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* 'f ' m ' SS! Tim Siatk Numin ?The discussion of < the propriety of making the Humiliation for v 3U te odicers in June has elicited great differ- enoe of opiuion ninong our exchanges, and in . some instances there has been extreme warmth, if tiol bilteriies, in the expressions about the call. Home of tlioso who oppose an carljr nomination have weakened our aide of tho case by making an unnecessary and undeserved attack upon tbe State Executive Committee for discharging its duly according to its judgment in ref- | orcuco to the campaign. We can see no grouud for censure of the Committee. Tliey certainly havo the right to decide at what time the Conventions to uominate State ollicel%Slid to elect d -'legates to Cincinnati nro to be called. There j iH no other power to call the Convention for either purpose, and as tlio constitution of tlie party places no restriction upon the time, it is undoubtedly left entirely to tlie Committee, and in the exercise of its power the present lixecu- 1 live Committee has used it wisely, nnd in a man- ] tier to impose no hardship upou the people nor disadvantage upon the party. A State Convention to elect delegates to Cincinnati was a necessity, nnd the Committee in calling that Convention has only made the call in suc!i manner as to authorize a nomination of Slate officers at the same time. The Convention which mcctsin June will be supreme, nnd, coming from the people, I can carry out the wishes of the majority of the < Democrats of South Carolina. If thut majority desires a nomination in June, the Convention wiii nnd ought to make the nomination, and if < t lie majority docs uot wish tire nomination made at that tiuie, the Convention can and no doubt will decide to leave that portion of the work to r.uother Convention. We have no doubt of tlie purity of the intentions of tiic Committee, and regret thut they should have been called in question by any one. The Committee is composed ??f intelligent, honorable nnd patriotic gentlemen, who are above suspiciou of questionable TrrtfTinj (WlVtnrioii is a reference of fho "whofe question to Hie people. The matter is left- beforehand to a Convention which was to be had for another important purpose, and (lie people, therefore, havo ample nnd explicit opportunity to be heard. If the Committee had ucsircu to puiy any tricfc or take any advantage, they could easily have done so by calling another Convention to nominate Slate officers for the first of July, which would have secured the ear- 1 ly nomination, and practically have put it out of i the power of the people to help themselves. As it is there has been nothing arbitrary or siuistcr in the Committee's action. The people have the power to decide for them selves upon the propriety of nominating in June, and we hope they will, by tlieir County Conventions, decide against an caily nomination. It is'too much of a strain upon our State to haven fi?-e months' canvass. The contest ought to be short and sharp. The ticket ought to sturt out with enthusiasm, or it will uevcr arouse any.? It can only make such a start if placed in the field after the crops are laid by. The people cannot afford to give their time to politics, where there is no necessity for it, before the season for working the crop is over. It will, in our opinion rob the canvass of all enthusiasm and endanger the success of the ticket if the nominations are made at the June Convention.?Anderwn Intelliyencer. A 'Medium" Ticket run tiik Times.?In the olden time it was a matter of wondci to our an ccstors that so much learning could be kept in the heads of the itinerant pedagogues who boardqd round," and not only taught'lie young idea how to shout, but opened their stores of information in every household where they tarried. We now wonder that one little man can be at one time so many and so great things as our good friend, ti e editor of the Abbeville Medium. lie is a brigadier-general of uiilitia, an editor, a lawyer, a member of the Legislature, connected with the Associate Reformed Church, and, for aught we know, has leanings toward membership in a brass band. Not content with the bravo honors and grave responsibilities already won the young General keeps marching on conquering nud to conquer ?perhaps, lty a brilliant strategic movement he lost week took, perhaps, impregnable position ns General Ticket Agent for the .State by putting before the public the following ticket for the l"hcro is good and there is ordinary material iu the ticket, but he liberally sugarconis all his candidates with flattery and commends the whole enormous dose to the people. We hardly think it will be taken at the bidding of the llrigadicr-Editor. There tuny be a modicum of inconsistency between the practice and professions bt the Geucral, but if so we suppose the variance is to be attributed to tbo eccentricity of gcuius and not to sweh vulgar motives as affect ordinary mortals. It is generally believed that Gen. Hemphill lias been vexed with Senator Hump ion nnu oincr so-cmica gooa men because they ventured t) favor the nomination of Gen Johnson Ilagood for Governor; that lie also was grieved because the State Democratic Executive ' Committee called the Convention at so early a < day?all without consultation with him. It may ( be that Senator Hampton and the Stale Com- ( inittee may see their error ami confess the infallibility of the Medium man. Until opportunity ] for repenlnnce is given wo beg the General to hold his hand, withdraw at least a portion of | his ticket for the times"?and give us the re- j inainder in broken doses. In case he docs so we feel sure that somebody will nominate the General himself for some position?it may he ns I the dark horse, the communistic candidate for Governor, congressman, adjutant-general, or even something bigger. In the interim, after you have solved the Gem puzzle, cipher out the \ following proposition : It was impertinet in Senator Hampton to indicate his preference for Governor. What is it 1 in me to put in nomination a whole State ticket? j Contemplate the scalps that decorate your wig- , wain and learn to be merciful, 0, mighty warrior !?Barnwell People. . | Tiib French Buoai> Koaii.?On MonJav ne*t r Glli instant, at 7 A. M.t ground will be broken n at Early Station 011 tho Air-Lino Railroad, twelve miles west of Greenville, 3. C., for the ? Atlantic nnd French Broad I'nilrond, fioui Bel- ' ton to Ashcville. The road from Bolton has n the advantage of connection with Columbia via the Greenville and Columbia and the Savannah I Valley and Greenwood nnd Augusta Railroads with Augusta, nnd is almost an air-line from Augusta to Ashevillo, mnking western connections there through by Warm Springs to Wolf Creek *' nnd on to Knoxville, using thcGrcenvilleaud Co- o lumbia Railroad to Greenwood nnd the Greenwood aud Augusta Railroad toAugustn. It only 0 requires ninety-eight miles of road to be built to completetho link between Augusta and the West. 0 Mr. Win. J. Kirk, superintendent and chiel en- t ginccr of the Atlantic and French Broad Rail- t road, has secured fifty convicts to start with t from the South Carolina Penitentiary, whom he takes along to-day, nnd expects to obtain one hun- c dred more bofore tho first of next January. The ' North Carolina division will put on I wo hundred t convicts before the first of next January. The j company expect to grade the road through in lltvpn vntra Itj nnlinn Inn/vlli *!.? v. .v..*... ?... VXXVIDO UID i French Hroad Valley, (lie far fumed Neclion of country known as tlic 1'aradiseof the South and the "Land of the Mky." The company has funds enough in hand to run ono hundred convicts for three years to oomc.?Augusta Xrivn, - Nj'.uitasimiko t'orar. ? Court ndjourned last Friday eyoningat 7 o'clock. Judge Wallace showing the utmost patience to the very last moment. l>uring the h si week several equity cases were tried, the most important of which lasted three days. At the close of Court the lawyers, profiling by the fate of General McGownn, did not odor a resolution of thanks. A good Judge desires notliiag of this sort, and a bad one does not de serve it. It is well to let it alone.?Spartun. ; Biu'tal MrnnKR.?-Pitfgburg, Pa., March 30. ?Details are published of the brutal assault mid i n urdor of John Ooehrlng, a pauper inmate of < the Alleghany City Alms House, on February . Cth, by Keeper Crawford ami another Inmate.? Goehring was knocked down, kicked ami beaten ( on the head, and died soon after and was quiet- I Jy burled. The assailants have been arrested. i tthr iuilrrlilij oliiioii Quota. ' R. M. STOKES, Editor. c UNION, Fill DAY, APRIL 9, 1880. SUBBCBIPTION-^ta pO PER ANNUK. _ ADVERTISING. One square or ono Inch, lirst insertion, - - - fl.00 1 --?? !> insertion, ------- M Liberal discount made to merchants and others adverisiiiK for six months or by the year. Obituary Notices ot ten linos or Iras, inserted free. " " orer ten lines, charged as AdvortUencnts. . _ || j We stop the press to annouime that it is now snowing. April 8, 1880, 4 o'cWk^^U. . Otiit Cotton Maukkt.?But little has been offered, snd prices hare been somewhat lower.? Only 50 bales were sold during tho week, at prices ruling from lO}? 12.05. In this immediate neighborhood there will be nn abundance of fruit, if no disaster befalls it from this time out. B?*X_ Cnpt. Foster and Mr. Gee hare returned rroni market nnd arc now receiving Iheir stocks if new Goods. Call and see tho new styles. . . Cray*" Mrs. Eleanoc llerrncn, grandmother of ripii. II. mil's children, nnd under whose care tho (en lilllc orphans were placed, died last ' Moudny, aged G'2 years. ( 0?u. A parly of Railroad magnates, consising , of R. Y. McAden, H. B. 1'Iant, Newcouib and ( others, passed up and down the S. U. & C. Rail- ^ roau on Tuesday afternoon, in an extra train.? What's nn t r-= V -r BSf" The prcdjr railing around Dr. Gibbcs* piazza, the beautiful Blue Grass Lawn and the exquisite lasto displayed by Mis. Gibbcs in decorating the premises with choice (lowers, shrub* bcry, &c., is a decided ornament to tbo town. ? B?*X- The Bank has put a Clock Lock on its safe. It is a curious affair, and works something like an Alarm Clock. It is set for a certain hour nnd cannot be opened until that hour i arrives. It will not let the cashier himself get into the safe until it has run to the hour for which it is set. . ? Whose Duty is it 1 If we arc not mistaken, the law makes it obligary upon the Treasurer or County Commissioners to advertise the levy authorized to be made in each County, before the collection of taxes commences, Whose duty is it? A Few More Droppod. ' We regret having to drop a fow more names from our subscription list Ibis week. It is unpleasant to part with old friends, but necessity compels us to do so. Some persons suppose that, because they "arc good" for the amount we should not slop their paper ; but our printers pAper-mnkers, grocers, &c., weekly remind us that money in the pockets of the best men in the country will not pny what we owe them. Little Red Riding Hood. The young folks gave our citizens another pleasant evening's entertainment last Friday, in rendering the play of Little lted Riding Hood. The house was well filled, and all enjoyed it.? There is some talk of their going to Spartanburg to play it there. If they do we arc sure the good people of that progressive town will give them a liberal rcceptiou, and we know they will not regret it. Flynn's Cheap Store. We have examined the extensive stock of every new and enterprising Merchant, Mr. 1). C. Flytin, and are nblo to s>y to our readers that lie lias any and every article they ninny need and his prices entitle him to the honor of keeping the "Cheap Store'" of the up-country. Mr. Fly mi is a courteous and obliging gentlemnn and worthy a full share of the patronage of the people of Union. Call on him and convince yourselves. The Ileadlight. The March number of this excellent llailroad Magazine, which is doing so much for the progress and development of every interest and in* Justry in this grand and beautiful Piedinout section of our beloved Southland, is before us. filled, as usual, with instructive and interesting reading. It is the representative organ of the l'icdiuout Air-Line Itailwry, now acknowledged to be one of the finest and best equipped roads in the Uuitcd States, uud it is greatly through Its Agcnoy that tho prominence nul success of that line has been achieved. l'lic Hot Suppor To-Night. Extensive preparations are being made by the Ladies of the Methodist Church to make the en:ertuinment in the Court House to-night a most utercsling and enjoyable occasion. All the routh and beauty of the town will be there, ' villi much o! the beauty and refinement that has 1 Missed the boundaries of youth. The little ' (iris of the lieu Hive Society will exhibit the ( iroducts of their industry and taste, to astonish od captivate j and in every other respect we an confidently promise a most delightful evenn?. Don't neglect to be at the Court House toiglit. tenths of Old Citisena. On the 21st of last month, Mr. C. D. liailey, much respected citizen of this County, died ul is rcsidouec near Cross Keys, in the 73d year f his age. On the 2d inst. Capt. Thos. P. Gregory, one f our oldest citizens died, near Santuc, at the llvinnoil n<rr> of W7 unn..a C.nl *1 I 1 ? - ( >- - ? j?|?u ?ocii blind for three years and much enfeebled >y ngo. TIkj last time we saw hi in was on Ihe lay of election in 1870,- at the polls. His patriitic nrdor for the cause of reform in the governnent of his native state impelled him at that imc to travel seven miles to vote the Democratic ioket. We think it wns tlie last vote he cast. 1 New Daily in Colombia. On Monday last we were a little surprised at 'ccciving a new daily from Columbia, under he old familiar name of "The Daily Mercury," md published by the "Mercury Publishing 'ompnny," composed of the following enterprise ng and worthy practical printers : W. 11. Mchiniel, II. N. Einlyn, Edwin Fordo, K. A. Nolon and J. 11. Harnett. These gentlemen can ;qt up a first class newspaper, if they will bend ill their energies and talents to it. Heing pracieal printers they cat. do all the mcchanica] abor of the ofTloe within themselves, and there a sufficient tact and talent among them, with ong experienoo, to mane the paper equal to any a the State. Gentleinon, you have out moat sariu-Ht wishes for your success, as we know rou will deserve it. With three straight-out Uily papers, tlie people of Coluinoia ought to be .irospcrotis ami happy ami carry u ileiuocrulie I majority at ivery election.- i Iile of ths Western N. 0. Railroad. 1 We bav? received a copy of a practical and lonvincingspeech delivered by M. K. Carter Esq., ? epresentative from buncombe County, before 0 he Legislature of North Carolina, at its late ex- ' ra session, in advocacy of the sale of the tVesern North Carolina Railroad to one 8. W. Best | ind his associates. Thore seems to have been 1 tonsiderable opposition in the Legislative to the < iale of the road, under the propotfetou of Mr. Boat, aad^lr. ItaM* Atl^ioscn, ?bds rcproscn- ( alive from Buncotnba^MMHMLmw sale unless f nore satisfactory guefaMee#*iver*jncn by Mr. | [lest that the rond would bo bullflpest of Ashe- i rille to Ducktown, Tenn. udjj ' A Utile over ten years ago wa edited a paper n Asheville, and incurred the displeasure of | ho people of Western North Carolina by oppos- I ng, first, tho appropriation 6f 97,000,(<00 j n Stnto bonds to build tho proposed road; ; lecond, the reckless manner in which those | >onds were issued and also tho parties to whom I he management of the road woo entrusted.? IVc saw from the start that $7,000,000 in State , conds?then worth not over 40 cents on the doi- i ar?was as a mere drop in a backet towards < cuilding a road that wobld cost at least $13,tOO.OOO. nml furltior wa fell thai unless nroncr safeguards were placed around ihe disbursement ' if the appropriation, the State would lose all the had invested and the buildlig of the road delayed for nn indefinite period. All of our prognostications have nearly cotno to pass, and i we can look with much oharity upoa those who mm treiimuirn BUIV guertaty w?*rwfte.^.aornm be finished, before transferring tho State's interest in it. But tho Stale would never be Able to complete the gigantic enterprise and her investment in nn unfinished road would be more likely to become a burden upon her treasury than a source of revenue, therefore, we think the sale has inflicted no injury upon ajy one, but, from the character of tho men who advocated the sale, we are convinced it will redound to the best interesL of the State, and particularly to tho Western portion of it. We, however, have but little confidence in the sagacity of (lie people of Western North Carolina, in Railroad matters. In their enthusiasm for a railroad, they neglectod to guard ngainsl the dangers of fraud and corruption and were cheated out of the road and mil lions of money by Swopson, Littlefield, ti id omue genu*, and it is not impossible for their unguarded zeal to bring them a second disappointment. .*. Death of Mrs- Sarah Norris. This venerable lady died at her residence, near Glandyburg Mills, on Friday last, aged 81 years. In many respects Mrs. Norris was a remarkable woman, possessing more than ordinary mentel and physical powers of character. She was the widow of James Norris, who for many years kept tho American Hotel, at Charleston, in which lie made quite a fine fortune, and retired from it with the intention of spending the remainder of his life in tho couutry ; but before closing up his business in the city he was taken sick and died. Mrs. Norris afterward moved to the upper part of the State and, it is said, superintended and even assisted in cutting and hauling the logs from which her dwelling was built. She was the daughter of Henry Fernandez, a man well known throughout this part of the State for his bravery and en irgy. Her son, James Norris, was a Lieutenant in Captain $Wri.S?i ttf 1 ft*'BSfWe' "at* "ffif/om Iffcm'lT ^ hope some one well acquainted with the many incidents of her eventful life will give ua an extended account of it. _ ? Hail and Bain Storms. For some days portions ?f this county havo bo mi visited with heavy storms of rain and hail, accompanied by uncommonly hi'^h winds. At this point the hail was not as severe as nt some other places in the County, but the heavy rains and wind here have done much damage to plowed land and fencing. On Sunday oveuing last, we are told, the storm did much damage on Mr. W. T. Jeter's fatm. at Fish Dam. On Tuesday the hnil was very severe in tho neighborhood of Skull Shoals. One gentleman informs us that he saw hail stones there as large as turkey eggs. We have not received any detailed acopunt from any quarter, but fear-that great damage has been done. Between the storms, on Monday and Tuosday, the atmosphere was so jqltry that winter elothiug became very uncomfortable and many persons donued their Summer suits?particularly those who were so fortunato as to have new styles. .?. Look oat for Chicken Thieves. Some rascal has made two attempts lately to rob the chicken coop of Uov. 11. Q. Clifford, but in both instances was discovered and mado his rscapc. Last Monday night he robbed the nost >f a setting hen, scattered the eggs under a setring goose and crippled a buff Cochin hen. The sver watchful Ben Cunningham, who lives just jack of Mr. Clifford's promises, should keep a iharper look-out upon his reighbors' poultry rard. Now, Ben, if you catch the thief, we beieve (he Court will instruct the Sheriff to em >loy you lo assist liim in taking tho rascal to ho penitentiary, at the County's expense.? dany hotter men than lion have "dono the Itnle such service." Jone to Market. i Capt. 8. W. l'orter is now in market purchusng his Spring and Summer stock. Mrs. Vinlon, Superintendent of Mr. Porter's Millinery Department, has gone with him, for the purpose >f selecting a full stock of millinery Goods, and aer exquisite taste in that line is sufficient asturnnce to the Ladies of Union that their wants tnd tastes will be well censiderod in her pursliases. She expects to bring on a larger and more complete stock of Ladies' goods than has ever before been brought to this market. Mr. B. D. Culp ban also gone to market to purchase the Spring and Summer stocks of Messrs. J. T. Hill & Co. We understand he inteuds purchasing full stocks in all lines. Ih? Irish Belief Fund. Thirty-five dollars and seventy-five cents was realised by tho collection in the l'reshylerian Church last Sunday fur the relief of the sufferers in Ireland. Wo consider it a very liberal Bontributlon from that church, and displays a high ohrlstian spirit in its members. A Hew Landlord. Mr. Tarker, from Newberry, took charge of the Union Hotel yesterday. We ere not acquainted with Mr. Parker, but lie comes to Union highly recommended as a good man and one who "knows how to keep a hotel." A goo<f busiucs is before hiui if lie shows himself worthy. ( ting of tho Executive Committee. Tko Executive Committee of the Democratic i tart jr of Union County, met in tho Court House, v u Monday, 6th inst. The following resolutions fl rere adopted : \ Resolved, That a Convention, to be composed t if three delegates from each township; be called t o meet at Uuion Court House on Tuesday, 26th 1 day next, at eleven o'clock A. M., to elect dele* < jates to the State Convention to meet in Cotum- 1 >in on Tuesday, June 1st. I Resolved, That township meetings of Democrats shall bo held on Saturday, 22d May next, it eleven o'clock A. M., at the following named )lacesrespectively, to wit: Timber Ridge. Old J Bridge Place, Kelly's Mill, Jonesville, Jasper J Jibbs's, Cross Keys, Union Court Houso, San uc. Fish Dam, Goshen Hill. Said meeting shnll be called to order by j he following named Club Presidents, reapec- ' ively, viz: Timber Ridge by Noah Webster; Old Bridge Place by Milton Patrick ; Kelly's Mills, 1 >y Thomas Corner; Jonesville, by W. T. Little- < iohn ; Jasper Gibbs's, by J. F. Norman ; Cross I Keys by C. B. Bobo; Union, by F. M. Farr; t Santuc, by George B. Tucker ; Fish Dam, by J. < 3. Richards; Goshen Hill, by R. B. Lyons. < The several meetings will then organize by sleeting a Chairman and Secretary, and will ihen proceed to elect three delegates to the County Convention. WILLIAM MUNRO, j Chairman. ' F. M. F.vnit, Secretary, rhe Langley Cotton Factory. ? - r .L. - -1.1. .1.1 __ At tno annual meeting 01 me diuvmiuiuvi v. the Langlcy Manufacturing Compnny, hold last week, the President, W. C Sibley, made the gratifying report that two semi-annual dividends, of six per cent each, or 12 per oent. per t nnnm, ln?U ln?u for llio jr?r 1870He further says : The production of the mill for the year 187!) was 124,213 pieces (2.132,249 pounds) of cloth, or 6,398.784 ynrds. The cotton consumed during the year 1879 was 5,697 bales, average weight 459 pounds each, or 2,614.515 pounds. Average cost of cotton used in 1879 was 8 80100; average number of looms in operation 328}; average number of ynrds of cloth per loom per day 62 63-100. average number of spindles running 10,855. average number of ounces of yarn per spindle per day 10.11-100, average number of liands employed 320. The church which has been authorised by your liberality is nearly completed, nnd will soon he dedicated to the worship of Almighty Go l, who hn8 thus far blessed our enterprise, and I trust it will redound to His glory nnd the spiritual good of the people of Langley and vicinity. A Terriflo Storm in 8partanbnrg. The following despatch must have been sent to the Columbia Rrgiittr on Tuesday evening, after the Spartanburg papers went to press ? While wo have no doubt that the storm was very severe, we should like io know whose cows and pigs were killed on Tncolet; 8partanbitro. S. C.. April 6.?An unprecedented bail storm prevailed here this afternoon, the stones being ns large as seven inches in circumference. The ground was literally covered and glass windows were riddled like a bombardment from canister shot. There was a similar storm yesterday twelve miles from here on Pscolet, killing cows nn 1 pigs. All hail the budding Spring. The Columbia Hotel has been purchased by a number of gentlemen in Richland County, und is undergoing repairs. It has been closed for over a year, but will be opened to the travelling public in nhout two months, under '.lie management of Maj. R. N. Lowrance, new of tho Wheeler House. tor mo Times. Jonesville ItemsEditor Union Timkn :?Jonesville has at last it styled. One night Inst week the citizens of the town were aroused from their peaceful slumbers by a noise which sounded as if a thousand and one blacksmith shops had broke loose. It was an utter impossibility to distinguish one tune from another, but by the way the Band Master would call out the different tunes we supposed they were different. Any how, we have no ear for music and consequently am no judgo of tunoe. Let us, then, yc musical menhare a repetition of it, on some night when the atmosphere is more balmy and the little songsters, called mosquitoes, will lend their aid, and then, and not till then, will the citizens of the town bo able to appreciate your musical talents. Nothing else has disturbed Jonesville of late. Farmers are still busy hauling Guano, and it looks as if the Agents in that odoriferous line were doing a flourishing business. Wo read through the columns of your paper that the political question is about being agitated. That fever has not got as fur as Jonesville yet, though wo saw an advertisement calling for a iuwii r.iecuon on arpu iz, wno ine candidales are we havo not as yet learned as I here has been no caucus yet. Wo sincerely hope they will be good and proper men, who will reflect credit on the honor of JONESVILLK. For thk Canuioatks.?The last campaign of this county, was a cheap race for the candidates. The newspapers did not make moie than fifteen dollars altogether out of all the candidates who ran for ofbee. They got neither money nor thanks for their work. Although hut few cards were announced in tho regular way, tho clubs sent up nominations, outside friends wrote communications advocating the claims of individual candidates and in this way the papers were chiseled out of their pay. The campaign this year, so far as we are concerned, must he conducted on an entirely differ ent plan, and all nominations will be charged for. Wo nro tired of doing so much charity printing and no man who is ut all worthy of the suffrages of the people should oak the papers to publish his card for nothinir. A card should bo paid for just like any other advertising. (t is of no consequence to publishers whether the "many friends" of Mr. Koe or Doe ever say that they are the men for office or not, and ns well beg a merchant for a sack of flour as the publisher for space in his paper. All information about the organization of Democratic clubs, political mass meetings or barbecues, anything and everything bearing upon the life and condition of the party will be published freo, but all candidates must pay for their cards.? Abbeville Medium. We endorse every word of tho above, and hereby notify all whs nro anxious to put the name of any one before the people as "a fit and proper person to fill an office" that they must pay for making such announcement through our columns. If a man thinks his ohancea^fur an office Is so small that he can't risk $6 to let the v< ters know he is a candidato he had better not attempt to run. . Oi'trana at Wkst Poikt.?Pooghkeepsle, N. Y., April 0.?At A o'olook this morning, Johnson C. Whittaker, a colored oadot at West Point, oi ino ciass or mjii, was round bound hand and foot in hi* room ?t the barracks, in a half unconscious condition, with a piece of one ear cot off ; the other was slit and his head bruised.? He stated that three masked men attacked him while he was in bed, sometime after midnight, and committed the outrage. General Hchotield and Commandant Luzelle are investigating the affair. It is believed that the outrage was committed by cadets. I Thb Fruit or tur Gallows.?Washington, kpril 2,?James Madison Wyatt 8tone, colored, a <rns hanged liere to-day for the murder of his 8 rife in 1879. Stone was a large man, weighing It ibout 200 pounds. When the drop fell his bead S vus severed Irom his body. The body fell to b he ground, aud the bead after adhering to the d loose a few seconds fell to tho ground a few feet r 'rom the body. Dr. Crook picked up the hend, 1 ind as he did so noticed the lips move. The o eatures were calm. It is supposed that tatness t iad weakened the muscular tissues and that tho t leek was unable to bear the weight of the body. A Mubdkrkk Accuses tub Husband or mis Victim.?Windsor, Vt., April 2.?Edward Tatro J was executed at 2 o'clock, to-day. Butler, the ' lusbund of the murdered woman, was present. 1 Tatro confessed that he was guilty of the crime, * jut said that Butler was to blame, and pointed * lo him as he spoke. Tatro's neck was not broceo. A Douui.k Exbcution in Louisvillr.?Louis- ( rille, April 2.?llobert Anderson, white, and ( Charles Webster, colored, were hanged privately in the jail yard this morning at 9 o'clock. Web iter, who was couvieted on circumstantial evi- . ience, asserted his innocence to the last. Anlerson denied any knowledge < f what occurred when he murdered his wife. Tiirke Negroes Hanged.?Macon, Mis)., < April 2.?Andrew Macon, James Brown and | Samuel Baler, all negroes, were hanged here at | 2 80 1'. M. Macon and Brown were the mur- t dercrs of Tariton Macon, tho father of Macon and father-in-law of Brown, in January lost.? Baler killed Frank Keed, a white man, in 1870. Macon nnd Brown oonfessed, assigning whiskey i as tho causo. Baler has always olaimed t hat he was justineu. AUOUl eigui luousanu persons were present. . ? ? Our Maimkii Soluikrs.?The following prekmbl? And reaolulion were adopted at the meeting of the board to contract for artificial limbs for maimed Confederate soldiers under the Act cited ill the Afewsnnd Courier of the 30th : "Whereas, by its terms the money to carry into effect tho Act to provide artificial limbs for soldiers of tho State, approved December *24, 1879, cannot be paid out from the treasury until all the other appropriations of that session have been met by incoming tnxes, yet the Bourd deem it proper at once to take the preliminary steps necessary to its execution. "Retoloed, That n circular be issued notifying parties claiming to be entitled to tho benefit of the Act to send their names and postofTice address to the secretary at (Columbia on or before July 1st, 1880, to the end that estimates may be made by the commission aud suitable blanks sent to applicants." County treasurers will be furnished with copies of tiie circular, and they arc requested to post the same in each township of the State at tho places of collection of taxes during tiie month of May next. The address is signed by Governor Simpson, chairman. Gen. Ilngood, and Dr. llaruch, chairman of tiie Slate Board of Health. CAt'niit in Savannah.?Savannah, April *2.? Herman Fischer, a Swiss, and Charles Humbert, a Frenchman, hnvo been arrested here on a telegram from A. N. lliechoff, proprietor of the city square restaurant in Charleston. Fischer was barkeeper for HischofT, and robbed the place on the 30th ult. and came to Savannah. Detectives have been on the lookout and have just arrested tho pnrties. Humbert is supposed to be an accomplice. DeieclivcCoates. of Charleston, arrived this morning and left with the prisoners on the evening traiu. Some money, cigars and tobncco were found in Fischer's valise, who acknowledges the theft. Ilorncc Davis, a negro who has been arrested here for larceny, proves to be Horace Sheets who committed a criminal assault on a white girl, x'ary Kiley, aged 11 years, at Beaufort, on the i.iiii in uuteiiiucr iusi. j ue wiieriu oi i>cuuion was telegraphed to and replied that he would leave to-night and bo hero for the prisoner.? There is no doubt that lie was guilty of the criminal assault.?Cor. Xetes and Courier. State Prkss Association.?The Executive Committee of the State Press Association held a -j -: :?!.! : ?' ? ? Courier, ll was decided that the annual meeting be held on Thursday, 17th day of June next. As our readers know, the Association will meet in Greenville, and our citizens will give the members of I lie press a cordial welcome. It is thought that arrangements will bo made for an excursion to Cincinnati during the meeting of the National Democratic Convention, and an invitation has been extended by Col. G. J. Foroncrc, of the Air-Line Railroad, requesting the Association to make free use of Hint line in any way that it will suit their convenience. This is in keeping with the liberal and progressive management of the Air-Line. The lime named for the meeting of the Association will include our commencement week, when Greenville will put on its gayest attire.?Greenville Neics, March 20. Important Railroad Report.?It is now reported as a fact that the Air-Line, or its friends, have purchased the Railroad from Knoxvillc to Maiysville, a distance of 10 miles. They propose to build a road from this point to Mt. Airy or some other place on the Air-Line, so as to command the trade of East Tennessee. Should this line bo built then the lllue Ridge route will have to be abandoned. This project cannot damage our State, for the Aeheville route is still open to Charleston, if she will only give all her intluencc to a consolidation of the roads leading iroin i.nnricsion 10 /\siieviuc. "I'llis has to be done and that pretty soon, or other combinations will come in and materially interfere with any future arruugemont that may be attempted.? Spartan. HailStohm at Savannah.?April 4.?This afternoon the city was visited by a remarkable hail storm, lasting ten minutes. Sorno of the stones were large as guinea eggs, and all wore of good size. Considerable damage v. as done to the truck and fruit farms. The extent of the loss cannot now he ascertained, but some state that they will lose two hundred bushels of pears. In the city the trees, fences and telephone wires were blown down. Major W. E. McCoy will break ground,near his waste factory, on the river bnnk at Augusta, this week, for a new yarn nnd picker-room.? The mill will be called the "Riverside Factory," will be two stories and a basement. !M) feet hv 60, while the (ticker room, 24 feel by 60, will contain one story and a Imsement. The mill will hare a opacity of 1,200 spindles, with a capacity for twice tkat number. A Tki.kohai-ii to Okoroktoww,?The Wilmington, N. C. Review, of Saturday, states that an agreement has been entered into between the citiiensof Georgetown, 8. C., and the American Union Telegraph Company, by which the lints of this company are to be extended from Kingstree, 8. C.. to Georgetown, the latter paying tho company $<'>,000 towards the undertaking. .*. ? Cyclonks in Gkoruia.?Atlanta, April G.?A special says : "Reports have reached here of severe storms in North Georgia. There were oyclones in several localities which blew down fences and damaged crops badly. Several houses were blown down. Two or three deaths are reported. The mails will not be delayed." ? 1 run Ore.?Mr. H. U. Unrlington has rent us some specimens of iron ore obtained in I<aurens County, 8. C. It seems lo bo very rich in t'<e metal, being only about a handful of pieces, and yet it weighs two pounds and twelve ounces.? One after another the evidences of the undeveloped wealth of our State are brought to light.? Col. Reguter. Ha Must Haro.?Albany, N. V., April fl.? The Conrt of Appeals to-day affirmed the judgment of the Court below ia the ease of Chaatlne Cox, sentenced to death for the murder of Airs. Dr. Hall, iu New York oily, last year. A Nsw Freight Hoots.?On Friday twelve oars of freight from Cincinnati arrived here.?They came over the Air Line Railroad to Heneca City, and thenoe by the IMtie Ridge to the Orvcnville Railroad.?Columbia lit jitter. ,-uu v 1 4 t Tur. United 8tatks Mabkuauihip.?No deci- * I Ion tins boon reached on (he subject of United W tales Marshal for South Carolina. Mr. Wal* ice, who hns been nominated, hangs fire in ine enate, and, as his confirmation will be opposed y both Seniors Hampton and Duller, tho conft- ? a ent expectation is that the nomination will be eject el. Curiously enough the cenfirmation of w * ; ir. Wallace (upon the hypothesis that no Dem* crat would be uominnted) is recommended by he Bar of Charleston, with few it any excepions, and it is admitted thai he is a capable ofIcer. Politically speaking ho is too capable.? Vhorcver politics enter in, Mr. Wallaoe is nbto o discount theafttnteat Stalwart player in Wash* ngton. It is always safe to assume that, when ho magnate must be a Republican and nothing ilse, the Democrats prefer King Log to King ? Itork. The report is that, if Mr. Wallace's notninaiou be rejected, the name of Mr. T. B. John* ilon, of Sumter, will be sent in by the Presllent. Johnston at heart is as extreme in hid ipiniocs as Wallace, and he is recommended by lis backers as the faithful one who declined to low the knee to Baal in 1877. Dirat stands for he House of Representatives of South Carolina, ind Johnston allowed himself to be oipetled rath* ?r than ask for a pardon for anything he did in the Mnckoy House. This is no partienlnr recimmendation in Democratic eyes, at this junolure. A still worse objcctiou is that Johnston is understood to be Bowen's man, and his 6bn? fir motion will give Sheriff Bowen the command of the machinery of the United States Courthouse, in addition to lhAl of the Stato Court- ? nouse. uowcn nas neen in omce tor ctgni years, ^ nnd supports tlio third-torm dogma. Congressman Richardson is reported to be nn anxious advocate of Johnston's nomination and confirm* ution, being moved by a desire to walk over the course, in the interest of his constituents, at the November election. Sam I.ee is expected to L be the Radical candidnte in Mr.- Richardson's g District, and it is hoped that he would withdraw '# if his friend Johnston were to geMhe Marshal' ship. This would ensure Mr. RiclmrJson's re' election. < Assuming that the nomination of Mr. Wallace will be rejected, we ven.ure to hope that the President will take as his second choice a better person thnn Johnston. There nre half a dozen Republicans in South Carolina any one of whom would make a more efficient Marshal than Johnston, and if Jchnston is nominated tho safer course is to reject him. This will leave Mr. Wallace in office, it is true, under the appoint' nient of the Chief Justice, but he is not nearly as objectionable as Johnston plus Bowen, and Mr. Richardson can be elected again, we sup' pose, ns ho was elected in 1878.?ATeics and % Courier. , Tiik rtnsT Tiiaijc ovkh the Bahnwell Roa?. ? Blackville, April 'J.?Tho first train over tho Barnwell nnd blackville Railroad left this depot at 10 A. M. this day, loaded with fertilisers consigned to J. B. Ifngiiod nnd others by C. E. Lar tigue. The engine was decorated with wreaths w of evergreens and flowers, and hauled oil' the train amidst the cheers and well wishes of the assembled citizens. t This is nn individual enterprise, undertaken ijs and carried through by Mr. J. W. Woodward, a ? native citizen of our county. lie deserves tho ?w praise and thanks of our people for this publio | benefit nnd their admiration for his indomitable pluck, perseverance and energy. 1 believe that j our people think that the Legislature, while it was heaping so many favors upon the Blue Ridge Railroad, might, at least, have shown that this example of homo enterprise was appreciated by exempting this roal from taxation for ten years. ? He did not ask any other assistance. Our people, ever patriotic and alwnys ready to bear their proportion of taxnti< n for the public good, will not forget that our little Barnwell road is to bo . i ... i._i_ ...? .i.? ii..1 . h?a.uv? iu iiuip uut uiu uiuc iiiu^c vvipuiuuuu,? And we liave those among us who can see as far 1 into a millstone ns tho-mau who picks it. Fatal Ctclonk is Kansas.?St. T.ouis, April 3.?A special dispatch from Ottuwa, Kansas, says a cyclone struck that place about 7 o clock last evening, completely demolishing seven residences on Kim street and bndly dnmnging live others in the saute vicinity. Tlifi, cvclauf Uicn I passed over six clocks, and njrntn struck tho ground near the river, when it destroyed several residences find barns, tore the roof off ilio Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Knilroad freight house and overturned several freight cars. In North Ottawa twelve or fifteen residences were totally destroyed or badly dnnraged. The evening train from Lawrence was caught nt the juction, a mile North of town, and one passenger car and two freight cars upset and one passenger seriously injured. The storm proceeded to the Northeast, destroying Spencer's and Wilkinson's houses and two farm houses on its way. A child was killed and many persons wounded. Lumber and furniture was scattered lor blocks around, and in some cases horses, entile, wagons, and even persons, were burled through the air. A Tkrrifio IIail Storm.?Kev. J. 8. Ezoll brought into our office, nt 12 o'clock Tuesdny, hail stones that fell about Martinsville the day before. The Inrgest were the size of hen's eggs, and this afler *24 hours' melting. About the mouth of Muck Creek it snipped pine trees. It ranged towards Martinsville, thence across to the right of Thickely Mountain on towards, the month of Uluo Branch, and on to Mowlensville. Calves, liogx and poultry were much damaged in the track of this storm which was a half mile to a mile wide. Wheat and Oats are beat into the ground. Willi ^ all that the atmosphere is still hot and sul- wtry. Hail generally fell throughout the whole coanly. Just beforo going to press a hail storm burst out over town, and although it lasted but a few moments, it played sad havoo with the glass windows on the square, and in the Spartan building, very few panes were left on the side exposed to the storm. We have not learned the extent of the storm.?Spartan. $'2,800,000 tiik Minimum.?Columbia, Sunday Night, April4.?Attorney-General Youmana has served upon I he parties interested in the sale of the Greenville and Columbia Ilailroad notice of a motion which he has made before Judge Kershaw to increase the minimum bid fixed upon, in the approaching sale of the road, from on* ' million to two million three hundred thousand dollars. A day has not yet been fixed for th? hearing of argument on the motion. If the order is granted it will protect tip iulfrrit of Jhe State in its guarantee of the bends 'of- the road, that being the figure for whioh the Slate is liable. It is not deemed probable that the sale will be postponed. John Q. Clark, superintendent of the Char* lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, has resigned his position and aooepted the eftiee of duet engineer or the 1'iedmont Air-Line from Richmond to Atlanta.? Cor. Nctca and Courier? This Batti.b Ground Hscvnsn.?Rev. R. Lalliivn has informed us of tho successful lerminalion of the negotiations in reference lo the pur* chase of the King'* Mountain battle ground.? llo nays tlint "The owners of the loud liare agreed to sell thirty-nine and one half acres to the association, and grant the nssooiation a sufficient amount of hind on whioh to eosduot the oelehra'ion on the 7th of October. The only privileges reserved by the ownem of the land la that they bo permitted to appropriate the pine timber now growing on the battle ground to erect an observatory, and to erect one booth free from oil rent. This Is good news when coup ed with the fact that the legislature of North Car olina lino given the King'a Mountain Association * 1,600."?Rock Hill Herald. A Finn in Obanokbumo.?Orangeburg, April4.?A fire broke out to-day in the stable of T. Kohn, and burned two buildings on his lot. His dwelling was badly damaged, but saved bj the new steamer, although flames were within twen* ^ ty-flve feet. The loss is probably $2,000. ?1 ' Killkd his Child st Mistakr.?Yasoo City, Miss., April 5.?Cnpl. A. II. Mengufn gave hie five year old child n d?.se of morphine to-day, , mistaking It for qiiiuipe. The child died in four hours, .