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X * Snortanbnrg. Has anybody seen anything recently like this? A MUNICIPAL MONSTER ! t astonishing development or a new railroad centre. The Ruthing Ahead of Snortaftburg?Vast Railroad Combinations Seeking it as a Heginning and Terminus Stupen lous Oroicth Magnificent Prospects? Wonderful Wisdom and Appalling Activity. Snoutanbi;no. May IWth.?News has iust been received here, nt Snortanburg, of a mammoth Railroad Dieetiug held yesterday nt San Antonio, Texns. Snortnnburg was represented by Messrs. Blow,-Chinchin and eighty-four others of the leading men of Snortanburg. Some small towns were also represented. The Rail road considered was a through line from San Antonia by New York city to Snortatiburg.? Eloquent speeches were made by seventy-one of the representatives from Snortatiburg, and the meeting enthusiastically promised to do anything that Snortanburg might demand. It was finally decided to begin work immediately to Suortanburg. The road will bo known as the Snortanburg Air-Line R. R*, and will run direct from Snortanburgto New York, thence to Bridgeport, Me., and San Antonio and New Orleans and front thence back to Snortanburg. This is admitted to be the most gigantic and complex railroad system ever know in Snortanburg or elscwhcte. Track laying will begin as soon as the trilling subscript ion required of Snortanburg. eighteen hundred millions of dollars, is raised. Snortanburg will have this ready within two days. This is ouly one of seventeen new and remarkable i'ailruads all of which will begin and end nt Snortanburg after traversing one hundred thousand miles of the most magnificent agricultural and mineral lands in the world.? All will couio to Snortanburg. Snortanburg commands these advantages by the magnificent position of Snortanburg, fitting it for the railroad centre of the universe. It is now generally conceded that nobody can do anything or go nny where but Snortanburg. Snortanburg.? Snortanburg is the graudest, most glorious, largest, richest and liveliest city now known, and has a new town clock recently erected at a cost of not lcs3 than $100. A scheme now on foot and almost completed will bring the source ot the Ashley llivcr to Snortanburg, thus bringing her into direct communication with your place and the sea. Snortanburg has a glorious future and equally glorious present, and will control the destiuies of the United Stntcs w.thin five years. Snortnnburg is an incorporated monster iu her phenomenal growth, and has room for growth that is practically unlimited. There is no end to Snortnnhurg, nnd nobody thinks more of Snortanburg than Snortanburg, Snortanburg. Snortanburg.?WIND, Special Correspondent of Daily JJuyle. [We arc not a little surprised that "Wind" should have overlooked the most important railroad advantage that Snortanburg enjoys over every other location in the universe. It was satisfactorily shown hv Blow, Chinchin and the other eighty-four delegates, that Snortanhurg is so peculiarly locaied that a railroad can be built to her borders, from any point of the compass, with a down grade both ways.?En. Times.J The Columbia Female College. The Board of Trustees of the Columbia Femnle College met night before last in the Wash- , ington-Street Chapel and continued iu session that uight until half-past 1 o'clock. The follow. ' ing members were present: Rev. T. O. Herbert, President; John C. Dial, Treasurer; ltcv. Man- | uiug Brown, Rev. A. J. Stokes, Rev. I.. M. Lit- , tie, ltev. T. G. Harmon, llev. It. 1*. Franks, Rev. A. M. Chrietzberg, R. 11. Jennings, Esq., Rev. 11. N. Wells, llev. J. M. Boyd, Rev. J. L. Stokes, ' Rev. A. J. Cauthon, Rev J. A. l'orter, Rev. II. M. Mood, II. r. Wright, Esq., Hon. 8. W. Melton, John A. Elkius, Esq., W. A. Black, Esq. Mr. W. A. Black was elected Secretary. The Treasurer made his report for the last fiscal year, also a report of the financial condition of the college, which was received as information. It was unanimously resolved that the present plan of conducting the institution (by lea dug it out) be discontinued, and the old plan of conducting it under the supervision of the South Carolina Conference throught the Board of Trustees ho resumed. Rev. O. A. l)arby was unanimously elected President. A committee was appointed to draft resolu- i lions of thanks to the retiring President, Col- | onel J. L. Jones, which committee reported yesterday morning and the resolutions were adopted. 1 The PoarJ met again y ester J ay at 11 A. M. t A plan in detnil for the couduct of the institution under the new regime was adopted. , He*. O. A. Darby having arrived was present with the Hoard, and signified his acceptance of the Presidency. It was resolved that s> soon as, in the judgment of the President and the Executive Committee, the institution is able to meet the running expenses and the interest on its debt, it will board and educate the daughters of members of the South Carolina Conference, between the ages of 13 and 18, free of cost; provided they are prepared to enter one of the collegiate classes. The following Executive Committee was elected : Hev. It. N. Wells, Hon. S. W. Melton, J. C. Dial, Esq. The Hoard adjourned to meet again at the meeting of the annual conference in December next.?Col. Register. The Senate Adjourned?Farewell to Coxklino.?Washington, May 20.?The end of this most extraordinary of extraordinary sessions was reached to-day. As if to maintain its wellearned reputation, the closing hour was characterized by a fight over office. The executive session occupied all the afternoon over the Chandler nomination. The discussion was ternpeiate. Ho was opposed solidly by the Democrats us a mere machine politician,|uo lawyer, and unfitted in every way for solicitor-genernl. When it came to a vote he was laid out by eight majority, several Republicans voting ngnitul and dodging. 'Die disposal of Chandler left the Senate with no offices to fight over, so it adjourned tin* die. Farewell to Conklino.?The opinion here to-night is that Conkling and I'latt cannot be re-elected by the present Legislature. Their nearest friends admit this, but believe it would be possible if Conkling would conduct the fight in person. This he will not do. He left for New Vork to-day with Scifhtor Jones, of Nevada, having packed up nil his personal circcts for ?i, 1 ?.ii.i. ~? r,._ u.*u ?'"vVice-President Arthur and oilier friends saw hiy. off. A NuMBtiior Murdkrh in Tbxas.? Galveston, May 19. ? A special from San Antonio says: A man, supposed to he Patrick Lyons, a railroad laborer, was found dead a half mile wost of the International and Great Northern Railroad Depot. He had beea shot in the left breast. He had upou him a check for $10 and $215 in money. An open pocket knife was in his right hand, and a bundle of old clothes. On Thurs,l? ? avoninn It \V?l/>h nn.l P M-.l 'l..!.. nlc. railroad men. were arrested on suspicion of being (be murderers. (hey having been Inst seen with hiin on the previous night. A special from Fort Kwalls says that on Tuesday, while Mr. McCoy, from Gonznlea, and his parly, were penning some entile, one Wright with his party rode up. Wright shot and killed McCoy, whose party fled, leaving the field in the hands of the Wright party. A man named l'etit was found dead in a lake some days ago, and James Moor is supposed to have been killed.? They belonged to the Wright party, which has instituted a reign of terror throughout that section. Much trouble ia anticipated by the authorities. #. MP m ?hc 'S&u'hlu pinion'gtimcs. K. M. STOK^B, Editor. UMONT FRIDAY, MA* 27, lbbT. SUBSCRIPTION?$2 00 FES ANNUM. ADVERTISING. One square or one inch, first insertion, - - - S1.00 Each subsequent insertion, ------- 7# Liberal discount made to merchants and others adrerliMiiiK for six months or by the year. Obituary Notices of ten lines or leas, inserted free. " " orcr ten lines, charged as Advertise TAKE NOTICE. Citations, Notices to Creditors and Notices of Final Discharge must be paid for before they will appear in our columns. BMb. Tlio following gentlemen of the Union bar arc now in Columbia representing some very important law cases before the Supreme Court: Mnj. J. B. Stcedmnn, Win. Munro, R. W. Shan J, Col. I. G. McKissick and David Johtison, jr. .? Bishop Howe confirmed a class of 27 persons in Trinity Church, Columbia, last Sunday. Ten of the class were adult men. During the past two years seventy-five persons "havo renewed their vow3 and assumed their Covenant obligations" in that Parish. Vauderbllt University. To our talented young friend, Charles T. Rawls, we are indebted for an invitation to attend the "Commencement Moot Court Exercises" of the Law Department of Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn. Cold Comfort. Wo arc pleased to state that Mr. J. 11. Rodger has established an Ice House at his store and proposes to keep n supply of that cold luxury constantly on hand. This will be a great convenience to lite people, either in cases of sickness or for a luxury. .*. Drs Posey's Soda Fountain. It mav not be ffcncrnllv known that our en tcrpi'isiug druggists, Drs. J. W. Posey & Bro., have opened a Soda Fountain in their drug store; but it is nevertheless a fact, and they make a splendid article?cold as ice can make it, with syrups of all kinds to suit all tastes. ~ Fine Strawberries. We neglected to notice last week some remarkably fine Strawberries presented to us by Mr. F. Leuchcr. They were the Sharpless variety, of superior flavor, very large, four of them weighing 'J.J ounces. Mr. Lcucher has plants of that variety for sate. . The Greenville News. Mr. A. B. Williams, who has so ably edited the Greenville Xeus the past year, has purchased that paper from Messrs. Lucas & Richardson, and is now its sole manager. The Xeics is a souud democratic paper and entitled to n liberal support. Success to it and its euterprising head. Judge Cothrafi. Gov. Ilngood has appointed Hon. J. S. Cothran to fill the vacancy on the Circuit Bench occasioned by the denthofllon. Thomas Thompson. From what we can learn the appointment gives general satisfaction. Mr. Cothran was Solicitor cf the eighth Circuit and his promotion creates a vacancy in that office, to which there are a number of aspirants. Death of Thomas A. ScottThe telegraph on the '21st announced that Thomas Alexatider Scott, the great railroad King" died at his residence in Clifton, Pa., that evening about 9 ojclock, from an attack of paralysis. He was undoubtedly "the greatest railroad officer" in the world. Ho was President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for manir I'MIN hilt in Mnll>lllll>nCfl of ill health. retired from active business some months ago. Pay Your TaxesNext Tuesday is the last day of grace for paying the first half of your taxes, and Gen. Foster is anxious to make a good report of receipts. At present, he informs us, the amount paid in is not much more than half what it was at this stage of collecting last year. The folly, as well as loss to the Slate and County, in postponing the time for the final settlement of taxes to the 31st of May, is so apparent that we are decidedly in favor of going back to the old system of collecting the whole tax in the Fall and closing the books by 1st of January at the latest. We iutend giving our reasons for so thinking at a future day. To Postmasters. Within the past few weeks we have received some complaints from subscribers that the Postmasters give their papers to parties not authorized to receive the n. In most of such cases the subscribers say they never get their paper ot all and at best it is from three days to a week before they get it. We hope Postmasters who no tins wrong to suoscriucrs win 1101 uo so again. It is unjust to us as well as the subscribers.? No one cares about taking a paper unless he can get it regularly when due, and there are many persons who will not subscribe for a paper so long as they can sponge upon their neighbors fur it. Destructive FireIt is with sincere regret we learn that on the night of the 29th of April, Mrs. M, K. Stringfellow, formerly of this town, but now living at Gainesville, Florida, met with the misfortune of having her dwelling and all its contents totally destroyed by firo. The fire occurred a little while after midnight and the family narrowly escaped with their lives. Her son, Mr. Dogan Stringfellow, was severely burned in saving a trunk containing valuable papers, another son had to slide down the pillars of the piazza to escape from the flames, while her daughter and a young lady visitor were not given time Ic dress. The entire clothing of the family was deal roved locrellmr willi a valuable I'iann Railroad Basinets. On enquiring of friend Counts, the gentle manly and ever faithful Railroad Agent at thii place, as to the comparative amouuts of Cottor shipped fr. in this point and the number of torn of Fertilizers received, he kindly tarnished ui with (he following : Rales of Cotton shipped from 1st Sept. 1880 to 25th May, 1881 12.88C Same time previous year 9,671 Increase 8,261 Fkkth.i7.kos Received. From 1st December 1880 to 1st April, lflfil 1 C-.A I... Same period previous year 950 " Increase thie year 600 tons The general inorease of business upon the road during tho past year has been proportionately great. S The Virginia Midland Bout* The telegraphic reports iant to a number of daily papers, purporting |e -girt accounts of meetings and conferences ifich the President and others interested in extending the Virginia Midland route to Augusta*,; appeared so conclusive that the route via Spartanburg had been decided on that we thought iMklmost useless to take any further interest iu the patter. But recent developments have g4e?' <V? reason to telieve thr.t ail those telegraewyjgfr written by one and the samo person; a cmVsn Of Spartanburg, and, as we iurther believo, were Intended to so represent the feeling aud inteation of thoso gentlemen who, by position, wealth and influence, really control the matter, as to drive all opposition to that routoout of the competition. A few days ago Mr. fates, Chief Engineer of the Virginia Midland Ctmpany, visited our town on a prospecting tour previous to commencing a aurvev of the route in ihiit direction find anum* bcr of our leading cit'xens had a very pleasant and encouraging confe'enco with him. In order to know from headquarters how the matter really stood, a telegram wis sent to Hon. J. S. Barbour, President of the V. M. Railroad, making the necessary enquiries, so that our people may net promptly an! understandingly. To tbis the following was teceived in reply, showing conclusively, as wis suspected here, that there was no truth in the report that tho Midland Company had committed itself to the Spartanburg route : To Messiis. D. Joii.nson,jr., Esq., K. W. Suajcd, , Esq. and otiikus:?telognm reffi&gfc. Engl-' necr Vaces holds written instructions on subject referred to. Present data too indefinite to make committals in regard to location of line. Should your route be not selected we will divide the risk and pay one-half cost of survey. J. S. BARBOUR, Ires't. What more encouraging prospect cculd the people of Union ask ? We present a wute 15 miles sliortor than via Spartanburg, thsi can bo built equally as cheap per mile, running through the heart of the finest cotton belt in this section of the State, from 15 to 20 miles below the Airline road, crossing all the roads now c-mtrolled by the Richmond and Danville Company, at prominent points in this State, out of tho probability that any competing road will ever interfere with its business, and at last securing the same terminus, Augusta. What uiorJ advantageous line can the Virginia Midland,adopt ? Drawing a straight line from Yorkville it will pass through the best Cotton section of York County and enter Union County in Vinckney township, running through the Pea Ridge section to near Union C. 11., pass ouT of the County very near Cross Keys, from thrice into Laurens County, and through that County into Abbeville to Greenwood, where it will meet tho Augusta and Greenwood road. All we ask is that the surveys be made, feeling confident that the route throucrh Union will present fully equal and, iu many respects superior advantages over the Spai tnnburg route. Of one tiling we feel sure, the people of Union will do their full duty in pushing the work forward. It will thus be seen that Union is not left out in the cold, yet, notwithstanding the bard blowing ol our neighbors. No Bain Yet. It is just one month to-dny since we had enough rain iu this vicinity to "lny Ihejdust," and all crops except cotton are looking badly. Oats will prove almost a failure?the late planted, quite so. We are told that Oie wheat is very short and will be bard to out and har o?t,?but !)io grain i? plump mud /ic?tfr nic TO 11. Corn is beginning to twist badly during the day but the nights being cool it looks all right in the morning, as yet. Fortunately for tbat crop, the heat during the day has not been inteuse the past two weeks. Cotton is suffering but little, if any. There is much seed in the ground that has not gcrminateil for want of moisture, while the cool weather is very unfavorable to that already up.? We understand there are some farmers who have not planted yet. The Spring was so backward and the change from extreme csld and wet to extreme heat and dry was so sudden, that there .l i i .... ........i .1..1 ing?the ground being too wet or becoming "bnked" so suddenly that it was impossible to plow at (lie proper time. Garden "sass" is out of the question now.? Otic gentleman told us he didn't think a "mess of greens" or any other vegetable could be picked within five miles of his house. i i Wofford Commencement. We acknowledge receiving from our esteemed young friends, S. M, Rice, jr., and J. f. Hill, jr., an invitation to attend the "Final Celebra* tion of tho Calhoun and Freston Literary Societies of Wofford College," on Monday and Tuesday, June 13lh and 14th, nt 10.V A. M. The debate before the Freston Society will be : "Resolved, That it is probable that England has attained the point of Iter highest influence as a leading nation of Christendom." The debate before the Calhoun Society will be upon the resolution?"That Chinese immigration should be prohibited." Hon. Ilugh S. Thompson, will deliver the Annual address before the Literary Societies. Mr. T. C. Duncan will deliver the valedictory Address before the Preston Society. The sermon before the Graduating class will be preached by Rev. A. W. Wilson, D. I), of Tennessee, on Sunday, evening, 12th. Address belore the Alumai -Aseooialtont by Hon. II. II. Newton, of South Carolina. ' The usur.l social gathering complimentary to the Graduating class, will take place on Wednesday evening, at 8} o'clock. More Choice Goods. , Mr. W. M. Oibbes at the Green Front store, I has just received another lot of goods in hit , line. Choice Crackers, Cakes, all kinds of Can. , dies, Fruits, Nuts, and Vegetables. His Shrimps Chow-Chow pickles and M>orted Deviled Mcat? are hard to beat. Go and see him. B@U See change of schedule on the Green, ville and Columbia IUilroftd. 1 New Brmhie Completed.?The new bridge over orona rviver, on me uoiuinuin ana ureeimuc i Railroad, has been completed; it ia en elegant structure, and coat orer $40,000. The change from the old bridge to the neir wee made with^ out the stoppage or deley of a single traij). Judos Macket to be Collsctob.?The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore American says that Senators Hampton and Butler are to oontrol the custom-house appointments for thia State, and that they will seleot* Judge T. J. i Mackey for the position of collector at Charleston. i Appetite, Flesh, Color, Strength end Vigor? i if jou covet these, take Ayer's Sarsaparilla, which will confer them upon you in a rapid succession. I - ? For tho Times A Mew County Proposed oarnst'i Citt, May 23d, 1881. EoiTon Union Times :?A meeting Of thee ixens of Spartanburg, York and Union Countit was held at this place on the 21st inst., to co sider the advisability of forming a new Coun out of portions of the above named counties. Mr. Hugginsof Union was called to the cha ' W. F. McArthur, acting as Secretary. A committee was appointed by the chair nominate three delegates to visit Columbia ai bring the subject before the proper authoritic Messrs. Wm. Jefferies, C. P. Sanders and Jo! Deal, were nominated and elected. It may look like "nonsensical nonsense," ft Editor, to advance the idea of a new Counl but the convenience of the rapidly incrcasi population of the section of country embrac in the proposed new county demands it. As it is oustomary to tell to "others 'round of any good news we will ask the patience your many readers while we give you a syni sis of our "City Only a few short yeats ago there was only c dwelling house here. Now there nre 25 or 1 and others going up. There are about 15 sto of General Merchandise, 2 Drug Stores, 2 0joyful dispensatories, 2 Buggy aud Wagon Sh< and 4 churches. The population, according last-census, was 400 ; it is at this tiino abi 450. The increasing busiuess of the Merchants' mands more store room. Mr. A. ]JI. Wood going to build a three story briolc house?I first and second storios for general merchand and the third to be fitted up for a town hall The entire structure will contain all the mod* improvements in architecture f->r comfort a convenience. Messrs. Simon Bros, are goi to build, of brick, a two story house to accc module their increasing trndo. Both liou will 4bo not only an ornament to the "Cit< but will stand living memontocs of what euci and close attention to business will accompli: Mr. Duncan intends making sorno changes his Hotel, which will add vqry much to comfort and convenience of the many gu? who stop over at Gnffneys to enjoy the luxury our pure mountain air and the ever bounti supply of wholesome food dispensed by the g tlcmauly proprietor and his good lady, Mr. t Mrs. S. (J. Homes ley. This communication is getting too long give any inure facts in particular of the busin in Gaffney's, but suffice it to say that it is d by young men who have cut loose from old fo isiu. They liavo started out with the deter nation to succeel, the best evidence of whicl the Anvil's merry ring, the clanking of the i son's trowel, the buzz of the Mechanics' i and the rush in all branches of trade. X For the TIum A Good Time. Oa Friday morning, May, 110th, a pleas party of young folks, numbering in all ab thirty-five, set off for a professedly "good tin at Bice's Bridge, on the Fair Forest, about miles from Union. Under the auspices of the Union Mutual 1 provement Society, an association whose nn implies its object, the excursion promised to a success. Early in the morning the road le ing to the grovo was traversed by vehicles all sorts, laden with the merry,burdens, en r< for the beautiful site chosen for the picnic. It would take too much space were I to cord all that paasad during the day. Ul surncc to say that not a mishap or unpleas occurrence served to mar the day's enjoyini Croquet, fishing and promenading occuj most of the time, until the crowuing eveut the day, "diuner," was announced. Beneath the cool, umbrngeous trees a ru repast was spread, vying in its profuseness v that of the most elite assemblage. The cal sweetmeats and viands, prepared by fair ha especially for the occasion, disappeared v surprising alacrity as the guests gathered rot At length the hungry picnickers became sa ted, and pronounced it a "right royal feai worthy of their highest approbation. Not until late in the day did the plcasi seekers return, so pleasantly passe J the hoi Every one expressed himself delighted with occasion, and the homeward ride was cujo with undiminished test. This was the first picnic of the season?a 1 party worthy of heralding in the "Queen nu of flowers"?and we feel it our duty to exp our admiration of tho whole affair, especiall those whose youthful and untarnished bet graced, tho ^sccne, captivating the eyes of That the remembrance of this joyous day i linger in the hearts of nil, as a bright gl of Bunshine upon their pathways through ! is the earnest wish of KN 1'ASSANI Tiik Lord's Puaykr.?The following coin; ison of tho texts of the old and the revised sion of the New Testament shows the e: changes made in the wording of the Loi Prayer in .Matthew vi, 0-1 d, the most import being the omisiion of the doxology at the e old. kkw. 9. After this manner Alter this manner tl therefore pray ye: Our Fa- fore pray ye: Our Fa thcr which art in heaven, which art iu heaven, hallowed be thy name. lowed be thy namo. 10. Thy kingdom come.? kingdom conic. . Thy Thy will bedono in earth,as be done, as in hcavei itisin heaven. on earth. Oivensthii 11. (Jive us this day our our daily bread. And daily bread. give us our debts, as wc 12. And forgive us our have forgiven our det debts as wc forgive our debt- And bring us not ors. temptation, but dclivi Id. And lead us ns not in- from the evil one, to toniptation, but deliver ua from evil; for thine is ths power, and the kingdom, and the glory, for ever.? Amen. While we are throwing up our hats in ht of Garfield's victory over Conkliog, let us pi long enough to reflect that the new Preside power is made more absolute, and that the to bo made of that power is an unsolved qi | tion. With Blaine ns Premier, has the Si reason to expect much favor? Let there I suspension of vociferation until we are clon i the woods.?Greenville Newt. , Macoa, Ga., is warring vigorously on t who sell liquor to minors. A number of sa keepers convicted of that offense were f from $l'2>r> to $325 each last week, the Ji threatening imprisonment for a repetition. .?. i A Special from Dallas, Texas, says that i wheat harvest has begun in that section > that the quality is better than at any time ing the past twelve years. The yield will a nge eighteen bushels to the acre. The prosp of all the crops are good, but the general a age will be smaller than last year oh accoui the scarcity of labor. A PoSTM ASTKR HOBS THS MAILS.? Houl , Me., May 22.?Ex-Post master Berid was rested last night for robbing the poetoffic letters containing money. They were fount his person, and he acknowledged his guilt. ? Henry C; Tenner recovered a jmlgmen $14 4 lO fX? AMtncI f lift A i r T.infk rnnrl a fniv t ago. Id 1870, at Oaffney City, 8. C., he run orer by the train and lost his leg. He i in Atlanta for 915,000. Odjkcts or ths Lkask or tuk Spartannobo and Union Railroad.?Columbia, May lb.? Col. R. L. McCaughrin, president of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad, haa returned here from Spartanburg, aud in an interview to night )S> give me tho following information regarding his Q- road's lease of the Spartanburg and Union Railty road : The lease was made by the Columbia and Greenville Railroad for itself and not for the Danville combination, the owners of the i wo not being ir* identical. As soon as the summer travel begins he will run oars from Columbia to Ilendersonto villa, without chaage at Alston, as heretofore Mr. James Anderson, the present superinten. dent, will remain in charge of the road until !8: June 1st. After that time it will be operated hn as a branch of the Greenville Road. Mr. Anderson will probably retain the superintendenoy jr of the Spartanburg and Asheville Road. Regarding this latter road Col. McCaugbriu states that tbe Columbia and Greenville is now virtung ally its owner, having purchased two-thirds of >ed its bonds. The present owuers hold about OTM) nnd (Ka pAliimltSa nnil HrnonvillA Kail. ? road $308,000. As soon as tho sale to the pros' ent owners is confirmed, which is expec ed in of June, plans will bo devised for its completion to >p. Asheviilo nnd its operation by the Greenville lload, cither by the latter buying out the bondholders or c tnbining with them. It will take ,no $000,000 to pay the debt and complete the road. 30, The Spartanburg and Ashcville will be cornrcs pleted to Ashcville between Octobor and Jauukc_ ary next, meeting tho extension from Paint Rock to Asheville as soon as it is completed.? 'P9 This extension will bo made by the Host Tento nosscc, Virginia and Georgia Road, under tho jut Cole combination just formed. Assurances are giveji that the Ccle and Danville combinations will work in harmony to secure through Western _ connection for the South Atlanlio Slates. Col. is McCaughrin states that the effort of the Coluin:hc bia and Greenville and Its branches will be to jSQ build up the State, encouraging in every way its industries and making no discrimination against any of its towns or ports. He took Jrn charge of the road upon the assurance that uid there should be no discrimination against Charleston, and there should not be. Western connections would bo given her to reap benefits ,B1* from unhampered. In proof of this policy of 80s fairness he states that 80 per cent, of the cotp," ton shipped this season over the Columbia and ? Greenville hnd gone to Charleston. The prospccts of the combination were excellent, the s * business increasing nnd lost ground was being ,n reclaimed.?Special to Newt and Courier. the ? Forty years' trial bat proved " BLACK8 8 DRAUGHT" the best liver medicine in '?f the world. rul Sold by J. M. UIBBES. & Co. uid Tttr. Bo Attn or Aonictrruna met in this City on the '20th. The report of the Superintendent of luimigrntiou, giving his | lans for couducting the work, was submitted to the Board iess and received its approval. one It appearing to the Board that tho territory assigned to the Beaufort and Port Royal l'hospliatc Company under an exclusive rights charm ter granted iu 1878, was not being developed to h is the best interests of the Slnte, upon an official Ha- report by thespecial assistant of the department, the Board declared the oxcluyivo rights of the company forfeited to the State, and declared I lie streams heretofore controlled by this company lg open waters, subject to be worked by any parties working under general rights licenses.? Some complaints in reference to obstructions to u the free passage of migratory iisli were submitout teJ to the Board, and tho Commissioner iniie" formed the Board that he hnd notified all pnrsjx ties who were violating the laws that suitable fish ways must bo erected across their dams and other obstructions must be removed, and that he had instructed one fish warden to proceed mfe against the parties, and that he was endeavb0 oring in every way possible to have the law enforced. Tho Board requested the Commissioner to instilule proceedings against all parties who are oute violating the fish laws in any part of the State. The Board authorized the Commissioner to rc attend the Atlanta exposition, and to mako as oreditable exhibit there as possible of the rc' 11 sources and products of the State, the necessary lant expenses to be defrayed by the department. fnt. The Bonrd adjourned subject to tho call of the d Chairman.? Col. Rrgitter. of Cotton Mill Notes.?On Wednesday Prcsiident W. C. Sibley, of the Sibley Manufacturing stic Company of Augusta, received by telegraph, from Boston, an order for $20,000 of the new ul'1 stock of the company. So far $246,200 out of tea, $400,000 increase has been subscribed for. ,UJ8 Thero is a movement on foot to establish a cotton factory in Wilson. North Carolina, with a *,L" capital of $50,000. >n"a Mr. 1). James Winu is now in Lowell, Mass., ilia- nmking arrangements for the machinery of ,t " the liellcuioute Cotton Manufactory, at Sumter, ' S. C. The llibb Manufacturing Company of GeorJre* gia, on Pri<lay last, effected the sale of $030,000 ars. worth of yarns. It will take about half tin prothe duce of the mill for two or three years to till the j order. ^ The cotton factory at Bowensville, Ga., is now under good headway, and is making the best of Hay yarns. inth Mr. James M. Stewart has completed his maps and charts of the Landsford Wntor Power on the Catawba lliver, Chester Couuly, S. C., rey cently surveyed by liitn. They are not mere inty surveyor's plats, but are gottcj up in the best all! engineering style. The Calawbn River at that point is about five or six hundred yards wide, * but by means of an islaud a dam can bo made earn mucj, shorter than that. The existing canal is life, 9,095 feet in length ntid fourteen feet wide, with p. two locks, giving a total fall of thirty feet. The projected caual is to be fifty feet wide, giving a >ar- a fall of fifteen nnd a half feet at five thousand ver- feet from its head, twenty-four feet at seven tact thousand feet, and thirtv feet at the end. The rd's supply of water is practioally unlimited. nd! " BLACK-DRAUGHT" cures dyspepsia, indigestion and heartburn. lere- Sold by J. M. GIBBES. & Co. I her ^ Hal. Thy Jcsticb rou tub J kws.?St. Petersburg, May will 22.?The Governor General of Charkoff has "v issued a proclaaiatiou forbidding the persecution I for- ?f 'he Jews aud stating that the Jews, equally also with all other faithful subjects of tho Cxar, are into un^er 'he protection of the laws. Their pef,r ug sons ani properly must therefore be equally respected. The proclamation says : "I therefore summon all well disposed persons to htftp by all meftns In their pdwer to tranquilixe the public mind, and if the Jews aro iuriher attacked I shall proceed with the >nor greatest severity against the rioters. I shall suse n?l hesitate to use armed force, or to place the ,nt>s- country under martial law, if necessary." use Reports of anti-Jewish riots at Moscow are lies. denied. One hundred peasants on Prince Gortcuth schakoff's estate near Kief have been arrested t>e a f?r creating disturbances. Execution or a Nkouo MuauxRin.?Charles too, 8. C. May 'Jl.?Joe Stevens, colored, was liose hanged in EdgefielJ yesterday for I lie murder loon Andey Richardson, colored. I(e took his Ined P'nce on the trap with firmness, but at the last idge ''is courage seemed to forsake him, and waving his handkerchief, he beoamo greatly excited, exclaiming in a loud tone : *1 claim protection 1 the Give me protection I I command the peace 1 and Peace !" And while supplioating for aid and dur- assistance Sheriff Ousts sprang the trigger and iTer. in ten minutes the murderer was lifeless.?Spe.... rial to Col. Reniittr. cum * ere- * * it of Exvaesa Messbmokr Robbkd.?Spartanburg, S. 0., May 21.?The olerk of the Southern Express Company who met the 11.40 Kast bouml ton, train on the Air Line Railroad was knocked ar- down and robbed of his pouch by a negro thief >e of last night on the depot platform. The thief 1 on made his escape. The pouch oontained nothing valuable?only some papers, which were thrown away by the thief and recovered this t of morning.?Special to Cot. Re jitter. jays ? ? was The farmer in this section who has oorn of his lued own raising to sell would be as great a curiosity as a "white blaok-bird." ?JLexington Ditpatch. lb i % m \ A Oen. Okast Writ Two EAtkrs.?Why JBl ihoutd Oen. Grant interfere in such r matter aa "W* his? In what way does he share with the +JW President responsibility for making nominations :o office, or with the Senate responsibility for ipproving or rejecting such nominations T Of what particular interest is the appointment of a i'L sollector for the City of New York to him.-ihat | f lie should write two indignant letters from the $3 City of Mexico about it T Unbnppily he leaves t a qo room for doubt ou the subject. Indeed the .i. frank simplicity with which he shpws his hand in the matter would be amusing if it was not .* I'T. mortifying. "When the first batch of nomi- ' nations for Now York was sent in," he says, "I L *? was delighted." Why? Bocause they were I* W" supposed to bo nominations' pleasing to the f "Senatorial group" who had sought to pack the ? Chicago Convention. Because they included the names of men who had supported the third* terin scheme. "I believed the President had determined to recognize the Republican party" ?Hint is, the minority of the party that had failed to nominate Oen. Grant, "and not a faotion"?that is, the majority of the party that had nominated somebody else. If he had stopped here the case would have been clear enough and bad enough. But Gen. Grant was determined to make his self-humiliation complete.? The nomination of Mr. Robertson, he goes on to say, "convinced me that it was but a part of a deep laid scheme by somebody to punish prominent leaders for being openly friendly to mo." We have always believed that it would be better for his reputation if Gen. Grant had never taken part in politics, even in the broad national sense of the term. We are quite sure that his reputation must suffer from this untimely and ill-teinpered interference in a factious, unwarranted, aud IneffecluV' struggle for the control of partisan patronage. The popular answer to his unfortunate letter has anticipated its publication. When this exhibition Is made of hint by himself and his friends the fight for which he enlisted is already lost. The only remaining consolation is that Gen. Grant at least would not have encouraged Conkling and Plait to retreat in shameful disorder from the field which he soys should be contestod "to the bitter end."-^^ There is some Satisfaction, small as it is, for tl^^^ friends of Gen. Grant in this thought.?JV. Kve. Pott. ? ? "WINE OF CARDUI" makes rosy cheeks and clear complexions. Sold by J. M. GIBBES- & Co. Look IIkuk, Boys !?Here is a good chance for lads who would like to serve their country nnd at the same time sail the bonnie blue sea.? ^ Next September twenty-five cadet engineers for * service in the navy will be appointed, bvcomne titivc examination, held at Annapolis, and any American boy between 15 and 20 years of ago has the right to contest for one of the cadetships. No candidate should present himself at Annapolis, however, unless he is well versed iu | the elementary English t.mnobco?grammar, geography, arithmetic, nlgebra, geometry and natural philosophy. The successful candidates rank with the midshipmen and their pay is the same, $500 a year. Having thought very seriously over the matter and decided to become a candidate, a boy should write to the Secretary of the Navy for a pamphlet of particulars and then he should spend the Summer in earnest study of the necessary branches.?Phil. Times. A Natural M.VTtiKMATtotJX.?Captain John W. Watts, the Sheriff of our county, has a little son about h ve years old that is indeed a prodigy. Yeu can ask him to multiply any given uumbers, nnd he will multiply them correctly in a sccond'9 time. The fact that this little prodigy does not know one figure from another nakes itthemoro mysterious. Give out the multiplication table, nnd tell him how much each line increases, and he will multiply them as fast ns they can bo written down, or in other words just as fast as a person can give them out to him. Ask him to explain how he multiplies numbers so readily, and his quick, intelligent answers are as mysterious ns his faculty for multiplying.?Law rensuille Herald. Tannine Tubman 8torm.?On last Saturday night a storm from the northwest passed over Camden, nnd during its progress there was an incessant flashing of lightning accompanied by lerrifiic peals ot thunder. Many trees were struck by the lightning, but we can learn ef no loss of human life. A good deal of rain fell during the night, which was very acceptable to everything, as the earth was very dry and vegetation was almost at a standstill.?Camden Jour nal. .A trial package of " BLACK-DRAUGHT" free of charge at Sold by J. M. GIBBES .&Co. "I Don't Want that Stuff"?Is what a lady of Boston said to her husband when he brought home some medicine to cure her of sick headache and neuralgia which had mnde her miserable for fourteen years. At the first attack thereafter, it wus administered to her with such good results, that she continued its use until cured, and made so enthusiastic in its praise, that she induced twenty-two of the best families in her circle to adopt it ns their regular family medicine. That "stuff " is Hop Bitters."?Standard. May '20 10 *2t Nkw Couxtiks.? Messrs. l?ey, of Rook llill, and Dnvies, of Landsford, in Chester County, are in the city. They propose to appear before the committeo charged with the consideration of amendments to the Constitution of the State and ur^e upon thein the reduction of the areas of Counties throughout the State. These gen-*^T tlemon are desirous of forming a new County out of portions of York and Chester Counties, uriin * 1.~ 1 /?-f o? niiu itvvik tmi ua 1110 vsuuuijt ocm.? I/O*. i L ry I a ter. PinK at Laubbxs.?About 1 o'clock on Thursday morning, our citizens were Aroused from their slumbers by a cry of "Fire 1" It was immediately discovered to proceed from the residence of Mr. Samuel Fleming, and before assistance could arrive the flames bad made such progress as could not be arrested. The dwelling and servants' house were entirely consumed, and also much of the furniture. The dwelling, we understand, was not insured.?Herald. Take " BLACK-DRAUGHT " and yon will never be bilious. "" Sold by J. M. G1BBES. & Co, flcharisa tit a Taxkd T?a.?-BoVtom, Ulny 21. ?The steamship Qonos, Captain Bashby, from . Matanzas for Boston with a eargcf of sugar, sunk in Boston harbor last night. The loss on the cargo is $350,000 and on the steamer, which is owned in Hull, $100,000. Thn Gunos collided with the Warren Line steraraer Pembroke, bound for Liverpool. Ihelnttor vessel was not aeriously injured, but has put back for repairs. The crew wcro all paved with the exception of one seaman. .? MosTOOMr.nr, Ala., May 19.?The annual reportot the Health Officer and Register of this city shows that Montgomery is the healthiest city in the United States. The number of deaths per thousand of population is shown to be 7.0? among the white people and 21.01 among the colored people, or an average of ld.Ol am;ng both white and oolored ?<eA Neobo Tries to Stamp his Wire to Dratv. gk ?The Sumter Spirit of the timet says : "Tom Gardner, a negro who has been separated front his wife for some time, came to where she was living on Mrs. Paxton's place Monday nfght, and attempted to kill her by choking and stamping. lie then ran off but haa been captured , ana lodgea in jail." " BLACK-DRAUGHT" make* eh ills ami fever imputable. Sold by J. M. 01BBES. & Ce. Half of the public square of Talholton, Ga., i and the bueineee portion of Huwanee were burned laat week, the loesea being $6,000 and $13,000 respectively, with little Insurance.