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On. Bipur's frun?L?The City of Charleston honored in an eminent degree in the manner in which it paid its debt of gratitude to, and exhibited its high appreciation of, its heroic defender in limcj long gone by, and who now sleeps, "bis warfjre o'er, in the bosom of the soil ho loved so well. It has been man7 7ears, indeed, since an event of so mneh significance has taken place in this old city as that which its people assembled yesterday morning to commemorats?the reception and burial here of tbo remains of Geo. II. 3. Ripley, whose name is so intimately and prominently connected with some of the most dramatio chapters in the eity's history. Who Geo. Ripley was, and what be did in defence of the eity of his adoption, are too well known to need repetition?too deeply engraven in the recollection of his old comrades-in-arms to bo yet forgotten, and there are but few of the after generation who arc not familiar with the story of the defence cf their city and the eheif actor in those stirring times. It is only perhaps meet to ray thai there >u in the occasion not only honor paid to no heroic chieftain, but to n adopted son of the oity, who, coming as a stranger into tho si mage land, wrote his name inde'libly with a soldier's sword in tho affeotions of a people for whoso defence he abandoned his heme nod native State. lien. Kiplcy died in New York on Tuesday niiht, March 23, and. in accordance with the express desire of tho deceased, arrangements were at onre begun to have the remains brought to Charleston for interment in Magnolia Cemetnry. 1 he remains were taken to St. Luke's Church, and the handsome caikel was pi so ed in the vestibulo of the church. At a very eerly hoar the citizens, generally, began to congregate at the church to take a last look at tho brave old soldier. The embalming process wss perfect, and, although marred by time alone, the features ef ths General s faoe were woll preserved, llis hair, beard and mustache were almost silver white, and his face was flushed as with the the pride and excitement of some valorous deed in his military career. Many of bis companions inarms paused sadly nnd reflectively over the coffin and noted the well-known lineamonls, high forhcad aad burnished and bronied features of the'gallant veteran. Thousands psssed into the vestibule and paid the last token of respect to the deceased. The coBin was literally covered with flowers and evergreens and draped with silver muss. Amniiff lh? nnOl.lv ho. ..lift. I ,k the offering of (be Survivor* Association of Charleston District, and whioh were suggested by W. M. Courteoay, a member of the Association. The chief of these floral tributes was a large anchor made of White French immortelles, on the cross-arin of which, in purple flowers, was the word Sampler," on the fluke, in a graceful carve, the word "Charleston." Thero were also two beautiful wreaths of whit* immortelles, one displaying the word "Moultrie" and' the other the word "Wagner." Around these conspicioos memorials were various other loving contributions, bunehea of simple flowers %nd coronals and wreaths f the richest and rarest roses, some offered by the reletives and others by the more intimate friends of the deoeaeed. It should also he elated in this connection that some, affectionate friend or friends of Qen. Ripley hod placed upon his breast in New York a bouquet of cloth of gold rones, which were as fresh and unfaded as on the day they were so placed. The funeral services were read by the Rev. John Johnson, pastor of St. Philips, who was assisted in the ceremonies by the Ber. Dr. Robt. Wilson, of the church in which the services were being held. The scene was at onee solemn, instructive and impressive. After the funeral services the remains wsre placod in the hearse, drawn by four handsome black horses which was followed to Magnolia Cemetaryby a leng lino of carriage*. The funeral train arrived at the grounds about a quarter past 11 o'eloek, and the interment was made in the presenee of the officers already mentioned, and of the daughter and near relatives of the deceased, when the ? grave had been 611*4-end tb* -waound eovered with mows, dept. W. Aiken Kelly, president, and $Ir. John W. Ward, Secretary of the Survivors' 'Associations stepped forward and laid upon thnrgrave the three beautiful floral decorations already described. Immediately there aiier m I guies, one 01 fiDom ?u the daughter | of Gen.' Ripley, ulso approached the grave, deposited gvaecful memorial*, panted awhile and then retired to their place*. In a few minute* after theie Incident* the attendant* at the burial were on their way back to the city.?AVvi and Courier. A Goon Mam Gome.?John L. McKeown deported this life at his country home in Union County, last Wednesday morning, Mareh 29 1887. He was born Nov. *22, 1824, in the old homestead, where he has aince lived oat hie life of usefuloeis, unsurpassed by any of hi* contemporaries. A farmer living a true farmer's life. He first noticed his {(deposition while working in the field, March 18, but having a slight cold for tonic days took no special notice of it till in the eveoing; he began to grow worse, and Saturday the physician was summoned but he was unable to ronse him from the apathy into which he bad fallen, and from which he neT*r awakened to speak those words of comfort and consolation which the dear ones so longed to hear. He passed into eternity without exibiting any signs of bodily or mental suffering. His was a beautiful life. He lived not for himself as he often remarked, but for the benefit, welfare and happiness of others. He was beloved by both rich and poor; tbo former came to him for counsel, tbe latter for charity, and both found a welcome by his hearthstone. He dies without an enemy. What other man can tnako that assertion. Tbe poor rise np and bless his name and all men call him good.? Qaffnty City llullrton. A WostiKnr.tL Opes ATtoiv.?New York, April 1.?The Crosarian operation, one of tbe most difficult and dangerous known to surgery, was successfully performed by Prof. William T. Lusk at lielievoo Hospital on March 28. Hie patient was a woman who cam* to the hospital of her own accord, and expressed her willingness to undergo it, ss there was no other way to save the life of her unborn child , and perhaps her own. 8he was strong and narf^eilv hf>*lthv *n<4 ?flav AAnsitlintUm ?Wa attempt wm made. After tba moat careful preparations, the patient was placed under the influence of en anaeathetlo. A lentitndinal Ineision was tben made, through this the child was removed. All the several tie rues were joined end the sutures left for four days. Doth mother and child are now in eieelleat heath. It is said to be 100 years at least siaoe the Ceeearian operation has been performed so successfully. A Pig* Or InraovsMBST.?When a railroad company sees fit to voluntarily raise the remuneration of its employees it must be ezoepted as an encouraging sign of improvement in business in general. The intelligence that the pay of the employees at the Charlotte, Colnmbie and Augusta shops in this oily has been raised will be good news to everybody, for in any community what redownds to (he good of any individual redowns to the good of all. The ranc amounts 10 ten per cent., and toe wbole foToe is pat on ten boars' work per day instead of eight hourr ns has been tbe ease for soma time past. The iocrcaaed pay goea into affect from April 1.?Col. Rtgitter. Pustroos Timbbk Fiaaa la Texas.?Chicago. April 2.? A apeeial from Morgan, Texas, says: News baa reached here ef a Tory destructive Are raging in the eedar brakes on the Brasoe River, ten miles East of hare. The Are started Tuesday at the month of Laiag's Creek, and destroyed all the timber on tbe midland and Chorioo leagues to the amount ef 20,009 aorea. Several housts have been burned. The damage already amounts to $400,000, and the Aamea are still raging. ?he tSUffltlij tidraon ?imc8 K. ?. STOKES, - . Editor * r HcKlSSICK, . Loeal Editor. ONION, FRIDAY APRIL 8, 1887. SUBSCRIPTION?*3 00 PBR ARBU*. EXPLANATION OF SIGNAL FLAGS. White Flag, indicates fair or. clsar weather. Orange Flag, indicates local rains. Ulna Flag, indicates general rains. Dla ok triangle Flag, refers to temperature W K.n nl.Mil m. Iu>,. ...I... >.. blot flag, indicates rising temperature ; wheu t placed below those flags, falling temperature and when abecut from the pole, stationary ' temperature. " White flag with black square in centre Indi- ( catee decidedly colder weather, and is generally issued 24 hoars in advance of the expected f al f temperature, and is not given unless the,f al 1 bexpected to reach 4t?? or below I THE CHUROli CF TUB NATIVITY?HOLY 1 WHEE?OltDLU OF SEKV1CB8. 1 Friday-Morning Prayer, Litany and Lecture 11A.M. Saturday?Moruing Prayer and Lecture, 11 A. M. We would be glad to have these services preparitory for Kastcr, attended by all. McNEBLY UUBOSE, Rector. Rkv. C. R. WlLLEFORU'S APPOINTMENTS ; Putnam Baptist Churoh, 1st Sunday at 11 A. M., and the Saturday before, at 12 M., in eaeh month. l'acelet Baptiat Church. No. 2, on the 2d Suoday, at 11 A. M. and Siturday before, at 12 M., in eaeh month. Jonesville Baptiat Churoh, on 3d Sunday in each month?morning at 11 o'clock, night at 7.30 o'olook. Salem Baptist Churoh, on the 4th Sunday In each month?morning at 11, night at 7.80 o'olook. We had a alight fall of enow Inst Friday morning. 40* Mr. Albert H. Mowrjr has been appointed Postmaster at Charleston, in plaoe of Hon. B. F. linger, deceased. To-day U Good Friday. Nest Sunday will be Fester Sunday, tbe last day of Lent. The Ladies of the Church of the Nativity are preparing to elaborately dress the Chnreh with flowers and evergreens, in commemoration of the reeorreetlen of ear Saviour. What about the railroad T Is the question that meets us every day on the street, and te which we are nnable to give any Intelligent answer. A letter from President Mitchell a few days ego, says that the prospects are bright as over, and the building of the road is a fixed faot. jtjr The April term of the State Supreme Court will begin Tuesday, the 19th. inst. The Seventh Circuit will be called on Monday, May 2d, and continue five days. Cases in the original juritdiotlon will hare preference on each Monday of the term. Applications for admission to practice must be filed on or before April 26th. Qu Bishop W. W. Duncan preached two remarkably impressive sermons lost Sunday. One at the morning services ia the Methodist chnreh, before the Quarterly Confereaoe, and one at night in the Presbyterian ohuroh, to the young men. At both servioes there were large oongragatioas. P. K. Ilerbsrt was sick and unnbln te fill the appointments ma le for that day, aod Bishop Duncan kin lly responded to the call to lake hie place. 0U Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, member of Con grees from the 8d district, die 1 at his residence, near Cokesbury, Abbeville County, at 4 o'clock 1 a J a ? f ' uh <iiuunu>} morning. HI* death wu not nnexpccte 1, for he had been a great sufferer from sickness for nearly two year*, and a few days age his son was suddenly called from his dntles at oonrt, in an adjoining county, to the bedside of his father, he baring become much worse and his symptoms alarming. 19* Mr. J. 0. Lore, who left Union about 20 years ago, to hunt his fortune in the State of Alabama, has returned to his 'native heath,' where he ezpeots to spend the remainder of his days among his old friends and relatises. Like ninety-nine out of erery hundred who leare Union, Mr. Lore returns fully conrinoed that, all things considered, there is no place in the West where industry, intelligence and an honorable discharge of duty will seoure greater rewards and more true comforts of life than ibis good old State of South Carolina. 16F" Last Sunday Morning, MissLula Swink narrowly escaped a serious accident. Her brother bad called for her at Clifford's Seminary to take her to her home, a few miles in the country. He was dririog a partly broken filly, and bad reined her np too short, which made her restless, and when opposite Mr. Jacob Rice's residence she became unruly and reared up, almost felling back on the boggy. Miss Swink jumped from the back of the baggy, and escaped without injury. The animal threw herself, broke the shafts of the buggy into splinters, and was badly cut in the legs. Mr. Swink escaped without injury. Death of Mr. J. B. Jones^~ |, a auptun wm reoeivea cere test Baturday , stating that Mr. Jonaa, who waa ahot in New- | berry the week before in a difficulty with Mr. George Johnatone, died from hia wonnda, that morning at 8 o'clock. Net a Man 'On the 111* Last Monday waa about m doll a aalea day aa , we ever knew In Union. In the language of a | friend, 'there waa not a man on the bill.' It apoke well for the County. There were no , Sheriff or Maater'a Sales, and the weather be- ' ing fine for farm work, all handa were at the plow, to make aetncthing to pay debts in the Fall. A Remarkable Coincident. I Itia not uuoommon for great men to think i alike, but it ia eomewbat remarkable when two great EJitera, liring miles apart, not only i think alike, but aotually pre cot their views simultaneously, upon the sacue subject, verba, i tim el literatim, as appears to hare been the I ease last week, by an extract published in the ; Newt and Courier and credited to the Laurent- t viUe Herald. It it ao aeldom that the old J braina of the Ueion Tmra indite anything ( worthy of being reproduced in the eoltuaaa of a ooloeeal daily, that we eandidiy oonfeee it I touch r a oar pride whew we see our thunder < fa roe tailed by the young mindreaderi around J no and appropriated to their credit. Qewtle- i ee, don't above ea off the platfora ee uaoer. I | ereoetoualy ; we ahall be out of the way noon, I | naturally. I lull V* ImiVMUrj f It I* truljr gratifying ( as to !?trn that u ffort is again baing made to aalabllsh a Cotton factory in this town, and .from the bosioaaa tad flnanoiais'nadiag of tboso now most promitenl in its advocacy, wo beliove that this effort sill bo SUOCOSSful. 0 . Tboro is no ?so for oar pooplo to longer ebot heir oyco and cloae tbolr oars to tbo fact now oreod upon thorn, thai, if tbey do not wish to ice throe-fourths of oar baslne*s houses closed, he graes growing io our streets, and the small -emnant of business left us conlrolted by four )r fiffi Indiwldlisle who Are iq fnrliinnJ? as In lave money to lean at the Ttry highest rate of otcrcst, we must do something, and that right ioon, to stem the tide of business that is now letting againet ns. Ae we said a few weeks ago, tlte experience >f last winter, when two-thirds tft.db# cotton that had heretofore been broughflto ibis market was carried to the Trough V>*ls Factory end sold at better prioea than ounuyers could possibly pay on orders, and the Sreat prospect of a Factory being built at LanXn*, with the one already in operation at wherry, this town and Coanty will be aim A surrounded with drains to oarry all its boans into other Counties. ^ B Fellow eilizens, as enrs as tl&four seasons of the year fellow in euoseeaksff so sure will you here to pnt your hnnde Cep into yonr pockets or strain your oreditHEdo something, if you wish to retain eeeu tha -Airiness wt now have. -m ' ' t The Faetory at Clifton in a few years has bnilt up a town with a population nearly as large as ours, while Trough 8htals has over 600 inhabitants already, and is increasing every year; and why, we esk in all candor, ay we not expect an equal ioorease in Union from a similar enterpriaaf At the risk of having an indignation meeting held eod reeo lutiooa of censure passed bj^ the Board of Trade, we repeat what we said Ion years ago, i. e., that while every town around us is alive with enterprise *o inorease ita? population and boaineos Union, atanda in their midst, comparatively <a dead town.' Bat to whom sen we look for help to revive her ? Who are willing to make saoriices of money and influenoe to restore her and infuse into bar fast drying-up arteries new blood? new HfeT Our men ef capita1 are too tpll satisfied, with their safea tilled with bon?S and mortgages paying them 10 and 12 perjmgl interest annually, to take vary aoti^^^H^in an enterprise that may not give thent^relurn for their investments in two years. Most of our merohants have their capital looked up in liens npon the farmers, and under that lien business are always cranped for money to pay for the supplim^they have contracted to ftirnish. And the cry of hard short crepe ftirnish esonses for everybofr to decline taking cither stock or interest Lnajpublio enterprises that promise only future benefits. To tin latter we have only to make the .aMeparison between the people of this town an^Qhooe ef Laurens, GaffueyCity, ProopAty aaiQreaiwood. The effeota of hard times and^^rtwops are as sorely felt in thoae towus^^^^Hpbut their ciUxana are ?t?el?a plrit or enterprise by Ifaltifff together end subscribing liberally le such enterprises as Factories, Qreded end Adrenced Schools, Ac., which they know, from the experience of other loceliliee, will increase their population, ettreot business, enhenoe the value of reel estate and inure to the general good of the communities in which they nre located. We ere no worse off then they, but they ore moving forward, while we are standing still. That's just the difference. Well, then, we may be askod, how are we to baild a Factory, if the capitalists and merchants will not or cannot provide the means T We answer, it can well hi accomplished by the united efforts ani meant of both town and eountry. Call a meeting, at once, if both the county and the town. At that meeting put the stock within the reaoh of all whs'wish to help the enterprise?eay $25 per shm-e, a small part of it to be paid in the Fall, and the remainder in easy installments, as imperatively needed. Then appoint an active working committee of, say, two for each township, to thoroughly canvass the county; but be sure that the committee leave town with a handsome subscription from our citisena ; it will be assuranoe to our friends in the country that we mean business, and that wo put our money into it because we believe it to be profitable. Invite the people in the eoantry to join us in an enterprise that will be of inestimable benefit to the oounty at large. Every stook> holder in the oouutry would feel that he had an Interest in the town and, so far, would use his influence for It. It would thus gradually bring the town and country closer together, as it were, and from such commingling of interests there would eomsthe greatly to be desired conviction that the interests of the county and town are mutual; that what benefits one must benefit the other, and an injury to one injures the other. - A Cotton Factory in Union would give employment to 'J60 or 800 poor people, ooming rrom nil ports of the oounly, end proride them with oomforUble homes. Hnndreds of women end children in the oouatry, who delve nt the hoe during the hot nnmaer days, weald find easier and far more oon|eninl employment beneath its roof. Let us look onr situation squarely in the fnoe, and with a strong poll all together, let ns arouse ourselves and lift this eounty and town oat cf the 'slough of despond' into whieh i they have fallen, and inspire onr people with i bow life, new hope and hlghor*aspiraUona. ? I idmitted Te Ball. Col. Qeerge Johnstone, of Kewberry, appear- , rd last Monday before his Honor Judge Wallace, in chambers, under a writ of kabtot corput, f r the shooting of J. B. Joaea, and was ad Binea to Dsil in the tarn of $l,GOO. Mr. iohnslone *u reptetented by J. V. Pope ' ). L. Bbumpert, of ibo Nttbtrrj bor. ( 80 for u the ?ct of shooting ?h concerned, be eworn testimony of witnesses, mskes it ? 1 tleer cese of eelf defrost, on (he port of Mr. rohnstooe. As to the protocol ion nod other < notion oomeeted with (he tory sod nffeir, we I tnow nothing, end do not fhel justified in gi?- ( ng to the pablka (he nnrslinble rumors now t looting oboat concerning U. gl Cel. H. P. HuimM on FmutInWbco the oitisena of Laurens flrsl contemplated the building of a cotton helorj in that town, to be run by teem, they wrote to Col. Hammelt, the eminently practical and auocoeeful pieeidcnt of (wo large Cotton Factories near Oreenville, for hie epinion and advioa. In reply Cot. Ilammett wrote a long and vary interesting letter, from which we are only able to make room for the following extracti, aa being peculiarly applicable to thia town, and affording timely^information and aJvice to our citixena at this lime. The perfection to which alcana power has been brought and the cheapness of fuel, with I the prospect of its atill being cheaper when I other and new coal deposits are developed, with | raurosu iaciimes in every uircctisn, is constantly economising steam power end reduoing iu expenee as compered with water. Some of the best and most successful cotton mills in the oenntry, end at the Seulh, ere now being driven by steam power and that is likely to increase as the country grows older, and that industry increases with it, as well as many other industries that are likely to be derelopedand that can be profitable berc. It strikes me that Laurens is a favorable location for a cotton mill. You bare there many of the elements necessary jo success, such as an abundance of tbe most desirable kind of labor, a good cotton market, a healthy elimale, cheap living, good railroad facilities, &o., and if 1 were considering investing in a cotton mill there, I should not object seriously that it was to be driven by steam. Tbe first thing to do is to raise the capital stook, and you mutt get a large part of that at home. It will be idle for you to attempt to raise it, or any conaidcrat le part of it elsewhere, unless your own people go into it freely i and liberally themselves. Capitalists are too , cautions and timid, and wisely so, to send their money Into a community to develop and build It up 'where tbe people living in it are afraid to, or will not, put their own moony in it, and this has prevented several enterprises that prom, ised well from being carried ont, to my knowl- 1 edge in this Slate. Capitalists want the people 1 .< h.m. ia.oiis. I _;,i. ... ..i. , ? ? ??V """ -'V 1 they pat their money Into. They want this to proteot it againrt local prejudices, adverse legislation, and that it ahall have the moral support of the people living around it. Your capital stock being raised, the next thing is to decide upon tho kind of goods to he mads, and in this I would depart somewhat from the kinds made by most of the mills around, which are for the most part standard to three yard sheetings. I would make a finer and lighter goods. The tendenoy of consumption is in that direction and you would have less competition in introducing and selling your , goods. It would take leas commercial capital, and reduce your interest aocount, as well. If this mill is built and is skilfully and sue- ' ceasfnlly managed, the advantages of it to your ; town and oounly can barJIy be estimated aad ' you never will appreciate it until it has been done and you have realised it. The people of this oouatry must, asid eventually will, learn that they never can attain to that high degree of prosperity and independence of which they are oapsblo by following only ( one occupation. Agriculture is the basis of all prosperity and should be enoou raged and assisted in every possible way, hut it oan't proeper alone. The pursuits and industries of every community mutt be diversified, and it is done In every prosperous country in . the world. Labor is the capital of a country, and should be applied in all the pursuits which any particular location, climate, and facilities favor and invite. Then each pursuit aids all the others, and tbey all grew and nrosner together. W? n?? at Piedmont 9120,000 a year for labor and ser io?a, all la money. Land has advaooed In (hat immediate vicinity five hundred per oeni since the mill waa built, and the people for miles around are proapering aa they never did 'eSecw* o^fal^i^e ^rsuT^oV^O^ munity. No inland town in this country can, or ever did, or ever will grow and prosper beyond a limit measured by the local demand for the eappliea required by a limited area of country around it, without divereified industries in it, by its own people producing such commodities aa they are prepared to make, and in whieh people are employed and paid money for their labor. Railroads don't build up towns. They afford faotlitiee for the development of such enterprises and industries aa the location favors, and without these induatries the people will not prosper beyond the limit I have desoribed. Trade oannot be pushed profitably beyond its legitimate limits. If a town fails to utilise the advantages offered to it by superior railroad and other faeilities, then there is great danger that its legitimate trade may be carried away to other and mere enterprising commanities, who have seen and appreciated their opportunity aad realised its benefits. The inlestries of a community may net all be large ones, in faet a number of email ones may be most beneficial, but they must produoe something that is the product of labor and is sold elsewhere?so that the consumers pay for the material, profit and labor. Then the mercantile interests will grow and prosper as the necessity for it increases, and as the importance of the town attracts attention and trade. Wishing you success, I am yours, very truly. II. P. Hammktt. H onor to l'oa RidgeIn the published report of the commencement of the Baltimore University Sshool of Med loins, held in that city en the 16th of Meroh, we are gratified at seeing the name of L. J. Wood, among the four distinguished graduates, out of a elass of 18, who oarried elT the prises. Dr. Wood, is the son of Mr. A. G. WooJ, wuu rwiuos 1U IUQ I CI IV'.UgJ BOCIIUU VI ill IS county, whore the Dr. was birn and raise J. The Dr. ia a young man of tadioui habits and high moral oharaoter, and we sincerely wish him AVArv iiimaoi in th? n thin nrnf<fi<inn ha his chosen, There is splendid material in the young men ofUnion, and when JevqlopeJ by education and study, it always reflects bomr upon the oounty. With Drs. Hill and Wood, and 1). C. Jennings, now in tho field of aolir; life, and Townsend, Johnson and others standing high in their classes at sohool, we feel no little pride in pointing to them as bright jewels of the oonnty. Ont of the four prises awarJed at the Baltimore Medical College, South Carolina boys tarried off two. ? - Personal Mention. Capt. A. If. Foster and Mr. D. C. Flynn hast gone to market for their Spring and Summer 1 stocks. i Miss Effie Tale, ofSpartanburg is visiting bar j rriand Miss Maggie Tinsley, of Ibis plaoa. , M^j. D. A. Townsend baa gone to Greenville I' snd Laurena on professional business. David Johnson, Jr., went to Spartanburg on professional business. Rev. W. A. Caldwell and wife left last Men- ) lay, the former to attend the meeting of Eooree Presbytery, whloh eonveoed at last Ifednesday, and the latter to visit her parents ind friends in Columbia. Oar yonng friend B. D. Calp has gone to Siattanoog i, Tens., to seals his fortune in that >oom ng town and ssotion. Benjamin is a rurteem, honest ant honorable young man, tnd we slocerely hops hie brightest sntioipaions will be' realised. J| To *Fm Ul|? ' Your communication U ao unnecessarily periooil that it will do jour mum more in. jury than good. It is * great mistake wilk some that an Editor U not responsible for what may appear |n the oolumoa of hla paper from correspondents. In our editorial career we have seen more than twenty serions peraonal difficulties occur, in ooasequoneo of imprudent and offensive articlea published In newspapers, and in two instances at least, hare wo seen the peace and harmony of whole communities destroyed by indiscreet and unnecessarily severe attacks upon individuals. And further,, in all such oases the publio holds the Editor partly responsible for any difficulty that may arise from such publication, reputation rar hitnaelf in the State of Alabama : The Eutaw Whiff ssys: Dr. J. L. Fant baa moved from Forkland to the oil/ of Tusoalooaa, for the purpoae of practicing bia profession. We regret to lose him from Oreene, and the good people of Forkland, we learn, were loth to give him up. Dr. Fant removed from South Carolina to Marengo eounty, in this State, where he practiced his profession successfully for five years, when he oatne to Forkland, in this oounty, and oontinued it for seven years up to the time of his departure for Tusoaloosa, last week. An experienced physician, an estimable gentleman, worthy of oonfldenoa, we take pleasure in recommending him to the good people of Tuscaloosa. The Tutcalooia Qateth, in welooming Dr. Fant, pays him the following graoeful compliment : He is altraoted here by the report of our dawniog prosperity, and has already made many friends by his commanding appearance and genial manners. We welcome him to his new home, and bespeak for him the oonfidenee and patronage of oar oitisens. A Dkssrvkd Promotion. ?Cept. W. Q. Baoul'e election to the presidency of the Mexican National Railroad was an honor which surprised hie friends as muoh as it gratided tbem. While he managed the Georgia Central's 2,200 miles of railroad and steamship lines growling was heard all ths time at his management. It appears, though, that his acuity did not escape notioe elser/here. He would base taken a plaoe on the Inter-8tate commeroe commission had it been tendered him two months ago. Georgia really wanted to see him get a plaoe. lhe railroads, teo, certainly preferred him to Commissioner Bragg, who had the repatation of being too severe on them when he was on the Alabama eommissison. Instead ef the $7,600 salary which goes with the Government job Capl. Raoul will get $20,000 a year in his new position. The company which he takes hold of has had a sore time with theoretical railroad men. Costly blunders were made lime and again until the corporation concluded a practical man had better be put in oharge. Hence Capt. Kaoul was selected. He will give np bis residence in Savannah. It is not unlikely that he will take some of his old Central employees along with him. New railway officials generally do. Pirns in Spabtaxsobo.?Thursday afternoon, about four o'elock, the rOof of Col. H. H. Thomson's dwelling was discovered to be en fire. In a few moments a large crowd collected and moved all the furniture ont except what was stored in the attic. In this there were ssany valuable articles. Although the house burned slowly, the flames were net extinguished. By ten o'clock the walls bad fallen and the Are was oonfined to the basement. Mrs. George Bomar was keeping a boarding house here and in a short time all the rooms were to be filled. The furnitore was much broken in handling. The insurance was six thousand dollars. The origin of the fire is unknown. Col. Thomson's uuwvn wire mo?eu ana no sunereu considerable Iom in that way. Ha has a vary large and ehoiea salaotion. Ha ig getting than back into hla conservatory where they can be lake* Bare of.?Spartan. Aaoruea Assault on a Child.?Chaster, April 2.?Thomas Woods, a white aaao, was arrested this morning on a warrant issued by rrial Justioe Leckie, charged with an etteiqpt to commit a eriminal assault on Mary Quo, a white girl about thirteen years of age. The prosecutrix lives at this place, and for some time yesterday, in the absence of her atoprather, was in charge of bis store, when the assured, in a drunken condition, entered the tlore and attempted to take improper liberties rith her. Her screams were heard and Brought relief, thns preventing the aocomplishnent of his diabolical purpose. Chester is ibtaining an unenviable reputation in this reipeeU uu u? kioob is intue vo Buntr lor pcriaiuiDjj such objectionable matter to appear ia bis paper. We may or may not agree with you in the position you assume, but we see only serious harm to come from your striotures upon other men's motives and intentions. We respectfully decline to open the oolumos ef the Timks for the ventilation of private dificultiae, particularly when we feel that no good can be accom plished, but great harm may come from it. a Cadet Townaend. Our bright and talented young friend, Cadet B.'F. Townsend, has reached almost the very top round of the ladder in the Greenville Military Institute. The report of his standing for the month of Maroh is uncommonly good, and shows that ho is not only*applying himself arduously to his studies, but has insoribed upon his scholasiio banner, the noble motto, 'Exoelsior.' -c The report for Maroh, over the signature ol Col. John D. Patrick, Principal of the Institute, shows that in a maximum of CO atlainabla la one month, Quiet Townscnl reached, la Descriptive Geometry?the most difficult study 60 ' Latin 00 " Greek 60 " German * 69 " English Literature 69 " Orthography 69 " Elocution 69 That is a splendid showing, and as a farther evidence of bis high standing he has had the distinguishing epaulette sf Lieutenant placed upon his shoulders. Ben, we all feel proud of you, and the oloser yon get to the maximum, the more gratifying will it be to yonr many true friends everywhere. The Local AboutWe hare not seen or heard from our "Local'' since lut Saturday. lie was then on his way to Gaffney City to attend a wedding. If any young or old lady has sloped with him, or the reverse, the least we could expect from him woald bo a "graphic" scoount of the affair. He locked "stunning" when he left, and, ladies, he's awful on ? "mash'," but if you wnftt to catch him, yon must gub him on the first bounce, for there is a great deal of the Irishman's flea about him: When you put your finger on him he ain't thar. $f/~ With great pleasure we find the following pleasant words of a worthr youns ?w from this county, whs hu established a high Fitb Nmmh Ltkchib at Yosktiias.? Yorkrille, April, 6.?At half put 4 o'clock this morning a party of about sixty undisguised men forcibly entered the jail at this place and demanded the keys of the door leading to the prisoners' cells. These being refused by he sheriff, they proceeded to force an entranoe by forcing the door and breaking the locks of the iron grating of the cells. They then took from the jail Giles Goods, Bailey Dowdte, Prindley Thomson and Jdose Lipscomb, the negroes charged with the murder of John Lee Goode, and leading them to a spot one mile north of town, hanged them to the limbo of trees. All but Dan Roberts were hanged to the same tree. The excitement incident to the murder of Goode bad about subsided, bnt publio indigna| tion was rekindled yesterday. when it generally known that the father of the murdered boy had become deranged in oonsequenoe of the brutal deed. The detail? of the lynching, as far as they oen be gathered in addition to the above brief statement, are as follows : The crowd approached the jail, whioh Is on the west side of town and the last house on the street, in an orderly manner. The sheriff wasseon roused, and refusing to surrender the keys, a party proceeded to the third story, battering down such doors as obstructed them, and by the aid of a dark lantern, with which they were provided, some of them went into the cells and selected their vietims, whom they led out They were provided with padlocks, whioh they substituted on the grated door opening to the cells, leaving the jail reasonably secure. In the meantime the sheriff, unaided, finding resistance uselots. attempted to raise an alarm by firing his pistol several times rapidly in succession. By this means attention was directed te the jail, but before any one could arrive there the lynohers had secured their men and were on their way to the spot selected for the final scene in this fearful drama, a knoll just one mile from the Courthouse. Here on the east side of the publio road, to one tree, four of the wretohes were hanged; and on the opposite side the other. The doomed men seemed to make no outory and offered no resistance. Death resulted from strangulation, A coroner's inquest was held to-day, the verdict being that the deaih of the men was produoed by hanging and by persons unknown to the jury.?/few and Courier. Rich Gold Miss is Spaetasburo.?The gvau UIIIIM um[ VJICQURIC mis uceu miricuQg huh attention Lately. It it not proper to (ire rnoh an enterprise an undue and nnmeriled boom. For more than half a century it has been kaowo that gold was to be fennd in this neighborhood. The Spartan will report -only the faots in the oete wbioh will he fair to both operators and the owners of adjacent lands. A visitor jnst in from the Boston Company's mine, near Qlendelo, reports that the workmen in digging in the west portion of the Linder property, oemo upon an immensely rich deposit of gold ores about 80 feet below the surface. The rein is 24 inches la thiokness, of a dark brown oolor. Average samples have been taken from this vein at this point and found to oontaia one pennyweight to the pound of vein matter, or $2,000 to the ton. Jnst how far this will extend cannot now be determined, but the (Wet of finding the same oless of ore 1,200 feet east on the same vein and showing the same characteristics?and at several other points, is pretty oonolusive evidence that this rioh ore is eontinaous through the whole of this vast distanoe. Ths Boutin or Quant How.?Washington, April 4. On Bast Capitol street, two squares frem the Capitol grounds, stands a block of houses known as the Orant row. The row whieh covers ths whole square from 2nd to 8rd street, was erected about 1873 by Capt. Albert Grant. To earry on his extensive building operations, Capt. Grant secursd an advance from the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, and out of this transaction grew litigation which has been pending a dosen years and was finally nettled lo-dayWhile tne decision was being reed in the United States Supreme Court against Capt. Grant, and in favor of tho insurance company, this row was discovered to be on fire. One of the houses is occupied by Senator Blair of New Hampshire, who was Capt. Grant's counsel in the litigation referred to. The firo began in Blair's house and the roof and upper story was burned off Blair's house anil the house adjoining when the firemen stoppel it. The loss to the buildings amount to several thousand dollars, and to the oontents of the houses by fire and water considerably more. Erlaxoinq Tax Cotton Mills.?In a very quiet way D. E. Converse, president of the Clifton Mills, is digging out the foundation for . ... IL.t..- , u? n aw?l. w .i# - mil* fcelow Clifton. 1 hear thai he had a liun uiou isuurorc si wur& inure ?ms WOCK. S5Q quietly ku he gone about this eecond mill that the publio knew nothing of it until the work had been commenced. President Montgomery of the Paoolet Mills, is also laying the foundation for an enlargement of the factory. Ho proposes to double the present capacity of the mill. While these established mills are moving on in this way, I bear that business inquiries are being made about certain idle shoals in this county. On the Tygers and Enoree there is excellent unused water-power oapable of running adosen large mills. All these enterprises will help lo build up and devolop the county, and will stimulate the farmers in the vicinity of the mills to more varied production,?Cor. Nttet and Courier. Abbbvillb In Flam to.?Abbeville, April 5 This afternoon about 3 o'olock the fine residence of Judge MoQowan was discovered to be on fire and all efforts to save it were vain. Only a part of the furniture was saved. The Presbyterian Churoh, which is next to Judge MoQowan's home, was also destroyed. The wildest excitement prevailed, as a steady wind from the West put in jepardy a great many houses and it was with great difficulty that the Presbyterian parsonage, the old Methedist Church, the residences of Mrs. Lylhgoe and Mrs. Atlevo were saved. A small house was burned to the greund some distance from tho place where the fire originated and Millet's Hotel and Russell's stables were also on fire, but were saved.?Netee and Courier. FeAsroL Flight or a Boilbb.? Cincinnati, April 4.?At 0 o clook this morning a boiler in Crawford's ^planning mill, at the fool of Evans street, in this eity, exploded with terrible force, demolishing the engine-house and dangerous 1/ wounding four workmen. The boiler itself went spinning through the roof, going a distance of three hundred yards and falling on a shanty boat at the edge of the river. It demolished the boat and instantly killed Mrs. Elite McLean, who was at her work in one end of it. Her head was out oompleteiy olf ant) one leg was found in the boiler. Her husband sleeping in the nest room, wis uninjured, but terribly frigthened. Tua Uioht I'asswobd, Hutths Wkono Smklt,. ?A good Templar in Chioo, Cel., got full and went up to the lodge room in that oondition. He knocked at the inner door and gave the password to the guardian, who was a Milesian and who bad, with the mother wit of bis tace, placed bis note to the wioket instead of his ear. He repeated the word "Abetinenoe" the seoond time and asked; "Dennis, wby donober open'er door? Hain't I got the right password?" "Yis, sir, bawled Dennis, within Rearing of the whole lodge, "you do be having the rigl)t password intipely, but, tje jabers, sor, yes have the wrong sbmell"?-Portlnnd Afrrcury, Lbabxixq Fbom Exruaisxcc.?Prosperity, April 1.?Snow an4 sleet has been falling up to 'i o'clock to day. Fruit has >11 been killed by tbe recent cql4 wether. Small grain in ibia aection ia much boiler tbqq lae|. yeijr, Corn ia being freely planted, ani our farmeaa are preparing for a good eorn gathering on uplaoda and art noi depeadin g on low landa entoelj.