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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-21

TmB Mrxic,N VOLUNTEERS IN THE SENATE
The New England Senator'S on Saturday showed
that the hatred of thir section to the Mexican
war was not ouly hereditary, but personal as
regards tho heroes in that valiant struggle
General Shields introduced and carried an
amendment providing for pensions 10 the Mcxi-
eau volunteers to the bill making an appropria-
tiou Ior accomplishing the objects of the arrears
Of pensions act. This amendment was recon-
sidcred, when Senator konr, III the true temper
of "Ifosea Biglow" and the Massachusetts spir-
it OF defiance to national measures. which so
nearly broke out into open rebellion in 1876,
(iust as it did meet III actual rebellion in the
Hartford convention in 1922 moved TO exclude
Jefferson Davis from the benefits Of the bill his
object be .ng to defeat General Shields amend
meut, and deprive, not Mr.. Davis alone, but all
the volunteers in the war wi'h Mexico ot the
lcu,icUs falling to them. |; should seem as If
those oil warriors, who fought their way
brilliantly against such heavy odds from the
Rio Grandc to Bucna Vista ami from Vera Cruz
10 The City of Mexico, were entitled to at least
Us mTch vCCoguiAancc in our pension Ills rs
amy other soldiers Of the republic. But ii hap
pcnS that sruc Of these veterans besides Mr..
bJSis are Sou,hcracrs, and such repre- cntaiivcs
ut the hostile section ~ Mr.. lioar are 80 aY"rsc
even to patriotic ass Jci.t.Vn with SOuihCrnvrS
that thcy cann.t be Just, much less generous
Sup u-.uC tlit according to the full scope Of
the N>w En':laui theory uu the subject, MIR.
Davis and the other Southern veterans became
"traitvrI' in lS%t that cannot wipe out the
fac, thtt they we're brave soldiers of the rcrnb-
lie in lrii-iI. \ veteran OF the revolution
was once asked " 4 British statesman what the
imcrcau people would have done with Benc-
diet Arnold il they had caught him, nnd he
pliad promptly: "Bury The leg that was wound
CD at Saratoga with all the houors OF war, and
hang the rest OF him high Haman'" Mr..
iloar and Mr.. Elmuuds DO not seem capable of
n nrciS Vn0 RI inl n.ifIn nc
this il indeed they do not in their secret hearts
look upon the Mexican war being as Urea
sonaLle" as the war between the States. At
any rate, it must be apparent to every one that
the Jefferson Davis amendment was n mere de-
Vice anal suhirrft:c, conIrivc, for the purpose
&c lc''viyir.r the veterans of the Mexican war of
the bvnr.;s Of the pension bill Bdittmprc Sm
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-21

TUE lAuWENS EhILNrAn.--Nhcn the Green
vile and Columbia kai'rJnd began the rebuild
ing Of the iauIcns EOai il issued bonds to
ia sM ho CnnIriIyitl H"ucy towards its recon
:truc:iJa 10 the amount at $40 ,OOn. thc>" bonds
h"luS secured ~ mortgage Of the l.aurcns
Hoad SljO.OOU Of these bonds have been sab
Srrihcl for anl taken up. Recently bill was
h|u'! il Columbia to iHrccloSe the mortgage aud
have the read sold. Tie houdholdcrs arc en-
dc&yuriuy - protect their interests by organiA
inr and dcciiu" on soil" plan of action The
Iaai ior!ty Of the boudholiciS are in favor Of bay
in- the roal and Scyc.mg il from thc Grccnvi!ic
:ul Columbia i;ai.ruaa. The Lnurcrs RAILROAD
uwns 10 rolling stock and it is impossible to
II,hc nnyIhiue Ike an accurate estimate Of the
valuc Of the road The rnct that the bonds arc
selling Ton about thirty cents on the dollar inil-
ca'cs very clearly that il would not sell iur the
;s,Aount q iNc mortgage. -N,~,c.2y NcTIh
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-21

Ei>mor GlGNavEs PASTOR NA.---t!rvc.ani, o.,
March li.-Ihc III. Rev. Bishop Gilm"Wr has
ISSUED, pastoral letter to the Clergy Of this bio
ccsc. which cuuicmra the E,Sh Eo.h. luL!inhcu
in New York, lUr Icing anita -omI'iic to true
Catholic principles. 1t condemns labor societies
for their secrecy, and forhds Catholic parents,
under pain of communication, from sending
their children TO TIL, public schools, where Cath
ol!c rarochia schools are easy Of access, and
gives the "Hibcrnians' severe rcprimand for
not allowing the priests to act their spiI Iitua.
advisors. The Bishop urges upon Catholics the
necessity of subscribing to the Diocesan C"tho-
h" JoVrn'' in preference TO all others, and re-
rcair his order to young Catholics not to marry
'H;Sjic of their rc@ioU, faith. lis letter con
G"'i,> "ii! iml".t"n, su,3t~tiyns as 10 iuncr-
al. Nc.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-21

For The Times.
Mir NoIynN The Town Council after their
election to office commenced to discharge their
duties in bnsincsS-likc manner, by calling for
estimates for all public work to be done II,
however, is Il disappointment to the friends Of
the present board to see them deviatiug from
this path. In the Judgment of the Council they
ordered TWO fire wells to be dug at q most mop
perfume tnle-the work having to be left in an
incomplete state during the severe fr"czes--the
result is the town has to be put to the addition
nj expense of remodclinS them, at n cost that
Is Hl'm" known to the Council Tor the most of
ih"mt and the contractor, for no bids have been
crlcl for. Now, in the opinion Of many, this
is n,i just. 10 oLicclon is made to the Con
tractor employed hy Council, provided those
outside had been given an equal showing. lie
k:!G eli docs not hesitate t. bring w0rkmyh irl IN
SuarnuhurG whenever hc ilinks he can get it
done cheaper, although there are those in our
community who arc equally competent TO do all
work anl on the same terms. Then, il he rs n
private individual. would not hesitate to call for
bids ontsi..y. surely The Council the Guardian
.! the inhiic funds, Ougnt ~ least TO enquire
what similar wVr; costs elsewhere.
,I.At
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-21

MrLEs ~ DEMANp.-On Thursday last,
Messrs. Whitaker Wilson, proprietors of the
lcrkvilc sale stables received n car load of
twenty-five mules. and before Tuesday morning
ha3 disposed of them all except onc--an extra
large one, which is held AT high price. SO
great i the demand for mules that Mr.. Whira-
hcr says lie cpull sell fifty more before the
planting season fairly begins.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-21

TUE ELTC!T"N frArps.-Washingtu Fcbrua-
ry 21.-rhc r"row Of the INA oriiy of the Tel
Ter committee speaks Of c%tcnsiSc frauds in
South Carolina Ivy the use Of tissue ballots and
The exercise Of violence by tho Democrat against
the Republicans and other opponents. 1t also
charges milation and murder in Louisiana
and concludes by claiming that Congress should
take measures TO protect pcaccable citizens, as
those States have failed to do SO.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-21

y GHosT IN BROAD D,YLIGHT.-A special from
l.! Paso Illinois, says Timothy, Donohuc, n sec
ton boss on the Toledo. Peoria and Wabash
Railroad, while working near that place last
Thursday, saw woman, poorly olnd, standing
upon TIC bridge, apparently in distress. She
w"s in her STOCKING feet, wore Old faded
shaw, aGl had . handkerchief a. oUnd her head.
iir watched i"r i've minutes. and MS n train
wa ir. approaching went tr hey assistance.
when su.''crly shc vanished. lie could Mt tell
where. iic j. q Yicv. reliable man, AMI tc,S u
straight story. IIonin inquiry il a-crrtaiucl
i!..,' ~" same ihcnonc""n las been witnessed
Oh i", Previous .,n..-hy "a Gnrn"r, scy"n
I''i, ago. ana ]y 1. woman tw, yy"rs ago. 80
ono can accOun, Cor il.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03

nearly as stylish as it was earlier in the season.
The pumpkin is rapidly superseding it among
people of really refined taste.
Mr.. Henry Watterson is a rising young
man. He takes (y) Eastern trip now and then,
which will make Western loaf.er rise between
the sherry and the champaign, if anything will.
If William Tell never shot that apple
off his sons headhe was fraud and we ought to
rechristen lots OF things that have been named
after him. For instance: The Telegraph, the
Telephone, the Telescope, etc.
A nice young man on Vine street was
endeavoring last night to convince the bartender
that Government owed it to Cincinnati to cstab-
lsh branch mint here so that juleps could be
afforded at the same price as beer.
A new shoe-peg factory at Richmond,
Ind, has orders for 100000 bushels of pegs Dur
ing the dull seasons they work off their surplus
stock by sharpening the other end, as they do in
Connecticut, and sell them for oats
The New York Daily News inquiries
whether some genius can not contrive a watering
place that shall be covered and last the year
round. We would modestly suggest that he try
our watering places over the Rhine that last the
year round.
A correspondent writes to inquire
wherein the French Boul bon differs from the
Kentucky article of the same name. We believe
this to be popular error Kentucky Bourbon
agrees entirely with your French Bourbon, if he
don't take too much of it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
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SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.

1t seems strange at the first glance that
so little is being done in this country to
build up and permanently hold the trade
of the South American States. While
it can not be attributed entirely to want
of enterprise, but more perhaps that the
American people have more attractive
fields from which to derive profit, it is
still quite unaccountable to see people
from England and Germany monopoliz-
ing all the trade of the United States of
Colombia, Brazil and those other States
so nearly contiguous to this country.
There is a demand in America for all
the crude products of these tropical eli
mates, and we are repeatedly told by our
consuls and by other parties friendly to
the United States that the South Amer
lean people in turn want our manufac-
lures and desire us as customers more
than they do the English and German,
because "they get better prices and
quicker returns for their products"
Foreign merchants for years past have
thrown every obstacle in the way of
Americans who have attempted to do
business with the South American States,
not only by giving very long credit but
by intriguing with the Government off
cials to secure discrimination in the
tariff duties in favor of themselves.
In too many cases it is to be feared
they have been able to control in times
past the action of our own Consular
agents A little money or patronage
often goes good ways with an under
paid and over ambitious official who
having labored hard to secure a political
appointment, finds it after all but Dead
Sea fruit.
1t is charged also that the very few
American merchants engaged in thi;
trade, finding it so profitable throw every
obstacle in the way of their fellow citi
zens who seek to engage in the same
trade, even to the extent of combining
with their foreign competitors, when nee
essary, to crowd out Intruders The New
York houses are specially charged with
this narrow:minded and illiberal policy
1t is said that only short time since
they offered a gentleman $4,000 to sup
press the publication of information
which he had been for years collecting a:
to the vast mineral, agricultural and
forest resources of Colombia. Hitherto
this trade, SO far as this country is con
cerned, has been monopolized by the At
lantic cities 1t naturally belongs to the
people of the Ohio and Mississippi Val
leys. The business men of Cincinnati
and st. Louis should not allow all this
vast field to be worked over by foreign
merchants or in the interests of distant
and rival cities.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
THE Wahrheitsfreund.l
Firemen's Tournament.

The following is list of the premiums
to be awarded at the Firemen's Tourna-
ment to be held at Chester Park next
month. The Tournament is open to all
Companies in the United States and Can
adas:
FIRST DAY-wEDNEsDAY, OCTOBER 1sT.
Trial sweepstakes tor hand-engines: pre-
MUM, 5000 in gold. First prize, $l25;
second, $780, $c5 to third.
Half-mie championship foot-ra for
members of hand-engines: gold medal.
Each Hand Fire-Engine Company to select
one man to enter from its Company.
Championship half-mile foot race; pre-
MUM $25 and the belt, between the win
ners of the hand engine, hose carriage and
hook and ladder foot races.
Steam fire engines, regularly organized
Premium $175 in gold. First prize. $l25;
second, $50; third, $25. Half-mile cham
pionship, best two in three, for steamers
drawn by two horses. To hitch and start
at tap of gong.
Special premium, $25-foot race-20O
yardS open only to veterans of the old
Cincinnati Volunteer Fire Department
SECOND DAY-THURsDAY, OCTOBER ID.
RAJ OF steam IRE engines, regularly Or
ganized. Premium 5000 in gold. First
prize 1925; second, $50; third, S25.
A gold medal will be given to the Steam
Fire-engine Company making the best av-
erage time in hitching with four men.
Three tests to be allowed.
Volunteer hose companies. Premium
5000 in gold. First prize, 1925; second, $50;
third, $25.
Half-mile championship foot-race for
members of Hose Carriage Companies; gold
medal presented by -, each Volunteer
Hose Company to select one man from its
Company to enter.
Half-mile dash. Premium $100 and the
championship belt for the best running
time made by Volunteer Hose Companies.
THIRD DAY-TRIDAY, OCTOBER Sd.
Hook and Ladder Companies. Premiums,
5000 in gold-frst prize, 800; second, $75;
third, $25.
Half-mile championship foot-race for
members of Hook and Ladder Companies.
Gold Medal. Each Hook and Ladder Com
pany present to select one man from the
Company to enter.
Hand Engine Companies on distance.
Premium, $175 in gold-frst prize, $100;
second, $50; third, $25.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
OUR EXPOSITION,
The Work of Preparation Goes
Bravely On.

A few more days will elapse before our
all points of the country. Crops have
panned out well this season, and farmers
have reaped an abundant harvest Manu-
factures have been in good demand and all
classes of business men have been able to
make reasonable profit on their produc-
tions. The times are growing better and
confidence is being engendered in the minds
of the capitalists, and the predictions are
that there will be such an outpouring OF
people to see our grand Exposition OF me-
chanical and fine art displays as was never
before experienced on similar occasion in
this or any other country. The Managers
in general have all the confidence attaina-
BILE that this will be THE SHOW.
The exhibitors are coming in with
win" never before displayed, and their
goods are fast covering the floors. Booths,
stands and railings are springing up in all
parts of the building and workmen are
busy with hammer and chisel getting ready
for the grand opening.
Power Hall is first in the advance. En-
gines, cider presses, furnaces, punching
machines, mill machinery, wood working
machinery and in fact machinery of all
description is being placed in position.
The elevator is not running and causes a
great delay to those assigned to the second
floor.
Mr.. Norton is kept constantly on the go
attending to the different parties who come
;,>o rs oh hot bou
are to do. Questions innumerable are asked,
and prom pity answered by the polite
and efficient managers All that portion
of the front of each building is ready and
completed, and exhibitors are bringing in
their goods at brisk rate, and every thing
indicates that all will be ready on the open
in day. The pictures for Art Hall are be-
ing unpacked and arranged for hanging
The turnstiles are finished and ready to
be placed. The fence is up sidewalks
down and all of that portion of the work is
comnleted. Floral Hall has not changed
much within the past two weeks, with the
exception of the Grotto which is assuming
colossal form. 1t seems as though this
part of the display will never reach COM
pletion.
This exhibition, it is said by those who
know, will be the grandest show ever given
in this country.
A grand parade will take place on the
opening day. A notice of the line of
march and list of new Aids will be found
in Tuesday paper.
NOTES.
Music Hall is filling up quite lively.
The elevator is not finished. and eyhib-
itors are patiently waiting for it.
The electric light has been placed in
Machinery Hail. and the engine was built
| by Messrs. Lane & Bodley.
The music stand for the band is being
erected in the balcony, directly in front of
of the stage in Music Hall.
Exhibitors assigned to Machinery Hall
are getting their goods in, and there is no
doubt that this department will be first to
be ready.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
EThe FURRY i'm StCcksD

Always means an opportunity for some
shrewd and lively operator to make hand
some profit. Messrs. Lawrence & Co.,
Bankers, New York, have established the
new combination system of operating in
stocks, so that capital in any amount from
S. to $50, 900 can be used proftably at any
time that may suit the customer. BY pool
ing the orders of thousands of patrons into
one immense sum, and operating them as a
mighty whole, under the most experienced
skill, vast profits are made, which could be
gained in no other way. These are divided
pro rata among the shareholders monthly.
An investment of $40 returns $50, or per
cent. on the stock. 500 pays $3.50, and so
on, according to the market. A st. Louis
patron made over three hundred per cent.
on an investment in October by the combi-
nation method. Messrs Lawrence & Co. s
new circular (mailed free) has "two uner-
ring rules for success" and full information
so that any one can operate with profit
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government
bonds supplied Apply to Lawrence & Co.,
Bankers, 81 Exchange Place, New York
City.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03

For nearly week the lovers of aquatic
sports gathered on the shore of Bedford
Basin, in Nova Scotia, waiting to see a
race. Presently the ripping wavelets
subsidized, the boatmen took their posi-
tions, there was flash of contesting oars
for precisely twenty minutes and three
quarters, and the fun was over. The
spectators thoughtfully turned home
ward, rejecting that, after all, the silliest
race is the human race.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03


Mark Twain has arrived in New York.
VIM. Conway, Hagerstown, Ind, robbed
of $500.
Ed. Doolan was killed by cars at Laporte,
Indiana.
A rabid dog in Chicago bit five persons
yesterday.
Skeleton of a mastodon was unearthed at
Caledonia, O.
Jacob Summers killed by lightning near
Youngstown, ..
Jacob Eyman, pioneer, died near Wash
ington, G. H., 0.
The Chisholm murder trial is in progress
at Dekalb, Miss
Leroy Jones, painter, dropped dead near
New Philadelphia 0.
James H. Gatling was found murdered
near Murfreesboro N. c.
Chas. Fletcher was crushed to death by
cars at Noblesville, Ind.
Josiah Crockett, Tiffin, O., was crushed to
death by large bowlder.
Charles Woodell, murdered by Stephen
Smith, in Allegheny County, N. c.
JOS. w. HUM, PreS. Toledo, DelphOS q
Burlington Railroad, killed by cars at Del
phos, O.
Hannah Rilev, an old corored woman,
was shot and killed at Oranooke, Va, by
Ed. Hart.
Tuesday, near Gainsboro, Tennessee, Jas.
Hale shot and killed William H. Jenkins,
in the woods
Highwaymen robbed the Eureka, Ne
vada. stage and killed VIM. +. Cumming, a
banker, who resisted.
A duel took place yesterday at Ian
caster, S. G., between Charles Shannon and
Captain f. Clarke. Neither hurt.
Stieher, another of the Raber murder
ers, confessed at Lebanon, Pa. The four
men will be hanged November 14th.
Geo. Swartz, politician, shot and killed in
San Francisco by Dudley Haskell, law
clerk. Swartz called him bad names
Mann, an overseer, brutally murdered
Peter Magraw, an old negro, near Hearne,
Texas. Magraw was pursued by mob and
fatally shot.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03

THE Scientific American explains what
has long been mystery to many, why
nails of the various sizes were character.
lied as ten penny, eight penny, four
penny, etc, In the early manufacture Of
nails in England they were of course
made by hand and rated for commercial
convenience by the thousand. Foul
penny, as originally understood four pur
or pounds to the thousand, became trans
mogriied to four penny, and so on six
penny, eight penny, etc. When one
thousand nails weigh less than pound
they are rated otherwise, and bear the
name of brads, tacks, and are graded by
ounces, as will be observed by looking at
a paper of carpet tacks.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03

"THERE is no use in attempting to pop
alarize gas for heating and cooking in
private residences" says an Eastern pa
per, "it furnishes no cinders or ashes
wherewith to sprinkle the icy pave
ments." This is worth consideration GER
tainly, as also the further fact that it
supplies no excuse for ornamenting the
sidewalk with the ash-barrel every morn
ing, nor allows an opportunity for the
employment of extra help to bring up
coal, nor the health-giving exercise of
busting the mantel every time the fire in
the CRATE is stirred or the cinders re-
moved. Decidedly gas is fraud and
should be lightly considered
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03

SOME interesting statistics regarding
railroads have recently been published in
Europe, by which it appears that Ger
many stands first in the matter of rail-
way facilities on the Continent, there be-
ing within the boundaries of the German
Empire 3O,464 kilometres. Next comes
England, with 27,540 kilometres; then
France, with 1888; Russia follows with
21,687; Austria and Hungary II ,997, and
Italy 8,2l3 kilometres. The present total
mileage Of the United States amounts to
127 ,470 kilometres, being over fve-sixths
as much as the whole of Europe. There
is talk in the German newspapers of a
celebration of the fiftieth birthday of the
railway system. 1t was on the 18th of
October, 1929, that George Stephenson's
locomotive ran for the first time success
fully on iron rails. The railway between
Liverpool and Manchester was opened
the following year. The progress of the
railway system from that time forward
was almost fabulous, there being in 1878
as many as 1888 kilometres (96,577
miles, of railroads in operation in Eu-
rope, to say nothing of the railroads of
the United States.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
Editorial Spinnings.

What.was it that Juliet?-Ex. Pizen.
The man who lost his heart at picnic
is doing better since his landlady gave him liver
for his breakfast.
If the Fall River mills do not soon
learn to dispense with the luxury OF treasurers the
treasurers will learn finally to dispense with the
superiuity Of mills.
The watermelon is not considered