Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I . .1 I . ,.J ? I i. 1 Skco.nd Attkmit to Blow uptiir Kmi'kkob or Ui'ssia.?Loudon, February 123.?A portion of the lctterXrogi Prince Alexander of Hens* to liia wife, dated St. Petersburg, February 17. and published hero, says : "1 was reacivcd at the railway station by all the eons of the Emperor niid by Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, and was thence conducted to the winter palace. The Kmpcror awaited uie at the staircase. We were proceeding through a large corridor to his Majesty's apartments, when suddenly a fearful detonatiou was heard. The flooring was raised as if by an earthquake, the gas extinguished and we were left in total darkness. At the same time a horrible dust and smell of gunpowder or dynamite tilled the air. Some ono shouted to us that the chandelier had fallen down in the saloon where the table was laid for dinner. I hastened thither with theCxarewitchand Grand Duke Vladimer, while CodVt Adlerburg, in doubt as to what might happen, held baok the Kniporor. We found all the windows broken and the walls in ruins. Dinner had been delayed half an hour for my urrival, and it was owing to this circumstance that the Kmperor nnd family had not assembled in the dining hall." Nihilists Tiiiikatk.n JSt. Pktkiisiiluu.?A St. Petersburg dipatch to the Daily Tclcyraph says, General Gourko, Governor General of St. Petersburg, General Prentclcn, Chief or the Imperial Police, ami General /ouroff, Prefect of Police of St. Petersburg, bare received notices from tlie Nihilist committee informing them tlint they need not trouble themselves to make arrangements fur an illumination on the occasion of the Czar's anniversary,as the revolutionists are preparing for such an illumination as has not been bveu since Nero burned Home. St. pKititsui iui, February 2d.?An official messenger announces that inquiry into the winter palace explosion has had the result of crime was committed by a person who passed ns a workman, and that there is reason to suspect a connection between the person to some individuals who were arrested previous to the explosion. - - Tiik 1?i.i t; IIiim;*; Ko \n.?Until houses of the general assembly passed the bill to facilitate the completion of the lllue Uidgc road, which will supply the missing link connecting Charleston with tlio Cincinnati Southern railroad via Kuoxville. The first section authorizes county subscriptions (o the enterprise. In section '{ the State agrees to remit all laxcn and penalties now iiuo uii me rauroa<l and till luxes except tlio i school tux tor the next 11 years, provided the work shall he begun by the first of January, 1 1HK1, ami be completed in three years. In section ft the state pledges its faith to remit all state, county and municipal taxes, except school tax, for twenty years consecutively to parties beginning the construction of the road from the present terminus by the first of .January, ISSt, and completing it to Knoxvillo within tlirco years from that dute. .Section t> deli lies us one of the conditions of the act that parties accepting its i benefits shall build the road from \V allodia in ] the direction of Clayton, <!a., and thence to | Knoxvillo, and that when completed tiiey shall never discriminate against the interests of any 1 ports of this state, or oiler better terms of freight | or passage to any other ports, or enter into any combination with the roads within or without tlie state, by which they shall discriminate in favor of any other port over Charleston, and any i persons hereafter coining in possession of the | road shall take it subject to the terms of this sect ion. Persons owning or operating said road shall not have the right to make any discriuiina- 1 tiou against Charleston, either by rebates or . special rate?, nor in 11113 other way, nor combine or pool with any other companiest? do so. Section 8 authorizes the putting of as large a tnort- 1 gage bond of indebtedness as necessary on the , road. j frnisii off Til k m \ii~s !?'Tlio general order 8 issued hy the Postoflico llo|?iirlmcnt culling i down tlie mail service on nil "Star" ronton in tLie country to once a week will work great hardship in South Carolina, where a majority of the mails to country towns arc delivered once, twice, t three times or six' times a week by the Star or j <yilXc5'An.c.fto9Sr.^0?.- ? rlv t ccive it twice a week : .r?l towns receive it three c times week, and 'J(> towns receive it six times a ^ week. These places are froiu live to forty miles away from railroad stations, nud (lie inhabitants ^ are dependent upon the Star service for their mails. | Under the new order nearly :!(Ml towns which now receive the mail from twice to six times a week will he reduced to once a week, to the It great detriment of their business interests. The tl people are willing to economize in almost anything hut the mail service, and it is the duty of Congress to appropiiate enough money at once ai to render unnecessary the carrying out of the (5 general order, with its hardships ami embarrassments.?.Yew* Mill Courier. _ I'Imi of an ()i;ri. \w.?John Fricrson, a colored |jt convict, who escaped froui the Penitentiary on ^ the l'Jth of August, and who has been lurking about bis home near Wedgeficld in Sumter County some time, was killed yesterday. Three nt- an tempts to effect a recapture proved futile. On i,j; one occasion he fought his wi.y out with a shot- ^ gun through ft cordon of guards. A party led by Charles S. Wilson, of Wcdgcfield, surrounded m the house on the night of the 20 th and demand- ^ ed lus surrender. Fricrson rushed out waving a revolver and was tired on. lie ran about two hundred yards, and was caught nhile climbing sic the fence, lie died in twenty minutes, having thi ten buckshot in him. Ho indeavorcd appa- jC-J rcntly, before ho died, to tell something of the murder of an old white man in the neighborhood that has heen a mystery for several years, bo but death ensued in the midst of his confession. t?iii lie had freriiienilo ??* , j i,..k.ii iii 111 iic would die be- 1J|a fore lie would lie recaptured. loi A Noli: nr W uimmi to Coi.imuia. CoIuiii- to] liia, February '20.? The municipal election in cab this city takes place on the Sth of April, hut no steps have yet been taken to call a liemoeralic The nominating convention. I have trustworthy in- I Urination So-uay that the Kudieals are hard at son work i|iitotly organizing their forces for a vigor- ^ > ous euiupaigii. The plan is to nominate a full municipal ticket, and make a-drnighoui tight on ?un party lines. The iladicnls -till have leaders full here, sutlicient money and influence to make |j,,0 them very dnrtgerou*, especially in view of the apparent apathy of their opponents.?Sj> lull /u C|U Xeta '/nil Courier. any srsl Tilr. Srut Siaivicr. Sijftt/.K.?Washington, tju, February 'Jt>.? I'ostmasier-tieneral Key issued an order to-day reducing the s, rviee on till Star dtitj routes to one trip per week, allowing one nl0 months extra pay in the service dispensed with. -\l It" this reduction ho found insufficient to keep the expenditures within the appropriations, the 10 service placed on all new routes since and iiiclu- -spai ding July, lKT'J, will ho entirely discontinued, ham! The last named routes wore established by the two | post route bill passed at the extra session of t\ingress last year, and are mostly in thc^ouih- re,lu era States. ehint v " * " ' , midd No Miiiik t o.xvirrs to hi: I.i:\srn hi t.?< o .., luiiibia, February 'JI The buar.t ?.r .t:....? - N1 f .. . ... .?II IXMII 3 ol tlie Penitentiary heM an mljoiirnc'l meeting was < to-ilay, aii'l resolved l?? allow the farmers in his j Lnurens t.'ounty to retain what male cnnvuls throw Ihev have. It was also determined to order the | | immediate return of all female conviets leaser) ' out. The Su|(oriutci:(luut was iustruetel t.> ? Butte hi/ an parties applying tor convicts that they ^ v nrc not to he hired. . . rcade Tuinitv Ciiritrii III itxr.n.- Trinity Kpiscopal taken Church, corner Fourth avenue and 12olh street, terick lias been totally destroyed by tire. Huihling Cost SIton, and the organ SI0,(100. Jii front "" of the organ was a magnificent piece of oval selves stained glass work which cost ?4,000. The told Ir property was insured fur about ?00,000. patten It\n.novo ItuinuK I'.inM.n.?The bridge on and in the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga and from 11 St. Louis railroad, on the outskirts of the city. All yoi was burned to-day. It was a wooden structure j a selec 1 feet long, covered with tin and consisted of Voung t wv spans. i at a tr ?!-j. a?i ?a - - t- ... ? (Flir (Hih'i'hli) Pinion ?imcs. K. M. STOKKsT Editor. UNION, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1880. - 8UBSCBIPTION--82 00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING. One square or one Inch, first Insertion, - - - $1.00 Koch sutaei|ueiil insertion, - ------ ^n I.ilx ruMun .xiiit iuad? In mricluuill aud others adverti-dnKfor .tlx months or l>y the year. Obituary Notices of ten lilies or less, inserted free. " " over ten lines, charged as Advertisements. Okay On our tirst page wo give the first p.irl of Rev. J. 11. Sayo's reminiscences of Cauc Creek Church. tpsir' Now is the time to plant a few rows of l'otuloex for an early crop. Two weeks from now the whole crop may be put in. Mr. It. C. Farr has been appointed n Trial Justice in Sautuc township, in place of T. J. Jeter rcsigucd. Mr. Farr will inuke a good o Ilicer. The Nowbcrry llrrtild says that Mr. J. II. Juntos of that county lias a cow that gives six gallons of Milk n duy, and we agree with the editor that "such a cow is worth having B^XX- Our energetic Town Council lias l?a?l planted out a number of shade trees along Main street, which we hope will grow aud ilourish ; but we fear, from the way they were planted, hut few of them will live. The streets are being cleaned up, side-walks made and repaired, and in tnanv other wavs thiVjuw" is beino imnrnved. U^_ Mr. Van Vorhis, of New York, has introduced a hill in Congress tore-enact the Bankrunt Law. Commercial men of New York, Boston, 1'hiludulphia and other largo cities, aro strongly advocating the passage of n national Bankrupt law, with proper restrictions and less costs nttnehod. What is the Matter? I.ast week the Charleston AVuw ami Courier failed twice to reach this office on its rcgulur days, and the issue of the 20th lias uot reached us yet. Who is to blame ? - Cincinnati the Place. At a meeting of the National Democratic Committee, held at Washington on the 23d, it was decided to hold the National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati on the 22d day of June. Hail and Snow Storm. On Friday night last, about 11 o'clock, a storm jf hail and snow full along the line of the railroad, commencing about this place quite light, but we learn it was more severe towards the lortli. ? Commissioners' Report. We can only publish a portion of the report of the County Commissioners this week. The remainder, which embraces "I'ust Indebtedness' Licenses and other funds, cotton made at Poor House and sold, balance of Railroad fund and indited accounts, will appear oext week. Death of Theodore Wagner. l'u a it i.kstox, S. C., February 24.?Thco. D. IVagncr, a prominent merchant of this city? vho, during the war, had been a member of the irm of John Frazier, largely interested ami very lucccssful in the organization of blockade-run- | ling ventures?<l?cl today. loportod Sale. It is currently reported in this coiuraunity lint the owners of the Atlanta ami Charlotte 'ieduiont Airline Railway have purchased the runsier to be made sometime next month. We aiinot trace the report to any authentic source, ml many hclicve it is true. l Clement Attachment in Union. Our enterprising Alt. Tabor friend and Merliaut, W. A. .Mooriiead, informs us that he in;uds putting up a "Clement Attachment" Colin .Will at his place, and will have it ready for ic next crop of cotton. We don't know any an in Union butter calculated to make such 1 enterprise successful than Wat. Moorhcud. od speed the good work. Who next ? irsoual. t Wc are glad to meet our yooung friend L>r. i :wis Funt, now successfully practicing his pro- i ssioii in Alabama. The Doctor is on a visit to his relatives here I d he looks and, we hope, feels as natural upon 1 s "native heth" as though he had never left t Wc arc truly glad to hear he is prospering c his adopted State. t Dangerous Pi.HoC 1 We call the atteution of the (Anility Coiiuuismors to a very dangerous place just outside is oorporuto limit# of this town, in the road ^ uling to CliC'ster. Wo are llllvT'ncd that nil- H s something is done soon the wash-out will ^ so great as to require a bridge to he huilt to iblc vehicles to pass, or a serious accident ^ y occur there causing loss of life or damage fproperty for which the county would be made 0 pay. "A stitch in time," ,Vc., is very appli- ( le in this ease. cl t Graded School. cl V> have been disappointed in not receiving w le information upon the practical working of cj (traded School system from one who is en- tit ed as a Teacher in such a school now success- gi v established. Not being a Teacher and lo wing but little about any system of school In hing, we do not feel competent to speak with til degree of authority or confidence upon the Ik em of teaching pronosod to ho adopted in as graded -chaols, Wo hop? to do our full j an ! In tho matter next week. ' ' I UU ? ? Clifton Factory. ! r. James 1.1 rum of this town, has contracted j die rook work ot the t'liftuii Factory in 'innhiirg. lie start v.1 from hero with eight ^ Is on Monday. lie expects to employ about ^ liumlreil hau ls on tlie job, as his contract ires him to finish ihe work so that the innpri ;ry shall he in place ami at work hv the " Ket le of September next. A fricml at Joneswrites ns, umler date of Wednsedny : '-I ? ' in band yesterday when Mr. (Irani hegun I ^ ob at Clifton Factory. 'I'he first dirt was n on tlie tilth, hv Mr. llooktct* Foster, at - lock. A. M." ' ai'' - trot rick's Patterns. a lo vill. no doubt, be gratifying to our Lady j ycai rs io loarn that Mr. John K. Young has fust the Agency to furnish them with lint- fori 'a excollc.it and most convenient patterns c]cs. iking any sizo or kind of garment for them- vjsC , their hushnnds ami children. We are y those who have tried them that these Si as will enable any lnd3" lo cut accurately, tho sure a fit, any garment for her wardrobe, subu he finest dress down .on baby's frock.? 2-lth i require ia the size, by measurement, and servi tion of flie style from the book which Mr. at on will provide you with, when you can get, lo ke itling cost, an exact pattern to cut from. ' tion. The Duty on Paper. Wc are glad to Bee that Mr. Muldrow, of Miasissippi, and Mr. Ford of Illinois, hare introduced bills in Congress placing paper suitable for books and newspapers and all Materials used in its uauufacture, ou :lie free list. We cannot too strongly advocate the passage by Congress of some measure tlfctt will relieve the pec pie from the present conMjttiation ef the owners of the paper mills in tflh eountry.? While the cost of labor nud materials for manufacturing paper have not uiaterAly advanced, tho paper makers have iucreaaeo*we"""pr!ce of news paper from 7 to 11 centa a pound and tell us they do not know how long they will sell at even that price. Under this exorbitant price a number of pnpers have been compelled to either increase tlisir nrii-o -..v..--:? ? ? ?'- ' ... ,w v? Quvovriyiivu ui ou iimic* rially reduce the size of their papers as to deprive their subscribers of a large amount of reading matter, daily and weekly. Nor docs the evil end with the nowspnpers; the price of every school book, law book, scienti6e and miscellaneous work must be incroased in proportion. Paper enters largely into the necessities of every industrial department of life and a tax upon it is a tax upon the industrial and intellectual advancement of the people. We can see no reason for the extraordinary rise in paper. Every well managed in ill that wo know of was making money before, and they arc not paying?in this part of the country, at least?any Ipgher for ra^s and labor. If the duty on paper Jpd the mateleriols of which it is uiado ww. eftovod^pancr could be imported for 7 cents a pound", a'ncl 'ive are satisfied that our own mills could manufacture it profitably at that price. If there is no*something done in this matter every school book and all other kinds of reading matter must advance at least CO per cent, in price. The people at large arc more interested in it thau the printers and publishers, for the increased price will necessarily, be put upon the book or paper purchased. We hope our Representatives in Congress will appreciate the Injustice of the paper mill extortion and give tho people the advantage of an open field to arrest it. Mobley on the Rampage. This uhiniiiliiiis ...... 1 t U|'pvdia IU IIHVl' n!* tired from the pulpit and taken to politics again. lie has been preaching in Mecklenburg County, N. (J., for nboul a year, but when the Uadical Kxecutive Committee of South Carolina ?one of whom he is which?was called together lie came down from the pulpit, laid his bible aside?if he has one?and again took his place among his old associates in corruption uml infamy. We arc told, but do not vouch fjr the truth of it, that when he returnud to his charge in Mecklenburg, after the meeting of the Kxccutive Committee, lie managed to get up a fuss < among the members of the church and then, in seeming indignity, resigned. t lie has been here ever since, and we sec him I on the streets button-holing every colored man I he meets from the country, lie says boldly that lie intends running a ticket in this County and < is organizing the party for that purpose. Well, I perhaps lie will and poihaps he won't. He is f "on the make," no doubt ; but so long as the ' colored people of Union believe as they do and i say, that "he sold all the niggers in Union County for at the last election," we don't see f where he will get. his party trom. n n The First Shad. a ,, " ,Vv<?-riA io Mr. if ? 1?-" I urcgory for a splendid row om?.? we en- ( joyed very much last Sunday. It was as line f a shad ns we have seen for many years. Mr- f Gregory proposes to keep a fish Market in connection with his Beef market, if sullicient encouragement is given him ; and we would here remind our citizens that the reason who ? ?? .1.. not have a regular supply of fish during the I1 season is, instead of concentrating their patron- c age upon one individual, so as to make the " business reliable as well as profitable for any **' one to engage in, they encourage a dozen or P more to order fish and divide their patronage among them, the result is, nobody makes any- lt thing out of it and over half the season our market is not supplied. There is one other thing we have noticed late- P' ly : Hither Mr. Gregory selects better cattle for 8'' tilling than heretofore brought to this market, 8? >r the fence law has had the desired ctfect of lonipelling the owners to take better care of Wl heir stock, for there is a decided improvement u the ipiality of beef sold here. ? . Sxoursion to bharlotto. 'I ha go-ahead merchants of the progressive * ' ;ity of Charlotte are getting tip a free cxcur- vc ion to that city, to commence oti the 1st of inj larch and enri l"> ! >?'* This is a very lib- cot lai ral and attractive move on the part of Charlotte, ud we have no loubt will redound to the bene- ,jjs t of all parties. Hut few of our Merchants or no ther citizens have any idea of the immense ocks of goods carried by the Charlotte inor- r!!' . . . - 3"" iants or the advantages they oiler to pur- ot|( lasers, and wo advise all who wish to buy, at in i holesale or retail, to take advantage of the fha collision trip and visit that wide awake com- !',r by unity. One thing we know, a cleverer set of mtleuien don't livcthan the merchants of Char- law tte, and when they propose to be liberal and ecu ispitable, they don t slop until they have er'1 led your cup full of both. We honestly be ve goods can be hoiigbt as cheap at Charlotte The at any other market this sido of Now York ; jwj d we have seen goods from Charlotte laid wn here cheaper than from New York. # _ ruai lt'trp i Old Friend In a New Role. We were truly pleasedou Monday at rocoiving rjcu risit from our old friend, Mr. F. It. Marks of tore lumbia. Fred is somewhat - 1 - mmivi ciu iu wi1jic was wlion we first know him ns on opprond 10 Mr. I. <\ Morgan, to loarn the art of an,j tiling. Then his whole . iin seemed to he to to he away from business, now he can't <lo enough P?r f please himself, lie is taking it pretty oo.?l, IjjJj'ij, vever, by travelling for ('. ('. Ilabonieht, of will uiiihio, dealer in Ico ami l.agor Ileer. Just u en ik of it, a few years ago he was a wee hit of 01 iil.1, vunuitig about tho otlice with nankeen vsers on, and now he is a grandfather ! lie's , 1 , a1"' I ng way ahead of us, although we had twenty c?st ( rs tho start of him Nevertheless, ho is a pay t rate man to buy Ice and Lager lleer from, y?u c lie is sure to send the purest and best arti- ,n^. ' ... costs lie will he here again shortly and we ad- qi10 ] our people to order from him, mcntr ? inien rut Postal Skkvick.?A Buh-eoininittcc of "'amp llouso Committee on Appropriations will lit a report to the full coiiiinitico to-morrow, jjr , upon the necessities of the '-Star'' postal nolorii ce. It is thought that the committee will Sing tl cc perfect the deficiency appropriation hill | lie lea ep the "Star service in its pre.'Cnt condi- millinr ' talc in Death of Judson Oibbs. Our commanity was startled on Saturday | morning last by the sad news that Mr. JuJson Gibbs, a young man much loved by all of us, died at Spartanburg the uight before, from an abscess in the head and measles. But few young men in any community bore a purer christian character than Mr. Gibbs, and although quite a young man, we have reason to know that both by his precept and example he exercised a very salutary influence over the conduct of many wayward young uien who came within the range of his acquaintance. He was what might truly bo called an ever watchful nvi nuig viiriaiiuu, mm, so itir as man can juuge, from liis pure walk antl conversation while living, he has gone to meet his reward in the Heavenly Kingdom and his works will follow him. He was the only surviving son of Hcv. John Gibhs of this county, his brother, a very promising young man, having died while attending college at (Jrccuvillc a little over a year ago. As an evidence of the love and respect held for him by the young men of this community a committee of his acquaintances met at the depot on Saturday morning and received his body and on the following day all who could attended his funeial nt the family burying ground at Padgett's ('reek church, some miles from towu. We sincerely sympathise with his venerable parents and sisters in their sad bereavement. . Court Next Week1Ve hope every subscriber in arrears for the i'.miu, wilL make arrangements to scute up renew during tlie term of ('ourt commencing next Monday. Our expenses now leave us scarcely a cent of profit on subscriptions, and we cannot give credit. Those who do not settle arrears during Court must nut he surprised or blame us if they do uot receive a paper after thai week, lu order to "make botli cuds lueet" at (lie cud of titc year we shall be compelled to cut off all "dead heads" and those in arrears will be dropped from our list. We do this in preference to reducing the size or increasing the price of the paper. . Tor the Times. West Springs Items. Mr. II, II. Robinson, one of our Commissioners, was in our little village a few days ago. He had a wagon along, and we have been listening every day since for the order to shoulder axes, spades, attd hoes, and work the roads. We have heard of the liens of Massachusetts that were too conscientious to lay on Sunday ; but they were wise enough to know when Sunday came. Ours are equally conscientious, but not so wise, and for fear of doing something wrong they refuse to lay at all. We were just thinking of writing an obituary of the West Springs Rase Rail Club, but this tine weatker secuis to have the desired effect and we ire saved the trouble. Judging from the material this club has in training, West Springs will not tie far behind this season in this manly sport. Your correspondent finds by visiting the mills if the enterprising West lfros. that all the colon of our community is not yet sold. These gentlemen have nt their gin twenty-five or thiry bales still unginucd, and others are still hailing their cotton in. Messrs. Thompson and West are still digging gold nt the Rlack Mine. They have recently idded ten three hundred pound stamps and in engine of much greater capacity than the iiic they have been running up to this time.? it illi street siieeuim?v. . , ^ >.. iniMv what a forunc they were throwing awnv <i ? J ....V... . i.cj rtUSCll to consider tlie specimens shown them rum this valuable mine. * For the Times. Items from Gaffney. Mit. Knrrou :?Our new "City" is still imroving. We have first rate schools with full orps of Teachers; among whom is Miss C. M. leid, so long and favorably known in Union.? lie is a great aquisition to our educational deart incut. ' Aunt Sally" Fcrnandis fell off a fence yes rday and received a very painful injury in one iml. Iler friends didn't tlock around her like ' have seen them in mile brllmn days, at her lios- ( table home, hut they will be glad to know that < ic is being cared for by Mrs. Nott and her 1 od daughters, with whom she is staying. I Mr. John Foster's house, near Griudal Shoals M as burned on Monday. Most of the furniture 1 is saved. It caught from a defective stove 1 ic. T. ~ \ I'nnTKCTiON roll IJistii.i.kus.?Mr. Vance, of '1 >rth Carolina, introduced a bill in the House t day to amend internal revenue laws and pre- n nt abuses by United Stales Courts in punish- I $ illicit distillers. The bill provides that on v* uviction of any person for illicit sale or un- a vful manufacture of spirituous liquors ilic ti triet jiuige ?!.?!) ;v,wor ' > punish at his II eretion by lincor imprisoinnciit or botn \ w single violation ot law shall be an indictable nice, but only when the accused is guilty of icatcd offences; that no marshal or deputy " dl have power to tiring defendants before any ^' er United States commissioner than tlic one the county where the offence is committed ; *'t no marshal or deputy shall have power to 'y est any offender without warrant supported affidavit of a crcditaMo witness stating that ?" knows or has good reasons to holievo that the 'ul has been violated, and finally that no pros- Wl .. Kimuriii'i 01 ino l nami Sliilcs in the FedI courts shall enter an indictment ami prosic the same against any |>crsnn for violation (!" nturnal revenue laws upon mere information. .',l indictment must first he suhuiittcil to a grand r who shall puss upon the same. bet iik Aintici'LTCUAl. Coi.i.khk.? roluinhia, Fell- fall y 11.?The hoard of the Agricultural t'ol- j:V( met this evening ami decided lo create four essorships, as follows : Analytical ami ag- I Itural chemistry and experimeu'al agricul- Fel : geology, mineralogy and hotany ; mat lie- o'cl ex, natural philosophy and mechanics: ling- cap language and literature ami belles lettios. No. foremen will he appointed, one of the farm con the other of mechanics. The professors are op I i paid not less than two thousand dollars bin; mnum each and to havo heuses free. The ma! iieu arc to havo seven hundred ami fifty rs per annum eajli nml a Iioiiso. The board ^ hold an election for the professors and fore- l"1'1 on the second Wednesday of May next.? lie is named fun any of them yet. n . . grot in Sham. Sinu, tr xottiik Cim.nitK.w?Yes, \ day too, for that matter, hut how it does lv i . I rt'in ii Keep mom in iim.sic. So it does, hut why lvtJOl hiny to fifty cent* per piece for music when 0f \ nn pet it for one-tenth thosiiin by subserib 'or the Soul/urn Musical Journal, which SI.'i"> yeurly, and brings you every month III foliar's worth (>t Music, Vocal and Instru- ! for t d, and the best that is published. A spec- I pr copy will be sent for Ten t'ents In postage I 0ry, ?. Address the publishers, LliDLfKN & Seer S, Savannah, (.in. flcjaniin Ilrandreth, of Itrnndreth pills , Consi i-ty, died suddenly at his residence in Mug j l.e l'.Mh instant, of embolism of the heart. 1 Jves an estate valued at from two to throb Krow i dollars, including considerable real c; ) 1Tot a-. _* i . .... i ^ . jl-g I Lincoln's Bill to Compensate Blave-OwnEks. ? During the week following President Lincoln's assassioution, William H. Fry, a clerk in | the Executive Mausion, who had been entrusted | with the arrangement of the private papers of the deceased, come into the possession of a rough draft of a bi'l in the President's handwriting and with his signature. Mr. Fry, who is now a resident of Philadelphia, has preserved the docuineut as a memento. It relates to the compensation for the emancipation of slaves, and discloses Mr. Lincoln's sentiments on the suujeci, clearing up many doubts which have arisen in the miuds of the public. As its genuineness Mr. Fry states that many experts have so testified, lie does not know if the bill was ever presented to Congress. The following is a copy of the document: FtUow-cilizen* of the Semite and House of Representative*? Herewith is a draft of a hill to com* pensate any State which may abolish slavery within its limits, the passage of which, substantially as presented, 1 respectfully and earnestly recommend. * Ahkauam Lincoln. July 14, 1802. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That whenever the President of the United States shall be satisfied that any State shall have lawfully abolished slavery within and throughout such State, either immediately or gradually, it shall be the duty of the President, assisted by the secretary of the treasury, to prepare and deliver to such State an amount of six per cent, interest-bearing bonds of the United States equal to the aggregate value, at dollars per head, of ull the slaves within such State, as re- | ported by the census of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty. The whole amount for any one State to be delivered at once, if the abolishment be immediate, or in equal annual instalments if it be gradual. Interest to begin running on each bond at the lime ol'its delivery and not before. And be it further enacted, That if i ny State having so received any such (>onds shall at any I time afterwards, by law, reintroduce or tolerai?% slavery within its limits, contrary to the act of abolishment upon which such bonds shall have been received, said bonds so received by said State shall at once be null and void, in whosoever hands they umy be, and such State shall refund to the United States all interest which may have been paid on such bonds. - ? Ktsu's Mountain Ckntknni ai..? King's Mountain, N. C., February 21.?The celebration of the birthday of Washington and the inauguration of the centennial celebration which is to take place on the 7th of October passed oft" here to-day with great eclat. Fully f>,U(X) people were present from Georgia, South Carolina nnd North Carolina, including a detachment of the 5th United States Artillery, military companies from Charlotte and Vorkvitle, and the tine corps of cadets of Capt. Hell's school of this place. The clay was ushered in by a salute of thirtyeight guns fired by the artillery detachment.? The address was delivered by Col. Thomas Hardeman, of Macon, Ga. It occupied nn hour in the delivery, and was a masterpiece of eloquence, replete with patriotic sentiments nnd highly national in tone. At the close of the adI dress Col. Houston, in behalf of the Air-Line Itailroad, presented the Centennial Association with a beautiful United States ting, 80 by 60 feet, which was received by l)r. Dixiou on behalf of the association, and by him entrusted to Major Graham, representing the Governor of North Carolina, and Col. Johnstone, of Newberry, representing the Governor of South Carolina, who carried it to the pinnacle of the mountain, two miles distant, where, on a pole one hundred feel high, nnd in full view of the surrounding country it was tiling to the breeze, amidst the tiring of cannon and the deafening shouts of the immense multitude on the plateau below. After t ho ceremonies had concluded, by special invitation the military and about five hundred invited guests repaired to the buildings of the King's Mountain Gold Mine, near by, where a sumptuous dinner, under ihcsuperintcndenceof Maj. W. A. Stanton, was partaken of and heartily enjoyed, after which, by the courtesy of Mnj. Stanton, the visitors inspected the mines, many of them descending the shafts and exploring tho recess where lies hidden a portion of the mineral wealth of this section. Dkatii ok a I'ho.minknt Baptist Divink.? KichttiouJ, Vii., February 18.? llev. I)r. J. B. Jeter, one of tlie most prominent Baptist clergymen in tlie South, died in this city to-day, aged 78 years, lie was a native of Bedford County, Virginia, had been pnstor of several churches in different parts of tlie State, was at one time editor of the lUliyious Herald, and has held in iny positions of prominence in connection with various institutions of learning in the Southern Slates. His death has caused profound sorrow in this community. Swikt and Tkrrirlu Ji'stick.?Galveston, February 23.?A special to the Hems from Jefferson says, reliable information from near LinIcn, Cass County, gives the following: "Mrs. lark, a respectable married lady, living iu the .iarry neighborhood, was yesterday brutully out aged and murdered. Three men were nrrestcd, ind one of them, who confessed the crime, was lorribly mutulated by a mob. His clothing was laturntcd with coal oil and then set on tire, and ic was afterwards hanged. Intense excitement travails." t A Tk.vxkssk.k Kntkutainmk.nt.?Cincinnati, ^ "cbruary 20.?A dispatch from Murfreesboro', 'enn., says: Fully 10,(KM) persons witnessed lie hanging of John Hull and Barrel Smith, (| ear Little Creek, to-day, for the murder of u lenry Fiigh in 1870. The Scaffold was erected it hin three hundred yards of tho public square, ml raised scats had been erected facing it, silngs upon w liich were sold for one dollar apiece. !all died without a struggle, but Smith's death as painfully prolonged. 0 ?? Dkatii of an 1'niTon.?We regret to lent . L. Wright, one of the editors of the Augusta Ci hrtiiticle, died yesterday morning, nftcr a short At ne.-s, at the residence of Governor II. V. dinsoti in Jefferson County, Ga., in the twen- Co ninth year of his age. Me was the principal the Chronicle editorial toff', and had been At gaged on (hut paper ainoo tlio death of his liter, ami was regarded a* otic of the ablest iters on the Southern press. 'pri Dkatii at tiib TiirommiicaIi Skmikary,?Co- ,VU ut ia, February 21.?Mr. J. F. Mayne. of ^ dsdeii, Alabama, a mouther of the senior class ^(I the l'reshyteriau Theological Seminary of s city, dictl very suddenly nnd unexpectedly the Seminary this morning. Deceased had II ill !??.?! 1. - lor same months, bnl a nl termination was not anticipated. Had he lid ho would have graduated in Muv next. < I < t'.lti.SI'.M'. Oil. t'uSII.AI.IIAI'ION. ? rilici II nut i, L >ruary -1.- - A Cleveland dispatch says, at ! lock this afternoon 1,*>00 barrels of oil esed from it lank at the Standard Oil Works, I ISroadway, and took fire, and a furious (>jg fiagratioti is racing which threatens to envoi the company's cen'ral principal works. The ring oil is floating on the creek and river, Adii ting a huge stream of fire. FAftTIIHOt'ft Rmtor.? We do not object to ' U" lishing obituary poetry if said poetry is not bad. Hut when it is of such a chaincter as ^ lake the deceased roll over in his cotlin and in in anguish, we are compelled to decline. ? I'ihk \t Vau.vhvii.i.k.?Varnsvillc. S. C unry zi.?A tire occurred liero Inst night, it In o'clock, totally destroying the residence Ir. II. A. Peoples. No Insurance. List of Letters untuning in the Post Otiice at Union, S. P., lie week ending Feb. 2t?th, 1HJSO. " 'finch, Tliotnas & l'o.; Ituknrd, llenry; (iregHubert ; Kaiu K.(2); Richard, Miss Muoth; " y, Jno.; Shannon, A J. J AS. I|. nnsrt. p. M. " I ignees Der Express at Uuion, S, (J., Feb I 25th 1880. II. Moses. .1 (J Harlan, II. H. Witllnbe, J A i n, M. and P. Nat l P? k, llot. II l? Stuart I Wallace. t V. |l. POINTS, At" i The Markets. Usio.ii, February 20.?Our Cotton market ba0 been easy the past week, with steady prices : Friday, Feb. 20 12$ Snlurd?y, " 21 124 Monday, Feb. 23 .10|& 12$ Tuesday, " 24 10j^l2.6U Wednesday, " 26 10$? 12.65 Thursday, " 26 noon lOKs) 12.40 Sales for the week 190 bales. Charleston, February 24.?Cotton dull and nOtiilnaP ?middling 13 ; low middling 12^; good ordinary 12%;* sales 300. Nkw York, Feb. 24.?Cotton dull and easier; aales 830* ?middling uplands 13% ; middling Orleans 13%, Futurv* cloned firm ; sales 208,<?0?February 18.07? JS CS > f March 13.09; April 13.32@13.33; May 13..'.:kn 13.34 ; June 13.79918.74. LIVERrooL, February 24.?Cotton quiet and steady?" middling uplands 7 5-16; middling Orleans 7 7-16; re-* ceints 117,000. all American ; sales 4,150; Futures closed quiet au steady. Cultivate Homes.?Nothing adds so much to* the comfort and beauty of home as the cultivation of flowers. Nor does anything add more' to the beauty and comfort of man or woman,than the roses on tho cheeks of those in good health. Dr. Gilder's Liver Pills wilt always im*" part this roseate hue if used in time. Feb. 27 8 2m, THE Georgia Baby Bonds will buy Neural* gine. Neurulginc will cure Neuralgia and Head* ache. Neuralgia and Headache lead to diseasw ?disease to death. Moral: Go to your Drug' gists and get a bottle cf Neurnlgiuo and be ro' lieved. Hunt, Rankin & Lamar, Wholesale Agents, Atlanta'. Sold by J. M. GIBDES& Co. Feb 27 8 lm VJVI.ll VJNK-I1AI.F OI 1110 IllrtlC portion 0( Ill8> American people 45 years of age suffer more or less with diseases of the Kidneys nod Blndder. There are various causes for this, but over work is the chief cause. Nothing in the whole Materia Medica is so well calculated to invigorate and restore healthy tone to these organs as Bankin's Compound Extract of Buchu nnd Juniper. A few doses taken occasionally will greatly tenefit all those who are afflicted with any disease of the Kidney or Bladder. Prepared only by Hunt, Rankin & Lamar, Druggists, nnd for sale by J. M. Gibbcs & Co. Antiocii, Tkoup Co., Ga., July 4 , 1879. I am one of the unfortunate sufferers from Gravel or disease of the Kidneys, nnd find moro nnd speedier relief from Banking Buchu nnd Juniper than anything I have ever tried. 1 esteem it so highly that were there hut one bottle in the world 1 would willingly give $100, or any amount for it. I recommend it above nil other similar preparations. K. T. WINN. Feb 27, 1880 8 eow2nt FA IK FOREST UNION. The Fair Forest Union of the Union County Association will meet with the Lower Fair Forest Church on Fridny before the 5th Sunday in Feb., at 11 o'clock A. M. Introductory Sermon by Rev. F. C. Jeter. Alternate Rev. J. C. Humphries. Doctrinal Sermon by Rev. G. S. Anderson. Alternate Rev. J. T. Jeter. Charity Sermon by Rev. J. T. Jeter. Alternate Rev. John Gibbs. Essayists. Brethren G. C. Greer, T. D. G. Gregory, J. C. P. Jeter. C. B. BOBO, Scc'y. Feb. 13 <5 3t Wanted. OLD IRON, BOOKS. PAMPHLETS. RAGS. BRASS, COPPER, LEAD, ZINC AND FURS. Highest cash prices paid. Send for circular. S. E. STRATTON, Agent, Columbia, S. C. Feb. 27 9 3t Save Your Rags. ONE cent a pound will be paid at tlie Timet Olhce for any quantity cf clean, dry, white rags. R. M. STOKES. HKPOKT Of the floard of Comity Coin in itaie.nera of Union County, for the Fiscal year, 187'.*, us far aa can be made at thin time. Office or County Commissioners. February 7 1880. Co I.. J. L. Youso, Auditor: Dear Sir:?I am directed by the Hoard of Commissioners of Union County to ask that you furnish them the following information : OnoiNAUY County Tax. Original Assessment for 1878. Additional Assessment" " Per centum on Delinquent list. Si'Ecial Taxes. Original Assessment. Additional " Per centum on Delinquent Taxes. cllkdits Amajwko Tueasuuku ity You. Treasurer's Cunimissiut s. Deductions and Abatements. County tax on lands forfeited to State. Nulla Bona County Tax. Amount of Couuty tax on lauds not adverised and carried to Duplicate <>t next year, imount of Couuty taxes due and unaccounted or. The Hoard are desirous of closing the business f the past yearso that their annual publication lay be made, and cannot have a final sctllelent without the above. Uespectfully Wm. HILL, Clerk. Autumn's ltKfi.yi riginal Assessment for Union County on the Duplicate of 1878 (Johnson's) $2,080,10/> 00 uinty Tax on ' * "?*Uy $ 8,040 78 Iditional assessment, not yet known, malty on Delinquent not yet known, lunly Tax fur Fence and lluilroad f>] mills $14,741 43 Iditional assessment not yet known. " penally on Delinquent list not yet known, ensure is Commissions not yet allowed ductions and aboteuieuts " " mity Tax on Lauds forfcitod " " lla Bona County tax *' " lount of County tax on lands not advertised und carried to new Duplicate ?? lOUIlt Of CoUtlt V tax duo nn,l accounted for, account not yet made up. ludilor's Office. ) JOHN I.. YOUNG, iiion, Feb. 7, 1880. j Auditor." OKD1NAKY COUNTY TAX, 1870. Dr. inal Assessment for ordinary County Tax on valuation, $2,offO",T???j nulls ...; $8,040 78 litiotial Assessment on valuation not yet known' ally on Delimfcnt I.ist " C'r. >tint paid County Auditor bis assessment .'500 0(V U. II. Jeter County Commissioner II. II. Itobinson " " W. I.. Goudelock " " of Jury and Witness Tickets received by J. 1*. Tliofnas,'fteftsurcf. 0l2 r>3 of Jury and Witness tickets received by 15. 15. Foster, Treasurer, in payment of taxes: :.... I,6l7 83 ^ <* rn vi i rensurtrs Coumiissions ulloweil ; nut yfcl knbM of Deductions and AbatOlllOillS Allovvbd ' " (Onhiy 'lax ou iuinltt forfeited t?. Otitic " b'o|iiily Tfljt N;illiv Hoii.V,,.,. ' ' " " bt? lali'Js not advertised nnd ^titricd to Duplicate of nokt year " " 'ounty Tax <1 ito niul nunc* ;jiiiitcl for " "