The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-05-28

The PRESIDENTIAL OUrLOoK.-A Washington
special Of Friday, TO the baltimore Gazette,
says; s"The interest in the Chicago Convention
is becoming absorbing. Grants success in IL
linos and Alabama has | zen received here rs
an assurance of his nomination. Blaine said
this morning that he had never int any OF his
calculations thought of doing anything else
with the Illinois delegation but to put them
down for Grant, and he talks cheerily about the
situation and thinks that he will be nominated,
but the almost universal opinion outside Of the
adherents Of the different candidates is that
Grants nomination is now certain. The Sher-
man delegates in the South will go over 10 Grant
when he develops strength such as he must do
ut once. and Cameron now claims that Grant
will get 41O votes on the first ballot and will
be nominated before Pennsylvania is called
The statement that Edmunds has pronounced for
Grant is now fully confirmed, and all of his
delegates who are influenced by him will vote for
the ex-President. II is upon that assurance
from Edmunds that Cameron makes up his latest
figures, and the sharp turn OF the third term
people in putting up Window cheats Blaine out
of the votes of that State Everything now
points conclusvely to Grant vic; ory at Chicago,
although Secretary Sherman said this morning
that Grant would lack a good many votes of u
majority on the first ballot. Sherman claims
273 votes and is, or pretends to be, remarkably
sanguine as to the result"
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now presents the result OF his investigatons.-
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re
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July, 10, 1877.
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April 30 II cow2m.
EXCESSIVE RAIN.-Columbus, Ca, May o.
From Friday, A. NJ, to Saturday, a. NJ.
nine and nincty-two hunlrcdths inches of rain
fell, eight and fifty hundredths falling in ten
hours. All of the railroads are injured, and no
trains have arrived or departed to-day. Tho
through freight and accommodation train from
Macon to Montgomery last night into Scha-
| taulga Creek OH the Southwestern Road, nine
miles East of this place. Engineer John Il.
Wade, fireman Joe Schaefer, wood passcrs Char les
Taylor and Joseph T. Brown were killed. All
are white and from Macon, Ga. The engine and
| eleven wrecked. The construction
train is repairing the breaks from here TO the
rlace of the accident.
Girarl Creek Bridge is washed away The
lowlands are submerged and washed All the
the crops are likely to be damaged. Much cot
ton will have to be replantcd. The river rose
fifteen feet in two hours. Tie roads may be all
right by tomorrow.
THE BLUE AND GRAY IN A COMMON GRAvE.-
few days since, the colored persons who occu-
pied tho farm of DR.. Burr, which was the stu-
alton of the West wing of the Federal army at
Murfreesboro, while digging a cellar where tho
house stood, came across the remains of num-
Der Of bodies of soldiers. Capt Frame, the Su-
perjntendent of the cemetery, investigated tho
matter, and found it to be n trench in which
h2aSS 81 and i rS% %as as bStGns
that some Of the bodies were Confederate SOL
dlcrs and some Federal soldiers. Gen Ekin had
the bodies removed and all buried in the Nation
al Cemetery, and hcadstone put upon il, in
scrioed: "This grave contains the remains of
eleven unknown soldiers" This fact shows tho
ci"seness OF the conflicting parties at that part
OF the field, in the memorable battle of Mur.
freesboro Nashville 1merican, May 10.
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BURNED TO DEATM.-A horrible accident oc-
ton Railroad, on Thursday last, by which three
colored children were burned to DEATH The
children were left in the house by their mot ,r.
VINO went to an adjoining field to see her hus-
band. During her absence the house took fire
anu three of the children perished in the flames
MunScon Newton n rciaIIve or the family, dis
covered the fire in time to save two of the chill
drcn, but the roof of the dwelling fell in before.
he could rescue the other three, and their bod
les were subsequently, found, burned to crisp.
-Ners and Courier.
THE CALIFORNIA DEMoCRATS.-San Francisco
May 2l.-ln the Democratic Convention the
delegates to Cincinnati go unplcdged. vote
was taken on the Presidential preference, and
resulted as follows Thurman l73, Tden TO-
Seymour 70, Field 2, Hancock 2 and Hendricks
2 Tue platform deprecatcs scctionalism holds
Republicans responsible for the agitation Of
dead issues, regards with alarm the doctrine of
Capitalization embodied in the recent decision
OF the United States Supreme Court, favors con-
tinucd agitation against the Chinese Influences
and condemns the President for his veto of the
fifteen passenger bill.
The CONTRACT SIGNED AND SEALED.-Last
week we stated that worthy and trusted officer
oil the =: u Road had gone TO Charlotte to
sign and seal II contract in which the roal was
This done last Tuesday even
ing. MIR. Nicholas Duls, Secretary and Treas
urcr Of the s. & IT, Road, was married TO Miss
Annie Vogcl Of Charlotte.
Sold again. Friend Pctty, wo take your
statement as official, respectfully conveyed to us
by way Of the Sporian, and believe.