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Il>. w tikci. Timiiitk To C?n. W. M. Siiwnom. | *j Tin* Kfrxh.ur in I lie Court iirncwiin^ J ^ of last ivi'i'k, | ublishe.s I lie following heat liful ! tribute, by Judge M-lricli, to I lie memory n! lie j lamented Willi:?i?i M. Summon, who wriis slain in :i duel with Colonel Cash. All lie close of his charge to the grand jury the Judge suid : "llefore sen ling yon to your room, permit tne to pay leehle tribute to the mcmoty of my j life-long friend, ti makes me very s:i?l to miss the genial I'.-iee ;?n I the hearty welcome of the j p good, tl e brave, the gentle Shannon. I kiiewhim | from our early manhood. A truer friend, nj (| more patriotic citizen, a nohier gentleman, never i . adorned society. As a citizen, lie was ever a'i e to the well he ing of t he com inn uity ; eiriie.-l and energetic i-i j j every good work, wli -ther to promote its moral, ' intel ei-iual or material advance ..out. j ' As a legislator, watchful, alert and always 1 < faithful and punctual in the discharge of his j duties to his constituency and the Stale. As a lawyer, uhle, learned, conscientious and j ' pains-taking. I i As a soldier, gallant, mindful of his duty, i preserving discipline without harshness, careful of his command, and devoted to the cause in ( which he periled his life. I need mil icil you, who mot him continually j in your daily walks, what a gentleman he was. | so kind and courtly, so accomplished and digtii j tied, so mindful of all the amenities of life.? * Ah me! no one coti.d liavehccn taken from your t | social circle who is so generally mourned and ( leaves so great a void. I dare not speak of liiiu as llusliand and l*a* llier. Voice and words would liotli tail mo did , I venture ncro>'.> tlint sacred threshold. lie has left you, gelitIeliien, a hright example, which it will he well lor you to teach your cliil* itrno ?? follow* f .f ? * "t? a il... * and chances to arise in the future. Kershaw county will hardly ever produce a citizen whose | example is more worthy to lie emulated than the blameless career of the lamented Wm. M. Shannon, in all the relations of lite?a man uli >se memory will he loved and revered when we are forgotten in the dust. ? . . ? Ji toit: I,wen in Tknxkssi;k.-? t iucinuali, February I'd.?Telegrams IVom Winchester, Tennessee, represent that troops were present for the protectioa of the l.aprado murderers on trial there and that they gave a parade in the court house yesterday before dark. That after dark j a furious thunder storm came on and fears ot i the prisoners being lynched then vanished. A I night session was held to finish the trial, .lodge Stark gave his charge to the jury, after which the Sheriff proceeded with the prisoners, .lames 11 iggings, l.ock Ma I lory, I.on Tliweat, Hubert Tliweat and .lames Klder, to the jail. A nioh of about tw hundred pressed upon the f?heiilf. took the prisoners, closed the e oirt house and its grounds, stationed a strong pieUel guard ; around them and hung the live negro prisoners from the second story window of I lie court house. The onset of the mob was from w it unit oo.l wo* so suu'ien now ootsterous. accompanied by the j filing of pistols and guns into the air, as to terrify the spvchtiors in the court rooms, who jumped from the windows and hastened from the scene. Murphy and I Hilly, two of those charged with complicity in the murder, having been released on Thursday, had returned to their oil stamping ground, which i* thought to have precipitate*! the action .*f the mob. The j inob are alter them, and it is believed t hey will he lynched nut later than to night. The mob | numbered two hundred well-armed men, who 1 came in front four directions on horseback and I ilispciwed in ilif mimic iiiiiiiiter. They ?1 i< 1 not shoot ur mutilate the prisoners, but left them banning when assured that iliev were 'li'iel. 'I'll ! dispatches arc silent us in what I lie Slate military were doing nil this while. Till. TWO I I.I I.I.Mi Ml ItliKlUiltS IIIMi. Nvsiivit.i.i:. 1'rhrusry l'J.? Ii i* reported Hint I I>ii 11 y ami Murphy. ihe l.apmle murderers who turned Slate's evi'lenee. weie found hanging to i tree near (iiiiluie, Kentucky, tIiimorning. , ''.'lie JLju r,,\;\lti i I' \ Mi'? i. v Mi- Ii \ pany. I hey will lie occupied l>y the operatives j nl' the company. The shafting ai the factorv n ; bring [nil in place. The work is >ion with 111' pos-ible rapidity ami Will soon he Inn-lied. The prospects ol' building the l.amlsford cotion factory are brightening. There are some j ISi?rlliern parlies alio are thinking of investing Koine surplus capital in this enterprise. Work on the fishing t'reek factory, mi the ' Kile of Willit'ord s mills, is progressing is well :is could he expected in the | resent eoiel.iioii of 1 the wea her. \\ orkiiien are m?w eng-orcd laying [ the stone foundation, ami ii is the intention to have the Iniildin.'e oiiplele l and the uiachitiery in oj elation hy tiev I tall. It is ilie iiiteuiion of Mr. J \ Ileal to loiild a cot I on aclory, wilh a capacity >! o.Ihmi spin- j dies, on ilie siie bought hy him at the recent ' sale of ihe Kino's Mountain Iron properly. lie has alrea Iv had I lie neeessary survey made, and i" now in New fiiglaml making observations for the purpose of perfecting his plans. \V ii \ r (i u a \ it s \| \ 11, i % -. lien iSram'" fiiemls d i not take much trouble to conceal their plans. At the meeting held in New York to do honor In Secretary Horsey, it w as claimed. before t Sen. I Iran I slaee, that "the talking man of ".|e>i inv n? lie lias heeome, defeated the I lem-ei'art an 1 elected tiarlield. I'lie New York '/Vi'uim announces that IS rant is .standing b\ ready to save the liepuhlic as often as ncocsHirv and hints llial I'rosiletii tiarliehl will llv ( > him for lit*!) it lie 1.0 in any illliifii 11y. .\I >iit hall a million Hollars litis lii-eii raise.I as a private tir.inl char ity t"uti l. Then lie is I'lcsilont ut the |-'..\position t'oiiiintssioii. ati'l at the lie el of a now \ i Ii ittal hunk an I of ilie Mexican Hallways ? Senator Loom wants to make linn a <ietiernl in tin-army attain. unl the special embassy to Mc\* ici is cxpedcl to irive Itini another joli. What is ileterniiiie I i.u is to elect (ion. tii ant in |ss|, aiel every oppn s-iio corporal ion, every toaly. mil every overgrown capitalist will he invite.1 to join lian-ts with I'otiklino, I. 'l'iii. t'ainoroti mi l the rot of the imperial clan. It will lie a desperate stnij?oJe hetwoun lirantism nil Lib J crt v.?.Xr'c* iiii'l r. ' Oi'll t'iiXi;li sstirs'. We learn thil P.epnMi cans liioh ia political circles that .Vtkcii an I : levins will lie seativl, I m t the seats of ?I'l'oniier, t Tillman, ami KiehnrHsoti, will he uivoti to their > lialical contestants. We arc incline.I to accept this stale nolit as the tri;e s,.|un m uf the IiIII ? cullies How hesclliiio the .N'ottlh t'ai..lina t'oti 1 (rrossmen-olect. A Hepuhliciii House uf Hep* i rcsentatives will I oihtlc>s!y give place to many ; of I he -let'cat I II i heals. |Jy iiiim-ciii^ 1.1! mail. 11 oiiner an I Hi. !i ir U >u ,*-oi h < ?: >?.ina will again have a Hepuiilicaii m ijoiaty >! rep* reseiitaiives at M ishimgtoti ? I. /'- . / . H tnii- r. o I*. i \ i i. \ rt \ s iii \ N|ii:i.;:i: N-t-hville. I'el ' inary IT.- Two of the negroes implicuie.1 in the l.iprale murh-r have tnrne 1 Slate's evi- ) ileiiee air in -si the remain in_' live .m the triil at SpriiijdieM t-? lay ami tesiitieH that there were ten in the party who went to niiirlcr Lapr.i le f .r money which !e* w ?s .oppose I t have in his ' a p ..ss'-vsioti. Jacli Hell was the leiler of the .. K "'.s\llthoiiv !?..Ifc on.. . I : ^ .. . :??imilll , of iIk; I.rui:il ii-t*;itiiiKtil i.f l/ijirii'le. mIi.iih iliey cut. .Ititlicl :?ii'l li ni^f I. 11: f ?>t*t !i wt re 1 kfi1 on! :?n<l 'li-. ?knll broken l.ij'inle i. b"_'ge I lor merey l.ui without av til i h:\tii t.i <* \? r \i\ II S. Kriui. -'l ite |.;int- : " inp fraternity will In* prieve.l i > leirtt if ilio ii <le.till of i ij.r.in II. S. Kerr, wliieli oreiirre'l at | Abbeville Ian I'ri.l'iy l;r.i liinp. Itpe I "i^ years. ? The ileeease I was well known nil overfill* eotili- 0 fry, liavinp w nike I ni the ci-e hi a prent ' iiHiny eiin*?s. I.*ii|i*rly lie worked oil t !?< Male k )>r i lit inp hi t 'ol it in bin. lie iv i * a lw nj ? a ,! hiiii-Ii ... ineinber of tliv ci.ifI, airl llie l> .y s wi'l ini?s tlie i lioiie-l, liobli* p-til lea. ill, v. Imse slale'y. i,.'iilc us be irinp an I iiu!'osinp Itpni e iirirl-..* I l.im a l' in hi ii*;.nop loi n. I'vace to liis u?hi-s. '' </ ' n I \ iiiollif-r umie 1 lo Inve In r twin rliiblri n | I III i-li ne I l ' 1II-I .Ir>|In alel Seraj'lliai, l.ee iii-e 1 >v 1 tliey i;oi:tinii.tily I iry."' ' b I I ihc (Wiulilu (Union ^imes. K. M. STORKS, Kditor. union*, Fit 11) AY, FKGKUAIU 25. IKM1. subscription- $2 00 per annum. ADVERTISING. < hie H<|u;tr?* or on** nt? ii. t)i in rtioti, - - - 51 JW ivk ii 'iilivijiu iii iiim mimii, ------- 7~? Litn ial <iiM vuul Mi;i*i?* ( ? mort liaiits aii<l utliorn a?iv?*ri*?in^ imt si \ iiioiiili < or l>y tin-yr.tr. 1 >Siiit.try NmIk.-mI |?*n lm?*% ??r ! *>, frrf. u\cr i**?i liiit'A,! Ir.ir^i d Us .Vlvcrlis**M-Iltv. rtiii; noik i;. Citations, Notices to Creditors and Notices of Final Discharge must be paid for before they will appear in 3iir columns. ?jrjy Necessity will compel us to discontinue ten liuj; the Timks to those subscribers who :irc ti arrears and who do not pay up <1 itriripr this mouth. ? )ur Cotton Market. With the improving condition of the roads ai mers arc Renin;; their cotton to market ? I'rices coiititiiie ab ut ihe .same as our last ivcck's i|Uot.'itiotis, while the sales have hecn it'tJ ales more. We ipiote sales 10.* bales at exreiiic priees rniiRinj; from >( > I I. ? if5).,. First dirt was broken on tlic Savannah Ualiey lload. on Moml.iy last, at Anderson, by -leplien Mct'ully, the oblest citi/en of tin I ' unity. ,j*sX. S. \Y. l'oitcr requests us to say, cditu riully, tImi us the time lor closing out his busi iiess is ucnr, it is necessary for him to iiiuk< linul settlements with nil parties, ami tie there fore ropicsts every one indebted to him lo'\sie| up to the Captain s olliee ttit'l settle," us h needs money. A Chance for Fartnors. We cull the iitlcn'iott of Farmers in want c good Mules, Horses, I in pleinetits, &c., to th Sale hv J. T. Hill \ t'o. at Uuvid Thomas' plants tio.i, near Suntiic. -? Fertilizers. Ity examining our advertising colutniis can fully tiie limners will fuel where they can g? any Chemical Fertilizer they may prefer. F. M. Fair \ Co., .1. t". Hunter & Co , .1. 'I Hill .x Co., ami I'.ice ,V Mel.ure, each claim the have the hest, ami it is left lor those who hu ami use them ( ; decide. *?ne thing may he r v .1 ... ...? ?... .v ?\. .... would I guilty of imposing upon the Farmers hy olferin to sell a Fertilizer that hail not hecn fully testei Could N ot bo Avoided In coiiseipience of sick ness among our prin crs we are compelled this week to double"' number of advertisements by inserting them < the second ami fourth pages, and in utlu ways reduce the auioiinl of reading matter i the outside ot" the nupcr. In the first place w cannot alio n I to employ nine won k men than ai necessary, hy close application, to get out tl papci, and in the next place, there arc no id printers "lying ah.nil loose" in I'niott so tic we eanno! do as is common in cities, pick up printer whenever a vacancy at a "ease"" occur: It cannot he helped and we are not in an uno ogiziug mood. A Worthy Compliment, te I compliment ; "Havid Johnson, Jr., of the I'liioti liar, wn in Newherry last week attending Court. II together with lico. .lohiisioiie. Ksi|., ot the Nev herry l?.ir, detemled Mr. James Thomas for tl k.Ilia j of Mr. John L. I.yles. Mr. Johnson one of the most promising voting lawyers of tl State, lie inherits from his father. Fx the Johnson, a tine intellect, which he has impr.ivi hy diligence ami devotion to his profession." hit- neighbor is in error i t representing Mi Johnson as tin? Xfii i>l" Kx-tiov. .lullnsmi. lie I lie pratul sou nf that illustrious ami pure mai - Tlio Future. tot ton is still eotuinp into market ami tVitil /ers poinp out as rapiillv, to make more col tot I he ilemaml tor fertilizers was never so grcu I'liosphate rock lias a>lvanee>l iu value ami i course till clietnical fertilizers will po up too. We are tol I that many of the cotton liehls i the sjaie Mill hoM a pm-l ,|,i| .it" uiipiekc'l o ?t ton ami that there is a goo-1 ilea! of eottou he! for hiplicr priees. It is not liarl to see Ilia every thinp e!.se will advance. The Westir capitalists eau any ! iv make a inter on haeoti tloiir or Ooru ami run it tip. Jay (iotiM, To i Scott ami \'an lerhilt. can sit ilowu att ltu 'vane the rates if freipht ; the t'ottou Kxehailpo pan Mors of New Vork eau put their heaJs topetlu an 1 make cotton po up or down as it suits tlici interest. They have a continuation sostroup an si compart that they eau not only com ml the pn t ent lull future price of eottou. At tho hot lot of the la-hlcr, hol.liup it tin, si mis the fartno who is sure to feel the pressure, come wheuet it may. Will he count the cost before he pitclte his crop or po it hliinl ' this year? Another Choice Flower Pluckeit. If it were u it for the many hripht faces wi licet daily poinp to ami from school, we shwtth ear that I ui in Wotihl soon lose its rcputatioi 111 I 111 livery few niniiili-i some young man o; \ juUili'ta?ii' an I lisccriiiiicitt. from xiino 11ioi I mo. drops into mir c iiuiiiiiiiiiy ami curries ot mo ill" mir eho'sent (lowers ami Iraiis|ilatits lift > aii"ili-r social circle. I tin' :><>( >ni^liiti<-111 him 'nagiiii ill' our home lioys.' Tin* list c ise i.f the kind tin- Marriage a last W< lmu-liv morning, tin- 'J M, <il" Mr. ! A I'i.nri it, iii Spartai.lmrg. i?? Mi-s S ti.i.tt I'm:ii\i:, eldest laughter i f Mr .1 ' I nrriir, p| ilii< l'oiinly. The 1? in 111 v was jum i*? r111c I iv lilt* viiiicr.ililc I?i-\. K. II 'li.t|iiiian. I'. I>., I 11ri'?*ii<li?i'M, \ i' . u( ilu> ir*idciicc ill ilu1 iiili- - |>'iri'iiis, anl wilijcssol liv tin* largest --iMii'iily ill' friends that Ka> grace I a similar cession iii litis (' 111111 v I #? I?? iliese many y ear . The eereinoiiy w.a < i-itI' iriue 1 ill I lie .simplest ill most impressive manner. without osteiituinii, iIn* | -?i i*iiis. liiMiln-r :iit I si?iers of the ri-le ileiiig llie only "atieiidanls I'iie tiri'le is one of the niosl leve l as slie was tie el' i In* iii'i*! |niie an I licaui it'iil young ladies i i lie Slat*, and in ln-r removal I tiinii society si's one of i;s choicest ami most precious juivIs. Tin' 1?ii'l vl (.ill-. Mirpii-sC'l mivihintf of i)> * i:i< 1 I'ViT seen in litis I'ouniy, In lit in nuiiiticr*. liil" UII I tu.tltf. Till* tinnier :i, rojfu!-, mil i-voryiliin^ tint iul'1 |ilf.'i?i' ill" lusio or 'outiiliuli* ! > ill" |iU'iii? IV 1)1' ill" C t > 1111 : 111V W;i<t ill I l*o fit si > ll III).I J-iv iri' l iii lini'st -ii_vi?>. Tlie 1>i;<l:tl j -?i-iy left fi.r Spiii-hiIiiii/ in ill li<*riiii(iii. ill'? Iiri'l" hjnviii^ m tii\ .". I Inny:-; eliili! 1 .... I { Our Public Koadt. Due correspondent F ' well stiltcs some palpable Irutlis about our roads. We agree with , him th it tlie road law should he so changed as I to make evtry wagon and team liable to road ! ' duty ; and it seems to us that as wagons and j teams use the roads more than individuals and, j consequently, are more injured by ha Inroads, : their owners are more interested in having good j roads and should lie willing to assist in peeping i them in order. We see no justice in compelling j a man who does not own a vehicle, horse or I mule, l? work the roads or pay a ceminutatio'ti I tux for that purpose, while his neighbors, being j personally exempt from road duly, from what- j ever causes, but whose teams travel the roads continually, are not required, by law, to do their share of such necessary public work. As good roads are as essential to the comfort and pros' pcrity of the people as 'good la vs we Inpc the l matter of changing the road 1 uv will he made i a prominent subject for discussion at the next i j election. Ah to the man tier of working tlie roa>h, we j do not feci Ilirxt we are capable of giving much > ' i reliable instruction. That tiiu .t he left to the j superior skill anil knowledge of our Hoard of j t'ouuty Commissioners ami the overseers they j appoint. The Hoard must work according to J the means at their command, ami \vc feel confi- ! lent they will 'lo their duty fully ami faith- { 5 fully. it..!, ut'ici Mien a remarkably w??*tcr wt* | have had, we think (he people in those parts of | the County where the roads arc now almost im- j L. passable, should not depend altogether upon j the work required hy law, hut make a common j |, cause of it and help the Overseers, hy all turn- j ing out at sonic appointed time, and mend the | worst parts of the roads, at least. Wc learn | that near Mr. Mahry'sSaw Mill, on the Howell's Kerry road, wagons are compelled to turn into '' the field, as the road is now impassable. As 0 soon as plowing commences the tirhl route will L have to he abandoned and if something is not done to the road all passing will he stopped.? j We nrc told that there are slabs belonging to t citizens around and sawdust at the mill to make ( the road passable. This is only one out of a j number of cases lately brought to our attention | I* in the County, ami in most eases it would not ; y cost a day's work each if every one in the neigh- ! y horhood would do his fair share of the work. j L,. The fact is, everybody grumbles about the I had r>>ads ami everybody 'lies to shirk his lion- j i?r est share of duty to put them in order. There's 1 where tiie dilliciilty lies. Kvorybody knows how i a road ought to he worked, ami cveryho ly takes ; precious go.ij care to do as little as possible, ex- I l" cept to grumble at what is or is not dene, a m High Prices of Property aud Rents in Now York. L.r To u< rural citizens, wh i think that or Sti.ltUH is a high price to pay f <r a house with c enough ground around it lor a garden, nil or rt. chard ami a cow pasture, the following prices ' fur houses, with no. a foot of land more than le I their walls cover, will appear the very extreme it ' of extortion ; ami if we were asked to pay 'S"J,- 1 tiiH) rent for two small rooms in the jil'tA story | of a building," we would just say we couldn't 1- ami wouldn't do it ? we'd rat her live out of doors i in in I'iiv suvu i-.\'u i>n;ini reins. mil in nil-' , great city of New Vork tliey not only pay such juices Init get rich un?ler lluun. A xauare t'ml ; c.iy w111 readily command more money than ' It 10 acre* of the host laud in Union t'ounty.? t The following, taken tVom :i New York letter v' to the AVw.t mul t'niiriiT, will give our readers 1 ie n faint Men of \vli:it it costs to ilo business in is the great metropolis : , I IJy consulting i lie tax registers it has recently ' k? ; heen fnutul ilint the Astors own I.loll houses in New York of :tn .average value of Shii.lMMi ami i a renting value of .^l.tKKI. Therefore when the Asters ileci'le ujioti increasing their rent -.1 ten is percent, it means that more than a llioiisuml ol ;l New York's well-to-do citizens will have to jiay 11m? uj>iece more than they did last year, or an aggregate of 1 7"?,lKHl instead of .*> l.iino.tNiO t which they | :*i I last year. As the Astors have 1 an income of several millions, heshle that comi ing from their real estate. n;ul invest their sur- i t. |>liis entirely in real estate, always buying ami . never selling anything, it follows that their list ' of dwelling ami houses, business goes on in~~ | creasing at the rate of annul one hundred pieces n ,,f property a ye or. t toe building in Wall -t reel was bought last month by .lohn Jacob Astor for j S.'ii it t.i it hi. This year the tloelels, Stuyvesants ' ami other large holders of real estate have followed the Astors' e.samjde ami have juit up rents " from ten to fifteen per centum, nml in the In: si i, ness j.art of the city much more in many instau|(| cos. All our newsjiapcrs are now engaged in ti ltd i tig out why rents, especially down-town. 0 should go uj> so rajudly. It was thought that ' the neighborhuiol of the Stock Exchange ami r the ( iislotiihou-o had seen its best days, but 1 ' within the last fortnight tenants who thought so I have been rudely awakened. A friend of mine who pays . S'-'.tM'u a year for two small rooms on the tilth story of a building was inhumed last | n week that the rout Would be ^'J,.*tKl from the 1 r first if May, tlio landlord concluding that it' brokers could puyijMO.oot) for seats in the Stock , Exchange mailers must bo doing well in Wall ' N | street. In the neighborhood of the Produce ! and t'otton Exchange it is pretty much llic same ' story. I- or t In" I lilies. Satisfactorily Explained1 The eolirll'iOls I'vnhlnnli.ni Af \l.. U..l?....? I " ' "n11 ? ? i Clerk of I lie Honm of County Commissioners, is ' 'piiie satisfactory, so far as it gives light upon : 1 :i dark subject ttn>i exculpates all parties connre * tcl with the Hoard from hlanie. I felt coiifulciit ' I all the lime there was nothing culpably wrong i in the acts of those officers and carcCilly avoided I using any language that wotthl create a siispieioti igaitist ihein. I must, however.'lillcr with \lr. Wallace, when he says, think no responsibility attaches to the t'ottiuiissioiicrs thetnselves. They know nothing of hank keeping | nii'l the Clerk is a trust otlicer. 1 eotilenil that the l'ointiiissioiiers are the <<?/?/ responsible parties ; the people elected I hem ami look to I hem | alone (bribe h >n< st ami taiihful di-ehnrgc > f i j al! the ilutles of the other. The Hoard selects its clerk hut cannot shift the responsibilities of , any of its own duties on to his shoulders. 'J'hts was very recently ileci led by the Legislature in t , in the case of a clerk purloining State Hank i Hills in t ommissioiier ('oil's olliee It only g?cs to -how two very important fuels cniuviod with ^ I tin1 Hoard of County Commissioners. lii.-t.ihu necessity tor always having at Irani ouo good i man on it who knows something ahum h'lsiur.s* ami the inanagciiioiit ot tlnanees, next t in the u i selection of a clerk, the Hoard should l,.,.k as t well to the character as the i|iialiticalh:ln of o the man. ' a Vg.iin, I think llio law should oiakc it impi-ra- \ live upon the outgoing ll..ur,l, at the line of retiring. t" prc-iiit a lull report of its year's di ingx I" t ie new Hoard, irrespective of any tin a! I settlement with tlif Treasurer Tlio people i ' ami the new Hoard would then see how the I Coniiiy .itfairs "?loo?l and act accordingly. All y iiiiscitled ii(atiers cub! bo carried over to the b next lis.vil year's business. as in ovlitiary bit -; - c I li'.a, and then reported. ? a I VM W M!? II { u F?r tlio Tim-*, i Let Us Have Good Roads Ski'1.1. Siioai.s, Feb. '20. Mil. Fkitoh : ? It is .'in old saying that "it is ? | n ill wind lliat blows nobody good," and 1 liall tliink lliat the exceedingly cold and rainy rin(er just past, with its usual accompaniment -bad roads?will not be without its benefit, if L will serve as an incentive to our people to deofc more attention and trrll iltretieil work to lie improvement of our public roals. It is to >e hoped that our new Hoard of County Comnissioticrs will take the matter in hand ne. t bimnier, ami see that the roads arc put in such ondition that they will not again be i in passu- { ile during the following Winter. 1 admit that he Commissioners can t do much, unless aided >y the approbation and "good works" of all inersted ; but they can and should exercise more :arc and judgment in the selection of Overseers. I'hc amount of work done under the direction f an incompetent Captain has little to do with he condition of a road, unless it is for tlie i ivorse. Our present road law may have liecn ?ood enough when very little work was <lonc on ' roads, except in cutting out new ones, hut it is j wholly inefficient now when so much lias to be I lone by teams airl plows. Justice, ns well as good roads deni nid that every wagon and team shall he made liable to road duty, without the tight of owners to claim personal exemption therefor. It seems unaccountable why our Legislators do not make the | necessary changes ; but when wc reflect that the "dear people" have never made this subject a matter of consideration in the selection of candidates, we can very readily understand why it lias been so long neglected, .lust think of the good roads we would have in a few years if every wagon and t? am in the County were put to hauling rock (where convenient) for a few days each year, to till mud hobs 1 know some will say this is slow work, but, remember, it will bo / r' ma itnt. In many localities the hauling of rock to pave clayey roads would be more economical, if not more expeditious, than cutting and hauling timber for the same purpose. We are living in a go-ahead, progressive age, so let us try to keep abreast with the balance of world. If your correspondents would devote less space to picnics, weddings and gossip generally, and more to suggestions as to the best methods of working toads, making grain, cotton, ,S;e., perhaps it would add much to the value of their communications. Let us have an interchange of views on the subject of good roads, for I think tliey arc the next greatest Messing to the Stock or No-fctic? Law, to the country at large. ? l*??r the Tines. "Praying to Hercules " I remember, when a little boy, reading a fable which had above it a picture of a wagon stuck in the mud, while a fellow was on his knees , praying to Hercules (who was peeping out of the clouds above) for help, and Hercules gave the significant answer?"Put your shoulder to the wheel." Now we respectfully recommend the perusal of this fable to "Hinge Xos" and bis neighbors. We protest again*! the freezing out of the good teacher, or the children, or the tumbling down of that oi l shanty and the crushing out the life of sonic bright boy, perhaps iles iued to be President. "Hinge Xos ought to know that in all cntiiniuiiUics some one >'?.ju'tst.alwivM irks: the.lead in li.ilv'j IIIU;I?u, I : "1 v u ?-? ?MJ 3 IMCMIH'K, 15 Oil IN !< > true with the moderns. "Where there is a will there is always a way," an I it' ?>ne man is pronounced in his advocacy of any reform he will soon liii'I that he will cotimi in-l followers. I.et its have a Letter school in I'inckney Township?let ns he independent of School t'omuiissioticr Townsend and the school fund, ami hnihl a coiufortalile school house for Miss Mary Hughes an 1 the little ines under her charge.? It will never <lo to put llioin in that old tutublc-iluwu cabin by the way side, to be frozen, burie I in its ruins or blown away by the winter's wind. We have seen such things done before, when there was not half the fuss made about the blessings of education as is done nowadays. It is a lamentable t rut Ii that the present common school system has bad a tendency to lower our appreciation of the value id' an education, by cheapening it. Many peopic seem to think, because they pay a paltry tax, they are free from all responsibility, and that it isthcdulyof the snpet intendent *lo supply good teachers, good Louses, go.id books and assume the whole responsibility of their education. This Ivliicaiioti Problem is one of not very easy solution. The New Knglatt 1 people-, who claim to have inaugurated I lie system and brought it to perfection, seem to be finding out that there is a good ileal of humbiiggery about it. School education has not been found and never will be found, a panacea for social evils. If parents do not pay proper attention to home influences and home training the morale of the child will ii<>i in- improvc'i uy mo puuuc suhuol, bo it never .miv well conducted. The responsibility cannot he shifted, and unless the |>;itrous of the school take ;iu<l keep an abiding interest in its proper management failure is inevitable. VKKIU M SAP SAT. ? - Ttir.Ccsii Sn \SN..N |ltt:i.Titi \ t..? Partington, I'ehrnary 'J'J.?-The decikiou ?f the gram! jury this morning settled the trial of the duelling cases nl this term. When the Court met the grain! jury reinlcre?l a true lull on the indictnient of I). l'>. C. Cash for murder. Solicitor Pargan gave out iiulielmet Is against tVm. K. Johnson ami W. 15. Sunders, the seeotnls of Cols. Shannon ami Cash, respect fully, giving iti I ami countenance to a duel as seeotnls The statutes prescribe a< tin- punishment for this "Hence disability front holding any olhee of honor or profit tinder the State, ami imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding t u > years, at the discretion of the Court.? I'hc grate! jury after remaining out some itne IV>iitid true hills as to these indictments. Messrs. sanders and Johnson are re- resented by (Jen. I 1>. hemic ly. ami Mr. Sanders is further repvsented l>y Mr. I! W. Pmy I, of Partington, I pott the bringing in ot a true lull against Ml. Cash his trial, by mutual Consent, was fixed or Minis lay. at 10 A M Kkuiy ton nit. Pw ot Jim. mia i x\'u take ' lie following fiotn the /.' / / _//?/,/ t, ,/ /< <-/ ; i Mr. J. I'. M irlui, t.f |-M$?etield. seventy yeara .1 'J >"!< "'HI vn.s. tVo ?> } >' llii" tVulil llii' IKhrri/tr 1'rrs.s if I I'finr.iW 1111 I we Imar I Hi I Mis. Martin is , Is" nu'r'1 seventy. So 150v.- wo nrc ri'iniy for | loilnM >- iti]>ii>it on i iin> !>*y of j11 Ignient." o Turn \ i iM I.-. ni'ii iMi.? N;mliviljo, Timiii., 'iiliriinry I 7. - A srreai effort was m-i lr Hist ni^lil 1 \ iii !i l.y?W iiinl John I'oii, hi j ul ;ii Hineliesor. Thr> iirv cliargO'l with 11st* s.Mir'lel" of oii ni; I taker last urek. A crow-l of men oiii'iloil ilit* iri.ii. ui Toll .Hoiort to tv> to AVinliester, I 111 i lie I'oieliielor ! ! I ilie train Fears re enterI line I l|?a' ! .e ''M '! - e 1! I ol'O ste l i > iiiirUt. For lh.- Tiling What they are Doing at Jit MoriahAs winter's cold blast lias blown over an-J gentle spring is returning, we Irvicii denizens of Ml. Moriah are beginning to thaw out nnd I will endeavor to give you the few items of news that have transpired since my last communication. One of the most fatal epidemics tlia' over struck this section visited us last fall. It was a perfect tornado. Old and young, merchants ati 1 farmers alike, succumbed to the disease, and ministers were inasmuch demand, for a while, as Drs. were during the epidemic of ' 7'?. It just looked as if everybody intended to get married, that cott'd, and most of them did. Well, we hope that no worse epidemics than weddings may ever visit our quiet and orderly community, and that the brightest anticipations of those who had the temerity to embark on the matrimonial sea may he fully realized. Owing to the continuous bad weather many of the farmers of this vicinity have not done (licking cotton. There is more cotton in the field now than ever before at this season of the year. The acreage of w heat sown is considerably less than it was last year, and I fear we have made a mistake in not sowing more, if the old adage be lino, that "plenty of snow plenty of ivlinni." for we certainly have had enough snow. Wc arc just beginning to sow oats, and I th.nk there will be troro sown than usual, owing to the tact that most tanners missed sowing wheat. 01 as much as I hey intended, and will sow the more oats. Our roads arc getting passable again, for the first time since the first of last November. Our Doctors have gone to farming?nothing to do in the pill business. Nearly every man you meet up here is a guano agent. There are so many of them that they have to swap guan<>s. One Agent uses guano sold by another Agent and others use bis, so as to got their commissions. MT. MDKIAII. Ileauly, health, and happiness for ladies in "WINE OF CARDUI." Sold by J. M. tiIDDI-IS. & Co. m I'..r the Times, Prosperity. What is it ? There seems to be a general impression that the country is in a very prosperous condition?that the farmers arc getting out j of debt and have tn-.ney to lend. Still you heat i1 from other parties the cry of a scarcity o money and we know the fact that men are bor rowing money who have the reputation ofbcinj ; rich and investing it in property. Now, it moil : ie-l men?we mean men who can control money ? j arc investing money in real estate on the suppo , silion of an advance, either the party who i obliged to make the sacrifice and sell or th party who buys at a higher figure will he a sul j fcrer. Money may he more plenty in the country, bit upon investigation we think it wi'l he found i the hands of monied men. If they are willin to lend it at a lower ?mtc of interest it will h because there is no safer or more profitable in vestment for it. The prosperity of a State is based upon in-l 1 vidual prosperity. If the people are out * I debt and pay promptly as a general thing tli 1 I lie ftibVuctT class is lending it's money to a poor* class, it will he the old story of the rich growin richer and the poor poorer. If an abundant ; of money should induce capitalists to invest the ; surplus in factories or such industrial cntei i piises as will increase the value of cverv ai-ii. ( produced dii the firm or in the workshop, w It it. I will give lucrative employment to thousatu I wlio now can hardly earn n support, which wi ! enhance the value of real estate and attract t! i J attention of capitalists from abroad, then v | shall realize genuine general prosperity ; hut : j long ns we devote all our energies and capit; j to the growing of cotton, an I depend upo | cheiuieal fertilizers, and upon the West for on i tlour, our bacon, our corn, upon the North f i our plows, clevises, heel-screw*. n;;e*hclves an ! almost everything used on the fartu, wi> wi tind the rich daily growing richer and the poorer. History is ever repeating itself. "WINE OF CARDUI ' makes rosy j checks and clear complexions. Sold by J. M. UlUltKS. & t o. I 'or I In* Tiiiu-s. Money Lo3t in tho Mail. t'r.ovu IJi.i rr, Feb. lHtb, Is,SI. Mil. lititii>t: tin die 'Jltli of .lauuary last mailed a two dollar bill very nicely in a letie 1 directed to the .Y? trs iiii'l CournT, Charleston, .v . and sent it to the I'ost olliee. 'Ihe Post mil.ter informs n?c that he received it, but I hav never heard from it nor received the paper ; sent for. It looks strange. I did not register i I as it was a sin ill amount, and l have sent it tin ; d eds of letters to t'harleslon and never hefor I had one to fail. Something is rrotig on oik I end of the route or the other, I am fully satis : uca. 1 ours, \e., S. I). UKlfitiS. * It is \ Wr.i.i. Knmwx I'mt, among physician: j licit 1 >11 cliit .1 iiiii|m*i* ami I'arurii ISravn in coinhi | nation sire t he best roiiic>lie.s in tin; worbl lor auj : "lisease of the 151a.I ler or Ki.lueys. ami that no loss than one hull' of iIiu Ii 1111:111 family, boll 1 uialu ami female, sutler from >h-rangvmen( ol those organs, ami neglect or failure to use propel i remeilies hurry many to miliiucly graves. Nu nierous combinations have beentric<i for (travel llrick 1111 st |>c posit*. I>ri^rli 1"s Disease, Weak ness in Itaek ainl Hips, pro.luce.l by .lerauge111 viit of llla>I>ler ami Kilueys, but none with sueli happy results as I(:itiki 11 s |-'.\ir ii:' of Ibiehu ami .luniper. I f you sutler from any .liseaso ol ihose organs, get a bottle one or two will relievt you. ! I'repare-I only by Hum, Itinkin ."i; l.amar, At laiiln Ha. Sohl by J. M (i 11M1 MS Jail 7 1 row','lit Nli.vi 1 ill. t 1 nsiu jmh.w s._a.hillgloii. Fobruary |S. The t'eusi|s 1 Mlico announce*. (lie f..l lov 111 jjj :ippro\iiualeilist|ubuiion of the total p> n nltilioii of 1 ho country among the several el 1-s'.'s ; Nl.vies J'),o'JO .s-Ji females *J|,t> J'J.KJtl ; natives of the I nile-l States -F5, ITo.oini, foreign born Ii.'.I'.?,1, whit.. I ?, III I S77. colore! ii.. "177,1 oI; Chinese !* -?. *?? 1. The number of col.ireil persons (o eaeli li'imlrcl thoiis.iml whites is lo, loo llgaiiut 1 i iii lffll. Avion*. Sm??v *m? Mi.iji kaih:,?I'lTu-ag- , February 1*. A snow .storm whieh began here las, evening e.uitinuol all night, the fall being from eight inches to one fool in >lepth. The storm cxlcmlel throughout N> 11h0r11 Illinois. I.iwa ami Wisconsin. Ii is now .billing b.i.lly, ami the pfospcel is 1 hit the hi .eka.les 01 il... riilroriil Ihics( which line ju-i hecii broken, mil lie ( sluli!ii^-iin lirmur >I an ever. A ?'iii m?iii\ n.v tiii \ii,l.|\? S|?:ir: iiiImir>r. IVInii.iry 'J J. A freight train ran into another here IIim evening, mi lh?> Air l.ino I'ni 1 r<>n<I. nrcckin;' several car., NoImvI V was hint. A . . . ' r. .. % lJi.o ii s!iki> in Tkxas.?Eagle Pass, Tex., Fo' * ruary :J<>.? In n <11M|>ute over a game of car-Is, this evening, a colored man, nnmcd Keilty, was shot and mortally wounded by a man named Tom Leaky. Mchukr of a Catti.k Dfai.ku.? Dallas, Tex,, February 2it.?About ! o'clock, this evening, four shots were heard in the neighborhood of the Texas Pacific passenger depot, and, itpou the arrival of persons at the scene, the corpse of A. K. Ntrothers, a wealthy cattle man of Knnis, Tex., was found. There is no clue to the murderers. A Rrkak rur Lifr.?Galveston, February I'J.-.-A special from El l'aso says : "This morn* ?tng seven American prisoners in jail at Pasa Del Norte, Mexico, made a break, shooting one of the guards in the head and running towards the American line, but were overtaken by ti e guard, who fired upon them. The prisoners being armed returned the tire. Three prisoners were killed and the others surrendered. Two of the guards wcic seriously wounded. The prisoners heard Inst night that they were to to taken to t'hi'Mtahua to-day. which they believed meant to be shot on the road. Hence their desperate attempt at escape.'* "WINE OF CARDUI" for Ladies only. Sold by J. M. GUIDES. & Co Dkatii of Dtt. Stkvksson.? Aiken, February IT.? Dr. Wellington Stevenson, a former mer ' ?i ? .1;,.,I Clltillt DOIIl 01 t nuncatou moi .nijinin, ..^.w nt G o'clock tliis morning. In 1H7(J whilst itt his ollicc nt Augusln lie had a siuhlcn attack ol 1 severe cerebral nffcclion, which was the coihiiienceiuent of the disease which resulted in tholoss of his life. From time to time these attacks hnvo recurred, and although the most eminent physicians were consulted, the end could tu>t ho averted. He leaves a wife and four children living. ? Cor. Xetcs and Courier. ?- - - Uittciir's 11 iskask and It'K Watkij.?The idea has recently been advanced that ((right s disease is attributable to the immoderate use ot ieo water and cold drinks, the fact being cited that the people of this country use ninety per cent, more ice in their drinks than the people of any other country?the inhabitants of Greenland not excepted?and that we have seventy-five per cent more of Hright's disease. The wine drinking countries of I'.urope are said to be comparatively free from the malady, while in America the progress of the disease, it is asserted, has kept pace with the increased consumption of ice.?London Medical Journal. "WINE OF CARDUI" four times a day makes a happy household. Sold bv .1. M. Gild IKS. &C o. W Cotton Finn in Coi.tmuts.?Columbus, Fe!>L ruary Hi.?The Webster Cotton Warehouse on r Lower llroad street was burned at S A. \l. today. The building, the properly of .1. II. Webster, valued at !?llUHIO and occupied by Allen II. Crawford, l.GlK) bales of cotton, 1 -"?*> rolls of p bagging and 100 tons of guano were almost completely destroyed. Loss on building J"?G,IHH).? Insured for Loss on cotton, live., ?113,0(10. Insurance ?27,">00. The lire is supposed '* to have originated from the accidental lighting s of a match by a little negro bov. The ware., house was opened in January, ISSO. No W it is it ky at Ninktv-Six.?A gentleman from Ninety-Six, Abbeville County, states that it the people of that thriving little village have n determined to put down the whiskey trathe, and that they intend to select a "dry" council at " the municipal election in April in spite of all c opposition. The new departure in Laurens Lids i- fair to revolutionize that whole section. When entire communities begin to move in the cause of temperance the work must succcc I. >f No head-ache or back-ache for ladies c who drink "WINE OF CARDlll."' o I 1 i I \i CIHBUC a ;r ^ ig A S\dSck\k. ? Itichiii.ind, Va., February 17. ;v ?Needham l\ Freeman, of Ltinwiddie County. jr was indicted ir. the I'ni el Slates District Court here to-day mi two eases of forgery in comiccr" lion with postal Dooney u-devs. Ilcwisatouie le put on trial,, plea led guilty, anvl the jury rcndered a verdict :?ceon?iugly. He will be sentonecd) to-morrow. The prisoner's wife was ia court, with their four little children. two of then.# t a till babies. The scene was very utrccliii" ?? ... Li?,ht t.v Dakkxkss.?A new invention fs reis p'!r'c'} lv"."' Turin. It consists in the application lagln-giving materials to printit g ink. by | which the print becomes luminous in i||t. daik it so that in future it wilt Impossible to read :t I night, in tied or during a journey. without the . "^i-buico ot o,- lamp. A m w dui v < I paper in which ibis luminous material v,\>U l.o [ used is, it is said, itrljoui- to be publi she-el a^ II : Turin. " "WINE OF CARDUI'* cure* invgukv?\ painful, or <1 itlicii11 menstruation. Sold by J. M. tiltiDKS. \ 40., Senior. in ('..\ui.si't?x.?Wright's Moll", Clas-oil'bin ('utility, Fcl rttary 17. ? Mr. Charles Iticiiardson, a young man aged aboui years, keeping store some eight or ten miles above here, committed sniehle yesterday morning just. 1 after sunrise, by shooting himself with a douhl.i % | j barrel shot gun. He was to have been married r | to-day. What eotineetion this event ami the tragedy have to each other, in the relation of cause and elfeet, is not known. % c .1 frurx. Ilulf/ii.fiit ,y Urn., Alhiuhi, Cm.: I (ientleiaen ? We have used your 'Neuralgine'' [ with great satisfaction. Sometimes it has given II j imined ate relief, nt others by a soothing effect, - ] has brought on sleep, and then followed recovs ,. cry from the severities ot nervous headache.. We recommend it to our friends. Kcspcctfully, lb K. Hi ri.r.it. ' Oct. -J. INT'I. Feb. IS i', lm A Itiu l'.rirvt.o ||.hi:i, liritNKo. ? lluft'alo, N. 4 V., February Pi. ? I?r. It. V. I'ierea's I'alaco lloteljwas totally deal roved by fire t his afternoon. L. | There were at 'lie time onlv about i.i.fliio .n-o. ' i in tlic building, all of whom escaped. inaiiy nt ' I tliom being euablcil to save i lie bulk of i lieir efFet t. I | 'flic total cost of the structure was nearly J? " 110,1 i (MMI. Insurance will probably cover two-thirds of the loss. ? I Tilt: I'liii.ADKi.t'iii \ Ki.ki'TIon. ? Philadelphia, | February I ?. ? In the municipal election ycslcv! >lay Samuel ti. King, Imlcpeii'lent lleiimcrat en! "bu'se | ili,. |lelcpomleiil llepublicans, watt J. j cleclc.l mayor by *>,.V!S majority. John Hunter, i Ileleprudent Kcpiiblican endorsed by lite l?ci|ioI crats, was elm.toil roeelvor u| |a<i>.s, ami \\ III. M. West, Kopublii.au, was elt>(.ie<l city Solicitor. Fttti: is' Si mi i.it- The tine mansion tf the late K. It Cain, suven miles from Sumter, was burned * I. \\ i; jou-ral days ago. The luitt.se was ( coiipie<l hy .Mrs. Cain ami her daughter. Mrs. Frank Milh.lt. Xearly every thing in tlufhonstr \\ i- I hv the lite. There was no insurance oil I he Jif.'l VI I V. * I pr-vru iii l>\xiKi. I?iH i;i.vss, F.sv|.?Chernw, ] February 'J"?|)niiiel Hoiiglass, Kstp, meii.bt r j of the legislature from litis county, died In >1 y Mr. Hotig'uss *a- about ti.% years obi, mid w S highly csicciitu I by the people ot the county. M \ f I * - v . *- as. as a HI#| JI'.NKIN>i . Miiiricl, oil ilio 1 ?ili insi., :ii ilif rcsi'li-ncc ?>!' (lie briilc's Hitlivr?. i l?_v Ib-v. .1. r 11 it in pit i M's ^! r. 'I'ikim\? Jcnkins i<> Miss S<.imii v < iii i(i>it\ All oi I iii-.ii <mimi y ! I.INUKIi M<M!I5|; M.nifl. on (lie ITili ! in -si.. ?v lU'V. I! !'. Siuurl, 1?i . I' I. I.imh i: i <? | \|i?< N invii', i-Mot ilnti^liliT of I?r. M. A. I M lll?|! K , III' I It!.- <"\? II. Tin- w lit'.ii;,; pa'aO v.;i< f.illy di-rn-ssi' l Sty "?t, i us fwul fiimily," :ti| I :v luiijr Silt- of hiinini-s [ snil |>|-<p?.i iiy mi IMIMI \ Vn'i I 'III' COIIJi'l