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Jtoaps and Jads. There was frost in Virginia and North Carolina on Friday night last. It is stated that the cholera has reached this country, through German emigrants lauding at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. It is stated that the Pennsylvania Central Road has leased the Atlanta and West Point Road. A correspondent of a Cincinnati paper has found five of President Grant's male relatives in Tennessee, who are not in office. There are eight pin factories in the United States, whose annual production is 2,000,000 packs, each pack containing 3,350 pius. Whipping-posts are being re-established in various parts of Virginia, and many of the prisoners are said to prefer whipping to imprisonment. A Prussian Colonel, in a work on the late war, says the German victories were obtained chiefly by numerical superiority. The French were well officered and fought well, but were always overpowered by numbers. In St Petersburg persons found drunk in the streets, of all ages, ranks, and conditions, and of both sexes, are compelled to expiate their folly against morality by publicly sweeping the street the next day. The Jewish Messenger says that, "A l>ew prayer book omitting all prayers refering to a personal Messiah, return to Jerusalem, resurrection, etc., will shortly be laid before the congregation in Baltimore for adoption." * Pennsylvania has 14,212 public schools. Average salary of male teachers per month, 840.66; of female teachers, $32.36; five Normal schools are in operation. Though no law requires the Bible to be read in public schools, it is read in 11,390 of them. ?" T\ J il rue r?a urosse uemocrai reports uie water so low in the Mississippi River that steamboats have to keep cows out of the chauuel. Many captains are having cow-catchers put on their boats. This is about the thinnest river yet discovered. The Radical loss in Maine since 1868 is over 16,000. At the late election the Democrats gained a number of members of the Legislature, and held the Radical majority down to about 10,000. In 1868 it was 26,986. A man in Kansas was present at the funeral of a neighbor, of whom no good could be honestly said. But everybody was saying something, and this man not wishing to appear singular, but being incapable of a lying eulogy, remarked that it was "a nice, quiet corpse." jM People who make speeches to Sin^U schools must keep an eye out for a line of retreat when necessary. That man did not who asked a school which they would prefer to do?"Steal a dollar or have a dollar stolen from them ?" and immediately received from a little urchin the candid answer: "Please, sir, I'd rather steal a dollar!" The Raleigh Sentinel says: J. B. Carpenter, of the Rutherford Star, was knocked down ou Friday, in the office of Deputy sheriff Shaffer, in this city, by Detective Hester. Carpenter, it is said, presented a second time an account against Hester which had been paid. Angry words passed, when Hester knocked Carpenter down. The Southeastern Conference of Indiana Methodists, now in session, has voted unanimously that horse-racing, theatres, circusses, card playing, base ball clubs, social play parties, and the dance, whether in the parlor or the public hall, are detrimental to virtue and religion, contrary to the spirit of the gospel, and hostile to spiritual growth. Harrisburg, Ohio, has a present seasation in a daily shower of stones, cast by invisible hands at a dwelling within its limitjp They are asserted to be of all shapes andiizes, kiuds and quality, from a half ounce/up to five and a quarter pounds. Some of mem are nearly ice cold, and some so hot thewtould scarcely be handled. Some were wift and some were dry. / Stewart, the millionaire merchant of New York, is about seventy years of age, yet it appears by the description just published of his new palatial residence that he is still quite lively. We are told, for instance, that his bed, which is of carved rosewood, inlaid with niosiaic, has on its central panel a female figure bathed in the warm glow of a summer runrise, and on the foot-board is a figure of Cupid with his darts and quivers. Ex-Governor Hamilton, of Texas, says he never saw any of the members of the present State government steal anything; but "when we see a poor, miserable cuss, who never had $150 in his life, come to Austin to borrow money to pay his expenses, and presently find him losing a thousand dollars a night at faro, driving around in a fancy team, making liquor bills, wine bills, and all sorts of bills, and buying a buggy and fine horses to go home in, we know he is a thief as well as if we had seen him steal." Lowell has lost its supremacy as the great cotton manufacturing city of the counx1 fi7fl thoro rtinninnr try. 1U Uttuuai iui v} uiviu iiviv in Fall River 552,237 spindles, exceeding those of Lowell by nearly 40,000; and with additions contemplated to mills now in operation, and the erection of seven new mills, either now in process of building or that are to be begun, the number of spindles will be increased 456,000, making the whole number that will be in operation when the new mills are completed 1,008,237. r In the Northern States, a new thieving dodge is practiced by females who enter cars, and, folding a gentleman sitting alone, ask if the other seat is occupied. The gentleman at once motions her to be seated, when she politely asks him if he won't allow her to sit by the window. Of course this request is also granted, and she becomes seated. Presently she finds that there is not air enough in the car, and requests the gentleman to raise the window. He at once rises to do so, and as he leans over her she picks his pocket or removes his watch, which passes to a male confederate in the next seat behind her. One of the ablest speeches ever made in the United States was delivered at Steubenville, Ohio, last week, by Wm. S. Groesbeck, of Cincinnati. In the course of his powerful address, Mr. Groesbeck alluded to the system of plunder inaugurated in the South by the carpet-baggers. Since the Radical reconstruction of the Southern States, he said, the debt of South Carolina has swollen from 86,000,000 to 813,000,000; that of Georgia from 86,000,000 to 820,000,000; and that of Florida from 8500,000 to 815,000,000. The entire increase in Southern State debts, under Radical carpet-bag reconstruction, is estimated at more than 8100,000,000, and the States have hardly anything to show for it. Mr. Schuyler, the United States Miniswmb nnt. Inner since, to IC1 OV ut. X UKJOUUIL) IT VW) .vwq f Mr. Fish : "The officers of the army are said to be nearly unanimous in favor of France and of a war with Germany, and I know of several occasions where toasts have been drunk to the ruin of Germans. The most extensive military preparations are going on both in Russia and Germany. One cause of the irritation between the countries is the state of the Russian Baltic provinces, which are inhabited by Germans. The Muscovite Govern raent has for years sought to introduce the Russian language and laws amon? the people, and the effort has been as steadily opposed. It is known that the Cabinet of Berlin has favored this opposition, and, in consequence, a very bad feeling has been brought into existence. Mr. D. H. Craig, late general agent of the New York Associated Press, is said to have perfected his new system of telegraphy, to the development of which he has been devoting his time and means for three years past, with results that can hardly fail to effect an entire revolution in telegraphy, by reducing its cost to a rate very little above the present rates of postage. It is claimed that by this j new automatic system it is perfectly practica-' ble to transmit with absolute accuracy, over a , single wire, more than sixty thousands words j an hour?a speed more than sixty times grea- j ter than by any of the systems now in use. j Telegrams which under the Morse system now , cost several dollars will, it is said, be reduced < to a comparatively few cents; which, if true, will make its value inestimable to the press, ( the mercantile community and the public at j large. \ ?he IJorMlr inquirer. ???-==::^IIZIZIZZIZZIIZZIZZZZZII!i:irZITZZIZIIIZ 1 YORKVILLE. S. C.; THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 28,1871. 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 our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwoi k, are cash, in advance JOB PRINTING* ; Having determined to devote more attention hereafter to job printing than we have done in the past, we would inform the public that our office is now well supplied with hew tyj>e 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, iFreight Billheads, i Bank Notices, Labels, ! Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks, Bill Heads, Law Briefs, Business Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Cheeks, [Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, |Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, i Programmes, Envelopes, j Policies, FireA Life Ins., Election Tickets, Shinplasters, Festival Tickets, ! Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine irnrlr in / /dnra THE TELEGRAPH LINE. MriHttfre enabled to announce that the teleH^^HRhe to Yorkville has been completed, ^noTacilities are now at hand for instant communication with the "rest of mankind." Mr. B. W. Norton, a competent and accommodating operator,is in charge of the office at this place, and reports everything in readiness for | receiving and dispatching messages. ? ? "THE DIXIE COTTON PRESS." Inasmuch as the cotton-packing season is at | hand, we take occasion to direct the attention | of our farmers to this cheap, substantial, con; venient and effective press. Messrs. Wheeler & Cheek own the right for manufacturing the press in this county, and are prepared to fill I orders for the machines, at their steam mill, | two miles below Yorkville, on the line of the j King's Mountain Railroad. These presses ' Kfl;"g extensively used in North Carolina, ging from the certificates we have exPin relation to them, they are giving itisfaction to the purchasers. See adient in another column. ? CUARGED WITH KU-KLUXING. i On Monday night last, H. C. Mqseley, ^United States Deputy Marshal, upon warrants ' issued by Samuel T. Poiuier, United States Commissioner, arrested under the ku-klux Act of Congress, the following named persons, residing in the upper part of this county: 0. C. Beamguard, Charles Beamguard, J. Newman Thomas, William C. Thomas, John C. Watson, Thomas H. Lessley, William D. Lessley and John L. Wood. They were ar- , rested on a charge of having whipped a negro woman by the name of Phoebe Smith, who resides in the same neighborhood of the perI sons accused, on the night of the 12th of May, last. The prisoners were brought to town about daylight on Tuesday morning, by a : squad of United States soldiers and lodged in jail, preparatory to a preliminary examination before the United States Commissioner. Robert Faulkner, of the same neighborhood, charged with participating in the same offence, and for whose arrest a warrant Lad also been issued, was absent from his home I ' ! when the officer called to arrest him : but on his return, and ascertaining that a warrant j had been issued for him, he immediately came to this place and surrendered himself to the j Marshal. On Tuesday an investigation was had by the Commissioner, and after the examination of witnesses in behalf of the prosecution, the accused were required to give bond in the a6m of $2000 each, for their appearance befong the United States Circuit Court to be held jL Columbia on the second Monday of Norember next, at which term, we understand/Judge Bond will preside, At the time of/writing, J (Wednesday morning) the required/oail had not been given. THE CIRCUIT COURT. At the time of closing our report, on Wednesday of last week, the Court was engaged in trying the case of the State against George Russell, for the murder of Joseph W. Howieton, in this place, last Spring. On Thursday morning the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty, and Russell was discharged from custody. . On Thursday, Richard White was convict- j ed of petit larceny ; Frank Killian of an at, tempt to commit arson ; Anthony Blalock of j i petit larceny, and Charles Hinton of assault and battery. On Friday, Willis Jenkins was arraigned i and put on trial?with Lucilla Jenkins and ; Alice Jenkins as accessories?for the murder of Jack Harris, near Rock Hill, some time I atro. The iury, after remaining out all night j ; of Friday, agreed upon a verdict of not guilty j as to Lucilla Jenkins and Alice Jenkins, but j j failed to agree as to Willis Jenkins ; and as to j ; him, a mistrial was the result. Twenty ad- i I ditional jurors were summoned, and the sec-! , ond trial is progressing at the time we go to 1 I press. i The civil docket has been called, and all j cases in which a jury was required have been j j continued. A few orders have been made by . the Judge in cases where there was no litiga- j ! tion. 1 Iu accordance with the instruction of the j Judge, the Grand Jury summoned before it j Maj. Merrill, the Commandant of the Post, and Hon. A. S. Wallace, iu order that either j of them might furnish the Grand Jury with any facts in their possession in relation to the ( alleged outrages in this county. The sum-! ruons in each case, we learn, was promptly i obeyed, and the Grand Jury has been busily engaged since Friday last in investigating | whatever has been brought to its attention, j A large number of persons have been exam-1 ined, but the facts which have been elicited, j if any, have not been made public. THE KILLING OF HEMPHILL. As we stated last week, John Gardner, a special deputy of the Sheriff of this county, shot and killed Jno A. Hemphill while attempting to effect his arrest on a bench warrant. At the last term of the Circuit Court for this county, Hemphill was convicted of perjury, but absconded before the sentence of the Court was passed upon him. A sealed sentence was left by the presiding Judge. On Monday of last week he was arrested by deputy Gardner, and on the next morning at 2 o'clock, was brought to the jail for commitment. While at the jail door he made a pretext to step a short distance from those having him in charge, and the permission being granted him, after walking a few steps from the door he commenced running at full speed and made his escape. His whereabouts were soon ascertained, however, and deputy Gardner made the second effort to capture him, with the result heretofore published. The following is the evidence elicited at the inquest: Levi Gardner sworn. I was present at the killing of John A. Hemphill, on the 19th of September, 1871, late in the evening, on this side J. B. Jackson & Co's. store. John Gardner was deputed by R. H. Glenn, Sheriff' of York county, to arrest John A. Hemphill. I was called on by John Gardner to assist in making the arrest. At the store John Gardner told me to follow Hemphill, and come on down the road. Turned the road and went down the road a piece. At this place John Gardner demanded the arrest, and Hemphill swpre that he w$>uld not give up. Then John Gardner told me to lay hold of him. I caught him by his coat breast; he jerked back aud shot me just below the right shoulder. He again swore that he would not give up. John Gardner shot Hemphill, he still refusing to surrender and bursting a cap at John Gardner. I think that Hemphill had his pistol presented at John Gardner before John Gardner shot. As soon as I was shot, I let my hold go of Hemphill. Hemphill did not fall until the second fire. I had no pistol or fire arras with me?John Gardner shot the second time and killed Hemphill. J. A. Hill sworn. On the afternoon of the 19th of September, 1871, near sun down, saw John Gardner and Levi Gardner passing the store of J. B. Jackson & Co., in pursuit of J. A. Hemphill, and shortly afterward heard three shots. Soon after the shot John Gardner returned in hearing of the 3tc and called for assistance. Witness and some others went after Gardner and found the body of John A. Hemphill lying dead with a pistol in his hand. The pistol now shown to witness is the same that was in the hands of the deceased. After hearing the foregoing evidence, the jury returned the following verdict: "That the said John A. Hemphill came to his death in York county, near the store of J. B. Jackson & Co., about nine miles from the Court House, on the Lincoln road, on the 19th day of September, 1871, by means of a Distol fired bv John Gardner. And so the p ? , _ jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say that the said John Gardner in manner and form aforesaid, John A. Hemphill then and there, feloniously did kill, against the peace and dignity of the same State aforesaid." The matter was immediately brought before tbe grand jury, which body failed to fiud a true bill against Gardner, and he was consequently discharged from further custody. ? JUDGE THOMAS' CHARGE. The following is the charge of Judge Thomas, delivered to the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for this county, now in session : Gentlemen of the Grand Jury.?Allow me to congratulate you upon the apparent peace and good order, which has prevailed in York county since the last term of the Court. I trust that fhis will continue until confidence shall be fulfy restored, and all good citizens, of every color or political creed, shall be fully protected and every bad one punished by the law of the land. But while I congratulate you, it is my duty to bring to your attention the muttering thunders of that dark cloud which now lowers over your county, and threatens you with martial law. Thi8raust be averted, and we must show to our fellow citizens of this State and of the United States, that we are capable of self-government; that York county can and will take care of herself, and every one of her citizens of high or low degree. You are the Grand Jury who were impaneled in the beginning of the year?to continue during the year?and you will remember that I then charged you upon your duties generally, and more especially and at length upon the outrages which had been committed in your county. At the March term of the Court I had nothing additional to say to you upon the subject, and only told you I had nothing to detract from or to add to what I had said at the January term. At those PVmrfs qnd nn to ft few weeks aco. I knew of no witness I could send before you who knew anything concerning these violations of law. Your deliberations, consequently, resulted in the implication of no one. Since the last term of the Court, however, ray attention, like yours, has been drawn to a letter from the Hon. John Scott, Chairman of the Investigating Committee of Congress, to President Grant. In this he advises martial law for York county, on account of recent outrages committed since the visit of the Committee to your town. This advice is based upon information furnished to the Senator by the Hon. A. S. Wallace and the Commandant of this Post. Upon reading this letter, I immediately wrote to the Senator requesting that a copy of this information should be furnished to me in order that I might lay the same before your body at this term of the Court. I have received a letter from the Senator, in which, although he does not send me the information, as I had hoped he would, he refers me to Maj. Merrill, the Commandant of the Post, for the facts upon which it was based. He further said that Maj. Merrill was a gentleman in whose honor he confided, and that if Maj. Merrill was mistaken, he would be the first to correct his error. I hope you will confide in like manner in Maj. Merrill, and be able to show to him that he has been mistaken. As it has become public that Maj. Merrill and the Hon. A. S. Wallace are cognizant of at least these recent outrages, it win De your duty to call them before you, by sending them a polite note, through your constable, and then fully to investigate any and every matter which they may bring to your attention. If any man in your community has assumed the responsibility of violating the law, place that responsibility upon his shoulders; and don't you share that responsibility with him, by throwing the mantle of your protection around him. If you do, and we should evince thereby that we are incapable of selfgovernment, the Government of the United States will assuredly take care of us. And in place of the trial by jury, we will have the monarchy of a military commandant. It is useless to say that the Government of the United States cannot or will not protect its citizens. She has done so in Japau, in the Levant, in Italy, and in Cuba, against the powerful nations of the earth, and she will assuredly to do it at home! I have traveled through many nations, and wherever I have been, it has always been a protection to me, which every crowned head had to respect, that I was an American citizen. I was proud of this then; but I trust I may never see her exercising her authority here because we can not govern ourselves. And let me say, what is almost useless for me to say, except for the benefit of a very few, that political persecution should stop! The man who indulges in this, runs up agaiust the most popular doctrine in America?against the genius of her institutions; against the very idea which gave her birth. Look back upon your own ancestry, upon the forefathers of al most every citizen of this country, and you will find that they came to this land because i of civil or religious persecution. Here with ! their stout arms they have cleared the for| ests; and here, in these wilds, they have erected a temple of political and religious liberty, which has become an asylum for the oppressed | of all nations; and the purity of this temple j they will all protect while the flag of the country shall float from its fane. You share in this noble sentiment as an inheritance from i those who fought at King's Mountain, and I am satisfied you will never countenance any infraction of this great principle. But have we not seen the ignorant *nd provincial abusing the man who was wiser i than they, because of a difference of opinion I : Slaves of passion, prejudice, and error, they i have sometimes assailed the free, independent freeman as he stood bathed in the light of American tolerance, and inspired by the gei nius of American humanity. If, in the course of your investigations of these recent troubles, testimony shall be dis! covered which shall unearth any outrages, which have been perpetrated in your county ! anterior to the visit of the Investigation Committee, it will be your duty to investigate them i as carefully as those of more recent date. I i trust that you will take no partizan course, ! and I charge you not to make this Court a "white washing Committee;" but remembering the sanctity of your oath, and the voluiv* * 1 A-1 ll. tary manner in wnicn you nave iaKeu u, am impartially, as if you were disinterested. These old matters will r.ever die out. . Time, which wears out all things else, can not wash away a crime. Youth may grow hoaryg&k age, and years may roll on with notbingjttl ^nscience to punish, but some -time or qwS testimony'may come, and the offender ofthi law brought to the bar of his country. I bejj of you, then, avert this coming storm by evhn cing your capability for self-government! SOUTH CAROLINA FINANCES. . ... Governor Scott has complied with the resolution of the sub-committee on southern outrages, asking a statement of the financial condition of the State, and submits a lengthy re port of the same, which we condense for the information of our readers. The Governor says in the outset that while many may question the interference on the part of the general government with the financial affairs of a State, he is not disposed to question either the authority or propriety of such action. He is also gratified at the opportunity presented of dissipating errors and misrepresentations, by a formal reply tc a communication from such an authoritative source, and submits the following : RECAPITULATION OF BONDED DEBT. 1 Amount of bonded debt existing prior to the war, $4,046,540 K Amount of bonds issued by Provisional Government, 1,023.473 94 I Amount of bonda issued by present administration, 4,458,550 0C Total issueof bonds and stock.$9,528,564 1C During the present fiscal year the bonded debt has been reduced by the payment ol bonds due July 1, 1871, amounting to 8250,000; and the amount of bonds held by the State sinking fund is 8100,000. The amount of bonds and stock issued during the war, outstanding October 1, 1866, is 82,241,840 00, The contingent liabilities of the State arising from the endorsement of railroad bonds amount to 86,712,608 20. The original amount of endorsement for the South Carolina railroad was 82,093,312 40, of which 82,000,000 has since been redeemed by the company. The endorsement of the Laurens railroad amounted to 875,000; and though the road has gone into bankruptcy, the Stat&is | fully secured. In the event of any of the I roads for which the State has endorsed failing j to meet the interest on the guaranteed the State is perfectly secure, as the iron alone would sell for more than sufficient to indemnify the State against loss. The Blue Kidge road, the bonds of which amount to 84,000,000, is not yet finished, but is in a rapid course of completion, and none of the bonds have yet been put upon the market. An exhibit of the taxes collected in the year 1860 is appended, from which it is seen that the sum of 8632,433 91 was collected ; 8366,404 55 being derived from slave property. The appropriations for that year exceed the collection by over 81,000,000, which deficiency was made up by the Bank of the State. The Governor next gives a schedule of the present subjects of taxation in the State, in addition to which the phosphate mining companies pay a royalty of one dollar per ton for every ton of phosphate rock or phosphatic deposit mined in the rivers or streams of the seaboard. The wealth to be derived from this source alone, he thinks, is sufficient in itself if properly cared for, to meet the entire e? penses of the State government. Kegarding the county debts he has no means of ascer taining the amounts. After referring to the laws creating the public debt, and furnishing other statutes requested by the committee, of which the election law is one that receives his condemnation, the Governor concludes: "I am constrained to believe that much ol the turbulence and disorder in the State has arisen from the apprehension of people who put too much confidence in rumor. Wild and exaggerated stories of corruption and extravagance on the part of the State Government have been put in circulation in the hope, no doubt, of clogging the wheels of government. These reports have created a want of confidence on the part of those who hold our securities and have operated against the credit oi the State. A better feeling, however, begins to prevail, and I am gratified in saying thai j at the present time all parties seem to be : ready to lay aside political differences, in,ve* ! tigate and accept the truth instead of rqjpj j With such a condition of affairs, I am conj viuced that the future must inspire confidence, i both at home and abroad, and that our citi[ zens will feel that the best interests of the j State will be subserved by a cordial co-opera' j tiou of every class; and the oft-repeated rumoi of the disposition of any party to repudiate any portion of the debt created is without foundation, as a reference to the proceedings Viols? in th 10 UI tllc jlua"! JVJCIO VVil?ViiHWiJj ?iwu iu vumj city (a copy of which is forwarded,) comprising among its members the most intelligent and prominent men of the State, whose influence in this direction would be potent for either good or evil, having pledged themselves in that convention to hold sacred the obligations of the State, as a careful investigation satisfied them that no such extravagance or increase of the State debt had taken i place in the administration of the finances as i to justify a conditional threat in that direcj tiou, should a change of administration place , them in control of affairs ; indeed, if any feel| iug is more dominant than another on the part ; of the tax-payers, it is that the debt, amounti ing to $2,241,840, contracted during the war, ! should also be held as a sacred obligation. ! While it is a recognized right of the tax! payer to complain of the burdens of taxation j and the poverty of the people, yet, it is a fact j patent to observation that the annual increase i of the staple products of the State, the value of property, and the accumulating wealth of i the citizens are so largely added each year to I the ability of the people to meet their obligaI tions, that very soon our present State debt | will be looked upon as a comparatively inconsiderable sun). j I desire, in conclusion, t.o call your attenj tion to the fact that the annual appropriations ! to meet the expenses of the State Government average less than one million and a half of I dollars, which is collected from every species of property, both real and personal, and yet the Federal Government has collected from our citizens annually nearly double that amount, while the sources from which this revenue is derived is limited to a few subjects of taxation and therefore confined to a very small number of tax payers, r I merely refer to this subject to illustrate the fact that our people do not differ from the .people of other Commonwealths, and that the f complaint of taxation is a common one to all communities and to all parties. ? STATE ITEMS. ? The public schools have resumed in Char| leston. ? Hon. W. S. Henery, of Charleston, died in that city on Friday last. ' ? George W. Clark, Collector of the port of Charleston, is reported to be quite ill with > yellow fever in that city. ? Recently, a man in Darlington county picked 439 pounds of cotton between sunrise and sunset. ? Governor Scott has appointed William M. Fleming a Trial Justice for Spartanburg county, vice J. Banks Lyle, removed. r ? S. B. Lumpkiu has been appointed a Trial ' Justice for Fairfield county, vice D. R. Elkin, removed. . ? Mr. E. F. Gary has been appointed State Auditor, ad interim, to take effect October 1st, , prox., in place of Maj. E. L. Deane, resigned. r" ? The corner-stone of the Washington-street g Methodist Church, in Columbia, was laid appropriate/ ceremonies on Thur^lay > ? A company of cavalry, numbering about ^ seventy men and as many horses, arrived in Columbia on Saturday last, from Atlanta, Georgia. ? The Reporter says that the County Commissioners for Chester, at a late meeting, decided not to accept the pillars that were built for the bridge at Captain 0. A. Wylie's mill, t on account of the unsubstantial, unworkmanlike manner in which they were constructed. , ?The Chester Reporter notes the fact that ' a great temperance revival is in progress in that town. The division of Sons of TeraperI ance that was organized only a month ago r now numbers nearly one hundred members, j and applications for membership are coming ( in weekly by the score. > ?"The Daily Advertieer" is the title of a , new evening paper, the first number of which was issued in Charleston last week. It is a small and neatly printed sheet, neutral in 5 politics, and quite newsy and readable. No ; indication is given as to who are the editors or proprietors. [ ?Judge Bryan has caused an order to be published giving notice that the meeting of 1 the United States District Court for South I Carolina, at Charleston, has been postponed ^ from the first Monday in October, to the P first Monday in November. Jurors are not required to attend until the last mentioned ( date. ? Rev. P. G. Bowman, of the Methodist ' Church, has withdrawn from the South Carolina Conference. Charges had been preferred | against him for disseminating the following | doctrines: 1st Holding and teaching that I the soul of man is unconscious from death to the resurrection. 2d. Teaching and holding the annihilation of the wicked. ? The Columbia Union says : "At a meeting of the Directors of the Charlotte, Colum" biaand Augusta Railroad Company, held in ( this city, on Thursday, Mr. W. T. "Walters, of^taltimore, was unanimously elected to fill , a vacancy in the board. Mr. Walters is one pf tie party of gentlemen for whom a majority [ of tfie stock of the company was lately bought, and has great and extensive railroad experi, ence and influence." ? That portion of the Greenville and Col( umbia railroad, with the telegraph line con1 nected therewith, so far as lies between Columbia and the Fairfield line, has been levied , on, and is advertised for sale by the sheriff of Richland county, on the first Monday in October next; also, the locomotives R. K. Scott and James L. Orr, and passenger car No. 1. The suits under which these levies have been made are in the names of Edward Bailey and ( C. H. Manson. ? L. Cass Carpenter, Esq., who has been , the editor of the Columbia Union from the date of its first issue, announced a few days ago that the proprietorship of the paper had , passed into his hands. In mentioning the change, he says: "This change in ownership 1 ? 1 1- ~ nlianrvo in fho , Q06S DUt VVUrh. a uuncajjuuumg kuhu^u 111 ( tone of the paper. We shall be free and independent upon all questions, and shall critiJ cise wherever we deem criticism necessary, , whether it be in one party or the other. We | shall endeavor to keep the Union up to its present high standard as a medium for news, , and have no doubt that the people will sustain us in the future, as they have done during the past brief period of the existence of the Union. We ask no one to take the paper unless he considers it worth the money he t pays." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. I ?The postmaster at Wilkesboro has been . arrested for robbing the mail. ; ?Elizabeth Dover, wife of S. Dover, of ? Cleveland county, eloped last week with a man named Green Thrift. ? Thieves broke into the store of Phillips & ? Bro., of Salisbury, on Thursday night last, | and stole over one thousand dollars in money. ; ? A number of colored laborers have left i Wilson county for the sugar plantations of Louisiana. The Cherokee Indians are going to play their annual game of ball, this year in Ral| eigh during the State fair. . ? Favorable reports of the corn crop come from Alexander, Wilkes, Yadkin and Surry ' counties. 1 ? The annual meeting of the stockholders ' of the W., C. and It. railroad will be held in f ' ( Charlotte on the 19th of next month. ? Greensboro jail claims to contain a man ; who can hold molten lead in his mouth until it solidifies. ' ? Two tobacco factories have been seized in ' Iredell county for alleged violation of revenue j laws. ? H. H. Roberts, for some time employed i as a clerk in the State. Auditor's office, has ii_ -1 i.!l I*- ? rt A wn ft nn > been commuted to jau iur luigmg a umi l uii the State Treasurer. 1 ? A rich vein of silver is said to have been recently discovered in Cherokee county, and |! much excitement among the people is the | consequence. j ? The sheriff of Bladen county, who is a ' | carpet-bagger, has decamped for parts unI known, carrying with him all the funds at j his command. | ?The lessees of the N. C. railroad, which, i hereafter, is to be known as the N. C. division of the Richmond and Danville road, have I j reduced the fare to 4J cents per mile for first 1 class tickets, and 3 cents for second class, j ? J. J. Bruner, who was so long and favorI ably known as publisher of the Carolina \ }Vatchman, at Salisbury, has purchased the Old North State newspaper apd reyived the Watchman, which has been suspended since the close of the war. { ?An attempt was made last week to throw : the night train of the Wilmington and Welj don railroad off the track, by placing iron | rails across it, in the vicinity of Goldsboro. I Fortunately, the engineer discovered the obstructions in time to prevent a serious disaster. ? The Charlotte Democrat says that after a fair and thorough examination, six or seven colored men were committed to jail last week ! and the week before to await trial for forming ! a scheme to burn certain houses in that city. The Democrat says that with but few exceptions, the colored people of that city have refrained from violating law, and have behaved ] well considering how much they have been I misinformed in regard to the designs of po; litical parties. : ? The Raleigh Sentinel records a melancholy case of suicide, which recently occurred 1 in Alamance county, the person who committed self destruction being Mrs. Sarah Faucett, a lady of great respectability and highly esteemed in the neighborhood where she resided. She was a widow with one child, and lived upon a fine estate which she owned " * n' 1 _ .'ii .i.?A near iiaw river, cane leit a wmteu ou?tcment assigning as the cause of the act, that she had been seduced and ruined by a man named John Ireland, who had accomplished his purpose by force and threats, and that she could not survive her loss of honor and character, and took her life to hide her shame. * U. S. CIRCUIT ODURT AT RALEIG1L On Wednesday night, 20th instant, a* 10 o'clock, the jury in the case of the United States vs. R. A.Shotwell and others, who were on trial for "ku-kluxing" James M. Justice, of Rutherfordton and mobbing the printing office of the Star, in the same town, rendered their verdict, convicting all of the accused, except F. A. Shotwell, Calvin Teal and William Tanner. These the Judge ordered to be discharged, to which the prosecuting attorney objected, giving as his reason that there were other charges against them. The Judge then revoked his order, and the acquitted were remanded to jail with the convicted. The trial of this case occupied nine days, though very few witnesses were examined, and no testimony was offered by the accused, The witnesses were mostly former members ol the ku-klux, or the "Invisible Empire," as the organization was called, and they had "turned State's evidence" in order to escape prosecution themselves. On the assembling of the Court on Friday morning, Assistant District Attorney Phillips, in pursuance of the notice given the day previous, prayed judgment on R. A. Shotwell and others. In doing so, Mr. Phillips said tbat he did not desire to say a word against the prisoners, yet he felt it his duty to lay before the court an official communication of the State Solicitor of the 9th Judicial District to Gov. Holden. [Mr. Phillips then read the correspondence between Gov. Holden and Solicitor Bynum, in regard to the disturbances in Rutherford and other counties of his district, in 1869, to be found in the appendix to Gov. Holden's message of 1870.] Mr. Phillips spoke of the character and position of Mr. Bynum, and concluded by saying that this communication was an opinion of almost judicial impartiality. Mr. Fuller, counsel for the prisoners, said he would not question the propriety of the prisoners' conviction, as the jury had convicted on the evidence presented to them. He spoke of the objects of judicial punishment, and reminded the court that the evidence on " the trial showed that the *ku-klux organization was thoroughly and entirely broken down, and the court could fairly infer that no fresh crimes had been committed since the raid on Justice. No great purpose could now be subserved by severe punishment. Shotwell was a young man, respectably connected, the son of an aged, poor Presbyterian minister, whose heart had often bled for the indiscretions and recklessness of his son in these transactions. He appealed to the clemency of the court for the sake of the prisoner and the aged father, and asked them to deal tenderly with the boy. He knew he must be punished, but as the object of the prosecution had been accomplished by the conviction, he asked for mercy. In response to this appeal, Judge Brooks spoke at some length, deprecating the condiin Po **rvl I no fVkfi 1/lUli U1 auttlio 11J HVlbU VUi VilllU| f~f ii vii Wliv trial of this case developed. He dwelt with severity upon the conduct of those who had just been convicted, and denounced the dispotion prevalent with too many persons to deny any man the privilege of exercising his political rights. Said the Judge: "If this is not a case in which it becomes the duty of the Court to punish in such way as to answer the purposes of the law, then we will confess that no case will or can arise in which it will be the duty of the Court to punish in an exemplary way." Then answering the exceptions made by counsel as to the manner in which the jury was drawn, and paying a compliment to the members of the bar, the prisoners were called separately, and the following seutences pronounced: R. A. SpcywELL.?Judge Bond asked the prisoner what he had to say in mitigation of punishment. The prisoner said the testimony against him was in many cases very false?in some, ridiculously false. That was all he desired to say. Judge Bond said the court regarded the prisoner as the most guilty party, as he was a leader in the organization, and as he was a neighbor of Justice, whose only offence was a difference in political opinion. There could be no mitigation in the case. The sentence of the court was that the prisoner be imprisoned with hard labor for six years and fined jive thousand dollars. Amos Owen was the next called up. Mr. Strong appealed for leniency on the ground that the prisoner had a wife and seven or eight children, most of whom were females. His position in society and the low order of his intelligence showed that he took no leading or controlling part in the matter. The prisoner stated to tne court that, as he understood the matter, he ought not to be punished and would not have justice if punished. The court sentenced the prisoner to six years hard labor and a fine of five thousand dollars. A. Depriest.?In his case Mr. Fuller drew attention fo the fact that he was a mere boy and did not go on the rajd. pquld read and write; was not 20 years old. Sentence: Two years hard labor and $500 fine. George Holland?23 years old; a farmer and had a wife and family; could read and write. Judge Bond, as it did not appear I the prisoner had Deen actually engaged in the ! raid, sentenced him to two years hard labor j and $500 fine. J. W. McIntire?21 years old ; can read j and write a little; not married. Sentence | two years hard labor and $500 fine. Wm, Teal.?Married, with two children ; | can read and write a little; a farmer; 25 i years old; never saw Justice the night of the j raid and did nothing; went with the crowd; ! they did not say what they were going to do. | Sentence, three years hard labor and $500 j fine. David Collins stated that he knew he | was not guilty as charged ; was not at RuthI erfordton at the time of the raid; was at home in Spartanburg, S. C.; was not in the den i wheb the matter was spoken of. In lending j fjis gup ap4 mplp he did not know what purj poses they were to be put tp." Judge Bond i said that the den in South Carolina, to which j < prisoner belonged, had raided every decent j i man out of the town, and was a terror to the ( people. Sentence, four years hard labor and 8500 fine. William Scruggs did not feel like he was much guilty; lived in South Carolina; : was 47 years old; was married, a farmer; ' | what he did was done through ignorance; i j sentence?three years hard labor and 8500 | fine. j Spencer R. Moore was on the raid but | did not know what was to be done; 25 years i old; can read a little; a farmer; sentenced? j Six months imprisonment. D. B. Fortune went only within a quarter of a mile of the town on night of raid, and did not know what was to be done; never was sworn into the order; 21 years old; farmer; read and write tolerably. Sentence?six months imprisonment. Moore and Fortune pleaded guilty when fitsat arrainrntvl Thpv ftrA rftnrftSeilted SS bein?T ? -?j r o intelligent looking young men. They will be confined in a common jail, and all the others will be sent to the State prison of New York, at Albany. The case next set for trial is the United States vs. J. C. Witherow and others for assault on Aaron BiggerstafF. THE KU-KLUX TRIAL IN N. CAROLINA. We give in another column the result of the trial of R. A. Shotwell and others, charged with ku-kluxing in Rutherford county, N. C. In this trial the prosecution contended that the "Invisible Empire," the highest degree of the ku-klux organization, was an illegal association; that: their oaths, orders, and acts coustitutted it a body of conspirators, and the acts of each became the acts of the whole. The defence contended that the oath of the order was not sufficient evidence in its terms of a conspiracy against the right of colored men to vote, nor was it such, as practically interpreted by its members; it being abundantly shown that it was established for a lawful purpose, there being no evidence of a single raid on a colored man because of his Republican I principles. 1 No testimony was introduced by the ac? cused, and the case went to the jury entirely upon the evidence of the prosecution. In > Judge Bond's charge to the jury, he said : "The court charges you, that so far as the , act of Congress, approved April 20,1871, is concerned, it is in accordance with the Consti( tution of the United States, and you, as well as we, are bound to enforce and respect it These parties are charged in three counts with a conspiracy, which is an agreement on the part of two or more persons to do an unlawful thing, or do a lawful act in an unlawful way. The offence is complete when two or more persons confederate and agree with the iDtent set out in the indictment, and all who consent and agree are guilty of the conspiracy. Those 1 who actually engage in carrying out what has i been agreed upon?those who effect the intimii dation or actually use the force to hinder the i execution of the law?are not more guilty of conspiracy than those who, though not actually present, agreed, confederated, and consented together, to have unlawful results accomplished. It is necessary, however, after you have found the crime charged was committed, that you find from the evidence whether or not the parties at the bar are the parties, not who actually committed the assault, but who entered into the conspiracy to have it committed. The witnesses are mostly accomplices, but a jury, though it ought to be careful, may, and sometimes ought to, convict upon the testimony of one accomplice. In conclusion, gentlemen, the court cannot refrain from commending this case to your most serious attention. In a long experience upon the bench we have never seen a case wnich presented, if the witnesses speak truth, -ftcts of such unprovoked wickedness and brutality. Its enormity consists in this: that - ?-?Li O tsomeseveii ur vigui wituu?ce uo*c owku j? , court of justice, upon oath that they themselves went in disguise upon an expedition to murder a neighbor of highly respectable character, in the dead hour of night, toward whom they had no ill-will, who had never wronged them, and whose property they had no desire to steal. They state that they dragged him from the side of his sleeping wife in a fearful storm, where they would have killed him had not a co-conspirator's heart relented at the critical moment?and he a stranger. Why, gentlemen? Not for personal malice or illwill, but because they were ordered to do so. Gentlemen, if you find these facts from the i evidence to be true, and if it be true that they cannot be punished, I tell you, solemnly, there is no security for our lives in North Carolina. You are in the hands of bandits. The law is a mockery, and the courts might as well be 1 closed." Of the impartiality of the trial, of course we are unprepared to give an expression. The jury was composed entirely of radicals of the bitterest type, and it is asserted that all the testimony against Shotwell and his fellowprisoners was given by disreputable and unworthy men, albeit some of them were members of the klan and participated in the raid for which Shotwell was tried. There are laws in North Carolina ample for the protection of her citizens as well as the punishment of offenders; and had these men been prosecuted in the State Courts, the proper tribunals for such causes, they would have received due punishment for their crimes. The imputation of Judge Bond, that if his Court failed to convict, the Republicans of North Carolina are in the hands of bandits, is therefore objectionable, if not unjust. It would seem , to be impassioned, while at the same time it is partizan and calculated to impress the northern mind that opr authorities are incapable of enforcing the laws. WASHINGTON ITElfS. ? A general court martial is appointed to meet at West Point for the trial of Cadet Smith, colored, of the United States Military Academy. fnr tliA PAmnVftl of the I X lie VUIiiimooivuut *v* ?mw v.w w ? Cherokee Indians from North Carolina, is buying supplies and effecting his arrangements to commence moving the Indians next i week. ? The Southern Claims Commission will re- 1 sume the examination of cases on the 1st of October. They have indexed 7500 claims, aggregating $20,000,000. The committee has heard 600 cases and adjudicated upon 150, but they will report to Congress 300 cases, with a synopsis of evidence. ? In view of a pretended belief that there will be violence at the elections in Texas, which take place next month, the United States flfarshal has telegraphed the department of Justice for copies of the ku-klux law i and the President's proclamation accompany- j | ing the same, believing their circulation will! j prevent violations of the law. [ ?The sub-outrage committee has prepared ' a report on the financial condition of the Southern States. The finances of North and ! South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana are < reported in a bad condition, while in others i there appears to be an improvement. The sub-committee will also report on the election J laws in the Southern States, giving their most ( essential features. , ! ?The Sixth Auditor has completed his re- ] ! port of the money-order business done during J the fiscal year ended on the 30th of June last. It shows that the amount involved in the 3 money-orders issued during that time is $42,- i j 071,024 90. In the previous fiscal year the ] value of money-orders issued was $34,054,}84 71- The amount involved in the money- ( arders paid during the last fiscal year is 841,548,060 09; while the amount of money-orders paid in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1870, was $33,658,740 27. ? The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says that advices in Washington indicate an attempt to involve several of the Conservative officials of North Carolina, in the so-called ku-klux conspiracy, with a view to their arrest and imprisonment, and the impression seems to be that many of these arrests are dictated as a kind of political revenge on those who were open advocates for the impeachment and removal of ex-Governor Holden from office. A battery of artillery and regiment of infantry are stationed in Raleigh to assist the authorities, if called upon. ? The full committee of twenty-one on Southern outrages, which met on the 20th, resolved to send sub-committees to North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. The committees will not visit Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas nor Texas. The expense will be paid from funds in the hands of the Attorney-General. The new subcommittee to take testimony in South Carolina consists of Representatives Maynard, of Tennessee; Schofield, of Pennsylvania; Lansing, of New York; Vorhees, of Indiana; and Blair, Senator from Missouri. No intimation is yet given as to when Viair mill visit Via Stnta V11VJ TT 111 T IUIW VUW N/WMWI ? About $45,000,000 is expected as a revenue from distilled spirits for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872. The distillation of wines and brandies from fruit promisee to be , greatly in excess of any previous year. Great quantities of fruit will be gathered this year in the Western States, as that section of the country is rapidly developing her resources for this branch of agriculture. In some of the Territories and far Western States the orchards are for the first time becoming fruitful, and the peach crop on the Western shore of Michigan was never better. These advices have been received at the Internal Revenue Bureau, and the government expects an annual increase of revenue from distillation of fruit, as there seems to be a disposition in these times to pay more attention to quantity than quality, where the fruit is intended for distilling purposes. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Cotton Ties. We direct attention to the card of Messrs. G. W. Williams & Co., of Charleston, who as agents for the manufacturers, offer a variety of the most approved cotton ties. As commission merchants they will also give the closest attention to all consignments of cotton made to them. S. C. Immigrant Association. By reference to an advertisement in today's paper, it will be seen that the South Carolina Land and Immigration Association has postponed the draiwng until the 8th of January, 1872. The managers assign as a reason for the postponement, the prevalence of the Yellow fever in Charleston. Spinning Cotton. Public attention in the South has recently been called to the great advantage of spinning cotton into yarn and shipping it direct to England. A gentleman who has late ly examined into this matter very thoroughly, says that the profits upon yarns are much greater than upon lhbrics. English machine* ry is easily obtained at fair cost, which will manufacture^the numbers of yarns used in Great Brityfn. Great saving is made in the cost of transportation/ insurance, and other charges, and it can easily be shipped from southern ports direct, as we now havg' Established lines of steamships from our principal ports. We understand that factories in Alabama and elsewhere are devoting their attention to this branch of industry, and find the demand exceeds the capacity to supply. We are quite well satisfied that this is the best way to ship our cotton crop and realize the most money for it In England it is well known that the spinners make the money and that spinning is an entirely separate interest from manufacturing clothing. "Stick to the Fence." The San Francisco News Letter says that for fifteen years, daily, at Stamford, Conn., a man has sat on a fence and watched every railroad train as it passed. Whereat a facetious writer, with a full knowledge of the danger attending railroad travel at the present time, gets off the following: "He is probably tiring to make up his mind if it would be safe to ride in the cart Old fellow, you stick to that fence ! If the top rail is sharp, torn it over or put a cushion on it. Fit up a smoking apartment on the next panel if you like, and rig a luxurious couch on the next one to that Bring out your baggage, take a check for it, and hang it on a post Buy a ticket and punch it yourself; ask yourself the distance to the next sta* * J Coaiim so vAiir moon a lion, anu get iiwuibcu. ucvuiv} bu jvui ujvwmw will permit, all the luxuries of railroad travel, but don't get off that fence to enjoy them. So shall you die a natural death, and the good wife shall not expend the farm fighting the life insurance companies overyour cold corpse. You're in the right of this thing, old rooster 1" The Kn-Klux Investigation. Elsewhere we give several items of interest in regard to the recent movements of the full committee to investigate the conditio!} of affairs in the South. On the 23rd the com? mittee met jq the capital building, aqd the following is the substance of their procee4ings: F- N. Strudwick, of Hillsboro, N- C, j Pavid Gist, of Union oouqty, S. C.; and Clayton Camp, of Spartanburg county, S. C., having been duly summoned and failed to appear as witnesses before the committee, the chairman (Senator Scott) was authorized to report said fact to the Senate at its next session, and request the president of the Senate to issue his warrant for their arrest as being in contempt of the authority of Congress, ft was also ordered that copies of this resolution be sent to the above named parties by mail The full committee then adjourned to meet on the first day of the next session of Congress, or sooner if called by the chairman. After this the sub-committee of three?viz: Senators Scott, Pool and Blair?appointed to examine witnesses, organized and examined Col. W. L. Saunders, of North Carolina, and Edward Wheeler, of Arkansas. Saunders, whom the committee have bad much trouble in getting before them, refused to answer ajl questions as to his connection, qr the cpqnection of anv other person, wftQ/ tlie so-callefj ku-klux orgenizatjqp on t^e ground that he was not compelled to criminate hitself or bring upon himself the punishment which, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, may be visited upon apy member of the band of ku-klqx for the misdeeds of their fellow-members. The act of Congress of January 24th, 1862, was read to hira, wherein it isjanacted th^l such a plea shall not be held gqp to excu?M^>' witness from testifying before aCongressional zommittee; but he still persisted in nis refusal to answer the questions put to him, saving lie preferred relying on the Constitution of the United States rather than an act of Congress. He was then informed that he would be reported to the full committee at its next meet- , ing, when it is expected that Congress will take cognizance of the case and order his arrest for contempt The two sub-committees of the Ku-Klux uoramittee also held meetings on the sfcrife