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ORUANiy.ATION ok til k RoANOKK ami) Sol 111k.RN Railroad Company.? Roasokk Va., April lit).?Large delegations from the sections interested in tlie organization of the Roanoke and Southern Railroad assembled here to-day for conference and organization. There wore present fourteen citizens of Henry County, Va., uioro than thirty from various sections of | North Carolina, and about twenty frora South I Carolina, representing iu the nggrccato many millions of corporated and individual wealth. A public conference was held, lasting nearly five hours, iu which the views of the delegates irora lleury County and the Oarolinas were expressed. Winston, Salem, Mocksville, l.incolntou. Charlotte, Moresville, Stoncville, Madison, Ashcville, Statesvillc, Wilksboro' and Morganton, in North ''arolina, and Spartanburg, Union, Greenville, l.ancaster and Laurens in South Carolina, were heard through one or more of their representatives. The company being of Virginia origin, and all tho Htrtl'lf t.*??u foe I I L''~* ?* ouuuiiuv; i hiring in linn the Carolinas could participate only so far as to express views rcgurdiug routes an<l offering in ducemcnts, based upon the one selected. Among the participants were Capt. Keel and Dr. J. M. Suiitli, of llcnry County, V i: F. J. Stone, lion. J. \V. Ilnxtnn, William Cries, A. Leaser, W. A. (iraliatn, lion. T. D. Joiinsoii, Dr. J. II. McAdcn, K. M. Kites, Co'. C. IP Jones, J. II. Weddingtuii, Major S. McD. Tale and Calvin Cowles, of Nortli Carolina, and Mr. D. II. Duncan, II. II. Hobo, Win. Munroe. \V. II. Ferguson. It C. Miller. I.eroy Springs, W. D. frontlialI, \V. L. Mai len and M. F. \n<el, of SoutIt Carolina. A letter was read from Vice President Spen cer, of the Kaltimoro and (?hio Itoal. expressive of interest iti the enterprise, and nun uncing the dcteriiuuati >n of that company to con struct their line south from Lexington in ISsT. The conference exhibited a line spirit throughout, although there is evident rivalry between Churl Ute, V an I Spar'anbiirg, S. tThe burden of every speceli male was the merciless exactions of the Kicluuotid A Danville system, by which all of them are aliened, tireat enthusiasm was manifested throughout the meeting, and strong determination wis expressed to rid tlu'inselves of the Kichuioiid \ Danville s exactions by building tin independent road. Largo sums of money were offered on those conditions by townships, towns, cities and individuals. Many of them proposed to give the road the right of way through their counties and furnish money liesi les. All that they required was that the company should be organized on business principles and with no room for gobbling up. W inst m an ' Charlotte. N. C., were especially liberal in their offers, while the representativo of one township in North Carolina was iiuth"i 1 by bis ooiisiitucitcy to gin lc ih- road through the township, and also snhscrihe in individual subscription. The meeting adjourned until u clock. Col. Houston intimated in his speech accepting tlu> |> c iinii that t'ic problem to tic solved was witli reference to getting through 'he county of l-Yiiiiklvii. I'.nt the directors would aid Iiiiii. ht'ho|ic<l. to surmount thit oliUncli'. There wns un nuiiicucc ot'nearly one thous-iti'l present, who evince.t the deepest interest in the scheme. The meeting adjourned iiiuut great eiithu->i'isin. with every present prospect of ultimate success. l>i:viiiot I sur it lit in. Fall rr Atirahnin J. I! van. tile "poet priest of the Soulh" died a' the I'Vnneiscin iiioii i-ti i v in Louisville on I'riilny night. lie went to that city shout a month ago 1-001 the t' t'liolie institute .M Heading near I neiunati. lie became ill with or game Lent <li?cu?c liortly alierwnrils an I grew steadily worse, r .r several -lays proceeding his Ie ith his inili'l wandered an I he talki"! pitifully of his eventful !:ic <liiriug the war an I preached Io imigiuary congrcg i lions, lie s thsiile.l into i coni.itoso state tlie 11 ay before he died. ironi which lie never aroused. Father Hyatt was l orn in Virginia in 1st M. ile was educated for the priesthood. flic war having b'oken out just as lie was "f age. and his brother entering the army. Father Uy.an a'so followed its fortunes in a sacerdotal ci paciiv. Luring llieso years he was the warm 1 riettd of I'-ishop '.'ueenland, of Mobile. At the close of the w ir lie wes located for n time at Nashville, and later at. ('larkisville. For a number ef ye irs lie was at I'.iloxi. Miss., near I'.eauvoir. the ret . t of .lelfersoii Lav's. ami there heheeaine more closely the friend of the ex-prte idvM of the < hife>lerney. In he was fo ' a lime at I. >ston college and at Montreal, and lit. - in t ie a beiure tour of the lion iicru mains. n<' is uesi KUiwit as a Con- I irihutnr t ? l? malm's Ma : I..ilit* !?u 1 other lrivli atholie |icrio..'ruN ami as the audi -r of a volume of poetry "Always in a Hurry.' Ilo was a !_. i iiilmir'-r of I: ihcrt 11. I.oe, an<l one of his p'iciiis is in in* the pwor-l iif the hero general. * author j' join is on the pools brothor, who w:> kill** 1 in battle. Hue of die iiios. striking fiucio of the | onus ;s male a vigiiClio for the lir i pages. 1 lie southern flag is living ah it tin*.).i 'h the clou is id die stars an i hotiealh runs die lo/eml. wrought into the heavens. * T!ie w.irrinr s banner tikes it- tlight to greet the wa rior s soul. - - Tilr. IIumi:-ri:\i? l.uv The following extraet from an ahlc clitoriul in the \ewherry C.v? Voices our opinion of ilie homcsleail law, ami photrs piai'i'y die almost insurmountable barrier it estiihlishes again*'. the ireilii ami business prospects in' young men of limit** 1 means, although they may posses al' liie highe-t <|iia!itics of eharae.er lor suecessfu 1 business men Without die !I iinestea I haw a man couM ohtain crc lii I . die extent of liis proper y s value. There tire liumlreils of young men. linril-worUiiiT. honest m l economie.ih who own small | ropersie-. hut whose crdlii is worth nothing t" itietii. They ire known to ho honest, hut tIt *y arcku iwti to he uoirtul also. 'Their personai iii-it- - long as they !i\e might he perfect';, g'O i, even without tli" security of a mortga l ot sh ul 1 t hoy .l c owing unsecnreT debts. Ill'- ' iw - o| < in an i ?ays they shall not lie j ?! 1 W-'h mt the Homestead I r.v a few , young men of -mall tin ins in a cotnuiunity ^ won! 1 he amj ! : -c airily for each other in hor rowing in >iiov (: m die hanks or from private parties. \< it is now. the n *( of one young i man worth fr on -"J," to .nit, although en , ilorse 1 hy a 1 en otiier- oacit worth a like amount. .1 I n t l>o e iti-i.lcre I goo I j ai er A . . i i > i " HII'I ? > i it ii eeie I. i Ollii'i|l!cnilV, inMc:i I ' of being lib'..* i i I rr-.v money :it a reasonable percent.. ant buying l?. ^ linn supplies nil I other tilings lor rash, he is Ci>ntpello< 1 to give , a lien on his ei >p ;n I gel Ins supplies a; a uni-t exurb'.tant | i'; 'c or e! lie mw-t ! Cover Ins .ml with a mortgage ami even that < ?which may be u-;ar.lcl as a lo-s evil a. between lien an I rtirage eanti t ulw iys be ' ilone. for lie cat.not a wav- fuel a private in li velnal to leu I iiini tin annoy an I the batin are forbiii leti by Jaw t i len I neouy n real e~ lute. \ man - property shou'el constiiotc his basis of cre lit 15'tl ilit- canti it be s i as Joi g :Vs tho llwtnesie'i'l I.aw start N m the way. We be lieve that tlie pr pie of the Mote, in their in ilivi'litil .as well as their collective capniiiy wotil-l he better oil vviihont the llomesteal It is an itieiibus oil business enterpr so. especi ally on the enterprise of the young men of the Stale. A ( ....... .. I ....... . I . ...... - " r... , .,.1 . Coleman. schr. Weymofh, plyhiji hetwocti Atlantio City mi l N. V.. had been troubled with a cough -'> tint lit- was unable to sleep, au 1 was induct' 1 to try I?r. Kiiijj a New lu^covery for Consumption. It not only gave him instant relicf, I'ltl ft! I aye I tlic citrcuio soreness in his breast. 11i? children were similarly nit cted and a single d sc had the same happy result in the Coleman household and en board the schooner. Free Trial b dtle of th.s Slunatd Remedy at J. W. J'oaey s Drug riiore. < SiThe ffOlechly (Arm (Timc.'i It. >1. STOKES, Editor. E 1* Mt KISSK K, I .oral Editor. UNION, UUIOAV. Al'llll. :o IS*.;. SUBSCRIPTION ? 5S2 00 ELK ANNUM. ADVEKTIS1N0. All lo^ul :t'lvfrlU?,tiK*ul> a*? ?l at tlie rule <l< * VIMIM*! I? V I .IV t?ar? 'apt. I lios. (joiner liasjiccu re-ippoitited Supervisor of licnistration tor litis county. ? ZxTtf" A pressure of Job Work this week has kept us so busy that we had to neglect the paper somewhat. Iceil Soda Water wit It choice fruit syrups, ut Itm-lihei' lltkery. - UffV- A good n it* I ttiitr'y rain <atnc Weil tie lay night, tna'iing nil things in tieM himI garden look bright ati'l hopeful. liev T. I.- (iirar'leaii, It. It., ?;t< instn'le'l Pastor if tin* Second I'rvliy.ititt'i elm: e!i at Columbia, la?t Sunday. ? - - ?t Oa. The I ute-t repot-, from tlie ryeloue in Minnesota. gives 'he niiintier of death*. ulrea'ly. as 7"?, with many others unaccounted for or i i very rritical rotidilions. Wlicu you want lee Cold .Soda Water, witli pit re Fruit syrups, no to liticlt licit s. BFJ\- We see in the sale of ycarl-tig colts a. I'.ell Meade. 'IVilli., hft Tne.-il'iy, that Mr. .las. Monro of this County, purchase I a hrown lillv, i?ter to the celebrated liiggonctie, l>y ISratnhle. . ? ? ? p*-jY" t'apt. W. M. tiihbs, of die Union Hotel, is building a convenient Itiuner House alongside i!?? li.ii!fn.i l track, ju-t above tin- iiii!i"i'l depot, lur tlio fuuveilience <>f passenger-' on the run'I. - Arctic So la Water from Tiillt's I'atent fountain. for sale al the U.ikery. ftajf? The owners of the eelebrnteil (ilenn Springs, propose to commence to ileliver water from 111?i - valuable Mineral Spring, at the floors of the citizens of I'nioii. on iho S'li "lay of May, aii'l every three iluys thereafter, or oftcncr, if the patronage wilt wa ram them. The price will tie centper gallon, au-l the water will be fro?h from tbe spring. I?r. t? It. Mayer, of Newberry, says of the tilen i Springs wmer: "I cannot titi?l worils t i ex press my conftilcnce in it as a remedy for the liver, dyspepsia, ilropsy, certa'n skin <lisiuses, l roubles in the ki<lneys un-l spleen, if proiluceil by the liver, have all. as I know, il'suppearo'l at the Springs. - Eaeter Eloetion At l'ie annual meeting of tho congregation of the t'liurch of the Nativity, hcM la*t Sunday, the following were clec.ed ollicers of the olmrcli fee the ensuing year. WAiti>KN.M--\Vin. Mttnro, and ' W Mcl.ure. Vi ^.-MTMi s- It M Stoke;". .1 K Young. W M ' II Stokes Ci.ki: i ami Tiikasi nr.tt? .1 K Young. 1 'rt k<; \tk9 to Cii.nvt'n r'on?J W Mcl.ure, .1 M (iihbs. Ai.tkumati:??Col 1> Johnson, ) K Young. Local Items. The nlm<lo trees on our street, an A cspeei ally on Main Street, aro perfectly heauitlul in their new green garb Wo understand there is a movement afoot to organi/.e a base ball dub at tins p'aco, nn<l we are heartily rti mpport with it; Me see no reason why 1,'nion coubl not -.spoi l ' as gou?l a club a- any other town in the State. So let ns have a baso ball clubby all means. Captain A II Coster has sohl Ins fine pair of horse*. We are informed that the number of pupils in nttcti-louco at the Female Academy is about 1" ami that of tho Male Academy about l-'ishing seems to be all the rage with the little boys in Cnion. Wc see them going towards the Forest almost every Saturday. A slight raiu fell here last Wednesday. - ? Rain Wanted Al thi* time the oats and wheat gave promise of good crops, bill it is now three weeks since we lit'l a ra'n that wouM wot the groitn<l to l.iy the ilnst. uuil tliose crops are beginning to want rain badly. and if they do not got it in a few days they will be seriously injured. For l ays the clouds have given us hopes lint they would pour out a Messing upon 'lie fields and gardens, but have disappoiuio 1 us. They look now ns if they intended to givo us plenty of rain before morning. Fin' Flour t Mir good friend lln/cl F. Scsife. w iio has lately icturnod to his na.ivo town and county. Mini i i~: in his lot with u-, occupying the -tunon the corner oppo- to Nicholson - lla'l, whe-c lie 'li-peiises I he g 1 l- ings of 'ife in the ?h:ipc of solid and fancy groceries, sent u- a - ick e: lloift- the other -lay for our "l.citer half to try. knowing lull well that both of u? wore . i n all things toutli>oiiie slid nice, for wi, . h we i..ike 'ir iniisi grateful bow: ntnl alu-r giiin ; he tlour a la;r 11 al pri noiiiice it the very U i ii the market. Ila/cl i- n splendid, whole muled man. w i- one i?f the "l-r.i\c-*' of the Wacl-eih l.ight Ai Icrv, and ivc riCiomno n I ii in to his old Comrades and nil their d cn-lint a- worthy of tlu ir patronage. 11 i\e the \ ?'. I follfcd ,1 g "I -!|W Itlg. n. T> i - vr ? ? - nt uiuaav ? u mgiu W . nt -'.i. icl ! >i:iic ; m week iltnt ike l'.;v /. in" in Im lie'ol 1" in ;lii I y Iiu* lioliiH <>f tliC MeilmlUl rliurcli will Ik* in Nichulsoii - lliti'. ;i it 1 I lie iloor- ojn-n iii t* < iloik. Ill ?c il u^ w ho Iriie Intel \ I'll ii :'r .!:c'l Ivo-on ;i il l I 'Vi'.ol. i\ !i li ii -|>i ink I ij* of entitled \i"'i: ili'.i* tlirow 11 in, :i Jiiily ilu-t. wi'l l.nve mi oj j "i t ii nil v hi tin- I'm/.i'tr i > ci ioy i ilo1 ?ill ii i'li:iii<:o, iii ilic w,iv of ro:i-i |>ijr. turkey, ('ill-ken >.iki.l, \e . wuli lee I'rc.ru .ilel Huclilicit - foli W ilier t > top ,,U , n. 'I'lieti there will l.e xiliie of tin- | i c 11 i i" t .i n 1 (u< -I useful III ticlf-i for ftt'e. t'l |'ll'!l?e the inwn i ? I I ii 1 wotueii, yotitiy 1 :i I ii- - nn 1 y. on men ntul tin mm- i u * i in- nrrici ii- -iii- i-nt an I t!i^ nlijri't lor ofiiifio up I ,i- I'u/.i.ir rommeii'l* ii-cll to fill cla^s ut our i ii.Til* I in- i iios n il 11* nut tliciu will ln? lots i f iln ni thai tliey .'in' p"i'g io look liu'i pretiioM, .n 1 nil. luiparon ilic l'i'_v* |')oiui?coii? y. If we mrr i few teat" v Mitip'i' wouldn't we i i? f (lie po 1 thiji^-i an J have a good liue general!; Cut-and-driod for th Fanners Tin; following very suspicious s'nlcniiint w.t? published is tin* .V-" * <?'('/ 'V?ftrii-r <T Wednes- t lay, end, front what we know, v. <_ believe it t?? j lie true. Son f.ottr t:t; n-i ectinjt lione-t Far ittei? ??</</ liii'l out before the emtveitlioit a 1journs, tl. t there are inure ways <>!" < :iityittjr measures I it: t?n*fli a legislative iis-einb!y that, by tee holiest <I |?ii?-t vof :,rr ' f its mfirihet*. Tltey will probably find that it t ike- v0II,,? hard talking, some lotel speaking and considerable experience in lite int'ieae'es of legislation, to give a inettiber <d? stitdt a body much influence or power in it, or even enable him to see the .1:11 and tendency of font -ftl ibh of t he measures be may vole upon. /' ./ intni* know tin' well t it tit there a e more ways of k-ding a ,:(t titan by clinl.iti;; her with butter." The A' in owl (' jiirnr bureau has tceived reliable information to-night that n atty "f the delegate- to I lie l afitie >' <'oilveilttoll, to meet IIVIV ijii I 11111?1:1 ? , lia?W IIVCII I l*?|ll 'I I'* I IO conic i<? Columbia ahead of time I'll- ilie purpose ? ! holding a imimmh here at 1! > c'nc'i tomorrow. ?- Miii- i>r iIn- delegates liavu arrived tins a Hit two 11, ati'l it ?uiiM appear that this inI'ki tutut"tt i- r<?r. ( (. I Irs doe* not lank vi y much like an ii*111o81 "Farmers* Convention. It' it i- only a 1".irma i Convoutio i fur the proino i'Hi <>!' the ?rjrirtilittra' iniiic- <f the State it is e.'at: c that everything should he rut ati'l <IrI hy a < metis of solve.cd delegates helote the anival of the main 1 .o< 1 v. A Falsehood Refutedli l isceine to our ears tint some one is maliciously repot.jug that the artic'o i i reply to Maj. Kit e s " llcpliualion. that appeared in tlic'l'.M .s of the loth insC, was written hy a jret?t lent a inn connected in the least with this otlice. There is not a shadow of reason for the :cporl. an I we hr.au 1 it as a despicable falsehood, intended, we believe, to create the impression in the f'ounly. that certain individuals in the town tire not orly u n favorable to the hi<st iutere s of the fariuer.s tin 1 opposed to their pseudo friend-, hut also have control of the Count} paper. This paper s edited an l controlie I entirc'y and ahsohttelv by the man whose name appears at the head of its editorial columns. lie has opi"ious of his own and is able to express them, upon till proper occasions, without callitf.r oa others to help hint. Wnoevcr of our friends may hear the report repeated, will please pronounce it on utnpiu'iliel fa'.ioliood, conceived on malice and uttered in a spirit of revenge and chagrin. Eister Sunday The usual impic-sivo sort ices of r.a-.cr Sunday the chi-ln : of tlie I.eui'Oi sc a-oti?were Conductod mi the t'hurch of the Na.'vity?Episcopal. A hit go and devout cotig' cgaii >11 attended tlio si" vico.s, both morning and evening. The dceotat oils v.ctc imt si c'aboiale as we have seen them, hut tiiey were in exquisite t.nsio and displayed a degree of refinement in their nfangeinetit 'hat did crctrt to the beans ami liaM'l- of liic la-lies who planncl ami wioii'lit tlicm. The altar, liio railing ami lio Luc ii it ivcc j.iniuscly d'esseil in rliuicoi flower* ami eve' .rI'tiij, '1'lic IS:*pii?ina' I'mit w:n ln a.iiMl ii i~to ami on j?* ossivo in love ( > tlie liifiiin y i i the laic Mrs. 11. Monro. The lir.loic ll;h very sir>e ill-* ami I t?.i grC.ll Clflil to M -s Sallio Monro, the eccoiiinlislioil crani- . ami i > i'ic wli"lc cliii'r. (iiin c t'li 11 .. Ii i Met hodi.?: wa- also i'i sulie* 1 Easter ' ess. witli brightest floral olVciiigs, la^icful'.v ami s 1;: 11 i'i 111 y arra i ;o?l, expre-'ve o(* tlic ilcvoii<>a a nt love nf clii i.-.-.i'i hcar.s io ii ii win. is ilie rcsurrec 'on ami t!ie l.;"o. l!<ith iiio i:ng ami iii;*lit the eliuri'li was i" ovviicil w i a'levoiit ? >n . i';i.nioiis. Tlie music wa-1 of (lie highest or>lcr. wiili a full elm'r >>' exreliant v ice-, ami loa<i 1 ?y >'ic Mas.er hands of Mi<"? Agnes Mill at tlit* organ. At niglii iho I'.cv Pastor,,!. M. Carli-e, delivccl a veiv p>ofouml >?*fin. ti t>> i'i" lav;.est ? uig'ega, ion t'nit 1 is :i~se aided iin c ?'<>r ye r<. . m ? . Personal Montton Mis. M. 11. farter ami three cliihli'i of Asheville. N aro visiting Iter pireiil.1 Mr. and Mrs. Ii. I". Uatvls. M>s-es Le.-sie an 1 ,1 ?sic I'arrar a re visiting fricmls in town. Mrs. J. I', tiagti lias rcturnc.l from an e.\tcmle.l visit to fiiester. I'r. W. M. Meaiior has gone to Fairfield on a professional visit. Mr. ami Mrs. L. I? n j!i. of Laurens, nre visit in;; relative* ut i u is place A. I'. MeLure c um- un i;oiu Coium'oia Saturday an I romnu 1 Monday. \\. II. Miller returned Ja-t Monday from Tenia- see. Mr* Ik Ik Nott. of r-partanhurg, is on a visit to rel.i i\o* at tins place. Mien lias gone to Kno.wiilo, Tennessee, on Mii~ i iics-?. I', Ik I'aiit and wife. Mrs. J. A. Font, I.. 1'. Murphy an I <?. 1'. < molt left he re last Monday for t narlcston to alien I the Floral Fair. Viet->t s. M i c has come home i ? lake a rest. \"ict r is a great favorite in L'ni^ii and we are g'ad to have him among lis. 1). r ilist, l'o-tmaster :*t tlii* | ice. i- lying |iiit * -.ok at hi* i i nher s rest ienoe in the conn rv. (in,-liicil. Mr. Ik i'. McKissiek, has l?een ij'iite sick the j i-t week. Too much fishing, we fear List of Lottors lieniaiuiiig in the l -t i Mice. at I nioii, S. tk. Mrs. Xtina I'.rown l" ! ' I.ary i ri in-lcr <i;-t i I'neti Mn-e'y I ,:u.?.is iii!!.:nn : I Mc \nally Siilie ' 11: i r 11 o ? ; >1 o-es Martin ! Mi?< An;- (irccr I ?V .1 ISocliP?(er " >(*111)1 'i.<: \ '! I'.i*:iilcy * A*lei. i'Kia r.r'il.- l>iiii*y U I! Iu n l? ,iu* '*l>i l.i.linn? uM I mil in (i i. J.mil-mil | iit? I. 1* Sin*.hi miiii .IIIUK'S .IcliT ; Xll^llSt I (' SjillUli rci-.-i, ii'.lin.' I >r :r.y ??S* tlio aSovo let lei | '.ca.?? iv liiey air :i*Jvt*rii?(*i|. I? (' lil>l'. I'uut Mauler. | 'I'll;.-i \i:i' >! ;> 1 I ne l?e*t l?! I , |i(ii.:ier an I ay.>u in re/u.a: ever |<!:ie*'l willi- ! in I lie re veil l' iilleriiijt humm. y, truly is lileet lie l">iiiei>. In i.;: i v;: v "I i lie l.ivcr, 111 i luiis liese. .1 1*4*1 l. I III III U i;u K 1(1 lie\!?, ' *r any ill a* tlie u; ituiry ^r r?r <. ?,r whoever ri*i|inreM an n(?: /.-i. twine or iiiiM stimulant, j in ; a >v?y-liul 1 iieetric Hitlers r.e lie.?t nn*J j >:i ; ci'il.iiu rum kii Mi. Mi'*. art Miroly Mini ' ' <I'ti:k v. o.i'vy Intro j- -irniiic-- I ( jrivc entire ! jmitiilut.ii / ii'i.M'v ni.ii' Id S il l .it l.lty i cents a i*wtio I'.v ' Vi . I'uM'v ? | I r Tii i. I'.xi? i kni "i' Wuioi- in 1111: Ititi'Minos I darken* iIk- 1111 l<?xi n. i< ii t; t ri'tionnlili.' in ? ij.i '.?( 11, ii their ; r. ?>'ii it . 1111:1 lu i'ili ' I Sll rill i 1 - ! i i i 1 \ 1 i iii i! ii .'o v. V It 11 i , 1 .\| cl tiicin li m ti.e I- I; THK ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN ROAD An enthsiustic nilrond meeting was held in ilie Court Ilouve on the afternoon of Monday the 5iCth inst. The principlo ohjecl of the meeting was to hear the -eport of the delegation sent to represent the town at the meeting ?t Roanoke, on the '_'"th iust. Dr. II S lieafy, Intcndant of the town, pre sided. Interesting speeches were made by Messrs. Johnson, Culp atni Monro. Our del egatioa was much impressed with tho prosper- ! 1 ou3 i\n?l enterprising city of ltoancke which 1 from nn insignificant and almost unknown rail ' way station in lias grown to be a rich : ami growing city with a population of more ' ' than six thousand. ' This astonishing development has been accomplished by llio energy an<! push of a comparatively few citizens, who took an active ^ part in making Koanoke the point of junction of the Norfolk & Western anil the Shannandonh Valley 11 II. It is the best possible illustration of what can he acconiplishc 1 for a town and coutity by railroads. The same thiDg may bo accomplished for the town and county of I nion, if our people have the will, and the opportunity is now offered, and it will probably be the last for many years to come. The ltoanokc and Southern llailroad company was organized at lloanokv on the 20th iust This company propose to build a railroad from the lust named city South, through the State <>f North Carolina, with n view of making a connection in the South and West by a line independent of the Kichtr.ond ami Danville system. Tlictwoinosi prominent routes proposed at the Itoanoke Convention were as follows : 1. from Koanokc, Va., via C harlotte, N. ('. and thence by York, Union nt:d Laurens in South Carolina, to the Southwest. 2. from Iloanoke, via Spartanburg, S. ('. It must be very apparent that tlio people of Union should advocato and /mil for, tho route ,"i Charlotte, as such a rai'road would traverse Union County from the Knstcru boundary to i:* extreme western limit, and in their etrort to secure it will receive the coorporation if York, (.aureus and other counties on this iine. At this meeting encouraging letters were received and read from prominent gentlemen interested in the route via Charlotte: and anions others a si rone communication from the President of Chamber of commerce of the city of Charlotte. Alter adopting the following resolution tho meeting adjourned : /?' -o/ri </, That it is the sense of this meeting that the people of Union should unite with the people of Charlotte. Yorkvillc and I.aurcns in the construction of a railroad front Charlo'te fin Yorkvillc and Union to I.aurcns, and in furtherance of this pjrpose. we earnestly request the corporators of the Charlotte , Anderson and Atlanta Hailroad Co., to organize their company forthwith. - ? -? - ?- ? - ? Whither Aro We Drifting. Mi:. Uuitoh : This is a question that is difficult to answer. The laboring classes arc growing poorer each year, goods and credit arc becoming less, and a financial crash to ninetenths of our farmers seems iminciit. 1 ascribe our present deplorable condition to three causes?guano, cotton and liens. Four-fifths of our farmers aro buying guano to make cotton to pay for supplies bought on time, tiuano increases the am unit of cottou at an equally large expense. This increaso in amount lias decreased (lie price of cCtton until financial ruin inevitably awaits every man who makes cotton to buy his meat and bread. 11" our farmers were out of debt this is one of the best times to live. All the luxuries of life can be bought with cash marvelously cheap. I'.ut we have gotten behind, having to draw on our prospective crops. The merchants take liens, sell goods at fifty percent, on time. The farmer buys guano to tnnke another desperate struggle to free himself from mortgage and /?/..?, plants almost exclusively of cotton. The end of thejycar comes, his obligations arc met if he has enough propertyi and ho is nothing but / in. Mr. I'.ditor. Union t'ounty would have been far better oil' if a sack of guauo had nevo r been brought within her limits and the lien law had never existed. The farmers in Union have paid enough ftr fertilizers in the last ten years to buy the wholo county. All other callings in life have organizations for their mutual protection, except the poor farmer, (the backbone of tho world) who is a: the mercy of every one else, having no say-so in what he sells or buys. Ii is said a poor thing will fall by its own weight, and I do lmpc these farmers' clubs &c., moans independence, mutual protection and abetter day for the honest men of our grand oM State. X. <?. I.itti.kioiin. ? A l'l.noi'y Trai:ki?y.?Chattanooga, Tenn., A? ? i' I'll. ?A special to llie Tnnes from Manchester, t'olfee t 'oitnty. Tennessee, gives the details of a liloo'ly tragedy, enacted there shortly after midnight this morning, in which l'iiitc<l Mates Oeputy Marshal Webb I'urden of Manchesti"-. ami a in lutshincr named ('lark were kil'el th re other moonshiners fatally woitude 1. About ten days ago I'ur den accompanied liy (lepuily Marshal Mitches went ?on a mi> 1 among tSio illicit "listilleries of tiuindy County. Tennessee. an I captured an 1 destroyed several stills I'etween 1"_' ami ! tliis a. in., fifteen moonsliinet r > !< it.to Manchester, determine,! to i hove I'ur len s life. Seven broke into his ionise tin I the balance surround? 1 it. l'urden met liieni with a coeked revolver as they onterel. ind a terrible battle ensued. Two moon-hiuers fell to the l! ?or mortally wounded an I the gang retreated, but they succeeded in 1 fatally wounding I'lir-bui. liable I as he was he jumped lY >iu be I. seize I a double barrel shotgun ami tired int.. the rrtrea'ing gang, and two in ire fell ii ->ri il'y wounded. I'lttdcn then fell dead I lie body of one of iiis victim*. The gang earned oil' three of their wounded coiupaiii na. A large posse is now in pursuit | of tiicm. - The -'ur'i?-al .-peralion performed in tlie case ! of v-uim; Hughes. who wo.- so terribly slabbed [ in lliehtiioti I. \ i., is said to be a revelation of ' modern surgical seienee. The man's intestines were severe I ami protruding. The operation eon>i-'ted in opening the cavity of the sloninclt at the ineliiii line, emptying out the blood, washing the bwvcls and sewing un the two cut places in litem. I Pro-ton Valentino. col?rc>l, confessed In ilio i murlt r f William Vales tieforo lite irfun-l Jury in .\n;:u-t i ?.! on I'riday. Vales was the watchman :it tlic yards of tItc Augusta and >11 tninervi! < railroad Valentine In: I avoided I arrest for eighteen niontli-. j \\? >>in* r. hi) I < ilisiya Ionic will cure von of J lulls oil I lever alien <|uiiiiiie tails. i.?t il.e genuine m l t ii;v no oilier. Soi l I y all healers 111 l?rtigs ul '-0 j.cr ' ottlc. White Man Replies to Unolo Billy. Mil. EdiToii : 1 am attacked in a most fearless and courageous uianuer by poor old I'uclt Billy, who gives us a soli l column of 'jus and only tells us one thiug, and that is, that 1 White Man, am a barkeeper ! 1 do not know who Uncle Billy is neither do I care, but when ho says I ain a barkeeper he is about as near the mark as when he says prohibition prohibits. I did not expect a reply to iny article, for I upposed that any one could sec that 1 was not n partisan for either wet or dry. My position ? </? and i.i, if you can make Union dry, do so, uid no one will more earnestly wish you (<od speed than White Man ; but if you cannot make it dry, step aside, and let others try their methods. You have had four years and you have no reformed a single drunkard : you have done but one thing, and that is, you have deprived lie town of its barroom revenue. When Union was strictly dry I saw f>"> gallons of whiskey unloaded from one train. That is stopping the <alc of whiskey with a vengeance. Uncle Ililly. why eli?l you not stop the business when you i.ad it in your own hands ? Why ? Because you could not, and neither can you now. I do you tlie justice to believe that you arc sincere in your opinions, but. sir, you should not think because I ompresumptous i?) enough to have an opiuion of my own, that 1 am of necessity a bar-keeper or cnuncctcd in any way with the sale of whiskey. 1 am supported in my opinion by the Southern Christian Advocate and the Examiner, two representative raligious papers of the South and North, aud by the Philadelphia Times and a host of other leading secular papers. By what and by whom are you supported ? You say that 1 am your enemy, do you also say that the Southern Christian Advocate is an enemy to the Temperance cause ? Why did you not notico the extract in my article from that paper ? We occupy exactly the same position. When I said that there was inoro whiskey ouiu <11 v.111uu uiivm it un eirivtijr ?irjr niuii when it was wet, I meant that statement to ininclude the whole county. 1 atn personally acquainted with men in Union wiio were never known to keep whiskey about them until Union became a dry town, then they ordered it by the keg and would stay on a drunk for weeks at a time. That is proof positive that it is an injury to the county to have Union dry. Uncle Itilly might rcp'y that the great benefit to the county was in stopping the sale of whiskey to the lower classes. That is exactly what 1 hoped for, but I was sadly disappointed. In a week after Union went dry, I sent my wagon to town: my wagoner, ta negro) got all the whiskey he wanted, and too much for his good. And I have never known a negro fail to get it when he wished to do so. Undo Bi'ly wants proof that prohibition does not prohibit. I.ook tit Union when Maj. Steedman was luteudaut. Then it was called strictly dry, and I veuturc the assertion that there never was a day during his administration when any one could not have bought 100 galInno ;r I... t-n.1 l <!.? I .. v.. ...V . UV.1IVJ. . J.ViliM sonic of tlic ]>urcst ami best men in Spartanburg say. before prohibition was tried there, that they would vote for it, but they knew beforehand that it would prove a failure. Since trying it they are more confirmed iu the opinion than ever, that prohibition <for* not prohibit. The editor of the Spartanburg ll> rui'/ iu a recent editorial, admitted that prohibition was a signal failure there and that lie was fa<t coming around to high license. In Laurens it is the same. 1 suppose these three arc fair specimens. In Kansas prohibition is admitted to be a failure?at least that is what I gather l'roui the statements in the Philadelphia ami N. V. papers. In conclusion Mr. Editor, allow nic to say that I had not the remotes tide i of being dragged into this discussion, and I do not intend noticing auy reply to this. 1 hope that t'ncle Lilly will learn thatymtlenini can differ from him iu opinion and still not be in any manner connected with whiskey traffic. I know a number of the most prominent and respectable people in my section who hold the same views that 1 do iu regard to this question. The young men of the town, belonging to the best families,?men who never drink?tell me that this thing has failed and that in the future they intend acting for themselves, and not be led any longer by a set of old fogies and cranks. To test your sincerity, Unelo Lilly, I make you this proposition: If. in your next, you will sigu your real name, then the editor is auiiiuri/A-'i iu oiuiu imiueuiaici.y umicr your name the real name of While Man. Now let lis sec if you will slill hide your brilliant intellect beliiuil the cuphoneous now </. plum? of I ncle Hilly, or whether you will come forward like a man and avow your principles oponly. \V ii i rr. M ax. Jonesvillo Dots. Mil. Knnoii: I'crhaps a few words from .lonesville will not prove altogether unintercs'iug. Some of mir farmers havo finished planting and we arc much in need of rain at j aesent. The prospect of a grain cro|>, particularly the oat*. is flattering, if we got rain in a few days. There is a larger area sown in oat j this year than usual. < ?n Saturday morning last, Mr. Thomas tinnier, of this place, was attracted by crows near his house ami walked out with hi-- gun and thought he had come upon a large hawk or owl. lie shot and brought the varuiint to t lie ground, when to his utter astonishment, lie found it to lie a largo grey eagle, measuring, from tip to tip, six lcct. by live inches. M o regret to slate that llio beautiful and high accomplished Miss Mattie Mel'lair, Governess of l?r. ('. I?. ISoweSl. of this place, left for her home in Wulhftlln. on Wednesday last, i>u>*iiig her short stay with us siie made many near and dear friends who greatly regret losing her so soon. ?> u ii.'d imped thai some of i lie gallant young men among us might have indued tier to slay among u- as a citi/.en, ami we are not altogether without hope. The Second Quarterly < 'inference of Jones villo Circuit convened with New Hope " hutch ourth Sahhath in tin- month, presided over l>y ho ltev. S. M. Jones, 1). I", 1'. I!., who readied a ino-t excellent sermon fiom the ir-t Kpistle tiener.il of J ihn, "nipt II, l;*? I.ovc not the world etc. Aunts. April ]?to. Oar Sunday Celumn Tl*e lluly Spirit is the Agent iu every real conveiximi. lie is uniniprccnt and ouinipolent, an-l e m therefore reach you and save ycu anywhere. at any fiuic and uiuler any cimini stance-', if you resist hiut not. In tho luce of such a fact, 'fyou a"C 1?>>t at all liniv deeply y it wi'l he lo-t.? E.<cua.ii/". Von accept tiic fact ihaCtho sotting of a disl ocatcl lirnli must be attended with pain. but think the renewal ami vc-a'ljustnient of your spiritual nature may be affected painlessly The New Testament takes m'iffe ot view?and all genuine religious experience accords therewith.? FUzyrald. No. to preach a docrine is. in one sense, to preach its opposhe. To keep dnctwua! Christianity out of the pit'nit is to sow the pews with doitriual inhde'ity. ? Christian Inirx. What :s done when ott'y a pa"! of the cltu.eh tiicnhership aid in a revival shows what wou'd be aceotnplished if al' would do so.? Ft :yrral>l. To believe a th'tig on sullic'ent testimony, is as teal as seeing it.? 'I. IK. Smith. Sunday t ail road tr .ins, and Sunday newspipers', mean a sceula'i/.ed Sabbath itt th:s couutry, as long as lltey are continued. Let titauagcrs and stockholders think of this.?Fxrh'tii'/i. Noth:ng you do for Jesus Christ is too stita1'. Wo want to-day men and women who arc wil'ing to do. 1 suppose if these reporters h id been living in the days of Mary, and heard oil the streCis of Jerusalem that she hail broken that alabrsicr box upon Hint, they would rot have thought it wor.lt noticing but it lias out live?l anything else I*iat look place then. If i!?cy hud seen that widow cast those two mites into the treasury ot'tiic Lord, tliey wou'd have said: "There will bo 110 one in Jerusalem that will cave I'.r that. * But see; Kifehtccn centuries have rolled away, and ihat story had outlived anything eNe that occutrcd there. ? Mr. Mooifi/. Secsi thou a niaa diligent iti his business? he sha'l and before Knign he sha'l not sta'ul hefotc mean men.'' ? /?////? . Who eau tell what is lisle or what is ' 'eat ? When the rich men \ve>e casting tueir g:l';s into the treasury, the Lord said of the widow's two mhos: "Of a troth I say unto you, that this poor widow luUh cas, mi nore than you all." It is 111 e motive that gives dtgnny and woiihto nci'oti, and the heart performance of life's little dut'es is of gre .t valco in the s:glit o" the Lord.?E When 1?i-. Johnson was asked why so many litciary men we e iufid>'s. ho answetcd: "l?ccausc they a*e igmeant of the Bible."' If on'y the money which is spent in the saloon", in dctianec of law could lie availed or, it would abundau ly sullice to relievo all the intent* i * nf t 11 n nAmtililttir V nitil flirt I uieln. mm would not be einha as.sed it p ovM'v? means to sustain our many chara able invitations,? Jos/ma Jiai/'i/. "Heboid a sower goedt forth to sow," is t tie of every human bc'ng entci iug the new yc..i\ Let no inn 11 f't.'e tn.e ltis influence. He is not a me' e mechau'c, he is a sower. The universe is 1'u11 of gems. A s d look, a word, has the gcrmina.ing princ'p'c as much as n kernal of barley. What we hide, we plant. It will come up. The e is no dead thing anywhere, 'ih) very carets sw.fins with myriad lives, l>eeuir e men fo get the gcrtn ilun waits in every'.liiug, ney talk ahou. t' "tile and tlo not sec the S?a.c prison in the s?roke of he pen which is to get them out o. empo,-ury 'rouu'es. "I will make it tdl rigl i bo "9 e it is found out;"' he. it is l'ouiid otii when ii is done, and they wiH make it al* tight wlu i they can make a new universe.?Xioii* // llogcnera-ion is a tho-o.'gh. a ;ea' change. The l.ord (io l makes the creature a new ere. iere, n* the gohlsadlh tucks down tlie vc sol of dishonor, ami ma'es it a ve-sc' of honor. Man is, iti respect oi'It's spiii.ual 8.etc, fthogethcr disjointed by lie 11: ever / f.cu'ty of lire soul is, as it we'r, d:s'oc. ed- in regenera ion the L >rd loose.h cvety jo'nt, and sets it right again, 11 is a change into 'he 'keno -a of (lod. Jivcryihingtliitt genera os, generates us like. Tito child bears ttio i rago of the parent; and they ilint ii e bur i of Cod he ? ' It's iuiago. It :s a, iinivers.l change: a'l things became new. It is a bled leaven that 'envo is t'-e whole limp, the wlio'e spirit nti'l smtl a id body.? Huston. ? S.imm ry o.' News. Me. John tlii'.lin of Spar anbu g County, recently t\. tight a carp which nieasitrcd -I inches in Icngi i, I t inches in cireunil'ciciice, and we' he. tl poundis. tVu'k w " lie rin o i the < linrle^ ..11, < ic nil:ii and Cirerpi li:i:'-ua<l. hetween Yorkviile and ISock II M, ;n a very tow days. lucre v.n an u' I I?'i 11 I nc >o :n Mei'miniek ilio oilier day, who said lie was s>:j yon old and had Hht grandchildren an I 50 grcal-y uudehihlren. The engineer of the Wcs cm. A 'antic and Oree iviOo Na> ,,?nv <inn ^e. has loc i ed the line ii where it inlet ec.~ the t'o'umbia and (ireetivil!c Inc. The I . ttk Ande. on gold ni'iiu in Anderson i 'ontity is be n ' sncce?sl'u'lv worked at p ecu.. Some rich nuggets of gold have been taken from ii iceemly. The new (own ? >. ??. ' of KJgclieM havo fixed ihe i'. ense ai .S'.IOii. l'lio liiieii.iuut will leceivc an auinin' .hi'-y of 10 heroa icr. Those will be a reunion of Company K.. l *>th Soiiili Carolina Volunteer-, at McC't. iniek Somo nine i'iis biniMiu r. K il?i Wsml'aw. an oM < oloreil woionn, died near (in enwoo'l last v.to!; :?i the > 1 \iiI n?y - f loo yea's. Arr.m 'fiioiii"-' arc lu lu/ nut lo f?iItc In>U: 11; of it la-/ I; r at Ninv.y-Si \ in August. The jncliiiiiii.'iry mirvey of (lie I'oluiiiliia, Newberry a;i?l I atircit- liailrottd will Boon be commenced. filename >0 South linnii'lni v avenue llic iic.v boulevard reivntly <>|i?'iic<l in Aikmi, lifts Scon cliaii :? I lo "boulevard Coles.'' in honor o|'('a|ii. itscar Coles, of the Highland I'urit Hotel. Mr. J. .V. U t i le:), of Spatlanltiirg County. I an' 1 ill beiii i''t i |)oinol< of Mill-. aired I b iCC > to Ashevillo ! > !' m.U :niij jv f?-w >11ys a ^ > n ccivid llie iiiall >iim of m 1 II for ilic lot. Mr. Joint Kliiiieliitri: of K Ige.tebl foitn'y raises cat lot Mnlfcs limn H to 1 ? feci high. It is s tiil tlint it joint stock cum| any is being fornicil nt i 'on way lor ilie |>iu'|io.sc of | tit-11?It ma a new iiowupKpor there, to bo culled llio II > J ah/. It is bii it I t lint $l,'JUO hits been subscribed 111 snares >! tea iloi'ur.". Mr. Robert T. .laynrs. nf NVnllin|!a, lias bcc i l'Ii'CUkI In a 111 rt .? I lie Literary Socntica f iliu Nut I it It corgi* Agricultural I ollcgo of 1> ill ! tic i.v i-a.. ru it cuiiniieiK'iMiii'iit in June. \ ThMl'KHAM i: SLKVK i: Will In; !? ! I in llii; Ilaj tial ('liii.t-si next .^iiutliy ( veiling, it u'eluc!*. ami everybudy la coidially luvilcd.