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'' THE. WEEKLY li MIQI Tllil. |farot|i ii jtaftydtari lortiqitltor^, Jtonifstiq ?aonomg, . > T seri^. - ^ -'7 ' union SCHOOLS Fom THE SOUTH. The following extracts from tho speech of Senator Brown, of Georgia, on the Educational Bill, will bo rued with iuterost and general satisfaction : WHAT TI1K BOUTU RISKED. When wo went into tho struggle of 1861 Wo wore woll awaro'thut if wc failed wo huznrdod our title to our slaves, and that abulitiou was a possibility. At tho cod of tho straggle, when wo surrendered our aruiios and tho thou President of tho Uuited Suites adoptod a polioy, without ceusultiug Congress, of roooustructing tho Uuion, he required us to call conventions in the Southern States ; and the CongrcsB* having subUitted to tho States the Thirteeuth CoustiIntiodal Amoudment. wo adopted it. There Hl^ ' agrclvl^Tio 1 Br Jtle that silvery should bo abol? HI *' w0 Put iuto th# Constitution a viufc lorovor guaranteed the abo^B l^ol'iofi Q DeSro 'lud taken ono more H l a slave ho was a frecduiau with Subfits of a citizen. B cjowed a proposition by Congress B ito adopt the Fourteenth Auieud- 1 t amendment declared him to be 1 B Conn ?thcr words, it declared all ' -n or naturalized iu the .Uuitcd 1 jo oitizens of the United States 1 (State wherein tlioy reside. Then J I^H JlVha4 made one more advance stop. pjg a freodman be was now a citiB < it was soon found that this was 1 B LCf1' Vary grave questions wore ' ^^B jo whether a raco who had been ' I I thus freed aud made oitizens were J all the rights of the original citHr _ ft bis country ; in other words, II | hoy had the right to vote and hold Congress had to tako one more WT Bep. That step was to propose the PifI / Beut^ Constitutional Amenduiemt, which I watantoed to tho raoe the right to vote.? I lien tha negro advaoced ono further step. | lorn being a citizen without rights as to [ Viug tod holding office he was made 1a citizen free and independent, th all tho rights of any other citizen of a United States. Of course, I mean lu| / * I rights, lie was made the legal cqaal of y and every other citizen of this Union, oial rights must take care of thcinsolves; , (hither the Congress nor any other governlnnl.nl nAO .r 1-?- ?- **- " w?ra? jrvnw* vuu 4u^utawu lUVUI. DUb HII j u legal rights wore guaranteed. Then | jhut was the status ? llere aro four mil- | /on persons, formerly slaves, then freedmen, Ihctf eitizona without all the rights of citi- ( louship, thon lull fledgod citizens with ov- ( us, without eduction, incorporated into so- , ciety as part of the citizens of tbo United 8tatcs and of the States in which they lived. WHAT TIIE 80UTII LOST. 1 A grave problem arises hero for solution. ( They must be educated; but wo are not ablo to educate Ibcm. Why dot ? We clnimc i 1 to bo a W3althy people buforo tbe war. So ( we were ; but we lost, according to tho best 1 estimates, about $2,000,000,000 iu the valuo of our slaves. It was thut much gold 1 value, our own under the Coustitutiou of ( the United Slates, which we lost by the war, ( and it was gone forever. That impoverish- 1 od us to that oxtcnt, and it was a very ij heavy draught. Then wo had to support tho Confederate armies for four years, without a dollar of holp, out of our substance. **? f? i " ? - ' i mu, wo issuoa uuutoaoratc bonds and botes ; they were paid out for our substance, ~ pat at the end of the war thov were ropudi"7atod sod they became as'ashes in our bauds. /Wo lost, then, not only two billions in slaves, / but we lost about two billions more in tho I support of our armies for four years. Thon I wo lost immense amounts in the destruction I of property by the armies outside of whatI was neeeseary to teed and elothe them.? I But that was not sli. At the end of the I struggle we had to return to the Unioa pad I resume our position and take upon ourselves I pur juit proportion, according to our means, of the war dobt coutractod by the Govern meat in the suppression of what is known as the rebellion. Then, I say, with these draughts upon as we are not able to educate these four millions of people that were turned loose among us. As 1 have already stated, during the period of slavery it was not our policy to eduonte them ; it was incompatible, as we thought, with the relation existing between the two races. Now that they ate oitisens we all agree that it is or policy to eduoato them. As thoy are eitixens, let ns make them the beet citixons we eat). I aui glad to see that thoy ' how a strong disposition to do ovcrythiug \ in thoir power for the education of thsir chii- , dreo. i SODOOM FOR TflB 800TII. 1 Then I say the provision of tho bill that j gives for ten yoars at least the sdvsoUge to , the Ststea where there is most illiteracy is , just end a wise provision, sod I thank tho Senators from New England, and the other 1 wealthier 8tates for the sense of justice they ' exhibit in eoming forward and showing a willingness to aid in the eduoation of these people. We all agree thai it is important thai they be eduoated. Yon will agree witb / we that ws in the Southern 8tstcs are net now able to eduoato them, and our own ehildreo. They were set free as a necessity of the Unioo. Yon so regarded it. Then it , \t Is proper that the Union should oorne for ward, and with its vast resources aid in tboiff education, r movement maoe tnai iooks la Mat direction. - I oonfeaa 1 bar* belter hopes for the ruco for the future than I had whoa emunoipaUion took place. The; have ahowo a oapao fcy to receive education, and a disposition to elevate themaelvea that i? exceeding by t gratifying, not oaly tame, but to orery rightthinking Southern man ; and I wish you to ttoderataod that we harbor no hoatility to the race in the South. There aro many . rrwone wliy wo should oot, uo good reaiwus 1 why wo should. They were raised with us; they pluycd with us uschil Iron. Under (ho Bluvery system the relations were Ifind.? Wheu the war came on it was supposed by many that they would rise in insurrection and soou disband our uruiies. They ut no tim^cver behaved with more loyalty to us. or with more propriety. Since the ond of the war, when, as wo thought, you very unwisely gave thcui the bullot, they have exercised the rights of freemen with a moderation that probably do othor race would have douc. Therefore, I say it is our duty iu the South especially, and I think yours in the North as well, to eucourage them, and as they are now oitisens, to olevato them and make thorn the best citizens possible. tub cause ok illiteracy. .. Bui m f a while ago. Lhava given.. yo? ? reason ^hy rSfer^ ^Toi^erauce oT illiteracy now in our section . I i It is not ouly duo to the fact that wo did 1 not have the common-school systems in the 1 ooutneru States prior to emancipation, but [ that the four millions of freuduien were ad ded to our population as citizeus thevo with- ! out education, Then we must appeal to you 1 not ouly how f>ut in the future to be liberal s towards the South in aiding in tho cducatiou ' of these people. 1 kuow thcro have been j complaints that they may have bccu cheated in some instances at the ballot-box. Ignorance may be oheated anywhere. Doubtless, Senators, you have seeu the moro ignorant class cheated in your own States.? * If you would guurd against this effectually in the futuro, educate them; teach them to Ituow their rights, and, kuowing them, they will uiaiutaiu them. It is necessary to cducalo them, furthermore, for tho reason that they do uot now understand, as ignorance does not a ay where understand, tho theory aud form and Bpirit of our Governmedt. Education will enablo them to understaud it. We must give it to thcui. We uiust toach them what is the nature of tho Government, what aro the principles of tho Constitution of the United btntcs, aud, now that wo all agree that it is to be perpetual in futuro, we must teach them to love the Uuioa and to be ready to 9iand by and defend it, and I believo the senators from New England wi'l agree with uio when I say wo must teach theui also that the Uuion is a uuion of States, aud that we must not destroy tho States. When tho States aro destroyed there is no longer tho Union of our'fathor*. As the Union is to bo indissoluble tho Stutea which form the Union?aud without which it cannot be maintained?must forever remain in icstructiblo, aud they must continue iu the exercise jf all the reserved rights which they now States. ^ I TUE NEED OF EDUCATION. Therefore, it is necessary to teach all citizens, white and colored, aud to teach their children, the importance of maintaining llopublicju institutions in the purity iu which thoy originally canio from tho hands jf the frauiers of our Constitution, and to nuiutaiu tho ballct-box in its purity nlso. L anuounccd in my own State to tho decors who were to vote on my ease tho next lay, that I was for a freo ballot aud a fair tount. I want to see the day couio when hat will be so everywhere, not only in I^ouiliana, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia, rut iu New York, Massachusetts, Ohio und [ndiaua us well. Let it be so everywhere. Let us educate our people, white and colored, up to the point where thoy understand he proper uso of the ballot; thco let it be rce to all, aud let tho ballots be fairly :ountcd when deposited. Having referred ,o the s<rugglo that brought about tho predict state of things, I will add that whativcr I may have thought of tho terms rou dictated to us, 1 have accepted theui, ind 1 have all tho while advocated carryng them out iu letter and in spirit in good v5i. -?. ?? ? - iu pmvuvv uo won as iu ineory.? ' Whenever the \\holo mass of the people arc : iducated thcro is no danger in doing this. , Until they are educated thcro will bo iui- i lositious practiced upon ignorance in ovory i lection of this country, and probably in ovtry State in tho Union. THE "STEJCT CaKSTBUCTIOM" VIEW. Some objection has been raised on the consti- , ulional question. It has been said that the states alone can take charge of this matter, thatha Federal Government lias nothing to do with he education of the people. Well, under the itrictesl rules of construction of tho old States i tlights school, prior to the war, possibly so; but i ire do not lire under the Constitution that we i lived under them. The amendments made at .he termination of the struggle have very groat- ? y enlarged the powers of this Government.? < \gaiu, 1 think, the constitutional objection can- I not apply to this bill, for the reason that it is i mainly proposition to dispose of the p'roceeds I if the public lands, and so far as those proceeds j ire concerned there never has been a time when the Government did not have the right to dis- I pose of them. As far bnok as 183?i there was a I law passed fur tho distribution of tho surplus I funds in the treasury, and in 1841 to distribute i the net proceeds of publio lands, the Congress < recognising I ho fact that they belonged to the i States. Then in the organisation of new States and Territories large amounts of the public do- i main bare been set apart for the use of colleges | and schools there, recognising the power of Congress to use a portiou of the land for this purpose. " 1 Then, again, tho act of 1862, of whioh I have been speaking, which appropiates a certain amount of the publlo lands in aid of agricultural oolleges, ia another uss of the publlo domain for that purpose which has not been objected to. After all that baa been done, why may not wa now appropriate the future proceeds of the pubiio lends ana the Patent Offioe to this sacred purpose ? _ But I believe there is another provision of Ike ConstitaUoe that may have aome' bearing hare. "Th? Bnifed States ahail guarantee to every State In this Union a Republican form of got* eminent" la the language of (heConatifutlon.? If I be right in the poaTtion I took in the commencement of tkie argument, that thla government cannot be perpetuated aa a republic without the education of the whole maaa of the people, then to appropriate money for the education of the maasea of the people wonid be a better mode of guaranteeing a Republieamdorm of government than to undertake to make a guarantee . hy the uae of the army and. the a word. ~ " ' r ? ' Important Laws Passed bp the Last Legislature, SEED COTTON. lie it inicted, )-(., That Section 1 of an Aet entitled "An Aci to proliit it the sale of seed cotton between the time of the setting and tlic rising of the sun, and to reguUto the snlo of seed cotton," approved June 8. 1877, be, ami .the same is hereby, amended by striking out in tk5 last line of the section the last three words thereof, to wit, '-of any day," so t lint said soetion shall read : That on and after the passage of this Act it .shall not be lawful fot any person to buy or sell, or receive by way of barter exohnnge or tratlio of any sort, any seed cotton between the hours of sundown and sunrise." Approved December 24, 1880. . DELINQUENT PALB8. lie it enacted, ,j-c., That all lands new on the list of delinquent lands and all lauds heretofore forfeited to the Stale for the nony^ytugnt o( having a legal or cquituble right or iuterost therein, on the payment of the laxes which mny be due and unpaid thereonv?Ttb losls, but without penalties; Provided, That tnid payment shall be made on or before the list day of Muy, 1881, in gold or silver coin. United States Treasury notes or national bank jotcs : And Provitied Further, That this Act thall not apply to any lands which, by virtue )f any Act of the Qenernl Assembly, have be:ome assets of the State iu charge of the Sink* i ng Fund Commission. Approved December 24, 1830/' ANTI-DUELLlNo'v , Whereas, great uncertainty has hef* jfore exstod iu tins State in tbo administration of the aw in regard to duelling; and whereas, it is hcrefore proper and expedient that the law in 'cgard to tho same should be plainly dcclated, hat it may be known in tlie future: He it enacted by the Senate and House of Hep csenlatives of the State of South Carolina, now net and sitting in General Assembly, and by the lutbority of the enme : Suction 1. That Section seven (7) of the one tuiidred and twenty-eighth Chapter of the Central Statutes, entitled "Of offences against the >erson," be, and the snmo irf hereby amended, >o as to rend as follows : "Skction 7. Whoever thall challenge another t,u fight at sword, pistol, apicr, or any other deadly weapon, or whe^hull tccept any such challenge, shall for every such itlencc, on oonviction thereof, be deprived of he right of suffrage and be disabled forever 'rom holding any ottice of profit or honor in this State, and shall be imprisoned in the i'eniieuiary for a term not exceeding two years, at tho liscrelion of tho Court. Ami in case any perton shall kill nnoiher in auy duel with a deadly ivcupon, or shall intlic'. a wound or wounds upon tny person in nny duol so as the person or permits so wounded shull thereof die within tho tpace of six months then next following, that >uch person so killing another or so wouuding tny person or pcrsous whereby such person or persons so wounded shi\)ldic as aforesaid, being hereof convicted, slialP suffer death as in the :ase of wilful murder." 8ko. '2. That Section 8 of the said Chapter of Lite General Statutes be, and the same is hereby (mended, so as to read as follows : "Skction 8. \ 1 1 &allydetiverH&ny ^htSssVgiTihVendcd as or purporting to be sueh challenge, or who shall be present at the fighting of auy duel as a second >r nhl or give countenauce thereto, shall, for very such ofTencc, on conviction thereof, be forjver disabled from holding any ollico of profit >r honor in this State, and shall bo imprisoned n the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding wo years, at tho discretion of the Court, nnd iliull he lined in a suin not less than five bunircd dollars nor more thun one thousand dolars." Skc. :l. That from nnd after the passage of this \ct all members elected to the General Asscin jty. nml nil otliccrs now required to take and lubscribe the ontli prescribed in Art. If, Section 10 of the Constitution of the State, shall, in adlition thereto, take the following oath, before mtering upon the duties of their respective ofices, to bo administered in like manner as the nth now required : "I do f>olemnly swear (or iflirm, as the case may be,) that I have nut, liuco the first day of'January, A. D. 1881, engaged in a duel withiu or without the State, eiher as principal or second, or beon present herent as a party thereto in behalf of either of he principals in such duel, and that I will not, luring the term of office to which 1 have been dccted, (or nppointed, ns the case may bo.) sngnge in a duel as principal, or aid and abet in tuch duel as secon I, or as a party thereto in lehalf of either principal or otherwise." To which shall be added in the case of all officers sharged with the preservation ot' the peace, the Allowing : "And 1 will, to the extent of my abil(7, enforce the penalties prescribed by law igninst duelling, and will not fail tobriug to jusice all persons offending against the said law that may come within my view or knowledge." Sr.n. 4. That this Act shall not affect indictnents now pending for offences under the law is it now exists, or indiotments that may be jrought fur offences committed before the pnssage >f this Act. . THE LIQUOR LICENSE. , lie it enacted by the Senate and House ct Rep-esentHtives of the State of South Carolina, now net and sitting in general Assembly, and by the uithohly of the same : Suction 1. That from and after the pnssage | >r una AC', no license for the sale of spirituous >r intoxicating liquors shall be granted in South Carolina outside of the iueorporated cities, towns tud villages of the State, and it shall be unlaw lul for any person or persons to sell such liquors without a license so to do. Skc. 2. No license for the sals of intoxicating liquors shall be granted by any muuicipal authorities in any city, town or village in this tftate, except upon the payment by the person tpplying for the satne to the treasurer of tho Bounty in which such city, town or village in litualed, the sum of one hundred dollars, in addition to the lioense charged bysuoh city, town or village, tollhouse of such county, to oe applied to the ordinary expenses of the count/: 1'rovided, that ell licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors grouted within the limits of the City of Charleston the said sum of one hundred dollars shall be paid by the parties obtaining such licenses to the treasurer of it,? - instead of to tbe treasurer of the County of Charleston : Provided, however, that the amount now charged by tbe said City Council of Charleston for a license for tie sale of IntoxioaUng liquors shall not be reduced in oonssquenoe ef the foregoing provision, but that the ug?regate of the license fees charged under this Act, and under the ordinances of the said city for the sale of intoxioating liquors within the llfulte of said olty shall not at any liuo be leee than two hundred dollars. 8so. 8. That hereafter the eele of all wtnce, fruits prepared with spirituous liquors letters or others beverages of whioh spirituous liquors form an ingredient, be, end the seme is hereby, prohibits I within the limits of thUBtate, except in the incorporate limits of oitiee, towns snd villages, where they shall only be sold under the same terms as intoxloaliag liquors as provided for is Section 2 hereof. Bsc. 4. Any person violating any of the proP :V>V, iv fern) lens i? ?K3W^riWte^)^T> fined mid imprisoned, HiHttiHW file Court trying (bo case. 4Uy f^l>. ttiU Act ohall nol take affect as to towtfffoMHr*'**? granted in any county, c.ty, ' uul'' such licenses now grunted *e" jHtiH^hiDft in this Act contained shall ctijuinravi i<? authorize the is-uing of any li^pylMatt*e aids of iuluxicatiog liquors, in or tillage, within this State, {wiriHRKKn? of such liquors is now or may llliH?^UUMuhibited, either under Act of r^jflnB^Ertetnbly or by ordinance of the authorities of said city, V ^HBSpfcOHAUTlSR OF THKTOWN 4 OK ION. . "it Intchdant and Wardens are hereby empowered to | ^__3HK8^BMMp>uptniies ami corporations! Vow suguBB^^T^^rjLjQpiWW^ 'n 'in^sy.twi^ in husinc/^^)^yjE7rW>!\r7?idd wl atevur, within t/o mints of the town of Union, to take out a l/'cnso from the Intcudant and wardens of thesaifl town, who nro hereby authorized to impose a reasonable charge or tux for the cuiidncl of the s&ue. Site. That the Town Council of the town of Union shall have power to impose an annual tax upon the property in said town, to wit : upon alt ryal and personal properly not exceeding twenty live cents on the value of one liunhundred dollars?the Stato assessment to be taken as the basis of taxation. Skc. 8. That 'the said town of Union shall have power, and are hereby authorized, to contract for the erection within tue limits of said town of a building containing rooms for public hall, council chamber, fire engine and prisoners' lock-up. and tower for town clock nml m end nifty issue (lie bonds of said lown, |>iiyal>le in twenty years, with coupons attached drawing interest at u rate not exceeding seven per cent, per annum, and payable on the first clay of January of every year until the maturity of said bonds : J'rovidtd, That the entiro is*ueof bonds under this Act shall not exceed the priucipul sum of ten thousand dollars. Sittf. 4. That the Town Council of the snid townjof Union are hcroby empowered to require persons couvictod of violations of town ordinances, and sentenced to imprisonment, to work upon the public streets of said town during tbe term of such imprisonment : Provided, That any prisoner may commute for such work at the rate of fifty cents per day. Approved Deo 23, 1880. CONCEALED WEAPONS Section 1. its it enacted. &o., Thninny person carrying a pistol, dirk, dagger, along-shot, metal knuokles, razor, or other similar deadly weapon usually used forjthe infliction of personal injury, concealed about his person shall be guilty of a misdemeauor, and upon conviction thereof before a Court of competent jurisdiction shall forfeit to lite County the weapon so carried concealed and be fined in a stun not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than twelve months, or both, in the discretion of the Court. Si^o. 2. It shall be the duty of every Trial I Justice, Sheriff, Constable or other peace ofliccr to emiae all persons violating litis Act jo be prosvftfJat ion'Tfiereof. Skc. 3. In all convictions hereunder the fine imposed shall, if collected, be paid into the treasury of tlio County wherein the prosecution is located. Sr.r. 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed'to apply to penco officers while in the actual discharge of their duties ns such officers, nor to persons carrying concealed weapons while upon their cwn preuiistft. Sec. 5. That if any person be convicted of nssault, assault and battery, or assault and Lattery with intent to kill, or of manslaughter. ami it nlinll ?nnn?i. n""" >??? the assault, nssault and battery, assault and battery with intcut to kill, or manslaughter, shall have been committed with u deadly weapon of the diameter specified in Section t of this Act, carried concealed upon the person of the defendant so convicted the presiding Judge shall, in addition to the punishment provided hy law for such assault, assault and battery, assault and battery with intent to kill, or manslaughter inflict further punish P ?Srupou the person so convicted of conP% lent in tho penitentiary for not less -ft three months nor more than twelve itCnnis, with or without hard labor, or iiued in a sum of not loss than two hundred dollars, or both fined und imprisoned at the discretion of the said Judge. Approved December 21, 4880. Tiik Only Tiiinu to be Done?We nj?-cc with Judge Tourgee in the opinion he expresses in his famous book "A Fool's lirrand." that a mistake was made in giving the negro the ballot before he was ready for it. What has been done, however, in this matter cannot now be recalled. The only thing to be dotio, as far as we can see, is for the better classes to divide and a fair portion of tbem to become the allies and leaders of the negroes. Should this be done, the negroes will not long remain tho adherents of one political party. They will separate, and their strength wilt be divided between the two great parties. When this takes place South Carolina will no longer be threatened with negro rule. The control of the government will be assured to those who are fitted by education and experience to manage the State's affairs.?.V. O. Times. The Weather tor January.?The Hackensnck-vresther man says: "During the month of January the weather wilt he very peculiar over the whole country. In Dakota, Minnessota, Wisconsin j?nd Michigan it will be decidedly warmer than in the same month last year, and in all tbn Southern States it will he deoidedly colder. The heaviest snows will fall in Illinois, Indiana and Virginia. The heavies', rains will fall in Wisconsin and Miehigau. It will be unusually dry along the Atlantic canst from Maine to North Carolina. More rain will fall in Montreal, Canada, than lit Boston, Moss. The most peculiar fenture of the weather in this section will be that our sharpest days will be followed by rain, and onr mildest days will ba followed by light 800w8." Least to bs Short.?Long visits, long stories, long exhortations, long prayers, and long editorials, seldom profit those who have to <fo w\th them. Life is short. Time is short. Moments nf* precious. Learn to condense, abridge and Intensify. Ws can endure many an Son* and ill if it is soon over, while even ii?^iiflg|>n Insipid and pain uoindurablc. if they ere protracted beyond the liniite of reason SaiT^oarpnience. Learn to be short. Lop off branches; stiok to the main (hots in your oase. If you speak tell your message and hold your pham boil down two words into one, and throe nte\#o. Always learn to be short. ...? A Neono Kilt.su *r a whits But in Virginia.?Richmond, December 27.?During an alteration last Friday in Halifax County, Va., between ifarion Wimbish, a white boy aged 17. and a negro boy about the possession of an axe, the negro attempted to assault Wimbish with a hoel when the latter dealt him n blow on the newt with the axe almost severing the negro'( h?#t from his body. The negro died in about tern minute*, X ' >< ' .y J < The Union Academics. Tie Trustees of telioul District No. 11 and the Trustees of the Academies havo united their Schools iu the Mule mid Female Academies in the town ot Union, ttbttrt}, by giving to the pupis their share of the - fund, they will be ttble to estubltsh^L ?h grade at low rates of tuition. They have secured ItK. !%? . if competent and experienced teachers in both, schools who will give their undivided attenliou to the work of instruction. Special attention will bo paid to reading and Spelling. In many of the classes the new method of teaching on the blackboard, without books, will I be adopted. The course will embrace all the English branches?Analyses of the best English Authors, Mathematics and the Classics. I-utin taught according to the latest and best methods, giving the Continental pronunciation.? Thorough instruction and conversations in Faitf, ork of all kinds and Calisthenics at the Female Academy, without extra charge. Female Academy. Mrs M. C. Mnssie Principal. Mrs. M. CCibbes .'.Assistant. Mrs. Uilliam Music Teuchcr. Male Academy. Mr. 11. F. Bailey Principn Duct Moore Asuistuu Mr. llnilcy, a gentlemen of retiuciiicnt and | culture, litis been liberally educated nt Harvard has established a reputation in Union ns a successful teacher and disciplinarian. Doct. Moore is uu experienced teacher, to which Doct. llenty, Doct. Bates aud others bear willing testimony. Mrs. Uibbes, a native of Union, has shown rare talents in teaching children iu our town, and has had much experience in the graded school in Florida. Mrs. Gilliam is nn accomplished music Teacher ami has giveu cutire satisfaction to tier patrons. Mrs. Mnssie, being a stranger, refers to tlie Faculty of WotTord College, to the He. J. D. McCultough, Hon. Clias. Petty and oihcis, of Spartanburg, to Dev. 11. D. Smart and Mrs. Col. McKissick of Union, i From the many letters received by the TrusI leos pmlnraiiitT \1 ru MausSn tl>uw t?L? isu?? -jj i?coivi ?iivj uint: 1110 nucnjr by publishing the following from Dr. Jmncs 11. Carlisle, President Watford College : SSpahtanbubg, 8. C. Dec. U8, 1880. Col. J no. L. Young?Sly Dtar Sir .?Your letter came to hand lust night and I take pleasure in nnswering. With reference to Mrs. Mnssie, it gives me great pleasure to hear the most cm phsiic testimony to her worth ns a teacher and a christian lady. 1 fell it a privilege to send my only daughter to her for years. She is enthusiastic and devoted?a "boru-tcacher," 1 think. 1 do not.know a teacher iuto whose hauds I would sooner entrust a daughter. 1 most certainly will congratulate any community which secures her. 1 consider her entirely competent to tench the usual branches?indeed, to teach thoroughly anything which she professes to teach. 1 write hurriedly to * "" lira. ? -1 but wish to be undeE&luuJ?""er ,0 the lii Ills i ?mh in Very reBpccfully yours. J AS. 11. CARLISLE. _ ,-8cjiaw..ftrMfHM|an V.lcgant new Peaks of iinpfoved pattern and other necessary school-room furniture hove been ordered, which will add much to the comfort of the pupils. The Trustees have determined, if supported by the Patrons, to maintain schools of us high grade in Union ns may be found in the State. For fuither information, as to board and rates of tuition, apply to J. P. MULL1NAX, Sec'y of Boards of Trustees. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford's School. Wc call attention to the advertisement of Mr. and Mrs. ClilVord, who have concluded to establish a private | Female School in this town, of the highest grade and at very moderate prices for tuition. It seems almost unnecessary for lis to s|>eak of (lie abilities of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford ; their reputation is established in this County Forscven years Mrs. Clifford has been tlie.Prlnclpal or ! our Female Academy and given most gratifying satisfaction. When she first took eliargo of the Academy it had only srvkn scholars, but by the most untiring energy and affect lunate devotion to the moral, social, and educational interests of the girls placed und r her care she tnadu the school oneoftlie most flourishing iu the 8la'c?the regular attendance of scholars having risen to nearly seventy and rapidly increasing. She has but few superiors as a Teacher and we have seldom seen more general and sin. cere affection exist between Teacher and Pupils than has been evinced between Mrs. Clifford and her scholars The Male School. The male school of this town will commence its next session on Monday, IC'lli. Mr. II. F. Ihiiley, the Principal, has been assistant in the schoct lor two years and is one of tlie most accomplished gentlemen in tlie Slate, also a mosl thorough Teacher, while Dr. Moore, the as sistant elect, has had many years experience as a Teacher and is fully competent to fill the department assigned him. We can safely recommend our male school under charge of these gentlemen, as highly worthy the patronnge of our citizens. We doubt much if any school in the State has superior facilities for imparting a high grade of education. A CHAPTER OF CRIMES. Tim 15 hut a i, Miihukh ov a Man ani> uis Wifr. ?Allentown, l*a., December 27.?Jacob tiogel and his wife Anna, residing four miles from Detlilehem, Pa., were found dead in their bed this morning. Their heads were nearly severed from their bodies, and a bloody axe wns found in the apartmeut. The walls were splashed with blood, ami altogether the room presented a shocking sight. Joseph Snyder, who boarded with the Oogels, was believed to be the murder-^ er. He was caught by an infuriated rucb soon after the discovery of tho crime and was hanged to the nearest tree. Qogel was a day laborer about 40 yeArs of age, and leaves three children. The motive for the double murder is unknown. A christmas Ml'mtKRlN New Mexico.? Donver, December 27.?At a Christmas festival held here on Christm#s Kve several Mexicans created a disturbance, which wits quelled by A. M. Conkling, editor of tlie Sun. Shortly afterward while Conkling and his wife were leaving church, two Mexicans seized him by the arms, while a third fired three shots, killing him instantly.? The assailants fled to a small town in the vicinity, where they are guarded by 2,000 Mexioans. A large poese of Americans, well armed, intend to get the murderers into custody even if they have to tight for them. A Handsome MuansuKas in Texas.?Gallatin, Tenn., December 27.?-A report of the murder of George Martin in Robertson County is recieved. Mr. and Mrs. Hester are under arrest. Mr. Hester says that while he and Martin were at work in the field Mrs. Hester came to them, and when Martin made some iocular allusion to a divorce suit recently begun by Heeler, she , drew a revolver and shot him dead. Mrs. Hesi ter says her husband did the talking, and he l and Martin had conspired to ruin hep reputa! lion. She is but 22 years old, has only been married a year and is very handsome. t>* 'r*'" ' 1 -1 ..i.iiljw Ex-Gov. Soutt as a Mvkiirrkr.?Toledo, O., December 116?At N'Mpoleon, Ohio, last night, Ueu. K. K. Scott, one of the carpct-bng Governors of South Carolina. end now a resident of Napoleon, Ohio, shot and killed a young man named Diury. The Mtfuir was the result of a quarrel in relation to the sou of General Scott. Drury was u clerk in a drug store, lie ?vne a young tuiin of good standing in the community, and wus to have been married on Tuesday next. Tit it kats ok Lynciiimc.?Cincinnati, December 20.? A dispatch from 'loledo to thu Commercial dated hist night snys: "The shooting of Walter Q. Drury at Napoleon, Ohio, by (Jen. Robert K. Seott, formerly colonel of the Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry and afterwards Governor ol South Caroliuu. occurred this morning. Intense excitement prevails and the danger of lynching is so grout that 11 company of military to-night guards the hotel where Scull is detained by the sheriff under arrest." 1* a hticu 1. a its or thkCrimr.?Napoleon. Ohio, December '20.?The following are the particulate : of the murder of young Drury by 11. K. Scott, pmrax OaYpjjWetjr'Obvtrmwr of South CttfellMa}.? I Drury was clerk in Knowlund's drug store, and celebrated Christmas Eve with several young compuuious, among them being Scott's son, who drank too much ntid not wishing his parents to sec hint intoxicated accepted an offer of Drury toshuro the hitler's bed at the drug stun . about 11 o'clock a geutlcnriti sent by .Mrs. Scott to a.?l i... ? d: 1 i.! ...? ? - " uuu nvr BUUUiscutlTVU ills WIICI'CUUUUIS, DUl I n 11 ing lo induce him to go iiouie returned to tlie hotcLand reported the facts to Gen. Scott. The General tlicii went lo the store, cnllcd Drury up and asked for his son. Drury denied that young Scott was there. The father insisted on going to tlie bed-rooin. Drury preceded him and on reaching the doer of the room turned round and refused to admit Scott. 'J lie Gen mil drew a revolver and fired, as ho claims accidentally, the ball pnssiug through Drury's brain, causing instnnt death. Scott got his sod and returned to the hotel, reported the shooting aud was arrested nnd takeu to Defiance for safe keeping, there being much cxoilcmciit nnd talk of lynching here, llis preliminary trial occuts on Monday. Drury was to have bceu married on Tuesday. K. K. Scott Sunt to Jaii..?Napoleon Ohio, December 2'J.?Squire l'ayton, before whom exGovbrnor Scott was examined on the charge of killing young Drury, pronounced the deed murder in the first degree, and Scott was taken to Defiance jail. During the preliminary hearing Scott's appearance was full of sorrow und dejection. He plended not guilty to the charge of murder in the first dcgtec. The evidence was about the same as that produced before the coroner, only m<-re complete. It sets forth tho killing nnd the excited and rctr.orseful condition of Scutt immediately after the deed. Evidence was also produced making Scott say some time ago that he would shoot dead in liis tracks any person who would in any way influence his sou lo drink or would sell him intoxicating liquor. TilK scalttanduro an1) am1kvu.I.F. ll.VII.nOAt> to ue Soi.li.?Judge Bond has ordered the Sparburg and Asheville Railroad to be sold on the ' first Monday AfcrRncxu Jhe caffl j thy Uuited Slates Circuit Court at Charlotte. I North Carolina. The principal questijn involved was whether the mortgage bonds wcro to be postponed to tlie claims of contractors and to mechanics' liens, which latter wore filed nubsv mortrafijTIe-i- ?? Judge Bond held that the mortgage bonds were entitled to priority, aud ordered the railroad to be sold by the trustees of the mortgage deed. A Serious Accident.?As the north bound freight train from Charlotte, ou tho North Caroliua lli lroal, wis approaching the city this morning, just beyond tho Salem junction the engineer in charge, Mr. 8 E. Orgain, saw a white woman run upon the track just iu front of his engine. At tho time the train was moving at the rate .P -1 a a M ?' ^ i ui uuuui iweuiy nines per nour. Mr. Urguiu at once sounded the alarm whistle and reversed his engine, but the distance between the poor wouiuu aud the cngino was too short. Mr. Orgain says she took no notice whatever of the whistle, but began to walk at more rapid pace right in the center of the track. She was picked up by the pilot and thiowu back on top of it. The iirouian at once went out and took hold ot . the woman aud held her until tho train i could be slopped. Mr. Orguiu finding her . injuries of a serious nature had her placed in a car and brought her to the city. Ou . her arrival here it was found that the woman was deaf and dumb. She was recognized by friends as Louisa Walker, of Guilford county ; aged about 45 years. It was fouud that her skull was slightly fractured, and portions of her body badly bruised.? It is feared that she cannot survive. Miss Walker was educated at the Deaf aud Dumb Instituto in Rileigh years ago.? < Her brother and sister, both deal and dumb, were killed some years ago ou the North / Carolina llailroad, between High Point aud Jauicsto.vn.? Greensboro Patriot. Anotiikr Nkoro Exodus.?Hon. Geo. Williams, (colored) member of tho Ohio, Legislature, has just returned from New York, whither ho went for consultation on a project looking to a new exodus of colored people trom the Southdrn States.? Mr. Williams says a party of capitalists in New York have purchased over half a milIS f 1 I XT Xf _ .? nun uurca ui iuhu in new iucxico, partly mineral and partly agricultural, and their plan is, duriug the coming year, to send, trusworthy agents among Southern negroes | for the purpose of culling good material to, form colonies on this land. Tho negroes chosen for this project will be men of somo means, sound health, and, in a word, men inspected as for an army. Land is to be sold to these colonists at $1,25 per aero, aud> time given fhcui to pay for it, und assistance in the way of reduced railroad rates will also be arranged. Tho parties engaged in this scheme arc enthusiasts,and say that, inasmuch as the colouy lands nrc in nearly the samo latitude as South Carolina, tho. emigrants will be enabled to cultivate oottou and other sauii tropiet 1 crops \yith which rru- :a? - > tuoj aiu iuuiiiiui. liiu luua lo d1qko thin colony a homo whero colored people, can Have an opportunity of laboring, edu-. eating their children and making them all it is possible for colored men to become under favorablo auspices. Mr. Williams loaves, for Now Mexico this week to inspoct theso. lands.? Columbus (O.) Speciai to Chicago Time*. \ Jones thinks a map is fortunate who ha^ his will contoated after death only. /Jo says hia will has been cjntcatcd ever since, ho wedded Mrs. J. . % ^ *