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? , : . |?|jj$5 ..' j.f 1 ? ...J; TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE ^^^^^^^^^^^^?^ g SP BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1880. eis; NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. VOLUME XXXJ.-NO. 30. A Republican Lottor. * [N. Y. Sun.] Air-u Wearing of tho Green'* Oh! Jimmy dear, and did you boor Tho nows that's going round? 'Thoy say-and truthfully .1 foav Yourrcoord is not sound. 'They stoto and provo you took a bribo Ob! 't?d most sud to soo, And what is moro, thoy obargo you too With wilful perjury. 'CHORUS-Oh! Jimmy, Jimmy Garfield, How could you do tho doed? 'Unto tko Scriptures you onco taught, You should have given heed, .But it's too lato for worldly good If you should now rcpout, And through your sins that Hancock mau Will bo the Prcsideut. 'Oh! Jimmy dear, it seems so queer You couldn't do what's right; You ought to know a Prcsideut Is not made in a night. And whoo a man's a candidato ft ll is rcoord must bo ulcar, JMot for a wcok or mooth or two, But really ovory year. 'CHORUS-Oh! Jimmy, Jimmy Garfield, You took that salary, too, You've dono thoso things tho church book says That you ought not to do; And though tho tears roll down my ohecks In sorrow for your sin, it'll havoto vote for Haucook, too, For he is sure to win. Tho Democratic Loaders. TH KY ACCEPT TUB HONOR AND KESPON simr.iTY. NRW YOIUC, July 13.-Geo. Ilanoock's ?grandson, named after himself, died this wonting from cholera infantum. This ?event lias depressed the General, and tho eommillcc'8 visit to tender tho nominations Was in consequence purely formal. Mr. Knglisb roached Governor's Island nt noon and was heartily greeted by Gen. Llauoook on tho veranda of his resi dence. Tho committee left the New York Hotel in a budy with thc members of thc National committee and other visitor*. Tho party proceeded on board tho steamer Fletcher, and were landed nt Governor's island at 1.40 P.M. Thc porty went to Gen. Hun cock's residenoo, and upou being ushered into tho parlors Gen. Stockton, addressing Gen. Hancock, said: GEN, HANCOCK-I have tho honor to introduce to you Govornor Stephenson, Chairmen of tho Deuioorutio Nutioual Con vention recently assembled at Cincinnati. 1 havo also the honor of presenting to you tho committee appointed by that body to .wait ou you nod uotify you of your unani mous nomination for tho highest office in tho gift of tho people. It is a source of great satisfaction to tho committee in muk ir>g thoir announcement to you to say that your nomination was not secured by solici tations of personal or political friends, but was I ho spontaneous notion of that convcittion]no tuitod by patriotic duty. Ono of thc ablest and wisest bodies of our countrymen ever nsacmbled hns given jou this nomina tion with perfect unanimity. And, Gene ral, sioco that convention has adjourocd we of thal committee hove been to our homes. Wo have seen our constituents, tho Demo cratic masses and conservativo people of Ibis country, and with ono accord they rutify <the action of that convention. So wo oro bound to boliovo, ns wo do, that your oloo tion will ho an accomplished fact. Wo cannot doubt, ond we believe, that when tho election is over tho great principles of American liberty will still bo tho inheritance of this people, sod shall bc forever. And now in the name of thc National Democratic party, by virtue of tho power entrusted to this committee by thc Con vontiou, ns it chairman I havo tho honor to hand lo tho secretary u communication in writing informing you officially of your nomination. Gen. Stockton then handed to thc secre tary of (he cominillo !, Mr. Hull, on address signed by tho oommitteo, after which it was handed to Gen. Hancock. lu reply tho latter snid: Afr, Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: I appreciate tho honor oonferred upon mo by tho D?mocratie National Convention lately assembled in Cincinnati, and I thank you for your courtesy in mukiug (hut honor known to mo. As soon as tho importance of the matter permits I will prepare and send to you a formal ncceptanco of my nomination for thc office of President of tho United Stales. Those prosont wero introduced to Gen. llauoook, who had a few words of welcome for oaeh. After a few minutes spent in hand-shak ing, Con. Stockton, turning to tho lion. Wm. ii. Knglish, said: "Tho Cincinnati Convention, with a unanimity unparalleled, appointed us as a oommitteo to wait upon you nt suoh timo nnd place as would bo most agreeable to you and inform you in porson and in writing of your nomination. I now havo thc honor to congratulate oursolvcs on tho event ands present you on tho part of tho convention and in tho nome of tho Notional Convention of the Domocratio party, tho official announce ment of your nomination.'' Mr. English in reply spoko as follows: Mr* Chairman and Gentlemen of thc Committee: Asa practical business man, not much accustomed to indirection of action or cir oumlooutiou of spccoh, I will any plainly and in a fow words that X aoocpt tho high trust which you hnvo tondorcd mo with fooliugs of profound gratitude, aod that 1 will at un o<irly dato formally, and in writing muko au acccptaDoo, which, 1 am informed is usual on such occasions. In doing this I fully roalizc tho groat responsibility of tho situation, tho core, turmoil, anxiety, mis representation and abuso which aro certain, to follow, uud ? understand thoroughly that all tho resources and powor of our political foes from ull parts of tho land will bo con centrated against us in Indiana, my native State, wi.ero tho first grand buttle is to bo fought, und probably tho most important of all. Dut theso uro grout occasions when tho disohurgo of high patriotic duties is to bo considered ubovo all personal considera tions and I hhall not disregard tho unani mous voice of thc representatives of tho majority of the Amorioan pcoplo for whom you speak hero toduy. [Applause.] I um profoundly gratoful for tho high houor which has beca ouuferred, nnd I huvo nu abiding faith that with tho favor of God and tho pooplo wo shall succeed in this contest. 'Hm speaker was applauded at tho con olUciou of his remarks, and then followed another general band shaking, after which thc parly again boarded tho Fletcher aud left thc Island. TllK OFFICIAL LETTERS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION. NEW Youie, July 13.-Tho President and Secretary of tho Cinoiunati Convention have forwarded tho following loiters to Gen. Hancock uud Mr. English: THE LETTER TO UEN. HANCOCK. July 13, 1880. To Gen. W. S. Hancock-Sm: Tho National Convention of tho Democratic paity which assembled at Cincinnati on the 22d of last month unanimously nominated you us their outididate tor President of tho United States. Wo have been directed to inform you of you nomination to this exalted trust and request your acceptance. In accordance with thc uniform custom of tho Democratic porty ibo convention hnvo announced their views upon tho important issues which aro boforo the country io a series of resolutions to which wc invite you attention. These resolutions embody tho general principles upon which thc Democratic party demand that tho Govern' mont hhall ba conducted, ?nd they ulsc emphatically condemn maladministration by tho patty in powor, its crimes against tim Constitution and especially ugaioal thc riglit of thc people to choose and install their Presided, which hnvo wrought sc much injury and dishonor to tho country. That which chiefly inspired your nomi nation was thc fact that you had conspicu ously recognized und exemplified the yearn* ing of tho American pcoplo for reconcilia tion nnd brotherhood under tho shield o thu Constitution with ult its jealous can und guaranteer for tho rights of pcrpom and States. Your nomination was not modo uloni because in thc midst of arms you illustrate! tho highest qualities of tho soldier, bu because when war had ended, and when ii recognition of your courage aud fidelity, you were placed in command of a part o the Union undergoing thc process of resto ration, and while you were thus clothct with ubsoluto powor, you used it not t< subvert, but to sustain tho oivil laws, ant tho rights which they wero established ti protect. Your fidelity to these principles manifested in tho important trusts hereto fore confided to your caro, gives proof tba they will control your administration of th .National Government, and assures th country that ono indissoluble union o indestructible ?States, and tho Constitutioi with its wisc distribution of power ant regard for (he boundaries of State nm Federal authority, will not suffer in you hands; that you will maintain thu subordi nation of thc military to Ibo oivil powci and will accomplish tho purification of th public service, and especially that th Government which wc lovo will bo frc I rom reproach or etuin of sectional agitatio or malice in any sha po or form. Rejoicing in oom moa with ibo masses c tho American pcoplo upon this bligh prospect for tho futuro of our country, w wish also to express to you personal I our assurance of tho esteem and confidcuu which hus summoned you to this high dut) and will aid in its performance. You follow citizens. JOHN W. STEPHENSON, Pesidont of tho Convention. NICHOLAS M. BELL, Scorctury. THE LETTER TO MU. ENSI.I8II. July 13,1880. To Jinn. Will ia vi II. Engl?h-DEA SIR: Dy direction of tho Democratic Nt liona! C on von lion which assembled at Gin oinmiti on Juuo 22d last, it becomes oi pleasant duty to notify you that you wei unanimously nominated by that body ft tho office of Vice President of tho Unite States, Your largo cxporiouco in affaii of government, your ablo disohargo of man trusts committed to your bauds, your stem fast devotion lo Do moora ti o principles, an tho uprightness of your private obaraote gavo assurances to tho Domoornoy that ya wore woi thy and well qualified to pcrfon tho duties of that high position, and oon mended you to thom (or the nominatic which they oonferrcd, wbilo your person qualities and your publio sorvioes wc merited this honor. Tho aotion of tl Convention was no doubt designod not onl to vindicate their appreciation of yourscl but" ns well to testify their profound respo for tho Uomooraoy of indiana, your natii State, with WIIOPO manly struggles you ha^ boon so lun;; identified, mid in who glorious achievements you liavo shared. Tho Convention sot forth its viows upou tho leading political issues winch oro now boforo the poople in n series of resolutions, a oopy of which wo havo tho honor to present to you, and to winch your attention IB rospootfully requested. It is our earnest hopo that theso views may moot with your approbation, and that you will accept tho nomination which is now tondorcd you. With Bontimonts of high esteem wo ure, respootfully, JOHN W. STEPHENSON, President of tho Convention. NICHOLAS M. BELL, Secretary. THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. NEW YORK, July 13.-Tho Democratic Natioual Oommittoo met at tho Fifth Avo nuo Hotel nt noon to-day. William H. Darnum, of Conncotiout was unanimously elected ohuirmau und Frederick (). Prince, of Massachusetts, secretary. Tho commit* too then adjourned to Governor's Island to attend tho presentation of t hc nouiiuatiou to Gen. Hancock. A. Strong and fWanOy Kicttcr From Senator Mufi lei* on Tue JKcccut Fatal fi>ucl. EDQEPIKED C. H., July 13, 1880. Messrs. Riordan <C; Dawson-DEAR Slits: I wont to suy to you that you have my hearty endorsement in tho position you have taken in reference to tho Cash-Shan non tragedy. It is no roQcotion upon tho momory of tho gallant gentlemen of the past who resorted to tho duello to celtic their pomonal differences to ask that tho law bo vindicated in this case, lu former days tho most punotillious decorum and chivalric courtesy distinguished tho conduct of gentlemen in ''affairs of honour," and coarse ribaldry and gasconado in correspon dence was ns odious us thc brand of cow ardice; but now tho "swash-buckler stylo1' oppcars to bc fashionable Tho issue is very sharply made between thoso who trample law defiantly under foot aud thoso who executo it, and I do hope that courage enough may bc found to execute it. It will bo a sad day for South Carolina when a gentleman, who feels it to bo Iiis personal or professional duty to vindicate private rights in our courts, is brit to bo insulted, pursued, vilified and goaded to desperation, and then shot. If that io to be plane which our civilization is to occupy, wo shalt till bo sleeping on our arms. And thero must bo something radically wrong in a public sentiment which can force a mon of Shannon's high oharaoter and ac knowledged courage lo fight a duel under thc circumstances which surrounded him. It is ubout lime wc were finding out where wo ure, und ascertain whether "border ruffianism" is to govern this country or whether oivilized institutions shall bc main* taincd. I express no opinion on tho merila of this dillicully fori know nothing of it, ex cept what 1 havo seen in thc public Tiiinip; but I do venturo tho opinion that it is the first limo in tho history of duelling in South Carolina that a man has been shot ?ur doing what he had, in morals and law, clearly the right to do, and for doing what it was his sworn duty to do, to wit: faithfully representing the interests of bis clients in the courts against parties who had them selves gono into thc court?, lt is without a parallel cither in the issue modo or thc manner of its conduct. You arc doing your sharo of public duty in n proper manner-pardon mo for saying so-and [ believe that nine tenths of thc respectable people of tho Stato will sustniu you. You may count on my doing so in any woy that I properly may. Vory truly voura, ?fcc., M. C. BUTLER. A Motto for 1880. [New York Sun.j 1 havo no sort of sympathy with thc Republican party because of that act, and because it justified and sustained it. After such nu oct 1 have no desire to sustain thc Republican party in ony way. 1 would not voto for u party that would carry through such a fraud. I think Mr. Mayes was elected by a fraud, and I do not moan to have it said that nt thc next elec tion 1 hud forgotten it. I do not say that Mr. H^ycB committed thc fraud, but it was committed by his party. I have no enmity to Mr. Hoyes, but after ibo fraud by which he became Prcsidout I could not voto for ony person put up for President on thc Republican side who did not disavow thc fraud committed. I would not support any member of that party who had any noi l of mixturo with thnt fraud. I feel thal the counting out is just ns much a fraud now as at tho limo it was perpetrated. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. CHARLESTON, July 16.-Tho purchaser? of tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad al auction salo in April last havo tiled a peti tion in tho State court claiming that thc road was knooked down to them at $2,898, 600, and that tho bitls subsequently ro ooived were irregular and not bona tide, ant thcrcforo void. They pray that they Ix adjudged entitled to take tho road tit thai prioo, whioh wiiS thc highest legal bid lipon this petition, verified by affidavits application was modo to Judgo llutfpor for a stay of tho proceeding, and nn ordoi was entered to-day suspending oil thc pro coodings in regard to tho compliance will tho terms of tho salo for twonty days, nm tho oaso will como up for a hearing during tho prosont torin of tho court. Tho Sultan of Turkey employs thrci hundred cooks. Hancock's Gonoral Oidor No. 40. WHAT PRESIDENT JOHNSON THOUOIIT ANU BAH) CONCERNI NO IT. ** Gentlemen oj thc Semite and House of ' Representa t ives: "Au official copy of tho order issued by Major General AV infield S. Hancock, oom mundcr of tho Fifth Military District, dated headquarters in Now Oilcans, La., ou thc 29th day of November, has reached mo i through tho channels of thc War Depart ment, and I herewith comumnicato it to Ooo g ri ss for such uotiou as may seem to bu proper iu view of all thc circum stances. '.It will bo perceived that (Jcu. Iluucook announces that he will make tho law tho rule of his conduct; that bo will uphold tho j courts und other civil authorities iu thc j performance of their proper duties, und thut ho will ute his military power only lo | preserve thc peace and cufoioo thc luw. lie declares very explicitly thut tho sacred j right of trial by jury ?nd tho privilege of tho writ of hubous corpus shall ?ot bo I crushed out or trodden under foot. Ile goes lui thor, aud in uno comprehensive j sentence asserts that tho principles of American liberty Ure still tho inheritance of this people, and ever should bc. ?.Whcu u grout soldier, with unrestricted powor in his bunda to oppress his fellow men, voluntarily foregoes tho chance of gratifying Iiis selfish II tu bit iou uud devotes himself to thc duty of building up thc liberties und strengthening thc laws of his country, he presents nu example of thc highest public virtue that human nature is capable of practicing. Tho strongest claim of Washington to bo 'iir.*t in war, first in puuoo and tir?t iu tho hearts of his country men,' is founded on tho great fact that ill ull his illustrious or.rccr ho scrupulously abstained fiom violating thc legal nud constitutional rights of his fellow-01??zens. When bc surrendered his commission to Congress, thc President ol' that Lody spoke his highest praise in Buying that ho had 'always regarded thc lights of tho civil authorities through all dangers nud disas ters.' Whenever power above tho law courted hi:-, acccpluuco, bc cul ni ly put thc Ici?pU?ioD a.sido. By such magnanimous nels ot for boara noe he won thc universal nd miration of mankind and left u name - iiioh has no rival iu thc history of the world. "1 nm far from saying thst Genend Hancock is thc only officer of thc American anny who is influenced by tho example of Washington, Doubtless thous iuds of thom uro faithfully devoted to tho principles lor which thc tuon of thc Revolution hid down their lives. Hut tho distinguished honor b< longs to him ol' being tho first officer in high command South of thc Potomac since thc close of thc civil war, who baa givou utterance to these, noble sentiments in thc form of ti military order. "I respectfully suggest to Congress that snmo publie recognition of Gonoral Han cock's patriotic conduct i? due, if not to him, to lim friends of law and justice throughout thc country. Of such nn net of ids, ut such a time, it is hut lit that thc dignity should bo vindicated and tho virtue proclaimed, BO that i'.y vduc ns an example may not bo loft to tho nation. "ANDREW JOHNSON. "Washington, 1). C., Dec. 18, 1S?7-" na i ?**- ***-- --- Nows Items. Two moro now factories will poon bc under way on thc cauui in Augusta, Gi. Daniel Washington, a notorious follow, was hung iu Charleston Inst Friday. Cotton goods manufactured in South Caro lina arc being sold extensively iu New .lan gland. A Garfield club hos been organized in Beaufort. Tho notorious W. J. Whipper is tho President. Groat fears aro felt everywhere i ti thc cotton bolt on account of appearance of worms nt dilTorout points. Hancock's wounds worn received, in battle, Garfield's in tho halls of Congress. Gen. Grant han expressed thc opinion that Hancock will bc elected. This shows how t'.iC wind blows. A disgusted negro, re tn I nod from Kansas, says that if Kansas should be roofed in it would bo "thc biggest nigger poor house in the wcrld." Tho Democrats of Anderson have adopted thc majority rule for I Heir primary election. If no candidate gets a majority ut ibo first election they h a vd n second, dropping nil but tho two highest candidates. A colored pieaehor of Cobb County has n novel way of collecting his salary that somo of tho rest of thc preachers might ndopt with profit. When bis members haven't tho "spondulix," he puts them to work on his faun until they work out their assessments. Tho city council of Charlotte, N., C., have raised tho whiskey tax in that city to 8500, and included druggists under thc ordinance. Tho bar keepers aro indignant, nnd say that tho movement will give thc largo dealers n monopoly. Thoro arc nt present twenty three bur?rooms in tho oily. Tho Charleston AV ?vs and Courier suya tho rico orop on tho Ashnpoo, Cooper nnd Combuhcc is represented to bo in n most unsatisfactory condition. Tho drought has boen fearful nnd tho lund? nbout tho sourco of tho rivers have been so dry for thrco years that I hoy havo cricked opon. Tho salt water has also run up Ibo thrco rivers into tho rico rcgion-saud threatens destruc tion to their orops. Thc headquarters of tho Republican Na tional Committee in New York were for mally opened Tuesday evening, ucarly all of the committoo being peesent. Cen. Gar field hus informed tho committee, through Governor Foster, that ho is anxious to have o thorough oauvass inaugurated in tho Southern Stutcs, und his wishes ave to bo complied with. Tho shock of au carthquoko was felt at Memphis, Touncssco, on tho 13th instant. Its motion was vibratory nud lasted sovcral seconds. S. S. Rickley, President of tho Capitol City Pank of Columbus, Ohio, was shot in tho bead ou thc 18th by u Gorman uamcd Hohenberg. Hohenberg then shot himself, dyiug instantly. Thc trouble grew out of tho refusal of llicklcy to loud Hohenberg money. Having swindled and slighted tho negro over since tho war, the Republicans now expect bim lo walk from his work lo thc polls to vole for a mun be bas never heard of before, lt will bo impossible to describe their disappointment whoo they discover what u serious mistake they huvc made in their calculations. Tho religion, civilization, wealth and lib erty ol* a people depends upon tho success of their agriculturists, therefore every effort which has for its object tho advancement of agriculture should receive the support and encouragement of all elueses. Carroll, iu his Historical Recollections of South Carolina, says every candidato for tho Legislature should be required to pledge hiuipolf to pass all necessary Jaws for thc protcotion of Agriculture. In a circular complied by thc Census Commissioners it is estimated that rho census this year will show our population to bo fully 50,000,000. This will ph.ee tho United States eccond lo Russia in pop laliou. A dispatob from Columbia totho Charlee ton News und Courier says: A Republican preeiuct club in tho couuly lou held a meeting and pussed a resolution reoom monding to thc State executive committoo of tho Republican party William E. Earle, of Greenville, us tho nominee for Governor and that u Stale Convention of tl.e party bc held for the purpose of nominating a full State ticket. 1 ii win Freeman, colored, un escaped convict was severely wounded in resisting arrest. His arm baa been amputated. A mob of white men iu East Atehinson, Missouri, armed with revolvers and knives, have taken possession of East Atehinson and driven a number of negroes employed in exeavaliog for a packing house across tho river into Kansas. The Mayor ad dressed them in the interest of law aud order, but wilbout avail. Lrwton, charged with stealing from tho mails in Charleston, pleaded guilty and has been sentenced by Judge Prvnn to confine ment und hard labor in thc Albany Peni tentiary for thc period of four yours. J unos Redpath say-! that by tho present pystcm in Ireland 7,000 landlords pet out of thc laud ?00,000,000 a year, and thc Government c'xtraots 835,000,000 moro. This leaves only 850,000,000 to feed and clothe 5,000,000 inhabitants. Tho characteristics of tho food of tho Japanese aro plenty of suit and tho ab sence of meat. Scientists are studying tho matter as thc causo of tho small 6taturo of that peculiar people. Iowa remits tho taxes for five and ten years respectively on laud planted to fruit und fruit Irces. It is said to havo been tho means of clothing more than 75,000 ocres in that State with orchards and fruits. In Chicago on thc 13th tho thermometer ranged from 01 to 100 degrees. Ove? thirteen cases of sun stroke wero reported] eight of which resulted fatally. Thcro were 117 deaths in New York foi 24 hours ending July 11th. Four fatal oases of nun stroke were reported. Isaac Parl?n, colored, in resisting arrest ii) Newberry County on tho IS iii instant was idiot and instantly killed by policeman Franklin of that town. Ho was charged with grand larceny and house breaking and was one of tho worst characters in th< County. It is a Weil established fact that t holtby mi n requires about a pint of air a a breath; that ito breathes about 1,00( times uti hour, and thal, as a mutter be yond dispute, bo requires about fifty sovoi hogsheads of air iu twenty four hours. Tho number of immigrants landed n Castle Garden for tho first six months o tho present year was 177,'502, an nltogothc larger number than baa ever beet lauded before at New York in n single l al year. Vermont is thc greatest maple suga producing State in tho Union. Its anima yield is about 0,000,000 pounds, wortl 8700,000, or about un average allowauco o thirty pounds for each inhabitant. "WASHINGTON, July 13.-This has loci the hottest day of tho season. Tho ther mometer in tho signal oftice this uflcrnoo; marked 07 degrees, and in tho stores on tb street 101. Rhodo Island hus tho following statute "All marriages between u white perron an a negro skull bo absolutely null and voit find tho person joining them in niarri >g r? ti M ll bo subject to n penalty of 8200. Samuel 1). Horrell, n full blooded negn Was lately married nt Providence to Elle Carrington, a white girl. Tho Hov. Georg II. Smith, who performed thc ceremony is to bo prosecuted, in order to test th law. A gcutlomau who hos traveled exten sively iu South Carolins and Georgia nud conversed with many planters, reports tho cottou crop in both States unsuully fine. Tho recent dry weather, though somewhat damaging to corn, but to no serious extent, has not perceptibly injured tho cotton. An old gardener say?, with regard to tho culture of onions, that if caro ia taken to draw away Ibo earth gradually from tho bulb until they aro quito unoovorcd and only tho librous roots are in thc earth, there will bo no skcllionSj but largo sound ouionr. A Ccorgia man rigged himself up as o bear to have some fuu. After being chased four miles by men with guusacd dogs, he proved ho was not a bear. Ho was com pelled tu leave town iu three days, ou o ohurgo of frightening women. It is unlikely thal Col. Cash, of Cash's Depot, in thc Stato ot South Carolina, tho killer of Col. Shanuou, will bo bunged. Tho traditions of tho uld fire outing days still linger in that Stato, und us Col. Cash shot his mao in accordance with tho lotter of the code; it will probably bc dillicult to lind a South Carolina jury willing to scud him to tho gallows. But if bo goes scot free, it will bc a had business for South Carolina iu more ways than one. [New York Sun. Cen. Patrick If. Jones, a leading Po publiean nud former postmaster of New York City, has declared his intention to support Ccu. Hancock. A fanner near Ninety Six, Abbeville County, has ru ?sod in tho present season tho amount of 1,01" bushels of oats on seven teen aerosol' land. There was uo manure used ou tho present crop, but thc soil was manured for tho previous growth. Tho product, it will bo noticed, was some sixty bushels to thu nore. The result speaks well for th.e cultivation ti lid soil. l?usmxa, L. I., July 13.-Thc great est rain storm ol' many years occurred hero yesterday. Ju two hours ?1.15 iuohes of rain foll. Tho roads were washed out, trees l.lowu down, the foundations of houses washed away and crops destroyed. Tho damage is estimated ut $9,000 to ?10,000. In a recent address in Eng h Dd, Mr. Gladstone slated that tho country unnuually imports $6,000,200 of foreign fruits. Tho fruit oxpoi ta from tho United States to England uro steadily increasing, among which apples aud cucumbers uro two of tho leading kinds. SPARTAN nu nu, July 15.-J. Pell, Borton Coins, Peduey Hook and James Moss wcro arrested ty a squad of Devenue officers in tho neighborhood of Broad Uiver for illicit distilling and retailing liquor without a license yesterday. Moss showed fight, and presented a gun at one of the officers, and was prevented from shooting by one of tho officers knocking tho weapon from his hands. Tho New York Financial and Com mercial Chronicle estimates tho increased acreage iu cotton thia year over 1S79 at ten per cent. Tho increase in South Carolina is put ut ll per cent., North Carolina 8 per cent., Georgia 10 per cent., Texas 17, Arkansas 10, Tennessee 15 per cont, and the other cotton States ranging from 3 to 8 per cent. It reports further that a larger amount of commercial feitilizers have been used this year and that tho new lands brought into cultivation in tho Southwest will prove more productive. It conoludcs that thc crop of 1880 will exceed that of hi3t year twenty per cent, with a favora ble fall. Tho Washington Republican has already broadly intimated that if thc Demoorats carry Indiana in October, that tho Potter bill for choosing (doctors in New York by congressional districts will bc put through tho Legislature of that Stnto. It is now proposed by tho Detroit Post and. tribune, a Republican organ, that tho eighteen States with Pepublicnn Legislatures and Governors shall lin ve special sessions of those bodies, and east their 108 votes for Garfield and Arthur, The baro buggestion of theso revolutionary schemes shows tho real desperation that forms ono of tho cle ments of tho Republican campaign. \Vithin thc hearing of thc church bells of our town aro twenty two white womou 'living openly with negroes as husbenda, and one widow of a negro recently dead. She hus two of his children by a black wo man whioh the proposes to roUoas her own. Two or three of the.se women show marks of intelligence and good raising. Nearly nil of thom uro natives of this county and North Carolina. The greater portion of them uro low and degraded, with no hopo of ever rising from their debased condition. Tho colored people living in tho neighbor hood complain very much of this stnto of affairs, und they say that theso miserable white women live with tho negroes just to have somo ono to give thom bread. It is also reported that the stolen chickens, pigs and household goods are all taken to theso dens of degradation. To cur shumo wo write this damaging statement, but wo do it with tho hope I hat somo legal steps moy bo taken, if possible, to provent suob a state of affairs hero st our doors. Tho welfare end respectability of tho colored people demand n change in this matter. I"Spa/tanbury Sjiartan. BAT.TIMOUK, July 13.-Notwithstanding tho breeze from tho Northwest, to day has been the hottest of tho Summor. At tho signal oflico in South streot, tho business centro of tho city, tho. mercury nt 2 P. M. marked 00 degrees. At 9 o'olook to night it marks 88 degrees. Several deaths from sunstroko occurred to day.