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K ^ r HEW YORK'S GREAT FIRE. New Yobk, April -19.?The biggest nod fiercest fire New Yorkers bavo ever witnessed in this generation swept the East bank of North lliver clear yesterday from Fifty-ninth street to what would be Sixty-fifth street, if tho street ran to the river there. It destroyed more than a million and a half of property belonging to the New York Central Railroad, and at least half a million dollar' worth of stores of lard, flour and the like bolonging to other'persons, notably N. K. Fairbanks, the groat Chicago lard merchant. It destroyed tho two big elevators. A and 11. of tho Vanderbilt system, a big brick building stretching from Fifty-ninth street to Sixtieth street and occupied jointly by the Fairbanks lard refinery and stores, and wiped out mo aocK properly ol the INew York Central System from Fifty-ninth to past Sixty-fifth street. The total losses will aggrogato $3,000,000. At least ono man was killed in his headlong flight'from I ho flro at tho first outbreak. A number were injuredjumping from the windows during the tres mendous conflagration but 110 account wa kept of them. At least 250,000 people turned out to watch tho brilliant sight. The fire broke out in tho southwest corner of Fairbank's refinery, whero the workmen wcro busy at the time putting in a new lard cooling apparatus, how now no one kuows, and probably no one ever will know. Soaked in grease us the old building was aflame in an instant. From the ground floor the fire swept upward to tho roof. The uicn nt work in every etorv dropped their tools and ran for life. Tbc stair-hole was a glowing chimney of fire. The windows wero the only way out. Men flung themselves out by scores headlong, and behind them burst out the flames. How uiauy were thero no ono could toll. Those who can) out wero picked up and cjrricd away by their friends, shuddering to think that soino might have been left. Tho fire swept on through Fairbank's refinery to tho old establishment of W. J. Wilcox & Co., up on the water front between Fifty-niuth and Sixtieth Strocts occupying half of tho building, 200x200 feet, that filled ont the block. But flames fed by molten lard buru fiercely ond leap high. They leaped above and arouud it and reached across Sixtieth Street and tbc slip. Over there stood the firs t and biggest cuorinous grain elevators of the New York Central Railroad Company. Tho tremendous heat from tho Qrc across the street dried and vr.arnnd ?I--- ? 1 wood work, of the big frame buildings. It shrivelled up like withered leaves, tho slates fell from the sides in a red hot raiD, then a blue smoke arose from its roi.f and sides, a wreath of something darker curled from one of the dormer windows, a dull red light showed behind it, a bhout went up: '-There ehe -? " ""Hie llossitor stores still stood . dark and with closed iron shutters, >jUt tho water thrown by firemo^ sir zled and boiled when it touched thebr.rning heat within. It was * n(1 tul sight. The ".y and ltossiter stores still burn vu fiercely and wickedly. The hoat was 80 lieicc even at 200 feet that it was thought prudent to elcar the stockyards altogether. The same precaution was taken with the sheep house, a long threestory building that-preseuted its gable end to the burning refiucry. It would not have stood for a halt hour had not tho wind blown from it. Thus it was saved. Elevator A contained 100,000 bushels of grain, chiefly outs, worth probably 40 cents per. bushel. Tho greater part of tho euiall quantity in elevator B was barley. The two elevators with a capacity of 2,000,000 bushels had barely 150,000 bushels iu them, worth less tliau 8100,000. The losses are as follows; llossitcr stores and contents, 8900,000. Wilcox & Co , store, 8150,000. Elevator A, 8800,000. Elevator B, 8750,000. Dock A, contents, 8200,000. Dock A nod \Vili>nr hnildinc P'2'20 000. A Beggar with $38,500 Stowbd Away.?New Orleans, April 17.? Fcdicie Viart. aged 72, a professional beggar, died here two days ago of debility and neglect in an old shanty in the rear of the town. She had lived there for over twenty years in abject poverty, supporting herself by begging. The Coroner, in inspecting the circumstances of her death, discovered hidden in and .- round her shanty ?38,500, of ?2,500 was in gold, secreted in an old flower pot in the yard, and 830,000 in good bonds, stocks and securities, secreted in iho wall* The woman was believed to )>c in destitute circumstances. Sho caino here from France, and her only heirs and relatives live in Paris. IIo.MKf.K.sfl AND StARVINO.? Danville, Va., April 19.?Judge A. M. Lybrooks and other prominent citizens of Patrick County will publish to-mcrrow a pathetic rppeal for aid for the Patrick County peoplo who suffered by the recent forest fires. The letter says hundreds of neo p'o aro loft houseless and utterly destiof subsistence. They must have aid or starve, as everything thoy had was entirely consumed and thoir neighbors aro not able to supply their wants. They ! avc neither homes, clothing nor provi sions, All contributions should bo scot to Uangely & Parkins, .Stuart, Patrick County, Vo.. who are entirely responsible. Tur. 1'iasr Nkwsi ai'KH.?Iolo, I\an*., April 11).?The lir-t number of the Oklahoma Times will bo issued at Oklahoma City on the 22d by A. 0. and O. W. Scott A rmcrly of the 'Mia lirtfittr,ry of thi* | luce. Th8 '/imrs will be Kepublican io politic*, and will be point i'i ii in a complete stuaui plant. fev "T i ffic 3D ccfefy "Union Hiities 1 B R. M. STOKER, - Editor * d Friday, April 20, 1881). F SUBSCRIPTION, 12.00 PER ANNUM p POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. Tlio 1*. O. will be opened for business from 8 A. 11. to 6.30 P. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from 0 A. M. to 4 P. M. The Northern and Southern mails will both* close promptly at IP. M. Any inaticution or irregularities should be reported promptly to the 1*. M. J.C. HUNTER, P. M. B!?5u Wo regret to state that Col. 1. 0. McKissick is quite sick, from an old ailment ?sore mouth. 05%, Mr. Thomas S. Moore, of Kershaw, committed suicide on the 15th by taking strychnine. No cause assigned. RST" Wo regret to slate that tho venernble and much loved Judge Munro is lying at the point of dentli. Tho physicians conaider his death only a question of a few hours. Sta?" Northern capitalists have taken R'iAo nn<) ? ?/.!? >.? o ? Mill, which swells the stock to half a million dollars, and make tho mill the largest ^ in the State, running 30,000 spindles and I increasing the population of the city 1,500. ' ? , 1 The lkiltiuiore Automatic Tronsit ? Company is conducting n scries of experi- , incuts by which they expect to transport c mail matter and light freight so quick that a person may sit down to breakfast in Atlan- y tn and Chicago and read the Baltimore and ] New York papers of thot morning. < Bffk-The advertisement of Mrs. M. Vincent should hare appeared this week, but was ' neglected xintil too late. It will appear next I week, lu tho incnitiima all who want the J latest styles of Millinery should call and examine the beautiful assortment she has just rccoived, at II. M. OrimbaU's store. 1 It baa been many years since we had such fine spring weather for farm work, the 1 gardens and fruit, as wo are enjoying this -"V, 6?1U*U5 cicijiiilUK ID grvmug ? finely ami give promise abundance in a few i days. TIio Farmers arc all bard at work < and in a good burner. Most of them have finished planting cotton and upland corn, t At the Coro aer's inquest over the < dead body of Jasper Lawson, the evidence adduced was, that M'r. Lawson had keen of < unsouud mind for ar.mc time and his friends had kept a close watch on hitn. On the . morning of his buicide he was seen by his grandson, Kirby, going across a Held toward ^ lyger river, an tl he callod his father's (Giles y.irby) attention to it. Mr. Kirby, who * with hia son teas at work on the roof of ' their dwellio ?, told his sou to watch him) 1 row and got cut of sight. They with others followed kjm ami tracked him to the bank of the river, where they found bis hat. ? Search was immediately niv.lo with hooks iu 1 the river, and abcut two o'cloek his body was found by Mr. Finclier and Kilcy Law. 1 son. S Dr. M. W. Culp examined the body, and testified that in hia "opinion the deceased ( came to his death by drowning;" and the veruici ci me jury was "inni jasper J,aw- y eiiiuo to his death by drowuiug himself." ESS?" Wu have always said there were two positions tve would never occupy, if wc i coulJ avoid theui, i. c., a member of a Town t Council or a County Commissioner. They * are the worst paid, the most important and' < the most unthankful offices of auy in the i gift of the people and wo are really sur- t prised at so inuuy men scoking them. I If they do what they honestly bolicve to 1 ho for the best interests of the town or c county eomc wise-acres are suro to bob up e aud charge them with partiality to persons j or sections, want of common souse anl hon- r esty and other crimes of head and heart ; v but if they should accidentally make a wrong e step; whew! what a hue and cry! The s whole pick s aris fur them; and oucc on v their truil such a haiking, shouting and u cursing is raised nt Ibtir bcels us would tempt many an honest man to fly from his \ country. I Our present board of bounty Commission- c ere, however, ore not of tho flying sort. j They are made of "sterner stuff," and i appear determined to do their whole duty, i according to their lioucit on fiction t of 1 what is right and just, and bravo tho conse. t quenccs. They have taken Inld of our t County affairs with gloves otf, and intend to f run them with energy and all tho economy i pissiblc. They have searched the records op their office, and male themselves acquainted with the details of its requirements and their j duties under them, and nothing passes w itliout the closest scrutiny. Fo far we have heard no complaint of ] their actings ami doings, and we believe they deserve the confidence of the pooplo. ' ^ j The Dime Beading. j The Dime Reading given at the residence of Mrs. Daw-kins' last Tuesday evening, by 1 the King's Daughters, was a delightful and ' grand success, financially and socially, and reflected much credit on those in charge. ^ Shooting Affray.? IVinr.sboro, April 20. ' ' ?Grey Jioulworc was ."hot this morning by Jones Mobley. Roth parties are white and f residents of lYhito Oak. The cause of the ' difficulty, m stated by the wounded man, is as follows : Oa Thursday he and Mobley linil a. ilifinnlo nlw.??t ? ? f- ? 1 ...... .. ........... V .. w. K ueiOllglllg 10 ? lJotilware, which had been treated io a vcr, cruel manner by Mobley. Muhioy npolo- i gized for the treatment of the uriimxl, and a Mr. Houlwaro tohl him that ihat whs the end of the ninttcr, and g-.ve it no fprther n consideration. '1 hid morning, while going to his store at Whito Oak. he met Mobley, who cnllcd to kitn and tohl him to defend v himself, fts he was going to ehoot him. J Mobhy, without further ado, fired three times tit lloulwnre with ft double-barrel shotgun loaded with buckshot. At the ' time of the shooting Mobley could not have R I een more thsn twenty steps ftwrty from the object of his wrath. Several negroes were h present, one of whom was also wounded, a Houltvurc is not bid'y hurt. ? ixster at the Charehee. Last Sunday was all that could be deircd, for Easter Sunday, in the way of 1 rculher. It was a bright, clear and braoing . ty, and the churobos in Union were well > lied with devout congregations. The i Episcopal and Methodist ohurohes never 1 resented more tasty and oheerful floral ap- learancee. Thu Episcopal Church, rom the rear to the altar, was deoorated. . rith exquisite neatness and refined taste, 'he Altar, Railing, Cbanoel and Leoturn rere smiling, as it were, amid evergreens >nd beautiful flowers. The whole ohuroh ookcd tke occasion?joy ml and lovely ; and he only distinctive decoration that we can peak of was the window at the pew of the ate Dr. J. M. Oibbs, which was surrounded nchor, with "In Memory of J. M. Qibbs" u raited gilt letters upon it, entwined by >uro wbito flowers, and surmo unted by a vhitc dove, was suspended id the centre of ho window, with a small whits cross lettling in u bed of moss, flowers and ivy it its base. It was very pretty and appropriate. The usual E>ister servicos wero devoutly . >articipated in by a large congregation, ind a sermon of great force, appropriate o tho day, by the Rector, Rev. MoN Duiosc, was listened to with marked attention. Tint Mrtiiodist Church. The Methodist Church was very tastefully Iccoruted. In rear of the Pulpit, over the 'astor's Chair was placed a Cross, made of -Evergreens, while the Altar and Desk were estooed with flowers of all kinds, tastefully irr.inged as only Ladies can do. In eaoh viudow was beautifully arranged flowers ind evergreens. In the morning the Pastor Rev. S. A. iVeber preached an appropriate sermon from Psalms llUth chap. 1st verse, Dom. 1st chap 1th verso. In the evening tho Rev. M. D. Kelly reached from the G8th Psalms, 19th vorse; Blessed bo the Lord; who daily loadeth us vith benefits; even the God of our salvation. 3elah." Mr. Kelly, handled his subject in a clear ind logical manner, Exhibiting deep thought ind research. FASTER AT THE 13ETIIEL A. M. JS. CHURCH. The anniversary of the resurrection of )ur Lord was strictly observed. The Church vas beiiutifu'ly decorated with flowers, :vcrgreene, crosses and wreaths. The Pastor delivered a very forcible scrnon, appropriate to the occasion from tho ext "lie is uot here, lie is risen as He said. Some see tho place where tho Lord lay.'" At 8 30 P. M. the church was again :rowdcd to participate in a sacred concert. Collections for Home and Foreign Missions, $5 02. Easter Elcotion. At a congregational meeting, held in the Church of the Nativity last Monday, the Allowing were elected officers of the Church Tor the ensuing year: Vestrymen : Win. Munro, Geo. Geddes, J as. Munro, A. II. .Stokes, D. F. Arthur, II. M. Grimball, S. A. E. Parham. Delegates to tiie Convention. Win Munro, J. W. McLure, Geo. Geddes, A. R. stokes. Alternates. B.. F. Arthur, \T. M. jibbes, 8. A. E.I'arham, II. M. Orimball. vi.i.r>llllM IU WilVUUTIU.T. IV. Jl. U1003, (V. M. GtbbtS. Alternates. Geo. Geddes, J. K.^Young. ?? ? The Town Couucil of Union is dong splendid work on the streets, for which hey deserve the cordiil thanks of our citiens. TJicy have put the sidewalks in solid iondition, covered the street crossings villi heavy plank and cleaned out the guters, so that pedestrians can traverse the own dry-shod in tho wettest of Bcasons. We tope they will not stop their good work up>n tho sidewalks alone, but will get into the treets, fill up the holes, level tbcm off and tut a "hard finish" to the streets also so that idiug may bo as smooth and pleasant as talking. W are, individually, more iutersted in having smooth streets than good idcwalks, as we are unable to uso the sidevalks and our old bones get awfully shook ip in passing over holes ia tho streets. Wc are assured, however, that the Council vill do their best, and as soon as possible, to >ut tho streets in first class permanent con mi on, ?o wo uuve noiuing 10 say except to >riv8e them. The "ways" of Union have tndcrgonc great improvements the last two nonths, in more tcat/s thau one, and wo lope the honorable Town Counoil will coninuc to do its share toward making the own not enly attractive to tho eyo, but proj oundly peaceful and highly commendable n its morals. Personals. Mrs. 3. W. Pryor, nee Mies Maggie Tinsley, of Lowreysville, Chester County, is visiting her parents At this place. Miss Lizzie McNally bus gone to Memphis, Tcnn., in a visit to relatives. Miss Agnes ll.ee, who is teaching a large tnd flourishing school at Peak, came up ast week and spent a few days with liar brother, Mr. 3. M. Itice, Jr., E. U., and 'amily. Our young friend P. W. Moore loft us ast Monday for Hickory Grove, N. C. iVaikcr said that he will gr into business at hat place. Mr. W. D. Arthur and Mr. J. D. iliimdiries went to Charlotte last week on imlortant businees. Messrs. W. H. 3. Harris, 1*. P. Williams ind J. L. MoWhirter, of Jonesville, were it 4mrt 1*!a twA?lr Miss Maggie Swygert, of l'enk^ visHod lie family of iicr cousin Mr1. P. II. Counts, : ost week. Mnj. S. P. Hamilton, a leading moraler of he Chester Par spent, a few days Insl week ,mong h is friends in Union. Miss Mary Duncan, of Ocshen Hill, is on , visit to the fimily of Mr. T. C. Duncan. Mr. T. 8foho Simpson, of Spartanburg, cas in town this week on professional boslic?s, an special I'efrree iu the case of leluo vs Pcake. Messrs. J. A. Pant, Tommie Rice and W. I. Sartor are "taking in" the Floral Fair { t Charleston. Miss Bessie Farrar, of Finckney, has ecu spending a few days with her relatives < nd many friends here. Bessie is always a lek'oiuu visiter. IL3Lj Etta Jans, Notwithstanding ire bad a gooTraio Kftt 14th inst., ?ad ;n he ground wu too ^Ayskwffh for two or .hree days last westS koala And other regctation, parliouV^^^M^are needing m It again. Flantti^^^^^^wig flnely^ m and UiU week will j?5 teed in the ground not attempt to ftoUh ap^^H^^^^BIg P for* tpa toUd^uj^HI^IIHIpentb, P%?riiArltj^OMBfrfelpMrritTu)at\h ey are P getting (long wltif Mir firth wor^rtry wall, and that their crib prospects ue battar than they well a yeV ago at tbjfs time. * W# thought wo would tanke an elaborate rt reply to aa anonymous letter reoojwed laat week by ooa of aur beat mtizone/'put apace . forbids aa extended notice pi this time. The letter ia written, (or Attempted to he 'e written) ostensibly in the -interest cf the tl Mormon fieitb. The writer bandies us with gloves off and recites hU our sins of { omission snd commission, Moign end domestio. What we hare said in these ooluiuns from time timo about these modern Lameohites is a bitter morsql under his p tongue. We must, however, giro him oredit for making to attempt to disguise tboae mammoth aurieuiar appendages that are an uhfalliog index to his assinina preelivities. Though we.dont wish to cast any j reflections upon the fhilhful mule by bring- ,. inc his paternal ancestor into this defaming comparison. Thin writer twirls some of 0: Pali's sayings around in euch trap ei inn style that thoy represent a orasy quilt ratkar than a \ regijUsi1 ojncateoatioo of p ooriptaral truttts, goiojWauppori the im-i . ported heresy he weal?PAae etb" -people^ **' imbibe. Throughout,nhtwnbie letter gives n evidence that its author 4s a first-olass blackguard rather than a teacher ef Scriptural truth and a practitioner of moral decency. Ho makett a fruitless attempt to switch its authorship upon some colored man?perhaps Wallace Fowler. But wo will state that Wojlaoo has been too well 'raised to descend- below the surfaoe of propriety and exhume suoh disgraceful language as is theroin oet forth Oh a future occasion we will bring this matter up in better style, and refer to such points as oencern the public weal. We will feed this polygamic disoiple on alterative doses of decent language until the effect of his moral leprosy has disappeared, if possible. We are glad to find our friend Mr. A. F. McKissiok among the contributors of the Timks, and assure him that we have no disposition to fall out with bim for "invading our dominion." His problem is one well calculated to stir up our geometricians and put them 'to studying. My young friend, you and your efforts will always find a hearty wofctoie with us. We hope soms of our nutnerous young friends will answer him. We have already figured out our answer end will put it before our readers in esse it is necessary. 1 A distiller sold his whiskey,* losing 4 per , cent; keoping $18 of the prooeedo, he gave tbe remainder lo an agent to buy rye at B per cent, commission ; be lost in all $32. What wae the whiskey worth T We presume our Bible readors foutfll the . seriptural quotation iu the International ' Sunday School Lesson of April 14, in the 22d and 23d verses of 118th Psalm. Rot. Mr. Hioksoa preached a practical i sermon at Abingdon Creek last Sabbath, j Ilia text was Her. 1st chap, and Oth terse : "And hath made us kings and priests nnto God His Father." Vox. 1 A False Tongue Ma. Euitob.?For many years I hare painfully thought over one of the great curses to onr oountry?the false tongue. *3 .dangerous through the press. I dread the false tongue far, far more than the burglar or thief, and was so taught by , my mother. We oan lock our homes against ( the one bat not the other?that strikes | stealthily and with fatal aim at.character. | In many cases in our courts we hear so { much false testimony Amounting to perjury, that no wonder tho juries are.often pus* t sled as te what are the real foots, and that | they could but fail -to give justice. I am | ears A tvl> a Ka' < anna >t 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? vuv n *?w *v sit VVi i/O IUO lUipQriHTO ' ( duty of every oue elaitning to be a friend | to hia country, to be ever ready and willing i to go into a case, with-a conaoientiout do- i termination to truthfully testify, and in any peaceful way give aid to secure justice be- ; tweon parties in the case or in any matters 4 out of it, in order that truth might prevail ] ever falsehood;, and that honor; society, ( Christianity' add oivitizetmo may rise to a , higheW'plane moiTHe' OT*g through the , dirty soum of tho. false tongue. ] If a true gentleman, from somo cause, ] should bsppen to speak ill of another and , afterward! find hia Mitrm nnlmu ?ill at once sincerely retraot and ask pardon; , but if he be not a gentleman be will never retract, although discovering its untruth , unless he be coerced to do so. The latter | is ever ready to catoh up .harmless circum- , stances and manqfscture tbem into a shape for another's injury. L. MoAktuuh. ?.. . , All tiik World Will bs Glad.?New York, April 22.?rfunch, Edye & Co-, agents of the wrecked sttomtr "Denmark," receiv- . ed a cable dispatch from Lisbon about four o'clock to-day, saying: "The passengers 1 and crew of the steamship 'Denmark' land- i ed at Azores. Three hundred of the passengors are en the steAmer 'Missouri' bound . bound for I'hgLgd el pile, y Rest to follow by next steamer Copenhagen, April 22.?A telegram from Lisbon to tho United Steamship Company ( announces the safety of the crew end pas- , sengers of the steamer "Denmark*" The good tidings reached Lisbon from tho Asoree. 1 It is elated that every one who was on the 1 "Dantuar!-" is suf;, and fh&t only th? eagi- ; neer was injured. 8omo of the paseengors , arrived at Lifbon 1o-dny. A number are on their wayfo New York and the remain- * deraro still al the Azores. Delaware / lircnxwalor, April 22.?The steamer "Missouri" sailed hence for Philadelphia ai 7:$0 o'clock this morning with a number of tl}fc' passengers of (ho steamer "Danmatk" tfn board. Philadelphia, April 22.?The steamship "Missouri" with s6j of the people from the wrecket^steamef "Danmerk" arrived at the American Lino nock at six o'olosk this evening. AH were well on board with the exception 4|T Ihfee persons who are ill but (foing well.;'. AU of the "Danmark'a" pas tngoia leok hetfrty and bright and show no which they must Mft LxxDafc vox Uracil.?The Rev. John M. Lander, <if Wiiliamston, baa decided to hoed the urgent call of the ohnreh, and go to Juts do For*, llraiU, to f und 4 school } for the Chrltt'aa eduoetion of beys and f vnnnor men iLnulne fa* ' mioUtrj. II* oxpecta to nil from No* . Vurk on (he 6th of Jn*e. Mr, Loader It ' one of the moat eoerff?Uo and brainieu ' members of the Sooth Carolina Confers nee, end io liirf new field of labor be is bound to do maoh tueceesfal work for the cau?e of Chrisfe If# will entry with him the prey-. i m oifonr whole people for hie nnoooes, *' h'ealw end happiness in hie new home,? * Andtrton InUltigenctr. ? R? Iiwi at Jonesville. Jonmtu.lv, 8. C., April 22.?Farm work i ibis community is being pushed with tergy, and ererj horae and hand is iu deend. Bat few persons, if any, can reember a mere favorable Spring than this, te fruit trees are heavily laden, while urdeu sass is very promising end will soon ?in. Everything is lovely and lively and ioaios aye in order from this date till Fall. We have a corps of feather renovators in ir town. Thoy aro all young men from erk County, except one. They are just >ady now for work. Mr. J. L. MoWhirter's little . daughter very sick with pneumonia. There are a iw cases of measles in our town. Except til rtPA vav-v krfthliv The following tickot was eleoted the I her day for town couneilmen : For Intendant, W. H. S. Harris. For Wardens, J. L. MoWhirter, 0. B. owler, U. C. Smith and Sam'l. Littlejobn. . P. Williams was eleoted clerk and marhall. Jonesvllle is putting on cit y airs just now he Baptist ohurch is using the oornet in 10 ohoir, Mr. P. P. Williams performing n it, and he does it well. The new church building at New Hope i moving on towards completion. The 'aster, Iter. D. P. Boyd, he* taken great asereei in looking after if, as he is chair* tan of -the building committee. The Presbyterians hare their ohurch lot taked off. It is a beautiful lot donated, by Irs. N. B. Eisjn. May they sucoeed in uilding at an early day. During the dry spell just past we had ome bad forest fires in our vicinity rbioh did much damage to lauds and timber. No dwellings were lost, while several rere in mach danger bat wore saved by Taithful hands. Fire is ono of the many preat blessings to man, as well as a faithful ervant, but a sure avenger of oarelessness. There was quite a pleasant musical enortainmcnt at tho residence of Mr. J. B. taster the other night. M^j. Wm. Webster, who has been visiting lis daughter, Mrs. R. N. Harris, for some ime, has returned to his home in Jouesrllle. . Trlepuoxb. Dots from Kelton. xi D p.llITAn km W?|? mm. ? -*-* ' A M S% l&O J vu UttTU OU IlittUJ VUi espondeuts from Kolton it leaves me nc lews to write; but some of them probably lon't farm, and they have ample time to write up Kelton. Farming work is in advance of formei poara and if (he beautiful weather holds good for planting we may thank God thai we have not suffered the ravages of storms as many other sections have. Wheat ii looking fine and promises a fair yield al present. Oats are looking fine also, and i large amount has been sowed in this seO' lion. So, taking all things in consideration we have flattering prospects for good crops. The members of the Kelton Alliance an weJl pleased with their arrangements foi buying goods. They buy much oheapei than usual; but they must bear in mine have sold goods at a smaller profit. Bui when a merchant fails to collect what ii due him he had better quit selling. Tbi merohants arc wotl pleased also, for thej believe that there is a greater determiaatiot among the farmers to be moro economizing and moro prompt in paying up. As the Supreme Court has deoided thai the township Bonds are valid Kelton expect! to seo the iron horse come puffing along bringing us guano, aud carrying off oui cotton, but not to bring meat and corn and Sour, for wo ought to raise it here, and ] think the farmers are drifting in that di rection now. XI - PI!. * " mi. uuiiur, i see m j our issue of Marct 15th that Mrs. M. A. li. boasts of her SoutL Carolina collarJ. I folly agree with her in folding up for her State; but she mutt remember I did not weigh my largest eollard, vnd mine grew ia a garden. She calls hers i patch. Why did she wait until away in March 15th to tell of hers, after I bad trouted my big cellard T Poor old Joe, indcr a Georgia eollard. Mrs. M. A. E., we will try it over next Fall, and report Joe admits that he has u'o cellards, and w< would sujgest to Mrs. Jee that she get bin >ut soon before breakfast, to work in hei jar Jen, and she will liavo collards to eai next winter, juet as Mrs. J. T. A. does. J. T. A. The Outlet, Inlet and Outcomo of Crosi , Keys. Crohn Kets, S. C., April '20ih.?Crosi Keys lias, at last, another outlet to tin civilized world, in the shape of a new bridgi across Tygcr River, at the old crossing known as the Murphy Mill place, and nou it is only twelve miles froui Crors Keys t( Union C. H. An outlet also serves as ai >let, and the traveling pubHo on both aidei ). .he Tygcr are accommodated. We also have a promising young Physician, in the person of Dr. Yancey L. Poo), who is to trj his luck near tho centre of the township, m id hang out his nhingle ??t Mr. W. A [lay's residence, loss than a half mile from >oss Keys proper, lest week. Dr. Pool it i young roan of fine moral character, and sill be quite an acquisition to the community. Tho Farmers' Alliances scuu to hang ogelher very well, and it is said they have viiv uiuun in vuo way 01 reducing Ibe prices of Iho necessaries of life. The uoerchants keep full stores anil 8*11 cheap, ion, if the young Doctors will lake (he iot, and attend clossly to business, make -easonable charges, and prove themselves vorthy of the confidence of the pfople, the 'bone and sinew" of the country will help hem along. The farmere, indirectly, but ?'tainly. pay all the expense} of the tovernrnent, and whtlo they are treated ight by those who live off of their labors, hey are willing to toil on, and toil ever; iut ihe day is not far distant when tho exortioner will have to seek another country. ii?/ ? jusi uoa speed the lime. Occasional. Frikxd Stokxh.?M/ answer to Vox's irobletn of, "If one-fifth of stx be three, rbat will tho lliirj of twenty be," is l(j|. J. B. Lsmuastka. .4* From the Fountain of Health. Tt Wkst Spbinqs, April '29.?Bogansville, though for e long time silent, is by no, th mesne the leatt among her sister townshipe; ea for she la to-day developing from her in- pi exheuetible metallic resources more actual re cath than all the other portions of the en- fa tire county. She is, doubtless, the grand m California of the Eastern country, "and her tx resources will continue coextenelre with O time itself. Outside of her mineral weslth V she is alee a formidable competitor with e( her agricultural compeers. in The farmers are pretty well up with their ai work, and the refreshing showers of heaven 1< re now giving promise of glorious bar- w vest in the future. Labor overcomes all di difficulties, surmounts all obstacles, and, ti like Faith, removes mountains. Our farm* ers are now bending to tbe oars, and there b< seems to be a generous rivalry for the 1? championship of agricultural and horticul- 1 tural excellence. Garden tatt is now abun- ft dant, and West Springs water is a good 01 stimulus for its consumption. b The West Spiiogs water is certainly a ti fountain teeming with health-producing 0 properli es, giving tone to the buoyant spirits ft of the young, and invigorating tbe aged e with youthful emotions. Tbe celebrated k Spaniard who traversed a great portion of ti tbe now world, in quest cf a fountain thai b would clothe him with eternal youth, anrely missed West Springs in his wanderings. Nothing but a lack of energetio enterprise, < causes this spring to oocupy any other than J tho front rank of health-producing summer I resorts in the South. h To suffering humanity, we would say, I come to West Springs, whose waters are a I specific for all stomach troubles, and a great ^ promoter of digestion, and, for the bluet, * tho venerable sheriff, a fixture of the place, J with his ready-flowing wit, is a prcsont oure. West Springs now has a large and 1 flourishing school, with Mnj. W. T. Thom- s son, of your town at its hoad. Tbe Major is possessod of a scholarly ability in every t way well calculated to teach "the young 1 idea how to shoot." 1 Mr. Editor, should you, or any of your 1 ftmininlannna nrpinmn In Ihinlr that. Tin I good can come out of llogansville or West t Springs, wo simply reiterate what Philip 1 said to Nathanial, in reference to Nnxareth, 1 "Come and see." To my farmer brothers < ( I would any, let us all economise a liille moro rigidly, and work a little closer for I the next three or four months, and a kind I Providence will surely reward us for all i . our privations and arduous toil. , The farmer's life ia hard to beat, i If he should raise hie bread and meat, | And on liia income learn to live, > So as to lay up and to give. I W. M. F. ' I ^ k Riverside Ripples- i River Siua, April 2'2d.?Mr. Editor.?I 1 have been trying to think what kind of ' material that person must have been made , ' of who said, "Spring-time has no charms > for me." He must have been the worst r kind of a dyspeptic, and one breathing i city dust and surrounded on all sides by r brick walls. Certainly ho knew notbiog 1 about country life. Is it not a high privilege ... indeed, to breath the fresh invigorating at* I Ttwpnvrv, sweeienou-wo* Vr~th? I beautiful flowers that so richly and promiscuously adorn and beautifys our Hod-given, 9 heaven-blessed country?a oountry that has i no superiors and but few equals on top of 1 j this great earth, with soil and olimate adapted to the growth of almost every conceivable plant, both in fruit and flowers, as S well as the staple and monied crops. There ' are some cotton planters who will, perhaps, I differ with me in this; one of those cotton 1 ( maniaee who plant nothing but cotton, year | niter year, until bo has completely ex haunted his farm lands and is now growling under mortgage and lien laws. Well, it does ' [ look like hard times with a fellow when he i . has to mortgago his farm and sign a lien on ( his crop for the bread and meat he should ' have raised at home. Dut who are to ' blame for thia state of things ? Only the ' i improvident, short-sighted, the would-bo ( farmer. j 1 Just now we are inclined to take a more 1 hopeful view of the situation, and think ' the farming classes have about struok bottom, and will now strike for better wages, i that is, better crops. We are glad to note that some of the road 1 workers are putting their roads in good conditidb. Some, however, are slow, very slow, to move up in this important matter, l ' It is certainly a very great pity that road , 1 overseers do not possess enough of publio spirit to put their roads in a passable con- ' i dition. There is a road leading from Wood's 1 , ferry that is well nigh impassable, where t the road orosses Dig Brown's Creek, there being a washout hole and quick sand. We t know of Bcveral passing over this road who either had toswin or drown at thia very ' dangerous placo. Will not the County 1 Commissioners take notice T s We were trying to get subscribers some . 1 days baok, for the Southern Cultivator, which is about the best Agricultural journal ' I published in the Southern States, and made , a very slow out indeed. The cry is "we have no time to read." Is it not better to * take time to read and post yourself on the ' 5 advancement in asricuhure. than ?n i?i?nnin? o ?, > oin darkness all your life? How would a farmer like to emploj a lawyer te defend him ?r his interest who never had time to road up on his profession f Wo think the April number of the Cultivator contains information worth at least the prloe of a year's subscription, and perhaps ten times as rouoh. Let the readers of the Truss read Mrs. J. 11. Thompson's letter to the Southtm Cultivator on page 177 cf 'he April number. Hirer Side wns farored with a rislt last week by Rev. D. P. Boyd and wife. On Sunday Bro Boyd preached an Easter Sermon, from Matthew *28ih ohap: Oth verse, to a large and attentive congregation, not a few of whom osteemed it a privilege to listen to the foroible and practical dieoourss ' by the servant of the Most High. Now, Mr. Editor, let mo compliment yon i on the improved appearance of your wet, come weekly visitor, the Unien Tints. Mrs. Joe took spoois'. interest in the fate of "Poor Little Emily." Tbe exnoa'tion th* ftnnrfa* SnS/mi . -- ? -J 1 Lesson is .good, and ought to bo rood by every subscriber to lho Times. Jos. J Governor J. P. Eagle, of Arkaotas, has ' written a letter to the Hot. C. T. Bailey, odilor of the lU'.eigh Biblical lleoorder, . wbioh will prove a check to the exodus . movement aming the negroes from this S*ate to Arkansas. The Governor ?*ye the . premises made by emigrant agents aro extravagant and cannot be relied upon, lie very forcib'y drsorihel the eituatiou in bis Siate, and advised the negroes who have homes in North Carolina to stay there. J ,1 Now Nature Speaks Beauty?make your t! homo beautiful by the ludicloue use of White- li wash, Paints and Varnish, Paints, Oils, a Whitewash Brushes, Paint Brushes, Ac., Ao. a at J. W. l'osey & Bro'e Prug Slur*, 1 . /1' ,;ajt to Outrage at Finey Grove Sunday School. Ma. Eorroa.?In tbo Greenville New of _t a 10 th inat, lb ere appeared a oommuni- ? tioo from Qaffaey City, over the turn de imm of "Vox," wbioh I think demaoda a ply from ma, aa it oon laina many flagrant laeboods implicating myself and soma of y family in the unplaaaant estrangement ^ itween one T. B. M. Perkins, of Nelson }., Va., and his three children. Of ooorae ox is interested in making Parkins' aide ' the ea$? appear the better. He got his ifo'rmatlon entirely fr?m Psrkias himself, sd Perkins is a plausible * fallow, who, , ke the "confidence" men of New York, is ell calculated to impose upon the oonfltnce of a stranger by bis very gracious ad confidential manners. Vox, or Perkins, would make the publlo jlieto that I enticed Perkins' children to are him, and that I was interested in Laeping them with me. This is a malicious blsehood. The children came to me with* at enoouregemont from me, and asked to e protected from ill treatment. I admlt>d them to my home, as my sister's grandLildren, and they are free to go to their ither if they are willing to do so. I, bowfor, with the lights before me as to Perlos' habits, candidly eonfetu, as the rustee of their property, in not 'anxious j relinquish them to Arm. . -ran OtJTRAaa AT THK 8CNDA.T SCHOOL. . Perkins says he Went on n visit to his ihildren, accompanied by George W. * 'owler. Why did he take such a man aa 'owlar to him in a friendlv visit ta lis children, and at the Sunday School tool 'erkins, Fowler and another man, bad been trowling around tho neighborhood three lays, watobiog for the child ; Perkins rep- * esenting himself to my neighbors as a Mr. rones, connected with a railroad surrey. . At the Sunday Sohool Fowler went to he window, but seeing two boys about the lame size sitting together, he asked Perkins ?who was sitting in a buggy a short disance from the house?to oome and show aim whioh was his son, as if he, Fowler, intended to go in and take the ohild out by 'orce. At this Perkins went into the bouse and took hold of bis child, who got iway from him and ran crying to his sister, *ith Perkins following him, when Miss Farrar spoke to the child saying "this is no time for crying. If you do not want to go srlth jour father, stop crying and say so, like a man." Then tho boy said to hia rather, with tears in his eyes and with muoh spirit : "No, I will not go with you. if it had not been for your drunkenness and ill treatment, I would not hare been here now." At this Fowler said to Perkins, "he is your child, take him. If you are afraid to lake him I will help you." Of course Miss Farrar became exoited at such outrageous conduct, and so were the children, somo of them running out greatly alarmed, and the sohool was broken np for that day; but to say that Miss Farrar "had the boy speedily remored in change of her brother," is false. Ho ran out Md got into the buggy himsolf, and Mr. 8. 8. Farrar again told him that he oould lake his choice, either to go with his father or re turn with him, and the boj again said he would not go with his father. Can he be a kind, ehrittian parent, whose ohlldren vol. nntarily leave him and refuse to return ? Is it natural that not one of the three chil" dren will return to him, if he is a kind parent, and worthy their esteem f As for the certificates of the officials of Nelson Co., which Perkins says are now in die hands of his Attorneys, in this State, is to "his standing in tho community where le lives," if they are similar to those I have n my possession, from some of thoso same iffioials, and a number of other good sitisens there, his Handing is anything but hat of a stber, kind inlulgent and ohrisian parent and oitizen. His "indulgence" is of the wrong kind, for it"makes him a lespiacd and oftentimes a brutal parent. Mr. Editor, if Perkins and his party vere not intoxicated, their oinduci at the School bouse belied them. I reoeived tho writ issuod by tha two Trial Justices at Gaffuoy City, demanding ne to produce the boy before them, and ipon which one of those self-same Trial ^ Justices afterwards eudorsod "that iho within writ was issued without jurisdiction inn those proceedings aro null and void." If Vox is one of the Attorneys who made out ha process against me, his knowledge of XI r. Perkins, of Vs., is about as correct as his tnowiedge of the law ; and what he says ihout me in his disrespectful way, mikes lim quite a congenial oompanion for his 'riond from Virginia. J. G. Farrar. Conversion or a Rabbi.?Montgomery. Ala., April 18.?Rev. Dr. P. S. Cramer, ft iroung Rabbi, who reoently came to thia >lty front Louisiana, hat oaused a consideriblc sensation in religious circles by enlounoing that ho will reoouuoe Judaism ind embrace Ihs Christian religion. - Ho tailed on the Rev. Pr. U. B. Wharton, pasor of the Pint Baptist Cbaroh of Monigomtry, to-day and stated bis oase plainly, e*jressing a desire to join the Baptist Cburoh ind be baptisod. By invitation of Pr. Wharton he will atteod the Baptist Churoh lervioes to-morrow ond make a publie statenentofbis conversion. Dr. Cramer is about thirty years old and i very intelligent young man. He hse dl. domes showing he received e finished editsot ion in the first oolleges of Oerinany and res educated for the ministry. He caie# to hie contry several years ago and has resiled mo-t of tbs time in Louisiana, where he reset different times rabbi of one eroneher of several Hebrew oongregatiunt. II a ays he has given the subject of religion a leep study, and after reading the Bible slosely he hes been thoroughly oonvinecd hat .Imiii 'ha i?n? ? * ? ?V rovaoiau uI WUom doses And the prophets wrote. ^ ...I. Anothsr Outkaob in York?Yoikrllle, Vpril, 15.?A colored boy about 18 years of ige made an attempt to outiag* the eix.year* >ld daughter of a respectable farmer living >n the outskirts of town on 'Saturday night lor cries frightened bim away, and he mada da esoape. The nemo of the Tillisn is known only to ho father and the authorities whs baaed he wsrraot. '* . _ sjJA In Spaftanburg County, Soiiili Carolina. -> here are cotton mills in operation, or under onstruotion, with a total of 12?, 000 spin- Aitt las, Clifton leading with 00,000, which is he largest number of any eotton mill in A he South. There ate many other counties ' Ja it tbs South thit oou'd do equally ae wait % Spartanburg if thoy would display the ksse energy.?Dnlttmcre Manufacturer?' -y -'"M * * 51