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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. .
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