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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-07-13
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF Union,
In the Court of Probate.

In the Court of Probate.
Sarah Beatty rs. S. Nj. Rice.
DY virtue of all order from the Hon. Joseph
ID +. Gist, Probate Judge of Union County to
me directed, will sell before Union Court House
door, on the first Monday in August next. within
the legal Hours of Shcritfs sales tho two tracts
of land described in the plcadings i'll this action,
to wit:
One tract of land located in Goshen Hill
Township in .hc County Of Union, containing
about three hundred and sixty acres, bounded
by lands of DR.. W. W. Sims, ~. X. Aughtry and
others, known as the
Black Rock Place.
One other tract of land. Containing about
one hundred and eighty and 800 acres, bound
ell by lands Of Jonathan Lee, S. NJ. Rice and
others and known as the
William Lee Place.
rns rive TWO r@ets , St anG acres and
will be sold in one entire tract, to pay and salts
fy the Dover of Sarah Beatty in said lands.
Tcrns of Sale. Cash.
l.. MACBETH, $. L. G.
July IL. u "t
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To the DcfcH3ant, John W. GoudclOck:
Take notice that the Summons in this action,
of which the foregoing is copy, was filed in
the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for Union County, in the County of Union
in the Stale of South Carolina On the - day
of June one thousand eight hundred and seven
ty-Scvcn. WALLACE & MCkISSICK
Plaintiffs Attys.
July 6 % Ct
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INlNE Hack AMI Green Tea for sale at
~ IRWIN X CO. $.
icb - tf
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01
A SUGGESTION TO OUR CITY
COUNCILS.

While our City Councils are discuss.
ing needed reform in the city charter and
city government, they may do we'll to
consider whether it is not desirable to
concentrate a little more responsibility in
the hands OF the executive officer of the
city. In all governments, whether ma
tionsl, state or municipal, one OF the
most vicious defects is q mixed and ILL.,
defined responsibility. If the enforce
ment of the laws is divided between two
or more persons, or devolved upon COM
Missions" il is impossible to fix the blame
for misconduct or inefticiency upon any
tne officer. Divided responsibility is the
very essence of responsibility. The
officers subordinate to the executive, be
he Mayor or Governor, ought to be sp-
pointed by their chief. Otherwise
there is confusion in the government,
because chief and subordinate deriv-
ing their authority from the same
source, (election by the people, there
arises necessarily n division of response
bility, and the public business suffers
The business Of government does not
differ in this respect from that of n mer-
chant or a railroad company; and no
merchant could successfully conduc! his
business if his clerks. bookkeeper, and
porters were appointed and removable,
not by himself, but by his customers.
1t is no part of the lswmsking branch
of a government to either expound or
enforce its laws; neither has it any bust
ness with the appointment Of any officer
belonging to either the judicial or execu-
tive departments. Only the chief
executive officer should be elected by the
people; and upon him should be placed
the grave responsibility OF selecting the
subordinates by whose hep he is to carry
on The public business. II then he fails,
he may isirly be held responsible BY the
people, ana punished TO- his dereliction.
A careful review Of the whole subjec1
may bring the members or Council to
see that it may be wisdom TO ask the
Legislature to so amend tho city charter
as to make the Mayora responsible OIL
er, and then vote him salary for At
tending to the business of the city. We
hAve no doubt but an investigation of
thu question, iu all it, bearings, will con.
vince any intelligent gentleman thst both
bitter and more economical govern
met can be had in this way.
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The Tweed Suits.

NEW YORK, December 3l.-Elbert y q.
Wood ward, ex-confidentlsl clerk OF Boss
Tweed, who was arrested in Chicago
some three months ago to answer To ar
indictment for forgery and embezzle-
ment, and who has since lain in the
Tombs, was yesterday released from GUS
tody on his own recognlzsnce. Wood
ward handed over to Mr.. PecKham y
number Of important documents, to be
used as evidence in the forthcoming trial
OF Tweed, and also transferred
to the city and county OF New
York property amounting TO $lO5,OOO.
besides furnishing security for the resti-
tuition of $4,000 more. It appears that
the Attorney General ordered the dis
charge of the prisoner on his own re-
cognizance that he might testify for
the people in the civil suits. He also
directed that he should not be rearrested
upon the civil processes pending agar St
him. No nolte prosequi has been entered
in the criminal cases, but it is unCer-
stood that should Woodward's testimony
pove valuable as expected, he never will
be brought to trial.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01
The Eastern Question.

Moscow, December S0.-The Gazette
SAYS: In the event of conference being
broken of, Russia would have to enforce
upon Turkey not her own decision. but
tbst of Europe. Europe would then vir.
tuslly make war against Turkey with
Russian arms. The mere friendly neu.
,rslity of Europe would not suffice, as it
was not Russia wto raised the eastern
question. Russia could notafiord to ritk
the rear or fsnk attack upon the Porte,
in addition to the sacrifices which . war
would entail upon her. Ru STA must,
therelore, unite her own interest with
that OF some other power.
CoSsrANTINoPLE, December Sl.-At
Thursdays setting Of the conference,
which lasted four bour., it was decided
that the srmstice should be prolonged
until the lst OF March, 1877. The Turk.
ish delegates submitted objections 70
several proposals made By the confer
ence, chiefly on the subject Of guarantees
A peaoeabie solution Of the pending
question 10 anticipated.
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Rumored FiIlibusiering Expedition

SAN Francisco, December 3l.-There
have recently been some vague rumors
here of tillibustering expeditions being
organized to Invade lower California,
and the Chronicle this morning pub
fishes an article stating that some 1000
men, we'll armed, will ostensibly estsb-
Ii. a colony in that country, when, by
preconcerted arrangements, they will be
attacked by the Mexicans, which will
inaugurate trouble on such mag
nitude that either the government will
be called upon to interfere, or the whole
tier of northern Mexican States will join
in forming An independent country. In
either case the invaders will be on hand
10 reap anv benefits that may arise, and
having ostensibly acted purely in self
defense there can be no blame attached
to them.
On the contrary the Alta Californian
this morning publishes an interview with
the Mexican consul In this city, Pritch.
ard, who SAYS all such rumors are mere
newspaper sensations made up OF whole
cloth
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

TIE Supreme Court of Florida will
meet again to-day. 1t will probably or
der the Secretary of State to issue certfi.
Gates of election to Gov. DREW and the
State officers elect. all of whom will be
inaugurated to MORROW. The Court is
expected to further order the Canvassing
Board. which is now in contempt, either
to purge itself OF contempt by completing
its work aid certifying to the election OF
the TILpEN electors, or else order its
mem bers to JUL. 1t will be remembered
that The Supreme Court of Florida is
composed OF Republican Judges, as is the
case IN South Carolina also.
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the vo,es." No one objected to these
views; and the journal reports that on
February 10th, the two Houses being in
JOINT meeting, the President of the Sen
ate then proceeded to open and hand to
the tellers the sealed returns from each
State, which were severally read aloud
by one ofthe tellers, and noted down and
announced bv the secretaries of each
House"
VIII. In 1917 the vote Of Indiana
was objected to. The two houses sep
arsted, and there was considerable dis
cussion; but no one except Mr.. RAN
DoIpH, so tar as we have been able to
discover. pretended that the houses had
not Constitutional power to examine the
vote and to exclude any State for cause,
or that the Vice President had any power
except to "open" the package.
TX. In 1921 the case OF Missouri arose,
and in the Senate, Mr.. MING, OF New
York, wished to provide beforehand for
any question which might arise in joint
meeting. Several gentlemen agreed
with him; others holding that the ques-
tion could only be decided alter
the votes CT Missouri were legally
known to the joint meeting. But no
Senator objected on the ground that the
Houses had no power to exclude or to
examine" the vote, or that the Vice
President had this power. In the House
theisame question came up, and Mr.. RAN
DoLPH, as on a previous occasion, as
serted that Congress had no power to
consider the vote OF State. Mr.. CLAY
said the Constitution required of the.two
Houses to assemble and perform the
highest duty that could devolve on Pab'
lie body-to ascertain who had been
elected by the people to administer
their National concerns. In
case of votes coming forward which
could not be counted, the constitu-
ton was silent; but, fortunately, the end
in that case carried with it the means.
The two houses were called on to enum-
crate the votes for President and Vice
President. Of course they were called
on to decide what are votes. Mr.. CLAY
said, the committee, being morally GER
tain that the question would arise on
he votes, IN JOINT meeting, thought it
best. ito give it the goby in this
way. Suppose this resolution not
adopted, the President of the
Senate will proceed TO open
and count the votes; and would the
House allow that officer slngly and alone
thus virtually to decide the question OF
the legality Of tho votesf If not, how
then were they to proceed2 Was 1t to
be settled by the decision of the two
houses conformity, or of the two houses
separately2 One house would say the
votes ought to be counted, the other that
they ought not; and then the votes
would be lost altogether" The resolu-
ton was adopted.
We shall refer to the more recent ac-
ton of Congress at another time. 1t is
sufficient to add that every one of the
present leaders OF the Republican party
is committed by his past action to the
doctrine that Congress, and not the Pres
ident of the Senate, has all power in the
premises.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01
The Pistxford Accident.

RUTLAND, VI, December 30-There
were forty Passengers on the Montreal
Express train, which last night broke
through = bridge near Pittsford, ~ ct
none were seriously burt, while the cars
Aid engine composing the train were
completely wrecked. The engineer and
fireman went down with the engine, but
escaped unhurt Capt Afford of Mon.
treai, Mrs. w. ]. Chambers of Bibg-
hamton, are the only persons seriously
bruised. The accident was caused by
the train running o6 the track, and
striking the bridge precipitatiDg the
structure, and the cars 70 the ice below,
resulting in man Of ruin.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01
canxr...is.al Contest.

wAsHISGIoS. December S0-it 10 un-
ders:ooe that papers we're served on
Gensral Banning to-day, giving formal
notice Of Hon. Stanley Mathew inten.
ti.n To contest bis election AZ msmber
o. TIE mex. House Of Eepreseniives from
the Secopd Ohio district
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01
Ice In the Misstssippi.

MEMPHIS, December 80. The ice is
running heavy, and Is threatening to
gorge in front of the city. A heavy
gorge is reported at Randolph, sixty
miles above here. No accidents have
been reported yet, but all the steamers
are froze fast 20 the shore. Boats csnnot
land al this wharf, and have to go either
to Fort Pickering, below, or 10 hope
field, opposite. The Little Rock railroad
transfer boat II. G. Mutt, made but one
trip, aud would not venture another.
Weather clear; mercury lso.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

In Louisiana the registrars OF the
votes, the clerks and supervisors Of the
elections, and the national supervisors
were Republicans at the late election.
Besides, the army was sent there to
maintain the peace. Yet, with all this
there was u large Democratic majority;
and still TILDEN is not to have the State.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

The Press dispatches, in so far as
they are made up from the specials of
the New York Tunes, must be construed,
like dreams, rs meaning the contrary Of
what they read The Times is u bitter
malignant, and utterly untruth!ul paper,
and it is an outrage on justice and de-
cency that the Radical ring which man.
ages the Western Associated Press per-
sis,s in inficting its falsehoods upon the
readers of the papers Of the country.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

STANLEY MATHEWS, brother in-law OF
Governor HAYES, is trying to sneak into
seat in Congress through sewer, after
having been fairly defeated by the peo
pie Just as HAYES is attempting to
sneak into the White House in defiance
of the wishes of majority of quarter
of Il million OF the voting population of
the country. 1t runs in the family, you
sac
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

Ir YOU do not receive REGISTER tc-
morrow morning. don't blame the car
rier boy. Our printers are going skating
to-day.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

BURLINGTON Red Ere: "Up in Mus
cstine the musical and literary young
men of the Unitarian church organized
the Muscatire Unitarian Musical Philos-
sophicsl Society, but when the abbreviated
title came out in print N. U. NJ. 2. S, it
struck in on the association and killed
~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

Two OYSTERS in gallon of lukewarm
fluid at church fair are no longer call
ed s,ews, but squsriums; and some peo
pie think there are too many fish to the
water.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01
The Pinksion story Used Up-sOmc
Evidence About Eliza ana Her Hts.
.isnatch To the ENQUIRER.

EN
tory.
Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.
MONROE, La, December 29.-fhe
Pinkston story, about which SO much has
been said has been pricked, and Elizs's
tale turns cut TO be simply tissue OF
falsehoods. Witness after witness testi-
fed before McMshon's subcommittee
here to-day that her character WAS that
of common woman, and that she was
not to believed under oath. Some six
witnesses appeared who showed conclu.
slvelv that she murdered an old negro
woman named Rose, in Murehouse
Parish, and poisoned child out of re-
venge to its parents by giving 1t dose
OF morphine. The sub. Committee have
SO thoroughly exploded her whole story
tha. no more evidence will be taken on
that subject.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

DAVID DUDLEY. FIELD is to occupy
the seat in Congress made vacant by the
resignation of SMITH Ely, Jr, who was
elected Mayor of New York, in Novem-
ber
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at'heslina Aegister.
Gold closed Saturday at lO7s.

The ,ceasher to-day wia be cloudy,
,O,th south 10 vest loinds, slight change On
f,m,ero f,.re. and rain OF snoio.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

THE Ice Is running so hesvily in the
Mississippi river as far north as Memphis
as to TO threaten to close navigation en-
tirely.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

THAT railroad accident at Ashtabuls,
on Friday night, proves to be almost as
great a horror IA the Brooklyn fire.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01
rhe s,s.asies 0. EIersa..

NEW YoKK, Dscsmber Sl.-The
..rpn<s has the following special from
Florida:
TALLAHASSEE. December 3o.-Thers
ID no change IN the situation here. Tha
supreme Court will convene again "
day at eleven o'cseck, when IL is th2
further sction against the Cav
Board will be taken.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

"RIso out the old, ring in the new
That is what the CHANDLER CAMERON
"ring" is trying to do.
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WELcoMs, joyous bells. the new King,
1877.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

The Supreme Court Of Appeals COM
mences its winter session, at Charleston,
on Wednesday, January 10th.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-01

THE West Virginia Legislature meets
in this city, in the new capitol building,
on Wednesday week, January 10th.
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RAw.cHEsTER Demoerat-"It is not in
spring to hear the man against the lamp
post remark, Peace 'nearth-g will to
men-whoop.
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Additional Dispstshs. on
, 1877-11-11

BnhinaoIe SanS illShfngtnn FTeFo71encE
A YOUNG New Yorker called on Secretary Ev-
arts the other day with letter from proni~
nent citizen Of New York recommending him
for l. Consulate There were numbcr OF per-
sous present at the time. The Secretary read
tue letter and then glanced at the young man,
who presented thc appearance OF one in the full
glow Of health. The SECRETARY said: 81 Well,
really, ! should like to oblige Air. -, but YOU
do not seem delicate: you do not look as If you
needed to go abroad tor your health. I do not
like to sec able-boded young men 60 out Of the
country. There Is such an Inviting field here
for Young men OF energy and ambition Mr..
- says you are q civil engineer That is good
profession and offers abundant opoortuui-
ties for distinction; why not 70 to work at it.''
All this Was said in tone ofs voice sufficiently
loud to be heard By every one in the room. The
Young New Yorker showed yery painful en-
ha1rassmcnt, and, With his face covered with
bushes, backed out OF the room. &c will not
be apt to tmpor1une Mr. Erarts for that Con-
sulate.
, 1877-11-11

.sDtcsd. Dispatch to Tar Cascngn T1thun-.
BosToS, Nov. 10.--The black,nailing case
against DR.. Damon resulted in a fiasco. It was
before the Municipal Committee yesterday and
to-day, and This afternoon the Judge decided
that Miss Ward was not connected With any
Proceedings subsequent to the reception Of the
letter asking for damages for seduction by tlle
Doctor. No evidence was given showing any
erftninality between Miss Ward and DR.: Damon,
the Court ruling that testimony of
this character was not in the case. The
witnesses called to-day showed that they fau
Dr. Damon's interest at heart, and that III ad-
yislng him they were working for bis interests.
The result was that the defendants were dis
charged. Nothing was adduecd SNORING tho
connection Of Barry MacFar}Nc or others OF
Tue defendants with the charge presented by
Ur. Damon Of blackmaii. The case, which has
eausctl great deal Of excitement, will probabl,
pme before the upper courts.
, 1877-11-11

moor man applied to a citizen for relief to-
day and was referred to the woodpile: The un-
fortunate individual declined to tackle the saw
and az, on the ground that Friday Is IN M
lucky day. and that he would rather starve to
death than take chances OF spelling his luck-
lie said lie had rich amt back in the States,
and would cut of hIs finger-nai1s or wash his
facc before Ee would risk losing her fortune at
her death by commencing an industrial enter
prise on au unluckT daT.
, 1877-11-11

VEvAY, Ind, Nov. "a remarkable trial oc-
cupicd the attention Of the Circuit Court Friday
and Saturday. One OF our physicians sued one
of the ministers for medical services rendered
the family Of she latter. The defense was set up
that it wls tho custom OF the physicians to at
tend the families OF ministers without compen-
satjon. and that the Doctor mad stated that he
would make no charge in this instance. The
testimony disclosed pretty clearly that the plain
tiff had not intended TO make any charge at the
time, aud that the entries Of his CHARGES were
all made on the same day. long after the services
we're rendered. It was generally understood
that the Doctor, who had been divorced from
former wife, was paying his addresses to the
daughter o. the defendant, aud upon her refusal
to marry him he resolved to take his revenge "
compelling her father to pay DOCTORS bill
amounting to S95. The attempt was failure.
The jury brought in 3 verdict for the defendant
on Saturday night. The contcnding partleswere
members Of the Presbytcrian church OF this s
placc. The trial attracted much attention, and
caused considerable gossip that was calculated
to bring discrcdit upon both parties.
, 1877-11-11

prominent and wealthy citizen OF LaGranre,
IL appears that Mrs Peterson had recently scp-
grated from her husband, and the latter
had "a determined to get the custody OF his CHILD
tIaronGh the above-named parties, who also
formed i conspiracy 10 ROB Ruicks house NJ
Inc Tune OF the abduction. j preliminary er
amlnation took pfaec at Lagrange this morning
Dhen DoWney Was discharged, and Shoafr and
refers were sent to Jail in default OF security
c0uspiracy 5S ~
, 1877-11-11

Sn<c'oi nsnasch 10 The Cnicngo Tribune.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.,, Nov. 10.-This evening,
Mark 1u]}ey, proprietor OF saloon and billiard
room, and a railroad man, Of the Chicago &
Alton, named afnwrer, had quarrel in Tul!cy's
saloon, in which Tnllcy drew revolver and shot
Mowrcr in the left check, the ball breaking scy-
er:ll teeth and lodging deep in the flesh Of the
neck, producing wound which the doctors fear
Mill nrore fatal. The quarrel WAS the result Of
a aoiSputc o'cr last Tuesdays election. TuIIey
was released on 81 200 bail.
, 1877-11-11

Spectdl Dispatch to The ChEcn1n Tribune
ADRIAN, Mich, Nor. 10-Horace r. Gardner,
sne Of the managing partners In the lately
Bankrupt Jonesyiiie wooIen-n,flls, was arrested
ut Paw Paw yesterday and brought here, charg-
ed with obtaining 1900 pounds Of wool. worth
$lG.000, Of S. 0. Merritt, farmer Of this coun-
u. knowing at the time the Company was in
solvent. &c to-day gave 1000 bail to appear
1or trial Dec 20
, 1877-11-11
FINANCIAL,

MONTREAL, Nov. 10.-W. P. Bartley Il Co.,
iron-founders, have failed. Liabilities, s15o, 600.
Their suspension Is due to the failure OF the
hardware firm Of aIuihoiand d Baker.
.S1ecfat Hsuatch tn TAd tcafca9o 7S45un<-
GRAsD RAr1p5, Mich, Nov. 10.-Dr. 4. &.
Mcs1ullcn, druggist in this city, one OF the
leading retail dealers, made an assignment last
night, receiving Enos Putnam as his Assignee.
The figures OF the assets and liabilities are not
reported jet, but it is stated that the failure Is
4 bad onc, and the creditors will get but small
dividend.
, 1877-11-11

Special Nsootca to Tx Chicago 7,1onne.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nor. 10.-Edward Down
ey, John Peters, and Edward Schoatf were ar
sssted last night on the charge OF conspirin= to
::bduct the infant child Of Mrs. John Peterson
from the residence OF her father, S. E. Buick,