,w din H. Montgomery, Esq., is quite low with " iouinoiiin resulting from measles. J.ittle F.llie iss, one of Mr. Oliver's ophans, has been sick r several days ; but there are now hopes of his ;c covery. After the Orphan Ilouse was dis- J*1 nded Mr. Oliver kept two of the boys in his '' nily. Kllie was one of them. ^ ? rc Fatal Railroad Accident.?Charlottesville, ki i., January 28.?This morning a material train the Virginia.Midland Road at Itockflsh Stan, eighteen miles south of Charlottesville, ran pc the track at a bridge, down an embankment in fifty feet, killing Conductor Dabney Wilson an I two brakemen, nnd seriously wounding to pt. II. D. Lucket and six road hands. Six ar s were completely wrecked. g i -J? ?J?i 1 i r 'ii i-.? -i?'?i~L-*?!!=T 1 For the Time*. Beforeat oar Land*. "A tree In fall lea/ U a nobler object than a King In lil.i coronation robes."?Lord Macon. I The scarcity of timber in the old cotton states is daily becoming a matter for serious consideration. The abolition of fences is perhaps the most important step in the way of reform that lias been niAde. You not only do away with the necessity of annually providing a large amount of the best timber for rails but you get rid of a great doil of work which it is difficult to get done. Few freedmen like rail splitting. Secondly : It enables you to reforest your waste flctds. Keep the stoclt enclosed end the dogwood, persimmon, hickory nut, walnut, chinquapin, black gum and sweet gum will be. gin to make their appearance. Broomsedge, briars and other grosses will take possession o' tho soil and bring it into a stoto of fertility.? Time, tho great recuperator, will work wonders for us if wo will only study his ways. Every fanner should strive to reforest his waste lands. The china-berry, thenilanthus, t int much abused tree, and many others, grow very rapidly, and if the seed were planted in gullies and waste places they would soon act as restoratives, shading the ground by their branches, fertilizing it by their Innvpq nnrl fruit ???.! 1?? 1?! ? 4- '* ? ? ..? >, uuu nj mvir roois sprcauing out protecting the soil from washing rains. FORESTER. ? . ? Suicide or an Editor.?Sumter, January 22. ?Preston D. Mood, editor the Clarendon Press and teacher of a successful private school, blew his brains out lost night at Manning, where he resided. It is rumored that the refusnl of a fair daughter of Israel to reciprocate his attachment waoK Aral lln moo (tlmni Ml vaore a1(| and was the son of Rev. Henry M. Mood, a distinguished Methodist minister, and a most exemplary gentleman. The young man was talented but erratic?some sny not always sane. lie was reckless as an editor, and was recently challenged by young Charles Pool on account of newspaper remarks. Iloth parties were willing to 6glit, hut the seconds oould not|ngree upon the terms. Young Mood was woll yesterday, attended a party last evening, and killed himself after returning home. lie has a large family connection here. The sad event has excited much sympathy. The Mood family nre remarkable for piety and worth, and have furnished sectoral able members to the South Carolina Conference.?Col. Register. A correspondent of the News and Courier, at Manning, gives tho following as the true cause of the sad event, and pays a fitting tribute to the character of the lamented Mood : His tragic ending is directly traceable to a severe sickness some j ears ago. It was menin?11 IS. IIV IIVIV1 VMVrt V.J - J* -- -?* terrible attack?has been subject to epileptic fits, lie was a bundle of nerves. Genius is ofle?a fatal gift. Mood was undoubtedly a most brilliant man. His intellect of ilie highest and finest order. His moral character was unimpeachable. He overworked his frail body. Alii. / ! ) \ l.? I >... I ? . ~ I . vug.. Mu,,v JUUUg \?.J ..V ...... g.....v.vu .. ....?V library of choice books, which he had mastered. Those who knew him most intimately felt that this mental aud physical taxation would cud seriously. It did not come as early as wus reasonably expected. In short, the entire people aro fully satisfied that the unfortunate young mnn took his life in one of his momenta of mental aberration. He gained tho respect of men by his purity of moinls, suavity of manners am] great tenderness of heart, lie loved books, children and nature. Mis love for his parent: amounted to adoration. Tuk Republican State Convention.?In pur suancc of the call of K. 11. Elliott, chairman the Republican State executive committee, consisting of 11. II. Elliott, W. N. Taft, C. C. How en E. W. M. Mackey, Saiu Lee, Juno Moblcy, W J. Myers, E. A. Webster, L. E. Miller and J. F - ? I ?u IIIO jrvotvmvw holding the Republican State Convention ?o elec delegates from this State to the Republican Na Monal Convention to be held in June. Harry Noah, of Columbia, was elected secretary of the committee. The Hemil.linn.. _..r .??uiiio committee appoinled chairmen for the several counties, but withhold their nnmcs for the present.? Cor. A'cict ami Courier, 2'2J. Hours Cknsus Takers.?A llarrisburg (Pa.) dispatch soys the latest swindle on the farmers is the '-census-taking." A gentlemanly fellow drives up with blanks for statistics of the farm ?bushels of wheat, number of cattle raised, acres under cultivation, &c. Between the tables and the foot of the page, where the farmer signs his name nttesling the statement, is a blank space, whose existence is accounted for as atfording room for miscellaneous information. In a mouth more the farmer receives notice from a neighboring bank that his note for $150 is due. lie knows nothing of the note, but investigation shows that the "census-taker" has tilled in the blank with a promise to pay, which, being now in the hand of nn innocent holder, must bo paid by the unlucky dupe. Prospbriiy is Mississippi.?The press of Mississippi, without exception, chronicle much prosperity tliroii?rli<"'? <!.?< e ....... oiuio. inc Vtcksburg Herald says : "Mississippi appears to be emerging from the gloom of a long depression into the brightness of a permanent prosperity. All the productions are bountiful, prices are good, old scores are being wiped out, And all the peo-' pie feel that there is 'life jn the old land yet.' A planter showed his books to a newspaper corrcspondent, in which, out of seventy-five names of tenants, share-workers and hirelings, but one had failed to pay his bills aud have money ahead, and the reason he*gave for the exception was that lie had dabbled In politics last summer and lost his crop through sheer neglect." Ot'ks'i.to tub Campaign.?The llcaufort Crescent, of the 2'2d, says : "On Sunday Inst ex-Congressman Smalls addressed a large meeting of over two thousand colored persous, by invitation of the pastor, Itev. lleed, nt Hospa Church, after services. On the following Tuesday at (irahamsville, by invitation, he addressed n number of sooielius there congregated at the anniversary of the Jerusalem Society. A large dinner was spread at the house of one Mills, and ilsn n banquet at the church. We understand that a large meeting has been appointed over )n St. Helena Island, at which Smalls is invited o address the faithful a?" H??? kJUIIllUJ' A Congressman'8 Resignation Called For. ?A resolution was introduced in the New Jcriey legislature Monday, declaring that a decent egard for the opinions of mankind, as well as a | uauly respect for themselves, compelled the > nemhers of that body to demand the immediate | esignotion of Chailes II. Voorhis, member of ( !engr sss from the Fifth District of New Jersey. Ir. Voorhis, who is a Republican, has been inicted by the grand jury of llergen County, lew Jersey, for embezzlement, conspiracy and j jfgery. ? _ i Lovkly Mrs. IIicks.?Tlio startling rumor of le day is that Charles O'Conor is to marry the ( idow Lord, lately liiclts. The ceremony has, \ is alleged, been deferred becausj the Cardinal j as declined to perform the necessary ceteinony, id both the widow and the lawyer are too high- j ined to be married by anybody short of a Carinal or an Archbishop?if Ihero was one to be _ und. Of course, you remember all about the ord-llicks cinbroglio?the marriage of I he paint in his second childhood, tho row the sons ^ eked up. |( Unhappy Cuba.?Havana, January 26.?Re- Ci >nted shocks of eathquake have occurred durg the past week in the Vuelta Abajo District, id have been particularly heavy at San Chris- k bal. The publio buildings at the latter place so o in ruins and seventeen members of the civil Si nrd have been injured by fulling walls. ' * % ' i Another Lirr ton Columiiia.?An arrangement hu been effected between the Hoard of 4 Directore of the Penitentiary and Messrs. Dolby it* Bangs, the contractors for building Ih# Charleston jetties. At the Inst meeting of that board the bid of Messrs. Dolby & Dangs to take the granite for this purpose from tho penitentiary quarry was referred to a sub-committee of the board, who havo consummated tho contract. Thm agreement is that all the rock needed for Ihe construction of the jetties is to be purchased from the Stele and taken from the penitentiary quarry at 46 cents a ton, delivered on board the cars. The contractors are to build a track connecting the South Carolina Railroad with the^ penitentiary. ' 1" The News and Courier says that the closing^of this contract renders available the appropriotidb of $15,000 made by the Legislature to aid thv construction of the Charleston Canal, by means of which it is hoped to bring the railroad direct to the water. The State is to furnish 200 tons of rock per day, loaded on the cars at the quarry in the penitentiary enclosure, and the South Carolina Railroad is to land it at the water, where it can be trauferred to the lighters. Mr. Dangs is confident that the first shipment of granite will be received in Charleston by the 15th of February. Items from Columbia.?Columbia, Janua' ry 23.?Tho up-freight train of the South Carolina Railroad, due here this morning, ran iifto 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 train, was the only person injured by the collision. A special train was dispatched from this city, and the connections made with* but short delay. Gen. Donham, railroad commissioner, is endeavoring to pcrfoct an arrangement with the officials of the several railroads concentrating at this point, by which travel and transportation? of freight will be expedited. ive ?.f. been authorized to proceed to Washington for the purpose of soliciting fuuds to start a Republican paper in this city during tho coming ca,,. paign.?Cor. News and Courier. Rf-portki) Discovery or Masonic Emblems.? Lieut -Commander Gorriuge, United States navy, telegraphs as follows in regard to the discovery > of Masonic emblems under the pedestal of the obelisk at Alexander, Egypt: "Immediately un- \ der the pedestal of the obelisk, and in the east \ angle formed by the steps, I found a block of hewn syenite granite, foity 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 syonito granite, 102 inches long nud 51 inches broad and 25J inches (hick, the upper half hew ti into n perfect square. At the s#mc level and touching the short section of the square and in the west angle of the foundation 1 found another block of ? SXr-nUG ?r<UUlc;.WP?kcdlv regular in form, the W and the foundation of wh:?.i*. "u?u us>,,,arsteps, white granite. Bcs?fe8 ,i, ' ,Wft8 ?oroposed of other less noticeable n>H jm_ ?.ur P*?ceiJ I found significant emblems." Portent, but equally > >? A Minister Kissinu tiie zz " York Tribune states that the Iter.*ut~The^ New man, pastor of the German Lutberarf* Haferone of the largest and wealthiest in Brootch, is in trouble, and has teen asked to resign b> 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 mat- \ tcr to her mother and then to the pastor's wife. I Finally the matter reached the ears of the trus, tees of the church, who cited llnferuian to npi pear before them, but he only sent a long letter acttnowieuging uiui ne u#? kisscu mc iw ur" several occasions. Ho declared tlmt be did it out of pure christian motives ; lie regarded her as a daughter. This was not satisfactory to the trustees, in view of the fact that llaferman had two daughters already, aud lience a request for his resignation. liaferwnn is quoted as saying ! that if the congregadou wished him to go away u- J a jsq. ^ l Homiciok.?The Keoicee Courier states that '* * . John liarnes, an old cilixen of Oconee County, , but just ready to move to another State, his ^ wagons being loaded, forced a difficulty on a young man, Milton W. W. Nicholson. In tho . fraca* the femoral artery of Liarnes was cut in two places and he died in a short liine. As sevf oral persons ran up when Liarnes made the determined attack, it is uncertnin who did the cutting. Nicholson surrendered himself to the Sheriff aud is in jail waiting nn investigation, liarnes was drinking at the time; the other persons were nil sober. Danokiuius Dur Hii.i.i.?Philadelphia, January 26.?Collector of Internal Kevenue Ashworth, noting under instruction from Washington, seized 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 are for unpaid tuxes 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. Laud Commissionrii Lbsmk ?Columbia, Jan. 25.?An agent of parties in Kansas has been hero for a day or two endeavoring to iuduco the State authorities to procure the arrest of C. P. i.usue, me notorious land commissioner, who is now residing near Topeka, Kansas. .Application "<J for a requisition was made to the Governor, but was refused, on the ground that no indictment was at present existing against Leslio in the State Courts.?Newt antl Courier. ACCtDKNT ON AN ElKVATKI) UaII.WAY.? NkW Yobk, Jauuray 24.?At 12:30 this morning as au emigrant train on the elevated railroad was going south on eighth avenue, the engine jumped the track, cnused by a misplaced switch, and fell to the ground, a distance of twentyfive feet. Several men on the engine tell with it, two of whoip were sciitusly and the others slightly injured. Oun Lunatic Asylum and our State Penitentiary under l)r. Gritlin and Gen. Lipscomb are an honor to the State and to the Democratic party, and we give them this editorial notice because we think our people will be much grntiged to know that efficient and faithful officers nre in elitrmt nf 1??*~ *'* 0 ...y., iu.|>v(lHllt lUSUIUllODH. Sumter Watchman. Deaths amoxo Colorku Rkvuoru.?A dirpatch from Topeka, Kansas, says there have been a number of deaths lately among the colored refugees at the barracks near that city.?Bodies have been left at the burying greum)! three or four days before being interred*. Thocity officers have taken steps to prevent such neglect horafler. Death or as Old Clergyman.?Sunrter, January '23. ? Ucv. Donald McQueen, D. D.. pnstorof the Presbyterian church of this place fur the past forty three years, died to-dny at 12 o'clock, of s complication of diseases. M Vlt|tI1, p. McCULLOCIl ?1IAMK8?Mrtrried, on the 15th insl., at the residence of tho llridc'a Aunt, ?y Her. T. J. Taylor, Mr. K. 0. McCullocii and diss Bai.uIK K. II a Mrs, all of Union County. LAMB?MAY?Slurried, Jan. 22d, by Kev. 3. MoSmith, at the residence of tho Bride's dottier, Mr. JnsKrii Lamii and Miss Willi* Shvin May, all of Union County. MILLElt?MOSLKY.?Married, at the real ence 01 ilie nridc's Mother, on Sunday the 26th nut., by Itev. H. D. Rinart, Mr. V I. MllUi nd Miss M anv 8: J. Moslky, ull of Union. WKLCH?81M8.?Married, on the 27th inet., t the rcuidetice of the bride's father, Dr. J. L. ims, by Iter. H. 0. Clifford, Mr. Jambs S. Wii.cn > Miss Joma a. Sims. onslgnees per Express at Onion, 8. 0., J??28th, 1880. Miss Rallie Fsrrsr, J. W. Harris, f M. Farr Co., H. It. Agent, J. G. Harlan, H. J. Thornin, T. M. Whiteside*, Mrs. II. h. Gobs, J. D. lecdnnui, -M. ft r. Nat'l Ilk. F. II? COUNTS, Ag'l. *