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1J>3 Origin, Condition and Prospcots of til* < ^ Colombia and Lexington Water* Power Company. The Kxocuiive Cotnmilleo of the Columbia and j -Lexington Waler-l'ower Com puny submit to ilio ( people of the State tho subjoined statement of j , the origin of the Columbia Canal Commission, j ' and of the manner in which the rights and I franchises of Messrs. Thompson & Nagle become j , the property of the company now organizing.? , , The Executive Committee also describe the plun ( of operations, and makes a rough estimate of the probable income of the company. There is ( ample margin, as will be seen, ami the sale of water-power can be relied on to add enormously to the revenue of the concern. We commend the clear and convincing statement of the Executive committee to the favorable cousidcration of all South Carolinians: Columbia, S. C., March 28, 1881. i To the Kditor of The News unit Courier; ? I The movement recently inaugurated for the dc- < vcloptncnt of the "Columbia Canal," and the definite shape which this enterprise lias assumed, 1 renders a brief statement of the facts touching this great work of public interest. I The development of the water power at Co- ' lumbia has long been the dream of our people, and as early as 1808 it was hoped that this I work would prove successful in the hands of the ' Messrs. Xprague, the great manufacturers of Ithode Islaud. This, however, ill consequence 1 of their misfortune, failed. Again in 1878, when the properly had passed into the hands of the Canal Commission, the I hope was revived, and a lew citizens of this place, to breathe new life into it, contributed and secured the services of Mr. Molly, a promt- ' netit Hydraulic Engineer of Rochester, N. V., 1 to make surveys of the river, ami report the 1 most practicable mode of development ; it then ' berag expected that the work had to bo aeeotii plLshcd by home enterprise. Mr. Holly had hocn engaged in this work about three m intlis, and had made very satisfactory progress, when Mr. Thompson of the firm of Thompson & Nagle, engineers of I'rovi deuce, It. I., on a tour of inspection through the South, attracted by the natural advantages of this place and the surprising wonders of the "water power," sought the "Canal tCommission,'' aud at once opened negotiations for its development upon a plan which would render it, as he has always expected it, "the greatest work upon this continent. In this Mr. I liompsoii contern pint oil combining the powers of two rivers, the Itroad rind Saluda, by first damming and utilizing (he waters of the Congaroo upon the liue of that river, an<l in time the waters of both the Itroad and Saluda, by a different system of dams and canals, and thus realizing unless than thirty thousand horse power, all of which could ho utilized wilhiu a mile of the present limits of the City of Columbia. To accomplish the work as then propose ! by Mr. Thompson required a very large capital, which he seemed confident could he raised North; i and to have the power developed upon this j grand scale, hy which otic million and a half of j dollars would lie brought amongst us, those who | had taken the initiative consented to abandon j their modest purpose as it then progressed uu- I der Mr. Holly, and to bond their efforts to se- { cure from the Legislature the necessary rights i and privileges required by the plan of Mr. Thorn- j pson. To this end a petition signed hy the citizens | of t olunibia was presented to the Legislature of' IHT'.t, asking the passage of an Act authorizing the Canal Coitiiin-sioti to dispose of the water power and property of the Stale, known as the Columbia Canal, to .Messrs. Thompson ?*? Nagle on certain terms and conditions. I'lic Art passed, authorizing the conveyance, and vesting | in Messrs. Thompson Nagle very valuable j rights and franchises, including (lie labor of two hundred and fifty convicts for the period ol three years ; and on the tenth day of February. I 1SS0, the final contract was entered into bet ween ; the Canal Commission ami Messrs. Thompson Nagle. Ily this contract the entire properly of ! the State, known as the Columbia Canal, was conveyed to Messrs. Thompson ,v Nagle, together with the use of two hundred and lifly convicts for three years, and the right to improve said water power hy the construction of a dam : or dams across the Cong.iree or Itroad Ktvcrs ; [ and, in consideration of these valuable rights I and franchises, Messrs. Thompson .S: Nagle were [ required to develop lo.tMM horse power of water power, upon the Canal at llervais street, and ! have in operation one c it I on mill of at least lii,UUt) spindles, within three years from the date of J said contract. Mr. Thompson regarded I his a most valuable franchise, ns in reality it was, :ni<i commence 1 J his urenl enterprise with a most elaborate /'/ .? J pectus of their pro pose J work, prepared at great ( expense of hotli time and money. This work ! can now he seen at the ollice of the "l.'olumhia ; and Lexington Water I'ower t'ompauy," an l 1 nil or* Is an earnest of hot li ability ami sin eerily. After one ye tr'.s c instant work in behalf of his enterprise Mr. Thompson fnilv<l to interest , Northern capital as he ha<l hope I. t'oiilolent. ' however, that his I lilttre was to lie attributed solely to the political excitement growing out ul the Presidential campaign, ami still hopeful of i his ability to bring capital with him. Mr. | Thompson asked of our last Legislature an cxtention of the time within which they were reipiired to complete their \\ irk : and it was mo ! until he had failed in this ellTtt thai he nhuu- i done I the hope of carrying out the work as ' originally contemplated. It was then that he modified his plans so us to tiring them within the means of this commit- { inly, and as thus modified lie presents them for : our use and consideration. As now proposed it is a grand conception surpassing anything of the kind upon this con- j linent, and susceptible of extensions even as ' originally planned, when the menus of our peo pie shall admit. Mr. Thompson returned tol'olntnhia about the ) 1 tit It of tiie present month, for the purpose of I submitting his plans to the people of the State. I (>n the evening of the 17th insl., his plans' weie considered by a few of the citi/.cns of t'o lii 1111>iu. called logether at lii.s request. This re- ( suited in u temporary organization of those resolved to forward the work. I?y whom the ne- i eessnry commit tees were :i|>|Miiuti->|. Terms ' were re i iil . agree'! upon, by which Messrs. i Thompson & Nagle have contracted to transfer to j ft company now to l>e organize.1 their lighis. privileges an.I franchises ohtaine.l under the Act of the Legislature, ami their e.oitrael with the Canal Commission ; ami within one week the committees fuel themselves prepare.) to open j hooks for subscription 10 the capital stock of the ' company. Time not permitting the delay incident to J Incorporation hy an Act of tho Legislature, i these gentlemen have applied for a charier tinder the general laws of tho it lie, and as (litis inc rporated will take an assignment of the I rights ami franchises acquired Ly Messrs. | Thompson .S: Naglo. under the Act of tho Legislature which is ump.e in all its provisions. The plan as at present proposed hy Me. j'liotnpson, though not as yet fully decided upon I hy the new company, contemplates lamming the Congareo l'.iver at the Penitentiary, a point oppo ito tho business centre of tho city , Iimih i <i... ' i it .1. i. ..( ,i... III villi; inu * urn |;uocu.i ^i?r?in ?#* iuv greatest natural advantage. reaching tiiu locution 1 of mill sites in Ion than oticfoiirih .if a mile, ut which point 1 "i.O >') horse power is ?!? velope I. On Ajcoiiiit of the many advantages of this ; lo'-ni >ii for both tlatn mi l canal, it is estimate.I tlint the cost of developing the water power 1 will not exceed .* 20'U >i M. To this ml I the torts of unu mill of 20.U0!> spin.lies, which is twtimute i at 51 lOU.OOO, ami we have the entire costs of mill ati'l water power not exceeding S;!0 per epimilo ; which with proper mating cut will a<imit of a humlsoine interest upon the entire investment front the net income of the single Ulill. The groat source ofrovouuo, howovcr, to this company will arise from rents of water power, of which they will have at their disposal 12.- , f?00 horse power, after all other contracts are , fillc'l, which at SIO per horse power, will ; aMOiint to the sum of 000 per aiiiuitii, who;i u!l shall he in use. , Messrs. Thompson & Nagle have also secured the right I'J r lir^linso ,1} a ft sc. I price a very ; I raluublc tract of land along the line of the propose I canal, containing many eligible mill silo*, which interest pusses under the transfer, und in I he near future must become very valuable imi prove a great source ol revenue to theC-uii; any. Tit? cliarter, for which application is made, provides for a capital stock of one million of lollnrs, while the work, us at present proposed, will require the sum cf six hundred thousand lollars. The people of 'olumbia arc in earnest, and ihc promptness, energy and liberality with which tiiey have taken up this enterprise is without precedent. In less than one week, and before the subscription books could be opened, iifflharos of one hundred thousand dollars had been pledged. The work, however, is one of great magnitude and involves expenditure beyond the ability of Ibis community. Nor is the interest merely local, but reaches out to every part of the State. We call, therefore, upon all, from tlx mountains to the seaboard, to take part in this great central development, involving not alone the prosperity of our capital, but, in its ramifications, ilTc'Cling the prosperity of the entire Stale. <tpport unity will be afforded all to become [turuiKcrn in iiiim grew t:in it prist?. IV. 15. Stanley, Nmii'i, IS. Bv unwell. r. A. M?'('hi:kiiy, J. S. Holes, kV. A. I 'LARK, (Jko. A.aSiiiKi.i>.H, Joiin. Skkukiis, Executive <oiii mil lee Columbia aud LexingUII Water- Power ' 'ompany. An Anti-Kent Lkaouein Buooklyn.? Brooklyn, March '27.?A mass meeting wns IicM this Afternoon at <ierrnania Hull for the purpose of forming a permanent organization of rent pacing citizens of Brooklyn to prevent the content platcl increase of rent from May 1, and to resist all unjust demands of landlords for the future. Ahotit five hundred rent payers were present including many Socialists and Communists. The speakers were Socialists of more or less pronounced type, ami their denunciation of landlords and declaration of Socialistic doctrines led to fre<|iieiit and vigorous outbursts of applause. William Wagner, chairman pro lent, said that the landlords had made an unjust demand for an increase of from Bit to .71) per cent, on and after the 1st of May. The '|uestton was whether the working class would submit to extortion. There were no grounds for this inercasc, for the laboring men have not felt the salutary cH'cets of prosperity, lie warned them that they would all be compelled to pay higher rents if they did not cotnl ine to prevent it. Osborne Ward declared that organized resistance to the tyrannical demands was the only hope lor t c workingmen and poor classes. Joseph A. 11uller and Win. A. Ilorane were chosen secretaries, and read in English and ti >rtiitt.ii the plan of organization. The name of the organization was declared to be "The Just Kent League of Brooklyn." The object of the League is to unite all inhabitant!,' of the t'ity of Brooklyn who are at his liaie compelled to pay rent to prevent any further increase of the rent rate, the main purpose being the reduction of rent to a just amount, which would be ilio aggregate of taxes, repairs and lire insurance. As a means to carry out its object tlie League will resort to Boycotting, binding themselves mutually not to maintain any social intercourse, do any business whatever with, buy anything from or sell anything to any person who refuses to accede to tlie demands of the League. Only tenants who do not own real rsta'u can become members, but llillKP>itH'|]|>r?( VV in Iuin'nI>^4 I i 11 f ?ifi?? liiitieat to which I hey live may he > <! mill ?> I .\ficr the plan had been road Joseph I'ran- made a violent Socialistic speech, saying this should be an nnlirent movement, and that no man had a right to charge rent for what should be common to nil. florricn Tanll, a (ierman Socialist, and others followed in the same rein. finally the suggestion of l-'ran/. was adopted, and the name of the organization changed to the Anti-lient League by a large majority. The plan of organization as read was then adopted unanimously, and an executive committee appointed. - l'sririsi; Aww Lriionrus. ? Wo have been asked so many ijueslions about the recent legislation upon the subject of contracts, and there seems to l>e so much misapprehension on the subject, that we again publish the late Act, which is as follows : lo- it enacted by the Senate and House of (representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in ticueral Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That any person or persons who shall enti re or persuade, by any means whatsoever, any tenant or tenants, laborer or laborers, under contract with another, duly entered into between the panic.; in the presence of one or more witnesses, whether such contracts be vetbal or in writing, to violate such contract, or shall employ any laborer or laborers, knowing liiui, her or them to be under contract with another, shall lie deemed guilty of i misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall he line 1 not less than twenty livctior more than one hundred dollars, or he imprisoned in unty jail not le-s than ten nor more than thirty days. It will therefore be seen that the new law imposes no penalties upon the laborer of any kin I. It sin.ply gives the contractor the right to indict an l punish by fine or imprisonment I be person who entices or persuades away the laborer, or hires him, knowing him to be under contract. This is in addition to the common law right of suit for dainagts. it will also be notice I that the remedy is given not only where the contract is in writing, but also where it is vernal ami cntere-i into in ilie presence ol one or more witnesses. 1 n or.ler to prosecute under tlie Art. it is. therefore, necessary to have one or mure witnesses in tiihlilion to the parties making the mntrnet. The laborer is made liahie to punishment for the violation of written contracts l>y thetieneral Statutes, though some .1 u?lgcs have protionneeil that part of the law unconstitutional. The new Art is constitutional, nn<!. if properly enforce.!, will renie.ly the evil. The third persons enticing away laborers or hiring them when they know them to he violating a contract with another are to blame for the greater portion of the ierangeinent of labor, UloI as soon as a stop is put to that practice the greater portion of the evils from un-etilc.l labor will pass away. ? .1 W-r?./i /?/i7/??/rnrrr. Ton tiik .Ii nkins M t.woin\i. I'i so.?South t'aroliniatis will remember, that a "lay or two ag.>. Col. .1. T. Thomas, of the Carolina Military Institute, wrote a letter to the t harlest.oi .Wn t ,V ('iiiiri--r, advocating the erection of a monument over the grave of Brigadier Hener.il Mi. ah Jenkins, who fell at the hea l of his brigade ai the battle of the Wilderness, on the ftli "lay of May. I si; I. Suiting the anion to the proposition, on yesterday a gentleman raised by private subscription, and forwarded to Charleston, the Mini of sixty-live dollars, as a nucleus for the propose,l fund. The contributions were made almost #xelusively by South Carolinians, who nr.- !i"w resident in t Ion Kite, ami was obtained in nn hour or two. The sum might easily have been made larger, but ..nly S .ulli Carolinians were solicited, an I many of them weru no approached The testimonial i< eompliinentarv to tlii* State pride of South ('arminium. -Ch<trlt,itr <>1*l ri\ r. A l.vin.i I'm i(i\ Tint: - Norfolk. Va., March A tire broke "'"it at T o'clock this evening in iho < "tloii compress of .las b. Ilarway, situtited on the ltisl.ui Steamship Company s wtmrf, >iii,I rapidly spread to Iiie eolton shed adjoining. Tires rang up in other parts of the city and intense anxiety was fell, but tliev were soon cot under control wiili no lo-s. Tlic losses tiro as follows: llar\vay'n < onipress and cotton slic 1 :?:5K,000. Kijrlit hundred hales of cotton belonging to the (ircck cotton house of Knili tiros., $ |0,iHt0 Due hundred mid fifty bales of cotton belonging to tlie (ircck cotton shipper, Negropontc, :-7.">0t>. an<I dtltnnr" to the I'oslnu Wharf a.id Warehouse t'oinpltny's what f .>'JO,000. All the lobsUM are covered l.y insurance. .lames (irant, of I uioii. has the contract for the erection of the ('unpens Monument lie is here now and will commence work at once 11i*; presence trices assurance that the tyurk will l.c ..ell done ?Cor. Sf. !({'! fthc fioiulili) (Union SFimrs.Th 11. M? STOKKK, Editor. h? UNION, FRIDAY^ APRIL 1, 1 - j'"J SUBSCRIPTION- -S2 00 PER ANNUM. I p., ADVERTISING. j cit One .square or otic* inch, lirst insertion, - - 81.00 | l-.arli Miltw<|iieut insertion, ------- 75 ] "" 1.literal ili.? oui.t made t? merchants and others adver- j lisitiK for six months or by. the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. | tin " " over tc6 lines,charged as Advertise- i Ulflltx. Pc Ji'AKK tcl s, Notices to Creditors and r,< Notices of Final DischarKO must bo 111 paid for before they will appear h tw HV our columns. an Our Cotton Market. Us The receipts of colion in litis market ore grow- { ing less weekly, while prices undergo hut little change. Nlncc our last 100 hales have beeu sold at about last week's quotations, vir: '?( 10 p cen,a- on I)r. llawls is putting a room w ith a large 111 bay window to the West side of his store. _ * I ? - ? ill Wc regret to Mute that Dr. A. W. Thorn- (0 son is sick and confined to his bed from pneu- <j; mouia. ^ BfUX. On the 22d of last month snow fell in the se upper portion of Kershaw County to the depth of three inches. l'' B?X- We call the attention of tax payers iu c] the town of Union to the Ord'.funcc to raise sup- |l( plies, published this week. In H*1*),,. Four white and eight colored convicts 11 from Spartanburg passed down the road on 1,1 Tuesday on their way to the State Hoarding 11 House. . . . 11 HM>_ The Union boysaie rising. Last week al Mr. It. A. Thomas, formerly of this County, a was elected Iutcnduut of the town of Caffney it City. a ? g (W>? The election iu Greenville last Saturday ei to decide r bother (he County should subscribe . SoO.OUO to the Laurens and Greenviilc Railroad, ^ resulted iu a majority for the road. I ? Uol. John L. Voting is the Agent of the " Columbia and Lexington Water l'ower Company ' to receive subscriptions iu Union County to the ' capital slock of that Company. c . ? h PflX- Tl?? "broke bone" fever is prevalent ^ throughout this County and one or two eases are tl reported iu town. Where proper care is taken | ! the disease seldom proves fatal. , 8*3),.. We regret to learn that Congressman L). 0 Wyatt Aiken is lying dangerously ill at his ,J j home near Cokeshury. lie was taken sick im- ^ mediately after his return from Washington. 1 The past indebtedness of Spartanburg v county, for school claims, has all been wiped a out, and on the 1st of January last there was ?1,(KMI in the Treasury belonging to the school (, fund. ,| 8*li. The Airline Railroad has been leased ' to t lie Richmond and Danville Railroad company, the latter to pay 7 per cent on the debt of .SI,- S 7.*?0,tM:t?; li per cent on . *> I">0,I)UII income bonds . \ *> per cent on !|?I,7U0,(HMJ ot stock. * " ~ L, ''apt- A. II. Foster left for the Northern | Markets last Wednesday. For some weeks be 1 ! lias liven receiving ibe new stylo Spring and j ^ Slimmer gootls, so that if the weather should be- I come seasonable his customers would find him i ' ready to supply their wants in that line. j ^ ? C<Tt.. R. R. Rawls, Ksi|., has gone to Ashe- ' i ville to assist in putting ilm Swamtaima Hotel ! (of which he is part owner) in perfect order for 1 the Summer travel. Reuben says he'll make ' the Swaniianoa the most desirable slopping place | above Charleston, if money, good eating, spleti- t lid sleeping rooms, good servants, most courte- | ous treatment and electric bells can make trav- ' elers comfortable and happy. And Reuben is ? the lad to do all those things. v " * ; Keiurnea. I j Mr. t'ulp and .Mr. .'an. Max well hit ve returned j from market and tell us they have bought the ^ I prettiest and cheapest stocks of Spring and Summer goods over seen in this county. Their 1 ' goods are arriving as last as the railroads can C bring them. ? I Admitted to Bail. Mr. Walker Long, who killed si negro at t j .lonosvillc last week, was taken before Judge i | Hudson, at Spartanburg last Monday, under a i J writ of habeas corpus and through his attorney, i I Col. 1. (! Mckissick, was admitted to bail in | [ the sum ot ?"2,000, which was readily given. I Caught at Last. Our old friend S. Morgan Hawkins has gi t 1 i caught in the meshes of the iiiutrimouial net at 's i last, and by a widow, too. Mrs. I.igoti, dangle 1 j t r of Itcv. James ! '. Smith, is the happy bride. ' i The fatal knot was tied on Tuesday last, at Spar- i ! tanburg. * * a | Quarterly Conference. The second Quarterly Conference of the Methodist church at litis place will he held on to- I morrow and Sunday. Services in the church i this morning at the usual hour. The Presiding i Klder, Kov. J. M. Carlisle will preach on Satur( day and Sunday. - ? , Croquet, Base Ball and Light. \\ e see our enterprising friends I'rs. J. \V. I't>sey ?\ llrother have just received a supply of | Croquet and Case Hall hats and balls and the largest supply of Kerosene Lamps ever brought | ; to this town. They have got lamps from 2o cts ! up to any price your pocket will allow. A Cotton Factory at Gatfacy City. j I The enterprising citizens of the new town of tSaft'noy City have subscribed SlttJMKl towards ! . building ft cotton Factory at thai place. Coin- j j pirol with the subscriptions for a similar enter- . t prise in .? city with iwonty times its inhabitants ami n hundred titnos its wuftlth this isn remark- ! X fthlv libera! one ami shows a spirit of intcrpri.se ( ; worthy of emulation. ... J Gin Uouso and Contonts Burned n About I'd o'clock oti Saturday last a largo Gin il house on Maj. .1. 15. Ntocdmau's plantation, near c Simsville, on tlie S. If. & It. 15., caughi tire t i from a spark from tho engine and in an iucrodi. ! My short time was. with its umileuis, entirely ; destroyed. The engine escaped injury, lust a ' (iitllel tint, a Morris din, a new cotton press, ' a fine corn Mill, 1,-VMl bushels improved t'ottoii | Keel, 'J tons Hone I'ust, a lot of l.iine. Salt. i Gearing'. ?ve., were l daily destroyed, and a new 11 I 'ii> saw Winsiniih (Sin greatly damaged. The J' I In as is estiin.fttol at fyytn 5?I,5V>0 lo tI,"iO(>. ? | ( j J.O insurance, I ;i ,r" - - - ------ - - ?l e Columbia Water Power. ' Anc According to promise \vc publish l!ic circular > ^ ucd by the KxeCutivo Committee ot (lie Co- 1 mali mbia and Lexington Water 1'over Company. i froti e Circular no doubt sets forth the aims pur- ! Spri ses and prospects of the Company with sulli and ,'nt explicit tie*.* to satisfy the Committee and the e people of Columbia} but. like the advertise- twe? :ut, it leaves outsiders still iu doubt whether Woe b money they are asked to invest will be ex- Choi nded in merely developing a magnificent wa- rone r power for capitalists to rent and build facto- verj ?s upon, or in building a factory. The very of t gc amount required, as appears from the cir. lar, before I lie power can be made at all ^ ailablc ($200,000) is calculated to so startle v ' spac y inan in South Carolina who has SI ,000 or * cren .? which he would like to invest and the pros- .j, ct for receiving any return so distant and . " J bam ..... f..,. ? ... i 11 l?. I,..I till!,. ....... ..V .V... ...... X. ? - tQW| thusinsm created for the enterprise. We also j, ^ ir they have put their pegs too high?started i too grand ascale. We think a little like.Sen- j. or lli'own, "A million dollars is a largenmount j ^ money." We, however, arc pleased to sec ^ at the committee consider the subscriptions |j | the stock very encouraging. On Monday last A. 111 ,.",00 had been subscribed and very "cncour- T ;ing advices had been received from various said iclions of the State." In | That Colnrnbia possesses greater advantages niin tan any other point in the South for Facto- rela cs and industrial enterprises of almost, every the laracter no one, who is at all acquainted with and er central location, her railroad facilities, her cati ngniliccnt and never failing water power, her om< nsurpassed health and beauty, will doubt for a por lament, an?l we have no doubt that eventually pea will be the great manufacturing centre of of 1 ib Cotton States. What we wish to sec is tot ic people of the .State securing to themselves wot II the benefits of these natural advantages, by I judicious and careful investment of their cap- Del al in developing thciu. We have no millionires among our citizens, and cannot atford to enage in magnificent schemes of enterprise, howevr certain success may appear to be in the distant uore. l>xp.*ricuce has taught us the fact that II "grand enterprises" in this State, established y the voluntary subscriptions of our citizens, re sold out by the Sheriff or in some other way |(jill into foreign hands?at ah nit one-tenth of its icir cost?the people who built them losing c'"' very dollar of the money invested. We have 1 ist all faith in "grand schemes," in which the vvp eoplc are callel on to invest their money for :ur \e public youil. We repeat, the Columbia and .cxington Water l'ower is on too grand aud ex- j10' . . . ha ensive a scale. If they will call lbr c?bUJ,0Oi) ,.;i r SoUO.UUU to build a Cotton Factory, there will tri e 110 trouble about tlioir getting it. They had icltcr go back to the "modest purpose"' initiacd under Mr. Holly. That will insure success, nd with success will come coiilidence and jni > i t h confidence they can command any ft, mount of capital. We like the way the Char- ,Su an L-stoti people have gone to work to build a Col- f(l| mi Factory to be run i.y steam, llefore the go am of t he Columbia ami Lexington Water Power si: Tt i built, as now proposed, the Charleston Fac- ( ory will be paying handsome dividends to its j11 lock holders. ca - - de Vait and Sec, Gentlemen. ha Nearly evety Southern paper we have read i tin inee President Garfield's inauguration has ex- 811 Tl ressed a belie that the South will receive more i\ii<l favorable consideration from his ad- f;l niiiistr.iti hi than has been given it by any tr receding Hepubliean President. We cannot ,r iee what they base that hope upon. We have . tad fair promises made to us, on paper, by every j,, ludical President, but when it came to fulfilling h< hose promises the influence of such men as P Maine, Conkling, Logan, Sherman and other eaders of the parly, has proved loo powerful igaiust doing justice to the South for tlietu to K csisl. Those very men tire still leaders of that 1,1 artv, and we have seen no satisfactory evidence ' ' J in hat Garfield lias a stiller haek-bono than either _ if bis predecessors. Wait and sec, gentlemen, vh it in* will do before you cover liim with soft oap. For ottr part we believe that the present tdmiuistratioii will bejust as willing to place ivcrj Southern State under negro and I'arpet iag governments again as either or all ot the irevious Kadical governments were, if such a!.j" ;>urse should be considered necessary for the ' uiccess of tlie parly in 1881. i lie (lunger io goon .muic governments at me ?? v>uili lies in the prcts and people accepting J'j Ims early the lair promises of the Federal adniiiistration as truths to t>e relied upon and indcr that delusion becoming weak and inelii- .11 :iont democrats. Of course the Kadicals will '' iresent a lair and pleasant front to us now.? (J It is a stroke of policy. Hut wait until the lampaign for the next Presidential election pens, and if you don't see and feel the old j. ipirit of hatred and persecution as unrelentingly ^ evived, then we 1 avc not gained any wisdom ci 'roin past experience. ft - ? e V Severe Storm n tin Tuesday last one of the most terrific It itorms of wind and rain passed over this town Ci utd vicin'uy that we have experienced for many rears. Its direction was from North-West to <oulh-F.ast, and it arose so suddenly that it ereitcd considerable alarm among the people. Wo lo not remember ever seeing more dense and itve-inspiring clouds, while the wind was terrific ,l' lowing the rain in sheets, as it wore, j.roslrat- ' ^ ' ol ng large trees, fences, and blowing down cab- ( |) ns. The atmosphere suddenly became very i T sold, and North of lliis wc learn they had a j *' lail storm. We are also told that snow feli ! ' : " arly on Wednesday moriiing. The first few t( lays of March were mild and lamb-like but hi lie month left us roaring like a lion. ^ ? li )eath of Mrs. Minter. After ten day* of intense suffering from the njtirios she received in attempting to rescue ter child front I lie Haines, death came lo the j elief of Mrs. Fannie, wife of Mr J. It. Minter, in Thursday evening. If It It ult. Thus, in the i 111 iliort time of ten days has death taken from a 1 g initcd home circle two of its most precious iv ewcls, destroyed all the bright hopes an I j.ivs of I" . i i i i , til k iieviMC'i iiusirui'i mi l iniiirr, ami runnel tive lo ir little cliil Iron of tlie utiselfiHli affection, ; ire un<l jjui.l.inco ??f I lint best unit |>nrest 11 if nil earthly bo in Hi?a kitnl christian mother, tlay GoT be with tliem in their ilecp ulllictioii. ? (iitui nmi.ii iNTiir. Ill t?imr.sis. -The Marlboro' taper says : '-Ibiring the preliminary in vol i- I pit ion in I lie eleelion cases before Commissioner j O'hl. George W. Mcboo'l. .Ir., s:?i-1 that be was Him on the ol?t il.iy of May. 1 S.'ist, at ten mi 11 i in lies past four o'clock in the afternoon, nnl hi new it to I e so, lieratise he wrote it ?lown in a lie llible. ISuther early to Commence writing, ci >ut harlly less remarkable than some other, w oat'-M-s nr-l facts testifie?l tq by ?lie wi'nessas ' ' w ither Railroad Project e ure informed that ilie amount required '<> ,e tlio preliminary survey for a Railroad j (i n Laurcus via Cross Anchor ami t'ednr * nig-1, to Spartanburg, has been subscribed . * a surveying corps will inline li uely go upon ; line. A survey lias already been in ide be- ^ en tlic above terminal points running by idruffs, a few miles North of the t'ross An- t r line, and it is confidently expected that a r 1 will be built on one of those routes at a ^ t early day after it has been decided which ' 11 v if I uncra mu nr;^i pr.uimu ? G A Card. [it. Editor:?Will you please give us a small ;c in your paper lo say a few words in rcfice to (lie sermon preached hy Rev. N. II. ^ pin in reply lo the presentation of a set. of J ips presented to the A. M. E. Church of this a, on last Sunday evening, at 8 o'clock, tl r. \V. A. Good and C. W. Foster made the ^ icntation in a few brief words and read the of young men who were connected with the f at ion, as follows: r '. A. flood, W. S. Sloan, I. T. Woodson, C. ' l,ee, A. Johnson, C. W. Foster, I. A Keenan, v W. Keenan, J. E. I.ipsey, J. 1. Hardy. a lie test was from (len. 1?3 :?"And (Sod | let there be light and there was 1 ij.lt t."? . >rescnting the teachings of this text, the I ister referred to the light of God and His ' tton to the earth, and then to the solid light, ' light o( the Gospel and the human mind ; , lastly, with great elTcct, to the light of Edition ami science and the great need of it >ng our people. In treating on the latter tioii of his sermon, lie made an earnest apI to the young men to continue in the work juilding up the young people of Union ; and he parents to couiiiiucto encourage the great rk of education. Ve have organized a Young Men's Social and jatiug Club with the following officers : Prof. W. A. Good, President. W. S. Sloan, Vice-President. C. W. Foster, Secretary. > " BLACK-DRAUGHT" makes chills and fever impossible. Sold by J. M. GIRRES. &Uo. \x Kituoit is JfKu.MKNr.?The real sentiment Southern Ucpublieanism is thus expressed by most iiitlueucial organ, the Louisville Comma' I, in commenting upon a communication from liacou, of Geogia, in the Ami riant: The young and ambitious men id' the South II not be patient with this state of things, I, realizing that the Democracy can never nin prevail in a National election, and that by ling with that party they arc practically detved from any influence in the National conn s, and any part ict pat i?ii in o Hi cos in (lie disbution of the (joverntnent, they will incvitay cut loose from the part} as Mahotic has tie." Judging hy its own principle, doubtless and observation of the Southern men who have iued its party, the Conimcrctiil deliberately ys that the young and ambitious men" of (lie nth will desert their party and its principles d join another party with opposite principles r the sake of place and patronage under the verninent. That statement is false, and a j inder upon the young men of the South.? icy are the very class that stands most loyally its allegiance. Franklin .1. .Moses, John F. jhhes, Mnhone, Moshy and a few others who n he counted almost on one's lingers have scried to the enemy for hire. The scorn and tred felt and freely expressed for them hv the iss of the young men of the South is in itself I tlieieut to disprove the Comiib rciiil'.i prophecy. i ic young men have borne the brunt <>f tt.? j (to* .....i imiiutiiuiion and bribery have both iled to shake them. That they will continue ue no one who knows them can doubt. Aside otii that, they are generally too busily at >rk in their farms, factories, stores and ullices lie so ambitious for a place under the general ivernuieiit as to sacrifice their manhood and nior for it. Those who have political ambition atify it by seeking advancement from their ople?not by being paid traitors at the mercy a capricious, exacting and insecure party. The very theory itself shows the Southern i epublican idea of politics ? "so many men so j uch money," "commercial methods," "princi- | es changeable as emergencies demand, and ted only as means to procure place and pelf." (irernrille Xrtrs, Take "BLACK-DRAUGHT" and you will never he bilious. Sold hy J. M. UlIII!F.S. & Co. Kai.i.iicii AcyciTTKii.?San Francisco. March I. ? Alter being out twenty-four hours, the iry in I lie Kalloch case, litis afternoon. brought i a verdict of not guilty. The verdict was 'Ccived with nitioh applause, and tlie defendit was heartily congratulated by friends.? hen Kallnch was discharged and got in his irriage to go home, an immense crowd took ic horses from the vehicle and pulled him to is house, some three miles distant. It has transpired that the deliberations of the try in the Kaliouli case were 11 ainly regarding te six-shot theory ol the defence, ami that self efence alone was the ground for the verdict, ansilory mania being rejected. Coxrr.sstox or a Pk.mai.k Xiiiii.ist.? London, larch U*?. ? A Petersburg dispatch says : The male Nihilist, arrested yc tcrday, is named npliia Pilotlsky. and is the daughter of a counillor of the ministry of Domains. She con ssed to having given a signal to llnrtinan for xploding the mine under the imperial train ear Moscow : and also, a signal ( > Ru-sokotV > throw the homb which shattered the Cuar's irriage. - " BLACK-DRAUGHT" cures dyspepsia, indigestion anil heartburn. Sold hv J. M. til 111!I.S. & Co. I itmtut! vtiox. ?-T.venty-nine new immigrants rrived on the Wiliuinglon Railroad yesterday, leven of them were taken hy Mr. K. P Mobley, I' Kairlicld, fifteen by l?r. J A. Robinson, of ate West, and three by Captain T. II. Clarke, of ronton, Poin t or n more tire expected to arrive day. Applications I'or immigrant labor are instantly (aiming in and Colonel P.utlcr is (illig tlietii as fust a< hecan. lie has sent to Pas>r Neuinan special appiiealions for -killed la[irers. Colonel lhitler will probably go to New ork in a few days to give bis personal attenoli to the matter there. ? ('til /h-iiitler A trul package ol " BLACK-DRAUGHT" free of charm' at Sol.I by .1. M. (i I Itl'.IX & Co. Coiht in Cinwri.it.?,\l the Court of Sessions i Chester last week the following sentences ere passe I : Win. Kitchens, while, assault an<l ill cry, I wo in..tillis' imprisonment in the coiinjail ami .^'JtMl line ; I'.li/a .lane i oting. eoloi c l. injury, six mouths in the I'eriil. iitiaiy an I SlOti ic : .loseph McWilliar.l, colore.l, burglary, one ar in the Penitentiary; llainpion Mayrnnt, ilore.l, stealing a hog, one year in the Penilenary ami S"> line. Forty years' trial l.ai proved " BLACKDRAUGHT " llie Ik -t 11\ e r lllitlieilie ill the worhl. SuM hy ,1. M. CIRBKS. A- Co. A l'niv \t?: Cotion l'\er.titv. A survey is heg ma le of the Hampton mill place, live miles low C'luiuhia, preparatory to the erection of cotton factory. The water power was formly iisi'?l f>r iiiiliiiii purposes, hut the buildings ere .le-tr >ycd hy Sherm in s army, siueu I'ieli the power has lain i 11 *. - C"'. A'',/, b-r *y ^ 31 A KKIKL). UIUFFIN?MAUKV. Married, on ibo 2t)tU f March. 1 1. by F. W. Kison, N. I'. .Mr. Vii.li\m iSitirrtN Jo Miss Adeline Mauuy.? ill of Jonesvillc Township. KEi.l.V?GAU.T.? Married, on I lie liTtli ult., iv \N . II. S. 11 arris Esq., Mr. Helton Kelly to liss Etta Gallt. All of Joncsville Township. tit )L'DKLOGK ? Wll IT LOCK.? Married on he ;>Uth ult., at the residence of the bride's pacots, in l'inckncy Township, by Rev. 0. T. caife, Mr. Samuel L>. Oociiklock to Miss Ikllk Whitlock. It did not require a Whit more to make it z ,Af iond-lock for life. * V - T3 OIHTirAKY. MRS. FANNIE HUDSON M INTER was born * 'cbrurary iMd, wns married in l.incoliiton, *" . i. t'., Sept. I'tli 1SU8, and died at her house in ( 'nion County, 8. C., March 2Jth, 1881. ?*! " We cannot hope to do more in thisshoit notice * ! Iian very briefly alhule to a life so full of use- . .. illness ami a death so triumphant. M rs. M inter rns reared under religious influences, and when bout fifteen years old connected herself, bv ortual profession of faith, with the I'rcsbyteian Church, In which coniuiunion she faithfully ived until removed to the church above. 8he vns well fitted, both by her natural endowments tnd e lucationni advantages, for the important! vorlc to which slic was called, as teacher, wife, nothcr and friend. The great controlling >ower of hcrlifc was the religion id" Jesus Christ,lience, in whatever sphere she moved ntul l?* whatever work she engaged, heriu^cucir for" ^ood was felt. In her home, cltW^^^ftinniu- { * nity, everywhere, the light of her life was seen a 11* I fe't. On the loth of March, the deceased was sc-' vcrcly burned in trying to save her daughter who had caught on tire, and from then until her death she suffered much, hut in her sufferings, she was thoughtful, patient and resigned. How beautifully the light of Hod's grace shone through her in those days of sorrow and suffering, nunc who witnessed it can ever forgit. Her expressions of confidence in God, gratitude to lliuv for all His mercies, her messages of love to nb-- ^ sent relatives and friends, her earnest prayers* x for them, and her exhortations and counsels to those present cannot fail to accomplish great good. The benefits of her life to the world can not now he calculated, but she has gone to rcccivj her reward "according to the deeds done in the body." May the grace of God sustain the bereaved husband and father in ihis his double atllictinn. and may the see Is of truth planted in the minds of the children by their mother grow up unto their salvation. ^ J NO. 11. WII.80N. fisvy Southern I'rcabiftcrian please copy. MISS IWNNIi: HUDSON MINTKK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Mintcr, was burn July "JOtli, 18(11), baptized by Kev. A. A. Junes, Junellllt 1871, and died from (lie effects of a burn-,. March l'.tli 1881. Our young fiiend's life was short, measured! by the number of years she lived, hut viewed in I lie light of her achievements, it was much longer. She was remarkable for her quick perception, clear apprehension and patient investigation of whatever she undertook. Her unliable disposition, her gentle manners, ami her loving, sweet spirit, like powerful corils, drew to her nil who knew her. Piety and intelligence were alike prominent in her lite.? Having been piously trained by christian parents, dedicated to (Sod by baptism in infancy, and taught the Holy Scriptures front early childhood, she perhaps never knew the lime when she did not love Christ. Though the cause of her death was a sad and painful one. she bore it with great patience and resignation. Just before her death she talked quietly and intelligently of her decease, assuring her father and the friends present that she was going to heaven. We are thankful to God for the grace and spirit to sits'aiti and comtnrt His people through life and when dying. May I hey sustain tintl cwuiforl the relatives ami friends of little Tannic until they meet her above the skies. J.\n. I>. Wn.sux. Soiifhrrii /'rathi/frfi'in please copy. .? List of Unclainiod Letters Hemniniiig in the Postolliee at Cnion, S. C... for the week ending April 'J, 1SSI. Alexander, Wm ; Harnett, ! '. K ; Ibiruett, Saul or Samuel Johnson. W. W.; Chappcll, l.ahau : Johnson. Thomas r Chapped, l.ahau, Jr.; ; Miler, Jane, <oul) ; Foster, George : Parker Sam ; l'nrliam, S. A. F. ! Ilebl for Postage?-Mrs. S. Coakljr, Warrcnsburg P. <)., Green Co., Teini. Persons calling for letters in the above list will please state that they are advertised. JAM IIS II. GOSS, P. M. Consigueos oor Expross at Union, S. C., March 30ih, 1881. J. P. Cinld, Spears \ Colion, J. p Muilinax, It Feiinigan, .1 tl dice, II Askew, .1 II Thomson,, Mrs, S M Uice. K. II. COUNTS, A-I. Hides Wanted. i I > 111 Ml in your II ides. 10,(KlO!hs. M'antc 1.? j J ) \\ ill pay highest price. .1. II. UolMlKII. I April 1 I "J it' _ Stable Manure For Sale. \I50UT 1U of gooil Stable .Manure, :.t . SI a load, for sale by. M. .SHOPPAUl.. April 1 12 2l Bleached Sheeting. OIK Slock of Pleached Sheetings is large an.I prices very low, call ami examine. SIMIAKS a COl.TOX. Marc i is Hi if ! I'iireiiis, Farmers. Median i<-s. 1) lilll'I'K your Shoe Kill one half by buying V Hnv Stale Standard Screw Fastened j HOOTS AM) SIIOKS. Wc have exclusive coulrol of' these celebrated, j goods in this market. J. T. Ill 1.1. CO. April 1 12 if t DANCING SCHOOL. Day and Night Classes. I)K(>F. A. KUIKIKK respectfully informs dir.. I.ndics ami (lentleincii of Union that, his | l?ny and Night classes arc now open at the Union j Hotel, where all the new and fashionable dances | of the day are taught. Pupils ein join cither ; Class at any time. Tor particulars apply at tho I Hotel. April I 12 2? I SSI, SPUING, ISSI J. T. Hill & Co., It i.Mi-.t im Mil announce to itioir rustomV ers iiifl the tra>lc gencra'ly that I licit- assortment of SIMMN(i AND SUMMKU jc <> T II ! is r o Mr l i: r i: ! ,\ ii 1 will lie krjil sii lit rough tho Reason. Their Stock is the I irge-t mi ! wn :iii I coin|>rises every ' jrra*lc of Hoots. from the lowe-1 to the highest, ' hein}' ml i|*lc I to the wants ?.f evir)'c Iy. f A|>i iI I IJ ' If