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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08
Now Furniture store.

NoW EuTnlCuTo NloTe
Tho advertisement Of Mr. Il. b. Porter who
has opened Cabinet making and furniture
store in the building lately occupied by +. NJ.
Farr & Co., is crowded out this week. Mr.. Por-
! t.r 10 f"a 'S"rtman and repairs all kinds of
Furniture in the ncatcst manner. His stool: of
Furniture is of the most substantial and service
abckind. lie is an Industrious, good mechanic,
and should be encouraged.
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PREPARING TO REsUME.--New York, January
29-The Post says the banks here, ,'or several
Of them have, since gold fell below .02, been
buying large amounts of gold, thereby putting n
part, and in some cases the whole Of their capi-
tal in gold. THIS they have done so as 10 be in
o position to encourage tho use of gold among
their customers, with . hope Of creating such
An eltendsd Use for that metal in mercantile
transactions as shall make the transition from
paper to gold basis the mere easy when the
proper time comes.
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Jrsr Soft by chance you arc allowed to
enter the composing room Of printing office,
and wish to make the printers furiously mad
just stand behind them aud talk to them while
you read the copy upon which they are at work.
They are generally too.polite to object to your
rudcness, but their wrath concentrates in the
toe Of their boot, with an itching desire to put
that boot where it will do the most good
ErseHuiILe News
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Tho Louisiana Returning Board.


Judge Brady has refused to grand the petit
tion of the returning board Of Louisiana to have
their cases transferred to tho United States Cir
cult Court, but seserves to the board the right
to take an appeal to the U. s. Supreme Court.
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death Of Irene, daughter Of Hon. Chas. Petty,
ut Limestone Springs.
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The Cotton Market.

The Cotton Market.
But little has been done in this market the
past week. The road, worse now than at
our last report. Only lS5 bales have been sold
during the week, and prices average about the
same We quote the market at 50, lCs.
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Tax RsooDts for 1870.

The Legislature has joint resolution now be-
fore it, authorizing County Treasurers TO review
the tax receipts issued by the County Treasurers
of Chamberlains government: for and during
the fiscal year 1876.
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The Moffett Whiskey Punch Bill was killed,
dead as Hector, in the House last Friday, by n
vote of 54 yeas to % nays, on the question to
strike out the enactng clause.
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The Keocee Courier very sensibly condenscs
tho whole argument upon the Bonded Debt in
tho following paragraph: .'Tho bond question
is being magnifed The people want repu-
dation. They will stand by the funding act of
former Legislature, in reference to the ante
war debt, and pay nothing but the debt created
by law since that time. Any obligation tainted
with fraud should be rejected" ;"
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Eky- Mr.. J. d. Tolleson, one of the oldest
citizens of Spartanburg County, after lying in
a speechlcss, paralyzed condition for some time,
died Mt his residence in that County last Sunday
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PRINCIPAL and Agent.

An Interesting Decision by the Supreme Court
of the United States IN an Insurance case.
In tho United States Supreme Court on Mon
day last the following decision was announced {:
No. l5G. Southern Life Insurance Company vs..
Mccain. Error to the Circuit Court for Ala
bama.
In this case it is held that where the assured
was not informed Of the fact that the agent of
the company had ceased to be such, and paid
him money, its receipt by him bound the com
pany. Also, that where the company so received
money without at the time notifying the as
sured that the receipt nc naa taken was insum-
cient under tho rules and regulations of the
company it could not atterward rely upon the
defect. No company, say the Court. can be al
lowed to hold out another as its agent and then
disavow responsibility for his acts After it
has appointed An agent in particular business
parties dealing with him in that business have
a right to rely upon the continuance of his au-
thority until in some way informed of its rcvo'
cation. To this effect the authorities arc nu-
merous, and the law is equally plain that special
instructions, limiting the authority of general
agent, whose powers would otherwise be cock
tensive with the business entrusted to him, must
DO communicated to the party with whom he
deals, or the principal will be bound to the same
extent rs though such special instructions were
not given Were the law otherwise tho door
weuld be opened to the commission Of the gross
est frauds. Good faith Joins that the principal
sheuld DC held Dy the acts Oh one whom nc mas
publicly clothed with authority to bind him.
Neither is there any doubt of the law as to the
silence Of the company after the receipt OF the
premium by the agent with its knowledge. AT
frmed. Mr.. Justice Field delivered the OPT nion.
1t is fact we'll established by unquestionabe g
testimony that Halls Hair Renewcr renews,
cleanses, brightens, invigorates and restores to
its originol color and lustrc, faded gray or dis
colored hair, cheaply, quickly and surely. The
poorest people prefer to buy it and use it. rather
than to proclaim in n manner more forciblc than
words can dein cate, through blanched locks OF
grizzly beard, that they are aged and passing to
decay. A very short trial will convince the
most skcptical that it does eradicate the scalp
diseases which rob the hair of its color and life
Fort Scott (kan.) Daiiy Monitor.
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Born LEGs BURNED OrF.-About three weeks
ago. Richard, coorcd man living on Mr.. Sam
uel Bakers plantation i'll this county. fell into
the fire while in tit and burned himself so
severely that death will probably result from
his injuries. lie was brought to the poorhouse
last week, and is still there under the medical
treatment of DR.. Parker. The poor man = legs
are 50 badly burned that the physicians have
found it necessary to ampuate both of them
.A6GepAie .Mdiuni.
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CufIING ArFrAY.--A difficulty occurred yes
tcrday afternoon in Mr.. John Trccl' = restaurant
between Revenue Detective VIM. Spria2S and
jerry Moore, OF this county in which the for.
mer received Severe cut on the side OF the
neck, nearly sevcring the right ear. Both
parties were drinking Mt the time iictrns
Seminal.
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Bs9- Hon. Jas II. Rion is on y professional
visit to- this town.
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An OUTRAGE EXrLopEp.-Somc time since one
Petcrman, q specimen United States marshal,
published a bugaboo story about prisoner
named Snow having been rescued from him by
force at Seneca City. Mr.. Coleman, proprietor
of the hotel at that place, testiiics that Pcterman
went to sleep, and that no one knowing that tho
prisoner was n prisoner he walked of. When
the constable awoke he found that his Snow had
melted, and he concoc,ed the rescue story to
hide his own negligence.
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Tho Prottiest Thing Out.

We have just received from Geo. Harris &
Son, Philadelphia, n few copies of the pretticst
Calendar we ever saw. Ii is n finely executed
Lithograph picture Of a beautiful girl descend
ing mountain, ShepherdcSS stan in hand
dressed in bright red and waving her hat, ap-
plrentl to some triend below. We fond
of Loo king at pretty girls, prctty dressed, that
we have pasted one Of the Calendars over our
sanctum mantle piece, another the Office
mantle piece, FIR the boys to look at, taken one
home for the good wife anil children to admire
and placed one in the Probate Judge and Coun-
ty Commissioners, Offices. for everybody to sec
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NEGROES OFF FOR KANsAs.-Ycster,lay after
noon tycnty-six negroes, exclusive of children,
left Gastonia on the Air Line train, having for
their destination the far OIL State of Kansas,
where they will settle for the purpose of engag-
ing i'll farming operations. Very few of the
coonists were from CASTOR, nearly all coming
from York and Chester counties, s. {. They
were in charge of passenger agent of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Char. Observer, J,!H. 80
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The Journal Of Commerce of last Friday says
The United States prisoners who were brought
before that court yesterday for sentence, unan-
imously requested Judge Bryan, in passing the
confined somewhere clso other than in the Char
lesion County Jail. on the ground that ,hcy were
so much annoyed and pcs,ercd by crnin that
they could not stand it, and were afraid Of be-
ing eaten UP.
Cprdova, one of tho worst Of the Rio Grande
outlaws, hos been given up by the Mexican au-
thoritics TO the Texans.
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Heavy judicial Loads.


The Columbia correspondent of the Charlest on
Ncws and C"Wrier gives the following humorous
description of the difficulties encountered by
Judges Mackcy and Cooke in their hopes Of re.
election.
1t is amusing to hear Judges Mackcy and
Cooke speak Of their chances Of re election and
the difficulties under which they are laboring
Judge Mackcy says: 81 wouldn't for the
world say anything against Cooke, but the fact
is, he is a terrible load for me TO carry" "And
besides, says he, ''wc are not all OH the same
footing. My claims on the Democratic party
unqucsionablc." Judge Cooke, on the 9TH
hand, says: This opposition from my circuit
has done me an immense sight Of good. 1t has
put my friends on their mettlc, and they have
taken of their coats and are working for me
tooth and nail | would not have the slightest
doubt of my re- election if it was not that Mack
cy is such heavy load for me TO carry. 1t is
hard to make the people that we are by no
means in the same boat, and tLat my claims up
on the Democratic party arc unlispuicd."
There is very little doubt that the delay has
proved very uniayornb!e to both Judges Mackcy
AMI Cooke, despite the %onl humored view that
juirr Nackcy takes Of it, VIZ: "Tbat the de-
lay is highly proper il! order that ihc cGndi-
dt'"> may have the opportunity o.. studying IN
i.;Gv law. As he wHr,r now stands. !
i!i body, inc .ioa.c 'lyur The 20. election
Of A., y and Goose, w.i'". a. II body, il.
Senate arc in deadly opposition to their rc.clec
ton
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dispatch from Richmond. Va. says Gen.
Joseph J.. johnson mas consented 10 Iuu i,,,.
Congress from the district now occupied hy
Hon. Gilbert e. Walker.
, 1878-02-01
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Now that there is a possibility that
Prof. Huffman may nor be able to re-.
sumo his position as Principa of the
Public School in this District, we
wish to announce our intention of
polling an emphatic vote in favor of
scndiug--in the event of Il vacancy
for professional teachers from the
normal school where teachers are
educated with special view to fit
ness for their calling.
The residents of this school dis
trict pay nearly three thousand dol
lars annually for the support of pub
lie schools; and, as they are amply
able to found a graded school here
which will be most creditable to-
the place, we think it highly oppor.
tune to urge upon them the neces.
SHY of commencing with selection
of teachers from the very best to be
obtained Much has been said
about encouraging home talent in
the selection of teachers; and, while
this is very good in its way, we can
didly submit that there is no home
talent in Port Townsend which will
by any means compare for efficiency
and capability with talent which has
been well educated and thoroughly
prepared, for the duties of schoo,
teachers.
OF all professions, that of teaching
requires most thorough prepara cory
qualifications; and more than that
we regard any person attempting tc
teach, unless with an expectation to
make the occupation lifetime busi.
ness, as entirely out Of place. Where
such expectation exists, the aspirant
can we'll afford to undergo a prope!
course Of preparation. We have nc
disposition whatever to under-ratc
our home talent, but simply suggest
its inadequacy to meet the demands
ST the times.
Aside from all other consideration,
we may reiterate former assertions
that a properly conducted Academy
at this place would, besides afford
ing an opportunity for the home edu
cation Of children at present sent tt
other places, bring thousands of dol
lars annually to this place in conse
quence Of children being sent here
from adjoining counties. Por
f Townsend, by its central location
sanitary advantages etc, has especia
claims for the location Of such al
; educational institution.
, 1878-02-01
GENERAL ELECTION FOR CITY Of
FICERS.

WHEREAS. the Legislative Assembly
of the Territory of Washington by An
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the
incorporation OF cities, approved Novem-
ber 8. 1877, provided that any city incOr-
pOratiOn by special charter or otherwise
may abandon its charter and incorporate
under SAID act. Aud, whereas, at an cleo
ton held January 2j, 1873, the question
of abandoning the charter of the city of
Port Townsend, was submitted to the
voters in said town, and from the returns
Of said election it appearing that major
ity of all votes east at said election were in
favor Of abandoning said charter, there
fore
NOTICE is hereby given that general
election for city officers, us provided in
said act. will be held in the town Of Port
Townsend on Tuesday, the 18th day OF
February, 1873, for the purpose of elect
ing
one MAYOR AND SEVEN COUNCTLMEN
and one City Marshal.
Said election to be held in the office of
the Probate Judge, polls open from 8
o'clock A. NJ. until O'Clock, p. NJ.
BY order of Town Trustees.
A. Il. HUFFMAN, Clerk.
Port Townsend. w. L., Jan. 30, 1873.
, 1878-02-01
A PROCLAMATION,
BY the Governor Of the Territory of
WaShinwtOu

\N-HERENS THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEM-
w MY Of ihr TERRITORY Of Washington, by
I'm act approved the 9'h day of November, A.
H. l'iT nroyilcl that special election should
be- held in said Territory, on the 9Th day of
April ISIS, Tor the purpoSc of choosing dele
yates ton-,rmboW WullU Walln, in said Ter
ritOry, ON the eleventh day 0f June, A. d.,
ISIS, to frumcA State Constitutions and
WHEREAS, II Is further provided in said
act, thar delegates To said Convention shall he
elected in the Territory ut large and in dis
uictS us follows:
Three Delegates in the Territory al large.
one Delegate in the First Judicial District
one Delegate in the second Judicial District.
one Delegate in the Third judicial District.
one Delegate in the County of Walla Walla.
ON" Delegate in the County of King.
ON" Delegate in the Counties OF Thurston
and Lewis.
one Delegate in the Counties of Clark, Ska
mania, Klicktnt ana Yakima.
one Delegate in the Counties of COwlitZ, Pa
ciiic and Wahkiallum.
one Delegate IN the Counties of Pierce. Che.
halls and Mason.
one Delegate in Counties of Cmllnm, Island,
J"iirrSon and san Juan.
one Delegate in the Counties of kitsap sno-
hOmiSh ana WhatcOm
one Delegate in the Counties of Columbia,
stevens and Whitman: and
WHEREAS. 1t Is further provided in said act,
hat the Counties ot Idaho, ShoshOne and Ncz
Prrce, IN the Territory OF Idaho, may he re-
presented III said Convention by one delegate
VINO shall have the privilege OF the floor, but
shall not b" entitled to II vote:
Now, THEREFORE, | ELISHA =. FERRY,
Governor of the Territory of Washington, by
virtue OF the power and authority in me
vested by suil act. do hereby call special
election to he held in the several Counties in
this Territory on the 9th day Of April a. ID.
1873, for The nurro1c of cicCting the hCrcn-
before mentioned. The said election to be
con1uctci and returns thereof made anu
transmitted rs is now provided by law IN
cases of general elections for Delegate to Con.
! nI
, 1878-02-01
TIDAL OBSERVATIONS AT ASTORIA

The telegraph is responsible for
saying that on the goth Senator Nit
chell introduced bill appropriating
$la5,999 to enable the United States
Coast Survey to, establish Tidal
Station at Astoria. Now, as there
has been a tide guags and metero-
logical station at Astoria for several
years-we think some twenty years
there is an evident mistake in the
announcement that this money is re-
quired at that post; and we are in,
clined to the opinion that the sum
mentioned is for establishing tidal
stations at other points, partic ularly
at Port Townsend; where one was
established two or three years ago,
and subsequently discontinued from
want of funds.
There are no points of so great
Importance on the Pacific Coast for
tidal and meteorological stations as
Cape FIattery, Dungeness Light
House and Port Townsend. We
trust we shall have the service re-
instated here; and, as Mr.. Laurence
Nessel, the former observer, has been
relieved of his position as assistant
keeper of Smith Island Light, we
hope he may be again placed here as
the "Clerk of the weather" His
many friends would rejoice to see
him back again.
, 1878-02-01
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY l, lS1S.
THE INDIAN QUESTION.

Senator Mitchell has submitted to
the Senate of the United States u
resolution to remove all the Indians
now living west of the Rocky noun,
tains to reservation to be located
in the Colville valley, and then
collect all the incongruous bands to.
gether in one general pot.pourrl'
of buffalo hunters, agricultural In
dians, saImon-eatsrs, clam dlggers
and blubbpr.Ioving natives, whose
habits of life are as dissimmiar as 1t
is possible for races of men to have,
which project if carried out, will re-
suit in the gradual and final extlnc-
tion of all these tribes, which would
seem to be the real motive of the
Senator. Such an inevitable result
could only be delayed or stayed by
the presence of standing army to
govern them.
When we remember the vast sums
of treasure and the loss of lives which
it cost to remove the Choctaws and
Cherukees, il can only be looked
upon as one of the most gigantic
Jobs ever attempted by the American
Congress, and for no earthly good.
The plausible argument for this at.
tempted breach Of the sacred pledges
contained in our treaties with the
Indians is, that they now have re-
served to their use an average oI
about one thousand acres of land tc
each man, woman, and child in the
United States. We readily admit
that fact, because we see it here on
Puget Sound; on the Makah, Lum
mi, Tulalip, PuyalIip, Nisqually, and
in fact on every reserve west of the
Cascades. But how much easier to
reduce the amount of land than to
move the Indians off. Take the Ma
kah reservation for instance, where
an unjust, unnecessary, and arbitrary
enlargement was made, absorbing
lands under actual occupancy by
white settlers, ostsnsibly for the In
dians but in reality to monopolze
the lucrative trade at that post for a
few interested parties. All that en-
largement could and should be at
once abandoned, and the reservation
reduced to the actual necessities OF
the Indians; and this could be done
without any injury to the natives and
would be means Of redressng an
outrageous wrong done to innocent
settlers. Such move could be done
by pen and ink. But to remove the
Makahs to the Colville reserve would
be unjust, inhuman and attended
with an immense cost.
A proposition in opposition to Sen
ator Mitcbell's views, is suggested
by the Seattle "Dispatch" to send
the coast Indians to Alaska. We
would ask why move them at all,
particularly the Indians about Puget
Sound ? They are becoming more
useful to white people every year;
and nov that canneries are commence.
ing to be established on the Sound
these Indians can be Of great use.
Send them to Colville or Alaska and
their places will bs supplied by Chi
namen. Our view Of this matter is
to reduce the area of every Indian
reserve to the actual want of the In
diabs themselves, and let the natives
remain where they are. We want
no repetition Of the Seminole war IN
Washington Territory. The coveted
lands, so auxiously solicited by rapa.
cious individuals for their own emol.
ument, can be better obtained by the
course we indicate than by robbing
the Indians Of all, and driving them
away from their homes.
, 1878-02-01
Notice to Tax Payers.

ALL TANES unpaid on thc flr'' dag IT
February. l~1S. viii become GcIinqurut
aud 10 per cent. added thereto with cp.t
for cplrrtiou. Those deserving crsiit
for ronl-work performed or m1ucy paid
supervisors viii bring rcrIpt. Tor same ur
the road take, will b. returned De- iuuurut.
CuAs. 4. BAlIiITt
Treasurer Of jefferson GO. "a. Z.
Port Townsend Jan. ji ISIS,
, 1878-02-01

HURRAH, CLALLAM.-Delegate G ia
cobs writes that in all human proba
bility he will be able 30 secure steam
service on the Neah Bay mail route
The ARGUS claims foremost posi-.
ton in this move.
, 1878-02-01

BY a telegram on Saturday even
ing, news comes Of the confirmation
by the Senate Of the appointments
OF Capt. Chss. WiIIoughby, as agent
at Noah Bay, and J. 7. Brown, as Us.
Register at the Land Office at Olym.
pa.
, 1878-02-01

A. can Uo laurrr an1rl On ir gu.if..
1l''ut r'.Isytiug outstanding auuunt.. Q
.ll4.. Within thr urxt thirty ,hy.. po-
litrly urge e sftfIsm-uf. aul aiI tlo-t fn
wilum Z m1y b, iu,b.h1-I. save hv note.
viii please prr.rut tiFif srutut. f,r al
ju.tmrui. within That iimr.
GEO. BARTlIRUP.
, 1878-02-01
BUY, BUY !!

RECEIVED ex-Dakota, fine lot of
Carpets, 2 and 3-pIy, the latest and most
desirable styles Of patterns, which we will
sell at remarkably low prices. Call early
to recure good bargains
WATERMAN & KATE,
Port Townsend, w. Il.
, 1878-02-01
Notice..

ALL PERSONS knowing Themselves
indebted 10 the firm Of Chambers q Ed
mond-on .butchcr- are hereby notified
Ia call npOn the undersigned and settle
their accounts Immediately, or legal pro-
ceedings will BIZ instituted, without re-
gard to persons. j. A. KUHN,
Agent.
Port Townsend, Feb. |, ls7~. 2w
, 1878-02-01
Sheet : PillOW-CaSe Ball

Arrangements are being made for n
Sheet aud Pillow-case party, 10 be- given
on Friday evening, February -, 1873, Mt
Port Townsend, in honor of Washington 5
birthday.
All ladies will be furnished with tickets
free. a limited number for gentlemen
will he sold at ~ a ticket, None trans
fcrable.
The best of music has been engaged.
No pains will be spared by the commit
tee to make the affair u s,'cccss.
ABE RElSS.
T.. u. SHUTTER.
JOHN r. NORRIS.
:. WATERMAN.
Committee.
, 1878-02-01

CAPT. Hoxcie, Port Townsend's
famous chicken raiser, went up to
Tacoma this. week, to visit his broth.
er who is an engineer in the employ
of the y. Z. Il. K. Co.
, 1878-02-01

DIED.-At Port 6 amble, Jan. 10Th,
Of consumption, Mrs Sarah Hovey,
aged 43 years.
, 1878-02-01

THE many friends Of Capt. Jas.
Foster, formerly Of this place, were
pleased TO sec him again this week.
, 1878-02-01
l Plough, l Hay Press, l Hay
Rake, IL tons hay, Scales,
Forks, shovels, Etc.

The above described property will be sold
for cash in gold coin, subject to all existing
membranes, and subject to confirmation by
the above entitled Court. j. A. KUHN,
Bankrupt.
Port Townsend, w. Il. Jan. lj, 1873.