Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 27, 1870, Image 2
Scraps anil $acis.
A Java grandee is coming to this country
with eighty-one children, and desires to
secure hoard in some quiet family.
' ??: A negro who was tried in Mississippi,
for hog stewing and acquitted, was immediately
put on the jury to try and acquit one of
the negro jurors charged with horse stealing.
- Troy, N. Y., has developed the latest
thing in weddings. Man and woman stand
up before a looking glass, join hands, and "in
the ptesence of these witnesses," agree to take
each other for man and wife.
A lady, aged 89, died recently in Lalayette,
Indiana. The only property left
was a $20 gold piece, that she had kept carefully
concealed for thirty-five years to pay
her own funeral expenses.
Mrs, Lillie Devereaux Blake has organized
a committee of ladies for the purpose
of interviewing every Congressman and State
senator in New York city, and ascertaining
their views on woman suffrage.
?? A man named Carver, convicted of the
. murder of his wife, but for some reason set at
liberty, returned to his home at Croydon,
England, a. few days ago, and was mobbed
anH neltad with hrmkhats bv 700 or 800 WO
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men. ,
The present census will show that the
United States has fifteen cities of more than
100,000 inhabitants. There are but three
countries that equal this?the East Indies,
with tvrcnty-one cities; Great Britain, with
sixteen, and China, with fifteen.' '
?-??? The packing trade of- Baltimore is enormous.
The canning of oysters;, fruit and vegetables
gives annual employment to about
20,000 minds ; 40,000,000 cans are packed,
and the amoftnt realized is put down at $10,? *
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Ex-Secretary of the Navy,'Gideon
Welles, charges that Win. H. SewariP agreed
to surrender Fort Sumter to the Confederates
in 1861, aud would have succeeded but lor
importunities of himself and Montgomery
Blair.
The radical authorities at Norfolk, Va.,
made the market keeper tear down mourning
emblems placed by the butchers on the market,
as a tribute of respect to Gen. Lee. The
4svsvl>- flvAtn /^Anrn Kilt tKo rUMt.
mnrkoirtccpw mua timui uvmi) uuv tuv j^vple
put them back.
An Englishman who has recently visited
the Emperor Napoleon says : "There was
not the slightest appearance of resentment in
the way hi which he spoke of the changes that
had taken place, but a terrible foreboding of
what might come." r ' !:
A new loom was exhibited a few days
since in Providence, and was operated by the
inventor in the presence of a large number of
manufacturing and business men, and produces
cloth of the best quality at the enor-1
mous rate of nearly a thousand yards a day.
General Sheridan has written a letter1
to a friend in Washington, in which he says
there is' about the same percentage of desertion
and shrinking from military duty in the
German and French armies as there was in
the United'Statee during the late civil war.
John Q. Adams* the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Massachusetts, introduces
au entirely new figure into politics?
that of honesty. In his letter accepting the
nomination he frankly admits that "for three
years he has wanted to be Governor."
The fall trade of New York seems to
be considerably better than was anticipated
hja m/mtha orrn TiiA nAllKPS ftf this hriffht
ening of business there are an easy money
market, the brisk demand for produce induced
by the foreign war and the drought,
the large cotton crop, and the notably small
balance to adjust with foreign markets.
At the Atlanta Tournament, on Wednesday
of last week, nineteen knights tilied
for the special prizes offered by J. C. Kimball.
Mr. Parks Lee, of Covington, won the first
prize of $200; Mr.1 G. W. Kries, of Atlanta,
the second of $75; and Mr. J. Allen, of Atlanta,
the third of $25. The riding is said to
have been very fine.
It is stated that the eggs of the common
hen, as well as those of many other
birds, present certain external characteristics,
by means of which it is possible to determine
beforehand the sex to be hatched from them.
Thus the "male" egg has at its pointed end
small folds and wrinkles, while the "female"
egg is entirely smooth and well rounded off
at both ends.
There is, in a family named Dobbins,
at Chickamauga station, on the Georgia State
Road, aohild.whose head measures forty-two
inches in circumference,.with a forehead nine
and a half inches in height. The possessor of
this wonderful head is but four years old, is
as intelligent as any child of that age; but,
owing to the weight of its head, is unable to
walk.
The Clarksville Roanoke Valley says:
But we are opposed to Chinese in toto, and we
do not feel under any obligation to give any
reason for it We are opposed to them because
they are heathen, because they are not
white, because they wear pig-tails on the back
of their heads, because?well, for various rea
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bUIISj UUI> pflUUipiiilj ucvauov HIIV iwto M*A
to be carried home to be buried, and for this
reason we pronounce them carpet-baggers,
heathens, fools, and unworthy to be free
American people.
The New Orleans Times says the experiment
of Chinese labor on the Millandom
{ilantation near that city has proved eminenty
satisfactory to all parties. An old planter
who has recently visited the place, reports
that they were doing work which negro laborers
could not be got to do?to wit, getting
wood out of a swamp where they had to wade
and work all day above their ankles in water.
They were cheerful, active and zealous to a
degree that made our old planter sigh for a
few such on his own plantation.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, who arrived at
New York on Wednesday from Liverpool,
brings with him his wife and two children.
Mr. Davis is said to be in improved health,
and will proceed at once to Memphis, via
Richmond. The news of Gen. Lee's death
was a great surprise and shock to him. He
_ was also much pained to hear of the disasters
in Virginia by the late floods. It is stated
that Mr. Davis is reticent upon all national
questions, either of the past or present, and
desires entire privacy.
The grand jury of Hinds county, Miss.,
I composed of an equal number of whites and
blacks, have found bills for manslaughter
k??k rvir.no] Vprcrpr. who killed
UgttlUOL IA/V1I Wiuuv* ,
Colonel Crane, and Sizer, who killed the
marshal of Jackson. A strong effort was
made to procure the finding of indictments
for murder, but failed in both cases. As
Yerger was condemned to death by the military
commission, this development of the case
will present in a stronger light the enormity of
trying civilians for high crimes by courts "organ
i^d to convict."
The press has generally fallen into an
egregious error as to the name of General
Lee, and also as to the date of his birth. His
name was Robert Edward Lee, and not Edmund,
as everywhere published, and he was
born on the 6th day of January, 1808, and
not on the 19th day of January, 1809, as
papers have it. This information comes from
a nephew of the General who bears his name, I
and it was bequeathed to him by his godmother,
who entered it on the fly-leaf of his
Bible. The mistake as to the name originated
with Mr. W. Cafee, author of General
Lee's biography.
On the 1st instant the British Post Office
inaugurated a new and most important
addition to the manifold facilities which the
people enioy for correspondence; we allude
to the half-penny post cards. The United
States Poet Office Department now proposes
to adopt this British idea, and to give our
people the advantages connected with it.
The material is fine laid card paper, flexible
and strong, and is intended for those multitu.4inous
messages which require no secresy or
1 concealment Their price will be 81 per 100,
and it is expected that they will be used by
the million. They will save envelopes, note
paper, folding, stamping and "all the other
trouble attending the writing of short letters.
It is said that, although undistinguish able
by dress from their men, the death rate
among the Prussian officers during the war
has been enormously high. This can only
arise from their throwing themselves into positions
of the greatest danger, a course in
Which the better educated'iti the ranks are" '
likely to follow them. When this is taken
into account, together with the disease which
must arise among the more delicately nurtured,
from exposure?no tents being allowed in
the field?we begin to appreciate the vast
losses that are tne price paid by united
Germany for her successes. The Economist 1
estimates her lo6s of young men to amount, to \
not less than two hundred thousand by cas- j
unities of every sort, even should the war ter- .
minate now. What it may be with an indefinite
continuance of hostilities can only be 6
surmised. ]
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election Estimates. r
We give below the estimated majorities in 1
the several counties of the State, according to a
the reports we find in the Charleston papers, a
These are mere estimates, but we judge they i
will average near enough to the truth to fur- c
ni3h a tolerably correct idea of the result. The I *
following counties are supposed to have given '
Radical majorities: s
Abbeville, 1000; Barnwell, 1000; Beau- a
fort, 5000; Chester, 1000; Charleston, 4000: >
Clarendon, 300; Colleton, 600; Darlington, J
700; Fairfield, 1100; Georgetown, 2000; Ker-' f
shaw, 300; Laurens, 1500 ; Marlboro, 100 ; t
Newberry, 1000; Orangeburg, 1000; Rich- 1
land, 2000; Sumter, 2000; Williamsburg, c
500; Total Radical majorities, 25,100. $
The following counties are supposed to have
given Reform majorities: (
Anderson, 600; Chesterfield, 500; Green- ]
j ville, 100; Horry, 800; Lancaster, iw ; i^ex- j
ington, 500; Marion, 400; Oconee, 100; Pick- t
ens, 900; Spartanburg 1,000; Union,.100; <
Total Reform majorities, 5,100. t
Edgefield and York are claimed by both c
parties, and can be counted for neither until 1
the result is officially declared. j t
From this estimate, it will be seen that the 11
State has probably gone Republican by 20,000
majority?that is, Governor Scott has '
probably been elected by that majority. In c
some counties Judge Carpenter's name was t
scratched off the Reform ticket and Gen. j
Hampton's name substituted, and in others s
swaps were made by which Reformers agreed 1
to vote for Scott and Radicals for Butler; so c
that Ransier's majority over Butler is likely \
to be less than Scott's over Carpenter. In t
county tickets there is a great variety of esti- i
mates, some counties having elected men from \
both tickets. The Legislature will probably i
stand 22 Republicans to 10 Reformers in the i
Senate, and 84 Republicans to 40 Reformers i
in the House?a considerable gain for the r
Reform party. I
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congressional election probably result- i
id in the election of Messrs Bowen, Rainey <
Arid Elliott, Republicans, in the first, second '
ind third districts, and Col. McKissick, Re- ]
formist, in the fourth.
Since the preceding paragraphs were in <
iype, we have seen the result of the official i
iounting of six boxes in York. Judging by 1
;hese, it will not surprise us to hear that Scott '
sjelected^ Goyenior by 150,000 majority and i
Wallace elected to Congress by 25,(>00 maj- i
)rity. These figures may as well be selected i
for the official returns as any others. ]
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THE WAR IN EUROPE. ,
There is no news of importance from the ]
var this week. The Prussian generals seem ,
? have become aware of the fact that, al- .
ihough they win glory by their bloody vicx>ries,
the price paid is a fearful loss of vital :
itrength. They are beginning to adopt the j
Federal tactics of the last two years of our j
var, and to depend upon the slow but (for
be strong party) sure system of besieging ,
be main armies of France and living upon (
;heir enemies' country. The usual rumors of ,
irmistices and peace propositions are sent
Across the ooean, but they do not amount to ]
Anything. The indications are, however, that j
the war will terminate before many weeks.
It is too exhaustive of the resources of the
notorious party to be continued, having already
oost the Prussians far more than they
can hope to get, by way of remuneration, 1
from the French. The French, on the other
hand, have lost so much that they have passed
the point' wKeire cost is a consideration.
Their very existence as an independent nation
is at stake, and they are simply cbmpelled to
fight on until their resources are utterly exhausted,
unless Prussia agrees to a peace '
sooner. Under these circumstances, peace
becomes an object of importance to both 1
parties, and therefore the war cannot be expected
to last inuch longer. ' -
THE STATE FAIR.
The annual fair of the South Carolina State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society will be ,
held in Columbia this year on the 9th, 10th
and 11 th of November. Every effort is being
made to make it an even greater success than
it was last year. We hope York will make
a bigger show this time than it did at the last
fair. Had it not been for two or three ladies, ;
strangers at Columbia, would never have |
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known there was such a county as x orx in
South Carolina.'. iForparticularsas to entries, ,
exhibitors, fares, Ac., we refer to the advertisement
of Col. Aiken, Secretary of the society. |
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A QUIET ELECTION.
Despite the many elements of irritation, the
irming of the militia, the counter-arming' of (
;he whites, &c? election day passed off very
juietly throughout the State generally. But ^
>ne serious disturbance is reported. This j
vas in Laurens on the day after the election, (
vhere a difficulty occurred between a State {
nonstable and a citizen, who began firing at j
>ne another. Others joined in the melee and ^
ive white and three colored men are reported j
tilled.. The particulars have not been ascer- j
ained yet, with any degree of reliability ;
>Ut at last accounts all was quiet. A com- g
>any of the 18tn United States infantry has j
>een sent from Columbia to Laurens.
In Charleston county, the ballot-box at ^
Siggin church was taken possession of by the
nob, the managers having decamped for fear *
>f the treatment they apprehended. A color- ^
d minister (a Reformist) was badly beaten at }
mother precinct. T<he difficulties in Char - eston
county were between the Bowen and
leLarge factions of the Republican party, |
he Reform party having no connection with
hem, except in so far that many were preented
from voting by intimidation. In Coi- .
-*? "KXT T? TTrvvf wnQ sprinnslv '
ciuu, ucua hji 11 . JLV. uvj. .. ?~ j
tabbed by one of bis Republican brethren.
These are the only disorderly manifestations *
re have noticed as occurring on election day
nd, considering the amount of incendiary ad- fl
ice given the colored people, they are few ?
odeed. :
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STATE ITEMS. a
? The Lancaster Ledger announces the t
leath near Pleasant Valley, in that county,
n Friday of last week, of Mr. John Ross.
? Rev. J. B. Westcott, of North Carolina,
tudent at Greenville, S. C., cut his throat 1
k ith a razor last Thursday, in a fit of mental
iberration, and died instantly. 1
? Says the Orangeburg News: "Mr. Sam 4
Imoak, on Thursday evening, carelessly placed
lis gun against the door of his house; and c
if'terwards came in and opened the door, when 1
he gun fell and in its fall its entire load was
lischarged, shattering his leg terribly. Dr. c
5arton amputated the leg the same night." (
? Cyrus Smith, a peaceable colored man,
vas brutally murdered at Ridge Spring, in ?
idgefield county, on the 15th instant, by Joe i
f arborough, also colored. A Radical meeting
vas being held and Yarborough was guarding 1
he stacked arras of a militia company. Smith ?
vas walking by, when he was halted and, not c
leeding the order, was shot dead. The murlerer
is in Edgefield jail. 1
? Mr. J. W. Gamble, of Darlington, has 1
n his garden a stalk of cotton containing 460 1
natured bolls. It measures eight feet in
leight, twenty-five feet in circumference, and 1
even feet in diameter. Mr. G. also has a two S
icre piece of cotton, from which he has al- c
eady gathered over four thousand pounds of
:otton in the seed. It is of the well-known (
'Boyd Prolific" variety. 1
? The Columbia Phoenix of last Sunday *
ays: "About 3 o'clock, yesterday morning,
i fire broke out in the dwelling of Mr. E. Da- *
ris, on the South-west corner of Richland and ?
Pickpns streets; and so rapid was the pro- 1
jress of the flames, that the family barely had *
? * . * rm
ime to escape in their night clothes, ine
luilding, with nearly its entire contents, was f
lestroyed. There was an insurance of only c
?2,500 on the building'and furniture." 1
?W. H. Mishaw, oolored, the Republican i
:andidate for Senator from Charleston on the
Sowen ticket, died just before the election. (
Se was a native of Ci arleston, educated at j
he North, and was one of the most prominent t
jolored men of the city. His death raises a <
juestion as to whether Mr. Bates, the Reform c
candidate, whoreceived the next highest num>er
of votes, is elected, or whether a new elec- (
ion is to be held; in other words whether i
rotes for a dead man are valid. ?
? The Marion Crescent of the 19th says: j
'Several robberies have been committed here 1
luring the last few days. On ^the night of
he 13th, Mr. Brady's barn was broken into j
ind several hundred pounds of seed cotton }
tolen. On Thursday a sneak thief secreted f
limself in Mr. Harman Hartz's store and g
tarried away about one hundred dollars' g
forth of goods. The goods were recovered f
)ut the thief made his escape. On Friday t
light the drug store of Mr. W. C. McMillan
vas entered by force and a small amount of t
noney, together with some goods, was stolen. (
V night or two ago some rogues were shot at c
n Mr. S. M. Stevenson's field. No great c
aischief was done the rascals, but they left 1
lehind in their hasty retreatjseveral hats and c
i number of bags of com. Mr. N. B. God- f
iard recently shot at some thieves in his field, i
rhey left no blood, but lost their booty and a 1
bat" " N "" i
? The Edgefield Advertiser states that ?
en Tuesday morning of last week, a shooting
affray took place on the public square. Ar- I
thur A. Glover, Esq., having had some con- 1
rersation with a mulatto man, named Addi- I
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son Forrest, one of the jail guard, concerning f
money due the former By the latter, turned s
away to leave the spot. As he turned, For^ j
rest drew a pistol and shot at him, mission
him. Mr. Glover hereupon turned and f^Ky)
upon his antagonist three times, wounaKjl
him severely in the wrist, in the hand, an^^H
the side. Mr. Glover was subsequently
ted, and gave bail.
? The Union Times of Friday says?Sj|pff1
regret to statq that our friend, Mr. J. E.lwny met
with a very serious loss on Sunday egUUh
ing last in the burning of bis new gin
with all its contents, consisting of a cqMhi
screw and press, a new cotton gin, six bflStt
of cotton, 400 bushels of Boyd's Prolific cofBP
ton seed and sixty bushels of Dickson's Im- ^
proved, which Mr. Meng had reserved for '
next year's planting. Total loss not less than *
51,500. This loss falls very heavy on Mr. i
Meng, In June last he had the misfortune 1
to lose his gin house and contents from the j
heavy freshet. He had just finished his new '
house and commenced ginning and packing, j
The cause of the fire cannot be satisfactoHnll
accounted for."
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POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS. j
? Benjamin F, Butler has been reaomina- i
ted for Congress from Massachusetts. ,
? The general election in Arkansas occurs i
on .Tuesday, the 8th of November. Three '
Congressmen will be chosen and State repro- ,
sentatives and Senators. >' i
? Eight hundred deputy marshals and j
pervisors of election ere sworn in on Moo- ]
day at New York, to. look out for fraudulent
voters. i < ; '''? i t
? Hon. Daniel W. Voorbees has been re* j
elected to Congress from the Sixth District ot ;
Indiana, by a majority of about 1,000. In j
1868 his majority was only 128. i
?Over 12,000 new voters hav<r been reg- j
istered in West Virginia this fell. A large <
proportion of them are sons of disfranchised ,j
men, and men who have been arbitrarily de^ (
aied registration. 1 '
Benjamin S. Turner, colored Republican--:(
candidate for Congress in the Selma, Alabama,* ,i
District, is making a vigorous canvass- on the \
broad platform of universal amnesty, united j
?1 suffrage, and universal repudiation of the' j
war debt ]
? The Indianapolis Sentinel (dem.) claims' 1
the election of the democratic State ticket in; <
Indiana by some 2,500 majority, with a good '<
working majority in each branch of the Leg-'
stature. The Journal (rep.) while conoeding ;
the State ticket to be democratic by a very *
imall majority, insists that the republicans
lave two or three majority in the 6enate, and ^
;hat the balance of power in the House will ^
3e in the hands of reform republicans, elected *
nainly by democratic votes. *"1 1
? It is now settled, that the Republican c
itrength in the next Congress will be- serious* f
y impaired. For all working purposes it-is '
piite as serviceable. Indeed, not a few of c
hose things which have given rise to *om- x
daint in the past have resulted from having '
i majority so large as to superinduce careless- a
less, at times degenerating into recklessness, i jVTien
the parties approach to w>metjw?g
in even bailee, i^islaHoo* lifcery
>urer and public business more closely ai- c
ended to than when the margin is wide. c
? Gen. Alfred Dockery, a prominent poli- *
ician and member of the Republican party
n North Carolina, has written a letter in the ^
laleigh Sentinel, ignoring and denouncing ^
he course of Governor Holden in organizing 8
he Kirk "State troops." The General has *
knd does yet advocate a constitutional militia, 0
uch as existed from the days of Washington to 18
he late war, and regards the Governor as re- ^
niss in his official duty in not organizing such e
, militia among the earliest of his adrainistra- 8
ive acts. *
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. 8
? The State Fair closed on Friday last h
't was in all respects a success. e
? The cotton crop of the State will not be o
nore than one half what was expected at the D
ime of planting. r
?Two cases of murder and one of rape are s
ccupying the attention of New Hanover Su- i
lerior Court, now in session. t
? The war department has ordered three 8
sompanies of artillery to be stationed in North 1
Carolina, permanently, during the winter. *
? Robeson Institute, an old and well known 8
tcadeniy in Robeson county, was burned by c
ucendiaries on Monday night of last week. *
? Mr. M. Davidson Alexander, of Meek- 0
enburg county, loBt his steam mill, cotton gin *
ind press by fire last week. The fire was ac;idental.
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? The United States District Court, Judge c
Brooks presiding, convened at Newbern last J*
Monday. Several important cases will be 8
leard the present terra. '
? The Elizabeth City Carolinian says, a 0
etter received by Hon. C. L. Cobb, from the ?
Secretary of War, informs him that a survey ?
>f Roanoke river will soon be made; o
? Hon. R. B. Gilliam, member elect to
Congress from the Raleigh district, died at 8
lis residence in Oxford, on Monday evening t
lie 18th instant. 1 I
? The steamship Washington, destroyed^ ^
>y fire below Wilmington a few days ago, was c
>f 472 tons burden, and was built in Chester, 1
?a., in 1865. She was valued at $40,000, and t
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?Two actions for trespass were brought
igainBt Governor Holden in the Cleveland
sounty Superior Court, foroutrages committed
jy Kirk's soldiery while they were quartered
n Shelby. The cases were deferred.
? S. F. Phillips, the defeated republican
;andidate at the late election, for the office of
ittorney-General, has been nominated to fill
he vacancy in the Legislature, caused by the
leath of H. A. Hodge. J. R. Dunn is the
ionservative candidate.
? Contractors on the Western railroad
from Fayetteville to Greensboro) are collectng
hands and implements to commence work
it the Gulf, in Chatham county, to which
joint the road, extending from Fayetteville,
las been completed several years.
? The new board of directors of the Wilnington,
Charlotte and Rutherford railroad
lave elected Hon. Silas N. Martin, president,
md S. L. Fremont, superintendent for the en- r
luing year. The next annual meeting of the ?
tockholders will be held in Charlotte, the (
irst Thursday after the third Monday in Oc- s
ober, 1871. ' *
? John Vose was sentenced to the peniten- \
iary for seven years, at Cleveland Superior t
3ourt, for stealing a mule from L. F. Melton, i;
>f Rutherford. Vose belonged to a clan of a
nnd liftKia fhipTrM wlin Vmrl tVipir ll
iuuuiericiicia auu uuim, vuivm, ~ ?? _
ieadquartere in Somerset county, Ky. Their I
ounterfeiting operations were carried on in c
i handsomely fitted up cave in Temjessee. In
nost of the cases in which Vose was indicted,
le turned State's evidence?by which means
lineteen other persons were 'convicted of horse
itealing, Ac.
? Squire James Sinclair, of Robeson coun&
has caused to be arrested W. S. McDiarftid,
the editor of the newspaper published in
Cjomb^rton, on the oharge of contempt of the
3quire's court, the "contempt" consisting o!
jfrrctures which appeared in the paper in regard
to Sinclair's official conduct. If the
fcuire's court "knows herself, and she evident
f thinks she do," her dignity cannot be triKd
with by a mere newspaper editor.
' MERE-MENTION.
I It is very probable that Glen. G. W. Custif
now a professor in the Virginia Militarj
stitute, will be elected to succeed his fethei
k President of Washington College. IJ
(feu want to go to the dearest, spot on earth
Ik to the store that does not advertise. A
nth in Canada, at the age of 106,- has just
Moped with another man's wife."* A1
bany, N. Y., has a female brass band, compo
led of twelve beautiful young ladies.' A
Cincinnati woman who poisoned her husband
idded insult to injury by selling his body tc
a. rriAriipal rnlleorp From a certain hill
top in the southern part of Tazwell county
Qlinois, where the vision extends for twenty
miles, nothing can be seen but corn. A
kgate lettert^ftatly written by Hon. A. H
Hcphens represents him in very deplorabh
health, he being feeble and unable to leav<
bis room. "'It is stated that the health o:
Chief Justice Chase continues very precari
qus. "The i Hon. Robert Ridgeway, M
C;, from Virginia, and formerly editor of th<
Richmond Whig, is dead."*""A rattle-snak<
was recently killed in Florida, whieh measurec
seven feet ten inches in length, and nineteei
and a quarter inches in circumference. H<
had a breadth of head of three and a quartet
inches, and no Ibbs than, thirty-one rattles
jo that the reptile must have been somewhen
aboift' fti^-thrfeti' old!*'1 "* y,u -"Paysor
Brownlo Wis partially cured of paralysis, anc
it is said that he Is regaining his "fighting
weight""" It is said that the cotton croj
in several districts of Georgia has been sen
:>u8ly damaged by rust, particularly wheri
Bpiano has bben used."""'"A Judge in Indi
iMh fvne knnvt viinlrhAninil '"nta/tOQflifw " ho,
MkiOT uoo IJVtlll lilUAUUIUVU vyAu aivwwivj) vw
muse "necessity knows no law."" Senatoi
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, has been struck
frith paralysis/ J. J. Toon, of Atlanta;
& preparing a volume containing all the newspaper
eulogies upon Gen.' Lee. They
lave a colored base-ball club in Wilmington,
tf. G. Some trouble has been caused in
Washington by the daughter of a prominent
officer in the United States Navy wearing
rrape on her left arm for Gen. Lee.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
lodge Carpenter's Movements.
The Charleston New says that Hon.
?. ?. Carpenter was to leave that city foi
few York on the 21st instant, to be absent
or two weeks. The good wishes of thousands
rill accompany him in his absence and welsome
bis return; for he has fought a good
Ight for .the interest of South Carolina, and
hough he has not achieved success, he has
lone better?he has deserved it. Our people
pill gratefully remember his exertions, and
hose of his colleague, the.gallant Butler, in
. struggle where they knew the odds against
hem to be insuperable =^^CJir-Srtre
'zist instant, rrandeut ttraoi;
oncurring in similar recommendations from
hief magistrates of States, issued hisproclamaion
recommending the observance of Thurslay,
November 24th, as a day of thanksgiving
or the bounty of God during the year about
o close, and prayer for its continuance herefter.
This recommendation is prefaced by
be remark of the Executive that "the people
f the United States during the year now
bout to end have special cause to be thankul
for general prosperity,nbundant harvests,
xemption from pestilence, from foreign war
nd. civil strife."
!hange of Troops.
The 8th U. S. Infantry, which has been
tationed at Columbia for some months, has
>een relieved by the 18th regiment and orderd
to New York. When news was received
f the Laurens affray, the orders were counterHanded
; but most of the regiment had aleady
left, via Charleston. The reason asigned
for the change is that Col. Smith, cornHanding
the 8th, and his troops, sympathized
oo much with the whites. When sent out to
availed insurrectionary counties, they did
lot obey the orders of the local big men of the
iadical party quite as cheerfully or implicitly
s was desired. His Excellency, the Governr,
therefore, wanted a new set of troops,
tat it seems from the countermanding of the
rders, that he now wants both regiments,
'orty Acres and a Mule.
The "Winnsboro News says that the ony
colored man whom it knows to have reeived
forty acres and a mule is living about
hree miles from Winnsboro, and he was preented
with this land and mule by hia old maaer,
for good conduct and honesty. This same
Id master was a candidate.for County Comaissicmer
at the late election, and this colored
nan, the recipient of his favor, voted the square
<ut-and-out Radical ticket against him.
Of course he did, and he will continue to do
o until his old master begins feeding him on
he Radical diet of promises. Some animals
>refer soft corn for a steady feed, and the
fltered population generally will do more for
ine mule in the future than ten in the past.
Phey think one big bird in the bush is worth
wo in the hand.
Ireenville Episcopal Convocation.
A convocation, composed of several
ilergymen and laymen from Greenville and
leighboring counties, met in Grace church,
?11 __ Al _ L X rTL.
jreenvuie, on me zisi insium. xue uauic
idopted was that of the "Greenville Convo?tion."
After disposing of the business bebre
it, the convocation selected Yorkville as
he next place of meeting, and adjourned on
he 22ud. On the next day (the Sabbath),
iev. Wm. H. Campbell was ordained by
Bishop Davis, of this diocese, Rev. Ellison
Papers delivering the ordination sermon, after
rhich the sacrament of the Lord's supper was
d ministered. In the afternoon, Mr. Carap>ell
preached his first sermon as a minister of
he Episcopal church. The Charleston Couier,
from which paper we get these facts,
peaks in the highest terms of his discourse.
Che Great Charleston Fair.
The South Carolina Institute, whose anlual
Fairs before the late war were so renownd,
and carried such crowds to the city of
Charleston, is resuming its efforts on a larger
cale than ever before; and if we are to judge
>y the splendid Premium List, a copy of
diich has been sent us, the Fair this year is
o be a grand success, and an important event
a the history of the city and State. Besides
, full list of the premiums to be awarded, the
?ook contains a racy sketch of Charleston, ilastrated
with numerous engravings, and acompanied
with an ahle article on the discov
ery and manufacture of the South Carolina
Phosphates. It is indeed a book worthy of
i any man's library, and no one who can pn>
' 4cure'a copy should fail to do so. "The Fair
will take place on the famous Washington
- Race Course, and will be accompanied by
races, tournaments, balls, &c. Besides the
i exhibition on the Race Ground, where, by the
s way, a hapdsome and extensive building has
F been erected, there will be excursions around
' 'the harbor, boat races, for sail and row boater
) theatrical exhibitions, panoramas, &c., &c.
The fare on all the roads has been reduced
one-half for visitors to the Fair, and our readers
could not plan for themselves for the first
week in November a pleasanter excursion than
to the Fair of the Sonth Carolina Institute at
' Charleston, Noveipber 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and
r 5th.
' Earthquake at the North.
^ The shock of an earthquake was felt
> on the 20th instant, throughout a section of
country embracing the States of New York
t and Pennsylvania, New England and portions
* of Ohio and Canada. In Boston the buildings
* vibrated sensibly and a block of granite was
> cracked. In Quebec, Cleveland, Poughkeep>'
sie, Albany, Philadelphia and other cities, the
) hnildinnro awnvAr! fcn and frn windnwa and
crockery were broken and chimneys were !
t thrown down. At Portland, Maine, about
r three hundred feet of the bed of the Ogdensl
burg railroad settled ten feet At Burling
ton, Vt, the clocks were stopped, and at AlJ
bdny the mercury in the barometers was vio5
lently agitated. The shock generally lasted
f from fifteen to thirty seconds. No loss of life
or serious damage is reported, although there
was great alarm all along the track of the
5 earthquake. People fled into the streets in
) terror, and in Montreal the courts were sum1
manly adjourned, the judges, lawyers and
i jury not standing upon the order of their goJ
ing. The course of the earthquake was from
f West to East '
, Troubles of Ballot Box* Watchers.
J ?? The Charleston Courier of last Monday
i says: ,. \
I ?The custodians -of the ballot-boxee- at the
r Court House, who are detailed /from the-Rej
publican party, are bitter .and deep < In1 their
denunciations of their confreres, who have al- j
lowed thqm to be fhut fljx there for hours and
days without a thimble full of liquid or an
ouncp of refreshment The Reformers have
-1 been more considerate of their details, and
have kept them supplied from the choice
larder of the Mills House, The Republicans
i are anxious to know what has becope of the
' two hundred and odd dollar^ paid over by
the Commissioners of Election to quiet their
"inner man."
County Commissioners.
L TnnomiinTi a a fhppp. in nnnfiiderahlft in
: terst felt just now p to who are ..to be our new
' County Commissioners, we publish.the following
anecdote, which we find floating around,'
as well for the edification of the elected candidates
as for the solace of those who are not'
elected:
Tom Corwin once had a vexatious case in
which certain county commissioners were
' mixed up. Old Bloody got a little excited,
1 turned to a lawyer standing near, and rolling
up his tawnv eyes, remarked: "H., do you
know what the office of county commissioners
was created for?" "No," replied H. "Well,
' returned Tom, "I can tell you. Our forefath"
ers were wise and sagacious." They knew
that in every county there would at least be:
three first class d?d fools who would be eternally
hunting for some contemptible little ofi-i
fice, and they created the office of county commissioner
especially to gratify them. And I
never knew it to fail that they got it."
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A number of ladies connected with the
Hollywood Memorial Association of Richmond,
Va., have published a circular requesting
the friends and admirers of General R.
E. Lee throughout the whole country and
abroad to unite with them in a contribution for
an equestrian bronze statue of the deceased
chieftain, of the best workmanship, to be
erected in the soldiers' portion of the Hollywood
Cemetery. The circular says:
"A most eligible site, overlooking this,
whole section, and in the centre of the part
appropriated to the remains of the dead from
the battle-fields of Gettysburg, has been offered
by the association to his family for his final
resting place, under our loving and continual
care, and that of Virginia and the South. If
the body should lie elsewhere, it is still eminently
fitting to erect a monument to his
memory in the midst of the heroes who fell
fighting under his leadership. It is proposed
that on the memorial days to be observed
throughout the South every congregation,
Christian and Hebrew, make their contributions
for this object"
The Savannah Collector and Gen. Lee.
The action of the Collector of Savannah,
whose name we find is Robb, (a very
appropriate one, as he would rob the dead of
"? ? 1 J 1!A \
the respect aue to an nonoreu me,; is generally
condemned by the press of "the North.
The New York Herald administers to Mr.
Robb the following neat rebuke:
"The death of Gen. Robert E. Lee has impressed
the public throughout the entire
country with general feelings of regret. Old
prejudices ana party bitterness, if any remained
up to this time, seem to have been
forgotton at the announcement of his demise.
The State of Virginia, now loyal and Republican,
proposes to give him a public funeral.
The Governor addressed a message to
the Legislature to this effect, which was at
once responded to by a unanimous approval,
and committees of both houses were appointed
to make the necessary arrangements. All
the cities of the South are wrapped in mourning
for a great public citizen, cultivaied,
highly gifted, Christian gentleman, who, if he
erred?and no one believes that he erred consciously?survived
the error, lived a noble
and dignified life, and died in union with
the whole people. Was it not a very small
business, then, for the Collector of Savannah
to cause the flag on the Custom House,
urinVli in unison with the feeling of the com
munity, was placed at half-staff yesterday,
to be hoisted to its original position ? Collector
Bobb telegraphed the information to Secretary
Boutwell, alleging that the mark of
respect to the dead was paid by his deputies
without consulting him, and stating that
much bad feeling existed among citizens at
his conduct.
"Secretary Boutwell approved the conduct
of the Collector, for which he may not be
blamable, assuming that the honor was intended
to be paid to Gen. Lee as Commanderin-Chief
of the Confederate armies; but it
, does not appear that this is the case either in
Savannah or anywhere else. Gen. Lee was a
great citizen of America, whom his own people,
especially, had learned to honor. Mr.
Kobb might have shut his eyes to that flag at
half-staff and not bothered the Secretary
about it. It is such very small matters that
keep up the acerbity which every honest man
in the republic desires to see abandoned."
Surplus Grain.?The Chicago papers represent
that the elevators are stilTfiiil to over>
flowing. Milwaukee, which is second only to
Chicago as a grain market, is in very much
the same condition as Chicago. Her six large
elevators are bursting with wheat, as Chicago^
seventeen, with a total capacity of 11,580,000
bushels. In the face of this immense surplus
now on hand comes the fact that the grain
crop of the current year is destined to exceed
that of any preceding year in quality and perhaps
in quantity. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Indiana, and once far-away California,
are almost ready to pour their wealth
of breadstuff's upon the markets of the world.
T-OCUkJ. ITE^MCS.l
> NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Dr. A. W. Brian-?Brian's Improved Cottoa, (
Planter.
Is. M. Grist?Mnle for 8ale.
F. C. Harris, Judge of Probate?Citation?Joseph
N. Steel, Applicant?Samuel Steel,deceased.
D. Wyatt Aiken, Secretary?Annual Fair.
Wade Hampton, President?Survivors' Association
Notice.
F. C. Harris, Judge of Probate?Citation?D. J.
Glenn, Jr., Applicant?Eliza M. Glenn, deceased.
*T:W: Avery^New PrwwGewds-^SfllLg; >
Men?Shoes?Hardware?Crockery WareSmall
Balances.
John M. Boyce and John S. Douglas, Administrators?Sale
Notice.
Williford A McFadden?New Live 8tore at Rock
Hill.
R. Lathan?Free School Convention?Books.
F. C. Harris, Judge of Probate?To the Absent
Defendants of James M. Darwin, deceased.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE. *
We have been requested to state that Rev.
James H. Douglass will preach at Beersheba
Church on next Sabbath.
SURVIVORS' ASSOCIATION. V
The attention of the Survivors'Association
of York is called to the circular of Gen. Wade
Hampton, in .our advertising columns. The
annual convention of the State asacojation
will be held in Columbia during the fair, and
each district association is entitled to send a
delegation of five to the convention. As the
fair begins on the 9th of November there is
no time to lose, if the York association desires
to be represented. suggest a meeting in
Yorkville on sales-day.
"BklAN'8 IMPROVED PI4ANTER."
In another column will be found the advertisement
of a new agricultural machine for
planting cotton. It is the invention of Dr.
A. W. Brian, of Camden, Arkansas, who has a
number of certificates from planters who have
given the machine a trial sind vridfch' for ibf
efficiency for the purposes intended. Dr.-Brian
is a native of this county; and a ton of our
esteemed fellow-citizen, "Sheriff? Brian. ' He
is at present on a visit to his kradred, blending
business With pleasure.' lb the1' older citizens
of York he will, botfever, 'begetterrd-'
cognized by the tobriqhet'of the'siirae
individual who, many years ago,' Ordered a
number of boisterous juveniles but'OF "dad's
Court House." ' ; ' ' " :
n ' i'i >.{;
homicide. , ,
We regret to learn that, on last Monday,
Mr. James Martin was shot and killed by Mr^
James Caveny, at the house of Stewart, in
the King's Creek country. . pajc^ifs^ad
had a difficulty about ,a yearago,; and t,wo,or;
three days previously, ,Cfv?ny ^ a quajrel
with Martin's father, (payeny was-at Stewart's
house, armed, when Martpi arrived with a guq,
and he warned thelatij^fnottocroes. the fence.
Martin, however, carae-over and pqntinued. to
advance, in spite of repeated; warnings,,until
Caveny .fired and killed ,him. This js,, the,
story as we hear it on the street, but there
may be inaccuracies in it (I.^t .the tinee wego
to press, Caveny has not'been arrested,hut we, <
learn that it is his intention to deliver himself
up to the proper authorities. n , .
' THE ELECTION*
- The election in this county passed ofTwrth
the utmost quietness and the best ofoMerat
all the bo4fes,'so far as we have heai'd. 'Coi^
trary to.the general expectation, the iniHtia
companies did not turn out Under dtfrfe, ibid
as they individually conducted themselves in
a very orderly manner; there whs nothing to
excite the feelings of tkh'whites, who, on their
part, were scrupulously careful to do nothing
likely to bring on a collision. At one box,
11- -Ml- L ?... . "t-J?.l .
their cartridge boxes and bayonets' strapped
around them, and'the probability is that their
guns fain' rititfar a Way. But so' Confident'
were the powers that be, ofthe peaceful intend
tions of the whites, that they did not thifefk it
necessary to send a peace officer there. But
one circumstance occurred to mar the eled*
tion, which was the voting of youths under'age
at many of the boxes. These were, almost1
without exception, colored Radicals, andjthedr
number is considerable. Although challenged
and warned of the consequences, they took
the oath with an amazingly easy coolness. We
hope all these cases will be promptly prosecuted,
as a failure to punish such a crime will
have a very bad effect
We will publish the full official returns
next week.' The counting is progressing
now, and we have received the' returns from
the following boxes, oif which we give "the
vote for Governor as a test of the manner in
which the ballots are counting out:
Soott Carpenter.
Rock Hill, 486 . 309
Fort Mill, f.,.J..177 185
Coates' Tavern 110 . 48,
Pride's Old Mill, ...53 '.53
Blairsville, ...313 158
McConnelbville,' .......233;' ; 144
Total, so far, ....1272 c, .. 897 u'
: ? O Hi?: 1
Por the Yorkvlllc Enquirer. r
UNION COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. :
THE EL1ECTION. ..... .,
The election is over. Matters will soon
settle down in a auiet wav. Every body has
had enough excitement to last for the next
two years. In our community the affair pawed
off peaceably.. Nearly every one voted.
The negroes all followed the orders of the
League. This they will.continue to do, until
they gain a little more knowledge in regard
to politics and state affairs. We have never
seen our white citizens more quiet, nor more
united. Governor Scott has succeeded well
in arraying the two races against each other
at the ballot-box. Many of the whites are
somewhat irritated at the conduct of those of
the colored voters who promised to vote one
ticket, and then voted another. On such
they should look more in "sorrow than in
anger."
We have very little doubt as to the general
result of the election. What next? Scott
and the League will abandon the negro for
the next two years. The farmers of the
country will have to look after him now.
For more than a hundred years he has always
had sonie body to look after and control
him. It is hardly possible, that all at once,
Minerva-like, he could spring up into the full
stature of a free, intelligent and independent.
being. He has to be led by some one. He
now seems to prefer Scott and the League to
guide him through the meshes of politics. In
religion, he "sloshes around generally," without
any guide, so far as: we can see, either
above, or on earth, or in the waters beneath
the earth. . His labor and household economy,
if controlled at all, must be under the management
of the native white men of the Sonthi;
Then let us set ourselves' to the task with
quiet energy, patience and forbearance. Let j
us encourage him to work more than he has J
ever done. His political masters will require !
more of his labor to keep the machinery of:
State in good running order. We must ad-;
vise him to work it out and pay up promptly. ;
In Spartanburg oounty, there was quite an j1
excitement near Limestone Springs, the day !
before the election. Some of the Leaguers
reported themselves as having been abused by
the Ku-Klux, which means hired Radicals in
disguise. They had O. P. McArthur, Esq., j
arrested for it The arrest was made by a
drunken party of negroes and whites, who
treated their prisoner in a very cruel manner.
They afterward released him, and fled toward
Spartanburg C. H.r-earrying box, managers
&u4 everything with them. The quiet,
law-abiding cfdieto^Were WyinOcH'tariiged,
but committed no act of violence. The whole
thing was a trick to. break up the election.
It failed; but we presume'they WillAise this
wyieaauii fbi unity dug rtio uleotiewi 'ft"
The Laurensville Herald publishes an extra,
giving the.particulars, of Uie/iott At that
place on the day after the election. It seems
that Joe Cre ws, the ringleader of the'Badical
incendiaries in Laurens, had about a thousand
stand of arms at an old'traflding opposite the
court house, known as "Tin Pot Alley," which
he ocpupied as an office. ' Crews was a candidate
for office and also a commissioner of election,
and was in the habit of keeping a crowd
of riotous and drunken negroes around these
headquarters of his. fie refused to open precincts
throughout the county, but established
four boxes at the courthouse, under the gnns
of his fortifications, where he committed open
and glaring frauds oh election day. On the
e .? r* 9 i
next day, in the words or the nmua :
The armed negroes and cdnstabtilarjr about
the lower arsenal at "Tin Pot" seemed to be
exttkantj-aad seme white iw www standing
engaged in a fight hear "Tin Pot" The .
crowd jbegai^ to. gather around, whan some
manV p!stol ?- hfsbtaist -coat pocket went
off accidentaly, and immediately there was
received a volley frota the doors and windows
of the headquarters a,f "Tin Pot" The cry
ran like lightning that the negroes had begun ' i
the war. Seeing the crowdm the* arsenal*
both at the lower and upper windows, opaoingl
a fire upon the people in the public square,
the .citizens :whp;.h?i>ai>ri .to.tamr, Um
pbg.at the mMMI feA?
Sistqls, and rushed upon, flin Pot, broke
own the door, rotated the "armed u^bee; *bd
took' possession" of tire arnU there deposited.
The armed negroes deli Vend: aefsmlraileys,.
shooting' through - the: weather-bombing m
they retreated. The occupants qf the.place,
however, made off as rapidly aspoesible
through the bock yards and streets.^fius is
all that is certainly khbwn. The Court wis'
then in Bessiori, Judge V?tooh presiding. 'All
this oowtrredin fuJlviewof'the ooertrobm.
Some of the balk fired front'TmFot"intruck
the court house. Judge VermwJnstantly of-,
dered Bherm,*Jouee tor*mp pom-iaaa)^r>
raand the peace, to take theipoblic.arms and.
keeping, aud io ap^t /k Kunfli^ br ttire.
gpecisKconstabtes fcykeeptfce peace.I This was
done, the arms taken possession of andi4^*t
restored.* !d }? w>tr <t:i .l n -viicm
and of (H aimed negroes. one was ^tilled inrtantlyJd^woSpone&IB,/'^'
We have not TiehM ftfll particulars,' bdfrft:
is stated that some- miles below* 4m-tMi viiilroad,
the bodies of Bill Biley, coloEsd^sutdof
VolnejrToweU, * white
Judge, who was in the afiVay|waa-ib^^?^
their arms some' time dfter. ''Vfb.'miW'ttistf'
Heard that two' or three 6fcher-negtPoif #i#ci
killed at different points.1 -The people of the
County, hearing of tits affair at theCeiirt
House, and doubtless hearing exaggerated apcoqptsofitj
came ingreat numbers, probably
2A00Q or 2,5^0, tp^tfe scene of the conflict,
but the Sheriff, under the orders of'Judge
Vernon, 'sehtthem to their homes. The grand
jury, then kr session,ih&de' a1'presentmentas
to the aflhir in "Tin Pot," and arged the an*
thorities to remove from, the'Caonty thft|mbn.
Ik Ansa?the presence of which has no deed#
uuue ? gi*au> neat ui iitiui m JwggffiiiyfBlw'''' T"
lence on pna sideb and, creating anxietjr and
apprenensionon^ine outer, ine granujury,
sequences of arinintf-one1 nice in the commu
nity and' leaving1 <th* other defencelera, and
urged upobialL'peWoaa, whit* and.fcla&Jtp.
abstain from violence and -retovBj.qumjtiy.tQ
their homes. . \ 1 s ,, ti.
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T i THE COTTON CEO P.
The monthly Report of the Deipartafoni of
Agriculture for October represents the ^ipearance
of the crop as below an average in Kit
issippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and
Tennessee; and above an avenge in Thais,
Arkansas, Florida^ Booth Carolina and North'
Carolina. > Of.the amount of the crop, thoifr
port says: wwriW.-y,v i ?.f
This would give;* crop exceeding thrpe ap?;
a half million bales, bat the indicakionsfoftbe
season thus far from reports "since, October
first, and the probabilities of a favorable autumn
for maturing and picking 'Hie top crop,'
do not prognosticate a return of the rem**-'
ably favorable experience of the past season. :
In 1869 discouragements and drawbacks appeared
with the plant in the spring, the season, ,
culminating in almost unexampled favdr wi$k t
exemption from destroying frosts, blighting
rains, insects and diseiasp/ , ' 11 ,
The present crop wns'irigaroaf'1n early
growth, running to weed rather than boll;
then burned with the draught in) August, and
subsequently flooded with..rein in {September;
has endured vicissitudes unfavorable to the
continued frujtfulnees with a general shedding
of forms and occasional rotting of bolls. The
boll worm and army worth have been at work
in some places, mid the rust is more or km
prevalent in all the cotton States. ' ?< ' * i
The opening of later bolls is anusually well
in mnof nloAOB tuut tilA Itti W/tHllP
au|i?uuw *u www .,, p
promises to be light These: indications, instead
of pointing to an increase of a third of
a million of bales, render it probable that the
present crop will be no larger than the last,
and if the remainder of the season should be >
very unpropitious, a reduction of a quarter of
a million of bales might result Another
month or two will determine whether the
present crop shall be limited to three millions
of bales, or rise to three an<f a half millions.
As predicted early in the &dbtL, tile promise
of an average crop upon tfcet' jfteSoat area
in cultivation, has reduced the price to fifteen
cents per pound,and to the.verge Of profitable
cultivation, and correspondents are already
reporting the ruin of planters,who grow eot
ton exclusively, and buy all agricultural supplies.
n' t
Cabinet Changes.?It is worthy of note
that, with the retirement of Mr. Cox, but a
singe one of the entire array of cabinet officers
originally appointed by General Grant now
remains. Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, cave
way as Secretary of State to Mr. Fjsh, of New
York. Mr. Stewart, of New: York, gave way
as Secretajy of the Treasury to Mr, Boutwell,
of Massachusetts. General .Rawlins, of Illin
oi8, died, and was succeeded as secretary 01
War by General Belknap, of Ohio. Mr.
Borie; of Pennsylvania, gave way as Secretary
of the Navy to Mr. Robeson, of New Jersey.
General Cox, of Ohio, has given war hs Sa^
retary of the Interior, probably to Mr. Dalano,
of the same State. Judge Hoar, of Massachusetts,
gave way as Attorney General to
Mr. Ackerman, of Georgia. Mr. Creswell, of
Maryland, the Postmaster-General, is the onlyofficer
who has retained hs seat in the Cabinet,
although only a little more than twentymonths
have elapsed Since the original ministry
was appointed.. ./.
.
Improved Envelope.?A new fbnn of or*
velope has recently become quite popular in
Germany, and possesses the convenience of
abfing one to Open a letter when completely
Bealea up, without the ordinary difficulty of
finding an entrance. The arrangement consists
in introducing a thread which projects
from one of the corners, by puHing which the
lower edge of the envelope is cut through
without injury to the enclosure) the address or
tbeatamp. . . .