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THI TRAGEDY OF THE CAVE. a lovb mb8saub waittih by a dyiku sol dib* a hisdbkd ycabs aoo. Rbadino, Pa., Jul/ 16.?Editor Kauff man, of the Chester Vslley Union, and W W. Potts, of Warwlok, Superintendent o one of the extensive granite quarries a Falls of French Creek, furnish here to-da; eas of the strangest stories on record an< vouch for its authenticity. Recently while a new quarry was bein) opened at Falls of Frenoh Creek, in a wil< section of country, a cave was discover? ~ Potts took possession of it. In tha evening at bis home bo opened i and fonnd a manuscript, faded and die colored by time. The manuscript is ad dressed to Miss Virgiois Randolph, of Rich mond, Va The writer signs himself Artbu L. Carrington, of the same place, and h states that he was with Washington at Val ley Forge in 1778. He goes on to say tha he was sent out on a foraging expedition t the neighborhood of French Creek, whci be received word that tha British had san a considerable force to cut hiin otT. Th writer says that his men took refuge will friends while he made his way to tha cave where he had hidden colore. 11 wa marked by a rock just over the en trance, so nicely balanced that a man coub move it slightly with one hand. The fleeing patriot took shelter insid and bad hardly done so when the encmj came near and fired three shots after his re treating men. The concussion must hav destroyed the balance of the stone above the entrance, for it fell and held the write) a prisoner. A ray of sunlight atom streamed through the top. The manuscrip proceeds to say that after many weary hour) the writer became oonvinccd that he wouh have to perish there. He feels tho feve coming on, and with reason almost dethrone) indicts this letter?having writing mnterial in hie pocket?with the hope that the worh may some day know his fate. He speak pathetically of the memory and love of hi: betrothed and concludes as follows : "He who has created us must know wha is good for us nnd wo can only submit sac truat. To know your heart is mine atones? far more than atenes?for oil I hive auf fared or can yet sulTor. My life seems t< linvn hrirnn with our lnvp : onlv ninco tlior have I truly lived. You have .shielded mi from every evil thought; I have been ii every way r hetter ntitti siDce 1 loved you When 1 gazed into the pure depths of you: dark-bule eyes doubts and shadows flei from me. Oh, Virginia, Virginia, 1 an looking into them now ! God is good ; God is merciful to let yoi seem so near mo. You arc praying fur mi now, at this moment, 1 feel it ; I know it i? so, my beloved. It is not farewell?l cau not say farewell ? there is no farewell t< love like ours. This agony wdl soon b< over and 1 will be free. 1 will he waitini for you iu the land of the hereafter. Virginia, my best beloved, I am almo-t there und something tells me I will not have ti wnit long for your coming. No ono should ever doubt the goodness the love of God. 1 feel his wnys ore tin best, lie has bound our Bonis together for evermore. Messed be his holy name!'' The date of the manuscript is May 'Ju 177H. Mr. Foils says he wrote to an oh friend in Kiclimoud, This friend sent him word tluit her grandmother's maiden nanu had been Uaudolph and that in an oh family buryiog.ground, near her house, was u monument with this inscription : l>ied of a broken heart, on the 1st n March, 17bO, Virginia ltuiidolph, aged I! yenr8 nnd 'J days. "Faithful unto death.'' This friend also scu Is Mr. l'otts two old letters, written 110 years ago to Alice l'oy mu i>y n^cuci nunuoipu, in which tuc ma appearance of tlio young man ia referred t< aud (lie approaching end of the young girl Air. Volts concludes liis statement as fol lows w - ? to be removed and will soon rest by tin tide of his beloved Virginia." Mr. Volts says tlint he lias the original uuiuscript, nnd Editor Kaiitlmnn gives tin entire story a strong editorial indorsement Kxcitbmknt in Cuahi.otte.?Charlotte, July 18.?The arrest of Squiro John V. Hunter here yesterday eveuing lias been the Huhjcct for town talk to-day. Nothing has caused so much excitement here in a Ion); lime. Hunter was not locked up Ust night, but a friend volunteered to go on his bond to any amount, After his wounds wore dressed lie was takenvd home nm! his trial ret for this morning, but when ihc time arrived a messenger oune. e.tying that fie justice was unable, to leave his bed, and hi* physicians regard L is case a serious one and say it niay prove fatal. The l>!ow was a ireniendoiis one aud was heard fifty yards away. It made a twr>bl?e wound on the magistrate's head, and -.ho blool, which (lowed freely, thoroughly saturated his garments. The trial has been continued until the JiOtli inst. Sergt Uoylc, who struck the savage blow, was to-day required 10 give bail in the sum of $850 for his appearance. lie has also been suspended from the police t'orce. lieports from the country say the farmers arc greatly indignant and ninny publicly swear vengeance against Hoyle. They declare that Hunter's bad ti-estineut was due to the fact that he is n countryman, and say that no sueli treatment would ever liavo been meted out to a citizen of Charlotte. They are very mad and openly declare Hunter's treatment to be a gross outrage. A fanner from the magistrate's neighborhood told your corresspondent to-day that the niattev was m i done wiui yet ana wouiu not eu-t in law. tie said that trouble might be expect el at any moment. Hunter has employed able counsel and will enter >>?iit against the city fur heavy damages, on the grounds of unlawful urrett and inhuman treatment. The case is exciting great interest, and public sentiineut is rtrongly in favor uf the much abused justico otthe peace. Enui.asd Invauks tiik Sovtii.?A distinctive new era in the South's iron and steel industry is marked by the organization of l'higtish companies, composed of capitalists of tireat liritiun. to build extensive steel and lton works, intending four furnaces, a steel rail mill, etc., at a new town at Cumberland <?np. on the dividing line between Tennessee and Kentucky. The name of the town is to he Middlehorough, Kj-. ami lor over a year the work of buying mineral lands, preparing for railroad connections, etc., has been vigorously hut quietly pushed by the Ameiicuii Association, (limited,) which is the name of the parent company. Over ^d.Otal,(Mi'.i in cash lias already been paid out, and upwards of tin.UOO acres oi mineral land has been purchased, and over sT.tKKI.Ottt) lias been pledged for the new enterprise. "In addition to contracts for four furnaces, sieel works and rolling mill, pipe works, etc., to cost in the aggregate ?d,<lMi,000, there will he a ST'r.tMlO hotel and a sanitarium, in whieh many of the lradiio' physicians of lunoj o ami this country ale interested ; three hotels, to c ist .>L'(H),0(?i : four coal mines, representing and a $000,00(1 tannery- Other enterprises, including electric light and gas works, saw mills, brick yards, railroad shops, etc.. have been arranged, and the total investmen is already seeu i cd aggregate SlO.OtM). UUO in cash.? rs Hum-I. ? .... Commissioner liut'rr has ea lod a n,eei. ingot'(lie Cocnniissioners of Agriculture of i I the Southern States to he hehl in Allanta August 1st to consider mailers alb-cling iLe agricultural interest-- of the South, in ' lading leiiii><ceia and cotton bile cover Uftc iJDeefcfy Wtiioti kitties ' R. M. STOKES, - - Editor f S. S. STOKES, - Local Editor, t l Friday, July 20, 1M9. ? SUBSCRIPTION, $1 60 PER ANNUM j The I*. O. will he opened fer business t from 8 A.M. to 6.30 P. M. i- The Money Order Department will be I- opened for business from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. i- The Northern and Southern mails will r both close promptly at IP. M. Any inattention or irregularities should - be reported promptly to the P. M. 1 J. C. HUNTER, i\ M. 0 a t The Sncrnnicnt of the Lord's Sup? per will be celebrated at the l'rcsbytcrian t'hureh next Sabbath morning. s '**" !- Our good little f riend Wallace Smith 1 brought us n bucket of the finest peaches we hare seen this year. Now, Wallace, that * milk shake shall coma the next time we meet in t own. e ? *? ? ' Wl Our beautiful town presented quite r a lively appe arancelast week, from the pret scnce of a large number Ministers and Layj men attending the Spartanburg District Coni ference. It was a truly pleasant meeting of ^christians working in harmony for the causa "of Chi 1st and the salvation of souls. The j Conference closed with the Sunday services. s We arc soasewhat inclined to move t into Cross Keys township, for we receive so I many kind favors from there, partioul arly from the ladies. Last week our lovely young friends. Misses Kva and I.izxie j Gregory sent us a box of splendid peaches, 5 for which wo, us and family return our i sincere thanks. ? -w- ? 1 fey- While sympathizing with Air. Itodgcr in his misfortunes. we rejoice with our friend, Levi Maloiic in his good luck, I in having, we are informed, drawn a 9 prize in the Louisiana Lottery. We hope our friend Mahuie's luck will not set nnyo body crazy and cause them to invest heavily u iii Lottery tickets. Remember tlie oM and - trite saying: "Nobody ever heard of lightning striking twice in tlie same place. Mr. Webster W'ilburn, of Itngaiisvillc L, township, died last Monday morning after a severe illness of only three 'lays, from cholera morbus, j The Thnrs'lay previous, Mr. W'ilburn. in company with others, went seining in Fair e Forest river, tunl they caught an unusual 1 number of lisli. ami Mr. Wilburn eat very 1 heartily of them. Ibiring the night he was C taken sick, ami continue'! to get worse until 1 early Momlay morning, when he <lie<l. ? - . Among the names of those gentlemen of this .Statu who have announced their intention to compete for the $1,000 j premium otlercl by the Ano rifiii .1 <// /< ?/tiin.-t nud the Iteparlinent of Agriculture of this State, for the largest yield of ? ltice, at Fish Dam, and l? I'. lbincnn at Goshen Hill. W'e'l, gentlemen, th>* f/mr \ we predict it will tike 17"> bushels to win. gfcay" t tur good old friend. Mr. John Rodger, has struck a vein of had luck lately. 1 First, he lost a tine coll, that had its leg ! broken by a rock thrown at it : last, week i one of his horses became frightened while I plowing ami ran away, fell down and broke his neck ; and two days after that his titles! milk mw, deliberately laid down and died. While we truly sympathize with our friend in his losses, we tuny console hint with the old adage?"three deaths and stop." He has had three deal lis ami may expect his luck to change. "So mote it bo, * old friend. - HWi. Wc huvc received the first number of I lie first paper issued at Ittackshurg. It is a large 8 column paper, and edited with the well-known spirit and ability of our old editorial friend. ! '. IV lteard, formerly of Camden. Now. Frank, did you consult your wife when yen advertised for two young Ladies to set type in your office. If you did nof, do it af once. We have lived over ') years very happily in our domestic relations: but we rever had yc ting Lady printers playing the "devil'' and making "pi" in the office. - - lirjV* Mr. .1 V Fant Ijad unite ail exciting encounter wiili a mad dog <>n his premise l.i-r Monday. When first discovered the log ivii- running furiously about the yard, foaming at the mouth. < Mi being attacked the animal ran into the house, where Mr. Fain s wife and children were, and got into a cbxei. when two pistol shots were tired into him bv a colored servant, lie then ran into the yard again, when Mr. Fa tit finished bim by pulling a ball through his heart. I Mr Fant >ay> the animal neither barked or yelped when struck by the balls tired into ; him. 1 he terrible excitement in that family, with a mad dog in the house. < in be belief imagined than expressed Jf~iY He have ne\er had more flattering reports trout the crops than ?c are now J daily rueeii itig to>iu every seelioti ol the i-miniy. I |'lall'l C'TII ll?' \ ?. I llmko'l 'itflUT. 111 * I llllll on 111? Ihi||>iiii> i? l<Mikiii>r lino Win-ill. roiiorally. tiiI <>iii ivi-ll .1 n<t wa> -awl in l-riiiii- cnii-liiimi. (' Ilnll l?Hik- I'll'ini-ur wln-l'c IVi-l! fillliViili-'|. .-111'I i> "ona-itiliy --|;ii?i \ oloaii. will linili-'l ali'l willi ln-ali lis -.rnwili IT mi li-a-ior >n-iki'i iliis my. iln-ri- will I'm "I rlluil-rli ii ifi< 11- llii" yi-ar I'm* mail ami lii-a?l. ami >niiil- lu ."parr, oxi-opl I'li-mi. ami \vi- li?>|u- iii-xi. year wo "hall rai-o i-imu^li "I ilinl. n|- noarly - . Willi pli-niy hi on I ami lIn- iimnoy "I'm- llioir nilhni in llu-ir |"n-kol.?. I-ill-lit" joiiil. in- -hall hoar lull lilllo nhmii iho ih-|'i-?-."."i"l vnmiiiimi nl' niir l-'arnii-i> ami t iIn- \-_'i iotilluri !' iho i milrv, hi ;i ii-.ii "i ' - ' A li'ifh lot nt '1 iir nip a' l'osey s Ding Storv. ' Frightened at a Coffin. Last Tuesday morning a small coffin, about a foot long, covered with black cloth, and evidently made by one who knows how to | make a coffin, was found at the door of a colored man's house, on the Spartanburg road, near Mr. Philip Dunn s residence. In the coffin was a 38 calibre cartridge, nnd the following written warning: "The way of the transgressor is hard, so make ready nnd flee from the wrath that is SFnc Miller, al whose door the coffin was found, took fright and left that afternoon. It lias since como to our ears, from tlicliest of authority, that the day before he found the coffin he acted in an outrageous manner, on the premises of his employer, Mr. Thad Foster, in marching through the front yard, gun in hand, in sight of Mr. Foster's wife and family, cursing and swearing vengeance ngninst Mr. Foster, nnd threatening to burn down the house. The difficulty grew out of Mr. Foster refusing to give Mack more than his share of the wheat straw on the farm. At the time Mr. Foster was neither prepared or disposed to have a difficulty with him ; but it is well, we think, that the fellow took the hint as promptly a lie did, for his conduct to Mr. Foster nnd family indicated that he intended to do them serious injury, and aroused a feeling of uneasiness and just indignation among the people. Tiik North Carolina Asylum Scandal.? ( Raleigh, N. C., July 20.?The board '?f di1 rectors of <ho ^ continuous investigation f?r three weeks of the charges against Dr. Eugene Grissom, superintendent, charged with immorality with female attendants, cruelty to patients and misuse of public property, to-day rendered a decision of not guilty on all tho charges. The vote stool two for conviction and six for not guilty. It is really none of our business, but if the case had occurred with the lunatic asylum of this State and the verdict of the board of Regents or Directors was "not guilty on all the charges," ami 2"> per cent, of the board considered hitu guilty, we should think him guilty of tome of the charges, and for tUr i/ooil name of the institution we should insist upon a new superintendent being elected. The charges against Dr. Grissom were of more than ordinary criminality, and nothing short of a perfectly clear record and a unanimous decision of not guilty of ?/??/ one of the charges should be demanded, if ho is permitted to remain in his very delicate and important position. TJiO^? Our energetic young friend, Jas. II. Rodger, has got his brick yard machinery into working order, and is now turning out first-rate brick, much in the same way that a sausage grinder turns out sausage, at the rate of about 'JO.OOO a day. We visited the brickyard Monday afternoon and found Mr. Rodger as busy as a bee in a buckwheat field, and about as happy. We know no man ill this community, so well fitted for conducting such an enterprise as Mr. Rodger. Nature made him a first-rate mechanic, and with it he possesses unflagging industry and energy, and if there is money in that brick factory he will grind it .out; tt<v vl<>t ,,, liis yard is very superior for making 911100th ami har?l bricks, ami after he has made enough to build the Oil Mill and Graded School buildings he hopes to commence making for a Cotton Factory, and during that time lie expects to establish a reputation for making the best bricks in the Stale. - - Upon inquiring of our Grocery Merchants we learn tint the v ilunr: of business done so fir this ycir, in tint line, his beon fully twice as large as that of any yeir, for the satno months, for many years pist . In fact, some say it Ins nev ;r been as largo since the war. While this proves that our tow 1 is not dead, it is conclusive evidence that in the general cutting in prices for provisions, the Union Merchants have cut as deep and sold as low as in any other n arket. If they had not, the kern eyes of the Alliance would have discovered it and made it known, and instead of an increase of business we should have had the bluest lot of Merchants in Uniou ever seen anywhere, for want of business. ? - ? . ? &a?~ While we arc heat ing of much sickness at many of the "hca'th resorts" (?) ami in the towns ami cities for tinny miles around us, of boasted "beabhy locations." we have not a ease of sickness in this beautiful little town of Union, nor have we had a case of sickness this year that could in the least degree be traced to any loeil ciuse. (Iiir fripml (iiill.'it'hiT the snlomlid I'liofn. grnpher, went t> Salisbury. N. a few weeks ago, in quest of health. but he found so much typhoid fever there and in places on the way there that he hurr'el back to Union, where lie knew lie would enjoy per feet immunity from nil kinds of sickness. ?? - - To School Trustees. We invite the attention of the Public School Trustees throughout the county to the call of the'School ('oinmi*siuiicr for a meeting to be held here on the *--d of next iHonih. I'roiii what the t'oiiiini?siiinei tell* u<, it i* very important that the 1'ru-iec- should meet at a" early a day a- pn*>ihle Ibr the adjustment of Mime mutters that are now working injustice to a large number of -ehool- in the county, and affecting the School- generally. Divine Sorvico3. On Sunday, July i,s>ili. there will In* m-i I \ in t lie t'hurch of I lie Nativity. innruiii<r ami alirriioi.n, l>y tlie Itev. K. I.ou'an. of WolI'..i'i|, S. There will In* n celebration of die Holy I'oiiiniiiiiion at tlie iiinrninji service: aiol the offering will l?e given to the rebuilding of i lit- < Ihiim.1i at Johnstown. Pennsylvania. OrentFire at Asheviile The following was received here on W'ednestlay : Astti.v ii.i.k. July ? A disastrous fire is now burning. Williamson's w< o 1-working I'm lory is totally euisutned, with all it* vain aide in o h uiery The farmcra' tobacco wan * h u-e. the largest jn western North ('aridiiia, is now burning Joneiville Itema?How ^fcrjr Fruit. JONUVILLK, July 22.?ThHast week bat been very favorable for the Kmere: no rain |?i nod hot sunshine whleh tlB have taken tin advantage of and put tbcirmp, pretty M clean condition. Coro wu(trct much bet- at ter; cotton is a fair crop, 'War, and tbi? it tli all that can be said of itaAr all farmers vri know that cotton is eowc?o,g wo can't yu judge in advance. Fruit lAlentifulVairJ our people should djjtc nd^Mige of j'. by tii canning and awurnace luAdo of of rooks with a sywTi^arfhoe, finished with It; mortaro n top ,|lM,ro"? cover JJta-tmp with paate, **d wt>?4- .>11 spread a Cj piece of clolb, sny_(S^A>* . Jug, on tlto tli mortar and let ;it'drw, \ wri^Vaoswcr much ' better for drying fruit than i\the sun. If! the furnace is then Covered Vlih a sbcl- I * ter you can dry fruit n ra'ny Yay ns well j In as dry. Upon a furnace ibout :> x l ii f? feet, two bands can-dry a bu* ol of fruit j t a day rain or sbioe. Of course t will take U a little trouble to build the fut nice and a i >v little wood, but the furnace wi Inst a life] time. I think it is better to dr tlio fruit I '1 than to buy it. >v Our Town is ompnratcarly callbv, u!- > though tbo weather is very bot. Maj. Wm. Wobsterdicd Inst Si urJuy. lie | was buried by Kev. D. 1'. Hoydl according 1 .- ?(.,I...U.1 r a ?i: ! A?lWiUVU10l IUIII!, UIIU UllUIIOVUiv * honors, at Pacolet Depot on Sun<Ay. Iter. J. K. MabsfTey, of the CiiniYn charge h preached in our MothodUt church a largo ' congregation last Sunday night. Uncle Mark Boyd, father of Hot. D.jP. 1? ?yd r is on a visit to our Town. Ho is Well ripe j " in years though ho g?*ts about quite brisk ' for one of his nge. Ho is full of religion i and carries a smiling face and is ever ready 1 and willing to speak words of comfort to his v friends. It is rcully a benediction to he in ' his company. \, ,. I' <_ , ftev. W. tj. Fodim who had been visit'-c v 'his relatives an ?? ..-rarer- for ? some time, has RCrfled to his home in tieor- ? gia. Little Carrie Pennington, who had nn ' arm broken on the 4th inst., is about well. The new Methodist church at New Hope c is finished, except puiut. and this will be 1 done before the County Suuday School Convention. 1 expect to say more about tliis | church in the future. The colored people (Baptist) of our Town j ; havo added a bell to their church lately. ! The Presbyterians expect to commence building their church at an early day. 1 CLCl'IIO.NK. ? ? ? ? I , Goinu to Ukoix Aumn.?The nr.*. , r , j remarked some time ago that the Three i C's took ull the winter time in getting : ready to go to xvork and all the summer ' time in talking about beginning. We sec from a Union special to tho .V ? * j 1 ami Coiiriir ihat they nre going to bcgiu again. Thoy give thetusolves nurc margin than usual this time. Heretofore work wis to begin in thirty days or, at other times, in sixty days: this time it is in three months. If the Oh.nrrrr were asked to say xvhen u thought xvork would really begin it would say : I "On the thirly-sceond day of the ihiito' tiiouiii of tne eighth day of the week. On tlis txventy-filtli hour of the six y-*"r minute?" Or sometime thereabouts. * * * # # ? The Augusta branch may bo buili - liavc tried io think till along that it xv u'-l be: but it appears to us now extteu: doubtful. At any rate, having no t xxo< : pay for it unless it be built, we can cea give ourselves much e Jiiceru about it Tho Three L's people accuse tlio cout.il, of Lancaster and York of acting shabbily in preventing their gutting the town-dii: uoihis inoy iwc cnuueii i ? ia uiuvj t-unuv.It in shabby; but have u ?t tho rali'ial people treated us about as shabbily? ! uv." have collected thrsu years taxes; they i made solemn and repaired promise to bui! I th < .. v/y'd i I1 '"J, Jl 5>.^ ,t b ^ c!. a lie r in tho y. ay and they arc just as Tir^'nV?"1 blind U-^ they were at the beginning. They have done absolutely nothing rtt'i Itucj a il make promises. We are very muc'u of the opiuioti of mi. neighbor of the Newberry (//< ? . . H.r months from now the working hours of day will bo from I to U hours less than now, and from that time 011 till late 110..; Spring the weather will bj such that on.ha'f the time radroal work will be tl most impossible, lliilroad Companies in', contractors do not select the shortest and most unpleasaut days of the year on iio 1 to continence their railroad work may rest satisfied that wo will not be ca led on to pay taxes oa the K. It. bonds tin 1. artcr the next Tax Collector is elected Personals. Miss Kmily Gallagher, of St. John, tanad*, is on a visit to her brother, Mr V. <'. Gallagher. Mrs. J. D Jones, of tiallncy < y is visiting relatives in this county. Mr. James II. Maxwell returned to Greenville Inst Friday. Miss Mary Duncan, of Goshen lid . i visiting Mr. T. C. Duncan and family. Miss May Jeter, of Sintiic. and M Sarah Bailey, of Kleuton, Barnwell! > 't visiting the family of Cil. .lis. 'I' Do. lass. Xfpam-s. .Inli'i \ l.tMnjilt'i- siiiti .! . .. Crawford. of .lonesvdlo, were in t.r.va i Monday. Misses 11 va an 1 Minuic 0rog ?ry. Keys, alter spending .several days midst returned liome Sunday. Miss Ida Jones re'urno l to i mt Santuc last Saturday. Our young friend It. W. (iidiiai < litiubia. is spending several days a ', friends here. Misses Ma'.tiC an 1 AnuAMend or 'a, visited friends at tli.s pl? week. Mrs. S. M MeNeol tin I \! - II t McXcel. of Vorkville. are visit n ? . o f Mr. .1. K. Ycnng. .list- liitroni: C?.Mi:ntN i. it lenrt to shed, prepare to sY* 1 t . , A nituk, we.'iSvd, or oilier v un . ed the editor's poultry yarl , night and killed two cliu'ken- I hack Friday night, and k frying size The chickens wcr ing dead in the e-?np nest ion hardly a feather rullh I and t. > u lenee > ?ve a gash in lit" n l? the Idooil had hecn tttekc I - ^ . i'< < . Wo li -ve always a .so; ; sited ' for the misfortune-1 ?; i. > , i tlit* y m l ;n y.?ur |>iri.? i' i M|>tcU'<l cottfin|? v y tlicy il c.*i I r , in all Miict'riiy, upoi ri-.i I in .; -r. nli'e loss of f?o ininy JK. llft-l your voneralilo Jii'i \ i T. if. (i.on-krr, in ! v.i:li sj !,y scri )-n ri'*u!t .v mi'I li ivr voi ni..:u:il *<)< ( I .vol:, pliliip W ii c \ i' cli'.-ko'i hiiii'r Mm i uiylhui; \ \ 1?cl?*r* lii'ti. -nil lit* < >ul I lll.ic'l nf'l'liiy o:i w 1 o\ "I" ".l ' | ** I: !<*. ' !' I Ni'lcll ?'l ?l ? t I 1'v.iry ? L?tu^ i i \ News from North Paoolet. Hi Kn v Jam', July 2-1.?The weather for the >?l week ha.-* I wen very hot und dry. Our is raters re getting through with their work, va any of them will hardly Hud tlicir cotton it picking time, for the grass, and with some th c o'*n tops will scarcely be above the th ;edj/nt fodder pulling time. That's the or <r/ soiuc people farm, though. an In speaking of the Thomson Mill some b< ate ago we were made to say 40 to 42 pounds "head" Hour to the bushel, when it should in ivc been *jood Hour. at llev. F. <\ Ilickson preached at Abingdon m reek last Sabbath from the text "Thon fool, m lis night thy soul shall be required of of ice," Luke 12? 2. ojj They ha\e a tlourishing Sunday School at ic bin ion t r. i k. The right kind of people pi t\c hold of it. T here is vim and energy th i their leaders. If all ottr schools had such dt cap-of workers v/c would have fewer of I ro. tiilbcrt - lobsters to be swimuiing buok- b? aid all tlie time. instead of forward. w lt'< no o imler lho. Stokes loves to brag oil h< iv I T'.n > lio il tiirls. of whom Miss Mattie at I i a,' . T :.iid Mh.-es Inez and Annie Sar- a; ? ' at in. n-. lie i-- not yet too old to g( \ i v ,T appreciate intelligence V a I >11" 'it. NY ; i.; i:>. iv. f'tk'st row mi our inning 5; . i S hi ! ly tii.it I.us taken place in our ub?i?-v iii 11 I ,11 time, if ever before: Mrs. Vox inn i n I'ilnt >uakc around in cr ! ! 'lie t.ii-cd the yell, ami tlic 11: 1 i.: i \ 111.' Tibly I.ipscotub caine to the J^' 1 in- i !ii-ri was cleared of its coii. ii : .n i: i. snake-hip ' ?|itilc?l"" up in ^ no cortiei :i i-i undisputed possession of ie i .vi .1 c-. Aunt Tildy gave it a bath of . iiii.i w.tter. Its experience was somcili.i; >i;aila 10 that of its renowned ancesiji', ;,i, I it through a bole in the floor, ^ nib w I by a -i/./.ing stream of boiling water, rilllo v.'. li i: I'.util.il appendage it wavo?l a , or a-.. nutt nignt "ynltcr" Tom .me a 1 i' in the cotton patch ami fin<lir I : 1;. : i 1, woi k >0 cleverly begun by Mrs. i >x ami \uiti 1 iblv. Thi- c:i um-taiice will furnish us an excise ta keep 1 little siuike bite tiietlicinc 011 111 it. 1 N 'W that tlo- ftMt:s has been rc<luce?l in ^ ;: ami opeiicl it- eoluuius to the Fanners A!Ii: 1; 1 - -. there 1- no excuse why it slinuhl ? ea '.-a welcome visitor in every househoM j in t!it .,ii.y. Tiiis new department will "Ui-.'-vl wi'li -in !i a man a* N. (.5. Litilejolin, 1 lis J., at it r lli.-l'l. Vox. - ? A l* 1.01 i?-:;t 1: s: in Wm Virginia.?Pills* hir f. Pa, July U> ?The greatest disaster wl. e 1 ever 1> I the F.itlle Kanawha Valley Lai'i.: last r.'gtn 'bo shape of a terrible 1 clou 1- a. si. which has completely Hooded v tin: c .ttiity. d -sir .yiiig mmy lives, carrying ' [>? tiiou-aa is of dollars in property and v rain nig or >i s f r many miles. Tlie delu/e ? fell lie re a1 out du.-k and continued to fall f in ; irieais. -I ting much damage in the city. " ; v r i . -1. torm struck the lower 3 si I- ; .1 \ i!!v?h:\ filling the small tribu- 1 tir 1- .... n bin"; l> bank and ending in the 1 w i t :! 1 within the recollection of the 1 o.i'-'. ,aii ibit ir.ts In three hours the Kan- * a .v ia \ . - raised six feci and 1.1a out wit 1 s.-.-'i vei .city that it carried every- \ tki . it. At this point thousands of ' 1 i: 1 mi 1'.her of boats went out or ' were a: a ' -ti i bl . .1 small town about ten 1 , hi.;' t ie residences were car- < 1 . : -i I loft in the corn fields. ' y 1.full comes from Morris- 1 near the liea 1 of Tuck- ' 1 . v\ "r 1 tie cloud-burst ooucentrn- ' I ' y ' .lining down in the vil- ' 'a. 1 mi ii--a 111. totally destroying it, ! i...- . a 11 any of its people. The lirsl 1 I ss at eleven, but later ' t . the loss at a greater num. .. . . i.f the citizens are said to 1 m i , . I iii? an 1 hurled against 1 , i . ; . , 'i a slioit space of time ' , . : i ?"ioajio was given to tlic 1 - <? - ? ? i tMu' Vi 'N vr Coi.vjiiu T'"xV ; i >:ii- i ir \ l. hi 7 i.>,? The toliriflo I \ r :i - ; in: i< thirty foot liigli and I . v !an Is : re all inundate J i *.is ? . i ni rely dostroycl. The dam. :'.i a cr alone in this county i , .i '?.! . lull' million dollars, i ui-.'.isig i> the hi-ill _LinJ__j ?. m-t ?-rr wa-lied o it every hour, . t i j liere for three week. ii . 1.1 >io will out oil' r:iilr >al i ii;r i > come from the sttr. : -i ry r rarding the liigli water, i i i ? > h ive hoeti lost. Infor- < i; tiio drowning of n boy at i attempted to cross the ilrowiiel >)u Siturday. ii . ' . ,r; higher than ever lie i uotion of property is ' i Vocnu Win;?Asheville, it -uioile occurre I lierc 1 to-: i i'iio h i ly of .Mrs. Fulmer, the ' v.. i' " > i'ahner, on the Ducktown W :n North Carolina Ita 1. I in a pond in tiie suburbs i si n- ir the I'ulmcr residence, i I. i you. _ wife, conceive 1 tlie i li'i an I did not sliow the i nt to her that he formerly 1 i. . ; her t'oOiii about midnight if into the pond. The coro- < i turned a verdict of suicide unr >r-> i i let ratioti of mind. I, mt.ito iii. -Walterhoro, I V i'lrraw Iris jlist return- < vlie-rc !i- lia-s liecn before :i tbo in'crcsl of t!ie laxii t.V'ictty ' -raying fur mi in- i uri the county commissioner, | ' (iivcn I'nii'i, Wti'icrl.oro i ; i: iI I Mr. .1. C. Mill- j ? v i xj.ei'ol ilie injunction \vn? i c M i ii iiii--rt >t i> mauifestr-l ' j ill I hero i-i-iimrrtw to take i ' . .1 i i till* j . j?0"itf'l -iilc. timl i ' ii.. i t iti.\| iycr-is cxiiculcil. ' 1 iv i; ti.e i jitcufall confersi- | .. .. . v linr-li criticisms nro be- j j1 # c \ i. >u:-v.ll", Ky. .July 1 . vi, Ky . yistoriltiy IMi - i I i' inci'1. of tin* llirliu I -.Ii 1 !! lit >1 liivi'Tl", of '' \ : V ti . I fvr publish- 0 t ' 11; ;,y noti, I ti i cit on ' i sii^ iirin, who, it is v 1 . v but lui I b en 1 i i : j try Slnvall an-l ! i y Justice < 'Mciirtt ' I * ti I lie lioncli a it. I 1 ; ' i'eivy, vvlm tli-mis .. i:' i I'.' 'lice nifl cvi- y I'.iC ill !. t'l C.'lS . i i t-i- \\i !i the clitiirs c V in j !ti*, Ten it., Mr- Miry 1'iliow (j I", ir? lins uiurtii. ti,' f >r * I (r I tit if i 1 ? . .ii . Ci;:il;iCter ilinl .. . .. it... - ' ;",v i. i inc vy i?i ni'iiitli j . .i'l,', M i < 1 *i 1:< w JVum ! ni niii JTnj'?Ttjr n: i.i n 1 in I Wen -Ire 1- | in ;i hi'l he .mule Pome | . . i ' Mr-. Pi low. x ' ".vilmv i<f (Jen' hi ii r ilc fume, an<l i 'III .'I lilO li'.'.-t fuillllitt* II <1? ! in \V. P.. .Inm.S ? e ii.j hi iiii lnnne ftt Ihe j ii ,i lii > life is ulni'ist ile \ pimIv-is a b'iovi i- 1 .le helpless nnd he I l.i .us til' friend- t .ii\ ( teeovei from T i . I 1 verside Bipples?Model 4 Herss Farm, Be. Rivbrbidk, July 23.?"Will farming pay?" a tpiestion thai liaa bean often asked, and j rious answers have been given to it. and is a lamentable faot, that if four-fifths of 1 a farmers were to base their answers on ^ eir own past experience, the universal y Would be heard. And echoed from bill id dale, that it dor* not. There are a few, mevor, who can answer to the contrary. The general conclusion now is that farm- 4 g will pay, only when it is made to pay, ( id that the secret of suoceas is "in the an, and not in the land." Before maxium returns can be looked for, there mast < necessity be a change in the modut , terandi. Tho worn, washed, drenched and apoverisbed hills and dales must bo knroved. Farmers, generally, are coming to 1 is conclusion ; only, however, after being I iwn to it by the stern hand of neo?"5.'*. , iVe arc not in the habit of oountio IOm i tfoto they are hatched, but / hat will probably be the J >rse farm, should the seasons id let It be understood, these Egerntcd figures hi bushels oats, ( >) 50c $ 400 00 | 000 " cern, (it) 70o 1,400 00 ) l aics of cotlou (?|$40 800 00 > bushels of wheat ?8 00 Tolal $2,6G8 00 This in addition to the various truck itches, a fiuc lot of Johnson grass liajr, 1 ready gathered, nud more to fol ow ; $300 r $100 worth of hay and foddor would not ? a very high estimate. The best part of 'lis exhibit is the fact that it is made at a ost of $G00. We would mention the natno of the entlcmaa owning this crop, but Mr. f. A. Moirhend is entirely too modest a ian to have his name connected with such lalteriug pre spools. A colored man named Wallace I'ortcr, ncidentally shot himself in the arm some lays back. The ball has not been removed s yet. The public roads leading from this place o Union C. 11. nre getting to be almost imtossable. Crops are generally good?corn unusually io. Cotton is fruiting well, and grass holds ts hold with a vengeance. There should >e very little corn sold in Union next year, f the present crop meets with no disaster. Job. Corresjiondenco of tlio Unioa Times.) Who Should Teaoh Our Children 1 Home, July 22.?The College Coiuinencenents are over and we have heard aud read cry high sounding praises from all sides, of loth Male and Female Institutions. This is erv gratifying indeed. It foreshadows a iright future for our section, and goes n treat way toward building up the literary ind scientific institutions of the land, whero roung men ami young ladies may be cduaitcd to take our places, and doubtless better >rx;pnred to fill their nllotcd stations in life linn their ancestors were. Hut there nre tompnrntivcly few so situated ?*>? *r> h? able o secure tlie groat advantages of College raining. The great mass of our children, f educated at all, must be educated in the I'T'cc Schools of the land. What is doing iu V M'n 1..., ,, nil tltn ,,,n.l??? nr. dinners at luintl?the patent desk, the patent pen ami inkstand, the uiaps, the school muses, &c.: ami then we have the Prepnraory Schools for Teachers, ami all the necessary machinery, such as School Commissioners, Trustees, &c.. ami an almost endless rarietv of school hooks. But after all, I hear Mime old and wise men say, all this will not make scholars of our children. The teacher, it last, is the one from whom the children must obtain their education. But they are not all teachers who keep schools. Going to college is a nice thing, and often makes capable teachers, but not always. A teacher, like a preacher, has his "enll. n?j nr she is fitted by nature for that purpose; tnd by training, either in college or elsc..I I-,.,.,.l.> vo'oficidlt \ lom'linr.imul know thoroughly what he proposes to teach. Ifut his knowledge of hooks 01* liia mental raining is not all that is necessary. The fact that he has a "First Grade"' certificate does not make him a teacher, in the true sense of the word, lie niust_bg_ft_nianuf-higlHrrmr-wf churactcrVlic should liavo the power of complete self-control ; he must lie broad and liberal in his views, catholic in his spirit, firm in his discipline, communicative ami easy of approach, affable and kind-hearted; and above, if not eipial to nil. he must be of irreproachable moral character, that he may leave its impress upon the character of the children committed to bis care. The teacher is next in order to the parent. In fact, in many instances, more is dependent upon ilte teacher, so far as mcutal and moral training of the child is concerned, than upon the parent, on account, often, of the ignorance or immorality of the latter. Children ordinarily reflect the prominent characteristics of teachers at an early day, no matter how well cared-for and taught at borne. Now that your public schools, that reach the great mass of our people, arc ihom to be thrown open a little while, it is the duty of every officer, and the duly of every parent, to sec that those persons selected to instruct the children, arc what you wish the children to lie when grown up. 1 dare say there is no parent but that wishes his or her children to be e<|ual with the best in their section ; then, surely, they will sec o it that the very best of gentlemen and ladies, both morally and mentally, arc se . ii re I to i en cli their cliihlrcn. I'll or: it fx*. o ? Cm s mti kim:*Caiti iikk.?Dayton, Olro luly 1M.?Captain Abbot ami seven other icciet service men this morning made ii delecnt "ii the United Sta'cs hotel near this ity nfter n gang of counterfeiters. Officer Itonnclla wn wounded twice in the heail nit not fit illy. An escaping c iiinlerfeite r vas shot in the side but the extend of his njuries is not. known. Two carpet sacks if ten dollar bills were found at the hotel ,nd the search is not ended. The hotel beongs to Nelson Dwiggs, an aged and noted ounlerfeiter. - - Tub Soitiikhx Situation? lias been a niz/.let) the l'res dent. and many woulde Mateonen have aired their petty pinion-" tlirough the press an l on the stump* i question of stall greater moment i< how hall 1 r'ul myself of malaria. The quesi in i? ea?ily answered if you will take one mttlo of Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic, he greases! n::-j?erio lie an l stimulant of lie ige. It wi'l purify your blond, givo ni nil appetite and make you feel like" 'n-.irself agoi'I This toai ' ly i- -" ?1 11?y J. IV. l'osey & l>ro. W it kit i: mi k Monkv wr.xr.?A Massaclui rim ril Hill f-u t II IJ ollawn.l - ..i ny i i<> ii;?v i) jl nil peenlly i i hi* army of laborers seven hunred bright. or <;t ton-dollar bills. Kacli mil receive I one with his pay. All were mrkoil -i a* t> ho recognized. 15y up" lay f nr b in Ire I an I ten of those bills ail bei ii deposit* I in die binks of the ciiy y I lie bn' koopo" s. ? l '.t Tiii: Si m: his a Kiiis. ?Columbia, 5. ('., nly l"? - -The largo twelve Ii 11 ti n I re<l ilolir bun of Hip Suite Experimental Station bout tivo inil< s from the c?ly, was set on re early tlii* morning by an unknown aity. In iliebirn wore a horse, two mules, now, eighteen hundred ilollurs worth of imcliincry an I firm iiupltments and a largo |tianiiiy ol forage, all of which were destroyd. I ninsiired. Suspicion rosts on two ip-_'r.i empl >yres. ? 1 lie liibini te Si.i, says : "The wholesale ' mt i ehnn's id'Ciiiiinuati have started a fun I I o mi| pi v I be; r iniiilry cu-tomcrs with railoa I lieke's Tf n merchants havo snbcrilii 1 ? aUdU each," THE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. *. G. LITTLEJOHN, - EDIT**. ?:h "ujW.} ED.to... ALLIANCE BECXIPTEMr. Editor.?As ? friend to the readers if the Alliance column I will tell 70a an ?aty waj to free chiokens from mites: Take a shallow vessel (I took the bottom ?f an old stove,) and fasten it on the pole that leads to the roost, then pour in a small quantity of keroseno oil, and the chickens as the/ retire in the evening will step inte the oil, and their feet becoming saturated with the oil will drive the mites from their N>!ies. I was amused the first evening llf ' tried the experiment. After several ajm^^^ad pn?ed over the oil/ road. ? fI nnii ??,i ^UlUiy VUaUllUIV'VI Nvyuuvw *MV ??? . after eyeing for a moment the newly ar. ranged impodimont be sampled tbo ooutonts with bis mouth, aud with an instantaneous leap to the ground he wiped and rewiped hie bill on old mother earth's bosom, w'tli as mueh energy us a young tepor uses his handkerchief whon ho issues from a barroom after ho has guzzle 1 down bis popskull. D. L. Fracii Shobtcakks.?Take bite lit dough and roll thin ns if to make a pan-pie ; take >two layers, putting butter between, to pre- > , rent their ndheriug, aid bake nioe aud brown. Then have raw soft peaohes, sweetened to tuste, and tak the two layers from stove, open them, putting butter on them while warm, then put on the peaohes, and yeu will have two pies that will far excel those that have the peaches cooked. M. E. BEWARE OF SWIHDLER8. v I would warn every member of tbo Alliance against the agents that aro going through our county swindling the unsuspecting. Two big stout looking men in a spring wagon have just passed through our section, selling to the uninformed but hon- . c?t poor man a $2 60 white pine olook for $10, and a sewing mnohine for $45 that is V ' no better than the one sold by Messrs. Foster, Wilkine & Co. for $10 60. Brethren, use the means withia your reach and protect yourselves from such outrages. I admit there arc some good honest men who arc agents nn 1 would scorn to take advantage of tho unsu?p?"tt''g( out oe very careful and know who you doil .A with. Again, I am t )ld by those who have tested it, that this Feather Renovating business is a perfect fraud. Two pcrsous in my immediate vicinity who had beds renovated say t uct r beds l>ave packed iiara ana lost all thin elasticity. Docs not reason teach thi I tho natural oil being steamed out of the i feathers they would become brittlo? 1'. S. Sinco writing the above,a lady has just called in and says sho had her beds ronovatad and they are just ruined. THE VALUE OF COTTON SEED. In tlie matter of tho value of the hulls the facts as to what they have positively accomplished in fattening cattle are incontestable. Tho exact proportionate value is made a known quantity by chemical analysis. Dr. Dabney gives the analysis as follows : 53 per cent, fats, 17.12 per cent, crude cellulose, 38.07 per cent, carbo-hydrates aud 2.1'J per cent, proteine. Their value as cattle food, as rated from litis analysis, is at 1.30 to 1.50 of tiinottoy^htty, and 1.00 of grain, though gime users claim that the nutriment is more available, and that practically (hey arc hotter f r fattening than tho best hay. Their present selling price for this purpose will average 84 per ton, though, as compared with the items above, their real value is more, and a higher price ought to be atul probably will be obtaiuod. The inconvenience of their hulk could be rcidily done away with by pressing them into a condensed firm. First as a cattle food and then as a fertilizer, thes! hulls havo been pearls of unknown value, but uufortuuately they havo not been enough cast before swine. The raw seed contains about 50 per cent, each of bulls and meats. The value of the decorticated seed or meats, taking into consideration the fact that their reduced cost of rcigbts, greator convenience in handling, and their more direct availability in oil manufacture will more than compensate fir tho loss of the lint, is computed on a rca*onable basis to be twice that of the raw seel per too, or in othor words these meats from each ton of seed will sell for as much as is now realized from the entire ton of seed itself. Since so many local mills are now in process of erection in this State, the market will be a sure and accessible one, and there is no room hero as in tho case of I he hulls for an advance over present values. Thus at the lowest est m tie our planters can get $4 more per ton for their seed than they havo previously obtained. Iu this ea'culation na allowance is made for ttie value of the lint which remains on the seed after ginning, and which, after being taken olf by special gins made for the purpose, yiel Is an average of thirty pounds per ton. worth from five to six cents per pound, til 50 to SI 80 per ton of seed. Uf course this lint is valueless as cattle food, and tho hulls would not lose in valuo by its separation, from them. Thus common sense would seem to dictatethe provision of means for the realizing of lite profits pointed out, and the utilization at home of all the products of the cotton seed will yearly add thousands of dollars I the wealth of the country in which they are produced. It has been well said that no country offers a better field lor cattle, stock, hog and sheep raising than our sunny South, and the only obstacle, the providing of ft cheap food supply, secins to be met by the never exhaustible country of "(Ireat'King Cotton." I'olumhia, X duly Iff. ? . _ - . lams rot'. I?vsknti?y.?Tho egg is oonsifcd one of the best remedies for dysentery, Kcntcn up lightly, with or without sugar, and swallowed nt ft gulp, it tends by its emollient qualities, to lessen lite inflair.*' iou of the stomach and intestines, and by forming a transient coating on thost orguis to enable nature to resume her healthful sway over the diseased body. Two, or. iu most, three eggs per day would ho tv'l that is required in most cases; an I since the egg is not merely medicine, but food as well, tho lighter tho diet otherwise, nnd tho quieter the pationt is kept, the more certain and rapid is the recovery. To cure a dog of the evil practice of sucking eggs, take mi egg, break the shell sligli'ly, and grate in it an Indian turnip; put it where the dog will likely inn across it. lie will cat most of the egg before the turnip begins to burn, and if you aro fond nt amusement the dog will enteitain y-m mcc ?rdiugly.