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J> traps and Jacts. It is stated that New York has not,du-' ring the past twenty-years, ever been in so ! peaceable and orderly condition as it has 1 been since the riot. ! The population of Utah has been near- j ly doubled since the first of January last, in consequence of the discovery and development, in districts adjacent to Salt Lake, of a number of vastly rich silver quartz veins. An enterprising and enthusiastic far- : mer, always on the watch for information in his profession, was sadly disappointed on or-! dering a work entitled "Rain upon the mown j Grass," to find it a book of sermons. Virginia papers say that the powder tanks found by the wreckers in the Confederate iron-clad Richmond, now lying in thirty or forty feet of water, are in good condition, and the powder as dry and ready for use as i ; before its submersion six years ago. The premium of $200 per scalp offered , in Sonora lor the killing of Apache Indians has created quite a new trade in that fron- : tier State, because it pays the ranchero better } to hunt these enemies than to raise cattle, ] which are always liable to be carried off. < A report is going the rounds that the ( Cherokee Indians, in Western North Caroli- < na, haved filed a claim against the Government for all the lands lying between the Blue Ridge an 1 Cumberland Mountains, and extending from Bristol to Chattanooga. It is ( said that when the treaty was made ceding this laud, the Cherokee Chief failed to sign it, ' and that it is, therefore, of no value. A member of the Arkansas Legislature in speaking of an extravagant appropriation, ( indignantly exclaimed: "Gentlemen, talk i about 'adequate compensation of public ser- i vants.' Why, sir, during the late war I was < in thirty-seven battles, was wounded thirteen ; times in the cause of the South, and the entire : pay I received was $30 in Confederate money, j ; every cent of which I gave for one glass of | ; old rye whisky." , < The Titusville Herald, relates that "two ] well-dressed and fine-looking ladies instantly ; ] dislocated theirnecks while passing each other 1 in trying to discover what each had on. It j was cloudy; the speed at which they were ] moving, and the delicate shade of the dry , goods worn by each, operated against them, { and a sudden tack with all sails set against . a stiff breeze fetched them up too short, and 1 they perished." It is stated that the practice of brewing j beer from rice is rapidly coming into use in Germany. This beer is said to be of a very ! clear, pale color, of au extremely pleasant, i5 mild taste, foaming strongly and yet retain-j 1 ing well its carbonic acid. The Chinese pre- $ pare a drink from rice called "Sam-shu," | i which is not only intoxicating, but like ab- j { sinthe, peculiarly mischievious in its perraa-; ( nent effects. I ( An attendant at Mount Vernon not j long since found a lady weeping most bitterly !' and audibly, with her handkerchief at her ( eyes. He stepped up to her and said, "Are 1 yon in any trouble, madam ?" "No, sir," she j sobbed. "I saw you weeping." "Ah !" said she, "how can any one help weeping at the grave of the Father of his Country ?" "Oh, ' indeed, madam," said he, "that's it! The ? tomb is over yonder; this is the fee-house." 11 Arkansas is a pleasant State to live in, i because difference of opinion is tolerated there j with such sweet temper and Christian resignation. James Harris, at Hempstead, in a . recent conversation with a friend, said he thought Frank Barnes' plantation poorly cul- ' tivated. Barnes believed otherwise, and, to 1 show the earnestness of his belief, armed him- j self with a double-barrel shot gun and revol- < ver, sought out Harris, killed him at the first i fire, and then riddled the corpse with bullets. Two hundred thousand persons on an ( average through the year each Sunday resort! to the various lager beer gardens and other j places of recreation and refreshment in and ' around New York city. The average amount j 1 of money each one will spend on that day will ! I be one dollar, making $200,000. Two hun- | dred thousand multiplied by fifty-two, shows ] us $10,400,000 spent annually on that "day s of rest" in and around this great metropolis. By 12 o'clock on Sunday night these 200,000 1 persons will be 60,000 sober, 95,000 in high 1 spirits, 30,000 tight, 10,000 quarrelsome, and 1 5,000 in a state of beastly intoxication. In New York a man last week made a wager that he could run a closed umbrella down his throat to the handle. No sooner had he accomplished this feat than the base wretch who made the bet seized the umbrella by the handle and opened it all the way, clinching it on the catch. He then fled. Of course all efforts to close the umbrella and remove it have been utterly useless, and the poor sufferer walks about with his person distended iu a manner that is inexpressibly painfid. These practical jokes are very wrong. Just for the sake of a moment's amusement this man is obliged to carry that umbrella with him to his grave. The Paris correspondence of the Lpddon Mercantile Gazette says that it is calculated that by death, emigration and arrercs, the population of Paris has dirainishe^oy oneeighth during the last twelve mojfths. The city looks gloomy and empty, ana the only show of animation about it is imparted by the tourists, who come to look at its ruins. Numbers of wealthy French families are leaving the city, and the foreign colonies can hardly be saici to exist. If the Assembly should persist in remaining out of Paris, years must elapse before the city can recover its old ap- j pearance of gayety. j Captain Ami Cutter, of Minnesota, if; he were as superstitious as some seafaring men j are, would be inclined to fear he was born ' under an evil star. In 1863 he lost 812,000 ; by the burning of a saw mill; in 1864 he lost a two-story warehouse and other buildings by a tornado; in 1867 he lost 835,000, the mill being again burned ; in 1869 he lost 832,000, "1 1 - 1 ^0 1 _ I bis grist mm ana a large numoer 01 logs ior i ( his saw mill being carried away by a flood.! A few nights ago he lost 835,000, his saw mill i being struck by lightniug, and with it a tub j 1 and pail factory and a large quantity of ma- 1 terial, being destroyed. 1 The Indianapolis Sentinel says: "A farmer was decapitated by a mowing machine, i with which he was at work on his premises, near Southport, last Tuesday afternoon. At the time of the accident the farmer was examining some portion of the machine which had got out of gear, when the horses attached sud- 1 denly started, causing the blades to revolve, j one of them striking the man in the back of > the neck, severing the head from the body as ! though guillotined. A youthful son of the I ( deceasea witnessed the terrible accident, aud,; dumb with horror, grasped the head by the hair, and with it ran into his mother's pres-1 ence." There are some salt wells near Brandenburg, Kentucky, which have been a source of astonishment as well as revenue to their fortunate proprietors. The first was discovered accidentally of course, as is usual in such cases; and when it was found- that this yielded brine sufficient to manufacture from eighteen to twenty barrels of salt per day, others were sunk with equally satisfactory results. But the most extraordinary part of the business is, that it was soon found that all the wells yielded, in addition to the brine, enough gas to supply with fuel the two furnaces and boilers required by each well, together with a I. surplus which the people of Brandenburg in- J tend to utilize for lighting their town. ' The Chinese have some queer ideas of j 1 the future state. They relegate to the next;' world the revenges of their earthly existence, j and supply their dead, whose thread of life i has been foully cut, with worldly weapons, i: wherewith to torment their persecutors in j ^ the hereafter. A Chinaman was murdered j, recently in San Francisco, and his country-!' men collected to bury him, with much cere- j' inouy?many carriages, headed by a band, | discoursing most discordant music by Chi- J1 nese musicians, composing the funeral corterge. In the hands of the murdered man a dirk-knife and other deadly weapons were placed, to be used upon the persons of his murderers, when he should meet them in the Dther world. The soles of his shoes were also removed, so that, upon entering the presence pf his Joss, he might tread softly and with becoming reverence. ikr inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: rHURSDAY MORNING, JULY 27,1871. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that >ur terms for subscription, advertising and jobsvork, arocash, in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more atten tion hereafter to job printing than we have lone in thtfpast, we would inform the public that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best, machinery in use; and with a choice stock of inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to execute as good work as can be done anywhere in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets, Freight Billheads, Bank Noticos, Labels, Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks, Bill Heads, [Law Briefs, Business Cards, ; Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, j Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, [Memorandum Billheads Checks, i Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, i Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, 'Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, FireA Life Ins., Election Tickets, [Shinplasters, Festival Tickets, i Wedding Cards, ivill receive prompt attention, and satisfaction is to quality of work, guaranteed in every nstance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. THE CROPS IN YORK. The farms in this county have begun to suffer from the drought of near four weeks low upon us. Thus faf, the cotton crop ieems to have suffered most severely?in nany places leaves and fruit dropping to such in extent as to severely impair the prospect ??rvv\ Dninn UntrA Alll an in a OA11 J1 UIC UlUp. XV (VIII3 liav^ iUligu ill nuv ovuvu jrn section of the county over a small area. A. dry, easterly wind prevailing up to the time )f going to press, leaves the prospect still vithout encouragement. street~affray. On Saturday night last, the colored brass aand of this town, assembled before Rawlinion's hotel, to serenade the Republican mem3ers of the Congressional ku-klux committee vho had arrived here that afternoon. An ramense crowd of persons filled the side walk xbove and below the hotel, collected partly 3y the music of the band, and partly, perhaps, to create a demonstration in honor of ;he members of the committee. The Marshals of the town, under an ordinance of the Council, occupied themselves in an effort to keep the side-walks clear of the crowd, so as j,ot to obstruct the usual passage of persons jngaged on other business. Toward the close jf the demonstration, Wra. H. Snyder?one $ the Marshals?while discharging this duty, met one Tom Johnson, colored, who refused io give way to the command of the officer of ibe law. Snyder then attempted to arrest iim; but Tom refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the law, jerked loose several ;iines and attempted to force his way at the lead of the crowd, whether or no. Upon a ihird attempt to arrest him, he jerked Snyler's baton from his hand and knocked him lown. Snyder then drew a pistol and fired ive shots at the belligerent darkey, wounding lim in the lace, shoulder, hand, arm and jack?each shot taking effect, but not inflictng dangerous wounds. The balls have been extracted and Tom is in a fair way to recover. After a special investigation of the facts jefore the Town Council, Mr. Snyder was exjnerated of all blame in the matter, the slpafc-1 jig having occurred in the discharg'e of his bjt^aThn officer of the town. THE KU-KLU? COMMITTEE. The sub-Outrage Committee, consisting of Messrs. Scott, Stevenson and Van Trump, reached this place on Saturday last, accompanied by A. S. Wallace, M. C. from this Jistrict. As much effort had previously been nade to prepare suitable cases for them, the committee were ready to go vigorously to ivork early on Monday morning; and the larly part of the day was occupied in the eximination of several young men of this town, [n the afternoon, Hon. W. D. Simpson and Dol. B. W. Ball, of Laurens, after having jbeyed summons to meet the committtee at various points, obtained an examination, and left early on Tuesday morning for home. The second day was opened by continuing ;he examination of persons from this town tnd the surrounding country. The street reports are to the effect that the persistence jf the majority of the Committee?aided by the military and other influences equally potent?had been rewarded by the discovery of i witness who had made out a capital case for the next Republican campaign document. This witness, it is reported, stated in sub stance to the Committee that he knew a number of persons who had been engaged in the ku-klux outrages; and gave the names of eighteen gentlemen from this vicinity?persons of high respectability. These eighteen had performed a wonderful amount of deviltry ; had most of them been present at the murder of the negro, Anderson Brown, which occurred last winter four miles from this place; and many of them were also the murderers of the militia captain, Jim Rainey, occurring shortly afterward, in the Bethesda neighborhood, ten miles below here. They had also raided on Rose's hotel, the Probate office, and done other crimes equally heinous. The witness also admitted on a cross-examination that he had stolen a horse, a quantity of bacon and tobacco from his employer, and was generally "a bad man." His name is William K. Owens, and he has been employed for some time in the coach factory of Messrs. Kerr & Roach. The statements of this witness were so palpably false in every particular as to cause little concern to those whose names he has used in his story; but at the same time, it is sufficiently credible, perhaps, for all the purposes for which the testimony is wanted at Washington. The Committee have summoned some forty witnesses and are calling on others as occasion I requires. Among those present as witnesses from a distance are Dr. A. P. Wylie, J. J. McLure, Esq, Wm. H. Brawley, Esq., Maj. James G. Lowry, J. M. McDaniel, and Dr. A. H. Davega, from Chester. All of these were discharged without being examined, ex cept Dr. Wylie and Mr. McDaniel. On i < Wednesday morning, the Committee began ; the examination of Dr. A. P. Wylie, offered | upon the part of the Democratic member of j the Committee. Up to the hour of going to j press, this testimony had not been concluded, j It is announced that the committee will close their work here to-day, (Wednesday) and dissolve until September, when many of the un-examiued witnesses will be called to Washington, and their testimony taken in time to finish up the investigation before the j meeting of Congress. Thus far, no arrests of! suspected persons have been made at this place. j HILLING CORN. One of the common errors of farmers in this couutry is the practice of throwing a large hill around the growing stalks of corn. To effect this the ordinary practice is to take a large turning plow and throw all the soil r A\ :jji_ : 1 iroiu nit; miuum ui meiuw up in u neap, mno j leaving the corn standing on a high ridge. 1 ? To this mode of culture, on up-land, there are ;" two serious objections. First, it is contrary I to nature. Corn needs to be on the very top of the ground, and such is the case with many of the cereals. There is nothing gained by planting corn deep in the ground, for it will never do any good until it gets on the top of the ground. The soil should be thoroughly and deeply broken beneath the corn ; but the corn should be planted shallow and kept shallow all the time. The other objection to throwing out the middles with turning plows ] and making high ridges for the corn, is that { you make as many ditches as you make ridges, and these serve as so many drains by ( which the moisture is carried away from the , soil, aud consequently from the corn. Corn ] land should be kept as level as it is possible. On wet low lauds it would be well to throw \ up ridges that the laud might be drained, j On up-lands, as a general rule, the practice , is ruinous, especially in a dry season. We call attention to this subject that farmers may ( examine into it. We are in the midst of a , drought, and have a good opportunity to test ; the correctnesss of the practice condemned. There are a few farmers who practice what is , known as the level culture. Let their crops j be examined and we feel confident that in a , aP trioin flin lntrnl />n1fnrn will [iiauuuai puiub V1 vivn, vuv ivrwi 11.14 commend itself to every one. DEEP ^PLOWING. We know of no subject which is attracting so much interest amongst the agricultural portion of our country, as deep plowing. The editors of agricultural journals write about it, agricultural orators make speeches on this subject, and farmers all over the country talk about it. It is evident that men generally are directing their attention to the subject, aud the truth will ultimately be obtained. We say ultimately, for we must confess that in all that we have seen which has been written upon this subject, and of all that we have heard said about it, there has been much that was vague and undefined, and it is evident that the majority of farmers do not fully understand the subject. Everybody seems to be in favor of deep plowing. With regard I to this subject, we may safely adopt the lan- ? guage of the wise man when he said there is ^ "a time for all things." There are times aud * circumstances when deep plowing, instead of doing good, does real harm. If we knew these 1 times and circumstances, we would have made * at least some progress in the right direction. ^ The man that has discovered the point of J danger, will not be at much loss in finding ' the place of safety We reinark that land I never should be plowed deep after the crop, ( whatever be its kind or character, begins to * send out its lateral roots. To break or disturb s these roots is'highly injurious to the growth t of the plant, whatever it may be. We are > fully aware that some farmers, and thought to be successful oues too, hold to the theory I that the roots of both corn and cotton ought S to be cut. We once heard of a very eminent ' practitioner of medicine who said, give him a t lancet, opium and calomel, and he would not 1 give a farthing for all the drugs in a well t furnished drug-store. Such was once the I practice amongst physicians. They bled for A. r every disease, tommon sense, wunout any book knowledge of either anatomy or physiology, teaches us that the veins, or rather the jtftoqes, carry along in them the nutriment whichnepairs the wear and tear of the animal organization, and build up the growing fabric. What wjse man would submit to have his horse or his cow bled once every week ? The man that would submit to such treatment of his domestic animals, would soon see his plantation disfigured with bones. All, or nearly all the nutriment the growing plant receives, comes directly from the ground. All plants absorb more or less nutriment from the atmosphere. This can hardly be called nutriment. The atmosphere absorbed produces chemical changes in the fluid which circulates in the veins of the plant. To use common language, which every one can understand, the sap undergoes a chemical change so soon as it comes in contact with the atmosphere in the leaf. If the atmosphere is excluded, the change will not take place, and the leaf of most plants will be white instead of green. Now, as all the nutriment of the plant comes from the ground, and all that nutriment is collected and conveyed to the plant by the roots, it follows that the more roots any plant has, the more likely it will be to flourish and fully develop itself. We need scarcely add that cutting the roots is simply cutting off the supplies and endangering the vitality of the plant. The proper time to plow deep is before the crop is planted. In the fall of the year when the most of farm lands are covered with vege - ... , . , ? i table matter, lands which are designeu ior cultivation the coming year, should he plowed 1 deep. By plowing deep at this season, two points of great importance are gained. The one is that the vegetable matter on the surface is turned under and its decay hastened, and the land materially improved in fertile properties. The other reason is that the land is completely pulverized by the action of the frost and snows of winter. This last advan- j tage is often counteracted by the heavy beating rains of the spring. When this is the , case, the land designed for cultivation should ! be plowed deep in the spring before planting. I It should be remembered that land should | never be plowed neither deep nor shallow j when it is too wet. Many a productive field j has been rendered sterile by plowing it when too wet. Land should never be plowed when , it will not crumble. Sometimes the rapid ! growth of grass induces the farmer to plow j when the ground turns up in broad and long | sleek flakes. At such times the grass may be | buried, and the mind of the farmer made J easy; but the growing crops and the laud will, 1 be nearly killed. j 1 It often happens that when land is plowed t deep, large clods are turned up. These should 1 c be carefully broken or deep plowing will not11 do much good. The main object to be ac-' 1 complished by deep plowing is to render the a soil capable of absorbing a great amount of! a rain in wet weather, and make it capable also 1 }f giving out this moisture in dry weather, j By doing this the soil is put into such a state ' that the roots of plants can permeate it easily lud extract from it both moisture and food for the growing plant. The deeper the land I is broken, of course the more water it ; hold. Hence, there is no danger of ever ; plowing land too deep if the precaution is ta- J ken not to turn the? subsoil on top. The j moisture is drawn to the top by the action of ! the sun. It is conducted on the principhfof; capillary attraction. The more thoroughly j the soil is pulverized, the more completely, will this process be conducted. It should be remembered that it is a very 3asy thing to mistake shallow plowing for leep plowing. Most men will be surprised if they make the measurement, how shallow ihey plow. It is of no use to talk of breaking land deep with one horse ; the thing is simply impossible. There is one other thing that should be kept distinctly in mind. It is this: The plow should cut as much ground at its point as it iues ui J us oiiuunici* . ?t iuj iiu uuici muu vi i plow can the whole ground be broken. It nay all be broken on the surface, but there will be little ridges left untouched. We condude by saying that whenever the subject of leep plowing is philosophically understood, tnd thoroughly practiced in this country, it will he followed by favorable results. STATE ITEMS. ^ ? The wife of Peter Agurs, was ||aJfe jurned by the explosion of a it Chester one night last week. ^ ? An attempt was made by Tom Crawford, colored, to drown Ben Nunnery, a cripple, tlso colored, on the plantation of Mr. Thomas McFadden, near Landsford, week before last. ? The Governor has accepted the resignation of R. W. Boyd, as Trial Justice of Chester county, and has appointed B. R. C'lyburn i Trial Justice for Lancaster county. ? A negro named Shadrack Webster was jxecuted in Anderson, on Friday last, for the murder of a colored woman in the vicinity of Belton, some months ago. ? The Comptroller of the Currency has luthorized the First National Bank of Sparianburg, South Carolina, to begin business with a capital of $60,000. ? The number of deaths in Charleston for ihe week ending on the 15th instant, was >ix; of these twenty-four were whites, -fiwdb ;hirty-two were blacks. ?The Columbia Union says, that* Simeon Bradley, of Chester, on the petition of numerous citizens, has been pardoned by the jrovernor. ?An attempt was made, on the 19th instant, by two darkeys, to rob the mail carrier between Augusta, Ga., and Cashraau'a Mille, n this State. The mail carrier resisted, and ivas fired upon, but received no injury.' ? Mr. Thomas Wiggins, in company with i negro, came upon a rattlesnake near the old Llub House on North Santee, which they sucjeeded in killing. It measured twelve feet ind had sixteen rattles. ? Mr. T. W. Pegues, who for forty-one fears has been connected with the Camden Tournal, has disposed of the paper to John Kershaw, Esq., who will continue its publica;ion as heretofore. ? A company has been formed in Laurens ;o explore the mineral resources of that coun;y. It is supposed the northern portion of Laurens abounds in gold. May it prove a jolden harvest to the good people of old Lau ens. . . ... V f?The Chester Reporter says V "Ten >f the capital stock'of the National Bank of Chester were sold, a few days ago, at $103 per hare. The par value is $100. The price of lie stock is rapidly rising,and $105 per share s now asked." ? From the Augusta papers it appears that Vfr. John Clarke, a resident of Beech Island, 3. C., was waylaid and robbed of what money le had about him, while he was on the way o Augusta, on the 20th instant. Warrants lave been obtained for the arrest of the paries, who are all colored men, and one of them ias been overhauled and carried to Hamburg. ? The Unionville Times says that a disgraceful fight occurred on Sunday night of ast week, at the upper negro church in that ilace, in which a number of men and boyscpjaged, and one man was severely beaten. The eaders of the row immediately absconded, ind have not, as yet, been arrested, but every iflort is on foot to bring them to justice. ? The Spartanburg Republican says: "Col. Reno, of the 7th United States cavalry, with lis family, arrived in town last Monday evenng. The colonel will assume command of nio r>naf on*} V>ie hpftrlniiartprs wp. are told-. vill be at the Carson Rock House. MoYe roops are looked for, and there is a probabflty that a change will be made in the 'place of :ncampment." ? The Marion Crescent says that on Friday )f last week a large number of the best citizens of that town met in order to express the lense of the citizens on the recent action of he Governor in pardoning the rioters. After iorae few remarks, it was unanimously resolvid that a committee of five be appointed to Iraft suitable resolutions, with instructions to eport at as early a day as practicable. ? Some idea of the business done in phos)hatic rock, etc., is set forth, in the following tern clipped from the Charleston Republican >f the 21st instant: There has been shipped 'rom Bull River to European ports since Janlary 1st, up to July 1st, 10,337 tons of phosphate rock, by the several companies in that ocality. There are now lying nt thi hWjrtii Bull River eleven foreign ships to be laefcn vith the material. One of the ships registers L,197 tons. ? The Camden Journal states that Sheriff Boswell, of that county, some time ago ob;ained a large judgment against Kershaw :ounty, and the Coroner has advertised ihe mtire property of the county, so far as the lame is known, for sale on the first Monday n August. The property levied upon conlists of several tracts of land, town lots in Camden, including the Court House and Jail, md a variety of personal property, embracing ,he furniture of the Court House, &c. ? Says the Laurensville Herald: "We see t stated that parties are moving to create a lew county, out of slices of Laurens, Greenville, Abbeville, &c. We are not advised as ;o who the chief movers are, and what are the irguments in favor of the movement, apd vhile we are satisfied with the ancient laatinarks, we can offer no objection to tbe prolosed scheme. We are skeptical, however, as ,o the present Legislature making arrangenents for additional Senators from this section >f the State." ? A negro named Smart Loyd, stole a lushel of corn from Sojourner's Mill, at Gra-; mrn's, in this State. Smart "acknowledged I lie corn," and proposed to leave it to a jury i if his peers, as to the punishment he should > eceive. Accordingly, he was allowed to se-' ect six jurors, who retired to the shades of in oak, and there decided that he should be ! illowed to receive forty lashes, save one, for j lis crime. The names of the jurors were then ' put into a hat and Smart drew from them the name of Abraham Walker, who then and there administered the dose of forty, save one, to the satisfaction of all, save one. ? The Aiken Journal of the 19th, says :' A terrible thunder storm, accompanied with hail, wind and rain, passed over our town on | yesterday afternoon. The rain continued to j fall in torrents for nearly two hours, and when j it ceased Laurens street was one vast sheet of i water, resembling a lake. Considerable dam-1 age was done to the fruit trees and cotton and corn crops in this vicinity. No person was injured that we hear of. The dams at Lang-1 ley and Bath were broken, and this immense body of water striking the track of the South Carolina railroad, washed away about half a mile of the trestle work. Great damage was done in that vicinity, we learn. ? The Columbia Union of Monday says: | Col. S. A. Pearce, Agent and Manager of the Sprague Canal, left for the North to-day on j business connected with the same. Colonel j Pearce has been pushing the work rapidly of j late, and it is well worth the trouble of a visit to see what has been done. An examination will convince the most skeptical of the great advantages that are to be derived in the future from this enterprise, and it is to be hoped, as is believed, that the work will be completed at an early date. There has been an immense amount of labor performed, and in a quiet and unostentatious manner much has been done for the benefit of the city, and the jjounty generally, by opening up a way for home industries, which heretofore has been neglected. ? NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Chatham and Coalfields railroad has I just been completed, and trains run through from Fayetteville to Raleigh. ? The sheriff of Jackson county has been committed to prison in Raleigh on a charge of embezzlement. ? New Hanover has a negro population of 16,199?the largest of any in the State. ? Plato Durham, of Cleveland, and D. Schenck, of Lincoln, have been summoned before the Ku-Klux committee at Washington. ? A young woman has been appointed "watchman" at the bridge over Neuse river on the North Carolina railroad. ? The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of North Carolina, held their annual meeting in Raleiorh nn the 9.0th?Crnnd Master Seaton Gales presiding. ? The Charlotte Observer says there has been no rain in the Crab Orchard section of Mecklenburg county, for seven weeks, and as a consequence, the corn crop is ruined, and eotton is unpromising. ? Two negroes, Ned Myers and Lewis Cappedge, were executed at Wadesboro, on the 21st instant for the murder of James Redfearn. James Cappedge, convicted of the same crime, was respited by the Governor until the 1st of December. ? Joseph Hester, of the United States secret service division arrested Dr. J. L. Johnson at High Point a few days ago, on a charge of counterfeiting U. S. tobacco stamps. Johnson was formerly assistant assessor in the fifth collection district. He was taken to Richmond, and in default of bail is in custody of the United States Marshal. ? The Raleigh Sentinel says : The injunction prayed for and granted by Judge Rodman against the sale or lease of the North Carolina railroad to the Pennsylvania Central, has been withdrawn, as we are informed, by the attorneys, Messrs. Bragg, Strong' and fttrayborn. * On the 18th of 'September n?xt, the case uf Joseph Stafford, of Baltimore, will be tried before Judge Bond, who released Bergen. It will then be seen if a citizen of Baltimore can prevent the Legislature of N. Carolina from engaging in the performance of a legal and constitutional duty, because it is incompatible with the political interests and tastes of Joseph Stafford. ? W. H. Dever, a deputy revenue collector, shot and killed Joseph A. Thompson, of McDowel county, on Saturday, the 15th instant. Thompson was a distiller, against whom Dever had taxes to collect under the internal revenue law of the United States. Thompson's land had been advertised for sale on that day, and Dever went to the court house door, and began to make proclamation of sale, when Thompson began to advance rapidly, drawing a pistol at the same time, and, when within ten steps of Dever, he, (Dever) shot and killed Thompson. The ball entered near the centre of his breast, killing him instantly. Dever fired the second time after Thompson had fallen, the ball entering the arm. Thompson was a leading and influential radical of the county, and was heard to say in the early part of the day, that his "(nonparty had turned against him and he inIrill snrilP nf t.Vlftm." WASHINGTON ITEMS. It is stated that friends of the impeached and self-banished ex-Governor Holden, of N. Carolina, assert that they have effected an arrangement with United States Senator elect Vance, and his friends in that State, whereby it is agreed that Holden shall go back to his home in North Carolina, and rest there in peace, under the protection of Vance, and that, in return for his protection, Holden and his friends have obtained a promise from radical senators, who heretofore opposed Vance taking his seat in the Senate, to withdraw their objections, and, in pursuance of this, Vance is to have his seat in the Senate at the next session. _ Ia.reply to a letter requesting.instructions as to the construction to be placed upon the acts of July 28th, 1866, section 1, and July 24th, section 21, so far as said acts relate to the capacity of packages in which liquors may be imported, the Secretary of the Treasury states that as the law now stands spirituous liquors may be imported in packages of bottles containing not less than one dozen bottles in each package, in casks of a capacity of not less than fourteen gallons, and in packages other than in bottles having a capacity of not less than thirty gallons. The Department has decided to insist that hereafter the casks or packages, other than of bottles, holding the immediate liquors in contact with its sides, shall be of a capacity not less than fourteen gallons, or thirty gallons, as the case may be. Secretary Boutwell, Special Treasury Ageni i Mudge, and Collector Robb have thoroughly j overhauled the accounts of the Savannah j custom house. A defalcation of 88,000 was found, which Deputy Collector Willraan, under sworn statement, confesses was appropriated by himself. The confession concludes: "His (Robb's) only fault has been in reposing a degree of confidence and trust in me which I have abused, as before stated." Boutwell exonerates Robb. There will be no change in the collectorship. The Democratic members of the ku-klux Committee regret the tardiness of their witnesses, including Gens. Wright and Gordon, Col. Christy, and Hon. Thos. Hardeman. Governor Bullock, of Georgia, has written a lengthy letter to Senator Scott, protesting against the action of the Congressional Com raittee in requiring information concerning the needs, requirements, or condition of the State, other than can be made known by her own representatives in Congress. It also contains a semi-official statement of the exact financial condition of the State. The Washington Chronicle says: "It is probable that the Joint Investigating Committee, which has been in session at the capital since the 1st of June, will sit for a month longer. The sessions during the past two weeks have been very important, and some of the most interesting witnesses are yet to be examined. The reports of the daily sessions of the committee, published in the Chronicle, are generally copied and commented upon throughout the country. The United States Arsenal at the Navy Yard was destroyed by fire on Saturday, the result of a spontaneous combustion. Loss about $200,000. In addition to artillery and cavalry equipments and general military stores, the museum is totally destroyed. This contained many war trophies, models of firearms of all nations, together with specimens of uniforms, forming a valuable collection. During the fire there were many explosions from shell and loaded muskets, but no one was thereby injured. The employees of the Treasury Department from the State of North Carolina, have all received the usual "voting" leave of absence, and are departing for that State every day, for the purpose of participating in the election for township officers, which comes off on the 3rd of August. This election assumes an additional importance, because the call for a State Convention is to be voted for at that time. The acting superintendent of the census expects to have the advance sheets, giving the population of the country by counties, ready for distribution within a week or two. This statement will contain each census since 1790. frL. .i* A. m ? 1^^^. me ooucuur 01 tiie Jireuauijc, in u iuug opinion, holds that where parties act under a decision of the Commissioner of Revenue, they are not liable, should the Judiciary Department subsequently overrule the Commissioner's decision.' This defeats the claims of the Government for tax on bonds, coupons and dividends for the five mouths between September 1870, and January 1871, where officers of corporations, under the Commissioner's decision, have failed to withhold the tax. The opinion holds that in withholding the tax, officers of corporations act as agents of the Government, and are not equitably responsible for the legality of the Commissioner's opinions and instructions. A Washington correspondent says: "Out of the $54,000,000 of national bank circulation provided for the Southern and Western States, to be taken by the 12th instant, not quite one-third of that amount, or something less than $18,000,000, were taken. An erroneous impression prevails, especially in the South, that the law cuts them off in the South after the 12th instant, but in truth, the law as it now stands, enables the Southern and Western people to increase their national bank capital and-circulation under the direction and within the discretion of the Comptroller of the Currency. Parties in the South and West wishing to come under the national banking laws need not be deterred by the limitation above mentioned." The Washington Chronicle contai. > the following in regard to the sub-committee on southern outrages: A letter just received from Spartanburg, S. C., says the sub-committee has examined some eighty-four to ninety witnesses, proving a terrible state of affairs to have existed in Spartanburg and Union counties, and generally in Newberry, Laurens, and York. One hundred and eighteen were whipped in one township in Spartanburg since September last. The committee go thence to Yorkville, where they hope to get inside the organization, but in this State they find it hard to do. The committee will hardly be able to visit North Carolina this time, and will probably arrive in Washington this week. EMTORIAlTlNK LINGS. The Campaign in Ohio. The various accounts from Ohio indicate that the present campaign, on the part of the Democrats, is to be one of the most enthusiastic, energetic and laborious that has ever been known in that State. The organization for stumping the State is thorough, over two hundred meetings having been already appointed, to be addressed by such distinguished speakers as Thurman, Ewing, Morgan, Pendleton and McCook, the nominee for Governor. County and township organizations nearly all over the State are complete, and the Democracy are determined to overcome the estimated increase of the Republicans on account of the vote of colored persons. This vote is set down at about fifteen thousand. The Democrats also expect to derive benefit from the disaffection in the Republican ranks, which includes the German vote, and is headed by such men as Hassaurek, who declares that while he will probably have to vote for Noyes, the Republican nominee, in preference to McCook, the Democratic nominee, he will do so reluctantly. Well-informed Democrats say Ohio will go Democratic by ten thousand majority. Tidal Ware Phenomenon. The Duluth Minnesotian says of the tidal-wave at that place on the 8th instant: Between 6 and 7 o'clock this morning a sort of tidal-wave, more than two feet high, suddenly broke in from the lake into the canal, sweeping away the floating or scow bridge at Lake avenue and the North pier work, or approach thereto, breaking the unanchored cribs away from their moorings at the bay entrance to the canal, and scattering the floating timber rafts into the bay in every direction. The current ran in at the rate of twelve or fifteen miles an hour for over half an hour; then it turned and ran out with velocity for about twenty minutes, carrying timbers and cribs out to sea; then it turned and ran in again with nearly as great impetus for nearly another half hour, bringing the debris in again ; and so it has oscillated all the morning to and fro. Communications between the two ends of the point are practically suspended, as no one can cross except only in the short pauses when the current is on the turn. The reason why the tide seems' to run in a little longer than out of the canal is conjectured to be that a portion of the volume of water finds its outlet by the St. Louis river entry. The New York Riot. As a consequence of the recent riot in New York, a plentiful crop of bickerings and feuds has sprung up. Members of the various regiments engaged as the escort to the Orangemen, and who fired into the crowd, are actively busying themselves in proving how this regiment or ''r i regiment commenced the firing, and how this or that regiment fired into that or this. Crimination and recrimination appear to be the rule of the day in the metropolis. The police?or some of them? charge the military with hasty and prom is ' cuousfiring and with cowardice; the partisan j papers seek to whet the appetites of their ja- < i ded readers with bitter political diatribes ,! i again9t this or that individual in office, whom : it is sought to hold responsible for the violent!; and unlawful acts or counsels of others and i ' the angry traditions of two centuries ; other | editors, for the sake of the dollars and cents ] j that may come to them, do their utmost to ] j fan the flame of excitement, so - as to induce i | the public to buy their papers. Altogether, i the sequel of the riot?bad as the riot in all its aspects was?presents a conglomeration of:' confusion, ferocity, acrimoniousness, and tempestuous criticism, which is vastly more for: midable than even the blood-collision itself. ' Like Armado in the play, these voluble fel! lows have filched from the "bread-basket of ; words" every crumb wherewith to make more j exciting the record of the event which caused 1 Eighth avenue to run with blood. Superstition of Louisiana Negroes. A trace of the old African superstitions of their ancestors lingers, in the shape of Voudouism, among many of the negroes of Louisiana, notably of those of New Orleans. This species of fetish worship finds so many believers among this ignorant class that they attach vast importance to the good-will or enmity of the Youdou priests and priestesses, believing that by their subtle incantations and prepared talismans they can inflict death or disease upon those who may fall under their ban. Each year is celebrated the grotesque "Voudou festival in the .vicinity of* the city of New Orleans, and during its continuance all the barbarous superstition of the African nature has full sway among the worshippers. At the annual Voudou orgy this year a curious incident transpired, whereby one of the leaders of the saturnium, a prominentcolored citizen, was, as it were, "hoisted on his own petard." This colored person during the wild dances of the Voudou revellers, suddenly conceived the idea that he was to be made a personal sacrifice to propitiate the devil. This idea so worked upon his imagination that, clad as he was in his official robe, he broke through the circle of dancing, shrieking blacks, and fled from the scene cityward. Fear not only lent him swiftness, but absolutely made him a present of that opportune aud timely quality without any conditions, aud the result was that, although the worshippers, with a fidelity worthy of all praise, dashed after him, a howling and frantic mob, he was enabled to leave his devoted followers far behind him. Reaching the city he made his way to a station-house, asking the protection of the police. Attempting to explain the cause of his excitement, be became so unintelligible that he was sent to the lunatic asylum, where he now is. South Carolina State Fair. Speaking of the approaching State Fair, the Columbia Phcenix has the following? The premium list will be found to contain several new features. For the cheapest bale of cotton grown on a farm of not less than five hands twenty-five dollars. To the exhibitor of the largest and best variety of field crops, grown by himself, a premium of twenty dollars is offered. Among the special premiums we observe that a prize of $300 is offered for the best steam plow successfully operated one hour each day during the Fair. Let our people go earnestly to work and resolve to make this Fair the best that we have yet had. Other States are moving in this direction. South Carolina should not be found lagging in the rear. The Soldiers of 1812. As we stated l^st week, it has been semiofficially announced by the Commiaaioner of Pensions that in administering the act of February 14, 1871, granting pensions to the survivors of the war of 1812, when witnesses testify to the loyalty of a claimant, their own loyalty must be shown by the certificate of an officer of the United States Court, a United States Commissioner, or an officer of the United States Internal Revenue Bureau, which rule applies only to the South. The Washington Patriot thus speaks of the malignant ruling: By this bigoted regulation there is to be one law for the Northern people and another for the Southern. According to the usual form heretofore in similar cases, a claimant was required to make oath that he had at no time rendered "aid and comfort" to the rebellion, aud to prove the same by the affidavits of two disinterested witnesses, whose credibility had to be certified by the clerk of a court of record. But now the Southern soldier is obliged to prove the loyalty of his witnesses by a certificate which it may be impracticable to obtain. A .lrn'mnn^ mnn tin oklo tf\ OafnKHoll lllfl riffllffl XX. UmiUlttUL luaj UC UVlV vv vwvmv?*w?< ??W by twenty witnesses, and if they happen voluntarily or compulsorily to have aided the rebellion, then the veteran who fought for his country is excluded from a pension. Human ingenuity could hardly devise a more wicked < contrivance to deprive old Southern soldiers j of their just rights. It is not only mean, but i malignant, and draws a discrimination be- j tween the veterans of the North and South, n which every candid mind will denounce as < outrageous. These men were engaged in war j against a foreign foe nearly half a century j before the rebellion commenced, and yet they j are pursued with all the vindictive malice of ( recent enemies. This is a sure way of keeping the wounds of strife open, and it could only have been contrived for some such un- , worthy purpose. ME3ESENTI0N. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has been nominated for Governor of Massachusetts. An Oregon toast over a glass of the ardent: "Here's what makes us wear old clothes." Some ' trouble has occurred in an Illinois town by the discovery that a judge has for several ' months past been swearing witnesses on a dictionary. It is reported that one of the Siamese twins is lying at the point of death while the other is enjoying his usual good health. Counterfeits of the denom- 1 ination of $20 are in circulation. They are well executed, and scrupulous care should be f exercised by our business men that they are , | not victimized.*" By the storm, which i carried away the dam of the Bath paper mills near Augusta, Ga., three hundred persons are I nut r>f emnlnvment. Last week a car ] ? v.?r"J i containing six tons of $20 gold pieces and a ^ million dollars in mutilated currency passed t from San Francisco to Omalia. Tennie ( C. Claflin publicly announces herself a can- 1 didatefor Congress in the Eighth New York J district.' Tho Pope has declared an allocution, saying all is lost so far as man is concernI ed. Ireland has now less than twice the j population of the city of London. Frag- 1 I ments of human beings, blown into the air by t j steamboat explosions, are spoken of in Arkan- 1 ! sas as "atmospheric phenomena." An j enthusiastic Yale student gazed long and ear- f nestly through a telescope at the movements ^ of Saturn, and afterward discovered that he \ had been watching the receding head-light of i : the New York steamboat. "Through s tickets to go around the world" are for sale I I in London for $1.250. A Georgia rail- j I way train ran into a funeral procession re-: fi cently, and dispersed the mourners. The s Hon. A. H. Stephens finds it difficult to express his sentiments in an article of less than five columns. Captain Dawson, of the Charleston News, who has been traveling in Europe for some time, arrived in New York from Liverpool on Monday. A Georgia man, who left his family thirty-eight years ago and went to California, returned last week, and found his wife still faithful to hira. The Democratic State Convention has nominated William Pinckney Whyte for Governor of Maryland. It is said that the Hon. A. H. Stevens has gained nine pounds in weight since he became an editor. The Louisville Journal fears that when he weighed himself last he had one of his editorials in his pocket. AMERICANS IN EGYPT. Over a year ago a number of American officers left this country for the service of the Viceroy of Egpyt, and public curiosity was excited to no small degree regarding their movements and conduct in the land of the pyramids. Col. James M. Morgan, of South Carolina, of these officers, having obtained six months' leave of absence from the Viceroy, returned to this country on Monday. A reporter called on Col. Morgan at his residence, and met with a cordial reception. Col. Morgan, who is a good-looking young gentleman, about twenty-five years of age, does not seem to have changed much since his departure from this State, save that the warmth of the Egyptian sun has given his face a soldierly, bronzed appearance. The following conversation followed: _ Reporter.?Colonel, V want to hear your opinion on modern Egypt Colonel Morgan.?VYell, all I have to say is that modern Egypt's boasted civilization is a very great fraud, and furthermore that the Arabs have lost none of their ancient hatred for the Galoure or Christian dogs. R?Why, I thought the Khedive had worked wonders, and that the Egypt of to-day would not be recognized as Egypt at all by the venerable Cheops, in case he should visit it in spiritual being. Col. M.?Well, now, the fact of the matter is that the Khedive is a man of great, good sense; but he is surrounded by such a lot of infernal thieves and scoundrels that pretty nearly all his good intentions are annulled by his courtiers. R.?What is the modern Egyptian court ? Col. M.?I cannot describe it well. There are Egyptian pashas and efihadis, all thieves, and then there are young ladies from the Quartier Lorette in Paris, who, by some process, have gained the titles of countess or duchess, every one of them, and then there are a lot of unmitigated French and Italian scoundrels who also have titles and habits of the most profound peculation. THE AMERICAN OFFICERS. R.?Now, Colonel, will you give me the names and ranks of the American officers in the service of the Khedive? Col. M.?Well, to begin with, General W. W. Loring is a brigadier-general commanding a division, and is commandant of the city of Alexandria; Gen. C. P. Stone is chief of the staff of the general army, with the rank of brigadier-general; Gen. T. B. Motte is chief of staff of tne Viceroy's personal staff, with the rank of major-general; Gen. Libby is chief of artillery, with the ranx 01 ongacuergeiieral; Col. Sparrow Purdj, of California, is colonel of engineers, and is now at work in Upper Egypt; Col. Thomas Rbett, of South Carolina, is chief of ordnance, and is now building large powder works atCairo; Mr. McCorab Mason is a major in the artillery; and besides these officers, Gen. Reynolds and his son, Col. Frank Reynolds, hold commissions under the Khediye. I was captain on the staff, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. R.?The Khediye most have entertained a favorable opinion of your party. Col. M.?Well, as to uiat point, we were well liked ,ancUwell treated by the Khedive for the reason that fie (new we couH^fcot be either scared or bought. R.?Did you have a palace assigned you for a general headquarters, or did each officeT^ live for himself? Col. M.?We each had private residences. R.?How did the Egyptians treat you ? Col. M.?Well, as I said, the Viceroy personally treated us very well, but his officials a treated us in a most insulting way at first, and it was not until we gave several prominent Egyptian pashas tremendous drubbings that they changed their course of conduct. THE EGYPTIAN ARMY. R.?Now tell me about the Egyptian army. How many men does it numberT Col. M.?Thirty thousand, but then there is an auxiliary force which brings the number up to 60,000 men. R.?How are they armed ? 4 Col. M.?They have good arms, among the number the American Remington. R.?And as to discipline ? Col. M.?The discipline is very good. The French officers who were in command before we came there gave them a thorough course of discipline, and they manoeuvre with a precision of movement really creditable to any army. R.?The Egyptian officers?what kind of men are they ? Col. M.?They do not amount to much. One curious fact about them is the high dignity of a colonel of a regiment and the comparative insignificance of his subordinate ofScers. There was a colonel of an Egyptian regiment who gave a banquet at Cairo, at which three majors of the regiment waited at the table, while the captains and lieutenants merely carried the dishes to the entrance door, being deemed unworthy of even entering the dining hall. AN ARMY OF COWARDS. R.?Is the army reviewed at regular periods? Colonel M.?Yes, they are reviewed, but very indifferent soldiers. Personally they are devoid of courage, and stern war, with its unpleasing reality of cold lead, would effectually play the deuce in the army of Egypt R.?Then they would not stand a chance against a European army ? Colonel M.?-Oh, no; they would not stand an hour. R.?Are the army soldiers paid well-? Colonel M.?Wretchedly; only something like $1 per month. NO WAR WITH THE PORTE. R?In view of the reported trouble between the Sultan and the Viceroy, what is the i o 4 probability of war takiag place r Colonel M.?There is verv little probability of such an event. If it should, the Sultan would knock the Khedive to smash in a very jhort time. R.?How so ? Colonel M.?Well, you see, all the Sultan vould have to do would be to fetch out the >ld green banner of Mahomet. The affair vould then become religious in its aspect, and he Khedive's army, who are Mahometans, lare not fight against the descendants of the Prophet and Commander of the Faithful. But that is not the great Egyptian question. R.?What is the great Egyptian question ? Colonel M.?Who shall be the successor of he present Khedive. R.?Shall it not be his son ? Colonel M.?There you strike the point, fou know, under the old law of succession he throne became the right of the eldest son, md after him to the next eldest, and so on. !fow, the present Khedive was only four or ive hours older than Halim Pasha, and Halim hould succeed him under the old law. But bur or five years ago the present Khedive vent to Constantinople, gave the Sultan a trenendously lr.rge bribe, and the Sultan confuted to forego the old law, and permit the )resent Khedive's son to be the heir. But low that this disagreement has arisen, it is eared the Sultan will break his promise, and o you see that the question of tne Egyptian uccession is rather a mixed affair. THE FUNNY CORP8 LEGISLATIF. R.?How are the laws of the country?