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Laws of ths State.
An Act to Define the Duties of County Commissioners,
County School Commissioners and
Coiluty TreaSurersj in reference to the Auditing.
Allowing and Payment of Claims,
lie it enacted hy the Senate and House of ; '
Representatives of the Slate of South Carolina, ;
now met and sitting in (leneral Assembly, and |
by 'ho authority of the same :
Stcriiis 1. That the County Commissioners 1
of the several counties of said Slate shall keep
in their several oltices a "tile hook," in which ?
all claims presented for their consideration shall
ho tiled hy their clerk, designating the date tiled,
hy whom presented, and to whoin said claim belongs,
and the character and amount of said ]
claims. The said clerk shall also uurtther said ]
Maims in the order in whiMi tliey are filed, au- <
dite I anl alio we I, from* unrulier one upwards.
Sue. 2 That the Count v Commissioners shall 1 '
draw their checks upon 1I10 County Treasurers
of their respective commies. i:i payment of said 1
claims, out of any iT^Is in the Treasury applicable
I? the payment thereof. Provided, thai
no such checks shall be drawn by tbc said County
Commissioners until they shall have been (
formally notified by the County Treasurer that
there arc sutlicicnt funds iti the County Treasury
applicable to the payment of such checks. j
Skc. 't'oat County Commissioners and
County School Con inissioncrs shall make an 1
annual report of :tll claims filed, audited and
allowed and ordered paid by them during each
fiscal year, to the presiding Judge at the first '
term of the Court of (Jencral Sessions for each '
County which shall l>c held after the first day of |
January in each year; which report shall be
submitted by said Judge to the grand jury f r 1
their examination, with the assistance, if neces- 1
sary, of some competent persons to be appointed
by the presiding Judge, at a compensation of
five dollars per day for each day so engaged ;
provided, that 110 pay shall be received under
this Section for more than four days. After
tbc exainrnation tbc grand jury shall report
thereon to the presiding Judge any matter growing
out of, or pertaining to, said annual report,
which to tlietn may seciu worthy of the attention
of the Court. The said report shall thereupon
be filed by tbc Clerk of said Court, and
kept as paj crs of said Court for inspection by
any citizen desirous of examining the same.
Skc. 4 That the County Treasurers of the
several counties of said State shall not pay any
claims against their respective counties upon
orders of County Commissioners, except as
hereinbefore provided for, and I hey shall make
an annual report to the presiding Judge, at the
first term of the Court of tleneral Sessions in
their respective counties which shall he held af- (
tcr the first daj in January in each year, of the
number, character an 1 amount of said claims
paid by them on orders of County Commissioners
and County School Commissioners, and to
whom paid; which report shall be submitted by
said Judge to the grand jury lor their examination,
and shall be filed by the Clerk of said
Court and kept in his oll'tec for public inspection.
Sr.c. ">. That if after examination of said reports
ol County Commissioners, County School
Commissioners and Treasurers, the gi and jury
shall find any discrepancies bet ween the reports I
or any irregularities therein, or any embezzle- j
men Is r,f or extravagances in the expenditures |
i iic ouiu i nun, aim urufcrS'sTinTr ntf iakca tneri;- I
on ns shall meet the ends of justice.
Sec. 0. That said reports of County Com- :
niissiouers. County School Commissioners and
Treasurers, shall he published at least two weeks
before the sitting <>f said County by said officers
or their respective clerks in some newspaper
published in the sai 1 county.
Sec. 7. That the County Commissioners of
the several counties of said Slate, shall, on or
before the loth day of November of each year,
make a report to the Comptroller (Scnernl of the !
number, character and amount of claims audited, '
allowed an I ordered to be paid by them, for the I
'iscal year ending on the .''.1st of Ocotber pre- i
ceeding said loth day of November, to he by him
submitted to the General Assembly for their in- |
formation, in his annual report, and all claims j
against a county not presented during the fiscal ;
year in which they are contracted or the next !
t hereafter shall be forever barred. They shall i
also make out in said report an estimate of the
amount of money which it will he necessary to
raise l?y taxation in their several counties for
county purpose for the current fiscal year, which
shall also he embodied in I lie Comptroller General's
annual report to the General Asretnbly. |
Sec. 8. That any violations of the foregoing ;
Sections by the County Commissioners, County j
School Commissioners and County Treasurers, |
shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon convic- .
tion thereof in the Court of general Sessions, the |
party so offending shall be sentenced by the
presidium Judec hetorn ulinm i.niiui..iiwl i.> i
tt fine of not less ihan one hundred dollars, or
lie imprisoned in ilie county jail not less than
one month. It shall also he the duly of the several
circuit solicitors to prosecute any violation
of this Act.
Sir. It. That this Act shall not take effect
until ou and after the 1st day of November,
18 82.
Sec. 10. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent
with this Act be and the same are .
hereby repealed.
Approved Feb. O'tli, A. !>., 188*2.
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Dni.ir.vKi> II k was \ Won as.?(JuStc a piny ;
of imagination occurred the other day with a j 1
well-to-do farmer in Pickens ('0111113'. Very j
portly in size, lie was taken sick?a general letdown
of the nervous system?and, to the stir- j
prise of his friends, lie imagined himself a wo- j
man, and so impressed was he with the belief i
that he drove every male doctor out of the house '
and sent three miles after a good old lady who j
'or years had been nursing the sick, and 110th- j
itig would do TTut she must rub him and "doctorfy"
him exactly ns if he was a woman. The
old woman humored his whims even to making
him hot teas and gruel, and after ruhhing him
nn hour or two rite finally persuaded him the
crisis was over and that instead of a woman lie
Was a large full grown man. The regular phy- 1
Sudan rode home with mouth stretched, and the ! ,
whole neitrhhorhood orot in minli n iin?i- ii.m it.? I
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portly nnd dignified gentleman cannot appear j
on the church groninl Sundays without a smile > "
nil nronntl. Dr. Fnlgcr pronounces it the only \ (
case of ninlcrific mania he has ever kno?>n re- : ]
cortlc I in this country.?8r><tcn(S. C.) Journal, '
March 17. jC
Coxvtt rrn at EtntiTY Five. ? At the last term i
of Court mi ohl colored man named William
Wallace was convicted, in his absence, of hog ,
stealing and a sealed sentence was left by the .
lodge. At the time of the trill nothing was
known of his age or condition ; nnd it has since
become known that the old fellow did not know <
that he ought Income to Court, and had ho known ,
it he could not have come, on account of his feeble
condition. It is also quite certain that lie i
was really not guilty ; bis conviction arose fr.'.ni j 1
the fact that some meat was found in his house t f
which was I liought to be a part of the stolen hog : ,
but be bad just previously killed a bog of bis j
own. It would be next to impossible for the
old negro to steal a hog or anything else. Wil- '
liar is the first negro that Colonel Hopkins Wil- 1
I in ma ever owned and hr is 8.? years old. lie j
has not been arrested since bis conviction ;
and the Governor h is expressed his inleoiton of <
gianling him n pardon if the Jndgeand Solicitor
will recommend it. which lh:y will no :lonh: j
do.-?Newbtrrt/ l/fruhl ! c
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Becomixu Itrco.ni'ii,r.ii.?Within the paU ten , t
"lavs, off and on. we have conversed with many t
citizens from different sections of our County 1 j
concerning the stock law ; principally, however, j
with anti-stock law men. and honestly, it is quite
wonderful to see how rapidly opinion is reversing 8
if Molt' in rntfiinl i?x ?!.t? ? -t
.. i i.i kitriii cnnnge. strong t
nitti*slock law men nil ovtr tlie County openly ^
nnd sensibly acknowledge that they begin to see
the benefits of lite new lnw find that Ihey have
n In H'ly become reconciled toll. This wc g.iy x
honestly nml with the hest intention. Ami, if r
wo do not ntislnke the sign* of the times, by the j
next election the niitl-stock law candidate will
feel like the little hoy did when his mother |?nt 1
J.is filth '''rhnt on hint?"mighty lonesome " x
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?hc fiuiuhln Union Sinus.
U. M. SIOJvKS, Ktlllor.
UNION. FKIDAY, MAlU'll. :U 1882.
SUBSCRIPTION?82 00 FKK ANNUM.
ADVERTISING.
One square1 or one lucli. first insertion, - - $1.00
Kiw11 nihscotienl insertion, 7S
l.lliernl discount made to merchants and others adverUiiiK
for six months or liy the year.
Obituary Notices of ten lines or leas, inserted free.
" " over ten lines, charged as Advertiseueutx.
take: notice.
Citations, Notices to Creditors and
Notioos of Final Discharge must be
paid for before they will appear in
pur oolumus.
)ur Cotton Market.
The Market has been more lively the past
ivcck, with prices about tho same as at our last
report. Sales 105 bales at 8 (n) 11 J.
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BM)u Gen. ami Mrs. Grant are on n Southern
(our.
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Cr?&?. The Amazon river has overflowed atul
is waters are inundating towns, citios and provnces
along its banks.
ENi- Tlic great American- poet, Longfellow,
lied at his residence in Cambridge, Massachu?els,
lust Friday.
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tPuf" Nest Friday will be Good Friday
a ml the Sunday following Faster Sunday, the
last day of the Lenten season.
ECfX- At an election in Spartanburg last week
upon the question of appropriating $20,000 for
macadamizing the streets, only G votes were
cast against it.
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He liavc neither room or tlmo this week
for an extended notice of Holla Hyan's great
performances on Wednesday and Thursday
nights. We will tell all about it next week.
If you wish to keep the birds away from
your cherry trees, kill a hawk, skin nnd slulf
him with brau and lie him to a top branch of a
tree. One hawk will do for a small orchard.
Er*i? The store and stock of goods belonging
to Messrs Fox worth & Whitehead, at Marion
C. II., was entirely destroyed by fire last Thursday
night. l.oss $3,000, insurance 1,000.
EJ?i= Upon examination we find that the
freezes of last week killed nearly all the early
blooming peaches. Some of tlio pears are no
doubt killed. The apples and plums, heing later
in blooming, we hope will escape.
Et?. -Although heavy rains fell Sunday night
and Monday, our streets are in very good condition,
which is plain proof of the substantial
work done on them hy Mr. Grant with the new
mud and street machine. ?
BPDu. Noah 0wings, one of the clorcd exodusters
front Greenville to Arkansas, has returned.
lie sold out everything at half price logo to
Arkansas and then pawned his trunk for tnonev
to got back.
Mr. Nicholson lias for sale one of the must
convenient wagons we have ever seen. Besides
the usual body it has a lop body for hauling
leaves, hay or seed cotton, attached, and either
or both bodies can be taken off. We think it is
such a wagon as every farmer needs.
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In cou-'equence of the bursting of a hose
of one of the air-brakes on the Kast Tenn., Virginia
and Georgia railroad, near Kuoxvillc, last
Shinda/ morning, the passenger train was telescoped
by a freight train, scalding one man to
death and demolishing a SI7,000 palace car.
Two men, named Hamilton and Malone,
were arrested :t? Columbia on suspicisn of
being the parties who assaulted Mr. Paul C.
Trcnholm in Charleston. They are in jail at
Charleston. Mr. Treuholru has not fully recovered
his consciousness, hut is gaining strength.
Mr. Henry F. Means.
We had a very pleasant visit from this noble
gentleman last Wednesday. Mr. Means sold
his fine farm in this County last fall, to Mr. A.
I). Spears, tin J moved to Greenville, where lie
now resides with his son-in-law, Mr. W. ll.Ceiy.
In his icmoval Union lost and Grccnvillegaitied
a model citizen.
Struck with Paralysis.
.nr. u. v. Harris, an aged ami highly respcc
table farmer of this County, wo* prostrated with
a severe attack of paralysis while in town last
Saturday. We are pleased to learn lie is better,
bill lie is still confine I to his Vied. Mr. Harris
is over 80 years old, but up to the time of the
attack was a remarkably bale and active man.
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The "Southern World"
Is the inline of an admirably gotten up semimonthly
agricultural journal just started at Atlanta.
The first copy we have seen came to us last
week, and from its contents we pronounce it a
most excellent journal, worthy the pat otiage of
every Southern family, eitlierin town or country,
lis Ilia::!rations are supcrio# to nny we have
5ver seen in a Southern Agricultural Journal,
while its reading matter is both instructive and
ntercsling in every department. I'rice only SI
t year. Address. Southern World, Atlanta,
leo. - We arc not disposed to grumble, but we
lad to stand on our head to look at the picture
if the "Little lilac-Crown" right.
K C mpliment to Union.
"Self praise is no scandal," is an old proverb
vhicli one may be occasionally excused for the
ndulgenco,
A commercial reporter whose business is to
tolled facts touching the solvency and com*
nercial status of different sections, asserted that
10 town in South Carolina occupied a higher
position than Union, and that there had not been
t failure reported from this place la "Head
juartcrs ' in forty t/eart. Anil do our people
enow that the financial credit of Maine and 8 >utli
Carolina at this moment .stand at tlicliead of the
ist. May wo not he allowed to toss up our caps
it this ? ' |
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Fire in Richmond.
A fire occurred at Richmond, Vs., about noon
ast Sunday, destroying between $>00,000 and
5000,000 worth of property. It commenced at
he Southern end of the Richmond an I Petersturg
Railroad bridge, over the James river, and
ts progress was so rapid that in half an hour
he whole structure fell, leaving nothing but the
[raiiite pillars; on tho Riclitnon I side it burned
hrec large brick tobacco factories six largo lo>acco
fltemmeries, the Vulcan Iron Works,
wenly tenement houses,-about 300 feet of trestle
vork between the Tredegar Works and the Railcm!,
ten new freight cars, a grist mill, the Kaoin
works and a number of ether minor buildngs.
The conflagration was second only to that
vmch occurred nt tlic cvncunlion of die City in
V p ril 18bt>. |
The Columbia Election.
The ctcclion for Mayor nnd Aldermen of the
city of Columbia will bo held next Tuesday and
the people of that Municipality are much ex- rn
cited over It. There nro two caudidntcs for jot
Mayor in tlio field?t ol. John T. Rhelt, the reg- i ol
nlar nominee of the democratic party of that
city, and John Agnew, nominated, through the Ci
newspapers by that indefinite and indefinable | ui
quadruped, "Many Voters," who, having no M
party to start with, la expecting the many cle- an
ments and aliases ol the Kadiqil party to fol? bi
low his lend. He was Mayor of Columbia a few 0
years ngo and his record while in that high post* C
lion, as exposed by the democratic Committee, ni
was anything but honorable, and, compared with n<
the democratic administrations since the expen- hi
scs of the city government under his adminis- it
tration wero most extravagant. C
From the_showing made hy the committee we h>
j cannot believe tliero are enough voters in that it
guuu coy so recreant to all tlio nictates or lion- 01
orablo citizenship ami tho best interests of the le
city to elect a matt who heretofore proved to d
bo so utterly unworthy the confidence of the
people. et
The true people of the Stato arc anxiously tl
wailing to hear front the first gun fired in this b
year's campaign. Its effect upon the enemies of o
peace and good government will be felt, for weal a
or woe. all over the Stato ; and we call upon the n
democrats of Columbia to send us such a report s
of next Tuesday's fight ngainst radicalism and its q
Greenback and Independent allies as will infuse d
new life and zeal into'.hv hearts of their friends
throughout the State. '*
woman's National Christian Temperance Union. ^
The most extraordinary success is attending ^
the organization throughout litis entire country.
The intelligence comes from all quarters. North ^
and South, tlint the women are giving it tl*??ir
hearty influence and co-operation. Without com- j
promising her womanly instincts it furnishes plan
by which every lady can make herselt fel (
for good, as never before, and we predict ns i's o
results lasting benefits to the country. j,
Mrs. Chapin, of Charleston, a Vice President
of the Society, is having splendid success in
org in t zing local Unicns in this State.?*Thc en* c
thusiastn she has created in some communities
seems to increase the more she comes in contact ^
with the people in her present capacity. I
This gifted lady will arrive in our Town to.
day, (Friday) for the purpose of organizing a
' Woman's Christian Temperance Union." We j
arc not advised as to her plan of operation, but
wc hope the ladies of Union will unite in giving f
her a enrial welcomed and . assi&J ftlLh) their
power in making ilia u "!rn? i
is eneimcd sffM" t
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Kr.t r youk kyks on Tur.m.?'I lie Saluda Ar- .
ffitx says ; "It is rumored that United States
detectives, disguised as peddlers, drummers, 1
lainimcrs, show men. gamblers and all sorts of
fellows, are to travel about ilio nnnmn.
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to pump Democrats and gel ?p lies and evidence
l I rue or false, against our persecuted citizens.
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It is always so a few months before an elec- c
tion in tliis Stale. These fellows cotnc here ?
and get intocon versa)ion with persons entertain- v
ing extreme politictl opinions and express those t
opinions freely on all occasions, and whether
they are persons of any influence or not, what c
they say is colored highly and reported at the (
North as the sentiments pervading the South, l
The same?often more extreme?sentiments are p
uttered hourly at the North and no political j
importance is attached to them, but when ut- t
tcred this side of Mason & Dixon's;Jinc, in |
the presence of one of those Radical spies, sent t
here expressly to manufacture political capital |
for use in exciting the timid and ignorant voters g
of the North against the So ith. it is sounded in t
their ears as the tocsin for "another rebellion," s
"anarchy and oppression reigns supreme at the I j
San tit," (ic., and the people throughout the 1 c
country are appealed to to put down the | -]
gathering strength of the National democratic ' \
party, as thus infamously and iniliciutisly mis- ,{
represented by a set of hired political emiutssa- i
ries. Wo would not ask our people of the demo- (
eralio party at the South to stippross their lion - j g
estly conceived political opinions?it is one of |
their inalienable rights as American citizens- j
but we advise a constant watch of I lie move ^
nicnts, day and night, of all who come among
them under the g irb of officers or traveling Intsi- j
ness agents. v
The good and truo men of the South ask 110 | >
favors. Tlioy invito invest igitijtn ani^deipand ] t
an honest anil truthful report of their condition, ! s
their motives an'l their interests, socially ina- ! |
terial and political.
A Thieving Mail Kider.
Sam Hutchinson, colored, the mnil rider be- *
tween Luironsville and Greenwood, n lew days c
since, stole a package of money sent by Mnj. T ]
It. Anderson from Waterloo to Lsiurensville, containing
$^i:l 8t?. The thief is now in jail at
Greenville awaiting trial. 1
We arc a little surprised that, under the pres- c
unt plan of employing Mail riders, the cross "
mails throughout the South are not more fre- I '
qtienily robbed than they are. We venture ,s
the nssertion t tat more than half the mail riders *
at the South are negros, picked up at the lowest '
wages and without the least regard to their char '
actor. Some of them have been convicted of '
stealing and oilier crimes, from burglary to petty 1
| larceny, and served tornit in the penitentiary or i 0
County jail, but that is not i?li?n ;?i.. I n
| ration- I hoy work cheap ami riding through the
country in more congenial einployn out than any- '
thing requring muscular effort. A $o note would 8
buy many of.them to give anot her thief a chance (
to get into the mail bag, even of they were (
afra id lo do it themselves. No man xltould be (
allowed lo "ride the mail," whose character for I
honesty and sobriety is in the least doubted. ]
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Caution to Loafers. )
It may not be known to our readers that the
llailroad law passed at the last sessi in of th^ ,
legislature declares conductors of railroad trains, (
station.or depot agents, to bo conservators of (
the pence, and empowers them to arrest any (
porson loitering, without right, in any station ,
house or upon the platform or grounds adjacent* (
belonging to the railroad, and imposes a fino of f
not less than two nor more than twenty dollars (
l upon every person so offending. Mr. Counts |
informs us that he has ocdors to strictly enforce i g
the law and he is determined to obey the orders. _
Ho look out, loafers around the depot. - ? ,
We shall publish those seotio.is of the law -t j
bearing upon this matter next week. I g
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V.UHMHM Minium rappnn Thompson, editor of
the Savannah Newn, and one of the bent known j
writers in the South, died nt his home in Savan- i
null lost Friday evening. Me will 1^ better n
known as the author of Major .Jot?*?t Court- T
ship. J o
For the Times.
Bare and Beautiful Traea.
The history of the origin nnd distribution of
ire and beautiful trees hits always been a source
pleasure to the naturalist as well as the lover
" Nature's beauties.
.Among the many rare trees in our country the
ftlalpa has attraoted the especial notice of oir
ost distinguished botanists and travelers,
[ichnux, who classes it **Bignonia Catalpa,'*
lys it is found in tho Atlantic states, on the
tnks of the river Savannah, near Augusta,
a., and. West of tho Alleghanies, on the
umhcrlnnd. Nuttnl, another distinguished
ulhority, says it is decidedly indigcous
to the United States, and appears to
ave been introduced by tho aboriginees, hence
s name, Catawba, from a tribe of Indians on the
atawba river. In most of the habitnts where
e-has found it he is decidedly of the opinion
has oeeti introduced. It has been also found
a tlic banks of the Wabash and in various other
icalities, all indicating that it had been introuccd
by the seeds.
Dr Brendcl cites Woffenheim, s German foriter,
in his notes on American Trees, who says
to tree is original in Florida and Carolina,
ut has been introduced North. He also speaks
f "Bignonia Catalpa" as a native of Virginia
nd Carolina, and also of Japan ami the Bahnlas.
Torrey, in his Flora of the United States,
ays it has evidently bean introduced, and
notes Nutlal's remark that it had been introuced
by the aboriginies.
Dr Asa Gray, of Massachusetts, Mr. Wood
ud Dr. Darlington, of Pennsylvania, speak of
|? naitvo- i
pecimetis in the West of Loudon, England, were
rought bj Calesby from the Carolinas and
le> rgia. In tho climate of Scotland it hecomes
Imost herbacious, and in Russia it is a hot-house
dant. It is likewise found in Austria, China,
apnn nnd France. The rapid growth of this
rce. its rare beauty and easy propagation from
he seed, have led to its general ditfusi)n, not
inly for its ornamental properties, but from a
>elief that it would bo valuable in reforesting
, country. But it has been demonstrated that
he Carolina Cat*1 pa could not stand the climate
if the more Northern sections. In the hunt after
i tree for reforesting the prairie region, a Caalpa
has been found?its native habi.nl in
ligher latitudes, hardy, rapid growth and easily
tropagated, wood valuable for various purposes.
The Botanists call it "Catalpa Spcciosa." It
s tall, erect, and valuable for its lumber as well
is its beauty, it has been rapidly propagated
hroughout all the cilia? "n*1 ?---rT,c West,
^nnmrious of it tuny bo seen on the Prai*
ies. The seed of this variety may be obtained
'roni nny of the Western Nurserymen, and it
lescrves especial notice in a country rapidly
icing stripped of either useful or beautiful
recs.
For the Times.
'Mark how a plain tale will put him down."
All communities, have been afflicted from time
vhcrcunto the memory of man runneth not, with
lonstitutionnl grumblers?men who never see
iny good around their own homes and are alvnys
croaking about our people being llourbons,
ichiiid the age, non-progressive, and all that.
V man makes a run to New York or Boston and
tomes home impressed wonderfully by the eulure,
intelligence and wealth of ynnkeo land,
ts institutions of learning, educational advantages,
diversified intelligence, are a constant theme
n contrast and disparagement to the land of his
iriii. Of late that puzzling thing, statistics, has
teen making styiinge revelations, which wc 00111iicnd
to the croakers. l)r. Curry, in an address
lefore the American Institution of Instruction,
lays : "The South, before the war, in proporinn
In .ol.iln nnn.. 1.. . I....
.... ........ ......... .....11, iiviii111:111 lor man,
lustained a larger number of colleces, with more
mifessors. more stu lent.s ami a greater annual
sist, than was <lone in any section of the Union.
Die same tiling is true of academics an<l p 11 ate
schools. If the census of the United States
iiiihoritic.v he correct, the while population o'
he Notlltern Sta:e? in 'hat year was nearly 19.>00.000,
and of the Southern States a little over
I.OIK),(XX). At that time the North had 205 colegos,
the South '202. The North had 1.407
irofessors, the South 1,188. The North iiad
19,011 student's thoSiulh 27,055. The North
laid for these colleges ?1,511,298, the South
>1,15(12.119." should i. be a mailer of wonder
villi such a showing as this, that the South so
oiig wielded such a power in the councils of
he Government, or that "Southern supremacy"
ihottlil have been the bete niir of I'uritati New
ingla n I 7
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Sparc the Birds.
The introduction of the freedman and the
dienpucss of fowling pieces have pretty well
!Xtermin?ii?d ilm i.?..? -.f 1
- \fi ivmncrvi songsters.
Clie birds of domestic habits which frequented
lie groves nhoiit human habitations have been
lie grcate it sufferers. The small boy, while or
lolured, can creep up on these innocent victims
ind exult in the explosion of his fowling piece.
Vmoug the few good things done by the llndicul
iolons was a law to prevent the killing of birds
vitliin certain seasons; hut it does not seem to
le any tiling but n dead letter. Kvery thing,
'roni a buzzard down to a bouse wren, that comes
vitliin the range of the small boy's "shooting
ron'1 coin09 to grief?if not killed it is crippled
ir scared off the premises. Bir Is are among
ur greatest benefactors and should be protected.
)ur crops would be destroyed by insects were
t not for tbeir watchful eye ; nnd whoso ear is
.0 dull to the melody of sweet sounds as not to
injoy the sweet notes of the song sparrow, the
nellow songof thethrush, or tho rollicking trills
iflhe Mocking Bird? Youngstor, wo pray you
>ut up thy gun, anil spare I lie birds.
loath of a Good Man
Dr. J. F. E. Hardy, one of the oldest ond best
nen in the country, died at his residence near
\sheville. N. C., on the 19th inst, aged 80 years,
Hany of the old citnens of this State will renember
the refined and liberal hospitality they
injoyed at Dr. Hardy's elegant, mountain homo
init helium. If we are not mistaken, ho was a
talivo of this Slate, and was born near May>i
ntnn in Van-U,... O ? _. ? " *
... ~ j vyuuuij, u ntori unately
or hia comfort in ?lio declining days of his
ife, his "heart was too big" for his means.
Ie was generous and hospitable to a fault, oon.
er|iiently he died a very poor man in this world's
;ooda. If it be true that "charityoovers similitude
of ains," Dr. Hardy rests in peace now
or in his prosperous days hia charities knew ro
tation, race or condition, but were extended to
dl with a lavish band.
Thk Mason Fran.?The Baltimore American
liekle subscription for Hergeant Mason's wife
nd child amounted on Tuesday to $157 C>-2.?
ho amontit received in Washington was upwards
f one thousand dollars.
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A Covert Attaoto on Hampton's Charaster Exposed.
Wasii.nutom, March 27.?That John Sherman n
is a political trickster nud a peculator of public ?
moneys few people doubt after the developments *
of tho last Presidential campaign and the outturn '
of the treasury investigation ; but here is proof 1
that he carries his scoundrelistn into private as f
well as publio life : *
Everybody knows that since Senator Hampton ~
convicted William Tecutuseli Sherman of lying,
in regard to the burning ?f Columbia, the Sher i
man family have been very bitter against him. (
It will also be remembered that during the last i
Presidential campaign John Sherman, thcnsecre- n
lary'of the treasury, laid bare his vulgar spite t
by replying to a courteous letter of inquiry i
from Senator Hampton with an open letter, most r
offensive in its terms, and very insulting to the t
people of South Carolina. Soon after this the ?
notorious South Carolina Radical aud icncgade
white man, Hollin H. Kirk, then employed in l
the treasury here, published a scurrilous and
libellous attack upon Senator Hampton, charging
him with having aided in murdering a score
of negroes in Mississippi, and with such other
offences as a villanous imaginnti on could conjure
up. The letter was circulated by the Re
publicans during the lust Presidential campaign 1
throughout the West. Upon Sherman's exit from
the treasury Kirk lost his place there. A month <
or two ngo he was reinstated, anil almost siinultaneously
his wretched campaign lies were re- <
published by a^scuvengor sheet in Charles- i
ton.
Upon this several of Senator Hampton's
friends determined to look into the mailer. Here
was an employee of the Government occupied in
circulating the most aloniinabte frtl8eho?J,, "
against a Senator. The attacks wp" personal,
not politic*". ??"' n* Such could iustly he object- .
ed to. Secretary Folger wits seen ft.xd the facts !
laid before him. lie promptly admitted thnt '
Kirk's course was a sufficient cause for tiis dischoree..
He mciiI fo?.Kirk aud interrogated him.
Kirk admitted having written the letter, nut
begged the secretary with tears in his eyes not '
to discharge him, as lie had a wife and six childicn
to support. The attnek, he declared, was
ordered by a superior official,
Mr. Folgor comtrindented these facts to Senator
Hampton and offered to discharge Kirk from
office if lie desired it. Senator Hampton leplied
that lie would spare him, lint that he wished to
know who had incited the publication. Kirk,
upon hearing thi*. stated that the official was
Secretary Sherman, and produced a le-.tcr from
the Secretary to prove the fact. This letter was
read by Senator Hampton and others and was
returned to its owner.
It scctns that Kirk first wrote to I h?j secretary,
who replied in substance as follows ; "In my
position I cannot notice these things, hut I wish
that you, or some one else, would make a formal
statement of tiic kind against Hampton." ?
Kirk said that coming from the highest treasury
officer lie regarded the letter as an order, and
lie also asserted that Sherman promised, if he
wag uisciiftrge<l from flic treasury, to get liim ft
plnco ftt the Capitol.
Thefacts have been leaking out gradually,
mid tlicy arc known to several Senators, who declare
it the most dastardly act they ever heard of.
Mere was I ho secretary of the treasury of the
United States employing the venom of his subordinate
to strike at the personal character of a
Senator. The cowardly brute who hires the
services of an assassin to murder his opponent
is as respectable.? Cor. JN'eirt ami Courier.
?
A Feast of the Gallows.
CbAinriKLti, Tknn., .March 24.?J.^t. Neveling.
convicted of the murder of Si^nuel Honnington,
oil February 17th, was hanged here at
1U.2-) this tnurniug.
Ptrrsnuno, Pa.", March 24.? In the County
Court yard in this city, at noon to-day, Kdgar
Frank Smalls was hanged for the murder ^
I Nicholas Ja ohy, i.i JaiiuarygclS"')' lie protested
his innocence and irnjusled the rope
around his neck himself.
Hock Isi.ani>, It.t... March 21.?To-day at 1 ,;10
P. M., William lleilewag>n \^s hanged for the
murder of his daiightcr-iu-^v DoA. on the
night of theothof last September. ^
Anukmnk, N. Y., March 24.?John MaCarty
was hanged here at noon for the murder of Maekay,
nt Kiohburg, in December last. He made
a statement nnd said-he would commit the same
crime under the same circumstances and thai lie
killed Maokay in self-defence.
IIAitttisiit iui, Pa., March 24.? Frank and
Henry Huiuhor were hanged at lit.40 o'clock
this inorniii /, for the murder and robbery of
Daniel Trout man in November, 1880.
Mtntit.i.iitMtu, N. II., March 24.?Jonathan
Meyer was hanged here to-day for the murder
and robbery of John Kintxelcr ati<l his wife
Urelchen, December 1st 1877.
Coi.lanltd a.;i> riiK Qospkl.? Lust Sunday |
I night Sammy Sanders and ft big stick scnttcrc<l :
It tie congregation at t lie Colored baptist Clittrch
in l??s?? time than the combined cries of mail dog,
smallpox and tire could li.tvc done. Kev. Mr.
' Hice had preached a very impressive sermon,
| nnd at its close called for mourners. During
1 the spirited singing of an emotion I hymn Sammy
I Sunders came up tlie aisle. Instead of heading !
for the flltnr he turned aside and interviewed Mr.
Carolina Divers. After a short conference he
I retired in good order, but soon*returned with a
: long stick, with which he earnestly belabored
! Mr. Rivers, a lie exercises were suddenly
j changed into a tumultuous mass meeting, and 1
: men, women nnd children hastily left the church '
! and sought snfely at home. Sammy defied '
I arrest and went off conqueror of a congregation. I
I On Monday lie appeared before Jusiice Hay nnd '
; gave bond for bis appearance at the next term
I of Court. It is said the difficulty ogriginnted |
1 through a misunderstanding about cabbage |
I plants.? Bttrntcell People. r
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I Tiik Most Stupkxiious Liar.?There Is 1 liar 1
| named Joseph Mullintian at Louisville, Ky.. who {
for seven years has been deceiving the news
papers and the people with stories of grimes
which were never committed and disc iveries
which were never made. His latest "ho ix," as
he calls it. was thti description of a wo dcrful
caveat Litchfield, Ky., a cave of marveh us size
and dazzling beauty, containing iiierogl rphics,
mummies, pyramids, n.id Masonic cmbfems of
great scientific value. Then lie wrote dthcr ar
ucies ienilift el I!:e vast crowds of peopl^ which I
flocked to the cave and were dutnfuundeil with
the wonders of it. Not a few persons, it is said, |
traveled many miles to see the cave, vasting i
moro iirti* find money thin thoy could moll afford.
All this is very gratifying (0 the li ir. who |
appears very.proud of his feats in fulsohood.?
He has earned the high distinction cf being
the most stupendous liar in the land, and he is
certainly as mean as any out of jail.
A Mukdkrkk Bscapis.?'laradeni, S. C , Mai oh
Uo.?James J. Clyburn. convicted of the murder
of Alexander Sheorn and sentenced to I t hung
on the 17th instant, and respited by thi Governor
until the 14th of April, made his esei pe from
jail this morning about 9 o clock by borihg holes
with a giudet in ;he tioor until hemadoijn opening
large enough for his body to pass through.
Though he was seen by several poisons while
he was making his way towards I ha liver
the alarm was not given for some time after he
escaped.?Special to Columbia Reyitlor.
MtJTI LATINflOnl.il Cm v ?*
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22.?A man giving the nnmeof Eugene V. Clad
wu arrested iI?ih evening nt No. (>08 Arch street,
where he was found at work with a Intheon a
number of rieces of gold coin, illis plan was
to take a $5 gold pleoe, saw off the top so that
the milling was not disturbed, take out about
$2 40 of gold from it. and then All the onvity
with platinum and At the pieoee together again.
Several pieces of the mutilated coin were found
on his person and in his fonm. |
Dropprd I)e.at>.?Columhns. fla., March 2A.?
L. T. Downing, a prominent lawyer and United
States oominissioner, dropped dead about 0
o'clock last night.
Mr. H. l\ Hummed, of the Piedmont Mills,
ha* just shipped 21)0 hales < f his Cheviot* to
! China, upon an order from the Celestial Empire.
' ?(? recti n7/? Newt,
Farml&^inu^^Tute. 5*8
UAiiLisaruN.?Com plnDtng is ia fall blast
ml our farmers are putting tho seed lu the
;round with brave hopes of no mm miaul harvest
vbich will o ml all our trials. .We trust that tbo
iletsing inny be realizeil. The country wuS
tever so greon with young grain at noy former
period of her history, in all directions may
>e seen "sweet fields arrayed in living groen."
?Florence Timet.
The stock law is all right ; it suits tho majorty
of the people. Everything looks prosperous
? r a successful year ; farmers are hard at work, if
ileuty of small grain, more than ever before,
md it is looking well. Not ns mu?h fertiliser
vill be nsed as last year: homo manufactured
nanure is taking its place. Labor is plentiful*
it fair wages and hands working well; last year's ^
Irought broke up n good many of the ox farms,
md this labor is put to belter use.?Xeirs.
Abbeville.?Captain R. B. Cade was in town ..
Ifomlnv. Ho Ima l.i? ?n?n r.l~..I~.l * ,Ww '> ^
lp. lie has n high opinio:! of Dourn corn,
vliich he has given n (rial. The while variety
will make as good Hour us Alabntna wheat and
s particularly good for making loaf broad.?
Jnpiain Cade has the best stock in this s.ction
md has lately added to his yard a blooded station.?
Medium.
WilliAMsnrna.?The prospect of a bountiful i
'ruit crop wns never more protnisiug. A great
piantity of guano has been shipped to this place
"or this senson. The oat crop in this section is
inc. Some of the farmers are planting, others
ire busy preparing.?Herald.
Tub "viost Liberal Men on ^ahI"-tt<>
, tnily about the PubliM??? "r Southern Mutieal
Journal., nnd she wns about right. Thegifts
hat they givo to subscribers, would well bctit a
ting. In 1874. they gave It. W. Jamison, of
Vlacon, Ga a splendid Piano, and in 1878, anotli>ne
to Mrs. Kowland ; in 1880. another Piano
,o the Savannah Masonic Fair, fof Christmas,. *" ?
1882, to Mrs. .It. Molina, a $0o Sewing Machine, ,:s *
?nd on March 1st, to Mr. J. F. Genrun, a $22
Baby Organ. Now for April 1st., they will give
iway a SoO Gold Watch ntnutig subscribers only.
One Dollar secures th o Journal for a whole year,
and a Ticket in the Premium Drawing. Send
your Dollar quick., nnd it will be in time. Address
the Publishers.
LUDDEN & BATES, Savannah, Ga.
improvement flv tiik Mluuminiil lime
Washington, March 24.?The Senate Committee
on tlie Improvement of the Mississippi River
ami its tributaries agreed this morning upon n
hill appropriating $5. 000, 000 for the improvement
of the Mississippi, and $1,000,000 for
the Missouri River, to he expended under
direction of the Secretary of War in accordance
w.th 'he plans of the Mississippi River Improve-,
ent Commission. Part of the appropriation _
for the Mississippi is to be male immediately
available, in order to repair, as quickly as possible,
some of the damage caused by the recent
tluods.
Murk Jewish Pkiisroi'tion.?Vienna, March
'2:1.?A very arbitrary order ivus promulgated -<4? *'.!
in St. Petersburg to-day, commanding the Jewish
apothecaries in that city to rotfnguish their
business. The order is const ruled as a defiance
of the remonstrances which have been made by
English, German. French nnd Austrian Jews
aglitis* the persecutions to which their co-religionists
in Russia have been subjected, and a
declaration that Russia will pay no attention to
the appeals made \o her by all the rest of the
civilized world on the subject. General Ignnlielf
is now the real ruler of Russia, and his
word overrules everything.
June Mohley, colored, the prcstinc Radical
politician and agitator who represented Uni in
S. 0., in the Stale Senate dnring the "strawberry
and cream" days of Radicalism, has for some
time been stationed at Idncnliiloii, North Carolina,
where he preaches to a large colored congregation.
Not withstanding that his citizenship is
therefore in North Carolina we observe all the same
that he recently represented 1'nion in tho
recent gathering of -'the brains of the party"
at Columbia.? Cbetter linlletin.
V
i iitt i n i a Horrors.?Charlottesville, Va.f
March 24.?The Coroner's jnry which has been
investigating for several days the facts regarding
the murder of John O. Massey nnd wife
rendered a verdict lo day charging I.oe and Jim
Hit ties with the crime Jim. the chief party
to the horrible ceil, is still at lnrge,
1?. T. Madison, former Sheriff of Albemarle
County, cut his tin oat this morning, at Eailcsvillc.
?
Firk at Graham's.?Graham's. South Carolina
Railway, March 24. ?For the second or
third time within a short period Mr. E R. Hay,
of this place, has sustaiiie I serious losses by fire*
Hi the night of thc22d inst. his mills, gin nnd
fifiv thousand feet of lumber, about I .Odd bushels
of cotton seed, together walk all his machinery.
were totally destroyed by lire, f/oss $ 1,(100'.
No insurance
Wiiittakkr I,ami on titk SilKLF.--Washington.
March 21.?The Secretary of War has issued
a special order discharging Cadet J. C.
Whittnkcr from the Military Academy on the
recommendation of the Academic Hoard, because
of deficiency in studies.
De At n of Coi? Rouf.rt 0. Poo lb. ?Col. Robert
0. Poole "lied at the residence of his sonMr.
Giles Poole, in this city, Inst Thursday morning,
March 23, in the fkMh yei?v of hisagc. lie
had been in failing health for some lime, but was
only confined to his bed about J?ix days by his
lnet illness.? Spartanburg Herald.
Cotton Shipments. ? During the month of
February, 1882, 2.983 bales of cotton w#rejfc^
shipped from Chester. Total shipments
i st or September, 20.380 hales;
more Ihun for lie corresponding period
?Chtsltr Reporter.
I
CUNNINGHAM?M ALONE.-Married!
*22<l I ho resilience of I he bride's
Mrs. Ann hy Iter. J. U. v> ''s"| |
Jamks G. Cunningham, now of Laurens, 'HI
of Union Couuly, lo Miss Sallik C. M ai^^|B^HjH^^|
8MARR-GILMORB? onHBH^fHl
lie residence of (he bride's
Rev. J. 8. Bailey, W. P. Smash
Coanly, to Mis* A. Gilmohb, of Unlo^^^Hg^|^9^^|
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April
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Charily McDowell, (c.) January T1 is
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