Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 27, 1871, Image 2
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
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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.
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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?