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^copa and .farts.
? Mark Twain says he has cautioned his
family against sending flowers to his funeral.
He prefers ice.
? A baby, thirteen months old, weighing
one hundred and three pounds, is on exhibition
at St. Louis. He is called Samson.
? An old negro woman, of Alabama, died
from the bite of a grand-child whom she was
chastising. ;
? Mr. Wheeler, of New Hampshire, who .
died worth 811,000, seems to have been a
pleasant sort of man. His will says: "Ex- !
pend it all on my tombstone."
? The Supreme Court of Alabama has decided
that a doctor may be summoned as a
witness, and be made to give a medical opin-1
ion without compensation.
? The Baltimore Gazette thinks "a popular i
and profitable income tax must always be a
practical impossibility." That might be said
of every kind of tax.
? At Stoughton village, Wis., a grain deal
er recently attempted to resume specie payments,
but it being a strong greenback neighborhood,
most of the farmers refused to touch
the gold, and demanded greenbacks.
? An organ of the tobacco trade asserts that
if the tobacco consumed annually, about 4,000,000,000
pounds, could be made into a roll
two inches in diameter, it would encircle the
world sixty times.
? The New York Bulletin remarks, with
much truth, that "one of the most serious
hindrances to the return of better times is the
. vast number of young men who are adrift,
who can get nothing to do, simply because
they can do nothing that any body wants
done.
? A free negro woman was kidnapped in
Cincinnati twenty-five years ago by a slave
dealer, and sold into slavery in Kentucky,
where she remained until the close of the war.
Recently she sued Sheriff Ward, of Little
Rock, the kidnapper, for $15,000. A long,
closely contested trial resulted in a verdict
for 85,000.
? The Jefferson Davis who recently appeared
in full uniform at military review in the
city of Mexico, was Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, of the
United States army, and not the ex-Confederate
President. General Davis commands
the Federal forces on the Texas frontier, and
has recently visited the Mexican capital with
his wife.
? When Judge Black was asked how he
could conscientiously defend a confessed delinquent
like Belknap, he rejoined that he was
a lawyer, that Washington was in his field of
practice, and that there seemed to be only two
methods of getting a living in Washington?
one by robbing the Government, and the other
by defending the thieves when they were
caught.
? Congressman Blackburn, of Kentucky,
discussing the Blair bill, says: "If there was
the slightest hope of gaining anything, I
would favor the bill. As it is, I can only
see harm. For the rest, I would as soon institute
a suit in hell against the devil, with
Beelzebub as presiding judge, as to refer the
question to the Supreme Court as it is now
constituted."
? On the 29th of July, next, will occur an
astronomical event of great interest?a total
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ecupsw Ol lUO OUU ? niiiui mil uo viDiuio
erally in the United States. The eclipse will
be visible from 4 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon.
The path of totality in this eclipse
runs diagonally across the centre of the Uuited
States from Montana to Texas, and is between
120 and 150 miles wide.
? A lawyer once asked the late Judge
Pickens, of Alabama, to charge the jury that
"it is better that ninety and nine guilty men
should escape than that one innocent man
should be punished." "Yes," said the witty
Judge, "I will give that charge, but in the
opinion of the court the ninety and nine
guilty men have already escaped in this
county."
? On Thursday last, a cyclone passed over
a section of country four miles from Rome,
Ga., clearing everything as it went. As far
as heard from, eight persons were injured and
several horses and mules were killed. Trees
three feet in diameter were twisted over and
swept away. Nine dwellings were blown
down. The path of the cyclone was three
hundred yards wide, passing from southwest
to northeast.
? It is estimated by intelligent observers
that the total acreage now sown to wheat i
throughout the Northwest exceeds that of any i
preceding year to the extent of about 30 per
cent., and the prospect is that if the weather
of the next four weeks should prove favorable
for planting, at lea9t 20 per cent, more of corn
and potatoes will be planted this season than
ever before. With anything like favoring
conditions, the year 1878 will be productive of
immense crops of all kinds of grain and other
agricultural products.
? The new method of hatching shad in
which steam machinery plays an important
part, and to te9t which an appropriation
was passed by Congress last December, is said
to give promise of being eminently successful.
The work of fish hatching in the waters of
Albemarle Sound, on the cost of North Carolina,
has been progressing finely under the
new process, and it is estimated that nearly
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ave million or young snau nave oeeu piauieu :
in Virginia and North Carolina waters by !
this means.
?A letter received in New York from a prominent
member of the Ways and Means committee
of the House of Representatives, expresses
the opinion that though the proposed reimposition
of the income tax may possibly go
through the House, it stands no chance in the
Senate. A New York letter referring to this
matter, says : "Oue thing is tolerably certain,
and that is no representative from this part
of the country who votes for it, need expect j
ever to be sent back to Washington. Both;
Democrats and Republicans are agreed on j
that point, differ as they may on others."
? The negroes are to hold a convention in
Charlotte, N. C., on the 16th of September j
next, the object of which is to petition the !
law-making powers of the country to restore
the whipping post for stealing and other griev- j
ous offenses. Stephen McCorkle, a colored |
man, is at the head of the move, and he says
there will be delegates from several of the j
Southern States. Of course the white crimi- ,
nals of the like sort would come in for whip- i
pings also?which kind of reconciles the ,
blacks to it. This is the case in Virginia,
Delaware, Ac. To the States it saves much, \
in not having to maintain so many petty j
offenders in prisons.
? The French Communists, living in New
York, selected Good Friday as a good occasion j
to express their contempt of Christianity.
They ostentatiously made the fast day a feast1
day, and had a semi-public dinner, in order ,
to emphasize their hatred of all Christian observances.
One of them, Citizen Mathelot, j
made the opening address. He denounced the
priests as "the assassins of the people, the ene- <
roies of humanity ; rascals,- who always side
with the oppressors against the oppressed?
with the persecutor against his victims. [Applause.]
The priest has ever been the enemy
of liberty?not only the Catholic priest, :
but the Jewish and Protestant priests as well." !
Among the toasts drank were " the annihila-!
tion of the priests and all other rascals, and
the destruction of the church." One reason
expressed for hostility to the church was, that
it is on the side of property. These people
gave full swing to the expression of the most
blasphemous sentiments, and their dinner
sunk into a bacchanalian revel, befouled with
ribald jests and indecent songs.
? It is reported by parties who claim to be
in the plot, that in anticipation of the break- j
ing out of hostilities between England and
Russia, a movement is on foot to fit out a pri-(
vateer in the port of San Francisco, to prey
on British commerce. Letters of marque
from the Russian government are already
there in blank, waiting for a declaration ofi
war. Negotiation are under way for the pur!
chase of one of a number of steamers now
laid up in Almeda Creek. Capt. Waddell,
late of the wrecked Pacific mail steamer City
of San Francisco, formerly in command of
the Confederate privateer Shenandoah, is mentioned
as the probable commander, and Capt.
Lapidge, late of the Pacific mail service, is
named as one of the officers. From other
sources it is learned that the Russian corvette |
Craysee, now lying in port, is prepared for in- j
stant action, and the object of her long delay j
here is to obtain the earliest possible news of j
the outbreak of hostilities, aud put at once to
sea and lie in wait for British vessels bound
to San Francisco. It is understood that, with
the exception of the corvette Opal and the
small gunboat Rocket at Victoria, and the
frigate ship which is supposed to be somewhere
in the neighborhood of Panama, there
is not a single British war vessel in the North
Pacific to interfere with the designs of the
Russian cruiser, and it is possible that the ves
n-rvnl/J ho Potoinpd thprft for
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defensive purposes.
Ifte furMle inquirer.
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 23rd, Mr. Wallace, of
Pennsylvania, presented two petitions from
citizens of Philadelphia, favoring Government
aid in the construction of the Texas
Pacific Railroad. Mr. Johnson, of Virginia,
presented resolutions of the Richmond Chamber
of Commerce, favoring a uniform tax od
imnnrted suear and molasses. The commit
1 o
tee on finanoe reported favorably on House
bill to prevent the coinage of twenty cent
pieces of silver, and the bill was passed by
the Senate. In the House, the entire day
was consumed in debate over the river and
harbor appropriation bill.
In the Senate on the 24th, a number of
bills not of a general character, were passed,
among them, the House bill for the payment
of claims reported by the accounting officers
of the Treasury, with a number of unimportant
amendments. Mr. Eaton introduced a
bill to allow the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company to construct a bridge over the Colorado
river, at Fort Yuma, and Mr. Denuis,
a bill to permit the same company to build a
road through the Fort Yuma reservation.
Bills referred. The Senate adopted the report
of the conference committee 011 the bill authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to
employ temporary clerks, and for other purposes,
and psssed the House bill appropriating
$200,000 for a deficiency in the appropriation
for public printing. The remainder
of the session was spent in action on such
bills on the calendar as were not objected to.
In the House, Mr. Roberts, of Missouri, from
the committee on commerce, reported a bill
providing that the hailing place of every vessel
of the United States, shall be the town or
city where said vessel was built, or where the
owner of said vessel resides, and the name of
3uch town or city shall be painted on the
stern of the vessel. Passed. The House
went to the business on the Speaker's table,
and after disposing of several bills, the Senate
Pacific Railroad bill was taken up, and
after discussion, was passed by a vote of 243
yeas to 2 nays. The latter were Butler, of
Massachusetts, and Lynde, of Wisconsin.
The bill to repeal the bankrupt act was next
taken up, and pending its consideration the
House took a recess till 7.30 P. M., the evening
session to be for debate only.
In the Seuate on the 25th, the day was devoted,
and almost the entire session, to the
consideration of such bills on the calendar as
were not objected to, and a number of unim
portant and mostly private bills were passed.
The report of the committee of conference on
the deficiency bill was concurred in. This is
the sixth deficiency bill that has been passed
by the present Congress, the amount thus appropriated,
aggregating over eight million
dollars. Adjourned to Monday. The House
devoted nearly the whole day to the consideration
of the bill from the Senate for the repeal
of the bankrupt law. It was amended
so as to include the repeal of the act of 1873,
which was supplemental to the original act,
and passed, after discussion, by a vote of
206 yeas to 39 nays. Of those who voted in
the negative was Mr. Evins, of South Carolina,
the only member from this State reported
as having voted against the repeal. The bill
having been amended, goes back to the Senate
for concurrence. Mr. Schleicher, of Texas,
from the committee on foreign affairs, submitted
a report relative to the condition of
affairs in Mexico. It was ordered to be printed
and recommitted. Mr. Cox, of New
York, offered a concurrent resolution, which
was agreed to, authorizing the appointmeut
of a joint committee to consider and report
upon the proper measures to be adopted for
taking the next census of the United States,
and to report to the House. The House then '
at 4.35 P. M., adjourned.
In the House on the 26th, the whole day j
was consumed in uninteresting debate on the j
postoffice appropriation bill, which was final-1
ly passed.
In the House on the 27th, the Indian ap- j
propriation bill, appropriating 87,472,000 was j
passed. The House then went in committee ;
of the whole on the legislative, executive and j
judicial appropriation bill, without action.
In the Senate on the 29th, during the
morning session, Conover, of Florida, called
up the resolution submitted by him on the
20th of March last, requesting the President i
to communicate to the Senate certain information
tou'-hiDg the surrender of the Cuban
insurgents, and the further policy of Spain iu
the government of the island of Cuba. He j
made a notable speech on the passage of the !
resolution. He reviewed the history of the '
colonial administration of Spain in Cuba as a :
system of commercial pillage and rapacity of
vast injury to the trade of the United States.;
He claimed that no progress had been made j
by our representatives in Madrid iu negotia-1
ting a new commercial treaty, but that the I
United States has been constantly befogged
and befooled by Spanish diplomacy. 'J'he res-!
olutioQ was unanimously agreed to. The
House joint resolution appropriating $5,000
for the erection of a monument over the
grave of Thomas Jefferson, was passed. The
bill giving $75,000 to the District public
schools passed and goes to the President. In
the House, on motion of Mr. Fort, of Illinois,
a bill was passed, yeas 177, nays 35, forbid!
ding the further retirement of United States
legal-tender notes. The rest of the day was
consumed in committee of the whole on the
legislative appropriation bill, without 6nal
action.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The summer meeting of the State Agriculcultural
and Mechanical Society, and the
State Grange, will be held at Spartanburg on
the second Tuesday in August.
? Judge Mackey is holding Court in Abbeville,
and much to the disgust of witnesses,
jurors, lawyers and suitors, is running the
court on a night schedule.
? Judge Hugh L. Bond arrived in Charleston
on Saturday last, and immediately entered
upon his duties as United States circuit
judge.
? At the late session, the legislature repealed
the act under which the property of the
Atlanta aud Charlotte Air-Line Railroad
Company has hitherto been exempt from taxation.
? A wealthy gentleman living in Xenia,
Ohio, who is a member of the United Presbyterian
Church, and a friend to the South, has
made a most liberal donation of $1,000 to the
endowmeut fund of Erskine College at Due
West.
? A correspondent of the Spartanburg Spartan,
who thinks a few changes would do good,
proposes the following State ticket: For Goveuor,
Wade Hampton; Lieutenant Govenor,
W. W. Harlee; Adjutant and Inspector
General, Alfred Rhett; Treasurer, John Bratton
; Comptroller General, I. G. McKissick ;
Secretary of State, R. M. Sims; Suprentendent
of Education, E. M. Boykin.
? The Grand Lodge of Good Templars was
in session in Charleston last week. The offi
cial reports show the present condition of the
Order in the State as follows: Number of
lodges organized during the past year, 14;
number reorganized, 3; number disbanded,
22; total number in good standing, 72.
Among the Grand Lodge officers elected for
the ensuing year, is Rev. T. E. Gilbert, of
Yorkville, G. W. C.
? There will be a grand array of distinguished
gentlemen in attendance upon the
commencement exercises in the Due West
colleges this year: Senator Butler, as anniversary
orator before the literary societies of
Erskine; Rev. Dr. Talmage, of New York,
as special sermonizer, to the graduates of the
colleges: Rev. Dr. Phillips, of Georgia, as
alumni orator in Erskine, and is the guest of
the grand occasion: Gov. Hampton, Hon.
D. W. Yoorhees, of Indiana, Gen. M. \V.
Gary, Hon. J. L. Orr, Judge Mackey, and
other famous folks in civil and social life.
? At a preliminary convention for Kershaw
county, held at Camden ou the 24th, matters
progressed smoothly enough until the question
of nominations by primary elections was
taken up for action. Extreme differences of
opinion on this subject were soon developed,
and occasioned much debate. Gens. J. D.
Kennedy and James Chestnut and Col. W.
M. Shannon were advocates of the primary
election system, while the contrary view was
urged by Capt. H. L. Clarke and others. After
repeated votes it was found that the Convention
was a tie on the question, and that
each side was settled upon its own view. It
was then agreed to submit the matter to the
county clubs for decision. The vote of the
various clubs on the plan of nominating will
be had at an early day.
? The Pickens Sentinel says that the facts
in regard to the alleged shooting of Redmond
are as follows: "Deputy Sheriff Mason, with
five other persons, went in pursuit of Redmond
for the purpose of arresting him under
the bench warrant issued by Judge Mackey.
They went to his home in Oconee county,
some twenty miles from this place. They
found Redmond at work in a field, and approached
within forty or fifty yards of him before
they were discovered by him. He started
to run, when he was halted by the party.
He did not stop, but kept up his run, when
the deputy sheriff and party (so we are informed
by the deputy himself) fired at him
twelve times. He ran up a mountain and
made his escape. The party thought they
hit him, but were not sure. It is now asserted
that Redmond has left the country."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, will deliver
the address on commencement day at
Trinity College, and Biahop Pierce will deliver
the sermon.
? The body of Harrison Qrice, who was
drowned near Lincolnton last November, was
found last week, lying within a foot of the
bank of the river, about two and a half miles
from where the unfortunate man lost his life.
? At the late term of Buncombe Superior
Court, Judge Cloud sentenced Simpson Petty,
colored, to two years' condnement in jail,
for whipping his wife. An appeal was taken
to the Supreme Court on the plea of "excessive
punishment."
? Large hawk3 are coming to the front in
North Carolina. Near Greensboro, last week,
one was killed measuring four and a half feet
from tip to tip of wing ; and recently one
was killed in Mecklenburg county, which
measured five feet five inches from tip to tip.
? Notwithstanding the persistent efforts that
have been made in some quarters to defeat
Judge Schenok's aspirations for the Chief j
Justiceship, county conventions in different
parts of the State have declared their preference
for him.
? Says the Hickory Press: Mr. Darius D.
Seitz, of this county, was killed by lightning,
Wednesday, about 3 o'clock, April 24th, 1878.
He was struck about the centre of the left j
side of the head, a spot of hair being burned j
off at that place. It was also observed that j
there was a scar or streak that run down the
body?passing behind the ear. Neither the
skin nor boues were broken on any part of
the body.
? The trial of R. A. Black, for the alleged
murder of James Anthony, in Lincoln county,
about two weeks ago, has been moved to
Gaston, on the ground that public opinion in
Lincoln is so prejudiced against the accused
that he could not have a fair trial. The case
will probably be tried next week, at which
time Dallas Court will convene. Pinckney
Pendleton, whose name will be remembered
;
in connection with the affair, and who was
arrested as an accomplice, will be used as a
witness in the case.
? On the criminal docket of Anson Superior
Court, is a case somewhat novel in its character,
and almost without a parallel in America.
Thomas H. Womble, of Anson couuty,
was indicted by the grand jury at the last
term of the court, as an "accessory before the
fact" of suicide ; or, in other words, it appears
that he bought or procured strychnine for one
Elizabeth Russing, who took it and died
from the effects of the dose. There is no
cuse like it that ever occurred in North Carolina,
and only two cases strongly analogous
that are mentioned in the books. One of
these occurred in the State of Massachusetts ;
the other in England. The one in this country
was this : a man was convicted of a felony
and sentenced to he huug ; while confined in
jail awaiting the time for execution, at his solicitation,
a friend procured for hi.n a rope,
with which he hanged himself?committed
suicide. The man who procured the rope was
tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged.
The one in England was a parallel case. The
Anson county case, as above remarked, has
no precedent, at least in North Carolina, and
the Judge before whom the case will be tried
may not wish to take the responsibility of
passing sentence of death upon one in such a
case, especially when those who preceded him
011 the circuit differed in their opinion of the
law.
MERE-MENTION.
Memorial day was celebrated at Macon,
Georgia, last Friday, with great ceremony.
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raent was laid by the Grand Masonic Lodge
of the State. Dr. Linderman, Director
of the Philadelphia mint, estimates the
amount of gold in private hands in this country
at ?15,000,000. The freight and
mail trains on the Richmond and Danville
Railroad collided last Friday morning, by
which B. F. Gravely, manufacturer of the
celebrated Gravely brand of chewing tobacco,
was fatally hurt, and four other passengers
slightly injured. The receipts of flour
in New York, one day last week, reached
the extraordinary amount of 134,845 barrels,
being about 100,000 more than the average
daily receipts. The Erie Railway was
sold under foreclosure of mortgage last week,
fcr $6,000,000. The entire management of
the road will be reorganized. A hundred
thousand foreigners have already reached
Paris to witness the ceremony of the opening
of the Exhibition which was to have occurred
yesterday. Three white men, who
tried to forcibly eject a negro from the ladies'
car at Union Point, Georgia, the other day,
were bound over in bonds of 8500 each to
appear for trial at the United States Court
next September. The former owners of
the bark Azov, which recently sailed from
Charleston with emigrants for Liberia, deny
that the vessel was ever engaged in the slave
trade. It is estimated that the Cuban
sugar crop, this season, will fall short about
100,000 tons. At Manchester, England,
it is calculated that there are now between
80,000 and 90,000 operators on a strike,
j The Detroit Free Pries buildings were destroyed
by fire last Monday, from the explosion
of the gas pipes. Loss $50,000. A
dispatch to the Galveston News reports another
mail carrier killed by Indians between
Forts Davis and Stocktou on Sunday. This
is the sixth person killed in that vicinity during
the past ten days. A train from Fort
Davis which arrived at Fort Stockton MonJ.
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CI ay, WHO aLmuiteu uy cue xuuiauo at juuieua
Springs, on Suuday. The mountains are reported
full of Indians. A Troy, New
York, dispatch says that Senator Morrissey
was stricken with paralysis of the right arm
last Sunday, and is helpless and cannot speak,
but partakes of food and drink.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Act for the Protection of Fish.
The last session of the Legislature
passed an Act amending a previous Act for
the better protection of migratory fish. By
the provisions of the araeuded Act, as will be
seen, it is made unlawful to fish in inland
waters with seines, nets, &c., from sunset on
Thursday to sunrise on Tuesday. The following
is the text of the Act, approved
March 22, 1878: ,
That there shall be a close time in all the
creeks, streams and inland waters of this (
State from the setting of the sun each Thursday
until the rising of the sun on Tuesday,
during which time all seines, nets or any plan
or device for the stoppage or collecting of fish
which obstructs any portion of any creek, 1
stream or inland waters, other than a dam
for manufacturing purposes, shall be removed ,
from said creeks, streams or waters; and the (
owner in whole or in part of any such obstruction,
plan or device during the period
aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof before
a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be i
fined in the sura of two hundred dollars, one- (
half of which shall go to th j informer and
the other half to the county in which the
case shall be tried, or imprisoned for a period
of not less than three nor more than six
months, or both, at the discretion of the
court trying the case.
Mayes' Title to the Presidency.
A ripple of excitement has been created
in Washington by the publication of the
sworn confession of Judge Samuel B. MoLin,
a member of the late board of canvassers of
the State of Florida, in which he confesses
that Florida was carried for Hayes by fraud.
The fraud which he claims to expose is alleged
to have been perpetrated by surreptitiously
adding votes to the ballots of different
precincts in order to bring Hayes in the
majority. The confession closes as follows:
The conclusion, therefore, is irresistible
that Mr. Tilden was entitled to the electoral
vote of Florida, and not Mr. Hayes. In
making this statement my motives will doubtless
be questioned by many, but the facts will 1
stand alone as the truth, without any mere
motives to sustain them. I am free to admit
that viewing things as I now do, and remembering
that Mr. Hayes was continually inspiring
his personal friends aud trusted agents
by every means in his power to secure for ,
him the electoral vote of Florida and Louisiana
; and, believing it to have been a conscious
wrong on his part, done with knowl
edge that he had not been elected, as his subsequent
repudiation of Governor Packard,
whose title was bound up in his own, and his
willful and cowardly desertion of the very
men who contributed so largely to his election
has shown, my contempt for the pitiable littleness
of the man is beyond my power of
expression. Mr. Hayes has denied the validity
of his own title in denying Gov. Packard's.
He has iguored his Florida friends,
showing he believed them unworthy and
tainted with a fraud, yet he holds on to the
Presidency, which, in his own opinion, was
secured by this very fraud. He has cowardly
abandoned and betrayed his southern republican
friends through fear of being ousted
from an office that he believed he never was
elected to by the people. Whatever may be
the opinion of men in regard to ray motives,
I give them facts and leave my motives to a
higher tribunal. Samuel B. McLin.
mi,,* nnrtaooinn at this late dav. SUODOSin?
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it to be truthful, can add nothing to the rep-1
utation of McLin, nor can it in any degree 1
affect Mr. Hayes' title. The confession will
have but little more effect upon the country i
than the latest acknowledgement of Mrs.
Tilton. Whatever may taint Mr. Hayes' ti-!
tie, it is now too late to reopen the question,'
a fact which the Democratic leaders in Con- ;
gress recognize, as is clearly shown in their j
treatment of the Blair resolutions. Disap-1
pointed Republican office-seekers will find '
that their tardy confessions of fraud and corruption
in the management of the last election
can avail them nothing now. 11
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Kennedy Bros. <fc Barron?Hats?Shoes?Grain
Cradles?Ready-Made Snits?Leather?Just
Arrived?Sundries.
M. Strauss?You Must Not Read This.
John C. Kuykendal?'Twins.
An Hour in Fairy Land!
Fannie L. Dobson?Hats and Bonnets.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Hams?Herndon's Mill.
T. M. Dobson <fe Co.?Great Bargains.
B. T. Wheeler?A Buggy for 125.
H. W. Hope <k Co.?Bargains?Goods at Bottom
Prioes?Summer Clothing?Shoes -HatsTobacco.
Masonic Rituals, Ac.
Joseph A. McLean, Judgeof Probate?CitationMrs.
D. A. White, Applicant?L. S. White,
deceased.
BATTALION DRILL.
The Jenkins Rifles, Capt. Gardner, appeared
on the streets last Friday afternoon,
and after marching to the parade grounds of
King's Mountain Military School, were joined
by the Cadets of that Institution, when
they were taken through the battalion drill
by Col Coward. The battalion presented a
fine appearance on parade, executing the different
movements with true military precision.
At the conclusion of the drill, the Rifles
were escorted to their armory by the Cadets.
THE CANTATA.
The performance in aid of the Presbyterian
Church fund to-morrow night, the 3d instant,
promises to be a decided success in every respect.
The cantata, "An Hour in Fairy
Land," has beeu iu rehearsal for some time
under the immediate direction of Mrs. Clara
D. McLean and Miss Hattie Lindsay, and
will, we doubt not, be presented in excellent
style. Besides the cantata, the programme
comprises a number of fine instrumental selections,
solos and duets, which will be rendered
by skillful performers, and add much to the attractiveness
of the entertainment. Read the
announcement in our advertising columns.
THE CHURCHES LAST SUNDAY.
In the Presbyterian Church, lost Sunday,
the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered.
Services, preparatory to the communion,
were begun on Friday evening, Rev.
R. A. Ross, of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church, filling the pulpit.
The Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal)
was decorated with flowers, as is customary
ou Sunday after Easter. Services were
conducted by Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector.
Evening services at the Methodist Episcopal
Church were conducted by Rev. L. A.
Johnson, in absence of the pastor, Rev. Mr.
Gilbert, who had not returned from Charleston,
whither he went to attend the meeting of
the Grand Lodge of Good Templars. <
FREAK OF LIGHTNING.
On \VprlnpndH.v nf Inst week, two larce oak
trees, standing about five feet apart, and within
eight feet of the front portico of the residence
of Col. Joel W. Rawlinson, near Ebenezer,
in this county, were struck by lightning. '
One of the trees was shivered from the top
to the grouud, and the other was considerably
shattered. Fragments of the shivered
tree were scattered over the portico floor,
and several large pieces were even thrown
over the house. The coucussion was so great
as to shatter to atoms thirty-three window
lights of the house. Only about a minute be- '
fore the bolt struck the trees, Col. Rawlinson
was in the portico, but had fortunately left '
his position there to join his wife and daughter,
Mis8 Hattie, who were in the rear portico.
Miss Hattie was severely shocked and stunned,
though she sustained no permanent injury.
Mr. and Mrs. Rawlinson were unhurt.
EXCURSION TO GASTONIA.
An excursion train will run to-day, from j
Chester, passing this place about 9 o'clock A. i
M., to Gastonia, N. C., for the benefit of the
Lee Light Infantry, of Chester. The com- '
pany, under the command of that clever, i
whole-souled gentleman, Capt. Marshall, have
adopted this method for raising funds to aid
in removing a pecuniary embarrassment under
which the company is now laboring, and
they confidently trust to the liberality of the ,
people along the line of road for a generous
patronage. A special ccr will be provided
for the ladies, and every effort will be made to
provide for the comfort and accommodation
of all who may wish to devote a day to recreation
and enjoyment. The fare from
Yorkville and return is 50 cents.
The Yorkville Silver Helicon Band has
been engaged to furnish music for the occasion,
and we learn the Jenkins Rifles will ac- ]
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compauy LUC Ult'Uioiuu ill a uuuj.
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CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.
Several names have been suggested, recently,
in the papers for Congressional nomination !
in this District?among them Gen. Kennedy, 1
of Kershaw; J. B. Erwin, Esq., of Lanca?- 1
ter, and Major T. W. Woodward, of Fairheld.
In this issue we print a communication <
urging the claims of Hon. J. H. Evins for 1
renomination. The writer seems to think i
that this much, at least, is due to Co). Evins, '
and the people generally, we think, will coin- 1
cide in this opinion. We have opportunities 1
of knowing that Colonel Evins is attentive 1
to the interests of bis constituents, obliging '
in disposition, ready at all times to serve 1
them, and has influence at the National Cap- 1
ital. While either of the gentlemen above 1
named would make a good representative in '
Congress, we think it would be the part of '
wisdom, and a compliment well deserved by 1
Col. Evins, to confer upon him a renoraina* <
tion.
PERSONAL. '
We were pleased to receive a call, last
Monday, from Mr. Joshua T. James, Editor ^
of the Wilmington Review, who is rusticating ^
in the upper section of South Carolina. Mr.
James expresses himself as highly pleased J
with our people and climate, and regards this
as the finest section of country he ever visited.
Mr. Squier, traveling agent for the Colum- j
bia Register, was in Yorkville two or three j
days, recently, in the interest of the sterling
paper which he represents.
We have recently been shown a copy of
the Enterprise, published at Homer, Illinois.
By it we learu that our former young fellow
citizen, Dr. Wm. M. Kawlinson, who graduated
from the Baltimore Dental College last
year, has located at Homer, 111., and is successfully
engaged in the practice of his chosen '
profession. Judging from several paragraphs
in the copy of the paper referred to, the people
among whom he has cast his lot are much ,
prepossessed in his favor. "
YORKVILLE SILVER HELICON BAND, i
The above is the designation by which our i
local musical organization, composed of young
gentlemen, will hereafter be known. When j1
we were a youth, to be a member of a brass :
band was considered a sufficient honor for a i
life time; and many of our gray haired or:
bald headed citizens who studied the circus . <
bills of those days, will remember the peculiar ; i
1 _1J T_L? r, I a nor) 1 I
empnasis wnmn umi i/uuu xvuuiuiuu juavbu
upon his bra38 band under the leadership of! I
Harry Gaul, though Gaul did play a sure-j
enough solid silver bugle. But since that j I
time wonderful strides have been made in rau-: :
sic, and in nothing less than the quality of in- <
Btruraents. Tinkling brass has been super- <
seded by glittering silver, and a band, to be a
band par excellence, must be provided with
silver instruments. To keep apace with this
progressive spirit, the Yorkville Cornet Baud
have now a full complement of new silver instruments,
of the Helicon pattern, and they
have given themselves the title at the head of
this paragraph. Mr Robert J. Herndon, but <
a youth, though something of a prodigy
with the cornet, is leader of the band, and <
excellent music do they make. Mr. Herndon
has never had any regular instruction
from a teacher, yet he is a fine performer, and
old band-masters say he arranges music for
ail the different instruments with wonderful
facility and correctness.
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TRSANFEKS OF REAL E8TATE.
The following transfers of real estate have i
been recorded in the office of the County Au-1
ditor since our last report:
Miss H. C. McKnight to C. B. MoKnight. j
Tract of 140 acres in Bullock's Creek township.
Consideration 6350.
Barney Brannon to Lewis Teigler. Tract
of 153 acres in Bullock's Creek township.
Consideration 8440.
William Caldwell to W. D. Westmoreland.
Tract of 55 acres in Cherokee township.
Consideration 8675.
Thomas H. Mullinaz and others to Martha
Goforth and W. P. Goforth. Tract of 225
acres in Cherokee township. Consideration
8114.13.
Joseph B. Massey to Elizabeth Massey.
Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration not given.
Andrew Jackson to J. R. Wallace. Tract
of 58} acres in King's Mountain township.
Consideration 8400.
J. W. Lawrence to J. R. Wallace. Tract
of 38 acres in King's Mountain township.
Consideration 8143.
John M. Boyce to H. C. Harris. Tract of
127 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
$2,037.50.
Luke C. Wesson to A. C. Hambright.
Tract of 31 acres in Cherokee township.
Consideration 883.18.
Sarah C. Moore and C. W. Moore to D. H.
Carroll. Iutereat in a tract of 220 acres in
Bullock's Creek township. Consideration
8340.
William and S. T. Ferguson to D. H. Carroll.
Interest in a tract of 220 acres in Bullock's
Creek township. Consideration 8340. i
William Hurdin to D. H. Carroll. Interest
in a tract of 220 acres in Bullock's Creek i
township. Cmsideration 8340.
Thomas White, Sen., to Thomas White, Jr.
Tract of 9} acres in Fori Mill township.
Consideration 860.
C. D. Anderson to Samuel Anderson, i
Tract of 50 acres in Catawba township. <
Consideration $1,000.
C. D. Anderson to.J. W. Anderson. Tract |
of 50$ acres in Catawba township. Consideration
$325. i
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Robert Patterson.
Tract of 100 acres in Betbesda township.
Consideration $750.
T. B. Withers to A. R. Banks. Lot in j
Fort Mill. Consideration $600.
J. G. Nivens to W. N. Far is. Lot of 3 i
acres in Fort Mill. Gmsideration $57.00.
J. G. Nivens to J. H. Coltharp. Lot of 1$ i
acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
$23.00. ,,
C. L. Warren and L. A. Parks to T. L.
Kimbrell. Tract of 159 acres in Fort Mill
township. Consideration $950.
Thomas L. Johnson to James A. Rainey.
Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $150.
D. H. Carroll to R. M. Carroll. Interest
in 124 acres in Bullock's Creek township.
Consideration $1,000.
J. C. and J. Seville to Hannah Davis.
Tract of 53 acres in Fort Mill township.
Consideration $525. <
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE YORK COUNTY BONDS AGAIN. 1
During the past few months, I have read
the opinions of a number of persons upon the
subject of this subscription, and the main |
objection with all those in opposition to it, is <
that the people were not permitted to vote i
upon it; and that, consequently, the subscription
by the County Commissioners was illegal,
the bonds void, and the tax levied to pay
the interest on them a nullity. It is con- {
ceded that had a popular vote been taken, i
and the measure been approved by a majority
of the voters of the county, these objec- 1
tions would all fall to the ground, and everything
would have been right and proper.
Perhaps I cannot see things like other people;
but I must confess that I cannot see, in ,
this argument, the importance that has been i
given to it. If the County Commissioners <
bad left the matter to a vote, and it had been 1
adopted by a class of illiterate and irrespon- '
sible voters, who imagined that they were not
interested in taxation, I can see but little
cause for consolation in such a result. I i
ihould have been no better satisfied than for i
the County Commissioners to have voted the
lubscription direct. The Commissioners would !
have fixed the purpose and the amount of the
lubscription in both cases. In the former
case, an irresponsible vote would likely have ,
ratified their arbitrary action. There might i
!<" ? knnn loan Poinnlaint mnrlfl nhnnt. fti.n I .
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bonds, after such a vote, but I do not see that 1
the taxes would have been any the less in
sonsequence. (
My objections to the subscription, Mr. Ed- <
itor, are not of that sort. A vote of respon- <
sible tax-payers and property owners alone, 1
would, in my view, have met the objection J
fully. Under the Constitution of this State, (
the vote could not have been confined to tax- <
payers and property holders. All, or none,
must have voted. I would neither let the f
Legislature tax me for objects of internal improvement,
nor delegate the power to Com
missioners or irresponsible voters, if I could '
have ray own way about it. But I do not (
expect to have my own way in such matters.
[ have been paying taxes every year, these I
forty odd years, and I do not remember that ?
I have ever paid a dollar of taxes that I j
voted, either to put on, or to keep off, my 1
property. The Legislature has never consulted
me upon the matter of taxation, whether ,
for building a canal, a State House, turn- j
pike, public road, Court House, jail, or any
ether matter of either general or local con- 1
cern. Taxes for each and all of these ob- I
jeots have been imposed by the Legislature !
i n unrl f aimnnoo
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it will continue to be done as long as we re- j
main a State. If all taxes were left to the
people to fix upon their property, it would
do doubt satisfy grumblers for a time, at
least, until the absurdity of the plan became
as manifest in practice as it now is in theory.
[ do not think I would wish to live long under
a government that existed upon so insecure
a foundation as the capricious action of
the tax-payers in voting to tax their property
to support its measures.
As to the legality of these bonds, I leave
the question to the lawyers and the courts,
[t is not for me to argue or decide, were I '
competent to do so. But I have some ac- j
juaintance with the course of legislation in I
this State for a great Dumber of years; and I
remember very few instances where local taxation
for internal improvement was ever left to
popular vote. I have just read in the Columbia
Register an Act passed at the last session of
the Legislature "to incorporate the Edgefield
Branch Railroad aod to authorize the town
council of Edgefield to issue hoods to aid in
the construction of the same." As legislation
on the subject of taxing the people in aid of
interhaT improvement schemes is attrac'fffJg
public attention of late, I will trespass upon
your space sufficiently to copy the following
sections of the Act above referred to:
Sec. 5. The Town Council of the town of
Edgefield, is hereby authorized and empower-"1
onkii/iHilio tr> ilia nanilal ilnnll nf fluid fftil
CU bU OUUOVI IWW WW hUV wvwv v.
road company the sum of twenty thousand dollars,
and to issue bonds of said town of Edgeheld
for the payment of said subscripton, said
bonds to be payable in ten years from the date
thereof, to bear interest at the rate of seven
per cent, per anuum, and the interest to be paid
semi-annually on coupons to be attached to
said bonds.
* * * * *
Sec. 10. That the taid Town Council of
Edgefield shall, immediately after the passage
of this Act, levy a tax of three and one-half
cents for the year A. D. 1878, on every dollar
upon the property owned within the limits of
the town of Edgefield, and the Auditor of
Edgefield county shall forthwith enter the
same upon the tax duplicates of his county,
and the Treasurer of Edgefield county shall
collect the said tax, at the same time and in
the same manner that he collects the State
and county taxes.
Sec. 11. That the County Treasurer of
Edgefield county shall pay the interest on
said bonds as it falls due, and also tea per
cent, of the principal of each, of said-bonds
from the taxes herein provided to be collect- ^ d
ed by him ; and he shall receive said coupons ^
in payment of the taxes herein provided for
in the fiscal year in which said coupons fall
due.- Iff
The above Act, if I understand it correctly,
requires the town council of Edgefield village
to vote a subscription of $20,000 to the road,
in bonds of the town, and also requires them
to levy annually, a tax of thirty five mills (3}
per cent.) on all the property within the co^r
porate limits, to pay the interest and retire %
part of the bonds they are required, to issue
as a subscription to this railroad. I do not
know whether such subscriptions are legal or
not; but such provisions are frequently en*
acted by the Legislature, and the people submit
and pay the taxes. If the above Act in
aid of the Edgefield Branch Railroad, is
valid legislation, it goes so far beyond the
York county subscription, that I do not know
how to compare them. At every session of
the Legislature, the members are called upon
to vote authority to County Commissioners
and town and city authorities to levy taxes
for all sorts of purposes, in which the people
have no voice. I do not think the case of
York county can be singled out, to found fk
good objection upon to the system.
I have thus, Mr. Editor, given you my
views upon this matter for what they are
worth. It is one of great importance to the
people of York county. If there is anythiug
in it for the people to decide, I want them to
study the matter out for themselves, as I
have attempted to do, and be able to decide
intelligently. Passion aud prejudice will not
help to solve it Practical business sense,
and a just regard for our own interest and true
welfare, are the poiuts to be kept in view.
But for God's sake, don't do auything that
will cause us to come uuder the high freight
tariffs that ground the substauce out of us in
former years. Tax-Payer.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, April 29, 1878.
The people of this county are quite interested
in the subject of primary elections.
There are those who favor this plan of mal_
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Kiug iJUiiiiuauuuB, nuu micic aic muoc vfiiu
are opposed to it. With due deference to the
opinions of its opponents, I think that nominations
made by primary elections will give
more general satisfaction. It is well known
that county conventions have not been successful,
in the past, in giving satisfaction, and
it is not likely that they will.be attended with
better success in the future. At the present,
time, when there are so many aspirants for
office, everything should be done for the promotion
of unity and harmony among the
members Of the Democratic party. This de*
sirable end is almost sure of accomplishment
by primary elections. A candidate lays bis
claims before the people; if they do not nominate
him, he certainly can have no reason to
complain. If defeated before a county convention,
be might say that he was not nominated
because of the combination of a ring
against him. He can have no objection of
this kind to urge if his nomination is not
3U8taiued by the people. The dissatisfaction
occasioned among defeated candidates before
county conventions generally extends to their
friends, and in this way indifference, if not
inaction, exists on the part of so many for the
Democratic candidates. The Democratic party
cannot afford- to have any indifferent or
inactive members during the campaigo which ^
is about opening. Every man is expected to
do his duty. To secure laborers in the political
vineyard, every cause for dissatisfaction
must be removed. According to the plan of
primary elections, every candidate has a fair
showing. Its perfect fairness must be apparent
to every unprejudiced mind. The State
Democratic Executive Committee have also
recommended the adoption of this plan by the.
various counties, is is supposable, tbat before
making this recommendation, they gave
the two modes of making nominations, by
county conventions and primary elections,
careful cotnideration, and then decided that
the advuuiages and benefits were on the side
if the latter plan. Would it not be well for
Chester to follow the example of other counties
in carrying out the suggestion of the
State Democratic Executive Committee?
At a recent municipal election at Blackstocks,
the following gentlemen were elected:
Dr. L. S. Douglass, Intendant; Messrs. J. E.
Johnson, J. E. Craig, W. D. Richardson and
J. P. Ragsdale, Wardens. Success to the
lew city fathers in administering the municipal
affairs of the rising town of Blackstocks.
On last Tuesday night fire was discovered,
by Dr. W. S. Gregg, in the cellar of Mr. J.
J. Stringfellow's store. It had made so little
headway that he succeeded in extinguishing
it in a short time. Had the fire not been discovered,
the Cotton Hotel, and probably other
buildings, would have been destroyed, as a
violent wind was blowing at the time. Cbesxr
narrowly escaped a conflagration.
Rev. Mr. Loomis, who is engaged in the
laudable undertaking of encouraging and
promoting immigration to our county, recently
received, from some friend in the
North, a letter giving his reasons for not coming
and settling here. This man?probably
sincere, but certainly deluded?thinks if he
comes here, he may be driven away, .some
Lime, by Democrats. This man has heard of
the Ku Klux uprising, and is evidently of
the upinion that Democrat and Ku Klux are
synonymous terms. His impressions are
baaed upon raise accounts ot tnieving naai3als,
whose rascalities were exposed, and who
unceremoniously left the State in great indignation
after the inauguration of the Hampton
rule. It is not worth while to waste time
in endeavoring to show the abeurdity of such
impressions. Good and honest Northern men
Jo live here, are well aud kindly treated, and
get along just as well as anybody else. Mr.
Loomis would do well to write to his friend
ind tell him that our people are not quite so
black as they have been pointed; that he caa