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\ .. 1.1 1*1 ? I _l I An Editorial Fracas. C Marion, S. C,, Feb. 6.?The !W Dtr I Index, published Ibis morning eontnins the following story of a sensational affair which ) occurred hero last night: - Last night sbouF 9 o'clock, everything ? y ^ being quiet nnd.Mtll upon the streets, as the ^ editor of tbe Irfdex, I*. II. Ifamer, was silIn hta/< Oiie alone, some one rnppod at Mr. Hunter went to ihe door and ^^^^t^ffffeoit, as be did so ho was afarked by Junius I! Evans and \V. J. McKfrail, editors of the Marion Star. Evans and McKc rail both caught hold of hitn and one of them struck lum. Me. llauver ttttempied to defend himself, but was dragged front the office ty the two men. In the tnclca lie was thrown down on the ll or. In his ctr*r<* 1 * ? f-.-i I. ? ? .a a k h.v in rt ilntvn f hi* iu legnitl u n irc? no " * ? stops, his Itend striking either one of the ' steps or some hard subs tunc in t<<0 y.irJ. From the ?ffecis of this b!o?v Mi. Ilan.cr wns tendered unconscious, and does rot remember wbn? mbsequm tly oceurrcI>nr- 1 ingtlic fight 1',-nus tried to f. roe an apu'ogy from Mr. Homer for tl.o nriic'c publishc I in (lie Index lost week concerning the Star, hut tliis wns Moodily refused, and Kvans sail: "Let's bent Irm until lie d- es npolo- , gize or five up." No up d >gy rr explan.a- , lion of any kind was ma io t>y Mr. limner, as l.e ha l msdc up bis mind tliot iliey ' might kill liitn In fore be would r.'tract or < a o op ze for anything tlint be had said. | While on the llocr Menus and McKcrra'l kicked and choked him wlrlc vain'y endeavoring to ninke him cither coll for help or apoltigiz'. f.r the objectionable nrticlo. li wns impnssib'e f >r Mr. Ilnincr to do- ' fend bimsoif successfully, as lie was wholly unarmed nn I as either of his assailants is h:s ci|ii!il in physical ninnhoo 1. WHAT I.RII TO Till! TROUtlMC. ^ oFftae- purporting to be a bit of local history. 1 while in fnct it was an attack upon the while citizans, the I'cinocrnt* of tho town, on tho subject of the recent ami lust year's town elections, charging fraud and bribery to our i?ost citzcm anil undue inlluenco upon our colored voters. The Index teplied to that article l ist week, the 110th, till., in defence of the town, nlleg.ng that the Star had nllied itself with the negriics, and in abusing the whites of the town was in full nccord with the most radical of llauical papers. ' This, it is alleged, is borne out by the fnct that the editors of tlie Star, in each of the ' two list elections, were very active In dc- ' foiling the regular nomination of such men as (j. A. Norwood, president of the II ink of Mn'ioii; >1. 1*. Patis. County Trcnsiirei; II. ,J. UlnckweM. merchant; IV A. Wi'cnx, law- ] yer, C. A. Wilcox, merchant; K. T. Klliott, and ether leading citzens. The tickets elected were nominate I and elected by the solid colored vote; with only the few whites who favor liquor-selling iu our <l:y town. Ono ol the e lit us of the Star has been clct lc, the only paying office, under both COUUci'U. Lit Irt' * (Uw a.t %\.s%s \ paper have be en strongly tit.ctured wi'h Hattery of the negro; hence ibe attitude of the Index. Af er wailing untd the last nicnicnt of the week Cottoning ihc j ublicatioii <>f the ariicle in ilie Iinlex, Junius il. E'iimh nti I W. .1. McKerrnll went to (lie nllicc of I lie In<lox nnd committed die ass.au't as reporte I in tlie Index tc-l*y I'y Mr. iInner himself. Mr. limner's oflicc was the .scene of :i perfett ovation to-day, most of the lending citizens calling and expressing tlio greatest iiidignmi ?n. A | ctit-.cn for tho removal of .luuitis II Kvat.e front lite office of Trial .lusticq has been eirculitel tin.I signed by nearly nil of the white citizens.?It'i/irtsr. ? CttMMKiit'i \i. Fr.in iMZKns.?Compost heaps should have been inaile last month, but if iicg'ootcd or pistponed, the work may yet be done in good litne. The longer the heap Manila when composed of course, rough ma'crinls, nnd kept moist, the better, up to two month", or even longer. Hut a mere mixture of cotton seed meal, line, well rotted Mnb\e immure, nuil. mineral elements, may ~~~ ' bo~pre;wred only ft few weeks or days, before distributing. llenieniber to make the heap of ferment ing muteri i's out of doors, fully expose I 'o rains, but n ?: uuder the i nvi m ot a building tas we ' e sometimes seen ihciii). Tlio mass alio bo kept decided y moist until all heat i subsided. It is n in ttlor of no importance t nil such materials as stable manure, scraping* ami oilier refuse iiliout t!ic yards an I lots, be mix# I in any particular proportions. (Set all those together and ihou mix with the chemicals a c ir-ling relative quality and quantity of each. Most lniliters linui their investment in the ingredients that must be purchased accord log to circuuistauccs. Uut it is important ! that the conceutratcd ingredients, (he acid j 1 phosphate, potash sa'ts, cotton seed meal, j etc., he adjusted in relative quantities according to some rule. For general purposes I i. f., for use of corn, cotton and other sum- i mer crops, the following is a good formula : I No 1 , Acid Phosphate 1 ,.'tOt V) pouuds I | Cotton Seed tneul f?00 pounds ( Katuit 2(H) pounds 'I' I III U'HII11 W'fWffT WOTTa <f' .Iff?! J'ment". flicrt the following : No. 2. Acid Phosphate SP>"> pounds Cotton seed bushels)...... 1,000 pounds Kainit l'i'i pounds Total L'.OOO pounds If muri tic of potash be substitute I for : kaiiiil. then ? No. i Acid Phosphate 1,400 pounds j Cot tot) see t meal <">10 pounds j Muriate Potash (>0 pound? i T< tal 'J,000 pounds j kf C'.ttou seed l>e substituted in No. 3 for ; cottou seed meal, then? No. 4. Acid Phosphate 000 pounds Cottonseed 1.000 pounds Muriate of Potash do pmnds Totnl "J.oOO pounds The eotumoroinl arid, approximately, the minimal value of the d ll'orent mixtures would bear the same proportion to each other as their respective content of nny com- ' mo:i ingredient in any tern that may be compared. Acid f hosphato being an ingredient of each, tiien the content of acid phosphate in etch formula represents approximately, the relative value of that fonnul i, and may serve as n guide in detennining the amount to be applied. The f>rcgoing formulas comprise the com- [ mere al ingre licnt.s most generally u?ed in oomposilag or mixing at home. As already indicated, these ingredients when provided ' | in the proportions given, may be mixed with stable manure mid o'licr crude or bulky home materials in any c?ivetiient proportions #f the latter. Jhc larger Pie prop or- ' tio:: of stable mnnuro, etc., tho greater the ' dilution, or weaker the resulting mixture, j and a cori'OHi>nniJin<?lt* I'ip.ix ...... -1. ? > > , ? ......... .<J "'IUUIU , be appl cl per ncre.?S<>nth*rn Cultivator. JJ.vst r.? I'i.kask.?Tinnp ?iiavfu't you got something for me to do ? , Farmer?No, 1 guess nil; there not Diucli work just now. Tramp?1 don't need much. You would be surprised to roe with how little work 1 | i could worry along. , * . , I To IIB I'tTiKlf?' slid \S il ie, wlio had been to the inisiuiary sewing society 1 ' with his mother, "i feel s try for the p or | ' little hettlrin." | y That's right, IVi iio, 1 uui glad to see y .'ii ! show such a spirit." Jes'iii. I'd feci soriy for anybody that bus t > weir tlie cl< this that you people were ' in iking to d ?y. ' u I Tic JDi'cf:fy Union lime r. m. STOKES, - - Editc 5. 8. STOKES. Local Editc k'ridiiy, February 21/ 1SOO. srnscHirrioy, *i oo per asnv post orriCE directory. Tho P. (). will be opened for busin< from 8 a. 51. lo 6.30 P. Si. The Money Order Detriment will tpened f.?r fusiliers frcin 0 A. M. lo -1 I*. I The Norlliern mail will clone a< I U., ninl llic Southern Mail at 1.30 l'. M. Any inattention or irregularities shou ic reported promptly to tlie 1*. M. J. C. IIUNTKIl, P. M. FARMEKS MASS MEETING There will be a meeting of the Fnrmci md those who are in sympathy with t ( 'armors' Movement,at Union C. II., the fr Mon tay in March next, for the purpose ?! ding eight delegates to a convention to liehl in Uolunihia .March 27th. Feb. IHth. IH'.lO. J. W. Gitm inv. Some communications intended I this week arc unavoidably postponed. 4Ujf- Mr. McI>ortnid has oommenc building his machine shop near the depot. y- The only letter remaining in t postoflice, rn:allcdf r, this week is direct to Mrs T. Jane Young Ulaft Cnpl. 0. C. May took a trip Greenwood this week and returned w John Cunningham, a material witness in I Susie Fernnndex murder case. We have a beautiful line of Spring ?a pies from a Fashionable and Low I'rit Merchant K-t tblishmeut and we will gi ?ood ti's This is something new for Unit I'a'I and sec our samples, FOSTER, W ILK INS A CO. gUlV* As we have been often asked for I postotlice address of Itelaviin Yates, I Supervisor of the 2d Census District, 1 could not give it, we now 6tate that } Yates' Postotlice is Aiken. LOST.?On Church, or Main frtrcct, 1 Sunday, a chi'd's gold pin with the initi t>. M. A., engraved ot\ H. The finder \ be liberally rewarded by leaving it at "Times" office, and confer a great favor the loser. Star Our talented young friend, Mr. It. Puller lias been appointed Paymaster tliedd. Peg. Infantry, 2d Brigade -hi D with rank of Captain. Cnpl. Butler's commission came to hr hist week : but he says his Regimental hti account does not show him the least char to make n spec out of it. . m ? . .Suhm.khy.?We make a specially of S dies. iilimi Uriddln nml llrccchiiigs. FUSTMil, WILKIN'S & CO A fresh lot of the Kogle llrand Condcn Milk at II. F. 8CAIFK A SON'S ? MK&" A telegraphic despatch from lilac hurg slates that the contract for grading the Vine of tlie Augusta Division orthe'l'h O's road hns been let to Ilnlph Jones capitalist of KnoxvfHe, Tenn.. and Tluri ltlanton. of Shelby, N (trading will gin at Newberry in ten days from now, i it is expected the grading to ltlacksburg i be finished in six months. ? fO)u Mr. J. S. Ilcid. of Haltimnre, is b representing Northern capitalists who interested in Milling. lie visited the 'flu son (Sold Mine last Tuesday, ami we In he will not leave until he has taken a Ihoroi survey of the other valuable mineral lai and mines in this county which only rcqu capital and intelligent work to dcvelopc i make profitable. Sunns, Ruoff, Siioks.? As usual we h? a soon lid stock of shoes for tlents, Lac an l children. Latest styles, Zsiglers g uine hand sewed for gents only $."> call ca and get your number FOSTKU WlLKlNAAi^O aw iff wit* rfiptplftm waikic iltvt i regular monthly meeting of the Y. M. C. will be held next Tuesday evening, the 2-1 in the Itooms of the Association, a o'clock. A full attendance is requested. Religious ecrvices will l-e held in Hall next Sunday afiernoon, at o'clo to which ail of the gentlemen of the tc are invited. Arnold (lie jurors draw n last w< tosorve at tho Att jit*t term of the Unit Stales District Cnirt we find tho names Nat Dun liar and William H>lt, of Union. We don't suppose it makes much, if in difference to the Court as to what Count} the district the juror lives in. but wo take libcity of slating that William Holt does live iti Union. lie left hero many ye ago, and now resides at Greenville, wo lirtc. ? fO>"> We are under obligations to < young friend, Claude Graham, the pleas and accommodating Clerk in the I'ostofh for a number of valuable papers from "General News Depot." which he ha*" lablished at the I'oMotlice. Claude is a worthy young nir ( j News Depot should be ctico ,lM| w ill send fin- any paper or J 1 1 magazine. | 'ed 1,1 ,,,i" country or K ,rtIlll. ?,at hj called for. ^ g itffair occurred in f..v oi < (Il li(,t Sutur.lay night, ippeai < fr' jln (|)0 ncc??|,| |>i||)|ishc*l in >apers fi ( city tlinl a man hy the i ,f-S">.pi?!oo .1 l.avrllo. who lui'l been separ '.oiii his % ,-ife f,,r hoiiic time, ealleil at resilience of her uncle, Mr. 1?. Fehlt with wh j||| s|?c rcmllng. ami upon wife all I'l l 11^ t\i? itunv twh cnVl tio lw;r in t ,|,c nook, severing the carotid nr ami i?. , foil fireil at her again miswcij . Mr. Fvhlinan, whose store is i irst 9 |ory of the house, upon hearing irinf (l,,| ami aske>l l.avelle win k'ai firing at, when 'lie latter tui*ne?l hot \j,._ Kohlnian. the hall entering tli of the neck just above the collar Irs l.avelleilieil Tuesilny. hut-Mr. Fell L i- liope-l, will recover. I.aveilo is in ml feign- insanity. m The Good Work oftho Alliance 8 Wc have almost daily evidences of t good work the Allinnco is doing for t moral and material welfare of its m?i >r bers and the business interests of the count generally. It is accomplishing more for t Forming class than any homestead, lien other so-called relief law could ever do. ... fact, it is fast correcting many evils whi those laws have inflicted upon every class ? people, but in particular it iat restoring tl high standard of moral honesty which a ljs the proud characteristic of the farming cli before the lien law gave plausible excuse be the exorbifant prices charged for money a supplies, and tempted honest men who w< compelled to avail themselves of the time wh |t| the merchants gave them, under thut law, practice doubtful methods to evade joying i enormous bills that met them and swallow up their crops at the cntl of every year, lei ,4 ing nothing (o encourage theui but nnotl I1C year of labor, self dcniul and dependence uj rsl others for?lie ncccsaries of life for theniscl ((f ami families. j)0 To-ilay, u?ler the Alliance organiznti tliosc high prices arc tumbling down t< "live and let live ' standard; farmers i seeing a bright and encouraging prospect for lifting the inortages from their farms, i getting square with the merchant for p favors, wi h something ahead to help th through the ncx^nearly Vllif^^drtW^ily'ear ',0 cent., and we hope the next legislature^ ,e^ reduce it. to the old standard 7 per cei when honest dealing, peace and prosper . marked South Carolina as one of the n 10 solvent States in the Union and her citiz llie ,,,os^ reliable, high-toned and p?tri< people. Kusincss methods, as we said some ti m. ago they would, arc chnnging ami becoini :e(' more satisfactory to tho buyer and seller, |t] resting on a sounder basic. Honest i legitimate competition is putting prices dc to fair prolits, merely demanding m ^ economy, system and industry in bush: ^ to secure profitable results. We arc corn I ^ ( nearer and nearer a cash standard of hush ^ every yctr. whereby confidence will be stored and men of limited means, hut * cntrgrity of character, industry and bush a.et abilities, will he recoguizcd and encoura nig in business circles, and their characters till cclvcd as guarantees or lUieiity in inisii tlio transactions, and they enabled tosucccssf on enter the field of competition with t high characters as capital, against the mo ami credit of wealthy capitalists. T. Heretofore, under the lien law, nearly of the mercantile business of the country iv., arbitrarily confined to and controlled by who could command capital and credit, bi ind upon the highest rate of interest the 1 ink would allow, and their customers were ni ice to pay it?hence one of the great causes the high prices paid. Hut few men had means within themselves to conduct amount of business upon a year's credit, such business was liable to so many unf seen dangers that it was always cousidi sod >00 unsafe, for capitalists to risk t money iu it without being secured by i: ks. bound security and at the highest price. on was high jncrcl roo ana, neces.-'nrily, iHJp- pPlced to customer. rf,p The Allinnco is rapidly changing all I be- and bringing about a more wholct ji?1 slate of affairs, in which aii classes wil ivin cijunlly benefitted. When prices at 1 have settled down to a "live, and let 1 standard, we believe we shall hear of Yorv few Ciir /n/i./i of uuniilui* Imlnif lift nrc j,v ,|1C Alliance. The Farmers ami 1 ,ln* chants will come to the conclusion that "I10 cannot he happy and prosperous by nttc 'K'1 ing to crowd a year's work into six nio ,u's time, and buying and selling at. high pr lirc to pay for hmfmg about one half the 3 ?><l * Another Homioide. ive l.ust Saturday afternoon, about 'i! o'< lies a lamentable homicide was committer rn* Goshen llill township, by Mr. James JI. 1 r'^ shooting Zacli. ltodgers, a colored man. . 1 rbWil^rlTTTrprfsttToiir which '^e held on Monday, ns follows : Sims met Znch. ltodgers and James Mr '' '' in the road near his home and ordered ? c . to plumb the nond, meaning to wo'k in road, which they diri, s\nd wlien they "l0 gone about fifty' yards, Mr. Sims, or* c'c' Jatucs Moblcy to stumL aside, anrl tin ,wn Zacli, the ball enterin g the I nek and co out in front of the b<jdy. ltodgers died ;ck ??y Afternoon ubutrM two o'clock. lc i This affair is gr cnlly regretted by the 0f pie of Union Cocjuy, and it is general!, lieve?l there wr/t some great pvovocntio the shooting, n<>t brought out before : in t'oroner, as ,\Ir. Situs is not a man like the commit su'jh an ?c? without some stri not impelling cause. ars ?? * " bc. Foster, "Wilkin* A Co This ol?l and popular establishment week renews its invitation to the publ our ? ii . , . eall j?*,j examine their extensive stot v (ioods, 11 ar<l\ rare, and almost any e cc, 'J b; thing else you may want in the house, "* shop, or on the fiw'm. 'Ihe old firm of os" tor & Wi'kins established a high reput for tlrs house for Jionesty and integril his .I..n 11...* on.I tin. two voinnr men. M .. % wv?.,,?Rt w, v 0 c Avthur ami Octzcl. lately admit t.-d as i P" '* bers of the firm, are eipially us tcnaccoi tlieir business reputation, mid arc e<| worthy the confidence of the people. tj,c undoubtedly one of the largest, most re 1( and complete business establishments |< the fr?"> above Charleston. -? '-m ? ? lame a,e,l Another Fine Hog. ll,c Mrs. tireen Lee, of Goshen Hill, sen nnn the lollowing report of a splendid raised by her : ahot Arc of bog, 15 months; net weight tej-y, pounds; amount of lard, 17 gallons. lmt The most remarkable feature about n the Lees hog, is the amount of lard it ; the dered. Lard weighs 8 pounds to t he g |,c therefore, 17 gallons gave l 'h> pound a,,,! within aliaciiou of one-third of llir 1 c left ?'?Kbone. * * * Iman I'arties wanting Load t'srts, Huggiet . Hickory Wagons and Farming Implcu ' Jal' should not tail to call on It. IS. Lll'St Si. C<>., Uaffuey City, S. C. 8 # The AagaiU Imik will bo Bailt. I,( We hare re?B?l, from what we consider hc reliable andjseflfcofficial source, such inform. rastion tlint to mind pieces the building Ty of the Augusts BBnch of the 3 C's roed behc yond a reasonabBdoubt; with the further or gratifying infornBvn that work will be In commenced on it 'S few weeks. ich The manager* ^^ie rosd, it now appear^, 0f nerer iaMAri^Bbuudon this important tat branclj^^^^H^Wf!**<Bfciown to them-^ rM ^ires it wns levied the bctlkf policy*to bus^ pend opernfiolb vntll certai^moTcmcnfs on fur the railroad boni^ hvl been made ?,1 We arc now tol& (list the clouds hare rollure e l by and the wny'i^ cleared ol all empediici, incuts to the commencement ant speedy com(0 pletion of this great feeder to tie main lino, tl10 and contractors and others now engaged on *I?A f1 fl ? Y road nrn itrniid'ilKf to rcii ,,,v v* " " ? ??i -v ,?, ? rtV. their forces up here, as their work on that l,cr road will soon bo finished, ion have heen so often distppointed in the vos bright promises made to us t??t work wou'd soon be commenced that noy even with almost a certainty before usj*e arc afraid to , B renew the hopo in the J*nrts of the good are pc?P'c along *l?c line. If telling them that Qf we have the strongey assurance that the m(j Augusta branch of If: &'* from lllacksburg a8t will l?e built, and that tie work will cornon, mcnce in, at most, two non'ths from now. r.-*, If thctiright outlook fiils us this time, . ^ 3liil^^|W^,Vnd pul'"no*njmr confidence fn tn^rioVements of railroad ,conaJ ( tractors than we d in the hind legs of their j,y mules. '?St The Town Gravef.rd(.c It is with pleaarc welcn?n that the lailics who are intcrcstd in tho Town graveyard have resurrected their old society, passed In,c . . , . , , ? * i resolutions and erne to work la earnest to injr # , improve the placcaad make it both a credit and an ornament to our town; and intend to keep it hereafter, sacred to the dead. They have eiiliscd the interest of a well known engineer of the town, who with his less good tnsle and untiring compass has brought beauty out of confision and disorder, as will 1CS9 be seen by the tnip of the work lie has done; rith UMW?h to <h? unl41"01 C^? or ",08? 1|vno stroll nround tho grounds nothing is seen, as yet, but, innumerable s'akes, marking points at which tho wnlknvill intersect each other. rC" When these Vlf^^BP^rfivkeil out occor<Ung .. to the plan and (traveled, wo will not know ully , ,, . ^ the old place. * AVe underst.nd, they have ordered a neat galvanized wire fence, which will soon enII close the grounds ; and as n still greater improvement, tliey intend, when the old building is removed, to sow blue grass on that ^ I part of the yard and havo gravel walks laid ^ out through it, and we yet hope to see pic^ turcsquo bowers adorn and beautify the sacred grounds. ^ Wc sincerely hope the Ladies who have undertaken this very laudable work will roI ccivo the hearty co-operation of every citizen of tho town; and as the graveyard is the 0rc sacred renting place of relatives and friends ^ . of mnny living nit the county, we feel sure c they will esteem it a privilege to share in the r0n work of decornt^Mj and preserving the hallowed Bpot^d^^^nlkeir loved ones arc Die 0 Shook isn^^^P^Tix Cukstkr.?Last ihis, Sunday Gov. HicBartUou received tlie fJttowtoine jng startling tciegpnm 1 be Cukstkr. February It;.?To J. 1*. Richardlomc sen, Governor, Colutabia: Telegraph me iV(JM order to remove Green llrown to Columbia jail. He is In jail for murdering my father He will bo lynched if not removed at once W. II. Hoon, Mcr- Sheriff Chester County, they Hie prisoner was taken to Columbia thai mpt- evening under a strong guard, and placed in nths t',c Richland jail, uuder the care of thai : lim li.l olticor. Snmitel Itunnnil. rear. following is r sitccinct account ol the terrible affair: Mr. John Ilood, the murdered man, was the futIter of Sheriff' llood and of two leaddock jng merchants of Chester. Ho was about 1 in HO years old and lived in the town. Ia?st Sims night he took tea with his son, Israel Hood, and at>out 8 o'dfwk it rolled out wiw morning his body was found on a sidi street lending from IMnckney to Centre .? street, and within two hundred yards o '' c* I'inckney street, which is the principal them .street. He had been killed by two gunsho the wounds, the mixed bird and squirrel alio had scattering from his neck to his knees lered ju,y ot in'l,,cst was summoned and evi ?r deuce adduced which led to the arrest o a colored man, named Green Brown between ining 1 ami 10 A. M. Sun- A report was atlont Sunday afternoon tha Brown had confessed his guilt in this way lie had suspicioncd another party will 1>C0" criminal intimacy with his wife, who lives ii y be- a little house on this street; that lie (Brown u for was watching for his expected visitor, and, taking Mr. Hood for the innn, had kille< him through mistake. ly to , The Timet Looking Up. It is truly gratifying to us, and we knov it will be equally as pleasing to tho friend of the Timthat its subscriptioi t'lls list is rapidly increasing. About thirty net 10 ,0 names have been added to it this month "and still they come." very- Another thing is still more gratifying, ? i ' "IC shows the healthy intluenco one of the fundi! mental principles of the Alliance is having nf atmn jtg members: A large number of subscriber 'y ?members of tho Alliance?who bad nep CS?M lected to pay for one. two and even thro mem- years, linvo come forward, paid arrears and ls iti every single instance, renowed. unlly 11 is Personal*, liable Mr. \\'. G. Addison left us Inst Mondn ' buy for Grceti?ille, to take a position wit Messrs. l'oe & Co. Mr. Thomas It. ltu'lcr returned fror Greonvillo last Monday where he bad beci <ls us attending the I). S. district Court, hog ()ot of twenty-four enses represented b hint for the defenoe, he succeeded in obtain t, 425 ing twenTyTMj^^jl^ Mrs. I. a snsi.li>* ^ ,7.* Lono.?Wenreririllt Cnl., Feb. 15-^ t ; in9t, roccivc1 of or "n* ..f the e*cr knewn on tl a'lon, pacific coast/*".. occurrcd fifty ini\' Is, or below here a fM ' # B_0 The land cl whole i?V '!l,c V.'wul r Hirer, raising the water a depth of .tOO fee , n,i backing up then* futrtccn miles. jLh0 gliding innsa * about a mile long! ftn,i 400 yards wit >. Obi Many building* werl swept away with th ictus. entire contents. chinamen were bur OMIt in tlie debrisnndsem.,ra\ persons barely dt. taped. ML (Corre?pon<lcc? o f ihc Union Times.) New? from North Paooiot. Etta Jaxje, Feb. 17.?Wo feel called upon this week to repeat an expression made by some cruel wag, who we think ought to haTe been lynched for it, when he said, "the women have inva led every profession followed by men except that of climbing telegraph poles." Quack doctors of (he fomine gender arc now sending circulars and samples of medicine through the mails to supposed suffering women. Last week Mrs. Vox got ono of those packages, together with a letter from the sender saying that "a friend had informed her" (the writer) about her (Mrs V's) condition, &c. Since then the old woman has been looking around to find out who this 'jtt'iti doctor's informant is, and if she fiu Js out she will have something quite point* cd and exciting to say to our readers, about if We hope cons n William Arp will learn hia "Gcorgy" women better than to he disturhing the equilibrium of our domesticity by passing themselves otf as medical oxperts. No doubt many of our lady readers know how to sympathize with Mrs. Vox in this matter by this time. The minks have caught all of Mr. Lent Brown's ducks, but live. They even took "obi white granny'' one night last week. Wouldn't be surprised friend Brown if the ^l^te^^mr^'GenGciacnTyou'won't lose anything by depending on your own exertions. Hired labor is the dearest commodity you have had to contend with for years and one acre of corn or cotton well worked by your own hands is worth more to you than 5 acres woi-kcd by a hired laborer, if you treat him right. Take courage: you're not hurt yet. Itev. F. C. Ilicksou will preach at Abingdon creek next Sabbath, lidd, inst., 11 A. M. Rev. It. I*. Smith preached at Salem yesterday. IIis text was, Matt. IV. 1. Mr. II. F. Smith was married last week to Miss Wright, of Limestone Springs. The newly wedded couple have our best wishes for their future success and happiness. Miss Alice Morgan, one of Union's most excellent and charming young ladies, is visiting this section. She is one of our North Paco'ct girls, ami it is not necessary for us to say that hor many frionds nti<l acquaintances 'are glad to havo U?? -.uu Mr. Millard Wall, who has been in this I I I. 1.1-K.-.t!.n.. \lr SCCUOll lOT SUlBlill 'lin.i null um iuviiiv, ..... . George P. Wall, selling mules, starts lo-tlny for ltis home, in Washington territory where he has been living for six years. We give our young readers nn old question this week for them to work out, and semi us the answer. A man had 9 pigs, and he put them in 4 pens, with an odd number in each pen. How did lie divide them'.'M He had a different number in each pen, mind you. Vox. Correspondence of Union Times. Telephonic New3 from Joncsville. Jonksvii.i.b, Feb. 17.?Jonesville is badly gripped and has been so for some time. The disease seema to have the fight uumc, bat if the worns '-hold on" wore added, so that it would read "Grip and hold on." it , , ?nuWl It h?j, bow-' ever, not proved fatal in any ease hero yet. Farm work is progressing well, as t'uu Member lias been so favorable, but it is hard to tell at tnis time whether the winter is over or not. Some people think winter is to come yet. They arc like the old negro, they think winter weather must come if it don tcome till August. The Farmers are hau'ing away a grcit deal of guano. Some of them arc buying through the Alliance, while a largo number arc not. Messrs. Spears & Alinnn, ef Kclton, hive opened a store here. They bought out II. I" C. Smith. 1 suppose thoy arc to furnish the Alliance, i Johnnie Liltlejohn, of Spartanburg, is visiting his fntlior. N. T. Littlejolm. I C. C. Harris left here tc-day for Bjrtning I ham, Ala., where lie expects to cast his lot. Monro W.t.l, o aon of Jwm I.. It may be well for the young men to cmFi grate to the West, but the older ones I think f bad better hold on to old .South Carolina. Miss Kiltie Whitman is visiting rolntive? t in the North l'acolct country. tki.ki'honb. . ? . A Ymiy Wii(ilksomk Complaint.?Greenville, February 111.?The gaand jury in the , District Court made their final presentment and were discharged. In their presentment * thejury called at'ention to the very largo number of trivial cases before them, cases , which were described as "without merit, am! which should ltave never reached this Court.' j They recommend that some action be taken which would in the future prevedt similai cases from coming before them." In his address to the grand jury Judge Simonton endorsed their recomrnondation to r the trival cases sent up to the Court, by s commissioners, and suggestel that, in the next presentment, the grand jury should 11 designate by name ttic officials whom they v shall find responsible for such practice, i, Wc have also heard it suggested that it i a very common pructice in the Diet l ie Court to introduce tvitncrci to swear Ilia i" they would not believe witnesses for th< prosecution under oath. In cases of negn d foutimAnc nntl nq id nfmn llm rfldP when [- only one or two witnesccs appear f r tin r prosecution this is easily done and in tliii I, way a large number of prisoners get clour and, it tuny bo that fonao cases go (a cotirl with certain witnesses that such would bi the result. Uncle Sam pays the bill. y -? ? h Resolutions of Welcome. At tlie Inst meeting <>f tSic It ?ard of Tradi the following desolations of welcome wer{ unanimously adopted ; HV/rreo*. Wc linve beard, with plcofurc lint Mr. I!. M. Meltermid lias come aniongs ' us for the the purpose of establishing a shot I;^7roVU?ucr',,niff,,Wn ?. ciuting the benefit the community will iU?iu 10 from such mi acquisition. ,e IfrWmf. That we. as i idixidunl inn es ber? mid as a Hoard of Trade, do extend u ,1,, ,.il Mr. II. >1 MoOc.....!. ? .> ? to welcome to our com?ntnit\. and do la er '' and-'?,r'n-TrWi.!!lucmi. "p* SjZmi "ha. Ilis M?Chine Shop shall be lir success. p y] KAKK. 'Y l*i es t. Co if I of I rude It. F. Aniivn, S:?'y. Correspoodvnce of the Union Tivk*. *Rivorsids Hippies. Kivkiisidk, Feb. 17.?"Man born of woman N is of few days and full of trouble;'' Job. 14:1. ^ This has been the sad experience of man since the days of father Adam. Riverside = claims the distinction of having a gent who is an exception to the rule. Mr. J. D. Hrown hns "taken unlo himself p a rib," and ks now, no doubt, the happiest f wVonWrkN#11^ UMiinst Mr. j, Ilro^rwI^unitcdiflfot^Tioly bph ' of tfwP v luck.to hnnntift.l nnd loving c daughter of^Mr. J. W. Scott; Rev. D. P.- p Boyd officiating. [It was not our good fort- p unc to witness tlie ccromonics or samnle the c edibles that were served in such c .ess profusion, but wc are told by one who did, that p the almir was in keeping with the spirit of the age?this the latter part of the eveu- i ingofthc I'.tth century. Wc wish for them j, both a long and prosperous journey over ^ life's turbid billows. s As the big men and the press throughout j, the country are discussing the destination, j, the emigration and the migration of the colored populace, Sambo moyos along in his g usual <piiet way, peacably and orderly, nnd f wc think this subject should be called to i ( halt. The resiling public have hail nboui ( enough of it. Time and circumstances will go a long way toward helping to solve this mHWPt?"H * -urn*. Fed" Gist, a venerable old gent of some 80 summers. The old fellow claims to be immensely hsppy in his declining years} begets enough to eat ami good clothes to wear, and rejoices in the hope of life eternal. How many of us can beat that? Riverside has had some sickness this week and last ; some of a very serious nature, but all arc improved. The grip ami the rungtang arc the most prevalent. Now, of all of the diseases as mortals arc heir to we believo the rung-tang is the worst, since none but the aged, the bow-legged and the knock kneed arc allowed to escape the malady. And, Mr. Editor, you say the Devil has the grip. Well, a lady friend wants to know if his Satonic Majesty did not meet his match for once ? Please let me say to a number of my frionds. that I am not the person in $ontrororsy^viI ifM. A. Wix. I hope to escape tlu UUw^Ui. Mr. Wix is a trash mover, and did certainly make a big crop. Others might do the same tiling by complying with the terms. I will never think that Carolina Fertilizer made the cotton. No doubt it did gome good. Mr. Wix exercised good judgment in the management of his crop, and this, in conjunction with another who'esomc fertiliser, called git-up-and-gif will invariably give goad results. Joe. Union Meeting of Broad River Baptist Sunday Schools. We give below a synopsis of a programme of a Sunday School Union Meeting which we hope many of our readers will bear in mind and light up the occasion with their countenances at the proper time : Tho Sunday School Union Meeting of the middle section of the Broad Itiver Baptist Association will meet with Uacolct Church, No. 1, (Skull Shoals,) on Friday before tbe nth Sunday in March, 18(10- ltcv. F. C. ^ HicKjnn to preach the introductory sermon ; Rev. J. L). Bnilcv a'lornate. First Day. Subjects for discussion : How can we get our l'astors and Church members to lako an interest in our meetings? Jas. M. Osmcut will open the discussion. Sister's influence. Opened by Cajt. Win. I). Alexander. Question Box. Second Day. What is the truo meaning of Sabbath observance? Opened by Capt. John R. Jell'erios. Is the use ef instrumental music in our churches in accordance with Scriptura? Opened by 1'. S. Webber. Question Box. Rack Bow in Aiiukvii.i.k.?Oreenwood, S. C.: Feb. 14. ?Intelligence is received here to-lay of a serious ditliculty between whites U.nliinii I h., nnhlir. nincl five milas from hero last nitflit. The particular* *r? . ^ur* on V\iefr' wnyu^R^n^l!^ Ill mlcrson, Jr., to attend the marriage of his daughter to Cam Harnett. As they were passing through tlie Lauren? lands, which is densoly ! populate 1 hy negroes, Hubert Kcneiay who was in front, met a negro driving a wagon in which were several women. Mr. Keneday dil not give as much of the road as the negro thought lie should an I the latter began cursing liitn whereupon Mr. Kcneday t struck him with a whip. At this the women I began screaming and soon white imn wero t surrounded by an angry mob of negroes, i armed with rock-, guus and pistols. The i white men, being unarmed, were untirely 1 at the mercy of the mob but made the best ' defense I hey could in the fight which ensued i in which John Harnett was shot in the face r with a gun. Hubert Keneday was considerably bruised with rocks and James Kcncday ! was the worst hurt of any, receiving several severe cuts and bruises. lie is still irt a 1 critical condition. All would probably have i been murdered but for the timely arrival of I Tatunt Harriett, who by tiring in the crowd with his pistol dispersed the mob. One negro is reported shot and another cut. No s arrests have been made an I further troublo I is expected. ? A.J. S. in (Jrtenrillr Acre*. > ' Goon axn KNornu or rr.?The assassin*. ; lion of a dupu'y marshal in Gadsden, 1'la., is a crime winch will find no Justification or defondcr. If it wore for a political effect it is a blunder us well as a crime, for it is a di# reel slinllengt to a power alroady anxious to ? take oflencc. As a crime it is no mora nggravatcl than many similar crimes North as , well us South, brutal and cowardly, arousing the anger of every good man to briog 9 the perpetrators to punishment. As a blunder, it proves how dependent the good name of the South, the peacefulness of our relations with the government, the harmony of our intercou rsc with other sections, is at *. the mercy of irresponsible men who have no stake in the we'furc of society, who t?ko no responsibility for the mischief they perpetrate and who recklessly and brutally jeopardize , everything which is the subject of the solicit tiule of every thoughtful oitizen. The Sojitf > is a previous ^r..- JW 'e conlTnue* to suffer until State authoritiis take hold of the matter with strong hand, , mul determine that the peace and happiness , of the whole people shall not bo at the mercy y Of a few cowardly iniscrcanto.?AthenlU ,!T The la'cAdam FTrepaugh never smoked, a chewed or drank. lusted ef.intpnj W? money in these expensive hah js h put i into real esla'e, and when he died lie owned two hundred houses in Brooklyn and on< hundred iu Philadelphia, I THE ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. ^ f. g. littlejohn, - Editor. J'. h. mIlLEB.} As,sstaht Editors. land poob Wo make the assertion, without* ruth's contradicting, that ninc-tentbt trmers of Union County who own land.inmw^bh mid poor, of pool^lnadf i hare just read Ij rilli pleasure where Mr. Qray of Hampton b nnntw TIIoiIa Oft ImiIar a/ a/tt 1a*i aaa1> wnS?1>. I ng 50G lbs, on 12 acres of land, and 1 doubt I f the farmers of Union County, averaged ven the reverse?1 2 bales for every 28 acres. , One of the most dificult of all undertake ngs is to convince the farmer that he tries 0 cultivate too much land. He may and ofen docs, acknowledge that it would be moro rofitablc to tend less land, and to prcpar c ictter, fertilize more, and cultivate in a eieutitic manner, but his acknowledgment s but litt'e evidence of his conviction, when ic continues his former system of farming. In the older countries a farmer that owns acres of land think, he has a good size arm, and will maintain a family, iducate his children, ami make money mtofit. In America, instead of five acres 1 farmer wants firr hundrrd acres, from vhich oftentimes he can't, or don't, obtain . -rp ins" citnAi'cn Tn IgnorinceT" ?nd inally becomes a pauper. Alas ! avarico among tho farmers, as well J is among others of different avocations of ifc, has been the ruin of many. What you ind 1 most need, brother farmer, is more [iracticnl sense that will lifi us out of the old ruts that teur the forests from our hill sides and wash them into gullies?a practical sense that shows us tlint quality is better than quantity in all that we tiling, and say, ami do?a practical sense backed by enough energy, to prompt us to sec what each and every acre we cultivate can be made to produce. Then we will begin to realize that farming is not mere drudgery; but is a profitable calling and will givo us more pleasures than any oilier caning in life can. THE INTENTOB OF THE COTTON GIN. in itoo, ni llie little hamlet uf Weetborough, Mass, (now a town of t!,000 inlinhitants) the son of a poor farmer first* opened his eyes upon the light. The puritan parents soon christened thc^P babe Eli. The bright little ynnkco Iwy soon adjusted himself to his surroundings, and became the fond hope of his parents, and a wonder to his companions and school-fellows on account of his ingenuity in manufacturing toys and play things. Imbued with that craving thirst for knowledge which always possesses great minds, he went to Yale College, Conn , and there developed the latent powers within him. While in College lie used to repair the philosophical apparatus with remarkable nicety, to the great admiration of professors and students. Having in 17U2 worked his way through College without assistance, as determined and suc, ccssful boys often do, he immediately came to Gooi-giu as a "yankee school teacher."? ' Finding a situation near Savannah, he began to teach, but soon becoming sick he was in- V { vited by one of his patrons, Mrs. Nathaniel * Green, wife of the famous Gen. Green of the Revolution, to reside at her house till lie should recover. One day in the Fall, of 17R2, several * " . Georgia planters assembled at the house of . . > Mrs. Green. Some of these planters had ' been officers under the command of .Gen. Green, and they hail called, naturally enough, \v * to pay their respects to the widow of their beloved commander. The conversation turned upon the depressed condition of the Southern States since the close of the war. (How have these events returned to us after the lapso of !?8 years.) The planters were generally in debt, their lands wore mortgaged, their products afforded little profit, and many of the younger and more enter rvu}'i? wire moving m??y These planters agreed that the cause of i* thts state of things was the (lifliruttij of raising rottoii with profit, owing to tlie great labor required in separating the fibre from the seed. The fibre of tho cotton udhcrc so '.! tenaciously to the seed that to get one pound of clean cotton, without wasting any, required a u-liolr day's labor. It was this fact that rendered tlie raising of cotton so little profitable, anil kept the Southerff States from sharing in the prosperity en^* joyed by the States of the North after tlral^ close of the revolutionary war. After considcrahc discussion, one of tho gentlemen remarked that perhaps the work could be done by a machine. Mrs. Green then remarked: ' Gentlemen, ' \ apply to my young friend, Mr. Whitney, he can do anything." During his residence with Mrs. Green be had made her children many curious toys, ami also for her a tambour frame on a new and much improved principle; hence her *<tvice. "apply to jny young friend. Mr. Whitney, ho can do anything." Few words have ever hecn spoken on this globe that have had sneli important and memorable consequences as this siniblo observation by .Mrs. Nathaniel tiroan. She now introduced Mr. Whitney to her ^ friends, who described to him the difficulties under which tlioy labored. lie told them lie had never seen a pod of cotton in his life. Without making any promises to thcin, he resolved to procure some raw cotton immediately mid see what lie could do with it. Searching around tho neighborhood, lie at length found some till clean cotton, and taking home made his own wire. The children, sonants and visitors wondered what he could be doing in the basement all alone, but lie said nothing, and kept on thinking and tinkering and hammering. till early in the Spring of 171W, he had Completed his work. Setting up the mysterious machino in a shed lie invited a number A 1 of planters to come and witness its operation. Its success was complete. I he gentlemen ft'.' .